Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 20, 1885, Page 1

LINGOLH. The Gasg Hinder lnveshgation Sehoel Lasd . ands, of the Bill t Tooate an Insane Asylum at Grand Island. Loo of Farnag Took the Uusual| Anti Tonopoly Spasm, Intraduced a Biil Roducing Rail= road.Faro to 3 Cents, Nichols Throws a Bombshell and Creates a Sensation, Gere, ths Lobbjist, Bobbing Around Lively Am ng the Hailroad Cappers, GIALATURE, Tue Be THE ¥ 8 pecial Telegram ¢ Laxc t o-day, Oimstad, of Adams, from tha special @) nveution ty investigite the school land rauds, asked the house to geant an =ddi- tiocal syrgannt-at arms to serva subpaans for he committee, but the bouse, undar the lead- ership of the frieads of the gang, refuged to rant the request, Nicholsof Aatelope, intro- duced a resolution ‘nstructing the United Btates senators feom Nebraska to do all in their power to sacure the pasage of the Rea- an bill. Nettleton, of Clay, moved to ameud 80 a8 to riad: “Resgan’s iater state commerce bill.” L of Farnas, moved that the reso- lution te referred to the committes on railroad: and Miller of Batler, moved that it be made tha special order for Thurs fay at 10 . m. Caried. A bl was introdoced for the relief of Samusl Bacon of Nebraska City, He is of blind asy'um fame. Cora lins ot Hall, introduced a 1ill to locate an insane a-ylum at Grand Iland Thompson of Jeuffr. o, to prol bit houses of Lrostitution within 5 miles of the limit of any city, Lee of Furea took the ueual diurnal an'i-monc po'y spasm and beiog out, of resoh of Holmes, Thursten et al introduced a bl t) reduce passscger fare on railroads in this state_to three cents per mils, Tha reso- lution «f Nichol regarding the Rogan bill was a veritable b mb 1 and caused tha utmost eoufasion. Gere, who happ:nad to be on the flooe a lobbyist had a cat fit ivstar Aftar a fow moments breathing he flew aver to Holmes, and after a hurried whisperirg sniled arcund to Lee, of Furase, where the buzing was renewsd, from Lee ho ecampared to other railroad loots and cappers, snd a vig- Crous opposition was insugurated agawnst the resolution. e E— FOREIGN NV REINFORCEMENTS FOR SUAKIM, CAtro, Jannary 19, —Preparations are mak- ing to send reinforo men's t) Suakim, They will cons 86 of & battaion of inf ntry and two guos. L% is usderstood here that the commit- Ree's inquairy, which the powers piopose to nave iovesugate the finavcial condition of Kgypt shall comprise the presint mew!ers of the Caisee ¢ La Dette puolique, with ths ad- diticn of the German and Rustian delegtes and coosuls of the great powers It is ba- lieved hwe this scheme isn t ac:eptable to the English and it is tantamount, unless more strictly defiaed, to the plan of moltiple ¢ n- trol, which was rejectsd by England last spring at the conference, A TURKISH DIGNITARY IN LONDON, T.oxnoy,January 19 — Hassan Tehmi Pasha, Tarkish minister of justics, who isin England on n speci»] mission covcernicg Bgypt. drove in state t) the forcign office to day. Musarna Pashs, Turkish smbassador, introduced Tehmi to Earl Granville, the foreign minister, A long conference ensusd, After the confor- ence the couat minist r gave a long explana- jon to Graovills of Germany's views of the ptian question, WOOLEN MILLS BURNED, TLoxnoy, January 19.—Victorin Woolen Mills at Bartley burved. Loss £15),000, L0SS OF A DRITISH SHIP, Sax Fravcrsco, Jannsry 19.—The British ship Dewa Gur hur, from Callao frem Port- Jand, Oregon, went,ashora in shoal water in the Bar of Oregon yesterday. ‘Lhe crew waa waved but the ves:el is a totel loss, GEBMANY'S CLAIMS ON FIJI Binr Jannary 19, he White Book hos just be-n issued entitled ‘The German ©laims to the Laad of I It comprises thirty- three docunents ravging in_date from Octo- ber 81, 1883, to Septomber 16, 1884, and con- taining the records of rmavy's efforts to objain a settloment of the clains of German sunjects to th possess and’s re Germany to adopt her present active colonial polizy, THE DESKRR RE-OP Carso. January 19, - Gi I Wolsley has ordored all leticrs adirossed to General Earlew’ colum , to be forwarded via Korosko and Albuhumad. This iwplies that the des- ert route is re-opened. KAISER WILHELM SICK, Janunary 19.—The emperor of Ger- 1 and confined to his bed, SIX FFET OF SNOW IN FRANCE. Panis Japuiry 19, ~The Mont Cenis rail way I3 blocked with six feet of snow, i ona EN'S MANIFESTO, DuLiy, Januery 19 —The mavifesio is Is- sued by 'the Orangemen preparing their the future to xecara an_adequate on in pirliament for the wealth and Lyalty of Ir-land. EDERATION OF ALL THE REITISH ENED, Berl wany ONIRS, parliamont, addressad u lirgo mest constituents this evening. He declared him. eelf unreservelly in favor of the federation of all the colonies of Gireat Britain, and the establishment in Locdon of a central ¢)lonial couneil, to in ca-operation with the privy council’ accordivg to tha plan advocated by Karl Gray and the marquis of Lorn Ano hor connell was huld to-day at the war oftice on tho Egzyptian question, ~Orders the transports at Suez to couvey the troops to Suakim, ANOTHER NIHILISTI CONSPIRACY UNFARTHED IN BUSSIA, LoNDON, January 18,—The police of Russia hava *received some startling information about the doings and designs of the Nibilists It i said that the Nibilsts are now cogaged in & conspiracy £ murder by means of poison ceriain officials who baye incurred the hatred of the order. In tha wffort to thwart this con spiracy, » «i cular has been sent to all the price pal officials in the empire, warsing them +inst the eployment of new servants Who #r6 not strongly vouched for, and cautioning them against the accaptance of food «r drink from suy one not known to be trusty, It bas also transpired thst ever since Septawber there bas ben o sys tomatic serira of daf loations and em: ezeln mants by rofficisly concerned with the traasuris ities, The thieves have iovariably p-ved to havo bsen connecled