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MAHA \rWELFTH YEAR. OMAHA NEB. MONDAY MORNING , NOVEMBER 0 120 - Vi-.i- - i..l . . u. , . , , . . , , n im Mi . . .i ft VALLENTINE'S ' VILLAINIES % r ? - A Professional Swindler , Whoso DBods'EntitleHimtOcaFroiifc ' * Pew In the Penitentiary , Farmer Long of Burt County Compelled to Pay $100 for Hia "Proof Ppore. " Which Valentine Held in Hia Pocket Till the Money was Paid. The Romier Homestead in Gum- ing County Sold by Vtil. Wllilo Register , Perjury , Torgory and Kobbory. In ThoTokamah Burtonianof Octo ber 2Gth , ' 82 , there appeared the fol- ' - iVsk Ben. Long , of Decatur , how it Is that ho had to give a yoke of oxen worth S1GO to Valentine , to have nn error cor rected which ho had not made. In addition to this inquiry there were several just as pertinent , but Mr. Lang was the ono they decided to "ask , " there are scores of others ready to testify against Valentino if inquired of. Abbott of Decatnr , prepared an afildavitt just on ono point ; namely the statement that the payment had boon made while Yalontine was regis ter of the land office , which Mr. Lone partly answers In his affidavit before Mr. Abbott , as at the time ho deliv ered the oxosi , Valentino had boon Bupercodod by Welch. Nothing had been said in The Burtonian as to time , place or conditions , the simple re quest was to ask if it did happen. Mr. Long's first affidavit tolls just a grain of truth ; Valloutino's sapper did not want it all. Hero is a first statement , ono , by the way , he would not have made had ho known the whole truth could not bo given. Friends in Dscatur soon learned of thb imposition practiced and Mr. Price of The Herald saw Mr. Long and obtained from him a full state ment , which ho published with the Abbott affidavit : State of Nebraska , 1 c-o Durt County , JBa > Benjamin Long , being by me first duly a worn , on his oath deposes nnd says that nny statement made that E. K.Valentine , while register of the land office of the United States at West Point , over charged him ( Uenj. Lent ; ) § 100 , or uuy other ; ever took from him a yoke of orcn , or any oth er property , to apply as n fee , or in any otl/ir way , either directly or indirectlv , ia > * nolJy false. BENJ. LONG. , V < Subscribed in my presence and sworn to Mefore me this 31st day of October , 1682. A. C. ABBOTT , Nortary Public. The pettifogger's hand is visible in the above ; ho did not want the whole and did not put it in , even when Mr. Lone ; desired it ; for Long desired tc clu right in the inr.ttoi , aud not leave the impression that ho desired to covoi up any part of the transaction , so he explains all in this tJECOND AFFIDAVIT. BuKTCotsm. j ' Benjamin Long , being first duly sworn , I * says that about the year 1870 ho madf Clnroof on his homestead , before JA K. Val "f eirtlne , who was then register of the Wesl V'oint land office , and that about two yean thereafter , while iu the cilice , Mr. Valen tine informed mo that my proof was insuf ficient , and when asked if he rould infonr me what to do , or could assist me , be u.iic that in a few days he would be out of ths land office and would take my case. I then employed Valentine ; his fee was $100 , which I agreed ro secut * to him on t yoke of oxen nf mine. About a montl after I went to West Point with additions proof , and Valentine then took from me i mortgage upoa the oxen to secure thi agreed fee of 8100 , and In about sixty days thereafter I was notified by him nf the issuance of mj patent , and Lot having the money tc pay said fee delivered up my oxen to Val entine to bo sold , with the express agree , ment that he would pay me all the pro. ceeds of the s lo over § 100. The oxeu were told for SUHiin about a month after ward , ( aid after much dunning , and finally going tc West Piint , I re'celved an ordet on a meichant there for $15 , At the time of receiving this order I authorited Val to pay for ne $12 duo The Omaha liepubli- can for description , but that about one year therofter was called upon by said