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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
rniHTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. TUESDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 20 , 1884. NO. 213 ,
HATCH'S HATCHET.
FlonrM TbrealoninBlytYerDcmoc
race's ' Siii-Stiiny Pate ,
His Qrievanoo , Chicago's ' Oapturi
of the National Convention !
'Belford After Bismarok as to Nat
uralized Gorman Americans
Southerners Using tlio Prooodoir
of Eoliof for Ohio Sufferers ,
Logan and Voorkoes After Eail-
roads and Cattle Kings.
\ ,
Several Important Pension JMonsurci
Intrudnccd Ycstctxlay.
FOllTY-ElGIItH
HOWK.
WASHINOTON , February 25. Mr. Ellii
( doui. La , ) , risine to a question of privl
lego , sent to Hho clerk's doak and hac
read from The Now York Sun of Satur
day an extract from a document said tc
bo in the possession of the postoflicj de
partment , stating that George F. Bratl
gave a foe of several hundred dollars tc
E. John Ellis for services in seeming the
atar route contract on the Donaldson
route. Ellis entered his solemn and un
equivocal denial of the whole story , aiid
naid Bratt'a denial of it was on file in the
postoflico department , but ho could not
rest content with Bratt'a denial nnd hie
own assertion , and asked the house tc
make investigation.
Mr. Gibjon ( dein. W. Va. ) introduced
A joint resolution appropriating $30OOC
for the distribution of seed 'among the
sufferers from the Ohio/flood. Referred.
By Mr.Bolford'rep. , Col. ) Callingon
tlio secretary of state for information
touching the alleged subjection of natu
ralized German-American citizens to mil
itary duty while temporarily redding in
Germany.
By Mr. Finerty ( ind. , 111. ) A joini
resolution declaring that cougresf
laments the death of Wendell Phillips at
a national bereavement.
By Mr. McComaa ( rep. , Md. ) Pro
posing -constitutional amendment pro-
v id ing that no state shall bo precludoc
by grant of any character to an incorpo
ration from taxing the capital stock ol
such corporation.
By Mr. Stevens ( dom. , N. Y. ) Tc
establish an inter-state railway transpor
tation bureau far the regulation of commerce -
merce with foreign nations and amonj
states and within tiio Indian tribes.
By Mr. G. D. Wise ( ind. , VaOFoi
the completion of the monuvent to the
mother of Washington , at Fredericks'
' burg
By Mr. Dunn ( dora. , Ark. ) For the
appropriation of half.a million dollars foi
the relief of persona rendered -destitute
by the. overflow of the Mississippi rivei
tributaries. ,
Tho-committee on territories reported
: a bill providing for a civil government
.for Alaska. Committee , of the whole.
Also requiring that governoraof .territor
iea > bo residents of such territories twc
, -yoars before the date of appointment ,
Calendar.
The committee on education reported
a bill to aid temporarily in the enpporl
of'Common schools.
Mr. Hatch ( dem. , Mo. ) sufiportod the
ibill , and-ridiculed the fear expressed bj
Boino of the opponents of the bill. 'II
would provide for a largo nutcbor of-fed'
oral oiiicors to work ngainst the demo
cratic party. Ho waa not afraid of a fen
wore olHco holders. That was no :
what the democratic party had tx
Joar. What the democratic .partj
wanted waa funerals funeral *
in New York , funorala in Indiana , funer
.als in-Ohio. [ Laughter. ] It wanted > t <
bury some of cho barnacles and corpse
Changing to it. It had a national committee
too ait there a few daya ago and a majori
, ty .of that-committeo did not even havi
originality or independence enough t.
.Cud a place in the United Statea wheroii
to hold a convention outside the placi
wliwe 'tho republican conveutten waa ti
ibo hold. lie had traveled long cnougl
, in the wako'of the old barnacleu of thi
-democratic party following the republi
.can party. Ho wanted a little nov
blood in it a Jittlo independence in it
A little originality in it Before hi
would have followed the republic * ! ! partj
to Chicago lie would have gone tx
Lua Augeloa. Ho would havi
gene whuri ) the thermometer reachec
400 dugreea below .zero or 300 degrcei
* bovu trvo boiling rxiint rather than havi
gouo to Chicago fL'kughter ] . Ho woulc
have tto doniocr.itic.party for once pos
tt iudepondenco f uougn to strike uu
on iti VWH hook. Ho defied the intelh
geuco of UHI house to iutroduo a IIUAS
uro whWi } uul for iU object the promo
tion of the agricultural interest wit
which nought in the alighteat degree ti
intorfcro with the opt rations of thus
gigantic and almost monarchical corpora
ttons wh'cU controlled tha trantportatioi
of the country , without hearing eom
democrat attacked by a .qualm of con
science and jump on it quicker tlun
duck on a Juno bug with constitutions
objections [ Liughter ] .
The bill waa then toad 1 > V Rcctions fa
amendment.
Mr. Hatch opposed the amendmen
providing that the numbdr of .pcraou
tiinployod in the bureau of animal in
tlustry shall not ecood twenty at any on
time. Adopted.
Tlio committee , without action , nron
tho. house adjourned.
KEKIFK.
Mr Logan ( rep. III. ) , from the cop
mittea on judiciary , reported the origii
al roeolutiona agtcod to relating to rai
road landa , ono calling on the secretar
ot the interior to inform the eonat
whether any railroad companies mei
tioned iu the act of May 7 , 1678 , ha
failed to comply with said act , when an
jn what renpoct thoV failfad , and whethc
they had ul ) cquently complied ; an
further , whotlior er.id companies 1m
pHid dividends and to what amount )
and what atapt , if any , had been take
ti enforce the provisions of raid act
The second resolution calls on the attoi
neys to furnish timilar information.
