HE DAILY BEE
FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , TUESDAY MORNING , DECEMBER 23 , 1884. NO. 102.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Legislators Gone Home lo
Holidays ,
Paaeaeo of the Liquor Traffic
Bill-
The Second Assistant Postmaster
General Resigns ,
And the President Nominates His
Successor ,
Interesting Facts Oonoerning the
Public Domaini
Where IH Cnptaln HnwRate ? B , 1'latt
Onrpcntcr Continued Gover
nor ol Montana.
SKN/VTK.
_ . . , Dosnmber 22-Plumb intro-
tlucod n bill to ettablish an additional land
district in Dakota.
On motion of Mander on a bill passed ex
tending to the port of Omaha the provisions
of the net relating lo the immediate transport
ation of dutiable good ? .
Blair called up n bill providing for n com
mission tooxirnlno Into.tho liquor traffic , Ho
said there was a bill already pus'ed four times
liy the sonata but not acted on by the houeo.
The motion wns opposed but bill was taken
vp and pitted. Yeas 24. nays 1C ,
Before voting Senator Vpat , whs opposed
the bill , remarked that ho did not propose to
Jja placed by hia vote in tbo attitude of hos
tility to toinperanco , but ho regarded the sub
ject matter of the bill aa belonging exclusively
to the states.nnd there wn * no evidpnco that
state governments were not entirely compe
tent to deal with it , The vote In detail :
Yens , Allison , Blair , Cameron , ( WIs. ) ; Cameron -
oren , ( Iowa ) ; Conger , Cullnin Dolph , Ed-
mumls , Fryo , George , Hale , Harrison , Haw-
ley. Hoar , Lapham , AUnderson , Miller , ( Gal-
ifornia ) ; Miller , ( Now York ) ; Monill , Plntt ,
Sawyer , Hhoanau. Van Wyckp , Wilson 21
Nays , lUyord , Beck , Butler , Cockrell. Gib-
aon , Hamilton Hurri * , Jonap , Jones , ( Fla. ) ;
Mttxey , Morgan , Pugh , Slater , Vest , Whltt
nnd Walker-lG.
Halo , from the committto on aopropria
tions , reported with amendments the UOUEI
bill making tomi ornry provision for the naval
service. The committee had amended the bil
by substituting for it the provisions of tin
regular annual appropriation bill far the fisca
year ending Juno 30 , 1885. The bill will bi
called up to-morrow ,
WASHINGTON NI'JWS.
11KHIONATION OF HKCOND ASSISTANT 1'OST-
JIATKIt LYMAN.
WAHAINOTON , Decambor 22 , The prcsl
dent has accepted the resignation of Henrj
D. layman , aecond assistant postmaster general -
oral , and will to-morrow nominate John B
Thomson , gonernl superintendent of the rail
way service , to succod him. The secretary o
the treasury issued a circular in regard to tin
importation of rags , which provides for tin
admission of all raga which may ba ulloat 01 :
Janmry 1st. Under the terms of tho.formo .
circular'providing for tho" lifiuo "dPcerttflc'atei
'by"consular oflicora and which also providei
that all raga chipped after January 1st fh il
be subject to disinfection upi n tliolr nrriva
in thia country , or in any othpr country when
the dopatttncnt appoints an inspector.
fO.NKIIlsATIO.N3.
B. Platt Carpenter , Now York , governor o
Montana
THE CHOSEN LGADEIl OF TIIK BEPUIILICA !
I'AIITY.
WASHINGTON' , December 22. Blanio hn
noon ninny vi-itors dur'nu ; the past week nni
lias talko I over the political bituation will
ijroat froodom. Ho sent word to fevoral prom
ment ropublicaus who had not cilled upoi
him that he would be pUd to see their. Hi
manner convoys the impression that ho li ttt !
the choHCii loader of t o republican party un
til the next national convention cornea togotli
or and it ia his undoubted imrposo to shape It
policy for tha future His most intimat
friends make n point of proclaiming that th
party will IMVO to turn to him In 18-8. Quit
number of conpr etmen leivohcro to-morroi
to attend tlia exp.uitiou at Nv Orleans.
OKNEKAL ( illA-ST.
Tl'o Dally Cost , clnlining to reflect th
opinions of many le ding democrats , a > n thn
justice ruqutrni the pUuliig of Cionor.il Gran
on the round Hat ot the arum without unnuc
wsary delay and that It should nut lead tu tl :
lriU John Porter case.
The Pul > lie Doiunln ,
Special to the Chicago Time.s.
WAHIIINOTOX , Decamber 21. The fortj
eighth cougrcEs undertook the herculean tas
of wresting from railroad corporations va
tracts of public lands , which have not be :
earned under thu torma of the grant. It w !
