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NINETEENTH TEAR. OMAHA , THURSDAT MORNING , MARCH 27 , 1800.
i _ .1 NUMBER 270.
SHERMAN'S ' ANTI-TRDSF BILL
It OnusoB Another Lively Dabato
in the Sotmto.
SEVERAL AMENDMENTS MADE.
Hcniiiorn InunllH nun Vent Hnvo n
Tilt A Hill Introiliiccil In tlio
HOIIHO Urntitlim Gun. Crook' *
Widow n I'o i ) i cm.
Hsnntc.
WAJHIXOTOX , March 20. In the senate
today Mr. Sherman presented n substitute
for the first tiart of the Kdtnunds moit in
spection bill , which was ordered printed.
The committee on naval affairs reported n
Joint resolution authorizing the secretary of
the navy to remove the naval magarinc from
Kills Island in New Yoilt harbor and to pur
chase n site for and to erect an aval mugazlno
nt. some other point nnd making nn appro
priation of 875,0(10 ( for the purpose. It was
amended Dy making n further appropriation
of $7fiUO ' ) to enable the secretary of the
treasury to improve Hills Island for immigra
tion purposes. A joint resolution was then
passed.
Mr. Kdmunds moved nn order that from
nnd nftor Monday next the soimto'SliaH meet
nt 11 n. m. , but objection was offered and the
matter went over till tomorrow.
cTlio nntl-trasl Dill was taken up nnd
various amendments made. Mr. Spooncr
offered nn amendment to the llrst section
giving the courts authority , In addition to
other remedies , to issue writs of Injunction
prohibiting nnd restraining combinations
from proceeding nny further in business
except to wind up their affairs.
'iho legal bearing and effect of the amend
ment ns well ns thu bill were generally dis
cussed by Messrs. Spoonor , Hoar , Gray ,
Stewart. Vest , Keagan nnd Eustis.
After B&ino remarks in reply to fomothing ,
said by Mr. Keagan yesterday Mr. Vest said
ho would no' say another word ubout thu
constitution. He was prepared "to join the
proeosUon. " He would like Iho senator
from Ohio ( Sherman ) tos-ny whether he con
sidered the clause incorporated in the bill bv
Mr. Ingnlls' amendment , imposing n tux on
dealings in options , constitutional or not. llu
characterized th < * bill "As n remarkable act
of legislative logerdomaln. "
Mr. ICustis said he regarded the bill ns the
grossest usurpation of state rights over at
tempted in Dm history ot the iovonimont.
Mr. fngnlls said his amendment would not
interfere witli bargains , purchases , sales or
exchange any of the products of which
the parties might be possessed of or be the
producers of.or which they intended actually
to deliver. It was llrst directed against a
gigantic modern Invention known as dcnl-
irg in futures , " His amendment had been
mot nt every stugo of the proceedings by the
Interposition of some question of order'or
some question of etiquette , or of HOIIIO ques
tion of constitutionality. The people of the
United States , Ingalls continued , "have a
reasonable degree of respect for the consti
tutionbut they are not afraid of it. " Tlio con
stitution was n growth and not n manufac
ture , and tlio constitution of 1MM , by reason
of the operation of the people who mndo
it , was n vastly different instrument from
thu constitution of ITS' ) . Its author would not
know it. They made it fora specific purpose ,
not for the object of enabling lawyers to de
vise dpllnitlona or 'to put obstacles and bar
riers to the will of the pooplo. Uut the con
stitution wns perpetually invoked by narrow
nnd rigid and illibeinl constructionists as an
insuperable barrier ngnlnst ovcr.v cITurt to
uoncllt the condition of the pooplu. Bonn-
tors supporting thu bill nnd been taunted
with Dad faith , with false chivalry , with
lighting a sham battle , because they at
tempted to carry into effect u provision
which was entirely within the limits and
purview of the constitution. Those guntie-
uien ( Eustis , Georco and Vest ) had spent
considerable time in endeavoring to destroy
that constitution they now plead on every
occasion. There had been no step in na
tional progress for the lust thirty live years
against which those senators had not risen
nnd declared it against the constitution.
Ho ( Ingalls ) recollected that there wns
once u great demonstration to prove that
there was no power in the constitution to
coerce n stuto which saw lit to go out of the
union , yet the people had found it. ' 1 hero had
been slm'ijr protests against the abolition
of blavory , the reconstruction laws , etc.
Hccenlly when a resolution was offered to
If i Inquire Into the violation of thu law In Mis
sissippi thuv had risen up nnd declared it u
violation of the conntitutlon. ' 1 ho govern
ment had a right to go anywhere else in thu
world where the rights of American citizens
were violated , but had no power to tnku caru
of thu rights of American citizens assailed in
Mississippi. He commended to thojo con-
struers of the constitution the contemplation
of the results of their criticism during the
last thirty yours.
Mr. Vest Bald tlmt it the senators repre
senting the southern states wore to bo under
the proscription announced by the senator
from Kansas they mlgtit as well be out of
the union. Ho was under obligation to obey
the constitution , but not to take the con
struction put upon it by Mr. Ingalls. llu
moved the amendment of Mr. Ingnlls'
amendment malting Jtho license ? 10,000 , in-
stca of $1,000.
Mr. Kustis In reply argued against the
amendment. If the senator ( Innnlls ) sought
to correct Iho morals of the people ho
( lOustis ) psked htm to leave out Louisiana.
Mr. Ingnlls Wo want to take hold of your
lottery by and by.
Mr. Vest's amendment was then adopted ,
as were also the following : By liutlur , ex
tending the provisions of thu bill to stocks
nnd bonds ; Kustis , extending its powers to
cotton prims , steel rails , boots and shoes ,
lead and Inmnei ; liliilr , including woolen
poods nnd wiusky u.'ul all kinds of intoxicat
ing drinks.
Tlio committed of the whole then rose and
ropnrlcd the bill and aftur an executive ses
sion the senate adjourned.
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WASIUSOTOX , March 20. In the house to
day Mr. Lnwlor of Illinois introduced a bill
granting a pension of f'J.UOO a year to the
widow of thu lute General Crook ,
Mr. Cannon of Illinois , from iho committee
on rules , reported n joint resolution making
the Wyoming admission bill tlio tipcciui
order for today , recess to bo taken nt rrliu
this afternoon until U o'clock tomorrow , the
previous question to bo considered as the
order at 1 o'clock. The resolution was
adopted and the Wyoming bill ivas taken up.
Mr. linrnes of Georgia opposed the bill be
cause ho behoved there were gross irregu
larities In the adoption of thu constitution of
Wyoming and the territory did not contain
population requisite for admission into the
union.
