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t . y- < " * T > " > * < " " THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. , MONDAY MOKN1NG , MAY 11 , 1885. NO. 22 RUSSIA TRIUMPHS. Light Thrown Upon the Arbilration Negotiations , Gladstone and Qranvillo Defeated at Every Point ! the British Policy Be coming General on. the Bails That It la a Clear Defeat. TUE AFGHAN COMPLICATION , REVEALED BT THI CZAR. Spiclal Telegram to The BEE. LONDON , May 10. Not till to-day have the English pnbllo boon allowed to know what the arbitration agreement with Russia really meant. Gladstone announced It to the houioof commons on Monday in terms so ambiguous that Sir Stafford Northcoto imme diately asked what was the precise point to bo referred to the arbitrator. There was no anawer from Gladstone. The answer now ar rives from St. Petersburg. Russia evidently thinks that it is for her Interest to make known the terms ot settlement which Glad stone thought it for hia interest to conceal as * long as possible. The czar calmly announces that Komaroff acted in entire accordance with his instructions , and that ho was not forbidden to advance , but only forbidden to occupy Penjdeh , Russia , therefore , takes upon herself the entire responsibility for Komaroff'a action , but since the British c bl- ' not thinks that the Ruisian cabinet ought , according to tbo agreement , to have ordered Komaroff to abstain from attaclr , Russia Is willing to submit the Interpretation of agree ment to an arbitrator. In the meantime , negotiations respecting tbo frontier have been resumed. The Ruislans remain tn possession t\jo \ territory they occupied pot.ding the delib eration , The St. Petersburg and the MOB cow papers all the week have been saying that arbitration la a comedy. Wo now ate who looks comic to them. Ktoff re marks in the Moscow Gazette that arbitration Is simply a respectable means of closing tbo Incident to which Russit assented in order to fiud au honorable Issue for Gladstone out of his difficulties , in con sideration of his feelings and former policj toward Ruisia. The continental press though puzzled to know what the arbitration meant , took a similar view. The Berlin aue. the Paris press argued that England hac given way. Vienna , the ono European cap ! tal , except perhaps Rome , which hitherto hai shown a spirit friendly to England , regardoc this agreement as a surrender. Every bed ] rejoices over the prospect of peace. Fe ir seen to regret that It has been obtained by wba they regard as a humiliation for England. ENGLISH HOSTILITY. The feeling in England , at first one of perplexity ploxity , is daily hardening Into hostility am anxiety about the ultimate renult of peace oh tainsd In this singular manner. Lord Ran dolph Churchill at once struck the key-not for his own party , denouncing the action o the ministry asa base and cowardly Burrondei Others employ less violent epithets but dis like the policy adopted , the radicals am purely ministerial liberals oxceptod. RUSSIA'S VICTORY. Russia , in fact , scores every point In th game. While pretending to negotiate eh occupies the debated territory. Pledg ing herself on March 1C not t advance , and declaring that she had orderei her generals to avoid a conflict , she let lees Kqmarof and slaughtered the Afghans. Re quired to apologize , the refused. Asked t arbitrate on the Penjden incident , eha he consented to refer , nut thol'enjjeh incident but the Interpretation of the agreemeni Such reference can have no practical resul' ' It cannot deprive her of one foe of territory nor disturb th immense prestige she hits won I Asia and also in Enropo , She refusei ( pledge herself not to abvance tn Herat e beyond the frontier , now to ba drawn almoi exactly on Lossar'a line. No doubt thera dismay In India and disgust in England. LUMSDEN'S RECALL. The recall of Sir Peter Lumsden , thong probably not demanded by Russia , Is su to ba considered In Asia ai 01 more visible token of Russii triumph. It is not less a triumph becau won by flagrant perfidy nor ia imraedu peaca yet quite certain or permanent pea probable. What England gams is a reprlov what Russia gains beside * everything else , time to complete the railways to the iroutit REVIEW OP THE WEEK. TUB OLD WORLD'S EVENTS. LONDON , May 9. The anglo-Russian si uation coutlnuoa to be enveloped in a cloud uncertainty. It is absolutely impossible predict what a day may bring forth. 