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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. * / YEAH 'OMAEA NEB THURSDAY MORNING MARCH 1 1883 057 THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Passage of the Bill Increasing tlio Pensions of Permanent ly Disabled Soldiers. Varioue Important Changes Made in the Sundry Civil Bill. The Democrats Bodily Desert the TariCt Conference Committee. Smooth Sailing Aebured if the Protectionists are Protected. The Harbor Bill Causes a ftustle of Leaden Wingo in the Houe. The Reduced Jumbp , t-ired liy the Dead , is Iduhtly Touched by the Living. NOTE * . Spiilnl Dlspitchcs ti THE EKB THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL , WASHINGTON , February 28. The sundry civil appropriation bill aa amended by the senate committee on appropriations , was reported this morning by Allison and ordered print ed. The senate commlttoo increase tha amount of the bill as passed by the house by $1,418,000. Among the items added by the senate committee are the folio wine : For dry dock at Mare Island , § 15OCO ; lifo saving ser- vlco and now lifo saving utations , $15,000 ; Now Orleans custom house , § 15,000 ; furniture , gas fixtures , &c. , of public buildings , $100,000 ; comple tion Washington monument , $100,000 ; public printing and binding , $400,000 ; now naval observatory , $200,000 ; surveying public lands , $50,000 ; protection of public lands fiom fradulont entry , $90 000 ; protection and improvement lof the Yellowstone park , $200,000 ; bureau of engraving aud printing ( expenses ) $124,000 The commlttoo have stricken out the Item of $324,000 for construction and repairs of military posts and $200,000 for executive treaty and agreement with the Sioux Inditns. The hous * provision relative to Yellowstone park was stricken out and a new par agraph inserted , authorizing the sec retary of the interior to lease not ex ceeding 80 acres within the park , but not to include the geysora or other objects - jects of Interests. All previous eon * tracts will be declared Invalid. The committee also strike out _ the clause relating to the pre-emption laws. HE'S COMING. RavonlnihltrlmaUvo , minister of foreign affairs , head of the Malagasy > t embassy , and Ravitnlroka , .hit col- ji ' The senate haa ratified the supple mental extradition treaty with Spain. THE TARIFF AGAIN. Senators Bayard and Beck with drew from the conference committee on the senate tariff bill , after sitting two hours vainly endeavoring to have the house resolution reported to the senate with an expression that it lim ited the house conferees ; therefore under the Ingalls resolution the aen- ate conferees must withdraw. Sena tors Merrill , Shoruian and Aid rich did not agree wltu Bayard and Beck as to the necessity of withdrawal , and proceeded to consider the schedule The two democratic senators going ont left ' Oirllso alone , aa a free trade member He soon after left the committee room and went to the houao , not , how ever formally withdrawing. The matter - tor of constitutional prerogative of the house was lefc for the present , the presumption being that it will not bo raised if the bill can be made to suit the protectionists. The committee sat till nearly 12 o'clock and discussed the chemical schedule without making any material change. The Important articles were not reached. Tomorrow row morning the Iron schedule be first considered. It Is expected Bayard and Beck will report to the senate to-morrow that under the con dition of the Ingalls resolution , the senate confeieea could not remain , and request the recall of the senate's committee. This report is not likely to prevail , and the conference will doubtless go on until consideration of the bill will bo completon. . BEKDELE AGAIN. In the star ronte case to-day , Ingor- soil announced ho had finished with Rerdell. MeTrlok conducted there- direct examination. Witness said In December last he told Valle he was In communication with the government ] was trying to Ret ont of the case. Yallo Bald he had done well ; that if il had notjboon forjtho fact thatho ( Valle ] had been on the stand at the last trial he would Davidge objecting the answer wai unfinished. Witness first learned thi government was willing to aceep him as a witness on the nigh' ho went to Morriok's house He was given to undorstam ho must plead guilty and have n < favors to-expect Witness explalnec that his reasons for going over to th government were Dorsey's coming ti the jail and threatening him