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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. FOURTEENTH YEAK. OMAHA , NEB. , TUESDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 21 , 1885. NO , 161. IN CONGRESS. Tee Sundry Ciyil Bill En&ages Stnie Pryo Wants $800,000 , For Trans porting tlio Foreign Moils , Debate in tbo House on the Naval Appropriation Bill , Bill to Quiet Titles in tlio Des Moines Eiver Settlers. The New Cabinet Continues to Bo the Principal Topic , iiO.OOO Will Ho In tlio on tlio Fourth of Maroli. MKN.VTIT. WASHINGTON , Fcbnury 23. Ingalls , from to committee on Indian affairs , repotted nbill to refer to the court of claims tlio eastern and vroitcrn lands of tlio Cherokee Indian ! . Cal. londar. A rcHulution WJH agreed to Authorizing the committee on Indian affairs to continua dur * intf tlio NCCSJ of congress the Investigation regarding the loassfi of Indian lands. Another loiolution was agrotd t > calling on tha BocraUry of tlio Intoti ir to furnish Information mation regarding tlio urogreaa of Indian oJu- catton Miller , Oitliornla , presented n petition from the tuntul encampment of tlia grand army of tbo republic , now in sefsion at San Francisco , praying for tlio iinmmJiato pasiago of tha bill by canures ? to place Gen. Grant on tin retired Hat. The petition under tha rule wai laid on the tMo , tbo Benato having already p.isud the bid to carry out the pur pose prajod for by thi petition. Tha Dos Moinca settlers titloa bill wai then placed bjforo the seiuta and Ltphatn ni Binned hia rornarka In feuoport of liU amend ment , exempting from the operation of the net such ai were covered by tha joint resolu tion of Mirch2 , 18UL and whoso ti tlou the Bupremo court were decided to have boon rendered valid by that joint resolution. Tha amendment vrjn defeated yaua 31 , naya 24. An it ia n fouuto bill it now goes to the bouse for consideration. The poslollica appropriation bill was then reeumed TllANSTOIlTINO TIIK FOIlKiaN JJAILS. Fryo olferod nn amendment appropriating $ 00,000 for the transportation of foreign mail * , in'lndtui ' ; tiansportation acrosa the Isthmus of 1'inama , and authorizing the pest- mas tor gtiueral to contract with the lowest ro- spontibla bidder for the carriage of tuch malls at not to nxceod 60 cents per uiuitic3.il milo on tripoich way actually traveled between terminal point * ; but providing t hut tuch mails Bhall bo utriiid on Aiuoricm steamship ? , ntid tbo aggregate of men contracts ahull not exceed - coed ona-lnlftho sum appropriated by tbo amendment. I3ayard inado n point of order that Fryo'a amendment goner ilegislation. . Back paid that Fryo's amendment was a Bubiiily to a certain small c naa of inon. It was tha old Pacific M ll subsidy , and nn un just discrimination giving $ IOOlOJ out of the treasury to a few inun now owning a few ahlps. _ There would bo no tlmo to build any now ehips before tha subsidy would oxpho , u it would uxpiro with the appropriation bill. Thla would on rich a few pata of congreis Fr > o inquired if it was not a subsidy fora ona burnt Htt > Kl ! running through tlio back hills of Kentucky to get SiOO i\ year , inoro thin a dollar a your for every letter caniod. lie Hiippimed it waa no subsidy for the rest ol the country to make up Kentucky's deficiency of half n , million dollars u jew nn her mail service , but it became -subsidy when anyone ( proposal to help American steamships by pay ing n fair price for carrying the United Status tuaila. In tlio rnurao of hia reply to Fryo , Beck Bald that Ktntuckv had paid Into tin foJera ! treiaii ry moro ouch year than Mainn had paid altogether In halt a century. Wo hat only tifteun per cent of the carrying trade ol our own product * , bocmnu wo had n high tuIT. : ( When wo hail n democratic udininis- tcalion and low tariff wo lull carried eighty per cent of flur o\yii products. Protection and subsidy , the crippling comnmco by high taxation had reduced the Uuitod States t ) a pitiful condition in which tuoy vvcro now in rogaid to ( hipping und tha amendment ol Fryo's would n it help tliuin. Vest euid there should ba no mistake about the queiti n in hand. It was to encnurago the building of ship * in the Uuited Statee. No logidlttion of congress , however could bulk up the nhipplng or commerce under thn proa- out condition of production In the United BtaU , Wo might us well try to chain the wind. Fryo waa making tin amendment wliich was a naked donation of $100,000 to the 1'ucitic Mail cornpiuy , It wain Bubsid ; and subsidies don't p y. On liayard'a point bung brought to a vote the amendment was held to bo in order yea .33. n-tya 20. Van \Vyclc offered an amendment to Frye' amendment providing that no part of the , i onoy should bo paid to any ateanuhip coin ipuny now oetaolished , and which had beci pcying dividends. In support of hia amend nnuit Van Wyck slid ho suppose 1 that Fryu'u jiroviilon wa meant for tin protection of in , tnrri Industries. Ho therefore s w uo rovior tojr.y atiy.porUon of it ton strong company \jJsnAho Pacifm Mail company. You Wyck'a amendment was not agre . Jfryt'a amondmeut was then agreed to yew 18. Tha icnntu retained the house provision per mi WiAf uew p jpor article * w bo marked with out iucroiaed pfMtaga. Tin hill waa then reat th.vii tltna tnd passed without division 1 now i XOBO the house for concurrent or non concu.rexoo of the eonato amendment , Mitcftalljaid ha would to-morroiv call up the prh'.tte jjousiun bills on the eemato caleu liar. liar.Kiecut.U'a e ion. Adjourned. UOUS1G WASHIKO TOV , February 23. Handoll.dmlr man of tbo c vintctttoo of appropriations , reported ported the iui"iry civil