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jjftWWf , % * * * WfV.t . * 'AnaiMttKt ! < " " i iw ! > - - " r.v H w > * i - i > P . r , i A V Y 2. 1884. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. SATURDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 2 % 1884. JST0. THE DAWN OF JUSTICE. 5 The House Passes the Bill to Relieve Filz John Porter , Eloquent Tributes to His Record and Soldierly Qualities , The Speeches in Opposition to the Passage of the Bill , Laird Speaks and Votes for the Wronged General. The Vote by Yeas anil Nays ( JNJJ to 78) ) Given In Detail. THE VOKTY-EIGHTn. CONGUESS. SENATE. WASHINGTON , February 1. Thosonnto was not in session to-day , bavins ad journed yesterday till Monday. HOUSE. The house dispensed with the morning hour , and went into committee ofthe whole on the Fitz John Porter bill , Mr. Springer ( dom. , 111. ) in the chair. Mr. Wolford ( dem. , Ivy. ) spoke in sup port of the bill , criticising Mr. Ilorr's speech. The gentleman from Michigan , ho said , assumed that confederates were interested in this case , and argued that self-respect should prevent them from taking part in the debate. Ho had con sidered confederates members of the American congress , with the rightand the duty to vote on every question. Ho hoped no man of the confederate army had got so mad over the fight that , after twenty years , ho could not do an act of justice to an opponent. Ho hoped that no man would got up and say , " 1 cannot vote on this bill. I am interested ; I am still mad. " Ho understood his confeder ate friends were hdVo , loving the flag and loving the country. Mr. Millikon ( rep. , Mo. ) inquired whether ho was to understand that the gentleman asked members to vote for the relief of Porter as an act of conciliation of his confederate friends. If asked on that ground , ho would vote for relief. Mr. Wolford replied that ho asked it on the highest ground ever presented. Ho demanded it as an net of justice to a long injured man. [ Applause on the democratic side. ] Mr. Wolford passed t * on to review the case , frequently ap plauded by members whocollectodaround him , but his remarks at thn time wore almost inaudible. Mir. Calkins ( rep. , Ind. ) opposed the bill , and said he know there was no doubt about its passage. The book was onened whore the page was turned down twenty yoira ago , but those who opposed that action would not adopt the means which they believed Porter used on the 27th and 29th of August , and refuse to fire a shot at the enemy. On the contrary they would adopt the more gallant con duct of the brave soldiers , sailors and marines on boatd the Cumberland when she was raked fore and aft and sinking. They fired their guns at the enemy , mounted the yard arms and gave three cheers for the country. [ Applause on the republican sido.J This measure might be called a vindication , but he denied it , and more than four million voters of the country would deny it. Speaking of the Grant letter , Mr. Calkins said ho know Grant well , re ceived his early military experience un der him. He loved and honored Grant as a brave soldier , but when that soldier came out in favor of this bill he could only aay that none of his officers ever dared disobey a like order of his [ Ap plause ] . Members were asked by this bill to say in the language of the gentle man from Now York ( Slocum ) thot Abraham Lincoln , Edwin M ; Stantpn and Gen. Halluck conspired to organize A court to convict Porter , and the gentle man undertook to attack the name ol Wm. T. Sherman to help him out. If these scenes are to bo reenacted here there might'come a time when the bugle blast of the Grand Army of the Republic by the side of their camp fires would ask Gen. Sherman to come out of retire ment and load them again to vlctjiy as Jie did before [ Ap- nlauao on the republican side ] . The house was asked to write where James A. Gar'ield ' 22 years ago wrote "guilty" the words "not guilty , " to march to the /sacred / dust of Abraham Lincoln , and where ho wrote "approved , " write the vord "reversed. " The house might write those words if it desired , but the people would reverse its writing , spit upon it nnd spurn it. [ Applause on the republican side. ] Mr. Phelps.rep. ( , N. J. ) spoke in favor of the bill , and stated ho had private letters - tors from General Garfield which ho could twist into an approval of this bill , s other gentlemen had twisted private letters into a disapproval of it. Porter had his faults , but he was not guilty of treason. If members forgot that wound m Mexico , lot them not forget the 30th < vf August , 1802 , when ho got an ordei that was Bent in time , when the Fifth Army corps went into battle with Portoi ct its head , when they marched "into the jaws of death , into the gates of hell.1 That was magnificent , and that also wai war. [ Applause on the democratic side. That corps loft 2,200 men on the field. That magnificent corps was and is , anc always would bo the steadfast , uufalterinf friends of