Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1884)
f 1 HE OMAHA DAILY BEE YEAR , OMAHA , SATURNEB. DAY MOTCNING , M ARCTIC im. NO. 229. OF THE NATION , We Co iifc Begirt on too Rejected fOourse of the State Dopavt- 'iiioiitto ' bo Commended , Sorato Disdussing thof eases of Oattlo , Twetfiy-two-Ponsion Ellis 2a8se8 ? by ( ho House * so Hills -ami UlITtt ft > r tlio fenlft Ol WAOHINGTON NOTES. THK1 LASKEIt ItKSOJfjTIONH. March 1C. The Committee of the liouw foreign Committee , consisting Ourtir , J.ticc and Eaton , to whom the Hiscoct ror tu- tions oii'iho Laskor matter werccofo 'rred , atametting to-day offered - titrate for the csolutions and prepared a report to accompany tlio substltnte.t a moot' ing of the full committee the suV-wtitute resolutions and repocfc 6f thcraubcommit - ted were laid before the moa .bor s , Oen. sidercblo discussion folloiwd , t aid aftoi suggesting a few l changes to tbo sub- tBmrnittco , the full comntrWao a fljourncd , ' The sentiments expressed in the roporl ' of-'iho committee , which -will , probablj ' reach the house'Mondan'aro : . V'JTirst , That the house'had & rightt ' adopt and transmit to'the. ' Ge rrnan reieh- f stag resolutions oxprenting its opiii- on of the character aad ab ility of the " deceased Gorman statesman , itaaymp&thj -with the democratic idea ; on itertaiued by ' 'him ' and its condolence -with that party oi Gorman politics tc wh ich they -bo' longed , in the loaa'fchoy ' suffered ir. hi ; Second , II would" < not bo a digc. --tourao for the hoaea f.o indulge -it * xxbuso of Bismarck fortwsoi jting his eight 'to ' say when the wsoltttionu reached Jiits that they chould go 310 lurthor , o > th ; "question of his right to assert thai : authority is ono to-Jbo s ettlod betwees ' I him and the reiohctng. Third , That tho-tciion of our stats i department is' deaoiv ng of commenda tion. tion.Tho The resolution * which are to berre- _ . ported as substitute for Hiscock's reao lutions will notdiilur substantially frozji the latter , except in the modification1 ol iho language renpenling Bismarck's icon - duct and in a&Utioc a commondatior.iol t the courao of the , ettte department-Kit : the matter. . i tRClBOPB IIILL.S. The house comnxitteo on comm ec < - agreed to report favorably bills for brifigei across the Missouri river near Knnsai City and Leavenworth. - UALKOi" HMZZAK LANDS. The house committee on Indian 'teSun - i decided to make a 'favorable report * oi i the bill for Bale -of tfco Indian rcacrvAtioni \ > --In Nebraska and oTcnsas and for the ro -jmovalof the tribe to Indian Terrctary FORTY-K1GHTH OoNGUESS. ( JHSATE. WAWiihorox , March 14. Mr. Bowes rr\rop. , Col ; ) introdueed a bill to reduce - tie ! postage on .mailablo matter ofh ; cscond class. Roforred. Mr. Plumb ( ron.Eas. ) called up the . boint resolution appropriating § 25,000 fee itjio eradication of-tho foot and meet ! : 'disease. Mr. Plonk said it was a very serious disease , .and. did not effect the istato of Kansas moxcly , but all statee. iHc sent to the dotk cnd had road a die- .patch from the govoiaior of Kansas , urg- uug the importatKo of immediate action , illr. Sherman { ( rep. , O. ) moved tc amend by striking out the clause which provides that the money bo expended in . .corporation with thoi&uthoritios of Kau- taas , as the disease had also spread tc oilier states , and atf'ocicd other animals. VliOj people of Illinois. and other states V4VC becoming alarmed at the spread oi the disease and an appropriation should notiVc conGned to Kansas. Mr.-Cullom ( rep , 0.1) ) . ) thought tlw nmouci should be $30 COO , and that the rouiilation bo paseod at once. Mw Williams ( dem.JIy. ) . ) thought it would'/co better to take > up > the bill retch ing toicoiitagioius diaeac9of cattle gea- ernlha d HO treat the l4Eattcr M * whoce. Mr. Jzmbrop. ( , Ki\a.caid ) his pnlj objceiioc was that notiociad been giveu of i > p-robietod debate on i that bill , and it wat dorf oid loss aud daxiogo by delay in the fa&n of urgent nocoacity for imme diate act ico. Ho had uoobjoction to Mr. Shidrnicn's atnondtnojjt. Mr. Coljdora , Ter. ) mqvcd to strike out the word "Kansas" aud insert the v words "with itho consent of c ho state au- * ihorities"BO , > AS to make it igonoral and Callow ate-tcs f. croico in the matter if they /issircd. Ha id not waat fo give iho commissiauor , .cf agricultuce absolute authority. f Mr. BuOur ( ( iuii. , S. 0. ) rend a tek- gjcf m to show thrt the govcrnonof a west erp state had asked to have established qufcantino gaintt Kansas caUlo , and M oud ! probibly dq so. Ho inquired why the ovcrnor of ICrnsaH could not # lo the eamo.Mr Plumb cepliod that ho could , but whatcort of a ipotkiclo would it } > J foi the gpTernor of u .ntate to catabUnh a ( juarapiino