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B JTIIQ3 TOE XATIOXAL CAPITAL. T 3"cw # I'araijrujt/is llaelng Greater or Letter B Interest. H > BQKDS. B TAe jMeretry of the treasury given notice K tfcn * 4hr pntKiptti and accrued interestn of H tfc * homiu lMMib low designated will be m ptUfttllMr tu ury nl the United States F * * WWfcwigfaiw uh the 1st or Munch , 1SS7 , B a 4 ttiwt tint interest on said bonds will H1 * < w Iiut4 day , vis : 3 per cunt bonds , B fww < t WMtvr Urn a t of congress approved JwV 12. 1 W2. and numbered us fellows : B 56 mmlnul No. • ! , both inclusive ; $100. W uti&mml. Km. 875 , to origmul No. GS2 , both K * Inuimiwc , 551)0 , or nul No. 1 : J , to original Bj f NwJMfilN > Miin8bi ! ivel,000lorigiiinlNo. ; K XJMII , U original No. 2,016 , botli inclusive ; m Sm , * * * , enginul No. 3.951) , to ordinal B 5 * 5 , Wt * i Nt Hive ; totul $13,887,000. B L'urttim * ktblmbonds culled by this cir- B MfercK 4 > tMia immediate payment with K $ M * m 4 U * d U wu premutation by enclos- K Mtf like ! - < * * m hitters forwarding the | bttaiia for mWurtioH. Tharu are now ex- K' * 4fttr $ * " .tMHMKH ) uncalled 3 pur cunt k haifci o * 4ji hHhx. B. PAOPM KillWlY DKIITH. B ISht mttsxtijuy i f Dm treasury sent a com- H MlHMCMfttMM fc * the W wst in Hinwer to the B k Hlaar w nlntum unkiHg what would be the B mri it ttfef tMMMMry , and the effect upon B Hfc # ifatitu wd tktf United States by the B. # AMrfMa > i P tA railway comianit > H , if V ? < ln h Mt i u hW No. b.3lK , nhouhl become a El kwr. Alter gtvittg a statement ol the pres- 1 mf miitin of the indebted net * * , which Bl wa th au * ji.ven a few days ago , in re- BI plf W h BMMtfNr FfHwlHt'Oii , the secretary KB ih i > fc eti UMt rMtmi aitHtial payments B | tuuim + d * X k y the l ftJ 4 d prescribed in the B > MHk .m Imm ikuM the correctly computed WF iirn timnmJ ( Niymtrnt by one-fifth of one B p4r M l ; U * , bii U nay thiiipayiuentHhould K | b * I V > , * KJ7 , MaUmd of $1,854,301 , the K ? L'iruiWiiil immmciI in the bill. II Bl TWMonetary t f the interior lmiidire-Jtcd E tiw cu 4MHi Her of the general laud otlice B tn rrnjy and plat , preparatory to ap- K ptmkt > ! mit , aH of the land * embraced in B ( for a venil atMiwdoued military reserva- I U < Mk * timt fc < i.v been turned over to the B | matmdr of Mutt dejRirtra ut under the pro- Bf vifiwui * f tke act of June 5,163-1. It in B | atttlaai ti H.t theee reservations cover an " B" iwi < Anh ttt 700.000 acred and include B | mmf * tl tim elioiee.ih agricultural Iandn in tf Htm ixtwrnl tat a and territories in which B | Sfeey k e Weat I. Fort Itandall and Fort 1/ Kfo in Lfctkutu , Fort IlarUuff , Fort Mc- B\ Ft m * a a d Camp bheridan in Nebraska S' am iiwikw the reservations embraced in ' fcfce u 8i atary'a order. [ - THK NEXT SE.HXTE. B , TWe Pout in a xtnry about change * sena- B twoiaJly. aava : Soldiers are getting ratlter B mukir the eeuateat lea.it federal soldiers EjL urn , for there are plenty of ex-cenfederatpd. BT I/i Ac senate , aa it stands , ajveuty-Hix in EC uuwtfcor. there are only seven men who Bk fought uh the union aide during the war , BJt and iut sixteen whose namu are on the EB' m ster roll of the confederacy. Of the ex- 8" twtarals it is probable that only three will EB be Mt when the senate is called to order at EV the eeMiineHcemeut of the next session. BV Varaer iltller , who i * the only private who Ef ever sat in the senate , has already been beaten. Harrison , Van W'yck , and Sewell i axe hopeless , and Ilawley is the only one of \ the Mat who comes back. He , with Man- . derson and Plumb , will have to answer to all the UiiliU to the feileral soldiers in the I Uaited States senate. Of the fifteen repub lican t > euatora who will be sworn in March 4 next , lour wore the confederate gray. j This wiH leave the enate with twenty ex- , conk-derates and only three ex-federals. I uzaixa T1II5 VETO BOWER. Ktii'jltls • / * TAthar IFixJi Wis President to ' Kill Ute lHlr-Slato Commerce Mill. Washington special : The legislative com mittee of the Knights of Labor to-night i < handed the president the following com • BiHnication urging him to veto the iutcr- btate coinuieree bill : Washington. D. C , Jan. 2C [ Grover Clevehi * * ! , President of the United states. ] -Mr. PresUlent This committee. rt'pre- 6BtM g tht lamest body or organized work- em M the nation , numbering an thev do with their dependents over u.OOO.000 , or neriy ime-tenth of the whole population , a * 4 in th Hr interest , thn'e fourtlin of them ' htil e t'mted States , desire to call your-ut- t itti > in o senate bill No. 1532 , and known aw a Vdl to re nlate intertate commerce. First 'Ve desire to say that on one side of the tjreat ( { uestions that are involved in thisnU a a lare , botly cd producers and e& sttMters , who are simple in th ir habits of life * Hd their metiiods of doing business , and | toor in purse ; antl from their hibits I uml methods of living they desire to have the laws made simple and plain , so that t < hey may be abf ! to present their claims before the courts of the land with- * out having to cont-nd with legal teehsicaiities and discriminations arising out f their inability to pay for the ablest y legul talent in the land. I i this respect the present bill , as it lias passed the senate ami house , is the aim of legal subterfuge. J There we desire to call your attention to I this and a few other objectionable features i of this bill. We regard the following ob- jectioua n-t fundamental : First The commission clause. Second The arbitrary power conferred upon the commission. Third The exclusive jurisdiction Riven ' to the federal courts to hear and determine cniues arising under the act. Fourth The acknowledged uncertainty as to the meaning of nearly all of the pro visions of the bill. In