Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 28, 1885, Page 1

S — FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA DAILY BEE ()MAIIA, NEB.SSATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2 , 1885. 'OUR LAWMAKERS. Mr, Sutherland sti 1 holds the bill in his pos session and will not give it up until it 18 prop. erly roported. As to how the matter will end there is some speculation, The Heuse Appropriates §75,000 For Afernoon Sesston, The New Iusane Asylum, it Is To Norfolk, And Dawson's Cheeky Claims Very Properly Choked Off. The U, P, Lobbying Against The New City Charter. A Faint Hope That It Will Be Passed To-Day. The Last Ac Land raud Investigation ¥arce, THI HOUSE, Special Correspondence to Tig ik, Lincowy, February 27.—~The houss assem- Several acts from the senate were read a second time and this morning at the usual hour, ordered for third reading. House Roll 85, the bill whi for third reading, House Roll 404, o bill paylng newspaper claims was made epecial order, The senato railroad commission bill wi road first time by suspension of rules for th purposs, This bill was recoived in the hou very favorably and may likely becomo law therofors insuring the state some railroad legislation althsugh nos of the kind the pe ple want. The houss went into committee he whole with Mr. Henry in the chair, Sanate 'ile 62 ~To provids for tho electic of county atzorneys was 2.k to the houss with recommend ion that it do pass, The committee ross and the house recaived and wdoptad the repoct. Tho house now devoted soma consi erabla time in discassing the advissbility of taking particular bills from the general file_and have But with- out arriviog at anything definite went again #nto committaos of the whole with Mr. New comer chairman to consider bills upon the gen- them engrosasd for third raading. eral file L, R. 209—Was tho first bill to receive at- This is known as tho Daws on relict is own board and that of his family with ex- penses of keepivg his_ horses and carriages, and also to py him his oxpenses for fetching tention. bill, and seeks to pay that pentleman for his own lotters from the postoffice, Mr. Bailey supported the bill and said the clause committes refused to allow him to tes: tify before them in bohalf of his friecd, ex- Warden Dawson, Mr, Peterson eaid the committen Dawson had no claim. 1t was unjust and atenl. Mr, Olmstead denied on behalf of tho claims committee having choked off everybody from This bill was discarded with ¢ix other cluims of a simi- appearing before that committee. lar nature prosented by Warden Nobes, Mer. Kaley said wuile Dawson was suppos- ed to bs warden he was notually a stock raiser the expenses Mr. Miller op- Posod tho bill and it was ordered to bereoors- and now wished the state to pa: of his farm, Mr. Corr sud ed to the house for indefinite postpsnement. Senate Iile 18 A bill providiug for com- pletion of statutes passad through committ LR i #ons definitely postponed. . R.180—A bill to compel county treasur- ers, was discussed and crdered to be favorabl reported to the house, 5 With the speaker in the chair the hou received the report of the committee, and im- mediate'y a't r took a recess until 2 o'clock. The following is the putition which Mr, Ri- loy yesterday sceused Mr Tactle of suppres ingin ordar that the house might not_know the feelivg of the labor asembly on Stout’s oonvict bill, To the House of Rapresentativas of tha State of Nebraska, aud particularly the Douglas county delegation: Gontlemen —Whareas there is now pending bill (H. R. atiraly at committes appointsd by the Teades Assen ly of Omaha to propise such legislation as will best coas ve and protect oue 1terest we submit the following propositions as 35), and ‘mendment to the ssid bill (1L R. sk you to support them: 1. ‘that no prison shall be built in any ounty having a city of ficst-class, 9. “Phat no contract may be annulled in cmination of the prrsent @ 18 it to be continued for a longer period thau fifteon years over the fivo years uftor the contract, and in no ca present cont act, 8, That prisons built shall be so built ne: a atono quarry and convicts shall be worked at quarrying stone. 4. yIoat convicts bo made to work large farm, but do pot allow Stout or any other parson to contract them outside the prison s other parties, 5. That the number of prisens do not ex ceed two. Sigaed by Tox 8. Woons, R. H. Howyks, H, JeNsEN, 1. SANDIKRG, Committes of Trades Assembly. Mr. Sutherland, the chairman of the house committeo on privileges and elections has bee having symo trouble with the sp aker and ti Lancaster ring, The latter have tried bully Mr, Satherlaud but find they had t! wrong man to deal with, over the bill to extend the term of office county treasurers which has been introduced mainly for the bensfit of Lancaster's county treanirer and Is_strongly supported by t Liocoln ring. This was befors ths P, and I committee, but Mr, Suthsrland could not get the Lincoln members of his committee to re- mattars these gentlemen port. To siuplif; wished the ill engrossed for third readivg and wanted to get through the house report or no re) erland will noi give it up. has been brought to bear on his Be iLocated At Of The Famous School h