newspaper'or the subscription , and after much time and trouble was finally in formed it wn settled , The final proof on my houeateoi wai made and passed while Mr. Valentinvu in the land nl&ce , and f unv u istakiwas made or my proof was mufh'ciont hehnuld have informed mo I employed him * nhove stated while he was an oiHcfk. ' in tbtlni-d office , mid the above fctajntlonod uni nie all I ever received frour > "WfCvine , nd there L * duo me from him n balance ofV8 from the sale of the oxen which he haS often promised to pay me , bat Las nevcidone so. I was com pelled to pay him to eshorbltant sum. I was n poor man w-h a largo family , an3 the yoke oC oxen tale by him was all I bad for farming puiyse , all of which Ite knew. I make thlsetateraent for tbo reason that in a form * affidavit made by me in relation to the letter a full state ment of all facts wasjot made for the treason that the parties iiuestlng thesame did not desire It In full. BENJ LONG. Subscribed in my pronto nnd sworn to before me by said affianluig 2nd day oi November IBiS , and I c .ify this aflida. vit wns read by amantlXtre signing the game. , iUMILTON , County Jcdge , Hurt unty , Neb. "Wbjr Valentine WiuRomovod From ilia Iand OOB , To tte Editor oi Tiu art. It was J. D. Eomig's favr whost homestead , three and a lfrnil0i rom West Point , was sold b.yaion , . , tine for $400 , whea in therjntec ; States land ofl cfi , after the d h 0 | Mr. Ilomig , Sr. When thijj0y , found what Valentino had > n6i they uavo an attorney , tj he name of Clark S100tc get back the homestead , Clark w.t io Washington , and not long aftc gentleman came from that city , a after a stormy conversation up sta in the old Boomer block , "Val \ removed , and Frank Welch appoint Glark and Welch are both de and the Ilomig boys never rocove their homestead. Thia u why Val was removed from the United States and ofiico , You have this as it came 'rom the lips of Mr. llomlg. TOURIST. Forj nry , Forger y nnd Robbery I Jdllor ot Tin BUR. Wilbur F Bryant , Valentino's can didate for district attorney of Judge rncs' district , is trembling on the vertjo of defeat. Ho has , in the delirium of despair , no completely lost lie senses that on Wednes day last ho mailo n fnUo nil ] da vit at Ord for the miserable purpose ot keeping hia opponent's name from jcing printed on the Wheeler county mti monopoly ticket. In this ho ritlod , but ho Imd the fraudulent ickots printed , nnd while the farmer o vrai getting the tickets waa doing trading , Bryant put the bogus tickotn in his wagon aud took out the genuine package. The farmer smarted for hia homo , winch is 00 miles from the nearest muling otlico , but eight milts out ho discovered the fraud nnd returned and o t more tickets printed. The farmer's ' name is John Acre , of iVlllow Springs , 'VVhoclsr county , [ ho allldavit is now in his possession , nd it says that John II. Markley was lot nominated by the anti-monopolists 'or district attorney , while last week's ssuo of THE Br.i : gives full proceed- nga cf the antimonopoly convention .hat . nominated htm at Norfolk. The iflldavit was sworn to before F. L Harris , of Ori Perjury and forgery are evidently qualifications f jt railroad candidates. NORTHWESTERN. CAPITAL NOTES. Special Dispatches to Tim linn. THE NAVAt , RETIBED LIST. WASHINGTON , November 5. Roar Admiral Onus. H. Pear , died hero of of apoplexy to-day. Ho was taken ,11 Saturday night and lingered until Shis afternoon. Ho entered the eof * vice at 27 and waa retired at 70. THE SOTELDO FAMILY. Mrs. Sotoldo has written a letter to District Attorney Corkhill praying that any further proceedings against tar brother-in-law , who was acquitted the charge of murder Friday last , bo abandoned and that the matter which has enshrouded their lives in grief bo no longer kept before the public. The charges against Clerk McKinney - noy , of the supreme court , have boon filed with tho'chiof justice. THE IRISH P-eiRTV. A. M Sullivan Speaks for Parnell find His Associates. Special dispatch to THE BEK. BOSTON , November 