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ELEVENTH YEAR OMAHA THURSDAY MOUNTING , MAECEO , 1882.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
'Tho OlifoGSO Bill Still Before the
Senate.
'The Principal Action of the
. Day Being Voting1 Down
Amendments.
"The AntiMormon Bill Reached
in the House , but Froze
Out.
JMlnoolltinoons'Notos of a National
Character.
J CONGRESS.
National Associated l'rc * .
PROCEEDINGS IN TUB SENATE.
WASHINGTON , D. 0. , March 8. Bills
wore favorably reported providing for
the sale of part or the reservation of
the Omaha .tabu of Indians in Ne
braska ; to provide for the sale of cer
tain Chickapoo Indian lands ; to pro
vide for the allotttnont of lands in
Boyoralty to the United Poorias and
Miamias of Indian territory.
Mr. Conger called up the bill to
provide for a commission on the sub
ject of alcoholic liquor ( radio. A mo
tion by Mr. Bayard to refer to the
finance commit tee was lost 10 to 2G.
The debate on the Chinese bill was
resumed by Mr. Platt , who declared
that ho could not vote for the measure
because it violated the spirit oi the
treaty and principles , of right and
Justice. '
In concluding a two hours' speech ,
Mr. Flatt said that ho could vote for
the bill to prevent the Chinese com
ing in such numbers as to endanger
our political and social institutions or
tend to ruin and degrade labor , but
could not vote for the bill whoso only
-act was the exclusion of Chinamen
and to strike a blow nt free trade.
Mr. Ingalls1 amendment limiting
suspension of immigration to ten years
was lost by a vote of 23 to 23 , as fol
lows :
Messrs. Bayard , Beck , Call , Cam
eron ( Wis. ) , Coke , Fair , Har-
Joy , .Garland , Miller ( Gala. ) m
Morgan , Slater , Geerfjo , Halo ,
Hampton , Hill , ( Col. , ) Jonc. ° ,
( N. N. , ) MoPherson , Maxoy , Miller ,
-N. Y. , ) Ruisom , Vest , Walker 23.
Yeas Messrs. Aldrich , Allison ,
Blair , Brown , Cockroll , Conger ,
Davis , ( Ill.D. ) wes , Edmunds , Frye ,
. So well , Teller , Harris , Hoar , Ingalls ,
Jackson , Lipham , McDill , McMillan ,
Mitchell , Morroll , Saundcrs , Sher jrii.wo
man 23. ' wo
After debate by' Messrs. Hoar and
Edmunds on the bill , Mr. Ingalls sid
offered another amendment to the mi
cficct that iho act should not go into to
force until sixty days after its passage oni
had been coimnunicaied to the gov ma
ernment of China. Then came a tilt wo
botvwea-Mossrt.'Iiifjulls and Daweson -we
which , the latter lost his temper but bai
did no , harm. ' goi
/The proposed .amendment was op ma
posed by Messrs. Farley and Miller. dei
Mr. Hoar then offered the following bet
.addition : ma
"Providing , that this bill shall not cat :
-apply to any skilled laborer who can
establish that ho comes to this coun
try without any contract by which his Nat
labor is the.- property of any person
other than himself. " Lost yeas 17 , Au
nays 27. ' ' tur
On motion of Mr. Miller ( Cal. ) the to-
fourteenth section providing for the of. >
removal of Chinese unlawfully in the ice
country was amended by adding the Me
words : "To the place from whence ho pec
came. " ng
I"/
Mr. Hawley took the floor to speak Me
-on Mr. Parity's amendment to pro ini
hibit state naturalization and at 0:10 : wh
.the senate adjourned. a i
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE.
Mr. Harris reported favorably the
bill for the improvement of the navy
- and asked the house to fix a date for
its consideration. Referred. pas
bill
Bills were favorably reported to enable -
able Importers to use metric weights oxe
and measures ; providing for carrying cou
of
ocean mails as amended this bill
provides for payment by mile for bill
monthly , semi-monthly or weekly rrai
Sioi
trips ; amending the shipping .laws by
the
placing foreign vessels in American >
Pai
ports under the same rules governing PaiT
American vessels , making vessel own
ers liable1 for double the amount of bor
their stock only and reducing fees of past
pilots and engineers.
The bill to purchase the Freodmon's
bank building for the department of Nitti
justice and court of claims was passed. |
A communication was received from ob
the secretary of war suggesting an in- fay
o.rjaso of 500 in enlisted men in the hun
navy. Uoforred. mui
The house spent the afternoon on con-
bills on the speaker s desk , passing a yea
number , among them .being the bill whi
-authorizing the secretary of war to pro
pay the army of the Cumberland aut
47,500 to aid in the erection of monument mo
ment to J , A. Garfiold. rero
A communication was received from him
the postmaster general conveying a Qui
draft of the bill authorizing the post boa
master general to retain from the pay inc
of contractors any sum which they deti
agree to pay sub-contractors for carry to a
ing the mails arid which they have re
fused or failed to pay for two quar Lid
ters , and to contract with subcontractors Nat
tractors at no more than the original B
contract piice. day
At 4:15 . . the
: p. in. anti-polygamy cou
bill was reached. bre
Mr. Converse ( Ohio ) made a point hoi
of order that it provided for expendi is u
ture of money , and should go to the To.
committee of the whole. mtl
Pending decision a motion was to
made to adjourn , which was carried. dia
At 4:35 : p. in. the house adjourned. As :
Set
CAPITAL NOTES.
