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i. ' 'FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , WEDNESDAY MORNING , JANUARY U , 1885. ' NO. 178.
LINCOLN.
"The Business Transita at tbe State
Capital To-flav.
'The List of all the Oommittoos
Appointed , '
'Various Bills Introduced in the
House of
Major and Minor Importance to
County Officers !
Also to the Fraternity of the
Healing Art.
And Concerning tlio "WIplriB Out of
tlio 5 Per Cent Penalty on
Delinquent TIXXCB ,
THE SENATE1 ;
Special to THE BEE.
LINCOLN , January 13. The senate asscni
blfd thin morning at 10 o'clock. On being
called to order by the lieutenant governor ,
and after the usual formalities , the clerk nt
the tiblo rcid the names of the gentlemen
who are ta form thn different committees of
this house. The folWing is a complete list
of the names :
Judiciary Paul , Snell , McAllister , Burr ,
Lewis , Mickcljohii , Durland , Spcncor ,
Hastings.
finance , \ \ ays and Means Howe , Cherry ,
Shorwm , Dolan , McShane , Love , Howell.
Accountsand Expenditures JjBwlsHoebel ,
"Mills , _ Norris , Smith of Plllmore.
Agriculture Cherry , ji'ilaon. Putnam ,
Binita of Fillmore , Day , Howell , Norrla.
Highways , Bridges and Ponces Howell ,
Sherwln , Cherry , Iurland , 1'ilson ,
Military AUairs Mickeljohn , Goohner ,
Lewip , llycrs , Metz.
_ Municipal affairs McShane , Burr , McAl
lister , Durland , Goohnnor.
Public lands nnd buildings Burr , McAl
lister , Dolan , Lewis , Cherry , Durland , Sow
era , Snell , Hastings.
Internal improvements Day , SliBrwin ,
Mills , McShane , Paul.
School lands and finances Smith , of Lan
caster , Brown , Motz , Buckworth , Hyore.
Koderal relations Metz , Love , Sewers ,
Paul , Skinner.
Public printing Snoll , Einsel , Skinner ,
Norris Dolan ,
Engrossing and enrolling bills Einsel ,
Howe , lloebol , Shorvvin , Putnam , Day ,
Cherry.
County nnd county boundaries Mills , Put
nam , Love , Howe , 1'ilson.
Mines and minerals Putnam , Hoohol , Mc
Allister , Clark , Lewis.
Education Spencer , Skinner , Hastings ,
Day , Clark.
Library Durland , Hastings , Shell , 1'ilson
Mikcljohn.
Claims Hyers , Spencer , Mills , Howe ,
Smith of Lancaster.
Banks etc. Smiihof Kllmoro , Einsel , Hoe
bol , Goelmer , Clark.
Kailroada Sewers , Howell , Buckworth ,
Brown-Metz , Mikcljohu , Paul , Eiiuel , Hoe--
bel.
Miscellaneous corporations Norris , Cherry
Goelmer , Clark , Iloobel.
State Prison Dolan , Hycrs , Burr , Metz
Howo.
"University nnd normal school Brown
Shell , Mikeljohn , Spencer , Sherwin.
Constitutional amendments McAllii tcr
Sowers. Filson , Day , Howoll.
Immigration Goelmer , Spencer , Norris
Einsel , Mikeljohn.
Privileges and plojtions Hastingj , Burr
Paul , Suell , Smith of Lancaster.
Live stock and ( ? rain Love , McShiuo ,
Buckworth , Dolun , Smith of Fillmoro.
Medical legislation Buckworth , Metz ,
Day , Sowers' .
Miscellaneous subjects Clark , Putnam
Skiunor , Myers , Smith , of l > 'illmorc.
Public charities Skinner , Brown , Hills
McShano , Love , Cherry , Goomer.
Insane asylum Brown , Buckworth , Day.
Deaf dumb and blind Bolan , Lewis ,
Smith of Lancaster.
lleform school and home for the friendless
McAlister , Smith of Lancaster Skinner.
The remainder of the morning was taken
up with tbe reading of the different bills that
have boon introduced and the house adjourn
ei at 11:3. : ) until 2:30this : afternoon.
HOUSE.
Special to the Boo ,
LINCOLN , Neb. , January 13. The house ol
ofn
representatives was called to order this morn
Ing by the speaker at ! > :30 nnd immodlatPlj
proceeded to the business of the day. The
clerk at once proceeded to road the mimoroui
bills presented by the different members , six
ty three of which have already passed the firsi
atago. None of them , however , call for par
ticular notice nt this staeo of th ? proceedings
In fact none of thorn already introduced shov
any elaborate legislative Ingenuity or can bi
considered of great importance to the pcopli
of the etito. Several bills affecting the coun
ty troisurers , county clerks and other count ty
officials have boon referred to the committee
already appointed , for their consideration anc
apuroval. idd
The representative from Sarpy introduce ?
an act to establish n state board of health
tmch board to consitt of physicians of at Ipasl
ten years' experience , who are to inquire int
and report on the sanitary condition of tin
state from time to time. To report on all saint
ary conditions , epidemics and contagious isMl
ases. The board to keep n register of Ml l
birth * , marriages ami deaths in tin state. T : <
examine and bo flati.fied ns to the ability of
any _ physician wishing to start in prat
tc9 in the ctate with power given tha bean :
of objecting. Each member of the boatd to
receive $10 a day , and governor of state hav
ing power to remove any member from iio
boaid on such iiitticiont reason an bo may sei
tit.
Bniner of Donlaa Introduced amendment
to several nets nheiuly in oxi tone . concern
tap game and wild animals. This ntncndmen
will maVn it unlawful , if passed , for any pei
aou to kill certain animals and wild fowl witti
in prescribed periods , RFnerally from Januar
1st to October 1st of each year ,
Higgins of Cut a gave notice of nn amend
went to act 401 , in which he wishes It to I
allowed that prisoners charged with felon
may call witnesses in their behalf 'and ' if in
able to pay their expenses the utato la to pa
the same ,
Thu homo adjourned at 1" o'clock until - : ' .
this afternoon.
Special telegram to Tin : BKK.
LiKCor.tr Neb. . bill
, , Januaryl8.--The 1
troduced in the henate by Church Howe t
< lay wipes out the five per cent , uenalty <
taxoa not paid on January the first and r
funds the same to all who have paid.