shall provide for the sale and leasing of tho saline lands and dovelopment of rame was takbn trom the general file, voted on and ordered engroesed considered and re- | o had thoroughly sifted the matter and had decided 78—An insu_ance bill enabling per— to cooparate for insurance purposes, brought sbout some talk and wan finally in- ), the provisions of which are | adoption to-morrow. variance wich our principles aud pinions of rights and justics, aud a3 wa are The ditficulty arose Special Telegram to Tie B, Lixcoww, February 27,— At the afternoon wession of ths house the chiet topie was the | & bill providiog for a new state insane asglum, for which £75,000 was appropriated, After a long discussion it was decided almost unani mously to locate the new building at Norfolk, This evening tha bill to provide for the con- struction and maintenance of a new stato nor mal school eame up for consideration in the nmittes of the whole, The standiog com- mittes had reported the bill with one long amendument to the first scction. W Troups said it was utterly impossible for any one to understand _the bill or the amond ments, and be moved that the bill be post- poned until it should be priated, After tome discussion Troupe’s motion was carried. Speaker Field next moved that the bill be printed immediately, and that it holds its place on the geveral file until «o printed, This was carried and the house adjourned. THE SENATE, Special Correspondence to Thk Brk. Lixcowx, February 27.—The morping ses s1on of the wenate was a session entirely devold of interest. The monotonous reading of the clerks, the roll call and mufled answers, indi- cated that but little interest was being taken 1n the procsediogs. The balmy, spring-like days have a tendency to make restless those members of & pastoral tendency, and they long for tho lecka and onions of their native heath The joint ¢ mmittee to fix a day for adjourniog have bad no meeting yet, although thin is the thirty-eighth day of the session. By After further discussion last might, some amendments to the city charter bill wera agreed upon, The bill was called up by Son- ator McShane ths morning, the amendments introduced, and the bill epgroszed for third reading. 16 will como up for final” pussege at as|the next day's session, and as the Dou delegation in the house have 8t | agresed to support the amendments it may be s0 | regarded as passed. But few pomts amendsd One of them provides that in cass a straot {s but partially graded, the city shall pay ona-half the costsand the abuttivg prop- 0 | erty owners tha other half. of | Another provides that the interest on delin- quont tax assessmonts shall be five per cent instead of ten us it now stands. n | The clause regsrding the bribery of council s 30 amended that the person offering a- | the bribe shall not be held liable, bus only the one accapting. A change is also mads in the matter of the now “‘board of adjustment’ makiog it possi- bla to appeal from the decision. Tt is also made possible for the council to order the grade of a street only where majority of property owners abutting on said street 50 petitioned, Tt is gonerally admitted by the large Omaha the reassessment of sewer taxes, snrvey and monumenting the city, The delegation, with the exception of Me- e, refused emphatically to receds, They insiat that the provisions ohjacted to had been fully understood, aud would be in the inte.est of the masses of the taxpayers, Tmmediately after the senate had risen from commitiee of the whole at b o'clock, r Metz endeavored to call the bill up for passage o but Church ¥ wd Durr aft secured an adjournment uutil to-morrow, Howe claims to be co-operating with Me. Shane to have the charter put through, but his actions iudicates that he bas taken the contract to kil the bill by delay. Nichols, of the Union Pacific vigorous cancns og pretext that the p tion isgdaugerous. M. Thuraton's Italian hand {sevident. ng Nichols, whesa real objections to charter are against some wholesoms pro- visivng, for the protection of tle patrons of the etroets, railroads, electric light, and tele- geaph companies, Much indigoation is ex pressed by delegation with one cr two excep- and a re is makiog » st the charter under the posed monumenting tec: caucus present that the bill as now amended has iliuminated tha objectionabls features and will meet the waut of the growing city. Afternoon Session, Special Telegram to THE Br, Lixcory, February 27.