behalf of , our constituents we respect- I faMy auk yon to veto the bill. We remain ' . yours respectfully , . ILii-rn Beaumont , [ John J. McCartxkv , [ Jaiik.1 Cam pb eli. , [ National Legislative Committee of K. of L. f EXPLODED EX RO VIE. \ Fort Scott ( Kan. ) dispatch : About 200 stipes > f gunpowder exploded while in tran- [ ait over the Missouri Pacific railroad half [ a mHe west of this city at 1 o'clock this morning. The train consisted of twenty- three freight cars and fifteen ol them were \ completely demolished and the magazine \ car was blown to atoms. The engine was i badly broken up , but not b'owu ' off the track. Scott Hooker , a brakeman , was in- t atantiy killed. A great hole was blown in I the road bed and the rails , ties and ground \ torn up for several rods distant. Ten I thousand dollars worth of glass was I broken in building * throughout the cen- } tral and western part of the city. Many I thought it mi earthquake and left their ' beds and ran from their houses panic [ stricken. A report comes to-day that sev- | eral window glasses were broken at Nevada , _ Mo. , twenty-five miles distant , arid also at : Rich Hill. Houses were shaken all over I this county. i " * IXTEUXJ.L. ItEVEXUE RECEIPTS. I . Washington , D. C , Jan. 25. The collection i. of internal revenue durinjj the first six months of the fiscal year ending Jan. SO , 1SS7 , was $57,503,533 , being a decrease of $1,054,340 as compared with the correSDonglng period of I the jwevlous fiscal jear. There was a decrease of S3.222.S14 in the collections of spirits , an Increase of $6S3SS1 on tobacco , of $1,112,401 fe on fermented liquors , and of $72,052 ftoin f" mlscellaucoas sources. The total collections hs ; r m oleomargarine since November 1 amount- [ % i.d to S29S.luJ. Til ? acgregate receipts for f December were S26LS31 , less than those for [ L. December 1SS5 : the decrease ! ) elng mainly in p cofirctfouson spirits. " > THE CULLOZl 11ILZ. Tfie President of the l'rttusijlviuila lload Dls- niMes the Measure. Philadelphia Mpecial : In discusHing the probable i-ffcct of the inter-Htate commerce bill President IoberlHof , the Pennsylvania roatl , said that much depends upon the in terpretation given tosomeof its provisions by the commissioner or courts. "The first effect , however , " said Mr. Huberts , ' 'will be to partJ ! see to Home extent the general business of the country , because of the fact that the public are not prepared torso complete and radical a change in the method of transportation as the bill seeks to inaugurate. It would be difficult to change radically tlio ciiHtomary methods of doing business over tho entire country , even if such change were for the better , without for the time being suspending many oi the large transactions of busi ness. I think it thu bill is strictly enforced by all the larger and more important rail roads , which I sincerely hopo it will be , and which it will be the elfort of our com pany certainly to do , while a good many inconveniences imd absurdities will be dis covered in it , yet it has many features from which much good may be derived in many ways to the public , lb will afford the railroad companies an opportunity to show the public that the methods hereto fore adopted by them in themaitngenieut of their business have possibly been us honest and straightforward as the crude laws gov erning them , together with the cupidity ol the public , would permit them to be. The bill is generally understood by the public to bean act to enforce a more honest , up right and just administration of the affairs of railways , while I think it will in the main be found to be a bill inore calculated to prevent the public from taking an undue advantage of the necessities of the railway companies. Should it become a law our company will make use of its best efforts to fairly carry out what we may be advised by the bc t legal counsel we can obtain as to the intent and meaning of the bill. I don't wish to be understood by anything 1 have said here to be in anywise regarded as an advocate of this class of legislation. Legislation of this character , which effects probably a larger number of the whole population than any other act that could have been passed , should have been approached in a more cautious iiid intelligent way. I should recommend the formation of a commission , properly constituted , to inquire into the proper niHthodsot transacting the inter-state com merce of the country , and aUer thoroughly exnmining the subject and asserting just what dink-ulties were in the way , not only of the public receiving just and equitabl < * rates , but uf railroad companies being nI > 1 to enforce them , and from time to tinu with such knowledge to submit to congress such bills for that body to enact into laws. " In answer to questions Mr. Roberts said that it that long and short haul clause should be construed literally the rates from more distant parts of the country will be advanced and this will tend to retard the development of the west. All pools would be abolished and rates will be chaotic for a time until soma agreement is reached by the different roads. He was sure that a uniform basis of rates would come in the lung run. MOir CAXATiA. fEELS. Dominion Ministers Express Their T'ictrs Jteijitrdlna Jletallatton. Ottawa , Ont. , Jan. 20. The announcement of the passage in the United States senate of the retaliatory resolution against Cauada caused not only much excitement but consid erable uneasiness to the dominion government , as the minister had considered the matter as buncombe , not believiug that it would pass. Minister of Marine and Fisheries Foster says : "We are disposed to deal fairly. As regards the action of the United States sen ate and the retaliatory measure which it is proposed to make , the law will