Dtmtli or Hcliuylor Oolfax ,
MlN.NKAroi.t8 , January 18. Schuylcr C <
fu\ dropped dead in the union depot at Ma
kato , Minn. , a moment ago.
ClIIOAQO , January 13. Tbo l ) ily No *
Minneapolis special tayi : Et- Vice Preside
Colfax dropped dead in the union dep
at Mankata at 10:20 : this forenoo
Ht > arrived over the Chlcogj , Milwaukee
3 t , Paul raid and walked over to the Omal
lopot. Ho took off hi overcoat , sat down
and nimotit Immediately fell over and expired.
Death in fuppoiod to have been caused by
heart disease.
MANKATO , Minn. , January 13. Ex-Prosi-
Jcnt Cnlfftx dropped dead nt 10-33 this morn-
Jne at the Omaha depot : Ho nnlved on the
Milwaukee road from the cast nt 10 nnd
walked to the Omaha dsnot , a distance of
thrno-fomths of a mile , with the thermometer
thirty degrees below zero. After arriving at-
the depot ho lived only five minutes , It is
suppcsed that the cxtrema cold , subsequent
heat and ovcr-cxcrtion ranted a stoppigo of
the llow'.ot blood to the lieart. The remains
were taken in charge by the Odd Fellows nnd
now lie in wait at Ur. Harrington's residence.
A coroners inquest will be held thmnfternimn ,
Every attention In being paid the remain ! ) ,
Word has boon suit to the family of the de-
ccn eil. The president has been notified and
awaited for ,
MINNKAPOMS , January I,1 ! . Mr , Cottar
was passing through Mankato on a business
trip , His interests tn the northwest are very
large. The Odd Fellows of the city took
cbargo of the remains , and n telegram was
sent to Mr. Studobakcr , at South Bend , In J.
The body was removed to the residence of Dr.
Harrington nnd prepared for shipment. A
telegram was received from Studi baker order
ing the remains to be sent immediately to
South Bend. The body left , accompinled by
It. P. Hunt nnd L 1'atterson , two eminent
Odd Follows , via the No > thweston road , at
11 p , m.
ILLINOIS IiEGISlj < VTUIU3.
HAINES KICKS UP A nUMl'US.
SritlNOMKLT ) , 111. , January 1 , ' ! . Temporary
Speaker E. N. Haines went to the ollico of the
jecretary of state this morning and was sworn
in by a notary public ns opeakorof the hou.se ,
Wheiulho house mot nt 2 p. m , , ho refused to
entertain a motion from the democrats to proceed
ceod to permanent organization. Hnines de
livered a long address to prove he was the
permanent speaker. It WAS a constitutional
ollice which could only bo vacated by hta vol
untary resignation or impeachment. Chios
was throated for a time , but In duo course thu
house adjourned till 10 o'clock to-morrow and
in the meantime the situation to ba canvassed
in ciucut.
Bell Telephone Case Settled.
BOSTON , January 13 , The foatuto of the
local stock market to-day was the announce
ment that the Bell Telephone company had
been granted an Injunction against the Over
land company , both of Now Jersey and Phil
adelphia , and including the parent corpora
tion. This suit was brought to restrain an
alleged infringement of the "Parker" patents ,
controlled by the liell Telephone company.
While only a tempo : . Wy injunction was
granted , the opinion given by the judge
practicallytottles the matter finally. With the
disposition of this controversy the worst
phase of the litigation in which the com
pany has been involved ever since it com
roeucod business is disposed of , except the
MsDonough and. Clay cases , which nro'o"
comparatively minor importance , there i
nothing worthy of note unsettled. The Bel
company's stock on the strength of to-day'i
decision sold up thia afternoon to 2iO , and
later 205 was offered. This was an advanc
of 16 paints over the opening.
OhloJWool Growers.1
COLUMBUS , O. , January 13. The Ohi
Wool Growers' association have adopted res <
olutiona calling upon the Industries of th
United States to units for common protection
against the fallacy of a tariff for revenue only ,
and urging them to oppose the Spanish treaty
- on the ground that it would destroy the
sugar , rice and tobacco industries , and calling
, upon the wool growers to unite in the demand
for thu restoration of the tariff of 1807 on wool ,
, plcdginc thpir support to the party which
recognized their interests and demands.
, GOV. HOADI.KY HAS ISSUED AN OKUKR
for three companies of the national guards to
, hold themselves in roadlnesi to go into the
Hocking valley on short notice , 1'rom information
, mation which the governor has received he
thinks that the indications are for trouble
, Troops can bo fcent to the tccne of tbo dis
turbance within two hours after notice of an
outbreak.2
Confiscated Sweets.
, Special Telegram to TUB BEE.
NEW YOIIK , January 13. Dr. Cyrus Edson ,
,
of the health board , seized 000 pounds of
poisoned toys of candy last night , This stuff
had been secreted in a box maker's factory ,
and a detective found it. An the stiilf was
being placed in a cait , some of the candy fell
out and a crowd of boys tried to pick it up.
The police drove them back , but they returned
, largely reinforced nnd carried the truck by
assault. Men and well-grown lads joined the
mob , against which the police were powirlens ,
and the 8000 pounds of candy was materially
( HminiiliPd when a hcctlon of the Seventh pre
cinct arrived and ufter lome UiO of the locust
drove back the rioters. The policd covered
the retra.it of the cart to the offal dock , whore
nly the candy wai bathed in carbolic acid.
Chicago Olmrlty Ball.
CHICAGO , January 13. The annual charity
x- ball was held in the joint armories of the First
xst
str Cavalry and Battery D , on the Lake front to
r- night and was the most Humorously attended
* social event held hero in many years. The
IW patronotses are among the most prominent of
the society leaders of thu city and to whose
effort ! the success of thu event is largely due.
Both of the lar o armories ware most elabor
ately decorated and fully " ,000 dancers at one
timu during the ovenincf were on the floor ,
; In the main dancing hall there were a number
of private boxen which weieauctioncd ) andjnet-
todover ? 2 000. Tickets were S10. and ths net
d
proceeds will exceed § 7,0 0 , which In to be de
. voted to St Luke's hospital and the Illinois
tiainlng school for nurses.
