O / ' LA lion AGITA T/O.V.
Washington dispatch : Washington is
not 'exeihpt from the contests between
labor and capital which are racking other
sections of the country. It is said that the
labor organizations of this city , especially
the carpenters , bricklayers and other
classes of workmen employed in build
ing , have been preparing all winter for a
combined effort to get better terms from
builders when spring work begins. A de
termined btrike has been expected. But tho
matter has taken on a now phase. A prom
inent builder said recently that a large
number of heavy capitalists who have been
accustomed to loan a great deal of money
for building , have agreed to lend no money
for this object after May 1. The purpose
is to prevent any great amount of build
ing , and thus give the mechanics no chanco
for a strike. It will bo interesting to watch
the effect of this novel course of proceed lire
if it is carried out. Washington has been
enjoying an uninterrupted real estate and
building booni for several years. Land
that was worth § 1 a square foot in March ,
1885 , to-day is worth $2. The demand
for masons and carpenters has brought
large numbers of them to the city. Any
cessation of the work of building this spring
would cause great hardship.
LEGISLATIVE HEWS AND XOTES.
A Record of Procccdinys in Jtoth branches
of the V. S , Congress.
SCXATU , April 3. The senate was not in
session.
House , April 3. Mr. James , of New
York , called up the adverse report on the
free coinage bill , which was laid aside in
order to take up the labor arbitration bill.
Mr. Rogers regarded the bill as perfectly
worthless , and , with the exception of the
fifth section , a perfectly harmless bill , unless
it might be construed as u , step in the
wrong direction. That section gives the
railroad power to put their hands into the
United States treasury to enable them to
fiqht their workingmen. On motion of Mr.
Kelley the title of the bill was amended to
read ' 'to provide a method for settling con
troversies between railroad corporations
engaged in interstate and territorial trans
portation of property and passengers and
( their employes. " The debate on the silver
bill was then begun , addresses being made
by Messrs. Fuller , Bark. Adams , and others.
SENATE , April 4. The committee on ter
ritories reported unfavorably the bill to
enable the Northwest trading company , a
private corporation organized under he
general laws of Oregon , to purchase certain
lands in Alaska territory. The committee ,
George said , recommended the indefinite
postponement of the bill. Mr. Cockrell
took the floor in opposition to the army
bill. There was. he said , ample power to
protect our institutions without a single
regular soldier. Our liberties did not de
pend on a standing army , but on the
patriotism of our citizeils. We needed no
standing army in this country. "Eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty. " A stand
ing army was a danger to any republic , and
was in direct contravention of a republican
63'stem of government. Furtherdiscnssion
ensued , after which the senate adiourned.
House , April 4. A motion was made to
suspend the rules and pass the Mexican
pension bill. It was agreed to yens 158 ,
nays G8. The following is a text of the
bill : That the secretary of the inter'or be
directed to place the names of all surviving
oflicenj , soldiers and sailors who enlisted
and served in the war with Mexico any
period during 1845 , 1S4G , 1S47 and 1S4S ,
and were honorably discharged , and their
surviving widows , on the pension rolls at
the rate of § S per month from and after the
passage of this act during their/lives. Laird
moved to suspend the rules and pass the
bill for the relief of certain settlersand pur
chasers of lands on the public domain in
the states of Ncbraskaand Kansas. Agreed
to. [ This is similar to the bill previously
passed by the senate. ] Singleton moved to
suspend the rules and pass the congression
al library bill. Agreed to yeas 159 , nays
02.
02.SCXATE
SCXATE , April 7. Blair introduced a bill
in the senate to-day to provide that eight
hours shall constitute a day's work for
letter carriers , and that their salary shall
not be reduced by reason of the decrease in
the hours of labor. The army bill was
then taken taken up and discussion ensued
by Messrs. Van Wyck , Logan , Hawley ,
Mnnderson , and others. Manderson _ then.
moved as an amendment his bill , hereto
fore introduced and favorably reported
from the military committee , known as
"The Three Battalion Bill , " and it was
agreed to. Gibson moved to add an addi
tional section repealing section 121S of the
revibed statutes , which prohibits any per
son who served under the confedarate gov
ernment from appointment to the army of
the United States. Not agreed to. After
further debate the bill was put on its final
passage and rejected yeas 10 , nays 31.
