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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. MONDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 25 , 1884. NO. 212 ,
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Important Bills Congress Will flcnsilcr
This W ,
The Progress Made With thcrAp-
propriation Billsi
Belford Rises to Propose a We&t
Point Attachment
Tha Eoueo Labor Committee on
tb Contract System *
A. StroKfiCAtulotutiallon Based on
Solid Facts.
THE CONCillKSSCOMAb WKKK.
BIATTKIIH OK 1'UKSENt < JONSIt KUATIO.V.
WASHINGTON" , February U4. In the
Hiouso of representatives two important
mcasurcb , the plcuro pneumonia bill and
ttlo naval appropriation bill , discussion
-of which was entered upon in the com
imitteo of the whole two or three weeks
'ago ' , still await final _ nction. Ono or
'both ' , it ia believed , will bo pasted the
present week. These measures out
weigh the bill for the relief of American
shipping , which ia noxtiti point of impor
tnt.co bo fore the commit too of the whole ,
may be taken up for consideration. Only
ono of the thirteen annual nppropriation
bills , the military academy , has ytt bcon
acted upon by the homo. During the
week the committee on foreign affairs
will report adversely Representative
Brumar s resolution relative to Hewitt's
visit to minister West. It is undcretooc
Hewitt will make a statement before the
house when the resolution ia rcportec
Friends of the bill providing for nn extension
tension of the bonded whisky period wil
make an effort to have tlmt moaanro con
sidercd this week.
Eulogies in memory of tha late Bopre
sentative Qaskoll will bodolivorcdThurs
day. Members of the ways and means
committee say they will liavo the tarif
bill prepared ao it may bo reported to the
house within ten days.
In the acnn < o the bill to provide for the
construction of additional stool cruisora
for the navy has boon made a special order
dor for Monday at 2 o'clock. Inasmuch
however , as the -banking bill waa not dis
posed of last week , the special order wil
doubtless bo act aa'do temporarily. I
was supposed 1lie discussion of the bank
ing bill would bo concluded last Thura
day , and it appeared on adjournment tha
it had nearly run its course. It ia no1
improbable , however , that the effect o
the rest of three days may manifest itaol
in a renewal of efforts to amend the
measure , and that debate may run along
several day * . A
Uoprotea-tatrvo Belfojjl will to-morrot
introduce in the house ii bill authorizing
the secrotaiy of war to establish at Wes
Point a preparatory echool for traininf
candidates for admission to the militar
academy. It provideaifor the appointment
mont -candidates in the same nianno
nacadeta are now appointed , and for th
erection of suitable buildings in the vi
cinity of West Point for n preparatory
school at a cost not -ox Deeding $200,000
Candidates will -examined by propo
boards in the district whore they reside
and not -bo aubjeotcd to 'further ' prelim
inarrexamination by oflicera of the mill
tnry academy. Candidates ndmitto <
shall have same pay ns is allowed cadets
and the secretary of war is authorised to
detail nn instructor for the institution.
OCiNITJlACT iLAIIOHCONDEMNED. .
Special Dispatch ti > the'Globe-Damocrat. '
WxwiiiNOTON , D. 0. , iFobruary 22.
As a result of the deliberntions of th
house labor committee with the quostioi
of the importation Hungarian nnc
Italian laborers to the 'United ' States
Ilepreeentntivo Poran-of Ohio , has boot
instructed to submit at the earliest op
portuttity the bill introduced by him
January 6 , with -amendment. . Mr
Foraa'-a bill prohibited < the importation
'and migration of foreigners and alien
under ooirtract to perform labor in th
United Statefl and territories , and pro
vided certain nonaltiea for any violatioi
of the law. The amendment agreei
upon by 'tho committee waa to the elfec
that the law if enacted should not i )
construed > to prevent the .engagement o
skilled workmen to perform labor tin th
United Statoa upon any now industry
Professional actors , aingora.nnd lectur
era were also .exempted from the provi
BIDDS of the bill. Representative Foran
will endeavor , Monday , to present th
unanimous report of the Irihnr commil
too , which aa substantially < ia 'follows :
aaiE nurouc , '
The committee report bnok the bill
house resolution 2,550 , with nn amend
iiient , nnd recommend its p&ssugo. Th
bill in no measure seek ) to ceatrict fro
immigration. The foreigner who volun
tarily leaves his native land -and settle
in this country with the intention of bo
coining nn American cit'/.en or , part o
the American body politic , hua nlwny
been welcomed 'ito. our shores. 'T < ho atat
is benefited by the acquisition .of auch
.citizen , nnd thceo immigrants are .goner
.ally of a higher < cla a morally , eociall
* md intollcctually and aid inthodoveloj
inunt of our industries and the cuatoria
progress of our pooulo The pendin
bill has to do witliljt very ditlbrcut das
of people' the imtuiigrmit ? rho does no
co two by hia own initiative , but by tha
of the capitalist. Thie class would neve
have seen our shoroa but for the induce
montn and allurements of men whoa
only object ia to secure labor nt the layr
est possible rate , regardless of the soda.