Porter. A leader of the con fcdoracy wont down the steps of the cap itol threatening to return and destroy it yet he walked in freedom , Men wh ( penned union soldiers in Andorsonvilh and Libby prison still live. Ollicen trained at West Point , whoso trcasoi needed no investigation , are oven littim. in this chamber. Should Porter bo thi only victim ? Should he be the sacrifici of the nation ? Mr. lloutello ( rep. Me. ) said as a dutj to his stnto ana members of the fiftl army corpi who resided there , he wishec to enter a protest against the passage 01 the bill. Ho denied that it was the unan imoui desire of the men who fought undo : Porter that ho should be restored to thi army. I refutation of that ho had thi morning received a letter from a gallan cavalryman , who carried Porter's Hag a his orderly , stating tint the sentimen among the old corps was almost ono o universal astonishment and indiguatioi nt thn inaction of their general on Au cust 29. A number of short speeches wcr jnade , all but t 9 , thpjo by Mr , Lair ( rep. , Nob. ) nnd Mr. Cutcheon ( rep. , Mich. ) in opposition to the bill. Mr. Steele ( rep. , Ind. ) moved to strike ont the name of Fitz John Porter and in sert B. llarnot. Rejected. Mr. Calkins offered _ a subitituto pro viding for the convening of n now court martial to review the caso. Lost. Mr. Converse ( dom. , O. ) offered an amendment making Fitz John Porter's retirement compulsory. This was agreed to in committee , but subsequently re versed by the houso. Mr. Bayno ( rep. , Pa. ) offered nn am endment striking out the words "ap pointment under it , " nnd inserting "tho passage of this net.1 Agreed to. The committee rose nnd the bill was ordered engrossed nnd read n third time. Mr. Curtin ( dcm. , Pa. ) then took the floor io close the debate in favor of tlio bill. Ho know Fitz John Porter well , nnd in the beginning of the wnr that general wa < t the most enlightened nnd ardent military disciplinarian. The roc- cord would show ono significant fact , that the firtt citizens who asked for the redress of his wrongs were Horace G reeky , Henry Wilson and himself. Certainly the fidelity of those persons to the Union could not bo questioned. Porter ter had never npp.onchod him to auk him to bo his advocate. Ho wns pained to hoar u distinguishedmembcrof thohouao ( Koifer ) over nnd over again say Porter wns a iowivd. ; Before God ho never know a Porter who was a fool or n cow ard. [ Applause. ] Ho gave an interest ing history of the movements of the Army ot the Potomac in the beginning of the war , and nearly every member of the house stood in a circle around him and frequently applauded his remarks , In n brilliant peroration , which was warmly applauded , ho appealed to the house to do justice to a wronged man. The bill then passed yeas , 184 ; nays , 78 ; as follows : Yeas Adams ( N. Y. ) , Alexander , Arnot , Bagloy , Ballentine , Barbour , Bayno , Bench , Belmont , Bennett , Blanchard , Bland , Blount , Boyle , Brock- enridgo , Broadhead , Buchanan , Bucknor , Burloigh , Cabcll , Caldwell , Candlcr , Carlton , Cassidy , Clardy , Clay , Clements , ebb , Collins , Connolly , Cook , Cos- rove , Cox ( N. Y. ) , Cox ( N. C. ) , Crisp , 'ulberson ( Texas ) , Curtin , Dargan , Davidson , Davis ( Mo. ) , Douster , Dibrell , Dockory , Dorsheimor , Dowd , Duncan , ldredge , Evans ( S. 0. ) , Farrol , Fiedlar , Pindlay , Finerty , Follot , Foran , Forney , Fyan , Gibson , Glascock , Graves , Green , 3reonloaf , Halzell.Harmer , Hatch ( Mo. ) , Haynes , Hemphill , Honly , Herbert , Hewitt ( N. Y. ) , Hewitt ( Ala ) , Hill , Uolmun , Hopkins , Houseman , limit , Hurd , Hutchins , James , Jeffords , Jones ( Wisconsin ) , Jones ( Arkansas ) , ones ( Ala , , ) Jordan , Kean , King , xloinor , Laird , LambLanhamLoFevrc , Lewis , Lens , Lore , LoverinuLowryLy- nian , McAdoo , McMillan , Matson , May- "niry , Miller ( Tex. , ) Mitchell , Morgan , ilorrison , Moulton , Muldrow , Murphy , ilurtry , Mutchler , Neoce , Nichols , Oates , O'Hara , O'Neill ( Mo. , ) Pattou , Pearce , ? eel ( Ark. , ) Phelps , Poland , Post , Pot- rer , Pry or , Pusey , Itankin , llanney , Ray N. H. , ) Reagan. Reese , Riggs , tobertson ( Ky. , ) Robinson ( N. Y. , ) lockwell , Rogers ( Ark. , ) Rogers N. Y. , ) Rosocrans , Scales , jenoy , Seymour , Shaw , Singleton. Skin ner ( N. f } . ) , Slocum. Smith , Snyder , Spriggs. Springer , Stevens , Stewart ( Tex. ) , Stewart ( Vt. ) , Stocksla er , Storm , Sumner ( Cal. ) , Sumner ( Wis. ) , Taylor ( Tenii. ) , Thompson , Throokmorton , Till- man Townshend , Tucker , Tulloy , Turner ( Ky. ) , Turner ( Ga. ) , Van Alstyne , Vance , Van Eaton , Word , Warner ( Tenu. ) , Wellborn , Weller , Womple , Wilkins , Williams ( Wis. ) , Wilson ( W. Va. ) . Wi- nansMich. ( ) , G. D. WisoYa. ) , Wolford , Wood , Woodward , Worthington , Yaplo , York and Young 184. Nays Adams (111. ( ) , Anderson , Atkin son , Barr , Bingham , Boutolle , Braiuord , Breitung , Brewer ( N.Y. ) , BroworN. ( J. ) , Browne ( Ind. ) , Brumm , Calkins , Campbell - boll ( Pa. ) , Cannon , Converse , Culbcrt- son ( Ky. ) , Cullen. Cutchoon , Davis (111. ( V Davis ( Mass ) , Dingloy , Dunham , Ell- wood , Evans ( Pa. ) . Goff , Guon- thor , Hanback , Hart , Hatch ( Mich. ) , Henderson (111. ( ) , Hepburn , Hiscock , Holmes , Hooper , Herr , Hook , Johnson , Koifor , Lacey. Lawrence , Mc < Cormack , McCord , McKinley , Millikon , Moroy , Morroll , Nelson , Nutting , Par ker , Payne , Payson , Peclo ( Ind. ) , Per kins , Peters , Pettibono , Price , Reed , Robinson ( Ohio ) , Rowell , Russell , Hyan , Skinner ( N. Y. ) , .Sp-mnor , Steele , Sttme , Steghcnson , Strait , Strublo , J , B. Taylor ( Ohio ) , E. B. Taylor ( Ohio ) , Thomas , Wadsworth , Wakefield , Washburn , Woa. vor , White ( Minn. ) , and Whiting 78. When Mr. Poland ( rep. , Vt. ) cast hia vote in the .affirmative there was a round of applause on the democratic side. The following members were among those paired : Blackburn , White ( Ky. ) , Brown ( Pa ) , Ermentrout , Howoy , Hitt , Eaton , Wait , Budd , George , Kasnon , Talbot , Kelly , Randall. Miller ( Pa. ) , Ketcham , Warner (0. ( ) , Wilson ( Iowa ) , Rico , Oov. ington , Holton , Valentino , Hardy and Ellis. Adjourned until Monday. A HUKO Kouucry lit Austria. NEW YOIIK , February 1. Inspectoi Byrnes to-day received a circular fron officials at Budda Pesth , Hungary , giv' ing particulars of a great bank robber } at thai place , recently mentioned bj cable. The massive iron chest contain ing the Austrian bank notes wai etolcn from the platform in fron of the main postoflico whili in\ transit ; 240,000 florins were in it 351,000 guidon notes , 1,300 ono hundred 100 fifties , 1,000 tons and 1.000 ono gul den notes. The box had four safety lock : and iras in a vricker wprl basket covered with green baize No trace was found of the thieves , who it is surmised , fled to this country. 1 reward of $500 is offered for informatioi loading to the apprehension of the thieve and $1COO for their arrest or the recov ery of the notes , Scooped Clilokt-nH und AU. PjiiLAUKU'HiA , February 1. Sixtj policemen at midnight last night made i descent upon a cock pit ut the now hunt ing park , secured ninety-five spectator of the battle , captured twenty teams ant also secured seventy-two chickens of nl sizes and broods , any number _ of guff ! scales and other paraphernalia. Th men were fined 811.50 each. Seventj two paid the fine , but the rcmainin twenty-three were committed. Failures. NEW YOVK , February 1. Businee failures the last seven days wore 373 t compared with 31 7 the previous week , GONE TO THE BAD , Chapter of ViCaGkness With Its Various Characters , Collins , the Nevada Murderer , Hung Yesterday. A Brute for Whom Hanging is Too &ood , A Difference of Opinion on an Ex tradition Oaso , Kmlic//.lerH iiiul Countcrlclrore nntl Other Oroolca I'ulleil In. CU1BIENI > OUI 1INM S. AN KXTUADIT1ON CASK. GAI.VENTON , February 1. A Laredo special says : In the case of the young citizen named Tremble , arrested a few days ago under n warrant from District Judge Russell , acting ns extradition agent , upon the demand of the Mexican government , who chai-go Tremble with complicity in the National railway robbery - bory , Secretary Frolinghuyson takes the ground that the truaty does not author ize the delivery of an American citiV.cn to Mexican courts for trial. Judge Rus sell holds that the treaty makes it in cumbent to deliver the prisoner to Mexi co , nnd says ho will do so unless prohib ited by superior authority. * AN EMtli/4'.Mil : : CAUOIIT. Sioux FALLS , Dak. , February 1 Ai red M. Flnggcrty was arrested this eve- ing for embezzling $1COO from the Pro- ucors * matblo works of Chicago. The nonoy was sent hero talonnonjamortgago ut ho used it Vo settle other ombey.le- leuts. Bail was fixed at § 3,000 which lie prisoner will not attempt to furnish. Vhen arrested ho tried to shoot himtolf ut was prevented by the officers. There ro numerous similar claims against him. COLLINS YANKED Ul1. NEVADA CITY , Col. , February 1. 0. Collins , who robbed the Mooros Flat tngo September 1 , 1870 , and killed W. \ Cummincs , a banker , robbing him of wo gold bars worth § 7,000 , was hanged liis morning. The execution took place uring a violent rain storm , and wns vitncsaed by a largo crowd. T1IKY OUnilT TO. "ViNCENNES , Ind. , February 1. E. ti. lindsey is in jail at Princeton , Ind. , on charge of ravishing his own daughter , ged 10. Word is received hero that ar- angemonts are being made at Peters urg , his homo , for n mob to go to 'rincpton to-night for the purpose of ynching him. QUEEK MAKEKH CAUtlllT. ST. LouisFebruary 1. George Brown , ud A. 0. Gibson , two notoiiouscountor- eiterg , were arrested yesterday nt Kirby- rillo , in this state , and taken to Spring- lold for safe keeping. Brown was once oncerned in a train robbery in Colorado. A CHANGE OK VENUE. LINCOLN , 111. , February 1 , Applica- ion was made hero to-day for a change ) f venue in the case of Orrin A. Carpon- cr/uhder indictment for the murder