Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 11, 1886, Page 1

FIFTEENTH YEAR, HONEST SETTLERS SATISFIED Thieving Sharks that Prey on the Public Domain the Grumblers, HONESTY MEETS OPPOSITION, The Fight on Commissioner Sparks— Number of House Dills—Gen, Urook to itetain His Command —Malaria Breeding Spots. The Land G WaAsHisaron, egram. ]~ Land \hber's Jan. 10, [Special Tel Cor oner Sparks says that there is absolutely no opposition to the suspension of the issuance of land patents in the prescribed area from honest settiers, The honest scttler is on his homestead, and no one can take it away from him. He can transfer it after he has made proof of the fulillment of the eonditions preseribed by law. He can mortgage it it he desives, Thousands of claims Lave descended from father to son without a patent ever having been obtained, Thousands have died on claims witlout ever having applied for one. Thonsands will not apply for theim, becanse they may thus escape local taxes, ‘T'lie office is in receipt of bushels of letters from settlers and not one has, so far, been received complaining of injustice, although some have been received which, upon investigation, have been proved to emanate from a fivm of land shark lawyers in this city. To show how a emy. fraudulent entry of public lands injures “honest settlers,” it isonly necessary to read some of the letters received by Gen. Sparks. One woman writes to him saying that she th: him for his effort to oust the speculators from fraudulent home- stead claims, She states that it is tive miles from her cabin to that of her nearest neigh- bor, and yet a radius of five miles which covers 40) quarter s cack, there is not oue subject to entr; homestead is pre who is holding i at §5, £10 or £20 per 00 is fraudulent. claims could be retus wain, and ney lowed to be taken from it, pt by an honest settle the writer, “Igwonld not h in this Tonely w T would hate some neighbors to help and sy with me in our hard struggle for @ hon vould be s sehool Andin Bk This is not a solitary case. Tt thous. Mr. Holian toid ¢ that lie had driven thirty Dakota oyer fine land without secin house or human being, and yet upon inquiry re of it was timber » fraudulent ed to the publie do- isone of 1 mption laws, Gen, Sparks did in the land office what it y to doin the pension oflice, of making ea ation of influential men. e determined that ever hould take its turn, and one little order of t kind broke up the of lawye solic fons. in the oft stroy the business of made from £10,000 to $ taining patents fo ud grab- bers, ‘I'he howlof the pension thieves proved the destruction of Pension Commissioner Bentley, but his suceessor never had the courage, even if he had th desire, (o return to the old No man will ever ha the courage fo return to the old system in the land oflice, The order firms here who hay A in ob- iest settler” will not be injured by the determination of the commissioner to take cases up in their turn. The prineipal interests affceted by the rulings of the com- missioner are those of the railroad com- panies, but this fact is not as prominent as it ought to be railroad companies and their attorne: city, who men of great ability and unlimited resources, seeing that Commissioner Sparks' action relative to Individual settlers on public lands over a wide extent of territory is extremcly unpopu- lar, have taken up the cause of the disgrun- tled settlers, and are pushing the opposition againsthim in the press and in congress with all their might, WIHERE THE MASS OF BILLS GO, Enouzh bills hay ren introduced in the house of es to keep that bedy bard at work until the dog days of August. Yet only about one-fourth of the bills that will be introauced have been pie- sente £ the first fifty s 01 con- introduced in the house. In the Forty-cighth congress there we The present congress promises to be more prolific than lust. Already 2,000 bills have been presented. The gre s of these g0 to two committces—one on war claims and the other on claims, The former has charge of all claims that grew out of the wars in which the United States has been engaged, and the latter of all the other claims, As it 18 at present conzress pays very little atten- tlon to them, and not one in a hundred is considered, Legitimate claimants have no redress, but sehemers are more lable to fare better. It has been frequently suzgested that con- gress be relieved of the work of considering these claims, and that they be referred to a court of claims, who is at the head of the committee on claims, s to the committee yesterday that il be pre sented to the house creating a court of claims in which claimants hereafter eould go for relief instead of bringing their claims to the attention of congress, McKenna, who is a member of the committee, also spoke in avor of this plan, and it is likely such a il will be presented at an early date. GEN. CROOK WILL BE RETAINED, Gen. Sheridan has succeeded, by his stout defense of Gien. Crook, in securing his reten- tion for the present in command of the de- partment of Arizona, It was Gen. Sheridan who had Crook made a brigadier-ge years ago through his influence with Gen, Grant, and he stands by him in spite of all opposition or eriticism, but if the Indian out rages continue in Arizona for another month it 15 said that Crook will have to go In spite of the lieutenant-general, and Gen, Mi will probably be given a chance to see what he can accomplish there, Sheridan dislikes Miles as much as he likes Crook, and natu- rally the president does not like to go squarely against his judgment, WHISKY AND MALARIA, To-day's Herald of this city says: Repre