Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 17, 1885, Page 1

DAILY THE OMAHA BEE. THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, NEB., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1885, RAILROAD RACKET. 8ax Frawcisco, March 16.—The special agent of the Chicago, Butlington & Quincy railroad, now in San Francleco, says in an in- terview that his company will probably con- struct a line from Denver to Ogden to compete with the Union Pacific. Oni0aGo, March 16 — General Mannger Potter, of the Burlington road, declares in reference to the San Francisco dispatch re oelved this afternoon stating thatthe Bur. lington would build from Denver through to Ogden, that not » word is truth in the rtate ment. He declares there is noone in San Francisco who is authorized to make any statement as to the future of the road. ANNUAL REPOBT OF THE 0., R, AND Q. Onroa, March 16,—The annual report of the Cnicago, Burlington & Quincy road for the year 1884, contaioe the following financial statement: (Giroes earnings of all lines oper 483,612; operating expenses and net earnings from operat income from interest, ex. 0, making a total net, in: 630; payments of fixed , eto., 811 448,630; net sur- plus for the year, 8511106, Th' decrease in the net earnings for the year 1884 compared with 1853 is $1,221,0: THE PASSKNGER COMMITTEE OF THR RAST- BOUND. Trunk lines met here to-day and _agreed to restore the rates to the furmer basis, $18.50 first class, and $16 50 second-class, Chicago to New York, no differentials bsing allowed. The representative of the Baltimore & Ohio was not_ present, but a telegram was sent asking the assent of that road to the agree- ment, The reply is expected to-morrow. REOEIVER APPOINTED, IxpiaNarorts, March 16.—On petition of James D, Probst, representing the second mortgage bond helders of tho Indianapolie, Decatur &) Springtield railroad, joined by the trustoes of the first mortgage and a num- ber of judgment creditors, Judge Woods of the United States circuit court to-day ap- pointed President H, B. Hammonde receiver of the road. o will take charge on the first, until which time it will bo operated by the Indiana, Bloomington & Weatern as lestee, THE WAR CLOUD. |WASHINGTON NEWS,==ii = = o NOMINATIONS, The preident has nominated Joseph O, Miller, of West Virginia, commissioner of in ternal revenue. MISSISSIPPI RIVER IMPROVEMENT, A meeting of persovs intorested in the im- rovement f the western waterways was held here to-night. The meeting was pri but it is underatood its object waa to secura the united nction of those interested in the navigation of tbe Mississippi in recommend. ing & change 1n the Mississippi river comm sion, THE STRIKE ENDED. Business Once More Fairly Resumed on the Missonri Pacifc, Coofirmation of the Agrecment on the Russo-Afghan Question. No Further Advances to ba Made on Afghanistan, Most ot toe Oklatoma Invaders Con- tlnde to Return Home, Miller, of Va., Appointed Inter= And Trains of All Kinde Have nal Revenue Commissioner Commenced Running. CONFIRMATIONS, The senato confirmed Gen, Black com- missioner of pensions, ARTHUR VISITS CLRVELAND, Ex President Arthur made a social call on President Cleveland to-day, and was coraially frested by tho prosident, The visit lasted alf an heur, Tne president, accompanied by his sisters, Miss Cloveland' and Mrs, Hoyt, attended o lecture given by Boecher to-night at the Con- fregational church, on “Evalution sud Revo- ution. The constant rush of visitors com- pelled the president to limit the office hours from 10 to 1 o'clock, excopt on cabinet days, when they will be from 10 to 12 o'clock. An hour will' be set apart every nfternoon for the recoption of thoro wishing to pay respects, Except by special appointment_the president will receive no persons outside of the hours specified. More Arrests for Treason Against The Khedive of Egypt. At the Express Diotation of the The Strikers at Nearly All Points Hon. Sam Randall, Have Accepted The Defences of British Columbia To Be Increased. Randall Has Control of the Inter= The Terms of the Oiroular Restor- al Revenne Appointments. ing Their Wages, chargos, dividen The Oanada Pacific Railway To Progress of the General Hazen Be Quickly Completed. Court Martial, And They Feel Very Jubilant Over Their Viotory. The Ojibeway Indians Ready to Fight for Eogland at A Day's Notice, The “Backbone" Fraud XNeceiving the Attention of the Senate— |Declared a Disgrace, The Locomotive Engineers Want Pay for the Time Lost During The Strike, — e The Cruise of the Yantic, WasHINGTON, March 16.—The navy de- partment to-day instructed Commissioner Wilds of tho Yantic, now at New Orleant, to supply the vessel with fuel and provisions as s00n as possible and go to Livingstone, mala- On arrival there ho is to communic: unconditionally with the Americnn off thut place, and use every exertion to protect American interests, FOREIGN NEWS, TREASON AGAINST THE RHEDIVE. ALEXARDRIA, March 16,—Four more per- sons were arrested as accomplices of Zebher Pasha in his treason against the Khedive, «| Huur, March 16, ~The town hall and several other buildings were also burned, one policeman was killed and a number of other persons injured by the burning oil, PARLIAMENTARY, LoxNDox, March 16, —In the Commons this afternoon, Gladstone in answer to questions regarding the settlement of Russo-Afghan frontier diffioulty eaid that the only founda- tion he had for the announcement of an amicable agreement nrrived at, was the promise wired by Degiors, Russian minister of }:oru)(n affairs, from St. Petersburg, March Bth, #In the commons to-day Gladstone ex- plained that Russia had agreed, as he statad on Friday, that no further advances should be made in JAfgharstan, In the commons this evening the govern- ment snnounced a telegram from St Peters- burg fully confirmivg Gladstone's view of the Anelo-Russian arrangement regarding the out posts on the Russo-Afghanstan frontier. A ROYAL NISITOR, Parts, March 16,—La France announces that Crown Prince Fraderick William, of Germany, visits Paris next month, NO ADURESS WILL BE PRESENTZD, DusriN, March 16,—The corporation of Dublin to day by a vote of 41 to 17 rejected the motion to present an addrees to the Prince of Wales on occasion of his visit here on April 8th THE ALLEGRED DYNAMITERS, LoNDON, March 16.