The vote detailed was as follows : Yeas
Messrs. Blair , Cameron , Dawes , Dolph ,
Evarts , Frye , Hawley , Logan , McMillan ,
Mahone. Mitchell of Oregon , Morrill , Payne ,
Platte , I'iddleberger , Sabin , Sawyer , Spoon-
erand Stanford 19. Nays Messrs. Beck ,
Berry , Bowen , Brown , Call , Chace , Cock
rell , Coke , Colquitt , Conger , Eustis , Fair ,
Gibson , German , Frey , Hale , Ingalls. Jones
of Nevada , Kenna , Maxey , Morgan , Plumb ,
Push. Salsbury , Sherman , Teller , Van
Wyck. Vorhepd. Walthnll , Wilson of Iowa ,
and Wilson of Maryland 31.
HOUSE , April 7. The speaker laid before
the house the message of the president on
Chinese emigration. Referred. Willis re
ported back the river and harbor appro
priation bill from the committee having
charge of the subject and it was referred to
the committee of the whole. Holman , in
behalf of the select Indian commission ,
called up the bill providingfor the appoint
ment of a commission to consist of six per
sons , to be appointed by the president , to
inspect and report on the condition of the
Indians and Indian affairs. Several amend
ments were offered and , pending action , the
morning hour expired and tbedebate on the
silver bill was resumed and ixmtinued until
adjournment.
SEXATE , April 6. The chair laid before
the senate a letter from the secretary ot
the treasury regarding the payment of
§ 128,000 to the Chippewa tribe of Indians
for damages growing out of the construc
tion of a reservoir at the head waters of
the Mississippi river. Referred. Plumb
presented a petition the association of
colored citizens of Kansas praying for as
sistance to emigrate to Africa with a view
of there building up another United States
republic. Phi nib 'aid he understood there
was a strong determination on the part of
the petitioners to carry out this emigra
tion. Referred. The army bill was then
considered. Manderson supported the bill.
He called attention to the condition of the
Indian frontier a'nd the danger of a con
flict there at any time. Every Indian , ho
said , hud a good Winchester rifle. It was
onlv a question of time , and probably a
ho"rt time , when there would be trouble
with Red Cloud and his warriors. He
( Mandersiin ) had heard from a reliable
source that the Sioux Indians had agreed
to kill the tirst one of their number who
should consent to the passage of the bill
noxv before the senate providing for tho
purchase" of the reservation. The chair
laid before tho senate a message from the
president relatin to the subject of Chinese
iinmiar.ititin. The message was read and
referred to the committee on foreign rela
tions.
HOUSE , April 6. In the morning hour the
house resumed the consideration of the bill
to secure tho equitable classification and
compension of certian offices of tho United
States. Pending action the morning hour
expired. Then there was a prospect of a
struggle for the right of way between tho
silver bill and the postoflice appropriation
bill , but Bland , of Missouri , gave way , and
the house went into committee of the whole
on the postoflice appropriation bill. Bing-
ham , of Pennsylvania , offered an amend
ment increasing from § 4,800,000 to § 4-
890.200 the appropriation for the pay of
postal clerks. . Lost 54 to 87. Burrows
offered an amendment increasing the ap
propriation for the transportation of for
eign mails from § 375,000 to $425,000.
The amendment was lost 82 to 106. Tho
committee thea roso and the bill was
passed.
SENATE , April 8. The eenato resumed
consideration of the bill some weeks sinco
laid over granting the Kansas and Arkan
sas railroad company tho right of way for
a railroad through Indian Territory. The
pending question was on Van Wyck's pro-
pohccl amendment prohibiting the issue of
an'more stock or bonds that would rep
resent the actual cost of building and
equipping the road. All the amendments
were voted down and the bill passed. The
approprititions committee reported the In
dian appropriation bill with amend incuts.
The Washington territory bill was placed
before the senate and Voorhees spoke in
advocacy of his amendment , which con-
stats in ? m enabling act for the admission
of Montana territory. Voorhees1 amend
ment was voted down by a party vote
yeas 19. nays 23. A lone discussion en-
MK-d , but. without reaching a vote , tho
senate adiourned.
House , April 7. James , of New York ,
called up the silver bill. Dibble spoke in
opposition to the bill. James took the
floor and yielded to Dibble to offer an
amendment providing that unless , in the
meantime , through concurrent action of the
ntions of Europe with the United States ,
silver be demonetized prior to the 1st of
July , 1SS9 , then and thereafter so much ol
the act of February 29. liS78 , as author
izes and directs tho secretary of the treas
ury to purchase silver bullion and cause
the same to be coined shall be suspended
until further action by congress. The
amendment was defeated yeas 84 , nays
201. The question then recurred on the
engrossment and thiid reading of the bill ,
and it was decided in the negative j-eas
120 , nays 1G3. So the bill was killed.
SENATE , April 9. Senator Ingalls ( by re
quest ) introduced a bill to provide for the
appointment of a board of arbitration to
examine and settle the difference between
railroad companies and their employes.