witl those letter ? ; also the fact that Dorse ; or Borne ono had "gone through" hi office while ho was la jail convince him that he had been deserted b ; Doreey , whoso purpose waa to got hlr out of the way. Witness did not so Brady go Into Chamberlain's , bu knew from Dorsey's conversation tha Brady was in the house. Adjourned CONFIRMATIONS. Dooins Wade , chief justice of Moc tana ; John B. Allen , attorney , Wash iogton territory ; Wm. E. Church , as sooiate justice of the supreme com of Dakota ; Thoa , Jones , jr. , brothe of Senator Jones , was to-day nomi nated pcatmaiter of Cleveland , O. CONGRESSIONAL SpoclM Dlepitch to Tin f li. SENATE WASHINGTON , February 28. In the senate Senator Edmunds , from the committee on jadiolary , reported ad versely on the houao bill to provide for a restoration to citizenship of auoh cltizana of the United Stitfo as have become naturalised citizens of Great Britain. Senator Tabor clTarod a joint reso lution providing for a pwtlclpjtion by the government in the national mining and industrial exposition to ba held in Donver. The bill increasing pensions of one iirmod and ono li od soldiura WBH ts kbu up. PoudluK qnnxtioii was on tlni motioa of Srtiiator Yoir , to striuo out the worda "Or ohall have auflorod dl * bilhy i-qual thereto. " Sjnator Voorhooa declared in favor ( f the bill. Senator Mitchell stated it would re- qntro two million to carry out the pro vision of the bill. Sauator Harris moved indefinite pcitponomont of the bill. Saunter Sanhbury oupportoi the motion , VanWyok opposing postpon- tnoni. . Senator Vest edvoastcn tlio bill , but baliovtid the " " "equivalent disability" clauao would open the dnura for fraud. Hunco ho opposed that clauoe. Sjnator Sborumi favored increase of pensions to soldiers who loat an arm or leg , or these Buffering equal disability from any actual wound re ceived in the service. The motion to postpone Indefinitely was lost 19 to 34. Senator Vest's amendment rtillng oUt the "equiva lent disability oluueo" was lost ayes 20 , nayn 22. Mr. Pjntt offered a substitute , which was adopted 31 to 7. The amendment providing pensions for survivors of Mexican and Indian warn was lost. Mr. Willlamu rpnko In favor of pen sioning the Mexican voterano , and in cidentally expressed the opinion that the increase of the pension bill wonld take sixty millions the first year The bill was reported to the senate and the amondmnnta made in committee of the whole concurred in. The bill , as amended , passed 27 to 14. The bill an passed provides that from the passage of the act , all per sons on the pension roll ana all per sons hereafter granted pension , who while In the military or naval service of the United States inline of duty , shall have lost one hand , or ono foot , or been totally or permanently dis abled as to render their Incapacity to perform manual labor , equivalent to the loss of a hand or foot , shall re ceive a pension of $24 a month ; that all persona now on the pension roll and all porsbns hereafter granted pennlon , who in like manner shall have lost either an arm , at or above the el bow , or a leg at or above the knee , or shall have been otherwise so disabled as to be Incapasited for performing any manual labor , bat not BO much M to require regular personal aid and atteadMe ? , shall ree ive a pension $90 Mr jBpfiUf. MgTldki .pothlng / ! talneo In the act aht U bo oJi . < . : .Va repeal section 4,699 of the Revised Statutes or to change the rate of $18 per month 'therein mentioned to be , proportionately divided any disability established , which ecqtion 4599 makes provision. enatnr Allison reported the sundry civil bill and said he wonld call it up to morrow After executive session the sonata adjourned. HOUSK PIU CEEDINGS. The house went Into a committee of the whole on the state of the , union and after brief contest In re fard to the respective claims for precedence of the deficiency and tlver and harbor bills the consideration of the latter moasvro wan resumed. Commenting on last year's veto of the river and harbor bill , Mr Mo- can expressed the opinion that it aa inexcusable In the high exeontive iflicar to speak in terms of disrespect the legislature which ho was advls- nq. The impropriety became much more offensive when accompanied with great display of ignorance He had ever known an executive to be so misled and mistaken. Ho wonld never lermit a man to denounce a vote of is as one unworthy of respect without ailing upon him tq proro It. Bo hanked God he could brand a