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

THE OwMaAHA DalLy BEE FIFTEENTH YEAR, DAY MORNING. FE BRUARY 11. 1886. NUMBER 201 BOWED WITH SORROW Veterans Gathered for Merriment Make the Meeting One of Mourning, TRIBUTES TO GEN. HANCOCK Bx-President Hayes and Gen, Sherman Pay Homage to His Worth, THE LOYAL LEGION MEETING. Resolutions of Condolence Passed and alogies by Other Veterans— Preparations for the Funeral— War Department Order. From Merriment to Mourning. CINcINNATL Ohio, Feb, 10.~The death of General Hancock changed theannal meeti of the Ohio commandery of the military order of the Loyal Legion from an oceasion of joyful reunion to one of mourning. At “he business meeting General Sherman and General Lew Wallace applied for membe ship, and under suspension of the rules were immediately elected and invested amid ap- plause. After n special reception for Mrs, Hayes had been held and a supper enjoyed, ex-President R. B. Hayes delivered an ad- dress, of which the following is the sub- anc COMPANIONS AND TLE —The third annual the Ohio commandery of the Loyal Legion Is suddenly and sadly changed. The meéting which was to have been a Joyous social and fraternal reunion of olda comrades of the war has become a memorial service in honor of the beloved commander in chief of the Loyal Legion. In the presence of many who have s d on most intimate terms wifh General Hancock during long years of trying duty, I shall not attemot a full sketeh of his life, services and charae- ter. I had not the privilege of *an army acquaintance with him, but was somewh: ntimate. He was J during the last two weeks of the acti ot the war. Icannot be mistaken as to the substantial and sterling elements of his haracter. If we make up our estimate of a public man conspicuous both as a soldier and in the affairs of state, and think first and chiefly of his manhood, his integrity, his |\||rlt?', his singleness of purpose and un- selfish’ devotion to duty, we can say truth- fully of llancock that he was throtigh and through pure gold, Hispre: i his pame, haye given to th new not how much of its pros- interest and its influence. ~His nding figure and features—so_jmpres- piring and dignified—was the out- ward symbol of character, and of achi ments which left nothing for the most exact- ing imagination to desiré when seeking for th:e model American soldier, patriot and gen- tleman, In referring to his record as a soldier, there is enough for my present purpose. The single battle which, lost or won, humanely speaking, scemed doestined to decide the fm“ conflict, was Hancock’s opportunity. Ie was equal to the occasion. Henceforih Hancock and Gettysburg, Gettysburg and Hancock, are forever linked fogether in adamani, The name of our commander will live in our annals as long as American history is known among men, Brave soldier, noble gentleman, beloved companion, hail and farewell. Since our last annual meeting three of our comvanions, known to all men— neral Grant, General McClellan and Gen- ral Hancock--have left u V 1 very touching as these disy upon a large and general survey of the warch of events wo see clearly enough that what- ever hinges on the war of the rebellion grows more interesting more inspiring and more _affecting as the stream of time flows on. T sure test of dceds and character is time. 'That which is sublime in nature, in art or in achievement does not lose by age. sUnder the allotment of providence final Judgment is not pro- nounced in behalf of the living. The most fortunate of men must wait for death to aflix the seal and award the erown, We need not pAuse to inquire why the heroés ot oul when dead, find thefr high place in h sromptly and with suchin Vith the facility and char casion, the opportunity was in the greatness he_gooduess of their cause, Strange thing it is that we do no think of this while 1t is forarmy socic ade to see to it that justice 5 too late. night no effort LADIES AND G festival of ) ainty. er given, the oc- overy namo iy done befor Hapyily le to reach ho de: 1 bool, in_that volume t reads, a'ieady published, you will find on, I know not how many different pages, that there was one man that he knew like a book, and that Le leaned upon and loved and trusted 1lke a brother. His name, before [ speak it, s In the minds and tongue'of every soldier ‘present--General Williain T Sher- wan, “The address was listened to with growing interest, and when at the close the name of Sherman was announced an ovation fol- lowed. When the applause subsided General Sherman began his address upon the illus- trious commander-in-chief of the order, General Hancock, LADIES AND Co ous CAuse—General ( front fly-leaf of his book that man proposes and God disposes. We feel that here oniglt. Yestorday we hoped o havo W good ting vt the telegraph wal over the wir intelli that a glorious man-—our commande chief—one who probably has done more to sustain the Loyal Legion than any other man on lies to-day in his “shroud aud waits but . w few hows until he will be Dburied at his old Lome in Peunsylvania. It is right and fitting, gentleman, that we should pause and do this glorious subject wma honor, Without record and without notes I must speak, and will be as brief as possible, 1 knew Hancoek well, for my memo, the time when he "ea to West Point, a tall slender boy with falr hair and blue eyes, and eheeks witl the down of a f1eshly ripencd peach, 1 have seen him from that time until a few months ago, He made a good nawme in the Mexican war. When 1 got to St. Louis as captun in the commissary department, 1 tound Hancock there developed to umnl{ beauty, strength- cned, a regimental quarfermaster still with the rank of first lieutenant, & young groom of abeautiful bride, and here permit e ladies to speak of that good woman who now is widow, for "I knew her well. She was @ child herselt of an Ohio lady. Her pavents came from Zanesyille (Ohio), Russell by mame. Russell and Beunett, two young mien living in Zanesville as boys, clerks in a store, cfound in two beautitul ereole girls, descendants from the old French