Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA BEE.
FOURTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , TUESDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 10 , 1885. NO. 151.
LINCOLN.
Legislate Delegates Visit the Iiislitn-
lion for the Feehli Minded.
The House Occupied With Pat
Hawea' ' Eslief Bills ,
Pour Now Bills Were Introduced
In the Housoi
The Senate Did But Little Busi
ness of Importance.
-Several Bills Were Passed and
the Oivil Oodo Amended.
A. Few K olH or Vllul Intorcat In lie-
to Our N'orinnl
School.
TUR Ut. USF.
Special Correspondence of THE HKI : .
JjiM-oiN , February ! ! . Uy the invitation of
Dr. Armstrong , nf Omaha , twelve gentlemen
representing l th branches of I lie legislature
yesterday visited the asylum fur feeble inindeil
at Glenwool , la , Tlio paity Mas accompanied
by several Indies. Among the members of the
eipoditlon were Mr. and MIH. Knley , Mr. and
Mrs. Wright , Mewie. Adams , Hussoll nud
olhots , The party Wft3 shown through the
institution and ita lionovoknt uses oxplaniid
in detail. They bestow unstinted pral o upon
the management , and are of opinion tint a
nlinilur niyhitn Is abnilutoly necessary for the
statoof Nubraika.
Only about one-half the members were pres-
out \vhon thn speaker cillua the house to order
nt 0:80 : this morning.
Mr. Leo , of Fiunns , opaned tin actual
business proceedings by offering n roso'utinn '
that hla vote on tan Il-cont railway bill -bo
recorded aye plodding absence at tha
time , the bill wan passed a ? excuet
Mr. Ilolmdinu vod tint nil members absent
at the tltnohiivo their votes recorded ayo.
Mr. Nettleton wished to include senators.
Members Rotting frisky.
The sneaker put his foi.t down and ruled
tlio whole proceedings out or onlor.
Thin being the lust day on which now bills
maybe introduced , four tiilU wuro brought
up. Ono by Mr. Olmstead provide * for thn
appointment nf railroad commissioners , and
on3 by Mr , Temple provides compuis.it on to
households n in cv : > c their properly In ele-
stroved by riot. Mr. Temple said ho wai
anxious to get the oiinii | n of the people of
Douglas respecting this measure.
Mr. KtHsoll wished the bill appropriating
$10,00. ) for the Hoim of the l"rioadlo < s uvuiu
a special order for Wednesday next at three
o'clock. It waa agreed tu.
Mr. OliiutcadV bill ( II. It. 102) ) having
been reported on favorably by the jmliciury
committee , ho felt aggrieved , and wished it
placed on the loirrnul tile. It was so placed
after the father of the bill ha 1 aired his era
tory.
tory.Mr. . Koluio introiluiorl a resolution that 200
copies of thocontri. - with AVin. II. 13. Stout ,
lessee of the paultentiary , ba printed and
handed to mcmhors. It was allowed.
Mr. King presented a resolution to the effect -
foct that the house had been recklessly ox
travngant In the appointmnntof itscmpl' ' yarn
Ho wished some o o appointed to keep thn
rnpitol open at nijjht tint coiniulttoas might
bu accommodated with rooms to moot In.
Mr. Blaine characterized this as a confes
sion on the part of Air , King of personal
reckleseuesi and said if ho hud wished to
make 3 , confession ho should have gene to a
priest , or bo might lay his grievances befo'o
the senate who had eoventy-slx n uplnyei to
assist the thirty-three senators. Thu roaolu-
tion was tabled.
The house then wont into committee of the
whole Mr. Aelitns in the chair ,
Hou > roll < ! > , a bill to provide bv election
for the location of c mnty seati whnro thi > y
had not bcoT already located. Itwasro-
polved to report this bill to the house with
thn recommonelati n that it do not juss ,
Hou.seKill 17. To change the limn of the
hogiuuing cf tin pchnol year from April to
July. After sinaoriisuslon it was reported
to thn house f > r future consideration. The
committo now rose and immedi tely the
house took a rsees-i until 2:30 : this nfturnuon ,
AITSUNOXN : HESSIUN.
Special telegram to THK BKE.
LINCOLN , Fubiuary 9. The time of the
oii80 wasceupled this nftjrnocu indi'-cuasins
two bills in the. committee of the whole ,
The u'ret was for the roliet of Vat Howes
which had boon reported f r pissago by the
claims committco , cf which McArdlo is chnlr
man , witn Haw * * In command. Tha claim !
for $12,25f ) , and belongs to tlio Fame class nl
claims which Halves linn tottered in tin- state
fur years , thereby making himself notorious
Formerly his dmnimis were more bold f.icnl.
ud consisted of larger amounts. Ho timli
that game plaji'd out now , and has adop'.o
another achonie. The sum in it.'wli
is no : large. but is the
thin eidgo of the wedge , whereby the treisurj
remit" , and the vaults may bo forced open
and lii * little game now is t ) call uarly nni
often , thinking that email claims will be paid
unnoticed , whereas thousands would nttrAd
nttontion. The chimp'ons ' of Hwes wen
Olmstcd , Troup and Holmes , who each ac
knowledged knowing nothing- whatever abaul
the claim. They never had known and don'
know now , still they supported the bill , be
cause the committee advised It , That i-i
JIawea commanded It , He tel'a ' the commit
ten to do thin and they do It.
Speaker Field could not have selected n bet
tor committee on claims than this is for 1'a
Hawea. The doughty McArdlo ia at the hem
and Hawos can knead him inti
any nhipe. It transpired that nobod ;
had soon the alleged contract not even th
claim committee , nobody knew the nature p
the claim , ttill It VIM decided to refer the bit
and ask leave to sit again , this H evident ! ;
done to give Hrtwes a ( banco of being prusent
His abirnro was apparent today for Mo
Ardlo cou'd ' not say a word in support of th
claim llo vainly attempted to hide hi
dlminithed lie/ul behind a mucilage battle.
