Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 24, 1885, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, NEB., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1885. . 185 Jr., United States attorney for the district ot Rhode Island, was also confirmed. MORMON COMFORT, The supreme court of the United States sustained the decision of th ourt below in favor of the board of commissioners appointad under the Edmund's act to suparvise elections in Utah, - d The question raised was whether the board | The Principle of Railroad Pools bad power to presceibe as a condition of Pfonounoed a Pel’fect JQWG] votors o discriminating test oath requiring the applicant to swear that ho ia not a biga mist or polygamist, and does not live or _co habit with th 0 i i U iti VLKEOR) DU TIE & WOMAR), YA SH b S0t A0S Stanley Mathews' Latest Addition wife of a polygamist, and has not entered into " Sy relktion with any man in viclabioe of the to Legal Literature, laws of the United States concerning polyg- amy or bigamy. On rendering the decision Juatice Matthews said: “The personal and | Flanked by Stoneman’s Veto of a civil rights of the inhabitants of the terri- ] . Railroad Tax Bill. FEDERAL FODDER. Official Lightniog Steiking in Places Least Bxpected. won, McShane and Benjamin H. Hill, Jr., . wera confirmed by tho senate, The nomina ' tion of David S. Barker, iog the pool. The meeting urned to in Chicago some time in A Corporate Coils Continually Tightenieg (n the Nation's Life. Another Freight Wreck on the Special tolegram to Trr B, The Suprems Court Tightens the Sorews on Polyeamy’s Coffin, o'clock this. morming, No. 18 froight coming west, and when crossing the where the Clarinda track intersects the Jos McDonald Ohallenges Hen= dricks to a Statelv Dael, on the telegrap On Which the Supremacy of Hoosierdom Bhall Hang. ed they will leave there about 10 a, m, brakeman was killed. tories are secured to them as to all other citi- zens, by the principles of constitutional liberty, which restrain all agencies of the government, state and national, theirjpolitical rights and franchises, which they hold as privileges in the legislative discretion of the congres of the United States Certainly no Tegislation can be supposed to be more whole- some and necessary in forming a free, self governing commonwealth, fit to take rank as oue of the co.ordimate states of the union, than that which seoks to establish it on a ba. sin of the idea of family, as consisting in and | CrevaraxD, 0., March 28, —Justice Stanley springing from a union for life of »ne man and o Wonnt o the holy state of matrimony, | Matthews, of the supreme court of the United Tho report of expert bookkeepers of the [ States, has just delivered an opiuion virtually railroad commiesioners on the financial opera- | holding that pooling contracts are legal, The tions or the Union Pacific railroad the past | central Trust company, of New York, year has been received at the interior depart. ; ok ment. An item of $50,000 has been disputed | brought euit to foreclose $2,001,000 first by President Adams of the company and was | wortgage bonds of the Ohio Central railroad roferred to the secrstary for settlement. company. The latter corporation had at the time, with Baltimore and Ohio and Hocking Valley roads, entered 1nto a pooling contract, and the Ohio Central owed the Hocking Val- M'DONALD AND HENDRICKS READY TO FIGHT. | oy 30,000 under the arrangement, The Onicaco, March 23.—A Washington special | Hocking Valley therefore brought in an in- to the Times says: “The political situation in %l‘\'acnlmi petition -.-;(1;1::“lot;‘:hnzlfi;v\hggg: Indiana is undergoing an interesting change | ¢ oo oy COmMPATY & Uperis tract was illegal, being in restraint of trade that promises to divide the democratic party [and void as contrary to public_policy. The 1nto two distinct factions, which will contend cn‘:u ‘l\;us nah'rletd ;u Speclill M[us'm;il_lécta ; e who, by_consent of counsel, referred it to for the supremacy during the next two years, | ¥ e Y\ [tthaws, The opinion of Justice and the senatorial election at the end of that 1 the & i Matthews has_just been received in this city. eriod will probably decide_the supremacy of | Tt sustains the Hocking Valley road and endricks or McDonald Mr, Hendricks has | 5F e e oty oo, walked over Mr, MoDonald with nails jn | 0.0 that it bo paid the h s heels for several years, and Mcl)onald has meekly submittad in order to avold a breach in the party, which might endanger the in. terests of the whole partyin the state and [ Sax Fraxcisco, March 23.—Governor g.r"bflblli: n ?m‘:wni fiMCl[);‘i“ld' s {0;'9:&" Stoneman has refused to sign the bill amend- im in 1880 at tho sacrifice of his o erests, | - 3 \ butin 1584 Hendricks had two. strings to his | in8 the constitution, whereby the railroads bow, and successfully maneuvered to get his | would be taxed 2} per cent of their gross name on the ioket. McDonald and his friends | carnings, instead of being taxed on their could overlook this trenchery, but, when Hen- | property in the ordinary manner, dricks exerted himself to keep McDonald out gl'\ the clbixnat, 'n‘md went 80 hrhn etl: cniiufl.m OHILLING CHARLEY, o story that there was something in McDon- s e ald’s (uzhy relations that would xfinke it un- PRESIDENT ADAMS' POVERTY PLEA. desirable for him tobe placed in a position [ Special Telegram to THE B V::fl,ra themcgnldqut‘ilu ",‘j“‘h'”f"i"g,m hl:xg WASHINGTON, March 23.