EE.
FOURTEENTH YEAR , OMAHA , NEB. , MONDAY MORNING , DECEMBER J6 , IbSi. NO. 155.
Terrific Dnitc Explosion at ite
Lonfloa Bite ,
Eat Little Damage Done Except
.Breaking Windows ,
It is a Great Mystery to the Lon
don Polica ,
The Latest Gorman Blue Book
Sensationi
An Infumons Trade Between
Franco and South America ,
IniiiiliiotU Crl lH In the KKyplInn Cub-
I net France I'liroliasrH Sovcn
BrltlHh Summers.
FOUEIGNJNGWS.
THE I.ATKHT (1KH AN 1ILUK HOOK.
Special Telegram to THE BKK :
LONDON , December 1 1. Tlio latest Gorman
blue book tiaa been the sensation of the week.
It seems that the Gurmin conolixatlon in
Africa has beoa virtually duo to Kndand'a
hauteur and her posing aa the national pro
tector of all newly discovered countiioa. Bis
marck domoniitratfls that if Knglaud had
agreed to his lirat modest requests that the
Gorman Readers be prntcct > > d In thi interior
over which Hnglanil claimed sovrplpnty ho
would have bend satisfied.
IIKSOI.VKI ) TO flUPFIlBSI 1'111/B FIQIITINO.
Sir WilJIam Vernon llnrcourt , cecrelary of
state for the home oll'icer ) , la said tn bo horri
fied at the frequency ot thu brutality of prize
lights In Knplaml. He has resolved to aup-
prcsi them in thj futurn , if poRsibla , but bin
success is doubtful , as tha magistiatos persist
in Inflicting only n nominal penalty na long
ns the fighting la fair.
QLOOMV riiosrEcrs.
The prospects of the Nile expedition are
considered gloomy by experts of the military
cluba In l ondon. According to their analynis
of the situation , it will take until the middle
of January to got tha bulk of the force to Am-
bukal. Then it will require fifty days hard
work on the liver to get the troopa to Khar
toum , This calculation brings the expedition
to toward the end of March. After relieving
Gordon , puppos-lng him to have held out until
Wolsoloy'a arrival , there scorns to be nothing
for the army to do do than to race baclc across
tlioliihindn desert to Dabbeh , as the rout- ?
from Shcndy to the Hod sea in considered too
dangerous tn bo practicable. The newspapers
complain they nro not allowed to know the
true state of affairs owing to General
Wolscloy'a rigorous censorship of the press
dispatches.
1NFASIC1CS TItADE 11ETWKKN FKANCE AND SOUTH
AMGHICA.
Special telegram to TUB BKK.
LONDON , December 11. An infamous trade
that haa recently arisen between Franco and
South America baa boon exposed by the ener
getic action of the Anfttrlunyico cousul ut
ltnraeilkS---.iH0 aacert ineditliut u vessel
-
- '
which wa,3ln t'l < fp\i'cr Marseilles forBucuoi
, Ayres'hatJjumongHiijr paaungors a number. of
women nnd-youug girls who were going in
charge of procurers as recruits t > houses of ill
fame at Buonoa Ayres. The vie consul
stretched hla autliority n little and coiapelled
eight maldeuR , who were natives of Austria ,
to bd put on shore. Ho is now harboring these
girl * in au institutiim at iSIar.fti'Ie-t ' , and will
Bond them to their parents or pmahos in Aus
tria at the earliest oppo tunity.
A JIOUK LlIlEHAli I'OLIOY FOR inHU\ND.
Special telegram to tlio.Bitu.
CONDON , Docamber 14 , Politicians have
found ft new subject to wrangl'i over in a
speech dullvored by Henry Campbell Banner.
man. He succeeded G < ! orga Otto Tievo-
lyan n chief secretary for Ireland October
! Ust last , aud this speech is hia lirat public ut
terance of note silica his : > imumptiuti of ollico.
The secretary openly advocatad u more liberal
form of government for Ireland. Ho said the
great mlatako mido by tha Uugllah in their
troatir.out of Ireland lay in thn fact that their
policy la too obviously ono ot "Benevolent
Oondesension. " The Irish , ho contended , ba-
ing a proud auda Bonaatiyo people , they re
tutitthU nttituda of patromgp , whoroaa if
they wora given laws aud institutions whi h
their nrods require , nnd to wlmli the country
wai pucullarly ndaptoil , they would become ua
loyal aa tha scotch. Among the Knafhsh pol
itic ! ins Unnnurinnn'ii Rpi'echas nro accepied BB
a r.'liftblo indication that the government Ima
decided to make a new dcputuro in the Irish
policy and ono In the direction of groatu.lib -
nlarUm
LONDON , December 11 The sentence of
Cjptam Dud ry nnd Mntu Sti phone , thu Alig.
nouotta cannibals , Ins been commuted from
hanging to h\\ \ mouths iniprijunmunt without
Iab < r.
A dlouatch to the Timea fromDonola , dat"d
Decambor 1 ' , s ys at th'j present stage thu
NilH U the only available route for tliu expedi
tion. It ia Impossible to imlicati thaprobi-
Mo tirno for thu arrival of thu expedition at Us
A terrific explosion has juat occurred in this
dty. The roiirt\vas | cinnlar to that caused
by the pxplosion of dyuumito. Ono report U
the explosion was pan In the railway arches on
Tooley struct Another Is th.it the bridge over
the Thames had been exploded. NiitJng la
definiUily known.
The explosion waa thought at fust to have
occurred at 1 ondon bridge depot , but this
proved unfounded. IVraonn on London bridge
ut the UIIKI of the t'xploriion tnlh y heard a
loud report and ouarrvnd two ilulmd of light.
