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rtil THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
! THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. MONDAY MORNING , MARCH 17 , 1881. NO. m ,
THE STATE CAPITAL.
fThe Local Political Pot BcEinning to
Boil in Earnest ,
M The Prohibitionists to Take a
Hand Drams vsi Drugs.
The Saloons Living Strictly Up
to the Slooumb Law ,
A Horrible Story-Tho Oriine of
a Father and Son ,
Their Conspiracy to Have the
Son's Wife Baped by a Negro ,
The Damnnlilo Outrage Consuin-
1 muted Tlio Vllllans on Trial ,
IjINCOIjN IjEAFJJET'J.
POLITICAL.
u Special Correspondence ) of TIIK But : .
r
; Li.xcouv , March 10 , 1884. The poli-
lical is in the liveliest
L pot boiling possi-
bio manner in the state capital to-day ,
and the fact that the prohibitionists are
going to take a prominent part in the
spring municipal election makes matters
still more interesting. The principul
ijifficials to bo chosen this year are a police
sjudge and members of the city council.
The republicans have already entered the
present incumbents , Bon Cobb and D.
G. Courtney , not the oarsman of Union
Springs , but the "roarsman" of the ring
in the sacred precincts of Salt crook.
Courtnay is now chairman of the county
committee , and has to bo rewarded for
his services in securing the nomination
of Ed Sizer clerk of the court and the
termination of the Barr family's career
as officials in Lancaster. Ho is as indus
trious in political work as a boo on a
blossom , and if ho goes into the cam
paign for himself with half the spirit he
[ ( does for others , ho will come out ahead
sure.
The Red Ribbon club , the Light
Brigade of prohibition in Nebraska , in
tends to run Henry Hoagland for police
judge. His campaign is in the hands of
' 'Bishop" Shinner , the reformed livery
atablo kenpor of Lincoln , and William
OShoa the "Boston book binder. "
"William ia a "rod hot" Iriah nationalist ,
waving taken active port in the Fenian
uprisiug iu 18G5 and 18C7 by being
ctually on thegrpund , not fixating the
tiiemy with p'apor pallets of the brain ,
.iko so many Omaha Brian Brolma at a
four thousand 'mile range. O'ohoa
swears he will pull 'Oagland through ,
but I think when the sun goes down on
election day , O'Shea's lament will bo
"Ennory , 'Ennery vores yor 'aads ? "
> Who the Democrats will put up it is hard
Ho say , but probably Doc Childs the well
( known pharmacist , at ono time
/ ' of Omaha , but now the Bar-
tholdi statue of the Lancaster democracy.
Ho is the dernier resort of the "Bour
bons" in moro ways than one. They are
always willing to put him up for any
thing and everything.
Talking of Ohilds rominda mo that
there is going to bo a regular knock-out-
in-tho-firat-round contest hero in the near
future between the saloon keepers and the
pharmacists. It will bo
DUUOS VS. DKAMH ,
and the contest will bo as bitter as the
liquids dispensed to a foolish patronage
by both parties. You see there are
eleven saloon keepers in Lincoln , and
they are kept by the temperately inclined
officials of this goodly city up to the strict
letter of the Slocumb law. They have to
plank down their $1,000 at once in order
to cot license , must give the very best
> $5,000 bonds , must close at 10 o'clock
precisely every night , dare not open on
Sundays , must keep their window cur
tains raised and use no screens or other
obstructions , so that a parson from the
outside can BOO clear through their en-
tabliahmont aa easily as ono can look
through a candidate's casual call on the
eve of an election , and , in fact , as the
temperance folk have "lookers-on
in Vienna" all the time , the
saloon man's lot is not a
happy ono by any means. Hence it is
no wonder that ho objects to a person
opening a drug store rip lit next to him
and under the pharmaceutical exception
to the general provisions of the law soi
ling villainous whisky at all hours and to
whom he pleases. Just think of Tom
Kennard , the greatest secretary of state
uinco the days of Howard , running a
pharmacy 1 These deft and nimble fingers
that _ have handled so many important
public papers , and that Bismarck brain
that hastdocided on 10 many questions
of moment are now fooling around the
mortar and pistil and engrossed with the
manipulation of pil's ' and patrons. The
saloon keepers and their friends will
make it hot for the druggists hero one of
these days , every one of whom wiUi'vety
few exceptions are violatinp the Slocumb
law every day and a hundred times on
Sunday. There is no reason whatever
why they should escape unpunished.
Here's where Skinner's Red Ribbon mon
should direct their guns and give the sa
loon mon a rest for a while.
