Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 27, 1885, Page 1

OmMAHA DaAilLy BEE THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, NEB., M( DAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1885. tude of the government of Great Britain at that time, and cites the opinion of Prof, Pels, an eminent writer on international maratime law, to the effect that there can be without a blockade no cl.sure of a port not in Jossoasion of the sovereign issing the decree, [Ts alao refers to the leglstation of the con. gress of the United States in 1561, relative to the closing of the ports of the seuth, and wny s, ‘After a careful examination of the au- thorities and preccdents bearing upon this important question I am bound to ¢ nclude as a general principal that a decree by a sovereign power clcsing to neutral ¢om merce porta held by its enemies, whether for. eign or domestic, can have mno international validity, and no extra territorial effect in the direction of Imposing any obligation upon the governments of neutral powers to_recognize 1t, or to contribute towards ita enforcement, PANAMA AFFAIRS. Correspondencs Between Secretary Bay- ard and the Cshmbian Minister Concerning Olosing Oertain of Its Ports to Foreign Commerce, With Some Exceptions the Re- public is Entirely Pacifisd by any domestic sction on their part. The decree of the closing of the cer. And They Would Like all Foreign |53, named, = ports of . Colombis ation of an ulterior purpcse to resort to a proclaimed and eff sctive block ade, It may therefore be premature to treat your sannouncement as imparting such ulterior measures, but it gives me pleasure to declare that the government of the United States will recognizs any effective blockade, instituted by the United States of Columbin, with respect to ita domestic porta mot actually subject to its The Streets are Barricaded and in|™uthotity, Tois government will also submit to a forcible repulsion of the vessels of the United States by any embargo which Co- lumbia may lay upon the ports of which it has possession when it has power to effact such repulsion. But the government of the United States must regard as utterly nuga- tory the proclamations closing the ports which the use of Columbia do not possess under the lor of a naval force which is not even pre- tended to be competent to constitute a block- Vessels Removed, The U. 8. Forces Have With- drawn from Panama, the Hands of the Iosurgents— Trouble is Fearsd, PANAMA AFFAIRS, WASHINGTO, April26, —The following cor- respondence has recently passed between Secrotary Bagard and Senor Bocerra, Colom | 3 3y, Secretary Bayard then reviews at length bian ministor at Washington, with reforencs | the position taken by the government during to tho decreo of tho Colombian government | 1ate civil war w.th r reference to the question closing certain of ita ports to foreign com- | O the closing of non-possessed ports, in or. = der to show the crnsistency of its present merce and virtually declaring tho vessels of | action, and its conolusion .’m: “That the the insurgents, now eneaved in hostile ad- | ports not eo possessed cannot be closed even miniateations against Cartagens, to be boyond | DY their legitimatesaversign without the con- the pale of intertational law, Under date of | Cgsiitant of a duty announced, and the 3 effect of a blockade i1y be accopted as an es- April Uth, Sonor Becerra writes to Secretary | tablished rule of international law. Bayard as followe: youtarday had the matisfaction o receive | "THVRAWAL OF THE UNITED STATES THOTS a telogram from the president of Colombia, FROM PANAMA—TROUBLE FEARED dated at ths capital city of the union on that FROM URGENTS, day, wherby the magistrate informs me the Ew YORK, April 26.—The following dis- entiro republic is entirely pacified with the e : oxcaption of tho ports of Panama,in the atate | © s s toies e ANAMA, (via. Galveston), April 26, —All of that name, and those of Sabanilla, Santa | troops were withdrawn from this city last Marta and Barranquilla in the states | night. The consequances cannos ba foreseen, of Bolivar and Magdalena, % Active | by military op ns, however, ware still in | arri preparation against the rebels, who hold [ night, is cortain, Gen. Aizpura has proposed theze points in our torritory, and with a view | to the commander of the United States forces to making them more efficient various meas-|here to withdraw his troops to the station urea of a highly important characterhad been | of the Panams Railway compary, —Gen. adopted, two of which I have the honor, in | Aizpura, however well disposed, will not be obedience to special instructions, to biing [able to prevent ths destruction of prop- to the knowledge of this goverament, erty and life, Bariicades ave baing erected By the first the Columbian government, in |in~ the atreets and sand bag the exercise of its authority and oxpressly | defenses are baing constructed on the balcony orcing the pertinent provisions of iis com- | of the barracks. 