JL HE DAILY BEE. FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , MONDAY MOUSING , JANUARY 12 , 1885. NO. 177. T WASHINGTON NEWS. The Passage of ibc flaial Appropri ation Bill , The Congressional Forecast for tho. Week's ' Business ; A Threatening "Orank" Letter to President Arthur Iiivestication of the Indian Land cLeasosi Bartholdi's ' Statue of Liberty En lightening the World- Gen. Sherman's Ofllclnl Charges AjinliiHt .left Dnvlt * Through the Wnr Department. HOUSE. WASHINGTON , January 10. Immediately after the reading of tno journal , Mr. Hnndoll moved ta dl-ptmo with the morning hour for tlia piirposo of pros ing thn navy appropria tion bill to a piHs.tgn. This waa strongly op posed by Stockil.iier , who maintained tint tlis house should proceed to the considoratton of the special order in reference to public b-illdingH. Handall pointed out the Import ance of passing the appropriation bill speedi ly. Not to do so would In to risk an extra session , which would bo of little good ba thu country , and still loss to the party to which ho belonged , Stockslagcr replied , with some warmth , that ho was performing what ho considord Ins duty.A . A brisk and personal colloquy then sprang up between lUndall and Stockslngor , but the confusion in the hall was so great ns to ren der tno remarks inaudible. Stockslager domandol the yeas and nays on llandoll's motion , which was lost yeas 135 , nays 83 the necessary two thirds not voting in the nfTmnativo , Stockulogerthen moved that the house go into committee on the whole for the consider ation of public building measures , and asked consent to niako n statement. Hutcliliis objactcd. Ho said the navy du partment waa without appropriations , and it was time the house should proceed to bus ! ness. Stockslagor's motion was lost , yeas 72 , nays The speaker then proceeded to call the com mittee for reports. Clardy , from the committee on commerce , reported a bill authorizing experiments as to the practicability of lighting the navigable waters of the United States by electricity. Ileferred to commlttoo of the whole. A bill was reported from the committee on publllc building * increasing to § 180 000 the limit or the appropriation for a public build ing at Marquette , Michigan. Tha House then went into committee of the whole on thu naval appropriation bills for thn remainder of the current year. The honsa then w nt into executive com - mittea of the whole , Wilson ; of lo < a , in the chair , on tnu consular and diplomatic bill. Townsend , in a few brief remarks upon the consular xervice ; attributed thu present busi ness depression to over production and favor ed tha-opening up of the mnrketi in southern nations to surplus production in thU country. The markets could bo secured by thfl forma tion of commercial alliances with these na lions , which would give the manufacturers of the United States an advantage over the man nfactiirererji of Kuropu. Prom the similarity of these Institutions to thoio of the United Statin , If tiny could 1)3 dltubu'ed of thu idea thu Unite I States wanted to conquer their political soverolgnitiea , tao countries Central and South America , would join ii : with ui in seeking to build up the weltaru _ o thu Amoiican continent and devu'op it : resources , Hobinson , of Now Y'-rk , sa'd ' he wai opposcc to the appropriation of money to jumper a lo of incurable snobs. Ho did nut want Un democratic snob to succeed the republican enob ( Lowell. ) ' llolman raised a point of order against the item providing fo a e 'UHiil general at Madrid. The point wai sustained , and thu item struck out. The committi'u rose , and the hutiso ad journed. WASHINGTON NF/WS. TIIK NAVY AlTltOl'llIATION IIII.I , PASSES. WAHHINOTON , J ami try 10. - Tha house passed the navy appropriation bill. CONKKHKNCF. OP DEMOCRATIC SK.N'.VTOHS. A conference of democratic- senators wai call ad thi * afternoon to consider a policy to bo ' rpepust to the triutips. There was ( fas tlun a quorum present and no linn of ac tion wai decided upon or proposed , Thu pro ceedings were gossipy und Informal. Thu greater part of tno houis wa devoted to a compirison of views concerning the policy of the new administration , espoci.illy with regard to removals and appointments , HA/.ES'S CHAUOKS IlEfUHKI ) . WHlllNaroN , January 10. rho sacrotary of war has decided riot to order a court martial for tSo triul of Lieuteii'tnt Garllngton cm the charges preferred by General Hazen , THK HTATUK Of LtllKKTV. K&proientativo Nutting , from the commit- tcu on library , to day presented for printing and recommittal n favonihlo report on tlu joint resolution intnrlueed by Cox , of Now York , appropriating 8100,000 to ai'l the coin- ptetlou ot thu paduiCal for tha statue of "Lib erty Knlighti'iilug the World. " The report jays : ' The stntua wai a magnificent gift from tlis p"ople of Franco to our whole pao- ] > le , and not to the people of Now Yoik , and it belong ] to the pounlo in a notion , It would bo arrogsnco for the etatu of Now York to pay for the podestil and claim the status as its own. Tno statue is a national pymbol ; It is national property , and controls should lim.su what has been BO well begun. " INDIAN I. AN I ) I.KASKS. Before thu cammltteo investigating the In dian lauds , Augustus C. Ivy testified that be was a member of thn Cherokee nation. A iiumlkT of men had told him that money hid been olfttrod to aecuru thu passage by the coun cil of a leaiu bill. Among ihotu mentioned us Imvimr been ntfVml pay wera John Stndors and Samuel 11 INney. Sanders told the wit- npaa that hu wai otfoied 9-hO t vote for the bill , Hu lic.ird that Major Drum , attorney for the Cherokee Strip Li\o < tock asscclation naiiUlutlt cost piuity hl h tn gvt a loose through : that It was a great benefit and of course they had to pay for it , Drum also re- inarkrd ; "Your fellows g t as high a prlca as the Kansas fullouv. " Kumor fixed tha amount nt getting the bill throuini at S.'iO.CHJO , Kan- ney , u.iw deceive/ ] , told the witness that he had been paid for voting for the bill. Wltnesj frequently heard penons siy : "So and so much , " After couu'derabloiiressingni to who "So and So" were , thu witness mentioned Ma- jar Scales , chief of the supreme court of tha Cherokee nation , as onu of them. The wit- ne s had conversed with Uuihyhead , the chief , about tin leiaes , llushvhuad talked as if the iuveatigatloti would hurt tin nation and Midi "Gus , you ara an aspiring man ; you want to run for the senate ncd you better not do anything that will hurt you. " liushy- ho d Slid tint the lev < e was thu best that ctudd IKJ d"iia nudT thu circumstances. Many hought liiuhyhaad would veto th bill , as in- erior lmid < wera rsntlng at I to Ii contu per crv , whild the Chsrokivj received but Ii nt > . 