pass out of existence without i.ccomplishii
nny U ing. The fault is not with the hous
which has passed u long lUt of forfeiture ne
and an act Co prevent the unlawful feucii
of jiubllc lands. The fault la v > ith the eoi
nto , whoso corporate inteiesti are etron
ly intrenched , and mo t of the oppooitii
to the house bill" has couio from Senator Ulal
republican , nud Senutor Morgan , dnmocra
The Rtipnvno cmirt haviiig decided that tl
rloclaraticMi of forfelturo wai thu prcrog.iti'
of fan IrKi'al.itiiro nnd not of tlio jmlLi
branch ot the govornuient , Senator MortT
nttoinpt'"d at the laat ers iau to blocV dltpo-
tion ot the matter by tiuilp i-ilitivo bram Ii I
introducing a bill referring nil forfulturo pn
cecdlngii to the courtK. and providing for t <
or fifteen ynars of IrKUlttroa. The house b
tj dt'claro tluvforfulturo of
TUB ATL4KTII' ASH I'A < IFIC ( iHAKT
has pa > eud the tiiiuati * , ith the Mordant
utUched as an amendment Thcru li.tvo lu
threii coufereurpK on tliii bill , aud no conuli
eion reached The hoima will not consent
the Moivau anu'iiilnient. It is propopud
thn seuato to uttach tlio amend cut to the b
< Jt'cl rinj ; the forfri'uie of the Tex H and I1
cilic grant , nnd the prubibility la that t
friendx < > ( tin r.ulnyid orpur.itions will n
let any forfeiture bill pan the ten.to w.tlio
thu M rgn attachineut ThU attichinont
urged on the ground that it It u
co&jary to nrot.ct purcli.iaers of hm
and bondholders , nrl others wholixvorqultios
ii the grant. How little sincerity thfrfl is in
thli p'an can Lc eccn from a few fact ? There
U no ovldenoo th t any h dividual his boueht
an acre of land ot the Atlantic and Pacific
company , and the mortgage bonds ba o.l on
the land grant wera IsMied its fa t as Iho road
WM constructfd , the lands nppcuto the con
structed pojtlon of the ro d being parted
lands , and not subject to foifclturo under the
house bill. In the cato of
THE TKIAS PArmr
thnro are not only no purchasers of land from
the railroad company , but there nro no mort
gage bonds secured on the land grant. On
the other hand , the senate committee on pub
lic lands , which N eo careful rf equities , re ,
liorted n bill forfeiting absolutely , and with
out any Mntgnn amendment , the grant lo the
UoughtoD , Marquette and Ontoiugon rail'
joad , though In thut ciso there was nn ques
tion nbout the sale of lands to indjviduula
who have strong claims for consideration. It
believed in some qutrters that this bill was
. .putod in order to provoke aery of iujuntico ,
.nd . discredit the iwllcy of absolute foifclturo
licre there are really no equities.
A Bub-c mmUtoo of the Renate publlo lands
mmlttee his agreed to make favorable re-
ort on Judge Payion's bill , pasted by tha
oii o la't Juno , to summarily pioyont the
inUwful fencing of the public domain , But
' 10 committee U contemplating the addition
f this bill s an amendment of the act.of
.807 allowing the use of troops to remove in-
rudera from public lauds , There 1 *
A CURIOUS -Hisa
bout this , too. The committee boilovo this
.ct to bo ttill in force , and the propoBition to
e-orinct an oxlntlng btatuto is Blngular. But
' 10 interior dopurtment li In great doubt
'hrthor ' this act is now in force. When in-
ividualri int tttlo on the public domain the
t'rlor department invokes the net of 18 17
id cets the army to elect the Intruders , but
hen great cattle-raising corporations Bijuat
n tlio public domain and fence in lands that
o not btlonp to them the depirtmcntdoos not
nd the act of 18i'7 ' applicable , and itivitos
ongresB to provide some more legislation ,
\VHEUK JS UOWO kTE ?
: IK HTOUY ov ms PRBRIXCC m KANSAS A HUSK
10 CONCEAL HIS HEAL WHttRKAIlOUTS.
hicngo Tribune Special ,
WABili.NciTOif , D. C , , December 2 U There
n report that tht rumor as to the presence
f Howgato In Kansas is circulated to concnal
us whoroabouts. A | xMt-ollico official pays
ittots have besn received hero quite recently
t Howgate's handwriting from Bethlehem ,
'a ' Ho says Howgata has baen fur-
ished money from hern by n well-known
UfineBB-man who was formerly on confidon
al term ) with him , The Nebraska letters , he
hinknro simply decoy-letter * , dated No >
iraska and mailed there by Nellie Burrlll to
Ireeloy for the purpose of testing the _ inton-
tin of the war department concerning the
treat defaulter. For thii purpose bii socrol
riends hero gave the letters out tu thu proas
{ glit and left. A man here who ta said to bt
leraonal friend of Howgate saya ho kncwi
llowgate is not within a thousand nii'es o !
S'ebraeka. There are a good many crooked
torica atloat as to llowgito'a friouds and pro
.cctora . in the war department ,
The Pool AgrccH.
CIIIOAGO , December 22. The pnssenge
igenta of the eastern trunk line * held a ness ! i
iiero to day , in nn effort to reitoro easteri
passenger rates , The agreement was submit
trd nnd met with thn approval of the majorit ]
if the linen , but it in necmary to obtain tin
lignaturau ot the general passenger nxenti be
'ore it can pnter into forca. It is the ex
[ ircneo 1 belief , howovcr , that rates -will bi
ostorod to the published tariff bcginnini
"anuary 1.
Destruction of Oil "Works.
IToNTKrm POINT , L. T. , Decetnber 22. Th
lire In 1'ratt'a oil.work at Williamsburpr , i
tillibuinlnf-but Uiundor control , though <
ihangfl of wind might oiu o it to spread. /
argo amount of machinery wa destroyed
llueumption of work is not possible for a lon |
imo. Seven hundred men are thrown out employment
mploymont ,
Krunuti Kl
FARIH , Dccombsr 2 ? . In the election
yeateiday the autonomist Benatoria
delegates wfro elected in l'ati . Th
opportunists were eiuccssful nt i/yon am
Grenoble , nnd th irreconcilable at hyonf
Victor Hinto rpceivfd the largest number c
votcB , while Iloshefort and Guyot were nea
the bottom.
Don't Fool With tlic Knlsrr.
