Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 7, 1885, Page 1

OMAHA, NEB., SATURDAY MORNING., MARCH 7, 1885. N(); 171 BACKBONE GRANT. Van Wyck Unearibs 4 Gigantic Railroad Laud Graot Swindle, By Which 700,000 Acres of| @Government Land Worth in the Ageregate Over Thres Millions, Fall Into the Hands of Jay Grould and C. P, Huntineton, Both Principals in ths Notorious Backbone Railroad, and Secretary Teller's Unwarranted and Unprecedented Anotion in Ts- suing the Patents, THE BACKBONE OF GRANT. UNWARFANTED ~ PROKDURE OF SECRETATY TELLRR IN ISSUING PATENTS ¥OR 700,000 ACRES OF GOVRRNMENT LANDS TO THE BACK- BONE RAILROAD, Special telegram to the Ber, W AsHINGTON, March 6.—An act took place on the third of March, the last day of the re- publican administration, which will result in aloss to the government of property worth at Ieast §3,000,000. This loss is the profit of o company whose principals are Jay Gould and . P, Huntington. This ack took place upon the third of March, the last day of the repub- lican administration, and was an authorization by the cabinet through Secretary Teller, of the issuing of patents for the lands comprised in anotorions illegal and fraudulently con- trived backbone land grant. This erant includes nearly seven hundred thousand acres of land. The issuing of the patents is a triumph of & Grant conspiracy, and no honest secrotary of the interior would have been a party to the issuing of theso ts under the circumstances, It the dem- have this _case praperly investigated Lould be developed enough material to warrant the KXPULSION OF TELLER FROM THE SENATE, and shut off from all future political honors every one of his guilty assoclates. The de- cision in the case was mado up in advance cf the cabinet action. A number of weeks ago a large additional force of clerks was put on, for the purpose of making cut theso patents, 50 that they covld all be sigued and issued bo: fore the ehange of the administration. These patents wera all tigned. There never had Daen in the history of the department any patents issned for lands, where congress had assumed jurisdiction to raise the question of property o: of title, This backbone grant has been one of the most notorious of all’ isolated grants, Itwas pasied by congrems in 1871, and was originally made to the New Or eans, Vickshurg & Baton Kouge railway. The con: dition was this rosd shculd be completed within five years, This company NED OVER A SPOONFUL OF DIRT and never did anything beyond issuing some bonds, which they palmed off on the confid- ing public, The paper railroad companies above mentioned made terms with the New Or- leans & Paci ¢ road in 1881, and_transferred to it the grant it had never earned. Previous to this tho New Orleans & Pacific railway asked congress to forfelt the grant. This lat- ter railroad company was another paper or- gaozation. This soon afterwards sold out in turn to the Texas Pacific railway 1ts charter rights, but reserved to it:elf the fraudulently assigned grant, which was afterwards trans- ferred to the Awerican Improvement com- pany. This company was to this organization what the Credit Mobilier was to the Union Pacific. Its stock was principa'ly held by Gould and Huntington, 1t will be remem bered that a protest was published the other day signed by a number of renators and mem- bers against issuing the patents for thess lands, This vrotest never would have been written had it not been for the positive infc mation that the interior ~department w contemplatiog the issue of the patent. THE BACKIONE NT is upon exactly the same froting as the Texas Pacitic which was forfeited by the senate the other day, For a number of years the peopla who held the backbone grant tried to get congrass to contirm it, The grant had been rejected a number of times, and no_sacretary of the in- terior before Tdller would ever consider what was practically a proposition to help steal thoeso lands for the benefit of the railroad lobby. Whather thera is an investigation of this or not, Taller will bs called upon to ex- plain on the floor of the senate his extraordi- nary course in the matter, There isfnot much doubt that this Gould and Huntington con- »lyincn_v also contemplated the theft of the Texas Pacific lands. If it had not been for the senate action the other day in forfeiting the unoarned grant, there is reason to suppose that the interior department wonld have is- sued the patents for fifteen million acres of these lands, Mr. Van Wyck Unearths a Gigantic Railroad Land_GraotSwindle, Special telegram to THr Bre, WasiiNatoN, March 6,—Mr, Van Wyck again appeared in the senate to-day as the defender of the people's rights against the arrogant and powerful railway monopolies, and unearthed a gigantic swindlewhich prom- ises to result serlously for the persons im cated, Soon after the senate