Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB , , SATURDAY MORNING , DECEMBER 20 , 1884.
THE BROOKLYN FIRE.
One MM and Twenty three Chil
dren Hissing ,
Heart Bending Scenes at the
Burning Orphanage ,
A Woman on the Roof Perishes
in the Flames ,
Tons of Buins Still Oonoeal the
Paots ,
Twelve Bodies Becovered from
the Burned Asylum.
Nonicanncm the PrcmlgcH to Protect
tlio Iitillllti B from Flro Man
sard Itoufa Condemned ,
TUE QUl-JlAN ORERIA.TORY.
NKW YOKK , December 19. The Brooklyn
Englo extra states that the fire marshal reports
twelve bodies found up to 8 o'clock this morn
ing nmong the ruins of St. John's homo for
children. Workmen nro still searching In the
debris. The bodies were found sc charred
that Identification Is nlinojt Impossible. It is
boliovedtlmt moitof the children who perished
were in the ill-fated Josaphtno ward. The
bodies of nine bjys nnd two grown persons
were found In the ruins of the Uuudry. Who
the adults were Is not known. Thn sisters nre
unwilling to be interviewed. The list of
these rescued has not come up to the full
number. This is explained by the statement
that the children may have baon cared for in
private inmllioa and \\111 Boon turn up. Last
night only ono child wus said to bo missing ,
nnd this morning n dozsn bodies were found.
There was a very largo water hydrant in
the yard with four butt * , but there was no
IIOEO In'or about the building or any means of
oxtlnRuishing the fire 'I ho great troub'o the
firemen had encountered was the mansard roof ,
Chief Engineer Nevins , now urges that all
mansard roofs be condemned at once as death
traps. While the fire was iu progres ? , n boy
and n woman were seen in the roof of the
burning building. Three men placed n bid
der against the wall , but the ladder did not
reach within live feet of the rcof. Ono of the
men mounted tlio ladder and the little follow
leaped into his arms and was paved.
The Woman looked to the bottom of the lad
der , and then to the flames , gradunlly
encroaching. The bystanders yelled to hnr to
keep her couruge up. Who looked into the
building , ns if fasciunted by the tire , nnd
commenced edging nway from the ladder.
Suddenly the fUunes shot up beneath her feet ,
nnd with a cry of agony she fell bickwnrd
into the blazing mass. It is yet absolutely
impossible to tell whpro the inmates of the
institution can bo found. In station houses ,
or Btabloi and private homos the waifs found
shelter. Late this afternoon the ll t of
children was made up. Ono hundred and
twenty-three were unaccounted for , While
itinny turn out that not one of these Ii among
' the mine , tlio , fact remains thnt tha tons of
Tiurtit timbV , warped Iron nnd fallen bricks
yet to bd removed may entomb
committed by police magistrate ! ) when thdir
If parents were either incapable or unwilling to
properly care for them. Boys forming tlio
Ikut named class were la groiter part unwill
ing inmates and the u , it Is believed , compose
mainly the missing 125. Having been set free
by the fire they preferred remaining at largo.
NiW Yonic , December 19. Blackened walls
And smoking ruins nro all that remained this
'V morning of tit John's homo or Male Catholic
orphan asjlum which burned yesterday.
X Crowds of spectators gathered to witness the
ti'emcn nnd police digging in the ruins. The
sisters iu charge of tlio asylum thought last
night all had been saved , but persons who
were outuila and assisted iu helping the little
ones to escape know many lives were lost. It
is said they KIW children in the room on the
third floor nbovo the luviiday when the flames
reahcd there and cut off escape , Two or
three grown persons ara also known to have
pturlshed. Diggers this morning found the
charred remains of a little nroup of four who
appeared huddled together just before their
cries for help had bfon stifled in death. In
the dormitory jmt over tlio laundry were
Klxty elck boyrt. It is not known if nil were
Hived. At n later hour thb morning three
more bodies weio found nnd shortly uftvr nine
two more , but burned beyond recognition.
\ Thn children are pcatt rcd ll over tlio city
nnd until collected it will not be poiblo ui
identify these burned to deaih. The police
have found many and have taken them 10 the
elation housed. The citizens have taken
rh.xrpo of sumo. Lots , & 2ol,000 ) ; little saved.
The diggers nro still nt work.
TUP. CHINK AND THU PAKIIOT ,
CAI.r.INGONTHK I'HBSIDENT-Kt.KCr A IlIIll
THATtiliniURKD "llUII.V T11IH LUTTKll. "
AUIANV , N. Y. , December 19. Mr. Olovo
land has not yet definitely decided where hi
will spend January nnd Kobniury. It Is no
expected that the constant stream of visitor
will grow a y smaller as the 1th ( f Mnrcl
drniVH nearer , and alter giving up tlio oxccn
diva chamber there ii n question whcro tin
president-elect will ba able to meat his muner
< ms callois. It is felt that the privacy of tin
otnutlvu : mansion elionld not bo invacud b ;
theeo hundreds of calleis.