Many panes of glats were brnlion In the UH-
torn huiiso. The latest reports show the ox-
llonva ) ( inaturUl was thrown from London
bild e Into the TnameB , mid aliiklng tlio wa
ter , huHt into u II tint and 11 loud uxplonlon
followed. Tlia police uio nuking an unuiti-
gution.
Trm explosion at London bridge was heard
ten union outeido of London At Woolwich
nr oiiul the gates wore thaken. The police
think n boat cuutainin the cxplotlvo and H
burning fiutt alUched was allowed to drift
b9iio. th the IniJi o. An eye witn u says tha
IhtUKs hot up biiiuilUiiiHiiHlj- each aldi
of the bridge , ehuwlpg thut the fiiiuluul beau
nicely timu'l to c.i'inj ' mo o\pluslou when half
wity Iwnojt'i tne luiJifo. The d.tmar > a is bo-
liuvdl tu be ellgl.t , alUiiaii.'it darkness prevented -
vented a thorough iiulmtion ,
JXJNDON , OiicembtT 1 1 , On. m. Beyond the
undoubted fuct that an attunpt was iiinjlo tu
blow up Mia lioiulon l-rMgii. thu pillcu lu\o
ubiolutoly no iuformatiuu of thu nlf.ur. Icu
now supposed that the dynamite und in thfl
explosion drop | > tl o\cr the brldgo and
alighted on the buttress. Thn d.unngn ( lone
consists chiefly of broken windows In houses
in the vicinity. A bootblack relates hid oxpc-
rienco during the explosion as followa : ' I was
cli-aniLg a grnUotnan'e boots when suddenly I
felt the earth shako about mo. Immedlalolv
iifterwardsthoro was a terrific explosion end I
was stunned. When I recovered conscious
ness the gentleman had disappeared The
Imttrecs nn which thooxplotivo I * suppoiod to
have alighted is only slightly damaged Per
rons crossing the briugo at the time of the
explosion were thrown down , and many gas
lots In the \lclnity wore extinguished by the
: oncii3slon.
Latest A careful inspection of the London
: > ridi8 was made to-day. No structural injury
\vlinte\cr was dono. The police have dls-
colored nothing likely to assist them. Heads
of the defective department have been con-
erring with the homo ollico the ntira tlay.
The nbsonco of any duo li patalyzlnf ? the
action of the police who are unable oven to
.ell the nature of the explosive used.
LoNUON. December M Thousands of peo-
ilo are visiting the pceno today , 3'rotn the
tact that not n shiRlo stone was displaced
snme experts are ( if the opinion that * ho ex
[ ) lo lvo used was thrown over the bridge nd
sxplodod in the air , A wunifor , however ,
just informed the police that r few mimitex
ueforo the explosion ho saw n boat containing
three men under an arch on the Surrey eida.
Ho took no particular notice of them , think
ing they were river police and dltl not sec the
boat afterwards. It Is suppofcd that they
proceeded down the river. Tha police learned
this afternoon that a piece of charred sacking
about a foot and oiiB-half square had been
found in ono of tliu buttresses , nnd nrw in
clined to the opinion that the explosive was
placed there. They attribute the smallnnss
if thu danngo to o\trao dinary ale currents
beneath the span , Xo arrests.
BEHLIN , December 13. Tee Congo sub
committee completed its work of drafting n
report embodying the different _ schemes of
neutralization pioposod. No dedaion was ar
rived nt In regard to the American project for
territorial neutrality. This proj ct , together
with Gen. Sanfurd's railway scheme , will
irobably ba presented to the full conference
Monday , when the Knglish delegate will In
troduce the liquor question.
PAHIS , December 11. The chamber of do-
; nities passed tlio navy estimates , coupled with
it reoonunendation urging thobutlding of swift
cruisers anJ torpedo vesatla , and the speedy
completion of the largo men-of-war.
ALKNANDKIA December 11 A crisis is im-
minnnt in the Egyptian cabinet. _ Nub.ir
Pacha , prime minister , ia desirous of resigning.
CAIHO December 11. It ia reported that
the Mahdi'a tent Is constantly sunoundod by : t
triple line of guards. Ho is afraid of being
poisoned. His favorite wife or daughter prepares
pares hii food.
The Nile expedition is advanuug rapidly.
With favorable winds the forces will arrive at
Am bukal sooner than expected.
MARSEILLES , December 14. Many coun
cilors from the department of Bouches lu )
Phone , demand the convoking of an extraordi
nary cession of the general conncil to protoit
against tha proposed increase of duty on for
cicn cereals.
PAUIS , December 11. The GauloU cays
France haa purchased seven British Bteuneis
for use in convoying additional troops to
China.
The tariff commission has _ presented a re
port to the chamber of deputies relative to the
production of cereals. The etato yield ol
cereals In Franco has steadily in roased dur
ing the pact thirty year ? . At present the av
erage yield per acre is equal to the average
yield in Americ.i. The Importation of grain
from foreign countries has n tendency to di-
miniiih prices , and thus the price of French
products are not regulated by the cost of pro
duction ; but the maximum prisrt obtainable
In Franco for cereals is abjut the aai/'o as In
India or America. These could bo eold hvo qr
six : francs per centler under the usual pries ,
consequently they are able to boar a duty of
thrco traces without resulting in any raho of
pncec.
GIDRALTAII , December 13. The steamer
Matteo lirazzo O.ilian , a vessel engaged in
transporting emigrants to South America , uut
hi hero for co.il nnd provisions. She left
Genoa for South America two months ago ,
but choleraroku out among the pvsengere ,
twenty of whom died in concequence
A IlONAI'AimST UANQUKT.