Nat
'National AwcUted I'raii "
\
-i LEAD LETT U. low
WASHINGTON , March 8 , The post foil
master general has directed that after also
\ July 1st no allowance will bo made wit
postmastots for advertising dead lot-
ten unless authority is first obtansto
I'om the first assistant postmodod
general.
HlSOF.LLANr.OUS.
The president ijivcs a Btato dinner
to the judges of the aaprcmo court on
Wednesday next.
Representatives of the National As
sociation of Orapo Sugar manufacturers -
ors appeared before the ways and
moans committee to-day to oppose the
proposed legislation ixctninstT.no manu
facture of glucose. They claimed their
manufacture to bo n pure and harm
less production , giving employment to
fifty thousand poisons , who would be
fufced out of work by the passage of
the bill.
It is reported that Secretary Folgor
will soon iBsuo the 110th ( call for
bonds.
The Chinese minister , who is taking
great interest in the dobat4 on the
Chinese bill in the sonatoJhas ex
pressed himself in favor of the pro
posed bill of ton years limit being
established.
One of the points made in the Sco-
villo bill of exception is that shortly
after the assassination a aocrottacssion
ol the cabinet wai hold , nt which Dis
trict Attorney Corkhill and a ; detec
tive officer wore present , at" which
conclusion it Was unanimously ex
pressed ' that Guitoau was crazy , not
withstanding this , and Attorney Gen
eral McVoaqh'a frequent stati'inont of
his belief that Guitoau was insane as
Corkhill persisted in the prosecution.
Corkhill denies that &uch n conference
was ! hold , 4 ,
Hon. S. B. Hollistor , of Cincinnati ,
is mentioned as likely to bo { made is
minister 'to the Sandwich Islaids in
case Minister Comley is recalled *
The president's dinner in TO turn for
courtesy received was attended in the
private dining room at the White
COM
House this evening by Secretary and
Mrs. Frolinijhuysen , Sucietary and
Mrs. Hunt , Secretary Lincoln and ex- 8p
Secretary and Mrs. TMaine , Vice- is
President Davis , Senator and Mrs. ro
Edmunds , Senator and .Mrs. Halo ,
Senator and Mrs. McPhcraonand
Senator and Mrs. Hill , of Colorado.
Attempted Suicide- "
National Associated Press. att
.KANSAS CITY , Marcn 8. This
morning a number of school" children
while on the way to school , discovered
od the body of a man covered with Nat
blood lying in the snow near Twenty-
first street on Charlotte street. They flaj
quickly gave the alarm and people pro >
who came found that the man was six
Theodore Sobbe , a German shoe not
maker , and that ho was still alive , pus
though his throat was terribly cashed , but
showing . no less than six difloront ing
wounds had been inflicted. A razor fall
wa > found lying. , by his Tin
lido , and it was quickly deter lob
mined : that he had attempted strc
take his own life. He attojnpMJd dev
ince before to kill himself and hws devS
made repeated declarations that he bui
ivould yet accomplish it. About tjwo ty
nrceks ago ho sharpened a knife -met
bade his family adieu srying ho was
joingto cut his throat. Sobbo is a Lai
nan 57 years old and has been a rest- and
lent of this city 1G years. Ho had insi
ieen on a protracted spree just before
naking the attempt on his life. He
annot recover from his wounds. Natl [ '
Mexico and Canada. IB
fotlon&l Associated Press. the
OTTAWA < , Ont. , March 8. D. A. are
\usellan , importer , who has just re- the
urned from Mexico , had an interview last
io-day with the premier and minister tah
customs . relative to trade with Mox- tan
. Diplomatic relations between ed
Mexico and England have been SUB- tagi
ondod. The United States is obtainp. .
control of the Mexican trade. ' p.
Mexico is now desirous of establishing
ntorcourse with Great Britain , in Nat
vhich : event it is proposed to include NatF
commercial treaty with Canada. cor
city
Iowa Legislature' par
Associated 1'rces. Kin [
DKH MOINKH , March 8. The house con
lassoi the following : The senate will
to exempt sowing machines from othi
xecution , the house bill to lesson wor
ourt costs by reducing , the number oflic
jurors in civil cases ; the house
to legalize sale and Natlc
ransfor by the St. Paul' and NatlcP
lions City railroad company
St. Paul and supi
Minneapolis and St.
aul and Omaha proi
railway company , bo
i
The senate bill to increase the nurn- of
of judges in certain districts
was
assed.