A CAUSE ( JBtEIdlE.
fl case has boon on trial in the district
jurt house bore for the last few days
ifhich shows that there are very few
s moan things in the devil's catalogue that
5 , man is not capable of using to his tempo-
" / rarv advantage. An old fellow named
\ Abbott figures as the principal
' -character in the following case
-Jof unparalleled criminality. Thia
Mpology for a man came hero
. Irom Iowa some time ago with considera
ble money and purchased the mill busi-
J33 of a man named McCall and at the
i qe fnio ho invested in aomu valuable
b tl untato , Abbott had a son whom ho
, lb Mares was inclined to to be buoyant in
s.in ' ' "i * o ho cent him to a commercial
rci 1 ° &t Burlington to bo kept under
dec Itrol. At Burlington he met a comely
jrjjj tng Gorman girl lately from the old
country , whom abundance of evidence
f showed was a virtuous , industrious and
modest young woman. Ho prevailed
, „ \ncn hsr to marry him , am * faKajn .
time young Abbott asked the parpnta
consent. An affirmative reply was given ,
"provided she answers my purpose , '
which old Abbott explained meant pro
vided she could attend to his household
and dairy work. The young couple were
marriml and came hero to livo. It soon
became evident tnat the now daughter-
in-law could not do the work , although
the evidence showed she tried her ut
most to do so , and it was not to bo won
dered at , because several able-bodied
women had boon hired for the same em
ployment and failed. Then commenced
n moat damnable conspiracy. The young
girl waa ordered lo no homo , and na the
evidence produced on the trial showed if
was arranged that she should bo dis
graced , and in such a manner that in
she over applied for support or alimony
from her cowardly young huaband that
she would bo unable to got it under
the atatutca. There was a big , burly
negro doing farm work at Abbott's and
ho was made n principal instrument in
the devilish work. From the Cold ho waa
brought to the houao and placed in the
society of the young wife as much as pos
sible. Finally matters culminated in the
final outraging of the woman ono morning
just as aho waa packing her trunk to obey
the oft repeated orders to go homo. The
negro , whoso name waa Murphy , threat
ened her with instant death if she should
say anything about the matter , and ho
kept close by her until she was safely on
the train on her way to Burlington. On
arriving there she immediately informed
her relatives of the outrage commit
ted upon her , and a brother came on
hero to investigate matters. Ho found
that the diabolical outrage had in fact
bcon committed by the negro , and that
Abbott had undoubtedly employed' him
to do so , facts which were duly corrobo
rated on the two trials whish grow out of
the crime. The negro was duly tried ,
promptly convicted and sentenced to the
penitentiary for a number of years for
rape. Old Abbott's case as an accessory ,
took up the attention of the court Inst
week , the jury going out Friday night
and being still out at this writing.
For a long time they stood 11 to 1 for
conviction , but a solitary vote will prob
ably defeat what , in the opinion of this
entire community is justice in the strong
est moaning of the term. Abbott's tes
timony in the lost case differed material
ly from that given on the first trial. Ho
said among other things that ho was an
eye witness of the criminal actions
of Murphy and still ho said
nothing about it , nor did ho move a hand
to save his daughter's disgrace. Then ,
again , he swore that Murphy told him all
about it , and they laughed over the mat-
tor. In fact the clearest proof of his
having known all about the abuse of his
girl was adduced. The cowardly son and
husband ran away as soon as the matter
became public , and has not since turned
up. His father has pmbably'sent him tea
a variety show to learn morality. To
wako matters worse , the old reprobate
could not content himself with the abuse
of the girl hero , but he wrote the vilest
letters about her to her . .relatives and
friends in Burluigton , and out of thia has
grown a suit against him for slander , the
damages being laid at $10,000.
This is another of the cases occurring
in thia vicinity that are surreptitiously
kept from the public. Had it not been
for the little News the matter would
never have appeared in local print hero ;
and even when Murphy's trial was in
progress , the people did not recogniza erin
in fact know anything of the enormity of
the crime. They do now , however , and
I toll you Lincoln is no place to advocate
Abbott's case now. Ho ia a prominent
member of the church , which has gone
a great way in saving him from that pub
lic ostracism which is his duo. Ho is
moderately wealthy , and of course ho is
supposed to come into court with cleaner
hands than the poor , honest laborer who
may bo accused of evil doing.
The trial of R. 0. Parrott , accused of
embezzlement whtlo in the cashier's of
fice of the Burlington & Missouri railway
company , is sot for Wednesday. This is
a clear case of the downfall of the dude ,
for Robert wanted to live like a lord and
enjoy champagne dinners and sich on a
salary that would not legitimately par-
mitsuch extravagance.
KENDAMi's KOMMENTS.
The little brush of TUB BEE'S wing in
Saturday's edition brought Land Com
missioner Kendall in a card this morn
ing , notwithstanding the fact that ho
says ho took a solemn resolution never
to appear in public'print in reply to com
ments on hia official conduct. Ho says
that ho would like to have any editor or
lawyer point out a statute authorizing the
collection of this compound interest. Ho
is respectfully referred to Section 10 ,
Article 1 , Chapter 80 , Papo 481 , Compiled -
piled Statutes of the state of Nebraska.