stock which came over here by reason of the revolution of 1759, settled at Muietta or ( lopolis ox Belpere, found in them the wives. They took 'their young brides to St. Louis, "and by labor, industry and thrift, rose to great eminence as werchants, When I went there the houses of Russell and Benuett, of which Mrs. Haucock was then an ornawent, and the pride, and Hancock the bandsome, the elegant gentieman two who were al! tho envy, and that hov was the very abode of hapsiness and hospi- tality, such as I have uevor seen surpassed, even It equatled, from that time. General Hancock rose steadily in the esti- wation of his fellows, ana when the war Lroke out there was no Lesitation there—not g, bit Mo was W upion b, ' {Appiause. | ‘e was i soldier, There was not one quiver of eyelid, not one trewble of band. Han- cock was .a soldier, a wan, and a very billiaut wan, ow when tlme cawe for battles to be fought, bere we had a man who was qualitied | and eapable. sustained by friends at home, encourdged by wduiitiug companious, sud '} Wood aud Colonel A. W. Vodges, . and pattern of the when the battle of Gettysburg eame Hancock was the impersonation of ense, I have stood upon that very spot, behind 1l stone wall-not _during but afterwards—and there pointed _out fo me the piace - where Pickett's division eame up. and where Hanecek stood and fell, and if there ever should be a monument erected on carth to man, there is the spot for Han- cock's monument, But 1 x\&l go further, and say that [ and others who were with me going up through Virginia after the war was over, and we went out of and’ we saw the spot © Hancock’s corps had charged across those parapets, and saw the trees through which those men charged with Hancock at their Iiead, and compelled Meade to retreat back— those were the two points, probably the most listoric which marked liim as & man_in whomeonfidence could be placed. He had the confidence of General Grant, of every man who ever had Hancoek on his com- mand, myselt included. He was most loyal, most completely catisfactory, orde loyal " to toa fault, and willing to_execute , whether e approved it or not. her, and say that I knew Hancoek on the plaing where there was no chance for glory, no Lope of fame, no_ desire to notice, nothing but abise and same conseiencious man, anxious to do right, anxious to fulfill the orders of his govern- ment, anxious to complete the job after which hie hiad been dispatehed—andgenerally successful, Now General Hancock is dead. The big, strong, nervous man lies dead in his bed on Governor's Island, and we, his comparions, may well shed tears here to-night. It was a sad piece of news which came to us yester- Ol ! my friends, when that woman sat ho pates of Paradise, disconsolate, appealed to heaven, what she should by admit her into 11 she weut back and i with the expired patriot, and the gates of ouened to her, 1f the gates of en will be opened for a poor girl much moie will it be with the ma The gates of heaven will ren them, and you and 1, each of us, are the better for the life which this man’led. Our country is _better for it, our boys in school are bofter for it. Your- selves ean point to this man of huinble pa- rents, reared at the common schools, who went into life with very little hope and rose by being a true, honest and brave man and soldier, beloved by everybody, evorybidy, and I ey Hancock warded. T would not reeall his life if could. e nas filled his life with a full measure, He 1 be honered by all man- kind, beloved by all mankind, and beloved by all womankind, too, Before the speaking began the ladies wer admitted and were seated _among the con panions throughout the hall, a fact of wh ieneral Sherman twice referred to in the of his remarks. Follow Al King of New York, Gen: 1L Grosvenor and Lieutenant of Ohio, also spoke. General J. D. Cox, from the committee, read the foilowing memorial tribute to Gen® eral Hancock, and a copy was ordered sent to e family of t ed. ‘I'he death of General Winfield Scott Han- C] nal grief to every companion of the Loyal Legion, for every one of us has been |,mn|tl of him as onr senior commande and all who have known him personally b been devotedly attached to him as friend: But he has been more: e has through his whole lifetime been an unblemished type an soldier. “He entered his country’s seryice in boyhood cadet in the military academy and conti not only faultlessly but brilliantly eftic its service to the day of his death. lu,\'u]lfw id not waver in_the da days of 1561, but he earnestly pressed to the’ v cround of the struggle, and so bore himsel hat his name became proverbial for both dashing lt':ldel'ahlkv and manly persistent urage. Without undue ambition or personal self seeking he ran his-way to fame by his splendid con- duct in ap unparalleled series of battles, the confidence of his brother officers and soldiers, outrunning advances in_rank and applaud- ing every step he gained in promotio When jealousfes and intrigues were ri the great. army to which lie belonged, neither his “devotion” to the flag nor his zealous subordination to his commander were ever questioned. He lived only to do and dare greatly for his country. "He inspired his brother oflicers with pure’ and noble_emula- , aud his soldiers with the urage and with double their power, In the supreme crisis of the war, when icksburg and Gettysbury permanently d the flag in favorof thé national cause, eached the full maturity of his powers, and in the great battle of Spottsylvania he was fortunate in bearing off the great re- sponsibilities in such a way that the victory s in a_large measure due to his broad military judgment and his conspicuous bravery. Severely wounded, he made haste to resume his duty with his troops, and from the Wilderness to-Appomatox the long series of fierce engagements made each battle name a new de ion of his soldierly renown, His last appointment in the war, to be com- mandant of the veteran corps, fitly indicated the) universal judgment that no “one better typified the character and the virtues of the men who became the American *0ld Guard,” Whilst he had political convictions and attachments from which the citizen soldier is not excluded, he carefully avoided every act which could be construed into improper partisanship, and always set an honorable example of conduct in”this regard, which best becomes those who wear the nation’s uniform. As an officer and a gentleman, a citizen and a soldier, he was literally without fear and without reproach, His name ought to be and will be cherished as a national pride and treasure. 