6. A. M. Sulli van , M. P. , referring to the latest news from Ireland , said : "I road that tha Irish party voted with the government on the great trial ol strength Thursday night on the cloture question. The reason for that was not cabled , but I happen to know il quite \volL They voted against Staf ford Northeoto'a amendment , which amendment proposed a two-thirds ma jority instead of a bare majority. This was an ingenious but very shabby artifice to establish cloture , whicl should never hit' the tory party , anc should crueh the Irish "party. Glad stone's cloture will hit the tories anc home rulers alike. Thotoricsaroalwayi mro of having more than a third ol tt. * house , but the Irish party is not. Seeing all members from Ireland o ; nil parties only number 102 out ol 652 , one therefore perceives that Northeoto'a cloture would crush the Irish and lot the Tories escape. Speaking of the now programme enunciated at the recent conference in Dublin , Sullivan said ho considered , as a mr.ttor of tactics , jit would have boon better to .concentrate upon someone ono subject , but the conference musl be accepted , as speaking for the Irish people with authority , as no proyioui body can pretend to. Ho boliovnc the coming land revolution in Eng land would far outstrip in magnitude and tremendous consequences the Irish land movement of the present day. Affairs in Moxloo. Special Dispatch to THE IlKE. CITY i v MEXICO , November C. A society has boon organized for the en couragement of the mining interests of the republic. Among the promo , tors Porfris Diaz and many of the more active and wealthiest mon of thi country. Gon. Paches , minister oj public works , is president. The reciprocity tt < aty with the United Statea ia again being discussoc by the prose. It meets little favor. Ilociprocity with nny nation is un popular us Mexico's revenues are de rived principally from importation duties. The arrival of Homers caused dis cussion. The committee on custom house reforms has prepared regulations , for facilitating the transit of goods by railway across the northern frontier and simplifying the tariff generally. Colored Onttbrouti- Bpeclal Dispatch t9 Tui BII. NEW ORLEANS , November 5. Ohas McCarthy , colored , went to his moth er's room , Rampart street , at 5 a. in. to. day and found her unable to speak with a deep cut across her neck. Ho went to inform his sister on Marois street , and on entering the room founc nil ] sister dead with her throat cut Mrs. McCarthy is not expected to recover cover , She was able to state she was cut by Peter Johnson , alias Dago Pole who lived with her daughter. It is believed he also cut Ellen's throat The murderer escaped. Jealousy is supposed to ba the cause A Bnrnliig Town. fpccltl DItpatch to Tui Ban NEW YORK , November 5. A diaas trouo fire visited Rodbank , N , J. , this o veiling , destroying aoveral of the boat business blocks of the town , in Deluding the telegraph oflioo. At 0:30 : ajjt looked as though the entire town ifi ould bo destroyed. No telegraphic rea ramunicaUon possible since that INFLATED BY VICTORY. Tlio British Lion Figuratively Strutting Over Europe With a Long Tail Coat , Bis Tail Menacingly Elevated iu the Vicinity of the Gultan'a Falnce. A Portentloun Q-rowl Emitted Against the Pretentious of Franco iu E ypt. The False Prophet Making Progress Slowly in the * Bowels of Africa. The Pope JLaraonts the Doondonco of Virtno iu the Nineteenth. Coutnry. GENEK&L FOREIGN NEWS. Special Dispatch to TUB HKE. THE IIOA1U ) OP CONTROL. OAIUO , November 5. M. Brodif , French controller of finance mEgypt , ias written a letter to Ohorif Pasha nsisting upon his right to bo present at the council of ministers , Ohorif Pasha immediately referred the letter : o the British government. AIIAHI'S COUKT. Several members of the court mar tial engaged in the trial of Arabi Pasha have resigned because of the Information convoyed to them by counsel that they may bo called as witnesses who shared in the military uprising. RADICAL CHANGES IN RUSSIA. BERLIN , November 