Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 24, 1885, Page 1

THE FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA DaiLy BEE OMAHA, NEB., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1885. LINGOLN. A Resolnllion to Tavestigate the School Land Frands With Open Doors Very Properly Sat Down Upon, The Ornamental End of the Leg=~ islature do Considerable: MoShane's Resolution Regarding the Morton Affair, The House Receives a Delegation of the W, 0. T U,, House With an Address on Temperance. Special Correspondencs of the Bk, Lixcows, January 23.—Ths firet regular business this morning wss a resolution pre- sented to the house by Mr. Jonhston, of Lan caater, that the the house branch of the school land fraud investigatirg committee be structed to hold its meetings with open doors. Johnston eaid he conld not understand why here was such & desire for seorecy and hoped that everything done and sald wosld be made Olmstead said on behalf of the majority cf tee he hoped this resolution {11,y were snxious to have the procsedings made public, opened thelr doors, on account of the emalt ness of the rom, they were overran by amob, Varner ea'dl thut the demo:rats were once apparently auxious for this inquiry, but now they wanted to work in the dark and prevest the people knowing what was the room was not large enovgh he would hice the opera houre, if necessary, so that the meetings might ba public and’ citizens might ‘watch the proceed!: Miller Mr. Vare sena‘e avd Mr ge. In ans - said that Mr. Crook of this kouse, wera the ats anxious for secrecy, Harl.u thought 1he committee should have power to act as it thoupht fit. Nettleton then said that this investigation wan entrosted to the committee by the house and thet 16 was compe: at to judge for itaelf He would not have the com mittre held or hamrered by a mob as 1he chairman has described them, but was in favor of allowing them to use their own discretion, Stephenson eaid he didn't know wheiher the committeo had any doors cr not but thovght it only fair to them to allow them to manage their own business, Price moved that the resclution belaid upon the table, which was carried. Oimstead now «flered a resolution that room No, 6 be set spart for the exclusive use of the commiltce, aud this was adopied. Nettleton proposen that ths houss adjourn 30 p. m. togive the committee an op- proceadirg with theic businees, caried snd the house aojourne 10 o'clock a. 1. THE SENATE. LiNcowy, January 23,—Thoe senate, which a critical ;member of the house called the ornamental end of the legislature, transasted considerable business this Sowers, chairman of the railroad committee reported back to the senate for action in the Mr. Goehuer's rail- road bill regulating the charges of freight cn through car loads. Goehuer it was reforred again to the com- mittee. Mr. MeAllister introduced a 1eso- lution that the railroad committee ba request- ed to bring in a bl in threa days regulating the freight tariffs in this state, Mr. Day the rules were suspended and the resolution adopted without opposition, ‘The most intecesting matter of the day and that which brought out the forensic eloquence the resolu ion, On motion of Mr. resolution regn ding the Sterling Morton Whereas, On the 14th day of Januar; 1885, a joint committee of the Senats House of Represoutatives was appointed to estigite the selling and leasing of the school lavds in the stats ¢f Nebraska and in order that they might be able to thoroughly prosecute the work of said investigation was empowered to send for persons and papers, ‘Whereas, on the 20th day of January, 1885, & summons sigued by a member of said com- mittee was served upon one J. Sterling Mir- ton to appear before s\id committes to give tert'mony 1n said investigation, and ‘Whercas, said Morto wmons wrote a letter to sald member vignirg h lotter was dat<d on Jan- n which he recites that ow- reply to said sum- said summops; wh ry 20th, 1885, g to important busine o be excused from said committee until Mon- January 26th, on which date he would be prosent aud at the service of said commit appearing befor d Whereas, the committee having reported to this senate that Mr. Morton had refueed to ap- pear before said committee, and asked for in structions from th der the powers ve be issued for raid Morton and brought beforo the bar of the senate. Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That in view of all the facts that the vote upon which said attachment was is- sued be reconsidered and the record expunged. In support of his resolution, Mr. Mcsh said the 1-suing of the summons in the first place was illegal, being eigned by this man Olmstead, who had no suthorlty, except ss chairman of one branch of the committce. Church Howe declared himself in favor of jus- t'ca, but thought Mr, MecShane too hasty. The senate had acted on the comuittee’s ad- vice, and that action should stand until other- Mr, Morton’s letter Ina pri- vato matter, and the serate only knows its contents from hearssy. the letter was the property of the committee, and he wanted it brought” before the house by Mr, Brown was of the opin ion that Mr, Morton's letter was an after thought, and had been right after refasfog to coms with the sergeant- at-arms, He favored reconsidering, but would not expunge anythiog from the records, MoShae replied that having been impoted wise requestad, McShane said the committee. disgraceful, and should be wiped from know bow long after the that the letter by any man, “ever if he was & prohibitios d if a democrat, Howe insisted Moiton bad made his appear- auce before snythiog was expunged from the Senator Liolan then moved that the resolutions be reforred to the land fraud in vestigating committae, thought the senate ought to ses the