I HE OMAHA DAILY BEE
OTJRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , TI1UJRSDAY MOlcNING , DECEMBER 25 , 1884. NO.
GENERAL MEWS.
Threatened Strike of Jay Gould's '
Locoinolin ! Engineers.
Christmas Festivities at the New
York Stook Board ,
A Sister Bobs Her Brother of
$100,000 , Gash and Bonds ,
A Chootaw Indian Murdered by
a Merchant ,
Gan. Sherman's ' Speech at Gov
ernor's ' Island ,
ChlooKoKlcotlnn Framls A. $ iOOOO ,
Delimiter Billiard Challenge
Ohio Iron "Works.
NKW YOUK HTOCIC MA.KKET.
Special telegram to THE BEE.
CniCAao , December 24 , The business on
the stock board was broken up to-day , and
for an hour there was unusual devotion to
Christmas horse play. Ono broker was
knocked senseless and taken to his homo. Ilo
attempted to knock off the hat of Jn fellow
member , was tripped and fell , striking his
head against the marble floor. There was a
nigger qunrtotte , cornet band , clog dancing ,
etc. So far as tht stocks ate concerned there
was u big break In L ko _ Shore
upun the announcement that the directors
hod voted to pass a dividend Lake Shore and
Michigan Central and Canada Southern had
meetings to-day at the Grand Central depot.
Of course , Michigan Central pwsed the divi
dend that had been the pollcv for Iho year
past. Lake Shore sold off nt 17i to 61 ? ; New
York Central nt C1J ; Northwestern nt Clg ;
St. I'aulntOli Ltckawanna at OIJ- Dela
ware & Hudson nt Gl J ; Jersey Central nt 01 ? ;
nnd Union Iaol6o nnd Western Union nt G13
and 01 \ There Is no volume to the bu'iness ,
and the total sales so far to-Jay nro less than
half of the ordinary day. Business was BUS-
pondtd for an hour or more during the
ChrHtrani exhibition , but it was unanimously
regarded as a fuzle.
Threatened Strlko of Jay Gould's
Engineers.
Special Telegram to THE BEB.
ST. Louis , December 21. For more than a
month past rumors have prevailed among the
employes of the Gould system , and spread to
all points along the 0,030 miles of track , that a
reduction of ten per cent would be made Jan
uary 1st. The rumors gradually assumed n
definite shape , and what is now known comes
from trustworthy sources. The engineers are
the first to prop ire for n fight which must be
inaugtiratod i ( the pomp inios refuse to bond.
Various lodges hava been iu seseiun for several
dayu tn take action concerning the proposed
cut. AV. Fitzgerald , chairman of the lepro-
sentativea , said this morning that the repre
sentatives had telegraphed f r the chief of the
liroutliHrhood of locomotive engineers to coma
hero for consultation. ITe thlnka a strike will
follow If the cut Is insisted on , and they will
bj supported by 18,000 active members.
An EruBporatctl Meter IlobH Her
Hnathcr of $ IOOOOO.
NEW YoitK , Decembsr 21' Amelia VOBS.
sister of Herman K. Voss , 312 K-ist Sixteenth
street was arrrnted on the chnrt'O of appro
priating nearly S 00,000 cash and bonds be
longing to her brother Mid which she took
from A box In the Trmt company's oilici.
liar brother hul intended to buy two liouso ,
ono for himself , tha othar for anothir sister
thiui Amelia. ThU fa iuconeed the hitter that
she seized the cash and bonda , preventing the
purchase
Uliuctnw Indian Murdered by a
Trader.
FOKT SMITH , Arkansas , December 24.
A difficulty occurred last Monday at Okla
homa , Choctaw nation , In which Cooker
Sorratt , n half-braod Cioctaw , was mortally
wounded by 8'mm ! ' Turk , a merchant cf
Oklahoma. Serratt brought on tha dilli sully
.ami attacked Turk with n crutch when Turk
BoiEeii nn ax4 and struck him on tha fnrehentl
from the effect of which Sorratt died last
night. Turk immoili ktolv cam j to J'ort Smith
and surrendered to the UnHo 1 States author
ities anil was admitted to bull.
Gon. Shcrinnu'd Mpeacri at Govoriini'd
I land.
NKW YOKK , December 21. The military
institution nt Gjvernor'H Js-licd was at its
bc t yesterday. A largo gathering of Leivi-
ly-clad pentleuion mot t > listen to Con. Wil
liam. TecutiHoli Sherman. Gen. Hanco li
] > restdod. Tbo auilienca wai one which it wau
iiot uect-sfary to call to order. The gnncral ,
In thu cuurao of h < address upon the military
neo'.ssitlud of the United Stutt'H said ; \VliPii <
ever I approach any mutter necu.'situtiiif ;
labor aud ntudy I shrink from it , feolintr dis
posed to claim all the advantage * of retiro.