1t was very late before th and successful meeting clos HOME OF THE DEAD. very pleasant THE Preparations for the Funeral-Mes- sages of Condolence, Nourmisrows, Pa, Feb, 10.—A dispatch from Lieut, Eugene Grifiin, of General Han- cock’s staff, to E. B. Chain, of this borough, states that the funeral will positively take place heve. ‘The date has not yet been fixed, but will probably be on Friday., Arrange- ments for the Interment now in progress. A mass meeting of citizens will be held this afternoon in the court house, New Yors, February 10—The body of General Hancock rewained in the room in which he died, last night, Col. W, B, Beck und Lieut. A, D, Dodge kept wateh during tihie long hours of the night. ‘This morning hey were relieved by two other officers. Many more felegrams were received ; among them were tho following: h. 10.—Mrs, Winfield Han- cock-The sad intelligence of the death of your noble husband fills with grief the compan- ions of the Ohio commandery of the Loyal Legion, now bled here, We tender you our heartfelt svmpathy i your bereave- ment, RurnERFOKD B, HAy Commander. Feb, 10.— Iy earnest ewent you have guf- 1i the death Gen, Hancock, The country has lost an heroic ofticer and an ac- complished commander, and one of the most valued citizens. Ilament this sad event as @ personal sorrow 8. J. TILDEN. ‘The body of General Hancock was to-day partially embalined. Colonel John P, Nichol- son, chief recorder of the military order of the Loyal Legion, who arived to-day, takes charge of the dead general's personal affairs in accordance with a request made by him several years ago. Awony the telograms re- ceived in the afterncon weie ones from George W. Childs, Henry D. MeDaniel, gov- ernor of Georgig, and Leon Aubott, governor of New Jersey, CGenewi K. M. Jacobss will command the escorton the day ol funeral, Four foot batteriés from -Forts Hawilton, Wadsworth and ~ Govees Island will follow the body to “the clurch, ‘The gnard over the-dead to-night ec s of Japtain Chailes Morris, - Liswgnaut Q. E There is a probability that the Fort Hamilton band will march in the procession, Mrs, Hancock was confined to her bed all day to-day, attended by a number of female Telatives, ‘She is prostrated by the shock. he following named persons will act as pall bearers: Hon. Thomas F, Bayard, see- r4'mra' of state; Generals Sherman, Sheridan, V. . Franklin, W. F. Smith, J. B, F Al 'l'(‘rl'i‘, John Newton, Nelson Miles, F. A. Walker, B, M. Hartshorne, Colonel W. P, Wilson, and Major W. D. Miller, the tw being aides de mmr of the de- ceased during the late war, It is also ex- pected that the president and members of the cabinet will attend the obsequies, Mrs, Hancock to-day received a touching letter from Secretary Bayard, in which he re- ferred to his own_ recent bereave- ment in the loss of his wife and danghter, and speaking of the decease of her husband as a 58 to the nation. — FLAGS AT HALF MAST. The Usual Marks of Military Respect Ordered for Hancock. WasuiNaroy, Feb, 10.—The following general order was issued to-da Wan Departsest, WA 9.—With profound sorrow eta the army that Major ¢ eral Winfield Scott Hancock died to-day at G rnor’s Island,in the harbor of New York. He was a soldier without fear, a citizen with- out reproach, a I»n(riul without guile. le will ever be a noble and impressive figure in our history, and his countrymen will always I 1 with pride and pleasure his heroic and inspiring conduct during those last memora- ble hours on the fi { Gettysburg. For his meritorious and e in that great and deci Vi he has vecoived the gratitude of the Am people and the thanks of congress, s 1l be placed at half-mast at all military posts and stations, and thirteen minute guns will be fired on the day after the receipt of this or- der, and the usual badges of mourning will be worn for thirty da; C. ExpIcoTT. W, ecrotary of Wi By Command of Licutenant Genel Sheridan. Licutenant General Sheridan will act as a pall bearer at General Haneock’s funeral. Major General Schofield will also attend. ‘T'he remains will be interred in the gen- 's mausoleum, Montgomery cemetery. cemetery ean’ properly be' termed the burial ground of the Hancock family. The hich Ti of his seven children, The adjoining lot was purchased by General Hancock and ‘ilh twin brother Hillary, and in it _they placed the remains of flicir parents. By the side of the latter lies the body of Winfield Scott Hancock, jr., the general's grandson and namesake, who died when an_infant in the summer of 1880, the news of his death reach- ing General Hancoek the same day he was formally notified of his nomination for pre dent, In 1583 General Hancock built a hand- some mausoleum. The only member of the eneral’s immediate family now entombed n the mausoleum, is his daughter Ada, who died in 1 FORT e INTH CONGRESS. Senate. WaAsHiNGTON, Feb, 10.