Another patriotic crank with n present fc :
< iou.rnor Cleveland came to the front yobter
day. His scliemti wni nut BO much to getlnti
tha gcod graces of the iiieiident elect as to se
euro a paying avUortlsmnent lor hurmelf n
small oost. But the nrgus-uyed , rod.headei
boy at the door blockott his little game , ovui
btiforo ho huil tima to nend iu his turd to on
of the fxocutivo clerks and hi ) went rtw.v
Hwraring that tha doiaucratia ptrty wa < no
what it used to be ,
The loutf auto-room jus4 off the rxecutlv
chamber vya > < I 'neJ with tUo u < unl rou-H of ex
pcctant visitoTj unxloiuly waiting for tli
Itmidi-nt lcct t J receive them , wlicn the goti
tloninu with tl echomo in hid lie.id and
parrel on hi * huiut cimo In , } /o placed th
parrot on thu tabte nnd wont to fell the ret
headed boy of ttui iJco proFoul he had brougl
tlio gnco nor and tlm bird , to prove his owi
t'r'd uorils , nnd to tbow hln true democrat !
ntnrtk'd UKI waiting cillom b
the old refrain : "Burn-
burn burn this letter. " The gentleman
vainly tiled to turn the crank and shut
off the volubla How of words , but the parrot
was persistent and croaked away one after
another the old campaign crlw of democratic
puradcrn. Finally tha truth was hnmmetpd
into the bird owner's head thnt the president
did not need a parrot , and after scattering
hln bu'iness cards about the man took him *
self , the scheme , and the bird away. His
cards said he WM an importer of valuable
birds , and his place of business was put down
us street , New York. But ho didn't get
the advertisement.
FOUKIGN NEWS.
1IEN1ITYATti > DSKCHKR A3 MINISTER AT THE
COURT OK ST. JAMKS.
LONDON , December 19. The Pall \iftll
Gazette publiihcj under ronorvo fn statement
from n well Informed American correspondent
to the effect that Henry Wnrd needier will
succeed ; Jnmcs Kiieeoll Lowell as American
minister nt the court of St , James ,
8E.VTKNOK Of DEATH DEMANDED AOAIN8T THE
ANARCHISTS.
Lciratc , December 19. The public prosecutor
cuter demanded a vontonco of death against
1,1 einsrl f Kupeech and Kucchler on tha chp.rno
of high treason.
HAD ri.IQlIT 01' A CATTI.K STKAJIER *
LONDON , December 19.-Stoamor Oxon-
helm , from New York , for Liverpool arrived
ntQaeenstown harbor on her beam ends , She
experienced torrlfio weather nnd lost many
hoid of cattlo. The fitoamer is still on h.'r
beam cnde. Heads and legs of dead nnd liv
ing cattle .aro scan protruding through the
CAttle pens nnd hanging over the sides of the
vosscl. The uppoi deck of the steamer Is n
confused mass of dead nnd living cittlo. Nu
merous carcasses wore thrown overhead , and
washed aihoro.
Thn Whitewater 1'oUonlnu CAKO.
ST. PAUL , Decembtr 19. A special from
LaCroiso this evening relates on interview
with D. E. Strickland , of that place , relative
to the poisoning of the Horan fnmi'y ' atWhito-
water , Wisconsin. Strickland , who professes
to bovoll acquainted with the Horan family ,
e.-tys they opposed Nellie's marriage with Krod
Kichardson , and five days before the wedding
was to occur , the latter left town. S trick
ud's story is thnt Nellie's mother , to prevent
10 marriage , tnld Klchnrdson that Nellie wa ,
iminally intimate with nnilther man , name
otgivon , nnd in opitis of NollieVdenl.il of tha
tory her lover believed it and left her , Ncl-
e said several times to Strickland , "I'll cot
en with them nil , " meaning the family. The
, tter therefore holds the theory that Nelllo
oisoned her father , mother nnd sister before
tempting her own life.
The Chicago Election Frauds.
CHICAGO , December 19 , Judge Blodgett ,
tha United States district court , postponed
le hearing of the arp umonts to quash the in
ictinents against tto persons charged with
10 Eighteenth ward [ election frauds , until
( At Wednesday.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES.
The Chicago Times will say to-morrow that
rthur ( Jleason will soon give information In
yard to the election frauds in the second
irecinctof the Eighteenth ward which the
idernl grand jury has been investigating and
Kit the facts within Gleason'a knowledge nro
ow in pos < esstnn of United ( States District
ittornoy Tutliill. Gleason is nn employe iu
lie county clerk's office where tha ballots were
'hen the bogus ones waae substituted , and is
nder indictment for complicity iu the job.
A NEW I1AILUOAD.
THO CHICAGO , FREEt'ORT AND BAINT PAUL.
MAUISON , Wis. , Docmber' 19. A mort-
; ago was filed in the secretary of state's t Hi do
o-day by W. 0. W'iRh'j ot Ereeport , to the
forQT years , six
er cent gold bonds issued by the Chicaco ,
'reoport & St. Paul railway company , to be
ised on account ot the construction and equip-
nonu of Iho road. The proponed road will
xtend from Chicago to Minneapolis , a dis-
nnco of four hundred miles , the road to be
omplctod within the earning year.
A Now Yorlc Cliarncl HOIIRC.
NEW YoitK , December 19. An anonymous
lorrespondent wrote to tlio sanitary head
iiiarters that there v.'aa a small graveyard in
, ho loft of a house nt No. 11 West Third
treet. Heaps of mouldering skulls and
iones have been there for years nnd no one
know anything nbont them. The wri'or asks
ho authorities to find out how they got there
nvestgntonproved ! ! , the stnry to bo true nnd
ho matter was turned ever to the poliso. All
orts of rumors nro afloat as to how the bones
amo to the loft , but no reliable information
: an bo had.
