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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. . , , MARCH U , 1885. . THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. WEDNESDAY MORNING NO. 174 THE WABASH STRIKE The Eoad Being in the Hands of a Receiver , a Under the Protection of the United States Government , Which Has Ordered Out the Troops to Prevent a Riot , Should the Company Be Success ful , It Is Thought That All Other Roads Will Follow Its Example , Anil Make A General Kcducllou ul "Wages The Employes nro De limit and Determined. 'JCQE WAUASH BTH1KE. Special telegram to TUB BKK. CHICAGO , Mnrch 10. It la rumored here that the action of the Wabash road whicl brought about the present etrtka was taker nfter consultation with the rnanagcinent o other roads , and that it is purely n teutativi nlfair to test the feollug of the railway cm ploycs of the country on the subject ol r reduction of wages. The Wabasb , from ill location and from the fat of Its propertj being under the protection of the Unitci States government , being in the hands of t rocciver , it ia particularly well fixed to trj thia experiment whatever the outcome. Tin atoak market will not bo affected tc any extent , as would bo the caao were semi dividend-paying road to take in It slmila activenesj. Then the , fact that ths Unitet States marshal * , and oven the federal tronp ? nro liable to pounce down on any body o strikers who undertake to destroy property will prove a strong leverage In forcing the re suit aimed at. If successful , report has it the leading roads of the country will follow with a like reduction of the wages on th Wabash , and competitive advantages will b given it thereby as a pretext ; in brief , clam ing this reduction forces them unwillingly t this Rtsp. They thiu hope to secure a genori reduction without engendering as much he blood as would otherwise result. The ttrn ; fling diagonal position of the Wabash systei will make this claim very plausible , for it rut into competition with nearly every pool an traffic agreement of any magnitude ia tt country. It is further said that if the stril is successful and tbo road has to give in , tl other lines nro to help pay the cost of the c : porimcnt. The Great Strike. SEDALIA , Mo. , March 10. The sltuatii hero is little changed. The strikers refuted allow any freight trains to ieavo. The strike adopted resolutions demanding that Maung ; Hoxia be superceded in the management t the Pacific. The city council yesterday o priato J $1,009 to pay special polica to proti tbo company's property and assist in t movement of trains , and Division Super ! tondent llazou requested the sheriff of t county to Rive the men willing to work pi tectloii. Tbo strikers were out last nig ( doing double duty , guarding property a seeing that no freight moved. ; 4 ST. Loms , Match 10. Gov. Marmadu has called the nulltia hero to go t j Sodall Missouri , to aid in suppressing trouble Ilk ; to arise there to-day out of the railroad stril About ISO oflicerij and men loft hero tl morning on a special train and will arrive i Sodiill * at 2 p. in. Sr. LODIB , March 10. In response to n c for troops from Governor Marmiduko , Lii tenant ColonnlVnllbridge left with ' . militia and a Galling gun for Sedalla , Mo. , , 11 o'clock to-day. A riot is very seriou . feared at Sedalla where one thousand etrlki railroad employes of the Gould bystoin i said to menace the property and the put poaco. The soldiers left on a special tr and will maktt the run to Sedalia , one hi drcd and clrhty mile ) , by 4 o'clock thin evi incr. The St. Louis militia found consideia difficulty in getting niiinni'ition butw tin Ily supplied nnd they loft with tea the and ball cartridges. The omploves of the Miisauri Pacific in i Louis are still quiet aid at work , and r there is no present intention to strike. 1 men discus * the situation very closely nnd It believed the departure of the greater pi of the militia of the city have had tno eft of discouraging the strikfiis. SKDAUA , Mo. , March 10. No change matters Dertalninz to the strike to-t'ny. _ 1 nmn in great numbers nro about the rniln ( illicea , defiant uud positive in their poeitl Adjutant General Jameson is hero in c snUatiou with the citizens and the strlki Not n cr of freight was moved to-day , i no likelihood of any being moved. Buslr is almost at n stand still and the outlool gloomy. No riotous demonstration hus b i made up to the present tlmu. The strik though determined , ha\e manifested no position to destroy property. THK BTRIKKUS OtTIIlUO WORK. MonKiiLT , Mo. , Marcli 10. Netwithsta ing the Miesouri Car and Foundry camp * which has leased the Wnbasb railroad ah hero , nnd will hereafter conduct thorn , li announced that they me ready to receive plications for labor , irroipectlvo of past ; existing trouble , not ono of the men > struck 80H19 days ago , and have since I idle. h s applied for work , although thei no doubt that they could obtain from the company us much or oven better wages t they demanded from the railway compa They s ty they will not resume work until former wages nro restored to every world on the entire Wabash syitem , and claim IUYO advises that by to-night or to-mor every workman on the Wabaeh railway wi ! on a strike , TOI-KKA , Natch 10. Governor Martin no Intention nf calliuir out the militia on count of the Missouri Pacific railroad strik ; Atchirton. Ho ho , however , telegraphed the members of the state boird of raili commiiaiouers to meet him at Atchison morrow to attempt to elfect an arbitratioi the strike. H SEDALIA , Mo. , March 10. The tn from St. Louis were brought to Centertc ' within fifty miles of Sedalla , where they nowquartorecl _ in tha cars , Late to-nigh iirmUticu was agreed upon until noon on i 14th of March , at which time tha strikers to have an answer. Governor Mar mud and State Adjutant General Jameson at act as medi&tors. Sr. LOPIS , March 10. About two hunt and fifty militia assembled at the armory to-niRUtby ordar of Major Buchanan , 1 senior officer of the