nnd material well-boil of our own cit
Z3HS , and the evil consequence
which result to American laboi
era from auch immigration. I
many instances these poodle car
nothing about our institutions , which fo
.of them tiavo ever heard of. They > ar
men whoie paseago is paid by the iin-
port ar. Tliuy come hero under contracl
to labor for a certain , number of ycara ,
They are ignorant of our social condition it ,
and iliat they may remain ao they nre ito
Hted and prevented frooi coming ! ! ! con
tact with Americans. They nro gecuirallj
from th lowest socid stratum , and Jiv <
upon the coarsest food , and in hovcli ol
a character before unkuoirn tu Amcricai
workmen. Dein bound by contract ,
they are unable , even if ' ) disposed , t *
tak advantigaof the facilities .ffordec
by the country to which they have beer
jnported. A a rule , they do Jiot be
omo citi/ons , nnd nro ccrt'jJrty not n do-
rablo acquisition to the body politic ,
r lien their time of contract expires their
laces nro supplied by trcah importn-
Ions , and the only tendency of their
rcsenco amongst us is to degrade Amcri-
* n labor nnd reduce it to the level of
aupor labor.
TUB POSITION OK KMPI.OYK11S.
The demand for the enactment of some
cstrictivo measure of thia character
omea not nlono from American working-
ion , but nlso from omployora of laborin _
Vmorica. The employers who from in-
bility or from patriotic motives employ
) iily American workmen nro unable to
ompeto in the markets with corporations
tdio employ chonp imported labor. Aa
in evidence of the truth of thia state-
nont , the glass manufacturers of Pitts-
nirg , including nil the largo omployora
if labor in that industry , in January ,
830 , denounced the nction of the manii-
acturcra west of Pittsburg in importing
' "uropoan workmen in place nf dis-
wrged American workmen. This evil
ina become ao extensive , alarming and
jrc.it that the attention of our consuls
ibroad has bcon directed to it. Henry
Storno , consul at Buda-Pesth , Hungary ,
iaja there hcoms to bo u agency
it work which , by misroprosenta-
ion , induces noopo ] to leave their homes
who will not better their condition
hereby , or benefit the country which ro
coivca them. Agonta are managing the
msincss n good deal in the manner of
ho coolie trade , nnd these immigrants
ftro shipped to the United Statoa like ao
nuch cattle. Count Eitorlia/y , Austrian
consul to this country , who has estab
ishod a bureau for the protection of
lungariau immigrants , saya "there is no
doubt that a contract system is being car
ried on , nnd I believe it has reached
argot- proportions than any ono boliovca.
Certain it ia that great numbers of immi
grants nro landed on these shores who
ire owned by capitalists. Aa far as I
aiow persons who have boon so imported
are satisfied , but thia fact does not npolo-
; ! zo for the system. I have long en-
cavorod to discover who the parties are
who obtain the immigrants on the other
sidebut have thus far been unsuccessful.
[ certainly hope that congress will paaa
acme law to put a stop to such immigra
tion. "
Superintendent Jackson , of Castle ( Jar-
den , says : "I have no doubt that thia
system is carried on to n great extent by
corporations in this country who 'have
their agents abroad. Every now and then
largo gangs of laborers arrive , all bound
For the same town. They nro generally
taken in charge by some person or per
sona who como to Now York to moot
them , borne few weeks ago a party com
posed of about sixty Irish and Hormai
girls arrived , all of whom were going to
ono of the largo silk manufacturers in
Now Jersey. I do not know whether
they had contracted with nny person , bu
presume so , for no one will undertake to
send people to this country f roe of charge
without some guarantee that certain ser
vices will bo performed in lieu of the
price of such passage. "
SOUTIIEItN EUUOl'K PAUl'EIW.
An agent for a firm in New York who
waa applied to for laborers Italian pre
ferred for work in nn iron manufactory ,
stated that during the time he had boon
in business 14,000 Italians had boon
brought to this country under contract ,
0,000 of , whom had returned to Italy. It
was further stated that , the firm had
agents at Naples ; that the American
companies paid the passage of the men
from New York to their destination ,
which amount the imported Italians
agreed to pay back with 0 per cent in
terest.
There are * t present over 2,000 Hun
garians employed ir the coke regions of
Pennsylvania , the very lowest stratum of
the population of Southern Europe being -
ing represented. One of the paymas
ters at Uniontown flays a number of
them tried to kiss hia hands the first
time ho paid them off , and they regard
every well-dressed American ns a prince
or a lord. All of them save tlio money
they make , and many of them send it to
Hungary to bring over their friends -and
kindred. They are , aa a matter ot course ,
favorites with operators , as they never
grumble about wages nnd tnko wLat ia
given them at the company stores with
out murmuring , nnd , biBidcs , they never
strike. In respect toeconomy und
frugality they greatly rcamblo
the Chinese. , ' < ho aatno argument that
was used to induce congress to restrict
the importation of the Chinese appliea
with equal force and pertinency to the
pauper labor of southern Europe. Sta
tistics of immigration from England , Ire
land , "GbrmWy nnd other European
countries from whio i the bettor class of
immigrunta'is ' steadily decreasing , while
immigration from southern Europe iaaa
steadily increasing , ia wideucn tending
to ahow the efforts employers of labor
are making to aupplant American work
with foreigners , and na still further
demonstrating the necessity for the pas
sage of this bill.
TUB WIJUIOW-QLAHS MAXCrAOTUHHltK.