appropriation fell ! Itulerred to t'lia coinmitteo of tlio wliol Bland reserving All points of order. Lofevro ollereil n rixolntion realting tlu Germany is diacr ! Mlnatlc agaluit imuortei Amorlc-vn products , tail lurtrusting tha com mlttoo of foreign aflalif , to Inquire Mid rex - x > tt wtctbcr the interests of the United States do not require a like diwlmlnation on .rticles Imported from the German empire. On motion of Pason the senate amend ments were concurred In the house bill , for- citing ths Texas Pacific land grunts. On motion of Hopkins the Senate amend- ncnt was concurred in to the IIouio bill pro- ilbitlng the untxttatlon of contract labor Perkins introduced a bill to open up the ) klahoma lands to the enino homotlead settle- nent. Itandall then moved that the House go into pmmitteo of the whole for the further con- { deration of tha naval appropriation bill , and hough 6ppo ed by tbo supporters of the river nd harbor bill the motion was carried , yeas- SB ; n ys 125. Long concluded his fpeceli in support of the reposition to inertnio the navy. lie thought 10 spoki for his side of the flout. ? , when ho aid lie was ready to engage in the work of luildingup the navy , it oven , if that work ook place under the democratic administr.v ton , Hewitt , of New York , was ready to vote 30 UOO.OOO for the reconstruction of the Am- rlcan navy , The government was bound to xpend thotsum within the tnxt five Tear * , nd ho wai willing to give a pledge to-day hat the American congress had the patriot- sin to vote the necessary money. Cannon , whllo ha wanted tlio American navy , did not consider the pending bill pra- enled H proper and orderly way of securing one. Ho criticised the provision for creating a board composed in part of civilians , and the onsequont abolition of the present naval ad- leery board. The only result would bo the mllding of four ships at n ccst of the Lord nly know what Such reckless appropria * ion of money an was proposed would wreck \nv administration nnd deb tuch any service. Holm.iu taw no necessity for any brute in utldlng a navy an < thought congress should vait till the tow cruucra were completed , and hrir utility demonstrated. Townshend expressed hia readings to res- Kind to thn demand of the people for rebuild- ng the American navy ; but he could not see vby the democratic party of the homo sh uld ecomo BU quickly panic stricken , and should oap from tlio conservative policy which it laU followed so many years Into the opposite xtrcrne. Therefore ho would move at tha roper titno to limit the amount for rebuild- ng the navy to $ S,000Ofl , > . Ho thought the reposition under consideration woultl result n opening the doors of the treasury to John lo ich , nod would in effect subiiJizo to the ull extent of tho.Sl..0,0 > 0,000 surplus which amalned In the truasuary , lived said tbo proposition both In matter , nd manner was c insistent with thelife of the lemocratic party. It was always giving hromos for incompetency. Thomas : opposed tha proposition aa being to mild the hulU of four vessels nt an unlimited co t. It was not known whether they were o bowood , or iron , or steel , or whether hey were t } . be frigates , etinboats , or > arn' > . There was not one cent giv en for a gun ir for machinery or for ruging. There was nothing in tin proposition but a provision for > Iaccs fur a lot of democratic poiiticiaua who are alleged naval architects. Kclferoppoted the provisions of the bill as i y would not give the country a navy. IlanduU aid that on effort had been made > o create the impression tbat the democratic tarty was hostile to tha nayy. Its history vag ths reverse. He argued In support of tha > nnding provisions of the bill. If they were aulty in detail , they could bo corrected. Thin clo oj the debate on the second roc- n n of the bill , and Thomas raised a point of rdtr ngnlnst the second section , that it changed thu exislin ; laws und ws not in the tprdut of economy. The chair sustained the point raised by Thomai , and the eoction wan etricken from tha bill. Talbot olToied an amendment to the appro priation of S1.7SO.COD for the completion of r steM cruiser of not lo's tban 5,000 nor more than ( ! ,000 tons displacement or armament Ihertfur , authorized by an net of congress ap proved August 5 , 18S . Thompson favored the amendment as being a practical beginning of the work of building ip the navy. The amendment was adopted. On motion of Randall the amendment wa amended by adding n proviso that the secre tary of the navy shall approve of the con strnctum of such vessel , Thnmis offered on amendment appropriat ing S2.iOIOfO for the completion of tha "IVr ror " "Puri'nD. " "Manadnock " " , . , "Amphi- drlta" and "Mlantonornah , " provided thaf their completion shall be recommended by thi secretary of the navy. List by Gl to 95. On motion of Boutelle the amendment was ndoptod providing for the return of the Alcrl with the thanks of tbii government to thi government of Great lintain fcr the tranafei of the Bear to tha tronsury department , to b used as a revenue cutter in the Aluskav waters , aud for thu use of the Thetis in tlu navy as a surveying vessel. The committee then > ioao and reported UK bill to tha house1. The action of tha commit tee in tbo adoption of the Talbot amendm-n wan ratified by the hou o jeai 111 , nays ! )3. Tbo bill pasbtd , and tha house took t recess till the evening sessinti for t p cpusld cratlon of business relating to the District o Columbia. WosliinRtori Gossip. Special telegram to THE BKI : . WASlliNaTON. February 23. The senate to-day pasted the bill authorizing the attor ney general to bricg uuit in the United