LKITSIQ , December 22 Sentence was prc
nqnncad to-day on the C.MO of the anarchist
ti if d laat week for attempting to assa'Hinat
Kmporor Wi'llam ' at Neiderwald. Keinaordl
Kupch nml Ku thlor wcro sentenced t
death. Hotzhauer nnd Bachmann were cot
demnod to ten yearn penal servitude. Hiiue
gheu , Khenback and Toellna wore acquittei
AnotlicuMinur'H
Pmsjiuno , December 22. Coal minora n
along the Monongibola river , no nntlcipitoc
went out on a strike this morning for nn m
vance of half a cent per buahel in the price t
mining , and ncaily four thousand men qu
work The operators iwert that rather thu
conced'i the demand they will close the pn
indefinitely.
EvarfH in tlio Field.
ALIIANT , D cember 22 The Evening .Ton
nal Dublishes a lo'.ter from Win M. Kvarta I
Senator . [ nines Arklll , in which ho , inrespom
to many in uirie-tand requests from all par
of the Htate , oxpri'BBon lux roidiupss nnd desil
to bo innong the caudlilutes for election by tl
legislature as Heuator from New York elate.
Tlio Hunt lur
N , December 22 Sergeant Ot
Holtnorth , of the signal service , unlit west b
the Bncretarv of war in search of Howgatu.h
returned and hn been relieved from dull
ft in nllepcd Holtnorth obtained intormatlo
which inducrd ilia secretary of war to son
him as a detective , by rifling Lieut , ( ireeloy
pnvnto papari ) . Ho ia to ba court martlaloc
Gold In Ohio.
CINCINNATI , December C-2 , A minerol
gUt of hi city hni gathered from cover
l.irma in C'lenrmont coiu.ty eix-cimens of roi
and earth , n'l ' of which yield Sl,0 0 of gold
the ton A company lius been formed to bi
the farms.
Di'Htrucilvo Gnu Ixnl ; .
UTIOA , N. Y. , December 22Tho gas le :
in No , 2 , Upper Kmpire vVoolon milN ,
CUyvillo nc.ir hern , Sunday , caueod their d
Btruction by firo. Loss , § 103,003 , insured.
" \Vo.iihi-r Uupirt.
WASHlNr.TO.v , D.eembo 22 , Uppsr Mia
Mppi : Generally fair weathpr ; lower tot
pPMturo ; northerly wiuila , becuinlrp variabl
Mldaouri : Generally fair wo'ithor ' ; ellght ft
of temperature ; varlab o
GENERAL HEWS.
Goyerurr Chyelanft Will Resign His
Office January 6th ,
A Baltimore & Ohio Passoncer
Train Derailed ,
The Dining Oar Burned and Em
ployes Injured-
Iowa School Ma'ams ' in Session
at Dos Moines-
Another Banker Settles His Ac
counts by Suicide ,
lie f > e\v York Chamber of Coin-
moron Advises ttie Ilntillcnllon
of tlio Sniuiltili Treaty.
TBE PUESIOKXT-KljEOT.
pecial to the Chicago Times ,
AMIASY , N. Y. , December 21.- Governor
'lev-eland ' will reslpn his ollico January G , and
o to Buffalo on the 8th. On the 'Jth ho will
ttend n charity ball nt the Geneseo house ,
lulMo , and then return to this city , where
ID will remain until ho goes to Washington ,
llo hni already engaged room ? , and after the
tli of January will bo at homu to all his fel-
iw cltizons. It is gonertlly understood hero ,
a cltowhcro , that Senator Bayard may have
place in tlio cabinet , but the pro&Ment-elect
.ai not yet doterininod whom elee he will In-
tto to hia council board , llo will probably
, ake three members of tlio cabinet irAn the
ait two from the south , and two from the
lOrthwest. Of the two from the northwest
Indiana will furnieh ono and Illinois or Wis-
: onsin the other.
Piesident-elect Cleveland Is much intereetod
n the probable result of the Illinois senator-
nl contest , but while freely expressing the
hope that a democrat may bo elected ho ewe-
ully refuses to express n preference for either
if the democrats who have been named as
inndidateB for tlio office.
'J'ho eenatoriul contest in this ttato is ere-
ntliiK much pxclccment among republicans.
President Arthur nnd Levi P. Morton are the
most prominent candidates , with Evarts , His-
jock , end others hopefully in the rnso. Merion -
ion is in the lead , ntid will probably be elected
f a regular republican la chosen ; but not a
'aw democrats and independent ! ) and stalwart
opublicans hope a combination may be nf <
'ectod by which Mr. Cankliug will be returned
io the senate. . * r
A 1J. At O. Train Derailed.
CHICAGO. December 22. The facts in regard
gard to the accident on the Baltimore & Ohk
ailrnad near Bremen , Indiana , wcro madt
mown hero lo-nlght. The train was a fas-
express from Washington city , duo hen
ibout 0:30 : o'clock in the morning. It wai
tinning at the rate of forty miles nn houi
when it struck n broken rail or some similai
Imperfection in the track. The engine ant
'orward uut.qthii.lriin { passed safelybut tin
dining car nnd two * lo pinr | coaches dernilei
and overturned. The dining partook fire am
was burned up , but the sleeping couches wen
saved from destruction There wore eixteer
persona in the sleeper , nnd it in almost mirncu
"ous that none of tnf in wo o killed or futnllj
: iurt. lion. Hiram Y. Smith , of DCS Moli es
Iowa , fullered laceratloti of the feet and legs
Several others were flighty hurt , and all man
or lees shaken up. The ccupinta of the din
ing car suffered the most severely. Edwart
McCabp and Joseph 1'ratz , cook * , nnd Ed
ward Gray and 11 McNaunhtoD , waiters
were rescued I ndly wounded , scitldeil am
burned , and will in all proba ility die. Stew
aid Dody was only sllKhlly hurt. Tin
wounded wore brought to this city this after
noon.