11 ishyheMl aaid it wai bolter to gat i centi from th'jte thay know than rent to aogt'iK , The wituuts Iwlinvod the lease uuld int ii'ceive W)0 ) yo-ea out of ! r > ,000 | if o question wai , tubmittud to thu people. _ . , TIIK rnGi.ii'Mxn couurrm : . Bp cul Megram to tliu BKK , WABHISOIO.V , January 11 , ThepublioUnt commlttjc of the home liai uot baa ft quorum IT the consideration r.f tbe land foiftltun Ilia elnco ilia holiday adjournment Infnc ; lore B5f mi to b ) very llt'.lo dispo-dtion on the artof Ihi' momhers to tuinbla over each other a their haste to patn theaa hill . There is a roipcct of n quorum in the committee Tnev ny , when the bill which Senator S.\wyor , tf VlBconsiu , has introduced on the senate side > confirm the title of llio cash entries on the andi granted to the railroads withdrawn from 10 public domain , and afterwud wlthoutauy ortual action by ths intoiior department lacing them In the public domain , A lintlar hill will ho Introduced In thn ouso on Mondiy and hastened to passage if oislnlo , under the enspansion of the rules , . 'ho measure i * of great importance , It is raid , 0 largo numbers of farmers in Michigan , Vioconsin and frnunrsota. The lands moit irectly nirectcd In Michigan and Isconnni re thohu In the Ontonagon railroad grant , 'liomr.nds of entries luvo been undo by set- lorn wid lutnbtrmon , supposin ? they hid a nil right to do so. Stcn-taryTdltr , however , lolds that under the ruling of the supreme ourt thoio lands once forfeited by the rall- oada can not bo taken up until they are d < - Inred restored to the public domain and of- Pied for solo. Senators and uiembsM frjtn ho states interoitcd have agree ] to combine n its Bitpp-jit. KSKHAI. SHEUMAX'rt CI1AIIUI8 AOAIStT JKV- DAVIS. Special tolrcram to Till : Bin : . WASHINOTON , January 11 , General Sher man has made good Ilia word that ho would cply through tin war department 'in hia ce/u- / rovery with Jeff ] ) uvi ? . The point at Iwuu s Shoiiuau's aifcrtloii that Davis went back n Mi state sovereignty principles when ho iQcamu president of the confederacy , and was reparort to cocrcs any of the nonfoderato tales which desired to rccodo from the con- ederaey. Utuoral Shennau'd lettsr is ad- ressou to the secretary of war under the data f January ( i. After reciting the lusts of tuo onspiracyto secede , and Baying that ho him- elf had l)3cn approached on tha ubject by a kmgut of the Go'.dou. ircle , ( Jcneral Shenir.n tells about is capture of a box of Jell" Davis' private > aperd in the summer of ' ( Wat Jackson , Miss. , lut ho sent these pipars to Washington and ! iey had tinea beau leutrneJ to Davle. Sher- ittu continues : "Again , in l&lil , when wu vere in possession 01 Atlanta , Ga. , I saw fa- nlliarly a great number of gentleman of that tate , with whom I conversed freely. They poke openly and unreservedly of the tyranny t' the conlederata authorities in Hichmoml and of Davis particularly. " * * * * 5en. Sherman inserts tde latter of Alex , itephons. In the letter Stephens doubted Fell Davis1 good intentions , and tmapectod lim of inclining towards tha dictatorship. Ho ihows that In ISO I Davis suspected Stephens ind 13rown of disloyalty to him , and that the confederacy had ceasedtobetho confederacy of the sovereign etatea. He produces an odi- ; orial from a paper published as the organ of 7elT Davlf , entitled "State sovereignty ilaycd out. " lie cites numerous Instances to how that Davis was establishing a despotism. Speaking of the Appomotax ho says he re- : eived a loiter from Uovernur Voncu by the ame commissioners and cpntinuea : 'The commie - mie ioners Bald ta mo without rcssrve that vhen Governor Vance dispatched them from laleigh to my camp at Uulley'g ho wanted to nako terms witli the state , und afterwards bat he was afraid of Jclf Davis. At Knlulgh , hough a mass ot public records had been car- ied elf , yet a number wcru left behind at the tate huiue , and at tliu governor' * ) mansion , jalltd the 'palace , ' in JCalcigh , was a clerk's or uecretrtry's 'copy book' outlining ooso aheets and letter ? , among which was tha particular letter of Davis" to which I referred n my St. Louis 'speech ' I gave. It little at- .ention . at tha time because Davis was then limself n fugitive , and i-is opinions had little or no importance ; but it exolalned to uiy mind why Goveinor Vance , after sending tone no tliu commissioners to treat for his hUte icparatoly , had not awaited my answer. It vns the tubject of common talk about my leadqunrters ; or , as stated by Colonel Day- on In recent letter to mo from Cincinnati , 1 am sure we generally thonght ; it wai the desiio of Governor Vance and the state odi ilala to take North Carolina out of the con ederaey as I had stated , but they were afraid > f JeifoiBoa Davis and wanted protertion ' " General Shetmanthensayshewi'snever per- Bouallv acxuainted with Davis , and reviews .he lattor's tecord as the cause for hia ( Slier- inu'j ) prejudicecgainst him. Sherman closes as fellows : Vet he did contpire , with others , as early as January , 18IJI , after Mr. Lincoln was fairly and constitutionally elected presi dent of the United States , to destroy tno very government which ha had sworn to de fend , and ho did set up another government necessarily hostile to it of which ho became the head and did , whilst president of the southern confederacy , change hia state right ! principles , the very doctrine by which he had justified utceision from the United States and then opposed to htito sovereignty. Tlieso nro plain , palpable facto , not likely to be forgot' tea by tha present generation or the next , II ever. I say , thersforo , with the full knowl edge of thoconscqusncua ho enrolled his name with thojo of Arnold and 13mr Instead of , ai ho might have done , with Washington am Lincoln " THK CO.NGHKSSIO.VAL 1'OHKCAST. C WASHINGTON' , January 11. Under the rulci of thn houBo the committee on thn District o Co.umbia will ho entitled to the floor tomorrow row , Mid it will endeavor to pass a number o bills of only luc.il interest. It is uncertain what buiine'S will be given precedence by the homo during the remainder of the week Tuesday nr.s been net apart for such business OH