THE FOUIITEEISTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , TUESDAY HOE-XING - , JANUARY III1885. . NO. 177. LINCOLN. Spicy pisDatCuts From the Capital of Nebraska , MoArdlo Boasts That Ho is Going to Make Money. roup , of Douglas , Beoeives His Moss of Potago. The Grand Army of Claims Fool Very Jubilant , And the School Land Sharks Feel Comfortable ; The HallrondH Hnvo .18 Good a WorktiiH Mojorlly JIH They \Vnnf. \VAIClNa UP Special Telegram to TUB BKB. LINCOLN" , January 12. It takes kittens nine day.s after they mo born before they got tlioir yo9 open , but tlicro la no lulling how long , it will take bcforu thia legislature will have full UBO of ita eyes nud cars , Somu of them arc just beginning tolilinlc. Llko n ship load of omigrnntH landed In CnstloiGnrdcn , most of the.-te Nebraska simpletons were awfully green and credulous , No sooner had they struck the Lincoln depot than they were tenderly cared for by a gam ; of political sharps and railroad cappoiH who took it upon themselves to show them the way and BOOH trapped them with their snares. An appeal from 1'eter drunk to 1'otor sober is seldom clfoctivo unices Peter is n decant and honest mau at the outset. I know enough about human nature to feel nsmred that many of the members in both houses whb have gone aitray , and have been betrayed in the organ ization of this legislature , feel very keenly tha jutt rebuke that has been adinmisteicd. They mean to do right , and propose to make oinoncla for _ their blunder as far as they can. And tlicro is tha rub. When n woman has gone astray aho never recovers her lost virtua. No matter what the repentant legislative greenhorns may do they cannot remove the barrier which the jobber and monopolist in the speaker's chair has placed upon whole- eonio legislation through 'packed committees. Tlicro is another group in this legislature which cannot plead the baby act. They cnmu down hero with deliberate intent to put them selves in the market and they care precious little what the papers Bay or what the people think about their conduct. A majority of these rogues have been hero before. Like the fox of the fable who lost his tail in the trap and wanted nil the other foxes to dispomo with theirs , these brazen bribetakers hardly attempt to conceal their mercenary intentions nnd they gen erally try to nuke themsolvoi useful to the jobbers and monopolioj by turning stool pigeon and decoying other members into shameless bargains. I will cite an instance that came under my personal observation. The honorable Patrick MoArdle has hudn taste of UmouPatifio flesh-pots through a Col orado sandstone paving contraot. Ho boasted to one member from thia county since his elec tion that ho was going down this tinio to make some money. Last Monday when the Omaha train came in with a portion of the Douglas dclagation , MoArdlo was on hand at the depot , lie pounced upon Mr. Whittnoro nnd confidently informed him that Mr. Urunnor , another member from JDouglaa , was waiting for him at the Commer cial. Whitmoro is not much of a , simpleton , but ho Iwd no reason to mistrust McArdle aud followed him , to the hotel , where Me- Ard'o ' conducted him to the room in which ISr tinner was said to he waiting. Mr. Whit more wni decidedly Ukon back when he found himself closeted in Mr. Kield'a room with the bland and child-like Torn Kenuard , who at once endeavored to convert him to the support of the jobber nnd monopolycandidate. Meantime McArdle had hunted up limn- IIT in the hotel and sought to drag him into the Kennard-r'ield oil rojm on the pretcrse that Whitmoro was there waiting for him. McArdle lini boon placed where ho can do the ooat Rood on the committees. Now that the jobbers are fairly entrenched in both houses they will begin their raid on the state treasury through all sorts of benevo lent schemes. However disagreeable the task may b ? , I propose to koap the state fully in formed about their operations. If the legis lature is bound to play into tha hands of these brigand * they will have to do it with their oycj opon. Special telegram to Tin : BKK. LINCOLN , Janf&vnl'j , 12 a. m. The com- 'initioDs have been announced bSpeaker Field. Thn chairmanship of all important committee ? hive been bestowed up upon that cUss of supporters who can bo safely trusted to expedite tha jobs and scheme * of plunder aud retard all legislation for the relief of the people from monopoly extortion. Troup ot Douglas , has received his rneis of patage in tliu chairmanship on judiciary. It is safe to predict that nobody but himself will remem- bnr anything about that oxa ted position six months hence ; but nobody ia likely to for get the bargain which bound him to tin support ot .Field in defiance of what ho knows to be public interest and the sentiment cf all the majority of his constituent" . Pat rick McArdel has been made cnmmitteo on claims , aud ho commences hid career as gen- tral claim broker to-day by introducing u bill to pay the claim of Put O. Hawoa with nuch nil expert financier as in the whole at tha head of the eomtulttoa on claims. The graud army of claimnnti naturally feel very jubiltmt , nnd AlcArdel and Troup are the only members from Douglas county who have- chairmanships , the school land sharks leol rather csii'fortahlo and Bafo with John 1) , Wright , of Lancaster , as chairman of the public building andland committee and Kuley , of Webster , Is chairman of the com inittve on school lamb , Kaloy and John Lee of I'lirims , havabeeu sandwiched into nil the Important committees in ivhich the railroads and the robbers have any interest Kalcv id very respect iblo but his relations to the liur- lingtim road maku him a info man for lioss rttout aud the Glen Kendall gang to tie to The chairmanship of the coir.mittoa on rail- mads wai given to Holmes , of Pierce couutr. Holmes wad fortunately a resident of Lincoln and a partner of FxiloB , the railroads feel just a safe with him at they would be with thorn- solves. They have as good a working ma jority of thii committee as they had two years ago , Nettltitou was sandwiched with this committee with two or three others from four to five fold , the clnnco