—The examination of Cunningham and Burton was resumed this afternoon, and adjourned till Monday next. BRITISH STEAMER SEARCHED BY THE FRENCH, Hone Koxe, March 16.—A French ma of-war nt.vpged and searched the British steamship “Surrat.” A sqadron of the Brit- ish navy stationed inthe Chinese waters has been ordered rendezvous at Hong Kong. 3 | DEAR BREAD IN PARIS, Pants, March 16,—A dispatch from Shang- hai eays that Admiral Uourbet intends to abandon the position at the island of For- mosa and operate on the coast of Northern China. The bakers have already taken advantage of the recent passage of the bill increasing the duties on cereals, and raised the price of bread. People are complaining savagely against the increase in this cost of living. AN EDITOR'S QUARREL, _ LoNDoY, ‘March 16.—Another action for libel was brought sgainst Edmund Yates to- day. My Legeo, editor of tho Whitehal Review, bases his action upon a squib. in the World which sald “Leg” was #_very appro- priate name for the editor of the Whitehall Review and intimated that Legge had be- come its editor 'because he was acquaintod with things fishy.” THE REVOLT IN COCHIN-CHINA SPREADING, Parrs, March 16,—Telegrams from Saigon report the revolt in Cochin-China spreading. A J.:Iu!. was discovered to et fire to Saigon in order to give an opportunity for the irruption of 8,000 Annamites, who captured Ocmon, seven miles from Saigon, and massacred the European residents, burning alive the native profect and his wife. The northern provinces are held hy the insurgents, why massacre the native adherents to the French, The crews of the men of war at Saigon landed to defend the town, and the foreign residents are under arms, Gen, Briers de L'Isle returned to Hanoi, HE ASKS FOR TEN THOUSAND MORE MEN before resuming operations. He reports it necessary to increase the garrisons depleted by the expedition to Langson and 'Lugier- quan, The fortress a5 Namdeh hay a garrison o fifty men, Thaineuyen 160, and Honghoa eighty-five. Owing to the feeblenese of the garrisons, black flags and pirates are swarm- g in the Red River delta, Gen. Negrier, et Liangeon, reports he cannot take the offent sive unless reinforced. ESCAPK OF PAIN FROM KHARTOUM, LoNDoN, March 16 —Pain is said to have escaped from Khartoum and to be descending the Nie, Gen. Wolseloy offered a reward of fifty pounds for Pain’s body, dead or alive. The chief missionary of ‘the Ojibeway In- ns eays that the whole of that tribe will be ready at a day's notice to fight for Eng- land. THE SENATE. WasHiNaToN, March 16.—The *‘Backbone” resolution was laid before the senate, and Eustis made a speech upon it. Ho said that a great wrong had heen done the people of Louisina, and he wished to enter his protest| against its consummation, The title to the lands was illegal and fraudulent, and set up to defraud setulers of their rights, This very title had been denounced by the New Orleans Pacific Company in documents which hud been presented to congress, and in the interior department as utterly baseless and illegal, Everybody was perfectly aereed that the [BACKBONE COMPANY WAS A NUISANCE and o diegrage. That it never lived for any corporate purpose whatover, but was the mere skelaton of a derelict association, Yet, in ‘81, by one of the most extraordinary proceedings on record, this defunct company made an_as- signment to the New Orleans Pacific Com- pany, and it was upon such _title that the Iatter based @ its claims. The transfer was radically vicious and absolutely void, The consideration for it was'the enormous sum of one dollar. One-third of the stockholders denounced the act before the interior department as a sham and a fraud. He was glad to know that the secretary of the interior was going to investi- Rgate this matter, and he hoped in the future there would an administration which would be in the interests of the Feuple and protect them from the rapacity of rich rail- road corporations. 2 Teller defended his course and said that not & point had been made by the semator from Louisiana (Eustis), which had not been passed uupon by the attorney general, and by the ju- diciary committee of the House, Teller pre- sented much the same line of argument as he made on a previous occasion, and was followed by Van Wyck in about the same strain as be- fore. At the close of Vaun Wyck’s speech the Senate went into executive session and short- 1y adjourned. Judge Mackay then cslled the attention of the witness to the fact]that his letter to the secretary dated February 17th, the last was endorsed by the secretary as having been re- cerved at the war department February 26th, and also to the fact that the statement con- cerning the contents of this letter was publish- ed in the Chicago Tribune February 25th, and asked where the lotter was kept prior to February 20th, v The Hazen Oohrt Martial, ‘WasgINGTON, March 16,—Gen. Hazen tes- tified in his own behalf before the court mar