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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
R > THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , THURSDAY MORNING , APRIL 23 , 1885. NO. 211
THE OLD WORLD.
Tbe Franeli Hostilities In Cbiiia are
Entirely Sospcudcd ,
A Terrible Voloanio Eruption Oo"
ours iii Java ,
Busfua Bhows No Disposition To
Abandon Her False Position ,
And DeolinesAuy Further Disons-
sion of the Poojdeh Incident ,
England's ' Forbearance Has Been
Pushed to the Limits ,
Tlic Dally Now * Snyn that England
Will IJonr but Jjlttlo Further
Extension.
FOB.EIGN NOTES.
VOLOANIO ERUPTION IN JAVA.
LONDON , April 22. Dispatches received
hero this afternoon state that a terrible vol
canic eruption occurred at Passawoan , a
province on the lower end of the island of
Java , A number of plantation ) ) wore dovastod
nnd it is feared fully ono hundred persons
were killed.
AUSTRIA AT PEACE Wfin ALL NATIONS.
VIENNA , April 22. Kmpcror Francis Joseph -
soph to-day closed the relchsrath in an im
perial address. Austria was said to have
reason for congratulation in the good rela
tions she has at present with all other
powers.
HOSTILITIES IN CHINA SUSPENDED.
PARIS , April 22. Gen. Briaro DeLisle tele
graphs from Hanoi , under date of April 21 ,
as follows * . "My letters have reached the
Chinese commanders. Hostilities everywhere
suspended. A Chinese officer of high rack
is on hia way to Hanoi. "
FINANCIAL FLURRIKS.
LONDON , April 22 , , noon , Consols closed
lost night at 05g , opened this morning at 95 ,
Boon rose to 95J , fall again to 05 , Russian se
curities 822. Stocks homo and foreign funds ,
weak. American securities are a notable ex
ception to the rule , being very steady.
April 22. , 1 p. m. Consols nt 12:30 : fell to
94J but are now stronger , 051 ; Russian scout
titles batter at 84.
April 22 , * 1:30 p. m. Consols 95J.
*
TROOPS ARE SWARMING
to all the barracks throughout too United
Kingdom in ronponso to the government's call
for reserves. Tha war office in beiiegod by
military officers asking employment. It has
boon decided to divide the Portsmouth fleet
into channel/ flying and reserve iquadrons.
Fresh orders have been received to increase
the workman at Portsmouth.
WAR TAXES.
Tbe council of the Russian empire decided
to refuseto exempt certain loans from tax
ation .
RUSSIA DECLINES ANT FURTHER DISCUSSION
OK THE PKKJDEH INCIDENT.
LONDON , April 23. The Russian reply to
the communication sent to M , DeGiers
through Sir Edward Thornton yesterday , af
ter the receipt of Sir Peter Lumsden'a sup
plementary report on the battle of March 30
has { ust been received. M. DeGlers replies
curtly that Russia declines to enter upon any
further discussion of the Penjdeh incident ,
'
H01IKWARD BOUND.
ODESSA , April 22. English merchants are
closing out their business and preparing to
leave- the country , The excitement is Increas-
ingand funds are falling ,
WANTS TO BE EMPEROR OF CENTRAL ASIA.
LONDON , April 23. It la rumored at Baku
that tha czar , within n year or two , will go to
Sunarcand , to the ancient palace of Timour
Lung , to ba crowned emperor of Central Asia.
MARINE INSURANCE TRIPLED.
The premium for marine insurance at
Lloyds has been advanced from 5 to 15
shilling * .
THE DAILT NEWS ,
Gladstone's organ , says editorially : "We
wish wo could encourage the idea that nego
tiations with Russia are tending toward the
preservation of peace , but we fear the reverse.
No disDosition is shown by Russia to retreat
from the false position she ha ) assumed
Forbearance has been pushed to the limits
and will boar little further extension on the
part of Kngland.
GENERAIj FUItlSIGN NEWS.
THE TURKS THINKING.
CONSTANTINOPLE , April 22 A protected
session of the council of ministers has recontlj
been hold to consider the propoiul of Koglant
for settlement of the Egyptian question. Tin
question of passage of tlio Dardanelles it
event of war was also considered , No deci
sion readied in either case ,
O'BRIEN AND THE PRINCE.
DUBLIN , April 22. Wm. O'Brien , inembei
of parliament for Mallow , county Cork , and
editor of United Ireland is going to London ,
dory to organiztya demonstration against the
Prince of Wales upon the occasiono f the lat-
tor'a visitthoro Saturday ,
TUB DEMONSTRATION FORBIDDEN.
DUBLIN , April 22. The justices of London
derry resolved to forbid tha counter demon
stration arranged to be held by the Notions
League next Saturday when the Prince o
Wales arrives there , '
AN AMERICAN LIBERAL.
LONDON , April 22. Andrew Carnegie , o
PitUburg , baa been invited in writing by th
committee of liberals to stand as the hbera
candidate in the coming parliamentary elcc
tion for the northeast division of Edinburg !
nnd contest the district against tha presen
liberal member for Rlpon , George G , Gosheo
WASHINGTON NOTE'S.
THE U , r , UAKB3 A PAYMENT.
