1 NEBS3A3KV 1 HE OMAHA DAILY BEE. FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , THURSDAY MORNING , JANUARY 29 , 1885. NO. 191 I LINCOLN. Tie Brief Session of Yesterday was Full of Business , Ohuroh Howe's Delinquent Tax Bills Wore Passed , The House and Senate Then Ad journed Until Next Week , In Order to Give the Gigantic In- tolloots a Ohanoo To Obtain a Best From Their Ar duous Labors , That AVlion Tlioy Ilc-Convcno They Will Dispatch the Business Promptly , E ! v I HENA.TE. Special telegram to THE BKE. LINCOLN , January 27. The first cession , 'of the scnato this morning was full of business. Senator Sowois , from the railroad committee , naked for further time on the report of the committee , which was granted. Senator Durland's bill to Incorporate the Blair brldgo was reported back with the recommendation that it do not pass , to which the senator took exception and it was reported to the general file for consideration. Senator Sewers resolution of yesterday to allow the railroads to bo hoard before the joint railroad committed was adopted. Senator Moiklejohn Introduced a joint reso lution providing for a constitutional amendment mont fixing the salaries of the governor , secre tary of state and attorney-general at § 2,500 psr year. Senator Bhorvin introduced n bill for the erection of an asylum'for incurable insane nt Fremont , On the third reading of billaChurch Howe's tax bills came up for passage. The first bill provides that on the first day of February of the year after which taxes shall have been assessed , all unpaid personal taxes , except In cities of the first class , shall become delin quent and shall draw therefrom 10 per cent , per annum which interest shall be collected the same ns the tax so duo. Un the first day of May of the year after which taxes shall have been nssesied , all unpaid taxes upon real property , except in cities of the first class shall bscomo delinquent , nnd such de linquent taxes shall draw thereafter 10 per cent , interest. This bill was passadlwith only two dissenting voices. Dolan and Hast- ines. ines.Tha Tha other revenue bill was to refund the five per cent now levied on delinquents. Senator Brown opposed its passage on the grounds that the money was paid according to an existing law , and it was not lawful to re fund. Senator Day opposed on the grounds that it was unjust to those.who had scrimped nnd saved and sacrificed tbeir produce to raise money to save that fine. Mr. Snell answered Mr. Day's argument by saying that because one man was wronged it was not ritrht to sustain a law wronging others. Church Howe said the amount paid into that five percent fund was not largo nnd would bo easily refunded , Senntor Metz said ho know of no law lately passed that created as mucli dissatisfaction , and he favored its repeal. Senator McAllister thought it unconstitu tional because- law existed the - a forbidding refunding - funding of fines and taxes , and Mr. Brown read some extracts from the constitution on tbis point , Mr. IIowo replied that ho had consulted lo cal authority before submitting the bill and ho believed it sound. The bill was passed by the following vote : Yeas Buckwortb , Burr , Chony , Day , Dur- Innd , Einsel , Filson , Uoehnor , Howe , Hotvell , Hyers. Lewie , Love , McAllister , McShane , Meikoljohn , Metz , Mills , Paul , Shorwin. Skinner , Smith of Lancaster , Sewers and Spencer. Nays Brown , Dblnn , Hastings , Hoebol , NorriB , Putnam , and Smith , of Fillmoro. When Senator Metz was called , ho nskod the chairman If ho might vote twice , as it was a democratic principle to vote early and often , and ho considered this important enough to votn twice. Senator McShana introduced a resolution , which wns adopted , empowering the railroad committee to sit during the recess , nnd re questing the committee to report next Wed nesday at 2 o'clock. Too senate then ad journed. THE HOUSE. Special telegram to tha BEK. LINCOLN , January 27. The house mat this morning : it 0:30. : Senate fileNo. . -1 was at once brought up for the third reading and on the motion of Nottloton was ro-committeed to n committee of the whole. This wan followed by the report of the special committee on the Homo of the Friend1 loss. The report recommended nn appropriation or two years of $5 000 for salaries and a Brant of § 10,000 for building purposes. The committee considered this a most worthy in- utitution. llefcried to the committee on finance and ways and moans. The special order of the day a bill to rogu- Jato passenger faros was now called for. It being ten minutes past ten Mr. Wright ob jected , becnueo the order was made for ten o'clock. This was however , overruled , and the house went into committee of ths whole , Mr. Ho'mfls in the chair. Mr , John proposed the first amendment t , strike out lines 889 , effecting the carriage of children for nothing. This was , bowevero lost. lost.Mr. Mr. Bailey of Jefferson introduced a sec tion to tubitituto for section 2 , providing that goods trains thould have a passenger coach or caboose attached. Troup , Wrleht , Olmstend and Euimerion opposed and Cap r supported this amend ment , but no decision was arrived at , and the committee rose and reported to tbo housp. ntkliiRlenve to lit again , making It n special ord'r for Tuesday at 10 o'clock. After a motion to adjourn tha house again went into committee of the whole on senate filoNo. 