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TIFI3 OMAHA DAILY IlKKj SUNDAY , JANUARY 10 , 1802-SIXTHKX 1'AdKS. WOOD WON THE GREAT RACE f.ii Daya of Hard Labor drowned by Vic tory's Glory nnd Folf , THEY FINISHED AT A FURIOUS PACE , Axlilngrr'rt Kffiirl * In llt'Kulii u Lost I. l > \\rro L'lmvnlllnir > 'il -mIliiK' H rcpst k - Proposition U Arrrnlcil. The Jlnont six-day bicycle race ever run hero was that which ctos-ed at the Coliseum lust night. l"or a change tbero was n largo and appreciative urowd present to cheer the rider * 01 to the finish , which was virtually between Wood , Ashlneor nnd Stage , the remainder of the fontestunts having been pumped out during the weak. Friday night by u rattling ploco of speedy riding and Rood hnad work , Wood took a lap from Ashlngcr , which was practically when the race was won , as ho was never over hauled atturwnrd.s. Before tbo start last nlplit Willie Wood and Wallace Stage accepted Ueadlng'.s chal lenge fora race Wednesday afternoon nnd night of 100 iniloi , llio race to bo a sweep stake , fc > 5 to bo posted by each man. This will make an exciting dash , and the probabil ities nro that Ashlngcr and O'Flanagan will also ontor. Heading holds iliu record for the Coliseum track for 100 miles , which ho maao In live hours nnd forty-eight minutes. Ashmgcr beat this in Boston hy tlio slender margin of ono minute. The men are all In dead earnest , nnd the race will cnrtulnly snruass even the six-day race in interest and excitement. The start will bo made at 1:40 o'clock ' Wednes day afternoon , which will bring the llnish along somewhere about 100. : ! ! Fiom the outset last night It was evident that Ashlngcr meant to make a hetoulenn effort to rccovci'tiio Inn ho lost to Wood and Stage the night nufnre , und for nn hour ho redo as If the disreputable old gentleman was nftor him. lint his attempts wore futllo , for the faster 1m rode the faster Wood and Stage followed , nnd it finally became apparent , that the job was ono ho was in capable of executing. The finish was nn uproorotls ono. Thu crowd pulled Hard for Ashlnger , but thai , didn't save him , little Stngo beating out. ny a half a wheel. Tbo result was : Wood first tnonov , Stage second end , Ashinger thlru. btiinmary : Third ll.ij-Hl W Ollcimx. NEW Oitr.nAM * . La. , Jan. ! ) . Tlio weather was cloudy and hilly , tbo track heavy , though not sticky after tno morning's rain/ The attendance wo * fair and tbo sport ex cellent. rtrst race , soiling , nnu and one-sixteenth miles. Nine stirU : > rs : Johnny ( Jicencr led nuuy In n straightening start. Montulalr joined him In the turn , sliook him In thn ptrotch and slundln olt Redstone's uhliipln. : rushes won by u norlf. Itoiistono tno lenitbs I'uforu J. T. third itnil Ulniidlno close together. Time : 1:10. : Second nice , sis furlongs , selllnjr. bovon htnrturs : Hed I'rlncu led. ( iiiyloul ovurh uiled 111 in nt the half , but full U.u-u In the tuin and llrandpa. comingslronx In the Htretuh. beat ilium out by u length , Nov.iOiiu t at thu n sh. Time : Ir-'lJi. Third race , sollinr. furlongs : Ono Dime led Into thu turn , wlu'ro ! 'isl Liip Joined him mill the pair made : i rattling Mulsh. 1'lrnt Ijiip winning by u nose. Tom Stcxons tlilid. Time : IsMI'l. Konrtli rucu , handicap , ono mllr : Mark .S was first away and was never headed and won under n stron ; pull bv an open length in 1W : ! ! $ , H.uindcrH tin ; nuno : dtxtancc befoul Gcndiirme , third. ( ioliiK t ( inttcMilirrg. GuTrENiiBito , N. J , Jan. ! ) . The track was in good condition , 'i'liero was a good attend ance. First nice , four anil nne-lialf fnrtonus : nll- vor 'Kllnt won. Miss Ollvu second , IIInMo third. Time : 55K. Huuond rucu , nix fiirlnncs : J. Lackland won , bpundo second , ViiuDyl.e third. Tlmu : ll'-i : ! , Third race. Klxnmlonc-liiilf furlongs : Miiblii won , Marie Love I .smoml , I'linuu Howard third. Time : ItHVs- 1'ourtli race , sour and onu-liulf f in longs ; Objection won. Juki ; Ih'ss.second , I3\tru third. Tlmo : :50M. : I'lftli race , mill , nnd n ftirlomr : I'iee/nr won , ( Hosier si-cond , Kirly Dawn third. Tlmo : ld.- : > . ld.Sixth Sixth raoo , seviin furlongs : John Illinyiir won. Dorcas bccond. IVssutt thud , TlmU : J'/.OTS of nn : vi.v t I' IIr DlHcoior it Conspiracy of u Mtinl SturllliiK Xiitiur. LONDON , Jan. 9. The police at Walsall are making further investigations into thn do ings of the Walsall anarchists. The author ities nro extremely reticent regarding their discoveries , but it b.a < leaked out that their investigations durcloiful the fact that the prisoners , Calles , Slaughter nnd Ooulcon , with ether who are not yet In custody , were hatching n plot losumbilng In its details the plot of the anarchists iu Chicago which led to the Haymarkot massacre In 1830. Tt is assorted that four of the docu ments seized by thu police are of an extremely - tromoly startling ; nature. Further ar rests are pretty ccrtuln to follow the knowledge gained by- the polleo and scnsa- ' tlo'nal developments < tre promised when the authorities make public till the details of the conspiracy. Among the spoils which have fallen Into tuo hands of the policu Is a heap of pamphlets nnu papers found in tha club rooms. These contain articles couched in violent language against rich men , monopolies und xodoty In general. Among thu papers found woio coulos of the Chicago Anarchist besides a largo number of curtoons published by American nud continental nnutchlbtlc papers. Tbo police regard Slaughter as the moat dangerous member of ido gang. Ho was born in Norwich , but lived for many years inho United States. . Slaughter came to Walsall tilx months ago ana Immediately bocutno n member of thu club. Kvor since then ho bos virtually boon ihepriino mover in all Tlio schemes concocted by the anarchists In that town. The police assert that Slaughter n as prominent among the socialists of Chicago at the time of ttie Elaymurkot massacre , and claim ho has been connected with almost every big anarchist , movement in recent years. IViinilu ConUctH KrmniiliiTril lor Saving J.irout. Thrlr O\MI l'i > ill , C iicTTtA , Jan. ' . ) . - U has bcou announced that the sentence of thu leader of the 'amiilo convicts nt Port IlUlr lu tha Andonund Islands , who , ou November- , rescued six of tlio wrecked steamer Enterprise , \\oud | bo remitted and thosontotuus of Kcr companions materially lightened. The steamer was driven on the rocki ut Port Blair , where the chief penal Institutions in the oust nro , ami Was destroyed by u inmic.ine. All of hur Thlrty-throo nfllcoRi aim crow were drowned except the six rescued by the female convicts who formed n line itirougu the .surf. si'iti : i\ot : i.n l\irls HIIH u Ioi n luVlncli spirits Vro .Snmsliliijr llio riirnltnic. ICltplll tuMnt IKli liuJtUll * * ( lniilwltriill'tl ] PAHIS , Jan. y. ( New Vork Herald Cable - .Special to THIS nKK.j-Thero Is nt ore.sont a , haunted house In Paris , It Is In the Hue do Covedec , Theotcupiuts of the haunted chambers nro n widow aged 70 , Mine. Boll.tuo adopted children , a boy and u girl , Saturday nlgutatll o'clock , bavs-Mmo. Boll.thoy wcro nil awakened by uu Induscrilublo tumult und strange croaUIm ? soutuUcoming from the furniture , Tho' widow arose qnleulv ami struck a light. Ou iliu Door were the clmir.s und ttio tablet up'-ot , a bowl containing orange * was broken , several ( { lasses , as wall ns the glass in several pictures un the w.ilh , \vcro \ in frnumentaoii the carpet. On unter- mir tha boy'.s bedroom Mine- Boll dlstlncllv tn\w a bowl on the table start up into tliu uir , itciicrlbo a curve It ) snacc nn.l'hon smash In the center of. the nmtr Tbu terrlliuil vliillrc > i mul Vine Boll called for bolp. 