Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 29, 1885, Page 1

NEBRASK « L] it N " FOURTEENTH YEAR. BN R e— 'OMAHA, NEB., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 188 NO. 191 LINCOLN. Tke Brief Session of Yr,s_terday was Fall of Business, Ohurch Howe's Delinquent Tax Bills Were Pasgsed. The House and Senate Then Ad- journed Until Next Week, In Order to Give the Gigantio In= telleots a Chance To Ovtain a Rest From Their Ar~ duous Labors, 80 That When They Re-Oonvene They Will Dispatch the Business Promptly, SENATE, Special telegram to THE Bik. Lixcowy, January 27,—The first ecssion [of the sepato this morning was full of business, Senator Sowe:s from the railrond committee, asked for further time on the report of the committee, which was granted. Senator Durland’s bill to incorporate the Blair bridge was reported back with the recommendation that it donot pass, to which the senator took exceptionand it was reported to the general file for consideration, _ Senator Sowers resolution of yesterday to allow the railroads to be heard before the joint railroad committes was adopted. Senator Meiklejohn introduced a joint reso- lution providing for a constitutional amend ment fixing the salaries of the governor, secre. tary of state and attorney-general at $2,500 per year, Senator Shervin iatreduced a bill for the erection of an asylum for incurable insane at Fremont, On the third reading of billsChurch Howe’s tax bills came up for passage. The first bill provides that on the first day of February of the year after which taxes shall have been assessed, all unpaid personal taxes, except in cities of the first class, shall become delin- quent and ehall draw therefrom 10 per cent. per annum which interest shall be collected the same as the tax so due. On_the first day of May of the year after which taxes shall have been assessed, all unpaid taxes upon real prufierty, except in cities of the first class shall bacome delinquent, and such de- linquent taxes shall draw thereafter 10 per cent, interost. This bill was passodEwith |f only two dissenting voices, Dolan and Hast- ings. The other revenue bill was to refund the five per cent now levied on delinquents, Senator Brown opposed its passage on the grounds that the money was paid according to ?n l:i ing law, and it was not lawful to re- und. Senator Day opposed on the grounds that it was unjust to those who had scrimped an saved and sacrificed their produce to raise money to save that fine, Mr, Snell answered Mr. Day's argument by saying that becanse one man was wronged it was not richt to sustain a law wronging others. Church Howe said the amount paid into that five per cent fund was not large an would be easily refunded. Senator Metz said he knew of no law lately passed that created as much dissatisfaction, and he favored its repeal. . Senator McAllister thought it unconstitu- tional becauss a law existed forbidding the re- funding of fines and taxes, and Mr. Brown read some extracts from the constitution on this point, Mr, Howa replied that he had consulted le- Enl authority before submitting the bill and e believed it sound. The bill was passed by the following vote: ‘Yeas—Buckworth, Burr, Cheny, Day, Dur- 1and, Einsel, Filson, Goehner, Howe, Howell, Hyers, Lewis, Love, McAllister, McShane, Meikeljohn, Metz, Mille, Paul, Sherwis Skinner, Smith of Lancaster, Sowers and Spencer, Nays—Brown, Dolan, Hastings, Hoebel, Norris, Putnaw, and Smith, of Fillmore. ‘When Senator Metz was called, he asked the chairman if he might vote twice, as it was & democratic principle to vote early and often, and he considered this important enough to vote twice, Senator McShans introduced a resolution, which was adopted, empowering the railcoad committee to sit during the rocess, and re- questing the committee to report next Wed- nesday ‘at 2 o'clock, The ecnate then ad- journed. THE HOUSE, Special telegram to the Bek. LiscoLy, January 27.—The house met this morning at 9:30, Senate filo No. 4 was at once brooght up for the third reading and on the motion of Nettleton was re-committeed to a committee of the whole, This was followed by the report of the special committee on the Home of the Friend- Tess. The report recommended an appropriation or two years of $5000 for salaries and a grant of $10,000 for building purposes. The committee considered this a most worthy in- stitution, Referred to the committee on finance and ways and means, 3 ? The special order of the day—a bill to regu- » passenger faros—was now called for, It being ten minutes past ten Mr, Wright ob- jeoted, becauee the order was made for ten o'clock. This was however, overruled, and the house went into committee of ths whole, Mr. Ho'mes in the chair. Mr, John proposed the first amendment t, strike out lines ¥89, effecting the carriage of ;-Illldun for nothing. This was, howevero ost. Mr. Bailey of Jefferson introduced a sec- tion to substitute for section 2, providing that goods trains should have a passenger coach or | I caboose attached, Troup, Wright, Olmstead and Emmerson opposed and Caspar supported this amend- ment, but no decision was arrived at, and the committee rose and reported to the house, askingleave to sitagain, making it a special ord+r for Tuesday at 10 o'clock. After » motion to adjourn the house again went into committee of the whole on senate file No. 4, To provide the salary of the officials of the house. ~Without coming t» ln{ result the committes rose and a1l o'clock tne house adjourned until Monday next at 5 o'clock p. m. e e— The Illinois Legisiative Farce, Speclal Telegram to the Bie. SeuiNcriee, 111, January 28 —The proba- bly fatal illness of Senator Bridges has set the domocrats to thinking what thay are going to doabont filling his place and saviug the vote of the party, They will try to convince the sick senator that It is his duty as & patriot and as a demosrat to resign at once, so that his place may be tilled by another democrat, who will vote for a democratio senator. The District is overwhelmingly democratic. S8hould Bridses ralgu