in nt and corlUnth.it we may p My le.we
the future iuihohiuiua of the bright youth
wo see dally growing up around us. livery
age produeun itn own workem , and the export-
enco bf maukiud is that the agents of the
fonr or ppacli arj rarnly art iptod to modern
Altai. I am convinced by actual ex [ > a icncs ,
habit is a nioro valuable quality tli.ui what
is called courago. T.iko n iKindrtd
of the bravest men unaccustomed to the CJD-
ifiision of battle , and march them up to the
brea tivo.k , aud they will beck nnd drop U
the ground soounr than would jv hundred av1
orage men of tht ) regular army tliat htvo bo
ciuieucciisCoined to ubny the order of fall in ,
forwuni , etc. Oa thld timpla culo nf lis.bii
rests the oxlttfucu of the repuUr army to
itay Iu thU giitud republio All pa tioi agree
it is becoming a wttled policy of our govern
moot tu uiiitnt In tlio uu lh-t kind ot aretf
nlararmy , IIIOTO us n chool of Inotruotioi
thnii of actual t trxtoo. Tliln army , Incian o
an invaeion , in mt In uiileiiienti4 ) | by tin
nillitij , Iniviinucli iu tha mlhtla is -Uyslca (
furcd mi uhl.'Ji thu chief uingls
trata of tha n&tion must luriinl ;
depeinl ( < ) r cjucntioir hl < high < ) Jlie , It there
fore hecdinea ourdu 'y uoliliers and citizen
to aid MI fur in uunuy to mould that iniliti
iuto a form iu which it , Jiuy ba
when called into actlvo service. TliPto ha ?
been n bill introduced in cocgtnss by ( Jenerol
II. W. alocum , the passage of which would
ba n long utride in thn direction of n change.
The wliolo bill substantially repeals the
old antiquated system of tha militia
by our revolutionary fathers nnd
lubstltutes n cew cue far butter ndipted to
our modern experience. While enrolling all
men subject to military duty it loftvrs n Rreat
mats at homo nd aggregates n smaller num
ber to fulfill the purposes , our constitution to
each member and delegate in congress , I
could ttipgcst n more convenient nnd better
understood battalion of four companies of the
maximum of 100 nnd the minimum
of fifty men for each company. The total
number of congressional districts nnd tcrrl-
torlw > now 820 men. This will plvo 1,320
con" s to 100 reirlmcnU of twelve romps -
ps Uinirgrcgatlng n maximum of IUO- :
t/ minimum of CO.OOO. n forca nmply
puli i for the possibilities of the case.
Tuk.ihln loiepr number , nnd nsauriog the
cost of each ttiilltlnmnn to fifty d illara per
annum , nnd this is n largo assumption , I be-
Hove , It will make the aggregata to
cost S3.300.100. It would divide the
sum equally Wween the United StaUs of the
communities in which any company , battalion
or rcgimout resides. Nearly nil the officers
who compose this institution can recall our
experience with new regiments , as they cnma
to us raw nnd unpracticed , nnd how soon
by nssociatlon they became ex
perienced soldiers. The bill proposed
will nid the state1 * to make ono uniform system
throunhtut the United States. "I believe , "
aid the general in conclusion , "there Is no
more Impoitnnt subject to day before this in
stitution than that of assisting in perfecting
the militia and in bringing It iuto nioro cor-
ilia ! intercourse with thu rnqular army and
" : io people of the United States. "
CHICAGO EIjEOTlOX JFUA.UD3.
OALLAOIIKH UNDK11 $25,000 HAIL.
CHICAGO , December 21. The heariug of
lie application fora writ of habeas corpus in
liu case of William J. Gallagher , indicted
or forgery committed In 1'hlladelpbta nnd
BO wanted hero for supposed complicity in
10 Kightoonth ward election frauds , has been
ostponod till next Tuesday , Gallagher being
eleasod on bail in $25,000. A motion to
uash the indictments against the other pur-
ies indicted for the Eighteenth ward crime
as heard by Judge Bodgott in the federal
ourt to-day and taken under advisement ,
NO Al'TKnSOON SESSION' .
The members of the board of trade , in view
f light business , decide. ! not to hold an after-
eon session this afternoon.
A $110,000 Ucl'itultcr.
CHICAGO , December 2-4. W rrants are outer
or the arrest of Cha-les K. Stephens , cashier
> f the Chicago , Wilmington nnd Vermillion
Coal company , who has been missing since
\Mt \ Friday. The officers of the company de-
line to make any statement , but it is asserted
in apparently reliable authority that Stephens
a short in his accounts to the extent of about
L'J.OOO. Gambling is said to have caueeil his
downfall. He was implicitly trusted , tlt is
'ielieved that ho has fled to Canada.
The Billlarcllitc.
CHICAGO , December 2-1. W. H. Catton , of
it. Loui ? , who baat Ed , McLaughltn , of
iladelphla , : t,000 points straight rail bil
liards , in this city last week , to-day received
a challenge from Handolph Ilciser , of Now
York , to play a balk line match in New York
und toss tor choice of tables. Catton lays ho
will allow Iloiser the choice of tables nnd
play him for $1OCO n , eido nnd take S-50 foi
xpenecu tj play in Now York ,
The Ohio Iron Trade ,
CLUVELAND , O. , December " 24. The Iron
Trade Review will publish on Saturday tht
received from n large num-
of the manufacturers of ma
chinery and the other branches ol
the iron trade in Xaw York , Pennsylvania ,
Ohio , Connecticut an-1 other states. Tn re
gurd to the past yoat 'a business cloven firms
report it bettor than in 1883 , twenty-foul
found it substantially the same , five oxpor !
encod a good trade durUg the first half of the
year nnd dullness the rrmulngsix months , am
fourteen say they have had n worse bus !
nets this year thun In 1F8J , Thirty'
six have run continuously during tin
year ; 9 over time ; 11 nearly full. Twclvi
say they have received about the satm
prices M in 1883 , and the remainder reporl
lower prices , miging from 5 to 30 per cent
below those of ISS3. Concrnirg the genera
iron business in their respective cities , nearly
all report it dull or upon reduced time durliif
the year. As to the outlook there U a grati
fylng majority on the favorable side. Onlj
t ° n tnlnk the prospect bad ; 14 are undecided
but hop ful for the best and . ' ) ! think th
business situation H promising , Nome believing
ing the upturn ban alien-iy * begun , none put
ting it farther elf than April.