'Iivo oiiuhbgrs , M M. Bcrthomtielor rmd Uuono , rtmhod to the rescue , but could not open the door , The for mer , howortr , managed togotJ't throuc'n.tho window. As tbo .spiritual manifestation did not con tinue the two rentlomnn concluded the widow had been deluded by some liollucina- tion , nHhougn they could not account for the broken glass , Hut after n few moments , in the presence of the whole party , the frames ol the pictures on the walls broke of tholr own accord. After that llio household wont to bad agai'n. But about n In the morning the same phenomena wore repented. Hvcry day since Sunday last similar Inci dents hnvo taken place. Sometimes It Is n piece of crockery that has been broken , sometimes a piece of furniture that Is upset. Whllo the spirits were at work It seemed tea a witness as If sand were falling down tlio walls. The commissioner of police has been ad vised of thn facts. Ho at first tried to put It down to insanity on the part of Mmo. Boll , but on heating the evidence of Berthoinuolor nnd Ouonor , who sathoy saw the pictures sinnsh without anything touching Ihem , the commissioner did not know what to think. It seems to bo n ronl haunted housu this time , if over there was such ii thing. Martin Mathon , nn officer of thn Loglon of Honor , medal Sto. Helene , died Thursdity niqbl in his 100th year. Ho was born Oc tober 18 , 170J , at Monthicl and was present in the Imttlo of Leipzig , in tlio retreat after which ho swam the Ulster. Iron Cluils ( Irdcrcil to Morocco. PAIIIM , Jan. 0. The Echo do Paris today says several French iron clads have boon or- doied to Morocco. llOllltOlt AT THIS J'tT'ft ,1/Of/T/f , A "fill ScrncM iimclcil : us lloillrs urn Itc- inoMHl from thf Krclit Mine. McAi.nsTRii , I. T. , Jan. V. The excitement , Intensified almost to Insanity , because of the mine explosion , sbows no abatement , All day yesterday and today 5,030 people have been around the shaft of the mine , crowding , gesticulating and shrieking. Up to 1 o'clock this morning forty-eight dead bodies have been taken out of the mine and 100 Injured , fifteen of whom died before morning. The loranlnlng clghty-llvo miners nro lying at tholr homes swathed in cotton nnd vaseline. This morning the company orJored sixty- live graves dug nnd local undertakers ordered a car load of cofiliM. All thu mines in the vicinity bnvu shut down and tbo minors and the woman of their families have gone to Krebs to Did in the work of rescue , to perform the olllcas for the dead and to relieve tbo suffering nnd wounded. Almost u Kuril War. Everybody Is helping with the work of rescue except the nogroos. Some tune ago the white miners refused to work with the nogioos. This morninga number of negroes wont to Krebs and assisted In the work in only a half hearted way and ono of their number was hoard to say It served the minors right lo have bocn hilled. Word was passed from mouth to mouth and the indig nation and fury of the miners know no bounds. The United States deputy marshal , anticipating some such trouble , was on hand with u posse and drove thu colored men from the pluco at the point of Winchesters Tenllilr Anguish ol Women. As body after body was removed from the ground , women crazed with dobnair would throw themselves In front of the shaft In tholr efforts to ttotermlno at once whether it was that of father , brother or husband. Time and time again were the women pressed back from tbo mouth of the shaft , but as the work of loscuo niocoedcd the same scene was re-enacled. It was almost Impossible to recognize nny resemblance to human form in the bodies of many of these rescued. Heads , arms , legs , hands nnd feet In many instances were torn from the trunks. The pit clothes were either partially or entirely burned away and in several cases the flames had literally roasted almost all the flesh on the body. "The dead were taken to a blacksmith shop aoar the main shaft where n inorguo bud been improvised , nnd the living were taken to their homos. The crowd vaccllltatcd between the shaft and the blacksmith shop all day. Two Killed In a .Mine Kxplosloii. ATIANTA , Ga. , Jan. U. News has just reached hero that two men were killed by nn explosion in u coal mine on Lookout moun tain. This makes four men who have lost llioir lives nl Iheso mines in Ibis way within tbo last two months. .Six Killed unit Sini > n Ituriicd. BUIILIN , Jan. 0. An explosion of fire damp occurred today in the Wolfbank coal pit at kssin. Six minois wore killed and seven tenibly burned. Tire isxcoiryTKits HTTII u.utz.i. A Toxus Slim 111 ° ( 'iiptnrcH htncr.il I'lUoncrH and a Wounded MUM. SAN ANTONIO , Tex. , Jan. ! ) . No news of n startling nature has been received at military headquarters concerning the situation on luu border , out several interesting reports have been received , ono of them being from Cap tain llardio , Third cavalry. Captain Hardio reports ttio capture of two revolutionists , Wbllo scouting down the nvor as far as Ho in n , n band of fifty men was located on a lanch. They are supposed lo bu revolution ists. ists.Kobort Kobort Hnynes , sheriff of Zapntn county , Texas , writinc fiom Itando , Tex. , gives par ticulars of two encounters with , ' ) U of ( Junta's men. The sheriff buys he has scvoial prisoners and ono uoundod man belonging to Cinr/n'a band. Ho also has papers belonging to the rovolutbnnry leader , the liaturo of which he could not stato. ' Pcmlsn of \Ytcnm ot tlio Ithielc Him It AVnr. GAI.K.VA , 111. , Jan. -Frederick Stahl , ox- mayor of this city is dead at the og ? of 81. Ho came hero In IS.3 and In the Black Hawk war of that year ho served as n sergeant In Colonel Stopbouson's company , recolviugdls- tinctiori at Ibo decisive bailie of Bid Axo. Ho was a democrat and was prominent in state politics thirty years ago. Ho was also un ox-president of the Galena & Wisconsin railroad company. Ono of his daughters. Is the wife of Uev. W. W. Stools , a prominent Ohio Episcopal clergyman , and another mar ried A. M. Luwlor. of the San Francisco mint. SvNlUFAEi , Cnl. , Jan. Id Howard llus- r > ell Johnson , author and playwright and on of ex-Lieutenant Governor Johnson , died yesterday at Sausallto of heart failure. TIIKKi : J'ltlMJ.Y/'ft.S HKU.IK , JtlL. ThejHS.iiilt thn .Iiiller anil Mulin Good Tliulr Usnipn , SooTTsnuito , lud , , Jan O. Th.i'83 prisoner b confined in tbo county jail horn awaiting trial escaped from that institution late last night. James II. Loomls , tlio jailor , had gone to lock them In tholr colts for the night , and just us lie opened the inside