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vm-rr * OMAHA DAILY BEE. HIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. bATWDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 16 , 18& , NO. 205. uticura Positive Cure for Every form of Skin and Llood Diseases , from Pimples to Scrofula. 30U9AND3 or U7TTEUS IN OUH 1'OSSK- Ion repeat this story : I hMO been fttcr I gultorcr lor jc rMtn llltxxl and 81 < ln Itu < > ! h \obten obliged to shim public tilnccs by bn ot my iiungurlm ; liumon ; ho hail the best | lcl ns ; li&\onpcnt hundreds ot dollars mt ( rolno J-cllet until 1 used the Ciitloura llpsnhcnt , the lUlood 1'urlHcr , Internally , anil OutlcUra and turn Soap , the Great Skin Cures and Skin Itenu- { ) , externally , which lm\o cured me , anil Ictt my land blood R pure iw a child' * . ! Almost Incredible , hies F. nichtrdion , Ciutom Hnu c , New Orleans , nth , sajs : In 1870 Scrofuloni Ulcers broke out iy body until I was amiuw of comiptlon. Every * I ; known to the mcJIpal lacntty was tried Inalii. . time a more wreck. At times I cnuld not lilt my Is to my head , could not turn In bed ; van In con- it pain , and looked upon llfo as a curso. No relict rtrc In ten } ears , In 1830 I hcnld ot the Cutlcura Jcdlcs , used them anilta perfectly cured. Ivyoni to bctore IT. H. Com. J 1) . ClUWrOltn. 1 Still More So. Ill McDonald , 2542 Dearborn Street , Chicago , ji fully acknowledges a euro ot Kcznnn , or Salt inn , on head face neck , arms and logs tor tovon- 1 } ears- not able to inov c , except hand * and knees Ono ) bar ; not nblo to help iiiysc-ll fur clgln ) oars ; 4 hundreds ol remedies ; doctors pronounced his i ) hopeless , permanently cured by the Cutlcura " More Wonderful yet , i E. Carpenter , Henderson , N. Y. , cureil at Psor- lor Leprosy , ol twenty years' standing , by Cutl- < llcincillcs. Tlio moat wonderful euro on record. Astpan full ol scales fell from him dully. I'll j fi ts and his friends thought ho must ilto. Cure irn to before a Justice ol the peace and Mender- H > moat prominent citizens- _ I Oont Wait rlto to us for thcso testimonials In full or send ict to tlia parties. All are absolutely true and ; Jn ulthout our knowledge or solicitation. lent i. Now Is the tlmo to euro eicrr species ol Itch- I ; Ecaley , Pimply , Scrofulous , Inherited , Conta- jH.and Copper colored Diseases of the Blood,8Un , Scalp with Ix > ss of tlnlr Jld everj * where. Price : Cutlcura , GO cents. thcnt , 31. Soap , 25 cents. POTTER URDO AKD o. , Boaros , MASS. 1 ? A TTTV For I'o'iphi ' C'tiapued and Oily CJ/4.UJ. i Skin , Blfiikhowls , and Skin Blcui THE MERCHANTS .thorized . Capital , - 21,000,000 xl-up Capital , - - 100,000. rplus Fund , - - - 70,000. BANKING omen i W. Cor , Farnam ana 13th St. OFFICFRS : SK ItoKPHT , President. I BAH LE. Roams , V-Prea B. WOOD , Cashier. | LUTUIR DKAKX ; A. Cash , niREOTORS : tank Murphy , Samuel E. Rogers , Ban. B. Wood , rlea C. Housel , Alt. D. Jones , Luther Drake , fausact a General Banking Business. Allwht panyBiuklng business ta transact are Invited tc No ciatter how large or small the transaction , ill receive our careful attention , and wo promlsi Thy * courteous treatment , pjs particular attention to business for partlei twin ? outside the city. Exchange on all the prln cil cities ol the United States at \ cry lowest rates jccouuts ot Banks and Bonkers received on favor aitornis. puts Certificate of Deposit bearing 5 per ecu Icrest jyaand Bolls Foreign Exchange , County , CIt ; i Qovernmcnt securitl caited States Depository OJB1 OMAHA. Cor. 13th and Farnam Sts be Oldest Banking Establishmen v in Omnha , 8UCCE330n3 TO KOONTZE BROTHKB3. orcantsea la 1808. f t janlzed an a National Bank la PITATJ . S2OO.OO' ' flJIlVIjUS AND PROFITS 91BO.OO ! ornciu iWn/i KacxtzK , President. | vuusA. CH.BIOIUOS , Vice President 1 t DD < jraKouxTz , 2d Vice President. j A. J.PopruiTov. F. H. DAVIS , Caahlc ( W n. SBMUIBJI , ABelstant Cashier. i Tru acta a genra hanking buslncsn. Ittvues tin cwrtlDAten bcarln nterest. Dr&ws drafU en B > JPraucvon and principal cities In the United BUto Also f/xidon . Dublin , Edinburgh and the prlnclp l tb * ni ntloniit t > f Kurn H. 4 nKPRESKNTS ! tuonlz AKmrauca Co. , ol tiondon , Cash /i / ta | 5S04,50.i Vmit iceter , N. V. , Gipltal ,000,000. ' * Merchants , oNewark , N , J. , Capital 1,276,000. Orard Fire , 1'l.Uadelphla , Capita ) . . . . 1,200,000. JJreraeu'fl l"un'l. CipiUl 1.ISJ.J16. OFFICri Room ID , Omaua Nutiuil * Batr Ilui It. T'UnnoneNn. 87B 1 E. VOLKMEYER , /THE / PIONEER MEAT DEALE | OF OMAHA. * Ills many friends are invited to cull at hi * n < w , tt uurkct , 013 Cumliig St. . uhore t ho v will fin ol > ore , all Ue choice cuts In Btcf , Mutton ai urn , at low tpt ruarvnt urlc < " . % ! , - DRSXEL & MAUI bUCCKHSOHSTO JOIINO. JACOBS ) UNDERTAKERS , at the old stand 1417 Farnam gtroi t Ordo bv t ' < rii.li io.lcltnu TI prooiptly att-iulnd to , TUB MILD POWEB CUBES.- UMPHREYS OMEOPATHIC - SPECIFICS In u W years. Caeh number the ipeclal pr icrJpllon of an eminent pujslclnn. Iho un blitiplr. Hafennd bliro iledicluK fur the Ji'oi CDIIEI. vmc . IVrer * . coogestion.lnflttmotlonf. . S - , Wurin * . Worm > omr. Worm voile. . . . ' . : l. frying Colic , or lec'thlnxnf Infunu . ' . ' I. Diarrhea of c'hllilreu or Adulu . A. DfHKiitarv , Orlplntf. ] lilllou < ; olk' , . . . 