Ex-Sciii tnr HIiaron'K DIvnrao Suit
SAS riuvciftco , Dacember 24. Suit a
broughc by plaintiff , Miss Sarah Altca Hill 1
claiming to bo the wife of ox-Sfmtor Sbaroi
was for divorce and n division of the comma !
property. Judge Su'livan rendered n dec !
Blou. It is very cnmprnhtm&ive , contaiuiui
20,100 words After reviewing the testimon ;
ho concluded by declaring that under th
laws of California , the pluintilf is the lega
wife of Sharon and as such is entitled to ;
divorce nn i ho ground of wilful desertion am
the division of the common property of tin
latter , which m estimated as worth $10,000 ,
000. Thp verdict is a groit surprise to th
pub'ic , it haviucr generiilly been tiippofci
trom the contradictory cliinctor of the testi
mouy that the pluiutilf would hive boon uon
euitod. It Jj believed tint Sharon will n [ :
peal.
Olii
StGt'CITV , December 24. It was twentj
two ( iegreon b low zero hero thin mornin
with strong northwest wind , Trainsnomc
what 1tv 1 , but all got in and nil went out , A
noon It was 16 below zdro.
A HI\V\ SNOW STORM ,
CHICAGO , Decembor21 Snov/ began fallin
heavily nt ten o'clock to-night , and ntllfl :
has Increased iu velocity with everv jirospft
fnvir.tble to a heavy snow-fall. Trains ai
considerably delayed in every direction , an
if the snow continues to fall tiilnwrning thsi
will bo blockade.
"Wciitlicr To-Day ,
WAIIIIXQT jjc , December 23. Upper Mli
oiebipui : Fair weatJierj variable wind
tliKliC rise in Uuiperatura.
l-'nr the Missouri ! Generally fair wcathe
variable winds ; tllght il * < 3 In temperature.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
A ire Bndiret or
Hews ,
The House and Senate Adjourn
Till January 6th ,
The Ohincso Indemnity Bill to bo
Paid ,
3ossip Concerning the Eepubli-
oan Office Holders ,
Ben 'Butler Remarkably Success
ful iu His Law Oases ,
The Nicnr Rimn ami Spanish-Ameri
can Treaties AdmUsion of Wo
man to the Columbia College ,
SENATE.
WASHINGTON , December 24. After dlspos
posing of tha morning business the Senate
went Into executive session. When the doors
opened the chair announced his signature to
the concurrent resolution providing for n
holliday recoss.
Adjournment till January 5 ,
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON , December 24. Fifty mem
bers wore present when Carlisle called the
House to order. Ilnndall called up the ad
journment resolution and moved n concur
rence iu the Senate amendment which pro
vides a recess shall begin to-day and last
until January 5,1885. Agreed to.
Adjourned till the nth of January.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Special telegram to TUB BEE.
HOrE.4 AND FEAItS.
WASHINGTON , December 24. Dorman B.
Eaton , one of the civil service commissioners ,
has an abiding faith that very few removals
from office will be made by Cleveland , and
that the latter will lead the democratic party
directly into the civil service camp and sur
render them en masse. lie regards with an
noyance the talk of Bomo of the democratic
leaders that sweeping charges must bo made
and republican officials replaced by faithful
democratic henchmen. Although Mr. Eaton
is regarded as n republican from principle , his
friends say that he cast hU vote at the late
election for Cleveland , and that he considered
this as entitling him to the consideration of
the incoming president. Not a few of Eaton's
friends believe than ho will be doomed to dis
appointment , and that before the year passes
under the now administration ho will retire
from his present position In sotrowat the fail
ure to carry out his views.
GENERAL 110TLER
although unlucky in politics this year , hai
met with remarkable success in his law cases
during the past month. Tha supreme court
of the TJnit-d States his just given him n
decittion in his celebrated cartridge case. This
ilpciaiou ends a long dispute between the
United States Cartridge company and the
Union Metallic Cirtridge company as to the
validity of the Ethan Allen patent for head
ing cartridges , and Gnu Butler , who Is the
president of the first-named company , nnd
who has argued tha casa through the highest
court , is consequently happy. The peneral
has also won i he case brought against the
government by the Great Falls Manufacturing
company , involving the rifht of the United
States to take the water supply for Washing
ton from the Potomac river at Great Falls
without compensating the owners of the water
right. Gen. Butler is nho president of the
Grnnt Falls company. "
The report cf the convention at Naw York
that our government has reached an
amicable understanding with Great Biitain
for the modification of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty was brought to the attention of the
state department to-day. It is ascertained
that the btory is unfounded and that our gov
ernment considers the treaty dead , in consequence
quence \iolntion of iti terms by Great
Britain in establishing a colony on this side of
the Atlantic ; that in all the correspondence
with Lord Granvill about the canal business
he has simply claimed the tight tohavo for
British commerce a free passage way from
ocean to ocean if the chip canal is built. This ,
the state department save , is guaranteed in
the Nicaracui treaty now befi.ro tha Senate ,
leaving no gronnd for nn objection on the part
of Great Britain.
