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THE DATLf BEE-OMAHA MONDAY MARCH 12 > > . MfiLfl&.WttM L v/ DAILY BEE TWELFTH YEAR OMAHA NEB MONDAY MORNING MARCH 12 L883 060 * r i H THE HATIOHAL CAPITAL. Several Items of Minor Merest From the Deserted Oity , Selecting Names for the New Navy Promotions ia tbo Service. .Recoinintf the New Nickel I Leasing Yellowstone Park. "Tom WortMnRton'c Inventory of Hi * Ri pntation Another Cnid. Frcm Doraey. CAPITOL NOTES vSpeclal Dlspatcbou to Tun linn. NAVA.'y CADETS , WASHINGTON , March 11.Tho sec retary of the navy has addressed a let- tr to the superintendent of the na/al academy relative to tha CIBOJ of certain - -tain cadets deficient in oondnct nt the recent soihl-anuual examination. The secretary declines to overrule the AT iiou of the anprintxndettt and orders him to maintain strict discipline. KKTIUKD ADMIHAL3. Rear Admiral Nicholson , lately in command of the European station , was placed on the retired list yester day by operation of lair , Ha la ano coedod in command of the European station by Boar Admiral Onas H. Baldwin , formerly a member of the Hghthouao board. Raar Admiral E H Oalhoaa will be rjtlrod April nozt. These two retirements wilt create a vananoy in the list of rear admirals , which will be filled by the promotion otCommodore B. W. Shnfeldt. THE NEW NICKEL. The secretary of the treasury hav ing directed that the word'"cents" bo added to the new 5 cent piece , the superintendent of the Philadelphia mint is engiged in preparing a device 'for the DMk of the proposed coin. No order , however , has been made sus pending coinage of the now nickel , and the mint bureau reports their iscno at the rate of nearly $5,000 a day , an amount sufficient to supply about all the demand. The French government has adopted niotcol coinage ago instead of bronze. THK "CHIOAdO. " The Sunday Capital says : Secretary -Chandler will name the now,4300 ton V cruiser the "Chicago. " It is to be swift and strong and to represent the latest nnd boat in naval architecture , * * " If tha vessel provea to bo ns fast ns the town it is named for it will have no dlQbulty in outstripping the nlx- toen-knot war oruisjrs which otbor nations are preparing tosondontupon the BOB. PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. It is understood that Senator Ed < mnndo will only retain ; the office of president of' the senate until next I > eoember , when he will give way for Senator Anthony. Edmunds left last Friday for Alken , 8. 0. Ho has gene "to join his family , who spent the winter tor there. Edmunds proposes to go to New Orleans with his family for a visit , from there to go to the Pacific coast. Ho will probably remain with his family in California the greater part of the summer. This trip is made solely ou account of the frail health of his surviving daughter. Senator and Mrs. Logan expoot to leave in a few days for Nex Mexico to visit their daughter. Liter they will extend their journey to California. HOME , SWEET HOME. " The Philharmonic society of this city will take charge of the musical portion of the exercises on the occasion of the the reinterment of John How ard Payne's body and render with a largo chorus , "Home , Sweet Homo.1' EOSOOE CONKLINQ , In the Ohandler-Portorfield scrip case , mada roargntnent before the secretary of the interior. Tne Chandler case ! Involves the title of valuable laud bordering on Siult Ste Marie rlv er , Michigan. The secretary hold in his original decision that the scrip could bo located only upon lands in a state of nature , YELLOWSTONE PARK. The secretary of the interior has formally leased to Carroll T. Hobart , . of Fargo , Dakota , Henry T. Douglars 'of St. Yates , Dakota , and Bufu Hatch , of Now York , a number o small tracts of land in Yollowston Park for a period of ton yean , The leaao comprised tracts of land ag gregatlng ton acres. It ia pro vlded that the several parcels eland land shall not bo within ono quar ter of a mile of.any goyaeraor Yellow stone Falls. The parties of , the BOO end part agree to construct a betel a Mammoth Hot Springs to cost $150 , 000. They further agree to construe six smaller hotels npon plans to b hereafter approved by the secretary o the interior. It is provided that n the expiration of ton years the valu of the buildings and other pormanan improvements belonging to the lessee shall bo determined by arbitration an becomo'tho absolute property of the government upon the ratification of the appraisement and appropriation for the amount agreed to. The annual rental agreed up ju is two dollars per acre. PAY OF CONGRESSMEN. The question whether the treasury department can legally withheld pay ment of members of congress who nre Indebted to the government ia