Attention ja called by the committee
to the following resolution of the Win-
dow.glasa Manufacturers'association held
nt Long Branch , July 11 , 16BIJ , which ia
submitted without comment :
On motion of Mr. Gnnuon it wns re
solved by a vote of 13 to 8 that the treas
urer bo nuthorieod to pay n turn not ex
ceeding $10 per man for each blower or
gatherer brought over from Europe after
August 1. 1H83 ; provided the eamo be
employed by aomo member of thia usso-
cintion , and provided that they nro not
workmen who have boon in thia country
within the twelve months laat past.
In conclusion , the report says that the
cominittee had before il and took the tes
timony of tome of the leading nnd moat
intelligent men in the labor organizations
of Massachusetts , Now Jersey , Ponusyl-
vanin , New York , Indiana end Ohio , n
summary of their testimony being ap
pended.
The import ince of the subject , its
bearing upon the tocial , political and
economic condition of our people , to
gether with the magnitude of the inter-
eats involved , will , it is hoped , furnish
an upology for the length of the report.
Trni-k.
DitifVKit , Feb. 2 ! ! . At 7 o'clock thia
morning , during n terriffic wind Bt rm ,
two coaches of the Denver-bound Colorado -
rado Central train were blown from the
track in the vicinity of Georgetown.
Two ladies were slightly burned and
several other passenger injured , but none
variously. Three ycara ago , in exactly
iho same locality , an entire train , except
ing the engine , waj capsized by wind and
wrecked.
THE TAYLOR MURDER.
lie Confiissiou Made by the Briilo
Malls ,
imoral of the Late Victims at
Avondale ,
iorgymon Advooato Lynching
the Murderers ,
'heir ' Sentiments Are Applauded
By the People ,
V Desperate FlKiit With llor o
'I'lllCVCS III 'I'C.MXH ,
AND
1IU1UA1. OK T1IK VICTIMH.
CIXUISNATI , February 211 The exam-
nation of parties charged with the mur-
, cr of Beverly Taylor nnd wife and Kli/.a
ano Cramer , an adopted child , whoso
iodies were sold to the Ohio Medical
ollogo on the same night of the murder ,
, vfts hold at Avondale this morning , bo-
'ore Mayor Strickland. The testimony
ncluded the statement of 11. B. Dixon ,
n express driver , who said ho wns cm-
jloyod by Allen Ingalls on the night of
ho Hiurdor to do some hauling ; that In-
; nlls and another colored man mot him
t the appointed place and ho hauled
, hreo bodies in sacks to the Ohio medi
cal college. Uo rec gni/.od Allen In
galls nnd Bon Johnson as the
men who put thu bodies in the
Wagon. Dr. Cilloy , demonstrator of
anatomy of the Ohio medical college ,
testified that Allen Ingalls nnd another
man brought the bodies nnd that ho re
garded Ingnlls as n resurrectionist , but
refused to testify to any other cases
whore Ing&lls had sold bodies to the col-
ego. Ben Johnson pleaded guilty , but
\llon Ingalls remained defiant. He and
Johnson wcro held for murder in the
firat degree. Richard Ingalts and Jclf
Port were discharged.
Alter long resistance Allen Ingalls
inado the following confession of the
killing of the Taylor family : "On Fri
day morning Bon Johnson , who lives
with mo , aaid ho had three uointa for that
night. [ IIo explained that the points
meant subjects for the inodic.1 college J
I asked Johnson where they were ana
Johnson replied : 'Tho throe people nt
the Taylor cabin on the hill. They are
no good. Wo can knock thorn in the
head. ' I agreed and wont to
the Ohio medical college and
told them that I would have
hroo subjects that night. They agreei1
to pay me $15 n piece and give mo a note
to Expressman 11. B. Dickson. I wont to
the expressman nnd engaged him to meet
us on the Avondale pike that night. I
then went homo , and after dark Johnson
and I started to the Taylors. Wo had n
bottle of whisky nnd took drinks , and feK
good. The door was not locked , and wo
bolted in. The old man wns sitting by
the fireplace , his wife in front , und the
girl was at work in the room. Johnson
had a locust club , a little longer than a
policeman's club , end ho began striking
them over the head , right and loft , as ho
would cattle. The woman struggled nnd
offered some resistance. I finally choked
her to death. Johnson cosily dis
posed of the others vrith his club. Then
wo stripped the bodies and put them in
sacks , which wo brought along , and car
ried them to the roadside and wont to
meet the wagon. Loading them in , wo
drove to the Ohio medical college and de
livered them and got our pay. I know
nothing about the tiring of the cabin. " It
is stated to-night that a mob of sixty negroes -
groes was organized last night to lynch
these men , but they found the Avondale
jail too well guarded. Tngalls and John
son are in the Cincinnati jail to-night.
Ingalls says they have stolen several bodies
ies during the past several months nnd
sold them to the Ohio medical college.
CINCINNATI , O. , February 24. The
funeral of the Taylor family { colored )
who were murdered and the bodies sold
to the Ohio medical college , occurred at
Avoiidnlo this afternoon. The services
lasted two hours. A largo number wore
present , including many of the best citi
zens of the suburb. Several -clergymen
spoke , nil colored except , ono , Rev.
Joseph Emery , who said the murderers
of these people deserved summary pun
ishment without resort to the court ,
citizens taking the law into their
own hands. Elder It. W. Scott , -colored ,
followed in the same strain. These ut
terances wcro received with marked
demonstrations of approval. Itoeolutions
denouncing the crime and calling for an
investigation to fchow whether there is
any complicity on the part of the men
who brought the bodies were passed.