cut both ways and not until it has been in operation for a while will the Uuited States realize who will be the most injured by it. " As regards the proposed refusal to allow Cttiadia n cars to pass into the United State * the commissioner of customs states that such a step would necessitate similar restrictions a * regards the United States ears entering Cau ada at Windsor and passing out over the Can ada Southern at Niagara. "It will be death to our timber trade from the Ottawa district if the Icriolation proposed at Washington is carried into effect , " re marked oue of the heaviest shippers of lum ber. ' "The country would rise in arms agaiust any sovernment who , through their bungling policy , had forced the United States to place a law on their statute books which would In effVct slop commercial intercourse between the countries and close the Uuited States mar ket against $40,000,000 of our production. " Sir John Macdonald said : "I regret very much that congress has gone so far. I feel confident that there is some niwapureheiiMon in the United States. Here in Cauada we wish to live in peace and harmony with our neighbors aeross the border. We have our fishery treaty , wnieh was framed by represeu tatives of Great Britain and the Uuited States in ISIS. We consider that we have only acted as that treaty concedes we inav. The people of the United States ought to be willing to allow us the treaty rights which their own representatives granted. The Canadian government has acted according to law. It has referred its acts and the reasons therefor to the imperial government of Great Britain. It sees no reasons to change its views , no matter what may take place in other countries. " "Then you are willing to say that Canada will not recede from its present position ! " ' • Yes ; Canada's position is fixed , regardless of what may be done in the United States. " All the leading Canadian papers , irrespect ive of party , agree that Canada's position is impregnable on the fisheries question and urge the dominion government to uphold Can ada's rights at all hazards. A.t the same time the hope is expressed that the United States government will not take the course which re cent legislation indicates until every means of coming to a fair and amicable settlement is exhausted T1EWED liY TUOUSAXDS. Cleveland dispatch : In a plain black casket , at tho morgue , to-day , lay the body of Mrs. Antoinette Cabalek , the unnatural mother who on Thursday butchered three of her children and fatally wounded two others and then hanged herself. Clasped to the bosom of the dead woman was the body of baby Willie. In a white casket near the black one lay the bodies of Annie and Mamie , the other two innocents. Thousands of people were attracted to tho place and it required tho services of a de tail of police to keep tho crowd in order. This afternoon tho bodies were buried at the city infirmary farm. No prayer was said or other religious services attempted. The two coflins were deposited in oim grave : James and Ionia , the little boy and girl who were bo terribly wounded by the fiendish mother , are still alivo at the city liosjrital. Vaelor Cabalek shows signs of insanity , and it is feared that the awful trouble will unsettle his reason. A SOT COUXTERFEITER. Boston dispatch : George McK. Fergus , aged 19 years , was arrested at Pond Eddy , N. Y „ yesterday by a United States mar shal and brought to this city on an extra dition warrant. It is alleged that Fergus passed a counterfeit check at Greenock , Scotland , and absconded with $3,700 be longing to the school board at that place. Fergus had a companion with whom lit came to this country. His companion fin ally took most of the money , leaving Fer gus penniless. * . • < ELECTRICITY VS. IIAXOIXG. Attempts to Change the mode of Capital Punishment. Buffalo ( N. Y. ) Bpeciul : Tho report ol tho capital punishment commission will bo presented to tho legislature on Tuesday next. Dr. Southwick , of thiB city , member of the commission , was asked what the re- Biilt of tho commission's labors would be. Ho replied , ' Tho weight of opinions ex pressed in tho replies received by the com mission in the circular sent out to promi nent lawyers , judgt-B and others in tho state , nsking their views on the subject , is uguiust hanging and in favor of electricity. Tho report , therefore , will bo in favor ol the adoption of boiiio electrical apparatus for executions. That is tho end to which I have been working forsixyearH , and if tho report of our commission does not cul minate in tho passage or a bill abolishing liniigiug , I uliitll begin to think I have been working in vain. I havo noticed that the bill introduced in our legislature last year was copied in Paris and a Himilar one bus been introduced by a Frenchman in the legislative body of France. Germany has taken up the question , and I have just read that in New Jersey attention has been called to our agitation of the matter. I wish that tho Empire state would take tho initiative in this step toward broad humanity. The only argument that can bo brought in favor of hanging is that of its deterrent effect , but I maintain that a painless death would have just the bhiijo influence upon society if it were accom plished in secret. Let the prisoner be con fined in a state prison and bo removed from life painlessly and secretly , without the hurrah and sensation that attends a hanging. " DOTS AXD DASHES. A La Cro3sc dispatch says a passenger train on the Burlington road ran over a sleigh load of people a mile south of Nelson. Alexander Dream , engineer on a steamboat , was killed , and William Mailer , J. F. Schenhcrger and James Kane were injured but none fatally. Advices from Guanntatno report the explo sion of a boiler on the estate of Senor Miguel and the killing