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THE TEIBUNE. P. M. & E. M. K1MBIELI , , Pub . . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ McCOOK , : : : NEB NEWS OF NEBRASKA. BISHOP WortTHiNGTON's CONSECRATION. Advices have been received that the consecration cration of Hev. Dr. Worthington as bishop of Nebraska will take place at Detroit on February ary 24. Owing to the inability of the bishop who are to act as consecrators to bo present , it has been impracticable to perform the cer emony at an earlier date. At a recent meet ing of the Protestant Episcopal clergy of De troit tbe following preamble and resolutions , reported by the committee , Ilovs. G. W. Fris bio nnd G. Mott Williams , were unanimously adopted : Whereas , The Rev. George WorthIngtonB. T. D. , rector of St , John's church , Detroit , uf- tor a second election to the important bishop ric of Nebraska , made vacant by the death of Ht.Kev. Dr. Clarkpon , has signified his ao- cepUinco of the office ; and. Whereas , ya consecration will soon take plnco and ho will shortly remove to the scene of his future labors , therefore we , his breth ren , desire to offer him the following as a tribute of our love : Resolved , That in the rectorship of Dr. Worthington In St John's church , embracing n porioJ of nearly seventeen years , during which tbo parish has become one of the largest in our communion , we recognize those manifold blessings of a loving shep herd and a wise administrator required in the ordinal of a priest of God. Faithful In the instruction of the people committed to his charge In all things necessary to salvation , faithful in the administration of the sacra ments nnd seivices of the church , faithful In visiting from home to bouse , faithful in giv ing godly counsel and advice to the Bin-sick eoul , tolthful in helping ttio poor and needy , faithful in prayer , and faithful in obedience to tbo lawful authority of the church , our brother has likewise shown great wisdom and zeal by enlisting the laymen nnd women of his parish in tbe formation of guilds and Eocietlcs for the relief of the needy , and the instruction of the Ignorant , by the organiza tion and successful maintenance of parish missions , by visitations of jails and hospitals , and by many other ways in which the capaci ties of a great parish have bf erf fully utilized. Resolved. That we recognize and appreciate the great amount of good Dr. Worthinjtton nosdono for the church at large , in that he has always been rtady to welcome the mis sionary bishop , and to incite his congregation to the most liberal gifts for the church's work in the domestic and foreign field. Special and grateful mention is made of the constant interest displayed by our brother , and by the parish of which he is rector in the missionary work , and needs of our growing diocese. Not the least part of the interest has been shown In his influencing a large number of young men to study for the sacred min istry , and by assisting them by personal In struction and otherwise for their work. For a long period as member , and latterly as president of the standing committee , for many years as deputy to the general conven tion and as holding many other positions of trust , we recogniie the ability with which he has discharged his manifold duties with fidel ity nnd honor. Resolved , That we shall remember him as a Kind and loving brother , willing to share our tolls , to sympathize in our trials , and whose homo and heart alike have always stood open to us. Resolved. That in his oft-repeated call to the oUice of greater honor , as well as respons ibility , we believe the diocese of Nebraska has chosen well , and will find him eminently fitted lor that position. Resolved. That while we , with his loved parish and the whole diocese keenly feel his departure from among us , we congratulate the diocese of Nebraska upon their choice , and our fervent prayers shall accompany our brother , that he may be found as faithful in his work there as he has been here , and so doing may merit the approval of our Common Lord and Master. THE STATE IN BRIEF. i Gibbon is now an Incorporated village. It is reported coal has been discovered near Tobias. Saline county pays S3 a week for the board of each pauper. The G. A. R , of Kenesaw , by a basket Eocia- ble , realized 40. Another case of body snatchlntj-Is reported at the capital city. Crelghton's business for 1881 foots up in grand total to 51,319,000. The G. A. R , of Schuyler are to give a grand entertainment February 17. Both Kearney and Fullerton have suffered terribly from the diphtheria. Surveyors have been at Republican City making surveys up" the Prairie Dog. Many towns report preparations for build ing as soon as the weather will permit. The Merchants' hotel , atTekamah , was bur glarized while the guests were at dinner. Sidney's skating rink proves inadequate for the crowd and an addition is to be put on. A Stanton man is said to be making $100 a month by killing and shipping prairie chick ens. ens.Polk Polk county commissioners are looking about with the view to purchasing a poor farm. Revival meetings at Beatrice are growing In interest. There has been twenty conver- Eions. Mr. Jackson , of Knox county , is putting down an artesian well , having already reached 500 feet. The next session of the G. A. R , of Nebraska will be held at Beatrice the first week in Sep tember. Schuyler dealers have been paying 23 cents for corn and a tremendous amount of it is rolling in. The diphtheria in Fullerton is on the wane , after having made fearful havoc among the