Ingalls and Johnson the prisoners , con
tradict each other's stories. Johnson has
eaid Ingalls did the clubbing.
A DMIIKUATi ; FHiHT.
DKOATUU , Tor. , February 2-1. A des
perate light between n band of horao
thieves and a sheriffs poeso occurred
near Greenwood this morning. Dr. W.
F. Smith , ono of the posse , was shot
through the bowels , mortal wound , and
a number of others wounded , but how
seriously is unknown. Ono thief wag
shot in the breast but cscupod. The
people are out cnmasso pursuing the out
laws.
The Wood.
OAIIU ) , 111. , February 24. At ton p.
m , the signal service reports , 61 foot 1C
inches , 4 inches below the high water of
last year. It will bo falling to-night aa
it has been at a stand 48 hpurit and will
fall rapidly to-morrow. The people ol
Cairo hava reason to fuel jubilant over
the experience of this years' ( lood thort
having been no interruption of busines >
or damage to property in the city. Tin
Illinois Central railroad is the only road
crossing tha line of the Hood that hai
kept uninterrupted connection between
tlio north nnd aouth'not missing a trailer
or connection.
A Fatal I < ' | | ,
JKITKUSO.V CITV , February 24. YOB
torday. afternoon Will Reid , a clerk ii
Secretary of State McOrath's ofh'cp , md
his d.iatk in a sudden and peculiar man
ner. It appears that ho came over t <
the oflico far the purpose of working , Itu1
feeling somewhat indisposed decided t <
return homo. This waa the laat time hi
was eoon alive. JJe wont to the Mutt" 01
the north side of the capital grounds , nr > d
whilu wnlkhig along the cdgu lost Imbal
ance and fell down the Missouri Pacific
railroad track , n distance of so aio forty
feet. Ho wns aeon by n freight engineer ,
who was near by , and picked up , but
only breathed two or thvoo tlmoo. His
nccfe was dislocated by the fnll. nnd other
injuries received about the head , llo
wns 32 years old nnd lived with his
mother. Ho nlso has n brother in Kan
sas City.
_ _
UOU.tK.
WASIIIMITOX , Fubruiiry 2 ; ) . Under
the call of committees , Mr. Moultpn
( dam. 111. ) , from the committee on ju
diciary nuulo n report , providing for holding -
ing tornm of court in the northern dis
trict of Illinois nt Poorin.
The house Trent into committee of the
whole , Mr. Converse ( iloin 0. ) in the
chair , on the pleuro-pnoumonin bill.
Mr. Gibbon ( dom. W. Va. ) opposed
the bill because it proposed to inko out
of the hands of the owners of cattle con
trol of their stock , nnd put it into the
hands of fedornl otlicers.
Mr. Stewart ( dom. Tex. ) argued
ngainat the billon constitutional grounds.
Mr. Springer ( dom . 111. ) supported
the bill. A' power which could quaran
tine n ship in nny of the harbors of thn
United States could certainly prevent
diseased Texas steers from being nhipped
from ono state to another. The consti
tution wns always the refuge of these
who had n poor argument against n neces
sary measure of legislation.
Messrs. Hardoman ( dom , Ga. ) Broad-
head ( dom. , Mo. ) Hvlsol ( dom. , Ky. )
Potter ( dom. , N. V. ) opposed the bill ,
the latter on the ground that it invaded
the domestic concerns of states.
Mr. J. S. Wise ( ind. , Va. ) spoke in
opposition to the states' rights doctrine ,
which lud boon presented na mi nrgu-
mont why the bill should not pass. The
three atntcs most boisterous about tha
constitution und most jealous about fed
eral power wcro Louisiana , Texas and
Woit Virginia. Louisiana was bought
with money out of the pocket of the
union , nnd had no particular reason to
kick. Texas was bought with blood , and
had some roaion to fool kindly toward
the nation , instead of continually
cackling about the constitution like
a uilly bird robbed of her nest. West
Virginia was nothing but n baatnrd oil'-
sprint ; of national violence committed on
old Virginia. Ho had heard the gentle
man from Now York ( Cox ) boast that ho
was a shining light and monument of de
mocracy hero to point to tlu doctrine of
utatca rights. IIo did not call the gentle
man a monument. IIo called him a pil
lar of gas by day to load the democracy.
[ Laughter. ] llo was sick of hoiring the
little bantling chicken of state rights
being pitted against the heavy , gorgeous ,
ied-coinbcd COCK of the nation , for it
knocked it to smithereens every time.
[ Laughter. ]
The committee then rose.
Mr. Mo rrisson , ( dom. 111. , ) from the
committee on ways nnd moans , reported
the bonded spirits extension bill , stating
that it was not the unanimous report.
Referred to the committee of the wholo.
Mr. Belford , ( rep. Col. , ) offered n resolution
elution giving delegates the ri ht to vote
in committees. Referred.
Adjourned.