of a Burns. KATES AND PKEIGHTS. TIio Olilco ; < ) Confcronco. CHIOAOO , February 1. The commis- ibnors of the Missouri river lines ap- lointcd yesterday for the purpose of drafting an agreement for maintenance passenger rates both ways between all river points and Chicago reported to ho general passenger amenta of these inea to-day. The report wan satisfactory , mt it was decided to submit it to the ocal passenger agents hero for the pur- > ese of deciding whether only local con- litionsaro affected. It probably will bo adopted to-morrow. A conference between lines represented n the Western Trunk association will bo lold here Monday for the purpose of considering the existing trouble in reight rates to Utah points , which the Jnion Pacific has ordered restored to chodulo ratoa , but which its connections east of the Missouri river have thus far declined to nccedo to pending nogotia- ions with the Burlington. It is believed mooting of these lines with thp Bur- ington for the purpose of considering > ending complications will follow in u day or two later. _ IlllnolH CHICAGO , February 1. The permanent ituto road association has issued tbo fol owing , signed by Carter Harrison , preui dent , and Phocion Howard , of the ngi Ation committee , to the tax-payers o : Illinois : "At the January meeting of the stati joard of agriculture the following wai unanimously adopted : "WHKUKAK , The lut general nBHombli massed what is called a hard road law Jiereforo bo it "Jteoolved , That this board urge upoi the farmers and businessmen of thostati the nocuseity of Adopting and putting it force said law * t the ensuing Ajtril elec tion. < tion."The "The permanent state roa < l associatioi also calls attention to the value of sail law. It is a local option law , and , to b made effective , mu t bo endorsed by i majority of the voters in each township It provides for beginning a eyfltem o gravel , rock and macadam roads in eacl township , which will in a few years secure cure that desirable end and operate t save the tux-payers n largo amount o their road tax levy. The amiociatio : liopea the fridndu of good roads will inau gurate the necessary details required b the law. " A llUKlutf Klvor. I'ITTSUUIUI , February 1. The Allc [ { bony river began swelling to-night. A 11 o'clock it had risen three foot in a many hours. The Pittsburg & Wester railway tracks nro submerged for man miles , and traffic is entirely suspended Several ruftn of lumber liayo been awoj away , and great damage in expected ; the riBo continues. A Hrllllunt Career Bliorlonoil. NEW VOIIK , February 1. The Cat ! olic Iteviow announces the death i Koine , February 1 , of Hov , Louis I flostlot , rector of the American collet Deceased was a native of Brooklyn , an \raa roccnlly mndo domestic prelate by T'opc Loo. A brilliant career wni before him. M'ASlUNGTOff. nn : n'nuo HKIIT. February .1 The de- croano of the public debt during January was $11,5)58,004 ) ; decrease since Juno 110 , 188II , SW > ,007,488 ! cash in the treasury , Si93,415,2t3 : ; ; gold certificates , S101- 250,020 , silver certificates , § 110,187,051 ; certificates of deposit , ? 10,880,000 ; refunding - funding certificates , 81107,050 ; legal tenders , $ U,4GO,810i fractional currency , 80,087,250. A NU\V J'EATVUE H1SCOVUKRI . A few days ago Socrotarj Chandler mndo n requisition upon the civil service communion for nominations for n vacancy in the clerical force of his department , nnd in response the commission certified to him the names of four persona from which to make n selection. This uftor- noon Chandler returned to thp commis sioners the nominations sent him accom panied by n note , in which ho stated that having carefully inspected the exam ination of the papera of the four persons whoso names were certified , ho reached the conclusion that none of the candidates had ( shown sufficient intelligence to give promise of filling the vacancy in his department ac ceptably. This notion of the secretary raises nn interesting question that has not yet been considered by the commis sioners. Commissioner Thoman said to night that the persons whoso names were cortiliod to the secretary passed a fair examination before the commission , nnd in certifying them all the provisions ot the law and civil survico rulen had been fully complied with. In his judg ment no other certifications of names would bo made to the secretary under this requisition. fcOUTHiniN OUTKAOEH. WASHINGTON , February 1. All mom- bo'rs of the Bouatocommitteo | on privileges and elections were present at the meet ing this morning. The Sherman resolu tion was under consideration. Scn'ator Hoar , chairman , was directed to ask , the senate for authority for sub-committees to net. The opinion was e\'proascdiand mot with favor , that the Virginia inves tigation take place in Washington und n sub-committee bo sent to Mississippi'- NOTES. v' ' Detailed reports are coming in to the ostollico department of frauds practiced pen postmasters by Postoflico Inspector jimier. It