THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
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THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. THURSDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY I-U 188-1 , NO. 20d ,
STILL THE WATERS RISE.
The Seventy Feet Notch Passed at
Cincinnati ,
RoDorts of Disaster and "Wreck
Continue to Pour in.
The Vast Number of. Suffering
People Increasing ,
And 'the Tale of 'Wo& Not 3&at
Half Told.
lleltol'tUaas irrcg , nnil'Gcn *
features oC tUodnlnnti'.y.
TUB FEibOBEO
REtVJUTS
CINCINNATI , F b IK. At ouo p. in.
'tho river reached 'CD feet 10 'I'-JJ ' inches ,
the rise varying 3urmg the forenoon from
1-4 to half an uachnr. 'hour. ' A misty
rain is falling * ntlv the wind from the
northwest. TBio signal servko flag denot
ing conting coM weather .floats to-day for
the third tinw since the i oed began.
Hitherto its pvrcaonoo was welcomed , now
it brings the -worst apprehensions.
Cold woatlMT could have no substantial
effect on tha water disaster. That has
about dowo iita vr ° rs''i ' .
woathcr -eutibcing rtf the imprisoned
people in all towns and > cities along the
Ohio vrotld suft'er terribly for the lack of
funl. Fe rireftlfc' 'tlio diiUculty of getting
juppliesdelvored. Tlioro are nolandings
for ate aonorsmx3 : the damage denote build
ings byiihc waves cau dd by passing steam-
en ; has boon so great as to cause the occu
pants t f the ( Hooded houses to tire on the
Eteantnrs 'bringing thorn relief. Relief
stoataors , ito > bo'of real service , have been
equipped with 'lifesaving ' crows and
boat ? . dt > can'readily bo seen how slow
would bo the work of carrying any con-
uidcrc/bloiquantity of fuel to such places.
General Ceokwith , ' of St. Louis , is ex
pected -haro T his evening to take charge
of the wo ? ! : of relief under direction oi ,
the secretory ofwar. . Ho will charter'
relief bo4-X and four Unitnd States
officers 'hevo been ordered hero from
1 Columbus'to tako'ohargo of the different
subscriptions coming in from every quar
ter.
ter.A. . special from i Portsmouth , Ohiq ,
dated . .yesterdayand forwarded from
.Sciotoville'tho "nearest " telegraph station ,
sayo there is'not ' < an aero of dry ground in
the city , and not a hundred houses not
under 'water.
: l > .p.-in. TJha'rivcr is 70 foot 2.J inches , :
showing a rrise < of ono inch in the last
hour. A heavy rain fell frpm'G to
o1clock. Micro , are indications of colder
weathor. The local ob'crver of iho ,
weather forlTho Commorcial-Gazettopro-
diets heavy rains again for to-morrow , dt ,
is impossible to- say what may bo the state
of things in-sis'liours. During the dnyf
news'frotn > i the river showed the water ,
f ailing -slo-wly from Marietta down to ,
Meyovillo. 'this , under ordinary e'r-
cumctanceswould ' mean stationary
falling > wa6erhero by Thuradoy afbor-
iieon/but-wifch1 thoiheavy rains of to-day *
and the thoroughly saturated condition of ,
thoi &rth , the river seems to respond in
Btcxtlyto rainfall. Nobody thought today - .
day tliat'Uie water- would exceed 70 foot.
Nobody cu ; > sayi > now that it will not ec-
ceofiTolifect. At the market house on
Brcad vaytlio > water covers the benches , ,
making a.depth of .nearly five feet on the
floor.Vast numbers of people ?
to nnd from the suspension bridge ,
ia bunts ipropellodliby poles and having ,
rppeiifltretchod- telegraph poles to ao-
nistiin . crossing the currents at strecto.
PeojJlo'fill ' Uiosoboats by standing clous
together , lit has a .perilous look , but no
acct'dontlhas yet occurred. Private skiC-o
are lee iplyiiig very fraely , carrying pac-
sengorc .wherevw they wish to go. Great
fear -cnistcd last night that the wind
ntorcc would-bring disaster to Lawrence-
bur , 'but .Tho News-Journal's special
from -tkoro oays-tho'wind had no specially
disastrous ofloct , though last night and.
to-day ixvo been , periods of great anxie
ty. Tkoiriver. rose last night twelve , tc
fourteen inches and houses still continue
to flout : from the foundations. Provision !
arc arriving there .hourly and are gladly
received.
Among .oihor troubles is that of pro
curing a { supply of beef cattle , as none
can coaioty rail , or- river , except by the
Cincinnati Northern , and that road is
unable to ccoot itho demand. Butchers
are scouriag 'tho .Adjacent country for
such stock as rthoy can procure. The
telephone tinea diavo boon practically do-
* Btroyod along thoiviver front ( from Now
Richmond , Obio. , to Aurora , Und. Two
telephone erchangus in the cif-jr are in the
submerged pert , and jtho operators are
taken into the oiilco by boats. iBusinoss
is entirely suspended at Cattlottsburg ,
jKy. No mails tavo.arrivoi for six days.
The Cattlottaburg JiTctional bank has in
lit 10 feet of water , and the money and
books have all been brought to the Ash-
Icnd National bank dor safety. It is
thought thu Cattlettahurg bank wall be
able to reopen in throe days.
flO p. m. The river is now 70 feet 4
laches.