o0 dle, the election cannok take place for three or four weeks. In the meantime litle or no busi) will be trans- acted, and the democrats will fillibuster to prevent the elec ion of a senator, - This they 29 do by breakivg the quorum every day ou d | with ost of their belonginga. joint_convention, and if all their members withdraw or refuse to vote, they can leave the house without & quorum and then, of coutse, the jont convention cannot olect, Either party can prevent the election by breskiog the quorum, As the parties stand, rome republicans must vote for a democrat, or several democrats for a republi- oan for senator, or there will beno election, and the governor will have to appoint one after tlxs“uagiulntun adjourns, There is no mllinn when the end will be, it is not visi- o, The people of Illinois hardly realize what the legislative farce at Springfield costs them. When beth houses are in full blast, and the committees are equipped with clerks, janitors, etc, it takes $2,000 a day to pay the expenses, At present, with no house committees to awell the bill, it takes $1,600 a day out of the tax- ayers’ pockets, Up to date the session_hay nsted twenty-two days, which makes $33,- 000 that has been squandered by the demo- cratic party, which has failed to organize the house. 8o far nothing has been done, and not only have the proceedings in the house been useless and expensive, but they have been a disgrace to the state, and will be a lasting ehame to the party. o —— An Asylum in Flames INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., January 27,—It was only by hard work that a disaster far exceed- ing the holocaust at Kankakee last was avert- ed at the Indiana hospital for the insane to- day. TFire broke out in the engine room of the rear female department at 2 o'clock. the same building where flames were discovered a few weeks ago, The fire ocourred in the working department of the institution, a two-story and three-story brick, each about fifty by 100 feet, in = the rear of the man blilding. In them were located the engine-room, drying-room, bakery, laundry, kitchen, pantries, officers’ dining-room, sleeping apartments of the female help, and chapel. These buildings were only completed last summer, and cost £50,000. Fortuunu.ls where they joined the main building a dead wall intervened, and here the progress of the flames was staid after an hour’s anxious endeavor, The fire could easily have been subdued in its incipiency had the apparatus of the asylum been batter. The state has built one of themost magnificent insane asylums in the world, but has been re- markably improvident in the manner of affording rotection from fire The well from which the supply of water has been deawn is only fifty-five feet deep. Ten min- utes work exhausted the water and the $25,- 000 engine was useloss, There are seven cisterns, of a total of 14,000 barrels capacity, near the building, and_only last week Super- intendent Fletcher, with a shovel and pick, hunted half a day in the snow and found three of them, which were brought to light and thus made ervice- able this morniug, Had this precaution not been taken nothing could have saved the main bulldings from destruc- tion. The towers, which are made to hold 80,000 gallons of water each for use in case of fire, wera examined yesterday and found to hold just six inches of water, The well did not furnish the water, and none could be pumpad up. The superintendent has repeat- edly written to_individual members of the legislature, calling their attention to these acts, Ohief Webster and a portion of the city fire department responded promptly to the appeal for aid. Two of the firemenhad a narrow escape from death, afalling cinder hurling a nozzle from their hands into the ruins below. Superintendent Fletcherestimates the losses at $75,000. he losses by employes fortunately are small, as they were warned in time to escape The evgineer lost bis trunk, containing, besides his clothing, 8350 in money. There is no insurance, the state having fail- ed tomake a specific appropriation and the trustees refusing to set apart any of the gen- eral fund for that purpose. - ‘When Dr, Fletcher saw that he could not d | suppress the flames he mada readv to vacate The inmates the main building if necessary, removed to noarest the firo were remote wards, all of .the remaining omes were dressed ready for re- moval, and uverz employe wa3 sum- moned on_duty. sSeveral patients “took to the woods” on the first alarm, but wera recap- tured. Nobody was injured, but, the alarm ‘was great, hen it is considered that the institution contained 1,700 patients, the mag nitude of the task and the excellent discipliue of the officials and attendants are manifest. Much inconvenience and considerable suffer- ing will ensue for a time, as the clothing of 400 patients was destroyed in the laundry; and the burned buildings include those essen- tialto life and health, Temporary heating and cooking apparatus were sat to work to- day, and everything possible is being done for the comfort and convenienca of the un. fortunate inmates, ————— Suggests a Great Puablic Meeting. Special telegram to the BEg, New YORK, January 28,—Inan editorial the Mail and Fxpress says: *Ts it not pecul - iarly bofitting that the new international exi- gencies developed by the dynamite explosions in London, that a great public meeting be called in this cosmopolitan and metropolitan city, at which all the phases of public senti- ment alroady aroused, by the recent displays of theinfernal character of the dynamite fiends may find a full and varied and eloquent exprassion, ) AFFECTED BY THE CI8CO AND SON'S FAILURE, A large namber of the merchant’s boat builders and farmers of Port Jefferson have n affected by the suspension of J. J, Cisco & Sone, of this city, Their aggregate depos- its amounted to between $60 00V to $70 000, in amounts rangiog from £5,0.0 to $8 000, and they have been compelled to_ask their New York creditors for an extension of time, MR, PLIMSOLL LIKES THE AMERICANS, Thomas