Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 11, 1885, Page 1

THIRTEENTH YEAR. THE OwMAHA DALy BEE OMAHA, NEB., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1885, NO. 174 THE WABASH STRIKE The Road Being in the Hands of @ Receiver, 8 Under the Protection of the United States Jovernment, Which Has Ordered Out the Troops to Prevent a Riot. Should the Gompany Be Bucoess- fal, It Is Thought That All Other Roads Will Follow Its Example, Ana Make A General Reduction of ‘Wages—The Employes are De- fiant and Determined, THE WABASH STRIKE. Special telegram to Tur Bir, Cricaco, March 10.—It is rumored here that the action of the Wabash road which brought about the present strike was taken after consultation with the management ot other roads, and that it is purely a tentative affair to test the feeling of the railway em- ployes of the country on the subject of & reduction of wages. The Wabash, from its location and from the fast of its property being under the protection of the United States government, being in the hands of & receiver, it is particularly well fixed to try this experiment whatever the outcome. The stook market will not be affected to y extent, as would be the case were some ividend-paying road to take in it similar activeness, Then the fact that ths United States marshals, and éven the federal troops, are liable to pounce down on any body of strikers who undertake to destroy property will prove a strong leverage in forcing the re- sult aimed at. If successtul, report has it, the leading roads of the country will follow with a like reduction of the wages on the ‘Wabash, and competitive advantages will be given it thereby as & pretext; in brief, claim- ing this reduction forces them unwillingly to this atsp. They thua hope to secure a general reduction without engendering as much hot blood as would otherwise result, The strag- gling diagonal position of the Wabash system will make this claim very plausible, for it runs into competition with nearly every pool and traffic agreement of any magnitude ia the country, Itis further said that if the strike is successful and the road haas to give in, the other lines aro to help pay the cost of the ex- periment, The Great Strike, SepaLia, Mo, March 10.—The situation here is little changed, The strikers refuzed to allow any freight trains to leave. The strikers adopted resolutions demanding that Manager Hoxie be superceded in the mansgement of the Pacific. The city council yesterday ap- priatsd $1,000 to pay special polica to protect the company’s property and assist in the movement of trains, and Division Superin tendent Hazen requested the sheriff of the county to give the men willing to work pro- tection, The strikers were out last night doing double duty, guardiog vroperty and seeing that no freight moved.s 4 8r. Louis, March 10,—Gov. Marmaduke has called the militis here to go to Sedali: Massourt, to ald in suppreseing trouble li to arite there to-day out of the railroad strike. Abont 160 officers ‘and men left here this morning on a special train and will arrive at Sedulis at 2 p. m. Sr. Louts, March 10.—Tn response to a call for troopa from Governor Marmaduke, Li tenant Colonel Wallbridge left with 250 militia and a Gatliog gun for Sedalia, Mo, at 11 o'clock to-day. A riot is very seriously feared at Sedalia where one thousand strikivg railroad employes of the (iould system are said to menacs the property and the public peace. The soldiers left on a_special train and will make the run to Sedalia, one hun- dred and eivhty miles, by 4 o’clock this even- ing, The St. Louis militia found considerable difficulty in getting ammu-ition but were finsily supplied and they left with ton thous- and ball cartridges. - ‘The employes of the Missouri Pacific in St. Touis are still quiet ard at work, and say there is no present intention to strike. The men discuss the situation very closely and it it believed the departure of the greater part of the mulitia of the city have bad tne effect of discouraging the strikers. SEDALIA, Mo., March matters pertaining to the .—No chango_in rike to-’ay, The men in great numbers are about the railroad offices, defiant aud positive in their position, ‘Adjutant General Jamoson is here in con- sultation with the citizens and the strikers. Not a car of freivht was moved to-day, and no likelihood of any befog moved. Business is almost at a stand still and the outlook is gloomy. No riotous demonstration hus been made up to the present time. The strikers, though determined, have manifested no di position to destroy propert; THE STRIKERS OFFERED WORK, Monkny, Mo., March 10,.—Notwithstand- iog the Missouri Oar and Foundry company, which hias loased tho Wabash railroad. shops here, and_will hereafter conduct them, have announced that they are ready to receive ap- plications for labor, irvespective of past or existing trouble, not one of the men who struck some _days ago, and have since been idle, has applied for work, although there is no doubt that they could obtain from the car company as much or even better wages than they demanded from the railway company. They say they will not resume work uutil the former wages are restored to every workman on the entiro. Wabash system, aud claim to have advises that by to-night or to-morrow every workman on the Wabash railway will be on o strike, Toreka, Narch 10.—Governor Martin has no intention of callive out_ the militia on ac- count of the Missouri Pacific railroad strike at Atchison. He bas, however, telegraphed to the members of the state boird of railroad commissioners to meet him at Atchison to- morrow to attempt to effect an arbitration of the strike, ® Sepauia, Mo, March 10.