to pretend that they wore not all one way , Nettleton , who Is a farmer , was made chairman of the commit tee on cities nnd town * , of which he knows very little , which show * that the speaker can lia Kucaitic. The only democrats that have been appointed to chairmanship are Adam * and Heimech both ol these may be safely put down .for everything that the railroad bows and manipulators o this work want. Peterson , of Hurt , was thrown a sop In the thaue of a chairmanhhlt tn printing ( or hU vnta in favor of Field. Some people put a hijdi price on themselves aud Ilia senate after transacting eoinu impor tant buniuoai adjourned until to-morrow morn ing when the f uunte fomnan will annuunc hid noinniittea appointments. General a rant,1 Friends. NKW YOIIK , January 12. Tha followln statement made by a friend of General Gran makes clear the action taken to protect th cncral and why the movement for raising the unds was stopped : "Two or three week ago hero appeared to bo danger of a sheriffs sala f General Grant's ulllcinl commissions , words , inrrtnl.4 , souvenirs from foreign coun- lies , and other precious pcrtonal effects , tearing of this nnd what appeared to be sure videnco before them that the danger of euth Mo was imminent , ( nmo cf General Grant' * riendj revolved to protect these historic nnd roasurcd objetcs mid alto hit other personal fleets by buying them nt their npjtraisod val- mtinn , or nt such ( tale If opportunity offered , 'hey would have furnished the money for h t purpi so. -"In looking Into the legal pnints of the case t was contemplated that tha sln wa * n rlomlly notion on the put of Mr Vnnelerhllt o obtain n legal title free from any fuither lot , nndaftsr acquiring po'seasion , tn pre- rrve such personal elfects an I souvenirs for Jenenil Grant. In view of thase facts nud f n tatter from General Grant to Gyms W. 'iild further action If > the matter was- roppo' ) . The generous offer of Vnndorbilt Juit nndo known , preaf rvcs the objects it wna the mrposc of Geucral Grant'a other friends to uottct. " VOUUIUN NKWS. HRVHnK OAI.K ON TIIK niUTlSIt COAST. LONDON , January 12.A severe gilo jiro- vails along the whole .British coast. IJis- mtches from points where the telegraph llnrs lave not been prostrated report n number of cssclj wrecked and many lives lost. ODTDIIEAK IN CASirOlHA. PAUIS , January 12. Advices from Campo- lia say that the outbreak in that country is ory berious. The king'i brother In at the lead of the insurgents who oo far have been uccesiful in ntUcks on the French reinforce- nent * for the latter are enroute from Saronn. t is suspected tliat Chlneso Intrigue is at the ) < > ttom of the uprising. lOllIlim.K C11UELTIE8 INFLICTED OX A SAit.on. LONDON , January 12. There w a n crowded court room at the ro-examtnalion of ccond Mate Kauschier and linatswnin roelplu fur the alleged murder of Seaman unson , while on n voyage from San Francisco o Liverpool. It H suspected that Jnnsen was penniless nnd sick , nnd had joined the crew or the sole purpose _ nf pecutiDg a pissago to urcpo. Jacsen's innbi ity to work wus ro- cntod pa n piutonso to shirk tasks. His oath , which occurred nt sen , is attributed to lie horrible cruelties inflicted mi him. Among iio many other fiendish acts charged , It was worn that .lansen was frequently tied up by lie thumbs in such a way that the tips of ills oes barely touched the deck , so that at every ock of the vessel he would bo swung from mlwark to bulwnrk , his entire weight BUS- > ended by the thumbs. Henry White , the ocond tecrotary of tha legation , watched lie case in behalf of America. SIIHH VAN ZANDTAT THEItUSSIANCOURT LONDON , January 12. Miss VnnCandt np- > oartd at the first gala concert nt the court of luisin sinci ! the aisasaiuatinn of Alexander 10d. . StatoJ that sbo achieved the groat- st success attained in llussia since the appear- ace of Pattl. The Czar personally presented Mss Vnn Xandt with a number of costly ewols , BUITISH CU8TOSI3 UNION. LONDON , January 12 The Sheffield Cham- Kr of coinmerca has scut a petition to Glad- ; ono to invite the British colonies nnd de- lendencies to send delegates to the confor- > nce nt London to consider the formation of a ustoins union , to establish tha absolute free- pin trade in the British empire nnd to con- der the conditions under winch foreign pro- uco and manufacturers i > liall bo admitted into 10 proposed liritish customs union. THE HUSH rAIUIA.MKNT. LONDON , January 12. Biggar , memrjer of > arlamont ! , had nn enthunasiio rsception at iOndondorry. Addroseing the people , Big- jar doicribed Karl Spoocer , tao loid Heuten- mt of Ireland , i a murderer , nnd declared e waa nnswerablo for the death of Myles eyes. The meeting adopted nn expression t confidence in Painell nnd resolved on niji- ntion for the establishment of the Irish par- amont. Casino Sxntlnt ; itink Scana l. peci.al telegram to Tun BEE. CHICJAOO , January 12. A scandal which as been the tubject of much gossip has frown dut of tha alleged improper conduct f one of the officials connected with the management of the Casino rollerakating rink , n the south side. The om'cial in question is iccused of taking improper liberties with ttlu girl patrons , and it Is said that eomo f the latter huvo complained to their parents , 'ho accused has been removed and his place n the board of directors of the rink made acnnt. For some'time , it ia haid , there its been a bad feeling ninong the ( rector * , and the fdends of the ecapitated officer tny that the charge was rmnporl up ngainft him by his onemloi on 10 board with the object of EC-curing his re- loval , nnd n petition has Ixii-n drawn up for ignaturea of tha patrons of the rink inking or his reiteration. There has Iven much alknbouttho affair , nnd the pre vail ing opinion s that the whole scandalgrowiut of thodesire ) f thedirectors to get rid of anobnoxlouamem- ler.thatof trutniHDgup n charge which can only iring the rink into disrepute. The Casino ink is situated on the Michigan boulevard , ind is fitted up in the most lavish style , and spatmnizod very extensively by the couth do. bslles. Onpt. i'lielan. NEW YOKK , January 12. Phelan is