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X ELEVENTH YEAR OMAHA , rUliSDAY MORNING , JANUARY 10 1882. NO. 172
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Proceedings in the Senate , and
The Introduction of Bills Doing
About thu Only .Business .
Transacted.
The FiguroH Which Dr. Bliss
Will Present as Billn for
Sorvioes on Qarfleld.
MUcollantvonn Dlspntohei From the
Nntlonnl Capital-
CONGRESS
NkUon l Amoclatcd I'rom.
rUOCKKIIINlIK IV TllK HKNATR.
WAHUINUTON , January 9. r- Some
twenty petitions for legislation on
commerce by railroads wore presented
and referred ; also , sundry petitions
for the repeal of the Ux on bank de
posits.
Senators Hill ( Ga.and ) Jonas intro
duced bills looking for abrogating the
treaty with the Hawaiian Islands.
Mr. Rollins introduced a bill fortho
organization of the territory of Okla
homa.
Mr. Teller ollorod a resolution call
ing upon the secretary of the treasury
for a copy of tlio decision of the com
missioner of the .uenoral land office
and the order of the then secretary
( Schurz ) overruling the same and re
storing the lands to the Northern
Pacific railroad company ; laid ever at
the request of Mr. McMillan.
On motion of Mr. Bayard , tna
house resolution thanking thoKh6divo
of Egypt was then taken up and
passed.
Senator Hoar's resolution for a sect -
ct committee on woman suffrage came
np and was passed by 35 to 24 Sen
iors D. Davis and Jones ( Fla. ) voting
yn.
Senator Sherman's S per cent fund
ing bill was then taken up.
Mr. Yost offered an amendment
making the bonds receivable an a
basis for national bank circulation
and security for public deposits.
Mr. Bayard characterized the vol
untary refunding of bonds by their
holders at a much lower rate of inter
est as unprecedented and a tribute to
the republican institutions. Ho" op
posed the reduction of interest as a
dangerous expedient , holding that it
the bonds wont below par currency
would decline. Ho appealed to the
senators to lot well enough alono.
ITo did not believe the welfare of the
people would be advanced by the
measure. It was of no consequence
to Great Britain whether her bonds
were at par or not. In this she was
unlike our country , and her 3 per
cents had been at par but twice in
twenty years.
Mr. .Beck advocated 'that congress
limit the amount of bonds to 82,000 ,
000 , instead of § 3,000,000 as proposed
by the oricinal bill , or § 4,000,000 as
proposed by Mr. McPherson , as that
would put out ot the power of the
government to pay its own debt from
surplus revenues without , bonds at
such prices anybody might demand
for them.
Mr. McPherson complained that
Mr. Bayard's comparison of our bonds
with British consols was unfair , as it
was in the jxiwer of England to tax
the entire interest away , while our
bonds could not bo taxed.
At 2:30 : p. in. the senate went into
executive session.
At 2:40 : p. m the president sent to
the senate the nomination of Col.
Jack Whorton as United States mar
shal for the eastern district of Louis
\ iana.
PHOCKKIilMH IN THK 1IOUSK.
The house met at 12 m. After the
reading of the journal Mr Kelley in
troduced a resolution from the com
mittee on waj's and means , referring
the message of the president to the
( ovcral committees of thu house.
On motion of Mr. Hincoek the
committed on appropriations was a"th-
omod to sit during the Hussion of the
house. This bying the regular bill
day , thu house proceeded to the call
ot states for bills us follows :
By Mr. Shelly , to reduce fees to bo
paid by officers of steam vowels for
certificate of license to SO cents.
By Mr. P.igo , to make the miniver
wry of the discovery of America a
legal holiday in the United Status ; also
imposing a duty of 25 cents per p nind
on pyrethrum flowers ,
By Mr , Belford , to establish a bu
reau of mines and milliner , and a bu
reau of manufactures and labor sta-
stistics ; also a resolution calling on
the secretary of the treasury for in
formation as to the number of ounces
of silver bullion purchased by the
treasury department each month from
March , 1878 , up to thu prcsant time.
By Mr. Phelps , to jirovido for the
issue by national banking institutions
of notes of lower denomination than
five dollars.
By Mr , Finloy , to reduce letter
postage to two cents ,
By Mr. Smith (111. ( ) , a bill provid
ing for the diHlribtition of pure vac-
ino virus to thu people.
