* THE TRIBUNE.
f. M. * JE. M. KDOOEIX , Pub * .
MCCOOKiP"I Sii
NEBRASKA INTERESTS.
The first excursion of the season ar-
dved at'-'Atkinson early In March' in. the
oildflt of a : severe snowstorm , which , how
ever , dld'not discourage the new comers.
An insane man named * John Sorren ,
fromMacon county. 111. , jumped out of a
third-story window injthq Canfield house at
Omaha a , few days ago , imagining he was
being .pursued by robbers * His pocketbook -
book , containing $80 , was 'dropped in the
fall , and Sorren was only slightly hurt by
the lofty leap.
On the 14th the large barn on the
dairy farm jof B. H. Post" near Omaha , was
entirely consumed. ' In. the building were
twenty-six o'owa , seventeen head of horses
and a lot of sheep , all of'which perished.
The fire when discovered had made ouch
headway that nothing could he done to save
anything. The fire was the work of an in
cendiary , and the torch is supposed to have
been applied by tramps. .
The pork packing establishment of
Mitchell & Sherrar , near .Lincoln , was par
tially destroyed by fire on the 14th. Loss ,
About $1,000. "
JohtfLittle , livihgxra the Keya Paha ,
in Brown county , shot ; a.nd killed 'Philip
Staples. The difficulty Is said to have ori
ginated from Staples making improper pro
posals to Little's wife.
SThe Plum Creek Pioneer notes with
satisfaction'the number of fine animals
being brought Into Daws.on county. The
.number includes almost all breeds , chief
among which are a number of as fine stal
lions as can be found on this continent. The
day of the tough little pony is nearly gone ,
and he is being supplanted by a ' heavier
animal , much better qualified to perform
thte work necessary to be done.
The following from Gage county
have recently gone forward to the peniten
tiary : Wm. H. Reid , manslaughter , ten
years ; JobnM. Ming , forgery , two years ;
Henry Burke , robbery , three years ; Geo.
W. Gray , forgery , three years ; John Wag
gle , larceny , one year.
Senator Van Wyck has consented to
* deliver the address at the Saline county fair
next tall.
Four young boys sent to jail at Beat
rice for chicken stealing have been liberated
and promise to do so no more.
Frank Plachy , a Bohemian farmer ,
livinc south of Crete , was found dead in
the field , shot through the breast. The
shooting is supposed to have been acciden
tal.
tal.The
The Beatrice Daily Express of the
14th says : This is the last day for filing
proot upon the Otoe reservation lands pur
chased at the December sale. Purchasers
have'been coming in at the land office the
past few1 days and attending to this matter.
There were 188-p"urchasers at the Decem
ber sale , and up to yesterday all but about
thirty had filed the necessary papers. The
reservation settlers have complied with the
law. Improvements hare been made , and
although it has been .with hardship to Home ,
it has been in coed faith. A petition , ask
ing that the time of making the second pay
ment upon the June and December sales ,
i which falls due one year from date of sale ,
be extended-five years , has been circulated ,
signed , and forwarded to Washington.
John M. "Ming , ayoung man convictr
edofiorgery in the district court at Beat
rice , and who has gone to the penitentiary
for two years , has a sister ten years old who
is now left without support. The Beatrice
Express suggests that some family take the
child and give her a home and proper
schooling.
A"petitionlias been sent from Plum
Creek to the commissioner of pensions ask
ing that a board of examining surgeons be
appointed , with headquarters at that place ,
has "received favorable consideration and
the board appointed. The nearest similar
board is at Hastings.
John Colier , a colored , gentleman of
Nebraska City , was wanted at Falls City ,
where he formerly lived , on the charge ol
being the unhappy father of twins without
the proper credentials . Ha visited that
village a few days ago and was arrested and
is now in the clutches of the law.
On the morning of the 18th , at the
B. & M. depot in Omaha , was seen a party
of Indian boys and girls on their way to
Mt. Pleasant , Iowa , toenter school. The
party was composed of twelve boys and
seven girls. Ten of the b'oys were from the
Winnebago tribe while the other two boys
and all the -girls were-from the Omahas.
They ranged in age from six to sixteen
years.
- A Lincoln syndicate recently pur
chased 28000 acres of land in Keith county ;
another 35,000,000 in Cheyenne county , and
another syndicate is forming to take in 57 , -
000 acres more in Cheyenne county.
" A vegetable canning house is one of
the coming industries of Waterloo , Doug
las county. Stock in the concern is being
taken liberally.
According to the Nebraska City
News the dread disease. , diphtheria yet
holds fullsway _ at Palmyra , .there being
over lOO'cases there.
The Ewing Item - isof the opinion
that the Sioux City and Pacific anticipates
extending further Black Hillsward this
spring. This is indicated by papers lately
filed in the county clerk's office in Holt
county. Such a move , it says , cannot be
made too soon to suit the people. of that
section. The coal in which that country
abounds * 'we need in our business' ' here ,
and ur groin and vegetables are needed
there. It will make a commercial recip
rocity both pleasant and profitable.