| alld
doec
Taking a Prisoner to Jail ! all 1
atlonal Associated Fiesa ,
doet
LiTTLK HOCK , AUK. , March 8.In
obastian county .lost . October , La-
tyetto < Bland was sentenced to bo Natlc
ung January 27 , for the culd blooded NatlcOi
mrdor of Dr. Cathoy. The governor Bon
ommuted the sentence to twenty Amt
oars in the penitentiary , ranp
rhich created a f storm of whic
retest all over the state. The Blot
uthorities : since then were afraid to
love i him from the jail. Parties
organized to capture and lynch NatloGJ
GJ
the to the
on way state prison ,
juiotly this morning ho was placed on youi
oard of tho' steamer atFort Smith was
charge of n deputy sheriff and a pliei
etachmeitt of militia , and is expected day
arrive hero to-morrow. by | !
Dot
husl [
of the Tax Collecting Sheriff.
'atlonal ! Associated Preu.
ST. PAUL , Minn. , March 8. A few HatlcD
ago Sheriff Healey , of Choteau D
ounty , Mont. , was arrested by half of : I
ireoda on the Milk river , among whom la i ,
had boon collecting taxes. Hoaloy uttl ;
also deputy United States marshal.
o-day application was received at
ntlitary headquarters hero for froops L
rescue | the sheriff from his custo-
liana and detachment mix
a stationed at
oft [
Usinaboiuo was ordered to the spot.
of f I
Serious
troucle is threatened ,
) gal
SUBS
Indication * . pric
fatlojul AuoclaUd I'tetf.
\ colt
WASHINGTON , March 0. For the tl
ewer Missouri valley : Rain or snow Pol
ollowed by clearing weather , Blight fir
in temperature and variable Mo
rindi. hem
Extra Sesulon of the J > Rl lntnro.
Special to Tim HitK.
LINCOLN , March 8. Though no
official announcement has been made ,
it was ascertained this morning through
private and pDrfcctly reliable snifters
that the governor would soon , issuea
call for the extra session of the legis
lature to moot about April 1st. He is
only waiting to know the exact wants
of Omaha on the bond question.
A FiomUili
National Associated I'rcfw ,
MT. VEIINON , Ky. , March 8. An
unknown man wont to the house of
Mary : Sigman , walked into the room
w she and her fire children with
In mother wore sleeping. Ho first
shot dead Mary Sigman and then loft
the room , but shortly returned and
sent a fatal ball through the body of
her < mother , about 80 years old. Tlioro
wore nine wounds in the body of Alary
Sigman , five of which wore sufficient
to cause death. The assassin fired
fif shots in all. There is no doubt
th ho had confederates. Jas. Bishop ,
a rough : looking character who came
hero last Friday from Tennessee , has
been arrested charged with the nmr
dor. Ho is now in jail and his pre
liminary trial is sot for Friday.
HiHi
Railroad IMon Striking for Baolc
Pay. a
National Associated Prona.
CuioAQO , March 8. The engineers
and train men of the Illinois Midland
road arc on a strike for back pay. No
freight trains are allowed to run , but
pnssongor t radio has not yet been in
terfered with. It is assorted the road
isTh two months behind in paying off ,
The lookout at Peoria still continues '
IiinsoodOll Manufacturers.
National Associated Pros ; . in
CiticAO > ; March 8. The consolida :
ted linseed nil companies are holding a
special ( meeting in this city to-day.
I'hq meeting is strictly private but it
understood i the purpose is to discuss s
revision of price lists. There are 55 col :
linseed oil manufacturing houses rep cht
resented in the consolidation , the ter
ritory ' of which covers the entire west. rot
At the mooting now in progress 3G abt
"nunufactuiors have representatives 20
ittonding. E. M. Wood , of Dayton , Tei
Dhio , is , president. me
tioi
Flro.
the
National Associated 1'icsi.
JACKSON , Tenn. , March 8. A conW0
lagration occurred hero destroying to- W0
roperty valued at $50,000 , ' including
ix business houses. The fire origi-
tated on Market street and is sup- nui
lused to bo incendiary. The people cou
lurnod out wore small dealers , carry- ing
ng but light insurance , and the loss stnt
Alls more heavily on the sufferers , pos
'ho city seems to bo in the hands of a
' who scorn fully determined to do- Cal
troy it. A mass meeting was held to
.eviso means of protection. . Natl
ST. _ _ PAOE , _ Minn. , March 8. Iho )
luildihg at Faribault gro
, occupied chiefly the
R. J. Liel , boots and shoes , burtt- Th
ar TLbss , $22,000 ; insurance $7,600. Th
The ware house of G. D. Post , at all.
City , burnnd with three thous- the
nd bushels of wheat. Loss , $12,000 ; j
nsuranco , $9,500.
Small Pox- ' 'Natl '
atlonal Proas Association.