Itlluhfgnn Pour Mount ! Cremated ,
DETROIT , Mich. , Decmbcr 19. The. Lnpeei
county poor house burned last night Thirty
Bovon inmates were turned out in their night
clothes. Ono insane \7umnn , Bertha Hock
well , da hed hack into thq building and wa >
burned to death. Another woman ran twt
miles before nlio was recaptured. Slio wni
hadly frozen but may recover. The ther
momctorwas below z ro. Loss about § l > ,000 ,
The innmlea nre scattered among the farmers
The \Vcnthnr.
Sr , Louis , December 19. The co'd wonth'e
hero still continues , the mercury being bolov
zero this morning. Weather inoro modurat
to-day. The Miitsi sippi river is full of hcuv ;
floating Ice nil tlio waynmthof hero und n
far Konth as Cipo Girnrdcau.
Buitl.ihnuiN , Iowa , December 19 , Yeftor
day and thU morning ; he temperature stooi
19 below zero in the laott exposed plncm : n
noon 9 below , Tlio river closed at this poin
Death ol'Mi-H. UcDot'on tl. ,
ST. I'AUI. , December l ! ( \Ira , Itobccci A
Edwnrda , wife ( f ( ! . W. KJwards , former !
editor of th Burlington Huwkej it nnd An
Tlouoant , Iowa , Journal , died at Duluth yes
terdny. The funiily of the deceased pasne
through tlii cltv tn day with the remains , en
route to .Mt , 1'looeaut whuro fiho will b
buried.
.Sentenced to Do Hunt :
MARSHALL , Texa' , December 19 Anthon
Wnlkor , colored , was to day Hcntcnccd t
hang on the 23d day of Januaiy next for tt
murder of William Henry , yMiito. Walk ;
appealed for chunty to his wifii nud six chi
drcn , and pasnod hia hat around the coui
himself and uollcctod
llUniarulc T.ilcoi
December 19 The Xorth ( ierma
Garotto Intlmtlpa tint lipm.ircl ! : hoe decide
to rott tauiporaiily from public duties ,
KET.
A Gigantic Scheme to Mm Railroad
Men's ' Wages ,
A Plan 'to Boduoo Their Wages
Ten Per Cent
On All of Jay Gould's ' Lines of
Bead ,
Engineers , Firemen and Auxiliary
Employes Aimed At
The Transcontinental Association
Conclude Their Labors ,
The Illinois Hallway Commission A
Meeting of the ChiORK ° Halo
Committee.
REDUCTION SC1IEA115.
Special Telegram to The BEE ,
ClllUAQO , December 19. A special from
Dallas , Tex. , outlines n most gipantlo com
bination for the reduction of wages over
known In history. It contemplates no lew
than taking 10 per cent from the wngos of
every railway employe in the United States.
The object is understood to bo n concerted
action of railway magnates to stain the tldo
of j depression in stocks by the clotest re
trenchment , with n view to tcrently improve
the showing in their next reports. As the
great railway art rips ara really the pulse of
the country , the belief is that a good show of
not earnings three months hence will do very
much toward restoring confidence , which is
recognized as about the only element now
lacking to bring about a return of good times.
But as the temper of the labor market is such
ns to make the feasibility of n
wholesale reduction very problematical ,
it has been determined to put
out a feeler In such n way tint if successful It
will pave the way to n general cutting , and if
not successful to allow of n graceful retirement
thus avoiding disasters which would tend
stocks still lower , if indeed it should not pre
cipitate a financial panic of great proportions
and overwhelm many of thojo engaged in it.
The story as told is that the employes of the
Gould southwestern system announce that
they have information from the most trust
worthy sources that the Missouri Pacific will
on January 1st announce a reduction of ten
per cent in the wages of all engineers , firemen
and hostlers nnd other employes numbering
1,600 men , extending from St. Louis to El
Paso nnd Larodo. That this action will betaken
taken for the benefit of all the roads in the
country , and if successful , thg other roads will
follow its example ; if It falls , the other roads
are to boar their proportion of the cost of the
experiment. Employes wno profo. s to have
this information suy the reduction xyill not bo
submitted to ; that locomotive engineers and
auxiliary labore'S nro prepared to resist , und
that If the attempt is made it will result in
the greatest railrord strike ever known. Men
hero profess to ba in communication by mail
and wira with railroad organizations through
out the coUntiy.
Tlio Illinois ial\vnytCoimnlRsloT ) ,
Board of Ilailwny nud 'Warehouse Comtnis-
tionora began session hero at 10:30 : this morn-
ug 'with representatives of the railways
throughout the state and shippers to consider
the question of ordering a reduction in the
prevailing freight chargop , Nearly every
railway iu the state was represented and there
was also a very largo attendance of prominent
shippers and a few representatives of thu
farming community. In tha room were also
few members of the state legislature who ,
however , took no part in the proceedings ,
Chuirmau Brainard , of the llailway board ,
said in explanation of the nhort noli to upon
which the meeting had been called , that the
board had and did not intend totako any spasmodic
medic or hurried atlon upon such an import
ant question. They intended further to give
everybody interested abundant opportunity to
bo heard from upon the subject ,
Commissioner Wicker , an behalf of tha Chicago
cage freiuht bureau , which represents a largo
and important class of Chicago merchant. ) and
shippers , said manufacturers desired a change
iu the classific ition of binders' twine and
blndorb' wiro. In the yearH 1883 and 18SI , ho
explained , twenty-cipht million pounds of
these two articles hal baen manufactured , and
tnoy reprecet.ted a total value of S 4,181,000 ,
At present they nro gchi'duled as necund clasa
In los < than cir lots and \then Ehippd with
agricultural Implements. When shipped in
car loads they went as fourth class. Ho de
sired thnt iu ices thun cir loads thoyslumld be
rated fourth cla n , the sama as rope und coils ,
and . wlien shipped in cnr load. ' , 01
with agricultural implements they chouUl
bi classed tha aamo ns agricultural imple
menls. In pagan ! groceries nnd fchulf hard' '
ware he desiied thdt ouuiato should bo made ,
whsther shipped : n carloads or in less quan .