man , if ot , aa n culuminator , as a man igoo- ant of facm. Mr. Burrown defended the report of , hn committee on the Mississippi river. Mr. 11 utter worth thought the waters i the Mississippi could bo confined within mud walls. without a comprom ise with mnskrats or a trnco with the moles ' Ho * did , not favor a largo ex penditure .for , the construction ol ovees , but defended the general plan appropriating for river and harbor im provements. . The bill was then read by paragraphs 'or amendments. The commitioe rose nformally and after appointment ol Spear , of Georgia , as a * conferee on the tax bill , to fill the vacancy occas ioned by Randall's declination , resum ed the session. A number of amend ments were lost. The committee rose , Mr. Page said ho wonld ask the hous < to sit the bill ont to-night. EVENING SESSION. A bill passed for the reappralaoment of the trans port "Planter , " captnred by Rober Smallos. The house resumed , In committei of the whole , consideration of thi river and harbor bill. Several mo tlons to strike ont certain small ap propriations -were bit , of tor a runninj debate of an hour. From 8:30 : unti 11 no amendments wore adopted , am but little progress made. Every smal Item proved a stumbling block to th progress of tha bill. Great dlaordo characterized the proceedings. An amendment on the Ohio rive appropriation was adopted. The com mlttoo at this point , without quorum rose and the home adjourned. THE LAND E.AWS- SpfcUl to the Qlobe-Dcmocr t. PROTECTION TO BETTtBKq. WASHINGTON , February 26. Aver d nffnrt is being made In the . . . to ut fat the proposed legisla tion originating in the house to repeal the pro ompUon laws and amend th'o homestead laws. Senator Conger Is very active in behalf of this effort , and thinks ho will bo able to have the pro vision stricken from the sundry civil appropriation bill , in which it was in serted by the house. Maj , Strait said to-day ho did not bcliovo the legisla tion wonld pass the aounto. Under the rule adopted by thu senate the clauio would updoubtedly 1)3 stricken from the bill , and could not bo rein- sjrtcd cxc'pt in conference , and It wan extremely donbtfnl whether It could ba done there. Gon. Waihburn is very active In trying to secure the passage of the provision by the senate In regard to the argument of Mr. Conger that the proposed change of existing laud laws wno in the Interest of land speculators as against the poor Bottlers , Mr. Washbnrn said ho defied any man to nhow that It is hi the in terest of any ono but the bonn fide settlers. It was understood that a larga number of fraudulent entries In the Dulnth land district had boon made in the Interest of certain lum bermen , which might possibly account for the interest taken in the matter by certain Michigan people. The terms of the provision were Indorsed by the secretary of the interior and the com- tuistloncr of the general land tfiho , t , > whcm It had been submitted before it was presented to the hdusn. II la un derstood that Senator Plum , chair man of the senate commlttoo on pub lic lands , and also a member of the commlttoo on appropriations , favors the legislation , and will endeavor to have It piss the senate. Delegates Pottlgrow and Maginnis are both op posed to it , although the latter says ho has hoard very little from the pee pie about it. He thinks some other course might bo purU > ; d to prevent the frauds committed under the pre emption law than by repealing it. The Ncwhnll Firebox White , washed Special Dispatch to 7un BK . MILWAUKEE , February 28 The grand jury in the Nowhall disaster made a final report this afternoon. The document says : The Nowhall was constructed as tubatnulinlly as such bnlldlnga generally. There is scarcely a hotel In the country which is as oaay of egress. It vindicates the landlordexcept tint he never Instruct ed thu help as to their duties in cane of fire , and cunsures the coroner for the manner the morgno was kept. Mexican Affairs- Special Dispatches to Tui Bun. CITY OF MFXICO , February 28. James Mammelledorff , general mana ger of the Mexican National bank , re tires. Gustavo Strait ) merchant , tem porarily succeeds him. Tfte settle ment of the Mexican debt to the 'Eng lish bond holders is again rumored The t fihlal organ states that the pres ident th nka the tin-e for settlement hu atrived. No o fihlal negotiation * ate on foot. > ! * Or ee t City Griuafe * . 