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3 * , THE TETBUKE. F. X. * K. M. KliCMXZX , Pmhc. ItoOOQK , NIB NEBRASKA INTERESTS. Two trains collided near Plattsmauth n the 7th , one of them running at the rate of twenty miles an hour. ' Conductor Erllson WM inlurea'mbont ' the head , Fireman BUBO snd Engin er Spurgeon were painfully , hurt and filx other persons slightly bruised. The escape .of the passengers and employes Is considered miraculdus. One of the efa- gines was badly wrecked , f Bishop Clarkson , who had suffered for several days from a severe attack of pneumonia , died at his residence in Omaha early on the morning of the 10th , aged 58 years. T. J. Potter , of the Burlington road , telegraphs to H. P. Deuel at Omaha : "Our trains out of Omaha will be dally. The people of your city need not carry almanacs to ascertain when the .Burlington . trains leave for Chicago. " W. H. Reid , found guilty of man slaughter at Beatrice a few days ago , was given ten years imprisonment In the peni tentiary at hard labor , and to pay the costs of prosecution. The court ordered 'that during his'imprisonment Held be confined in the. solitary cell on the 22d of each July , the anniversary of .his deed. James Paxton , of I/ouisville , left home February 25th for Ainsworth , Nebraska , by rail. His family are deeply concerned , as telegrams from there give no trace of him. He had quite a sum of money on leaving home , expecting to buy land or locate a homestead. The Central City Courier tells of a useful Horse owned by Frank Herat , of that place. Mr. H. 's children hitch up the nag , and the five pile Into the sleigh and away they go to school without lines , and when they get to school , a mile and a half dis tant , they turn the old nag loose and he goes home alone. At night Mr. H. hitches up the horse and away he goes right back lo school alone , and away they go giggling over the snow back home. Twenty families from the eastern states arrived at Beatrice a few days ago , bringing with them their household furni ture , considerable live stock and farmlne implements. They will all become settlers here along with thousands of others who are rolling Into Nebraska as fast as the cars can bring them. Mr. Hoback , who has lived in Cass county thirty years , claims to be the father of the first white child born in the territory of Nebiaska'the same having made his ap pearance on June 3 , 1854 , or when the territory was but four days old. Mr. H. located his claim and bought the right from the Indians May 29 , 1854 , the day before Nebraska organized as a territory , and months before the Indians gave up pos session. . Postoffice changes during the week ending March 8 , 1884. .Established Con cord , Dixom county , David C. Learner , postmaster : Darnall , Brown county , Daniel H. Darnali , postmaster ; . Pickrell , Gage county- Joseph W. Chandler , postmaster ; Shubert , . Richardson county , Frank M. King , postmaster ; Thacher , Cherry boun ty , Loren F. Lewis , postmaster. Post masters appointed : Ayr , Adams county , H. A > Howe ; Camden , Seward county , E. Kinney ; Stojve , Frontier county , Hannah M. Heaton. Theodor Olsen , of Omaha , has been appointed vice-consul for Denmark for Nebraska , and received his commission from the Danish minister on the llth. J. Muller , of Council Bluffs , pro poses to give a $1,000 piano to the Nebraska or IOW.B girl between the ages of 16 and 24 , Svho'at the coming Nebraska state fair shall show herself to be thesinartest in a given number of points The Kensaw Times thinks that at best the desert line can be kept within the borders of Nebraska but a few years longer. It is a scientific fact that the rainfall is ad vancing westward at a rapid rate , and suf ficient moisture is all that is required to make the buffalo grass region as productive as any other. Cold and long as has been the win ter North Loup's building boom has gone steadily forward , and activity in this line will be greatly increased within the next six weeks. In a period of six weeks not a freight train left Fair-mount that did not have as high as forty cars of grain ( gathered along the route. This shows how Nebraska's cereal products are going to market. John Ray , of Harlan county , is out " $179 taken from his trunk"while he slept. Matt Daugherty , J. R. Johnson and J. W Craig , of Crete , are interested in 28,000 acres .of railroad land in Keith county. A large meeting of citizens was held at Omaha to give expression to the sorrow at the death of Bishop Clarkson. Ad dresses were made by Hon. E. Millard , A. ' J. Poppleton , Judges Savage and Popple- ton and Revs. Harsha and Lemon. Application was made at a Lincoln real estate office for a wife. The applicant was a farmer by occupation , but being without a farm , he is at present without a Job , and wants to secure a widow not over thirty years of age , who has a well im proved homestead. The agent informed him that he- was Just out of women , but would see what he could do for him. A gentleman who returned to Ne braska City from an extended trip to the southern part of the state , declares that emigrants are pouring into the state bv the hundred every day. In nearly every village he visited it was almost impossible to