5. Baron Pil- sach , conservative in the upper house , is dead. General Schwoitnitz , ambas sador of the Gorman government at St. Petersburg , and General Wordor , attache of the legation there , have asked the emperor to recall them on the ground that radical changes have taken place in Russia oinca the death of the late czar. FIRING THE FALSE PROPHET , ALEXANDRIA , November 5. The forces of the false prophet in Soudan made five attacks on the town of Obeld. They wore driven back with great lops. Among those killed wore two brothers of the false prophet. Oboid remains invested. . The prophet continues to advance on Khartoum , for which tljoro is hope ot a successful defense. It is reported that the Bed ouins are offering for sale largo quan tities of firearms and other property , proceeds of the loot at Alexandria. ENGLAND AND FRANCE. PARIS , November 5. Negotiations in Egypt between the governments of ETjland aud Franco scorn to bo mak ing no progress in the direction ol mutual Understanding. ' On the con trary the divereence of views is be coming greater than boforo. THE BEY OF TUNIS. Duclero has definitely resolved to reject the claims advanced by the porto for the formal investiture in the bey of Tunis by the sultan. THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY. At the opening of the chamber ol deputies Duclorc will ask a vote ol confidence in the ministry. If the vote proves adverse , dissolution of the chambers will follow , and an ap peal will bo taken to the country. A SOCIALIST REliEL. BERLIN , November 5. Herr Rebel , socialist loader , has commenced to servo a three months' term In prison , in accordance with the recent sen tence against him. Herr Hazen- Bcholr.er and Herr Liobknocht accom panied Rebel in his prison lifo for two months , their offense being simi lar , but doomed by the judges loss se rious in its naturo. All three are edi tors , and reside in Loipaic. SOCIALISM IN FRANCE. I'AIUS , Novombor5. The minister ial council hold to-day decided to de clare at the opening of the chambers the necessity of a very strong govern ment to suppress the increasing ten dency to social anarchy , Gambotta proposes to rcintroduco his scrntin do liatu bill. A UEVUREND RITUALIST RELEASED. LONDON , November 5 , Lord Pen- zanco , in his judgment upon the con tempt case of Rov. Green , who was imprisoned for ritualistic practices and deprived of his benefice , says It seems to him Green's contempt is sat isfied and that inhibition should CCUBO with his deprivation. Ho there fore orders that Green bo released from prison. DESTRUCTIVE GALES and inundations continue throughout England. In Devonshire the grain crops have suffered complete de struction. A. RISINO NIITED , VIENNA , November G. The RUB- siaii police have boon officially notified of the discovery of a conspiracy at Puttawa for a rising of the peasantry , MILAN'S MINISTERS , BELGRADE , November C. The cab inet which recently resigned agreed to remain in ofiico at the solicitation oi the king himself , THE hOUDAN EXPEDITION , OAIRO , November 5 , The enlist ment of native troops for duty In Soudan against the false prophet is progressing satisfactorily. Many amnestied - nostiod officers who fought in the late war are freely offering their services for the expedition. A number ol German officers are also offering , HIUiKL DOCUMENTS , It has been decided to hold the trial of Arab ! Pasha in the jail building. Elis English counsel obtained access to the documents alluded to in a re cent dispatch which passed between the sultan and members of the na tional parly in Egypt. They were transmitted through Derviich Pasha t Merchants and Dealers Throughout the Entire West are Invited to Visit the Mammoth Establishment owned and Occupied by R.LNTDONALD WHOLESALE RY- Notions and Furnishing Goods , AT ST. CTOSIEIPIEL , IMIO. , The Brightest Lighted , Best Appointed Jobbing House iu America , containing the argost Stock of Dry Gooda and Notionn west of the Mississippi. Solo manufacturers of the celebrated ( McDonald's Overalls , Duck , Denim and Gottonade Pasfcs , GYGLONE ULSTERS , LINEO SUITS AND CHEVIOT SHIRTS , In all styles now popular with the Trade. Absolutely the best Goodin the Markets Western Merchants can more than save their expenses a visit to this Mammoth stock be fore buyjng their Fall Bills. Traveling agents , with extensive lines of samples , visit all prominent towns throughout the west , and will call upon any merchant any where upon receipt of a request so to do. Send orders by mail , or write for samples. The most careful attention given to orders , and satisfac tion guaranteed , Remember _ E. L. MCDONALD & co. , st. Joseph , MO. and have reference to applications con taining thousands of signatures , in which the sultan is bogged to support Arabi in his rebellion against the khodivo. THE AUSTRIAN AllMY. VIENNA , October 5. The main points in the now scheme of reorganization ization of the Austrian army are the farmation of 14 corps of equal power , and numbers to bo recruited from the provinces where the mon live , the ex tension of the defensive system , and the establishment of a network of railways. HANDS OFF. CONSTANTINOPLE , October 5. Earl Granville opposes the dispatch of nn Ottoman commissioner to Egypt , and through the Turkish ambassador to England , has asked the porto not to urco the matter. AN EARTHQUAKE In Northern Syria yesterday destroy * ed several villages. No loss cf ll'o reported. < ( - v4 TIIE TOPE'S ZETTKU. LONDON , November 5. An encycli cal letter of tiio pope was road in all Catholic churches of the city to-day , the occasion being the seventh conton- nary of St. Francis Assasi. The pope laments the dearth of Christian virtues in the nineteenth century , and says the greater part of mon to-day are seeking to revel in luxury ; being ex travagant in their own goods , they are greedy after those of their neighbors. They extol the name of mankind by talk moro fro- quonUy than they act. The votaries of rationalism encourage violence and sedition among the people , provoke agrarian disturbances , Hatter the ap petites of the lower classes and by those moans and others serve to weaken the foundation of domestic lifo and public order instead of strengthening them by lives of probity and manhood , The letter recommends Francisian in stitutions bo moro widely spread among the laity as a partial remedy against the rapidly spreading ovll of socialism. SPAIN MUST EELEAHE THE REFUGEES LONDON , fNovombor 4. The Daily News says the Cuban refugee ques tion raises the question of national honor. That the English government must endeavor by firm remonstrance to induca Spain to alter her determine ation not to surrender the refugees , but if severer remonstrance is needed it will bo employed. SPAIN WILL HOLD TIIE REFUGEES. MADRID , November 4. It is stated that the government , although per- ( listing in its decision not to deliver the Cuban refugees to Iho British , has resolved to institute an inquiry into the circumstances of their cap ture. CABINET MEETING. LONDON , November 4. Yesterday'B cabinet council considered the instruc tions of Lord Dafferin. They were dispatched to him last night. The Irish members of parliament soloetod Kenny , a resident of Manchester , as a candidate for Ennie , NEW TRIAL. BERLIN , November 4.The muni cipal council will bo dissolved to morrow. The supreme court at Loip- Big has quashed the acquittal of Trof , Morasont for slandering Bismarck. It will involve a now trial. Propeller Burned. Special Dlipatch to Tun Use , OWEN SOUND , Ont. , November 5 , The propeller Josephine Kldd , from this place for Lion's Head , burned off Capo Commodore last night. The crow was saved. The vessel and cargo is a total loss ) cargo not insured ; ves sel partly insured. A Oood Indian Soon. Special DLapatch to TUB lint. YAMKTON , D. T. , November 5. Oflicprs hero have been notified that President Arthur declines to intor- f ere in the case of Brave Boar , sontoncd to bo hanged the ICth lust. , for the raurdor of Joseph Johnson , a dis charged soldier , near Fort Bully , in 