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

stone thought it for his interest to conceal as THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, NEB., MONDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1885. arbitration in order to determine what shall be submitted to arbitration, THE HUMOROUS VIEW The porsibilities of this sort of diplomacy open up arich field to imaginative statesman, is view of the situation gives additional likelihood when one considers the latest ex change of views that has taken place between rl Granville, secretary of state for foreign airs, and Baron De Stael, the Russian min- Between these diplomats differen of opinion about such questions as the scope of the proposed arbitration aad the zone of delimitation, still remain unsetttled. Whether their divergent views can be recon- ciled and a common standpoint reached from which to consider the main question is by Bo means certain. DE STARL'S PROPOSITION, Baron De Stsel has proposed that the #cheme of arbitration shall bs abandoned in RUSSIA_TRIUMPHS. Ligt Thrown Upon the Arbitration Negotiations, (adstone and Granville Defeated at Every Point, Disgust With the British Policy Be- coming General on the Basis That it is a Clear Defeat, case the comparison of evidence rding the THE AFGHAN COMPLIOATION, deh incident saall be found to sutan REVEALED BY THR CZAR, {\{!n . ]i;:ur‘grertlun o(utl.w‘ o l;nné‘ :: Spacial Telogram to The Bz, arch 17, Earl Graville is incline " accede to this proposition, but only on condi- Loxpox, May 10.—Not till to-day bave | tn that Russin il gract & definceo tro the English public been allowed to know what the arbitration agreement with Russia really meant. Gladstone announced it to the house of commons on Monday in terms so § RUSSIA’S OBJRCTIVR POINT, ambiguous that Sir Stafford Northoote lmme- | mporg ta increasing romson to believe that diately nsked what was the precise point to | the possession of Penjdeh has whetted the bo roferred to tho srbitrator, There was no| appetiteof the voracious Kussian boar snd = at nothing but 't wi long appease il e Bt T"'R"'“l'" st TRunsians hers in_ London, who ate rives from St. Petersburg, Russla evidently of intimacy with the officlals of the thinks that it 13 for her interest to make Russias &m:ukly do ‘nnt 1:1. lé:t:‘km décln: settl - | openly that Russia intends e Hera! vy i, S D o | oy et SR 1L B ey SERRANE S0 obtain the assent of the ameer ton Russian occupation, and they declaro that o treaty which should propose to forbid such action on tho part of Russia would have any bindiog effect. When the opportunity comes or is made to selzo Herat, Herat will be seized, mo matter what the troaty stipulitiont may be, - Thia opportunlty ia not likely to come immediately they think, and Russia, they own, will for the preseat make no advance beyond the line of tho frontier which shall bo agreed upon in the coming negotitions at London, They say further that Russi does not contemplato in- tervening in the affaira of Herat of her own nccord, but that when the lceal tribes, to- gother with the Heratls, shall ask for the rotection of the czar, Russia is bound to ncorporate them in her dominions. ‘‘SOLICITING” THE OZAR'S AID, FEnglishman familiar with the annexation of retand what Russiana in which she shall pledge herself not to any advance into Afghanistan, There is lit- tle likelihood that Kussia wouid muke any such treaty as Earl Granville suggests., long aa possible. The czar calmly announces that Komarofl acted in_entire accordance with bin instructions, and that he was not forbidden to advance, but only forbldden to ocoupy Penjdeh. Russin, thereforo, takes upon hersel{ the entire 'responsibility for 'omaroff’s action, but since the British oabi- net thinks that the Rumisn cabiaet ouch ‘acoording to the agreement, to have ordere Komaroff to_abstain from attack, Russia is willing to submit the interprotation of agree- ment to an arbitrator, ln the meantime, megotiations respaating tho frontir have beor resumed. The Russiaus remain_in possession the territory they occupled perding the delib- eration, The S, Peteraburg and the Mos- cow papers all the week have been saying that arvitration is a comedy. We now seo who looks comic to them, Katoff re- matks in the Mosoow Gaaotte that arbitration simply & respectable 1 means of closing the incident to whioh Russia | Yier? think they understand whot fiasiany aasented in order to find au_honorablo i8ue | ¢ho proection of the czar, There is o shrevd for "‘lf’"‘";‘ l,:'.'“;'d'!