By Mr , Payson , to establish acourt
of appeals ; also , a bill to regulate the
issue of coin certificates ; also , resolu
tions of inquiry as to tlio number und
tlio amount of capital of banks organ
ized sincu .Inly 1 , 1881 , und the num
ber , circulation , capital and securities
of h.uiks whose charters expire within
two years from January 1 , 1882 ; also ,
t bill to regulate the reserves of the
'treasury ; also , a bill , to give Ameri
can registers to foreign built iron clad
will i stool vessels
By Mr. Ford , a bill to revive and
eontin. po Iho courl of commissions of
AUhaiiuia claims , and to distribute the
unappropriated money ° f "lo Geneva
* Tly Mr' Flower , to abolish the tax
on banks m patent medicines , matches
nd urticl'Ius affected by thu stamp tax
Mr. H aoltzhoovur otfored a joint
rosolutioi > proposing to so amend the
eonstituli' in of the United States BO
as to apply the principle of minority
representatives to the election of
president and vice president. It pro
poses to give to the citizens of each
state the ri hl 'to , vol 'directly fet ;
president And vice president , and pro
vides for the computation and return
of such votes to a board constituted of
the highcxit officials in each Htato , who
hall decide the electoral vote to
which each oiato is entitled in the
ratio of. the popular vote so cast and
returned. * The resolution provides
also fully for all machinery necessary
tq offoctuuto the purpose * of the
amendment- .
By.Mr. Bayno , giving an addi
tional senator for each million people
to stales having over two millions
and making them elected by the
people ,
By Mr. Whitthorne , n resolution
providing for a commercial treaty with
Mexico and to Hocuro protection to
capital and labor of United States
citizens invontoU in railroads in that
republic.
By Mr. Dozonclorf , an appropria
tion forthenovy to be available imme
diately : lor the bureau of construc
tion and repairs , $275,000 ; steam en
gineering , (50,000 ; equipment and
recruiting , 8170,000 ; total , 500,000.
The bouse , on motion of Mr. Kelley -
ley , wont into committee of the whole
on the distribution of the piosident's
message to iiroper committees , Mr.
llifcock in the chair Considerable
discussion ensued on that portion
of the report referring to that part of
the message relating to the dis
continuance of silver coinage and sil
vcr certificates to the committee on
ways and means , Mr. Belford sug
gesting it should go to the coinage ,
weights and measures committee.
This caused the eastern men , who are
opposed to silver , to prick up their
ears Mr. Bucknor amended by a
resolution to refer to the commitlee
on bunking and currency. A vote
taken resulted in the adoption of Mr.
Buckner's amendment by 10 ( ! to 4t. !
The speaker assigned Mr. Heed to
the position on the committee on
rules , reltmmished by Mr. Orth ; also
appointed Messrs. Knsson and Tucker
regents of the national deaf and dumb
asylum , and Messrs Deoring , Taylor
and Cox regents of the Smithsonian
institute.
A communication was received from
the president of the United States
transmitting the report of Tidball and
Shallcross on straw bids ; the com
munication is similar to that present
ed to the senate on Friday. The
message was referred to the commit
tee on postofticcs and post roads.
Number of bills presented in the
house to-day , 789.
Adjourned at 5:20 p. m
BIO FIOURES.
National Associated Press.
PAY ASKK1) ) KOK OAJlPIBLD's RUOOEON8.
WASHINGTON , January 9. Dr.
Bliss has returned from New York
whore ho had' a consultation with
others of GarCold's surgeons with a
view to presditiyg , their .claims for
services to congress. It is understood
Bliss will ask § 50,000 for himself ,
$25,000 for Agnew and $25,000 for
Hami ton , ? 5,000 for [ Royburne , and
$1,000 for Boy n ton and Edson each
as nurses. Woodward and Barnes ,
being officers of thu United States ,
cannot receive direct rscomponsn and
will be promoted. It is believed
Bliss' discrimination against Boynton
will cause a row in his favor by Mr.s.
Garfield , Col. Rockwell and Gen.
Swaim.
CAPITA ! . NOTES.
National AMoctatcd Pn-s )
THK t'TAH CONTK8T.
WASHINGTON , January 9. The
Utah election contest which comes up
in tha house on Tuesday promises to
occupy a good portion of the week.
It arose on a question of order us to
whether Mr. Campbell , who conies
with the certificate of thu governor ,
should take the seat on this prima
facie evidence of election , Mr. Can
uon's claim is based on the fact that
ho received u huge majority of the
votes cast. Several questions enter
into thu contest as to Mr. Cannon's
title. The one as to his citixonship is
to be determined , as is also whether
or not in the ab.sunco of proof of
naturaliiuition , Mr. Campbell is en
titled to the soat. Mr. Cannon re
ceivcd 18,58i ( votes to lj."i" ; cast for
Mr. Campbell. The former has thu
certificate of the secretary 4if thu tor
ntory ot the votus cast , while the lat
ter holds a certificate from the gover
nor , proceeding upon the alleged fact
that he was the only candidate voted
for because rf the disability of the
other contestant.
MIMJKU.ANKOt'.S.