WASHINGTON , April 23. The secretary c
the treasury rocelvnd from tbe Union 1'aolG
Rrilrokd company $910,701 , of which $633,54 ,
Is to ba applied to tha sinking fund account
and S-283.1G3 to the bond and interest acoean
in accordance with the awards made by th
court of claims and the computation ! tbereo
mada by the olfisers of the interior depart
ruent.
INFLUX Or ILLINOIS STATXBUEN ,
I'ha Washington K aningSUr says ! Thei
U quite an nrrsy of Illinult stateiinen in tb
city , Monti , Springer , Lawler and Worth
Iccrton , and a member of the legislature are
now hero , Townihend and Ward are ex
pected in a tew days. They lay they are
looking after the federal patronage of the
state but in reality they have moro than this
in view , They want to fix up some plan to
secure the election of a democratic tenator.
Morrison will not withdraw from the contest
to glvn place to another democrat until nil
democrats have voted for him and ho has
failed , and the democrats who me opposed to
him , are afraid to give him their vote for fear
ho should have n topnblican vote in reserve
and thus eecnra the election. When Towni-
hctid aud Wnrd airlvo a caucus will bo hold
hero to consider what is to bo dono. All ef
forts to Induce the president to take a hand
in the matter have failed , it is said.
APPRAISER AT NEW TORR.
It is understood that Lewis McMnllen was
to-day appointed appraiser at Now York ,
APPOINTMENTS.
The president to-day appointed Lewis Mo-
Mullen to be appraiser at tha port of New
York , vice A. P , Ketchum , suspended. Mr
McMuIlon waa nominated during the special
session offctho senate but no action was taken
on the nomination ,
Particulars of Prcst. iUrrlos Death.
SAN FRANCISCO , April 22. The Bulletin
will publlth this afternoon the following par
ticulars of the death of the Into President
Barrios , of Gautomala , obtained from L. B.
Parratto , Guatemala consul in this city , who
returned hero this morning from Guatemala !
The engagement in which President Barrios
was killed was between ono battalion of Gua
temala troops and a much larger body of San
S&lvadorians. At 0 a m. , Barrios gnvo the
order to attack , but at 10 o'clock no advance
movement bad been made , as the troops
wore under the command of an unpopular
colonel and refused to obey him. Barrios
was in his tent with two of his officers when
the information was brought him. On the
refusal of both these olficers to assume com
mand , ho left the tent , and it was while pro
ceeding to the front of the column that ho
was shot by a sharpshooter from n tree. The
bullet entered his right shoulder and passed
through his heart and out of the loft tide.
Meanwhile the b.itt'e had commenced.
in a short time both sides withdrew from the
battle field , but not until a determined and
successful effort was made to recover .Barrios'
body.Mrs
Mrs , Dairies , wifn of the lata president of
Guatemala , and seven children , are among
the passengers of the steamer Grenada , ju ° t
arrived from Panama. Her son , Antonio Bar
rios , arrived yesterday from the oast.
In the struggle for the recovery of his dead
body his ton Venaucio and hi > son-in-law
were killed. Before taking tha field against
Salvador , Barrios waited fur news from
United States Minister Hall concerning the
attitude of tbo United States. Cable dispatches -
patches were held back nnd only received by
mail nineteeen days after they were sent.
Mr. Parrott says if the cable bad been at San
Jose instead of at La Libert1 } , in Salvador ,
the result would have been different , as Bar-
rois would not have given battle. Barrios
had repeatedly said he would bo guided bf
the dispatches from the United States , but
none roachnd him. After waiting a long time
ho became exasperated and moved on the Sal-
vadorians. When tbo government voted to
erect a monument to Barrios' memory , and
Mrs Barrios was asked about it , she replied
that tha best monument the government
could raise would be a man who was equal 'to
the occasion and would carry out the plans of
Barrios. Mrs Barrios was accompanied to
this city by Senor Linibaldi , ex-vice presi
dent of Guatemala under Barrios. Business
in Guatamala is said to be completely demor
alised.
A Very Sick Man.
NEW YORK , April 21. Dr. Douglas said
said this morning there was no ill-effect from
Gen. Grant's exorcise , taken yesterday , un
less it was the added fatigue which prevented
profound sleep durinc- the early part of the
night. Neuralgic pains ore abated to-day
butthe _ trouble at the base of the tongue Is
at times the seat of greater or loss pain to the
patient. In conclusion , the _ doctor said the
general was on the whole improved to-day
though yet a very sick man.
At noon Gen. Grant and wife went to drive
in nn open carriage. The general looked
cheerful , and returned the salntes of by-
standers.
THE DOCTORS HOLD A CONSULTATION AND RE
PORT QBKAT IMPROVEMENT.
NEW YORK , April22. Drs. Barker , Shradj
and Douglas met in consultation at 2 o'clock
to-day. The general's throat waa examinee
by aid of electric light and waa found bettoi
than when last seen by Drs. Barker anc
Shindy on Sunday last. As Dr. Douglas WAI
leaving ho said in response to an Inquiry thai
the general experienced some pain during thi
examination of his throat , but otherwise hi
, had Buffered no moro pain to-day than yoater
, day. His throat was much improved excopl
at the main point. The patient was ttronfjei
and could eit moro nd with a greater desin
for food. Gen. Grant , said Dr. Douglas
was better nt present than that when ho tool
the last drive before the alarming symptomi
developed throa weeks ago last Sunday. Thi
next consultation , he Bald , would take placi
Sunday next. Dr. Douglas WAS of the opin
ion that Gen , Grant would not go out t <
walk this ifternoon , but the doctor had no
been gone twenty minutes when the gene'n
and CJoI. Grant left the house and walked t <
Madison a\ouuo. At the corner the genera
stood a few minutes and gaz d down th
avenue , and then slowly retraced his steps t
the house.