Plimsoll, ex-member of parliament of England, who 18 at Gilue{ house here, said in an Interview to-day: “I have just come from Canada, but probably I shall go to Chi- ca, 0, thence to 8t, Lous and down the Misa- issippi_in one of your famous river boats. From New Orleaus perbaps I will take the Southern Pacific to San Francisco and return to New York by the wayof Omaha, Iin- tend to go home'in the spring. Of the Amer- ican people, I can say thatI like them. I like Parnell; & very fine man he is, but these dynamiters are catting the ground from under his foet, 1 fancy from my local knowledge of the parliament buildings *thiat but little dam- age comparatively has besn done by the late explosions. A few hot-headed Enghshmen peak harshly of the United Statesin this matter, but the great majority find no fault, for they know the difference, I like Senator Edmunds' bill.” e — Base Ball, ' New YoRk, January 28,—The conference committee ol the national base ball league and the American association met to.day, President McKnight reported that at the meeting of the American association at Pitts- burg yesterday it wi that St. L should have & leag ub, 9 conference thereupon resolyed that the American associa- tlon shold be allowed to locate the club in Chicago when it desited to doso, It also recommends that at the spring meetings of the W0 organizations & committee of three be ap- s,-n:-uu by each to act in conference on any ispute. 3 RAILKOAD RAOKET, Janusry 28— All east-bound to-day restored freights to the tariff, which is on” the basis of cents per hundred pounds for grain and 30 cents for provisions, and very little hope is expressed that the restoration will outlast the snow- blockade, Represeptatives of Nouthwestern roads Interested in Virginia. met to consider the question of reducing rates to a basis correspondiog with the current rates to ern seaboards, and s it was found, ho the latter had restored the tariff charg ‘was decided to make no reduction, el e ki 00 B R ¥ At s i -1 STEWART’S BATTLE. The British Troops Cut Huge Swaths in the Arab Rebel Ranks, Another Hard Earned Viotory on the Suburbs of Metemneh. The Mahdi’s Madmen Provs Foe= men Worthy of British Steel, The Rebels Repusled with a Very Heavy Loss. Five Emirs and 250 Men Dead on the Field. Full Details of General Stewart's.Bat tle—Two Newspaper Correspond- ents Killed, [ Cacting a Road to Khartoum, 1oNDON, January 28, —Intelligence has just been received at the wer office that General Stewart's force were intrenched south of Me- tomneh, The diepatch gives the gratitying information that Stewart i1 in communioation with General Gordon. Stewart’s force had soveral fights with the Arab rebels betore he reached Metomnch. Stewart is badly woun- ded. Tive of the Mahdis emirs were killed in the fights. General Wolseley, in o dispatch, reports, the capture of Metemneh by the British, and says Sir Oharles Wilson has gone to Khartoum on a steamer to confer with Gor- don, Tt 1s expected he will return as soon as possible and report personally to Wolseley. 1 p. m.—An official despagch received this afternoon from Gordon shows his position at Khartoum is by no means as desperate as supposed, He says he could hold out thera for a year, Btewart's wounds are reported as doing well, A dispatch from Cairo declares Lord Chas, Beresford witha small contingent are pushing ou from Metemneh to Khartoum, 1:30p m.—Official dispatches indicate the march_ of Stewart and his little army from Abu Klea Wells to the present position has been no easy task, Almost every foot of the way HAS DERN SHARPLY CONTESTED by a resolute Arab force, There was a con- stant succession of encounters frow the action of the 17th till the Nile was reached. The British troops are steadily gaining fresh victo- Ties over the impetuous but easily demoralized rebels, On the morning of Monday, January 19th, two days after the fight atAbu Klea, the enemy appeared in force in front of the ad- vanciu[" British army. A fierce battle was fought. This occurred about three miles from the Nile. The British were compelled to sustain a heavy fire for some time, Early in the engagement Stewart received a wound, and Sir Charles Wilson as- sumed command, Works were hastily cons structed under a leaden rain. The wounded and baggage were left under guard behind, and the rest of the force advanced in the face of the hostile fire to a gravel ridge some dis- tancein front. Here a large force of rebels were established in astrong position. Assoon as the British line came near, a fierce charge led Dby eeveral emirs, was made sgainst it by the rébel foemen. The British troops, arranged in the form of a squard advanced steadily to meet the onset, the enemy rushing down upon them, At the same time the rifles of the British were Joing bloody executivn. The chargewas cheak- ed and not an Arabcame within thirty yards of the British square. The reb Is did not long stand befors the murderous English fire, but were REPULSED WITH HEAVY LO: ive emirs and 258 men were left dead upon the field, with a lerge number wounded, Particulars of tte English loss have not yet been received. Inis certain, however, that TLord St. Vincent, of tha artillery, was among the killed, The place where the battle was fought was & short distance beyond Shebacat wells. Stewart's wound, while not fgtal, is so serious that he is disabled for_the remainder of the campaign. General Wolseley considers the deprivation of his services a national logs, and rccommends him to the queen’s most favorable consideration. The date of latest intelligence received from Khartoum is December 29th. Stewart now holds a strongly fortified post at Gubat near Metemneh, balf way between Berber and Khartoum, The position is 5o strong thatit is confidently sserted that a small garrison could hold 1t against any force the rebels could send $o attack it, THE DEAD AND DYING, In the Iate battle Stewart was opposed by 7,000 rebels, a large nu rber of whom were cavalry, They were armad with rifles, The British 1lost, 20 killed; 60 wounded. Total loss of the enemy, 1,300 Among the killed ara Cameron, correspondent of the London Daily Standard; Herbert, of the Morning Post; Col. Burleigh, correspondent of the Londen Telegraph, and Lords Airlie and Somerset are amone the wounded, PARTICULARS OF GEN. STEWARI'S BATILE IN THE DESERT, Loxnow, Janusry 29.