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; THE TRIBUNE. F. M. & E. M. KUIMEIX , rubs. McCOOK , NE ] NEWS OF NEBRASKA : FOR FURNIVAT . The mists whlci enshrouded Nance county's horror , says th Omaha Republican , when first discovered d not clear away , and the recession of time aj parently brings the perpetrator of this qulr tuple murder no nearer the hangman's noose The difficulties and perplexities which hav beset tbo oflicers and detectives from the out set have not , however , repressed their perseverance voranco and intentions. Mr. G. D. Molcklojobn , state senator fron Nance county and the attorney who conduct ed the investigation before the coroncr'i Jury , was scon last night at his rooms in tbi Faxton , and a few intcstlng additional fact to those already published were learned. A short time ago information was receive ! by parties working on tbo cose thatastran ger answering the description of Furnlvnl the supposed murdocer , bad been stopping a a hotel in Montreal , Canada. The fact be came so notorious that a good portion of t column of the Montreal Gazette was devotee to the stranger , his appearance and actions The circumstances seemed so conclusive tha an officer was sent from this city to Hontrea to look up the mutter and obtain. If possible the first clue to the fugitive. The Omaha offl clnl returned In a couple of weeks , however bringing tbo news that ns ! trip badbeen mode In vain , and that tbo man who was supposec to bo Furnival was not bo. About a week ago a letter was recolvet from tbo authorities of Baton Rouge , La. that a stranger , whoso description exactl ; tallied with that giveu of Furnival , had dropped down upon the town , and asking foi further particulars concerning him. These were wired to the Baton Rouge parties from Lincoln a couple of days ago , but as yet noth ing bos been heard. Dr. Tanner , of uwatonna , Minn. , who is the father-in-law of the murdered Porclval , hue written to tbo various American consuls abroad , giving them a description of Furni val , and asking them to assist him in hunting down the murderer. Last Monday evening the father of Peiclval. the murdered man , set sail from Liverpool for New York. Ho will immediately upon landing In America start for Nebraska , in the hope that he may impart some information to the authorities or obtain a thread that will finally load to the apprehension of the fugi tive. Anothci object In his coming Is to more properly care for the bodies of his .son , his wife and their child. Their remains will bo exhumed and removed to Owatonna , Minn. , the residence of Mrs.PercIval's father. Their bodies are now lying side by side on the Nance county farm , and near the scone of the mur der. No stone or slab marks their graves and only a mound of earth shows their final restIng - Ing place. The bodies ot Baird and Malr wore interred on Furneval farm , where they no ware. . The authorities of Narco county have lately been given additional hope by the pas sage by the recent legislature of on act re warding $200 for each victim , for the appre hension of n murd rer. As the law formerly was no greater ruward was given for the ap prehension of the murderer of five victims than one. This clause , if it applies to this caee , will raise the reward to § 1,000 , which will be quite an inducement to detectives and omeers. It is the opinion of Mr. Mciklejohn that it is only a question of time when Furulval will be apprehended. THE STATE IN BRIEF. Joe Mullln , of Hastings , killed thirty-four rats in two shots. The appropriation for the Norfolk insane asylum is $75,000. Charles Cord , of Emerson , fatally shot him self while cleaning bis pistol. The next meeting of the Gage county teachers' institute will be held March 23. A large amount of building will be done in Dorchester this year , if talk means anything. Citizens of Knox county will soon hold a meeting to perfect arrangements for thenext county fair. Secretary Roggin , it is said , will have the session laws ready for the printer in abou ten days. Since inauguration of the ball and chain business in Beatrice tramps give that town a wide berth. Daniel HefTermann , of Emerson , has been held in the sum * of $1,900 for selling liquor without a license. Persons who paid the 5 per cent , penalty can get their money back by calling on the county treasurer. A flre broke out In the Commercial hotel nt Odeli , but was put out before any serious damage was done. Lands along the Antelope , in Sioux county , are declared by settlers to equal any in the tate for productiveness. A couple of yonng thieves stole a team of horses near Seward last week. A reward Is offered for return of the horses. Judge Selden , of Blair , has secured the ap pointment of superintendent of the. Indian school at Yankton Indian agency. Business men report trade on the Increase , and there Is growing confidence that there Trill be a big rush in the near.f uturo. Irish citizens of Omaha celebrated the 107th anniversary of the birth of Robert Emmet Hon. Patriek Eagan delivered the principal address. A young son of C. .W. Wlgton , living two miles south of Hastings , was accidentally run over and killed by a Burlington and Missouri train. Lincoln proposes to investigate from whence come many paupers shipped to that place and return them to their original start ing point. Bev. Smith , pastor of the Catholic church ' at O'Connor , expects soon to startfor Europe , where ho will remain until the latter part of summer. Rumor has it that the B. & M. expects to tap Greeloy county the present season , and that bolh Scotia and O'Connor are to be favored with new railroads. As an evidence that Hastings is something of a town it may be stated that one single train from Lincoln unloaded thirteen pick pockets and gamblers. Judge James W. Savage , of Omaha , was a college classmate of Judge Wm. C. Endicott , the new secretary of war. Both graduated in 1847 from Harvard college. Judson Barrett , aged 14 , wno disappeared suddenly disappeared from his parents in Sarpy county about one year ago , turns up in Georgia , and wants to come home. James Mills , of Omaha , has been found guilty of criminal libel of Mrs. Alice Daily. The penalty is not te exceed to $503 fine or six months In the county jail , or both. The property of the roller skating rink at Omaha was levied upon to satisfy a judgment for $50 obtained by the Omaha Republican against its manager for advertising. Omaha is preparing for a good deal o buildIng - Ing as soon as the weather gets right. Nu merous brick structures of a costly character will be erected during the summer and fall. Senator Howe's anti-gambling bill failed to become a law. It is understood the gambling fraternity are feeling good over this result. Cheyenne county Is 103 miles long by 20 In 7,210 square miles. The teeadtb , oontainimj , Mil is said to be a mixed sandy loam and clay. Some portions of the county are said to be my productive. Some of Loup Cdty * * itedy-goln * church -'I j oT taJ I T " rooplo who regard It as an unpardonable site to look in upon a dance , have no consclei tlons scruples about putting on the skates I a roller rink. The sheriff of Lancaster county has jut put behind the bars in Lincoln ono Pete Ma thews , accused of rape committed in Lancoi tor county in 1881. His victim was a wonm Blzty years old. A man named Rement , in Adams count : has been swindling people generally by so ! iag mortgaged property , borrowing mono under false pretenses and , ner form lug var ous other wicked deeds. Bcv. W. K. Beans , of Beatrice , was recent ! presented with a fine driving horse , an elc gant new eldo ear buggy , harness , whip , lai robe everything complete , valued at $250- with the compliments of his many friends. At the room of Secretary Roggen , in Ut coin a few days ago Hon. Glen Kendall , lat land commissioner , wan presented by stat officers with a handsome water pitcher wort ! $75 , GovernorDawesmaking the presentatloi speech. G. E. Atwater , of Tekama , who was soriousl injured in a wreck on the Illinois railroad , ha been brought home and Is confined to his bed His injuries arc internal , complicating th lungs and kidneys , and are of averygrav nature. John Vincent , an old resident of Fillmon county , left home and went to Columbus whore he was seen next day. This Is the las news which the members of his family cai learn of him , and his wife Is nearly crazy b ; his prolonged stay. . House roll No. 23 , a bill to enable employe : of railroad companies to recover damagei for Injuries caused by the carelessness o negligence of co-employes , was run on thi side track at a late hour of the senate pro ccedings despite the efforts of its friends. An actof the recent session of the legisla ture creates the office of register of deeds ii every county having a population to exceed 15,000. The register of deeds is to do the re cording business now done by the countj clerk , and is paid In fees , tbo same as the lat ter official now is. Anton Konelezna , a laborer , 35 years olc and a native of Poland , was struck by a Mis souri Pacific engine at Omaha the other daj and fatally Injured , dying soon after in thd hospital where he was taken. Ho was en gaged in picking coal from the track whei the engine struck him. The Chicago Inter-Ocean states that Robert B. Williams , of Hastings , Nebraska , was the youngest soldier In the army of the war. He enlisted Nov. 20,1861 , In the lllth Pennsylva nia Infantry at the age of 13 years , 8 months and 2 days , serving four years before dis charge. Mr. Williams was one of the pioneers of Adams county. The Alma Herald is assured upon the very best authority that if the necessary aid is voted to the north and south railroad , that it will bo built this year. The company that proposes to build the road over and above the amount of aid , has the money and are In no way connected with any road now operated In the valley. Colored citizens of Omaha passed a resolu tion saying : "We do publicly express our thanks to the friends of equal rights , Hon B. Wright , Robert M. Taggart , Thomas C. Brunner , George Mieklejohn , Geo. W. Chives and others , members of the legislature of Ne braska , for their indefatigable efforts in ur&- ing the successful passage of the civil rights bill. " At Omaha on the llth the inbound Missouri Pacific express train struck down a Polander named Konelezna at the Seventeenth street crossing. The victim , although avoiding the wheels , was terribly mangled. His skull was crushed , the bones of the rightshoulderwere shattered to splinters , and his right arm and leg commlnutoly fractured. He was taken to the hospital and died soon after arriving there. There