CHATTANOOGA , Tenn , April22. Amove
rnent is on foot in thin city to tender Gen
Grant the free use , durinp his convalescence
of a private hotel on Lookout Mountain i
sight of the scenes of the battles of Chic , '
mauga , Mission Ridge , Lookout Mountal
and Chattanooga.
Banquet to the Hon. Anthony M
Kloloy.
RICHMOND , Va. , April 22. A compline :
tary banquet was given , to-night to the Hot
Anthony M , ICieley , the new United Btat <
minister to Italy. There were present th
leading state and city officials. The governoi
mtyor and others responded to toasts nn
it Mr. Keiloy acknowledged in feeling tern
thocpmplimont paid him. Alter referring i
glowing terms to the growing Importance (
Italy , lie referred to the mooted question >
the position which be assumed years ago o
the question of the exclusion of the popefroi
the civil government of Rome ana sail d
"That petition was only a fundament )
axiom of public law , that invasion of the te
ritory of a peaceful neighbor , and the subvo
slon of his authority constitute a violation i
tha rights of that sovereign , and a blow i
the freedom of equality of the state which L
tha common law of nations are the essentia
fuudamental and universal attributes of
governments , Irrespective of age or s'ze ' i
piwer , In regard to that position I ha'
ho no qualification to make , no houi
could compensate mo for its abandonment ,
It Is true and right always. But another
proposition of public law is equally funda
mental , that the acquiescenio of people of an
invaded state in a change of sovereigns if , so
far [ as the world is concerned , the conclu
sion of the public question , and must deter
mine thereupon the judgment of all people. I
nm to-day , as are millions ol my countrymen ,
recognizing with tha fullest loyalty the au
thority of a government over my own state
founded on what I consider a gross and bloody
violation of public rights committed against
royfolf nnd them , but on authority fixe J and
unalterably securn in the acqulencenco of the
people , acquiescence which concludes tha
public judgment of the world. "
IOWA fcUl'IUiUE COUUT.
BTATE AUDITOR BROWN'S CASH THE GRAND
LODGE OF THE A. O. U. W.
DUBUQUE , April 22. State Auditor Brown'a
habeas corpus ciio : was argued before the supreme
premo coutt to-day. The decision will ba
given on Friday.
Tha cnso of the State ox rel. Graham vs.
Miller , appealed from the Blackhawk circuit
court , was reversed in the supreme court to
day. This was a suit brought by tin repre
sentatives of the Supreme A. 0. U. W lodge
to recover possession of the charter of the
Grand lodge of the A. O. U. W. of Iowa ,
Free Derby Day nt the Memphis
Jockey Club
MEMPHIS , April 22. Free Derby day.
Track heavy. First race Tennessee Derby ,
for 3-year-olds , 1J miles , Joe Cotton won by
four lengths , Freeman second , Colsus third ;
time , 2:42 : ? .
Second race Two-year-old colts , g of n
mile , Uncla Dan won , Jim Gray second ,
Portland third ; time , 1:00 }
Third race Mile and 100 yards , Virgie
Hoarno came in first , one length in front of
Fellowplay , but thn judges awarded the race
to Fellowplay , as Virgie Hearno collided with
him half way down the homestretch ; Virgie
Hearno second , Banana third ; time , 1:32 : } .
Fourth race Handicap hurdle , five hurdles ,
1 | milec , Atcolia won , P. Line second , Talley-
ruud thild ; time , 2 2lj.
Base Ball News.
THE CLEVELAND'S CATCHER ARRESTED.
CLEVELAND , April 22. The Cleveland baio
ball club , a member of the Western league ,
began the championship season with the
Toledos in this city lost Sunday , The law
and order people are opposed to Sunday bate
ball and had the catcher of the club , M , F.
Walker , arrested to-day. His will ba a test
cano. '
BALTIMORE , April 22. Baltimore , SjMetro-
politan , 4 , '
PHILADELPHIA , April 22. Athletic , 0 ;
Brooklyn. 3.
ST. Louis , April 22 , Cincinnati-St. Louis
rain ,
INDIANAPOLIS , April 22. Indianapolis , 11
Milwaukee , 3.
TOLEDO , April 22 Clevelands ; Toledos
3.
New Yorlt's Fallen Buildings.
NEW YoRk , April 22. The coroner's jury
In charge of tbo investigations into the cause
of the death of Walters , tbo man who was
killed by the fall of tha tenement house ] on
kixtysecond street some days ago , in ita ver
dict holds Chin. Buddemick , the owner , his
assistant , Franck , and Building Inspectors
Dailey and Macker responsible for Walters'
death , and asserts that Boddensick merits the
severest punishment that can ba inflicted , and
censures tha city building department for re
taining incompetent men , and urges legisla
tion to put the department of buildings under
the control of a single responsible head , ap
pointed by the mayor. The parties named in
the verdict will ba arrested and hold without
bail.