—The point where the battle of the 19th occurred isin the de sert, about five miles south from Metemneh, When Gen, Stewart reached that point he found the enemy hovering about his little army on all sides, and skirting at an uncom- fortable short’ range. The rebels had evidently stationed themselves in the vicinity to await his arrival and give him battle, When they began to surround him and press in upon him he determined to abide the event, He ordered his men to dismount and form a Rareaba; this =was imade mainly th saddles and baggage, and during the construction the rebel riflemen drew nearer and maintained a hot fire from behind ambushes, and such hid 1ng glaces as they could find among the bushes and high grass, Tais fire was very well directed and was most disastrous in its” effects upon the British troops. Twelve men were soon shot dead and forty others strizken down with_ugly wounds, Among the first killed was Mr, Cameron special correspondent of the London Standard, and Mr, Herbert, 1 correspondent of the London Post. en, Stewart was one of the very first wounded, He was ghot in the thigh, ~When he was shot the work of making the Zareaba was about completed and the army had been put in motion to form its battle array, This was a hollow square, formed in the followin, order: In the front, the naval brigade anc grenadier guards, on lthe right, the Cold stream guards and Scott guards, on the left flank, the mounted infantry and on the rear the Sussex regiment and the heavy camel corps, As soon as completed the square nced under the steady am- bush tire a distance of two miles. At this point the enemy began to move upon the square in two lurge echelons, These wer di- rected againet the British right front, which stood unmoved during the rebel charge, The Eoglish _troops then forming, assailed the front and deliversd s terrific fire aimed right at the enemies middle, mowing down men in sush heaps that they formed an actual obslacle and interfered so seriously with the evenneas neceesary to the succees of the on- slaught that its genter line was brought to a lllfillfllmu‘ sixty yards from the British front line, The force of the general move- ment throw the unimpeaed of the line like the ends of broken timber around the ~ | corner of the squire, and the rebels so dis simply eut to pieces. enemy's line was V‘lfld "J:, broken the Arabs reemed to short | 2 break up into bande, each of which waged war onits own account, A Ia detachment, mostly on horseback, went k to attack Zareaba, This wae garrisoned by o body of oglish soldiers, made upof a little detach- ment left behind by each corps which had forward in the square. Lord Charles fl:uhrd was in _command, He sustained the attack for two hours, when the enemy was compelled to retroat, During the general at- tack upon the square only six men were killed and twenty-three wonnded on the Fa- glish_side. Srewart's forces, upon leaving Gakdul Wells, consisted of 2,000 picked fight- ing men, and the Intest dispatches show that Lord St. Vincent was not, a8 was at first re- ported, killed in the battle of the 19th, He died from a wound received on the 17¢h at Abu Klea, and onlgfltwa British officers were killed in the Zareaba fight The other dead were non commissioned officers and privates, Doriog the advance the main body of the English from the Zareaba garrison, left be- hind at that point, kept up a heavy fire from their guns and rifles, An effort was made to erect a small redoubt, some fifty yards to the right of the Zareabs, under the protection of a steady fire from the Zareaba, During the erection of the redoubt one man was killed and three wounded, and Lord Cochrane, with forty men from the Life funrdl, and the Scottish Greys held the redoubt and maintained a_heavy fire throughout the bat- tle, Thev aid much to repel the constant rushes of the enemy. The losses of the rebels during the whole day are estimated at 2,000 killed and wounded. Among the enemy wera many slaves, several of whom have sub- mitted to the British. They eay the di sent thom from Khartoum, The equare reached the Nile at_sunset on Monday even- i nd encamped for the night. Early morning wcouting partios a recconnaisance and destroyed some empty villages. The inhabitants had watched the military operations from a dis. tance and afterwards retreated to Metemneh, The British then advauced through the villages around Metemneh, On Wednesday they made a reconnoisance and found Metem- neh fairly well fortified. Shots were ex- changed but the rebels kept out of sight. The ground around is sandy with depressions full of s and bushes affording & good cover, Prigoners state that the enemy came from Khartoum, and that the forces which attacked the British at Adu Klea was the ad- vance guard, Wil ¥8In the fight on the 19th inst., which occur- red within three miles of the Nile, many British troops were 1a an almost fainting con- dition for the lack of water. Colonel Sir Charles Wilson ordered a small detachment of cavalrymen to obtain a supply of water from the river. by cutting their way through the enemics forces, Thia dangerous movement was accompanied with less loss of life than might have been expected, and enough water was obtained to revive the troops and e B them to continue the attack. The total Britieh loss including lost at Abu Klea was 104 killed and 116 wounded. The enemies loss was 300 killed and wounded, FOREIGN NEWS, THE CAMEODIA REVOLT SUPPRESSED. Panis, January 28, —Officlal dispatches re- ceived to-day from Saigon announced the virtual suppression of the revolt in Cam- bedia. FRANCE TO DRCLARE WAR AGAINST CHINA. LoxnoN, January 28 —It is reported that Fravce has decided officially to declare war gainst China in consequence of England’s enforcing the forelgn enlistment act, — ON THE ROCKS. A SCHOONER WRECKED OFF THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST—TELRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF THE OREW, Chicags Tribune Special. BostoN, Mass,, January 27.