CCVCINNATI , February tttl. The steam
er Kate Waters returned at 1 a. m , from
a tcip to Ripley with relief supplies. )
Mesoss. Bishop and Collina , who went
with iiha steamer , aaya rtlo people aok
iirst for news , next for ropes to anchor
their La-Jses , and lastly for Booked pra-
visions , Nona want clothuig , Housee
overywLtro are swept awuyor floating
on their .eornera. Rural and Augusta ,
Ky , , are vnrocks. The water ic running
Jjohind A jyista making oil island of it.
IDovor , Ky. is in twelve rcet oi water in
rtho ghallowoct parts.
.Now Patact&o , Ohio , is nearly ruined.
N .w Richmond is still worse cdl In
Point Pleaaaut , Grant's birthplace only
two houses are out of the water , Moscow
ia in bad rendition and many hou&us are
gone. Neville IB & wreck and Shilcah is
wono ifr than Kovillu. lliggineport ie
half it thu water. Lovanna in badly
fiubniertjod and Riploy is in a terrible
canditioii. Ono eido of a brick house fell
in to-day And others are weakening. Peo.
pla say Uie farmom are helping them
whenever iLo roads and fl < wds permitu
acceM. The dettruction wd distress
cannot be overdrawn ,
2 a. m. , 70 Iwt 81 inches and weathci
proving colder.
IS AND KKMl EVANSVJLtr.
ImJ . Pcbruarj- . Jl
has rained nearly all day , hut it is colder
and freezing to-night. The river rojo
4 inches in 21 hours , an d ia now -10 foot
and 1 inches. Boats ar. still bringing in
stock and corn , nearly * . ! ! saved.
Henderson and ? U. Vernon , below
hero , are high above , ifangor. The em
bankments at Shavnvtetown , 111. , ana in
tact. A largo foroa lias boon strongtrren-
itvr , thorn , but CHISRCW in deemed nest to
impossible. Elhaweothtown , Ooroysvillo ,
Parkinson , Gulcnuda , Bay City , Paducah -
cah and MotrotusKa are ntill nbovo the
Hood or only paraially submerged. Union-
town is under rrctir and the citizens are
leaving. The -second story of houses
above hero in. STowborg , Owonsboro and
Uockport oao above the vator lino.
Owonsboro ic threatened. The other
ptocos arc in no danger. Enterprise ,
Vanding sjxQ. several other small places
on the lower ground are BKlbmorgou , but
as yet thwa ia very little dis tress. Farm1
ors losses tr.-o murh less than last year ,
Nearly nil removed their families and
stock to { ' 'ecus of safety , and most of
them ( Mivctl the greater part of their corn.
The har'nor boats arta ? o slill removing
corn , much of it damaged , Thora is
still no confirmation of the report of the
drownicg of thirteen persons in front of
the city , and the report is not generally
credited.
KHIEAT DAMAiin JQtD
SzfflunEKMViLLK , OTobruary 13. The
dauiugo hero is principally in the Sixth
ward , and will not exceed $100,000 , but
thooullbrors arogonerally poor minors nnd
mill-omploycoa. Nearly the whole towns
of Brilliant , Ming , "AVarronton and Mo
Coys are flooded , and nmny people ii
great destitution , The suburbs of Alo-
kanna and Minovillo are occupied by
poor people , who have suffered severely.
The damage in Jollcrson county ia about
n'quarter ( of a million. Tile sufferers
mumbor at le st:2,000. : Brilliant's 1,000
inhabitants and'Warronton's 300 suffer
anoat. The relief committee is dding
nobly ( Continued rains interfere witl
icleaning and repairs. Nearly 1,000 are
> cnrod for at&tcubcnsvillo and euburbs so
far , but will-require further aid. Sup
plies most needed are bedding mid under
ojything , bat anything is accepted. Food
orclothingsupplies for smaller towns
tmiy bo sent through the Stoubcnvillo
commUteo. Wcllsburg , W. Va. , whicl :
is in awful condition , can be supplied
the same way. Stoubonsvillo ncoclu no
outside aid.
aid.rauTSMOimi's
rauTSMOimi's PLIGHI ? .
PORTSMOUTH , Ohio , February 13. Th
entire city is under water , three-fourths
of it to the house tops. All merchants
lose heavily , and half the citiccns lese al'
their houswhold goods. The river ha
receded two inches since last night. Sup
, plies are coming in and a famine is'being
averted. A relief boat has gone to Slo
cum station for several carloads of sup
plies and camp equipage from Columbus ,
.court house , school houses and
churches that have second stories arc
sheltering half the people , and the ro
maindor-aro scattered in attics and uppo
parts of factories. Horses and > cattle
wore all secured and stabled .on thcdeoki
of barges moored in the streets .in 'th
center of the city. Ono 'hundred am
twenty dwellings have floated away , ; an
over.500 moro wore swept from 'thei :
sites' .and piled in indescribablewreoki
against obstructions. Tliora are , provis
ions enough to last two days. Tolegrap
wires will soon bo stretched , giving icom
munioatioii with the outside world. N (
mails' have arrived since Friday. Sinci
the fire no casualties have occurred. Qh
people are being fed like a great -army.
THE RELIEF FUKU.