PARIS , December 11. The Bonapartist
banquet to-day was attended by 1,200 persons.
Muurice Uichard presided. Ho declared that
Krnnco was in the ssmn state of annrcy as
before the accession of Napoleon. Nov , cs
then , the only onej [ remedy would OB for
the people to elect a reliable chief , "Wo are ,
therefore , " he said"forming n national league
to elect a worthy chief. " Ifo runcludutl by
proposing'a toast to Prince Napoleon. Pascal
declared that the object of the meeting waa to
proclaim Xapolnonlc Bnutlmcnts and opanly
demanded that Prince .Napoleon bo madojchief
of the government.
THIS HAUL OH MOULEV'H fal'KEOH.
" LONDON , December 14. The carl of Mor-
loy. liberal member of tha lord } , mid nuder
fecietary of war , addressed an amlionca at
Plymouth to-day. Ho said undoubtedly it
would bo m.'cas'sary In 1HS ( to rtmow the
coercion act In Ireland , or ulso there surnly
would bo a revival of outrages and lawless
ness. While clvins ; Ireland thn larnro'tt '
mca'uroof jiistico Ihigland must , Kul Rlor-
ley buid , bo linn , and never for a moment
alloxv it to bo supposed tint sha will consent
that tha union bi ) dil < 9olved. In rrgurd to
Diiypt he mid Knglaiid could never allow any
other Kuropaan power to occupy n promiueu't
position.
HK1IKI.LION IN COUKA MASSAC'llE Of TUG 11KIT-
Mil MINISTER AND TIIK JAl'ANIiSE KINO'S
hON.
LONDON , December 14. A Times' Hong
Kong telegram stye : It is reported from
Nuguskl that the Coreans rebelled , that the
king Ibtl to the hills and hi ! gencrtl was
klllod. The outbreak occurred during thu rn-
tertainmontjiivon by the king to tin 1'iitisli
mlulstor aud others. On a given nignal the
Mug's son and the ininiiterd wern nimmcroil
' 1'he queen dlnppiared. A collision ocuurad
between the Cliinesa troops and tlm .lap.tiiujo
king plucud hlirrolf under tha protection of
the , .lapane'o. Foreign residents in Corpa
are sife. The iimbo.it ; JCjponi arrived in
Sihool rlvor. T o motives of tha rebellion
avn unknown. The remits are of certain in
erorosts to sovor.il poxvurs.
A Denver nrnl Uio Grnntlo Tt'nln
AVrouUoil. '
DKNVEII , Dsccmber 11. Lute lut nlffht ,
whils a freight tr.Un on the Denver and Uio
Grande railroad waa coming down the sidu of
the mountain near M.irolull Pass , tha nir
brakes failed. After a two imlu run ani
gtiudaK ppeuil , noi lers than fifty mdes an
hour , the engine jumped the track , Inllowod
by twenty cars. The euglna and ours are a
cornpleto vreclc. Tha ouKinuer and fireman
jinnpod umlvnvoil their lives , Imt were badly
tirnlsed. Tim hoi'l bralcoui n wni buried
under the wreck.
The i inductor and rear
brakeman encweded in detaching ftud atop-
plugitho way cir.
JEFF. DAVIS.
Ois CeleMi Loiter to flay. Vance
Not Destroyed ,
But is Now in the Possession of a
Haleigh Geutloman ,
The Full Text of the Interesting
Epistle ,
The Ohicaco Tribune's ' Editorial
on the Union Pacific.
Threatened Strike of the New
Origans Telegraphers-
From Occnn ti > Oooati Important
111 ( JtlslOll Against tllU Ilflko
Ohoi-i ) Knilrorul.
WAVIS'S tiEITER.
KAl.inrm , N. C , . December 14. lu refer
cnce to the recent controversy between Gen.
Sherman anil .lotferson DAVIS , in which the
former charged the laltar with having threat
ened to force certain states to remain in the
confederacy , it has been stated that the Daui
letter containing Una throat was written to
Gov. Vance , now United States tcuator , in
reply to his letter to Prasidont Davis , of Oct
ober-5 , 1SG2. It has been stated also that
the letter of Davis hod been destroyed. T'ris
is n mistake. The letter Is here , and is now
in possession of a gentleman of llaloigh. It
is as follows :
RICHMOND , VA. , November 11,1802.
To His Excellency Governor Vance , l a-
lelgh , X. C Daar Sir : I have the honor to
acknowledge yours of the 2)th ult nnd regret
the disappointment tn which Bomo of the re
cruits of North Carolina have bean subjected.
I concur with you aa to the policy of allowing
the conscripts , as far as the atato of the eer-
vice will permit , to select the companies and
regiments In which th&y are to eorvo. The
right secured by law of the volunteer to select
his on company was lost , it is true , by enroll
ments , but ttio policy was bo obvious of asso
ciating men who would best har
monize with each other that it
was my purpose to continue the privilasro be
yond the limit fixed by law. The dancer to
the coast of North Carolina and our inability
to draw troops from the army of Northern
"V trginia rendered it proper that the greatest
exertion should bo inada Immediately to ( ill
up the regiments in General 1'roni h'a com
mand ; but this did not in cor faro with allow
ing the conscripts to select among those regi
ments the ono to which they would
b ] assigned , so long at vacan
cies existed in the companies
chosen , and that I expected would have been
dono. I wi 1 eond your litter to the war de-
pirtmeut Vrith n onjiy of this reply to you.
