THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. FRIDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 8 , 1884. NO. ion' ;
THE WATERY WASTES.
The Floods Abating in Places and In-
rain in Otters ,
Going About tlio Streets in Boats
and Skiffs.
Many Families Without Food or
Fire.for 36 Hours ,
Comparatively Few Oausualties
Eeported Thus Far ,
Tlio Anticipated Disasters In thol/ow-
cr Mississippi Vnlloys.
THE FLOODED DISTHICIS.
IIEI'OKTH FKOM AU , VOINTS.
Pmsnuua , February 7. Measures for
tlio relief of sufTorors by tlio flood will betaken
taken to-day. Tlio Allegheny council
mot this morning and appointed a com
mittee to receive subscriptions and take
such action as was found necessary to re-
Hove the present wants of the needy.
This afternoon public meetings will beheld
hold in this city for the same purpose.
Donations mo pouring in from citizens.
It is thought no difliculty will bo experi
enced in raising any amount needed.
Public halls of both cities are filled with
women and children rendered homeless.
Everything possible is being done in the
way of furnishing them food
and raiment , In the city hall
a number of women and children are re
ported very ill , only one causulty to-day.
Jno. Jacobs , while catching drift wood ,
WAS drowned. Travel on nearly all
the railroads is still suspended. Hun
dreds of strangers are unwillingly forced
to remain in the city. Heavy land
slides are expected on all roads. The
Baltimore & Ohio is running trains out
but make no effort to arrive or depart on
schedule time. A collision oc
curred on the B. & O. yesterday ,
near Fallsburg station between two
passenger trains , but fortunately no one
was seriously injured. The West New
ton accommodation going cost , -and Me-
Keeaport accommodation coming west
came together at that point. Both en
gines wore badly wrecked , the baggage
ears rendered useless and Conductor
Thos. Drake , of the down train , severely
hurt. Andrew Robinson , of HcKees-
port , had his ribs broken and was inter
nally injured.
8 p. in. The decline in the river has
continued all day. The Monongahela
has fallen nearly three foot since lost
midnight. The Allegheny is falling throe
inches an hour and many streets are now
clear of water but full of debris. Trains
v ' > > - ! are beginning to run again. Everything
possible is being done to relieve the suf
> VI fering.
Many families living in the second
story of their houses have been without
food or fire for thirty-six hours. Two
I' ' more drownings are reported , William B.
Bowman , aged 50 , and Harvey Genung ,
aged 11.
Midnight The river is still receding.
No rain since daylight. The estimated
loss by flood in the county is $3,000,000.
A majority of manufacturers will not bo
able to resume operations before Monday
week.
CINCINNATI , February 7. The signal
service indicates "colder weather" for
this region. This is welcome news to
Cincinnati to-day. So long as the weather
remained mild , the little streams would
continue feeding the flood , and prolong
high water. The freeze will put a check
on the sources , and hasten the fall.
Though the river will continue to rise
hero until Saturday or Sundayif no more
rains come it will then fall rapidly. The
view from suspension bridge this morning
is not cheering. Along the Covington
front to Licking river is entirely sub
merged , the water being in the second
story of the dwellings. Newport presents
" the appearance of a lake with a few
$
'i dwellings peering 'out like small islands.
4 Tlio bndgo company tried to furnish
transportation across the water on the
Cinc'imati side , but its single boat is en
tirely inadequate to the demand.
Tlio whole lower part of this city from
Second street to the river front is cov
ered with boats to-day employed for pa-
trohng and relief. The common council
has decided to ask authority to loan
* $ kL § 100,000 for a relief fund. Ten school
houses have been closed in or near the
submerged parts of the city and placed
at the disposal ot tlio relief committee for
accommodation of the people driven
from their homes. In Covington to-day
a relief committee was organized
The legislature in tobonskcd not to col
lect this year's taxes in the flooded dis
tricts. No loss of lifo and no distraction
of property has yet occurred. The story
* of the loss of lifo at Marietta is not
credited , but the wires are all down to
that point. The river is rising still , but
more slowly. In thirteen hours since
midnight the rise has only been eight
inches. The record at 1 p. m. is
sixty-one feet eight inches. Preparation !
are being made for doing without gas to
night. A brisk trade in coal oil , lamps
and candles is going on. The people still
contemplate even a greater lisa than lasl
. year , but without alarm. It in estimated
the losses from overflow will not bo more
than 10 per cent as much as last year ,
owing to better care to prevent loss.
Thn Scioto river at Columbus , Ohio
has fell two feet since morning.
OINCINNA-J i , February fl. A Jigh
drizzlhu rxin has been falling during
portions of the day and to-night. Thi
river has risen halt an inch the last hour
Contrary to expectation the gas is burn
ing to-night. It is hoped the supply wil
not bo out off , The submerged territory
is now practically as great as lost year
The day paused with no disaster. Tin
of coal has advanced four cents i
Erico
nshol on account of the increased ex
poiiBO of handling it , Belief work kccpi
well up with the necessities of tin
suffering.