, February 13. Associated
.I'ress dispatches from all parts of 'th
country show that subscriptions otartei
in cities , towns and ham la to for the re.
lief of the Hood sufferers of < the Ohio , val
loyhave meta generous response. South
ern. cities have been liberal -ooutributori
to the pressing wants of t&oir northern
brotheru brothers. Indications to-nigh
are that the contributions made iby th
government , state logislatnresAnd private
> -subscriptions must be continue' '
imanyidays. Up to date the money do
nations foot up § 750,000 , ozcluaivo
money raised by Cincinnati and W-heo !
for the relief of their own Bufl'erora
surnniiNG ix
. W. Va. , February .13.-
Thopeople , of Wellsburg are destitute
nnd-auflbring. A dispatch lists boon sent
'from ' hero asking the war department to
eond 81,000 there at onco. The work of
relieving suffering progresses favorably ,
but there is still great need. The homo
fund for .relief has reached $15,000 in
eoah , and an. equal sum in goods , but this
and.outside help disappear as fast aa ro
ooivod. Among'thc contributors are John
W. Garrett , ofiBaltimore ; S , J. Tilden
pnd. James W. Keene , of New York.
Masonsidoairing to contribute can send
drifts > to the Masonic relief committee.
The etatu fair association is ruined ,
there will 'bo no fair in September.
it'OlQMVA11IOUH I'OJNTS
, February 13. The fol
lowing message was received from Gov
ernor Porter , who. is at Lawronceburg :
"The Condition of Lawronceburg ie
pitiable in the extreme. Moro houses
have boon removed 'from the foundations
than last year. Relief should have reference -
once now , uot.uuly to food but to en
abling poor people to replace and repair
their housea.
HARMAU , O. , February 13. The town
is flooded and the people destitute.
Hundreds of houses have boon washed
away _ and the people arc encamped on
the hills , Mciioy , .clothing and food are
wanted and can > bo sent bo tht > Harmar
relief committee.
Prrrsnuuo , February 13. While crossing -
, ing the Monongaheia river at Port Perry
tn a skiff this morning , F/onk Ilornber-
ger and John Soomzn wore drawn under
.coal float and drnwued.
2jDiANAroLiH , February 13. The
booed of trade committee has $7,000 at
iU disposal. Relief funds will rapidly
bo ft'jgmontcd. The steamer Little
Sandy has been chui tared at Madison
and will bo loaded with 20,000 pounds
of provisions and sent up river Friday ,
leaving supplies wherever needed A
largo Bteamor will be chartered for simi
lar service on the lower rivor. A boat
will also bo loaded at Madison and a
train load of provisions will bo sent from
this city Saturday morning , A Bteamor
Icavo * that point for the scene of distress
Saturday evening.
" February 13 , The river
ha * risen nix inchcn einco noon , and now
is 44 foot three inches. It has rained in
torrents ull this afternoon. It is colder
and uleeting to night. The waves do
greet damage to Hooded property , The
water from Bear Gr creek is up over
the bridge on Broadway nnd in now run.
iiing over the street for some distance.
Tt\o situation hnro at Now Albany , Ind. ,
nd Jetloraonvillo ia unchanged. There
is no telling how high the water will go.
At Frankfort the Ohio river hna backed
up within 10 miles of the city. It is
( till raining.
Lirru : ROCK , February 13. A steady
rain is falling this morning. The weath
er is colder this afternoon and thu rain
has slacked. The riyor at 5 o'clock this
afternoon , showed a mo of 21 inches in
24 hours. It is rising all alon'y to Ft.
Smith , but no further damngo is roport-
od.
MEMPHIS , February 13. ! ) p. m. The
'vor is 12 inches below the danger line.
L rained steadily last night and till 5
'clock ' this evening , It is colder now.
CAIRO , Fobraary 13. 0' p , in. The
vor is17 feet , ! ) inches , and rining half
inch an hour. Rain and sleet toll
afternoon. It is turning colder now ,
ith prospects of a frco 3. Many think
will hardly equal last year's flood.
GA uoroLis , O. , February 13. His
stimatcd that thirty thousand people
eng the river within twenty-five miles ,
ill have to bo fed by charity for two
ccks. *
PiiTsniK , February 13. River filli
ng. Weather cloudy and warm.
Wnr.Ki.iNa , W. Va. , February 13.
U Bcllairo , 0. , several houses have
'alien , and others are being torn down
o prevent their falling.
MAVISON , Ind. , February 13. The
iver is five inches higher than last year ,
ind lising half an inch an hour. Cooler
nd raining to-night.
MOTES.
Th department commander of New
lampshiro appeals to all Grand Army
oats for the sufferers by the Ohio floods.
The not receipts of Maplcaon's con-
ort hi Chicago for the flood sufferers
were § -1,000.
The Chicago board of trade yesterday
aided § 0,000.
The Ohio legislature . yesterday appro
riatod f 200 , 000 for the , uufforors.
Citizens of Columbus , 0. , last night
ubsoribed § 12,000. The relief commit-
oo has already sent thorn carloads of
> revisions to bo followed by others as
eng as ncodod.
An appeal has boon issued to the
Catholic Knights of America for contri-
mtions , which may bo sent to B G ,
Svorglatlc , supreme trustee , Cincinnati.
The Pifctsburg press will aend out a
joat with supplies , going whorovoc any
oed can bo done.
Governor Knott , of .Kentucky , signet
; ho resolution appropriating § 25,000 yes
.orday and the secretary of state in at
.ending to the distribution.