—The troops from St. Louis were brought to Centertown, within fifty miles of Sedalis, where they are now quartered in the cars, ~Late to-night an anmistice was agreed upon until noon on the 1dth of March, at which time the strikers are wgn © an answer, (iovernor Marmaduke au act a8 mediators, Sr, Lovis, March 10,—About two hundred and fifty militia assembled at the armory here to-night by ordar of Major Buchanan, the senior offi ser of the regiment remaining in the clty. After a generdl talk about the situa- tionithey were dismissed under instructions to hold themselves in readiness to respond to further orders at & moment's notice, It is not \;du;a.\;.edi;.h:.zfv‘r. that any l_ddlllund orders The Wabash Strikers Let the Trains Alone, Kansas Ciry, March 10, The strikers to day decided w offer no interference with the movements of traios on the Wabash road, it being under the protection of the federal court, that road is consequently running freight as well as passenger trains, The Missouri Pacific passenger trains are not interfered with, but no 'nlrhu are per mitted to leave, The city council this aftar. noon resolved to have a reserve of the police farce in readiuess In oase it shonld be needed, United States Marshal McGee is prepared to protect the Wabash property though it does not anticipate his interference will bo neces- sary, The strikers manifest no disposition to do violence, but are firm in their demand of rostoration of wages to the scale of last October, Texas Pacific Strikers. Davrras, Texas, March 10.—The section hands here employed on the Texas Pacific struck this morning, on the invitation of couriers, who passed-through on haud-care. The strikers drew the fires from three en- gines, Thejcompany,will attempt to recover the engines to-morrow nnd begin moviog a number of idle trains, A call was lesued to- night by the friends of labor for a mass meet- ing on Thuraday, the object of rafsing funds to assist strikers at other points who are re- ported suffering for breadstuffs, Bloodshed is apprehended if the company attempts to move the teains with a small force. A Palestine special says the yard shops at that point are now in charge of Sheriff Davis aad his deputies, who took out several trains to-dsy, The strikers have been excluded from the yards, At Marshall to-day the county and city of- ficials were notified by the railroad company that if the civil authorities do not intervene to break up the strike or prevent the stopping of trains the company will hold the county linble fcr damages arising from the interrup tion of business, On receipt of the notice County Judge Keller interviewed a commit- tee of strikers, who assured the judge that no violence was contemplated. Tha civil suthor- ities thereupon_refused to interfers, This is regarded as & victory for the strikers, who are quite firm, Pansons, Kas,, Marsh 10,—Tt is rumored to night that the strikers of the Missour: Pa- cific have ordered all the engines and men along the line as far south as Muskogee to come to Parsons for protection, and also that after to-morrow no passenger trains will be permitted to pats, except an engine and a mail car. — ——— RAILROAD RACKET. Sr. Louig, March 10,—At the annual meet- ing of the stockholders of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific railroad held here to-day, the following directors were elected for threo vears: James F. Jo{ Charles Ridgles, (ieo. L. Duolap, Solon Humphrey and Sidney Dillon, The report of Vice-President A, I.. Hopkins, covering the period from January 18t to May 28th, 1874, at which time the re- ceiver took possession of the property shows the earnings to be $6,129,460; the operating expenses, $5,528,2i8; a surplus of $G01,242. The meeting of directors was postponed until Apnl 2d, in New York. At a meeting of the board of directors of the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad here to-day the financial exhibit submitted showed the gross earnings to be $1,648,506; oparating expenes §1,058,077; improvements and taxes $181,801; net earnings $2,508,218; in: terest on the sinking fuod, rent- als, ete, $1,826200, surplus = earnings $492,015, CH1cAGO, March 10 —On complaint of tho Michigan Central that the eastbound rates were being cut_at leading points, Commnis- sloner Fink, of New York, to-day sent a tele- grapic order reducing the rates on flour and grain from a basis of 25 cents to 20 cente, and on provisions from 30 to 25 cents per bundred peunds from Chicago to New York. It went into effect at once, e Grain Statistics of the Department of Agricultura, WasHINGTON, March 10,—The report of the consumption and distribution of corn and wheat from statistical returos of the depart- ment of agriculture shows 374 pcr cent of the last crop remamns in tho farmers’ hands, against 33 per cont on tho firat day of March, 1834, The supply in the farmers’ hands last year was 512,000,000 bushels, The remainder now is 675,000,000 bushels. The stock in the middlo states is 29,000,000 bushels against 22,000,000 bushels lnst March. In the south tho proportion 15 the same as last year, 41-600 per cont, but the quantity is 145,000,000 ogeinst 138,000,000 bushels. The pro- portion in ' the west is 36 7-1) instead of 0 7.10, and the quantity smounts to 490,000,000 bushels or 114,000,0000 bushels more than the stock of last March. Two years ngo the stock remaining at the sawe date was 585,000,000 bushele, or 363 per cent of the crop, 1,617,000,000 bushels, The amount shipped isa few millions lees than last year. The exports equal 28,000,000 brshels against $2,000,000 the same date in 1884, and the commerctal reccints at the western markets are also less, The full east- ern crop reducing slightly the demand nos- withstanding the reduction in price, The proportion of merchandise corn is very large, 87 per cent against an average of 80 per cent for a period of years, and 60 per cent_for the last year, Wheat reportsd in the farmers' hands is about 33 per cent of the crop, 109,- 000,000 bushels or 50,000,000 bushels' more than the stock last March, when the crop was less by 92,000,000 