“ d“fic“;“ o pon | suspicion afloat that the importunate asking fideration of his feelings and, former policy | for protection by the Mervu, which the czar tow: useia, The oontinental press, | ;.40 heart to withstand, was not quite thouzh puzaled o know what tho acbiteation | pXooris i, 'These exprrssons. o opision e ok e e b Tonie aad | and bellef on the part of Russians who bave O o e iobiand had | access to the Russian embassy are o falr reflox given way. Vienna, the one fiuropean, capl | of the tone of Baron De Staels recont com- tal, except perhaps Rome, which hitherto had | gpjoations to Earl Granvillee The practi- shown a spirit friaudly to England, regarded | o] upehot of the whole matter 18 that Russia this agreement a 3 surrender. Iverybody | faf bahos of ¢ho wholo fatter s Kt finerts rejoices °",:'“‘W rospect of peace. Kewseem | jofinite limit to her territory and binding to rogrot that it has been obtained by what|hor o “a maintenance of frontier they regard as » humiliation for England. |4, fixed unless the rulo of the ameer ENOLISH HOSTILITY, shall be 5o firmly kept within the line of the The feeling in England, at first one of per- frontier that all” tribal disturbances will be plexity, is daily hardening into hostility and gromptly repressed, collisions between the anxiety about the uitimate result of peace ob- [ Saruks and the Afghans prevented, and tained in this singular manner, Lord Ran-|order in Herat preserved. dolph Churchill at once struck the - key-note GRANVILLE'S POSITION WEAKENED, ::: ‘:,llznlm':yp:.r:ys:::':%n::fi r;‘i‘;n l;r‘r‘a‘;ge‘;f hThu diplomatic position of Earl Granville Others employ less violent epithets but dis- | 1% Det wenkened by recent advices from like tho polioy adopted, tho radicals and | preient state of aflairs tn Afghanistan, Tho parelyinstse | {beihIR axoep oL advices make it clear that the Afghans are RUSBIA'S VICTORY. not quite as enthusiastic in their devotion to Russia, in fact, scores every pointin the|the Britiwh cause as the declarations of game. While pretending to_megotiate she|Aburrahman, at Rawal Pindi might lead occuples the debated territory, Pledg- | one to suppose. British agents who have been ing herself on March 16 mot to accompauying the Ameer to Cabul have re- advance, and declaring that she had ordered | ported to Earl Dufferin that a fierce discon- her generals to avold a conflict, she let loose | tent prevaits among the tribal chiefs owing to Komarof and slavghtered the Afghans. ~Re- [ the rumors that the ameer had given ranction quired to apoligize, she refused. Asked to [to the marching of the British throngh Canda- arbitrate on the Penjden incident, she has har in case warshould occur on the Afghan consented to refer, not the Penj leh incident, | frontier between Eogland and Russia. The but the interpretation of the agreement. chiefs put no credence in the amesr’s positive Such reference can have no practical result. | denial, and are loud and earnest in their de- It cannot deprive her of onme foot [ nunciation of his supposed action, of territory nor disturb the ORGANIZING DISCONTENT, immense prestige she hws won in Another source of distnrbance is furnished by the emissaries of Ayoub Khan, the deposed ruler at Herat, who is now in exileat Teheran and was recently cast into prison at the in- stance of the British minister to prevent his mntcmxgllhd escape to his own people, The emissaries are actively engaged in working in his interest among the people between Balkh and Herat, Itisnot improbable that they e in the pay of Russia. At any rate they ate carrying on continuous Hussian propa: ganda. They promise the people that if Ayoub be restored to power the Russians will guarantce independence and freedom from the tributes now levied by Abdurdhman, A SIGNAL OF REVOLT Friends of Abdurrahman, at Samarcand, have informed him that tte advancs of the British beyond 'iuun; would be the signal for a gen- eral revolt of Balkhs in favor ot Ayoub, %hll movement, they assure him, would at once recelve material assistauce from Russians, These advices and others of a similar nature clearly indicate that the advance of the Brit- ish I.w-{'oud Osndahar would probably be iv- poss.ble without engaging in a combat with the Afghans. This probability of resistance on the part of their surposed allies makes the problem of & pou blo advance through Af- gh anistan much more serious than has hitherto een suggested, DUFFERIN'S INFLUENCE GREAT, Earl Dufforin’s report on the Atghan situa- tion is exercising a potent influence on the action of the government. The rumors cur- rent early in the week that Earl Dafferin had resigned his post because of his inability to agree with the government’s policy had abso- lutely no foundation, The viceroy is in com. plete accord with the government, except that he recommends the construction of a railway to Caudahar aud the erection there of strong Asiaand also 1n Europe, She refuses to g:udgo herself not to abvance to Herat or yyond the frontier, now to bs drawn almost exactly on Lessar’s line. No doubt there is dismay in India and disgust in Eogland. LUMSDEN'S RECALL, The recall of Sir Peter Lumsden, though probably not demanded by Russia, is sure to be considered in Asia a3 one more visible token of Russian triumph, Itis not less a triumph because won by flagrant perfidy nor is immediate peace yet quite certain or permanent peace ‘:robiblu. What England gatns is a reprieve. What Russia gains besides everything else, timo to complete the railways to the frontier, REVIEW OF THE WEEK, THE OLD WORLD'S EVENTS, LoxpoN, May 9.