tial to-day. He admitted writing the articles in controversy, but denied an intention to show any disrespect or discourtesy to the sec- retary of war, He gave as his reason for making the statement that he had been held to a most serious responsibility for not effect- ively rescuing the Greely party; that it had been published all over the world that he was in fault, and that in his own defense he sim- ply-wished to stato a fact that Greely could bave been rescued and that he (Hazen) did all inhis power to have them rescued, ‘The sec- retary of war, in his annual report, had lnrg:- ly confirped the opinion expressed in the press, thAt he (Hazen) was responsible for the death of these men, To the argument upon. an cbjection, Judge Mackey, counsel tor Gen, Hazon, said: “We know that the prosecution does not want to touch on Cape Sabine, The accuser does not want to tace those horrors, We propose to show the animus of the agcuser, that he was imuued with malice 8o deep and deadly against the chief signal officer of the army, that he became blind upon anything tonching arctic matters,” suggesting that so deep and tireless was his bate, that indeed his yery body exhaled malice, whenever the cuief sig- nal officer’s name was mentioned, General Hazen replied that it was kept in the desk. Judge Mackey asked whether within the recent period, official letters had notbeen purloined from desks in the signsl office and taken to the secretary ot war. The judge advocate objected to " this, Judge Mackay said the purpose of the defenso was to negative the presumption that the acouseu c'rculated the contents of this letter, He said he proposed to show that the letter had been PURLOINED FROM THE DESES in the signal office, and taken to the secretary of war by the person purloiniog them, and that the person received special employment after purloining the letters. He said the wanted to show the general course of the ad- ministration with reference to the chief signal officer, That nothing was safe or sacred in the office of the chief signal officer from the hand of this secretary of war by day or night. The judge advocate smd he did not feel called upon to reply to the insinuations of the counsel with respect o the socretary of War. That official, he said,needed no defense at his haods, and attacks upon him were in very bad taate at least, Without concluding the ex- amination of Gen, Hazen, court adjourned. —— ——— ‘WASHINGTON NEWS, The Gould Strike Practically Ended. SrpALia, Mo, March 16,—The strike is eonsidered practically at an end, though no orcers are yet issued by the committes, and it is expected the men will return to work to- morrow morning, No freight trains have moved yet, but may late to-day. Arcisoy, Kan,, March 16, —The local committee, after meeting this afternoon, de- clared the terms of settlement accepted and the railroad stiike ended. Sr. Louis, March 16 - The general man- ager of the Wabash railroad telegraphed this morning to the head of the macbinery and car departments of the road, stating that wages will bo restorec at once to the figuce existing before the cut. THR BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, 8. Louts, March 16.—J. H. Fitzgerald, chairman of the exacutive committee of the grievance committes of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers, accompanied by others of the commit.ee, arcived here from Sedalia to-day, and it is expected that P, M. Arthur, grand chief engineer of the brotherhood, and several mora uf the committee =1ll be here to- morrow, The object of their meeting here is to have a consultation and then a conference with Vico Presidents Hayes and Hoxie, of the Missouri Pacific, regarding some gciov- ances the engineers claim to have against the company. The grievances are supposed to have sume connection with the discharge of four engineers at Kansas Uity for refusing to move freight trains at the request of tho strikers, and the question of pay for lost time ocoastoned by the strike, BUSINESS RESUMED ON THE MISSOURD PACI¥IC, St. Louis, March 16.-Vice President Hoxie roceived a dispatch fiom the superintendents of the Missouri Pacific systems statiog that all the striking employees had returned to work under the terms of the circular issned on Suoday and thit all kinds of trains_are now running and the strike is ended. Dis- patches were also received from varions points on the Wabash system to the effect that the strikers had gone back to work and that busi- ness had fairly resumed. WAGES RESTORED —BTRIKERS JUBILANT. SeRiNarELD, T11, March 16,—This after- noon Superintenient Johaon, on bshalf of the Wabash railway company, signed an ment with the etrikers providing that they all return to work after Wednesday at the wages paid beforsthe reduction was made. The agreement was ratified at the meeting to night, with the proviso that the same is r fied at Moberly and Ft, Wayne. The str are quite jubilant. RETURNED TO THEIR WORK, GALVESTON, March 16, —Marshall, Long- view, Palestiue and Jefferson report the striking employes of the Missouri Pacific at those points have accepted the setflement of their difficulties offered in the circular issued by Vica-President Hayes, and returned to work to-day. Railroad traffic is reported now uninterrupted, THE ENGINEERS RRINSTATED, Kansas Crry, March 16.