letter be. 0 oy Were Wrong int of "the proceediogs Mr, Oln- who bad received the ppeared on' th floor of the senate r and asked for & heari t ter, which was not all jection of Mr McShans, Se woved that Mr. Olmstead be beard. This }rough several ator MeAllister entlemen to their feet with id b stead then. withdrow. his lm 1 e request, and Dolan's resolution to refer the whola matter to the investigating committee, was moved a8 & substitute, Mr, Buckworth then moved to give Mr, Olmstead tive min- utes to read the letter and address the senate, By a rising vote of 13 to 14 the motion pre. wailed. He read the letter from Mr., Morton, which wssked for further time, Hs wsald _the letter reached him yesterday, Thursday, at 1 n. m. The date of the letter was the 20th, He asked that the postmaster of the heuse be allowed to corrob- orate his statement, but it was not allowed. The diecussion was again vigoronsly resumed until theprevious auestion was ordered, S Dolan's‘resolution was adopted by the follows ing vote: _Yeas ~Brown. Buckworth, Burr, Cherry, Olark, Day, Dolan, Einsel, Goe. huer, Howe, Howell, Hyers, Lowis, McAlister, Meiklejohn, Norrie, Paul, Putoam, Sheivin, Skinner, Smith of Fillmore, Smith of Lancas- tar, Snell, Sowers, Spencer. Nags—Durland, Filson, Hobel, McShane, Metz, Mille, Senator McAllister introduced a bill to reg- ulate passenger rates on railroads., Senator Skinner introduced one requirine railroads of the state to receive and transfer freight to other roade. Of the bills read for the third time and passed was one fixing the pay and duty of leg- islative employes. The bill probibiting the sale of tobacco to minors under thirteen yosrs ot age was passed with but two dissentin, voicee, (‘lm‘: and tnell, The educational committee reported in favor of the bill making the study of hygiene part of the common school curricnlun, Senator Howe introduced a resolution that the senate take one week’s vacation. The reasons given were that business might be ex. pedited,” Strange as it may ecom the reasons or not adjourning were practically the same, This resolution, with the various amendments tacked to it, was finally tabled, Investigating, Special telegram to the B, Taxcor, January 23,—Olmstead was not present at the session of the commnttee on in- vestigating the school land frouds to-asy, On the resolution of Smitha committee of three, consisting of Metz, Smith and Spencer was ap pointed to investigate the Olmstead-Mor- ton affair. Three witneeses from Clay connty wera examined and testified to having held leases on the lands and that the leases wera irsued to cther partics while they still held possession of the land and the original leases, They were compelled to pay comsiderable sums to get the lands back azain Friday sfternoon is an off da and this was no_exception, Many members had gone, leaving those behind apparently L1nclined to do much work. A few bills and ations of minor importavce were intro- duced and the house raceived a deputation from the Women's Christian Temperance union, a temperance address of some length given by Mrs, Cooley, and shortly after the house adjeurned until to-morrow morning. o —— THE OKUAHAMA BOOMERS. GINERAL HATCH ISSUES HIS PROCLAMATION, Carpwery, Kas,, Junuary 23, — By mail and courier the associated prees correspondont has received news from General Hatch's head- quarters at Camp Russall, Indian tecritory, dated January 19, and delayed by storms uatil to-day, The communication is as fol- lows: “General Hatch and Lieutenant Fialey arein camp weiting for Major Dewes, who left Kot Keno yesterday with three troops of cavaley, I, G aad C, and company D, of the Tweuttewh iufavtey, = As soon as they arrive The general will command and with wr ops T I juin Captain Moore who has three troops in Stiliwater, The troops will all be concen- trated by Friday. A battery of two Hotch- Vios guns is expected with the troopa. The Toe last court of tlc boomers in Stillwater sent in by Sergeaut Wilson, gives 875 min, The following notice was on ‘Luesday served on Couches culony at Stillwater: To whom it may concern, that the orders and picclama- tion of the president of the United States may be informed pertaining to the Indian territory for the ejectment of all persons now there without authority and who have already resisted with arms the orcer to n the house The WasHiNGToN, January 23, —The chair laid before the Senate Vest's resolution to author- ize the secretary of the interior to ascertain upon what terms Creek and Seminole Indians would surrender their interest in the Oklaho- ma lands, include Cherokee, Sherman thought this so important a matter that the resolution and all amendments that might be offered to i mittee on Indian affairs for serious and delib- erate consideration, Plumb offered a substitute for Vest's reso- Tution, to enter as speedily as possible into negotia- tion with such lndian tribes as may be in pos- seesion of more lands than enoughto give each head of a family 160 acree, with the view of using suol only. dent to act in the matter as speedily as possi- ble and report to congress such propositions as he may receive. Conger approved all resolutionslont he subject.” They excited, he eaid, the cupidity of men whoke cupidity did not need a stimulus, It was but a crude way of nviting the people to join the army of Oklaboma ‘‘boomers,” until there should be enoueh of them to swallow up the little army of tho Umted States, not to mention the Indians, scheme for robbing the Indians of the lands that the American people had hem. eople. eriving the Indians of their lands whether to accomodate the pleuro pneumatic cattle of Texas, Tngalls repelled the implication in Conger's remarks. said, we had crossed the whole continent in two centuries, expelling