agoirwt t&a entire cominarco of catilo. It w&a not quarantining against ottlo coming jtc Kansas to rcipcin there , b it to their pasaipg through thow. Unless ilo govurament took systemat-t action iuwlculabio and i uavoidablo lozt would rujult when thcac dressed c&tUe t ere inatijt'jd. The duetto was spread- ung throufihjUiany Btatra. Mr. OuiJQm , ( rep. , Ill.y , speaking for dUiuois , said tto people of tUr.t state had , tkalt with cpntyioua ; diseasuajierotoforc occurring within its limit * arid iad done no tuccossfully. JIo was not , , therefore , asliiug anything specially for thctm ; but the .diseases now /raging among Battle were Dreading illfever tliu country and involvcii largely the question f inter ttute oeinmerce. 1JU believed if tue government had takeu prompt incasurt ; in the ctrly stages of itho epi/ootic , ii would have caved many bullion dollan lW * nnd BufTorittg. CatUwore passing in i\K l out of the states Rflbclod and. nmny states trcto becoming Tapidly adocted. Mr. Fjhsrmnn Riid the fooV nud mouth disoasa tind eon > o from Kitopo nnd w .a an exceedingly serious disease and thrr/ntoncd t spread tvor Ui6 > Axilo country nnd road alottor tirging suspon- sion'of the importation of cattle 'fsr the ' present , ft was a national mid not a local qucttion , enf4 Mr. Sherman , and TifcoUld bo dealt with broadly. Ho * tinted to wait fdr action on 'tho ' plouro Maxoy ( dom. Toxai ) made the point that theco was no pu > or for kil ling diseased otittlo. The resolution was unconstitutional. Mr. Coke held that Clio resolution would dolojnto to the Commissioner of agriculture newer roaidrng exclusively in the atntua themselves. Mr. Infills ( rep. Kii ) referring to the < | ucstion lf the Btatos right having boon montioiM'l said ho was afraid that ovontiial1'/ the aonsta would bp called upon to make a lac&o appropriation to oxtirpaia the foot nnd mouth diacmo from the domocrciio party , for that party inpvor opened its mouth without putting its foot in "it. lie thought the dangar now largdl under control bui congress was not relieved of its duty in the jvomises. . v/i largo number of cattle in Itonsosyoro not owned by its people , t bein tranaitpry Lords and it would bo obriously unjust to compel the people ol Ktnsas to pay all the expense of stamp ing out the disease that become wide qproad among ' ach cattlo. 'Mr. ' Hoar ( rep. , Mass. ) moved to post- grcno considorrtion of the resolution one Mr. Ilarrte ( dom. , Tonn. ) moved , to tpostpono it indefinitely. Mr. Oongor ( rep. , Mich. ) did not won der that a fooling of distrust was growing wp among'fanners ' and stock owners whos -overy bill for the protection of ngricul- * ural interests was mot hero with sncorc and frown - . Mr.'Buynid ( dom. . Del. ) did not think it within the power of the government to enter a state , take the lives of disoai cattle , and pay for such taking. The vvoojprosident announced thet/'h.o would be absent three days nest week , and designated Mr. Sherman to perform the dtetiee of the chair , which wau'ca- sontod to. Adjourned iill MoaOoy. IIOUSK. " The morning hour vr * dispensed -vith on motion-of Mr , Townahonddom.HM. ) , who moved that the poatoflioo approjTna- tionbill'ba taken up. The motion-was lost. lost.The The Biotno went into comatitteo oCtho whole onti.'io public calendar. The 'bill granting c. pension of $2,5uG ayear to Septotacinr. fcT. llandolph Linltham , the solo surviving grandchild of Thoa. vJoTer- son , wan taken up , and afavoraWoreport of the eoir.mitteo on pensions road. The house committee on postofHcesand post rocda was ordered to make adverse roporte .en all bills providing for the establishment of postal savings 'banks. Several members of the committeuflavor the Byotoia , but think it iu > t ozpediest at present. An adverse report was nko orclared on the bill prohibiting ( he trancmiosion through the mails of newapa cors contain ing lottery advertisements. The toinority report oppoaod tha bill the that hadino-con S on guound congress - stitutional authority to grant a oivil pension - sion , JcfiTorson's services hftvicgi ueen civil instead of military , and .aacorte that it is "a dwjgraco to the people thatihis good old Jady should bo in wanf , " but that if thct pension is granted her it would bo only a short time beforebCbrts would bo dnado to pension the living children and grand-children .alf ! , roai- denti. Mr. Robinson ( dem. , N. Y. oxulairood that Mrs. Linkham was living > in a humble dwelling in Georgetown that cost but $20 perononth and she aadihor three children were dependent for support on the oxortioaa of her gifted and beautiful daughter. After an extended debate Uie enacting clause was stricken out 129 toiiiO. > Dho committee then rose aud the fnouso rail- 1lod its action. The house < took a recess tiil 7:80.jtlia ayening , the session to be for .tho. ocr.