Shnwneotixvu , 111. , is under from 5 to
.5 if eot of wator. Many people are leav.
ng the city.
tin Cattlottaburg , Ky. , many streets an
.lookadcd . with houses which have lloatei
rorn their foundations. The montn'
train has boon great , but the crisis o :
danger passed without any serious acci
dent excqpt to.property.
( Eho Kanawha as falling at Charleston
W.Va. .
The .Arkansas river is higher than fo ;
30 years. At iLittlo .Rock the banks ar. .
caving. in. and houses tumbling , trains ar >
stopped and many.plantations inundated
The eastern part of Newport , Ark.
is tunderwater and the White nnd Blac'
ivers are rising. Batosvillo ia nearl ,
submprgod and the lower part of Fultoi :
is entirely overflowed. The loss to farm
OKI in fences and stock is incacuablo.
. Dispatches shnw that the Ohio river ii
'ailing in thoiregion of Galliopolis , am
itatiouary at liuntington and Ports.
mouth.
.Tho ovosnor of Kentucky has issued
proclamation asking private subscription
and .contributions of any kind. Hi
closes Jiis .proclamation thus : " \Vhat
ovor..Jou do , do.Quickly. "
ffiho situation at Joilcrsonvillo , Ind.
stiiiight was growing moro critical.
At Utica , Ind. . twelve miles abovi
Louiavillo , twelve .honaes of lime burncji
are under water , and all the people ari
in .one .church almost without food
Some abandoned the church last nigl
and sought safety in the open air.
Covington , Ky. , lis now an island.
Terre Haute , Ind. , raised $2,500 fo
the Hood Buffurora last night , beside
provisions , clothing , etc ,
Irontou , Ohio , is two-thirds undo :
water. 'J'ho destruction is beyond nl
estimate. Moro than half the people ar
homeless and out of food.
Greonup , Ky. , is completely sul.
merged. Great suffering among the
poor. Provisions are especially needed.
Uoiul to'M'Vlsco ,
CHICAOO , February 13. A statement
is published hero that indications now
are thnt the Atlantic & Pacific road will
after all be extended to 'Frisco indopont-
ont of the Southern and Central Pacific.
It is declared that two yearo ago when
the road fell under the control of Gould
and Huntington the object was to pre
vent the Atchison , Topoku A Santa Fo
from gaining an independent outlet to
the Pacific coast. It now appears that
Gould and Huntington have Host their
hold in the St. Louis & San Francisco
road * and that the Santa Fo U again in
complete control. It lu claimed that the
Santa Fo people propose to at once ex
tend the Atlantic t Pacific from Noodles
on the Colorado river to the coaot and
malio San Diego the principal terminus.
Bcrvlco.
C IOAOO , February 13. The telegraph
service has improved materially as the
day advanced , and this evening all but a
few short routes are now working satis
factorily. The Western Union company
had Iwrgo gangs of men out all night and
to-day , and unless strong winds should
attack tko wires , weighted as they now
are with ice , no further serious interrup
tions of any character is anticipated.
Tlio Gmmo , Jn , Avultlonl ,
CEDAR IU/-JDH , In. , February 13. The
injured in the Greene railway accident
Tuesday are Mrs. J. F. Dunn , Glendivo ,
Mont. , slightly bruised ; two sons of MH.
Dunn ono of whom was aevoroly burned
by the atoyoj Mra. Burdough. Ortonvillo ,
Minn. , cjightly bruised ; G , T. Bandy ,
Mediapolis , Ia. , slight out on head ; John
G. Forest , Oadar Ripids , bra.koman ,
sprained anklo. The eon of Mra. Dunn
is the only one seriously injured.
Funeral.
BROOKLYN , February 13. The funora
of Thomai Kinsella , editor of the Brook
lyn Eigle , 1733 largely attended and kry
impressive.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Hazcn ant His Metfeofls Receive Several
Just Criticisms ,
His Responsibility for tlio Failure
to Eosouo Grooloy.
His Lack of Judgement and Loose
Business Methods ,
Sherman Lots Loose a Volley on
Silver Coinage ,
Tlio IMiUtor of Kxiriultllon by Treaty
\vltli tlio Mexluau ( invcrnmont.
FKOM. WASHINGTON.
THI3 VUOTI'.US IXQUI11Y ItlU'Ol.X.
WASHINGTON , February 10. The rn-
port of the Protons court of inquiry was
transmitted to the senate to-day. The
court finds that Garlington made nil
urrorof judgment in not waiting longer
at Pandora harbor , but tlio error was
committed in the exorcise of ndillicnlt
nnd unusual discretion , for winch ho
should not bo held accountable. It is
also duo Garlington to say thnt in the
general conduct of the expedition prior
to the IOPS of the ship ho displayed zeal ,
energy and cllicionoy in successfully
conducting the command through a long ,
perilous and laborious retreat in boatn tea
a place of safety. While awarding
credit to General Iliuon for the best in
tentions concerning the rescue of the
Grooloy party , the court is of the opin
ion that in many particulars and in same
of the gruvest momenta ho failed in ade
quate comprehension of the necessities
of the case and measure. ! , and moans
essential to meet thorn. The court dis
covers numerous grave error's and omis
sions in hut action. Anioii ) } them the
following :
First In informing Garlingttm that
Greeloy'a supplies would lie exhausted in
the fall of 1883 , when in fact ho was pro
visioned for inoro than throe yours from
the summer of 1881. Thocflbct of this
was to urge Garliugton to Undue haste to
reach Lady Franklin bay.
