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1HE OMAHA DAILY FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , SATURDAY MORNING , JANUARY 21 , 1885. LINCOLN. HesoMlion to [ Investigate ttc School Land FranJs With.Open Doors Very Properly Sat Down Upont 'The Ornamental End of the Leg" islaturo do Considerable ! .MoShano's ' Resolution Regarding the Morton Affair , 'The House Receives a Delegation of the W , 0 , T U , , Anil Mrn. CoolCy IlcKnlcB the iloiiBO "With an Address OH Temperance. THB HOUSF . Special Corrospondencs of the LINCOLN , January 23. Tha first regular unsineti this morning WIH a resolution pre sented to thq houeo by Mr. Jonhtton , of Lnn castor , that the the houeo branch of the school land fraud hr.rstigatirg committee bo in structed to hold its meetings with optn doore. Johnston laid ha cmild not understand why here was such a dwiro for secrecy nnd Impu J that everything done and ald vvoald bo made public. Olmstend sId on behalf of the majority cf the Inuso c mnii'tcohn ' hoped thin resolution would carry. 'J Iny were anxious to have the prociedlugd made public , but when thty opened their dooi.i , on account of the mull- nes < of toe ro-an , they were overrun by a mob. Varner Ea'd ttiht llio deinorats wore once apparently noxious for th's ' inquiry , but now they wanted to work in the dak and prevent the people knowing what wai golig on , It the i ( in in was not large enough hu would hire the opera houic , if necessary , HO that thu meetings mitfht bn public and citizens mtghc watch tha proceedtngp. in answer to Mr. Mllh r Mr. Vnrcn' eaid tbat Mr. Mills of the eena'o atd Mr. Crook of this home , wcro the dunoc'ati anxious for secrecy. Uarltn thought iho committee should have pouer to act M it thnupht fit. Nettleton then caid that this investigation wan entrusted to the committee by thu home and thutit was compo'.int to jnrlgo for itself how bo t to nut. Ho did not favor the resolu ion. He would not have the cum- rnlttre hold or hanipernd by a mub ai the chairman has described them , but was in fjvor of allowing them to use their own discretion. Stcphenaon ( aid he didn't know whet her the committee had any doora cr not but thought it only fair to them to allow Item to manage their own businefs. Price moved that the resolution belaid upon the table , which was carried. Dims toad now i ffered a resolution that room No. ti bo sot apart for the exclusive u a of the committee , aud this WHS adopted. Nettleton proposal that tha house adjourn until 2.30 p. in. to give the committee n op portunity of proceeding with their busintcs. This wa can led vnd tao houie adjourned at 10 o'clock a. in. in.THE THE LINCOLN , January 23. Tha senate , whicli n critical 'member of the bouse called the ornamental end of the legislature , transacted considerable business this morning. Mr. Sewers , chairman of the railroad committee reported bask to the senate for action in tbo commltlu * of the whole , Mr. Goehuer's rail road bill regulating the charges of freight en through car loids. On motion of Mr. Goehuer itVM referred again to the com- mlttoo. Mr. McAllister introduced a ieso- lution that the railroad committee ba request ed to bring in b'll ' in threa days regulating the freight tariffd in this state. On motion of Mr. Day the uiles were suspended and tha resolution adopted without opposition. The most interciting matter of the day and that which brought out the forensic eloquence of tha members , was Senator McSnane's renolution regn ding tha Sterling- Morton affair. Whereas. On the 14th day of January , 1S ? * > , a j Int cjmmittee of the Senata and House of KepKsoiitatttcB was appointed to investigito the rolling and leasing of the school laudi in thnstot cf Nebraska nnd in order that they might be able to thoroughly prosecute the vvoik cf said investigation was empowered to send for persons and papers , andWhereas Whereas , on the 20th day of January , 183 % a summons signed by a member of said committee mitteo was served upon ono J. Sterling Mrr- ton to appear before sid committee to give tett'mony in said investigation , nud Whereas , said Norton in reply to haid sum mons wrote a letter to said member tignitg said summons ; which latter wasdat < d on Jan uary 20th , 1885 , In which be recites that ow ing to important business engagements at Nebraska City , he asked to be excused frcm appearing before said commltUu until Mon day , January 26tb , on which date ho would bo present and at the service of said commit- ee , and Wheicai , the committee having reported to this senate that Mr. Morton had refuead to ap pear before said committee , and asked for in atructious from this senate , and this body , un' der the powers ve-tad , ordered an aetachment ba Issued for ( aid Morton and that ha ba brought before the bar of the sonata. Now , therefore , bo it Hwolved , That in view of all the facts that tha vote upon which said attachment wai Issued - sued be reconsidered and the record expunged. In support of his resolution , Mr. McShanu said the iisulog of the summons In the first place WAS illegal , being timed by this man Olmttead , who had no authority , except is chairman of ono branch of the committee. Church Howe declared himself in favor of jus. t'cu , but thought Mr , McShano tea hasty. The senate had acted on the committee's ad vice , and that action thould ftand until other wise requeitad. Mr , Morton's letter in a private vato matter , and tbo eorato only knows it * contents from hearsay. Mr. McShane said the letter was tlio property of the committee , and ho wanted It brouzht btforo tha bouse by the committeo. Mr. ISrown was of the opin ion that Mr. Morton's letter was an after thought , and had been sent to net himself right after refilling to coma with the sergeant- at-urmi. Ho favored reconsidering , but would not expunge anything from the jucordi , Mr. McShane replied that having been impoied upon the senatu'i actions vv re disgraceful , nnd should ba wiped from the lecordi. So win was cnrirus to know bow long after the summons was served that the letter was written , but no ono knew , Senator llurr wanted to do the square thing by any nun. "over if be was a prohibitionist , " nd especially If a democrat. Howe insisted on waiting till Motion bad made hi * appear ance beforn anything was expunged from the record * . Senator Uolan then moved tbat the resolutions bo referred to the land fraud in veitigatmg committee , while Mr. Skinner thought tha kenate ought to sea the letter ba. fora they ihould say they were wren ? . At this point of tbo proceedings Mr. Dim- at ad , of tha housf , who bad received the . 