Secretary Hunt loft for Now York
this afternoon to act as a pall bearer
at the funeral of ox-ministor Staugh
ton
Senator Beck at 1 o'clock tomorrow
row intends to deliver a carefully-
prepared i > poech upon the tariff , for
which purpoHu the Merrill bill , pro
posing a tariff commission , will be
tempornrily taken uj- ; It will bo laid
aside and consideration of Sherman's
ii pur cent bond bill will be resumed.
Senator Vest is entitled to the floor to
suppoit hit amendment , whiuh is sub
stantially composed of thu fifth sec
tion of thu bill of the last compress ,
which was vetoed by President Hayes.
The Missouri senator expresses the
belief that this uniundinunt will be
rejected , hut consoles himself with
the belief that the bill will also fail.
On the othei hand , Sherman is hope
ful of the passage of the bill not
later than Wednesday ,
Death of Richard Houry Dana.
National Ano < titc < l I'ruw < ,
LONPON , ,1iiiiiary ! ) . Richard
Hunry Dana died in Homo on Friduy
last of inflammation of thu lungs ,
ufter nn illness of only a few days , the
result of a cold caught during u visil
to the basilica of St. Paul's , At first
Mr. Dana considered his cough as
slight , and tavo ; no heed to it , and it
was only when the symptoms of con
uestion set in and rapidly developed
that ho bucame alarmed. Ho was
conscious until nearly thu final end ,
His wife und daughters were with
him to the last.
IOWA LEGISLATURE.
] rganization of the Nineteenth
Qonoral Assembly ,
Gteorge B. Btruble. of Tanrn ,
Chosen Spsakor by a Bare
Majority ,
Wilaon'a Prienda OonQdeutHo
Haa More Than Enough
to Elect Him.
But Other Senatorial AnplrimU arc
Equally Confldout.
Hn.rlat | lK | < ntrli to Thi > Ik * .
DK.S MOINKH , Li , . .InuuaryTho ! )
nineteenth general assembly convened
at 2 o'clock , ami after preliminary or
ganization adjourned , nml the repub
licans of the senate and house wont
into caucus to mnko nominations for
permanent organization. Thu contest -
test which hiis waged warm for n week
over the spoakership of the house bo-
tweun .loliu N. Irwin , uf Lou , und
George II. Struble , of Tamil , resulted
in thu nomination of Strublo on thu
third ballot by a bare nmjority.
Tint senatorial contest will now receive -
coivo a niiw impetus. There arc
strong indications that Kirkwood's
friends will put him before the
caucus with the assurance that ho
will accept if nominated. This dis
turbs Wilson's camp , who assert that
Kirkwood cannot bo a candidate.
Governor Hoar's friends are not dis
couraged and uxpoct to bo able to
prevent Wilson's nomination on the
first ballot. Wilson's friends now
claim 11" votes euro , or 8 more than
enough to nominate. John A. Kos-
aoii will receive 18 votes on the first
ballot. It is apparent that Wilson's
friends will attempt to force an early
caucus.
National Ai'odatcil llrctu.
DEH MOINKS , January 0. The leg
islaturo mot to-day. The senate won
called to order by Lieutenant Gover
nor Campbell. In tlio house Platt
Wicks , of | Shelby county , was tem
porary chairman.
The republican caucus of the sun-
ate nominated L. D. Jackson , of
Butler , for secretary ; Wm. Lytlo and
E. . H. Odell , assistants ; H. C. Dar-
rah , sergeant-at-arms.Theo. Schnculz ,
doorkeeper ; Miss Myra Froth , en
grossing clerk ; Miss Clara C. Lacy ,
enrolling clerk ; Miss Belle Grow ,
postmaster.
PoRSlblo Fatal Accident-
Spcdal to TllK IlKK.
PLATTHMOUTII , Neb. , January 9.
Mr. George Rockwell , who lives near
Louisville , Neb. , jumped from the
passenger train just as it was Hearing
the depot this afternoon , and from Ilia
coat catching or by his slipping was
thrown under the train. One car
passed over his right log , breaking
and mashing it nearly the entire
length. Dr. Livingston is preparing
to amputate it. The doctor fears the
man cannot survive the operation.
RAILROAD NEWS.
Gould Making Many Changes
in the Wabash Other
Railway News.
.
National AHiuointuil 1'rew.
ST. Loins , January ! ) . The antici
pated changes in thu management of
the Wabash , St. Louis it Pacific rail
road were announced to-day in the
following circular order :
WAIIASH , ST. LOUIHPACIKIH It'v Co. I
ST. Louis January 'J , 1882 J
General Order. ]
The following changes have this
day boon made in the management of
this company's lines and will go into
effect on and after the 14th inst :
The office of general manager will
bo abandoned. Mr. Jim , C. Ganlt
has been appointed second vicu presi
dent , and will take charge of the traf
fie of the company. The freight und
passenger departments will report di
rectly to him.