Inquirioa have been made of the state
& department whether the Spaniah-
, American treaty cm be amended 01
whether ic must stand or fall af
u
it is now. While the Eccrctary of state can
glvo no assurance that tha Spanish govern ,
ment would consent to any modification of the
text ns agreed upon , yet if the sugar or to
bacco interests can agree upon amendm ° nts ,
the department will give the eamo the inoai
careful consideration , and if practicable and
not unreasonable , take such stops to ascertain
whether Hpain will consent tn amend the
treaty after tha proposed mo lificatians him
met the approval of the Senate. As at prer
ent advised the tobacco and sugar interest :
are not united as to the ndvlsat ility of ratifj
ing the treaty as it now stands , mine person :
approving and others opposing.
WASHINGTON. December 24 , Tha mem
hers of tlio committee on rivers and hr.rbori
who will remain hero during the recess hnvi
boon authorized to continue the consideratior
of tha appropriation bill for the river * ant
harbors so it may bo reported to the HOUBI
aa soon as possible after the assembling o
congress. It IB expected the bill will ba completed
pletod about January 12 , and an approprle
turn will amount to 810,000,00. ISTo consilient
lion hayet _ b-en piven to the proposed np
proprintion for tba Miesieeippi river. Senate
L'diidleton to-day favorably reported from th
fortlpn alfairs committee the bill introduce !
by him t < > repay China the remainder nf th
Chinofo indemnity fund In .possession of th
etata depart mont.
WOUE.V TO IB ! ADMITrEI ) TO IHK MEDICAL IE-
WASHINGTON. December 1M. The board o
trusties of the Columbian univcrilty , of tlii
slty * . at a 8 | > esial meeting , upon thu unan
ImoiH recommendation of the faculty of th
modicil department , decided tn admit wome :
to study medicine iu tha Institution with it !
tie | privileges of Instruction accorded te mala
students.
THE NAVAL ArrnorniATioN.
The amended naval Appropriation bill was
received by the House from the Senate to-day
but no action was taken In regard to It , Cur
rent appropriations for the navy department
expires on the 31 st inttant.
. liOCKWOOIVS 1MKY.
SAVING l-On HIS ClinlSTMAB IHNNKII.
WASHINGTON , December 24 , The National
] lepublic n will print to-motrow extracts
from the diary of Lieut. Lockwood , of the
Gteoley Arctic colony , describing the manner
in which the starving patty pont last Christ
mas at Capo Sabin , in the Arctlo region.
Lieut. Lockwood kept a dury in short hand ,
which has l < een transcribed by a member cf
his family and he appears to have nsado a full
record of everything of Imporfnnco whlchhap.
penod in the dally life of Itho party. The e\-
tracU which the Kopubllcan will print relate
how , as Christmm drew near , tke olllcors
and men joined In tno talk o {
none , and planned grand feast for the time
/hen they should reach the civilized world ,
, nd how they made preparations for n feast
i the approaching Chilatmai by setting
[ > art small portlouB of their dally rations.
.n December 21st Lockwood writes : "By
; roat effort I was able to save ono ounce of
ly broad , and about two ounces of but'.or for
Jhtistmas. I shall make n vigorous effort to
.bitain from eating it before then. " Ho adds
hat ho pat It in chartgo of Bimlorbeck as an
dditional safeguard. On December 22 , ho
rites : "Wo look forward to to-morrow and
hristmss , " and I offered to glvo any ono a
east turkey on reaching home for a Mupla
log biscuit now , but found no takers. " Ho
ay s on the next d y "I saved Hourly all my
unl broad for Christmas , " and that to make
he Christmas dinner grander he made i. tro-
nendous effort and went with without his
um in order to have it for Christmas to tvdd
o the punch
On Christmas eve ho added to _ his scanty
avings for the next day's feast his bread and
niece of lemon and he wrote in his book ,
To-night is Christmas eve and my thoughts
.re turned toward home. God preserve mo
, o BOO this day next year nnd enjoy it at homo
rlth these I love. " The entry for Christmas
.ay Is as follows. "December 25. Baromo-
or 23-93 ; thermometer 27-C. Christmas.
iVo have all been talking and waiting anx-
ously for the hour and now it is hero , and
low (5 ( p. m. ) nearly gone. " Dinner consisted
if a line rich stow of all seal meat with onions
, nd n little blubber , potatoes and bread-
rumbs. After this wo had In the course _ of
in hour or so a fane , nice stow with raisins
> nd a little blubber and milk.
. > ilOUOU Flro in Cincinnati ,
CINCINNATI , December 24. A fire this
morning started in the cellar of Mills & CO.'B
tntiouory and meicr.ntllo printing establish
ment in the northeast cirner ol Masonic Tern-
ilo , extended rapidly to other pnrti of tiie
temple , the first portion of which is beginning
10 burn and contained most valuable scenery ,
irgan and otter property belonging to the
cottish Kite fraternity and known to be the
most complete in the weat. It was largely the
esult of the life-long labors of Enoch T , Car-
on , who devoted much time and study and
ixpended much money to make this cathedral
lie most complete of its kind.Iha loss to
ho Masonic fraternity will bo Heavy , Mills
& Co.'s establishment is a complete loss. To
tal loss is over one hundred thousand dollars ,
Two firemen were severely injured by a fall-
ng wall.