—The senate in com- mittee of tho whole considered twelve bills this afternoon., Among the number was the Lill to create a county suditor, which was recommended to pass, also the bill to suppress | obecene literature and the bill creating a state board of health. There was some opposition to the last as an expensive luxury and s5 be- ing unconstitutional. For the first time fthe lobby was deserted this afternoon, all interast was 1 the house The senate adjourned till 10 o'clock to-morro The School Land Fraud Investiga- tion, Brecial Telegram to The Bee, LancoLy, February 27. —The last act in the echool Jand fraud investigation was concluded thi afternoon. Kendall was again on the stand. He gave explicit details of the work- ings of the land commission office, He ad- mitted that the system of leasing [and selling ly | made it possible for & dishonest official or clerk to connive with outsiders to defraud the state, but hizhlly; improbabla as detection was easy. He said he had not written to tudolph Dorn, of Omaha, before the election offeriog him $590 to suppress a further exposure of land frauds in the Herald. He was used to cheap newspaper notoriety and would not pay any sum _to suppress anything, Had uever written Dorn except concerning his leases. Tad most of the correspondence on file, A sub-committee consisting of Mills, Spencer and Crook was appointed to draw a report, which will be submitted to the committes for The report will proba- bly call sttention to a weak statistic and ex- onerats everybody. So far the investiga:ion 1- | has cost ubout $5,000. About fifty witneeses were summoned, many haviog to come long 8, | distances. Their per diem and mileage was of courss paid, The costs of the insane ssylum inveativation have not been 8o groat, but this state can afford very few such lux- uries, 3 —_— THE NEW CITY CHARTER FAINT HOPE THAT IT WILL BE PASSED TO'DAY, Special Telcgram to TrE BEE, LiNcorN, February 27,—A conferenca was held this morning by & majority of the Doug- las delegation with the view of harmonizing 8|on the charter, All the amendments pro- posed by McShane were agreed upon by Sen- ators Metz and Clark and all the house mem-~ bers, These amendments cover every objec- tion made by McShane and were by him pro- nounced satisfactory. He pledged his active and cordial support of the bill which he con- fidently asserted would be pushed tbrough the senate by Saturday, en| M cSbane’samendments cover the payment he | by the city of half the grading cost where the to | streets are only partly graded, as well as he | where they are brought to the established geade, ‘Phe ponalty on special amounts is cut of | down from ten to five per cent, The monu- mental surveyiog sections are amended so as to give property ownera the right of appeal to ho | the courts, The penalty for bribing city of 2, | ticers was stricken cut so far as it relates to parties offeriog or giving bribes, These amendments were introduted in the senate this morning, ordered printed, aud by ar b tions, that the Union Pacific officials thoul 4 be permitted under any pretext to lobby against the charter, that does not interfers with that road. THE BRITISH RE Konri, February 27, —Bulter's whole forco is now within oue day's march of Gakdul, They reached this point without casualties. The sick and wounded doing well. Buller ex- pects to reach Korti early next week, LATRST EXPLOSION, Losvox, Februwy 27.—Cul, Strangeways, commandant of the Royal School of Gun' nery at Shosburyness, and Col, Lyon, head of the official government labratory at Wool wich, wounded at the explosion of the Royal School of Guonery, died this mornicg, Each had both legs blown off. AN FRONTIE St PrTERSBUR February 27, — The Journsl de St, Petersburg says concerning the Afghon difficulty: “Ttis to bo hopot Earl Dufferin, who 18 _instructed to confer with the ameer of Afghanstan will give tho Thtter wids odtssl. - It ingland and LRussi aro to regard Afghanstan us « buffor to pr yent frection, the ameer must not make it a brand discord or iaterfere with the ter- mination of the frontier. The fact that the ameer ia to have an interview with Earl Dufferin shows the ameer is de. pendent onthe British policy. Therefore, the Rritish policy is more responsible for the'acts of the ameer. It is to bs hoped that the moderation and p.udence of the English cab- ines will prevail in the settlement of the froutier, despite the clamor raited by English statesmen.” The Journal concludes this sig- nificant article with the following new polit- ieal epigram: *‘Prestige endangered on tha Nile cannot be restored on the Harri road ™ Loxoon, February 27,—Advices reccived from Shoeburgness this evening state that three of the men injured in the explosion have died from gheir wounds. In the house of commons this evening Henry TaBouchere gave notice that he Entieny that the house regrets that the militia have been embodied because it indicates a resolu- tion on the part of her majesty’s government to interfere in the Soudan by forc* of arms. FRANCO-CHINESE NAVAL AFFAIRS, Pants, February 27.—The government has charterel the steamer City of Paris, of the Inman line, for transport service to China. The French torpedo boats which at Shepos on the fifteenth sank the Coiness frigate Gul- guaun, carrying twenty-six guns and six hun dred men, and the Chinese Corvette Tcheng- king, careying seven guns ard 150 men, were of Hoglish bwild, The Bri ish authorities at first declined to allow the transfer of these torpedo boats to the French, for faar of violat- ing the international treaty existing between China and Great Britain, gut. finally yielded, GLADSTONE AND THE PEACE SOCIETY. Tospoy, February 27. — Gladstove, in answef to the protast of the peace society qaingt the prosecution of the war against Soudan, confines himself to a reference to the many acts of Lord Wolaeloy to induce the hostile Arabs to cease making war, He points the society to Wolseley’s proclamation, to show that the gevernment desired to avoid bloodshed, to establish a native government at Khartoum and to recogoize El Mahdi as the sultaa of Kordofan if he surrenderad the Furopean and Fellaheen prisoners in his pos- sesslon, The second of Aprilis now set for the de- yarture of the PRINCE OF WALES THROUGH IRELAND, He will reside at first at Dablin castle subse- quently he will sojourn in the south of Ire- Jand a8 the guest of Karl Kenmorn, at Kil- kamey. STEAMER SUNK AND TWENTY LIVES LOST Coxuavey, February 27.