GALLIPOUH , March 8. Small pox " ern
prevailing to an alarming extent in Ma
vicinity of Morgan Centre. There the
forty or more cases reported and sur
here have been four deaths in the tots
three days. The disease was the
ikon for chicken pox and other'eu - capi
incoua affections and has boon treat-1 'cax ;
with simple remedies with its con-
igious character unsuspected. ' Nntl
. NntlV
'kiladolphia Dotootivp Bureau
Abolished. Met
rational Associated Press. j '
pflr
PHILADELPHIA , Pa. * , March 8. The the
arps | of central office detectives in this brui
has been disbanded and the do-
artment ! abolished by order of Mayor
ing because of charges that the olli- Katl
of the department wore in league S.
ith and controlled by burglars and moi
bher criminals. Official detective
thoj
ork will be hereafter done by special will
Ulcers of each police district. It
The Sprnguo Estate. spor
ktlonal Associated Proas. fight
PUOVIDENCE , R. L , March 8. The beet
ipiemo court to-day decided that all sorv
roperty of the Sprague estate should
sold at auction in bulk. The date A
the sale has not yet boon fixed. It Natlc
NatlcE
agreed the trustee should prepare E
submit to the court the form of new
, ho thinks . ho can give , so that IOUB
bidders may know what kind of u ton'
they bid for. nort
Straw Bond Manufacturer * .
itlonal Associated press.
CHICAGO , March 8 , The Straw N
Manufacturers' association , of Shoi
merica , mot hero to-duy and ar- this
ngod details of the annual meeting land
liich will bo held at FabyunV , White steal
ountuins , Juno 21. pros
suit
A Truant Husband ,
itlonal Associated Press. '
CHICAGO , March 8. A prepossessing Natlo
mng woman , Mrs. W. Gales , who NatloE
recently married in Denver
, ap- men
at the police headquarters to-
ropr
, claiming to have been deserted tool
her husband and loft penniless ,
agoi ;
otectives ! arn searching for the truant vest
isband. leas
Small Boy Klllnd- rotu (
itlonal Associated fteao , wou
DKI MOINKH , la. , March 8. A son mor
Hon. S , G. Minchoater , of Eldora , any
agi < d 14 years , fell from the cars It
that place to-day , and was killed. day
Btol
Graveyard Insurances. the
itlonal Associated Press. Eur
LEBANON , PH. , March 8' Bomo trib
nxiety is felt among policy holders
the late World Mutual Aid Society
Lebanon on account of proposed Natl
proceeding for collection ofos - NatlC
lissinonta on all deaths that occurred ourt
to dissolution of the insurance side
ompany. Receiver MeXJarroll is said mo
have promulgated the movement , vill
'alley holders are distributed all to
'trough the states , and it is said that the
ilcOarroll has a good case against & ]
, pul
RAW RATIONS.
The Sufferers .Oonlfln't Wait to
Oook the Supplier
But Gobbled Thorn ns Soon as |
Issued and Ate Thorn
Raw. |
Well Off a Short Time Ago.'bat '
Now on 'the Verjo of
Starvation.
Very Iiittlo Hope for th Future in
the Cotton States.
National Associated Prom
LITTI.R ROCK , Arki , March 8.
InHi an interview this morniii ( ( , M. L.
Harris , agent for distributing BUM
plies to sulForc'rs from the overflow in
Dosha county , reports the destitution
as hcartTondiiifr. When tlio supplin *
wore landed at Arkansas' City , ho
found hundreds of ravenous people
waiting. Some on receiving rations
commenced eating them runTho
ration ai distributed was , ior adults , T.
quarter of a pock of meal and four
pounds of bacon ; thin to lost
one week. The destitution is
not confined to colored people
ple , , and many white farmers ,
well off a short titno ago , are to-day on
tin verge of starvation and s mo have
died from hunger and cold , j The aid ,
distributed revived the hearts of all- roa
'mt the continuous rains Unvo little of >
liopo in the immediate future , and
lovoral ether counties in Arkansas are od
an equally destitute and starving ofPit
ondition ; also portions of Tennessee , Pit
Mi and Louisiana. jTho pov- plai
en must do more for Immunity's woi
lake. The greater portion ) of the woiS
itock is drowned or has died from Clo
old and hunger and the situation is the
iheorlcas and frfghtful. hay
WASHINGTON , March 8. The soo- fian
etary of war has boon informed that Jan
ibout 18,000 persons in Mississippi , mill
10,000 in Arkansas and 50,000 in line
L'enncBsoo are without supplies or low
neans for stcuring them. Thra - will
ions issued by the war department at
huso points will probably last until
text week. Twenty thousand rations
roro ordered to be sent to Tennessee Natl'
o-day.
LITTLE ROOK , Ark. , March -The lie
lumber of destitute families in Desha sayt
alone has reached GOO moi
ounty , amount-
to souls. Later thai
iig 3,500 reports
tnto the is still th Moi
water rising , w no
ossible prospect of early abatement. wor .
California Train Wrookor Con- rem
vioteJ. cam
atlonal Aneodatcd Praxs. The '
_
SAN FRANCISCO , March 8. In thereat Jan
roat case at Auburn , Cal. , StcJuogal ; poii
train wrecker , was foumlguilty. . mot
'ho ( jury returned alter th.&Tiour l Jau
.lie < prompt verdict was a surprise to Ed. !