—The avglo-Russian sit- uation coutinues to be enveloped in a cloud of uncertainty, It 1s absolutely impossible to predict what o day may bring forth. No wooner had the people begun to be reconciled to the Idea of the submission of the difficulty to arbitration than reports began to prevail questioning the probabi/ity of thero being any arbitrativo. The aversge Eoglishman finds it difficult to disabuse himself of the feeling that, whatever Mr, Gladstone and Earl Granville may say to the contrary, the Rus. slan_dlplomatists are gotting the better of the British, Every delay in the negotiations has redouted to Russia's advantage, While the ministers have beon talking the Russtan railway has been uli\'al{{punhed toward the Afghan frontier and Russian troops have weized the combatible teiritory, These are ¢he facts and the uverage Briton grows impa- tient when an attempt {s made to belittle their importance or to obsoure them with a cloud of words, THE PRESENT SITUATION, The position of affairs to-night is so fn- volved in uncer'ainty and doubt as to create a general fooling of lasecurity, The feelin Eht the proposed arbitration fa likely to fal through gaius weight from the announcement made to-day that there is likely to be consid- erable delay in preparing the preliminary de- tails, There is no denying that this nnouncement s received by many peopl with & swile, delay, it is sald, will necessary in order to allow the cabinets of th two couutries to come to a decision upon the rociso points to be submitted to arbitration. he xawe peple profess to think that this process of arriving at & preliminary under- standivg will be 4o frui ource of delay At the chances of arbitration taking plice at all aro decidedly slight. The cabinets, it is thought, way find themselves as much at sea in deciding what shall be submitted to arbitration s they lu trying to come to e understanding o regard to the original difficulty, It is humorously sugwested that thoy may be obliged to resort to preliminary line of out works for the defense of India, PUBLIC OPINION IN INDIA, Public opinion in India among the English and the native committes regarding the pro- ject of peace is by no meaus uniform, The military and the civil officara are disappointed at the turn affairs have taken and continue to clamor for war. Trading centres, however, hail view the prospect of peace with expres- slons of gule}ul r:liel. L ; WAR PREPARATIONS GO ON, _There are next to no signs of any relaxation either in Fngland or India of preparations for war., The action of the plenary cabinet coun- sel this afternoon in directing “a cancellation of the orders providing for the dispatch of 20,000 troops to 1ndia is thought by some to be significant of a purpose to curtail the war measures, but the assurance is given that the war programme will be maintained until some definite settlement of the difficulty is reached by the two countries, It is estimated that more than £5,000,000 has already been spent b, vernment i the naval and military equipments, fortifications, which should serve as the first | ka such as Bombay, "and Calcutta, and Madras. | 2,2 n strengthening | da, RATES n_E_s_Tonsn.' Western Railroads Find a Method for Readjustment, A Basis Formed on Omaha and 8t. Panl Business. Potter's Flan Adopted—Five New Pools to be Organized—The Bur- lington Opposes Vining, THE PIPE OF PEACE, FRRIGHT RATES RRSTORED, Special Telegram to The Ber. Ci10AGo, May 10.—The general managers of western and northwestern roads have at Iast come to an agreement for the settlement of their difficulties, and the rates in effect previous to the recent demoralization will be charged acain hereafter, orders having been {ssued by all the lines yesterday afternoon to restore the regular tariff rates to-morrow morning from Chicago and common points to Minneapolis, St, Paul Minneosots transfer Stillwater, Council Bluffs, Omahs, Cedar Rapids, Duluth, Ottumwa, Des Moines, Olin- ton, Fulton, Lyons, Davenport, Rock Island, Marion, Moline and all other points to which rates had been cut, When the managers met for the fifth days work yesterdny morning they proceeded at onca to » discussion of the vexed question of “milling in transit” between St. Paul and Minneapo- lis and Chicago. The St. Paul road which had strongly opposed the demands of the other lines in the Northwestern traffic associ- ation, to pool this businets, made & conces- sion and still came forth the victor, for an agreement was soon entered into whereby this business will be placed into a separate pool to date trom April, 1885, and to_continue until the expiration of the Northwestern traffic association on Avril 1, 1886, with the usual period allotted to noticesof withdrawal, The business done priorto April 1, 1885 is not to be recorded or taken into account when the percentages are prepared. According to this arrangement the St. Paul road will receive about 75 per cent of the business. As soon a8 his matter was disposed of, it was easy to dispose of that portion of the business going via Omaha, The plan announced yesterday morniny was adopted, to remain in force until Dec, 81, 1886 with six months’ notice of with- drawal after that time. It was further decided to restore all rates tothe old basis to-morrow morning and to meet again next Wednsday morning at the same place for the eettlement of the details. At that time it is expected that the formal agreement wi!l haye been drawn up ready for the signature of all the lines, It will then be decided whether a commissioner or a joint agent