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

THE OMAHA DALy BEE THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, N iB., SATURDAY MOKNING, MARCH 28, 1885. NO. 189 ON TO 'ERAT. Prospucts and Pussibilities of Early Bloatlitiog in India. Britain’s Dander Rises to ik Blufing Point, a Backed by Demonstrations of Warlike Activity, Preparations for the Confliot Continua on all Sides. Lord Dufferin Puffs the Indian Princes at Rawal Pindee, Tho Russians Rushivg to the Front, and Keeping Quist. England's Ultimatum Sent to St, Petersburg—Doings ta Egypt and China-General Forelgn News, THE AFGHAN AFFAIR. GREAT ACTIYITY IN ENGLISH MILITARY CIRCLES —PREPABING FOB WAR. Toxpox, March 27. oat preparations for war are being made at Aldershot for the re- ception of the army reserve force and wmilitia, called out by the queen’s message, The quarters are ready at Chatham for a large force, The greatest activity prevails in the ordnanca department in hastening the arma- ment of vessels ordered for immediate service. Extrs hands are employed. All available quarters at Chelsea have been made ready for occupation, It is reported that the naval re- serye will be called out for service. The gov- ernment has given contract for 100,000 uni- forms, SOUDAN PRESS 0OMMRNTS, LoxpoN, March 27.—The Times eays: ““When Diseneli called out the reserves in 1878 the Farl Derby retired from the minis try. Earl Derby's opinion, therefore and his experience were unique. Risks of rupture with Russia are now greater than they wero then, The Czar'sforces are almost at the gate of Constantinople. Tven if thy cabinet were disposed to preserve peaca by concession aftor concession it is now clear such policy iv unsafe as it would be dishonorable, Yielding would alienate the Afghaus and degrade us in the eyes of ull peoplo of tho enst without in reality averting war, which wonld only be postponed at most for threo years. The delay would only benofit Russia tollithe detriment of Engiand. Whatever froutier shall be tracad, we must protect the Afghans. It will b always in the power of Rusein to provoks a quarrel unless we con- Vit her 1t wili not be to her advantage to doso, A compromise in the present state of affaits will be represented as a Russian vic- tory, and world produce opposite convictions of tho Russian and Afghan minds, We are persuaded that if Russia, reckoning upon want of spirit and in alequate resources in England, is preparing herself for war, it will be in order for herso test the strength "of o hesion of her vast empire, which will bring the dreams of her ambitious, statesmen and soldiers to cruel ending, HOW IT I3 IN INDIA, ALLAWABAD, March 27.—Sixty thousand troops bave bean equrpped aud made ready for service moment. The Maharajahs of Seinds and Holkar mot Earl Dufferin to- day, and, in an informal and cordial manner, placed theix armies at his disposal, Rowal-Rindi, lieutenant-governor of Pun- jaub, and commander-in-chief of the Bombay army, arrived here, The commander of India snd Madras will arrive to-night. Numerous Pupjaub chiefs have also arrived. Eal Dufferin is expected to-morrow. The duke and duchess of Connaught are comiog. The amoor of Afghanistan is expcted on the 30th inst, APFAIRS IN BUSSIA LoNDoN, March 27, —An outbreak of Asin- tic cholera is said to have occucred in the Crimean ports of Russia, The reports that Tussian skirmishers had attacked Sir Reber Tumsden’s party and killed two ot his follow- ors lacks confirmation. The Indian princes and chiefs in Punjaub acceptod with eagor- ness the invitation to meet Lord Dufferin, viceroy of Iudia, at Rawal Pindee. on the oceasion of his interview with the Ameer of Afghanistan. ViksNa, March 27, —Dispatches from Mos- cow show & commercial crisis in that city, Within the past thirty duys fiveof the largest tea and sugar importing firms failed. Their liabilities aggregato 16,000,000 roubles, over £10,000,0 0, The goverument and private bankers ara concertiug measuras to avert the spreadiog of fuilures and panic. Baron Por- tier des Echelles, of the general staff, has been arrested for treason. 1t 1 alieged he gave the plans of torts on the southera frontier to_the international bu at Copenhagen. It is reported Russia chartered eteamers to transport troops across the Casplan sea. THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE ENTHUSIASTICALLY MECELVED, The queen will start for Aix Les Baines Monday, 4 The queen's mossago yestorday calling out reserves and militia for permanent service was received by the country with great enthu- siasm. This is esvecially marked at various military stations throughout the kingdom, Everywhere active efforts aro being exerted to get the Darracks ready for xeserves and have - arms and accoutrements at hand to equip them, The immense stores 8 at the tower will be distributed when red. The wai feoling is Strong among the reserves and many had already joined the guards before the orders summoning them to wervice were received ENGLAND'S ULTIMATUM, . ToNDON, March The Globe rays that the proposal pastaking of a v ure of an ulti- matum was telegraphed by the government yesterday to St. Peteisburg; It requested at the ame time that the Russian government should send an answer that would reach Daw- ing stroet not later than Mouday next, iho (Globo Also declares that Farl Granvills on the 16th inst, proposed to Russia that both Russians and Afghans should withdraw from that portion of the territory at present suo ject to dispute and remain outside it during continuance of negotiations than in progress at London, To this proposal Russia sent no reply until last Wednesday, The refusal to accede to Bogland's proposition was on the ground that the withdruwal of her troops would be & source of humiliation to Russla. After this answer was receivad the cabinet decided to embody the reserves and militia and send the uutimatum already referred to. In event of war 25,000 militia will be as- wignad to garrison duty in Ireland and that nrmbfl of regulars be released for active ser- vice. FINAKCIAL TROUBLES IN RUSSIA, St. Pxrurssura, March 27, —The failure of Scaraswangs & Co,, merchants, London, with two brauch houses'at St. Petersburg and Ra- toff, caused a great sensation in financial clreles. Privy Counce'lor Bunge, minister of finances, sent the governor of the state bank 10 Mosoow to oonfer with the bankers of the city. The purpose of the couference is to di- vise means of averting a financial crisis which is believed to be imminent. RUBSIAN TELEGRAPH. Br, Perusssuso, Mach 27, —A telegraph line has baen opened betweon Askabad, Sa- rakhr and Merv, ENGLAND WILL NOT FLINCH. Loxnos, March 27.