The Iowa
DKS MOINKS , la , Decembcs 22. The twen
tv-uinth annual cession of the Iowa Stat
Teachers' association commenced hero thl
afternoon at the Plymouth Congregations
church , with an attendance of probibly tw
hundred. After the opening exercises th
executive committee made the annual report
Miss L I. Ga eette , of Murahnlltowu , read
paper on "Language Culturo. " At the even
ing PO'sion pome three hundred teachers wer
present and were received by nn address o
welcome by Hiv. A. T. Itabb o which wa !
responded to bv II G. Fuller , of Kxlra. Th
pr sident , II. II. S-erly , nf O/ikulooia , deli\
erud his annual address : Thn convention wi
extend over to-morrow and Thutsday , and b
to-morrow noon it is expected fully live hut
died will ba In attendance.
FOREIGN NK\VS.
THE DY.N'AMirE ONT.Y HORSE J1KWCINK.
J/ONDOV , December 22. The parcel rooi
of the railway station in which the fire 01
curred on Saturday adjoined a covirod wa
ever which the queen pa-Bed on Wednesdn
when she started for Oaborno The manage
of the Great Western railway assert that tl
tire was purely accidental and not duo I
Ionian agency. They declare no infernal mi
chine was found and that the ill mnolliii
whits liquid was timply hortu medicine.
THE AMEIIIUAK NUUTHALHT SC1IEMK HIIKLVE1
BERLIN , December 22 The American noi
trality scheme I * nhalved by the couforoni
thr URI | thf opposition to Course ! , who n
firmed tliat Franco in unable to ace pi it i
any form whatever. Germany and Kiiglan
warmly supported America ,
KAItTJKjCAKE IN SPAIN.
Llano.v , December 22. There was a shin
of onrthrjuako hero to-day ,
THE CJUNKSE UAII.
PARIS , DpcombiT 2 ! . In the recant engag
ment with tlin Ch'iiese ' nnar ( Jim , the From
lost twenty killed and nincty-thr o wounde
A DJSAD CAUljl.VAL.
HOME , Dojomber 22 Caidlnal Conuoliri
is dead
BISIIAUCK'S i-ouvuiN i-oucv Ai'i'iiovtn A ;
THE ACTION 01' THE nitlCIIITAd J )
: ; OUNCKI > .
BKHMN , December 22. A Urjre meeting
national liberal * to-d ty adopted u reiolutn
nf approval of BUmarck'-i foreign polloy ar
declaring the nctiou of ftho rdictutig u
worthy of the empire and opposed to the
wishes of the people.
TIK COXllO CONIKBKSCE.
At the Congo conference to-day General
Sanford , American delegate , asked howr it
was proposed to extend the provisions of the
postal convention , Dr. Biuch replied It
would bo best that thn Gorman
chancellery thnuld trnmmlt it to
the powers of the German postmaster reccom-
mcndatlon.
In the I'orjgo confcronco General Sanford
gave notice ot his intention to Introduce nn
amended project for a railway and award the
contract Kapntst , of Hussln , refused to ns <
font to Knglaud' * proposal to make oil nnd
coal a contraband ol war.
Tlio SpnnlHhTicaty nmlXow York ,
NEW YOBK , December 22. The chamber of
commercD to-day heard the report of the com *
mlttco to whom had bsen referred the consideration -
oration of the Spanish treaty. The commit *
tees make three reports. Iho majority report
recommends to the tha senate and house n
a prompt riUilic.Ulon of the treaty , nad the
passage of the enabling net ( or puttinp the
treaty In operation , The first minority report
recites that the treaty It hostile to the interest
of the people of the United States and ought
not to be confirmodj that the special commercial -
cial treaties impairing tliffclliclencv and uni
formity of our revenue laws , threatening
complications with other nations and doranpo-
ment of our established industries , are dan-
gerout , and ought not to bo mado. It also
requests congress fur the purpose of extending
our foreign commerce ana of augmenting our
proportion of the international carrying trade
to continue the preparation and the publica
tion of consular report/ , and to dovlso sucti
legislation as ehrll bo best adopted to pro
mote the establishment of lines of swift stoum-
ers of the best typo , connecting the United
States with all important points and especial'
ly with ports of Mouth American continents.
which are not already accessible to the United
States on the most favorable term ) .
Two Fctrlllcil [ Indies Discovered ,
SAN FiiANumco , December 22. The tTimes ,
Santa Maria , Uala. , telegraphs that intense
excitement wui created there thl a ovoniog
by the arrival of n wagon containing two n trifled -
rifled bodies ditcoxcrodin a Gypsum quarry
near 1'oiut Si ! . The bodies are tlioso of a
man and woman , 'Jhoy were burled side by
side with a largo boulder between them , The
body of the man is in a perfect state of pres
ervation except half of the left arm. Both
( cet were broken off in disiuterment. The
woman was apparently of middle ope , wltn
veiy symotrlbal proportions. The discovery
was made by George Connor and George Holt ,
miners prospecting in that neighborhood.
Train Snowed In.
POUTLAND , Ore. , December 22 , A second
tnow storm commenced at noon to-day raging
with great violence , and trains on the Oregon
Hallway Navic-atlon road are still Impeded ,
A train load of passengers are snowed up between
tweon Dallas and Cnsctulcg. Six origin ? * , five
hundred men nnd provisions wcreeeut to then
rescue. The blockade in the Rocky mountain !
prevents the trains from running on tin
Northern Pacific.