or aseimilating other races, limit of the public domain, whether outside of the Indian Territory there were ) and pre emption entry, and thoss would be absorbsd within five years. Nothing could stand before the irresistible march of the Anglo Saxon race, theee Oklohama settlers wera tre invadere, and were on theland ia violation of the law, yet many of them bad been im- posed on by scheming leaders, and they bs lioved themelves legally entitled to enter upon the lands. remove them, It has been found necessary to invoke the assistance of the military, The general commanding the department of the Mis-ouri has been entrustad with the enforce- meut of tho laws and dispatched a large forco under t.e coc:mand of t.e undersigned to see that the laws are observed in the Indian ter- ritory of Ok'ahomas, It is within the knowledge of the officer in command that some hundreds of men have banded together to resist the execution of ths laws in an avowsd irsurrection against the government, It is devontly to be hoped that any un awful action on your part leading to sacrifices of human life may be avoide muss b clearly uuderstood that the killing of any soldier obsying orders in the execution of his duty by men armed to resict the law s sunply murder, and they will sooner or later be tried for the same as |ninul\mh or accesories, None will regret more deeply such a result as the commanding officer and the officors sery- ing under him. The responsibility must rest evutirely will yourselves. It is with grert re- gret that the commaading officer learns that men who sarved their country during the bast years of their life to sustain® the law of the government are mow openly leagued with imsurgents against a flag they serves so well Ieill becomes thew, as old eo'diers of the Union, and upon 1eflection they must acknowledge their error, To you, as to all citizeny, legislation s open to setls any grievances, ~There is no necessity to 1050rt to arms, should the occasion occur, to which it is the intention of your leaders to compel you, The military will Dot be responsble for loss of life or stock from roving Indiaas who will sieze the oppor- tunity to inflict fnjury, and all the trousle can easily be aveided by observing the procla- mation of the yresident of #he Uwited States and peiceably Teaviug the territary as directed. [Signed] Epwarp Hatcn, Erevet Maj, Gen, comman iing 9th cavalry, ———— Supposed Train Wrecker Innocent, Special telegram to the Bre, LiNcoLy, January 23,—The readers of the Bk remember the disastrous Hubbell wreck last June in which one mwan was killed and many wjured, also that one 8, 8, Voorhees was lately fiuad guilty of causing the wreck and sentenced to filty years in the peni- .| toutiary, His trial was held at Belleville, Kus, Now developments have been ma since and to-morrow moraing the State Jaur- ual will putlish‘the evidence of cne dozen reputable and well known citizens of Hum- boldt aud Richardson counties which proves that Voorhees is innocent of the crime charged. Humbo'ds is one hundred miles from Hubbell, and these dozen residents of the former place will testify that Voorhees was there ou Juna 17, the night that the wreck occurred. , What will next ba done re- mains to be seen, o —— The Mexlc: & Manifesto MExico, Via GALVESTON, Januar; ‘The national bank of Mexico has refused to re- ceive the bills of the London, Mexico and South American bauke, declaring such bills worthless, as by the terms of the national banks concession, all other banks were given months to retire their circulation, which expired on the 20th inst, On the othe. hand the banks of London declared the national lcan copstitution but in order to avoid the dllzlmd» banks concession a violation of the M ties to commerce, it does mot refase th uational bank bills, e —— T —— il yColored Preacher Hung, SMansuaLi, Tex., Jauuary 33.—Anthony Walker (colored) was banged hero to-day in the pressnce of several thousand spectators for the murder of Willism Henry, a wealthy white planter, In 1883, Walker was an edu cated mulatto, BT it Iitiant enry’s wife ivetigated the deed. from the rcaflod sad sebed foos n pine minutes, WASHINGTON, January 2 proamble and résolution reciting that bills ap propriating from the treasury originating in the senate are that it of the pr originato such bills, and directing the judi- clary committee to foqvire into the power o the sen i enue and_report to the house at any time, When confined to matters of personal or local inte est, Hurd said, he had ot sein fit to m- torpose objuction, but when the senate origin- ated a bill appropriating $100,000,0°0. and. fecting a greas public purpose, the time had arrived when the question should be deter- mimed whethe which it claimed to exer any di-tinction could be found bet powe! riating specific sums for & specific object, and ills appropriating specific sums for general pury Agreed to—yeas 127, nay ren. negative to the affirmative moving a reconsideration. foity-six pension bills, morrow, :.h. Sac and Fox sgency, and an, the senate committee on Indian affairs to-day. He denied that he had brived the chief of the Sac and Fox Tndians, or 1 sed his official posi- tion in an unsuccessful endeaver to secare leases of thelr lands, untrue the statement that he had procured his lease from he Towa tribs by bribery or the use of efficial authority, though he admitted :u negotiated for the lease before he disn trade leasing came Pickett's partner in the trading business at the agency. e was expalled from th- Baptist ministry and EnaTay Lo ths In his coofewion he maid thut He spoke d forgiveoess aud His eck was bro- WASHINGTON NEWS. The Oklahoma Land Question Absorbs the Senate, Argument in the Swaim Court Martial Closed And Will be Considered To-day