[ Second His persistent rejection of
the suggestion to make on the northward
voyage of the relief ship u depot of sup
plies at Littleton island.
Third In failing tu perceive the ne
cessity for a second vessel until late in
the Benson.
Fourth The lax and negligent method
of keeping the records of public business
and conducting correspondence in the
signal oilico.
As an illustration of the action of the
chief sighal ofliccr in this regard the so-
Killed supplementary instructionsor order
to Garlingtnn is cited , which the court
says was in fact no order at all nlthougn
published to the country as such and
made the basis of a charge that ho had
been guilty of disobedience of ardors.
The court is of the opinion fttat neither
s this memorandum an order nor did
it properly carry any force , oven as a
suggestion to Garlington.
The court comments severely on this
mischievous manner of conducting offi
cial business and says that while the grave
errors and omissions mentioned either
directly led or largely contributed to the
failure of the expedition , yet as they are
due to a lack of Bound judgment and un
attended by any willful neglect , no fur
ther proceedings before the general court-
martial are called for.
AK KXTHAIUTION
The president sent to the senate a re
port from the secretary of state in regard
to the case of Alexander Trimble whoso
extradition was demanded by the gov
ernment of Mexico , but who was , aftei
correspondence upon th subject , dis
charged by the American authoritica.
The secretary in his report holds thai
according to his construction of the law
an American citizen cannot legally beheld
held under the treaty with Mexico for
extradition , but ho proposes to inform
the officers in Texas that if another ar
rest is made and a casa of guilt made
out the president will not on the croum
of citizenship interfere with the order
for surrender if such bo made , but il
requires that the accused bo informed il
ho'or they wish a hearing before the supreme
promo court of the United Stated 01
habeas corpus as to the power of th
president in the' matter of extradition
or as to the true construction of th
treaty before the surrender bo actual ! ;
mado. Every facility for uuch hoarin
shall bo afforded , and should the cour
hold that the president has the discro
ttonary power in extraditing citixone
guilty of crime , the evil approhondoc
will not bo realized and should the cour
hold the president lifts power to extradite
dito only when bound by the treaty to
do BO , congress can then , if i
should bo its pleasure , by eta
tuto confer discretionary power
NO
The house committee on public land
failed to get a quorum tins afternoo
and postponed consideration of the ques
tion of forfeiture of the Northern I'acifi
land grants till to-morrow. .
FOIlTY'ISIGIITll CUNGUK83.
HKNATK.
WASHINGTON , February 13. Mr , Voor-
heos ( dom. , Ind. ) ofl'orod a resolution ,
which went over till to-morrow , direct
ing the secretary of the interior to with
hold for the prcBont his approval of pat
ents or certificates for lands selected by
the Northern Pacific railway , in lion of
others uaid to bo lost by eaid company
under the act of July , 1801. The pro-
ulnblp to the resolution eota fourth that
the rights of Bottlers might bo injur
iously affected by such approval.
The special order , Mr. MoPhorson'o
( dom. N , J , ) bill to provide for tlio IHSUO
of circulating notes to national banking
associations , was taken up ,
Mr. Bayaid ( dom. Del , ) favored tin1
bill , It was in the line of absolute ec-
ctiritj to holders and wont to assist and
to continue an absolutely uafu currency ,
It was the business of congress to main ,
tain such scrupulous regard for the pub
lie credit that the fact that a bond wil
bo paid according to ita face and ternn
will never bo doubted , When that is
done lot private inoculation take up tin
giino of profit and Ions to accrue from it
- Congress should have nothing to do will
luch schemes.
Mr , ShiTinaii ( < 0.
rep , ) olfereil an am
cmlmont providing that if any bonds de
posited should boar a rate of annual in
terest higher Umn ! J per cent , additional
circulating notes should bo issued equal
in amount to tno half interest accruing
on such bonds before their maturity in
excess o * Jl per cent , such amount to bo
ascertained and stated by the comptrol
ler of tlio currency on the 1st of January ,
each year.
Mr , Sherman then proceeded to address -
dross the senate. In the course of hia
remarks ho expressed the following views
concerning the tilvor question , lie saw
no solution of it at present , Th" stale
of public opinion as fully represented in
congress would im * . allow a suspension of
the coinage of silver dollars , nor the
adoption iW the United States of a new
ratio for the coinage of silver and gold
according to the market vnluo of those
two precious metals. All wo could do
was to drift along until the inevitable exportation -
portation of g old and its disappearance
from circulation and its conversion into
an article of merchandise should reduce
all value to a silver standard , when no
doubt the practical good sense of our
people would load them to coin both
metals accordirt'j to their then value and
not according to their value fifty years
aco. Ilo would not have alluded u the
silver question oxojpt that it was inevit
ably connected with the banks and bank
ing. It was nlrcadj casting its shadow
upon tlio future. It was rapidly con
verting our railroad securities into bonds
expressly tmyablo in gold coin. It was
creating distrust in investments made
upon a gold basis which sagacious men
know would , by the failure of crops or
banking houses , or by some unforsoon
event suddenly bring us to a silver
standard. The doubt would then arise ,
it had already arisen , whether in the ad
justment of n now ratio between gold
and silver the quantity of silver in the
dollar would bo increased or the
quantity of gold would bo reduced.
One or otherwonld have to bo done. As
this qucation'wns decided so would the
nominal price and value of all _ lands ,
commodities , investments , securities and
currency rise or fall. A question so con
trolling as this did and would afloat banks
and banking in nil their phases and forms ,
but Mr. Sherman believed it to bo utterly
impossible at this socaion to change the
existing law as to the coinage of silver.