Tho Washington territory ; ulmission bill
was then placed before the senate , the
pending question being on Eustis' proposed
amendment limiting tho right of suffrage in
the proposed new state to qualified male
electors only. After debate the amendment
was rejected yeas 12 , nays 25.
HOUSE , April 9. In the house to-day
O'Neill asked unanimous consent for the
immediate consideration of a resolution to
the effect that the house of representatives
of the United States sympathize with Glad
stone and his associates in their efforts to
secure a free parliament for the people of
Ireland and congratulating the people on
the prospect. Cox objected and the resolu
tion was not received.
3nt. PARXELL'S PEACEFUL POLICY.
EyanDenies that He or Sullivan Have Ever
Condemned It.
The following cables have recently been
exchanged between the Hon. T. Harrington ,
M. P. , secretary of the Irish national league
at Dublin , and President Egan of the Ameri
can league :
To EGAN , LINCOLN. NEB. : The English
papers publish cables from America , saying
that Egan and Sullivan condemn Parnell's
peaceful policy and threaten revolt. This
is done to prejudice Gladstone's statement
of Thursday. Wire authority to contra
dict. HAKKIXGTON.
LINCOLN. Neb. , April 5. To Harrington ,
National League , Dublin : The statement
that Sullivan or I have condemned Par
nell's peaceful policy is an unqualified false
hood , which could only have emanated
from an enemy of the league and a traitor
to Ireland. PATRICK EGAN.
Mr. Patrick Egan , president of the Irish
National league of America , was inter
viewed to-day iu regard to the dispatches
froniNewYorkto the effect that theleaders
of the Irish National league desire to dic
tate toParnell and had threatened to stop
supplies unless he labored for the actual
separation of Ireland from England. Mr.
Egan denounced the en tiro statement as z.n
unmitigated and malicious falsehood , man
ufactured by some designing knave for tho
purpose of damaging the league and deceiv
ing Parnell. He also expresses his convic
tion that the alleged interview between
Parnell and an agent of the extremist party
from America was an entire falsification.
"I think , " said Mr. Egan , "I understand
the grounds on which the rumor was based.
A member of the national executive com
mittee of the leauue , who wns about to vis
it Ireland to see his relatives , was furnished
with letters of introduction to Mr. Parnell
and other members of the party. Mr. Arm
strong met Mr. Parnell in Dublin and
talked with him of some matters of detail
in connection with league affairs , but there
was certainly nothing of the nature indi
cated in the cable rumors of the interview.
It is simply another case of three black
crows. "
Mr. Egan , in reply to inquiries regarding
the parliamentary aid association , said
Mr. Byrne of Cincinnati , the organizer and
prime mover of the committee , was a con
ceited , impudent , jealous , notoriety-seeking
man , the very counterpart of a well-known
crank in Irish politics whom Mr. Parnell
retired at the last elections. Actuated en
tirely by motives of personal jealousy , ho
started the parliamentary aid association
and by various influences got Eugene
Kelly and some other respectable , well-
meaning Irishmen of New York to join it.
The association brought its labors to a
close early last month and adjourned sine
die , but this did not suit Mr. Byrne , whose
real object was to try and if possible dis
rupt the national lengne , and he has since
tried to resuscitate the committee and
start branches in other cities , but without
any success. Mr. Parnell did not of course
know this when he sent his cable to Colum
bus a few days ago. Mr. Egan repeated his
statement that any man who tries to in
terfere with the unity and harmony of the
Irish people at the present crisis , as Mr.
Byrne is doing , or any one who tries to
damage the league as the author of the
New York dispatches has done , deserves to
be branded as a traitor to.Ireland.
THE Y1RGISIA STATE DEBT.
Gov. Lee , of Virginia , has issued procla
mation in accordance with a request con
tained in joint resolutions adopted at the
last session of the general assembly , declar-
ingngainst any settlement of thestate debt
except under terms of the Riddleberger bill
of 1883 , and asking the people not to hnr-
rass the state by presenting coupons in
payment of taxes. The governor appeals
to all citizens to stand by tho terms of
these resolutions.
THJS 1'JtEDICTIOr FULLY TEllFIED.
Two Officers Fatally Wounded and a Third
Seriously Shot ,
A Fort Worth ( Texas ) dispatch says :
At 10 o'clock this morning 1,50 ? people
assembled at the Missouri-Pacific vards to
see the sheriff send out a train , which he
said last night he would do or die in tho
attempt. At 11 o'-.lock nn engine with
twenty armed deputies backed into tho
yards to ts-.ko out a train of twenty cars
The suggestive quiet that marked its pass
age through the city was not without its
sequel. When tho train left the depot it
was under tho protection of a posse of oin
cers under the command of Jim Courtright.