re- lortcd as progressing very rapidly. Most of 10 wounds in the head and chest ore being 1 ready healed. It is expected the wound Inch fractured the bone of the left arm , and IB most serious flesh wound of nil , will bo nite healed to-night. The captain's wife ar- ived to-day from Kansas City , > r. Cnrvor's Export llillo Prnctlce. NEW HAVEN , Conn , , January 12. Up to even o'clock thin morning Dr. [ Carver had red 1)25 ) shots , hitting 1930 times. Ha re- ircd tbreo hours nnd slept , his Irft wrist li.iv- wollen causing him considerable pain. At tn o'clork ho resumed. At noon the score teed 7JJOJ hits ; 12UG rniiecs , IiiniiKiirjues Her New Gov ernor. , Toi'KKA , ICas , , January 12. John A. M'ar- tin was Inaugurated governor this afternoon in the presence of the state officers and num. > of the supreme court , There will 1)3 n rand bill this evening. ItobbovSuritonccd. ST. Louis , January 12. George H. Mo- -'adden , an accomplice of | I'iviitcu ! Teller , who robbed the Pacific ICxpress company in hU city of over $100,000 , pleaded guilty ot rrand larceny to-day , and was sentenced to hreeyeors in the penitentiary. Tlio U , 8 , Ole rlriK liOSTON , January 12. The leading clearing louses of the United States report the tota clearances for the week ending January 10 , were -i,4S6,20G , an incieare of 2t,0 pel cent compared with the corresponding week o year ago. Trcnuuro Trtivo. Pnraimna , January 12. It is rumored hen to-night , that while digging a cellar at Braddock - dock , PA , , near the i-cena cf BraddockV de feat , a number t f workman ii'ieitrthed an oil chest containing gold to tha amount cf aev eral huudr'o.l thousand dollars , Striking i > Ilnerf. WiLKEsiunnE , Pa. . January 1' ' . Nina hnn dreil niiuern of the West Knii Conl com .uiv struck againit the proposed reduction of 1 cents per car for coal mined. The wages lioie tofore have Utn 09 cents per car , Passage of several Bills cf Miuor lui- Boitante. Secretary MoCullooh Favors Re duction of the Whisky Tax , Mva Lookwood Wants to Have Her Votes Counted ; Speculations About President Ar thur's ' Senatorial Candidacy. Discussion in the Senate Concern ing the Confederacy , Ilnwlcy AVnnle Its Olllcial History In AVholo or 1'art I'nb- Ilsiicil , SENATE. WASHINGTON , January 12. The chair laid leforo the tonato the resolution heretofore of- ered by llnwlpy callint ; ou the president for i copy of the historical ttati'tnent concerning ho'public policy in the oxecutlvo depnrtmtm of the confcdoratod slates filed at the \yar do- inrtinont by General Sherman. Harris said f Ilnwlcy thought that any action of the sen- nto was proper with regard to pipers or the Kiper referred to ho would not object to the : all , but if no such notion wan tube takcnllar- is would st'Q 110 objcctincallingfor the papers , 'hey were In the pussosnion of the war do- > artment and would appear in the rebellion ecord. Harris had examined the pacer * at .ho war department , they consisted of n omowhat voluminous argument b.v General Sherman on his side , of a personal issue made hrough the nowspipcr-s between himself and eirerEon Davis , llawloy had presumed the > apors would find tholr way into publicity ind he had desired n complete and not a par- ial edition published. Harris had not the lightest objection to the broadest publicity f the papers but saw no reason why they lipulduosont to the Senate to bo merely > rintod as an oxecutlvo document and then lumber there , llawley said the papers rn- atcd to tlio laet year of the war and would ot probably bo published in tlio rebellion , ecord for .a couple of years to com ? . Harris oubted the proprietor ? of calling for the Iio papers. Vest regretted the introduction f the resolution , not that ho would oppose iu hrpoet publication of the history of the onfcderate states , but bec.iuso the onato would ba making itself idirectly , at least , n party to the controversy lat waa going on in the public press. Ills eolings toward Gen. Sherman were of the lindcat character , and ha believed ho was hij icrsonnl friend. George said the controversy was a personal nebetwecn two private citizens of tbe United tates. Conger disputed Davis' right to is called a citi/.fn in any elation to Gon. Sherman , Ingalls and Sher man both characterized Davis as a conspira- .or end a traitor and it would sa read in his- , ory. Lamar said Davia was no more of a onspirator than a number of senators on the oor. At 2 o'clock the matter went over to o-inorrow. _ 'tho government has sulh'clent authority to rive those seeking homes from the Indian territory and to burn the ranches of those iu- ading Yellpwstono park. Nevertheless lese appropriating the vast areas are hoping liat the only remedy to bo used against tnem ill be the laws and delay in the courts , 'hercforo the committee has added a now ection to the house bill authorizing the pros- dent to summarily remove all obstructions md if necessary use the military power of the Tinted States. Senator Conger to-day introduced a bill uthorizing the secretary of war to negotiate or and purchase the 1'ortaga lake and river mprovement company's canal and the 1'or- aeo lake and Laku Superior ship canal. The > ill provides that the canah shall ba free water ways nfter their purchase by thoUnited tates. Senators Wilson and Mitchell intro- need a bill to increase the pensions of the idows or minor children of deceased soldiers nd sailors of the United States in the late ar from 88 to S12 par month. Mitchell's ) ill provides the fact that a soldier or sailor as u-gulnrly mustered into the Bervico shall > 3 pnma facia evidence of his soundness at mt time. The chair laid formally before the senate , ho unfinished legislative * business , being the iter-stato commerce bill , but tnis yifilded to motion for the consideration of executive flisiiieEH. The naval bill juat paswd by the louse , was first , however , laid before the Ben- to and refarred to the committi'a on appro- riatious. The executive session adjourned. "HOUSE. The speaker announced the appointment of 'crkins , Kansas , of member of the committee n river mid harbors , in place of Koblnson , of ihio , resigned. Motion of Davis , Illinois , the bill pasnod pproprialing S5lGOO ) for ths erection of a mila'ng for the use of tha appraiser in Chl- ago. ago.On motion of Koswell , the bill passed an- iiorizing the BloominRton National bank to hange its name to the Pirst National bank f Uloomington , Ills. On motion of Henderson ( Iowa ) sennto bill assed authorizing thn ( jhirnxo , St. Louis & t. Paul railway company to construct bridges cross the MitHlsiptu , one of them in Minne- otn , one between Minnesota nud Wisconsin , JJIlls wore introduced and referred : By \IcUoma ? , tenderinK thanks to Ccrnmanders jchley and Lieut. Emery nnd the oilicera and nen of their command for the reecuo of Lieut , lively nnd their turviving comrades. Uy _ George , to au'horizo the transfer of one of ho vessels of the Greely relief expedition to ho treasury department for a revenue cntter , nd the retention of the other two for use in ha navv. Tlio House went into committed on the whole ( Wileon of lown , in thn chair ) on tha oneular and diplomatics appropriation bill. A mint of order was made acainst the para- raph appropriating § 12OCO to meet the ex- > euses attendant on the executor of the leutrality acts , and the pilnt was maintained > y the chair. Cannon appealed from the da- islou , and , being of the opinion he had ben unfairly treated by the chair , raised the taint that there was no quorum on the vote , o sustain the chair's decision. No quorum > cing present , adjourned. WASHINGTON NEWS , Special telrgram to Tim BKE. WASHINGTON , January 12. The whisky nen are encouraged by their recent success in nduclog Secretary McCulloch to grant the elief refuted by congresi , nre now cautiously 'eeling their way as to the result ei introduc .og In ccogresj a bill tn have the tax reduced , lay from DO to 00 cents. Secretary McCul- rch informed a gentleman who called ujion iiim that he not only favored such a reduction uut believed tha internal revenue laws should bo amended so as to provide that the tax should nut be paid until withdrawn for con sumption. He wai of the opinion that the "hitky should remain in tha InmoYd ware houdeindetinetely and that the owner nhouli notbernriuiredtopaytax until the whiiky wai withdrawn for consumption , The knowledge tint these views a e held by the secretary has itiirtd up tin whisky iottrestto a degrco o unusual activity , and has undoubtedly beei the direct caure iu InlluenciDg them to et > l legislation at the present setslou of congress The matter Is to be canvassed thoroughly nm If their appears to ba a reasonable prubabillt of a majority in both branched of congrroH fftvrring the tcheme , It will bo pushed vigor ouily. One of the moat prominent republ can representative * from the eait uxprum the opinion that tome notici will In taken Ii the house cf Secretary McCnlloch'a action in extending the period in which whiskv may re main in bond boforti exportation. There If ! ia says , considerable feeling about the matter ami ng republican * from the eastern states which is certain to mani'ejt il elf before nuny days. Some tf sposed to criticise tin position taken in tlio Sew York ei-oatorlal light by Senator Miller. They say his coir so now in telling his frioniU privately that the bfct thing for the republic- nns to do i to elect President Arthur , U par allel tntiint followed by ths Independent rs- mbllc iis in the Chicago convention , who per- erred Arthur to lilnino , but waited until the lominntlou of the latter was inevitable before linking up tlmir minds lo votn for Arthur. . ( Rocator Miller ha i made up his mind that 10 wanted Arthur for senator ct the bctrinuiiifr. of Hi ? fight for the speakership nn i lip.d Rti'ie o work , ho , in nil probability , \\ould not bn breed into choosing n ciuidldato to sumiort vhom ho does not consider ar mcciing nil tin' rr-fiulromonts ns well M 1'ntlduat Arthur. By in crnstinatlng nnd halting ho finds that the ight lm < nsunutd such nn n ptc as to compel ho president's friends to give their support to another candidate. The house committee on rivers nud liar- ) or completed the consideration ot the river ml harbor appropriation bill , with the oxcep- lon of their mnking nn npproprintjon for the Mississippi river. That appropriation will bo considered to-morrow , nnd thu bill probably vlll be reported to the house on Tliuwdny. riio MUsi > eippi river commlss.on nskcd lor in appropriation of about SIO.'OOO.OOO. ' The nombers of the committee , however , express ha opinion that the commission will receive about S2OCOe09. ; The Missouri ilvor coin- mis ! ! oii askad for about SI.MO.OOO , but the omuiittoo's determination is to recommend an appropriation of $500,000 , Senator Van Wyck to-day submitted the cport from the senate committee on public auds to occ3inpnny the bill aho repotted by lim relating to fencing tha public lands. In ho repot t the committee ha says that without ho lo.iat authority and in open defiance of ho rights .if tha govorniucnt , Inrgunnd often- ; uno3 foreign corporations deliberately en- lo o hundreds of thousands of ncroo , closing ho avenues of travel nnd preventing the DC- umucy of lands by those seeking homes , WASiltsoios , January 12 Among the > otitions preaonted in the ecunto tvua one rom Mrs. lielva A. Lockwood , praying that : ongtess BCO that the votes cat for her ( luring : io late presidonlial olectinn bo counted. Van ' \Vyck from the committee ou public auds reported favorably v , ith amendments the loupp bill to prevent unlawful occupancy of mblic lands. The p-iucipnl amendment pro- > osod is to authorize the president to usa tlio ivil nnd military force to remove and destroy local fences , The impression is gaining ground that the [ ipolntinent of commissioner of labor statis- ct will bo loft to the next administration. The debate in the t enate on Hawley'a reso- ution WES continued to Rome loupth , aud be- ajne pretty warm before the close , The lartlcipants , in addition to Hawley , Harris , leorgo nnd Vest , were Sherman , Ingills , 3un ? er and Lamar. Vest inquired whether ; was manly to commit tha senate o nny side in n personal controversy ) avs could not be heard , Davis wag to- ay an old man , broken in fortune