—The Swedish steamer Norden was ruu into by the English steamer Cumberland and sunk, Twenty per- gons aboard the Norden were drowned. RICE KOT CONTRABAND OF WA, Pamis, February 27.—The announcement made in the Briish House of Commons yes- terday by Lord Fitzmaurice, undsr secretary foreign department that France hss been notified by England that she could not assent to France's declaration against rice as contra band of war in Ching, is proving aunoyiog to the I'rench government, It is Lelieved the attitude taken by the Dri government will produce & tension in the present relations between France and Fogland. THE MOTION OF CENSUKE. ToNDON, February 27, —Salisbury’s motion of censure was adopted by the lords—18) to 86, Northcotes motion of censure was reject- ed by the commons —802 to 258 GEN, BULLER REAOHES GAKDUL WELLS, Loxnos, February 27,—Telograms from orti s nnounce that Gen, Buller reached akdul Wells safely. The house foreign affaira committes to-day authorized Eaton, Connecticut, ty submit to the house a favorable report upon Lefevres resolution, calling for retaliatory action for Germany’s restrictions upon Americap pro- ducts, The secretary of the interior revoked the circular of Octaber 23d last, issued by the commistioner of the land office refpsivg to allow the amendments of the pre-emption filiogs, and homestead and timber culture wp- plications, The senate bill introduced by Dawes to create the office of assistant chief signal officers, & design of which was to provide for the promotion of Lieut. Greeley, having been referred by the military comuwittee to the secretary of war, the lattor has made a reply in which he gives his views on signal service, Heo holds there is no good reason why th eig- oal service should be part of the mil of the country, but that it should be made purely civil and_subject to the civil service y torce the | 4 p. w, returned by the public printer, Mean- it | time Mc3hane had received telograms from port | Woolworth and others representing that & To do this they needed tha bill, aud Mr, Suth large meetiog of substantial citizens had been influence | held, and urged him to insst not only upon ! o speaker | the haviog cosxed. and threatened in urs, but | upon mendment he had proposed, but also striking out entire sections that refer to rulas, from which it is now exempt. Excitement wss intense when it became kaown that the Parnelites had decided to op- pose thepovernment, | Tnmediately a nutic or of hesitating radicals decided to vote against the censure und the governmeut was saved from defeat. — WASHINGTON NEWS. The Auti-Slver Coinage Bil Laid Befiro the Senate, Passage of the Compromise Naval and Harbor Appropriation Bill, The Senate Pass a Bill For The Purchase Of The Sac and Fox Indian Lands in Nebraska. Vice President-Elect Hendricks Arrives at the Capitol, A Daughter of the Lato President Tyler, Blind and Dependent On Charity. SENATE, ‘WasuinGroy, February 27.—Hale called up the naval bill but objection to its coasid- ation was made until the completion of the morming business, Hall said in order to id an extra sesion it was essential to give the appropriation Lills every possible advance: ment. The naval bill was then taken up and the reading procesded with, Atone o'clock the unfinished business being ended THE ANTI'SILVER COINAGE BILL as lnid before the senate but it was tem- poracily laid asida, and the consideration of the naval bill continued. MecPherson favored building larger cruisera than that provided for, and on the suggestion of Miller, Cals, *he lixit of the maximum tonvago for the new cruisers, recommended by the senate committee, was maide tive thousand instead of four thousaud tons, The amendment offered by Hale was agrecd to—the appropriation of 8112,00) for the pur- chase of Kriisow’s torpedo boat, the “De- stroyer.” ‘With this exception the bill passed sub- stantially as reported from the senate com- mittee of appropriations. Van Wyck calied up _the bill providing for the eale of the Sac and Tox Indian reserva- tions in Nehraska and Kansas After a short. divcuseion the bill passed and the senate went into exacutive session, Jixecutive session was held at which no action was taken, When the doors reopened Came- ron, Wis., movad to resume the considera'ion of the house bill limitig the time for pre- senting claims ag.inst the Urited States. Moriill called for the_regular order, belng the trade dollar bill, Morrill said: ‘“‘After the demonstration made elsewhere” thera wis no probability of the section repealing the standard coinage act would become a law. He therefore thought it would be well to take a vote ou that section withuut debate and then the eenate could dispose of the trade dollar bill as it mizht choose. Cameron’s metion was