exciting attention just now. The treasury at- BUtnos it can , and so informed the treasurer in the case of Representative Ochiltreo. The solicitor of the treasury Is In clined to doubt the legality of such de cision. Secretary Folgor now has the question under consideration. In this connection Representative Ochiltreo filed an argument with first comptroll er protesting against his action In advising - vising that bis salary be withheld until the settlement of hfs accounts as mar- of Texas. The application for a omipromi'o of the case for $500 ban not yet been uctod upon SUIT KJR DAMAOKS , Thomas Worthlngton , of Ohio , to day filed suit against E , W. Height- ley , thirl auditor of the treasury , for $50,000 damnger , on what are do- 4orlbod as "ono hnndred falsa , malic ious , libellous and groundless alloga- tloni calculated and intended to prevent - vent payment by the United States of the plaintiff's just claims for army supplies furnished volunteer troops at Camp Djnison , Ohio , in 1801. " The complaint sots forth that the allega tions referred to were made by the third auditor in varloas oilhlal re ports , THK VISSELL CHECK , Ec-Sontvtor Dorsoy famishes the following : "A dispatch from Denver states that the no-called Bclf jrd chock was really given to J. U , Blssoll , Tho.o seems to bo a determination to insist that there was such a check , and Ufaaell ia selected for the reason that his hi * initials are J. B. U. If I oversaw saw Biisoll I don't remember it , I certainly never gave him a check , I never played a game of cards in my ilfo with anybody , There never was a chock issued by mo or an account In my books in the name of J. B. B , To bo certain aa to this fact , I have had my chocks examined back for ton yaars , " SUPERVISING ARCIlITKOr HILL , Charges have boon filed by a person whose name ia withhold against Su pervising Architect Hill , and the see- rotary cf the treasury is now consider ing the best method of investigating them. The charges wore filed about ton days ago , while Secretary Folgor was confined to his hoasa. They are prepared in formal style , with speci fications and a list of witnesses who are said to bo oblo to substantiate them. Secretary Folgor declines to make public the particular nature of the charges , CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. Members of the civil service com mission called at thd executive man sion and had si short conference with the president In regard to the general plan of operations to be observed in carrying the law into effect. It was agreed that the commission should prepare a sot of rules -in regard to questions under their jurisdiction and submit thorn to thn president for ap proval. Selection of chief examiner under the commission was not agreed npon , NEW WAE VESSELS. Secretary Chandler has Instructed the naval advisory board to proceed at once and prepare plans for five now United States war vessels provided for by conqross , consisting of three cruia era and two torpedo boats , Also to arrange for completion and repair of fonr unfinished moultora. The latter will bo worked upon first , and it is thought the firnt contract will bo given out la two months. ' Tllf. CASE OF SUERIDAN.\ The state department has received no Information as to the Intention ! of the British novorument in relation , to the warrant'for Iho oxtradlUb.rj * ci-P. J. Sheridan. Inquiry at the British legation elicited the information that while no further steps had boon taken in the matter , no Instructions from the homo'government ' had boon re colved to abandon proceedings. Ttto River Declining. Special Dtipatch to Tni-Bn. HELENA , Ark. , March 10. The river declined half an inch and will continue falling slowly for several days when a more rapid decline is ox pooled. The levees are still being strengthened and will be' made thor oughly secure in this vicinity. The backwater is still rising in the over flowed districts below. Most terrific currents roar , which can be heard here tearing through the country below low , carrying destruction with them. In the old town with lake region the water la higher than over before known. Too losses to planters will be greater than ever before , and from the same oanao the cabins , fences , dead carcasses of animate are seen floating down the rlvor in great num. bars. The weather is clear with i strong wind from the northwest. THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD , ST. Louis , March 11. A dispatch from Helena says the fi t loss of hn mm life by the fljod in that region occurred by the upsetting of a hous twelve miles south in which wore six adults and fonr children. The latter were drowned , but the former wer rescued by a party of hunters whi took them ofl the roof after they had clung to it three days , The St. Francis swamp contain hundreds of horses , mules and cattl standing up to their throats in water , tholr owners being nnable to rescn them. Many carcasses are floating about , The legislative commltteo ' examining into the condition of th > people in the overflowed districts am will report in favor of giving state al to actual snffdrers. 