- : idoration of j-onsion bills. The houeo at the evening session ipassod twentytwo pension Wlla.and JsJL jjournod until to-morrow. WBEOKINO AN Ol'EItAH4HJ8i : . Ji. Illot In 'Frlseo O er Putti Tlckebc , j IN FUAAOEMCQ , March 14. ( Pc-dayi ! miot occurred -ovontito aalo of l atti'tickj etc. The craivdll,500 strong , ibinat ita of &e < Gcud opera iiooao am smashed all i&o plants od jilctares Thoic Jury was * a seot that a ooan.pialted . op A cung boy codlfcurlod him thro gli aoidadoor of iiUo .yantibule , TJiellbQjn WSM ibAcJy hurt. Caaio .and drescea > wor ( several wonvn were many ak ,3il. The < wo.\t . threatened to tear the ( box office Aovia aud gut i the whole bpUalng unless Abe box oilioQ was opened. . iioculatorH y > - peared wd cu'ered iiUckota for 61 $ , when Uu > i cowd threz iuiedvto tear Ihom to pieces atihoy repeatfdithe olTor. They smashed iixiho window at tus box oflice , but Uia agosi escaped cztd acctt for the police. After a hard * teugglo. and many C.rroats order was resisre . The on- councoment , xras made that i to tickota would bo colt at the box cflict ; , * nd that purchasers woyld have to ctep Jato th < offiso one at a time. Thd ox peratec crorrd walked & swearing ZE/1 disgusted. Maf Insoii waa Arrested and beokod gt the city prison this if/ternoon for .yi ( Uting llio fice ordinance in selling mcro tipteU than ioata in tl 3 house. Ha wac.ro leasedvn bonds. Innoosnt Ooln Ky. , March 14. Frank i < ! o , coitvicteu of murder in a camp OQ.t/io mountains , uoJtfOumberlandFalls hut year , of two men fiaraed Adair , was hanged Bhortrly after oca o'clock to-day. Iliaaca this norning cliowed a pictux of agonizing dUtrcsa. 8til ! ho profcssei conversion last sight , doi .ed ho did th < murder , but saii ho saw It done am shared tlue ( iroceefg. Ho M T.'d not tel who w co hia aceompHcoji. JIo die < without a etruRglo in five miiuitt Th mother of the murderer was tlio only won ' 3 n who yHflCHfA We ) irr'ecutb , 'CKANGE AND CATTLE. Boards Specially Dclailcl The Foot and Mouth Disease in Four States , Investigation by National and State Authorities , Meagre but Startling Reports from Affected Localities , Diseased Aiilmnls 'Found In T.oulsa County , Iowa. CHTOAGO MA.KKRTS. AN IMI'IIOVEMKNT. Spoclftl fDlHptktcli to Tlio BKK. CBFCAOO , March w4. The markets io- day generally displayed n firmer tone and prices for nil commodities closed liighor. .The wheat market during the entity portion of the day ruled quiet nnd tolerably steady , but about noon's ' Lot to ; speculative demand sprang tip nnd trading was fair. The mnrkot wae gov- riiod principally by homo intluencos , A. shipment of 70,000 bushela of 'No. 2 Minnesota 'for export was anccuncod , and a largo consignment for the -cast was induced by < the low freights . Scon after the oponmg prices advanced \a \ nnd closed hbout Jc higher than jrastordny. IIIAUIKO IN COllT was active on speculative ovcount , nnd a good shipping business wan' transacted. For lower-grades the market was some what unsettled. Rocoipta "woro about the same nt yesterday , and -24 per conl contract -corn. A good -deal of buying was reported on local account , nnd the shorts -were covering. The mnrkol opened a shade firmer , rclliod 'c for May and j@ c for moro deferred futures , an < closed JC o higher that ? yesterday. A the opening there was a quiet and tame speculative market for oats , and prices receded , c. Later , when wheat and corn took au upward start , the demand in creased , prices reacted and ranged a shade higher than yesterday. Inquir ; for most , pork was moderately active , es pociaUy for moro dcforrod deliveries Prices advanced 1012&c , and the ad vance vca well sustained. Lard was in better demand and stronger. Prices ad vancod3JJ@20c. OK OUi-OOAKl > wheat aiilod firm and closed at 9ijj ( to DGJc for &fay ( eel t ° 88jc | for Juno ; 99j to y i'cifor July. Cora advanced ! 4 to Ac. Oats , pork and lard nominally unchanged Cattfo < idull and < lfc lower. Trade in dreoeotl beef , shippers and export cattle was lK3st lifeless. With fresh receipts -thane trcro 0,000to 10,000 on sajo , a large .per cent of which were fat cattle , .many-droves havisg been carried OVA iroui .yesterday. < Batchers' slock wa also filovr and oasiec , end there was a de < cline < o ir 3 to 23c on old cows and poor tulle. Qtockers and 'feeders were in fai demand , but20t 4Qo lower than las week ; ; ll < ,340 to l,5 0pound export grade , $ ( i.20 tot"4 > .7fi ; good. ( to choice shippiej of J CO to 1,350. , pounds , $5.70 t SG.IA ; ocaimon ta oiP-dium of 1,000 to 1,200 rounds , So.OS tc S5.0 ( ! ; fair oowo ? 