'tier , appeared on th floor of the tenata -chamber and suked for a hioring , ana to read 1 th letter , which was not allowed , on the ob jection of Mr McShane. Senator McAllister moved tbat Mr. Olmstotd be beard. This rrought several gentlemen to their f et with .protrtts. Mr. Olumtead th n withdrew hii request , anil Dolan's resolution to refer tha whole matter to the investigating committee , waa moved as n substitute. Mr. Duckworth hen moved to give Mr. Olmsteatl Hvo min- ites to read the letter and Address thn senate. 3y a risln ? vote of 13 to 14 the motion prc- railed , Hn road the letter from Air. Norton , which asked for further time. Ho sixtd the letter reached him yesterday , Thursday , at 1 r > . to. The dnte ot the letter was the 20th. He a.oko'1 that the rastm.viter of the hcu o be allowed to cnrrob- irate hii statement , but it witt * not allowed. The ditcussion WM RRaln vigorously n-iumcd until thcprcvloui question was ordered , Senatr r Dolan's'rosolution was adopted by thu follow * ngvote : Sfeas Urown. Unckworth , Uurr , herrv. Clark , Day , Dolan , Ian-el , Goo- mcr , Howe , Howell , Hyerstxwi ! , McAlister , tfelklejohn , Norric. Paul , Putnam , Sheivin , Jkinner. Smith of 1 lllmoro , Smith of Lnocas- * r , Snoll , Sewers , Hponcer. NftjH Durland , Filson , Uobal , McShane , Motz , Mlllf. Senator McAllister introduced a bill to reg- ilate passenger rates on railroads. Senator Skinner introduced one requiring railroads of .ho state to lectivo and transfer freight to other roidf. Of the bills road for the third time and passed was one fixing the pay nnd duty of leg islative employes. Tha bill prohibiting lie sale of tobacco to minors under thirteen years of ago was pused with but two di'sonting voicoi % Clark nnd tnoll , The educational : ommittoo reported in favor of the bill making .ho study of hygiene part of the common school curriculun. Senator Howe introduced a resolution that Lho nenato take ono week's vacation. The reasons given wcro that business might be ex- [ icdited , Strange as it may -eem tbo reasons or not adjourning were practically the same. This resolution , with the various amendments tacked to it , was finally tabled. Investigating , Special telegram to the ISK. ! LIKCOLN , January 23. Olmstrad was not iresont at the session of the committee on in vestigating the school land fronds to-aay. On : he resolution of Smith a committee of three , consisting of Motz , Smith and Spencer was a * pointed to investigate tha Olmstead-Yor ; r-n affa'r. ' Three witneises from Clay county wu-j examined and testified to having held eases on the lands nnd tbat the loises wera isued to ctlior partial while they still held losiossion of the lain ! and thn original lotses. They woie compelled to pay considerable gums to get the land-i back a/am. Prlday afternoon Is an off day in the house ted this was no exception. &lny members iad gonu , leiving those behind apparently 11-iiii.lined to do much work. A few bills and t'Kolutlnns of minor importance were Intro- luced and the house racoivod a deputation from the Women's Christian Temporanro union , a temperance address of some length ; iven by Mrs , Cooley , and shortly after thu IOUHO adjourned until to-morrow morning , THE OKUAHA.C11A BOOMEKS. I'NEU.U. HATCH ISSUES 1118 rilOCLAMATIO.V. CALDVVKLL , Kaa. , Jbimary 23. By mail and courier the associated press correspondent has received news from General Hatch's head quarters nt Camp Kutsall , Indian territory , dated January 19 , and delayed by storm i mtil to-day. The communication is as fol- ows : "General Hatch and Lieutenant Rnley ire in camp waiting for Major Dawo. * , who eft l'"ort ' ; Heuo ytsteiday with three troops of : avalry , F , G aud 0 , and company D , ot the Tweatielh Itfautiy. AS soon as they arrive The general will command and with tr ops I will join Captain Mooru who has three troops m Stillwator. The troop ) will all bo concen trated by Friday. A battery of two Hotch- kins guns is expected with thu troop ] . The Tbo last court of tLu boomers in btillwater sent in by Sergeant Wileon , givei 375 mtn. The following notice was on Tuesday served on Couches culony at Stlllwater : To whom it may concern , that the orders and piiclama- tiou of the president of the United States may ba informal pertaining to the Indian territory for the ejectment of all persons now there without authority and who have already resisted with arms the order to remove them. It has been fouud necessary to Invoke the assistance of the military. The general commanding the department of the Missouri has been cntrustsd with tha enforce ment of the laws and dispatched a large force utidor tee command of tiie uuderalgned to see that the laws are observed in the Indian ter ritory of Uk'ahonu. ' It h within the knowledge nf the officer in command that some hundreds of men have banded together to resist the execution of the laws in an avowed insurrection against the government. It is devoutly to be hoped that any umawlul action oa your part leading to sacrifices of human 1 if a may bu avoided. It must ba clearly uuder-itood ilut thu killing of any soldier obaying orders in the execution of liisduty by men anted to rc ut ihuMwix simply murder , und thty will sooner or later ho tried for the samu as principals or ncccw'ories. Nona will regret more deeply such a result as the commanding oflictr and the officers serv ing under him. The responsibility must rest OLtirely will yourselves. It is with grert re gret tbat the commanding officer learns that men who ssrved their country during the best years of their life to sustain the law of the government are now openly leagued with insurgents against a Hag they serves so well. It ill