. Steinegal's attorney will appeal cabi
case to the supreme court. was
tryi
Western Union Earnings. cabi
atlonal Associated Press par
NEW YOKK , March 8. The West- Jan
Union's quarterly report for rosii
larch 31 , 1882 , issued to-day , gives bloc
revenues ai $1,550,000 ; January Ed.
urplus ] to be added , $1,035,273.20 ; that
3tal , $2,585,273.20. It requires for nun
dividend of 1A per cent , on the wou
ipital .stock $1,109,500 , which will surf
ave a surplus of $1,259,073.20. ion
cadf
The Panama Canal. one
atlonil Associated Piciis. tern
WASHINGTON , March 8. Captain berate
leade , commanding the United States to i
Learner Vandalia , reports that the
'anama canal company have , cleared of
entire route of trees and undor- n i
rush for a width of 300 yards.
poss
Triumphant Mormons. man
itlonal Associated I'rese. . ,
SALT LAKE , March 8. The Mor Itw
ions : are now openly boasting that
have captured congress and there
bo no anti'Mormon legislation.
if estimated that the Mormons have Natlo
lent over a million dollars in their NatloN
ht this winter and the money has St. ;
placed whore it would do good St.brl
irvico. dam
damA
FaTjulously Rich Gold Mine. live
itlonal Associated Presl. livePi
EUUKKA , Nov. , March 8. The The
has reached Piocho that a fabu- TheH
usly rich gold mine has boon struck , ho'
n'miloa buloir Eldorado Canyon in ho'Q'
jrtheastern Arizona , Q'
The ;
ThoG
Departure of Father Skoeliy. G
itlonal AasodaUd Press. Stat
NKW YOUK , March 8. Ilov. Eugene Ausl
loehy , the Irish priest who came to 'roni
country in the interest of the 'roniL
league , sailed to-day in the Doni
earner Germain for Pans. Ho ox-
'ossod himself satisfied with the re-
of his visit. B
tatlo
The Silver Minors' Strike. tatloAl
g
EOIIEKA , NOT. , March 8 Throe is
, headed by Hamuol Reynolds , e
presenting themselves as a comra'.t- i
from the mines , waited upon man-
Probert , of the Itichmond mine , o
istorday , and informed him that un- lion
ho acceded to their demands and
turned to the old tribute priceo ho
ould bo obliged to leave campto
iorrow. ProberL refused to make
concessions. s
has leaked out within tho. last few the
i that G30 sacks of ore have been Prii
olon from the Albion , taken trough
Richmond and ducnped into .the and
Eureka Consolidated. Homo of the Mc [ <
ibutora are charged with the theft. int
and
Railway Affairs- whc
atlonal Associated Press , ho
hoEve
OHIUAOO. March & The supreme Eve
of the United States has set oed
the decree made by Judge Drum the
iond ; , under which the Chicago , Dan- J'ri
& Yinceiines railroad waa Bold life
the bondholders for 81,500,000 , the
purchasers organizing the Chicago all
Eastern Illinois , which seems to bo owi >
in an embarauing position by the con ;
decision. Mr. F. W. llindekopor ,
ox-president nf the Chicago it East-
oni Illinois , nald to a reporter that ho
did
lag foreshadowed in those dispatch s
and ho did not apprehend any serious
trouble for his company. His com
pany had bought the Chicago , Dan
ville A Vinconnos in good faith and
jjj
ho had never hoard whore a party
tnado n purchase in good faith and
was afterwards deprived nf the same.
When the foreclosure was rendered
by the United States circuit court it
rcnuirod a bond of $500,000 to super
sede the execution of the decree.
This the company failed to give and
accordingly the decree was executed
bj judicial sale. The title of the old
company was diverted and the proper
ty has coino to third parties , whoan
rights therein would doubtless bo
fully protected.
LAIIKDO , Tex. , March 8. The moat
important event in the railway history
ofTli America transpired here to-day.
The first Inuirimtinnal & Great North-
on trnin crosiod the Ilia Grande
river. This is the first staiidaul
guaga track tu enter old Mexico. The
river banks on both sides wore lined
with enthusiastic spectators. The
party was chaperoned by Superintend
ent Joseph Korwiu , of the Interim-
lional , and consisted of General W.
T.Me Sherman , General Hoc , Colonel
Morrow , visitors ; Major Sunnier ,
lost commander , and who and attend *
nits , including the Misses Teal , of
Syracuse , NY. . , and Hughes , of
Bridgeport , Conn.