States court of Iowa to determine the proprietor ship of the lands alonir tits lies Moues river , granted for the Improvement of that stream , and now claimed by parties living on them as having been forfeited to the goveinment by the improvement company to which they were granted , The bill haa not passed the house ) , but it possibly may slip through , an tha house has in a former Hesskn pasted a similar bill. The defeat of the motion to take up thu river and harbor bill Is believed by many to ba the death knell of that measure , WASHINGTON NEWS. WASHINGTON , February 23. The sundry civil till just printed contains an appropriation of $17,010 to complete the public building at Qulnoy ; for completing an iron finlehing shop at llock Island , $3,500 } armory shop , $50,000 ; completing store hguse , $5,000 ; now oflico for the armory and arsenal , $30OCO ; for comple tion of the water pool above Hock Island bridge , S18.DOO. The cabinet continues to bo the ixlacip.il sub ject of discuuioa. Gradually the lines are drawing closer and If Uayard , and Garland , and Taurinan , nnd Vilei , and Manning , and Laintr , are not eli of tha seven , there are n Rood nuny disappointed people when the Hat is announced , There U quite n scramble to get in the procjslou on tha fourth of iUrch. It is estimated tbat there will ba 30,000 In line , and of course it is to bo a scene witnessed only once in four years. Tin ocly reservation atom ; th nvenuo is u'llod with for which ty or 63 ia allowed to ba aikel ceordlng to location and whether or not they re reserved. THE SBNnnr CIVIL ArrnorniAiipx BILL Icpoitcd to the house to-day provides an p- iroprlatlon of 822,210 177. o reduction below ho estimate of ? 10.1iU,2J5. The bill author- res thosecrotiry of the treasury In his dUcto- Ion to suspend in whole or in part , from Ju'y , 18BG , to Juno 30 , 1880 , the execution of BO much of the lawas to direct the coinage of not ess than two millions of standard silver dql- nrs , nnr more than four million standard til- er dollars per month. The bl 1 further pro- ides no plan shall ba approved f > r n public mlldlng until n silo ia purchased and paid or , onu that no mora money shall bo expend : d for any public buildlop than the nmouut peclfied in the law authorizing Its erection , .ho secretary of war is authorized to rcli at public auction the arsenal at Allegheny and it Indianapolis. The following are the items of hills : For ppalrs of custom houeo and tub-treasury at Chicago. § 10,00" ; completion uf the court louse and po > toflico at Columbup , Ohio. $110- CO ; continuing the public building at IVori.i , llinoi , $ r ' ) ,0 < )0 ) ! completion of the public build- ng at liulncy , Illinois , Sir.fiOO. The bill roc- immonds thu appropriation of 5213-102 for Ight houses , beacons and fog signal ; , of which ho sum of S',5.i ) is for the completion of thu ight house at Urand Marias , Minn. The secretary of the navy ia directed to raii-for to the treasury department for use as % rnvumo cutter in the waters of Alaska , the totr , ono of the vessels of tno late Grenly re ef oxp.'dltlon. An appropriation of S130- ) CO Is also recommended for the proportion f food fish in tha wnteru of the United The president Is authorized in case of a hro.tKued or an actual epidemic , cholera or 'ellow fever , to t o the unespend- d turn npproprlatod therefor July 7 , 1184 , ogcther with nn _ adtltttonal SSOj.OOU he came to bo immediately available1 , n aid of the stats and local boards or other wise in preventing and suppressing the spread f thosu disoisei. Tno otner appropriations ecommeii'led are as follows : 810,000 for con- inning tha construction of _ tha stale , war , md naval department building * ; $4 ' .000 for ho Washington monumtnt , to complete the uterlor otairways and platform ; Slu'5,000 for iqw buildings at and the enlargement of such nllitary posts as In the judgment of the sec retary of war may bo necessary. Of this turn , 0,000 ia recommended to bo paid Mrs. Mary [ " . Barnes , nidowof the late Smgooii General James , for special and meritorious service rendered by her husband in the last illness of Pro'idontUarfield ; $30,000 for continuing the inbllcation of the ollicial records tf the war of the rebellion of both union and confederate armies. An appropriation of $300,000 tobedtshursecl under the direction of the secretary of the .reasury . U it commended in further aid of the- world's fair at NBW Orleans Thu attun oy-general ia directed to pay to Jh trios H. Keed a sum not exceeding $3 003 and George Scoville not exceeding 82,000 for perv'cas ' rendered in tha rate of tha United States versus Charles J. Gutteau , It is proposed to repeal the law providing 'or taking the tenth and subsequent ecu- auiea. The bill to quiet title In the Des Moines river settlers , as it passed the senate , [ irovldci thit all lands improperly mortified to in Iowa by the department of tha rtterirr under the act of Auguat 8 , 18-10 , foi which indemnity the lands were selected and received by the state of Iowa shall bo public lands of the United States. The bill also confirms and validates tin c'aima of all persona who , with in tout in POOC faith , to obtain a title under the pre-emption or homestead laws , entered or remained upon any tract of land , prior to January , 1"60 , not exceeding ICO acres , , and pro vidoa tbat upcn duo proof thereof , and the payment of the usual pricier or the fees ( where not already paid ) a paten' shall Issue. It nlso contirmi and validate : tha title ) of all bona fide claimants und athi color of a title from the state of low.i , and thi United States eivnlH or the United State : and United