becomea there , as old to'dlerH uf the Union , and upon reflection they must acknowledge _ their error. To you , as to all citizen ? , legitilation is open to settle any grievances , Tbero Is no neceeblty to tuiort to arms , should the occasion occur , tu which it is the intention of your loaders to compel yuu , Tha military will not 1)c responsible tor loss of life or stock from roving Induis who will sicra Ihe oppor tunity to inflict injury , and all tha tronole can easi ) b avoided by observing the piocU- illation ot the president ofjtho United atates and peiceably" leaving the territory s directed. [ Signed ] HOWARD HATCH , .brevet Maj. Gen. commanding ath cavulry. Supponed Train Wrecker Innocent. Special telegram to the BEE. LINCOLN , January 23. The readers of the BKK remember the disastious Hubbell wreck last Juno in which one man was killed and many injured , also that ono S. S. Voorhecj wns lately found guilty of causing the wreck and sentenced to fifty years in the penj- t tiary. His trial was hcldat Belleville , Kas. Row developments have been made Hinceand to-morrow morning the Bt ta Jaur- nal will purllsh'tho evidence of ono dozen reputable And well known citrons of Hum- boldt nod Richardson counties which proves that Voorhoen is Innocent of the crime charged. Humbo'dt Is one hundred miles from Hubbell , and these dozen residents of the former place will testify that Voorhees was there on June 17 , the night that the wreck occurred. uWlmt will next ba done re- mams to be neen. The Mexican National Uaiitt Manifesto MEXICO , VIA GALVKSTO.V , January 20 , Ths national bank of Mexico has refused to re ceive tha bills of the London , Mexico and South American bank ? , declaring such bills worthless , as by the terms of the national banks concession , all other banks were given six months to retiio their circulation , vvblcl expired on tha 20th ln t. On the otbei hand tbo banks of London declared tbo nationa batiks concession a violation of thn Mexican constitution but In order to avoid the dlflicul ties to comrn-rco , it doea not refuse the batlonal bank bills. r * iColored Preacher Ilunp- , MARSHALL , Tex. , January 23. Anthony Walker ( colored ) was banged here to-day in the presence of betreral thousand spectators for the murder of William Hemy , a wealthy white planter , lo 1883. Walker was an edu rated mulatto. He was expelled from th ItaptUt ministry and became a OampbeHita preacher. In hjj confeislon ha wid tlu Henry' * wife ioitlgatod the deed. He spoke from the icaffo'd and asked forftlveneis am said he was ready to dia. Hl neck was bro ken ana he died In nine m'nutu ' , WASHINGTON NEWS. Oklahoma Land Oncsiion Absorbs tiig Senate , Che Argument in the Swaim Court Martial Closed And Will be Considered To-day With Closed Doors- Grand Preparations for the In auguration of Cleveland , ' The Limit of the Public Domain Practically Eeaohed. The Latest News of tlio Trans c. tloiia lu tlio House nnd Senate , SENATE. WASHIXOTO ! * , January 23. The chair laid jeforo the Sonata Vest's resolution to author- ze tlio secretary of tha interior to ascertain upon what terms Crnek and Semlnole Indiana would surrender their interest in tha Oklaho ma land * . Vest amended the resolution to nclnde Cherokee. Sherman thought Urn to Important o matter hat the resolution and all amendments that might bo offered to it should go to the com mittee on Indian affairs for serious and delib erate consideration. Plumb offered a substitute for "Vest'H IDSO- utlon. Tha substitute requests the president , o enter as speedily as possible Into m gotia- ion with such Indian tribes at may be iu pos- leeslon of more lands than enough to give each lead of a family ICO acres , with tha view of using such surplus lands for actual Hcttlers only. The substitute also requests the pro- ! dent to act in the matt < r as speedily as possi- lie and report to congress such piopositians as le mar receive. Cougcropproved all reaolutionijonjl he subject. They excited , he iald , the cupidity of men whose cupidity did not need a stimulus , It was but a ciude way of inviting the people teen on ! tha army of Oklahoma "boomers , " until hero should bo enourh of them to swallow up the little army of the United States , note o mention the Indians , It was a bold faced ichemo for robbing the Indiana of the lands the American people had set apart for hem. Tbera was land enough for the white icople. He denounced the whole fvstem of deriving the Indians of their land * whether to Bccomoaate the Oklahoma boomers or tha ilouro pneumatic cattlp of Texas. _ Ingails repelled the implication in Conger's remarks.VevverearapacIous rare , Ingalls said , we had crossed the whole continent in wo centuries , expelling or astimilating other races. We had now practically reached the imit of the public domain. He doubted vhether out > ide of the Indian Territory thoto were23,000,0jO acres subjeit to homestead ind pre eraption entry , and thosa would bo absorbed within five year ? . Nothing could land before the irres'Htiblo march of the Anglo Saxon race. While Ingjlls believed heeo Oklohama settlers were trespras'era and nvader ? , and were on the land ia violation of , he law , yet many of them had been im- josod oa by scheming leader * ) , and they ba ioved themselves legally entitled to enter upon the lands. Plumb supported hia resolution and eaid t was in accordance with the fitness , and yhat was more , with the necessity of things. It was intended not to wronc but to do justice .o the Indians. Vest said that his resolution was intended 'or the good of the Indians and any state ment to the contrary could only arise from roes Ignorance of the whole matter. A dele- ; ate from the Creek ration now in Washing- , on bad this morning written Vest , thanking lim for what ho had laid on the subject in , ha senatsyeateiday. llepresentatlve Creeks and Sumlnoles had filed in the interior depart ment papers requesting the action suggested by Vest. Conger Bald that ho ] feared ) \ that he Washington representative- the Indian , he tribes even if they did writs to Vest. The ) olicy outlined in tha resolution was , in Con- er's opi Jon , n ' 'Hob