9i cUl DiiNLtcn toTn lit * . indict all puties charged with frauds In th'e late election , the former being , quashed , owing to informality. Et President Diaz ond- , party ar rived to-night , and were given a for mal reception. _ A Mint of Money , SpecIalDlflpatch to TUB HUB. PHILADELPHIA , February 28 , Mint coinage for Fnbruury. 0,205,440 pieces , valuudatSl.irO.SGO , The cittzjuo' committee ; while fa voring the retention cf Lsauao Island by the govurnmont , say its abandon ment will not be detrimental to the Ity , as the 017 acres are fairly worth ue million and a quarter. Vreolcf > d hy a Bail * Ipeclal Dispatch to Tim HUH. CHICAGO , February 28. Later ad- Ices from the railway accident at 'alatlno , 111 , , shows ono child was illed and twelve persons Injured , IODO seriously. All trains resumed heir journey. A number cf them were emigrants. Five cars turned ver. Cause , broken rail , A L. Kl lat''r'i Loop Ipeclal Dlspttcb to Tim BIB LITTLE Rooit , February 28 W. M. Davidson , member of the legislature "rom Sharp county , while intoxicated , umpod into the river early this morn- ng and drowned. The body has not been recovered. , Both homes ad- 'ourned in rusppctnf hii memory. The Nail Warhoi in Meeting. Special Dispatch t J Tim Knit. PiTTSBUiio , February 28 The Western Nail Assoclatiod mot to-day and decided to close factories twc weeks more , beginning next Monday , No changes in rates were made. The outlook for epring trade la enconrag. ng. _ _ Wherali Fhcabef Special Dispatch to TUB Bim. BOSTON , February 28. The house defeated , 127 to CO , the bill \givinj female citizens the right to vote foi city and town o fibers , hold city am town offices and vote at town meet Ings. _ - The Pigeon Shooter Special Dlipatch to TUB BKB. OniOAUo , February 28 Arranco monta have been completed for a mate ! between Carver and Bogardus at th Chicago driving park Saturday , 10 birds each , five ground traps , Londoi gun clnbrnloB _ , 80 vards boundary. How Kind nf 7 hem Special Dlipa'ch to THE Jinn ALIUNY , N Y , February 28. Th assembly congressional apportioning ] committee referred to a sub committee toe in New Yotk city districts with view , it is slid , of giving ono dlstric to the republicans. Canada and Mexico. Special Dlipatch to TUB liu. OTTAWA , February 28. It la ui derstood the government has consented sonted to subsidize a direct steamihl line with Mf-xloo. $50,000 will I placed in the eatimata. THE OLD WORLD. The Revealed Villainy of Social ism Startles the People An aluela the HotfBed of the "Blaok Hand" Band of Butohero. British Frees Comments on the Applications for.Sheridan aud Byrne. The Latter Clostly COB flu til in PnriBi Charged with Aesat- sinntlon.1 GENERAL FOREIGN MEWS. Special Dispatches to Tun Dm ; * SOCIALISM IN SPAIKi MAUUIU , February 28. In the chamber of deputies Can'doin submitted - ted an ( nturpulatiou ) in rcffard to the socialistic troubles In Andalusia , lie doclated that a ( society , the "Black Uatid , " einiilav to th'lL international , existed. It aimed nt.cojleotlvo Instead of individual rights o property. Ho exhorted the government vigorously repress the organization , , The minister of thulntorjot1 replied ho had known of the'w 'onoo ' of "Black Hand" and ( had" plncod the affair in the hando ot the judicial au thorities. The prof ecu/of , Andaluaia were commanded to project farmers. A band of masked anoVj'armod men , supposed to belong * , , tV .tho "Black Hand , " entered A f mm house at Puerto Serrano , Andalusia , murdered' the men , .outraged the * dmen' and de stroyed every thing. 'SeverAl planta tion In Andalncia wcrap'rlialJy de stroyed by ali&ilar ban3s. j BVBNKlN.rWSON. PAUIS , February : > 28. Byrne , be fore the public prowpator , zeltorated his replies at the prefecture of police , denied the assaqsmationiand refuted to answer further questions. Ho Is kept a close prisoner. ? * No visitors will be allowed to qeesfelru until the ministers have finally decided the question of extradition. ! CRACK SHOTS. LONDON , February" ' 98. The duke of Cambridge , presiding at a meeting of tbe National Rifle , association , said the association looked forward with pleasure to give the Asaerlcan team a moat hearty welcome at Wambloton. DISTRESS IN. IRELAND. LouoiniENlFebra y 28. The dis tress among the peowa hero Is alarm- Ing. Crowds are daily besieging the housqa of priests , clamoring f or food. IRISH ELECTION. DUBLIN , February 98. In the eloc- tlonfor parliament for * Port Arling ton , R. A. French Brewster , conservative vative , received seventy votet ; Mayne , national , fifty-Sevan. , Fobruary28. Tho' sleamer "William Dickinson" was abandoned at sea. Thirteen of the crow are missing and fourteen saved. BOMB TUROWEUS BAOUED. ROMK , February 28 Three oml- granls I rom Triostie , and aix others wore arrested , being Implicated In 'throwing the bombs yeuterday. It is believed the gang are all arrested. HIIERIDAN AND BRYNE. LONDON , February 28 The Ti'iuos sajs the application for the extradl- of Bryno and Sheridan justify he belief the the government nave a tronq prima facie casp to lay before he French and Amonoan authorities. Vro will be strong popular protects n Franco and America against tho't-x radltlon of poraons ho It will bo l- oged are being prosecuted for what ia eally political offense. American udges are tint inaccessible to political jfiaonce , and the fear of thu Irish ote is ever before the eyes of the American people. THEY HAVE ARRIVED. BERLIN , February 28 The duke , nd duchess of Edingbnrgh have ar- ivud hero. A HIGH SOCIAL EVENT. BERLIN , February 28 The rilvei wedding festivities of the crown prince , ud princess , which was postponed at ho time of the anniversary of the wedding , on account f the death o : Prince Charles , took place to-day The streets were thro > ged with people nd busts of the cr6wn prince and princess were exhibited at varlom points , and the city will bo illuml natod to night. The emperor Wil liam , paid a visit to the duke an < duchess. Stock in New Mexico- Special Dispatch to Tni Em. SANTA FE , February 27. Report from tho''stock secMons show tha stock has wintered jomarkably wol and there have been few losses. Th sheep men report uomo losses In th western portion of the territory. Ii Niloncla , Bornddillo and Rio Arlb counties the losses foot up * SOCuG The cattle are now dolog 'finely , bu a scarcity of water and grass ia report ed in the northern section , but n serious results are apprehended , Two Crook * C'ought * Special Dispatch to TUB Dm. Cmo ao , February 28. Gilboi Yost and "Bid" Houlihan wet arrested hero fjr connect ion with th robbery of Vall's jewelry store at L' Porte , Ind. , some weeks ago. Si hundred dollars worth of diamonds c the 815,000 of the property stole was recovered. They are known I the police as two of the most expo : criminals in the country. Tha Railroad Riot. Special Dlipatcb to TUB Un. CuiCAQO , Febeuary 28. The rlo ons demonstration Is more lorloi than reported in those dispatches i hivvlns : occurred a few nights ago i being made upon the Ohlcigo ai Evanston railroad. About mli i > - night a band of 300 men , well or- ganlzod , merohod up Sonthport avenue to Fnllorton avenue. They were equipped with crowbars , jlmmios , pickaxes , and under the direction of chosen loaders proceeded to tear up the track , Five hundred feet of rails were torn up and twisted out of shape and the ties and roadbed completely destroyed for that distance. The police had expected a riot but the mob by a stratagem had deceived the officers as to the tlmo and places. When the latter arrived Iho rioters formed In Hue and marched some dis tance la an orderly manner and dis persed. No arrests. TELEGRAPH NOTES. Special Dispatches to Tin Usr. Hank Monk , the fnmuuH stage driver , Is dead nt Carsun Uity , Nov. During the cro-s-cxnmlnation of Her- dell , yesterday nftoruoou , tlto latter called Ingersoll "a puppy , " nnd InRorsoll called KoriUll " dirty do < ? . " . Charles H , Cato probably fatally shot Widow M. S. Anderson at Lawrence , Mftsp , , nnd then killed hluisolf. Onto leaves n widow nnd family In Boston , Louis P. Carman , ox-secretary of tbo Manhattan fire Inuuranco company , of Now York , hai boeu inleslug sluco Sun day. The nccounU of the company nro "hottS 10,000. The receivers of the Philadelphia nnd Handing Railroad Coal nnd Iron com- pnclca formally surrendered to the oflloorH of the companies control of the property ot those corporations. Better liftto Than Kovor. SpocjM Dispatch to TilK DKR. . NEW YouK. Fob. 28 A French man named Desioro Ilowot , has forever over a year boon maintaining illicit relations with the wile of Antonio Qninblno. The husband discovered the relations aud the wife confessed the guilt. To-ulght was fixed upon when Howot should make explana tions in the presence of all. Howot arrived before the husband , began liberties with the wife , she protesting , Ho Trot persisting she pluncod a knife into his heart , killing him instantly. Maine FutlonUti Ipeclal DItpatch to TUB OKI. AUGUSTA , Mo. , February 28 The fusion greenback state central com mlttoo decided to act with the demo- ocratlo