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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , MONDAY MOEN1NG , JANUARY 26 , 1885. NO. 189 THE DLViL'S OWN. The Spirit of Gny Fawfccs Visils Lemon , And Tries to Complete His Fiend ish Work , With Dynamite , JBy Blowing Up the British Honso of Parliament , Wrecking the Tower and Interior of tha Housoi 'The Fiendish Attempt Jeopardizes Thousands of Lives. TIio Devilish Deeds Alarm All land nn < I Aitonlah tuo World. TUB KXPtOSION. LONDON , January 21 , noon , An alarming explosion baa just * occurred in tha houao of parliament. Too homes of parliament nnd government offices wore severely shaken and c uuidcrablo damiga dono. It ii Impossible ! nt thU mo ment to toll tbo extent of tha calamity. Tlio report of the exphsion was heard In Downing stiot't. Great crclt tnent prevail" , liaor- ' moua crowds aio nssomblirg at the scene of the oxploiion. The or'g n of the explosion is wrapped in mjstery , but itlsbelitved to hove been caused by d ) nam to. 4 p. m. The explosion nccured c'cso to the house of lords , near Westminster hall. It is reported that thq explosive was placed In a crypt ncder the building , A policeman was hurt The f > rce of the shock was tretnen deus and was felt at a great distance. The amount of damage ia very great , Rumors are currott at thin hour Hut mother explosion oc' curred at 2 o'clock this afternoon ac London Tower. The excitement increases willi ovcry mo' rnent and the city U fifed with flying rumors. There wrra two e\pl < sions insttvrt.of oneuH at first fuppo.ed , at the pjrlianv-nt house. Tliti second cam1) about thrto minutes after the first. One was narth honeo of commons , the other at Westminster 1ml ) . Onomaii _ was arrested near the s-ens of Ihu explosion. The ilrteLttvu force is hard at woik seeking further developments which arc anxlotMly avvaite' , ra ticuUrlv tiy people ia the neighborhood < f Weaminslsr hall , The rumor of the L itidon inner expiation it confirmed , Four'oni persons weio injured. The-outrage was th moit rucccsiful jot ninda upon any 11 the publi i b Hidings since tlm In- augur.ition of dynamite warfare. _ Tne fnuioua old building was crowded with vicitori at tha time of thu explosion. Tha wildest rutnorti are in circulation as to the number of pera < ni injured. These rumors are bain ; carried through therity nnd constantly -gger.iteo1. . TJp to four " 'clock H'xlcon personshtvo beeu oQici illy reported injured by the explosion , none fatally. Thu attick was mnde on the portion of the building known M the ' 'White Tower. " II was fairly filloi w th vls't > rs , and mott of those hurt wrro moving about in the tawror at the time of 1111) oxptibiun. The white towei wivi almost completely wroked by the force of tha explosion. All persons known to have bo n injured wore visitor * . The police , the moment they knew the n ituro of the oxplosioi effectually ba r > d all eg ess /rom / the towei and groundsan4 ire now Mibjectinp dvcry per son detained to the m"ft ti id search. One the ory is that the aitickwas perpetra'od by semi person or pmocs i side the premises. Surgeons were promptly summoned to thi assistance uf thu wounced , who aio now re- cciving all attention practicable. The excite mout 11 growing as the n wn of thu explusloi iprevls. Crouds iu the vicinity of the dam ajed buildings a'e Increasing momentarily Saturday being the u > ml visiting day at th houses of parlmu.eut the buildings contains ! a groit nuuibjr of ight-steis < at the time o tliH oxplosinns. The first expl sion occurrei in the crypt of Wo.tminhtcr hall ; thu tec me took place ia tha BtranRer'rf ualleiy In th house of commons. Iu mediately before th firit oipli'slon a Udy visitor who was nlou and about to inur thu hui'ding ' beckmod to ; po iceman and called his attention to a pack age lying upon then tops out. idothb crypt Tin pollctimun picked up tbe package c.irele slj and went with it out < nto Westminster hall Ho no sonn ° r reached tin h II than tha p ck ago exploded. The explosion Inouktd th policeman down and injured him Be lously Hla case is contidend uiulial. Its force uls knocked dim n two oth r pulicouien in th vlcini y and itunncd than Alidyandgeu tlo near the policeman u hi ba 1 the packiR were a'so prostrated. The great window eve them&iu m.t'Dncoof WtBtmin'ttr hall wu smashed to atom ? , and all tbo Bid a window blown out In the interior of the house ( commons and upon the floor tbe only FO : damaged by the explosion was that whic Gladstone occupies A small chip was nl- tpin off of tlm upoikrr'd chair. The uxpli eion earned a panic among the visitor * . The ; in the huu'u nf common * lied precipitately. There is little bouolh t ths wound d pc llceman will live. The force of tha explosio was to great that a man IljOynids distant w : thrown to the earth. Thu lobby of thu houi of commons it compUte'y I'emollshed . cluu tD the perpetrators it thought tohavubee found.Just before the cxpboaiun occuired man nd woman carrying a hnnd bag eugrgc a c ib outside ft * parlUmont yard and drm rapidly away , pivin ? no directiut H an ti the deotinutli n. They ijad not gene far when tl explosion happeiecl. The cabin in hearii this stopped th cab , and thu man and womH at once lea ? cd o-it and hastened inilckly fro tha Hpot. The cab nun went m pursuit tha runaways , whj were toou over.aknn at arroAted by ths imlice. The oatruttion the house of coinmi us is much grea er than fint Buppoicd. Th * western oxtraimty of tl houiia is a total wreck. All thi woodwork Unit parti f t'je bmldlnij is ( hattnulanl wide hole was mule through the floor. T gallery was dl.pl.cf dai d even tbn tolld to work of th doorwiys ia pulvemed or ihift from position , Kvery pkue of glisi In t house Is smaihtd to atom ) . Uhe gallt benches are ovurtmuud and broken and I gallery generally demolished. LATEIl IlEPOHTrt show the lirst stories ubjut the damage to I white tower are romewhat f xagzarated. 