71ielnor > aso of Divorce- 8pecl l DUp tch to TUB IJu NEW HAVEN , March 11. Rov. S , B Dyke , secretary of the -New Eng land dlvorco reform league , delivers a leuturo in Center church this evening ing , in which interesting statistic were given concerning the inoroaso o divorce , not only in Now Englan ntutcs , but also in ether parts of th United States. In Connecticut , 1 1849 , there were but 91 divorces : noi the average ia 440 each year. Ove 0,000 women died in the Uultoi States each year from attempts to do- troy nnborn children. The lecturer held that monagamy only could main tain the social fabric , A Gift to Boston. Special Dlipatcb to Tiin.Dai , BOSTON , March 11. Dr. Eben Tourgoo , who , sixteen years ago , founded the New England Conserva tory of Music , now the largest music school in the world , has presented the Institution to a board of trustees , who accepted tbe gift on behalf of the city and will take possession as soon r-1 as the necessary legal terms are com * | piled with. A LOFTFLIGHT. . Eleven Lives Lost by the Burning of a Border Boarding Frightful Calamity ia a Railroad - road C&inp in Black Hilla. Special Dlipitch to Tits l ) i. DEAUWOOP , March 11. Hood & Scott's lodging shell at Broivnvlllo wood c < unp , the terminus of the Black Hills & B'ort Pierre railroad , burned at midnight last night. James Chalmers , Thos. Finloss , B 0 Wr t , Lowli HauHon , Peter Hanson , \ , 'ion- nooUtfd , Harvey Wood , W. H. An- drown , Ohas. Uamnionco , Fred T. Peters and Samuel Hays were burned to doath. Four others , names not known , were seriously injured. The origin of the fire is not known. The building was ono story , with a loft , where the men. slept , accessible by ladder , usually occnpled by thirty lodgers , but last night only fif teen were in the house. There was ono window in the loft , bat only four , badly barnod , wora saved by jump ing. Two of t lies1) must have lega amputated. The fire is supposed to have originated from kindlings loft near the stove , on which coals fell. Peters slept on the grouud floor with- iu five foot of the door , but the flames spread so rapidly ho could not escape. The bodies .of eleven victims were charred beyond recognition. BLOODY DEEDS. A Graiy Policeman Kills a Su perior Officer in Hew York Olty , Gory Fiooics at Other Peaces , Special Dlipttcbea ( o Tin Bui. NEW YORK , March ll. At half iast 11 o'clock this morning Offiser 'atriok ' Casey , of Hunter's Point > llce , killed Roundsman Richard amlsky. The murdered roundsman aa sitting at his d'ork in the First ireclnct ounverslng with two officers rhon Casey entered It was noticed , o was nuder the inflaonoo of liquor , rid acted strangely. Ho entered the mr room and called in the two fibers to xhep ! him fix his ' iistol , They 'did to , ohoving it in .la pookot. Oitoy walked out 'to rhoro Comloky sat. When within tro feet of the unsuspecting Comisky 10 halted and , naid , ' What do yon ollrm mo so for ? " Comisky replied t was to make him do his duty. ( Vithout another word Casey drew a evolver and fired , the ball entering .iilf an inclf below' Comlaky'a eye. " He fell back doad. The murderer waa instantly secured and hurried to ho county jail. It waa a fortunate for him , as within fifteen minutes a thousand people gathered , nd , under the impression that he was till in the station made a strong effort got hold of him. It la supposed ey was in a state of insanity when o.shot Oomlsky. On the way to jail o manifested great fear , laboring ndor the impression every one granted to kill him. Gomlsky is a rothor of the chief of Hunters Point re department and waa unmarried. Casey has a wife and two children. A trong guard was posted about the jail o-night as open threats of lynching ere made. FARIIELL , Texas , March 11. A , reat sensation was caused here by he alleged dying statement ol Samu.ol ? lnley , an express agent , of murder , nd arson committed on a traveler , lame not given. The body was cre mated. The matter is being invest- ! ; ated. PnrsBUiia , March 11. George Klraoh was found dead In his house in Brownsville avenue this morning Two brothers are accused of the rlrno. NEW YOUK , March 11. Several Italians were drinking and playing cards in a tonament nonso to-night. A dispute aroso. Ono was stabbed to the heart with a shoemaker's knife. The murderer was captured. LONDON , 0 , March 11. John G. Tracy yesterday murdered his brother- in-law , David Gllllnovator , cutting his throat with an axe. INDIANAPOLIS , Ind , , March 11. No nrther developments in the Foreman murder case. No clue to the murder ers yet. It is supposed they are per sons well acquainted with the neigh borhood. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Police Court. Ed Galllgan , who was sent up for thirty days on broad and water , has got very sick of"his fare , and Satur day sent down a penitent letter , offer ing to leave town and go to work if ho could get out. Accordingly his sentence - tenco will be suspended to-day under the above conditions. There were throe suspicions charac ters on the anxious seat Saturday morning. Two of them were ordered to leave town and the third was dis charged. Two men were sent to jail for three days each for intoxicUlon. A complaint waa filed against Michael aol Wallers and hia barkeeper , Goo Madcr by the wlfo of Aug. Schroeder the carpenter whoso leg was broken Friday night at Wallenz'o placo. Botl are hold under $300 ball to answer to the charge of assault , on April Oth. Jukgo Benoko has taken nndor ad vlsament the case of J. L. Wolshana who was complained against b ; Michael Meaney , for laying drain without a license. Welahans hat filed his application and bond with th city clerk and bad a permit from th city onglnedr , and his offense is purol ; technical , as he bad paid his foe an thought he was asting in accord anoe with the law. The several attempts at burglary reported ynilcrday Inoludo oh& nt the house of a Mr , Hyde in North Oauhn , THE OLD WORLD : FRANCE. HptcUt DUpatrlratu rna U < . PARIS , March 11 To-day's arrests number fifteen. At a nicotine ; of the Masons Yocs Gugot , who presided , said the iJonapartiats hotdod iho mu tiny on the E phnad < J lies Invaladea Friday , This romtfrk was followed by on uproar , and a free fight ensued , during which Ungot WAS _ assaulted. At a mooting of socialists yoatorday , at which to-day's mooting in the Place Dal Hotel DJ Villa was decided upon , it was determined to invite all social ists to a great moating in the Clumpj Do Mats on the 18ch list. Violence towarns the police and troops was u rged. Louie Michel is iu hiding to void arrost. * A meeting of 2,000 porjoua was hold to-day to protest ag&iust the action of the chambers of deputies In adopting u motion declaring tint the chamber having confidehco In the govornmout reject the nropooal to consider the matter of roynion of iho constitution , Priino Minister Ferry having declared the subject would bo mudo a cabinet question , i The meet ing adopted a motion favo/jng revision. Stivers ! deputies balonglng to the ex treme left were present. The police dispersed sovorrtl graupa of socialists m Placa da ; 1'Hutol au Villo They made noj resistance. Fifteen hundred poraoati Afterward reassembled , but tha ( police aud mounted municipals again dispensed thorn and arrested five pwsous. The crowd is now marching < to iMaco du Trono , which is guarded. The caval ry charged twice ; knocking down aud crushing several men and boys. . English police allegu ; ihat John Walsh wa > eon In Pbouali park on the night of the murder. Wakh was arrested at Havre. ' ' Frank Byrne intends to go to the United States and settle down. ' ENGLAND. SpecUl Dttpatch to Tni B . LONDON , March 11. The follow ing are the names of the survivors of the steamer Navarre , which foudered Thursday , who were landed at Msasluis , South Holland : Mathleaen , Grl Stark , Jorqon Sorensen , Gander Tollofsen , Gavald Gunvaldsou , And reas Qaonsen , Wm. B. Sanderson , John A. Hughes , John Wright and C. ICoborts. - The Observer states , that Jndah P , Benjumln'a health permitting ho will probably accept a judgoohlp. Committees are being .formed for the purpose of freeing PamoU'a OB tatOa. GENERA ! FOREIGN NT.WB. Special Dlupatclits to Tus Us * . ROME , March 11. Two Jadl s , the last descendants of Ameret'o Voipuo- cio , wno gave the name of America to the Western HemispJw , are now bogging that a punsloa vVui crowns heir family by the repnblia of FJor- nee In 1690 , bo restored. VIENNA , March 11. The commoner or of tbe French squadron in the ladagascar waters baa been ordered o blockade the shore and occupy the everal ports of the island , bat not to end troops into the interior. < BADEN BADEN , March 11. Prince lortachakoff , ex-chancellor of tbo tussian empire , Is dead. ATHENS , March 11. The chamber f deputies adjourned until the Gth lust. , out of respect to the lemory of the late M. Conmonn- ouroo , ox-prlmo minister. A public uneral ia proposed. ST. PETERSBUBG , March 11. It is tatod the police were warned from ? aria of a plot to murder the czir. A ady was