—The Missouri Pacific evgineers who wero removed for leaving their posts at tho request of the stuikers have been reinstated. ENGINEERS' STRIKE ENDED, Macox, Ga., March 16, —The strike of the enginears of the Kast Fannewmes, Virginis & Georgia railroad 18 ended. Chief Eoginoer Arthur, of Clovelaud, arrived this morniog and reviewed the situstion, In the afternoon committee from the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Eagineers waited on_ Superintendent Fry, and acknowled ed their.hasty nction. They said they were willing to return to work, which ended the strike, THE KNIGHTH OF LABOR DENY ENGINEERING THE TRIKE. Pirrsnunc, March 16.—The statement of therailroadcommissioner at tho prosentconfor- ence of strikers and railroad officials at St. TLouls yosterday, that the strike was engin- eered at Pittsburg, is deniod_emohatically by minent members of the Knights of Labor of this city. The members assert that they had nothivg to do with promoting or organiz ng this strike. THE TRRMS ACCEPTED, KaN8A8 C1r¥, M rch 16.—Tha strikers hare received orders’ from Sedsliv to raise the lulqht. blockade, and trains were startad ont tonight. The proposed terms have been ac- oceptod by the conference committee of the strikers_and will bo ratified by the meetiog at Sedalia to-night, —e— - A DOUBLE LYNCHING, 4 BDBOTHER AND SISTER HANGED FROM A RAILROAD BRIDGE, Famriken, Neb., March 15,—Chicago Times Special: On January 8, 1885, six miles south- west of this place, » man named Roberts was killed by someono, supposed to bo a boy named Taylor, Tho boy has since been con- e — The “‘Backbone” Grant Before the Senate. Special telegram to Tae Brk, ‘WasHINGTON, March 16,—The *‘Backbone” land grant resolution of Senator Van Wyck, of Nebraska, came up again in the senate for discussion to-day, and during the course of the talk Van Wyck took occasion to show up Teller, of Colorado, in no very enviable light, a8 counsel for the land grant monopolists, and a8 favoring the cattle and other syndicates, in the Oklahoma lands and elcewhere. After Eustie, of Louisians, had shown up the iniquity of confirming the *Backbone” grant, Teller made an attempt to defend his action with a lot of flubdub about following precedenta and all that sort of thing, much the same a8 he did when the resolution was first introduced. Then Van_ Wyok, referring to Teller’s speech of last week, said the sen- ator from Colorudo regretted that every per. 80n who has #poken on the subject was not s Lawyer, meaning probably a lawyer of rail- road proclivities, so there might be a full record of such lawyers as during the most of the last sixteen years had been at the head of the dopartments of justice and of the interior, making precedents which the ex-secretary wished he had followed. It was usual for the corporation attorneys to stigmatize Teller as interloper and speculator. The ex-secretary, he said, had lasted &0 long to that dialect 1n the department, it was natural that he should repeal in his speech, and eneering at such men, almost in the language of Tweed, ho asked: “'WHAT ARE YOU GOING 70 DO ABOUT I1?” referring to the Oklahoma. Van Wyck said that bayonets were pointed against the breasts of the hardy pioneers who were im- patient to enter the Indian territory but there were no bayonets to drive out the iR A i The Oklahoma Boomers, Ankansas City, March 16.—None of the Oklahoma boomers have yet left camp, They expect the matter to be again considered at the cabinet meeting on Tuesday. ——— The Kclipse. PorTLAND, Ore,, March 16, —The eclipse of the sun was plainly visible here, but no sclen- tific observations of apy importance were made, A slight fog pravailed, making it pos- sible to get & good view of tho eclipse with the naked eys. At 11 minutes past 9 was the greatest obscurity, when a little more than half the face of the sun was covered. e —— Mr. Watterson on Phil Thompson's Defear, LovisviLig, March 16,—0f the defeat of Thompson and the appointment of Miller for commissioner of internal revenue, Mr. Wat- terson will say in to-morrow morning’s Cour- ior-Journal: Weare not prepared to accept the defeat of Phil Thompson as a declaration of war by the president upon the friends of revenue reform, nor the appointment of Miller of West Virginia, as evidence thatit is the purpose of the administration to set itself against the lnternal revenue taxes which pay moro than one-third of the expenses of the government, and without which there could be no adequate reducticn ot the costom house dutles. Personally and locally we very much regret the decislon. But we trust that the apprehension of those who have u right to # fair interpretation and execution of the internal reyenue laws, and have regarded tho Weat Virginians as hostile to them and_their intereata, will be disuppointed. "Tho question in economio, not moral, and we_ shall be slow to believe that it will be treated by the presi- dent and his advisors in & narrow spirit. It will be given out, of course, that this is a tri- umph of Mr. Randall over Mr. Carlisle. “That, howover, will dopend altogether upon future developments. If the presi. ent allies himself to Mr. Randall, he will do it openly and not clandestinely, ' If he does, it will in- volve & hopeloss split of the_party and a new array of political forces, We want no such conlict and shall do all in our power to avoid it, But if agamnst tho protest of an over- whelming mejority of democrats, it should come to pass that tho advocates of asound and henest revenue system, will not be found unequal toit. In affaics of this sort it is best tohave no concoalments, Dan. gors axo oftimes avoided by going out to meet them, The president might have evad- ed an issue by the familiar expediment of ap- pointing a \hird party, neutral. Or he msy consider and ho may be right in considering that there is no issue at all, To our mind and imperfect knowledge, we are inclined to think that this