Immigration "increases day by day.
The press in all sections' * of the state note
the arrival of immigrants by rail and wagon.
Nebraska will add. largely to her population
before 18S4is numbered with the past.
* A man named Robert Leavitt was
found deadjn an old log house a few miles
from Omaha on the 19th inst. It is sup
posed'that he died" from exposure. The
remains were-frozen stiff when found.
A genuine "hold-up" occurred in the
middle of Broadway , Fullerton. about 9
o'clock one evening last week , whereby the
holdee obtained some twenty dollars of the
holder. ! ' . ,
Ayoung man calling himself Bert
Giles , claiming to be from Hamburg , Iowa ,
was hired by John Wagner , a Beatrice im
plement dealer , about three weeks ago.
Then an officer from Ashland , Nebraska ,
arrived and arrested him for selling mort
gaged property in the latter place.
Mr. Johnson , leaving near Blair , is
out a valuable horse , stolen about two
weeks ago.In spite of all the advertisings ,
offerings of reward and searching every
where , the horse and thief cannot be found.
A prize was offered air the Friend
skating rinltto the one who could skate a
mile in the shortest time. ' Four contested ,
which resulted in a tie between Triplett
and Burger. These two then contested and
ihe prize was awarded to Triplett , he hav
ing made the mile in less than ten and one-
half minutes.
The" Pawnee Bepublican says that
parties arriving in that county from the east
are surprised at the large number of fine
horses owned by citizens there. The grade
of hogs is not inferior to the best raised in
the east , and the grade of cattle is belne
raised , so that In a very few years Pawnee
will compare witk any county east or west
In producing the finest horses , cattle and
hogs.
hogs.The house of D. T. Tubbs , near Ben
nett , was destroyed by fire , the entire
household effects being-lost.
A
HOUSE AND SENATE.
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A Synopsis of Proceedings in
Both Branches of
, , Congress.
Besolutiorn by 8enatoctVan Wyck
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Regarding the Department
. of Justice * .
Discussion of . the Educational Bill
i.
Capital Matters of a General
9
Nature. *
CONGRESSIONAL1.
SENATE ,
MONDAY , March 15. Mr. Alli
son presented a Joint resolution
from the general assembly of Iowa , re
lating that pleuro-pneumonia Is raging
there and urging the adoption of means for
its extirpation.
Messrs. McMillan , Palmer and blander-
son presented petitions from the citizens of
their respective states , praying that con
gress propose a sixteenth amendment pro
hibiting the disfranchisement of citizens on
account of sex.
Mr. Van Wyck offered a resolution , which
was agreed to , directing the committee on
public lands to inquire inwbatmanner large
quantities of public lands had come into the
possession of foreign corporations and syn
dicates , and report what legislation , if anv ,
was advisable in the premises.
Mr. Plumb's Joint resolution making an
appropriation for the suppression of foot
and mouth disease was taken up. He
moved to increase the amount of appropri
ation by resolution from $25,000 to $50,000 ,
which was agreed , to. Mr. Plumb also
moved an amendment , which was agreed to ;
adding a proviso that no action of the com
mittee of agriculture , under the Joint reso
lution , should commit the 'government be
yond the amount therein appropriated.
The Joint resolution was then passed
yeas , 29 ; nays , 14. As passed it appropri
ates $50,000 to be used by the commfssioner
of agriculture with the co-operation of the
authorities of states in which it maybe used
for stamping out foot and mouth disease ,
the government not to be committed beyond
the amount named.
HOUSE.
Bills were presented : By Mr. Hewitt , to
suspend for two years the coinage of silver
dollars , and making it unlawful for the sec
retary of the treasury to print and issue
treasury notes of the denomination of $1
and $2.
By Mr. Robinson , authorizing the sec
retary of the treasury to pay $50,000 to Mrs.
Septemla Randolph Melkjeham , grandchild
of Thomas Jefferson.
Mr. Gates , from the committee on revis
ion of laws , moved to suspend the rules
and pass the following amendment to sec
tions 8 and 9 , revised { statutes : ' 'And the
United States in such cases ( capital offenses )
and in no'other cases 'whatever , shall also ,
in conformity with the practice in any state ,
have the right hi that state to stand Jurors
and not show cause for disqualification or
challenge until'the venue shall be gone
through. ' ' Lost , 153 to 91.
On motion of Randall the rules were
suspended and the special deficiency hill ,
appropriating $1,610,000 , was passed.
- - SENATE.