The othur bill was for appropriation to pa
for the construction of tlm new Capitol. Th
greakor and the Lancaster ring headed b
AViight BtipportPd a one-mill tax ,
liriinuer and Nottleton fought them to tt
bitter end , In the mr t forcible and logic
manner , aealntt the increicod taxation. Tl .
committee decided to refer thin bill also fi
future consideration , and shortly after tl
house ndjouruod ,
THE SENATK.
nid little business of Importance , passii
several bills , amending ; tlio civil coda ai
compiled statutes. Senator Ilurr , feclin ? ee
hltlvo over an editorial In the DEC this mor
ing , saying he would ba a valuable witnws i
the Uud fraud tnvfktlgations asked to ma
a ( tatement to the Bpnate , He then doelar
ho vras not nor ever had been concerned In ai
ichool land lento , and know nothing whatov
regarding the trutmactioDa of the name. T
"explanation" atfectoj tome of the senate
in an Invents ratio , nd it U likely Mr. IJi
will be tubpoenemed ,
SOHOOIj ,
LINCOLN , Febnury ! ) It U an 111 wind tl
blows nobody good. It will take ten l
ent of last aeaion'a corn crop to print <
lit Us with which this legislature hat tic-
d the State Journal Job office , No won' '
that whole-souled Tumi genial patriot the
Honorable Charles H. Gere who for fifteen
years boa existed upon elate pap , cannot find
words to express hii admiration for this
matchless legislative assembly ,
There is a great deal of att an ] design dis
played by Gere and his partneis In the bill
printing business. To stretch n four line bill
over two pages and hive both paces measured
M solid reading matter , requires greater til * '
ent than in displayed by the pi MIS pickpocket
who forgetfully pulls the watch
( rom the pocket of the prayerful and sleepy
deacon wtiilo the solemn minister is sermonlz-
izing on tha text , "Thou shall not steal ? "
And this awakens a now train of thoughts in
my mind. If I tniUako not there are bills
pending for establishing
ELEVEN NOIIMAL BCHOOL9
in addition to the existing normal school at
Peru. Why to many normal schools have
been projected at a time when retrenchment
and economy are everywhere demanded by
the lax-ridJcn pmple is bojond my compro-
lensiou. I quattlon whether thera 19 a mem-
: > or in the present legislature famil
iar with tin- history of the Peru
normkl school and I don't believe half a dozen
members have the remotest idea what it costs
to maintain It.
I will endeavor to enlighten them.
The present State Normal school was
founded In 18 7 , soon after the admission of
tb Rtato into the Union. Uy the act of Juno
20th , 1807 , the normal Hchool was located at
Peru , upon condition that sixty- acres of hind ,
with the buildings then occupied as the Peru
snmttiary , would bo donated to the state.
Twenty sections (12,800 ( acre * ) of land were
set apart ns an endowment , with authority to
appropriate Rallno lands if needed. Three
thoiiHHid dollars were nleo appropriated to
complete the bull ings. On February 1st ,
ISC ! ) , un additional appropriation ( .f . SlO.OCO
was made by the legislature for repairing ,
completing and furnishing the building.
On March 1st , 1879 , the 1 gislaturo authorized
ht ) erection of additional buildings , and
levied a xlalu tax uf half ti mill to meet the
outlay.
Uy the act of March 28 , 1871 , authority was
granted to dlppo o of the lands donated to the
m rmal school for it permanent endowment
fund. It wai r pre.-o Uod from the outset by
the managers of the normal school that the
Institution would be Belt-sustaining and no
appropriation or additional tixes would be
keel. Uut what do the records shon ?
On March 2171 , appropriation for school
teachers , 8 ! > ,000.
February ' . ' 0 , 7 ! } , deficlnncy , 53,000 ; heating
furnaces and repairs , $7,500. February 23 , ' 73 ,
teacUers in full , § 11,00 ! ) .
On February 23 , ' 75 , appropriation for
teacher * , light , stationery and library , $26,850.
Febriury M , ' 77 , tea liters' salary and jani
tor , S19f 00 ; fuel and light , $2V50 ; building
pairs , $ K5J ; punting nnd stationary , S17o.
Febuary ; ! ! 7 , 1879 , salaries of teachers. $20-
0 O.fuol anel light , $1,800 , repairs of building ,
SI,000 , cistern and force pump , S-100 , chemical
apparatus , $800 , printing , pustapo aud station-
eiy , § 400.
March 1,1881 , teachers and janitors § 18-
00 ' , fuel aud lights , § 2,000 , rcpairj of build
ing , § 300 , postage , printiug and stationery ,
§ 70" , well and cistern , § 2' 0 , incidental , 8200.
February 28 , 18S3 , salaries of teachers.
822,01,0 , tuol and light § 2 000 , repairs and
bui'ding feuco , S700 , cistern and wells , § 200 ,
improvoiiients on outhouses , otc. , § 200 , furniture
niture'JltlO. . postage and printing , SI09 ,
incidentals , $100
The estimates for 18S3-SO ara consielerably
higher , almout $2 > , OQO a year. It it coats
from 3411,000 to § 23,000 a year to maintain a
normal nchojl ondeiwtel witli twenty sections
of hail after the ) stite has
paid for the necessary builelings , how much
would it cost the taxpayers to maintain one ,
two or half u dozen normal schools that da
pend Piititely upon eUta appropriations anel
why should thej peopla be taxed for any ad
ditloual normal echools anyhow ? It was a
great blunder to locate the school at Peru ,
even with tlio hixly acrjs bonus and the dilap
idated old seminary buildiug' thrown in. Tne
proper location for such a school was Lincoln.
It ought to bo there to-day. Cemnecteel with the
university it would not require half the out
lay aud tlio school would be more elh'cient
There would huvo been no need of investing
in a H ccitil appiratus anel library for the nor
mal school , Some of the professors could
have lectured for both university and normal
a.hojl , and last but not least there would
have been a great saving in expenditures for
wells and cistern * , which are getting so deep
and numerous at Peru , judging from the ap *
propriation bills.
CLAIMS AND CLAIMANTS.
Hero WP are again , as the clown says when
ho leaps into the naw-dust ring. The claim
ants are on band like so many warts.
I notice among tlio bill * the claim of Prof ,
Bacon for over $1,800 , which bo pretends is
duo him for money expanded while in charge
of the blind institute at Nebraska City. Mr.
Bucon is a very peculiar claimant. About
eight years ao be lobbied and lobbied around
tbo legislature until bu pulled through n bill
I1 establish an institute for tlio blind , liacon
foisted himself upon the state as superinten
dent , and if memory serves mo right ,
employed his wife : u matron
When the institute opened be
had nine men and women to Instruct and take
care of. Establi-hing n state institute for
, nine inmates WJH a loitly luxury. In dui
time the state bjarel dismissed Mr. Uacon. He
refuses ! to go and compelle-d them to eject
: him by line prpce s of law und the constable.
On February 2Hi , 187'J the leginl laturo appro-
printed § 3,151.SI f , r the reliet ol Samuel Ba
con for Bervice rendered anel money expanded
. ns principal of the blind institute. Now Mr
hacon trumps up another claim. He ovi-
deiuly imagines the present legislature-
very credulous Send the hoggish Mr.
Uacem to the courts with his \ > ama claim
Hardly less important is the so-culled claim
of the city of Lincoln for some § 8,000 pro.
fossed to have been advanced to the state in
the year 1879 , to pay for the foundation under
the university building. Who naked these
people to advanc-e this money ? Why didn't
they present their claim to the two legisla
tures that have held sessions since that money
! waa advanced ? IH it not a notorious and his
toric < fact that tha state bad to pay
, for a foundation under the university building
within leas than three years aftei
that ecructuro had bee.-n completed under the
liutler-Konnnrd-Ciillesplo contract. How
many foundations Is the state to pay for'
Hasn't the city of Lincoln received more thai
a return In the fchapo of donations in lots antOn
blocks for any such pretanded outlay ?