Tlio Kcil'er-Uoyntoir
WASHINGTON , February 23. Boforo"
the Keifer-Boynton investigating committee
mittoo , Charles A. Garfield , of Cleveland -
land , couain of President Garfield , wns
present at the conversation between
Boynton , J. W. Elder nnd aomobody
else about March J , 1881 ! , when Elder
naked Boynton to help him with n bill
he had before congress , but Boynton replied
plied that ho had the McGarrahan bill ill
hand or something to that eflcct , nnd
could not take hold of the bill for only
$5,000 i.r $0.000. Boynton said ho had
been to aeo Keifor aboutthoMcGnrrahan
bill , but ho would have nothing to do
with it. Ho made the remark thatKoif
or would go out of the speaker's chair
without friends or money. On cross-
examination ho said ho did not under
stand Boynton to say ho had nny mon y
interest in the bill , or that ho had made
any representations of that character to
Koifer. The witness came to Washing
ton to got n government position , nnd
sought Boynton s assistance , though ho
know the latter very slightly. He came
to Washington at the solicitation of Koif
er. The committee adjourned to tnool
Saturday.
Tlio WliluUy Hill.
WASHINGTON , February 23. It ia believed
lieved that no minority report will bo
made on the Morrison bonded spirits extension
tension bill. In the report submittoc
to-day Morrison says the committee on
ways nnd moans' having considered the
subject of extending the time for the
payment of tax on dmtillod spirits notv
in warehouse , bog leave to report that
the production of distilled spirits in the
United States has become larger than
demanded by the market. The tuxes nro
the largest paid by any domestic indus
try. It suli'ers in common with other
industries from present depression in
trade. The burden from which it chiefly
Hull'ors ia that directly imposed by the
the government , ltd relief would proba
bly prevent serious disaster nnd bank
ruptcy , not only to the interest itself ,
but to nasociate business interests.This
bill proposes not to remove any liability
for taxes now imposed by law , but dimp
ly to postpone their payment for n period
not exceeding two yoara on condition , of
further security and of thu payment of
interest , cost ot taxes nnd the rate paid
by the government on nny of ita debts ,
A ( iri'ul Klr < ! In Hi. Paul.
ST. PAUL , February 2-1. This nfter
noon n disastrou a fire occurred here by
which the largo four atory warehouse on
the corner of Pine and Prince streets
was burned. It was occupied by Mnst ,
Buford , Barwell t Co. , dealers in wgri-
cultural implements , n branch af the
main house at Hook Inland , III. , the St.
Paul harvester works , Brunei t Co. ,
stoves , and a store room of Gliddon
Griggs tfc Co. , wholesale grocora. The
entire losi ia $125,000 ; insurance , § 85- ,
000. Mast , Buford , Harwell & Co. car
ried a Btosk of $00,000 ; insured foi
$3:1,000. :
Tlir TritHio 1'rolilhlHnuihtfi.
SAN FJUNOISCO , January 24. A pro
hibition meeting last night adopted rt-s
olutionx ngainst the poisago of the bil ]
extending the time for the payment ol
the tax an bonded npiriU , and fuvorirp
Sumnor'a postal telegraph bill.
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
The Force of Gordon's ' Proclamation
Away ,
The Movement of Armies 111 tbo
Soudan Country ,
A Massaoro of Eurouoans In
Suakim Feared
The Khedive Preparing 1o Fly
to Franco ,
A Movement on lltirnlnti Itj-
Toniiilu | lianil Forces.
GKNKUAIi I-XMIHION NUWS.
Till ! HOUItA.V ( JAMP.UOtf.
CAIUO , February 21. General Gra
ham , commander of the Tokar expedi
tion , telegraphs General Stovomon an
urgent request , for reinforcements of nr-
tillery , as ho is nrmod only witJi caniol
guns ngninst Osmnn Digmn's artillery
now served by Qiinnera from Tokar. The
no\vs \ of the surrender of Tokar spread
through Soudan ns an English defeat.
The rabcls nro negotiating with Knssala
and other garrisons to intluonco them to
join El Mnhdi. The government has or
dered Admiral How itt to send Command'
orVolfo to King John of Abyssinia ,
with instructions to odor to surrender a
portion of Sankcot , n portion of the ter
ritory taken from Abyssinia by General
Gordon , on condition that the Abyasin-
ians march to liberate the Egyptian gar
risons in southern Soudan. The king
demands nn interview with Hewitt nnd
n concession of Vnssawoh without waiting
for negotiations.
MOVING FonWAllIl.
SIAKIM , February 2t. The Nubian
troops about to bo embarked forTrinkitat
refused to procoocl , saying their bullets
would not pierce the shioldsof I ho rebels.
The nuthoritioa decided to employ them
ns camel drivers. The whole British ex
pedition , numbering 4)00 ; ) , Innded nt
Trinkitat to-day. The rebels nro soon on
nil sides , nnd nro estimated nt 10,000 t
12,000 in the immediate vicinity. The
men-of-war Ranger , Jumble , Cnroyafort ,
Ilocln and Orontoa nro at Trinkitat nnd
Eurylaa , As a decoy General Graham
has sent forward from Triukitnt more
cavalry , following the general ndvnncu to
bo made to-morrow. A fort has been
erected COO yards from Trinkitat.
CAIUO , February 24. General Sto-
phohson srnt u telegram to London ro-
day , strongly advising that nn ndvnncoho
made from Trinkitnt , The secretary of
state or war , in reply , ordered an immediate
diato advance.
AN ATTACK ON SUAKIM.
SUAKIM , February 24. It is common
talk in the bazaars that Osman Digna ,
will very soon attack this place in which
event it is expected the black inhabi
tants will declare for El Mnhdi nnd mas-
eacro the Europeans.