Mr. Voorheea ( dem. Ind. ) offered
resolution , which * wes referred to tl
ooromiUeopn judioiB 7 , instrvicling thi
committee to Inquire concerning tin
leases of lamia in Indian territory foi
cattle grneing , how much money hac
been pnid into the treasury for aucl
leases , whether the lessees had aurvoycc
the land , etc.
Mr. Ransom ( dom. , N. C. ) oflerod i
joint resolution to approprialo $100,00 (
for the relief of the aufTerora by the re
cent great wind storm in the southori
states. Ho aaid over fivu hundred pee
[ ) lo had been killed and many thousand !
wounded. The suffering resulting fron
the storm was awful.
Mcsars. Brown ( dem , Ga ) and Pugl
[ dom. , Ala. ) supported the resolution.
Messrs. Harris ( dom. , Tonn. ) ant
Morgan ( dem. , Ala. ) opposed the rcsola
tion on constitutional grounds. Noithoi
liad received a request from his state foi
government aid.
Mr. Voorhcos ( drm. , Ind. ) though
, heso auflcrera should not bo loft ontirolj
; o private charily. The resolution was
referred.
The senate resumed consideration ol
; hp currency bill. Mr. George ( dem. ,
Miss. ) spoke in opposition to it.
The Vest amendment was rejected
14 to 5(5. ( The bill aa modified by Mer
rill's amendment passed 111 to 12. II
irovidss for the issue of notes to bank-
ng associations to an amount not exceed-
ng the par value of bonds deposited 01
n excess of the actual amount of capital
stock paid in ; the associations issuing
lotoa payable in gold shall receive notca
on the bonds deposited in money , pro-
icribed in the act for other national
tanking nssoci itions.
The presiding ollicor laid before the
onato the bill to authorize the construe-
ion of additional stool vessels for the
lavy.
After executive session the senate ad-
ournod.
VKXSIOXH
KOH ALL THE DI.SAllI.KII.
WASHINOTO.V. February 25. Senator
larriaon introduced a bill in the senate
o-day providing a pension for all honor
ably discharged soldiers who served six
months in the vrar of the rebellion in the
military or naval services , provided they
are now disabled. The bill proceeds
upon the theory that there are many
soldiers and sailors who did not contract
disabilities during the war of such a well
defined nature aa to enable them to make
> roof thereof , but who are now broken
down in health by reason of the hard-
ihips and exposures of the service. The
lighest rate pension granted ia § 24.
Pho bill increases to § 12 the pensions
of all widows whoso husbands contracted
disability in and since the war and who
are now drawing § 8 , also the pensions
o soldiers' widowa to Jjo pensioned un-
Icr the first section , and those who shall
obtain pension under' the existing laws ,
without a widow being required to prove
that death waa duo to'tho ' service. It
iocs not grant a pension to all widows
> ut only to those who are or become
Ansiona. The bill ia the result of a
demand which the government under the
existing lavrs is unable to meet. The
> ensionera under the act will begin
at the date of filing application therefor.
SIMPLIFYING rnocEDunu.
Representative Cannon also introduced
a bili to simplify the procedure in pen
sion claws aucUtend the benefits of the
icnsion laws to claimant * unable by
existing laws to furnish the necessary
evidence , whereby the private calendar ia
encumbered with private acta to the det
riment of public business. It providas
hat no proof of soundness at the enliat-
nent of the claimant , or of the origin of
lia disability in the aervice , bo required
f the record of the war or navy dopart-
nont shall ahow six months' service and
ipnorable discharge ; ' provided that the
disease or disability therefrom exists to
an extent that can bo'diacoveicd and described -
scribed as pensionable by the examining
surgeon , and is not duo to dissipation 01
vicious habits ; that the only proof re
quired aa to the origin of the death -cause
tihall bo that the ooldter received an lion
orablo discharge end has suffered pen-
aionablo disability , which waa sufficient
cause of and which existed con
tinuously to the date of death ; that ir
claims of dependent parents for pensions ,
the fact and cauao ot death having beer
ahown aa before provided , the fact of the
present condition physical inability
ind dependence upon "there than those
bound legally therefor for support. an < ]
the fact that the soldier or sailor left nc
widow or minor child , ohall alone 'bo re
quired to bo shown by competent testi
mony to entitle the parenta to pension ,
and no proof of dependence and no date ol
death of a soldier shall bo required ; that
it-ahall not apply to oiiicors and soldiert
and sailors of the regular army or navy
since the 1st of July. 165. . Ileforrod tc
the committee on invalid pensions. The
effect will be to render it possible for the
gi anting of 50,000 pensione and expedite
the granting of 100,000 more.
WABHINGTON TOI'ICH.
Tllli I'HKSIDENTIAL TiiKM.
WABUINOTON , February 25. Ilepro
aontative Springer to-day Introduced fui
reference in the house a proposed consti
tutional amendment making the presi
dential ierm aix jears , and rendering th <
president ineligible to ro-elootion to ttu
next succeeding term. It provides for i
direct vote for president iu each state ,
and aboluhoa the electoral college , each
atato to have a number of votes equal U
the number of ita representatives anc
senators in congress , to bo given eacl
candidate iu proportion to the total voti
cast for each. The term of representatives
tives in congress ia fixed at three years
andcongruea chall meet each year on thi
first Wednesday in January , the fira
session to convene in January succeed
iug November election.