'
TUESDAY , . March , . 18. Mr. Hawley
introduced a hill to authorize the secretary
of the navy to offer a rejvardof $25,000 for
rescuing or ascertaining the fate of the
Greely arctic expedition. Mr. Hawley said
such a reward might induce ships crossing
in or about the arctic seas to keep a look
out for the exploring party or to turn oc
casionally out of their course in order to
gather information about it. The above is
the plan suggested by Geo. Kenna , the arc
tic traveler , when called before the Greely
relief board to pive his views concerning the
rescue of Greely and his comrades.
The bill to aid the. establishment and
temporary support of common schools was
taken up. It appropriates , the first year ,
$15,000,000 , the second year , $14,000,000 ;
the third year , $13,000,000 , and so on for
each year , decreasing $1,000,000 yearly , to
be expended on common school education ,
the expenditure for each state to be on a
.basis of illiteracy.
HOUSE.
Petitions referred Authorizing the con
struction of bridges across the Missouri
river at Sibley and ieavenworth. Placed
on the house calendar :
Mr. Perkins , for the sale of the Iowa In
dian-reservation in Kansas and Nebraska.
Placed on the house calendar.
Mr. Nelson , granting the right of way
through the Sioux Indian reservation
in Dakota to the Chicago , Milwaukee and
St. Paul , and the Dakota Central railroad
companies. Placed on the house calendar.
At expiration of the morning hour , the
house went into committee of the whole on
the postoffice appropriation.
Mr. Reagan offered an amendment extending
tending- the members of congress the
right to use penalty envelopes in the trans
action of official business.
After discussion the amenndment was lost
61 to 93.
The amendments agreed to in committee
of the whole were adopted , with the excep
tion of that increasing , by $400,000 , the ap
propriation for the letter carrier service ,
which was rejected 123 to 139. The bill
was then passed 160 to 77.
SENATE.
WEDNESDAY , March 19. Mr. Harri
son reported it inexpedient to establish a
military academy west of the Mississippi
for training Indian youths as soldiers.
Mr. Hoar called up the bill introduced by
him and reported favorably from the com
mittee on judiciary , fixing the salary of
United-States district judges at $5,000. The
matter went over.
The chair laid before the senate as un
finished business the bill to aid in the
establishment and support of common
schools. '
Mr. Sherman said that of $15,000,000 ap
propriated over $11,000,000 would go to the
south and out of-control of the national
government. He was unwilling to vote any
large amount of money into the hands of
those who , he feared'did not act justly in
the'education of the people.for whom the
money was intended. He was unwilling to
vote to southern states money from the
public treasury for any purpose until we
had better evidence than had been given
within the last year that the money so
given would be expended for the advan
tage of the United States. >
A few amendments to the details were
made in the bill and the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Reports were submitted : From Mr.
Blair , from th.e committee on coinage ,
weights and measure , limiting the coinage
of double eagles and to discontinue the coin
age , of United States coins. Placed on the
calendar. .
Mr. Ellis , from the committee on appro
priations , reported , the Indian appropria
tion hill. Referred ttf the committee of the
Whole.
Then the long-expected struggle over the
whisky bill began.
Mr. Blackburn moved to go into commit
tee of the whole on the revenue bills.
Mr. Randall demanded the yeas and nays.
The motion was agreed to yeas , 130 ; nays ,
112 and the house went into committee of
the whole.
Considerable discussion took place , but
without definite action the house adjourned.
SENATE.
FRIDAY , March 20. A resolution was
introduced by Mr. Van Wyck , which was
agreed to. calling upon the secretary of the
treasury to furnish the senate with copies
of accounts and vouchers of the disbursing
agent of the department of justice for nils.
collaneouB expenses relative to the star-
route cases for the last three years.
Mr. Logon called up the report of the
committee on conference on the military
academy appropriation bill and moved con
currence therein. Agreed to.
Mr. Hoar called up and the senate re
sumed consideration of 'the bill increasing
the salaries of United States district Judges
to $5,000. The pending question was on
Morgan's amendment providing that the in
crease should only apply to judges here
after appointed.
Mr. Allison , from the committee on appro
priations , reported favorably the house bill
to provide for most urgent deficiencies in
appropriations for the service of the govern
ment for the fiscal ycariending June 30 , 1884.
Placed on the calendar.
The remainder of the session , without
definite action , was spent in consideration
of Mr Blair's educational bill.
HOUSE
Immediately after the reading of the jour
nal. Mr. Turner ( Ga. ) called up the Vir
ginia contested election case of Garrison
against Mayo. The report declared that the
contestant , Garrison , is entitled to the seat.
Mayo , the sitting member , was heard in his
own behalf.
At the conclusion of Garrison's speech ,
after further debate , the resolution declar
ing Garrison entitled to the seat was unani
mously adopted , and that .gentleman ap
peared and took the oath of office.
The military academy appropriation bill
was passed.
Objection was made to reference of the
senate bill for the eradication of foot and
mouth disease to the senate committee ,
with leave to report at any time , so the bili
will have to take the usual course.