obtain lodgings on account of the vast throng of land-seekers. He predicts that in a year from now there will not be a single piece of land to be had for homesteading purposes in the southern part of the state. Salem is excited over stock bitten by amaddog and exhibiting-signs of hydro phobia. . O. G. Roberts , while out gunning near Red Cloud , on the Republican river , shot and killed a larfts white swan which measured seven feet from tip to tip. Its neck was nearly three f eetlong. The remains of the late Bishop Clarkson were laid to rest at Omaha on the 13th , an immense throng attending the ob sequies. Burial took place on the south side of the cathedral , immediately opposite the transept window. Lincoln has in her midst an organ ized band of chicken thieves. Some of K , * - them have been arrested and the business has been carried on so extensively that they are likely to be provided with a place in the state pen. By private letter from Ed. S , Past , of Hebron , says the Express , to a business man of Beatrice , It is learned that his brolhsKjfcJohn H. Past , was burned to death ma dwelling house near "Monticello , Minn. , on theSight of February 6. West Point lias got its roller skating rink , which is in full blast two nights in each week. The rink organization num bers nearly fifty. The West Point reading room has been formally opened and a librarian ap pointed. The society has two hundred vol umes. . . , . , . A contemptible piece of vandalism atStoughton Is reported by the McCook Tribune. Some Individual or individuals forcibly entered the church and all the seats were torn from their fastenings and piled UP together , and the-furniture demoralized eenerally. The Sunday school library was thrown out of the windows , and after pass ing through a snow and rain storm was practically ruined. i TIE WORK OF CODS. The Fitz John Porter Biil Gets Through the Senate by a Vote of 36 to 25. A Beiolution Appropriating $50- ; . . ' ; . . ' . . 000 lor Eradicating the Foot and Mouth Disease. Mr. Henry Watterson Makes Argn- ' went in Favor of the Newspaper Copyright Bill. CONGRESSIONAL. SENATE. MONDAY , March 10. Mr. Garland submitted a Joint resolution proposing the following amendment to tbe constitution : ARTICLE 16-rThat portion of the public debt of the United States represented by notes issued under authority ot law with the quality of lawfnl money and as legal tender for the payment of debts , shall never exceed the sum of $350,000,000 , unless a bill or bills providing such increase of issue shall receive the concurrence of two-thirds of each house of congress , and the votes on all such bills be recorded by yeas and nays on the Journal of each house. .Bills reported favorably and placed on the calendar. By Mr. Morgan , to provide for the rights of states , persons and corporations' interested in any grant ol lands in aid of railroads or canals which shall hereafter be declared forfeited. From the committee on postoffices and post roads , to amend the revised statutes , authorizing the postmaster general to pro hibit tbe delivery of registered letters and payment of money orders , and providing for the return of .the same. Mr. McMillan ( by request ) introduced a bill to authorize the United States to re sume possession of certain lands granted in Iowa to aid the construction of railroads. Referred. HOUSE. Mr. Hewitt proposed the following con stitutional amendment : That congress shall not have power'to make anything but gold and silver coin tender in payment of debts. Mr. Broadhead introduced a bill for the improvement and repair of rivers and har bors by contract. - Mr. Tucker , by request , introduced a bill granting copyright to newspapers iden tical with senate bill introduced by Senator Sherman. Mr. Faysou introduced a resolution callIng - Ing on the secretary of the interior for in formation as to the excess of lands alleged to have been certified to by the Burlington and Missouri Elver railroad company. District business was laid aside to receive a formal message from the president trans mitting -documents from the secretary of state relative to the resolution of the house on tbe death of Herr Lasker. Mr. Cassidy , from the committee on Pa cific railroads , reported-a bill to incorporate the Spokane Falls'and Coeur de Alenerall road company. Placed on the house calen dar. ' SENATE. TUESDAY * March. 11. Mr. Allison presented a memorial joint resolution from tbe legislature of Iowa , urging the nationa government to avail itself of the power granted by the constitution to regulate the commerce of the states and praying con gress to pass laws in pursuance with that power for the regulation of railroad fares and freight. The committee on Indian affairs reported favorably the bill to ratify the agreement with the Shoshoues , Bannocks , and other Indians for the sale of a portion of their land. Placed on the calendar. Bills were introduced and referred : By Mr. Miller , providing for the suspension of coinage of the standard silver dollar for two years and the issue of two dollar treas ury notes. By Mr. Ingalls , to make a Lake Bergne outlet to improve the low water navigation of the Mississippi river from New Orleans to Cairo. By Mr. Logan , by request , to give pen sions