children. R , H. Henry has on his ranche near Bell- wood 5,500 sheep and a big herd of fine blood ed cattle. Aurora has been suffering from a coal fam ine and many citizens were compelled to burn cobs and corn. The son of James Robinson , of Burt coun ty , has become insane and been taken to the asylum at Lincoln. A new station called Grover has been estab listed on the Omaha and Republican railway , Nebraska division. The CreUjhton Pioneer says it is a most de cided fact that coal exists in the northwest ern part of that county. Somebody Is trylnR to poison all the dogs In Plainview by scattering bread covered with strychnine about the street * . Gov. Dawes has signed the SlU , appropriat ing $15,000 to defray expenses of trwi Nebraska - ka commission to New Orleans. Salem reports the arrival of four new ba- ties in one week , and that , too , when the weather was anything but favorable. The Nelson Gazette learns" that a number of farmers in Nuckolls county lost hogs during the recent cold weather from smothering. The school land investigation committee re- cinded its order to sit with closed doors and now admits reporters of the press and others- Trie father of the editor of the Omaha Herald is 85 years old and besides is a land mark which promises to stand many years yet. yet.Mr. Mr. Iray , a homesteader northwest of Chapj | pell , had the misfortune to lose nearly fCOO j < * ' * ' " " " j"t , % - % from his pocket while making a trip to Lodge Polo for hay. The residence of H. O. Jones , living near Table Rock , was destroyed by flre a few days ago. Nothing was saved and there was no in Durance. Joe Lnoner , colored , of Lincoln , has bcci jailed , iu default of $200 bonds , on tbo charge of attempted outrage on the person of a white woman. A Beatrice man recently stored two pounds of powder in a chunk ot coal. It was missing next morning , but none has been sto'on since that date. The fine exhibit of Nebraska grain and flour at the World's Exposition has already effected a demand for Nebraska flour Jn southern markets. The latest editor to be made happy is Mr. J. G. P. Hilderbrand. of the Pawnee Press. He wont over the Kansas line and secured Miss Alice E. Clark. Senator Howe's bills repealing the pen alty act and changing the time of delin quency of fixes have passed the senate with an emergency clause Omaha presents the spectacle of a 13 year old girl about to become a mother. Being an orphan , she has boon sent to the poor house and her seducer has fled. The attorney general has decided that county treasurers are not entitled to any pay for the handling of funds arising from the sale und leasing of school bonds. A little child of Chris Rusbmann's , who re sides In Richland precinct , Sarpy county , fel into a kettle of hot water and scalded Itself so severely that It died next day. The Texas live stock association has ad dressed the legislature a letter deprecating any hostile legislation that will prevent Texas cattlemen from getting their cattle to north ern markets. The location of tbe state fair at Lincoln is for five years. This will be an object for the citizens of that city to piovido good accom. modation for man and beast and it is said they propose to do so. An Omaha man laid down bis pocket book in the postofilce while he read a few letters. When ho got ready to move on his wallet had preceded him together with $500 in cash and $000 more in notes No clue. Regarding the statement that Sidney desires the removal of the North Platte land office to that place , it is now stated In tbe public press that the desire Is only for establishment of a noted land district with the office at Sidney. The state farmers alliance elected -the fol lowing officers : President , J. Burrows ; vice president , First congressional district , Allen Root ; Second ; L. D. Wiliard ; Third , A. A. Steadwell. A resolution was passed endorsing ing the course of Senator Van Wyck. Senator Manderson , the successor of the late Senator Anthony as the chairman of the committee on printing , participated in the senate in the memorial proceedings in honor of the departed statesman and delivered an address setting forth particularly the work Mr. Anthony had so long performed upon his important committee. The house committee on public lands and v buildings , cousisting of Wright , Kilmer , Bar ney , Kaley , Cox , Stone , Olmstead , Rickley. t t Taggart , Crawford and Lee , of Furnas , ac i companied by Hon. Scott land Joseph , com c missioner , visited Kearney to look over the cI ca new reform school building. The committee cF ore of the opinion that more room is neces F t sary. The Gibbon Beacon credits cold weather I with several good things : It checked and > t nearly stopped diphtheria , entirely stopped P hogs from dying through the effects of s diseases , raised the price of corn over thirty per cent , kept poor relations from visiting , and is preparing the ground for the produc tion of an abundant crop this year. b J. M. Devine Is the champion hog raiser of t Colfax county. He 1cll3 the editor of the Schuyler Herald that he has April pigs that oat weigh 300 pounds ; July pigs that tip the beam n at 3oO pounds , and 150 pounds will equal those that rooted their first root and grunted their first grunt in September last. These pigs have had no extra chance , but run in a wire fenced pasture , and have been fed in the ordinary way. * The Arapahoe Pioneer says that S. W. Carpenter - a penter , residing near Rexford , narrowly es caped death and was seriously injured while finishing a well. The bucket , filled with dirt , was being drawn