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J THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. TUESDAY MORNING , JANUARY 12 < 188-1. NO. 184 , 7 DECISIONS AND BILLS , Yas Wyclt Yads the Mexican Treaty if Openly Discnssc , Anderson's ' Land Grant Adjust ment Bill. The Dodge County Bond Oaso Decisions. The District Court Judgment Eoversed. Tlio Work of ConRrnHs for u Day I > otulloil. FltOM WASHINGTON. IMI'OUT.XXT IIIX'IMO.VS. WAHIIIMIIOX , January ill. The su prcmo court has rendered decision in the case of tlio Excelsior Manufacturing company , appellant , against Er.okiol Bussoy et al. , an uppoal from t.ho circuit court of the United Status for the unRtorn district of Missouri. This was a suit brought by Bussoy and others against the Excelsior Manufacturing company for an al'egod infringement of three several oral patents upon iinprovomonta in cook ing stoves. The * court holds lirst that the reissued patent grouted Bussoy February ruary 1 , 1870 , is not infringed jind tliat parents granted Natlun it Little Septem ber 10 , 1873 , are void for want of uov- olty in the alleged inventions. The decree - croo of the circuit court is reversed with costs , and the case remanded with di rections to dismiss the bill This decis ion disposes also of the cross-appeal of Bussoy and others from the same decree. The tax case of the Sioux City & Pacific - cific Railroad company , plaintiffs in error against the United States in error , from the United States circuit court of Iowa , was a suit brought by the United States receiver for arrears of taxes and the amount of $11,000 alleged to have accrued between November , 188 ( ! , and September , 1871. The question in con troversy TTT.S whether the company , in computing net earnings liable to taxation , has the right to deduct from the gross receipts interest on subsidy bonds. The court holds that the case comes within the internal revenue act , und no deduc tion from nut earnings can bo made , as interest is to bo provided for by a fund in the nature of a sinking fund. Judg ment of the lower court is ailirmed. Frederick T. Dimpfpl , et al. , appel lants , against the Ohio Vi Mississippi railroad company , appeal from the United States circuit court , southern district Illinois , was u suit brought to set aside a contract by which the Ohio & Mississippi railroad company became owner of a portion of its road known as the Springfield division , and to obtain a decree declaring the bonds issued by the county secured by mortgage upon that division null and void. The court holds that complainants have not shown any grounds to justify inquiry into the validity of the transaction. De- cruc of the lower court aflirraed- The Uiiited States ez rel George. B. Chandler , plaintill' in error , against Count/ Dodge , in error , Circuit Court of the United States district , Nebraska. This suit was brought by Chandler , to compel the commissioners of Dodge county , Nebraska , to meet and levy a tix tn pay the interest on coupons of ceatuiu bonds issued by the county , for the purpose of building a bridge across the 1'latto river. The court below ren dered judgment in favor of the county , but Una court reverses the judgments and holds the bridge was a work of in ternal improvement within the statute of Nebraska at that time , und the duty of the commissioners was to vote the tax in question regardless of the provisions of subsequent revised statutes. > m. VAX wvcit's IIKSOI.UTION. The action of thn senate to-day upon Senator Van Wyek's resolution , to con sider the Mexican treaty in open session , docs not reach the subject matter of the resolution , but simply removes it from the public to iv secret session , where its adoption or rejection will determine ) whether the treaty itself will bo consid ered with open or closed doors. Tlio treaty was not taken up to day , and pro- "bably will not bo until its friends fool confident of aucces * . They are said to have made no progress so far. Of two absent senators reported heard from on the subject , onu declares himself iu favor of the treaty , and the other , who was re ported by his friends as being in favor of the treaty , declares himself opposed , I , AMI .IDJUSTAIKM. The bill introduced by Mr. Anderson in tlio house for adjustment of the land grants made by congress to aid the eon- qtruction of railroad * , provide * ) that the secretary of tlio interior shall adjust grants to the Leavenworth , Lawrence & Calves ton and Atchiuon , Texas & Santa Fo railroads , upon the principle ) * of de cisions rendered by the United States supreme premo court. If upon adjustment it shall bo found that lauds have been cer tified to the companies in excess of the amount to which they arc lawfully enti tled , they shall be forfeited. If the companion have sold land to which they were not lawfully entitled the sales shall bo void. Innocent purchaser ! ) , however , have u prior right to homestead or pro-omption , and they have the right to purclfoao lands from the government und recover from the company the amount paid it. Upon the siiino principles of adjustment