sentative Hepburn of Iowa, says that several winters residence in Washington has thor- oughly convinced him that the unhealthy places here are the saloons, He says he be- leved very few people who leave the saloons alone get the walaria to any considerable ex- tent, He says that when he arrives here he 18 usually feeling very badly from having his stomach upset by the rough roads he pusses over In coming here, but after a few days he beglns to feel lirst rate and enjoys the climate very much, A BILVER HEAD AND GOLD TAIL, 1 heard a rather quaint, and it struck me an accurate, description of the committes on colnage weights and measures,” said Repre- tative Randall to a reporter last evening, ne of the meuibers of the committee per- | cale THE OMAHA DAILY petrated the joke, declaring the committee as at present constituted was a silver head with agold tall, Or it might be reversed and des ignated a gold tail and silver head. Either way suits the case, It seems to be the gen eral impression on the demoeratie side of the chamber that the present comimittee ¥ ommend legislat iinst silver, no matter what the views of the chairman may be,” ATE'S Wo! The senate has already a great deal in the way of le zislatio a number of impor 128 1 I the s fon bi bl The next important for consideration will be Hoar lisl wof bank outt n States, 11t far and will probably 13 third on the be reachied this WasHI G lotise of repr business wiil b the introduetion of bills, has been prinepally devot S b and the members have for t part e Tieved their desks from t which had wmiilated. it 1s not Hkely tiat to-anorrow’s 1 will conswme mueh t ihe next bus ness is of comui W report in view of thelr ‘very spointimenty there is little during the Xt few ntinl ion be s rom the committee on or Wednesday n will probab) inder of the weel wdy exp {0 be reco: . The committee on coinaze, o8 will not organize until S commit speaker tlie 1 the snbje ud ineas the middie of the we tee is supposed to b the siiy tion, it Is not tho g ating 1o the coi line of suspens of & compromise between the rad: opposite views, will he bronght befor the louse until the committee shall iy r fully considered all the various props e judicial salary bill remains the un- finished bisiness in the senate, The electoral count bill_and bankraptey bill to be bronght up for ensideration if an oppor- tunity Is found, and the Dakota bill may be sed toward ¢l the ting of th Lis then pleted. Under ordinary cireamstances one of these measures would furnish n for a week's debate, bat as the subjos Ivery fully discussed diring the last 4, coming debates may be somewhat shortencd and several speeches on - the silver question await an_opportunity for delive and Senator Manderson has given notice at he will address the senate to-morrow pon the DIIL to broniot: the infantty bianh of the aray. The exceutive calendar is w derstood to Eave only about fift tions upon It and - (hese s not o than one ot nominations have been acied by the committecs, and ported as soon as_opportuni afforded, Senators express the wish to begin active work upon the iominations as sooi possible, and it is probable that much of the week will be dovoted to this duty. DA A Conference of Irishmen in Chicago on January 20. .—[Special Telezram. f the Parnell committee Alcouneil of the Irish N tional league was keld last eveninz, John Finnerty presiding. Timo plained the objectof the inc 1tral Musie had been rented for Jann nd as the national convention had b A joint mect d the munic demonstration for t! It was de that the demonstration should be of n; character, embracing a conference during the afternoon and entertainment in the evening, A commiltee was ap- pointed to armange a programme for the oceasion. It was voted {o invite the follow ntlemen to de that date: Rev. Charles O'Re treasurer; Patrick I dent National leagud Davenport, lowa: Col New York; Hon. J. G. Donne! Joln P. Sutton, Quebees Hon. J. F. Armstrong, ; ames W. Fitzgerald, Cinein- will be the princi- pal spe Ihe others will be limited to fittcen minutes e: The rest of the pro- gramme will consist of recitations, music and singing. ‘The committee appointed will hold a meeting Monday evening. R 2 LET THEM CUT. The War of Rates Between the B, & O, and Pennsylvania. w Youx, Jan. 10.—The Baltimore & ailroad aunounces that, commencing v, throngh tiek 11 be sold from ew York 1o all western points at rates an the farcs recently adoptod by the other < lines. The reason asslgied by the ore & Obio s that the fares from Bal- timore and Washington were eut by (he Pennsyivania railroad compiny Satuiday. ALTINORE, i, 10— ylvinia flroad on I'riday put into elicet’a new schedule of pass rates, reducing e price of tickets frou Baltimore and Wasl ton to all points west to a lovel with the Baltimore & Olio’s eut rates 1 were on a basis of 13 to Chicago. morrow the Baltimore & Ohio will announce a ent from New York, which will equalize with the rate from here. “Ihe Pennsylvania will e unable to meet (1 cnt without violating the terms of the trunk iine pooling arangement, Baltimore & Oliio passengers will b obliged to come from castern - points over the Pennsylvania rallway, but tickets are to be plac sale n New Yok and elsewhere at suflic ywer ligines (o make them at- tractive to tr 1 the cut will be made this po Baltimore & Ohio will have 1o | ular rates from New York, The Baltimore & Ohio atnounces iis dete mination to push th ainst the trunk Jine pool, and hope to be by its course to tion by its rivals of its claims . Gannon, nati. for difl The Detroit Chnrch Troubles. Derrorr, Jan, 0. —Father Kolasinski, the deposed Polish Catholic