(
The Meagre Appropriation for tlio
-
- Missouri Itivcr ,
.Special telegram to Tin : BRK ,
. WAHHI.VQTOX , January 13. There is a good
- deal of dissatisfaction among the friends of
d ! Missouri river , over the very small sum al
lowed by the river and harbor committee for
the improvement of the Missouri , The Bute
allowed is 111 Indicated yesterday In the dispatches -
patches , SKO.OOO between Sioux City and the
mouth of the river , and 8100,000 above. This
in M > small n mm in comparison with the
tsnt
nt amount that wasankedby the new Missouri
river commission that , it proves very unsatisfactory
er-
factory , t
Lh-
Dentil oI'GoT. Jlnlc ,
- Special Telegram to The Bee.
bo CHEYK.NNB , Wyo. , January 13. Governoi
ny William Halo died this afternoon of Add !
.in- son's disease , from which ho had been ailing i
long time. He had been governor for twi
:30 years. Hla borne is in Glenw oed , Iowa ,
Death ofllrewator ,
NEW OKLKANH , January 13. Robert Brew
itor whd was shot yesterday in the affray win i
inw
to- MAicot , died nt two this morning , Brau
teen ater WAS a native of Ireland , aged 4-1 , Ele
on had been a prominent ward uolltTciui of th : !
ro- city for many years , formerly ciiminal sbcrlll
] > autti mill si Failure.
.v , W. Va. , January 13 , Tli
sudden death of Dr. F. F , Payne , the aetiv
'an. partner of the firm of Payne & Co. , bankei
here , made ueceaiury the alignment of the eir !
asieta , un annotmceninnt to this effect wf
iws made to-day. .No preferences ,
eut
pot Death of AV. AV. O'Urlen.
iop. CHICAOO , Januorv 13. Wm. W. O'Brien ,
& well known criminal lawyer formerly of Pee >
aha I rla. Ills , , died horn to-day ,
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ABlocflyRiotimoDESlriteatSfliitli
Bend , M ,
Several Hundred Poles Attack the
Oliver Ohilled Plow Works ,
Destroy Several Thousand Dollars
lars Worth of Property ,
Olnb the Officers and Many Other
Persons ,
They Are Only S topped' by the
Veteran Guards ;
Iho Governor Appealed to I'or Troops
as Another Outbreak Is
Expected.
THE 1110T.
CHICAGO , January 13. Trains on the Chicago
cage it Western Indiana Bait railway are
moving as usual to-day , the places of the
striking engineers being supplied.
A report icachod hero nt noon tint a strike
is In progress at South Bond , Ind , , at Oliver's
Chilled Plow "works , in which nearly eight
hundred men nro employed. A riot occurred
thii morning , and six men wcto shot. The
milltift have been called out. Telegrams sent
out furnish no details as yet.
SOUTH BKND , January 13. Yesterday the
omp'oyes ' of the Oliver Chilled Plow works
struck f cr lusher wages and compelled all men
to quit. At an early hour this morning 200
men confrregated imfront of the gate and
yould not allow any person to enter. These
who tried to enter were beaten about the head
and body. Officer Kelly , while trying to
quiet the mob , was shot through the scalp nnd
badly pounded. Captain Ed. Nlcar attempted
to net control of the oflice. They attacked
him with clubs. Ho shot several times
and wounded n number. Ho was
badly hurt nbo t the head. Ho entered nnd
locked the doornnd was hold a prisoner in the
oflice , his only communication belnif by telephone -
phone to the city. The veteran guards of the
G. A. R. mustered about 70 men to reecua
Nicar , a member of thu guards. Sheriff Rock-
stroh empowered them to act as a state militia
to preserve peace and disperse the strikers.
On hearing thin , seine strikers left. Follow
ing is a list of the wounded : Capt. Ed. Nicnr ,
Dave Hoffman , Mr. Card , Officer Kolley. and
Jacob Earnhardt , foreman of the paint shop.
An immense crowd thronged the streets and
followed the guard to the factory. Great ex
citement prevails.
Where the men refused to quit they were
attacked and brutally boaton. The cut the
belts , nnd finally went to the engine room
and forcedEnginesr Roberts to shutdown.
Previous to this demonstration the superintendent -
tendent of the works told these grinders , who
ara principally Poles , with a few Hungarians ,
if they had any grievances to place them in
writing , and appoint a committee to present
them , and they would to c usidered. They
refused to do this. The moulders
who were dissatisfied , agreed to
do this last evening , when they quit
work this morning. Before daylight several
hundred of the Poles gathered in the streets ot
and near thn gates. When the superintend
ent cime they refused to allow him to go in
and also prevented any of the workmen trom
entering. They also stationed a guard at
the door of the office to prevent any of the
office force entering. The first of these to ar
rive was Captain Niger who forced his way up
to tha steps. While crowding through them
to the door ho was struck with a club from be
hind and as he turned to defend himself other
blows with club * were showered
upon his head cutting deep gashes. He was
also cut on the wrist. The brat reports were
that ho had been killed , but while severely
beaten ho was only dangerously wounded.
Ho shuccecded in getting into the olflce wheru
Keller and Major Waldemith were defending
and thomselues being serioasly injured. Once
in Captain Niger and one of the ollice _ boya
named Berner held the mob at bay until the
vrteran guard came to their rescue having
been ordered out by thu aheriff. In the mean
time the mob had succeeded in boating the gate
open , David Card , the gate-keeper , was
probably fatally injured. August Yonquist t
a Swede , who refused to strike wan madn to
run n gauntlet between two rowx of Poles
who beat htm insensible with their clubs. A
man , name unknown , had his shoulder
broken. John Dumbroski , a watclimaiij was
badly beiten , and a dozen others were more
or leas severely injured. These men being
disposed of , the mob had the works at their
mercy , and Until the Veteran qusrdt
arrived , put in their time do
stroking property to the extent of several
thousand dollars , At present nil is quiet , bul
there is danger of an outbreak at any time
The guards are patrolling thu placo.
, January 13 , This morning
Governor Gray received a telegram froir
George Rockstraw , eherlff of St , Josepl
county , saying : "We are having a riot in South
Bend this morning- Shooting and clubbing are
going on and human life is in danger. Wll
you pleaeosend n military company , cs wo an
utterly helpless. "
. Gov , Gray t bought thu t as Rockstraw was
now man , he might have become undulj
anxious , nnd declined to act until he had le
ceived further information , which up to
o'clock bad not boon forthcoming. Graj
- thinks that the local authorities are able tc
capo with the situation as he is at present ad
vised. At Woods Run mill the same firm'i
emyloyes refused to accept the reduction ant
the mills were closed down , throwing out o
employment federal hundred men ,
KLKIIAIIT , ; ind. , January 18. Governoi
Gray , and the Elkhart veteran guards left thii
evening for North Bend , to assist in thu sup
prcssion of any riot ,
FOHE1UN NEWS.