A Dashing Criminal.
CHICAGO , April 22. Detective Wlllian
Holloran to-day recognized in A. H. Law
rence , a prisoner at the central station
Adolph H. Kleokamp , a noted forger , big
amist and swindler generally. Ho Is alsc
known by the names of Sheldon and Cray ton
I1 He operated on many Atlantic steamships
and Is wanted In New York , San Francisco
Philadelphia , Los Angeles and Kansas City
besides in various other places , for bigamy
forgery and obtaining money by false pro
tenses. He is a handsome , dashing six
footer , is of slender buildtand wears n mous
tache. He was arrested a day or two ago fo
fighting with a companion in a street-car ,
G , A. R. of Iowa Annual Encamp
inent.
DAVKNPORT , la , April 22. The elevantl
annual encampment of the Grand Army o
the Republic for lown was held here to-day
Over 100 local posts are represented by abou
1,000 members. The meeting waa preside
over by Commander Miller , whose annual address
dross was presented. It showed the membei
ship in the state to bo 10,72) , a gain of 3,537
A resolution of sympathy to Gen. Grant wa
pasted by a rising vote , and nlao an expres
sion of congratulation on hi * improvement
This afternoon the entire body paid a visit t
the Rock Island arsenal by invitation of th
commandant. This evening a public recor.
tion was held in the opera house , whor
speeches were delivered and songs were sung
to
A Tennessee Town Annihilated b
D. Incendiary fire.
NASHVILLE , April22. Intelligence waa re
celvod to night that Perryvilla , a TennossE
in river town , in Decatur county , waa unnihi
lated last night by an Incendiary fire , starte
by n person seeking revenue on one of the Ic
habitants , The property lost embraced
large hotel , a warehouse full of valuable freigl
and many ; fine residences. Nothing remain
u. of the thriving little town but the debris i
falling ; buildings. The loss cannot now t
estimated , Purryvllle nas no telegraph coi
bo iHclioim ,
id Skating Itlnk Kvlle.
ns NEW YORK April 22. A stir was cause
in in certain circles in Brooklyn to day by tt
of announcement that Maud McAllister
of , age
an ID , had been married to William K. Darling
im 19 years , and Ellen Jones , 17 years , to Clia
: L. Peckham , JU years of ago. The tv
alr young fellows frequented skating rink
r- where they ; met the girls. Tha parents wi
rw institute divorce proceedings.
ot
at hocked "Whncll ,
by CINCINNATI , April 22 Tha Lewis Coc
manufacturing company , one ot the large
manufacturers of carriages aud buggies in tl
weit , assigned to-day , Liabilities estimate ;
at $200,00. ) ; auetv about tbe same.
NO MORE COERCION.
Secretary WHilney Notifies Commodore
Bnssellliat there Most lie
No Moro Coercion of the Vote of
the Employes
By the Foremen of the Mare Isl
and Navy Yards i
And that Ho Has Abundant Evi
dence that this Praotioo
Has Been Common in that Partic
ular Yard for Tears ,
Ho Will Apply a Very Effectual llom-
crJy to Stninp out Booh. Dis
graceful Proceedings.
COEUGUD VOTEIW.
SECRETARY. WHITNEY WILL BREAK OP THIS NE-
FAIUOUS PRACTICE AT MARE ISLAND NAVt
TARD.
WASHINGTON , April 22. Secretary Whit
ney has written the following letter to Om-
rnodore John II. Russcl , commander of the
Mare Island navy yard , relative to the coer
cion of the vote of that yard by the foreman
at the past elections : "Since assuming the
duties of this office my attention has been
called to the conduct of the ioroman of the
Mare Island navy yard in the elections in the
past years , particularly in 1882 , After reading
testimony in the contested election
case of Buck vs. Dudley , taken
in the fall of 1883 , there is
no doubt In my mind that the vote of the
yard was practically coerced and controlled
by the foreman , either with or without orders.
The men were obliged to take their ballots , in
a folded form , from a table presided ' over by
OHO or moro of the foremen , hold 'the ballot in
sight while walking to the poles ,
ono hundred feet distant , between
men stationed for the purpose of preventing
nuv change of ballots on their part , and the
ballot deposited without the voter having had
an opportunity to see or know Its contents , or
to excrciao any choice for whom he should
cast his billot. I find that the same foremen
; who conducted this proceeding are still at the
yard in various departments. Great com
, plaint is made to me of similar proceedings In
other years , but I hwo already sufficient of
this s worn' testimony to satisfy me that the
men who were engaged in that
, proceeding as foremen , and direct
ing and controlling It , should be i
cleared out of the yard In the intoreit of f
decent government , and if any similar pro
ceeding or anything like it , or any attempt to
coerce the vote of the yard , by the foreman or
superior officers should tak place hereafter ,
whether in the interest of the dominant party
' or otherwise , I will apply a similar remedy ,
Appointments in plaoj of persons discharged I
will be made temporarily , and upon trial of f
efficient men shall have been obtained , In
this connection I desire to Bay that the bureau
officers here complain greatly of the delays
and extraordinary expense required to do the
work at Mare Island yard , I ask your special 1
attention to these matters in the hope you
will co-operato-J'wlth mo in an effort
to bring the yard to greater efficiency
and to eliminate these objectionable features
from it.