With Closed Doors. Grand Praparations for the In- auguration of Cleveland. The Limit of the Public Domain Practically Reached, The Latest News of the Transac. tions in the House and Senate, SENATE, Vest amended the resolution to should go to the com- The substitute requests the president surplus lands for actual settlers ‘The substitute also requests the pre 1t was a bold faced in favor of the ratification of the Nicarag treaty, and sgued that the Clayton Bulwer treaty is not an obstacle to its favorable con- sideration. morrow, bors, vroporition to improve Galveston harbor, did not reach a conclusion to-da; tee will favor the proposed improvement if the interests of the government can be pro- tooted. a profitable one for the democrats in_the ma ter of investigation, and their efforta in the @ turns g0 confidently expected. been several committees at D, round sum of money has been spent collecting evidence and taking tsstimony, but_thus far in no instance has any mine besn discovered out of which the dimocrats can make political t apart_for Thero was land enough for the white Ho denounced the wholo eystem of Oklahoma boomers or ths We were a rapacious race, Ingalls We bad now practically reached the He doubted 00,00 acras subjest to homestead While Ingalls belioved praseers and Plumb supported his_resolution aud said itwas in accordsnce with the fitness, and what was more, with the necessity of things, It was intended not to wrong butto do justice to_the Indians. Vest eaid that his resolution was intended for the good of the Indians and any state- ment to the contrary could only arise from gross jgnorance of the wholo matter. A d Kate from the Creek ration now in Washing- on bad this morning writien Vest, thenking him for what he hs the senats yosterday. and Semincles had filed 1n the isterior depart- ment papers requesting the action suggested by Vest. Conger the Washington representatives of the ludian the tribes even if they dld writs to Vest. Tho policy outlined in th resolutin ger's opiuien, a “Rob Roy” policy. After o further debate the resolutions of Vest and Plumb were referred to the commit- tee on Indian affairs. The seate then went into exacutive seasion and when the doors re-opeaed the senate jonrned. A dele- caid on the subject in Representative Croeks said that he) feared) § that was, in Con- ai- HOUSE, Hurd offered a now on tha speaker's table and asserted thess bills are in violation loges of the houss to exclusively to originate bills appropriating re af. the senate had the power Herber: inquired wheres in the constitution of the s+nate to criginate bi a9 in the case of the Blair bill, urd denied the power of the senite to originate either character of bill, The debate continued at great length, sov eral members supporting the power of thé sen- ate in the matter, ‘Willis moved to lay the motion on the table, 19 fore 1he announcement Ohio, chavged his { the vote War- vote from? the or the purpdse of Mo ion for a reconsideration was tabled— yeus 141, nays 112, Recows until 8 p. m., the evening seeslon to be for the considera‘ion of the pension bills. At the evening s sion the house passed Adjourued till to- WASHINGTON NEWS, THE SAC AND FOX LVASES, _B. Townsend, formerly Indian ageet of mow. lessee. of from the Town Indians, testifed before He also denourced as position, and that Pickett, & liconsed the agency, was his partner in o laud. Witnoss subsequently be The argument in THE SWAIM CASE ENDED TO-DAY, 4maThe courk adjourned until to-morrow, when it will consider the case with closed doure, The findings of the court when reached will be transmitted through the war depart: ment to the presideat. It is understood that be will submit them for review. Until they are reviewed: an pn;:.;:d by the president, they will not be made public. In the exccutive somion of the semate to- day, Senstor Edmunds coutinued his specch | Seveal fi to the attoroey general only, in their views, and contend that he intended Bullivap, and said ha uan He will continue his speech to- The house eommittee on rivers and_hat- aving under consideration Capt. Eds: The commit The jury I the case of Jas, D, Commines, indicted for presenting frandulent vonchers to the burean of medicine and surgery of the nayy department, brought in a verdict of guilty, WASHINGTON GOSSIP, Spenial telegram to Tre Bek, ‘WasHIGTON, January 28.—Tt is now an- nounced that the Baltimore & Ohio railroad representatives have made a positive appoint- ment to meet the Pennsylvania c,mpany in Philadelphia to-day, to come to some under- standing on the bituminous coal pool, meantime, it is said, that the New York and Western railway has taken the Eastern rail- rond contract for supplying that road with coal for one year, is for about 50,000 tons, Itis lieved that the rr tain Tammany leat Jobn Kelly night re elected chairman of the committee on organi ing their nots for a leader ever since the No- vember blow between tbe eyes, but have brought up nothing but_rubbis there was nothing suitable for & succeseor to Kelly. may His physicians have told him that if he enters aj risk, of politics, but Kelly turns a deaf ear to these ap In the 1t is said that this contract nerally be- era_and pleadiogs of cor- ers havo 8o prevailed upon at he has consented to be to fon. Tammany men have boen oast- Inall this ill, though he meeting Kelly s _still to-night. appear at the i into politics he docs 8o st his own His family has sought to keep him ont cals, Fho prosent seasion of congrers has not besn rection of puearthing the wrovg-doing and dolinquengles on the part of the republican officers. have not brought forth the re- There have work and quif capital, This f:ct is particularly gratifying to the republican leaders, ohe foel that in = surrendering