Mr. Carey of Wybmlng made a strong
plea for thu admission of Wyoming. Ho
contended that the constitution was adopted
by the free mid fair vote of its citizens nnd
that the population was sulllciont to entitle
it to two senators and ono ruprchcntntivu In
congress , and lie defended tin ) provision in
the constitution of the territory extending
thu right to veto to women ,
Mr. Dockoruy opposed iho bill ns n parti
san tnnasuro. *
Mr. O ites opposed the measure because It
proposed to give women thu right to veto
and madu school attendance compulsory.
Mr , Dunuon of Mlnccota said ho was In
clined to vote against the bill on account of
thu woman tmlTriu'o clause.
Mr. Wubhlncton of Tennessee attacked
the woman sulYruga clnusn and huld that tl > u
people of Wyoming had violated to ! provi
sions of the act of organization limiting the
sutfrago to white nmlcs. Women might bo
sent from Wyoming to the senate.
Mr. Kerr of Iowa thought thu opponents
of the bill were in bad straits when they fell
buck for their objection upoti the woman
suffrugo question.
Mr. Kelly of Kansas said ho would not bo
frightened If wouiun had seats on the Hoar
of Iho house and perhaps it would result
bcnollclully.
Mr , Moroy of Ohio favored the bill and ad
vocated the civil nnd legal enfranchisement
of women in all the states ot the union.
After further debate the house took n recess -
cess until It o'clock tomorrow.
Among the bills for the erection of public
buildings today reported to the house by the
committee on public buildings nnd grounds
were : Hastings , Neb. , 375OuO ; Sioux Falls ,
S. H.JlftO.IWO. .
OMAHA AS AN AIIT CKNTUK.
A Grand American ComnoMrr * ' Fes-
livnl tn Ho Mold In .November.
WASHINGTON. March 'J5. This evening nt
Lincoln Musical academy In the presence of
n distinguished and critical audience nn Im
portant step was taken In the work of plac
ing American music on a nlnuo with other
branches of American art by the rendition
for the llrst time of a concert programme
selected wholly from compositions of Ameri
cans. The idea of distinctively American
concerts attracted considerable attention
among music loving persons through
out iho country nnd resulted in direct
ing notlco to the rapid progress
mndo in the United States within n com
paratively recent period , not only in the per
formance but in the study and composition
of music. The entertainment tonnrht , which
was under the auspices of the National con
servatory of music , Is Intended to be the in
augural of a series of strictlv American con-
: erts , which Mrs. Thurbcr , the projector of
the scheme , hopes will ombrnco the leading1
cities of the country , the object using moro
fully to npprlso the American people of the
works of native born citizens , and to stimu
late the ' .ncreasing interest In music of a high
gr.ide. The soloists at these concerts will
also bo Americans , and in many mstpnces
Iho selections will bo personally conducted
by the composers The concerts will conclude
with n grand American composers' festival ,
thu lirst of the kind over held , to take place
nt Omaha , Neb. , Novcmbar 27. 23 and U'J.
At the s.itno time examinations for the Na
tional conservatory of music will ho held ntr
Omalm for thu states of Dakota. Iowa , Ne
braska and .Missouri.
The programme presented tonlcht repre
sented an active group of American com-
posore. The selections consisted of short
pieces adapted to illustrate and contrast Iho
diversity nnd originality of thoughts , adeptness -
ness orchestration and the typical charac
teristics of cacli composer. Each number
on the programme was well and carefully
rendered and the American composers' con
cert was very successfully inaugurated.
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A JIUSSIAN IIKUOINR.
IMndiun Tsclirtlcnvii UrnvcH tlie Cznr
lor tlnr Ciiuntry.
KVVHB CUT , Mo. , March 20. An Asso
ciated press dispatch from St. Petersburg
states that Madam Mary Tsebrikova was
arrested for sending a personal latter to the
c/.ur and would probably be exiled to Siberia.
It was said the Uusslnn authorities inti
mated that this letter threatened the czar
with the fate of his father unless ho modified
his reactionary policy. .
Mr. Gcorgo Kcnnan was scon by nn As
sociated press reporter today regarding the
matter and told an interesting story. He
stated that Madunto Tsebrikova was a cul
tured Kusslnn lady who has long been
known in her own country as n talented
writer. She resided in Paris for some limo
up ' .ti tins year. ICoilnnn hud a letter from her
under date of January 10 , iu which slio said
shu was about to send n memorial to tlio
czar which would probably lead to her arrest
nnd exile ns soon ns she returned to her
native country. She enclosed n copy of
this memorial to Kcnnun from
which ho - makes extracts. It
docs not "menace" the czar , but seems to bo
n calm , reasonable review of the existing
sinto of things in Hussia couulcd with on
earnest aupcal for a.mnroJii > arui iwi- . . . -i-
n letter accompanying it to Kcnnaashe , says
her friends toll her that she was foolhardy ,
but shu cares not. She does not think
favorably of revolution and bloodshed ,
although she doubts not that it
will some day como unless there
is n chaiik'o. It is , however , she thinks , far
distant. The letter and memorial through
out areof a high tone and Mr. Kcnnan says
ho desires to place them before the public
cyu as n refutation of the chuigo of Russian
ollteials "that western writers have Ideal
ized thu nihilists beyond all scmDlauco to
the reality. "
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fciSTI'.U 1,1:0 DHAI ) .
All Kxptniintioii ol * Her llocont At-
> I nipt to l < ] sfnpu.
Wj'-Ti'iiC'srLii ' , 1'a-i March 20. Special
Telegram to TUB Hni : . | Sister Lee , why
escaped from the Villa Maria convent yes
terday nnd was recaptured a short dlstanco
from the institution , died today of paralysis
of tlio heart. The sisters talked moro fruely
today ubout thu attempt to escape.
It appears that Sister Lee came to the
convent six months ago from Philadelphia ,
and took tlio white vuil. Since thch she has
been one of the most devoted of the order.
A week iH'o she was stricken with la grippe ,
and a day or so later her brain , it is said , be
came alTcctcd. It was while laboring under
u hallucination that she leaped from thu
window ycsteruuy and altompted to osuapo.
Dr. John 1C. McClurg of hm place , thu at
tending physician , substantiates thu story
tolil by thu sisters at thu convents At 1
o'clock today Sister Leo died of paralysis of
the heart. Her death was caused by yester
day's exposure.
IltiAVV I > AM.\r > I2 < 4.
Thu Hov. itylancn Awarded Ton
Thousand Dollar. * .
Niw : Venue , March 20. The Jury In the
superior court today iravo the Uev. Dr. Uy-
lance n verdict of $10,000 ngamst Nicholas
Quackenbass for alleged libol. The judge
told tno jury that It was certainly n clear
case of malicious libel , and the only ques
tion fur them to decide was ttio amount of
damages. The court gave tlm plumtifC's
counsel an extra allowance of ? . 1,000.