will be appointed. It is understood that all_the interested cfficials favor the election of E. P, Vining as commissioner of the new Missouri River Traffic association excepting President O. E. Perkins, of the Burlington rond, who has other views, believed Vining will secure the position. ‘The new rates, to go into effect from Ohicago to-morrow morning, are as follows: To Omaba, third class, 50c; to St. Paul, 30c; to Omaha, fourth clas, 35¢; to St. Paul, 20c; to Omaha, fifth class, S0c; to St. Paul, 150; to Omaha, class A, 82kc; to St. Paul, 50c; to Omaha, class B, 294c; to St. Paul, 174c; to Omaha, class C, 23c; 3t. Paul, 15¢; to Omaha, class D, 230; to St. Paul, 12}c, Before the agreements can be signed arbi- trators, to fix the percentages for the Neb- raska cattle pool and the Omaha and Council Bluffs pool will have to be selected, and a cormissioner or joint agent will huve to be chosen. So long as agreements have not been completed and signed there 18 still a chance for further difficulties, as some of the roads may not be 80 peacefally Inclined next Wed- nesday and may reconsider the action already taken by 1 The managers, ho of the opinion that the agreements will stick, and that the wars are over for the present. By Associated Press, Onicaco, Ill, May 10,—The sessions of the general manogers of the western trunk lines which have been in progress here since last Monday were concluded Jestarday in the adoption In the adoption of the plan froposed by Vice-President Potter, of the Burlington. The agreement recognizes the tripartite roads a8 one line of four roads in a combination to decide upon the per centages to be allotted each on business turned over to them, The agreement provides for five distinct pools to cover all business east and west of the Mis- souri river psssiog over the Uuion Pacific road. The five pools are to be embraced in what shall be known as the western freight association, TThe first pool is to embrace the Nebraska and Wyoming cattle traffic in which the per- centages are to be settled by arbitration. The territory weet of Jnlesburg on the Union Pa- cific road is to be considered neutral territory, and all business east or west is to be pooled equally between the five roads touching Omaha, This s t> form the second pool. ‘The third pool embraces the territory batween Julesburg and Omaha, The Burlington and the Northwestern are to have a_percentage of the traffic originating or going to stations be- tween these two polnts, but are to consent to # shrinkage of what they consider their fair proportion. Itis understood that the tri- artite roads get 75 per cent and the Bar- tington and Northwestern 20 per cent between hem, The fourth pool is to_cover all competitive business of the Union Pacific, the Burlington & Missouri, and the Northwestern in Nebras- icago, Burlington & Quincy is to take its allotment of traffic out via Platts- mouth, The Northwestern takes the Burling- ton & Missouri proportion out via Blair and the Union Pacific’s proportion out via Omahs, thereto be shared by the tripartite liges and the Burlington, The fifth pool is to embrace Omaha and Council Bluffs local business, the percentage ettled by arbitration, The pools are to run until December 31, 1886, and then be subject to six months’ notico of the intention of a road to sever its relation, A meoting will be held next Wednesday, when a commissioner and three special arbi- trators will be named. The agreement is to enter into effect on May 15 and rates are to be restored on next Monday The agreement provides that the Uulon Pacific shall afford Novertheloss it is | F; the Burlington and the Northwestern roads the same facilities for through billing that it gives to the tripartite lines. " Roads i the Central Iowa traffic associa- tion, covering competitive business in Iowa and Minnesota agreed to continue the asso- ciaticn and rates are to bo restored next Mon y. All busiseis s to be reported at traffic rates that has been taken during the present | dissstrous rate war. The association is to run for the same period named for the western pools. e — AFIER SOFT PLAOES, LELAND STANFORD AND OTHERS SCHEMING TO BR-ESTABL'SH THE SONS OF GEN, GRANT, Special Telegram to The BeR. ‘WasHiNGTON, May 10,—A confidential friend of the Grant family tells something of the plan suggested by Senator Leland Stan- ford, of Californis, through which the younger Grants are to resume the broker and banking business in New York and San Francisco this fall. The difficulty was to contrive 1ome means to prevent thei capital from falling into the hands of Ward’s and Grant’s creditors and thus being swallowed np, After much cobsultation of lawyers a devico has been framed that will prevent teis, aud allow thess young men to earn an honest living withont any tear that they may be compelled to payn swindler's debts. Their experience, says this gentleman, has been of soterrible a character that all foollahness Is knocked oomghtely out of them, and they will be more than pleased if they can earn 84,000 or £5,000 a year. The correspondents informant Il{l he has reason to believe that Claveland will appoint Fred Grant either assistant quartermaster or commissary in the army when the next