upward , when the rope broke , the bucket striking Mr. C. on the right hip. He was taken i rom the well in an un conscious condition , and a messenger dis patched' to Arapahoe for a physician , who found the man badly bruised but not mor tally injured. The well was HO.feet deep , and it is a marvel the man was not instantly killed. The report of Commissioner Harrison , of the Ii public land office , In reference to the removal p of the land office from Niobrara , concludes as follows : "The papers herewith make astrong showing In favor of O'Neill , and on the whole case I think it enjoys about the same facilities and convenience for the location of the office as Creighton. At all events , the reasons for making a selection as between the two , are so evenly balanced , that while I do not withdraw my former recommendation , I prefer to leave : the determination of the matter to the judg ment of the secretary. " : The Ponca Journal says : On the Nebraska side and about half a mile down the river from Bigley's ravine is an immense bluff , 200 feet high. The bottom of the bluff is washed by the river , and the result has been that frequent ; : quent parts of the bluff which are undermined by the current would break off and fall into ; the river. Last summer , at the time of the June freshet , the current made an extensive inroad on the bluff and carried a large slide into the river and thereby exposed to view the rock and in it two layers of coal , of the existence of whlchthere had been no knowl edge. Mr. William Porter , who owns the land : thick and are two feet apart. Between the layers is a slaty formation interspersed with thin deposits of coal. It is thought that this slaty formation will disappear as the bluff is : penetrated and that coal \vill take place of the > slate. THE SELL OF LIBERTY. TJte Reception tTJiich It Received on Arrival at New Orleans. New Orleans dispatch : To-day was the I great day of the exposition. Extensive prep arations had been made for the reception of the liberty bell from Philadelphia. Among tiK others iavited to take part In the proceedings tiCl was Jefferson Davis , who met the special ClN train bearing the bell at his home , at Bcau- Clhi voir , Mississippi , and made a brief speech hiai there. A largo number of citizens ot New ai Orleans and Philadelphia also met ttio train aiw at that point and all came together to the tc city , where the streets were lined with people nlU1 tcnl for miles. Tue car bearing the l eil having U1 U1ai been received on the standard gauge tracks ai at the Elysian Fields , steamed along the levee aim about 4 o'clock and much enthusiasm was ; Sl shown. Salutes were fired , whistles blown Slac and flags display d on the shipping. A grand acC reception wus arranged to take place in Music hiat hail In the main rxpoditton building , but several at atbi eral unfotescen delays occurred , and it was bi found neutsaary to postpone the reception ceremonies until another dey. ' DOINQS. At Forthadotccd In a Condensed Report of tite Nebraska legislature. SENATE. In the senate on the 25th the fol lowing bills were Introduced and read the first time : S. F. 134 , by Howe , providing for the removal of county seats ; 135 , by Lewis , amend ing sections 1 , 2 and 4 of icbapter 28 , laws of 1881 ; 130 , by Duckworth , to nreycnt introduc tion of contagious diseases among cattle and horses ; 137 , by Filson , defining the crime of embezzlement : 138 , by Hastings , in regard to marriage and divorce. The senate went into committee of the whole and some time was spent in discussing a bill relating to prairie fires , In which many mem bers took part. When the committee arosa It reported back In favor of passage. Bills were Introduced : To require railroads to connect with competing lines ; requiring that railroad companies be required to put up in their depots a schedule of rates ; providing for attorneys fees in cases on written- instru ments ; to authorize certain corporations to compromise indebtedness. HOUSE. Tne committee appointed to exam ine the vouchers of ex-Governor Furnas for expenditures at the New Orleans exposition reported that they were all right and satisfac tory. A resolution providing for the employ ment of clerks by committees on constitu tional amendments and on cities and towns was adopted. Bills from house rolls 227 to 2C3 inclusive were read the second time and re ferred to proper committees. House roll 84 , which provid'es for the payment of officers , members and employes of senate and house , having passed both" branches of the legisla ture , was enrolled and signed , and has been sent to the governor for approval. McAllister , from the committee on consti tutional amendments , presented a majority re port on S. F. 57 , and the bill was referred to the general file. This bill , or J ilnt resolution , proposes an amendment to the constitution prohibiting the manufacture and sale of al coholic liquors as a beverage. Bassett , from the committee on university and normal schools , reported favorably on H. R. SO and recommended that it be passed. Report adopted. SENATE. In tbe senate on the 20th Mc- Shane called up the special order , S. F. No. 7 , a memorial anil joint resolution , providing for an amendment to the constitution prohibiting the 'sale of public lands. After some discus sion it was referred to the committee on school lands and frauds. The joint committee on enrolled and en grossed bills reported that Louse roll 84 had been presented to the governor for his signa tures. A communication was read from the chair man of the state convention