4'liulnra Mnrbi . voinltlng . , 7. ruuKlx. Cold , Dronehltls . H. nrurnliiln , Toothncbe. Incewlui . " lloncliiolici , Sick Jleadnclien.trlUo -0 , flv'puviia.'lllfiloui'Vtoiiiacli t 11 , hiiiiiirenpj or Painful IVrludt , , . , , ' ' 1'rrlodi , . . . . . I'JVfiliLi , tooI'rnfuie , 11 , Criinii. Cough , IJIfllciilt Ilrualhlnir , . , , M , Hull Illiriim , > ryslpelai , Iruptluiif , IS , IllieumalU'ii. Ufieuinutlol'uliu. . . , ! ' . ' " er niid Asu . Clilll. Fetcr , Ague * 17 I'llei. llUnJorlileedlnit ill , Onlnrrli. uoutoorchroulci Influt-nza 3I . wliooiilnc Cnncli. % lolrntcn > iKhi St qrtnernl lU-Mlllv , 1'liyilcul Wealtiie- VI , Itlduey lll > cn * UH , errull Delilllty. 1. : i ( ) . Urinary \\Vnkncli. \ \ > ltlnglhe bed . a * . l > I un ooflho Heart , l'uh > liatlou. 1. Hold by UrugglHu. or Rcut by ( bo C e , Or n ula Mai , fre of charge , on ncelia of prl ajncl far Ur.llurnplirMVi'Iluiikon liUt-n.ti > \ ( UI ii ge l , nlio Illiiiiratrd l.'utaluiuu 1'IIK AudroKi , Iliiinntiruvr. lloiiivniiallilc All > . , 109 Pulion Ulrect. ( Sew Vork , AMID THE WATERS , Details of the Flood Disasters and Ibe Relief Wort- - Lives Lost by Collapse of Buildings in Cincinnati , The Swollen Rivers Continue to Recede Slowly , Urgent Need for Abundant and Speedy Aid , Great SafTcrlnK from Cold AVciithcr Among tbo Homeless. THE UKCEDItsG F HU1.IKK AND IHSTKKSS. CINCINNATI , February 15. The steam er Granite State , chartered by the relief committee of the chamber of commerce , is now receiving a cargo of provisions and bud clothing for the relief of suller- ors at poinU aboro the city. The Ohio a Into commissioner liaa turned over § 15- 000 , to bo expended through the agency of the relief committee and assistant commissary. General Beckwith , U. S. A. , will Eond on this steamer the amount of $10,000 , to bo in. charge of nn ofticor detailed - tailed for that purpose. The stsamor will bo under the charge of Hon. J. L. Keck , representing the relief committee of the chamber of commerce. Major John B. Yono , member of the Ohio state relief commission , was given a loco- mwtivo on the Cincinnati , Washington & Baltimore road to fjo to Galliopolia.Oliio , whore ho will organize relief parties to go up and down the Ohio , and then will go to Ironton and do the same there , probably joining the Granite State at Portsmouth. Before leaving to-day ho brought from Columbus and sent to the river front in the vicinity of Now Richmond mend a car load of blankets. Ho author ized P. J. Nichols , of Batavia , to expend $1,500 along the river in the vicinity of Now Richmond. Judge Loudon , of Georgetown , will distribute S500 along the river in his locality for immediate re lief. lief.At 3:40 : this morning , an alarm of fire was sounded for the box at Ludlow and Pearl streets , where the water surround ed the houses , and when the onginoa reached the place it was discovered that the rear part of two brick buildings on the south side of Pearl near Ludlow , had fallen and ten persons buried in the ruins or drowned. The occupants from the other portion had given the alarm and before the real cause could bo ascertained a tire alarm sound od. The firemen in conjunction which the police used superhuman efforts to rescue the living and dead. Tin buildings wcro occupied us a boardinj. houses and had twenty to thirty occu panta. The living were soon broughi out. Four members of a family nampc Burk , Mr. and Mrs. Coulter , Maud "Ellis Lydia Ellis , Willis Kyle and anothoi name not known are supposed to bt crushed or drowned. Mrs. Webb , or occupant of a room in the part that fol was awakened by the cracking of the walls and tried to awaken others , bul fell with the ruins and yet escaped with' out injury. The buildings were occupied as t boarding houses by Robt. Kyle and Goo Oyester. There were about 35 people ii the buildings at the time. The follow ing are known to have been killed , oithe by falling timber or drowning : Jno. W Kyle , son of the proprietor ; Mary E. Col tcr , Maud Ellis , Jos. Ogden , Bnrne1 Winklcr , Mrs. Winkler , Thomas Burk Mrs. Lena Burk and two children , Wil liain and Louis Burk , making ton live so far known to have boon lost. The rescued women wore conveyed ii the patrol wagon to the fire engine lions in the vicinity wcro they wcro made comfortable fortablo by the iiremon. Mrs. Kyle whoso son was lost in the ruins , is incon salable. She imagined her boy wa < i aliv and struggling for his freedom , then all gave him up for lost and her agony wa heartrending. Mrs. Webb , who occu pied a room in the part that fell , say she could not sleep for the cracking a the walls. Siio thought at first it wa paper allectod by the water but after. ward supposed it was something worse "I ot up at last , " she said ; "wakono Mary Culler , and told her wo mu.st gc out , something was going to happen I wont to the door of the next room where Maud Ellis wus sleeping , and trio to nwakon her. Then I called to Mar Colter again to hurry. She was eittin in bod. I was near the door , and 1 fa the house going. I could have steppe through the door to the front part , but turned to get Mary. I couldn't eeo an felt all around for her then. Wo all wet down together. 