nnd health , ivmg among the people who honored him. lo ( Vest ) had been n member of the confed- rnta senate and frequently opposed Davis' ncnjuros , but he belioveJ , as nn overwhelm- ng majority of southern pqoplo believed , that Xivis was as trua nnd lijynl to the causa ho spoused as over was wife to husband or eligious devotee to tha God ho worshiped Mr * , aiyr.i Clark Gaines' V OHLIUNS , January 12. Tha attorney cpref ontlng Mrs. Marie Perkins , wife of W. . Evans , opened tha succession cf Myrn > lark Gaines and offered j&r iirolate the will f the date of January Sh885 , naming Mrs. Svnns administratrix of the estate. Mrs. aines leaves property In ihis state and In Vnshington City. This will the clerk stated , was in MM. Gntnes' 'handwriting. ' Soon : ter the above proceedings the attor- ey appeared in couit with another ill miming Messrs. Wilder nnd Chrittmas xecutora. The parties were astonished that 10 succession had already been opened , nnd sscrted that Mrt * . Gaines could nut writa anuary 8 , being ton il ! . 'The ' will they offered s dated January 0 , ISSDj'is in nuncupitivo orm under the private ( Ignattire , ( her mark ) ntho presence of five.'V.ollknown . ' citizen-- ho signed as witnesses , and after rraking n ew bequests to others _ Mrs. Gaines wills fier state to be divided etmally b3tween her six rrnud children. Another Dynamiter In Troublo. 15ALTIMOHB , January 12. Daniel O'Neil as convicted of nn atnault with intent to : ill Michal J , lledding , who , he alleged , had > een branded as a spy nnd a traitor , nnd had > en away t'no secrets of the Irish dyna- lito party. Counsellor Roeunthal when ) 'Neil was brought into court to-day , asked or n postponement of the eeUenco , as O'Neil RS n monomaniac. As soon ns O'Neil heard 10 ( rcqueit ho sent for Roeenthal. When Kit cfiitiriiinn appeared iu front of the lock- [ ) O'Neil hurled a bottle containing liquid nt im ; the bottle broke on the grating door and everal pieces of broken glass ftruck Boson- inl , cutting him badly. O'Ntil was hand- ulfed and taken back [ to jail by several BIr. Ulclmrd Short's Antcclcntb. ! LONDON , January 12. Richard Short , who made the attack on Phelan , was suspected by 10 Iiish police to have been canncctod ith the Cork dynnmito conspiracy. irheii FeatborstonoVwas nrreatcd in Mnrch , > 83 , Short's house wna searched , Shoit lereupon went to America. His wlfo ro- Aimed to Cork sorto time ago nnd is now in 10 workhouse there , i'holan assisted Kcar- ey tn leave England when the latter was ispected of being a dynamite conspirator by 10 Glasgow police. Kearney used to ba n gnal | man on the Caledonia railroad. Ho elt his signal box just before the company's Drka and corporation gas works were rnudo 10 objects of dynamite outrage. Ho had at- ended the dyuamitejneetluRS and nesoaiattd ith Fcntherstone , TlioVanthcr. . WASIIINQTON , January 12. Upper Lake , air weather , westerly winds generally unit t- ng southerly , falling b.vomotsr , followed in ho westirn portior. by n slight rise m tern- leraturo and higher barometer , except in the lorthwest portion where It will fall. Upper MUsIsipplt fair weather and variable winds nnd colder m the southern portion , slightly warmer In the _ northern partlon , falling | a- ointtor in in thu northern portion end rii infj iirometerln tlio southern portion. Missouri Vnliey , warmer and fair weather ; winds shift- ng southerly. Imported Goods TJiulorv lneil. CiiiOAcio , January 12. Special Treasury \gentSwift , of this city , haa gone to New York to consult with Collector Robertson nnt > ret > ent tbo complaints of leading Importers ol .his city that there ls n systematic undervolua. Jon of imported goods t the New York CUB torn home which gives Iho enitern merchants nn unfair advantage over those of the wes where goods nre valuer ! here. The recent case of Madama Arlios will be prrs juted In the same conduction , Mtui.KllleiH Consumed. YosKKna , N. Y. , January 12-A fire th ! morning early destroyed t'ao buildings cccu pied by Jiled ft Cirnick.jinnufacturing chem t > U ; Multina inanofnctv.rlDg company and tb New York 1'hannar l association. Otbc small buildings in th < viciulty were damaget LotB over S200.0UO , Insurance light. S LYING ? soiijSi , John , Legate , Or lib Oihcr Fellows ? Tlio Controversy Soeins lo bo Very Protracted , Denials and Assaitions Are Thiok aud Eapid From All TheRe Oouoorned in tbe Scheme , Olarkson V rill Pliotogrnph and Publish Korous' ' Letter , tt la XriuIt Itcllccts IB. ! credit Upon All i'nrtics Con cerned In if. TO HE 1M1OTOGUAP1IUD. Dza MOINKS , t.JMiiwy 12. The report of the interview with Legate at Topolm this afternoon reached hero to-uight nud was shown to Mr. Clarkson. lloeaid that his de nial now that h6 in nil o any ovcrtuicj will bo met by the sufficient contradiction of Kerens , Plumb , Dudley nnd others to whom ho dU < closed the overture ] made on the part of St. John and that his denial to-day also finds am ple contradiction in his own admis sions ns made on the Uth to reporters of the Chicago and the New York Trlbuno and the St. Louis Repub lican , that ho did make such overtures. Clark- son added : " 'Ilia letterfif introduction ho brought mo from Senator Plumb showed that ho had talked fully to Plumb about it , and this letter I still'have. Legate's declines that his letter to Kenrns , ns printed by the Globe-Democrat , is n forgery nnd will notllvo long. The letter will bo photographed , en graved and printed , nnd , as his writing is characteristic nnd well known ia Kansas , the identity of tbe letter and his authorthip of it will very Boon be proved. " Mr. .T. P. I.Cfjaio's Denial , TorKKA , January 12. The State Journal tiis evening prints nn interview with Jae. 1 < \ Legate as to the letter published to-day pur porting to have bceji written by him to R. C. Kerens , of St. Louis , After tending the let ter carefully Legate said : "This letter Un cold blooded forgery. I never wrote anything of the kind to him or nny oue. It is a wilful and malicious Iio from beginning to end. I never know Air , Kerens nndneverjmet him but once. I rodu with him from Cincinnati to Columbus some ten days before1 