assembled tl moraing, Van Wyck introduced the following resolution: Regolved, that the secretary of the interior be directed to inform the senate whether patents have been issued for the lands granted in 1871 tothe New Orleans, Baton Rouge & Victsburg, popularly known a8 the ‘‘Oackbone,” rairoad. Ic¢ so for what pumber ~of acres, to what corporation or individuals, whose receipt was taken for it and when signed; whether unusu- al means were used to hasten the preparation and_execution of said patents; whether the clerical force employed worked nlfhn and on Sundays so they might be completed bsfore the 4th of March; what day they were ready for the signsture of the president; what neces- sity existed for avy spacial exertion to secure their completion and signature before the 4th of Mazch, and whether anything was done to Seal of North Garolina protect actusl settlers in their righta to any such lands, Also, whethes previons to the 4th of March anything was done or written in regard to any other unearned land grants forfeiture of which had been considered by the Forty-eighth congress? Van Wyck preseed for an immediate consid eration of his resolution, but Edmunds inter posed his objection, snd under the rules 1t went over till to-morrow. — GOOD RIDDANOE. THE DVING HOURS OF THE LEGISLATURE, Speoial Correspondence of T Bre. Lixcor, March 6.—Heavy-eyed leglslators aro rapidly shaking the dust of the capitol from their feet this morning. The closing scones of last night, or rather this morning, can better be imagined than deseribed. The house having reported that it did not concur in the senate amendments to the ap propriation bill, house roll 401, Senator Howe moved a confererce committes bn appointed to agree on amendments. Senators Howe, Burr and Spencer wera appointed such com- mittee. : The house having reported thatit did not conour in amendments to house roll 142, the liquor bill, & conference committee was ap- pointed to rettle the matters in dispute, Sen- aors McShane, Paul and Sncll were made the committeo. While thess committes were out, thero beiog no other business, the renators amused themselves s best they could. ) The committee on the appropriation bill made two reports, the senate adonting the majority and the house the minority. This necessitated another conference, and the bill as amended was finally adopted by both houses, It cuts ous the appropriation for the chemical laboratory for the university, and the SL500_voed the detectives of the treasury exploit, with soms min>. changes. After a long chnference the liquor bill com- mitteo rendered a majority and minority ree port. The majority raport recommended the adoption of most of Senator MoShave's bill, making licenses payable in the two mile pro- hib tion limit, and allowing dealers to pay in quartarly installments. The minority report rccommended that the Slocumb law be let alone By tho following vote the senate adopted the majority report: Ayes—DBuckworth, Burr, Clark, Durland, Einsel, Filron, Goehner, Hastings, Howe, Lewis, McShane, Mills, Paal, Shervin, Smith, of Lancaster, Sowers, and Spencer— Dolan, Howell, Hyere, cikeljohn. Norris, Put. of Fillmore, and 17, Nays—Brown, Da Tove, McAllister, T nam, Skinner, Smith, Suell 13, But the house soon reported that they had adopted the minority report and again that they had indefinitely postponed the bill, Thi was reccived with applause by the minority in the house, It being necessary to engross and enroll 401, which was a long bill, the next few hours were spent in riot and revelry. Several calls of the honso was made to bring in absent senators and finally the doorkecper was forbidden to let any sena- tor pass out, The usual committes compoeed of Senators Howe, Dolan and Skinner waited on the governor to iuquire his fucther pleasnre and reported that he had no further use for the eenato of Nebraskn. At ton minutes after three o’cl ck the committea on engrossed and enrolled billa reported that 401 was all O, K. A committeo was sent by each house to’ the other to inform them that they were ready to adjourn, and at 3:15 the Nineteenth session of the Nobraska legisluture was wiped out of ex- istence, FULLERTON ITEMS, COURT WEEK--FURNIVAL—B, AND M, R. LOUP NIVER ICE. Speciul to the B. FULuERToN. March 6—Court convenes next week with a full docket. Among other work that willbe accomplished by the grand jury, the “Horse Creck” Quiatuple murder will azain bo thoroughly investigated and it is gonerally believed that some interesting de- velopments will bo made, The bodies of Harry Percival, wife and child_ will be re- moved to Owstouna, Minn , in April. Spen- cer A, Percival, a wealtby Iinglish g: ntleman, and father of the victim, will arrive soon and will add energy to the search for Furuival, the awasein, The bodies of H. Mair and Baard will be interred in the Fullerton cem- etery, R— B, AND M. I, R, Rumor stated this week that the B, & M. R. R. were surveyiog from Central City to Fullerton, Investigation proves such to be the case. LOUP RIVER ICE. Water is running over the ice in the Loup river, The ico will go out to-day. e Ice Gorge on the Des Moines River. Krokvk, March G.