the reins of the government into the hands of their opponents they can gotoths country with every confl affairs of the the people, without injury to the publice ser- d forthcoming event in o manuer which leaves no doubt of its entire success about $18,0(0 has been_subscribed and the committes entertain no_doubt but that all the money nee tention 4 to surpass in magmificence any previous _inauguration, and the city is.to be decorat<d in ths most elaborate manver. dence of having administered the overnment for the welfare of The inauguration committee meets v and is srranging every detail for the Thus far ill ba forthcomiog The jn- The secratary of the treasury_ says that the pro ent 1eductions in fraud rolls of the em- vloyes and special ipspectors of the customs had no connection with the special agent's office in New York. to all parts of the country and was necessary becaue of an insufficiency of appropriations, The reduction extends MEXICAN EXTRADITION, Secretary Frelinghuysen's attention was callad to an extract of the inaugural address of Governot Treland, of Texas, published by the Associated press thia morning, in which he ailudes to the unsatisfactory condition of the Mexioan extradition treaty and states h has made «fforts through the state depsrtmenl uce the discussion of the| progriety endiog the treaty of 1861 so as to permitl any one, no matter whero his al- leiance may be, to be extradited, but no re- sults followed. — e — A Ohicago Dynamiter, CrIcAGO, January 23,—A young man whose real name is Otto Funk was arrested last night having in his possession a large number of books stolen from the public library. The books were seized at his residence, which were found to be in large boxes, removed to the new city hall building to-day. ‘When the discovery was made that among them were ix or eight infernal machines con- taining dynamite, any one of which were sufficient to blow up the entire building. These boxes were Consternation reigned at the police head- quarters where the discovery was made apd a number of startling rumors were at once put afloat. Funk, when interrogated said he was only esperimentivg, The matter is still amystery. The box found amdng the stolen books wad afoot long and six inches dee Inside it was a lot of sawdust packed about a reyolver, The sawdust saturated with glycerine, A little cran! ade of thick wire was attacked to the outside of tha box. Still another box about twice the size ef the first one de:cribed, was filled with a dozen pack- ages of dynamite, Funk has heen known as J. C. Talbert and wasa student at the Chi- cago Mediaal Colleze and contends that he was evperimenting for ecientific purpotes ciectives however, are divided in to commit guici 7e by this method 1if arrested. The statement is made by the polica that if the machin® had exploded its force would have certainly demolished the city hall baild- g and oecasioned irightful loss o life, e Sulliyan Shows His Brutality. Bostox, Janusry 23 —John L, Sullivan be- came engaced in a frec fight in an Eiliot stroat bar-room last. night, where ho had been drinking with companions most of the after- noon, Hodgking, whose opinion on pugilistic ma ters differed from his own, Sullivan caught Hodgkins by both arms, and with his head struck him btween the oyes. Sullivan was offended at & man name After some words Another of the party, at this point, swore at no man, Releasing Hodgkit's from his grip, Sullivao, who was mad with rege, struch Deliere felling him senteless, Friends of the latter interferd and the 1ight became general, A bartender named Maguire drew a revoiver. This and the arnval of a detail of aighn officers re- stored quist, but not until all present were more or less butt, At t e sight of the officers Sullivan wes hurried from the saloon through the rear door, Deliere, who was badiy burt, declares he will procure & warrant for Sulii- vau's arrest. e —— Jack Ketch In Illinots, ' CHARLESTON, IlL, January 23.—Thomas P, Chapman, murderer of Nicholas Hubbard, in Humbolt, Coles county, lust August was havged here at 2 o'clock this afternoon, having previously confessed the erime. He had noth- ipg to say on the scaffold, not even a prayer being offerl. Il -l broke by the fall aod L died in tight winutes, Chapman worked for Hubbard, a wealthy bachelor farm- er, and killed the latter on bis return home i ‘I'he object of the mur- from cam| meeting, der was robber; e ——— _ Orooked F.ot Killed. CHicAG0, Jasuary 23.—The Inter-Ocean’s Yesterday Joho Bader and an Indian nsuwed Crooked Foot got dnto an sltercation over some wood. The Indisn sbot at Bader three or four times, Foot with a No fears are ug among the Indians on account of the killing as Crooked Foot was Chamberlsin, Dak,, special say: when the latter fired at Orooked Winchester rifle, killing him. entertaiged of & not esteemed among his people. —— Diphtheria in Iinols, Cii10Ag0, January 23, —The D““’A{f“:fi’: Maxel Green, Wis., epecial eays: v cases have occurred. which it rests on you at this hou of you who follow other ways of life are in duty bound todo honor by achieving success and usefulness in the light of her inspiration cluded on the 12th instant betwoen Rus Prusis, provided for the extradition of per- sons gifilty of murder, or attempte or preparing to commit acts 1 man or Russian emperors or their families, such as assasrination, acts of violence causing bodily injury, abductioa or insults The con- vention also provides that persons guilty of the illegal manufacture or etorage of explo- sives shall e extraditable, that the acts were committed from political motives shall not con-titute a sufficient groand fur a refusal to extradite. e trader cent movements of Germsny thes rions much proporty had been destroyed. The German