the secretary of the interior is authorised to adjust grants of lands made to the Kansas Pacific , Missouri , Kansas t Tux aa and St. Joint Denver City railroads , no mora lands to bu patented by any o ! the nbovit roada until the grants are nd justed. If any rend mentioned in tin till is not completed within the time anc upon the terum of the grant , all landi grunted it , which have not boon certified or patented , shall revert to the Unitet Btateu and bo open to settlement tin name as other publiu hinds. The secro . tary is authorized to adjust oil grants it aid of the construction $ roads in any o the atatcs and territories , upon the saim terms and considerations as provided b\ the hill. THE MtBItiriUA INPItNj. Four hundred Winnobago Indians nov upou the reset ration in Nebraska havi petitioned the secretary of the interior ti nllot thorn lands in ocvcralty , so as to re quire citizenship. FONT Y-KIG NTH CXfXG 11HS9. SCXATK. WAsiiiMmix , January 121. Mr. Van Wyckrop. ( , Neb. ) introduced ft resolu tion providing that any further debate on the Mexican treaty bo had with open doors. Objection was made to its reception and the chair ruled it out of order to present such a resolution in upon senate. Mr. Vnn Wyck appealed from the do- cis'tor : of the chair , and on motion of Mr. Edmunds ( rep. , VU ) the senate resolved to close its doors in order to discuss the appeal. Tlio ruling of the chair was sustained by the senate in secret session. Objection was then made to immediate consideration of tlio resolution , oven in secret session , and it wont over one day under the rules , when the doors wore re opened. The following bills were then intro duced : By Mr.Lapham ( rop. , N. Y. ) To pro vide for the erection of a bronze statue of Sigtior Bolivar in Washington or Ni w York. By Mr. Edmunds ( rop. , Vt , ) To amend the act granting aid tor the con struction of a railroad and telegraph line from * ho Missouri river to the Pacific Ocean , to secure the government use of the same for postal , military and other purposes , approved July 1 , 1SG2 , and bills amendatory thereof , one of which proviuca for a settlement of claims of the United States , and to secure the United States for the indebtedness of thu compa nies to them. In presenting thu bill Mr. Edmunds said it was prepared by the commissioner of railroads and was very important , its object , if possible , being the termination of tlio controversy that appears perpetual between the United States and those rail road companies as to what they should pay in , and to provide for opening up I transactions by a novr arrangement on a long bond , to take the place of thu obli gation of the companies to pay the Uni ted States ; also to provide legal securi ties for such repayment and methods for the enforcement thereof. The bill waa referred to the judiciary committee. Mr. Gibson ( dom. , La. ) submitted the following resolution , which lies on the table to be hereafter called up : Jtcaolvcd , That the committee on for- ign relations be instructed to ascertain .nd report to the senate what discrimina- ions , if any , are made by foreign govern- ncnts against people of the United States > y allowing drawbacks in favor of their wn exportations to come in competition vithours in the open markets of the vorld , or by subsidies , or special boun- ics in favor of their steamship lines , or niposo export duties upon commodities : onsumed in the United States , or pro hibit and restrain importations of pro ductions of the United States by unusual "aws and regulations , or by higher rates m American vessels or special reciprocity Teaties or otherwise , and also force in jfi'ect the most favored nation clause xmnd in commercial or reciprocity treat ies with such recommendations as the committee on foreign relations deem ne cessary and proper. A resolution was agreed to that the secretary of the treasury be directed tp transmit to the senate copies of the ofllcial reports tending to show fraudu lent under valuations or classification of wool imported to the United States. Mr. Morgan ( dem. , Ala ) , oll'ored the Allowing resolution , which was agreed to : Jlciiolcefl , That the committee on for eign relations l > e instructed to inquire "nto the subject of settlements and trad ing posts being established in the valley of the Congo river in Africa and report if any action can properly be taken by congress or the executive in furtherance of our commerce in that quarter , the committee to report by bill or otherwise. The senate proceeded to the consider ation of bills on the calendar. The first to engage attention was the bill reported from the committee on private land claims , which provides a method for per fecting title in lands lying within the limits of territory received by tlio United States from Mexico. It provides that any person cr corporation claiming lands under such lawful , though incomplete Spanish or Mexican grant , warrant , con cession or survey as the United States is bound tp recognize by virtue of treaties of cession may petition the United States court for the district