door to gain ailinlttunon ho was assaulted with nn Iron poker , being hit on the head and shoulders , knocked down nnd severely kicked in the side and breast by nil three of the prisoners. The prisoners were James Avery , Thorton Baker and Toyis Jennings. The shout ! and a posse are now In pursuit. ( Irlp Itimtgt'i In 1'nince , PAULS , Jan. I ) . Unports have been received all over Franco of the ravages of Influenza and heavy mortality among tnq peoplo. As a result business In many placui Is suspended , while In some cities so many government ofliclals. are prostrated that the. publte ser vice U paralysed. Dr. CJnues Itofini > il a TS'IUV Ti In ) . DKNVBII , Colo. , Jan. 0. Judge Hlslncr this morning refused Dr. Graves n now trial and also denied thu motion for n continuance. A motion for arrest of judgment tviw then Hied , It will bo hoard Monday , and If It is , also do- nort sentence of death will bo Immediately pulsed. U u ( lulu lU.v , ATIAXTI , Ga. , Jan. 8 , Tun thousand people ple saw Allan Bray , colored , linn pod today for Killing Mrs , Pmthor , wife of a planter , Bray stated on the gallows that two negro uomon conjured him to commit the crime. ( I'llOM rKVTEniHY'9 ' SECOND KlFUllER CRIP ON EGYPT , England Figuring to Got the Now Khedive Under Her Influence. ANARCHISTS ARRESTED IN IRELAND. linrstlgntlUB the Dublin Cm tin i\ploslon : Quarreling O rr tt Slnrriirp riinor.it of rgypt'x ICIicilltn IIiippiMi * Ings In ( hi ) Old World. I osnox , Jan. 8. Tno cabinet council todav was Intended to bo the last until the overling of the opening of Parliament. Tlio doatli of the khcdlvo bus upset tholr nluns , and the ministers are now considering the situa tion In I'zypt. As soon 0.1 the council mot todav , for seine reason connected with the military position in Egypt , the minister sent to the war ofllco for Sir Ucdvers Bullock , wlio romaliiod for u long tlino In consultation with the council. Sir Kodvers Bullock was nt the head of the Intelligence department In the Egyptian war in ISS'J und In the Soudan expeditions of 1SSI nnd ISS.'i ana was the readiest source of copious information accessible. Imlilltcil l Accorldng to Information gleaned .ilnco the council mot , the cabinet has docUod to treat the nccoptanco of Abbas P.isbu as an ovoiit not altering In any wlso the British policy. As Abbas Pasha will not attain his majority until July 11 , the ministers foresee nnd probably have already boon warned tlmt Franco and Russia will luclto tun sultan nna will support his claim us suzerain to estab lish a regency. Even six months of a roeont nominated by the sultan inlirht destroy BriU ish pa worm Egypt and certainly would lesson British prestige. The chnvactor of Abbas P.uha , which Is not yet formed , might ucinilro under a logout a bias hostile to Brit ish intcic.-its. Abbas Is credited with imbib ing English Ideas and .sympathies from his tutor , A. J. Butler , who was long In the kho- dlvo's sorvlce , and who is now a lecturer in Brazonos college , Oxford. Abbas is out- spoltcn ou the Egyptian question. Ho recently expressed his conviction freely that , the Biitlsh occupilion was necessary. Abbas , with his Inothcr , started from Vienna today for Trieste , whence the khedlvo's yacht will tnko thorn to Egypt. The action ot the British government paints to its determination to hoop a grip on * tlio nominal ruler of Egypt , The prompt ipcognition of Abbas as kbodlvo by most of the European powers hai baen duo to the in- stnht nnd unhoiitating diplomacy of Lord Salisbury. Lord Salisbury's anxlctv to souuro a hola on the now khcdivo Is uuo to knowledge that his predecessor was u strong personal factor in European politic ; , and not tuo figurehead ho xvas generally supposed to lie , and that the powerbf the now ruler , if ho chooses to create trouble , is unmeasuruble. Art- Sine ItVHHII riot. The examination of workmen at Dublin castle with reference to tlio recent explosion was without result bovond the discharge of the suspects. The official report/ concludes witn a distinct afllrni.ition that the explosion was planned nnd that toe plotters alined to blow down the walls supporting the council chamber. Mr. Lincoln , the United Statea minister , attended Lord Salisbury's reception ut the foreign ofllre tonight to a select circle. Too post of conataolo of Windsor castle , tnadi * vacant bv the death of Prince Victor of Hohcntoho , the salary of whlcti Is Sli.UUO yearly , Is a matter of court dispute. The prince ofValos wants the queen to pivo the Uaco to the duke of Tecl ; , but queen Inclines to 1'rinco Henry of .Bat- lenburg. John Bourlote who was recentlv arrested DS an anarchist for firing a pistol at West minster hall , has been discovered to bo a prominent Oxford scholar , a friend of Oscar Wilde und many literatours. Housed to write poems copiously under the non do plutno of Evoylvn Douglas. He spent an In heritance of $100,000 and became crazed thiough literary failure. rtrNiic.vL or Tin ; itiinmvc. Oriniioiilcs Attending on tlin llnrl.il ol l'-K > l > t' . ICitlur. CJ vine , Jan. 3. The body of the klicdlvo was enclosed in u plain Arab coflln. The body , Hunrdcd by an escort of soldiers and accom panied by a few body servants , was tukon from the Hoiouan palace nt 11 o'clock in tno morning and It was conveyed by rail to Cairo. All the ministers and members of the house hold wore awaiting at theslation the arrival of the brfdy. > When the train roicbod Cairo the coflln xvas removed from the tunur.il car and a procosston was formed. Slowly tno cortoflo proceeded to the Abdin palaco. The coffin was escorted bv u detachment of military. From the palnco the royal procession was held to the mausoleum. The route was lined with British and figyotlan troops. At the head of the procession wcro u number of camels loaded with gifts to bo distributed among the ponuluco. Then followed Major , General IS. Walker , commandor-In-rhiof of the British troops in Egypt , after him came a number of men bennncr banners , bheiks , dorvlsliO ! , lopiesetitalives of the various local bodies , the memmus of the ministry , government ofllclals. Jadgos , coptio nnd clerg } men , diplomats in lull uniform. After these cuno representatives of the hdusehold und the harem , and tligii fol lowed the coflln , which was berne fiom the palace , to the mausoleum by servants. Immediately behind the coflln walked bands of wuillng wotnqn. Then oarno a number of cariliigos conveying the widow of the Uhedive and thomumborsof thqhuroin. The roar of the procession was brought up by Uonoral Gronfoll , Sirdar of the Egyptian army , and a regiment of Egyptian troop * commanded bv Biitish ollicers The utmost order marked the whole cere mony. Upon the arrival of tno procession at the mausoleum the mollabs prayed , nftor which the collln was placed in the vaulc. Keligious .services will bo hold tonight and for several nights afterward. ( M.KUICAI.S NOT IN IT. They An' Not Supporting < ! ur.m In ) | | H In- UIHloll ( > | .Mexico. Cm MEAKO , Jan. 8. The report that the clerical party was backing tlio Garza in surrection on the tro.itlor has caused a big row among the