JOACHIM , Till : VIOLINIST ,
LONDON , January 13. Joachim , the Ger
man violinist , has been wanted a divorce
The Tichbono claimant , recently released fron
piisou , has made arrangaments to gi > to Am
erica on a lecturing twi.
A DOUBLE HEADER.
TUB VOnr WAYNE AND CHICAGO CONUUCTOIl
AND DIIAKKMBN ON A 8TIUKK.
Font WAVNB , Ind. , January 13 The For >
Wayne & Chicago railway a few days ago Ir
augurated s "double-hea3er"systemof trains
that is attaching two locomotives to doubl
the usual number of cars in each train an
placing the train in charge of one conductc
and three brakemen thus
, diepenblng with on
conductor and one brakeman to each doabli
header. About fifty brakemen were dli !
- charged and and severalconductors reduced t
in thu rank of brakemen. This afternoon i
large number of men collected ot the derx
w- hero and boarded the west boun
ia double header and pulled tl :
. coupling pioH out. The trsin was rucouplet
however , urd allowed to proceed to the June
tion of the Grand Rapids & Indiana road
mile Ironi the city where the pins were agal
'he pulhd and thrown inlo the river. The tral
ivo wm , eft BJnill"S u n > ' 'n ' track wh're
still W. The toond section was similar !
treated and stands just behind the first > .c
tion. The fires were raked from both ecgini
by the strikers who refused to permit the mt
under the supervision of tha cor.
p ny's official * to do anythii
to helpmatteri. All the ( .witcboa at tb'e ea
end of the yard , from whence all freight trail
of the Pittalmrg & Grand Rapid * and Ind
ana btart have been spiked down solidly at
the strikers pus there to guard thorn. The
cast bound train was stopped by tha strikers
at Plercctoii , 2i miles welt of hero , this even
ing the phis pulled cud the train is side
tracked. Superintendent Law is expected
hero from Chicago to-night , The strikers
will submit their grievance _ to him to-morrow
morn'ng. ' The men appear "quiet but very de
termined. Serious troubln Is feaied unless nn
uiidorstandliiftls arrived nt.
Tlio tit , Jolin Controversy.
TOPKKA , Kan. , January 13. A reporter for
the Aisoclated Press called on Jnmcs F , Legato
gate nt his hotel this afternoon lo ask what ho
had to say concerning tlio letter to J , S.
Clarkson , ' published frrom St. Louis this
morning purporting to have been written by
him to Clarkson during tha campaign , Mr ,
Legato replied , after spvoral minutes' cogita
tion , as follows : "Tha Clarkson letter 1
nc\er wrote that is , I never wrote n letter to
Clarkson of that date. I wrote Clarkaon n
letter , par of which it in the _ letter pub
lished this morning , but he omits to state
what I said and makes md say what I
never stated. " Mr. Legato hero prow excited
and declared that Clarkson had suppressed
the names of every other man to that trans
action but his. "Ilo makes talk , " continued
Legate , "of pledges mauu to St. John when
there were pledges made to other parties.
Every page of that letter to Clarkson was
marked 'confidential , ' nnd ho has violated
every principle of honor In publishing- any
thing , nnd every principle of honesty in de
stroying the letter I did send him , I was act-
leg ns the apent and doing the wishes of Mr.
Clarkson as n meinbnr of the 'national com
mittee nnd those with whom ho was associated
in Ohio in all that was done _ . With reference
to the Kerens note , It is so completely
changed from what I did say that it amounts
to an open forgery. Within n short tlmu I
intend to make n full statement of th ) whole
matter ns for as I know it. then lot these kick
the hardest who are hurt the most. Dut I say
now that so far as St John is concerned in all
these transactions the Virgin Mary is not
purer than he. " The reporter asked Mr. Legato
gate to mnko a statement relative to what thu
Clarkson letter was as written , but ho de
clined and would say nothing more.
Clnrkson's Reply to Lcgnto.
DKS MOINES , Iowa , January , 13 , The asso
elated press interview with Legato at Topeka
to-day reached DCS Moines at mid-night with
the request of the associated press to Clarkson
to send an answer to it if ho had nny to make
Ho replies : "The letter from Legato to me
was dated Oct. 24th , and was given by mo ii
the Globe-Democrat interview exactly as h
wrote with not n wo-d or letter of it changoc
or left out. Thu original I still have and any
of Mr. Legato's friends may sea it
Every woid of it is in his
own writing. A map of' it will bo
printed if Legate desires it. Tgave no other
name than Legato ns an agent ; of St John
because the stint had no other huckster o
whom I know. Legatee's assertion that ho wai
the agent of the republican national commit
tee is pure nonsense and fiction. He was neve :
else than St. John's agent. Neither that letter
tor of October 29 , nor any other of Legato'
communications to me have the least trace o
being confidential , and if they did , when
St. John demanded all the facts to bo mad
public , that gave ma au bor
ity to print tha letters 'o
his agent. Lepnte's letter to Kerens was nls
printed just us Legato wrote it ; Legate's re
fusnl to give to the Associated press rcpoite
his own version of his 20th of October letta
was a virtual confession that thh printed letter
tor was right. I have no argument to hoi
with Legate as to his comparison .of St. Job
to the Virgin Mary. "
Mexican Soldiers ftLHliny.
SAX DIEGO , Gal. . January la. A courie
arrived to-day with n despatch lor the Mex
can consul. The soldiers stationed at Ensei
ads , Mexico , eighty-two miles mouth of hen
mutinied on Friday night , murdered the
captain , his wife and a number' of _ other pe
sons. The mutineers then lied in n body
taking their arms nnd amnunitbn with them
Tha band numbers forty , nnd [ n-o reporte
coming this way. A detachment of the 681
United States infantry has left hero fortho
border. *
Exposition Note * .
NEW ORLEANS , January 13."At the World's
Exposition to-day the following awards were
made : Sweepstakes , best wetlipr 2-yoar old.
