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1 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , WEDNESDAY MORNING , MARCH 18 , 1885. NO. 180 AT THE CAPITAL The Pnsiient M no Nominations to Ibc Ssnate To-Day , The Horde of Office Seekers Dis gusted and Going Homo , Indications Point to an Early Ad journment of the Soiiatei He Will Send no Nominations bnt those Actually Needed. The Steamer Wauohusott to Proceed to Panama , President Cleveland Uolila Ills Firit v , State llcccptlon nt tlio AVIlitO IIOUHC. T BE HV | ATE. WASHINGTON , March 17.- Blair's resolution authorizing the committed on education and labor to lit during rccois was adopted , ; Cullotn'g resolution for a select oommlttco to Investigate the subject of interstate com merce was laid before the Senate , and after a long debate was adopted without division. It provides for a select committee of tivo senators to elt during recess and make a full examina tion of the regulation of the transp rtation of freight * and passengers b twoen the several states by the railroads and water courses ID connection , or competition therewith and report t > the Senate next December. Tno Senate them went Into executive ecaalon , Maryland ImllKuam. at tlio appoint- When the dears reopened the Senate ad journed. CONFIRMATIONS. Col. Nelson II. Diwi' , Inspector general , with the rank of brigadier general ; Lieut.- Ool. Absalom Uaird , inspector general , with tlio rank of colonel ; Kdward D. Clark , Mis sissippi , as i-tant cecretary of tha Intsriur ; Sidney D. Jacltnmn , Texai , United Htatts marshal for the western district of Texas- Mr. Clark , above named , Is seriously ill with pneumonia. Tlio Hordes of Ulllco-Hcckors DIs- And GoliiK Homo , WASHINGTON , March 17. The president sent word to the senate this afternoon that ho would have no nominations to-day. It is further stats. ! that he privately told some sen ntors who called on him that he did notintend sending any nominations to the senate , except the few that wore actually necessary , Huch as assistant cabinet ollicers. If ho had any changes to make , ho would make them later. All of tins dirgusta the oflice-seekero , who have b en waiting hero , and many of them art preparing to leave fur homo to-night. The indications this afternoon point to an early adjournment , perhaps by Saturday next. It seems likely that none of the office rd outside of Washington , aavo where terms have actually expired , nro to ba filled at present. The I'hiladolphia 1'ress to-day creates ) QCITB A SENSATION hero by publishing a number of serious charges opuinst the character of Biggins , who was made appointment clerk by the alleged "reform administration" on the solo recom mendation tbat ho enjoyed the distinction of being at the head ot the line workers and the ward's ticker of " 15o s" Geraman , The Press says : "Iligginn wtnt south at the beginning of the war and accepted a safe and soft berth as deputy under Winder , the provost marshal of Richmond , whoso cruelty to prisoners made the name intamous : that he has been a corrupter of election ] in lUltl- more and Maryland generally , and in Indi ana in the elections of the pait few % ears ; tli it ho is interested In a gambling establish ment and other places of vile reputation in Baltimore. " WASHINGTON NEWS , WASHINGTON , March 17. The secretary of [ the navy has secured the services of a profes sional accountant In Now York for the pur posed having a thorough investigation made of accounts , and methods ot hooping them In every branch of the navy department. The discuislon of Central American affairs begun yesterday , was reaumed. The pending question buing a resolution offered last Fri day by Senator Edmund * declaring It to bo tha sense of the seiute that Barrios , president of Guatemala , should bo prevented from cir rylng on his scheme annexing the neighboring republics. The resolution was criticized as amounting substantially to a declaiation of f war , nd Senator lugalls proposed au amend ment to modify it in this regard. Too amend ment was lost. The sen > to then adopted the resolution with only seven negative votes , Senator Kdmunds moved that the Injunc tion of secretary be removed from the resolu tion and vote upon it , but a single objection carried It over under too ule I for n day , j SKCHRTAIIT lUTAItn HAS WHITTJN a letter to Senator Miller , chairman of the senate committee on foreign relation1) , saying the state department sent n dispatch tu United States Mlntstor Uull , at Guatemala , instructing him that this government , while believing the voluntary aisocUtluu of Inter ests in the. . Central American states was do girable , It would not countenance any dis play of force by any one or mnre ( tales tc cverco others , ana that thn United States stand ready to exert their influence to avert c conflict and to promote peaco. Tho. depart' ment has no Intimation that any Kuropuan power has interfered or contemplates inter fnrenco In the present difficulties in Central America. The secretary is unable to suggest any na tion of the seiuto , A dfopitch from the pres ident of San Salvador alluded to in liayard'i letter states tint Uarrlos is trying to en force Central American union with tno avowei purpose of anntUling the canal treaty wltli Nicaragua. Bayard adds that he lias learned that on the lOta Inst , the Guatemalan ex peditionary movemeat against San Halvado was stopped , and llurnoa aakrd I'reslden /aldlvar to tend two commissioners to or range a settlement. TUB I'KESinKNl'H HKST 8TATK RKCEl'TION , 1'rosldent Cleveland's I first state receptioi occurred to-night and was given to the dlplc nmtlo corps , to judiciary , the army and nav oa ; and the