BriI
BALTIMOUK , March 8. At a moot-
ing of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
oad directors to-day the resignation
f Jno. * C. D.ivis , master of machin-
cry ot the road , \yas road and itccopt-
d , and Nathan E. Clutpman master
machinery of the Cleveland and
'ittsburg road , was elected in his
ilaco. Complimentary resolutions of
core passed to Davis. :
ST. PAUI/ , March 8. Railroad cir-
los are agitated over the report that
lie Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul
ave decided to build a road from Do-
unco on thti Council Bluffs line to
amostowii , Dakota , a diMtanuo of 450
ules. The object is to secure a short
no between the Jim Kiv-r valley bo or
rn Jamestown and Chicago. Work
'ill begin this season. he
he
Jcma JnmoH Killed Again.
atlonal ' Associated Prcsn.
CHIOAGO , March 8. A npccial to bo
° Daily News from Kansas City
iyu a passenger who arrived this nai
lorning on the Wabash train , relates Th
iat while the train was waiting at fan '
Eoberly Junction a sheriffs officer ,
orn out ana spattered with mud , ar- Me
ivod from the west and told a most
emarkable story , which , if true , will
iiiso rejoicing in railroad circles.
'ho officer' referred to said that Jesse I"01
amos was captured last night at some b''G '
oint in Kansas he could not re- Pal
lombcr the exact location , .Teeso the ;
amca nda comrade , supposed to ba ,
. Jliller , word Turrolindbd iri a log am
thin in heavy timber. The relater in
as one of the pursuing party. Wliilo ron
ying to force an entrance to the Col
ibin from the outside novon of his gu
arty ! were killed and three wounded , the
amos and Miller made a desperate unc
sistanco. The fight wan brief but hot
loody. The shonfl'fl officer claims
. Miller was instantly killed and
hoi
iat Jesse James received a largo
umber of bullets and is mortally me
tax
oundod. The attack was h complete ado ax
irpriso to Jesse James ana compan-
bill
, but they were so 'securely barri-
dev
ided that the attack was a disastrous dovt
tor the sheriff's po&so. An at-
impt is being actively made to corro- chn
jrato the statement given above and tra
obtain fuller particulars. five
KANHAS CITY , March 8 Thostory _ | atc f
the bloody fight with Jesse James
which seven men of a sheriffs win
sso wore killed , is a fabrication strcS
anufacturod by an evening paper
3ro. It caused no sensation hero , as wai
was not oven an "able bodied lie. " gov
was badly crippled , der
Du
add
Marine Intelligenoe. has
itlonal Associated Press. dec
NEW IfoiiK , March 8. Sailed The ale
Germain < for IIavro , the Parthia PagC
Liverpool , the Edam for Rottor-
. v con
Arrived The Lake Ohaniplain from bor
ivurpool. mo
PHILADELPHIA , March 8. Sailed moi
British Crown for Liverpool. I ha
HAMBURG , March 8. Sailed On mal
7th , the Indian for Now York. cau
QUEKNHTOWN ' , March 8. Sailed
City of Now York for Now York *
GLASGOW : , March 8. Arrived The NatlE
of Florida from Now York , the
ustrian from Boston , the Scofmt &I
Now York. 27J
LONDON , March 8. Arrived Tfho Rot
unmark from Now York. Lia !
Reduction of Mia r "
.tlonal Associated Piess.
AKUON , O. , March 8. At e. moot AlB
of mining operators of lAucaro-
valley it was resolved to. reduce
price of mining from 95 aunts to
cents , to go-into effect to-day. A 1
ineral strike in not anticipated and Pitt
minors at Camp crook iii Uio Mas- iow
district are working at the re. < the
iction. dir
Old Prince Potoanod. icy
ert
Some < wretch poisouzd old Pruico ,
Ru
depot dog , yesterday. Old
Vo
rinco was a fine blooded , pointer , „
\in\
the property of Councilman DC
cGavock. For yeans ho 1 &a been ofCo
the habit of watching iho trains Co
being on the depot platform , Erie
hen they came in , us tegular as if Lure
wore an employe of the road.
Iverybody know him aud his fat
nuturod appearance was always re
signal for fun among the bova wlmi
'rinco never did & mean thing in his mi
ifoand his honest eyes would look in chwl
faciia of those whomjho know with wl
the intelli-jonco of a human. His
wnor and C/oorgo Hall are bath in-
the
oii8olublo
, i
FoundDoail. t
Siwdal to Tin linn. ,
MHSOUUI VAI.LKV , IA. , March 8 ,
Goo. B. Wooston ! , n young man from
the cast , known in Omaha , was found
dead in' a water closet of the Com
mercial hotel. Ho had evidently
been dead twelve hours. The death
is as yet n mystofv. His father is
rich and lives in Washington , Now
Jersey.
Elootrlo Brief *
National Amoclatod Prem.
RKADINO , Pa. , March 8. Edwin
Shatter , a prominent attorney and
di politician of this county ,
d ! at Tuckcrton this morning from , ,
an overdose of morphia taken by mis
take.
laE ilAKUisntnia , Pa. , March 8. Goo.
E Mopes thin evening denied any
ki of the alleged coalition of
th continental republicans and the
Wolf independent , repotted as hnv
ing taken ulaco at Philadelphia to
day. Considering that Mapos is
Wolf's right hand man , the denial has
some weight.