the October election , when he told me the method of the campaign in Cincinnati. " Legate also declared ho never made any such proposition , written or oral , that St. John had never talke i to him on the subject , nor had never offered to make nny terms. THE ST. JOHN CONT11OVKRSY. ST. Louis , January 12. The Globe-Dtmo- crat will to-morrow publish a loner interview with J. S. Clarkson , member of tha republi- national committee , who was in this city Son- day last , in connection witji the charges which have been ma-Jo against ex-Governor St. John , of Kansas , late prolucitiou candi date for president. The interview icfera to various conversations had by Mr. Clarkton with Janus V. Legatof ICausai , and a con- fereneahad between CmrkjonLegato and R.C. Kerens , of St. Louis , who had been uentout from New York by the national rotmblican com mittee to aid and advise with Clarkson in tbe tatter's negotiations with Legato. It nko em braces two or three dispatches of some signifi cance in connection with the narrative- , but of ittlo irapoit by themselves. In addition to the letter from Legato to Kerens , telegraphed last night , the following letter is thu mojt in teresting document which boars n .signature , that the interview contains. TorKKA , KA ? . , October 4,18SI. Mr. J. S. Clarksen Sir : When 'tho uloc- tion Is over read this , then do as you see fit about the matter. 1 saw tha importance of controlling measurably the prohihitle n > , for the republicans , and v.-V.'ti > , liul to by St. John I lent an attentive < ; ir. At benator P.'s request I carte to sea you at Cincinnati. You btemed to share my views , and road mo ycur "talk. " 1 awaited the ar rival from New York , uncl supposed the mat ter would bo closed up , bus nfter the con sultation nt Columbus , it was deemed wiser that I should look a'ter ' St. John aud got him at Cincinnati , having previously agreed with him to go to Michigan with a sorts throat , 1 tele rapoel him , and madn him a specific promise to go with him to 1'itlnbmg , expect ing to find some- word there , but failed. I ssjd to him , 'Based upon what you hod said , nnd your friend from New York , together with what was said by Senator P. thn night nfteir the confer ence nt Columbus , that I woulel guarantee § 10,000 , He was natisfiied , nnd went with witn mo to Philadelphia , I there persuaded him to write letters to L. W. Gage , tha state organizer for Ohio , A. L. Corey , of Samantha - tha , Rev. Gegon , of Columbus , and Prof. W. G. l"rost at Oberliu , urging them and the re publican state tieket , saying that if the repub lican state ticket waa elected ho believed Ids vote in November would ba largely in crease J. My judgment is that his leaving the state and writing these letters added a very large number to the republican majori ties in Ohio , At Philadelphia I received n dispatch stating that thu matter would ba lixud at Now York , where , with him , I went. I found Mr. Klkinn , who seemed to know nothing and would do nothing. H looked us if wo had been fooled. It places mo in position where I would not have been placed for n union larger amount. Whatever St. John has douo since , we got the benefit of his absence and the usoof his friends affirmatively in Ohio and that under my promise. For tbe sake nt m/ good faith to him as well ns the result In the tuturo if Mr. lilnina is elected , as J. hspo ho will bo , I want you before you close the committee work to be enabled to make good my promise made under the circumstances ; tlio party having profited by its results. It is n promise that I made and Riiarantoul. It should ho fulfilled , and it shall bo if 1 am compelled to bell the louse that nhelters my vlfo nnd chil- ren. Everybody hero is anxious about Vew York , and at Major Smlthson'a cquest 1 have tglrgraphed. It la ns I sup- losed it was , too late to accomplish any good , > ut It is not too laoe to make good a promise , U your leisure lot me hoar from you , [ Signed. ] Yours truly , .lAML'H 1' . LlfJATK. To this letti-r Mr , Olarkson saya 10 made no reply , as ho had at no time madn any promlui tn pay St. John my money. Mr. Kerens wr.i also brief ) ; nterviewed and corroborated Mr. Ularkxon's jlatemt-nts ai far 9s he knew the facts nnd circumstances nf the late. ( Jon. amnt's llealti ) . NEW YOKK , Jacuary 12 , Gen. Grant's phytlcian eaid , last night , in response to in imiries in regard to tha general's health "General Grant consulted me early Inautumi about a pain ia tha side of tbe tongue wbicl rendered it rsinful far him to articulate um masticate fjood. The { jtm-ral umoksd cigar largely. This seemed to iirltite the tong-ji We re tTicttd him to throe clgara a day nn he utoppod Miiuking of his own accord. It vary rumcrkuble that this change was , net fu lowed by nnydistuibir\fioofth \ < < iis'vouspyntem ur gmprjl rirculft.ion. . Ho II.T hnmovid vo cally , nnd is nb'o ' toBii'-.k without pain , nnd lua general nppvarniiea Is Improved in crpry rdspac Hols now liccupicd tpvernl hours n day iiihllbrrtry ! which li fpcms toct'joy. 1 think he ( s In IxtUr hcnlih tlun Jin l-nVlx-on MUCP theaccldput nytnr nff . Ho U otlll Intno frum tha injury to hli thigh , which hw Itfs ngrta * . tcudern'M. He Is un\ble : to Walk- on nccauut of Hi feeblrn'ss without the aid of n crutch or itick. Tli-ro is nothing that would justify tha nsiortion that ho ii ( eii ill , nud IK11 not in a critical condition. UA.OKUT. CHICAGO , January 12. The local paaaengtr committee of the tail-bound Trunk lines mot hero to-day to consider the plan of Vice Com- misslonor I'ioison for a restoration of mtos to the sealvnrd , but as there was not n full reprr- ( dilation nn mJjouniinrtit was taken without trnusactinp- business Tha business coming within the imirdictioii of the Chicago freight ratecomuiitleo Ins grown to siivli prop.iitlont that ut a meeting to-day It was deciilul to divide the territory ninona four sUb-comuilUofs whoso work shall bqiKiibjsct to iiiUUcAtlon by the general ceuu- miitco , CHICAGO , January 12. The cntinccrs em ployed by the licit Line railroad , which runs around Iho city nnd connects nil the railroads running to this point , ( truck tu-day for