renate and the houao of repreeonti tlvos , The affair was one of the ma < t brill aIt ant ever held in the White llouie. The pr < nidcDt , oaiitted by Mils Cleveland , Mn Hoyt , Mln Uayard. Mr * . Mtnnlng , Mrs. Ka f.n dicott , Mrt. Whitney , Mrs. Vllas and Mrs nn J'tmont received the guesU In the blue roou All the members of tbacihinet , except Attoi Dey-General Garland were present. Mi Uayard presented tha members of the diplc tnatlc corps , CEN , BLACK , the new commlutoner of pensions , to-diy at sumed charge of the pension office. Secretary Whitney to-day H ut a dlspatc to Commander Mahan of the Wachtuett , i I'Anama , Informing him that hoitilitiei ai , likely to take plica between tome of the Cer tral American states and Uarrios , which wi endanger tha llvei and property of Unite State ! citiieni , and directing him to procee with hif vessel to La Union and Ia Liberia and oth r points on the Central Amerlc < coast to proUct American interests. Tt secretary alio directs Commander Mohan I protest against any attempt to cut tha cabli < > r Interfere 191(11 ( their use , and to take a precautions to protect his officers and men trom diseato , which would render It necessary For the vossal to leave that const. BEN/VTOH V ! ! N WYCK. rnEcsDENi.s FURNISHED BY conroiuTioN WASHINGTON , D. 0. , March 17. Mr. V n Wyck spoke substantially as follows : "Tho senator from Colorado ( Mr , Teller ) regretted that every person who has spoken on this subject was not a lawyer. I suppose ha meant of railroad proclivities , BO there might bo full accord ; such lawyers as during most of the last sixteen years have been at the head of the department of justice and of the Interior , making the piocedents which the ex- secretary boAstol he has followed ; lawyers who have enjoyed the advantage of a large acquaintance with railroad mag nates who have been broad enough to understand and apply the liberal views of corporation attorney * . The Atneri- ican people probably tc tct that they ( were not lawyers who were not stoking to smother plain , honest common-sense under quotations ol bad Latin and Norman French , He was right. The eesretary of the Interior and at torney-general have for sixteen years been doing these things , livery reign has exhibited scandalous transactions , or rather transactions giving rise to'scandals. Credit Mobolier fre quently repeated itself. Locating and con * voying lands to the Siour City & 1'nciCc , giv ing lands from Portland to Pugct Sound. , is probably no worse , ccitiln'y ' no better , than allowing consolidation of Uuon Pacific with Kanaai & Denver Pacific , whim the Union Pacific was m.ida practically bankrupt nn < 3 Gould and his syndicate resized not less th r. S2JtOil,0 0 at the expense of the nation ; and the people between the Missouri river and the Pacific ocean , in telegraph and railroad char- BBS were subjected to an extortion os _ outr.v coui as Kugland Inlli.ts tip MI her subjects in India and elsewhere , and which loads to re volt and war among her serfs in the deserts o ! Africa , THE mama OF TUB SETTLERS , "It is uiual for the corporation attorney to stigmatize the saltier , whote only earthly treasure mny e a wife and children and the team he Is driving , us an interloper n specu lator. The ex-secretary has listened so lonjt to tint dialect in the department it was nat ural ho should repeat It in his speech ; and , sneering at such men , honest settlers seeking to out-an a homestead of 1GO acres , almost in tbo language of Tweed he asks , "What are you going to do about it ! " CNKAnNED LANDS , "Tho senator says the 'Backbone' grant had more equity than the Texas Pacific , which fortunately congress declared forfeited , and thus rescued it from the tender mercies of tha iiterior department and the cabinet. The Southern Pacific , as did the New Or leans Pacific , antagonized and built in oppo sition to thn rival road. Each came to con gress and defeated the schema of its rival. The Southern Pacific completed its read and secured an assignment during the lifetime of the grant , whllo the New Orleans Pacific took an assignment and completed its road six and eight Tears after the life of tbo prant was forfeited by conditions vie lated. The ex-secretarv eav& the Backbone h.il n right to as-igp a prant thus forfeited. Tlien why not the Texas Pacific in the life time of the grant ? The Texu * Pacific built iti road In Texas , but not a milo in Arizona and New Mexico ; but the Backbone never built n rod of road on the broad earth. Gould and Huntlngton were always logical. Thev intended so make the Backbone the forerun ner , and if they captured the department on that they were confident of securing the other. Only the interposition of congress prevented. FEUKRAL BAYONETS AT THE THIIOATS OK HARDY rioNEEns , "Twenty and thirty joirs ago congress gave recklessly to any corporation applying for lands. Now the executive department and congress refusing to restore unearned lands to the public domain will be judged by the people as guilty of a crime against the na tion. The tide of our own and foreign popu lations , which years ago laid the foundations and reared the structure of great states in the west , is now repellu.l by the desert lands , the arid plains , the sand hills , tli9 sagebrush , and in its reflex is gathering at the border of the Indian lands Impatient to enter. Federal bayonets me pointed against tha breasts of hardy pioneers like unto that clues who carried the tbg of the Union In advance of clvllizationover mountain peaks and furled it by the waves of the broad Paciric. No bayonets to drive out the cattle syndicates already in Oklahoma or to destroy fence * Illegally enclosing