States grantees , which do no cotne in conflict with the persons who with in teutlons of good faith , to obtain n title undo the preemption or hoinottead lavvj of th United States , fettled upon tha lands prior tc January , ISSJ. It _ is inado the duty of the attorney general within 1)0 ) days after the p .it sago of the nut , to institute such suits a may be netdtd to insert and protect the till of tha United States to the lands ; aad unti such suits shall ba Determined , and con greaa shall BO provide , no part of th laud shall be open for settlement THE U. V. SIXTT-YKAK I'UNDINO DILI , Senator Sherman to-day introduced th following as an amendment to the P < .cili railroad sixty-oar funding bill : That no divi deed shall hereafter bo mode upon tbo aloe of either of the railroad companies named ir arid accepting the provisions of this act excep from tlia net earnlnga of thn said company within one year preceding each dividend uf tc nil the Interest and other fixed charges elm have been piid or provl led for , and the cur rent expanses of running tha road of the sail company have been paid. And in computin. such fixed charges an amount snail bo in eluded Buflicient to preserve and maintain th cars , track and othot property i Its then condition for nix m nths and to provide by loan or otberwis for all betterments or equipments needed t caver the ordinary wear nnd damage , aud t unable the C'liipjuy ' to p rform itj increase business Tnat whenever it shall appear tha ths not earnings of either of the said com panics , as ascertained according t < > the pri ceding i ectlon , that during ono year prccei iug , the amount to bo more than six per con of the capital stock of such company , the one-half of tuch oxcesa shall ba paid to tb United States on the debt of such compan * and shall be applied on tha principal sum du thereon , and the other moiety of such oxce may be divided among thu stockholders , or applied for the betterment or pqulpment of the road of such company. It ia expected that the senate will be con vened in special lustion almost immediately after the adjournment of the present congress , and thut BUC'J tlmo as is not consumed in the consideration of uppolntmonta , will bo de voted to the discu-ulonof the pending treaties. The house committee on public bui dinga decided to favorably report tin bill providing tiir following appropriations : 850,000 to Ne braska. City , Neb. ; $25,000 additional to Quincy , 111. ; § 11)0,000 ) to Oshkoah , Wis. The proposed appropriations have no relation ti the Items for tha public buildings mentioned In the sundry civil bill. At the evening session several unimportant bills were p.vsoU and the bouse adjourneJ. DKATH Ol' < 3KN. OAPKON. Gen. Horace E. Cupron died last night from the effects of a cold contracted while attend ing theo dedication ceremonies of Wmhing- ton's monument on Saturday , Ho command ed a company which took the part uf laying the corner stone of tbo monume.ut , and uubiu- quently removed to Illinois and entered the union army , He was appointed commissioner of agriculture in 1801 , and held that oflico un til 1871. Ho afterwards ( pent three years in Japan , hiving been appointed by thatppv eminent to take charge of a schema to develop the resources of the island of Yez" . For Ida scrviccu there be received many distinctions from the Japanese government. TBANS-ATLftNTlC. Hostile Arabs Reappear at AM Klea Anil Are Dispersed , Beported That El MadM Has Re turned to Khartoum , The Barton-Cunningham Case Postponed For Ono Wok , The Marquis of Lome on the ! Egyptian War , 1 Three Unsuccessful Attempts to Execute a Orirniaali ' Sir SteiTjril Norlhoota's f pcccli In the House on tlio Ksjptluu AVnr Other FOUKIGN NEWS. THE JIAIUJOIS OP I.O11NE ON Till' KOYniAN VTA It * LONDON , Ftbrunry 2 ; ) . The marquis of Lorno publishes n letter in the Pall Mill Ga zette this altorncon in which ho deprecates to the British advance upon Khartoum , now that Garden is dead. The British , the Mar quis continues , should bo gstiiflo J to tuko up - position on the Nile to block tha Mahdi from dvuncing on lower Kgypt. UllKE UN3UCOKS3KOI , ATrKMriS TO EXECUTE A CIUMINAL. N , Fobni iry 2J. Atingular incident appened to-day in connection with the curry- IK out of thi death seutauco passed upon olin Lee , recently condemned for tha murder ! ICmma A. W. Koves. at Babcacoiube. hrco attempts ware made to hang Lee but ich attempt proved futile on account of the allure of the trap to work properly. Lee as an ex-convict who obtained the position f valet to Miss Keyes , by means of forged ettera of recommendation , Lee wished to narry MisiKeyes who waa an elderly lady of raaltb , fcha refused , whertuponLeoasaaulted cr then murdered her and Bet fire to the ouse to cover up the crime. Ho was after- rarda captured und convicted , kftcr the first trial by the sheriff to perform 10 duty , the golUws was examined and the lacliinery found to bo swollen from having jcen wet by water. The machinery was then verhauled and wall oiled and another attempt made to hang the condemned man , but the lachinery again refused to work. It was all vcrbauled again and a third attempt wai lade , vyhii h also failed. At the end of thn lird trial the prisoner sunk in a swoon and ad to ba carried from the placo. A superstitious dismay overcame the cherilt nd they abandoned all further attempt * to trform tha duty. The ( heriff telegraphed he particulars to the homo secretary and asked lor instructions what to do noxt. WIU , JIOVR A VOTE Ol' CEf,9CnB. LONDON , February 23. At a meeting o onaervativo p ° ors , bo'd at the rastdence o ! ho maiquia of S.hi-bnry this evening , it was