Mr. Jas.F Mono has boon appointed
third vice president , retaining his du
ties as hociotary and having supervi
sion of thu records , supply and ac
counting doMrtinents. |
The oflices ot general superintend ,
out of thu Eastern , Western , and
Chicago and Iowa divisions will bo
abandoned , and Col , Robert Andrews
will assume the duties of guueral su
perintendent of the entire lines of the
company with headquarters at SI ,
Louis
Mr , W. F. Merrill has been ap
pointed assistant general superin
tendent , with headquarters also at
St. Louis ,
Thu oflicu of general ticket ugunt
will 1)0 abandoned , Mr. II. C. Townsend -
send taking charge of that depart
ment in addition to his present duties
ot uuneral passenger agent ,
Thi ) ollicu of superintendent of
freight truflio will bo abandoned , Mr.
A. C , Bird being appointed general
freight agent , and Mr. M. Knight
first assistant general freight agent.
( Signed ) A. L. HOI-KJ.VH ,
First Assistant Vicu President.
Approved : JAV Gouui ,
President.
KANSAS CITY , Mo. , January ! ) . It
is rumored huro that thu "gonoral of-
Iico& of thu freight and paaaungur department
partment of the Hannibal & St. Joe
road are to bo removed to Hannibal ,
Mo , They were transform ! to tint
point two years ago , It in understood
that the law under which thu road was
chartered willjnol allow General Man *
ngcr Carson to live m Kansis City.
CHICAGO , January ! ! In the circuit
court this morning , Judge Gardner
rendered n infraction enjoining
Jio city of .Chicago from any further
ntprferonco with the Western Indiana
Railway compinv , now engaged in
laying its track from Twelfth atroot to
Vari Ihiron ttcot. lie roflpcttd se
verely on the city's conduct in harnv -
sing a corporation thut lias already
Bjiont $2,000,000 in an otforl to enter
the city.
Tlio Louisville , Now Albany & Chicago -
cage railroad has completed its line
into Chicago and opct.ed for business.
The road commcnciMt U run ixu onger
trains between Loumille and Chicago
to-day.
VKTOIIIA , B. C , January C.--An
advertisement appvxra in the local
newspapers of thu inlontion of a com
pany ti > apply to the legislative assem
bly for a charier of a railway from
Esipuimault Harbor to Seymour Nar
rows , and for a grant of public land in
aid thereof. This appropriation cov
ers the ground ect apart for thu Island
railway. The promoters are under
stood to be American * The object is
to secure thu coal liitul *
WASIUNUTOV , January 1)Gov. ) .
Overtoil , Roproooiiu ivo Joyce and
ntluMtt ojlli-d th
on > president to-day
to protest against the " -'i' ' of way of
a railroad through tlu I'huctnw In
dian reservation. It n claimed in the
first place that the ) > I never passed
thu Choctaw couiuil legitimately ;
that in the house or Buniito there wore
nine votes for it to nine against and
the presiding omcor cast thu deciding
vote on the negative side. The dele
gation is not opposed to the rend
passing through the territory but
wanted to know.cx.ictl > what the road
intended to do before any concessions
were made , l
CHICAGO , January i The llock
Island roadhas adjusted its difficulties
with the citizens of Peru , III. , and
hereafter the latter will not bo do-
piivod of their daily accommodation
trains. Some time ago the Peruvians
commenced prosecution against the
Rock Island train men for running
their trains through tha : place at an
excessive rate of speed. The railroad
company forthwith instructed all con
ductors and engineers to slacken speed
through Peru to a rate of ton miles
an hour for passenger tiuins , and six
miles per hour for'all other trains , and
at the same time drew oil * tlio Peru
accommation , running this train only
to La Sallo. Evidently this retalia
tion had its effect , for the indignant
citizens have withdrawn tlu > suits , and
the Pom' acuommodaliou
to-day re
sumed its former run and time.
KANHAS CITY , * Januaiy ' . ) . The
Kaunas divibioli of the St. limits &
San Francisco rutlroud lion just boon
st-uti-d to Hiilntod , Hum < y county ,
Kansas , 25 miles ? west of Wichita ,
Kansas , the former toniiiium of the
road ,
CHICAGO , January 0. To-day all
the trunk lines , grtoptcd a uniform
freight rate to the east , all Baltimore
grain rates taking a stride from ! ) J
to 17c. The rates as they stand to
day are to Albany , grain lOc , provi
sions loc ; Now York , grain lOc ; Bos
ton , grain Ific , provision Ific ; Balti
more , grain 17c , provision 9jc ; Phila
delphia , grain 9Jc. provision lOjc.