The train proceeded to tho crossing of the
Ft. Worth & New Orleans railway , when it
stopped as customary. What followed is
reported by a railroad employe who was
on the train. He says that when the train
stopped it was noticed several men
were congregated on tho track in front ol
the train. Tho posse's commander ap-
' preached and asked why they impeded the
progress of the train , to which they replied
that they had nothing to do with it. They
were not armed and had no intention of
interferring with the railway. As the offi
cers returned to tho train they noticed
several men sitting or lying in tho
grass a few yards from the track.
The entire posse advanced toward the men
in ambush until they had reached the ditch
along the side of the track , when they com
manded a throwing up of hands. The
command was obeyed , but as the hands
came up they brought Winchester rifles ,
which belched forth a deadly tiro. The
posse returned the fire , it is said with fatal
effect. There were perhaps 100shots fired.
After the first fire the posse advanced and
continued firing. The ambushers retreated
behind some piles of ties , which proved a
most excellent breastwork , and from the
security of which they poured a murderous
fire into the posse. From this position
they were finally dislodged and driven be
yond the range of the posse's pistols. The
casualties among the posse were found to
be three ; Police Oflicer Tulfard , shot
through both thighs ; Special Officer Dick
Townsend , shot through the left breast ,
near the nipple , fatal ; Special Oflicer
Charles Sneed , shot through the
heart and jaw. The casualties among the
nmbtishers is only a matter of conjecture ,
though there seems to be good grounds for
saying that three or more of them were
wounded , probably fatally. The same
authority says there were half a dozen or
more horses visible from tho trains that
were ambushed , which it is believed be
longed to the ambushing party. During the
night Richard Townsend , a special deputy
sheriff , was shot in the back as ho stood on
the engine , the ball passing through his left
lung and coming out on his left side.
Charles Sneed , another deputy sheriff , was
shot near the car , the ball coming out on
the opposite side of his head near his
mouth. Both of these men will die. Police
Otlicer John Talford was shot in both
thighs , one of the balls ranging upward
into his body. His wounds are dangerous.
Jim Courtwright is claimed to have received
two bullets through his hat , but escaped
unharmed.
FOKT WOUTII. April 4. Six companies of
the Fourth regiment have arrived here and
twu companies of the First are also here.
Brigadier General Roberts is in command.
The mayor of the city has at his command
one company of militia atCleburneandone
at Dallas. The militia from Dallas , com
posed of two companies of the Dallas light
guards , twenty four strong , and the Hiber-
niivn rifles , twelve strong , arrived here on a
special train about 3 o'clock this morning
and were quartered in the Union depot. A
few hours later a special train fro in Harrold
brought the rangers , twelve strong. On the
the afternoon train came the Decatur rifles ,
thirty-ttt o strong , and Austin Greys twenty-
threestrong ; Texas rifles , thirty-five strong ,
and Alvarado guards , twenty-three strong.
At 5 o'clock a Werral west bound Texas
and Pacific train brought tho Crawford
battery under Captain Houston twelve
strong. The troops now numbering 248
men. Adjutant General King , Brigadier
General A. S. Roberts , Attorney General
Templeton , Inspector General P. Smyth
and Colonel W. P. Haynes are on the
grounds. Tho railroad yards are lined
with soldiers and no one dares venture on
railroad property.
District Judge Peckham was called into
consultation with the railroad officials this
morning , the result being that about 12
o'clock a railroad train was sent south
under the guard of the Graysou rifles and a
special force of fifteen citizens. Another
train was at once made up and sent north ,
also under guard , and at 5 o'clock the
third pulled out , going south. The depot
and yards were guarded last night by over
200 citizens called into service by the
mayor's proclamation and the streets
were patrolled by armed men.
LAXD FUSDS FOR THE SCHOOLS.
A Substitute for the Jilair Hill Introduced by
Sir. Caldwell.