—The remarkable station mustib> discharged, the last straw ha i fon P i e paen e ot indignity infilcted | decline in the Usion Pacific shares during the by his rival, McDonald intends toaccept the | last week has been ascribed to rate troubles, fasue which has been thrastupon him and will | Pacific mail disagreement, etc, but one of the hereafter undoubted causes of that depreciation ha CONTEND IN FAIR AND OPEN FIELD . Y bee ! th inds of specu- 107t §1BST8AHII6Y (i Tndiena |0Bmoorate, | 0000 S1e convicHion in fthe mife of B Ho eame to Washington recently, accompa- | lators that the new administration intents to nied by prominent citizens of that state, who | take active measures to protect the govern- seem to hu,u» nct‘t;i ; Almc'ort clfl‘«lly forn :l:; ment loans to the Pacific roads. The simple urposo of emphasizing before the ~couw » Union Pacific z : B thoy claim £0 bo the fact, that, McDorn, | f0t is that the Union Pacific shares would be ald is really the favorite son 0f Indiana and | come at least tomporarily valueless should the the leader whom they would h"mi»r lél prefer- | government do its duty by the psople, whose ence to all others if the voice of the democrats T i . Notwith- St Chnt stk sonld baihaard AV ils herebley | mooney udi1ands bullbithefsoad. §Notwih The Central I fic Loan, Patience Under the Spitefnl Scalpel of a Rival Oeases to bo & Political Virtue, Fuarther Facts Concerning the Union Pacific—Pool Meetings and Agreements, given cut from the Central Pacific office afternoon: The Central Pacific compan: sued £10,000,000 convertible loan for the WASHINGTON NEWS, CAN T STAND PROSPRRITY. ‘WasHINGTON, March 23,—E. 8, Clark, of ‘Vicksburg, Miss,, the newly appointed assist- ant sectetary of the interior, who has been suffering from an attack of pneumonia about ten days, andwho was sonsidered out of dan- ger last evening, had a sudden relapse about midnight and died at an early hour this morning. The remains will be sent to-night to Holly Springs, in_charge of his wife and Senator Walthall. Inasmuch as Mr. Clarke had not taken the oath of office, Joalyn ia still assistant eacretary of the intsrior and has the promise of Secrotary Lamar to remain in office until his successor is appointed. NOMINATIONS, To be envoy extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary of the United States, Edwin J. Thelps, Vermont, to Great Britain; Robt. M. McLain, Maryland, to France; Geo. H. Pendleton, Ohio, to Germany; Henry R. Jackson, ~ Georgia, to Mexico; Macenas . Benton, Missouri, attorney for the United States for the western district of Missouri, POOLS LEGALIZED, AN IMPORTANT DECISION. 3 new bonds bear six per cent interest and at par by holders of the unfunded debt, St. Lovis, March 23, The City of THE HOOSIER HOWL, $7C Pa ¢ railrond. o — Ceneral Grant's Condition, and 'wakefulness last night. STONEMAN STANDS IN, Sympathy for General Grant, A VETO FOR THE RAILROADS, Galena special says: The First Meth IN THE SENATE, Tho senate wnmediately confirmed the nomination Senator Pendleton. After roading the journal the senato went into executive session. When the doora reopened the senato ad- journed. ; The final adjournment seems to bo chiefly & question of physical endurance. The messengers and doorkeepers of the son- ate was then instructed not to talk to out- siders. An additional deorkeeper has been stationed at the gallery door of the senate, opening upon the press room, to make sure t the publication of executive scorets which the senators think has grown to be of great nitude, shall no longer continue, 'hosenate is now in secret sesaion, discuss- ing the Weil and Ln Abra treaty. Senators Morgan and Voorhees have spoken In its sup- port. The Weil and L Abra treaty was not dis- posed of. A majority of tho senate are un- derstood to be in favor of ite ratification, but friends of tho claimants are trying to talk the trealy to doath and prevent the reopening of the case, when a citizen, to-day forwarded to ancos of prayers for his recoves b e b LA BURCHARD WILL NOT DOW! LECTURBE, delivered a lecture on ““The men I have at the United Presbyterian church to-ni back before he began. He told the repos public eye” they would bs ppointed. like the mule Balaam rode,” taken for a plumber, He had also been ¥ ice. Ih(er;in{( to prlgeaud riches the speaker A SPANISH REVOLUTION SPOILED, E‘landly \;mz;nhd:n:i_ng'lwgwe:a; (Eerx:huy and | cows and ‘zu\xe:‘i’ uz::,bgwn.fi%w@& s Edwin Phelps, nominated minister to Fng-|{ 1 standing Cleveland’s failure to call Judge | made use of the words, “par: urse and | Mapuw, March 28, 0] 3 d is an or _ issued to the com- 0 good, $3'2 i atookers, . B Fag- [ Donald ed marked attentions from pub- A X § 3 : o land,in prominentlawyorof Burlington, Vor- |1, "S0d dined with Presidont Cleveland, | Thurman to his cabiast it i the talk hero Palace,” and then dded: < Yo ol ders ot it Beitieh i upon whom he called soon after his ar.|ehat the president fally realizes the govern: rival, He was consulted about public| & . ! i i | ment's position,and well remembers the pledgo aman of large exporionce, . practical wisdom, | (riend of the presidont says ho was greatly In- and great individuality, 'The mission to St terestod in the Pacific road’s danger, which Potersburg was tenderod and pressed_upon Sguredio v;‘;gg;;«yni? inithecamnalin ¥ o i n " e same auf 6a el Domor wan. fhimly and sourioonty astiacd, | Fraacis Adam roally amd McDonald returned to Indiana to lay the PLEVENTED THURMAN'S SELRCTION foundation for his eleotion to the eenate a2 the | for the interior portiolo Adama wan ,l,m!:lalfl successor of Ben Harrison, 0 most impor- | to Albany to see the president, and while tant feature of his vialt was the studlod man- | there ussd his inflnonce against Thurman, ner in which he ignored the existence of Hen- | arguing to the president that the Union Paci- dricks, upcn whom it was naturally expected | fic was honestly endeavoring to meet all its he would call, merely to pay hia respects to | gbligations to the guvarnmenté that Gould the vice president. - This studied slight to the | was out of the management, and that thero most distinguished citizen of his own state i8 | was no disposition on the company’s part to regurded as & dslnl;d the treasury. ]t‘ie lulfl]:rrlép;;;ag(ntei: NOTICE BERVED UPON HENDRICKS that the company could pay its debt if not that her:atter McDonald will look out for his | harrassed in any manner, ‘and that tho selec- own political interests in Indiana, no matter | tion of a certain enemy of the road (Thurmsan) how much they may conflict with thoso "of | would so depreciate the company's shares and Hendricks, Hendricks wants Gov. Gray to[credit as to seriously interfere ~with como to tho senate and his influence will belits prosperity, Adams advanced exerted in his support. Success in that |the proposition that the preside would give Hendricks political power in fo- | should avoid committing his administration diana snd make him a potential quantity in | to the policy of violence and prated virtuously the contost for the presidential nomination, [ about good intentions and vested rights and His plans will bo supported by the other | the desirability of a prosperous internal com- members of the party, who possess great re- |mercy. Adams telographed here last week wpeotability and much Qinflence, ~ but | that the compiny was xoady to promptly pay do nothing more than to_ vote | its 25 per cent. of the net earnings under the with conscientious regularity, Mr. Holman | Thurman act, and Railroad bmummn:’-n;: is » type of Indiama democrats who | Armstrong has been in Boston somo days Mupport Mr, Hendricks, He will bo found | inspecting the company's books. Adamis favoring the nomination of Gray for the sen- | constant claim Is that his company means to ate as against Mr. McDonald, but his own eye | deal r;.nanth|§l. tho government, but it is is turned longingly toward that coveted po- [suspected that he is mearly endeavoring Wtion, and 1 the political whirl of the next TO PRRPARE THE WAY two yoara he may b thrown on top, tustead ofd o gono favorable legislation next winter, either Gray or McDonald, but his advance. | 4y tho matter now stands the executive has it ment would be_the work of Hendricks and {1116 T A0 Lt L e tangible 1n his followers, McDonatd is far past midale, i} 1,}(,, of saving o the people the many age, but his supporters are the yourg and pro- | iiondinvolved, unless, indeed, the courts Rredsive democrats, and thero aro iadications | Mullions involved, usless, fdeds the Courts that hisfollowing will be greatly increased by | 10l e iicn have bean more or less con- o feeling that Hendrioks, in spite of the de- | HAH nials of hia friends, ha RAILEOAD COMMISSION BELFISHLY SACHIFICED W'DONALD), " e ; i ideratic a | when questioned concerning a solution of the when every consideration of good faith an P e Wy Drobiom, aaidi‘“The exten: generous rivalry should have led him to aid in e : ¥ & ro. | sion scheme seems the best thing to mo if the advancing bim. The treatiment ho hiw ro- | ounies will nccept it and respec it. But > in o otic in- d ; e Sympathotic In- | succoss of that plu will dopend entirely among Indianians who have teadily followed | upon the good intentions of the BATAGOPS: the fortunes of Hendricks, and awong them | The project most seriously discussed was hb will acquire fast friends, Dan Voorhees | apply for a recerver for the Central Pacific on i on the fence, but he will not remain there | the ground it was diverting traffic from the long after the contest opens between the other | the Ogden line in order to defraud one of its tore leaders in Indiana politics, He admires | creditors, the government, of it just dues. Ao Donald and reapects Hendricks, He worked | One other plan has been much discussed here bard in the strugglo tocarry thestate for Hen- [ by certain public men, who are improssod drlcks, and harder still toget McDonald into | with the necersity of prompt action in order the cabinet. Tt would have been & grand | to save these many millions, and to prevent a thing for Voorhoes to have had so firm a foot- | final "h"";ficn by wmmll T i pany, whicn, hold upon which to base clutie for patronago | 0l tors, Including the goverment and Hiaence with the administration, a8 his defeat | the shareholders, save only the first mortgage of McDonald's cabinet aspirations has demon- | bond owners. Ly ;hu A of 1608, chartering strated, but that fnfluence can be of compara- [ the companies and making vast grants o tively littlo benefit to Voorhees, He would | them, it was provided, and the better fo robably prefer McDonald to Gray as a col- | accomplish the ..hJ-ict of this act, r:‘!me i 0 t'..m.m the senate. Gray is like himself, at | promote the public mlem:l A3 waiiang least in respect to volubllity and facility of Songraes oy athny Uae, having due expression on the stump and In debate, Me- | regard for the rights of said companies name Donald resembles Hen rickl. in that he has & I_-::e,!n,filg 'tu“:l.t‘:;-n ul':::nw; r:‘v.«:;al :l'x;j poor voice aud s not always an agreesble | (b, ol i iid iore that under thisreserved ¥ A power of control congreas has a right by en- actment, to place the full mavagement of the ronds in the hands of a railway board of emi- nent citizes, by whom the property shall be managed for the benefit of the creditors and sharaholder, to alliteration.” [Laughter. ] said he had been cailed a bigd he was a bigot. He was ono w sessor of a modest fortune, e is ex-presi- dent of the American bar associntion. has practiced before the supreme court, in Wash- ington, and is highly _esteemed as a lawyer and man of culture, He has several times been a democratic candidate for governor of Vermont, but 80 far has known here, has never held public office. For two yoars past he has delivered lectures on law to the gradu- atiog classes of Yale college, He ia the son of ex-Senator Phelps of Vermont. Senator Edmonds was his legal preceptor. Robart MoLane, nominated as minister to France, is tho present governor of Maryland. Henry Root Jackson, nominated as minister > Mexico, is a native of Georgia and 64 years of age. Ho graduated ale College in 1889, and shortly afterwards was admitted to the Dar, was colonel of a Georgia regiment in the Mexican war, and for four years succeed- ing it was a judge of the eastern circuit of Georgia. Tu 1853 he was_ sent to represont the United States at Vienna, Austria, where he remained five years. Duriog the rebellion he was a south- orn brigadier general and had a command on the upper Potomac, Since the war Jackson fins practiced law in Georgia. Of late years he has held no public office. He 18 & man of independant fortune and highly eudorsed by prominentmen of his state, 1s an author of goveral pooms, *“T'allulah” among them. Phelps 18 a personal friend of Justics Field of the Supremo court, who speaks in the highest terms of his learning and ability. A PLUME FOR VILAS' PARD, WaSHINGTON, March 