1 do not kno how I escaped , but I crawlc out and screamed. " This was told bi R twoen sobs as the poor woman bomounc her room-mate , Mary Colter , and tli girl Maud Ellis. The occupants of tl house say they called the attention < the owner last summer to the weakne of the rear wall , but itwas not ropairei All of them think that the woodc lintel over the rear collar dnor broke t the effects of the water and so let the re ; wall down. The body of Thomas Burl was rescued , shortly before noon , ! was crushed fearfully. The accident h spread terror among the occupants similar old buildings in the Hooded di trict. Many who can do BO are gottii out to safer quarters , By comparison of names the report w current thattwoadditionalbodieslmdbci found , making the total number of vi tires 12. It was afterwards learned thIS two people , hitherto called Winkler the reports , were Mr. and Mrs. Woonkc Thin leaves the total number of victir so far as known ton. The body of Mai IS Kllia was also recovered. The body another woman was found fast undoi is partition wall , but owing to the danger ! 5 other walls falling further search w tii | abandoned till thowater * falls. 25 ! 5 The chamber of commerce hauappoir od a committee to take such stops as in 50U be necesRary to inaugurate a movctnc to to fill up the lower part of the city to 10 height above the present flood. T LUtle Miami road engineers have bet III ! ill t iking witer levels on telegraph jm ! 110 In' with a view to raising that road ubu cc. the high water mark. The Cincinnati Commercial1 ! ! steam which returned from up liver to-nig reports no bottom lands in sight from Cincinnati to Mnrysvillo , the river act ually extending from hill to hill. This moans vast losses to farmers. Manches ter is wholly ruined , Aberdeen badly wrecked , its habitants destitute , and numerous villages with hundreds in want of food and clothing. uNKETOWN , 111. , February 10. Up to noon the river had risen 0 inches dur ing the past twelve hours. The tolpgraph ofllco was invade * ? and communication cut oil' for several hours. The instrument * were removed to the second story of n neighboring building , and no similar trouble is anticipated , unless the poles wash away. Ono house was cariicd from its foundations this morning , and floated off , Several foundations havn given way , find houses are loaning and likely to fall at any moment. Should the wind rise , great damage of this character - actor will follow. There is increasing distress in the hills back of town , where many citizens are encamped. The colony is well provisioned , but fuel is scarce. Several cases of serious sickness are re ported. All business is entirely sus pended and must remain so for several days. About the only boats running are the Evansvillp and Cairo packets. A trip from Evansvilo here shows a vast sea. Henderson and Mt. Vcrnon are out of danger , both high and dry. The situation at Irontown. grows more serious hourly. Many of the inhabitants have deserted their houses and guno to places of safety , while others remaining are living in second end stories. The fuel problem is pre senting itself as an embarrassing inci dent. Many neglected to provide them selves , and the cold weather of the last two days has resulted in much Buffering. The river is steadily rising half an inch an hour. At least two more feet of wa ter are expected. Aid is badly needed , and the same is true of Casoyville , Weston - ton , Covo-m-llock and two or three points below horo. The situation at Shawnootown is quilo as bad as has boon represented. The entire - tire town is submerged to an average depth of 8 foot. The river is steadily rising , but still lacks three foot of the highest point touched last year. The current trom hero down is very strong , while from Paducah to Cairo it is like a mill race , so strong indeed that only the largest steamboats can stem it. Not withstanding the vast volume coming it is believed the water is running out so fast that the rate of rise hero is not likely to increase. Shawneotown has a population of 2,000 , not over a quarter of whom , it is estimated , remain. This is the third flood in as many years , and the people have had such terrible experi ence that all who could got away loft whenever the flow became inevitable. Many have gene to Evansville , Hender son and Mt. Vernon , but the majority to Bowlcsvillo , throe and a half miles dis tant. At Bowlesvillo the coal mines shut down some time ago , and the homes formally occupied by the minors are now used by flood fugitives. In the same neighborhood many are living in tents furnished by the { governor of Illinois. Among these latter there is much suffer ing on account of cold weather. Several cases of extreme diutross are reported , but as jot no deaths. LOUISVILLE , February 15. T io river reached 4G foot and C inches , and isnow at a stand , and the flood has reached its greatest height. Local nowfl of the situ ation is mainly regarding