priest, has with the assistance of Lis attorney prepared an appeal to the ecelesiastical authority at Rome. 1t sets forth the charzes made against Kolas- fnski and denies their truthtulluess. It pre sents alidavits to show that the aceusations e (alse and the result of a conspiraey or- anized 10 work the overthrow of Father Rolasinski by churges supporied by false evi- denee, 1t coneedes the authority of the bish- op to suspend the father during an investiza- tion, but elaims that he violated canon laws in deposing him permanently without such trial, The document will at once b for- warded to Rome and & speedy disposal of it i praed for, - A Peculiar Postofiice Affair, LovisviLLe, Ky, n. 9. — Yesterduy United States Marshal Faulkuer and Deputy Vest arrived in the city with J. C. Fentou, vostmaster at High Grove, n county, who was held as 8 prisoner for refusing to give up the oftice to A, D, Me- Jorma who presiden Cleveland appointed K his SUCCESSOT two weeks ago. When the parties were brought before the United States comissioner, Fen- ton announced that the ecase had been cow- promised, aud he was willing to give up the oftice. ‘The ease was accordingly” dismissed. The atfair was peculiar, - Plague Among Stock. Brooyixaroy, 1L, Jan, 8.—A fatal dis- ease has made its appearance among the milch cows in many of the counties in cen- tral Lllinois, which is attributed to the eating of mouldy and rotten corn, which farmers left in their fields, The animals worst at- tacked are seized with dizziness and fall down, many of them fl{:: A disease simli- lar to the epizootic has { ‘m out among the horses, a uumber having died from that dis- case, | Efforts to Place Sugar and Salt OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JANU ASENATOR'S SILVER S\\'iTCil How Evarts Was Transformed Into an Anfi- Coinage Advocate, POSTAL TELEGRAPH DEMANDED. on the 'ree List—Congreossmen Wors vicd by Pension Applicants— The Rivers and Harbors, Senator I WASHINGTOS, §' Change of Mind. Jan. 10.— 8, ¢'al.]—Peo- re to know whether Sena- tor Evarts, of New York, will speak on the silver question. 1t was announeed a fort- nizhtago that he would speak {o° a contin- wne or coin Members of the New York board of trade immedlately <ot together and detcrained to) rotest against Mr, Evarts’ proposeid actions, They were opposed toa continuance of silver colu , and did not want uence thrown to the contrary. The res at within three or four days Senator Evarts was flooded with letters and ns protesting inst Lis speaking silver coinage. Let came by the bushel. It was frightful, The boards of trade throughont New York put their friends after the senator, and it is estimated that they wrote thousand s of letters every d. Finally he fled to New York and instructe his clerk nolto forward to him any ma! ‘Thea the announerment was made that & ator Evarts would not speak on the subjec of silver coinage. It is not known here whether this is true, Senator Evarts was drawn into a to speak for coinage by peeuliar prominent silver state senator, remembering that Mr. Evarts, when he was a_member of the silver committee years ago, had made a very strong speech 1n favor of silver, hunted up the documents, reaa it over, and then went to the famous New York lawyer and told him he would I ave him mak ) in favor of silver coinage, remarking e would do as well as he did some years ago he would be very much pleased, as he had just read the speech, and it was a magnificent argument. After some diploma on the part ot the western senator, Mr, Evarts, in a fit of good hu 1y, sald that he would make a speech; that if he could not do y better he would revise his old sp wd deliver that. Then it was annonneed that Senator Evarts would speuk on siiver coinage, and thus was he pushed into it, POSTAL TELEGRAPIT DEMANDE! Senator Edmunds is quoted as saying that there is littie doubt about the government controlling a complete system of telegraph lines within a very few y that he b years; lieves his propo ion to establish postal tele- hy s grown in popularity, the justne of itand the constitutional autboiity being more clear as it is looked into, nator munds does not consider that the establish- ment of a system of eheap telegraph ecominu- nieation for the people at this time a move- any farther in advanee of general improve- ments than other advantag people pos- sess in mail fa , compared 1o those of thirty years g e wonders why we have not already established postal telegiaphy. “The people ean understand something of the advantages proposed by the Edmunds bill on this subject when the; informed that for fifteen or twenty cents they 1 send by tele- graph twenty words in the day or night time, and have it promptly delivered at any point the United 5 not over 500 miles distant, and for longer dis- tances provortionately low ratess that there will be no such thing as rival lines required to get these low rates; that the farmer in the tean get t his little 1 station as the banker in populous ingland. This is where the great vantage will come in. Un system a man in New York to Chicago or St. Louis or Kans: City than the wan in ntry, wl there is 10 opposition telegraph lin it but s (i equalization of eharges pr od by the gov- ernment lines s what the common people fecl as much as e reduction of charges, CONDIMENT FREE OF DUTY. ort wiil be made during this s to have suzar and salt ist. Alveady bills—quiie have been introc »d on e in both t these s the ; of con plvced on the fred anamber of them this subject. ‘The eommion peo parties are demanding this, Th tioning eon ud setting forth th 1 this conntry, ¢ ow the consuption to 1er customs