The bonded whisky extension bill .was
then considered without action.
SENATE.
FiUDAY.'March 21. Consideration oi
the bill increasing the salaries of the Unitec
States district judges was resumed , but
without action the bill went over.
Bills were introduced and referred : By
Mr. Platt , to provide for admission Into
the union of the state of Tacoma.
By Mr. Logan , to grant a pension of $50
per month to the widow of Gen. Ord.
By Call , to authorize the investigation of
the issue of fraudulent warrants and pio-
tect soldiers and sailors from loss thereon.
The deficiency appropriation bill was
passed.
. The education bill was taken up and dis
cussed , but without action the senate ad
journed till Monday.
HOUSE. The speaker prpceeded to
call the committee reports of a private char
acter , and at the conclusion of the call the
house went into committee of the whole on
the private calendar. -
After considering two bills the committee
rose.
rose.Mr. . E. H. Fnnston appeared and took
the oath of office as representative of the
Second district of Kansas to succeed the
late D. C. Haskell. The committee then
resumed its session.
The session was consumed in considera
tion of private bills , a number of which
were pas- *
HOUSE.
SATURDAY , March 22. The house
went into committee of the whole ( Reagan
in the chair ) on the bonded extension bill.
Mr. Herbert resumed his argument
against , the bill , asserting that It was only
by holding the distillers .to law that con
gress could expect to equalize production
and consumption.
Mr. Thompson ( Kentucky ) supported the
bill , which he said presented the question
whether the government would bankrupt
one class of its citizens when it would not
require , for any purpose , money which
would fall due for taxes. The .question of
temperance , said Thompson , was not in
volved in the measure ) bnt if a few tem
perance ' 'cranks' ' in the house would vote
for the bill it would result in keeping the
whisky In bond and out of consumption.
Speeches were made by a number of gen.
tleman on both sides | of the question , but
without action the committee rose.
Mr. Hancock , from the committee on ap
propriations , reported the- pension appro
priation bill. Referred to the committee
of the whole.
Mr. Beach offered a resolution callin
upon the secretary or the interior to f urnis
copies of all leases made by him for the use
or occupation of any ground in the Yellow
stone National park ; also for information
whether the lessees complied with the con
ditions of the lease and as to the provisi on
made to pf event the wanton destruction of
fish and game in the park. Adopted.
CAPITAL TOPICS.
NOT FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
A telegram was received'at the treas
ury department from J. H. Sanders , secre
tary of the treasury cattle commission , say
ing that the experts sent out by the commis
sion pronounce the alleged outbreak among
cattle in Illinois not foot and mouth disease.
Dr. Law , of the cattle commission , has gone
to Kansas to investigate and report on the
appearance of foot and mouth disease there.
PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS.
The house committee on private land
claims has agreed to report favorably the
bill which passed the senate recently pro
viding for the settlement of private lands
in New Mexico , Wyoming , Arizona , Utah ,
Nevada and Colorado , arising out of grants
made by Mexico before the land included
in those states and territories was ceded to
the United States.
PENSIONS. .
The house committee on judiciary
has ordered a favorable report on Tucker's
bill limiting the time for the presentation of
claims for back pay or bounty due to offi
cers and soldiers or any other person for
services in the late civil war or any previous
war to three years from the passage of the
act. The bill also provides that all ofher
existing claims against the United States ,
excepting claims for pensions , shall be pre
sented within six years from the passage of
the act. Claims against the United States
hereafter 'shall be presented within six
years from the time they accrue.
THE PROPOSITION OPPOSED.
The president transmitted to the
house a letter from Secretaries Lincoln and
Chandler opposing the proposition to offer
a reward for the discovery and relief of
Lieut. Greely's party by private enter
prises. They think it will be inadvisable to
offer an incentive to inadequately prepared
private parties when a government expedi
tion is thoroughly equipped.
THE SWINE PRODUCT.
Accompanying the bill reported by
the senate committee on foreign relations
providing for a thorough system of inspec
tion of all salt pork and bacon intended for
exportation , was a supplementary statement
wherein the committee say that from docu
ments and correspondence laid before them
touching the swine industry of the United
States from investigations which the com
mittee have been able to make on the sub-
ect , result In establishing , to the
satisfaction of the committee , among
others , two Important propositions
or matters of fact : That trich-
DDD does exist to a limited extent in
all the swine producing countries , and in
the United States , as well as others. < The
evidence shows about two per cent , of
American pork infected by trichina : ; that
he process of curing pork by salt destroys
richinae to such a degree that pork thor
oughly salted and permitted to remain long
enough to become saturated with salt , al
though infected with trichinae , is inoxious.