Ur. Kylanco ia the pastor of a fashionable
Episcopal church. During his absence in
Europe last summer certain slanderous
stories \veru circulated about him , and on his
return n faction homed by Quacltonbass de
manded his resignation. Ho refused and
brought this suit.
Lout a Hrido and a Fortune.
Dusvmi , Colo. , March 20 A wedding of
moro than usual social importance was an
nounced to tnKO place ut St. John's Episco
pal cathedral today , but for some reason un
known the ceremony has been declared off ,
and Capitol Hill society , especially the flvo
liundred and more who received cards or in
vitation , and on the said invitations have In
vested in valuable presents nro In a decidedly -
cidedly unpleasant frame of mind. The un-
fortuuato groom , who arrived from Limn ,
O. , yesterday Is u Mr. Thrift , and his nx-
peeled bride , who , at nlmojt the lust mo
ment , refused to go to the altar with him , is
Miss Maud Clnru , u young lady with an m-
comu of J10l'OJ n your and a dot of nearly
fr-utXOJO from the osi.ito of her fnthor , who
was a cattle baron. Miss Clark was edu
cated abroad , and on her way homo vUltod
In Ohio , where , it is said , thu acquaintance
ripened into love and thu omjiigumont fol
lowed.
Anotlinr IronMiror ( iocs AVroui ; .
ANNAi'Oi.is , Md , , March 20. The gov
ernor sent u message to the legislature
tonight transmitting a communication from
thu state comptroller saying that ho had dis
covered a mlsappropratiun of state securi
ties In the hands of State Treasurer Archer.
Treasurer Archer u lyiug critically ill at his
houia in Uululr.
MiiuiG QtnN Contribution.
ST. Pioi. , Minn. , March 2t ) . fSpooml Tel
egram to TUB lluu. | Loading citizens of
St. Paul met Governor Miller of North
Dauota this afternoon nnd arranged to raise
n guarantee of $100,000 for the purchase of
100,000 buDheU of seed wheat for the dottl-
tutu furuicra in the L-ovoruor's utato.
MAY BE CALLED FORT CROOK ,
The Bellevue Po.-it Almost Cortnln
to Boar the Gonorul's Name ,
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A MOVEMENT FOR A MONUMENT.
Members of tlio Army ofVo t Vlr-
K'nin I'pcparhm to Krcot n Slinl't
to tlio Intllnu Fiilitor'n Mem
ory Hit' TnrlJT IIIU.
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WASHLvntox. . O. . March 20. |
Congressmen Uorsoy , McKIntey nnd Gen
eral GofT of West Virginia , ns members of
the society of the Army of Woit Virginia ,
are preparing to inaugurate n movement for
a monument to General Crook. It has not
yet been decided whether this monument
shall bo erected in Washington or at Arling
ton. It Is probable that the remains of Gen
eral Crook" will eventually bo buried in
Arlington. It is almost certain that the now
military post at Fort Omaha will bo called
Fort Crook , Instead of Fort Omgha. The
Nebraska delegation aru united in this mat
ter , and will make this recommendation to
the secretary of war. Tlio chances nro that
Mrs. Crook will bo pensioned at the rate of
$2,000 a year , as bills having that object in
view hnvo already been introduced in both
the house nnd thu senate
AN Al.l.-IUI S
The committco"bn ways and means Is hold
ing nn nil day session trying to reach sumo
conclusion nn the sugar question , and when
that is disposed of Mr. McICInloj thinks the
bill can bu reported to the full committee ,
but an attack will bo made upon the metal
schedule. Tlio northwestern members of the
committee nro unanimously of the opinion
tlmt the duties charged therein nro entirely
too hign and may bo reduced nt least 20 per
cent to thu advantage of the public.
Mr. IJurrows of Michigan , who is the load
ing member of the committee in the light
for free sugar , said of the present status of
the tar.ff bill this evening : "I have about
lost all hopes of a further reduction of the
duty on sugar , nnd the sugar beet manufac
turers , becoming satislled Ihat tlicro will bo
no further changes , have left the city.
I have contended nil along that wn should
not make further changes In too internal
revenues than to abolish the wholesale and
retail licenses , thus giving frco trulllc and
opening the markets to the producers at
homo and lowering the incomes about S10-
OOJ.OOO , and that , wo should make sugar free
and give a bounty of 2 rents a pound for the
domestic urtiulo , for wu will not.llnd it easy
to explain our internal revenue reductions
along with a duty on sugar and other arti
cles of necessity. Our metal scholulo is
based on n wrung principle. We propose to
make pig iron pay 75 cents n ton while the
tnritf commission of lb3 only recommended
5J cents. Wo hnvo lixed steel rails at ubout
? 13 a ton , when they should bo ? S and bar
iron und structural iron of nil kinds is 30 or
40 per cent too high. Wo have hulped
the farmer and consumers a great deal In
our bill , but wo can and should help them
moro. There are only three of the republi
can members of the committee who nro
fighting for those reductions. We have pro
tected iron and steel industries till they must
bo content to see their protection .reduced .
. . - ItriOUV inattSITIOfflK-
„ > ! ua iuua < ra-ailU tlio
sisled. In compirison with others wo have
magnified the needs of the iron people. To
day wo put , hides on the free list , which I
think was wrong.Vo couhl hnvo made them
pay n duty nnd have had something to trade
to our South American friends in our com- *
morcinl treaty. Wo put raw silk on the Ireo
list because there is not enougn silk pro
duced in this country to supply n silk fac
tory n single week. The only thing ac
complished today was to make raw
silk and raw hidqs freo. I think wo
will get the bill before thu full committee
on Friday of this week and into the house
within ton days. The debate will not begin
till May 1 and Iho measure will not pass
before some tlmo in Juno. The demand
from all over the west is for lower duties
and it is the purpose to force them down as
low as posslblu. 1 do not expect nuy moro
material changes In the bill. "
A TE-4T.
A test of Iho popularity of the civil service
commission with the members of congress
will bo made when the estimates which were
sent to the house today for additional forces
como up for consideration. The commission
wants additional employes , to cost $37,000 n
year. The enemies of civil service retorm ,
as it is now being carried forward by the
commission , intend to make their light
against this additional appropriation. Other
opponents will object to tno regular appro
priation being continued.
OOf TIIK1IC , AT I\ST.
There Is considerable surprise depressed
hero at- the nomination of Pay Director
Looker of iho navy lo succeed Paymaster
ficnernl Fulton , who resigned not long ago.