—Tho British schooner Hopvine, Capt. J. W. Best, lett Boston yestarday bound for Hantsport, N, 8, She had on board 250 barrels our, 410 bar- rols of meal, and other miscelfaneous cargo. ‘When off Thatcher’s Island, ndhr Gloucester, she carried away her forcsail and other rig. ring. She tried to make the hatbor of Glouces- ter for repairs, but misstaved and went ashore outside, near Eastern Point lifhc, where itis very rocky. The wind was blowing very heavily at the time, and the weather being exceedingly cold the crew suffered extreme- ly. The soa, which was running high, washed over the vessel, and as the watar dashed upon the deck it froze, and it was feared that the sufferers would perish before & landing could be effectod. The vessel and the entire cargo are considered a total loss, Nothing was saved but a part of the craw’s clothes, The vessel has no insurance, She is ninety-one tons measurement, is six years old, and is owned by C. A, J. Davis, of St. John, N, B, The National Board ot Trade, WasHINGTON, January 28,—The national beard of trade assembled here to-day, forty delegates were present. Frederick Fraley of Philadelphia, was re-elected president. The foaturo of to-day’s session was & long and animated discussion between the delegates from the eastern seaboard cities, and those from the interior of the country, and the Pacific coast on the other side, The question was whether to urge the passage of the house bill No. 7,165 to regulate the form of bills of lading, and the duties and liabilities of shiy owners and others, Finally. the bill was endorsed, the western men being placated by tha adoption of the resolution; favoring further legislation which will extend the principles of the bill to inland carriers, ———— The National Silver Convention. DENvER, Jan, 28.—The National Silver con- vention, haying for its object the organization of a systematic and determined opposition to the demotization of silver, and to prevent by all possible maans sny legislation of congress looking to a decrease of the present rate of silver coinage, assembled at the Grand opers house this afternoon., Fully 1,000 delezates were present, representing Colorado, Kansas, Utah, Idaho, New Mexico aid Wyoming. The sasion t6-day was ocoupied. by prolmia- aries, | France and England, Panis, January 28,—The refusal of the British authorities to allow the Triomphant to refif at Hong Kong, caused great annoyance here, Voltaire denounces the conduct as especially unfriendly and urges the French =~ government fo retalliate lfilimmedhlaly blockading all Chinese ports. s, Voltaire says, France refrained from dq ing bscause France regarded Eogland a & friendly power and blockading Chinese ports would have hampered English com- merce, e —— ‘Wrathy Penitentiary Ofticials, Ohicago Tribune Special, Nasnviuee, Tenn,, Jaouary 27.—The of- ficers of the penitentiary sent a communica- ton to tha legislature to-day denying charges made s5 to tbe trestment of eonvicts, and de- ‘m;nduy an immediate investi,ation, Later in the day they entered suit against the Nash- ville Banner for 60,000 damages alleged to have been sustained by the fil:lilhin‘ of an editorial in connection with the management of this prison, e — ANew Foundlaud Blizzard, Sr. Jonxs, N, F., January 23, A terrible blizzard is prevailing on the west comst. A large number of fishing crafts were overtakeu by the storm, Twenty-three ships are mies. ing and many of the survivors are bldl{ frost bitten, one sbip in sight went down with the crew, The missing vessels carried about fifty men, L ——— FPenitentiary Warden| Hung, PorTLAND, Oregon, Janusry 28,—Chas, J. Rogers, a penitentiary warden who murdered Sterry, enother warden, Ootober 6th, was h‘"*“l to-day. He was remarkabl 'z'aoal and lo;v'luh ar l:‘nd ”uendnd she steps of the scaffold with a bound, WASHINGTON NEWS, Consideration of the Railroad Land Grant Forteitares, Officors of the Flag Ship Lanoas= ter in Trouble. About Oriticizing the Aotion of the Head of the Navy. The Bill for Extinguishing the Union Pacifio Debt. Woaried With Roll Calls the House Adjourns, Various Other News Items of More or. Less Intercst From the Capital, SENATE ‘WASHINGTON, January 28.—In the senate, Hoar, from the judiciary committee, reported back adversely the house bill to amend the Pacific railroad sinking fund act, and at the same time reported, with recommendation for its passage, a new b1l to provide for the set- tlement of claims growiog out of the issue of bonds to aid in the construction ot the Pacific railroads, and to secure to the United States the payment of all their indebtedness, The senate ordered the printing, in_pamphlet form, of 1,000 copies of the house Lill, the sen- ate committec's substitute to accompany in the report. The bill is in substance as follews: To fix a day on which the indabtedness of the com. anies respectively to the government shall ascertained, upon the same principle as if the whole debt and interest were to be paid on that day, with the proper rebates of interest at the rate of 8 per centum per annum,and deducting from such amounts all payments made by the companies in money, transporta- tion, or otherwise, and extending that time at the interest of 3 per centum, The period for the extension of the pay- ment n¥ the last installment indebtedness 1s forty-six years beyond the maturity of sub- sidy bonds, or the average extension of the whole debt is twenty-three years, In consid- eration of the extension time thus granted, the companies are required to deposit with the secretary of the treasury bonds of re- demption for the amount of the debt, as ascertained in specific sums, the bond to ‘mature every six months, and all the earnings of the roads by government tramsportation upon any roads owned, leased, o operated by the company