THE FIRST COMFTROLLEB
having decided that the com
missioner of agriculture can legally
use the pleuro-pneumonia appropria
tion to pay for such animals as it may be
found necessary to kill in order to stamp out
, an infection , Commitsioner Ooleman has pro
cured a set of rales to govern the action ol
the department in this regard , and ha ? tele
graphed a copy of them to Governor Marrna-
duke , of Missouri , asking him to advise by
telegraph his acceptance of the plans and
methods prescribed therein. The rules will
be submitted to the executives of other states
: for acceptance.
SETTLED AV Jj < VST.
THK MARIE GARRISON SUIT AGAINST THE MIS
80UKI PACIFIC BAILWAY FOR § 5,000,000.
NEW YORK , April 21. The time-honorec
Marie-Garrison suit and all other suits attack
ing the title of the Missouri Pacific Railwa ;
, company to that part of its property whicl
was acquired by the foreclosure of tha old Pay
cifio railroad of Missouri have been fettled
The Mario-Garrison 55,000.000 was the prin
clpal ono of theoo suits , so far as the amoun' '
c'aimed by tbe plamtlifd is concerned nmHh
demands it has made on public attention
The papers were signed to-day , and seme o
the suits pending in the state of Missouri wil
be discontinued.
The amount paid by the defendants in th
several suits is about 31,000,000 , of whicl
Commodore 0. K. Garrison's estate pay
y 8500,000 , the Missiouri Pacific rail way abou
$250,000 , and the Atlantic & Pacifi j Railroai
company , which was tbe lessee of the oil
Pacific of Missouri , the rest. All the eult
are to be ditcantinuod without costs t
either side , and all the litigants are t
pay their own counsel fees. How tb
money received by the complainants , o
rather what is left of it after payinj
legal expenses , is to ba divided has not ueei
ht made public. To give a summary of any on
nsof of tbe Miita would require a paga or two of th
of Time ? . One of the counsel showed a printei
bon dlgeit or the litigation to-day. It was bigge
n- than the city directory. All of
TUB TROUBLE
v
grew out of the foreclosure of thn "thlr
mortgage" on the old Pacific railroa
ed of MiiBouri. Ono of tha counsel com
he puted that fully twenty-fiva separat J
ed actions had grown out of that purchase
edV The plaintiffs were security-holders i
V , the old company , the old company Itself , an
is. others who aiserted leina upon it. The lit :
is.wo cation began nina years otto. More tha
IS. forty lawyers have been at It. Among thai
ill were Senator Edmunds , lloscoe Oonkllnf
Matt Carpenter , ex.Uov. Henderson , of Mil
sourl , William Maxwell livarts , Joseph 1 !
( Jhoate , George F. Comitock , Henry L. Clii
ok ton , Gongresimau Broadheai , Judge John I
Dillon , who has handled tbe matter bet
9Bt upon the bench and the bar ; Get
ha Wager Swayne , Melville O. Day , ej
od Jiov , Chamberlain , of South Carolim
John E , Barrell , Clarence A. Stewart
Henry Crawford , of Chicago , nnd ns reiereo
in the Mnrlo-Garrlson tuit Prof. Theodore W ,
Dwight. It Is cstimntcd that the litigation
hai cost all around fully $600,000 , and prob
ably $700,000. The Marie-Garrison suit hat
been going on before n referee for A year or so
Two witnesses have been oxaminou , nnd the
referee hu boon enjoined three times.
On behalf of tha Missouri Pacific It was
snidi "Wo paid something , not bscaucs we
believed wo were legally obliged to , but wo
thought it worth while to get tnamatter out of
the way. There la now no cloud on our title
to the property. "
THK PUBLIC liANUS.
COMMISSIONER SPARKS1 ORDin RFV8INO TO
GRANT PATENTS TO SETTLORS SEVERELT CRIT
ICIZED.
Special Telegram to THE BEE.
WASHINGTON , April 22. Commissioner
Sparks' order suspending the issue of all land
patents , with a few exceptions , is likely to re *
suit in great hardships to homestead Battlers
and other honest claimant ! to the public
lands , and It is strongly doubted by good law
yers whether the order Is not in contraven
tion of the law. It is based oa the assump
tion that every man In seven territories , one
sUto and the greater part of three other
states who has taken up or may hereafter take
up n homestead claim is to bo regarded nnd
treated as a thief and a scoundrel until ono of
Commissioner Sparks' detectives shall have
found time to investigate his case and report
that ho Is honestly seeking under the law to
make n settlementton the public lands. Sin
gularly enough , this order does not affect any
southern or southwestern states , like Ala
bama , Florida , Mississippi , Louisiana and
Arkansas , In which there are larger
bodies of public laud . subject to
entry under the homestead and pre-emption
law , end the line which divides the ' 'suspect"
from the honest men is assumed to be geographical
graphical and political. Every southern
element Is to bo treated as though ha is honeit
and every western settler as though ha is a
rogue , under this order the wealthy speculator
or owner of land scrip may obtain patents lor
land promptly nnd without regard to quan
tity nnd the pries of landscrip of course will
be greatly enhanced , but the actual settler
who makes n claim under the homestead luw
and honestly fufills every requirement and
against the honesty and legality
of whose claim there is not
a shadow of suspicion , it
denied a tltlo to his homestead , ne may have
lived on and cultivated it continuously four
years and eleven months , before the order
was issued , but ho can receive no patent for
his land in the face of this order , because
there is a charge that some other settler ,
whose entry antrcodes his by only n single
day , has not fulfilled every requirement of
the law. The execution of this order will re
quire nn army of detectives and special agents
and years of time , daring which the honest
settlers will ba denied patents tha same as the
men who have defrauded or attempted to de
fraud the government.