party In 1884 ; that the Solon Ohaso groenbackors no Ignored in the future ; also that at present they be longed to the "union" party , and anyone ono calling himself a democrat or groenbackor got a cold shoulder. It was agreed a big fight should bo made against the republicans in the spring election. The Oyster War- Special Disatch , to Tux BEK. NORFOLK , Va.f February 28 Ono of the steamers of the oyster expedi tion returned with a portion of the troops , ono pnngy as a prize , ono white man and six negroes , prisoners. The governor found a fleet of twenty- six Teasels at work in Yiralnia waters , about the month .of the Potomac and only got one ; seventy-five rounds of musketry and twenty-six solid shots were fired at the vessels that got off Rip river and took shelter on the Maryland side. iZituiitt'ii 'Mf uK l- ' , " . * Special Dispatch to Tun BIB. * - EAST SAGINAW , Mich. , February 28. The republican state convention convened this morning. John 8. Newberry was made permanent chair man , For justice of the supreme cenrt , long term , Austin Blair was nominated ; for justice , short term , Thomas J. O'Brien , of Kent ; for re gent of the university , full term , Harry B. Hutchim ; regent short term , Jas. C. Jones' Sagtuaw. A motion to ad journ was voted down. The conten tion broke up amidst confusion. The Diamond Fit- Ipectal Dispatch ta TUB Un. BRAIDWOOD , February 28. Twenty- four feet of water still remain to bo pumped out before the search can be made for the bodies. The pumps are working badly. Two now engines are expected to-morrow. The relief committee made arrangements for burial of the dead to-day. They will bo buried in the spot set apart in the city cemetery. The relief fund reached 811,000 to-day. The Stowaway Case , pedal Dispatch to TUB lln. NEW YORK , February 28. Thomas Doss , the stowaway of the wrecked steamer Glamorgan , kept , in durest by Oapt. Irving and First Officer Bar rett , uf the rescuing steamer Ropub < lie , on suspicion of implication in tlu Plia-ii * park murders , haaboguna suit for $10,000 damages. Ordori for arrest were granted against th < officers. TezaB MftinRi. Special Dispatch to TDK Him , AUSTIN , February 28. A nogn was hung by an onfnrlated mob las night it Elgin for attempting to rapi a little school girl yesterday morn ing. ing.The legislature to day defeated thi prohibition measure by an overwhelm Ing majority and also passed a rosolu tlon to purchase the Alamo site in Bai Antonio for $20.000. Chicago Iron Mill- SpecUl Dlspatchlto Tui liii. CHICAGO , February 28. The dl rectors of the suspended Union irot and steel company hold a oocrot meet Ing , at which , It Is said , they resolve to submit a proposition to the stock holders , at a meeting to bo held Marc 12 , to Issno $1,400,000 prof erred sloe on which to start the mills again. Truln. Kuliuors Hontenood. Special Dlipatch to Tun Bu. ELKO , Nov. February 28. The trai robbers all plead guilty to assault t rob and asked to bo sentenced immi dlatoly. iuy , Ha winy and Franc * were sentenced to 14 years ; Earl an Jackson to 12 , In the penitentiary. An Emberrlor Bnioidoi- Special Dispatch to TUB Ilss. NEW YOUKFebruary 28. Johanm Gelileman , formerly letter carrier I Wnrtembnrg , Germany , was arrosti on the steamer Bothnia to-day , ; the vessel neared the dock. Golst man shot himself , dying Instantly , Ho * was charged with embezzlement. A Big Railroad OsumalKy. Special Dlipatch to Tni USB PALATINE , 111 , , February 28. Throe can of a Dakota train on the Chicago it Northwestern road was ditched near hero at noon. Ono child was killed and about fifty passengers were wounded. , , _ , JTow lJ' 8nooemor > Special Dispatch to TUB Biu. HARTFORD , February 28. Senator Orvlllo 11.1'latt was elected member of tha republican national committee in place of the late Marshall Jowoll. Making n Maih- Special Dispatch to TUB ! ! , NEW YORK , February 28. Straag'a snuff milk , at Dutch Hills , and the manhory , on Long Island , were seized nud destroyed by revenue officers. STHUOlTlT niOH. The Suburb of Englewood Furnishes n Koumnco Wborolu n Gentlemanly Tramp Does Not Stoat tuo Spoon ? , But Runt * Against a Fortune. The village of Englewood haa boon this week tbo scone of n romantic re union of two brothers who had not soon each other for upward of twenty years , aud to ono of the pair , at least , the occasion was a particularly joyful ono. Seine weeks ago a tramp ap plied at the reoidonco of H. L. Pron- tls , on Sixtieth street , for food and a night's