Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 23, 1885, Page 1

THE OMAHA DALY BEE THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, NEB., SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1885 NO. 237 A SILENT PEN. Deatn of Vicer Huogo, the Famons French Bistorian and Novelist, Brief Biographieal Sketch of His Active Literary Oareer, Afghan Fchoes from England and Russin—General Foreign News—, VICTOR HUGO I8 DEAD, SKETCH OF HIS LIVE, Pants, May 22—2 p, m.—Victor Hugo died this afternoon. The ministry will request the cham deputies to adjourn a3 s token of respect to the memory of the deceased. - Tt is reported that Hugo bequeathed his manuseripts to France and that he left it to the republic to select the butial place for his remains and to decide as to the form of the funeral, Victor Hugo's condition this morning was manifestly worse that death was regarded certain 8o take place within a few hours, ‘When this became known, Cardinal Guibert, archbishop of Paris, sent sgncln)ly to Hugo's residence, offering to vi im and adminis- ter spiritual aid and the rites of the catholic church, M. Lockrcy, the post's son-in-law, who was in attendance at the death-bed when the cardinal’s proffer came, r-rlifld for Hugo, declining with thanks the archbishop's tender, and taying for the dying man, **Victor Hugo is expecting death, but does not desire the services of a priest.” The government propose a civil funeral for Hugo at the expente of the state, The newapapers appeat in_mourning this evening, It is believed that Hugo's funeral will be the graudest ecene in France for a century. Hugo passed away peacsfully without suf- fering. His death has caused profound emo- tion in the capital. The president of the chamber of deputies has requested the minis- ter of the interior to allow the coffin to lie :ndur the Are de Triumphe for twenty-four ours. Victor riugo, the great Krench poet and wovaliat of the present generation, was born in Besancon, February 26,1802, Being the son of an officer whose military duties called him out of France, he was carried in childhood to Elba, Corsica, Switzerland and Italy, and in 1809 'to Paris. Hero for two years with an ol- der brother. Fugene, and a girl whom he af- terwards wed, he bagau his classical educ: tion under the exclusive suporvision of his mother and the care of an old prisst. Then, his father having been made general and ap: pointed major-domo to King Josheph Bona. parte, of Spain, he entered the seminary of nobles in Madrid with the design of becoming page to Joseph. which war, however, do- feated by subsequent events. In 1812 he re- turned to his studies in Paris. When the empira fell Gen, Hugo and his wife separated, and Victor was thenceforth under the exclu: give care of his father. Entering a private academy to preyare for the polytechnic schaol, he evinced a etronger inclination toward pootry than mathematics, and his fathor was persuaded to allow him to follow litera- ture as a vooation. In 1817 he pre- sented a poem on ‘‘The Advantages of Study,” and afterward won threo Bucc ssive prizes at the Toulouse academy of Floral Games. At the age of 2) he published in first volume of '‘Odes and Ballads,” which created a sensation, Two novels, “IHas d'Islanda” (1823) and “Bug-Jargal’ (1825), showed his force and originality in prose, also his predilection for the horrible and mon- strons whluhdvurmznnl his greater works, In 1826 2ppeare his second volume of “Odes and Ballads.” About this period ho joined others in ferming a literary assoclation, the Cenacle, in whose mestings literary and artistic doc- trines were depated. They also established & periodical, La Muse Francaise. The drama of ““Cromwell” (1827) was presented as a speci- men of the literary reforms aimed at by the new school; but the prefacs was more im- portant than the drama itself, being a tre on wsthetics. Thenceforth Iugo was the ac- knowledged leader of the romancists, who warred fiercely agninst the classicists, His claims to this distinction were strengthened by the publication ef *‘Les Orientales” in . Between that time and 1542 he pub. lished sixteen volumes of novels, dramas and political poems, Haviog resched the highest distinction in literaturein 1841, election to the Fronch Acad- emy, in spite of 'the opposition of the old classical school, he indulged in political nspi- rations which were fintifiedb King Louis Philippe, in 1816, who mada him a peer of France, 'On tho revolution of Fabruary, 1848, he was elocted a deputy to the constituent as- sembly and voted with the conservatives, On his re-election to tho legislative assembly ho becamo more democratic, in vehement speeches denounced the reactionary tenden cies of the majority and President Louis Na- leon’s secret policy. On the coup d’ otat of ac, 2, 1851, Hugo was among those deputies who vainly sought to prosere the constitution and maintain the rights of the assembly. For this ho was proecribed, and took ref- uge in the island of Jereey, where he contin ued his onporition to Louis Napolean, pub- lishing ‘Napoleon let Petit” (1852) aud his butter aatires “‘Les Chautiments,” Two years later he was compelled. on account of some hostlle manifestation to the French govern- ment, to remove to the island of Guernsey, and in 1859 declined to accept the amnesty offered to political exiles In 5he published ‘‘Les Contemplations;” “La Legende de Siecles,” and in “Les Miserables,” the latter simulta- neously in nino languages and eight cities. *‘Les Miserables’ unquestionably his most sopnhr if not strongest romance. ‘‘Chansons o8 Rues et des Dois,” “‘Los travailleurs do la Mer,” and ‘“Homme qui Ri¢” followed respectively In 1865, '66 and '69. In 1869 be ugaln refused amnesty at _the hands of Louis Napoleon, He 1publmhm] in the Rappel a protest against the plebiscite of May 8, 1870, vatifying the new reforms of the empire, the violence of which caueed it to be officially condemned. ~ After the fall of Napoloon and the proclamation of the republic Hugo re- turned to Paris and soon after issued an ad- dress to the Germans, urging the formation of a Gorman republic and friendship with France, On February 8, 1851, he