titles. Meichanti and munuf.iclurors desired
y viitually the Bamo clusslli ation in tiiij state
LB as now oxtxts from the heaboard west , whicl
does notrfcognl/o tha principle of carload
rates on "houso freight. "
Commissioner Lewis , of the elate board ,
said Iu had only ono suggestion to inako to tin
railroad companies , Tim margin of proliu
now recejvud by the producer was \cry flight
If the railway board choiJd order a roduciioi
in the present freight tariff , the railway :
would find it dlHUultto ictuin to the oh
rates when proppsrity p ° rvailH to rt proate :
tli MI now. On th other hand if the railroad
should dfomtho tliuatinn sullicicnt to wurran
it und should an order for u reduction In cur
roiitthargm In iumtnl a return to the oldtarii
would nut bs besot with nny dilh'cultliw.
Vko President McMullen , of the Chicagi
& Alton nxprc'spd the view that railway
could not reducH the present tariff with an ;
consistency , They h.vl not increased th
rates when prices of gtuin wcra higher , an
the co t of operuting roads had in no wis
been loisi-ned , llu did not thin !
any further reduction of rate
at tlilx time would Increase th
volumn of shlpmonts. Corn was not me
tured nnd the tlnia had not arrived for it
movement in any grout quantity. Aieduc
lion in freight rates meant reductions in H.I
employes and cuitailment ii
working department of the ruuds.
[ Geneiul Superintendent .rclfroy , of th
Illinois Uentral , took the simo view.
Keprejantitlvm of the IWia & Kvansvill
road salJ the present Income of the road
meant only 0 per cent interest on the bonds of
the road , upon the b iU 512.01,0 ft mils for
conftrnctlon , when the ro d in reality had cost
82r > ,000 a inlle. Further reduction of the
tariff would fotisusly 11 pair the operation of
hid road. The meeting adjourned till 2
o'clock.
Unto Ooiiimlltco Meeting ,
CHICAGO , December 19. The Chicago
freight rate committee met to-day to arrange n
tariff to the interior points In the middle and
western states. Kates were mada to 802 points
on six classes of freight to which grain was
added , the rates in some ciwai Increased. In
others decreased. The now tnrifl will go Into
offset January 1st.
The Transcontinental association concluded
Its work hero to-day. Some routine matters
were discussed and referred to the San Fran
cises meeting January Uth.
What 'a Hoiluotlcm Rlcnns
CHICAOO December 19. A prominent rail
way ollicial , conversed with this morning , in
view of the meeting of the railway and waro-
hutiso board , said the road would not reduce
the present freight rates. To do so at the
prestnt time meant to dlschorga thousands of
men , and the reduction of wages of all others ;
which would result in the repotltion of thn
cones of 1S77.
AN EXPUBSS AVAIL
THE AD VMS AND AMERICAS BAII ) TO Illi * AT
swonn'H roiNra ,
BOSTON , Mn . , l ) cember 19. The Adams
and American Express Companies are now at
sword's points. As far as can bo learned it
appears that the American Kxprcss Company
has demanded that hereafter the Adams Express -
press Company desist from giving any of Its
eastern transfer business to the local expreis
companies and to throw all such business iuto
the hands of the American Company , which
embraces both the eastern nnd tha. United
States and Canada express. A largo part of
the Adams business , however , comes from the
east , and if that business was given
to the American Company the Adams
would not bo boncfittod thereby , as both com
panies cover about the same points in thn
United State ) . The pro-ratn arrangement
which hitherto exist'd between the two com
panies ceased Monday last , tlnco when the
Adams has given all freight that formerly was
transferred to the United States and Canada
companies to the opposition express. "The
American company want too much , " said an
old expressmnu this morning. 'Their pur
pose now is to gobblp up the local expresses of
Now Kneland. A short while ago the Amer
ican company cama to mo and requetted that
I should act as agent for that company in the
city whore my olfico la located , In other
words vhat company wanted me to virtually
turn my business over to them so that they
could control me. To this I refused. I pre
sume that they have made similar requests to
the largest expressmen in OAch city nnd town
of New Knglind.
A Revival In Billiards.
CHICAGO , December 19. Edward Me-
Laughlin , of Philadelphia th& champion of
Pennsylvania , and William JT. Catton , of
St Louis , began a two nights'.billiard match
at Central Music hall to-nighttfor a wager of
02,000 , the game to be 3,000 points , l.COO
each nifht , thrco ball caroini , unrestricted
rail piny. McLaughlln led from the tie-ginning
by superior rail play , scoring 103 in the seventh
inning , and beating hia besiVfovioua run at
this etylo , 804 , which was ihAle' by himself
in Philadelphia , by putt nt ( < Wothor. 942 .in
the eleventh inning. lJfarua M > in thq'twcn-
tv-third inning , and after ° rup > - la ; * 99 iu tha "
.thiri
In the eighth inning , cue oihVVjme when ho'
put up a threo-h'euro run , His total tor the
night was 13 ( > . I'do gatuo will bo completed
to-morrow night. ,
ICasson Denies tlio Berlin. Dinner
Yarn.