If ho cannot inteprot its moaning in the
typo in which it is printed there , why ,
TUE BUE may possibly please the com
missioner by reproducing the section.
Mr. Kendall , while stating tnat he and
Attorney General Dillworth wore of opin
ion that there was no law authorizing
these collections , still the state kept on
doing so because it was customary , and
although the question was raised about
two years ago , it has never boon authori
tatively decided yet. If the state has no
right to collect thia compound intereat ,
why has it been done in some cases and
omitted in others ? Is it honest to take a
man's money when he is ignorant as to
his rights under the law ? Above all , is
this question not of sufficient importance
to have the attorney general's decision ,
either pro or con ?
On the first of the coming month the
lease held by Ed Churcn on the opera
house expires , and there is a movement
on foot in certain quarters to
got aomo other party to take
charge of it. Church haa made a good
manager as far as bringing attractions to
Lincoln is concerned , but ha fools the
Ecsition too much , As a business man
o is on earth as a manager ho is in
heaven in fact when he presides over
the ticket taking at tlio opera house
door he imagines he owns the world.
Memorial services were hold in Trinity
church this morning in honor of the late
Bishop Clarkson. The church was
crowded and the ecrvices were unusually
impressive.
Jlajo & Mitchell's packing house ,
located on the bottom , north of the city ,
was partially Ucstro > od by fire Saturday
evening. The damage to the building
amounted to about $500 and upwards ol
$1.200 worth of moat vraa destroyed.
Mr. S. 0. Leonard , the courteous and
bfticicnt book keeper of the Journal was
the recipient of a costly pair of gold
mounted glasses yesterday f rom. his coworkers -
workers in the counting room. It was
the occasion of his GOth birthday.
THUMPER THOMPSON.
A Cleyelanfl Riyal Looms Up Agains
Slngger Snlliran ,
Making His First Appoaranoo
Saturday Night in OhioagOi
His Backer , Bunoan 0. Boss ,
Stakes $5,000 on Him ,
Claiming Ho Can Whip the Bos
ton Boy in aBaro-Fist.Fight ,
But Will Not Have Any Queens-
bury Bules in His ,
ICoss Says "Sullivan Must Fight Now
Or Take ix Hack Sent. "
CHICAGO , March 15. A sparring ex
hibition was given at the Natatorium in
thia city to-night , at which Morvino
Thompaon. the. Cleveland man , waa the
attraction , being pitted against a local
boxer named Bronnock. Three thou
sand people wore packed in the building ,
all that it would hold aafoly , to BOO
Thompson. Hia appearance was greeted
with some cheering , but the crowd guyed
lim a little after ho had made a few
[ lasaca at hia antagonist on the theory
that ho was no equal for Sullivan in spar *
ring skill. Ho allowed Bronnock to ad
minister a number of sounding blows , re
ceiving them good naturedly and only
retaliated once , putting in a body blow
which sent tlio young man against the
ropes and compelled him to sit down to
DO fanned. When the fourth round end
ed Duncan. C. Rosa announced ho would
match Thompson against John L. Sulli
van or any other man for a glove or bare
liandod fight for S5,000. Put Sheedy , a
local sporting character , immediately
stated ho was authorized to match Sulli
van , for $5,000 a side. Ross at first
wanted to make the match for $2,500 a
side , but finally conceded to rcako the
match for § 5,000 a side , and both mon
put up a deposit of $500 each for a fight
; o finish , within three months , either
with or without gloves. The papers are
to bo signed next weok-
TJIE rilELIMINAllY VALAVGH.
Special Dispatch to THE BEE.
CHICAGO , March 1C. Duncan O.ltoaa ,
, liB backer of Morvino Thompson , of
Cleveland , says in reply to J ohn L. Sul-
ivan's insinuation that the match .is pro
posed merely as a bluff , or for a gate
money affair , that ho doean't wont any ,
crowd or any gate money , and. that if
Sullivan or his backers will make a match
'or § 5,000 a side , ho ( Ross ) will bo glad
a have
TIIK 1'iaiIT IN A 1MUVATE 110031
with only four or six men on each side
ircEont. lnreply to Sullivan's proposi-
rion that the fight bo under the Quoons-
> ury rules , Ross says ho is unwilling to
make a match on those conditions ; that
tia challenge is for the championship ;
hat no championship match in the his-
ory of the prize ring was over fought
under the Quoonabury rules ; that all ho
lemands is the ordinary conditiona that
a to say ,
A SQHAUE STAND TJ1' FIOHT ,
mdor the English prize ring rules ,
loss would prefer naked fiats , but if
Sullivan Insists on it , rather than not got
i match with him , ho ( Ross ) is willing to
mve the fight be with small gloves. Ross
continues : "I propose that Sullivan
shall fight or take u back scat. I have
remained over here all day in order to
arrange thia matter , neglecting my busi
ness. I must return to Cleveland to
morrow morning.