agreed to—31 to 31, Van Wyck obtained unanimous consent, that the claims be temporurily laid aside, to take up the pension bills originating in the Senate, and favorably r.,numé from the com- mittee. These were passed‘and were follow- ed hy the passage of a nilaber of pensioas to the widows of officers of ghe‘army and navy. Mitchell moved to tak Houss bill ““for the beuefit of soldi d ssiors who have lost an arm at th hlder joint.” The bill required the unanifjous consent for its consideration which was Féfused. Tho hovso me:sage, antouncing the disagree- priations, reported tha postoffice approprin tion bill, with the eenats ameudments, with the repors recommending concurrence in the sime, and Lon-concuirence in the other amendmente, he recommendations of the appropriation committes werd in each case eed v sedl atim, The clauso relative to ocean transporta. tion was not reached, At 5 o'clock a recess was taken 4l 8. The evening ression 18 to be for the consideration ot pension bills, February 27.~Sawyer, of the etatisticsl department of pensions, sub mitted atabulated statement to Warner's com« mittea to-day, showing that under Col, Dud- ley’s admnistration the cost of the pension offica was increased about 196 per cent and the work about 8 per cent, comparcd with the expense of the bureau under his predecessor. THE VICK FRESIDENT-ELECT was expected here at 1:15 this afternoon and at that hour a large crowd, among them the reception committee, had as:embled at the Baltimore and Ohio depot to await the arrival of the train, Shortly after 1 however, a di patch was received stating that the train had been delayed near two hours owing to a loug stop over at Cumberland. The Star says that it is stated to day on unquestioned authori'y that SENATOR GABLAND yesterday received a lotter formally inviting him to accept the porifilio of the departmeut and tho senator wailed his accept- ance, le no doubt has b en entertaloed that Garland would bo appointed, it appears that the formal tendar of the position did not veach him until yesterday, THY VIOE-PRESIDENT-ELECT ARRIVED in Washington this afternoon. When the train arrived tha essemblage at the depot numbered several hundred persons, _The democratic members of the honse from Indi. ans, except Holwan and Voorhees, were at the depot, As the commitiee escorted him to the carriago, the crowd, which was constantly growing, broke into cheers, to which Henuricks responded by raising hi hat and bowme. Heudricks was accom- pauled by several gontleman trom ITndiana and the ladies of his family. AvrpaNy, February 27, -Tha following is the reply addressad by Cleveland to ths silver coinage advocates in congress: To the Hon, Warner and others, members of the able prosonce of immense ieber 0 in the paths a s ac omirg in v dorzon foebaege, ¢ in foaro] that isanter from wa, way of great steame count_for them, bt ¢ reports meeting from one to somo half o milo in longih, | T many ships have met with' Uncerwriters and the best Inforned in shiy ping cicclos are of the opinlon _that the freight steamships Proston aad Fern wood, which sailed from this port Janusry §9 for Avoumouth, and the Clandon, which sailed January 22 for Perth, have foundered during the continunous gales that oocurred in the Atlantic about January 27th lass. Roforr i0g to the lossos, an old sailor said: Tt is my belief that heavy & ablod these vessels, Ate orive bergs bave dis probably damagivg the ing gear in the same way that the Alaska waa disabled, Tt iv ead to think of the death of all thusa brave fellows on bosrd. Why, on thesa through st amers there wust have heen atent nincty men, o — Surveylng the Nicarauguan Cansl) ‘WasHINGTON, February 7 —The civil en- gineer in chargo of the expedition to survey the routs of the proposed Nicarauguan cana), reports to the navy department under date of San Juan river, January 81at, the arrival of his party thers on the 22d of January, n camp being established noar the junction of the San Jusn and Serap'qui rivers, Some objec tion was offered Ly tha suthorities of the Uosta Rican_government to his making any surveys within the Costa Rican territotien without further instructiocs trom the govern ment, A epocial messenger was sent to Sin Jose for instructions In the meantime the survey was begun on the left margin of the San Juan river and carried to the other sids of Menscal, A carcful examination was made of that river and its tributaries for sev- eral miles above the mouth, which satisfied him of the impossibility of raising the waters of that niver for a caual by dam a% that point. The sucveys sre being presccuted with encoursgivg signs of tuccess. e ———— Shot by a Jastice of the I Correspondence of TaE Bek. VargnTiNg, Neb, February 16-Editor Brk: George P. Smith was shot four times with a Winchester rifla in the hands of Wil- linm T. Comstock, a justice of the peace, in Seven Crecks precint, this county. The shooting took place about fifteen miles east of Valentine on the Niobrara river at9 o'clock this morning. The trouble arose because Mr. Comstock, after complaint beiog filed in his offico by neighbors, ubtained some food and clothing Forty-cighth cougrees: Gentlemen—The let ter which I have had the honor to receive from