4. To provide the salary of the officials of the tiouse. Without coming ti any result the committee rose and at 11 o'clock toe house djourood until Monday ooxt at 5 o'clock p. m. The Illinois tiCKlsUtlvo Farco. Special Teleitrnm to the BKB. SPllINQFlEtO , 111. , January 23. The proba bly fatal illnexiof Senator Bridge * has eetthe djmocraU to thinking what tiny are going to do abont filling bis place and saving the vote of the party. They will try to convince the nick senator that It is his duty as a patriot Mid as a democrat to resign at once , no that his place may ha tilled by another democrat , who will vote for iv democrat senator. The Diitrictii overwhelmingly democratic. Should Bridges resign or die , the election cannot take place for three or four weeks. In the meantime litle or no buiinei ) will ba t runs- acted , and the democrats will Jillibuiter to prevent the eleo ion of a teiutor , Thii they f 39 do by breaking the quorum every day ou joint convention , and If all their members withdraw or refute to vote , they can leave the house without ft quorum and then , of course , tha joint convention cannot elect. Either parly con prevent the election by breaking tbo quorum. As the parties stand , pome republican * must vote for a democrat , or several democrats for n republi can for senator , or there will bo no election , and the governor will have to appoint one nftfr the legislature adjourns. There Is no telling when the end will be , it is not visi ble. ble.The The people of Illinois hardly realize what thn legislative force at Springfield costs them. When both houses are In full blast , and the committees are equipped with clerks , janitors , etc. , It takes $2,000 a day to pay the expense * . At present , with no homo committee ] to swell the mil , it takes 81.500 n day out of the tax payers' pockets. Up to date the session liai lasted twenty-two days , which makes $33- 000 that haa boon squandered by the demo cratic party , which has failed to organize the house. So fnr nothing has been done , nnd not only have the proceedings in the house been melees and expensive , but thsy ha > e been a disgrace to the state , nnd will bo a lasting thamo to the party. An Asylum In FlnmcH INDIANAPOLIS , Ind , , January 27. It was only by hard work that a disaster far exceed ing the holocaust nt Knnkakco last was avert ed At the Indiana hospital for the insane to day. Fire broke out in the engine room of the rear female department at 2 o'clock , the same building where flames wore discovered a few weeks ago , Tbo fire occurred In tha working departrront of the institution , n two-story nnd three-story brick , each about fifty by 100 feet , in the raar of the mam building. In them wcro located the engine-room , drying-room , bakery , laundry , kitchen , pantries , officers' dining-room , sleeping apartments of the female help , and chapel. These buildings wore only completed last summer , and cost 850,000. Fortunately where they joined the main building a dead wall intervened , nnd here the progress of the flames was staid after an hour's anxious endeavor. The fire could easily have been subdued in its incipiency hud the apparatus" the asylum been batter. The state hat built one of the most magnificent Insane asylums in the world , but has been re markably improvident in the manner of affording protection from fire The well from whicli. the supply of water has been drawn h only fifty-five feet deep. Ten min utes work exhausted the water and the S25- 000 engine was useless. Thcro are seven cisterns , of a total of 14,000 barrels capacity , near the buildintr , and only last week Super intendent Fletcher , with a shovel and pick , hunted half a day in the snow and found three of them , which were brought to light and thus made icrvlce- able this morning. Had this precaution not been taken nothing could bnvo saved the main buildings from destruc tion. The Lowers , which are made to hoU 60,000 gallons of water each for use in cose of fire , were examined yesterday and found to hold just six inches of water. The well did not furnlah the water , and none could bo pumped up. The superintendent has repeat edly written to individual members of the legislature , calling their attention to these facts. Chief Webster and a portion of the city fire department responded promptly to tbo appeal for aid. Two of the firemen had a narrow escape from death , a falling cinder hurling n nozzle from their hands into the ruins below. Superintendent Fletcher estimates the losses at 875,000. The losses by employes fortunately are small , as they wcro warned in time to escape with most of their belongings. The engineer lost his trunk , containing , besides his clothing , § 350 In money. There is no insu-nncc , tbo state having fail ed to make a specific appropriation nnd the trustees refusing to sot apatt any of the gen eral fund for that purpose. " Whan Dr. Fletcher saw that he could not suppress the flames he made readv to vacate the main building if necessary. The inmates nanrcst the fire were removed to remote wards , all of . tha remaining ones were dressed ready for re moval , and every employe wai sum moned on duty. .Several patients "took to the woods" on tha first alarm , but were recap tured. Nobody was injured , but. the alarm was great. When it is considered that the institution contained 1700 | patient ! * , the mag nitude of the task and the excellent discipliue of the officials and attendants are manifest. Much inconvenience and considerable suffer ing will ensue for a- time , as the clothing o ! 10J patients was destroyed in the laundry and the burned buildings Include those essen tlalto life and health. Temporary heating and cooking apparatus were sat to work to day , and everything possible is being done for the comfort and convenionca of the un fortunate inmates , Suggests a Great Public Meeting. Special telegram to the BEE. NEW YORK , January 28 , In an editorial the Mail and Jvxpross says : "Is it not pecul Urly befitting that the now international exi gonctes developed by the dynamite explosion ! in London , that a great public meeting be called in this cosmopolitan and metropolita n city , at which all the phases of public cent ' ! incut already aroused , by the recent display of the infernal character of tbo dynauiit fiends may find a full and varied nnd oloquen expression , AFl'ECTKU BY TUB CISCO AND SON'S FAILCBK. A Urge number of tha merchant's boal builde and farmers of Port Jefferson havi ' 0 been affected by the suspension of J. J , Cisci : 0o & Son ? , of this city. Their aggregate depos - its amounted to between SCO 000 to S70.000 , i5 nmounts ranging from $5,0,0 to 88 000 , an they have been compelled to asL. their No W York creditors for nn extension of time. Jin. I'lIJISOLL LIKES THE AMERICANS. Thomas I'llmsoll , ox-member of parliament of England , who is at Gilsey house here , sail in an Interview to-day : ' 'I have just com from Canada , but probably I shall go to Chi ca o , thence to St. I.ouia and down the Mi a Isslppi in one of your famous river boats , From New Orleans perhaps I will take th Southern Pacific to San Francisco and rotur : to Now York by the way of Omaha , I in tend to go home in the spring. Of tbo Amer icau people. I can say that I like them. . ' like Parnell ; a very fine man he Is , but thesi dynamiters are catting tbo ground fromunde his feet. I fancy from my l9cal knowledge o the parliament building * that but little dam age comparatively lias bean done by the lati explosions , A few hot-headed Knchshme : may speak harshly of the United States I ; this matter , bnt the jrre t majority find n fault , for they know the difference. I Ilk Senator Kdmunds' bill. " BBHU Ball , ' NKW YonK , January 28. The conference committee ol the national bue ball league and the American association met to-day. Pretidcnt McKnight reported that at the meeting of the American association at Pitts- burg yesterday it was screed that St. Louis should have n league club. The conference thereupon resolved that the American associa tion should be allowed to locate tbo club in Chicago'when It desirei to do § o. It also recommends that at the spring meetings of the two oreanlzitiooa a committee of thr&o ba ap pointed by etch to act ia conference on load dispute. ' It.4.1iaiOA.I > RACKET. CHICAGO , January 28. AH east-bound Trunk lines to day restored freights to the tariff , which is on the basis of 25 cents per hundred pound i for grain and 30 cents for provisions , > nd vrry little hope is expreeied that the restoration will outlast the edw blockade , Kepre enUtiye3 of Southwestern roads Interested In Virginia , met to consider tha qiiBitlon of reducing rates to a basis corresponding with the current rates to east- era seaboards , and M it wu found , however % the latter had rtstortd the tariff charge/ WM decided to make DO rwluctloa , STEWART'S BATTLE. The Britisli Troops Cnt Hnge Swaths in the Arab Rebel Ranis , Another Hard Earned Victory on the Suburbs of Metemnoh , The Mahdi's Madmen Prove Foemen - men Worthy of British Steel , The Eebols Bopusled with a Very Heavy Loss- Five Emirs and 250 Men Dead on the Field. Fall Detail * of General Stowart'alBat tlo Two No\v p pcr Correspond ents Killed. Cutting a lloncl to Klmrtonui , LONDON , January 28. Intelligence has just been received at the wir office that General Stewart's force worn Intrenched south of Mo- tomnch. The dispatch gives the gratifying information that Stewart ii in communication with General Gordon. Stewart's force had several fights with the Arab rebels before ho reached Metomneh. Stewart is badly woun ded. Five of the Mahdi's emirs were killed in the fights. General Wolsolcy , in n dispatch , reports the capture oi. Metemnoh by the British , nnd sayi Sir Charles Wilson lias gone to Khartoum on n steamer to confer with Gor don , It ii expected ho will return as soon as possible nnd report personally to Woleoley. 1 p. m. An official despatch received this afternoon from Gordon shows hU ooaition at Khartoum Is by no moans as desperate as supposed. He says ho could hold out there torn year. Stewart's wounds are reported as doing well. A dispatch from Cairo declares Lord Chas. ISeresford with a small contingent are pushing on from Metemneh to Khartoum , 1:30 : p w. Official dispatches indicate the march of Stewart nnd his little nrmy from AbuKlea Wells to the present position has been no easy tnsk. Almost every foot of the way HAS BEEN SHAEl'LY CONTESTED by a resolute Arab force. There wns a con stant succession of encounters from the action of the 17th till the Nile was reached. The British troops are steadily gaining fresh victo ries over the Impetuous but easily demoralized rebels. On the morning of Monday , January 19th , two days after the fight ot Abu Klea.tho enemy appeared in force in front of the ad vancing British army. A short fierce battle was fought. This occurred about three miles from the Nile. The British were compelled to sustain a heavy fire for some time. Early in the e ncopement S to wait received a wound , and Sir Charles Wilson as sumed command. Works were hastily con structed under n leaden rain. The wounded and baggage were left under guard behind , and the rest of the force advanced in the face of the hostile fire to a gravel ridge some dis tance in front. Hero a largo force of rebels wore established in nstrong position. As soon as the British line came near , a fierce charge led by several emirs , was made ugainst it by the rebel foemen. The .British . troops , arranged in the form of a squaraf advanced steadily to meet the onset , the enemy rushing down upon them. At the came time tUa rifles of the British were doing bloody execution. The charge was choak- cd and not an Arabcamo within thirty yards of the British square. The reb Is did not long stand before the murderous Knglieh fire , but wcro REPULSED WITH HKAVV LOSS. Five emirs and 25 * men were left dead npon the field , with n larfio number wounded. Particulars of tto Dnglish loss have not vet been received. In is certain , however , that Lord St. Vincent , ot ths artillery , was among the killed. The place where the battle was fought was a short distance beyond Shebacat wells. Stewart's wound , while not fatal , is so serious that ho is disabled for the remainder of the campaign. General Wolseloy considers the deprivation of his services a national 1 loss , and recommends him to the queen's most favorable consideration. The date of latest intelligence received from Khartoum is December 29th. Stewart BOW holds a strongly fortified post at Gubat near Metemneh , half way between Berber and Khartoum. The pobltlon is so ttrong that i t is confidently asserted that a small garrison could hold it against any force the rebels could send to attack it. THE DEAD AND DYING. In the late battle Stewart wai opposed by 7,010 rebels , a large na iber of whom were cavalry. They were armed with riflej , The British lost , 20 killed ; 00 wounded. Total loss of the enemy , 1,303 .Among the killed era Cameron , correspondent of the London Dally Standard ; Herbert , of the Morning 1'ost : Cnl. Burleigh , correspondent of the London Telegraph , and Lords