Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , WEDNESDAY MORNING , JANUARY 7 , 1885. NO. 173.
LINCOLN.
t
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Onr Legislature Coaveoes with All
lemlibrs Present ,
Lienti Qov ; Agoo Wields the
Gavel in the Senate ,
A Field Day for the Bailroad
Oappors.
Field , the Corporation Candidate }
Was Elected Speaker ,
As Troup Cannot Deliver the
Douelas Delegation to Field ,
lie 1)0 JOB All Hope of UclnR Made
Head ol the Juillolnry
Coininlttco.
THE
Special TolfRinin to TUB BKK.
LINCOLN , January C. The legislature nisi
at noon to-day. The house , with all member :
present , was called to order by Secretary ol
Statl IJogRon. Lee J. Fnnux WJH chosen
temporary speaker , and Xedicker , chief clerk
and a cicdontial committee of five will
Martin as chairman was appointed. Tin
lules of the 18th session was adopted. Ad
join tied to four o'clock p. in. to-day.
In the Hcnato , Lieutenant Gov. Agoi
wielded the gavel. Uurr was chosen temper
my chief clerk. The credential committee ,
with McAllister ai chairman , was aopolntad ,
Tlio senate adjourned to meet at 2 p , m ,
The speakership caucus was held this fore
noon with 57 republican members ] present
Field received forty votes in the firat ballot ,
Nettloton eight , Stevenson it. The majorlt ;
agreed to support Xedicker for chief clerk.
A Ronate caucus was held this mornin )
and agreed to elect the following officers
Howe , president pro tern ; Burr , clerk ; Soolej
first assistant ; Lewis , second ; Mercer , clerl
of committee of the whole ; Llmbocker , ner
Roont-at nnns ; Lafferty , ajsistact ; Maidin
doorkeeper ; 1'urcoll , aBsIstant ; Pierce , chap
lain ; Misi Xecdicker , engrossing clerk ; Mrs
Del'ugb , enrolling clerk ; Blair , postmaster.
[ TUB OUOAKIZATIOX.
Special telegram to THE BEE.
LINCOLN , January C. Tlio sonata mat thi
afternoon at two o'clock. The committee o ;
credentials ami members were sworn in b
Chiot Justice Cobb. The programme ngroei
upon in the caucus was then carried out t
tlio lo tter. Church IIowo [ .then ] moved tha
tlio rules of the previous session bo adopte
with the exception of rule forty which bu n
anendui as to place tin appointing power c
tuo commiltois in thu handx of tha Lioutei
ant governor-elect.
McSluno moved to amend that a commltte
of fivn ba appointed to make up the commi
"
teas. *
Dclan moved to ameni that a committee o
live on the rules bo appointed.
DolanV amendment was curried and ho wa
made chairman.
The sonatu then adjourned.
In the house at 4 p. m , the credential con
mitteo repoited and the mcmbera then teethe
the oath of ollicc. Permanent organuatic
was then proceeded with. On the fiinl balli
for speaker 1'ield received 55 votes , Nottletc
1C , Stevenson 7 , Wmnpear ID.
Field was declared elected and escorted to h
seat by hi ) competitors. On the vote fi
speaker Troup and McAulle , of Douglas , wl
votud against Whitman- speaker pro ten
also cast their ballots for Field , the corpori
tioa candidate. Of the republican membo
of the house n caucus wad held this evenit
and it was detti mined to elect the followic
remaining ollicers : Fiist assistant clerk , Wi
son , of'Cass ; second assistant , llussel , <
Valley ; ontrrossing clerk , Miss May Kenned ;
Koran of Fremont dooi
sorgeant-at-ariiH , , ;
keeper , Cudding ; chaplain , VanVlect , i
.loirer.son. It was learned from good author ! )
that McArdle will bo appointed chairman .
the committee on claim ? . Troup has lost n
hope of being made the head of the judicial
committee , owing to his inability to dellvi
all tlio republican membars of the lougl (
delegation to Field.
Further 1'arlloulurB of tlio Death <
Mrs , McChcsncy.
Special to the lloo.
FUI.LEIITON , January t ! . Two weeks aj
Jlrj. George JlcChosney , of this place ,
ft , compiny with Miss Kmma 1'eo , also of th
place , and sister-in-law , Kato McChesne
startid for the exposition at New ( Mean
Mr ? . MoChosney had boon ailing slightly b
fora leaving , but it waa thought tlut 11
change would bo banufidal. At St. Lou
eho hummoned a physician , who pronounci
her ailment neuralgia and gave her morphin
After1 reaching New Orleans she was co
eidembly worse , In bplto of which she wei
\\ithlierfrlenda , on Thnrd y , Darrinbfr 2
n a carriage to the oxpoiiitiou. On Thu bda
Becomber t-Ti , she insisted on again accoi
- pjnying the puty to the gumml * . Her
iff-
tlooson thmdiy ware very iijcnhnr and h
friends tmdeavoied to keep lit-r hone. : A
rived at the exposition the party wislud to ;
up Htairw. Mrtf. MoCtieauiy baUl that eha w
tired uml would remain ht the fit
of the Blairs until thi ! 5- i
turned. Thii wai tlui hut her tnm <
anil relative * biw her olive. Thu putty i
tinned t } wbero Mrs. McCheaney had I *
left , Imt tiiipposed she had gone to liar bour
ing < phut , where they immediately wet
A i rived there they became cri-atly alaiin
a her non-apparance , notifivd the polii
ftnd inserted uoticea In the papen. Tui
efforts were nnavaUInir , and on SnlnriUy they
telegraphed George McChesney at this place ,
who , in comp ny with lion , G. U. Miikle-
iohn , started Alor.dny morning for New Or-
leans. On Monday she was found at the
house ot Mrs. T Inne > , In the mburbs ol the
town , where she had boon brought by tome
unknown \n\n. Slio was under tbo Intluenco
of morphine when brought to thu house , and
could give , no account of hertelf , and in spite
of thu efforts of Dri. Holiday and Shepartl ,
died without r * gaining coinciouiiiess.