—1In the house of lords this evening, Granville, in replying to the Marquis of Salisbury, said there was nothing to indicate a tendency to flinch on the part of the government regarding the Afghan ques- tion, §The government was firmly adhering to the policy agreed upon by both of the great political parties, while at the same time they were availing themselves of overy mesns to arrive at a satisfactory solution of the diffi- culty, He was unable to fix a dato when the negotiations would bo_concluded, Russia was now considering England’s dispatoh. Eneland considered Kuasia bound b; tka re- cent agreement, In the meantime the Ameer of Afghauistan shonld be instructed to have his chies observe neutrality} A diepateh from Korti states that tho 'ast British de: tachment evacuated that point to-day. Active preparations are making to get all the cruisers and iron-cladg belonging to the navy into condition for active service as soon as possible, It is known that their destina- tion in the Baltic sea aud Black sea, the en- tranco to the latter, however, boing condi- tioned to the assent of Turkey. The merwbers of the Third Royal fusiliers and Fifth rifled brigade, both milifia organizations, are sponding largely to the queeu's call for vol- lunteers to serve with the rogulars, DISMARCK EXPLAINS, The North German Gazette (Bismarck's organ) states that during the recent official visit of Count Herbert Bismarck to London the relations between Russia and Eogland were not dlscussed. The Gazette also says it 18+ 0ot truo that Emperor Willism commu- nicated with the czar on the Afghan dispute betwcen England and Russia, DUFFERIN AT BAWAL PINDE Earl Dufferin, viceroy of India, arrived at Rawal Pindes vo-day and was accorded a most imposing reception by Abdurrahman, ameer of Afghanistan, The ameer, in an ad- dress of welcome, hoped the councils which the earl came so far to attend, would be so guided as to insure honorable and lasting peace. In roply, Lord Duferin eaid he was glad his first public act as viceroy of India was to cultivate friendly relations with the sovereigns of states conterminous with the frontiers of Tndia. “Itrust,” continued Lord Dufferin, ‘‘that the friendly reception which is about to be accorded me as her majesty’s representative by the amcer, will prove to our neighbors our firm intention and anxious de- siro to respect their rights,” At the railway station at Rawal Pindee there wore assembled when the train carrying Lord Dufferin ar- rived, the Punjsub chiefs and Gen. Stewart, Gon, Roberte, Gen, Hardiog and & number of other high officials. Alfter an interchangs of official and personal greetings Lord Dufferin proceeded to the route was lined with troops. The,military camn display was very effective, Tha soldiers grected the viceroy with great enthusiaem, The authorities of Rawal Pendee later in the day presented Lord Dufferin with an address declaring loyalty to her sritish majesty, the Smpress of India, and expressing appreciation of the honor done Rawal Peudee in selecting 1bas the meeting place of the council. The address of the Rawal Pendee authorities concluded with the following statement: “This recognition of our dignity will ¢onfirm that confidence in us which has been 50 long established and which is daily receiving «xpressions from tho ruler of India,” Earl Duffeiin responded to the Rawal Pendee address very happily and con- cluded by saying: “The offers of loyalty and servics made upon this occasion is the most eloquent proofs of England’s stoadfast good faith and noble confidence in our friends.” THE SUBSIDENCK OF THE STOCK PANIC is due to reports that only alimited number of rosorves will be called out, to the cessation of oidera from Berlin to eell and to diminution of English bear dealings, The statement of the London Globe that the British government yesterday sent & pro- posnlin the nature of an wltimatum to-tho tussian government is discredited here, Sir Peter Lumaden, Afgnan boundary com- missioner, has sent to London a report of the engineor officers on the commission which state the strategic proposition of Penjdeh superior to that of Herat, tis reported the Russian ambassador at London received from the Russian wminister of foreign affairs & favorable reply to Evgland's proposals coveriog the outposts on - the Afghan frontier. Russia, according to this report, offers to give the joint Afghan’ boundary commission power to examine for a boundary line from Zalficar pass o Penjdeh on the south, and from Sorakhas to Amondarine on the north, but be- pening the labors of the commission, era asks the Afghans to withdraw from Penjdeh, THE sSOUDAN WAR, COOLIES ON A STRIKE, SavkiM, March 27.—The Coolies have struck for higher wages, It is feared they have been led to take thia stand through the rebels. The agents of the rebels repeatedly cst the telegrsph wires, The enemy have a fear that these connect with hidden mines, Sowe shots were fired h{ the Arabs last night into the zereba, but without casualties, Gen, Grabam will advance as soon as the water traneport system is completed, Gen, Wolsely, having inspected and ap- proved of the summer cantonment of troops, retired to Dongola, The new man-of-war Pylades wes ordered completed with the utmost diepatch, The Austalisn contivgent for Soudan ar-} rived at Adel, Another Lialian sailed for the Red non. The Egyptian Budget shows a deficit for the fiscal your 1884 of $1,15,000. Advices from Kassala {0 th that the garrison is atill res ported negotiations with a view to attempt to relieve the garriton by the Italian tioops at Massowa are in progreas, ircn-clad THE RIEL REVOLT, YURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE KANUCK KICK, 81, PavL, March 27, —The Dispatch’s Win- nipeg special says it 1s reported on good authority that the government has received word that the rebels have captured Mayor Crosier and his force of one hundred mounted policemen, after an engagement in which sev- eral on b des were killed, The rebels tried to wrock the train carrying the troops from Winnipez west. They were arrested, Ono had the dispatches from Riel to the half breeds around Winmipeg and in southern Manitoba, urging them to rise. General Middleton arrived this morning, Orders have been issued to advance this afternoon, Orrawa, March 27.