Airlio nnd Somerset are amonp the wounded. I'AimCULAHS OF OEN. BTEWAIVr'fl BATTLE IN THE DESEIIT. LONDON , January 29. The point wheio the battle of the 1'Jth occurred is in the desert sert , about five miles south from Metomncli , When Gen. Stewart reached that point he found the enemy hovering about his little army on all sides , and skirting at an uncom fortable short ran e. The rebels had evidently stationed themselves in the vicinity to await his arrival and give him battle. When they began to surround him and presa in upon him he determined to abide the event. Ho ordered his men to dismount and form a Ilareaba ; this Zwas made mainly with Middles and baggage , and dnring the construction the rebel riflemen drew nearer and maintained a hot fire from behind ambushes , and such hid ing glaces aa they could find among the bushes and high grass. This fire was very well directed and wns most disastrous in its effects upon the British troops. Twelve men were soon shot deai and forty others strbken down with ugly wounds , Among the first killed was Mr. Cameron special correitxmdent of the London Standard , and Mr. Herbert , special correspondent of the London Poit. Gen. Stewart was one of the very first wounded , He was shot in the thigh. When ho wns shot the work of making the Zareabn was about completed and the army had been put in motion to form Its battle array. Tnis was a hollow square , formed ia the following order : In tha front , the naval brigade and grenadier- guards , onltbe right , the Cold stream guards and Scott guardt , on the left flank , the mounted infantry and on the rear the Sutsex regiment and the heavy camel corps. Aa soon as completed the square advanced under tbo steady nm- bush tire a ditUnce of two miles. At this point the enemy began to move upon the square in two Urge echelons. These wer ) dl < reeled agalnit tha Brltith right front , which stood unmoved during the reuol charge. The English tronps then forming , assailed the front and delivered a terrific nro aimed right at tie enemies middle , mowing down men in en-Ji heaps that they fanned an actual oba'Ade and Interfered so seriously with the evenneafi necessary to the success of the on slaught Chat ltd tenter line was brought to a standstill About sixty yard a from the British front lino. The force of the general move ment threw the unimpeded part of the line like the ends of broken timber around the corner of the squire , and ths rebali so dis placed were .simply cot to piecot , When the enemy's line was broken ' the Arab ) feeined to break up into bands , each of which waged war on iU own account , A largo detachment , mostly on horseback , went back to attack Zareiba' . Thii wns garrisoned by n body of English soldiers , mndo up of a little detach ment l ft behind by ench corps which had gone forward in the square. J/ord Charles Jtoresford wns m command. He sustained the attack for two hours , when the enemy was compelled to retreat , During the general at tack upon the square only six men were killed And twenty-three wonnded on the En glish side. Srewnrt's forces , upon leaving Gakdul Wells , consisted of 2,000 picked fight ing men , snd the latest dispatches show that Lord St. Vincent was not , as wns at first re ported , killed In the battle of the 10th. Ho died from n wound received on the 17th at Abu Idea , and only two British officers were killed In the Zareabft fight The other dead were non commissioned officers nnd privates. During the advance the main body of the English from the Xaroaba garrison , left be hind nt that point , kept up n heavy fire from their guns nnd rifles. An effort was undo to erect n small redoubt , some fifty yards to tbo right of the Znronbn. under the protection of n steady fire from the Znronba , Durinp the erection of tbo redoubt one man was killed and throe wounded , nnd Lord Cochranc , with forty ' men from the Life guards , nnd the Scottish Greys held the redoubt and maintained a heavy fire throughout the bat tle. They did much to repel the constant rushes of the enemy. The losses of the rebels during the whole day nro estimated at 2,000 killed and wounded. Among the enemy wore many slaves , several of whom have sub mitted to the British. They say the Mahdi sent them from Khartoum , The tquarc reached the Nile nt sunset on Monday even ing , and encamped for the night. Early Tuesday morning scouting parties made a rocconnalsanco and destroyed some empty villages. The inhabitants had watched the military operations from n dis tance and afterwards retreated to Motemnoh. The British then advanced through the villages around Motemncli. On Wednesday they made a reconnnlsanco and found Mctem- noh fairly well fortified. Shots were ex changed but the rebels kept out oftight. . The ground around Is sandy with depressions full of proas and bushes affording n good cover. Prisoners stnto that the enemy came from Khartoum , and that the forces which attacked the British at Adu Idea was the ad vance guard , wn ? EJIn the fight on the 10th inst. , which occur red within three miles of the Nile , many British troops were la nn almost fainting con dition for the lack of water. Colonel Sir Charles Wilson ordered n small detachment of cavalrymen to obtain n supply of water from the river , by cutting their way through tbo enemies forces. This dangerous movement was accompanied with lets lots of life than might have been expected , and enough water was obtained to revive the troops and enable them to continue the attack. The total British loss including lost at Abu Kloa was 104 killed and 116 wounded. Tha enemies loss was 300 killed and wounded , FOREIGN NEWS. ' ' " " THE CAMBODIA IlEYOLT EOTr/BESSED. / PARIS , January 28. Official dispatches re ceuod to-day from Saigon announced the virtual suppression of the revolt in Cam' bcdio. FRANCE TO DSCLAKE WAS AGAINST CHINA. LONDON , January 28 It is reported that France has decided officially to declare war against China in consequence of England's enforcing the foreign enlistment act. ON THE KOCKS. A BCHOONEU WUEOKEI ) OFF THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST TKLIUBIE SCFFEItlNGS OF THE CHEW. Chicago Tribune Special. BOSTON , Mass. , January 