bushels. There has been a slightly freerer uso of wheat for bread. A little poorer quality has been fed to stock, The stock on March the first was 285 per cent of the previous crop or 145,000,0.0 bushels, and that of March the fivst 1882 was 98,0.0 000 bushels, The quality is reported above the average in every western state ex te Adjutant General Jameson are to | J cept Illinois and Missouri, and in nearly all the Atlantic #nd Gulf coast states, — ———— An Inferual Machine, AT THE CAPITAL. The First Meeting of tae New Demo- ora'ic Cabinet, The Hungry Army of Office-Seek= ers Daily Growing Larger. Oompletion of the Arrangements for the Committees, Vest, Coke and Hareis Succeed @arland, Bayard and Lamar, Blair Sworn In as Temporary Senator for New Hampshire, The President Dispenses With the Services of Four Employes at the White House, SENATE, WasitinaTos, March 10,—The resolntion offered yesterday by Hoar that Blair be sworn in s genator to fill & vacancy was taken up and a long discussion followed, The legisla- ture which 18 to elect a senator from New Hampshire will not meet until June next. The point was raised by Ingalls that the question at issue had a significant bearing up- on the senatorial iseue in Illinois and Oregon. After o further debate the resolation was agreed to~86 to 20, The only departore from a_division upon arty lines was 1n the case of Jones, of Flor- ida, who voted in the affirmative with the re- publicans, The oath was then administered to Blair and the Senate adjourned. WASHINGTQN NOTES. WaSHINGTON, March 10.—The democratic senators have completed their arrangements for the committees. Semators Vest, Coke and Harris are to sucoeed Garland, Bayard avd Lamar, on the judiclary committee, Senator Vance will go on the finance commit- tee in place of Bayard, Senator Ransom will succeed Bayard a8 chairman of the committee on private land claims, and Senator Gorham will take Ransom’s old place as chairman of the committee of the Potomac river front. Senator Kenna will go on the commerce committee. The committee on privileges and elections, adopted the report on the question of pay claimed for General Robinson, at present the secretary of state of Ohio, as a member of the houee, after he bad declared upon the discharge of his official duties in Ohio. The report concludes with the resolution eetting forth that Robicson did not claim to be & member of the house after January 12, and recommending the clcrk to striko hus Aame from the rolls. THE HUNGRY ARMY OF OFFICE SEEKERS, Some of the appointment clerks of depart- ments were kept up all last night, indexing applications for office, which c.me in by the thousands. The pressuro at the p-stoffice and interior departments is very great, At the latter bureau applicati-ns are coming in at the rate ef two hundred a day. Qallers at the executive mansion with the more or less disguised purposo of furthering the interests of applicants, continue to be very numerous, but they are still promptly and politely referred to the various heads of departents as the persons to whom all such persuasive utterances should now beaddressad. WASHINGTON, March 10,—The cabinet,met at noon, all the mombers present. It is un- derstood the session was devoted almost en tirely to the consideration of federal appoint- ments, It is asserted on_good authority that each member of ths cabinet submitted a list of appointments in hls department essential to the administration of public business un- der the present regime, The deliberations of the cabinet will probably regult in a long list of nominations baing sent to the senate by the president to-day or to-morrow, Richard Smith, of ths Cincinnati Com- mercial Gazstte and W, N, Haldeman, of the Louisville Courier-Journal arrived here this evening. The National Republican will contan to- morrow an interview with Postmaster-Gen- eral Vilas, in which that gentleman is quoted a3 haviog eaid: “The programme of the whole cabinet is to select officials for their worth and valus to the government,” and as having eaid further that the policy of the administra- tion is to bear out the civil service rules to the full extent in the management of the various departments. I shall enforce the rules here, 1t is understood that it is the intention o the president to reduce the clorical force at the White House and to do away with the system of keeping an elaborate record of all business brought thero, in accordance with this proposed CURTAILMENT OF THE FORCE, Four employes of the oxacutive mansion were to-day notifind that after that instant their servie would not be required. They are Henry C'. Morton, Ohio, J. S, Bolsvoy, Ohio, and W, R. Duke, West Virginia, clerks at CLEVELAND, O., March 10.—Some work- men, on entering the office of W, T, Sellers, foreman of the Union freight dopot, yester- day morning, found a suspicious looking box lying on one of the desks, It was round, about six inches long and two inches in di- ameter, and covered with heavy brown wrap- ping paper. Investigation showed that at one end was a cap and firing-pin so adjusted that upon mpting to open the package in the usual way the cap would explode, Mr, Sellers was summoned and a consultation held, It was decided to take the box to the powder works and have it opened there and the contents exsmined, The paper when torn off disclosed a tin can evidently made for its present uss, Insidewas nearly a quart of Herculos powder—a_sufficient quantity to do immense damag . Why it was left there and by whom no one can tell, The theory is that a diszharged employe was the author of the attempted outrage, secking in that way to attain revenge on Mr, Sellers, — —— Calitornia Orop Prospects, SaN Francisco, March 10.