—In the commons to- night the followiug telegram from Lieut, Col, Irvine to Sir John MacDonald dated Fort Carlton via Winnipeg the 27th of March, 1885, was read by the premier: The party S a1 RIARAT S R nesr Fort Carlton I found Major Crozier with a party of 100 had goue to Duck lake to secure @ large quantity of supplies there stored, They were met by one hundred reb- els, who held'an advantageous position at Baardy’s reserve, and endeavored to surround Major Crozier's force of police and civilians, The rebels fred first. When the fir- ing becamo genmeral Major Crozier, owing to the disadvantsge in which he was taken. retreated in good order, arriving at the fort at the same time as my party. Ten civilians of Prince Albert snd two policemen were killed, and four civilians and saven constables wounded, The number of rebels killed is not known. The polics and civilians ncted with the greatest bravery ua- der heavy fire. COHICAGO, March 27,—The Daily News Winnepeg special says: The city is in & dreadful state of excitement over the receint reports late this afterncon from the seat of war, Oondensed dispatches indicate that s collision occurred between the police under Major Coaier and the rebels yestorday after- noon. Kight muunted‘mtlieol reporied killed and fifteen whites on rebel side and Largs number are said to be wounded. Anothe report says that two policemen and six civi- liana under KCapt, Moore of the mcunted police are killed, — THE FRENOH IN CHINA. A KILLING MATCH. Panis, March 27.—The nlois says thir. toen French officers were killed at Dong Dang in Monday's and Tuesday's fighting, It de- clares Gen, Negrier's position a very precari- ous one. Forty thousand Ohinese troops are mussed on the frontier not far distant. The Figaro urges the forces to immediately march upon Canton, ‘The newspapers urge that only the block- ading of the Gulf of Pechoo Loe will have any serious effect upon the Chinese government. All morning newspapers contain artioles on French reverses at Dongdang. A fow editor ials severely criticisethe governmentfor dilatori neas in sendinglre-enforcements toTonquin, but the majoiity are very warm in denouncing the cabinet’s Chinese policy, Rochefort has an editorial in Intransigiant en the debate in the chumber of deputies last evening on in- terpellation of present state ot Franco- Chinese war, The article concludes with the following words, “Cease to question the minister and iuvoke the guillotive.” GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS, AN INVITATION TO SPAIN, LoNDON, March 27,—Spain has been invite ed to join in the Suez conference, KILLING MINES.} An explosion in the mines of the Dombran mining company, at Trappan, Austria-Silesia, buried forty miners, Al are believad to have perished, “An explosion in the mines of Baron Rothchilds at Ostian, in Moravia, killed fif- ty-six men, THE DYNAMITERS, LoxNnoN, March 27.—The examination ot Cunningham and Burtin was finished this af- ternoon. Both men were formally committed for trial on the charge of treason and felony. BARRIOS' REVOLUTION, LA L1Bgrrap, San Salvador, March 27, (via Galveston).—The forces of Honduias aud San Salvador have had several skirmishos, the armies of Guatemala and Honduras acting in haimony. San Salvador, Nicaragua snd Costa Rica have formed an alliacce to protect themsalves againet the revolutionary scheme of President Barrios, San Salvador puts her whole army in the field, Nicaragua provides four thousand men and Costa Rica sends two thousand. Costa Rica at the same tima contributes $100,00) towards the ex- penses of the war, President Zealdivar of San Salvador, will assume chief command_of the allied forces, President Cardenas of Ni- 4, will be'second in command, and Gen, oty of Casta Iica, will probably ako third place. ————— THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. THE LEGAL MILL AT WORK, SPRINGFIELD, Iil,, March 27.—In the sen- ate there were several confirmations to minor offices, The Morria bill, making an appro- priaticn of 26,000 to Shawneetown for the completion of the levee, was paesed. A reso- lution was offered and passed in the house that a select committee of five be appointed to investigate the condition ot the Illinois penitentiary and other penal institutions in the state, The fight over the elevated dis- trict bill, affecting East St. Louis and South Chicsgo, was begun in the house when Fuller, chairman of ths commerce committee, re- ported the bill, with a recommendation that it pass. Taylor said the committes on com- merce had nothing to do with warehouses, snd moved to refer it to the warehouse committee, Messick, who represonts East St. Louis, said asimilar bill had been introduced by him on which no sction had beou taken, and to refer the bill there would be to kill it, which was dono ten years ago, and Messick intimated that it was done by corrupt means, Fuller defended himself and” the committee. Crafts denounced the manner in which the bill had been railroaded through, and asked how many elevator districts the bill would create. The motion to refer was lost—38 to 82, This indicates that the bill may pass the house, but it will probably be killed in the senate. ¥ On joint assembly eighty-one members an. swered, One vote was cast for J, C, Black, Adjourned, 1t wzs discovered to-dav that the appro- pristion for employes of the legislature is nearly exhausted, and there are not enough funds availableto psy the next roll, To- day’s pay roll foots up 835422, of which $8,522 is for house employes, $4,050 for senate employes, $2,450 for extra janitors employed by the secretary of state, and $20,400 for members, Total expenses for salaries to date $138,956, The nuwmber of janitors has been creased from 162 to 170, snd they are now drawing $10,200 per month, DISCOUNRING CHEEK, A TOW AMONG INSURANCE MEN, CHicaco, March 27.