27. The British schooner Hopvine , Capt. J. W. Best , let Boston yestarday bound for Hnntsport , N. 8 She had on board 250 barrels o&lour , 410 barrels rols of meal , and other miscelfoneous cargo When off Thatcher's'Island , neXr Gloucester she carried nway her forCsiilf and other rig ring. She tried to make the harbor of Gloucester tor for repairs , but misstaved and went ashore outside , near Eastern Point'1 light , vrhero it is very rocky. The wind wajs'blowing very heavily nt the time , nnd the weather being exceedingly cold the crow suffered extreme ly. The sea , which wasrunnWg high , wosliec i over the vessel , and as the water dashed upon the deck it froze , and it was feared that th sufferers would perish before-a landing coul < bo effected. The vessel and the entire cargi are considered a total loss. Nothing wai savei but a part of tha craw's clothes. The vosse has no insurance. She Is ninety-one ton measurement , is six years old , and is ownoi by C , A. J. Davis , of St. John , N. B. Tlio National Board ot Trade. WASHINGTON , January 28. The nationa beard of trade assembled hero to-day , fort ; delegates were present. Frederick Fraloy o Philadelphia , was re-elected president. Th feature of to-day'a sefsion was a long an animated discussion between the delegate from tbo eastern seaboard cities , and thos from the interior of the country , and th Pacific coast on the other side. The quf.stio was whether to urge the passage of the lioue bill No. 7,1C3 to regulate the farm of bills o lading , and the duties nnd liabilities of shi owners and others. Finally , tbo bill wa endorsed , the western men being placated b tha adoption of the resolution ! favoring further legislation which will oxten the principles of the bill to Inland carriers. Tlio National Silver Convention. DENVER , Jan , 28 , The National Silver con ventton , having for its object the organizatio of a systematic and determined opposition I the demotization of silver , and to prevent b all possible mnans any legislation of congress looking to a decroiso of the present ratn o silver coinage , assembled at the Grand opor house thin nftirnoon. Fully 1,000 delegate were present , representing Colorado , Kansas Utah , Idaho , New Mexico old Wyoming The tession to-day was occupied by prolimin aries. [ Franco ana England , PAIHB , January 28. The refusal of th British authorities to allow the Triomphant t refit nt Hong Ken ? , caused great annoyano here. Voltaire denounces the conduct a especially unfriendly and urges tli French government to rotalllaU by Immediately blockading all Chinese ports. . This , Voltaire lays , France refrained from do Ing 'because Franco regarded England a a friendly power and blockading Chine * o I > orts would have hampered English com - niorco , Wrathy Penitentiary Ofllclals. Chicago Tribune Special. NASHVILLE , Tonn. , January 27. Tlio o fleers of the penitentiary sent a communlca tlon to thn If gislaturo to-day denying chsi ? s made SB to tne treatment of convicts , and mending an immediate investigation. Lati in the day they entered suit against the Nasl villo Banner for § 00,000 damages alleged tc hate been sustained by the publishing of a editorial In connection with the managetnen of this prison. A-Now Foundlaud Olizzmrd. ST. JOHNS , N , F. , January 23 , A terrible blizzard is prevailing on the west coast. A large number of fishing crafts were overtaken by the storm. Twenty-three chips are mim ing and many of the survivors are badly frost bitten , one ship in sight went down with the crew. The musing vessels carried about fifty men. Penitentiary W rdou | POBTLAND , Oregon , January 28. Chas. J , Roger * , a penitentiary warden who murdered Sterry. another warden , October 8th , was hanged to-d y. He wns renmrk bly cool and jocular and ascended the steni of the luaffald with a bound. j-tv-JBj jafcJ r'.7 ' 5X WASHINGTON NEWS. Consideration of the Railroad land Grant Foneilnres , Offloors of the Flag Ship Lancas ter in Trouble About Oritioizins the Action of the Head of the Navy , The Bill for Extinguishing the Union Pacific Debt , Wearied With Boll Calls the House Adjourns. Various Other Ncivs Items of JUoro or. Less Interest From the Capital. SENATE WASHINGTON , January 28. In the senate , Hoar , from the judiciary coramittco , reported back adversely the house bill to amend the Pacific railroad sinking fund net , nnd nt the eamo titno reported , with recommendation for its passage , a now bill to provide for the set tlement of claims growing out of the issue _ of bonds to aid in the construction ot the Pacific railroads , And to secure to the United States the payment of all their indebtedness , The senate ordered the printing , in pamphlet form , of 1.000 copies of the lieu o bill , the sen ate committee's substitute to accompany in the report. The bill is in substance as follows : To fix a day on which the indnbtednoss of the com- panics respectively to the government shall be ascertained , upon the same principle as if the whole debt and interest wcro to bo paid on that day , with the proper rebates of interest at tie rate of 3 per centum per annum , nnd deducting from such amounts all payments made by the companies in money , transporta tion , or otherwise , and extending that time nt the interest of 3 per centum.t The period for the extension of the pay ment of the lost installment indebtedness is forty-six years beyond the maturity of sub sidy bonds , or the average extension of the whole debt is twenty-throe years. In consid eration cf the extension tlmo thus granted , the companies are required to deposit with the secretary of the treasury bonds of re demption for the amount of the debt , as ascertained in bpecifio sums , the bond to mature ovry six months , and all the earnings of the roads by government transportation upon any roads owned , leased , or operated by the company shall bo applied to the payment of the current maturing bonds of redemp tion , and no money shall bo paid by the government for transportation of any kind over aided , or non-aided roads , until the bond next maturing shall bo fully paid. It extends the statutory lien and security now subsisting over all the roads