NOHVI.V ftUU. EXPLAINLVO ,
Dr. Norvm Ureun , provident of th
Western Union Telegraph company , appeared
poarod before the aub-eommittoo of th
senate committee on postolllcea and pea
roul : to-day , and gave the committee ;
largo amount of information in detail re
spccting the number of oflicea , inatru
incuts , miles of wire of the company , it
expenses , etc. He had met with dillicul
ty in securing liberty to submit the Aiso
ciatcd Press contract , but in view of th
misrepresentations vrliich had been mad
( he Aea.iciatcd Press had given ita con
tent. 'No terms , ho uaid , wcro grante
Associated Press papt rs that were no
open to any ether i > t > pra.
A Proc-Tlilnl.cr Freed.
LONDON. February 25. Foote , th
editor of The Freo.'l'hiukor , to-day con
pleted a year's itnpri onment for blai
nhcmy. liradUugli , with two thouean
sympathizori , met him t the gatoi <
the pruon.
THE MIGHTY MAHDI.
His SimDlc Message to Esyiil ! "I an
Coiiiiiig ; Bo Ready , "
Io Scouros Abyssinia's ' Noutraliti
by a Pledge of New Territory.
Humored Precipitate Evaouatioi
of Khartoum by Gordon
A Mutiny Occurs Among tin
Black Troops at Sualnnii
The Dead Bodies of Baker Pasha'i '
Army Breeding Postiloncoi
Other VnrolRii Mot I c is - Imskor'i
Itrnthcr on
GKNKUAIi l OHBIGN NKWS.
THI : KEiir.t. YT.LL.
SUAKIM , February 25. Another rofu
; oo from Tokar' roporta that ho mot i
obcl acquaintance who told him the in
ontion was to put all the garrison of To
car to death , except the gunners , nftoi
lurrondor , notwithstanding promises hie
> eon 'inado. A spy sent to a friendly
ribo brings the information that tin
obols had attacked the tribe and takoi
it prisoners and GO grain laden camels
loporta are abroad that rebels will attack
Suakiin to-night.
"t AM COMING , UK UBADV. "
CAIRO , February 25. Great uno&i
oss is felt here at the report thai the
mwerfiil Bosharecn Arabs who occupj
10 territory between Khartoum anci
Vady Haila , and eastward as far as
torbor , have revolted. It this is true ,
3on. Gordon with Khartoum and othoi
arrisons are cut oil' . The Maluli om'is-
arics are t-ping throughout the whole ol
gypt bearing the nimplo message , "I am
oming , bo ready. "
rUSUINO TO TIIK KHON'T.
TIUNKITAT , February 25. Biker Panho
las been appointed chief of the intnlll
once department with Col. Burnaj- ,
orrcspondont of The London Post , m
saistant. The transiport Thibet has been
otaiuod at quarantine owing lo the ap <
loarnnco of amall-pox among the troopc
n board.All e-Jldiora returning to En-
; land * on the troop ship Jumna volun <
ered their services ashore , which have
> eon accepted as a most woluomo addi <
ion to Gon. Graham's force. Being vet'
rail's they will give steadiness and con'
idenco to younger soldiers.
HUSSIA AND INDIA.
Sr. PEXRitsiiKitn , February 25. A do
icioncy of 100,000,000 roubles in the last
ourteeu years lua boendiscovorcd i < \ the
dministration of Turkestan
It is stated Russia has voluntarily of
oral England a pledge to atop at Morv
rid use his influence with the Khans 01
Jokolmra ana Khiva to facilitate Englisl
commerce. It is also atatod the Riisaiiu
; overnmont invited England to join it
onstrur.tmg a > canal from the sea ol
iral to the Indian frontier.
HEl'ORTEn EVACaATION OP KHAUTOUM.
NEW YOHK , February 25. An inv
robable report from London ia published
icro that General Gordon had spiked hie
uns , destroyed his stores and deter-
lined to evacuate Khartoum forthwith
n account of the report that Mahdi waf
marching on the town.
' PLUM KOK AllYShlNIA.
February 25. It i :
tositivoly umorUsd that Mahdi and King
"ohn , of Abyssinia , have signed a con
volition to the effect that King John ahal
remain neutral , and , in return , tihall re
oeivo a port on the llud sea and a large
accession of territory.
MAUDI MARCIIINO ON KHARTOUM.
The report that El Mahdi waa march
tig toward Khartoum is confirmed. E
Mahdi's inaction after hia victory at E
Gbeid is explained thus : Finding tha
sheikha of the different tribes wished tie
; o homo with their spoils in order to at
nd harvest , ho proclaimed a holy truci
luring the months of Moharrcn ant
Safar , ending with the date of the anni
versary of the birth of the Prophet
Chat time being expired , the campaigi
s resumed. El Mahdi appeals to tin
iloalemsaf India to support Islam.
JSAKKU'H UKIIUJUKD DEAD.
Admiral Hewitt has sent an order ti
juakiin for-COO black troopa to go am
wry the dead of Btker Paeha'a army a
Teb. Many hundred bodiea are lyinj
uiiburied , filling the air with uoxtou
aint. An outbreak of cholera ia feared
A cavalry reconnoitmnco waa made to-div
oward Tab. The Arabs were found ii
orco between Tub and the otrthwork
lirown up by Baker Pasha.
THE rllLACKH KEIIBL.
SUAKIM , February 25. There waa i
Quoting thu morning of the bl.icktroopH
fhoy di jeraed through tlio bazaar , un <
hreatoned to join the rebola , Admira
lewitt will retain a number of nminui
at Suakiin , aitd the blacka will bo aunt ti
Cairo forthwith.