A coroner's inquest was held uml pronounced
it death from meningitis
George McChi'teey arrived on Tuesday ,
DcccmlH-r 30 , acd ilcparted with the remains
for Pennsylvania , her former home. It Is
supposed that she wni taken ill and on *
deavored'to reach her boarding p'aco and be
came lost. Wliern slid WBH from Friday noon
until found on Monday is a profound mjntery
which will jirobibly never bu cleared , itnlens
the. detectives era succcsslul In their search
for the "unknown man. "
TUG DECEASED
WM a lady " 5 years of age , about medium
height and propos 08sing in anFoara'1. She
"vcd fotmerly in Pennsylvania , the was mar
led and took up her residence in Fullortoti
bout thteo months ago. Sha pofwssod many
aluablo jowoln , whctber she took them witli
cr or not could not bo positively learned , ht
, l o iiotsoned sorno money in hoc own name ,
'ho \ > 1ow falls with tcrriblo force on her rolu
ves and friends hero and In thu east.
Tlio Iifttcst Mews Front China.
SAN FIUXCISCO , January 0. The Ocoanii
.rrived this afternoon with Ilong Kong ad
ices of thu 1.1th , and Yokohama of the 23d
rumor that the Jardino Matheson compan ;
made a loan of 5,000,000 taels to thu Chlnesi
ovornmont is confirmed. Two hundret
liousand have been paid on account , Th
> an Is mode with the a\owod purpose o
iiitlding n railroad to the immense coal de
os-its west of Peking , which are the riches
a the world. The work will bo pushed for-
, vard as rapidly ns possible. I
3 reported that the youcg emporo
s engaged , and will soon marr ;
ho daughter of the Duke Chan , brother of th
.mprcss dowager. Iho North hina Bail ;
ews Bays that United States Minntor Youn |
md Vincent Smith visited Viceroy Lo Huiij
Chang and propound to him that the Chlnui
fovernmenteivo them the contract of collect
ng the revenues In all the provinces , as wel
, s a monopoly of all the government par
ihascs , tha government to pay them vo per
icnt on the total amoun
f the transactions. The proposltioi
was declined. Tien Tsin ndvlcra stale tha
hfl losses of the French troops at Formos
'rom fuvor and dysentery aru cnormoui
.hat . , as a con < nriuence , Admiral Courbet' '
ihlps are seilously undermined.
Germany Is making an effort _ to obtai
control of the railroads constructed in Chin:1 :
Through its representative , Mr. Dotrlg , I
ifers to provide all the material and the er
, ine , guaranteeing all the cash necessary fc
ta construction.
Several sharp shocks of earthquake hav
been felt in the Mbukden province , Chipa.
Corea is threatened with a famine.
A tflegragh cable has bsen laid between tl
main land of Japan and the JUnkln island
K&IMIOAD"RACKET. .
TOLEDO , Ohio. January C. In view of th
recent order from thu United States conrt fo
bidding the Michigan Cential railroad to di
criminate ; against the Toledo Central & S
Louis narrow guage in refusing to recei\
freight from that line at this pilnt , notic
was to-day served upon the narrow Ruogo I
tli9 Michigan Cei.tr. l to effect that the lattt
would not after midnight to-morrow recie\
nnv freight from either tl
Wabash , St. Louis & Pacific c
Toledo Central & St. Louis or fror
anv road that drains the eamo territory OK tl
latter , 't'ho rfsultof this order will doubtlei
ba that the Wabash will send their throut
freight \ia the Butler branch to Detroit , who
the Michigan Central will receive if. Tl
Narrow _ Guage has refused to receive at
more freight at St. Louis and is making i
effort to have all the trains now oil thn true
between hero and that point armo here
tlmo make the transfer to the Michigan Co
tral before the order gous into effect to-nio
row.
INDIANAPOLIS , January ( I. CoinmiFsmn
Doherty , of the Indl > napolis eastbound po
to-day sent to the trunk liuea the ox cuti
commission papers , alleged to bo the proof
cutting ratis by the Ciue'nnati , llamilton
Dayton raihiivl by local hilling. The penal
for'thlsis a forfeit of 330,000.
THE OHIO LiEuISIjTURE. .
ALL < 1DIET IN THE HOCKINC ! VALLEV.
COLUMUUS , Ohio , January C.-Tho Oil
legislatuio icaesambled and adjourned t
Mon this afternoon and the annual mcssa
if Governor Hoadley was lead. Informatii
from the .Mocking valley is that all is riul
among tbo striking miners. Delegates ba
been selected tn attend the etato conventii
to convene in this city to-morrow and or
delegates will bo instructed to fctaml for t'
feyenty-cent rate of mining , and not to a
niit of defeat ,
Death lloll.
Sioux CITV , January 5. News has be
received which is thought to bo reliable * th
the bodies of fourteen men weru found fron :
point twenty-iiino mile ] west of Valentino
( Jordan City , in northwestern Nebrasl
The bodies were foundalong and near tha in
railroad grade , The dead men were vlctli
of the recent toniblo blizzard , and are MI
posed to 1)9 He-tilers in suirch of supplies ni
were on their way from their claims , th
have beim loctting near the line of the m
road to bo built next season. A previous i
port htatec ! seven I odie.s nad been found , ai
the last remit is generally behoved to bn tri
It is hoped it mny bo greatly exaggerated.