1 white tiwerbuildlrg Is not destroyed , It now laid thn structure U cot even srriou injured , A Urga nuxbor of children w among the vluitor * . Many of these lit one had their fic u and hai b&dljr turn bf tbe broken easj i flying splinter * . The crowds oatsido the wi bavn boon wrouhe ( up to a pitch of gr frenzy against thti p rilratom | of tbe outra Immtuau damage wa < done in the lobb ) parliament house. The inatoary decor t ! and sculpture are utterly destroyed. The lice deicnted them at literally blown piflcoi. At Westminster hall four per * were badly injured and two policeman fatft Ixxi > OK , January 25. The west enil Wtstmnster hall it full of wreckage cursed yciteroa ) ' expl.rtion. . Tlis destruction of uiieninent it msd window at th end of hall U greatly lamented. It is believed t on of the coctpiraton entered ths crj pt i pijiing a policeman and dfpo.itsd the In nal u achlne at th bottom ot thi ttei ) * ' po iwrann remmed thapirwlwhi.h expire making hole In tbe floor thrso ftes ia di eter , bursting I ho iron r ilmi ? imuhlng Uw iron ni ; leidl -of all the window B in the I Tbo poltcemin'n httr WM ringed and his face burned. Ills clothing was torn fro u M * body by the force of the explosion. Ho > ti still allvs hut no hope is ontctU'iied for his recovery. The man and woman wh > drove from the parliament building immodiitcly before the cxploMon and who wcro amntcd on tuspicion. huve been HbjraUd , thi evidence being Insuf- ficiout to hold them , The foundation nf the hall In uninjured but the roof is badlv damag ed. Ttebtoesof th Btatueiof Willum ttie 4ih and George the 4th which wcrj overturn. o1 , ore greatly iojuted. AN INsnoriON Of TUB rAnLIAME.-JT BUILDINGS to-day showed that cx.-eptlng the beautiful window nverlopklug the eUttcua at tha south end of Westminster hall , scarcolv a pane of glass ( scapftd destruction. The found tlons ol the bui ding ? were badly shaken. The roof of the crypt , in spite of Itnn Ksivo streogtb , was greatly damigel rifts Mug visible hero and there , Tlio fl torof thn houio of c immoni proccnts a Btrangofp ctaoo being cov red with heap ) of ma'slvo fraitmenta The elaborately carved oaken Will behind the seats bcnctth the gallery was ompUtaly tjrn down. The flooring nf the strangers nnd tpnalicra gallery suffered the moit damage. ' 1 ho jdo gallery was not Injuiod. The pnrrol whirh cautcd the fust oxplotlon was wrapped in brown cloth and two feet long by one foot wide , ihe gentleman ct mplains that the shock of the ex plosion broke one of his blood > e sels , The ( ) uecn sent n mcfsago.to day enquiring us to lha condition of the Injured policemen , GJI nnd Cole. A reply was sent that both were . .rojrcssing favorably. { . .Tho greatest indlgnat'on prevails through- o provinces. Too nutr.igu wera referred tend nd denounced in all the cMirclus t day. Mr. U. N. Read , member of the house of cummons , to-day injpoctod the locality of the explosion In the parliament building , and says the dam- &ji is immense , It will take months to re pair the injury. Thoujandi visited the Bcor.o to-cl y , but wcro not ullowod to pnttr the buildlug. Temporary repairs have been or- dirod to allow the house of commons to meet February 10th. BiniCTEn IUOBLATIOS'3 in ruinrd to the admission of visitors hai been oidereii to bu tiken in the , future. The policemen who were on duty at the entrance of tha parllaiient building on Sa'urdar t.ta that they examined the parcels of all till visitors tnat day without discovering any thing of a suspiciom character , and that nobody carrying n parcel like the one , descclbed as containing the explosive waa seen to enter ths building. Lady linklco and her clildron had a narrow escape from injury. They were lunching in the deputy sargeant-nt-arms * dining room , which is situated in St. Stephen's porch. T.he door of the rooms was bunt open by the force of the explosion. The center panel ol another door woa , shattered. A man servant was blown acrois the room , and the children greatly terrified. The ut most precautions are being taken to protect the public buildings , ospec'a ' ly the govern ment office' , general postoiHcoi , central tele graph olficoand railway stations. HC&rioious TiiAVKLLKna are narrowly watched. Pearch parties to-day Inspected all of the public building * from top to bottom , The press asiocutlon has informed the government that it has received a letter enclo-ing the plan of the operations contem plated by the dynamiters , and furnishing do- uzriptions of tne active members of the dyna mite faction. Several important buildings which had hitherto escaped were , according to the above mi ntloned letter , Included In the Btibemo of de tnictin Steamers arriving at Britith porls ate subjected to minute eearch m ordtr tn prevent tha importation of dyna mite into the kingdom. nAMDCRd BTEAMKUS are fsptcially watched. Ono man wa' r rettsd to-day in connec'ion with the OX' plosion at the tower. lie was tiken to Scot land Yard to ba examined and will piobably bo charged at tbe Bow Street | olice court to < morrow. Thi opinion is Reni-nlly expressed that the time his arrhed tj put eoor.o pressure upon the United States government to stoii the operatinns of the dynamiter. . The w.it office has seldom been so thronged on Sun day it was to-day. Over a thousind callers , including peers , nvmberj of the com- mnna und cabinet and ' flicers of the army , Many of the Utter who have been on leave ol abicnco had travelled a hundred miles on hoarinr of the London explosion and the critical condition of affairs in the Soudau tc ask for active service. All were inquiring eagerly for news regarding Stewart's situation but the officials had no news to give. AMONO TUG VISITORS to' tbe parliament building to-day were thi Ma quis of lyorne and thu Priuceai Louise thu Duke of C.imV ridge , the Marquis of Hart Ington and several other cabinet ininlsten and numerous members of tha bouse of com mom. Cot and Cole , the injtirsd poHcemen , recovered sufficiently to make a statement , Ii is stated thtt the policj found near the spol wheru the first exploiion occurred , un articli i f a pecul ar nature which they decline t < describe. It is believed that thi" article will furnish a , clue to th a guilty , parties. Inspectoi Denning sayj that on boating thu SECOND rxpLoaios ho ran ti the spit and saw not a soul The entrance was blocked by debrie. Ill noticed a smell of Kulihur and gun powder Cox on 1 Cole , it id believed , furuished certali descriptions which wllllead to inquiries tin m > y result iu the dlccoveiy of tha authors o Uuoutcaijo. Colonel Majendio to-dny made an iBBpectton of the f xplrsioa at the tower _ n wall as chacs would permit. The Maitin rifles , which had been hurled from the wtaude remained in confused be ips on the floor , am rendered impobsiole a near approach to tb exict spot where the explosion occurred. Th BC iie will b < 3 photpgra lied to morrow. Colonel Majtn-Jia says he is'aatUtied thn riynamita wai used to cause tbe explo > ion He stys four or five pounds propeily com pressed would only mcaeure four nr five cub ! inches and could easily be concealed in a overcoat pocket or in the folds of a womaa' drosB , The Tower offisials believe that A WOMAN DEPOSITKD THE DVNASIITE in the