Captain Looker Is at the head of piy di
rectors. Under President Hayes' ndminis-
tralion Looker was an applicant for the
same position and it was almost promised
him , yet Mr. Hayes saw himself compelled
by circumstances to disappoint him. Thu ol-
flco became vacant again under President
Arthur. Mr. Hayes madu a strong appeal to
Mr. Arthur to appoint Looker to the ollleo ,
but Mr. Arthu had n man of his own. Un
der Mr. Cleveland the ollleo became vacant
by the retirement of the incumbent. Mr.
Hayes made u similar appeal to Mr , Cleve
land , but the latter appointed Paymaster
General Fulton. When Commoro Fulton
resigned Mr , Hayes wrote an urgent letter
to President llu'-rison requesting Looker's
npuomtmeni. As Captain Looker slood nt
Iho head of the pay directors and Is a man
of undoubted ability President Harrison
very willingly granted the request.
motion's IIIXOMMCSPATION.
A belief prevails In congress that the rec
ommendation of Secretary Proctor in fuvorv
of iransfurring iho pension nftleo to the war
department will prevail. This proposition
has been discussed boforo. It has como In
various forms on four or live occasions dur
ing us many years past. The bulk of the
testimony relating to records of soldiers and
pension claimants como from thu war de
partment nnd boitdcs the ordinary curtail
ment of expenses In the way of using double
forces , thu whole army can bo diawn upon
without extra cost to enlarge the force of thu
pension examiners and clerks. With the
present pension oftlcu torcu nnd the largo
corps of oDlcors already in the employ of thu
war department and those subject to call by
the secretary of war the pension busw.-ss
could bo wined out In a hurry. The army , of
course , is opposed lo iho proposition , as It
contemplates n great dual \vor.t.for the
officers who nro having nn easy time ,
THE Tllf-T IIILI , .
The trust bill , as It now stands , provides
first that all arrangements , contracts , trusts
or combinations with n view to preventing
full and free competition in Iho importation ,
transportation or sulo of articles imported
Into the United States or the growth , pro
duction or manufacture of any articles in
any state or territory or nny combination
that may bo organized to advance the cost to
the consumer of any such article nro against
public policy , unlawful nnd void ami thu
circuit courts of thu United State ? nro given
jurisdiction over nil suits that may arise , tno
attorney general and the several district
attorneys being directed in thu name of thu
United States to commence nnd prosecute
all cases to final Judgment and execution.
Uut thu act Is not lo bo construed to pro
hibit organizations or arrangements between
laborers mndo with a view to lessen
ing the number ot hours of labor or
increasing their wages or nny com
bination among parsons In horticultural
or agricultural combinations with a view of
enhancing thu prices of their products. Thu
second section provides that any person in
jured by such contracts , trusts or cotubiuu
tlom ns defined In th'o first-section may stio
nnd recover twice the amount of damages
sustained and the roit of tbo suit. The thin
section provides that Demons engaged In
trusts shall bo deeui d guilty of high mis-
( lomcnnor and on cJ vlcMomthercof bo fined
not exceeding jlO.UOO or Imprisoned nt hard
labor not exceeding flvo yi\nrt. \
Trusts are described Urba u combination
of Mflll , capital or acts by two or moro per
sons for either or nnj of thu following purposes
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poses :
1. To create or carry out nny restrictions
In trade. A
'J. To limit or reduce the production or to
Increase or redubs the prlco of merchandise
or commodities.
3. To prevent competition in the manu
facture , purchase , mild or transportation of
merchandise. . *
I 'fo llx a standard or figure whereby the
price to the public shall bo in nny 'manner
controlled.
5. To create a monopoly in aoy merchan
dise. *
(1 ( To make any contract or agreement not
to manufucturo , soirur transport nnv nrt.lclo
below n common standard figure , to keep
the prlco of such article so ns to preclude
free und unrestricted competition.
The remainder of the bill embraces Mr ,
Ingall's amendment prohibitiui : dealing in
options or futures and taxing such transac
tions. It will bu scon from tlm changes that
have been mndo thatjtarmer.i and the ICnlgls
of Labor nro not included in Us prohibitions
and that the bill Is principally Intended to
gratify them.
ir."SON or Tiin cornr-M IITUI.S.
The recent court-martials In the army nnd
navy hava caused the committee on military
affairs to report njDlll : providing n now
method of trying nnd punishing offences
committed bv enlisted men , nnd if thu bill
passes there will hereafter on a police court
utoifh military post throughout the country ,
the ofllcdr second in , rank dally presiding
as judge. The bill requires that all persons
charged with offonsT.s shall bo brought be
fore him within twenty-tour hours after tlio
olTenso has bcon committed , that ho shall
have power to administer oaths , hoar evi
dence and dotomilfto ; the case and Inllict
such punishment uf.ho thinks proper. A
record of nil such JMses Is to bo kept nnd
submitted to the department commander nt
the end of each month. The accused c&u
waive examination if he chooses to do so on
appeal from the decision of the post judge
to a court martial.
AN IMI'OHTAST rilCCEDEXT.
Secretary Noble today rendered n decision
dismissing thu contest of John I ? . Allison
against the homostnad entry of Hannah
Tisdalo for the southeast % < 3l section 12 ,
township 103 , ran cro 07 , Mitchell ,
S. U. land dlftriot. Allison in
stituted n contest of this
entry on the ground that the entry-man
"never had established actual residence
thereon ; that she had never lived on the
tract nnd had totally abandoned it. " The
cusp was heard by 'the local ofllcors and
tho'cntry wns hold for cancellation. The
commissioner of the general land ofHco reversed -
versed the decision. The testimony shows
thfit Mrs. Tisdalo Was t n widow ; that she
built a small hut nnd Uved in it. Mrs. Tis-
dal was quite un old lady , not strong physi
cally. She lived with her son-in-law during
tlio winter , but iu the summer spent most
of her time on her lafW. Her health bccumo
sucn as to coinpol her to remain nt bar son-
in law's houso. Shi bccamo insane nnd
wns unable to care for her land. The secre
tary in his decision siys : "From the evi
dence it is apparent the entry-man
intended in good faith to comply
with the law but failing health
and derangement of mind prevented
lier from strictly following tno letter of the
law. " Tno secretary cited a similar case
wherein it was held that Iho absence of the
entryman from the la\0 Was caused by sick
ness und poverty , nnd'that confinement In
.
cqutred five years o'i residence. Ho accord-
ngly affirmed the decision of the commis
sioner and the woman keeps the land. Tlio
decision will bo cited In future as a prece
dent.
AIIMT SEWS.