Now York Dry Goods Market ,
NEW YOKK , .limitary ( ! . Dry goods : irn
uliir demand In the hamo propoi ticn have be
made , but whi'o staple cottons ard tickin
have iteoaury moderate of teusonab'o peci
tien , such ai print * , gmglunn. dresj g.toi .
etc. ; th < ; r has been a oood businesn.V <
goods continuo to bo very dull. The exp <
of donieitic tiittonv fort'io week is 5 , 111 I puc
ages , nc more than double the quantity ot t
conosponding week ,
The HIKIIV lllcclcade ,
POETLAND , Oregon Januiiry C. The snc
blcekniU on th O , U. & N. HUB bttwe
Wallnlu and Puthuid will ba cloed to-nift
and conunenc'iu to morrow thn Northern I'
ellio tni'.iu will po lliroiiRli without doay. !
Short \Vhoit unii O | H.
MEW YOIIK , January flulshlzcr&15u <
man have just been posted at the i reduce i
change ai unable to meet their obllgatioi
They are sild to be short of wheat and oats ,
VOUEIQNBSEWS.
HOUND I'On ZANZinAH ON A Rl'KCIAI. MIS
SION.
LONDON , January 0. AdvicM from Dur
ban , South Africa , state that the British
protectorate has been proclaimed over the
whole of Pondolwd. The German corvette )
Greizoan , with thu German consul general on
board , ha been ordered to proceed toaim -
bar on a special mission.
noni : FRINCII THOOPS ron TONQCIN.
PAIUH , January n. At tha council oi min
is toi to-day Gen. Lewj ] , minister of war , un
folded his plant for the Tonqnln campaign ,
in order to and the campaign before the rainy
scapon. Sir thousand troops will leave Al
geria for Tonrniln next week and (1,000 ( more
In February.
Gen , Negriet it following up bis successes ,
and hopes to reach Ling Son by the end of
the week.
Kolnrns regarding the health of the troops
show that f)2 ( ) toldier.s wera admitted to thu
hospitals of Tommln in October und thaf 36
"ou.
TUP. SIKX1CAN mKIOIlT TA11IFP8.
JtKXico. VIA GALVKSTON , January ( ! . The
irovistnnal freight tat iff of ( ho Mexican Gen-
tal railroad , \\hich oxnired the 1st of January
as been extended to Maichh 1. The iner-
U are making the Htrongest efforts for the
bolishmeot of dillerontial rates. They claim
hat the railroad company make cheap ratei
'rom Ipoints in the United States
crMexico for the purpose of developing
\merican exports to the disadvantage of
ilexlcan inteinal commerce , All influences
loisiblo are being brought to bear on the
ecretary of public woiks to comnol the rail-
ray company to accept thu arbitrary rates
lased on distance. A a recent mooting of the
iigrcantllo confederation resolutions \\erc
dopted declaring that the commerce
f the country would bo killed tin.
ess _ the differential rates of the
tloxican Central railway were abolished ,
pecial rates prohibited and all goods ordered
llspatched at thu frontier custom houses in
totkd of bslug permitted to coma in bond tt
texico , The movement ij prompted in i
real meaeuro by the jealou y of ] uroieat ;
lerchanta toward the increasing America !
: rade.
Ohsccno flatter Through th <
pecial Telegram to THE BEE.
DES MOINJS , Iowa , January 0. Unitei
States Commissioner Jordan to-day heard i
case of some interest. Thomas II , Brooks , o
'ouncil ' Bluffo , was arrested fur handing ob
-cono literature through the mails , on com
ilamt of his wife , who had left him and ( lei
to her parents In thi * city. The letter beinj
.ddressed to her , Brooks' counsel raised th
toint that the wife was not eligible to testlf ;
against her husband , and that letters fror
husband and wlfo could not bu used as evi
donee against each other , The distrlct attor
ney said that such n construction of the lai
> vould not prsvent a husband and wife fro i
traflicing in obscene literatuio und using tl ;
mails as a means of transportation of the !
joods , thus making the bond of marriage
.afeguard . against thu government's interfei
nces , until a flutter was created byraiain
the question of the real relationship existin ;
between the defendant and his alleged wife
The letter's brother was upon the stand a
thu time and she excitedly called out nn
gesticulated , equustinjt hiai not tjimswei
The commissioner decided that the questio
leed not bo answered enl deferred an opinio
m the guilt of the accn'ed until to-morrow.
A French Victory in China.
PARIS , January C. A dispatch from Ham
says : Af tar the defeat of 0,000 Chinese ner
Chu by Gen. Negrier , 12,000 Chinese leturns
and resumed hostilities. Gen. Negiier a
tacked them , penetrated their positions , d
fended by forts and tiera of batteries anil r
pulsed and routed the Chinese , who after n
active MKistanca abandonol their position
The Chinesn lost 000 killed and a largo nun
ber of wounded. French captured two ba
teries of Kiuiipgunx _ , a quantity of ammuii
tion and provisions nnd some Chlneno stani
arde. The Fiench losses In both battles we
30 oflice.ra wounded , 19 men killed and sixt ;
live wounded.
The Victim * of the Blizzard
SIODX ( Jiir , Iowa , January 6. Nothli
further can learned hero regarding tha rupor
of the settlers freezing to death in Nebrask
Kvery efFort is being made to gat at the tru
of the matter. The locality is distant fro
telecraph and but little travel , no wagi
roads having yat been laid out. The railro :
grade wai hastily complete , ! through that se
tion late in the full and there Is nothing the
now to draw travel. A number of persoi
went in uarly to secure the government land
a few to remain all winter , and theeo paiti
supposed to bo tha victims of tha bli/.zn
mentioned'
mentioned'A
A Promising Outlook ,
CHICAOO , January ( ! . An interview with
largo number of business men in this city i
veal the fact that there ore real evidences i
every hand of a good business revival. Tl
opinion prevails alxo among manufacture !