may be projonted by the commlttoo on ju die ary , Wednesday for business presented by committop on foreign alFalrsoud Thursday fir the consideration of the Mcl'herson senate bill , providing for the isauo of circulating notes to national bulking associations and tin ( DIngley ) homo bill authorizing the secre tary of the tieaaury to invest the luwfu money deposited la the treasury in trust by national banking assoiations for thn re < tirt'ineut of their circulating notes. ThetiO special orders , however , are not to interfere with the consideration of the general appro pri.ition bills. When thn'houeo adjourned or Saturday thn ducusilon of the cotinular and diplomatic hill was not completed. That measure will ha called up on Tuesday or pos stbly to-morrow , . If the entire day should not be occupied by the committee on the Dis trict of Columbia. The committee on appro , priattons iiitenda reporting the Indian bill on Tuesday , and an elfort will ho nufio to pass il as soon us the consular and diplomatic hi ) la denoted of. If possible the ilvei and harbor upnropriation bill wil ba reported PII Wednetday or Thumliy. As Boon tliflrealter aa an opportunity is o'f fered an olfort will bo made to pass it. Theru promiMH to ba a strenuous attempt duritii the week between the friends of tin epecla orders and the advocatoi of proriccnt : meas ures which havn been before the housH for eomotima. Singleton will undotvor to ee cure the p sjazo of _ the hill authorizing tin tv.m'itructiou of a building foi the nccumuio dation of thd congivsaiDonl library , Townsenc the Mexican pooniou bill , and Willis the cdu catfoual hill. Stnck'nhigiT , chiiiman of the house committee on public buildings nnc ground i , Bays It id his purpoitttocalluptlmhll providing appropriations for public buildings throughout the country , at every opportunity offered during the remainder of tbe session When the house decldoa to dli-cum the bill for the public building ? , he continue * , I wil not oak It to pass the bills which have beoi favorably reported and lump , but will nlfe each bill t-oparately to be paraod or defeate : on ita merits , Theru are fifty eight hills fi public buildings ag regrating SlVJSU.L'tR which have been reported to the home of th present concrea ; , and which ore now pending Two bill * , one providing for the public bullu ing atVMO , Texas , the other f r the building at Carson City , Nevada 01 etch tn appio priatiou of 9100,000 , hava been paisod. In thn t-enata th ? naval apimimirtion i hlely to bo retried from the nppropria tfon commUtee and reachel for di cuublpimiH passage early in the week. The dlscuiiou o th intcr-tittto commerce lull and the Nioari gua treaty will proliably 'occupy the remain der of the week. Ilia diicctor of th mint undo hii annual btateuient Th coinage , Itws ra-mlnage , has been gold $23 , 71'O.ML'j lUver , jL'8,72f'WImpoiti of th United Statea of coin gold , SI..W.I.STfi : ailver 5725,150 , a total gain of 957.4M.G4S. nt St. .jolin. pecial Telegram to TUB BKK. LBAVKNWOHTH. Kan. , January 11. James ' . Legato of this city , St. John's light bower , vho is charged with hiving offered to secure t. John's withdrawal from the presidential Banvass for $25,000 , hotly denies the charges ud says that he never haJ authority from St. ohn to make overtures of thitktnd nml never mdo them. Legato U generally understood 0 be the friend of St. John mentioned In Uarkaon's latter ai the person willing to vithd raw the prohibition candidate n onolderfttinn , Lojtuto nude lilaiuo npepchrs n Ohio and then vIMtod Klkins In New York , t in charged that upon that via ! ' Lng.ito nade the otfer to secure St John's witndr.tw- 1 , and is reported that Klldm told Leeato liat the rcpu1 licsns had carried Ohio by a amlsoinu majority and t ; > ey did not care vhcther St. John withdrew or not as Bluiuo vould bo elected nnyliow. B. I- . North , the onfidcntial friend of St John , siys St. John enies hu was ever approached by the demo- rat * , but asssrti ho ws waited upon bj- the opubiicau coiumittep , who olFored him all the nonoy hu wanted for the r st of his days If in would withdraw. "Yea , I know Jam s F. Legato well , " aaid western congressman , "If his statement about the St John nutter means anything , It 1 thttt ho and Sr , .lolui have agreed upon the toiy about the attempt to cell out to the re- mblicin national commlttoo , and that Legato f toinako himself Ilia Vcnpogoat' for the hon- fit of St. John. I could not bo mido to be- ievn tbnt any proposition to pell out wai nado by Legato without St , John knowing nil bout It. " The Chicago Tribune's Washington fpccial aya : It is asserted by a prominent republi can , well informed in regard to the attempts if St. John to find n market for his candidacy , hat when tbo bargain w s finally cloaod with ho democratic national committee it * con- ained the provision whlchrequiras that during ha next four 'years St. John ahull devote his line and energies to the continuance of the igitatipn in favor of prohibition in the close epuulicuu states. In other words , he is to erve the democratic pat ty until after the next ircsldential election for a consideration. Important Mormon Movement. SALT LAKE , January 10. Several proml nent Mormons returned recently from Mexi co , and it is now learned that tnoy penetrated .ho strong hold of the untamable Ynqui Indi- ins and mada a conditional treaty with them. iVIthin a few days John Taylor , head of the Mormon church , left hero accompanied by 3hief Counsellor Smith , Bishop Sharp and thera. It is known that they are en route to ilexico ind it is believed that they have gone , o the capital to treat with the Mexican gov ernment for lands and a chaiter like the Nau- . oo charter , that plan to iiiake a rendezvous or the mormons liable to prosecuti .11 under he Edmunds law , alto to form the nucleus of \ future empire. The Yflqui'd are terrible Indiana and hav.o never been subdued. The > eople of northern Mexico fear them oxceed- ngly. 1'olygamy , It is stat d , in to bo fixed > y the charter for the first time on the Ameil an continent U New OrlatmtiSiindny Pnstlmoa. NEW OULKA S , January 11. A prize fight with hard glovoi between Jerry Murphy , of New York , and Bob Steele , tin light weight hampion of New England , for § 230 a tide , came elf &t the bass ball park this afternoon , klurphy was in line trim but Stoela appaared overtrained or weak. The men fought eight rounds each of which lasted from ono to two ininutoa and each ended witli