nn ad vance , which wnn refused. There are about twenty of them nnd upon the movement of these-cnqmeois the transfer of nil through freight from ono rend to another depend * . The management claims that the strike will not interfere with its businoia and that nil its engines will bo manned to-morrow. SAN VIIANCISCO , January 12 , Tha Trans continental Railway association mot thia afternoon with closed doors. The objects of the meeting nro to readjust the percentage of gross receipts allowed the roatls comprising the nssccintion , nud the election of n commts- BJemer vice RUtine , lesigncd. BAN FIIANCIHCO , January 12. Owing to tn insulllcifiit number of representatives prcsout they adjourned until to-mer-ow without hav ing transacted nny business , New "York liuloiieiielent Kermlilluniiy. NEW YtitK ) , January 12. The independent republicans national committee waa in session to-day , and the treasurer reported that the receipts were 8i3,83G ; of this amount 811,000 was expended for campaign documents , of which 8.1U5 000 had been circulated. "It was resolved that the national committee of independent republicans continue its existence enco nud that the state organizations bo in structed to preserve iho r > 1 B containing the names of independent voters. " Ab the din- i < cr whlcli fnilowe.l 111 i mooting spcuches wore' made by Carl Se-lmrz and others , who elwelt eulogistic illy upon the victory won by independent * . Temperance in a , January 12 , A movement lias boon started herd to have Francis Murphy , the temperance apostle , locate ) ptnnanently in Pittsburg. A largo mtoting of manufacturers and busmefs men have subscribed .sums rang ing from 8100 to SlCOu towards raismgawork- ing fund for that purposs. A congregation has been organized to bo known as the Church of Gospel Tempernnte , nnd n call will bo extended to Mr. BMur phy to come to this city as a regnlnr minister of thin novel church. Library Hall haH been secured for tha meetings during the eight weeks imival and 18,000 havosigned the pledge. _ _ _ Iniliaii Liana WASHINGTON , January 12. Critlenden , member of the Cherokee council , testified be fore the senate comtnittca on Indian. nflfaira. He was infoimod that iuoncyjf. > sj > iid to.-ee- cure the ] ) asBORC of the lease bill. Indian. Agent Milan of the Osage and Kaw Indians , testified those Indiana leased iiDO- COO acies ( .f land to seven leases for ten years at n yearly rantnl of three nnd four cents per acre. Witness had never baen paid nnything to Rucuro the leapcp. Ho Eiiidth.it he had ncJ- vinod the Indians to lease the border lands of their reservation in order to protect themselves from Incursions of cattle from Kansas. Chicago's uuoKcry. CHICAGO , Janu ry 12. The stitemont ia made thai when the persons iudiclod for par ticipation in the Kigntcenth ward election frauds appear for trial they wil' ' decline to bo tried by jury , but will bo tried by the court. Two weeks ago ouo of the heavy ( tone brackets of the county portion of thn court house wai affected by the frojt nnd foil from its position , carrying with it u portion of the second balcony of the building. Yesterday another bracket , weighing 259 pounds , Ml , barely missing n prcdestriau. The entire ciimco is declared to be in nn extremely dan gerous condition , The Goal K WILKKSDAHHK , Pa , Jnuuaryl2v The water in the Suaquehannn haav fullen rapidly since yesterday. Connections nto now being made to all points along the Delaware , Lackawanna & WetT.orn railroad. The Alden Coal Companv closed its mines thin morning indefinitely. They employ 'MO men. It is rumored the Lchigh Valley Coal Company nro about to bhut down work in several of their collcrics. ] f true , it will tlnow about 1,000 men out of employment. Tlio I'oiKorior Jailed. PiTlsnoiio , January 12. AnEastLIverp > ol ( Ohio ) special lo the Chronicle-Telegraph e\ye : Annie Vunl'ossen , Accused of j > oii > oning the Vnn i'osaon nnd Mclinno families , of this city , waived a preliminary hearing , pleaded not guilty , nnd was _ removed to jail on the charge of murder in the first degeec. No other deatl'H have occurred , and all nro in n fair way of recovery. flio Slado Ontton Mill * Ilnrned. FALL lUv'Sit , Maes. , January 12. A fire caught in the mule rooms of the Slnde mills to-nlgct. The sprinklers hold tha fire in check until the nnivnl of the Cro department and in half nn hour the it wtia jiracticnlly HK- tlnaulshed. The whole mill was eo-ijilotoly flooded , The loss reached S200.COO , fully iu- Kiired iu the Mu'ual companys of Jioston , Providor.ca nnd Fall Jtiver , Repairs will uecessltato neyei-jl weeks sliut down , Hard Fl 'it. ' IC.vpcctcO. SAf.i'.M , OM. , January 12. The legialaturo convened to day but the senate did not or- irnni/.e Thii poetponex the first Ivullot for United States renator urtil Tuesday , the 27th inst. It will bo a hud ttght tmom ; at leutt ton candidaten , From Con reib to the State Capitol. COLIISIBOH , January ia General J. S. Robinson to-day presented his resignation to the Governor as member of congress from the Oth congressional ( Hat riot and at noon waa sworn In as eteretarv- stuto , Tlio Cr > rcRii QiiCHtion. LONDON , Jnn > amy 12. A dispatch froir Tien Tflin to th TIIOCH , says China and Japar have agreed t j iiibmit tbe COIOAII queition t the media' ! ' ju of Kugland , Germany oni America , A n , January 12. A hurricane in tV provl'jce of Malaga to-day completed the vul of J'jany places that suffered by carthn nivUi on J the camp in which the fugitives o'1'n o aa had taken refuge wai destroyed , Fulluro and Snioldc > CINCINNATI , January 12. Fei'jer k Son dry goods merchants , nulanc.'l. Llahllltlt $80,000 ; asset550.000. . Their book-keopc Shorinau J , Mack , suicided lant vteek , 'ir8Er * t\n w ( r > r rT'jt'\ lh5E MARKETS. Tlio calllo Dtinaad Equal lo ibe 1 . SnDiily. .Prices Equally as Good ns Last Week , The Hog Market Bather Quiet and UuovoDt Wheat Advanced lo , Fluctuated , and Closed WcaL Corn Closes at a Decline All Aroundi Out a Quiet nntl K py Kjo Firmer i nrul Higher I'rovl.slon.H J''lrni nnd Ailvanur.d. CHICAGO a PATTI.K. Special tolegrftin to Tun UKK. CiIH'AQo' , January 1 2. Demand abouleqiml to the supply , especially for shipping and dreioid bocf ntecr. ' , nud theio sorts mndo oitin11y ] as good prices ns lust week. Thu recent - cent change In freights on beef nrd ctxUlo seems to have the effect of bringing back many of the former buyers of cattle for ens-t ern markets. Choice fat co\vj , Hiich as would suit the Bhop or ehipping trndo , wore rather cc.irco nnd sold a pliiulo higher , Coinmsn nnd low grndo cows ciiunlly na low as last \vcok Stocucra nnd feeder * wei-o in rather llmltad Mipply. Good to choice 1 , : < QD to 1,500 lea , 83 75 ( < 5 80 ; 1,200 to 1,300 Ibs , S3 0 ti'O10 ; common to fair , § 1 25(35 ( 00. inferior to fair cows , Si riOU H fO ; medium to peed $310 © 11C 1 ; Miockers , S.'t : IOW4 ( 00 ; feeders , 5-1 00 © 550. 