millions of acres of public domain ! "Tho senator admits that-this road is only entitled to lands earned after the alignment in 1881 road completed in 1862while In tact he gave lands for road built from 187to 1881 for the entire lino. The department evi dently had not the time to ascertain what work was done before and after 1881 , and it decided against tbo government by eivingland for the entire line. Why this hot haste ? Why was the question not left to the delib eration of his successor , who would have determined what portion did not properly belong to. the road even upon the admissions of the last ad ministration ? Before 1881 no work was done on < ht > faith of thi * grant. Did not the great desire of this Now Orleans & Paciiis company to secure patents for ncarlv a million of acres of land immediately , which would subject the lands to taxation from the date of the issuance of the patents , suggest a strong suspicion that the motive must bo a fear of the next congress or that the incoming administration might not bo completely subject to the railroad cor poration control ? " Striking IllinoisOnal Minors , CHICAGO , March 17. The Daily News , Danville. , Ills. , says five hundred miners em ployed by the Ellsworth coal company etrucL to-day for a restoration of tha price of mining to eighty cents per ton , from which it was re- duccd to seventy cents on February 2. They also decided to remain out until the demand : of the miners of the same company at Mount Olive and Staunton were acceded to. It it ' reported that one thousand miners , employed by the Grape Creek coal and coke company will atriks to-morrow. Tlio Ijftteo Krio & AVcstern Extension BLOOMINQTOV , Ills. , March 17. Surveyor ! set out this iiiornlng to survey the line for thi extension of the Lake Erie Western frort Bloomlngton to Peoria , about forty-five mile * The constitution begins about May 1st am will end in August , The line will not toucl ; Pekln , but will cross by the way of Macklnav at Farnoyvllle. and by the way of Morton. I will reach the bridge tt the Paorla and PeUn Union at Peoria , in 11) KA.OKHT. ino CHICAGO , March 17 , The Lake Shore am oT T a- New York Central railroads have arrange It- for expedited servica between Chicago an 'S- New York to go into effect when the eprin f. schedule Is arranged. Toe time from Ne' ! ' n- York to Chicago will be about an hour short , er thau at present and that fiom Uhicag n. to New York about two hours shorter , ir- irr. r. The FlRht Between Uurkc and Kyn " Keclnrea off. OIHCAOO , March 17. The proposed prii fight between Jack Burke and Pnidy Kyi was declared elf to-day , and the n'oney wi h drawn beciutn they could not agree on tl at place at which to fight. re THE mJLLlVAN-M'CAfTHEY I'IGIIT. nill PiiiLADKLrniA , March 17. Tha Rullivat ill McCaffrey fight it fixed for March 30 , i B'l April 7. Sullivan prefer * the latter date , ed United lu Death. 1'AiiuiouNT , Minn , March 17 , Bartl to Reynolds and her lover were drowne whl 01 attempting to crow Cedar creek la. ' nigti all The bodlei are itlll mltiintr. GENERAL NEWS. Fnithcr Parlicfc &f & the FairflBlfl Double The Case of Auditor Brown in Iowa. Coli Morrison on the Illinois Senatorial Question. The Dakota Woman Suffragists Denounce Gov. Pieroe. The Eevolution on the Isthmus of Panama. Trcnchcry ndcr tlio Gulso ot * Fins of Truce In Morocco. Further l > Aittcnlara of the Fnlrllcfil Double Lynching , Special Correspondence of THE BEE , I'Aiiu-iKLD , March 14. For a number ol years there has lived eight miles southwest of hero a family named Taylor , consisting of Mrs , Lib Taylor , her two eons and daughter. The oldest boy is sixteen , the second is four teen , and the pirl IB about seven years old. About one half a mile this way on the banks of the Little Blue , lives Mrs. Taylor's mother , named Jones , about seventy years old. and with Mrs. Jones lives her son/rhomas. There have been numerous crimes commitled in the neighborhood , aii'l have always been laid at the doors of Lib Taylor , but there never was any cone usivo evidence , On January 8 a man named Roberts , a ten ant of Mrs. Jones' , was shot by the two Tay lor boys , who have been confined In the county jail sinco. At the time a vigilance committee WAS formed , who notified Mrj. Taylor and Tom Jones to vacate inside of thirty days , but forgetting to leave. They forti- tiiod their sod hi > use on the banks of the Little Blue , and had Wm. Seeley , "Tex as" Bill , R. Farrell , Win. Clark and a bay herder to help them in case of need. Last night , at 12 o'clock , the vigilantes called on the Jones' to come out. They crawled out of the window , one at a time. They tind Tom Jones' and Lib Taylor s bands bahlnd them and put a reps around their necks and swung them oil the iron bridge across the Little Blue river , and thus ended the lives of two of the wor&l criminals cf Clay county. 