with tha “ninilist organization, and little or ove of the stolen monsy has been re- wvered FRESH ATTEMPTS ON THE CZAR'S LIPY, Tt s foared that the nihilists bave now ob. &y ned eufficieot fuods to organize a wall P uoed attewpt woon m“fl!. of the Oaar THE OMAHA i‘() URTEENTH YEAR. Alexander ITI. Thare is no longer ox that th empt to wre seatinal foun railway, just whe ¢ to leays th track fur- wan_ expected 1 ample pro.f of the maligrity ot the That, narrow excape bas considers shaken tha Ozar's ner hermit in his gorgaous wintes vs Neva perapestive, and hs look d in superstiti us dread to the 1st of March, which will by the fourth auniversary of the mard r of his father, GERMAN COLONISTS IN A Private advices give deplor: the condition of German o lon Tre -lowi g descriptions publ e ted explorers a faw pont \ rush of emiges ¢ man newspay When destinatc smi.rants f salubrisus climate nor the fortile acil hid been pictured to them, Many of th vmbed t) fevers, and many othors were . tered by the na ives vived found that the soil totally nnfi ted for the snd climate wera i iral method 1%, Neb., January 19.—Tn the house |¢ hed ueed in Germuny, are that the : n-thing except them ar for m onotgh ta briog them home, having usad all theic faving | in the piesage money and theie outtit for the Afccan adventare. In theie 1 they freely attribute sha hostill thenatives t the intrignes and lies of ts who geek to monopolize tae trale of negrova, e ra— New York on the Treaties, New Yorg, January 19, T mittee of tha chamber of con thrt sfter investigation among all the mem- bers of the chamber, it finds the resoloticn ad- vorsa to the Spanish treaty, passed ata meot- ing January 8, satisfactory to a large major ity of the represantatives of all branches trads, and munufactors has te=n called v f r an opinion. Ths committee adds: *‘Mex. icoand San Domingo, sister rcpublics, the lat- tar especially is in_sympathy with our peo- pla and institutions, and from her p - sition iight be of muzh value i giving us a_coaling etation in caso of war. I'reaties with these countri ke but little fiom our revenue, open up an-avenus of trade at a resscnablo cost and deserve favorable consideation. On the other hand, Cuba and Port> Rico are dependercies of Spam aund under the Spanish rule of the most arbitrary and opprestive character. Sha bas taxad them unt] they are bankiupt, now she secks a:our expense to make them further able to wwell her revenue.” ‘The reprt concludes thus: ¢ The revenun of a tingle year proposed to be re- linquithai by us weuld build a craditable navy cr fortify our hatbors, or build a postal telegraph, or enlarge our canals, thus furaish- ing American laborars with emnp oyment, or on we might leave citizons from texation to that extent, or for obe-tnth of this cum we ~could eetablish American stezm lines t) all tha south and central Amer- ican ports, which would do more t» build up our commerce thsn ten such one-sided r rozity treaties. Tne repcrt has b.en eent to the United States senatore. o e——— The Vew York senatorship Practical- ly Settled in Favorof Evarts, Special Telegram to THE BER, AvpAxy, January 19.—Although tha events of tha past few days have practically settled the senator<hip in favor of Hon. Wm, M. Evarte, sti'l, his friends in order to prevent any trickery, poured iato Albany to-day ia such numbers as to complately tax the re- sources of hotels, At the Dalavan particular ly whera the headquarters of the remiiniog canditlates for senatorial konors are located, the corridors are to-day pressed with influen- tial republic s, noisily shouting ths praises of their stardard tearess, 1t is apparent to the impartlal observer that tha sentiment is strongly 1a favor of the nomination of, Iivarte, Itis also evident that that the backboae of the Morton campaign i3 irceteievab y broken e A Standard Oil Forger, NEw Yorxk, January 19.—I¢ isreported that money has been obtained upon forged checks or draf:s drawn upon ths Second National bank of Cleveland, Ohio, and signed “*Stand- ard Oil Company, by B. M. McGregor,” or other names, Several of these chacks, it is said, haye been cancelled by the banks and irdividuals in Atchison, Kansas, Jackeon, Mississippi, New Orleans aud Atlanta, Ga The drafts ae sid to have baen lithographed at a Kaneas City es- tablishment and are printed in dark ink on buff paper The forger is said to travel under the pames, G. I Thomas, ¥, C. Adams and Chas, W. Moore, having with him the Stan- dard Oil company’s letter heads and repres- entivg hims 1f as’ the agent of the Standard 01l company. e Passenger Yrain Derailed, Sr. Lous, January 10.—The Wabach Toledo train bound for St Louis struck a Droken rai just north of Venice this morning, derailing the combination baggage and ex- press car and smoker, both of which were thrown nto the ditch. The smoker was presty well filled with pasengers. Tho ro- mainder of the train remaived on the track. There were ight or ton pirsons_injured, United States Bxpress Mesgenger Matlocks fatally. The others were able to walk. ——— Sensible workingmen, WiLkespaRRE, Januiry 19.—The miners and lahorers employed by Pardee & Co,, Cox Bros, & Co, G. B, Markle, Leisenering & Co., coal operstor ia Lozersna county brgan work this moming at a reduction of ten per cont in wages, 'l his order eff-cts about ten thoueand mea who siguified thelr intentions to work rather than lie idle, e Keokuk Granes License, Kgokugk, January 19.—The city night by a resolution ordered the ci toWnforce tho stats prohibitory law ogainst y maloon-keeper who refuses to psy li censs of 25 par month. The loss «f roven sinca the probibitory law went iato effect caused this action. e Portrait of President Garfield, WasHINGTON, January 19, —A life slze por- trait of thelata President Garfield has been purchased, which will be placed in the rcom of thy hotso committeo on appropriations, of which committee he was chaiinan while a member of the bouse. B s Striking Brakemen, Forr Wavxg, January 17.