By II o'clock the fire was fully under con
trol and was confined to tha Masonic Temple
and mainly to its north half , the building
being divided by n wide hall ruining past nud
west. The Masonic Temple prb' ; > rty bolongc
to the Ciesara Indgo-of" Masons , wai builC'at
ace t of 820,000 , and is inpurad tor § 125,0 ,0 , ,
much more than enough to coyer the losj on
' .he . building. Tha principal item of loss is
, hat of the Scottish Kite , whose property was
m the third and fourth floors Their lo > s IB
'Rtimatod at from S',0,000 to 675,010. Enoch
T. C neon's masonic library , north SIO.UDO ,
.ml . containing many works impostiblo to re-
lace , U wholly lost , but insured. The loss to
other lodges is not so heavy.
The National Tube Work1 * .
PlTTSnrjRG , Ta. , D camber23. When tha
notices were pos ted this morning in the works
if the National Tuba Works company thiit
, he various departments would close dawn
.o-morrow . for an indefinite period the em
ployes , who were expestlng a move of the
kind , were not so much surprised , Tha reason
; aid to bo given is the scarcity of orders , and
that in order to keep the work * going for
10 days past the force has
been utilized in turning out ma
terial for the company's own use ,
Your correflpoudent vitited .Mr. E. C. Con-
verxe , assistant general manager of the works
to-day , and learned that the worUn are to be
closed fcr an indefieito period. Many depart
ments were closed Saturday and the re
mainder will follow to-morrow. The cause is
lack of orders. Ho could not say when work
would bo resumed. All but ono department
of the Lapwe d are now closed , and it will
close tbo 27th inat , The rolling-mills and
threading-flpor close to-morr-'w. The But-
weld mill wi'l ' workuntil the 27th instant , aud
the entire works wilt ba closed. Tlio Nation-
nl tuba-works compauycmployover2GGOmen ,
and pay about § 80,000 < very two weokp , a
greater pntion if which Is circulated here ,
Duliith'H EInvfttiu1 Capacity.
DOLDTII , Minn. . December 2I , > At a meet'
ing of tha stockholders of the Lake Superioi
ElovatoV Company , hold in this city Monday ,
it was definitely decided to build another ele
vator at Duluth for the business of tbo : onf
ing year , with a capacity cf a million and c
half bushels. It is understood that the Union
ImprDvemcnt and Elevator Company will
also build another with n capacity of a mil'
lion. The erection of these elevators hat
been rendeiad necessary by the proportion
which the grain trade of Duluth has now ns-
sumed , and bocnuso that tiado is Increasing sc
rapidly that now largo transactions take place
on 'chango ' dally , and mnny now membon
have joined the board of trade Duluth Ii
rapidly coming to the frout as a vradlnr
wheat market ; Indeed she shipped nearly , Ii
not quito as much wlnut as Chicago durint
the past year , and eho has already in stoie foi
winter 4,000,000 bunlielfl ol wneal , and b ;
spring will have 0,000,000 , The capacity ol
the Duluth elevators whun tlut now lieu > e ;
are completed will bi 8.700,000 ,
Full tire ,
LONDON , December 24. Ingull I'hillipa iCe i
Co , , warfingers , have failed. Their llubllitlei
209C03 pounds ; asseeU will exceed tin
amount.
TEXftS COWBOYS.
Board a Passenger Train anil
Tafcc Possession ,
They Amuse Themselves by
Shooting Oat the Windows ,
And They Terrorize Over the
Passengers Generally
And Bob the Train Boy of His
Stook ,
Also Shoot at a PasBioc Freight
Train
Fnlon , U. B. District Attorney
EvruiB anil the Sheriff on
Board but Kept tauter.
COWBOY PRANKS ,
SAK ANTONIO , TOT. , December 21. Yesterday -
torday evening ns tlio east bouad passenger
train on the Southern Pacific was noarlng a
bridge crossing tha Pecos river a number of
t6 > pedoas exploded on the track causing tbo
engineer to atop the train , Six cowboys
boarded the train \vith drawn revolvers and
impelled the conductor to stop nt Langtry ,
.0 . next email station , At Lnngtry twenty
ioro cowboys boarded and took possession of
10 train. They were all more or loss under
io influence of liquor. They amused
; iemsolvo3 by shooting out all the window
.ghts and lamps , terrorizing the passengers
.enernlly. As the train passed small stations
ho cowboyo would shove their heads out of
jroken windows and shoot and yell. A pass-
ng freight train was saluted in n similar
manner. Several hundred shots were fired ,
ho roof oC the cars \yas riddled , They
ebbed the tialn boy of his stock of peanuts
, nd candies , but so far as known nobody was
hot. Judge Falon , United States District
Attorney Evans and Sheriff Whlto
yore among the passengers , but
bought it best not to make their
dentity known. The gang lett the train at
" valde , after ridlnp over sixty miles.
HISTORY KNOCKED IN THE HEAD
THOMAS JKri'KnsON'a INAUGURATION.