regiment remaining in i city. After a general talk about tha si tioaithey were dismissed under initructioi hold themselves in readlueu to iciponi t f urtber otderJ at moment's notice. It If n believed , however , that any additional or : issued , ' The \VftbdBtt Strikers Jjot the Tri Alone. KANSAS Cirr , March 10. The ettlken day decided to offer no Interference with movements of trains on the Wabuh ros being under the protrctlon of tha fei court , thai rotd ii consequently run freight at well as pauenger trains , The M Usouii Pacific pswenjrer tr&ini not interfered with , bnt no freights are per mitted to leave. The city council this att r- noon resolved to have a reserve ol the police force in roadiueta In CMO it should bo needed. United States Marshal McGee Is prepared to protect the Wab sh property though it does not anticipate his interference will bo neces sary. The strikers manifest no disposition to do violence , but are firm in their demand of a restoration of wages to the scale ot last October. Texas Pftclllo Strikers. DAI.LAH , Texin , March 10. The section hands hero employed on the Texas Pacific struck this morning , on the invitation of couriers , who pastcd-through on baud-cart. The strikers drew the fires from three en gines. Thocompanywill ] | attempt to recover the engines to-morrow nnd begin moving a number ot Idle trains , A call was Issued to night by the friends of labor for a mass meet ing on Thursday , the object of raising funds to assist strikers at other points who nro re ported iufering ( for breadstuffs. Bloodshed is apprehended if thy company attempts to move the trains with a small forco. A Palestine spocUl say ) the yard shops nt that point are now in charge of Sheriff Davis and his deputies , who took out several trains to-d > y. The strikers have "bsen excluded from the yards. At Marshall to-day the county and city of ficials were notified by'tho railroad company that If the civil authorities do not intervene to bieak up the strike or prevent the stopping of trains the company will hold the county liable fcr damages arising from the Interrup tlon of business. On receipt of tha nottco County Judge Keller interviewed a commit tee of strikers , who assured the judge that no violence was contemplated. _ Tha civil author ities thereupon refused to interfere , Tills is regarded as a victory for the strikers , who are quito firm , PAU.SONH. Kas , , Marh 10. It ia rumored to night that the strikers of the Missouri Pa- clfio nave ordered nil the engines and men along the line as far south oa Muskogae tc come to Parsons for protection , and also thai after to-morrow no passenger trains will be permitted to pa'ss , except nn engine and i mail car. Kt\IlJKOA.iJ KACKEt. Sr. Louis , March 10. At the annual meet ing of the stockholders of the Wabash , St Louis & PaciGc railroad hold hero to-day . the following directors were elected for threi James F. Joy. Charles . . Gee vears : w MM O JL- * * vyjimiiua .Aviut ioa. vi ou y L. Dunlap , Solon Humphrey and Sldue' Dillon. Iho report of Vice-Piondcnt A. I ] Hopkins , covering the period from Januar ; 1st to May 28th , 1874 , at which time the receiver ceiver took possession of the property thow the earnings to bo § 0,129,400 ; the operatini expenses , S5o28,2i8 ; u surplus of § ioi,241 ; > The meeting of directors was postponed unti April 2d , in Now York. At a meeting of the board of directors c the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad her m to-day the financial exhibit submittedshowe 1(1 the RIOSS earnings to bo $1,643,506 ; operatin expenses Sl,053o77 ; improvements and taxe $181,801 ; not earnings $2,508,218 ; ii terest on the sinking fund , ren nis. etc. , § 1,820,200 , surplus earnlnf 8492,015. CHICAGO. March 10 On complaint of tl Michigan Central that the e.iitbound rati were being cut at loading points , Commi on eioner Fink , of New York , to-day sent a tel < to grapio order teducing the rates on ( bur ur gram from abisia ot 25 cents to 20 cents , ar er on provisions from SO to 25 cents per bundri erof pounds from Chicago to Now York. It we : of into effect at once , ect Grain Statistics of the Departmci of Agriculture. n- WASHINGTON , March 10. The report n.he the consumption and distribution of corn ai ro- wheat from statistical returns of the dopa : relit ment of agriculture shows 374 Pcr cent ° f t nd last crop remains in the farmers' hint ko against 33 per cent on the firaii day of Marc la , 183J. The supply In the farmers' hands If sly jear was 5V2.000.000 bushels. The remaind ke. now is 675,000,000 bushels. The stock in t his middle states is 29,000,000 bushels ngair at 2tiCOU,000 bushels last March. In the sou the proportion is the same as last year , 41-G ! per cant , but the quantity ia M5,000,0 ng.inst 138.000,000 bushels. The pi 250 portion in the west is 36 7-1' ' ) inste 250at of (0 7-10 , and the quantity amoui .sly to 490,010,000 bushels or 144,000,00 iug bushels moro than the stock of last Marc : are Two years ago the stock remaining at t jlic same date was 685,000,000 buihel' , or SI ain p r cent of the crop , 1,017,000,000 bushe un- The amount shipped Is a few millions h en- tnan last year. The exports equal 28,000,0 enMo bushels against 2,000,000 the same date ere 1884 , and the commercial receipts at t iUS- western markets are also less , The full ea ; cm crop reducing slightly the demand tn St. withstanding the reduction in price. T 'ay proportion of merchandise corn is very larg : he 87 per cent against an average of 80 per ce it for a period of yearn , and ( JO per cent for t ; art last year. Wheat reports ; ! in the forme oct hand * is about 33 per cent of the crop , 1C 000,000 bushels or ZO.OOl.OOJ bushels m < in than the stock last March , when the crop v ? he less by 1)2.000,000 ) bushels. There has beet cad slightly freerer uao of wheat for bread , .on. little poorer quality has been fed to stoi ion- The Block en March the first was 28 5 i ore. cent of the previous crop or 145,000,1 nnd bushels , and that of March the first 1882 v 10HH 03,0.0 000 