POSTAL TELEGRAPH.
i The sub-committee- the senate
committee on postoffiees and , poatroads ,
having several postal telegraph bills undar
consideration , has formulated and printed ,
as embodying the views of a majority of the
sub-committee , a bill providing that tbo
postmaster-general shall establish telegraph
offices at all pcstoffices on telegraphic cir
cuits and all other postoffices within-ten
miles of such circuits , whore the salary ol
the postmaster is not less than $500.
NOT FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
Commissioner Loring received a tel
egram from Professor Salmon , veterinarian
of the department of agriculture , stating
that.after a thorough investigation of the
disease atNeosho Falls , Kan. , he bos con
cluded that it is not the genuine foot and
mouth disease but it is due to Jpcal causes ,
and there is no danger of it spreading to
other sections. The commissioner accepts
this as final.
NEBRASKA LANDS.
" In the report to the commission gen
eral of the land office , George W.Fatrchild ,
deputy Lnited States surveyor of Nebraska ,
says all the agricultural land in that section
has been fenced in by cattle men. Their
ranges extend for hundreds of miles , anc
wire fences enclosing all the desirable pub
lic lands , and even water courses , are post
ed at intervals with notices threatening
death to any one opening them. Herders
assert that thev hold these lands under the
desert land and timber culture laws. The
result is a complete check to persons seek
ing to make homestead settlements.
THE PENSION APPROPRIATION BILL.
The house committee on appropria
tions has completed consideration of the
pension appropriation bill. The measure
appropriates $20,684,400 and provides that
any balance of the appropriation for the
current fiscal year that may remain unex
pended on June 30 , 18S4 , shall be appropri
ated. This balance is estimated at $ (56,000- (
000.
Disastrous Accident on the Rail.
An accident occurred on the 20th to
the Pittsburg , Ft. Wayne and Chicago
east-bound limited express , near Salem ,
Ohio. While rounding a short curve , run
ning at a high rate of speed , thelboiler ex
ploded with terrific violence , hurling the
engine down a fifteen foot embankment ,
blowing the engineer and fireman 400 feet ,
and killing them instantly. The dining car
slid down the embankment and the combi
nation car followed the engine , landing on
the boiler with terrific violence. The re
maining cars were derailed and broken.
The greatest excitementfand confusion pre
vailed , many of the twenty-nine passengers
being either unconscious or imprisoned.
The sleeping car porter , extricating him
self , broke the windows , affording an
avenue of escape , and one by one the pas
sengers crawled out. It was soon ascer
tained that none had received serious in
juries , although eleven were more or less
cut and bruised. BaggagemasterBeisel am
two col ored porters were badly injured about
the limbs and head. The following passen
gers were injured : Frederick Mather , of Phil -
adelphia' , bruised face ; Wm. Rich , of Chicago
cage , cut head and face ; Mrs. De&n , of Chicago
cage , arm bruised : E. G. Northam. of
Philadelphia , face bruised and cut ; Mrs.
R > ch , of Chicago , arm cut ; Wm. Fuller ,
of Chicago , face cut. The passengers and
injured were taken to Pittsburg by specia !
train. The escape of the passengers was
most miraculous. The exact cause of the
accident will probably never be ascertained.
Sullivan Heady to Fight.
John L. Sullivan telegraphs the fol
lowing from Tuscon , Arizona , to the asso
ciated "Ihave'read in the
press : asso
ciated press dispatches that Sheedy has
matched me for $5,000 a side to fight Thomp
son and had put up a forfeit of $500. Smith
and myself immediately telegraphed to
Sheedy saying to go on with the match ; that
I would fight , and not to let them get away
with any bluffs. I have never received any
answer from Sheedy. This is all I know
of the matter. If the match has not been
madelet ( Mr. Thompson put up a forfeit
of $2,000 with the New York Clioper and I
will cover it immediately. It Is pretty hare
to make a match 3,000 miles apart , but ]
will fifiht him London prize ring rules. I
will fight six weeks or two months from to
day , and toss for choice of grounds. "
A Cleveland dispatch reports that Dun
can C. Ross has sent Richard K. Fox , ol
New York , articles of agreement for the
signatures of John L. Sullivan"and Morvine
Thompson to fight , prize ring rules. Ac
companying this was $2,500 guaranteeing
Thompson's f cmntiirp. .
Indian Troubles Feared.
Agent Riordqn , of the Navajo agency ,
in Arizona , who went to Washington with
a delegation from that tribe to endeavor to
have the boundaries of the reservation ex
tended and defined , has been suddenly
called to the agency by a dispatch from the
the acting agent stating that an outbreak ol
Indians was imminent. The commissioner
of Indian affairs has received the following
telegram from Indian Agent Dyer , now
with the Chevennes on Tongue river , Mon
tana :
MILES CITY , Mont. , March 22. The
Black Wolfe band have burned down An
derson's ranch. A cowboy shot an Indian.
The cause is unknown. The particulars
will be sent by mail. Great excitement
prevails here. I am afraid that trouble will
ensue. Further news will be sent as soon
as received. No mail or telegraph nearer
than sixty-five miles.