Tim KHEDIVK'S HII.KMMA.
KHAKTOUM , February 24. The effect
of General Gordon's proclamation is fad
ing. It is reported that El Mnhdi , with
the main body of his army , lias left Arn
nnd ia marching on Khartoum. General
Gordon has naked the khedive to issue n
decree confirming the independence of
Soudan. The porto lias warned the khedive -
dive to maintain the integrity of Soudan
nnd give no recognition to1' El Mahdi.
The khodivo's dilemma has given rise to
fresh rumors of his abdication.
COMINO TO VAUIH.
PAKIS , February 21. It is assorted
that agents of the khedive nro preparing
n hotel for himself nnd family.
MOVING < IN IIADNINH.
PAULS , February 24. General Millet ,
commander of the land forces inTonquin
has loft three batt-ihons at Son lay and
three nt Haiphong , und is preparing to
opornto ngainst Bacninh with 0,000 men , .
EOVIT'H noon OUOI-H.
AI.B.VANDIIIA , February 24. Bida are
invited for furnishing stores nnd prnvis-
visions for the British nrmy of occupa
tion of 10,000 men for the year. The
wheat nnd bean crops of upper Egypt
are aplendid , nnd thu sugar crop is prob
ably the Inrgost on record.
OHIOAdO
THE LATJOT HQUKE/.E.
CIIKUOO , February 2.'t. The markets
on the board of trade wore up tivo to-day
in a speculative way , but legitimate busi
ness waa small , with grain weaker but
provisions higher. Prices for nil articles ,
however , were exceedingly irrogulnr and
unsettled. 'Wheat was without support
and the business mostly local. Tlio
market was quoted quiet and steady in
Liverpool , and cargoes oil' coast and to
nrrivo firmer.
Thia in connection with dispatches
from the winter wheat districts reporting
great damage to the growing crop by
freezing , increased the fears of timid
shorts and caused n strong opening , Ao *
ever Thursday's last tigurea , but New
York was quoted dull and heavy , with
out export demand , while the receipts
here were larger for the week thai ) for
any corresponding weak in tlio past
four years , being 5111,500 bushels oyer
the shipments. There were fair selling
orders from the oaat , and when the first
demand was filled a weak feeling devel
oped. The largo boars , headed by The
"Big Four , " who nro enormously
short , commenced soiling freely , and
price i aonn started n the down grade. A
good many lota of "long" wheat , on
which the margini wore exhausted , wen
thiown over. The large selling of tin
past few days has , however , created un
immense short interest , which , with tin
present unfavorable condition of tlu
weather , justifies thu opinion that inua
much aa prices have already recoil oil 4jk
from the point ut which Uu < y tumid
down the risk of selling short muat In
largely increased , nnd those who desire U
do so will do well to consider the contin
gonces of u weather scare and the tuinpui
of the bull crotvci , who nro on the wntol
to take ndvaiitugii of circuimtuiicoa
luted to aid them in Equutziug the short
by manipulating priwa for an , I'uturn ,
nt the close to-cby showed a loss of \ &
| o. Corn was uctivo , but the domain
wu chlclly to eovi'i1 ehnrti ) , and buuineB :
was dcatituto of vim. Thu failure of tin
market to brink badly was chiefly due t (
the support given by Pool , Kent fc Co. ,
Bnker nnd other Inrgo holders , ns the
legitimate influences were not calculated
to increase , confidence. The wcok'a ro-
poiplfl being fi'.ll.oOO ' bushels over ship-
iiumta , and larger than for the same week
in the four preceding ycara , quotations
settled back ifr-'Jc. However , considera
ble lines of corn were bought to-day for
St. Louis and Kansas City account. This
latter is n new feature of the trade hero ,
nnd is nn Indication of lighter receipts in
future. Tlitiro ia nlso an increasing do-
mnnd in the southwestern states for
corn to ship north. It is part of
the gossip this evening that many
parties nre buying corn in Now
York for May delivery nnd Belling it in
Chicago for July. Thh makes n profit of
Ijjc , which will ( till bo very , fair nftor nil
expenses are deducted , but it ia attended
with great risks.
O.Ua nro dull nt Jo < jo lower. Pork was
firm and J7iotIOo ! higher. The advance
wns onginoo'red by the Armour-Singer-
Jones combination , their object being to
squouxo the shorts nnd make them auttlo.
and nt the oamo time enable them to soli
big lines to outsiders , in both of which
they were successful , an the shorts sou-
ing llioii1 position bought in nt once ,
while thu tailors thinking another up
raid was contemplated took the bait
freely. The May option touched $18.50
nt one time. Thu market u
VKllV HTltO.NIi
nnd many conservative houses have
pegged pork nt $21 for May. Cudahy
continues steadily buying , hiving fol
lowed it up from $11 nnd mndo ever
$800,000 during the winter. Ho is the
richest provision broker on the floor to
day , notably n pork prince.
Lard wont up 2jic. Fowler Bros ,
"
are steadily Liking nil" the lard ollorod ,
having been buying for n long time on
the May option , and n squeeze may bo
innocently precipitated on the house ,
which has always fought ngainst corners.
They say they want the lard nnd must
have it for thuir trade. The past week
haa failed t > allow nny interest in the
cutting of * hogs by Chicago packers.