—In the senate to- day, Mr. Hoar offered the following resolu- tion, for which he asked immediate con- sideration : Resolved, That the committee on library consider and report at an carly day the ex- pediency of the erection at the seal of gov- ernment of a statue or monument to the late illustrious General Winfield Scott Hancock, In offering the resolution Mr. Hoar said the announcement was made f the public calamity that ir) ath of th illustrious the enti i ned, and it was proper that proceedings should at once be initiated for paying tribute to the memory of the deceased. The resolution was lock the cha the education bill. After some discussion fhat bill was made unfinished business for to-morrow at the same hour, On motion of Mr. Call, the senate took up Mr. Eustis® recent resolution calling on the secretary of the treasury for information as to the réfusal of the stant treasurer at New Orleans to recel shipments of silver, and to issue silver certificates therefor, and a long debate ensued Mr. George i ry oflicials spect sound and in comp!i law. Mr. Eustis said he had telegr: agl ed to. d before the senate sted that the action of the e was in every re- ance with” the pose of the bank shipment of sil ply, to-day received, is as follows ‘The shippers sought to get rid of the sive silver by shipping to the sub-trei and asking that silver certi should be turned over to thel correspondents. ‘The sub-t to receive it from the express company be- cause he first doubted the propri |£o th treasury becoming the intermedi we {he country and city banks, and s lack of cl al force. I feel assured provision for suflicient clerks would remedy everything. ) Mr. Edmunds inquired why the adminisr: tion did not turn out this republ put in a demoerat who would u ies under the law. M. Coke—I$ lie a republican? dmunds—1 do not know. that he must be, he aid not care what the I suppose Mr the pol o Orleans—whether he was an old S0me new man? Mr. Gibson replied that the officer referred to had been appointed by the present admin- tration. Well,” remarked Mr. Edmunds in a re. gretful tone, “itis a very bad state of things. {Laughter.| he debate then closed and the mafter went over. Mr. Dolph submittedan amendment to Mr, Sherman’s silver bill, which was ordered printed. In the original Dbill it 15 provided hat the amount of coin certificates at any time outstanding should not eed the cost of bullion purchased by such certificates. Mr, Dolph’s dment is to strike out the words *the cost of the bullion purch such certificates,” and make the pr read as follows: “The amount of such certifi- cates at any e outstanding shall not ex- ceed the market value of the bullion in the treasury purchased under the provisions of this act and retained as security for such es, and whenever at the end of any y such outstanding certificates shall be in excess in amount of the market value of sueh bullion, the sec f treasury shall retire and witl alation an amount of such certifi received by the United States for customs, taxes and publie dues, equal to such excess until sueh time as the same can be put into circulation without increasing the amount of such certificates beyond the market value of such bullion.” After an executive session the senate ad- Jjourned, House, In the house to-day, the speaker laid before the house the response of the secr i the treasury to the house resolution calling for information upon questions arising under ariff act of 13, Referred, r Bllxm‘rl ard offered the following series ons : Resoly ‘That this house has learned with lu'uxmm_d sorrow of the great and irreparable 0ss which the country has sustained in the death of that great and good man, Major General Winfield 8. Hancock. Resolved, That this house, in common with all his countrymen, mourn the death of him who was the stainless soldier for the union in the war, and the undaunted defender of the constitution and of civil liberty in peace, and at all times the stainless man and ineor- ruptible patriot. Resolved, That as a mark of respect and affection for the exalted virtues of this hero and patriot this house do now adjourn. Resolved, That the speaker of the house be directed to transwit t0 the widow of the honored dead a copy of these resolutions, and an assuinee of the heartfelt sympathy of the house in her sorr avewent,” which is.alike he y " vesolutions were adopted and ¥ the Louse adjourned. -~ ther for Miss0URl VALLEY rising temperature; able, rd- -Day. Fair weather: slowly winds becomibg vari- | Mr. Hewltt o ¢ THE THREE BATTALION BILL. Main Provisions of Benator Manderson's Measure for Military Increase. IMPROVING THE INFANTRY ARM. The Editor of the Bee Continues His Argument—Whisky Ring at Work —Western Postal Changes Washington Notes, Senator Manderson's Army Bill. Wasuivaroy, Feb. 10,—[Special Tele- gram. | —Senator Manderson, trom committee on military affairs, reported to the the senate to-day his bill to increase the efticiency of the infantry branch of she army. His report is exhaustive and comprehensiv Awmong many other things it states: “The change proposed s from the single battalion now composing a regiment to a regimental line of three battalions, placing an infantry regiment on the same footing with a regiment of cavalry llery in the matter of its organization,” The effect of this would be to relieye the stagnation in promotion that now exists in the infantry arm, which tends to apathy and inefliciency. Promotion, how- would be merely one incident to the adoption of the system contemplated, which has become an Imperative military necessity, produced by changed conditions in modern warfare. Fifty captains would be made majors, 100 first lieutenants would become captains, 150 second lieutenants would be made first lieutenants, and 200 second lieu- tenants would be commissioned; provided, it should be deemed best to fully oflicer the pro- posed third battalion of each regiment. Tlie increase of pay which these promo- tions would involve would amount to $104,100 per annum, and the aggregate pay of the 200 additional second lieutenants contemplated would amount to §2¢0,000, a total of §884,120, while the annual cost of 50 additional com- panies of 50 men each would be $670,176, making a grand total of $1,003,20%, The policy of the country being to dispense with alarge standing army and to maintain a torce just suflicient to suppress Indian raids and internal local dissention, the regular military force of the nation is a mere skeleton v, valuable in any great emergency ning purposes, serving as a rallying point in such cases for an increased force. Under s uch circumstarices it is important that the small force under arms should be brought to the very highéstpoint of efliciency and there maintained.” Further, the report recognizes