you invites, and, indeed, obliges me to give expression to somo grave public necessi- ties, although in advance of the moment when they would become the objects of my official care and partial respousibility, Your solicit- ude that my judgment shall have been care- fully and deliberately formed, is entiroly just, and accept the suggestion in the same friendly spirit in which it has been made. 1t 18 also fully justifiod by the nature of the financial crisis, Which under op- eration of the act of vongress of Februrary 28, 1878, is now close at hand, By complisuce wihh the requirements of that law, all vaults of the fodecul treasury have been, and are heaped full of silver coins, which are now WORTH LESS THAN 85 PER OENT of a doller, prescribed ae, “The unit of val- uo.” In section 14 of the act of February 12, 1873, and which with silver certificates repro- wentlng such coin, are recowvable for all _public dues, being thus receivable, Wnile also constantly increasing in quantity at tho rate of §28,000,000 a year, it has followed, of necoesity, that’ the flow of Rold into the 't easury hss been steadily diminished. Silver und silver certificates have displaced and are now displacing gold, but the sum of gold in tho fedoral trossury now available for th payment of the gold ob- Jigution of the United States, and for re- ment on tho legislutive, execvtive and judicial appropiiation bisl, was laid before the senato, which insisted on its amendments, and a con- ference was appoiat.d. The house substitute for the river and har- bor bill, appropriating 85,000,000, was laid before the tenate, and having been read once, Cameron, of Wisconsin, objected to its second reading, $o the bill lies on the table, not hav- ing been referred to the committee. Morgan asked the unanimous consent to take up the bill for the relief of Letitia Tyler Semple, daughter of the late P'residont Tylor. The bi'l would give her a peasion of 850" per month, The lady named, Morgan said, is now blind, and dependent on charity in the city of Washington. No decision was reached for want of a quorum, The vote stood, yeas 11, nays 17, Adjourned, B OUSE WasniNetoN, February 27,—Roscerans, of the committee on naval affairs, reported a bili for the retirement of Gen. H. G, Wright with the rank of Major-General on the private calendar. As the regular order of business, the house proceeded to the consideration of the sundry civil bill, Hoar offered an amendment providing that the money appropriated to aid the New Or. loans exposition, be used first in paying_the debts, second in’ the payment of premiums awarded by the exposition, Amenduwent ad- opted; yeas 208, nays b8, “Tha bill passed, yeus 108, nays 107, The senate amendment’ to the legislative appropriation bill was non-concurred in. Willis movea to suspend the rules and put upon its passage the bill sppropriating X 000 for the contibuation and con.pletion Of the works designated 1 the last river and harbor law. The bill contains the following demption of United States notes called green- backs, if no: aiready encroached uyon, is perilously near such ercroachmens, Thess are facts which, a8 they do mot adm’s of & difference of opinion, call for no argument. They have been forwarded to us 1 the official report of every secretary of the treasury from 1878 until now. They are plainly affirmed in tho last December report of the present sect retary of the tressury to the speaker of the present house of representatives. They ap pear in the official records of this congress and in the records of the New York clearivg house, of whicn the treasury is a member, an turough which the bulk of tho receipts and payments of the tederal government and country pass Thess bemg the facts, our proseut condition, our danger, our duty to avert tha danger would secm to' be plain, I hore you will concur with me and the great majority of our fellow citi deewing it moss desirable at the preseut junc- ture, to waintsin and contiuue in use the mauss of our gold coin as well as the mass of silver already coined, This is possible by the present SUSPENSION OF THE PURCHASE OF SILVER, Tam not awara_that by any other method it is possible, 1t is of womentous fnportance to prevent the two metals ircm partiog com- pany, to cravent the increasing displacement ND COINAGE of gold, by increasing the comnage of silver, to | ° prevent the disuse of guld in the custom houses of the United States in the daily busi- ness of tha people, to proventthe uitimate expulsion of gold by silver, Such financial crisis as these events wou'd certainly precipitate, were it now to follow upon #0 long & period of commercial depres- sion, would involve the people of every city and every state in the union in a proionged and dieastrous trouble. The revival of busi- ness enterprise and prosperity so ardently de- sired and apparently so near, would be hope- provisione: That the work at Gralveston har- bor shall betreated as if the sum of 259, 000 had_been appropriated by the bill of last year. Anpy wmoney which shall be allowed Under this act for the improvoment of the Mississippi rlyer below Cairo (except so much thereof s shall bo necessary to prevent the workn in progross from waste and injury), shall be expended