Durphy , entered by Taylor of Wanesville ,
111. Best sheep under 2 years Gnrfield , en
tered by J. W. Potts & Sons. , ' Jacksonville ,
III. Best five weathers under. years firat ,
Potts & Sons : second , Thomai tTuylor. The
remainder of the awards will bo announced tomorrow -
morrow , J
Pestruutivo Explosion.
SYRACUSE , N. Y. , January id. At the Sal-
vay Process soda ash works , three miles west
of here , nt1 o'clock this morning , a largo dis
tilling vessel weighing four tons exploded and
, was blown seventy-five feet in ; the air. It
landed in the building , carrying away the entire -
tire roof of the largo main building. The
, machinery was badly damaged to tha amount
of 840,000. Fifty men wera nt work at the
time , nnd twelve wera injured by scalding
water nnd Hying fragments , but none seriously.
Several weeks will be necessary.to . repair the
'
damages. '
Tbo Pope and tbo Plenary Council ,
BALTIMORE , Jon , 13. A special from Remote
to The Sun says , the pope is now engaged in
preparing a special letter in whichjho will con
gratulate Bishop Gibbons , as well as all other
biehops recently assembled in 'Baltimoio in
plenary council , upon tha issue of their dillb-
eratlons and upon the harmony and unity with
which the conclusions of tho.council were
reached. It is generally believed Archbishop
Gibbon will bo created cardinal in May next.
:
Tlio Oregon Seiiatorship
SALEM , Oregon , January l3.Tho contend
ing factions among ( he republicans wera or
ganized late last evening nnd'a permanent
organization of the onato waa effected by the
election of Wm. Waldo , of Marlon , as presi
dent. Thia will bring about the firnt ballot
for United States senator Tuesday , the 20th
inst. The legislature on joint ballot is repub
lican 52 , democrats 38. Itepublican majority
1-1. i
Destruction of
CIIIOAQO , III , , January 132 The News
Collinsville , (111. ( ) special soys'.1' The oldest
and most extensive stock Ixsll' factory In the
United States burned to tha ground 'tbii
rt morning. Fifteen thousand dozen bells WOK
- destroyed. Loss § CO,0,0. No insurance ,
Tbo factory was known as the I. C , Moore
, factory , but was owned by 0 , B , Wilton ,
henatorlal fllotiops.
SAN FRANCISCO , January 13. ' The lateil
development m the United State * senotoria
le- contest is a letter written yesterday by Lelanc
- Stanford to Claus Spreckels , stating he will
to not bo 0 candidate while Sargant or Porklna
a are In the field , <
nd Fifteen Tbousanil Dollar * Short.
118
WILMINGTON , ( ) . , January lS.-Tho ex
ic- nmlnatlon cf the accounts of * ex-Troasurei
icla , . to be short about SIR ,
iln 000. Heads bondsmen ore Vood and tin
county \\111 loie nothTsg' .
rly The Hem lieu Deny ,
aes cc- BKKLIK , January 13. The CWnese Icgatioi
len denies that Gorman officers are'liclng enrollei
itn- for the Chinese army. "
aet Hoinforcliitf
B v " " jmn4ii > t
ins PAUIS , January 13. FrancoJhVs ed
idl- two more tenmers for transporting o
mdlmeuta to Tumjuiu , % °
WASHINGTON NEWS.
of Several Bills of More or
Less Importance ,
Dissatisfaction of the Small Mis
souri Eivor Appropriation !
Eoseoraus Will Oppose the
Bill Eotiring Gen. Grant ,
Our Washington Dispatches Are
Very Interesting ,
The House Adjourns Out of Be-
speot to Sohuylor Oolfax ,
Progress ot the Stvnlm Court Martini
arid Oilier Interesting 'Wash
ington. Noxve.
SENATK.
On motion of Ilnwloy , the eonatu took up
the Drivij resolution. Senator Vnnca spoke
upon it at length. Ho declared ho had been
drawn into the confederacy unwillingly but
when ho fouqht to maintain it ho defended the
courao pursued by Davis. Senator Ilawley
said ho only pic&outed the resolution to pro-
norvu tha papers of historic value , lie , how
ever , went into correspondence to show how
Davis consphcd torulo the Eimth arbitrarily.
Senator Brown said ho had boon an original
secessionist and defended his course as out
lined in his correspondence with Sherman and
Davis toward the close of the war ,
Ilawloy then read Brown's letter to Joffer ,
son Davis Informing thu latter
that ho ( Brown ) held the Georgia
rofcrvos to defend the state against the usurp
atiun and abuto of power bv thu central gov ,
eminent , as well as to repel an Invasion by
the enemy. The resolution passed 52 to 10.
Among these voting for it , were. Bayard , Lamar -
mar , Garland and Vance. Nays as follows :
Brown , Colquitt , Hampton , Harris , Kenna ,
Mnxey , Morgan , Saulsbury , Slater and Vest.
Halo , from the committee on appropriations ,
reported back the last naval bill appropriatior
sent over by the house , amended by striking
out all the provisions for a change in the existing
isting laws. Hale said that he would .call i
up to-morrow.
Dolpb , from the commitceB on public lands ,
reported favorably to the house bill repealing
the promptlon ot timber culture and desert
land acts and modifying the homestead aH ,
Edmunds introduced a bill authorizing tlu
president to appointandplaceontho retired ar
my , one from among those who had been gen1
ernls commandingarrales of the United States ,
or general in chiefs aid in the army. Ed
rounds expressed a hope that the unanimoui
consent would be given for thu immediati
consideration of the bill. Every senator , h1
said , would see the object of the purpose o :
application of thu bill. He would authorize
the president to appoint Lien. Grant to tin
retired list. In its form it would obviate th
difficulty in the Fitz John Porter case ,
Cockrell asked that it should Ho over till to
morrow.
Van Wyck intrpdnced a bill to make tb
railroad corporations organized by acts o
congress , subject to the control "and leglsla
tion of states and territories in which tlr
" . -r'v"-1
'
roads are constructcdfTfieferrcdr'v"1 ;
A resolution was ng'reed'to calling on tb
secretary of the treasury to communicate t <
the senate copies of the orders , correspond
ence , etc. , made or approved by him sine
December 21,1881 , relating to the collection
postponement or remission of tax npon dir
tilled spirits intended to ba exported ,
The consideration of the inter-state commerce
morce bill was resumed. Vanco'samendmei
that no railroad companybo allowel to charg
a higher proportionate late for the carrlago o
small than largo parcels , was opposed b ;
Bayard , who declared the amendment was a :
attempt to do what neither congress nor an.
human power could do to depilvo propert ;
of its natural strength , and take from weal
ness its inherent defect ? . The amendmei
was not agreed to. Slater proposed on
amendment making all rebates unlawful.