Rocoiptd are small , being estimated
nt 0,500 head for to-day , ngninst J 1,000
yesterday , nnd ns shippers continue to bo
froct buyers , the number left after their
wants are supplied is too limited to give
packers any opportunity to enlarge tnoir
operations. The tenson of 18SIM is
closing in u much quieter manner than it
wns anticipated it would nt the opening.
Tno hog supply has bcon a disappoint
ment. Four months ago Armour , Bliss ,
llutchinson , Singer nnd Fowler Bros
Hont men through the districts from
which the supply of live material ia
usually drnwn , who should estimate thu
probable number nnd quality ofhogs
which would arrive during the season.
All reported the country filled with great
blnck hogs which farmers were only too
anxious to pour into the market. The ul
moat steady advance in prices has had
no effect in stimulating the inirko"ting
of these packers , and the conclusion was
long ngp reached that the packers were
oadly mistaken Inat November as to the
supplyin farmers' hands and the number
that waa'likely to come forward during
the season. Statisticians were nt fault ,
nnd the best information obtained prov
ed to bo worse than no informa
tion nt nil , inasmuch na it induced
manufacturers to open nnd conduct their
business during n portion of the winter
upon an erroneous basis. Estimating
the nrrivnla of hogs for _ the next we ok nt
the run of four weeks , the packing nt'
Chicago for the present senoon , or from
November 1 to the close of the present
month , will show n falling oil"na com
pared with the season of 1882 811 , of'over
525,000 hoga , The seaHon will show the
smaller number of hoga packed at
this point during nny similar
period since the season of 1870-77.
The "packing of Cincinnati for the
season will fall behind the returns of
1832 3 nbout 50,000 hogs. KansasCity ,
St. Louis nnd some of the loss important
points nre likely to roach the figures of
1882 .I , but fur the entire wcsttho short
age will not bo far from 000,000 hogo.
The cutting just now in the Chicago
packing houses , which nro running , is
confined largely to the filling of contracts
already made nnd the manufacturers
show little change from day to day.
On the curb there waa evinced little
deaire to trade , but a few nnlcs of Mny
wheat wore mndo nt 07j(8. [ ! ( Corn sola
ut5ij5Uj ; ( | for May , the best trades be
ing at. the inside. Provisions were quiet
nnd steady. .
"Yellow Cull' Delimit.
WiNNii'Krt , February 24. Early Sat
urday morning 20 policemen , under
Colonel Ilirschmnn , started for a cubin ,
111 miles north of Quappelle river , where
Yellow Calf'a band of 75 braves were
holding sway. When within two rods of
their destination , the Indiana came
swarming out , and nourishing guns , re
fused to allow thu police to enter. The
colonel commenced parleying with the
chief , but ' Yellow Calf distinctly
refused to give up nny men or
iitulen provuiona. He Bind ho never
would BUI render without a struggle. The
police wore then formed in line , the last
man had hardly taken hi position when
suddenly the doors and windows of the
cabin were thrown open and openings
fairly filled with rillen , nnd , owing to
great odds and the Indiana h.wing pro
tection in thu cabins , Col. llirschman ,
aftt-r a short talk with Yellow Calf ,
withdrew to a farm house for the night.
The people of Broadview are considera
bly excited and im uneasy feeling pre
vails.
nt ; Oollliib'
Hr PAUL. Fob. 24. The Pioneoi
Prusa prints this morning n six co ]
iiinn intervinw with Dr. Collins , brothoi
of Jerome Collins , who lost his life upoi
the Junnnutto expedition , Dr. Collini
hits [ losseslion of the note books and pa
pure found upon the person of Jerome
Upon these ho bases n petition to con
gress asking for further nnd more thor
ough investigilion of the oircuinutniicti
attending the losa of the Jeannetto. Tlu
point that the doctor makes ia that llu
jcnlousy of naval oflicera nnd civillidin
causfd fights und rendered it impossible
that the objects of the expedition couh
bo successfully attained , und finally ro
suited in the IOSH of the veesol and hii
brother's and other lives.
Tlio NollKli Ijuncl Ollluc.
Bpuclul Dlspatcli to The Bee ,
WAHIIINOTON , Febru try 24 Sacretar ;
Teller has uyrcoito the reajipointmcn
of Oapuia E , S. ButU-r nnd Wm. B
Lamborir to tlio Nol g'i land cflice.
GU.MENT CHAHE.
LIVES LOST.
A Great Fire In Michigan Claims'
Scycral Human Vicliin ? ,
A Terrible and Fatal Leap From
a Third Story ,
i- - mi i " * '
Property Losses to the Amount , ,
of $175,000 , ,
t
The Aooidoiit on the Hannibal' '
& St , Joe Road ,
Fho 1'crsoiiH Killed Outright and
Oihcrn Seriously Injured.
TAVO DISASTUllS.
nnr. IN .IAUKKO.V , MIOHIOAN.