1 sooner had the people begun to be recoucil to the Idea of the submission of the difilcul to arbitration than reports began to previ questioning the probability of there being a : arbitration. The average Englishman fin it dill'uult to disabuse himself of the feel ! that , whatever Mr. Gladstone and Ei Granville may say to the contrary , the Ri slan diplomatists are getting the better the British. Every delay In the nrgotlatio has rodputod Co Russia's advantage. Whi thu ministers have boon talking the Rustt -v railway has been actively punhed toward t Afghan frontier and Russian troops ha seized the combatiblo territory , These i the facts and the uvorago Briton grows Imj tient when an attempt Is made to belit their importance or to obaeuro them with cloud of word * . TUB TIISSENT SITUATION , The position of affairs to-night is so I volvod in uncertainty and doubt as to crei ft general feeling of Insecurity. The feell that the proponed arbitration Ii likely to f through gaiua weight from the announceme made to-day that there la likely to bo cons erahle delay iu preparing the preliminary e tails. There is no denying that tl nnouacomout la received by many petoi with a smile. The delay , it ia salJ , will ntceuary in order to allow the cablneta of I twocouutriea to come to a decision upon I precise ) points to be submitted to arbltratli The aatno pojpla profess to think that t process of arriving at n preliminary und standing will beuo fruitful a source of del that the chanoe of arbitration taking pi at all arp decidedly slight. The cabinets , , in thought , may find theiaielves at much tea in deciding wh t shall ba submitted I Arbitration ai they were In trying to come ) en understanding In regard to the orlgl difficulty. It Ii humorously suggested th they may bo obliged to r ort to prolitnini arbitration tn order to determine what shall bo submitted to arbitration. THE HOIIOROCS VIEW The potsibilities of this sort of diplomacy open up a rich field to imaginative statesman , This view of the situation gives additional likelihood when one considers tbo latett ex chaogo of views that has taken place between Earl Granville , secretary ot state for foreign affairs , and Btron Do Stael , the Russian min ister. Between these diplomats differences of opinion about luch nrlmary questions as the ecopo of the proposed arbitration and the inno of delimitation , still remain nnsotttled. Whether their divergent views can bo recon ciled and a common standpoint reached from which to consider the main question la by no means certain. DB HTAII.'S PROPOSITION. Baron De Staol has proposed that tbo scheme of arbitration shall ba abandoned in cose the comparison of evidence regarding the Penjdeh incident saall be found to Butaiu Russia' * interpretation of the agreement of March 17. Eul Granville Is Inclined to accedato this proposition , but only on condi tion that Russia will grant a defincu { treaty in which she shall pledge herself not to make any advance into Afghanistan. There is lit tle likelihood that Uussia would m ko any such treaty as Earl Granville suggests. RUSSIA'S OBJECTIVE POINT. There U increasing reason to believe that the possession of Penjdeh has whetted the appetite of the voracious Russian bear and that nothlne but Herat will long appnaso ita cravings. Russians hero in London , who are on terms of intimacy with the officials of tha Russian embassy , do not hosifato to declare openly that Russia Intends to take Herat , They assort th t it will bo an easy matter to obtain tha assent of the ameer to a Russian occupation , and they declare that no treaty which should propose to forbid such action on the port of Russia would have any binding effect. When the opportunity comes or is made to seize Herat , Herat will be seized , no matter what the treaty stipulations may bo. This opportunity ia not likely to como immediately they think , and Russia , they own , will for the present make no advance beyond the line of the frontier which shall bo agreed upon in the coming negotiations at London , They Bay further that Russia ( lost not contemplate in tervening In the affairs of Herat of her own accord , but that when the local tribes , to * pother with the Heratls , shall ask for the protection of the czar , Russia is bound to incorporate them in her dominions. "SOLICITING" THE CZAR'S AID. Englishman familiar with the annexation ol Merv think they understand what Rustiam mean when they speak of local tribes ' 'asking' the protection of the czar. There is a ihrov J suspicion afloat that the importunate nskitif for protection by the Mervu , which the czai had no heart to withstand , was not rjuite proprio mutu. These expressions of opinlor and belief on the part of Russians who bavi access to the Russian embassy are a fair reflaj of the tone of Baron De Staels recent com munioationa to Earl Granville The practi cal upshot of the whole matter is that Russli refuses to enter into a treaty fixlnf definite limit to her territory and bindiuf her to a maintenance of a frontie so fixed unices the rule of the amee shall be so firmly kept within the line of the frontier that all tribal disturbances will bi promptly repressed , collisions