arrested at Charkov. A key was found on her cipher documents which had been previously seised. A Fear ia StJLonii. . pedal Dlipitch to Tin Bxi. ST. Lacii , March 10. A fear oi Wiggins' storm has reached here am ibont 150 fishermen , who operate on he Mississippi and Illinois rivers from it. Louis to Poorla , are said to have all taken their nets out of the river nntil Wednesday next. .Tho woatho s cloudy with rather a high and grit ; wind. Tbo VoloB of Tradt. Special Dispatch to Tni Bia. BOSTON , March 11. The Central Trades and Labor union paisod reso utious denouncing the attroks of Sun ators Anthony , Plumb and Hale upon Jolumbla Typographical union , Wash ngton , and thanking Senators Veer iees and Conger for their efforts In bo lalf ot organized labor. Down 'With Royalty. Ep clU DUjatch to Tun BMC. NKW YORK , Murch 11 A mooting of shoo manufacturers to-dty de termined to resist in the courts the royaly demand of Djnald , McKay & Co. for uao of their machines. A large amount of money wan raised fur the purpose , The company's patent ex pired July C , 1870 , ulnco which time over 8300,000 hua been paid them. J. K , Lucas , Central City ; M. B. Hoxle , Grand I lanI ; Rites Jennie McLouth and J. D. Seaman , Kearney ; J. W. Bioyle , Blair , Gee , 0. Newmau , wife and child , Lincoln ; 11 , Davidson , Fremont ; Samuel G. Owen nnd Thoi. W , Lowry , Lincoln , are among the Kebraikana at the Faxton yesterday. Mrs. II. G. Clarke and son , and Mr. and Mrs. G. W , Young and son , of Denver , are at tbe Paxton. Geo. H. Thompson , tbe Plattimonth architect , will leave thia afternoon for Mil ' waukee , W. I ) . Willbank and family , of Toledo , are gueita of tbe Paxton. E. M. Allen , of Schuyler , waa a gutat ol the Metropolitan yMterday , G. H. Lyons , [ of Peorla , WM at thi Metropolitan ytatarday. MORE SCARED THAN HURT The Result of Wiggins Big Wind oil tlio North Atlantic ( tout. A Local Storm of the Usual Murch Calibre , SpecUl Dljpttch la Tim Rti , Gmuioo , March 11 The storm prualutud by Profoaaor Wlgglna , the Canadian prophet , struck Nova Scotia cm Bchoduto time Saturday nioru- lug. It extended southward , with diminished strength , as far aa Loug Islnud. No serious damage was done , owing partly to the fact that all ( sea ports worp watching for it. At Halifax the tide WAS the highest known tiinuo the 18GO galo. Much morohRudi'H wan swept from the wlurvos. Sionmorn nud Bailing ves sels In iho clocki were nil aounrod with extra hawsers , yut ntralned their fast enings tonlbly. Oao broke its mror- lugs and amaahod her bowsprit. She waa finally et cured again. THO cITjols of tlio storm thtiro provqnot no serious aa expected. At the south end of the city u p.irt cf Iho wharf ou which Howell's foundry formerly stood wan blown nwuy. CKhor wharvo * and property on the water line suffered only slightly. The chaffing of voaeols won qilto bud and thn heaving up of a few planks ia the whaivuo make up almost the other datuago. Vessels at anchor In the harbor rode the gale with trifling injury. Shipping report only trilling danugo. Elsewhere at Nova Saotiu nothing uousnal wai noted. The tUo ban subsided. The severest storm ; known for yean prevailed at Waterloo , Qaoboo. Saow began falling yesterday after noon and continued throughout the night , the wind bloning a gale all day. The snow makes traffic of all kinds impossible. The roads will bo blocked for days. In the middle of the forenoon two shocks of earthquake wore felt , passing east to west , cans- ing great alarm. The storm ia now abating. Quebec reports the storm of last night was not very strong but ao companicdby a heavy fall of snow , The roads are again all blocked. To night another cold spell sot in. Very high water to-day in St. Louis and St. Charles rivers. Considerable damage - ago to property teas done. Montreal reports the hoavloot snow of the season , No storm to-day. The Bteainahip Devon from Bristol to New York roportn strong variable winds thu first four d y.s out. On March 3rd on the eastern edge of the banks it terrific gale not in from the Bouthwcat lasting 48 hours. The weather wan intensely cold. She pas nod twelve lurqo icebergs nnd called through fitly miles of field ice. ST. JOIIN , N. B , March 11. The alarm subsided at 3 o'clock ibis morn- ingv The ttda paa higher than uaual t ilii ? rims of jtho rear. The sea 'broke ever several wharves. Little damage done. THE TELEGRAPH BILL- An Act to Probtblt Extortion ana Dis crimination In tbo Transmission of Telegraph Dlbpatcnea. Ba it enacted by the legislature of the state of Nebraska : SECTION 1. That all associations , whether thu same shall have been or may hereafter be organized or incorporated poratod under the laws of this state , or by and under authority of