KltTt FACIFJ.O I'UA'DHfG SILT-
Sonic Important Changes Proposed liy Repre
sentative Springer.
Washington dispatch : Mr. Springer , ol
Illinois , in tho IIOUBO to-day presented an
amendment .diich lie proposes to offer to
the Pacific railroad funding bill rrhen it
comes under consideration bj tho house.
Ho proposes to strike out all thtit portion
of ILo bill which fixes tho mode by which
the company shall pay their indebtednesa
to tiie government , and to insert in lien
thereof provisions directing the companies
on-OcL 1 , 1S87 , and somi-annually there
after , to pay into tho treasury of the Uni
ted States a sum equal to tho amount
which the United States is required to pay
tioml-aaaually as interest on subsidy bonds
advanced to each of the companies in aid
of tho Pacific railroads and branches , until
tho date ol tho maturity of tho bonds ,
respectively , less tho amounts of tho pay-
mculn or reimbursements made by any ol
tho compan ea , respectively , during tho sis
months previous to any such payment on
their indebtedness under any act of con
gress heretofore passed. At tho respective
alalcrt of maturity of tho subsidy b'uids ,
the socivtnry of tho treasury i-sall add to
thyjjuiuof the principal of HUC.I matured
l oad.i , nil interest paid by the United
Stale * upon the same. From HJiicl amuunt
6o _ ascertained shall be deducted any
payments or reimbursements made by
niij oT 8ud companies on thoir in
debtedness at any time before Oct. 1,1887 ,
and all amounts in Uiosiiikinu fund proper *
\j npiilicable to tho respective companies.
Upon thuHiim of the priwiual of the sub
sidy huuda remaining Uuo arid unpaid at
tin.1 respective dates of maturity thereof ,
said companion shall pay into tho treasury
.of ihn United States interest thereon at a
rate which shall be equal , but shall not ex-
-ceed the rate of interest at which bom's o !
the Uiwted States , issued in aid of said corn
piiaie.H , can be extended. It is also pro
vided that the companies may extend the
lien on tho first rnortgiigo bonds now issued
by tho respective companies for the further
term of ten yearn after the respective dated
of maturity thereof , but at no higher or
greater rjtla of interest than 4 pur cent per
imaum ; upon thin further condition that
the difference between therato now paid by
said companies upon said first mortgage
1 Hindu and that of 4 percent per annum
shall bo applied cxclunively toliquidatu tho
principal of indebtedness of said companies
to the United States. If. at the date to
which the hist issue of said subsidy bunds
was extended tho companies shall have
complied with tho provisions of the act ,
and shall continue thereafter to pay into
tho treasury of the United States , semi-
-annually , an amount equal to the interest
upon mich extended bonds tit tho rate of 4
par coab on the amount of interest indebt
odnCBH eti'l due and payable , the secretary
of tho treasury is authorized to al ow one
.year to said companies thereafter in which
to complete the pay of tho whole amount
of thu principal due to the United States.
In making payments tinder tho provis
ions of th's this act , and acts to which this
is amendatory , tho Central Pacific Rail
road company and its successors shall pay
iuto tho troiieury of. tho United States ,
who i tho same shall have become duo and
payabloas aforesaid , installments of the
indoliletliiefls of itself and tho Western &
Pacific railroad ; tho Union Pacific Railroad
c rtipiiny and itasurcesaors shall pay those
of the Union Pacific Railroad company and
tlio Kansas < fe Pacific Railroad company ;
tho central branch of tho Union Pacific
company and its successors shall pay
tiio.so of Hdelf. and the Sioux City railroad
-swid ita nuceessora those of itself.
Anderson , of Kansas , also gavenotico of
A proposed amendment , providing that
nothing ii this act shnll bo construed us
anctio > iin ; tho consolidation of the Union
Pacific Railroad company with tho Kan-
ana Pacific railroad and Denver Pacific
Jlaitroad company , and transferring of
their franchises and property to the cor
poration known us the Union Pacific Rail
way company.
CARHHS * 'OiC THK IXDiAIfS.
Ti\c Atitrmttnent In the Act Protiillnij far lite
Sale of Two Reservations.
Washington iH.spaU-h : TUB senate bill
amending the act to provide for the sale of
the Sac and I'ox and lovra Indian reserva
tions in Nehta ka and Kansas , which
passed the houso Saturday and awaits
only the signature of the pre.sideat , pro
vides that if any member of these tribes
enrolled at tho Pottawatnmiu und Great
Ttsinaha. jujrisciirs shall fleet to remain
pon the reservation of his tribe he shall
be allowed to select , an allotment of land
as follows : Tho head of a family , 1GO
acrca , a. sickle person over eighteen yeara
ofajjaoriui orphan child under eighteen
eighty acres , a minor child under eighteen
forty acres ; heads of families to select tho
land for themselves and minor chil
dren and the United States Indian agent
< r orphan children. The lands so solucted
nro talie hold from s.-ile and shall bo ac-
ocpted at their fair valuation , to be ascer
tained by tl:3 fecretary of tho interior , ia
part satisfaction of tho Indians' interestin
tho reservation , and of the money * or fund
rcalissd from lha sale thereof ; provided.