and hope for the future that there will be no
ground for dissatisfaction and that as far as
feasible , the disappointment tb vhich jou.re-
ferr may bo corrected by transfer. J'feel '
gr.tteful to you for t'io ' cordial manner Sin
which you have sustained ovary proportion
connected with the public defence , and trust
that there will tdwajs bo such co-intelligence
and accordance as will enable
us to co-operate for Hie public good. The con
script act haa not beui popular anywhere out
of the army. Tiiere aa you are awaro.it serves
to check tha discontent which resulted from
retaining thp tw < vo months mon beyond the
term of their original engagement , nnd was
f > irly regarded as a ineiumra equitably to dia-
tribufo the burden of tha public defeuio. but
the ftato authorities have no whoio ilfored
atiy oppoaition to its execution or
withheld their aid ex\ojt [ on the
etato of Georgia and so far as the cadnt ?
of the Tnllltary institute are concerned
in thp state of Virginia , I shall endeavor by
judicial decision to settle the question raised
in thueo two states , nnd in tlio meantime I
have been cheered by the evidence of u pop
ular sentiment which tupooita any measure
necessary to protect our country and secure
our pjlitical indepondeuc.0 , hike yourself ,
I hoped that the party distinctions , which ex
isted at a former time , would bo buno'l ' in tliu
graves of the gallant mon who have fallen , in
tin ) defense of their birthrlnh , and that we
should all , as a baud of brothoru , stiiko for
tin inhoritenca our fathers loft us. With sin
cere regardj , I am , respectfully and truly ,
D.wia.
The Chicago Ttlliunc ami tln > Uliion
Paoillc.
Special Telegram to TIIK BKK.
CAICAOO , Docombar 11. The Tribune Bays
editorially : Our Washington dispatch's of
Saturday morning contain a very timely illus
tration of our editorial rom.irks with rt'gari
'to Biibacniency of the United SUtPs railroiu
commisiionera ti > theory interests against
which tlioy wcro appointed to protect the
public. Commissioner Armstrong , who is
getting ready to go into the railroad business
on his own account , na shown by the appear
ance of his name union ? the incorporators ol
n railroad which will get all its busiuees from
the proposed connection with ono of the Pacific
loads , gives an instance cf what U rofoired to
by the elaborate argument in hii rupert in ta-
vor of tha scheme for refunding the ilubt of
tha Union Pacific to the government.
Commissioner Armstrong hw : never
shown any zeal m recommending
any plan for the protection of thu
puulip. Ho haa carnfully avuiduil exposing
uny of the exactions in tin rates or evasions ol
tha Uw by the Union Pacific. Ho reserves all
hU energy Mid zaal lor pressing n scheme in
the liiteiest of the railroad nud agitluut tlu in-
tcioits of the people. This fclxty year 3 per
cent extension will have sonn very importimi
effects which are c.irofully hidden be
hind the fauo of the bdl. Ono mint impor-
tunt of these id that it will Ifl ltinnzj all ille
gal fiisiies of bonds that have besn made by
the Union Pacifio in the face of the exprcea
prohibition by Congrats. Another is that it
will diaw attention from the Thompson bil
now hanging lire in congrein to BtreiiRther
and cnfurca tna Thiiniun law. Thompson
i roposoa to Increase the am tint of not tarn-
lues to bo paid by the L'uion Paciliu fnn
one rjuartur to ono half , aud tt
amend the Thnrman law that the
dmaaiids of tha government can ba enforced.
J Of ejuwa tha Introduction of the bill by
Commissioner Armstrong and bit confederates
In centres ? , so far as it canboRuen proccd-
enco and prominence , \\ill draw the attention
of congress and the people from the \cry
for Ion a reform proposed by Representative
Thompson. It certainly is n singular thing
that no representative ol the people , whether
the president , cabinet minister , tupremo court
judge , fcnotor , representative , or Mlroad
commission , seems nbio to stand up for the
nteri-jts of the { ubllc against the Union
Pacific.
From Occnti ts Occnii "With Hut Ono
Special Telegram to TUB UKK.
Sr. PAIL , December H. Arrangements
lave boon perfected under which the Haiti-
nero ifc Ohio railroad will run express cars
through from Baltimore to St. Paul. In this
city the CAM will connect with those of the
Northern Pacili ' Kxpress company in the
union depot. This makes an express line
from ocean to ocean with but cue change.
TiulBCiiii"it Against tlic IiaUo Shore
Itnllroail.
Special telegram to The IEE ! ,
Cl-KVELAHn , O. . December 11. Thn jury in
, ho famou ) freight discrimination case of
Sohofield , Shurmer itTeaglo ngaluRt theLako
Shore i oad , returned n verdict yesterday of
§ 5,030 for the plaintiffs. § 100 differtiico bo-
Lweon the rates charged Ilia Standard Oil
company oa a number of barrels in the plain
tiffs petition and 31,000 damages
to punish the Lake Shore road for
discrimination in ratw. For carting oil from
the refinery to the road , fur which the plain-
tllfa asked judgement for about 81,000 , noth
ing was allowed The plaintiff * had kept no
xact account of shipments under discriminat
ing rate ? , and judge McKinney held that they
could recover only for such shipments as they
were able to prove , which amounted to G8,00l )
barrels. The importance of this suit is not
ihe amount involved , but it establishes a
precedent that will enable shippers hereafter
; o succeo'fully light such monopalits as the
Standard Oil company The judge delivered
u M > iy stroncr , clear cut declnion , under which
, ho jury could do nothing else thnn render a
verdict against the road.
TUKV CO31B TO GRIEF.
THE 1'AIllMOXT 1IOQ THIEVES UAI.I.KI ) ANN
SO.UKAL1NG.
Special to the BKK.