<
Sir. Clovelniiil llcturiih to Albany.
Special telegram to the BEE.
NEW YORK , February 9. Last night am
this morning it was expected and announce !
; lut Cleveland would return to-day to th
metropolis from bis visit to Tilden at Grey >
ly etone , and confer with statesmen AH to th
' " cabinet appointments , and that ho would BO
only those requested to call. But for eom
he : reason unknown Cleveland decided to go d
; rect from Yonkera to Albany this afternoo
" on the 11:30 : train. Ceil , Lament kept seclude
lo , throughout the forenoon in tha Victoria hot'
expecting Cleveland return. At 11 o'clock :
noon be received adlepateh from Tilden sayit
Cleveland1 ! ) mind had been changed , aud tin
the piceiient-eloct would not return to Ne
York. This wai n surprise to Lampnt an
the hotel people. Colonel Lament immed
nel ately notified the olllca that the rooms won
Burn be no longer required , and took the first tra
rn- to Yonkere. Owing to reports in some of tl
In
morning papers that Cleveland would retur
fed Hevi'rM politiciani waited in tha Victoria hot
elurlug the for- noon , and ttey , with the iiieci
my headquarter detectives on duty at the hot
ver left as soon as the announcement waa ma
that hu would not return.
or
urr l'corla'8 Fatal Piro ,
CIIICAQO , FebruaryO. TlieJournaVa Peoi
(111) ( ) tpocial saye : A large force continued 1
hat tearcb the ruins of ths starch factory all nlf
> cr and a portion of the morning for the renrn
the of Kphraim Doolittle and Andrew Itoti
The bcdiei were recovered at i ) this mornii
The lo by thu tire reaches f 100,0(0 , ine
ider nee ? 5I,000.
WASHINGTON HEWS.
The Falc of the River acd Harlor
EM Settled
Townshend Explains tbo Postal
Appropriation Bill to bo
The Most Important Ono Ever
Broup-ht Befora the Country ,
The Provisions of the Fortifica
tion Appropriation Bilh
The Second Trial of Gen , Swaim
Postponed Till Wednesday ,
HOUBO InorcascH tlio Appropria
tions I'or I'ulilleHulIeltiiKS nt
I'curla anil ( julncy ,
SI3NAT13.
WASHINGTON , February 9 , Van Wyck re
ceived tha unanimous consent for the con
sideration of the house bill , to prevent tbo
unlawful enclosure of the public lauds , batter
known ai the fencing bill. The amendments
of tbo senate committee wore concurred in and
the bill went over , nnd the unfinished busi
ness was laid before the senate being the
anti silver coinage bill.
The hill waa passed increasing the appro
priations for the public buildings at Quie.cy ,
Ills. , to S200COO , Peoria , Ilia. , to 924SOGO.
Uock supported tlioao provisions of
his bills calling for the redemption oi the trade
dollar , but strong opposed the suspension of
coinage of the etauda d dollar. The proposi
tion to Biiapenel silver coinage had no neces
sary or propar connection with the trade dollar
lar bill , if our own fiscal agents bad con
spired to defy the laws of the United States
and prevent the proposition to suspend silver
coinage , which would be the result of such
consuiracy , wo would soon have a now admin
istration. If it should prove as bad aa the
present something would to be done.
The pension appropriation bill waa then
taken up , a long discussion ensued regarding
the interpretation of the senate rule , foibiel-
ding tli3proposing of a general legislation on
the appropriation bills. Ingalls wanted the
senate to establish a precedent that would
enable senators to olTeramendments { to such
general legislation at the house might put on
the appropriation bills.
J'Menunds spnko stronrlj- against "opening
the door" to any proposition which would
permit such amendments.
Hoar intimated that if Ingalls' proposition
was voted down , the senate might as well
propose an amendment to the constitution ,
declaring the house to bo the only la\v making
body.
Bayard Bided with Inzalls ,
Hale said that If somsthins ; were not done
to relax the rigor of the fionate rule , aa hith
erto interpreted , there was dauger that an ex
tra session would be necessary. Were the
senators ready for that ?
After a further debate the proposition te
establish a new precudent waa defeated 35
to 23.
After executive session the senate ad
journed.
HOUSE
WASHINGTON , February 9. When the
house met this morning the continuance of
Saturday's session began.
Townsheud moved that the homo go into
committee of the whole on the postollice ap
propriation bill. Willis opposed the motion
and hoped the house would take up the river
and harbor bills.
After considerable ) discussion thohemso went
into committee of tha whole for the considera-
tin of the river and harbor bill.
A sharp colloquy occurre-d between White
and Temporary Speaker Blackburn over the
question of privilege. After which , on mo
tion of Townshend the house went into committee
mitteo of the whole on the poslnflice appro
priation bill.
At 12:50 : Townshend moveel that the com
mittee rise. Agreed to.
Townshend explained the prousionBof [ the
bill and said it waa thu mint important poit.il
appropriation bill ever reported to congress.
The committee then rose anel on motion of
Townshend the general debate was limited tJ
five hours.
Herr opposed the provision of the bill
which charred the iii'thods of companeating
railroads for the mail transportation , Instead
of resulting in a saving of a million and a hilf
to the ) government ns stated
by Towphend , in would in
Horr's opinion increase the CDmponsation
to the railrovl companies , nnd put the excess
into the pockets of the roads , which already
got a largo amount of money , it was declared
that it was not the ej .estiou of robbing little
- roads for tbo benefit of larger corporation' .
If small roads did not eury largo mails , they
oucht nut to get a larn'o coinpe-iuation.
Pending a further dobata the committee rose.
The resolution was adopted reserving the
whole ) cast gallery of the house for tbo ac
commodation of the families of senators and 1
members during the counting of tbo electoral 1
vote on Wednesday next. ICecess until to
morrow.
TheKiver anil Harbor Hill ,
Special telegram to the BEB.
WASHINGTON , Fe-brnary 9. The general
impression hero is that the course of the house
in refusing to go on with the river and har
bor bill to-day , settles the fate of that meas-
r ure. Willis will fight for it at every oppor
tunity , nnd hopes to got it through yet. No
' action was had on the Galveston harbor mat
ter wuon it was reached , but it is learned that
the plan of the river and harbor committee
was to eliminate Capt. Kaels' name from the
bill , but to keep his plan , and to appropriate
SWO.OUO to carry It out , if tha tecretary ol
war would approve It.
-WASHINGTON NEWS.
1'IIOVIHIONS OY THE FOUTinCATlO.N ArPUOPHIA-
TION mix.