Steele being kuochtd down , [ n the first round Steslo waa knocked down , wice and in tliB seventh once , and was car ried to his corner by his eeond. In the lighth round the mo i hid spar ul half a mln- ite when the ahciiff and polica interfer.d , lulling a stop to the contest. The referee lecided th * fight a draw. No h'oodshed. Thousands of spectators were present , A Threatened liaok Out. TnKNTON. N. J , , January 11. Operative xittcrs talked all day of the latest proposition jy the manufacture n , namely , to accept 1'ng- ish wages plus the protective tariff of C5 per cent , The unanimous sentiment was against .ho propcsition unleae tha manufacturers would add to ( ha tariff , consul fees , brokerage ago , custom house dntto' , insurance , etc. , which the Knglis h importers have to pay in addition to the tariff. The operatives de mand the appointment of a board of arbitra tion to Investigate whether reduction is neces sary to the welfare of the manufacturers. Should the appointment of a board bo uot agreed to by the manufacturer * within the next four days tha operatives will declare : lock-out and begin drawing upon the funds ol the Knights of Labor. A "Cranky" Letter to the i'resldenf. Januarylll. A few days ago ono of the local letter carriers found in ono o the lamp-post boxes an open letter addresser to thn president , supposed to ha written by a crank , The writer stated that "Mr. Artlm had bettor prepsro _ to meet his God , n ho wil come loan untimely end on thoKtthof January next. " The letter was turned over to the au thorities The clerks nt the white housu pay that Ptesident Arthur's mail frequently con tains eccentric letters ; in many rases they are destroyed without reaching the President , " \Vholosnlo i'olsonlnfr. " * PITTFWUUO , January 10. An Best Liver pee ] , Ohio , Kpecial says : Thcro are no more deaths from the Yan Foesen poisoning. Th victims are still very ill and it is now boliovei all will recover , Annie Van FosseD , Buapcct ed of perpetrating the crime , hai not yet beoi arrested , mid ii confined to her hud anc strongly nssurti her innocence , Her heoltl has been bad for Bomti time and withiu tw < veara she 1ms made thro9 attempts upon her life. A preliminary hearing will bo given her this afternoon. American Irish I'arllMinentiiry Kuml. CINCINNATI , January 11. - Major John Byrne , who hai hen asked by the Hou. J , 1' , * Carbcrry to institute an American Irish parliamentary fund to yield 8100,000 yearly , not wiihlng to asiumo the responsibility Mono in such an impjttsnt movement h > u > called a inutting of nuch citizens of Cincinnati and vicinity as fed an intereit in the matter , to bo hold ut.tho Hurnet house , January 21 , tote to tuke st ps to form the proposed oix.in za > tion. fiil > IIlHtio Kiicoontuion the Tapis. Cnu'AfiO , January 11. James IL Dalton , to-day , placed 8100 forfeit wonoy in the hands of the proprietor of the Chicago Theatrical and Sporting Jomntl accompany ing a challenge to light Domiuick McCarthy of rittsburg , withhnraknufkloii , London'prlze rine rules , within twenty miles of LuuUvlllo or New Orleans , Grain Elevator Hurnotl , WALOOLL , Dak. , January 10. Tha Mnnito. ba depot with the elevator , containing 15,000 , bushels of grain , was burned ! last night. A uectlon hand wl | j wai hlaeplnff ia the elevator was creuutul. A J 0,000 Oliui-lliklilo Gift , CiNris.NATi , January 10. The will of the late Andrew Krkeubeckermalioj a bequest of 810,003 to the German I'rateUint orphan asy lum at Mt , Auburn In this city. Ttiu estate is estimated at $100,0,0. Death of Oftpt , uhurlcrf , GrriKVA , N. Y. , January 11Oapt. . Cbarlei W. Folgur , the only ion of tbe Uta secretary of thu trebury , died of consumption In this city tbti morning , aed10 yean ) . FOBEiCiJ MEWS. Prospccls of a PeaccM SetlleineDt of the EgyDllan Letters From Gordon Saying , -j. . Khartoum is All Eight , Counterfeit Notes of the Bank of England in Circulation , Arrival of More French Troops in China. 'King ' Fovci" Helping the Chi nese by Decimating the Froh'oh , Mr. ; GlrulBtotio'H Retirement Earth- qiinko Klddcu Spain KaoHon ntul it ml the Confjo Conference. FOHKION NR\VS. Special Tolog/nm to TnnllKE. MR. CI.Ar > STO.V'S uKTIltKMKST. LONDON , January 11. As for the cabinet minors no smaller game than tha premier him self Is hurt now. Hia BOII'S epepch to hia ieuants about hia father's approaching retire ment gives the point to the stoiies , darkly whimpered before , about intrigues going on to [ > ut Lord HaHingtou in thn premiership and : ho reorganization of the cabinet on u semi-jingo I > > HIB by thu retiiemeut of Glad stone , Lord Granville , Loid Derby and Chamberlain. It seems certain that thu thing could not ha done and that the mongrel ministry would not survive the fust week of tao session if it was done hut all the as ma the story haa an army of believers. It U known that Gladstone is in the moat depressed Rtata of mind about ICgypt , not as to the success of Lord Wo'soley s operations , but as to the continental combination at Cairo , It is a Nemesis of wanton invasion and butchery of the trembling Fellaheen , of bungling palace intrigues , of scandaloui misadministration - administration and of bloodshed in the nixmo of the bondholder * _ which leads to insomnia at llawardun and dictates the almost piteous declaration through hia son of the right of old Kgo to rest. Like nn ad vane 3 _ on the quick- sanda every step nines the oiiginal criinu of the bombardment has mido England's prob lem In Kgypt more hojislcealy complex , until now , when Europe is disposed to demand the solution , Gladstone is absolutely at a loss to know what to do. "KINO FEVER" KIM.ING TUB FUKNCII TROOPS. Special telegram to the Bet > . LONDON , January 117 The opinion is rap idly growing that n formal declaration of war by Prance against China Is imminent. It ia al'o certain that the Chinese are deliberately following the advlco given to them by "Chi ne 10" Gordon many yoari ago. The general's advice was to avoid pitchtd battles , but to maintain a vigorous guyrllla warfare , leaving the rest tn ' 'King 1'ver. . " Lattcrs from pri- vata soldiers of trie Freiicirarniy in Tonfjum and Formosa to their fiicnds in France indi cate that the fever king la proving the must effective ally of the Chinese. Letters report aun'armiog ' aniount'ofAaitkneeH with nn ap palling rnto of ntoitiflity among the unac climated troops , . iSf , PROSl'ECTS Ol' A SETItEMENT OP THE QUKSJ1ON. _ ' Special telegram to