dues, It is said that the reason Abram S, Hew of New York so much desired his old place on the house committee on ways and 5 was to work for just propositions as free sugar, salt, lamber, coal, ¢ and that he is to become tl mpion of what is here Known as “populir tariff reform”—meaning an en'argement of the free list by specific bills, which will place articles one at a time on the fre t and not try to revise the whole taritt list at one time, IMPOBTUNATE PENSIONEI “ht takes ut one-hiall of my time,” said Representative Outhwaite of Ohio to- day tside of congress to look after pen- fon matters for my constituents, ‘There are nunibers Lere, too, who give up more than halt of their time to pension: matters for con- stituents, We simply becowe pension attor- neys, without any additional pay, of course, Thie work nie respects 18 very pe - We have to go to the pension oftice, call the cases up, and in many instances look over the papers to see what is needed to make the omplete, Phe correspondence is very Then, oftentimes, after a congress- as done all within his power to get a ¢h and it fails, the claimant thinks the congresswan has not done fairly by him or the clabm would have been allowed, Too much stress is put upon the presumed influence of @ congressman in pen- slon matters, Many suppose that a ease need not be very complete if a congressman will only demand its allowance, That is a mis- take. ‘The advaniage, and the only advan- tage & congressman can have in the matter, is (o get a cuse taken up sooncr than it might otherwise be consideres But the cases must be justas perfect as if a congressman had nothing to do with them betore they are allowed. A congressman could not get an imperfect case through, and should not if he could. All should be treated alike, and I believe they are. Congressmen are always glad when they get a pension for acon- stituent, and they are disappoiuted when they encounter failure,” BOME FOR THE BIG MUDDY, PERIAPS. “It is my fmpression,” said a Pacitic slope senator to-day, “that there will be a very liberal river and harbor bill passed by this congress. ‘Tlie work begun in many localities four years ago was suspended eighteen or twenty wonths since on account of there being no appropriation bill passed by the last congress, and It will not only be necessary to appropriate enough to bring up the work to where it shoull have been, but a good deal has been lost by a suspension of the improy- ments; that s, the work begun once and allowed to rewmain idle a couple of yeawrs of sugar, t warrant sneh man case th any instanc retrogrades so rapidly tha | spended is | half of the work and n thrown away OINTED GRUMBLERS, al, a great deal of d tisfaction is shown in the ¢ ion of the house com- mittees. The time that has intervened since they were announced has only served to in- flame the troubled feelings of disappointed members, It is always the ease that the men who Imagine they should have prominent positions and do not get them are mad. Un- cer Keifer, in the Forty-seventh con- lot of members in both parties for weeks and weeks after the com- rs wereannounced, ‘Take it all in all, however, the committees were invariably as strong as could have been ma peaker Carlisie, however, has not given that atls- faction that he did two years ago. - NEBRASKA AND 1OWA, Legislators Assembling for the lowa state Congress. Dis Moixes, lowa, Jan, 10, al Tel- egram. |—The day has brought little chan in the legislative ation, A train came through from the north late last night, bring- ing several ted me among them the three candidates for speaker—\Weaver, Benson and Thompson. The Jast named has not made a very active cauvass for the po: tion, but is the choice of many men in his own, the fifth, congressional district, Some of the friends of Captain Heald of Jefferson are teying to push him as an_ anti-monapolist candidate, claiming that Weaver is a rai road man, bnt not much is being made in this line. Weaver is still holding the lead. Story of Adair county is developing more strength for speaker than was anticipated, and as representative ot the younger element is being pushed vigorously. There is just about a quorum of the legislature hiere to- 1, and many more are expected in the morning, According to law the gene ssembly will convene to-morrow at noon, and effcet a tem- porary organization. If most of the meni- bers are here by that time, the party caucus for nominating ofticers will be held in the afternoon, Governor Larrabee has not yet arrived, but is expected at any hour. Lincoln Thawing Out. Neb., Jan. 10,—[Special Tele- ie Burlington tracks west of here were eleared to-day, and troin No. 1, which arrived from Omaha about 1:20, was started westward ot 7 o'clock. This is the first train dispatched from Lincoln toward Deny since Sunday of last week, with the excep- tion of one Wednesday, which was compelled toreturn. The first train from the the west, D of Monday last, which has been laid up at Harvard,is expected at this writing (i: p. m.) to reach Lincoln at midnight. There has been no- train east this afternoon, and there will be none until No. 2 gets here. Atehison branch is open bat the oth lington system roads, as well Pacitic, are still closed. T at work and the blockade will prob feot raised to-morrow. Line [Spo sit bel all, with the peonte when t the Br: wside world for o wee re looking anxionsly for the time ins will run on_schedule time, and come to hand regularly. : Three Victims of th freezing during tod. illiam Cook, a farmer, 55 years ot age, was found frozen stiff n imes, a wmiles from this ITe had been to Des Moines, and returning in the storm Thurs- day night, lost his way and drove into a pond. He and both horses were found dead. He was but forty rods from a house and ten rods from a haystack when overcome by cold, but in the bhinding storm could not see them. Tenri Teri, teamster in Creston, w overcome by cold Friday night winle de- livering « nd died yesterday. Jolin Shipley was froz Thursd m near county. 