owned , or operated , or hereafter acquired , and wherever situated by the companies , including telegraph lines , franchises , rolling stock ana property of every kind and description , to remain as security for the bonds of redemption until nil are paid , embracing over 0,000 miles not now held as securltyby tha government. It also requires that the companies accepting of the provisions of this bill shall also accept the provisions' of the Thurman act , yielding all questions of constitutionality of said act. Thu plan turthor prqvldes that either of the said companies may prepay and discharge the debt in full at any time , and as an induce ment for such payment an abatement of 3 per cant per annum in Interest is allowed , nnd the company ore authosized to mortgage their franchises and projxjrty for the purpose of raising funds to redeem these bonds of ro demptlon , if they see fit to do so. The sinking fund hereafter established ii the treasury is discontinued , but not till the i bonds and mortgages provided for in the bill are executed and delivered. The railroads and telegraph lines ate required to bo nt all times nt the service of the government at rates ns low ns the lowest accorded to any in dividual for a like service. A failure for six months to pay any redemption bond at maturity - turity under the provision tbis bill renders all said bonds due and payable. In order that companies shall partake of the benefits of the proposed plan they must accept the same under their corporate seals within three months of the passage of the act. In case the companies fall to accept the provi sions of the act within the time specified , 35 per cent of the annual gross earnings , instead of 25 per cent , shall bo collected after the 1st of July , 1885 , nnd the secretary of the treasury < sury may Invest the sinking fund of the com panics in their first mortgage bonds , or Becuri ties of the United States , in his discretion , or he may , with the consent of the companies , apply the same to the extinguishment of the interest of the subsidy bonds , the government to refand the rnmo at any time if it becomes necessary to meet any debts or obligations of the said corporations prior , in lieu to said in terest. The report accompanying the bill says : "The purpose of the extension pro posed Is to bring the semi-annual payment sufficiently within the ability of the compan ies to render such payments entirely certain , and it cannot , in tbo opinion of the commit tee , bo of any vital consequence to the gov < eminent whether the debt bo paid in fifty or sixty years , so long as its ultimate payment can bo certainly secured. Th necessity of this extension further appears from the fact , that the first mortgage bonds equal the amount with the subsidy bonds , mature nt the same time , and these bonds , having under the act of ISM , a priority of lien over the government , which stands In relation of only a second lien ; the creditor must be paid be fore the government can obtain anything , nnd such payments would bo strain the resources of the companies , tbat if no extension be given , tne probabilities are that the foreclosure of the first mortgage bond would extinguish the debt of the government , unless it is pre pared to pay for the Union Pacific , including Kansas Pacific , sixty odd million dollars to cover the debt , with the interest of the mort gage , which has priority over the government. If the government became the purchaser and therefore the owner of these roads , it would thus find iffcolf In the railroad business gen * orally , which would bo altogether a inew and a very questionable policy in its Lifetory. And then this by no means certain tbat after paying this large prior debt the government would reimburse itself , with the entire rnnnagement and control of the roads in its hands , at least for many years beyond the time , contemplated in the extension provided for in the bill , and there is scarcely any rea < iiiable probability that the government could reimburse itself for this outlay by any re-tale of the roads. The com mittee believe that the plan of adjustment presented Is fair and just , and will secure the government in the payment of debts due her by the road * . At 7:30 : p. m. tbo cloora were reopened and the bcuato adjourned. , UOUSE. WASHINGTON , January 28. Slocuni , from the committee on military affairs , reported back the resolution requesting the president to transmit to the house a copy of the recent appeal of Kitz John Porter , together with the accompanying papers. The resolution passed 17 ! ) to Tl. The speaker laid before the house a mesiage from the president , transmitting a commun ication from the tecretaiy of thu navy , recom- meuJiug action by the government in recogni tion o ! the services , official nnd personal , ex tended In Jtuisik to the survivors uf the Jeannette , and to the search parties subse quently to Siberia. Inferred. On motion of Henley the Home proceeded , yew 13U naji 10 } , to coruider the land grant ' bills on thn calendar. The first bill on the cal endar was to declare forfeited certain land in the Michigan grant in aid of the construction ofw railroads , The question of consideration was raised nnd the IIouso refuted , yens 83 nays 1G2 , t ? consider the bill. A similar question wns raised against the next bill , to forfeit the Mnrmietto and Ontonngon land grant , and the House refused , yeas SO nays fi 161. to consider this measure. Willis , from the committee on rivers n"d harbors , reported the river nnd harbor np , r prlation bill , Referred to the commitiuo uf the : whole. McComni offered n resolution which wns adopted rocitln ? that Julius It , Santos who was long nn instructor in the university of Virginia , but recently n merchant in Bahio , had been Imprisoned in Ecuador since Novem ber , 1831 , for nn alleged complicity In the re bellion , and n speedy execution is Appre hended , and that tt is alleged that ho is innocent - nocont ' nnd directing the secretary of stata to inform the house what measures have been taken nnd what further Action ho intends to take to secure the rcleato or speedy trial of 3anto > . Van Eaton then submitted