Small Pax-
National Awociatod Pn-aa.
FT. WAYNh , Ind. , January 9.
Small pox is on the increase here
though information is Bupprcsstd.
Five new cases have occurred in two
days.BOSTON
BOSTON , January 9. Bamuol W.
Piercy , the actor , died in the smal
pox : hospital hero this morning o
small pox after an illness of elevei
days. He was thirty-fivo years olt
and leaves a mother and daughter it
San Francisco , whore hia early yours
on the Btugo wore spont. Ho was the
leading man in the Ada Cavendish
combination , in 1879 , and in the
Legion of Honor combination this
season. 13is last appearance was ii
suppoit of Edwin Booth at thu Park
theatre in this city onDoeember'27th ,
when ho rose from a sick bed to plai
Macduff. Next day it waa found tha
Ilia illness wan small pox , not typbou
Cover as supposed , and ho was takei
to the hospital. He will bo buried b ;
the Boston Lodge of Elks , of whici
order he was n member.
POUT JKKVIH , N Y. , January ! t , -
Seven deaths have resulted from
small-pox here. There have now boot
reported ! J5 cases ; fi to-day , Thoopi
domic is confinud to those families
where it has already exnonded itself
though its spread is being chucked
Business has bon injured enormous ! ;
mid thu village has worn a Sunday ap
ponrunco for a week past. The
chin dies were all closed Sunday b ;
order of the board of health.
PiiiiAinariiiA , January D. Ther
were 2'\ \ deaths from small-pox in tlii
eity last week , a decrease of ( i fron
thu week previous ,
BritlMU Columbia Note *
National Awoelntuil I'ri'wt
VICTOUIA , U , 0. , January < i. The
ship Belvidero if * in the outer harbor
There has been no ice on thu
FraKur rivur this winter. Atnotimu
havu wo had more than two inches o
ttiiow and that remained only a day or
two. There is not a particle of fros
in the gtound and no xnow anywhere
to bo seen except on thu mountuii
ranges.
Captain Jeremiah Nagkj , n pioneu
of San Francisco and Victotia , dioi
yesterday , ugcd 81 yearn.
The American ship Xouave , IM > IIIM
to Moodyville for lumbor. passed yen
turd ay.
Donth of a Pioneer
National Ab-nciaUxl I'nai
SKATTUJ , W T. , January 7Morris
J. Frost , u Pugut Sound pionee col
lector of customs during the presiden
uies of Franklin Pierce and James
Buchanan , and founder of the towno
Mukiteiu , died in that place this
morning , agul 75 yearn. He win i
Now Yorker by birth , and his enl ;
known relatives are in thut utato
Michigan and California. His demise
was Btidden , theru being no premonitions
tions , and the first announcement was
the finding of his Ixidy cold in deiitl
in hm back yard ,
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ,
A Very Dismal Harvest Outlook
in Russia ,
The True State of AHairo Hav
ing Boon Concealed by the
Government.
Emperor William to Abdicate
in Favor of the Grown
Prince in M-vrch.
rho MiRcollanrouii New * Thnt Coma
Over Lint
FOREIGN NEWS.
ntlotnl AHWclktcil I'rivw.
A HA1 > UI'SSIAN IIAKVKHT.
Sr. PKTKHHIII'KO , January ! t. It is
ory ditlicult in Russia to arrive at the
ruth with regard to any question uf-
ecling the material condition of the
country. Thin year's harvest was
very much bettor than that of the pre
ceding year , but there is reason to bo-
iove that instead of being really good
> ncs , the government's private reports
nako out the fact they will be short
of the average , and this much can
mly be said of grain , for the hay
crop was simply a failure , and owing
o the inaction of thu authorities mid
gnorance of the people the effect up-
in the hvo stook of the country is
ikoly to prove disastrous. Already
Hovoral weeks ago before the closing
> f navigation , the agricultural com-
uissioncr sent in a memorandum to
ho home ministry calling attention to
he danger ami recommending prompt
action on the part of thu government ,
nit as usual this document was tossed
about from one department to another
mtil the time. for action had gone by.
The waterways are now locked up
with ice , and no etl'orts can prevent
serious loss of live stock and further
impoverishment of the country al
ready sulfuring from a series of bad
liarveats. Gentlemen from Samar
report that the hnshkors have lost
nearly all of their stock , and it is to
: > o feared that they will bo reduced to
absolute beggary.
IXINDON , January ! ( . A dispatch
Tom Cairo says the French and Eng-
ish consuls in Egypt have received a
collective note from their governments
uinouncing that Km > land and France
liavo determined to place the Khedive
on the throne and were ill HO determined
ed to maintain him not onlyagaiust in
tcrnal disturbance but against any fur
ther interference in Egyptian affairs
in Turkey. The note was occasioned
by the attempt of thu Egyptian cham
ber of deputies to assume financial
powers over the European comptroller.