—The ice is gorged badly in the mouth of tho Des Moines river, which is free from ico from Farmington to Eddyville. The railroad to Alexandria was overflowed to-day but tae water fell thi ternoon, enabling trains to get through to- night, Tt is stated that the wagon bridge at Pittsburg, costing §40,000, has been taken away by the ice, also the approach of the brifge of the Contral Towa raiiway st Eddy- ville, whilea hole has been made in the dam at Bonaparte. Influx of Scttlers in Dakota, Mitonerr, Dak, March 6. Agent Gass- man to-day receivec orders from the interior department not to allow the Indians to inter- fere with tho settlors, The tribes now under- staud the situatlon, and are said to be satisfied. Land entrios are being made in great num: bere, and *'equatter rights” filings are coming ing by thousands. As yet, however, there 1y o plat inthe Mitchell land offics, Much ood land In. Crow crogk valley i etil uata- en, “‘Shacks” are springing up rapidly ———— The Weather. WASHINGTON, March 7.—For the upper Mississippi valley: Fair weather; warmer in the southera portion; slight changes in the temperature in the southern portion, followed ; slightly by warmer weather; northerly winds becoming variable. For the upper Missouri valley: Fair weath- er, slightly warmer in thy northern portion; alight changes in temperature in scuthern por. tiops; winds shifting southerly in northern portion; mortherly winds in southern portion becowing variable. e A Kavsas suicide, ManioN Orytin, Kas, March 6.—Crow, the young man who gave the information which led to the conviction of R, Calhoun for the debauchery of fourteen young gi mittad suicide this afternoon, 1 i that Crow was artner in the monstrous crime, and to save himself, informed on Cal- houn, and when fearing further developments took his own life, EUROPEAN NEWS. Granvills Favors a Conciiiatory Pellcy Tuwerd Germeny. Germany Unfavorable to a Stand- ard Bi-Metallio Carrenoy. The British Navy Superior to Any Other Navy. General Wolseley to@o On a Tour of Inspeotion. Freedom in Navigation of the Snez Canal, Nnmerous Other Interesting ltems of Foreign News Krom All Parts of Europe, FOREIGN NEWS, GENMANY REJECTS THE PROPOSED BI-METALLIO 'RRENCY. BeaLiy, March 6.—D'ne reichstag rejected the meeting in favor of an established bi- metallic standard carrency. BrruN, March 6,—In the Reichstag to day the federal commissioner, in discusting the motion in favor of reassembling the mone. tary conferences, eaid that the fears that special protective measures might be neces sary to retain Gold in the country were totally [ 1 unfounded, The Reichstag immediately re- jected the motion, CONCILIATORY POLICY TOWARDS GERMANY, LoNDON, March 6,—Granville delivered a long speech in the lords this_evening about the Bismarck controverry, Ho eaid: Itis now more than aver before to the intereats of Germany and Eogland that the relations be- tween the two governments ehould be good, Decauso this was the tims when both powers were about to meot each other in all parts of the world, While each power will maintain ita rights, both ought to advance in their com- mon work of extending commerce and civili tionina spirit of candid co-operation. All my efforts will bs excited in_favor of the con- ciliatory policy which Bismarck sketched out Granville denied that he had published confi- dential communications from Bismarck, WOLSELEY NOT TO BE RECALLED, Kowr, March 6,—The roport that General Wolseley has beep recalled is denied. It s stated that his eyesight is better. He will soon go on a tour of inspection to the Nile stations between Assousn and Dongola, FREE NAVIGATION OF THE SURZ CANAL, Pawis, March 6. Le Temps ssys all the powers have accepted the proposal of Franco to form a committee to frame provisional reg- u ations for the freedom in navigation of the Suez canal, MINE EXPLOSION IN SILESIA. T.oNDoN, March 6.—Au exglosion occurred at Karwin, Austrian Silesia, to-day in_the mines where 147 man wers workiag, It.is unknown whethor any wero saved. SUPEBIOKITY OF THE BRITISH NAVY, Tn the houss of lords Northbrook, of the admiralty, maintained that the British navy was superior to that of France or any other nation, He said it was the intention of the rovernment to build thirty torpedo boats, 'he government will gladly assist the colonies to improve their coast defonses. WANT DUTIES TAKEN OFF. OtTAWA, March 6.