1is team ran a into the snow, and he was ui: way. ble to find his The Complaint of No Avail. Sioxey, Neb, Jan, 10.—[Spec gram.|—The following letter ceived from R. C. Drum. United States army HEADQUARTER TANT GENED Dee, 2 ne inmunication of sotting forth the co Kkeepers of Sidney tablished by the o Nicers direeted by the etary yon_that mattor Tele- has be en re djutant general OF THE ARMY, ADJU- 1 reply” to your of Octobe t of the inst a saloon es- vt Sidney, I am of war to inform wines, ale lation light o A army posts is not in v orders issted from the war department, and that consequently there is no impropriety in the of cond musenient 10! Fort Sidney, sir, respecti v tent ser- vant, D, Adjutant General, st Pay Her Insane Tax, Lincony, Neb,, Jan. 9.—[Special Tele- gram.| supreme court to-day granted a wiit of mandamus in the case of the state ex rel Attorney General Leese vs. the commis- sioners of Douglas county, ordering the com- missioners to levy . a tax to pay the §0,00 claimed by the state for keeping insane paupers from Douglas count, The cowrt lLolds that the law i constitetional, and all taxes under it must be levied, The issuance of the writ is withhield in order to allow an amicable ar- rangenient to be made for gradual payment Donglas M Coal Chutes Consumed, BrLie PLAINE Towa, Jin. 10.—([Spceial.] —The Northwestern eoal chutes burned ye terday morning, They were built new la summer, They contained 80 tous of coal and 700 loaded flat cars, The loss is variously estim; at from $10,000 to $20,000, A train of empty cars standing alongside the chutes were | artially burned. Killed His Neighbor. onTi PLATTE, Neb, Jan, 10.—[Special ‘elegram,]—Jeremiah Donovan, a farmer residing fourteen miles south of this 11ice, rdercd himself to the sheriff yester'ay afternoon, saving he had shot one of his frnest Swmith, with bu kot laimed that the shooting was done in self-defense, 1t is supposed that Smith's wound will prove fatal, L Drowned in the Missouri, NionrAnA, Neb, . B.—[Special.]— 1 case belonging to Dr. O. L. Quinton, was found on the ice on the Missou- ri this morning. The doctor is supposed to have stepped into an air hole in_ the ice while crossing the river, and drowned. e Fire Bells Failed to Find. Cairo, 1L, Jan. 10.—The fire bells were rung calling the citizens together to institute @ search from house to house for Annie McKeon, who disappeared mysteriously from school at the convent here last Thursday. ‘The scarch proved fruitless, no traee of the giil being found. L A Rich Man Sails fe, CHARLESTON, 5. C.. Jan, 10.—Jay Gould's yacht Atlunta sailed hence Lo-day for Nassau. ARY 11, 1¢ FASHIONED VM"TER F;\BI;\.“',’ The Liberal Loader's Plan at the Coming Sossion of Parliament, A NEGATIVE PARTY S0, POLICY. Home Rule Excitemont Down—-The Gove or Fall With gramme The unation. Simmering nnent to Stand Theie Pro- A Glhimpse Loxpox, Jan. 10, The interest of the English public in home rule has showed a marked deeline durin week. Tl papers, especially the Times, con- tinue to publish many letters on the subject, but the leaders of both parties maintain com- plete silence, The public perceives that noth- ing is likely to be said or done before the mecting of parliament. All recent attempts to draw Gladstone outhas failed. He r himself for the mecting of liberal leaders summoned for Monday, and {o be followed by & meeling of the whole party on Wedne The first meeting will endeavor ree on tacties for the opening of the ses- sion. Gladstone will make a statement to the second meeting, intended to seeure the co-operation of the whole party, but the pr e s not expected to diselose a definite Irish policy. Among the many rumors the most probable one is that Gladstone will adopt the Fabian strategy—move no amend- ment to the address, abstain irom all attempts to defeat the government, and endeavor (o forco both Lord Salisbury and Parnell to show their hands. A negative poliey is, in faet, the only policy on which the once united liberal party is now able to agree, “The conservatives, after a sharp confl the cabinet, have resolved to oppose demand for an Irish parliament. Lord dolph Churehill stood out for a fresh alliance with the Parncliites, but obtained slight sup- port. He was obliged to admit it was iw- possible to unite the tories i support of home rule, but it is understood he hoped to d enough radicals to constru Parnellite coalition, with a working majority He abandoned this pretty plan wlhen he found the majority of his colleagues were ready to resign rathier than submit. ‘The government adberes to its intention to Dpropose a large measure of local government, conceding to Ireland in prineiple every priv- [ anted and and Scotland, Parnell will decline this offer, and renew his appeal to Gladstone, who will reply that only min isters in power can propose a substantiati scheme, A week ago Gladstone took a d ferent view and intended to lead an attack on the government on the ground that the liber- als would otherwise be obliged either to sup- port or oppose Parnell’s amendment, but in- dications t are that Gladstone will to generlities, will pronounce Loxd Sali bury's scheme inadequate, but will refrain from proposing an alternative, Keep the tories in oftice for the 1t is still the gen- eral lib The ministry will neither allenge or evade a vote of confidence. hey will announce their poliey, bring in their measures and stand, or fall with them. A Patched Up Cabinet. NEW Yonk, Jan, 10.