"HOW CAN WE GET RID Of THE WOMEN ]
in these departments , " is a qnostion which
puzzles the den.ocratio reformers of the HIg-
Bins typo in Washington. It is certain that
no effort will be neglected to obtain a satis-
factory solution of this problem. In the
treasury department alone about 700 women
are employed ns clerks and copyists , and in
other departments enough more are found tc
make the aggregate number about 1,000.
The yearly salaries of a large number of those
women are under $1,200. The majority re
ceive from $720 to $1,000. These women ol
course are neither voters nor political workers
and most of them are the mothers
widows or other relatives of men whc
lost their lives in defense of the
union. There are hundreds of hungrj
and thirsty democrats , able-bodied man , thai
would be glad to have the places now filled b ]
these women , small as are the salaries affixec
to them. Already the cry is raised that tin
women owe their places solely to political in
fluence , that they are lazy and Insufficient
and dishonestly obtain loaves of absence or
account of pretended sickness. The fact i
that in proportion to the pay they receive thi |
women clerks in the government service an
as useful , valuable and efficient a
are the men who fill like post I
lions. Until the republican part
came into power few if any women weregivei >
places in the departments. The experjenc
of twenty-four years baa shown that the innc
- vntion adopted in the first administration o
President Lincoln , was a wise one. Any at
tempt by the Higginses to overturn what ha
become a firmly established policy , in orde
to make room for needy political workers
will not succeed without a severe struggle.
DISASTROUS FliOOD.
A WATER SrOUT CALAMITY" IN KANSAS. .
WianiTA , Ks. , April 22. A disastrou
flood occurred yesterday morning at JCingma
Kas. , which is supposed to be the result c
a water spout. About 0 o'clock the Ninnc
scab river began to rise at atromenduous rati
but little attention was paid to it , as th
preceding night was very rainy. The riv <
rose five feet In half an hour and in a ahoi >
time waa out of the banks , but still the pec
pie didn't fear particular damage , thinkin
the water couldn't rise much moro , but on
came and soon small buildings and sheds 1 >
gan moving , and almost instantly the who'
of South Main street was under a rut
of water which to > o houses from their foul
dations and sent them drifting across tt
street and on their way down the wild an
turbulent river , with families still in theu
screaming for help. The flood reached tl
floor of the bridge , which caused the water I
pour into the Riverside h uie , tha Inmati
fleeing to the north side. Fifteen dwellmj
were twept into the current , with mei
women and children in them , at tbo mercy i
the waters. The number drowned is ui
known , though four women and one man ai
known to have been lost , besides certain !
several children , The water soon began I
recede , and a meeting was called to look afti .
the destitute living and the bodies of tl
dead.
dead.WICHITA .
WICHITA , April 22 , A special to the Dai
rd Eagle from Medicine Lodge , recounts tl
id fearful results of yesterday to tbo reslden
on Medicine river of a cloud burst or wat
spout which seema to have been the seme 01
in that filled the Minnescah river to oveiflowln
The special says tbo water rolled down ov
the low lands east of Medicine Lodge Cit
m in a perpendicular wall five to twelve fe
high , carrying death iri its wake. Sever
whol "e families are known to ba drowne
Yesterday morning parties who hsd gone 01
to give relief found men , women and childri
with nothing on but their night clothes
protect there , and some wit lieu t anythii
whatever , clinging to trees bnt ttill ally
Three attempts were made to rescue the pi
ties beyond the river but each boat in tu
was swamped and tha occupan
nly saved themselves by swim-
nlng to trees. Only fire bodlei
md been received up to the hour of writing
f the disputed. Another body was in light
mt could not be retched. There were eight
movers' w g ns carrplng in the bottoms and
mo old mau has recognized the bodies of
hree of his family. Ills wife and two child-
en , James Gibbs nud his daughter nnd niece
roro washed away with tholrfl home , A
ilrs. Harris and her little girl. 11 years old ,
were found drowned. G. W. IPaddock and
amily , consisting of wife nnd four children ,
ire thought tn ba nil drowned , Frank Ship-
tier put his wif omul child on the roof nud
ils houie wont down. Ho waa knocked off
> y a projecting limb and swam ashore , several
miles below , but of the fata of his wife nnd
ihild nothing Is known.
TllEABUllRU AVYMAN RESIGNS.
UPORTANT POSITIONS TENDERED HIM IN
OMAHA.