buahals. The quality is roper kia above the average in every western state i eon cept IllinoU and Missouri , and In nearly orH , the Atlantic Mid Gulf coast states. dls- An Infernal Machine. CLEVELAND , O. , March 10. Some wo ) md- men , on entering the oliico of W. T. Selli Miy. foreman of tha Union freight depot , yesi I0p3 day found I tavo morning , a suspicious looking ap- lying on one of the desks. It was rou apor or about eix inches long and two inches in who amater , and covered with heavy brown wr jefn ping paper , In\oitlgatlon showed that . ro is ono end was a cap and firing-pin so adjus car that upon attempting to open the package .ban the usual way the cap would explode. " . ny. Sellers was summoned and a consultat the held , It wai decided to take the box to man powder worUs and have it opened there i to the contents examined , The paper wl row torn oil dlsclosttd a tin can evidently made 11 be its present uua. Inslde was nearly a qn of lloiculei powder a sulficlent quantity has do Immense damag * . Why It was left tli and by whom no ono can tell , The theor ; ace - o at that a disharged employe was the authoi to the attempted outrage , seeking in that wa road attain revenge on Mr , Sellers. to- i of Calif oi ni Ciop I'rospcclH. SAN FKANCISCO , March 10. The Call oop publish to-morrow crop reports from all " agricultural counties of California. TheSa- - it an mento valley grain is in good coudlti the Showers within a fortnight will make are abundant harvest The tame may bo sale luke the bay and coast counties. Grain in the i ro to Joaquin valley is suffering for lack of me ure. In some localities it ii likely to pro' irod partial failure even if rain comes n a here days. In tbo extreme loutbern counties the prospect Is good. Tbo usual March shot the will prove a good crop average , equal to I of last year , tua- iii ted d to Murder and Suicide , not CHICAGO , March 10 The Inter Oce ders Loningtoo , III. , special laye : Oharlei i Rigen ( , ged Bnvonty-fivi > , grew dcaponi over the lois of all his money In tha Lou altiH ton bauk , which fa'lel ' lait yrar , and night he shot his rfjtxl wife to death and s to * killed himself , Id ! i > ry coott8- NEW YottK M rch 10. deral , Dry goods i mlngle" ot > vetnanyeiterJ r. There has be fair drmind from agcuU and many mi : laneous auortmenU has been called for tc ) are extent of a food volume. AT THE CAPITAL. The First Meeting of the New Demi- cra'ic ' Cahinst , The Hungry Army of Office-Soek- ors Daily Growing Larger Completion of the Arrangements for the Committees , Vest , Ooko and Harris Succeed Garland , Bayard and Lamar , Blair Sworn In as Temporary Senator for New Hampshire The rrfBldent niipenscs AVlth the Services of Four Employe * ) at thcAVhtto House. SENATE. WASHINGTON , March 10.-Tho resolution offered yoitordny by Hoar that Blair bo sworn in as senator to nil n vacancy was taken up and a long discussion followed. The legisla ture which Is to elect a senator fiom Now Hampshire will not meet until Juno next. The point was raited by Infalls that the question at Issue had a significant bearing up on the senatorial issue In Illinois nnd Oregon. After n further debate the resolution was agreed to 38 to 20. Tbo only departure from a division upon party lines was m the C BO of Jones , of Flor ida , who voted in the affirmative with the re publicans. The oath wai then administered to Ulalr and the Senate adjourned. WA9HINGTQN NOTE3. WASHINGTON , March 10. The democratic senators have completed their arrangements for the committees. Senators Vest , Qpke and Harris are to succeed Garland , Bayard and Lamar , on the judiciary committee. Senator Vance will go on the finance commit tee in place of Bayard , Senator .Ransom will succeed Bayard as chairman of the committee on private land claims , and Senator Gorham will take Hansom's old plnco as chairman oi the committee of the Potomac river front , Senator Kenna will go on the commerce committee. The committee on privileges and election : adopted the report on the question of pa ) claimed for General Itoblnson , at present the secretary of state of Ohio , as n membei of the house , after he bad declared upon thi discharge of his official duties In Ohio. Tni report concludes with the resolution ecttlnf forth that Itobicson did not claim tn bo i member of the house after January 12 , an ( recommending the clcik to strike his nam from the roll ? . e- eid THK 1IDNQBT AIUIT OP OFl'lCE SKKKKKS. jd Some of the appointment clerks of depart cd rcents were kept up all last night , indtxini ut applications for office , which c me In by th thousands. The pressure nt the pistoll'ico am interior departments is very groat. At th nt Intter bureau applications are coming in the rate cf two hundred a day. Callers at the executive mansion with th of moro or lees disguised purpoeo of furtlierln nd the interests of applicants , continue to b rt- very numerous , but they are still proinpil rthe and politely referred to the various heads c depart icnts as the persons to whom all cue IB , persuasive utterances should nowbeaddressei A , WASHINGTON , Mnro.h 10. The cabinotm ; ( xst at noon , all the members present. It is ut ler derstood the session was devoted almost entirely lie ist tirely to the consideration of federal appoint ith mcnts. It ia asserted on good authority th : 00 each member of tha cabinet submitted a Hi 100 of appointments in hla department essentii ro to the administration of public business uc road der the present regime. The deliberations < at3 the cabinet will probably result in a long Hi IOJ of nominations being sent to" the senate by tli h.he president to-day or to-morrow. he Richard Smith , of the Cincinnati Core G3 mtrcial ( Jnzstto and W. N. Haldeman , of tl Louisville Courier-Journal arrived hero th evflniDfr- 100 In The National Republican will contain ti he morrow an interview witli Postmaster-Gei 5t- eral Vilas , in which that gentleman is quote 5t0' - a * having eaid : "The programme of the who ' ! 