building. The police some time ag had reason to beliova that a woman was con stantly pausing back and forth betuce Atneiica and Kngland for t u purpteo of lir porting dynamite. She was frequent ! watched , but evidence sulliek'iit to obtaia he anest was never obtalced. DKNOnKCXI ) BT A CATHOUO CANO.V. IxNUON , January 25 , Thu canon of th catholic cathedral at Plymouth In his sonno to-day denounced the London outrages yei lucdiy as the work of American emisiarlt wh be object evidently was murder. It Is learned that a tnytterious Irlsbnia who it discrib > d by thu police as Cunnini ham , alias Dsltoa , ulius Galbert , and wl was arrested at the towi \Hittitlay on su > piclon of huvir ben concerned in the explosion at tbe plai has not bocn ruloaaed. lie Is still retained tha Whlleehspel polica station. Ihoguai in front of the station is troubled In com quence of the ga hermg of an excited crov of citizens in Lemur ttrcet , Ia the vie nity IB the station. Loud curves and ominons th-et Is are contluuaMy heard , end there ii no dou ly that a deipsrata attempt would be made lyre lynch the prisoner if It were not for the pr . 'e ecce oi police and militvry. Cunufnghi ds will be arraigned at the whide chapel pol id court on tha white chapel road to-morn idUs morning. at AN AMEniCAN TllAVKUJilt , atc'f nama not known , was ia a of tha Northwe ns era railway going from London to Llvurp nso yesterday attctnoon , when nq excited disc tu > ion arose ovr tbo American respoosibil na for the dynamite explosion. The opinior freely expicisfd that the Uni State ? Is greatly to blame for harbor ot such men as O'Donnvan llosia , Tha Am ota can defended hU country in vigorous langua lie was attacked by a crowd of paisonc he and the American drew a revolyor and k ut hi * assailants at bey until ( ha train roicl nd Chester , when ha jumped from thu carri er- and rscapvi , 'he Officer Cola had several fibs broken. ( Bd , is tutff rlug from conclusion r.f the brato , in- is ektimated tfcat a hundred perioas vver , inn1 tbe parliament bull'lins' at the tlmn of uk crlm . Of three clocks in the lobby ill. hand * of one over tbu entrance to the bo of commons wai blown out completely. Ono on tha left si c "topped. Tee third on tha tight side is uninjured. A man was arrested on suspicion of connec lion with the explosion at thu tower is de scribed 01 nn Irish-Ametican. He gave his correct address. He had lodged nome months In the vicinity of the tower. Ho had seven pounds of cold in his | x > cke's. ' Ho gnre his name as Colliogham , wi h the alias of Giluert and Ualtoa. Iho explosive force found vent at the roof of the tower , blowing nut thoskyliffht of thick plato Rl.w. The explosion wrerched off the Irish hatp which farms part of the ornament work on the panels of the parlia ment houio and the harp dropped into tbe itat ot n I'nrnellltc member. Mr. Foster's fo t wat ripped up. Of Iho gold letters "V. n. " on the dtsk oppoito Gladstoun's seat the V was torn away. It is now kmwii that throe-fourths of the glas * rjof of the chamber previous to the explosion , There is much rejoicing over the fact that the downward fotct of the dynamite failed to re cli tha gts meter of the house of commons whuhls directly below the ventilatitng cham ber. The latter was badly damaged. Th latest inspection shows the damage to bo much greater than nt fust reported. Half tbo length of the front of thn opposition bench was torn away. The magnificent window in the outb of St. Stephens potch can ba restored , completu copies of the designs having bet u preserved Commenting un the expWioui the Dal y Telegraph s y "Kngl\nd cannot expect the United States to help 'n the extermination ot thu dynamiters while the Eigliah government is afraid to handle 1'ainoll. " Interview with O'Donovan Koesn , Special telegram to THK.BKE. NEW YORK , January 25. In nn interview with O'Donovan Ilosaa , ho said , in regard to. the London explosions : "If we cm accomplish it , these explobiocs will be kept up Wo are tired of furnUhing men to fight England's battle ? , and sre now going to fight our own. Parncll'a views and measure ] don't tuit us. They ara too slow. Kl Mahdi is helping us , and it Is only a question of time when onr cause will be crowned with success. Euro is a dispatch I r cived In cipher. I bave trans lated it : 'LONDON , January 24 , House of commons rhnttcrtd ; terrible consternation in London. Somn cay it is well t j stop work for a while to see If the enemy will give Ireland a native par liament. ( Signed , ) NUMBER ONE. ' Captain Phelan , who was recently nearly killed in Kussa's office wo a found in the hospital. He said of Ko&sa : "Bah , he knows no more about the plans uf the dynamiters than you do ; the whole affair is ridiculous. These explosions are not the result of a con certed plan , they are the disjointed and un connected efforts of individuals , they do the causa no good" Butllossa displays a des patch from "No. 1 , " which lie claims came in cipher from London , here r > porter displayed copy of despatch , "that is the most ridicu lous part of the whole business " said Fhelan , with a emile , "No. 1 , " Is a bugaboo , he is n sort of a Jeese James , like tin latter , who was credited with ill the atrocities coinmitttd in tbe wcit. No. 1 gats credit for all the ex plosions and murders committed in Ireland and England by Irishmen. Now , there Is no such individual as No , I , it is a title of tha first officer of the organitalion , several men have held it and _ no man _ kuaws at any moment who No. 1 is. Again , it is a-- surd to suppose that aoy mm tn his senses would tru t Itoisa who ii more than suspected of being false to the ciuno. The utter folly of the pretense that No. 1 sends thii dispatch lies in the fact that it U sought to make the public believe this cipher was soi.t from L _ n- don. Don't you knv no man connected with this explosion would dare to send a cipher to Nuw York. He would be followed and ar rested. His of ent would bo shadowed Oh , no. This is ridiculous. Boss * is the head center of a gang of braggarts , that is nil. " Special tulegram to THK BKK. WASHINGTON , January 25. Congro'sman Finncrty inys : "I luve no meani of knowing - ing vvluther nr not tbe London t-xplosionsare tha work of Irishmen. My sentiment ) as an Irith nati > irilist are known to my country men , at least I hue no sympathy to apitc for England , no matter what raiifoitums nuy ba- Ml her. If Irishmen have attempted to blow up the houres of parliament and the tower of London , > t ii tha icsuit of the sav age hssons taught them during 703' years by