any other state or territory , or by authority of the United States , whoso object and purpose la the transmission , collection and tils tributlon of dispatches by telegraph , shall ba subject to the regulations and restrictions hereinafter proscribed by this act. SF.O. 2. Every telegraph company and every prosa association or corpo ration engaged in the transmission , collection , distribution or delivery of telegraphic dispatches , cither for pri vate USD or for publication in newspa pers , shall within thirty days after this act goes into effect file In the oilioo of the secretary of state a statement , cortlfied to under oath by its pros ! dent and secretary , or two of ita offi curs , embodying the following infer matlon , to-wit : The name of the aa sedation , amount of capital invested character of the business , together gother with a true copy of ita article of incorporation , or articles of copart nershlp , with regulations and by-law then in force. SEO. 3. It shall bo the duty of th > secretary of state to issue a certificate to every association or corporation that has filed the statement required by the second section of this not upon payment of five dollars , which certifi cate shall convey authority to such as aoclatlon or corporation to conduct its i business within this utate , under th i roatrlcttonfl and penalties trapoao heroin. SEC. ( Every telegraph company , prota association , or corporation engaged gaged in the transmission , collection and delivery of telegraphic dhpntohos that shall refuse or lull to comply with iho above provisions within tie time prescribed , shall forfeit ito right to carry on the collection , transmission and delivery of dispatches for publi cation or for private uao , andsholl fur- thorinoro foiftit to the county whore snob business Is carried on , for each and every day it so continues In violation lation of this act , the penal sum of ono thousand dollars , to bo recovered in any court of compatont jurisdiction , and it nball bo the duty * ot district at torneys to prosoouto such violations of this act at the expense cf the respec tive counties wherein said act is vlo- lated. SEO. 5. All telegraph companies and associations operating telegraph lines In this state shall transmit and forward all dispatches directed to newspapers , or private individuals , or public oili- oera with impartiality In the order in which they are received , and uio due diligence In their delivery without dls- I crimination u to any person 01 > pirty to 'whom they may bo di rected SRO C. Every clHor or employe of any toloaraph company or associa tion ougagod In the transmission of dispatches who shall wllfnlly delay the transmlialon or delivery of any dis patch , or dltul o tbo contents cf an'y diipntoh entrusted to his or her care to any person except the party entitled to irocolvo the saino shall bo guilty of n misdemeanor meaner , and upon conviction shall bo punished by line of not less than fifty nor inoro than ono hundred dollars for each offense , or imprisonment of not less than thirty days nor moro than three months in thu oiuuty jail at the dleorotlwu of the court. She. 7 It shall bo uulawfol for any telegraph company , its amenta or oper ators to demand charge or receive from nuy individual , association or corporation , n greater sum for the transmission and delivery of nuy tele gram or uiosnio ever n given distance than it dotnaudechargos or rcoclvoa for the transmission and delivery of any telegram or moenago containing nn equal number of words over n greater . distance providing that dispatches transmitted during the nlpht and dis > patches for publication in uowspipora may bo forwarded at'd delivered at re duced rotor , such rates must however bu uniform to alt patrons for the came service. SEO 8. It shall bo unlawful for any tolctnpu company , association or or- ganizitlon crgiRoa in the business of forwarding dUpatchcs by telegraph to demand , collect or rocolvo from any publisher or proprietor of n newspaper nuy greater sum for n given oorvlco than it demands charges , or collects from the publisher or proprietor of nny other newspaper fora Ilko service , and the violation of the provisions of sec tion seven and eight of this act by any telegraph company or association , shall constitute a misdemeanor , and upon conviction said telegraph com pany or association shall be fined for each and every offense in any sum not less than ono hundred nor moro than ono thousand dollars with cost of pros ecution , and In addltlqn thereto such telegraph oompvny or association shall bo liable for all damages sustained by the person or parties in consequence of such discrimination. SEO 0. Every telegraph company and every proas association engaged