is said at the dopaitmont hat the postmasters must lose the money. Liuiier has lied to South Amcr- ca. Robertson , of Pittsburg , a member of lie Glassblowera' association , appeared efore the committee on labor this after- eon , and suggested that such an amend ment bo ofiVred to Foran'a bill to pro- " ibit the importation of foreign contract nborors ns would allow manufacturers to mport foreigners for now industries cs- nblishcd in this country , until American mechanics could learn the now trado. teprcsontativo Hopkins , chairman of the ommittoo , in an interview said the work- iion of the country are opposed to any eduction of the tariff , and ho wan of pinion that the committee ho ropre- ontcd would oppose any such measure as might come from the ways and moans ommittco. The senate committee on education nd labor has ordered favorable ropNir.la s follows : On Logan's joint resolution roviding for payment per diem of gov- irnmout laborers for certain holidays , rhon clerks and other salaried employ es are so paid ; on Blair'a bill to eatab- ish a bureau of statistics and labor in ho interior department ; on Blair's bill to "x and regulate the hours of labor of la- orers , workmen and mechanics omploy- d by the government of the United States ; on Georgo'H bill providing that ervants , employes , etc. , shall bo entitled o damages for injury sustained through , he carelessness or negligence of om- loyoJs. The house committee on war claims ias instructed llopresontative Geddes to apart favorably the bill allowing officers if the army who nerved in the late war iay from the data they actually entered u the performance of their duties. The president has approved the bill 'or removal of the remains of General Ord from Cuba to Washington. T'IKIS ItKOOIin. THOUSANDS LOST. DENVBH , February 1. The Denver < S Rio Grande round-house , vrith six loco notives , was destroyed by fire this morn ng. Loss between $00,000 and $80,000 partially insured. I'UBIILO , Col. , February 1. Fire thii morning destroyed six residences ant Desmond's livery stable. Loss , § 20,000 "nsiiranco , $7,000. DAIIUNO.TON , Wis. , February 1. Tin business portion of the little town o Belmont , was burned yesterday. Los $20,000 ; insurance $10,000. Tlio Gamblers' Trlok. DALLAH , Tex. , February 1. The pub lication in the Herald of what purportoi to bo a decision of the court of appeal of Galvcston , declaring unconntitutionu the proceedings of all terms of count ; courts exceeding four terms , authorize ! by the locent election , brought the Dal la county court to n standstill yesterday , am caused the opinion to prevail that al business of the term is null and void The greater number of cases decided ur against keepers of gambling houses , th fines and costs involved nggrcgiktin many thousand dollars , The judge c the court of appeals telegraphs that n such 4100181011 was rendered. It appeal that the bogus report was started liy tL gamblers. Tnoy Cuu Lund , SAN FUANCIKCO , February 1. Jmlg Hoffman , of the United States court , i u long explanatory decision to-day c the Chinese habeas corpus cases , coi eludes that in accordance with article of the treaty , Chinese vrho were in tl United States at the date of the treat1 November 17 , 1880 , and who left tl : United States boforu the passage of tl restriction act on May 10 , 188 ! } , are u : titled to land. t Tlio Hopua of Monday. LocmviLU ; , February 1. It wan c poctod that n caucus would nominate senator to-night. Sweeny was wjt drawn from the race. On motion Hallam , the caucus adjourned till Mo day , when a nomination will be made. ANOTHER HOLOCAUST. A Terrible Gasoline plosion at Al liance , Ohio , Buildings Utterly Demolished by Its Forc.0 , The Inmates Boasted to Death in the Burning Debris Before the Eyes of Their Horror Striokon Relatives , Tut Id n i : With , tlio ImprlHontnl Vic- tliiio Knforo tlio Fire HrcnkH Out. G/VBOtilNE / FIlllCI ) . A TP.HUIK10 r.Xl'I.OSIO.V. AI.UANOH , O. . February 1. A fright- fill gasoline explosion occurred iu F. M. Orr a stoyo mid tin store , demolishing the building and burying In the ruins nn unkmmn number of people. Four per- sous liavo boon extricated and four more are known to have boon inside. Men are at work to rescue , if possible , these etill nlivo and recover the bodies of the dead. The atoro ia in n largo now brick block in the middle of the town. It in rumored that a child turned the spigot of the gasoline tank , and the g.