Is, and that it is not encouraging to the frionds’ of real revenue roform, but wo chall await with equanimity the course of events, of acres of the public domain. Coming to the' subjsot of the ‘pressnt discussion, Van Wyck asked why the late secretary of the interior was in such hot haste to issue these patents; why was not the questionileft to the leliberation of his successor, who could have determined what portion did not properly be- long to the road, even upon the admissions of the late administration. The department had given land to the Backbone sompany a8 if the entire line had been constructed after the assignment in 1881 The late secretary of the interior in the exubrance of his sym- pathy for Gould and Huntington, or consented to a free gift of the land for 160 miles of graded road. Faithful public ser- vant, it required @0 co-operation lawyer nor other lawyer to understand this prefer: ence. There was another remarkable featurs in this transaction, The ex-secretary, from many years practice as an attorney for the Union Pacific railyoad, and a long experience in the department of land law, That rail- roads, to escape state and local taxation, de- clined to take patente, except as they mar- keted their lande. Did not this action sug- gest a strong suepicion that the motive must be the fear of the next covgress; that the in- coming administration might not be entirely subject to the railroad ‘corporation’s control? Teller replied that Gould and Huntington were bugbears, and that if a wrong had been done it lay at the door of the senator from Nebraska, who, during his four years mem- berehip on the pablic lands committes, neyer raised his voice until the Texas Pacific bill came from the house. Van Wyck defended himself sgainst the inginuation. When the Texas Pacific bill was raported he had secured a place for it amon the special orders, and twice the senate h buried it in the body of body of the calendar, ————— HON, 8AM RANDALL CONTROLS THE INTERNAL REVENUE APPOINT- MEMTS, Special Telegram to THE Brg, . WASHINGTON, March 16.—The appointment of Miller for commissioner of internal reve- nue at the dictation of Randall, against Phil Thompson, of Kentucky, who had the support of half of the house and half of the senate, is # political event of great significance. It shows that in declin a cabinet position did nov lessen his influence with the ministration, The appeintment of Miller, who was his candidate, gives him control of R e Y The Northwestern Asiociated Press. Ciicaco, March 16,—All members of the Northwesten Aesociated press: At a meet- ing of the executive committee held to day an increase of four per cent. in the assessment of all membara has been ordered to take_effect March lat, to cover the deficiency in the rovenues, and to_provide for the increase of tho exponses of the association, for the cur- rent year. [Signed] STONE Secretary, —— Bare Knucklo ¥rize jFight, Pirmsnore, March 16.—A bare knuckle prize fight botween Jomes McDonald and Josoph Davis, local pugilists, for a purse of 200, took place in_a rogm on Pennsylvaaia | di avenue to-night. Six desperate rounds were fought, when McDonald strnck Davis after the latter had fallen and the fight was award- ed Davia on the claim of foul, e —— Deperate Fight Between Officers and Outlaws in New Mexico. SeRiNoE, N, M., March 16,—A desperate encounter between officers and outlaws occur- red here to-day. Last Sunday » noted des- perado named Bill Todd was arrested here, and lodwed in jall, He immediately telegraph- THE RUSSIAN POLAR EXPEDITION. Sr. PerERSBURG, March 16,—A dispatch from Irkoutsk states that the polar scientific expedition under Baro Toll and Dr, Bunge s snow and ice bound near Tundren. It is feared that most of the membors of the ex- pedition have perished. BRITISH COLUMBIA’S DEFENCES, _OrTAwa, Ont,, March 16,- It is the inten- tion of the war office at once to put the de- fences of British Columbia in & more satis- dinates in every congressional district in the country, while had Thempson been appointed everything wouldhave been manipulated in, the Interest of Carlle, oo nth oty . vt i Kl e tho fachto Dick Rogors,tho loader of one | fastory condition, and inorouro i oot Inthe Wasumiarow, March 16,~Tho prosident 1’,’,‘,‘,.'.,';3,%: ,,'.J.‘fi,}'d“hm o lnat aight which h in the acific waters by 'tho addition of four or five | nominated Jos, S. Miller, of West Virginia, | was attended by a nwmber of Mississipp) T o e e rotbie | of the worst gangs of outlaws in the wholo ow b lon of nominated , \ v Tom Jonas, have baon susysated s accossories | southwest, This moruing Rogers appeated | Bt sailaey will bo mohed o Jta” aoadiaD | for oommissioner of Internal revenue. river valloy ropresentatives, in which an offort ones, in the killing of Roberts, as well as in many other crimes which have been committed in the neighborhood for the last ten years, The ple of that vicinity have lived In terror of 3 Tuylor and her gan: After the killing of Roberts a vigilance com- mistee was organized for the protection of the ple, and gave them thirty days notice to Fiavo the couatry. Not takiag heed to the warning, lsst night at 12 c'clack a mob of about fifty men surprised the house of Jones, and, oalling oot Tom Jones aud Mrs Taylor, od them ¢ a bridgo over the Little Biue, Athall past 8 this afternoon the bodies were cut down by 1he coronor and an lnquest held, with a verdict in accordance with the facts as above stated, o —— ‘Visible Supply of Grain ia the United States and Oanada. CH104G0, March 16, ~The following is the visible supply of grain in the United States snd Canada on Saturday as ascertamed by the seortary of the board of trade for posting ; o ’'change to-morrow: Whiat, 48,693,017 |8ippi: Fair weather, northern portion partly n:h:lil.x ué.l’nanu:’ol 1.3;2“3% u—;d with | cloudy weather, local snows; southern portion atu ore. Clorn.” 