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.
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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
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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.
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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. "
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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.
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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. .
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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. '
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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 .
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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
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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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