0'he cabinet la to select officials for their wort and valuy to the government , " and as bavin int eaid further that the policy of the administn bo tlon is to bear out the civil service rules I irs1 tno full extent In the management of tl various departments. I shall euforco tl or'e rules herp. pas It Is understood that it is tha intention < i a the president to reduce the clerical forca t aA the White House and to do away with tl ck. system of keeping an elaborate record of o per business brought there , in accordance wil this proposed vas OUUTAUMKNT OF TUB FOIICS. led Pour employes ot the executive mansion we to-day notltafcd that after that instant the ull ervi o would not be required. They a Heorv C. Morton , Ohio , J. S. Bolsvoy , Ohl , nd W. 11. Duke. West Virginia , clerks i .11,800 , 5l,8tO and 81,400 per annum respo : rk- vely , and O. L. .ludd , telegraph operate vho receives 31-ICO , tor- The programme of democratic simpllci ias already been changed , The president h box retained Arthur's head cook , Chef 1'orti nd , 3hef Kortin had a pretty busy time uud di- 'resident Arthur. Ho was liable to be call ap- upon for a supper always an extenslvo ono apat it any time of night , while there was no ro , ited ilaritv about the daily meals , liroikf att w a in served to whosoever was ready for It at ai Mr. iice of the morning. Chef ITortln until tion mtoa a little more regularity , ai Preside the Cleveland expects everybody m bis househo and , o bo ready for breakfoak exactly at 8 o'cloc hen President Cleveland has , as yet , made for arrangement ! for ills private horsea and ca lart ijgca. When Mr. Arthur retired ho plac f to ils private stable proparty at the ditposal icro [ 'resident Cleveland until ho should perfc yis ia own arrangements. r of f to TUB B&OICBONJ3 GIIANT. SCENIS IN THE HENAIK DURING THK V WiCK-TKLLEB DEUATE , will Chicago Tribune Special. WASHINGTON , March 9. There was a cti the ous scene in the senate to-day. One of < era- ion. foremost republican senators was arraign ! ion.an a int > rrber ot tha lath republican admlnist i of tlon for tit of&cial a.cla , and the latter , nan San senator , not only defended theto acts , but i slat- vea - Ucktd the sonata for its policy with respite few to the executive departments , Tha princi ; the of a responsible cabinet ha * never been ini ivers nearly realized under our governme that Pendleton the author of , the bill to g the cabinet officers teats in Congrt ai well us the author of i other bill which Is now giving his parly mv troubl" , was an interested listener. 1 J. Interpellation to which roiort is so frenuen denl nude In the constitutional parliament line governments of Kuiopa for the Brit time t ! las < H now runembsred found its parallel In i own country. There coold not have b moi feehog if thn two speaker * had b leaders of the opposing parties. The lint stoned vehemence of the cms was'answered the contemptuous sneers of ( fie other , were OPENING THE ATTACK. 'en a The expected debate upon tha Van W' resolution as to the reasons why the ' ' 13o tbe bone" land grant patent * were iuued I IV filled the Kaueriw. Vn Wyck opened attack uponlSecretary Teller. Ho endeavored to bo deliberate , but Ills indlc-natkn w s BO great that his voice wavered , and ho once mispronounced a word. Iho Harvard eradic ates about him , who seemed annoyed that ho had led the republicans into tuch a trap , smiled at thia verbal slip ; but their faces gate no expression of approval to his terrific ar raignment of the last adm'nUtrattan , Van Wyck looked at the democrats , but recsived no applause. They had no inttrett in the subject. Morgan , of tbo sub-committee of the public land committee , which failed to icpott so many bills for forfeiture , sat listlessly In the rear of the chambor. Plumb , another member of that subcommittee , was absent. Blair , another member of It , Bat In the roar of the chamber , taking no interest In the dis cussion , but taking very grcat _ interest In the debate which had preceded it. The senate had refused to scat him for n day under his now commission from the governor , The democrats seemed to bo wanting to establish a precedent which might beef of use in case General Lo an shall ba appointed by Gov. Oglcsby. In the course of this debate Air. Hoar made a statement which JlliHtrnttnl the extraordinary force of the unwritten law that Is called the court.'ey of the bonale. Ho said that if there should bo a delay of a day in the swoarlug-ln of Mr. Blair the latter might Icso the position on committees which he , has earned after elx years of cminont service. There has probably never been n moro significant public declara tion as ti the effect that is given to seniority in service in the assignment to placai on com mittees. Mr. Van Wyck's speech wns in tensely earnest and filioit. TELLER'S ARGUMENT. Teller rose to reply , and his face , owing either to indignation or excitement , % vm lighter than its usual shado. Ho declared than Van Wyck was a professional anti-mo nopolist , and not a champion 'of the people ; that his inirposo was to poio before the public and to gain notoriety , nnd not to aid to do justice or to redress wrongs. Tcllei'a speech was an elaborate legal argument to show that the Backbone Railroad company was entitled to its grant. The argument was set forth in summary in tbeso dispatches , published Sat urday morning. Tbo republican senators seemed lestlcss pending thodebato. They nre indignant that Van Wyck has precipit' tiled this discussion. They look at it only from a partisan point of view. They are cbagrinedthat ( at the ont.'et of thenow ntlmin istration they are brought face to face witli this particular act of the old. Teller , at th ( first Interruption of Van Wyck , yielded wltt contemptuous gesture and the exclamation "I will allow him anything. " Later ho wai restive at interruptions. INCIDENTS -INTERESTED SPECTATORS. There was one parson in the chamber prob ably more interested In the proceedings thai any ono except the debater ? . Mr. Hill , o Colorado , now ox-Bcnatoreat smilijg in a sea at the rear of the