Hist bid right to share in the other funds
and crodiJn of the tribo shall not be im
paired thereby. The secretary of the into-
rior is to cause a patent : o issue to each of
the allottees , for the lands selected , which
patents shall b9 of the Ie-il : efiVct , and de
clare that the United States will
hold the land thus " patented
for twenty live years ia trnsfc for
the sole use'and benefit of the allottee , or ,
in case of h'irf decease , of bin heir , according
to tho laws of tho state in which the laud
is situated , and that at the expiration of
ihnfc period tho United States will convey
the lands by patent freo of all charge or in-
cumbranre. and if any conveyance shall bo
made of the lands thus allotted , or any
contract inndo touching them before the
expiration of the lime , such conveyance or
contract shall be absolutely nidi and void ;
these land.s are not to ba subject to taxa
tion. nJicnation , or forced sale , under ex
ecution or otherwise.
TUK
Washington dispatch : Atameotingof tho
housa committee on rivers and harbors to
day tho Ilcnncpia canal project camo up
-for discussion in connection with ft report
f tho board of engineers presented to tho
housa yesterday. In consequence of the
absence of Representative Henderson tho
committee tool : no action in tho matter ,
and will bo further considered wlien ho re
turns from Illinois. Tho frienda of tho
canal wi.th tho appropriation of $500,000
to bo included in tho river , and harbor bill ,
AH well ns a clause accepting the grant ol
tho Illinois and Michigan canal , but con
fliderafals opposition has already developed
in tho committee , several members taking
the position that tholottcr of tho secretary
of war transmitting tho engineer's report ,
Tt. . - aa wril as tho report itseif , cannot be ro-
regardcd as endorsing the project unle s ex
tensive changes are made iu the present
line of : route.
Frederick Baine , consul general at Berlin ,
has informsd the state department that Amer
ican citlrcns suffer great annoyance in Europe
unless equipped with passports.
SHght shocks of earthquake sra still a mat
ter of dalloccurrence at SommervCle , South
Carolina.
DISASTER.
3 > ltastcr to a Ship Entailing Considerable
ZO.M of Life.
Norfolk ( Va. ) dispatch : One of tho most
disastrous shipwrecks which over occurred
on tho Virginia coast happened at 2 o'clock
this morning , near tho Little Island Life
Saving station , fourteen miles south ol
Capo Henry. Not lees than twenty , and
probably more , lives were lost , nrnon
them five hfo saving men , who , iu tho dis
charge of their duties , wcro drowned. The
morning was bitter cold and a blinding
snow storm prevailed , with tho wind olow-
ing a gale from the northeast. During a
lull in the storm tho life saving patrol from
tho Little Island LifeSaringstation sighted
a largo ship stranded on a liar about 900
yards from tho shore. When ho saw tho
Vessel he was going to meet a patrol from
Vie Dam Neck station and exchange checks ,
showing that both patrolmen had been to
the end of their beat. The Dam Neck patrol
was only a few yards distant when tho ves
sel was sighted , and both fired rockets to
notify the crew of tho stranded ship that
oho had been seen. They hurried back to
their stations and gave tho alarm. In a
little while tho crows , with life boats and
apparatus , wcro abreast of the wreck , and
tho boom of a mortar announced that a
lino had been shot out to tho ill-fated ves
sel. It was unsuccessful and thusecond was
fired with a like result. After six unsuccess
ful shots , the life saving men determined to
brave the furious sea and tho death which
seemed certain to await their venture. The
word of command being given by Captain
Belanza , of Life Saving station No. 4 ,
known us Little Island , six of the most ex
pert boatmen manned ench boat. At hie
command * hey gave w.iy with a will , and
in a moment bol.h bouts wero breasting
tho furious waves. They reached thu
ship in safety , and four of tho ship's crow
wfcre taken in a life boat , and ten in a ship
boat which was launched for tho purpose.
Tho boats wero headed for shore , and not
a word was spoken , for citch man realized
the awful peril which surrounded them.
Wijh a steady pull the two boats were
making good headway for the shore ,
when a wave of great power struck both
boats , capsizing them instantly and pitch
ing , their twenty-two occupants into tho
boiling sea. Then began a desperate strug
gle for life , and with many of tho men it
was a prolonged one. Tho horrified life-
savers on tho beach wero poweness to as
sist their drowning comrades or unfortun
ate utrnngers. Thedrowning men werecar-
ried southward by the seas and snino ol
them wero washed ashore. As they came
within reach they wero picked up and en
deavors were made to revive them , and in
two instances withucrcss , although one ol
tho two is badly injured. The vessel is tho
Gorman ship Elizabeth , Captain Holbor-
Bladt , from Hamburg to Baltimore , and
not ono of her crew survives her wreck.
Her cargo is unknown , ns tho high seas have
thus far prevented any attempt to reach
her. It is thought she is leaking badly , and
at sunset her masts were thought to be giv
ing away. Of the life-saving crew the fol
lowing were lost :
Abel Bfilnnza , captain of No. 3 , known aa
"Littlo Island. "
.1. W. Land , same station.
George W. Shone , same station.
.1. A. Belanza , of Darn Neck station , and
brother of Abel.
Joseph Sprattley and Frank Totford. ol
No. 4 station , were washed ashore and re
suscitated but Etheride is so badjy injured
that it ia thought he cannot survive.
KIPPED IK THIS JIUD.
Newark ( N. J. ) special : A startling story
is printed to day of an attempt to deliver
all the convicts in the penitentiary at Cald-
well rind kill tho keeepers. Among tho
noted prisoners is ; tho penitentiary aro
Charl&s Strauns and Charley Bernard.