libarai and oloricil journals of this city. All the liberal papers printed the dispatch nnd mudo in many cases some very forcible nnd damaging comments re garding the clericals. The Tiompo of tomor row , the leading journal representing the clerical interests in the republic , will tmy the news is utterly false , and that tliu clericals Imvo nothing to do with the Clur/a trouble. The Tieinpo furthonnoro states that Lo Trait d'UuIon ' deliberately lies In nn article that ny tlmt Augustine d' Hurbldo 1s mixed UP' lu the present f ion tier mud Jlo. Tins giving the direct Ilo noints to a duel , und it Is probable that ono will follow. It is only about three weeks ago that the editor at Lo Trait d'Uulon and the editor of tnu Tiompo fought u duel with revolvers und neither was hurt. The archbishop of Mjxleo denies that the clergy are aiding tuo ( iaiva revolution. _ VoliMiiii In Action , LOtpj/i/r/Mul / ( WW by jnn\t \ # fruitful ! Huiii'lt. ] Cnv or Alitxiui ( via ( ? alvo3tbn , Tex , ) , Jan. b. [ By . .Moxican Cable to the Now York Herald Special to * TUB BuuTho | volcano dn fuego , known us Collins , In the sotithura part of Jalisco , l again activo. Ex plosions occurred frequently. Thoio have not occurred before , Dunncr the activity of the volcano , viewed from a dislnnco in night , the .sec no , U a grand one , but those lu the. vicinity of thu ticry mountain nnto llttlo lUfrard for Us beauty or Its grundciir. Thn explosions nro of .such fdrco thiit largo stonm have boon nUrlcd a dUtinco of four miles , Ashes' from the mountains have fallen In the Htieota of Cell ma ui.d Seanotlan. Parsons living near thu volcano aru frightonednnd If tlio eruptions continue , there may bo u panic among thoin , \i ieiittnlii ; ! . If opi/i / fi/Ji/1'iJ / ivt'lin Jaw * lioplnii llniiietl ] Jli FNOYIIFM , Argentina tvm ( laiveston , Tex , Jnn H , jHy Mexican Cublo to the Auiv York Herald Special to Tiir BIT I The political situation hero u growing serious. A mooUmt , qf the loaders of the Kooqulotns nnd Js'mrlslns resulted In n combination acnlnal 1,119 candidacy of Saenz Ponii. Despite , , p4q utmost activity of the officials , , ftpciu. I 'on is' can * vass Is progressing favorably through- nut the tirovlncy. . . Jt Is fonrcd tlmt there will bo nn nftompt nt revolution In February , nnd tun , rn.ijjlpn to this 'affect nro In accord with the , pavement of troops , the government hurrying y/ulous line regiments to the various proyyicos. The yellow fever epidemic has abated. To gunrd ngnln.st the spread of the disease prl- vato houses nro bolu < - lutnlgated and ovory- thlng Is bolngdono iq preserve hoalth. Three steamers iirrivlnct from Brazilian ports had several cases abour'u ami extra precautions wore taleon against VlioVn. The Montevideo tribunal has declared tlio recent urroJt of Italians there Illegal and they havo'beon llb ratA'd. ' Itnlltcucl CiiiMmUHlniii'i < Iti'iuli'r u DrcNInu In I'lUdrof Interior CllliM. ToiT.icICnn. . , Jan. 8. The Boird of Itnll- road Commissioners tendered tv decision this morning In the case of the wholesale grocers of U ichlta , Ilutehlnson , Satin. ) , nnd Arkan sas City against the Santa l-'o , Hock Ista nd Union Pacific , Missouri Pacific nnd 'Frisco iMllroudx , The complaint of the grocers was that they were being discriminated ngninst In rates on sugar , fifth class rates In and dis tributing rates out. They usked Hint the seventy-live mlle eastern limit be abolished. The light was undo by those Interior points against the grocers of Ivansns City. It was complained that the rate on sugar from San Francisco to the Allssourl rlvor Is U. > co nts per 100 pounds , and upon like ship ments from San Francisco to the interior Kansas cities an additional rate Is charged which Is Illegal nnd should bo abolished. The board , after summing up thu case. says : "Tho commission finds and decides , In tno matter of sugar rate * , that the re spondent companies bo given until February 1 , 180J , to afford tno roliijf by voluntary Action , as first atwo set forth ; or on tholr failure or refusal to do so , that this commis sion will put In a commodity rate \ \ hlch will mcot the just and reasonable demand of thn complainants , surh rates to take effect and bo In force on and after Febr.mry 10 , 18W. " On nnd after Feurunry 1 , 1SU ! , the board orders the following fifth class ratesTo Wichita and Hutclnnson , ' 3D cents ; To Arkan sas City , ! i ! cenu ; to S illna , D.'i cents. In complaints niTectlng all other rates the board holds that tlioy work a hardship which fully jUititlcs the complaint of the Kansas grocers , und that they arc entitled to relief by a modification fairly and justly to mcot the case. _ _ , luy ( ioiild SHIM ! . KAVUS Cm' , Mo. , Jan. 8.fho North western Construction company of Kansas City , Kan. , today Hied suit against Jay Gould for 1435,000. The petition alleges that Jav Gould a year ago contracted to purchase from the plaintiff the outstanding bonds and stock of the Kausus City , Wyandotte it Northwestern road for # J,004UOO. Of this amount 81 , 02SUll ( ( has been paid and there re mains unpaid Jllin.OUO . which the plaintiff now sues for , nisi : DAJiiixn.onr.s. : . l'util Accident In u I'riumj Ivunl.i C'oul Mine. Simiouiv , Pa. , Jan , & A toirlblo explo sion occurred in NoP , vif In at the Nollson shrit this n.orning , resulting in the instant death of a laborer , the fatal injury of a miner und the slight buriilVig of the inside Doss nnd Inside superintendent. The victims are Paul Grunskl , killed ; Pliillp > Deiott , fatally in jured ; Georgn Stedle , Inside superintendent , hands nnd face bin-riotl ? Fred English , Inside boss , Injured about'hcrtd ' und body. , Desert , nccompartTCtl ' 'rty Grunskl , entered Xo. ! ) vein with the Intention of lining a chute which had be'en plliced in a now breast. While engaged ill'- their work StenJo and English Joined thefcGrifnskiwa.sn "greeny'1 and carried a laitfp Wnich did not give the proper protections. Whiio the miner , together with' 'Steolo and English. wcro engaged in conversation a current of gns which had worked Itself out of ono of the llssures lloutod to\vn'rd ' the laborer , who was busily engaged. 