Uy direction of the secretary of war the
following named ou listed men of the bos-
iilal corps lately on duty at Fort Luramio ,
U'yo. . are assigned to duty nt the post set
opposite their respective names :
Hospital steward , Patrick LJoldard , Fort
Sidney ; Privates Charles Gwyder'nnd Louis
Martin , Fort Douglas , Utah , and Private
Kudolph Schmid , Fort Robinson.
Tliroo years of the term of confinement
Imposed by sentence of n general court-
martial February 20 , 1SOO , uro remitted in
; hu case ot Frank iJuckley , company E ,
Twenty-third infantry , believed to be at
L ort Omaha awaiting transfer to the Fort
Lcuvenworth military prison.
Ono vonr of the term of confinement im-
> osed February 'JO , IbOO , is remitted in the
ol Joseph IlarUow , company A , Sixth
Henry C. Mattson , Second infantry band ,
now with his command at , Fort' Omaha , will
DO discharged from the service of the United
Status.
Miscnr.i.ANEons.
The senate committee on postofliccs and
test roads has reported a bill recommending
i classification of the clerks in tlio railway
mail service and the readjustment of their
salaries us follows : First class , ? SOO ; second
end class , ? 'JOO ; third class , ? 1,000 ; fourth
class , ? 1,200 ; fifth class , $ t-lIO ( ; sixth class ,
$1,000 ; seventh class , Sl.SOO , nnd that the
postmaster general f.hrill assign clerks to
; hose classes according to the work done and
to responsibility incurred by each.
Senator Moody introduced u bill in the
senate today to reimburse Frank M. Allen
for wood furnished fort Mead , ! jj. D. , in the
sum of f.iiO ; also a bill Increasing the pen
sion of John W. Cublu from Sl'i to ? 'Jl per
month ; also u bill for the relief of Thomp
son of Lincoln , Lann county , S. D. , in the
sum of 53.0JO lor wounds received nnd prop
erty destroyed by Indian depredations.
Senator Pettlgrow , from the commiltou on
Indian affairs , today made u favorable ro-
; > ort on the bill authorizing the secretary of
.ho interior to spend $5,000 for thu purchase
of 100 acres of land contiguous to the Indian
school at Pierre for nn Industrial farm.
A favorable report was today made
jy the commiltou on public lands
MI the bill authorizing tno president
.0 appoint u surveyor general each for the
states of North and South Dakota , tn rccoivo
a compensation of $3 000 pur annum each.
W.JH. Taylor , W. W. > Marsh nnd Hishop
John P. Newman of Omaha uro In the city.
Lymnn C. Dayton of Aberdeen , S. D. , wns
loi'oru tlio house committee on. publio lands
oil ay to protest ogalnsttho passage of the
till now pending before the committee nu-
.horiiing the city of Aberdeen to purchase
! 00 acres of land continuous to that city at
fl.'Jj per aero. Daytpn has a homestead
Maim on this laud now Spending boforu the
ntorlor department , Hon. Charles T. Me-
Joy was also present , but mndo no speech , us
10 can work moro effectively by the button-
lolo process. PEIIIU S. HKATH.
Another Crotost.
Niw : YOHK , March 20. The meeting ot
manufacturers of clear Havana cigars this
iftornoon appointed a representative to go to
Washington to protest against the ndoption
of thu now tobacco schedule us inimical to
the interest of this section of the trade.
.Till ; LOIibTKil. . K IS HII : I UBS.
Newfoundlanders 1'rotcHtlnz
thu Action ol' France.
ST. JOHNS , N , P. . March W. | Special
Telegram lo THE ULB. I A mooting called
} .y thu high sheriff to protest against the
Anglo-French modus vivondl regarding the
obstor fisheries , was hold In Hannormnn
. 'ark today. Several thousand parsons were
u attendance , nnd the meeting wirs the
argest over huld here. Strong resolutions
wuro proposed by loading citizens censuring
ho advancing French encroachments in the
territorial and maritime rights of New
foundland. Tho-flturA and stripes were dis
played prominently at the domaustrulion ,
md the speakers aJvocatod an uppoul to thu
United States in case England would not
protect the rights of her colony. Similar
iiuetmgs have been held at Harbor Grace.
Lltlla Hay , Hureln nnd other principal
Hacos on the Island. Great excitement pjo-
vuils.
FROM THE DAWItEYE STATE ,
Gambling Cnusoa tlio Ruin of a Fort
Dodjro' Youth. '
DOINGS IN THE LEGISLATURE.
The IMinrinncy li-\\v SI nil o a Special
Order for Friday In thuSonnto
Serious Fire at Ouii-
tral City.
Hl.q Downfall Duo to Poker.
FOIIT Donai : , In. , March UO.- [ Special Tel
egram to Tin : Hr.n.1 Lester U. Van Xnndt ,
n messenger for the American express com
pnny here , wns arrested this evening charged
with robbing the express packages loft in
his caro. He pleaded guilty and is now in Jail.
Van Xandt mndo a full confession of his
crime before .fudge Hyatt before coing to
Jail. Ho is n bright young follow , just nine
teen years of age. He has been going with
n fast crowd , and It was at the poker table
that his ill-gotten gams went. It Is not
known just how much tlio company
has lost , but It will amount to between MOO
nnd $ oOO. Ills stealings cover n period of
three months , during which tlmo n number
of packages were robbed of small amounts.
His scheme was a shrewd one. Hy insert
ing n wlrn Into ilia scaled envelopes ho was
able to abstract a portion of their contents
without breaking the seals. Money has been
missed mysteriously by the company lioro
for some time , but Vim X.uudt covered his
tracks so carefully that ho was not sus
pected. Una it not been for his fast habits
ho would not have fallen under suspicion.
When arrested ho cried llko n child. There
Is n strong sympathy fjr the young man
among his friends here , nnd threats of prose
cution against the gamblers who load him to
ruin nro made.
The I.oulslnt lire.
DBS MOINES , In. , March 20. The house
this morning passed n concurrent resolution
for final adjournment on April ir > , but a mo
tion wns filed to rccoasidor the vote , so that
it may bo changed. Among the bills passed
was ono to establish the first Monday in
September ns labor day. A largo number of
bills were introduced , among them being onu
to require railways to make connections bv
moans of switches with othur roads at termi
nal points. A joint resolution favoring tlio
placing of jute and sisal grass on tlio frco
list was concurred in. 'Iho calendar was
taken up , nnd the following sonata bills were
passed : To legatizo the acts of the school
Qonril of Fremont township , Mahaska
lounty ; to empower incorporated towns to
ssuo water works bonds. Adjourned until
tomorrow.