theyoemanry of England. Sne has fhowu them no mercy. Stine of them are , perhaps , insane for vengeance. Persecution begets po litical insanity. England , by the tenor of her rule , has mido Ireland maniacal , die hai only turned upon her keeper , If reports are tine , and repaid the lash with flic. " NEW YORK INTERVIEWS. OPINIONS OP 1'ROMINKNT IBI8HSIEN ON Till DYNAMITE OUTBACK. Special to the Kansas City limes. NEW YOBK January 24. The eirly reports of thn dynamite explosion in London spren ! like wild fire throughout the city , and the Itith nationahtta everywhere discussed tlu event. The news win viewed from different standpoints , and the expression of opinion were as varied as the number of periora piv < ing utterance to them. To a repot ter , Rav. Father Edward McUlynn of St. Stephen' * church , said : "However much I may be ir sympathy with theaufferingi of the people ol Ireland , and however much I would like tc BOO them in a better condition , I certainly do niit approve of the mode of warfare that ii being - ing waged in theirbehalf in England , I think ! I is outrageous , dastardly and cowardly in tlu extreme. Ic u high time that it was met by strenuous and effective measure ? , laws enactic by the national legislatuie , that will fortvei put an end ta thojn icpeated attacks on thi innocent people of England. It is ( Imply i wanton waite of human live * of innocent men women and children , that are no more re sponeible fur thu unhappy condition of pee ; Ireland than a new bom babe. Why , i would bu equally justifiable if some hot headed Englishman were to come over her' and , to aveogo eomo personal grievance against the government of the United States were to blow up Rosta and his oth'ce on Cham bera street , ana , for that iratter thoiiglilletsl ; include some of the municipal buildings ad' jacent to It , 'lliere would be no moro sense o justiBable cause In DKsraon.va OUR ruinio BUILDINGS , ind tberby endanger tha HVEJ of hundreds o nnocoat people who happen to bo ia thorn ; han thera U for theeo men that pretend to b the friends of Ireland , and to be laboring i aer interests , to carry their watfare into th neatt of England , and sacrifice the lives i those least to blame. They will never accon plish anything by such warfare , " "Who do youthinklsdlrestly responslblofi this state of alUlrs in England ? Mr. Ko ' . prides himself on having gi ven England a goc * scare/ ' "Kossa and bis adbcrcntsare , inmyopinio > l assuming a great deal , and taking avai JOin heavy burden ujran themselves , for which tin should ba made to answer , when they give tl in public to understand that thny have bei privy to the outrages committed in Eoglan and thus scatter the seeds of rebelli and communiim. I am BitisS from abnndaut Information tb has come to me ( rom many sources , tbat tl ol dv-immlta talk and repeated dynamita otp is- slona , is merely done for the purpoeo of ble ( ing and extorting from th ) friends of Iiolat isI whosa hearts are really in the cause , mon ed with which these unprincipled agitators i feathering their own nests. It Is tha talk a work of men who luve not Ireland's oppre . ed condition at heart but who bave son to. thing to sell , bomethlng to dispose of in th own intcreits. They are men who would i ecruplo to cell out poor Ireland to the Engll Km eminent if tha opportunity offered iU ( They are a COWAUDLY , JIUIiniHOrrf BET 0V JUN It tint are loyal neither to Ireland , Kngli In nor _ to the United Statei , having only i ha motive in view , and tbat is their own pmo he mercenary gun , They are men in wh I uhould not caie to risk iny life. Tl think nothing of taking innocent livoa. The recent attempt to assassinate the man 1'hflan Is an indl-atioa of what .kind ofmtnthene dynnmltirs or profesied friends of Ireland are. It looks ai If they , likn the ICilktnny cats , wcro about to kill etch other , and if they did 10 , I do not think there a.re many Amnricans or Engli'hmen , andj very few sen-iblo and well meaning IrishVpoaple that would shed tears uver the rcsnlUV "Do jou think t at those repeated dynamite - mite tca es In E gl ind will have a d imaging effect on Mr. IVunell' * wotk , and tend to re tard or fiustrnte ithe. movement in bahalf o ! Ireland entirelj ? " "I do not exactly understand the work Mr , 1'arnell ba ) in hand , but whatever It isI have no doubt it is for tha wclfard of Ireland , he having his whole ho rt In the matter. That It will guff r matt nally from thcso dastatdly outrages , thorojs no'question. " The most delighted man in town wan Capt. J , J. Itrrsho , of the Irish Natio- , who was the turnkey ot ICIlmainham jail ID 18C7 and ] ini.EASiu JAMES BTKniKNa of the fenian ' rothcthood , exprtsi'd turpriio vrieii told of tin explosion , and mid : "Dyna < mite is not a thing in which I take much ptocK. Having put dynamlto uuder llii hou o of parl mnoLt , the l t cr will undoubtedly now put some dyn mite under the dynnmltenO1 Lie said it w s evid-ntly noiir Work on the put tf those h vlng it in charge "I thiuk , " tin n-ided , "that they only mrtxa to fcato the English govarum nt. Tn ° y probably had not mord than two or thrsa pounds of dytnnUe in either cae , ind to do f Ifectlvo work in such structures there should have been fi tf pout d' . The object is probably to frighten ilia govern ment mti 8ubmt > sfn. This work of the Kebdi to-day will luVa the' effect of putting Eneland wore on her ptiard. It will , for a time , demorallzo the English. Of course it ii intended to fill the go eminent and people with the .belief that London is filled with dyntmlton nnd ia honey combed with dynamite , ready for explndlrg. Yes , I think that it will bo highly Injuriout to Parnell'd m > vement' I should not be ur- prited if , in the event of exasperated English men b coming determined to deal with the dynamiters by mob l w , they would al o in clude Mr. Paui ll tnd bo mada to suffer for the misdeeds of lawlets individuals. " General Kerwin of , tha pi pal guard and a Fenian refugee is nlso opposed to the dyn amite method of warfare. ' Blown up West- mlostnl" he exclaimed , "well , what won't tboydonext. lam so thoroughly disgusted with the notion of the dynamiterj that I long since refused to recognlza them in any pir- t'cular. It is a subject I never allowed to ba referred to In the cdumns of the Tablet. Captain P. J Coleman , nne of the princi pals in tha Mansion house explosion ? in London four yous ago , did not express much surprlsa ct the nowa. On bting told what the extent of the dam * ge was , ho cold bloodedly replied : "More practice will make them more cotf'cf. The