The army supports the chamber it
its attempt and the position is rogardot
an being very critical.
A cabinet council hold on Saturday
agreed to Mr. Gladstone's proposal in
favor Clotur to bo rated by simply a
majority of the members of the house
present.
PAKIH , January II. The Pan Franco
publishes a telegram announcing
Emperor William has decided to pro
claim the Prince Imperial as regent ,
March 22d , which will bo the Emper
or's eighty-fifth birthday.
Complete returns from the senator
ial elections in Franco show the re
turn of G4 republican , a gain of 21
seats- The senate is now composed
of 207 republicans and ( l.'t conservat
ives.
There was a great demonstration
yesterday of pun red republicans , it
boinir the anniversary of thirduath of
M. Blanqui. Great crowds assembled
around the house where ho expired
and there were many collisions with
the police , who inatjo twenty arrests ,
including Louise Michel.
DKIU.IN , January ! ) . The liberals
have iirrnnued to raifo a debate in thu
Prussian die t on thu imperial re
script.
MADKID , January ( ) . King Alfonso
and Queen Christine have gone on a
visit to the king and UIIPOII of Portu
gal. They will remain ten days , and
during their stay Lisbon will be bril
liantly illuminated.
PKHTII , January 1 > . The great aul-
phur mines at Kcholmet/ , Hungary ,
are on fire and thu ( lames cannot be
nmntered.
Di'nr.iN , January ! ( . - - A military
demonstration was made in Cork this
morning. The soldiers were ordered
to search thu city for concealed arms ,
and they went in a largo body through
the streets , sending out a few men to
search the IIOIIHUH on each side. No
arms were found ,
CoN.srANTiMi'in , January it. - The
Turkish mission sent by the porto to
Iterlin and Vienna has made an elab
orate report , which has convinced the
sultan that although Austria and
Germany will not actively assist Tur
key now , they are lirmly
resolved to maintain the east
ern Htatim ( juo , and not to
Kiillur it to be disturbed in thu inter
est of any power. The report adds
llmt ( ieriimuy has promised to send
more functionaries to Italy. The re.
lations between Austria and Turkey
are greatly improved. The report is
very comforting to the sultan , and
disconcerting to Greece and Italy and
perhaps I1 ranee.
Gurpto for PoUon
NnUJnul Aiwoclii'cil I'lww ,
PKOIIIA , III. , January 9. The in
vestigation a * to the cause of the
death of Calvin Benjamin was com
menced to-day ut Princuvillo , III ,
The parties uHkingforun inijuest claim
that lie was poisoned from thu fact
that ho died very suddenly after an
illness of twunty.four hours , and that
after his death hU body became
swollen to such an enormous extent
us to break the glass und burst the
lid from the eollin , Thu coroner no
cordingly iinpannelled u jury and pro
ceeded to the cemetery , und after thu
body had boon oxhnmed , u post mor
tem examination was made by lie ,
Stout , the county physician , The
body WOA found to bo no more
swollen limn would bo expected , nor
wag the lid or colVin in any way dis-
igurod. The stomach , liver and
leart were removed , and preserved
'or n chemical analysis. After the
examination wan completed the jury
adjourned to await the result of the
ihemist'n discoveries. From what can
) o learned from the witnesses , cspoc-
ally trom the physician , the inquest
was instigated by nmlicn and the cor
nier would have dropped the case
lad not the wife made a request that
.ho innuont sro on in order that she
night tin cleared.
Up Old Sorm-
Ntlon l AmocUUxl I'rw * .
NKW VOKK , January ! ! . The Tribune -
uno to-day contains ( ho controversy
regarding tlio stalwart-half broods'
ight last summer , which uan opened
< V the publication in the Herald of
Whitolaw "Koid'fl urging President
3ur field not to withdraw the nomina-
.ion of Robertson for collector of the
) ort of Now York. The Tribune re-
. iew publishes an interwiew with ox-
senator T. 0. 1'latt , in which the
alter denied any pledges , and says In *
lover heard Robertson's name men
tioned for the place until thu nomi-
lation was prt'sunted to the nonato.
I'ho Tribune says Pint I wai pledged
iot to attempt to proscribe the .Now
York delegates to the Chicago con
vention , who voted against Grant and
also to vote forJKobertson for collector
ir for a cabinet nllicor if presented ,
ilthough he said he would not op
> ese thu nomination , and except for
inch pledges Platt would not have
lave elected.
MONTANA STOCKMEN.
Gen. Torry'a Viewe of the Dep
redations Being Com uit-
ted by Indians.