is no clue as yet to Furnival , the Nance county murderer , but it is thought to be only a question of time when he will be apprehended. Particulars of the crime and a description of the murderer have been sen to all parts of the world , and at every seaport the passengers are scrutinized , and In every city the police are constantly on the watch for the man whose crime is the greatest in the history of Nebraska ! ElTHolt , of the firm of HoTt & Gascolgne , says the Beatrice Republican , brought to Uiis 3ffice two geological specimens that deserve mention in these columns. At a depth of twenty-five feet , while digging a well in the north part of town , he came upon a strata of ; > lue-black mineral resembling powdered lead. Dhe strata is at least three inches thick , and ieserves investigation. After this they came ipon a one-foot strata of white sand , and hen a Etrata of clay or mud , and there they 'ound a bone nearly in a state of perfect ireservation. It is undoubtedly a bone of ; ome animal , and has not gone through the state of petrefaction. Tw6 yoUttg men from Illinois , SHys the Uoomington Guard , made a narrow escape rom death by drowning , iff Turkey creek , ast Sunday. They were told where to cross be stream , but the informant ( a child of ten ir twelve years ) was ignorant of the fact that ho creek was out of Its banks by a freshet- 'hey drove in and soon found their horses wlmmlrgand the vehicle being carried down tream by the swift current. They drifted .gainst a tree , where both men saved them- elves by holding on to limbs of the tree and limbing to the shore. It was a narrow es- ape from death. The Lincoln Journal says that house roll 75 , which passed with an emergency clause .nd is consequently in force from its passage aakes several important changes In the law oncerning assessors. One of the changes is , provision that the assessors shall meet at he office of the county clerk on the third ? uesday of March , for consultation as to the alues of various kinds of property to be as essed by them , and to receive from the clerk he necessary books and blanks fortheassess- aent of property. This meeting has hereto ore been held in the first of April. The sec- ion fixing the pay of assessors is amended EO s to make the pay three dollars a dav.while ctually engaged in making the assessment. The Alma Tribune says that on Friday last Irs. Thomas Whltmarsb and bt r babe were rowned In Crow creek , near their home bout ten miles south of Republican City , [ er husband has been to Iowa on business nd she came to Republican City with a team nd buggy to meet him. When she arrived be found that her husband had gone home rith a neighbor , who happened to be in town , he started for home with her babe and on rossing Crow creek , which was very high , tie team and buggy washed down stream and lie buggy turned over and Mrs. Whitmarsh nd babe were both drowned. The team also erished. The body of Mrs. Whitmarsh was eooverod "but tbat of the babe is in the bream. The Sioux City Journal says : With advano- ig spring the railroad companies are prepar- ig for the immigration of 1685 , anticipated y many of the far-seeing ones to out-boom U the past great booms in the northwest , he question naturally arises ia. the mlnda of loee unacquainted with the country as to here these thomwnds.are to find settlement. * n ago'tbe alarm ; iptt Bounded that tie available limits of the great west bad bee reached ; that tbo agricultural lands wet about all taken , and that all tbat lay beyon was a rainiest region , fit only asuncortal grazing grounds for the venturesome herdc and sbephorJ. But * the settler has keg steadily encroaching upon the boundaries c this rainless ( ? ) region until he has final ] pushed his corn and wheat fields into the vcr center of the mythical Great American dei ert , exploding the theory of tbo explorer an spoiling the map of the geography. Tbo New Orleans Democrat of a recent dat says : Thirty painted savages olad inallth glory of a Pawnee's paints and feathers , wor tbo occupants of Nebraska's new and elegan headquarters yesterday , and formed an ai traction that drew to the scene a large crow of spectators. The visiting Indians wor from tbo Wild West show , managed by this hero of border romance , Buffalo Bill , am were accompanied by that noted characte and Major Frank North. Though a twi years' tour through the United States has lof to the Indians but little of the dignity witl which the noble red man is invested in thi novels of Cooper , yet the delegation at thi exposition yesterday preserved their stolen demeanor , seldom evincing 'astonishment After a short stay at Nebraska's space , thi cavalcade filed through the aisles of the gov ernment building , examining everything ii passing. One Indian who had a sister in thi Indian school at Carlisle was taken to the exhibit hibit of that institution in the gallery , when bo was shown her picture and a small dree made by her hands. He showed great inter est in the school , andtseemcd to envy the In dians who had obtained appointments. Thi great plant of engines in the main buildlnj seemed to bo of the greatest interest to th < Indians , and as the huge wheels whirlet around , obedient to the mighty strokes of thi great pistons , the sight drew many apprecia tive gestures and remarks from the party ol