1877. MANHOOD'S SUPREMACY. Gov , Hoyfc , of Pennsylvania , Throws off tlio Shackles of Cameron , And Joins the Mighty Throng Now Battling for Honor and Honesty. A Stinging Reply to thoABinults of the BORH and Hia Followers Hoyt's Rejoinder. Special Dispatch to Tun litt. HAUIUSIIUKO , November G. Gov. Hoyt has made the following state ment In reference to the charges agalniL him made at the republican muoting mat u veiling , that lie had used the state's funds in connection with others for private speculative pur pose ; that to avoid disgrace ho had appealed to Senator Cameron to come to his assistance , which the latter did. Ho says ; "I was never a member of any pool to engage in stock specula tion , I dosiro'to state emphatically , without qualification , I have never re quested , in person or by agent , of Cameron any financial assistance , either for myself or anybody else : that ho has never advanced ono dollar to mo in my behalf or on my account in any transaction ; that I never had any relation or connection in business with any party or combination or pool to whom ho may have advanced money , directly or indirectly. So far in lifo I have not boon compelled to draw on either the intoluctual , moral , political or financial resources of that Rontloman. This attack is part of their discipline and extermination to which I am to bo subjected in com mon with a largo number of citizens of the commonwealth. Wo accept the situation. " In reply to the question as to whether ho had received Colonel Quay's resignation as secretary of the Commonwealth , lie said ; "Mr. Quay's resignation had boon rooeivod and ac cepted. I part with him with sincere rcgrot. I have appointed as his suc cessor Colonel FrauciH Jordan , of this city , who has accepted and will go on duty as secretary to-morrow. Quay's telegram waa simply a tender of his resignation , and stated ho would bo hem next week to settle. " TELEGRAPH NOTES Special Dispatches to fur. DRK. OKNKUAL , Gov , Alex. II. Stephens , of Georgia , > vas inaugurated Saturday , United States Supervisor Allen has warrants for the urreat of nearly 1,000 per sons in Brooklyn believed to have fraudu lently roistered , Sam Yaw , a Chinee , was murdered in Denver Saturday In front of a Chinese laundry on fifteenth street by J. W , Walker , a ranchman. The killiuf ( was unprovoked. Kx-Gov. Wlllard I' . Hall , died at St. Joseph Friday of paralysis. He was governor - ernor of Missouri during the latter part of the rebellion , and nerved three terms In congresy. Another person has been killed by the Chicago cable caw , which ha * already a lonu list of victims. A boy named Itobin. ton was knocked down by the car Sat urday , and his head completely severed from his body. f Samuel Noyes and Mrs , Kate Lipley , of Kldora , Iowa , were arrested l > y bherilf Wllcox , of Hardin county , In Kbokuk , Saturday. They escaped from hldora last Monday , Noyen Is 51 years old. He left o wife confined to her bed and eight children. Mrs. LIpley'a husband In In Idaho. Noyes had 81,000 on hlspewon and the woman nearly S1CO. Theyweie taken back to Kldora. A feud that it U feared will lead to seri ous results has broken out at Setauket. Long Island , between the colored aud Irish people. A few nights ago u white man was badly beaten by the negroes. In reUHation the whites beat every colored - orod man found on the street * , boveral persons wcro badly injured. Negro dwellings were attacked mid windows and doors broken. The negroes nppcnred nrmed witli shotguns , when the assailants lied. Henry L. Clapp , ot the firm nf Fair banks H Co. , Now York , whouo disappear * anco greatly nlarnicd friends , has cabled his anfo arrival in Kuropu , lie went to sco n friend off by steamer , and concluded to accompany him down the bny and re turn by tlio pilot boat. Tlio boat loft sud denly while hoVM talking with his friend in the ealoou and ho wax obliged to continue his voyage. Ho will return next week. Six years ago nn eccentric Spaniard was hi Kookuk. Itu died In Spain last August , Ho had an only child , a uirl twelve years old. It sootns ho wanted her rained n Protestant and iu his eccentricity imtuod George Bland , n colored blacksmith of this city na her guardian. Ho made n con tract with a priest iu Spain for the carry ing out of his will. The will provides that the priest U to receive ? 