relief measures. Of the 830,000 appropriated by the United - itod States for the relief of sutl'orers § 15- 000 was put into the hands of General Rufus Sax ton , of the Jefferson government depot , for distribution , and this morning the steamer Mattie Hays was ' chartered by the government , and in'charge of Majru Burke started donn the the river laden with § 2,500 worth of supplies. The provisions consist of meat , bread , potatoes , hominy , onions , otc. Much more damage has resulted this year than last People are busy moving entirely out of houses on Third and Fourth streets since the water has en tered the second and third stories in some places. Many houses are in dan ger of toppling over , as the water is un dermining the foundations. Ono point of the worst danger is from the sudden fall which will sweep everything into the river. There is hardly sailing room , in 01 the district from the mass of lumber and sheds that have been torn asunder and sent adrift. Along Washington strool from Floyd to Jackson the water ii within a few feet of the pavement am many houses are flooded on the firs' ' floor. The position at Now Albany is un changed , the cold has caused much suf faring among the poor and much sick nets will be the result. Now Alban ; has taken care of nl I'll or own suUbrors It is impossible to estimate the extent o the damage until the water is confinei in itri bank. Jeflbroouville presented a strange sigh by moonlight , with the mad waters o the Ohio rushing with wonderful fore through the streets , almost equal in ve locity to the current in the middle of th river , and the waves lashing the house * many of which were toppling over. Th scone is beyond description. Very of to the cries of people calling for boats coul bo hoard. There is a fooling of despai among nil citizens , About ! ) ! > ono hur dredths of the city is under water. In Indianapolis the response to appoa' for river sufferers continues most gonoi ous. The board of trade committee ri ceived up to to day more than § 13,000 i cash and largo quantities of clothini medicines , etc. WASHINGTON , February 15. Secrotai Lincoln wasbefore _ the house committi on appropriation ! ) this morning win that committee was preparing the joii resolution subsequently passed by bol houses , making an additional approtri tioii of 8200,000 for the relief of nulluro by the flood. Secretary Lincoln said 1 thought the appropriation asked for t day , making the total § 500,000 , would 1 sufficient for several days. Telegrams from Clara Barton indica that all Red Gross uocietiea are active at work in bahalf of the flood sufferer Chicago has sent $1,000 , and socioti south § 7,000 , Until further notice co tributions should bo tout to the Nation , Ind , , February 15. At it- ocloclc , to-night the river roao thr itay inches , and ia utill rising slowly. T ay people are hopeful.NOTKd. NOTKd. ho Sliawneotown , 111. , at 7 o'clock h on night was from 10 to ISO feet under w.iti Thu peoplu are in touts on hills surrout : ing the town , und much Buffering is i ported , Cf The mayor of New York has roceiv ht , Stf.OOO for the destitute by the floods. BULLETS AND BALLOTS , Another Chanter of the Bloody Work Done at Daiyillc , The Whites Claim that They Feared a Massacre , And Only Protected Their Wives and Children , The Blacks that They Poarod Bullets for Ballots , ConllictltiK Stotlcs of mid Its Cftnsou. TIII3 DANVIIiIjE 1CIOT. OONTINUKD CIIA1TKK II. WASHINGTON , February IB. The in vestigation into the Danville election riots , was resumed this morning. Ed ward M. Hatcher , ( white ) denied that ho assaulted Jack Itudd on the dt y of the liot. lie saw marks of bullotn on the buildings in the rear of the white people which miiHt have boon tired by nogroos. J. 0. lloagan , ( white ) testified that ho saw a crowd of angry negroes and wont to the hardward store asked for a box of chopping axes. Ho told the clerk thcro was going to bo a knock down tight. The clerk refused to give thorn. Witness hunted for them but could not find any and returned o tno scone of the riot ; was armed with a pistol. Senator Sherman Did you lira mi that occoaon ? Witness I don't ' care to answer that question. Senator Vance You are not required to answer that question unless you choose. Senator Shormnn I put the question to you , did you fire on that occasion ? Witness I decline to answer that question. Witness refused to say how many times ho shot into that crowd that day. Ho thoupht it necessary for the white people to fire. 11. W. Glass , colored , waa called and said ho didn't fool safe in tolling what ho know about the riot. Senator Lapham Why not ? Witness 1 live in Danville and have got to back thcro. Witness had hoard it said that any negro who testified Senator Vance Oh , wo don't want that , Mr , Chairman. Senator Lapham 1 have a right to know the grounds of his fear. Witness being reassured , told his story. Ho hoard a pistol lirod , rushed to the scene , and found some 70 colored men and 25 white men , The white men and were telling the negroes to save. The negroes replied , "Wo are not doing anything. Why should wo leave ? " Ho hoard Hatch say : "This ia a white man's town , and I'm damned if wo don't rule. You are all going to got killnd if you don't leave. " Then the white mon drew pistols. Witness named Hatch , Lee , Covington and others , whom ho said had pistols. Lee gave orders to fire , and they did lire. Then the colored mon began t-i leave. The whites caulo out of the opera house. 