Not agreed to.
A message was received from th" ) govern
ment engineers in chartjo of the Yorktown
monument report'Dg tha completion.
After an executive session the senate ad
journed. _
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON , Jnnuaty 1.Ktccktlage
rising to the question of pu.uial privilege ,
sent to thu clerk's desk and had it-ad the arti
cle in yesterda's Now Xork Smgphargli g the
committee on public buildings with log roll
ing to pass bills for the erection of public
buildings involving S15,000OuO , and giving
Randall great credit for righting and expo.s-
iog the job. The statements in the article
said that Stockslager was reckless , but con
sidering that statements almost a ? leckless
had been made on the floor , and in nn inter
view especially by a gentleman irom Ohio
( Warner ) it wu not strange that tno
newspaper reporters should repeat them.
Thu amount involved in the bills was
not 815,000,000 , , but $0,200 000. The asser
tion that there was any combination or any
binding together of these bills , as far as it re
ferred to him or his committo ? , was wholly
gratuitous and entirely uncalled for , and ut
terly false. lie defended thu order under
which the public building measures were to bo
considered. Handall said he had never
known of such an article until it was shown
him yesterday. Thu material point in con
troversy was between the gentleman from i
Indiana and himself , and ho proposed t- >
take the bill by thu horns and BUS whether
there was a combination , IIu
did not now and never had charged that the
gentlem were guilty of foiming an improper
combination , but ha did say that the very ef
fect of the resolution in a combination and
necessarily BO and naturally. Since ho bad
presented * hia objections to the consideration
of these bilU be had been appealed to on oil
sides to withdraw his opposition. lie had said
that if thu committee on public building *
would select a dozen or more meritorious bills
on which tha house could proceed understand
ingly , ho would withdraw his objection. The
answer was that the moment twolvu or fifteen
bills weru picked out , gentlemen interested in
the bills not helectad would oppose the propo-
eit'on. Ilo was willing that the unmtry should
judge whether there was a combination nr not.
The following bill t were pasa d : Limiting
the time of presentation of bounty and back
pay claims to three years from the patsagu of
th s act , and of all other claims except pen
sions t't six years and providing that claims
hereafter arising must be presented withniiir
years fr < m too time they originated. To ex
tend tbe laws of tha United States over cer
tain unorganized territory south of the state
of Kaunas. Itepvaling so much of section
128 of the revised statues as pro
hibits the promotion to tbe position pi
commissioned or non-commltKioaed ollicera in
the regular anny or any private soldier whc
etved tivo years since IblJU. To regulate the
effect of judgments and decree ! in tha United
Sutes courts in any state by providing
they shall take1 effect by way of lien or other ,
wlso to the same extent and In like manner at
u judgement and decree of courts of suet
states.
Brown , Icdiana , risingt > adi "I perform tin
sad duty of announcing to the house thi
death of Schuyler Colfax , at one time sj > eakei
of thi * house , aodlitu vice pruiident of tbi
United States , A telegram was recdvex
through thu absoclaUd pre-s annuunciD ? thii
sad event. "
The house at an expression of corrow im
mediately wljoiirned.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Special Telegram to THE BKB.
WASHINGTON , January 13. The river an
harbor committee has been at work all day o
the Mi iasippi ) river. It has jti t been decid
ed lo allow 5-100,000 for tlio work between the
DCS Moincs rapids and the mouth of the Illi
nois river , nnd $100,000 from St , Louis to
Cairo. This Is about half the sum recom
mended by the comnimiision , The great
SUIT OK Jit KA CI.AHKR OAINKS
will go on jnit thofmmoai befiro her death ,
Her ton-iii-law , Mr. Christmas , who was
with her when the will was tigacd , will pu h
tha suit Ho seems tn have been n great fa
vorite with the little queer old womno. When
ho quarreled with her own son nnd killed him
in her own house she did not cast him ( IF , bur
Refined nnxitnii for hit ) acquittal , fitting by
his ildu in the court room and counseling in
his behalf ,
MANY
are reached hero regarding the outlook tor
tha pat sage of , ny limuici.il legislation at the
present session of Congrats , and especially
such as may Iiava a direct bearing upon the
national banking system. Quito recently
several prominent bank i Ulcers of Now
York wrro .heto to satisfy them cl\es ns to
tbo probabilities of the Mcl'herson bill , or
the other measures which have been more or
less discussed , being taken up and pushed
through before the ,1d of March arrives.
After looking tha ground over ana getting at
the views of senators and rcprc < entatlvos who
r.ro thoroughly informed not only as to tviiti-
mcnt , which exists among their cnlloa ues ,
but thu diflicu'ties to be encountered in trying
to secure action , they returned homo con
vinced that only one mea-mto , thn MePhorson
bill , has tlw slightest possible chance
of being passed , nndon this must
rely entirely ; upon no deadlock occurring on
ilia appropriation bdl. It is Mr. Totters in
tention to try and secure thu consideration ol
liis bill for the now bond bearing n low rnto ol
interest , and take up thu higher rates bond by
paying the principal and premium , but there
nro a few persons who think the ineasuro
stands ono chance In ono hundred of being
favorably duposed of , although Potter him *
eelf fuels quite hopeful , notwithstanding tin )
tioasury department is agaluit it Ex-Goinp-
trollor Jvnox. who was recently in the city ,
ch ait era the Potter bill as arsurd and prepoi-
terous nnd without sulHclont merit to cntitlu
It to much consideration. Computation' '
msdo at the department show that tha ex <
clmniro of bonds proposed by the bill wouli
require a cash payment from the treasury o
over § 30,000.000. There is talk among tlu
Ohio Kopublicans hero of nominating Minister
tor Taft for the governorship next year. It i
expected ho will ba recalled from thu Kutsian
mission soon after Clovejnnd takes the pros !
deutial chair , and bis friends hero behove b
would bo tha strongest candidatu that couh
bo in nomination. At the eamu election in
October the UglsUturo is to be choxun which
willolcct a successor to Senator Sherman ,
Strong opposition being manifested to the
paesnge of the resolution extending thp thanks
of Congrces to Commander Schloy and Lieut.