sdmirs] ordered a native chief be- headed for murdering & German subject, which prevals a1 an epidemic, GENERAL NEWS. A Large Amouni of General News From all Parls, Prosident-elect Cleveland at the State Normal School. Ina Neat Address Presents the Students their Diplomas: Horrors of the Piedmontese-Al 8 Avalanches, News From the British Army in Egypts The Snom Storm at Various Points— Railroads Blockaded—Urimes and Casuliies, OLEVELAND GIVuS DIYLOMAS AvrpaNy, January 23 —President-elect- Cleveland attended the commencement exer- cites of the state normal school this afternoon. Addressing the graduativg class in presenting diplomas he sai sef of the privilege accorded me of participat- ing in the exercises connected with your grad- uation. me to present to you the evidence that you have enjoyed educational advantages which terminate to-day, “I have glady availed my- Tt is;a pleasing part allotted to The cause of education 80 important in this country, where the in- telligence and proper training of people lie at the foundatien of the safety of the state, that no patriotic citzen can fail to be interesied in an occasion of this kind wkers an institntion 80 mal school, sends forth 5o large a class fully equipped for the battle of life, and for the dis- ch:lrgo of the duties which awsit them as men an I suppose, in teachers guide and direct those who will look forward to their graduation dsy which shall like yours be full of satisfation and hope. Yeu will owe to them a sacred duty, aud your parent chool has a right to demane hand that her influence which by your oful and so distiogulshed as our nor- Some of the women, you will capacif of at your teachivg will enlarged, and brondened shall loso mone of its salutary and |benificent character, with and those We will not_harbor the thought to-day that the diplomas ~ which you are about to receive will ever remind you of school hours wasted or of opportunities un- improved, but rather we will hope that they will bs sat ciations which through life you may pleasantly cherish.” vanirs of happy days and of asso- The Horrors of the Avalanches, RoumE, January 23, —Further details of the devastation caused by the avalanches in the Piedmontesa Alps are coming in slowly, the telegraph lines being prostrated and postroads blocked by snow in many plates. A report from Bronasco states that mina_persons were ki led and many others injured in the vi ngeé n At Chiabrands, every house was buried in some cases masses of ico and snow covering the houses were twenty feet apart, Suldiers and neighboring villagars are Iatoring with desperate energy to re:cue the people. Scores of dead bodics were faken out, In many cases they bear no marks of injury showing they must have been suffocated. Many per- sons rescued had been imprisoned in narrow and partly wrecked cabias for saveral days to- gether with tho corpses of theic relatives, Relief trains wers sent from Turin with food and clothing. FOREIGN NEWS, THE ADMIRAL MOORSEYN, Loxpos, January 23,—The London & Northwestern railway company has entered & claim for £20,000 against the American ship Santa Clara, which sunk the steam packet Ad- miral Moorsen. RUSSIAN AND PRUSSIAN EXTRADITION, LoNTON, January 23.—The cony sia nd murder, ninst the Ger: The allegation FROM WESTERN AFRICA. * LoNDON, January 23,—Advices from west- Afriea srate that the ivritation of the d natives at Cameroors at the re- s lod to se- It was done only after isturbances. ZHONG KONG NEUTRALITY LAWS, Hoxa Ko, Jannary 23.—A proclamation has been issued here directing attention to saction 10 of the sehich, the proclymation siye, bas b en forced The section provides that in tween two nations with which Eogland is .If ign enlistment 1 case of & war be- ace, men-of -war of neither beligarents # furnished equipments or supplies in Britich ports, GEN, STEWART ENTBENCHED IN THE DESERT, Loxvoy, January 23, Private adviccs re- ceived this afternoon from Kerti sssert that the rabels surrounded General Stewart in the desert where he bad taken up an entrenched postionto await reinforcements from Wolseiey. descrters from the rebel lines stato that the Mahdy's officers consider the affair at Abaklea Wells a drawn battle. The Arabs were neither routed nor pursued and fell back i orderly manner xot in the least demorall by the outcome of the engagement they covered so quickly that General Stewmt dare not move and was compelled to entrench him- self on the scene on the conflict, Government officers discredit the above information, NEWS PROM METENNEH, y 23, —Private advices from the front state that the rebels are strong- ly entrenched at Metemneh which fort will Dpecessary for the English forces to occapy be- fore they can proceed to Khartouw, It is re- poited that the rebels collectes at Abu Hamed are prepared toresist Gen, Earle, N. STAWART IN DANGER, WA LEXANDRIA, Jenuary 23, —A report pro vails that the rebels have surrounded General Stewart whose li e of 16t eat is threatened, ENGLAND AND TURKEY WILL MAKE COMMON CAUSE, LoxpoN, January 23 —The Pall Mall Guzette states that in the event of France insisting upon & multiple control over Egypt, the sultan of offered to make common cause with Eoglend on the basis of the agrecment published by the Gazette yes terds, . WOLSELEY NEEDS REINPORORMENTR, Loxuox, January 23 —Officials of the war office believe that Gion, Wolseley wmay find it imperatively nesessary to reinforce the troops now operating azainst the Mahdi in Soudan NO. 187- THE MARKETS. There Was @ Fair Inquity for Good Heavy Sieers. occupation to be seriously weakened. are accordingly prepating for the transporta tion of troops from Malta, Gibraltar and the home depots to Alexandria, to take the place of those who may bs sent to Soudan. PARNELL LRCTURES IN CORK, Conk, January 2 lecture this evening before a crowded audioace Trish Parlisment history of the past parliaments 1n Treland and hoped soon to see establiched at lisment s able as body of which Henry Gratton was the most brillisnt ornamentand in which he introduced his immortal bill of righta. was imminent. Braviy, January 23, —(eneneral Udo Ven Tresk is doad, Age A SENSIBLE VIRW, 23, —Chamberlin, dent of the board of trade, has written a letter on the subject uf *‘free marks how abwrdly inadequate any to tax American manufactures woul remedy the depression in tiade, THE MANDI SHORT OF PROVISIONS. 