nanimously resolved to move in the hoiv-o ol ordH the vote of cautura against the govern unit for its I'gyptian policy. Tno mad and pupsengtr steamer Princess Jeatrico , bound _ from Same for Stranrear Scotland is mUsing sines Saturday. LATEST ADVICES I'llOM TUB SOUDAN 3t' lo that hoatila Arab ) reappeared St Abu Clei on the nil-lit of tholOtb , arid were din owed by a few rounds from General ItallorVi Jar nerguns. This Intelligence , whiih ia conveyed in a dispatch dated Abu K'o\ ' , February ruary 23 , also contains the statement h ; Arabs taken prisoners by General Huller thaf 'Cl Mali II hai returned to Khartoum. [ TUB BUKTON-CUNNINOIIAU CASE 1'03TTONED LONDON , February i.l. The Burtup-Cun ningharu casa it adjourned until Monday nex at trie request of Poland , solicitor for _ th .rensury , Poland , said at tlio next hearing- .ho crown would produce an entirely nev irancli of testimony i gainst both Burton aru Cunningham. The prosecuticn was receivir g 113 slid , fre&h eviiieuca ugalnst thu prisoner every day , and the polios were kept busy in veetigating it. | BKOltKr NKOOTIATIONS WITH THE lUISITAKTV LONDON , February S3. Secret negotiation are blig carried on between the g.wcrnmou. and the Irish party In rfgird to the te'rma or which the Irish members of parlUmedt vvi support the Boveinuaont in it division on thu nuestion of the vota of consuroand the govern ment ugentf1 , It is expected offcrred as a ro torn for ouch support , modiliotions of th crimes act , but Par neil Insists upon ft iloflg that there shall bo no renewal of the act. Tn [ i aspect * ara that the government wllljobtuin iho majority of the brighter , t The Marquia of Salisbury's notlcoof thn motio n conimlttlnz the Toiler to the policy of a prolonged occupation of the Soudan , liai driven the radical section back into the gov ernment ranks and the cohesion of the proup of peace extremists ) will secure to tha govern ment thirty votea hichert > doubtfully. , TUB RUSSIAN 711COP.S TO WITIIDIUW FHOSI TIIK AKOAN rnONTIEH. LONDON , February 23. The foroiern ollico has received a communication from > Giers. Kussian minister of foreign affairs , snjing no advance of the Ilusnian troopa toward the Afgan frontier boa been authorized , and that the troops will bo withdrawn to the positions they hold before the frontier commissions were appointed. It ia reported that Bismarck ia supporting the pacific pjlicy of DeGiera against the military policy of Russia , who want war with Kngland , mid that ho sent a protest to the czar agatnsS any aggressive movement on the part of Huesia , BIIALI , WK IUVK ANYTHING TO KAT TO-MOHIIOW GENEVA , February 23. The society to pro pagate anarchism holds a meeting in the morning. The programme will include the di'cuBsion of tha quottlon , "cjlwll ws have anything to eat to-morrowi" The tituatlon In Germany will also be considered , . NORTHCOTE ON THE EGYPTIAN WAU. LONDON , Febniary 23 , Northcoto , in the presence of tha full houio of commons to-dty , moved tbat an addrota ba presented to the ( Juoen , representing that the course pursued by thu government in icgard t > Kgyptand the Soudan has involved a great acrlflco of valuable lives und heavy expense without any beneficial results , rendering it Impera tively necessary to tha interest of the British empire and the 1'gyptian people that the government should distinctly recognize and take decided measures to fulfil tha responsi I- bility not incumbent upon them in a good J , stable government for 1'pypt and those portions tions of the boudan necctinry for Its securitv. Xorthcoto then delivered an elaborateli > eech with bitter do nuncUtions. Said he : "Unless n complete nnd entire change taUca place in the tpint of the government , it will still bo our lot to , fall in whatever wo may bo called upon to do , While brvo soldiers atogoing to F.gypt there Is a volco proceeding from the council of her majesty that deprive the expedition of half of its itrenRth. A volco of uncertainty concur- tng In what the government Is trying to attain in Kgypt " The minister's words hitherto have Implied that the great object wa * to make the sUy of the tioopi in Kgypt as short M posilblo. Nothing Is more dangerous to the Internets cf KngUnd than such decl.rations. Any talk about withdrawing as teen ns possible is calculated to dishearten and dUcoiirngo the troops and make a serious impression upon the native chief ? . The country ban heard quite enough of tha policy of rescue and retire , and wo lm\o been too much a olavo to the phrases. Now tome distinct announcement is demanded la the war ono of vengeance , or for the purpose f attaining a useful object ? " Gladstone replied that the government had ot wavered or swerved n hair's breadth from he covenant to send General Gordon essist- co whtn tiorcossary and when possible t do , Ho referred to the statements of Gen. _ al Gordon's coloneh that under no circum- tancea could i oliof hav o been timely , as Farog ad long ago agreed to betray Khartoum ns non as ( ho Driiish airlvcd. The KnglUhmis- "on in the Soudan was the safety of Egpt. 