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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. IA rHIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. WEDNESDAY MORNING , JANUARY 30 , 1884. NO. 191. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Staaii anil MaliQiic faye the Ensan guined Garment , tfx-Spoakor Keifer Shows His Temper. His Bow with Boynton Now Before - fore the House , And au Investigation is Promptly * Ordered. Some Very Spicy and Hl li-Toncd Letters Head. POIITY-KIOUTH CUXOltRSS. rtKNATE. WAHIIIKOTOK , January U ! ) . Mr. Voat ( doin. ftlo. ) frotn tlio comtnittoo on pub Uo lands , reported favorably a bill ro ponliug the tinibor culture liiws. Sir. Camorou , ( rop. Wia. ) introduced n bill to OBtablish tbo territory of North Dakota. Mr. Platt ( rop. Conn. ) offered n reso lution tor which ho asked iuimcdiato con- eideration , directing the committee on postoQJcoa and post rondo to inquire whether telegraphic changoa hnv been injuriously nfFoctcd by the large Block dividnnds of tha Western Union compa ny , or on consolidations or contracts with competing or other companies and whether through the gold and slock tel egraph company , otherwise the Western Union company , there haa been'prescrib- td rules or rcgulati < nB for the transmis- aion of press nowa , Tne resolution au thorizes the committee to nend for the persons andpaporp. Objection was made by Mr. Sherman , ( rep. O. ) and the resolution wonl over until to-morrow. Mr. Sherman's res olutiou on the Virginia and Mississippi elections wcro then taken up. Mr. Sherman said that mnco the begin ning of the session ho had fall thatrcceul oventa in Virginia and Mississippi worool such importance as to demand n full and impartial investigation of the causes which * led to them. The real facts in volved a proper constitutional remedy to prevent a recurrence , and , if necessary , to further secure all American citizens freedom of speech in the open assertior of their political opinions , and the peace ful exercise of the right to votl. Now that sufiieient time had elapsed to allay to Botno'oxtent the excitement caused by thescn events , ho hoped the senate would make this investigation , BO thafc our citizens of every state might more fully understand jus how far the niittjnnl government woulc protect them in the enjoyment of their rights , or if it was helpless or listless that no longer relying upon barren declarations of the constitution , eacl man for himself might appeal to the right of self-defence or to the boastec American right of migration to more friendly regions. The allegations in this resolution aa to the Danville riot or mas / .icro were , ho said , founded upon state inents in the public prints supported by other witnesses and their Bubatautia truth was also verified by the publibhoc statements of a member of this body , the senator from the state of Virginia. The allegations as to Mississippi were founded upon captious narrations in the public printa , the proceedings of public meetings and the acts and failure to ao of ofliuors of the state government , in eluding governor , judgoa of courts , and juries. If these ntatcmonte art ) true then in both these etatua there hus been organized conspiracies to subvert tb fruedom of elections , accompanied bv murder and violence in many forms The crimes reported are not ordinary crimps but those of the prevailing ma jorily to subvert byiolouco the highes constitutional privolegea of citizens anc cannot from their nature bo inquired of or punished by _ the ordinary tribunal lie hud no desire to open up soctiona questions or renew old strife ; still , i these allegations are true , it would bo cowardly and a shrinking from the gravest public dnty to allow such oventi to deepen into precedents which woulc subvert the foundation of republican ! ! - atutions and convert our elections into organized crimes * If the crimes nlleged by these resolu tionn wore the result of a chance out break or riot between opposing partioi or different races of men , they mighi properly lx > loft to bo dealt with by loca authorities , but if they were the part of the machineiy devised by ono party to tfeter another party or race from the freedom of elections , or the free , open expression of politicalopinions , then they constitute a crime against the nationa government , and the highest duty of the government was to maintain at every hazard equal rights nnd privileges ol citiions. It waa noteuOiciont to say that the elections referred to were not nation al elections. Iho govornmentpresoriboc the duties of states in respc > tlo liberty property and the elective franchise , anc citiityns of any state wcro citizens of the UuiM States. This point and the right of congress to provide any additional safeguards fo