A Doultlo Tragedy I"
HWMIJOLDT , Kans. , Fobruiry 25. Tli
coinmunicy ia horrified over a doubl
tragedy that nccunod rive mtlei uoulli
wst of Moran , in the uaat part of thi
county , at U o'clock this moining. Jaiiu
T. Ilarclerode and Itohert MoFarlHin
were shot by Hugh Guilland , aasiuted b ;
tiis three auns , Joseph , Iko und Andruw
Uarclerodp waa ehot in the buck and in
atautly killed. McFarland waa ahc
three timea and hia head crushed with
club. Tlio murderora escaped but wer
closely puraued and rode into Humboldl
wliero they surrendered to otllcurs. Til
town ia excited to-night. Many arnu
men are on the strcota. The sheriff i
hero with a utrong posse. It waa a coli
blooded murder , and trouble is fearo
before morning. The diaputo was ovi
land claimed by Guilland but owned b
Hrs. Huwes. All the parties coiuernc
are land leaguera but the organization
blameless.
1J. & it , iia it Gohhlor.
Pmwuuiuj , February 25. It ia repoj
ed that the nalo of the PitUburg'oe
ern railroad was confirmed at a late hoi
to-night by Thomas II. King , one of tl
now directors. Tha majority of thoatoi
was taken by the Bultimoro & Oh
company , which elects coven of thittoi
directors. Aujoug the
lobert Oiirrctt , J. K. Cowen and otho
ro it Ohio stockholder ! .
The Ctilo < uo I'atfli'
S | > oclnl Dispatch to TllK BKE.
Ciui-Aiio , February 25. Thtj stock n
cattle now on sale in the Chicago atocl
ards ia poor nnd rough , nnd buyers wor
lot willing lo pay the prices asked
While Urn tcccipta were rather light
hero wna little or no demand on oxpor
account , and Iho quotations on big caltl
nay bo quoted nt $ ( i.7C 7 Oft. Sales o
shipping slcers averaging l.llOto 110 !
In were made at $0 15 ; dressed bee
steers , nvoraKing 1,021to , ; J,10 ! ) His
> rought S..t)0 ( ir.70 ; miorjod feeders
800 to 1)00 ) II ) ! , S5.4-lt.f5.2ri.
Tlio agitation concerning the bill t <
establish a bureau of aniital industry
continues at the atock yards. ) The papoi
oice , and the petty , solfish.aml . short-
ighted opposition of the catllo broker :
and freight agents nnd the ] 'ovunura
iug' should not be pormittcVl to inter
ore with it. "
THE IOWA Ii
'Uu IiOKlHlatiro Ijovor AJItvoly at
AVoflt to Muko Kiirtl
I'JIT.ntto UiiHeatCln.\iii ,
of 1'ott : i\vat t uilc.\ \
DBS MoihF.s , February 25J-7-lu the
onato to-duy bills were intuducod to
urchaso lauds for the uao oitho State
igricultural society ; to ostablsh an ad-
itional normal school ; to previut auro-
lea on written instruments hiilloring or
ulaying creditors ; to amend tlo law re-
ating to evidence ; to protect Iridgea on
mbho highways ; to legalize tli ) acts of
'homos ' W. Darling , notary ipublic of
uckson county to regulate ti e adinia-
on of attorney a to practice ; ) abolish
10 railroad commission ; to u ] iropriato
or expenses incurred in oscoi.'tig the
oniains of the late J. M. Ho ! jrook to
ilanchestor and allow hia Vdow tlio
mount of his salary aa a inombir of the
louse. The last named bill pjsscd the
enatu. 'L'ho following bills wejo passed :
'o exempt soldiers' pensions nnd the
iroceeds and accumulations thereof from
udicial sales ; to reimburse ollijera forro-
liming fugitives from justice Where the
lliccra acted in good taith o\jn' though
onvictions do not follow , to fleet town-
lip clerk and assessors and pad super-
isora iu the odd numbered } vara ; to re-
novo county and township oiiicors for
mbitual drunkenness or for labitual or
villful neglect of duty , gross mrtiality ,
orruption , oppression , oxtorion , Viill-
ul maladministration in olliso ipon con-
ietion of a felony for failure t produce
r turn over and fully aecou t for all
) ublio funds and properly in 1 ia hands
it any inspection or aottlemontl and au-
tiorizing school boards or oth rs vested
with the appointing power to oniovo a
xeaaurer or ether appointee fir any of
lie above causes ; to appropriau $1,500 ,
to reimburse the .sheriffs of JFre'mont
nd Milld counties for money expended
n the capture of Poka Wells and other
Livcrton bank robbers. Adjourned
In the house to-day but little morcithan
quorum was present. The bill tojprp-
iuo for the appointment of marshus in
itiea of the firat class , originated by Son-
tor Smith , was passed. It appliea1 only
a Doe Moinoa , and does away with the
iccosnity of electing a city marshal next
Monday , aa the oilico is abolished. Bille
were introduced to prohibit oxtortUn and
iscrimination in the transiniessionof tele-
; raph diapatchea ; to provide for th erco-
.ion of monuments to deceased Unior
oldiora ; to enable townships and picor
> orated towns to aid in the conatru'ctioi '
if railroads ; to locate and provide fir at
naane asylum at Wintorsut ; to ppro
> riato money to defray the expense * o
lofendantain drive -well suits , Mr
luEsoll , of Musatine , introduced u reso
ution declaring Clayton , of Pottawatta
mio , ineligible to a sottt in the hojiso because
cause ho ia a trustee and the president o
ho board of trustees of the Iowa institu
.ion for the deaf and dumb , a luerativi
) flico , declaring the seat vacant , ant
ailing on the governor to tuko ateta t <
ill the vacancy. The resolution cnutcc
onsidorablo excitement. It was referrei
o the judiciary committee.