in which the land is situated netting forth the nature of the claim and the court bo vested with power to hoar and determine the matter and ( is and complete the titlu. Mr. Conger ( rep. Mich. ) , wished it to go over until senators have opportunity to examine it. It Doomed to him to contain very objectionable provisions and savored of a. stupendous "job" or Mr. Bayard ( dem. Del. ) , said it had already been passed twice by the BOiiato and carefully examined by members of the committee on private land cjaima. If over u bill had boon introduced in the senate calculated to prevent rather than promote steals it was this. It was in tended to prevent u multiplicity of bills in interest of those strong enough to ob tain the influence for their patuago which would place great and unmeasured quan tities of land in the hands of powerful individuals or corporations to the de struction of small owners. The bill was made u special order for Monday next. The bill permitting retired army ojli- cors to hold civil oiiico in the territories passed , yeas . ' (7 ( , nays 11. The bill for the establishment of a civil government in Alaska was taken up , It provides for a governor to bo appoint ed by the president with powers similar to those of governors in other territor ies , establishes courts , etc. An amendment proposed in committee was adopted in the ftenuta making the laws of Oregon no far as applicable ) , the laws of Alaska. Without reaching a conclusion on the bill the senate wont into executive se < aiou , and when the doors were reopened adjourned , HOUSE. la the house , during the morning hour the following bills were introduced : By Mr. Fiuerty ( ind. , III. ) To confoi brevet promotions on annv ofllcern whc are particularly distinguished for heroic action in Indian warfare. By Mr. Davis ( rep , , 111. ) Appropriate ing § 50,000 for the erection of a publii building at Chicago for the appraiser * ! ofh'ceMr Mr , Anderson ( rep. , K , ) Vrovidini for adjudication of landgrants to reduce the life of patents to five years ; also to amend the rules governing privileges of the floor to ox-mumbera of congress. By Mr. Peters ( rop. , K\s. ) To regulate late United SUtes commerce through u national court of arbitration. By Mr. Cutchcon ( rep. , Mich---T * improve the civil service by relieving legislative ollicora from performing execu tive functions. By Mr. Bayno ( rop. , Pa. ) For econo my in education by providing a national series of text books , within the jurisdic tion of congress. By Mr. Morgan ( dom. , Ala. ) To regulate - ulato the fees of attorneys in pension cases. By Mr. Valentino ( rop. , Nob. ) To authorize a bridge across tlio Missouri at Dccatur. By Mr. Taylor ( rop.Ohio ) Uopciiling all limitations of time in which applica tions for pensions may bo tiled. By Mr. George ( rep. , Ore. ) A resolu tion authorizing the commissioner of In dian all'uirs to make an investigation into the massacre of Dr. Marcus Whitman and others in 1847. By Mr. Warner ( dom. , Teiin. ) To procure information re'ativo ' to the de mand and prices for American agricul tural products in other countries. By Mr. Boutollo ( rop. , Mo. ) A reso lution requesting the secretary of war for information whether for several ycara maps , diagrams , etc. , in the case of Fitst-Jolm Porter have been submitted to the members of each graduating class at NVest Point for the purpose of invit ing their criticism and judgment on the findings of the general court-martial hold in pursuance of law , and in case this is true , to inform the house by what au thority wr instigation tlio minds of youths educated at the public expense are thus directed to the discussion and question ing of the oflicial action of their lawful superiors , and whether such action is not calculated to foster insubordination in nrmy pilicora so educated Oujoction was made to its present con sideration or reference. Mr. Springer , chairman of tlio commit tee on expenditures in the department of Justine , moved to suspend the rules and adopt a resolution to increase the mem bership of that committee to nine , au thorizing it to appoint subcommittees of not less than three each , which shall bo committees of the house , and author ised to send for persons and papers. Mr. Belford ( rep. Col ) , behoved the present attorney-general had boon wise , judicious and holiest in all operations , and he did not think the expenses of the star route trials should bo investigated. His name had been connected with the star route trial of tlio last congress and he demanded an investigation and de- aired in the examination to take consid eration of the check signed "J. B. B. " and given tc pay gambling debts , but not by him or to pay bim. Mr. White ( rep , N. Y. ) favored the resolution. He believes if n thousand dollars were stolen from the treasury by fed'tral officials it should bo found. Cer tain men , notably the governor of Utah and a man who last session lobbied in the interest of the whisky ring , deserved stripped clothes in the penitentiary. Mr. Springer modified his resolution to limit the expenditures to $5,000. Mr. Itandull ( dom. . Pa. ) , chairman of the committo on appropriations , reported a joint resolution tor an appropriation for the relief of Lieutenant Greeloy and party. Referred to the committee of the whole. Mr. Hoi man ( dom. , Ind. , ) moved to Biispond the rules and adopt u resolution to the client that all public lands granted to aid the construction of railroads for the future by nonfullilment of the condi- ions should bo forfeited and restored to ho public domain ; that it is of the high- ist public importance that the land laws > o BO framed and administered as ulti- uately to secure free holds to the great est number of citizens by the repeal of laws facilitating speculation therein or allowing the purchase of lar o bodies , but disposed of to actual settlers under the homestead law only ; that the com mittee on public lands bo instructed to report bills covering the points above stated , and that they bo pushed to pas- sago. sago.Mr. . Ivasson ( rop. , la. ) expressed con currence in the iinal resolution , but hought the house ought not to act lastily on the second , which might work njury to the cattle industry. Mr. Heed ( rep , Me. ) thought it dun- ; erous for the house to adopt at a mo ment's notice a resolution uo sweeping in 'U provisions. Mr. Belford supported the resolutions , especially the eocond. Ho did not pro pose that four or live cattle kings should own the west , OH four or five railroad monarchs owned the east. Mr. Shaw ( dem. , 111. ) opposed the resolution because it might do injustice to some road earnestly striving to uurn its lands. / MCSSIH. Dunn ( dem. , Ark. ) and Cobb ( dom. , Ind. ) supported the resolution briotly , though the latter claimed there won no noceaaity for it , as the committee cm public lands was already working hard in the matter. The resolution vrus adopted yeas , 201 ; naya , 18. Following ia the negative vote ; Barns- dale , Bingham. Bialtee , George , Ilorr , Kcun , Libboy , Lyman , Morse.'Muldrow , Holland. Ilamsey , Iteod , Itico , Itiissoll , Stone , Van Eaton , Whiting. Mr. Cox ( dem. , N. Y. ) moved to BUS- pend the rules and pass u bill repealing the laws prescrioing tlio iron-clad oath. Mr. Boutelle opposed the bill. If the repeal of that outn would huvo a tenden cy to hasten the era of good fooling , ho would heartily favor it , but he believed the interpretation that would bo put on that act would bu harmful to the coun try. \ \ honever u concession of thiskind was interpreted , it wr.s conniderod uu a retrogression from tlio stundpoint of loy alty und a K motion or condonation of at tempts to destroy the gorarnmcut. Mr. Cox explained that it only af fected jurors and men who taku the iron clad oath. Men who have been in aoc-ja- ston did not take this oath , therefore it did not affect BOH them men. The ii on- clad oath wag but a rotten reminder ol clumsy buttress and arbitrary power. II waa deemed neceseury during the war at a tent , but ninco men who fought ugninsl the union were rehabilitated , the name privileges should bo extended union mei whichdiriunionists enjoyed. Tim motion was agreed to and the bill passed 183 to 11. The preMdont hui a iuoved the Act maklnj on appropriation of OIKJ million dollars fo oontlnuluB tbo Improvement of tuoMUnlssp river. HOSTILE PACIFICS. Jnslicc sometimes Travels Leaden Heel , But She Strikes With an Iron Hand , Some Square Talk by a Ooiigros- sional Gornmittoo , About the Pacific Kailways and Their Methods , Tlio XC.MIH Pactllo Iiitml ( irnnt Forfeited. Till : TK.VAS I'AOIl-'lO t3UA7X. TUB MXDH AM. KOUnilTKll. WASHINGTON , January 21. The house committee on public lands hold a meet ing to-night at which all members but two were present , and unanimously agreed to report to the house a bill to declare forfeited the lands granted the Texas Pacific railroad. The bill agreed upon by the committee contains , besides a provision declaring the forfeiture of the lauds granted to aid in the construction o , the railroad , provisions validating all acts of the department of the interior , its ollicera and its local land ollicersinper- mitting homcatcad entries , selections by purchases of lands granted the company and in using patents , certificates and lists thereon , and confirming thu rights and titles of parties or persons holding patents or claiming right and title under such certificates or lists to lands. Mr. Faycon will present the bill to the house to-morrow. The report recites the provisions of the act incorporating the Texas Pacific , briotly summarizes the history of the company and the legislation in its interestdown to November , 1881 , when the iiglit butweou the Texas Pacitie and Southern Pacific ended by the contract between them. It invites special atten tion to the hostility between the two companies down to this date , quotes largely from the recently published Uuntington correspondence to establish the fact of such hostility and its charac ter. ter.The The report saya on this point , "Those letters toll the story plainly of the hos tile position of the Southern Pacific to ward the Toxass Pacific during all