these rights wort dwelt upon. Ho then took up the matter of race antagonist arising out of emancipations , and sau be could pardon the prejudices of race caste , ano even local ties , and the Amor Jean peoole , ho thought , had waited with great forbearance for the time when con stitutional rights would ho ropectot without regard to roco or color , creed o party. If the time had como when members of the republican party , through whose agency largely the existence of tha gov eminent had boon maintained , could no enjoy constitutional rights. If men won murdered at the billet box without foa on the pirt of the murderer * of punish ment , if they were driven from thei homos by outrage and terror nnd tlia black and whits alike were aubjocted to ostracism and injustice and as a part ; .disfranchised , then indeed was patien Inquiry donmndod nd a full , open manly a erlion that the rights and equal itica of all should be maintaine ( And enforced at every hnzrd Jt the Capiih county resolution * were the creed of the domocrntio party of the south , then indeed waa the \rat a f niliiro. Ho waa assured by gentle men too , that tboy were the creed o Wne-tonUia of tUu party in power in iisaissippi. Ho would conduct the in- ostip.Uion charitably and with all rp. ; nrd for the imturnl prejudices of moil in heir situation , and would give them ivory right guaranteed other American itizcita , and in return would demand qual freedom forall other citizens of whatever color or party , and if the state xnild or would not guarantee thin , then ho nation should. Mr.'Mahono ( ind. , Va. ) followed Mr. Sherman. His sneccch was similar m character to the address ho recently is sued to the public concerning Virginia's situation. Ho said this was the first nno in the glorious history of Virginia hat political ends were achieved by such catering methods na gave riao to the J.invillo massacre. Ho hid no four that an investigation would bring a stnin upon ho escutcheon of the majority in that state , but that upon the violent faction rould be founu the responsibility and .ho blood of her murdered citizens. Upon the conclusion of Mr. Mahono's omarliB calls of "vote" wcro hoard , mid .ho chair announced the question to bo on agreeing to the resolution. A demand 'or the yeas and nays was made without remark from any democratic senator , the matter was brought to a vote and the resolution passed by 33 yca to 29 naya. Mr. Liopan ( rep. 111. ) had called up ind paisud a joint resolution approp'rat- ng $11,000 tor the improvement ot the 100 ! tibovo the dam near Rock Island arsenal. Mr. Voorhocd ( dom. Ind. ) olTorod a resolution , which was agreed to , in structing the committee on postoQlcca and postroads to inquire as to the ox- pudionoy of admitting newspapers , peri odicals and other printed reading matter to the mails free of postage. The senate resolved to attend the funeral of Representative Mackey to morrow afternoon. The resolution appropriating $50,000 for the maintenance of destitute Indiana was increased to § 100,000 and passed. The house bills making appropriations of $375,000 for the rebate on the tob.-vcco tax , and § 21K15 ! for expenses of the legislature of Now Mexico , passed. The bill providing a mpthodforsottling incomplete titles to Mexican land grants on lands derived from Mexico by thn United States in Now Mexico , Wyoming , Arizona and Utah , was discussed al length , but without action the senate went into executive nession and soon after adjourned. HOUKK. Mr. Pettibone ( rep. , Tnnn. ) offered f resolution , which was adopted unani mously , providing for the funeral ceremonies monies over the late E. W. M. Mackoy , of South Carolina , to be held in this hal to-morrow at 1 o'clock , directing the clerk to invite members of the nenato to bo present. Mr. Broadhead ( dom. , Mo ) prcsontcc a petition oignod by 235 citizens of St. Louis , asking for improvement of the Mississippi river. Esforrcd. The speaker laid before the house communication from the secretary oi war , in response to the resolution calling for information as to the average numboi of commissioned officers in the army from the 4th of March , 1857 , and 4th oi Ma"ch , 1801 , and between the 4th o : March , 1857 , and the 4th of March , 1881. The secretary states that for the first period the average number was 3,44 , ol whom ,150 wcro tried by court martial and 122 convicted. The following bills were introduced : By Mr. Matson , ( dem. Ind. , ) to increase pensions of widows and dependent rela tives of deceased soldiers. By Mr' Wood ( dem. Ind. , ) to provoni thu employment of operatives on railway trains more than 12 hours out of the 24 By Mr. Wilson ( rop. Iowa ) providing for the inspection and certification o : moat products for exportaion. By Mr. Merrill ( repKos. ) Pensioning