'I'nia ehows that the insur. inl and revenue laws, declures the ports | gents are determined ro fight in town. The of Sabanilla and Sunta Marta in the Carrib- | native feeling here i strong. It is considered ean sea, and the pluvisl port of Barraugville. | cruel for the United States forces to occapy which is yery near to Sabanilla, c'osed to for- | the town and then withdraw, leaving the peo- eign commerce. All attompta to import or | ple helpless and the city in control of a law export goods through the aforesaid ports after | loga mob. President Lerymser of ths Contral this dacree is known will therefore be con- | and South Awerican Telegraph company tele- sidered as illicit, any trado thus carried on | graphed as follows: will be considerod ‘contraband, and vessels, | ° *Hox T. B, Barann, Secretary of State, crews, otc , engaged therein will be liable. be- | Washinat )l American troops were with- sidea forfeiting the goods, to the penalties in | drawn from Panama last night = The town is such cases provided by the Columbian laws. | in the hands of the rebels and the streets are Cll!mhe.l;«;zme:ignn.:m ““f‘"‘}’}“i‘“ of | now barricaded The consequences cannot ol at the vessels which are oreseen. vo tol now atationed at tho entrar co to the: Bay of | ellose eo thw suporinemment o eroed a8 hat thero will e serious trouble on the of the Colombian troops, due here to. parative insecurity to long as the money lender at New York and Boston—or at Lone don for that matter, reads from tims to time of passengar trains being siezed by outlaws, he will continue to be content with low inter- est nearer home, but beyond this it can be shown that the interest rates are higher in many places of the country than the real tacts warrant Owiog to the very defective publicity of the day, New York has ditect rolations with every partof the country, but its newapapers do not report the country, thus leading cattlemen are findiog extreme difficuity no matter how responeible they may be in procuring money at eastern centers for,extending busineas, there is a rapidly grow- ing need, which must sveedily becomea imperi- ous of an adequate reporting at the eastern money centers of the facts relating to the trade and industries of the country, This is done that an item for intere:t on the invest ment at remote points in a legitimate indus try will not be so great as now. Such report ing would involve a far reaching organization and might lead to a revolution in metropoli- tan_jourvalism, The dnift of the foreivn trade of the United States is distivctly tow ard lessened inports and fairly maintained ex- ports, Tho falling off in the wheat crop is not calcu'ated to help the foreigh trade situation, On the other hand the imports of merchan diso may grow less and less during the next six monthe, During recent weeks merchan- dise imports at New York have been running down, Fluctuations on the New York stock exchange during the week have had no sigui- ficance. Business is scarcely more than a game of seo paw botweon room traders, The indications of an early and pronounced_de- clinen the price of real estats at New York are stronger. The fear of cholera is un doubtedly having a bad effect, The real es- n here has been sustained by a widespread disposition to seek real estate in- vestments, — —— GENERAL GRANT. BETTER TO-DAY THAN S8INCE THE IMPROVEMENT BRGA New York, April 26,—Shortly after one o'clock last night General Grant fell asleep, Five minims of morphine having been admin- istered, one minim less than usual, Though he did not sleep continuoualy through the night the patient slept in all a8 much as usual, and aroused for the day at eight o'clock this morning. He was said by Dr. Douglass to have been better to-day than on any day since the improvement bgan, just two weeks ago. Duriog the night the general coughed much Jess than veual and expoctorated scarcely any, Dr. Douglass aroused late this morning and Jeft the residence st mne o'clock, The day broke cloudy and at six o'clock the rain be- gan talling, aud tho air was chill and raw, precluding the poesibility of the general going out during the day. Drs, Barker, Douglass, Shrady and Sands met at the general’s house for the reguliy weekly consultation at 2 o'clock this afternoon, This dialogua took place be. tween De, Darker and a reporter when the former left the house after the consultation: “How is your patient to-day?’ was asked, “‘He says he feels botter than he has felt i long time,” was the doctor's answer. ‘‘As compared with his condition when you last saw the genaral what is his condition to-day”" “‘The genersl says he feels better than he has for weeks,” said Dr. Barker, *But your opwion is worth more as to the general's actual condition Has he improved or worse than on Wedne:day last’’ urged the inquirer, “Tho _throat has cloared up some sinco Wednesday, but there has been no radical ehange in the throat, We did not_expect that,” replied Dr. Barker, When Dr. Douglas left the house he said that Grant was found to have improved since the ay of | follows to the superintendent of the company Cartagena, in the rort of that name in the | at Panama, A demand in writing from the Carribean sea, and which are there embar- | American consular commandant of the United rassing, and even making war upon the inter- | States forces forjprotection to our own property national commerce under the flags of various | and men. At present the United States has friendly relations, and by means of vessels of | by treaty all the rights and obligations that a regular line of communication, which have | Columbia has and must be held responsible lon%been established, do not belong to the | for all damage done to American property or U. 8. of Columbia, and they have no right to | forfeiture to keep