\a escap ing was ignited by the fire in the stove. Several people woio in the ntoro , and two families lived on the second and third floors. Bcaido those engulfed in the debris , many were more or less seri ously injured. The force of the explo sion wrenched and broke windows in other buildings for tin entire square. The damage to structures is estimated at § 75,000. The catastrophe occurred nt 4 o'clock this afternoon. Orr's block was leveled to the ground and two brick blocks , one > iii each side , succumbed to the shock , while others further on wore shattered , riddled and bndly injured , la a few moments flames aroao from the ruins and a lire alarm \vas Bounded , but the fire gained such headway aa to nearly con sume the ruins and burned twof houses , but it was finally got under control. Meanwhile ( ho scene was harrowing in the extreme. Men , women and children , bareheaded nud wringing their hands , relatives of the inmates of the buildings destroyed , wandered about in the hope lessness of despair at their inability to save thp unfortunates. F. M. OrrElmer Orr , his son , Mr ? . Homer Highland , a daughter , Mrs. Frank Evans , and two children nged two and four months , were known to have boon in the building at the time of the explosion. These all perished. The women and children wore in the second and third stories , and it is supposed were killed by the falling walls. Orr and son both wore bppkcn to while confined under the debris , but wore burned to death. The bodies wore all recovered nt 10 o'clock to-night , crushed and charred BO as to bo hardly recogniza ble. The only person in the Orr build ing known to nave escaped ia Frank Evans , whoso wife and children perished. Besides those kiUed , the following have broken limbs , or are cut and bruised by. flying bricks , etc. : Itobort Joyce , Frank Evans , Frank Tries , J. D. Lewis , Jerry Miller , Maggie Miller and John Baker. John Curry and Charles H. Ilaydon , of Duprcz Si Benedict's minstrels , wore blown ont of Orr'a store through a plate glass window and carried clear across the street. Both wore badly injured , but will recover. Business was entirely sus pended in the city after the explosion. It in thought all the bodies have been recovered. The Iowa Legislature. DIM MoiNEs.Fobruary 1. In the senate - ate Mr. Carson offered a petition in favoi ot a , bill to secure a uniform Dories ol ochool book. Referred. The following billaworo introduced : By Mr. Hall To punish the act o ! taking human lifo and regulating im prisonment of persons under death Et'v tence. The bill provides for tlfiv punishment of peace oiliccrii for taking human lift without justification. By Mr. Hutchinson To revise tin school laws of the state of Iowa , repeal' ing certain sections of law and oimctin | substitutes therefor. The president announced n moisag from the governor relating to the heaRl condition of live stock in the state , ac companied by a report of the profosso of veterinary science in the state agri cultural college , showing there had neve boon a case of plouro-pnoumonia in th state , but that a disease now And the : found in certain localities which frt quently had been mistaken for pleurc pneumonia , but is a bronchial affection which in cases of young stock ofte proves fatal. llcports of committees : Poyncer.froi tbo committee on federal relations , ri ported joint resolution No. B , rccon mending its passage ; also joint reiolutio No. C , recommending iUt passage afti , being amended ; also joint resolution Ni 4 , recommending passage after bein amended. Adjourned to February 8. In the house no quorum was prosne and it stands adjourned till Friday , I'V ruary 8. Tlio Illpnlo Urook Disaster. IVDIAV I'OLIM , February 1. The co oner began an inquest on the remains the five victims of the wreck at JJroi Ripple to-day. The testimony slun that the workmen repairing the brid , had removed the permanent support ! ) o rods , supplying their place with tempi ary rods. It 7s generally thought tl accident was caused by the weakening the bridge , as a result of removing tl permanent rods. One body has not y been recovered. Seamen and Clark , tl men fceriously hurt , are still alive , b are very low. Cinofimutt'H Art Kohool. CINCINNATI , February 1.- The lee , of trustees of the Cincinnati univerm huvo transferred to the Cinciuni Museum association all endowmonU f n Bchoil of design , heretofore under tin control , to enable tips school to rocei the rocnt large endowment given Nicholas Longworth in pursuance of tl wishes of hi * father , recently decoaeu The school hereafter will bo known as Art School of the Cincinnati Museum nssociation. OKNKUAIi IXHtlMGN NKW9. A ( lltr.AT VOXFI.AUUATION. I'AHIH , February 1 , There was a se rious conflagration last evening near the cemetery Tore La Chaise. A lace factory , several coal depots , shops and dwellings were destroyed. A hundred families were rendered homeless. ram inscuNDGit. Lonoo.v , February l. lllakoMnyab sconding member of the firm of P. W. Thomas , Sons & Co. , which failed forever over 64,000,000 and having no assets , is believed to have sailed for the United States. VKUV 1'AIU 11KASON8. HAVANA , February 1. The Spanish government will furnish as ground for the extradition of Carton Agnoro , re cently arrested at Key West by the United States authorities , proof of his guilt of throe highway robberies , with murder. In the case of Kmelinno Mum : , who ffas recently arrested by Cuban au thorities nt Sn un Li ( Jrnndu , the gov ernment will bring forward prowf of his guilt in seizing the properly of