these years and neither had nor claimed any rights east of Yuma , " aud "on the ques tion as to the relation of those two com panies during all the years the two lines wore being constructed your committee do not find a B ingle act performed by either that was not hostile in its charac ter as to the other. " It calls attention also to the opposition of the Southern Pacific in the forty-fifth and forty-sixth congress to the requests of Scott , of the Toxns Pacific for a guaranty for his road , and after presenting these facts the com mittee gives as its conclusions that the Southern Pacific was hostile to theentcr- priso of the Toxn3 , Pacific uutill its rood had bcen'construcfud to Sierra Blanca , Texas , and until the contract of Novem ber , 1881 , was consummated ; that it shrank from nothing that tended to de feat the work of the Texas Pacific in constructing a competing through line to the Pacific Ocean ; that while it was nom inally an independent corporation , it was in fact practically thu Central Pacific ; that the Southern Pacific was built with money of the Central Pacific , or outside securities based upon it , and operated and controlled by that company ; that so far as congress is concerned the Southern Pacific never had any rights cast of Yuma upon which it could base a claim against the government , either legal or equitable ; that it built its roads ex- prcasly without any intention , expec tation or the hope of receiving a dollar of aid or an acre of land .herefor from the government ; that by ts action it aided in defeating the build- f a road contemplated by congress and n connection with the facts presented n the report common notoriety showis : hat the Transcontinental Transportation now stands in this condition. The next route north of this , the Atlantic & Pa I cific , is controlled by the Central Pacific west of Colorado and by Gould oast. It is the Central Pacific and the Union Pa cific with government disconnections east of Omaha , controlling the middle route. By aubaidi/.ing the Pacific Mail thu Cen tral Pacific koopa the water route under ta control. The Noi thorn Pacific ia not only in the pool with the Central , but an agreement has been made between them whereby the territory of the great northwest is divided between them aa to traiiHportutinn as though ownership of the country followed building into it , subject to which is the practical asser tion of ownership of the transportation of freight 'for the entire Pacific coast under control of a few men who adopt aa a rulu for charges , "All thu traffic will bear. " The report declares that congress has full legal authority to declare the grant forfeited , and nays the power rents with the grantor. It is at his option whether Ii9 will nxerciae it or not , and IB purely a matter of discretion with which the courts have nothing to do , and until ex- erciaed there is nothing on which the court can take action. An to the claima of the Southern Pacific , that , having complied with the requirements of the act as they uhould have been performed by the Texas Pacific , it had a right to the jjrant , _ the report says : "Before tlio claimant company can bo hold entitled to this grant it must , bo found that tlio conditions of the granta have all been complied with by it or its grantor ; that it ia the legal uucceusor and assignee of the Texas Pacific , and nUo that such succession in not the result of combination or consolidation with the Texas Pacific by a rival or competing line of railroad to the Pacific ocean. " The committee findn the condition in the urant prohibiting consolidation will rival or competing lines ling boon absolutely lutoly violated by the Texas Pacific ii making a contract ia 1881 ; tliat tin Pacifio haa not Texaa iiccompliehod i single object for which it waa created but has attempted to do every act ponsi ble which it waa prohibited from ' Iu Now York. NKW YOHK , January 21.A fire thi morning in Schaeffor'a boirding house Houston street , the occupant * ! got out ex ccpt two boarders and u norvnnt. The firemen rni.ied ladders through the tire and Hinoko and the I fin nsoomlcd to thereof roof where they wore compoljod to re main until the lire was extinguished. Thermometer , 8 above zero. In another fire at 181 Bowery , the firemen had great difficulty in rescuing Itosn Cohen , six childroi nnd a .servant. Two children in the adjoining house were almost suf focated. JIHN1MIKI ) A DAY. Sonic Tail KlKtirltiK by thn South Oniahn Syndicate. Special Dtupatchta The lioe. WASHINUTO.V , D. 0. January 151. P. K. Her , John MoShauo and \Viii. A. Paxton - ton wore in Now York last week am' Mr. Her , who ia now here , informs mo that they completed arrangements on behalf half of the south Omaha syndicate , wltli Now York parties , to kill and ship in re frigerator cars from Omaha five hundred head of cattle a day for the New York market , work to begin in the spring , They are also negotiating with Boston and English parties for two other similar establishments. CIK\UNT : CHASI : , Killed and Mnlntod. S | > edal Dispatch U The Uco. PACIFIC