Washington special : " 1 am opposed to
levying taxes for distribution. " is the con
cise form in which Representative Caldwell
of Tennessee puts his objection to the Blair
education bill. Mr. Caldwell is not only
strongly opposed to the Blair bill , but has
himself introduced a bill which he thinks
would accomplish all that is claimed for the
Blair bill , and at thesame time be free from
all objections , both as to constitutionality
and as to feasibility , which are raised
against that measure. Mr. Caldwell's bill
provides , "that the net proceeds of all sales
of public lands by the United States shall
be set aside annually as a fund for the sup
port of free common schools. The secre
tary of the treasury shall annually appor
tion this money among the several states
and territories , according to the number of
their respective populations of 10 years
o'd and upward , as shown by the last pre
ceding published census of the United
States , who cannot read and write.it being
the intention of this act to leave to tho
state the full control and disburse
ment of said fund according to its
own educational system and under
its own laws. " The second section of
the bill provides that "before any state
shall be entitled to receive its second or
subsequent installment of said fund it shall
have provided by law , either general or
local , for the free common school education
of all its children of school age without dis
tinction of color , for at least three months
in each year , from funds provided for schools
under the laws of the state ; provided , that
separate schools for whitn and colored
children shall not be considered a distinc
tion of color. No part of said fund shall
be expended in paying the salary of any
officer , or other person not engaged in teach
ing. "
"This measure , " said Representative
Caldwell in an interview recently , "would
provide a fund as long as tho government
has lands to sell , for aiding in the support
of the common schools. Moreover , it is in
accord with our past policy to grant public
lands to the state for educational pur
poses. " Mr. Caldwell is endeavoring to get
his bill reported from-the labor committee
as a substitute for the Blair bill.which was
recently referred to that committee. If he
fails in this. Mr. Caldwell will move to sub
stitute his bill when the matter comes up
for discussion in the house.
PITCHED TJATTLE AT LAREDO , TEXAS.
A Political Procession Attached With Win
chesters and Cannon , and a Terrible Fiyht
Follows.
A Laredo ( Texas ) special says : Laredo
is in sackcloth and ashes. The intense ex
citement and lawlessness which have pre
vailed hero for the past fortnight culmina
ted to-night in a bloody riot. The imme
diate cause isattributed bymanytothe cir
cular which appeared this morningannounc-
ing that tho democrats would hold funeral
services at 4 o'clock over the party known
here ns tho "Himrches. " Directly after the
appearance of the circular , it was announced
that tho party would prevent any such
demonstration. At 4 p. m. the streets
leading to the point where tho democratic
proc ssion was announced to start was
blocked with armed men. Later , the music
of the democratic band struck up and the
procession moved down Main street and
turned into the street lending to the main
plaza. When tho head of the column had
reached the front of Martin's store , a party
of men armed with AVinche.sters and revol
vers charged the procession. Instantly
over ono hundred armed men became en
gaged in a deadly conflict , and for half an
hour a regular battle raged along thestr et.
During tho conflict a small cannon which
had been used by the Hiiarchcs party was
fired down the street , and is said to have
been loaded with nails and stones. By 5
o'clock mob law was supreme. Word was
dispatched to Colonel Barnard , command
ant at Fort Mackintosh , that the heavy
firing in the city uas caused by a Mexican
attack from the other side of the Rio
Grande. , It took but a few minutes to
double quick two companies of infantry
into the to-vn , before whom the mobquick-
ly disappeared.
The casualties , so far as known , are five
killed and three wounded. All the killed
are Mexicans except ono young American
named Brecker. Thedemocrats claim that
they verc fired into , and acted upon thede-
fensive.
THIRTEEN REROUTED KILLED.
A terrible disaster occurred on the Pitts-
burg railroad on the night of the 7th , mid
way between Bnrdwell Ferry and West
Deerfield station , tho cast bound passenger
train , duo at Greenfield at G:03 p. m. , going
over an embankment 200 feet high. The
cars rolled down the long distance , then
took fire and burned up. Reports are that
thirteen persons were killed outright , and a
large number wounded , some seriously , if
not fatally. The train , at the time of tho
accident , was running at the rate of about
twenty miles an hour. A portion of the
mail was lost in the river , to tho brink of
which the train rolled.
Later intelligence from the scene of the
accident paj-s it is now thought that twenty
persons were seriously injured and seven
killed , with a number of others more or less
injured. The bodies of C. A. Temple , of
Wakefield , Mass. , and Charles Ourgin , of
Boston , were taken from the wreck. Only
three persons on the entire train arc known
to be uninjured. Ed Whitchousc probably
never knew what killed him. The wound
over his left 03-0 was a terrible one ,
and must have produced utter uncon
sciousness. When tho car struck the
water he was buried under its weight ,
and his body was found under six
feet of water. E. E. Hayden must havo
died in frightful agony. When found his right
arm was raised above his head as though
he had attempted to clutch some support.
The fingers of his hand were burned to a
crisp , and the top of his head was literally
roasted. His mouth was open as though
he had been shrieking with ngony.
ILLINOIS' XEW ELECTION' LAW.
Chicago had its first test of the new state
'lection law on the Gth. The polls were
> pened at G o'clock in the morning and
losed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Tho
city had been re-districted into small pre
cincts and in consequence the balloting pro
ceeded with very little friction. There was
a little discord at one or two down town
prufincta , but , taking the city throughout ,
the day was one of great quietness. The
republicans had candidates in sixteen wards
and supported independent candidates in
two wards , while the democrats and prohi-
bitionits had candidates in every ward.