0. J , FOBEII , The Case oT Auditor Brown in Iowa , Dug MOINKS , March 17. Judge Conner of the circuit court this morning delivered a lengthy opinion In the case of J. 0. Cottell ngainet ex-Auditor Brown to obtain posses sion of the office by a writ of mandamus. The court held b'rst that the statutes under which Governor Sherman ucted in ouRpnnding Brown are constitutional. Second , that the governor bad the power to suspend him on the report of the commission. Third , as the question necessarily involved in the answer , tno defendant , the only appropriate remedy in law was by quo-warrnuto and for that reason the mandamus would not lie. As the opinion did not involve the merits of the controversy , but simply deciding that the court had no jurisdiction in this form of proceeding the case is now back to where It was two weeks ago. KKOKDK , March 17. Jude O'Connor to day overruled the ulalntilfti demurrer In the case of Cottoll against Auditor Brown. The auditor's friends are very jubilant over the rmult. Counsel for Cottell has not decided whether to proceed on the facts or carry the demurrer to the suprpmo court. , Uol , Morrison on the Illinois Sen * . torlal Question , SPUING FIELD , 111 , March 17. This after noon an Associated Press reporter had a brief interview with Col. Morrison on the sena torial question. The Colonel was not at all Inclined to be communicative , nor did he ap pear to know what was going on in that di rection. When asked as to whether his visit to Chicago was for the purpose of inducing Mulneran to coma into line , ho said that it was not , but admitted that while there he had seen Mr. Mulhaern , and had a conversation with him , but It wai in company with other parties , The reporter atked him what was * uppo ed to bo the outlook lor to-morrow , as it had been rumored that a shell might ba expected t : > explode some where , but lie said ho was not aware that any such thing was ( jning to happen. In reply to the question as to wnether he expected Halnoi and Streeter were going lo vote for him when it came to that point their votes might elect , he aald ho could not say wh&t these men would do , but they were elected by the democrats and he supposed lie was entitled to tbnir votes , whether they would ba given or not. lie wished tlio reporter to believe , in fact , that ho had no idea on the subject whatever , whllo at the same time ho appeared to be a good deal worried. The general impression here , held bv outsiders , Is that either to-morrow or Thursday there will bo some now develop ment in the senatorial question , whether It be in favor of Morrison or not , but a last desperata struggle for him will be mada sour * day this week. The republicans , however , - here feel no uneasiness for the result , and ap pear to be quite prepared for whatever may bo brought out. Senator Bell's bill , regulating convict labor contracts , a substitute for the one already de feated in the senate , will be brought up in the senate Thursday , It will also probably be , defeated as not covering the ground. The latest reports to-night era that no vote will bs taken to-morrow except to conform with , the law. DaUotn Woman BuffraKlats Denounce Gov. Pierce , ALBANV , N. Y. , March 17. At the Worn an's Suffrage society meeting to-night Kati Stoneman ( sister of Gov , Stoneman , of Cali fornia ) and others denounced Gov , Pierce o Dakota , for vetoing the woman's suffrage act passed by the legislature of the territory , A Revolution Kndeu. NEW YORK , March 17. Reliable advice ttuta.tho Panama revolution Is ended , PANAMA , via Galveiton , March 17 , Ileav ; firing ceased at i ) o'clock last night , The reli W els retired to Buena Vista to recruit. Th t- British gun boat Heroine landed seventy-Gv men to protect property , Traffic on the P n ama railroad and buiinets is suspended to-da and there is gieat excitement , as the seconi in attack is expected. President Aroseman took relugo on the Heroine. The colony I reported In poisession of the rebels. A tell gram via Galveiton was delivered In Panam an without delay , as PANAMA , March 17. Gen , Gonema , con han mander of the Columbian guard , arrived wit reinforcements this morning , and the rebel n- retired outside the city to await help froi nor Baranquillaand Colon , Colon is in the band of the rebels commanded by notorious crlra Inals. Stores are bring pillaged , and th leader declares that ha will reduce the city t aihts if the government troops altcmpl lo r < h capture it. Tha marines of the United S'att lie steamer Galena are In Colon , and the Kr | it. liih fcrco guard tha Panama railroad pro ] erty. FOUEIQN EVENTS. KXTIU MAIL FACILIT1K3. LONDON. March 17. The government has provided 25,000 for extra mall facilities with America , HIE SOUDAN GOVKllSOnSHIP. British officials nt Cairo are urging the gov ernment to appoint General.Wolseley gov ernor general of Soudan , thin reassuring ? ho natives who joined the Mahdl for ( ear the English would abandon Soudan and place them at tha metcy of the Mahdi unices they joined him no r. The governing refuses to make the appointment , as It prolong the Britl h stay in Soudan beyond the limits nt present Intended by the government , VIUNCE AND CHINA PAHIS. March 17. It is rumored Germany will mediate between Franco and China. A ST. I'ATIIICK Sl'AT. DUBMN , March 17. Portadown was the scone of a serious riot to-day. A body of nationalist i iotera wrecked the houses of cer tain obnoxious persons. Bands of Orange men inradod-tho streets. Great excitement prevailed. A SIGNIFICANT PACT. BERUN , March 17. Baron Van llelchro- dor Is negotiating witli other capltaluts with n view of placing the now Russian loan , Baron Von Bloichrodor is not only one of the most eminent bankers of Berlin , but Is also the confidential advisor of Blsmatck in financial affairs. His appearance In market as ( i cal agent of Kuseta , would therefore bo very sig nificant and would indicate a war with Eng land was seriously intended by Kustla , THE FLAG OP TUCCE BETRAYED. MADIUD , March 17. There is great oxclto- mont hero ever the news to the effect that the governor of Alhuccmas , n f mall island con taining a fortress and prison sottlomant , be longing to Spain on tlio coast of Morocco , while parleying with a number _ of Morocco tribes made the suppotcd protection of n Hag of truce was attacked. The governor and several other Spanish officials were wounded THE UniTISII rAlU.IAMKNT. LONDON , March 17. Gladstone , in the commons , this afternoon , read a dispatch from Sir Krtwurd Thornton , British ambassa dor at 3t Pete-sburg , In reply to E rl Gran- villo's request to know if England's under standing of the arrangement wi .h Ku > sia was the same as that entertained by DeGiers. DeGlois , Gladstone read , stated that the Hussion troops will not advance from the position now occupied by them provided the Afghans do not advance , or unless some ex traordinary reason be given , such as disturbances in Penjdeb. Stringent orders were sent to the Kussian com mander to use every possible moans to avoid a conflict or an Incitement to a conflict. The above orders are to bo repeated. Several In * terrogatorios were at once put. Gladstone de clined to answer them , and deprecated any further questioning of the government upon the question at preient. Gladstone , in con nection with the Afehan inquiries , stated that the demand by the British government for the withdrawal of the Russians from their ad vanced position b.id lapsed. This announce ment was received with ironical cheers , KAS3ALA HAH FALLEN , SUAKIM , March 17. Native spies report that messengers have arrived from Oaman P'trmiVs ' camp with tha news that Kaes.ila has fallen. PAK.SKLL'S bFEEcn AT THE ST. PATRICK'S BAN- LONDON , March 17. Parnell prasided at a banquet hero in honor of St. Patrick. He stid if the Irishmen and Irishwomen all over the world would use the excellent products of Irish toil , wherever practicable to the exclu sion of all other products the material pros perity of Ireland would be more quickly do- velopsd , ber financial independence ba secur ed , and her political independence would speedily follow. A Gallows Ornament. * * PHILADELPHIA , March 17. Charley Briggs , the wife murderer , was hanged in tils' corridor of the county prison this morning , Briggs killed his wife July 7 , 1883. He bad been on a prolonged spree , came home , oiled bis wife down into the cellar , and cut her throat with a razor. Ho was arrested almost in the act. Tlio Appeal of the Chicago Frauds. CHICAGO , Hatch 17. Judge Greshatn , in the United States circuit court , this morning heard an argument on the motion for super- eedeai in the cases of Mackin and Gallagher , under two years' sentence to the penitentiary for election fraud * , and said he would decide the motion next Thursday. Te.vas Cattle to lie Shipped by a New Route , WICHITA FALLS , Texas , March 17. Ar rangements have just bsen consummated , whereby Texas cattle for the northern mar ket will be shipped to Ha-old , the new ter minus of the Fort Worth and Denver railway , thence driven north to Caldwell and Hunne- well , on the Kansas state line , and from there railed to their dwtinatloii. The danger that tha 'IVxas stock interest * will ba seriously crippled this year by the quarantine regula tions of Kansas and other states is thus averted. . _ _ _ . New York Dry Goods Market. NEW YOEK , Match 17. In the way of specialties of a seasonable character , such as dress goods , ginghams and printed fabric ] , there has been a very good trade lot Tues day , but staple cottons hava been qnlet. The export of cotton goods the past week have been 10,000 packages , very largely to China and Africa , making since January 1 a total of 48,173 package ? , against 38,319 the samp time last year , 33,821 In 1883 , and 29,005 in 1882. Indignant at tbo Appoint ment of Hlgglns. BALTIMORE. March 17. The executive com mittee of the civil service reform association nf Maryland adopted a resolution to.nlghl saying the selection of Eugene Higgles for the responsible position of appointment clerk ir the treasury department has been a painfu surprise to this association , and nil friends o honest government In the state of "Maryland and is explicable only on the supposition thai the secretary of the treasury was ignorant o the character and antecedents of the persoi chosen. The resolution adds : ' 'Too Clvi Seivico Reform Association of Maryland urg colly suggests his immediate remova therefrom , showing as a cauio for inch actioi that his reputation in this community Is no that of a man of integrity and honor. Tlio Goal Miners Strike Extending Sr , Loura , March 17. The coal mlnei stiiko which began at Btaunton and MOUI Olive on ths Wabash railroad in Illinois som two weeks ago Is extending to other minei To-day one hundred men in the Gillespi , mines on the Indianapolis and St. Louis roa quit work , and a large delegation from SUui ton and Mount Olive , are now making a ton of the Belleville district with the view of In ducing a strike throughout that region , CofTen-Iiidcn llki-lc Sank. NEW YOUK , March 17. The bark Job Chose , coffee laden , sunk at her dock to-nigh n. The caotain'H wife and Infant child wei n.th drowned , thm m The National Homo for Disabled Vc crans. a- AUGUSTA , ME. , March 17.-Gener l W. I lie Franklin , president of the board of manage ; of the National Home for DUaUed Veter Soldiera , appointtd Col. Andrew J. Smith , i the old Sixtieth corns , now treasurer of tl Saldien1 Home at TAguj , governor of tl Lea\enworth branch of the National Horn i THE MARKETS. A Combination of Circumstances Cause aiid Wcakm Wheat l-8o Lower Than Twenty- Four Hours Agot Sonio Holders of Corn are Be coming Tired of Carrying , Cattle Were Bather Slow and Prices About Steady Hoes Were in Fair Demand and Receipts not Excessive , Provisions Weaker and turner Pork Active and Easier hard was Quiet , CHICAGO MA.11KETS. WHEAT Special telegram to the BEK , CHICAGO , March 17. Wheat started out rather firm on account of the cold weather , and ItirtfO stocks coupled with tame advices from England and n decline of 1 penny in Liverpool , together with a lack of outaido support