spectators. OPEXIXQ THE INDIAN RESERVATION A Grand Silth for the Lands and Prospcelt of Trouble Ahead. Dubuque ( Iowa ) dispatch : Deputy Unltec States Marshal Hopkins and his assistant re , turned to this city from the Winnebago one Sioux reservation , whither they went to lool up claims and hunt criminals. They relate i remarkable experience with the rush of pee pie , who went there by the hundreds to claitc these lands as soon as President Arthur at tached his signature to the document which opened oaid lands for settlement last Friday. The reservation , he says , comprises the besl lands in Dakota , having been selected by the Indian agents years ago. They are onthe east side of tbo Missouri river , and those portions opened for sett'ement are bounded on the north by Pierre , and on the south by Cham berlain. The area of the district opened for settlement includes twenty-six townships , with thirty-six miles to each township , and 6tt acres in a mile. .According to the homestead law , every head of a family , whether an able- bodied man or a servant girl , and every male over 21 years of age , has a right to pre-empt 16J acres of land. Five minutes after the time on Friday afternoon , when President Arthur signed the executive order opening the lands to settlement , the fact was known In Cham berlain , and as soon as one man crossed the reservation line witn a load of lumber thou sands of others in waiting followed him. All the hired girls in the hotels were in the front ranks. Not a barber shop was open. Nearly all the business men , except the hotel and saloon keepers were in the anxious and ex cited crowd. Teams and wagons were em ployed to haul settlers at $23 per day in advance. Those who preferred town lots em ployed a lawjer , who laid out a town sit opposite Chamberlain. During Friday nigh the erection of one hundred houses was com menced , and the town Is being rapid ly built. Many of the houses are already occupied by families. The prospect is that much litigation and blood shed will be the result of the excitement. The agent of the Chicago , Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad filed warrants in the name of his company to a large portion of the land contained in the reservations and now settled upon. The Indians are unfriendly to the settlers tlors and are encouraged by the Indian igents , who , in many instances , drive settlers iway. Until a registration office is open on the reservation the settlers will , not leave their claims , fearing they would be jumped f they did so. The Indian agents retuse to register until they receive formal notice "rom the government that the land has been ; hro\vn open to settlement. In many cases ; he settlers were unable to find the corners ) f the sections , and when surveys were made t was found , in many cases , that cabins some listance apart were really on the same sec- Joy. Then the question arose. Who settled lore first ? and the man who displayed the nest formidable Winchester rifle or navy re- rolver generally induced the other fellow to > elieve that he did. The work of erecting ihanties on the claims progresses night and lay. Several lawsuits have been entered vhere more than one have taken possession. People from abroad did not seem to antici- > ate the rush , for those who arrived atCham- > erlain Wednesday found that every inch of he land had been pre-empted. The trains roing to Chamberlain consisted of several Ipepers and passenger coaches , jammed full if poor fellows who labored under the delu- lon that they had only to visit the reserva- lon and stay on It over night to acquire lossession of 160 acres. Agent Gassman re- eived orders from the interior department lot to allow the Indians to interfere with the ettlers , but there is bad blood existing and rouble is feared at any time. Moberly-Coleman. On Tuesday was consummated a maY- iage , the details of which are interest- ng , on account of the unusual circnm- itances that cemented a bond already ixisting. Several years ago , Mr. John H. Moberly , a mature business man , md a person of sedate and methodical ife , was smitten by the quiet charms md modest graces of Miss Mamie E. 3oleman , th'en a mere girl with long mrls of beautiful brown hair. The riendship formed ripened into -tho Leepest devotion , and Mr. Bloberly eon occupied the position of the favor- id suitor of Miss Coleman. Time rolled m , and the ardent regard of the young eople might never have proved other ban Platonic , had not good fortune isited them by means of the Louisiana itate Lottery. In a playful mood , they igreed to invest three dollars in three- Ifths of a ticket , Miss Coleman paying ne dollar , with the expectation of re- eiving one-third of the returns. Two reeks later Mr. Moberly , in whose ame the ticket was made , was startled t his desk at the Mercer National Bank y the intelligence that his ticket had rawn $15,000. He immediately went a New Orleans , secured his money , nd , with a high sense of honor , sent liss Coleman her portion , $5,000. Lfter two months longer of waiting , tie devoted young pe'ople determined 3 invest in a lottery ticket again ; this me in the lottery of matrimony , in rhich we are fully persuaded they will oth draw prizes. The marriage was celebrated Tues- ay last at 12:30 , at ? the residence of the ride's father , Mr. R. E. Coleman , here a .most sumptuous feast was jrved to the few friends invited to at- ; nd. The young couple left on the :25 : train for Washington , where they ill make their future home. Mr. Eoberly will engage in the real estate ad claim business with his brother , udge Wm. Moberly. The groom is an ble business man , while the bride is an tniable and attractive lady , and they innotfail to find success and many lends in their new home. J9arr < x& Ky.t Democrat , Feb. 27. \ BRIEFLY TOLD. St. Domlnick's Catholic church , the largo ; tnd finest in Washington city , burned. Los f 73'OGO ; insurance , $50,000. E. H. Butler , editor of tbo Buffalo Evenin News , ling been offered the position of goi ernmenfprlntcr , his decision to boinado will In two-necks. 