'Suddenly ho raised himself up and the HHCIU from his lamp was forced in the midst of the gas and an oxnlc- sion followed. Vlcim ( oCiiii i\lilo.slon. : CHIC u.fi , III. , Jan. b. Five boilers exploded tonicht in the Wancn Sprmcer manufactur ing building on Canal street , killing four men and injuring two others , ono fatally. The dead < ire Artnur Hall , A. D. Bush , John Leu and Patrick Uozers. The cause of the oxDlosIon is unknown. rntnl ItnllioadVic < l ( . LITTI.I : KWN , Aile , Jan. 8. A disastrous freight wreck occurred on the Fort Smith road this aftnrnoon , seven miles west of this ntv. Engineer Blown , Fhoman Freeman and Brakomun Kennedy \\uro killed. A/O67C l".J/f/J ItUMOltS. Control ot tint St. I. ( nils sturlc VuriN by Clil- I'liRo I'urtiiM. CIIICKOO , 111. , Jan. Ji. It is nuthortatively announced tonight that the National stock yards at East St. Louis are bwnud by Nelson - son Morris and George F. Swift of this city. Mr. Morris has for some tlrao boon quietly buying the company's stock , and at the an nual meeting Now Year's day had two-fifths of the totul. The lemalndcr , entire , practi cally , was boughtoutrlght by hlnnolf and Mr. Swift ut the mooting through their represen tative , Mr. Morns , son of Kdwnrd Morris. Aside from their holdings no person has u single share except u few blocks , the prop erty of S.V" . Allorton nnd an custom estate , The price paid lor the seciii'itloshas not been mauo public. There was gossip In the stock yards today to the effect that six of the larcest packing firms outside of the Big Four are about to bo sold to an English syndicate. The promoter of the enterprise was wild to bo Fred S. Win ston. The names of the six firms could not bo learned , but J. C. llatoly and S. W. Allorton were put down as two of them. right nlth tlio .Mimlrtcrs. AUICU.ONV Kan. , Jan. S. James Norton nnd Erra Farwoll from Huskell county passed through hero todav on they wav homo. Thov were members of the sheriff's nosso which yesterday encountered a party of the men who lily in nmbush for Judge Botkln and who shot and killed Sheriff Dunn. Norton was wounded in the shoulder and Furwell In the thigh. They were on their way homo to receive medical attendance. Norton guvo n reporter on ac count of the light substantially us follows. "Tho sheriff's posse while following n fresh troll believed to bo that of the murderers , came In view of thu fugitives who numbeicd fourteen men. Tlio posse numbered twelve man. The posse followed the murderers - ors for ton miles and finally came within rillo range of thorn. A twining fight onsurd for four miles , Four of tUo Hoeing party were shot and wcraisoan to full back into their wagons , i Mono of the posse were l ) uroa. The posso.H horses soon bocutno winded und they changed animals at ono of the ranches and coUmiucd the chaso. About dusk they again came upon the fugitives und another light tools' ' place. The attack ing party thU tlmp1 pot within 100 yards of the fuv'ilWes. Ono of Jio latter was seen in throvlip nls arms and fill to the L-otiom of hls > WMKOI : , while another was hit In tno shoulder. ! ' Norton and Far- well woio the ouv | qiica of the posse wounded. The fugitives scemod to hnvo fresh horses , for trtiiv rf3on pltod the whip and ran awnv frofn ' their pursuers. The possn was testing u hen Norton nnd Farwoll lelt them. r , J Dculi'H tln < tlmlif | Cnrlo Sloiy. Svx Fn M'i-to , Oafi Jan. % . Tim roportoa formation of an custom syndicate to estub- llsb a ginning rouort on tin island off the coaxt near Sauln lliirbura , Cul. , is denied by Walter S. Maxwell of Lee Angeles , so fur as his connection with It la concerned , and by other * Interested In the Island of Santa Cruz , which has ticim mentioned , as the probable lo cution of thu resort In n dispatch Irorn Sur.ta Barbara , and states tlmt iiujotiatloiu have been pending to piuclmsti the Island of.Santa IJusu for such a purpoio. tint as It B orn- bruced within the atuto it Is mboct ] to statu ind , rauntv laws telatlvo to gaming , and the luostion U raUod whether ( be project Is feasible , _ lllllllllIK Dll M tlll < Sllll ltl-i * . Sin at u , Mlii , Jan dIlls reported on ; oed uuthorliy that Nail Sims Is mirroundod n a swamp and U almost certain to be cup- : u red by thu organ Uud regulator * that nia uflni him OLD HICKORY REMEMBERED , Jaoksottian Democrats Meet nud Discuss Politics at Now York. ONE OF CLEVELAND'S LITTLE TALKS , iMl drillIrnioii Win * Orurril ( III' Occmloti \ \ ltd Thplr I'rt'trnci' Spi lngrr'8 I'lcu for DiMiiociiiry Ollii-r Spi-uk- < T < ol tin * i\ciilng. : NR\V \ YOHK , Jan. 8.Tno sovonty-sovonth nnnlvorsury of the bittlo of New Orleans , which brought to a close tno war of 181' ' , was celebrated by the Business Men's ' Umn- ocrutto association tonight by u banquet nt the Hoffman house. The event commemo rated particularly thu momorv of him who won the battle Old HIckorv Jackson , and was participated lu by about 15'J ' distin guished democrat ! ) . In consequence of the recent death of his uaurhter , J. Edward Simmons , president o the club , was not In attendance. His place at the head of the festal board was filled by City Comptroller T. W. Meyers , who pro stdod , and on his light sat Hon. Grove Cleveland , Hon. Daniel S. Latnont , lion Joseph C. Hondrlcks , Governor Abbott o New .lorsoy , and others , while on his lof were Congressman William M. Springer Hen , Joseph J , Llttlo , Senator Jacob A Canter and others. Speaker Cilsp am Richard Crokor , S.onator David B. Hill , Governor ornor Hoswoll P. Flower , Lieutenant Gov ernor Shehun nnd Thomas F. Gilroy were among these expected to bo present who son regrets. ToiiHtx ItrspomltMl To. The banquet hall was decorated In a simple way , the hangings comprising only the American colors. The toasts were as fol lows ; "Tho Day Wo Celebrate , " rcspondoi to by ex-Piesidont Cleveland ; "Tho Twin Cities Now York nnd Biooklyn , " by ox Postmaster Hendnx of ilrooklvn ; " 'Jho Issues of the Day , " by lion. William M bprintrer ; "Tho Democrats Above thn Hnrlen Htvor , " ox-Judo Munon ol Komo ; 'Busi ness Men In Politics , " bv T. W. Romlngtor r > f Vermont , " nnd "Tlio Stuto of Nuw York , " by Jacob A. Cantor. Whun the covers were pushed back the gentleman presidlmr said. "Formed , as was our oix'unl/ation in 183 : ) for no idle 01 cphcmoroat purpose , for active und earnest service in the cause of democracy , wo were enabled at our llrst annual banquet to celebrate - brato a triumph which hud seated in the chair of Jackson , a successor who , like Jackson. was of und for the people , and who , llko him , believed that principles were paramount to populavltj. " fChoors. | The speaker re ferred to tbo democratic victory In Now York and , turniug to ox-President Cleveland , presented him as hu arose to respond to thu lirst toast of the night. Mr. Cleveland's name nnd his arising were greeted with vociferous cheers , and some time elapsed before the din had subsided suniciontiy for bis voice to bo heard. Wbou it was quiet , however , no spoke thus : St. liif Iciou's Diiy , Mr. President and Gentleman No ono can .luoslion the propriety of the celebration ol this day by the oignni/ation whoso invita tion has called us together. Itt rigntto cele brate on this occasion losults from the fact that it is an organisation attached to the doctrines of true democracy , having a mem bership composed of business man , wlio , in u disinterested way , devote themselves to honest party wurk , and who labor for thu growth und spread of the political piinciplos which they orofoss. This anniversary has not gilncd its place AS a festival day in the calendar cf democ racy by chance nor through unmeaning caprice , r.or is It observed by the democratic party merely beciuse a battle was fought on January 8 , many years ago , at Now Orleans. That battle in itself had no immediate polit ical signlllcanco , and considered solely as a military achievement in comparison" with munv other battles fought by Americans ' both before nnd since , It noo'd not bo re garded as an event demanding especial com