shall be applied 'to the payment of the current maturing bonds of redemp- tion, and no money shall be paid by the government for transportation of any kind over aided, or non-aided roads, until the bond next maturing shall be fully paid. It extends the statutory lien and security now subsisting over all the roads owned, or operated, or hereafter acquired, and wherever situated by the companies, including telegraph lines, franchisee, rolling stock and property of every kind and description, to remain as security for the bonds of redemption until all are paid, embracing over 5,000 miles not now l:aldp.:l security.by the government, It also requiros that tho companios acoepting of the provisions of this bill shall also accept the provisions of the Thurman act, yiel all questions of constitutionality of said act. The plan turther provides that either of the said companies may prepay and discharge the debt in full at any time, and as an induce- ‘ment for such payment an abatement of 3 per cent per annum in interest is allowed, and the company are authosized to mortgage their franchises and property for the purpose of raising funds to redeem these bonds of re demption, if they see fit to do so, The sinking fund hereafter established in the treasury 15 discontinued, but not till the bonds and mortgages provided for in the bill are_executed and delivered, The railroads and telegraph lines are required to be at all times at the service of the government at rates as low as the lowest accorded to any in- dividual for a like service, A failure for six months to pay any redemption bond at ma- turity under the provision this bill renders all said bonds due and payable, In order that companies shall partake of the benefits of the proposed plan they must accept the same under their corporate scals within three months of the passage of theact. In case the companies fail to accept the provi- slons of the act within the tume specified, 35 per cent of the annual gross earnings, instead of 25 per cent, shall be collected after the lst of July, 1885, and the secretary of the trea. sury may invest the sinking fund of the com- panies in their first mortgage bonds, or securi- ties of the United States, in his discretion, or he wmay, with the consent of the companies, apply the same to the extingnishment of the intorest of the subsidy bonds, the government to refund the rameat any time if it becomes necessary to meet any debts or obligations of the said corporations prior, in lie to said in- terest. ‘The report accompanying the bill says: “The purpose of the extension pro- posed is to bring the semi-annual payment sufficiently within the ability of the compan- ies to render such payments entirely certain, and it cannot, in the opinion of the commit- tee, be of any vital consequence to the gov- ernment whether the debt be paid in fifty or sixty years, so long as its ultimate payment can be certainly secured, The necessity of this extension further appears from the fact, that the first mortgage bonds equal the amount with the subsidy bonds, mature at the same time, and these bonds, having under the act of 1864, a priority of lien over the government, which stands in relation of only asecond lien; the creditor must be paid be- fore the government can obtain anything, and such pl{menlx would so strain the of the companies, that extension given, tne probabilities are that the foreclosure of the first mortgage bond would extinguish the debt of the government, unless it is pre- arcd topuy for tho Union 'Pacific, Includiog ansas Pacific, sixty odd million dollars to cover the debt, with the interest of the mort- age, which hus priority over the government, If the government became the purchaser and therefore the owner of these roads, it would thus find itself in the railroad business gen- erally, which would altogether a new and a very questionable policy in its history. And then this by no means certain that after paying this large rior debt the government would reimburse taelf, with the entire management and control of the roads in its hands, at least for many years beyond the lune.mnhm‘zlnwd in the extension provided for in the bill, and there is scarcely any reascnable probal u:{ that the government could reimburse f for this outlay by any re-sale of the roads, The com- mittee believe that the plan of adjustment presented is fair and just, and will secure the government in the payment of debts due her by the roade, At 7:30 p. m. the doors were reopened and the scnate adjourned, HOUSE, WASHINGTON, January 28,—Slocun, from the committee on military affairs, reported back the resolution requesting the president to transmit to the house a copy of the recent sppeal of ¥itz John Porter, togetber with the lct,:?l:npll;ylng papers., The resolution passed —179 to 74, ‘The speaker laid before the house & message from the president, trapsmitting ® commun- ication from the secretaty of the navy, recom- mending action by the government in recogni- tion of the services, official and personal, ex- tended in Russia to the survivors of the Jeannette, snd to the search parties subse- quently to Biberia. Referred. On motion of Henley the House proceeded, yeae 159 naye 103, to consider the land grant bills on the calendar, The first bill on the cal- endar was to declare forfeited certain land in the Michigan grant in aid of the construction of raflroads. The guestion of consideration was raised and the ‘loule refused, yeas 83 nays 162, to consider the bill. A’ similar question was raised against the next bill, to forfeit the Marquette and Ontonagon land ant, and the House refused, yeas S0 nays 61, to consider this measure, Willis, from the committee on rivers and harbors, reported the river and harbor ap, « priation bill, Referred to the commil the whole, McComas offered a _resolution which was adopted reciting that Julius R. Santos who was long an instructor in the university of Virginia, but recontly a_merchant in_Bahia, had been imprisoned in Ecnador since Novem- ber, 1884, for an alleged compliclty in the re- beliion, and a speedy execution is appre- hended, and that it 1s alleged that he is in- nocent and directing the secretary of atats to inform the house what measures have been taken and what further action he intends to tako to securo the releace or speedy trial of Santos, Van Eaton then submitted various filibus- tering motions, and several roll calls fwere taken, 1>urln§ one of the calls Bland asked if it bein order to read the pl tforms pre. pared at both the republican and democratic national conventions, especially that plank which declared in favor of the forfeiture of unearned land grante, Finally, wearied out with successive roll calls, the house adjourned, of WASHINGTON NOTES, REGARDING THE LANDING OF FOREIGN CABLES, WASHINGTON, January 28.