persons on account of their release from captivity. KNOLAND'S rourv. LONDON , February 1. Goochcn , a inembor of parliament and formerly epu- cinl ambassador to Turkey , in a speech at Uipon said England cannot and dare not ignore the question of the olavo trade in Soitdan. and she must teach the Mua- snlnion that in any conflict with Chris tians MusBulinon are certain to bo finally defeated. JKUOUK AOITATKH. PAIIIS , February 1. Prinio Jerome Napoleon informed the Bontmartist dop- n'ntion whinh waited upon him that the time had arrived to commence a legal , open and untiring agitation for the pro motion of the Bonapartist cause. It has been decided to hold n largo meeting on the 17th inst. to discuss the necessity of a ruvisiou of the constitution , run niATr. KAII.WKH.H. DUIIUN , February 1. The coiucn- tion of farmers at Carlow denounced Lord HoBsmoro , the Orangemen , nnd ru- solved to prohibit hunting on their lands , and if nocepsary in order to pre vent it , declare they will poison their A JIRIC1K OP XKRnOIt. VIENNA , February 1. The increase of crime , especially robberies , has almost caused a reign of terror. A scavenger to-day received a cartrido from a stranger and handed it to a policeman. The cartridge exploded , probably fatally wounding the policemen. A MATTIUI OK mi'LOMACV. OAIUO , Februnry 1. A. spy captured near Trinkitat says 7,000 rebels are five miles distant. The spy is a more boy , who came armed with a spear to avenge the death of his father , who was killed by a shell Tuesday. The youth fought furiously until wounded. Baker Pasha has sent letters promising full pardon to rebels who submit. Tlio relief of Tokar and Sinkat is dependent upon diplomacy as much as upon arms. An unconftrniod report states that Sinkat has been re lieved by friendly tribes. VICTIMS OF OAK. BOUAII PK8TU , February 1. A family of five persons have died and four others are expected to die from the escape of MARINO TUB JlBnKr.S'I'AY < > . BDI.OHAIIK , February 1. The govern ment is spiling the property of peasants recently in revolt to raise money to pay the expenses of suppressing the insurrec tion. A KOHT IN A IIAR FIX , LONDON , February 1. The commandoi at Tokar in Soudan , writes : It would bo impossible for our condition to be worse. The rebels tilled up all well : outside of town The water inside if brackish and bad , and the troops are suf fering from diarrhoja. There is groal fear that it will bo necessary shortly t ( surrender. Only ten to twenty roundt of ammunition per man is still left. The rebels continue firing day and night. 1'ujior Electricity. ALII ANY , N. Y. , February 1. An ox animation of the records in the secretary of state's oflico shows that within tholus throe years the number of companies in eorporatcd under the telegraph companion act is 115 ! ; capital , $225,000. This include : telegraph companies , some of local character actor , and also schemes for promotion o every phase of electrical contrivances fo : tranninisaion of intelligence. In u < other single line of activity do tin records show anything like the compel ! tion illustrated by these figures. Thi condition of things in this state ha pertinency in view of the discussions a Washington whether the govornmon shall go into the telegraph business. A Btrunge Hlieop DlHcnso. Sr. PAUC , February 1. Marquis D Mores , who shipped 112,000 sheep froi Wincontin and Iowa last July to rang in Montana , reports that C5 per con have died. The animals swell up an bleed at the cose before death. A pot mortem examination discloses blood ox travasatod in the intestines. Thodii ease is incurable , and heretofore In been unknown. nit : FiroH In Toronto , TOUOKTO , February 1. Adamson elevator burned last night. It containe 8100,000 worth of wheat and 45.0C bushels of burley , valued itl 800,001 The building is valued ut 850,000. Tl fire spread rapidly to the adjoining pie tiring it and Chnpmnn & Son's clovato The latter contained . ' 10,000 bushels i grain insured for $ : )0,000. ) The buih ingcodt 3190,000 , Loss $2 ! > 0,000. / y a. ni. another large tire wus raging i the weutern part of the city. Both fin are believed to bo the work of incoi diaries. IIUIVH in I'cruisylviinla. Pa. , February 1 Eigl well-knoirn citii-ons , for horse racn with Hleiglm on the public stroete , wei urrcated and held for trial under tl blue lawa of 171)4 ) , which provides nli that upon conviction , the horses bo BO ] and the proceeds placed in the counl treasury. ir A J'ariuyi1 liurnoil to Dentil. iry LINCOLN , February 1. A Bloominj > y ton , Nebraska , special to The Jourua IU aya Henry B Holmes , a dairyman , vi i ) . burned to death in hU barn tliis mornln ; The origin of the fire is n mystery. Thirty cvttlo and all the contents of the build ing was destroyed. _ A Rcrlous Tliront. Ausrm , TCXM , February 1. State Senator Terrell received an onynomoua letter to-day , threatening that , if free grass in interfered with by the legislature - turo , all waters in the state of Texas in closed by pastures will bo poisoned. The Ichor has created n sensation , in view of the mysterious sweeping off of n number of cattle in certain sections of the state. A Special Election. Dr.a MOINEK , February 1 Governor Sherman issued n proclamation to-day for an election to bo hold in the Fifty- third representative district ( county of Delaware ) on Tuesday , February 12 , to cheese n member of the house of repre sentatives to fill the vncincy caused by the death of Representative Holbrook yesterday. Iilnulo Tor Contempt- CINCINNATI , February l.