JUNCTION- . , January ll. ! Grant Andersen and James Ditto at tempted to crawl under some cars in the yard at this place , about ton o'clock to night , when soiiio more cars wore kicked back on the travk , catching both men. Anderson was instantly killed , while Ditto sutlers the loss of one leg. Both men were strangers hero and both had moii"y. ItAUjHOAI ) HATES. U. P. KAHNIMIS. NKW YOUK , January 21' The report of the government directors of the Union Pacific shows that the floating debt of the company ia reduced $ . ' 1,000,000 by the proceeds of the collateral trust loan created for that purpose. The report also shows a great improvement in the not earnings for December aa compared with several proceeding months , also that there will bo a surplus largely over 61,000,000 for the year ; after the pay ment of all fixed charges and a ? per cent dividend. i-osmo.v. CIMCAOO , January 21. Oenoral Man ager Potter , of the Burlington Us Quincy , returned from the west to-day. Ho denied the statement sent from Boston that the directors of the Union Pacific and Burlington & Missouri meet in Bos ton on the iMth hist , , to consider the tri partite agreement. Referring to the probable reply of the Burlington road to bo made at the meeting of the Western Trunk Line association January 2t ; , ( pre viously reported 2-ith ) Potter states that the only proposition that him been made to the Burlington road ia whether it will pool business with the other members of the association , ( ho Burlington to con- Btituto one fide uf the pool , and the re maining roads the other side , Potter couldn't state what Burlington' reply to the proposition would bo , but intimated that at the meeting the Burlington would asV for an explicit and direct proposition from the other inombei giviii" the pro posed percentages , etc. Tlio Burlington will then finally consider the matter. Tim Iowa Legislature. DKS MOIXES , January 21. The senate convened at it o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Eastman introduced a resolution to add to the standing committees one on mines and mining , and one on public and private corporations. A communication was received from the secretary of state calling attention to an error in the can vass of votoa for governor in the jointcon- volition. This is an error of 1,000 votes too many for Kmno is Mahaska county , sent out on Friday last. Passed on tile. Mr. Donnan offered a concurrent resolu tion to moot the house in joint conven tion on Wednesday to witness the cor' rcction and declare the result. Consid erable discussion followed , and further consideration was postponed until the committees are appointed. Logan offered u joint resolution instructing members of congress to use their utmost endeavors to secure the pan sago of an act providing that no person shall be granted a permit 0 sell intoxicating liquors in any Htate intil ho shall have first obtained thu iropor state authority. Referred to the jommittco on suppression of into.upor- , nce. Adjourned. The house brought up the matter of .ho error in thu canvas of votes for gov- rnor from Mahaska county. Mr. Head Stored a resolution for a joint conven- ion to correct the error. The democrats ippoaod and the republicans favored. t was postponed till to-morrow. Mr. Merrill , of Clinton , offered u joint evolution to memorialise congress in relation to the Hennopin canal. Or dered printed und mnde the special order ! or Thursday morning. Both houses will meet in joint cunvon- 1 m at noon to-morrow to elect a United States senator. Mr. Allison will be ro- elected. The modal for Kate Shelly has arrived , but the duto for its presentation is not yet fixed. Wreoku , ST. Louu , January 21. The ollicial report of thu accident to passenger train No. 7 , on the Wabash road , near Macon - con , saye only six persons were injured , none seriously. Two more accidents are reported on the Wabash. Alive stock train bound for Chicago from Council Bluffs , struck a broken rail near Memphis , Me , , at six o'clock this morning. The ca boose rolled down thu embankment. Conductor Garvey had hia loft log broken , and two drovers , the only inmates , wore badly , not seriously , bruised. P.ipten- gor No , 5 was derailed near Centrnlin during the night. None of the pussen- gen were injured , A National iVolilliillon Tluliot. OHIUAUO , Jan. 21 , A. . ) . Atkina , secretary of the National Prohibition Central committee , nays a convention will bo held and a national iirohibitioi ticket , will bu placed in the field in 1881 The place ot holding the conventioi will bo announced in u few iliiys. A 1'rifttt Iu tlio T CHICAIJO , In , . , January 21.Abba I J. liilliard , Citholio iiiwionary from tin diooeto of Matquotto , wus found iu ui alley late liut night in one of the han districts in the south division of the city iu the gratp of a robber. He had a lari o MIDI of money on his person. Hia Kssail- ant was arrested and theabbe ; was also plncc-d in a cell for safe keeping , the jmlico stating ho was heavily inulur the inllucncu of liquor. The abbowasarre.it- cd under almo.it similar circumstances , a