to dependent relatives of deceased soldiers. HOUSE Mr. Morrison reported favorably tbe bill to reduce import duties , and tariff , ( the new tariff bill ) accompanied witb a written report. * Under the call of cpmrnittees , reports were submitted from the judiciary commit tee for two .additional associate justices for Dakota. From the committee on Indian affairs , for the sale of the Eickapoo diminished reser vation in Kansas. The house went into executive session on the postoffice appropriation bill. The bill having been read by sections , Mr. Herr moved to increase to $12,250,000 the appropriation for the compensation of post masters. Mr. Payson reported back the resolution calling upon the secretary of the interior for information touching land patented to the Burlington and Missouri river railroad. Adopted. * SENATE. WEDNESDAY , March 12. Mr. Ed munds introduced a bill to establish forest reservations at the headwaters of the Mis souri river , and at the head waters ai.d Clark's falls on the Columbia river. Mr. Jackson submitted a * joint resolution providing for submission to the states of a constitutional amendment making the pres idential term six years and making the president ineligible to re-election. Re ferred to the committee on judiciary. Mr. Pugh reported favorably thebill to es tablish an educational fund and apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to public education , and provide for the more complete endowment and support of colleges for the advancement .of scientific and Industrial education. The senate took up for consideration the house pleuro pneumonia bill , and after speeches for and against tbe measure adjourned without action. HOUSE. The house went into committee of the whole.on the postoffice appropriation bill. The committee of the whole , by a vote of 117 to 45 , struck out- the clause limiting the salaries of postmasters to $34,000. The amendment offered by Mr. Horr. in creasing from $1,500,000 to $12,250,000 the appropriation for compensation to postmas ters , was lost 74 to 89. Mr. Herr moved to increase the appro priation for clerks in the postofflce by $125.000. The amendment was favoredby Cutcheon , Herr and Bingham , and opposed by Holman and Townshend. Lost 77 to 111. Mr. Skinner ( N. Y. ) offered an amend ment increasing , by $400,000 the appropri ation for the pay of letter carriers. Pending action the committee rose and the house adjourned. c SENATE. THURSDAY , .March 13. The bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter came up and Mr. Manderson addressed the senate in op position to it. He had read Grant's paper Ln the North American Review , and that , with other reading , had aroused in him sympathy and interest in the case. He felt It his duty then to examine the matter , and lie was sorry to be compelled to say that , from the examination given the case , whether this be a case of Judicial review or exercise of clemency , he felt bound to vote "no" on this bill. He said the bill was a stricture upon the proper independence of kS 4'aSigafV. . > , . .V y. the executive. Congress would stand aghast if such a proposition came before it directly from tbe finding of a court mfttial. Preel - dent Lincoln , after rtadlnj , ' all the testimo ny , . wrote to Leonard Swett : "Itellyouhe IB guilty , and should be hung. " The cor- rbboratlon of this was given in the testi mony. Robert Lincoln was before the ad visory board as to the statements of'his father. Porter's contempt for Pope was so evident that even McClellan had to beg him to be loyal to his commander. This Jealousy of the leaders had caused the down fall of many commanders of.the army of tbe east. McClellan , Hooker , Burnslde. Pope and Meade all fell by reason of it. Thank God , the armies of the west were free from it. Among McPherson. Logan , Sheridan and Sherman no heart burnings , no Jeal ousy existed. Mr. Logan then addressed the senate at length. He was followed by other speak ers , after which the bill was read a third time and passed 36 yeas , 25 nays. The result was received with mingled ap plause and hisses from the galleries. The minority vote was as follows : Aldrich , Al lison , Blair , Bowen , Conger , Cullom , Dawes. Dolph , Edmunds , Frye , Harri son , Hanley , Hill , Ingalls , Logan , McMil lan , Manderson , Miller ( Cal. ) Mitchell , Merrill , Palmer , Platt , Sherman , Van Wyck and Wilson.x HOUSE. The house went into committee of the whole ( Blount in the chair ) on the postoffice appropriation bill , the pending amendment being that of increasing the appropriations for the payment of letter earners and Inci dental expenses of the free delivery service from $3,600,000 to $1,000,000. Mr. Davis (111. ) opposed the bill because it would reduce tbe carrier service at least one hundred men. The amendment was adopted 122 to 22. Mr. Townsend gave notice that he would demand'the ayes and nays in the house. Mr. Horrproposed to strike out the proviso vise that the laud grant railroads shall re ceive for mail transportation but fifty per cent , of the compensation allowed to other roads. He said the proviso would work injustice to fifty little roads , for it did not affect the Union and Central Pacific. The committee rose for the , purpose of limiting