FAIRMONT , Nob. , December 14. The or
ganized band of hog thieves that Infested the
country around Fairmont , Fillmore county ,
as t summer and fall , have at last como to
jrief. Policeman Clark Robinson arrested a
young man Win. McKwen Jr. on suspicion ,
out at Hod Cloud , ono day last week , and ho
javo away the whole gang. There are five of
; hem and they commenced their nefarious
lusinesa on the night of the 3d of July last ,
by stealing live hogs from F. 0. Bridgemau
livicg ocuth of town. Ono of thu members of
the band drove to Exeter with the load early
next morning , Bold the swine to Air. Kwing ,
stock btiy r of that place , and recaived cash
in payment. The subsequent operations ot
the thieves occurred In the months of July ,
Augutt nnd September , and Messrs. Mussel-
man Bros. , Curtias , Bridgeman , BaEwett and
the Fairmont Creamery company aulferod in
consequence. The trUl was held in Juitico
Pinuey's court Saturday and Wm. McKweii ,
Grant Deweeet and James Bimpson gave
8i,000 bunds for appearance at court. A 13.
and L. M , Leek failed to connect , aud will
board domi at th1) ) couuty > ,6oV ' , until court
convenes again.
*
' Eour'li Amtvicaifl
PANAMA , December 14. The'Star and Her
ald announces the rerignation of President
Cerveraand Secretary of State Qubany , of
the United States of Columbia. President
Cerverasoys. "Were I tocontinuoin cilice , I
should oifcn-J the mpublioan tradition wliich I
cstoem and respect. Inviowof the interven
tion aud influence of a cert -in chusj now b'-iog
exercised , I should have quietly to assent or
combat. Tha latter stop would condemn the
country to a continuance of the present ano
malous situation. The former is opposed to
my character as a tolerant member of the lib
eral party , and to my convictions aa.i patriot. "
The death is announced in the Lima mart-
house , of Benito Keto , long well known in
connection with tha literal press of Spanish
America.
The IJIiilne-iciitlnol Sinf.
Decamber 13. In the
Blalne-S ntinel libel suit in the federal cour
to-day , John C. Shocmakor , president of tlio
Sentinel company , filed an nllHavit asking
thut further proceedings be st yred until tin
plaintiff haa answered the interrogatarin
which worn filed with the amended bill of dis
C'lverv. Th flint la set for trial Docombe
S3 , iiml Judge Vollda will probably rul
Monday on thj request for a stay of furthe
proceeding1 ; .
"Will Krsiinic AVork.
MII.WAUKSE , Decembar 13. The Merchan
iron mil s , fish "plate and nail plate mills , a
Bay View , will resume operations Monday
They have lucn gradually laying off mon an
curtailing or entirely ouspoudiDg operation
for several months , nnd eince one week ; g
the entire rolling mill works have been idle
the Merchant 'iiill nhuttinsr down at that thni
lly the rtHiimption of work 1,400 men will b
given omp.oyment.
An IntliiuiK. I'Mro.
CINCINNATI , December 11. The biwines
portion of lirookvillo , Indiana , almost entire
ly burned this morning. The whole tow
WAS threatened for owhlln and an engine wa
started from thin city. Thsro waa a tejegrai
rtu Ivo.l ut tliroj o'clock stating that th
II ; unes were under control. l , sj betwoe
h fty and a hundred thousand dollars ,
wowor Plpo AVnrks liiirnci ] ,
WHEKLINQ , W. Va. , December U. Th
Calumet Bower pipe work , located two mile
north of Toronto , Ohio nnd ono of the largos
in the country , burned thh ) evening Loss
$100,000 ; Innurancn , fcW.OOO , A hundred am
twenty men are thrown out of employment
The oiigm of tha fire in unknown ,
Revolution in Goira ,
WASiiiNi.ro : ? , December 13. The eocrotarj
of the na\y recoiled a cable message tin
mornlntf from Itear Admiral Davia , at Itngas
ki , announcing n ib\olutlon in Curea , an
stating that the Unlttd States vtBHila Treuto
and Otsipeo wouid go there immediately.
Flro HI liohltloro , III.
UKU'inEltE , 111. . December * 14. Sovera
bniIdliiH | burned here to-nlgbt ; lojs , f'JO ' OOU
3,100.
AForfcastof Ihe CoDgressieual
For This W ,
A General Oommittoe of Arrange"
nients for the Inauguration.
Jpposition to Leasing , the Public
Lauds to Aliens.
lecret Conference of Anti-Oain-
oren Republicans'
Sam Eandall's ' Aspirations and
prospects for the Cabinet ,
Ilurlcluh's BtlU Hunt
Artlntr'H CliRncca for the Sen
ate Merion u Cniitlltlntc.
FORECASTING THE -\VOHK.
WASHINQIC.V , December 11. The house
ouimittco on appropriations intends to ro-
ort both the Diatric jf Columbia nnd con
ular nud diplomatic appropriation bills dur-
ng the present week. Mr. Kandall has ex-
iressed n determination to get all the appro-
> rlation bills through the house as soon as
osalblo BO they may bo discussed by the
enato at an early day. The inter-state com-
lorco bill will bo called up for con-
nued discussion , when no appropriation
ill is before the house. Mr. Iteacan
ones to secure action upon it Thursday.
Vlien this bill id disposed of , the friends of
10 Mexican pension bill will endeavor to BO-
tire action upon that measure. They will bo
ntagonizcd , however , by friends of the edti-
atioual bill.