—The merchants of the lower provinces are asking that the duty on corn be taken off, and the duty on cornmeal be reduced from 60 to 25 per cent, THE REDISTRIDUTION OF SEATS, T.oNDoN, March 6. -Ta_the debate on the redistribution of seats bill, Parnell declared that the govertment influenced the commis- sionera in favor of the Haglish Protestants’ interests to the dotriment of the nationalists and Catholics, in alloting seats in Ulster. Shaw Leferre denied tho practice of any un- fairness, WILL NOT DO HOMAGE TO WALES, Doiax, March 6.—The United Ireland, (0'Brion, M. P., editor, and Parnell, chief owner), in a special excoriates Lord 'Mayor O'Connor from retracting his Phanix Park epeechor, The paper speaks of the Princy of Wales as a * foreign potentate” and exhorts Irishmen to abstain from any acts of loyal homage. Kontt, March 6.— During the summer the main body of the British troops will remain in camp here, with headquarters at Dongola. The mudic of Dongola's army will remain at Meraur with Gen. Buller's contingent. Two movable columns, under Generals Dormer and Brackenbury, will bs stationed betweon Debbeh aud_Handak, in constant readiness for action, The_ wiad now blows like a fur nace. Princo Hassan is brioging a pack of hounds to hunt autelope and beguile the time duriog the inaction, 1t is rumored that two tribes In this vi inity heretofore friendly to the Biitish have declared for 1 Mahdi, BRITISH TROOPS SUFFERING, Svakry, March 6.—Troops are suffering greatly in this vicinity from a great scarcity of water, FOREIGNERS IN SiaxaHal, March 6 —Foreigners at Ningpoo are exceedingly nervous, Threats are constantly baing made to massacre them. ENGLAND'S VOLUNTEER ARMY, Loxnox, March 6.—Baron de Stasl, Rus. sian ambassador from Germany, had an terview this morning with Earl Granville. Tho total number of enrolled volunter Great Britain at the present time is 217 men, the great DANGER, A Declsion Involving Over & Million Dollars, Brooyixetoy, March 6,—To-day Judge Blades rendered a decision involving $1,000,. 000 or more. W, I¥, Whitehouse, of Chicago, holding 85,000 bonds of the now extinct Lafayette, Bloomington & Muncle railroad two years ago, demanded of the Lake Erie & Western Co,, which 1s a consolidation of the former compauy, and the Liafayette, Bloom ington & Mississippi, four dollars to one of the face of the bonds in Muncie stock, claim- ing this to be his due under the terms of con- solidation, This was regarded as » test case, and was refused, the defendants alleging the option had expired, and that the Muncie stock was extinct, Judge Elades holde this defence to ba correct, 80 that White! nuse can obtain but the same value of his konds in con. solidated etock. e — A Cripple on Roller Skates, New York, March 6.—In the six day go- as-you-please roller skating contest at 12 o'clock to-night, Donovan had scored 967 miles and is 55 miles ahead of his nearest compet- itor, Boyst, Shock, the Chioago champlon, has had his shoes unbottomed, so as to permit his ankles togwell as much asthey wanted to, His body 1s bent at right angles and his arms are claeped across his hips, his set of sh ulder braces are strained in_the effort to hold him up, and he presented the spectacle of s crip- vlo on skater, being almost completely ex- hausted, Madison Square garden was to.day leased for five years, with the privilege of five more, to Wood & Garnett, managers of the existing show, at £50,000 & year, for a rolling skating rink, e — Fatal Duel Over a Dog. P ILawnescrovne, Thn. March 6,—William B. Corbin and Joha H. Gaines, of Gaines- ville, Ky , wet at the emall town of Grant yesterday afternoon. Corhin demanded pay- ment for the losa of a dog kil'ed by one of Gialnes’ employes, which the latter refused to give, whereupon the men began firing revol- vers at each other at short range, Corbin shortly fell dying. _Gaines died last night with three bullet holes 1n his body, Friends on the rcene of the encounter did not inter- llure, but quickly got out of range of the bul- lots, e Attempted Bond Robbery. PRILADELPHIA, Masch 6 —Throe men at- tacted a small boy on Walnut street near Eighth yesterday, ani attempted to take a basket from him, Citizens prevented this and the men walked away. The boy pointed out one of the men and he was arrested. At the hearing to-day, the boy’s employer, James Shaw, stated that tho basket containad bonds and other securities valued at $40,000 and he had sent them to be deposited at the bank, The prisoner who gave his name of George Taylor, was committed in default of $1,600 bail. — The Oklahoma Boomers, AnkAxsas Crty, Kans., March 6,—A large acceseron is daily being made to the Oklaho- ma boomer forces in camp here. The recent move placing Couch and other leaders under arrest has disarranged their plans somewhat, but they a sert their intention of starting next week whether Couch be detained or not. Gen. Hatch has stated that he will not permit the boomers toadvance, e — The Texas Pacific Troubles. Dxx1soN, Tex,, March 6,.