—[Special Telegram.] ~The Sun’s London cablegram s On the other side of the channel the political atmos- t clearer than it was a w 1e not over sanguine, serenity will be of coutinuance, The reluctance of De Fre; cinet to assume the reins of government did not predispose the public to expect & strong ministry or a vigorous policy. In the first partieular it has not heen d ted, and the prospects ar itsiton the other score. The Parisian papers are disposed to make the best of the ministers, but they voiee the zeneral feeling binet of coneilintion.” that mcans a It is generally be- that upon all disputed questions the aim of the cabinet will be to propose a poliey to whici neither republicans nor radicals ean object. Greece Wants to Fight the Porte. LoNDON, Jan. 10.—The Greek government has made overtures to the government of Montenegro, looking to the formation of an alliance, Choth offensive and defensive against the porte. The king of Greeee will leave his capital shortly for the Thessalian frontier to inspeet the ariny. It is supposed that this will Le (i prelude to a beginning of hostilities, "The Greck government bLas received from Prinee Bismarek a reply to hewr civeular note: sent recently to the great powers coneer g the Balkan question and the attitude of Greces in connection there - with, The chancellor warns Greece that if she e sin_ war with Turkey she will do therown ris i expect no assistance from any of the great powers, all of which will hold “theiselves aloof from the controversy. . The Loyalists' Bitternoess, Dusriy, Jan. 10.—The Irish Patriotic union intends to lay before Lord Salisbury an extensive report upon the method in which reent elections in Ireland were con- ducted, Tie report will allege that intimida- tion and elerieal influence were nsed in favor of the nationalists, 1t i stated upon g authority that several Seoteh and 1rish pects, both conservative and liberal, will supporl a motion of the earl of Kilmote in favor of the abolition of the oflice of lord lieutenant of Ireland, - Assuming Government Powers, DuBLIN, Jan, 10.~The board of guardians of Kilwallock, county Limerick, at a mee ing Lield yesterday, which was preslded over by Father Shechy, adopted a resolution to erect cottages for the poor without going thirough the usual ofticial fornalities, and to grant_ outdoor reliel without askiug tl sanetion of the local government au'horiti The board expressed its willingness to light the authoritics with every means in its power. In t Cabinet on Conditions, Mapgin, Jan, 10.—Gen. Dominguez, who was recently tendered the Spanish ambassa- dorship at Paris, has accepted oflice undex these condition: 1—That he shall remain chief of the dynastic left, 2—That the c: net will engage to support thirty-two ¢ dates named by the dynastic left, ‘T lists have decided to abandon their prepar tions for a rising aund to take part in the elections, Aoy The Kaiser Indisposed, BeRLIN, Jan. 10.—Alarming reports were current yesterday concerniug the condition of Emperor William, who was said to be seriously ill, The rumors probably bad their origin in the fact that the emperor was from an unusually severe attaek of s, and also from cold, 111s majesty, lowever, in spite of his indisposition, gave an audience yesterday to several of the min- isters, Died a Defaulte DupLiy, Jan. 10.—A report has been cireu- lating in this city to the effect that Robert Farquharson, who was manager of the Mun- ster bank, which failed a few months ago, snd who absconded, having committed de- Talcations to a large amount, has died at Bar- celona, Spain, BEE. THE FI RECORD. A Big Blaze Among Jersey Jackoets and Variegated Hoslory. PuiLaoEtenia, Pa., Jan, 10—The exten sive mill building in Kensington, known as Atrot's mills and Beatty’s mills, occupying two blocks, bounded by Emerald, Letterly, Taylor and Coral streets, and separated by Adams strect, were destroyed by fire this morning, olving a estimated at €1,000,000. The buildings were occupied by about a dozen firms cn 1in the manufac ture of hosiery, cotton and woolen yarns, upholstery goods, jerseys, mill machinery, ete., all of whom lose_hea on their m chinery and sto AlLthe firms had tar stocks. of manufactired go on hand, which had alteady boen sold to dealors to b delivered on Febraary 11t boing Sonday, it At to obtain individual losses, "the meibers of the different firms rosidinie in various parts of the eity romote from the ne of the fire, and the books from which 1es conld ba obtained being in sufes which are iu the ruins. ¢ in Cincinnati. CINCINNATL Jan, 9.—A fire broke out this morning at 6:3 a. m. in Jewett & Adams’ manufactory, 81 to 87 Water strcet. Being in a dangerons local \e entire fire depart ment was ¢ On account of the ex- tremely co the firemen worked with great difiiculty, but succeeded m confining the fire to the building in which it started, The loss at_Jewett & Adams will reach from 55,000 to $50,000; in surance, $40,000: Mellen, Brown & Co., deal- ors in peanuts, loss 520,000, fully insured; V C. Gilbert & Co., W in_ peanuts, loss §7,000, fully inswreds J. © Weller & Co, also dealers in peanuts, loss £20.000, fully covered. The damage to the building, whieh belongs to the Wiggins tate, is $20,000 to $30,000 aud is tully covered by insuiance, the Destructive b At Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, CLEVELAND, Jan. 10.