open communisation.” raise, as they nevertheloas raise the flag of | Similar dispatches wero also sent to the secre- that nation. As a consequence both their | tary of the navy ana to the manager of the existonce and their existence which are company at Galveston, wholly irregular put them wholly beyond the pale of international law, and their groceedines which are too hoatile to the peaceful operations of commerce, at the entrance to the commercial port, belonging to the nation which is at peace with the whole warld may inall cases he punished by vessels that are charged in these waters to watch over the intereits and over the com- merca in general, and over the special inter- esta of the nations to which they especially belong. Iniuforming yu, Mr. Secretary of State, as I hereby have he honor to do, of the restoration of peace throughout almost the en- THE MANITUBA WAR. THE FIGHT WITH RIEL, WasHINGTON. April 25, —United States Consul James W. Taylor, at Winnipeg, Man- itoba, sent the following to-day to Secretary Bayard: “The battle with Ricl's force at Fish Creek continued all day Friday. The Canadian loss was twelve lkilled and forty seven wounded, Middleton retired about a mile to an open space on the northeast bank S:.e. :‘:ir;lw :gtgo:n;l:}i--t‘ngt of fl:e né_m- of the Saskatchewan, He was reinforced by a e the pfm Dy ,‘;v,d’b;'t}l;",‘d,'g{:: column from the other side of the river, but I entertain the hope that this information | tbe number of troops still does not exceed six will be ‘zmtlylnn to you, and that the decrees | hundced, but there are rumors of hostile In- in question will have n your estimation the woight necessary o bo considered as. impor- | fim 1 vers prenty P otol The sltus- A0 A skl oen oom mesee: and high = winds last night. There ©F SECRETARY BAYARD BEPLIED in hope of the arrival of the steamer to Senor Pecerra a recapitulatioh of the points | Northoote from Swift Ourrent with = a Gatling gun, but there is danger of her being interrupted Or gotting aground on the sand- bars of the South Saskatchewan. The robel loes Is unknown on account of their advantag- eous position on Fish Creekin awooded ravine, The insurgents were led by Gabriel Damont. Lhlc firs was tho most deadly. Noarly all h who were shot were shot throuzh the head or urgents has any international effect There is a hospital for the wounded ustaine 1 by a blockade force sufficient ) 's O) r 3 ; o at Clark's Crosnog, The occupation of Bat- to practically clows such ports.” ~ Secretary | loford by other troops relieving the garri N n :;-y&? 0:23: g‘?fi?rzizn hfl'mm, Notes | o d gettlers may check further hostilities by & such cases as d the North Saskatchewan Indians, There is goml m‘m,fl;,uhn"Yfl;‘gmmfld "J"":":' telegraphic communicition with Battleford residents Jefforson and Madison, during the A o atrugglen with France and England con- | put the battlefield s twenty-five miles from tinues as follows: * { i present decree assumed to create 18 analog Cromiog, S GeaeralMld; to that caused by the action of the eovern- ment ot New Grenada in 1861, The Grena- dian Chargo de-Affaires, Senor Rafael Pambo on the 81st of March, of that year, notified Mr. Seward that certain ports, among them ———— Rio Haehu, Sant Marts, Oartsgens, Taba- | Increase in the Surplus of dle Funds nillo and Seapole, all on Caribbean const, New Y had been deciared to be closed to commerc in New Xork, whether of export or import, there | Special telegram to the Bxe, is this difference, owever,zh;ttho(;mi:ndlln Nuw YOnk, April 26,—A still further in- government, en announced that the war| i o Sorsola of the eonfedoration ware! o0 wial | crouso in the surplus of idle funds at New about the porta closed to commerce for the | ¥ 0rk, brings out more clearly, if that were urpose of seizing vessels which should be | needed, the bad effect which this indrawing ound violating the closure which had been o : % docteed. It uppears from Mo, Beward's aote of capital must have upon productive indus: of scknowledgmant to Senor Pambo, dated | 77 the points remote from financial centers Al:i" Oth, 1809, that the ;nnuunwmant then | sud the consequent tendency of being more made was interpreted, and correctly so, as & | and withdrawal of money from declaration that the certain named ports were | active enterprise. The fuilure score must of of the latter’s communication and setting forth the porition of the United States w(cfi referce thereto, as follows: *‘This govern- ment, following the received§tenets of inter- national law, does not admit that a decree of a soverign government closing certain nation- al ports in the possession of foreign enemies 0US | dloton announces is purposes to the Ottawa authorities to advance immediatel: i m Riel's rear is now east or south of South Saskwstch- ewan, iz & stato of blockade, which should be ren- | course keep up, Thus week is no exception deced effotive by national vessels, and of | tha slight incroaoe belng reported with & largs which dus publio notice had been given. | excess over lastyear's difficulty of procuring Whilo the goverumont of the United States | money on really substantial seourity, at o, in 1861 thus confirmed the doctrine it con- | mote parts of tha country, must in time haye stantly maintained fcom the earliost of | something like & solutiod, While there Will the republio that the non pos rts | continue for an indefinite future