failures f the explosions at the Madionhoue end the Victoria dock wore both owing to lack of experience. The want of material also tended tn keep back progress , but now we are satisfied that by only such measures can we gain any such concoieions from England and every tiue Irishman wjll ba willing and ready to supply all the necessary material and per- sonitl aid if necessary. " 'Yer , and don't yjra forget it , plenty of men are waiting the chance to use it too , " ro- tna'ktd another dynftfr.iter who stood bv. "ThU is the pioneer of the succes ful explosions - plosions th't ate in sore for Mi-trots Eng land , " conlinned Coleman , "un il the re'eases her iron grup on our little country. I kn < ) w London reiy thoroughly and the men who have su cjsifully accomplU lid the work of to-day can hardly fail at an ; eimiUr undertaking in future. " ' JJo you consider tbnt tb ro ij danger for the residences of theroyal family. "It la Impossible tOVay what place in im penetrable to our cotdrtnn enjjiiiljEn3lard Even if every man in Jjwidon'-wi r'a''vpolice- . man our allies would nnrl tin opportut ity for doing i heir work as well and as nilect'i-lly In the future as in the past , if not better. " He intimited that tbo ( detective ! end secret officxrs of London are capable of being the auihors of just such cilmea themselvp , to a ; to dfmnn.s'.rate the necessity of keeping them m existence. Dr. P. J. Heegan , prominent in land league circle ) , says : ' Thia is toniblpworse for Ire land than for England. No Irlsbmin ol character would favor it. The cnminah thould be caught and punished. I delight each time one of thesu men is huog. " John W. Wash ex-president of th United IcUhmen : "I am strongly opposed to the policy uf the dynamiters and never bave nor never will belong to n organization th t countenances euch actions. " EINSPEOTOU HIS IDEA OP THK DYNAMITE OfTBAGES. NEW YOUK , January 21. Inspector Byrnes , chief of tha detective force , gave his viem to-night reg < rding the dynamite explosion ! to-day ia London. He said Etich a state ol things could not exist hero , and could nol then * , without thn authoiities being verj much at fault. With the rower and prestige of the whole British government at Iheii command , with law BO much moro f vorablt than oura to a vigr rous policy of repression , and with unlimited revurcea of every kind , they ought to be able tj prevent outrorei and punish the perpetrators , nn < lest there was a crcw very seriously looao somewhere. Looking util from a common Hsmu point of view , he thought there w s a screw loote. Hi * idea win that the authorities over thera nor * on the wrong track altogether. Were he in Lon < don and ch irged with d tcovering tha oriIna lorn of the-e explusi n , he .would 1-ok in ex ao'ly the oppoitto direction from the one th < authorities to m to hi following. Depeid up n it , there wore people very high in ststior who led the movement and engineered tbest constantly recurring and systematic outratj s If they wait'd Ion ; enough the Englisl would catch some vagabond with dyntmiw It bis packet , and hang kirn. This wo'dd ' noi stop I' , as tbeso m n wcro only tool * . II was the mill who usol them Hny wanted- Irish at home or abroad , and those abroat were not the people to conceive aurh a system atlo campa'gn of outrages. Ho did not ex pect to find loadcra among thes % He wouli look to the highest intelligence for the bjldes lradership , and In a station farthest removes from suspicion far them. He would lotk a near tbe government its lf a < might be forW purpose , and expojt to find there what h sought. Thu s ock the discovery would caw night startle the country moro Ulan the dyna niters'explii'lvex had done. The British at boritlea were woikiog at cross purposes , an raveling on road * leading straight awiy froi thoobjost of their search , ratberthau toward I Kelley Will Not Ace as Treasurer. NEW YOKK , January 21 , In connectic with n movement recently tinted In tha we tmong certain friends of the Irish causa raise funds for the Independent Irish leug of America , to be utod towtrdu the pay.ie . of the Parnell rrnmtori nf parliament , rcpoi have been widely uiculuied that Kugi Kelly , a banker of this city , consented to t at trfawrcr. Mr. Kelley to-day pronounc the reports altogether unfounded. He si bo had baen * sked by origioatorii of thaim' ment to take charge of the lundi , but h positively declined. HU business cai would not permit himto ajsumi the work a responsibility. He however , fully sympathh ] . with the object of tha mivement , and wui ] t contiibute liberally towar.'s its furtherance y re A Dead red , NEW YOBK , January 25 , The remains s- Ownay Geoghgtn , an ex-pugilUt arrii iir here to-day. The reputed wlfo of Geoghei rt was not permitted to lee the body , and il.f. . saya that eho will aake a fight In the court f. obtain poisemion , Ilallromd Collision , id WUEGLI.VO , W. Vi. , January 25. At n DO night last night two freight trains on mle Pittsbucg & Cincinnati railroad oolltJ e Both ( inglntu , niua Ciis ocd two cabooie * y a total wreck. i FOLLY. The Weak Helfaoti PflrsDcfl to Kill Saint JoliD , In Order to Cover Up the Short comings And Futile Efforts of Olarkson to Boom Himself. But St , John , Like Banquo'B Ghoat , Will Not Down , The Public'Are Tired of the " " 'V ' Controversy , Anil Loudly CU for a 1'ormonout CoasKtlon of the Billy TvfiuJOle. ST. JOHN IIBOIVIVUS. CLMlKSON'fl FUTILE BlTOtlT TO BOOJI IHUSSI.r. DKS MOINKS , January 24. J. S. CUrkson was asked to ni ht If ho had any further answer to St. John's recant extended state ment , or in reply to the fifty questions re cently propounded by Chairman Pine1' . Clarkaon replied that tha public must bo tired of this controversy in newspaper. , form. In tbe course of quite n lengthy intervi-w that ensued ho said that If the charges against St. John are fa'so thcro is not n c.urt In Christen dom that will not \indnata him and heavily and harshly punish thosa who brought the charges. Mr. CUrkson also stated tint St. John has presented no letter of vindlcat'on from Senator Plumb , and ha * fa'led to censure Legato even in the mildest degree. _ "I have not seen Mr. Pimm's questions , " said Clark- Ron , "and hvo no controversy with Finch. " Subsequently Clirkwn remaiked that in the nature of things Finch was the la t man whom St. John would have told of any at tempt to Bill to the rfpubllians , add'ng ' : "St. John might as well have tnld liuruum or Gor man , of the democratic national i ommittee. What is tha use of Mr. Finch tiyinc to be a witness in a matter In whicn he did not and could not know anything ? " LEGATE EXPLAINS. ToritKA , January 25 A letter will be pub lished herd to morrow from James F. L'gate addressed to the editor of the Capital , da ol Lfovinwortb , December 1C , In which the wiiter says he feels bjund tpmiko a full s'nte ment of his connection with the St. John- Clatkann controvewv , Inordirloshow wheth- pr or not he was a ' huckster" of St. John in the recent political carnpa'pn , Tbe letter re views the matter at gieat lurgth and is 11 the following tffect : Leg.te opp s d St. Jdiu's candidacy on the national ticket and endeav- rrod , unsuccessfully , to gtt him uot to accep' the nomination. Ho then hai a conference with a n mber or St Job. 