—The Call will publish to-morrow crop reports from all the agricultural counties of California, The Sacra- mento valley grain is in good condition Showers within & fortnight will make an abundant barvest. The eame may be said of @ bay and coast counties, Grain in the S; n valley is suffering for lack of mol; In some localities it is likely to prove a failure even if rain comesina fow ys. In the extreme routhern counties thi prospect fs good. The usual March showel will prove & good crop average, equal to that of last year, e —— Murder and Sulcide, Ciicago, March 10 —~The Inter Ocean’s Loningtoa, I, special Charles J., Riggen, sged seventy-five, grew despondent over the loas of all his money in the Loning. ton bak, which falled last year, and lsst night he shot his sged wife to death aad th killed himself, ¥ Rakas e - ——— Dry Goods, New York, Marsh 10.—Dry goods were loss active than yesterdsy, There has been a fair demand from ageuts and many miscal- laneous assortments has been called for to the extent of & good volume, » $1,800, §1,800 and $1,400 per anvum respest- ively, and O. L. Judd, telegraph operator, who receives $1,400, The programme of democratic simplicity has already been chavged, The president has retained Arthur'’s head cook, Chef Iortin. Chef Fortin had a pretty busy time nnder President Arthur, He was liable to be called upon for a supper—always an extensive one— at any time of night, while there was no reg ularity about the daily meals. Breakfast was served to whosoever was_ready for it at any time of the morning. Chef Fortin antici- pates a little more regularity, as President leveland expects everybody in his household to be ready for breakfask exactly a% 8 o'clock. President Cleveland has, as yet, made no arrangements for his private horses and car- risges. When Mr. Arthur retired he placed his private stable property at the disposal of President Cleveland until he ehould perfect his own arrangements, THE BAOCKBONE SCENES GRANT, IN THE SENATE DURING THE VAN WYCK-TELLER DEBATE, Chicago Tribune Special. ‘W asHINGTON, March 9.—There was a curi. ous scene in the kenate to-day. One of the foremost republican scoators was arraigning & member ot ths lath republican administra. tion for kis official acts, and the latter, now a senator, not only defended these acts, but at- tacked the senate for its policy with respect to the executive departments, The principle of a responsible cabinet has never been more pearly realized under our v 3 Pendleton, the author of the l‘h‘ill)l":onm;inv‘e the cabinet officers seats in Congress, ay well ss the author of © an other bill which is now giving his parly much troubls, was an iotererted listener. The interpellation to which resort is so frequently made in the coostitutional parlismentsry governments of Europe for the ime that 18 now remembered found its parallel In our owa countey, There coald not have been more feeliog if the two speakers had been leaders of the opposing parties. The impas- sioned vehemence of the one was'answered by the contemptuous sneers of the other, OPENING THE ATTACK, ‘The expected debate upon the Van Wyck resolntion as to the reasons why the ‘Back bone” land grant patents were issued had filled the galleries, Van Wyck opened the attack upontSecretary Teller, Ho endeayored to be deliberate, but his indignaticn was so groat that his voice wavered, and he once Tmispronounced & word, ‘Lhe Harvard gradu. ates about him, who seemed annoyed that he had led the republioans into such a trap, smiled at thia verbal slip; but their faces gave no exprestion of approval to his terrific_ar- raignment of the last adm'nistration, Van Wyck looked at the democrats, but recsived no applause. They had no interest in tho subject, Morgan, of the sub-committee of the public land committee, which failed to 1eport 80 many bills for forfeiture, listlessly in the rear of the chamber. Plumb, another member of that sub-committee, was absent, Blair, another member of it, sat in the rear of the chamber, taking no interest in the dis- cussion, but taking very great interest in the debate which had p: ed it. The senate had refused to seat him for a day under his new commission from the governor, The democrats seemed o wanting to establish a precedent which might be of uss in case General Lozan shall be appointed by Gov., Oglesby. 1In the course of this debate Mr. Hoar made n statement which Jllustrated the exteaordinary force of the unwritten law that is galled the courtiay of the Senate. He said that if there should be a delay of a day in the swearing-in of Mr. Blair the latter might lcse the position on committees which he has earned afcer six years of eminent service, There has probably never been a more significant public declara. tion as to the effect that is given to seniority in service in the assignment to placas on com: mittees, Mr. Van Wyck’s speech was in- tensely oarnest and short. TELLER'S ARGUMENT. Teller rose to reply, and bis face, owing cither to indignation oF excitement, was lighter than its usual shade. He declared than Van Wyck was & professtonal anti-mo- nopolist, and not a champion of the psople; that his purpose was to pose before the public and to gain notoriety, and not to aid todo justice or to redress wrongs, Tello:’s speech was an elaborate legal argument to show that the Backbone Railrond company was entitled to its grant. The argument was set forth in summary in these dispatohes. published Sat- urdsy morning. The republican senators seemed 1estless pending the debate, They are indignant that Van Wyck has precipit: ated this discussion. They look at 1t only from a partisan point of viow. They are chagrinedjthat at the out:et of the{new admin- istration they are brought face to face with this particular act of the old. Teller, at the firet interruption of Van Wyck, yielded with contemptuous gesture and the_exclamation, “I will allow him anythiog.” Later he was restive at 1nterrup.ione. INCIDENTS — INTERESTED SPECTATORS, There was one person in the chamber prob- ably more interested in the proceedingsthan any one except