23, —Postmaster-Gen- oral Vilas confirmed a dispatch this evening from Madison, Wis,, that Ge) D, Bryant, of the Madison Democrat, has been tendered the position of assistant attorney of the post- office department at Washington. The ten- der was made & wesk ago, but was not ac- cepted at once, Gen, Bryant leaves to-night for Washiogton, He is one of the old vet- erans, haviog enlisted as a private in 1861 under the fist call for troops, snd served un- til the closs of the war, having held all positions from private to coloucl. It i3 understood that he will dispose of his interest in the Democrat to his partners, Vilas says: I felt it desirable to have at the hoad of the law department of this bureau a gentloman whose political opi*ions ure in cousonance “with those of the administration. Gen. Bry- snt is 4 democrat and an old personal friend, He is a fine lawyer, and has, within a year, published a valuable treatise on the justice system of Wisconsin,” Until four years ago Bryant was Gen. Vilas' law partner, and was associated with him in editing and publishiog the first twenty volumes of reports of the supreme court of Wisconsin. \le is about forty eight years of nge, the circle, o ——— GEN, ANSON BTAGER, DEATH, A Chicago Tribune 23d, Gen. Auson Stager s lying the point of death at his No, 1735 Michigan avenue, ing until last summer his physician discov the cara of Dr, Purdy, and quietly prep: bimself for his end. A week last Saturday his condition resnlt of the original complaint, and ¢ looked forward towards his last moments, ing fully aware of his condition. At 2 o'clock this morning Gen, Stager's dition had not materially changed. He not live through the day. i o ML OSPIL, fA DRAW GAME, Special telegram o the Bxk, (ireenfield met in battery D armory in 55 ATNBTRONG (Queensbury rules, small gloves, At the of six rounds the referees could not sgree the matter and the parties separated, fight will probably be called a draw.; T were no knock-downs, These men had met twice before, Groen having the best of it on tho first n th second, 'There wa ent mecting was o bippodrimo, wrangled about the referee & two, without a thi BE OFF TO EATON, : Owing tothe great pressure for clerkships in the navy departmeat, Secrotary Whitaoy has prepared a circular which he furnishes all applicants, referring them to the civil service commission, : Secretary Lamar has decided to appoint a commission to investigate the workings of the interior department with a view to reorgan izing and rearranging the work and for Chief Clerk Lockwood, Assistant Secreti Joalyn, Mr, Atkins, commissioner of Indian ffairs, and Mr, Montgoniery, commissioner of are named as likely to compose the comuission, OFFICKS AND OFFIDKRS, Tt is snid at the White House that the pre- sidont will take no action in regard to the postiastership of New York for some time Secrotary Maoning received telegram from M J. Dusham, the newly appointed it, The fouith rund was which real good work was done and as it (ireenficld’s tura he did the best work. side to justify the bolief that either man Very anxious to be declared the winer. arr—— A Row in Maniwba, Wisxipee, Murch 25—The artil smounted police and volunteers are belg Deatn of Mrs, Oleramer, WASHINGTON, March 23,—Mrs, Margaret Clemmer, mother of the well known writer, the late Mary Clemuwer, died in this city last pight, suppress the Saskatchewan half-breed sioner, and G. L, Connor, acting commis- sioner, was elected general agent and auditor of the pool, With a few unimportant amend. ments the old contract was sgreed to and signed by the representative of all roads form- Rxp Oak, In, March 23.—A wrosk oc curred at the Valisca junction about four line, & freight coming up from the south struck her ‘“‘amidships,” Freight cars and freight are scattered promlscuously around, and the Mlur(nl:h is torn down by cars piling poles, Passanger trains No. 1 and 5 are delayed at Valisca, It is expe WarLL Sneer, March 28,—The following is pose of funding into long bonds the greater part of the accumulated floating debt and to provide for completion of the Orezon divis- ion and other additions to the property, The 80 years. Already 35,000,000 have been taken Suit Against the Missouri Pacific, Louis filed suit to-day in the state court against the Missouri Pacific railway com- pany, the old Pacific railroad and R. Wood Crittenden, roceiver of the latter, to recover ,000 due on 700 bonds issued by the county of St. Lionis in 1865, to secure & loan to the New York, March 23,—General Grant ro- tired at 10 o'clock and slept fitifully until 2 this morning, from which time he slept none, This morning he chatted with Mrs, Sartoris, Ho ix not fecliog aa_strong, to-day as yestor- day, owing to undue excitement yesterday Onicage, March 23,~The Inter-Ocean’s church, of which Gen, Grant was a member words of sympathy in his affliction and assur- BLAINE'S ASSISTANT EXECUTIONER DELIVERS A Nzw York, March 23 —Rev, Dr, Burchard He complained of pains in the head, heartand if they came to hear mention of “any promi- nent men who had been lately before the Burchard eaid the daily papers had mustaken him for a “religlous tlouch, an_ecclesiastioal dude, and an old fool, and & mule with ears He bad been called everything but a thief and a loafer. Only last week he had been taken for the head waiter for a hotel in Ven- od on thesegment of truth and never lonkadgcnbwid THE VETERAN RLECTRICIAN AT WHE POINT OF T e lonce, | evening Northcote again demanded the pos For several | financial agreement. Northcote moved ad- yeara Gen. Stager has been in poor health, | journment, saying the house was entitled to but his condition was never considered alarm- | l¢ieure to digest tho mass of papers boating unmistakable symptoms of Bright's diseaso. | cuss the agroement before the Enster holidays, Since that time Gen. Stager has been under | The Fgyptian finances had reached the end Bocage | 20 utter! critical, and Drs. Johneon and Danforth wera | Sreenient should be provionsly approved the also called in. They found the patient suller- | }hoi® SRangisl, busdon, woud Covaien upon ing from a complication of diseases, all the | a give no hope. For the last few' days Gen, Stager has been sinking rapidly, and yesterday the physicians announced that the “end was heilak noar, Surreunded by his dsughters and a | volved, it was decided not to shift General few intimate frionds, Gen, Stager resignedly | McNeil's zercba, Troops are engaged drag- dozing uneasily and it was believed he could | of 500 camels. —The ground is stiewn with A BCRAT FOR FUN AND THE GATE RECRIPTE, ) 3 CH10aG0, March 23.