GINUINNATI , February 8 , 2 a. m ,
The river is 02 feet , thu riao an inch aw
a nuartor since midnight , It now lack
onu foot and seven inches of the flood o
' 47 , two feet and throe inches of tin
flood of ' 32 , and four feet and four inche
of the flood of lost yeat. The weather i
cloudy and growing wanner.
WHEELING , Vn. , February 7 , Ther
was great distress during the night , Th
steamer Boll Prince has been engaged ii
taking families off the island , where :
however , many still remain. Skin's nlsn
did good work. Many casualties are rf-
ported , but investigation shows slight
foundation for most of them. Many
heartrending instances of sick people im
prisoned all night amid the waste of
waters come to light this morning. The
Bollairc , 0. , goblet works caught fire
this morning from linio slacking in the
water , but the ilamos did little harm.
The scones about the city are unproco-
lentcd within the century. There is
'our ' feet more water than in the famous
oed of 1832 , and two or three foot more
i expected. It is impossible at this
our to give an estimate of the dam-
.go. Business is nearly suspended
Evening The river is rising slowly.
There is more damage to property than
"vor experienced before. Vastly larger
TOOS are submerged than in 1832 ,
Houses , barns , bridges , straw and hay-
tacks have boon floating past all day.
ho "Wheeling Choose company's ware-
louse loses $50,000 , and merchants lose
in perishable goods now under
ater. Losses aggregate over § 1,000-
00. No loss of lifo has resulted hero ,
iiit the fatality from the removal of the
ick from the exposed houses will bo
; rcat. The water and gas works are out
and the is in dark-
o-day , to-night city -
ess. The streets of half the city are
lavigablo only in boats and all sorts of
mproviaoct craft are plying as ferries.
'ilany people are still exposed on the
ilaud , not a spot of which remains above
ntor. The work of removing them
oes on in skill's and steamboats ; $2,700
was raised this afternoon by committees
ppointod to look after the destitute.
LOUISVILLB , Ky. , February 7. The
ijtuation is not , materially changed h ro
inco yesterday. It rained steadily all
light , but since daybreak it has boon
inly drizzling. At noon the canal guago
egistorod 34 feet 9 inches and rising H
iiches an hour. The flood will not bo
trended with so much Buffering as last
ear , as people in dangerous loctlities
; ave nearly all moved out and taken
many necessities. The water has not
iomo over the cut-oft' fill yet and the
Point is thus far safe , but it is expected
.hat before irglit the Point will bo inun-
latod. The board of trade started relief
measures this morning , and sent out a
boat with provisions for the submerged
districts. Little suffering is reported as
yet.
11 p. m. The river is still rising half
.n inch an hour and a drizzling ram is
'ailing. A portion of the city known as
; ho "Point" is now covered with twenty
'cot of water , but the people had all
moved out , and no serious happenings
are apprehended.
ST. Louis , Fob. 7. A special from
ilemphis says : The floods pouring out of
.ho upper rivers are giving great concern
: o the people of this section , who cannot
lee any possibility of avoiding one of the
most serious overflows that over dovac-
, atod the low lands. Warning has been
icnt to planters below to remove their
stock to places of safety. It has been
raining steadily for the past 36 hours ,
which will swell all interior streams and
add to the disaster which is almost upon
the people below this city.
LAWitENCKiiuiifi , Ind. , February 7.
There was great fright \rhon the levee
broke this morning. The water from
the Ohio had already entered so that
when the Miami water came in it was
not such a current as had been feared.
The chief danger now is in crumbling
foundations and high winds. Many
small frame houses will Bo moved from
their foundations , but the people are
well provided for and cheerful.
COI.UMIIUS , Ohio , February 7. A bill
has passed the legislature and boon
signed by the governor authorizing the
use of § 50,000 for the purpose of relief
of sufferers by floods in Cincinnati and
other points on the Ohio.
The 'damage caused by the flood in
eastern Ohio will bo incalculable. Below
Zanesvillo a number of bridges are re
ported gone.
CATLETsnuKf ! , Ky. , February 7.
Heavy rains the past twenty-four hours.
All hopes of an early abatement of the
flood are gone. Water on the main
streets has cut oil'a largo portion of the
town , except by si ; ill's. The Big Sandy
river is rising. At Richardson , 0. , the
river is rising three inches an hour.
WILKISUAHUK , Pa. , February 7. The
co in the Susquohnnna has gorged be
tween hero and Nanticoko. . Volumes of
water are pouring over the town , and the
river is rising rapidly. Railroad travel
'a suspended.
Pjiir.uiEi.ruu , February ( ! . Mana-
yunk special : The ice in tlio Schuylkill
river carried away the now trestle work
bridge of the Pennsylvania railroad at
Green Lake. Damage has been done
along the banks for several miles.
HAunisui'Ud , Pa , February 7. Three
or four spans of the wagon bridge across
the Juniata at Thompsontown was swept
away. The wrecked bridge vras fired to
Srovont endangering bridges farther
own.