—At Marshall to- day, A. O. Haynes, the Texas Pacific rail- way’s master of the machinery department, recoived notica to leave town in twenty-four hours. The workmen there aseert that the recent order of General Manager Hoxie re- ducing the wagos and increasing the hour of labor, was issued on plans submitted by Haynes, ——— Pugilistic, Bosroy, March 6.—In responso to s tele- gram asking if John L. Sullivan would fight Paddy Ryan for £5 000 and the diamond belt, Patsey Sheppmid, Sullivan’s trainer and sec- ond to-night. replied tha: Sullivan would fight with or without gloves, i any place e they could be given police protection, ————— Texas Pacific Employees Suspended, (iALVESTON, Texas, March 6,—All the laborers and all but two of the clerical force in the freight department of the Texas Pacific road at Dallas, were indefinitely suspended by the company to-dey. A telegram from there announcing the fact does not give the reason, e — Insanity and Death from Diegrace, REan| March 6.—E. R. Butz, of Min- nesota, an estimable young follow, was jailed here on the eve of his marriage a fortnight g0, bocause of the non-payment of a small bil'due by a former acquaintance, whose whercabouts aro unknown, and for which he made himself responsible. Butz was dis- tracted by the disgrace. To-day he died in the county insane asylum, after having for ten days refused to partake of food. e ———— Bumts, Backs and Boozing at Wash- ington, Washington correspondence St. Louis Pest Dispatch, One of the greatest abuses in Washing- ton society this scason ls the low-necked or no-necked elevelets dress of the women, At every ball, reception or any eort of entertainment one sees big busts, little busts and & consplcucus absence of all busts and back—we bave more bsck than bust this winter—of every style is served ap In all its naked deformity, We see white and dimbled backe—-these are few snd far beween, however--black backs, sorawny backs, red and p'mply back scruffy backs, white and ample backs, narrow, contracted and gven aunchbasks, along with white arms, red arms, valgarly fat arms, pitifully thin snd ha'ry arms exposed with an abandon thet would do credit to the most celebrated exponents of the naked drams. Lsst winter Mrs. Boggs, wife of a paymaster in the navy, made herself famous for her success in “out-strippiog” all the women, but now theljwomen “‘out Herod Herod,” and Mrs, Bogge bides her diminished head and draws up the neck of her dress. Another crying ovil is the hablt of tips pling. At the houss of Mrs R——tt, there is a General R——tts, but no one ever sees or hears of him—where the hostcss is remarkable for her popularity at the great number of visitors she re- celves at her Fridsy receptions. You will see there the daughters of the most aristocratio families in Washington stand- ing over the huge punch-bowl, flllln;i' gless after glass In the vain attempt to fi up the thirsty mob of men and women who sarround it. The fan reaches its helght from about 4 to. 6 o'clock in the afternoon, when any one but a veteran drinker going into the hall will feel tipsy simply from thefumes of the punch-laden breaths which meet his nostrils, The very atmosphere for & rod around the house ssems impreguated with raom, GENERAL NEWS, The ferate Confirms 1he New Cabinet «Withont - Debale. ! Gen. J. & Black Appointed Com= missioner of Pensions. Charles Francis Adams’ Views on the U, P.'Legielation, Illinois With But One United Btates Senator, The Troubles of the Iowa State Auditor, Excoutions—Suicides—Railroad Col- lisions—And Other News of General Interest, THE S ATE, THE NEW OABINET CONFIRMRI, WASHINGTON, March 6 —All th cabinet nominations were confirmed without debate or division and by & unanimous vote of the senato, No other business was done, The president to-day accepted the resigna- tion of Mr. Arthur's cabinet and signed the commissiens of the new cabinet officers, and they wi'l probably enter upon the discharge of their duties to-morrow, Gen. J, O, Black Appointed Commis- * sloner of Pensions, CnicAGo, March 6.—Gen, John C. Black, of Danville, I1L, is in the city in attendance on the reunion of the Thirth-seventh Illinois infantry, The following telegraphio corres- pondence iwvelf-explanatory: WaskiNaToN, D, C,, Morch 6.—To Gen. 0. Black, Palmer House, Chicago: The president thinka your official connection with this administration will contribute to his suc- cess, and desires me to ascertain if you will aesume _the duties of commissioner of pen- sions I cordially join in his request. [Siened] L. Q. C. Lawan. Ciicaco, March 6.—L. Q U, Lamar, Sec- retary of the Interior, Washington, D, C.: - Ithank President Oleveland and yourself, It my appolatment will contribute to the success of the administration, I will accept the position. Telegraph me when I ehould arrive in Washington. [Signed] J. C. Buack. Gen, Biack says the appointment ,was un- solicitod. i ‘WASHINGTON NOTES, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS ON THE ATTITUDE OF CONGRESS TOWARD THEU. P R, B, ‘WasHiNGToN, March 6.