—Tho situation a4 regards the railrond strike is unchanged, both sides are quiet and no demonstration has been mado so far _to-dey. The heavy snow storm of last night iwpades travel. Passen- ger trains ara from three to five hours late. ———— A $100,000 Falure. New Youk, Jawuary 19.—Richard Worth- ington made an assiznment to-day, with about $£300,00) prefgrences, an amouat of about $84,000 all to partics in thiz clty, Nominal asaets, $400,000. —— Subsidy for Ships, WasmiNaro, Janoary 17.—Fiye's bill to encourage the merchant marines, provides for & government subsidy to American ships for earryiog mails to foreign ports not to exceed $1 per wils each Removal of the Dakota Capital, Bismagck, January 17.—Potter, of Faulk county, this morping Introduced a bill re- | the moving the cajutal from Pierve. OMAHA, N EB., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1885, DALY BEE fakee LY Partber Particnlers of the Ka to: pital Fire, Recovery of Five More Bodies feom the Ruins, Testimony of the Furnace Build- ors Bafore the Coroner. o in Their Thoe Corener’: Jury Bri Verdiot of the Fire Was Acoidental, And Exonerates the Officers, as They Dia Their Best With the Meaos at Hand, THE KANKAKES FIRE, Kavkakeg, Ile, Janvary 19.—Tha todies of the five other victims of the Kantakee hos: pital fire, were rescusd to-day. They wers, Alired Ranyard, aged 50 of Wionebago, who entered the houpital last November, C. M. Tyler, aged 45 of Shellon, placed in the hospital last April, O aged 63 of Chi cago, who came last November, from Jeffer- s n h wpital, Jno Na haa, aged 42 of Cbicago tho g-noral favorits ab_ ub the hospital «hoss widow came for tho remaics = to-d Ho was placed in_ the hospital las July. Orlaudo Ellis, sged 42 of Pontiac, who was hopelesly rick, bad bacn in tho hospital since 1870, The remains of 13(lis were f>und immediately benesth tro:e of Belden, separated by the debris, Tue room of Ellis on tha second floor was above thit of Belden The remaios of Nathan wh n found preseved the torm ot a perfect skeleton, but on being tonched they crumblad to ashes The remaios of Runyard and Strotz would cach fill a collar box, _ The remaius of Belden who was & Kuight Templar, were tuken Col. H. O. Clarks, grand commander Kuig! i Templar of Tlhuois, acd gect by himt friends. Tha remaivs of Hic were sent by request to Springfield, Those ¢f Herely wers taken by his_ b other, Senator Herely, of sgo, to Marengo, "Phose of Gallsway and Haigh Wera by request buried here, Tho ismates, Oscar Anderson and Tsasc White, ate suffering from injucies recived at the fire. Attendaats Reid, barge aud Brown are still sufferiog from in- juries received at the fire. Trustee Donovan rosched the city to-day. Men have been placed at each of the 20furnaces of the hopi tal day and night to prevent s re.occurrence of the accident. Hospital Arch 3 Willet, of Chicago, testified before the coro- ners jury that ho was hera oues a wesk_on an average to supecintend the placimg of the fur- naces.aiThe coustructions] of tho fur- nace were in eccodance with my instructions; the buildicgs were all built before the furnace was put in; the wood juists vary from 6 to 10 inches fiom the top of brick works two coarses of brick wers luii over the iron girders above the. furnace; the brick wasal laid in mortar with gheatiron between the pipes; in the furnaceth y are 22 inches bslow the metalro f. Iput my band on the top of a similar farnace to.day snd found it nicely ware. I noticed the wooden cord; it was « exfect'y cool. It barely touches he brick. The iz of flus averages 16 inches wide, 16 inches deep; no wood is about the hot air flues; it is plastared on brick; no fire ring about it. I ehould ba sur. prised to find the flror abova that furpace hot to the hand. No clothes closets in the house when bui ould not think any heat from the famace co1ld make the r oms above dangerou-ly het I should have gona and ex- amiced if I had been cowplained to th-t shese floora were hot. T was naver notifiad of it. 1 tested tha room in a siwilar bwmldivg and could not tell by fecling of the flaor where the farnace was, 1 havenoidsa a3 to the origin oftho fire. My superintendent or foremau on'y had the genersl wdpervision of those furnnces, 'Che space above the bricks and be- low the wood work was closed up by the fur- nace men, It is a wmooted question os to whether if hot it would be bess to hava the space above furnaces open or closed. The fur- naces wera the Ruttan. They were placed in position by Diedrich & Ha: of Chiczgo Tt was_impossible for the heat to escape through the brick layers so as to char the wood above, Hot air would not ignite wood. Do rot ttink it possible for that furnace to set fire to the building in ths half hour botween the visits of the might watch, Don’t think any part of the furna e insecure in view of the accicent and secing the public excitement T might mend the placing of another layer of brick above the furnac>, but do not desm it at all necessary, and do not know that thera are pine timbers extanding over the top of tha furnaces at the hospital to one reaching along the rear of the one in the bumed building. Tested tho furnaces when placed in position Thay were all right thon, [ have seen them frequently since, This A Driver teatified: DID THE MASON WORK, [] on those furnaces under the supervision of Willitts' foreman, Scully. He was not the immediate master, #ill T was under bim. It was very uncomfortable in placing tho roofs on the furnaces, they were so close to the woodwork above, we'could have done bet work if we bad more room, Woe hsd ed the brick all over, pl-stered all ths j inthe wron work, the furnace men put up the furnace proper, and the smoke-pipe and wa_bricked around, We built them first with an afr epacs above loft open. We closed up