'ho ' covcrnmtnt might have had coin- ilted errors in its jndmcnt , but iroughnut It had not oil with honesty of pur- so. Ho frit satisfied that neither course 'as ' op'n to them. Ho referred to n better overnment aud other reforms established In liiypt , and said there waa no Ion per any ai'gor , there was a tupturo with the Ficmh , hlch hhd cordially assisted In the measure hich ho hoped In a few days to see irm'jlly completed , aad which should save ig > pt from bankruptcy. If Sir Stafford lorthcoto wantnd to establith n good btabh' ovorninent in the Komi in , inch a covenant 'UB nat compatiablo with common prmloncc , ecausoltmeant the eetnblldimont of a British hrlstian govoriim ut over tha Mohammedans , his would entail an endless ttruggle , for the eoplo wore courageous by bhth , and were ado reckless by fanaticism. The govern- isut declines to enter into any covenant not ; aonabla and prudent. Ho hoped .18 houEO would give expression to .heir confidence nnd thus strengthen ie hands of the whole country in the face of iio whole world. Au.ong the several other speak rs who fol iwcd was Kedmoud , who said that the Irish eoplo desired to sea the mahdi successful in * struggle for liberty. Adjourned. DYNAMITE CONQIIESS IN PAllIS. _ LONDON , Febnury 23 A Paris dispatch to leuter's news agency gives an account of _ the OOK talked of congress of Fenian dynamiters in that city to-day. An eye witness to the iroceodlnts snys : Around the table vtno eated eleven delegates. Two of these repre- ented the Irish revolutionary party in Great rltain , three extremists rejiorted from the United States , two from Ireland , two from ho continent , and two others rep- esentod the Irish invincible ? . Three .fenlarifl cat behind a table against the vail. Thoee were prohjbited from taking part n the debat9. A Kussmn nihilist stood in rae corner of the room in company with a manufacturer of dynamite , who was present "or the j urpose of nrranaing for the sale of ils wares Every person present was armed /ith a revolver In readiness to shoot any dc- .cctive who might interfere with tbo proceod- ng ; * . The mseting aa called to order by a man designated as KIkul , but whoso rca ? ame ii John Morrisy , n native , o ! .lie county Curlew , Ireland. An Individual named llannery was appointed reporter tc : on ress. Several letters of opoloey were . and exprocatnz a bitter hatred to England , Kikul rising to speak was greeted with threi : heers. Ho referred to the past work am 'utura achievements of dynamite and invited w deleg iteH present to discuss the rr.eam which would load to the end ot England's ovi rovernmont of Ireland Patrick Corcoran inado a reported resolution to punich Eng1 ind's crimes by pursui g the dynamite wa n an extended scale and more vigorous mean- \nd to cause explosions not only in London bu 'nail the towns and villages in England GOHDON'd LAST tKTTKR3. LONDON , February 23. A number of dis patches from Gordon to the homo governmen n regard to tha situation of affairs at Khar tium previous to the surrender of that city an published to-day. They were written on No vember . Gordon declines to agrto with thi home government that tbo expedition unde Woheloy was for the purpose of rescuing him , but was , ho says , designed to rescue the garrison risen at Khartoum. On September 18th ho wrote oa follows : "How many times have I written asking for reinforcements but my letters have never been answered. The hearts of the pallant men weary with this long wait ing for uBsistance and failure to recelvo any word of encouragement which would load them to expect help shortly. While you eat , drii k and n-s ; in enod boda wo are alwavs fighting. " It appears from a letter dated De cember 1-ttb , that G iidon never tnid "I can hold out fcr years , " as has been published , but on the contrary declared food scarca and relief should bo sent Id in at once. The Euytian Uluo Book isued to-day con I- tains a letter seut by Gordon to Wulaeley In II Decembr. It nays : ' 'I have live steamers and nine funs at Motcmueh awaiting your orders. I can hold out forty d tys longer with caso. After tlut It will be dillicult. The loss of Col. Stuvvatt is toriible. I to.d him to give you all information posiiblo. He bad my journal from January 3d to September 10th i , The Mabdi Is eight miles from Khartoum. Senaar's all right. The garrison there H aware that you are coming. My journal from September 10th ia on board ono ot the steam- era which you will find at Mo- tetnneh. I continue to have occasional fights with the Arabs. It is rumored that all Europeans with the Mnhdi , including KUatlr Bey , and nuns , have become Musiulrnans. " "Lupton Bey has surrendered. I have sent out scores of messages in all directions during tha last eight mom hi lo ) not send private letters to mo. Tha risk Is too great. lo not wrlto me in cipher , 1 have none and it Is no UBO , The Mahdi knows everything , Take the road from Abullot to Mntemneh. You need not fear the Mahdi. Both Greek consul and Austrian consul nro rafo. TheMahdi has captured a letter from the king of AbbyMnla to mo. Your expedition , as I understand , is for the relief of the garrison ot Khartoum , which I f.iled to accoinpliih. I decline to ad mit it Is for tbo rescue of mo personally , " A letter from Gordon dated September IL19th , contains the following : ' 'We have sufficient provisions and money here at Khartoum to last four numtln. At the expiration of tbat period wo shall bomuch embarrassed. At Senaar there ia doura tenough. . The garrison atGalahut and the people In that neighborhood are continually fighting. The people oppose the false Mulidf , Although we wrote you it was impoefaible to Isend Stewart to Berber on account of many things which happened hero , we afterwords s > w fit to send him , together with the French and English consul * , In A Bin all tteamcr to Dongola to communicate with the British commander theio concerning the Soudau. Wo detailed two Urge teamrs to accompany them to Herberts keep the way clear for them to pass by Berber towards Dongola. Stewart itsrU in two daj The reason for sondintr him is bectuso you have been silent nil this whllo. You neglect- rd us. We hava lost time and dcno 110 good. If troops bo