memoration. The democratic ? cst and enthusiasm of our celebration of the day i/rows oUt of the fact that the battle of Now Orlsans was won under the gennraUhlp of Andrew Jackson. So , while the successful general in that battle - tlo is not forgotten tonight , democrats wherever they are assembled throughout our laud to colobr.ue the day , are honoring the hiM-o who won the bittles of democracy and arc commemorating the political courage and steadfastness which woio his prominent churueteustics. DC.ll'to Dcinocl.itlc limits. It Is well thai thc.ro are occasions llko this where wo may manifest that love and uftcc- tion lor Andrew Jaoifstin wbluh have i place in every democratic heart. It is needless to attempt an explanation of this love and affection. They arc democratic instincts. So strong Is our conviction that Jackson's democracy derived its strength and vigor from the steadfast courage , the honesty of purpose and the stardy persistency which characterised the man , that wo willingly profess the belief that those same conditions are essential to the usefulness and success of the democratic party in these latter days Thus , wherever paitv principle or policy may lead i s , wo have constantly before us an unquestioned example of the spirit In which our work should bo undertaken. The democratic party has lately declared to the people that if it was tuistcd and in vested with power , their buidons of taxa tion should be lightened , and that a better aim moro just distribution of benefits should bo assuiod to thorn. Tnoro is no doubt concerning - corning our commission from the people to do this wo-k , und there is no doubt ( hut wo have received their trust and coniidoi-co on the faith of our promises. In thosu circum stances there is nu sign ot Jacksonian determination - termination nnd persistency in faltering or hesitating in the canso wo have undertaken. If we accepted thn trust and confidence of the people with i ny o.hor design titan to respond spend fully to tLem , wo have been dishon ored from thu bo.jnit.inK , If we accepted them in good faith , dlsgraco nnd humiliation await us if wo relax our efforts before the promised end is reached. Ills Illlloxllil'c DctlTllillilltlon. Ptosldcnt Jackson believed the United States bank was an institution dangerous to the liberties and prosperity of the people. Once convinced of this , his determination to destroy it closplv followed. Ho early began the attack , tittetly regardless or any consid erations of political expediency or personal advancement except ns they grow out of his faith in the pouplo , and giving no placu in his calculations for any estimate of the dllll- culty of the undertaking. From the time the first blow was struck until the contest ended in tils complete triumph , ho allowed nothing to divert him from his purpose , and per mitted no other Issuu to divide his energy or to bo substituted for that on which ho was intent. We have given pledges to the people und thdy have trusted us , Unless wo have outgrown - grown tbo democratic spirit of Jackson's tlmo , our duty Is plain. Our promise was not merely to lubnr in the people's catuo until wo should tire of the effort or should discover a wav which sue mod to prpuuso easier and quicker party ascendancy. The sorvlco wo undertook was not to advise these waiting for bettor imyn that their catiso was hopeless , nor under unv pretext to suggest u cessation of effort. Our engagement was to labor incessantly , bravely and stubbornly , seeing nothing and considering nothing but ultimata success. These pledges and prom ises should bo faithfully and honestly kept. Party faithlessness Is party dishonor. \Vliut mmiilw Hull-menuJ Nor Is the ancrodnoss of our nlodgus and the party dishonor that would follow their violation ull'tvo have to consider , \\ucannot trillu with our obligations to the people with out exposure and dlnastor. Wo ouraolvos hftvo aroused a splilt of jealous Inquiry and discrimination touching political conduct , which cannot bo Dllmlud , and the pcopln will visit with quick rovongu the party which be trays t horn. I behove our countrymen nro prepared to act nn principle , und tire In no mood for po litical maneuvering. They will not waste tuna lu studying conundrums , guessing rid dles or trying to Interpret doubtful phrases. They demand D plnln and simplestutomoiilof political purpose. Atjovbutl thing * political finesse should not liad us to fora-t that at tbo and of our plans \va must moot , fae'j to face itt thu poll * ttio voters of thn laud , with batloU In thulr hands , uLuihiidfug us a condition of their support of our parlv fidelity and undivided devotion to the cause lu which wo have enlisted listed thorn. If , Inspired bv the Uuo .Inckso-ilan spirit' wo hold to the doctrine tint party honesty Is party duty , and pirty cour.ie.t is pirty ex- jiodloncy , wo ahull win n sure anil lasting success through the deserved support of n discriminating , Intelligent , and thoughtful people. ' Ex-Postmnstor Ilemlrtx of Brooklyn then responded for the twin clUe , * , after which , amidst most generous applause , Hon. Will- lain M. Sprincor was proionted. Spanning on "Tho Issues of the Day , " Mr- Springer said : Sprlngrr on ( lie Turin' mill MUcr , "I can say , without any fenr of successful contradiction , that there Is not. the slightest probability of a free colnago bill becoming n law during tbls congress , nor Is it likely that my amendment to the existing law will be made. If nny monsuiu on this sub ject Is passed It will bo ono winch democrats , north , south , east nnd west can and will cor- dl'illy support , U Is possible that some surh measure , nceoptnblo to democrats genet ally , may bo urged upon and become n law during this session of congress. It Is of the utmost Importance that we should not permit differ ences of opinion on tha rolling" quoulon to dlvldo or embarrass us in the ptesldoiitlal contest upon which wo nro noout to ontor. In reference to public expenditures , the democratic house of representatives of this congress may bo rolled upon for u record of rigid economy. Tbo speaker has placed at the head of the committee on appropriations Hon. William T. llolmau of Indiana , whoso name Is n guarantee to the country that this will not bo another billion dollar congress. " Speaking of the tnriif , Mr. Springer said the republican party was wholly responsible for the existing tariff legislation. "What can the house of representatives do , " ho asiiod , "to repeal or modify some of thu most objectionable features of the Mclvlnloy bill ! A general revision of the tariff by this con gress is utterly Impossible. The senate Is republican and the house Is democratic. It does not follow , however , that nothing can bo done on the subject of limit legislation. Many of the provisions of tbo McKln- ley bill arc so outtagcous and op pressive as to demand ImmoJInto re peal or mollification. Separata bills for this purpose should bo repotted to the house of representatives nnd passed through that body at the earliest possible moment. "By the Introduction und passage through the house of a series of bills