of five persons and wounding of twelve others. The loss was considerable. The cable of the French company between this country and France is broken at some point between St. Pierre and Brest , A company of Italians has undertaken to light Home by electricity generated by water- power at the Tivoli falls. Excitement has been occasioned among the colliers throughout Scotland by a strike of three thousand miners at Airdrie for an ad vance of a shilling per day. Thomas B. Connery , a New York journalist , has been nominated secretary of the legation to Mexico. The Michigan house passed bills to break up the stockades in the lumber and mining camps and to prohibit the importation of Pinkertou detectives into the state. Another dynamite cartridge has been ex ploded on the Geary street cable road in San Francisco. A large piece of iron was broken out of a car-wheel. The heirs of Reno W Renault propose to hold a meeting in Pittsburgh next month and pre pare papers for a suit to recover large tracts of laud in Illinois and Missouri , including $40 , - 1)00,000 ) worth in Peoria. A German has been arrested In London for writing threatening letters to Baron de Roth schild. The American whaling fleet has degenerated to 121 vessels , one third of which are offered for sale. The total catch of the vear just ended was 20.000 barrels of oil and 300,000 pounds of whalebone. THE CHURCH AXD LABOR. Buffalo ( N. Y. ) special : Rt. Rsv. S. V. Ryan , bishop of the Catholic diocese oi Buf falo , to-day issued the pastoral letter giv ing the decisions of the recent synod of Catholic priests. The utterances of tho bishop , although guarded on the labor question , show that he is opposed to tho theories of Henry George. HesayB : "Labor and capital , the working classes and moneyed aristocracy , may look for even- handed and impartial treatment at the hands of God's church. Yet no one can fail to see where her sympathies lie or to whom her heart goes out in interested affection ; nor will anyone be deceived as to the char acter of those who threaten her with loss and defection from her ranks should she fail to conciliate them by a betrayal of divine trust or a cowardly connivance at moral wrong. Shame then on the man or the men who for paltry considera tions under the mask of friend ship , under pretense of patriotism , or love of native land , for the sake of filthy lucre or the pretext of temporal gain , would insinuate to a Catholic to barter away his birthright for a mess of pottage , become a renegade to the faith thatlms \ sustained and consoled his fathers through generations of persecution ; to abandon a church whose temple and altars , whose priests and sacraments have brightened the poor exile's pathway through life and opened to him the beautiful view of tho happy homo above. How her enemies would gloat over defections fromherranks , and then point the finger of corn at her rebellious children. Therefore , ' > e warn all faithful Catholics to be on their guard and mark the men or organizations that would institute such poltroonry or deem them capable of such base apostacy. " CAXXOT EXTERTAIX THE SUIT. Milwaukee dispatch : The famous suit of Daniel Wells , Jr. , against Peter Mc- Geoch , the well known speculator , with whom ho was associated in a disastrous lard deal at Chicago in 1883 , was decided by Judgo Mann in the county court this morning in favor of McGeoch. the suit being dismissed with costs. The suit grew out of a great lard deal. Wells and Mc Geoch advanced $450,000 to settle the affairs of the stranded firm of McGeoch , Everingham it Co. , and immediately there after Wells brought suit against McGeoch charging the latter with securing , through misrepresentation , his ( Wells' ) half of the amount paid in settlement. The court de cided that Wells was fully informed of the particulars of the deal , and therefore there was no fraud ; that it was a "lump" settle ment that must stand in the absence of detailed accounts by Wells. Furthermore , the judge says , the dealings of the firm were gambling contracts and conspiracies against the public nolicy , and for that reason the court could not even entertain the suit. The court room was crowded and the de cision was received with a great deal of in terest. UXEARTHIXG FRAUDS SOUTH. Washington special : The officials of the first comptroller's office are delighted over 'the succt'88 or two examiners of the depart ment oT justice ingettingdown to the frauds committed by the United States commis sioners and deputy United States marshals in the northern district of Alabama. For some time past the comptroller's office has been stnrtled by the enormous billsBentby the commissioners and marshals for fees , expenses and expenditures from this dis trict in Alabama. There are other dis tricts in the South and Southwest which look suspicions , but the northern district of Alabama leads them all. . I * - , - - - - - - . - - . . . . . - ' - -n 'i- m , I , , Mtyj . Ji j-T , , . , , . i A FORMIDAHLE STRIICE. FtflU 2/iousand Laborers Unite in One Common Cause. New Yoitir , Jan. 2r By noon to-day , If the programme adopted last night Is carried out , no work will be done on the water fronte ol , New York , Brooklyn and Jersey City. Nearly S0,000juen will be more or less involved. They will include longshoremen , grain handlers , coal heavers , grain trimmers , bag sewers , canal boatmen , tug boatmen , lighter men aud every' description of worklngmen. If this war is declared no vessel will be able to leave port , as the pilots will be drawn Into the struggle. Their Interests are with the workmen and It Is alleged that out of sympathy , if for no other reason , they will refuse to take out the ships. Already steamship companies have begun to feel lb * effects of the trouble and now that the strike .z made general