Uoy" policy. After a further debate the resolutions of Vest and Plumb were referred to the commit- , ee on Indian affairs. The senate then went into executive session ind whan the doors re-opened the senate ai- ourned. HOUSE. WASHI.VQTOX , January 23. I urd offered a irsaniblo and resolution reciting that bills an- iropriatlog from the treasury originating in ho lenate are now on th * speaker's table and httitis anseited thfsa bill.s are in violation of the privileges of tha bousa to exclusively originate such bills , and directing the judi ciary committee to inquire into the power of .he senate to originate bills appropriating rev enue and report to the IIOUHO at any time. When confined to matteis of personal or local ntoiost , Hurrl said , he hid sot eefn fit to in- terpote objection , but when the senate origin ated a bill appropriating SIOO.OOO.O and af , 'ectlug a great public purpose , tlio time hud arrived whan the question .should bo deter mined whethe. the senate had the power which it claimed to exercise. Htrbeninquhed wherein the constitution any diitiuctlon could bo found between ilia power of the senate to originate bill * appro- printing specific Bums for a specific object , and bills appropriating specific sums for general purposes ai in the case of the illulr bill. llurd denied tha power of the senito to orizinatB either character of bill. The debate continued at great length , tev oral members supporting the power ot the sen- atn in the matter , Willis moved to lay tbo motion on tha table , Agreed to jeas 127 , nay * 123. .Before the announcement of tli9 vote AVar- ren. Ohio , changed his vote from * the negative to t ) u affirmative for the purpose of moving a reconsideration. Motion for a reconsideration was tabled yens 111 , nays 112 , Iteca 8 until 8 p. m. , the evumrfg session to t > e for I he consideration of the pension bills. At the evening session tha house pasied foity-Hlx pension bills. Adjotlrued till to morrow. "WASHINGTON NEWS. THE BAD AND VOX LTA8ES. K 11. Towraend , foiniorly Indian agent of the Sao and Fox egency. and vow Itmea of lands from the Iowa Indians , testified before the t > enate committee on Indian affairs to-day. Ho denied that he had bribed the chief of the Sac and Fox Indians , or \ sed hi official posi tion in an nnsucceisful endeavor to tecare leases of their laudr. He also denoutced as untrue the statement that lie had procured his leaie from vhs Iowa triba by bribery or the use of official authority , though be admitted hu negotiated for tha leuo before be leiigned mi position , and that Pickett , ft licunied In ditn trader at the azency , was bis partner in Itannor the laud. Witness subsequently be came Pickett' * partner iu the trading business at the agency , The argument iu TH HWAISI CAS8 K.VDIP TO-DAV , * na iha court adjourned until to-morrow when it will consider the case with closed dour ? . Tha fiudiiiL'a o ( the court when reacliei will be transmitted through the war depart ment to the president. It Is understood that be will submit them to the attoroey genera for review. Until they are reviewed nod u pioved by the president , they will not bemad public. In the executive Mision of the senate to day , Sf nator hdmundg continued his speech n favtir of the ratification of the Nicaragua rcaty , nnd aiguod that the Clay ton-Bui we r rtaty is not an obstacle to it * favorable cod- ( deration. Ho will continue his speech to morrow. The house ) committee on rivers and har row , having under consideration Capt , Bads' reposition to improve Galveston Imbor , did lot reach n conclusion to-day. The CDmmlt- ee will favor the proposed improvement if he interests ot the government can bo pro- ected. s The jury In the c.i'o of .Taj. D. Cummincs , ndictcii for presenting fraudulent vouchers to hu bureau of medicine anil surgery of the lavy department , brought in a verdict of ; tiilty. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. iDC'ial telegram to TUB BEK. WASHINGTON , .Tanuary 23. It is now nc- lonnccd thai tiio Baltimore k Ohio railroad epreaentatlvea have made n positive appoint- mint to meet the Pennsylvania company in hiledclphia to-day , to come to some under- ttnding on the bituminous coal pool , In the meantime , it is said , that the Now York and Vojtern railway has taken the Eastern rail- oad contract for supplying that road with oal for ono year. It is said that this contract s for about 50,000 tons. It Is generally be loved that the prayers and pleadings of C9r- ainTmnmany leaders have so prevailed upon 'ohn ' Kelly that ho has consented to bo to light ro elected chairman of tlio committee on rganizatlon. Tammany men have boon cast- ng their nets for a leader over sinca the No- ember blow between tbo eyes , but have irought up nothing hut rubbish. In all this hero was nothing suitable for a successor to Celly. Kelly is still ill. though , he may npncar at the meeting to-night , "Us physicians have told him that if ho nters again into politics ho docs so at his own isk. His family has sought to keep him out jf politics , but Kelly turns a deaf car to these appeals. The present cession of cougreis has not been a profitable ono for the democrats in the mat er of investigation , and their t-lforta in the di- ection of unearthing the wrong-doing and lolinquoneles on the part of tlio republican ifflcers. They have not brought forth the re- urns eo confidently expected. There have teen several committees at work and quite a omul sum of money has bean spent collecting ividencg mid taking testimony , but thus far n no instance has any mine been discovered nit of which the dunocrats can make political capital. This ftct is particularly gratifying o tha republican leaders , who feel hat in , surrendering the reins of the government inte the hands of their > pK | > nenta they can go to the country with ! v cry confidence of having administered the iffairs of the government for the wcUare of ho people , without injury to the publice ser vice. The inauguration committee meets daily and is arranging every detail for the brthcormng event in a manner wh'ch loaves no doubt of its entire succws Thus far about 513.0CO has been