WASHINGTON , April 22 Hon. A. M. Wy-
man , treasurer of the Unitad States , tendered
its resignation , to take effect May 1st. The
resignation was tendered April 3d , through
4io secretary of the troamry , but the nn
nouncomont had lieen withhold nt the request
of Secretary Manning , who accepted the same
to-day on behalf of the president. The tccro
tary expresses confidence In Wyman nnd ro-
gretn his retirement , which ia entirely volun
tnry. Mr. Wyman has lately been
elected * ; president of the Omaha
National bank and Is also to
bavo charge of an important trust
company recently established in the same
city. Those positions he wishes to assume as
early as possible nnd ban heen waiting , the
resigdation of his successor in order to do ro.
Mr. 0. N , _ Datan , . formerly cashier of the
Third National bank of Now York , was to
day appointed treasurer in placa of Wyman
and ii now present In the city preparing to
assume the duties of the office ,
QMr. Wyman entered the treasury bureau in
1803 as a $1,200 clerk , and since that time has
been successively promoted in grade throngh
nil Its offices including cashier and assistant
treasurer until 1878 , when Lo waiappointed
treasurer to succeed Mr. New. Ho only re
mained in the office about a year when he was
compelled by reason of ill health to relinquish
It for the Inss arduous duties of assistan
treasurer. In April , 18S3 , ho was again np
pointed treasurer to succeed Mr. Gilfillan and
has served faithfully and efficiently in tha
capacity over riuce.
BtYSR
THE CLEVELANDB DEFEAT THE TOLEDOS IN TH
FOURTH GAME.
Special Telegram , to THE BEB.
TOLEDO , April 22. The fourth frrme , of the
series between the Tolodos and Clovelands
was won to-day by tbo latter , after n warm
and exciting contest , the winning run being
given them on a doubtful decision of the um
pire in the sixth inning. Tee Toledos did
poorly with the stick , scattering four bits
through tbo game. The Clovelands did little
-
better , but found St&inmover a hard man ,
"citing but seven hits , while ho truck out tbe
> me number. The told work of both nines
as of the best kind , and the base-running of
IB Olevelands clover and effective. The bat-
o erics wore D eagle and Sommers for Clevo-
. tnd and Steinmeyer and Cook for Toledo ,
'allowing is the ecore :
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'olodo ' 0 00102000-3
Cleveland 2 10001000 4
, Earned runs-Cleveland 1. Base hita To-
edo 4 , Glevtland G. Errors Toledo 3 , Clove-
and 2.
THK ILLINOIS
SPRINGFIELD , April 22. In the house this
morning Kimbrough introduced n bill appro-
dating $10,000 to tha Woman's hospital of
it Chicago. Road the first time. West's reeo-
n
Is ution , providing for afternoon sessions , was
IsQ
Q adopted. It is for the reading of bills the
rea econd time. Cronkrite called up the bill
\a
aI j pproprl ting 330,000 to pay employes of the
louse. Passed. A bill providing for in-
n ; ireasing the lowest penalty for burglary in
30 , he night time from one to five years , and not
0- exceeding twenty years , passed. In the joint
0of assembly 43 senators and 155 representatives
oft. mswered , fihoptor voted for L. L , Logan , of
Toledo , 111. Adjourned. Thi house took a
, recess to 2:30 : , In the sonata a communication
was read from Fred Grant , thanking the leg-
' slature for the kindly sentiments expressed
loma time
"WINNIPEG.
MIDDLETON REPORTS ALL WELL AT BATTLEFOBB
WINNIPEG. April 22. The government tel
egraph line was repaired this afternoon anc
of communication with the west restored.A
message from Battlefordsays : "Five mounted
policemen arrived hereto-day from Fort Pitt
They report that in the attack by the Indiani
ono policeman was killed and ono wounded
rt All other occupants of the post , including
Hudson Bay aud Factor McLean and family
have taken refuge in n camp of friendly In
ng dians near the post , " Clark's Crossing message
sago says that no movements have been made
Middleton reports all well.
DlHustroua Flro at AVhoaton Illinois
sh
in CHICAGO , April 22 , News roaches hero o
a disastrous fire raging at Wheaton , twenty-
four miles west of this city on the North
inh western road , county seat of Du Page county
Tbe entire block north of the railroad dope
to is burned and the court home and othe
buildingH are threatened. The fire was ag
gravated by n high wind and numerous wood
ino en buildings. A fire steamer bas just beei
o dispatched from this city by special train.
inro The flro was brought under control afto
ro the destruction of
seven buildings occuplei
by business firms , whose stocks were remavoi
in time ta escape burning. The total lot
will not exceed $20,000. ; Insurance 85,000.
. The "Wentlior ,
WASHINGTON 22. For the
h , April uppc
hit Mississippi Valley Fair weatherin tbonortti
te ern portion ; local showers and partly cloud ;
weather in southern portion ; variable winds
slightly cooler in southern portion ; nearl
stationary temperatur * in northern portion.
For tbe Missouri Valley Generally fal
weather ; northerly winds , becoming vuriabl
and nearly stationary , followed in Uie north
ern portion by a tllgbt fall In temperature ,
Poly nmoua Mormon H Arr cited ,
SALT LAKE , Utah , April 22. S. W , Smltl b
nophew.of Joicph Smith , tbe So-called Moi
mon prophet , was arrested hero to-day for ui
lawful cohabitation. E. D. Davis , of th
iru i diitrlct , and Bishop Stewartof Malad , Idab <
its I were blso arrested on the saint charge.