A. S'-IO.OOO Milwaukee Blnze.
MnvAUhEE , December 22. A fire in L
Myers & Sons' Kaelo lye works this morniiif
totally destroyed the store and machinery
Loss , about 520,000 ; insurance , Sl,000. Tin
budding was a four-story brick , owned bj
the O. JI. Waldo estate. Loss thereon , $10 ,
000 ; injured. Thin is the third titaa the My
era & Sons' establishment was burn d on
since it was located at Milwaukee. ( "They em
ployoiJUfifly nieuundviUttBa - < HV&nt8is | ! litho
the spring.
Another German Banker SitlcUloil.
VIENNA , December 22. .Jean Lucas rcana
pnr of the Securities deposit of tbo _ Giro am
Cassenvercin bank , committed suicile to-day
Was brother in-law to Hcrr tialdoy , the su
peiforolliciil of the same bank , who la undo
airett for embezzling.
Ouiht N'otto be Conllrnird.
NEW YORK , Dacember 22. The chamber o
commercs voted viva voce that the Spanish
Arne'ican treaty now before thjUnlted Statf
eunatois h"8tilo to the intorest-9 of the poopl
of the United States and c.ujht not to b
confirmed ,
A $ (11,000 Lincoln Failure.
KANSAS Out , December 22 The Journal
Lincoln Neb. special saye : John W. McCon
neil , the oldest dry goods moi chant in thi
city , nude an assignment ; his liabnuiafl ar
placed at $01,000 , nominal assets $7CO ) .
JIOT ONLY EUIQKAK1H , IICT I.AKGB NUJinEES 0
51IKI-IXKI ) rOI'ULATIOS LEAVE IT.
The Dominion government has just cam
for becoming alarmed at the comparative !
email number of actual settlers who are ei
tering the country , writes an Ottawa , Can
correspondent to the St , Louis Globo-Damc
ciat. The success o the Canadian 1'acif
railway entirely depends upon the poDiilatiti
of the northwest , jet , at the rate people ha\
been going into Manitoba and iho uorthwoa
territories for tha past two ye.irj , n Ion
time must intervene before the country aj
proachea Bettltmnnt , During the elove
mouths ondioff Nov. 30 , 1384 , 114,812 imm
grants arrived in Canada. Had these all r
maineil in the country matters would not Inn
appeared so discouraging , but out of this nui :
ber ( " 0,014 crossed over into the United Stati
sett cri , 81 108 , for eleven months , to whic
add 3,01)0 , the estimated arrivals during D
comber , nnd it xhuwti that the whole popu i
tiou of the dominion was only increased Si
193 by Immigration during the year. Thl
however , does not represent i.lono tno numb
of settlers who wont into the northwest , b
the t tal number nntorlug thowholodominio
While the national debt of the Unite
States li.ii been steadily decreasing , the del
of the Dominion Inu even now rapidity ii
creasod. The national debt of Canai
amounted eo SiO'J.OOO.OOO . on the first of Ja
uary last , or at the rite of over SMO per caplt
Tins hii no rnfcreuca to the $ < l,0 0 010 voti
away last heaaiou of parliament , or to mi <
portions o ( it as will be added to the pub !
i-ebt. With that added , the late of debt p
capita roaches 07 per cent over the nation
debt of the United States , which couutr
until recently , has bnen hold up by the Can
dian government as cureod by heavy tax
tion , It is not surprising in view of the fac
that C nadinni , as well as r cent immlgnui
on learning of thh enormous and rapidly i
creasing taxation , seek homeu In the Unit
States , where they know the rate of taxnti
in beta ? rapidly diminished rather than i
croatod.
THE DAKOTA WAR.
The Sberiff o ( Traycnc Has Force
And Will Try to Servo Warrants
To-day ,
TheWilinot Mob Trying to Opan
tbo Safe ,
A Battle Expected With War to
the Knife ,
Every Man in Traverse a Deputy
Sheriff ,
A iDcpnty Atarslinl on the VT y to
Mnkc ArroJts Ibr
tlio Mnlls.
THR THAVEKSE 11OAV.
TrtAVEnsu , Dak. , Dacombor 22. The situ
ationrcnuins unchanged since last evenirfgV'
A. blizzard has been blowing since yesterday
and it is extremely cold. The thermometer
was twenty degrees below zero at noon.
Traverao has scourodtho country for arms atid
sufficient have been gotten , and men from nil
parts of the country are constantly arriving
despite tbo cold wcatho , The otlicials feel re
lieved. Tee headquarters are at the court
hoiMO , whore the register of deeds has re
moved them , It is thought n sulHcient force
Is on hand to safely keep thorn. A spy sent
out this morning has just arrived from Will-
mott. He says tlio men are still trying to open
the saf ebuthave not 5 et succeeded. The mou ia
kept under arms until the safe is openu-land
thecontent8knowu. If the records are not
found tha mob will immediately tnovo upon
Traverse. No ono is permitted to leave town
without examination , The sheriff having
sufficient force to eocuro the eafoty of Trav
erse , will to-morrow with a posse attempt to
make some arresst , and if resistodho will take
the whole force and eervo warrants regardless
of consequences. His force is euQiclont to
enable him to take the offensive. Although a
much smaller number than the mob his mop
are much more ro.iablo , being mostly Ameri
cans and leading citizens ot the county , .Tl
the two forces meet n regular battle will
bo fought. A conflict mtmt take place
in a day or two. If the eherid'a posse should
bo reslstid and any oun icjur d , it would
make war to the knife. Kver > man in T av
erse is a deputy sheriff. The motto is : peace
if possible , force if necpraary. A tnlcgrarh has
been received from the United States manha'
to the { ( Fee. that n deputy roaiehal is on thi
way with warrants for the nrrost of all thoei
engaged in overhaul ng the mail. The gov
oinor will furnish all the assistance to lmv <
the mob punished to the full extent of the law
Dentil ol' a Boston THilllonnlr- ' .