the debate on the pending para graph. The democratic members desired to limit the debate to one hour and the re publicans asked three hours. Pending the wrangle on this point the house adjourned. SENATE. FRIDAY , March 14. Mr. Bowen in troduced a bill to reduce the postage on mailablc matter of the.second class. Re ferred. Mr. Plumb called up the joint resolution appropriating $25,000 for the eradication of foot and mouth disease. Mr. Plumb said It was a very serious disease , and did not affect the state of Kansas alone , but all tbe ptates. Mr. Cullom thought the amount should be $50,000. and the resolution passed at once. Mr. Hoar moved to postpone considera tion of the resolution for one week , Mr. Harris moved to postpone it indefi nitely. Mr. Conger did not wonder that a feel ing of distrust was growing up among the farmers and stock owners when every bill for the protection of the agricultural interests was met here with sneers and frowns. HOUSE. 'The house went into committee of the whole on the public calendar. The bill granting a pension of $2,500 a year to 8. Randolph Linkham , sole sur viving grandchild of Thos. Jefferson , was taken up and the favorable report of the committee on pensions read. The minority report opposed the bill on the ground that congress had no constitu tional authority to grant a civil pension , Jefferson's services having been civil in stead of military. It asserts that it is ' 'a disgrace to the" people that this good old lady should be in want , ' ' but that if a pen sion was granted her it would only be a short time Before efforts would be made to pension the living children and grandchil dren of all presidents. The house then took a recess till 7:30 , when it passed twenty-two pension bills and adjourned. HOUSE. SATURDAY , Mdrch 15. The house went into committee of the whole on the postoffice appropriation bill , the pending question being on the motion of Mr. Hoar to strike out the proviso limiting the 'com pensation paid for mail transportation to land grant roads to 50 per cent , of that al lowed to other roads. Mr. Holman offered as a substitute for the motion an amendment including within the 50 percent , limitation clause , theNorth- ern Pacific and Union Pacific systems , and * providing that no right now existing in fa vor of the United States in regard to these roads shall be deemed impaired waived by the action. Mr. Herr moved to strike out the reap- propriating clause and to increase the ap propriation to $5,600,000. Mr. Blackburn reviewed , in an interest ing manner , the history of the proceedings in the house at the time of the Brady in vestigation. Mr. Harris' motion was lost. Mr. Henley , from the house committee on public lands , reported a bill declaring forfeited certain lands granted to aid tbe construction of a railroad from the Central Pacific , In California , to Portland , Oregon. Placed on the house calendar. CAPITAL TOPICS. GRAIX STATISTICS. The report of the consumption and distribution of corn and wheat in the United States from returns in the department of agriculture , on March 1st , will show that about 67 per cent , of the corn crop has gone into consumption , leaving 33 per cent , still remaining on hand , against 36 per cent , of the crop of 1882 on Maich 1 , 1883. This shows a reduction of about 70,000,000 bush els. In Michigan , Wisconsin and Minnesota seta the stock is but 1,000,000 bushels , against 24,000,000 last March. In the belt including Ohio , Indiana , Illinois and Iowa , producing 558,000,000 bushels , the stock is only 152,008,000 , which is less by 34,000,000 than the stock on March 1,1883 ; The pro portion of merchantable corn is GO per cent. , or 936,000,000 bushels. PURCHASING TRADE DOLLARS. The treasury department is informed that foreign bankers are making heavy pur chases in the United States of silver trade dollars at a discount of 10 per cent , or more. The purpose is to dispose of the coin to emigrants about to sail for this country as American coin worth nominal value. GIVEN A HEARING. The house , committee on postoffices and post roads heard the testimony of Rep resentative Ellis , of Louisiana , regarding tils alleged connection with star route con tracts. He made a statement briefly and emphatically denying the receipt or prom ise of money for such aid as he had ren dered to Pratt in securing a mail contract , which aid , he said , was such as he had rendered to other Louisiana people when ever he was called upon. It was a charac ter of aid which he , as a representative , considered It his duty to render in the in terest of his constituents. MORRISON'S TARIFF BILL. The majority and minority reports of the ways and means committee on the Sforrison tariff bill were submitted to the louse on the llth. The division in the committee was upon strict party lines. Mor risen was asked when he proposed to call he bill up for action. He said he did not enow. Other members of the committee expressed the opinion that it would come up next week. COINAGE. ' The house committee on coinage , iveights and measures has agreed to report favorably Representative Bland-'s bill to stop the coinage of three and one dollar cold pieces , trade dollars and three-cent.nfckel pieces , and.llmit.tbe coinage