those spaces at Scully's order believe 1f they hud been Isft open as firet built it would have tended to prevent the fire, The sprce above the furnace was entirely euclosed; those walls were built up to keep the coal dust and ashes from teing diawn throuzh the airdusts into ths rooms above, Seully is a man_who ia considered master of his business. To the best of my knowlsdge there was good work done when they were built, Charles Zeister, Sr., . testitied: A contractor Sillie’s foreman in stone and brick work, I bullt the hot air flues avd chimneys in tbe burmed buildivg, The walls are o siugle brick, the awoke flues double brick the hot air flues single brick not plas. tered inslde, mercly the holes stopped. on- sider the ¢ nétruction of the smoke and hot air flues and butting of the jolsts * about them all done in perfect order,. The hot air flu s are arch coverad. Jumed Sillie testitied: Am the coutractor aud builder of all the hospital buildinge st Kankakee, Had the contract of building the building bursed all bot the the heatiog Wien the contract was let it was not known whether it would be beated by steam or air; those flues ave suitable for indirect heat or hot air; thers was no wood sbout heat tly the walls of hot air flues are four inches thick on oneside; the walls of the smokeo fles ara eight inches; bave supervised sbe puttiog up of bub few farnases; havn'e given particu'ar attention to thesefurnaces; in my judgmeut they were a little too near the ~ woodwork to be absolutely I cannot conceive of any other means of firing that huilding feom what, T have learned thau from that hot air, aud there were two fires in the furnace that night, one more than ususl, From my recant observation of a similar fur nace when well heated the floor above could become pretey hot. I belleve it would be safe if the air circulated above them, I built the closet immediately above the furnsce where the fire was first seco. It was 4xGfeet, One side was formed by pro{ullon of a hot air flue, The floor of ‘the closet was of ma- plef the walks of pine. The furnaces were Ruston, After they were placed i came after and cased them. viddn app'y a'so to csses which had been foreman, Seully, Imidsted that ‘we o . 3 et 1un the walls up ¢ _the ceiling, and en WASH|NG i UN NEws ATest1 O SR evghre. . T Ly ourerenc t8 I "E MARKE' s ‘,‘,’;',.,'"f'.,'r".'{‘.,'J.q,,‘}:bx\'f"'um.'.n:.‘f\-“' e * | sub-titata was adog ted which mada _tha pro . look better and prevent the dust from goirg tte air chawbers, I heard no objection the turnace men a2 to the spa e bain msll above the furnace, The liyers of k were laid well in_mortar about the fur. e. My opivion is that with that confined could have been heated hot enovgh to set fie to tha woedwork evenvunly At a late hour to-night the jary rendercd the followiog verdict: “We thd that the de up ceased came tothei danths by boirg suffocsted aud burned by the smoke and fire originatiog or tha hot mr furnace in the itfi-mary heastera Illin is ho pita! at Kan . 18, 1785, We beliuse the cause e been das to a defective or furnace covering, the wooiwork 1 100 cloge preximicy to the furnaces and the spsce betwean the furasce roof and tha floor joists above the same being e with masonory, preventing a free circuls of air besween the roof of the hot air ch and the floor joiste, We, the j ry, recor he immodi t9 removal of ths ma tworn tho furnace roof and flior jost s in the similarly enclored furnaces © mow in ke 8% £10 eastorn Tllinols bospital, We also fird la k of suissble firo alarme, ckcapos aud appliavc & for «x:smgaishing fires in the de ached wards of smd hospital. Wo also find that thera was no negligenca on the part of the offi sers or emp oyes (f said hospital and that they did all in the'r power to save life and property with the means at havd, t— Brirring Thmes in Bgypt. LoxpoN, January 19. — The excitement canced yesterday by the unususl occurrence of & ¢ uncil ¢t the war offico on Sucday was greatly increased by the tepoit that the goy- ernment decided to resist any attempt on the pat of Tarkey to occupy any portimm of Egvpt or land troops in that country. There is considerab’e excitement av tha war office trd.y. Ocders have been tent to Chatham, Ports.wouth a.d Woolwich, which cauaed much ity at tho great naval stati ns. Another battallion of troops was ordered t) embark immediately for Alexandiia Other orderad to by in readiness to u, dale took Daniel ‘WilletVs Y and )yacbod him. y moment. ‘Lhe indicationa all point to stirrirg events in Egips. There is no doubt the wiristry is determined not to allow Turkey to i teriera in Egyptian affairs by placing sn armed forcein acy partof £gy ph — The Fi z John Porter Bill, WasHINGToN, January 19.—A resolution was introduced in the house to-day by Gen. Slocum, calling on tha president to transmit gress an appeal made to him in behalf 2 John Porter, abeut two months ago, and is requested by Porter for reinstatement in the army, he (Porter) claiming that ths president can reinstate him withou further action by congress. 'The paper is an elaborate review of the atturney peneral, upon which e president’s veto of thy Porter reinstate- ment bill ab the It seseion was based, in which the view taken by the attorney general is centroverted, Tho resclution was rofei rad to the military affairs committse, and will probably be ranorted back to tho house favor- ably within a few days. instarement ——e——— The New York Senatorship, Arpaxy, Jenuary 19.—Crowds of politi- s are at the Delavan, Evarts’ bead- quarters. The attend-nce at Morton's head- quurters was no so large, 1:40 p. m. —The great question of ugsion on all rides is whether tha bailot to b taken in the caucus this #venivg will bs yiva vo e or secrot. The strength of $heopuo:ing will b> accurately tested By the vote on this | 4130, question. Tha Morton men.are for a recret andt arts men foran opan one. AvrBaNy, N. Y., January 19.