in tbo transmission , collection , distribution or publication of dls- patches , shall afford the same and equal facilities to all publishers of news papers and furnish the dispatches col looted by thorn for publication in nny Riven locality , to nil nowspapons there published on the semo conditions as to payment nnd delivery. SEG 10 Any precs association , cor poration or organization violating the foregoing section shall bo deemed guilty of a nmdomu&nor and upon conviction phall for each and every offense ba lined in nny sum not loss than ouo hundred not more than ono thauaaud dollars , and in addition thereto such association and the mom burn thereof nhali bo jointly and sever ally liable for all damages sustained by the owner of any newspaper In conseqnarfctuf'ttnoh vlkAi'.sIarupn , SEC. 11. If any telegraph company , or association engaged in the trans' mission of dispatches from any plsca in this state , or the person having the control or management thereof , re fuse to receive dispatches > from any parson , corporation or any other telegraph company , or falls to trans mit thb same with fidelity and without unreasonable delay , it ahall bo guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall bo fined for each and every of- fenjo In the sum of not less than fifty nor moro th n ono hundred dollars and in addition bo liable for damages to the person or corporation sustain ing a loss by reason of ouch refusal or failure to so transmit. SEO. 12. Any telegraph company engaged in the transmission of tola graphic dispatches : is hereby declared to bo liable for'the non-delivery o" dispatches entrusted to its oaro and for all mistakes In transmitting moa sages made by any person In ita employ and for all damagoa resulting from failcre to perform any other duty re quired by law , and any such telegraph company shall not ba exempted from any such liability by reason of on clause , condition or agreement con talnod in its printed blanks. SEO. 13. In all cases where nppli cation ia made to any telegraph com pany , or the operator , agent , clerk or servant thereof , to send a dispatch , it shall bo the duty of such operator , agent or clerk , who may rocolvo dls patches at that station to plainly in form the applicant , and if required by him to write upon the dispatch tha the line is not in working order , ' o : that the dlspatooos already on hand for transmission will occupy the line , so that the dispatch ofl'drod cannot bo transmitted within the time required , if the facts bo so ; and for omitting to do so , or for intentionally giving false Information to the applicant in rola- tlon to the time within which the dls- patch offered may bo sent , such opera tor , agent or clerk , and the company by which ho ia employed , shall fnonr a Ilko penalty as in sootlon lovonof this act. act.Sue. Sue. 14. This act shall take effect and bo in force from and after the first day of July A. D. J883. A Telegraph Decision. Cuic'Aoo , Mircn 10. Judge Drum- mend has rendered n final decision in the o&so of the Mutual Union t ! o- graph. IIo emphasized his former opinion that the mayor's action in cutting the wires was unlawful and actionable , but hold that ns the Mutual Union's rights had terminated undoi tha charter , the court could not ordoi the wires repaired , or prevent the city from carrying out the ordinance whlcn prohibited the stringing oi wires. lie Htlll Survives. Bprcl&l Dispatch to Till BIB. NKW YUUK , March 11 , Early thli evening it waa rumored an attempt teat "lay oat" Harry Hill by Elllot'i friends would be mtdo. Harry , hoar Inn : tbo rumor , staid at home. 4 policeman patrolled the street in Iron of his theater but hia services weri not needed , TWO FUNERALS. Tlio Lowest am IRougliosfc Ele ments of Now York on Dress Parade. Buriul of a Strangled Young Murderer and the Mur dered Pugilist. Kcmarhnbla Gnthsrlngsof Charac ter ! Familiar to the JColioo SpecUl Dlspntch to Tni Ilii. NEW YOIIK , March 11. There were two notnblo funerals in this city to day. Both were of the lowest order nud were well attended by the rough est element. Ono took place from the late home , on Twenty ninth street , and was that of the strangled young .murderer , Michael K. MoGloin. Whoa living ho was loourd after by the police , and dead they still fol- . Io4edhim. The cortege nttractod nn immeuBO throng , , who followed it until a little mound in Onlvary ceme tery nmkcd his lost resting pluoo. The other was in the most miserable of thu squalid part of Oanal street , and from n wretched tumble down rookery. Euly in the day the hard ened bowery roughs aud the gaily bodlzond female companions began to gather in cumbers. They thronged the little square on which the housa where the dead man lay fronted