JACKSONMich , , Fobruary24. A largo
mul disastrous fire brnko out this morn
ing at ( ! o'clock in a wooden building oc
cupied by ij. J. Bnrnos ns a cigar store ,
nnd destroying the Unirn hotel block , oc
cupied by the Union hotel , Union hall
theater , Wnldron & Curtis' drug store ,
Jackson navinga bank , II. II. Case and
0 1C. Klliott , groceries , N. 11. Ecklor'a
saloon , a block owned by D. B. llibbard
and casting 8125,000 , together with tivo
frnnio b"ildinia occupied by Win. Ault-
nian , boots and shooa , John Roth , jewel
er , Charles Anib , barbnr shop nnd residence -
donco , J. J. Barnes , cigar atoro , Rutaon
Bros. , confectioners , Barrett & Daily ,
tinsmiths , nnd Mosoa Woiger , sa-
loon. The total loss by the fire
and water will exceed § 175,000 , partially
covered by insurance. Several lives nro
reported lost , but as yet only ono body ,
that of Charles Cornell , n crpplod sol
dier , has boon recovered. Four others
arc injured so that they will die. John
Prior , Mrs. Banks , waiters , and an un
known colored man , and James Ilurloc ,
of Cleveland , who , attempting to jump
from the third story window , struckon
some telegraph wiroe , was whirled around
in such n nmnnor as to strike on his head "
and shoulders on the pavement , and is
injured so ho will diu. Ghnrlrs Kim-
b.vll , of Kalanmoo , Mich. , also received
a bad scalp wound in jumping from the
balcony on the front ot the hotel. Ilia
Injuries are not fntul.
TUB lIANNIIIAIi A.NI ) ST. .tOB flVA.SU.
KANSAS CITV , Mo. , Fclruary 2J. ! A
train which arrived from the aceno of the
wreck on the Hannibal & St. Joe , brings
the following pnrticularn. The train
which was wrecked vua running thirty
imlea on hour preparatory to mounting a a
steep grade , and , when on the bridge ,
the mail car struck a broken rail. The 1
engine and bnprgago car passed safely , the
mail and smoking car were precipitated
into the water , carrying down the bridge
which had bcon broken by the crash.
Ono coach , a chair ear nnd a
sleeper wore thrown from the
track and piled up on the banks.
Ono of the boys , Baldwin , was killed
and the conductor believes four or five ,
others nro now dead. It in thought their
names , if there are such , cannot bo as
certained. Among the injured are tho.
following Hvo , too badly hurt to bo re
moved of tor being taken to Brookfield :
' LJr'C. Roao nnd T , S. Tracy of St. Louis ,
Benjamin Patterson of Galesburg , 111. ,
Joseph Mulliat nnd wife of Canada.
About twenty-five others received painful
cuts and bruisea. Most of tho-paaaen-
gorn were brought hero to-night.
1 aNl > FOUPBll'UHH.
The Si at UK of Hio "BacUlwiio" Grunt
in Committee.
WAHHINOTON , February 23. The for-
feiturn of the land grant to the ' "Back-
bono" railroad , which in now claimed by
the Now Orleans Pacific inilwny , as as
signee , was considered by the house com
mittee on public lands to-day. A votoon
the forfeiture stood fi to 5. Mr. Belford
moved that Delegate Brenta , of Washing
ton territory , cast the deciding vote.
Chairman Cobb replied that Brants had'
no vote in the committee , being a dele
gate , Brenta had previously voted on the
forfeiture under consideration. In refer
ring to this f.iot Bol ford said to
the chairman : " 1'vo always noticed
thnb ho was allowed to vote when
hia views were the same as these of
yourself. Now , when ho is opposed to
the forfeiture , you will not permit him to
cast-a ballot. " Mr. Cobb arose from hi *
chair and replied ho would not permit anyone -
one to question his motivca. Mr. Cobb-
said that heretofore no ono had raised
the question of Brent's voting. Ho had
nlwnyu voted wit'i the majority or minor
ity , when his voted counted as iiuthio r
but iM his votn at thh time would decide
the question ho would enforce the rules
of thu IUJUBO excluding the ballot of a
dologato. A heated collrquy between
Cobb and Bulford followed , in which the
latter asserted that his rights on the com
mittee wuro the sumo as those of Chair
man Cobb. Representative Anderson
was not present , and the deciding vote
was left for him to cast. The members
of the committed nro of the opinion that
Anderson will vote for a forfeiture of the
grant. _ _ _
.
A Bl
Tn'oy , N. V. , February 24. Burslara .
broke into the jewelry atoro of Murks &
Son nnfi carried oil' property valued nt
550,000
Thu safe door win forced from its
. hinges and the contents taken , which in-
cliiilo diamonds , gold watches , cash , jow-
uby , etc. Thin is anid to be the most
expert job over purforin'jd in this city in
oightt'eil years. Noelt-.y. _
The Mexican Consul Uciicrulslitp.
ST , LOUIH , February 24 Loto advices
from thu City of Mexico are to the ettect--
that the Mexican government contem
plates the ( Mitnbliih'nent of the consul
generalship in the Mississippi valley ,
with headquarters itt St. Louis or Chicago
cage , nnd that thu iiama of John F ,
Cihill , present Moxii-au ountnl in this
thin city , i * favorably monti jned in con
nection wiih tlmt pn hinn/
A $ nocoo
CHICAGO , Fotiiinry 24 Fira Jo.jiight
destroyed the hews Jiou.io , engine room *
and minor hnittiiitga cmiiioctHl with thu
works ( > f thu Culimift Iron HiiO Stool
company at Uuuiinii'gi trillion , twenty
, inilvti southuhut ol IIK ! cirvTlio IOM in
ruiitihly ratiinMvil u 30,000 > f 0,000 ;
| fully