2.25 tc * , 4.00. SDUK OATinK-O'lNTAGION. IHE d..fl.li\E'EKBIIfAEEJVI- TO KAXSifi Bpodal iDltratch to tux 3E. GffiUMMp , March ilA , Ohiof Ve ( rin- : iriaa Salmcn , of the department of agri icuUmso. at 'Washington , passed through this city today on , hie way to Kan Baa , viliorc , iio has boon ordorott by th govenamont io oxamiae > tiio cattle disease roportail in < * that stito jw the fooi ani mouth anally. Soosttary John IJ Rauch , .of . .the UlinoaB tate board o health , taocqmjianiod htm as far as Cni cago. Or , i X'ch fouuntV ° n roachin , hero , a .nuaumuu to repair to KirtssaoAH aA3C' ( iujfiiKwi L.n > COUNTIES in Illinois , Wibco it is tljgv.ghtthe fee and inottih.i'.ucaja lias oJso broken out 'Dr. Raudi , , Tidp3Kored -persuade Dr Calraon ta .nwaippiny Jiim ite Ellingliam , but the Lvti&r M c d that. Lc must go A cnco to Icaws. uEauch triU , , however tor Spi'i ' iAold to-night lfJahnon ro from Axiz ijlonsas trip , ono wee IK tCrtWS , < . .0 NTV , . _ i and JSclmou . .called at 4ho oflico ofxEtnders , of The Dreaders Gazette , bo- fofcvfalmoa lofi t nopn ind lotfDf. < l from SAnders , that be Jud. rqccivcd a letter to- h\yfrom Louiaa , AQuniy , , Iowa , . , saying dho dreaded diswwc ivas atcong the cattle March JU.f to-day are to the c l'ect hat the foot tnd.rnqiiih diocato Jiaa .appeared uear \7ijQia ! , Louisa county , jlwra. N th itig. additional has been learnoi re ardvif , the .witwgtCon near EiEiijjhq ; ; ! , III. , U' ' tlu ) .tato'.ytterinary surgeon and oxpcrca have /jooo.to the scene &ud arc expected to report to-morrqw. Kas. , Mwch-W. Ex citeinonti-olatv'o to the caUlo plague is subsiding , antl U is reported 4 hut some persons &ro dvttegarding the quarantine People gcoerally do not beltew ) , the dis enso so highly contagious as the xurgoons report it. Tlio l } ( ltli. Burgeone flay tlo 4iscaio niani estSjit3elf within about /our days at the longest f tor exposure. The ( juarantino committee held a meeting , anil resolved on o tra measures to invuie for their roguli tions. UIIOINO , III , Mavh 14.In vioor ol the el&rm regarding ths .cattlo disean itlia following dispatch signal by a largo number of cattle men was uoni to Sena Logan jd Gullom this oveniiiv : TJbp iwsLvj ? nod c itla bresdcr ? ontrallllinois respectively urge upon on iho importance of the passage of the niniftl industry till na it comes from the ntionnl cattle breeders convontiiiii and rgontly request you to work Wr the tassngu of thn Baino ns introduced by Senator Miller. The house nmondmonta radically destroy the utility of the ncasuro nnd prevent notion in cases of mergoncy such ns now exists in Kansas. .NOT1UNCI OFI'ICIALLY KNOWN. Si < HtNnriKt.i > , 111. , March M. Thpro s no positive knowledge here concerning Iio alleged nppoarnncn of the foot and iiouth disease in Ellingliam county. State Attorney llcssah , of EflhiRhnm , olcgrnphs the state board of health that ho disease is confined to thirty head on wo farms in the northwestern part of the ountry. The state board of health are ully prepared to take action na soon no it can bo definitely learned that it is really ho foot nnd mouth plaguo. . Unhss cattle invo lately boon imported from England o this country , it is thought the disease oca not oxist. Positive information is murly oxpcctod. Dr. Pnrroiij atato vot- riuarinn , is on guard , nnd will make n hdrough investigation. Iho state con- titution ompowois boards of health to make and enforce rules and regulations .ending to chock the spread of contagious .iscascs. THU DISEASE IN MISSOU1U. KAHHAS CITV , March 14. The Timoa1 olfurson Oity special eays Statu Auditor Walker has received n letter < ? ntcd yes * orday , from Thomas 0. Cavipbnll , of virksvillo , Adair county , ix northeast ern Missouri , stating that 'tho foot and mouth disease has appeared ainong the cattle in that vicinity nnd asking what noasuros should bo taken. The auditor replied urging careful investigation and nctivo measures on the part of the citizens for the suppression of the di sease. VJIBOfrUXt ? MA.IU Ifulll Not bo Extmtloil to the Island'or NurthwoBtarn. Special Dispatch'to IIE DEB. CuiCAiio , Mardhl14. Postmaster "Son- " oral Grealism , Araistant Postmastcrilion- oral Hatton , 'Superintendent W. B. Thompson , arid other momoora 6 the northwestern fast mail party , returned tc Chicago at 11:30 o'clock this morning. Groslmtn and Hatton vroro both vorj much fatigued , nnd repaired imiecdiatolj to their rooms , where a reporter found them. General Gresham said the fan mail appeared to give the greatest satin fiction -everywhere. The reporter- inquired , " \Vfll the fasl mail aervka end with the Chicago , Bur lmgton. & ' < Quincy and the Chicago , Milwaukee waukoo , fc St. Paul ? " "Wo ibavo finished , so fur as wo nrc concerned. 