lodging. Ho had the manner nnd demeanor of a gentleman , but his clothes were tto uniform of a trnmp. His coat was in racs , his toes pooped through his dilapidated booto and played hide and seek with Jack Frost- hid hair was ragged and uncombed , ' and misery sat enthroned upon his face. Mr. Prentisa gave him food , of which ho ravenously partook , and when told ho might sloop In the house his oyen threatened to part company with their sockets. Ho protested the luxury ot a bed beneath a comfortable roof would kill him , and bogged that his host would , instead , give him a mat rois and a blanket In the wood shed. This prosperity , which he said was allhe-conli stand , became his portion , nnd that night ho slept a sort of a you-don't know-what-a-aoft-thlng- you've got sloop , awakening In the morning with an expressed dotormlna tlon to do up the family chores In return for his host's kindness. This privilege was granted him and ho re malnod at the honao doing odd jobs ot work to pay his way. Ono day this week ho returned from a marketing expedition , with the change remaining out of a sum of money that had boon entrusted to him and several hugo bundles. Later In the day ho appear ed before the bewildered Mr. Prontla , dressed In the height of fashion , his smoothly combed locka surmount ed by a glossy tile of tha best make , and a gold chain dangling from a vest In the pocket of which there ticked merrily a $300 gold watch. Nearly wild with joy ho Informed his benefac tor that the day previous ho had by acddent.met in Ecglewood a brother twonTy'yoarB bn who Instead * rfatt been burled In the wilds of Montana , where he had amassed a snug fortune of $500,000 , and that the Montana brother had declared hta Intention to share his comfortable competency with the tramp brother , provided ho would accompany him back to Montana. The tramp brother bid Mr. Prontla good-bye , kicked his threadbare rags and his hard lot contingent upon his tramp llfo Into the alloy , and with his generous brother wont out into his now world of prosperity. THE GERMAN BED Troubles of an American In Adapting Himself to the Length of tbo Blankets. Berlin Letter. And that bed is enough to make a man ntnop-shouldered. It's about as broad aa a knlfo-blado , as hard as a billiard table , and six inches too short. I couldn't straighten out in it to save my life. I had to lie all twisted up like a knot , like a rattlesnake ready to strike. But I could have made out oven with that , if it had not been for that feather concern which they palmed ( IT on mo for a coverlet. That was too short ; about a foot and a half shorter ttmn tbo bod. I tried to cover my slifuldcra , my feet got so o ild that thu nails nearly dropped elF , and when 1 tried to save my too-nalle , my shoulders * were cov ered with gqoso-pIinpk'S asbig as hazel nuts. When , Id get ono aide of the thing tucked in nice around me , all the feathers wonld go sliding over tc the other side , leaving nothing but i double thickness of cloth ( and might ] cold cloth , too , I tell yon ) to keepmi warm on that side. Aud as the feath era wonld all congregate on thi other side , that sldo would rim up so that there would be ai interval of about two Inches for th pure air of heaven to find an ontrano and circulate around my shlvorln , body. If I'd hit a hillock of feather a rap to make 'em even , the whol confounded thing wonld fly up , fought these feathers nearly oil night and never did manage to get ' 01 fixed right for more than a minute t a time. Every tlmo I'd wink tt whole thing would assume a now att tudo. And that infernal wedge-shape bolster nearly broke my nook until wont rnmaglng around and found it , Then , after I had pitched them c onto the floor , I couldn't find any pi low until I had pulled the whole be to pieces. And when I did find it , was so small that I had to get all tl feathers in ono corner and tie a kn In the tick to deceive myself into tl belief that I had a pillow under n head. But that bolster business toi the cake. Who ever heard of a wadg shaped bolster made aa hard and n yloldy aa a Kansas City oatlng-hou biscuit 1 Made just exactly like mattresH , yon know sowed throu , and through and covered with bu ticking. FLOATING CITIES. 1 t j The Devastation Wrought byJhe Ohio Flooi on is { 'Down ward OOBISO , Bbawneotowo , Ills , Almost Swept Away by the Torrent. Several Towns on tbo Ken tucky Side Fractcully . Wiped Out. Hundreds of Honoon Flouting with the Title- Special Dispatch to Tns Dm. SHAWNKKTOWN , Ills , February 28. The worst ia over hero. The town Is r.n awful soono of desolation. Great gaps have boon loft by houitn swept away. In ono addition four nolld blocks of dwellings luvo ivitfrely din- appeared. The PrCsbytetlun church floated away a mllo. 