KoriELi ) , 0. , February 7. The
river is receding rapidly. The Ohio
Southern road track is badly washed ,
and it will require ton days to got traina
running.
OI-EN ELAND , Ohio , February 7. The
life saving crovr and volunteer crow ol
union sailors stand ready to go to Cin
cinnati any moment they may bo called
upon.
OAIIIO , February 7. The river is 4"
feet 5 inches and rising two inches an
hour. No alarm is felt hero unless more
heavy rains como.
EVANHVJU.E , Ind. , February 7. The
river ( is still rising an inch an hour , and
it is raining. Every eil'ort is making tc
save grain and stock.
NKLSOM'ILIK , 0. , February 7. Tin
entire southwest mid south end of tin
town is under water. Many houses have
been swept from their foundations ,
XAMKSVILLK , O. , February 7. Th (
Muskingum is raising an inch and a ha ) :
an hour and in now higher than over before
fore ,
AVUOKA , February 7. The river is a
a stand. The water is up to Secrnc
street and the gas works have stopped.
PoKTSMOUTii , 0. , February 7. Iliyei
rising four inches au hour , an increase o
an inch an hour since noon.
LOQAN , 0 , February 7. The groatos
flood ever seen in Hocking volley. Ni
gas to-night. i
\VAHHINOTON , February 7 1 o. m.-
The B'gnal otlico predicts : "Tho Ohii
will continue rising at Cincinnati ant
points holpw and will fall at points nbov
during Friday end Saturday. The flood
will increase in Ohio , and on the Missis
sippi hi the vicinity of Cairo until Menu
u I day and Tuesday next and become ver
, ' destructive. "
RIVER IMPROVEMENT ,
The Voice that Comes from the Miss
issippi Convention ,
A General and Systematic Im
provement of Rivers ,
And Navigation Between the
Great Lakes ,
Beneficial to the Whole National
Economy ,
The Final Proceeding nnil Kcsolti-
tloiiM Adopted.
JUVEH IMl'UOVBUKNT.
Tlio Voice from the Mississippi Con
vention
FoV.ruary 7 The Mis
sissippi river convention reassembled this
morning. Resolutions of thanks to the
president , district commissioner and
others wcro unanimously agreed to.
Hitchcock , of St. Louis , chairman of the
committee on resolutions , presented the
unanimous report of the committee as
follows :
Your committee on resolutions , having
carefully considered the various resolu
tion referred to thorn , respectfully sub
mit for consideration tlio following :
WHKUEAS , A convention representing
the broad area of eighteen status and ter
ritories , the people of which are in
tensely interested in cheaper transporta
tion from the producer to the consumer
of all products of the country , whether
of the soil , mine or factory , has assem
bled at the national capitol expressly to
give utterance to the popular desire for
continuous improvement and oxton-
bn of tiio great western waterways ,
horpforo resolved : ,
First The interests for which the
onvontion is authorized to speak are on-
tlod to the highest degree of considora-
ion from the national legislature , to
which is entrusted by the con
stitution the regulation of com
merce between the states as well as
ho promotion of the general welfare ,
ho domestic commerce affected is already
no-half that of the whole United States ,
moro than tvrelvo times greater than the
otal foreign commerce of the nation and
argor than the total foreign commerce
) f the world. Upon this vast commerce
lias been levied year by year a direct and
ivasteful tax , enormous in amount by
way of increased freights , insurance ,
emurrage , wrecks and repairs caused
y sandbars , snags , treacherous banks
nd othoi1 obstacles to the safe and easy
navigation of the Mississippi river and
ts imvigablo tributaries. No exercise of
lower by congress can bo moro legitmato
r moro just than the relief of that
lommerco and of the immense and varied
ndustrios which support it from such
loodless burdens by removing these ob-
taclcs to navigation. To have acquired
.hose great waterways and the vast ter
ritory they _ drain was the triumph of
larly American statesmanship and to re
train their mighty floods and direct
.heir . resistless energies are the achieve
ments of American science. It is for
tatcsmanship to complete- that triumph
iy calling that science to its aid.
Second We oarnstly aflirm the declar
ation of the river improvement conven-
ion , which mot at St. Louis , October ,
881 , that it is manifestly the imperative
duty of the government to cause to bo
made such improvement of the Missis
sippi river and navigable tributaries as
shall permanently secure the safe and
easy navigation thereof. Especially is
this duty obvious and our demand justi
fied in view of the donations already
made by congress in land amounting tc
nearly 200,000,000 acres and in bonde
issued or guaranteed of nearly § 100,000-
000 moro in aid of artificial highways ,
properly individual , and which , even at
its lowest rates , must furnish the most
costly form of transportation on a large
scale as compared with appropriation :
not yet so great as one-tenth in all foi
improvement of more than 150,000 mile ?
of natural water ways , whoso froedon
from tar or monopoly is protected bj
constitutional guarantee , wheioby the
cheaper service and unrestricted competition
tition they afford are the most eflicienl
chock on exorbitant charges by any otlici
route to the sea.