Wo would have to go on coining and pil
ing up in the treasury vaults silver that
wo now bought at a discount , which wo
could not circulate and which wo must
at some time sell nt n discount or reduce
all other money to the name
standard. Until thia standard was
finally settled coin certificates were
dangerous forms of currency. While
if all certificates wcro ns now treated as
gold certificates , they would bo freely
taken as equivalent to each atjior , but
with the first appearance of a difi'uronco
in market value bptwoan gold nnd silver
coin , the oamo difference would appear
between gold and silver certificates and
gold certificates would disappear from
circulation and bo hoarded ,
Mr. Sherman then wont on to speak of
tliO'difllculty of maintaining the circula
tion of national banks , because of the
rapid payment of United States bonds ,
and entered into particulars as to the
nature of the bonds outstanding , their
species , etc. * Ho said the national bank
currency was the best in the world and
alluded to the fact that in the darkest
hours of the panic of ' 73 our bondsmovor
varied more than G or 7 pur cent.
Mr. McPherson spoke in support of
his bill and the senate wont into oxecu-
tire session and soon after adjourned.
HOUBK.
The house took up the Mississippi con
tested election case of Chalmers vs. Man
ning. The majority report declares that
prima fncio neither contestant is entitled
to the neat , and the minority that prima
facie Manning is entitled to the seat.
The matter was discussed nt some
length , nnd went over till to-morrow
without action.
Mr. llarmor ( rep. Pa. ) presented petitions
tions favoring pensioning Union solliors
who Buflered in Andorsonvillo , Libby ,
Belle Isle or other confederate prisons.
Referred/
Tlio speaker laid before the house
claims by contractors to the amount of
§ 278M5 ( for care of the double turreted
monitors , transmitted by the eocroiory of
the navy. Referred.
Adjourned.
Anti-Mormon
CHICAGO , February 13. An importanl
delegation of politicians are in the city ,
They nro : Hon. 13. A. AVall , president
of the territorial council ; lion. E. M.
Wilson , member of the lower houao/and
Mr. George A. Block , formorlp secre
tary of the torritary of Utah , but now
a resident of Idaho. Mr. Wall has just
como from Washington , whore ho has
boon in consultation with Judga Poland
of Vermont , Congressman Cassidy of Ne
vada , and others in rogaid to the Mormon
question. The result of the conference
was the introduction of a bill by Judge
Poland , providing that before rugiatra
tion in Utah , Idaho and other territories ,
the voter shall bo required to take an
oath thatho does not belong to the churcl :
of the "Later Day Saints" or any otho :
secret organization upholding polygamy
bigamy or unlawful cohabitation , This ,
it is thought , will destroy the political
supremacy of the Mormons by excluding
all Mormons , whether .poIygamisU or
monogamists , from voting. Mr. Wall
saya ho was assured by rhoso congress
men that the bill would bo prosed , and
that they believed it would pass.
Turf
NEW YOKK , February 13. The Na-
tionalTrotting association , now in session
hero , hus changed the rules so as to pro
vide that the original reports of meetings
instead of duplicates bo transmitted to
the national secretary. This is for the
purpose of providing against fraud. Also
that on proof of acceptance of a condi
tional entry tlio association receiving
such entry forfeit the amount paid to the
national association , and the informer to
receive half ,
Officers elected : President , Judge
James Grant , of Davenport , la. ; vice
president , S. K. Dow , Chicago ; western
district board , M. M < > M , E.irlville , 111. ;
U , 0. I3eako , Cedar Il pid , la. , and D.
I , Sail , Chicago , Tlio association ad ,
- journed to moot two yearn hence in Chi' '
, cago.
Nuln-uslcu Ktouk llrci'dom ,
LINCOLN , Febiuary ID , The Stati
Stock Breeders' ausociution mot to-day .
. One hundred wore in .attendance. _ Th <
opening addiess was by Preside ! lit
Walker. There was on interesting dis
- cusiion on breeds and diseases of cattle
Chancellor Manatt , of the state univers
ity , addressed the association to-night.
The session continues to-morrow.
OVKH IN IOWA.
Pomui'fl Crnxy 1'rohtliltory Tin
tntcR Clio .Htnto Semite.
DKS MOINIW , February 13. In the
house bills were introduced to vrovido
ihoana of reimbursing the state for cloth
ing furnished inmates of state institu
tions , for the relief Wilson Potts , to
make property of stockholders in national
banks liable for deposits , for bolter pro
tection of convicts and their families ,
making an appropriation for the Ft ,
Madison penitentiary and for the girls'
department of the Iowa reform school ,
and resolutions wcro introduced making
it the duty of county recorders to report
to the governor wiUijn thirty days the
amount of mortgages in their respective
countieb' , and providing for extra pay of
recorders for tlio nnmo , also relative to
the appointment of an agent for collec
tion of the amounts duo the state from
the United States as a refund of the
direct war tax , and alto as n refund of the
interest on money advanced by the state
during the civil war , also culling on the
secretary of state to furnish a statement
of the expense of the mihlh for 1831 ,
' 82 , ' 83 , also of the adjutant general testate
state what service had been rendered.
In the senate almost the entire after
noon was occupied in debate on Dorian's
bill to repeal the wine and btur exemp
tion clause nnd Eastman's substitute.