attacUli.g tbo most oblectionablo parts of. the McKlnloy bill , uo may reasonably .expect th.it some of these measures at least will receive tlio favor of the sonata and house , but , In the event they should fall , the effortmn.de to sounro their passage will call the attention of the country to the necessity of such measures , will furnish an issiio before thu people on the ensuing presidential campaign easy of com- piohouslon. " o : MATTiilS. ; Sttitn I'rpKhlt'iitH ol Hint Orgiinlratlon at U'liHliliigtoii. WisiitxoTov , D. C.Jun. 8. At the session today of the national conforcncoof state pres idents of the farmers alliance , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : Resolved , Tlmt It is the sentiment nnd do- slro of this confornnco of tin ) presidents of the Farmers Alllunco and Industrial Union that thus : nho attend the Indiisliliil con fornnco to bo hold lu St. Louis. I'obrnaiy " . ' , WVJ , use tlinlr Inlliiuneu and xotcs to establish Dorfeut fraternal relations with all tlio labor orgiiiil/atlnns represented In said meeting , with tlio Oeal.i demands as a basis for a platform of principles nnd tliut snub platfoim bo presented tc the n.i- tloiml conventions of the demon. itle party , the republican nuity nnd tliu people's purly tnis year with un earnest request , that llio principles Involved be imgrattud Into their pliitfoiins for the com Inn ; itlonal elections of 18' ' ) ' . Hut that they cuii'fnlly rufiuln fiom committing our oirlcr ns such to adlilatlon with any political oarty. A memorial to congress has been adopted which deplores the agricultural depression , nntl asserts that it is duo mainly to"nartlal and friendly legislation. It says that thu present financial system is defective ; that all money sbuuld bo issued directly by the gov ernment to the people at. a low rate oi In terest and In suflicient volume to meet legiti mate demands , and that silver should hnvo ill the rights in coinage and the qualities of ogal tender that gold possesses. , l Notl'H. WASIIIXOTOV , D. C. , Jan. 8. Dr. Irving A. Wrntson , secretary of the American Publlo Eloaltn association , is now traveling through Central and South America arranging for the icxt meeting of the association at tlio City of Mexico , in November , 1SOJ. Dr Watson has induced the nucboritif.s of the Mexican re public to enter into n plan of international and interstate notification of the outbreak of contagious diseases , such as already exists jotwoon the United States and Canada. Secretary Noble has received a letter from an ex-soldier of Boston , in which he encloses u pension certificate , wnlcb ho says ho vol untarily relinquishes , us bo does not wish further assistance fiom thu government. J. B. Sucll of Missouri has been appointed clerk to the house committee on coinages , weights and measures. THEY CAN DANCE. singularly Ijfli'rtUn ArrompINIimuiit ot the Young Wniiiur SlHtcrs. The Pauline Hall Opor.i company , now at iovds , has a most entrancing feature In tno dancing In the third act by two young I2ng- Ish girls , Allle nnd May Warner. , The two girls , who are perfect models of ludding female loveliness , como from well mown theatrical stock , tholr great grand father being Fred Chippendale , .it ono tltno nanagcr ot the old Hay market theater in Condon , England , and their J'uther , Nell iVarnor , nn actor of no ordinary repute in former days. This is practically the llrst nofossional ougagitneiit of those pretty sis- ors and that It is certain to prove a bounti ful and happy success needs no further utostution than that of the local audi ence , which fairly wont Into ecstasies over heir charming performance Thuisday oven- ng. Four peremptory und enthusiastic en cores were the greeting with which they not , ns ono cannot help being most favor ably Impressed by the grace and Ingenuous- loss of their bewitching Terpsichorean dl- yartlsotnent. 4t Is nt once a novelty of thu nest pronounced character , un innovation on the conventional skirt dunce , and In fact night bo si ) led llio essence of all that is beautiful and pooticnl In nil the Spanish dances , the fandango , Santiago and others. L'ho act loprnsenis a Grooic boy cud girl , nud n their chaste nnd lovely costumes maka a nicturo to tumpl the gods , Another curious fact connected with this felicitous performance Is that it Is entirely original with those Wurner rosebuds and hat In lieu of any of the old dancing sym- monies , they utilUo Mendelssohn's wedding narch for their uccommitilmunt. Tin ) com- ilnntion li nt once striking and olToutlvu to a upormtivo degree , The girls uro rospoot- vely 14 nnd 15 years ot ago. nnd n bright uturc is opening Its portals before them. Inili'pcnili'iil Movement * , The Citizens alliance al its regular mooi ng last night consumed the evening In mi nthuslastlo discussion ns to the best way to rot tbo peoples convention In Omaha , finally a committee , consisting nt Alfred 1uwkner , chairman ; John Jeffcott , Allen toot. V. O. Strlcklor anO James Tujlor , win ippointed. to confer with a similar committee of the peoples Independent party to bu chosen on Thursday , January 11 , A mooting of ibo people.- . Independent urty will bo hold at the office or thu Lubor , iVavo on Thursday evening , January 14 , for he purpose of taking stops to complete ur- rangemonU fur Saturday evening's mass noeting to secure the holding of thu national onventlon bf the peoples Independent party n Omaha , A mooting of the uitl/ons alllanco'will bo lelil at I.'IOI Douglas stiout on Friday oven- ng , January 15 , for the purpoto of insulin- Ion of ameers , the election of delegates to ho St. Louis conforonca und ether business ) Killed llliiiHiilriinil Wllf. NUUAIIK , N. J , , Jan. S. Charles HQuack- nbush .shot.his wlfo Annie in the back of ho head tonight , mortally wounding her. lu then placed the milrzlo of the levolvor In us mouth and uhot hlmsolf through the bend , xplrlng instantl ) . ( Juaukonbush was u vcaltny retired Insurance broker. Arrmt nu ' ( 'Iniiigi. , CHICUJO , 111. , Jan -Alex Lowit/ mom > or at the tloard of Trade , was urrustod In he directors room on 'chance today on u vnrrunt sworn out by Baldwin .t Faruum. lo was chau'ud with lurt'ony'imd attempt to blattcmull them fortlO.OOd. The arrest caused trout oxoltoinunt | n tlo ( board rooms LowlU md in his poisoision a number of trading cards aid memoranda , which ho was about to use In nn Investigation , of accusations inndo bv him that Baldwin I-'ariium , the well known commission firm , tuul nystumnll rally swindled their customers. Baldwin & Fiirtium claim that Lowlt * .stole the trading rurds , nnd that the * Inferences woio unwar ranted. Judge Tuloy Issued nn Injunction restraining LowlU from Using the cards or testifying before the Board of Trade di rectors. TIII : / : / /.ir/o.v t'/.i/.uv. The cxporlonco ot Tun finis CHIMS It fin : MI has brought out the fact tlmt many of Its subscribers do not understand that the Indian dnpicdations net passed by thu last congress annulled nil previous contracts for collecting claims uiuior It. This Inn fact Unit they should know for thulr own protuu lion. When tlio