of .gold double eagles'to ' 20 per cent , of the bullion pur chase. INSTRUCTION TO OFKCIAL8. A circular has been , sent to all United Statesattorneys * and marshals by Attorney General Brewster , calling attention , by di rection of President Arthur , to the report that "certain persons are aiding in the prosecution of heinous crimes by shipping to foreign ports explosives dangerous in the highest degree to life and property. ' ' The circular says no proof of the charges has been adduced and the president cannot be lieve its truth , but for the honor of the na tion Instructs them to be diligent In their efforts to prevent offenses described and prosecute offenders. WATTERSON'S COPYRIGHT BILL. Henry Watterson appeared beford the Joint committee on library and made argument in support of the newspaper copyright bill. In answer to Inquiry by members of tbe committee , Watterson said the misapprehension with regard to the scope of this bill had grown out of the fact that the original draft provided for exclu- slveuess.in published matter for a period of forty-eight hours , which time was subse- reduced to twenty-four hours. 6th forms were impracticable and unnec essary. Watterson said , and presented a bill granting a copyright for eight hours which was all that was sought by the promoters meters of the measure. Its object was simply to prevent tbe pirating of news and concurrent publication. THE LASKER INCIDENT. The sub-committee of the house for eign affairs committee , consisting of Cur- tin , Rice and Eaton , to whom the Hiscock resolutions on the Lasker matter were re ferred , at a meeting offered a substitute for the resolutions , and the report of the committee was laid before tbe members. Considerable discussion followed. After suggesting a few changes to the sub com mittee the full committee adjourned. COUNTERFEIT SILVER CERTIFICATES. The secret service division of 'the treasury department reports that it believes that certain counterfeiters are consummat ing measures to simultaneously pass upon the public , especially In the cities of tbe south and west , * counterfeit $20 silver cer tificates. A fair sample of the same has just been received at the office of the secret service department. The issue is a series of 1880 , James GUfillan , treasurer of the United States. The paper is thick , greasy and stiff , and the note is one-eighth of an inch shorter than the genuine. THE FITZ JOHN PORTER BILL. It is generally understood that the Fitz John Porter bill , returned to thehouse for concurrence in the senate amendments , has been indefinitely pigeon-holed. Ac cording to a certain rule of the house , the bill , although under a hundred other bills , may be taken up any day , ifthe majority so desire. PHENTISS TILLER CAUGHT. The Absconding Pacific Express Messen ger Arrested in Milwaukee- Ninety Thousand Dollars of the Stolen t Funds Recovered. MILWAUKEE , March 13. Prentiss Tiller , the Pacific Express company's agent at St. Louis , who decamped with nearly $100,000 a few weeks ago , was arrested at 10 o'clock this morning by Milwaukee de tectives and $80,000 of the money recov ered. A young man looking like a tramp , with a small mustache , brown hair and ol Blight build , bought a trunk at the store ol Carpeles , Schram & Co. Tuesday and asked to have it shipped to G H. Pochank , De troit , Michigan. He left a valise which he asked to have placed inside the trunk to save him the trouble of carrying it. When about to put the valise in the trunk the clerk droppedit and the clasps burst asunder , the contents rolling out upon the floor. On gathering up the bundles the clerk found them wrapped in the Pacific Express com pany's labels , and close examination dis closed that every package contained a prize , the total amounting to nearly $90,000. 'The police were notified , and with a description of the man traced him to a cheap boarding house in the Third ward , but he was not at home. They found his trunkand seized it. The boarding house people said the man was frequently out all night , and the police continued searching the city , think ing he must be on a spree. This morning he returned to the trunk store to ask about the valise and was arrested. He has been at the Third ward boarding house since March 8th , but it is not known whether or not he boarded anywhere else before that. Besides the money there was a large amount of valuable jewelry in tbe valise and money placed in the Mer chants' Exchange bank. The arrest of Til ler caused a great crowd to gather at the Central police station , but the prisoner was carefully guarded and could be interviewed only very oriefly. He was loud in saying he had no accomplices , but at the same time added that it remained for the company to prove he stole the money. He was veiy happy and proposed tbe police should close the outer doors and charge the crowd an admission price to see him as a curiosity. He was identified by the Chicago and St. Louis agents , who were in tbe city , having been called up from Chicago last night when the money'was found yesterday. ST. Louis , .March 14. Prentice Til ler , tbe Pacific Express robber , arrived here this morning in charge of detectives , and was driven immediately to the Lindell hotel. General