the difficulty will be much greater. The idea of the executive board of district assembly No. 49 Is that only by general action can the demands of the men be enforced. The matter has been referred to the general executive board of Kulghts of La bor and met with their sanction. Twenty thousand men arc now on a strike , coal 6hovelers , longshoremen , freight handlers and men employed on the river front in almost every capacity and the number is augmented to close on 40,000 by strikers on the Brooklyn and Jersey shores. In consequence it is al most impossible for any of the 6teamers for Europe or coastwise to leave the port. An or der went forth yesterdav from the headquar ters of the Longshoremen's union , which was backed bv the Knights of Labor assembly No. 40 and this morniiig the men turned out. The Old Dominion line has got a few men working and at the headquarters of strikers * it was reported at noon that a number of the green hands who were taken on Monday had joined the strikers. The men are considera bly elated at the favorable reports that the walking delegates are bringing in. One dele gate stated that not a single steamer had been able to take a regular supply of coal , and conse quently would not be able to snil on thedav of appoiiftment. At the Cuuard docks the Gal lia could not be discharged because a majority of the piece men turned out. The next move will be to get the engineers on the tug boats to refuse to btirn coal or tow it In. Other labor organizations who arc de pendent on the coal supply will be compelled to quit work. The ferry boats are seriously inconvenienced on account of the lack of coal. No disturbance occurred up to noon. The strikers believe the dispute will be settled be fore the end of the third day. The strike along the river front of Brooklyn also went into effect this morning. All the men went out quietly , peaceably and deter minedly. Freight accumulated on the docks ready for shipment , while several vessels were waiting to discharge cargoes. At the Morgan company's dock , pier 35 , the men went to work this morning , as the com pany agreed not to handle anv bovcotted freight. The dockmastcr had hard work to keep pnee with the demand , as much freight that had been delayed in consequence of the boycott and strike is now being moved. At the pro duce dock a steamer was got away at 2 o'clock this morning. It should have sailed on Tues day night. The Pequot , of the same line , ar rived to-day , but could not be unloaded be cause the longshoremen had gone out There were a number of foreigners , supposed to be Portuguese , and with deck hands some cargo was removed. In the office of the dockmaster it was stated that the company bad got all the coal it required for use of its steamers , and al so the men it needed to unload the Pequot. On the dock were about twenty men at work , but the scene was dull to that usually present ed on the arrival of a Providence boat and when there are 300 or 400 men at work on a vessel which is usually unloaded and loaded again , ready to sail again in a few hours. Sev eral canal boats laden with coal were laid up at the bulkheads , but there was no one to un load them. An Anchor line steamer was docked , but no attempt was made to unload her after the passengers had drbarked. Both piers 20 and 21 , belonging to this company , were guarded by the police. At pier 3 , North river , there were vc-sels waiting to have their freight moved , but no men could be procurred to do the ork. It is expected that the Transatlantic steam ers due out Saturday will not be able to sail on account of their having no means of get ting the vessel's coal supplv aboard. The White Star liner Brittanic " was to have left port this morning , but she was unable to get lier complement of coal and was detained. The State of Georgia , of the State line , and theSuevia , of the Hamburg line , the Inde pendent , of the Florio Rubotino line to Italy , were all detained by the strike. The Gallia , of the Cunard line , the Dovonia , of the Anchor line , the La Bourgoync for Havre , the W. A. Schlotti'n for Amsterdam , the Penn- land , of the Red Star line , are moored for sail ing on Saturday , but will probably not be able to do so unless the strike is settled. The coastwise and southern bound steamers due out to dav , aud the Trinidad for Bermuda , the City of Columbus for Florid a ports , the City of Columbia for Charleston and Southern ports , and the Algiers for Galveston , were also delayed. Tlae Morgan line longshoremen who had twice struck and gone back , subsequently went out again on the order of a "beach walk er. " The work of loading the steamer Al giers Avas discontinued Big piles of freight are stacked up on the pier awaiting shipment. About 4 o'clock this afternoon thirty Italians were secured and put to work. The strikers made no trouble beyond jeering at the Italians. The Helvetia , of the National line , reached here this afternoon and discharged passengers. No attempt was made to unload freight. At the same pier a Ecore of green bauds were load ing the Erin. A coal barge was alongside and the crew were filling the bunkers. The com pany hope to be able to clear the vessel by high tide Friday. The French line people say they have all the men they need. Four gangs were loading coal on the La Bourgoync and three gangs were loading cargo at the three hatches. The non-union men arc of all nation alities. A sufficient number of men have been obtained to work by the White Star line. They will have the Brittauic rcadv to 6ail on Friday. This will be one day late. The Wyoming ar rived at the Guion docks at noon. Later in the day men were put at work unloading cargo. lXJtEUALF OF THE IXDIAXS. Washington special : Senator Mander- son , on behalf of "Young-Man-Afraid-of- His-IIorses , " George