110C.3. market opened r.Uhcrquiot and rattier uneven as to prlcup , but the general average pluwd no essential change xvlu-n compaied with Satur day. SpeculatorB were the loading buyers nt the opening and loaded up to their full capacity. The turn in the proj'isiou market was rattier higher , tntes park nt"onu time sail ing 15@2Cc per barrel higher than nt the clojo on Saturday. Toward noon the hog innrkot was barely as active as in the morning , and nt that iiour values wore rather weaker. Common and rough packers may bo quoted at $4 15@-t 20 , and fair to good SI 35ji-l 400 with choice at $4 59 ( vl GO , and best assortii , heavy SI G5@4 70 ; packing aud nhippiug , 2id : to S'.tO Ibs. , SI 40-1 70 ; light , KiO to AO Ibs. , $1 IiO@4 40. The opening markets on 'dnnpco wore steady aud higher , but tha increased values brought out a largp line of long stuff early in thu session , nnd after nn advance o f Jc in wheat , the course cf nearly til ] the niar- Koti became steadily downward , nnd ruled heavy nt H decline. Local influences prevailed to a largo extent , all other influences being of a finning tendency. The clone of the morning seation was weak and heavy , with tlio feeling very bearish. WHEAT wes stronc nt the opening niu } for the suc ceeding half hour , but aftsr that time a wcak- nes/j.proyaied.-.An / } advanco'oMoi'oyer Sat- . urday's"closinjj quotations was made early , but nt the advanca the market was flooded with nfTerirgi and ruled weak at a decline , OuUide icflueQcca for once failed tosticngthen it , though ordinarily they would have made it bnljf. New York repotted a di create in the supply of liri\0IUbi ( hclK , while Baltitroro came in with thirty boat loads for export nrul the Bignal service , jm'dictod a fnll uf L'5 dc- ffi-to ? . Thoinllliiist ntunlion in the noittiwett WSH reported na much better , but all failed to Overcoino the prouonuced iiiiri h ftti'ing ' en tertained by local operator. ' . The clofo wss weak. No. i ! spring eold early at SCeJc , fall ing of to 7D.Jc. COHN was stcsdy nt the opening , later ohowing n suspicion nf stronsth in sympathy with wheat and advancing J@gc but m the main feeling unl ; ono of inoro or lesu weakness witli vnlui'S coeklng lower levels nil around tnd options closing heavy ou the morning soision nt n de cline all around. No. 2 cash Bold e.itly nt 37.ic , closing nominally nt l0gc. ! OATH ink'd quiet nnd easy , in sjinpnthy with other market : ) , the only option to which nny atten tion wus paid being seller Mny. This closed heavy at dec.iuo ot 1'ujjo from the highest [ xiint. Cash WUH tiorbinblly6c. . 11YK finiier nnd hipher on light iceeipts and scant offering. , 68c Iming bid for cuh and ( ilJoCor May with practically no options on the ilrov , FUOVIHIONH opcucd firm nnd higher , in pympathy willu wheat nnd recorded u Htill further advnr , co oE 1'Jic in pork on tna early advice * froi n the yaid * indicating all ho s Bold mid eatli rating to-morrow's receipts nt 10,000 head t , f only fiir siza. Packers ana scaljisrs wore al juuttho only oporatom. Cn-li prices toward t he cloeo were : Pork , ! ? ll ! I5 , lard SliKO , il n § ( i 00. Hcavinet-s in wheat niri other pr.H n eanod values downward quite Htoudily after 11 o'clock , the clotn of hi making i mo1 , i < iu ses sion slow and heavy ft iho decline i Tlio Urlllhli Grain Tr nlo. LONIW.V , January 11Tha ! Mo fk Lane Ex press , in review of tlio liritish f-rain trade' , enys : Raiu dining the last wee"was favor able nnd corn promises excendir K\y \ oil. The tulvanco in Mngllsh wlie.it is > nuir.tuincd , al * though tlio demand ( a irristi te. The nn'cs ' of English wheat during thi ' vcek wor 51,217 minrlen at Sl'a , 7d ; 41,141 q > larters at SKs ! ) d for tlio corroipoudlug week just yvur , Tlieru was nn advance , likewise , i n foreign wheat at the beginning i.f thowseik. It became loss firm by the iniddlo eif the woik but rocovoied t tha close. Two carg COJ arrived off the oa t nnd nno cargo wu ( Rla , , niid one wan vithdrawn nml ono rein ained. Twenty car goes are now duo. Ih'j market ; for cargnoH on pussngo u cxclto' ' , mi , piicm advanced. Tliera is n lurgo busir. . M4 , 'm ( ; , Orfgon wheat i.ld for Mi , .Id ; ( Jab .fornlo fi r H8' . Wheat rridn IH inuctivo aui' ' , i0lr | mtut * with fair do- naml. Maize n icnrco , Hurley Is dearer > nd oata ore in fair. Jeu unj , Cuban POIH are 8 dearer. Ijost < Jn jimiHitirH liny. MONIHKAI , , . ' /nnuary 12. 'i'he hod office of the Hudso 4'a jjay company In this city re ceived alarn jinj ; intelligeoco concfrning tbo safety of o'j0 Of their fincut versels , the "I'lincar'/Walef"homtward bound with a cargo of fura , estimated at nearly half a million - lion do1 , UIH. The vc sel was fruznn in in Hud- tons ) y and it Is feared that she and a portion tion o.f ) ier creivy are lost. A part of thu crew roac .uiil the miiin lantt and weto refuued utter IIOA ing been nearly otarvtd and frozen to d' ' , aih. An eipuditlon was orguniu'd to reach t ne vessel by sleds. Death of Cnpt. Btrplion If. IMnliiiii , OITUMWA , January 12. - C pt. Htephcu K. Mnhan , of tlio ronular army , on tha retired liat mid during the rebellion aeljjitJi t of the Tliiitj-sixth louv. diol In thit city laat eight aftur n lingering Ilineu. Governor Bxvoru In , iTiirrEtSON : Civy , Mo , , January 11 , At noon John H. Marmiduku was formally Hworn in as govei nor Iu tha presence of botU. house6 ot '