—In the Re publican cuucus to-night Evarts received 61 votes, Morton Depew 3 e e——— The Bos Bostox, January 10.—The Bay State sugar refinery was completely gutted by last night's fire. Loss to sugar manufactory, $ 00,00 ; Toss t 1 owners of adjoining proparty including Standard dye works and tenement h.uses ag- gregate ¥35,000, Postoy, Jauary 10.—Ths murance on the Bay Stato refinery, burned last night, and in- cluding the atock and machinery, sggrezates £335 (00, It is stated that the loss will be considerably more thn the insutance, thovgh the amount is not definitely known, e e————— An Tmporiant Decision, Cricaco, January 19'—The Tnter Ocean's Madison, Wis,, specisl says: Judge Bum, in tha U, S. circuit coutt to-day decided the rail- way bond case of Meteslf vs, The City of Watertown, in favor of the defendant, the ruling sffzcls $100,000 worth of bonds, Tel- egrams aunounce 1has the citizens of Water- town ara celebrating with eannon, —m— Cutting Ocean Rates, New York, Jenuary 19.—The Red Star steamship lice has issued a circular to agents givicg the rats from Antwerp to Mew York and vice versa at $0, with 34 commiseions, The Carr line is also eelliog tickets at $10; unard, Archor and other English lines still adhere to $15 for steerage paseeogere. ——e—— A Coia Snap. Dusuque, January 19 —~The colde:t day of the wiater; the - governmant thermometer showed 21 below at 7. a. mi, Other ther- mometers 24 to 32, acoarding to exposur Tho railroads ara ' gatting clesr of the blockade. The Illinvid, Central west is open from here to Parkersburg. Trains will run through to Sioux City tuanorcow. e —— Coal Fleec Sunk, PrTrsnure, Janumy 19,—A fleet of eeven coal boats and barges belonging to J. C. Rieher & Co,, broke from their moorings near Woods Run, Obio river last night, awd five barges containing two huadred and thirzy-fi thousand bushels of coal sank, Loss ———— Banker Henderson's Affairs. Laxcastsn, Pa,, Jauusry 19.—Experts are examiniog tha affaira of _the lats Amos Hen- derson, the inselvent banker. De-otits sre now stated to be io excess by §207.000 of the amount previously repirted. Henderson’s chitdren ivdicat d their intestion to surrender their claims for the b f small depositors. Will Probably Resume, Prrrspusc, January 19,—Oliver Bros, & Phil ips affairs appear t0 be progressivg satis- factorily toward an evfersion on favorable tams. A mesting of epeditors will be held to morrow, It is stal on grod suthority that the 2adiiles will nob exceed 82,200,000, The Weather To-day. WasuINGTON, Janusry 19, - Upper Missi sippi valley, falr, warmer weather; winds snilting westerly. L ower barometer, Mis- souri valley, warmer, weasher; winds gererally wosterly, 1 barometer. Diviston o Biswanck, January morn ng » bill memor, division of Dakota an southern half paseed rules by & usanimous —In the house this g cougress for the the adwmission of the uspension of the Minnesota MooRruEAD, Minn., & Hurlbut's elevator this morniag and_ %0, Lows not stated. The Ly TyLEs, Texas, Ji 19.—A bard of masked men last night abthe villags <f Lin- Sotten from & negro house Il Burned. uary 19,—Pisllbury Georgetown burned Dushels of wheat. r will be rebuilt. Tavestigation of tbe Na'tomal Pension Bu:eav, Introduotion of a Bill to Kegulate Live 8tock Traffic. The T. 8. Cattle Trail and Quar= antined @raziog Grounds. The Public Printer's Raport for the Fiscal Year, Eulogies on Senator Antheny Pro= nounoed in the Senate, The Treasury Department on the Lookont for Cuban Filibusters —Gen, Garfield's Portraif, TAE RE TR, WasHINGTON, January 10.— Coke introduc: ed a il to establish and 1egulate quarantine of livastock on the trail and rexulate live stock t affic batween stat s, R ferred. At the conclusion of the moruing business, Aldrich « flerad the f.llhwing: Rec0'ved, That the Seaate has heard with profound sorr w of the desth of Heory B. Anthony, Iate senator from Rhode I<land. Ra olved, That tha business of the Senate e ncw suspended to enable bis associates to pay proper tribute of 1ezard to his hieh char. acter und distinguished publis services, Eulogies on Senator Anthony were pro- nouuced by Senators Aldrich, Ednunds, Gar- land, logalls, Bayard. Pendleton, Morrill, Hoar, Hawley, Buitler and Sheffield. Reso. lutions were adopted and the semate ad- journed. . 5 HOUSE, WasHINGTON, January 19.—The speaker 1d before 1 he house a commuication from the cretary of the treasury travswitting an esti- mate of appropriation (840,000) to meet the incid nt 1 exdenses of the United States na- val vese's attending ths werl'ds industral ex- position at New Orleans, Referred, Bills w ra introduced and referred: Bv Towpsan. A resilutlon requesting the b eadent to farnish the hou-e copies aud cor- respondence relative to theeo-called Oklahi— ma lands in Indian Territory, together with information as to the present conaition of the controversy growing out the attempted oceu- ation of such land: By Ward. Amending the act to prevenf the introduction of contagious disesses. This is the bill prepared ia the confereuce of na- tional heal h efficare, By Mi ls, a rerolution amending the rules w0 that a majority of the members present may cuspand the rules and pass bills relating to the revenues, By Blount, to enforse the collection of taxes on oistilled spirits in bonded warchouses. Hitt, under instructicns from the committes on foreign affairs, moved to suspend ths rules and pass the renats biil providing for the e ercisa of jurisdiction conferrad «n the United States in v rritory ard dominion, and repsal- e the iun. 408 ‘After the explavation of the purpose of the billand the debate thereon, the motion to suspond the rules and pass it was lust, failing Of the necessary two-thirds majority. Pending the motion to adjourn, in order to prevent the committee on military affai's fiom brnging forward the Grant retiremert bul, the Anthony resolutiors were received from the senate, After several dilatory mo- tions, and without action on either the house agjourned. WASHINGTON NEWS, W ASATNGTON, January 10.