MY MONIIV .
a lying in the Ohio national bank , and
when I got homo I propose to send to
ilichardj K. Fox , of the Police Ga/.utte ,
tfew York , $2,000 as a forfeit. If Fox
a not satisfactory to Sullivan or hia back
er , I , will put it in the hands any other
nan to bo mutually agreed upon. Charles
ffi. Davies , the preliminary stake holder
ias tolegraped Sullivan tolling him that
[ insist on a fight under the regular
championship rules. If ho will telegraph
: iis acceptance , to-morrow morning I will
cover Pat Shoody's $500 , now in Daviea'
land.
lUtUIHEllH ON A 1IAUOE.
NEW YOUK , March 10. A prize fight
for $500 was fought to-day on a barge
which was towed out into East river to
atcapo the police. The principals were
Tom Hogan and Jim Barr , both from
Glreea Point. Four rounds were fought.
Both wore severely punished , four of
Barr's tooth being knocked out the first
round , and in the fourth ho was knocked
senseless. Hogan was declared the win
nor.
HUtUVAN's ItErXY.
Lo.s ANOEI.EH , Gal. , March 1G. John
L. Sullivan , in reply to the challenge
From Morvino Thompson , of Cleveland ,
aays ho will fight him , under Marquis of
Queonsbury rules , for $5,000 a side , or
any match which Sheedy can make with
Ross. Ho says ho believes Thompson
wants a gate money affair , like that of
Robinson in Ban Francisco. Sullivan's
backer saya he has telegraphed Sullivan's
acceptance to Sheody. Sullivan will be
in Now Orleans April 1st , and intends to
bo prepared to fight about then aud
thoro.
STILL ANOTHEU.
It is reported that a man in Tomb
stone , Arizona , is getting ready to mool
Sullivan when lie gets there.
OUH NEXT-IJOOK NKIGHllOK.
Tlio Iowa HOIIHO DUcuHHlng the Foot
uiul Mimtli Iluns < ? Oilier
DES MOINES , March 15. In the house
the bill to provide for the appointmen
a state veterinary surgeon was taken up
and discussed at length. , A loiter to the
governor from the townthip o/llccra / , of
thai tlio disoasa had broken out in a li'ord
of cattle , mnch resembling the foot aii'd
mouth disease , and nnking the governor *
to inko stops to prevent its aproad. Tli
bill under discussion was finally amondor
to make the duties of veterinary surgooi
include attendance on contagious disease
among live stock , and authorizing him to
destroy such live stock if conaidcroc
necessary to prevent the spread of the
disease , the owners of unoh property to
bo reimbursed by the state. _ The inoas
uro was so loaded down with amend
monta that it was considered necessary to
send it back to the agricultural committee
too , the committee to report on Monday ,
A IUODKUN MOO 1C ,
A DtiBky Othello's Torritile nml
llloody "Work ,
Special Dispatch to THE lite.
WiNit.son , Ont. , March 1C. Last night
Goo. Ross , colored , found another col
ored man named Scott with his mistress.
Uoes throw a lamp at Scott , striking him
on the head , and breaking the lamp.
The oil ignited and fatally burned Scott.
[ loss was arrested after a _ desperate
struggle , defending himself with an axe.
Murder Aboard
Special Dispatch to The llFK.
BALTIMORK , March 10. John Wilson ,
mate of the bark Lillian , from Maine for
[ Havana , was killed by Sailor Cus Peter
son in Ohosapeako bay. "Tho sailor then
sot lire to the ship , but the llainca were
extinguished. Potoiaon claims self do-
onao. _
Dentil of n Melon of Tjuumnny.
Special Dispatch to TIIK BFJV
NEW YOUK , March 10. Ohas Mooney ,
igod 55 , grandson of William Mooney ,
one of the founders of Tammany society ,
died to-night in a cheap lodging house ,
where ho haa boon living in a atato of nb-
oct poverty. < *
COMMOTION IN COFFEE.
A Ituther V\cltliiK : Day in tlio Non-
York Marker.
YOUK , March 15. To-day wan
mo of the moat exciting over soon in the
iofioo trade. The market'was panicky
and irregular. Two hundred thousand
> ags changed hands. At the first call
ho market dropped off twenty in thirty
oiuts , duo to aomo depression in Havre.
LIO downward movement was given a
rcah impetus when two failures vroro ,
announced. The decline then became a
lanic and a scone of wild excitement on-
iuod. March delivery noon fell to $9.50 ,
a drop of eighty-five points as compared
with the closing figures last night. The
other options sullbrodq lto , Bevorely.
! > ator there was a > partial reaction , the
market closing considerably under yes-
ordayL. . T. Rialpy sent a notice to
ho exchange of his inability to meet his
mgagomonta. Hia liabilities are un-
cnown. Wold' & Soltgaburg also failed.