In the senate , the bill for the admission of
Dakota is unfinished business , and its consid-
ration will continue daily after the morning
our , until disposed of. A vote will probably
taken on Tuesday , nnd make it the
,3 of "special orders" on the
ona'to calendar and measure entitled to
vhatover advantage that designation confers
o the bill to establish a commiseion to regn-
ate inter-state commerce should this measure
ome up it is likely to consume the remainder
f the week. It is uaderstood , however , that
icnator Bland will antagonize It with ono of
n's 'labor" bills now on his calendar reported
rom the committee on education nnd labor.
Vo other measures are made "special orders"
or the week but it is doubtful it they will bo
cached. These are a bill declaring the for-
eiture of the Texas Pacific land grant
nd a joint resolution proposing an
\inendme t to the constitution in relation to
ho veto power. The military academy ap-
> ropriation bill may possibly b ? reported
rom the appropriation committee during the
Week and lie brought up for action in the
enate. The only other appropriation bill be-
ore the Senate , is the naval bill , making provisions -
visions for the last half cf the present iiecal
pear. The Senate prefers to rempvo the reg-
liar appropriation bill of last session and has
asked for ft . .cojCdmitteoconference. . The
ois has swi&iwadaL-iHjiyjV
The Inauguration Committee.
WASJIINOTON , Decembe/ . Col. Jame
G. Berret , of this city , received the following
letter from the national deinociatio commit
tee : Dear Sir : The national democrat !
committee has selected a number of gentle
men residing in the District of Columbia , as
committee to make all arrangements for tb
inauguration ceremonies on the > Uh of Marc ]
next. Wo have fcolected you to act as chair
in of the committee and beg you
to accept tin appointment. It i
the desire of the national committee
that the committee , of which you are chair
man , shall have entire charge of all matter
relating to the inauguration ceremonies. T <
that end you are aiithoiizod to appoint sue !
tub-committees aa you may deem necessary.
Appended are the names of fifty gentlomer
who compose the above mentioned genera
committee : Col. James G. Berrnt , chairman
W.V Corcoran , Jj. / . Leitsr , Genera
Philip II. Sheridan , U. S. A. : Admiral Davic
D. Porter , U. S. N. ; Thomas J. Fisher
Uaar Admiral C. II. P. Hodgore , U. S N.
General M. C. Melas , U. S. A. ; Profesao
SpancarT. Baird , William II. Gait , Martii
F. Monis , Dr Joseph M. Toner , Albert A
Wilnon , Jtear Admiral John L.Voodon , U
S N. , Charles G. Glo 'er , John K Norris , D
I ) B. Clarke , .lames K. Harvey , George A
Mclllienuy , Gen. Chfiuncey McKeover. U. S
A. , James L. Barbour , Charles G. McCowIo
U. B. m.irino corps , Walter D. Da\idgo
Henry WilUrd , Win. ClogRott , Hon. Georg
Bancroft , Samuel V. Niles , Wm Gait
Then. J. Kuttrell , K Franc !
Ki RS , John W. Thompson , George W. Cod
rant ; , Curtis J Hillyor , Henry II. Dodgt ,
Frank Hume , II Giufton Diilauoy , Smmia
J : . Wheatloy , James P. Willatt James C
Whelling. h. L D Frederick B. Maguire
Stllfon Hutcliins , George W. Adams , Lawrence
ronco Garduer , Major G. P. Lydecker
U. S A. , General John G. Parko , U. S. A
Henry \viso Garnet F L. Moore , Chatto *
Mathews , John Sims , Dr. K. S. L. Walsh.
Opposed to KorclBii Ore/era.
Special telegram to Tin : BEU.
WASIII.VOIO.V , December II. The hous
public lands comrnittoo has discussed to som
extent the matter of Knglish noblemen takin
up largo amounts of our lands in the west fo
grazing purposes. The committee Is of on
mind in the belief of the practice of allow
ing largo tract ] of land to pass Into the owi
orbhip of theao aliens against tha public pu
Icy and prejudicial to the iutoriuU of Americans
icans ,
Itepresontativo Hiccock , of New York , to
day eaid ha would ba opposed to the onac
mtmt of the noctssiry legislation to carry th
Spanish treaty into elfect if that tmbjec
niiould como before the house at t..U eciiioi
From talks ha had nith the inetnberd nf th
house , ha was conQdent a g ud majority en
tertained the sainu viow.i uit hlmHulf , Th
treaty was vnry bad , both ior thn tobacco an
the itugar iuteretU of the Unitrd tjtateu , U'li
treaty will undoubtedly be oppgrod by BOTH
of tlio loading protectionists , on the j/roun
that it , together with the other reciprout
troutioj negotiated by the administration , ten
break down tin protective tariff system of
10 country.
Antl-uniiioron I
paslal Telegram to TIIK BKB.
PiTT-iicno , December M. A secret confer-
ice of the nnti-Cnmcron republicans was held
are last night. It It stated that twenty-live
lombcrs of the legislature havopledgcd thorn-
jlvci t > veto against him. 'I hU would defeat
im unless ho can secure domocrattc aid.
fr. llnndKll't * I'nwpccts or A Cnblnct
1'oHltlon.
pccial telegram to TIIK BKE.
NEW YOIIK , December M. Samuel J. IJnu-
all , William C. Whitney and Smith il.
t'end are reported to hao made a call otiHam-
ol J. Tilden. From the friends of ItatrJall
, is learned that ho N variously corsidoriug
10 occoptanco of a cabinet portfolio. Con-
rossman Paige says Mr. Unndalj can go into
10 treasury if he ui'tirea to. PaiRO nays fur-
ner it Is BOttled-that Bayard is to ba eccio-
iry of rtate , Gnrlnnil attorney penoral , and
dat Whitney will have a place not yet do-
erminod upon. From other sources Ian !
all's hesitaucy is reported to bo duo to the
ction of many southern congressmen who
oted against him for speaker but now they
ay they would \ oto for him. Ho la led liy
lieso c\prei8lons to think that he could be
lectod speaker another session , and naturally
refers the spcakorihlpi ( a cabinet placo.