the debaters. Mr. Hill, of Golorado, now ex-senator,sat smilisg in a seat at the rear of the chamber, and listened with unmixed satisfaction to the shacp thrusts of Van Wyck, During the debate, Eustis, the new senator from Louisians, who is familiar with the Backbone grant, sat by the side of Van Wyck, and made suggestions to him. At times 'Van Wyak and Tel et hecams ko exciied that they epoke as if in chorus, and their animatod gestures and vehement expres- sions caused amusement both on ths floor and in the galleries. One group listened to the debate with much attention, It was composed of the railroad senators, Brown, Mahoue, Sewell, and Leland Sanford, Teller went back to the daya of Coke to find reasons for the iesue of these patents. but he smd nothing about the haste or the barning of the midnight oil. In the gallery all through the debate there sat a pale-faced, white-haired man, over whose face there was a continuous smile of sardovic ratisfaction. It wasths venerable Sherrill, the chiefjof the Hunting- ton lobby, 1 HOW THE JOB WAS WARKED. About February 1 szm*a'nuer sent for the commissioner of public Tands and told bim that this matter had been pendivg for two years without proper reason, He ex- pressed a desire to have it disposed of before he retired from the department. Oa these verbal instructions the clerical forco ot the land office began the preparation of schadules and lists, The claims of the railroad were to one million acres, These were cut down to 679,237 acres of lands on which there were no settlers’ claims, or other clnims on record, The preporation of these lists procoeded so slowly that it waw evident that they would not be completed by March 4, On February 27 Secretary Teller wrote an official letter to Commisioner McFarland reviewing the legislation on the subject, and Idirecting him to prepare and submit for approval lists of lands inuring to the Now Orleans Pacific railrond under an adjustment of the grant. From tho date of this letter extra work was porformed, and the preparation of the lists as completed on March 1or2 On March 8 Secretary Teller laid the petitions for the granting of the patents and the pro'est against 1t befora the president and cabinet with the result as known, o —— Legislation Aaginst Railroads Pool- ing. SpriNGrieLD, Ill.,, March 10,—The bill in- troduced and read the first time in the senate this morning by Terrence, relative to the pre- vention of railroads pooling, provides that it shall be unlawful for any railroad company operating in the state to receive pay for ser- vices not rendered in the transportation of freight or passengers, or pooling their carn- ings. It prevents in whole or part any rail- roads from making a division of earnings of any character whatever, Any railroad vio- lating any provieion shall be condemned to pay a fine of five hundred dollars for each day or part of day, It shall ba the duty of railroad commissioners of the state to enforco the provisions of this law, and for such pur- poze the attorney-general stall institute suits against the companies when reques 80 by the commissioners, The comm may alto employ other assistance in the pros- ecutions as may be deemed necessary, the fines after the expenses are paid to go to the treasury of the state, Suita for violating this act may be instituted 1 any county iu the state, e, The Illinois Senatorship, SPRINGFIELD, Tlls,, March 10,—Tt is gene- rally believed that the vote of both the senate and the house on the United States senator- ship will be taken to-morrow. Both sides are vreparing for the cuntest. Exciting scenes are expected, A prominent democrat stated to- night that he thought there would be a break on one side or the other s0on, parhaps to-mor- row, Joseph C. Mackin wes In town today and o conversation with a nowspaper man, said he was thorough- ly satisfied that he would come out all right in the suit now agaivst him, He appeared quite satisfied with the out look, Itis r?omd to-vight that State Senator Bridge, democrat is fmling fast, Death is expected at any time, 1¢is said that he is unconscious, Bridge's death would offset that of Represontative Logan, republican, thus makiog the legislature a tie again on the joint ballot, ————— The Mlssouri Pacific Annual Meeting, S1. Louis, March 10,—The anpual meeting of the stockholders of the Miesouri Pacific railroad, held here to-day, elected the follow- ing board of directors: ay Gould, A. 1. Hopkins, Russell Sage, Joseph 8, Lowry, Si ‘ney Dillon, T. T, Eckart, Geo, J, Forreat, Samuel Sloan, H. C. Marquate, and Geo. J. Gould, all of New York; R, i T, L. Ames, Bn.mf Ny 1H|'. 51-?\2 L, ¥ ) b, The report of R, R, Hayes, first vice president, was read, [t showed the ros, earniogs for 1881 to be 8577 operating expenses, 84,402 877; surplus ean ings, from which taxes aud fixed charges are 1, to be deducted, $4,28 's Condition, New Yok, March 10,~General Grant was given a stimulant |with scothing effect, and the patient passed ae cofs ey o arose this morning “(':;“;“;("Nu night, an FOREIGN CABLES. Neitter England nor Germany Aware teat the British Flog Had Been Hauled Down by the @Germans in Viotoria, The Most Friendly Relations Ex- ist Botween the Two Nations —— In Regard to the Negotiation of Colouial Interests. The Russian Occupation of the Afghan Frontier, An Insurrection Has Broken Out In Albania -Turkish Forces De- feated By Insurgents, FOREIGN AFFAIRS. EDMUND YATRS RELEASED. Lo~coN, March10,— Edmund Yates, editor of the World, was released from prison this morning. AN AMOROUS LORD, Lord Durbam’s suit for divorce on the ground of his wife's ivsanity was to-day dis- missed with costs againet Durham. SirJames Hanner, in renderingthe decition declared the respondent loved another, and censured the ;rlnn, for arranging o marrisge with his lord- ship. LONDON'S BRILLIANT DETECTIVES., LoxpoN, March 10,—Quillian, of Liver- pool, senior