8,196,163; increwse i becokul i i "L“fi’?% oats, 2,007,905; " increase, 031,137} ::,’:,;‘:;lgn;;:’;,m:}:fugnfl;u‘“g;g! barley, 1.282,- | parature in southern d 39,184, L " / e 0 T o amount of grain in |, Miseouri valley: Partly cloudy weather, was made L0 pass a reselution denouncing tile Missussippl ziver commission a8 a faflure, The effort proved unsuccersful, some of the oon- grosmen present withdrawing, with the da- claration that they would not be a party to aoy such action. _ A effort in the same line is to bo made to-day. Rumors_to-day point strongly to the appomtment of ex-Congoess- man Stevensen of Bloomington, 11k, fos first aasistant postaastex-gener: with & number of followers and went to the county jail and attempted Todd's rescue, The officers opened fire from within to which the outlaws responded. A regular pitched battle ensued. The attacking party finally with- drew leaving three of ~their = party, Dick Rogers, Ed King and Red River Tom dead in the street, The remnant cf the party hastily left town, ;i;-n-dnz for sum- moning reinforcements. They are hourly ex- ‘to reappear. _The citizens of Springer appealed for protection to the federal district commander, who promptly ordered the troops stationed at Fort Union fo move quickly to the scene At 10 o'clock to-night fifty men are sur- rounding the jall, determined to mob the of- tion with all possible spsed, to be available for the conveyance of troops and munitions of war to the Pacific coast, —— The British Grain Trade, LoxpoN, March 16,—~The Mark Lane KEx- press in its weekly review of the Hritish grain trade says: The weather during the past week was fine, which was of great value to the growing crops, Sales of Enghsh wheat for the week was 51,816 quarters at 8ls. 4d., against 59,699 quarters at 57s. 7d., the corres- ponding weok last year. The forelgn trade 18 olly by the political outlook, off coast confined to one cargo of Australian hich sold at 85, 9d.; one cargo Amer- y 8bs. 6d., aud then withdrawn. At to-day's market the wheat trade was quiet and but little business done. Prices unchanged. Flour quiet, Maiza 6d dearer, Barley quict. Oats 8d. 6d dearer, and péss unchanged. ——— The Clouded Eclipse. Sax Fravoisco, March 16,—Owing te un- favorable weather no satisfactory observations of tha aanular eclipse could be taken bere. — ‘Business Fajlurea, Gen. Sheridan received a telegram from Gen, Hatch this moming stating that apon receipt of the president's proclamation con. cerniog the Oklahama lands most of those preparing to invade Indian territory decided to return home, ] 1t is authoritively learned theve is we truth in the report cal from a Pari that the Chinese government h: mediation of the United States Tt is undersf Foster will be retain- ea aa wminister to Spaln for the present, with & view of conducting megotiations for a more favorable treaty, and that he will return to Madrid in the course of a fortnight, MIBS CLEVELAND'S VISINOS, ‘WASHINGTON, March 16,—A delegation of about 200 CI workers, mostly ladies, e R The Illinois Legislatune, Speinarmein, Dis., March 13,—The only business done bythe score or mcanof members in.the house this morning was. the introdue- tion of a bill amendiog the miller law, passed in 1845, whieh gave millers the zight to seize [private property for milling gueposes, and im- » fine for chargiag wone than the reguc pected: Compauy H, second regiment of the Verritorial militia of Banta ¥o, are in readi- uess to move at & moment’s notice, e —— The Weather, WasRINGTON, March 17,—~Upper Missis- the wenate met at 11:55, bus transacked no_ busing Io th od. y requests regaading o juint assembly fifteen senators and stmply to psy their | ¢ ensy nine members answered to the, xoll- um"ch‘f:- ‘g:““:: call, aB.e ballos was nt:kc‘x Wlfl:’nn . 3 recvived turky-one veles, ot sesem| H she |t ‘ndjourned. . Hiol Ay e Prohibision Conveaglon. CHICAGO, March 16,—The prohibitionists local suows, mortherly, shifting to essterly store in Ohicago at the samo date: Wheat, | winds, rising tem in northern prg-| Naw Yok, March 16,—The failure of Wi, | the as ‘manner o which sbe visit was | held & con'vention here to-dsy and nominsted 5,706,834 bushela: oora, 1,785,536, orte, D6d: i ! A > ¢ the | made and ¢ meeting the visit- | full city wicket hesded by W, H, Bush for iy, 130000 barey 01,868, | hena oo? LS8 Semparatuie i | Vose Co b uak boen nanaunced 4t e |t e ben ot e Jlogution the | mayor, | 7 ety e Tenoes sty Compantag s ol | S0, | the appointment of the collectors and subor- | DEATH OF GEN, GRANT, . NO. 179 bas just renched the Associated prees office N 'CHANCGE . that Gen, Grant is dead, They are eadeavor. A Majorily of the Membors Profer {p| o to verity tue report. i 70l New York, March 17, 4 &, m,—The news- Await Fartuer Developments, paper world i fn. & domimotion, this marning gyer the report of the death of Gen. Grant. . . .| Reporters are fiying in all directions, rushing Wheat Less Active, with a Fair[to the residence of Gen. Grant’ and his : sevoral physicians, whilo the telegraph is Degree of Steadiness. busy bearing the meseages to the same places and the psople. The general's homo is fully halt an hour's quick drive from Oorn Ruled Quist, and Steadiness |cution is necomatityslow. - "0 " Y14 Was The Prevailing Feature. DR, YORDYCK BARKER THLEGRATHS a1 follows; MARCH 17, 4 . m.