08 000 In case conditions of the will are fulfilled ; other wise nothing. George Bland , the colored man of this city , is to have the same amount and guardian-hip of the child , who gets 8330,000 and n largo amount of diamonds aud jowclry. The man is now ou Ilia W.y to .Spain to look bfU'r the matter. General Jiutlor came near being drowned a few miles from Lawrence , Miss. , Friday evening. Ho cauio up the river on the O. L. Nather. When four miles below - low Urnl place the steamer struck a reef , It was indispensable that the general bo at Lawrence at an curly hour. General Butler , Major Green , Caleb Sounders and Captain Hogan entered a email boat , The swift current began to sink the boat under the counter of the steamer. In endeavor ing to pusii clear the boat was partially swamped , Tbo dock hands , after many efforts , succeeded in hauling the general aud party aboard. The general reached n thorough wetting and a bunged hat. The Chicago Tribune anaounrci that on January lit , 188.1 , the management of the Illinois Central railway and Chicago , St. Louis &Now Orleans road , the hitter being now a leaned line of the Illinois Central , wilt bo connolldntcd , and it is further re. ported W. K. Ackermau will retire from the presidency an ft take charge uf the financial alfairs of the consolidated roads , with hoadcwartera in New York. Vice President Jamon C , Clarke , now general manager of both roads , Into bo iniu'e iircxl. dent , Mr. Ackcrman , president of the Il linois Central , stated to a reporter in refer ence to the report that ho would resign tbo presidency that the rumor in entirely without foundation , Mr. Ackormun then further imldlio had no intention doing thlf , nor had ho boon naked to do HI l > y the board of directors. It is true that the Chicago. St. Louis & Now Orluans road is to consolidated with the Illinois Central on January l t , out the board of directors have as yet had no mooting to arrange a plan of roorganl/nti n. WASHINGTON. From figures of the official as OBsmcnt of the District of Culumblii it appear * I ho capital building h ns'mtd at § ir > ,009G.r/ > ; grounds , & 9,07M5 : white houpe , SVM.G ! ? " ; treasury departinentlulldlng andgiouud , $1,008,151 ; state wir and mwy deiart- ment building , $ O.U11,101 ; horticultural ilnpartinciit building , 83 < ll,8'i"j ; ground * , 8089,080 : Smithsonian , UUU.fiMi nntlnnnl muteuin , O.OOUj ground82,01:1,378 : ; national monument ground * , $1,816,781 ; Washington monument , $ : tliO,000 , Iteceipttof national banknotes for re demption for the week ending Sattmlay was $18,120,000 ; United Slates bonds hold by the treasury to necuro national bank circulation , 8:503,423,150 : ! to secure pr.bilo moneys In national back depositories , SKI- 219,000 ; bonds deno.'ited toeccuro circu lation dnrlng the week , $0,005,000 ; to secure circulation withdrawn dining the week , 85,770,001 ; national bank note * cut- Btandlnjj , 8302,701,731 ; lawful money on deposit to redeem notes of national banks reducing circulation , 8211,260,878 , The Gariiold board of audit bus recehed the bill of Mrs , S. A Kdson acalntit the estate nf the late 1'reaiilont Uarfield , which had been returned because of certain informalities. Her claim Is for 810,000 for skillful attendance and profes sional capacity as a. physician. It will therefore have to be comtldered an coming within the limits of the 83r > ,000 ullowed to physicians under the act of congrees. The board will meet at the treasury depart ment early this week for consideration of bills of the physicians. K0uon'n claim is not accompanied by a release upon the estate , hence it ia quite likely it will h disallowed uulcei a roleuue Is added to it , The Mifmlnsippl river commission lion