of the live stock association of Texas , deprecating hostile leg islation that would prevent Texas cattle men from getting their cattle to the northern mar kets , and citing a resolution pledging that as individuals and members of the convention , they would use all their influence to keep Texas herds while on their way north on estab lished trails and prevent their contact with native cattle. HOUSE. In the house petitions were pre sented : Praying for suppressing of houses of prostitution ; praying for the requiring of teachers in the common schools to be exam ined in physiology and hygiene Tith reference to the effects of alcoholic stimulants ; asking the organization of Blainc county , west of Sioux. A resolution by Johnson to the effect that members of the board charged with frauds , and members ot the house , be admitted to the sessions of the school land investigating com mittee , was carried after considerable discus sion. sion.A A report from the secretary of the board of regents , as asked for by resolution of the 20th , was received , read and'placed on file. SENATE. The special order of the senate on the 27th was the bill providing for the regula tion of railways. The chief feature of the bill is : the reduction of passenger tariffs to three cents per mile , it being substantially the same as the bouse bill. McAllister moved that the bill be engrossed for third reading. Sewers presented a petition signed by John M. Thurs- ton on the part of the Union Pacific railway company , and J. W. Dewres on the part of the B. & M. , asking that the bill be recommitted to the railroad committee , and that the corni panics be allowed a hearing. Sewers offer'cd'k substitute to McAllister's motion that the communication be placed on file , and that the" bill be recommitted. Adopted 17 to 15. The following resolution was offered by Sewers and laid over under the rules : Whereas , An action has this day been bad by the senate referring senate file 14 : back to the : committee on railroads , and , Whereas , The request of the representatives Df railroads to appear before the railroad com- mitttee to show and give reasons why certain bills now pending before the legislature should not pass ; therefore be it Resolved , That it is the sense of the senate that such action ought to be.had in joint meetIng - Ing of the railroad committee of both branches Df the legislature , and that the house of repre sentatives , through its railroad committee , be and theyare hereby requested to concur in this iction. Senate file 23 , to prevent the spreading of prairie fires , was read a third time and passed. HOUSE. Petitions from citizens of many Bounties , relative to the teaching of hygiene md physiology in public schools , with special reference to the effects of alcoholic stimulants upon the human system , were read and re ferred. House roll 145 , appropriating § 15,000 for ex penses of the Nebraska commissioners at the tfew Orleans exposition , was read the third time and passed , every member present voting for the bill. Thebill providing for a constitutional amend ment prohibiting the manufacture and sale of liquors as a beverage was indefinitely post poned by a large vote. A bill was introduced providing that the pay jf jurors in district courts be increased to $3 per day. SENATE. In thesenate , on the 2Sth , Howe's evenue bills , senate files 1 and 27 , were read ihe third time and passed. Senate file 1 $ unends section 105 of an act entitled "An ict to provide for a system of revenues , " ap proved March 1,1877. By its provisions taxes aecome delinquent on January 1st , except in ities of the first class , where they become de- inquent on the 1st day of May of the year iftcr which the taxes shall have been assess- d , interest at 10 per cent. Senate file 27 re- jeals an act entitled "An act to amend sec Jens 48 , 79 , 91 , 93 , 90 , 97 and 103 of an act en- itled 'An act to provide a system of reve- iue , ' " approved March 1 , 1883. It provides hat the county treasurers of the respective ounties shall , on demand of any person who ms paid a penalty prior to the taking effect of his act , refund amount so paid. Shervin introduced S. F. 1GG , providing for tstablishinent of an insane asylum at Fremont , ifter which the senate adjourned until Mon- lav. lav.HOUSE. HOUSE. Stevenson , from the special com- nittcc appointed to visit and inspect the lome for the Friendless , reported that such isit and Insp'ect'ion has been made , and re- oramended that § 5,000 be appropriated for lalaries and expenses for two years , and that JlO.OOO be appropriated for building a new ring and making necessary repairs about tha tome. Special order , H R 234 , was taken under onsideratlon. This bill providing for regu- ating passenger rates on railways in Ne- raska , and provides penalty for violation oi iame. Tbe house went into committee of the rtiole. . After several amendments the matter vas made special order for next Tuesday , and lie house adjourned until Monday at 5 p. m. ii SURRENDER OR DIE. Desperate Outlaw Overhauled and Slade to Surrender. Nicholas Aragon , a famous outlaw , at one Ime a member of the notorious "Billy the Cid" gang , was discovered by officers near jhaporito , thirty miles south of Las Vegas , tow Mexico. The posse surrounded the adobe tut in whicn the outlaw had taken shelter. It. mswcr to a demand for his surrender he sent rord by a Mexican woman that be had plenty eat and drink and an abundance of ammu- lition , and would never be taken aliv.Dcp - ity Jobri Hurley mounted the roof of the hut nd while digging a bole