Third Wo "also emphatically approy <
the appointment by conprcss of the Mis
sissippi river commission as the first wol
considered and efficient stop towards permanently
manontly opening the Mississippi vail03
to the markets of the world. The worl
of the commission has passed out of tin
region of experiment and fully justiliec
the oxponditurp made and the plain
adopted for the improvement of tholowc
river. Wo especially approve their plai
for preserving to the main river all thi
water of all its tributaries and for re
moving all obstructions , whether nature
or artificial , which tend to defeat or drav
off any portion of the same. Wo also declare
clare thai the system now being success
fully prosecuted under the direction o
the secretary of war for the improvomon
of the upper Mississippi moots genera
approval , and in the judgment of thi
convention said improvements ought t
1)0 ) continued under the same system
general plan and jurisdiction respective
ly as ut present. Wo also earnestly urg
upon congress that a scientific and com
nrohensivo system of river improvomon
by a competent commission thus innuo
urated as to tlio Mississippi should b
applied without delay to complete th
improvement of the Missouri , Ohio nn
other navigable rivers , and true cconom
dictates that nil such work shall bo cai
ried on by liberal and regular appropr ;
ations.
Fourth ; Thai in the interest of chea
transportation and to allord a choice (
water routes to the seaboard wo regar
connection between the upper navigabl
> yaterB of the Mississippi and great lak ;
as of great importance , and congress i
making appropriations ought to have n
gard to the establishment of free wat <
communication between the valleys of tl
great river w st and tldo water east , i
accordance with recommendations her
toforo made by the president in a spec !
mouago on this subject ,
Fifth Wo desire to express our co
dial appreciation nnd acknowledgment
the broad , patriotic views expreised ar
important services rendered to the im
provement of the water ways of the west
by the president of the United State ? in
his otlicial acts and declarations from the
timeof his accession to that high pfllce.
Sixth Wo also recognize the wisdom
of congress in appropriations heretofore
made for the improvement of the rivers
of the west , at the same time observing
with satisfaction the recent recommenda
tion of the spnato select committee on
the Mississippi river improvements , that
if the work of improvement bo worth
doing , it is worth doing vroll and to so-
euro thoroughness , permanency _ and
economy in its prosecution a uniform
system should bo adopted and adhered
to.
Seventh Wo also recognize with sat-
isfactlon the bonofita resulting .to the
navigation of the Mississippi river and
its principal tributaries from the ( exten
sion of the light house system t&crotp ,
and renew the hope that the mimpor .of
districts mid lights therein will yta in
creased to such nn extent na the light
house board in consultation with the
rior commission finds necessary to ren
der the service completely efficient.
Eighth Wo approve the action of the
executive committee on improvement of
western waterway B and request it to con
tinue its labors in the direction and for
the purposes for which it was formed un
til the Mississippi river and its navigable
tributaries are in such condition aa the
safety of the people and intorcstaof com
merce demand and deserve , and said
committee are authorized and requested
to take proper stops for presenting tfccon- ,
gross a suitable memorial in the sci'iso of
the forgoing resolutions and for publish
ing and distributing the proceedings of
this convention.
The following svplomontal report WAS
also submitted : lour committee , by
way of a supplemental report , state that
they have given thoughtful attention to
the various resolutions presented ill the
convention intended to lomody the dan
gers to navigation resulting from im
proper bridging of western rivers ; also
to the imperfect and endangered harbors [
in the friable banks of Vieksburg and
other towns and cities of the lower
Mississippi. Your committee , however ,
deem the matters embraced in the first
sot of resolution * to belong f > thu police
power of the government. It should bo
earnestly invoked to remove
any artificial obstructions to the
navigation of rivers. While the latter
resolutions pertain to matters clearly
embraced within the lawful powers of
the river committee to bo exorcised as
sonn as practicable. Your committee
reconsidered mostfavorablo the suggest km
contained in both sots of resolutions ,
but do not doom thorn appropriate matters
tors for action by way of general resolu
tions , prcfcring to call special attention
to thornin this supplemental report and
not doubting that the proper officers of
the government will take appropriate
stops in relation to the same.
Both reports wcro adopted by accla
mation which elicited great applause.
' Addresses wore delivered by Kopro-
sentativo Houk , William Hatch of Mis
souri , Hon. Mark Dimnoll and ox-Mar
shal Piikin of Louisiana. Adjourned
sine dio.
AND CRIMINALS.
Special Dlsnatdi to the Bur.
KID WADK ON A WHIHTLlKfl 1'OLK.
STKWAUT , Nob. , February 7" Mr.
Fhinney , conductor of the east-bound
freight , reports u man found hanging
to a whistling post one-half milo cast of
Bassott , Brown county. The man is sup. .
posed to bo Kid \Vado , the notorious
horse thief. The Kid was taken from
the vigilantes lant night by the sheriff ,
who was to take the train this morning
for O'Neil , but was again taken from the
sheriff and lynched.