va- ocancy ocours, and, further, that Conkling and other friends of Grant either have nsked or will ask this much of a demccratic president. “Buck” Giant has been able to live retty well since the failure because of gi! wife's fortune, which is her own and could not be touched for her husband'’s debts, but Fred has really been r, and but for bis brother-in-law, Potter Palmer, of Chicago, and one or_two other fiiends, he,would ha known positive want. He desirer abovi things to get back into the srmy, and recalls his regimental and cadetship experienceas the happiest days he has ever known, (gu. Sherman, says the authority above named has been very anxious for, the son of I old friend aud will aid in any necessary way to have him appointed, as will many others of the old officers of the army wsthout regard to politioal predilectio —_—— TEATS FOR THE FAITHFUL, PRESIDENT CLEVELAND APPOINTS THR SUCCESS- ORS OF MANY WHO HAVE “‘BESIGNED,” W ASHINGTON, May 9.—The president yes— terday made the following anpointments: Visitors to the United . States military academy—The Hon. John Bigelow, of New York; OCharles R. Oadman, of Massachusetts; Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee, of Virginia; the Hon, George Hoadley, of Ohio; James C. Tappan, of Arkaneas; Prof, Edward §. Holden, of Wisconsin; Georce L. Miller. of Nebrasks. Lewis C. Bartlett, of Binghamton, New York, to be second deputy commissioner of pensions, vice N. P, Love- ridge, resigned; Arthur D, Bissell of New York, to be collector of customs for the dis- trict of Buffalo creek, New York; A, M. Kuhn_of Indiana, to be surveyor of customs for the port of Indianapelis; Hamilton O, Jones of North Carolins, to be United States district attorney for the western dis- trict of North Carolin; William A Leavy of TLouisianna, to be minister resident ‘and con- sul general to the United States of Bolivia, To be consul generals of the United States: hriam B, Ewing of Missouri, ot the City of exico; H. Olay Armstrong of Ala- bama, at Rio de Janiero, To b consuls of the Uhited States, Gustayus Lucke, of New Hampshire, at Sherbrooke, ‘Oanada; Peter Staub, of Tennessee, at St. Galle; Henry M. Keim, of Pennsylvania, at Oharlott-town, P. E'L; John M. Strong, of New York, t Belleville, Canada; Al ertrand, of exander New York, at St. Johns, Quebsc; L.’ M. Minnie, of Michigan, at Port Samac. John H. Oberly, of Illinois, to ba Indian school supermtendent, vice James M, Haworth, de- ceased. BURROUGHS' RESIGNATION REQUESTED, Secratary Manvizg to-day resignation of Col. T. N, Burroughs, of the buresu of evgraving and printing, E. O. Gravee, assistant treasurer of the United States, has been appointed to fill the va- cancy, GRKATLY IMPROVED, GENEBAL GRANT WALKS BRISKLY TO MADISON AAENUE AND RETURNS, New YORk, May 10,—Gen, Grant slept fully seven hours Saturday night and when his doctors met in consultation this afternoon they found his general condition was, if any- thing, improved, but that the cancerous spots were uncnanged. Dr, Barker sails for Europe this week and this was his last consul- tation before going. When about to leave he bid the general good bye and said, ““When I come back in the autumn I shall expect to find your literary work finished to your satis- faction,” ““You don’t expeot to find me, though, do eaid the goneral, all hope 80, anyhow,” responded Bar- ker, as he went away. Dr. Shrady said the two oancer spots had not perceptibly 1n- creased since Wednesday. The generai, at a window, waved adieu to Dr, Douglas as he drove away with his Roscos Conkling and Cyrus W, called during the afternoon.” At b tbis after- noon, while the throngs were strolling on the avenues, Gen, Grant, attended only by Har rison, left his house and walked towa Madison avenue, His pace was more brisk than during any preyious walk, —— Polygamous Sentence, Saur Lake, May 9.—Angus Cannon, ‘Mil. ton Musser and J. O, Watson were all sen- tenced to-day for unlawful cohabitation. Each received the full extent of the law, $300 fine and six months imprisonment, Cannon said o the court that he had not broken the law. He bad lived with but one wife as a wife, but when asked by the judge as to his future ac- tions, with a view to mitigation of sentence, Cannon declined to make any pledges that ho would obey the law and recognize its binding force. Musser had an attorney read a long arraigoment of the court, pronouncing the methods of his conviction' arbitrary and in violation of judicial procedure, He also de- ined to pledge obedienca o the laws or sd: mit his obligation to obey it. Watson pleaded guilty, but would makeno promises, A great crowd was in court, Some applatded the de- fiant utterances of the culprits, — Riot Among Gondoliers, Venice, May 16,—A furious riot is in progrees here, The troubls was caused by hotel proprietors keeping gondolas for the use of their guests, Thisinnovation was resented by the regular gondoliers, who raised the mob, attacked the hotel fFondollers and souttled their boats. Beveral serious casualties oc- curred, and many arrests have been made, HALF-BREED VALOR. Niddleton and Riel Engaged in 4 Bloody Battle. The English Foroes Meet With Desperate Resistance, Rebels in Ravines and Brush do