month ago. GKNKHAlj KOllk'ION NKWS. A MUW.1 Until. , LONDON , January 21. The proprietor of The London Globe haa boon committed for trial on a charge of libel , brought by Collodgo , British vice consul at Xortoa , for publishing a Central News dinpatch stating that Collodgo was at the head of a company which engaged pilots to wreck vessels in the Black Sea , In order to ob tain tlio insurance , A NKW UKl ) HAT , Driaix , January ill , It is reported that Bishop Moran , named for the arch bishopric of Sydney , has boon summoned to Homo to bo created a cardinal. TUB OAMI'AIOX IN TON < JU1\ . LONDON , January 21. Ilia stated Hint Waddington , French ambassador , de clared to Karl Cranvillo , foreign minister - tor , that Franco will not nvcommimco negotiations with China until all her ob jects in Toiiquin are achieved. Wad dington informed the French government that fSranvillo approved the viowtt of France in thu matter. The lord mayor has boon requested to grant the use of Guild hall for a mooting to protest against the evacuation of Soudan. KIM : HOI.IIIKHH TIU'.SK. OAIHO , January 21. Seven hundred black recruits for the Egyptian army hnd to bo driven by cavalry to the train wait ing to transport them to Sue/ MANITOIIA'H LINK. OTTAWA , January 21. The govern * niont of Manitoba has applied for an ex tension of Manitoba's boundary to Hud son bay. UK 1.ESSKIS AND HIS CANAL. LYONS , January 21. Do Lossops.spoak- ing hero , said ho was confident England would ratify the canal convention with English ship owners. Fnlloil In Connect. CHIUAUO , January 21. The movement inaugurated by the citizens' league of this city to prevent saloon-keepers from nerv ing on the grand jury failed at the first attempt , the court holding that they can not bo excluded , provided they "wero willing to Rweiir to uphold all laws. A largo number of complaints have been brought before thu grand jury agaii.et saloon-keepers for soiling liquors to mi nors , and the lenguo claimed that the saloon influence on the urand jury prevented - vented indictments being returned. A Gront Mining Fovor. SALT LAKI : , January 21. A Spokane , Montana , special says : At Cumr do Lion excitement is high and minors daily bring glowing reports. Last evening the eiti/oiiB of Spokane formed a stage line and will HOUU throe coaches daily. The place is full of men going to the mines and the minors of Utah are excited over the placers discovered in the north west , The biggest stampede ever known to the Pacific coast is expected in the spring. A TcHtlmonlnl to Iliiodcn. BOSTON , January 21. The Post calls upon the public for a testimonial sub scription to bo presented to Lieutenant Rhodes , of the revenue cutter Dexter , in recognition of his heroic efforts to save the lives of thuso wrecked on the city of Columbus. It heads the same with § 50 , and offers to receive SUUIH from any quar ter and any amount , acknowledge the receipt and pay the naino to Lieutenant Rhodes. A New TolfKi-uiiti Company. NKW YOUK , January 21. The Na tional Telegraph company wa orRanixcd to-day , and elected George T. Williams general manager. The company has lines botwocn New York and Chicago , along the West Shore and Nickel Plato roads , Williams was for several years district HUiierintendont of the Western Union at Cincinnati. Work and Lowiat. , Mass. , January 21. Notice ia posted in all the corporations reducing wanes 10 per cent. February 1st. LIWKENUI : , Mass. , January 21. The Atlantic mills give notice that I'Vbruary ' 1st a reduction of wages , not over 10 per cunt , will go in foruu. Memorial Scrvlcen. LYNN , Mass. , January 21. Services roro held in the First Univoraalist Jiuroli yesterday , in memory of Ilev. iV. W. Wright and wife , and Mias Davia , numbers of the church lost in the Co- umlnu disaster. Thu ColiiinliuM Dead. Nr.\v BKDKOUD , Mass , , January 21. Ten bodies recovered from the wreck of he city of Columbus were forwarded to Savannah by the steamship company of Boston. Tlio ono identified ia that of Mrs. Dftiiiolu , of Boston , J < Yf > < m Ohio. CINOINN.VTI , January 21. Specials re- ort the thermometer at 23 ° below /oro at New Lexington , O. , thin morning ; 22 ° below at Coshocton , ( ) . , colder than January . " > , and 22 ° below at Middle- town , I ) . Itunkor . L , I. , January 21. K. S. Puck , cashier of thu wrecked 1'ntchoguu bank , shi t himself at " this afternoon , jnat after leaving the bank. "PV p Men MHHI Work " nwrKH , Mass. , January 21The sohooner JJuntsford , a fiaherman HKivt'ii up M loet , with fourteen men aboard win ; loivt ; ) veveii widows and ninuteen orpliana , Jusi Ku i ho h' . J'iul Ulolw. A Chicago newspaper askt ! "Why di not juries convict' ! " So fur as Chicago it concerned , the reaton why juries do no ! convict is that then ) ia , na u rule , moci money to be made by a jury through i verdict of aciiuittul. It is u itotonou ; fact , in that city , that no man need lit hanged there for murder , however atro cioun , who hits mont-y vnouuh to "fii ; ' the jury called to tiy him. lluy. IMvvuiit J''ontaiu ' ( who tint jottie * IHI tbo mouth of the