—Several mes- sages from the president were lnid before the senate transmitting information heretofore called for regarding the landivg of foreign cables in the United States, the awards Jof the Venzuelan mixed commission and the statvs of the Oklshoma lands, which the pres- ident maintains cannot, under the existing treaties, be opened up for settlement, Without the transaction of any further business tho senate went into execative gession, THE OFFICERS OF THE FLAG SHIP LANCASTER IN TROUBLE, Secretary Chandler has written a letter to Rear-Admiral English, commanding the European station, in regard to the charge made by the American resident at Nice, France, that officers of the flag ship Lancas: ter had publicly abused the head of the navy department and all connected with it, for having ordered that vessel to the Congo coun try, alleging that it was done to spite the ladles. 'The secretary inclosed a copy of the letterreceived at thedepartment on thesubject, and says he has written to the writer (whose name is purposely withheld), request- Ing that he give. him (Admiral Englieh. the names of the officers who made the state- ments referred to. The secretary’s letter to Admiral English concludes as follows: ““You will immediately institute inquiries concern- ing the trath of the averments in the letter by interrogating directly all the officers of the Lancaster, and if you find that any officer has made the ugflmfic statements narrated in the letter, or has criticized in hotel, or anywhere else, any orders of the department), you will report the facts to the department and, until receiving further instructions, wil suspend such officer from duty, and not allow | him to leave his vessel except for urgent rea- sons, to be made of record and reported to the department, NOMINATIONS, Henry W, Griffiths to be receiver of public moneys at Des Moines, Ia, Postmasters— George E. Delevan, Greene, Ia; H. L. J, McClellan, Marion, In; Henry K. Stewart; Ketchum, Ia. Apte The wsenate closed its doors, and resumed the consideration of the Nicuragua treaty, at ‘half past twelve fo-day,. S AL Senator Sher?lnn modified his amendment introduced several days ago relatiog to the discriminations which' may be made in the charges for the use of the canal, As the amendment now stands_discriminations may only be made in favor of coast wise trads in Nicuragua. Senator Vince made a formal speech argu- 1ng that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty was stil an _obstacle to the ratification of the Nicaragua treaty, and he oflered a motion that further action be postponed until after the 4th of March, This motion was the sub- gx:t of along debate, Senators Bayard and aulsbury and others upon the democratic pide spoke in favor of the motion, and Sena- tors Morgsn, Lapham, Conger and Miller, (Cal.), opposed to it. A motion to adjourn was made at 5 o’clock and defeated, At the afternoon the question of postponement was put toa voteand half an hour consumed in efforts te secure a quorum. The absentees were sent for but pending a vote another motion to adjourn |j was made at 7:30 and carried, e Singular Oase of Insanity. Day1os, O., January 28,—Bartholomew Lindenbarger, a Gierman farmer living near this city, was to-day taken to the asylum for thoinsane, Three weeksago he quarreled with a priest. The matter weighed heavily on his mind, as he considered his soul irrepar- ablydogt. He soon becameinsane, and for fif- teen days he has not slept a single moment, and for ten days has not taken food o drink, and seems determined to starve himself, ———— General Gi s Retirement, WasHiNGTON, January 28,—General Slo- cum, speaking to-day of the prospect of gat- ting General Grant upon the retired list of the army, said there is a movement on foot tocall up the senate bill' by Randall if he can get the floor. The house, military com- mittee is, Slocum declared, earnestly in favor of retiring General Grant and the present muddle is not the result of any trickery, ————— Body Snatching at Lincoln, Spccial telegram to THe Bre, LancoLw, Neb., January 28,—Another case of body snatching has just come to light, Peter Voulgamore died a week ago and was buried in Wyuka cemetery. This mornin, the friands xioticed marks About the grave and on search discovered that the body was gone, Officers have searched the city over but up to a late hour to-night failed to find a trace of it, The matter will be looked into, ——— Italian Troops in Egypt, AveN, January 28, —Perim Advices state that the Italian iron clad, Castle Widardo arrived at Beilul, situsted near tte mouth of the Red gea, notifar from Assab, and_successfully disembarked a de- tachment of troops intendéd to co-operate with the Eoglish in Sondan, The Italisn flag was hoisted at Beilul ———— The Weather, ‘WasHINGTON, January 28, —Indications: For the upper Mississippi valley: Warmer, fair weather; variable winds, gam‘ullg south- erly, For the lower Miasourl valley: Warmer, fair weather; variable winds, gencrally shift: ing to southerly, e —e— The Whisky Pool. CiNoINNaTI, Jan, 28,—The Western Expoct association completed its work to-day, approv- ing the report, and the conmittec was to agree to put the priceof high wines at $1.15 on ac count of the advance in corn. All were satis- fied that the pool is firmly