23, —The latest Arab the Mahdi has been forced to send s troops to Kordovan on nccount They say he has He reviewed the The Prices of Cattle Continue About the Same. Dublin another p He balieved it The General Hog Market Was Rather Quiet. LONDON, Januar) " in which he re- Wheat Advanced and Closed Steady and Firm. LoNDON, January Oorn Was in Better Demand of alack «f provisions. Than Wheat. 10,000 troops at Omdusaman, FRENCH ARMY OHANGES, Pawis, January 28,—1t is reported tht Gen. De Galifet will be sent to Tonquin tor »- lace Gen. De Lisle, who is ill, ordered to Paris to confer fmo bbb RAILROAD RACKET, New YORK, January 23, —At a meetiog of the executive committes of the trunk lines here to-day the west-bound freight tariff was reduced from the basis of 76 class to basis of 50, 40, 80, ¢ the firat-class to the fifth respeetivel €ago, to take effect Monday. Th that eome lines made contracts on the latter All are thus placed on an equal Oats Steady on Light Rye Firm and Steady—FProvisions Moderately Active, OHICAGO MARKET, Special telegram to the Brr, Ciicaco, January mand for heavy, well-finished steers, but sach were scarce and perhaps made a shade more money than yesterday, but on the other hand medium and low grade stoers were again slow and were selling about the samo as they have say 80@40¢ lower than last week, while the best heavy are around o lower than on that day during the preceding week, So far but fowisteers have been pood enough to sell as high as 6e per Ib, The bulk of the sales have been made between a range of $450@4 80, and mavy loads {of ed as good steers 75 snd_thereabouts, been since , Monda; Ponr Jarvis, N, Y., January raflway wi 1 beg'n_on Monday to take up the third rail on the Honesdale branch. This is preliminary to taking it up the entire length of the 'ot.hd’ ‘Dl"l“ unlyd using the standard guage on the Delaware division, the work be.hfizelnhod June 1, 2 SAN Francisco, January 23.—The Oregon y navigation company refused at the last moment tosien the agresment reached at the trans-continental meeting, The agree- ment was that the northern linis were to re- oceive 8 per cent of the San Francisco business for keeping out of California, and the south- ern lines were to receive § per cent of the Portlard business for keeping out of Oregon. Under this division of jterritory the O, R. N. claims on account of its steamers betwean San Francisco avd Portland that it is not only art f the through line from the east via to San Francisco, but part of the t s San Francisco to Portiand, it therafore demands that the eouthern lines =ntage of § per fcent The southern ‘The matter will be submit- a“cumn‘xitfn:&il not nl;:)m-d N, will, 1t is said, give the re- quired ninety daya notice. x INDIANAFOLIS, Stewart, attorneys- wkat_countrymen have been sold for $ Tho demand continues steady and prices on butchera stock. fat cows and heifers, ling well. Thero Js little or no change tonote in st ckers and feedors trade, and undergone no chavge of impor- choice 1,30) to 1,400 prunds 0 to 1,800 pounds 85 25(@; 1,000 to 1,200 pounds $4 10@4 90, coxn £2 50@3 00; medium $3 00@3 7 stockers 83 00@# « 0; $100@1 60; corn fed Te tan 1t £5 60@6 00; 1, 8 ¥4 25@4 80, The gencral market was rather quiet, A fow of the big packing firms were yather dis- posed to go slow, ordering their buyers to get only a limited number and at limited prioes, on market 13 not at all active, and packers show no paiticulr desire to load up at present prices, the supply being rather be- low theaverage. Salesmin found no difficulty in dieposing of their_consienments “at about Packing and_shipping, ehall allow: them a paid by the northern ronds, roads grant this, ted to the exe January 23.—Phillips & law, are in this city to- for the purpose of brinving a_sult in the £tate court againet the Wabash, St. Louis & ific reilrond company, of New York, and James Cheny. The complaintis a copy of one filed in Toledo and other cities. is for 850,000,000, Fifty thousand one dollar bonds were issued in Jane 1580 by the trust company and guaranteed by the Wabasb, and iu June 1884 the semi-annual intecest was de- yesterday’s prices, 50 to 4.0 Ibs , $1 55@4 7. Ibs., 8420@4 60, Surprisingly few features entered into to day’s markets, which, during the entire morning session raled firm and very eteady, with few fluctuations in anything. Cables wera weaker, but light receipts and the weather i fluence, backed by a few pronounced bulls, supported the market, around was firm, L ——— A Hunter Eaten by Wolves, Kankaxer, 111, January 23.