act was signed all contracts with npotits were niado void by Its terms , The holders of claims were than free to make such bargains with tholr nncnu ns they pleased , or could refuse to make any bargain at alt. The framers of the act found It nccoisnry to take this step for thn protection of tlio claimant ! ) . At the tlmo when thorosoemod little chance that such an act would bo tnvssed hundreds of claimants had contracted with agents to pay outrageous funs In case the money could ha collected. Cases aru known In which thoclnlnmnts had contracted to glvo up to the ngonls over ono-half the amount collected. Cases In which one-third was promised were nut at nil uncommon. To allow these contracts to stand would inako the law not an act of justice , but nn act of extortion for thn bonotll of tbo claim agents The clause was inserted annulling nil ttu contracts , good , bad and IndlfToront , and limiting the percentage to bo charged by agents to 15 per cent , with an extra 5 per cent allowance for special cases. The claim agents naturally objected to this , assorting that It was beyond the oo-vors of congress , but the best opinion of both houses was that contracts mniio to collect claims under a law that did not exist oould bo auuutlod In thse manner. On the ith of March , therefore , the claim nuts who had signed contracts were as free 'fiom obligations to ngants ns thosu who had not. If they were satisfied with theirngcnts nntl wished to sign a now contract within the limit of compensation IKod by the law , It was their light , but none of them wore under nny legal obligation to do so. Tito moro unscrupulous of the agents nutmnlly represented to their clients that they were bound to renew their contracts , with mciely the substitution of the terms named by law for the outrageous commissions nt first do- , munded. Cases have boon brought t the attention of THIJ Bin : in which this policy had been followed succes lly , by unscrupulous ngonts. They hud in nworil bullied the claimants into hiring thorn when If the claimants had tinduistood that they were free of obligation , they would have , chosen ether representatives. As others nro being worked upon lu the same way.tho facts of the case are sot forth for tholr pro toctlon. If they nro satisfied with the men they llrst chose they are right In ru-cngnging them. If they are not satlllod , they are free to engage nnbody they choose. Tut Bun CI.AMIS Bunmu was established solely for the protection of the public. H was established on account ot the complaints of its subscribers who thought they were being unjustly treated , and thoso. still moro numerous , who applied to it to find a reliable agent. It will collect the claims at only such cnnrges as will pay the expenses of the bu reau. It is expected that it will rarely hap pen that the limit sot by the law will bo needed to pay the expense of collection. Miny of the claims caiulonbtloss be collected for o per cent of tholr faco. The bureau is at the service of the subscribers and public al largo. These who take advantage of its offer will save money by it. These who do not place their claims in its charge will save money , too , for it has put a chock on the ra pacity of the agents who would otherwise fool free to take thu last penny the law al lows. It is the privilege of a great nows- pupor to benefit all. 2nn inK iiuiu.i u. TUB Bui ; BtinnxuofCMiMS In Washing ton has done a good work for the residents of this section in attending to thu claims arising under the Indian depredations act. It has saved these \vbo Have taken advantage of its offer from the unconscionable charges of tlio regular claim ncents , nnd has bcnolitod the otners by forcing tbo agents to demand only moderate foes In order to got business. The long delay over the passage of the act Had ( riven tbo claim ncronts time to make con- tracts tlmt would give thorn the lion's share of llio appropriulion. Many of the claimants had boon induced tosignconlractsguarautcc- ng the agent from one-third to over 5'J per cent of Iho claims in case they were allowed. The depredations net annulled thesn extor tionate contracts und sot thu limit of agents' fees at 15 per cent , to bu increased in certain cases to UO per cent on Iho order of Iho court of claims. But so many complaints wore made of the action of the agents , imd so many inquliios for a reliable agent were sent to tbls office , thai it was decided 'to establish a bureau under the direct cliargo of Tin : Bm : to pro- eel its .subscribers nud glvo them t ho bene fits of the law at the lowest possible charges. Tbaburouu tins'iijro Hii'i justified its os- tabllshmwit. It has attended to the clalms- of n largo number of the suflcrors bv thu in ) dian raids in the west. It is doing the work tf to It ! per cent , taking in many instanced Iv the actual cost of pushing the claim. Amostof thoto wUo lost their property ougn the Indian Midi arj pu'i ens ot mall menus who could not goto Washington liomsclvos , the establishment of the bareau where they can bu curtain of exact and just treatment has reached those who nocdls most. The persons who have suffered losses from the Indians sltico Juno 1. 180(1. ( will do u oil to remember , liowovur , that the time within which claims can ho presented is limited. If thny nro not put in within tlio appointed time ttioy are forever narrod. Moreover the court of claims goes on the plan , "llrst como , first served , " nnd it behooves sufferers to place their clal-nn before the proper authori ties ut an early date , The contracts made before the passage of the net have , as stated , boon annulled by con- gross. It Is therefore necessary for claim nuts to make now contracts or arrAngements with tholr agents , aud they are loft free to engage now agents If they are not sutMiod with ihoso they had engaged boforo. This will enable thorn to make much mote favor able terms fur themselves than were had willo ) the passage of the act was still In dou bt. The bureau has received the indorsement , of all tlio congressmen and officials who have anything to do with the hubjuct of claims. A letter from Kuprnsontatlvo Herman of Oregon , chairman of the committee on Indian depredations , has already boon published in behalf of the bureau , nnd similar expressions have como from others. If any subscriber requires such services and Is In doubt where to apply , he will find thu address of Tiir 11."K Bureau ol Claims In tbo advertising column , limiting lor a Lost I toy. CI.UIKH , Neb , , Jan , 8.--lSpoclal Telegram toTiiKBci.J-Ottls : McCnbe , 17 yours old , woarlnp a derby hat , long black overcoat and light woolen clothes , mysteriously disap peared from Clarks last Monday night. Ills pironts and futility are using every means to' find him nnd cannot account for bin nbsonco , . Ills mother Is prostrated from the excite ment. The surrounding country linn bocn thoroughly searched , but ho clew has Ijoon found. Ho was last soon nt 10 o'clock p. m , returning fiom iiHOClul gathering. NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. A or porfoot purity. 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