countel for the defense in the high treason felony case against Cunningham and Burton, was last night arrested on sus- picion of being a dypamiter. Quillian had been at the Bow street police court during a large part of the day in company with Siophentiv Bery, (otNGW Yok M uckiiy after the interests of his clients, At the time of his arrest Quillian and his friend were about to board a train at Mark Lane railway station, His companion carried a black traveling bag similar to those which frequently figured in the dynamite trials, ‘The detectives noticed the two men, fcllowed them for some time before arresting them, but when they saw the couple going with a black bag toward the railway train the officers stepped up and took them into custody. NO DEFINITE REPLY BECRIVED YET. T.oNpox, March 10 —The government has not yet received a definite reply from Russia to their lutest overtures for an amicable ad- justment of the Afghan frontier dispute. THE RU3SIAN ADMIRAL. SiNGAPORE, March 10.—The Russian admi- ral of the crown has arrived here on his way to take command of the Pacific squadron of the Syrias navy. FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND GERMANY, Loxpox, March 10,.—In the lords, Gran- ville said that neither the English nor the Georman cabinst was. aware.. that .the Britis flag had been hauled down by the Germans in Victoria, The most friendly negotistions were in progress bstwoen Germany and Eng- 1and in regard t the colonlal interests. INSURRECTION IN ALBANIA, Savox10a, March 10,—An insurrection has broken cut in Albavia, All the available Turkish troops have hurried to the scene, A force of the Turkish regulava were de by the insurgents near Lyoumet, At b garzison they wera driven int> the ol by the insurgents, and are now be- sleged. The Austrian cousul at Prizrend and the Grthodox priests have also takea refuge in the citadsl. The insurgents cut the tele- graph wires communicating with the distric's in rebellion, AFGHANISTAN | NEWS, T.oxDoN, March 10,—8ir Peter Lumsden telegraphs trom Vin Meshed. Afghanistan: Coots reports a small detachment of Russians advance to Mihalsheni, the furthest south- west point on Heri-Rud claimed for the Rus- sian frontier, The advance does not compli- cate the work of elimitatlon, but endangers & collision with Af;hanistan, .. 4k THE AMEER ASKS ENGLAND TO THEAT WITH LoNDON, March 10.—The Persian papers #ay that at the cabinet council at Cabul, the ameer and several generals were present, it was decided to ask the Fuglish government to treat with Russia for ‘the restoration of Pulekhatrem and Penjdeh, but not to make Russian ozcupation, the casus beli, the places not being of strategetic importance, Zue- finker pass, however, it was decided must be recovered by furce of arms if necesssry. Another Persian_paper says that several Herat nobles arrived at Sasokhs to present a petition to the Russians to annex Herat, A COLLISION IMMINENT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND 'AFGHANISTAN, TLoxnoy, March 10,—The Times states that the Russiaps have advanced further into the Afghan territory and a collision is imminent, Tho Afguans are prepared to withstand the attack and the British government has order ed - General ~ Sir Peter Lumsden to organize & tem of defense, The ameer of Afghanistan has requested Eogland to fortify He:a' so it can be defend- ed by Afghan troops, The Times in an edi- torial enys: We beliove the main body of Goneral Lumsden’s troops occupied Kobat pass, Itis hoped that Genersl Lumsden’s measures will prevent the capture of the key of India by & coup de main, If Russiais bent upon war she has many vulnerable points, If she forces England to hostilities she cannot imagine the struggle will be confined to re mote regions in Aisia, \ RUSSIA WILL NOT SURBENDER A HAIRSBRFADTH OF HER 'POSSESSIONS, St. PErenssure, March 10,—Novoe Remye “Russia will not surrender a hawrs: breadth of her present possessions in Central Allndnnr will she abste her moderate de- mands, ———— A LATE RESURRECTION. A MAN BUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN LYNCHED BY A MISSOURI MOB TURNS UP IN THE FLESH AT NEW YORE, 81, Louis, Mo,, March 10,—A remarkable denouement in & factional fight 1nvolving half o hundred of the leading citizens of Pulaski county, Missourl, occurred to-day, Last month eight prominent citizens living near Dixon were indicted for lynching an alleged robber named Hildebrand at Hancock in 1872, Testimony showed that Hildebrand was taken from his cell, hanged to a tree, cut down, and buried by the mob, The men were tried at Waynesville last week and acquitted, Hardly had the verdict been annoanced when a letter was received from New York stating that the man who was supposed to have been lynched was in that city, alive and well, 1t was ad dressed to W."H, Murphy, an attorney at Dixon, Mo, and read as follows: “In’lookiog over the paper of March 5, 1 noticed an article referring to the supposed murder by Judge Lynch in Palaski county in 1872, wan nymed McCorney called up on me in reference to the matter and said that he was the Hildcbrand referred to, He went from St. Louls to Dioxn and from there to Hancock. He was arrested for a serious rob- bery of which he wae innocent. Ho was taken out, hung up » number of times, and finally cut down. It was supposed be was dead and his bo:; was thrown iato & ravine, he recovered and left the stats, though the wounds in his neck did not heal for many nys. . 