Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 27, 1885, Page 1

"OMAHA, N IB., TUESDAY MORNING, JAN Act March 4, 1870, sustody and eare of co FOURTEENTH YEAR. HISTORY OF A CRIME. The Detailed Record of Boss Stonl's|convicts for twoy Raids on the State Treasary. 1871, care and custody ra, $3', 100, Act February 27th 1573, convicts' fees and inspactors’ salaries, $12.0 0. Act February 13, 1873, care and custod, $12,200; furmiture and cooking app: 0. The Penitentiary Contract an the Millions that Are in It. ot of February 15, 1877, care and custod $48,714.25, Now comes Mr, Stout's contract. By act From Foundation Stone to Tower a Monument of Frauds, amb institite for money and expended on t) ] tentiary, $3,005,0: ey, 21, 187 S| incidental ® expens tout, for spawls and broken ston Varkor & Edgaly roofing, $331,20. h-uary 27, 1879, for payment of con tractor for the year ending A Half Million Dollars Squan= dered with Little to Show. $32 000 for completing walls aid $1,200, Kebruary 2, 1870, . MeBrid for moneys pad ont by h The Land Steal to be Investigated With Open Doors, clothing, $5,838 62, Muich of contractor, November, 1880, to March 8 1681, 815,512 The Most Sucoessful Vampiie Ever |0, 1 81, for deficio oy, $23,14°.50. Fostered and Feasted at the State Oapital, tractor, $20,930. Ditto, March' 81, 1883, 813,800, 301 cells, $,000. iron bedsteads, §1,260 water,31,000, Roofi igand re, airing root Claim of Frankiin & Sous, snpplies, By act of February 28.h, 1883, W. Stout, for services not Avnl 1, 1882, Switch locks for THE PENITENTIARY, Bpecial to Tur Dex. Lixcous, January 26.—The present legisla- ture is made up priccipally of men who have vices not_stated, $34112, had no oxpericnce whatever in Jaw-naking, Photo cunvicts, $407. Stout, contractor, 0 o srve oners, April 1, 1883, to Sept mber 30, 1883, at and those who have served one or two tirms Ockober dat, 183, March 31st, 1884, ut 45 conta per day, $18,- 910; April 1«t, 1884, to March 3lst, 1885, at In provious legislutures have 80 far shownno [ disposttion to inform themselves fully about the management and wants of our state inati- tutions, ‘While the desks of members are uow grean- conts & day, $2,04°; 4) couts, £4),241 25, etc., $18,000. SOMETHING TO DIGEST. Tmprovements, repair Y i cia tho state if thay are so disposed. v the various state executivo officia's, vhera ia | tho state if thay ure ro_ disposec not a sirigle document within their reachthat| \nq e hus a bill framed to snit himself, au contaias ac'ea: nd co 1.pact exhibit of the work | makes s contract with Dave Butler and T ings of any ringle stite iustitution, or the laws under which it is governed, 1 venture to as- wert that there i not single man in this leg: ialature who knows how much 1 pr ople have paid for the caie avd maintevance of conviots, the cost of the ]A}l‘mlwnliu Yy bulldh]lg. or lthla rovisions, of the contract uuder whi b|Iprongh the legialatute which gives him th £ hae boon leasad, And: yot | 1o | ve g e etiecare Ho BLret fabnt penitentiary and the contracior have taken up more than oue-third of the vime of overy Bossion of the leislature since Nebraska h been a state, of of lands, costs 360,000, in the For that mone; Within tw fity years without repoirs. years after 1t is built Stout envincora a leas t dy, board ana clothiog for each canviot, 43 | would be supposablo that no extras would be required in & new panmmiurg. but in les PENIIENTIARY LEGISLATION, ;h.u]fiva yoara after it is hui:)to ! Mr. William Henry B. Stout, the present | legislature to vote him contractor, may be Tegardod aa the fuunder of | the roof, when & new roof can be puton f. the penitentiacy, since he as n member of ths | $3,000, T{mn he gots the I legisiature in 186) pnt through the bill aut or- him 88,730, for spawls and broken stone; izing the ercction of a peniteatiary vear Lis- | $3,000 for incidental expenses; $3,000 for com coln, Under the enabling acs passed by co.- | pleting the walls and tower. gress, admitting N braska int» the vuion, fifty sections, or 82,000 a; res, of public lan s we'e | he wot apart for the erection of a penitentiny. It was bel evel that the g;.cuedn from the le of thesa lands would be awple 10 cove © cost of sub-tavtial peniteutiary build- ing, but in thi, as in all estimates made since then, M-, Stout has lamentably f iled to make ends mert. fails to do but the cells, which were not bult. Then it muke nish. This is not all. Ve the legisla'ure had voted him $2,%00 for wate #tpply, whi h it was not b.uid to furnish, i Che ti voted him $18,000 for improvements aud re- The firat step taken by the leghlatire was | e, o cap the climax, the_ warden, who the act, Ma-ch 4, 1871, setting apart foity acres nesr Lancoln for penitentiary grounds, upon which the building was to be erected. Tho pr ceeds of the fifty sectious of peniten- tiary lands were voted to the penitentisr conditi n that the lands shoul | not be sold for less than 85 per acme. This act was|the past ten years, amended February 10ih, 1871, to eyes open. low the lands to be sold at $3 per acre. This was a masterly stroke for the specula‘ors and jobbers who ot once formed a ring and gobbled ol these 1 nds which were worth all the way from ten to (i/ty dollars an acre, In addition to the fifty sections already donated, the legis ature, Februaiy: 10, 1871, voted t devnte to the penit ntiary building twenty sections of lnnd',‘h‘a")éw acres, which ad previo sly been grau congrees fur L b Fugm"n e e Judiei] i posse, thase: lands | half-a-dozen urgiug the suppression of thi to be sold on the same t-1m- as the fifty seoc- | social evils were read and referred. Johnson tiows, »t three dollarg ber acre. Tho same uct 3 L n- e o feem s saage.. e was [ Land jobbers, fntr.duced. the following resolu found that IK«) money realized on the seven3y | ticn, that the house committeeappointed to in. 18 paid 1+ nd fed by Stout, comes in with a bill bimself and_fumily. tax-robbers who hava deapo led the people f. the School i and Frauds with Open Doors, Spocial telegram to THE Bk, LixcoLy, January :6,—The house re-con vened at half-past four o’clock, p. m, sections wus insufficient and the leglslature ob | yeytigate the leasing a.d salo of echool Jands February 9th, 1875, passed an act levying & one-mill stats tax for the years 1875 and 1876 to pay toward the construction of.the peniten- tiary. tura, in adai fon to this levy, authorizsd the transfer