National AHo\iatud : Pu-tw.
Si. PAUL , January' ) . Gen- Terry ,
commanding , has submitted his ro-
lort for the department of Dakota.
iVftor reviewing tliiSittiuu' Hull cam
paign and felicitating the government
over the result , the general siy : :
1 regret that the outlook in North
ern Montana in not AB favorable as
could bo desired. For many years
post the Indians of the northwestori
British provinces , who are mainly du
pendent upon game for their support
have vibrated across thu frontier , fol
lowing the herds of buffalo Mid com
ing us far south as the Judith Basil
and the valley of the Mussel Shell
The buHiilo are diminishing i.i mini
burs with great , rapidity and in the
regions over which they have hithorh
wandered they aru being rapidly re
placed by hordes of cattle The In
dians still follow the dinunishoi
herds and probably miiot follow then
to avoid starvation. Thu natural con
sequence is that when bulialo caiino
bo found-cattlo are-killed iifl a subatl
ttito. Complaints are made that cattle
uru slaughtered by Indiana and uucl
acts are generally attributed probabl ;
with reason to Indians from boyom
the frontier. The cattle raisers o
Montana are alarmed ; they fear tlm
the speedy extinction of the bulialo
will leave these Indians no resource
except the herds of cittlo on this side
of the border and that their industry
will be most seriously injured , if not
entirely destroyed. They have begun
to form associations.of a semi-military
character for mutual protection and it
is proposed by thorn to put forces in
the field from lime to time to hunt
down Indians who may be guilty ol
depredations on their stock. It in un
necessary to enlarge on the evils which
aru likely to result from such a course
of pr.xelure. But this can only bt
prevented by giving the olliors full
protection in some manner. I think
it will require the efforts ol
the governments on both sidi
of thu boundary to prevent tin
evils which are likely to occur. Fortt
Assiniboino and Mediums are u.i i
placed to give such protection as mili
tary posts can give by thuiroxculleneu ,
and thuy are also well placed to Hurvt
an thu basis for systems of patrols ,
and especially to warn oil'or t <
drive away thu foreigners. The pres
ent condition of all'aird is an ampk
vindication of the foiesiijht which es
tablished Fort Aflsiniboinu two yean-
ago , expensive IIB its establishment
has been. As I write two odicurH and
21 ! ) men are moving out from it ti
drive oil' foreign Indians and half-
breeds tvho have intruded upon the
Indian reservation between the Uppui
Missouri and thu boundary.
Ohio Offloliilu liiiuiKurntoil.
Natlc.mil AuMuclauvl I'ri-iM ,
Con'Miirh , O. , January ( I. Charles
Foster wan inaugurated governor of
Ohio for the Hccund term to-day at
J1JO : ! o'clock , in the rotunda of thu
capitol. The oath wan administered
by Chief iltiHtici ) Alniy , His inau
gural speech was very brief and du
voted to thu prosperous condition ol
state affairs. Iteuse G. liiohards took
thu oath as liuiitoimnt governor , viun
Andrew Hickenloopur , iri the miniiti1
chamber. Attorney Gonouil Nasli
was thu only other nfliuial who to-d.ij
entered upon his term of office. At
2 p , m. there was a parade of tin
state militia , with a review by tin
governor , and to-night a grand hoi
ended thu festivities.
Oh , the Old Ra cuL
National AxHDvlatixl I'rutx.
I'mi.AHKU'iiiA , Jumi'iry -Duacoi
Smith , u prominent Methodist clam
leader at Miiimyutik , was hold ii :
$1,000 bail In-day on the chargu ol
kissing Ida drove Gregor , a girl K
yours old , in a public thoroughfare ,
The girl testified that Smith overtook
her while on an urnind and aftei
walking with her for a shorl
distance vovurod her with an um
brella und kissed her uguinut her will
luilioutiou *
National Amoclattxl I'rcuu.
WAHIIIWJTON , January ' . ) . --For the
lower Missouri valley : Fair weather ,
south to west windi , hilling haroinu-
lor , stationary or slight rise in turn-
jioruturo.
AN IMMENSE FIRE.
Causing a Million and a Half
Damagoto Property ;
The Largest Sugar Refinery in
the Ubited States
Burnt Up.
Thereby Throwing Over a
Thousand Hands Out of
Employment.
31nr.on Thnt Occurred Eliiowhoro
In the Country-
BROOKLYN , N. Y. , January 9.--
fho sugar refinery of Havemyer it
Kldor , Williamsbnrg , eastern district ,
uirnod to the ground last evening.
[ t is not known definitely how the
ire started but it is supposed the wire
if the electric light heated and fired
.he wood work on the first floor.
The flames spread too rapidly to
check , though fifteen engines , n fire
mat and tugs were ut work and the
chief and New York firemen assisted.