through which fire night be communicated to the inside , was hot dead by the desperado. A general fusil- n ide followed , during which Aragon and offi- ier Brent were wounded. A messenger was iiP tastily sent to Lag Vegas for reinforcement/ iic .ad giant powder witb which to blow up the c lullaing. H antime Aragon sent out hit runs and'surrendered. He stands an excel- P cut chance of lynching. * < tl BBXEFLY TOLD. The Oklahomaltcs have given up to military authority. Ingalls has been re-elected' senator from Kansas. Cleveland , Ohio , is to have a line of electric street cars. The ; co carnival was Inaugurated at Mon Jreal on the 27th. Melville is desirous of making another jour ney to the frozen north. Mrs. Mary Griffith , aged 02 , a sister of Gen eral Grant's mother , died on the 27th at Batavia - tavia , Ohio. In a run on a Now Haven savings bank $250,000 were paid out , but the Institution re mained intact. A resolution was adopted * in the Missouri house of representatives petitioning congress to open Oklahoma to settlers. The Insane asylum at Kankakce. 111. , burned a few days ago and seventeen of tl c forty- five inmates perished in the llames. 0 The Nashville and Chattanooga road offcra to carry freight three hundred and eighty miles , from Chattanooga to Memphis , for five centST > er hundred pounds. J-'John Prough , of Jersey county , Illinois , aged JOO years , died last week. Ho was a farmer , was always busy , used neither liquor nor tobacco when well nor drugs when sick. The widow of Judge James Cole , aged 09 , was murdered by robbers Tuesday night at Plaquermine , La. The burglars carried off her jewelry and forced a diamond ring off her finger. Mary J. "Druse has been indicted at Warren , N. Y. , for killing her husband , and her daugh ter , aged twenty , son , aged tcu. und a nephew fourteen years old. are held for being pres ent and aiding in the crime. Tbe Wisconsin board of health met and de cided to haw u bill prepared appropriating $15,000 as a contingent fund , to be expended by the board , subject to the governor's ap proval , in case of an outbreak of cholera. A desperate encounter between two suitors for the hand of u widow occurred near Levis Canada. The men had seconds and begun the fight with pistols , but finding that method slow they drew knives and hacked each other until separated. A few days ago Henry Wahlp , a farmer of Crawford county , 111. , 'lost a line barn and twenty-five head of cattle by flre. Wnhls im mediately charged Dora Effurman , his domes tic , with the crime. She pleaded guilty. There are rumors of a scandal connected with the affair. Four men broke into the po toffice at Huntington - tington , Ind. They were confronted by Max Baumgartner- night marshal , who shot one , killing him instantly. One of the burglars then shot Baumgartner in the back with a re volver. His recovery is doubtful. The burg lars then stole a horse and sleigh and.escaped , leaving their dead comrade. Abram Spaun , secretary of the Detroit Hops and Malt Bitters Company , was found in his office on the 27th , having deliberately hanged himself to a coat hook in the wall. The sui cide caused a great sensation , as Spaun was one of the most popular and prominent young men of the city. He was to have been mar ried on the day of his death , and killed him self because he had a chronic disease which he feared was incurable. Michael Roch , an Irishman , living at 86 Mulberry street , Cleveland , murdered his wife and then cut his own throat. C. S. Ellis , supervisingarchltcct of the gov ernment building to be erected at Rochester , N. Y. , has been indicted on the charge of at tempting to bribe members of the board of supervisors to vole for his plan of the new building. At Chicago , Louis Bachus , a peddler , shot and killed Theodore Lay , a beer wagon driver Bachus says he discovered that his fifteen year-old daughter had been raped , and after r wards , under promise of marriage , subjected to repeated abuse by Lay. At Winnipeg , Manitoba , two young men got two girls intoxicated , and while in that condition brutally assaulted them and threw * them out of a h ayloft , leaving them in the cold. One girl managed to * reach home and \ give the alarm , but the other died shortly af ter being rescued. t "Ruf" Miner , alias Charles Stewart , alias Pine , alias Rogers , was arrested In the National City bank of Brooklyn. He had taken his place in the line of depositors , but dropped out as ho came near tbe teller's win dow , as he had nothing to deposit. He was * arrested on the charge of lounging. Miner has been wanted for two years. He is an ex pert bank thief. It is believed that he has stolen $110,000 in money and securities from a Baltimore bank , to have robbed a railway depot in Philadelphia of $71,000 and to have robbed a government office at the latter city It has transpired that Cashier Roath of Norwich , who squandered between $40,000 and $50,000 of the Shetucket bank's money , is also an embezzler from the New London County mutual flre insurance company of Norwich " to the amount of not less than $2OJO and probably of $5,000. POLITICAL NOTES. The committee managing the inauguration g ceremonies expect to have 100,000 men in the a procession and 100 bands. b ii Ex-Governor St. John lectured to a small audience at Blooinington. He stopped at the house of a friend and avoided the reporters. It is reported he is preparing another state ment for the public. General Slocum , speaking of the prospect of getting General Grant on the retired list of the army , said there is a movement on foot to