Got His Just Deserts.
At Marysville , Kas. , on the 22d ,
twenty-five "or thirty masked men rode up
to the Jail and took out Frayer , the mur
derer of the Pennington family , who was
arrested in Nebraska a few weeks ago , and ,
going to Spring Creek , a small stream half
a mile from town , threw a rope over the
beam of a bridge and he was swung into
eternity. When the rope was placed around
his neck he was asked if he had anything to
say. He said , "Yes , " and proceeded to
[ jive a full account of the awful and cold
blooded murder of John Pennington and
his wife , which he committed about the
middle pf February near Frankfort , Kas.
The victims were found dead in a barn sev
eral days after the murder. They had been
robbed and Mrs. Pennington was assaulted
in the most brutal manner by Frayer.
The. Kansas Legislature.
The Kansas legislature convened on
the 18th. Gov. Glick , after reciting in full
the course he had pursued after the cattle
disease was reported to him , and regarding
the proclamation calling the legislature to
gether , said : ' 'The measures to be adopted
are entirely for your judgment to dictate.
[ can only offer suggestions. The state
should at all times have in its employ an
educated , competent veterinary surgeon ,
whose duties should be' clearly defined by
by law. Provision should be made for
quarantining stock brought into the state
from places where contagious diseases exist ,
and the law should provide for the destruc
tion of diseased animals when necessary to
prevent the spread of disease , and com
pensation should be provided for such
cases. "
The U. P. and B. & M.
The Union Pacific and the Chicago ,
Burlington and Quincy railroads have ap-
> olnted committees to meet at Roston , to
iettle the existing differences. The Union
Pacific representatlvea are C. F. Adams ,
T. S Ames and G. G. Haver , and the Bur-
Ington's representatives are J. M. Forbes ,
Sidney Bartlett and C. J. Pavne.
Proud flesh The aristocracy.
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
i i
Criminal , Accidental , Political
and Other Matters Here
and There.
A Serious Accident on the Pitts-
burg , Ft. Wayne and Chicago
Railroad.
The Foot and Month Disease in Kansas
A Record of Events in the
Ola World.
NEWS NOTES.
On tlio 17th a special freight train ol
thirty-one cars , all loaded with corn for the
sufferers by the tloods in the Ohio river
valley , left Wichita for Cincinnati. The
corn is donated by the people of Sedwick
county , and will prove a substuntla
present.
Two robbers in the Sandwich , Ont. ,
Jail shot and killed Jailer Leech , fatally
wounded Turnkey Davis , and escaped.
Tiller , the express robber , made a
bold and desperate attempt to escape from
the Lindell hotel , St. Louis , but was
nabbed by an officer on watch.
Charles Mooney , aged 55 , grandson
of William Mooney , one of the founders o :
the Tammany society , died on the 15th in a
cheap lodging house in New York , where
he has been living in a state of abject pov
erty. *
The first train on the Mexican Cen
tral left the City of Mexico on the 15th for
the United States. Regular trains wil
commence running May 1st , and mixed
freight and passenger trains April 1st.
The announcement is made of the
engagement of Mrs. Frank Leslie , the
widow of the publisher , to Marquis do Leu-
\ille , of France.
A call has been issued for a national
convention of anti-monopolists to be held
in Chicago , May 14th , to nominate a presi
dential ticket.
Captain Roberts , of the Seventh in
fantry , department of Arizona , has been
acquitted by courtmartial of the charge of
abusive and threatening conduct toward a
superior officer , etc.
The annual meeting of the Ameri
can Tract so'ciety has Just been held in
Washington. The reports shows the re
ceipts of the year at$3f9,065 ; expendi
tures , $361.280 ; balance in treasury , $7-
785 ; donations and legacies , $119,951 , 61
which $31,500 were special leavings , and
$84,657 available for benevolent works.
The death of Mrs. Annie Key Turner ,
daughter of Francis Scott Key , author oi
the "Star Spangled Banner , " is an
nounced.
The Sharon divorce case has been re
sumed at San Francisco. Several of Sha-
ron-'s letters to the plaintiff were intro
duced. In some he addresses her as "dear
wife" and others ' 'dear Miss Hill. ' ' Th
plaintiff testified that when Sharon asked
her to give up the marriage contract she re
plied that she had lost it , as she anticipated
trouble.
Signor Lombardelli , of Mapleson's
opera company , died at San Francisco of
pulmonary apoplexy.
The citizens of Wilkesbarre , Pa. , in
mass meeting , adopted a resolution pledg
ing support to Judges and courts in reduc
ing the number of liquor licenses and en
forcing the law.
At Lexington , Ohio , the grand jury
has reported ten indictments involving 23
persons ( one for murder in the second de
gree ) in the Hickey lynching case and seven
for riot in the McDavitt case.