'Wo have ma o contraota with those two roads , and will not make any others at present. " "Then the Chicagd & , HTorthwostori and thes'Rock Island will not run fas mails also ? " "Nob.unloss they put tljom on thorn eelves . 'and also pay the expenses , . shocld gcdgo. " Hatton also said that no other arrange mcnta were on foot and that tifl , fas mail -flcrvico would probable stop1 when itic. 3 a regard to politics Gicsham said , " bolicv of Indiana will goccopublican. ' . am very well satisfied in < my own mini thsd-it-mll. " Gkmeral Grcsham loft for Indianapoli to-nightvc.nd Hatton audVIhompson fo Wacliingtan. MCONOVAN -ontl n Few -t > f tlio AVoIooicvo 801110 InniluulbloB .lime Over from SpoclriJ IDI.p-.tcU to TIIK BEif. JNKNYoiK , March 14A largo nutn her of ( Trial : sympathizers , > British dotoc tivcs nndA oroign concUb aaaomblod A the Franchdock to-day , 'to receive tli steamer fit. Lawront , on board of whicl > half a doom dynamitere .TJCTO expected from Hnvc9 , < but none camo. O'Doniic van Roc a/y ; id they w roiriot expected iQno of tiio'S'instructod" dyjistnitora , win .into . naiKorJLiverpool Saturday , oxhil ) tied the Litest dynamite machines. On eras fashioned like a cig r , and was smol enough toibo crriod in tiioost jiockot h v/liilo the 'iiihir was x , brain thing no ) unlike a facioct. It is learned tiiat Goorg Blown , M ! tO'J' onovau said /osoph Cat sue. throe jitoetago { lueeiifjors , landc < and were neeiroU ; ' received bytiossn , an that they were uimong tha most active i the recent . ( English rairoad < alow-upo I'oow refused to- talk about the men. OP1 J10N. JOHN EAFVJ3. ftto iK.-r-CoiiKMw * 'iun anil lately Ii Oflice at. Nortk Yttcxto , Awar. March 14.floe. . Join Taffe died .t 10 o'clock this mooting Mr. ffplfc represented NcbraaUr. ii ngrfiiBifpr three .tarnia. At dioiim his dca iijio * rns receuer of the Nortl Platte lend ofllco. Iio .wai born inirn dianapolu , rlwj o 30 , 3. 7 , and wuc i resident at Nebraska 01000 * 185G. NEW YOEX , March -0'Donovai LVosea was inLocviowcd List Aght regard iog the oxplusiQii t Ft\lhs i , England aud declared Uiatjie/cnow" Ujroodays m > thtt the oxplocion wac to take plaou , and said ho could tell when tUo .next oni woad ! take plico , bui wo.lli . ot do si to-dty. The fact cowos d-oic. Londoi , that the Fulliam outrage was singly tin oxplo n of u toy belongiog tv f. child Much eaiusemunt wan thereby , < reatot over the pretensions of Tlosw. Uurlud Alive. , Ohio , March 14.- John Mp shall and Joluj Itoutzong while digging a deep ditch saar the city yesterday wore buried under twenty foot of oartl by the caving of ti # bank , and the MANGLED MINERS , The Awful Force of tlio Explosion in the Ptaonlas Hides , Windows Shattered in Houses Two Miles Awayi A Father's ' Frantib Search for His Missing Son , The Mine Takes Fire and is Sealed Up , Itorrtltlo HlRlita ltc\calcd Dy Hrlof ithin the 1'lery Furnnor. DISASTEH. TKllKIPIU FOUCK OK T1IK KII'LOSIOK. PESEUSIIUHO , Vn. , March 11. Thou sands of people have been awnrming to the scene of the mine disaster nil day. Trees on the mountain sides that have withstood the tempests of ngon were shriven tmd torn nnd brancliea scattered in ovoiy direction. Portions of the wreck were blown over the mountain ridge froutvng the approach to the ruins nnd picked up moro than a milo distant. Coal dv.ot was blown over the mountain nnd covers the earth on the opposite side tea a depth of half nn inch , ' and the black ened and rent overcoat of one of the dead minors was picked up in n gulch nearly half a milo away. So terrific was the force of the explosion that the windows dews in the house of a fanner two miles away were shivered. PpcahonUis mines embrace an area of 25 miles. There are five entrances every ono of which Boom ed to bo an exit for T11E I'KNT Ul1 FUUY WITHIN. The entrances are filled with foul air nnd every attempt to enter the mines has been attended with a bad result , in sev eral instances the men barely escaped dying from the overpowering gas. The furthest entry olVoctcd was by n Hun garian whoso son was buried in the mines. Nearly crn/od by grief ho cauld not bo restrained nnd penetrated to n considerable distance but \\as forced to retire. Ho reported Booing n number oi bodies in ono chamber torn and mangled beyond a sombjanco of recognition. One was of a youth , aged 13 , employed as n door boy , who was the pot of the minimi camp. The little follow had just entered the mines when the oxploiion occurred , Till ! MINES KAVl : I1UF.N HKALKI ) as tlio only means of suppressing tlu fire , which is still burning. It is fun coal at the bottom of the mine which ii on fire. The mines will remain scale * for at least two weeks , and when oponec tlxsro must bo extensive repairs bofor < the resumption ct work. Ono of tin yoang men killed was the only son of t widow whoso husband