to be might be effectively closed by o maratime |a difference in the rate of interest blockade. The Brivish government then con- | for money at New York, and at Sioux City, troverted tho right of New (irenada to resort | Towa, or at any other town similarly situsted, to such & remedy,” The secretary quotes | There must not continue so groat a diffarence from a spoech made Octobar 24, 1862, by Mr. | as now exists, The immediate causes of the Cobden, for the purpote of showing the atti- | great disparity are two: Firat—There s com- | pi last corsultaion, The observation of the doctors resulting in that opinion. The gener- al was feoling better and was better since his improvement began. Dr. Shrady would join Dr. Douglas Wednesday p.m. nextand the next full consultation would take place next Sunday. Jn relation to certain alarming statement by an electric light agent who carried his machine to General Grant’s house on Saturday night and assumed to describe the appearance of the general's throat when ho left the honee. Tt may be stated on the authority of Dr. Douglas that he did not see General Grant, nor did he approach him any nearer than the recoption room down stairs; that his machine for examining the_throat with the electric light was not used. Col. Grant corroborates Dr, Douglas’ statement. He saya the electric light agent ¢id not see Gen. Grant, mu_h less examine his throat, e FOREIGN NEWS, ENQUIRY To BE MADR WHERE THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT. LoNpoN, April 26,—The Observer in a special edition says it believes that Earl Granville in'the second dispatoh to St. Petersburg reiterated the demand that the ‘military inquiry be held regarding the Penj- deli battle on the spot where the battle was fought. Smver, April 26,—If the Duke of Con. noucht goes into active service, the Duchess of Connought will remain here during part of the month, The Russian military authorities sent 10,000 troops across the Caspian sen from Barker, and of theee 6,000 landed at Chikis- lar and 4,000 at Krasnovodek, Two thousand additional men were sent from Turkestan to Mery, Prior to this dispatch of these rein- forcements there were 8,000 men stationed in the Trane-Caspian terri Mery in the nearest poiat to Afgha large Russian forca stationed, now numbering about 6,000, The garrison Base Ball, CixcINNaTI, April 26,—Cincinnatis 8, Louis- villes 1. t. Louls 2, Pitts- St, Louts, April 26 burgs 0, IND1ANAPOLIS, April 26, —Indianapolis 11, Toledos 4, ——— Gen. Grant Going to the Mountains, NEw York, April 25, —Arrangements have been completed for the removal of Gen, Grant and his entire family to Mountain Mc- Gregor some tims during the latter part of June, The use of the cottage of Joseph W, Drexel was tendered to Gen, Grant this morning and was accepted h’ Col, Grant in behalf of his father, Col. Grant said to a gentleman, who had called to complete the arrangements for the general's trip, that if his father coutinued to improve for one month longer s rapidly as he had during the past few weoks he would be stronger than he was a year ago. It is expected Dr, Douglas will re- main with the general during his stay in the mountalns, —— The Telegraph Operators, Uniteaao, April 25,—At & meeting of the Westeru Union operators to-day it was de- cided that It was no more than reasonable to allow the ‘company until May] lst to decide whether or not it would accade to the opers- tors' request made & Week ago that the rxtra for extra work be restored, A BLOODY | AFFRAY. A Rock Islaed Conduc'or Assanlted in Winthrop Statior, Mo, By Pierce Yooum Who Strikes Him Over the Head With a Two-Pound Weight and then Grapples Him. Conduotor Bmith then Shoots and Kills Him, And Also Wounds the Brother of His Assailant. Two Well Vernon, Known Citizens of Mt. Mo, Indulge in a Fatal Shooting Affray. A BLOODY AFFRAY, A ROCK ISLAND CONDUCTOR SHOOTS AND KILLS ONE MAN AND WOUNDS ANOTHER, Special telegram to the Bre. Atciison, April 26, —There was a bloody affair on the train between here and Win- throp, Mo,, just across the river from here last night, the particulars of which are about as follows: Three young men, known as the ‘Yocum boys who live in Winthrop, had some trouble yesterday morniog with Conductor Smith about paying bridge fare, Nothing serious, however, resulted from the dispute until evening, when the Yocum boys in taking the train tack home again, picked o quarrel with the conductor, sin accordance with threats made by them that they would “lay him out.” In the affray Smith was shot twice, both balls lodging in the right forsarm. He shot and killed one of the ‘Yocum boys, aad shot another one in theback, Conductor Smith and the two surviving Yocums were arrested and taken to St. Jo. by the sheriff to be there held until the matter can be investigated, Two Men Use Bevolvers. Special to the Kansas City Times, Arcrinsos, Kan., April 25.