Dis- astrous Work but are Repulsed —Middleton's Flans, —_— AN ALL DAY BATTLE, RIEL AND MIDDLETON MEET, ‘WinNiera, May 10,—A correspondent who is accompanying Gen, Middleton's army in the campaign against the half-broeds tele- graphs the following acconnt of a terrible battle in which the forces of Middleton and Riel are now engaged: Barovcre's OrossiNG via Onark’s Oposs- NG, May 10,—We left camp at 6 o'clock this morning, leaving all supplies and tents be- hind. We marched seven miles without see- ing or hearing anything of the enemy. The morning was bright and warm. Suddenly there came the sound of a steamer’s whistle blowing continuously. As we drew near we heard the sound of heavy firing on our front in the direction u;' th:‘ river, The 1|gun steamer, scouts and patling gun then Pushed rapidly ahead and soon came upon wo horaea near the bank of the river, which hore Ia very precipitous, The advance party of the rebols were met. They fired and ro- tired bebind & house toward the hollow. The eatling gun was brought to bear on them, When thoy ran into houss noar the churct of St Luurent, which was also fired on by the gatlog gun " when they Tan out into the bush, Battery A by this time came up with & rush and gob into posision, sending eeveral shells after tho Fobels, "The gronadiers now advanced march- fog_steadily fnto action and deployed into linb continuing o advance in skirmishivg ordor till the church was reached, when the riest came out of the house waving a white Hag. Gen, Middleton and his staff advanced ang shook hands when three other priests Snd five sisters of charity came out. A num: ber of half-breed ohildren were also inside in chargs of tne sisters. Father Monlinsaid that our steamer ‘arrived at point » listle above Batouche st 5:30. & m. "The rebels immodiately commenced tho fire on it from both banks ~ It shortly after strick on a mud bank but swung cleat again, and just before our arrival passed the oro tog. | He alsosaid he rebels had six killed aud twolve wounded at Fish Crook. Wo just got a glimse of the steamer down the rivor, She must have had & hard fire; her smoke stack was gone. i The . grenadiors advanced, skirmishiog throtigh the brath on the right' of the trail, the gatling gun being pushed forward. down 5 Secivity - towasds Batouches, mow lainly | visible in valley ~ below, ere a battery unlimbered on top of the ridge sendiog shells into them and whilst doing #0 was almost surprised by & Bumber of ¢bels who crept up through the bush, not being. discovered untii gwenty uested the | ™ yards distant. They made a rush for the , firing and yelling as they ran, Oapt §loward, who opsrates the Gatling gun, saw the danger, ran the gun a couple of yards in front of the battery, and opening fire, liter- ally mowed the rebels down, Those remain- ing turned and ran from it, reaching the shelter of the bush, where they opemed fire ain, but Capt. Howard gallantly main- tainod his position and the repels, uaable o stand the terrible fire, returned to the pits copstructed in a ravine running from the ver, At 11 a, m, Oapt. French, with his scouts and a part of the dismounted men of ‘‘A” battery, went down into the ravine and opened a continuous fire on the left and the ceater, but a scattered one on the right. After gallant but vain efforts to drive the rebels from the rifle pits, French's scouts and the batterymen retired- At noon the list of killed and [wounded on our side 15 as follows; A battery—Gunner Phillips, shot through the stomach while in the ravine; died while being brought in. 4 Thomas J, Stout, run over by a carriage; not fatal, ~—— Cnappatier, shot through both legs, one fractured. i Gunners Fairbanks and Toohey also shot in the legs. Grenadiers—Capt. Mason, No. 2 Company, slight wound in the thigh. ‘rench’s scouts—R. Oook, slightly wound- ed in the leg. Curley Allen shot in shoulder, At 2 o'clock the rebels wero gradually consing their fire, but our troops were gradually keeping up a scattered firo ail along the line, It gradually slackened until 4 o'clock, when only a few dropping shots were heard. No more of our troops were hurt, ‘William Bruce, lately prisoner of Riel, but who escaped on Tuesday, was brought in to-day by the scouts, Ho says that Riel's force i & little over 400, half of whom were on the otherside of the river when he left. He also says that when the ammunition was served only one keg of powder remained. Bullets were also scarce, The women and children had been sent to the other side of the river, The prisoners are safe so far as fe knows, Beard; not with Riel, but has been sen for, Riel. Duniont, Garneau and other lead- ers are in Riel's camp. At 6 o'clock the army wagons were ordered up, We camp to-night, Gen. Middleton being determined to bold hu position, Capt. Young climbed on to the roof of a church at 6 o'clock and discovered a body of Indiaos on the level near the river about a mile away. The Winnipeg batte was at once ordered out and sent several well directed shells, scattering them immediately. Early this morning crowds ot women and children and mounted men were 0 hurry- ing into the bush on the other sido of the nver, ‘A body of rebela at 7 o'slock opened fire from the bluffs near the