There Is an inci-ease.il demand for all kindt >
merchandise aud money collections are mo
prompt ,
Steamboat Sunk.
NKW OIILKANS , January ( i. ATime
Democrat special reports that the steam
Belle Shreveport. Mink about sixty mil
above Arkansas City , Two lives were los
the other passengers being rescued by tl
steamer Kato Adoans.
Hhortnco of a County Treasurer.
Siocx CUT , Iowa , January G.-Geor ,
Stickney , county treasurer of Union count
Dakota , is short In his accounts § ( ' , ,000
more. Ilia affairs uro in a bid shape , but
i ) thought thu amount of the hliorlage will
undo good.
The ClfRpinfj Houses ,
BOSTON , January 5. The leading clearli
house * of the Unitid States report the tot
clearances for the week ended January
8780 , ! > : i3lM I , a decrease of1 1 ,3 n * compari
with the cjrruspondlng week a year ego.
ColllcrH btrllcc.
MT. CABMKL , P.v. , January 5. Six hundr
men end boyn struck at tha Belmont collie
this morning ngilnst a reduction of 10 p
cent , in wagiis , The colliery was oparai
by S. S. Bichlo & Co.
Dairy Mnrkat.
Ciiuuno , January -The Inter-Oceai
Klfiin , III , special says : Butter firm ;
higher than a vsuak ago. Kepitlar BalM 1-1
Ibi at SlUff Hc. Cheese dull and nomini
Privateuitleaot 1ICO ! hoxej cheese , fiO.OhO 1
butter. Total MUJ , § 2Uli81.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
onsifleralion of the Railroad Laud
Grant Bills.
Jills Passed Forfeiting Lands of
the Oregon Oontral ,
They Are Open to Settlers at
$1,25 Per Acre-
Annual Eeport of the Mississippi
Biver Commission ,
Appropriations Asked For to Con
tinue the Work ,
President Arthur to Attend the
Opening of the Cotton Expo
sition at New Orleans ,
SENATE.
WASHINGTON , Jmmaty 0. A bill was fa
orably repotted authorizing the First Na
tonal bank of Lamed , Kama" , to increase it :
apltal Block not to exceed 5250,000.
Bills introduced and referred : By Hawley
o etUbliHh an international copyright.
] iy Mnnderson , granting the right of wai
.ver the Fort lloblnson military reaervatioi
n Nebraska to th * Fremont , Elkhorn & Mia
ouri Valley railroad.
Ingalls stated that on December 4,1882 , hi
ntroduced a bill which was referied to thi
committee on pensions to amend the atrenr
of the pension act ) of January and March
.883. Ibis bill bus been now thirteen month
n possession of the committee , and ho sup
losed that a sufficient length of timtj for it i
nake up its mind as to the propriety of th
lassage or the rejection of the. bill for the put
> ese oE testing thu sense of the ccoate as i
.ho bill , ho moved to discharge from the coin
mttteo its further consideration.
Mitchell , chairman of the pension commit
X0 , said that the subject covered by the bil
rbferred to had been gone over last set-s on 1 ;
connection with the Mexican pension bill am
action taken on it ,
Ingalls' motion went over to Monday.
On motion of Slater the .consideration u
; ho Oregon Central land forfeiture bill wa
3egun and Morgan spoke In opp xitlon to il
The consideration of the Oregon Centra
and forfeiture was resumed.
Morgan spoke In opposition tn the bill. H
moved to Amend by adding to the bill the tml
itanco of the provisions which on his motio
iul been added to tha Atlantic & Pacific foi
feltnro bills providing a method for judicit
Drocetiuro for the ascertainment of the right
if and patties claiming undo the grant. Th
tiour of two o'clock arriving the contidcratio
jf the inter-state commerce bill was about t
be resumed , but on motion of Slater , the set
ate by a vote of 23 yeas to 22 nayn , decided t
lay that bill aside till to-morrow , In order t
continue the consideration of the Oregon Cei
tral bill.
Morgan spoke at considerable length in at
vocacy of his proposed amendment , Tb
bonds , which were a lien on.tnc toad , he sal
were outstanding in thiv hands of iunocei
pai ties , and whatever rights Inhered -toitt
holders of tneso bonds wate ' rights that t-
coutt could best invcatiqato and decide npor
"In God's name , " said/he / , "what sort of
government have wo got if the judicial depar
inent cannot bo trusted to'pans upon a till
When did congress gut its reputation for in
maculate purity to such an extent ai that
rose above thr reputation of tha judgjs ? "
Slater replied to Morgan and mniutu'.m
i\Jorgan'aamendment _ was unnecesiary , bcm
holder's right i weru shown'by Ihe grant , tin
hid such rights aw the granting act gave the :
and could have no more. Nicholas Dolj
said that the condition on which the grai
had besn made was nut fulfilled and not beir
fulfillid thu grant should be made. void. I
added that the rights of. all could be d
set ted in court In spits of any act
congress. After a further argument Me
Kan's amendment wan rejected ; yeas , IS ; na
28. Tha bill was then read a third timeai
passed without a division , Morgan gave it
mediate noticu of a motion to recomidt
The following henatora'Votid yea oa Morgai
amendment : Allison , Blair , Cameron , Co
ger , Dawfs , Hawley , 'Lapham , McMilla
Miller , Mitchell , Piku , Sawyer , Sheffield ai
Wilson.