—Jack ‘Burke and Alf | General McNeil loft the zereba where the presence of betwaen four and five thousand | structed another zeveba, the enemy making people to-night to spar six rounds, Marquis of | 20 OPPosition, another round was fought without settling casionjand | dere Very gen~ | phoid fever,” dysentery ro i) eral suspiclon in the audienca that the pres. | creasing among the troops. The heat is in- The men | tense, Troops will proceed to the intrenched a finally agreed a8 umpire, 80 that disagreement was the epslest thing im- maginable. The fighting had something of the same look, Neither man was cautious or on the defensive, but both went right to work from thestart withoutsparring for an opening, Neither ha1 any advantage in the first round. The second and third rounds were rather leisurely, Burke having rather the better of only one in tho next two rounds Greenfield appeared to be winded and Burke did the most hitting. The extra round showed no work on either ried forward to Prince Albert and Carlton to believed by many that Sir Michael aims at the tory leadership of the house. Hae isa tad), thin man, with & long, lean face, cle features and an icy, haughty manner, speaks with decorous dullness, but Lord Ran. dan]Ph Churchill accepts him ns warming pan, he bravery displayed by the Arabs in the recent skirmishes behind Suakim causes grave misgivings as to the success of General Graham's efforta to eatablish adefensible sum- mer camp. It is certain that thers will be a bloody campalgn at the threshold of the march to Berber, and the success of the un- dertaking is very doubtful. The London pa- to-day print long accounts of yesterday's fight, and_relate Many instances of bravery displayed by British officers and men. The editorial comments are less inspiring, The most pes imiatic of the leadors is that of the Pall Mall Gazette, which says that there was no victory yestorday, uolsss it was for the Arabs, who retained the field at the cod of two days of unsucceasful assault by one of Eogland's ablest commanders and the pick of English troops. The Globe fears that the construction of & railway to Suakim will be found impossible in the face of Arab prowess. Uxford is oartain to win the university boat race, a3 one man of the Cambridge crew is hopalessly lll and it is too late to properly train a substitute, Thero is an appalling amonat of distress re- ported from the islend of Arran, off the coast of Galway. Last yesr's almost total failure of the potato crop has been followed by a series of torrific storms, whioh have preyented the regular excursion of the 'emall native fishing fleet, and many families wrs DOOBTING WHNAT, subsisting on one meal of bad potatoes daily. , March 23, —The “bulls” wero the The terrible distress which prevails among the | predominant parties on "Change to-day, Not poor people has certainly not been equaled |}y ying o suporabundance of bad erop reports since the famine years, ~Father O'Donohue 4 Who has charge of one of the largast parishes | to trade on. they looked about for something else with which to “*boost” the market They in Arran, is looking for aid from America, Lord Lytton's posthumous play, *‘Junius,” [ found it soon when cables showed o decrease or “Household Gods,” will "be withdrawn | jn British consols. At the close on Saturday from the stage of the I incess Theatro at the YR end of Lent, and Mr. Wilson Barrott wi | | they were quoted at 98 5-16, and at thoclose present *“The Silver King” on Eastor Mon- [ of the morning session to.day they had drop- gln;lr. "J;m}ilun” has been _one of the worst|ped to 9713-16, Russian money was- also failures of the presont dull measun, Mr. BAr- | (uoved Jower, “Theso facts suggostod war, rett has lost raore than $15,000 during its r . brief run, which has not yet lasted a month, | and all tradivg was done in this. May wheat is atill the favorite option for the crowd, and the plece having been first produced on Feb- )i ulls” ran the price up from 79¢ at the ruary 26, The house has been tolerably well | the flied every night, but most of the mugience | opentng.to 804c at the close, Ontaide the war came in on complimentary tickets, and it 1 [ rumors, there was practically no features to said that Mr, Barrett has earned t| dis o | note, and though there was considerable dene of all other London managers by his extensive | there was nota heavy volume of trade, system of papering. The causes of the play’s, THOVISIONS failure are the harshness of its dialogue and o) vhicl rolle i tho repulsivo nature of its chiet incident, the | oo iements which controlled the provis rape of Lucrec: “Longs” were unxious to sell out and at the As far a3 England is_concerned the situa- | oo ; f ; pening unloaded a quantity of stuff on the ton in Afghanintan. remafns apparently un. | Lot i nant the.price of May. pork changed, but as far as Russin is concerned | FVHe% DR PAE S00PriR, of MaY portc there is no doubt among well informed kKng- | & o pts at the yards also helped to (send the lishmen that a chang hay beeu steadily pro- | THPS SEN® FREL 150 MCREE R0 Bl L0 groming in the shape of contimued advance | Price Sown: Tater By the acalon the matk southward and redoubled efforts to back this ympathy with wheat and the option advanco up by any kind of warfare found | c10%d frit at S12 S74@12 0. noessary. All the indications point to ag- Cattlo receipta were largely in excens of lnat gression on the part of Russia and to diplo- matio retreat by Kngland. The earl of |Monday and greater than: any day last Kimberly, British sccretary of state for India, | week. ~The market. opened with a decline of/ has all along struggled against