'How many ? " It looked like three or four hun dred. They ( the whites ) went into the hard ware store , and got pistols. Ho saw pis tols , 25 or 30 of them , and a bag of car tridges in n real estate oflico , where ho took refuge , and the white people came in and supplied themselves. When all the negroes had loft , witness hoard the whites going about the streets shouting , "Hurrah for the domocratsl" [ Laugh ter. ! Ho heard some whites say , "kill every damned nigger wo can see ; " hoard Henry Barksdalo make a speech , in which ho said , "tve intend to carry this election by fair means or foul1 ; heard him say it waa to bo carrird by "do point ob do gun. " At the time of the riot ; ho saw white men riding up with guns ; saw white mon run ning homo after their guns ; saw no col ored mon armed. George A. Leo , white , saw sovcral pis- tola in the hands of colored people ; believed - liovod the first volley was fired into the crowd of negroes , but after the latter began - gan to run many shots wcro fired in the air. Some eight or ten pistols among the negroes were pointed at Taylor and himself , the negroes domandingihat thej came out and show their facoa , "If tht whites had not used their pistols we would have boon shot into smithereens , and not on'y ' that , but our wives and sis ters would hare boon murdered in theii houses. Yes sir , murdered in our houses I know this by the threats umdo two o : three days before by their _ loader. " Senator Sherman Did you hear tha threat ? Witness I did not hoar it. Witness could not imagine how an ex cited crowd of people could have ahowi on much mercy as they ( the whites ) did The general remark wus that it was th leaders who ought to have boon killed and not these poor negroes , The diruc cause of the excitement was Siinmi speech. The original cause was the cole blooded murder of "ono of our best cit zons" by our "roadjuster , brindlo-tailo mayor. " Witness spent the bottnr pat of the day in the real estate olllco , whet Witness Glass had scon arms and oat ridges , and saw no arms nor cartridge : It was positively not true that mon woi in there and armed themselves. Witnci feared for the safety of the wives of tl whites becuuso of throats ho had hoai tliat on election day , while the white me were fighting the negrooa at the polio , tl nogrooa would bo murdering the wonu in their home * . to Senator Sherman Did you not kuc that during the wur the white men k ) their wives , mothers and daughters und ° * the protection of colored mon/ / "j Witness That wag before a class mischievous men came there to loud t' _ negroes astray. oo A. Jury linl ( Passed upon his condt i)0 ) November 3 , and complimented hi Thorp vrero apprehensions of soci burnings. It was the general opinion whites in the nouth that the imgrc when not misled were inoffensive. Tlu 3f > waa no animosity. The change in t id-1 conduct of the ncgroosvras uttrlbuta' to bad advices. Coalition rule was 1 worst rule any people were over cun ca I with. A colored man was not safe being a democrat. Colored dcirutcr wore ostracised , their wives threatened to Jcnvo them. The women had a ledge among themselves for the purpose _ ol keeping the mon atraicht. The white loadnrs of the party inculcated that senti ment. The M\mo ostracism did not oper ate among whites when they turned re publicans. Charles D. Noel , while , whoso quarrel with the negro Lnwson preceded the gen eral riot , was called as a witness by the chair and described the ditficnlty. His story did not vary from that frequently published. Chnrlos 0 , Froonmn , n white police- manjof Danville , was called. Ho wa a democrat. Ho described the effect to disperse the crowd of colored mon. They replied that they had boon mis treated and were going to have their right before they loft. Witno s remarked - marked : "Well , you all just remain horo'a ' few minutes , and to all apjwar- ancoi you'll got 'em. " Witness SAW lifteo'n or twenty negroes with pistols. Mathew P. Jordan , ( white ) , was called and in reply to Senator Sherman , de scribed the riot. Witness was armed but declined to say whether ho fired. Ho declined for satisfactory reasons. Wit- nos bought his pistol two or three days before the riot. Ho purchased it for tno protection of himself and family. The nogrocs were turbulent and insolent. Lemon Colonmn , a colored clergyman of Danville , had lived in Danville about TiO years ; hoard some ono cry murder and Wont toward the scene of the riot , but did not roach it ; was mot by the re treating crowd of blacks aud sought safety from the flying bullets iu a stre. \Vlulp in there ho saw n white man rauo his pistol and fire and another man fell. Ho remarked to the storekeeper "Dar ! ft white man has shot another white man. " John Stone , colored , said the colored people generally did not vote on election