ST. PAUL , MINN. , March 8. In
formation reaches hero that th
Manitoba Colozination company of
London secured two million acres of
Luid in the northwest territory and
will bring twenty-five thousand set
tlors. The Canadian government de-
Cray a portion of the expenses of set
tlement.
MOMWKAL , March 8. Lord Ennis-
killen writes from Ireland warning
the public against a young min trav
eling through America under the
name of Cyril Lostrun o , carrying
forged letters of recommendation
fro in the Archbishop of Armagh and
Lord Enniskillen.
RICHMOND , March 8. The house
f John Mussiu , a highly respectable
itizon of Charlottavile , Va. , was on
orcd last night by thieves. Mr. Mas-
sio mid wile wore murdered and all
f.kluahles belonging to thorn carried
No arrests are made yot. °
WiNNii'BO , Iran. , March 8. Leroy ]
Hooker , a workman on the Traffic
bridge now building over the Rod riv-
c hero , waa instantly killed this
morning by a fall of 80 feot. His
lieud : was mashed to a jolly. Ho caino
iioro : from Cleveland to superintend
erection of the iron superstructure ,
liaving been in the employment of the
Dluvclund Bridge company for a nuin-
jor i of years.
ATLANTA , On. , March 8. A man
mined Bean and a woman named
L'hompson , both married and having
'uniilios , eloped together.
MONCIK 1 , Ind. , March 8. James
McNumara had an arm torn off in n
lax mill this aftornoon.
DALLAS , Tex. , March 8. Adams &
Lioonard , bankers , have sued the An-
'lo-Amcrican Land and Ciaim com
pany for $15,000 for work done on .
ho Chicago , Texas & Central railroad ,
OuibAffo ) March 8.Olef Strong
ind Chaa. Peterson , Swede * and uu-
narriod , were walking on the rail-
oad track between South Chicago and
7olohour this evening when a Michil'
'Mi Southern duinmy engine struck
hem.Peterson waa instantly killed
nd Strong will die. Both men wore
lorribly mangled.
COLUMBUS , O. , March 8. In thoU
louse , Jones' constitutional amendJ J t ]
nent : embodying local option and
, was discussed nt length and
dopted. The sonata passed Hughes' iat
for the sale "of estate free of Fr
ewer in certain cases. Q of
CHICAGO , March a R. W. Bu- 'tin '
Imnan , a member of the board of ab
rado < , who it is alleged sold thirty- 10
vo car loads of clover seed adultor-
ted ( with Hungarian seed at n profit
"
$10,000 was "expelled by the board , ,
rhich caused a sensation on the
troot. . .
Si'KWUXiELp , Ills. , March 8. A ro 'IB '
mrd of $200 has been ofl'orod by the Big
ovornor for the arrest of the tnur- grt
tlu
erers of Lake Ransom at Uinndiilo , ;
Page county , February 15 > In exi
ddition to the state reward $1,000 pu
boon oflerod by a brother of the
eceaaod , $500 by the village of , Hins- am
, and $500 by the county of Du wl
'age. wloi
p
CHICAGO , Maseh 8 , The insurance pS
unipanies having risks upon the Os- roi
warehouse burned two
erne reaper , po
lonths i ainro , c for $00,000- sottlo- ; pome
icnt , but Mr , Oaborne refuses loea me
lian $140,000. It is oapootod the Tli
latter will gp to the courts and the pai
nuscs of the fire bo investigated. BO
eal
Failed. Kf
bor
atlooal AasoilaUd Press.
BOSTON , , March 8. A. W. Pt > rry , tal
Best , alux > nmnufaciuror , oflico No is
Summer streui , factorial at coi
. failed . ok E
looklond. and Hanover , to-day.
abil&a > , 975,000. me
of
ofha
ha
UNION 9ACIFIC. wi
Tl
ataijol Election of Dlreotoro-iaMew to.
wi
Yoek City ,
out
The annual mooting of the Union bjm
rW.fio Railtvad company was hold ia m
York yesterday and resulted in a
ro election of the present board of lie
lirectors Jo/ the ensuing year : ' Sid-
; Dillon , David DOWB , T. T , Eok-
, Jay Gould , Solon Humphrey ,
0 } Sago , Augustus Schell , of Now
. „ ; Elisha Atkins , Frederick L. I
ina , E/ia H. Baker , F. Qordon
Dexter , of Boston ; S. H. H. Clark ,
Omaha ; Uroonvillo AI. Dodge , of
Council llluflsj Win. L. Scott , of
, Pa. and John Sharp , of Salt
Luke City.
G , A. Linquist , Merchant Tailor ,
removed to 1200 Farnltum street ,
whure ho is fitted up in the ma.it
modem style , rucuiviiiK a largo and
choice selection of spring goods.among
which ave special novelties , m-2-m
a
The EUPEKOU has cornel Chief of
Minnosotaa ,
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Nihilists in Switzerlantl Threat
ening Vengeance ,
If tho' Bxeoutiona of Those Re
cently Condemned Take
Place.