widows and children of deceased soldiers By Mr. Blanchard ( dom.Liu ) ( Jailing on the prosidF.nt for information concerning corning the arrest , in January , 1883 , o Benjamin S. Lewis nnd other American citizens by the Columbia government. By Mr. Wood ( dom , , Ind. ) To re duce the tariff rates on different kinds and qualities of sugars ; also to reduce the duty on woolen goods , flannels , blan kets , women and children's dress goods and ready made clothing. By Mr. Washburn ( rep. , Minn. ) Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the MixRissippi at St. Paul. By Mr. O'Noill ( dom. , Mo. ) To prevent vent thu adiiltuuttnin of sugar and mo. lapses. By Mr. Hewitt ( dem. , N. Y , ) To au thorize the title of a newspaper to bo copyrighted. By Mr. Bennett ( dem. , N. 0. ) To prevent the Intermarriage of whites anc negroes in the District of Columbia. By Mr. Warner ( dem. , O. ) To bettor secure the stability of paper currency. Mr. Hopkins ( dom. , Pa. ) , rising to a question of privilege , presented a pre amble and resolution to the effect that as Hon. J. Warren Koifor ( rep. 0 ) has charged Gen. Boynton , "Washington cor respondent of The Cincinnati Commer cial-Gazette , with having approachec him corruptly while speaker of the house of the lust congress , that n special com mittee of the house to investigate the matter bo appointed. Mr. Keifor arose and sent to the clerk's desk a letter which he had written - ton to Boynton under cato of the 28th ins * . , in answer tea letter to Boynton asking Kcifer to cause an invcstigatiot into the charges against him ( Boynton and threatening that unless Keifor caus oo steps to bo taken to that end by to day he ( Boynton ) would make bis lottci public. Koifor's reply is long and filled with more bitter denunciations of Boyn ton and his co-laborer , W. B. Shuw.both of whom ho says lost no opportunity to dofaino him in their dispatcher ) He calls Boynton a liar , defamer and lobbyist , and refuting to mnvo for an investigation , charged him with hav in'4 foigoa and published , last summer , a letter purporting to have been written by Keifer to the secretary of thotreosury und asuerts that Boynton said to him ( ICeifoi ) tlm * ho was a fool for not mak in r money whilo'epeaker , aa IMaino anc Colfax hid done , and that there was fltil pl < n'y of money to bo made if tlio Me Garrnlum bill could bo got through ; tha it provided for the isauo of manymillions of acres of valuable land scrip , and thai thuro would bo an abundance to divide Thu letter closes wit ha suggestion tha Boynton publish iiu letter and this re ply together. Koifor then sent tip a latter from Mr Boynton dntod February 27 , 1883 asking him ( Kolfer ) to reoogni/o Dunnell for tha purpose of moving a suspension of the rule * and the pawago of tbo MoQarru. ian claim , saying ho thought tliu claim air but had no interest in it. Mr. Koifor then rehearsed nt same ength thu interview on the McG/irrahan / Jaini , and said their acquninlanco ceased rhon lloyuton augqoetud thcro was nonoy to bo tna < 1o by the passage of the MuClnrrahnn bill , and ho has noverepoken M him aineo. Ho hoped the resolution would ba opened wdo enough to admit W. B. Uhaw , and quoted from the teati- mony of Charles Obort before the committee - mittoo to investigate the Pacific Mail tctamahip subsidy , to the ufToct that Shaw received § 1,500 for his services , tc. tc.Mr. Mr. lltidd ( dotn. , Col. ) nuked Mr. vcifor if , as speaker , ho did not admit Boynton to the gallery. Mr. Koifor replied thnt congress ad- ourncd two day's after ho learned that Joynton was a lobyist. Mr. Hopkina mid the communication roui General Boynton to the speaker of ho house should bo rend. Mr. Springer ( dotn. 111. ) took the re- pousibility of having the communication cad as a part of his remarks The lot- or , after reciting the loading poiuta in ivoifcr'a letter , said : "Having thus called your attention to tlio grave charges nindo in writing by ox- Speaker Koifor , which 1 pronounce utterly devoid of truth , 1 have the honor a iucloao herewith the full test of the otter , together with correspondence per mitting thereto and through you respect- ully request that the homo order an in vestigation of the matter. The resolution was amended DO an to ucludo any member of the press having a boat in the reporters' gallery against whom charges might bo preferred and adopted. Mr. Randall ( dem. Pa. ) submitted a lonfcronco toport on the Grooloy relief l. Adopted. Adjourned. TUK IOWA Still tlioHlllH Four In Allison Ajjnlu flouted. MoiNr.s , January 29. Tha house was deluged again this afternoon with a flood of .bills ot all kinds , none of which are of any pniticular importance , being mostly of a local character. Several local bills wcro reported back with fav- oraHo rocommoudatia. The