After an e.xecutive session the Irghlatu
njjounied.IS
HOU.SE.
WASHINGTON , January p. Klhs , of t !
committee on appropriation ? , reported
joint rc.iolution appropriating SoO.OlO for t !
mppott of the destitute.Indians , in Montan
1'flHjed. The house then went into a con
inittee on the whole , Roger ? , of Arkansas ,
the cbiir , on tto pensioa appropriation.
Adjourned \intil Tuesday , Jaminry 13.
Hancock expliiued the provisions of tl
bill which appropriates ? 59.f)7GOCO ) , or 21,0
lois than thu cotimates.MVsrner. . of Ohio , 1
veighcd against the abuies which existed ui
der the present pension law in the matter
compensation allowed'to"claim agents , and d
clartd that the piracy of tha middle ages w
an honest calling coniparedwith thuoperatic
of the claim agents in tlio city of WaKhingto
Ho had prepared aa Qamendniont whi
would , iif enacted into a law , roniei
the evils of the present syjlcm , and it was
limit the feej ot the agentH to $10 , paynl
only when the claim wan allowed , but to nlli
the special Avritton contracts for ? 25 to
entered mto between 11)0 ) , claimant and t
agent residing In the same eUto and count
with him.
The bill having been read for amendmon
ICverliait offeicd a proviso that nil appllcai.
for pensiona thall ba piosumed to have ;
disability at thotimo of enlistment , but BU
pn-aumptlonmayl > orebutted ; adopted Hog.
Ark. , otfeiedan amendmuat providing th
no ogcnt snail reci-ivo any fee for his hen
cea in the pension eaten until the nllowaiu
cluiin tlut ull fees hhall.lio paid by the pe
elon agents und that mcti fees tlull ba S
oxci-pt In ctHea of special written contract fil
In the pension office , vifn ] the feoof 82,1 mi
l n contracted for. A violation of this proi
slon Is mmlBlmblo by a fine and [ imprito
meet , Warner offend nn amendmf nt to t !
amendment , limiting ftpccinl continctn.
to claimaatH and clann ug ntj roaldlog In tl
canui state , agreed to. The llogen amen
moiit in amt'iulai WSH adopted. On motii
of O llata the amendment was adopted pi
viding tlut mode und manner provided for t
regulation for the payment of whltopennioni
shall apply to all pensioncrx. Matron olft-r
an ameudment increa ing the rate of
to widows and minor children to S12pcr _
month. Killed out on a point of order. The
committee Uuo and the bill pnised. Ad >
jounied.
WASHINGTON NEWS ,
ANOTHKH rENBlON 1II1.L.
WASHISOTOX , January 0. The Voorhec
bill amending the Jienslon laws providea tha <
all pensions which have been or may IK
granted in consequence of military ( service
rendered since. March 4,1801 , nhall commence
from the date of death or disability , became
of which petition Is asked , and in coniiiem
tlon of pension cases the soldier or sailor shall
be presumed to have boon sound physical ! }
t the time of enlistment ,
TItfc riUOE OP A CANAL.
The fiecrotary of war hat transmitted to tin
nalo the engineer's repot t advising the pur
aeo by the government of the L'ortnga Lake
ml Lake Suparior canal for $350,000.
Representatives Randall and McAdoo re-
, urncd to Washington yesterday.
THE PACIFIC RAtLItOAI ) CASKS ,
It is probable the couttof claims will ren
er a decision in tli9 Pacific railroad ca ci
text Monday.
TUB rnraiDKNT's TIUP TO NEW oni KAXS.
Tlio president will leave Washington abou
.ho 15th instant for New Orleans to visit tin
xpopition , unless the condition of public af
airs at that time should make it necotsaty ti
: hango the present plans. Ho will bo accom
tanicd by eomo member of the cabinet am
xpects to return to Washingon In about to :
'ays.
tKASINO INDIAN LANDS.
Secretary Teller has written a long letter t
he chainnau of the sonata comndtteo on In
ion atfairs , upon the subject of leases of In
Ian lands. He says in part that the interio
lepartmont has for years recognized the righ
if Indiana toii-oceive compensationfor the par
turngo of stock on the wservations and tha
inch right has also been recognized by th
: ourts end the senate Committee. The prlvi
ego tn pasture cattle is only a license and no
> lease and conveys no Interest in the land
iccuplcd. Tbo Indians , the secretary eavt
'Id attempt to make the lease
. ut the department refused to roc
} gnizo them beyond treating ther
, liem as a license rovokablo by the Indian
it will. No one can question their right t
nako HUch disposition of grans growing \ipoi _
.heir lands as they have made. Conccrninj
, ho pecuniary gain , which the Indians no\
derive from licenses to use. the products c
' .heir land grants , which they giant the white F
ho secretary says they ara now receiving 55
'or every dollar received under tlio oldeystair
With respect to allowing the Indians to cor
trol large and valuable tracts suitable for ag
ricultural purposes , tha tecretary conclude !
* , hey should not be permitted to own BUC
rocts to the exclusion of settlera when sue
ands are not needed by the Indians , and the
t is a misfortune to any country to have il
nds held In largo quan'ities ' by n few owi :
. the more BO if held by a few owners wh
leithor make Dso of it themselves nor allo
thers to do so , qflAH31 $
NOMINATIONS.
WASHINGTON , January 0. ] 'ostmastcr
Alike H. Vierson , Pella Iowa ; Clarence 1
Snively , Canton , 111. ; Hunrv C. llobinsoi
Grand Crossing. Ill : Itobert T. Kloke , We
Point , Neb. ; John W. GordonMinden , Nel
John M. Fitzpatrlck , Hebron , Neb.