- WASHINGTON , February 9. Messrs. Hoar
Kills and Hancock , of the house appropria
tions committee , completed the forttficatloi
appropriation bill , hut have not yet roportce
It to the full committee. It provides fe > r op
propriatloas of $ IK15.000 ! , The amount appro
prlaU-d at the last session of congress for tli
ed prestnt fiscal year was § 700,000. The bill pre
pared by the Bub-committee provides for th
lei ' protection , preservation and repair of tu
at fortifications already begun , and to continu
BR the work upon them , aa well as for the con
iat struction of new works of defense in Bostot
3W New York , Philadelphia , Hampton Hoael
nd aud San Francisco. For theeo purposes It a ]
ill- propriates 83,000,000.
ild The president is directed to appoint a boar
dn to prepare and submit to congress before tt
.he first Monday In December the p'an ' for tl
rn. construction of the defense works for the cit
itel of New Orleans. The bill al o recommem (
that for the procurement of heavy steel ril
tel , guns and carriages for the armament of det
ido water ports in the United Platen , a pennanei >
annual appropriation of $1JOO,000 ! shall I
mide for five years from June ) SO , ISS.'i , pr
vlded that in BO far in is practicable this BU
shall bo so expended as to induce priva
manufacturer ! in the United States who mi
to
beet be prepared to meet tha requirements
ght the government , or who will increaie tin
lins plant BO ai to undertake the work of furnishi
ier , the ncceatary mateiial for guns ,
lug. lample blank puns , of cait or wrought ttc <
BUT- These rhall be thoroughly tested by t
{ United SUtet , If found aatieUctory In v <
respect , the tccrctary of war hall contract
th the manufacturers who tire boat prepared
to execute the work , to the full amount of the
appropriation. The guns are to bo rifled
steel guns , not lets thin eight Inch calibre erIn
In lieu thereef ) , materials ate to bo suitable
for making such mint , nil of which shall bu
American , and American manufacture.
For the purpojo of aiding thr secretary of
war in the expenditure and application of the
( uuiB recommended by the bill , it is provided
that an advisory , board of five military officers ,
consisting of the'gonoral commanding the di
vision of the > Atlantic , the chief , , f ordinance- ,
chief engineer , pj-esident of ordinance boarel
and commandant of Willets Point torpedo
school , shall bo created. This board hall ex
amine and re'port to the secretary of war the
different points where the fortifications urn
most neeelcel , the kind nnd character of the
works best adapted to each point , and the
amount of appropriation to bo expended nt
each place ; also the kinds and character of
gnus , torpedoes and other means nnd nppll-
auccs necessary for the defense of thacountry.
MAIUSIE AIUIN'i OKFKIIS THK OOVKKKMKNT
31,000.
WASHINGTON , February 'J. Madame Ar-
line , whoto eooeU were recently seized in
Chicago for nllegeel violation of the customs ,
to.elay made a formal offer to the tocretu-y of
tbo treasury to ] i y $1,000 in compromise of
tlio suit pending against her , Tlio dutlble
value of the goods in question is about 83 00.
The matter baa been referred to the Be > lcitor !
of the treasury for investigation nud report.
It is likely that Madame Arl'iie's rlfir will
ba accepted in view of the belief that there
was no intention on her part to defraud the
government ,
CONFIIISIATIONS.
Postmasters Charles V. IJockwell , Taylor
ville , Iowa ; Thoa. M. Purtoll , Ci'inbi'r.and ,
Wis , ; William J' ' ) . Curtis , Illinois , secretary
to the South American commission.
NK\vS ,
WOLSELEY'S UHINFOKCKMINTS cc
S1ST OP NINK IUTTALION3.
LONDON , February 9. Lord Weilse-loy telegraphs -
graphs from Korti to the war ollico to-day as
follows : The Korti advance euard , General
Earlo'a column , consisting of a squadron ol
cavalry , under command of Col. Butle-r , sur
prised a large body of the Mnfn'sir tribe un
der Wadgam , the murderer of Col. Stewart ,
while encamped at Shakoob well. The cav
alry charged the encampment , and the enemy
fleel in every direction , leaving behind thlr'y
men killed , a largo number of camels , cattle
and men , and many Ifemington rilles. Col ,
Butler captured six prionew. Great activity
prevails at Chatham , Woolwich anel Alder-
shot , and the preparations for sending rein-
force'ineuti to Egypt are belng rapidly pushed.
The third battalion of the rillo brigade , now
at Alelerchot , a battalion of the Coldetream
Guards and a squadron of tha Fifth Lancers
have been ordered to proceed at once to Sua-
kim. Three battalions of guards am
four battalions of infantry , including
two from Malta and two from Gibraltor have
been ordered to Egypt , two batallions of in
fantry and s. icgiment of cavalry have been
ordered to proceed from India to Egypt. Thr
nine balallions of troops ordered from En
gland , Malta , Glbralter and India are Bent a
t.he request of' Wolsley. The guards leave
Koglnnel the cad of the pre cnt week , the
second batallion of the English infantry are at
present in lower Egypt , anel will proceed im
mediately to Soudan , It is stated that all
the forces comprised of the nine batallions to
bo eont Wolaely will , after reaching Suakim
operate between Saukim and Berber , with the
object cf securing the route between these
points , and the effecting of complete junc
tion with the British forces , on the Nile both
above and below JJerber ,
TIIK FIIENC'CAITUKB FIVK TOUTS.
P.Mtls , Februa.y 9. Brierro Da Lisle tele
graphs the government aa follows : On Fri
day and Saturday wo dejtroyed five forts be
longing to the Chinese , the enemy having
ovacuatort them without fighting. In the
forts were found immensostoroa of provisions ,
gunpowder and other ammunition , wo reconnoitered -
connoitered tnrolvo kilometres and found the
Chinese rotroatine ha tily towards TaDg'an ,
Our loiees during the engaaemonts were
twenty-ono killejd and 162 wounded.
COL. WILSON AND 1'ABTY SAFE.
LONDON , February 9. It is underbtood
that the government received word that Col.
Wilson , who after falling to reach Khartoum ,
waa etrunded with bis entire party on on
island in the Njle , is safe. The opinion prevails -
vails at the way : office that Gen. Gordon is
still alive , and engaged in defending himself
in some ' inaccessible part of the city of
Khartoum , where ho had prepared a refuge
for use in case of emergency.
EL MAHDl'S DKFJAT NKCES9AHT.
LONDON , February 9. Lird Granville had
a long interview with Mr. Gladstone to-day.
The Poll Mill Gazette this afternoon elates
that the cabinet decided that tha dnfoit ejf
El Mahdi was necessary to vinuji-ate Englanel ,
No Immtdiato advance ution Khartoum is
considered p-sublo. The Gazette says unln-s
it ia found that there in gewd reason for be
lieving that Gordon is still heildlug out with
n handful of followers in the Mlsiion Irmaa in
Kliirtoum , where , it Is reported , ho Imd taken
refupo when 1 he city fell into the M'lhdls
hands. In the absence of this Lord Wolse-
ley , it is caidnll continue to advance by thi
river until ho reachei Berber , where ho will
spend the hot weather of the Hummer with
his iirmy , and wait for th ? September rise of
Ihe ) Nile before advancing. Two months will
expire , according to tlio pUu , before there can
be any advance In force from Sunklm.