'd frien Is in Kansas and C'ldeav.irnd to gtt work in tha itate , urg ing 'hat prohibition was on trial here nnd that its interests weie allied with the republican interest ? , and they rhould work for joint suc cess In th/.statet hq qiiafeidjj the canipugn wai raised , whereuion he tug- Rested that the national republic' n committee would turnlsh a reasonable sum. L-ga'e wrote a friend in Ohio making overtures f. r S2 % 000. Meanwhile Legate and two others railed on St J. 1m while at OUth * an I present id their views. St John said Col. Martin , the republican candidate for g > vernor wou'd ' rommit-himself to prohibition ana be ( rft John ) agreed t ) ECO th t DO nomination was made ly the prohibitionis's , but In mu-t Iceep fuiih with the national p-ohihition party btr filllrg his engaRenrenis. It was agreed that tht > S.5,000 , if paid in the stataby the republic > n committee , should bo placed in the hands of a roiumitt e Li ate receive I a reply from hn friend that nothing could be done with the republican committee After- wa-ds , at the requettof the iluirman of the repub.ican state committee in Ohio , Legato went to work in Ohio. There he met his friend and by his advice , railed on Mr. CUrkson at Ciucinnati , who had already been approached by Legate's frloids. Clarknon commuLicated with the committee at Nov Yotk. and arrangement ! were made to supply the § 25,000. Legato then saw , Sr. John at Oberlln and urged him to return to Karsip , plying as his roa-on th it prohibition neodao ) him tnete , ard by withdrawing from Ohio b cou d ho d Secietary It , dlnson , who was A real temperance man. St. J-lm said he could not leave tha caitein states until Martin signed n lettei comtnittinit himself t > prohlnltlon in Kanias. He w uld go to Michigan- and make a fnn speeches , and wanted to know for co tain be- fjre he loft Michigan about 111 * pn granviie for Kansas , and a-iccd Legato to telegraph him in Michigan. ' eg.ta'sletur h rusiys : 'Alter ho reached Detroit a ch ingo ia his programme for speaking at tbo e thrttH p a'e.s was made at d Wore I left Oboilin hi telegraphed me th clut'ga , BO th t I thould kunvv wbero he wai > . That was th i very di p it Ii I h > d frnm him and I h d no letters from him during tin ciinp ign other thaa those I huve allu Iml to , He left , and I remained and sp"ko at Oberllc on the folloaiog eveniup. Before leavmf Oberll" I to'.rgraphfu Mr. CIirk natCincin natl that the whole matter must ba fixed dur ing the next thrao days I returned t o Colnm bin und the morning dispatches 8 id St. Julie appeared at a meeting the niyht be'oro ' at De troit , but was able to tj > ak only a few min utes on ecc > nnt of a uoro throat , resulttuf fi-Ain ton mucbout-dforsRcnliiiK ; . and I Biid > t < friends there jocularly that itVati donbtlesi mj ilk to him that gave him a euro tbroat Af rward , In writii g to Claikson I presume ' . lluded to th Here throat , but. if it was nut t should have beeniii qu Utlon marls ; at an ; ate , Mr. Chvkson could not ha\o failed to un leratand , I went by req jrst to Ciuciun > t and met Clarksun. He introduced mo to Mi iereni as the man who had been sent by th national committee to 'fix' things. Af'ei ' wards , at Ooluinbuu , Kerf ns and some other ltd a conference , alter which Kerens told in t wai decided tbat he should return to Git cinnati and I go to Cleveland to ( ei * m friends and tell them Kerens would give thei live or six thousand dollars and the iii-t I eight or ten days. He wan'nd me to fullo St. John iind ke p closeto him to tea that 1 returned to Kama * , ai agrto 1 upon. I to ! him I hadn't money enough to do that , and ) gave me nne hui dred dollars for expentei , reached Cleveland next morning and foui my friend had let c to see St. John ut Detru I reached him by telegraph , and sa to him : 'Things are sure tn fifths down , bilatica baforo the 20th. , Me me at Cincinnati to-night.1 He icpliui ; V right ; but you will not ga to Cincinnati ; w meet you at PitUburrf. ' I then inform Kerens or Clarkujn of these facts by wire a asked them to give word a ) PitUbure. went my way and met my ftiend t Pit burg , but fout.d no word thera.as they agrpi and went with him ( my friend ) to Philad pbta. St John wai in the city a d Impot the twk upon my friend of getting St , Jo to write a letter bick to bid Ohio friends qnUtly H the republicans , believiutr that of ( St. Ji'lm's ) vote would bn locreued in 1 v ember if they did. Whether such lutt ed were written or n > 't , I do not know , bat 1 1 in reii'on to believe that they list ) been. I he mained in Philadelphia u day , when 1 1 to telegraphed to ( , 'J to New Yoik , that K York wou'd fix ft , and I left for New Yor Con'inuing , Legate lays hn met Mr Klk and atked If he WKH acqualntxl with mlmion. KlkltH rtpliwl vf , idhe could do nothlog until the arrival uf tha 0 he men. L git * went back to hia friend i Kl.Ua told him be relieved tbe ivpublicans had o Ua witiUd to get Bt. John out of Ohio. friend left tor KJIUM City in gtcat i ; ust , agreeing , however , if the mailer was fixed up , to join with Ms friend * in a dts- i itch to cnmo to Kansas. Ltt-r L < g turret tit. John in the ottleo of the New Y > ik Witless - less end told him that the probabilities nf n nvass in Kunwa were ended , tht their rim i had become offended and gonohoinp. it John icplied : "Well , I am roaliy glad o' t , for , thotig'i ' I would have gnno homo with ttaudm < le iho canta-o. I believe the wtl- are of prohibition lie * in thi lutiito ns well as n the present. " Continuing , tit. John said 10 believed if Blaine were elo.to.l thn whisky ntorents would bo nurtured , If CUxunt'd ' was elected ho would follow the cxpro-n-d tvhl f tha people. If the republican party was def ) t d It would dUint- grate the tamperAnco lemptt fr m tha puty , and that it mUht eon b"comu n power. He said further that 10 would carry cut the appiiiitinents