—A fire broke out this morning in the brick block owned by David Mitchell on Bridge street, Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, and nine small buildings were destroyed before the flames were gotten un- der control. The lo o as follows: D, W. Starkey, diy goods and g s, S4.0X A D00 Beckwith, & Co.. dry goods and groceries, $4,0005 Roso Cahill, milline . Joyee, boarding Nouse, $1,000; “Burrell” &~ Williams, meat market, €1, . . Sherman, law offic $500; George K £2,000. Other Small losses will g 00 more. The losses were partly red by insurance. Deep snow and the lack of water made the efforts of the firemen tutite, Hadware House Smoked Out.fj CreveLAND, Ohio, Jan. 10.—The fire which broke out at a late hour last night at Newark, Ohio, destroyed a large store build- ing on the square, occupicd by the Brenner & McCue Hardware company, together with the eontent: he loss on_the stoek is 000, and on the building $25,000. “"The amount of insurance cannot be A Ieg of Powder Helps the Flames, Avausta, G, Jan, 10.—A fire at Afken, 8. €., this morning, destroyed the stores and stocks of M. J. M L R M. Moseley, J. R, Hercoit and 1%, 13, Henderson. Loss, $10,000; insuranee, 30,000, A ke of powder ex- ploded duting the fire, seriously injuring two negroes and a white boy to $1 Awa AND, Oregon, Jan, 10, y O in Oregon. The Oregon s large hotel and depot at Wallula Junction burned this morning. Loss, §40,000; insured for $20,00). The furniture and saloon was owned by P. Hotaiing & Co., of this city. Loss, $5,000; Insured. e WHERE THE WAVE WENT. Chicago Struggling Out of Her Depth of Snow and Late Trains, Citie AGo, Jun. 10.—Since midnight yester- the temperature here has gradudlly fallen, touching 12° below zero at 10 o'clock to-night. Very little snow has fallen during the last twel 8, though reports from outsid t the biiz 5 still in fore ains are not d 0w they d 1n some ¢ hours by the severity of the temp iis morne tains on the different roads were delayed from three to hour the last to arrive being the New fimited, “The fury of the storm Laving ap- varently exhausted itself, no futher imped- inent to railroad travel is ted, except irom cold. At midnight here the wind has I.Ill"ll to a slight breeze and the night is The Bli: rd Visits Texas. GALYESTON, Tex., Jan. J.—The cold wave exwends over a vast area and will result in immense dumage to stock of all kinds, Al telegraphic comumunication is greatly im- peded. Austin reports a temperature ten de grees above zero, Hundreds of wate froz At Laredo the temperature is degrees below the freczing point. At lestine the mercury touched zero, the ldest weather experienced there in- forty The water works street plugs were all clied. At Corpus Christi the : 35 i twenty-tour lours, Many 6f those points report cittle suffering froni the intense The | lessly about seeking for shelter, - Many must perish, but it is too early to estimate the extent of the daniage or loss, Gale on the Atlantic Coast. PRoVIDENCE, Mass., Jan. 10.—The gale has continued with great severity all day from the northwest, and it is estimatad m. aige has been done during the past forty-eight hours than for the yeuis on the coast, Eight vessels have flore at Truro and Provincetown in this storm, but no lives were lost, At P Prowia, 1L, Jan. 10, abated somewhat during the mereury 1ose to zero, but is again to-night, and indications are it will reueh the Jowest point touched last nizht, which was Lhere hasgheen 1o serious interruptions to railroad trallic on ¢ rouds centering here, e cold wave day, and the pidly falling Among the Orange JACKSONVILLE, Fla, ‘T'he weath- eris elear and cold, On night the thermometer recorded 21% at the signal oflice, Oranges remaining on the trees are trozen, and their loss will probably be complete, but the trees so £ not much injured, It is slightly warmer to-night. Indications For To-day. Missount VALLey—Fair weatber, in southern portion; inereasing cloudiness and local snows, in northern portions variable winds, generally shilting to southeasterly; warer weather, . oves, Savannah, € SAVANNAN, Ga, Jan, 10.—The mere was down to 147 this morning, which is lower than it has peen for fifteen years, The vege- table interests of this section of the state will sutler heavily, At Washlington, ASHINGTON, Jun, 10.—The cold weather coutinues, This morning at 7 o'clock the mercury stood at 10° above, and at 7 o'clock this evening 12° above zero. Troublesome Flakes. Pittsburg reports the weather unprece- dented, and all tiains from one to fifteen hours late, Cattle are dying from exposure at the East Liberty stoek yards, Cineinnati reports 10° below and railroad traflic seriously interrered with, The Western Maryland road in the Blue Ridge wountains is blockaded to a depth of fifteen feet. Four passenger Lraius ae stuck in the drifts, You can buy furmiture cheaper of A L. Fitch & Co., 12th st.,, bet, nam and Douglas, than any other place in the city. NUMBER 173, WEEK I TRADE AND TRAFFIC Almost Unive: ats Antagoui Hopefula 1, but Davel* Of PIG IRON'S POWER AND PRICE. 