Sioux Cm' , February 7. A reliable
stock man just in from Brown county ,
Nebraska , says Kid Wade had not been
hanged by vigilants when ho loft. It
appoarn that they wuro trying to got him
to give the rest of the gang away , the
understanding being that if ho docs HOse
so his lifo will bo spared , but the belief
is expressed that ho will not "peach" on
hia pals. The gentleman confirms the
report in a previous dispatch relative to
the disappearance of a large number of
persons. One of these missing men
named Muiphy , was found hanging
This is the only 0110 found dead. The
others ho thinks are mostly banished
and will not return. The general belief ,
however , is that the executioners did not
spare any directly connected with the
horse thieving gang. Some of them
were prominent ranch men.
"TKXAH DAN" AiutKvnni.
GHIOAUO , February 7. Daniel Wallace ,
otherwise known "Texis Dan "
as , a no
torious outlaw and desperado , was ar
rested ihie afternoon by the shoriu" of
Kendall county , Texas , for the attempted
murder of Loandor B. Bowen , a wealthy
ranchman , in November last.
J1KOUN YOVMII.
ST. TAUL , February 7. A gang of
JCSBO James juniors.at Minneapolistook
a lad named Johnny Nolan to a neighbors
barn this morning , nnd hanged him ,
whcro ho was struggling in the death
throes when found and out down.
, . Had Aculclont.
Auxvroww , Pa , February 7. While
firemen were working on the fire in the
factory of Krosmor & Kmchpor.tho walta
fall outward , killing 5 , and seriously in
juring eleven firemen.
Tlio names of the dead are : Charles
Miller , W. J. Lohr , David Clttiuu , Moh-
Ian Bitting and John Handchuso , The
wounded are : Peter Meyer , Parrj
KurtKumnuel Komorl , Oliaa. Boh-
linger , Frank Snegor. Potcr Beisol , Ed
ward Martin and Ilonry Wuthorhold ,
Thousands of people are visiting the
ruins. Tlio search for the dead , whicl :
continued all night , has ceased. The
wounded are all comfortable , and al
members of fire companies. The loss ii
heavy ; no insurance ,
A. niaolclmrit Ruiujuct.
LKMNUTOX , February 7. A bsnquo
was given the newly-elected sanatov
Hon. J , 0. S , Blackburn , at the Phocnh
hotel to-night. Members of the legislature
turo and a number of invited guesta wer
present.
A Ten I bio Uitloal ,
LONDON , February7t The bark F ol
stranded at Nordbyo and lost all th
crow but two , who stood laihed to th
jimzon-mast for a week without food
> d [ Their feet wcro frozon.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The BnsiDcss Transacted to Congress
| Yesterday
A Political Method that Needs
Reforming ,
The MoQarrahan Olaiin Now in
Oommittooi
General Sherman to Leave the
Army To-Day ,
Various 'Slut tornof Moro or
Noto.
FO11TY.K1G1ITH CuNOUKSS.
SKKATK.
WASHINGTON , February 7. Tlio fol
lowing bills were reported favorably from
committees nnd placed on the calendar :
By Mr. Dolph , ( rop. , Ore. ) , from the
committee on commerce To provide for
unloading coal , salt , etc. , under superin
tendence of custom officers at the expense -
ponso of parties intoiostod.
By Mr. Van Wyck , ( rop. , Nob. ) , from
the committee on public lands To relieve
liovo purchasers and settlers on the Den
ver itSt. . Joe railroad lands ; price fixed
at Sil.fiO per aero.
Mr. Cullom ( rop. , 111. ) introduced a
bill for the toliof of persons to whom
lands were confirmed by the governor of
the old Northwest and Indian territories
and whoso lands so confirmed were after
ward sold by the United States.
Mr. Bock ( iloin. , Ky. ) offered n resolu
tion that the committee on civil service
investigate the dismissal of John Dudley ,
colored porter of the soiinto and nn ox-
soldier of the Union.
* The bill relating to lands occupied by
settlers and formerly believed to bo a
part of the Ute reservation passed with a
proviso that they bo returned to the pub
lic domain.
At the expiration of the morning hour ,
Mr. Hawley ( rop. , Conn. ) in the chair ,
the senate took up the unfinished busi
ness , it being the Mexican land grant
title bill. It was discussed , but without
action the senate adjourned.
HOU.HE.
Mr. Dockery ( dom. Mo. ) from the
committee on accounts , reported n reso
lution declaring vacant the position of
the stenographers of the committee and
providing that hereafter on request of
the committee the speaker employ a re
porter at a compensation fixed by the
committee on accounts. Adopted.
Mr. Hammond ( domGa. ) introduced
a bill to authorise the withdrawal from
distillery warehouses without tax spirits
to bo used in the manufacture of medi
cines and , chemicals. Referred.
Mr. Beach ( dem. , N.Y. ) , from the com
mittee on agriculture , reported a resolu
tion directing the committee to inquire
into the manufacture and sale of oloo-
marcarine , etc. Calendared.