The bills introduced In the senate this
inorniutr were to compel railway companies to
issue mileage books containing 1,000 at $20 ;
: o provide for the establishment and mainte
nance of three normal schools ; to grant cities
organized under .special charters the power
to fix the salaries ot mayors. The" bills
passed were tpTiuthorlzo iho construction of
street railways to state institutions from the
town near iwhich such institutions are lo
cated : to allow county auditors additional
clerical force , subject to the control of the
board of supervisors. A bill providing for
Lho listing and assessment of the capital stock
of banks was made n special order forFnday
nornfng , as was also the pharmacy law. The
muse bill authorizing the funding ot indobt-
RSfjie aot.jsitipsjif.Jho E pDUil class , cccord-
ilso the senate bill prohibiting lott
irovlding punishment therefor. Ad
Flro at Central Citv.
CEDAU HAPIDS , la. , Mi'.rch 20 , 'Special '
L'olegramto Tile BII : . | - A fire at Central
City this morning destroyed the building oc
cupied by C. Mcrritt and Mlnohart & Har-
> or nnd a vacant building of Henry Mis
ers' , causing a loss ol ? 0,000 ; insurance
:3,500. : A high wind was prevailing and the
vholo town narrowly escaped burning. The
goods In both stores were nearly all saved.
Tin Hailrnnd At
Dis MOINES , la. , March 2'J , [ Special Tola-
gram to Tnc Ucc. I The executive council ,
consisting of the governor , secretary of
state , auditor and treasurer , have just
hushed the work of appraising the value of
ho railroads for assessment purposes. They
iud that there are now b-j.UbO miles in the
state , n decrease of 3SK miles during I'jSD.
Ihe gross earnings of the roads during l bil
vero $ . 'l"17bj71 , an increase over l ) bS of
-11,112,107. The assessed value of the roads
n 1880 wns ? 42bSL' , < JSt , or ? 3-S.O-4 less than
n 1SS3. The uvcraco assessed value per
nie ) is $5,19.2 , n loss of $22 over that of 18SS.
Plio operating expenses duruif ; 1SS3 wore
25,01l' > , SOj. The not fiimings were $11-
8il,7iO. ( ( The amount of taxes paid by the
roads was SI,2SJ.013. The assessments ns a
vhole uru lower than last yoar. The assess-
nents of thu leading trunk roads ns the sarno
ns last year. The Chicago , liurlinston it
Quincy is assessed on its main Iinu nt $1 l.7o :
) or milp , the Hock Island at $12,500 , the
Chicago it Aorthwestorn at $10,000 and the
3lucugo & St. Paul at $0,000. The council
owerod the assessments on several of the
weaker roads , ttioir financial condition being
) ad. Several of thorn reported that they
voro not earning enouch to pay interest and
ixed charges , nnd tlio council was merciful.
L'his is the first time that thu now governor
las taken part in the assessment of the
roads , and ho is much less suvcru than Gov
ernor Larrabec was.
Til1 > , 'H MolnoK Club.
Dr.s MOINES , In. , Mirch 20. [ Special Tel
egram to THU HEU.I Manager Mucullar
ms arranged to open the busoball season
icro with a series of games during the
jrnnd Army ot the Hopubliu encampment ,
April 7 , 8 an I 0 , between Minneapolis nnd
Jcs Moines. All of the homo players hnvu
been ordered to report next week , nnd the
grounds aru now being put la readiness for
hem. _
. Den MolncH Municipal Rloctlnn.
Dus Moisns , la , , March 20. [ Special Telegram -
egram to Tin : Hun. ] Iho republicans this
afternoon nominated a straight republican
Ickot for the city election , April 0 , Several
of the candidates nt the preceding convcn-
ion were ronominntud , headed by Mayor
Jamuboll. The democrats and liberal ro-
mblicans will ho.'d u citizens' convention
text Saturday to nominate- opposition
Ickot.
_
A Fnlno Hnport.
LEON , fa. , March 20. [ Special Telegram
to TUG HEB. ] J'ho report senv out from
lore tlmt the people were likely to lynch
Mr. Little for shooting Tarb Fulton is in
correct. There n much sympathy felt for
ho wounded man , but there is no disposi-
lon to resort to mob law. All of thu parties
o thu affray were in liquor at the time , and
Jttlo , who did the shooting , is considered
; onorully as u very peucoablo man , .
fTlm Now Unto Nulieduln ,
f
DHB'MOI.SKS , la , , March 20. [ Spasial Tulo-
; rani to Tun licit. | Thu commissioners
nado u ruling today to the effect that their
chcdula of ratal must apply to shipments
between nny two Iowa points , even if u part
of tUo route of shipment bo outside the
stato.
'nrinnrH Ooininonno KpriiiK Work.
MASON CITV , In. , March 20. Special Tel
egram to Tin ; HKC.J Today the farmers of
Cerro Gordo county commenced spring
vork. Thu ground is in excellent condition ,
but little wheat will bo sown. There will bu
an unusually large aorcago of oats.
Koolcuk HnloonlsU' Fined.
KiukiK : , la. , March 20.In the district
court today Judge Ca oy , in doing scventoon
saloonkeepers $30J each for violation ; [ ho
1)0
. . . . . . . . . . w.v. * . < | uui muuu I s- ISt
.t"1 ! ! "I. WUIIKV ' . " . violation of the co ' pn
upon which the ciuo wns then dotorm It
Is ordered tlmttlio defendants pay a of
MX ) and stand noiumittod until tho'III
costs arc paid. "
FK.MAIti FOOTPADS.
A Clilc.icn Jinn Koltcvott of IIIn . h
\ > y TxvoVoin. . n. .
Cittoiao , Maroli 2J.-.Sp.n'inl | TolJgKJTfi
to Tin : Dm : . ] Lincoln Sliutition had n novel
experience last night. .Whilo walking , on
I'ooria street on tlio west sldu ho was sud
denly confronted by two women with revel
vers. They requested him to hold up his
hands nnd ho promptly compiled. As ho
BIUUII n-iin n : * natuis pointing skyward one
of the fair footpads wont through his tuck-
ots , her companion meanwhile holding nn
ugly looking gun iinplnnsnntly close to" the
victim's head. The women were respectably
dressed iinu heavily veiled , limiting It impos-
Bible to sou tliolr featnros. One was n verv
largo and strong looking woman and the
other was of medium height , and together
they apluurod so formidable tliut Mr. Shan
non considered it umvlso to oITor nnv resist
ance. Having completed their tinvestlg'itioiis. '
and secured srO or J7 und some paper * , the
women ordered Shannon "to got out " Ho
accordingly "got" with energy. The police ,
ns usiiui , were nowhere. und have not vet
found the highway robbers. This is the
third cuso or robbery by females within two
weeks.
IIAFFLKI ) 8HNSAT10V h 12 KICK US.
Tlio Trial of JH'H Kent I'ostnotH'd to
April U.