that had > eni nude for him. L gat ) loturncd loiuo and met quite n number of men who vver.i pattirs to the original igro-ment , and they reproached him or failinit to cairy tbo plan through and com- 1 ing them to spend m > n j in the state can- vail Then ho wrote Clarkton n letter mark- xl C'nGd-ntUl. Ha didn't expect Clarkfon 11 send money , but to mik-i iomorf ply t sat- tly jh se meuih-t lii ( L-goW had not been ilaying a i-nmo wi h tht-in Clarkson violated ho confid net ) expressed in Cincinnati by mbllsling tno lotUr and willfully mi-ropro- en'ed It. for ho knew that the "him" in the Rttflr did not rifar to St. John , but the pen- leman fr in Kansas who aecrmpaniod Legato in that portion of liii tnur und referred to as ils frloUil , and with whom all arrangements were to bainade. THE 1)YNMITK THK BEKATE rilOr09G3 TO MARK IT LIVELY 1OP 1IT.VAMITE MKDULKIW , WASHINGTON , January 24. It is under teed that the dj namito bill introduced by Senator KImundi was prepared at the state leptrtmcnt , of course before tha tidings of to clay's explosion reached Wa-hingtan. The in- r ductlon of tha bill was , however , undoubt cdly hastened by the news frnm London , senator * in secret sesoion , are said to bare ox- > rB > ed tli-ir abborreuod of the crimes in most imphatio terms. Senator Bayard introduced the following resolution in the senate to-day ; Resulved , Tint the senate of the United J'ates has heard wi.h indignation and pro- bund sorrow of the attempt to destroy tbe I'Hiscs ' of parliament and other pub.ic 'build- ngi in London , and hereby expresses its lior ror and detestation of such monstreus crimes against civilization. Consideration of the resolution was post nnod uutil Monday , to entble the senate tc uce've ' fuller information u ] > jn Its Eiibjccl matter. \Vllilj KIGHT. THE BOOMERS rnEPAIHNO TO UK8I8T THI TROOPS. WASHINGTON , January 21. The secretary of war bos received a teleg am from Gen , Augur , dated Leavrnworth , January S3 , ni bllows : Col , Hutch , from Fort Kusaoll , tele graphs the following : Couch , president of tin cjlony , notified ma to-day that ho will fight A terveant at t'le boomer camp reports ti ) mndred IUPH dig Intr pita. Thtir ttiength ias be n iacreased by four hundred men. II s peih pi well to send a relay of troops t ( Cildwell and Arkansas City. Our tioops nrc moving into position to cut off cupplles and stop new arrival" . . A eeotiun of .light guns ent down -Arkansas City might have a rood effect. - New Special Telegram to THK BEE. BERLIN , January 25. There Is no doub' ' flnywherj but that Prince Bismarck will bi empVe tcffini3li 1toJhis'liking the policy' 01 which ho hai fully1 emuarked. There'on shrewd obiervers here w ho believe the ultima tion of his great policy to bo nothing has that the demolition of the British empire , witl dlvision of tha spoils which would give ti Bui sit India , to France Egypt and HODJ Kong and to Gormauy South Africa , Then arc others who see only a stiategio plan to pi : .ho various powers agtinst each other an : Jievent combinat'ons which iii'ght menaci Germany. itteen all tnote BJUIOwhere lie ; jhe tru h , the otly certainty being that true ulent und.rpgreatiye sideof Prince Bismarck's iresent attitude is reserved exclusively foi LCnglucd , the fact of ih's work being publish ed under the suggtstivo title of "Ui-nnau "j'nuns ' In Fiji ' au old correspondence with jtird Granville concerning tome exorbitant Jerman prtt'mt'.ns to property In tbo Islandi which viern fairly disposed of by exhaustive udlclal incm'ry i lustrat s tin spirit hostile tc England which no v rules hero All mo lorn Prussian military b oVn dictito the axiom that the first groit principle in war is to ar range that ilia adversary ( lull appear the eg- ; o-sor and as Bismarck's plum develop in c . to net ? , I am sure wo shall find them all : ontroded by a jnirpc BO to fnrce or deoy Eng land into throwing the gauntlet dowa to him , An Inhuman Wretch. NEW YORK , January 2t. When O'Dono van It Ba was told about the explosion in Lon don he said he was glad to Lear the newr ; tha the house of parliament ought to have beei blown up long aero , and tbat ho had beei prea hlng HIM collcctiug money to fight Eng Itiid with for thu last five joira. Thy goont-i England is crippled the better. Whm askc ( if he knew anything about , the explonon hi shook bis head iu a mysteilous manner ant eplicd that he bad nothing to say. Bt. John Burned. NEW YOBK , January , 21. The cteamerSt John , of the Albany company , burned nt th dock this morning. Lass ! 00,000 , , fully in sured. A Broken ISniilr. ST. Louis , January 21.Tho Post Dlspatd special from Sellgman , Mo. , fays M. Key nolds&Co.binkerB , Bentouvllle , Ark , , be failed. Liabilities § 125,000. Tlio Uank btatomenr. NEW YORK January 24. The weekly ban Bta'einnnt is in fullowa : Reservp , Increis' Sill ! I 000. The banks only hold 5/,113,000 i excess of legal requirement * . yf Scnihifa rfymon general than an ; other dlseaao. Jl t < insidious In character and manifests itselllu running sores , pustula eruptions , bolls , swellings , enlarged Joints abscesses , sore eyes , etc. Hood's Sarsaparlll ; expels all trace . 'of scrofula from the blood leaving It pure , enriched , and healthy. "I was severely afflicted with scrofula it and for over a year had two running sore 1 on my neck. Toolt five bottles ot Hood' 1id 1 Sarsaparllla , and consider myself cured.1 idd C. E. LOVKJOV , Lowell , Mass. ; d C. A. Arnold , Arnold , Me. , had scrofulou and fall. Hood1 s sores lor seven years , spring d Sarsaparilla cured him. ild Salt Rheum into \Vllllam Spies , Elyrla , O. , suffered greatl .is . from erysipelas and salt rheum , caused b o- handling tobacco. At times his hands woul or He tried wious prc ] r * crack open and Weed. ide aratlons without aid j finally took Hood's Ba eas saparllU , and now says : " I am entirely well asW "My Bon had salt rheum on hl hands an ) . W i on the calves of Ms lega. He took Hood Banararllla and is entirely cured. " J. 1 ll OH X , Mt.Yeruon , Ohio. llUt 110 Ut Hood's cSarsaparilla Ud SolJ by all druEElsts- ! lr for * 5Ma ( Ullt only by C. I. HOOD 13 CO. , Lowell , Mass. f t IOO Doses Ono nr > ! lar , LINCOLN. Procecuiuis in the Ugislalnrc Last Comparalmly Unimportant. A. Big Batch of News From Oar Lincoln OorroBpondont , A Flood of New Bills Mora or Less Important ! The Prohibition Bill Does Not Meet With Favor , Loosing the State Snlino Lands Under Diooussion , "Wartlon NobcR lU-HnrrcctB an An- clout unsh BUI AVlth Hln Uouscholil K.vpciiBCS , THK Special Correspondence to THE UEK. LINCOLN. Nob. , January 