—Trouble has arisen among the insurance agencies here, which threateos a general cutting of the established rates. Thero are two insurance bodies here, known as the board of trade fire under- writers and the exchange, There have been strovg rivalry, a3 the exchange companies hava been quoting lower rates than the board companies, Tn addition to that, some agan cios in the board were charged with pay- ing heavy brokerage and custing rates by means of double-header policies aud in_other ways, A meeting of tha hoard was held to- duy. at which a resolution was passed to re- duca rates outside the business district to the basis of the charges by the exchange com- panies and allow brokerage, Thereupon a considerabla number of the heavier companies represented in the board gave the mnecessar thirty days motice of withdrawal, Among them were the Royal, of Eogland, and Laucaster insurance compa of ‘Amorica, Commercial Union and Guardia, 1t is understood that a number of others wil follow within & day or two. Insurance men predict a general scramble for business, e ——— S, Augustune's Oclebration, 81, AvausTiNg, Fla,, March 27,—The celo- bration of the landing of Pence De Leon in 1612, and the founding of the city of Monade in 1615, was a grand affair, The entire city is decorated with Spaaish colors, Old Fort Marco 15 espocially noticosble. The cere- mouniss consisted in a representation of the landing of Ponce De Leon. State Senator Genova parsonated the Spanish discoverer. He was eacorted by forty-six attendants in Spanish costumes, with battle axes aod glit- tering helets to the inner quadrangle of the fort, where high mass was celebrated, After the survice addresses were made by General iibson, commandant, and G, R, Fairbanks, historian of Flonid a, — A Little too Previons, CiicaGo, March 27,—The Inte-Ocean’s Decahur (I11.) special says: Charles Durbin and wife were arrested to-night charged with drowning their six months old child, whose body was found floating in the Sangamon river to-day, The child has bsen missing for three weeks, but the parents it had been sent to Green county, Tnecouple had been married only three weeks — Small-Pox Epidemic in Ilinols. 81, Lours, March 27.—Small-pox is raging 1 an epidemic at Mound City, Illinois. Out of & population of 1,600, fifty cases are re- ported. Eight deaths have occurred dunnfc the past week. The disease ls coufined al- most to negreos, only ten white familics being Infected. Vigorous measures are being taken to suppress th rge. L — 8t. Louis Democrats. 81. Louvts, March 27.—The democratic con- vention met again this morning ¢ 11:30, R. A, Campbell was nominated for comptroller, John G, Martin for sudifor, snd Fred ¥, Spanshied tor tieasurer, Ky Olsy Sexton for collector, GRANT'S MEMOIRS. Ths Operations of the Bunko Bénkers Detailed by the Great Captain, An Innocent Lamb Fleeced by the Marine Sharps, His Name and Means Bandied About for Business. The Goeneral's Overweening Con- fidenos Basely Betrayed. The Oat-Fish Takes the Etand iIn His Own Defense—Frogress of the Trial, THE MARINE BANK, GENERAL GRANT'S TESTIMONY, New Yonk, March 27,—The testimony of Gen. Grant taken in his houso yesterday, by Jamen H, Fish, official stenographer of the court in wh'ch the trial of ex-President Fisk, of the Marine Bank is proceeding, was read to-day in court, Gen, Grant testified as fol- lows upon examination by counsel for defend- ant: By Mr, Clark—You were partner in the firm of Grant & Ward? Yes sir. 1 am informed I was at the time the failure took place. 1 never knew I was snything elso than a special partner clear to tho end. Ipaid in 350,000 first and then afterward §50,000 more. I don't remember dates, 1 paid in $100,000, When did you understand what you were worth? About what? T supposed thatI was worth well nigh o million dollars, I had no suspicion of any rascality and therofore there was nothing to confine my mind to any such dates Regard- iog my first acquaintance with Fish, I sup- pose it was upon the introduction by ‘my son and Mr. Ward. Tsuppote if you should go clear back that it was my son who got ac- quainted with Ferd Ward through Ward’s brother and that the acquaintance was led on to in that way. The man was supposed, so far a8 I ever knew, to ba a reputable banker until after the failure and it was not astenich- ing that a person should make his acquain- tance. 1 bad a dim recollection after the nre of receiving a letter from Fish while liviog at Long Branch, I went down there about the middle of June. I dont suppose that I ever saw the one that was published. T have a recollectioa of receiving o lotter and eitting down and writing an answer at once, ad tho wubstanco of my answer was' tuat 1 had a good deal to do that day, and that 1 was doubtful when I should be'able to go to see him; that if I could T would, but that I bolieved matters that his firm were engaged in were all right, Something like that. Haven'c you any reeollection as to what has become of the letter of Mr, Fish? No sir, I have not; I have never been in the habit of preserving private letters, and if I waa to try I suppoceT could not. My busi- nees in life has been such thit komebody elss has always taken caro of the letters that had to bo saved, and the only way I have now of preserving the letter that I wish to preserve until I do something with it is /o put it in my. side cont pocket, or put it in a’drawer where 1 write, and when I want to look for_the let- ter its about tbe last one I find. T might stata here, although I don’t know whether it would have any effect or not, that at the time I went in the firm I had a very emall i had some money that iny son me while T was gone abr that I had left and_ which he so managed that I had eaved some of it and ho propoced to let me his intereat in the firm so I woald have an income to Live upon, and there was afterward an in- come raised for me and after that the firm generally concluded to let mein as a half- partner and then aftorward as & whole-part. ner-apecial, not general—generously, as I shcught at the time, Cross examined by counsel for the govern. ment—By Mr, Root: Q.