was elocted one of the forty-three repre sentatives of the department of the Seine in the national assembly, in which body he opposed the parliamentary treaty of peaco with Germany, This angired the party of the nght, and when he attempted to address the assenibly, on March 8, eo violent was the opposition that he left the tribune and resigned his seat. Returning to Paris at the outbreak of the commune, he vainly pro- tested in the rappel against the destruction of the Vendome colutn, and soon after went to Lrassels where he wrote a protest against the courso of the Belgian government in regard to the Insurgents of Paris, and offeriny to the soidiers of the commune, whs & narrow escape, through police interven- tion, from a mob which ®arrounded his house. The gevernment requiring him to quit Brusels, he went to London aud sfter the condemnation of the leaders of the com- mune he returnad to Paris sand veinly inter- ceded with M. Thiers on behalf of Rochefort, TRossel and others. All the radical newspapers presented him as their candidsto at the elec- tion inParis, Janusy 7, 1872, but he was defested. In 1872 he published s volume of “L'Annee Terrible.” and on May the yoar began, with his son Francois others, the publication of Le Souverain, a democratic journal, novel “Ninety-Thrae,” appeared in 1873, 1t related to the war in the Vendee, introduced Robespierre, Danton sud Marat, and was published simultaneoutly 10 all the principal modern largusges. His principal works unce have besn *Acts and ords,” (1874-'77), ““Legends of Ages,” sec ond eeries. “The Art of Beiog # Grand: father,” and '“The History of & Orime” (1677), ‘“Phe Pope" (1878), “The Bupreme Pity” (1879), and ““Religious and Religion” (180). ‘I'wo sons of the poet, Charles Victor and Francols Victor, obtained some distinction as authors, The former died in 1871 at the age of 45, and the latter in 1875, aged 43, TAE AFGHAN BOUNDARIEY, MYSTRRIOUS ABSENCES, LoNDON, May 22,—A great deal of com- ment is caused Ly the absence from their places in the house of commons this afternoon of threa members of the cabinot, who ware expected to answer certain questions on paper, The absentees wers Uhamberlain, dent of the board of trade; Trovylan, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, and Sir Charlee Dilke, president of the loeal gov ernment board. THE FORTIFIOATIONS OF HERAT, S1ura, Tndis, Mag 22.—The British officers who arrived at Herat were warmly wel comed by the inhabitants, The officers re- port that the fortifications of Herat are stronger than they had supposed, RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS Skpastoron, May 22.—A battalion of en- gineers arrived and - are extending the fo tifi- cations here. The completion of iron clads on the docks is being hastened. G ENEIH\L_i"DREIGN NEWS, THE SOUDAN GRAVEYARD, Roye, May 22.—The number of deaths from typhus is increasing among the Italian troops now stationed at Massowah on the Red sea, The Italian press urge the recall of the expedition. A NEW FOE IN AFRICA, Panis, May 22,—The French society geo- graphic has received news from the upper Congo that a large mohamedan population of that region resolved to assert their claim to the Center Africa. A powerful chief named Tipu Taib learned of the existence of ivory fields in the interior, raised a Jarge army, and proceeded thence, ‘Tipu Taib's army is ex- coedingly strong. Thousands of his soldiers, it 18 gaid, are armed with rifles, The army is now advancing, making their way by pillage and massacre, Arawina etation has been sacked and destroyed, Tho negroes who in habited it fled in pantc. Tipu Taib has pro- claimed Congo a territory belooging to the sultan of Zanzibar aud has announced his in- tention to suppress all opposition to this claim, ——— BAIL FOR THE FINE WORKERS, MACKIN AND GALLAGHER GIVE BAIL FOR AP- PEARANCE IN OCTODER, Special Telegram to The Brk. CHicaco, 111, May 22, —There was another big crowd in the United States cireuit court to-day to witness the eiving of bail by Mackin and Gallagher, penoing the decision of the supremo court in the case. About 10:30 o'clock Judgo Gresham came fnto court and colled up the defendants with their sureties, The latter were M. C. McDonald, Dennis Cavanogh, August Motte, and John Craw- ford. Taoy wero sworn and asked if any liens had been placed upon their property since they were cxamined about it before, and all anewered in the negative, Then Judge Gresham nsked them if they now owned as much property as they did them, snd McDonald and August Mette eaid they owned more, having purchased eome and disposed of more since then, Their recognizanca was then taken by the clerk of the court and they departed, A stipulation to be ready to have the case argued on the firast day the supreme court meets, on October 12, was signed by District Attorney Tuthill, on the part of the prosecu- tion, and by Emory Storrs, on behalf of the defendants, and was filed with the clerk, Storrs asked Judge Gresham if he would be furnished with a copy of the certificate to the supreme_court, and what points would be covered in it. Judge Gresham eaid it would cover all the points raised in the record, and that the counsel would be furnished with a copy. This ended the matter, whereupon everybody cleared out of the court room, The spitit of the Chicago press 18 that of censure of Judge Gresham—excepting alone the Times—though the lick is struck more directly at Mackin, In brief the comments are: The Herald—Nine-tenths of the people of this commuvity believe Mackin guilty of an atrocious crime, Irregular in proceeding it may have been, but the conviction of this scoundrel in the federal court is bolieved by tho great body of thinking men to have been & correct finding upon the evidence, - The Tribune—We repeat that this experi- enceis exceedingly discouraging, What in- ducement will good citizons have to spend their money, time and energy in running down election frauds if the men who commit them cannot be punished after they are con- victed? What hope is there for protecting the ballot-boxes if the professors of *'fine work” become convinced that they are in no danger of pun- ishment? The result of the most persiatent effort has merely been to pit Mr. Mackin and his aseociates to a little expense and trouble in defending the snits brought against them, but it still remains to make ballot-box stuffing odious and perilous. That is a mat- ter upon which the supremo court of the United States must pass, The Times—The c:50 of Msckin and Galla- gher now goes to_tho supreme court, and in this connection it may be pertinent to ask what becomes of the case of their fellow ballot. box stuffer Gleason? Does tho fact that the latter voted for Blaine exempt him from pun- ishment as & saving act of grace, or is it ac- cepted as showing that heis not morally ac. countable for his acts? — Bloody Day at Valentine, Special Telegram to The BEE, VALENTINE, Neb., May 22.