Xho SloCntry
Sr. Loom , Fobiuary 25. A privat
tispatch from Denver says : A petition
ignnd by & number of atato oflicor/i
Diuny lawyers and leading business mo ;
> f Colorado , hita beun forwarded toProt
d nt Arthur , rcHiuo ting the njipoinl
iiont of Judge Wagner , of this nity , t
Hiiooood Judge McCrary on the Unite
Stated ciicuit nench for the Eighth judi
ciul circuit. This ia quite a surprise , n
t waa thought here that Colorado wa
.olid for Judge Hallott.
LONDON , February 25. The memorit
mat of Longfellow will bo unveiled i
Weatiniiietor Abbey Saturday. It ia c
iuro white marble , elightly larger tha
ifo , and ia regarded aa a strong on
it'uutiful work. It beara the inscription
'This bu t waa placed among the momu
riula of the poota of England by Englia
ddmirera of tlio American poet. " Glad
atone has been invited to unveil th
nonumont.
NnlmiHku and Oilier Nomination * .
WAHHINHTOW , February 25. Nomine
tiona to-day : Horatio 0. Burclmrd , llli
lois , director of the mint ; Commodot
Win. Ci. Temple , rear admiral of th
navy ; registcru of the land oilico , Alonz
II. Church at North I'lotto , Neb. , an
Gdward B. Butler at Noligb , Nob. ; n
coiver of public moneya , William 1
Lambert at Noligh , Neb.
Saved Jroni Drownln
Fr. MAIIIHOK , Ja. , February 25. TH
young ladles of Nauyoo , 111. , who cros
ed the Mississippi river on the ice th
iftornoon , to visit friends at MOD Iron
broke through the ice. Warren D'jnle
of Nauvoo , end T. W. Verio , of Kans
City , who were crossing the river at tl
jauiu time , came to their rescue and ft
Innately uaved theur lives at the risk
their own ,
The Grunt KuHiurn'ri Putc ,
LONIION , February 25 , The atean
Oroat Kaitern has been purchased by I
government for a coal hulk at Glbralti
HARDSHIP'S ' HEAVY HAND
Four IMorlmialfs Roasted to Dsatl
* in Donycr Dcalli-Traps ,
A Drunken Man Perishes in Flami
on a Burning Steamer ,
The Blizzard Strewing Dakoti
Prairies With the Dead ,
A Minister and His Dnughto :
Drowned in North Carolina ,
A Hoosier Lover Shoots His
Sweetheart and Suioides ,
The Viuicil Dally 1,1st of
A 1'ATAt , rillB AT DIJXVKH.
pK.svr.ii , February 25. At 2 o'clock
this morning a lire destroyed the Nation
al and Nnshvillo hotels , two small frame
building on the corner of Nineteenth and
Wnzo , occupied as the lodging houses ol
railroad laboiors. Four men Wlmlon ,
Maguire , Sullivan , and one unknown ,
punched. The bodies were burned tn
cindoi-e. The other occupants of the
building , including several women and
children , barely escaped with their lives ,
some leaping from the second story win
dows. The lireis thought to have origi
nated in the kitchen of the Nashville.
Loss $5,000 , insurance $3,000.
HTEAMKll 1IUKNEI ) .
SA.V Fit IMCISCO , February 25. The
steamer "Sansalito" plying between here
and San Guontin , caught lire at the litter
place last evening , and in a short time
burned to the water's edge. Origin of
the lire ia unknown. An employee was
carried aboard a short time previously in
: i helpless state of intoxication. It is sup
posed ho was cremated. The North Pix-
iiifio Coast railroad wns the owner. It
aost $150,000 , insurance small.
DKATll IN A ] ! U//.AUt > .
MiNNKAi'OUH , February 25. The Jour
nal's Valley City rt ) . k. ) dispatch says :
The body of Fred Nelaon waa found live
inilea from the place where ho started in
i blizzard. Hia two children have not
pot been found The body of Thomald
Liundcrson , who loft Clark City for his
jlaim just before the bli/zard , wan also
found. It waa not before known that he
ivas lost.
KATAI , KXri.OHlOK.
LOXDON , February 25. The boiler of
the Btcamor Koatai , from Hong K ng to
Vlacoy , exploded , killing eight Europeans
md nine natives.
flAS AS A HHATTEUEK.
TOUONTO , February 25. A gas oxplo-
lion in the vault of the bank of commerce
to-day injured Cleik Shaw , who entered
ivith a lighted lamp. The shock alnit-
torcd the building and shook Up the oc-
tupanta. ,
I'ATIIEH ANn DAUOUTEU IKOWNE1 > .
Ciiuu.orri : , N. 0. , February 25. The
Rev. J. 0. Thuraton and daughter , the
latter aged 10 , were drowned at Oxford
on Saturday. Thuraton , who was a
Prosbyteriun minister , waa on' the way to
preach on Sunday.
A I'ALKI.K linllK ! ! : ,
LouiHViiiLi ! , Ky. , February 25.The
iron bridge over Boar Grass crook , on
the Cincinnati Short line , foil to-day just
after the train crossed. The abutment
had boon weakened by thu Hood. The
bridge is 150 foot long , and was regarded
as one of the best on the road.
mtOKK HIR LAST 1IIIAKE.