day. Ho asked a great many to vote but they refused , saying they were not ; oing to bo slaughtered. In reply to Senator Vance witness said ho was not interfered with on election day. Ono man had said something to him which ho didn't'consider pleasant. Senator Sher man askpd what it was. Witness said a plankfrailing separated the white from the colored voters as they wont to the bal lot box and a white man's dog ran under the railing whereupon the white man re marked to his dog : "Come back on this side , you are not a nicgor. Don't stay over there with the niggers. " Adjourned to Monday. FOUTY-EIGHTK CuNGKESS. HKNATK. * WASHINGTON , February 15. Mr. Pen- dloton ( dom. , 0. ) sent to the clork's desk and had read n , dispatch from Richard Smith , of Cincinnati , to Representative Jordan , saying the secretary of war had doiio grandly in the matter of relief of sufferers by the Ohio floods , that the rod tape , whoso interference had boon feared , had been all cut up and thrown away , and that cold weather , though bettor than rain , had increased the distress , tVat neither pen nor imagination could sufficiently describe the suileiing , that congress should appropriate an additianal million , it would have to coma and the more promptly the batter. Mr , Jondleton said tlmro was no politics * tics in the matter. Everybody was working for it as the common cause of humanity. Mr. Yoorhoes ( dom. , Ind. ) said ho had similar telegrams , eomo of which ho read. Ho si.id his people had not on the occasion of last year's flood naked aid of congress as _ the Indiana legislature was then in session , but would do so now as the legislature could not bo convened in time to take such immediate action as would meet the urgent necessities of the occasion. The telegrams road by Mr. Pondloton and Mr. Voorhoos were referred to the committee on appropriations. Mr. Allison ( rep. , la. ) from that com- niittoa reported favorably the joint resol ution and it was immediately read three times and passed. At 1 o'clock a message was received from the house of representatives an nouncing that that body had passed r joint resolution making n further appro , priationof 9200,000 for relief of destitute tuto persons in districts overflowed by the Ohio river and tributaries. Shortly afterwards n message was re ceived from the house announcing the fixing of the speaker's signature to tht measure , whereupon the president of the senate instantly affixed his own. Mr. Yoorhoea ( dcm , Ind. ) presented c petition from 1,100 eottlers of Washing ton territory praying for protection in titles to thuir lands in controversy be tween them and the Northern Pacific railroad company. The snnatp then resumed considera tion of tha bill to provide for the issui of circulating notes to national banki and Mr. Plumb ( rep. Kas. ) addressee the senate at spmo length. _ Ho wan tec to BOO the national debt disapr/eir bo CAUSO its disappearance would bo a prao tical resolvent of many disturbing ques tions. Wo could not consider the taril question to-day as it ought to bo considered siderod without being mot by the neccs sity of providing a largo sum o money iu some way for the payment mont of the interest and principi of the public debt. The national ban sys em was wise at the time of inqoptioi and ho hoped the national banks woul continue , but if they were to continue i must bo absolutely without reference t any function of providing currency ft the country. That function had tint boo attended with any great profit to tl ; banks , and it was not the moat uscfi function which banks could oxerci : which was wanted. In Mr. Plumb's o ] inion there was something to take tl place of bank circulations , and as it wi withdrawn from time to time wo coul provide that for every dollar of circul tion which should bo surrendered i equal amount of treasury notes should I used , and then maintain the currency the present standard. ft Mr. Plumb then offered an nmondmo er providing that when the circulation any national bank sliall bo surrender of the secretary of the treasury shall iss he an equivalent amount of treasury not . of the denominations now provided lot law for national bank notes , such trci in. ury notes to bo deposited in the troasu ; ret and paid out as other moneys kc of for the discharge of obligatic > CB of the government , including dut jro on imports. They shall , ho a legal tontloi between iinUm bin banks and for nil debts duo nuy natioi the bank , shall bo redeemable m coin ! ed legal tender notes of the tnitedSta jn now are , nnd when redeemed into i ats treasury shall bo reissued , uud wl j mutilated or worn shall bo replaced ag now provided by law for legal tender uotos , the coin in the treasury , on the pk'SSiiKo of the net , for redemption of legal tender notes to bo also applicable fer vodonjptiin of these trcmury notoa , and'such ' coin reserro mny from time to time bo increased in the discretion of the secretary of the treasury , but the total amount of suth coin slmll novcr bo loss thvi 25 jxsr cent nor more than 30 per conV of the total amount of legal tender - dor and tvoasury 110(09 ( outstanding , Mr. Jciios ( dcim