—The bill intro- duced by Blount to enforce the collection of taxes on distilled spirita dirests the 4 of the treasury to immediately on the expira- tion of three years after ths award ifor the puyment of such taxes to proceed to® collect the same notwithstanding any action which way be bgan after the eaid time for its expor- tation. CAFTAIN ¥ADS' FROYOSAL, WAsHINGTON, Janaary 19,—In response to arequest feom the committee on rivers snd harbors, Gen, Newton, cvisf eogiver, sub- mitted a report to-day on Captaiu Eads' pro- posal to improve Galveston harb Gen, Newton says the proposéd contract is entirely one-sided; that whils it provides for a depth of thirty feet of water over the bar no particu- lar width of that ch:nvel is stipulated, and that the contract could be carried out by not making it over two fest wido, Newton also finds that an undue proportion of ths contract price is y.yme for the earlinst stages of the work, which might waka it desirable for the contractor to throw up the job kefore comple- tion. And fivally that it gives undue power to the countractor over the navigabls water, Tha bill introduced by Senator Coke to ex- tablish a quarantine stock trall proyides for the appciatment of three cmmissioners to lay out snd establish a public highway for thie purpose of driving live stock to marlket or from one place t) another and also to estab- lish at convenlent points on this highway or trail, » suitsble quarantined grazing ground whaere Jive stock m+y be held and grazed for short periods during the drive. This trail +hall begin on the R'd river near the tenth degres of logituds, thence run_in a porth- wasterly dirccuon through the Lndian tersitory, following 8 fur s practicable the Fort Grif- fin and Dodge City trail to the southwestern corner of Kausas, and thence over the unap- propriated lands of the United States in a northerly direction to the boundary lice be. tween the United States and Canada. 1 trail not to ¢ xceed six miles in width snd the quarantined graziog ground shall not exceod twelve miles equara, All upappropristad lands needed for the proposed acs are to be withdrawn from settlement and set apart for the proposed act for ten years. Tao repors of the commisioners requires the approval of the secretary of the interior before the tralis es- tablished. Ten thousand dollars are appro privted for the preposed act, THE PUBLIC PRINTER to-day tranrmitted to the senate the report for the fiscal ysar erdi-g June 30th, 1884, The report says the prinung by ordor >f the sen ate cost $149,143 against” $04,464, and the house printing 3:76,333 agaiost $175 207 for the previous year, On the probable in'ro. dustion of the cholera to this country, and itsre'ation to his office the public printer ways: I am advised that impoitad rags are largely used by the contractor who supplies the paper. The treasury depsrtment has is- sued an order prohibiting the importation of rags from the cholera iofested countries, If there is danger in the use of 1ags at the mills it would seem that tha diseasa might bs com- municated in the paper, daily reccived at this office. In view of the expected appecach of the cholera, snd in the name of the 2,300 pao- pla under my charge, I submit this proper question for the cosideration of congress An appropiistion of X is asked for the cowming fiscal year, against the §3,014,000 estimate for the current fiscal year, For a number of days the house committee on paymext of pensious, bounty and back pay have been investigating the cause of the dalay of the pension bureau in wlowing pension claime. In the course of the investigation of that portian of the pensioa appropriation bill passed last eession which provided for the payment of a $25 fee to the claim agests upon making & contract with the peosioner and filing with the bureau have been coneidered. The legislation n_question was agreed upon in the congiersional confersnce committee and adopted ia_both houses on the report of the committee," mlzlullfi nfrud upon- in the house, the $20 fes was liml filed prior to the bill, and the ena 1878 allowing fee. G Washington agent testfied ' that with his attorney ho went to the intaric ment snd argued in favor of thy snbstituts adopted by the conference comm that the substitute was prap:red by Secretary Tel lcr and that he (Lemon) saw the individual members ttoe an nged them ¢ S N. W. Fitz who o » the paosion bur practic Lyaf. v, testified enat thy day prior to thy adopticn of the sub. stituts by the confersten committe he was reinstatod a4 atto ney befora the pinsion burean, and by the a fvice of So rotary Telles wold his pasion businesa with h's nterest in about $45,000 pending claims to Lomon for 83 000, Thst by the purchase and by thaadoption of the substituto Lemon wag enabled to n several hundred thousaan d o lars § th ne endeavored to buy the buinws bacx from Lemon, off ring a bonus when he discovered the action of the ¢ nference commit! that Lem n refused and said is had e im more than £8 000 to get the snbstity Joslyn, asdistant wecretary of the in terior, exjlaiued & number of official orders that had been issu d by himeelf to the commissioner of pensofns in the al uce of the clai ion. He te fied thet Fitzgerald was roinstated by tho tressury department in order that he might transfer his businy s to Lemon, The testi- mony of Joslyn will be continued to-worrow. Tn reply to an inquiry by an Associated press reporter, Joslyn eaid that tha bill_passed by » through A t the depactment was not passed by con- gress, but ancther bill which the department know nothing sbout bad passed Fitzgerald was reinstated sothat he might soll out. He had the papers in a large number of pension cases, which he refused to surrender, and