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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 ,
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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.
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