'The lotter shows every evidence of belng genuine, o — FRIGHTPUL ACOIDENF, A LOADED SHOTGUN ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED WITH FATAL Special to the Bee, ‘TABOR, Towa, March 9, = A terrible accident occurred yesterday morning west of this place at the rosidence of Burnett Falden. It sooms that when the family were all in the reom the children some way knocked the safe or cub- board over, on which was a loaded bouble-bar- rel shotgun, .The fall discharged the gun, both barrels, the contents taking fatal effect onone of the sons and seriously wounding Mre, Falden, Oae load entered just back of the right side of tha con, tearinga hole clear through his body so that his bowels gushed out: the other almost revering his hesd, and a number of tho shot passed on, filling the throat and neck of Mra. F., 50 that sho 18 1n a serious condition, Someof tho shot passed throueh her windpipe _The boy lived about three hours and expired. Mrs, K. is not con- sidered extremely dangerous, still the extent of her injuries cabnot yet be learned. The boy was the eldest,about seventeen or eighteen years of age, a quiet good natured lad, and his untimely death casts a gloom over the en- tire nelghborhood, o The 1llinots Legislatare, Smisariesy, T, March 10.—Considerable time was consumed in the house this morning in an argument over the reading of the jour- ual of Thursday and Friday. Several peti- tions relativo to woman's suffrage were pre- sonted and referred to a select committee. Downs, of Peoria, offered a resolution sym- pathizing with the Wabash strikers, and the resolution passed without s dissenting vote. Several additions were made to the different committees. The sub-committee on elections met this morniog in the McAuliffs-Sitting election contest, The committee on count reports the gain as follows: Bardell 140}, Sittiog 134}, McAulifs 185, Sullivan 247}, Moulding 7. The senato confirmed the nominations by Board of trus- university, 8yl- veater M, Willard, of Cook; Charlea Bennett, of Coles; Parker arl, of Union, as their own successors, and George C. Eisenmeyer, of St, Clair, to succeed Philip 1, Paske), resigne Christopher Tightemeyer, West Park board. A bill was introduced by Torrance to pro- hibit_pooliog by railroadsin Illinows, Re. ferred, In the house a resolution was pasted com- mending the action of congrass in placing Gen, Grant on the retired list, The rosolution requiring from the auditor names of employes of the house, also salaries paid. Passed. At 12 M the joint eession convened, Rep- resentative Craft occupied the chair, owing to the indisposition of the speaker. Twenty-five senators answered to rall call and 76 representatives, Streetor voted for John C. Biack on first ballot and the joint as- sembly adjourned. e simbis SO Missouri Mud Slingers.. S, Lovis, Mo,, March 10.—The trouble between Governor Marmaduke and Major C. C. Rainwater, the prominent democratic can- didate for mayor of St. Louis, has assumed such a phate that it is believed these fiery gentlemen can only settle air by an ap- h | peal to the code./Governor y entsed the publication of an affidavit which allezes that in the summer of 1875 R, C. Pate, the sporting man, paid Chief of Police L. Harri- gan, through 'William H. Thorwegan,the snm of 8500 per month for the privilege of running a keno-house, and that the money was divided with C. C. Rainwater, who was then a mem- ber of the pulice board. The affidavit is made by Willlam H. Thorwegan, a prominent citi- zén, owner of a half-dozen steamboats, and R. C. Pate, Maj. Rainwater, when the story of the affidavit was detailed to him, responded: “And 5o that is the governor's answer, I had thought the dump was down at the river and tho slums close to it, but it seema the governor has found them'both. So far as the story ho has fished out of those precincts is concerned, have only to say it is infamous- ly false.” Chief Harrigan also denounced the affidavit as false, e e— The Iron Mou n Annual, St Louts, March 10.—The annual meetiog of the St, Lovis, Iron Mountain and South- ern railroad company was held this morning and the following directors were eleoted: Jay Gould, J, J, Eckert, Russell Sage, Joseph 5. Lowry, Samuel Shethar, John T. Terry, Henry Whelan, A, L. Hopkine, T, A, Mar- quand, of New York; R. S. Hays, George W, Allen, R, J. Lackland and R, C. Kerens, of St, Lows, Tae report of the first vice presi- dent showed the following operations for the yoar 1884: Gress earnings, %7,457.891; oper- ating expenees, §3,987,208, Nitro Glycerine Explosion Cloveland. CLRVELAND, O,, March 10,—Six thoussnd pounds of nitro glycerine exploded to-day in Near any, at Howard Junction, three miles away For shis clty, iustantly kiling W, H. Hep. rington, one’ 0f the proprietors, and H, V., Pratt, an employe, and the factory, thirty-five feet away, was blown into fragments. Trees were torn up by the roots avd great holes were made in the earth, e — Ihe Weatherfi "7 WASHINGTON, March 10,—Upper Mississ- iTpi yalley, fair weather, southweaterly winds shightly warmer precaded; extreme southern portions falling temperatnre, Missouri valley, warmer weather, southerly winds, falling barometer, ——— Dealing in Options Prohibited, ¥ Proria, IIL, March 10 —Tho directors of the board of tride provented a resolution, to be acted on on the 20th inst , suspending any member concerncd diractly'or indiectly in the business of dealing In eptions, the manufactory of the Reck Glycerine com- | § ON 'CHANCE. The Market Stiffens Up Under the Ru- mors of Wars Wheat Makes an Advance Which It Maintains, But Corn was Only Moderately Active and Firm, Cattle Made Good Prices, but the Market Was Slow, Hogs were Inclined to be Weak, and 10c Lower, Provisions Were Quiet, but Without Material Change in Values— Lard Quiet and Firm, OHIOCAGO MARKETS. WHEAT. Special telegram to Tr Bre. Cu10a60, March 10,—Under the influenco of stromger cablegrams and warlike reports, conpled with the frosty woather here and the information that a cold wave is coming, the market for wheat waa stiff and a good demand of a speculative nature, and to fill shorts pro- duced an advance of 1c per bushel, salos of No. 2 for May delivery being made at Sl}c. Later the demand slackened and pricys de- clined to within a fraction of the lowest figure of the season, Just