The prohibition vole was almost nominal.
The balloting was for eighteen aldermen ,
and for town oihcers in the three towns into
which the city is divided. From a party
standpoint the results of the election are
decidedly in favor of the republicans. They
gain six aldermen.
Gem City mills , the largest flouring mills
at Quincy , 111. , were entirely destroyed by fire.
The total loss is nearly § 200,030. The build
ings were owned by a stock company of
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
WHEAT No. 2
BARLEY No. 2 48
RYE No. 2
CORN No. 2 mixed
OATS No. 2
BUTTER Choice table
BUTTER Fair to good
EGGS Fresh
CHICKENS Dressed per Ib. . .
TUUKEYS Dressed perlb. . . .
LEMONS Choice 4 00
APPLES Choice 2 50
CHANGES Mesina 2 00
BEAKS Navys 1 50
ONIONS Per bushel 1 00
POTATOES Per bushel 55
GREEN APPLES Per bbl. . . . 2 75
WOOL Fine , per Ib 14
SEEDS Timothy 2 20
SEEDS Blue Grass 1 30
HAY Baled , per ton 5 50
HAY In bulk G 00
HOGS Mixed packing 3 GO
BEEVES Fair to eood 2 50
SHEEP Heavy grades 3 00
NEW YOUK.
WHEAT No. 2 red
WHEAT Ungraded red
COKN No. 2
OATS Mixed western 37
POHK 9 58
LAUD G 2G @
CHICAGO.
FLOUR Winter 4 40 @
FLOUR Patents 4 G5 @
WHEAT Per bushel 74J@
CORN Per bushel 37&a ( > 38 i
OATS Per bushel 30 @ 30 '
PortK 942ra 952' > J '
LARD G 00
HOGS Packing &sliipping. 4 20
CATTLE Stackers 2 8G @ 4 50 <
SHEEP Natives 3 00 @ G 00 i
ST. LODIS.
WHEAT No. 2 red SO @
CORN Perbushel 30&T (
OATS Per bushel 30
HOGS Mixed packing 3 85
CATTLE Stackers & feeders 2 75
SHEEP Common to choice 3 00 _
KANSAS CITY.
WHEAT Perbushel G3 @
CORN Per bushel 27 @
OATS Per bushel 28 @
CATTLE Stackers 3 30 @
HOGS Good to choice. 4 00 @
SHEEP Common to good. . 2 75 ©
TUK ISll.l. yoit AKItlTRATlOX.
Full Text of the Mnisitrr. as Passed by the
House.
Following is tho text of the arbitration
bill as passed by the house of representa
tives. It is now before the senate and wil J
probably be passed without material
amendment :
SECTION 1. That whenever differences or
controversies arise between railroad com
panies engaged in tho transportation of
property or passengers , between two or
more states of the United States , between
a territory and state within tho territories
of the United States , or within the District
of Columbia , and the employes of said rail
road companies which differences or con
troversies may hinder , impede , obstruct ,
interrupt , or affect such transportation of
property or passengers if upon tho written
proposition of cither party to the contro
versy to submit their differences to arbi
tration the other party shall accept the
proposition then , and in such event tho
railroad company is hereby authorized to
select and appoint one person , and such
employe or employes s > s the case may bo
to select and appoint another person , and
the two persons thus selected and appoint
ed to select a third person , all throe of
whom shall be citizens of tho United States
and wholly impartial and disinterested in
respect to such differences or controver
sies ; and tho three persons thus selected
and appointed shall be , and they aro here
by created and constituted aboard of arbi
tration , with the duties , powers and priv
ileges hereinafter set forth.
Sec. 2. That tho board of arbitration
provided for in the first section of this act
shall possess nil tho powers and authority
in respect to administering oaths , Hiibpa-na-
ing witnesses , and compelling their attend
ance , preserving older during the sittings of
the board , and requiring the production of
papers and writings relating alono to tho
subject under investigation now possessed
and belonging to the United States com
missioners appointed by tho circuit court
of the United States , but in no cane shall
any witness be compelled to disclose tho
secrets or produce tho records or proceed
ings of any labor organization of which he
may be an officer or member , and said
board of arbitration may appoint a clork
and employ a stenographer , and prescribe
all reasonable rules and regulations , not in
consistent with the provisions of this act- ,
looking to tho .speedy advancement of the
differences and controversies submitted to
them to a conclusion and determination.