LINCOLN , Nob. , Fobruar 25. T. Farrell
roll , a Burlington & Missouri rivoi
brakeman , was killed in Cedar Crook
quarries to-day. A flat car broke in tw <
and Farrell waa dragged under tin
brakes. Ho has friends in Mondota , 111
A TIIHEATKNINO CUKVAHSK.
VicKsuuuo , February 25. The ore
U890 below the delta is 1,500 foot wide
ud iivo foot deep nd steadily increas
ing.
THE FATIIElt OK A FAMILY HUIOIDKH.
DUIJUO.UB , Ju. , February 25. Stopher
urrin , a prominent citizen of JSaai
Dubuque , III. , ogjd CO , suicided to-da ;
"by cutting his throat with a razor. Dur
; ng the morning several attempts at self
destruction were prevented by his wife
This afternoon hU body waa found in thi
aorn saturated with blood. Ho had auf
'ercd intoiiBolylfrom rheumatism for tov
? ral years past , was an employe of th
Illinois Central , and leaves nine grow )
ip childron. _
NOIOH.
WAHIIIMJTON , February 26. The BOC
otary of atato received a cable thi
morning from Miniator Foster , Madrid
nnouncing the death by suicide u
.lioanto , Spain , of .lamoa U. Partridge
BaidiuR there , on account of ill-healtl
'artridgo waa in the United States diplc
nutic aervico many years at Brazil anther
thor South American oountrics , hia lac
> oing at Lima.
The shipping committee this mornin
took up the bill to admit foreign bui ;
hipa to American rcgiatry free of dutj
nd voted II to 0 to report it adversel )
'lioso voting in favor of the bill woi
Slocuin , Throckmorton and Douatoi
negative , Dingloy , Long , Hunt , Goorgi
O'Neill and Ijoru. Dibble did not voti
The ronittina of AatUant Surgeon An
dor , ono of DeLon 'a comrades , wi
niriod at Markluw , Virginia , ycaterdn ;
n the prcaenco of a large number of Ni
ml oHicers , and rcHidenlu of Faujimhi
county. The caaket waa covered wit
ho Union Jauk Mid IIoral wreaths , whic
m-1 been accumulating all iho wuy fro
Siberia.
n r.irtolllrc.
8r. IxUis , Ftibrua-y 2."i. The I'os
Dispatch's lliolj Hill ( Mo. ) Bjiocial uov
The poitoflico wai b nglanisad last nifli
end $1,000 in cash imd stamps ate
The aife door was drilled ami the bol
thrown back by ima-m of a wiro.
Diuonuctl Oiuilu inMverpod. .
LONDON , February 25 , Thirty-o :
head of o-ittlo und seven Bhuop , bulon
Ing to the cargo of the Btosmer Ontari
at Liverpool , /rom Portland. Alo. , a
diaowed. The infected aiiimuU are Oa
'
adian. 1Jit'r > ia reason ti believe t' ,
discasp nrisinntod in Liverpool ns tl
Ontario took to Portland a cargo <
lloiofords which ahowrd traces of di !
case after landing , and that it is not tli
pl.i ' 8 of detention or Portland that at
infected.
niSMAltCK'S
LASKKll's IIUOTHKH OX TIIK MATTKI
NKW YORK , February 25. Morri
Liwkor , of O.\tvraton , Tex , who acooir
panii'd the remains of his brother , Et
wa'd Lu kor. to Berlin , ht a just n
turned. Lnskor thinks , rcganling tli
return of the rcaolntion to tlio house n
representatives , that "lUsmnrck , havin
diacovcrod hi giavo _ mistake in exchul
ing all oDicial recognition at the f tinern
services of Dr. Ltskor , aoizod upon thi
resolution , whichj in contrast with hi
action , had mot with a very warm sentiment
ment on Iho i > srt of the Gonnan people
to give it the importance of a politica
document , and by returning it to woakci
the inlluonco ot the fricmll )
sympathy which existed between tin
two people in behalf the hluni
which Dr. Laslccr lived to advocate nut
support. Bismarck has mod the roaolu
lion to put to ridicule its million , a ro | >
resontativo body of the American people ,
It seems to bo the gonorul improaaion 11
America that Minister Sargent ia a mm
held in no esteem in Gormnny , and voit
of tact to uphold the dignity i f his poai
tion , I have mot people of nil shadow o
politica there. I find that while Boim
close adherent * of Bismarck display bitterness
torness with regard to S.irgont , [ iroilu.-oi
by the Anioric.iu pork oontrjveray , yol
all but the most eorvilo olliciiil
press speak of him in terms of high re
spoct.nml the masses nro in full nyinpa
thy with his position on that question
AB tx > Sargont'a tact and determination a ;
miniater , from undoubted information , ]
may say that aa a result of the pork controversy
trovorsy , German olllcials ore inatructuc
\Q approach with delicacy every question
und transaction In which they nro en >
gaged with Sargent. I dare prodicl
nothing would suit Bismarck hotter than
to havi Str ont undo the scapegoat in
this matter. "
*
TN\lNOllHiKl > YNAMrn < : .
It t'oiiRldornbly Shatters tlio Victoria
lluthvny Station In London.
LONDON" , February 2i. ( Shortly after
1 o'clock this morning a terrible explos
ion occurred in the cloik room of thu
Victoria railway station , London. The
Kxnlosion was undoubtedly of dynamite
A. largo portion of the roof was blown oil
nnd nearly all the gloas work in the ela
tion was destroyed. Seven men wore
sent to the hospital with novero injuries.