of $3418.45 due for pe son Jabor, to the penitentiary buildirg fund, The supe - visioa of the constru was in the hand= of prison-inspectors, whose bustnens it should avobeen to sse that the work was done in ascordauce with the con H a these inspectors went into collusion | % the inves.igation. o o S MlIo R aa B Dlans aud | knows in the history of this ccuutry au inves spacifications to be stolen and chauged, and the building when complet:d was1n 1o Way up to the stan lard origivally desizned by the architect. These facts were dicclosed in legis- Iative investigations which scandalizsd the whole state. THE 810UT CONTRACT, The act of February 13, 1877, section 17, allow the persons charged with fraudulen cross-examine them, and that members of was 10 law allowing such & procecding, and i was an injurtica aud uofur to the person of them men the highest honor. o we thould compel ~ thee direct d the board of public' lands to receive | proceedings to bo carried on in public thoug t piopoa-l for tho lea iog of the poviteatiary | tho committes hould be allowed to couduct The house had no 1ight to debate to them how s, This was ot a criminal ‘proceediog and is within the nd penitentiary grounds and convict labor, d provided a8 follows: $.id propo:als stall provide further for poymont of all penitentiary expensos includ- ’ Ing salarios of officers and other help, the | power of the committee to make the invesi heating of buildiwgs, boarding and clothing | gation in secret. ~gonvicts,” ki On the 22d of September, 1877, a contract was nade with Mr. Stout, whereby he became | sibly iutimidate]the witnesses’ the Jessee of the penitentiary. contract, which was to run their proceodings as they kel best. they should srrangs their business, reons charged with the frauds to by allowe: for five years, up the penitentiary, and clothiog and board- ing the convicts, and paying for guards and officers, and jobbers supported the resolution, includ. By the act, February 6th, 1879, the contract | ing such men ss Lee of Furuas, Olmstead of Stout was extended for six years from Oc- | Conger, Hall, Holmes, Johnston, Kaley, sober 1at, 1883, provided that Stout should | Wright, Varer, Thomes of Ca ‘erect ot bis own expense and turn over to the | Ardle, and Stover, tion was adopted 08 to 23. wtone cel's, 80 of which were te be completed |ue to do within nine months from 1he paseage of this | resolution wot, and the remainder of the 240 cells by Oc- |to allow 50 to requiirog the the end. the reporters to Anothe convict for three years from October 1st, 1 to October 1st, 1880, and 4\ cents for and house, it remains to be seen h conviet from = October 1886, to | senate will Octuber let, 1889, ard provided that|the house having opesed oftor January 1st, 1880, there shall be | Kendall and his clan, provided fur each and eve'y Nebraska pris- | ga: oner ome cell, and after Jabi 1st, | adjourned. 1884, there sball be kept at said peni- teotisry only Nebraska prisoners, On the very same day, Fibruwry 6, 1879, a bill was passed suthorizivg Stout to receive and retain | debated at length, Burr, of Lancaster, in custody convic s sentencedin United States | and Howe taking couits, bat no such prisovers to be retained |and McAllster after January 1st, 1 usual, had no di of building those cells or complying with the | chairmav, which virtuall contract. So he lobbied through two more | committee being es bills to relieve him from his obligations, By | terest of the Liscoln the act of February 27, 1883, the time withiu [ stood as fol ws: \"v)hlch the lessne of the penitentiary is required complete nt longer than October, 1885, 169 of said 240 cells shall be completed on or | Lancaster, Snell, Sowers and Speu cer, before October 1st, 1883, By the act of March | Nayes—Bro 1st, [1838, the act of February 26, 1877, is| Filson, Has amended so as to allow Stout to retain in cus- | Shane, Meike. tody in the pevitentiary convicts from t.h1 territories or United States convicts unti October, 1889, provided that no convicts from abroad shall the date of this aot, except such as those who | each statien. wero already in the pevitentiary. ‘Buckworth, to define the boundaries THE BILL OF KEXPENSES, Bigns cousty. Forty ac es of laud for penitentiary grounds, Fifty seotions of public lands donated for | comnty. pesitentiary purposes, Twenty sections of land diverted fr The house w. or the amendment. shelves land ring. ner. The following bills was introduced by M Allister: To compel the railioads to put tentiary. Oue mill tax on the whole valuation of the state for two years, 1570 and 1876, procedure were introduced and referred. pencer’ detiving the procedure criminal offences, Temporary prison, act March 4, 1870, 86,- , 1875, care and custody February 27, 1879, to reimburse the deat and Legally bore. woa arch 31, 1880, $24.000; for the yesr end ng March 31, 1851, tower, $3,000; for providiug » better supply of water, o for peniten iary prisoners, clothing, wages, and othsr necessary 11851, payment April 1, 1881, to September October 1, 1881, to March 81, 1882, payment of con- to Three hundred and twenty Tncreasod supply of $ 1,00 . H. B, od, $2100.31 Nobes, warden of the penitentiary, for mer- Her is a biil of particu ars which the tem- ing under the weight of the annusl reports of | bers of the legislature can digest with profit to Mr. Stout nitentiary, ‘om, Koonard. The building n dollars and cents, leaving out the sucrifi.e of the seventy sections neighborhood it ought to have been solid enough to last enitentiary for manufacturing purposes,and 50 cents a day for the car Q'Adcu‘!c» out gots the orrepairing islature to vote "He contracts to build 240 cel's within a certain time, which legislature votes bim 83,000 for 83'0 switch locks for 240 ¢ | him & present of $1,201 to pay him for 320 iron bedsteais, which he is supposed to fur- Two yews ago, after at ths late day for bosrding and housing If the present legisla- ‘on | turs follows in the foots'eps of the reckle-s they willdo it with their The House Concludes to Investigate About twenty etitions in favor of prohibition and of Lancaster, who is one of the strikers of the practices Lo be present at their mestings, and On February 20th, 1875, the legisla- | that they may get witn:sses and be allowed to this house be also allowed to be present. In ion of the penitentiary | opening tha dabate Johnson daclared that the land dealings bad