—Gen, Graus, what was the hour at which you were accustomed to reach your office in the morning when you were staying at Long Branch in the summer of 1884, _Aus,—Ten o'clock wasabout my arriving #0me money time. Q.—Did you observe aletter which you received trom Mr. Fish and to which letter, which has beeu identified by you and which is entirely in your handwriting, was an an- swer, any reference to government_contracts? A.—No; there was not, I had told Mr, ‘Ward when it was mention there never must be any government contracts there, There's nothing wrong in being engaged in govern- ment contracts more than in anythicg else, unless made wrong by the acts of individ. uale, but I had been president of the United States ond didn’¢ thiok it svitable for me to have wy name connected with government contracts, and I knew there was no large profit in them except by dishonest measures, hera are some men who got goveroment con- tracts yoar in and year out, and whether they managed their uffairs dishonestly to make profit oz not they are_sometimes supposed to, and 1 did not think it was any placa for me. And you didu't find in that Jetter that you received any reference to anythivg of that sort? “'I didn’t fiad anything of that sort or I should have stopped, but as s matter of fact Tmay never have seen that letter. Mr. Ward may just simply have given me a statement of the contents of that letter when at his office.”” *‘What did you underatand to be the rela. tions of the firm of Grant& Ward to the Marine bank?" —Well, T know Ward was director there and seemed to have u;rnnt deal to do with it, but I never suspected there being anything wrong sbout it, Q.—Did you at sny time know or under- stand the firm of Grant & Ward had engaged in governmient contracts or in furmshing money to be used in carrying out government contracts! : A, I never knew but one contract, that is where ho eaid there was a_transaction of that kind, and T questioned him about it and he said be had just been out and bought 350,000 bushels of oats, I think 1t was, and there was quite a large auantity more to be purch in Chicago to be deliversd, He told me the date when 1t was to be delivered and that the contractor hadn't money to do it wil and that he was doiog it for & certain stipu- Jated amount, but the contract was to other parties and I'said that 1 did not see thero was anything the matter with that, The man had the contract from the government for a quantity of oats, and oata was an article that could bd purchased very easily on the Chicago market, sod I said "I dido’t see anything wrong in that, as we had no contract, ~Then afterward I began to hear, aud that wasn't long before the failure, whispers sround that he was sayiog he had government contracts and I questioned him about it and he eaid be had o such thing, that he would not do anything that was going toi0jare me_or anything I requested him not to do and he smid he bad uo contracts spywhere, 1t had been said he had city contracts and ss he as much as said to me he was very well acquainted with the city officials snd that wmade it easy for him to get contracts from the city, and I told him that I did not know that there was much difference in contracts for Now |York city aod those made b{ the government of the United States, so far as that is concerned, and theu he told me be had never had a contract at all of Anghnd with the government of the United States or with the city of New York; that the way he did was, and he gave me an instauce. He Now here is & man who has section of rallrosd and I don't know what road it was, & road going through Pitteburg, 1 thiok, con: nected with the Reading road. Ha said there was & man who had s eection of that road to build, and he eaid that man, if he could get money furnished him for his losses and his tools and his little steam engine and every- thing he needed there, he could work to very better advantage his contra:t, and that rm of Grant & Ward were to let him money to do that contract, him_ have money to get along . “‘Well,” I said, "it docen’t seem to me that is not yerygood securitr, I should not re- gard that as very good mecurity for your money and mine, A men that has taken a contract and can’t pay for horses and steam engines and picks and plows and shovels and 80 on can't be very good sccurity for money,” “‘Oh but,” he says, *‘we keep the contract in our possession, and the money is all paid into our office.”” The road, he said, would hold back ten per cent until the work was done, and they paid the contractor for every subdivislon. I don't koow what length of road that they paid for, but thoy kept back 10 per cent, of the con. tract and that is the way be explained it, and L suppored he was more of & business man than I was, There was one occasion which 1 think must have been in 1883, when we went out to the western partof Pennsylvania in winter and Fish was along and a party of gentlemen, and we had a special car, Ward was with the party but he wasn’¢ discussed atall, Col. Grant was along. Q.—As I understand, Gen, Grant, every- m: you had was lost in the failure of that A.