Fla. ) characterized Mr. Plumb's proposition no ono revolu tionizing our whole system of fiiiMiccs. A vote was then taken on the amend ment heretofore submitted by Mr. Sher man , providing thai if nny bonds de posited bore hitorost higher tlian iT per cent , additional notes bo issued equal to ono-half the interest in excess of 3 per cent accruing baforo maturity , and it was rejected by 7 yens to tfrnays. The chair laid before the senate a com munication from the attorney-general explaining the delay in responding to the call for his opinion made by the postmaster-general regarding the adjust ment of postmasters' salerien. The mat ter was received at his otlico , . ho Bays , in August last , while on hisvacation. . When ho returned ho gave it close in spection and as it was n matter involving n largo amount of money and' ' a compli cated nml intricate question and'ho was anxious to give it careful and deliberate consideration , his opinion when drawn up ho had laid asiuo awhile to give it more mature consideration. It was filially completed in n few wooka and aoiit to the postmaster-general on the 14th inst. After an executive session the Donate adjourned until Monday. nou.sn. Mr. Holman ( dom. , Ind. ) from the committee on appropriations reported a joint resolution making n further appro priation of 9'00pOO for the relief of suf- forora by the Ohio Hood , Mr. Browne ( rop. , Indread n telegram - gram from llichmoiid , Ind. , asking en immediate appropriation for relief of the destitute and homeless people along tlu Ohio. The joint resolution passed. The Chalmers-Manning election caoo was then taken up. At 3:30 : the previous question was ordered , Then Mr. Curtin took the iloor for the purpose of withdrawing his resolution for recommittal , and wound up his recital of the reasons which led to this action , with the vrords : "With General Manning's full consent and ap probation I bring him to the speaker's desk and ask that the oath bo adminis tered to him on the certificate of the gov ernor of Mississippi. " Suiting the ac tion to his words ho took Mr. Manning by the arm , and together thuy stood at the bar of the house , where Mr. Curtin presented him and demanded tliat ho bo sworn as a representative under the cnr- tificato of the governor of a loyal and great state. Immediately the house woke upand Mr. Calkins ( rop. Ind. ) waa ready with n point of order that the house had re ferred the case to a committee , that the committee had reported to the house and the report was now under consideration , The speaker said ho did not think it necessary to decide the question of order , because the question whether or not Mr. Manning was entitled to take th:1 oath of oflico was the very question which the house was now considering and on which the house was about to take a voto. The chair would not undertake tc administer the oath of oflice to a person claiming to be a member-elect when the house itself waa considering his right tc a seat. Messrs. Manning and Curtin thnro- upon retired to their seats amid grpa laughter on the republican side , whicl was increased by the remark of Mr. Bel ford : "Ilingdown the Curtain , thopla ; is over. " The question recurred on the B"bsti tution of the minority resolutions fo those of the majority , and a division o the resolutions being demanded , a vet was taken on the first ono , declaring tha Manning holds perfect credentials. Thi was rejected yeas 100 , najs MO. Th announcement was received with aj plauso on the republican side. The second resolution , declaring Man ning entitled to the neat , was lost yon 02 , nays 1C7. The majoiity resolutions were _ the adopted 130 to 00 , These discharg the committee on elections from the pri uia facie case , and leave thoaoat _ vacate until the case ia decided on its merits. Adjourned until Monday. IJA.TEST Till ! KOYITIAN KLKl'JIANT. Loxno&.I.Fobruary 15. The Post's di ( patch from Berlin says : Germany ht throe times insisted that Kugland shoul proclaim a protectorate over Egypt , bi England appears to bo afraid of irrita ing Franco. Nubar Paslu , Ejryntlan prime minii tor , received the following telegram froi Gou. Gordon : "I am sending down tli river many women and children froi Konosko. Send some kind hourtc European to meet thorn. " England hi ref used Gen. Sir Evelyn Woods proposi to sanction co-pporation with the 1-gy ] tian army in the relief of Toki for the reason that this army wi raised for the defence of Egypt ou aide of London. England approy however the dispatch of the Egyptit battalion furnished with English office to Assouan if this proves necessary. Tl expedition for the relief of Tokar h started for Suez. The last transpo > leaves Suosf Monday , carrying Genci 10 Gr.iham , supreme commander of the o 18 pudition. KTAlllllNU KIsOLAM ) IN TUB 1IAOK. Ida The German Press says : "Tho subm ain aion of the tribes of Murv to Russia bu wor'so for England than the disasters at Soudan. It comments upon the romai able success of the Ruuaian poll nt in Central Asia , which of always directed against Engliu ofd If the Russians should stand again befi iiu the walls ot Constantinople , flip Engl would bo disabled from