that the infantryis tle leading branch of the army, and quotes Generals Sheridan and Hancock as favoring the of the bill. ATTENTIVE AUDITORS THROUGHOUT. Before the house committee on commerce Mr, E. Rosewater, editorof the Omaha ontinued his argument in support of agan inter-state commerce bill. The author of the measure was an at- tentive auditor - throughout the two hours talk, and Mr., Dunham, a mem- mer of the committee, from Chicago, asked the speaker many q\%flons on the subject, evincing a keen intérest. Mr. Rosewater took strong ground against any legislation on inter-state commerce which delegated power to any commission. He said it was but a subterfuge and would be a failure. What was needed was an absolute law, with local or United States courts as places of re- dress. He showed how the railroad corpora- tions loaded the people in the country they treasured with blanket mortgages, by bond- ing their road more’ heavily than any other property, being assured that the bonds would be paid because the peoplehad to patronze them. The more railroads there were the higher were the traflics, because under the present pool system, instead of affording competition, a multiplicity of railroads only afford monopolies, WIHISKY VERSUS V AR, Tt is rumored that the whisky ring of the country Is organized for a big fight upon the law passed some years ago authorizing tlie manufaeture of vinegar by what is known as ng process. A powerful lobby already here, and it is said that a potential fund has been raised to try and wipe out the estion in the interest of the dis- tillers, law has reduced the price of vinegar to the country one-half, the price of compressed yeast one-half, and has built up an enormous white wine vinegar industry, especially in the west. The great distiller of Cincinnati, Mr. Fleishman, with Dr, Rush of Chicago and others, are here heading the column, and it is understood that they will attempt to secure the repeal of this law at all cost. A TEST FOR THE COMMITTEE, Representative Fuller of Towa, a member of the house colnage committee, to-day pre- sented to that committee a resolution which willin all probability settle the question as to the standing of the committee on the ques- tion of suspending the coinage of silver. The resolution is as follows: Re d, That the best interests of the country deinand that the coinage of silver should not be suspended at this time, It is probable that this resolution will be taken up with the others now before the coin; committee at its meeting on Friday, A vote on Mr. Fuller’s resolution would effectually settle the silver question, as far as the house committee is concerned. TION, Postimaster nmissions were to-day is- sued for Alfred Brown at Glenwood (Neb.) and George W, Lee at Emerald (Neb.), and for Wheelock S, Brown ut Sheflield (Iowa) and Loviua Kline at Dodgeville (Iowa), Changes have been ordered as follows in the time schedule of the Stur mail route from Pierce to Bishop (Neb.): Leave Pierce, Sat- urdays at 9a. m.; amive at Bishop by 12 m, Leave Bishop, Saturdays at 1 p, w.; arrive at Pierce at 4 p. m, ‘The Star mail servicd from Quota to Whit- neyville (lowa) has been ordered discon- tinued. ‘ WORKING FOR ANOTIIER COURT, Senator Van Vyek and’ Mr. Correll, of Nebraska, had a eonference to-day with Senator Edmunds, ghairman of the judiciary committee, with & view to increase the United States judicial distriet for Nebraska. Although he is oppesed to an increase of distriets, he assured them that if business in the distriet court two or three years be- hind, he would favor another. That proba- bly will secure a second district for Nebra ka. WHAT AN IOWAN SAYS, Judge Cooley of Towa is quoted in an inter- view in a New York paper as saying that the assumption that the west is in favor the continuation of silver coinage is not trme, He says the masses are against it, and that not two men in Chicago are in favor of it. He says the mass of the republicans in the west are for Logan for the next presidential candidate, v AL AND OTHERWISE, Charles F. Guion and (. N. Dietz of Omaha arrived here from New. York kist evening Mr. Morrison expects to_present his ' tariff bill in the committec and weans in a day or two, - He co peonle about it, and is even unaly 1o agvee With his triend 1; oints. Itis réported that Mr. Hewitt will present an alternative measure to the committee, Penston Commissioner Black had a hear- ing before the pension committee of the house yesterday, in which he declared him- self in favor of removal of the limitation of time for filing pension arrears claims. Representative Weaver's bill, extending to the port of Omaha the provisions of a port of delivery, has been weli received by the mem- bers generally, favorably considered by the committees of both houses, and will undoubt- edly be passed. Senator Manderson to-day introduced in the senate the bill introduced in the house last Monday by Representative Dorsey, pro- viding for holding terms of United States and uit courts in the district of Nebraska. Ex-Governor Campbell of lowa, who is contesting the seat of Representative Weaver, left here tonight for Bellefontaine (Ohio), where he will visit his brother for ten days. When he returns his case is to be taken up for consideration by the Louse committee on elections. SENATE BILLS INTRODUCED, WASHINGT Feb, 10.—(Press,|—-In, the senate to-day the bill to allow disenatzed army ofl year's pay and atlowances (d adversel The senate bill, by Senator Manderson, to provide for hol at least one term of the Tnited States district and circuit the district of Nebraska in each vear, a following named places: _Owmalia, Lincoln, Nebraska City, Hastings, Norfolk ‘and Kear: ney. y Senator Allison—Authorizing the com- missioner of the general land office to r just the accounts of registers of land oftice: and receivers of public monies who_ sers as such from Mareh 22, 1852, to July 1, and to audit eltle military bounty warrant fees which they were compelled, order of the general land office, to pay into the treasury: to audit and scttle commis- sions on purchase money charges made by them for guards’ service, transportation, and depositing, the public monies due to them to be refunded, with interest at 6 per cent. It appropriates £1,000,000 for the purpo: THE § IN FR. The_ seeretary o gram from Minister ris, dated the 0th inst., as follows: “There was a de- bate yesterday in the chamber with reference to the depreeiation of the commereial value of silver. The government was urged to ask for resumption of the 1iternational confer ence of 1851, The mizister ot finance said most_of the powers interesiod were indis posed to change their present ratio between gold and silver. 