NEWS FIKMI flENERALjKAIU.'H ARUT.
KOIITI , February ! ) . News from General
Earl's army dated February 7th , shows thai
on the Thursday preceding , the Camel Cori.i
had a skirmish inland with hostile Arab ? , whr
who were driven from the well where ai engagement
gagoment occurred with a loss of fix killed
and six taken prisoners. The British troops
captureel a number of rillea , camels aue
cattle ,
EIGIir THOUSAND 1IEINKOIICE1IENTS Ftf/t WOI ,
; 8EI.KV ,
LONDON , February 9 Eight thousand re
Inforcements , at the urgent demand of Gen
WoUeloy , havoj been ordered to proceed ai
rapidly an pmsitlo to Kgypt , to open the routi
between Snakim nnd Berber , Naval demon
stratlona in the lied Sea to cooperate with tin
land movement havubtcn arranged , The despatch
patch of several British men of war is Immi
nent. The lotal number of reinforcements al
ready ordered to Egypt is 8,100. The war do
partincnt has CQmplelad preparations for th
transportation of commissariat , and the nreli
nancatervico vfusels are already loading wit
stores at Woolwich. The grenadie
guards have been ordered to hold thomselve
in readiness for foreign service.
rir.-i at Hlon.v Clly , town ,
Sioux City , Iowa , February 9. A fire at
o'clock this morning destroyed the Galen
house , a frame building neir the union elnpo
Tlio'gueit ) barely escaped In their nig )
clothes , several losing money ranging fro
3100 to 8175 , The lois on stock and bulldli
was § 4,000 ; Insurance , $2,800. It was tl
rst trial of the new water works , and tin ,
cmouBtrated their amcens in caving , the ai
oinirg property , throwing water with vie
orce.i
rdhe Filfililfi'l l''i H.
he HAVIIB DEQBAHI , Md. , February 9. Ti
noroing five workmen employed In repair ! :
lie Is the btld/a over the Suseuchanna | were throi
op down on the Ice by the breaking of the BCI :
nt fold. They fell fifty feet. All went throu
be ; he ice Into the river. Two were drowne
ro- The other three weio reecued in a precani :
ronn condition ,
lie
lay Cleveland Bleep * With
o YONKKIW President-el
, Febroary ! > .
io | Cleveland wid Daniel ftfannlnff rfunained .
o GreyMune latt night aapuestii ol T'ilden. Fr
eany morning 19 Yonkers de < it was pad
th by an aniiom crowd eager to catch ft glim
wy ot the paity , ;
THE SMOW
Reports of Ihc Fearful Slorm From Ail
Paris ,
In Some Sections It is Four Foot
Deep ,
Nearly All tbo Rnilronds in the
Country
Are Blockaded , and Their Trains
Aio Abandonedi
Some Eoads Did Not Turn a
Wheel Yesterday ,
aian niT8 Hay It Will Take Huvornl
Uftja tn Got Unck to Sclic-
ilulo Time.
IIOIIBAS1
CHICAOO , February 9. Report ! from all
western and northwestern points indicate that
the lioavlont snow ttorm of the season Is pre
vailing. The snow Is very flue and has a ten
dency to melt , Indicating It may degenerate
into rain , Trains are delayed in every di-
rvcUon and very few freight train.i on any of
the roaels are moving. The telegraph service1
wcet is somewhat impaired but the lines gen
erally are In fair working condition ,
CIIICAOO , February 9 , Noon -Tho storm
continues with unabated force and in tills city
business of nil kinds is nearly suipendnil.
bnow lies to a great depth on the street. The
strtot cars drawn by horses are moving only
with great ditliculty and in freight yards in
the railway stations , freight handlers and
tr in employes are engaged in an attenipt to
clear track ? , paseenrer trains only attempt
ing to leavu , At the signal stations the news
was rather conflicting and confused. This
much was authorized , however , that the snow
storm has come from tbo south. It arose in
the Gulf of Alojico yesterday
and has been traveling a Ijttlo east of north
since , the wind blowing with the velocity of
about twenty miles per hour. It hns gone far
to the northwest , the weather being especially
fierce in all the lower lake regions from hem ;
to Buffalo , It has taken its tl'ght ' to the St.
Lawrence region in n northeasterly direction ,
This morning the storm had not reached the
northern und of Lake Michigan , neither will
it reach as far northwest as Uuluth. but it is
taking in "Wisconsin. While ) it is snoning
here and all along the the lake region , the
storm has oroduced rain in the Ohio valley ,
this being so large a Btonn , " said the signal
ollice , " as to Includoall kings of weather in its
wake. While it is snowing fiercely in Buffalo ,
for instance , it is raining in Pittsburg , but a
couple of hundred miles south. " The rain ex
tends us far eouth as northern Mississippi.
The actual measurement of the snowfall has
not boou posclblo by reason nf the excessive
drifting , but at least six inches fell between
the beginning of the storm last night and six
this morning. Although the temperature
early this morning wai five degrees
higher by the thermometer than yesterday
morning , it is rapidly growing colder. In tbo
northwest region , espaciitlly in Manitoba , and
Dakota and Northern..Miune80ta-tho frigie *
wavo'is s'preading. At Fort Gary last nighi
the mercury lud reached -11 degreoi below
zero , and at St Vincent 38 below. This ex
ceS'ivoly cold wave is moving eastward , and
may bo upon us to-night. In this city at noon
tlm mercury stood 20 above.
CEDAR RAPIDS , Iowa. February 9. A fear-
fol gale nrovajlcd all day , enow fine , but
seven or eight inches eleep. Trains on nearly
all roads ate delayed , and many abandoned.
KANSAS CITIT ? fllo. , Febrmry 9. A light
snow icll last mpht and drifted by a strong
wind. Trains somiwhat delayed.
DBS MOINKS , Iowa , February ! ) . The
worst enow storm of the serson prevailed all
night drifting bndly , all roads badly blocked ,
Trains are many hours late , Some roads have
not turned a wheel to-day. It is worse further
north than here.
KKOKUK , Li. , February ! ) The most severe
snow storm of the season prevailed litat night
and to-day. Trains nn all roads are late , aud
on the Wabasb and the C. , II. I. & I' , trains
are all blockaded.
KASKAKKE , Ills. , _ February 9. The west
bound passenger train from Cincinnati to Chicago
cage , on the Cincinnati , Indianapolis , St.
Louis & Chicago railway is snowed in n or
8t Anne to-day. All trains on the Indiana ,
Illinois anel Iowa roads are abandoned. All j
highways alwnt Kankakee are impassable on
account of snow.