These two men , together with somo others
on tho outside , wero the ringleaders of the
plot. The scheme was laid through a se
cret , correspondence carried on with friends
outside. A number of small jeweler's saws
were conveyed to the prisoners in tobacco ,
snap and other nrl'cles. and wi-re used at
every opportunity to saw the iron bars of
tiie cell iioo-b. Several of the bars wero
cut ahnoHt entirely through and tho cracks
fill-d with .soap , covered ith shoe blacking
so ni-atly is to almost defy detection. The
plot : ia to have been carried out Christ
inas eve. Strauss , Bernard anil others
v.-ere to liberate themselves by removing
the burs on their cell doois and with theao
bars attack tho singlo guard , get the key
and open tht main doors and ndmifc thoso
Vi'uo had agreed to be on hand outside.
They then intended to change their clothes
and obtain all thu weapons required from
the nrmory. If all had worked well they
then wore to go up stair.s and overpower
tricurarden and h'.s family , rob tho house and
Pafe , liberatn what other prisoners they
thought fir , cut tho telegraph vires , take a
team wfiirh wan to be in waiting and bo
miles off before the affair was discovered.
It was distinctly understood by all that
they were not to stick at murder or any
thing nereAsary to thoir safety. The jail
ofilcinl discovert * ! tho plot in time , how
ever , and th whole scheme fell through.
A. TERRITORY XOUCHI.
"Death of Robert.V m , Hrothtr of tho
Well-Knotcn Sculptrci > s.
Fort Smith ( Ark. ) special : Robsrt Ream ,
a well known citizen of Indian Territory ,
died in this city last night of typhoid fever.
Tho deceased is a brother of the famous
sculptress , Vinnie Ream , formerly of Wash
ington , but now Sirs. Hoxie , of Alabama ,
also o ? Mrs. Perry Fuller , of Washington.
Robert Ream has been a noted character
in Indian Territory for more than twenty
years , being an adopted citizen of the Choc-
I taw tribo for a much longer period. Jiis
I early associations among tho Indians led
him to adopt in a great measure the reck-
i leM disposition of tho class with whom he
I was brought in daily contact , and ho bs-
[ came dissipated , getting into trouble on
more than ono occasion , getting out of it
one time through tho influence of hi.s sister ,
Vinnie. He was a man of nerve , and added
a huge feather to his cap a fewycars ago by
killing Jones , the worst desperado the In
dian territory overproduced , at McAllister.
Jones bad for years been the terror of that
p.octioi , and was in the habit of riding into
tho little towns out there and making tho
inhabitants take to the winds. On the day
ho met his death he wont to McCallister for
the avowed purpose of killing Ream , when
the latter got in the first shot and saved
his own life. He was never punished for it ,
the general verdict being that he had per
formed a righteous act.
DEATH Of JOU.Y ROACU.
New York dispatch : John Roflch. tha
great ship builder , died at 8 o'clock thia
morning. The cancerous growth had eaten
its way into tho side of his neck , below the
angle of the jaw , involving the large nrter-
iea , which became liable to rupture at a.y
-noment. Roach was in great pain all day
yesterday and to give him relief large doses
of morphine wero injected , and ho was un
conscious moat of the time. In tho few
conscious moments he had he Hpoke to his
aon Garrett who xvas with him nil the time.
The young man remained with him during
the night. He occupied a Heat at the bed-
aide and helped the nurses. Only a few in
timate friends of the family were admitted
to the house yesterday , but nobody other
than tbe nurses and physiciaua were
uiloired 1 to se Roach.
Z.O XV HAD 1'LiaHT.
Fort Keugh ( Mont. ) dispatch : A diS'
patch from Fort Shaw states that there is
terrible suffering and privation among the
Crec Indians on the south fork of the Sun
river. They art' entirely destitute of food
and clothing and not in any way fortified
against tho inclemency of the weather. They
subsist entirely by hunting and fishing and
tho low temperature , combined with a
heavy snow , has rendered it almost impos
sible to secure food of any description.
They are in reality British subjects , were
engaged in tho Riel rebellion , and came
acroM the line last summer. When they
appeared at Fort ABsinaboine they had a
large number of articles taken from whito
people. Their chief was killed last sum
mer in a quart el with a half breed. They
started south last fall to settle on tho Crow
reservation but were turned back by troops
from Fort McGinnis. When they fir t
camo across tho line they numbered 400 ,
but the number has since been greatly
diminished by death. It is thought that
unless tho government takes prompt itleas-
ures to alleviate the sufferings great fatali
ty will result to the band.
THIS lIEHtfEI'Jty CAXAZ.
Washington dispatch : The secretary of
war to-day transmitted to tho house a re
port from the board of engineers appointed
under the terms of tho last river and har
bor bill , upon the proposed acquisition by
the government of tho Illinois & Michigan
( Hennepin ) canal. The report is generally
favorable to the construction of tho pro
posed canal , on a line which is designated
in tho bill. It was reported by the house
committee of railways and canals.
THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
TFiiat Is Being Done in Jtath Jlranches of
tiio Hattonnl Conyresa.