'ho ollicu with which his name is most often
isociated is that of secretary of the treasury ,
loucjlijil is by no moans certain that ho might
ot ba induced to take the navy department if
o consent ) to go into thu cabinet at all.
CoMfrcHfiiiinu llurlclfIi'H Still Hunt.
pedal Telegram to TUB BEE.
NEW YORK , December VI. Congressman
iurlelgh , of White hall , who lua been nmk-
ig a still hunt over the state in the interest of
'resident ' Arthur for senator , went over to
Viishingtou last night to consult with Arthur.
LO said to a reporter if the president would
onsent to make the contest he would bo nom
natod. When asked to define the president's
osition , he Bald that Arthur would rely upon
10 itagacity of his friends not to bring him
nto an undlcnifiod scramble for the ollico.
f they saw an opportunity for his election
: ioy would feel at perfect liberty to use hia
amo. Tharo has been reports for several
ays of cablegrams from Minister Morton.
'no authorized his friends to say that ho was
candidate for the office , and would Jtry by
11 lionorabin means to obtain it through their
\SBHtnnco. It is pretty well understood that
enator Warren Miller has been nursing the
ial warts into a controversy among . them-
alvtis with the expictutioti of brlnglugin WI1
'itm M. Kvarts as a compromise.
Ballot Box Stum UK in Mississippi ,
pocial Telegram to tha BIE. :
WASIIINOTON , December W. A few days
go representative Chalmers , of Mississippi ,
ntro.lucod in the house a bill to restore the
opublican form of government to that state.
looting General Chalmers to-day , your cor
espondent asked him to explain his object in
utroducim ; the bill. Ho Bays the object is
wo fold : First , to attract the attention of the
ountry to the complete despotism established
n Mississippi , where the minority having
charge of the government perpetuates Its
tower by the appointment of expert ballot
) ox etuffcrs aa election officers , and tha exclu
ion ot nil intelligent qgposlc'on ' from wit-
lesaintj the proceedings. Second , to show
, hit : there la eimple remedy for It , aud that
it Is for congrea * to xerclso its constitutional
[ lower in regulating congressional elections
rod in so doing , order the representatives in
congress elected on the same ticket with a
representative to the state- legislatures who
will elect the United States senators thereby
Becnring intelligent witnesses at election both
of United States representatives and senators.
He says ho doesn't expect this democratic
congress to pass hii bill. Ho aaya that on a
fair count and election he woula have been
re-elected by thrco thousand nuijority in the
last election , but that particularly in districts
whcro negro vote * are heavy , the most Bhainn-
less fraud * wore committed Domocr.itio bal
lots were substituted for republican ballots be
fore they wcro put in the box by judges , and
the boxes taken home to dinner by them and
stuffed. Thin fact is shown bocnuso in the
hovy republican ( nci'ro ) districts the heaviest
majorities wora returned against him Ho
douH not Intend to contest the election , at It
would cost more than ho is worth , the corrup
tion being so wide spread. Ho woa auktiil :
"Would not the fiionds of Blainn bo interest
ed in exposing thesn frauds ? " "Yea. If
the election in Missifcsippi and Georgia
and In Judge Cralg'd district in Alabama
were properly presoed and thoroughly ven
tilated through the press , as the testimony is
tikon next month , the people would see before -
fore Cleveland takes his roat that his election
is not only a fraud , but a fraud accomplished
bv the bold uulliticatt n of the election lawn
of congress. In Mississippi the United
Statea supervisors weie treated in many
places with the utmost contempt , and the
law allowing them to bo witnesses of thu elec
tion openly and boldly violatdd. The excuse
for this is thu four of negro domination. I
told tham that I wai neither a negro nor a
carpet lugger , and tboro was no excuse for
counting me out. My political oiiponentu ,
aoino ( if whom were my personal friends ,
laughed at mo and xaid I ehould not complain ,
lecauso 1 taught them how to do it. Tills was
not true but the nuuwer showed that men
who are in all other roapoctj honorable men ,
leave their coiiBcioncea at homo when they gu
to election in Mississippi. '
A KilKltlvo SfiiR9 | ) ( . > rvli4 Olllncr.
WASHINGTON , December 1 1 Lioutennnl
Greely , the Arctic \oyagor , recently received
n letter from Captain llow ato. a fugitive si ?
nal turvlco olficsr , asking for a loan of money ,
The letter came to Greely through the daugh
ter of Captain Howgato , who resides in Clove
laud. Howgats did not give his address ,
Greely replied through Howgato'H ' daughter ,
flaying ho had not any money to Hjiaif. The
loiter Itself he placed lu n private driiwnr ol
Ills office In the signal bonice bureau on Wed' '
net-day. He received an unonyumiis commu
cation stating that his pilvato drawer had
been opened and HIIIIKI of hid private p.iper ;
copied , among others tha letter from Howgato ,
On receipt of the communication Greely laid
thu mutter bofoio Heuret'iry Lincoln , nnd twt
detectives and an officer of the tl nal corpi
were bent to Nubrnxka , where it la thought
Howgato la , to arront r.lm.
Toinpcrnnuo ICovlvnl.
Pin.inuiK. , Dfcembor 14. The Murphj
temperance revival started here tuo weoki
is groivlng rapidly , COO liming already joinei
the blue ribbon army. At the meeting to
night nearly 7,000 poraona were present am
the pledge ,
GENERA JIEWS.