THE HER. PAHIS , January 11 The icply of M. 1'erry to Lord Grauvillo concerning Kgypt is very contradictory. It is firmly believed here tint it will lead to now projiisitiuns from the Eng lish cubinet-upoii whicn'will bo based pacific and permanent settloirfent of the Egyptian Question. There has be'en ' in consequonca a general tise on the Hoarse. CONCKRNINa I1YNAM1TK11S. LONDON , January 10. The police have re ceived information thatsimultanoous attempts are about to be madu by dynamiters to blow up the Holburn viaduct cud Alauei'in house railway stations. Expresl precautions are beingtaken at both ootnts , and all luggage is scrutinized with extreme care. GENERAL BTKWAHT ON TIIK MAltd ! . General Stewurt will start from G nkdul Monday with 2,000 men to march to Metem neh on the Nile , near Shendv. The Ameer of Sangara , Mahdi's lloutenarifj-cpposed to General oral .Stewart , has hern reinforced by Mboi sent by Osmn Digna from the eastern Soudan. Th ° BB reinforcomcnts raise his number to 8COO men. The odds thus presented nra not considered more formidable than existed at thu battle of Teb and Tammeib a little less than ono year ago. JEWISH KKFCGEKH. A telegram from Tangier enys a crowd of Jewish refugees from Dcmnat has been driven from thmr houses and have arrived there and presented to foreign consul a memorial in which they state that the governi r instigated the policu to rob their warehouses and bhop , then bastinadoed and imprisoned them in fmtld dungeons , and afterward taking a ran- pom for their liberation. It is alleged the Moors murder the Jmvs nt pleasure. Math" uws , American minister nt Tangier , sent ; t letter to the Sultan of Morocco , asking the governor to bo removed. Thu grand vizier seplled , charging thu 'Jews with fomeiitinp rebellion , and stated a popular outbreak and massacre of the Jews was threatened. Karl Uranyillu has ordered thu ISritisn minister Tangier to remonstrate with the sultan. The second batallian of thu Sus ex regiment has been ordered to proceed from Malta. CONVENTION Ol' IBISII llISHOrS. At the approaching convention of the Irish bishops at Itome , the. question as to whether the luthops of Ireland are to obey Archoisho ) McCabe , and keep entirely aloof from politics or follow the lead of Archbishop Croku nnc I'arnell , will bo determined , IIt. HCIIAHl'EKMANN. TIIK HAGUE , January 10. Dr. Schaefer- innnn , thu political leader of the Catholics in the Netherlands , lias issued n declaration In favor of absolute liberty In education. He would have the state exercise no control be yond tha examination of teacbeis , JAl'ANKHK INTEIll'KHKNCK , SHANOIIAI , January 10. The Japanese gov eminent appears toiender the settlement ol peace in Core a and has protested against the conveyance of ths captured king to Slnug- liai , ' 8 AHA mjlNUAKlT. : ) I'AHIH , January 10. Saraliornhardt wil sell her present residence and furniture by auction acd go intp a smaller house , She ha > settled n part of her income en her creditors librnlmrdt has enteredjnt a contract to writ ) the 1'uris correppondenoa for several foreign newipt-pera. J , KDITOIl ATTACKKI ) . PARIS , January IflC L Dues , editor of the ( tri Ui I'ieuple , who WM attacked by the Bal lerch brothers ths othep night , and who dan Kerously wounded tlfein , tias been rfileated from arrest. HAIITIIO.UAKK nniniiN HI'AIN. MADIIID , January .10. Several earthquaki shocks were felt yeetfrday at Torrox , twenty live miles east of Muhga. Pioiurcs were made In llio earth by the shock. Kartbiuuke hotka were felt again to-day a' ' Malaga. The village of Grevcjir has been remove.i Jwdily sixty feet from ju formtr locatirn nm Is within u seini-drcularcreaie sixty feetdtep. The hauMii in the village are thought to l > e greatly damaged , but Lave not fallen. The governor of GibralUr has scut 2,000 teats t the placn. King Alfonso and utto started on a tour to Loja , Am too , Gran&Ua and Malaga , thence along the coatt , visiting thu tn\yn which suf fered most eeyeu-Iy from tlio earthquake. The royal party received an oration upon etaitirg from the capital. The exK-nte of r building Allinira will bo defrayed by a votoof thu corle . The king took with him $18,200 , rained in London , to distribute in the villaga if Grevojarand for those houseless in Anda lusia , MOI1K NEW WAR SHIPS TOR EXOI.ANH. LONDON , January 11 The ndmtrality hat invited tenders to tlio ship builders of llclfast tor the immediate construction of six crutscts. COVNTKni'KlT HANK OK KNOLAN1) ) NOTRS. LONDON , January 11 , The Hank of Kng * lacd notilitd the various banking home ) .hroutjliout the country Hut there are In cir culation perfect Imitations of ita notes in de nominations of from five to five hundred pounds' A number of fifty pound notoj are ' n circuHtion on the continent ami in Ameri- ; . The bjgu < notes are supposed to be the work of American countortiitcrF. KHARTOUM AM. IIIOIIT. LONDON , Jnnurry 11. It is officially stated .hat n mcssougtir arrived at Khnriaum on the 27th ult. , bearing a letter from General \Voltcly to General Gordon. The mosseugci oft Khartoum ou the 2Sth , but was captured tnd beaten. All the papers entrusted to him .iy Goteral Gordon were tnkon , with the ex- : eption of a small note , which was sown iu lis clothes , and which said that all was well > t Khartoum. The messenger says lie saw ivo steaiiers with troops. They were enRaged - Raged In seizing supplies for the Khartoum parrisoii. 'Ilia messenger returned to Korti on foot by way of bayuda , MORK FIIKXC1I TROOl'H IN CHINA. J'AIUM , January 11. General Uricre do r/islo / telegraphs from Tonquln ID General " .ewal , nnniiuuciiig the arrival of ! l,200 rein * 'orcomonts , in the best of health and ppiiits , " nut states that they would match upon lAllgHOll. * A .MUCH NEKDEi ) UtPROVKMCNT. ROME , Januaty 11. The state has adopted jy a vote of Ifi to 21 a bill forthusanitary im- irovcmi'iit of Naples. A million of francs vill bo expended duting the next ten week * , nd the government will superintend the work nd guarantees the new city loan , Minister ! Hasson nmltho Con o Con- foroncc. Special telegram to THE BEK. UKIILIN , January 10. Minister Kassou in'an ntcrview gave the following poiutu regarding lis participation in tha Congo conference as .ho . American representative , which has led to so much criticism : "The recent comments of f the Now Yosk press on the participation of .ho . United States in the African conference and respecting the conference has caused aomo amazement