—A bloody pis- tol fight occurred at Fast Atchison, Mo., at 6:16 this aftecnoon between Conductor L. T, | Smith, of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway, and Pierco and Henry Yocum, well known characters of thisplace, just as Smith had registered his train and and was about to give orders to pull out on the regular jtrip to Cameron, He had put Pierce off his train a8 it was passiog over the bridge into Atchison at 10 o’clock this morning, Upon the return trip Pierce and Henry were at the depot to administer chastisement. Smith, how- ever, had been warned beforehand and was fixed with a self-acting Smith & Wesson in his right coat pocket. = As Smith stepped out of the depot Pierce hit him over the had with a two-pound weight and the two then grap- pled with him, Smith finally pushed his asanilant off but he was deter to have a fight and the conductor drew his pistol just as Piercs pulled his Smith fired first, placing the weapon close to his antagooist’s bresst. Yocum reeled and Smith fired a cecond, third and fourth time, each time lodging a bullet id Yocum’s body. Yocum fell dead, Meanwhile Henry Yocum had been shoot- ing at Smith, and he turned on his vew assailant apd gave him the contents of his last cartridge; and was then pulled into the depot wounded in the left arm in two laces and with a bullet in a emall book over is heart, Henry’s vest was cut with Smith’s last shot but he was not hurt. Pierce Yocum, it seems was a member of & quarantine committee to prevent colored people of the state from stopping at East Atchison, and was on the train in such! ity when Smith put him off. He and brother have heretofore borne good character, and the affair is regarded as the result of a justed and the crisis passed. While at East port the Russian ship refitted completely and was provided with a high power battery of modern breech.loaders and the crew from Russian sailors sent from the home stations for that purpose, Vice-Admiral Willinm Gore Jones, then paval attache of the British legation, discovered what was going on and Sir Edward Thornton, the minister, pro- tested, but without any result at tho time. As there was no war nothing more was said by her Brittanic majesty’s representatives about the incident, The question under dis- cuasion by foreign representatives here is will America permit the Russian government to ropeat the a t, and, if so, what will England do?! They point to the fact Palmerston promptly refused to allow the Confederate cruisers Alabama, Shenandosh and Florida to even take cosl inany English port during thecivil war. If the Russian vessels are to have the same privileges in American waters a8 our own ships of war, then why not Eog- 1and? The nations of Europe are anxious to see what we will do if it comes to diseriminat- ing between them, e —— WASHINGTON NEWS, APPOINTMENTS, WASHINGTON, April 25,—The president to- day appointed J, O. Chenoweth, of Texas, to be first auditor of the treasury, vice R, M. Reynolds, resigned by request. CGieneral Henry J, Hunt, retired, was to- day appointed governor of the soldiers' home at this place, vice Colonel Samuel D, Stur- giss, of the Seventh cavalry. Captain Robert Cattlin, retired, was appointed deputy gover- too quick temper on the part of both Smith and Yocum, Sheriff Smith Carey, who was summoned Joseph by special train, formally ar- nith and took him away, Coroner Wells is now engsged on the in- quest, and good order prevails., The News at St. Joseph, Special tothe Kansas City Times, Sr. JoskeH, Mo,, Apri —At Winthrop, this county, this evening, Conductor Smith, of the Rock Tsland road, and Perry Yozum quarantine officer, became involved in a di culty and both began shooting. Yocum was killed outright and Smith fatally wounded, Fenin§ a mob would wreak vengrance on the Rock Island employes Sheriffi Carey and a posse of men left here at 8 o’clock to-night on » special train for Winthrop, Atchison, op- posite Winthrop, has quarantined colored people because of small-pox. ¥ ocum was one of three men employed to watch traios and it was while discharging his duty shutl\hu trouble aross which resulted in his eath. Fatal Street Shooting Affray at Mt, Vernon, Mo, 8r. Louie, April 26,—Advice from Mt, Vernon, Lawrence county, Mo, are to the effect that Jobn A, Tennis and George H, Moore, both old and well known citizens, be- tween whom a bitter feud of several years standing existed, met on the street yesterday evening and Immediately drew revolvers and commenced firing, Tennis was shot through the head and Moore through the heart and both died in a few minutes, —— American Neutrality in Case of a European War, Special Telegram to Tug Big, WASHINGTON, April 26, There is an in teresting rumor current among European en- voys in Washington touching the degree of neutrality the United States will maintain in theevent of a war between England and Russia, It s reported that an understand- ing exists bet ween our government aud Rus- si similar to that of 1875-9, when the Rus #isn cruiser came in the harbor Mo., when the war between Ru 1.nd seemed inevitable, and remained two or three months, until the difficulties were ad- nor. The changes go into effect May 15, when the officers relieved will join their re. spective regiments. Surgeon C, ’C. Birne has also been detailed for duty at the home, relieving Aesistant Surgeon Dewett, who will report to the surgeon general for duty. Army officers express themselves pleased with the action of the president in placing retired officera in charge of the home. Jedge Andrew Wiylie, associate justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, has tendered his resignation to take effect on the appointment and «qualification of his suc- cessor. INVESTIGATING THR NAVY, ‘WASHINGTON, April 25.