various filibus tering motions , and several roll calls Dworo taken. During one of the calls Bland naked if It bo in order to read the pi itforms pre pared at both the republican and democratic national convention * , especially that plank which declared in favor of the forfeiture of unearned land grants. Finally , wearied out with ( uccnsslvo roll calls , the house adjourned. WASniNGTON NOTES. TUB LANDING OF FOREIGN CABLES. WASHINGTON , January 28. Several mes sages from tbo president were Inid before the senate transmitting information heretofore called for regarding tbo landing of foreign cables in the United States , the awards ; of the Vonznolan mixed commission and the status of the Oklahoma lands , which the pres ident maintains cnnnotf under the existing treaties , bo opened up for settlement. Without the transaction of nuy further business the senate went into executive gesslon. THE OFHCSK3 01' THE FLAO SHIP LANCABTKU IN TltOUIILK. Secretory Chandler has written n letter to Rear-Admiral English , commanding the European station , in regnrd to the chnrgo made by the American resident nt Nice , Franco , that officers of the flag ship Lancas ter hud publicly abused the head of the navy department nnd all connected with it , for having ordered that vessel to the Congo coun try , alleging that it was done to spite the Indies. The secretary inclosed n copy of the letter received at the department on t lie subject , nnd says ho has written to the writer ( whoso name is purposely withheld ) , request ing tbat he give him ( Admiral English ) , the names of the officers who made the stateJ menta referred to. The secretary's letter to Admiral English concludes ns follows : "You will Immediately institute inquiries concern ing the truth of the averments in the letter by Intcrrognting directly nil the officers of the Lancaster , nnd if you find that any officer has made the specific statements narrated in the letter , or has criticized in hotel , or anywhere else , any orders of the department ) , you will report the facts to the department. and , until receiving further instructions , will suspend such officer from duty , and not allow him to leave , his vessel except for urgent rea sons , to be made of record and reported to the department. NOMINATIONS. Henry W. Griffiths to bo receiver of public moneys at Des Moines , Ia , Postmasters George E. Delevan , Greene , la ; II. L. J , McOlellan , Marion , Ia. ; Henry F , Stewart , Kotchum , Ia. , V > ' ' The senate closed its' doors , ' and resumed the consideration of the Nicaragua treaty , at half pastj twelvo.i.todny > wCi , . . < - * * ' . > ' ' Senator Sherman modified his amendment introduced several days ago relating to the discriminations which may be made in the charges for the use of _ thq canal. As the amendment now stands discriminations mny only be made In favor of coast wise trade in Nicaragua. Senator Venco made a formal speech arguing ' ing that tho'Clayton-BuIwcr treaty was stil an obstacle to the ratification o ! the Nicaragua treaty , and heollored n motion that further notion be postponed until after thuMth of March. This motion wns the sub ject of a long debate. Senators Bayard and Saulsbury and others upon the democratic eido spoke In favor of the motion , and Sena tors Morgan , Lapham , Conger and Miller , ( Cal. ) , opposed to It. A motion to adjourn was made nt 5 o'clock nnd defeated , At the afternoon the question of postponement wns put to n vote nnd half an hour conbumed in efforts ta secure n quorum. The absentees were sent far but pending a vote another motion to adjourn was made at 7:30 and carried , Singular Case ot Insanity. DAYTON , 0. , January 28. Bartholomew LIndenbargor , a Gorman farmer living near tbis city , was to-day taken to the asylum for the Insane , Three weeks ago ho quarreled with a priest , Tlio matter weighed heavily on his mind , as ho considered his soul irrepar- ablyJoit. Ho soon became insane , and for fif teen days he has not slept n single moment , and for ten days has not taken food or'drink , and teems determined to starve himself. General Grant's Retirement. WASHINGTON , January 28 , General SIo- cum , speaking to-day of the prospect of get ting General Grant upon the -retired llbt of the army , said there is a movement on foot to call up the senate bill by Itandall if he can get the floor. The house , military com- mittec is , Slocum declared , earnestly in favor of retiring General Grant and the present muddle in not the result of any trickery. Body Snatching at Lincoln. Special telegram to THE BEE. LINCOLN , Neb. , January 28. Another case of body snatching has just come to light. Peter Voulgamoro died a week ago and was buried in Wyuka cemetery. This morning the frlondc noticed marks about the grave and on eearch discavorod that the body was gone , Officers have searched the city over but up to a late hour to-night failed to find a trace of it , The matter will bo looked into , Italian Troopa in Egypt , ADEN , January 28. Perlm Advices state that the Italian iron clad , Castle Widnrdo arrived at Bcilu ] , situated near tto mouth of the Red tea , not If ar from Ansab , and successfully dliembarked a de tachment of troops intended to co-operate with the English In Soudan. The Italian flag was hoisted nt Bcilul. The Weather , WASHINGTON , January 28. Indications : Fortho upper Mississippi valleys Warmer , fair weather ; variable winds , generally south erly. For the lower Missouri valley : Warmer , fair weather ; variable winds , generally shift * ing to southerly , Tlio "Whisky I'ool. CINCINNATI , Jan. 28. The Western Expott association completed its work to-day , approv ing the report , and the conmitteu was to agree to put the price of high wines nt 31.15 on ac count of the advance in corn. All were satis fied tbat the pool Is firmly established. Suppressed by the Police , MEXICO , VIA GALVBBTON. Jnnunry 28. A drama entitled "English Debt , " to have been produced In this city on Sunday was tup- pressed by the police. Dry Goods Failure , CHICAGO , January 28. The Inter Ocean' \ * , III. ) II. J. Scanlon , dry goods , failed to-day , He refuses to mako' a state- , j.lment. Preferences 820,000. All