before the adjournment there was a fooling of war and prices finally closed }@jc better than twenty-four hours ago. March opened at 7iic, ranged at 75}@ 76c, and closed at 751@75%: May opened at §0j0 'with sales at and between 80}@80}c, closing rather firm at 80%c. The stock of wheat in store is 15,473,867 bushels, against 15,226,788 bushels a week ago. Of Ro. 2 spring in store we have 14,261,463 bushels and vessels in harbor are laden with 189513 bushels, CORN was only moderately active, but _the demand kept pace with the offerings, and_all classes of buyers were in attendance. The feeling developed was one of firmness, ani May fu- ture_closed ic higher, Sales for May opened and the range during the sossion was @42c. with the closing sale at 42}c. Sales for March were at 38}0. rangivg at 334@38jc, closing at 383c. Vessel room was secured for 101,000 bushels, the rate to Buffulo and etor- age until the opesing of navigation being 2: per bushel, Lhe stock here is 1,914,727 bush- ols in store, and 609,050 bushels tucked in vessels, OATS were quict for future delivery, but cash lots were in good request, Prices 'were without material change. A lot of 28,000 bushela winter receipts told at 28c and taken for ship- ment, x PROVISIONS e ‘Weré qtfet, but without matorlal changer'in values, and _trading was exclusively local, Prices closed a shade lower than twenty-four hours ago. Mess pork for May opened at $12 65, ranging at ¥12 60@12 72}, closing at §1272h, Lard for May opened at $7 02}, ranged at $7 02)@7 074, and closed at £7 00, CATTLE. The m-rket was rather slow and prices were generally quoted easier on the goneral Tun of ordinary shipping and dressed beef cattle. At tho slight reduction of to day val- nen are considerably higher than last week. The first bids to-day were 10@15c below yes- terday, yot there was scarcely that difference when trade was finslly finished. There were but few really good cattle among the fresh receipts, and the bulk of the best would sell within a range of $525@b 50; 1,060 to 1,200 pounds, $4.20@4 80; 1,200 to 1,350 pounds, 84,95 5,40; 1,800 to 1,600 pounds, $5.50 25,90, Cows, common, $2,40@3.00;medinm, £3 0@ 3.25; good, §3 40@4.00; stockers, $3.60@4,90; feeders, $4.50@4.60; Texans, $3,95@4,75, 1063, ‘Weaker, slow and about 10c lower, which takes off the advance noted yesterday. The other new featuro was an improved de- mand for big, heavy orts that bave been so much neglected for some time, At the finish the market was dull and weak, with 8,000 to 10,000 hoad left. The quality averaged poor, Packing and_shipping, 260 to 420 pounds, fig;fi(mwo; light, 160 to 200 pounds, $4.26@ 28 The Coal M Berike, Prrrspune, March 10.—Tho coal mineis’ strike in general isin an unchanged condi-, tion. About 4,000 men are out on a strike and 2,000 ot work, Threo hundred men got an adyance from the Birmingham Coal com- pany in Birmingham and went to work to- ay The river and railroad miges are nearl all'idle, All the mon are out In the fourt! pool except at Neil's which is the largestmine in the pool, Tho eperatora decline to pay the advance, —— The Wisconsin Poisoning Oase, EvLkHORN, Wis,, March 10.—To-day is the thirteenth of the trial of Nellie Horn for poi- soning her sister, and the prosecution have rested the caee. The defence immediately moved for tho exclusion of the Milwaukee chemist snd also for a vonsuit, but both were overruled, The defence then rested the case, The jury will be charged to-morrow morning, o —— Destructive Fire, Norrork, Va,, March 10.—1Intel'igence is received of destructive fire at Newburn, N, U., last night, The Central hotel and t wenty houses and stores were destroyed, Loss, $100,000; insurance, $50,000, When the weather grows warmer, that extreme tired feeling, want of appetite, dullness, languor, and lassitude, afflict almost the entire human family, and serof- ula and other diseases caused by humors, manifest themselves with many. Jt is fm- possible to throw off this debility and expel humors from the blood without the aid of a reliable medicine like Hood's Sarsaparilla, “X could not sleep, and would get up in the morning with hardly life enough to get out of bed. face would break out with pimples, 1 bought Spring Medicine At no other season is the system so sus- ceptible to the beneficial effects of a re- lisble tonie and invigorant, state of the blood, the deranged digestion, and the weak condition of the body, caused by its long battlo with the cold, wintry blasts, all call for the reviving, regulating and restoring influences so happily and effectively combined n Hood's Sarsaparilla, The impure “Hood's Sarsaparilla did me a great deal of good, I had no particular disease, but I had no appbtite, and my [ was tired out from overwork, and it toned meup,” M&s, G, E, StMMoNs, Cohoes, N, ¥, Hood’s Sarsaparilla a'bottle of Food's Sarsaparilla, and soon began to sleep soundly; could get up with- out that tired and languld feeling, and my appetite improved.” R. A, BAN¥ORD, Kent, O “ had been much troubled by general debllity. Last spring Hood's Barsaparilla proved just the thing needed. 1 derived an | b immense amount of benefit. I never felt better.” H. F. Miur, Boston, Mass, Hood’s Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. i six for §5. Made only by C, I. HOOD & CO,, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar “For seven years, spring and fall, I had serofulous sores come out on my legs, and for two years was not free from them at all, 1 suffered very much. Last May I began taking Hood's Barsaparilla, and before I had taken two bottles, the sores healed and the or left me.” €. A, ARNOLD, Arnold, Me, here 18 no blood purifier equal to Hood's Sarsaparilla” K8, PELPS, Rochester, N.Y, Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. §1; six for §5, Made ouly by Q. X, HOOD & 00., Lowell, Mass, 100 Doses One Dollar e —————————————————— e g s e ——