sent in Its entlituaea for the eum needed for work during the next fiscal year. They aik for the same amount appropriated last year , being about $1,250,000 for the Mis- vippi alone. The estimates have not yet been acted on. K"poits fiom work on the Mitsltalppl river under the appropriation cf last seuxlou show that the work is be ing pushed rapidly forward. A large force of ineu is employed under diieat control of the government engineers In building works and Btr.tighteniui ; the channel U irevcnt wanhlug nw y and breaks. Heavy iontracts have been lot for repairs to the ovcca , and contractors are vigorously mailing the work. Indications are that tppropriationn equal In nizo to thoao of last Bion will bo required for suvoral years to complete work ai projected by the engi neers. Forty head nf troltorn 'and thorough breds from the breedlnc ; farm of Commo dore Kit , near Now York , were sold at auction and realized ? ! ' , ! ,5'25 ; avcrngc , 8317. ( Jov. Hendrick'H foot is healing PiUiafac- torily. Hunlthy granulations tire forming , and there Is o\ery Indication of recovery. Fire In tbo hualncs part of Shrevcport , La. , destroyed Rovoral lmldingn ! and stores ; loss over § 100,000 ; insurance , 875- 000. ronEiQN. llerr Mast's socialist paper , Frclheit , has boon suppressed by the Swiss govern ment. In consequence of the outbreak of cholera at Mecca , quarantine has been es tablished at Port Said. A terrible conflagration has taken place- at Ulcaburg , llussm , and enormous losses > resulted. Stores , hotels , theatres , etc , , ware destroyed , ' Tiio frontier armaments uf Germany and1 Itussia are uoiv nearly completed , and have such a grim appearance that It creates alarm among the more timid poli ticians. There Is great distress in the county of Clare , Ireland , owing to the failure of the potato crop , epidemic among pigs , the high price of articles of consumption , aud taxes under the crimes act. In couecquenco of the Impression which [ < still prevalent among Egyptian ofl.ciiila tljat the northern powers uro ready t < op- ptfco K gjand'n efforts to procure the last ing pacification of Kgypt , Baron Troakow , German consul , IIPH IJcon entrusted to in form the khcdivo nnd Egyptian ministry that Bmnmrck has implicit confidence ) in 1'nglnnd'H dislntorrutcd policy regarding 'ypt , which ho considered the only and bent means ol ostab ishlng peace and order. / _ _ _ _ PERSONAL. " " * " * " ' S. KHydo , of Boston , li at the LWIard. N. W. Wells , of Schuyler , is at the " Millard. S , L. Caldwell , Superior , Neb. , Is attho- Millard. S. P. Parker , of Pierce , Is nt the Mil- lard. 11. F. Itlley came In from the west jes- te relay. Nat Drown , of St. Jo , Is stopping attho Pax ton. A. W. Cook , of Santa Fo , Is a guett at tbo Millard. J. P. Adams , of Schuyler , h at the Metropolitan , Hyram Kelly , of Wood lllvor , Is at the Metropolitan , If. It , Wodehouso , of Nebraska City , ia at the Millard. Warren Bhledley , of Kansas City , wan In town yesterday , Albert S. Cole , of Nebraska City , U at the Metropolitan. C , F. Tallmudgo and wife , of Denver , are registered at the Millard , C. F , Goodman was among the eastbound - bound passengers yesterday , K , V , Samuel a , the wholesale liquor man , went down to Lincoln yesterday. Count Urlalla , a foreign nobleman , waa oniony the San Francisco passengers yes- torday. Mr , VW. Halbert , of Chicago , Ia In. the city , stopping with his brother , J , 3. Halbert. Frame Wilson , formerly of this city , but now In the employment of the Union Pacific In Colorado , is at theMillardhotel. Midi ) Matilda Fletcher , of Iowa , U a gue t of the Millard. She leaves this morning to fill lecture engagements In Kansas. Mr. Froi Mcrgthelnicr , master mechanic of the U. P.'B Colorado syntem of roais with headquarters c Denver , caino in jesterday morning and returned last night Sergeant W. L.lAllisou , of company K , Ninth infantry , left Saturday for Fort McKinuey , Wyo. , after a lengthy attendance - ance hern as witness in the Florence rob. bery case.