5 Major W. D. E. Andrus. of the Rockforc 111. , late Indian agent at Yankton agency , I T. , has been notified by the department Wa hlngton tbat his accounts are $700 shor The directors of the board of trade of Peorli 111. , presented a resolution to be acted ou i an early dny , suspending any member cor cerned directly or indirectly in the business o dealing in actions. 9 Major J. H. Hawortb , superintendent of a the Indian schools urder the government died on the llth at Albuquerque , N. M. Majo Haworth was on a tour of inspection at th time of h.'s death , which was very sudden. On the ITth Secretary Bayard sent a mes sengi r into each room of the state deparl ment with a proclamation stating that clerk shall not * lose their positions through tb change in admlnlsti ation , and that he did no propose dismissing any ono except for neg lectof duty. In the United States supreme court a Washington , the motion of M. A. Dauphin vs the Times Publishing Company of Fhlladel phla to advance the bearing of the caic , wai denied. TUB court granted the motion o plainfff in the polygamy case of Clawsoi against the United States to advance the hear ing to April 6,1885. The New York Medical Record of the 14tl contains nn account of another prof esslona examination of the condition of Genera Grant , and says : "The previous dlajfnosls o : the disease of the throat is unanimously con firmed. " After detailing the general Improvements monts in the condition of the patient's syston the article continues as follows : "Inthe fact of all these general tymptbms the local dlill culty has markedly increased and parts ir the vicinity of the ulcerations are becoming more infiltrated. " George Hatch , a prominent farmer ol Niagara county. New York , living two miles south of Lockport , was bitten on the right leg by an angry dog last August , and , although no signs of hydrophobia have appeared , Hatch has suffered considerably ever since from the wound , which during the past two weeks has swollen and the inflammation has extended to other parts of his body , until his life is now despaired of. His physicians are unable to explain the singular case , it being without precedent. CAPITAL BRIEFS. First Assistant Postmaster General Crosby bas resigned and bis resignation has been accepted. President Cleveland's private mall Is very large Many of the letters , it is supposed , re late to appointments to office. Since the inauguration the president's private score- ' : ary and the entire clerical force has been juslly engaged from 8 In the morning to mld- light , owing to the rush of business. The president again held open house on the ) th and received a large number of visitors , ! including congressional delegations fromsev-1 ; ral states. In order to devote his attention : o official matters requiring action by the , iresent special session of the senate It is ) robable that the president will have to deny ilmself to visitors for a few daj s. The republican senators held a caucus to 'urther discuss the formation of committees. Che subject was talked over at length , but lathing was decided upon. Incidentally the rcaties were mentioned and the question was isked whether they had better be considered it the present session. No one advocated hat course and no one opposed it , and the ubjcct was finally lelt to the caucus commit eo to determine. The caucus of republican senators on the 1th finished the task of allotment of places n the majority sides of the senate commlN ees. Senator Conger succeeds the chairman- hip of the committee on postoffices and ost-roads , made vacant by the retirement of enator Hill , Senator Pike takes the chair- lanship of the committee on claims , held by enator Cameron of Wisconsin. Senator ewell takes Senator Logan's place at the ead of the committee on military affairs , enator Evarts Is made a member of the judi iary and foreign relations committees. Sen- tor Teller is made chairman of the commit- 30 on mines and mines , and a member of the ommittee on public lands. The judiciary oraraittee is increased by one , and the com- icrce and public building commissioners by TO members each. Many other changes pere made in the membership of committees ) r the purpose of equalizing the honors , re- Donslbilities and labors of the committee ) om , and the task J > f the caucus committee as found one of considerable difficulty. dUMTETAL. Charles J.Riggen , of Lovington , 111. , aged ! , grew desperate over the loss of all his , oneyin the Lovington bank , which failed a ? ar ago , and shot his aged wife to death and ten killed himself. At