—In a shooting affray at 1 o'clock this mornivg Stockrige, alizs Wort, aliss Keno, was shot by Strickler, The shooting occurred in Higgins' ealoon in & quarrel botween Strickler and McDade. The latter run Strickler from the room with a chalr, When in tho street Strickler shot at McDade, hitting Stockrige, who is now dying, The sherifl and posse are lcoking for the mur. derer. At11 o'clock in the forenoon another at tempt at shooting occurred, Dr., promisent physician, tried to shoot John Bo- and, but the pistol was knocked aside. An old quarrel led to the fracas, The parties are under arrest, — A Pleasant May Party. The private May party given at Masonic hall last evenivg by Messrs, Hunt and Tay- lor, proved to be a very successful and pleas- ant affair, Fully filty couples of Omaha’s yeuth and beauty were present, and they en joved themselves to the full limit, Messrs, ¥. Heyos, Frank Wasserman, George J, Sternsdorff, Thomas Dugdale and John A’ Booth presided as floor managers, and they Jeft nothing unattended to that would add to the complete enjoyment of their guests. The pragramme contained twenty-two numbers, the music was fine and at midnight delicious refreshments were served at restaurant near by, — Riel Finds a Rich Defender, Quengc, Can,, May 22.—Lemiend, M. P, P,, and Charles Fitzpatrick, advocate, who figured so conspicuously in obtainiog the re- prieve for Madame Boutet, the Bay St Paul murderess, who is now in Kiogston peni- tentiary, bave been retained as counsel to de- fend Riel in bis comiog trial in the north. weat, they haviog been sent for by & promi- nent French Canadian geotleman in the province, who is a great friend of Ruel, and who has yolunteered to meet all the expenses incurred by the ocuusel in the defense. S —— The Ilinois Legslature, Serinar1gen, 1L, May 22 —In the senate, Snyder's bill to prevent fraud in the manu- facturing of butter and cheese passed, The bill proved that the spurious manufacture shall be so labelled. Herley’s bill giving park pommisstoners periigsion to erect a museum in_ South Park, Chicago, passed, Gilham's bill, extending ths ' tlme for township offica double the present time and holding the mestings biennially instead of an. nually, Senato aojourned till 5:30, Monday. In the houso, vain efforts were made to take up bills out of order. The house ad journed to 5, Monday afternoon, The miners of Illinois meet at Springfield, Monday, June 1, instead of the 9, as hereto fore noted, The oleomargarine bill provides a_penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $200 fine, or imprisonment of one [to six months, for selling, exchanging, or exposing for sale or exchange, unclean, impure or adulterated milk, food or cream made thorefrom. The same ponalty I provided for keeping cows for the production of milk for market in un- healthy condition, or fecding them unhealthy food. "The gist of the bill 18 a pro- vision making it & misdemeanor to manufacture out of oleomargarine sub. stauces other that that produced from unadulterated milk, any article in im- itation of butter or cheese, or to sell as butter or chieese such imitation, Ths fine in this case is £1,000 for such conviction, It is fur- ther made a misdemeanor to falsely brand butter or cheese, as to the locality in which the article is made. In prosecuting milk s to be considered adulterated which is known to contain more than 85 per cent of water or fluids, or less than 12 per cent of milk solids, which will contain not less than 3 per cent. of fat, e —— THE NEBRASKA BOSS-SHIP, THE SCRAMBLE FOR OFFICE IN THE STATL. WasHINGTON, May 20,—[Special to the Globs-Democrat | ~W, W. Cones, of Wisner, Neb., is here, advocating in person his claims upon the registership of the land office at Valentine. He says Dr. Miller, of the Omaha Herald, member of tho national com- mittee, is maintaining & position of dignified neutrality upon all questions of Nebrraka pat- ronage. At one time, according to Mr. Cones, Dr, Miller conld have had a position in the cabinet, but he held off too long, and when he go* ready to accept the slate was made up. After that the doctor, whose record had been that of an active participant in pol- itics, changed his _course, He supports the administration, and does not appear to be dis- gruntled, but refuses emphatically to hs drawn into the contests over the offices, The mantle of the boss-ship of the Nebraska democracy has seemingly fallen upon ex- Mayor Boyd, of Omah: e — A BENZINE BLAZE, NATI HORROR AND PENED, CiNcINNATI, Ohio, May 22,—The boy, John Meyers, wh could zive an suthentic account of tha origin of ths Sullivan fire, was found at his home this morning. He says he was sent to get a two-gallon can of benzine, which ho got on the first floor of the fatal building. Going up to thesecond floor he was passing a assage beside the presses, in the direction of the elevator shaft, when ho stumb'ed in the dark, struck thecan against the Lrees and broke the glass and as the press. man had a gas light burning there, the light gas almost instantly exploded, Meyers' feet, saturated with benzine, took fire and he ran towards the stairway, where he extin. quished the fire on his own person and ran down to the drug store, where he had his wounds dressed, and then ran home, The THE CIN HOW IT HAP- coroner will begin an inquest to-morrow. Nannie Shepherd, who_jumped from the third story during the Sullivan fire_yesterday and was caught on o tarpaulin, died to-day Others injured are doing well. ——— A Hill Blidiog 1nto a River, Pim18BURG, Pa., May 22.