a perfe: t right to be present There has never been carried on with clused doors; never before had a privato investigation boen made when_ver- sons were publicly charged wich fraud, Thero charged, - They were gentl-men held in the highest esteem, holding high office, and were In justics He tnought it wrong for (he n the rooms to furebear the evideace and pos- ‘'he com- Under this | mittee were desitous of a full and thorough investigation and the house hould allow them Stout assumed the entire expense of keeping | to act as they thought fir. Juhnston’s resoiu- It is notable that all the railroad cappers Troup, Mc” This _group vutes to state froe of charge, on October s, 1886, 240 | gether through thick snd thin,and will contin- committe publish tober 1st, 1883, provided aleo, that Stout|everythwg was inniroduced and adopted. should receive 4D cents per day for each|In view of the fact that the investiguting , | committee is & joias committes of the senate how the take this order from the house, the doors for n garded a5 entitled to' a full day's pay sud n the senate, this afternoon, McShane's rw;oull were & constitutional amendment, orbidding the sale of the school lavds, was ’ Einsel 11ramdl againstand Mcshfi:u The 884. But Mr. Stout, as|smendment was referred to the committee on porition to go to the expense | school lands and buildiogs, of vlhich.lin:;:l it, that ially packed in the n- The vote Tn favor of recommitting—Burr, Chevy, 250 stono cells, was extended to | Dolan, Einsel, Howell, Huey, Lewis, Love. providing that | Noriis, Putnam, Smith of Fillmore, Smith of wn, Buckworth, Day, Durlan, Hocbel, MeAlilster, Mc’ ohn, Metz, Mills, Paul, Skin- be received by said Stout from | bulletin of train arrivals and departures at lan, to define the boundaries of Dorsey and Dawes carved out of portions of Sioux Day, to re define the boundaries of Saun- ne of v ow the | ders county, Logislative and jadicial buildings 2 the peni. | Several bills amending the code of crimlgal the committes by the cor- poration employes, was read the third time and passed. The senate then adjourned. ne ————— of [The War un Rallroad Oorporations, Special telegram to the Dxr. New York, Janvary 26.—The Tribune says: *'The paseage of Reagan's bill by the house and the tone of several messages by western governors indicate that the war agninst the railway corporations has not end ed. The situation will invite serious consid- eration in the public interest. Before this in terference bogan, the railwags had been re- ducing their freight rates beyond all preec- dent, The Chicago and New York grain rate in 1865 and 1860 ranged bstween 63 cents per 100 pounds, the highest, and 43 cents, the lowest, for the two years, By 1876 it had so fallen that 40 cents was the higheet and 18 eouts the lowest The average in 1866 and 1800 wes 64 couts. In 1876 1t_waa 20 cents, But the decision of the United States court confirmiog the granger law, which previou lyfhad been resisted by the compan‘es a3 uoconstitutional and invalid, was ex;.ected by the western producers to caute a great change in the 1ate. It is a fact, however, that #ince 1877 the reduction has been much lesn 1han it was prior to that time under the pres- sure of necessity and the feelin g compelled hem to detend themselves at any cost. The trank lives adopted the pouling ~system and have since labored with ~some measure of success to restrain the competition which bad previously reduced the rate with such ravidity. Accordingly, during the yoar 1884, 30 cents waa the highest rate and 15 cents the lowest. But the latter Iasted a very short time only, and the averaga for the y: ar was about 25 cents. It does not appea, therefore, that legiel stive intarference has resulted ben ficially to the peaple, but 1t h.s wrecked a good many companies and now threatens to wreck gocd many more. The Kveniog Post says: The general situation in railway affairs and in the stock market remained practically unchanged this morning from that of Saturday. There was still some prospect that the trunk lines between Chicago and the seaboard will get ioto a veneral war on both the freight and passenger business, Tiunk line securities are conspicuouasly firm, We are advised tbat some of the lines could use more cars at western poiots than they have on hard at the principal shipping centers, and also that the fulling off in east bound ship- ments lass week of about 9,000 tons, was due to unfavorable weather, Toe crop prospects of the united kingdom sre promising, and the farmers appeared to be frce sellers of wheat at the recent advance, their marketing during ;hu past two weeks having amounted 3,000,000 usheis, ¥, atus, $5, Yy of 2. 8, a- de 1, 4 d Y 0 o o ———— 3 Billiardistic. S| OmicAGO, Januar 26,—Schaefer and Slosson played a match game of billiards at Central Music hall to-night for $500 a side, twelve inch balk line, 800 points jup. There was & good attendance, Char'es Matthews was referee and Eugene Carter, of Cleveland, marker, Slosson won the lead and chose the white ball. The game opened rather slowly, with small rons, although there were occa- sional bis of biilliaut exe ution, The two strings remained pretty closely together for tha hirst hundred, which Sl ssen turned first in bis half of the thirteenth inning, which he concluded with 101 to his credit Schaefer then t ok the tab' with ninety buttons to his cr.dit,and by a brilliant'open play a'so pass: d the hunred p.int witha run_of thirty, ths largest thus far in the game, Ia his fifteenth inuing Slusson took the decided lead of the game with a run of wingled delicate v urs- iog and acourats opea play, amassiog ninety- seven b fore missing a cushion carom. The game then stood: Slosson, 220, Schaefer 126, In his twenty-first inning Slo'son ran forty- two, missing a very difficult maste, thy gamo then standing, Slosson 204, Schafer 175, In his twenty-ei hth inning Schaefer, mostly by masses and open nuising, counted fifcy-three, after having wade thirty in histwenty seventh inning, reducing Stossn’s lead to thirty-four. At a quarter to eleven o'clock the game steod: Sloss n 366, Schafer 312, with the probabilitics that the game will not be finished till afcer midnight, r t 1 r ——— b The British Grain Trade, press in its weekly raview of the British corn trade rays: *‘Frost, light easternly windsand fogs had a wholesome check upon vegetation Crops are in a good position for