Ctncioo , March 20.-- [ Special Telegram
to Tin : Uun.j A largo crowd gathered nt
the nrmory police station today nt the trial
of Mrs. Fruno Kent , tlia woman who cow-
bldcd Simeon W , King , the United States
'
commissioner , yesterday noon. Sensation
seekers were disappointed when M. M. Til-
ton , n Incnd of Mrs. Kent , asked for a coV
Unnance'stntlng that Mro. Kent had not
had time to conler with her attorney. Mr.
King wns not present. Ho telephoned that
ho needed until tomorrow to summon his
witnesses. Mrs. Kent , the uidow , who so
vigorously applied the ivnip to lliu eutnmH-
Bionor , tripped into the dock us nonchalantly
ns If she were familiar with police court
methods. Kho wore a uny patterned clonk
and neat titling dress of black cashmere ,
with a white silk kerchief tucked beneath
her collar. 'I ho lady's fnco was somewhat
pale , but there was a decidedly determined
look In her eyes.
'ihe Justice continued the case until April
2 in bonus ot $ MO. 'j ucso wore promptly
furnished by Mr. Hnrtsbaugb.
MAiSAUDEHS.
ljoottis : During tlio
OTTAWA , Ont. , March 21 | Special Tola-
gram to Tin : Bis B. J The moro that is known
01 tno iMiddleton lur scandal the inoro un
savory it appears. An ontecr who went
through the Heil rebellion says it was some
thing disgraceful the manner in whtoh tlio
property and effects of the unfortunates
Metis were looted , lie was on the steamer
coming homo after the ciinlura of Heil , and
there were twenty or thirty ponies , nnd
bales ol furs on board valued ut thousands
of dollars , two billiard tables , guns , saddles
and household goods which were looted by
the troops. There were very few of the
men who had not all the furs thov wanted ,
nnd buftalo robes and.otter and beaver skins
-vruro u drug on the market'for some time
w\Sr.UvllJittW ? PlQUetJ0A.XCoucnn next
Serious hercn IJra'ik.
Niw : Oni.KANM , March CO.A Vicksburg
special says : The levee in front of Skip-
with , Isaqucna county , Mississippi , about
seventy miles above Vieksburg , broke this
morning and the crevasse is now over four
liundred feet wide. 1'hn water in the town
is mi to the caves of the houses and the pee
Die nro reported as swimming for their lives.
Tl.o water from the crevasse will llnod an
immense country routli nnd east of it , em
bracing a part of Isunucim county , Khuruuy ,
south of Kollmg Fork and nil of Warren
county north of the Vuzoo rivor.
I'lootlM In Australia.
HltisiivN'i : , March " ( S. A hurricane nt
Towne.HVlllo has hooded the town and caused
much damage. Scvor.il person were
drowne.l. 'L'hu rains continue throughout
Queensland.
Floods Pi : s ntr Awny.
CINCINNATI , O. , Mm eh 2tl. The river Had
fallen two Inches by ill o'clock this morning.
All reports from above Miow that no further
rise m possible without another rain. The
mgreg'Uo ' ot the hiss uv HUB Hood is much
less than usual , as the people wore pruparoil
Tor it. With present conditions , tlio water
will rapidly fall and things will gj on as be ;
fore In u few days.
mi : IJAK.IJ SHUUI : iioiiuoit.
Decision ol tlio llo.ird of Jlnilroad
CummisHXincr.s.
Ai.nvvv , N. Y. , March 20. The board of
railroad commissioners has hando.l down n
Iccision In the matter of the accident on tlio
L.iiko Slioro & Michigan Southern road ,
Marcn 0 , near Humburj. ' , In which six persons -
sons were killed and twenty ono injured.
The report censures Conductor Hough tnling
for iccklcss culpability. The couplings
jsod on the cars were also condemned. ' 1 no
bourd reeogni/es reasons for the indisposi-
, ion of the ritilroud company t > have the
diets and the cucumstances in detail of the
accident hurriedly jpvon tn thii press by
luwspupor reporters huforu time hail been
: ind to carefully investigate , bocausa mis
takes nro apt to b3 iniula to tlio great preju-
dl" ' of the rlyhts of the company. On the
other hand , however , the board deems that
a brief statement of the salient farts of the
iccnlont. giving thu names and the number
of the killed and injured could with pro
priety and should be given by the rnil'road
companies.
Shot DV it Former Kmplnyc.
Love IsiANi ) Cuv , March 20. A. D.
Moulton , general superintendent of thu
Stclnwuy ft Hunters 1'oint railroad , was
irobubly fatally shot this evening by John
linniin , u former driver on the Fourth nvc-
mo horse car line , New Voric. Tim shoot-
ng was evidently premeditated. Moulton
says when ho was connected with tlio
Fourth avoniio road he discnnrgcd Honun
and thu latter has had u grudgu against him
over since. When arrested Konun said in a
, vild way that Moulton had been hounding
us family for years , nnd lm.l driven htm
[ Uonan ) crazy.
_ >
IlioVoutlinr Fori'oi t.
For Omaha nnd vicinity Kainy weatlior.
For Nebraska Ham , easterly winds nnd
wnrmor Thurday , winds shifting to north
westerly nnd colder bv Friday morning.
For lowu U.tin , oaatorly winds nnd
warmer.
For South Dakota-Light snows , easterly
winds und wanner Thursday morning , winds
shifting to northwesterly during tlio day und
colder Friday morning.
Mo'O Vli.-tliiii.
PAIUS. March 20. A. Siberian loiter an
nounces the arrest of tliroo man and woman
for writing an appeal ( o the Hussinn people
irotcslitig against the conduct of Ostushkin
n u Yakutsk affair. Thu trial of the prison
ers will probably result In tholr sentence to
death.
Freight TrnliiH Cull Id n.
TACOMA , \\'a h. , March 20. Uy a collision
of Northern 1'uciflo ireight trains this after
noon Engineer liniley wa futiills injured
and three other tram muu badly hurt ,
EVERYTHING LOOKS LOVELY ,
West Bound Lines All Auxtous to
Got Back to Old Riitoa.
BASIS OF THE NEW AGREEMENT *
A Committee Apnointotl to Hcnr-
Knnl/.o the Wcsturn SIIUCH l n .
Ben cr Association "Ho as to In-
cliiflo the Trans-MlsHOitrl.
A llarinnnlnu * Mootlnir.
io , March -Spcclal | Telegram to
TIIK Hun. I Today's meeting of the C'hifugo
west bound lines was a lovo-fcust. Not only
wns there a perfect unanimity on the subject
of re-cstiibllshlni ! the old basis of passenger
rates , but n unanimous wish was expressed
to ro establish tlm old Western Suites I'm-
sengor rates and give permanency to thu ad
vanced rates by establishing n power to enforce -
force punishment on manipulators.