? hey are said to have boon carrying
250,000 bags for firms in Rio do Janeiro ,
who had not responded to calls for more
margins. This was possibly duo to the
act that the cable was not working wall ,
n the meantime they decided to put up
margins on their own account. Their
labilities are about $200,000. The wild
utnors of the day and the croatipu of the
mnicky fooling , placed the liabilities
imong the millions.
TUIOKY
>
The St. liouiu KxprcHH Tlilof Mnlcns a
Dcspcrato Attempt to
Kscape.
ST. LOUIH , March 15. Tiller , the ox-
tress robber , mrdo a bold aud desperate
tttampt to escape thia afternoon. Since
lis arrival hero ho has boon in the hands
f the express officials , helping thorn
trnighton out their accounts , and haa
occupied a room on the fifth floor of the
jindoll hotel , adjoining tint of General
Manager Morsman , and a policeman has
> eon on guard in the hall is outside. Td
afternoon , while Mr. Morsman was busy
writing , and no one else being preaent ,
? illor quietly passed out of the open win-
low , and with the aid of the fire escape ,
losctndod to the balcony over the main
entrance of the hotel , which ia two sto
ries high , rushed through an open win ;
dow into a lady's bedroom , thence into
ho hall of the hotel , but , not being ao
quaiutod with the house , ho ran wildly
and brought up in the ladies' ordinary ,
on the Sixth atrept aide of the hotel. The
tutor doors of this room being locked , ho
lad to retrace hia stops , and , as ho did
so , Officer King , the guard , who had been
apprised of his escape by Mr , Morsman
and had rushed down stairs to head him
off , mot and nabbed him. Ho was then
akon to the four courts and delivered to
ho police authorities and locked up.
' The Virginia Mlno Hurror.
LYHOHIIUIUI , Va. , March 14. There
a little of additional interest from the
Pocahontaa mines to-day. Another ex
tlosion ia feared , and as a precaution
igainat loss of life , a guard haa boon sol
at the entrance to the minos. The casl
mine will bo worked again in u few days.
The resumption of work in the weal
mine , where the explosion occurred , will
not takn place for two months or more.
'Jovornor Cameron haa been informed
that $2,500 Mould moot the pressing ne
cessities of the dopoudnnts of ontomboc
miners. Soliciting committees have
raised over $500 in a short time hero to
day , and a call has boon made for a
meeting of the Lynchburg tobacco aaso
elation for the purpose of increasing the
ubscription. Fifty barrels of Hour ant
two thousand live hundred pounds o
bacon have boon shipped to the sufferers
to-day ,
American Trnut Hoclcly ,
WAWUWITON , March 10. The annua
mooting of the American Tract aociot ;
waa hold this evening. The report shown
the rciwipta tor the year at $ iltiiOGG ) , ; ox
penditureo , $ UG1,280 ; balance in treas
ury , 87,785 ; donation * ) and legacies
$110,051 , of which $1)1,500 ) were specia
leaving , and $81,557 avallablu fo
benevolent works , lionuvolont uxpundi
turea were $83,137 , "no hundred am
forty-seven colporteur * have boon cm
THE % DEMOCRATIC DIE ,
Carlisle Oasis It at a New York
Free Trade Banket ,
Ho DfliEares for "a Koformatisn
Not a Bo volution , " "
His Name and Himself Grootoil
With Great Enthusiasm *
Taxation Only for the Purpose-of
Eaising Public Eevonuo ,
The Herr Laskor Kosolutions In
dorsed by the Olub ,
And Interpret od a nil Indortioiiioiit
' Antl-l'rotcetlitn
of tmHker'B -
Advocacy
PltK
CAUMRLR'H nuAiitun ) KNUOUSUMRNT.
NEW YOUK , March 15 The Now York
iroo trade club gave its sixth annual din
ner to-night. Hornco White and Mnnton
Marble , formoroditor of The World.vroro
ninong the guests. Loltora of regret were
received from United States Soimtora
Bayard , Pendloton and Bock , Olmrlea
Francis Adams nnd Henry Ward Booch-
or. President Kvorott S. Wheeler wel
comed the guests , and especially Speaker
3arlialo. As
TUB XAME OK ( AllLIHr.K
was mentioned , the gentlemen arose and
shoorod. The president , in his apooch ,
referred to the resolutions of sympathy
msscd by the house of representatives on
ho death of Ilorr Laskor , the determined
opponent of n protective policy , and aaid :
'Wo are delighted to notice that the
whole country has united without dis-
: rimination of party , in condemning the
iction of the Gorman chancellor
n refusing to transmit thia roso-
ution to the roichstag. " Mr. Wheeler
aid that another encouraging fact is the
oport on the Morrison bill. "It is a
top forward , and wo welcome it. "
IVhon Carlisle rose to respond to the first
east the gentleman at the tables np-
ilaudod and every one in the room stood
ip. The sentiment to which the speaker
cspondod was
"OUR Vl'.llEllAIi ONION. "
In his icmarks Oarlialo saidt "TI > o
ormation of a union , peacefully and vol-
intarily , which made such radical changes
n the relation between the several states
iiomsolvcs and between them and the
onoral government , was undoubtedly
no of the greatest political achievements
f modern times. It is , I think , safe to
ay that in no other part of the world
ould such a change have boon peacefully
nado at that time. Perhaps it is equally
afo to aay it could not have boon made
ore ton or thirty years later. The old
odoration possessed no moans of sustain-
ng itself. In fact , it had no power
o impose taxes , regulate commerce
r administer justice. It had but one of
ho essential departments of real govern-
nont , the legislative , and oven that was
Icfoctivo and
ALMOST JMl'OTKNT.