sent 119 the rebellion will coaie. When they roach Ueibartha inhabitants will return to their lortner icoupUlons. There fore ) It Is hoped you will listen to all Stewart tells you and rward t criously the ppcal to send troops wo have aiked for without delay. nt'ssiAounYiNd KNOI.AND. A dispatch jnst received from Calml siys no little uneasiness prevails in government circles on account of the largo numbers ol llii'slans pouring Into the Afgh , n capital , os- tanoibly cs travelprs. It is thiReneral Miefof the natives that ilia nUi'god Hii'piaii travelers are rrally military men and their visits are connected with the riimorod fclu-mo of linssia fortho annexation of Afghanintan. The remains of Mrs. James Uustrll Lowrll were Intirrtd at Kcnsal Grcou cemetery to day. The funeral was strictly private. TH.EATY KFJKOTKD. BinNE , February 23.Tho bundesrath hrn rejected the neutralization treaty with the Uultsd Statas. Tlio ItrllUh Grain Trailc. LONDON , JFcbruary 23. The Mark La.no Expreta in a review of the British grain tralo during the past week say : English wheats declined Gd Friday. Exromo dullness pre vails In the market. The sales of English wheat timing the past week were G8,109 quart' ' ersat22a-ld , against C3l , Jl ! quarters at 80s lid during the corresponding week last jear ; flour ia ( id cheaper. There Is a limited busi ness in barley and the tendency ia weaker , Oat" are improved in price. Foreign wheat trade is wretchedly Blow nud pricesaro against Heller ? . The prof pects are of deeper gloom , II that Is possible. Foreign flour is very dull and difficult of sulo Amtjican mai ? ? in Lon don is quoted at 22s Od ex-ship ; at Liverpool it is quoted Irregularly , but in favor qf buyers. Round corn maintained much higher relative value ? , owing to iti scarcity. 1'our cargoes arrived and ono was sold and three remain. Two are Californian. About twenty cargoet are duo , chiefly California. Infodor samples f English Is lower. Foreign wheat is cheaper to-day and Ergllfh flour is Gd loner. Foreign is ( low with dragging sales , Maize is steady and malting barleys dull nnd weaker. C. B. & Q. rassenjicr Train "Wrecked DES MoiNEa , Ia. , February 23. News has reached hero of an accident on the 0. B. Q. on Saturday evening , on tha Chcrtton & Indianola branch. Passenger train No. 51 bound for Indianoli , jumped the track fo some unaccountable reason , and plunged eve an embankment ten feet high , resulting in the injury of seven persons , as follows : Jos , S. Cesford , conductor , residing at Vilhaca. Bovcro cut on the head ; Conductor Avery , ol the wrecked train , injured in tha bajh ; Mrs , Vao Winkle , Oaklty City , cut over the eye Dr. Todd , Charlti n , hurt in thn s'do ' ; Mr , Hill , Keokuk , badly bruised ; C. E. McUan- iel , Ottumvva , bad scalp wound. Thn paucn ger coach was completely upset , nud the ln < r page'car was hurled from the track but pulle back on tbo track and then plunged over on the other stdo Physicians were Font to the BCSCO iuarn' dlatelv atd tbo injured were properly care fur. The lemsinner of the pawngera war brought on to Indianoln , aniving at 1:30 01 Sunday morning. Oaprain Bedford iMin'H Project. CHICAGO , Fobiuary 23. Captain Bedfon Pim , a well-known naval cngiueor of Englani and ox-member of the British parliament who Ins just completed nn extended tour o the United States acd the Canada ? , has ex pressed a desire to tend to the British nav seuin a single copy of every daily newspaper in tha United States and Canada , and also a copy of each weekly. Of the dailies ho desires a copy of March C , and of ti e weeklies a copy of the issue of the first week in Mtrcb.tho papers to Lcaddrestcd to Captiin Bedford Pim , No. 2 Crown ofDco row , Tempi ? , E C. , London , England. It ia Captain Pirn's intention to clasbify and bind the papers in volumoi by states , provinces and territories , and request thu British govern ment to place them in the public archives of the British museum , whore tiny will bo open to inspection by visitors and bu carefully preserved - served , Oregon Crop ItoportH. POHTLAND , Ore. , February 23. The Oregonian - gonian to-morrow will publish the crop re ports from the entire district in Oregon and Washington tsrrltory lying east of Cascade ranpp. Reports from all accounts agree that the heavy fall of enow waa a xplendid protec tion for wheat , and that five Hixthi of the enow when it melted vvns absorbed by the soil , giving the whrat a remarkably good etund Tholett estimates pluoo the acrcngo of winter wheat at S- per cent above last year , and the surpius for export is put clown at bo- 105DUO and 175,0 0 tons. These figures do not include tha Willanuttu valluy , In ' ern Oregon , whoso surplus will approximate 20,000 ( tonn. The IllinolH Contest. Si'RiNfli'iKi.n , III. , February 2 ; ) . At 12 o'clock thn houeo and eenato met in joint convention. Forty-three senators nnd 103 ) representatives answered the roll call. On motion on a rail for a vote for United States tenator only Hainoa responded , voting for Morrison , und the joint convention ad 1- journed. It la believed hero that the full vote will ba taken to-morrow. Immediately after the joint convention both the eeuato acd house adjourned till 10 o'clock to-morrow. An I rid Inn JCuw In Mexico. GUAYMAH , February 23. An insurrectiori has broken out In Sonora , Mexlca , Lu Mist and Tnwiopim ranches have been burned The encounter between the Yaqul Indian ! and federal troops under Gen. Touts occurred near Mlsa , Thu Indian-t were routed. The Mexican lois tlueo , the Indian Iocs not nicer tainod , Ilio Bcvint Milo ituii "Wreck. WA81UHQTON , February 23.