Chicago , Henry Leng , a bricklayer , who id a quarrel with his wife , and had separated bm her , went Into a yard where she was ashing clothes and shot at her twice with a ivolver , mortally wounding her , and then lied himself. Jealousy was the cause. After iwenty-three hours' deliberation the try in the case of Anthony Cantiency , larged with the murder of Policeman cLaughlin , at Minneapolis , brought in aver ct of manslaughter in the second degree IB crime was committed July 20 last , while e Grand Army of the Republic reunion was ! lng held in Minneapolis. Deputy Sheriff Kohl was shot , atNegau- ; e , Michigan , by Patsey Benan , and died sxt morning. "The Carp" house of prosti- tion , .where Benan was stopping , was irned and the inmates , ten in number , were ken in custody by the sheriff. Five hundred med men are looking for Benan , and unless s is captured his whole gang will be lynched. At Mt. Ayr , lowa.Dr. Ell Quigley , undertwo dictments , for grave robbing and arson okejail and is still at large. While the rnkoy was passing in food to the prisoners ilgley succeeded in pushing : him behind a avy iron door and squeezing him until : arly helpless. Quigley then pushed the rnkoy Inside and jumped to the outside door id made his escape in the darkness. A re ird of $50 Is offered for his arrest. A.n officer has arrived at New Orleans to ke charge of ex-Mayor Navln , of Adrian , ich. He obtained a requisition , but the de- stives refused to turn him over until the ward of $3,000 is paid. It is stated that paris - is in Adrian are extremely anxious that ivin should not be returned , and are willing expend any amount of money to prevent Should Navin squeal , as he * threatens to , it would hurt many prominent people In Irian. Seven county officers of Habersham county , lorgia , have been Indicted on the confession Ben Martin tbat he with their cognizance rl aid robbed the county cafe. For several , 3 years the county has been unable to meet 1 liabilities , notwithstanding the fact that thai should have been plenty of money In tt treasury. Charges of a criminal nature wci freely made against the county oQlcers , ar recently the county safe has been twk robbed In an effort to remove evidences < guilt. The lust attempt was so daring that tl citizens took hold of the matter vigorous ! , and the result was the arrest of Martin. FOREIGN NOTES. ilussian quartermasters are purchasln every camel they can buy in the Bokharadl trict They have already more animals thn they need , but it is stated they wish to crippi the English troops by depriving them of tb means of transportation. Q'bo Afghar are making extensive fortifications in tb Balkh district and along the line of the Osu river. Russian advance upon Afghanistan is en ating great excitement In England. The goi eminent has ordered naval and military poi sioners at the Portsmouth dockyards to bo 1 readiness for medical inspection the fin time such inspection has been ordered sine the Crimean war. The London 13v ening New states it Is learned remonstrances from th highest quarters have been addressed to th czar In the interests of peace , and have me with such a chilling response slight hopes ar now entertained that hostilities can b avoided. In the commons Gladstone declared h would stand behind no man In the value h attached to the friendship of Germany. H must say , however , he was not prepared t admit the friendship of any country in th world was now or over had been necessary ti enable England to maintain her position. Hi thought where Germany's colonization opet ations were bonafldo and consistent with thi rights of ail parties , England , with dueregan to the claims of her own colonists , ought t < meet Germany In no grudging spirit am should refrain from discussing the occupatioi of this or that spot after the manntr of bucks tors , showing a disposition to grudge whatwi are unable to hold. POLITICAL NOTES. The common council of the city of LeMnrs Iowa , has formally petitioned Gov. Shermai to convene the legislature in extra session U repeal the prohibitory law. The president received the members of the diplomatic corps and ladles of their f am Hie ; in the blue parlor of the executive mansion on the 13th. He woe assisted by his sisters , Miss Cleveland and Mrs. Hoyt. Members ol the cabinet and the ladies of their families were also present. The viditors were formal ly presented to the president and the ladies of his family by the secretary of state. The democratic senators have completed their arrangements of committees. Btmators Vest , Coke and Harris are to succeed Gar land. Bayard and Lamar on the judiciary committee. Senator Vance will go on the finance committee , in place of Bayard. Sen ator Kansom will succeed Bayard as chair man of the committee on private land claims , and Senator Gorham will take Hansom's old place as chairman of the committee on the Potomac river front. Senator Kennti will go on the commerce committee. A Washington special says : The result of vestcrday's cabinet meeting is received \vith profound disgust by the office-seekers. In stead of a large batch of nominations , as was expected , there were the nominations of E. D. Clarke , of Mississippi , for assistant sec retary of the Interior , and two navy promo tions. This causes very long faces among : he office-seekeis , who expected