'The minister of foreign affairs said the French government was not indisposed to negotiate with the other ernments, but that at present the time not_favorable for such necotiations, and desired that the question be indefinitely post- poned. Thereupon the chamber postponed ndefinitely further consideration of the subject.” E. od a tele- A MAIL CARRIER MURDERED. Superintendent Jamison, of the rail mail service, has received a blood ned leather mail bag from the west, which has been slit open with a_knife. It bore the fol- lowing information from Warfield, superin- tendent of the western division: The In- dian question as it applies to tl department—About 2 p, ul while F. M. Peterson, route from nden to I county (Ariz.), wason his re Locheéil, he was killed by Apache Ind After murdering the earrier the Indians eut open the pouches and destroyed the mai toaring into fragments and scattering it ov the ground. Two pouches were carried; th one herewith was left upon the s e of the tragedy and bears the sanguinary stains of the yietim, .. o0 WOTK OF COMMITTERS, Che bill anmprh\tllm $00,000 for the tension of the benelits of the signal r' to farmers by means of sigi telephone stations, was fav ¢ raported to the ho committee on agri llt“r&' by the sub-committee having that subject in charge. ay irn trip from SPORTING NOTES. National Owners ot Fast Horse Flesh in Meeting. CrircAGo, Feb, 10.—The biennial meeting of the National Trotting association began here this afternoon. There was nearly a full representation present. The principal ob- jeet of the meeting is to perfect the organ tion by amending defective rules and adding such others as are needed. One of the rules proposed to amend is that relating to entries, 50 a5 to prevent the same horse on the same date to make more than one entry in a eir- cuit. The change is intended to result in " the” lomes | taking a proper place as regards class, preventing, for instance, a 2:20 horse being entered as a three-minute, and going through the season as such. ‘The h fest holder es were T, J., Vail, se 2 173 J. D, Carr, 1 Bemis, 14; and H. The reports of the secretary showed £0,000 on hand. Tle secretary said the amount named made up the *‘trust fund” at Springfield. The representatives present seemed to know nothing of such fund and a lively debate ensued. Finally adjournment till to ing was taken to allow th opportunity to study the xperts Tied. 87, Taovis, Feb. 10.—The chess match was resumed again to-day under about the same circumstances as before and about the same auaience as on the previous da The game to-day is pronounced by experts as the best yet played, especially on the part of Steinitz, who during the last hatf of the game played not only brilliantly but aggressively, ahd de- servedly won the admiration of “{he spec- ) i ng won three ganes the nd will be resumed at New Orleans in two weeks. Both players will probably remain here a week and then Jeave for the Crescent City, ‘T'he contestants are now a tie, each having won four gamncs, Paddy is Still in the Ring, CiicaGo, Feb, 10,.—The following t was sent at a late hour this afternoon in answer to John L, Sullivan’s ultimatum to The Chess To i van, Boston—If tele- graphie repori nil challenge to we this duy is correct, L meet you in private with kid gloves for $2,500, time, place and releree to be agreed upon hereafter PADDY VAN, Schaeffer and Vignaux, sw York, Feb. 10.—Schaefler and Vig- naux to-night signed articles for a match game of billiards, fourteen inch balk line, 000 points up, 600 poinis per night, begih: ning Mareh 2, for $1,000 a side, the winner to take all the receipts and the loser to pay all expenses. — BLOWN A BLOCK, A Feed Mill Boiler Explodes and Kills Two Men. Osniosn, Wis, Feb, 10.—By an explosion of a feed mill boiler here this afternoon Walt Follett and Reinhold Labor were in stantly killed, and several other persons se ously injured. The body of Follett, who was one of the proprietors of the mill, was blown through the building and 1 v & block by yond, and was frightfully mutilated. eral men and boys wWho were near at the time of the explosion, which shook the whole eity, received Lmkm arms and limbs, e e maker's Steike, New Yok, Feb, 'he International Cigarmaker’s strike committee et this even- id instructed the secretary fo withhold on of theaction taken by the various iches and uniens, pending actu; . it Prog its round of 1! | veraged s I hitis expected ail the will be at work Monday nest, P ——— Sele of a Railroad. SPRINGFIELD, TIL, Feb. 10.—Tli¢ Danyiile Olney & Ohio River railway wis -old to-day by the master of the United Stales” ehreuit court. It was purchased Ly (. W, Fairlianks ws counsel for the bondioliers” commitice for $115,000, The Ciga THRBE DATS OF RIOTOUS 4ERROR. Another Mob Congregates in London but Dispersos After Doing Some Busi- iness Place Destruction, Loxpoy, Feb, 10,12 m.—Thus there has been no renewal of ther this city. A dense fog prevails and favors the congregation of roughs, Small crowds of loafers are assembled on the strect corners. Col. Henderson, head of the metropolitan police force, has been in conference to-day with Childers, home secret in relation to the riots of Monday and Tuesday. An un easy feeling prevails throughout the metro- polis in consequence of the events of the past two days. Ilundreds of genuine work- ingmen who are out of employment, are watching about Trafalgar square this after- noon. They have a very dejected appear- ance, ’ 3 . m.