Mr. Dingloy ( [ rop. , Mo. ) , from the
committee on uhipping interests , report
ed a bill to constitute a bureau of naviga
tion in the treasury department. Com
mittee of the whole.-
The house proceeded to the considera
tion of the adoption of the amended
rules of the house for the 4Gth congress
as the rules of this house
Mr. Bel ford ( rep. , Col. ) offered an
amendment to the amendment that when
a member wants a clerk ho shall pay for
him out of his Awn pocket.
The amendment ollored by Mr. White
( rop. , Ky. ) for a woman suffrage commit
tee was lost (17 ( to 102 , almost n party
vote. The democrats voted in the neg
ative.
The amendment restricting the priv
ileges of the iloor now granted to ox
members of congress was lost II ? to
1110. No quorum voted on the amend
mont.
Mr. Cox ( dom. , N. Y. ) proposed the
creation of u committee on census.
Adjourned. _
111 vor OommlHHlnii HIM ,
oN. February 7. A bill WAS
introduced in the senate to-day by Sena-
or Gibson to amend the act which pro-
ted the Mississippi river commission.
t provides for an extension of the woik
if the commission to nil navigable tribu
tarics of the Mississippi river , for an in-
reaso of the membership of the oomrnis
ion from seven to nine , the additional
members to bo selected by the engineer
: orps of the army , and for an increase of
lomponsation of civil members of the
commission from $ : ! ,000 to $4,500 per
Liinum. It also provides that the com-
mesion shall report to the chief * onti- ;
icors and secretary of war instead of
directly to the secretary of war , nnd
shall report upon channel , dyke nnd re
taining wall systems , as well as upon the
utlot , jetty and levee systems.
Need I < 'or Iloforin
February 7. IS. B.
iViegand , examiner of the department of
.ustico , testified to-day before the houno
committee on expenses In the depart
ment of justice , that Paul Strobach was
n candidate for congress from Alabama ,
nnd secured the appointment of dopaty
United States marshal , named a number
of assistants , and went through the dis
trict making arrests on the most frivi-
lous chnigoB , that the foes might bo ob
tained to pay the expenses of the cam
paign ; that many poor moil were nrrost-
ed , taken in some instances moro than
100 miles , forced to go and return on
foot , forced to sell their little posses.
sions , and some died from exposure , lie
could not recall a single case whore prio-
oners were convicted , In making exam
inations ho had been threatened and
shot at.
General Hhcriiian Hot Iron ,
WASHINGTON , February 7
W. T. Sherman wil ) bo placed on tin
retired list of the army to-morrow , ao
cording to the law for compulsory retirement
mont , ut the ago of 05 ,
The McOurraliun Olulm.
WASHINGTON , February 7. The hous
committee on the judiciary to-day hean
arguments in tavor of the colobratei
McClarrahau cauo ,
Tlio NiiVttl 1)111.
WAHiuxnioN , February 0. Tlio houa
committee on appropriations will con
the naval appropriation bill to-inoi
row. It ( Widcta for nn appropriation of
SU.aiO.iy&vboJng $832.010less Umn the
estimates , ftt\lG05,2i8 : less than the
appropriation Yti10 current yonr. A
sulliciont nmouH ; 8 ftgrood Up0n to com
plete four stool fcySscH , , ropoccd by the
secrotnrv of the niu Nothing is given ,
however , for the coVootjOH of monitors ,
for which Sn.EOO.OOO g ngfcod.
n.vrr.s
The KoHiilt of tlio New
NKW YOIIK" , February 7. A , , moot
ing of the trunk lines nnd tlioirWstorn
connections to-day thopresidonbc\tioso
lines pledged themselves to bo pcrgny ] ]
responsible for the restoration and nte , .
lonnnco of tariff rates cast nnd wosi. > y
roads working in connection with'then
nro requested to strictly maintain the
tarifl. A meeting of general malingers
of trunk lines nni connections to Ohkn-
go , together with some interior Hues , in
cluding the Indiana , Bloomington &
Western nnd the NVabash , was nlao holiy
and n now ngrcemont for tlio main
tenance of rates in accordance with
the decision of the presidentr *
was adopted. Comnussi ner Fink says
this action is moro significant than any
former similar notion , because in the
present instance thu roads uro thorough
ly iu earnest and rosulved to , unite firmly
upon n sound basis , Tlio now agreement
provides for a monthly settlement of
balances , mid contemplates the establish
ment of n kind of railroad clearing
house. It also provides for the forma
tion of interior pools. No penalties nro
imposed for pnst irregularities. It is un
derstood that the trouble with Peorin
rends has been satisfactory ndjustod.
Gorryiuiuulcrlnp ; Iu Olilo.
COI.UMJIUH , O. , February 7. The bill
rodiatrictiug the stnto for congressional
purposes bucnmo n law to-dny. It gives
the dotnocrata twelve nnd the republi
cans nine districts.
St. 1'Kiil'rt Unit Nino.
ST. I'AUI. , February 7. A base ball
association lias boon organised with a
capital of $10,000. It will bo n member
ot the Northwestern league. A nine will
bo gathered at once.
The PlimOxor.
NIAOAUA. FAI.I.H , February 7. The
first passenger train crossed the now
Cantilever bridge to-day.