established, o — Suppressed by the Police, Mexi00, VIA GALVESTON, January 28,~A dras onttlod Euglih Dibt,” 0 luve boen produ y on Sundsy wos eup: Dressed by the police. frmd e — Dry Goods Failure, Ci10400, January 28,—~The Inter Ocean’s report, 1ll: R. J. Scaulon, d ods, To-day, Ho refuses to make a ‘state: Preforences 820,000, All to Freeport THE MARKETS. The Prevafliug‘cnnlillons on 'Change Were Weak, With Lower Prices, The Cattle Market was Generally Rather Weak and Slow. The Hog Trade Did Not Grow Any Stronger, The Wheat Merket was Weak and Steadily Downward, The Corn Trade was a Shade Low= er Than Yesterday. Oats are Slow and Flat—Rye Contine ues Steady—Provisions Olosed at a Decline, OHICAGO MARKETS, Special telegram to the Brx, CH10AGO, January 28, —~The preyalling con« ditions on ’change were those of weakness, coupled with a lower range of prices, Tt came from the bearish feeling locally, and lower ca~ bles and reported troubles on Wall street, WHEAT was from § to 3o off at the opening, and for a time felt firm and steady, the light receipts ensily moving it up }@o, but after the first hour its course was quite steadily downward, within 1o in leading options, and the feeling Renerally was weak and heavy, the cables re- rting the dieaster to the British forces in Eavot, which were used s » lavec. to bear* the prices. There were froo sellers at every break. . No. 2 spriogsold at T78@TTHe. - To ward the close a sharp break occurred on the reported troubles on Wall street, CORN opened relatively much stronger than wheat, bain g about fc over yesterday’s official close. At tue opening, early in the day, there was a fractiona) advance beyond thes: figures, but later, as business began to show itself in other markets, prices began to drop back to a shade under first quotations. Comparatively little tradiug_was done, No,2 cash was quoted nominally at 878, OATS are slow and flat, cash and tear options being entirely nominal and are very lightly traded 1n, RYE continues steady and about firm, with offering very light and little doing, No. 2 cash was. quoted at 63c, sellers for regular with May, PROVISIONS opened firm and active and a little higher, by reason of the improved conditions_at the yards, but with a_heavy feeling prevailing in the other pits, This market soon essed off and fell quite steadily at 15¢ on por] d 71 @10c on lard, The, morning 50 b stiff, S it Sl d, heat it steers ashade firmer and 3 common steers hard to sell and prices rather weak, Receits aro rapidly 1alling below Inst woel’s average, there being a loss of 400 as compared with last Wednes- day, This fact alono must strengthen the market, and the chances are that¥or the bal- anco of the weck best sorts of shipping and dressed beef stecrs will sell a shade stronger; yot, ngainst this, aro dull and overstocked the foreign and seaboard markets -and rather a weak feeling in provisions and grain, Butchers’ stock was not over plontifal and was selling at equally s good prices as any day this week. _Iat cows and heifers are making good prices, but canners’ stock seems rather slow, There is a steady demand for bulls, either for feeding or. slaughtering, Stockers and feeders are scarce and selling ab strong prices, The market closed with the o0d grades 10c higher, Salss—1400 to 1500 5., S5 2@5 60; 1200 to 1350 Ibs., $4 75@ 000 to 1200 1bs,, $4 00@4 65; butcher— Wstock, 10c higher; cows $2 85@4 50,mainly 2500w 50; stockers 83 40@+ 10; fosders §100@4 50; corn-fed Texans $1 105 00, HOGH, Tho general market was rather a surprise to all goncerned to-dey, The first ostimate placed the raccipta as high as 26,000, and prices opened rather weak under that impres- sion, Dhut later the fact was established that If the receipts reached 16,000 that number would bo about all that could be expected,but prices did not seem to grow stronger under the light run. Assorted light were onl: steady and tancy boasy did not sl ua big as yesterday, while the best medium and mid= dlo weights were just about steady. Packing and shipping, 250 to 400 pounds, $1 65@0 003 light, 160 to 210 pounds, 84 50@4 75, e ——— New York Stock Market, Spenial telegram to THE Bre, New York, January 28,—Stocks of the Pa« cific roads have been a feature in the market to-day. Central Pacific, Northern Pacifie preferred, and Oregon Railway and Naviga- tion have been pressed for sale, with the re- sult of depressing the prices of these stocks materially, and dragging the rest of the mar- ket down. There appears to have been a quiet and steady selling of these stocks for AOYora) avaia Thas Eid to-day seems to be appreciated by the speculators, A number of ramors are current affecting these properties, but thé ouly facts at hlnfne a large falling off n the carnings of the Central Pacific an the serious blockading of the Northern Pacific and Oregon railways e anom St e fects have, however, been known for some time, o that the causes that now are affectin the securities of these roads must be lool for elsewhere, Union Pacific has been raided in connection with the movement noted, but hay resisted the attacks fairly well, There bas been tome heavy and effective selling of 8t, Paul, which carried the price down 1 per cent, Trank line securities are heavy, and Now York Central has been freely sold by brokers having London connections, ——— Gen, Stewart Fromoted, LoNDow, Jan, 25.—The Queen sent a dis- patch thanking Gen, Stewart and the troops for their bravery, condoling with them for their losses, and promoting Gen, Stewart to the rank of major ges ——— Extremely Frigid, MuscaTiNg, January 28,—The signal ser- vice thermometer was 84} degrees below zero here this morning, the coldest here in twenty~ three years, The Bell ot Liberty, W OnLEANS, January 28 —The formal sfer of the Liberty bell to the exposition mansgers occurred this afternoon in Music hall in the presence of 20,000 persons, The Ice Palace, MoNTREAL, January 28,—The ice palace was inaugurated this evening in the presence of an immense crowd, Buy W.J. 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