house voted for United States senator , the result being - ing : Allison 50. Hall 45 , Olark 1. John son mid H.unblin and Bolter and Uol- brook paired. The final election occurs to-morrow noon. Thn speaker anJ. president idont of the senate will to-morrow piob ably appoint committees to visit the state institutions , and it is thought both houses will then adjourn till about the 10th of February. The reason fur the election of Sonitor Allison again is a discrepancy in the law , which provides for the election on thn second Tuesday after organization. The legislature effected fected a permanent organization on Tues day the 15th , and a temporary ono on Monday the 15th , BO to make a sure thing another election wan hold this week. In the senate a joint resolution favor ing an appropriation for the Hennopin canal passed by a vote of 44 to 1. The vote for Unittd States Henator resulted : Allison 35 , Hall 7 , Lowe 1. A concurrent resolution was adopted for a rocosa from to-morrow to Tuesday next for the committees to visit etato in stitutions. A bill was passed appropriating $1,000 for the captora of the Barber brothers. Adjourned. A Terrible 1'J.vpiunlou , ST. PAUL , January 29. * special f roir Winnepog says : News is just receivet of a terrible explosion on Iho Canadian Pacific railway east of Port Arthur. The explosion occurred on the 22nd instant , at Fay & McLennan'n contract , and was caused by a dynamite cartridge left near the stove. It killed Sidney H. Fy , Joseph K. McGillonray , John E. Me Dougalland John Burbank Fay , Magnus McOluro. The first two lived three hours and the others worn killed in otautly. Park Oompnuy iVuiiorty Attached. MIM.VE ifoui , January 29. A Livings ton , Montana , special says : George Car yor & Co. , wholesale merchants 'of Liv ingaton , have levied an attachment 01 certain property of the National Park Improvement company , to secure payment mont of a bill for a largo amount. The property attached consists of sawmills , oattlo , horses , etc. , belonging to the comtmny outside of the park. Cinclunuti'Hllugt Friend. CINCINNATI , 0. , January 29. Bonbon Springer has given $20,000 to furnish the buildings for an art school which has juat been liberally endowed by Judge Nicholai Langworth , in pursuance of the wishes o his father , Jos. Langworth , recently di- ceased. Mr. Springer's gift will bo user to odd two stones the thu Cincinnati college logo building , Walnut street , near 4th , for use as an art school. Basted in Cniindn. TOIIONTO , January 29. The American Lumber company assigned. The company hod a capital of a million dollars , and was formed some years ago and owned oxten aivo limits and mills. The banks main ) ; interested uro the Toronto bank , Quebec bunk , and bank of commerce. The liabi litiea foot up close to A million dollar * , hal which in secured to the bank of commerce the largest creditor. _ by a KocU. Jan. 2 ! ) The wee bound passuiiKer train on the Nashville Chattanooga & St. Louis It. ill. , fron hero , at five o'clock thU morning ran into ii rock on the track about 20 miles from hero and a serious wreck wan the cense ( { uonco. Kiigini'or Dick Surreo was killed , lireuuw Boaine fatally injured and a brakeman iHrionnly injured. A Blun ot Jtlu Word. KE.VDALLVILU : , Indiana , January 20 , Martin Boilers , of this placn , was Bum monod to testify Against 0. C. Cain charged with the murder , being tried a Albion. lie remarked ho would kill him self rather than teuliry. Shortly aflor wards ho went to his room and shot him self , dying instantly. Going fortitude Gambling. AIIUY , Jan. 20. Abill was introduo ed in the assembly declaring void "ul contracts , written or verbal , for solo o transfer of any stock of any company un less the party contracting to sell or trans f or nlmll bain actual poaaoiwion of Btockt" . tc. ; etc. KICKING KEIFER , A Row With an Atmnflancc of Vitu peration , Boynton's Wrath and Very Grave Charges , noors , Tauntsfand , Abuse Ply ing Thiok , The Two Letters Whioh Made Koifor Mnd , of a Oorro iondcnt's Illto plstnlntory UytuimHtlcs , KISIFHll'SKOW. ; DOYNTON'H ' WUATUY LKTTKK. WASHINOTO.V , D. 0. , Jan. 2 ! . ) , ' 84. Accompanying Iho resolution offered i the house this afternoon by Hopkins roviding for n committee to investigate lie charges ofcorruption _ made by spoak- r Koifor ngMnet Geo. W. Boynton were wo letters written , by the latter to ox- poakor Keifor concerning the subject mutter of the charges , and referred to by velfor to-day in hia statement to the louse. The first of these communion , , ione mentioned by Koifor in his remarks - marks a "a sourulous lottor" was as ollows : WAHHINOTOK , January 20. ion. \Varrou Koifor , House of Koprosont- ntlvui : Dear Sir About a week ago you saw it to declare before the house committee on acoounta , where your official action , is undergoing investigation , that a "clique of correspondents" had misrepresented . on before the public because you had lefoatad a claim they had attempted to obby through congress , and called on by several correspondents and asked or the manner and specifications you wore pleased to nao my name in this con nection snd claimed that you had letters rom mo which would bo produced in the roper time to make good your charge. Thereupon I publicly denounced your Gtatemont so far as it related 10 mo as lishonorabld and falsivnud challenge you to make good your charges before the comtnittoo of invo.atigation. In the multiplicity of your public du- , ics and the nddod tax upon your time , your attention has not boon attract- sd to this published card. I there "oro take the liberty of inolos- ng it to you with the remark bat I cannot' ' cnncoivo it possible for an lonorablo nan to have made such charges as you have thua circulated nnd lave maintained since , when asked for proofs on which they were based. In renewing my proposition to test , -our charges before an open committee itnpowred to send for poisons and papers and to administer oaths , I desire to give you the widest possible field for your in quiries by now assorting that I have never had neither a direct or contingent interest in aiiy claim jr other legislation pending be- 'oro either /houso / of congress luring my servifa as a correspondent in Washington , s * Hiuco I am amenable to the rules of the house , and hold a seat in the press allery subject to its will , proof of your : harge or any similar charge would HU- cure my expulsion from the gallery and effect ny disgrace. But , on the other band , if you decline to assume your own words , it ought not to overtask your power of perception to see your pditical associates will have abun dant raisoii to bo mortified on account of their hto complimentary votes for you , and thtt the country will have the right to conclude that you are without manli ness o ; sentiments of honor , and inpvo on so low and base a piano of political morah that you regard falao charges against honorable meu us proper weapons to wield when vou ore yourself arraigned before a committee members , on charges of most questionable conduct and find they are Hkuly to bo proved against you. Unless you withdraw these charges or take action boboro the close of Monday's session , looking to submitting th'Jin to an investigation , 1 shall consider myself at liberty to make this letter public us evidence - donco to sustain your charges Koepoctfully Yours , H. V. BOVWTON. THE 8COOKD LBTTEIt. The Bonontt louur was from Boynton to Kuifer , in reply to the lattor'd letter of January 28 , to General Boyntou which 1ms been read in the house to-day at n part of Mr. Kuifor's statement. Gen eral' Bo&iton's letter was in part as fol lows : WAHULVOTOK , January 28. Hon. J. Warroii Koifor Sir : Your charges I havu tvriuo publicly declared utterly without foundation in truth. In the face of your repetitions of them and your additions of pretended details I still dociaro your whole charge so far as it reflects on mo , to bo unqualifiedly falke , and assort further that 1 never hold any conversation whatever with you concerning thn provisions of the McGar rahun bill , which , by the way , was reported ported favorably by a committee of you own appointment , that I never saw t. oojiy of the bill until your charges against mo appeared and never rood it until after the reception of your letter of this dote. When the public becoino iwaro of the pitiable spectacle you have made before tha commitioo charged with investigation your shameful abuse of the power entrusted you as speaker of the last homo , no ono will bo surprised at the manner in which you seek toavoid responsibility for ynur falsa accusations , Repeating my etrnest doeiro to meet you whenever our differing Htatoraenlu can bo tested by sworn testimony , I uub- scribe myself , very truly , H. V. BOVNTON. BOYNTO.V WTBUVJKWKP. General Boynton , in un interview at 'tho close of General Koifer'a speech to day , said ho had simply to say , on tbo responsibility ho was soon to ostumo Uidor | outh before a comtnittoo of invcs- tigution , that ho nnvor had ono word of conversation with General Kcifer on thu merits of the McGurrahau bllla/ , any time or any where except as stated in his publUhod letter , and that the in * eluded details of the conversation with him , as given by Keifor on the floor to day , formed a coloanal falsehood , and trat ho desired his denial to bo ooneid- urrxl no broad aa to cover every point of thnt Hpoech and bin 1oU tor which HUggottod corrupt nctinii , Conirrrfmmnii Vnluutlno'H Itcturn , tfprclnl Oi'i'itoh to Tim UXK , WASHINGTON , January 21) ) . Congress man Valentino