18 Condition of the State of nge—Jay Gowld Master of Wall Street-The Perplex- ing Silver Question. The Bus rw Yomg, Jan e week ha the condition <s Outlook, 10, [Special Telearam. ] been without alteration In of general trade interests, Hopefulness is still the role, and in most des vartm business | lifiealt to find any other sentiment prevai At the same timo developients are not altogether in line with an fmmediate boom in our industrie of the stock arguments upon which pre- dictions of a greatly improved trade have been based was inereased Ivity in the fron business and certain expectations that fron prices would have an immediate advance, This predicted prosperity in the iron and steel industry was to cominunicate its effects o the coal trade, and so on through the entire line of allicd and interdependent industries. A fow weeks ago appearances did favor an early advanee in the price of pig iron, and m masters were alinost unanimous in pectations, Indeed, so sure were tho red thatspeculators were ¢ for large deals on the bull side of the market, The facts, however, are not coming out in the way they were ox- pected. The first blow was (he acceptance by one of the Jargest anthracite iron con- cerns of large orders at tho old prie $18, instead ot making their figures $10, whichg th wero confidently exprcted to do. Other concerns have foliowed suit, and instead of the expected advance of §1 per ton, the price for No. 1 anthraeite remains E The efiect of this has been Iron speculators have abandoned the good things they saw before The deal in pig ivon is off forthe time being. The week has not passed without some re- currence of the crous symptows in the atate of exchange, This time there does not seem to be any manipulations of the market, but the reity of eommereial bills in the early part of the week led to the advancing of rates to the minimum gold shipping point by some of the I drawers. At the same time the movement was not general, some bankers whose drafts are cousidered prime keeping a little below the extieme ante, This accordingly negatived the imme- diate shipment of gold, and the increase of grain and cotton shipments noted during the 'k brought rates down below the gold shipping point. It must not be thought, however, that the dangzer of gold shipments has altogether dizappeared. It must be re- nbered that English cotton and g consumers are alieady overstocked. should not be said there is room for appre- ons, but w needed, k market has been disappointing. no change in the interest rates, and loans were quoted as low as forsome time back. At the same time the situation created an Indisposition to enter into specu- lation to any extent. It would seein that the effeet of Jay Gould's complete ascendancy in the street is becoming distinet, and o es o feeling of unusual caation. Manipulation of the market during the week points undis- guisedly to its complete mastery by Gould 1lis stocks have been the chict points of in- terest, and their movements extremely sug- gestive. It secems 1o be settled that the alleged Tetirement of the gentleman in ques- tion was purely in a Pickwickian sense. There seems also to be an adverse intluence at work, such as heavy storms i the west, which may affect railway earnings, and a suspicion that January camings may be light, anyy Decause merchants east’ and west took advants of the low rates while they prevailed tc mulate goods, 50 a8 not 10 be forced to pay the extra charges of the railroads in the beginning of the year, In- deed, itis feared winter receipts for this rea- son will be less than expeeted, Then there is the silver question which is using anxic It has taken precedence all other questions, It congress would t promptly we would know what to 1, but unfortunately expedition to re- lieve business anxiety ean never be expeeted i legislature, Two opinions to the ciieel of the stoppage of silver coi; east the beliel is uni- versal that it would remove all uncertainty as to the future, and help the business of the country, In the west and south, however, the feeli that the price of silver dollars would drop from lifteen to Lwenly points, or in other words, that the purehasing power of gold would be enlignced. This would ameunt toa heavy fall in all prices where measured by gold. This last may not be a correct view, but it is held very generally in the west and south, and prudent eastern investors: would do well to keep this point in mind, for west- ern buyers have been great supporters of thig market, and if they should become sollors, whether their theories were right or wrong, it would affeet prices adversely. - Burned to Death, Wavkeaas, HL, Jan, 8,~"The farm house ef Leonard Doolittle, in the town of Avon, twelve mites west of here, was burned yes- terday, ‘The family escaped from the build- ing, but My, Dooliitle went back into the liouse, hoping (o secure some papers, and wis suifocibed, his body falli inlo the ruing, Hew hout sixty years olid, and & prominent and influential eitizen known to be prep Rheumatism We doubt if there is, or can be, a specifie remedy for rheumatism g but thousinds who have suffered its pains have been gieatly bens efited by Hood's Sursaparilla, 1f you hive failed to find relicf, try this great remedy, “1 afliicted with rheumatism twenty years. Previous 101853 I found no relief, bug grew worse, and at oue tine was almost helps less, 1lood’s § i0 gou than all the other med b 1. T, BALcoM, Shitley V 1 had sheumatisi th relief till I took Hood's Sars dono great things for m otliers,” Lewis Bux ud ot no rilla, i has Lrccommend it 4@ 5K, Liddeford, Me, - Hood s Barsapari; I8 charactorized by three peculiaritics the combination ot remedial ugents ; 2d, the proportion ; s, 1he process of sccurhng the aetive medicinal qualities, The result fs amedicine of unusual strength, effecting cures bitherto unknown, Bend for bock containing additional evidence, o Hood's arsayaiila tones up my syste y bocd, siryens my g ie, o over” . 1 THOMFBON, gister of Leeds, Luwell, Mas, *‘Hood's Sursaparilla beats o1l others, and Is worth s weight in go1d." 1. BARIINGTON, 130 Bauk Street, New Yoik City, Hood’'s Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. $1; six for 85. Made ouly by €. L. HPOD & €O, Lowell, Masi, 100 Doscs Cne DPoliars