BOSTON , December 21. Michael H. Simp
son , of this city , beet known aa tha posscsso :
of n fortune of 810,000,000 or S12.000.COO
died to-day of heart disease. Ho was born o
poor parents' In Nowburyport 'Boventy-fivi
years ago , nnd came to Boston when n boy
He laid the foundation of his great wealth ii
thia way : Many years ago a gentlcmni
named Nichols , a tailor , wont to a leadini
patent agent in this city nnd asked if ho kuev
a mau who could invent a machine for taking
the burrs out cf wool , The agent took him t <
a Canadian named Cnullard , who agreed tc
undertake the task. Ho went to work , bu
was so elow that Mr , Nichols gave up thi
project on account of the expense
Mr. Simpson at the time was havin (
Btono machinery built at the shoj
where Coullard was at work. Ho became in
tcrested in the Canadian's models , and pur
chased the invention. Mr Simpjou took it ti
England and sold it for i'lO.OUO. That machine
chino was the Hame in general principles a
those now used for the same purpose. Th
millions have einco been piled up for Simpsoi
by the S-ionvillo milU and the Koxbur ;
Cajpet company , both great establislimonl
being controlled by him. The bulk of his for
tune was made by n master stroke during th
war. In the oirly months of the contest
when business of all kinds was greatly dc
pressed , his partners suggested that they , lik
others , should curtail production. Looking on
of the windows of hi- great carpet mil s , Mi
Simpson naked : "How much land is thcro i
that vacant tract' ; ' " ' So many thousand feet , '
was the roply.'Very well , " roulled Mi
Simpson ; "to-morrow wa will build n wart
house to cover it ; then wo will'mako carpnts t
tho'full capacity of our machinery. Whe
that storehouee is full wo will build anothc
and till it. " T is policy was followed , an
when the inflated demand and priceu for
year or two later arrived the concern put n
immense quantity of poods on the market a
the highest figures. Mr , Simpson wui twic
married , the second time about four ynai
ago , to a young I.dy nearly fifty yoirn hi
junior , who survivca him. The wedding
remembered DM account of the impression cr !
atod by Mr. Himp'on'a gift to hiu bride i
SllOO.UCO in bonds.
INDICTED FOll 1'EH.IUIIY.
THUEIi I'lllSONllts'c'OMINI ! TO OMAHA TO BTA >
iTIIKIH TIIIAL.
Special telegram to Tnt BKK ,
CIUCAOO , Cecomber 22. J..hn Bell , Lin
Larson and Hmil Johnaon left 1
custody of the federal ollicers. They go
stand trial under an indictment for perjury
connection with the entry of about 3fiOQ ncr
of land iu Brown county , Xeb , in IKHII. del
B. LegardJa wealthy brick moke r , ml Clmrl
A , Florence , railroad official , both of th
city , are also under indictment by the fedm
grand jury at Omaha for Bubnullon
perjury in connection with the fame onttii
wora not nrrestod. ' 1 ho prisoners claim th
it ia the result of n Und quarrel in Jirox
county and that they are innocent.
A Now Knilroail I'onl.
CHICAOO , December 22 , Tlio conei
freight ugonta of the Wabaoh , Chicago & ;
ton , JSurlington and Illinoii Central , at
meeting to-day formed a pool on all busiu
bctwo&n Chicago and St. Louis , to fro it
cfltct January 1st and to last ouo jtnr ,
provid-B that neither of thu roadu ehall wi
draw before the cud of the year , The p
cnnt re njrrr-fd upon will not bn inndn nub-
Ho l-'lve oJ the roadi renrojcntcd tigncd the
atrrecment. It it count-rport of tJio Hgrtu-
ment made and ( ubn < itted to the general man-
ngors omo wo k ? BBO , except nn the nubjwct
ol comrrij loLB. The new agreement allows
tlio roads to pay wlmtovor commissions they
chouse , Riibjoct only to a restriction that xhey
thall not bo of Midi n character ai to operate
as i\ cut in rate ; .
A Imnntiu Kills tllri llrotlirr.
WACSAV , Wis. , December 2U. After an
uusuccessful nttompt to take tha life of hia
wife this afternoon , Francis Dolillz wont to
the Louse of hii brother , who was confined to
his bed by Nines' , and deliberately chopped
the liclpliss man lute pieces , nearly toverlrR
his head from his body. The murderer U
evidently iuBaneun religion , as when nt .inline
ovnr the body of his Mctim ho rxdainnui :
"Christ is come ; bin blood llog fwely for nil. "
Ho was arrested and la now lodged in jail.
Tlio lIowKnta tiPttcr ,
WASHINGTON , December 2L1 , Sergeant Otto
llotouoitli s ys ho did not bienk open or rillo
Greely'a desk but found the letter from How-
gate to Grculylytn half opened on Greolj's
desk , and , recognizing Howgato' * handwriting
read the lottomnd iinmoiliatoly convoyed the
information it conUiiiod to HeprMcntatlvo
Doueter of U'uconsin , who wont with it at
ouco to the Secretary of War. Ho says ho
thought it his duty to do what ho did In the
matter
KnfllnitR ,
GRAND HANDS , Mich. , Dfcomber 2'J.
Throe unknown men c lled at a farm house o |
a man named Smith , near Grandvlllo , in this
county , last night , and being refused admit
tance , broke down the door with n rail , en
tered , Bol7.ec ) , bound , gagged , and blindfolded
him , ransacked the h use , tnklug $137 in cash.