among those familiar with the : nct9. One New x"ork journalist , George William Curtis , in Harper s Weekly , speaks of a congrest to regulate the interior dlapoai- tion of another continent ; also of a proposi tion to guarantee | the inviolability the for eign territory. " Whan Kasson's attention was called to those articles hi ; eald they wera void of all foundation ; in fact , no such propositions liavo been mads or even suggested in the con ference. The United States plenipotentiary could never consent to such proceeding , and a single government could defeat It if offered. It is , In fact , outside of the sphere of the conference ferenco and its action. Not a soldier , or sailor , or a dollar of the United States is or can be pledged directly or indirectly for use in Africa. Not a boundary , or a post , or an aero of tha territory is or can ba Disposed of in Africa by the conference. It is not oven in discussion that a guaranty by the United States in any form or any subject exists or will bo permitted to eiiat. It is simply a question of equal tights of commerce and civilization to bj conceded by the possessory powers to the non-possessory powers and people ple in the interest of the future peace and de velopment of the country. It is not a congress , but a conference , having no final authority , and whoae action h.ai no force until approved by the homego ] vernmenta , and its action so faris especially in the interest of the non-poaseoaory and cojntrles. Each non-colonizing govern ment pledges only itself to respect the princi ples adopted , not to rnako.otbcrsrcspectthem. It willbeconclusively plainsays K8S3onwhen the correspondence shall bo published , that the American policy , instead of having been mnb rrasied , has been strengthened by the American participation in the settlement of questions of common interest for all. There is nu pretense of binding anybody except the governmnnts which Blull voluntarily uccept the declaration ol the conference. The conference - ferenco Is ashnriniesi to the American tradi tional policy as " was the Helgian conference upon the Scheldt navigation , that of Paris upon tbo international policy , or that cf Washington upon the prime meridian ; in all which the United States took a part and two of which were aisembled at their request. A New Irish Movement , CINCINNATI , January 10. A new movement in Irish affaira will be inaugurated to-m ji row by the publication of two lettii1. ! ou the Irish question , ono from Hon. J. P. Carbery , n prominent merchant , to Major John liyrne , a well-known railroad man , and late vice presi dent of the Irish National League of America , asking Major Byrne to institute a fund for the payment of the Irish momhers of parliament , Tha other is Major Byrne's reply , proposing the organization of an "American Irith Par liamentary club , " by which twenty thousand persons in Ameilra will pay § 5 per annum each toward paying the Irish members in par liament so long as the constitutional metltoils nx conducted by Parnell are maintained. Maj Byrne , In a forcible manner , asks the Americans and the moro Influential class ol the Irish race in America to interest them- eelves in the movement , which ho thinks wil lift the Irish question to a higher piano and place it beyond personal or political use ir this country. These gentlemen , because ol the alleged control uf the nntioual league by secret , oath-bound organizations , have with drawn from that body. Kuguno Kelly , u banker of Now York , will have custody of the funds , The prominence and standing c f these gentlemen has given significance to the jnove- inent , Everything of an illicit character is condemned and fidelity to American citizen shin and the moral law is advocated. It i1 said that many prominent Americans am leading men of Irish blood in this country are encouraging the movement , bolievinp that ir lifewyearj the parliamentary struggle wil' give bolf-govcrnment to Ireland , Carry I ut : the War into Africa. BEIILIN , January 10 Commander Knorr , of the German tqundron on tbo west coast o ! Africa , telegraphs that the corvettes OJga and ISismarck arrived at Cameroons Decem ber 18 , and landed 330 men , and four guns because cause the natives of Hlckorv town and IMJBK townhad expelled King Boll and threatens ) the inn-chants that tliuy were going to burn Hickory town , Thu troop ) met witl little resixtanco and then attacket Bt-lltown to rescue thu German agent 11 err Pantarius , The troops landei at this point under a lieavj iiro and immediately stormed the hill. Ono waa killed and sevrr.il wounded , Sixty men held the plateau two hours against -100 mor firing from bush. When tha supports nrrlvei they utormed and burned Foaatown , Meanwhile while the imtiveB murdered Hcrr Pantarius SiiU'equent to thesu engaftomonts , the cruUerx bombarded Hickory town. No further outbreak - break occurred. Tuc Explosion nnrt Two Men Killed PmsiiDim , January 11. The Dispatch's Ivllz&betli , Pa. , special eayo ; liy the uxplo uion of her lioiler the steam tug Mike Dougherty was completely demolished near hero at ten o'clock to-day. Two of the crew were killed and six others were badly hurt. Thu boat had put ashore near Bellevue land ing to make repairs to soina part of the machinery that had broken down and the explosion occurred while eho lay thero. The force of the explosion mult have been terrific. The hull lies in thallow water near thn shore half exposed uid one hide blown iff. The entiio upper works nro blown olT. Fragments of the machinery and fixture * lay scattotcd all n'ouud on the rround and many of thorn hr.d blown far Into the river , j n hero they either stnk or floated elf. Iho I boiler which burst lifs a iliatterod and bat * tcrrd wreck fifty yards up along the hor. . Tin- other , but llttlo inline I , was blown for up the bank wh-ro it rolled backward Into the river , rind 2CO yards down the ihotes lie * the pilot wheel and n section of the hurricane drck , while up the hill side and far back from the river lies the pilot house stovi1. The smoke stack waa blown entirely over the hill , at leait'JOO feet high and lies in the hollow half a inilo away , The engineer had n nar row escape from bleeding to death from an nrlery eoverod In his neck , otherwise ho was not hurt , but Is in great mental anguish. The wrecked steamer was a tug boat t f the f crow propcllf r order , "I foot 1 up , 17 feet wldo and drawing six feet four inch ° n. She was owned by the lltown coal firm ol Pittsburg , was three yoara old ; her equipment was the very best in every particular , and well posted river men put her value nt 810,000. Sha it a complete vreck. Bnturday's Flrcn , Sionx CITV , January 10. Tha lots l > y last light's fire , to Dr. Hodcrlck on building S10- 000 , insurance , . ? ; ! ,000 ; to Schulclu Bros. , on toro SS.OOO , Insurance $5,000 ; to Chailcs Broun SS.OOO ; insurance 81,000. The total oss Is SfiO.OOO , insurance , 531,000. The loss Is , bout equally divided bctweon tha other inns , BALHWINSVIU.K Muss , , January 10. A110- aot , four-story building , occupied as a chair aclory by Smith , Day & Co. , and by George :5rcoks : , was burned to the ground at ! o'clock his morning , with its contents. Loss , $30.