WASHINGTON , December 22. The Kopubli-
\n has hunted up facts which show that
'homoa ' Jefferson was not the simple , plain
iconoinical gentleman which Iticholieu Kobin.
on , in hi a resolutions recently introduced in
, ho House , declared him to be , nnd destroys
, ho beautiful allegory heretofore universally
iccepted about Thomas Jefferson riding
, o the cnpitol on horseback unat-
, ended on the day of hi * inauguration
s president , and with bis own
ands hitching his horse to a post. Attention
was called to this matter pome years ago by
Hon. A. W. Thayer , the United States con
sul at Tricot , in a priyato letter , and ho
quoted the historian , Hichard Hildreth , as
avlng thit. Jotioraon had ebmo.incllnut on to
mlt the piradd , but finding that it would be
j great disappointment to the people to have
t dispensed with , he thought better of It ,
md was escorted to the capitol by two mili
tary companies and a ditoingutsheS civic pro
cession of the people. The National Intslli
joncer cf March G , 1801 , states that the day
ivn.8 ushered in by the firing of cannon ; that
at 10 a. m. the Wellington artillery and
Alexander Rifles paraded at the white house ,
ind at 12 o.clock a proco < son of the people ,
.ncluding manj' members of conwess , passed
down the avenue to the capitol. It also
mentions that the demonstration surpassed
any pravious one in the history of tha city ,
md this of itself overthrows the one horsa
jtory , for the editor of the Intelligencer was a
man of veracity , a friend of Jefferson , and
ho last man to represent rieht tinder the
.iresiden'ts nose that his solitary horseback
ride down the street was intended to bo a con
demnation of parade , was
TUB QBANDEST DEMONSTRATION
, he city had known. That Jefferson was a
man of quiet mannerrs IB probably true , but
ho was not a clown. Ho had been in Paris ,
ihe city of ahowe , and was fond of tha French
md their ways. That ho was not averse to
parade on proper occasions is shown by his
nbscquent conduct. On the ICth of April ,
801 , he visited Alexandria to partake of a
, iubl.c dinner and was met by artillery , rifle
companies , cavalry and citizen * in a demon
stration rivaling in pplendor the inaugura
tion coremonitB on the 4th of March. Cer
tainly the hater of parades , the man whn
hated epcorts , despised noise nud pomp and
was bound to sot an example of strict plain
ness and economy , did not within eix wookt
of his Spartan precedent turn his old marc
out to pra s and allow the roystering civa
Hera of Fan fax to surround him with theii
blooded steeds and usher him into tlu-ir chiol
city with the booming of cannon , the bray
ing of trumpets and the wild hurrahs of met
who should have been weeding their cabbagei
or feeding their turkeys , A full account o
the Alexandria affair appeared in the Intelli
gencer of the next morning , and allowing fo
the difference of style in reporting betwooi
that day and this it is evident that for tin
period the magnificence was worthy the occa
alon and hvl nothing iu common with solitar ;
horsemanship and seeking to escape the ol
sorvation of the populace or contemn usag
and the popular taste.
Indications ol Another War on N
lirawlca , Colorado nnd Utah FroiKh
Kates.
Chicago Tribune , December 24.
The indication ! are that another war o
Nebraska , Colorado and Utah business wi
break out before many days have elapsed
The pools and Agreement * on that h-einci
now in existence will terminate ! Feb uary 1 :
any of tlio roads give nniico of withdrawal o
or before January 1 , None of the roads ha >
yet given the required notice of withdrawn
but it is understood that such notices will t
forthcoming in dm time , av nearly all threads
roads intiiested In that , business wei
dissatisfied with their percentages. On Ni
braslca business ( excepting rutch cattle ) n
pool now exUt * , and it is underetoo 1 that tl
rates are not now maintained. On businei
between Council Llulf. < and Chicago it
claimed that ni cs nro being sorLutly cut , an
if this trouble Is nut soon adjusted it la quil
likely to seriously affect the rates from other
Missouri tlvcr points , The Rrc.it obstacle in
the way of A settlement of those troubles ii
the dtMcntion that exist between the lines
forming the Western Trunk Line associa
tion. So totig in the tripartite complications
ro not adjusted no permanent tgroomcnt for
the maintenance of Council Bluffs and Ne
braska rates can bo mado. At present the
Nptthwtstnn is not recognized us ono of the
tripartite roads by the lines forming the
Western Trunk Linn nssocifttion , aud con *
rcquently thn Hock Island , Milwauko .V St.
1'nul , and Wnbivsh Ifsuo copnrnto tarllfo in
connection with the Union Pacific , and the
Northwestern also Usues tariffs In connection
with the Union PaciUc. This shows that
the Union Pacific Is not voiy anxious to
carry out the tripartite agreement , but
is trying to maintain amicable relations
with nil Its connection ? , including the Chica
go , Burlington Hi Quincy. As mnttira now
stand there are but two ways In which the
troubles regarding western rates can bo ad
justed , Hither the \Vostein Trunk Line As
sociation has to bo abandoned and a general
pool formed , which is not likely to bo done as
the Hock Island and Milwaukee A. St , 1'nul
roads are determined to enforce tha tarpartit *
contract , to bo taken Into cimtideriUion In the
formation of now pools for the maintenance of
Council Bluffs and Nebraska rates , and this
the Burlington refused tudu.
The I're.Hlilem.Elect.
Special to the Chicago Tiincn.