GALKSA , February 9 , The neverest snow
steirm of the season sot in at 7 o'clock nn Sun
day opening , and has been snowing .steadily
aincet , with u ttreing northeast wind. The
regular morning traiub from the ea&t and west
have not yet arriv el , The fait mail arrived
five bourn late The Chicago& Noorthwestern
started out this morning behind a enow plow
and re-ached Lancaster , Win. , on time.
BAY CITY , Michigan , February ! > , The
worst storm this winter set in hut night , and
it h ; > 8 been snowing heavily over einco , with
no bign of abitirg , it id impossible ) to disting
uish people 101) ) feet away.
OTTU.MWA. February 9. Snow commenced
falling at ! ! p. in. yesterday and has continued
ever since , colder with high wind at this hour ,
no Wabaih trains in or out. The Rock Island
trains are in from Keokiik , the Iowa train
from Des Moines , due hero at 11 a. rn. was
not In at 3o'clock , the Milwaukee Is not in
and four hours lute ; trains on the Burlington
arrived from the cast late , but none from the
woat.
woat.LA
LA CIIOSSEVis , February ! ) . Weather
cold and blustering. A light snow fell Hut
night , and Is dnfting badly to-day. The
trains are from one to three ) hours late. A
blizzard is lagicg' In southern Minnesota. Un
the ) divltiiein of the St. I'aul road a heavy
force of men are at work kecpin the cut :
clear.
Sioux CITY , Iowa , February 9 The
veatber to-day is about the worst of the
scant. Although the un Is shining brightly ,
i strcng noitheast wind is blowing , anel th <
.hennoineter was ISbolow 7eT nt noon. . \
ight , dry ( mow foil all day Sunday , and Hilt
nn all blown Into drifts. The Illinois C'cn
, rnl in badly blorlce j from Iowa Falls west
nei rly to this point The Sioux City it 1'acl
lie ; wai nearly on time. Trams on thu othei
roads ffenerjlly on time. Tha storm hero cami
from the northwest.
,0 CIIH'AO , February 0 The Inter-Ocoin1
special dirpatch fiom 1'axton , 11) ) . , which i
about one hundred mileti ninth of this city
reports the storm of lant night very severe i
ht the way of wind nnd mow , with the very rar
: accomoaniment of heavy thunder nnd li htr
in ? . Thin place appears t3 Imvo been nen
the border of the snow and rain betlts , A
he Sjcamoro , 111. , ( > o'clock to-night there win
ev no signs of abatement in the btorm , In tl
ida country the DHOW covered the fences and wi
a drifted to a depth four fett , in the princlp
streets and the puUic schools are closed , f
JacksonMich. , th BIIOW is reported ihn
feet deep on tbo level , and piled many fe
his high In drifts in nheltered places. The fall
thogieateatwithiu twenty years.
Ing tVt .fanesvihV , Wia , , ( lie storm continu
wn with a heavy fall of mow nnd a fiuiotu gal
af- It ia the BL-vt'cctl for years. All freight tral
igb have been f-bandoneil. At McGr-gor , low
ed. the air continue * to bo full of snow , and 1
oua , strong wind is Uowing , Itallriue ) trallio
suspended ,
WINONA , Minn , , February si. No s to
here , but a heavy v ind blowing and drift !
led the snow vlreivdy fallen , making it uexxasi
to abandon the night trains. llepoits fri
at every direction in the great torin an * are
roui the same genorr.l effect. Butinftis everywh
ked Is pract'cully niupeuded , Country roadi ;
ipie | imr > a able ,
\ LINCOLN , Neb. , I'W.uiry'J. Suow fell I
sruthorn Nebraska , It wan light nod there
WAS no blockade oF'.lrlny In hcal travel.
At Wunoo.i , Illinois , the Illinois Cen'ral
trains IMP struggling along with dotibln-he-ael-
era foveral hours behind timo. The ct
bound patseiipcr on the Chicago iV Alton
branch is laid up nt lllackstoou with no pros
pect of being able to move within twenty-
four hours.
At lleloit , Wisconsin , tha Wizard was very
overe. tintemditatiiro being at about r.e-ro.
No trains reachf el the city to-day over the
Ohicaro A Northwestern , or the' Milwaukee
& St , Paul , either from Chicago or Milwaukee.
AtWaba'h , Ind. , the storm'is at its wont
tn-nlght. Trutui on the northern division of
the Cincinnati. Wobash * Michigan road nro
abandoned. The northbound , passeuger train
i-tuck In a drift at Grander , and nn onpino
ent to Its reliaf fared likewise. Another
t-aln is In the snow seven miles from Uonton
Harbor.
ClllUAeiO , February 9. Advices from north
ern points In Illinois , eastern Iowa , southern
Wisconsin , nnd woutein acel northern Mlchl-
can Ht 11 o'clock to-tughl nro to thcctfcctlhal
the tompe-raturo is falling rapidly.
As thorough n blockauoon tin- railroads hat
not bcon exporienccel hero for years. No
trains , pamnnpnr or freiaht , htvogono out to
day or to-night , on the following roads :
, ! r.ind Trinitc , Kankakt-e line , Chicago ft ,
Eastern Illineils , tin liinoro & Ohio , Louisville -
villo New Albany & Chicago. Pan Handle ) ,
Michigan Central , Chic.iso fc Alton. The
Wabath and Iowa division of the Illinois
Central roads have been luting every idle man
who cenild bo founel eluiiug tbo day to go emt
on the lines tohovel sneiw. Tha Utirlington , ,
Alton u d St. Paul roaels ulono sent out a
thousand men.
Even under favorable' circtunstances , the
managers uf roads say that they cannot get
back to Bche-eltilu time before two or three
day ; , and if tlio snow continues lo elrift it will
DO a week eir more. The loss to the roaels in
business and cost of clearing their tracks will
lj Bumethiug enormous. On eomo of the
roads which liiyo re-fused to send out passen
ger trains , special ulfurts are' being maelo to
tiring in the- stock trains , several engines
being used.
The St Paul road brought In a stock train
of forty-five cars this afternoon.
The telegraph wlrea are working heavily in
every direction. At 10:30 : to night the storm
here has ceased and the stars are ehinlng ,
though the snow is still drifting badly. The
mercury indicates 4 degrees n/ove zero.
At Dixon. Ill , the Illinois Central and
Chicago & Northwestern trains ara bloauled.
Fourteen inches of BIIOW has failed.