Hx tensive damage was done Bun-omul-
iug property. Two reports accompanied
the explosion , the noise being like a dia-
charge from a cannon , niulj wan followed
by an immediate tush of Ihincs. Tin
booking otlico , cloak room and waiting
room were completely shuttered , and arc
[ i confuaud mass of debris. Luckily all
trains had ceased running and only a fen
noraona were about the station.
IKAD SAMMY.
The Snn > ol' Oraincrcy Park Bill
lIunlcorH for the Pronltlouuy Ho
T'iil ) < ) Hi > niH HlH Grlcvauco } .
CiiiUAoo , February 25. The Time
will to-morrow publish an interview witl
John Donncaborgor. a prominent dome
crat citi/.en , chairman of the Cook count ;
board of commissioners , who has just re
turned from Washington via Now York
While in Now York Donnosborger calloi
upon Samuel J. Tildon , at his Gratncro ;
Park reaidonco , Saturday last. Donnei
berger aaya : "Mr. Tildon received in
very courteously. Ho 11 very fcoblo an
impressed mo with the idea that hi
health ia failing. Weak aa ho appeared
ho insisted on showing mo all tbrous
the house , oven to his bedchamber. II
talked on politica in a general way ; tul
mo , or rather gave mo to distinctly ui
derstand that
HE WAN DlBAI'l'OINTKI )
In not receiving tha nomination agai
four years ago He felt he woo unjust'
dealt with in 187llr but that for the pcai
of the country ho did not insiat upc
his rights. 1 believe from our convorsi
tion that ho would like to receive tl
nomination again ; ho foola it ia duo Iwr
Ilia mind is strong ; ho is very hard i
honring nnd only whispers in convors
tion Ho holds your hand while talkin
to you , appnrontly to atoady himself.
doot not like Uondricks , mid from wht
10 told me I don't think that ho wan
.lendrioka placed on the ticket ogai
with him. Ho told mo ho hail bee
> rotty well all the past year and tint
.bout thrt-o wueka ago. Ho complainc
if not fueling BO atrong but felt U
'IlKHini'.NTJAL ' NOMINATION WAS HUE 111J
.lo wants to bo the candidate ngaii
There ia no doubt in my mind about it ,
x.ntinued Donncaborger ; "ho gave n
, hat impression in our half hour's con vo
liition , He is mentally very strong , an
dinplaycd a wonderful knowledge of pul
lie atr.ur" . We had not oxchnngcd \ iuv
on the tariff , nor upon the party plu
form generally. Whenever any Biibjei
came up ho would revert tu < the frai
iracticed on him in 1870. and every tin
ID apokn of that ho teemed to mo to ft
cry aero and as a dltmppointed man. "
\Vator-Worrl ! < l.
CINCINNATI , February 25. 'I'tie mayc
to-duy recp'vod ' a draft for Ji5f > 00 froi
Colonel M-.jik.soii for the II i id roll
fund , the procoodu of a beno'is ' petforn
anco given in Chicnuo.
Annthcr OoVon
NEW Yoitir , Fobnmry 25. HOMO
Fitzgerald , Vin- and Nnro'imo ha
signed articleh fur a six dny go as-yo
pluaeo. Otlmra pittmiyn to oilier.
A ittaiiil-Notv Lord ,
LONDON , February 25. Sir Hen
Brand has boon elevated i ) the poora
with the titla of ' " \ Hamtidcn.
Wol i > o Mcyoi- .
It la now uiulloputei ] that "Wol Je ] tf (
or'H Uaiurcti ( Jure In tlm only trcatmi
that will ulmoliitnlv euro Oatorj-h fresh
ctnonlo. 'Very oUlcaciniu , Soml. Oou
Weeping Water , Neb " Ono 1'ox ' cured i
MM. Mury Kenymi , Dlmnark , Dakota. " '
roatorod in i tu thu mili.lt. Jiov. ( < u. K , Hi
CublavilloN. Y. " "Unu bo < radically cm
ma , Jlov , O , II T. yl ir , HO NoUo tru
Ilrooklyn. " "A | i rfect euro fcftor HO ye
Hitfurli'g J. 1) . McDonald , 710 lroadwi ! y ,
V. , &c , , ftc. Thoiumnda of tuatliuunliUt )
reualved from nil parU of the worlil. Del
eroJ , $1.00. li. vVtl Uu Alajor'n Illu ti
toil I rciiiUiV ulthtUteineiiU by the cu
mulled ( too. 1) . 11. Dewey & Co , 182 Ful
troot , NY , tues-thur&Mt-ui&e-Si
" KILLING ,
Congressional Commitlces Investigatine
How It Is Dono/
A Lively War of Words
twcon Wise and Vance ,
"
1
" Where Republican Majorities „
are , Shot-Guns are Noedod' "
JL >
Startling Rtorios of the Tiines in.
Oopiah County , Miss , j
Kiuully Wlio Ooulil Kill
an Uc Killed.
( XlNdltKSSXIAN WISI''s TESTIMONY.
WAHIIINOTO.V , February 25. The firat
witnesa in the Danville investigating
committee waa Congressman John 1.
Wise , who atnlcd the iasuo.i of various
Virginia campaigns. The Fundor Darty ,
ho aoid , Bought to perpoluato the rnco
mito. He introduced pipers to ahow
that Iho whiten brought on the difliculty
at Danvillp for political pupoeoa , having
despaired of winning the contest othor-
wiMo.