Each state had a right to-day to impose
lulies aubloct only to the condition that
hey should not interfere with the duties
jntorod into by the United States with
oroigh countries or states. Ihoro was
10 limitation whatever upon the power
) f any state to impose duties upon the
iroducts of any other American utato
jrouqht within its limits for consump-
ion. For the purpose of protecting its
jwn manufactures Now York had full
lower to impose any rate of duty upon
'hiladolphia goods and Now Jersey pos-
essod the same power in respect to the
iroducts of Now York. If free trade is
ivhat it is , and that is what everyone
laims ; if it enables thorn to overcome
latural disadvantages and to secure a
lighor degree of transportation , it must
> o admitted that the arrangement ox-
sting under the confederation was a wiio
3DO and ought never to have boon
listurbed. What a different picture this
country presents from what it would
tavo presented if the policy of
UKHTWUTIOH ANII I'ROTKOTIOK
lad prevailed among the states as it lias
prevailed for so many years between the
United ( States and foreign nations. Un
der the liberal policy established by the
constitution our means of internal com
munication and transportation is increas
ing. Free commercial intercourse be
tween the states hoa promoted the devel
opment of our national resources , and
fostered our agriculture and manufac
tures and added millions to the wealth of
the people , while the protection system
tias , to a largo extent , at least , shut us
out from the markets of other oountrioa
and brought us substantially to the de
mand of homo consumption , and , in some
caseshas actually arrested the free devel
opment of the great industrial interests.
When the primary object of taxation is
the fostering of private interest it
is not in the ultimate used for the
power of taxation , but it ia simply spoil
ution. It hoi always boon my opinion
that it was the outy of congress to proceed -
coed carefully on the subject , having duo
regard of ovorystep ; in other words ,
am in favor of
A HUKOllHATION , NOT A IUSVOLUTIOK
This process of reformation must go on
until the power of taxation is raised only
for proper purposes. There must bo no
atop backward. 1 have already briully
intimated that this federal union is t
comnuircial , as well as a political one.
\Vo uro instinctively opposed to the
BritUh system of government in Ameri
ca. Taxation only for the purpose o
raising revenue fur public use should bean
an established law. I will aid any body
of men in bringing about thia Brand re
ptaitio concur-once , M did his declaration
thnt ho was for "n reformation , notn
revolution. " Aa-ho uttered tlio closing
sentence the company rose , waved" handkerchiefs -
kerchiefs , ant ? cheered hoartil * .
WASHINGTON NOTlWi
TO-UAY'O vuoortAMMK.
Special Dispatch to the UKK.
WASIIINOTON , March IGi In the hous
to-morrow Willis will ask if opportanit
will bo afforded for the passngo of til ,
Jill making an appropriation to aidlii :
the support of common , sdwols. T2k
committee on schools are the lait one ?
t bo called , however , ami it probably
will not bo roaohrd. After the call ol
the committees , if tfioro is tans , the dis
cusaion of the poatolHco appropriatioi
will be continued.
7Hi ! Aaiuuor.TUK.V7Ari > noi > KrjnriiN .
WASHINGTON , D. 0. , March 115. li.
.tho-hotiso . to-morrow Mr. Hatch purposes
urging the passage of the ngrioultura
appropriation bill. The bill to establis
a board of commissionorn of interstate
commerce has boon made the special
order for Tuesday. It cannot , however ,
interfere with prior orders
110NUK1) WHISKEY.
The- friends of the bill to oxtoml the
bonded whiskey period will make an
effort to aocuro the passage of tliat
measure the first opportunity.
rooi' AND MOUTH IIISKAHE.
In the senate , Plumb's joint resolution
appropriate § 25,000 for the suppres
sion o the foot nnd mouth disease among
cattle is the unfinished business for Hie
morning hour Monday , Bayard is
expected to take the ground that congress
haa no constitutional power to authorize
or direct the slaughter of cattle belong
ing to-citizens of thcsovoral states. When
the plouro puounomia bill comes up it la
axpcctod the house bill with tlio amend
ments auggostodby the senate committee
will bo sitbstituted for it.
FOKTY-ElGHril OUNGUESS.
iioo.si : .