At Mattoon , in southern Illinois , there was
a heavy thunder storm lust night , .accompa
nice ! by hall and sleet ,
add Btorm
At Davenport fully ton inches of snow fell ,
and the thermometer early In tlio evening was
8 ° below zeto. The Hock Island lo-nigh
reports the snow fall over 1-1 inches , fedlowoe
bv a high northwest wind and a cold wave
The Illinois Central train duo at Dubuque a
0:30 : this morning Is in the snow near Marcus
A telegram from Burlington , Iowa , at 10 p
m. , says ; "Of Sli passenger und accommoda
tion trains each way in 24 hours , the Burling-
lon baa run 3 , Ihe Cedar Hapids 1 , and the
Keokuk branch 1. All freight trains are
abandoned , The mercury is 12 ° below aud
going lowor. _
In Bloomington to-night the snow is
twenty-four inches on the level with formida
ble drifts. _ A eltepatch from there says the
Indianapolis linen , the Lake Erie ) nnd the
middle division of the Illinois Ccniral aban
doned all trains.
Keokuk reports as follows : The Wabash
east and west passenger trains are in a drift
near Granger , Missouri. The afternoon
train from the east came no further than
Lallarp , Illinois. The Heck Island has
practically abandoned all trains , as has the
Chicago , Burlington , and Kansas City nnd
Northwestern roads. The pa < seoger trains
on those rrads nre"either In 'drlffe'or side
tracked. The Keokuk & St. Louis line pas-
'iiijer trains are moving , but be-iind timo.
St. Paul , at midnight , ' telegraphs : "Tho
weather hero ia cold , but clear , no snow at
north west * rn points beyond here. The Mis
souri and Yellowstone are breaking up. "
MILWAUKEE , February 9. A severe wind
anel enow storm eet in at an early hour this
morning , and continued throughout the ontiio
day and well into the night , Heports to the
general office of the Milwaukee & St. Paul
railway show throughout Wisconsin and all
the adjoining states , its fury is being especial
ly felt in southern Wiswnsln , northern Illi
nois , and rorthwcstern Iowa , trains on all
lines in Wisconsin have been delayed ouo to
four hours to-doy , but no case of ati-olute
blockade is yet reported. Nearly all the
freight trains have been suspenelod. Those
that are absolutely necessary to bo run are
given two engines. To-night the snow is
abating , but the high wind continues forming
huge drifts. The only hope of the rnilrcad
men lo prevent a bad blockade is that the
wind may suAxide.
UES MoiNEa , Iowa , Fabrtmry 9. The
heaviest BIIOW t > term of tbo H : i-on pot in yes
terday afternoon , aud prevailed until this
forenoon , It was accompaiiicd by high winds
which drifted it bully , and lias caused almost
a complete blockaelo em our fifteen railroads
and tha same- reports ronch us from all parts
of the state. TheUes Meiiuoa & Ft. Dodge
railroads have not moved a wheel to-day , and
the BLIIIO ; may bo said of the dlaconal Ofceei
la , Boone line , Wabash , Noith auel
routh , ami the Chicago , Burliuglon & Cliiincy.
The Ht Paul express on the Northwestern
left this inoniinz , but only reached the cross
ing of the m.iiu line and btill JieM there , and
the Dakot * train WOH abandoned. The main
line of tlio fiamo road ii from four to nix hours
late. The Iowa Central is at a dead etiind ,
and the- Illinois Central fa tlio name. The
Hock Inland train that left Chicaxo last night
pulled in six hours late , and thu train from
the west a'.out ' two hours behind. No truiuH
> vcro run between hero and Keokuk end
Ottumwa to-day. JnuauRchek's private cir
attempt d to roach the latter pUce with n
"doublH header , " but after being emt
all day was returned hero to
night. Not a re > ad , ai far as
wo can learn has turned a freight wheel all
day , and the prospects are not goo 1 for to
morrow. It Is rapidly growing colder here
to-night , anel with tie itituuso colel it will be
impossible to biro mon to clear tlio blockade.
Many of the north south roads have uban
doned everything , and will do nothing until
ti o weather moderates and tin- term subsides
The cold wave signal ii Hying .and icports 'o
another bMziard coming from the northwes
IB current here.
n.
Cllie-Aeo ; , Fe-bruary ! ) , The Inter Ocean'
Bloomlngte > n , 111 , , special says : A man name
Douglas Knnls spent Sifnday here , saying h
wai in search of a man named Chauncey Mi
Cullum , whom ho would kill on sight fc
keeping company with hU girl , whom ho ( Hi
nit ) had fallowed to this city from Memphi
Ho went to the neighboring town of Uanvei
this morning and bought revolvers , and 1
began drinking In thu villiu-o Halexmi wit
Parr , a farmer , and both got diuok ai :
in went to Purr's house thin ovuning. Knnls ci
re durtook to load lii.s involvor. 1 arr eibjuolei
ren anil Ijinui aliot him twio. Parr'a son :
nnr ti > his fathor'a rescue , und KnrU iilsev eh
nrU him. Both men will probably d'tei ' ,
caped.
he :
hea
a < A ThreiiteniMl Flood.
; VtTTSHDEO , February ! i. A dlsanrois Ho
ee s feared lmii > unions the waat'.wa ' be-cor
et try cold within the next U/tivo h' i
Along tbo Manongahtla and A'.legheny ' rh
above the city to the hoadwat' jrs are 3 cres
ce undi snow , varying from tix to eight
nelit-3. If it COIIIBB out with n , rush i
Ins { eared thut Uie damage wili IMJv \ mendo
A wann rain i * falling Bl-JC laat night ,
la despat lies from poiuls.bove report the lii
nru rlHDg rupldly ,
.Ing rm StnolVnrl ; , * IteaiunoVork. .
ry BHADDOCK , Pa. , February 0. The Ke
on Thoinion Steel Yolk rf.mmu operation
ter to all dopartme'jt * to-mor/ow , giving einp [ )
ar ment to nearly four thouiaml men , whe > 1
idle uighti eeks , T'ae ' mt-ii return to wor
I a HfiH reduction ,
Oil 'CHANCE.
jig lo ilic Storm ilic Cattle Trate
was Light ,
The Number of Hogs was Barely
Sufficient for Packers.
Stories About tbo Damaged Whea
Crop Are Ridiculed ,
The Next Year's ' Drop Will be tbo
Largest Known ,
Corn Fluctuated With the Price of
Hogs ,
Outs t'lrtncr Provisions , Pork mul
l.irel Still Continue to lie
CHICAGO MiXllKMTS.
WHEAT
Special telegram to the 1 IKE.
ClliCAeie ) , February -Tbo wheat market
opened ab ut i lower for March and Mny , but
the storm made some traders bullish , on the
expectation cf light receipts in the- future , nnd
a litllo extra bid caused an advance of J to i {
for May , but thorn was nothing to sustain the
market , and it naturally fell off by Ita own
weight. Liverpool waa calleel quiet nnd
steady , and the mark line was the Bamo.
Farmers' deliveries in England the past wctik
were 05,000 to 70.000 quarter * . The receipts
to-day were lf > 7 cars against 97 Saturday.