SENATE , Jan. 6. Tho senate then took
np tho resolution offered yesterday by
McPherson , calling on the secretory of the
treasury for a statement of indebtednesa
of Pacific Railroad companies to the gov
ernment , and ns to tho effect of the funding
bill thereon. Agreed to. The senate on
motion of Senator Mitchell ( Pa. ) , took up
and passed the bill to give a pension of
52,000 a year to Mary S. Logan , widow of
General Logan , ns major-general of volun
teers. Senator Mitchell stating that the bill
proposed to do precitely what was dono
for the widows of Generate Hancock and
Thomas. Senator Vest thereupon intro
duced his bill increasing the pension of Mrs.
Blair from $50 a month to SS.OOO a year ,
and , at his request , tho bill was imme
diately considered nnd passed. The inter
state commerce bill was then considered
until adjournment.
Housn , Jan. 0. Mr. Henderson , of Iowa ,
introduced a bill authorizing the construc
tion of a bridge across the Mississippi river
at Dubuque , Iu. Referred. The house
went into committee of the whole ,
Springer , of Illinois , m the chair , on the
pension appropriation bill , which appro
priates $70.247,500 , being only 55.000
below the estimates , the reduction being
in the 5tm for tho rent of offices for pen
sion agencies. Withoutamendment or dis
cussion the bill was read , reported to the
house and passed. House then went into
committee of tho whole on the naval reor
ganization bill , and without final action
adjourned.
HOUSE , Jan. 8. The senate joint reso
lution was passed appointing James P.
Angell a member of the board of regents of
the Smithsonian institution. The com
mittee on civil service reform reported
back the senate bill repealing.the tenure of
cilice act. The house then went into com
mittee of the whole for consideration o !
bills reported from tho committee on pub *
lie buildings and grounds. Tho first bill
called up was that appropriating § 500-
000 for tho purchase of a site and tho
erection of a public building at Charleston ,
8. C. , and authorizing the sale of the pres
ent sito of the postofiice building in that
city. The matter was discusseduntil
adjournment without action.
HOUSE , Jan. 10. Tho speaker laid be
fore the house a communication from the
secretary of tho treasury in reply to a res
olution asking for interpretation of th
tariff law respecting duties on fish. Undci
the call of states a number of bills and
redolut OIIH wero introduced , after which
the floor was uiven to the District of Col
umbia committee , and. after the passage
pi several District bills , tho house ad
journed.
SEMATK , Jan. 10. The snato at 2:50
took up the inter state commerce bill and
Beck took tho floor in favor of the confer
ence report. At 2 o'clock Beck concluded
his remarks and Senator Cullom took tha
floor and gave his opinion of the bill at
some length. Senator Stanford argued
against tha bill. After executive session
tho senate adjourned.
SEXA.TK , Jan. 11. On motion of Mander-
son , the house bill for the relief of settlers
and purchasers of landa on the public do
main in Nebriiska and Kansas was taken
up and considered , the question being on
the substitute reported by the committee )
on public lands. The substitute appropri
ates $25.000 to reimburse tho purchasers
of homesteads and pre-emptora who had
to pay for their lands to the Northern
Kansas Railway company , which wiTH de-
c ded by the circuit court of the United
States to have prior title to the lands , the
basis of remuneration being § 3.50 per
acre. After discussion the substitute was
agreed to , a-id tho bill thus amended
passed and u conference was asked for.
The inter-state commerce bill waa then
considered until adjournment.
HOUSE , Jan. 11. Thebill for tho irection
of a public building at Charleston , S. C. ,
passed. The bill appropriates $100,000
for tho purchase of a sitand § 400,000
for the erection of a building. The bill
passed creating a department of agriculture
and labor. It provides that there shall ba
at the seat of government an executive de
partment , lo be Known aa the department
of agricnlture and labor , under control of
a secretary of agriculture and labor and an
assistant secretary. There shall be in tha
department of agriculture and labor a divi
sion which shall bounder charge of the com
missioner of labor , who shall hold his office
four years , and until bis successor shall be
appointed , unless sooner removed , and
shall receive a salary of § 5,000 a year.
The comiui.ssioner shall collect information
upon the subject of labor , its relation to
capital , hours of labor , rate of wages , cost
of production of articles produced , earn
ings of laboring men and women , means ol
promoting their material , social , intellec
tual , and moral prosperity , and the best
means to protect life and prevent accidents
in mines , workshops , factories , and other
places of industry.
SENATE , Jan. 12. Senator Manderson in
troduced a bill to facilitate promotions
and to retire from active service , on their
own application , officers of the nrmy who
served during the war of the rebellion three
years , -officers or enlisted men , in the
volunteer or the regular army. The com
mittee on coast defenses r.-ported ( as
amendments to be offered to the bill to en-
c mrage the manufacture of steel for ordi
nance ) an item appropriating § 4,000,000
for fortifications and other works of de
fense. Ordered printed. The senate then
considered the inter-state commerce bill till.
the hour of adjournment. j
House , Jan. 12. The house considered
nnd passed tho Edmunds anti-polygamy
bill. The bill makes the lawful husband or
wife of any person prosecuted for bigamy ,
polygamy , or unlawful cohabitation a com
petent witness against the accused , and
further provides for a registration of al !
inarringes , making it a misdemeanor for
any person to violate the provisions rela
tive to such registration. It annuls all ter
ritorial laws , providing for the identifica
tion of vole of electors at any election , and
also all laws conferring on territorial courts
the power to determine divorce cases ; and
abolishes woman suffrage in the territory
in Utah. Penalties aro prescribed for un
lawful intercourse , and polygamy is defined
as marriage between one person of ono KCX
and more than ono of another sex , and is
declared to be a felony. Tho financial cor
porations known as the "Church of Latter
Day Saints , " nnd tho "Perpetual Emigra
tion Fund Company , " aro dissolved , and
the attorney general is directed to wind
them up by process of courts ; and all laws
for the organization of the militia of the
territory and the creation of the Nauvoo
legion are annulled. Polygamists are made
inclligiblo to vote. A test oath is prescribed
to all persons desiring to vote , that they
will obey the laws of the United States and
especially the laws in respect to crimes de
fined in this . nl theoruiiual Edmunds act.
SENATE , Jan. 1U. Tho senate resumed
the conference report on the inter-state
commerce bill. The mutter was discussed
at some length , but no final action
wns taken. At the conclusion of Senator
Evarts' speech. Senator Cullom stated his
desire that a vote should be In ken to-day ,
but Senator Hoar suggested that he and
other senators desired to speak and that
there wns no desire to delay tho vote un
necessarily. Finally unanimous consent
was given that a vote shall ho taken to
morrow. Tho anti-polygamy bi.l ( the sen
ate bill with tho house Hubslitule ) having
been received from tho house , the amend
ment wns non-concurred in , and a confer
ence asked , and Messrs. Edmunds , Ingalls
and Piigh were appointed confereea on the
part of the senate.
HOUSK , Jan. IS. Tho house passed tho
bill amending the law regulating the re
moval of causf-s from state to federal
courts. The bill increases the minimum
jurisdiction of tho circuit-courts from § 500
to § 2.000. takes away from circuit courts
the jurisdiction of causes in favor of as
signees of promissory notes and bills of ex
change ; and restricts to the defendant tho
rij ht to remove a en use from n state to a
federal court. Mr. Tucker then called up
tho bill providiii'4 for the bringing of suits
against the government of the Uirted
States , and after a very brief discussion it
wns passed. Tiie next bill called up was
one extending for one year from ita pasangO
the right of action in cases arising under
the captured and abaiul ined property act.
Pending debate , the house adjourned.
SENATE , Jan. 14. Mr. Cullom moved to
proceed to the consideration of the confer
ence report on the inter-state commerce
bill. Agreed to o7 to 12. After debute ,
tho presiding ollieer having stated that the
question was on agreeing to tho conference
report , Mr. Frye moved to recommit tho
report with instructions to the senate con-
ff-recB to insist on ( striking out section 4 ,
nnd snbsiitutingsection 5 of theponatehill ;
also on btriking out section 5 and Kiibsti-
11 ting therefor section 19 of I he senate bill ,
which provides for an investigation of the
subject of pooling. Mr. Evarts suid he
would vote to recommit , believing that ac
tion would bring congress and the country
nearer to a good bill than ever before. Mr.
Cullom said he should regard the vote on
the motion to recommit as a test vote on
the queition. The vote was taken and re
sulted yeas , 25 ; nays. 36. The conference
report , was agreed to yeas , 4.3 ; nays , 15.
HOUSE , Jan. 14. . Mr. Caldwell , of Ten-
nes ee , submitted the conference report on
the electoral bill and it was agreed to with
out debate or revision. After the recep
tion of a number of committee reports the
house went into committee of the whole
for consideration of senate bills upon tho
private calendar. At 4 o'clock the com
mittee rose and the house passed half a
dozen private senate bills , including one ?
for the relief of sufferers from tho wreck of
the stoHiner Ashulot. The house then took
n rocesuntil 7:150 , the evening session to
be for the consideration of pension bills.
COLORED COEO.Y1FOR DAKOTA.
Washington special : A delegation ol
colored men will have a meeting with Dele
gate Giford , of Dakota , to consider whether
a large colony of negroes from the Firot
and Second concrcssionaldistricts 01 North
Carolina , and from Norfolk , Va. , can find
homes in Dakota. There are 11,000 col
ored people in that section who want to
emigrate. They cannot buy land , the say ,
because no one will sell , and they want to
go where they can get government land.
They thought first of going to lower Cali
fornia , but now they want to go to Dako
ta , if there is nny chance for them there.
They nre not paupers , imd propose to pay
their own way. They havo formed them
selves into a society , and hnve already
made arrangements with tho Baltimore &
Ohio road to transport them nnd their
freight at half rates. They will send a
committee to Dakota to sco what the win
ter climate is and to report on the pros
pect of getting government land or of buy
ing cheap lands. Many of them prefer lifa
in cities or villages , but all of them want to
get better wages than they now do , and to
have the privilege of buying lands.
TIIE SIOUX CITr ASSASSISATIOX.
A Sioux City special says that in the
afternoon session of tho district court
George W. Argo. for the attorneys of Arm
strong and associates , asked to have the
case set for trial at the earliest possible
day during this term. County Attorney
Marsh objected to have a defiuiteday fixed
until he had time to confer with his asso
ciates on the pide of the state. It was
finally agreed that the murder case should
be called Friday morning , when the time for
trial will be fixed. Some of the lawyers
think this is a bluff on the pnrt of the de
fence to discover whether th state is ready.
Arenadorl's case will be called first. A har
ness maker named Gun Schmidt has to-day
made a statement that on the night of
Ilad'lock's murder he was in a front room
of the Columbia house suffering with hay
fever. As he Fat by a window ho saw
Leavitt nhoot Haddock. Schmidt made
this statement privately three months ago ,
but if he goes on the aland for Arensdorf
the dtate will show that he has made con
tradictory statementa to several pensons.
A aiXSTJSRY CLEARED.
Aspen ( Colo. ) special : In May last
Charles McGuire while traveling from Red-
cliff to Glenwood springs , was taken eick.
He stopped at the cabin of Mr. Maybury.
on Gypsum creek. During the night he be
came delirious and left the cabin in his un
derclothes. sinco which no trace of him
could be found. Yesterday a man named
Shippee saw some clothing sticking out o !
the snow , two miles from Mnybury's cabin ,
pulled it ont , and drew forth tho skeleton
of McGuire , whose identification was mode
complete by the clothing.
The election of n Unlvereallst minister to
Congress may or may not have a good effect
[ f he removes from both houses the fear of
future punishment who can tell trhat will be
; he result ? Couritr-Jourual ,
A. SERIES OF ITASaiXGS.
Cluverltra , tho rirginian anil row Indians
Kwumj Off.
Richmond CVa. ) dispatch : Thomas J.
Cluverius was hanged at S minutes past 1
and died from strangulation. He died
without making nny confesion. Speaking
through Dr. Hatcher , his minister , he says
he had no feeling of ill-will towards any
man on earth. The crime for which Clu-
verius suffered the death penalty was for
the murder of his cousin. Miss Fannie Lilian
Madison , March 14 , 1885. Mies Madison
I was about twento-two years old , and up
to the time of her death was teach-r of a
school in Bath county. Some200 witnesses
I were examined and tho evidence fixed upon
tho prisoner the brand of murderer arid
seducer , and at the conclusion of the trial
the jury rendered a verdict of murdcrin the
first degree. The counsel asked for n now
trial which was at once refused , and ho was
sentenced to bo hanged November 25,1885.
The execution of his sentence was stayed
for over a year by the supreme court , when
he was sentenced again to die December 10 ,
18SG. The governor was applied to for
a pardon or commutation of sentence to
I life imprisonment , but he could find no
reason for interfering. He. however , re
spited the condemned man until to-day.
During the forenoon Captnin Frank W.
Cunningham. Richmond's sweetest tenor
singer , who has before visited the prisoner
on several occasions and cling numerous
hymns in his cell , iii > iiin called t o sec ( 'hive r-
itis and wns greeted plfasantly by him. Afc
his request Captain Cunningham sang thu
iivinti , "How Firm a Foundation , Ye Sons
of the Lord. "
When ho finished , Captain Cunningham
turned to Clu verius and asked : "Do you
still say that you are innocent ? "
To which the prisoner replied : "I am
innocent. "
"And. " aiiid Captain Cunningham , "do
you believe in our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ , and believing in him , yon assert
that you arc innocent knowing that you
havo'got to answer before God ? "
Again Clu verius said : " 1 can say that I
nm innocent. "
When Sergeant Smith entered the con
demned man's cell at five minutes to 1 and
announced that timo was np , Cliiveriua
showed no siuns of emotion , but simply re
marked : "I am ready to go with you. " As
he was passing down tho steps on the way
to theKcnffoId tho vast crowd outside the
jail caught sight of him and shouts went up
from thoiisandsof throat * , "Yonder he is. "
The prisoner never raised his cyepbutkept
them down as though in deep thought , and
for the flint time , perhaps , he fully realized
that he was going to die. As he wended his
way to thtihcaffold. down thelom : jail yard ,
the eyes of over 200 pt-rsoim were directed
to him. He never looked to the right or
left , but walked along without the least
sign of weakening. None of Cluvciiua rela
tives were with him to-day. His brcitbrr ,
who had been so devoted to him since his
arrest twenty-two inoutliM ago. parted with
him ypdterday. His father and mother ,
owing to feeble health , did not come to the
city to bid farwoll to the doomed man.
rot ! ] : AT A TIME.
St. Louis dinpatch : Albert O'Dell , .Taints
Lamb , John E. Choles and John Stephens
were hanged at Fort Smith , Ark. , at noon
to-day for murders committed in Indian
torritory Dec. 25. 1SR5. O'Dfll and Lamb
killed a man named Edward Pollard in tht ;
Cherokee nation. John E. Choles murdered
n man in the territory HOUIO time : IRO and
was considered a desperate character. Ste
phens , colored , murdered his companion in
th territory some time ago.
A Jiinantg Speech Slaile by President
s , .Jan. i : .M. i-'Inquet , on
the chair of president in the chamber of
deputies to-day , said that he hopod that wise
concord ar.d a spirit of compromise would
prevail among the members of the chamber.
who , iic hoped , would all be animated bv ft
patriotic emulation to work for the progress
of the national institutions , In the first rank of
which the government placed the army. ThN
declaration was receive : ! with applause.
Coutinuinir , M. Yloquel ? ald : ' Aviicn. TTllh-
out distinction of pariy , we follow with equal
solicitude the rann-t efforts of the vali.mt
louth nf Fr.mrc , und when , with unanimous
impulse , xve r.mpt every sacrifice to incoisi : * .
our count r.- ' . jxiucr , we do notfei'I sgitats-d
by feverish impalL ucc or dcsiro. Only with
tranquil persevering will v/e phu-e oursi-lvis * in
a position to fulliil our duties anil secure foi
France the respect of al ! au essential cnn-
i ! it ion of that posit on which we prize as high
ly aa anybody ia the world. " ' [ i'rolonijed ap
plause. J
The senate to-dar re-oleoted Leftover presi
dent. The chamber of deputies fixed the
uutisjet debate for Monday. Tui ? hill mating
to cereal duties will be taken u. 23 soon ft& the
budget is disposal of.
The chamlwr rejei'tt-il Uarou Tie. Sonbeyran's
demand that the credit of 87 500,000 francs
asked by the government , he submitted to a
special committee. Thu government proposes
to ue the credit in question in iinproyint : tho
rilles anjl increasing the defense : ? . The pre
amble to the budget dwells ui-on " the Imjxirt-
Bnce of changing the r flea"now in uu and
strengthening arid adding to the defense * . Of
the credit , 71,000,000 francs is to be devoted to
the ucw arms and the remainder to new bar
racks end forts.
The publication of the full textof Bismarck's
speeches in the reichstajr is tentlinsi to niter
the tone of public opinion regarding h s utti-r-
anecF. The chancellor is charged with bru
tality and endeavoring to provoke a war with
France. The principal results will be to
strengthen General Ilonianger's demand for
military credits. The war rnini-ter , In order
to avoid a conflict with his colleagues , bus con
sented to accept a credit , of is00,00. . ' ) francs
as sufficient for th" pres'-nt year , l : ; t his orig
inal demand for fti5KHOOp ( franca renriius his
estimate in the uap r.
AFTER A COXaZlEHSM.tX'3 SCAT. ? .
Washington special : Buffalo Hill is after
the scalp of Representative James of Brook
lyn. In the housetheotherdiiy Mr. James
introduced a resolution inquiring by what ,
authority . F. Cody in permitted to take
Indians off their reservation and make v
show of them through the country. Thu
inquiry , addressed to the secretary of the j
interior , has aroused Buh'alo'a ire , and ho
has sent his line of defense to Itepresenta-
tive Doreey of Nebraska , who knows him
persona ly , to be laid before the bonne. Mr.
Dorwey says that Bill will show that the
IndiunH who wi-ra taken chnrgo of by him
have prospered financially and civilly , have
zrown into cultivation of contentment and
respect for law and order and will be excel
lent civilized ngpnt who i thoy return to
their reservations , so that in.itend of doing
them injury he has done and is doing them
a great favor. Bill hu also appealed to
other members of the hous-to sustain him
in hia action and invites them to visit his
show and see if he is not a benefactor. It
ifl not improbable that the affair will make
some fun when theanswertolhe resolution
is received by the house , as Mr. James ia
reported to be determined to see that the
law is observed in this instance.
THE HADDOCK CASE.
Sionx Cityapecial : A decision wasreached
to-day as to when the Haddock murder
and conspirators are to be tried. March
21 waa selected and onthatdaythefamous
trial will begin. The state was granted tho
right to select which one of the defendants
ahall be tried first. It is generally under
stood that Areuadorf will be tried last.
Inspector General Absalom Bairtl has
been ordered from Washington to Fort Da
Chesne , Utah , on public business under
special instructions from the lieutenant
general.
Senator Carl isle has been induced to re
consider hia determination to not IK ) a can
didate for senator against Senator Beck
and has authorized hia frionda to use Ms
name. Senator Beck's term does not ex
pire until March , 1889. He ia believed to
be very strong with hia const iuenle ami
Kcntuckrnns here say Carlisle fill have a.
very hard fight if he wins.
It ia thought by the ofllcials of the de
partment that within a month a flood ol
appliances will bo filed for patents on de
vices for heating trains by the exhaust
steam from the engine , by electricity and
by other methods less dangerous than
stoves. There havo been a great many
patents grant-id for devices of thin kind ,
but for Home reason they have not had tho
general approval of the railway jicople.
The prenident has is.-tued an executive or
der modifying so much of the executive or
der of May 7 , 1S77 , ns attached tho terri-
toricH of Montana and Wyoming lo tho
pension ng-ncy districts of Milwaukee ,
Wis. , and d reeling that from and n'ter
April 3 , 18S7 , nil pensioners residing iu
these territotics shall be paid at the San
Frnnciaco , Cnl. , agency.
Mrn. Cleveland held her first reception of
Uio season on thu afternoon of llioSth
from : i to 5 o'clock. The ladies began to
| arrive at tho white house at 1 o'clock and
i waited patiently until the appointed honr.
' Mrs. Cleveland was assisted by MM. Mun-
nins ; nnd Mrs. Endicott , Miss Vilaa and
Miss Hastings , niece of the president.
[ The Bub-committee on postofliccs nnd
1 postronds of the house have finished tho
j po toficc ! appropriation bill , and id is ex-
1 peeled that the measure will be reported to
the house soon. The total appropriation *
made by the hillfeS-iS.GSO.ttriO.orSl.U-
7S7 more than the appropriation for tlm
current lineal year. Of this increase ? " 17-
000 w in the appropriation for the exten
sion of the free delivery service.
The house committee on public buildings
and grounds reported favorably on the bill
for a public building at i'remont , Neb. ;
? 50.000.
The house committee on war claims de
cided to report favorably thu senate bill to
liquidate the claims of statf-s for uxj > enses
incurred in defense of the United States in
the war of the rebellion.
The authorization of two national banks
the Firot National bank of Shellield Ala. ,
with a capitalof § 100,000. and Suther
land , Ia. , with a capital of $50 000 has
had the effect of canning an inquiry regard
ing the fact that no more than one-tenth
( is many iiut.ional bunkn nre being organ-
irfil now as live or six years azo. Iti.i
said that tnc reason for this is the un-
stabiiness of United States bonds , which
must be deposited to secure circulation.
TO TUK ISOrCOTT.
Detroit , dispatch : Three breweries to-dny
succumbed to the pressure of the boycott
placed on them by the journeymen brewers
Iiat October , when the big lockout was do- .
dared. Sinco that timo the town bos IKMJU
supplied by foreign beer , mainlv , and the
home brewers' orders havo steadily de-
crcii.sed. It is expected that most of the
otherwill speedily yield to the pre.sMiiro of
the boycot. The journeyman havo not saf-
ftreil much , havinghad illiberal percentngo
on all sales of the foreiijii beer in considera
tion of their efforts to push tho sale.
TOI.YGAW l'I.A YEI ) OUT.
Was-hin ton special : Ex Governor Weafe
of Utah , is here anil says tho bill p > uwed by
thi ? house ye terdiiy will eradicate the Iunb
v.-Kligo of bigamy in his territorj" . He
thinks it the strongest anti polygamy law
tjvi-r proposed and declares that ib'doen
not cut I no far , ns is claimed by Home of
the Mormons. lie heard Delegate Caiuc's
np.-erh aiiiibt the b'il in the IIOUJJP yester
day niiil prononnri-d it the last g.isp'of tho
.Mormon organization.
TKX.-1S Afl > TUK TAKfFF.
Austin special : The hoti.se to-dav pnsieil
a rc.xiluliou requesting the Texas delega
tion in congress to vote for thu repeal of
tlupio ent tariff laws and for Hiich internal
revenue and tariff lawn as may be required
for an ( cnnomical govuriimuut and for de-
ajfving pensioners.
Secretary Whitney's Wealth.
A group. ; of New York politicians were dis
cussing Secretary Whitney's good fortune fn
having warned a rich wife "I suppose you
mean to say. " said one of the j'artv. "that the
money that Secrctay Whitney spend * Is given
to him by his wife. Then ; \ra.-t umtr a great
er mistake. Secretary Whltney'j income is ,
or was lt-foee he entered thu cabinet , nearly
Snco.Ofrj annually. I don't pretend that hi *
Income ropreseatird any fired sum. hut I di >
say that he has ac n a vcrr Micces-ful busi
ness man , and almost everything he loaches
tunis to gold , and ha * ; done 30 f > r years past.
He has an extraordinary fondiitainr keeping
"
large sums of money about him. I WIIB Bitting"
in his ollicis the day he courhidml th.ptircuag'e
of his cciuntry scat , oa the TunnalMown rum ! .
When the nt-c Mary papers were ' signetl the
agent began sating that the Secretary mfght
make his p.ivrneuls in KUV v.ij l > c dt > s > rcd.
*
when the latter coollv turnedabtxit in JiLi
chair , ainl < ij > eiiing a drum r , d v.r out O.l'O ' ! )
Iu grecnhaeics. Ifco aiteil out " > 1 , Oi ) in"an
exnsperatingly tTid Iftrcjit fa n.dii. anl then
tossii'gthe rest mt the draw * : . atr-in resiimeil
the convers--itioii a.s if nothing.iu n.-.l had
happened. ' hwijton Cur. 'e i loil : Jf-r-
Strciiffth of the O. A. K.
The returns of the numerical strength of
tbe Grand Army of the lUjpuhlic for tho last
year show a great Increase over former vcan ,
.ir.d still greater numbers are expected on the
next muster rolls. Following are tuo figures
on the llrat of the present year.
Arkansas 578 j Montana 339
Caliiorula. 4.233 j Nebraska 6,19' )
Colorado 2,222 j N"- Hampshire. 4.534
( onuccticut. . . . 5,246 New Jersev 6.I3J
Dakota 2,659 New M-xJco. . . . 817
Delaware 671 New York 33,831
Florida 1f,9 Ohio 3llSa
Gulf 2G3 Oregon 900
Illinois 22,18:5 Pennsylvania. . . .85,607"
Iiuliana 17.913 Potomac 1,787
lovra 17m : lihoJe Island 1,071
Kansas 17,793 Tenn. and Ga. . . 1,455
Kentucky 1.314 Texas 2/
Maine 9,146 Utah 243
Massachusetts. 17.963 Vermont 3.78S
Maryland 2,157 | Virginia 704
Michigan 1G.9.V7 j Washington Ter. 770
Mitmessota 6.672 J W st Virginia. . 6fi7
Missouri 9,2791 Wisconsin 9,415
Tne Inconsistency or woman appears when
she has 225 hairpins and the whole of her
back hair grasped between her teeth , and ei-
pects you to understinrt every word that aha
says to jovL Xea Haven A'ctcs.
Mr. W. D. Erans , who has held the posi
tion ol cashier in tho internal revenue oflico
for peveral years back has resigned , bub his
successor baa not yet been appointed.