Manager. Morseman , of the Pacific Express , and Assistant General Mannger Shepherd.of the United States Ex press , were in waiting , and all took break fast together in a private room. The mornIng - Ing was passed in questioning Tiller and comparing the company's books. When this is finished Tiller will be given over to the police. Extension of Fast Hail Service. CmcAGO , March 10. Postmaster- General Gresham , who arrived here last night on the fast mail train from New York , to-day completed arrangements for the ex tension ot the fast mail service to Omaha. The details , as obtained by an associated press reporter , are as follows : The new service will be over the Chicago , Burlington and Qulncy road , the first train leaving to night at 3 o'clock a. m. , and reaching Omaha at 8 o'clock on the evening of the same day. This train will take mail brought by the fast train from New York , which leaves there at 8:30 p. m. , and arrives here at 12:30 a. m. the next day. The new train will only stop for water and to change engines between Chicago and Omaha , but will catch and deliver mail at all stations en route. The result of this extension of the fast ser vice will be a saving of twenty-four hours' time between New York and Omaha and all points west of Omaha to the Pacific coast , as the fast train connects at Omaha with the west bound Union Pacific train one day earlier than heretofore. COUNCIL BLUFFS , March 11. To night the fast mall train over the Burling ton arrived in this city at 7 o'clock , making the run from Chicago In sixteen hours , bringing Chicago mall and papers fourteen hours quicker than ever before. Large crowds assembled at the depot to receive the Chicago morning papers. Great en thusiasm prevailed as the train came trun- dering in , and cheers for Gresham and Eatton rent the air as the Union Pacific train rolled away. The Nonpareil charac terizes this movement as the most import ant mail service ever given to this country , and , in behalf of Southern Iowa , whosis ausiness is greatly facilitated thereby , thanks the postoffiee authorities for the in auguration of this splendid mall service. Now cure your oold. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will do it. Only 50 Dents a bottle. . HIIS CONDENSATIONS. * * News Gatherings by Telegraph and Otherwise from Near and Far. Explosion in a Virginia Coal Mine , a Great Many Lives Being Lost. Arrest of the Pacific Express Robber Intelligence of a Foreign Character. NEWS NOTES. ' Application has been made to the New York stock exchange to list $1,062- 000 of St. Paul and Omaha six per cent. * consols. The'Galveston cotton exchange un animously passed resolution urging Texas congressmen to oppose further coinage of silver dollars upon the present basis of valuation. Premature explosion of a flask at the Cornwall , Pa. , furnaces killed John Eck and mortally wounded Milton Eck , broth ers. ers.The continued rains are rendering the situation in California alarming. The southern country is flooded. Tbe telegraph is interrupted and railroads arc again washed out. The two leading glass works" in St. Louis have lighted their fires and others will follow shortly. The works at Alton , Illinois , also started. This gives employ ment to more than 1,000 men , who have been idle several months. Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis and daughter , New Haven , were found dead in bed from suffocation , a gas-burner being turned half way on. C. D. Sharp , of Gainsville , Texas , was found guilty of raping Amanii and Emma Clark , aged respectively sixteen and twelve. The penalty In the first case Is fifty years In the penitentiary and the other case death. Sharp was sentenced to bang at Gainsville , April 25th. George Buckland , a popular lecturer , and Wm. Blanchard Jerold , a well known journalist , Doth of London , are dead. Chicago liquor men propose to still further test the constitutionally of the Har per high license law. A large delegation of whisky men held a meeting at Louisville , at which indig nation was expressed at the delay of con gress in taking up the whisky bill. Opinion was expressed that the bill would finally pass. pass.The Western Kansas stock growers' association , representing 250,000 bead of cattle worth $8,000,000 , meet at Dodge City on the 2d day of April and remain in session three days. The cigar manufacturers of Cincin- ati have declared a lockout , which throws ver 1,100 cigar makers out of employment. Tke governor general of Canada has received threatening letters from the Fenian brotherhood in Chicago. His guard has been doubled. Mrs. Elizabeth Keating , aged 80 , was burned to death at Philadelphia during a fire in her house. James Hughes , who shot and wound ed Ofiicer Welch at Clinton , Iowa , last Oc tober , was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. A snow-slide descended on the little snow-bound station of Woodstock , Colorado rado , on the South Park" railroad , carrying away every building in the tovn. Seven teen persons are known to have been caught in the avalanche , including Mrs. Doyle , a widow , her six children and another wo man , name unknown , and ten section men. The two women and one section hand were rescued alive. AH others undoubtedly