Htrntlon's IMuHCUiu.
NKW YOUK , February 7. "Tom
Thumb's" widow has applied for a license
to open a museum.
MAUKYING 1)/\IK3IIM3KS OFF.
Wodilotl Women In the null Ilonine
of Europe.
In Franco the parents niako the match ] ]
If not ns ostensibly , yet no loss really is
this often done in England. It is not the
man , but the maintenance , which is up
permost in the parental thought. It is
painful to rollect , while taking n survey
of the matches of fifty years experience ,
how rarely wo over could detect that the
character of a man , otherwise eligible ,
influenced the parental decision. For
the moat part , all the evidence offered of
a mnn being u. pcnmp.or profligate is sot
osido as envy , malice , and all uticharitn-
bloncss ; or else with the remark , "Well ,
all young men nro wild ; but they grow
steady when they nro married. " Wo
once hoard a lady , in speaking of a matrimonial
menial event just coming oil' , eay , "Capi
tal match ; first-rate chance for Ellen.
Not at nil the sort of a man , wo all know ,
that she over intended to marry ; but not
one woman in twenty docs got that. "
Certainly in this men have the advan
tage , for they can choose ; the
ladies must nubinit to bo chosen ,
save in the case of some remarkable bnlla
whohas admirers at command. But
these advantages on the side of the gon-
"onion are loss than they uccm. Their
loico is anything but free , tie far ns roa-
on is concerned. They uro the victiimi
f u natural illusion. They chooao from
ho charm and fancy of the hour , or the
tide of possessing oomo Lady Clara Voru
o'Vero , or isomo simpering dimnlo doll ,
hilo all companionable qualities , nnd
lint siinshino of the heart which reliovet
10 darkest while it adds warmth to the
rightcHt days of thin checkered lifo ,
, ro rarely ovui named among men ns the
uolivo of their choice. Truly "marriage
a the door that loads deluded inortale
ack to earth , " and , as many a pretty
nrgain that bus caught our fancy in a
hop window , great ia the disenchant-
lent when wo Tmvo brought it homo.
The married ladies in the ball room me
.ho pests of the poor mammas , They
, ave attained the object of all balls and
ancitig , and yet they have not the grace
fool for niul give place to young girh
tvho sit in rovvu against the wall. Moil
prefer the married women , and why'
1'luiy can indulge in a kind of convcrsa-
ion at which wo should hope that , in
pito of i roiioh novels , the single would
urn away. It is atrangu that the hus
ands should endure to sou their vrivei
whisked and whirled and drugged ubout ,
wall knowing that the so-callou waltzing
and gnlopadmg always , unless unusually
well done , degenerates into little bottei
than uiiucomiDgly romping ; indeed m
ono would believe oven in its innocence
soon where wo seriously believe ii
would not 1m tolerated , in a Piccadilly
mloon. A fact ; u drossmakoi
irho had scon from an orchestra
ho dancing now iu fashion , when askou
by a lady next day how oho hud beun on
tcrtnincd , replied : "I suppose it is al
right in high lifo , but in our line of lift
10 young men would dare to take cuol
ibortios with young women , " No
nadain , your daughter's prospects neve
can bo the better for boiug exposed ti
such scones as these , least of all in th
now fashionable costume of a skirt nnd i
pair of sliouldoratraps. It is not th
sensuous , but the aoiitimentnl , that shouli
prevail. The free nnd caay dancer , no
the graceful young lady of proper dignit ;
and aolf-rcspcct , takes the lend in
modern ball-room , und foolUh it is fo
the really modest nnd reserved to com
pete in Duuh n sphere. Granted , the
may enjoy it , and you may enjoy it toe
If BO , bo happy in your ov/u way. Onlj
for "introducing" your daughters , nil
looking to the main chance , wo camu
recommend euch society.
LITTLK HOIK , Ark. , February 7 ,
light rain lias fallen all day. The A :
kansns river haa risen G feet 4 inolii .
Btnco the last , report. Another ovorllo
of the Mississippi ia fcarod ,
.
"tr T
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Great Indignation Oyer England's ' Apa
thy in E
Only a Miraolo Oan Save tt Ohi"
noso" Gordon.
A Wide Spread Kovolt Holpt
the Eobols ,
Movements of ForooB and
rations for Battle ,
Cli ? Jlimtrcnl Cnrnlvnt TherFroctiom
of tlteBpanlsii Proa ,
I-XHIEIGN NEWtf.
i OP floumw.
, February 7. A.dispnteh from
k to Thr ? Daily .Nowa assestrf
AVO captured Gon. GonVon.
JSo nowa } w boon received at the vnaf
c-tlico rcgardVjg the rumored capture off
Gen. Gordon. VTho rsport firot postfld im
the window f Vlio D.-wly Non -ofllo 'hae.
oinco been removed.