Each of said arbitrators shall takcan oath
to honestly , fairly and faithfully poiform
his dn tire , and that he is not personally in
terested in the subject matter in contro
versy , which oath may be administered by
any state or territorial officer authoriz.nl
to administer oaths. The third person so
selected and appointed as : i foresail ? shall
be the president of said board , and any
order , finding , conclusion or award mndo
by a majority of such arbitrators shall be
of the same force and effect as if all three
of such arbitrators concurred therein or
united in making the same.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of said
board of arbitration , immediately upon
their selection , to organize at the nearest
practicable point to the place of the origin
of the difficulty or controversy , and to
hear and determine the matters of differ
ence which may be submitted to them in
writting by all the parties , giving them a
full opportunity to be heard on oath , in
person and by witnesses , and also granting
them tho right to boji-cpresi-nted by coun
sel ; and after concluding its investigation
said board shall publicly announce its
award , which , with the findings of facts
upon which it is based , shall he reduced to
writing and signed by the arbitrators con
curring therein , and , together with the
testimony taken in the case , shall be filed
with the commissioner of labor of tho
United States , who shall make such award
public ns soon as the same shall have been
received by him.
Sec. 4. That it shall be the right of any
cmploves engaged in the controversy to ap
point by designation in writing ono or more
persons to act for them in the selection of
an arbitrator to represent them upon tho
board of arbitration.
Sec. 5. That each member of said tribu
nal of arbitration shall receive a compen
sation of § 10 a day for the time actually
employed. That the clerk appointed by
said tribunal shall receive the same fees and
compensation as the clerks of the United
States circuit courtsaml district courts re
ceive for like services. That the steno
grapher shall receive as full compensation
for his services 20 cents for each folio of
100 words of testimony taken and reduced
to writing before the tribunal of arbitra
tion. That United States marshals or
other persons serving the process of
said tribunal shall receive the same
fees and compensation for such services
as they receive for like services upon pro
cesses issued by United Stotes commission
ers. That witnesses attending before said
tribunal of arbitration shall receive the
same fees as witnesses attending before
United States commissioners. That all of
said fees and compensations shall be pay
able by the United States in like manner
as fees and compensations are payable in
criminal causes under existing laws ; pro
vided , that the said tribunal of arbitration
shall have power to limit the number of
witnesses in each rase where fees shall be
paid by the United States ; and provided.
further , that the fees and compensation of
tho arbitrators , clerks , stenographers.
marshals and others for service of
process and witnesses under this act
shall be examined and certified by the
United States district judge of the district
in which the arbitration is held before they
are presented to the officers of the treasury
department for settlement , and shall then
be subject to the provisions of section 84G
of the Revised Statutes of the United
States , and a sufficient sum of money to
pay all expenses under this act and to car
ry the same into effect is hereby appropri
ated out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated ; provided , how- I
ever , that not exceeding § 1,000 shall bo
paid out of the treasury of the United
States to defiay the expenses of any single
arbitration under this act.
TWO 3IOJIE APACHES SURRENDER.
Fort Bowie ( A. T. ) special says : Lieu
tenant Maus and scouts arrived this after
noon bringing in two more bucks of Geron-
imo's band , one a brother of Chihuahua ,
the other a brother of Kowtennay. They
had followed Maus and surrendered volun
tarily , lie thinks more hostiles are likely
to ( Jo the same. He had to abandon , the
trail of Geronimo after following it sixty
miles to near the frontier of Sonora. After
leaving his camp , the night of the 29th the
hostile.s hurried through almost impassable
mountains , stabbing their only horso after
a short distance , and breaking the trail on
the rocks. In all the sixty miles they did
not camp once. Near the frontier they
scattered in every direction , making for
their old strongholds in the Sierra Madres.
Mans had but four days' rations. His men
and stock were worn out. and he had to
drop the trail. They will probably bo
no more operations till General Miles
arriv-ps.
Judge Donahua's Traducers.
A petition signed by lawyers and citizens
has been laid before the New York bar
association , and is now under considera
tion , looking to tho impeachment of Judgo
Charles Donahue of the New York supremo
court. * The charges aro the misuse of judi
cial powers in granting injunctions restrain
ing the enforcement of the law'against
liquor selling after 1 o'clock at night and ,
against pool selling.
PASSING EVENTS.
If evr Jersey legislators talk of taking
A rest until June.
The spring cattle drive from Texas is
expected to exceed 800,000 head.
San Bernardino , Cal. , lias just had
the first sno\v-storra in four years.
Nearly a quarter of a million people
have been buried in Greenwood ceme
tery , Brooklyn
A cougar measuring fourteen feet
from tip to tin was shot recently near
Engla cliff" , Washington territory. '
One hundred thousand bushels oi
peanuts are stored in Norfolk , Va. ,
awaiting the opening of tho circus sea
son.
son.The
The English walnut is tho most pro
fitable nut-bearing tree in California.