call up the senate bill by Randall if he can get the floor. The house military committee is , Slocum declared , earnestly in favor of retir : Ing General Grant , and the present muddle is not the result of any trickery. .s The special grand jury of Cook county , III. , In returning indictments against eighty-three election judges , declared that the laws are in. adequate to secure honestrcturns in thatcity ; that the appropriation of $100,000 for extra policemen was actually defeated by the voters j G and that there is a deficit of ninety thousand * : ] In the votes returned for the state house ap : propriation. J. S. Clarkson was asked if he had any further answer to St. John's recent extended * ' statement , or in reply to the fifty questions recently propounded by Chairman Finch , a Clarkson replied that the public must be tired sf this controversy In newspaper form. In the course of quite a lengthy Interview that ) jnsued he said that if the charges against 5t. John are false there is not a court in Christendom that will not vindicate him and heavily and harshly punish those who made the charges. The special Cook county (111. ( ) grand jury returned indictments against 243 judges serv ing at the recent national.election. There- port declares that the present registry and Election laws are entirely inadequate for the purposes of a large city , and as they exist > they enable unlimited fraud. The report de- clares that out of Til prcclnta in which the city is divided , there were but seven at which there wore not violations of the election laws , In many cases perhaps through ignorance , i some from carelessness and others doubtless through criminal intent CAPITAL 2SBZBFS. Tbo board of supervising inspectors of steam vessels , adopted a rule requiring ol barges In tow of steamers to carry proper signal lights. Some of the most severe charges made against the treasury service of New York have been preferred by Special Agent Tlche- nor , the president of the Investigating com mittee. Fire was discovered among a lot of books and records stored under the roof of the house of representatives. The firemen cut away the wood and soon extinguished tbe tiro. tiro.The The supervising architect of the treasury has recommended an additional nppropriu-i tlou of $45OtX ) for the public building at DCS Moines , Iowa. Ho also recommends that the limit of tbo appropriation for the public building at St. Louis bo increased to $300.000. The house committee on postoflicesand post roads will favorably report the substitute for the bills pending before it relative to a reduc tion of newspaper postage from two to one cent per pound. The bill will provide that publications of the second-class , when font by the publishers and from the office of pub lication to bona fide subscribers , or when sent from news agents , shall bo entitled to trans mission through the mails at one cent per pound , such postage to bo prepaid. The board of supervising Inspectors of steam vessels have adoptel a rule of Import- acce to steam vessel owners. It provides that where steamers' provided with approved life-saving m.i'trosses , such mattresses may be used in lieu of life-preservers in the pro portion of one person for a single mattress , and two persons for a double mattress , thus saving steamboat owners the expense of pur- chasinff life-preservers in proportion as their steamers are fitted out with life-saving mat tresses. FOBEIGXT NOTES. A dispatch from Cairo declares that Lord Charles Bercsford , with a small contingent , is pushing on from Metemneh to Khartoum. It is reported that France has decided to of flcially deciare war against China in consequence quence of England enforcing the foreign en listment act. . It is reported at Shanghai that a serious en- g.igement has occurred between French and Chinese men-of-war of Matson. No particu lars have been received. The London News says that information has been received that the dynamiters intend making further attempts against the British government at an early day. Harcourt , the British home secretary , has received information that the dynamiters have threatened to blow up the Britigh mu seum. Extra piccautions are being taken to protect the building. The London correspondent of the Free man's Journal telegraphs that five thousand Irishmen are out of employment in the east end of London , and that demonstrations against the Insh have begun. A dispatch from Sidney , New South Wales , states the express train between Sidney and WaggaWagga , while running at a high rate of speed , was precipitated into a creek by the weakness of a bridge on which the train was and forty passengers killed. Vienna newspapers , local , foreign and pro vincial , unanimously resolved to cease re porting the proceedings of the riechsrath owing to the insult offered a reporter during the session. The strike will continue uutil the reichsrath apologizes. In the late battle near Metemneh Stewart was opposed by 7,000 icbels , a large number of whom were cavalry , armed wish rifles. The British loss was twenty kil ed and sixty wounded. The total loss of the enemy was 1,300. Among the killed are Cameron , correspondent pendent of the London Daily Standard ; Her bert , of the Morning Post , and Col. Burleigh , . correspondent of the London Telegraph , ami Lords Air lie and Somerset arc among the wounded. Galois makes a sensational statement about the London explosions , aad declares positive : ly that the authors of the explosion are the : same men who made the dynamite attack on London bridge and Golwerst railway station. 