WAHJIINOTON. March 1G. The morn
ing hour was dispensed with and the
IIOUBO wont into committee of the whole
( Blount in the chair ) on the postoilico
appropriation bill , the pending question
being on the motion of Mr. Herr to
atriko out the proviso limiting the com .
pensation paid for mail transportation to
land grant roads to CO par cent that al
lowed to other roads.
Mr. Holman ( dom. , Ind. ) offered as a
lubatituto for the motion an amendment
including within the 50 per cent limita
tion clause the Northern Pacific and
Union Pacific 'aj'stoina ' , ' and providing
tlmt no right now existing in favor of
the United States in regard to these roads
mall bo doomed impaired or waived by
the action.
Mr. Ilorr , rap. Mich. ( moved to strike
put the roappropriatipii clause and to
Increase the appropriation to § 5,000,000.
Mr. Townsend , ( dom. 111. ) in the
: ourso of hia speech in support of the
rill , wont briefly into a history of the
itar route frauds , which ho claimed had
been unearthed by a democratic con-
jress ,
Mr , Hood ( rep. Mo. ) reviewed the
itatua of affairs at the tune of the demo
cratic investigation of the fitar route
frauds. Ho said every time the republi
can party found a criminal within its
ranks it pursued him. [ Derisive laughter
* ud shoutff of "Oh ! " on the democratic
lido , together with a suggestion that
that would break up the party. ]
Mr. Blackburn ( dom. Ky. ) reviewed ,
in an interesting manner , the history of
the proceedings in the house at tiic time
9f the Brady investigation.
Mr. Hams' motion was lost. _
When Mr. Herr arose to discuss the
pro forma amendment ho was cried down
by the democratic side.
The republican aide returned tlio com
pliment whoa Mr. Townsheud arose to
ipoak.
When the consideration of the first
section was completed it became evident
that the bill could not bo finished this
jvoning , and the committee rose.
Mr. Henley ( dom. , Gal. ) , from the
liouso committee on public lands , report-
id the bill declaring forfeited certain
lands granted to aid the construction of a
railroad from the Central Pacific , in Cali
fornia , to Portland , Oregon. Placed on
the house calendar. >
Adjourned.
NOTKH.
There la a panicky feeling in the New
York colfoo oxchaugi * , and future * are down
35 points , Two firms Jmvo uuupjmlod.
Two freight trains collided near Toronto ,
fatally Injuring two men and Hma hlai ? $25 ,
000 worth of property.
NowYorie banks now hold $ Cti55,000 In
ox cow of legal rcriulroinonts.
Grand Commandery Knlghta Templar , of
Now York , will , on decoration day , adorn the
Htatuo of Layf oyetto In Union Square , In
honor of that natrlot'H visit hero sixty years
ago And his being made n knight templar.
The first train on the Mexican Central loft
the City of Mexico HaturJuy for the United
States. Regular trains will commence run
ning May 1st , anil for mixed freight and pan
dougor trains April 1st.
Switzerland has declined to join the cou
federation of the jwwora for nupnreaitlon of
anarchtitd and other forms of socialism , claim
ing that the no-called anarchist * were a vulgar
and unlulluontlal lot of criminals , amenable
to ordinary Jaw ,
The Burgeons who have examined the Infected -
fectod cattle in Kansas , pronounced the dU-
case genuine epizootic apthoe , which can
eailly bo controlled by the doutructlon of the
Infix-tod herd * ant ) disinfection uf the
promUos ,
Counterfeit $20 bllver certificated are In clr <
culatlnn In tha bouth and west. Issue is a
Horlei of 188(1 ( , Jam&i fJllfillun , troaauror o
United State * . The i > per la thick , grooH
aud Bllff , and the unto Is ono-olghth of uu Inch
nhortir than the genuine.
A KIIUK Harbor lor ItouU luluiul.
Sr. LOUIH , March 10 A petition is
being extensively signed by river mun
lionto bo forwarded to congress in u
few days , asking fur the establishment o
a "Snug Harbor" or noaman'a homo u
Hock Island , for the benefit of aged and
disabled soamun.
llalCu Uldolc JSiiriiuil lit Mllwnukro
MIUVAUKKK , Wis. , Alurch 10. Hoif-
man & Billlncs1 inanhinn Minn m > 1
OLD-WORLD WORRIES.
The Nile Tribes' Near Khartoum Break
Into OUDD Rcyolt ,
Bisuiarok Invites Sargont to a
Banquet to thaEmporor ,
Hadstono Notifies the > Qneen of a ,
Dissolution of ParlrMnont ,
And He- Will "Go totho ! Cbuntnr"
f
on-tho Egyptian Question *
The English to Celebrate- t
Patrick's ' Thy in Ireland } , tt
By Proclaiming a , Number of
Counties-Undor the Crimes Act v
An Bx < onnlvo * MUltnry Con plrnoy * '
Itv S
OVKH TIIK
A SBNSIF1LK UUSSIAN AOITUTOR.