perished in th mines several weeks , ago. 1'AIUmCCI.A.im IN UBTJLir/ . The night relief wont into the inineo n the usual hour last night , 150 strong. Alii ila after midnight thpro was a report tha sounded like-a rumbling earthquake , fol lowed by n clap of thunder. A messenger gor from the -mines , throe quarters of i mile away , raoon brought information o iho explosion. The superintendent on < others wont immediately to the mines fflio entrnneo io the main shaft was entirely tiroly torn out and aluitercd for hun of ifoot. The cars were taken u ] bodily and torn in twain and thoi iron wheels , broken and shivered hurled four < hundred Foot. A suarohin it .party . found , a pair of shoes and on top of a ridge six hundred fee .away , qnposito Um drift. Th second entrance to the inin presented ai-similar appearance to th ilirat. At the entrance to the fan tunnc stood the company's largo veutilutoi which , with'tho house Around it , wa i wspt entirely away. Every object nea was demolished. Several workmen in th ahps were seriously injured , and th sluips , as weU as the locomotive ) house were levelled to the ground Of the Ifi1 men in the miao at the time of the oxplc sioa , not ono has returned to the surfac 'to ' toll the story of the cakmity. There i o noprobabilitythat a single soul ountivo ; U Parties who ventured ii.te the minoithi morning found several t one/of which was identified no that of M I ; . [ Hampton , itho night fatoman , wh loaves a wife and n Inrg family. The < carpontern And laborer after much labsring and ciokncsa , sue eoocdod this evening in erecting a if an andiit is hoped < iho removal of iho duai can begin some ttimo to-ni ht , thoiwl thoamell from tlic.jnino is stUl ( uckonini and airlTocating. Abputthirty-fiueillungariaiiBaroanionj tLo ( Victims. Tiuiiihors are colored inei aud white miners a' this state AUU I'enn iyU' nk. The conclusion is that the ox nloaton was cauaod by the fixe damp Tlio chu9ahes and iiojsea of Pueahouta in laouuning. Busineas is entirely tua ponded. _ _ _ _ Manitoba Aturdcrcrs. Wrwutiu J , March J i , The ox utioi of the fituvansons at Eogina haa booi furthet pcstponed till April 3. Tin death warrctit had beau received aud al the preparations for hating completed when oa order stayiii .execution ar rived. Man/ Indiana iiivo gather < about Ilcgiiic. It is reported tJio ; threaten to raid the town it the Steven aons are executed. TJiomtUaritios , how ever , do not /oar. John .StovoiiBoi rl allowed great eoc&iess , aiidaslMd for m I - W'tra supply of Jobacco. His brothu : u .Uoorgo is terribly excited and begs fo ; a nmwy. TJio people of llugfiia are do . tornvnod the exicut&ona shall ultunato ) come OH' . q _ _ Hatliiiuil Coiivciiilon Kupretiuul/ULtoii NJB\V yoiiK , March It , A circular wai issued totduy by the independent repub licau couforenco committee showing tin republLcau rote in cadi tu ( in the Jan presidential election , and th * number ol delegate ) to the national convention t < which oich ctaio is entitled. It ; ippoar < that in the stutea of Now Yoilf , f liio PeiiUBylvanla and Indiana there i * oni * ' - to every 7,155 , while m , " ' - - - sippi , Toxna , Georgia and Louisiana the representation wns throo. The conven tion will bo asked ta provide that in future the national convention represen tation bo proportioned to the republican votes of the states and congressional dis tricts respectively. NKUUAHKA'S MMGIIUOlt. IlCHin\to \ of IOXMI'H l.cRlslnttiro'fl 1'm- S TIlO DES Moixia , In. , March 14. In the senate to-day the four constitutional nmondmonta telegraphed yesterday were .greed to. The pardon of Finis Allen , rving n lifo sentence for the murder of ohn Long , in Fremont county , in Janu ry , 1870 , wna discussed during the re minder of the session. Pardon wns iworod by Chambers , Colton , Hall , Unrk niul Swoonoy , nnd opposed by lass. The house to-day passed the following ills : To mnko further provision for the are of the insane ; McCall's bill to roor- ; anizo the board of' trustees of the ngri- ultural college ; to regulate the lines of tudy in the state agricultural college ; utlioriv.ing notions against railroad coin- lanioa to bo brought in the name of the tnto ; authorizing the railroad comuiis- ionors to decide cases brought before thorn on complaint ngninst railway coin- ios nnd proscribing n method for on- prcing their dicisions. The question of nnl adjournment was taken , nnd post- onod untii next Thursday. The Bolter lohool bill wns then taken up nnd con- lumod the rumaiudor of the day until lulf past Gvo , when the bill was finally rdorod to its third reading and then inesod. KEOKUK , Iowa , March 14. The ice jlookado broke in the Mississippi this oronoon. The rivnr is now filled with running ico. Navigation opens