Smith is n bachelor , and lived uloue. ShorllT
Kenny , of this city , was notified , and tlio city
IH being searched It is believed that Grand
Knplda toughs did the work.
Xiyiich nt AVorlc ,
NEW OULIEANB , December 22. William
riotne , incarcerated In the Madisou jail for
robbery , having threatened the lives of all
who aided in his arrest , n party of fifteen
men took possession ot the jail to-day and
shot the prisoner to death. Flotan some
vears ago killed P. Gillcspio in Madieonvllle.
Ho was triad and acquitted , It Is alleged ho
displayed symptoms of insanity , and at timei
he was violent and dangerous ,
The U. S. Mai ) .
KANSAS CITY , December 22 The Fort
Smith , Ark. , regular mail hack to Chocovilla
WM stopped so > en miles from the latter place
at ten o'clock this morning by two armed men
who siezed ttio-mall pack and made elf with it
Fortunately the bagcontainod but ono register
ed letter , Ollicsru are now in pursuit ,
TlioSt lioulH Tobacco Ucnlcrs.
ST. Loots , December 22. At a mooting to
night of the cigar manufacturers nud makert
leaf tobacco dealers a roao utiou wai adopted
strongly protesting against the ratification o !
ths SpauiHh treaty , and n committee appoint
ed to draft a petition to the United titatoa
bcuate.
Ottavis , Illinois , tJank K.illure.
CiliCAfio , December 22. The Intor-Ocoar
Ottawa , Illinois , special saya : O. J. and Wil
liam Wilaou , bankers , made an assignment
this morning. Liabilities of the bink , $80 , '
000 ; individual liabilities , 320,0(10 ( : Tin
bank's assets are placed at $35,000 ; indivldua
assets , ? S2COa.
Clearii K
BOSTON , December 22. The gross ex
changes of the principal clearitg hous"1 of tin
United States fcr the week ended Decoml > ° i
20th , era § S07SSG,8n2 , n decrease of 237 poi
cent as compared with the corresponding wcul
last year ,
Kliii ; Dairy Market ,
CHICAGO , December 22. The Inter-Ocean'
ISIgin , Ills. , Special Choose quiet ; regulai
sales , 300 boxes , 7@8.c. } Butter firm ; No.
higher ; regular ealoa , o,4rO pounds , SOd30Jc
Private Biles : 1 01/0 boxes chcess and DO.liOl
pounds butter ,
Sullivan and the Reporter.
Contrary to the rule which governs liki
HIcQ cases , John L , Sullvau wai not jubilanl
over hia acquittal on the charge of attempting
to annihilate ! Alfred Greenfield , Ksq. , of tin
"Swan with the Two Nocks , " Birmingham
England. Mr. Sullivnn slept during tin
night at the Colenian house , and when seci
Thursday morning was in the humor whicl
usually follows \isitations to the disponsarie
of 'copper ilibtiiltid sour muflh The Bostoi
rrofeseor of the use of "tho dexter nnd siniu
tur iiiawloyd" eciimul disgruntled.
"Good morning , Mr. Sullivan , " said th
reporter in a timid manner , and he gazed n
the champion on whoso No , It head rusted
No. 7 } hat.
"Hollo , " was the aniwer of the strong boy
in n tone indicative of a fieeuss of tar-feu
nmbroxin ,
"Wlmtder yer wnnUI don't wantterbo ir
terviewed. Youeo uewspapor fellers nlwny
give mo the odd because yer hnvo bjth unil
and ther middle of thor game. " The repl
was couchud in pbrweolo , y that convuyed n
meaning to the reporter , who , not having bee
educated at the ' J lub , " wna not callable c
understanding the HUB of Bontoneao. So iifli
duo coi Blderntlon of the probable result 1
detorinint'd to put such ( pieitioun only as tl :
hero of Miesiegippl could miniver in nionosy
able 5.
"Do you intend to go into training nguinl
"Naw. "
"Is it probable that Mr Greenfield an
yourself will again demonstrate to the goi
ural public the ditference ) between th < > styli
of boxing reprcsontativo of Britannia nnd Uu
umbia's land ? "
'Naw. "
"Will you meet I'nddy liyan on January 1
i was ni'rced to bv Mr Pat Sheedy and M
Jinitiiy Vutterfoot"
"Didn't 1 tell you I wouldn't bo intcrvici
edJ"
"Thru I will fay you will not meet W
Uyan , late of Troy , but more recently
lilcwgoV'
"Don't yer do nothin' of ther kind. "
ol "Will you remain in New York cny long
oflimi'f"
"Naw. "
"Do you think of visiting the motropo
again BbortlyV"
"Yes , " and tv the hero of MifsHalppi Cil
to . Mudison Squire garden , and thti euprn
It court ctrodo off hu gnvo the reporter a lo
h-1 that -mplet ly knocked him out. Now Yc
irWorld. .
THE MARKETS.
Tbi CUcit'i ' Markets Houinalty Un- , .
1
The Oattle Market Active and a
Shade Higher.
Hog .Receipts Light and Prices
Unchanged ,
Wheat Opened Firm and Steady ,
Closing Unohauj .
Corn Settled Down ai | Closed
tha Same , f
Steady Ilyo Dull 1 Un-
l Pork n Blia < lo 1 un
1'tovUloiiB Knirly
OHIOAGO MAUKET9.
CATTLE.
Special telegram to TIIK BKK ,
CIUCAOO , December 22. Among the frwli
arrivals there was ouo train of westerns nml
ouo train of Tcxans. The bulk of frosli ro-
ccipts wera made up of low grndo natives nnd
butcher's stock. Good to choice , 1,250 nml
1,400 Ib3. , 85 CO@C 40. Common to fair , M CO
© 4 00. Common to fair cows , S2 00 tg'J 75.