chamber , and listened will unmixed satisfaction to the sharp thrusts eVan Van Wyck. During the debate , Kustls , tin new senator from Louisiana , who is familla with the Backbone grant , sat by the side eVan Van Wyck , nnd made suggestions to him. A times Vim Wyck and Teller became BO excite ; that they epoko as if in chorus , and thei ' anlmatad gestures and vehement expree sions caused amusement both on th floor and in the galleries. One group liateuoi to the debate with much attention. It wn composed of the railroad senator ? . Brown Mahono , Sewell , and Leland Sanford. Telle went back to the days of Coke to find reison for the issue of these patents , but he sat nothing r.bput the haste or the burning of th midnight oil. In the gallery all through th debate there sit a pile faced , whitehaire man , over whose face there was a contlnuou smile of sardonic satisfaction. It was th venerable Sherrill , the chief Jo f the Hunting ton lobby. f HOW THE JOR WAS P.KED. About February 1 SecretarW.Toller Bent fo the commissioner of public Hands and tel him that this matter bad been pending f ( two years without proper reason. He ra pressed a deslro to have it disposed of befoi ho retired from the department. On the ! vernal Instructions the clerical force ot tl land office began the preparation of schndulf and litts. Tne claims of the railroad were tone ono million acres. These were cut down t 070,237 acres of lands on which there we : no settlers' claims , or other claims on recon The preparation of these lists procoedc so slowly that it wan evident that the would not be completed by March 4 , C February 27 Secretary Teller wrote an pffici letter to Commieioner McFarland reviewir the legislation on the subject , and [ directu him to prepare and submit for approval lit of lands inuring to the Now Orleans Pacll railroad under an adjustment of the gran From tha date of this letter extra work w performed , and the preparation of the iis was completed in March 1 or 2. On Man 3 Secretary Teller laid the petitions1 for tl granting nf the patents and the pro'est again on - it before the president and cabinet with tl n- result as known , nad ' 9 Legislation Aa inat Railroads Foe SritixariKLD , 111. , March 10. The bill i to troduced and read the first time in the sena lie ho this morning by Terrence , relative to the pi vcntion of railroads pooling , provides that shall be unlawful for any railroad compn athe operating in the state to receive pay for sc all vices not rendered in the transportation th freight or passenger * , or pooling their ear ' ings. It prevents in whole or part any ra roads from making a division of earnings any character whatever. Any railroad v latiug any provision shall be condemned pay a fine of five hunched dollars for ea lo , day or part of dty. It shall ba the duty at railroad commissioners of the state to enfoi the provisions of this law , and for such pi or , pete the attorney-general shall Institute su against the companies when requested to so by tiie commissioners , The commission ! ity ias may.aleo employ other assistance in the pr , editions as may bo deemed necessary , t n ier fines after the expenses are paid to go to t led treasury of the state. Suits for violating t ! act may bo instituted in any county in t state , _ r'AI The IlllnniH Hunntorahlp. ny Cl SrniNGnKLD , Ills. , March 10. It is go : int rally believed that the vote of both the seni old and the house on tha United Statej sonat ' ship will be taken to-morrow. Ikth tides i u- preparing for the contest. Exciting scenes i ued edof expected , A prominent democrat stated of night that be thought there would ba a brc ect on nne side or the other soon , psrhaps to-in row. Joseph C. Mackin wes in to to-day and In conversation w a newspaper man , said he was thoroui AN } y BuliafieU that he would come out all rij in the mlt now against him. Ho appeal quite satisfied with the out look. It is reported to-night that State Sena Bridge , democrat is failing fait. Death L the expected at any time. Ic is said that he I ing uncontciou * . Bridge's death would off .ra. that of Representative Logan , republic : thus makiog the legislature a tie again on I a joint ballot. at- The Missouri 1'aoUloAnnual ect Moetli plo ST. Locia , March 10-TUe annual meet of the stockholders of the MUtjuri Pac : int. railroad , held here to-day , elected the foil 'ivo ing board of directors ; Jay Gould , A. BSI , Hopkins , Russell Sage , Joseph S. Low an Si 'ney Dillon , T. T. Kckart , Geo. J. Fern ucli rhe Samuel Sloan , H. C. Maiquate , and Gee . illy Gould , all of New York ; R , 8 Hayoe , ry Louis ; T. L. Amm , Boston ; 8. JI , If. Cla hat Omaha , Neb. The report of R , H. Haj first vice president , was read. It ihiwf d ro j earnings for 1881 to ba S8777f icen operatingexpenses , $ -l-J02.877 ; turplus e ) ings , from which taxes and fixed charges to bo deducted , $4,281,760 , General Grant's Condition , . NEW YOKK , March 10-General Grant ick I B'ven ' a itimulsnt Iwlth soothing effect , had I the patient poised comfortable night , the' arosethis morning refreshed , FOREIGN CABLES. Neither EnM nor Gsraaay Aware ttat lie BriUsh Flag Had Been Hauled Down by the Germans in Victoria. The Most Prieudly Relations Ex ist Between the Two Nations In Regard to the Negotiation of Colonial Intere&ts. The Russian Occupation of the Afghan Frontier. An Inonrrcctlon IIns Broken Out In Allmtiln , Turkish Faroes Do- fontcil By Insurgents. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. KOMUNI ) TATKS MKUCABKD. LONEON , March 10.