in , a "ow daya. Ciumdltiii 1'olltlcH. Spodnl ] ) If < imtch to THK BKK. TOUONTO , Canada , March 14. Thorn- cent action of the dominion parliatnont of Ottawa , central government of Can ada , in assuming the control of the rail ways running in the different provinces , , nd not nfl'octing moro than ono particu lar province , threatens the downfall of McDonald's government , BT. LOUIS' llKSKrilNO KIN. ANOTIIKH TKLUttl OONE WllONO. ST. Louis , March 14. It tran spired very late last night tha Frederick J. Doitrich , teller in the La cledo bank of this city was a defaulter t the amount of about $30,000. It appear Dei t rich loft thn city two weeks ago o : leave of absence. Two or tiiroo day later the defalcation was discovered , bu hu boon kept quint . ST. Loins , March 14. The Laclod bauk will loose nothing by the dofalcr tion of Doitrich , , as the Fidelity & Cast alty company is on his bond for twont thousand , and ho had given personal ban for the same amount. The omboz/lc mont was accomplished in lean than tw months , the money having boon take between January 1st and February 2'k when ho started for Hot Springs , Arkai sas , on a sick leave , nnd what ho did wit the money isnot known1. Ho is S3 yeai old , has a wife and child , and has boo teller of the bank twelve years. Ho i highly connected. Bis whereabouts i not known , and neither the bank nor th ( Fidelity company have yet taken an otops for his arrest. Sr. LOUJH , March 14. J. F. Diotricl teller of the Lacledo bank , \rho ombo ; vied $30,000 , was arrested this aftornooi His whereabouts were discovered by Ppstpispatch > reporter , who notified tl "Fidelity & Casualty company's ropr sontativo. A search-warrant was pr cured and the loporter guided the dopul sheriff to hia brother's houao on Franl lin nvonuo , vrhcro the embezzler In boon concealed for a week past. TILtEll IN ST. LOUIS. ST. LOUIH , March 11. Prentice Tilk the Pacific express robber , arrived he this morning in charge of a detective , ai was driven immediately to the Lindi hotel where General Manager Morsmi of the Pacific oxprosR , nnd Assistant Go oral Marnier Shepherd , of the Uniti States oxprossworo in Availing. All toe breakfuit together in n private root : Tlio morning passed questioning Tilli and comparing the company's book : When this is finished Tiller will bo give over to the police. The Fll/.loliiH'ortor HIM. Si'iiiNni'iKU ) , 111. , March 14. J. ( Power , custodian of the Lincoln mom tnunt nt Springfield , telegraphed Pies dent Arthur to-day , as follows : "If ya dpsiro to make your name luminous i history , 'in the name of the martyre commander inchiof and the hundrot of thousands of union soldiers , who wei down t their graves because they oboye orders , veto the Fits John Porter bill. Tardy .liiHtluo to a Darky , ST. LOKIH , March 14. Matt. Lowii .colored , was hanged here early this mon ing , for the murder of his wife in 0 < tobor , 1870. Lowia quarreled with hi wife , cut her throat in iv fit of jealous and wj.iped , but wuu arrested nearly year afterwards. Ho Ima been in ja Devon years , during which ho had lou trials. Ho wan sentenced to hang Ser tembor Cth , 1878 , was again convicted o HovoniberiiOth , ISO'J and .February lit ! U582 , but got u now trial each timo. II was convicted tlio last time Februar 14th , J8c3 , on which conviction ho wa hanged to-day , after an appeal in vain t both the .supremo court und governor Lewis passed a quiet night AnU was at tt-ndud thii * morning by Rov. Smit Claiborne , colored , of the Xion churcli The execution was without event. Aftc the pottmorton tlio body was turned eve to fviendi , nnd the publiofunoral aorvlcc held in Olttiborno'a church. Destructive Hnoiv Slide. DKNNUU , Col. , Maroli 14. The Aepci stage , which arrived from Lcadvillo a midnight last night , brought the nows.o a. fatal snow alido which occurred 01 A pen mountain last Monday night Tbrao employes of Yallejo mine Geoff MarcLall , VVillinm O'Drion nnd Join McQinnity were killed. MikeHiggina , i iniseing. BOB'S BULL-PEN , The Recent Ranch Inyestat oflicr- ' soil and Alley , Scoured from Ex-Senator Dorsoy for His Star Eouto Defense , No Foot and Mouth Disease There And Little in Kansas , Now Mexicans Taking Very Little Interest in Polities , Alloy ThlnlCM Dorsoy In Not Working for tlio First U. S. HoniUoralilp. KOUEHTfl ItANCH. ALI.KY r.XTHUSIASTIO OVKH IT. Special Dlnpntch to Tim BKK. OIIIUAOO , March 14. Ex-Congrcssman Alloy , of Boston , who is part owner with Colonel Ingorsoll , of the Dorsoy ranch in Now Mexico , returned this morning from n trip which ho nnd Colonel Ingor- sell made a few weeks ago , with Ex-Sen ator Dorsny , to their now property. Son- ntor Dorsoy was left on his ranch , nnd Alloy thinks , that ho will not bo cost ngnin for