this time of year. Wheat is strorg in plant and of a healthy color, Favorable threashing weather has increased the farmer’s deliveries ot wheat for the past thres weeks, but values have been gradually declining, Prices are gener- ally one shilling below last week. Sales of English wheat during the week wera 83 145 quarters at 345 and 11d, against 62,386 qu t- ers at 383, The correspondine week last year fine multing ba-loy was extremely scarce and was worth above 435, The market for foreign, | wheat 18 at o stands:ill and sellers are willing to accopt from 65 tu 1d red iction, Flour is slow of rale bug the market is rtasdy ~ Mixed American waize at Londun on Iriday was freely offere at 23s 6d by thippers. Kound maizo is scarce and prices are irregular, but higher thm the f regoing, Barley continues firm, Oats are higher and elow. ~ There are 1o cargoes off the coact and merchants awaiting srrivale, There was a languid, draggivg inauiry for cargoes on patsare, Val- ues ure from 84 to 6d loser. Wheat was lower and in demand, Flour was 6d cher per. Myi eis in improved demand at last wesk's price. Malting barley is steady and grinding dull and weak Oats are dull and peas and beans are unchanged. > t f parties charged with fraud in these school t 5 © a4 ———— The Telephone in Canada, Orrawa, Ont., Jannery 26, —The minister of agriculturs delivered a decision in the Bell Telephone company case, yoiding the patent for the reason that the company or representa- tives had imported pateut articlesafter twelve months from the date of the patent, also for not having manufactured in Canada such ar- ticles to the extent required by law after two ears of existence of their privilege; also for Baving refused to sell or to deliver licenses to persons williog to pay reasonablo prices for Drivate and free use of their patented inven- tion, v ————— Elgin Dairy Market. ¥rory, T1L, January 20.--Inter Ocean: But- tor notive and stronger; regular ¢ales, 17,600 pounds, st 94hc. No cheeso rold, and no de- Toand for any. Private sales 2,150 boxes and 160,900 pounds of butter reported, Lotal sales, 60,863, i — The Oleariug Houses, Bostox, Jaruary 26,—Ths leading clearing houses of the United States report the total gross clearances for the week ended Janu G were 804,008,021, & decreass of 2.4 per cent, the New Haven Savinge Baok, New Havey, January 26.—The run on the Now Haven saviogs bank continued all day and $100,000 were paid out. The officers say that they still have plenty of mon — Stricken With Paralysis. Cricaco, Jaouary 26,—A Daily News' Spriogfield (I1L) special says: State Senator Stratton (Dem.) was stricken with paralyeis at his home at Carrollton this evening, aud is now in a precarious condition, —————— Tong Sing Sentenced to Seven Years, 26.—Tong Sivg, reeley expedition, who was arrested for Rl:fihll snd robbing a in | fellow Chinsman, plesded gulty to-day and was subjected to 7 years lmprisonmeat. Run on - a of ToNDON, January 26,—The Mark Lane Ex- | b WASHINGTON NEWS. Morvison Confident of His Election as llinois’ Smator, A Compliment to "the Judees of the Suprems Court, Riddleberger Will Not Do for the Court of 8t, James, Tom, Ochiltree, of Texas, Fired Oat of the Senate. Capt. Eade to Have $10,000 a Year for Buperintending The Improvements, and $35,000 a Foot for Deepening the Gal- veston Harbor, WASHINGTON NEWS, RIDDLEDERGER'S IRE, WASHINGTON, January 26.—Befora theques- tion was pus Riddlebergersaid that the reso- lution expressed th iguation of the senate at the blow ng up of certain buildings in Eng- lund, becavse forsooth they were buidings in which the laws of England were n ade, laws which goaranteed liberty to the subjects of Great Britain, That reason was not sufficient to Riddlsberger, We could not, he said, be expected to approve of all the metaods of Trish people, but while we wera eurselves pre- paring avd_experimenting w th dynamite to blow vessels out of the water and drown people in oceans, it scarcely became us to say that a peple who did not constitute a government, and could not make a proclamation of war, should not use the ,same instruments of war that we would use under the same circumstances. Put any of usin a country whers we could not exer- cise the God given right of owning a foot of Jand, even though earned by the sweat of our faces, and then see what methods we would employ. He did not mean to justify the method, but he would not vote for any resolu. tion that wight be disto ted into an ex- pre sion of sympathy, or even common fellow- ship, with a country' that knows nothing but cruelty and gives none of her subjects the exercise of that liberty that we, on this side of the Atlantic, believed to belong to every people. Unly'a short time ago the houses of congre:s had heard of a judi- cial opluion rendered over yonder punishin aumelirhhmsn. in which the ju‘ge violate e ery principle of common law, every_princi- plo of the bill of rights, every prine ple of the Mugua Charta, every = prin.iple of the constilution determining questions of fact for the jury., Had any expression indign tion been heerd in the senate. Not oue of the English judges who had the Trish- man on trial could say to the jury, ¢ These are facts,” without elicting any expression .f in- dignaiion on the part of the United States senute he (Reddleberger) must beg to be ex- cused fr.m expressi y sympathy for the blowing up of vhe building in wbih' the laws were made which were adminisiered by such jndges ¢ Weo are so neutral,” he coutinued, “'that gome senators think we «ught not to dig & oitch”—al uding t) the Nic.rsugua canal— without the consent of Eng and, so neutrsl that we could Lot give aiiepinion about sny- thing regaidiog England¥excapt an adverse op'nioa ubout poor, struggling Ireland Al- thouxh Ireclana’s natural increase, Ridale- herger continued, bad teen equal to that of E. glaud, there were Lot by nearly two mil- lious or 80 a8 many ivhabitsnts in Ireland to- day as there were twe. ty years ags Such w8 the result of oppression, Any resolution that might be pasked here wouid be construed a8 a resolution of sympathy and fullowship with & government of cruel y and tyianay. The resolution before the sevaie he segarded a3 & mera expression of sympathy with the British government, and e would not vote for it."” ITogals, in the course of quite an elaborate address, said: *There is something worss in +ociety than dynamite, and that is the