ths cases were ko tied up that nothing could ba done to them by the burean. Joslyn said hoe was personally responsivle for his reinctatement. The new law in regard to attorneys fo.s was worsiog advantageously. Under the old law hun- dreds of fraudulent or invalid claims wers gottn up by attorneys whose $10 foe was not contingent upon _the result. The adjudication of this mass of claims inter- fired with and delayed the settlemont of thoss which were meritorious, All this diffi culty had disappeared under the new law. The pention offica had msde a mistake in con* nection with the Fitzgerald Lemon matter in the holding of claims who paid Fitzerald a 810 feo that they should have paid Lemon $25. They should only pay Lemon $15, THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT lssued special insts ns to the collectors of customs aud its other ageuts in the vicinity of the Gulf coast to be on ths alert to prevent any violations of international obligatiovs in fitting out filibnsteriog expeditions Cub . Revenue stamers arc now cruising in the gulf on the lookous for sucpicious vessels. ————— RAILROAD BACKET, Just Sofficient Demand for the Light Reocuipts, Hundreds of Telegrams Sent Out ng Shipments, Hog Market Strone and Advanced 6 and 10 Cenws, The Feeling on Wheat Was Da= cidedly Bearish. Corn Had More Frisnds than Any Steady—Provisions More or Less Strong. CHIOAGO MARKET, CATTLE, Special telegram to tho Bie, (A10AGO, Janusry 19, —Thera was just about a sufficient demand for the light receipts, and prices ruled considerably stronger. Hundrads of telegrams were sent to the country advis- ing shipments that would reach here on Wednesday and later, so that 8 big run may bs expacted toward the end of the week, Good to chrice 1400+ 1500 lbs., 5 55@5 1200@14 (0 1bs,, $5 20@b €0; common to fal $420@5 00; inforior cows, $250@290; mo- dinm, 83 00@3 50; good, 83 70 @4 25; stockers, 83 40@4 00; feeders, $3 00@4 G0, HOOS, The market opened rather slow, both spec— ulators andregular buyees expected that they would not_have to pay bigher than on Satur. day, and thaped their actions accordingly, but there was an outside and miscellaneous demand of sufficlent strength and activity to take the offerings at stroug 5@10 advance, Telegramns wera ent all over the country advising ship- ments for the rest of the week. Senders be- lieving that the present strength would continve. The highest price was $1 76@4 80 for c'osely and chofca heavy, yet thero wera & few lots that were held higher. Packiog and ¢hipping 250 and 425 Ibs., ¥4 65@4 80; light, 5 and 215 lbs., $125@460. Kunning through about all of to-day’s speculative mara kets there was a pronounced fe-lieg of uncer- PHILADELPRIA, Javuary 19.—The principal reason aesigned by ths passng.r department of the Pennxylvan‘a railroad company for the swa ping reductiors in emigrant fares is the fact that other parties in the pool had reduced the prica of secord class tickets below the emigrant fare. The officials said to-day that “other roads have taken the emigrant busi- ness into their own hends without any reference to our interests, The contest for the emigrant businers was c; to such an extent that oo Wedneeday Jast others in the pool held o meetiog and agreed to make the emigrant r: Chic: £8, and this . 'The effect was. to take all ths throigh emigrant business as second-class business, and the pool was thus robbed of considerahle money. the first intimation we had of this reducti n was a cable from Liverpco! stating that the lower rate was quoted 1n Europe. This was on Fridsy and the same day we receswed the commissionera report of the meoting, and we decided to take vigurous measures ot once, 1t is searcely probable that the gecond class rate will get below our emigrant rate. The first class1ates west bound are still maintained by ue, CnicaGo, Janvary 19.—As nesrly as can be ascert.ined, the heaviest cut on the eastbound grain or provisiors to.day was three cents, Which was the tame rate as qu-ted on Satur. day. There sesms to ba a dispoeition to com- pete for busivess upcn tha basis of commercial houses, and let the relative volume of traffic regulate the making of rates, PontraND, Oregon, January 19 —The English bondholdc s of the Oregon and Cali- fornia railroud which defaulted the January interest, applied to the United States court for a receiver today. R Kesler present manegar and A. G. Cunningham were ap- pointed joint receivers. NEw Yonk, January, 19.~ Each of the 130 emigronts to-dey by steamer Brittsnic, was handed §13 on each ticket to Chicago, and was directed by theagent of the stesmship company to buy a new ticket for $1. The e;“g.;:mu were joyous over the presentation of §12. —— Eerions Accident at Beatrice, Spacial to Tug Bix, BEATRICE, Neb,, Jonuary 18.—A sad acci- dout occurred Friday about seven miles north of this city. Whilo Mrs, C. Gordenier and her son Willie were returniog home from a foneral of_w neightor, the bugey was upsets throwing Mze. Gordenier out, breakiog her collar ,bome and hurting hee badly in other ways.' Shs was taken home uncomsci us, Her son received but slicht imjuries, The horses ran awey, breakiog tha buggy to pieces. Mra. G- 13 slowly recoyering. —————— 1llinois Legislature, Ci10460, Janvary 19.—The Inter-Uceans’ Springfield special says: In the senate to-day Merritt introduced a joint resolution fixing ‘Weaneeday, the 21st as the day to count the vote for state officers. No quorum, adjourned, The house met &t 6 p. m. and on motion of Linengar immediately adjourned till 2 p, m, to-w orrow, after making Fuller’s appeal from the decision of the chair Friday the first thing in order, e — Explosion of Gas and Fire, PirrspoRc, January 19— A natural gas ex- plosion oceurred this morning at Sharpoburg, five miles east of here which et fira to More- head Brothers & Co's., veuvius Iron worke, The fice is still raging, Other buildings have taken fira from the burning mill, Engines from Allegheny and this city have been sent to aid in controling the fire, Pirrssurc, Jaousry 19.