perished. A destructive prairie fire was started by a locomotive spark near Kinsley , Kas. , burning a number of ranches , dwellings and other property. Mrs. Geo. W. Ma- theny was burned to death in an endeavor to save her home. The exports of produce from New York for the week ending February llth were $5.339,440 , against $7,507,419 the cor responding week of last year. A lively contest is promised between Father Murphy , pastor of St. Mary's church , Dover , N. H. , and the Emmet as sociation , Murphy having by authority of the Bishop notified the members of the or ganization to disband or suffer excommu nication. The men reported lost in the Couer De Leon mountains , Oregon ; turned up on Front creek after thirteen days of awful ex perience in the deep snow and forests. The party was utterly worn' out. Mrs. Col. Hunt , of Michigan , has re tained lawyers to contest Col. Hunt's will , bequeathing $5,000 each to the mothers of Josh Billings , Ell Perkins and Artemus Ward. The legatees have not made claims. The western wool growers , in con vention at Denver , adopted a memorial to congress saying that the wool industry was greatly injured by the reduction in the tariff in 1883 , and-strongly opposing the Morrison bill , now before congress , which aims to make a further reduction of twenty per cent , on foreign wools and woolens , and praying for a restoration of the tariff of 1867 as it relates to wools and woolens. Thelllion ( N. Y. ) Citizen printed its entire edition recently by electricity. . By a contract recently concluded the "diagonal" road is now made the sole con nection of the St. Paul road at Des Maines. The report that the "diagonal" has been bought by the St. Paul is incorrect and it is still owned by R. I. Wilson & Co. , of New York , who will continue to operate it and probably greatly extend It. Dispatches received by the Illinois board of agriculture report several cases of foot and mouth disease among the cattle of EffinKham county. Particulars of the outbreak are not known , but cattlemen are ilarmed. A snow-slide occurred on the Aspen mountain , Colorado. Three employes of : he Vallejo mine , George Marshall , William 5'Brien and John McGinnity were killed md Mike Higgins and another miner are nissing. Matt Lewis ( colored ) was hanged at 3t. Louis on the 14th for the murder of his ivife in October , 1876. Lewis quarreled yith his wife and cut her throat In a fit of ealousy. Henry Andrews , a young Scotch anchero , near Las Vegas , N. iT. , lost 8,000 at monte a few days ago , and shot ilmself through the temple. Excitement at Neosho , Kansas , rela- ive to tbe cattle plague is subsiding , and some persons are disregarding the quaran- ; ine. The people generally" do not believe , he disease is so highly contagious as the mrgeona report it. John McMahon , city collector of Eoboken , N. J. , IB missing since Febru- iry 21st. His accounts are short $32,000. Olixer Dyer , a Yale sophomore , who was roughly handled by a classmate In col lege atletlc games a few days ago , died from the effects of bis injuries. Postmaster General Gresham is re ceiving from all sides'very hearty encoral- * urns and expreMlotu of gratitude for the extension of the fast mail service to the west and northwest. O'Donovan Rosaa was Interviewed in New York regarding the explosion at Ful- bam , England , and declared that he knew three days ago that tbe explosion wag to take place , and .said he could tell when the next one would occur , butwouid not do so. The Virginia general assembly , nL > view of the awful coal mine disaster at Pochahontas , adopted a joint resolution authorizing the governor to ascertain the approximate amount of money necessary to relieve the immediate wants of the vic tims. tims.The The register of the United States land office certified to the clerks of the counties comprising that land district 290,100 acres. of land which the Union Pacific Railway company has paid for , Frank Slagel , tripple murderer , was hung on the 14th at Somerset , Ky. Ho pro fessed religion the Thursday previous and. protested his Innocence to the last. , The secretary of the national indus trial convention , to bo held In Chicago May 21st , has received letters from Hon. Colum bus Delano and Judge Lawrence , of the National wool growers' association , urging that the date of the latter's convention be postponed from May 7th to May 19th. The execution of the Stevenson's , at Regina , W. T. , has been postponed until April 3d. The death warrant had been re ceived , and all the preparations for the hanging completed when the order staying execution arrived. A cyclone passed over Saline county , 111. , destroying a number of dwellings and outhouses. FOREIGN. , AFKAIKS IN THE SOUDAN. Gordon advises the appointment of Zobehr Pasha to succeed himself as gov ernor of Soudan. He thinks that Zobhr , if adequately supported , would dispose of the Mahdf witbing a year. He strongly de nounces the proposed British expedition to reconquer the Soudan , and expresses deep anxiety about the situation at Khartoum. Unless the British act promptly m regard to Zobehr's appointment the victory of Gra ham will , he thinks , have bu-n useless bloodshed. He does not believe in sending further telegrams. It is