25. The proceed ings of tha legislature during the past few days have been comparatively unimportant. Among the number of bills introduced and referred by the house is one by Martin , of York , to provide for the erection of an insane asylum to be located near York. A similar bill wai introduced by Kchoe , with the loca tion near Columbus. Tha bill introduced by Buffington , of Gage , on Thur.day , authoriz ing the contractor of thn poutentiary to crest a new prison for convicts near the 1'lutto river quarries at Louisville , reached its f o end reading yesterday and was referred to the comuiittee un public lands and buildings. There Is evidently a "nigger In that wood- i lo , " else why did not the speaker refer thin i1 ! ! to the proper committee on penitentiaries ? The public lands and builninga committee was tnvde up in the interest of Illll Stout nnd the Lincoln lobby. Wright , of Lancaster , ii hi chairman , Wo may presently expect that the committee will report the till back with the rccommetd < tioti that the b 11 do pass. On the lecond reading of the three cent pas- Hanger Mil r < ec mounded by the committee on railroad ? , Mr. Holmes moved that It bo made n special order for Wednesday next at 10 a. m. This wva adopted. Church Howe has introduced a bill in the senate for the removal of county seats to the center of the county where they are ton miles therefrom , and are without permanent build ings , ( Senator Buckwnrth introduced a bill to pre vent the soread of infectious dlssaeea ninong > live stock from the importation into this state of diseased anluula. By Filsjn. to prevent embezzlement by lo cal Insurance agents. Senator Hastings thinks divorced people marry too soon .after separation , and intro duced a bill to pie ent it. McAllister bret ght up a bill requiring rail road companies to p > st uo in a conspicuous plae at each station a schedule of freight and paesengtr rat R. The comm'ttee ' on judiciary reported favor- nbly onwChwch Uowo'd b'lls ' repealing the preeeat'obrToxipns manner of payi > g taxes and ordering" county treasurer. ) to refund the five par cant penally afHxi d The committee on constitutional amend ment s < t down very hard on prohibition. The majority report on the petition for an amend ment vtas that they had no recommendation to offer. The minority reported in favor of indefinitely postponing. Senator Sewers moved the adoption of the minority report but en motion of Mr. Skiuiur the majority report w s adopte J , The senate then went into committed of tin wholn , with Senator Dolan in the chair. Mr Saell called up his bill miking passenger f res three cents per mile , and it was made tha special order for Tuesday at 11 a.m. The bill introduced by Day ( orthe teaching of-physiology and hygi ene in the public schools n tort of compro mise temperance mea uro was recommended for pamge. Most of the time was consumed in a tirerone wrangle over Senator Dulan's bi 1 providingthat road commission ! rs be re quired to order out oil the able bodied mon Decenary to fight prahia firea when they threaten the destruction of property. The bill was lecjmmendcd to the senate for pas sage. sage.Both houses having adjourned until Mon day very tow of the loll'iuers are tj bu found in the city. It is evidrnt that several persons havethuir minds fixed on ths state sulino lards. A b'll ' already lntrodueJ in the hou'o ( rd85)by ! ) Mr. Wiight , of Lanca'ter , pro- vidoa fur the sale atid leasing i > f paid lands. It i now under the c nsldeintion of the cnm- inl t3B nn public lands nnd I ulldirjg * . . line- pect'ng this mutter Mr. Haupman ot Chicago , and Mr. Batlett have been heio all tin week. They nro desirous of forming a nyndic.ite to leabt ) these landd providing thfly can secure _ a leaie for ninety-nine ) yearj. General U'Biitn who ha been in attendance at the United Stitex court U aUo interested in the eclieme. Onu of tbcfiw gontlumcn was naked providing he got the It.lie of thn lands who her ha would assist legislation in this state. Your readerx will bo able to judge what uspht mean * in this case. The gentleman to whom thU prop osition was mtda thieatened to throw thu whole thing up and ajkbd if this vvai the nay thing * wore donu here. Itumorj are uilo.it that t e committee en claims are about to propose a bill to the house to the effiet that § 0,000 ba appropriated to pay the biaid and household ei ] ! Ci-eg of Warden Nobes. It is remarkable how few ot tbe member. ! ara posted about the peuitcn tiaiy contract and the obligations of the con tractor to pay lor thu officers and employe * of , nat institution. Why Nobes has n t diecov- irtd that ho had a bill against the Htate dur- ngall thejeypnM U a mjstery. Ho must bo inan of great influence or elsa le could not mvo titoou elf his latdlody end washerwoman [ or the last five years , During the absent ! of the legislature Lin coln In dull , but to-day considerable excite- meiit provaih concerning thu two remaikablo trhJn which have jutt been concluded. Tbe first that of the Wyoming Catt'o ' Co. ogalnst iIohiiT. Sfowart , of Council Blult * . It up- peiirs that In 1882 Mr , Stewart sold his ranch to this cattle company for 100 000. He thtu Hd lha coiiipmiy that theie wai 15.COO head of cattle on it and brought bis books an evi dence to prove thu truth ol his asser tion. After purchase on examination tbe company found only about 10,000 head and sued the defendant. Mr. Staw rt , for thu balacca. This cine has occupied the atten tion cf the court for teu da. , and some of the most able countel in the United Stales ban b en engaged on both tides , Tbo speech of Mr. Thuratou for the plhlntltl ii generally conceded to be the grandest piece of loiciblo oratory every heard in this court , The jury awarded the company ? 55 , ( 00 compensation. The other cane wan that of tbe United States Against Samuel Oliver for conspiracy to de- raud the government out of certain lands in iarlin county. General O'Brien ably de- ended tha prisoner and Ilia jtuy eventually acquitted him , The "Wyoming Cattle Case. jjttdal Telegram to THK.BKE. LINCOLN , January 21. The cate ot the Wyomioff C'u'tla company against J.Stewait , of C\uicil Blulfs , wai conoludtni In the U. K , court to day. The jury gave the company a verdict for 855,000. This was a itilt to recover the above amount claimed to be due the ci > w pany for over-valuatino. Tha plainlilla- claimed that in purchasing Stewart's ranch , and cattla in Wyoming tbu actual and tha ( ti irna'cd number of hfad on tbe range did not tally , and tha compicy instituted alt to recover tha dilfnence ,