raviae on our skirm- ishers. They fired three volleys but shot too high to reach us, The Winnipeg battery re- sumed its shelling of the houses in the dis- tance wher # large number of rebels gathered. The seoond shell crashed through the first bouse and tho rebels rushed out. Another shell blow the roof off the house beyond. As these dispatches leave o scattered firing is going on. 81, PAUz, Minn., May 10,—Tn an fnterview tonight, John McLane of Bismarck, who has just returned from Winnipeg, where he bad boen dehvering horses and supplies to the Canadisn government, said the gov~ ernment had adyices that men from Chicugo, New York, and Boston were with Riel, and that & master mind, not Risl's, wasidirecting the movements of the breeds. Old timers regard Middleton’s success at Batouches absolntely necessary to prevens the Ind rom uprising en.masse, The sup. plies are short and about all must come from this side of the Jine. The line north of Danate is now bein, drained of horses, hay, oats, etc. It is batiev there areabout 1,500 half-breeds in the field, 6,000 Indians ready to take the war path sad but 4,000 troops to oppese them. o — LIBER1Y OR LIFE, = RUSSIAN NTHILISTS FORMALY DEMAND FRREDOM OF THE CZAR—A ROYAL TRAITOR, Special Telegram to The Bxe, Niw York, May 10,—A Kharkof (Russia) cablegram to the Herald says: A nihilist congress was held herd during the past week which is likely to have tremendows conse- quences thrcughout the empire, Nihilist reformation has been preclaimed on princi- ples no longar confined merely to the destrno- tlon of the existing social system, but to the creation of a new m, capable at any moment of belng put in force and fulfilling all the administration of the state. The congress docided that for two years no attempt shall ife of th . | tionally aeavy. bomade againstthe ifoof the czaror any mem. | Sonally, Sty L fs kCIY KAt Hhe bad ue | has yet to be fully met. It was not until mid- winter that the price of cotton corresponded ber of the fmperial family, Kvery pos offort will ba mado to Indace the c7ar to the constitution that was actually signed the Iate crar on the very day of his aesassi No. 22 FARM PRODUGTS. Inter¢sting Data Concerning Grain and the Dairy. Oomparisons on Wheat Covering Nearly Twenty Yo Bad Prospects Forceup the Price of Wheat—Nebraska and Iowa Ap pear in the Dairy Market, PAST AND FUTURE DEALS, FIGURES FOR SPRCULATORS, Special Telegram to The Bxx. CHI0AGO, Msy 10,—The week has brought a further increase in the New York bank re- eorve and a larger failure score by thirty than ‘ot | for the previons week, with an excess of sixty- requirements for the [ five over the corresponding week of last year, The week's disasters in the south are excep- 1t is likely that the bad tion, but which was never promuleated. At | at all to the shortneas of the crop. The pro- the congress of nihillats & copy of this ukase | ducer, therefore, who most needed the ad- {101' a numt‘(’h:itio een guarde a by the imperial and disoussed and unanimously approved. It is believed the nihilists obtained the copy through Princess Dolgrouiki, the 1 morganatic widow, This con the most liberal character, based on that of | the stroets, is, on the whole, satlsfactory. the pmb-!rl te tenor of which has | yance, but who had to sell in eatly autumv, profeundly secrot | derived no benefit, family, was raad | crop, according to the April re The progress of the new rt of Brad- With lity of » European war greatly lessened, the bearing of the short crop on the prico of wheat is question of = commerce. As to Gormany, and if promulgated will bo thovir. | grain expar,s it appearn that the movement tual end of the ussian autocracy, If, at | of wheat, of flour, and of corn from the At- the expiration of two years, the czar retuses |lantic seaboard from A 8t 25 to March 14 to grant the conetitution, then the policy of |last, as compared with a like portion of the amsassination and terroriym will be insugu- | preceding yeur, shows uniformly a gain. rated on 1, scale never yet attempted., ——— An Oswego man's Revenge, hat of wheat waa about 33 per cent, of flour 12 or )8 per cent, and of corn nearly 13 per cent, In the succseding month winter wheat 0Oswao, N, Y., May 10,—Early Saturday [rose and fell alternately on fluctuating war night two masked men entered the house of news until about April 15, when the con- firmation of reports of injury to winter wheat F. S. Thrall in this city, during the absence | came in to maintain a steady advance, _Krom of Mr, and Mrs, Thrall at church, A daugh- | March 14 to Aprll 25, owin to the effect of ter, oged fourteen years, had jnst put a | BIRHSF prices, the exports of rkeat ftom tho antio ports fell off 1,412,000 bushele, com- younger sister to bed, and sat at the piano [ pared with the same weeks in 1884, It is laying when the men appeared in Bni olg‘hem, with a drawn_kni the room. | clear that the conditions are such that exports seized her | are quickly affected adyersel y by advancing and under penalty of death commavded | prices. The talk on the New York produce silence, but sald she would not be harmed if | exchange Is distinctly for higher prices, she made no outory. He then cut off her hair and cut her