DKS MOINES , December 10. A short time
% ro a cable dispatch to the St. Louis Republi
can told of a Thanksgiving dinner of
Americans nt Berlin over which Minister
Kasson presided , and the guests on the sug
gestion of Mr. Kasson gave tiireo hearty
chncrrt for Cleveland , which seemed to be
rather parly cheering. This greatly surprised
Kasson's friends hero at hU home. Yester
day the llecister received the following cable
from Mr. Kasson :
BKIILIK , December 18. The report of the
cheering for Cleveland nt the Ameiican
Thanksgiving dinner was a wilfull falsehood.
( SiRned ) KASSOK.
Murdered at Ills Own ElrcHide ,
Das MOINES Iowa , December 19. The
State Kogister special , Bays : Glaus Ivlnevor ,
while ( catcd by the lireside in his own home
in Audubon county last night nt ton o'clock
was murdered by a man who cimo and naked
permission to warm himself. Two shots we t
tired , ono tnknifeffect in the mouth nud the
othi r in the right breast , the latter causlnp
instant death. The coroner's jury found
Klpever had come to hia death by the Imndf
of Peter Kyau about 21 yoara old. liynn thai
been arrested and an examination will bo hulc
to-morrow ,
A Cincinnati JP ollco tiloiitonniit Plead !
Guilty.
CINCINNATI , December 19. Lieutenant o
police , Michael Mullen , pleaded guilty to ai
indictment for violating the election laws Ii
the United States court to.day , and was re
rnauded for sentence. The indictment charge '
him wilh unlawfully hiudering , obstructini
and preventing certain qualifiol voters fron
11 their franchise on thn fourto nth o '
11s U tubsr by unlawfully confining them iu ,
1 cellar.
1r
r Ija\vle.sHiicsu in Olnblnnati ,
ClNclNNAin , Decambar 19. Jacob Jsri
uinf.H , colorad , wax usaaultod In the streets tc
day by n party of man who apparently had nether
other motives but mnlico , Ho ran into
otoro nnd locked thn door. His purucra , mm
boilug half n dozen or more , broke open tli
door und dragging him out stabbed him twic :
audlelt him for dead. Two o- throe of h
o'dnilaius were cr.ptured , but the policema
wa ? ansmultod and liuatan by others of tli
ptrty. ilcnning'ii injuries n
Weathiir Tn-Diiy.
WAMIIIKUTON , December ll'J. For Uppi
MisxisBippi : Partly cloudy weather witli Ic
oil snou-t' , higher ti'inparatura nnd east I
south winds.
10 I'orMii'Sourl V.dley : rjonerallyfftirweatln
with southerly winds , becoming variable ni
hihor ; tsmperature ,
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Way's ' Labor in ths Senate and the
HOHSP ,
Stormy Disonssion Over the Railroad -
, road Pooling ,
"Lot the Voice of New York bo
Heard , "
It Has Its Hand on the Country's '
Throat ,
Lumping the Naval Appropriation
Bill ,
Henry Ward Hccohcr nstho 1'robnblo
Successor of .larnco Itusscll
Ijtnvcll.
' SENATE.
WASIIIKQTOK , December 19. The chair
laid before thosonato the memorial of the pro
duce exchange of Now York City , urging
immedlato and definite action regarding the
Spnniih treaty.
A bill was Introduced by Sabin to provide
for the erection of n public building at Still-
water , Mich. , to cost $100,000.
The inter-state commerce bill was taken up
long enough to permit G ergo to inako n
speech condemning pools.
Halo from the committee on the naval ap
propriation bill , reported the committee tin-
able to ngreo. Ho explained thg House bill as
tt had been presented to the Senate , namely ,
to lump tholapproprlatlon for the coming half
year. The Senate confreres held
that an objectionable method of passing nn
appropriation bill , Beck said : "Any system
that did not fully show the items of expendi
ture in any department should not bo per
mitted to crow in precedent. " Hale moved
that tha Senate insist on its amendments ,
Bayard moved that the veto on insistance betaken
taken by yeas and nays , and hoped there
would be an unbroken expression of the Sen-
nto's voice on the question , A vote wan taken
by yeas an nays on Halo's motion and it was
unanimously agreed to yeas 05 , nays none.
After an executive session the Scuata ad
journed.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON , December 19. A bill passed
authorizing the construction of a bridjo across
thu Mtssippi river at Itock Island.
The speaker laid before the JJouao a memo
rial from J. G. Thompson , ex-sergeant at arms
of the House , Asking congress to maka an ap
propriation to pay thu judgment rendered
against him by the supreme court of ti o Dis
trict of Columbia , in tha suit of Hallit-Kil-
bourne to reimburse him ( Thompson ) for ex
penses incurred by him and to pay him n ron-
sanablo compensation for time and trouble.
Referred to the judiciary committee with au-
authority to report at any time.
Hancock , from committee on appropria
tions , reported back theiuvalid pension appro
priation. The bill was referred tjtho com
mittee of the whole.