eoon turned the scile , and during the major portion of the session dullness and weakness existed , and prices tinally closed about Jo lower than twenty-four hours ago. No. 2 for May opened nt 795gSOc , and dur ing the session sales were at and hotwoen 78 | @ 80jc , doing at 80c. ll'ceipts to.day were 178 carloads , 105 being delivered on contracts. The amount in store Is 15,705 , 831 buehehnii'l vessels in the harbor uro laden with 223,835 bushels. . COIIN was less actiye and weaker , and an ensiar feeling existed. Some holders were realizing , having become tired carrjin/r / , and prices closed | a lower for May than twenty-four hours ago. Sales at the opening were ntHJc , and during the session the range was 41@4'2c , closing at 41gc. Vessel room was taken for 17C.OUO bushels at 2Jc , which includes storage until the opening of navigation and the freight to Buffalo. OATS were dull and J to gc lower. No. 2 sold at 27 { { 327tfe for April , and closed at 273'a27ic ' ; May sold at SOiO lic closing at 30i@30lc. rnovisiONS ' were weaker and lower. The weakness in wheat and running out of margins increased the tflorlngs. Tork wai active and easier and Bales of May opened at § 12 45 and ranged at § 12 37i@12 60 , closing at 512 4'J. LaH was quiet ; May opened nt SO 95 and Jiold at SO 02i @G ! )7i ) , closing at SG 95. CATTLE. receipts were only moderate and demand rather slow with price just about steady on the ordinary run of dressed bojf and shipping steers. There was a brisk demand for all grades of batchers' fctock and .prices ruled tirm. Stackers and feeders were not in as active - tivo dpmnnilu laat.woolt , Hub few country buyers were present and but few orders from the country so far this week. * Tie supply it not heavy yet cud if demand does not im prove values must go lower , i'ho only trans actions of note th < 9 past two days wereba- tween yard speculators nud prices ore only about nominal. 1050 and 1200 Ibs steers , $ i 35 f 4 70 ; 12CO and 1350 Ibs , 85 15@5 50 ; IS'O and 1COO Ibs , $5505 75 ; cows , common , $2 50'a3 70 ; good , S3 50@1 25 ; stackers , $3 GO @ 4 20 ; feeders , SI 2Sm CO. UOGS. There WAS a fair demand and receipts were not excessive , yet the continued weakness in provitions and anticipated heavy receipts for to-morrow and next day had a rather depress ing effect on the fjen-ral market , and the nv- erago run of packing and shipping sorts scld strong at Gc lower and in some Instances lOc below yesterday's prices and 5(2)10c ( ) below any day last wock ; packing and chipping , SOU to 400 pounds , § 4 70 4 95 ; light , 150 to 210 pounds , S4 35@4 85. Gen. Grant's Condition , NEW YORK , Match 17. At the residence of Gen. Grant this morning Colonel Grant stated that Dr. Douglas was mistaken in be lieving the general asleep when tbo doctor left last night. The general dreads to be a burdennpon any one , and closed his eyes and lay quint until the physician left the house. Then ho became restloes and was awake all nlfht. ; This morning ho has had no long deep , but dozed while sitting in two easy chairs. Mrs. Sartoris will arrive in the steamer ISaltic. A Desperado Sentenced for Jjlfe. AUSTIN , Texas , March 17. Dick Urannon received a life sentence In the United States district court to-day for robbing the South- wick postofQce. Erannon was nn accomplice of desperadoes Pitta and Yeager , who a couple of weeks ago murdered Marshal Gos ling in a railroad car , but were themselves killed by the deputies and tram men a few moments later. The Iowa Egg Dealers Association , CEDAR RAPIDS , Iowa , March 17. The Iowa Egg Dealers Association Is In convention here , this afternoon and evening , 3,11. Morln , of Cedar Kaplds , was elected president , C , H. Bennett , Musoatine , secretary and treasurer , Salvation Army Ofllcors Imllctcd. NORTH ADAMS , Mass , , March 17. Lieut JohnW. R.chard , of the Salvation Army : was arrested here , Indicted with threa otheri for obtaining thirty thousand dollars worth ol goods from merchants in different cities ant disposing of the goods for their own business Tbo Great Gould Strike. SBDALIA , March 17. The strikers' executive tive committee , after a long conference yet ot terday aftetnoon , announced their nccoptanc of the terms of the circular issued Sunda ) Trains began moving last night , all demand of the men have been conceded and the strlk declared ended on the Gould system , The Wcatliur. 'g WASHINGION , March 18. For the upp < id Mississippi ; Fair weather , followed by in creasing cloudiness nod local rains or snowi westerly winds ; warmer weather , For tli Mis'ouri valley : Pair weather in souther portion ; partly cloudy weather and local ralr or snows In northern portion ; eenerally warn tin er northwesterly winds in northern portioi it. westerly winds in southern portion. ire A STAUTIjlriTPujaCO VI2RY , THE MAJORITY OK TUB IX-HEDKIS BAR118I ) OC or orricB , fc > Chicago Tribune special , WASHINGTON , D. 0. , March 10. Tl southern spoils-hunters have discovered novel point in their examination of the civ o ( service regulations , nd It is one which the jie Intend ( a emphasiza to "fire the touthor 1m heart" ( gainst ths civil lerviua system. Tl regulations which have been adopted by tl Ivil service commi'sioners p ovido Hut no icrson thnll bo permitted to mnko application . 