AniANY , N. Y. , December 23. The demo
crats of Connecticut believe their state ought
to bo represented in President C ovoland'i
cabinet , Ono faction insists that Governor
Waller should bo called iuto the councils of
the new president , while another faction declares
clares William II , Barnum , chairman of the
national democratic committee , should receive
from the man ho did so much to elect to the
presidency ouo of the cabinet portfolios , A
delegation of Mr. Barnum'a Connecticut
friendu led by Congressman C. S. Mitchell
and 1C. W. Seymour arrived In the city last
night and called on Governor Cleveland
to-day , The governor stood while the
spokesman of the delegation rehearsed the
services nf Mr Barnum m the causa of the
democratic party of Connecticut and the na
tion. The eulogy on the national chairman
was earnestly pronounced by his friends , ani !
was listened to with respectful attention by
the pretideut-eloct , who replied by expressing
his pleasure at meeting his visitors ; but ho
gave the delegation no reason to believe that
ho would call Mr , Barnum or any other Con
necticut democratinto , his cabinet , The Con
necticut men , after the conference , expressed
gratiticatihn at the cordiality of their recep
tion by Govemor Cleveland and admiration
of the manner in which ho listened to all
they had to Hay in the Interest of their friend ,
THE SOCIAL EVENT OV THE HKASON
in this city occurred to-night. During the
official term of Gov. Cleveland ho has given
two other receptions. This fact is explained
by the information that the governor being a
bachelor , and his sisters being at the tlmo ab
sent from.tho governor's mansion , ho confined
hla .invitation to gentlemen ; but during the
time hn has occupied the gubernatorial chair ,
he has en joyed the hospitalities "f many of the
citizens af Albany , Buffalo and Troy. To pay
the social obligations which these hospitalities
had imposed upon him , Gov. Cleveland lately
issued invitations to all persons who had en
tertained him in the three citi s named , to at
tend n reception at the governor's mansion
last night. In response to these invitations
about tlino hundred ladiea and gentlemen
thronged the mansion , and between the hours
of 9 and 12 enjoyed themselves in social in
tercourse and dancing. At 1) ) o'clock the in
vited guests bpgau to arrive. They were
presented to Gov. Cleveland in the parlor
.where be wasnotified of hii .nomination for
the presidency. Col. Lnmoufc , the'governor's
private secretory. Uen. Farnsworth ,
and Col. Holiday , presented the
guests to the governor , who in
the reception was twisted by his Bisters ,
Miss It. E Cleveland and Mrs. Hoyt. The
mantels were all banked with cut flowers , nnd
there was a profusion of palms and rare plants
in the halls nnd on the stairways. A full
orchestra supplied the music in the library ,
nherp the younger guests enjoyed themselves
dancing. When the refreshments were an
nounced Uov. Cleveland escorted to the
dining-room Mrs. Walter Carey , of Buffalo ,
who gave n dinner to the governor cu the oc
casion of his visit to that city during the late
pro idential canvass. The tollota of the
ladies were notable , and nothing occurred to
mar thn nloasum of the occasion. Mrs John
E. McEIroy and Mrs. J. II , Hainesworth ,
sisters of President Arthur , who reside in
Albany , were among the guests , and received
much attention from many of the distinguish
ed persons present ,
Fort 151'ss Property in Jonpnrdy.
SAN ANTONIO , Texas , December 24 , Iho
United States distrht attorney , Evans , re
turned from Fort Bliss , whither ho waj sent
by the governor to look into the title to that
property. Judge Evans thinks the title to
the property and about 550,000 worth of im
provements are in great dancer of being lost
to the government , lie says he haa been
compallod in his report to redact severely
upon the action of certain United Statefl
army ollicorn who located that post eomc
years ago , The title to the entire property It
In jeoptrdy. The luirs having arrived al
maturity are now pressing their claims ,
Evans says that although congress rncentlj
appropriated S 0,000 for improving Fort Bliai
the whole Improvement is not now wortl
more than 83,00j or § 10,000.
Two Cntliolfu 1'rli'NtH in Court.
lNUiANAl'Ol.13 , Dor-umber 24 , Kev. Dome
O'Douovon. ex-pastor of the Catholic churcl
nt Browmburg , 'Hondrlckn county , ICas.
brought tilit against leather Herman Alder
ing ol this city , forSW.i 00 for libel. O'Dono
van wan removed from the chuich at Browns-
burg by the Bishoi > aud HubjequmiUy Alder
ing published a lii lory of tha Catholic churcl
of thodioco oofVinceiuies | , in which wasprint
td the following regjrling the Brownsbur ,
church : "Kev. Denis U'Donovan came mix
aud remained in a pi to of the Bishop , to tin
great ecandal of the Catholics , " ThU stulo
ment is thu basis nf the suit ,
"Tlio Riinlcrupt Store ' ' doped ,
CiiiCAao , December 21 , S. M. Ifothchlli
& Co , , dealers in dry goods and notions , am
conducting thobu inoes under tha narnon
"Tho bankrupt store , " who were attached las
a night on n judgment for § 3,500 , rendered I
1 , fuvor nf Now York putlog , confo'sud juik't
mo'it ' in the sum of ? 30.JOO ( this morning , Th
proprietors intimated that nrrangcmont
would be effected with their croditcrd.
.0
Htoaniliimt ituildcrn Fall ,
IiUlioif , N , V. , December 24.- Wart
Bunion & Co , , ttcainbu.it tnllders , have ai
x'ened ' , The schedule ] are not ohtamabli
id They liopo to continue business as soon as tl
to Inventory la completed.
THE MARKETS.
Business Active to tin ) Extent of the
Snpply ,
The Boys Indulge in Holiday
Sport
And Ohriston the President With
Floor ,
The Oliok of the Tioker Hoard at
Lonesome Intervals ,
i
They Didn't ' Make \ * h to Buy
a Lunr )
t
The Ihtco WK rollcrniicn * nnd the
Floor AVcro Sorlotmly 1'ut About
to Keep Older ,
CHICAGO .MAUKKTS.