—The secrotary of the cavy has issued the following order; “‘My attention has be:n called to the deal- inFn of this department with the American Wood-preserving company. Two largs sum ot money were paid for the use of the patents and recently for the purchase of a large plant erected at the Boston navy yards by the com- pany. Such perronal investigation as I have been able to make has convinced me that a thorough examination and investigation of all matters connected with the dealings of the government with the company shou'd be made, including an investigation 10to the utility of the invention and its prac- tical value. The government isin possession of an_expensive plant recently purchased for use in connection with this invention,t I am unable to find that the invention has gone into general use or that private individuals are availing themselves of its supposed supe- rior merits. I hereby designate and detail Captain Francis M, Bunce and_ Captain Henry L. Howinson to_act with Professor Charles ¥'. Chandler of New York, to look into the whole matter and report to me,” COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS, As the impression seems to prevail that person is privileged to enter the compel examination that is to govern the appoi ment of postoffice inspector, Postmaster-Gen- eral Vilas has issued a circular stating that application blanks for the purpose will not be farnished indiscriminately, but only to those who have been recommended to the depart- ment, MINISTER KEILEY IN WASHINGTON, A. M, Keiley, recently appointed minister to Italy, arrived in Washington to-day and had a conference with the secretary of state. It is generally understood he declined the Italian mission and that his visit to the secre- tary of state is with regard to his appoint- ment to the Russian mission, INVESTIGATING M'GILLICUDDY. Commissioner Atkins to-day resumed th) hearing of the charges against” Indian Agent McGulicuddy. Red Cloud and his inter- preter, Todd Randall, testified in support of the accusations which were taken up seriatim and a reply was made by the agent and his Indian witnesses. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S HORSES, Two distineuished arrivals last nieht were the president’s carringe-horses, a_pair of brown geldings, bought at Poughkee) ork, for a fancy price. They brothers, five and six years old, by Lysander, & son of old Hambeltonian, They are models of form, with long, silky tails, which the pres- ident has decided shall not be cropped to com- ply with the prevailing cruel English craze, ‘These horses were selected after a wide search and are considered a great bargain, even at a fancy price, Mr, Arthur's horees, which the president has been using since March 4th, will be forwarded to their obliging owner early next week, any 0dd Fellows Sixty.Sixth Anniversary. C10AGo, April 26,—1In the cityt he lodges of Odd Fellows to day celebrated the eixty- sixth anniversary, There was a procossion and an address by Dr. Samuel Fallows at St. Paul’s Reformed Episcopal church. The Three 8ick Millios NO. 214 Street, NEw Youk, April 26, —The bad health of three millionaires is the topic for Wall street talk at the end of ths week, The men are (Gould, Vanderbilt and Field, and the stories told of their incapitation are poesibly in tended primarily to effect the prices of stocks in which the three capitalists are heavily in- terosted. The truth in these cases is at the bettom of & well so deep that the job to bring it up to the surface is almost hopeless, The most caretul belief is that Gould is anxious, for the sake of ease in mind and body, to re tire from strenuous business, and that he will do 80 s &0ou &8 his losses, through the drop of stocks after Garfield’s assassination, aggre. guting to him not less than $23,000,000, if the calculation be based on the highest and lowest quotations of the securities, in which his wealth is chietly invested, have been made good, Gould’s temperament i in- tensely nervous and in order to save him from prostration the recent trip in his yacht was deemed necossary. Since his return he has worked vory hard, not less than cight hours a day st the most harraseing operatiods, Strikes on some of his railroads, the new law compelling th burial of his telegeaph wires Tncrease of 1he Probabiities of War B:tween England end Russia, The Reoall of the Duks of Con- naught is Considered The Most Signifioant and Warlike Offioial Aot Yet Taken. He is to Commsnd the Second Corps in Afghanistan, Seventy-Five Millions Spent in India in Warlike Preparations, in cities of this state, the cortainty that his elevated railrond conpanies will have to pay enormous damages to iujured property along tha linee, and the failure of stock prices to advance ae expected—these things have com- bined to make the present period about the most straining and depressing in_his whole career, He looks badly, and that s about all that can be positively known of his physical condition, save that he is under the doctors’ care, and admits that he means to soek rocre- ation in yachting as soon as he can get away from business, Vanderbilt is ucquestionalle, But thera is no good roason why that fact should have any effect m_Wall stroet, for he is not active there, and pays only the most cursory atten tion to the management of his railroad Tho Turcomans and Sarikhs Anx fous for Plunder are Impatient at the Delay in Declaring War, THE AFGHAN TROUBLE, Special telegram to the Bk, INCREASE OF THR PROBABILITIES OF WAR TWEEN ENGLAND AND RUSRIA, Loxnoy, April 26 —During the last week the probabilities of war botween Ingland and Rusin have greatly increased. Tho discovery that France moant mischief, the deve'opment of the Bosphore Iigyptian incident into a interests, But Vanderbilt has for & month f ooy ingernational quarrel. The ostentious been confined almost entirely to his house. b 5 mingling of Russian aud French officers in T ne b ol ':fl.