A fire at Moberly , Mo. , destroyed a
dozen stores and buildings , including the
postofilce. Total loss , $44.000 ; insurance ,
$20,000.
The prosecution in the Carpenter
case , on trial at Petersburg , III. , rested
their case on the 18th. The defense de
manded that Frank Simmons be called by
the prosecution , as his name was on the
back of the indictment. The court permit
ted this and the witness declared that he
was positive that the man seen in the buggy
near the scene of the murder on the night
of the tragedy was not Carpenter , as he
had an opportunity to look at him fairly.
Charles B. Wright , of Philadelphia ,
has been elected director of the Northern
Pacific , vice Henry Villard , resigned.
A'disease , supposed to be aphtheus ,
has appeared among the cattle near Rockford -
ford , 111. They are taken sick at night and
die before morning. The bodies are much
bloated.
Airs. John Schaefer , of Oaklaricl ,
Cal. , became insane over the loss of one of
her children , and during the absence of her
husband for a few minutes cut her baby's
throat and then her own.
At Marysville , Kansas , Samuel Fray-
er was convicted of murder in the first de
gree for the horrible double murder of the
Pennington family , in "Wells township.
Col. Norman Curtis , a veteran of the
war of 1812 , died at Rockford , 111 , on the
20th , aged 92.
An injunction has beei : granted at
Nashville restraining A. S. CoTyer , presi
dent of the American Newspaper company ,
from advocating in the American a protec
tive tariff.
Explosion of sulphur in the Eater-
prise colliery at Mt. Carmel , Pa. , instantly
killed three Hungarians and badly st altered
the mine.
Commissioner Fink has issued a no
tice that , taking effect March 22d , rates will
be reduced as follows : Chicago to New
York , grass seed. 32,1 * cents ; high wines. 25
cents.
Prentice Tiller and George McFad-
den , the express robbers , were arraigned
in the court of criminal correction at St.
Louis , and the case continued until April 4.
Fears of a ilood in the Missouri river
are beginning to be realized. A gorge be
low Yanktonis flooding the lowlands , and
a heavy rise will soon reach the lower
country from above. The ice at Sioux City
commenced going out on the 21st.
Judge Thatcher , of the supreme
court of Colorado , is dead.
The conference committee of the
Union Pacific and Chicago , Burlington and
Quincy railroad companies , held in Boston ,
resulted in an understanding that harmony
should prevail In the local Nebraska busi
ness of the two companies. An adjourn
ment was had until next week , when the
committee will hold another meeting , at
which President Potter will be present and
the policy of the two companies will take a
more definite shape.
Michael Toney , aged 16 , was arrested
atMt. Carmel , Pa. , in the act of changing
a switch for the purpose of wrecking an approaching
preaching train.
Business failures last week through
out the country numbered 213 , as against
216 the previous week.
Buckridge levee , Louisiana , thirty-
three mileshelow VIcKsburg , broke a few
days ago. There is no chance to close the
gap. and the water will overflow much of
the beat landu In that parish.
Rudolph and Chrtinp Fitzpatrick
wore hung last week at Columbia , Ken
tucky , for the brutal murder of Miller
Browster. Tb.3 execution was public and
5,000 people were prcient.
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FOREIGN.
GRAHAM'S MOVKMENTS.
General Graham is ordered not to
pursue his reconnolssanco far beyond Bar- .
douk. It is not true that Turkish troop *
arc going to Suakim or that the British gov
ernment has decided to send an expedition
to Slnkat and Berber. The offer of reward
for the head of Osman DIgna was made
acamst orders sent to General Graham for
friendly overtures with the rebel sheiks In
cluding Osman. Graham and Sir Eveloyn
Baring have been asked for explanations.
HIS COURSE APPROVED.
It is stated Bismarck is receiving-
numerous telegrams approving his speech
in regard to the Lasker incident. Hols as
tonished at the rapidity with which mes
sages of approval have reached him from
America.
OSMAN STILL. DEFIANT.
The spirit of Osmau Digna and some
of his fanatical adherents is very far from
broken. He has returned with as many as
2,000 followers to the neighborhood of his
former encampment. He adops the same
course in his intercourse with his people as
before the last disaster , and is exhorting
them to a religious war. He assures them
that in the third Ijattle success will bo
theirs , but the tribes are much demoralized
as they.reflect upon the full significance of
their crushing defeat. Osman does not hes
itate to make use of stern measures to
wards any followers who show signs of dis
affection. Two shieks , who attempted to
leave the camp , have been placed in irons.
Admiral Hewitt's proclamation , offering a
reward for Osman , has reached the hands
of the shiekswith him. They read it and
spurned it with supreme contempt. Os-
man's scouts , to the number of 160 , were
watching close about Handout. They arc
under orders to kill all stragglers , whether
English or of friendjy tribes.
