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. Such l l ,
* . been the mcccs ot thU article at homo
tli t uearlf every famll ' Uolw
toy
ntljjnbotljoodii Uayo Lcen UUnif U It
IB ttio lame tlmu. U rcw . TlWUss
id. tun ! enrieliv * ttio Uowl ,
Jl'O la.blllouHieu , nmjoll UmnetmeuU or
ish tlw iloraatli caused ly , lupuro UooJ or
isha a dcUUUted conOl- tlon ot UID ncnroiu
a rjttun occasioned 7 cictwUo wenUl
the or phyilcal cam /labor or ilbilroillou. It ,
bo craJloatMSorot , ula an4 all foul burner * .
ml rotorci/fA , anil renovates tha whol
100 TtUra. A / rsy , peculiar point In Hood' *
iis- tUreararU. / O > , la la that It creates an if-
lia.to petite'anUVy tullili up wul tions11i ai Iho
to Tttrm , iulrrovc lnmuaMon a l > rotrrtlon fronx .
Ulje.iv-i Hal orlfin via Ui Uiaw C4 ot Uiu wwu > u
leir ot clliiut - anil vl Ufu. '
.us- Jlv < m. O. I.IIool A : Co. : Cfnilcmnn-lt K u-U ; . .
rincli i < tea iin ; lo m-ouimtiwUluviriSnr iiiarUU.
7liralttilu UNniiicb : ! Uat liirwiiiu y ar > j tan f
iluiu cUlrcxl to ttUfl a tonKi of Kma kria lit thi
' c.Anil l.a > oia'\ci'Iuii-n . . Jli ! unjllili . . . . . . . , Unit . " . . " n , " t " mv " .
\hii.i ( u y Miiailll.i. n > up .j fJttu
.BSB i.urlA 'K my linn ! ii > 7n m < y p >
the illtvf C O * .