'or ' a clerical pixitlon In tlm postollicp depart ment who is over 35 , and that no person shall ' > o permitted to make application for n pcsl- ! on In the treasury department who h over 5 , unless in either case tlio applicant may .hance to have been an honorably discharged Union soldier or eailor , A utrict Interpreta tion of this rules would exclude any person who was In the Confederate army from clerical position in the postollico department if he was inoro than 11 years of ago in 1EIX ) , or from service under the treasury if ho was more than twenty-qno years of ngo when the war began. The discovery of this fact has rented n very marked excitement among the louthernmcu. Ma ] , E , A , Burke , of the ow Orleans TimeicDemocrat and manager f the great exposition , who is here , is crod- ted with this discovery. He nays : "Why , the civil service regulations DisrnANCiiiaE EVERT KX-CONKKDKHATB. The average ago of enliittnent in tha Con- cderato army was from 15 to 20 year * , There ; erUlnly must have been very few enlist ments under IB years , but you will sco by hcso regulations that , as twenty-four yens lave elapsed since the war begin , ind the period in within which a Jiar- ou can become an applicant for n position n the postotlico department Is fixed at thirty * 'ivo ytars of age , unless ho is a discharged inion soldier , no ono who wai In the coufcd- ofate army can come Within those regulations t he was more than eleven years of age whrn o enlisted , and it is under the postofllce eputmont that the > ast majority of the jppointments nro to be made in the southern tatcs ; and no ono who was in the confederate > rmy , in a llko manner , could seciiro an rip- lointment under the treasury ucder the civil ervicorulos , who was over twenty-ono when io war began. Such a preposition would make a tarrlblo havcc in the ranks of the outhern office eeekcrp. It would bar our > eople pretty nearly all out. The elect within uch limitations would be rate exceptions , " "What are you going to do about it ? " "That's tlio point. If these rules nro to bo Ridly enforced wp tliall denund a ro-oxaini- atlon tinder the civil service system of ail ho federal officials who now ] hold office in the outh. If you tat o even a hasty glance at , ho civil service requirements you will see that ery few of the persons now holding office- ould be roapuointed under any such condi- ions. This is probably not one-twentieth iart of those in office who could pass an ox- mination under the civil service system. Wo hall bring this question prominently to pub ic notice , and I do not know of any other ray in which we can raako the demand mown. Should that be refused , our only emedr would be either to insist upon a mod- Qcatlon of the regulations or n reorgam- & of the board of civil-service commis- loners. It is a pretty vital question for the leoplo from our section , and I do not believe bat the neoplo of the country are quite ready 0 admit that a man is to bo deprived of serv- ce under the government because he served in the Confederate army. GEN. BLi'VClt. ' IS CONFIRMATION AH C01IMISSIONE1 ! Of TEN SIONS. Chicago Times Special. WASHINGTON , D. C. , March 1C. The delay n the confirmation of Gen. Black as pension ommibsioner did not arise from any opposi- i , but resulted from a clerical error. He was nominated to succeed Clarke , "re- gned. " The nomination went to the senate .1 that shape , whllo in fact Clark had not re- ilgncd. It teems he wrote.bis resignation , but 'nl not forward it to the president. The .omina'ion was returned and corrected so as .oread S'vice Clarke , removed , " and then Gen. Black was confirmed to-diy. The re- loits telegraphed from hero that the senate vjommittee on pontiaoii had thouaht making the appointment of Black cat of the president's power" to remove offi- inls , etc. , are entirely unfounded. The com mittee haa not held a meeting this session. The Black case was passed upon informally ' iy members of the committee whllo on the leer of the tenate. So far as that committee .s concerned not one ward of apposition to Black was uttered , nor was anything of the -cind suggested in the senate. THEi AKMY. iECRKTARY KNDICOTT HAH ) TO MEAN 1IISCHIKF TO TUP BOPT-SKRVICK MUOAHK , Chicago Tribune Special. " WASHINGTON , March 1C. It is said that Secretary Endicott means mischief to thoeoft- lervice brigade ot the army , and that the men who have been away from their regiments lor a dozen years In snug berths about Wash ington and New York will bo compelled to go to the front , Mr , Endicott has already ordered one of the favorites away. Army people are interested in the first im portant appointment that is to be made whici will test the sincerity of the professions ol the new administration. Secretary Endicotl says that so far as he contiols the department it will bo conducted without reference to poli tics and without favoritism to individuals. The test will come in the selection of a captain of the line to fill the vacancy in the inspector general's department , in the seleciion of an other captain to succeed Moj. Joseph Taylor , 01 the adjutant general's departmtntwho re cently died at Fort Omaha , and In t ha np pointment of a captain and assistant quarter master April 9 , when Gen , Dam of that de partment goes on the retired list , The ap pointment will be especially Important , BEAT1NU HOTELS. Not as Easy as 1C hooka How Clerk Ilecognly.o a "Beat. " Chicago Tribune , ' How much ia my bill ? I had thrc oata and no room , " said a departln guest to the cashier In one of the hotel yesterday afternoon. Without lookln at the boobs the cishlernamod theamonn which WBB paid , and the traveler left , ' You have a good deal of conQdenc In that man's honesty , " was suggested t the cashier by a reporter waiting nearby , "How are wo going to help ourtolvoa , , was the rcply/ns the cashier tlirugged h hnn1dorn. Tf vo t ke his word f r it at ely on his honor ten chnnco to ono ho will bo honojt. "If wo witch the guosia .amo . of them will thick it n line trick to io t us just for the fun of the gnmo. loir