—News has Just been recelved in the eity that a mob of Toughs, which assembled at Deptford, are 1 ching to! d the city and are smashing windows and wrecking louse fronts along the route. A panie prevails in that portion of ~ the city which the mob is likely to traverse and shopkeepers are closing their establishments, The poliee and troops are in readiness to prevent the mob from as- suming the proportion: that of Monday and from committing similar excesses.a The Deptford moh has re Hope ex- ange in Southwark, nearly five miles from rting point. The march of the mob inereased I 0ss north, the Deptford crowd seems to b square. ‘The mob is resting in Southwark between London bridge and Black Friars bridge. The police have been or 1 to se- cure possession of all bridges crossing the river Thames and to vesist all attempts on the art of the mob to = cross, The police at this hour hold all bridge approaches —and are l\rrm\rlug to resist attack. The authorities have warned all tradesmen doing business in the Strand, Cockspur street, Pall Mall and Re- rent street to expeet disorder to-night and to muwdinu-l\y close their shops and take sw;l»s to protect their proper West End already has a funeral appearance. The Deptford mob on the way toward the Thames swung throngh New Kent road and Newinuton camseway. They sacked several small shops along the way. They stopped at t mammoth establishment of William Tarn & Co. This establishment ling No. to 173 on the New- oted to trade in covers ground from and on New Kent road and 1 ington causeway and 15 de linen, silk, men’s and wowen’s clothes, hoots and shoes, carpets, ironware, bedding, furni- ture, ete. "Plie building was ander police protection, but the mob overran the oflice: acked the store, and when they retived left the building b:ullj' wrecked. 4:30 p. m.—The estimate heretofore made of losses inflicted by the mob on Monday ap- peared to have be eatly too small, “"The official estimate }\l: the damage at £80,000, Various socialistic and labor reform societies threaten to have a mons demonstration at Iyde park 3 to be at- tended by contin horers from the couiitry, Shops are being elosed and barileaded. everywhere throughout the city. . p. m.—The police have that the Deptford mob was composed of a Jargze number of roughs who have organized to attack the city emporiums and banks and such stores as 'Nlmlllflggull, at this houy have their windows clos and barred and xtllre‘ mngy at o ummcnt";i to ellosu heir dOOTS. .. anxious Peoplo stqnilfib'fihrfn e strects” discussing he situation. 'The newspapers are printin extra editions and these are eagerly bought. At this hour the fog is incrensing. 6 p. m.—The mob has dispersed. The strects are thronged, but no conflict with the authorities has yet oceurred. A socialist meeting is to be held this evening at Cum- berland market. t 5:30 o'clock, two an one-half hours before the time announced for the assemblage, over 10,000 men were on the ground waifing to attend the meeting, This crowd was being constantly augmented h?' accessions from Trafalgar square. Cayv- alry from Albany barracks. and large bodi of l»ollcfl have “been ordered to remain in readiness to maintain order at the Cuniber- land meeting. moveuent has been inaugurated to se- cure a meeting of all London members of the honse of commons, both liberal and con- sorvative, to devise measures for inmediate relief of the distress in London, 1t is pi 1mn‘dm deputize a strong committee to urge he eabinet to action. LoxDON, Feb, 10,—By 8 o'clock a erowd numbering many thousand had gathered in Cumberland m: The leaders appeared shortly, and after consultation it was solved to abandon the attemipt to hold a meet- ing to-night on aceount of the fog. The meeting adjourned till Tuesday, MIDNI( e city is quietand the erowd dispersed. The panic is subsidi T scare is without parallel in the history London, Ten thousand desperate men were gathered in_ the streels, aud only needed some one more reckless than themselves to lead them o commit the wildest ey been informed Quictude on the Coast. PonrLAND, Ore,, Feb, 10.—Eversthing is it ut both Seattle and Olympia. The are still on duty atSeaitle, anxiously awaiting the arrival of government troops AL Olympia the sherift’s posse is able to keep peace. Precautions haye been taken by the state and municipal authorities at Portland, and by private citizens, to prevent troublé ., ¥eb. 10, ity has be- ¥ camp and o 3 Ty corner is sentry. Military “rule is s © s been no effoit on the part i re, nor eéven to hold a without recognized sowerless to_do are under A 20 responsible elves into a i s deputy she quiet during the day, @ that tiiere will be no re- disturbance, preme, 1 of the ri meeting, leaders and thi Orymria, Feb, 10,—To-dg; citizens organized then d, and were sworn in hing w; the prospe newal of thy The Coke Reglon Rumpu CONNELLS VILLE, Pa,, Feb, 10,1 arrested five strikers to-day, charged with haying participated in the, e cent riots at the Henry Clay woiks, ‘The men offered no vesistane: ALl ; THE FIRE RECORD, A Stable of Valuable Horsh Consumied. Huxtens Poixt, N morning at Hempstea 1e sheriff who were Flesh Feb. < a fire destroyed the wile, belonging to the Mea- Two other destroyed. were “als sl nanies of Hunt, Hobson's 10.—This prineipal horsov: Aeer Cholee, Royal isd and Trombone, owned by Stanley Mortimer; Jerico and Saurel- wood, owned by A, Stokes; Tombier and owned by H. B. Ltichardson, B, D, Cushing's Douner- ail: 11. G, lidye's Cowboy and pony. The remalider were valuable hunters owned by Elliot Rosevelt, J. D, Berstord, Belmont Purdy and others. The total loss in horse- flesh” s $30,000, The loss on the stables is §1,000. The stables were insured. Five in New York, Feb. 10.—~A fire occurred in seven story buiididg, No, W. Potter, New Yo the sub-cel nd the demage to the building about The imsurance of the several firms Amounts 1o $100,000, , Gk Stveet Cars Burned, Pavi, ¥ -A fire this morningd rnof tl of but twenty-five cars e, 240,000, comp a loss 101 were b Burned fo Death, Burrarg. N Y, Feb, 10.