a long timo. , The Boston cap italist expressed. . himself as very much pleased with his purchase , nnd said that ho found the ranch in even better shape than had * boon represented. "You do not regret your purchase , then ? " ho was askod. "Not at nil , " ho replied. COL. INOEllSOIi AND MYSELF were both delighted with it. There is money in forty thousand head of cattle Uioro , nnd the land is the finest in the , southwest. The ranch had not rundown , I as was charged by semo persons. It is in excellent condition. The property is well drained , and the cattle nro entirely free from any disease. " NO } OOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. "Thoro is none of the foot and mouth trouble there complained of in Kansas ? " "Nono at nil , nnd from what ,1 learned in Kansas the extent of the disease among the stock there lias boon very much exaggerated. It has only boon discovered in one or two cases , and the owners nro confident that they can stamp It out. " NO INTEUKST IN I'OLITICS. Alloy said ho hoard of no politicians while west , and that in New Mexico the people were very little concerned about presidents. "Is it true that Doraoy is working to become the first senator from Now Mexico ice when that territory shall bo admit ted ? " Mr. Alloy was asked. "I don't believe it , " ho answered. "Dorsoy is disgusted with politics , and it will take him many years to overcome his hatred of politicians , engendered by hia recent experiences. Still ho may bo like nn old war horse ho may prick up his ears and respond to the familiar buglo- call. I haven't much faith myself in the repentance of politicians. Once they got n taste of the excitement and political rewards , it is hard to keep them out of the . " fray. _ _ zn. - The Copyright BUI. n. n.a WAHIIIMOTON , March 14. Henry Wnt- iio torson appeared before the joint committee - too on library this morning nnd made an 0- 0o - argument in support of the newspaper oy copyright bill. In answer to inquirico le ! by members of the committee , "VVattorp.on lend said n misapprehension with regard-to the scope of the bill had grown out of the fact that the original draft provided for exslusivonocs in published matter for a period of 48 hours , which time ire was subsequently reduced to 24 nd hours , itoth forms were impracticable ' Tj ell and unnecessary , Watterson said an granting a copyright for eight hours was in- nil that was sought by the promoters of inod thp measure , Its object was to prevent odk pirating of news and concurrent publica n. tion. lie illustrated the purpose of the n.or bill and the evil it was designed to cor e. rect by numerous examples , iio said it e.in did not net ns a bar to reproduction by afternoon papo < s of matter which appear 1 ed in the morning papers , und could not , in Iho remotest degrco affect what ia known as the "country press. lor tlio Plague. WASHINGTON , March 14. In tlio son- nto to-day a resolution was offered by Plumb of Kansas , appropriating $25,000. to bo used in eradicating the foot and mouth disease in Kansas. An amend ment was adopted making the sum § r > 0,000 , to bo used in any stnto or ter ritory whorg the disease appears , and the resolution pawed. Athletic Education NEW HAVEN March 14. Oliver Dyer , the Yale sophomore , who was roughly hammered by a classmate in the college nthlotio games , the eighth instant , died this morning from injuries received , HOOD'S glflRSAP/lRILLfl / I * a carefully prepared eitract of the but remedle * ct the vegetable Unedoro known to medical set- tnca M Alterative * , niood I'urtikrs , Diuretic * nnd Tonics , > ui.h ns BarsaparUla , Yellow Dock , Stilltafiia , Dandelion , Juniper lltrrtcs , Mandrake , Wild Cherry Ilarkandolherselected rooti , barks aud herbs. A jncdioine , like Anything el , can be fairly judged only by 1U results.Vo point with satisfaction to the filortoui record Hood's EartaparllU Una entered tor Itaelf upon the heart * of thousand * of people la New jnslind\i : ho lu > o personally or Indhsctly been re lieved o ( terrible luKerlniswhlcli all olhermucdks lolled to reaiu. f , . Ucwn.0,1. IfoalACo. ! Oenlf riwua send ua t.pr cxprew ( wo LqiUcs ll -i s "SpTuiUa luTd few Coolcliooks for ULiUllmUon. Yont preraralion JuS vorked wonden In tlu ) COM or my wffo , who bu been troubled with side hcadoclto and biiiousneM for ZS571 , . , ? " - 'r ' loolc ° , ? S'b rivayejom ! tuupoonlul at adoM. . undlLUuptU-cusowellfor now. fehe found Uuit within a week uf t r USlnult she fell very muchbctWr.nudJSnow eotlrelyfreSinaathosati ' vcru headai lies. 8h las not taken iiwof anrao- \ roimt sTiico Wt fprinp , and LaTuuIe slie had Irtent to do other * cocxl ; unit ire ruuit luvo It Ui Hie hoube ! Vourstruty.li01lt.lt II. KiSlI , HiMleld" ilSiiT I * "lBi 8SW | 0A *