'Several , milla and business houses ore entirely jjono , The principal merchant In Blackburn , Ky. , has a stock of $12.000 worth cf \ ' V1 dry goods on a barge tied to a tree. The villages of Blackburn and Raleigh , Ky. , have both boon nearly wiped out. Over ono hundred houses in thcso places are gone. At Columbus , Ky > , over ton feet of water spread over tho. town filling nearly all the stores. V ; Dispatches from Cairo , say opinions ditfor oo to the condition of the river , but the prevailing ono is that 'it lias boon nt a stand since noon. It rose nearly ono Inch since last night , the gauge recording 52 feet , 2 Inches. That it will begin falling some tlmo to-night there Is uo possible donbt , aa advices from Padncah and Grand Tower report the river foiling at these points. The levees are still In good shape , and no waahoj or abrasions have yet developed. Specials from Grsyvlllo report the river having fallen 27 Inches all told , and dropping at the rate of ono Inch on hour. 0olumbus , Ky. , la roportodln a very bad plight , from ton to fifteen foot of water over the town , with two to throe feet In the stores. Roan and Ken tucky streets only are open for business , and out two stores In the place open , and these reached by high scaffolding from the hills. There is considerable suffering among the poorer classes. The negroes all escaped from the low \ lands and are quartered In freight cars of the Mobile and Ohio railroad. An unusual event In the navigation of the Ohio oven at flood times Is the voyage of the M. 0. Cole , Wednesday , bound up with crane boat in tow which she found impossible to handle < against the strong current. She left the main rlvei at the lower cotton wood crossing , pmed Into the fields In the rear of Now Liberty , and emerged again into the elver three miles above. Uapt. Arthur Cole was in command , showed an inch rise last night , and four Inches above the high water mark of 1882. The people are fighting the angry waters , with energy and pluck and will pull through. Will Havn Toddy- Special Dispatch to Tim lies. Sr Louis , February 28. The com- mltteo on constitutional amendments of tbo lower house of the Mltsouri I legislature have In their possession 823 petitions asking that prohibitory amendments bo submitted to the people ple of the state and 47,581 remon strances against such an action. The \ committee will report unfavorably on a joint resolution providing for such submission. The EitnblUhment Seised- Special Dispatch to Tui Bsi. CHICAGO , February 28 Goo. H. Taylor it Co. , the largo paper and printing establishment , havecoufessed judgment this morning for $120,000. The place was seized by the sheriff and ia now in the hands of deputy sheriff. Taylor says the debts of the firm , will aggregate about $ (00,000 , and he believed if the outstanding accounts can bo realized on in full he can pay dollar for dollar. An Enrthqaahn in Rhoda Island. Special DIsiwtui to Tin HUE. PROVIDENCE , U. L. February 28. An earthquake shock at Newport last evemmc was very generally felt. A number of panos-of glass were broken In the vicinity of Mantonolne and the hill houses at Stonobrldgo and on the Island were badly shaken. At Tor pedo Station the shook was BO great that the c libers thought a % magazine had blown up. The Norwich meteor bad beoft observed by large numbers throe minutes before the shock. The Danger Fasted- Special Dispatch to TUB lias. OAIBO , 111. , February 28. The rivsr has fallen nearly two Inches sin CQ noon yesterday. All 'the rivers above are falling fast. Mound City Is safe and all danger past. They Decline to Serve- Special Dispatch to TUB fcss. WASHINGTON , February 28. Repre sentative Randall has declined to serve on the tariff conference committee , as have also Morrison anl Tucker , who were afterwards appointed. The il speaker then took the matter into further consideration 1- 1d d They Wont Water- It Special Dispatches to Tui Usi. 10 WASHINGTON , February 28. Mr at Cassidy presented a memorial from 10 the legislature of Nevada asking an 10k appropriation of $250,000 for the ) k sinking of an artesian well in that 0- state. 0n n- nso Large Fire. sea Special DUpal gTuillM , PAHIB , 1 Tebruary 28. A bust , ness block leatroyod by fire here * Loss , $50 (