Swords , Standing Sol dier. Joseph Fast Horse and W. T. Selwyn or the Ogalalla Sioux , has addressed a let ter to Commissioner J. D. C. Atkins asking that the government bear their expenses to Washington on two matters of consid erable importance to their tribe and to the whole Sioux nation. The first subject matter pertains to their court establshed at Pine Ridge agency , in 1SS4. Of this court , 'Yoiiiig-Man-Afiaid-of-IIis-IIorses , " was elected chief judge , while "No Fletdi" was named Tor second judge. This court affords trial by jury in all minor cases , and has undoubtedly done a zreat deal of good in civilizing the Indians. The fact that these Indians have voluntarily imitated the white man's methods of securing order and obedience to law is a most interesting fact. The court has received recognition from the various Indian agents at Pine Ridge , but mine as yet from the Indian de- of the government , and these In dians desire to have a "talk" and a "smoke" with the great lather about it. . FIRE IX DEXTER. Denver special : A disastrous firo oc curred at 4 o'clock this morning. The cor ral of Gerge L. Goulding , corner of Six teenth and Wnzee streets , was destroyed. Thirty-five head of stock were burned. The burnt stock consisted oT eight thor oughbred Galloway bulls , the property of Leonard Bros. , of Misouri , valued at SS00 to $1,000 each ; 11 imported Jersey cows , the property of McClintock , a Kentucky breeder , valued at $225 each ; 2 horses , 1 shorthorn bull , arnd 1 steer. Tho total loss of stock is about $13,000. The loss on building is $1,000 ; insurance , $10,000. The fire was caused by a tramp sleeping in the hay loft. - ' : TTr-r.r- T.r.iigTTvr-rjf . ii , . .mill' . ' llBBgSWtefcilfcasMB r SEXATOR JXGALnS' IDEAS. Annexation of Canada and Central America to the United Stale * . Washington special : Mr. W. W. Curtis , of the Chicago. News , had an interview with Senator Ingalls this afternoon , of which tho ' following is un extract : Senator Ingnlls declares himself , with his characteristic emphasis , as in favor of the annexation of Canada , andtho entire Central American states. He coined a word to express his doctrine , and it was a "continental repub lic. " The unanimity of tho assault upon him by the English and Canadian papers since his speech on the fisheries resolution would seem to indicate that tho blows ho struck were felt , and were a good deal more than a disturbance of thin air. That he struck a popular chord in this country is fihown by the deluge of letters that set in upon him tho day after his speech was de livered , and still continue with increasing numbers. He bus received a good ninny from Canada , as well as from citizenn of the United States , aud all the Canadian letters were anonymous , vituperative , vin dicative and insolent to the Inst degree. The letters received from this country have come from every state that could send a mail as far as Washington since tho Inst debate , and are all congratulatory , enthu siastic and grateful. I asked the senator to show mo some of the letters , aud pointing to a great pile on his desk , he said I was at liberty to help myself , , and after boiiio urging permitted me to make copies oT a few samples , without giving the names. I asked him if h had read the attacks upon himself in the English and Canadian papers. "My attention lias been called to ilieui , " he replied. "The tone of the editorials in the leading London journals is a Turther illustration of the temper cd England and the Knglish people toward America and our institutions. They attempt to divert the issue from the gravity of the accusation to the insignificance of the accuser. The real question is not whether Mr. Ingalls is obscure , but whether his allegations are true or false. No Hupercillious allusions to me or my state can distract attention from the real principles in the controversy. We have been so submissive , so forbearing in the past , that the world is coming to be lieve us a nation of cowards. There has been such a transfusion of the dry rot of nnglomania into our social system , such an adoption of tho single glass , and the "aw , " the jargon , and the raiment of Eng land , so much llap-doodleand whipsylabub , tea. custard , < ind nonsense about kin dred blood and tho land of Skakespeare and Milton , that there has been a tem porary aberration of the intelligent , and a suspension of self respect on their part of the American people who forget that England is the only enemy we have on the face of the earth. It is timo that the American people awake to the fact that the statesmanship of the nineteenth cen tury requires the unification of this conti nent under one homogenous government from the frozen sea to the inter-oceanic canal , whenever it may be built. The canal should be our southern boundary. My dream , and I believe the nettled con victions of tilts American people is a conti nental republic. That is the manifest des tiny , that is tho inevitable tendency of the political forces of the American people. It is their only safety , and instead oT wasting our power in petty iutigues with savages for a naval station in the Pacific sea , a wiser and more commanding policy would be to establish relations of international friendship with our Canadian neighbors on the north and our Spanish neighbors on the Bouth , and not permit the machina tions of Great Britain to foment disturb ances that will defer such an alliance or render it impossible. " 1 asked Senator Ingalls to give me bis ideas on the continental republic : a little more in detail , but he said he intended to say something on this subject in the senate soon and did not want to spoil his speech. IIEARi\ti A MORMOS'S PLEA. Washington dispatch : The United Slates : ! supreme court listened to arguments this afternoon