Special telegram to THK BEK ,
OATTLB ,
CHICAGO , Decomlwr 21 Binlnoss actlvo to
the extent of the supply , which , ns will bo
noted , was oxtrimoly low. The bulk of fresh
receipts was made up of low grade butchero
stock nnd cows , there bolngscarcoly fifty load *
of stock suitable for the shipping or dressed
beef trado. The general range was substant
ially higher than yesterday or any day last
week , and under the present moderate re
ceipts , as n matter of course , prices are likely
to remain firm , but what would likely happen
under n big run Is plain to bo soon , the best
cattle on the market would not bring over
? 5 50@5 85 , and anything selling above those-
quotations would ho prime indeed. Good to
choice cattle may .bo quoted atS180510
nud along there ; fair to medium , SI 25@ i CO
and then down to $3 80 ® 3 DO for
common ; best fat cowa thatvill
suit the shop trade nro selling
steady , but the dinners' stock may be quoted
rather weak. In stackers and toodors biriuoss
continues Jlcht , on account of the holiday sea
son , and cold weather. But few country buy
ers are hero , nnd speculators have all they
want. Choice , 1,300 and 1,400 pounds , $5 15
@OGO ; common to fair , 1.000 nnd 1,200 ,
pounds , $1 20@5 00 ; inferior to medium cows
and mixed , $2 30@3 10 ; good to choice , S3 EO
@ 4 10 ; stockers , lower at S3 00@3 75 ; loaders ,
§ 3 904 25 ; Texas cattle , § 3 25 ® 1 00.
HOGS.
The mnrkot was dull nnd prices strong nt
10c lower , especially toward the close.
Buyers for packing firms who will not opernto
their houses to-morrow had orders not to buy
unions they could do so at prices that would
jay for carrying over ; that is they wanted
their stock not to cost over . ? ! 25@4 SO , Buy-
oia for packers had to pay around about $4 HO
© 1 40 and the bulk of the choice packing
grades sold within this range , with common
nt $4 15@4 20 , and thereabouts. Light sorts
were In better demand and wlion closely as
sorted sold nearly as high as yesterday.
Tacking and Chipping , I2CO and SOU pounds ,
, -J4 30fgS3 50. light ; 105 and 205poundtlS4"10 | 4
@ 4 45 ; s * - t . i - * * * < * * - * --Wtf : .
The click of the ticker'- was only heard -at
lonesome intervals to-day. They came very
near having n day off , in fact , and If the gen
eral impression is well founded they will
rather ruot nnd dust from now until the new
year has opened. The markets throughout
was nf the etoadiest possible character and
nobody who hadu'cn broker in the family could
possibly have made the price of lunch at the
pie counter across the alley.
WI1KAT Opened nt 7IJc for January ,
which was one-eighth lower than it closed yes
terday. Occasional quotations would advance
the price to 72c and turn put it back to 71 c ,
Occasionally a broker would venture n sula
and puichoBO of n 6000 lot , but there was ab
solutely no business feature tu bo discovered ,
except that samples of fluur and grain wont
around pretty lively among the shippers.
YEAH COKN Kept within two points of
869 , and
rnovisiOKH
wore unchanged. February
ronK ,
only varying two or three points from 11.10
and Februrary
I.AUD
the sains nt about G 7fi. The three big police
men on the floor were Boriously put nbout
to prciorvo order and the Irreproachable mer
cantile conduct which poesidout E. Nelson
Blake tries to rigidly enforce. The president
has hardly gained popularity ainong the boys
since ho caused ' 'Dick" llatnburno to bo sus
pended for three days , "Dick" having been
so Indiscreet as to ring the big bell "for fun , "
To-day , there being nothing going on in the
pits , every fair thing in the nature of wild
pranks and practical jokes were too rich for
the boys' blood. At ono time there wan an
exciting game of foot ball in the midst of the
wheat crowd , and the thruo big policemen
finally levied on the inanimate promoter of
the uproar will bo noveral darn getting
the kinks out of their necks. Thu
football gone , the boys grow rockl H , and
oven when the presence of E Nelson Blake
was announced , they refused to bo decorous.
Thu worthy president had not been on thu
floor five minutes when the moroeober i > . . : l of
the speculative community was horrified to
BCO n five-pound paper bag , full of Hour , catch
E. Nelson Jilako square In the back of his
nock. There was u momentary hush , nnd
when Blakn emerged from the cloud of Hour
the silence could have boon hoard , It wa * BO
excessive , that the president's black unit wan
as white ns nil angel's robe , but the presl-
dent'H face was "Ijlucker than the ace of
ppadeg. " The unknown individual who
threw the bag never Imagined that obscurity
wau so sweet At 1 p. in , the board adjourned
until ! ) :30 : Friday morning ,
Cathollo clmrcti Hurncil ,
BELFAST , Wis. , December 21. A lire was
discovered in thu parsonage of the Catholic
society of this placa to-day , and thn flamou
were Boon communlcAtod to the Catholic
ihurch adjoining. Both buildings were do
Btroyod , Thu leas on the church building is
§ 7,000 ! Insur nco , ? 0,000 , Loss on the dwel
ling , § 1,000 ; insurance , $1,000 ,
Striking Coal
CHATTANOOA , December ! . The ntriko at
° Saddy coal itiinoa has ended and miners have
Q ! returned to work.
Seen.
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fo © eafer
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