and the constant theme of conversation was "Poor Jimmy Elliott. " On the second floor lay the body of the dead pugilist in n cloth covered oaken/ casket surrounded with flowers , ever it hung mourning trim mings that hunt ? ever the body of Cornelius J. Vanderbilt. At 1:30- : six pall bearers wearing high hats , white regalias and mourning badge * entered tbo room. Among them were "Jack" Stiles , Elliott's friend and backer ; Charlie Johnston , Jimmy MoGlynn , ex-Alderman Jimmy Dunn , "UodTl Leary , "Shang" Draper , Chief Msgln , of Philadelphia , and Matt. Grace. As the casket was car ried into the street a number of small boyi began to oheor but wore quickly huahod. Tbo order of procession was ) taken up. Following the hoario came the pall bearers and about 1,000 men and boys ; following this were about ono hundred and fifty coaches. At the Seventh street ferry toVil - llamsburgh , four ferry boats made two trips each to transfer the crowd. After the ucual Catholic Borvices at Calvary oemotury , "Jimmy" Elliott was placed in hia lost homo , and the crowd found ita way bsok to New York. In the procession were Jus. Lswle , of San Finncleco. "Abo" Goakloy , Dau'l. Dwyer , cf Denton , and largo delega tions from Baltimore , Philadelphia and Cincinnati. Every well known thief in the city waa present , A largo force of police preaorvod order. ' 7ELE3KAPH MOVES , .W SpicUl Dlipttchca to Tin DXK. Journeymen tailors in Denver , are on strike fir higher wagea. A break reported ia tha French cable 225 miles out from Duxbury , Man , A cremation society , with capital of Siqp.OOO , la to bo formed in Chicago at once. once.Two Two hundred teats wera seen on ice two milt s south of lleath Point , Antlooiti , yesterday morning. The Springfield- company hava decided - cidod to engage new men to supply the rUcos of the strikers. Charles Daughorty entered a shooting gallery In New Vork , aelzed a large target ( jlitol and blew his brains out. Senator Fair pasted through Chicago yesterday on' hi ) way homo from Washing ton. He ia atlll sultorlng from malaria. A drunken father In Hill county ( Ga. ) named Hotting poured n ehovel ot hot coals on an Infant child , which waa burned todettb. ilarvey N. Follansboe , defaulting treas urer of the Buaton police relief association , waa indicted by the grand jury for embez zlement of $27,000. At New Richmond. Can , , John Mo- Quarter's home burned with hfa wife and ctitld. The wife's father , aged 83 , died soon aftcfr leaving the burning home. * The Academy of Muiio and Horti cultural hall of Philadelphia , have been engaged for the Irish Land League con vention , April 25th and 20th. Parnell , Kisai snd Davltt are expccttd. Mrs. Ludnda Forman. widow , aged 9L yean , and muldon daughter , 51 years old , living alone on their farm , tourteen miles from Indianapolis , wpre murdere.l Friday night. One of the bodies waa found out- aide the home ; the other in the kitchen. An az waa the Instrument uaed to aecom- tbe deed. No clue to the murderers. A student in the Kentucky state college named Fug ate , while drunk , flourished pistol rockleuly. He was put under charge oi four other students while the nolloa were called. When the police came the four ciudentp , armed with rlfler , re- fnoed to give up the prisoner , hut after munu i or ) ey tboy were buipeudod und nlw Fugate , JUlsn Dora Inex Calvcrt , who married ex-Governor Spracue , was lait Monday divorced by the Gubell county ( W. V . ) circuit court from John Culvert , traveling aalcauian fir n Cincinnati bnnk buuje. Her mniden rame waa Weed. Her parents were from the cunt. She had livid at Gutvndotte oluco the war , whore ( ho re- aided till divotcrd. She la 25 years old , and o ! nttr cttve nppearancn Judxe Gre < ham , of tbe United States district court of Indian * , hv * decldail the tult of the t ite auditor ngelnit tbe Pull man palioe ovr com pity fur t xss on urosa re Kti- , according to the law of 1681 , in favor ot the ilrtplng car ojnipom , on the ground ins Inly that the state had no taxing pawer ot the company , which w a a creat- ur of foreign jurlirt otlon. The t x , hn held , W4 > a unconstitutional , aa Interfering with Inter tt tu commerce , over which the United States nlone hid control , The taxes tndlpcnaltlea involved amounted to about $ W > ,000. Church Anniversary SptcUl Dtepttch to Tni Via. tftw YOUK , March 11. The ninety- third anniversary of Foriyth Street M. E church was oalobrated to day. Among those present were Mayor Kd- son , llev. W. U. Gwland. of 8m Fraucisca , and Bov , Linis Havkia * , of Illinois. In this church the no tice of inviting penitents to the altar- originated. The araudson of the orig inator. Rev. Albert 8 , Hart , cun ducted the evening services i. .