pas- vious, and wrongs ud guili that make dynamita postible; woree then dynamite is in the sonl of man. Poverty, heipless avd hope- Tors, oppression, and the wrougs of ceniucies are ingredients of that agency of destruction. Ii _we ara to be expected, by the adoption_ of this resolution, to express our ¢ mviction that the American ' people, or the I ishmen natur- alized in America. are ia uny way whatever respousible for these outrages, cr that they aroin any way the accomplices of those who are respongible for thew, I, sir, repel and dis- avow it. These acis convey a momentous ad portenons lessm. No matter what may be sa d of the course of En lacd toward Ireland for centuries; no ma'ter what may be suid of her coursgin ¢ e Eat Indies, 1 Chiny, in Egypt, in New Zealand, ia all portioas of the earth wh re her powec has been exacted, there can b*but one opinion of the lesson that these occurreuc # teach That leeson, sir, is that for nations as for men, there is nothivg so unprofitable as injustice. The t , the murderer inflicts upon himeelf a deeper wound than that which slays i on or stats that im- poses claims upon any portion of its cit- izens or subj:cts, places heavier manacles upon itself avd than those which biuds s hapless victims, aud those who deny the rights of freedom and impair the prerogatives of fr edom anywhere are taught by these occur- rences that biud them sil nt and tardy it may be, but inexorab e and relintlees, stands with uplifted hand, the menacing kpectre of ven- eance and retribution,” THE BESOLUTION AS AGREED to s follows: Resolved, That the senate of the United States has heard with ind goa‘ion and profouud sorrow, of the attemps to destroy th house_of parliameut snd other public bwildings in London, and to fmperil the Lyv. s ot innocent snd uosuspecting pers ns, snd hereby expresses i's horeor and detestation of such monstrous crimes against civllizstion, The renate then went iuto executive s+ slon, When tue doors were reopened, speeches in memarium of the Iate opraréatative Lun- can of Pennsylvania, were delivered and the senato adjourned, STEAMBOAT INKPECTION, The hoard of supervising i:spectors of steam vessels to-day adopted a rule of importance to steamboat owners, It provides that whe'e stoamers are provided 'with approved life-sav- ipg matbresser, such matbresres may be used fu i uof life preservers, in the proportion of one person for & siogle mattress and two per- sous for » double mattress, thus saving the steamboat ewners the expense of purchasing life preservers in proportiou as their steamers are fitted out with life-caving mattreases. [ NOMINATIONS, W. B. Fish, Anamoss, Towa; Thos, J. Nevads, Towa, ‘The supsrvising architect of the treasury recommended an_ additiunal appropriation of $45,000 for the public building at Des Moines, Iowa, He also recommends that the limit of the appropriation of the public buildivg at 8t, Louls b wcreased to $350,000. When the senate went Into executive ses- sion to-day, Representative Ochiltree, of xas, Was in consultation in the seuate cloak room ' with Senator Jones, of Nevada, and Senator Maxey, of Texas, relative to 8 Texas appointn ent, " The three remsined in con- ference more than half an hour, duripg which time the s nators discussed the troaty under consideration, Ochiltree left the cloak room, ajug upon the chumber floor, wentto Senator Joke, of Tex-u, to conwnls with hm. The Latter was conferring with Senotor Vest when Ochiltres tapped bim on the shoulder, Sen: wtor Uoke fi non-p ussed snd : “What In the Don't you krow ossion?’ Sonstor Vest Ochiltree not to let Ben: devil sre youzdoing Wa are in executive laughed and warned ator Edmunds ses him. “He'll arrest yon and put in jail,” he continued, The st fant sergeant-at-arms appeared at this juncture ex hibiting much surprise at Ochiltree’s presence. Heo maked hm no questions bot, takiog the Texan by the arm, hurriedly scorted him o tha senate door and told him to “wet out,” and closed the door upon him. Senator Plumb to.day reported favorab! from the commlttee on public lands, the b il conferring on the ciroutt for tha northern . dis of Towa, authority to hear cases between the United States aud the state of Iowa, of any railrosd corporation growing out of a grant of public lands of Towa forthe purpose of aiding tne construction of the Sioux Uity & St, Panl R, R Tt provi festhat the court shall determine what po tion of the lands have been earned by the company and whather any, and how much of the linds reverts to the United States. Any land found to he the property of the United States shall be & part of the public comain provided, however, if any of the lavd has been purchased by ctual settlers in good faith from the railrosd company, i amount not+ xceeding 160 acres, pu chasers shall be entitlod to the land on makiog proof of thete faccs to the satifaction f the interior depa tment, Any pertons who are actual bona fide s ttlers uvon any lands beloogiog to the United States, and who are in actual occupar cy there- of at this date of the passsge of the act, shell be treated «8 having the same right to the land that they would have had it the lands had been previously subject to entry. The Nicaragua treaty was further disoussed about two hours in executive session to-day. Senators Sherman, Mille , Edmunds and $ay- md were uuoig the epeakers, Bay- ard’s position s substantially that of Sherman, He thinks that the Clayton. Butler treaty is still in force. He also hol & that the incoming administration cught not to be smbarrased by action ¢n the question at this tim Captaio Eads was in consultation with the members of the river and harbr committee to-day relative to the proposed improvements of Galveston harbor. He refused to accept the proposition agieed upon by the committes on Satnrday and he would undertake the work for 8 per cent of the cost. The com- mittee was not disposed to accept his proposi tion, and decided to agree that he should paid a salary of $10,000 a year to superin- tend the work and $5,000 for each footof water gained, the latter, however, not to be paid until the depth of 25 feet is obtained, Captain Eads sgroed to undertake the wirk proposed. The appropriation made Saturday was to-day reduced to $500,000, The excess value of exports over imports on merchandise for the twelve months ended December 81, 1884, is $120,706,727. The total Values of imports ot merchandise for the