Donnn's bill is very brief and simply re
peals the above clause. The substitute
is long and exceedingly stringent and
prohibits the importation , sale or keep
ing for sale for a bovprajjo of any alco
holic , malt or intoxicating liquors in
cluding ale , porter wino and boor and
fixes tlio penalty for the first oll'onso
at not loss than $100 nor more than $200
andcostsand imprisonment until the same
ispaid. Duringnlloranypartof thotimo
of such imprisonment the offender shall
bo made to work on the street and high
way shackled , and for each day's work
shall bo credited on the fine- two dollars.
For the second and each subsequent offense -
fonso the penalty is $300 line and con
finement in the penitentiary at hard
labor not losa than One , nor moro than
thrco years. The importation of such
beverages shall bo presumed to bo for
sale as a beverage until other
wise proven. Any place known ns
a saloon or club room is declared
a nuisance , and the owners of such
building or occupant , or any persons
found assembling in such place , uhall bo
doomed guilty of violating the statute ,
and punished ao provided above. Al !
owners , ngenta , clerks , stewards and em
ployes shall each bo charged as principals
nnd indicted separately or together , bul
a separate judgment shall bo rendorei
against each ns though he was indictee
alone. The indictment may bo
found ogainst a building o :
ground , which may bo chargoi
with costs nnd a fine of § 300 , am ?
licenses heretofore granted shall bo can
coifed , and the prorata portion of the
license feus shall bo refunded for the un
expired time if the licensee atops sell
ing nnd quits the business. Any license
obtained or granted after presentation o
this bill to the general assembly to bo
considered fraudulent and void , nnc
money paid or contracted to bo naic
therefor bo forfeited. The mnnufaturo
for any purpose , of any adulterated liquor
is prohibited.
Elaborate arguments wore made by
Eastman nnd Hutton , favoring prohib
itory legislation , and by Bliss , opposing
it. The uobato will bo resumed to-nior
row.
OKNKKAlj FORI2ION NEWS.
raOI-A.NI ) MOVtS AT I < AHT.
LONDON , February 13. Lord Wolaoly
adjutant general of the British army , ha
telegraphed Lieutenant General Stephen
son , commanding the forrcu in Kgypt , t
collect a force for the relief of ToKar , i
possible , and if not , for the defense p
Rod Sei ports. General Graham wil
take supreme command of this force
with Colonel Buller in.command of the i
infantry and Colonel Stewart of the
cavalry. There is to ba a brigade of five
solid batallioiiH in line within a few days.
If necessary , the garrison nt Alexandria
can bo brought to Cairo , the former city
being loft under charge of the Hoot. The
Tontli hussaro , now in the Suez canal
homeward boundnro ordered to Suakim.
General Lord Wolsoly concluded by di
recting that the greatest publicity bo
given to the determination to relieve To-
Knr by British troops.
In the commons Gladstone said dis
patches from General Gordon state that
the reported maisacro of womou and
children was impossible. Events in thu
vicinity of Suakim had not endangered
the safety of the garrison * nt Khartoum
nnd Berbor.
THE HAD C'ONI'IUMATJO.V.
SUAKIM , February 13. Five soldiers
belonging to the Sinkat garrison and sev
eral women arrived to-day and fully confirm -
firm the reports of the massacre , adding
that the rebels offered to spare the lives
of all soldiers on condition that Towfik
Boy be handed over to thorn.
OAIHO , February 13. Dispatches from
Baker Pasha report that Suakim is quiet.
Official letter/ / ) have been sent to Tokar
ordering the garrison to hold out till the
troops arrive. Genoml Gordon , with
oovernl powerful chiefs , left Berber for
Khartoum.
TI1U TOXQU1N MAfiSAUHE.
PAIUH , February 13 , It ia assorted
that the court of lluo punished the man
darins who permitted the inasaacro of in
nocent Christians in the provinces of
Panghoa and Nghcn. L t Patiro saya
ever fifty Chriutians were massacred and
the mission House demolished. "Vicarite ,
of oaitorn Coohiu China , is endangered
and the Christians are Hying.
A ItUI'LYTO riBOlKIU.
LONDON , February 13 , Tlio Cobden
club will circulate 20,000 copiet of u
pamphlet , by Grillen , ' Progress of the
Working Classes , " which Gladstone pro
nounces the boat mmver to the doctrine :
proclaimed by Iloury George ,
DISSOLUTION J'llEI'IlTEU ,
LONDON , February 14 , Conservatin
mo'jtings were hold nil over the country
liifit nijlit [ , and at all the policy of tin
government was coudimiiu'd , and confi
durum exurtsti'd that parliament wouh
spuitrlily bo ( luaolved und the conserve
tivcs would triumph ut-tho next election
The commercial convention between Spiil .
- nml thu Uultocl , St\tcw will be gigucil in Mail
, rid shortly ,
BLOODY WORK.
&n & Extremely Brntal Murder and Rob
bery Near Chicago ,
An Invalid Wife's ' Fearful Strug
gle for Life ,
A Good Prospoot for the Bisbeo
Butchers to Hang , .
The Hot Springs Assassins Hold
for Trial ,
VnrlouH Hindu ntl WcRrces of Wick
edness Detailed.
.5 ANJ > OltlMINALS.
A lIUUTAt. MURDER NEAll CHICAGO.