-v-Jndgo Bax ter , in the United States court to-day , decided tlmt United States courts nro the only ones haying jurisdiction in suits iigiunst receivers appointed by theSe coiirlH , and that persons bringing in a suit ngninst such receivers in state courts are liable to a charge of contempt. After Many Yours. SAN FJIANCIRCO , February 1. The great land suit of E. Morick vo. the heirs of ex-Governor Alvanado has boon de cided by the supreme court in favor of dofcndanta. It has occupied the courts 17 years , and involves 18,000 ncrca of land , valued at $2,000,000. Tlio Ice Mnvlnj ; Out. ST. Louis , January 1. The ice is pas sing out of the river rapidly , doing little damage. A hole was broken iu the bull of the steamer Maggie and the wharfboab at Clarkavillo was sunk. AVomlcll rhUlljm Seriously 111. BOSTON , February 1. Wendell - Phillips lips is dangerously ill with heart disease. lie appears u trillo more comfortable to night CUICAOO , February 1. Sixty-five members of the Illinois State Press asso ciation arrived hero this evening , and leave for Washington to-morrow. Uoguti Butter. New York World. It was only in last July that the bureau of statistics began to publish the figures showing the exports of oleomargarine. The latest revised statement gives the movement of "imitation butter" and "oil" for tlio month of October and for the ten months ended October 31 in each f the yoara 1882 and 1883. This stato- ncnt indicates that the trade in oleomar garine , buttorino and the like is growing apidly , nnd already has no mean propor- ions. It may bo that our friends abroad , ro not aware that they are building up uir oleo manufacturing interests ; but if .hoy buy the patent product , believing that it is dairy butter , they probably find "hat it smells and tastes just as sweet ns it would under any other name , especially ts own. In October there were 222,741 pounds if so-called "imitation butter" nnd 3,908- ) G4 pounds of oil exported , a total of ,140t805 pounds , valued at $51UOCr > . Xh'oxnortfl of butter fortho earao month .mounted to only 2,957,733 pounds , alucd at $ C72,44U , so that the bogus butter manufacturers are getting a prot- , y largo share of the foreign trade , what- jver they may bo doing for the doracatio narkot. Fo'r the ten months ended October 31 ho exports of imitation butter amounted , o 1(1)8,712 ( ! ) pounds , valued at $198,025 , nnd of oil to 1)1,001,020 pounds , valued nt $4,104,105 , mating a total of over 33,000,000 pounds , valued at 8-1,300,000. The total exports of butter for the sntno , imo were only 18,884,340 pounds , liav- ng a value of $3,414,299 , being over 40 pur font loss in quantity and 20 per cent in value than the exports of oloomar- ( iirino. Alluded YOUIIR t/aily I'uts IcrHolt Up i.t a. llallc. Cleveland 1'rcs. . The following from The Now Lisbon Journal muj surprico some jicoplo , but to n person TurliM liac ovt- boon in the burg ifc reads all right. A Now Lisbon girl could never got off the shelf any other way : "Wo learn that one of the most novel as well as exiting radios that over took place is to come oil' in this town at an early ilay. A beautiful young lady has made the novel proposition of putting herself up to bo rallied off ut $1 a chance. At first the matter was treated ns a joke , but now that it is known the offer is a bona fide ono chances will go off 'likohot cakes' nnd heavy premiums will bo paid by young men anxious to win this handsonio- prize * . Tlio gill is a meet bewitching : beauty of eighteen summers , respectable and a member of good society. She is a decided belle , and is admired by all who- enjoy her acquaintance , and probably envied just the least bit by the young la dies. Shu would bo an honor to any- household , and wo arc inclined to think , the lucky chap will never regret the chance that gives him a clover help- * meet. " pumn'm BLOOD. TUB murrtUm * rault * of llwtVt RonaportUa UIKHI ollliiunonancl low condition ! of tUoMood prove It Ilio tat HLOOU JIKDICINK. Such lua benithoMiccfua of tliU arll'loV /at homo that ncaily cverr family/ / / Jn whole nclenboitiowli have been / W/ taking It nt Ilio amo time , U rCBlW /riKJ. vitalize * mil enrich * * tlio MoodrtV /a" * iljniwp * Bla.MUoiuHWM , nn4all/ /Uenmscmentu or tli toiiaclicauwaby/-W/ ' Uoo4 era a debilitated condl- / COtion of Uia ucrvoiu y trra occanlaned / cS * / ' ' * t wlvo mental ft phjr loU care / - * /labor or illMlpaUon. 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