Turkey Said to be Seeking a
Wnr Alliance With
Austria.
MUoollanoonn No-nrn thai Cnmo
Ovortho Cable.
-S
National AwocUtctl Prcm.
( IRRMAMY TOUNTINU OH1UKBHS.
LONDON , March a The czar has
sent congratulations to the now king
and queen of Sorvia. The establish-
nont of the now dominion is regarded
with favor by all European powers
Bavo Turkey , The czar in this com
munication expresses publicly h in good
will and friendly relations with Ger
many , but at the same time German
newspapers and associations openly
disouss the probabilities of war with
Russia and point to whni , advantages
Germany might gain in auch a ,
conflict. The Kleino Gazette , inspired -
spired sometimes by the Prussian
foreign dfiico , proposes the annexa
tion liy Germany of east Siboriajjnd
Snglmlien in tho.o\ont of a victorious
war with Russia.
THK AMKH1CAN MURDERER.
The trial of Dr.'Lamson opened this
morning The prisoner was very 'ner
vous.
rilTUHB TUIKli1 CONV1CTK1\
At the Old Bailey to-day James
Harris , aged 38 , painter , was con
victed of Htcalinir from the residence
of John Derby Aller.ifr , nuar Lan
cashire Gates , Hyde p il.- , the picture
known , as "Monarch 06 the
Meadows , " value 5jOOO. Tlwi > ioturo
was cut from the frame on the 14th of
September , 1881 , while the .hous'o
wa ? being repaired. Harris waa ; , -
employed therein at the- time '
TUNIS , March 8. Arabs have mur
dered nine European traders and have
renewed fighting around Kaiwan. * 'I '
'IM
NIHILIST THUEAT8. M
GENEVA , March 8 , Russian nihilists
of this city have issued a declaration
that if the execution of the recently
condemned nihilists which is to take
place shortly at St. Petersburg is not
averted their deaths will bo avenged.
CANADA AND XIIANCE.
PAJUH , March 8. Sir Alexander
Galthaa arrived in this city for the
purpose of negotiating n commercial
convention between .Ctnada and
T0KKET ANI > AUHTlirA.
CoNHTApiNorLB , March 8.--The
Porto , it is aaid is Booking an offen
sive alliance with Austria in the event
of war with Russia.
MIHOUtLAMIiOOS CABLKC1UAM.S.
The select committee appointed by'
the ] Gorman Reichstag has rejected
the whole of the ecclesiastical bill.
Mr. Houston , the new French min
ister to Washington , will not leave
Franco for that city until the middle
It May is rumored that the pretender to
the Spanish crown , Don Carlos , has
abdicated in favor of his son , * who is
years old.
The Modern Dinner.
tfew York Times.
Nowadays , an invitation to dinner
like a draft. . It is to bo honored at
light , but usually with a three days'
race. Unless' the receiver honors
ho demand , or farmahos n reasonable
3XCU80 , ho may bo said , to have re \
pudiated his obligations. It is purely
business affiiir , this dinner-giving
ind. dinner-accepting transaction.
Most' families keep a sot of books in
which all dealings of the sort are
posted witlu mathematical accuracy.
Single men , who have no helpmate Oiu'I
remind thonii ot their engagements ,
post their dinner cards whore they
may bo soon every morning , stern
monitors oF th < > day's "pleasures. "
Then there ia , the call which must bo >
paid by the invited guests within
von ) days of tor the dinner has boon
oatouiOE declined ; and when this obli
gation l is disoharged the honest mom *
; of society thanks his stars andl
bakds courage. How different all this. r
fromi i tho- visiting and the un-
onstraiuud' social intercourse of the
ldoB timel The country knows no
more tlw hetrty and natural manners i
otluii days. Country festivities
have iaken on the "ain" of the city
withoui their comnlotanoss andpoluh.
There is no heart left in the city "en- .
tortainment . , " as wo oall it , with un-
wilting sarcasm and- the freedom , and
genuinau of counts ? living are going1 >
with the good old customs. Anui
aud by , wo ahull como to auch a.M
melancholy pas& that when one enters.
house without A ticket ho aliall bo.
ignominiously Landed ever to thopo
lice aa a social tramp.
THAT COUGH.
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Cold Astlom , Broncliitis , Hay Fever ,
CoiiBumi > iion , loss of voice , tickling of
the threat , or any affection of the
Throat or Lungs , use Dr. King'a Now
Discovery for Consumption. This ia
the wieat romoiry that ia causing BO
much excitement by its wonderful
euros , curing thousauda of hopeless
oases. Over a million bottloa of Di.
King's Now Discovery hayo boon used
within the lost year , and have given
perfect uatisfactioji iu every instance.
Wo can unhesitatingly aay that this ia
really the only suvo cure for throat
and lung aflocUaus , and can cheerfully -
ly reconnnoua U to all. Oall and got
trial bottle free of coat , or a regular
size for $1,00 , Till & MoMahon , Oiu >