A"WAITINC"MABKET
Th8 Das's ' Hartet Was ta "
One in FFery Sense ,
The War News Oauson Many
Fluctuations in Wheat ,
Corn Trading Was Fair , With
.Tendency to Higher Prices. . '
Oattlo Receipts Largo and Trade ,
Bather Slim , '
The Hog Market .Was a Shade
Stronger ,
Tlicro TVnB Only n Moilornto Alovo *
iiiont lit Provision * , with Prices
Generally Steruly nucl Finn.
CHICAGO MAUKETS.
Special telegram to the BEE.
CHICAGO , April 22. To-day's market waa a
"waiting" ono in every sense. After the
heavy closing of last evening , duo to disbelief
In the character of the war news , there was a
sharp opening [ this morning , owing to the
radical view that war was approaching and
very likely to occur. This was confirmed by
another great depression in consols. Prices
for
WHEAT
nd\ancod fully 1J cents over the closing of
yesterday , with Juno touching 93c , but from
that p.int the market foil back under rather
Heavy offerings to OOJc , roec to Olio , nnd receded
ceded to Olc. Tboru was very little move
ment after thi ? , but the prevailing tone was
firm , and the market rose once or twice close
to the top prices of the morning , but in the
absence of any definite foreign news there waa
a disinclination to force _ the market
in cither direction. Receipts continue
small. The weather was favorable in the
west for growing crop * , but tha general tenor
of the dispatches relating to the crop outlook
was discouraging. There was n strong feel
ing during the most of the afternoon session ,
but the market finally fell off to medium fig
ures , closing a cent higher than yesterday.
There was only a fair amount of trtding in
CORN
with a tendency towards higher prices , tbe
market closing Jo over yostoidsy. ' The re
ceipts of
OATS
show u falling off nud with n fair demand
prices ruled firm during the day , closing
somewhat higher. There was only a moder
ate movement in
PROVISIONS
with prices generally steady and firm.
CATTLE.
The receipts were rather larger than antici
pated , and trade in n general way was some
what slow , with prices on the ordinary run of
shipping and drestcd beef steers barely steady
as compared with yesterday. There wore but
few shippers on the market. Butchers' stock
was m active demand and steady. The sud
den up-turu of 15(325c ( on stockers nnd feeders
has somewhat checked the demand , although
there are n largo number of countrymen on
the market , but they are unwilling to pay
current rates. The receipts of stackers and
feeders are not so heavy but what they can betaken
taken care of by the yard speculators , and the
chances are that prices will not go back
to any great extent during the
balance of the week. Shipping grades 1050
to 1200 pounds , $4 00ft B15 ; 1250 to 1350
pounds $5 20@5 30 ; 1100 to 1 COO pounds ,
36 40@6 70 : butchers , ? 2 50@4 GO ; bulk , S3 25
@ 3 75 ; stockers and feeders , $3 60@4 CO.
noes.
There was nn active demand to the finish
and in a general way tbe market was a shade
strongerwith here and there a sale at n nicklo
advance. Rough and common packers were
selling at $4 30@4 EO and fair to good S4 60@
4 GO , with best assorted heavy at $1 C5@l 70 ;
light , 1(30 ( to 1100 pounds , § 135 ® 170.
English Kfidloallmii.
I am continually being listed , says Labou-
, chore , whether I know of some eound radical
ready to contest ono or other of the metro
politan districts , for in many of them tbo
candidates who have come forward do not np-
pear to command radical confidence. What
the radicals should do is this : They should
frame cartalu test questions , and decline to
vote for any candidate who is not prepared :
to support them. The replies , however ,
should ba distinct , otherwise candidates when
elected will shirk out of them. I would tug-
gest the following :
1. Will you vote for disendowmont and dis
establishment of the Church of Kngland ?
2. For the abolition of U hereditary right
to legislate ?
3. For n progressive Income tax and succes
sion duty ?
1. For elected county boarrti ?
5. For the appointment of magistrates by
the county boards ?
( i For air. Broadhurst's bill in regard to
leano-holdr ?
7. For throwing the official cofts of elections
; on tbo rate ? , and for the induction of all out
lay bv a ondidato to a maximum f . 100 ?
8 , For tbo payment of members ?
' . ) . For any bill limiting the number of acres
allowed to baheld by one Individual , establish
ing a court , c a In Ireland , which would fix
rents , securing lixity of tenure to the tenant ,
abolishing the pumo laws , securing to all agri
cultural laborers n field with tliolr , cottages ,
simplifying the transfer of lund , and , by means
of enforced registration of titles , , nutting
end to the enormous profits of lawyers
such transfers ?
10. Against any further grnntn of
money to members of the royal family ?
11. For free education ?
A NEWSl'APKll IIT\V.
FRANCE ON ENGLAND'S T1UIL.
PARIH , April 2i. JournaliIJsn Dobais lays
this morning in regard to Gladstone's state
ment avowing responsibility , for tho. suppres
sion 'of the Bosphoro Emrntlen , that Franco
must now look to England tor roUiwia , Wo
will maintain our rlghu , and , do not lack
, ntnple means to do BO , fit U stateJ hero that
the French fleet has been got in iodineaa for
n- the purpose of making naval demonstration
ils on Alexandrla.to force oomplUneo with the
10 , demand of Franco for the rehabilitation ot
the suppressed newspaper. )
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