—The letter of Charles Francis Adams, president o the Union Pacific railroad, to Senator Hoar, mentioned in the senate report to-day, is de- voted to the discussion of the policy ‘of con: gress toward the Pacific roads, and regards that pursired of late years as an economically faulty one. Mr. Adams thinks it is not to the interests of the government or the people to force the Union Pacific to take annually these largo sums out of its quick capital and lock them up in the overflowing vational treasury, while the six states and four terri- tories are demanding additional railroad fa- cilities, which would add to the traflic and income of the company. This policy, he sug- gests, takes from the company and the com- munity just so mu.h fructifying capital that is greatly needed to promote the interests of b th. Ia view of the previous action of con- gress ho regards his viows as dissented from, and reviews the course the bill has taken since its introduction, He thinks that :n its present status the plan proposed is the best Jto carry out the apparent wishes of congress, and ac- cepts the scnate judiciary bill, and fays that the company will loyally live up to it to the best of its ability. In conclusion, he refers to the statements mada in the senate and in various newspapers, that Jay Gould was the controllerj and that he (Adame) was but a figure-head, set up for the purpose of carrying out Gould s scheme. Such, be said, was” not thecate, He was n:t Gould’s choice for pres- ident, Gould is consulted only as one of the directors, as any other member of the boar} is consulted, He wished to be held solely re- sponsible for the management of the road, The Troubles of lowa's Auditor, Des Moines, Ia, March 6 —In the affairs of the suspension of State Auditor Brown to- day, Brown was again arrested on an infor- mation charging bim with refusing the gov- ernor of the state access to his office and books yesterday. He waived an examination and gave bail, At the hearing set for this m.ming, before Justice McMartin, on Brown'’s first arrest, he waived an examina- tion and his bail was continued, and the case was eent to the grand jury. The report of the commistion of experts on which the goy- ernor’s action of suspension was based was made public to-night, It shows that the business of the auditor’s office wus not con- ducted according to law. That he had re- fused to make reports required by law. That he had failed to pay oyer to the state the sum of fourten hundred dollars of fe:s for the ex- amiostion of state banke. That from his ex penditurs of his contingent fund of six thou. sand dollars, he had ouly two vouchers, amounting to fifty-six dollars, That he had destroyed by fire valuable records which wero the only means to atcertain the actual amount of ipsurance fees, paid into his hands for tho year 1883 = That bisdeputy had received out ot the clerks’ fund $990 in addi- tion to bis salary as fixed by law, for which no vouchers were filed, The report is quite long and has much of detail in it. It was on that report that the attorney general of the state informed thu[{overnnr in writlug that no course was left for him to pursue iuc to suspend Brown, To.morrow the petition of M. Cattell for a writ of mandamus to com- pel Brown to deliver the office will be argned in the circuit court, The 1llinois Le gislature, SeriNGrIELD, T1I., March 6,—The whole morning seesion of both houses was consumed in an endeavor to have the reading of the minutes of the procesdings of yesterday dispensed with, In the senate no conclueion Smoking Tobacco. $een tiverywhere, Because every- where recognizea as indispensible fo Peafer anp L rdas e tlibaian @onAumer. tM, and store & vev. was arrived at before the joint convention, In the joint convention two votes were cast, Haines vobed for Bishop and Streeter for Black. Strocter in casting his vote gave no. tice that after this week ho was determined to vote for some one man until the election of a senator was acoomplished. He claims he had served his party long enough and would vote for a democrat until an eletion, The joint convention adjourned, SpaiscrieLn, T, March G,—The usual number of members loft for homo this even. ing, and it in not expected that any business will be done until Tuesday, in the house or senate, No wark is being done in the Wabash shops hero, The men are all ont. The engines for repair are being sent to Roms, N, Y. COLLISION ON THE ILLINOIS CEN- TRAL, VES WRECKRD, THE FIREMEN KILLED JERS INJURED, St. Louts, March 6,—A horritle accident ocoured last night at 10 o'clock on the I1- linois Central rcad, eight miles south of this place, the mail, south bound, runniog twenty miles an hour, and the express, ranning thirty miles, collided. B.th engines are a total wreck. Both firemen were instantly killed, their bodies being found in the debris of the eogines, A party stealing a ride on the ten- der of the southbound train was instantly killed. Fight or ten passengers in the smoker of the northbound train were injured. The ont waa caused by gross negligence. GRENADA, Miss., March .