—About £ o his morning a five destroyed the ho T. Mayner, Maynerand avife were buisied tod all. Bolli Wege 60 years okl A SILVER BILL IN SECTIONS. Full Text of the Senate Measure Introduced by Mr. Allison, HOW THEY FEEL ON SHERMAN Strong Opposition to Divided Dakota's Admission Among the House Meme bers—Maybury Opposed to the Education Bill, Senator Allison's Silver Bill, WAsIINGTON, Feb, 10, [Special. ]—Senator Allison, of Towa, presented his silver bill in the senate vesterday. The following is the full text of the m Sker1oN L Thathereafter any holder of sil- ver coins of full legal tender value may, at his option, present them in sums of $50 or any multiple theseof at the treasury or at the sub- “ity of New York, and receive ange a like amount of gold Inited States notes, and any holder of gold coin may in 1 nt the same and receive the Iver coinsof full legal tender value of ed States notes. Provided, that nothi vin shall be con- strued to authorize anincrease of the aggres gate issuc of United States notes now author- ized by 1. nor to restrict or limit the issue of gold or silver certilicates as now provided by law See. 2. That sections 5193 and revised statutes ave her word *lawful money” wherever it occurs in the statutes of the Uniled States, shall be constriied to include United States notes, gold and silver of full legal tende That all laws and parts of laws re- quiring the lawful money deposited with the treasurer of the United States, as provided 2 of the revised statutes, to be special fund for the redemption of notes of national banking associations, are pealed; and all monay now depos- fted. or which may hercafter be deposited, ander said section, shall be covered into the United States t , and all sums now de- posited, or sums which may hereafter be de- sited with the treasurer of the United uthorized by section 4 of an act entitled “Anact fixing the amount of United States notes, providing for redistribution of national bank currency, and for other pur- ,' approved June 20, 1874, shall be cov- ered into the treasur; Sec. 4. That section 3 of the last named act is hereby amended s0 as to authorize the redemption of natior ank notes in gold 0 the deposite o silver in lieu of United States notes, 101 of the by repealed. and the The bill recently introduced in the senate by John Sherman, of Ohio, which provides for the issue of coin certificates upon gold iver bullion, and for the purchase of from two to four million troy ounces of silvexr bullion permonth, instead of the present two million doll worth per month, has been issed informally in the elgak .rooms on + both sides-of the lrouse for the past week or ten'days. Fyom these informal discussions it is almosti i intelligent.. 1dea of tho feeling of either the silver or the anti-silver men towards this measure. Som how or other both sides seem to think there is a ‘“catch” in it All are very cheery about expressing am opinion eithe ‘or of or in opposition to it. Among the republican advoeates of sil- ver, however, there is a general belief that the bill should be carefuily considered because of the source from whici it originates, and for the same reason the democratic membors are disposed to fight shy. This bill promises to y & conspicuous figure in the coming and it is finished anged discussion its entir 1l be materially by the Sherman silver bill, DAKOTA MAY DIE IN THE HOUSE. Congr 1 Baker of New York, who is a member of the house committee on terri- tories, says that thexe is no doubt in his mind hat & majority of the committee will report infavor of the admnission of the entire terri- tory of Dakota, but I 'S & minority repors will be made which will favorthe passage of the ate bill, “1 am mehned to think,” said Mr. Baker, “that this bill will haye more supporters on the democratic side of the house than it had among the demoerats in the senate, though I am unable to say that I think it will pass at this session.”” “What objections h forty-sixth parallel divis asked. ““The objections, as far ns 1 have been ablo tolearn,” he replied, “are of a political nature entively. Beyond the fact that such a division would insure one republican state now and another in the near future, there is no reason why the territory shoutd not be divided as a majority of the inhabitants ask us to divide it, But the political reasons in the present house are, I fear, strong enough tode the passage of the bill.,” MAYBURY OPPOSES TIE MEASURE, The Willis bill, which is substantially of the sam er as the Biair bill, to pro- tional aid to the schools of the country, has been referred by the house coms mittee on education to a sub-commitiee con- sisting of Messrs, Willis of Kentucky, May- pury of Michigan, and Curtin of Pennsyl Willis is of course in favor of the helieved that Governor Curtin ocate it. My, Maybury, however, is unalterably opposed to it. Ie says that the scheme s & bad one, and should not re- ceive the sanction of congress, He exnects tobe in the minority when the biil is reported to the house, but he has hopes that enough opponents can be rallied against the bill to defeat it when it shall come up for consider ation, been raised to the on” Mr. Baker was Nomination, ON, ¥eb. 10=The president sent the following namiuation o the senite to- 1 Stephen A, Walker, to be ['nited States attorney for the southern district of New York, The Next American Cardinal. Y ¥eb, 10.—Arehbishop Corrigan wblegram (rom Rome vesterday announcing that \bishop Gibbons of Baltihmore would be ereated o cardinal at the coming consistor, Another WASHING - SR, Victims of u Riot. ATLANTA, Ga., Feb, 10.—Rumors of a riot reached here from ( county, men, two bry ble and I one named Ditlin, ar shot, Railway Notes. The superintendents of all the lines centering here and in Council Blufls held their regular monthly meeting yes: in the Paxton hetel, discussi of mutual intere meetings have fo R u held at th Couneil Blufls tr ', but was brought over here for betfer wenience. questions V4 Hatchway. mploye in Hascall's fell.throngh o hateh