to see an inr ? ortant break in the ranks of the enemy , fheir disgust is increased by the report that : he president is preparing a proclamation , stating that he does not propose to make any > fficial changes except for special cause. The National Republican contains an inter rfow with Postmaster-General Vilas.in which ; hat gentleman is quoted as having said : 'The programme of the whole cabinet is to iclect officials for their worth and value to he government , " and as having said further hat the policy of the administration is to > ear out the civil service rules to the fullest ixtent in the management of the various de- mrlmcnts. "I shall enforce the rules here , " aid Vilas. It Is understood that it is the in- cntion of the president to reduce the clerictjl brco at the white house and to do away with he system of keeping an elaborate record of ,11 business brought there. In accordance rith this proposed curtailment of the force , our employes at the executive mansion were lotifled that their services would no longer ie required. These arc Henry C. Morton of hio , J. S. Bolivay of Ohio , and W. R. Duke , lerks at $1,800 , $1,800 and ? 1,400 per annum , espectively , and O. L. Judd , telegraph oper- tor , who receives 51,400 a vear. TILE ApHINISTliATIOy POLICY * s Foreshadowed by Dr. Stiller , of Omaha , Recently in Close Communion With the President. Chicago dispatch : Dr. George L. Miller , of maha , who was much talked of for postmas _ r-gencral and ho was offered and declined ie lirat assistant's place , is in the city on his ay home. In talking to a Tribune reporter ilative to the offices , the doctor was inclined > the belief that the administration would go owly. The -cads of bureaus and other re- lonsible positions would be changed as rap- ly as consistent with good selections , but In te clerkships and such minor places there is no hurry to change. He thought the loicc of GenI Black as commissioner of pen- ans gave an Idea of the appointments. Men ould be quietly selected and appointed with- it the help ot intermediary uonticlans. "I id a brief talk with the president , which was terrupted by a summons home , " said the > ctor , "in which I spoke of the importance the small postoffices to the party in the mi- > rity states. From what he said , and also 9m what he did not say , I inferred that the anges , except as commissions expired , juld not be generally made unless the in- mbent can be proved to have neglected his itles to interfere in town , county or state ilitics. The president seemea much inclined resent this federal interference. He seemed have ideas regarding the civil service which ay disgruntle many democrats , and I maybe long the number , but he is of the hard- iaded , stubborn kind. My talk on this sub- it with him was interrupted several times , d , while he may not have expressed himself lly , I think these inferences reearding his llcy are very nearly correct He is , "bow er , more inclined to ask questions than to press his own opinions , even with his inti- ite friends. " The doctor also spoke of the host of office- Ekers in Washington , and believed that the nflict of claims for offices would prevent , r some tura at least , changes which would berwlse be made much sooner. "Where the lims seemed nearly equal it appeared to be B policy to go cntiia flstfeds and select a w man. This he gure as the reason for the polntment of Judge Endicott , Bernard Murphy , Champion Youth alker of Australia , says in the Mel- lurne Sporkman : "On "Monday previ- is to the match with Ormes , of Syd- sy , I was attacked with the 'stitch. ' could not walk another yard , and ive up all hope of winning. I was Lvised to try St. Jacobs Oil. I did so , bbing a little on my side. I have not en troubled since , and won ay itch. " f- NEW LAWS OFFIGLILZT BiaXED. Measures Beneficial and Otherwise 1'atied bytheZate Sculon of tlie Tfebrasltn Legis lature * Up tg noon on the 10th , Governor Dawos , of Nebraska , Lad signed the following Icgislativu acts : Miscellaneous appropriation. Joint resolution relative to drawing arms from the general government. To amend section 29 , chapter 4 , article 4 , compiled atatutt-3 of 1831. / To amend section 107 , chapter 77 , of coin- piled statutes. Amending sections CCO , 001 and CG2 , code civil procedure. To provide for the Issuing of bonds by cities of the second class. Act to amend criminal code concerning game. Amending section 1S5 ot compiled statutes , concerning administrators. i Amending act regarding frauds. i Authorizing school districts , churches and cemeteries to purchase lands from the etatu under certain conditions. ' Amending section 77 , chapter 7 , compiled statutes , entitled "Revenue. " Amending section 12 , chapter 4 , of criminal code , concerning the spread of contagious dis ease among domestic animals. t To prohibit the obstruction of highways. , Amending section 17 , sub-division 14 , chap ter 87 , compiled statutes. Amending section 49 , chapter 11 , compiled statute ? , relating to corporations. To prevent the digging of ditches and ttrcnchcs in public blchways. Defining boundaries of lilalne county. Amending sections 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 of chapter 10 of an act relating to powers of cities of tiie second class. Providing for payment of legislative cr- penscs. To defray