- ) IH' ' ; insurance , 612,000. fifty workmen nro ' .hrown out of work. CINCINNATI , January 10 : A fire this morn- n thu building of Martin , between Main and Twcfth streets , and did gn > t damage to the structure end contents. Loss , S-UOCO. In sured , I'IRE AT OAI.ENA , CHICAGO , January 11. The Dally NOWB , aloua , Illinois : J. 1' . SchmohPs wholesale Iry goods store was burned laet night. Lessen on the stock SSS.COO , on the building 510,000 Insurance about 823,000. The Earthquake lUiliiH , MADBIU , January 10. King Alfonso and suite started on a tour to Lajo , Albania , jrannda , and Malaga , thence along the coast , visiting the towns which suffered moat severe ly from the earthquake. The royal party re ceived an ovation upon starting from the cap ital. The cxpensu of re-building Alhama will bo defrayed by a vote of the cortes. The kind took with him S1S.2GO raised in London , to distribute in the village of ( ! neve jar and for these who nro houseless in Analusia. The village of Guovojar has been moved bodily sixty feet from its former location and is within a semi-circular crevasse sixty feet deep. The houses in the village , though greatly damaged , have not fallen , The gov ernor of Gibraltar has sent them two thousand tenta. The California LiORislatnrc. SACRAMENTO , Col. , January 10 , The dead' lock which exists in the state sonata will probably be broken when the scnato recon venes on Monday , by the republicans voting with the "read-outs" for Knight. The senate consists of twenty democrats and twenty re publicans. Pivo senators who word road-out of the democratic party at the Into demo cratic convention . .Insist that .Knight , ono ol their number , ho elected'speaker pro tern. The ether democratic members , known ni "straight-outs , " refuse to vote for them , which causes the'doad-lock. On a party tie the ballot of the chairman would cast the deciding ciding- vote for tliu democrats. "Will It CH n inc. PlTTsncRO , Jtnuary 10. Carnegie Bros , to Co , will resume in all departments , giving em ployment to several hundred men. McKrusroRT , Pa. , January 10. The No tional Tuba Works will resume operations on Monday. There will bu n general reduction of 10 per cent in all departments of the workf , which employ 2,530 men. Failures. . , January 10. The Farmers bank , of Klizabethtown , this county , closet its doors to-day. ST. Long , January 10. The Scarrett carpet pot company's stock waa levied upon to-day under an execution on a confessed judgemenl of Sli./JOO. / A Dynamite Scare , LONDON , January 10. The police receive ! information that simultaneous attempts are about to bo made by the dynamiters to blow up Holburn viaduct and the Mansion House railway stations. Extra precautions are being taken at both points. All luggagu is scrutin iml with extreme care , Another Urokoii Uanlr. LANCASTER , Pa , , January 10. The Farm er's bank of Klizabethtown , this county closed its doors to-day , owing tn a run upsi it. Tiie bank is owned by Kady , who yester day confessed "judgment to the amount ol 520,000. Liabilities 880,001) , assets un known , but the depositors will probably lese heavily. Favoring the Spanish Treaty. NllwYoitK , January 10.--A petition it favor of the Spanish treaty addreescd to thu committed on foreign reflations of the sonalo is being circulated among tbu merchants am manufacturers of this city. Already it has received a great number of eigoature-i from prominent tirrrs and representative housoa in all branches of trado. Tnlio Wurlc Itcfliimc , McKEKsroRT , Pa. , January 10.Tho Na tional tulio works will resume operation Mon day. There will bo a general reduction of 1C per con t in all derailments. Tha , works cm ploy 2,030 hands. Rheumatism Wo doubt If there h , or can ho , a spcclfi , remedy for rheumatism ; hut thousands who liavo suffered Its pains h.ivo been greatly hen- rflt'cd by Hood's Barsaparllhi. If you have failed to find relief , try this great remedy. "I was allllclcd with rheumatism twenty years. 1'rcvlous to 18831 found no relief , hut grew worse , and at ono time was almost JicljH less Hood's Barsapiu-illn did mo more good than all the cither mcdlclno I ever had. " H. T. HAI.COM , Shirley Village , Mass. "I had rheumatism thrco yearn , and got no relict till Itook , Hood's Karsaparllla. It has done great things for mo. I recommend It to others. " LKWIS IluitiiANK , lllildcford , lie. Hood's Barsaparllla is cliaraetcrl7.nl 1 } three peculiarities : 1st , the combination ot leiiivdlul agents ; 2d , the proportion ! 3d , tlif firGcc.ii of securing tbo active medicine ( jualltlc.H. The result Is a mcdlclno of unusuj strength , effecting cures hitherto unknown Send for book containing additional evidence , "Hood's Knrsaiiarilla toncn up my cystcm , [ iilillic.s my blood , ( tharpDiismyanpftlfu , iuio w-eiiis to inaku mu over. " J. ] . TjlOMl-aoN , Itcglster ol Uceds , Lowell , Mass. "Hood's Harsajiarllla lioats all others , and worth Its weight In gold. " I. IIAUKINOTO.V , IM Hauls Ktruct , Hew York City. Hood's SarsaparHIa Hold by all druggists. H ; six for 45. cnly by 0.1. HOOD Si CO. , Lowell , Mass. > IOODo8osQno PHELAN'S PLEA. The DyDamitors Fail Upon Each fliter \Vith \ Koivcs and Blinlgcons , . ? ho Career of. Pholan and His Would-Bo Assassin , Positive That lie Waa the Vic tim of n Conspiracy , His Trip to Europe In Behalf of F , J , Sheridan , What the Results of That Trip Were , 'onnoclloii AVI th Irish | DynnmlturH In Tliolr Attempts to Dcstrpy Proper i y. TH13 OAU9K OP TIIK IIUTOIIHRY. AI'TAIN 1'HKr.AN , TUB 1KI8II AOITATOH , I.IKV.Lt TO ItKCoVKIl. NKW YoilK , January 10. Hichard Short , vho ntahbud Capt. I'holan yottcrday in O'Douovan KOEH.I'S ollico , was arraigned in court to-day. Ho appeared calm and collcc- ed. Ho was