—The hillside for aquarter of & mile along the ¥ort Wayne rallway at Agnew, ten miles from here, is slliding at the rate of four feet an hour, A dozen honses and the railroad track itself are in danger of being pushed Into the river be- fore to-morrow night, The Fort Wayne com- pany has a large force of mea at work, but they have been unable to arres the land.-slide, The recent rains and thawine of the ground caused a large amount of water to collect near the top of the hill, ———— ‘Whisky Men Gain Another Victory, MUSCATINE, Ia., May 22,—Tke whisky men scored another temporary victory here to-day, Fifty-eight barrels of liquor seized by the temperance alliance have been & basis of & trial in Judge Hayes' court for the past week, The jury to-day, after beiog out_four hours, roturned a veraict of mot guilty and tho liquor will be returned to the owners, The whisky mea are julilant but the temperance people are determined and the work of enforc- ing the prohibitory law will ba continuad with e (e e ———— Poundmaker Sues for Peace, ‘WiNNErEG, Man,, May 22,—Col. Herch- mer, ot Battleford, telegraphed Inspector Norman, of the mounted police hera, as fol- lows: “All teamsters taken by Poundmaker released, and he has sent in here asking for terms of peace,” MonTiear, Can, May 22,—A telegram from the scene of the trouble in tha northwest states that Poundmaker sent a flag of truce asking on what terms he can surrender. He will give up the captured Gesmwsters, two women, and one priest. —— Firing Paper Wads at Uatholicism CincinNati, May 22,—At the morning ses- sion of the Presbyterian assembly the stand- ing committees were announced, Consider able sensation was produced by the offer of a resolution by Judge Drake, of Philadelphia, declaring that the Roman Catholic church be apostatizad, its priesthood usurpers and its baptism nvalid, The resolution was hid on the table for a time, — Gen. Grant's Uondition, Niw Youk, May 22,—Gen, Grant's throat was somewhat irritated last night, and he, being apprehensive of a wakeful night, sug- gested that Dr, Douglas remain through the night, which he did. ‘When the doctor left this morning he ssid the general's apprehen- slons proved groundless, for he slopt from 30 last night until 4 o'clock this morning, after which he slept at intervals until 8:30, then he awoke with little or no pain, e — Heavy Damages from a Railroad. Eik, Pa., May 32.—A jury to-day awarded L. Rosenzweie $18.750 damages for being ojected from a Lake Shore passenger train, He was on the limited express and the con- ductor refused to accept a regular ticket or the money for Rosenzweig’s passage from Cleveland to Erie, Rosenzweig fell on a pile of stone when he was put off the train, and girllyuil was the result, He sued for 00,000, ao@.c_mc." Rogens Higgins Devotes Eis Time to Discharaing Repablicans, —— Manning and Oleveland Lay Down the Law to Union Veterana, Sparks and His Fight on the Fraud- ulent Land Claimants—How the Steal Has Been Worked, HIGGINS AT.THE HELM. TURNING THE RASCALS OUT, Special Telegram to The Beg: WasiiizatoN, May 22.—One of the most industrious and practical men in the public service in Washington is Appointment Clerk Higgins, Nobody ever hears him complain of the climate or of the amount of work that falls upon his shoulders. To him, ospecially, the taek of devising waya to getnd of **offen- sive partisans,” who are republicans, ia a labor of love, Some time ago it seems to have occurred to him that the list of names of all ropublican clorks who went to their homes to vote last fall would be pretty good proof that the clerks whose names were found on the list were ‘‘offensive par. tisans,” Most of the clerks it seems obtained railroad tickets at reduced ratos upon present- 1ng evidence that they were voters going to their homes to vote. The observation of formality of course involved the keeping of a record of names and residence of these clerks, and a copv of that record, it is eaid, 18 now in the hands of Higgins, It includes the names of rome 800 clerks who voted in the state cf New York and of nearly 500 who swelled the vote of Blaine and Logan in the state of Mary. land, besides the names of huudreds of clerks who voted in Pennsyivania, Ohio, and_other states, Since he obtained possession of this docnment, Higgine, it is £aid, has been more firm than ever In his determination to ‘“‘turn the rascals out.” : On the 3d of April Commissioner Sparks jssued an order suspending final action on all homestoad and timber-culture claims in cer tain territories, This meant that while all overations of the local and general land officas would proceed as usual, patents for the lands would not be signed until further notice. For years the land office has been run by a few firms of land attorneys here who have relatives and agents in thegeneral land office, who biave had " influence enough to get cases they were interested in mado ‘special”’ and rushod through ina fow days, when the honest but unsophisticated sett er who did not have ono of these law firms had to wait many months, The head of one of the largest of these firms that have boen making fortunes by getting illegal claims through the land office lately had two brothers-is i the land office. ~ One has just bee: from an important position, in whi materially help his brother in-law's firm, not necessarily corruptly, but certainly to the dis- advantage of some of the government and of adverse claimants, This firm has lately at- tacked Mr. Sparks’ order by a circular senu to their clients and correspondents, in the course of which they say: *“The order, however, is clearly the throwing of a drag-net over almost the entire western country, and for the pur- pose of ascertaining by a vast systen; of se- cret espionage whether or not some_entries have not been consummated upofi false proofs,” The reply to this is that it was one of the detectives of the late republican administra- tion who found in onelocality in Dakota that only two out of 110 contiguous claims, were