--Everything Thad in the world went. ‘Ward came up here Sunday night before the failure and asked me to go down with him to #ee Mr. Newcomb, to see if he couldn’t get $150,000 from him; that he bad himself raved $230,000, and that if he could raise $150,000 it would carry the Marine bank through; that we had £660,000 in the Marine bank besides £1,500,000 in securities 1n our vaults; that we should be inconvenienced vflrK much if we couldn’t carry the bank through; and he said the Marine bank was all sound and solid, and if it had time to collect in or draw 'in a Dittle of 1ta time loans, and I went, down there with him and Newcomb was not ot home and he asked if 1 knew Mr. Vander- bilt well enough to ask him and I after some little hesitation said I did and Vanderbil: loaned it to me without hesitation, He said at the time he gave it to me he was lending it to me and that he has no recollection of ever heviog done such a thing befors, but that he would do it for me. Well that has taken all the remaining property I had. Q.—1he reprerentation of Ward to you was your firm was in danger on account of the critical condition of the Matine bank? A.-~Yes, sir; he said that we had $1,300,- 000 of unplodged securities in our vault, Q.—Now, did Fish at any time during the sprivg of 1834 communicate to you any dis- trust on his part of Ward? A.—No, sir; if he had I should have been ‘vexyt ready, I have ao Coubt, to take dis- rust. Redirect by defendant’s counsel : T hadino distrust of Ward the night before the failure, not the slightest, and I recollect my on, U. S. Grant, after the failure said: “Fred Ward will come out right yet.,” He had no doubt he would come out right for he had such pro- found friendship for his brother, Will Ward, He didn’t believe it was possible for him to do a distrustful act. It took me a day or two to believe it was possible Ward had com- mitted the act he had., By Mr. Clark: What was it, according to your present recollection, that Ward said on the Sunday before the failure in respect to the securities of the firm in tho Marine bank? A.—Ha dident say he had any securities in the Murine bank. He spoke about our own private securities, is the way I understood it; that we had 81,300,000 in our vault and we had several odd bundred thousand dollsrs of money in the Marine bank. Q —That was Mr, Ward's statement toyou Snndn%} A.— Yes, sir, Q—-Did’ Fish converse at all about the business of Grant and Ward? A.—1I don’t think heever did. T made a re- mark, I recolloct, to the effect that Ward was a man of wonderful ability, wonderfal busi- nesa capacity, or_somthing like that, and Fish said that he had never got anything in his life before, Q.—You didn’t draw from the firm of Grant & Ward the profits which you were supposed to? A.—No, T did not. I left them there with the concern and everything I had beside and I haventgot it out, I had some lttle items but I don’t know what amount, that were purchased, some of them, for me, with the monoy of the firm that wero profits of the firm, They nover were purchased but then they were supposed to be, and I was charged with the purchaee of them, Q.—You drew, if I understand correctly, from the firm at the rate of $2.000 a month during the year of 18837 A.—VYes, .—Aud at the rate of $2,000 & month dur- ing the early part of 18847 A, —Yes, Q.--Up to the time of the failure? A,— Yes, sir, Q.—And that was the limit of your drafts upon the firm? A.—That was the limit of my dratts. A FISH BTORY. In the court to-day ez-President Fish testi- fied in his owa behalt, He said: Mr. Green, who was vice president of the Marine bank, introduced Mr. Wagd to Fish in 1876, Ward married the daughter of Greev, As a friend Green and bis tamily, Ward asked Fish to be a friend to him, He would of course satinfy Kish of the fact that he was worthy of confidence and ho aske 1 Fish o give him advice on brsiness mattora, He said ho know David_ Dows, Superintendent Graut of the _ Produce Exchange, and ex-Mayor Edson, Ward told witness he had opportunities to make money by buying car- tificates of memberships in the preduce ex- change and selling them aftorwards to pros- pactive members, He would buy the cert cates for $200 or more, and sell them a an ad- vance of §0, §10 or 800, Witnoss lent Ward money from timo to time o buy certificates, and at very short in- tervals he would make an accounting of profits. Fish submitted lotters from Ward urging speculation in certificatos and four as botter then in stocks, In one of theso letters Ward “1 ghould like, in connection with Grant and my brother, as well as Grant's father, to take advantuge of eome mining poiuts they ocossionally gave me, Grantdid so well in Chrysolite, Little Pittsburg, Mountain King, ete., that I too want to join him in some of theso enterprisce, They take a good deal of monsy, Still I am always willing to put m what I can if you can help the rest. I also think if you and I were to put up, say £20,000 each as margin on stock we should make a good profit on the Investment, I make these suggestions notonly from a selfish point of view, but also Lecause I enjoy making money for you as well as T do for myself,” In o letter dated March 2, 1882, Ward wrote Fish: 'The general contract business progresses well, but we must keep it mumn or the papers will give us fita,” Again: “Go it while you can and have s Romf me,” and *‘we may not be in favor long, s T take these orders of the goverument when can get the keep quisk o the name of the gene 1l stick by us, If some day wo can get some of these Indlan contracts, 1 will b happy for the profit on one is enough to set us all up.” TIn another lettor Ward sald be didn’t want all the eontracts, but he thought that when we get out ef one we might try for another, “As T am managing thess orders I feel the re. sponsibility rests on me,” Ward wrote to witness at another time: “Now, Mr, Fisher, you know preciate too deeply your _ kind- Des to take adyantage of you. I have always looked upon you as a second father,” PFish continued his testimon: .«‘uam&m progress of the tirm of Grant & Ward. Ward reported the business was good and submitted statoments monthly, showing the profits in every case. A oheck sccompanied the state- ments. Fish admitted that on Jully 1, 1882, his owa note, n-‘gnin' $200,000, wiss dis- counted by the Marine bank. The case a3jousned for the day, L — —G-button kids §1,25, worth $2,60—Mors¢'s, NEAL NOOSED, EXEOUTION OF THR LAST OF THR ASHLAND MURDRRER Gravsoy, Ky., March 27.