in the continuing and com- pletion of the works in Plam_Point and Lake Providenco reaches, to the end that the plan of the commission for the improvement of the river may be fully tasted. Willis briefly explained that it had had been thought best uct to allow the present works of tho governmant 0 o to waste and ruln on - count of the luck of appropriations, For this reason he had, after consultation with & num- ber of geatleuen, brought in a bill appropria- ting $500,000, The bill was submitted as & compromise, a8 the discussion of the regular bill would consume valuable time, and night endanger other appropriation bills and cause an extra seaslon, i Hiscock opposed the bill,'and ('Neill, King and Bayne favored it, The motion was finally agreed to, and the bill passed, 190 to 88, Townshend, from the committee on appro- lessly postponed, . GOLDWOULD BE WITHDRAWN to its hoarding places and an unprecodented contractim of tho nctual voluma of our cur- rency would spoedily take place, and, saddest of all, in every workshop, mill, factory, store and on every railroad and farm, the wages of labor, already depressed, would suffer a still further depression, by the scaling duwn of the purchasing power, every 80 called dol- Jar paid into the hand of toil. From these impending calamities, 1t is surely a most patriotic and grateful duty of the representa- tives of the people todeliver them, 1 am, gentlemen, with sincera respect, your fellow citize (iROVER CLEVELAND. Fe: the mafety of Overdue Steamers. Special Telegram to Trx B, New Youk, February 27, —(Great fears are entertained in shipping circles for the safety of several steamers overdue The recent heavy storms have played havoc with many of the incoming vessels, but the greatest dan ger to ocean steamships is the now unaccount- 1 for Mra, Smith and family who were in desti- tute circumstances from our connty commis- sioners, and Smith, coming to town yesterday and hearing of the matter, called upen the commissioners and asked an planation, m Smith was made sign a note * 56,00, tho amount of groceries and clothing eent to his famishing family. Smith was enraged at Comstock for inter fering in his fomily affayrs, aud swore ven- geance and said the wonld kill Comstock on sght., This morning eariy Smith took bis shotgun and went guuniog for Comsfock the Iatter being out hunting deer met Swith when a duel commenced with the above result. Thero are no tears shed in this community | & for Smith for he has been a bully in these parts for some il Mr. Teller, spacial agoent of the interior de- pertuient, bas been after Snith secently for Laving entered o pro-emption in Holt county aud taking a_other pre-omution on tho Nio- vrara river where he was killed, and he has been residing on a homestead for the Jast few monthe at Boiling Springs Ranch, where he jumped part of the claim owned by Dr. Mur- phy, who was recently killed west of hero, "The citizeus here wero talking seriously of mobbing Smith, because he tried to eject Mre, Murphyand her weak family from their L.nd. OBSERVER. e mm— A Big Loss on Wheat, S1. Louis, February 27 —Something of a flurry was produce on changa to day by the report that Ben W. Lewis, a wealthy man and nt times a heavy speculator in grain, ha failed. Inquiry ehowed that Lewis was long was long on wheat toa large amount, and concluding not_to lose any more money, he ordered hus broker to sell _him out, which was done. Upwards of 1,000,000 bu:hels havo already been rold on Lewis' account, and the whole deal will be closed out. His loss i understood to be $50,000 to $60,000, which he can casily stand. His brokers are fally se cared, A — Arab Activity Svarty, February 27.—The activity of the rebels the last two mghts was great and ef- foctive. They succeeded in wrecking thseo advanced redoubts without exploding the mines prepared in each e — The Dlinois Contest, = SIRINGFIELD, January 27.—In the joint session to-day the roll was called, tho only vote cast was by Haines, who voied for Morrison. e — Cleveland En Route for Wasnington, Arnaxy, Febfuary 27.—Cleveland, his two isters. and Lamont and family, Beware f Scroisin Serofula 16 3res WKy mors gencral than any other disenso. M i insidious in character and manifests itself in running cores, pustula eruptions, bolls, swellings, enlarged joints, abscesses, sore eyes, ete. Tood's Sarsaparilla expels all trace of serofula from the blood, leaving it pure, enriched, and healthy. “1 was severely afflicled with seroful, and for over a year had UWO Fubning 50T on my neck. Took five bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla, and_consider myself cured.” C. E. LoveJoy, Lowell, Mass. C. A. Arnold, Arnold, Me:, had scrofuious sores for seven years, springand fall, Hoods Sarsaparilla cured him, Salt Rheum William Spics, Elyria, @., suffered goeatly from erysipelas and sulé theum, cazsed by handling tobacca. At times his hands would crack open and bleed, Ho tried variens prep- arations without aid ; Snally took Head's Sar- saparilla, and now says: *‘1am entivaty well.”” #My son bad,salt zbeum on his hands and on the calyes. of his legs, He tuok Hood's Sarsaparilla and is entirety cured.” J. B. BTANTON, Mt, Verzen, Ohio, ' Hood’s . Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six dor §5. Mado only by €. L HOOD & €0, Lowell, Mass, .100 Doses One Pnliar NO. 165, LONGS AND SHORTS There Was As Encrmous Trede In « May (Wheat, But it Takes a Tumble and Closes at 78 1-2, Oorn Was the Strongest Article On the List, The Cattle Market Was Quiet and Prices Steady, The Hog Matket Was Dull From First o Last. The Provision Market Kept Company With Grain—fam Followed the “ourse of Wheat, CHICAGO MARKETS, Hpecial telegram to the Bax, ©ui0AGo, February 27.—Weakness of the most decided character was one of the main features of the moming session on 'change to- day. May wheat took a tumble sson after opeving, That was an enormous tradoe i it, but srados were ecattering, It closd: last nightat 798¢ and op.ned this morning at 79, Theu came a sharp advane) of {¢, which was due to covering done by shosts, After theso genslamen stayed on deck for a liitlo while the longs had thoir innings and the market broke sharply and heavily, the prico of the a- ticle fulling 14c. The lowest point touched S and the closing prise was 783c. [ was by tax the strongest artislo on the lst, La- ing remarkably stubborn when ¢ mpared with the Auctustions in wheat, May option closed lastuight nt 40§c and opencd At the same figure ~ After a rally to 401c, it went down to 4U}e, and closed at 40c, 0ATS generally followed the-couree of wheat, The weakness in the article was probably duo to heavy receipts, Closing at 308c Jast night, May options opencd e lower, touching 3036 undiolosed ab that tigure. The PROVISION ‘market keps company with grain, May porlc cloeing last night nt $12 80, sud opencad to- w 81272}, Its Id upto $12 75, decline set. in bringing it down to S1Z afterward it advanced and tou hed $12 47}, and then the market wankened again and ontion went as low as 12474 and closed at S1250, There was good trade in lard. It opened at closing price last night—S7 went down to $6 87§, but rallied to 3690 at. the close. At the afterncon session May wheat went as low as T8ie, closing at 785. CATTLE] ‘With the fresh reccipts there were fully 70,000 on the market. Kansus City reported 55 cars of frosh avd 1,300 left last night, Other morkets reported a plentiful supply. "Pho goucral, market was rather quiet thanm otherwise, prices fairly stoady as compared with the lowest yesterday ~ Medium and ordinary shipping steers vnderwent little or no chauge to-day and big heavy steers of 1,600 01,600 are yet holdiue taeir own, a couple of lows of euch making §6 00@6 25, while ordinary and medinm are gelling around about 34 9000 09, and low grades at $4 Su@d 80; fat cows and bulls are making equally as goo prices as at any time, but low grado stock was rather ecasier; stockers and fe in fair demand and steady; 1,060 to ) Ibs, $3 00@d €0; 1200 to 1,350 lbs, $4 to 1,660 lbs, $5 60@t 25 cows 2 ) 90; medinm, 53 00@3 25; stocke 40@4 103 good, § feeders, 3 0 $4 20@4 20, OGS ‘With “resh receipts there were from 36,000 to 40,000 on sale, and the market ruled dull from first to last, with an nneven and untatis- factory ring in_prices, In some nstanes sales were equally as high os yesterday, but the general market wns 10@i00 lower snd values on all sorts are 35@40c lower than a week 8go to-day, Thore was little or no da. mand ‘rom packers, and shippera of heavy sorts were entitely ous of the market, mauy consignments of cho'ce heavy were not offered at all, Shippers of light sorts were buyiug spuringly and had their own way abougsorting, One packing firm bought H8L head. of li,ht, aversgiug 185 pounds, at a verage cost of $4.17, strong light weights would not make $1.50@4 60, aud among the latter was a lov of about 400 thut sveraged near y 200 poands that cost £1 50, Common and . rough pagkers sold around aboat $1.30@1.50, and ‘aix to good at $4 601,79, with best heavy easorted b §4.80@@4.55, Prolonging Lifc. 1'naNkront, Xy, February 27,—Liouten ant Governor Hindman pranted Wm, Neal a Vrespite for thirty days. Neal was to s banged at Grayeon, Ky., to day. 1av80N, Ky, February 27.—Gherifi Arm strong doubted the sutlwnticity of » telegram which granted Neal raapite of thitty day and immed iately telegraphed fox a_confirma- tion. Heldman responded to suve Neal. The guards weze aroused and accompanied by & heavy guard started for eastern Kentucky Junction to catch t3e train for Mt. Sterling. When it became known that Neal han been respited aud had started for M. Sterliog much, mdignation was expressed by & majority of the pecple, while a few. oxprosod_satisfacs tion, A large crcwd camo bero to witness the hanging, —— - Ahe Wabash Steikers, 8v, Louts, February 2.—A. Post-Dispatch Tdoberly, Mo., special saye: Three hundred employes of $he Wabueh mackine shops quit work this morning. Singe then they have been ho.ding secret moetivg. They say the will not return to woak until the former kahed- ule of wages is restceod, despite the thraate of the officials that they will be dischargad une Tons they voturn immediatoly. ——— Business Failures, New Yonk, February 27,—Faiurcs lasg seven days 283 sk einst 250 lust weu’. Smoking Tobacco. Seen tfiver!wflere, Because every- where reco&nizea asd gqmgerwifife fo Peafer u\og Gonsumer. lna, and tbote ibieu. 17T, Sealof North Carelina-—= pere