CiiicAOo , February 13. J. L. Wilson ,
a resident of the village of Winnctta ,
near this city , and his invalid wife were
found dead in their cottage shortly be
fore noon to-day. The discovery was
made by n young woman who had been
in the lutbit of calling upon Mrs. Wilson
almost dnily nnd attending to her wants.
The body of Mr. Wilson was found on
the fust lloor , his head and body show
ing a number of cuts which had evidently
been administered with a sword belong
ing to the aon of the dead man and
which had been hanging up in the house.
Visiting thu room up stairs the invalid
wife waa found lying in bed dead , with
several cuts in her body , while the posi
tion of the remain * showed that weak as ,
she wus she had made frantic efforts to
irotect herself fromtho murdorousstabsof
ho nBSassin , her blood being spattered
on all the four walls of the room. The
motive of the murderer appears to have
jeon ono of robbery purely. The only
clue is the fact that Mr. Wilson stated
nst evening that ho had n gentleman
jttost whom ho was entortoming , but
who has since disappeared. Mr. Wilson
was a man of considerable wealth , and.
always kept a largo sum about his prem-
ses , doing his banking business with a ,
Inn in this city. The house shows evi
dences of having been rifled. Detectives
are endeavoring to discover the whorc-
abouta of Wilson's mysterious visitor , as
the crime is popularly credited to him
Reporters just in from Winnctta , the
scone of the double murder , bring no
additional facts , except that the old couple -
plo wore not stabbed. Mr. Willson was
shot and then apparently jumped on , as
nine ribs wcro broken. Ilia wife's head
was beaten in. A cane , pair of tongs and
an old > sword appear to have been used.
It is not known how much money , if
any , was secured , but the couple wore in
the habit of keeping considerable sums
secreted about the promises. No clue to
the murderers.
QUliil ! MAKER ! ) 1IACICEI ) .
LOUISVILLE , February 13. United
Stains officers to-day arrested Goorgoand
John Kinbord , Stephen Coppago , Dudley
"
Vooght , William Hey , Dolplius - Yoat.'v
Elias Webb , J. W. Saundoro , and Porto"
Allstock , on a charge of making and
counterfeit silver dollars and
Eossing
alvoa. Six more mon are said to belong
to the gang. Coppago is a respected citi
zen of Danville , Ky. It is reported that
their operationo extended from central
Kentucky to Vinconnos , Ind. , with their
headquarters in Boyle and Marion coun
ties , Ky. The arrested men are said to
belong to a gang which raided in south
ern Indiana in 1878.
T1IK 1IISUKB WUUUEHEIIS.
TOJIIISTONE , Arizona , February 13.
When the Bisboo murderers wore called
this morning , their attorney moved for a ,
now trial , This will cause a delay of a
year before the death penalty can bo car
ried out. The community will not stand
this , It claims that the defendants had
a fair trial , and proof of their guilt is
overwhelming. If tlio ] a.wdocs noj ; hanj *
thora the mob will.
NI\T : YoitK , February 13. Goorgff
Burnett and Juraes Comaiorfo.d have
boon arrested for swindling in sending
out orders under the name of Cornelius
Cpmslook it Co. , a commission firm of
high stnndii ) ; : . Commcrford liua served
a term in piiaon for forging a S-13,000
check. Burnett has also served terms
for swindling.
THE IICT dl'HINflH TRAOEDY.
IIoi1 S HUNCH , February 13. There ia
no change for the worse in the condition
of the victims of Saturday's tragedy.
Ilall is very low , with no chance' for re
covery. The others are doing well. The
governor has commanded the militia to
keep the pcacB. . The eases of the mur
ders were continued to-day. Everything
is quiet. The coroner's jury hold the
prisoners for the grand jury.
j A W'.IO.V Or TERHOlt.
SUANEIIS , Pa. ; February 13. The
minors , lyhu have been out on a strike at
Buena Vista and Stumors minus the past
two months , lately have adopted Molly
Maguire tao ics and serious trouble ia
appiohundcd. Families have become so
terror stricken that many contemplate
moving away.
Frozen to Death.
MiNNKAi-OLiH , February 13.A Tri
bune special says K. Il'sa , nged 40 years ,
wan frozen to death near Blount , Dakota ,
last night.
DYSPEPSIA
Boo not tct will of ItMlf | It require * careful , pc >
lUttnt attention and n rvrawlj- that \vW mslrt nature
to throw off tha causes nnd tone up tha dlgceUva
organs Ull they Krfonn Uiclr dutlca vvlUinfljr , Jtf .
lloiwortli , of Amhtnt , N. II. , utter trylns many
"jure cures" without btuctit , found tliat
Zfood's Sarsaparillct
Wt'Uia nail on tha heart an'l rcatorrf her to health.
AiiiOHL' the di'onlc * eiperlcinBd ty Ui d yjpepUe , am
illstrcu U-fore or alter eatli.e , louof npi tlte , Irreeo.
hrlty of tt.o Inwilf , wlail tr gaj auil l > alu la the
itaiiutb , heart-biuii , oar itoraacli , Ac. , caotinje
mental d ( prowlon , nen-oiu IrriUUllUy anil leeples -
licw. If you are clljcouragcJbaof gooaclicerauiltry
Utxxl'i Earanpai-UU. It Uas cttrwl liuntedi , U' 'UJ
- n.rs you | t you elv It a fair chance.
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. tjlly UQ'Ifieil ' lii'rfrcliU * . " f 1 Hi-lore lie kill
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