'Iho inter-stato commerce bill was taken
. ji wit f-of a' . . , Yorlvnioved . , to strike
out a'portipn-ol thethliyl\ftjction.which pro-
Jiibit * coliug. " Hawitt Advocated , iiopllng
rirhtlv coadnctouiutho Votnodyforovl ! v0f
unlimited expenditure. "o3o r.rged the np-
pointmontof n commission. At this point
Hewitt's time explr. d , and Warner of Ohio
obtained the floor and yielded it to him. To
this arrangement Raag.in objected on the
ground that the debate had already been very
protracted. Hewitt replied that the voice of
New York hod not bean heard in this debate.
If the gentleman cliosa to paralyze New York
let him take the consequence , lleagan T
withdraw objections , let the voica of
Now York bo heard in this dobato.
Hewitt Its voice has been silent because
the business men of New York despair of
wise legislation un these great commercial
questions by the Houso. They have seen this
House resist the resumption of specie pay
ment. They have seen tbis House thrust the
sliver bill down the reluctant throats of the
unwilling community , and now they behold
this House and this side'of it , force reactionary
meanures on the commerce of tha country
which will imperil the business of New York ,
which H tli1) hnart of the commor o of the
country. Dun said : "Tho gentleman speaks
of the voices of Now York not being heard
It is I the hand of New York
that is felt on the throat of this
country that mates thin legislation necessary.
Let the gentleman remember that. I ot Now
York sli-'k this grip and tnis legislation will
not bo ntcersary. Hewitt's amendment WAS
lost , 19 to 09. Hewitt then offered an amend ,
inent permitting pooling contracts when they
were reasonable and just. 1'helps eaid : "II
this bill passed the railroads would do ono ol
s I two things. Ono \vvs to violate every propo-
H bitlon of it and fill the courts so full of action !
HJ against them that the wheels of justice would
bo blocked. This would attract public attention
tion and public attention would give rodrcss
Tha only otber thing for the railroads to di
was to give the order which nou'd send oven
locomotive into the round hmse , and the ei
lonco which followed would ba felt fron
Portland , Oregon , to Portland , Malno , am
in that stillness ( ,0,000,000 of people wouli
hear the only word which could ba heard th
familiar voice of the speaker when ho said
's "The gentleman from Texas asks tha nnonl
f > mous consent to pass the bill repealing th
n Inter state commerce act , " nnd nothing f Ji
'f ther would ba hoard except the prompt ( piss
a tion : "Is there any objections1 and just n
Hiiro as thimd- followed lightning the auswe
would be , "No objection. " ( Applause on tli
republican eido )
Cox , of New Vork , favored IlooganV bill.
At this point Krmantrout presented fron
the committee of accounts a privil
eged resolution regarding the tnannt
in which the expenses committe
i- were investigating , thu conduct of Marsha .
10 Lot Wright should ba disbursed. A dispute
o nroso as to tha occupancy of tha floor h
is Keeffr nnd the republicans feeing aggrieve
in ut the ruling of the speaker demanded tli
ie yeas and nays on the adoption of the rosoh
tion. It was adopted. Iteagau moved tin
all debates on the the third section ot tl
Inter-date commerce hill should clous in fiv
minu'cs. The republicans d'uiiod longi
time and after nearly an hour wasted in re ,
ualU ten minutei Wfro accorded then
to Hewitt's amendment was rejected withoi
divUion , In the coureo of the difciifiblr
er liudd contended that the provisi tn did in
id provoot physical pooling us Contra distil
guished , ftoni uionied pooling nud thoug !
thU Iteag.in denied that this WAD the crsa ho
permitted Budd to offer an mnrnrlment which
wni Adopted to remedy the dilliculty , further
consideration of the bill was postponed , Re
cess ,
Heprc.innttttro MoAdoa ( X. .T. ) introduced
n Joint revolution providing for the appropria
tion of § 25D , ( 00 , to be. distributed bv the dec
retory of the tro wiry snd expended under
hl directions by the proper local nithoritica
of Now York City , Brooklyn , Jersey City
nnd Ho'-okoii , to prevent by proper quaran
tine nnd saqjtnry moa-ures the entrance of
the cholera [ n this country , nnd to prevent
its rprond if it ihould tnko n foothold.
The homo in thli evening's session pansed
eighteen pension bills nud adjourned until to
rn Jrrow.
WASHINGTON NEWS ,
TENSION H1U. AMKKIiMENTS.
WASHINQTON , December 19. At n meeting
of the hoiiio committee on appropriation * ,
Koprftentativu Hr.ucock was directed to re
port two amendments to the pension appro
priation bill , the first provides that the num
ber of IKMIMOU ngonts bo reduced from
eighteen to twelve nnd their maximum com
pensation fixed at 84,000 annually. The second
end limits the tors for uiamlning surgaons to
live dollars for the lirot five cases nnd ono
dollar for each additional examination on the
same day.
CONFIRMATIONS ) .
Postmasters : Augustus Beadle , Crccco ,
Iowa ; Wallace G. Aguew Osconla , lown ;
John Tweedy , Aurora , Neh.j Samuel C ,
Seat ! , Harvard. Nob. : Seth H. Craig , Wy.
more , Neb ; Aiiblo M. Lawtun , Grlggsvillo ,
Ills ; John Gordon , Jackson\illo , Ills ,
NOMINATIONS
Postmasters : James B , Brown , Galena ,
Illinois ; John P. Stkklng. Kast Ht L-ouK Il
linois ; A. F. Galbraith , 1'lorn , Illinois ; D.tvid
\V. Keud , Waukon , lown ; J. 1) . Hunter ,
Webster City , Iowa ; John M. Hubbard ,
Straighten , Wisconsin ; Thomas A. Burr , l.un.
caster , Wlscouson
WABHlNmoN , December 19. The president
has nominated Krank W. Palmer , postmaster
nt Chicago.