snbecribcd and the committee entertain no doubt but that all the money needed will ba forthcoming The jn- ention in to surpass in magnificence any > revious inauguration , and the city is.to be decorated in tha most elaborate manner. The secretary of tbo treasury Hays that there > ro ent i eductions in fraud rolls of thu em- iloyes and ppcial inspectors of tbo customs ltd no connection with the special agent'a office in ftew Ycrk. The reduction extends : o nil parts of the country and wag necessary lecauie cf an insufficiency of appropriations. MEXICAN KXTBADITIOX. Secretary JVelinghuyaen's attention was called to an extract of the inaugural address if Governor Ireland , of Texas , published by ho Associated press this morning , in which le alludes to the unsatisfactory condition of .ho . Mexican extradition treaty and states he IBS made repeated efforts through tha state departraonb'tolluduco the discussion of thy iropriety olsuuendibg tha treaty of 1801 So is to permit/any one , no matter where his al- cjiance may be , to be extradited , but no re- iults followed. A Ohioago Dynamiter. CHICAGO , January 23. A young man whoso oal name is Otto Funk waa arrested last night having in his possession a largo number f books stolen from the public library. The books were seized at his residence , which were ound to be in largo boxes. These boxes were emoved to the new city hall building to-day. iVhen the discovery was made that among hem were six or eizht infernal machines con- aiiiing dynamite , any ono of which were ufficient to blow up the entire building , Consternation reigned at the police head quarters where the discovery was made and a number of startling rumors wore at once put xfloat. Funk , when interrogated .said ho was only experimenting. The matter is Btill t mystery. The box found amting the stolen jooks was * a foot long and six inches deep. Inside It was a lot of sawdust packed about a revolver. The sawdust wai saturated with glycerine. A llttlo crank made of thick wire was attacked to the outside of tin box. Still another bar about twice the si/.a of tha first one described , waa filled with a dozen pick- ages of djitamite. Funk has hcen known as J. C. Talbert and was a student at the Chicago cage Medical College and contends that he was ovpe'imentintr for scientific purposes inly. Defectives however , are divided in u their viojva , and contend that lie intended o commitqiiiciJe by this method if arrmtod. The statement is made by the pollca tliaf if he machine , had exploded its force would lave certainty demolished the city hall build- ng and occasioned i rightful loss of life ) . Sullivan ShovvN His Brutality. BOSTON , January 23. John L. Sullivan be came engaged in a free fight in an Kiliot treat bar-room last night , whore ho had been Irlnking with companions most of the after noon. Sullivan was offended at a man named lodgklns , whoHO opinion on pugilistic mat ers differed from his own. After some words Sullivan caught Hodgklns by both arms , and with his head struck him between the eyes. Another of the party , at this point , swore at Sullivan , and said hn wai no man , Releasing ilodgklug from his grip , Sullivan , who was mad with rtge , struch Duliero felling him semeless. Friends of tha latter interfered ind the right became general , A bartender named Miguire drew a revolver. This and the arrival of a detail of eight officer ) ! re stored quiet , but not until all present were nuro or leiB huit. At t o sight of the officers Sullivan W H hurried from the saloon through , ha rear dcor. Deliere , who was badly hnrt , declares he will procure a , warrant fur Sulli van's armt. Jack Ketch'In Illinois , ' r , 111. , January 23. Thomas P. Clupmanj murderer of Nicholas Hubbardln , Humbolt , Coles county , lust August was liavged here at 2 o'clock this afternoon , having pi eviously contested tha crime. Ho had nbth- lug to say on the scaffold , not even a prayer being oifeitil , III * > id. broke by the fall and lib died in tight minutes. Chapman worked for Hnbbard , a wealthy bachelor fann er , and killed the latter on hn return home from camp meeting. The object of the mur der waa robbery , [ Crooked F.ioc Killed. CHICAGO , January 23. The Inter-Ocean'a ChambetUin. Dak. , special says : Yesterday John Bader and an Indian named Crooked Foot got Into an altercation over same wood. Tha IndUn shot at Bader three or four times , when the latter fired at Crooked Foot with a Winchester rifle , killing him. No fearj are entertained of a rising among the Indians on account of the killing as Crooked 1 oot was not eBtevrred among hit peopK Diphtheria Jn Illinois , CHICAGO , January 23.-The Dally News' ' Maxel Green , Win. , fptcial rayi : All the public Schools re closed on account ol diphtheria , which provaU ai an epidemic , Seveal fatal caies have occurred. GENERAUJEWS. A Large Amonni of General News From all Paris. 'rosident-eleot Cleveland at the State Normal School , ! n a Neat Address Presents the Students their Diplomas : lorrors of the Piedmontese-Al s Avalanohesi Tows From the British Army in Egypt , The Snom Storm nt Various Points Railroads Blockaded Urlmcs nil Cunulllcs. GIVI39 Pll'liOMAS AtnASr , January 23 1'resldent-eloct- loveland attended the commencement oxer * iees of the state normal school this afteinoon. .ddrcssing the graduating class in presenting iplomas ho said : "I have gladly availed .my' aU of the ptivilego accorded mo of participat ng in the oxercispn connected with your grad ation. It is ; ix pleasing part allotted tome mo , to present to you the evidence that you IBVO enjoyed educational advantages which erminato to-day. The cause of education s so important in this country , where the In- olligenco and proper training of people lie at he foundation of the safety of the state , that o patriotic citzon can fall to ba interested in n occasion of this kind where an Institution o useful and BO distinguished as our nor mal school , sends forth so large a class fully quipped for the battle of life , and for the dis- hargo of the duties which await them as mn , nd women , Some of you will , , ' suppose , in the capacity of eachers guide and direct those