—The dead fire- men are named Evan and Sixon, The fol- lowing s the list of the injured: 1. W. Davis, Holly Springs, leg broken; Frank RBlake, newa agant, New Orloans, concussion of the brain; A. J, Law, engineer, head and face lncerated; A, Oraft, New Orloans, con- tusion of the legt J. Ravdall, Galeonda, Tl , contusion of back and leg; Cable Perry (col: ored), leg mangled; Honry Nicholaon, ‘contu- sion of the forh-ad and face; Georgin Reese, (colored) sprained foot and by THE GALLOWS, TERRIBLE EFFECT ON PRISONERS DURING THE EXECUTION OF DR, ESEN, PHILADELPHIA, March 6.—Yesterday when Dr. Goesen jwas havged, two convicts con- fined in the priton were terribly, affected by the knowledge of what was going on, Joseph Barret, 56 years old, confined in & cell near the gallowe, showed intense interest in the hanging, butithe desire to witnoss the execution was denied and bis_coll sealed. But Barret heard the footsteps of the solemn rocestion on its way to the gallowe, hen his cell was opened he was found doad. Death waa attributed to fright, The other man, Joseph Taylor, under sentence of death for murder, became ‘delirious with fear, Ho heard the noise as ho sat in his cell. The echo of the fallinh doors had hardly disd away when the murderer was found writhing in convulsions, o ——— Cleveland at Work, ‘WasuiNareN, D. 0., March 5.—The senate went into executive session, and when the doors reopened adjourned until Monday. The fitst official act of President Cleveland was the nomination of his cabinet; to affix his signature to the commission ol U, S. Grant as an officer on the retired list of the army, with the rank of general, The crowd of callers at the White House today was even greater than yesterday. They began to arrive befors the doors were opened, avd continued coming in num- bers all day., The preeident receised some of them n the library and others in the east room, just as it happened to be convenient, The majo ity of the callers consisted of dele: gations from the different states. Among thellater callers were Ropresentatives Randall, Hancock, Fiedler und Curtin, Sena- tor Pugh, A. N, McClure, Postmaster Gone: ral Hatton and Mre, Tyler, widow of ex-Pres- ident Ty ler, Does Not Want Reciprocity. OrTawa, March 6.—In the hcuse of com- mons to-day White, of Cardwell, spoke five hours in support of the government, and as- serted that the people of Canada did not want reciprocity with America. e Minnesota Law Makers, ST, Pavt, March 6,—The legislature ad- journed sina die at noon. All important mensures wero disposed of, aud but few bills were left without action. iaotion 2 Busine:s Failures, New Yonk, March 6,—Tho failures for the past soven daya were 277, as compared with 282 of last week. —— TELEGRAPH NOIES, At the dairy and creamery convention of the Mismssippi valley at St. Louis this morn- ing a lively discussion aroge again in the board of trade, which was severely attacked Ly soveral of the members trom Grenada, Miss, Fish Commissioner Sweeny has gone to Duluth to stock Lake Superior with 2,000,000 white fish, The strike of the Wabash shopmen at Fort Wayne were joined by fifteen workmen who heretofore declined to participate. The Knights of Labor are organizing the strikers. Many of the men were taken into the order to-night . The state miners’ convention at Columbus to-day decided to accept the reduction of i0 cents on each ton of coal mined in Ohio. A new fanoy in bouquets 1s to have the roses massed together, the stems being entlrely devold to leaves., Mra, Potter frst started the. fashion by carrying a cluster of Jacqueminot rcses with long stems tled by & broad piece of crimson eatin ribbon. Many fahlonable girls are cultivaling ascenslon lilies for the churchesat Kaster, A pot with two or three buds may be bought for 75 cents and $1. « Potted primroses are very orcamental for the parlor or hat-stand and sell for 50 cents a pot. They will remain In bloom for eeveral months and require but little light or water. Little prayer-books made of fragrant flowers and tted by narrow ratin ribbons are carrled by fashionab.e gitls to after- noon services, Sometimes they are formed into a clmtlalne from the belt. One of the prettiest seen is «f marlgold! bordered with g.1den brown pansier, with a crlmson carnsiion in the centre. An- cther of white vivle's has crcss of for- get-me-not son the cover. ON fufli\iixsr. The War Barometer Again Hung Up To the Whest Pit, And It Caunses Many Fluctuations in That Cereal, Corn Active and a Good Trade Done in It, The Price fof Cattle Underwent Little or No Change, While the Packers Boomed the Price of Hogs. The Whole Provision Uist Rulea Dul) Throughout the Session and Olosed Weak, OHICAGO MAKKETS, WHEAT. Special telegram to the Exe. CH10AGO, March 6.