his superiors | 10@15¢ on the ordinary run of shipping. and in his avowed distrust of Russian pledges | dressed beef stock, and theee sorts comprised on the Afghan situation, He continues to | the bulk of the supply this morning and_at vainly urge the cabiuet to dare war in|the decline there was an active demand, The with Russia as the only way of securing | drop was mainly in lights snd medium steers peace. The Pall Mall Gazette, the statchest | that sold at extraordinary high prices last friend the ministry has smong the greater | week, Butchers’ stock reiains steady, show- London delies, continues to advocate the |ing no particular change, Cabning stock is Russian view that a southern advance in Asia | searce and commanding bigh prices. Al- does not necessarily endanger any British in- | though the receipts of cattle were heavy, there t rest. The Globe and other papers hint |was a small porportion of stockers and feed- broadly that the viewa of the Pall Mall|ers, There were a number of country buyers Gazette aro such a3 M, Lesear, the Rnasian | present, but the yard speculators rather out- agent in England would pay for if his mission | bid them for the few loads on sale. They were to subsidize the English press instead of | were unable to fill their orders at current to get & more favorable frontier line for Russia | prices, which are fully as high as last week; in Afghanistan, 1050 to 1,250 pounds, $1 5065 10; 1,260 to 1 Among the first fruits of the renewed |400 pounds, $5256@b (0; extra, 85 60@5 8 DICNA'S DEFIANGE. The British Fight For Every Iech of (ronnd Ontside of Snakim. THE BULLS LOOSE. A Feeble and Foile Attempt fo Boest 1he Market on Fiction, Chicago Bulls Fatten on John Bull's Troubles. meet Q. Three Thousand Deal and Dying Strew the Hasheen Heights, was point main The Grain and Provision Market Practioally Lifeless. Sorub Stock and Leather Beef Command Bottonx Prices, @raham Confronted by a Foe Worthy of His Lead. One The Russian Bear Still Browsing On the Afghan Border. While Western Hogs Hold Thelr Owm With the Ohicago Article— The Pay in Detait, this y 8- pur- Egyptian Finances an Elephant on English Hands—A Variety of Eventa Beyond the Sea, IN THE PITS, FOREIGN EVENTS, Special telegram to The Bee, BATTLING AROUND SUAKIM, Svak1M, March 28,—Guards haye freturned from the zereba, Total loss during the fight Sunday, five officers and 51 privates killed, 170 wounded. Rabel loss fully 1,500, In the rush a large number of rebels entered a cor- ner of the zereba and in the ‘desperate fight which ensued there every Arab was killed, The guards were sent early this morning to the zereba erected yestorday by Gen, MoNeill to render assistance after the battle of yester- day. McNeill was unmolested and is well entrenched in the zereba seven miles south- west of Sunkim, The guards were sent back by McNeill for water and provisions and suc- ceeded in making the return journey unmo- lested, A force of infantry and cavaly with supplies immediately started for the zereba. A uumber of heavy guns have been forwarded to the front. A° general advance toward Tamar will be made to-night by Graham, During the advancaSuakim will be garrisoned sailors, A spy reports the hostile Arabs growing in numbers around Hasheen, The ~heat is oppressive; 250 sick and wounded to day sail for England, TLater official accounts place the loss of the rebels at 1,000 all told, If this figure is correct the losses of the enemy exceed those of the British less than in any battle of the past three ye Osman Digna 25,000 men at Tamai. Graham will reach Tamai and give Osman Digna battle to-morrow. It will be a pitched fight and probably more declsive than any yet occurred, General McNeill will be forced to shift his ponition st the zeeba on account of the rapid decomposition of dead bodies of Arabs slain in the recent battle, THE AFGHAN FRONTIER. CALCUTTA, March 23,—Earl Dufferin, In- dian Viceroy, has_departed for Raevalpinde to attend the conference with the Ameer of Afghanistan concerning the frontier dispute with Russia. BeruN, March 23,--The Prince and Princess of Wales have gone to Darmstadt to attend the funeral of Priocess Elizabeth, mother of the Grand Duke of Hess, son-in-law of Queen Victoria, run St. odist him 'N. met"’ ight. rtors I, THE AKAD L Suakiy, March 28,—Bri road to Tamai from Suskim are all well rein- forcod and safely held. Tho Arabs admit they lost 3,000 in Sunday’s battie. h positions on the mis- medit -of-war In‘African | @390; feedere, 83 90@4 50; Texane, £400@- ‘waters to show the greatest respect to the|500, German flag wherever met, FEarl Granville HOGH, recently asked the United States government | Receipts were largely in excess of any day to prosecute the persons who published an | last week and there was u decline of 10@150 offer of a reward for the body of the ' Prince | all along the line, Packers were opprating of Waler, dead or alive. The British sccre. | sparingly. Rough and common packers sold tary reminded the United States that Great | around about 4 30@4 874; fair to good, 4 40@ Britain has more than once prosecuted the | 4 50; bost, 4 C0@4 65: packing and, shipping, enemies of foreign states for less grave offenses | 250 to 475 Iba., 4 45@4 65: light, 150 to 210 than the publication of such an incendiary |Ibs., 4 20@4 60. and mischievous offer. A roply haa just been GRAIN TATISTIOS, feceived from Mr. Buyard, in which he as-| Ouicaco, March 23,—The report of thesec- sures Great Britain that the present adminis- | retary of the board of trade to be posted on fration in tho United States will do_every. | chango to morrow will show the visible eap- thing possible to suppress overt acts of hostil- | ply "of the leading cereals in the Uuited ity against any friendly government. Bthtes and Canada on the 2ist inat. to bo a8 The arrest cf Zebehr Pasha continues to ag- | follows: Wheat, 48,152,840 bushels; a de- itate official circles in Egypt., A hundred or | crease of 146,168 bushels compared with the more notables are shaking in their shoes for | supply on tho 14th inst.; corn, 7,374.464, . fear of a similar fato. The papers seized at | d of 721,601; oats, 