CONKIltUATIONS.
' 1'osbnosters : llebecca Snape , Petersbur
111. ; John A. Childe , Kyanston , 111 ,
CINCINNATI , January.C. Lot Wright w
urther examined but nothing of important
was developed. After requesting the witne
to preducs a number of papers that bad bei
referied to , Mr. Follett announced the e.xai
i nation was ended. Judge Foraker began tl
croaf-'oinr jaiion by , , asking witness if ho hi
knowledge of any democrat hindered or pi
vented from casting a legal vote In the Oct
tobor election by reason of the deputy nu
shals. Witness said ho had not heard of a si
gla case ; on the contrary on election day
considerable number of republican voterscar
to his ofllce bleeding and suffering from vi
knee at the hands of the democrats. A
journod until to morrow , , .
uaiDENr AUTHOR WILL , ATTKND TJIE EXPOI
TION.
WASHINGTON. January I ! . President \
thur will attend the opening of the cott
convention at the grand hall at the worlc
exposition at Now Orleans on February 1
President Garrett , of the B. & O. , has te
derod hia private car for the trip.
The bill ha ? just pissed the senate forfeit ! :
the lands of the Oregon Central Kailroad O
applies to such poitions only of the. lands
lie adjacent to and co-terminus with the u
completed portion of the. lii.es. After decla
ing such lands forfeited it piovidcs that p
eons already actually settled thereon Bh
have the preference of the right of rnt
thereto under the homestead law , such ent
ta bo considered the date of actual sett
ment. The price of the even number sectia
of forfeited lands is reduced to 91.25 per ac
Annual Report of the Mlselsslp
Illvcr Commission ,
WASUIFOTON , January C. The annual
port of the Mississippi river commission v
to-day transmitted to congrei-s. In spe.lki
of the construction works and referring to <
flood which occurred in the latter part of 1
February , the commissioner sava that the i
er remained high for a long period , and I
little could bo done before the first of Ju
The damage to the work was on the wh
ICHJ than might bo anticipated. The dyl
sustained inucli lees injury than has been t
case in former yearn , duo no doubt to improv
methods ot construction which have be
adopted , but the revetment work , much
which had been left in an incompli
state suffered severely , During t
present BOMOU all the damn
lias been repaired. The fund available w
bo exhausted by Jonuay 1 , 1885 , nnd thou
it IB hoped and vI'Cted that by that tiino t
season's wotk will ho loft in a much bott
ehapo than heretofore , Yet , much inoro ti
isfactory reeults might bsen secured had t
apprjjH mtlou for that purpose been gieate
Tlia caving cf banks within the reaches , u
der tlio improvement , are very ox tonal vo ai
the means at tbo disposal of the comink-ii
liavo not hitherto been suilicleut to compli
their protection. Tlio caviug of theao ban
has given serious trouble , ncMbSitating ma
change * in thu plan and in many iustaiu
havu jeopardized tha whole system , a contm
tion of the works iii put them into control ai
deepen the navlgati n channel , This dant
wUJ continuo until tli'K * bmka are xecuri
which will reijuiro a considerAl
expeaditura and should ba completed in o
wuon if practicable. During the low wet
( uiKoa i'f ' 188't no ir.oio than NIX feet of wal
was found through the New Madrid a :
Mfinuhia roadies. Too casu this year Vi
but little better. It would seem advjxiblo
extend the work to theie roaches aa BOOH
pjseililo as sucha courne would open to li
p/o\u th ( navigation of about 250 miles of t
ti | river fiom Cairo down , or about tne-foui
the distance to Now Otlc n , and nearly one-
liklf of the total distance which require * ex
tensive improvement * . The commission has
prepared plans for beginning the work on the < a
reaches and will Uko them in hand , as teen as
funds are placed At their disposal uill justify
such action. U is Mio deemed e tenti l to
the work already dona and a neceriary part of
the pi MI of improvements is that the revet
ment banks which nro caving in with such
rapidity as to interfere with and embarrass
navngfttton ihonld bo nt once undertaken and
carried forward cystematically beginning with
Cairo and ptoKrdsaing down the ctroain , pre
cedence and t'mo ' being given to
those places whcro the caving li
moit rapid and injurious. Through
that portion of tlio liver lylnz between the
reacheB of bad navigation are found in many
long stretches where navigation is now good
and which only requires work of this charac
ter to kc > cp it so , while at nthor places phoals
exist , which would probably disappear or become -
come lots troublcioma if the banks wcto held
and the river allowed to contract and doipen
by natural agencies. By the tetms of the last
tivor and harbor act , the CominiBPlon Was dl-
r < ctod to taku charge of the Improvement of
the Misstfslppi river between the nioulli of
the Ohio and les Molncs rapids on which the
work has boon for many years in progress un
der the engineer department.
The names of a largo number of harbnrc
wcro also Inserted in tlio river and harbor bil !
with a view to their improvement , but tis the
amount appropriated was for a short estimate
that the commitsion did not feel justified In
taking up this work except at Memphis when
the act specified the amount to bo expended ,
and at Vicksburg , where the repairs wer <
needed to the work already done. The con ;
mission ha , however , prepared separate estimates
mates for such work at those places to accom
plish the object proposed as teen as doonici
necessary. It is the dcsiro of the commisslor
that if congress decides any or nil these worki
to bo undertaken it shall specify the localitiei
and the amounts to bo expended on each.