--The war barometer was again hung up in the wheat pit to-day, and as it fluctuated so did the price of grain, As one dealer expressed it, *‘There was more war in Chicago than there was in Europe,” The May option opened at 823c, but broke soon after ths opening of the morning ression and went down to 81§c. The fall was due to the fact that comsols were quoted a shade higher than yesterday, and the fact that the tone of the foroign markets did not reflect the feeling that was talked on this side yes- terday. All through the session tte market was very much unsettled. At cne time there was @ spurt wmade and the option fold up to 82 and rose rapidly. This was due to a decline in consols and a sensational dispatch to the of- foct that a large body of troops had been or— dered to leave Cavada for ligl’pt, but the market soon broke again, Large dealers were inclined to take it very bearishly; but whether they meant what thuy said was tho question, 1c was a fact, however, that the price fell off toward the close, seiling down to 8lc, and 1t closed very weak at 8ljc. The course of the market was very irregular, ex- treme points being 8lc and 83, at which' Iat- ter figure it sold very sparingly, COEN, was active and there was a fairly good trace init. May option held much steadier than wheat, but the market was featureless, open« ing at 42}c, 1o less than last night's clore, It fell off at one time to 41jc, but held steady at: about that figure, closing at tho price men- tioned, PROVISIONS, The whole provision list ruled dull through- out the session, Toward the close it showed signs of decided weakness. May options opened at $12 75 and then dropped to $12 60, Quotatioa were irregulas at one time, boin 12 673, but the price did not hold up, an it closed wenk at 812 67). There was further drop in prices at the afternoon. May wheat, after dropping to 80c, closed at st The reason of the dccline was that a great quan- tity of wheat was put on the market, May pork closed at $12 50, CATTLE The demand in the face of a very light sup- ply was only moderate, and_prices eupucmlr on the ordinary run of shippiug and dressed. Beef castle underwent littla or no chunge; 1,060 to 1,200 pounds, $42 @4 90; 1,200 to 1,- 350 pounds, $5 00@5 50;1,350 to 1,600 pounds, £5 50@6 00; cows and mixed common, $2 40@ 2 60; medium, $3 (0@3 25; good, $3 $0@4 40; stockers, $310@4 20; feeders, $1 264 65; Texans, 83 76@4 90. HOGS, The very light supply and the more confid- ent feeling in the provition market stimulated the demand for heavy and both packers and chippers competed ) harply for these sorts, the former booming the price up to $4 §0@4 90, the highest since Monday; packiog and ship- ping, 290 to 400 pounds, $4 63@1 95; light, 150 %o 210 pounds, §4 16@4 70. e The Cabinet Copfirmed. ‘W AsHINGTON, March 6.—The cabinet nom-~ inations were all confirmed as follows: Thos, F. Bayard, Delaware, rccretary of state; Daniel Manning, New York, secrotary of the treasury; William O. Endicott, Massachu~ setts, secretary of war; William O, Whitney, New York, rocretary of the navy; Lucius Q. 3 ar Mississippi otary of the in- terior; William ¥. Vilas, Wieconsin, post- master-general; August H. Garland, Arkan- sae, attorney-general, DYSPEPSIA Causes its vietims to bo miserable, hopeless, confused, and depressed in mind, very irrita- ble, languid, and drowsy. It 18 a discase which does niot get well of itself, It requires careful, persistent attention, and a remedy to throw off the causes and tone up the diges- tive organs till they perform their duties willingly. Hood’s Barsaparilla has proven just the required remedy In hundreds of cases. 1 have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla for dys- pepsia, from which I have suffered two years. 1 tried many other medicines, but none proved 0 satistactory as Hood's Sarsaparilla.’ Tiomas Coox, Brush Electric Light Co., New York City, Sick Headache “For the past two years 1 have been afMicted with severo headaches and dyspep- sla. 1 was induced to try HMood's Sarsapa- rilla, and have found great relief. Icheer- fully recommend it to all” Mns E. F. ANNABLE, New Haven, Conn. » Mrs. Mary C. Smith, Cambridgeport, Mass., was a sufferer from dyspepsia and sick head- ache, Bho took Hood's Barsaparilla and found it the best remedy sho ever used. Hood’s - Sarsaparilla’ | Rold by all druggists. $1; six for §5. MM.' puly by C. 1. TI0OD & CO,, Lowell, Mass. 100 *Noses . One_Dollar ) locf fram