NAVAL ArrnorntATioNS.
The temper of each house regarding the
naval bill appears to bo to sustain its confrere ,
and it "corns unlikely that nny _ agreement
will be reached bcforo the holiday recets.
In this case the navy will bo without funds on
the first of January.
Tlio Illinois Crop Itoport.
SritiNOKiEU ) , Ills. , Decombar 19. The
forthcoming report of the Illinois department
of agriculture will contain data concerning
the com crop of tbo state for 1SSI. Tha season
was favorable for maturing the crop , which is
sound nnd of a superior quality. The crop
has b ° en gathered and stored in good condi
tion. The low price lias induced the farmers
to hold the crop as far as their moans will per
mit. The oroa Is 0,8 8,81'J acres , which is
less than that of any preceding year since
18S3. The average yield for thostato is thirty
three bushels per acre which exceeds the yield
per aero of any year since 1872 , excepting tha
crop of 1S75 and 1879. The nggregato corn
crop of the state for 1881 is 207,5o(5Cli2 ( bush
els nnd exceeds thu corn crop of the three preceding -
ceding years Ijy twenty to thirty millions of
bushels. The average prices per bushel of
corn in fiiht hands is reported to bo 29 cents
per bushel. The price of cnrn has not ruled
as low in this state uinco 1SGO except in IS bl ,
1CC2 , 1872 , 1877 nnd 1878.
The 'Waterway to the Host.
Spacial telegram to Til 1C BKK.
WASHINGTON , December 19. There is a
disposition exhibited among the Unnnepin
canal nnd Mississippi river people to join
Jiands with th New Yorkers and make n
common cause in favor o ( tho- great through
( nterlor way by way of the Hriox.mal and tlio
.prcnt.lako , Hemicpin canal nud'lbn Mississ
ippi rlvor. Tha ajmolfl nyonC'wntctl hia cjo
VOlOpoU this lropo od combiDatlnu 2ina be n
the Introduction of resolution by Hiscock ,
looking to the sale of the Hrlo canal to the
government to bo enlarged and inado n. ship
canal. The proposition is looked upon with i.
great deal of interest by western and sou'h- '
western interests and there is a disposition to
join hands with Now York in the matter if
New York will halp the west in its canal nnd
river ent.rpriaes.
Ati Austrian Itnnk Defaulter.
VIENNA , December 19. Orders to ographed
through Europe for the arrest of Lucas Janner ,
defaulting and absconding director of the se
curities department of the Lower Austrian
discount bank. A liberal reward is offered for
his arrest The directors of the bank raised
ten million florins BO as to bo nble to meat the
run on the bank. The bank honors all de-
mends without regard to stipulated date when
payment is duo. The municipal authorities
iBsubd a. . notice thnt the city will withdraw its
deposit of 4,500,000 florins. Many similar no
tices were received nt the bank.
LATER It Is rumored that .Tanner's body
has been found nou Klostern , Kubong ,
VIENNA , December 19. Jaunor shot him
self at n villaga'In Kierliug , a thoit diatuifc
from this city. Only twenty-four florins were
found on his body.
Mr. BlfDoiiiihl'H Plans.
TOKONTO , December 19 , In a speech laul
night Sir John McDonald appeared iu f.woi
of nn alliance between Knr/land , Canada ar.i
Australia , Canada reserving the full right t (
manage her own affair ? , but alliance to bo !
sort of police to keep the pence of the worli
and to league together for dofenui
or olfensfl in times of dango
Such confederation would bo the most power
ful in thu world. Ho was opposed to Indu
pendonco. C uld not keep it up. As for an
i oxntion it would bo lost in the neidiborini
union. Whereas it was only by thuro _ beta )
more thin ono power in North A mo n CM , b ;
competition in government that could protcc
n tha continent from becoming like China.
ir
, v
vA St. IjonlH Firm Assign ,
ST. Lori.s , December 19. Four nttachmon
suit ) were filed this afternoon against Loubri
Bro.'d , dry goods nnd millinery IIOUBH nn
cr
in this nveniiig they made an npsiRiimeut for th
.11 bunelit of their creditors. They eht'mito th
to nesnts , prlnoipally stock , at aoout $100 Oil
toll and nay that if the largo creditors had hcl
ll off a httlo longer they could have pullc
10 through.
li
lint ICiiHtern AVcatln-r lU'porr.
10o BOBTON , Decembar 19. Kxtremo col
o weather and strong wind ) are reported t <
] ] night from nil parts of New England. j <
n. Mt. Wa hlnKton the weather wai the tioi
lit bovoru Binco 187 < i. The mercury was fro/.oi
ni but the minimum registered by n spirit the
ot inomutor was - \ below /3io mid ntlll falllni
nA northwi-at hurrlcnrio with nn cstlmatt
ht vebclty of over 100 miles an hour prevails.
THE MARKETS.
The General Mattel Slow and Steadier
tbanYeslerflay ,
ittlo or no Variation in tha Oat-
tlo Market ,
The Hog Market Generally Was
Bather Slowi
Wheat Reacts Has an ttu-
ward 1
Corn Opened Fi S. and Steadier
and Ad' , led ,
OntH Itulcil Stcnil ; .yo Dull ul
JIc > 7' ProvlslJtm Pftirly
Acllvo.
CHICAGO M AUK UTS.
CATTLE.