-Edmund Yatcs , editor of the World , was released from prison this morning. AN AMOROUS Lonn. Lord Durham's auit for divorce on the ground of his wife's insanity was to-day dis missed with costa against Durham. Sir.fumes Banner , in rendering the dociiion declared the respondent loved another , and censured the family for arranging a marriage with his lord ship. LONDON'S BRILLIANT DETECTIVES. LONDON , March 10. Qulllian , of Liver pool , senior count el for the defense in the high treason felony case against Cunningham and Burton , was last night arrested on tus- plclon of boine a dynamiter. Qulllian had been at the Bow street police court during a large part of the day in company with Stephen J. Meany , of Now York- , looking after the interests of his clients. At the time of his arrest Quilliaa and his friend wora about to board a train at Mark Lane railway station. Ilia companion carried a black traveling bag _ similar to those which frequently figured in the dynamite trials. The detectives noticed tbo two men , fcllowed them for Eoma time before arresting them , but when they saw the couple going with a black bag toward the railway train the officers stepped up and took them into custody. * NO DEFINITE BEFIT X1ECRIVED TKT. LONDON , March 10 The government hat not yet received a delinito reply from Russia to their latest overtures for an amicable ad justment of the Afghan frontier dispute. THE RU2SIAN ADMIRAL. is SlNQAl'OBK , March 10. The Russian admi ral of the crown has arrived hero on his waj to take command ot the Pacific squadron ol theSyrias navy. FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN ENGLAND AN I OERirANT. LONDON , March 10. In the lords , Gran vlllo said that neither the English nor thi Gorman cabinet was , aware that .thoBrltisl flag had been hauled down by the Germans ii Victoria. The most friendly negotiation were in prowess between Germany and Kng land in regard t > tha colonial interests. INSURRECTION IN ALBANIA. SALONICA , March 10. An insurrection ha 1C broken cut in Albania. All the av.illabli Turkish troops have hurried to the scene A force of the Turkish regulars were defeated feated by the insurgents near Lyourcet. A Prizrend gnnison they wora driven into thi Citadel bv tbo insurgents , and are now be ad sieged. Tbo Austrian consul nt Prizrend am the Orthodox prietta have also taken refug in the citadel. The insurgents cut the tele al graph wires communicating with the district og in rebellion , ay AFGHANISTAN' NEWS , its LONDON , March 10. Sir Peter Lumsde : fie . telegraphs irom Yin Mcshedt. Afghanistan It.as Coots reports a small detachment of Russian as advance to Mihitlsheni , the furthest soutl its west point on Heri-Rud claimed for the Rui ch hoist si an frontier. The advance does not coinpli cate tbo work of elimitatlon , but endangoi ist a collision with Afghanistan. . - < H > r ji he THE AMEEll ASKS ENGLAND TO TRKAT WIT ] LONDON , March 10. The Port Ian papei say that at the cabinet council at Cabul , tli ameer and saveial generals were present , : was decided to nsk the English government i ite treat with Ilussia for tbo restoration < Pulekhatrom and Ponjdob , but not to mafc it Russian nzcupation , the casus beli , tbo place not being of etrntegotlc importance , Xui ny finkor pnis , however , it was decided must b nyof recovered by furco of arms if necessar ; of Another Persian piper eayn that sever 'D- Herat nobles arrived at Sasokhs to preaei a petition to the Russians to annex Herat. lil- lilof A COLLISION IMMINENT BETWEEN RUSSIA AN of 'AFGHANISTAN , io- ioto to LONDON , March 10. The Times stated tin ich the Russians have advacced further into tl ichof Afghan territory and a collision is immlnen rco The Afgnans are prepared to withstand tl ur- attack and the British government has ordoi lits ed General Slf Peter Lumedc do to organize a system of defens or * The niueer of Afghanistan has requestt OS- England to fortify Ileiav. so it can be defcm the ed by Afghan troops. The Times ia an ed the torlul eays : Wo believe the main body < his Ganeral Lumsden's troops occupied Rob , the pass. It Is hoped that Genersl Lumsder. measures will prevent tbo ca ) > turo of the kt of India by a coup da main. If Russia iu bei upon war she has many vulnerable points. . ' she forces Kngland to hostilities she cann ate imagine the etrugplo will bo confined to r : mete regions in Aisia. IIC8SIA WILL NOT SURRENDER A HAIIlSBRrADl nro OP HEU 'rOSSESSIOMH. are ST. PETERSBURG. Marcli 10. NovooRem ; to- says : "Russia will not surrender a hnn 9ak brradth of her present possessions in Centr ior- Asia nor will aha abate her rnodorato d minds , wn ith gh- A ItMlE RE9URUEOXION. Rht A WAV BUri'OSED TO HAVE BEKN LYNCHED B\ re IIISSOURI MOB TURNS Ul' IN THE 1XKBIJ tor N1W IOR , iS ST. LODIS , Mo , . March 10. A remarkal IS Fset denouement in a factional fight involving hi an , a hundred tf the leading citizens of Pulai the county , Missouri , occurred to-day , Li month eieht prominent citizens living ne Dixon were indicted for lynching an nlleg .ing robber named Hildebrand at Hancock in 18i Testimony showed that Hildebrand was tak lDo from his cell , banged to a tree , cut down , a ow burled by the mob , The men were tried owL. . Waynesville last week and acquitted , Hard bad the verdict been announced when a letl was received from New York stating that t est , man who wai supposed to have been lynch J. was in that city , alive and well. It was a St. dressed to W , H. Murphy , an attorney irk , Dlxon , Mo , and read as follow * : "In looking over the paper of March 5 , thu noticed an article referring to the suppos 527 } murder by Judge Lynch in Pulaaki ooun in 1872. A m n ntmed McCorney called u are on tno In reference to the matter and said 11 he w s the Hildtbrand referred to. Ho we from St. Louis to Dioxn and from there Hancock. If e was arrested for a serious n beryuf which he wae innocent. Ho WM taken out , huog up a number of timei , a and finally cut down. It was supposed lie v and dead and his body wai thrown into a ravii he recovered and left the aUts , though I wounds In his neck did not heal for many days. " The Utter shows every evidence of being genuine. FIUOllXFUlTACOlDEN T. A LOADED SHOTGUN ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED WITH FATAL EFFECT. Special to the BKE. TABOR , IOWA , March 9. A terrible accident occurroJ yesterday morning west of this place at the residence of BurncttFaldcn. It seems that when the family were all in the room the children some way knocked the safe or cub- board over , on which was