twelve months ended December 31, 1884, is $029 227,730; the precediog twelve months, $687,006,216, o decrense of 857,838 486 Vaiue of exports of merchandise for the twelve' m nthe ended December 31, 1884, 8749 303,802; the preceding twelve months, §795,209,816, a decreare of $45,905,514, THE SANTA ANNA BOND CASE. The supreme court to-day rendered a de- cision in the municival bond case, the town of Santa Aana plaintiff in error, aga'nst Augus- tus Frank, an appeal from thuanmtcd Stares circuit court for the southern district of Il noig. This was a suit upon certain bonds aud cogpoun issued by the town of Sants Anna und-r the authorivy of ‘'An act to amend the articles of tbe Dwnville, Urbana, Blooming- ton & Pekin Railrond company, and the ex- teasion of powers and to confer a charter up- on the same,” Inthe court below the jury was waived and jodgment rendered in favir of the b nd-holder Krank. This eourt holds as thers is no special finding of facts, the general finding ot 18sues for the plaintiff is not. opeved to review by this court, Judgment affirmed. Morrison Confident of His Election. Special telegram to Taz RN S ‘WASHINGTON,’ Jahubry 26,—A letter bas been received here from Congressman Morri- son, in which he says he is very confident of his election as United States sevator by the Illinois iegislature. He eays there is one point that the republicans are not watching or counting on, 'There is one man, elected as a republican, a German, whose seat is to bs con- tested, who will not vote for Logan. He was elected, Morriron says, with this cless un- derstauding that he would never vote for Log n. This man, Morrion thinks, will vote for him, and he thus feels confident of his election, During the past year the supreme court has revereed the opinions of the circuit judges in ten of \he fourtean cases brought up on an appeal by the attorney gencral in cases where tne gove nment was a party, In the cases of the court of cl.ims, also appealed, the reverse wae true, the supreme court affirmiog the de- cision of that cou tin twelve of the fourteen casee, This fact can only be regarded as evidenca that ths court, a8 now coustiwted, has fur the judges men well versed in law and of sound judgment, SENATE, W ASHINGTON, January 25,—The chair laid before the senate a m-morial from the legisla- ture of Kaneas remonstrating og dnst the es- tablishment of a cattle trail across or through that state. : Plumb, from the committee on public lands, reporte 1 a substitute for the house bill forfeit- iog pact of the land granted by Iowa in aid of railroad ¢ nstruction, Piumb wished imme- diate consideration, Bavard said he hoped it would not inter- fera with tha considration of the resolution + fiered by him oo Saturday (meaning that re- ferriog t) the dynamits explosion.) ~Plumb's bill was taken up but the resding was inter- rupted bj vbjectious from Harri Bavard callea'up bia. tosclusion of Satus. dy. Bayard’s resolution, after a sharp de- bate in which Riddlebarger was the only oue taking the opposite view, was adopted, HOUSE, WASHINGTON, January 26,—By Sumner of Californis, resolution reciting that the Cali- foruis & Oregon railroad company has failed to complete its rosd within the time limited, y the granting act, and that notwithstand. i0g this fact has been brought to his attention, the president bas appointed a commission to exsmine aod re;ort on said line of road and r. ques 1Ug the presidsent to inform the house the reasms that inpelled him to appoint the commission, A resolution which was adopted directing the ¢ mmittee on public buildings to ipquire iato the origin of the fire which cccarred this morniog in the roof of the h use and report what measures are necessrry to give security aguinst fire, Bills introduced and referred, by Rosecrans — Appropriativg $ 0,000 to provide fuither aid and encouragemant in perfecting and man- ufacturing the highest cl s of guos, Findlay offered a resolution callig on the secretary of state for informatiou whether an; tizen of the United States, or persons domi- ciled with he same, were concerned or partici- pated dlzectly or indirectly in bringing about tha racent explosions in London 4 Hewitt, of New York, offered a resolution oallir g on the secretary of state to inform the house whether t ¢ deparim - ni is in posseesion of any information tending to connect an person or persons resident in this country wi the attempta to destroy the life and property of any foreign power with which we have treaties of peace and amity, Dorscheimer, the Edmonds bill for the punishment of crimes committed by means of explosive compounds, y G. D, Wise, a resoltuion cal secrrtary of the navy to repors the orders under which the *“Tallapooss” waes cruising at the time she was suuk, and for infurmation of what time she lelt Washington and what places she visited up to the time of the colli- sion, The army approvriation bill was referred to the committee of the whole. It provides an sppropriation of $21,420 063, The esti- mates amonnted to §20 110,490, The bill appropriating 6,000 to enable the commis ioners of the District of Columbis to maiotain public order during the ceremonies attending the insuguration of the president Was "The House wet Into comalttoe of the whols og on the ARY 27, 1885, Springer in the chair, on the District of Co lumbia _appropriation bill and sub equently reported the bil to the Houee, but po final action was taken, The House procecded to the consideratic of resolutions expressive of regrat of th House at the death of Duncan, of Pennsylva. Dia, Adjourned, FORE ws, THE DYNAMITR DISASTER, LoNDON, January 26,—The excitoment over the dynamite explosiong coutinues, A lette received by the polies yesterd.y states St. Paul's cathedral and the office of the Dmly “Lelegraph are among the buildings which the dynamiters thresten to blow up, Westmioster b 11 and the tower are closed excrpt to officials who are makivg a thorough investigation. Many persons carrying parcels on the strecty to-diy huve been stopped by the police and the paroels examiued. The Irish newspapers denounce the outenge in vigorous tern s, Cunniogham, charged with complic'ty in the explosion at the tower, was exsmined to- day. The officers who examined him av the tower asid ho was confured, and gave a c n- tradictory answer to ' questions The prisoner gava a wrong address, and also had aifferent names by which be was known at his