-John F I , Francy , the colored postal clerk injured In UK collision at Four Mile Hun , Thnrtday nifebt , Is dead , making tha "evonth victim uf the ac uldent. It ia aiated tha express company loiot 2oOCOO pounds burned in their car , > > . D I * _ . . . . ON 'CHANGE. f asiiing'on's ' BirlMay Being Obscrycil Thronsliont tlio Coon ry , The Transnotions Ou 'Ohango ' Were Very Mengro And as is Ususal on Saoh Oooa- sions , Tiio Oattlo Market Waa Eather Quiet and EecoiptsLight , Fat Steers Bepoitcd Steady at Last Week's ' Prices , A ml lIoKaVcro ll iltcr Dull anil tlio Trices AVcro AVonk na IJDWCI * . O1IIOAGO MAKltKTS. Special telegi ixin to the Biv. : CIIICAUO. Kobruary 23. The general mar ket was rather quiet , the receipts light nml domind especially en shipping account was iudilferrcnt. There waa agkin Homo com plaint from shippers of the lack of transpor tation but the railroad men reported plenty ot cars for regular customers. CATTLK. Fat steers , cither exports or other sorts were generally reported steady with prices about the eauie as at the close of last week. There were no fancy export steers on sulo aud prime ttccrs wire not plenty. Fair to gocd stcora were alao scarce but then the demand WAH limited , Fat cows , heilora nnr ] bulls were making strong prices. Common cowa and canning stock steady as compared with the cloio of last week. Stock- era and feeders in light tupply and but tow outtido buyers on the marktt. A good trade ia anticipated the coming wiek ; there is eomo Inquiry for Midlcaex cow and springers ; 1,000 to 1200 pounds , fleers , $ t i5@4 00 ; 1,200 to 1,800 peundH , $5 00@C CO ; 1,350 to 1,500 pounds , $5 GOC&G 40. Cows and mlxrcl , $210 @ 2 45 , mainly 3 00@3 BO : i tocker * $325@4 15 ; feeders , $1 S5 ! ( < | 4 70 ; Toxaus , ? 3 76g-l ( 75. 11008 n nro rather dull acd prices in a general way were weak and low , especially on medium and common light torti , most of which sold 5@10o lower ; fair to good and ctoico sold as goal aa on Saturday. There was a lurgo per cent of common nnd light amcng cents to-day ; among packers were not averaging inaipocial way ; packers would have brought greater curuberu cou d they have been guuruntccd transporta tion ; fair packing and ihipuing , 270 to 4GO pounds. $4 75@5 20 ; light , IC'J ' to 210 pound H , S4 30@4 85. v HOtBK. Special Telegram to TIIK BEK. LINCOLN , February 23. The burlesque called tha echo > 1 laws investigation has boon concluded. Ihe committee will submit thq reeult about Wednesday , Some of thut charity which coveroth a multitude of sina will be drought to boar , nud the "iuvesti- ' Rato" whitewoehod by the InvcHtigation. The committee will report having found ovciy- H- thing all secure , Hill Senate file 145 will ba up in the house thin week , and because of the penona who .iro supporting its passnge , riquins considerable wutchlng. It is able to repot t the present law restricting the county treoburers to two lerma of ollico. It has baoniiushedithrough thosenato by the railroad striker , burr , who ia backed up in his efforts by Graham , the Lancaster ; county treasutor. The InUer , having done hia eharo of tlio Bchemery for the B. & M. , now a ks them , through Burr , to ramovo tha obstacle in his way that ho may have a third term of olnco. It is to bo hoped that the honest members of the _ house will uxert thorn * * selves to defiut this piece of ring legislation , vvhii.li deserves an early find lusting burial. Frank James a Free Alan. BOONKVIU.K , Mo , , February 23 Late Sat urday afternoon the only two charges pending against Frank James in the Cooper county circuit court were dinnlsccd and ho Is now a free man. The matter ia Vot-t very quiob nnd oven ia not generally known. Iritorort in felc hero whether Govemor Marmaduko will rtcopTnlxsd the requisition from the governor of Mirmenoti for the removal of James to the latter state for trial there. ST. Louis Feb. 23 Additional informa tion from Boonovillo regarding the dismissal of the charges against Knuilc ilauif H la to the ( fleet that the case was djckttfd in thu cir- - ouit oourt for tjday , but wai quietly called up by the prosecuting attorney on Satin-Jay evening just at the close of court , when no ono was prcEortt excf pt the ollicora uf tte court. The attorney said when ho procured the re moval of the prisoner from Alabama Mis souri he wai confident he had sufficient evi dence to convict him , but since then the chief witnrsH had died , nnd the other evidence wnt miteicg ; ha thernforo moved that tha chargeu bo dismissed , Tlu court granted the motion. Tnero are no other charges ugainst James in the elate and ho is thoieforu Ireo. After tha prisoner wai released bo went to the hotel where he received the connratulutiona of a few friends who knew tha action of the court. K-UIjllOAlf JvAOKBT. KANKAKEB , 111 , , February 23 , The first passenger train from Bloominglon on the Illinois Central reached Kcnkakeo today. It left Bloornington last Monday , It stuck all a'ong the lino. _ It has been 108 hours run ning tightv-'ix miles. , CHICAGO , February 23. A. H. Mellon , gen eral freight agent of the Chicago & North- vvettorn railway , has been promoted to the no- * lition of gBaistatil general nuperlntendent , II. It , McCullough , first assistant general freight agent , will tuccoed him , and U. H. Knapp , second assistant , will succeed McCulUugh. ( jfjt. ilaiott Al'ior ilio Itooincrs. , WICHITA , Kas , , February 23 , Gon. Hatch , who , with gomu of his olilcara have been , I spending several days here , started south to * . I day to bo In rradlnm for the new boom I which it to start for Oklahoma on tha Cth of . I March. fo 5eaer ) { ? aljt ) Smoking Tobacco