to Freeport I parties. THE MARKETS. Tbo PrcYuiliDg Wilioiis on 'Change ' f ealr , Wilh Lower Prices , The Oattlo Market was Generally Eathor Weak and Slow , The HOJS Trade Did Not Grow Any Stronger , The Wheat Market was Weak and Steadily Downward , The Corn Trade was a Shade Low er Than Yesterday. OAta are Slow And Flut Hyo Contin ues Steady Provisions Clotted at n Decline. OHIO AGO M/VKKKTS , Special telegram to tbo BKK. CHICAGO , January 28. The prevailing con ditions on 'change wcro these of weakness , coupled with a lower range of prices. It caino from the bearish feeling locally , and lower ca bles nnd reported troubles on Wall Btrcot , WHEAT 'J was from | to Jo off nt the opening , nnd for n -V time felt firm nnd steady , the light receipts easily moving it up i@jo ! , but after the first i , hour Its course was finite steadily downward , | | within lo in loading options , and the feeling' ' ! generally was weak nnd heavy , the cables reporting - ' > porting the ditaster to the British forces in ' Egypt , which were uiod ns o lever to "bear" i1 the prices. There wore free seller * at every break. No. 2 spring sold nt 77g@77fc. To ward the close n sharp break occurred on the reported troubles on Wall street. CORN opened relatively much stronger than wheat , * being about Jo over yesterday's official closo. At tue opening , early in the day , there was a fractional advance beyond thcs < figures , but later , as business began to show itself in other markets , prices beg nn to drop back to n abado t under first quotations. Comparatively little ' , < J tradiug was done. No , 2 cash was quoted , ' nominally nt 37J. OATS \ are slow nnd flat , cash nnd near options being i entirely nominal nnd are very lightly traded in , nrE continues steady and about firm , with offering very light and little doing. No. 2 cash was quoted at 03c , sellers for regular with May , tSc. W.OVISIOX3 opened firm and active nnd a little higher , by reason of the improved conditions nt the yards , but with a heavy feeling prevailing in i ho other pits. This market soon eased off and fell quite steadily at lOo on pork , and 71 @ 10c on lard. Themorning hour-ci aing 00sy ' n $ th , , ilccline. Ojaah'BtilT , n'nu , was' , quote'd th6Tsamo aS February m fortJard-- ; and ribs. ' * > . , OATILB. . . . . _ . . , t ' 'heavyweight' * * ' steers n shade firmer and scarce ; medium and common steers hard to sell nnd prices rnther weak. Keceiots are rapidly tailing below * . , last week's average , there being a loss of 400 , [ alone to-day as compared with last Wodnes- -Jj day. This fact alone must strengthen the market , and the chances are tlmt'Tor the bal ance of the week best sorts of shipping and dressed beef steers will sell a shade stronger ; yet , against this , are dull and overstocked , the foreign and seaboard markets and rnther n weak feeling in provisions nud grain. Butchers' stock was not over plentiful and was selling at equally as good prices as any day this week. Fat cows and heifers nro making good prices , but cannera' stock seems rather slow. There is a steady demand for bulls , either for feuding or slaughtering. Y-J Stackers nnd feeders nre scarce and selling nt ' ° strong prices. The market closed with the , good grades lOc higher. Sales 1400 to 1500 Ibs. , S525@5GO ; 1200 to 1350 Ibs. , SI 7B@ 0 20 ; 1000 to 1200 Ibs , , 84 00@4 < J5 ; butcher ing stock , lOc higher ; cows # 235@4GOmainly S300@4GO ; stockers 83 40i 10 : feeders § 4 00@4 50 ; corn-fed Texans § 4 10@5 CO. HOGS. The general market was rather n surprise to all poncerned to-day. The first estimate placed the receipts ns high ns 20,000 , nnd prices opened rather weak under tbat impres sion , But later the fact was established that if the receipts reached 18,000 that number would bo about all that could bo expectedbut price * did not seem to grow stronger under the light run. Assorted light wcro only steady and fancy heavy did not ell ns high as yesterday , while the best medium and mid dle weights were just about steady. Packing nnd shipping , 2CO to 400 pounds. SI CO@D CO ; light , IUO to zlO pounds , Si G0@4 70. Now York Block Market. Special telegram to THE BZE. ' NcWfYoBK , January 28. Stocks of the Pa cific roads hnvo boon a fenturo in the market to-day. Central Pacific , Northern Pacifie preferred , and Oregon Hallway and Naviga tion have been pressed for Bale , with the re sult of depressing the prices of these stocks materially , and dragging the rest of the mar ket down. There appears to have been a quiet and steady selling of these stocks for sovur.il days , a fact which to-day seems to bo appreciated by the speculators , A number of rumors are current affecting these properties , but thd only facts at hand are a largo falling off In the earnings of the Central Pacific and the serious blockading of the Northern Pacific- and Oregon railways by enow. Both of thcEo > ftcts have , however , been known for some tlmo , so that the causes tbat now are affecting- the securities of these roads must be looked for elsewhere. Union Pacific has been raided * In connection with the movement noted , but has resisted the attacks fairly well. There has been tome heavy and effective selling of St. Paul , which carried the price down 1 per cent. Trunk line securities are heavy , and Now York Central has been freely sold by brokers having London connections , Gen , Stewart Promoted , LONDON , Jan , 28. The Queen sent a. dis patch thanking Gen , Stewart and the troops for their bravery , condoling with them for- , jl their losses , and promoting Geo. Stewart to A the rank of major general. _ _ ' * Extremely Frigid , January 28. The signal nor- vice thermometer was SIJ degrees below zero hero this morning , the coldest here fn twenty * three years , The liell ot Liberty. NEW OJILKANB , January 28 The formal transfer of tbo Liberty bull to tbo exposition managers occurred tills afternoon in Music hall in the presence of 20,000 persons. The Ice 1'alnce , MONTREAL , January 28 , The ice palace was Inaugurated thii evening in the presence of an immense crowd. Boy W. J. Wolshana & Qo.'a No. 1 Self lUalng Buckwheat Winter Cloth and Fur Caps at Coat at Saio , the Batter. I