~To William Hens Smith, general manager of the Assooiate: 1 2 2 :—"1 by ot heard h f th Oattle Fairly Aotive, and Prices |Bing {rumor of the deuth of "o treant). T Very Good. saw the general at 2 yesterday. “Forpyer BAnkem' All Now York papors are raady bo issuo ox: tra editions, should the report prove true. Niw York, Macch 17, 4:15 &, m,—The re: ort of the death of Gen, Grant is without oundation, e — Fenator Bayara's Suocessor, Dover, Del,, March 16,—Attoraey General Geo ge A Gray was nominated sucoessor to Unitsd States Sonator Bayard. Hogs Were Active, and All On Market Sold Quickly. Provisions Dull and Steady—A Bear Raod on Mess Pork Causes A Decline, — Brakeman and: Four Tramps Killed, Pirrsnvea, March 16.—A telegram from OHICAGO MAKRKETS. Greonsburg, Pa., says that a {roight train on Special telegram o the Bk, the Pennaylvania railroad was derailed near CiioaGo, March 16.—Thero was good | CATDenter station this evening. A brakeman attendance on 'change, but the majority of :,‘;2,57;:{,.‘.;:"“” psa el the members preferred to walt further devel- ) opmonts, and trading wan lom active, Pricss| The Fhwn buiry Market, b cAG0, March 16,—~The Tnter Ocean's . lower and closed at inside figuren of tho | . CiticAio, Bareh 1, =Tho Fater Occn's S trade butter was lower to-day, with_regular Ko snlea of 12,000 pounds at 274@?284c. The reg- was less active, with a fafe degres of stead- [ ular nales of cheese wero 4,500 boxes at be for ineas early on account of the cold weather and | ekims, unfavorable crop news. About noon, reports| —About tow d especially in the vicin- ponted wheat In New York changed the course ity of &ho depot, tho reporter hears of scores v e aid o ' advance was soon wiped out and fin:u;:fz.:fi of thecries nnd rovelations advanced about fic lower than on Saturday, No, 2, for. May | Sunday night's homicide, Wonder if Ballard delivery, opened at 50}@30o and sales during | really shot tho barkeeper; or the batkeeper the seesion were at and between 703@80dc, [ killed Ballardj Or if s teain killed him, or if closiog at 794@7}e, Exports from seaboard i ; i orta lnat week included 101,000 barrels. of | the body lying st Drexel's undertaking rooms tlour and 520,000 bushels of wheat, ~Advices | is that of the barkeeper, and f it is dead! Tn from New York and Liverpool were unfavor- | fact, to hear the gossip it seems questionable able to holder. if thero ever was & man koeplog bar at the vuled quist aud staadin e wasthie raTMOK | el e foature until just before the adjournment of M'DONALD IS MAD. tha session, when weakness set in and prices | yg wiLy LOOK OVER THE GROUND ANIMDETRR~ closed }@§o under thote current forty-eight 2 & bours 8go, Sales of No, 2 for May opened at MINE HOW HE CANSCALP HENDRICKS, 42hc and the transactions during the day were | Chicago Tribune Special. at 42@424c, closing at 113@420 against 42}@ | InpranaPoLss, Ind., March 16,—Iix-Sen- 42c on Saturday, i ator McDonald left yesterday - afternoon for Wachington, To & reporter he said before ruled rather quiet and steady with eales of i Micns,"” 3 LotaTon treckiat sa@x;:'u s o ,urtlng. ‘T am going on legal businces. 1': quality, and at 314@82o for No, “"2,""“4“ "§tay | is known, however, that M. McDonald is closing at 1. very mad. But, being & cautious, copserva- nye tive character, he will- not don his wvar paint was quiet but firm under a fair damand aud | and dig up the tomahawk until he knows the Bigh recelpta. “lay of the land,” He goes to Washiogton to fila a bill of discovery, 8o to speak. If the PROVISIONS covditions warraut he will begin a.fight opened dnll and steady, but-about noon there | against Vice-President Hendricks. was & boar raid on mess pork, and prices| ‘And that will bo she last of Mr. McDon~ finally closed at the inside figures of the day, | ald,” said a well known correspondent. and show a decline of 20@25¢. Opening salea [ *Do you believe MoDonald will make any- tor May ware at $12 75 and (he wholo'range | thing of & contest?” was- asked of the gorces- was $12 473@12 75, closing at $12474, ndent. e e e P How can a man fight who has had both i A legs sawed off and both of whose arms. are was quiet, and deslined 5@74c, with sales for | +{8d up in splints? McDonaldis Aghting mad, CORN A s 4 81 0oy Torotia fhons pebnoan| Lot wosks theisaligbin s to mo thippors: 5 ing: *If My, Hendricks had work Bdians: Taat mx-é-uafiwmh of pork, | aiF as hiard as he in working ia tho matten of 0'pounds | ghe appointment of a postmaster at Iidianape- Lis she would not now be unrepresented in the OATTLE. cabinet, I hsve n:: gvlidenu Lh':’t he :or‘m The market was. fairly activée, and prices | 3gainst me and certainly none to shbw faliy 06 good as at the tlose of las weck, |be did anything for me’ T'asked A W. The demand, however, was mainly from the | Hendricks, a cousin and law partner, ofitho dressed beef ' operators, as shippers’ orders | Vice president, if it were true . that. hls dis-- were not to buy unless at lower rices, heace | tingaished relative had done nothing for Mc- they were shut out. Bost fat cows and heif- | Donald, ' ‘Why the devil should he?: was his ers made extremely high prices, aud medium | reply, ‘McDonald mever did anything for- sorts sold at strong prices, Bulls were in fair | him demand at 83@3 25 for foeders, and $8 50 for | . *‘Gen. Mason was present this moenioj od corn-fed, with steers at. $3 60@3 70, | during our talk. Before him McDonald sal tockers and fecders were steady, with sup- | to me: ““T never told you. before nor ex- ply limited, and, as is usual on Monday, but | pressed my opinion. to. any one.but you did few country buyers were on the market;|more than any one elsein the Utilted States 1,050 to 1,500 pounds, $1 30@500; 1,900 ts | o put Hendricks whero ho1s now, i 1,850 pounds. $5:10@5 50; 1,350 to 1600 he thiu veneering of assumod cordialif pounds, 5 40@b 75; cows and. mixed com- |and g od feeling that bas hitherto cove mon, $2 40@3 00; good, $3 10@4i00} stoekers, | the trlelnt.