a loaded bouble-bar- rolihotguu , .Tho fall discharged the gun , both barrels , the oontonta taking fatal effect on ono at the ions nnd seriously wounding Mr ? . Faldon , Ono load entered juit back of the right side of thdeon , tearing a hole clear through his body so thit his bowels gushed out ; the other almost severing his hn d , nnd a number of the ( hot pn peii on , filling the throat and neck of Mrs. F. . so that she is in a serious condition. Some of the shot passed throurh her windpipe The boy lived about three hours nnd expired. Mrs. F. is not con sidered extremely dangerous , still the extent of her injuries cannot yet be learned , The boy was the cldojt.about seventeen or eighteen years of ago , n quiet good natured lad , and nis untimely death costs n gloom over the entire - tire neighborhood. * T The Illinois SrniSQFlELn , 111. , March 10. Considerable time was consumed in the house this morning' ' In an argument over the reading of the jour , nal of Thursday and Friday. Several peti tions relative to woman's suffrage were pre sented and referred to n select committee. Downs , of Pcoria , offered a resolution sym pathizing with the Wabash strikers , and the resolution passed without n dissenting veto. Several additions were made to the different committees. The sub-committee on elections met this morning in the McAullffs-Sitting election contest. The committee on count reports the gain as follows ; Bardoll 149J , Sitting 134J , McAuliff's 185J , Sullivan 24 7J , Moulding 7. The sonata confirmed the nominations by Go\ornor Oaloaby as follows : Board of trus tees of the Illinois industrial university , Syl vester M. Willard , of Cook ; Charloa Bennett , of Coles ; Parker Karl , of Union , as their own successors , and George 0. Eisenmeycr , of St. Clalr , to succeed Philip H. Paske ) , resigned ; Christopher Tightomoycr , West Park board. A bill was introduced by Torrance to pro hibit pooling by railroads in Illinois , Re ferred. In the house a resolution was passed com mending the action of congress in placing Gen , Grant on the retired list. The resolution requiring from the auditor names nf employe ! of the house , also salaries paid. Passed. At 12 M the joint cession convened. Hop rcsentative Cratt occupied the chair , owinf to the indisposition of the speaker. Twenty-five senators answered to roll call and 70 representatives. Streetor voted foi John 0. Black on first ballot and the joint as sembly adjourned. Misnonrl Mud Slingcrs.o Sr. Louis , Mo. , March 10. The troubli between Governor Mnrmaduko and Major C C. Rainwater , the prominent democratic can dldato for mayor of St. Louis , has assume such a phato that it Is believed thosu ficr gentlemen can only settle thfljjiffair.Jjy an ap peal to the coie. QoYeriiotf MQ nlaankCTcatiso tha publication of an affidavit which allege 8 that in the summer of 1875 R. C. Pate , th sporting man , paid Chief of Police L. Uarri gan , through William H , Thprnregan.tho snr of § 500 per month for the privilege of runnin a keno-houso , and that the money was divide with C. C. Rainwater , who was then a mem her of the police boaid. The affidavit is mad by William H. Thorwegan , a prominent citi zen , owner of a half-dozen steamboats , and Ii C. Pate. Maj , Rainwater , when the story of tb affidavit was detailed to him , reepondec "And BO that Ii the governor's answer , had thought the dump was down at the rive and the slums close to it , but it soorr the governor has found them both. So far i the story ho has fished out of those precicc is concerned , ! have only to eay it is infumou ly false. " Chief Harrigan also denounced the affidav is as false. The Iron Mountain Annual , cs ST Louis , March 10. The annual moetic ef the St. Louis , Iron Mountain and Soutl em railroad company was held this mornir and the following directors were elected : Js Gould , J. J. 33ekerr , Russell Sago , Joseph F Lowry , Samuel Shethar , John T. Terr ; Henry Whelan , A. L. Hopkin ? , F. A. Ma quand , of New York ; R , S Hays , George V Allen , R , J. Lackland and R. C. Kerens , i St. Louis , Tno report of the first vice pros dent showed the following operations for tl yoarlSSJ : Grets earnings , & 7,457.891 ; ope ating expenses , § 3,987,298. Nltro Gljoerlno JOvpIoslon Net Cleveland. CLEVELAND , O. , March 10. Six thousai pounds of riitro glycerine exploded to-day the manufactory of the Ri ck Glycerine coi pany , at Howard Junction , throe miles awi from this city , instantly killing W , H. He rington , ono' rf the proprietors , and H. " Pratt , an employe , nnd the factory , thlrty-fi feet away , was blown into fragments. Tre were torn up by the roots acd great boles wo made in the earth. 'llio 'Weutlicr.Q " " ' " WASHINGTON , March 10. Upper Missis ppi valley , fair weather , southwesterly win slightly warmer preceded ; extreme nouthe ; portions falling temperature. Missouri valley , warmer weather , souther nt T.iads , falling barometer. If oto Dealing In Options PiahibUcil. o IIl- . March 10 The dlrectora the board of trade presented a rcBolntion , bo acted on on the 20th inst , suspending ur member concerned directly or indirectly yo tbo business of dealing In options , ON 'CHANGE. ' The Market Stiffens Up Under the Ru mors of War : Wlioat Makes an Advanoo Whioli It Maintains , Bnt Oorn was Only Moderately Aotivo and Firm , Oattlo Made Good Prioos , bnt the Market Was Hogs were Inclined to ba Weak | and lOo Lower. Provisions AVcro Qulcl , Imt AVilliout , Mntorlal ChaiiKO in Vulueo Quiet and Firm , MAUKKTS , WHEAT. Special tclograto to THE BKE. CHICAGO , March 10. Under tbo influence c/f etromger cablegrams and warlike report ? , coupled with the frosty weather hero ami tha information that a cold wave is coming , the market for wheat was stiff and a good demand f a speculative nature , and to fill shorts pro duced an advance of lo per bushel , sales of No. 2 for May delivery being mode at 81c. Later the demand slackened and pricji do- dined to within a fraction of the lowest figure of the season. Just before the adjournment there was