on the appeal of Lorenzo Snow , a Mormon citizen of Utah , indicted , tried , found guilty on three separate charges of unlawful cohabitation with seven women whom he called his wives and s-cntenced in each case to nix months imprisonment in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $300 and costs. After he had served out his fuse term tie applied to the Third district court or Utah for discharge on a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he had only committed one continuous offense ami that the judgment in two of the cases were void. He maintained that the court which tried him had no right to segregate a continuous offense into separate and dis tinct periods and then try and punish him three times for the same offense. The dis trict court , however , decided that , upon his own showing he was not entitled to a discharge , and therefore denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. From that decision he appealed. A POOR PLACE FOR PUGILISTS. Cleveland dispatch : Pete McCoy and "Reddy" Gallagher were arrested Tuesday for engaging in a mill within pistol shot of tho office of the superintendent of police. To-day the case came un in the police court. McCoy and his trainer , John Files , pleaded guilty , saying they wanted to pay their fines and quit the city. Gallagher and his friend entered pleas of not guilty. To the consternation of the Philadelphia pugilist , the judge fined him $100 and costs and sen tenced him to the work house for thirty days , while Files got $50 and costs and thVty days. Amotion Tor a new trial was filed and McCoy and Files were released on $500 bail each. The motion will be ar gued and decided to-morrow. iiieloxg imoutnrr over. A Times dispatch from Fort Worth , Texas , says : "Th s morning a generous and great rain fell four hours in this part of the stale , and the long drouth extend ing from September last is ended. Reports have bt-en received from Parker , Wichita , Wise , Pinto and Hood counties , to the west and northwest , and all say t.at the rain has wet the dry soil from two to four inches. Farmers are preparing to plow at once , and if the aid asked for in the way of seed is extended at once it can be planted in time. W'uter wheat has been received and grass is in fine condition. More rain is probable and a feeling of rejoicing is gen eral. REMARKABLE FAITH CURES. Anamaso ( la. ) special : Our city is con siderably excited over a number of faith cures that have been performed here. Mr. Jacob Meek , of Strawberry Hill , a part or AnainOsa , has cured several aggravated cases of rheumatism by simply laying on of hands. One man who was bedridden with the disease for several years is now earn ing his living by sawing wood , ha\ing been cured by Mr. Meek , who makes no preten tions but is very humble and unostenta tious. It is a wonderful thing and is claim ing no little attention from all over the country. Representatives of several packing-houses in Kansas City have made arrangement to ship their goods to Europe by way of Mem phis and New Orleans. Warehouses for tiiis trade are to he constructed in the latter city by a steamship company. Br ff MMlTnir | BsmtSBfflr B\r | EVILS TO HE COXTEXDEI ) WITH. | 9 They Are Set Forth In a Mass Meeting of I \V r York orklngmetu fi New Vouic , Jan. 27. A mas * meeting of gj worklngmen was held at the Cooper union , B ; this evening , to protest against the action of Rf the coal managers nnd steamship companies , jjl and to take measures that will lead to a speedy ] settlement of the -sentdifficulty. . AboutS- { OK ) persons were present , and a large jiollcc | ] force was on hand to preserve order. Hugh | Grennnn presided. He denounced I'iukertou's -i men for committing murder , and said the f | worklngmen must keep on organizing. Thu b first speaker , Victor Drury. said the working- jjj men believe in speaking lor themselves , work- Ej | ing for themselves and lighting for themselves. J One of the principal evils with which they had ; J to contend , and the evils which lend up to all i-l evils , was that land was monopolized. Land fS was created for all and not for a few specula- .i tors. It becomes our duty to educate work- K ingmen up to such a standard that it will be , - impossible to keep them in subjection any , . longer. He concluded by saying : "Push on , ! push on ; to-day we bleed , to-morrow we com mand. " * lb-solutions were adopted calling upon the government for the protection against the murderous onslaughts of Piukerton detectives , g and to bring the guilty persons to a speedy L' trial. John McMackin , chairman of the unit- | cd labor party , denounced the action of Pink- | erton'sdetectives , and said if blood was spill- W cd the in settlement of the labor question , the | resimnsible parties were those who pull the a strings hehind the curtain. Organized labor , I lie said , will assert its right , and if possible I will not b ; drawn into controversy with the t , organized authorities. But organized labor r will not permit private detectives to shoot \ down innocent women and children. Organ- [ > ized labor will not penult it to continue anv longer. There is a time when a man will " stand for Ids home and family. It was . on tin : ; government alone that rests the responsibility t for most of the recent outrages. T. B. McGuircJa prominent Knight of Labor , said it was surprising that workiiigmcn during the past , few weeks have kept their temper so K well. Thifc was oue of the greatest countries i in the world , but it was the capitalists that 1 own all the good things , and when the work- p iiigman goes to look for his share thugs were . F hired to shoot them. He trusted that not a i * . single man would go back to work until the | ' tight was won. j ) flumes E. Quinu , master workman of district I assembly 