jSllK Jle le ldwl ueur New Orleans. THE NUTT TRIAL Senator Voorte1 Pica for the Prisoner , A Vordiot of Acquittal Expootod To-Day , < A Youth Olaimod by Four Wives , And Yet He Was to Marry a Fifth , Colorado' * KlrM. Fcnmlo Victim of the llopo. CUIMK AND TIIKNUrr THIAL. Pirrsiiuuo , January 21. Attendance thu last day of thoNutt trial wostho largest f any since the trial begun. For hours before the opening this inorning'crowda pushed and jostled in the hallways and on the stairs and when the doors opened surged into the court room , packing it almost to suffocation in a few minutes. Among those present wore a largo num ber of ladies. The prisoner looked fresh and complacent. Mrs. Nutt and Lizv.iu occupied their acuatonod scats. District Attorney Johnson , of Fayotto count } ' , opened the argument by adross- ini ; the jury in behalf of the common wealth. Maj. Brown followed tor tlio defense , after which the court took a recess. Both speeches were listened to with wrapt attention and BO veral times the speakers were interrupted by applause or hissca. _ Thia afternoon Senator Voorhces do- livercd the closing address for the defen dant. Ho spoke nearly two hours , and carried the audience , judge and jury with him completely. At ono point ho said that his advice to young men situated as was Nutt was to use shotguns loaded four inches deep instead of revolvers. This was cheered. D. F. Patterson closed for the prose cution with a throe hours' speech of rare power. Ho scouted the idea of irresisti ble impulse or insanity in any form , and declared that Lixzio Nutt's father had admitted thu truth of the statements contained in Duke's letters. Judge Stowo charged the jury this evening. His rulings were rather against the Insanity theory. The jury retired shortly before 8 o'clock , aud the court waited half an hour and then adjourned until to-morrow. There ia no change in the opinion that the verdict will be not guilty. The manager-of a museum has offered Nutt a largo salary to go on exhi bition. THE HELP CONFESSED MUllDEUKR. JAMAICA , L. I. January 21 , Edmund S. Tappan , tlio self-confessed ocossorv to the murder of Mrs. Maybco and daughter on the night of November 17th last , was brought into court handcuffed. Ho looked very dejected and very nervous. Ho had boon iu court but few minutes when ho was seized with cramps and rolled off the chair in great agony. When somewhat recovered the district attor ney asked for an adjournment , not being fully prepared. Adjournment granted till Wednesday. The name of the woman suspected of aiding in the murder has not yet been made Jmown. WAOVACA , Wis. , .Tanuaiy 21. The Vandccar jury , after being out 44 hours , disagreed , standing 7 for conviction , and 5 for acquittal. Vandecar was tried for the murder of a banker , named Mead , u year ago , the parties firing through the bank window in the evening , killing him instantly , and robbing tlio promisee. The evidence was circumstantial. A. STAGE nonnnn. PKIWCWT , A. T. , January 21. A high wayman robbed the Wickonberg stage lost night , cutting the mail bags and rilling letters. YOUNG HALL'S WIVES. G'ATiXMT.snuitn , Ky. , January 21. Marulml Punch , of Jit. Sterling , readied hero to-day with Hilda Hall , captured on a charge of bigamy. Hall ia 19 yearn of ago , has four wives und was about to marry a fifth when captured. THE WOMAN 1VKOIIKD. DENVEII , January 21. It is now learned that Mrs. Cuddihio , who , with her husband , was lynched at Ouray last week for the inhuman treatment und final murder of Mary Mathowg , was soon to become a mother- The Flro Record. Cut ) , Mich. , January 21. One-half the business portion of thia city was burned at 1 o'clock this morning. Loss SJ40.000. JThe Proud Plumher'H Vlctorf. likladelpliU fall. "My water pipe has burst and the iiouse is being flooded. Como around. What IB your balance in the bank ? " "Well , to toll the truth , it ia not very large. " "Aud your income ? " "About $5,000 a year. " "But you live right up to it , don't you ? " "Oh , yes ! 1 have to. " "Well , give me a mortgage on your house and I will sand a man wound to hok lit it next wonk. " DYSPEPSIA Dom not ( et veil of IUeU | It roiulrca careful , rr- ilitcct attunUon im < l n rcranly Hut will n Ut tuttmw " tu throw off tlio enow * un-1 tuuo up tlia lUgenUvif/ orfaju till Jiiey perform their duties vi Illlntly. Mr * . UcMuoilti , of Ainhcrst , N. II. , after trying many "ciiracuict" without ucnult , louiiJ Uiut lilt Kta nail on Uio hea < ) nml restored hertoLeoltb. Among tin ) agonle * experienced I < y tlio dyi peptlo , ur 'dMrctt beforeor after calli.f , low of appetite , Irregu- iirlty of tlio towel * , wtud or gas and pain In tlw > etiiia < Ji , hrarl-butu , roar itoniarh , ia , ctuuitut nionlal ileprewlon , noo'oui IrrtUUUlly and tOeeplex- lirM. 11 you ura iU.M.-ourot'c 1 bo of KOikl cheer and try llood'n K-irmpariUa. J t tua cutdl huudnkU. It wllL ti.ra you If you tfvo It a fair clauoe. Mr.uit . ( J. I , IIooii & Co. Ihmtli'iiiMi l iuii iiaJed to try Hood' * Kintw rinlLiluriiiyMll'1. 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