\'.,‘\;'“‘b‘;',‘i.,{‘:;‘:_ “Hi% face | every capital on the continent. All this has shows an occasional twitching and lack of | come a8 a total surprite to the inhabitants of mobility, which is said to come to incipient [ London, although 1‘"'hl-clm in Berlin were paralysie. Tho assertion is even made posi- | talkiog of the possibility three months ago. tively that he has had a mild etroke of that | Whether France has gone in for the tempor- discare and ia in constant dread of fatality | ary purboses of deviltry or with moro far from that source. No balls or receptions have | reachiog arms her demonstration of hostility been given in his mansion lately, the picture | *erved the presont mneeds of Fogland b Rilloryhnurmtbecnopencdm{hepnl;irmd opening the Dnirdfin]euca Cm‘ l\utln; the ~ millionaire keeps sedulonsly [ vessels At Ll o L out of sight. Dr. ' Fordyce |probably securig Turkish aid as well. Some sensational news has reached London from Indin, Obe telegram goes 8o far as to state that » report is prevalent throughout moet of India that war has been declared by England against Russia. The excitement among the Indians aware of the report beg- ars description, In [ndia the recall of the uko of Connaught from Simia in Punjaub, while on his way to Bombay to take a steamer to Britian is considered the most significant and warhke act yet taken by the Indian_gov- ernmert. It is stated to-night that the Duke of Connaught hns been ordered to assume control of the second corps, destined for mili- tary service in Afghanistan, A remarkable increazo 1n the vigor of the preparatlons in Tudia for war hag been reported. More than soventy-five million dollars has been already spent in these preparationr, in order to meet the iramediate aud. farther military requlte- ments, the New Indian Loan has been already proposed. 5 Dufferin_hes held a prolonged military council and it is belioeved at this council it was resolved to coucentrate an Indian force at Quettah immediately, Old Indian officers aro sending their wives out of the country, and writiog nervous letters home, Leports from central Asia are to the effect that the Tureomans and Sarikhs are very impatient at the delay in the issue of the declaration of war, s they are’yearning for a_chauce to lunder both Afghanistan and Indis. Sir Barker makea calls two or threetimes a weok, and they are understood to be on_Vanderbilt himeclf, though the physician declines to say yes or no to queations, The third millionaire to whom Wall street has assigned physical collapse 18 Oyrus W. Field, That wiley oper- ator with Gould sunounces that on the com- pletion of half a century of financiering he now retires from activity, He has resigned from the directories of several companies and there seems to be no doubtfulness that what- ever may be the fact as to his bealth he really means to take a rest, His fortune is estimated at $23 000,001 S — RAILROAD RACKET, THE RATE WAR RESUMED, CHICAGO, April 25,—It was the Burlington rond to-day that was the first to resume the freight rates to the northwest. It set the ex- ample by booking freight ugh;.n classes at 10 cents to St. Paul, Minneapokis and Minnesota transfer points, & rocuction on the first class of 2) cents since yesterday. As soon as the fact was made known thé customers of other roads were also given the benefit of the re- duction. though the 10 cent rate cannot yet be #aid to be quoted openly. RECEIVER APPOINTED, CLRVELAND, April 26 —A receiver wi pointed for the Lake Erie & Western ra) ad company late yesterday afternoon by Judge | }y,51q Stewart and Gen. Roberts say that :‘:-‘P"iig:‘::: },}"g:gmsa“;"' xireuit, oourt, | thoy are both confident of Afghan friendakip in the event of Russian occupation of Herat, and also that Sir Peter Lumsden, who i in their_confidence, had plenty of money to spend with the Afghans and do all that he could to bring the Afghans and Russians to blows, Hopes of peaco with have grown dally slighter sinco the recoipt of Sir Peter Lumaden’s dispatch of Tueaday. The ministry probably hoped that Lumsden’s acoount would enabla them to. walve. thelr complaint against Komaroff, but his terse, explicit and detailed contradiction of the Russian commander’s story, point by point coupled with his distinct assertion that the Russians were aggreso:s, forced the cabinet to again address St. Potersburg » request for explanations, Last week’s scheme for con- Now York, August, 1883, C. R. Cummings, president of the road, gave McGurkey a promissory note for $320,000, to bear interest at 7 per cont. Yestorday the road confessed judgement for the principle and interest un— Drid aince Nov, 1, 1481, smounting to 082,666, Vice-President Cheney was m: receiver and will take possession at once. o Ienon A Fire Bug at Work, CiNcINNATI, April 25.