did I know just how many moah bat last man took horol Ho looked lilco n honest man for ono tiling. That goes long way , Tlio boat betrays signs in pito of nil ho can do that tlio clerk mnkon t mental note of when ho registers , and oaks out for any garno ho may try. It la really curious how n man show * in small hlngs what ho really Is. Signs that you r I would not notlca ho detects Instant- y , and the man cannot boat the hotel jt of a cent. " "Tho clerks qulotly look ever the ; uosts during every meal , and can toll rom long practice pretty close , but of ourso simo flip through. It gees hard with them when they are caught you can > ollevo. Wo h vo Rot tired of arresting iom , and the edict has gene forth that icroaftor the biggest porter shall kick the lott from the dining-room into the street 3at wo dent have many of thorn not wo this year. " "Isn't ' the mcnl-tlckot arrangement otter. " "That is very easy to got around , 1 tarn known cf ono fellow uiakiug enough o piy his board leaning his ticket to meals after ho had como from the dining- oem His cronlos paid him full prlco or the uio of the ticket for the ploaauro f getting nhond of the hotel. There is o good way to got nroand it either , for ; tor a man goes into the dining room nith a ticket , that Is supposed to end , nd a clerk would only gut in trouble by skiug pooplefor tickets which they would > reduce and that would end It. It corns easy to beat a hotel , but It Is haid- r than It looks for ono not In the mstor- es. " USE. i Greatest Medical Triumph of the Ago ) SYMPTOMS OF A .joeiofnppctitc , HowcU costive , Pain In jo bead , with a dull icniatlan In the ack part , 1'aln under tbo ibonlder- lade , Fullncm nfter eating , wltb adln- ncllnatlon to exertion of body or mind , rrltnblHty of temper , L.OVT nplrlt * , with focllngofbavlnitneglcctcd omoduty- Wcarlncu , Dlzzlneii , Fluttering at tbo Iloart , Dots before tbo oyci , Hoadacbe vor tbo right eye , Roitloiinon , wltb tful droaniB , lllably colored Urine , and CONSTIPATION. TCTT'S ril/LS are especially adapted o such cases , ono dose effects Biicli o Sango of feelincastoastonlslitno sufferer. They Increase the Appctlte.snd couge the ody to Take oil Fleah , thun tlio cystem U .ioiirUhci < l.nnil bythetrTomo Action on , Iar Stools wo the Ulffeitive Organ llrp iroduced. 1'rl-e aSc. 4 * Murray Nt..IV.Y. UKA.T IIAIK or WIIISKEUB changed to a OLOSST BLACK by a single nppllcation ot Ills DTK. It imparts n. natural color , acts nstnntanoously. Sold by Druggists , or tent by express on receipt of Ql < tafico,44 WlurravSt. . Now York. Fashionable Hatter f % * - y Zf FURNISHER. Nurseiy Steel ! For prlood catalogue of the FOMONA NURSERIES aildieea , II. 0. llavmond , Box 290. Omaha , Neb. Jurscry grounds situated Immediately nonb of tbo Institute for the Deaf nj Dumb. Contracts taken or tree planting Jtn28d3mwl2t A. 310 South 13th Street , 3 DOCKS SOUTH OF I AHMtt. First-class tailoring in all its branches. E KEITH. Offers this Coming on Special Inducements HAIR GOODS ! 14 2 Douglas St. Omaha. Neb H. K. BUBKET , FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND KMBALMBR. Ill N. l th Street , - . OMAH PHOTOGRAPHER , i 213 North 16th Street. OM lice nivo Stand. The present nroprletor wishes It undoratond tha all photographs are made satisfactory before beloe delivered from this pallory. The old management H" retires and Mr II. K. Gruv succeed ) . Spring Medicine When the weather grows warmer , that extreme tired fueling , want of appetite , dullness , languor , and lassitude , aflllct almost the entire human family , and scrof ula and other diseases caused by humors , manifest themselves with many. It Is Im possible to throw off this debility ami expel humors from the blood without the aid of a reliable mcdlclnu lllo Hood's K.imjiarllla. " I could not sleep , and would get up In tha morning with hardly Ufa enough to get out of bed. I had no appetite , and my ( ace Mould break out with pimples. I bought At no other season Is the system BO BUS. ccptlhlo to the beneficial effects of a rev liable tonic and Invlgnrant. The Impure state ot the blood , the deranged digestion , and the weak condition of the body , caused by Its long battle with the cold , wintry blasts , all call for the reviving , regulating and restoring Influences so happily and effectively combined In llood'u Barsaparllla. " Hood's Barsaparllla did mo n great deal of good , I had no particular disease , but was tired out from overwork , and it toned mo up. " JlKH , U. K. SutMom Cohocs. N. Y. Hood's Sarsaparilla a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla , and soon began to sleep soundly ; could get up with out that tired and languid feeling , and my IT appetite Improved , " It. A , BANFOHU , KeutO- "I had been much troubled by general debility. Last spring Hood's Harsaparllla proved just the thing needed. I deiivcd an IB Immense amount of benefit. I never felt better. " H. V. MJU.BT , Boston , 11 Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists , ft ; six for $0. JIadu only l > y C. 1. HOOD & CO. , Lowell , Mass. JOO Doses One Dollar " For seven years , spring and fall , I had scrofulous sores come out on my legs , and for two years was not free from them at all. I suffered very much , Last May I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla , and before I had taken two bottles , the sores healed and the humor left me , " C , A , AUNOU > , Arnold , Me. "Tliuru Is no blood purifier equal to Hood's ' Sarfaparllla. " E.lS.l'iiKU'fl toclieste N.Y. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1 ; six for $5. Made ' . only by U , I. HOOD & CO. , Lowell , Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar