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* THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB , TUESDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 12 , 1884. NO. 202 , THE NATIONAL CAPITAL , A LODE Discussion in the Honsc Over a Distress Bill , An Appropriation of $300,000 Made for tlio Flood Sufferers , Pendloton Performs a Paynoful 4 Duty in the Sonato. A Kaft of Bills and Bosolutions Introduced , \ V n Wyok Looking Alter the Baltl- inoro Us Ohio Telegraph Co. FOKTY-ElGIini CoXGHKSS. 8KNATE. W.vsHiNnroN , February 11. In the senate this morning Mr. Ppudloton ( dom. O. ) presented the credentials of Henry B. Payne , senator-elect from Ohio , whose term begins March 4 , 1835. Road , or dered filed. Mr. Plumb ( rep. Ks. ) presented a peti tion from the late commission of volun teer oflicers of the Union army complain ing of discrimination against them in the ditlbionco between the amount of their pensions and pay and oflicors on the re tired list , the latter class , the petitioners say , were in many instances disabled by the same class of wounds and in the same actions , but having had the good fortunes or influence to obtain an appointment in the regular army secured a great advant age over their follows not so fortunate. . The petitioners pray congress to remove the discrimination. Mr. Miller , ( rep. Cal. ) , from the com mittee on naval affairs , reported formally a bill for the relief of the survivors of the Jeannette expedition. . Mr. Sherman ( rep. 0. ) had a dispatch from Richard Smith , of Cincinnati , road , which says congress should make an im mediate appropriation of § 500,000 for the relief of sufferers in the Hooded towns between Pittsbunj and Cairo , adding - . ing"that Cincinnati needs nothing , but the other places are almost helpless. 1 Mr. Voorheos ( dom. Ind. ) stated that' himself and colleague had similar tele grams from other places. Mr. Sherman said ho would not ask im 1 mediate action on the subject , deeming it bettor to await the action of the house of representatives , and wished the tele grams referred to the committee on ap propriations , which was done/ These bills were reported from com mittees and placed on the calendar : By Mr. Hoar ( rep. , Mass. ) , from the judiciary Fixing salaries of judgosof the United States district courts from July 1st next. In the northwest salaries were fixed as follows : Northern and southern districts of Illinois , 85,000. By Mr. Mahono ( ind. , Va. ) , from the public grounds and buildings Authoriz ing the purchase of additional grounds for a United States court house andpost- ofiice building at Springfield , 111. Billstmtroduced and referred : By Mr. Hoar ( rep. , Mass. ) To author ize a preliminary survey of passes be ' tween the upper Mississippi and Columbia - 'S bia rivers for the purpose of ascertaining the distance between the navigable waters. By Mr. Blair ( rep. , N. H. ) To pro vide for the study of the physiology and effects of intoxicating , narcotic and poi sonous substances upon lifo and health in the public schools of the territories and district of Columbia. By Mr. "McMillan ( rep. , Minn. ) To authorize a bridge across the Mississippi at St. Paul. By Mr. Halo ( rep. , Mo. ) For relief of the oflicera and crows of the steamer Monitor , who took part in the action with the rebel iron-clad Merrimac in 1802. By Mr. Harrison ( rep. , Ind. ) To define - fine the powers of tlio Mississippi River commission , authorizing an appropriation for improvement of the river and naviga ble tributaries , etc. Mr. Harrison said the commission had in aomo cases met with obstruction from from obstinate land owners , who refused to permit the commission to proceed with the works. By Mr. Miller ( rep. , Cal. ) A resolu tion asking what action should bo taken relative to the demand of Mexico for the extradition of one Trimble. Agreed to. By Mr. Van Wyck ( rep , Neb ) A resolution inquiring whether the Balti more & Ohio Telegraph company have made or received any proposals within a year or taken action toward consolidation with the \Vestprn Union. Agreed to. The chair laid before the senate Mr. Riddloberger'a ( ind : V. ) resolution for a joint committee of the senate and house on the question of discharges and ap pointments of subordinates. Mr. Vest ( dem. Mo. ) moved to extend the inquiry to what orders have been "ivon by the executive department in Virginia for the past three years. Mr. Riddleborger said ho could see no profit to como of the amendment , but vras prepared to substantiate his own statements. Mr. Vest said ho favored civil service reform , but the act as applied by the re publicans was made a farce as shown in the course pursued in relation to the senate employes. s Mr. Conger ( rep. Mich. ) replied thai ho had never seen a democrat in the sen ate supporting any action in aid of civi service except when it would result ii turning out republican * and putting ir democrats. Mr. Van Wyck's resolution , presentee ] some weeks ago , directing the judiciary committee to examine and report legisla tion to restrict the appointment of ape cial assistant attorneys , etc. , passed , The bill amending the section of tin revised statutes so as to secure to American can inventors the full term of sovontcoi youra for patents where the foreign pat out expires before that term was passed A message being received from tin house announcing u continued disagree ment'by that body to the senate amendment mont to the Grocloy bill. Mr. Hal moved that the senate recede from it amendment. The men who should b sent , qn expedition , ho said , shoul perfectly willing to go. The vrould ot be taken from the navy roll a the ; stand , but would re-enlisted. N diflicu y would be experienced in Cut intf th rst ollicera in the naval estal lUhtn t\o \ take the place of commam and no unwilling man should go under any circumstances. Mr. Saulsbury ( dom. Dal. ) hoped the senate would not recede from its amend * mont. Ho know congress would do what was right in the matter if a proper bill should bo brought in but here was a bill to enable the secretary of the navy to put his hand into the treasury and tali o money out ad libitum. Mr. Butler ( dem. S. U. ) reminded the senate that it was not the secretary of the navy but the president of the United States who received authority. Mr. Saulfibury replied that the presi dent acted through his secretaries. The bill if passed would bo a dangerous precedent - codont as giving the president of the United States the right to take out of the treasury without proper ani definite appropriations moneys of the pooplo. It would change the whole policy of the law. law.A A vote was then taknn , and , by 2 ! ) yeas to 22 nays , the senate roccdod from Ua amendment. The Bonato , after passing sonio private bills , went into executive session , and when the doors were reopened a message was received from the house announcing the passage , by that body , of a joint resolution elution authorizing the secretary of war to use rations for relief of destitute per- pens in the overflowed district of the Ohio and tributaries , and making an ap propriation of $300,000 to relieve the sufferers by such overflow. The joint resolution was read three times and passed. Adjourned. HOUSK. In the house , Mr. Townshond ( dom. , 111. ) offered a resolution proposing con stitutional amendments providing for the election of president and vice president by majority votes of the people , and the abolition of the electoral college , and regulating the method of counting votes by the two houses of congress. The following bills were introduced : By Mr. Calkins ( rjp. , Lid. ) To en courage Indian education in Dakota. By Mr. Stockslagor ( dom. , Ind. ) A resolution requesting the secretary of the treasury to transmit to the house the re port of the committee of tlio treasury department , to investigate the charges against the management of the oliico of supervising architect of iho treasury , under J. G. Hill , together with the charges , evidence and all correspondence. By Mr. Washburn ( rop. .Minn. ) To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi at St. Paul. By Mr. Moroy ( rop. O. ) A resolution calling for reports of special agents dur ing 1881 , having reference to the star route investigation. By Mr. Hatch ( dom. Mo. ) A bill for preservation of timber adjacent to sources f navigable rivers. By Mr. White ( rep. Minn. ) Amend- ig the Pacific railroad act amendatory to 10 act of July 1 , 18G2 so as to provide iat "such railroad company , now organ- zed , or as may be hereafter organized ndor state or territorial laws , shall con- ; ruct and operate a line of railroad and olegraph from Sioux City , Ia. , west- wardly via tho.Niobrara valley to such it on the Union Pacific railroad , west f the 100th meridian as such company may solcc1" , and on the same terms and Dnditions and with the same rights pro- ided for the construction of the Union scific , provided said company shall ro- eivo neither bonds nor lands and be omploted within five years frdm the assago of this act. By. Mr. Cox ( dom. N. Y. ) To aeouro more faithful delivery of mails by star outo contractors. By Mr. Bingham ( rep. Pa. ) Author- zing the payment of postal notes to earor at any money order oflico. By Mr. Young ( dem. Tonn. ) Direct- ng the secretary of state to inquire in egard to the murder of H. F. Cooper , lichael O'Brien and George StiofV in lexico , and whether or not the United tales should ask redress from that gov- rnmont. By Mr. Mills ( dom. Tex. ) Requiring ho secretary of the treasury to pay 100,000,000 of 3 per cent bonds. By Mr. Holman ( dom. Ind. ) Rolat- ng to the qualification of voters in Utah nd Idaho. It requires before rcgistra- on an oath that the voter does not bo- eng to the church of Latter Day Saints r any other secret organization which pholds polygamy , bigamy or unlawful ohabitation. By Mr. Price ( rop. Wis. ) For the f or- oituro of certain lands. It confirms all rants heretofore made states and cor- orations in uid of the construction of ailroads as such railroads have been onstructod notwithstanding the time nay have expired before construction. Vll other lands are declared forfeited nd thu secretary of the interior is nu- : iorized within ninety days to restore 0 the market all lands unearned , but it 1 made unlawful for him to sell more lian 100 acres to any one person By Mr. Springer ( dom. III. ) A rcao- ution calling on the president for the SrreaDondenco with Mexico relative to lie recent military expedition under oneral Crook when the United States roops crossed the border ; also a rosolu- ion requesting the postmaster-general , o comply with the houan resolution for ho papers in the star route cases and to withhold papers the publication of which vould bo detrimental to public interests ! By Mr. Follott ( dem. 0. ) from the ommittoe on appropriations A joint esolution appropriating $300,000 for the eliof of sufferers from the overflow ol ho Ohio river and its tributaries. Mr. Iliscock ( rep. N. Y. ) asked Mr , Follott to explain the necessity for the measure and what warrant the othci ido found for it in the constitution. Mr , Follett replied that necessity knew neither law nor constitution. Proccdenl was found in the action of the last con gress in. appropriating for the relief o : : ! io Mississippi flood sufferers. Then lover had been such a flood as this L''amilio3 by thousands were driven fron : iomo and camping in thu ( open fields with nothing to protect them but tin clothing on their backs. Replying t < another question from Mr. Hiscpck , Mr Follott said the Ohio and Cincinnat chamber of commerce had made an ap [ iropriation , t Mr. Hiscock said no great utato lik Ohio , an empire , ouglit to como her wlion the legislature is in session and at to have her citizens supported from th treasury. Poor eta.es might ask assisl anco , but ho did not like to * oe grei states , like Ohio , Now York , Illinois au Michigan , pass around the hat of be ] gory. gory.Messrs. . Cannon , ( rop. 111. ) Payne ( ro | Pa. ) and Herr ( rep. Mich. ) epoko iu f vnr of the measure , and could ueo no coi stitutional objection to it , Mr. Ootf ( rep. W. Va. ) made the poii that Ohio was not the only state affected. There wore millions of sulforors , not only in Ohio , but in Pennsylvania , West Vir ginia and Kentucky. Mr. Taylor ( rop. Ohio ) thought the sum mentioned entirely inadequate ; $1,000- 000 would bo needed. Mr. Belford ( rop. , Col , ) was glad of the opportunity offered to open the vaults of the treasury so scrupulously kept closed by the secretary of the treasury from Now York. Mr. Cox ( dom. , N. Y. ) questioned the constitutionality of the measure. It should hove boon passed without any de bate , _ and if there was any broach of the constitution , God Almighty in his klnd- H033 would pardon it. Messrs. Reagan ( dom. , Tex. ) , Town- shorn ! ( dom. , 111. ) , Blount ( dom. , Ga. ) , Jordan ( dom. ) , and Warner ( dom. , Tonn. ) spoke in favor of the measure. Mr. Eaton ( dom. , Conn. ) had grave doubts about tlio power of congress to pay out thd moneys of the people oven in as great a calamity as this ; but as Mr. Cox had said , though the head might doubt , the heart would act. Mr. Wilson ( dom. , W. Va. ) offered an amendment making the amount half a million. Lost , 100 to ICO , and the reso lution passed as reported , 233 to 12. NEGATIVE VOTE Beach , Bennett , Cox ( N. C. ) , Hewitt ( Ala. ) , Lanhun , McMil lan , Oaks , Rauney , Tucker , Wise , Wood ward , York. Adjourned. A democratic caucus Trill bo hold to morrow afternoon. F110AI "WASHINGTON , THE PENSION KXl'ENDITUllE. WASHINGTON , February 11. In reply to the resolution calling for information as to the number of soldiers who nerved jne , two and three years , respectively , in the Union army during the late war , the amount of bounty paid each , and the approximate amount required to equal ize bounties of these who served in that war , the secretary of war.sont to the sen ate a communication from the adjutant general to-day , giving the number of en listed men who enlisted for various periods as follows : Three years 2,030,801 Two ymrs 41-HO Ono your .7J1,852 Nine months 876,881 Kiglit months 373 Six months 20,43'J Four months 4'2 One hundred dnys 86,507 Three months 108,410 Sixty dnys 2,0 IF In respect to bounties paid of sum maries to equalize bounties the adjutant general said it cannot bo compiled from the record in his ollico. Ho calls atten tion to the estimates submitted to con gress by the paymaster general. These show the total bounties paid to date to bo § 388,210,249. The lirst estimate of the amount required for equalization of bounties made by the pay master general is dated January 15 , 1878 , and amounts to § 137- 275,105. In March , 1872 , the paymaster general estimated the amount necessary to pay bounties at the rate of $100 each to men who enlisted be tween May 3 , 1801 , and July 22,18(15 ( , and who were honorably discharged after a service of less thantfwo years at $2,170- 000. In April , 1874 , ? no estimated the cost'of equalizing all bounties at $8.33.\ \ per month for the term of service to date of muster out of the organizations , at § 101,543,034. On February 18 , 1880 , the 'paymaster general sent another communication to congress in response to a resolution ask ing an estimate of the money required to carry out the provisions of the bill then pending to give each enlisted man who served between April 12 , 1881 and May 0 , 1805 , and was honorably discharged , or his heirs , § 8.33per / month for his term of service , and made the same esti mates of § 101,047,825 , if no provisions were made for deducting bounties paid by states and if there were such provi sions , § 75.000,000. aoVEUNMENT TKLKniUl'H I.1NE.S. Representatives Anderson and Sumner appeared to-day before the house sub committee considering propositions for postal telegraph , and advocated bills in troduced by thorn , Anderson was of the opinion that the Western Union company could bring sufficient influence to bear to defeat any measure making a largo ap propriation for a government line , and favored his proposition to issue bonds for the construction of a system of govern ment linos. All free delivery postoflices , ho thought , should be connected by tele graph , and as the land grants to railroad companies lines , by an act of 18GO , were at the serviceof the government , it would bo unnecessary to construct lines beyond St. Paul , Omaha , Kansas City and Mar shall , Texas , the termini of these roads. His plan , ho said , would in n great de gree prevent the postmaster general from using the wires for partisan purposes , as the lines would bo extended only to these points wlu re postal receipts warranted the expectation that such extension would bd profitable. Sumner also favored a system of telegraph , to bo controlled by the government , and explain od the main features of his bill. INDIAN EDUCATION. A delegation of Apaches , Ohiricahuos and Mescaloros from San Carlos Indian reservation called on the commissioner of Indian affairs to-day , and expressed themselves much pleased with the re sult of their observation at the Carlisle and Hampton Indian school , and declared that they intenedd to go home to devote their attention to agriculture. DOLLAR foil DOI.LAII. ' The house committee on coinage , weights and measures to-day agreed to report a bill tor the exchange of trade dollars for standard dollars or for their receipt for government duos within two years. It provides for their rccoinago into standard dollars , The action of the committee vras not unanimous. BTOCKHLA < 1 Kit's VKN8ION IIILL. The bill introduced in the house b > StockBlagor for increasing certain pen * nionu provides that soldiois and sailon who lost both eyes , both hands , or boll cot , or became paralyzed from woundi received while on duty , ehall rcceivi ? 100 per month. NK\V L1MD3 KOH TUB VETri. Representative Curtin to-day introduced ducod n bill providing that any porsoi disabled during the late war , and furnished nishod with an artificial limb by the wa department , since 1870 , be entitled I receive a new limb every three year thereafter. 'HIE OUTHACIE COMMITTEE. The Bub-committee charged with th investigation of the Danville trouble bi gin work at Washington on Wednesday They will probably visit Danville bofoi their labora are concluded. ' THE SUBMERGED ALLEYS. The Scenes and Perils itafl About Cincinnati , * The Angry Waters Still Rising and Invading the Sweets , A Whole Village Swept Away by Their Fury , Suffering and Destitution Beyond Present Relief , Descriptions oft Iio Wlilo-Sprem ! lluln ami Dlstrcs * time AboumlH. THE FIiOOnEDniSTIUCTS. CINCINNATI'S I'CKIl. . CINCINNATI , February 11. The day has boon ono of the greatest excitement since the Hood began. The stage of high water last year was passed at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The steady hard rain during the greater part of the day , to gether with reports of general rains at every place where it would run into the Ohio , made it certain that n "still more dangerous flood will bo upon tap already unfortunate people of the Ohio valley. The experience of last year made people bold in confronting the daugorjtboy once mot and overcame , but when a now ele ment of terror cjiues in thd form of a heightened Hood , a new soriC3vof calami ties began to appear. The gas was lost yesterday and the water supply ceased to accumulate to-day. There are five days' supply in the reservoir , with careful use , but ono big fire would make a Serious in road on that and the worst of tvll nobody knows what limit the Hood will reach. The rising water above and 'in all the side tributaries render it certain that thu river must continue to riao forTvbmptimo. How long and how rapid th'o rise are points of conjecture and fear. J The rate of increase this afternoon was on inch an hour ; from 5 to 0 the rise WAS throo- quartord of an inch. It is harcUy possi ble to give an idaa of the situation. The mass of people cannot see the great body of thn river , as approach to thebanks in cut oft'en all streets running totho | river at Pearl street or near it. Strangers in the city may gain an idea .of its extent when it is stated that the watc ? is now but little more than ( iOO feet ' /rom the Uurnet houso. From there to otho river bank proper the distance is" between three and four squares. All that can bo seen is the streets inundated and boats gliding in all directions. The suspension bridge , 100 foot above low water mark , makes a low arch ubovo tlio mad Hood. The Newport and .Southern railroad bridges look like almost touch ing the water. The view from Prices Hill in the western part of the city gives the only comprohnnsivo outline of flood- covered portion of the city. At the foot of the hill on the west side of the city Mill creek spreads to an avonjgo of a mile and iho expanse roachcs' jrthput. . of sight. The backwater runs beyond Spring Grove cemetery a distance of seven miles. Up the river the Cincin nati , Covington and Newport houses can bo soon peering out of the water , while down'tho river almost from hill to hill the valley is covered. Up to this time , great as the danger has been , no great disaster has occurred. The cry of dis tress , however , is beginning to grow louder. Manufactures are stopping and men arc thrown out of employment. In Newport it is estimated that 5,000 to 0,000 people are homeless and their supplies were exhausted at noon , so that many will go without supper to-night be cause the supplies are exhausted. Re lief work in Cincinnati is beginning to press. LawronceburK to-day sent a re quest hero for help , but at prosmit there is a lack of funds , as contributions have not been as generous as last year. Eighth street , the street railroad avenue between City and Price hill , overflowed to-day and access to that suburb by street cars is cut of ) ' . Ono of the largest establishments in Mill Crook valley , the American Oak Leather company , has boon battling to keep tlio Hood out , hav- ingbuilt barriora entirely surrounding the whole structure , which are now eighteen inches above water and can keep safe until seventy foot is reached. AtJ7 to-night the water was 00 foot 11 inches. Thu waterworks office reports ono engine still working and will con tinue to go till the fires are put out , which will bo when the stauo roaches four inches more. Consumption will bo stopped to morrow except for domestic urposos. CINCINNATI , February 12 12:30. : Vith the river n foot higher to-night inn a year ago and rising at midnight n inch an hour the situation becomes more and more serious. The Cincinnati Northern ii iho only road able to take its rains from its depot. The other roads 11 atop out oC thu city and convoy pas- ongors to and fro by ferry. Five thou- ana distillery cattle now at the stock ards will have to bo removed in the norning. The water has reached dies- or Park , and Maud's and Kittson'a torsos have boon removed from their tables. Covington has neither gas nor vator. TIIOUHANllS UllIVKX KJIOM IIOMK. COI.UMHUH , Ohio , February 1 , On advices from Pomeroy and other river owns making appeals for aid , a mooting jf citizens was called this evening at which $2,200 in cash was raised in a short imo , and a committee appointed to can vass to-morrow. All bakeries are put on 'nil time , and the first train-load of jrea'l , and hands will bo sent down river a Korr'a station in the morning , from which point provisions will bo convoyed to sufferers. Mansfield and surrounding towns are also Bending largo qiiantitieti oi provisions to thin point to be forwarded Lo the river towns scattered all alonj the II o'ciiiR valley. Telegrams received ceivod from stations on the Scioto valloj and Hocking valley , nearest to the inun dated towns , state that the whole city o Portsmouth is under water , and the citi zona have Hod to the hills , The sanr story comes from ( Jallopolia , where SO , WOO people are driven from their homee Pomeroy ia in a similar condition , Th secretary of state , uovornor and adjutan genera ) have boon telegraphed to BOH tents to shelter the people , und the legii laturo ia atkud to take prompt action fc the relief. HKAIITUKNDINO t-'CKNES. GAt.tiroi.tH , 0. , February 11. Five thousand people are cflmpod on the hills at Pomoroy in terrible want of food and shelter. One hundred and fifty houses have floated avray. Boats land at the court house stops. The people arc hag gard and worn out for sleep , food and shelter. Nearly every business mau is bankrupt. The coal mines at Syracuse are flooded. A house wont by Middle- port this morning with a woman Dotting on the gable end. Men rowed out and appealed to her to got oil' but she re fused'say ing aho had four babies below. The glass was broken and the children soon floating dead. A (1KNKIIAI. WAHHOUT. Hn.i-snouo , 111. , February 11. There have boon continuous heavy rains in this vicinity for twenty-four hours , causing much damage. Stock , fences , and bridges are washed away in the bottoms. It is reported that the Illinois Central lost seven culverts on the Cairo division. The Wabash has several bid washouts and its trains are delayed. The Toledo , Cincinnati & St. Louis narrow gauge , sight miles below hero , lost two bridges. Several culverts and a high embankment ire in imminent danger of washing down. It is raining to-night with no indications of abating. A WHOM : vn.pAiiK SWKIT AWAY. NEW HiuiiMONii , O. , February 11. Phis town has been cut oil' for six days rom the outside world except by skilla. Water is in every building and hundreds of houses are submerged. One third of the population defends on outside sup- > ort. The water is 211 inches higher than u 18811. Thirty-ltvo buildings are off heir foundations and two foot more of vator will float them away. The village of Rural , Ivy. , is entirely swept away , only two of 30 houses being loft. UKroUTH rilOM VAUIOUH I'OINTS. LA\VUKNCIHUUO : , Ind. , February 11. Growing worse and worse. The mayor for the tirst time to-day asked help from nbroad. More houses have been lifted from their foundations. People are re moving from the second floors and aban doning their goods because of no place to take them , und the current is so swift that boating is dangerous. A family was rescued from the second story to-day whore the water had reached four inches. EVANSVII.LI : , Ind , , February 11. The river has risen three inches the past twenty-four hours , and is still rising slowly. The heaviest fog of the season prevails , and no business is doing. The ivholo lower river land is a scone of deso lation. Nearly every town is submerged. No loss of lifo is reported. The destruc tion of property is groat. LOUIHVILI.H , February 11. At 11 o'clock to-night the river is rising 1 ] inches 'an hour. The situation is un changed. At JoiFersonvillo the people lira completely discouraged. But few houses are not flooded with from ono to three feet of water. No damage or loss of lifo is yet reported. Thu outlook is gloomy and grows more so hourly. MAUYSVILLH , Ky. , February 11. It has boon raining steadily all day. Busi ness of all kinds is suspended , and citi zens are at work helping the needy. At Chester , above hero , a thousand people are encamped on the hills. Several houses have 'passed do wn the river , and Houses at Abeidoen are tumbling in-thd' river. river.WHEELING WHEELING , February 11. It has rained all day. Subscriptions in cash of § 13,000 have been expended. The homo- lees are on short allowance owing to in- suHiciont supplies. Appeals for aid from neighboring towns come in , and the com mittee is powerless to help them. PiTTHiiuna , February 11. The rivers ore rising again at head waters. Con siderable rain has fallen during the last 48 hours. Another flood which will in undate the lower portion of Allegheny at least is feared. GALMorou.s , 0. , February 11. The river is at a stand now , and 8 foot and < inches above the flood of 1883. A heavy rain is falling. AUHOHA , Ind. , February 11. The situation ia alarming. The river is rising more rapidly. Three deaths since yes terday. LIITLK ROOK , Ark. , February 11. The Arkansas is rising 3 inches an hour. The wires nro down below hero. No damage yet. GAI-UI-OLIH , O. , February 11. The river rose 8 inches during the last 12 hours , rising half an inch an hour. Rain ed all night with indications of more this morning. The river has fallen five foot at Bolpro , 12 miles below Marietta. Tele graph communication with all up river towns except Gallipofis.Riploy and Mayz villo is still interrupted. Loni&viu-K , February 11. Raining here ajmost constantly since _ Sunday noon. Weather moderated , still driz zling. The rivpr rose five inches last night. It is now rising throe-fourths of an inch an hour with 41 foot in the canal , within 3 foot of last year's highest point. A flood sufferer named Adam Fink , on account of loss of property , poisoned himself early this morning. OAIHO , 111. , February 11. River forty- six foot and rising one-half an inch an hour. Light rain since yesterday morn ing , nearly seven feet below the high water of lust year. It is not probable it ill reach thta stage this Tear. Nut Ionul Holler , WAHHINOTON , February 11. The ,10080 , committee on appropriations , at a mooting this morning , agreed to report a lillf immediate appropriation of § 300- 300 forauIForors by floods along the Ohio nid tributaries. The bill will bo reported to the house to-day. Tlio Northern I'aclllu In Chicago. GIIIOAOO , February 11. The petitioner or an injunction to unjoin the Chicago t Evanston railroad to bridge the Chica go river , and thus prevent the entrance ito the city , was denied in the superior ourt to-day. The matter now goes tc ho supreme court. If the upper courl ustains the view it vrill remove all ob itaclos to the road's entrance into tin jusiness heart of the city. The com > any is supposed to represent u prospoo ivo direct connection with the Northon Pacific. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A KUIIHUU Jluil Btorin. KANSAS CITY , February 11. Tele graph advices at midnight report n BU vero hail storm in Western Kansas , nun ing oastwaid. Sleet and anew ore fal ing here , and wires are working slowly Cincinnati. CINCINNATI , February 11. Fourthoi sand and five hundred people witness * thu opening of the opera festival at music hall to-night. The opera was "Faust , " Nilsson and Scalchi in the cast. The enthusiasm was unbounded. THE IOWA Mr. HnblVa IHvoreo Ucnolutlon nml Other JMntlorH , Special DNpatcli to Tils UKK. DEM MOINES , February 11 Mr. Babb , of Henry county , introduced a joint resolution and memorial in the house to day reciting the evils arising from the laxity and differences of divorce laws in tlio ooveral states whereby a system of legalised polygamy , with n succession of husbands and wives , is being established , and requesting the fovornor of this state to invite tlio several states and territories of the United States to send two repre sentatives to attend a convention of the several states and territories to bo hold in the capital city of ( Dos Moines ) Iowa on the first Wednesday of May , A. D. 1885 , to take into consideration the subjects - jocts heroin contemplated and such other matters as may como before them , and to recommend to the several states and territories _ for adoption such laws on those subjects as to them should seem wise and expedient lor the best and highest - est interests of all the sovor.il states and territories and to this end ho is also authorised to appoint proper delegates from this state. General Press Dispatches. rilOCEKWNMH IN PETAII.S. Dra MOINKS , February 11. In the house , numerous petitions were present ed from all portions of the state naking for woman suffrage. resolutions were adopted calling for a state ment of espouses of the fish commission to date , with n view to abolishing the same , and for a statement of expenses of _ printing the governor's message in foreign language ? . Bills were introduced fixing the terms of the princi pal county officers at four years instead of two , as at present. A bill to rocon- voy to the government land hole in trust by the state for the Sioux City & St. Paul railroad was passed. Also ono pro viding greater penalties for disposing of ur concealing mortgaged property. A joint resolution was introduced by Babb , of Ilonry nounty , asking congress to call a convention of states to secure uniform laws relative to divorce. In the Senate Uulo introduced a bill to amend the constitution , proscribing tlio mode of testing the legality of the adop tion of constitutional amendments in the several stages of adoption. It provides against dillicultios similar to the prohibi tion amendment decision. Graves introduced a liquor bill , nearly a copy of the Harper law in Illinois. A bill to allow defendants in criminal cases new trials on the ground of newly discovered evidence , was defeated. Ad journed. Among the resolutions introduced was ono by Fordyoo that committees bo in structed to recommend no appropriations for tlio support of institutions to educate pomws in the learned professions ; alee . university to report u bill to establish a theological chair in that institution. An Enilro Gliuruh Exuominunicntctl. CHIOAOO , February 11. The Daily News' Cleveland ( Ohio ) special says : A sensation has been created hero among the Catholics. St. Patrick's church , Burtoustreet.wasoxcoramunicatcdyostor- day by Bishop Gilmour. Under the laws of the diocuso the parish elects four csuncilmon to administer the temporal affairs of the church , and the priest se lects sixteen members of the congrega tion from whom the counciltnen must bo chosen. The congregation numbers 400 Bohemian families or 2,000 souls. Attached tachod to the church are several aid so ciotios. There has boon trouble between the loaders of the societies and the church officials , culminating in the con gregation refusing to select councilmen from the sixteen names presented by the priest. Bishop Gilmour then appointed four councilmen , but the congregation refused to recognize them , and the bishop summarily excommunicated the entire church. Catholic circle * are greatly aroused. Another llrokoii JUanlc. OiiiOAdo , February 11. The Journal's Plattovillc , A Via. , special say a : ' The Plattevillo bank has closed its doors. Liabilities , 3150,000 ; assets , 9-10,000. The ail'uir creates great excitement , as many local depositors had all their money in the bank. A Veteran Gone. BuiaiNfiToN , February 11. Gen. Jas , I. Gilbert , for many years a prominent citizen of thu city , died of paralysis of tlio heart at Topeka , Kansas , Saturday night. The funeral will bo held hero Wednesday afternoon. The deceased entered the volunteer service as colonel of the 27th Iowa Infantry , Tlio Fariiict-H' Cfttiuc. ST. PAUL , February 11. The chamber of commerce has passed resolutions of sympathy with the farmers in their fight against the railroad system of the North west. Resolutions were passed calling upon the Minnesota senators and repre sentatives in congress to do all in their power to secure the immediate opening of the Sioux reservation in Dakota. Res olutions were also passed praying congress - gross not to forfeit the land grant of the Northern Pacific , us it would be a great in j notice to farmers who purchased the same. After Ordivity Auuln. CHICAGO , February 11. The Union rotoran club , a political organization ol ,300 members , to-night appointed a com' nittoe to investigate thu alleged ques ionablo methods of Governor Ordwayoi ) akota , in organizing now counties nni o report whether the rights of uniot oldiors settling in the territory are no > eing iiitorforod with by such action , aU < , o report what further notion , if _ any , tin club should taka A DBNVEU , February 11. The Donvc Tribune , ono of the leading nowspipen of the went was Bold to-day to a uyndi cato of New York gontlomoii for $100 , 000. 