remanded to await the result < if Phelan's injuries. At the hospital the physi cians said 1'holan'a condition5 had improved inco midnight , and it was barely possible 13 might recover. There were very few now dovclopoments nado to-day. O'Donnovan Hasan la reticent when approached on the mibjoct. Mayor T. B. liullono , of Kansas City , a friend HiclnnV , called on him to-day. The condition of C * ; ain 1'helnn continued to Improve. John T. Kuilly had a conversation with him. 1'helan said to him , hu came here to explain cer tain matters to Hossa about an inter view In llio Kanaas City Journal , lie now aoliovos hu was deliberately entrapped into ' bo murdered. "Tom " lloafa'a office to , aald llcilly , "when I saw yoivin Kansas you were always too quick with your pee to bo caught on a snap ; why did you let them catch yon this way ? " ' 'I didn't get time , " returned 1'helnn , "and besides , tno room was eo small and the attack ao Budden that I couldn't get my pistol out. " lleilly said to a reporter that lioknew Pholan well in Kansas City in 1872 , wlum ho once prevented him from lighting duel with a man named McCaffrey lie said that , while I'holan was a man of spirit and quic to act if aroused , yet ho would tnko n at deal of abuao before getting angry. IVANSAS CITT , January 10. The wife of Captain Phelan left this morning for Now York , to join her husband. Shu boars the trial with great fortitude , I'liolan Ia described as a man of remarkable courage , quick tem- ucr and fond of notoriety , At ono time ha traveled about the country giving exhibitions of bis skill as a marksman. His visit to New York was the result of a recent interview , published hero , but opinions differ aa towhoth- , er ho wont in rosponuo to summon ; , or for purposes of his own. It la generally nuppoieil , however , thatthcro was somo.misunderatand- intc regarding the interview , ho desired to clear up. The interview with Cniitain 1'holan pub lished in the Journal of this city , December 21 , ia devoted chiefly to the relation of a plot to blow up a steamer and a description of the manner of manipulating n dynamite machine ; . The story told by Thclon is substantially as follows : "In June , 1883 , ho made a voyage to Europe to secure information which would prevent the extradition of P. J. Sheridan , the Irish agitator , and hia removal to Kpgland. IIo visited Paria and accomplished 1m mis sion. Meanwhile , however , the llrititli gov ernment abandoned the elicit to extradita Sheridan and the matter wai dropped. Con tinuing the story Phcian said , before leaving Now York he mot a number of Irlstt agitators , among them John P. Kearney , who blew up the Caledonian railway station nt Glascow , and afterwards escaped to America. 1'hclan eailod to Belgravia and Kearney was to follow three days later in the Queen , and thov were to meet in Kdinlmrg. I'helan asked Kearney why ho had not carried out the plot. The latter replied that ho had placed a sullicleiit quantity of dynamite to blow up the pyramids in the vessel'ti hold , but when she got to Liverpool she anchored in the dtream , the pneBCiigore were taken elF in a tender. Kearney was not permitted to go into the hold , to came away leaving In the vessel fifteen pounds of dynamite , which would prob ably explode two weeks Inter and imperil hun dreds oflivoj. Phelan then determined to go to Liverpool and warn the officora nd learned they had received a cable message from Now York fifteen rnlnutea after the vessel landed describing the plot. which led to the dlncovery of the explosive and saving the vessel. Pliolan re mained n day or two iu Liverpool aware that lie was being constantly shadowed by duteo- tivoa. Ho w B approached by Inspector Mash of Liverpool , Head Constable Murphy of Ireland , and also Mr. Jenkinum , who had charge of the criminal ( prosecutions in Ire land , all of whom tiied to get him into thu service of the government. They told him the names of Hevoral pretended patriots who \vcru working for the government and ho began - gan to HOO how the authoritioa secured Bomu of their information. Hu could no conjoc- tnro how they discovered thu Queen plot , an Kearcey said it was known only to Kosea , Kearney and hiuifaelf. Hi' supposed eom i ono droppeU upon Kearney's pinna In Now York , Concluding his narrative , Phelan said ho was finally permitted to leave Liverpool. When 1m arrived at Glasgow ho found his valise had been broken open and Kuarchi-d , done , ho thought , by a man who in troduced himself in Edinburgh aa Jamea Pow ers , and whom Phelnn bolloved waa a liritieh detective , whs had shadowed him from New York and endeavored to get into his confi dence , Kearney had to lay very low , but Phelan finally succeeded in getting him out of Kngland by < liFgul iiig hiin elf as Kearney und throwing the oll'icei * elf the track , Tha captain also described the mechanism of the deadly battery. The machine in simple , but works with fat l precision , It consists of a reservoir of acid which drop upon a tuba enveloped in sheets of tisaua paper. It takes a inln- nto for the acid to oat through each hheet of paper. When the lat > t sheet is eaten through the acid inns down the tulmand upon the percueaion cap beneath , and then thu ex plosion follows. The machine is noiseless ami almost infallible is its working a terrible in jury. Speaking of himself , thu captain aaid1 , ho was a dynamiter , out-and-out , belonged to tholiinh national eociety mid WAS obedient to their call , having1 participated In many of their plots for terrorizing the Ktiglioh govern ment. Hu determined to return to Liverpool and save thu "Queen , * ' In order to protect thu lives < jf hundreds of people , who would fail en the next voyage , many of these his own race of men , women and children , going to join friends in America WASHINGTON , Januajy 10. Capt. Phelan , of Kansas City , stabbed yesterday in O'Don- evan Jtoesa's office , was lieutenant of thu cap- I to ! police hero during the -IGth coi green. 1 1 o held the position two or three years , but when the Kansas City district became republic * ! ! ho lost his position and returned to Kanioa City. Siuco hu left Washington rumors reached here of his connection with the dyna miters. It was at cue time taid ho had gene to England on a dynauilto expedition , and thlsiH thu trip refeirod to in hia interview published in the Kansas City Times , NcwYOitK , January 11. Cupt , Thomas Phelan continues to improve , but wtx unablti to attend court to day.