—A, H. Butts, secretary of the Chicago Lumber company, just returned frcm ths logging camp near Metropolitan, Mich,, a point in the pmeries forty miles north of Escanaba, says: mght before he left camp the mercury had dropped to 43 degrees below_ zero, of four days’ opened at fall yesterday's closicg prices, S6jc for May, very few of the crowd had wheat to sell at the opening and light offerin along way in sustai t quotations were the lowest, whila the advance The stormy weather here and veported ram in the soutbern winter ngthened the market, and at the close it was steady and firm. No, 2 epring was quot‘d at 80@S0ic; New York reported fiftoen boat loads taken for export. Tow’s receipts are estimated at 120 cars, and Indian hunter named Tom Dudgins, re turning from o hunting trip, was killed 'and eaten by wolves within two miles of the camp, The woives thero are more numerous and bold than usual, on account of the scarcity of His friends whilo searching for him next morning, found his clesely gnawed bones and_ thirteen _dead wolves lying near bim plerced by his rifle balls, snd s Win- ter rifloby his side with one chamber ather stronger early in the sossion than whaat, thers being a little better demand for it. The subsequent couric was about with wheat, few options thowiug any decided fluct- d the favorita "“May” ooly mov- iog ucward 4@ge. At times durivg the morn- ing tha pit was quito deserted. No, 2 cash was quoted nominally at 3¥c. helped the peneral situat; considerable strength. with more attent Light 1ecoipts e —— New .paper Postage, WAsHINGTON, January 23,—Wm. Pend, of tle Chicago Inter-Ocean, Morrison Mumford, of the Kansas City Times, and D. R, Locke, Blade, were before the house | committes on postoftices and post roads to- 1 behalf of th reluction of newspaper The committee appointed Repre very steady on light offerings, but throvghout the entire session wera quiet. stocks in store continue to show a decrease, » digposition to go short g tive option held up firm av anadvance of 3¢ cash cuts no figure, continues firm and_steady, but very quiet e ] rocommend to appropriation G3fe; April at 6ic; May at (3)w)9 close the ioside was Lid from &9¢ to 6de, bodied in the postofiice abpropriation duction of postage on news papers from two to oue cent per pound. the appropriation committee find it impracta- bls to comply with the recommendation the postoffice committse will endeavor to securs the passage of a bill embodying this provision, under ruspension of the rules the thi day in February providing for & track stuff ranged oderate degree of aotivity and ought out higher prices all through the The foundation of the advance w s the ad- vent of such mild weather that tions could be entirely resamed. duczd a better market at the yard its effects on the local operators. G contributed & quota of the streogth, trading, however, was on & Jight ¢cale, pork was called $12 00, lard 67 The close of the mornirg prices for 1he da packing opera- e —— i A Cool Murderer, ~The daily News Rockford, Tll,, special says: George H, Fox, & young wan of rather hard character, who bad just returned from the west, wa3 arrested here tosday for the murder of John Holliday at i Holliday was the hus. Fox weat to Chemung She told him Holliday bad beaten and abused her and was the father of her daughter's child by a former husband, Holliday beating him S — very firm at to) vance over yesteids, —— Buried by an Avalanche, An avalanche at Met- vulles, in the department of Hautes Alpes, crushed through a church in which there were a number of persons worehipping. buried under the snow, aleo twenty men work ing in a marble quarry near by. aro now digging out the victims, DYSPEPSIA Causes its victims to bo miserable, hopeless, contused, and depressed in mind, very irita- sy. It s o disease ‘which does not get well of itself, careful, persistent attention, and a remedy to throw off the causes and tone up the diges. tive organs till they perform their duties Hood's Sarsaparilla has proven just the required remedy in hundreds of cases. 1 haye taken Hood's Sarsaparilla for dys- pepsia, from which I have suflered two years. 1 tried many other medicines, but none proved s0 satisfactory as Hood's Sarsaparilla’® ‘TiomMAs CoOK, Brush Electrio Light Co., New York City. Sick Headache “For the past two years I have been afllicted with severe headaches and dyspep- 1 was induced to try Hood's Sarsapae rilla, and have found great relief, Ieheer- recommend §¢ to all” ANNABLE, New Haven, Conn, o Mrs, Mary C. Smith, Cambridgeport, Mass., was asufferer from dyspepsia and sick head- sho took¥Hood's Sarsaparilla and found it the best remedy sho ever used. Hood’s : Sarsaparilla Sald by all drugglsts. $1; six for §5. Ihd.‘ puly by G 1. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass, 00 *noges ! One_ Dollar,_, Ghomung_lsst bight, band of Foxs auat, to visit her last night. Pants, January Fox then fell upen horribly with chairs and clubs so 1 and tken lay down and slept the nightthrough in the samne room wi Oraway, Dakor ¢, Dak , January 23 removal bill ¢ me up in the council at 11 a, m, Westever's amendment relating to the capital roperty to the persons who contributed the abor, materisl or money, ben, ommittee of t meudment was adopted without remark or i enceday, who introducad the to strike out Pierre, in the county sert Ordway, in the county A long discussion followed at the close of which the motion was carried, ill, move of Hughes and ——e—— Fawcett's Defunct Bank, WATERFORD, Ont., January 23,—Books of the defunct Fawcett private last night by some one familiar with the some of them were found in the furnace of tho bank and it is believed that all were buraed. The liabilities of the $458,000; aasnte $375,000, Fawcettis reported to be in New Orlcans, defunct concern o — w Protective Tariff Assoc Youx, January 23,—The American Protective Tarifl Associstion filed a certifi- cate of incorporation to-da, ject is to disseminate knowledge of the ion to Awmerican indus- The Sloux Uity Explosion, Siovx Ciry, Tows, Janaary 22.—James e fabd | Broncr, ana of ‘h“d,'::«.i“ i ublio schools sre closed on eccount of | by drafts of men from the British army of | howse explosion, died to slph e occupation in lower Egypt, sod at the same | fourth viotiw, tiu e they are sfrald t> allow the army ulA'v.u. ured by the pork S — ‘The other injured are doing o rs G A 0 8P