who will look orward to their graduation day which shall Iko yours be full of satlsfatlon and hope. You will ewe to them a sacred duty , and your isrent school has a right to demand at your land tint her intlucnce which by your .eachlop . will be enlarged , and iroadened shall lose none of ts salutary and Lbenificent character , with which it rests rn'you at this hour ; and those f you who follow other ways of life are in luty bound to do honor by achieving success and usefulness in the light of her inspiration , o will not harbor the thought to-day hat the diplomas which you are .bout . to receive will ever remind yon if school hours wasted or of opportunities nn- mproved , but rather wo will hope that they will ba souvenirs of haopy days and of asso- iatioos which through life you may pleasantly herlsh. " The Horrors of the AvalAnches. HOME , January 23. Further details of the levastation caused by the avalanches in the 'iedmonteso Alps are coming in slowly , the olegrapli lines being prostrated and postroada > locked by tnow in many plaes. A report rom Bronasco states that mno persons were ci led nnd many othora injured in the village. At Chiabrands , every house was buried and n some ctses masses of ho and snow covering ha homes were twenty feet apart. Soldiers and * neighboring villagers are laboring : with desperate energy to rojcuethe people. Scores of dead bodies were taken out. In many cases they bear no marks of injury ( showing hey must have been suffocated , alany per- 0113 rescued had been imprisoned in narrow and partly wrecked cabins for several days to gether with the corpses of their relatives , lelief trains wera sent from Turin with food nd clothing. FOREIGN NEWS. TUG Amman iiooitsB.v. LONDON" , January 23. The London & Northwestern railway company has entered a claim for 120,000 against the American ship 3anti Clara , wh'ch sunk the steam packet Ad miral Moorsui. RUSSIAN AND 1'KUSSIAN EXTRADITION . LONDON , Jsnuary 23 , The convention of- hided en the 12th instant between Kusiin nd 'rusisa ' , provided for the extradition of per- ons guilty of murder , or attempted murder , r preparing to commit acts against the Ger- nan or Ilusalan empernrs or their families , uch as assisiination , acts of violence causing xidily injury , abductioa or insults The con- ention also provides tbat persons guilty of bo illegal manufacture ] or ttoragu of explo- ives shall be extraditable. The allegation bat the acts weru committed from political not ives shall not comtitute aeulllcientgroand or a refusal to extradite. KHOJf WH8TKIIN Al'niCA. LoNlMJN , January 23. Advices from west- in Afrlea state that the irritation of tlio rollers and natives at Cameroor.s at the ro- ent movemontH of Germany there , led to Be- ious dinturbances. It was ilono only after nuch property had been de.slroycd. The German admiral ordered a native chief be- leaded for murdering a German subject , IHONQ KONO NKurnAi.iTr L.VWB. Hoxa KONO , January 23. A proclamation ma been issued hero directing attention to ection 10 of the foreign enlistment act , which , the proclamation says , has b > en forced. ? ho section provides that in case of a war be- ween two nations with which England is at ieace , men-of-war of neither bellgerent * will ie fuinishud equipments or supplies In British x > rt . OKN , BTEWAUT ENTBENCHEI ) IN THE DESERT. LONDON , January 23. Private advices re- eived this afternoon fiom Kertl esseit that ho rebels surrounded General Stewart in the desert where ha had taken up an entrenched > o8itlon to await reinfjrccmeatsfromWolseJey. Jeteiters from the rebel lines state that the \lahdi's \ officers consider the affair at Abaklea Wells a drawn battle , The Arabi were neither routed nor pursued and fell back in > rderly manner not in the least demoralised jy the outcome of the engagement they re covered so quickly that General Stewait dare not move end wan compelled to entrench him self on the scene on the conflict. Government officers discredit the above Information. NEWB fllOM MRKMNEII. ALEXANDRIA , January 23 , Privatn advices From the front state that the rebels are strong ly entrenched at Metemneh which fort vtlll bo cecetsary for the Kngliih forces to occupy be fore they can proceed to Khartoum. It is re- jxnted that the rebels collecteJ at Abu Homed are prepared to resist Gen. Karle. OKN. HTiWAKT IN DANOKII , _ 'Al.EXANDlUA ' , January 23 , A report prevails - vails that the rebels have surrounded Genera Stewart whose li o of tet.eat is threatened. ENGLAND AND TDDKBT WILL UAKB COMMON CAUSE , LONDON , January 23 The Pall Mall Gazette states that In tha event of France IntistlDg upon a multiple control over Kgypt the sultan rf Turkey has offered to maki common causa with Knglind on the basis o the agreement published by the Gazette yea teiday. ( IKS.OLSBI.EV NEEDS liEINPORCEMENTH. LONDON , January 23 Olltdala of the wai office believe that Gen , WoUeley may find it Imperatively nesetsary to reinforce the troop- now operating against tha Miibdl In Soadai by drifts of men from the British army o occupation in lower Egypt , and at the aamf title they are frald t allow the army al occupation to bo ncriouily wenkcneJ. They are accordingly preparing for tha transporta tion of tumps from Malta , Gibraltar and the lome depot.s to Alexandria , to toke the place of those who may be sent to Soudan. r.VBNKU , LKCTCltES IN CORK , Conic , January 23. Parnell delivered a lecture this evening before n crowded audience on the "Irlnu Parliament * . " Ho rovlonixl the tiistoty of the past ivuliamcnts m Ireland and raid Co hoped soon to sec uitabllthed at Dublin another parliament M able at that bnly of which henry Grnttcn wai the most brilliant ornament and In which ho introduced bis immortal bill of rights. Ho lulievod It was Imminent. BKIU.IV. January 23. ( Joncneril Udo Vcn Trvsk is dead. Ago 70. A SKNSini.K VIEW. IKJMMW , January 23.