A full crop is two hundred pounds per
tree , worth § 25. ,
There are over one hundred whole-
sale poultry dealers in New York city ,
and some of them handle daily 100 bar
rels , holding 175 pounds each. i
The ladies in New York aro pledging
themselves not to go shopping on
Saturday afternoon , in order to promote
the half-holiday movement. ,
Tho library of Princeton college ia
said to have the largest collection ol
books on baptism in the world. There
are 2.000 bound volumes and 3,000
pamphlets.
An aesthetic young lawyer of Albany
astonished the attaches of the county
clerk's oflico the other day by present
ing for record a legal paper daintily
perfumed.
The physicians having charge of tha
free dispensary in Atlanta , do not like
to have their medicine shop called a
free dispensary. They have christened
it the Atlanta polyclinic.
In China and Japan girls aro named
after some beautiful natural object , and
such names are common as Clierry-
llo\ver , Peach-blossom , Plum-blossom ,
Bamboo-leaf , Pine-woods , etc.
The question of female suflrage in
the territories has been greatly
strengthened by the statement of a del
egate from Wyoming that his mother-
in-law had voted for him repeatedly.
A tomato plant at Potrero , in south
ern California , had ( as estimated ) threo
hundred pounds of ripe fruit and about
forty pounds of green at frost time hist
season. It looketl more like an orangu
tree than a tomato plant.
Of the 219 persons who voted for Gen.
Harrison in Barrington , N. H. , in 1840 ,
thirty-one are living. All but three of
them voted for James G. Blaine.
There are living in that town three men
who voted for James Monroe at his
lirst election.
Massachusetts has expended $90,000
in the last twenty years in trying to
stock her ponds and rivers with iish.
In the rivers the effort proves a com
plete failure , and. so far as trade results
are concerned , the reports are discour
aging. Ponds , leased and protected by
sporting clubs , have been successfully
stocked , and that is about all.
The English dairymen feel the com
petition of American and Danish pro
ducers so sharply that the Cheshire
chamber of agriculture lias decided to
establish a model dairy and school of
dairy-farming. The English producers
have almost lost their own market from
a neglect to scientilic methods followed
in other countries.
A prairie dog trap is ingenous. Place
a headless barrel over the prairie dog's
hole and half 1511 it with line sand. The
little burrower will soon scratch his
way to the top of the same. But the
sand falls into the hole and fills it up.
and he can not dig another through tho
half iluid particles , neither can he climb
up the sides of the barrel.
A passenger on a small schooner sail
ing from London to Constantinople says
that for five or six days a pilot-fish
swam steadily by the side of the vessel
and only a few inches from it. At last
a gale arose and it disappeared. AH
the vessel was sailing quite rapidly tho
fish could not have slept during all the
time. A pilot-fish ha.s been known to
follow a ship for more than two weeks.
A pensive , plodding mule in Gres-
ham , Black Hawk county , Iowa , can
scent evil from afar and lay for it. A
serenading party tackled a newly-mar
ried couple recently , and while grind
ing heartrending notes from cow-bells ,
cans , and fog-horns the mule charged
on the party and put them to llight.
One sweet singer narrowly escaped
being kicked to death.
The city of Berlin , with about tha
same population as New York , has 300-
000 more square yards of streets than
the American metropolis. It has com
prehensive educational and charitable
systems , and maintains 23 free circulat
ing libraries. Its annual municipal
expenditures are under $10,000,000.
The annual expenditures of New York
are nearly $36,000,000 over $10,000-
000 being required for salaries of office
holders alone.
The monument at Saratoga to com
memorate the surrender of Gen. Bur-
goyne to Gen. Gates , Oct. 17 , 1777 , will
he appropriately dedicated next autumn.
It is proposed to invite distinguished
men from abroad , including descend
ants of French and German officers who
fought in the continental army and
representatives of the American officers
from other states who shared in the
glory at Stillwater , Bemis Heights , and
Saratoga. Senator Warner Miller will
soon introduce in congress a bill to ap
propriate $7,000 from the national
treasury for the celebration , and it is
expected that local committees will soon
raise generous contributions to make
the event a success. Several bass-re
liefs to ornament the lower story of the
interior are already completed. Among
the subjects are : "The women of tin
Revolution , George HI. and his min
isters , " "Mrs. Gen. Schuyler settins
fire to her wheat fields on the approach
of the British , " "The rally. " and "Ladj
Harriet Achles ? crossing'the lake in i
canoe in a storm to visit her husband , i
prisoner in the American camp. "