clothing, llyl%fi revenged on her father. The 0 wanted to be men took some i i ° | 1ook atill more ariciesof ailverwace and left tho houso with- | look stllmore Bl Jome ot e Moo parison, w the £ 1866 caused wheat to sell in Chicago in the Onristian Assoolation. | £0owing May at §2.76 per bushel. out doing the child further harm, Young Men CHATTANCOGA, Tenn., May 10,—The secre- tary’s conference of the Young Mens’ Chris- OLD COMPARISONS The Washingson bureau is making things e, Some of the ofd timers They point outhow the short crop PRESENT FIGURES, The visible supply of wheat is about double tian Association of the United States and | the figures for two years. Cash wheat in New Canada he.d devotional exercises this morn- | York has now advanced about 13 cents, leav= ing. A paper was presented by Prof. U, G.|ing off at about $103; Baldwin, state sacretary for Towa, It empha- (I sized very strongly the meed of traini classes for young men. Special devotion: this against $1.10 ast year and $1,24 two years ago The bulls should bear in mind that two years s the quantity of wheat in sight aud in the meetings were held this afternoon. An out- farmers’ hn\d-h:dded to the crop of 1888— door meeting was conducted by the Rev. Dr, | 420,000,000 bus! els—did not make asheavy an Munhall, state secrotary for Indiana, after | sggregate of supply for 1883-84 as we are now march which the secretaries, 2,000 stron, down the principal thoronghfare ! hymns. Another meeting was conducted Catholics Locate their University, end on May 10. WasnxaroN, Mry 10.—The councll of | {00 omarkablo for the average of low price, increased production of butter, and increa week for the purpose of selectinga place for |com Oatholic priests which met in Baltimore last ed | promised on time—next year—even with ging_gos: | 89500000 bushel shortage as compared with 1884, R. E, Wilton, state secretary for Wiscon- | With intereat in the neighbe -i’;. ‘at which 100 young men were converted, | York and Chicago wheat pits. — ho coming week promites to be _hig vent 1 th thood of the New THE DAIRY BUSINESS, h in the dary business is held to e Tty The ry’ur just ending has tition in cheese. While butter has not thenew Catholic university decided that it |received anytbing like the high prices that shall be bullt in this city. Although the | Fuled In 1853-84 there has been Incrensed pro- i Huction and a better average quality. Ostinlion tiotbarioition)cleredivery iarge | purt senaon has beon devoid of any A the univarsity, the fact that Weshington |movement. Tho average price o monetary inducements essen the national museum, congressional ibrary and other advantages becoming s lit- ulative ‘western 1884 waa 26@28c creamery extras in and the averasgethis year has been 23@20c. The feature of the past_season has been the erary and scientific centre caused the prelates ; d £ duclde in favor of Jooating the university at | |ATge increaso in receipts of western butter the capital, ——————— Murphy Gets 400 Pledges. crease, and the decided improvemnt in the quality of choice butter arriving from points as far west as Yowa and Nebrasks, and, judgiog from the outlook, these districts are likely to keep on Pirrssuze, Pa, May 10,—Interest in the llll:'ell'ml t&-;:mo:flt forwarde Murphy temperance movement is on the in- | 70" 5 York Hundreds were unable to gain ad- | better thi; . It is plain, dairymen of New state will have to consider ource of supply, as it comes in mission to-night to Library hall, whore the | direct competition with their product. tate of dairy butter has not shown any new meeting was held, and the auditorium was so [ 4/0% O CRIEY ‘Quality and is still greatly be- densely packed that several women fainted. | hind at of creamery. Trade this year has The crowd outside broke down the doors 1n | also been more or less sgitated over the oleo- their efforts to get in, and the police were finally compelled to disperse them. 400 persons signed the pledge. ——— Oapsized bya Passing *teamer, Prr1sURG, Pa., May 10.—A skiff contain- ‘margarine question and it is a feature worthy Over | of note that the first year's experience has been remarkable for low prices e ——— Olearances Decrease One-Third. BostoN, Mass,, May 10,—The leading ing six persons, while crossing the Mononga- | clearing houses of the United States report helah river last night, was upset by the waves | gotal clearances for week ending May 9, 1885, of passing steamer, Mrs, Orvilla Gubenel, | 4t $751,681,755, » decrease 30,1 per cent com-— her son, and a man named Avgust Rufe were | pared with the correspondiog period of lust drowned, year, Hood’s Combines, In a proportion peculiar to itself, the active medicinal properties of the best blood-purifying and strengthening remedies of the vegetable kingdom. It will positively cure—when in the power of medicine— Spring Debility, Headache, Dyspepsia, Ca- tarrh, Salt Rheum, Scrofula, and ail Diseases eaused by & low state of the blood. | “I suffered three years with blood poison. T took Hood's Sarsaparilla, and think I am cured,” Mns. M. J. DAvis, Brockport, N. Y, s *“Hood’s Sarsaparilla beats all others, and is worth its weight in gold.” I. 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