— Wi, Neal, the laat of the Ashland murderers, was brought hero last night from Mount Sterling for exe- ention, Large crowds greeted him ab each station, He was firm and eomposed, and malntained his innocence to all of the many visitors who called nupon him. He" re- fused the attendance of ministers until this morning. At one o'clock he was taket to the gallows, where Iarge crowds were waiting to vitness the execution, and was eecorted by & band of one hundred quards armed with double-barreled ehot guns and pistols, Neal asconded the scaffold with great composure, and said: “I say to one and all, you know this is no place to tell a lie. Tstand here to-day to suffer for a heinous crimo I did not commie, Some day my innocence will be established without a doubt. I bid you, one all, good- bye. O Lord, Thou knowest I am innocent; into Toy bands T commit my eoul, 1am in- nocent.” The last words were spoken just as tke drop fell. He was pronounced dead in ten mivutes, None of his relations were present, LovsviLie, March 27,—John Sexton was hanged at Barbourville to-day, for the mur- der of George Rowden last July, the object beiog robbery. The body was found two days Inter by & searching party on the bank of Indian Creek, Sexton decoyed his vietim by some story into a secluded spot and shot him from behind, BAD BLAZES, AT DETROIT. Dernot, March 27.—A# 1a. m., a fire broke outin the dry kiln of the Michigan carbon works at Rougeville, near Delroy., The bone black buildiog almost immediately csught fire and sprend rapidly, The hand engines with which the works at Rougeville aro sup- plied proved inadequate to cope with the fire, and help was asked from this city, and two engines were sent o tho reicur, At b o'clock tho fire waa un’er control, Ths kilns of the bone black building, fertilizer buildicg, and the east two-thirds of the bone shed are total- ly destroyed. The entire west end of the works were saved. The owners say they can- not yet tell the loes, but it stimated at $150,000; insurance, 885 No one was seriously injured. ‘The fire was caused by an explosion of gas in the kiln room. The com- pany employ 160 men, Tho works will be robuilt immodlatoly and none of them will be thrown out of employment. AT OAKLAND IND, EvANSVILLE, Ind,, March 27, Public’s Ouklazd City (Ind. cooflagraticn broke out this morning in Joseph Wahrseidler's saloon on Main street and spread all over the equare, In s short timo many buildings were in flames, Fourtoen buildings were burned. Total loss variously estimated at from $40,000 to $100,000, on which there ia about $40,000 Insurance, o ———— TELEGRAPH NOTES, —_— T, T, Avery, grocer, Humboldt, Ia., failed; Liabilities and assots, $25,000. The executive committee of the Woman Suffrsgo party of New York have petitioned Prosident Cleveland to_rsmove Gov. Pierce of Dakota, for yetoing the suffrage bill pasied by the legielature of the territory. An explosion of gas in a mne at Lobu, Chuli, killed thirty-seven minersand wounded thirteen, s Give the Stock a Rest, On10AGO, March 27.—Suit has been began in the federal court to-day against the Penn. sylvania Railroad Company 0 compel com- pliance with the law requiring that stock in trausit e given five hours rest ever twenty- eight hours on the road. This suit is under- stood to be at the instance of the American humane society and will bo of special intereat in the west to railroads and stock men, The society, at & recent meating in Pittaburg, re- solsed to hire attorneys in the principal cities where there are stock yards, to prosecute vio- lators of the law. This is the first case under statute In the we ———— Gen, Granta Condition, New Yonk, March 27.—Gon, Grant rested badly last night, Ho paced up and down the room till 5 &, m., restless and uneasy. Not- withstanding he looked well this morning. Col, Crant read some_testimony taken yen- terday to the general, and the latter made some corrections, The general will revise the testimony bsfore sent to the court to be placed in evidence, ———— The Deroin Postoffice Robbery, Lixcory, Neb,, March 27.—Wilson Lowe, who was arrested last week by Postoftico Tn- spector Powors for burglarizing tho postoffica at Deroin, Nemaha county, was taken before Commissioner Billingeloy this morcing and discharged. Lowe proved a perfect alibi, e ———— Wall Street Pointers, New Yok, March 27,—Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Wilmington dircotors have just adopted o resolution declaring a quarterly dividend of two per cent. The Lake Shore & Michigan Central direckors at o moeting at the Grand Central depot to-day passed_divi- dend and no statement was made public, it not being customary to make statement ut this quarter, ——— Damaged by Dynamite, SoutH ABINGTON, Mags , March 27.—The Windsor hotel at Randolph was damaged by on explosion of dynamite this morning, 1tis supposed to be the work of striking shoe- makers, who had a grudge against the pro- prietors, e e— Pools Perfected CHicaco, March 27,—The last eignatures were affixed to-day to two passenger pool agreements on the Missouri river, Colorado and Utah business as arranged at the recent meeting in Denver. Tho agreements run to the end of the current year and provide for & strict maintenance of rates, | A GEREAL STORY. The Blood and Thander Busingss Worked in for all it is Worth, The Oharacters Strongly Drawn Though Somewhat Seedy. A Oorned Comedian Sings Wheat= ly in the First Chapter, And Steers the Lowly Bovine to the Auction Blook, Whilo the Prige of Anxious Packers Groasetully Curls the Tall— A Laraly Layout, GRAIN AND 8TOCK. AN UNSATISFACTORY DAY, Special telegram to Tho Bex. CHI0AGO, March 27,—To-day was a8 unsat- infactory a day for the crowd om 'change as could well bo imagined. Tho market was nervous and prices fluctuated in & manner to make both bulls and bears sick, At theopen- ing of the morning session there was nothing to base the price of May wheat on, although the option opened nominally at 8, The cereal cavorted all around that figure, and kept see-sawing up and down, It was cur- rently reported that the crowd on one ide of the pit was buying at 83}c, whilo the other wae paying 81c for tho article. There were very