The "visible" supply fe > r to-tiiomw will show
an increase that may possibly put it higher
than any figures yet rccoidod. All Btorios
about the damage to the crop , ore ridiculed hy
tbo best judges and oldest traders
There is hardly any exwrt | movement , and it
lee > ka as though wo should po into the next
crop year wilh the largestBUtji'iia ever known.
These are the real facts of Ihe situation at
pioei'iit. How soon all these governing con
dilions may bo arranged or reversed no ono
can tell. On account of the steirm there were
very few emtsldo orders on Iho mirkot. On
account of the real strength of pork there was.
some early disposition to sustain or put up.
C01IN.
bill when provisions weakened corn folleiwed-
suit. March opened J higher , while May'.wus
steady , but both elecllnttl y Inter , with tho-
other markets. Liverpool'was called firnn but
not quotable hinhi-r. Ucceipts to-day worev
001 caiB against SfilUSaturdaytod out of. ( this
number 112 graeloet No , ' 2. The ! Drcse-nt boom
in provisions is helping wtalig strength in porn
as the old adage about rtorkaud com goinf to
pother has some foundation in fact , and much
more in the general understanding , or Imagin
ation of traders. The
market , however ; na a ,
who'o ' is most entirely governed by the re
ceipts , when these Increase prices weaken ,
when they fall off prices advance , and that is
about till there is to It at present.
Early were abont Jc bettor , but lalo.
lowedtho conrjo'of-wneatand corn ,
1'KOVIPIONH
were generally imprrved under the influence ) '
of a little btt'er market at the yards , and
moro FO on account of Iho uncertainty as to
receipts , and the improbability of hogs fret
ting in for several days. An early advance5
of 10c in poik waa not Bust ined , values sag
ging off Ccunde-r thn opening , mair.ly fn'r the
want of support. The ctoso at 1 o'clock was *
nctivo anel uboul steady at bottoui prices , On
the .iftoinoun board there was no change In
the prain market , but pork nnd lard were
a nhatle easier. A the sloak yards the trains
wo'e elelayed anel blocked on all roads , ! und
locomotion through the vaids was ulmosl ilii.
possible.
CATTLK.
on account of the heavy snow. H wasn.
lucky incident thai the receipts were light ,
otherwito it woulel have been a disastrous
market for shippers. An it was theiawas'
only a Biillicient number for the ) dressed beef
anil local butcher tr * do. Shippers were shut
out on account or not being ublo to pel trans
port itlon , all the eastern roads refuting tei
cuke stock. So far as prices are concerned
there was llttlo or no change as compared
with Saturday , yet Bales were few. Among
the ) siileH were tteers e > f fr'-u . 1 ICO to 1 ( .00 Ibs
al ! > : > 70a Ii'ID ; 1200 lo 1X0 Ibs. , S3 00@6 GO ;
ld,0 ( , te ) 1'JOO Ibs. , 84 afi5 50 ; cows anel mixed.
S2 50@4 f,0 ; bulls , § . ' ! lO ( f.i 7fic btccker" and
feedeiH , SI ! 50 1 tO. corn fed Texauc , § 4 10 ©
470.
the number on enlo wai barely fiaflicieiiit for
thu wants of the half elozen packing firms on
thei market , heric-e tht-ro was cjnaiilnrablo
CDinpitl'ion and n good deal ef activity ai
the biipjily WIIH oxiinuatecl. The ponoral
marltel wus TitiwlOc st-onger wit'i au aehnnce-
mainly on light torts. Shipprirj wuro not
buyirie ; . . aloj at t fiOfo I 70 for common
packcis , 4 H0fg4 93 f- > rR''oJ to ejhoioj , and
5 00u. ( ) 10 for fancy hi" vy , with a itiinorod
Bile st 5 Ifi. Light B rts Hotel al 4 fil ! ( < al 9fl.
Packing and Bhipplnt ; 200to/0a ! Ibs. . ; 1 70iO (
5 15. Light , 16010-210)1)3. ) , I 40to4 00.
TJio lihcillvc's CoiiiiiicniH.
CAIIIO , Februr.ry 9. In nn inter HMV to-elay
the Khedive said he beliored ( icn'on ' is still
alivens tbo Mahell IH to : wise ija n lo kill
! him. The MaMi had no inti.-r.nt in wibliinp-
Ihe death of Conlon. Ou ilia contrary ho
. vould do all In bin power lo yiavent Bucb itc-
< urrcncu. r.epnnl'ii ' [ ; action < > u tUo part of
. { land heui'U H ,43 noceiuury to prevent
urthor inogre-js of ihiMihdi'n caiiio and
avoit now dimsto'.B. Thu abandonment e > fthe ( >
Joudan by Knglanii under the p'/jsont circiini-
tanccs y/oiilel rm a grove misLuke. Tribes ,
litbdrtorieiull' / 5n ( ire ' < Britain would now
ninthoMahe.1 nad if England does not take )
' mined ' .ato uter is to crush him , hia
nay canc/naly khiente ( thn Blabillty vf tlio
the rritlsh u' r-piro in India.
I'he Onuhm frccA jProni ,
I'je ) Ice.
o. February H Tlw Intor-Ocoan'a.
.T.Ia\reii.MJcli. , wecial aayi\ The propeller -
TB pellor "Alichiejan , which IIHH becu confined to.
he tii : > hi , rb.ir lusre by the ice for throe weeko ,
ti H ccey jeled in gi'lting ' fieo this morriing , anel
ndM with the tug /u'ubn went In fnarch of thei
M prof .e-llor Oni ida. which has been in tbo ice
id not.r Muskegon for three weeks , Bhu WBM
CV 1 < " .ind to bavu broke loomi from thu ice , anil
IS w a en route for Grand llavun. Hhe reached
61 > lero in safety this eivenlng. The crew did not
eulTer greatly , ai they had plenty to oat ami
noucjli fuel to keep thorn warm , though the
tuck cf the latter was running low ,
rd
'lies Itoimil lloiiNo llnriiod.
nrs , UUBI.ISOTON , February 9. Harly yoatorday
nomine ; the cnglnii honaa and maohimi Mhops
vcrs
> f the liurlington & North wci tern and I5nr-
of
teen ; ington ti. Wi-itcrn Narrow fiftugo railroaeU.
itU tear this city , were dettrojed by fire , the or-
0118. gin of which is unknown. Three locomotive. *
and and machinery in the building ut the time of
vcra tlia fire were completely rulnod , L-JBS , ? 20-
030 ; insurance , SL''JOO.
The Nalleinal DoinocrAllu Coiiiinlltcc.
dgar WAHAINIIION , February 9 , A call hai bet'ii
us In ietued by the uccretary of the national demo.
loy eratio committee , for a meeting to be held at
the Arlington hotel an Monday March 2nd , \
have the purpono of the meeting is not utated.
rknt The second trial of ( Jen. Qwaitll has
OBtponwd till 1
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