Dispatch to TUB Iteu.
ST. PtTKU.siit'ns : , March 1G. A paper
: allod The Swobodnago Slbwa , or " 1'roo
Spoocli , " has appoaredi It summons the
routh of Ilussia to oppose the despotic
'orm of government ; nnd says : "Tho
[ Uisainu statomnchino ia rapidly decay -
ng. Discontont'is ' increasing among all
ilassoa. Revolutionary idona are spread-
ng ovorywhoroovon imtho army. The
lay of victory is ap.proachina. " ' The
mpor strongly doprocalon- terrorism and
avers a union of all branches of social-
sis , who , it saya , should purauo the de-
irod end by moral onovgs , nod by brutal
orco.
Ipocial Dispatch to.TilK KKK.
rOHIOK AOAIN8T
Marcln 1C , At a mooting of
ho progressionists to-day a resolution to
uaa with the liberal union \va ndoptud.
X1U1IKH NKAU JUIAKXO11M.IX HEVOLT.
LONDON , Blarch 10 , In the common *
.o-day , Hartington , war secretary , aiv-
louncod that tologrophia communication
vith Khartoum had beoa broken , and n.
itoamor passing- down the Nile from
hartoum to Shandy had boon , subjected.
o a continuous fusilado lor three days.
lo believed the triboaof that region
vero in rovolt. A battalfdn'ot British
ATTACKINU
Ellis Bartlett , conservative , and Harry
Ja Bouchoro , radical , attacked the gov-
irnmont.
( IKUMANY AND OO11UON.
Eitzmaurico , under foreign Bocrotary ,
ofutcd the charge that the relations bo-
ween England and Germany were un-
riondly , and denied that General Gor
ton was in extremities.
JIISMAUUK 1IUUYINO TUB JIATOHKT. '
BKULIN , March 1G. Minister Sargent
ins accepted from Bismarck an invita-
ion to a dinner , on the 22d inst. , in
loner of Emperor William.
VAllUAMKNT TO HE MWiOLVEl ) .
LONDOK , March 10. - It ia rumored
hat the government , desiring to test the
pinion of the country on the Egyptian
iolicy , has decided to diesolvo parlia
ment , and RO informed the queen last
veiling.
M1LITAKY COKKrillACY IN Hl'AIN.
MADKII ) , March 10. General Volordo , ,
) rigadior Yillocampa , Senor Moran , sec
retary for Xonlla , and a largo number of
ninor oflicora and men are charged with
omplicity in a military conspiracy siml-
ir to that of August last.
THE rilENOn IM CHINA.
PAUIH , March 10. French advices .
rom Baohninh say lighting has begun.
Jcnoral Do Lisle ia marching upou
hainquigon aud General Ncgnor upon
jangton.
1-JtANCK VKKLINd FOH 1'KAOK.
PAiiisMaroh 1C. The government has
nstructed General Millet , commander of '
] io laud force at Tonquin , not to carry
porationa beyond TliainquinRon and
Longspn. Prime Minister Furry has reopened -
opened direct negotiations with Mitrquia
rsong for a treaty based on the coiiditioii
that the French bo allowed to retain pos- i . !
icasion of Bacninh.
A UEWAIII ) Foil OHMA.V.
SUAKIM , March 1G. Admiral Hewott ,
Qonoral Graham and the chief inliabi-
tanta mot to-day and issued a proclama
tion offering a reward of 1,000 for the
capture of Oaraan Digna. Thirty ahioklia i.
were preaont. \
I)1OIAKKI ) FOll KL MAUOI.
The leading shiokha between Shondy
and Khartium have doolarod in favor of
El Mahdi. The Arab rebels have reap
peared at Tamaneib. They attack all
stragglers.
THE AtTION- UHINA'S KMl'llKHM ,
LONDON , March 10. The empress of
Ohina summoned the military council
when advised of the fall of Bacninh.
IlilHU COUNTIEH I'llOOLAIMEI ) ,
DUJILIN , March 1C. The counties of
Tyrone , Fermanagh , Louh tmd Armagh
have been proclaimed under the crimes
act in view of possible riots to-day.
( In IliaMar lllrtliilay.
D , 0. , March 1C , Wn > . B.
Hazim Gaylord , who committed suicide
in Ohicago last night , waa bookkeeper
aud stockholder in the Eicolsior oil
works. Ilia accounts nro pronounced
straight. Ho just cuino of age , and it la
supposed came into possession of a largo
fortune , No reason is known for the
deed.
A llroolclyn YOUIIB GUI Onirn ; f < | j
NEW VOKIC , March JO. A brutal out
rage wna committed oi ) a young woman
named Margaret Meehnn iu JJruoklynto-
day by ruiliana who aci/.cd and dragged.
her into a stable , Johu T. BAVUKU -"n , llob-
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