-Chamborlin , prrsi- dent of the board of trade , has written a Utter on the subject uf "freo trade , " in which ho 10- marks how abmtdly inadequate any propocel to tax American manufactures would be , to remedy the depression in tiaJe , THE MAIIDI SHORT OV ritOVIBIONS. I.ONDON , January 23. The latest Ar b papers say the Mnluii has been forced to send a part of his troops to Kordovan on nccount of a lack i f provisions. They say ho has 10,000 , Uoopg at Omdusaman. VltKKCII ABMT CIIANQEB. PAHIS , January 23. It ii reported tint Gen. Do Galifet will bo pent to Tonquin toi place Gin. . De Lisle , who is 111 , Gen. Mlle Is ordered to Paris to confer with Ferry. UAOKET. NEW YORK , January 23. At n meetlog of tha executive cummlttoo of tlio trunk lines here to-day tha west-bound freight tariff was reduced from the basis of 75 contfl for firtt- clnsi to a basis of CO , 40 , SO , 25 and 18 , from the first-clam to the tilth respectively , to Chicago cage , to take effect Monday. The cause was that some lints made contracts on tbu latter babis. All are thus placed on an cqua footing. PORT JAIIVIS , N. Y. , January 23. ThoErlo railway wi 1 bfg'n ' on Monday to take np the third rail on the Honexdalo branch. This is preliminary to taking it up the entire length of the road , thus only using the standard guage on tha Delaware division , the work to bo finished Juno 1. SAN FIIANCIBCO , January 23. The Oregon railway navigation company refused at the last moment totien the agreement reached at tlio trans-continental meeting. The agree ment was that the northern lintH were to re ceive 8 per cent of the San Francisco business for keeping out of California , and the south ern lines were to reccivo 8 per cent of the lV.rtUr.cl buafneiH for ketplng out of Orf gon. Under this division of territory the O. K. & N , claims on account of its steamers betwe n San Francisco aid Portland that It Is not only parttf the through Hoc from the east via Portland to S n Francisco , but part of the through line yia San Francisco to Portland , it therefore demands that the southern lines ehall allow them a percentage of8percent ? paid by the northern roads. The southern roads grant this. The matter will be submit ted to the executive committee , if not allowed the O. R. & N. will , it Is said , give the re quired ninety days notice. INDIAXAIOLIS , January 23. Phillips k Stewart , attorneys-at-law , ore in this city to day for the purpose of brinclng a suit in tha ftate court agiinst the Wabash. St. Louis & Pacific rnilroad company , uf Now York , and James Cheny. The complaint is a copy of ono filed in Toledo and other cities. The demand u for S50COO,000. Fifty thoutand one dollar bonds were issued in Jane 1880 bv the trust company and guaranteed by the Wabaib , and in June 1884 the semi-annual interest was de- Inulted. A Hunter Eaten by Wolves , KANKAKEF , 111. , January 23. A. H. Butts , secretary of the Chicago Lumber company , just raturnoi frcm tha logging camp near Metropolitan , Mich. , a point in the pineries forty miles noith of Escanaba , says : "The night before ho left camp the mercury bad dropped to 43 degrees below zero. This was the climax of four days' very extreme weather. That night an old trapper and Indian hunter named Tom DudginB , re turning from a bunting trip , was killed and oaten by wolves within two miles of the came. The wolves there are more numerous and bold tDan usual , on account of the scarcity of small game. His friends while searching for him next mornin ? , found bis clesely gnawed bones and thirteen dead wclvcB lying near him pierced by his rillo balU , snd his Win chester riilo by his side with one chamber still loaded. Newspaper Postage. W \SIIINOTON , January 23. Win. Pend , of the Chicago Inter-Ocean , Morrison Mumford , of the Kansas City Time ; , and D , H , Locke , of The Toledo Blade , were before the houio committee on postofllcea and post roads to day , in behalf of tin re luctlon of newspaper postage. The committee appointed Hepru tentatlves Momty and BIntham ; to recommend to tha appropriation committee mitteo that legislation be em bodied In the poitotlico appropriation bill providing for a reduction of postage on news papers fiom two to one cent j-cr pound. If the appropriation committee find It irnpracU- bla to comply with tha recommendation the postofllco commlttea will endeavor to secure the paesaguof a bill embodving this provision , under Miaponsion of tbo rules the third Mon day in February. A Cool Murderer. CHICAGO , January 23. The daily News Kockford , 111 , , special nays : George U , Fox , a young man of rather hard character , who bad just returned from the went , uai arrested hereto-day for the murder of John Hollidayat Ghomung last night. Holliday was the hurt- band rf Fox s aunt. Fox went to Cheinuog to visit her last night. She told him Holliday had bo i ten and abused hei and was the father if her daughter's child by a former husband , ' 'ox then fell upon Holliday be.iting him lombly with cliairj and clubs so tint hu died mcl then lay down and slept the night through n the same room with the corpse. Ordvvay , Dakota's New Capital. HlBMAHCK , Dak , January 23. The capital I'inoval bill o mo up ) n the council at 11 a , m. WcHtever's amendment relating to the capital nopeity to tbu persona who contributed thu labor , material or money , being under conslcj- ration in the committee of tlio whole , Tha amendment was adopted without remark or : > j > i > o itinD. Kenteday , who introducad the bill , moved to ttrlke out Pierre , in tha county of Hughes and insert Ordway , in the county of Brown. A long discussion followed at the close nf which thu motion waa carried. Favvuctt'H Pelunct B nk. WATEBFOBD , Out. , January 23. Books ol the defunct Fawcett private bank were abstracted from the safe last night by semi ono familiar with the combination. Traces ol some of them were found in thu furnace of the bank and it il believed that all were burned , The liabilities of tha defunct concern are 8158,000 ; assets $375,000. Fawcett In reported to be in New Orleans. American Protective InrltT AcHoclav , tlon , NKW YORK , January 23 , The America- Protective Tariff Association filed a certifi cate of incorporation to-day in court , Thi object Is to ditsemlnatd knowledge cf the principles of protection to American indus tries , The Sioux < Jlty Explosion , Sioux Cm' , Iowa , January 22. Jamea Brnner , one of the men injured by