expects to leave for No broska to-morrow on account of the con- tiuuod illness of his wife , and will proba bly remain there a week. Ci.r.MKvr OIIASK. GRNKHiVti bXMlHlON NfiWS. NUiamia rtors. ST. PKTEIIHDDIIU , January 20. Sabi- loff , an ollicor of pend'armcs sent to KharkolT by the government to investi gate nihilism , was nas.assinatod on the 20th inat. The police have discovered a plot for an uprising of peasants in Little Russia nnd also n scheme for putting strychnine in the czar's broad , Many arrcsU have boon mado. T11K FUKNCll IIUIKJKT. PAULS , January 20. The senate unan imously adopted the extraordinary budget na paised by the chamber of dep uties. OIT i\R jxjvrr. LONDON. January 20. It is rumored that the British lluot in the Moditcrrn- noaii has been ordered to Alexandria in yiow of tlio unsettled condition of ulMra in Egypt. COMMUK01AL T11KATIE.1. MAHIHD , January 20. The governor has resolved to carry out treaties of com merce with England and tlio United States. UKiniOKKfl VllOM KLOllCIU. " KHARTOUM , January 29. A refugee from Eloboid reports ho saw Major Von Xookondorf stabbed to death while in bed in a hospital. Edmund U'Donovna , cor respondent of The Daily News , was killed near General Hioks. The rest of the Europeans in the army ho saw dead after the battle. Ho says ElMahdi sold largo quantities of Matches , rings and the like , Sheikh Obode had summoned Khartoum to surrender to avoid bloodshed. The town is quiet but the soldiers are clamor ing for pay. Tlio arrival of Gen. Gordon is nnxiotuly awaited. Uusnoiti Pasha is offering obstructions to every measure. TI1K TIMKH TUUNH TAIt. LONDON , January 20. The Times iu n loading A tide says. The fuct that Baron Rothschilds has lent the khcdivo nearly a million pounds implies the confidence of financiers that England has taken Ejypt in hand and will see bur safely through her trou bles. England cannot rutiro now without exposing Egypt to a worsn con- di'ion of anarchy than that which pre vailed under Arabia Pasha. Permission to erect a monument to Luther at Riga was refused by the Rus sian authorities. BURIAL Ol' A DETKCTIVE. VIENNA , January 20. The funorai of the murdered detective Black , waa at tended by an immense throng of people. Wreaths in great numbers were placed on the coffin The murderer haa shown suchviolonco at tunoi that it is necessary to place him in irons. I'OUIIIDDKN IIOO1CH. PAUTS , January 20. Circulation is for bidden in Franco of the book containing articles from The Nouvo lie Ruvuo , so grossly libeloui of tbo German Jmporial family. RtULtltOAl ) HA.TK8. TUB OUT OONTINUKH. CHICAOO , January 20 Roads east of the Missouri river and parties to the Western Trunk Line association contin ued to-day to ignore the order of the Union Pacific to restore freight rates to Utah points , and issued schedules cover ing that territory nt tlio cut rate which has boon prevailing on the Burlington. The agent of the Union Pacific in this oityns , sorts that they nro refusing to adopt the restored rate. 1'tio lllinutH G. A. It. BLOOMINOTON , III. , January 20. The Pantugruph's Dccntur special says : The eighth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic , of Illinois , will tnnet at Deciitur to-morrow. There uro thirty-three posts in the state , with a membership of 10,000 , a gain of 10,000 members during the year. Six hundred to eight hundred will bo present , many of whom are now hero and arriving by every train. Govonior Hamilton will arrive to-morrow night. The national commander from Indianapolis arrives to il ght. Among these who will bo candidates - dates for grand commander of the state are Colonel Dickinson * , nf Danvillu ; Col onel Methony , of BpringGold. Genera * McClornand , of Sprinj/tiold ; General Mn Nulta , of Bloomingtan , nnd Warden J , 11. MuOlaughroy , of the Joliet poniten tiary. allograph Hell Out. NEW YOKK , January 29. A Baltimon special toThe Tribune says : Rumors gain credence that the action of the Baltimore it Ohio railroad company in placing so many prominent Western Union men in charge of the management of its tele graph business has been in contemplation of its ultimate intention of a union with Ihe Western Uinon company. The Tri bune also notes that a prominent official of the Bankers and Merchants Telegraph company remarked that it is understood the Postal company waa trying to sell out , but to what company ho refused to say. fiukec onico. CHICAGO , January Inconsequence of the withdrawal of the tripartite road a from the Iowa pool and the ontublUhmeiit of a union ticket ollico in Oinuha , the Burlington rood has given formal notice tlmt it will open itu own ticket ollico in the rooms formerly occupied by the Iowa pool , February 1st , A Heavy Judgment. JOUKT , 111 , , January 20. Judgment waa to-day rendered inuvor / of .1. Sex ton , of Chicago , uxaiimt Cook cmnty , 111. , in the amount of 8130,024. Stxton was a contractor for the buck work on the county court houeo in Chicago. Plaintiff took u change of vmiuu to Will county , suinf ? for $2.10,000. The tie- fonoo gave notice of an appeal , A J.ot K Bought Kojr , ST. LOUH , January 29 A d from Matamonu , Mexico , say * ; Rrv. Father Dtunaw Solo , of Ooiiooniia , tttwfu of Vera Crux , lias discovered tlio toy to Azteo writing THE EVIL DOERS , Mnrderer Traded by the Nails in His Boots , Hia Guilty OonsoionooMakoaHim Ory Out , tfo Now Light on the Murder of Amelia Olson. Store and Safe Burgled SUOOOB- fully , X Henry Hhortngo in a I' AcomiiUH. OIUMK AND TUB AMELIA OLHKN M17UIHK. : CIIIUAUO , January 20. A coroner's nry to-day began an investigttioa of the lyatoriaus Amelia Olnon murder. No ow light has thus tar been thrown on ho case The county phyaiuiun testified liat the young girl luv.l not boon out- aged. A OU1I.TV CONSOlKNl'K. CUIOAOO , January 20. The Inter- coon's Paris (111. ( ) special sajs ex-Shoriir olinson , of Crawford , to-night made an uiportant arrest in tlio person of Btrin- cr for the murder of lions Mason , a irokor , at Mt Carmel , Saturday lunt. itringor was tracked by throe protruding nils in hia boot heel. When ho naw thu fficor coming ho said : "I know what ou want ; you want mo as a witness of .ho murder at Mt. Carmol. " The pris- uor waa token to Mt. Carmul in iron * . A BTOIIU , Jan. 28 A Newton , la. says tlio store of Roe t Co. , was itirghrizod last night nnd $ QOO or $000 orth of gooda secured , and no cluo. A 1110 HAUL 11V HAVl ; CIUUICG1U4. CUIOAOO , Jan. 20. Tlio anfo in the iott office at Blue Inland , ou the south- i-estorn suburba of this city , was blovrn pen last night aiid in addition to stamps nd money of the post ollico , nnmo town- liip funds stored in the safe were cav ed oil' The value of the plunder po ured by the thieves ia placed at 815,000. Further investigation shown that the libbers only secured about $2,000 worth f plunder. A FAYMAHTEll HI1OHT. CINCINNATI , January 20. A morning apor states that Samuel A. Mcdary , for number of years pavmantcr of the Oin- nnnti , Hamilton & fyivton railroad bai > eon relieved. His accounts are said tea a $10,000 short. Officers of the Cincin- ati Hamilton & Dayton railroad refuse o say how much shortage thcro is in his .ccounts. . Ho was all right September oat , when the books were examined. Ho ilaims to have paid out the money with- > ut getting proper vouchers , and that when this is corrected all will bo right. The officers have no fears of sustaining 'oss on hia aocount. Detail * ) or the Funorcl. NEW Yonit , January 2 ! ) . The Stnata oitung'a apocinl of the funeral of Herr Laskeris furnished the Western Aaao- iated Press. BiiiiLtN , January 20. The funeral ol Lasher was carried out in strict accord- nco with the programme. Twenty housand people joined the proccoaion to ho cemetery. It ia estimated that hun- Irods of thousands lined the strootii .long which the procession passed , not withstanding the snow ntonn. There waa not the alightost attempt at an anti- somitia demonstiation. The Bocens.onisl party and the Lasker family intend to ofTor thanks to the congress of the United States for the honors paid the Llocoaflcd WHATB TJP NOW ? Ir. Vnndcrliilt OlvuN Ills Opinion on Slocks , NKW Yonic , January 20 William If , Vundeibilt , m an intervioiv with a Com inercial Advertiser reporter , Bays : " ! think the good stocks are selling as low as they ought to sell , nnd they should ad vanco. I think the advance , so fur , has been genuine and healthy. Some stocki may advance with.too much rapidity , anc this may load to a reaction in some cases but my opinion is that inside of thirt ; daya everybody will bo grabbing fo stocks , and by that time full confidence will be restored , I think the bottom boa been roaohod , and that from now on there will bo n good and steady rise , I may take a few weeks to fully restore public confidence , but I think that time u font approaching. WASHINGTON WAIFS WASHINGTON. January 20. Tlib com mittce on banking and currency con aidentd the resolution of Representative Hunt introduced last Tuesday , U wit discuHsod and with an amendment ofi'erci by RoproBuntativo Wilkins was adoptee 0 to 4. Those opposed worn Buckner , Miller ( If ) Yale and Briimm. The resolution aa amended declared that thu public welfare dcinunda that the benefits of the National banking oystem bo sub stanlially preserved nnd continued for the time being , provided this reuolutloi shull not bo construed to be a doclaratioi in favor of thu perpetuation of the pub Iiu debt. Arguments by railroad attorneys op potted to the bills compelling land gran railroads to tnko out titluo to land granted thorn are postponed till