Huntington , sccWnry of ntntoforiror. ,
stated in the com&ona to-dny that1 no-
dispatches have been received confirma
tory of the rumored capture of General
Gordon. A telegram to-day from the-
British minister nt Cairo makes no men
tion of the nflhir , A dispatch fromCairo
nays General Gordon cannot reach Boi-
ier before tp-moriow. The story of hisj
capture is discredited. A steamer frorm
Khartoum reached Buibor to-day unmo
ested during the trip. The government
lias ordered the commander of the Med
iterranean nquadron to dinpatch as many
marines as possible to Sunkirn. Ho iei
expected to spare 1'JOO.
The transport Paonnh is under orders *
to sail forthwith to Sualdiu with 500 ma-
rinosi
Oflicinl advices announce the total.
killed near Toknr as 2,21)0 , including GO-
oflicors , 1C of whom were stall ) otlicors.
Baker Pasha tolrgrnph thnt. ho linn 3,500'
men , n third of whom nro unarmed. It-
is officially denied that tribes beyond
Kornsko nro in revolt.
Gladstone denies that Sinknchns been
captured by rebels , but admits that its-
condition is critical.
A CATTL71 DISEASE MCAHVUV. .
LONDON , Fobi-uarv 7. In the com
mons tliis evening it was moved that a
measure to prevent the importation of
animals suffering from foot and mouth
diseases bo introduced without delay.
Gladstone said ho would give no pledge
from tlio government that such a measure-
should have iirocedonco ot the great
measures mentioned in the speech from
the throne.
Dodson , chancellor of the duchy of
Lancaster , stated that for several months.
there had been no case of foot or mouth
disease in imported cattle , and that the
present condition of laws waa such that
the government had no power to prohibit
the importation of foreign cnttlo.
riiiiNva IUONY.
PAUIS , JFcbrunry 7. Parisian news-
prpors nro indulgiifg'in iimtih scarcasm'at"- ' *
the failure of England's policy in Egypt.
The Journal ties Dobatosconsidera British
occupation imporativoand urges England
to act promptly to prevent the cn.it
from relapsing into barbarism.
The llopubliquo rancai.no ironically pre
sumes Enulrvnd otroug enough to net
alone , otherwise she would never have
assumed the responsibility of excluding ;
Europe , mid especially Franco , from pnr-
ticipntion in the Holtlomont of Egyptian
nflhirs.
( lOIUON'rt JEOPARDY.
LONIIO.Y , February 7. A Cairo dis
patch says great indignation is felt , both
by Europeans and natives at the apathy
of the Itritie.li government in view of
tl'tt ' rncuiir nmcncrca , There is no nowa
of Conrl'al Guidon and the general
ifiiiiiiiM I'H Hint only u miracle can save
urn wlum thu newH of 'Baker Pasha's de
feat epreu'lu throughout Soudan ,
O * ' BUAKIM.
OAIIIO , February 7. It is estimated
thai fJOOiL'l > 'H ' wcin killed iu the late
Cght. IJakt i I'nMiH telegraphs that hia
men will b'.i uKi ro liold out for only a
fchort time behind his entrenchments.
Spies report that the rebels intend to
attack Sunkim , It is expected that Gen
eral Sir Evollyn Woodu will go to Sua-
kin ) .
Tin : JIO.NyTKKU , OAltMV M .
February 7 lutimnti-
val ia nt its height , Tl..i giand fancy
drosH ball on elciitea nt Victoria rink was
attended by Lnn&downa and thu march
ioness. The Oaufjhimwnun Indian * gnvo
a concert iu thu ice tonipui.
IIVIVAUIT riAYKUH riMill.
LONDON , Fobruaiy 7. Fifty-two mem
bers of the Piu-i club , convicted of gam
bling at baccarat , woiu fined $500 each , f .1
nnd thu proprietor and members of the
committee $ [ 2,500 each.
A llltKAT UEVOI.T.
SUAKIM , Fobrunry 7. A steamer from
Mnnsowuh reports a revolt extending
from Kassola toward .the Hod sea. Every
thing i.i ( juiot in Abyssinia , but § tbo
natives on the frontier nro declaring for
the lobelo ,
Hllll 0113 IMI'llIhONKI ) .
MAIWID , February 7. Three editors
in Pulma , Majoiaca , have been con
demned to oighl jearo imprisonment for
violation of tliu press law.
DALI.AH , Tax. , Febiuary7. Informa
tion is received thut licorgo B. Lorinj ; ' ,
rcpresonting the Texas Investment com
pany in England , has effected the sala of
rniuh property on Double- Mountain ,
Browm riv r , for § 2.500,000 , the largest
transaction of the kind ever mado. Thu
Mill Iron und Continental Cattle
companies ha\o consolidated under thai
imino of the Continental Laud and CaU
( la company with a capital of ? 3,000,000-
nnd property vnl utrl nt § 5,000,001) ) . It
ia said to DO the largest wponUion of
the kind in the world ,
llurnotl t'clltolbo ' House.
. JNU . 7.Ti
MoNTigpti.0 , , Fubruary 7.- - {
r-1 dwelling of Edwin liAckJiu was burned
-a 1 last night , nnd the chamd remains of
w i John Port , the only occupuiat
found iu the debit ) ,