tha port house explosion , died today , tucking tbi fourth victim , The othi > r injured are doing THE MARKETS. There Was a Fair Inunity for Good Heavy Steers. ho Prices of Oattlo Oontinuo Abont the Same , ho General Hog Market Was Bather Quiet. Wheat t Advanced and Olosod Steady oud Firm , ! _ _ orn Was ia Better Demand Than Wheat , > ats Steady on Light Ityo Firm mid Steady Provisions Moderately Activr , CHICAGO M&.HKKT. CATTLK. pccial telefrram to tha BKK. CHICAGO , January 23. There was n fair do- nand for heavy , well-finished steers , but such were scarce and perhaps made a shade more money than yesterday , but on tlio other hand medium and low grade steer- * were nRnin slow , nd vvero selhog about the same as they have ieensinco4Monday s y 30@-10c lower than last week , while the best heavy are around , bout 15@25a lower than on that day during .ho preceding week. So far but foweteersliavo | icon coed enough to Hell ax high as ( * per Ib. 'bo bulk of tha sales have been made between range of $4 50 ® t SO , nnd many loads 'of 'bat counttymen cla Mfitd m good steers avubeen sold for lTG ind thereabout * . The demand continues steady and prices trong on iutcheu Block , fat cows and heifers , ire selling well. There It little or no change , o note In tit cker and feeders tradp , and rallies hftvo uudergone no change of impor tance. Good to choice 1,30 J to 1.-100 pnimds ? 5 G00 Ol ) ; 1,23'J to 1,300 pounds S52 @u fX ) ; V.OtO to 1,210 pounds 84 lOfoM 00 ; common 08 8250(2300 ( ; medium 8300@i75 : ; good 84 0 @ 4 40 ; stockora S3 OJ4 0 ; feeders 51 C0@l CO ; corn fed Texans 4 25g4 81) ) . HOGS. The pencnil market was lather quiet. A rew of the big packing firms were lather dis posed to go slow , ordering their buyers to get only a limited number and at limited prices. The provision market is not nt all active , and packers show no paiticuUr deeiro to load up at present prices , the supply being rather be- 'ow the average. Sale-sun n found no difficulty n deposing of _ their conslsiimontsfat about /tslerdoy's piices. Packing and shipplnir. 50 to 4 0 Ibs , S4 55@4 75 : llaht , 100 to 210 Ibs. , S420@4GO. Surprisingly few feature- * 'ntered ' into to day's mirketi , which , during .bo entirn morning setslon ruled firm and very teady , with faw fluctuations in anything , tables were weaker , but light receipts and tbo weather iifluence , backed by a fuw pronounced bull ) , supported the market , The close all around was film. i _ , WHEAT opened at fall yesterday' * closing prices , 8Gjo "or May , very few of the crowd had wheat to ell at the opening and light offerings' ' went i long way in sustaining prices. Tne first quotations were the lowest , while the advance was only Jc. The stormy weather here and reported ram In the southern winter wheat HatrlcU also strengthened the market , and at .he . close it was steady and firm. No. 2 spring was quot'd at S0@80 c ; Now York reported If teen boat loads taken for export. To-inor- : ow'a receipts are estimated at 120 cirs. CORN ivas rather stranger early in the session thin wheat , thora being a little better demand for it. The subsequent course was about with wheat , few options thoniug any decided fluct- nstlonp nnd the favorita " " , "AIny" only mov : og ucwai-d i'&gc. At times duncg the morn ing tha pit v\as ( [ iiito descried. No. 2 cash was quoted nominally at 3Sc. Light icceiptH helped the general situation , which was one of onoidf rablo strength. The close wis steady vlth inoro attention paid to thu market OATS tiled very ttcady on light offeiings , but hroughout the entile tesKion were quint. As tccka In tnre contmuo to HIO\V n decrease , ho dlspOHition to gu short growH lefH. The ctive option held up firm at nnadvance of | o 'ash ' cuti no fivuie , BVB ontinues firm and steady , but very quiet luring ofForinpN ; No. 2 cnHb , January and February , WPIO held to-day nt ( ! 24c ; March at " 3\c ; April at Glc ; May at C8JG9c. At the ICHO thu iDside was Lid ; track Ktufl ranged rom tc ! ) to 0 * > c. I'ltOVIBIONM hnwed : i moderate ! drgieo of activity and ther more than usuul nirenglh , which irought out higher price ) all through tha list. The foundation of the advance vv H the ad- rent of ( itich mild weather that packing ; opera- ions could ba entirely resumed. This in- lucad a botte- market at the yards and had ts elfects on thu local operators. Grains also iontrlbiitrd a quota rf the strength. Local trading , however , was on a light fcale. Cosh Tjork was called $1200 , lard SO 75 and ribs ? 0 05. The cloHO of the innuilrg wselon WDK eryfirmat top prices for lint day , an ad- ance over yesteiday of 15@2tc. Burled by an Avnlanclir. PAULS , January 23. An avalancbu atMet - ullcs , in the department of Han ten Alpes , irushod through a church In which there were i number of parsons worshipping. All wore mried under thu enowaleo twenty men work I ng in a marble quarry near by. Volunteers ro now digging out the victims. DYSPEPSIA Causes its victims to bo miserable , hopeless , confused , and depressed In inlnil , very irrita ble , languid , and drowsy. It Is a disease- which docs not get well of Itself , It requires careful , persistent attention , anil a remedy to throw off the causes and tone up the diges tive organs till they perform their duties vUlllngly. Hood's Barsaparllla lian proven just the required remedy In hundreds ol cases. " I hayo taken Hood's Barsaparllla for dys pepsia , from which I have suHered two years. I tried many other medicines , but none proved JBO satisfactory as Hood's Sarsaparllla/ ' TJIOMAB COOK , Uriah Wcctrlo JJfiht Co. , N ew Vork city. Sick Headache "I'or the past two years I have been nnilcted with severe headaches and dyspep sia. 1 was Induced to try Hood's Sartapa * rllla , and have found treat relief. I cheer fully recommend it to all. " Mita. K. V. AXNAIILI : , New Haven , Ccun. _ / Mrs. Mary 0. Smith , Cambrtdsoport , Mass. , was amiflcrer Irom dyspepsia and sick head ache. Mho took'food's Sarsaparllla aud found it the best remedy tdio ever used. Hood's f. Sarsaparllla Bold by all druggists. $1 ; six for 85.- Mad i f dy by tt J. HOOD & CO. , Lowell , Mass. ( lOOepooes/.OnoDollar. / _