Febru ary fitb , Commissioner General Morelicad le ports the utmost interest manifesttc throughout the cast in the Wmld's In diiRtual and Cotton Owitfiinml exposi tiou which opens at Now Orleans iitx December. The general f.avs tlmt twici as many sUtes have nlready inajo appro printioiis lor slatu exhibits au for tli centouniul of 18"G. nlj'-Hidden Jersey , N , J. , January 20 , The hou/iu / iltf.utt-il the joint resolution .BEL-- ing Ninv Jersey congresAmeu to favor H nutioual postal tolugraph l w. | 3fs your Wfo Worth ft Dollar ? , Perhaps that seems a high price for , jt , considering how poor your blood is , and how your whole system is prostrateddebilitatcdnnd enfeebled. People have been heard to say , under such circumstances , that they would not give the toss of a copper for the 1 choice betwccn life and death. But when it comes to actually drawing near the grave , a man naturally draws back , and says he docs not wafat to die. Life is very precious , and even . to a broken-down man it is worth i saving. > i One dollar will buy a bottle ot rtKtm's Iron Diltcrs. That one dollar lar may start you on the road from misery to recovery. A man must , take a very mean view of himself who fa not willing to invest that much in making one serious effort to resale , liimscU from deadly debility , and to , step into the enjoyment of solid health , firotoifs fron Biitcrs vital- ires the blood , tones the nerves , and rebuilds the system. Its work ia , well known. Invest that dollar in a bottle. 8 United States Depository First National Bat , UJT OMAHA Gor. 13th and Farnam Sta. The Oldest Banking Establishment in Omaha , TO KOUKTZK organliod in 1800. ) rganleod aa a National Bani In CAPlTAIj . $300,000 BUUVIiUB AND PllOFITS . 915O.OOO orncsna BII CTOM. HERMAN KOVNTZB , PtMlilcnt. Jouit A. CUIUOIITON , Vloo rrtwUtont. A nuoitig KOUNTU , 2J Vlco Ire < ] d nt. A , 1 , rrurto . F. II. Djivu , Quhlcr. W It. Mnoqoiut , Aislitatit Cashier. TtmsacU gcnora banking builncja. Jssnoo Una rtlflcatog bcarln ntcroet I > rawi drafts on Nao prnnctflco anil prlnrJp.tl dtlcs In the Unltod HUtiM , Mw LoiulMi Dublin , Edinburgh Mid tbe prlnoln * IHiu of tlm r.mtln nfi f f Kurn n UNITED STATES Otf OMAHA. Capital , - - $100,000.00 O. W. HAMILTON , Proa't. 8. 8. CALDWELL , V. Pros't. M. T. BARLOW. Cashier. DIRECTORS : 3. 8. OALDWKLI * B. F , SMITH , 0. W. HAMILTON , M. T. BAIUOW , 0. WILL HAMILTON. Accounts solicited , and kept sub , | ect to sight chock. Certificates of Deposit Issued pay able In 3,0 and 12 months , bearing Interest , or on demand without In terest. Advances made to customers on approved securities at market rate- of Interest. The Interests of Customers are closely guarded and every facility compatible with principles of soured banking freely extended. Draw sight drafts on England , ) re- land , Scotland , and all parts of Eu ro po. Soil European Passage Tlckota Collections Promptly Maoe. "THE MERCHANTS onr Authorized Capital , - 81,000,000 Paid-up Capital , - - 100.000. Surplus Fund , - - - 70,000. BANKING OFFICE : N. W. Cor , Farnam ana 13th St. omcnw : FRANK Muftrnr , President. I SAM Hi ROOKRB , V-Prc * . BEN , II. WOOD , Cuhler. | LVTIIKR DOAHB , A. Oaah , DJHDcrona : Prank Murphy. Bunuol E Itoeon , Don. H.W od , Cliarlce 0. Jlouaol , Alt. I ) . Jones , Lutlier Drake. Traniaet A General Bonking Business. All who liavonny Banking buslneus to trausaot are Invited to rill. No ui&ttcr bow largo or nninll the tnntiotlonr It will receive our careful attention , and we promts * ftlwojs oouitoom treatment J'njs particular attention to buslncM for p rtle renlJlnic outdlilo the city. Exdisnge on all the crlu- cl | > al oftlot id the United Btateaat very lowest rates. Account ! ot BAnka and Baiiken received on favoc- able terms. leuuri Oettlflcato of Deposit bearing D per e oti Interott. JJuyeanJ Mill Fortl n Exchange , County , City and Oovernment teauriUwi J. L. MARBLE , Employment Agent All klndi ol help Buppllod promptly. Ilbllroad Bower and Grading help SUPPLIED FREE OF 'CHARGE. ' N IflthSUcnt , OMAHA , NK ICE TOOLS OF EVEEY.DESCRIPTION . I b vo BocuicJ the * cuoy ol t Wood Ss Co. , To toll their tools. They are making tha' lieft Io Touli. ud me the o3 ! t flrra Iu tlio Unltod Bt t s Any Ice Onu-.iiiuiy wlihmx to buy tool * will reodva thcjiroii.pteei attoitUjn by JJrc lns V , W.BUJWYB. V 1 JAS , H. PBABODT k , J ) . PHYSICIAN & 8UEGEON , P aMfnoe , Ho. 1407 Jones at. Urtlcxj , Nu.lWO F r- uu ttreeL 001(4 hours. 1-J ro. to 1 p. m , and > - , In f.f > Hi T > t | > hODe fjf olf.cc , 37 , KnUeuoe , JJR , tt. I. MATTIOE , Unuluato ol MvGIU ,0nn orally , Mint M , and of I/ii O'i anil Killnburirh iwutnJ lin | iltal . ol I < oi loa 'ltirf. tlli l'll l nd IliiU'u ' , 0'tUi.nn | ilu I' . 0 6th. . . . 81 JUry' . nu.iui. II. > uni B to U a. lie , - ' ro un