legally made, All of the sgents of the bureau have reported to much the same effect, A law firm in Dakota, in sending a copy of this circular to the commissioner, says: *'You may not know how readily a chicken.coop can be proved a dwelling-house, nor with what facility a patch of weeds as high as a man’s shoulders, with a fow mulfiling sprouts, could be called a tree claim, I have been over a large part of this territory, * and I venture to say, and I believe truthfully, that there is not one timber claim in a hundred where there has been an honest attempt to comply with the law, and that one-half of the pro-emptions proved up are as bad.” Another lawyer, 1n Denver, Col., writes to the commissioner: **Your order suspending final action upon entries of public lands in the west 15 universally approved by the better class of citizen It is hoped that you will see to it that vigorous investigations are made by trustworthy agents, snd 1am quite sure such an invesuigation will demonstrate that less than one-balf of the entries—probably less than one-fourth in Colorada—are bona fide, Many of them are made in the names of porsons who have never had an existenco— purely fictitious.” The circular proczeds to attack the commis- sioner by ionuendo, saying it should ba fur ther observed that, while this order suspends the operation of all public land laws dlrecily benoficial ~ to settlers, it in terms continues the operation of cash and scrip lawa directly beneficial to speculators and ecrip-owners. The price of such scrip will be largely enhanced, It may also be remarked that while this order is made applicable to nearly the whole of the western states and territories, it does not affect avy of the southern states, The lines of suspected fraud under the settlement laws of con- gress aze assumed to be eeographical and po- Litical, Ot course the last sentence is aimed at Sen- ator Lamar, of Mississippi, The commission- er's order does not apply to cash sales and sorip locations, besause there is no chance for fraud in them, The frauds are committed where the land can be got for nothing excopt an oath or two, The commissioner’s order does not apply to Michigan, Wisconsin, Ore suretiea as required by law upon notice from the department. The chief postoffice inspector to-day ad dressed the following letter to a postoffice in spector concarning the institution of criminal proceedings for violation of postal laws: Sir— T am in receipt of yours of the 18th inst., tha eubstanca of whichi 18 a request tobe informed a8 to what course the department desired pursued in cases where employes in the postal service are found violating the and more especially as to the course to pursue whero it is discovered that postmasters are found to be short in their acconnts by reason of usivg postoffice or money order funds for private purposes, In reply I have to inform you that your communication has been submitted to the postmaster-general who directs me to say that where it is found by the inspector that & postmaster or any other employe of the pos- tal department has violated the law, the facts must be at once communicated to the United States district attorney for the district in which the offense was committed with a view of the immediate prosecution of the of- fonder, and in all cases the inspector shall be Tlhle(l by the advice of the district attorney. Postmasters, and others entrusted with the money of the department, know (or if not th:y are unfit to hold the position) that to use de- partment funds for private purposes is, uader any circumstances, » criminal offense, and in every instance whero 1t is ascertained the funds have been 5o used, & proseention should at once follow and all facts should be immedi- ately reported, with a view to the prompt re. moval of the offender. Itis no part of the duty of an inspector to determine whether or not an cffender should be prosecuted. Tt is sufficient for him to know that an offense against the postal laws has been committed, and his duty is clear, viz: to take proper steps to bring the offender to justice, he secretary of the treasury to-ay issued warrants for the payment of about 5 000,000 on account of pensions, Itis estimated that the total payments on this account for the present month will be about $10,000,000. sh-mnv Manning says that the reSords of the New York custom house, on filo at the treasury department, show a gradual but de- cided reduction in the expense of conducting the business of that office, The pay roll for the month of October, 1884, amounts to $266,000; the pay roll for the month of April, 1885, amounted to $244 900; the pay roll for the month of May, 1885, just received at the department, amounts to $227,000, or 817,000 Jess than for the month of April, and $29,000 less than for the month of last October. Among the presidential apzointments to-day were: Collectors of internal revenue—William T\ Bishop for the first district of Ohio; Asa Ells for the first district of California, Secretary Manning haa called for the resig- nation of Major Willard Sexten, chief of division of the first comptroller’s office, It is stated that Nexton will refuse, on the ground that there are no charges against him. Miss Oleveland, who has been visiting friends in New York for somodays, returned to Washington to-day. It is understood she, while in New York, placed the manuscript of abook in tho hands of a publisher who will soon issue it. The name of the publisher and the name of the book are not yet announced, Col. Hunter Brooke, of Ohio, clerk in the adjutant-general’s office, died here this morn- iog of pneumonia after a brief illnass. Col. Brooke served as staff officor with Gen. S, R;bert McCook, Rosecraxs and George H. omag, —— POUNDMAKER WANTS PEACE, ; FATHER COCHIN AND PRISONERS SENT TO NEGO- TIATE WITH COL, OTTER. BArTiEroRD, Man,, May 22,—Father Cochin and twenty-five other prisoners, bear- ing a white flag, arrived from Poundmaker’s camp last night with a letter asking upon what terms would a surrender b accepted. He wants a reply in two days, He also sent messengers with similar lotters to Gen, Mid- dleton. This action was caused by the ar- rival