fair outside orders and the *‘boya’ con- fined themselves to scalping each other, but even this was very unsatisfactory, as prices cbauged momentarily up and down, War rumors were freely circulated, but the foeling of uncertainty ruled all through the session. Traneactions were not nearly s numerous or as heavy as yestorday., To show how tho ‘market fluctuated during the morning i be enid that the May option, after c 82fic, opened at 83c, sold down to 81fc, then up to 8240, to 81ic, and finally closed at 82fc. By far, the strongest article on the list was corn, _'This is accounted for by the fact that there is comparatively little stock in tho city o dn this cribe, | The Tong o3rn is. mostly held in this city, and those who have it propose to hold on toit. Theso longs can’t be shaken out. Outside business is slack, and only local scalping business is being engaged In at resent. There is & fair export demand. ay option closed at 42 last night, and opened at 42 and elosed at sbout that figure, The provision market followed the lead of whoat in & large degree to-duy, There was & ood deal of thort covering and this sent ice;up_from $12 374 at the opening to R{‘z 40, " Roche was eaid to have covereda lot of hia shorts. At the close the May option waa quoted at $12 374 On the afternoon session Moy wheat closed at 82jo, May corn at 42§, and May pork at $12 374, & CATTLR AND HOGS, There was an active d wd for the ordi- o shippingand drossed. bl steers, ‘hads higher and prices most of them ruling are new fully as high as a week ago, all the decline of the early part of the week having been regained. New York and New Eng- land shippers and all the out of town and local dressed beef buyers were at the market. The best hsavy steers aro making §5 (0@ 580, and light to medium $5 50@6 00. There was aléo an_active demand for fine fat cows, heifers and bulls, all of which are mak- ing dangorously high prices. Canning stock 1 good demand and selling at high figures, Today and yesterdsy a large number of buyers of feeders were on the market. The ordinary run of stockers and foeders are also in good demand with_prices ruling as high a8 at any time. Anything at all suitable wall make $i 00@4 50, and along there common and rough, even sorubby etock, selling down as low as $3 70@3 90; 1,050 to' 1,250 pounds steers, $1 50@5 15; 1,700 to 1,300 pounds, $5 26@b 60; 1,300 to 1,500 pounds, $5 b0@ 8 butchers and’ canners common, $2 60@3,25; good, $3 30@4 40. % 5 Hogs ruled fair and prices again about a nickel higher, Packers, shippers and spec lators were buying, the market closing at an early hour with about all sold. Rough and common packers sold around about $150@ 460 and fair to good $4 66@4 70, with the be:t heavy at $4 75; packing and shipping, 84 66@4 70 light, 130 to 200 pounds, $4 36@ 470, Cowboy Kids Rehearsing in School, CiNcixNaTr, March 27,—Miss Hoyt, teacher inthe recond intermediate school on Ninth street, near Main, was alarmed after the close of school by an unusual clamor in one of the rooms, When ehe entered the apartment she found four boys rushing over the desks in the grestest confusion, with large revolvers and all whooping like Indians, The unruly youth were disarmed and it was loarned that ey hud planned to go to Texan in May and become cowbuys and were practicing in the scheol room “when found. All were armed with revolvers and bowie-knives, wag thirtecn aud he wes to pro for the expedition. The children belong to well-known fomilies and their names wero suppressed. e —— Resolutions of Sympathy Grant, Lrerui Rock, March {27.—The legislature adjourncd sino die at noon te-day. In the house this morning a fresolution was unani- mouely sdopted expressing &.ru(ound regret at the dangerously continued illness of Gen, Grant, and declared the members of the house to extend sincere symputhy to Grant, and ex- prorsing the hope that providenco may restore ey perfect health, to Gen. March A When the weather grows warmer, that extreme tired feellng, want of appetite, dullness, languor, aud lassitude, afilict almost the entiro hu nily, and serof- ula and other diseases caused by humor manifest themselves with many. 1t 13 im- possible to throw off this debility and expel humors from the blood without tho aid of & reliable medicine like Hood's Sarsaparilla, “I could not sleep, and would get up in the morning with hardly 1ifo enough to get out of bed. I had no appetite, and my face would break out with pimples, Ibought Hood’s a’bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla, and soon Degan to sleep soundly; could get up with- out that tired and languld feeling, and my appetite improved,” R, A, BAN¥ORD, Kent, O “1 had been much troubled by general debllity, Last spring Hood's Barsaparilla proved just the thing needed. 1 derived an immense amount of benefit. I never felt better.,” H. ¥, MiLL Boston, Mass, Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all drugglsts. §1; six for 85, Made only by C, 1. HOOD & 00, Lowell, Mass, 100 Doses One Dollar At 10 other s ceptible to the beneficial effects of a ro- on 13 the system 60 sus- liable tonic and invigorant. Tho impure stato of the blood, the deranged digestion, d tho weals condition of the body, caused by its long battlo with the cold, wintry Dlasts, all call for the reviving, regulating and restoring influences so happily and effectively combined in Hood's Sarsaparilla, “‘Hood's Sarsaparilla did me a great deal of good, I had no particular disease, but was tired out from overwork, and it toned meup,” Mus, G, K. Biamoxs, Cohoes, N, ¥, Sarsaparilla “For seven years, spring and fall, T had scrofulous sores come out on my legs, and for two years was not free from them at all. I suffered very much, Last May I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, and before I had taken two bottles, the sores healed and the bumor leftme.” C. A. ARNOLD, Arnold, Me, There 18 no blood purifier equal to Hood's Sarsaparilla.” E.S. PugLes, Rochester, N.Y. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. #1; six for $5. Made only by C. 1. HOOD & ©0., Lowell, Mass, 100 Doses One Dollar