The building occupied the block bo-
.ween First street and the East river ,
six stories of brick buildings of
llaveinyiT A- Elder occupy live blocks
> n thi > river front Only the refinery
mnti'd , though a large charcoal shop
was damaged $ (0,000. ( A lareo shed
in the river was saved and the tugs
.owed out the shipping. The lire oc
curred at ! 15. Two hundred men
were in the building , but only ninety-
ivo were worknm in the room where
the tlames broke out. In order to
escape the men opened the upper
windows , causing a draft that aided
the flames which spread from the
sugar boiler room all over the first
floor. The properly was owned by
T. A. Havoniyer , Chas. Zonilf and
Elder. Loss , estimated byllavomyor ,
machinery $750,000 , stock $500,000 ,
building $250,000 ; total , $1,500 ,
000 ; insurance , $2,000,000. The
safe and contents were saved.
Havomyor AElder's was the
largest and most complete refinery in
the United State ? . Their centrifugal
machine was very valuable , ( ino
thousand persons are thrown out of
employment.
The insurance aggregates $782,500
and is distributed among 301 compa
nies. There aru HO foreign companies
represented on this list.
S CKVIUK , N. B. , January ! ) . T-e
Mount Allison , Mninn , academy
( Methodist } was burned yesterday
morning. All the inmates ebcapcd.
Loss , $27,000 ; insurance , $10,000.
PAINKSVIU.K , Ohio , January ! ) .
Swoe/.oy & Johnson skqwor factory ,
wan totally destroyed by fire. Lessen
on building and machinery , $12,000.
NKW HAVKN , Ind. , January ! ) .
The Maunieo Valley tlouring mills
took tire , oaiiscd by hot ashes under
the furnace m tno engine room , and
the buildi'ig , nuuhinory .iud 10,000
bushels of wheat worn burned. Loss
x
( climated at $25,000 ; mi insurance.
Owned by Hurt/ell Bros.
NBW HAVEN , Conn. , January 9.
LiiHt evening Rodclilfe Bros' , woolen
mill in Shelton was destroyed by fire ,
the oriuin of which is not known.
Loss , $25,000 ; insurance , $1,800.
Ono hundred and fifty hands are
thrown out of employment.
SviiAOtiHK , N. Y , January 9. The
Imkory of Hand A Sears burned , and
thu luck and side walls remained
standing. Shortly after 1 o'clock
dim iifti'i-noiin a strong west wind
blow tint east wall over upon the aa-
jiijning building , occupied by C.
Tiacy IIH u rvHtuimint. At the time
of tiiii dis.iMtir there worn sixteen poo-
p'o , gnostH and employes , in the res-
'aiirant Three of Uieso ran out ai.d
escaped but aliuhtly hurt. Of the
rest throe were killed and einht others
were all more or loss injured. There
are four or live people still in the
ruins , and search is still being made
by the light of a locomotive head
light. Most of the people in the res
taurant were from the country. Half
mi hour before the disaster nt least
one hundre i puoplu were at dinner.
Marino Intelligence.
National AHxnciatwl I'rttts.
ANi'WKiii1 , January 9. Sailed , on
thu Hth The Wai'sland , for Now
Yoik.
0,1'KKVKTowN , January ! > . Sailed
on the 8th The Wisconsin , for Now
Yoik ; this day , the Parthia , for Now
York.
Sot'm AM p ro.v , January 9. Arrived
The Ohio , from Baltimore , for
Bremen ,
UINIXI.V , January 9. - Sailed , on the
Hth The Persian Monarch , for Now
York.
Arrived The Franco , from New
York.
NKW YOUK , January 9. - Sailed
Thu State of Alabama , for Glasgow.
Arrived -Tho Assyrian Monarch ,
from London , the Cultie , from Liver
pool , the Rhine , from Bremen , thu
Newport , from Hamburg. _
HAVU , January 51 , Suited , on thu
7thTho S .Germain , for Now York ,
the Gollert , from Hamburg to Now
York.
LivKKi'ooL , January 9. Arrived -
The City of Paris ami the Germanic ,
from Now York , the Lord Cough ,
from Philadelphia.
LoitNK , January ! ) . Sailed , on the
Hth The State of Georgia , for Now
York.
York.A
A Chliio o Student Beheaded-
National A * Klati'J 1'rtuw.
NBW HA.VKN , Conn , , January 9 ,
Advicus received hero from Hong
Kong statu that Chin Chin Chan , a
Chinese student who loft this city
where lie was fitting for Yale college
und returned to China last summer
has been beheaded because he carried
on a correspondence with a young
lady in this city , All Chinese stu
dents wore recalled because the au
thorities found thuy were becoming
Americanized.