of four half-breeds who reported the capture of Riel. The news created consternation in the Innian camp. A councll was held and the result was the decision to send in a priest and risoners, It sgoms that Foundmaker was on is way to join Riel when he met the half. breed “scouts. The letter was wrtten at Poundmaker’s dictation, by Jefferson, a school master on the reserve, The prisoners sent in with Father Cothin include twenty teamsters captured in Esgle Hills, Fountainell, the captured scouts, Bremner and Sayers, of the Bresalors settlement, and two women in male apparel. Twenty-one women and children from the Dresalors settlement are held as hostages, The teamsters say they were well treated by the half-breeds, who protected them with lavelled rifles from 1n- disns who were threatening to kill them. Father Cochin returns to- morrow with a letter from Col. Olter stating that Poundmaker must negotiate with Gen, Middleton, but that hostilities must in tho meantimo cease, 3 : Middleton is reported to-day as having reached Prince Albert on the 19th inst. Hossorpr, N. W, T., May 22.—A scouting party of the Toronto guards left here two daya ago, and after a long chase captured Ohief White Cap and some of his band, who wero_brouht into camp and placed under guard, awaiting orders from Middleton, White Cap’s brother and a ecout named Peter McDonald assisted in following up the trail, —— Destructive Forest Iires, 1345108, Pa., May 22.—Mountain fires have bead burping for a week north of Strouds- burg, Monroe cousty, and in the vicinity of Bushkill, A great deal of territory has been burned over, Great damage has bsen done Dy tho fires to farmers as well as to the lum- ber interests, A forest fire has also been raging between Bangor and Penareyl, and is 8till doing considerable damage, Fires on the Blue mountain, in the vicinity of Daniels- ville, Northampton county, “which were gon, California or Arizona, and it applies only to parts of Minnesota, Kansas and Neb- raska, Texas contains no nations! lands, and in the other southern states frauds are not commor, because the great mass of frauds are committed in the interest of cattle-rais- ing companies, 8 homestead being illegally taken up and then sold to a cattle company’s speculator, By Associated Press, WasHINGTON, May 22,—A delegation of the Grand Armyjof the Repullic of the de artmeut ofiPennslyvauvia and the Veterans Rights Union called on the president, Man- ning, and Black, yesterday, in the interest of the enforcement of laws relating to the ap- pointment and_ratention of ex-soldiers in the clvil service, The president assured the dele- gation that he desired to do all he could for old soldiers; that as president it was his duty to see that all laws of the United States are enforced and that he would ba glad to receive any communication from them, Manning assured them that his department would respect the law in question, but he said ex-union soldiers who had been offensive par- tisans could nob expect to be Tetained. They took their chances in the last presidential election, He added that thero were a great | — Quarrel About Congratulating Logan HaRrR1SBURG, Pa,, May 22,—There was a commotion in the house ef representatives to- day oved the Introduction of a peramble and resolution tendering congratulations to Logan on his election to the United States senate. After arunnivg debate theresolution passed by vive yoce vote amid loud applause on republi- can side, e —— Minister Oox Qualifies, WasHINGTON, May 22,—Hon, 8, 8, Cox, ecently apgointed minister to Turkey, quali- fied at the state department to-day, He leaves for his new post of duty about June 17 —— Business Fallures, New Youk, May 22,—The failures during the last seven days were 289, against 220 for the last week, many ex-union soldiers and sailors who never had been recognized in the distribution of offices in the last twenty years, men who are democrats, and that the claims of these men would be recognized by the departmeat., The meat of this circular is in the followicg sentence: *'Iuterested parties who may be in- juriously affected by this order should seek its reacission or its modification. Such effosts can be legitimately made through their een- ators and representatives in congress, through the public press, by direct petition to the president, or the interior department, or by avy of the recognized modes through which citizens are accustomed to present their griev- ances to the federal government,” The postmaster general has issued the fol- lowing order relative to the renewal of post- masters’ bonds: That whenover any postmas- ter of the fourth class shall haye remmine office for five years from the date of the tal ing effect of his last official bond he shall exe- cufe # mew bond in the menner and with partly subdued two weeks ago by the rain storms, have broken out afresh and are spreading rapidly, The forests are very dry, and unless rain comes very soon a great deal of valuable timber will b destroyed, Aftor sundown the fires at each of the places men. tioned resembled a huge torchlight pro- cession, —— Spoils of the Hawkeye Bourbons, CEpar Rarmos, Iowa, May 22,—The dem- oaratic state central committee this afternoon decided to hold a late convention, probably the last week in August, The committee sgreed on recommending to the president the removal of Williaxs, just appointed marshal for the southern district, and the appointment ot Edward Campbell, instead, The members aleo agreed to_recommend the following ap- pointments: Fish, attorney for tha southern district; E. H, Hunt, collector for she first district; J, L, Bowman, marshal for the northern district; L. G. Kinne, pension agent, Kinne and others are on their way to present the above recommendations, L — The Day on the Turf, LovisviLLE, Ky., May 22,—At the races to- day, the weather threatening, there was a small attendance. The track was wuddy and heavy, First race—Mile and cnseeighth ; Tax gatherer won; Ultimatun, second; Leman, third, Time, 2:00, Second race —Mile and one-sixteenth, three- ear-old; Whiz Gig won; Nolants, second; Hazarus, third, Time, 1:58; Third race—~Mile; Lucas ran & dead heal Time, 1:50, { {Fonrth race - Steeple_chase, handicap, mile and three-quarters; I, Line won; Julia Jack- #on, second; Awmelian, third, BALTINORE, Md., May 22.