The general plan on which the work ba
twcon the Dea Moines rapids and the moutl
of tno Illinois river is In progress consists ii
closing all the side channels by low dome , ns
ually of brush and stone , in contracting tbi
width of the river by ttar dykes of mnila
construction , and by protecting by brnsl
mattresses covorud with stone , such banks o
aio subject to erosion , The object Bought i
to contract the low water channel to a uni
form width and thereby increase its depth ti
about five feet nt low water. This work ba
bean in progress several years and the result
have been goqd. The work will bo resnmoi
in the spring and "prosecuted tojthe extent < i
the available funds.
nEFERItlNO TOTIIELKVEK3
The report . assumes that no arcument 1
needed to attest the practicability of thu love
system. It is thoroughly established b
largo experience that faithfully construe !
ed loveesj 'of sufficient proportions an
ago to have settled and sod-covere
would resist any pres'ure. Of the 140 bread
In the Yazoo front in 1882.147 wcro caused b
water running over the leveca and evading th
rear tlopo , covering the banks and destroyin
far more than all other causoa combined , bi
such losses may bo reduced ai coving is pri
vented and the permanency of the banks wi
make the maintananco of thu loyeu an iccoi
siderablo cast. The commission _ recormnent
the construction of new and raising thu exis
ing le % eei along all parts of the river , wlici
the high lands ara too remote I
check tbOv passage of largo volumes i
flood water outside tbu boa of the river <
or , in other words , on the entire right , an
also on the left bank , below Baton lloguo an
from the Yazoo rher to Horn lake , belo
Memphi ? . This opinion of the commisMi
that thu building of levees for the improv
ment of navigation In the obstructed portioi
of the river cannot proceed indefinitely wit
out involving a damage to the propnetoric
interests balow and if this portion i f the it
'
-
vision muit also bo inadc strengthen ! )
and raising the levees In the lower portion
the river , where navigation is now good. Tl
following order of work is believed to be jui
CIOUH ; t ? in completion of the lev
system : It iliould begin at t
lower end in each bottom of Mansha
La Fourch and Atchafalaya , constituting tl
lower Louisiana , The Tenoas , Yazoo , Whi
and St. Franci.4 should be enclcbed in t
order named from below uriwardn. In eai
bottom , tri it is reached in the fqregoli
order , the most important levees , as restrai
ing the greatest escape of water , should
first constructed. The commission reno'
the recommendation heretofore made tb
provision should bo made by law for on n
propnation by tuo United States tlnoni
proceedings in the federal courts , of Ian
and material needed in the .work. The coi
missioners makes the following
ESTIMATES FOR THE K1BOAI , TEAR
ending Juno 30 , 18Si ( , for surveys. § 100,01
salaries and expenses of the commission a :
assistant engineers § 100,000. for thiriver fr <
Des Molnusto the Illinois river SOUO.OCO , fri
the river to C'airo SI 000,000 , between Cai
and the head parses , including the Hod Hiv
nt and below Atchafalayo , § 7,000 OCO , for t
harbor of Columbus , KentuckyS8P.OlO ; Hit
man , Kentucky , § 270.000 ; Memphis , ? 75C (
Greenville , Mississippi. S18l,000.VIcksbui !
§ 20,000 ; Natchez , 5700,0 ! 0 ; New Orleai
SOSG.OOO. The report of the
jiissoum IUVEK COMMISSION
will bo. submitted to the. house to-moiro
It recommends an appropriation of 31,000 , (
for the Missouri livnr between its mouth a
Sioux City , $1U,000 ) between Sioux City a
Fort Benton. anil S1CO OOP for surveyg.
ScrduU Isppoj , Vvf/ mon general than ni
other disease. 11 b Insidious In charade
and manifests itself In running sores , pustuli
eruptions , bolls , swellings , enlarged joint
abscesses , sere eyes , etc. Hood's Sarsaparll
expels all trace of scrofula from the bloo
leaving It pure , enriched , and healthy.
"I was severely afflicted with scroful
anil for over a year Uad two running son
on my neck. Took ftvo bottles ol Hood
Sarsaparllla , and consider myself cured
C. K. LOVCJOY , Lowell , Mass.
C. A. Arnold , Arnold , Me. , had scrofuloi
sores for seven years , spring and fall , Hood
Sarsaparllla cured him.
Salt Rheum
William Spies , Klyrla , O. , Buffered great
from erysipelas and salt rheum , caused t
handling tobacco. At times his hands won
crack open and bleed. Ho tried various prc
aratlons without aid ; finally took Hood's Ba
Baparllla , and now says : "lam entirely well
"My son had salt rheum on his hands an
on the calves of his legs. Ho look Hood
Sarsaparllla anil Is entirely cured. " J. 1
SIAUTON , Mt. Vcrnon , Ohio.
< ' Hood's eSarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. ? t j six for 5. Mad
only by C. I. HOOD It CO. , Ixiwell , Mass.
IOO Dosos.Ono n Mlar.
7HE MARKETS.
Great Scarcity of Gojd to Cboiec
Native steers ,
Prices Fully aa High as Last
Week ,
Hog Market Unsettlo'd and Prices
Inclined to Drop.
Considerable of a Fluctuation in
Whoat--A Slight Advance.
Oorn Presented Few Features of
Interest and Banged Steady ,
Outs Continue Blow Hyo Steady
Provisions Unchanged 1'orlc
Pinner liixnl Unchanged.
CHICAGO MiYUKETS.
Special telegram to THE BKB.
CATTLE.