0. H , Rothacker continues as edi . tor-in-chief and F. J. V. Skiff as man id ager , A BAD LOT. The Cases Against Frank James ia Missouri Dismissed , Ho is Now to Run the Gauntlet Alabama , Two Desperadoes Oronmted iii a- Burning 3a.il , . . . . . i Tlio Bisboo Murderers all Oon- ' viotod , A llutiioil Homo Stnlncd with the Ooro ol the AVIfo nml Her Parnmonr. GIUME AND CRIMINALS. TUB MINSOUIII OUTLAWS. KANSAS OITV , February II1. In the criminal court this morning , State's Attor ney Wallace dismissed the case against Frank James and Chas. Ford , chained with the Blue Cut train robbery in 1881. The attorney submitted n statement that owing to the refusal of Gov. Critten- don to pardon Dick Liddoll the state is- deprived of his testimony , also valuable corroborative evidence , hence he would bo unable to make n caso. lie stated also- tliocaao _ at Gallatin for bank robbery against James would also bo dismissed , thus vacating all indictments in MUaouri. The announcooiont created surprise in the court room. James was immediately taken before Judge Krockol , of the U. S. court , where a hearing was given on the- charge of robbing the U. S. paymaster at Mussel Shoals. Alabama. Bail was rt fused and James will probably bo taken ioAlabama. MUIlUKll AND SUICIDE. OmuAno , February 11. When Thomas Aikon , railroad woighmastor , reached homo to-night after his 'day's work , ho found his wife lying dead on tho. floor , with a bullet in her head , and E. W. Fpllzor , a book-keeper boarding at Aikon's , lying across his wife's body with two bullet wounds in his body , and un conscious Feltzor fired all the shots. Letters loft by him indicate that ho woo criminally intimate with the woman and jealous of the attentions of another man. It is thought Feltzor cannot survive. He comes of a respectable family of Aledo , WASSON . SAN ANTONIO , Tex. , February 11. It is reported in army circles to-day , and generally circulated , that Major Wesson , the defaulting paymaster , has been , par doned by the president. Ho was sen tenced to fifteen months imprisonment , and has served seven. THE DIH1IEK 11UTC1IERS. TOMHSTONE , Ariz. , February 11. The trial of tlio assassins who raided Bisbeo and murdered several inhabitants Decem ber 8 , closed to-day. All were found guilty and will bo sentenced Wednesday. A mo juu. NKJV Yonic , February 11. A black valfao containing 825,000 was' stolen "from the Novr'York Transfer company to-night while being taken to the Dosbrosses street ferry from the Grand Central depot. TWO iisi'jnAiiois : BURMKI > . WAHAU , AVis. , February 11. Iho county jail vras burned hero early this morning. Mike McDonald and Ed. Gary , desperadoes confined in the jail , were burned to death. A MAIL THIBF. MAUSALI , , Mo. , February 11. Deputy Postmaster Lyman Potora was arrested to-day for opening mail. Ho was caught by a decoy trap. They AlwayH Obeyed. TOLEDO , February 11. In answer to lottur from the editor of The Blade ask- 'iiitf whether the Army of the Potomac refused to charge the enemy a second lime ut the battle of Cold Harbor when ordered , General Grant replies : "I never gave any order to any army that 1 commanded during the rebellion to make an attack where it was disobeyed. " NOTEJ. The > i. Chonory , editor of the London Times Since 1877 , a dlDtlngulnhod oriental scholar , Is dond. The weavers In King Phillips mill , Fall Ulvur , Moan , , ntrucl : ugolnat i > 10 fur u > > u\ \ . re duction yoatorday. , The papa has addressed an u.cycllcal letter to tlio 1'ronch lilnliopj doplorhifr the moral and Intellectual condition of varfoua European nation * , liiolmllnx Franco. lie exhorts the ' luhnpj to do their utmost to remedy the evil. The aKonts of the Nutt'iighlll ' , luxt by colli- on with an Icobenr , glvo the value of tlio ar o OH $100,000 and utoamor $400,000. Both nsureil. Hon. Thomas Klnsolla , editor of tlio Brook lyn , ( N. Y. ) Kaglo , died yesterday after 12 ronkil illnow. IJmlclock's shoo factory at West Nowbury , liuisf. , was burned yesterday. Loss , § 00- .0. I'll teen hundred persons are thrown out f work. The mayor of Newport , Ky. , appeals to the dintry forulJ for the people of Newport and Union City , Two-thlrJs of Newport is uu- or water. Governor Portur , of Indiana , has issued a iroclamuttnn ouklng contributions for the Ohio Hood Biiirornra. Itations for 1COO persona ( IT two iluyu have been sent to Lawronceburg , lro.vdy. ' SOROFU rrotally no fonn of dUciuo U so senerallr 'U - trllmtal auuinit our vliole population as Scrofula. AUnoit every Individual liai thU latent poton coura- ing Us veins. Tlie twriUa ( offering ! endured lij tlioso mulcted vvltli scrofulous eorca cannot be understood t > y oUten , nml tlio Intensity of their erotltutlo when the/ find a remedy that cure * them , ottonUhc * a well perton. Wo refer by per * t jnlislou to ill * * &u-Ui C , WUttler , , Burner , Uioioverltrof which confined lier to thuliouMfor two yean. Six months yrevloui to Uldng Hood * * EinapullUthi ) could not get 'about her room \rttu. outcrutchei. Her Irtcoa y i "I did uot IhlnlcU POMlbl for her to live many menU l iho ViM re duced to a niero iltelcton. Her euro U hardly ! * than a mlrncla. " Mote wonderfulcuivi than Uito IUYO beta effected by thli mcdldiie. Thtr * U no tioubt Itutlu 1 load' * ' Sana jrntUU wo twve tl * UM' . ttmarUbii ) medicine that la * ever been i > rouuc d , and a poalUvo cute for Eciofnlit In 111 nurawou * tottnt , JMcoJl.oo.iUfot5J.ca Vr Mre4 colj .