—Rainy, First race—Five furlongs; two-year-olds; Qulto wou; Boss, second; Biggonatte, hird, me, 1:00. Second race—Mile and one-sixteenth; Hare- rigan and Charley father John, second, foot wop: Florence M, wecond; Maggle J. toird. Time, 1:68}, Third race~One mile and_a half : three Yearold colts and_ fillies; Tecumseh wo Wickharn, second; John C, third, Time, 2 Fourth race--One mile and three-eight all ages; Chanticleer won; Lida S Afic?ml: Bald Hornet, third Time, Fifth race— Tmmet_won Shelby, second, i Sixth race— Jessio D won; Jack, second; Hostage, third, 4 —— ANOTHER REVOLT THREATENED, CITIZENS OF VICTORIA PROTEST A TREATMENT BY OTTAWA. Victonia, B, C.. May 22.—Much excite ment has been caused on the nainland by an order from Ottawa raising the prica of rail- way lands to & teeple chase, short conree; | PITS AND PENS. The Day on the Chicago Board and at the Union Stick Yards, Prices Genorally Slow But Firm and Without Foatures —_— AINST THEIR Wheat Declines Slightly, Oorn Easier, Oats Too Plentiful to be Costly and Etock Firm, per acre, and increasing the stumpage and other duties on timber to an extent that will destroy the lumber trade of the in Now resolutions speakers province, At a public Westminister, = denunciatory wore passed, One of enid: It would ba meeting of Ottawa. ince. When we were under the old flag ana working in the mines of Caribo we got our goods carrled to the remote district for half what it costa for the same quantity by railway from Port Moody to Lyton. Is not that a nice oxample of tho justice given us by Cana- dian politicians, Onderdon is king, and with i monsy ho rules af Ottawa. The thing ho calls a railway is only a tramway, and a bad one at that, “The whole conduct of the gov- ernment, as evinced of incapacity, and b G—— we will stand it no {unm-h b recommending that wo_ proceed to busness at once, and declare here to-night that we shall gever oar connection with the dominion gov ernment and go back to the old flag, BSea, Can,, May 22 —The bark Brilliant Jjust arrived here has on board the crew of the bark Bayard, Captain Anderson relates a fearful experience, On the Gih of May, when the weather was thick, the Bayard ran intoice near the banks of Newfound- land, She was_ complately sur- rounded by heavy ico and iceberge, The crew remained on board until Tuesday afternoon, when the icebergs came thumping against the bark, smashing in her port sides. The crew took to boats and went on the ice, barely escaping with their lives and saving no property whatever, They remained three duys and three nights ou the ice, All the provisions they had was a bag of bread. hie, with fresh water found on the ice, formed their diet, ——— Outgeneraled by Ticket Scalpers. Onitcaco, Tll,, May 22,—The general pas- senger agents of the Colerado-Utah asrocia- tion met hero to-day and adjourned after devoting almest the entire session to a Ilaw pasted by the Colorado legslature making all railroad tickets ‘‘transferable by delivery.” It is claimed this clause slipped through the legislature by ticket brokers so they might deal profitably in bitherto non-transferable tourists tickets issued to large uumbers at very low rates by the various roads forming thepool. Thoact is considered unconstu- tional by the roads and it was decided to put the matter in the hands of attorneys for their opinions and then to decide upon a course of legal proceedings, ——— The Iowa Medical Society, Cepar Raris, Ia., May 22,—The state medical society closed its thirty-third conven- tion here this afternoon, electing D, W. Crouse president; A, W, McOlures and A. L. Wright, vice-presidents; J. F. Kennedy, secretary; G. 11, Skinner, treasuror, The next meeting place is Des Moines. e e I Orops of the Northwest, St Pavr, Minn. May 22.—Crop reports from the line of the Omaha, Minnesota & Towa road are of an increase of 25 per cent in the acreage of corn and flax, but that the lat- ter suffered 30 per cent killed from cold weather, Corn plantiog will be completed this week, Wheat is looking well, ——— Apaches on the War Path. ToMBSTONE, Ariz,, May 22,—A military courier from Fort Bowie sends the informa- tion that the Apaches killed two men at Eagle Creek Tuesday. DrviNG, N. M., May 22.—Reports have reached here that the Apaches killed four miners at Alma, a small mining camp, on Frieco river, e ———— Another Fire at Miles City, Micks City, Mont., May 22,—A fire broke out af 0 o'clock last night in the Merchants hotel, and spread rapidly, causing a total loss of $60,000. The principal losers are the Merchants hotel, $10,000; Cosmopolitan hotel, $7,000; Joseph ILeighton, wholesale store building, 8! 0 e Honors Awaiting Gen, Logan, Cnicaco, Tll., May 22,—A meeting of re- publicans to-night appointed committee of one hundred to arrange a reception for Sen- ator Logan, Upon his arrival tomorrow Logan will bo escorted from the depot by the union veteran club while 108 guns ara boing firod, ——— Cotton Mills Closing, Newnoyrort, Mass, May 22,—The Pea- body and the Ocean cotton corporations will immediately suspend, not to start again until businoes prospects brighten, throwin 900 persons out of emplopment, The pay rolls aggregrte about $15,000 monthly, e A Negro Murderer Hanged, CLaRrkNDON, Ark,, of a large crowd not intend killing Sandy, but struch him for threateniog to strike Mrs Jackson, the better to live under the czar of Russia than the rule ‘They know nothing at all of the wants and wishes of tho peoplo of this proy- about May 22.