40 , said if private corporations were | allowed to engage armed forces to protect , as [ ir it was said , their property , workiiigmcn should I V adopt the same plans to protect their property. f J This was the work of the Home club. No i j Piukerton thugs would be allowed to obstruct j the labor movement in the future. The meet- 1 ing was addressed by George Duncan and I others. ' _ _ _ . / YOUTHFUL CRIMISALS. \ PirrsncKG , Pa. , Jan. 27. The police at { Wilkes Barrc has discovered a regularly or- ' * ' ganized gang of robbers , the oldest of whom J is 11 and thej-oungest 5ycars of age. Six of f them have been arrested and about as many K more have made their escape , but will soon j - be apprehended. Their tnieviug operations { were conducted on a large and systematic j scale. They have robbed at least forty mer- t * chants , and their pilferings root up about \\i $5,000 as far as known. This Is believed to ba the vounrcst organization of outlaws In the f world. Many of the boys belong to respect able families . - j A CHIEF CLERK RESIGXS. ? Washington special : The resignation of [ Maj. George M. Lockwood or New York , t who has been chief clerk of tlie interior de partment for the last seven or eight years , I wan accepted to-day by Secretary Lamar. , Maj. Lockwood placed bis resignation in the hands of the secretary when the latter took charge oT the department , and at the latter ' s request he has remained in the de partment up to the present time. Maj. Lockwood has made arrangements to go into business in New York city. Bowers Used tlie Pass. I . "The Union Pacific folks were awful glad f when a certain man died in Omaha the other ' . lay , " said one of tlie agents of that line. \ "His name was Bowers. About a dozen years f ago he tared a train from running into a i washout near his farm , and the Un on Pacific i folks felt grateful to him. Mr. Clark , who was then Superintendent , but who is now with the Milwaukee and St. Paul Road , sent for Bowers and offered him $500. Bowers modest- , , ly declined tho money , hut when Mr. Clark t proposed to make him out a pass good for the c I rest of his life he said he didn't object. ! 1 Wiien Clark was engaged making out the pass j j I Bower3 said : 'Would you mind mnk ng out ' , I the pass good for a friend i I might want to k • go to Salt Lake City some day and take a i ' i frined of mine down to sec my uncle' "Of course , Mr. Clark felt so grateful ho r 'didn't mind' making it our good for a friend ; r * j in fact , he was willing to do most anything at that time. The pass was sent up to headquar ters , where it received the signature of tho President and General Passenger Agent and was returned to Bowers. "Well , now , what do you think ? For twelve years he has been riding from Omaha to Salt 'Lake City , from Palt Lxke City to Og- den , aud other points along tiie line , , and nev er alone. He alwais had a'friend'with him. The friend was usually some commercial trav eller. In short , Borwcrs had made railroad rid ing a regular business for the past twelve years. He made arrangements with various wholesale and jobbing houses to carry their men , and booked his engagements a month ahead sometimes. When these failed ho picked up stray passengers here and there. After paying his sleeping-car and other ex penses he had from $ G to $8 a day clear profit. Out of this profit he managed to amass a sung little fortune. He tried to use his pass on the Imited express , but the company would not have it. When he did attempt it lie wa3 lablc to be ejected between stations , even if the train was going up grade. In fact , tho company wanted to refuse to carrv him at all , " but its "lawyer concluded that the trial for damages would be too expensive. The travel ling men are sorry Bowers has made his exit. " Han Jr ' rmiei o / ' < • • ' . Ituasia ' Lsast Sovereign. ! For two generations past it has been prophe sied that the reigning sovereign of Russia would prove her Louis XVI. , but he does not yet sceem to have appeared. The writer wa3 in St. Petersburg at the time of the late em peror's murder , and the general gloom which pervaded the whole city directly it was known and the sorrow and anxiety on the face of al most cveryb' .Kiy one met i d not look as if monarchy were very speedily to be extinguish ed there. The conspirators were hangcil early in the morning in the presence of a large crowd , who only seemed surprised that they were allowed to make their exit from this world with io little suffering. All educated Russians evidently felt an interest in and sympathy with the young sovereign who had * ascended the throne under such painful cir cumstances , and it certainly seemed as if im perialism , if not autocracy , in Russia had still a long lease of life. That Russian statesmen might be tempted to get rid of an expensive court anil an overgrown royal family wc might easily believe , were it likely to improve their financial condition , whiehj after all , is not , perhaps , quite so desperate as it suits Berlin and \ lenna bankers to make ont. But the experience of France may be quoted to show that a republic may be not less costly than a monarchy , and it is certain that Russia like Austria , would infallibly break up into a va- ( rietv of hostile nationalities , to "her complete political efTacement if the dynasty which . ; alone binds her discordant elements together 4 were once overthrown. / nduii World. 'i " 1" "Da' V "Waiter , is this squab all right squab's all right , sho' enough , sah. He was iu de nest not two hours befor' you ordered 3j him , sah. " "In the nest , ehl I thought he , might have been on the roost. I've just found a spur an inch long on him. If it had been a gaff. I'd have thought vou caught him in the pit. 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