Senator Sherman aaVod if the fundore
were inspired by objections to persona or
to nco ? '
Witness said it waa objoctiona to raco.
Thqmon appointed wore unobjoctiona-
blo. The witness aaid that Danville and
Pittoylvania wcro the moat lawless com
munities in Virginia , rittsylvania
county and Iho adjoining county in
North Carolina were alike in this.
Sdiator Vance Th&t'a a republican
county by a largo majority , air 1
Witness Yea , arid whorovorf there ia
will bo.
a rpublicau ) majority there
JlOtmilON HHOTdtlNS. /
Vance There vrill bo a largo numbin-
of convections to the penitentiary.
WiifieW And crowda will go down
before the moutlia of Vourbon nr.otgunu.
Van'co ' T don'c know M there ia any
necessity for you to aasail North Carolina
horo.
Witness ! Mludo to thoao matters
with rigrot.
Duriig the cross-examination by Sen
ator Vince aovoral ahiirp passage * oo-
currodl Wia aaid to Vance : "WhonI
6rat know you , thirty yoara .15:0 : , you bo-
longod'.lo ' . the K. N. ( know-nothing ) par
ty. Now you belong to the
y. K. ( NBUUU-KILUNII ) I'AIITY. "
Senator Vance retorted : "Whcnl firat
kno.v you , you were a aocceaion demo
crat ; now you ore "
Witness Hardly ; I was only nine
yearo of ago , and could not have boon
much of a focesiionist.
Vance Oh , well , when n man pit ads
the infancy act , I have nothing more to
Bay.
Bay.A little later Wise eaid the attitudes of
ho men had changed. "You , " ( to Sena-
or Vance , ) "eamo up to teach us do-
iccracy and debt paying , when you had
opudiatwl your 9ivn dubts andhaJ never " ; ,
"
"boh a democrat. " _ '
Vancoi admitted having boon a _ know
othing , but defended himself against the
liargo of over being a ropudiator.
Witnosn said the facta at D.xnvillo had
ot been oxag eratedbut it * out eiopping
adl It had been represented by whiten
A NBOUO uriusmo ,
nd the whites had boon apjioaled to aa-
ist their follows in danger with their
otou. This led to a democratic victory.
.ISP said ho did not udvooito social in-
.orcoursu botwcpn races. No _ negro had
roaumed to claim social privileges with
lini by rcunon of political affiliation.
iVIioii colored momboraof the lcialaturo [
amo to liis houao lo consult him they
cxmo to the kitohon door. Ho didn't
upposo TtMon admitted to hia parlor
thu democratic wharf rata und rilTrall'of
Now York.
J. B. Ralaton , revenue collector of
Danville , teaiiliod that ho had alwayaro-
; i > rdod the D-tnvillo circular aa a politi-
: al canard. Ho had no hesitation in
saying the
mor WODIMI NOT HAVK ocouunEn
> ut for the inflammatory speeches made
> y the democratic candidates and the-
ijiially inflammatory articles in the
democratio newspapers. The prepara-
ionB inado before the riot indicated to
ho coalittoniata that there might be <
rouble. Anna were purchosod iiVlargo <
piantitiea by the whites and stored in
inuaual'places. ' Ono of these was in an
naur.Mico oilico near the scene ot tho.
riot. J'.iU'd ' ( iolorcd ) said that every
white man ho raw on the day of the riot.
waa armed. White boyn between ID arid
20 yoira had p stol * and shotguns in.
heirhanda. H-i didn't BOO any colored
-.eoplo with aimu. Adj aimed.
Ciooltoil LaKc Troubled
MINHKAVOUH , February 25. The J jut-
; al'tt Winnipeg apecial naya ; Advicea
rom IJof-iua , N. W , T , , say : The In
diana at CrooUd LaVe still defy the
nounted police nnd allow no ono to enter
ho ngt < noy building at Gophorton. The
oador of the File Hill Indiana ia under
iirrcnt , and a auoug detachment has boon
lent out to um'flt others. No further
trouble In nnticipatcd there. Trouble ia
feared nt Crooked Lako.
SCROFULA
ProbaWy no form of rtlwaM In o ccnerollr dls-
trlbatttl nrnong our wliole population M Scrofula
Ali o < t every InUMdual | ux tliU latent poison conro-
Ine Ills % clns , Tlio tcrrllo ( niifferlnei endured 17
tboio nflllctciltllli eciotuloua orc cannot to
undentood by ctlicit , uu < l Uw Ink-nslty of Uicl ;
erutltuJo wb n tlicy flnil remedy Oiat cuw
Uicin. MtouUliea a well pencil. Wo refer by per-
it mUsloiio Win
Hnnn s BaraU ° - wwtu r ,
IIUUU Q of Wurntr , K. H. ,
ured tiy
0 , uBcrofalaSore.
tlio verttyof which confined Jier to the bouMfor
twoyran. Blx month * prerlous to taking Hood't
BanaparUU tlio could not e t about her rocmwltli-
outcrutclia. Uer Wen4 wy l "lUWnot thlnkli
possible for her tu lUu iiuny month * ) t ) > ire * nj-
duceclton mete tkclcton. JIr cut * U hardly lew
tlian K inlreclc , " Wcro woiuUrful cure * than UU
na > been cflcclwl by tlut tnedldue. There l 0
ooabt that tu llooj't Sorapailll * wo b v tha mot *
remiuiatlo medicine that lua ever been ptoaucwj ,
and a po IUvo CUM for ScrofuU la tu uumwou *
fora * fitoc gl.o > , ( U f ( > r tun. 1'rcinred
-i'd