2,709,386, a decreaso Zsbehr Pasha's residence prove that gypt 15 | of 248,600; rys, 510,038, a docroase of * 24,5103 fairly honey combed with conspiracies, Their | barley, 1,140,767, @ decrease of 141,998x ramifications extend from slave drivers to|Grain in store in Chicago at the same date confidential ministers. The tone of some of | wus—wheat, 15,810,904; coin, onts, the letters would indicate that EI Mahd, or | 543,563; rye, 136,035; barley, 8,792, even Aribi Pasha, was moro the actual_ruler of gypt than tho Khedive Towsk Pasha. ir Fvelyn Barring,the British represontative S : = at Alexandria, is belioved to befppuusd by EHEEROREEOT ANDTHE MARKET/ terriblo confirmation of his own suspicions, | T.ONDON, March 23, ~The Mark Lane Exr Mo etill, however, believes that the arreat of | prose, in ita weckly reviow of tho grain trado ebehr was wisely ordercd and will serve to|yuyy. Autumn sown crops are inexceptione put the other constirators on their good be-| gt FERURRENE COLA R EPRIRERY vior, ) q : withstand the frost or snow, or respond to the 1t is reported from Constantinople that M, gemal influences of spring. The outlookis Ruswo-Turkish allinnco which would be main- 5%,¥06k 87,077, qiuarbors, at Sta 11d. against ly aimed against the extension of British in- [ Jor¥= 458 2 EH0 & CEReA A fluence in_Turkish affairs. Tho influences |YO87; OMT somst trade was aonfined to sslo of chiefly relied on by M. Nelidoff are flattery | oo ivate terme, loaving one carge of - FIAl- and foar. The sultan is said to be both a des | §5 BFiVALe terime, leaving one cargo o ; and foar; Tho ultan i sald ty bo both » des | fornia and onc of Oregon on salo,’ At to-day’s flattery tickles him, and ;t the same time "!“rl“"" thre was litds oqulry/for -w‘h‘."' Neaat T o opporoanity to stimmiiate the | EpRlish wheuts wero littls improved. Soroign posed and murderea, like his uncle, Abdul | LIS ¥ere 60 S0 08 chebver, Aous s do: ;a;‘; ¢iabdul Hamid haa a norvous hoerot of | outs, 3d Jawer; boans av d peis tanchiaed. Ii lidoff is authorized to guarantee to the sultan that, in the event of a satisfactory sccret treaty being made and kept, his person will be safely protected in all circumstances, S The Iowa Audicor. BURLINGTON, March 23, The Hawkeye, in an editorial discussing the coure of State Auditor Brown toward the Iowa imsurance companies, will to-morrow publish the affi- davit by one Bruce Reid, in which the latter swears ho was ;employed by H, 3. Vail in DMy, 1684, to assist in examining the ipsur- anco companies in Tows under ipstructions of Auditor Brown Reid's affidavit charges that Vail, until the 1st of January, 1885, as- | In the CirouisCourt of the United Statss, for the sessed 't insurance cowpanies ~ for |, Dstrict of Nebraske. his U‘fii%'fl) sexvices at the rate of {Monadnock xuln!'l Bank 85 por dsy and B1%50 per evening. |’ ; 5 Tha aiRdavit soye VAL Me. Valls roquaet, [f 400 Moo 3d Murinatos. | | signed vouchers and recgived a check in frdl | Publie notice 1s hereby given that in pursus for the same,’ for which againas Vail's request | and by viueuo of & decréo entered In the above e was endoraed 1,9 mo and immadiately return b | on e £bay o Decembor 16 1 k1L Klerbowes, spocial master in 3hsncery in il cowrt will on th to sald Vall, dme at the rate of SEILRL TATRL ) S s o 10, orclock the foreaoon of the sald day, at the North door of the Un'ded States Caurt Houi sud _Post office b yd- ing, 10’ the city 01 0o b, Datglan County, Htate and Disiriobot Nolasks, scll abauction toe followlag de- 1 Vi r&um Bodgjod, Was arrested on the chatge of comépiracy to roitore the republic of Spain. A corporal and two policcmen were convicted of a_similar charge in Paemplona, province af Navarre. The trial revealed the existence of a powerful and energetic organization devoted to theZac- complishing of revolution against the mon- archy in Spain, Troops were sent in large numbers to Gerona, where a republican coup is feared. R EGYPTIAN FINANCES, at| LoNDON, March'23.—In the commons this ponement of the discussion of the Egyptian on the subject. Gladstons in_reply said it ered | wag the absolute duty of parlisment to dis- of tho tether, Early in April the amounts for the month will be due which Bgypt will bo utterly unable to pay. Unless a financial ared ago BRITAIN'S CROP, be | and the discussion of the agreement fixed for ould | Dhureday, THE SLAUGHTER FIELD, Scakty, March 23,—Owing to the labor in- be | givg _bodies of the slain to the leoward of the zerobs, Denso heaps con-|of corpres of rebols and native wa | camp followe:s are mingled with the carcasses riflew, spears and shiolds, ON TO TAMAIL Suakny, March 23.—General Graham be- his_whole force Troups under battlo was fought yesterday and advanced the | about a mile toward Tamai, where they con- It was found imporsible to engamp near the battle field owing to the de- composition of the enemy's dead and car- 8 of camels and hors At deyhreak to-morrow Gieneral Grabam will resume the advance, end and Matter of Application of B.Maginnis for Liquor | Ziaeuse, NOTICE. Notloa 48 hereby given that B. upor tha 23nd day of Maroh A. applicaon $0 the Mayor. for loense to sell Malt, Spiritwous and, Vinous quors, ot No. 101 apd 108 8. 14th Strech, 84 Ward, Omahs, Nebraska, from the 114h dsy of Aprll, 185, 10 the 1'ith day of April, 1386, 1 {hara be no 0'1jaction, rgn ionetranoe ar protest flod Within two weoks from March:23, A, D, 185, tho 30 lioeuse wll b ¢ apti MAGINNIS, Applica The here WOLSELKY RETREATS, field| Konti, March 23,—Gen. Wolseloy has or- dored the evacuation of Kortl. Oases of ty- and sunstroke aro in- lines at Debbeh, Anni and Dongola, RUMORS OF WAR, Loxnow, March 23,—The alarm over the prospect of war with Russia was tenewed on k exchange, owing to reported prepa- in India to send troopsto Herat, stocks dropped 1 At Lirlin there a 11 buyers, % nglish houses alao buy, believing the display Indis |5 only bluster, designed to’conciliate the war tec- tion of the Liberal party. SLIGHTING THE PRINCR DxbLin, March 23,—Mayor Q'Connor de- cided not to attend tne laying of the fonada- tion stone of the science and art museurnfby the I'rince of Wales, f AHE INDIAN TROOPS 30 THE REAR. Swaxn, March 23. — Gen . Graham seat the Indian troops back to Svakim. Loxvon, March 23, - Gen, Graham tele- flph from the advanced zereba that the ritish position there w strong and secure Against any number oS the enemy, He rogrets the serious British losses of yuntdnly‘- f:‘g:::. a1 MASTRR'S SBALI, }m Chancery, Wi In o thon, $60,07.875 8, mopth. :This was done to crver up bis method of getting the difference be tween what wnu,J) what he collaated fromthe compandes for his -services, which Vall told me wid'te be tarned over to A aditor Brown for election campaign purposes, was goartar aud the Wes halt kol w0 bon twenty,one (41), he Souuwant ol wectlt twcaty dwo (e, 1> s wea(B), NOFb of 1 angays! 