Emery who rescued Grecley and his compan
ions , and strange as it may appear this opt-osi.
tion comes almost entirely from officers of the
navy who say that such thanks should not bo
extended except for gallantry in action in the
face of the enemy.
LAND LAWS.
The bill to repeal the pre-emption of deaort
lands and timberculturu laws and to amend
the homestead laws lies paesed the senate.
Senator Dolph in a report accompanying the
bills says under present laws every person can
acquire ta 1GO acres each under tha pre-emp-
eruption and homestead nnd timber cu ture
acts , or 480 acres in all. The committee is of
the opinion that the time has comu to limit
the acquirement of government lands by onp
person to ICO acres. Another reason for tbo
rep-al of the pre-emption law is the alarming
increase of fraudulent claims under it htely.
The report nays this fault it has been
charged waa in tfio.execution of the law , but
tho'commlttoo'la of the opinion that th'o law
contains such Inherent defects that a fraudu
lent entry cannot be wholly prevented. The
increase of fraudulent entries , in its opinion
is due to tbo increased value of the lands , and
the consequent greater inducement of evasion
of the laws. The repeal of the timber culture
law is repealed because it has proved a failure.
The reportcontinues : "Experience has demon
strated that thu desert land act instead of f e-
curing settlement and the reclamation of the
desert lands by actual settlers has been made
the means of securlnp a fraudulent title to ag
ricultural lands. There is a rapidly growing '
sentiment in this country for u repeal
of all laws for the disposal of agricultural
public lands except the homestead law that
the pnblic domain shall hereafter bo reserved
for homes for settler ? . The committee is ol
the omnion that this diould ba the future
policy of the government. Even if tha set
tlers are restricted to 1GO acies of land it will
be but comparatively a few years btfore all
the public laijds suitable for homes will bo ex '
hausted. " In conclu-ion the report says
"Tho practical exhaustion of our public do
main will force upon the poopla anew , impor
tant and different question and In the opin
ion of the committee the time when cur rap.
idly inci easing population instead of being nhlc
to take up homettfludrt on the public
lands and make homes for themselvcp , shall
be compelled to find homes in our over
crowded cities , should , by wife legislation
ro postponed as Ion ) ? ns possible.
The house committee on pension ? , bounty
nnd back pay to-day beard the commissioner
on pensions , Clark , on the advieibility cf ap
pointing state pension agents to represent
the claimants of each state , The conimis-
eioner was present at this request of the com ,
mittee. He ttiought such appointments would
greatly facilitate the business of the ollice.
Frequently the pension oflico had been com e.i
pelled to write ns many as seven letters a day
to as many congressmen who had
inquired about the same rase. Between De
cember 1 and 10 last , thu ollico answFi-id .
about 8,000 letters from congrejsmcn. Mud
delay in the business ollico was occasioned bj
thu different mombees of congress calling tif
tome case. Tin _ views of thu commission
were obtained with the purpose nf
legislation if possible to facilitate the businuie
of tha pemion bureau.
lleproeentatiyo Slocumb was Instruc'od bj
thu committee on military affairs to-day tc
call up the senate bill providing for the retlio
ment nf General Grant at tli9 litst opportun
ity , General Jtosecrans will oppose thu bll
when considered In the house.
THE HWAIM CO U JIT MAItTIAL.
WASHINGTON , January 13. In the Swain
Court Martial to-day qn attempt was made t
discredit General Swalm's statement that he
heal
was wounded ot Chicainnugua , Genera
Grossvenor oi | behalf of the defense criticism
the attempt , and > ald Gros3vcn > r : "It is tin
8mallo < t piece of business God Almighty uve
allowed anybody to go into , " Groinvenor con
tinned : "General Swalm was asked whethe
he was wounded at Chicamaugua. IIu in-
swered he was and thereupon the war depart
meat went through a transformation scene rtnd
reports ofaMuus committees went brought i
to contradict him. Something I could not fit [
if my life woio at ttaku. The war d'oparl
ment usually considers thqro rocoids sacred
ido
but for thu purpoiuof tarnishing the record r
n soldier they are forthcoming ' ' The testl
mony sought to ba given wai not allowet
The ways nnd means commltto of the lions
to day instructed Hewitt to report back favorably
vorably the bill providing that tha duties o
imported mat' rial when manufactured in ho
United States and exported shall be repaid i
full and as the law now stands an export ta
amounting to 10 r.jr pent of tha original du tl
virtually laid in > n nil this class of export
THK WK8TKHN WATKII WATH.
The executive committee on the irnprovi
ment of tha western water wavs began n se
tion hero to-day with the object of urgln
upon congress the necessity of n liberal ap ;
propiUtlon for the improvement of the watt
ways of the Mississippi valley. Itoaent
chairman of the bouse committee of con
merco , and Willis , Murphy , Henderso
and Eaynu , of the coimmttos o
rheriand Imbors , were present. Allthei
gentlemen spoke briefly bn the subject i
waterways without reference to any partlc
lar improvement , and expressed themsehoi :
full sympathy with the object of I ho meetin
Among the resolutions oTnreil ) was nnu 1
Bnllene , u delegate from Kansas City ,
favor of the reciprocity treaty with tha Bou
Ameriuin s'ntes as a means toward the c
nd veloprnent , o ( the Ix.teruits of tha Mlssitslii
on
THE MARKETS ,
Beef Gallic BriDS Very. Good
Prices ,
Hogs Sold at Five and Ton Gents
Lower ;
A Very Fair Day's ' Trade Done in
Wheat ,
The Day's ' Trading in Corn Was ;
Not Large , > <
A Drop of Twenty Cents in May
Pork , V
Outs Attracted lint Lit Ilo Attention
l'ltyo Quoted Stronjj Rrovlslons 2
Killed AVcnlc.
CHICAGO MAIIKUIS ,
CATTLK.
Special Telegram to TiluBuR.
dlllCARO'January 13. On shipping and
dressed beef stock the market was BO\V and
values generally tilled n shade lower than yex-
terday. Best sorts butchers' stock , such tin
will suit the dressed beef trade and local shop
trade are making strong prices , but canning
and common old cows are plentiful , nnd ere
sell ! ng cheaper than last wcnk. Stockcrs and
feeders touched \eryli'gh prices yesterday ,
but nro lOo to 15o lower to-day. Bulls In
good demand and steady ; . There is nn im
proved demo ml for milkers and ppringorri.