lodgings. Cuuningbam has & strong Irish- American accent, He aduiitted the constable was correct in what he said, but refused to say nuy hing further, Ho was remanded till Febraary 3, THE CATHOLIO PRITSTS REBUKE X DubLiN, Junuary 26, —At eoting of the Jocal biaoch ot the National leacue at Clonmel to day, Town Councilman Phelan spoke in justincation of Saturd.y's outrages in London. Approsch ng the clirx he ored out: “So long as B giand witoholds Ire- Jand's just rights toese explo-ions by dynamite will contivus,” This declaration ratsed a furious storm of dissent when Phy re ired to his scat Then the Ostholic pri presiding, denouncrd the dyr amiters 8 ont- rages against Ireland and sins against God, and spoke with such stirring eloquence that the couucilman apologized for his utterances and withdrow his remarks, requesting the ns- ;gmbl;uu to forget that they had ever been de- ivered. LoNDON, Jan. 26, —~When Cunningham was placed under a: rest he.declined to give his ad aress, B ing pressed he gave several ad ires es t) different questions Bich of thesewrs visited by det-ctives, The result was 1he dis covery of & suspicions box and bsg atthe nun ber given by the prisoner as his place of re dence in Scarboro street, Whitochapel, The PALL MALL GAZKTTE publishes an rticle in which it says it marvels at the fright and flurry exhibited by the morn inr papars when the whole damages caused by all the dynamite outrages amounts to less than 100,010 pounds sterling, and no loss of life has been occasi ned. The Gazstte says: “If O'Donovan Rossa was hanged to.morrow and the co)lection ot money for the skirmishing fun1 made a crim- inal offence 1t would fail tostop * he outrages.” It instancas that Russia and Germany, ot- withstanding their silence of epeech and the papers, the vutrages cannot be stopped. We must keep cool hesda it says, and strengthen the police forcs, shaipen the wirs of the detec- tivesand heavily punish assassins and those who aid them, "We must discriminate b tween social and political reforms by legal ag- itation.” The St. James Gazette rpeaks in a similar strain, It advices a moditied suspension of the habeas corpus act. LonDoN, Jabuary 26 —Geo. Grabbe & Co., merch:nts, failed, ~ Li. bilities, £75,000. A special fiom Rome says Italy is prepared to eend 25,000 soldiers to Kgypt to assist and mg‘p irt the B itish authority. he damage done Ly the recent explosions will amount to 75,000 { ounds. HEAVY FIRE IN HAVANA. Havana, January 26.—Five wooden build- ings a8 a bariacke, near the principal castle 3 o_#),uvnotl Jast night, Loss estl- mated at $1t . 8t enuous effo:ts ot the fir men p evented the flames from communi- catiog with tha pyrotechnical buildivgs and powder magazines near by, A number of firemen were injured. GENEBAL STEWART'S FATE. LoNDoN, January 26, —The Transport Dea- can is ordered to bs in readivess to convey a regiment to Malta and from there to Egypt if necessary, A dispatch from Alexandria says Wolseloy sent reinforcements from Korti to Stawart, and he himself is about to press for- ward, Intenso anxicty is falt for the fate of Gen_ Stewart. Tne war office at woon had received no further tidivgs D'spatches are expected every hour, Officials make no effort to conceal their deepening dirappointmert as they still fail to come. Apprehensions that & serious disaster has occurred are gaining ground, Lonnox, January 23.—The war office has just made public ‘s dispatch received this afternoon from Wolseley at Korti, He as- sures the government that in his opinion there is no cause for anxiety in this loog absence of intelligence, The first news of the battle at Abu Klea was received at Korti four days after the fight, brought in by bachi_bazouks, The last of those who were following Ste art’s army left in a little band which ~carried the story of tho fight across the descrs. No information but that brought by those Arabs has yet reached Korti, Whatever additional reports Stewart may have despatched must come by camel carriers with the ordinary British escort, DED, CUNNINGHAM'S REVELATIONS, Loxnox, January 26 —It is reported that Cunningham has mde important revelations, ia comsequence of which all trains leaving Lindou for seaport towns are accompanicd by | Lo €8, Not the slightest trace of any mechanical apparatus or of fuse has [been found in the tower or 1 the parliament buildings. This fact strengthens the opinion that no infernal machine was used to effect the explosiuns, but that the agency employed was dynamite in some rimp'e form, packages containiog Gve craix pounds of the explorives beivg depos: ited in the tower and parlisment buildings. The ven ilator of the chamber of the house of commons is & yawning chasm into which st a moment_the explosion poured many tovs of brickwork, masonry and splinteced vimbar, “The electric lighting of the house of commons and cables was destroyed and the apparatus was rendered unfit for use by the explosion and & OULOSER INSPECTION BHOWS the ruin to be more appalling fithan at _first supposed, Tho postoffice in the lobby is de- stroyed, and several huge blocks of stone four. teen inches thick and weighing a balf a ton are upheaved, The magazine at Hyde park is patrolled by the police, Great excitement prevails throughout the the province of Ulster. The loyal classes at- tribute the activity among the dynsmiters to the weak action of the government against the conspirators, Meetings are called to urge the government to enact more rigorous laws agaiost, American and other revolutionary sgents in England. MICHARL DAVITT WAS INTERVIEWED today in regard to the London explosion. He #aid the dynamite operators had few sym- pathizers in Ireland and less in America than was generally believed. He s he believed Patrick Ford and 0’'Donovan Rossa were not actusted k:y mercenary or bloodthirsty motivesrs The dynamiters consist of two classes—those who are convinced it is impos- sible to persusde the English statesmen of the reality of the Irish grievances by legal methods and thote who have ‘suffered for the Irish cause and their relatives and friends & Davitt smd the experience had shown that the agitstions were without result, while the movements bordering on revolution produced different xesults, He alleged that it was impossible for Rossa to forget the degrading insults of- fered him while 10 the Eritish possessions. Davitt made the charge that the police were fostering