Medium to good , $2 S0@2 85 Choice , ? 3 75 ®
4 20. Stackers , ? 3 00@3 ( JO. Fooderj , ! ? 3 80
@ 420. Toxatm , $30f103. 300 head of
Utah cattle. 1180 Ibs. , § 1 f > 0-
noon.
The market \vns active and r. shade hlliei. |
Some ot the "skinners" telegraphed to the
country an ndvanco of 10 to 15e , but thu ex
treme tales show n barely nilvnnce of 5o.
Hough nnd common packers Bold a round about
4 00 4 lOand fair to choice at-l 1B@4 VS. with
best heavy nt 4 30(514 ( 35 and a few londH fancy
nt 4 HOto'-l ' 45. Light cloudy assorted eold nt
4 20 ® 130 , and common at 4 10 ,4 IB , with
PRB nt ! 5 U0@4 00. Packing and shipping ,
210 to SCO pounds , 4 30te4 415 ; light , J5G to
210 pounds , 4 00@43Trading on morning
session was moderately well indulged In nmi
the opening values looked firmer than during
the last hours of Saturday's session , buc
the strength wna Bhort-llvod , Knrly firnwueM
came moro from the light receipts than any
other cauBO. The atcck list and New York
grains eoon became heavy and dragged out
values with them ,
WHEAT.
opened fitoady nnd firm nt full Saturday'- )
closing quotition except in February , which
was lower. Ji'rfsli receipts were to light as tu
make the feeling ono nf hrmucss for about an
hour , but after that time the course was prctly
Bloodily downward , within j'c ' from top prices ,
the close at 1 o'clock being easy nnd practic
ally unchanged from opening. Trading was
wholly of n local ecnliilng character. No. 2
BpriLg ranged from 71Jc to 71Jc cash.
CORN
opened steady and unchanged , recording u
fractional udvnnca during thu first hour , but
- - - - in
jt later RS a weukneBS developed
wheat. But
well along tnwnrd tlio cloBo.wheo.thotfmuro ! : )
sett ed down to exactly the opening figure * ,
except in year option which was held .Jc high
er. No. 2 eold from 3iju ( cash down toSlilc ,
OATS
continue steady nnd little wanted except in a
tpeculative why , nnd to d > iy eo little wan donn
as to make but ouo quotationin leading op -
tion. '
livn
dull and unchanged. No 2 caehVM Mil : i't
B2c arid tirck stuff quoted from -1C to Me for
No , 3 to No. 2.
rnovisioNB
ruled moderately active and closed fractionally -
ally higher , though not quite eiifitniniiiK the
uutsldo figures , Ijocal operators conlintio ta
tup port thvmmket.
Wheat shade firmer ; 72Jc January : 73i
February ; 7fi May. Corn unchanged. Oats
unchanged. Poik fhnd6 hiphoij S10 ! )7i ) Jwi-
uary ; SU07i February ; Sll DO May. lta.nl
shade f iisierj ? 0 CO Dneembpr : SO ( j , " ) , ) wiuary ;
C575 February , nud § 0 821 March.
English Urnln Mnrkcl.
LONDOH , December 22. The MarkLnno
Hxpreeu in the weekly review of the British
prain trade says the week's rainfall materially
improved the the already promising nuluina
cropi. The trade the past week was stationary.
Sales of Ungliuh wheat during the week , 01-
& 17 quarters a' 31s fid per quarter , ngtinst 07-
053 quarters at 'i'Ja 2d per quarter duiiuf ; the
corresponding week la t year. 1'oreign u'hentH
wcro quiet and in email demand ; holdorx ,
howu\er , HOPIII to bo in better BpinU anil
also ft material reduction in ctocloi
nt tlio i'ud of thu year. MnUo Bcarco , ocean
i < nlly dparer. In wheat cargoes otl the co.-wt ;
but small bunnies : ) done , Of C&hfornin
wheat , the nuw crop now nt Liverpool , the
g/nln IB described as bolder nnd tbo color anil
quality better than in 1883. Nine cargoo-i
arrived dnriuc the week ; three sold ; live re
mained. Trade In forward months livollor ;
a fair busirieBH doue in California wlmat ; thirteen -
teen cargoes Bold nt from 331 Gd to 35j. Biut-
iness to-day is of a holiday character ; foruif-ji
wheats are quiet and steady ; retail demand.
F our dull , unchanged. Mauo nud lurloy
Hleady.
A l also IVdlcrco Mnlcur.
CllICAao , Decowber22. A short Utiiii
Joseph llachide , of Waukcgan , III ,
brought before the United StnteH
tionur on a complaint of the Clydwditlo iuno-
clatlon , of .Scotland , that he hud concocted
falto podigroca to thn a&sociotion'n damngo ,
and axkiuK hid cxtraditiun , To day n letter
waH received from the eociotaryof Htato ,
I'lt'linKhuyeuii , deciding that the olfnnso ii
not extraditable , KacRido wu rcloAiud.
h'oino FlroH.
DFHMotNFH , Dfccmbor 22. J , P. Jiuiit'n
elevator at Victor W B burned on Sunday.
Loeo , l7COO ; icmrnncs , S2OtO , HuppcsoJ
incendiary ,
' 1 lie Chicago. Keck Inland it Pacific mil-
road dopnt at Knox\illo waa conmuncd jcntir-
day. Lou * about 52,100 ,
, Coalti dropping fium utovo nuppofwl tauf-o ,
tilery CDKc2-re ;
6ecacirie )
recognizes ! .
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to 5@ea ) fer * d
Tobacco ,
d > ort&umer ,
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