Good to choice , 1300 to 1150 Ibs. , Sri.75@0.25 ;
1200 to 1350 Ibs. , S5.-lO@fi.U5 ; common to fair
cows , $2 CO@II.50 ; medium to good , $3.55 ©
1.25 ; ttockers , S3.30@-l.00 ; ( coder * , 81.20
@ 4.50.
HOGS. '
With the fresh receipts and the 20,000 lo't
last night , theru were nearly ( iO.COO togs on
tale , and buyers made up their minds to fill
their orders at n lower ranga nf prices. But
salesmen who had good stock did not budgu
till loto in the day , when they were allowed
to niako concessions of G&lOc ; packinc and
shipping , 370 to 400 Ibs. , * 4-10@4 70 ; light.
. 11)0 to 210 Ibs , 84 25@4 EO. The market
closed with about 35,000 unsold. The bulls of
the
'
WHEAT
market exhibited a weak and unsteady sensa
tion about their knees tuwnid 10 o'clock this
morning , but befotu the close cf the morning
hession they had braced up again and were
feeling as we'l ' as could bo expected under the
. circumstances. May wheat , which is the
wheat of the present era opened jchigher than
yesterday's closing pricu at 87c. , but ill's ' slight
- advance at the opening WAS delusive as a num
ber of operators found who made pnicha es.
At thatpoint it may have boded a strong day
but it opened the weakest ono of the seeeion.
Hero was a rapid decline which stopped only
when tbe price had dropped lo fiojo. Cablers
were loss strong and a number of small tinders
. who were quite willing to realize on
their holding atj 87was ; tolargo
' f " < " '
to'proveiit a decided reaction"whe'rfa"'pont ! or
two of decline bad been quoted , these sellers
weru too numerous to bu specified , but there
were not many of the heavy weights nmong
, them which was n circumstance viewed with
much satisfaction by the supporters of the
high price doctrine. When the option hid
sold down to 351c and had recovered to < r > jc ,
. a , broker who Bad done a good deal more
drinking than trading , was heard to remark
- that M y whent would sell nt OOc btforu it
10 touched 85c. No one took the tioubloto
lo contradict him. A good deal of scalping was
donn on the decline , EO th t altogether the
1 ! day's trade was a fair one. The viBlblo supply
statement showed a decrease of ( iOJI.GSO bush-
alit els in the nrnount of wlif.it in tight , nnd an
itd increase of 05,345 bushels in the visible f apply
of corn , The possioon the iloor and in the
offices appears to point in the direction of an
re other marked advance in tliQ piico of wheat
after the break of to-day. Tha fact that tbo
visible supply is now wteadily increaMiig is re
garded as unfavorable to a decline below the
, point reached to-day.
COl'.N
ia generally pteady at the opening , though Jfi'i-
jc | lower in the middle optmtion * . The day'd
. trading was not large andjbrought out no par
ticular now features. The geneinl tenor of
the maiket wai4Boverm d to a larjo extent by
wheat and provisions thus making corn irreg
ularly lower , though not quotably weak. No.
, 2 casli sold nt 3G@37c.
OATH
attract but little attention either in cash or
speculative trading. There was ; : v moderate
demand for seller May which ranged , from 2Hil
to 'I' ' } cash. Market was little betterthan nor-
* - rnal at 2 ( 205 ,
KVK
. quotably strong under light offering ! and in
better demand than it usual in this fjrnin.
Cash wns quoed oteady at C8i with liO bid for
Marrdi , nud ( iTi li.'iJo for seller May , Close
was at outside ,
PKOVIHIONH
:
as a whole ruled weak and more or lees de
pressed but not lower. May option in pork
( bowed ( hi greatest range by a drop of about
20 : . The general duxire to sell was brought
out by a fclmllir ctndltlon in wheat and rather
liberal receipts ia lha yards. In the wbolo
lint there was an advance of only ' 'iu over the
opening quotations , while he cloeo wax barely
steady at vry little better thin the lowcM.
_ points reached. Cash quotations weru , pork ,
81185 ; lard , SO 77i ; libs , S5 ! 5. Bolh pack :
lot' interests and eca'pera ' were qulto liberal
cellars.
Dr. Garvcr'rf Ilillo Ilccoril ,
<
NKW HAVZN , Conn. , January 13 , At 1.45
al this afternoon Dr Graver's tcoro was : Khots
lO.OCO , hits it,8Gr : , miHHCH 2,132. , The impres
sion is growing that he will not mccetd ,
:
-
- DYSPEPSIA
-
Causes Its > lctlms to bo miserable , hopeless ,
in In mind irrlt.v
confused , and depressed , very
lt ; bio , languid , and drowsy. H la a dlsenso
id- which does not get well of Itself. It rcmilrcs
o , careful , persistent Attcntion anil a remedy to
itlf throw off tbo causes and tone up Iho dlgcs
tlvo organs till they perform their dutlea
willingly. Hood's Barsaparllla lias proven
faon Just the required remedy In hundred * olcases.
on
"I havp taken Hood's Harsaparllla for Ujs.
in t-epsla , Irom which 1 have suffered two yours.
.ax I tried many other medicines , but none proxeU
tie BO satisfactory as Hood's BarBaparUla. "
rts THOMAS COOK , IJrmli Klectrlo Llgtyt. Ca.
New York City.
ies- vo- Sick Headache
iesnfc
nfc 'Tor tbo past two years I liava bcon
aullcted with severe headaches .
sla. I was Induced to try Hood's. Sarsapa-
m- rllla , and have luund Brest relief. I cheerfully -
* fully recommend it to all. " $ ! U * '
onn AN.NAIII.K , New Haven , Comu <
me , Mrs. Mary O.5niltb , CmnbrMgopor.Mass.t
of was a huffercr from d j spcr/sla aua sick lieaU.
ache. Sim took llood'a Sarsupsrllla ana
nz. lound It the best remedy &ht > ever used.
yin Hood's Sarsaparilla
nth Sold by all drwgglf.ts. $1 j BX ! for 85- " "
- " ' ' (
% JIOQ ? Doses LOne _ Dollar. ,
L JA