—About three o’clock this morning Mrs. Hawley, who occupies » room in the Palace hotel block, Sixth and Vinestreets, was awakened bya molse re- tembling the pushing of vaper under the door, She callec out asking if it was a_tele- Rustia am_but received no reply. Thed she | tinuiog negotiations reepecting the frontier heard somo ome walk awsy, . Pres- |and ignoring the Penjdeh incident as collaps. ently hor room was o - filled|ed, TheCzar's advisers in the meantjme had with smoke and going to the door found the paper saturated with coal oil and burning agsinst her door. The other doors on the e floor were treatad likewise, only the pa per had not been ignited. The fire was soon extinguished without disturbing the guests in the hotel. E. H. Johnson of St. Louis was arrested on suspicion, e ——— Bullion Piling Up, Waws, ST, N. Y., April 24.— The weekly bank statement shows a reserve increase of received from their sgents in_Central Asia such accounts of the effect of Komaroff's ac- tion on public opinion as led them to resolve to retuee all satisfaction, The Russian press, including the St Petersburg officialj ournal, announced this resolve in plain terms The Moscow Gazette, whose editor, M. Katkoff, is one of the Czar's trusted advirers, spoke the plainest of all, saying that if lngland wiches peace = she must accept the Penjdeh incident with all the consequence and @resume negotiations respecting the frontier, Other papers were allowed to de- mand *the immediate seizure of Herat,” and to protest against English occupation of Port. Homilton, simply because it controls the 2,740,850, Tha banks now hold $53,142,000 in'excess of legal requirements. Spring ' When the weather grows warmer, that extreme tired feeling, want of appetite, afflict almost the entire human family, and scrof- ula and other diseases caused by humors, It s im- possible to throw off this debility and expel humors from the blood without the aid of & reliable medicine like Hood’s Sarsaparilla, dullness, languor, and lassitude, manifest themselyves with many. “I could not sleep, and would get up the morning with hardly life enough to get T had no appetite, and my I bought out of bed. face would break out with pimples. Hood’s proved just the thing needed, {mmense amount of benefit, better,”. H, F, MiLLET, Boston, Mass, "Hood's Sarsaparilla Made Sold by all druggists. $1; six for §5. ouly by C, I. HOOD & CO,, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar . Sarsaparilla a?bottle of Mood's Barsaparilla, and soon began to sleep soundly; could get up with- out that tired and languid feeling, and my appetite improved.” R. A, SANFORD, Kent, 0+ “1 bad been much troubled by general debllity. Last spring Hood's Sarsaparilla 1 derived an I never felt atraits between Coren and Japan, which the Russian fleet expected 1tself to control, Th(!le and many other signs show how elender is tue chance that Russia will answer the last oglish dispatch with anything but a refusal to continus the diecussion of Komarofl's aggression, The English ministers them- selve almost abandon all hope of peace, The identical statement read on Tuesday in the house of commons by Gladstone respecting the vote of credit of eleven millions sterling, though avoiding mention of Russia convinced that houre that the cabinet expected war. This belief was strengthened on Thuredsy when Gladstone described the government as engaged in correspondence of extreme Rravity and told the houre of commons that the six million five hundred|pounds theyjhad asked for were wanted solely because of the deplorable incident on the Afghan frontier, Tho largest financial honses of London heretofore clinging Lo the belief of peace be- gan selling some days since, Dispatche from every European capital bave a despondiog tone, Medicine At no other season Is the system B sus- ceptible to the beneficial effects of a re liable tonic and invigorant. The impurc state of the blood, the deranged digestion, and the weak condition of the body, causcd by its long battle with the cold, wintry Dlasts, all call for the reviving, regulating and restoring influences so happily and effectively combined in Hood's Sarsaparilla. “Tood's Sarsaparilla did me a great deal of good. I had no particular disease, but was tired out from overwork, and it toned me up.” Mxg, G, E. S1MMONS, Cohoes, N, Y. in —— Quarantine Against Cholers. Oiry oF Mgxico, (via Galveston), April 26,~The federal government has taken vigor ous measures to guard against the introduc tion of cholera at Vera Cruez and other sea- ports. Vessels from countries where the cholera iy 'Hw'“d will be subjected to vigor- ous quarantine, “For seven years, spring and fall, I had scrofulons sores come out on my legs, and for two years was not free from them at all, 1 suffered very much. Last May I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, and before I had taken two bottles, the sores healed and the bumor left me.” C. A. ARNOLD. Arnold, Me., “There Is no blood purifier equal to Hood's Sarsaparilla,” E.S. PHELPS, Rochester, N.Y, Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. §1; six for 5, Made only by C. I, HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass, 100 Doses One Dollar e Destructive Fire, LyNoHBURG, Va, April 2, Grandy, the county seat of Buchanan county, was almost entirely danhosed by fire this murning, TFhe court house and county records are burned. seal of North Carolina Smoking Tobacco. adeen teverywhere, ——— Because every- where recognized as indispensibfe fo Reafer a\02 Gonsdumer, P Because we i T lectthelest Wep? i 1 bt Jabacco line, and store it ven.