n fooling of war nnd price * finally closed 3@Jc better than twenty-four honra ago. March opened at 7PJc , ranged at l' > \ © 7Uc , and closed at 7Ci@755c. May opened at 80Jo 'with sales at and between 8080&c & , closing rather firm at 80Jc. The stock of boat in store Is 10,473,307 , bushels , against 5,220,788 bushels A week ago. Of No. 2 > ring In store wo have 14,201,463 bushels and easels in harbor are laden with 189,513 ushels , CORN ras only moderately active , but the demand ept pace with the offerings , and all claFsea f buyers were in attendance. Thu feeling ovoloped was ono of firmness , nii'l May fn- uro closed lo higher. Sales for May opened 142 : , and the range during the session was 2@42gc. with the closing sale at 42o. Sales or March were at 38io. ranging nt a.Sl@3SJc , losing at 38Jc. Vessel room was secured lor 01,000 bushels , the rate to Buffalo nnd etor- ge until the opening of navigation being 2jo x r buehel , The stock here is 1,014,727 biiBli- 1s in store , and 009,050 bushela tucked in 'easels ' , OATH were quiet for future delivery , bnt cash lota vore in good request. Price ! were without material change. A lot of 28.000 buehola winter receipts told at 28c and taken for ship- nont. f ' - vPROVISIONS " \ > ut Without material changes'in value ? , and trading1 was exclusively local. Prices closed a shade lower than twenty-four lours ago. Mess pork for May opened at 512 05 , ranging nt $12 CC@12 72J , closing at § 12 72 * . Lard for May opened nt S7 021 , ranged at § r 021@7 07& & , and closed at $7 00. CATTLE. Thenrrket was rather slow nnd prices were generally quoted easier on thu general run of ordinary ( hipping nnd dressed beef cattle. At the slight reduction of to day val ues are considerably higher than last week. The first bids to-day were 1010o below yes terday , yet there was scarcely that difference when trade was finally finished. There were but few really good cattle among tbo fresh receipts , and the bulk of the best would sell within a range of $5 25@5 50 ; 1,050 to 1,200 pounds , $ l.20@4 SO ; 1,200 to 1,350 poundo , S1.93S5.40 ; 1,350 to l.GOfl pounds , $5 C05.00. Cows , common , $2.40@3.00medinm ; , $3 30 © 3.2 ; RoodS340(214.00stickers ( ; , $3.fiO@4.90 ; feeders , 51.5C@1.GO ; Texans , $3,95@4.7C. HOfiJ , Weaker , slow and about ICc lower , which takes off the advance noted yesterday. The other now feature was nn improved demand - mand for big , heavy torts that Imva been BO much neglected for some timo. At the finish the market was dull and. weak , with 8,000 to 10,000 head left. The quality averaged poor. Packing and shipping , 250 to 420 pounds , 54 C5@4.90 ; light , 100 to 200 pounds , $4.2C@ 485. The Goal Minerb' ( Hrlkc. Pirrsnoiia , March 10. The coal nilneis' strike in general is in an unchanged condi- , lion. About 4,000 men are out on a strike and 2,020 at work , Three hundred men got an advance from the Birmingham Coal com pany in Birmingham and went to work to day The river and railroad mines are nearly all Idle , All the men nro put In the fourth pool except at Neil's which it tbo largostmlno in the pool , The operator * decline to pay the advinco , The Wisconsin Poisoning Onfic. EuuionN , WIs. , March 10. To-day is the thirteenth of the trial of Nellie Horn for poi soning her sister , and the prosecution have rested the cate. The defence immediately moved for the exclusion of tha Milwaukee chemist and also for n nonsuit , but both were overruled , The dcfenco then rested the case. The jury will ba charged to-morrow morning. Dentriicilvo Fire. NpnFOLK , Va. , March 10 , intelligence ia received of a destructive fire at Ntwburn , N , ( J. , last night. The Central hotel and twenty houiea and storoi were destroyed , LOBB , $10 0,000 ; insurance , $60,000. al Spring Medicine A When the vcnthcr grown wanner , that extreme tired feeling , want of appetite , AT dullness , languor , nnd lassitude , nflllct almost the cntlro human family , and scrof ula nnd other diseases caused by humors , manifest themselves with many. It H Im iki possible to throw off this debility and expel IBt humors from the blood without the aid of a reliable mcdlclno like Hood's Harsaparllla. tar ed " I could not sleep , and would get up In 12. the morning with hardly Ufa enough to get 12.on out of bed. I had no appetite , and my nd face would break out with pimples. I bought M no other season Is the system so sus- ccptlblo to the beneficial effects ot a re liable tonic and Invlgorant. Tlio Impure state of the blood , the deranged digestion , niul the weak condition of the hotly , caused by Its long battle with the cold , wintry blasts , all call for the reviving , regulating and restoring Influences so happily nnd effectively combined In Hood's Barsaparllla. "Hood's Harsaparllla did mo a great deal of good. I had no particular disease , but was tired out from overwork , and It toned me up. " Mity. a. 12. BIUUONH , Cohocs , N. Y. jly he at Hood's Sarsaparilla ed d- a bottle of Hood's Barsaparllla , and soon dat began to sleep soundly ; could get up with atI out that tired and languid feeling , and my I appetite Improved. " It. A , fiAwoiu Keiit.O ed "I had been much troubled by general ity debility. last spring Hood's Barsaparllla proved Just the thing needed. I derived an Immense amount of benefit. I never fc-lt nt to better. " H. P. MILLKT , Boston , Slass. teA ' rai Hood's Sarsaparilla raim m Sold by all druggists. $1 j six for f S. Made ran only by 0.1. HOOD & CO. , Ixwell , Mass. ae the IOO Doses Ono Dollar "For seven years , spring and fall , I had scrofulous sores come out on my legs , anil for two years was not free from them at all. I suffered very much. Last May I began taking Hood's Barsaparllla , and before I had taken two bottles , the gores healed acd the humor left me. " 0. A. ARNOLD , Arnold , Mo. "There Is no blood purifier equal to Hood's Sareaparilla , " U.,8.1'jiiarH , Rochester , M.Y. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. 91 ; six for | 3. Made only by a 1.1IOOO & CO. , Lowell , Mass. , IOO Doses Ono Dollar