—Goodwin Jackson, colored, who in November beat Sandy Redmond, colored, to death with a fence rail, was hanged to-day in the presence Ho died protesting he did THE MARKETS, WHEAT, Special Tele ;ram to The B, Cnicaco, 1L, May 22,—Very few features of interest were developed in the trading on ‘change to-day. Fluctuations ‘were generally confined to a very narrow range, particularly in wheat, but the prevailing tendency in cercals was downward, and they all closed somewhat under the latest figures of yesterday. The “ ehort " interest, it ia claimed, was held in leach through fear of another breaking out of the anglo-Rusian difficulty, but as consols remamed moderately steady, some frec sellig was indulged in, Thero was scarcely any outside trading, and local spec- nlation was also on a more limited scalo, Foroign markets wero quoted inactive, and New York and St. Louts markets wero quoted slow and a shade lower, The “receipts_hera continue fair; while the shipping inquiry is exceedingly limited, The crop reports de- veloped nothing particularly new. The mar- ket opened 3 lower, fell off 4c, fluctusted and closed on the regular board ¢ under yester- day, Aud shaded off 4o moro on. the fternoon CORN, Tho receipts of corn were considerably larger and & quict and easy feeling prevailed in the speculative market. The shipping de- mand was light and foreign advices quoted inactive markets, The market fell off o and closed ic under yesterday. OATS, Oats ruled weak at }@}c lower under the pressure of large recaipts and & light demand. PROVISION In provisions there was very little doing and prices showed no material change. CATTLE, Trade was fairly active and prices a shade stronger on the ordinary run of fat stock. There wero iberal orders from New York, while the dressed beef operators were taking their usual number, Taken altogether prices were about the same as on Wednesday, Butch- er's stock underwent littlo or no change, sell- ing at as, high figures as at any time; stockers and feeders are dall and prices weal 1,350 to 1,600 pounds and over, 35,40@b.70; pounds, 35.00@5.50; 900 to 1,200 ; cows and mixed common, $2 40@3.20; good, £3 30@4.59; slop fed steers, )0 25 40; cows, $3.75@4 20; bulls, $3 0@ stockera and _feeders, $3.50@5.00; corn- Texans, $3.60®4.05, HOGS, The market opened slow with a slight de- cline on nearly all sorts. The drop was mainly on fair to good packers, thousands of which sold between £4.15 and $1.20, while rough and common sold down to $3 874@4.10, and beat heavy assorted at $4,20@4.27%; ;wklngmd shipping, 240 to 310 pounds, 4,20@4.30. e — 4. fed 8plitting up the Wabash, Sr. Louts, Mo, May 22, -Judge Treat granted an order to-day, in the United States circuit court, transferring the Havana, Ran- toul & Eastern division of the Wabash rail- rond tothe trustee, under mortgage of De. cember 26, 1879, secnring an istue of $300,000 bonds on_which the interest has been de faulted. He issued a similar order transfer- ring the Toledo, Peoria & Western division of the same road to the trustees under a mortgage socuring an iseue of $4,600,000 bonds, on_which the interest has been de- faulted. The court reserves the right of jurigdiction in both cases, and the receivers of the Wabash can redeem the property on payment of ths interest and the cost of litiga- tion, ——— The Weather, W ASHINGTON, Moy 23.—The Upper Missise sippi Valley:—Local rains and partly cloudy weather, preceded in the southern portion by fuir weather, winds shifting to the east and routh, lower barometer, stationary, followed by lower temperature, The Missouri Valloy: —Increasing cloudiness and local rains, southerly winds, stationary, followed by a slight fall in the temperature, e — Frelinghuysen's Iliness Seneational. New York, May —The family of the late Secretary Frelinghuyeen make no secret of the fact that the first serious illness of Judge Frelinghuysen was due to aconite that in some unaccountable manner was bottled with mineral water Le used, and Dr, Lincoln, of Washington, says thera was enough lefc in the bottle to kill four men, e New York Democrats Squ Avrpaxy, N, Y,, May 22.—The democratic members of the legislature have issued an ad- dress to the people saying: “The democracy is tho majority party in New York, The maldistricting of countics has made it impos- gible for that party to control the legislature without a popular verdict of the magnitude of a resolution at the polls.” e —— The New York Legislature, Avpaxy, N, Y., May 22,—The legislature adjourned sine die to-day. o — Seal of North Carolina Tobzcco Is the best, March April May ‘When the weather grows warmer, that extremo tired ant of appetite, lassitude, afilict an family, and scrof- ula and other diseases caused by humors, manifest themsclyes with m: 1t is - possible fo throw off this debility and expel humors from the blood without the aid of a reliable medicine like Hood's Sarsaparilla, #1 could not sleep, and would get up in the morning with hardly life enough to pet | out of bed. I had no appetite, and iny face would break out with pimples, 1 bought At no other season i3 the system 50 sus- ceptible to the bene flcets of @ re- liable tonic and invigorant. The impure state of the blood, the deranged digestion, d the weak condition of the body, caused by its long battlo with the cold, wintry bla all eall for the reviving, regulating storing influences 8o happily and ctively combined in Hood’s Sarsaparilla Tood’s Sarsaparilla did me a great de of good. I had no particular disease, but was tired out from overwork, and it tonea me up” Mig. G, E. SIMMONS, Cohoes, N, ¥, Hood’s Sarsaparilla i a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla, and soon began to sleep soundly; could got up with- out that tired and languid feeling, and my appetite improved.” R. A, BANFOLD, Kent, O 1 had been much troubled by general debility. Last spring Hood's Sarsaparilla proved just the thing needed. I derived an immenso amount of benefit, 1 never felt better.” I, F, MiLLEs, Boston, Muss, Hood’s Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. §1; six for §6. Made only by C, I HOOD & €0, Lowell, Mass. “For seven years, spring and fall, I had scrofulous sores come out on my legs, and for two years was not free from them at all. I suffered yery much. Last May I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, and before 1 had tuisen two bottles, the sores healed and the humor left me.” C. A. ARNOLD. Arnold, Me. “There is no blood purifier equal to Hood's Sarsaparilla” E.8, PHELYS, Rochester, N.Y. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for §5. Made ouly by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mas 100 Doses One Dollar 100 Dos One Dollar 4