—The explo: created int nso excitement, Sharpsburg citi zens have been active in opposition to the na- tural gas company laying pipes through the borough, and after the accident to-day bands of men went out threatening to tear them up. There was no violence however, e ———— The Question, BinruiN, January 19 -Baron Lambermor t's report to Congoconference embod§ing the Kngs lish proposals regarding neutrslity and laying down formalities to be observed by the pow- ersin annexing the African terntory, is con sidered a farther step to England’s advantage. There is a general susgicion that Germany re’ gards the report with little favor, ————— Louisville merchant Missing, LovisviiLe, Ky., Janusry 19.—W. 8, Pate, dry goods merchant, has been missing since Wednesday, Tt is suy fono to Canvda Teaving 810,00 debts, Houaid o wes going to Hot Springs, but capot be found there. The store was closed to-day. Tho Indebledness is for goods bought on credit. ted to claims filed ! o — Remnanw of & Wreck. 81, Lous, January 19,—The Wabash train from Chicagzo met with a serlous accident ten miles cast of East St, Louis this morain ls reported here that twelve persons were seriously iojured. tamty which at times bordered closely on weaknese, The bulk of it camefrom the unget- tled conditions prevailing at eastern financial centers, with the natural resul of bringing out more local sellers than buyers and to a elight extent depressing yalues, In a geveral way speculative business was greatly curtailed. WHEAT, Wes fairly firm at the opening, principally on light re-eipts and prospects of decrensed arri= vals during the curaing week, by reascn of the it blockades. The advatica over the openi ces was o al of otioma Belig A% thelr Deatat opeing qu tions. The situation on Wall street was such 2 to bring out free sellers and run the May options down gc, but from this point there Was a recovery to dc under early quotations, the bulk of it taking place between 12 and 1 o'clock, on talk of for.ign complications, In a general way, however, the fecling was bear- ish. No. 2 spring sold early at793c, but eased off to 78%c at close. CORN. thowed rather more than usnal strength at the opening, with prices from # to 4c over Satur- day’s_closing. Early purchases by leading local honses sfiffaned the market pirceptibly and induced a little line of tailers. It wes re- marked that corn probably bad more friends to-Aay thau any gther grain on thefloor. No., 2 cash was quot®d at 38ic carly, bus closed nominally at 38¢, 0ATS were steady and firm at the opening at Jo bet- er than the clesing figuros, but the subséquent ronge was irregularly downward within e, the closo at 1 o'clock being about steady at de- cline, RYE continues firm and steady with cash and Ju uary 620 bid; February, G2ic; March, 633c; Apiil, G4o, and May, 68¢, but with practical.y 0 options on the floor, Track stuff ranged from 60 to 662, PROVISIONS were gonerally highér at the opening, the in- creage being be in pork and 24e in lard and ribs, with the exception of here and there a salo, Shortly after business opened st Zjc over first quotations esrly figures were the highest for the day. The irregular downward range aggregated 10cin pork, 74c in lard and fc in shert ribs, the prevailing tone was one of more or less heavine's. Oash pork was uoted at $12 10 lard $6 774, and ribs $6 124, though business in this line was so light that prices wera Little better than nowminal. The close was easy. e —— The Clawson Polygamy Case, WaSHINGTON, January 19.—The supreme court of the United States entered a declsion in the polygawy case of Rudger Clawson, pellant, vs. the United States, appeal from the supreme court of Utah, Clawson, appel- lant, having besn found gailty by the jury of the crime of pelygamy and cohsbitation, was duly sentenced to pay a fine of 3500 and imprisonment for four years, He appealcd to the superior court of the territory, aud pend- ing judgment on such appeal, applied to the court th sentenced him for a releaso upon suitable bsil. The judge denied the applica- tion, on the ground that the dcfendant ought not to be admitted to bail after conviction and sentence, unless some extraordinary reasors were ghown, and no such reasons have been given, Clawson thereupon sued out a wnt of Rabeas corpus in the supreme court of the territory, and prayed for a release upon the ground that the court below had un- lawfully refused to adwit him to bail. 'The supreme court overruled tha petition ond re- manded the prisoner to the custody of the marshal, wheranpon he took the pressnt ap- peal to this court, This ccurt holds that in- asmuch as the judgment of the third judicial court in which the prisoner was tried did not impcse upon him a fine ouly but also impris- onment, his admission e bail, pending the appeal from that judgment, is distinctly com- mitted by the Jaws of Utah to the discretion of the court or the judge to whom the appli- cation for bail may be made. The supreme court of Utah was therefore right in overrul- ing the petition and remanding the prisoner to the cstody of the marshal, and it judg- ment is affirmed, Dan Voorhees to the Front, InNoiANAPOLIS, January 19—The demos cratic members of the legislature held a cau- cus to-night to nominate & candidate for the United States, Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees was nominated by acclamation and a rising Vi To & similar way a resolution was passed warly commending the Hon, Joseph E. McDonald to the attention of President— elect Cleveland as a fit wan for & cabinet yozition, C — A Wabash Wreck, Loxooy, Jaunary 19,--Eleven persons who were in the missing boat of the ill-fated Ad- miral Moorson, were rescued In an exhausted coodition. They bad been in the boat slnce Thursdsy.