The meeting wns n full ono , including
every line formerly in the Western States
Passenger association. It was soun found
that thu lines had hud enough of the cut
throat passenger war and mstoi.d of i.vlmir
directly on iho rates n motion was
unanimously adopted to appoint n com
mittee ror the purpose > , f reorganizing
the Western Stat-n PassiW'jcr association.
As such committee the general imiiscnger
agents ollho Alton , Wabush , Hurluiyton ,
St. Paul nnd Kocic island wore appointed.
A slirovvd move was madu to get the sanc
tion of the U Isconsln Central by appointing
on the committee Assistant General Passenger
ger Acciit Hitstcm of that road , but the nlni
was balked bv Mr. Kkstuiu's prompt resig
nation. He was thus saved from hnni'ing
in a minority report , as he probably wi-niil
1mvo had to do , and \ \ ill bo in the position
only of offering amendments to the commit
tee's report.
It was conceded that at even rates tlio
Wisconsin Central was thu weak line , l.ut it
will not admftof asking for a differential
without another light.
' 1 bo committee met this afternoon nnd ,
using the old Western States Passenger as
sociation agreement ns a basis , buiran formIng -
Ing the new agreement. After two hours'
wrangling the committee ndjonrnod and
will ask another dnj's tlmo from the main
meeting which will moot tomorrow morning
for its report. When finished the report will
undoubtedly recommend that nn e\ci ntivo
committee of three be the governing power
instead of n chairman , each genorni pan-
sender ngont serving u month In lolution. It ,
will also recommend that the boundaries of
the association be extended to take in the
present boundaries of tlm Trans-Missouri as-
sooiatlon. In view of this intention the
Trins-Mis3iurl : association only mut to ad
journ this afternoon , it bc-mir deemed best to
await the action of the western states lines.
Trunk ! < tic s Conference.
Nnw VOIIK , MaichO. . Tliu conference of
eastern trunk lines and northwestern roads
madu litllu headway in the suttloment of
rates today. Several propositions were con
sidered.
In tlm lliunlH ol ICncoivrr.
LITTI.U HOCK , Ark. , March 20. In the
United States circuit court today Judge Caldwell -
well appointed Xcwman Erb receiver of the
Kansas City , Wynudotte & Northwestern
railroad on application of the Farmers' lonn
ami trust company , ot Now York , psnding
the forcelosuta of their mortgage.
P. C. HlMlt'UALl.ll'b
He la KaitidlSinkiii : : and tlir IJntl
IH Very Ni'ir
S \NJosE , Cnl. , March -JiJ ( Special Tola-
gram to Tin : liKi'.l 1 have Just returned
from calling upon Mr. Pierce C. Ihmebn igli ,
who is lying very ill at the llotul Vondomo ,
in this city. lie has been gradually failing
for several weeks and is i.ow vori WOIIK.
The doctor says lie cannot Iivo mnic than
ten days. Mr. Himebaugh slated this fact
to me with thu utmost calmni'ss , und sud ho
was ready to po , though life was full of at
tractions to him. Ho spo'.tu uf his plans fnr
building up West Omahn , and wild ho had
Just now reached the point where ho could
take lifo easy Hois now , .ist llfty yiui-i
old. IIo talked in a cheerful manner of his
early lifo in Fontuvllle , Nub. , when iu and I
were attending the same district st'lioil and
said it was a great , comfort to think that hu
hud not ml onemv in Omaha , where lie had
lived so long. His wife and daugntor are
with him , and his partner , Air. Merrinm ,
arrived last night. .lon.s T. livi.1 *
AOT FHHIGHT II VTKS.
Kiiflrond IMnKiiatoM ; I'M ml Other
ItoaHiins lor Iiow Prlocs.
HM.TIMOIII : , March "d Inter state com-
mctco commissioners Hragg and Kchoon-
maker took the testimony of a number of
members of tlio corn exchange relative to
the cause of the low prices of food products
in the west. Kx Prusidunl Mullock said
freight rates hud nothing to do with the low
prices. Tliu corn crop last year was unusu
ally lurgu and there had been nn udvanre in
ocean rates on account of thu scarcity uf
tortnago. Klovatoi' rhnrj.es ; were ui.ifonn
and the present 11 cent rate from t Indigo
had been thu nvorngo lor ten jours. A
number of others SUM thu depress.on was
duo to thu largo crnt > . - > nnd that Iroi.'h * rules
wuru us low us could bu muinlumud by ll > u
railroads.
fin I I'o u r' Ijiimt I'uiclriho HIM.
LoNiinX , Marc i 3' A number of mum
hers of the commons were interviewed to-
duy Iu rufuroncn to tno land purchase I.1. .
Tno bulk of thu coiisurvutivus nnd union its
approve the measure. All the Pnrnci tos
condemn it us clearly in thn interest uf the
landlords. Sir ( , 'nnrloi Kussoll sum ho
would approve no largo purchase Hchcimi
unless accompanied by n homo rutu inuus
uru. Thu < ministers withhold their
opinions. The bulk ol the Gludslonmus dn-
uppruvu ot the bill.
OIM'O-UD UV TIIIO I'O IMS ,
Many Curd nalH in Favor ol' LCO'H
KtiO'ttH or Iinavlni ; Itoine.
Nn\v VOIIK , March \0. A Holno special
says a largo section of the cardinals nro ad
vocating the idea that the pope to ho elected
to succeed Leo XI II shull loavu Hub > mine
diatoly. They declare thu position of the
pope there unti'imbtu. Lee strong'y ' opposed
the sehomo und bus appealed to the < urdl
nuls that his last days on earth bo ounfortcd
by the psaunuiuo that such u course bo nlmn-
doued.
Kt'l/.inc < 'attlr I'o , ' IVnt-Ofl Duo.
MAIIANV I'IAKK , Pa. , March u rim
employes nf Lautol Hidgo colliery , nn n-
dividual mine operated by Simnnns II
Harrott of Philadelphia , are sui < i > g .i\o
stock to satisfy unpaid labor claiins Dm
colliury has buun hi In for several uceHu
owing to thu depressed cual trudu aim tlio
minors' wages uru In arrears. Troatiiu , s
feared.
o
Lnlco Navigation Oiinnud ,
Dui.tTH , Minn. , March 20. [ Spot.al Tel-
ograiii lo Tun HKB.J Navigation on i.nno
Superior opened this afternoon , and vcsucm
found no dlnlculty in working through the
ice.
Ktuiuiiihi | > Arrival * * .
At Hamburg -Thu Moravia , from Now
York.
At New Yurk-Tbo Uoston , from Huu >
buri/ .