Special Telegram to the BKB ,
ClUL'AUO , December 19. There were about
eighteen car loads of Texaua nmong the fionli
receipts , of which 15 were cows thnt sold'at
$1000 , The general market wan slow but
rather steadier than yesterday. There worn
but few cUtlo in sight so that shippers and
dressed beef operators that had urgent orders
found more dltliculty in tilling said orders nt ' ' '
their ownprices than yesterday. Coo ! > l to i
choice fnt { cattle that , in Hush times of the
export trade would have quoted higher than
85 25@5 75 ; nnd prime shipping or dressed
beef sorts , SI 80@S5 10 , with good medium
steers at 81 10 ® I 00 , nnd common down nn
low aa $3 SO. There la n steady demand for
the bast grades of COWH and heifers. Bulls
nro scarce nnd selling nt high prices. The ro-
colpts of stockers nud feeders nro rather lim
ited and and business rnther light , with littln
or no variation in values as compared with
previous tlayo of the weak. Good to cholcu
13 C0@15 pound * , 85 00@S" GO ; common to
medium , $1 00@S4 90 : medium to good , SI in
© 390 ; choice , S3 75(2. ( $ 1 23 ; stackers , S3 Ot )
013 90 ; feeders , $1 00@4 40 ; Toxixns , &J 00 ©
83 SO.
IIOQB.
The hog market generally was rnthor slow ,
with values a shade low or on packing grade ) ) ,
but steady on light. Common nnd rough
packers sold nround nbout S3 90@-110 , fair to
choice mixed.5-115@ 1 20 , nnd best heavy S4 'St
4 35 ; best light cold nround about Si 154 5 ,
nnd common S3 90 ® i 00. There was rather
more trading on 'change to-day , loadint * grains
showing more strength and an upward miifro
of nearly Ic , thu bulk of which was imparted
by short covering. _ The local market ul.so ,
aided by the stock Hat and natural reaction
from former depression.
WHEAT
opened steady nnd active at an advance _ of
itf2c , the early quotations being substantial
ly the lee t of the morninc session Thera
was a Into Irregular advance of | c iu trading
options , though | o of it was lost before the
- * - - - ' the moiniha BosBibn. ' , Trading is left
- " * ' - ' -
- - - -
% ntls \ \voranqt5vo
No. 2 spring sold from 70g to 71o for cas
CORN
opened firm and steady at an jtdvance of Jo
iu nil options except year in which there were
sellers at IJo advance. A firmer feeling iu
wheat helped thU grain and brought about .111
advance of } @ 3o which was sustained. I'o.
2 cash sold nt 3lJ4@37c.
OATH
ruled steady and rather nioro active ( ixvirifj to
free sales of largo lota iu which there was n
moderate profit. The market took all otfcr
ings at an advance of i jpc ever yoateida/
and closed steady.
RVB
dull and heavy on a basis of 52i3 for No. 2
caah. Track ctuif was little bolter with tstlos
at .lB@53o for No. 3 to No. SI.
rnovisiosa
ruled fairly nctlvo , steady and a little higher
on light receipts at the yards and short do-
maud which bid the market up. OutEido
pilcsnwero sustained all through the list-ion
morning fceesion.
OpKti fur Ki
LEITHIO , December 19. The imperial mi-
iroma court rnjected the appeal of Madtmo
KalnmUia against Ilia dccreo of divorce giant-
nd by the court nt Ddrmastdt to Grand Dulca
Ili-sse.
r
i
0 . - Catarrh is a % ery prevalent disease , with
( HstiessliiH and offensive bymptonig. Hood'a
Harsaparllla gives icady relief and speedy
euro , from the fact it nets through the blood ,
and thus reaches ovciy part of the uybtem.
" 1 suffered with catarrh fifteen years. Took
Hood's Saisapai Ilia and I am not tumbled any
with catarrh , and my general health Is mucli
better. " I. W. I.IM.IS , 1'ostal Cleric Chicago
& tit. IfOiilH Jiallroad.
" I suffered with catarrh C or 8 year s j tried
many wonderful cmcs , Inhalers , etc. , jncml-
Ing nearly ono hundred dollars without bcncllt.
I tiled 1 food's Harsaparllla , and '
Improved. " II. A. AUBEY , V7orccstcr , ]
Hood's Saroaparllla h cliaractorl/cd 1'
tr.ri-o pccullarltleH : 1st , Iho combination i'f.
ri'i. fdlal agents ; 2d , the proportion ; M , il > r
jirorrtn ul Brcurhij ! the nctlro incdl < lu.v
it | ; : itlc'i. The result Is a medicine of umisui' ; '
riniiKtli , < 'ffcctliiK cures hitherto unknmvn
hi'd : for book containing addllional rvlilc i' \
"Hood's HnrannarllU tours up my sys'.ci i.
pii'ilicK my lilooil , bliariicnsmy appi'tiui .nd
n - ins to inaki ! mo nv 'r. " ,1. r. Tuonrnuw ,
Jti tusler of Deeds , l.owi'll , Jil'ti-s ,
"Ilodd's ri.irsaparllla limits all nlliort , and
'H worth Its wi'lilii ; In i-.ild. " I. lUJiJii.suio : * ,
UK llauk .Street , How Vorlt City.
Hood's QarsoparJiJa
{ > oM by all dmuMsts. f I ; Bit f r ? ; . tit.ut-
K : | only by C. I. JIOOI ) tt CO. , Lowell , MJU-J.
One Dcllar/
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