ThcEiiiosilioiitor Opened by Elec
tricity ! Morim'
"
i
Several Govo1 rs nnd Mayors
Invited to Proseiit ,
A Diabolical Attempt to Blow Up
a Minor's ' House (
A Destructive Fire at Oliippowa
Falls , Wis ,
Yesterday's ' Fire Esoord in Many
Other Places ,
CI ar-MaUora Oppose tlio Spniilnli
Treaty Incendiary Alectin In
| IOPRNING OK TIIK KXPOSITION.
NEW YonK , December Kt. Commisslonct
General Morchead , of the World's Kx posit ion
at Now OrloaiiB , to-day perfected nrrangc-
monts with the Western Union telegraph
company for the opening of the exposition by
electricity Tuesday next by President Arthur
from the white house. Powerful batteries
am placed in position at Washington and New
Orleans , in order that the current of cloctri- >
city may bo transmitted without being repeated -
peatod on route.
Vttcinpt to Blow Up a Dtiner'ri House
with nyimmlto.
COI.V.MIIUH , Ohio , December It. The olti-
ers of the coal exchange of this city report
1.1 1 an effort wan made at two o'clock this
morning to blow up the house of a minor
amod Lautorbach , who returned to work.
'liu fttatoment ia that dynamite waa placet ]
ear the door whore two children were sloop-
ng , and that tha door and frame Were torn to
iece ? , but the child i on were not injured bo-
end a ao\ere shock. The excitement waa
'gh ' during the day. The city co ucil he'd ' a
meeting and appointed twenty extra police.
l < "lro In AVlsconsIn.
ALLS , Wis. , December II. At
, n oirly hour Una morning a lire wns dis
ovored in the general store of Leo & Larson
nd eoon after a terrific explosion occurred
'rom the oil stored in the cellar of the build-
ng. Both ends and a portion of the aide
vails of the building \\cio blown out. The
ames spread through the building and to Uo
idjoining buildings with ( tartling rapidity
ind it waa not until they had can led away
'
very structure to the alloy way in the middle
i the block that they were brought tinder
untrol. The losses are as follows : Leo &
uarson , stock , $20,00' ; insurance. § 10 , < 00 :
Corban opera house , 825,000 ; no insurance.
Opera store company , $20,000 , insur.inco.SK- !
000 ; W. H. Stoddard , clothing 311,000 , inaur-
unco , ? 5,000 : Lsclero & Maridelert , general
Bt-joir.jSM.OOO , insurance , 510 0 ; G. K. Dalton -
ton , general merchandise , $10,000 , Insurance
SC,000 ; Chlppowa Times , § , ' ! , ( ) 00 , ineuranco
SI , TOO ; Georpro Coclir.ino , furniture and fix
tures , of the Sherman house , 83,000 , ineurancp
SlEOOj CummiiigH b ock , $10,000 inauranco
S 1.000 , There were email lossea tuatalnod by
other parties on household furniture , etc. .
but mostly covered by insurance. Several
persons were injured by the explosion but It
'a thought none fatally.
Incendiary I'esolntiont * . V
CHICAGO , December ! ] . Neal McGachor ,
rom Hocking Valley , ; i hero Balloting aid
among the working people for the striking
inliiciri there. Among och ra ho addressed a
body of internationalists to day. and though
his remarks were of a very moderate charac
ter , at their conclusion the body passed a re
solution as the sense of tha meeting that the
working people Ehould arm themselves in
order biiccimfully to resist the cupiUlistB , and
, he employment of all meana to thatend woio
lot only justiliablo but nocesxaiy.
Tlio Cfga ? Mnlcors A alnHt the Spun-
lull Treaty.
NEW YOIIK , Dooombor 11. The executive )
committee of the Cigar Makers' union thin
afternoon appointed a commiltco of live to go
to Washington for tlio purposa of oppoalng the
ratification of the Sp.imuli treaty.
NOUH.
SAN FIIAN'OISCO ' , December 18. Stanford'f )
oar-old Heiiton this afternoon
four-y - lilly , Sally ,
noon trotted a mile in 2:17 : , buatiti the four-
year-old rrcoul.
Causes its victim1) to bo miserable , hopeless ,
confused , and depressed In mind , very Irrlto-
lilc , languid , and drowsy. It Is a illscaso
which does not get well of itself. It require *
careful , persistent attention , and n icmcily to
throw off the causes and tonu up the dlges-
tl\o organs till they perform their duties
wIlliiiKly. Hood's Barsapailllsi has proven
Just the required i rmctly In hundreds of cases.
"I have taken Hood's Sars.iparllla for dys
pepsia , from which 1 have sulfcicd two years.
I tried many other medicines , but none proved
' B.irsariarllla. " !
fo satisfactory as Hood's
THOMAS COOK , Brush Klectrlo Light Co.j
New York City. j
Sick Headache , J
"For the past two years I have been
aflllcUil with hcvcro heailachcB and tlyspup-
hl.i. 1 wan liiducnl to try Hood's Karsapa-
illlii , mid ha\o found great relief. I cheer
fully jpi'oimnoml It to all. " JlUB. J : . V.
A.N.SAHI.I : , New Haven , Conn , . -i j
Jlrs. Mary C. Smith , CamhrlJgeport , Mass. ,
was iVbiilfi'icr from < l > pupil.i and hick licaiJ-
aelio. hho took Hood's B.irsaparllla aail
found It the best rein' Uy ho over used.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Kolil by all ilruecnts. f 1 i tlx. fur ? 5. Madd
ply by 0.1. HOOD fi CO , , Ltmcll , Mass. ,
i lQOttDososjOno. Dollar.
Because.
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recognizes ! .
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