GEN. GORDON DISAPPOINTED.
Gen. Gordon has told the. French
consul at Khartoum that he is disappointed
in what he has been able to accomplish.
He said it would bo impossible for him to
defend the place against the rMlvancIng
tribes. In Cairo it is stated i1 at. Abdel
Kadir Pasha , minister of war , will be sent
to rescue Gordon.
OSMAN'S FLIGHT.
Spies report that Osman Digna , with
a few followers , has fled to the Interier.
The flight is attributed to the reward of
fered for his capture. His slaves are de
serting him and fleeing to Suakim.
HOW MUCH TILLER GOT.
He Is Charged 'With Having Bobbed the
Company of 8400,000.
A warrant has been sworn out by E.
M. Morsman , general manager of the Pa
cific express company , charging Prentice
Tiller with having robbed the company of
$400,000. Tiller still refuses to implicate
any one else in the robbery , but the evi
dence against George McFadden is regard
ed as very strong. It is now ascertained
that Tiller and McFadden occupied a room
on Morgan street , near the express office ,
for a week before and three days after the
robbery , and that' neither disguised
himself nor made any special effort at I
concealment , both being repeatedly on
the street. Here is where the money was . .
prepared for shipment , and on Tuesday '
night McFadden started for Chicago with a
leather trunk containing most of the swag ,
and on arriving there shipped it" to Mil
waukee , directed to John Payton. Tiller
followed on Friday night , but on Wednes
day previous he shipped $2,000 in silver
coin to Kansas City , addressed to a fictitious
name , with orders to keep till called for.
This has been recovered by the express
company. The Morgan street house is oc
cupied by M. T. Burton , who identified
McFadden as the man who rented the room
from him under the name of Taylor. He
identifies Tiller as the man who occupied it
with McFadden after the robbery was com
mitted.
' A warrant was sworn out against McFad
den and ho was placed in jail , occupying a
cell with Tiller. Later in the day he
crushed a glass vial which he had in his
pocket by stamping upon it , and while eat
ing his supper mixed it with the food and
swallowed it. About an hour later Tiller
reported the matter to one of the jail guards
and Dr. Dorsett , dispensary physician , was
immediately summoned , who gave McFad
den a strong emetic , but he vomited no
glass. He is still in jail and at last accounts
was not suffering , but Dr. Dorsett says in
flammation of the bowels will probably set
in and prove fatal. The act is regarded as
a deliberate attempt al suicide and is con
sidered complete evidence of his connec
tion with the robbery-
A Foul Murder.
An unknown man was murdered at
Cedar Rapids. Iowa , on the 20th , after a
fearful struggle on the trestle leading to the
Chicago , Milwaukee and St. Paul bridge ,
on the west side of the river. The body
was carried to a point on the bridge and
dropped into the river. Two men , hearing
the struggle and a call for help , rushed to
the scene. The night was cloudy and the
murderer was hidden on the trestle , and
fled in a westerly direction. An alarm was
pven and the police force and others are on
Ihe track. The murderer is a till , stout ,
light-bearded and bald man. He had no
hat , and his clothes and hands were blood
stained. Capture is certain unless he is
aided by friends.
Carpenter Acquitted.
The jury in the Carpenter murder
trial returned a verdict of not guilty at the
opening of court. They were out all nidfit.
The accused remained In Jail all night in
company with his two daughters. The jury
on the first ballot stood seven for acquittal
and five for conviction , but on the second
ballot it stood ten for acquittal. At i in the
morning the Jury agreed and the news (
spread rapidly. Carpenter was visibly af
fected , but in the court room was more
composed and shook th& jurors by the hand
leartily. Announcement of the verdict was
greeted with applause in the court room.
Carpenter remarked that he might make a
statement to the press in future but would
not do so now.
Action of Cattlemen.
The stockmen of McPherson , Kan
sas , and surrounding country held a mas
meeting and passed resolutions endorsing
their senators in asking the government to
co-operate in stamping out the terrible cat
tle scourge ; also endorsing Governor Click
for his promptness in convening the legisla-
ure ; also asking the representatives of
xansas In congress to support any measure
hat Is for the prevention of infectious dj 4
ease among dtock , or increasing the strin
gency of the quarantine laws of the country.
A committee was appointed to act in con-
unction with the state committee.
The Disease Tfot Spreading.
D. E. Salmon , veterinary surgeon of
the Illinois department of agriculture , tele
graphs from Kinsley , Kansas , that the foot
ana mouth disease of Neosho Falls , is not
preading , and that there Is no contagious
disease in the counties farther west. Dr.
Ranch , secretary of the Illinois state board
of health , has a report from Xenia , Clay
county , Illinois , that twenty head of cattle
lave recently died on the farm of R. T.
Torth , In Wayne county , adding that there
s no doubt that the cattle died of foot and
mouth disease.