expenses of Nebraska exhibits at New Orleans. Providing for taking the census of Nebraska. Appropriating matriculation fees to state library. Appropriating moneys for construction ot main capitol building. Amending law concerning counties and. county officers. Appropriating moneys for the Home for the Friendless. Amending act relating to hedges. Authorizing state treasurrer to transfer cer tain moneys tb sinking fund. Authorizlne state treasurer to transfer to sinking fund the state bond fund. Authorizing state treasurer to transfer to sinking fund certain moneys now in his hands. Changing name of Methodist church at Lin coln. Defining boundaries of Logan county. Providing for the erection of buildings of the reform school at Kearney. Amending section 17 , chapter 20 , compiled statutes , relaslng to probate courts. Amending section 1050 of code of civil pro cedure. , Providing for incidental legislative expenses. Amending section 10 , article 3 , chapter 2 , of compiled statutes. Dedicating real estate In the city of Lincoln to the Hebrew church. ' Dedicating real estate In the city of Lincoln to the German Lutheran church. r Providing for the cancellation of flre insur ance policies. Authorizing cities of the second class to make special levy to provide water supply. Amending sections 11 , 12 , . # , , " 3 , 01 and 105 of an act relating to powers of cities. Providing for legislation , certification and payment of precinct bonds. Providing for leasing saline lands to stock yard companies. Providing for the establishing and maintain ing hospital for the Insane at Isorfolk. Providing for selling and leasingsaline lands. Authorizing election of church wardens and vestn men. Relief of Guilds , Saunders and Barber. Amending section 42 , chapter 10 , of an act entitled "Courts. " Relief of Peter Preble. Granting full civil rights to all citizens. Preventing the spread of hog cholera and kindred diseases. Amending act concerning roads. Providing for prosecution of criminals. Regulating bonds. Relating to teaching of hygiene and physiol ogy. Amending section 42 , chapter 23 , compiled statutes. . For relief of bondsmen of ex-treasurer of Cedar county. Amending section 401 , criminal code. Amending act concerning cities and villages. Providing for cutting weeds in highways. Amending chapter 70 , compiled statutes. Establishing asylum for feeble minded at Beatrice. Amending sections 150 , 101 and 377 , chapter 23 , compiled statutes. Amending section 7 , chapter 20 , compiled statutes. Authorizing organization of detective asso ciations. Providing for salary of state oflicers. Amending sections 41) , OJ , GO , chapter 77 , : ompiled statutes. Amending section 8 , chapter 41 , compiled itatutes 1S81. Providing for burial of destitute soldiers md sailors. Amending 30 and 52 , military code. Relating to bee husbandry. " Amending sections 52 , 54 , 55 and 50 , of ownshlp organization act. Amending sections 30 and 52 , military code. ProvMinc for the erection of additional uni- erslty buildings. Amending section 46 , chapter 75 , compiled tatutes , relating to roads. Amending section 109 , chapter 77 , revenue ct. Amending section 9 , act S , chapter 3 , corn- iled statutes. General and miscellaneous appropriations. Establishing live stock commission. Amending section 121 of criminal code. A mending sectional , 2 , 4 , chapter 23 , laws f 1831. Amending section 1 , chapter 14 , compiled tatutes. Repealing act providing for a penalty of 5 er cent on delinquent taxes. Fixing number of oflicers and employes of . Amending sections 58 1 and 5 G , code civil roiedure. Amending section 17 of act providing for ayment of school district bonds. Amending section 1017 , code of civil pro- ; dure. i Amtnding section 4 of act providing for pub- cation of compiled statutes. Amending sections 0 and 11 of chapter 20 , > mpiled statutes entitled guardians and ards. Prohibiting the selling or giving tobacco to- .inors. Regulating passenger rates on railroads. Amending section 4 , act entitled counties. Amending section 543 , code civil procedure. Providing for protection ol property from gh water. To provide for abolishment ot Incorporation. ! villages. To define boundaries of Dawes countv. Amending section 70 , chapter 14. compiled atutes. Creating railroad commission. To define boundaries of Sheridan county. Making the removal of personal property to ade assessment , a criminal offense. Abolishing the office of district attornevs , id providing for the election of countv at- rnejs. Legalizing the acts of "Wymore officials. Preventing fraudulent removal of mortgaged. operty. Legalizing contracts between Sutherland d joint board of commissioners of the coun- s of Burt and Washington. Providing for abolishment of Incorporated lages in certain cases. Providing for management , sale and leasing educational lands. Donating certain state lots to city of Lincoln : market purposes. imendlng sections 11 , 15 , 20 , 30 , 33 and 34 of ; concerning cities of second class. Amending section 83 of an act relating to unties. To determine title and define boundaries to1 : tlon 40 , township 10 , north of range 6 east. Pertaining to marriages and divorces. Inthorizlng precincts and townships to aid rks of Internal improvements. Defining the boundaries of Sioux county. Che 2d ot March was Nebraska's eighteenth , thday.