commandin .08 by halt us in 1878. Russia will bocomp j immediate ) neighbors of India and will is- isry allo at auy moment to create disturbai ry in northern India. Now only A'ghai ipt 1 ton ia between Russia and Ine ioa i15 The frontier tribes are alwaya ready 1)0 invmlo the rich India provinces if tl ) rear is well covered , and that the It nul mans can now guarantee , " lib tcs Ku\V YOUK , February 15. Busin . fho. failures last week 208 against i78 ! for ion previous year , BATTLE OF THE ROADS. The ffanil of VanterWlt Clutches the C , , B , I , & P , Another Decision in the Famous ftrodit Mobilior. Virtually Against Oakes Ainos the TT , P , Trying to Eewganizo tiio 01dI0mt Association , Burns , of Council BlufTY ) , . the Nov' XrnnTtB Boss. UAJLllQAD 3XATTEKOV A n-.EDIT MOI1IUUK DEc'IHICtf. M , February 15 ; An opinion wasr- filed in the United States circuit court to-day by Judges Lonull and ITolson which U practically ia favor o5 the Credit Mobilior as against Oakes Ames and the- Union Pacific conirmct. The cases were those of Uowland , commissioner , Vs. Thomas 0. Durant and' others , same vs > samp. Dofpndant filo&domurors but the decision involves all points at issue , some & 10,000,000 being imolvcd. Thcso- suits prow out of the same transaction. Plaintiirin ttio first case is commissioner under the supreme court ot'Rhodo Is land. The allngotions in the bill of De cember T , 1882 , are in substance that Trustees Thomas and Durant and company and others to- whom was assigned the contract between Oakoa Amos and the Union Pacific rail road failed to account for many-milliona of dollars duo under the trust to stockholders - . holders of the Credit Mobilior of * Ameri ca , and that the trustees have- been guilty of willful negligence and miscon duct in the management of their trusts. The opinion says : Taking the narrative bill to bo true , as wo are bound to do by the demurrers , the trustees * acting jointly _ have received many millions of aollaro in money and securities , property of stockholders , which they still retain and refuse to account for under the trust agreement and they have also been jointly guilty of gross negligence and misconduct in the management of' the trust from which the stockholders havu nuliored loss A HEPOliT DKNIKI ) . CniCAooFobruary 10. The statement thar the Rock Island rend had secured a controlling interest in the Burlington , Cedar Rapids it Northern road , and that' a mooting of directors of the latter road would bo hold in Now York next wcelc-is , denied by J. 0. Peosley , second vioo president of the Burlington & Quinoy , und a director of the Burlington , Cedar Rapids & Northern , and ho cays there will bo no meeting of directors until the regular mooting. A NBW JOIOT AUENT. Somi-ollicially it is announced that W. II. Burns , local ngont of the Union Pa cific : at Council Bluffs , has boon appointed general joint agent at that point of all the lines in the Western Trunk Line associa ' tion. Local agents of other lines , mom- bora of the Western Trunk Line associa tion , are instructed to report to Burns as their superior officer. VANDKHIIII.T AVTHU THE HOOK ISLA31) . . NKW YORK , February 15. The Post says : There seems no doubt that Ynndcr- bilt has boon making decided progress in acquiring control of the Rock Island , , and the demand mada in his interest for a view of the stock register of the company - pany it is presumed was nmdo with a- purpose of procuring proxies for the next election at which ho proposes to < make a fight for thu actual management , of the Rock Island. TU1INO TO IIUOHUANIZE. CIIIOACIO , February 15 Three of tho- HM composing llio northwestern traffic , nsaiiuiatinu and central Iowa traffic asso ciation , have requested _ commissioner Carman to call a meeting at an early day with a view to the settlement of differences and .1 reorganisation. _ The general feeling of the petitioning linesis in favor of a reorganization of the asso ciation on the basis of a money pool. A 110ND ISSUK. YoitK , February 15.- The Chicago cage & North western railway has decided to issue Sl ( < 500,000 of Uttumwn , Cedar Falh & St. Paul 5 per cent mortctag < v bonds. The Northwestern IM. in- building a road into the low ua | neld-it will guarantee thu principal nul intores of the bonds. It is stated that the bonds have boon taken. TUB. KW MlhSOUllI KIVKJt LINK. MITCIIKLL , Dak. , February 10. Un-ji- ueor Valentino , of the Chicago , Mil iO waukee it St. Paul road has completed , iOm the survey and location of the Miisourl id river line from Scotland to the southeast is corner of Brulo county. Valentino will nlP next. Monday begin the eurvey from. P- Mitchell to Scotland. Pir irui THUOUail HLKKl-KUS. ui uit FIIANOIECO , February 15. A con 08 tract has been eiuned botweeu the Central Union Pacific Chicago ifc in tral Pacific , , ru Northwestern and Pullman company for lie running through sleopera and parlor aa cars from San Francisco to Chicago fronx rtal April 1st. al 'PURIFY m BLOOD. ! mftmlom ruulU ot Hood'i SaruparUl& Till alllramon'aiullow condition * of thoUood iu It the tot 11LO01) MEDICINE. 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