}:-;: \‘:::;zen:’::u: OAND dmh:mxhhh “:r: i i . rentlemt SOeL D Iemlon S 0001 15 Htato of wratchedness and woo. that exists i being revenled. The m;’kct WAS nctl&: both for packers and HTORM-BOUND AR CEINOINNATL. shippers that were on the market, s about Yo e ] all were sold at an early hour. The quality | 1, WASHINGTOX, March 16.= Ex-Senator Mo y il . was rather below the average, and here were | ouAd of Tndiana, is reported to be otorm bound at Cincinnati on his way . to Washing- but fow loads of really. prime among the frsh : ok o acrivals, Common aud' rough. paokers sold | t00: His presenca ls awatta Loro with uch around about $4 60@4.70, and good. mixed at | intereat. for it is kuown that hie hus beon ent 4 A% for. Itis supposed that oo effort e o Bt B e | mado to come to some understanding: as o ! thiD” | Tudiuna appolntienta to conciliato Mr. Mo. ping. 210 and 410 pounde, 4 7005 00. Light, | Fon'1d and his fiends, who are soroly dap- PoRnds St @A pointed at his continuous defeat and Flen- e drick’s political avarico. The Irish Natlonal League of America ——————— : LixcoLy, Neb., March 16,~ atrick Egan, Senator Van Wyck Amack s.a Florida president of tho Irish National Luagus of "‘“"_GI"'"- America, received this eveniog: the following | Chicago Tribune Bbl’"‘”;- X % cable messsge, from Mr. T, Harrington, M, | WASHINGTON, March. 16,—Seaator Van P., honary secretary of the league in Treland, | WYok finds tho ssme trickery goiag.on in the snd forwarded the following raply i reference | Florids land Emntas aniilp tho- Louisiana to the action of Dublin city council to-day: | ‘‘Packbone” and other. inteiior dopartment 16th March, 1885, to Patrick Egan, Lincoln, |swindles, Last week hesent to.the clerk’s Nobraska. ‘Tho corporation horo 'to-day on | desk and bad road a Iter by 14,3, Simonton e suggestion of the league refus y torty - | ¢, the Hon. Thomas A, Cobly chairman of e e PV ptecn to uddreas OF entertain | o 1onge committes on publia. ands, eott:08 i forth the hardships experiencod by, settlors ,200,000 pounds of lard, and 4,570,00 of bason. | i i B B! (Signed) e MTn;lnxlg: I’}‘nm;omfil. 1nCOLN, Neb,, Marcl . —Timothy Har- ted 1 . th 5 rogton, M. P., cable recoived. The manly ‘r'w“:,';.‘o?g'i..m'.'.‘;'.,'f’ Feamn- o ifhe op attitude of the' Dublin corporation will send . Van Wyck said he oppreaated the athill of pride to every tyue Trish hoart. ‘T | g ards which o camator nssumcd in_calliog the name of ithe Irish National League of | tontion to the operations of the land. grant America, I thaok them, LS ailroads, The senate was informed s few (Signed) Parnick Heax, President, E.yu 0 by ex-facretary "Poller tAat the “‘c ——— sl of sutho ritpwas unrokenin tho in; $tabbing Aflcay at Brooklyn, N, ¥, |terior department in legalising the olaims ol | N o o Chinon Lo S L0 Vo st Huckman, of Brooklyn, waa fatally stabbed |sbruct 8 =~ soad. = Befors 1880 ey i el'b R had construsted from, Fumandine to :ir:nl;gnqu:: ; y Mu: El;gln t«:nlzm.l ‘O:dnr o D SNENIRY. 1 e former has for soma time been jealova ok |,¢'ih tine nothing was.done. In 1876 appli- the latter sud when they met to-night shere.| oation was zeede to the depsstment to ve wos o nght. Singler tried to kil herselfin | ShO% HEH "SAE0 10 B o) R T tho statioa house, Michigan, was secreteny of the Interior. . He, et with uil tla faots bafore. bim, """.,';.'fl the Jersey Potters Want Logam, Re-|maptothe company an no ror o Emoua, | ugis; Eapidly it 5 e grant, Xy U r. Turarox, N. J., Miweh 16,—Tho Manubse: | Ghandlia's action s one. of the ox aeptions, turing Pottar's awociation of thls cidy puseed | one of v zightast spoks o the bistary ot the # resalution to-night declaring it thein pro- | intericr dopariment; y YOTY RARS veore. o imL o0 thak 48 Toiol oklen.oh Gen, tary oi\the interion raxersed this aption and ) therein preservad the contipuity of prece: fodnden b th, Unter B st | aenoto Miowi o nd@ing ot s i T imeavi AVASRR RNV lic dpraan by the eailroad colporations. . Mr. Boburabad preserved the aymmetry of v ——— tha interior dsgu(-.t, and meum of Onrraps Territoria Legislasion, dealing with the public lands, ‘a fow ex- Tuesox, Asia, March 16—An immense "'"““,..,"'a.:." Tnpfi?fi“&%"#&m mass meeting was held to-nighte to expreas in. | Hiat settdess and pro-emptoy had not the diguation against the work of the territoria! fright to ownpy the land, " kut they bad the wudsclty aud uoblwbing eflrontory to n:h;h: p‘:'l{.nd that bad 5.0;1 0c- B sl pro-em. tlors “hould b3 restored £o Shew in_indem nity limits, The grant, was made in 1856, “| when the land was not worth ten cents an acre. Thu; ;::n 'n.“l; In"':-yln.fl"‘: Madame Ariine Sostlos Hor Onre, | o by years thes bact Gons aofion oo OHicAGO, March 16,—Madame Axtime Mo- | that portion of theproposed Yne In question, Laughlin, whose trunks contaumbag $10,000 | 1h,cie macantie obher capitalbad dcveloped mphors worth of imported fans, Inoos, wloves, etc., | had ¥oRe Wprs the. land. bd now, When & were selucd L&:n- austoms off als herd som | was tocreasra bo 80, 81 aud $15.an soro, the nou payment. of duty, settled | laud speculators ceme and ask the finum the matter to-day by paying the duties and o | ment to ablll further recognise (heiv Htly to { §000, the unearued lands, Niw Yonk, March 17, 8a. m.—<A report . i 4