16), W i Losa of the Michigan, P M. o I-HllmNt-:u:'lu?\-(u)N.fi’: fl‘n L : 4 % b 5B G D. 1§ KFTIEN, BLLIS L BIKRBO # 13, Granp Havex, Mich., March 58—~ Canbe| g, i fox Gaumy waat, ey Master 1w Gaaatery. - e s of the Northesst q lery, hur- and o Bwiatchenhg baliiioed ot Britiah loson of yastarday s Hght. | Prindivilley of the Grand Tryuk yeopellor Tndian uprisivg, Tho situstlon there is critl- | but exonerates Geu, YeNeal from - i : comptroller of the traasury, dated Daoville, Tiatlway Proposals Tiejected. [ """ % : J Lieving that he did thie best that eould be done M?“&:'l"“"l'd:"“mlfi‘:‘.",'n“:d" (), 004) 28 Cunty Nebrasca por con Ky, vaying o will suma tho dutios of ofics Maryland Tickled. Orrawa, March 25,—The government re- | The telegraph wire near the sccne of $he | under the circumstances, ports the less of his vessel ureday. Q0A) a8, ek S it Bandis “sma o We Bk, | rtate in informed by tho| BATINORE March 26.—Tho momination joced the proposslsof the Camadisn Pacific | rebelion s sl eut uod o dispaiahes can b | - of Governor McLane to the French miesion by Cleveland eauses general gratification in Baltimore, and littlo else has boen talked of since its sunounceent. There is no doubt received from any point in that vicinity. United States minister at Stockholm that the Swedishfl diet has voted to admit pork, al 5nl flour and meat into the ports of Swo- on duty free, ' railway syndicate for the relief of the conr pany. More wmoderate propositions will be submitted to the government. Regina, should reach the crossin Saskntchowan tnn&lfl. The rebe)s are. derstood %0 be at the polat to prevent Ir The Michigen was bailk In 1612, and was | betere aprli 1 KOUNIZp Bapa” iachaais oo . . . The i 5 oF e " £ BRAS., Agenta M, Elay, first asslstant postmaster general, | o yoceptance. The president of the senate, Big and Little Poels, Vie's fosces cromsing the river ar yiaiog the {S’""!h“"ld‘m ML AR straggle :i"“l""" valued ab 3145, 00, fully imsured. Btate o Nebraska, 130 Broadway, (Equ table Baild: d E E. Flower, sppointment divl: | il Be ex-officio govarnor unkil the legislature| New Youk, March 23.—Representatives of | force statloned at Fort Carlton, The_ half | Mr. Gladstone und the ories has again been Teb 287 14 31 slon, to act during his absence, L e AT LA AR A ] breods number 600 ad are aried with Rem- otary Maoning to-dsy sent s cireular Ietter to the heads of bureaus and chiefs of divisions of the treasury department, request- ing them to report to him in writing as soon as practizablo whether in their opinion the force employed in their respective_offices can Do reduced, sud to what extent, without detri- went to the pubic service, CONFIRMATIONS, The nominations of Meears, Phelps, Jack: the Trank Line pool met at Commisslones Fink's office to day, The status of the pool remains unchanged. The Chicago pool was continued for one month, and on April st the Cn10aGo, March 23.—An association of | western roads will meet and endeaor to ar- Sootchmen who sympathize with the Skye|rénge a basis oo which the Chicaga pool muy manent., Crofters was formed here to-night, and an ad- | " face PERAOIE, A4 to-day's sesslon of dress in their behalf was drafted 1o bo {01~ | the transcontinental rallway rascciation it was warded to Premier Gladstone, decided to defer tha election of » commis- Higgins appointment s lost sight of in the great compliment paid Maryland. ing o skir up & general risiog, — T Death of Joe T BostoN, March 24.—*'Jgp" Gioss, the list, died at one this m yra; eas, a6 his club bouge, | — Supporting tue Orofters. 1836, Trvine with force of mounted police from of South ington and Winchoster riflea, They aré try- s Head " | Beach ia the chief mutineer. The other night Ho wes born at Wedverhampton, Eogland, in Col. ‘The steamer sunk, but all the ciew was taken Bouth-weetera R, it Unul‘\ny, Bave baen calld for off by the tug Arctic, which was near at the |redemption and will o paid &t our tiice April, 1 thne, The Michigan h s becs locked in the | 185, 0o which date any bondsnot yresented wil ice for mearly four weeks, The captain |S288¢ to draw luteres. —Holders who cloot may re- reached the shore from the Arctie on the ie. muzw coat. 20 year bonds o Yyu of cash pio- THE Eiuu IN THE OLD WORLD, ENGLAND'S INCREASING DIFFICULTIES, New Yok, March 28.—~The Sun’s cable un- 1ug), tranefercod from Asia to Afncs, The oppo sition are convinced that itis posstble %o rouse public opinion agsinst the Fgyptian financial SEALED ‘PROPOSALS, Sealed proposals’ will be secelved at sbe o-unt, The Weather Possibly, * WASHINGTON, Maveh 4, 1 ». m,—Indica: " tiops: ¥or the NMissouri Valley, slightly | clerk’s office (1nnew court bwu: agreement if only time can be, gained, but . sleri'n ofios {1 now gourt bus Gladstone isista on the discussion of the osa- | 001deF Partly cloady weathier, local snow, | Lig'R Fons' buddsed vention forthwith. The tories want ime to northerly winds, for the wnorthern portion; | (old cows bouse sity) s the city of Omaha, orgaaize an agitation. Sir Micheel Hicka- ruiog baromater, westerly, sbifting to morth. | anty, Nebuaska Grly "wincl, for tho southern Dorbion; TAIDR, | oruss €ay ¥ f100h 20 Aud ul Wiy w arey e be arons beside Sir Stafford Northeote and | praceded by fallivg barometer in the sxtrems d H.T, LE T, Ca ¥ "k furioualy attacked his leader's policy, It is southera partion, Aarod 199021 % webviar, ¢ M“":‘fn [13