CliioAao , January C ; So for the receipts
are not greater than this time last week , bnt
the number of good cattle are considorablyibo-
low the corresponding period last week. For
the post three or four days a largo per cent ot
the stock arriving were of low Rrado native
steers , cowx , and common butchers' stock , and !
these soils commenced to weaken last Satur
day , gradually gutting lower from day to day ,
and ara now 15@25o lower than last week ,
On the other hand good to choice native steers , , ,
such as will fill orders for shipping or dressed
beef stock are rather scarce and fully aa Irish
as last week. The stocker and feeder trade
remains quiet , the wcathar being we.t and un
favorable but few country buyers are prcccnt ,
and the supply of suitable stock is rather lim
ited , yet prices may bo quoted firm as com
pared with last week Best native ttooiK , av
eraging 1-150 to 1500 Ibs.i mav bu quoted at
S5.75@0.15 or thereabouts. These are outside
prices , and there are but few arrivingjHbta ,
week that arcgood enough to make quotation.
Fair to good , averaging 12CO to 1300lb9-i
and thereabouts , may bo quoted at § 3.00 ®
fi.23 , and common to mediumSMO ( < * 1.80.
Good fat cows and bulls are makipg ali itt aa
much money for the collfatry
xhipper as anything else jiibt now ,
but low grades must bo bought at extremely
low figures In tlio country to make any money f
lioro at present ; good to choice. I300@l-I001bs. ,
55 2T5 00 ; 120l@1330 Hi' . , 55 00@5fiOj com
mon to fair , lOc lower 84 20@4 85 ; inferior to
fair cows , $2 25@2 76 ; medinm to good. $3 00
@ 3 SO ; stackers , 53 00s3 ! )5j ) feoderH , § 400 ©
150. '
lions , ,
This market waH unnottlcd and pricesdipp-if , ,
pedGglOo from the highest of yesterday , yet * '
tbo average was about ilia same aa at thu opeii- ' - ! . *
ing yesterday ; receipts were heavy and prem
ised to fully equal the highest ostimat s j the
weather was against anactlvo packing d < mand ,
and the provision market ruled easier but
prices are 15@20o higher than last Tuesday ;
common , ami rough packers may Do < vieted-
around abouT'SO 00@IJ.Oj fair to good packers. " >
SI 154 So , and best § 1 8B3 40 , with f noy
assorted heavy at S150 ( 4 CO ; light Borti maybe
bo quoted atSl-10@445 for closely asi ortecl. .
averaging 180 and upwards ; fair to ftooA * '
Yorkuiu , S4 3/i@4 / 50 ' ; packing and thip ?
ping , 240@3SO Ibs.81 , 35sl4" ( 50 ;
light , 100 to 210 pounds , 4 20@4 45. After
thu intense excitement of yeiterday , a\tond-
ant upon thu double barreled attr.ictioa"bf. a
boom in wheat and a boom in board of trade
politics , thu bojs seemed somewhat ' .disin
clined tn exert themselves this morning. ' Busi
ness on 'Change was by no means at a fttand *
still , but it was not accompanied by one-half
the whooping and howling which has repderocV *
thu scone there BO impressive for Bema days
past. At the opening tin markets were weak
and lower. This was undoubtedly one cause ?
for a milder attitude of tlio PyroteChlcagoln ;
dividnals who makuuptho scalping clement.
They had been selling homo for a day or two ,
but seemed to regard the first indication ! of a
possible broil ; too doubtful to risk-/much /
money on , in other words , while tlio E alpeb }
have been bo'd enough to do some Billing onta ?
strong matket , they are yet ICRH willing to risk
much on a weak one as sellers than on iijatrong ,
onu as buyers , ' ,
WHEAT (
opened easier and lower , with a generardia- ;
position to hell , thu first couple of hourH wore
ansottled values alternately falling' > anil ad
vancing within oce cent but later it settled
down quite weak and declines becamq stead
ier though In every option there was a frac
tion of advance from the lowest point No , 2
spring was quoted nominal at 7'i80J. ' )
COHN
presented few features of interest and ranged i $
ulong quite steady "nd about with wheat-cash
being ( [ noted at : < l37 ! , Fluctuations in ] op
tions were confined to all closing quiet and
easy at the decline ,
OAT8
continued slow , qu'et and about steady with
speculative trading con lined to seller May ,
HVE
steady and linn with Nn2 cahh quoted J
February 55 , March 55J , and May hold at ItO.
J'JIOVIHIONB
were fairly traded In at not greatly alteiod
figured. Pork nhow.s a little ( inner fceJing
and consequently higher prices , while laid
wan a shade easier and lower. Local trading
Is about the average , , with options cloning
steady on morning bessio.n. All through thn
lait cafh pork wax nominally $11 80 and lard
SO 85. Call wheat easier ; 7ts for January ;
70io for Fobuiary ; 70jo for March ; 85Sp for
May. Coin quiet and lower ; 35Ze for Janu
ary ; HGjic for February ; SOJofor March ! 8i6o (
for April ; Sllja for May. OalH quiets 2BJC
for January ; 2ie ( for Febinary ; 29fio for
May. Pork eaHier and lower ; $11 li-i for
January ; § 11 074 for February ; 811 80 fop
March ; 312 10 for May. * Laid unchanged.
" * * " " " *
TJio IjOHt Found ,
CHICAGO , January ( ! . Pinkotlon'a detectvo !
agency to-day effected nn an eat of David E ,
I Swan , at Sutton'tf Bay , Mich./ where ho way
living under tbo alias of D. T , Udlngton and
Iiad only lecently been clectrd prosecuting at-
tornor , Swan was formerly local cashier of
the Northern I'acifio railroad nt St. Paul , and
by foigrry nuc eeded in oinbiuzHni ; 851,000 of
tlio eonipany'a fuiidn , which W.IH loht in upec-
ulation , Ho disappeaicd last July ,
recognizeel
Smoking