4The work of removing the debris in the White Tower at London has been completed. , The hole made in the floor where the dyna mite exploded is ten feet long and five wide , The masonary of the building is uninjured , but much of solid woodwork is torn or split. THERE lttl.1 HE NO FIGHT. An Interview With Chief Ferryman Regard ing Indian Territory Affairs. Chief Ferryman , of the Creeks , one of the most intelligent of the Indians now in Wash Ington , says there will be no fight between General Hatch's troops and the Couch colony. - "The boomers , " he says , "are frontiersmen I CT and could clean out Hatch , but the men bem hind them will not permit bloodshed. The leaders of the invasion represent capitalists th and monopolists who want to make the situa tion as serious as possible without bloodshed , trwi 30 the Indians will be forced to sell the lands nc at low terms , or the government be driven to ncm buying them for public entry. The capitalists COCO ists will then rush in and grab all they can getter tor speculative purposes. "The Oklahoma " continued CO country , Perry- man , "coniprist-s S.OOO.OH ) acres of the finest [ land in the southwest. The land belongs to an anmi the Creek andSeminoles , and their title is un- mi loubted. They can -ell the land in parcels at us the rate of $5 an acre , butthey do not care to he lispose of it in that way. They will sell it in cu bulk to the government at $1.25 an acre. It ell would be a cheap bargain for the United States , for the larid would be entered as fast is the warrants could be made out. In less itian two years the government would have the purchase price back in tuxes alone , not sa ounting what it got for the land. That 1s the relmi ivay the difficulty eight to be settled , and that mi the way it will be settled , though the In- lians may not get the price they want. ho jo , President-elect Cleveland's Reception. * Albany Dispatch : The reception given at nt Fort Orange to President-ele t Cleveland by jovernor Hill , the state officials and legisla- re hii ure , was beyond question the most dis- inguished social gathering ever held in Al- Shwi mny , the famous capitol reception when the tic structure was tocially dedicated being the Seth inly comparison to It in the number of iepre- th ; entative persons pnsent. At'J:30 the presi- Co lent-elect arrived iu company with Eurastus foi Joining and Colonel Lament , Governor Hill ha irnving a few minutes later with General ye iJathbun. Ihe club rooms were tastefuLy PH lecorated. Over seven hundred invitations PHc vere issued and about three hundred were Gr resent. The president-elect was in his most an jracious mood and received the various bn ruests marked cordiality as they passed hroujrh to greet him on his last public appear- mce in Albany. erl TT/iic/i Cleans High Lumber. ar An Oskosh , ( Wis. ) epecial says : At a meet- tin ng of lumbermen an association was formed bit uo iomprlsing all the Bash and door manufactur- Co ire of Oskosh , Fond du Lac , Appleton , De- Com xjre , Wausau and JKipon. It was resolved to du estrict production by running on half time r with half a forcn , and withdraw all travel- be ng agents for thirty dayf. En COVQJOU. SENATE. AsnixoTOX , January 24.-EdmunOs In troduced a bill providing that any person with in the United States found manufacturing , buying or selling dynamite , or other explo sives , with Intent to commit Injury to any public or private property , or for the purpose 3f injuring any person In this or any foreign jountry , shall be deemed guilty of felony and be punished by Imprisonment In the peniten tiary for a term of years , at the discretion or trie court. HOUSE. The house went Into committee of the whole an the agricultural appropriation bill. After a general debate the committee rose md the bill was passed. SEKATE. WASHIXGTOS , January 20. The chair laid before the senate a memorial from the legis lature of Kansas remonstrating against the jstabllshment of a cattle trail across or through the state. . , Plumb , from the committee on public lands , reported a substitute for the house bill , for- Teltlng a part of the lands granted Iowa In aid of railroad construction. Plumb wished its- Immediate consideration. The resolution was token up , but its reading was Interrupted by abjections. The resolution of Bayard , offered on Satur day , concerning the dynamite outrages in London was brought up , when RIddleberger , [ ngalls and others made speeches. The reso lution was ajirced to. It Is as follows : It&dvcd , That the senate of the United States has heard with Indignation and pro found sorrow of the attempt to destroy the house of parliament and other public build ings In London , and to imperil the lives of jiuocent and unsuspecting persons , and here by expresses its horror and detestation of such monstrous crimes against civilization. HOUSE. Findlay offered a resolution calling on the secretary of state for Information whether any : ltizcn of the United States or any person Jomlcllcd with the same were concerned or participated , directly or Indirectly , In bringing about the recent explosions in London. Hewitt , of New York , offered a resolution calling on the secretary of state to inform the house whether the department Is iu possession of any Information tending to connect any person or persons resident of this country with attempts to destroy the life and property of any foreign power with which we have treaties of peace and amity. The army appropriation bill was referred to the committee of the wholiIt provides an ippropriation of $24-439,053. The estimates -.nouuted to § 2(5,110,400. SCN'ATE. ' \ \ AsniNGTON . January 27. Merrill , from ' the committee o'n finance , reported favorably , with amendment , the house bill for the retire ment and recoinage of trade dollars. Cameron , ( Pa. ) , from the committee on mil itary affaiis , reported favorably the bill author izing the establishment of a retired list of non- jommissloned officers and privates of the United States army who have served thirty fears and upward. HOUSE. The house went into committee of the whole on the army appropriation bill. After a. brief | general deb.ite the bill was read. When the | paragraph for the pay of the army was 1 reached McComas offered an amendment au thorizing ' the retirement of General Grant with the rank and pav of general. Ruled out on a point of order. The bill was then passed. SENATE. WASHINGTON ; January 28. Hoar , from the. judicial committee , reported back adversely r. > ! the house bill to amend the Pacific railroad sinking fund act , and at the same time re ii ; ported , with recommendation for passage , a. new bill for the settlement of claims growing out of the issue of bonds to aid in the con struction of the Pacific railroads and to secure to the United States the payment of all their indebtedness. Several messages from the president were * .i laid before the senate transmittingluformation I . heretofore called for regarding the landing of foreign cablts in the United States , the awards of the Vcnezula mixed commission and the Oklahoma lands , which the president main tains cannot , under existing treaties , be opened up for settlement. HOUSE. Slocum , from the committee on military affairs - / > fairs , reported back the resolution requesting- the president to transmit to the house a copy of the recent appeal of Fitz John Porter , id- Aether with accompanying papers. The reso lution was passed 179 to u. The speaker laid before the house a message from the president transmitting a communi cation from the secretary of the navy recom- nending action by the government in recog nition of the services , official and personal , ex tended in Russia to the survivors of the "Jean- aette" and to search parties subsequently sent .o Siberia. Referred. SENATE. WASHINGTON , January 0. The scnatf went nto executive session and the suspended vote Senator Vance's motion to ipon postpone ac- ion upon the Nicaragua treaty was consider- d , resulting in a dctcat of the motion 22 to 15. 15.An An amendment by Sherman regulatiLg tolls vas defeated , and another relating to the jlayton-Bulwcr treaty was adopted. A vote vas taken upon the treaty itself and tbirty- wo senators voted for its ratification while wenty-three voted against it. The aulrma- ive vote being less than two-thirds of the. rhole number the treaty was not ratified. HOUSE. Kelly , from the committee on ways and neans , reported a joint resolution providing or the admission , free of duty , articles from oreign countries to be placed on exhibition at he w orld's exposition of arts of the colored ace , to be held at Chicago. Willis moved that the house go into com- aittee of the whole for the purpose of con- idering the river and harbor bill. Agreed to -veas 150 , nays 102. ' the various'provisions of the bill were dis ussed. ; Pending further debate the com ilttee.rose , and the house adjourned. SENATE. Hoar asked unanimous consent to take up be Pacific railroad bill. He said it was an ex- remely Important bill. It undertook to deal ith vast government property , or indebted- ess to the government , and undertook to re- love from lurther discussion a great many ompllment questions. The bill was one that ould excite a good deal of interest in the Quntry. The bill and report were read and oar continued at great length in explanation nd advocacy of the committee's bill , Ids argu- icnt for the most part being similar to that sed in the report accompanying the bill , and cretofore published. Then ensued a brief dis- ussion , participated in by Hoar , Garland , Sew- and Conger. The matter finally went over. HOUSE. The speaker laid before the house a mes- ige ; from the president asking authority to turn the ship "Alert" to the English govern- icnt with suitable acknowledgment. Recess was then taken till evening when the ouse passed thirty pension bills and ad- iurncd. After General Grant. General A. McD. McCook , now in command Fort Douglas , Utah , was interviewed in jference to General Grant's strictures upon im in a magazine article on the battle of tiiloh. McCook says that in a few days he ill. through the proper channels , call atten- on to a few matters concerning the battle of ailoh and his part therein , \vhich will show' mthat General Grant says about him ( Mc- ook ) in the matter is absolutely without mndation in facr. He says General Grant is persistently pursued him for twen y-two arp , and that the attack of the rooets at ittsburg Landing was a complete surprise to eneral Graat. McCook differ * * from General rant on a number of other important points , id says this is the first timu he has over roken the silence on the subject. Fenians JJeet and Resolve. A prominent member of the fenian brotb- hoe < l is authority for the statement that at meeting of the Irish-Americana in Chicago resolution introduced In the United ate * senate by Senate Bayard was dc- unced , und that the Irish supporters of jnprtsstnan Cobb , of Indiana , were re- leated to chow their appreciation of bis con- ict upon bis leturnbunie. It was declared at at the meeting 7,000 was KUbsctlbed to employed as a skirmishing- fund against aglund. j a -f *