outrages through their sgents, such a8 McDermott. He said he believed the pres- ent outrages wore precursersof more desperate and reckless ones in the near future.” In con- clusion Davitt said: “Eugland csn deal the most eflective Llow 1o the dywamiters by that the maln springs of Irisl rdia shall not continue ¢o ba England's preseion of good will toward Ireland, Not so Much To-day as Will by To- Morrow, The Oattle Market Was Inolined to be Dull, Hog Market Aotive and Prices 6 Oents Higher, Wheat Inclined to be Dull, But Not Weak. Corn Moderately Aotive and Prices Slightly Fluotuating, Oats Moderately Strong-Rye Quiet and Steady—Provisions Generally Steady and Strong, OHICAGO MARKET, Spacial telegram to the Bre, CHI0AGO, January 2. —It was not o much what was going on to-day as what it is ex- t | pected will be going on to-morrow or next day that kept up the interest on 'Change this morning. The market was inclined to be dull, but could not be said to be weak. In the wheat pit a big crowd of sealpers took advan- tage of the fluctuations, ranging from 850 to 86§c for the May option, and _did altogether quite a rattling business, The main feature of the strength existed in the presence of nu- merous country orders to buy May wheat at 864c. When the price touched that pomnt, there was such a rush to fill these orders that only a few lots could be bought at that figure, There was a tendency in the general crowd to furce prices down to 'a profitable purchasing point, which » good mavy traders think is unywhere below 86, when it is conidered that the Tuesday vi ible supply statement will probably show a decrease ot 500,000 bush- els for the week in the amountin sight. WHEAT . apened do to 3o lower than_ Saturday’s official figures, but irm at the decline, May sold down to 85kc, 4c under the opening, but only o few Jots chauged hands ut that figure. Hun- dres of orders to buy at 854c were unfi/led, With a liberal showing of . outside orders the #ituation would have been one of decided strength, but the countay ket cut and local ope at s di i not enter very hanvy. An ad- vance of fic over the lowest point ‘was made, thiugh & portion was subsequeutly lost, No. 2 epring sold at 79¢, The close of the morn- ing's session was steady and fiem, CORN was moderately active at the ovening with Saturday’s offic’al closing well rustaned. Subsequeut flucuations were shaht beivg only fio. In the May option at the_close of the morning sessivn was nbout tteady ot & frac- tional declive from the opering figures, To. morrow's receipts are et mated at 550 curs, 0418 show a moderate strength but very little ac- sivity. The favorite option fiveiuations are within fc. “Heavy rock are talked of for £0-mortow, some puttivg them as high as 225 cars, RYR continues quiet and steady. PROVISION! were generally steady and strong, but only fairly active. ~ ‘The improved condition at s hslped to a strong market heve. The bulk of a teotion was given to pork for May del:Aery which opened 74c higher thin Satur- day and 1eached a further ndvauce of 15¢c. Stale cattle and those carried over sold 10@ 16 lower, and it was a gcod_d.al of an effort to get S .turday’s prices for the fresh srrivals, Buying was limited to one or two of_the lead- ir g fi-ms of dreesed beef operators, Fat cattle weie dull; first cless butchers’ stock was also slow, yet mode about s good prices as on Saturdsy, Common snd uedium cows and other low grade stock was also slow and pri- ces rather weak; the numwber of stockers and freders on eale was tmall, Thire were only four or five loads among the freeh arrivals, and the yards were well cleared Saturday, Dusiness was Jimited, and o8 opened folly s hizh as last week, Good to choica, 1350 to 1450 1., S5 40@5 75, 1200 to 1350 1bs., £5 0.@5 25, Common to medium, $4 00@4 75; cows, $2 7024 KO, mainly 88 25@3 50; ' stockers, $3 30@4 2 feeders, $4 00@4 70, Corn-fed Texaus, 900 to 1,L00 loe., $1 C0@h 00, HOGS, * The market was active and prices strong at be bisher all around, and in kome ivstances 10¢ hicher, Both packers and +hippers hud orders on the marxet, and ahout all were disposed of at an early hour. Sales of com- mon and rough p ckers arousd about $4 40, fa'r to good at $445@4 60, and best beavy $4 70@4 80, w th fancy heavy st $4 85, andone It at &4 00; closcly awsorted light told at $4 45@4 05; mized light, $1 L0@ 405, and pigs at $1 4081 46; packing and shippivg, 260 to 400 pounde, §1 Hb@4 85, Light, 170 to 210 pounds, $3 3.@4 65; skips, $3 30@+4 30, Blatant Ex-. oufaderates BALTMORE, January 26.—On ths 13th instant, the Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States here elected Jeff Davis an honorary member of that body. The following acknowledgement has keen received: Gentlemen:—Yours of the 1ith received, and T gratefully acknowledge. the honor of membership conferred upon me by the Scciety of the Army snd Navy of the Confederate: States in the state of Maryland, di. i in the early_colonizution by ¢ rity and brotherhood in the war of the revelution, which established| the sovereignty, freedom and iodependence of the Siates. The chivalry of Marylind stood conspicuous nor less memorable is the gallavtry of her sons in the war of 1812 Tiue to their linesge men of 1861, despite the most embarrassing surroundings bore a disting.ished part in the defense of these privciples for which their fathers successfully fought, You the earviy- 1% heroes have properly gratified me by numbering we among you, and the certificate of memb rship which you have cenferred upon me, sha 1 be lefc as an_heirloom to my children, and childrin's childeen that the: may never forget what is due to their father’s fricads, the old soldiers of Maryland living. With ever increasivg respect for your devo- tion to constitutional liberty, I wm fraternally yours. [Signed] A WASHINGTON, January 26.—A fire was dls- covered this morning In & lot of books snd records stored under the roof of the howse of representatives, The firemen out away the wood and soon extinguished the fire, It was confined to & space less than twenty feet square. The damage was slight, The fire is supposed to have beca etarked by the electric wires used in Jighting the hall, o —— The Italians in foudan, LoxnoN, Jeuuary 20.—Dispatches from Rowe state reports are curicat wh'ch ray that Ttalian forces recently dispatched to Asssb will ansist ths Britieh Torces fn Soudany a8 soou a8 lended, JrrsRsoN Davis,