no longer a ques tion of days , but hours. It is reported that Sheikh Obeid , on the other side of the Blue Nile , has risen. If this is true the tele graphs will be cut forthwith. It is Improb- ablp that the rebels will attack Khartoum , but will try to starve the city into submis sion. BISMARCK ON THE RESOLUTIONS. Bismarck appeared in the reichstag to-day and made a speech In Justification of his course in refusing to transmit the Las- ker resolutions to the reichstag. He said he had recognized the good intentions of the American congress , but was unable to harness himself to the car of the opposl- M tion. "Bismarck continued : ' 'I should have / refrained from mentioning tbia matter except - - * cept for the manner In which the reicbstag has discussed it and for the charge of in- y terference made by Herr Richtcr. The relations - f lations of Germany with America have al ways been good. ' The government has con stantly tried to cultivate them. Ever alnce / there has been a minister the relations of the two countries have been satisfactory. * " After the war-with Austria , in I860 , and again after the Franco-Prussian war , { America gave numerous proofs of sympa thy , not only with the prosperity of the empire , but also with the person of the chancellor. Nothing has occurred to disT" turb these good relations. " THE BATTLE AT TAMAI. , Further details of the desperate < battle between Graham's forces and ! the rebels near Tarnai Wells continue to ar- Si rive. During the confusion which ensued ' when the Arabs made their wild rush on the Britisn lines and caused them to re treat newspaper reporters and other noncombatants - combatants took part in the fray and used their revolvers freely with deadly effect against the enemy. After the battle 03- man's camp and three villages were burn ed. Among the trophies Osman's stand ard was taken and Tewfik Bey's recap tured. The British loss is * considerably heavier than at first reported. The num ber killed will reach 100 and wounded 150. Gen. Graham telegraphs that five officers and eighty-six men were killed and eight officers and 103 men wounded , and nineteen men are missing. The rebels numbered from 10,000 to 12,000. Three officers and seven men of the naval brigade were killed at the guns. Over 2,000 rebels were killed. Tbe rebels charged reeardless of their great loss. They left 600 dead at one point of the square. Gen. Graham's forces are return ing to Suakim. Osman DIgna fled to the hills. The Arabs retired before the Eng lish slowly and sullenly. They were de feated , but not put to rout. They walked away as if sauntering through a bazaar , with their arms folded or swineing at their sides. Many were shot down , but this did not hasten their companions's speed. FRANCE FEELING FOR PEACE- The French government has instruct ed General Millott , commander of the land force at Tonquin , not , to carry operations beyond Thainquingen and Lonjtson. Prime Minister Ferry has reopened direct necotia- , tlons with Marquis Tseng for a treaty based , on the condition that the French be allowed to retain possession of Bacninh. MILITARY CONSPIRACY IN SPAIN. General Velorde , Brigadier Villa- campa , Senor Moran , secretary for Zorilla , and a large number of minor officers and men are charged with complicity In a mili tary conspiracy similar to that of August last. DECLARED FOR EL MAHDI. The leading sheikhs between Shendy and Khartoum have declared in favor of Ei Mahdi. The Arab rebels have reappeared atTamanelb. They attack all stragglers. Destructive Fire in East St. Louis. There was a destructive fire "in East St. Louis on the nitrht of the 10th. There is no fire department in the place and the surrounding property was at the mercy of the flames , which spread with great rapid ity and soon consumed the mw of frames , and spread to the transfer company's sta bles in the rear , then to elevator "A , " and the entire property was destroyed. The elevator is said to have contained between 200,000 and 300,000 bushels of corn , 50.000 bushels of oats and 10,000 bushels of wheat. A large number of empty and laden cars were Durned. One train of six burning cars was pulled out of the yards to Cone sta tion , near the stock vards. and the dames communicated to a long line of cars and seventy-five to eighty were burned. A number of other cars were also burned , making the number about 140 , one-third of which were laden with prain. The loss is In the neighborhood of $500,000. The ele vator building , $150,000 ; grain $200.000 ; cars and freight $75,000 ; railroad buildings- 550,000 ; smaller losses fully $25,000. Insur'- ince not ascertained. The Wool Growers' Convention. DENVER , March 12. A large number - , i * ber of delegates were present thla morning ' it the wool growers' convention , repre senting Colorado , Kansas , Minnesota , New Mexico , Wyoming , Idaho and Nebraska. ro-day'B session was consumed In speechmaking - making and in organization. The leeilng tvas unanimous that the passage of Morri son's bill would prove fatal to the wool in- iustry of this country. Important action is expected at to-morrow's session. Seven million five hundred thousand sheep are represented in the convention , or an annua production of 36.000,000 pounds of wool.