between tin Saruks and tha Afghans prevented , one order in Herat preserved. QRANVILLE'S POSITION WEAKENED. The diplomatic position of Earl Granvlll has been weakened by recent advices fron Lord DufTerin , viceroy of India , on th present state of affairs In Afghanistan , Th advices make it clear that the Afghans ar not quite as enthusiastic in their devotion t the British cause as the declarations c Aburrahman , at Riwal Pindi might lea ono tn suppose. British agents who have beei accompanying tha Ameer to Cabul have reported ported to Earl DufTerin that a fierce dlscor tent prevails among tbo tribal chiefs owing t the rumors that the ameer had given rancttoi to the marching of the British through Canda liar in case war should occur on the Afgha frontier between England and Russia. Th chiefs put no credence in the amoor'a positiv denial , and are loud and earnest In their de nunciation of his supposed action , ORGANIZING DISCONTENT. Another source of disturbance is furnish e by the emissaries of Ayoub Khan , the depose . ruler at Herat , who is now In exile at Tehera * and was recently cast into prison at the in stance of the British minister to prevent hi contemplated escape to his own people. Th omlssarlei are actively engaged In working I his interest among the people between Balk re and Herat. It is not improbable that the , no are in the pay of Russia. At any rate the non aio carrying on contmnous Russian prop : ISO ganda. They promise the people that .to Ayoub be restored to power the Russians wi ce guarantee Independence and freedom froi e. the tributes now levied by Abdurdhman. e.is A SIGNAL OF REVOLT sir. Friends of Abdurrahman , at Samarcand , hai informed him that ttie advance of the Britli beyond Quetti would be the signal for a RO : oral revolt of Balkbs in favor ot Ayoub. Th movement , they assure him , would at om Itof receive material assistance from Russian of These advices and others of a similar natu to clearly indicate that the advance of the Bri Seed ish b youd Gindabar would probably bo in poss.ble without engaging in a combat wi ed the Afghans. This probability of realatan Ity on the part of their supposed allies makes tl ail problem of a possible advance throug h A uy ghtmidtan much more serious than has hi ither ids bean suggested , ng INjatJKNOE GREAT. arl Earl Dafforln's report on the Afghan situ asof tlon U exercising a potent influence on tl action of the government. The rumors cu ins ile rent early In the week that Earl Dnfferln hi resigned his post bocinao of his inability nn .ho agree with the government'1) policy had ab : lutely no foundation. The viceroy Is in coi plete accord with the government , except th ire he recommends the construction of a rallw patio to Caudahar and the erection there of etro fortifications , which should serve as the fii Hue of out works for the defense of India. 1'CBLIC oriNION IN INDIA. In. Public opinion In India among the Engll ate and the native commutes regarding the pi ject of peace is by no means uniform. T ' military and the civil oflicera are disappoint ; snt at the turn affairs have taken and continue Id- clamor for war. Tridlng centres , howev de such as Bombay , "and Calcutta , and iladr , bts hall view the prospect of peace with expri ulons of grateful relief. pie be WAU PREPARATIONS 00 ON , the There ore next to no signs of any relaxati the either In England or India of preparations I on. war. The action of the plenary cabinet cot on.his his eel this afternoon in directing a cancellitl ler- of tha orders providing for the dispatch lay 20,000 troops to India is thought by some ( iCO be significant of a purpose to curtail the v it measures , but the assurance is given that < at war programme will ba maintained ui to some definite settlement of thu difficulty to reached by the two countries. It is estlma' nal that more than 5,000,000 has already bi atry spent by the government in strengthen : ry the naval and military equipments. RATES RESTORED. Western Bailroafls Finn a MM for Readjustment , A Basis Formed on Omaha and Sti Paul Bnsiness > Potter's I'lun Adopted Five Now Pools to bo Organized The Bur lington Opposes VInlnp. THE PIPE OP PEACE. FRBiairr HATES RESTORED. Spoclal Telegram to The BEE. CHICAGO , May 10. The general managers of western and northwestern roads have at last coma to an agreement for the settlement of their difficulties , and the rates In effect previous to the recent demoralization will bo charged wain hereafter , orders having been issued by all the lines yesterday afternoon to restore the regular tariff rates to-morrow morning from Chicago and common points to Minneapolis , St , Paul Mlnnoosoti transfer Stlllwater , Council Bluffs , Omaha , Cedar Rapids , Duluth , Ottumwa , Dos Molnoo , Clin ton , Fulton , Lyons , Davenport , Hock Island , Marlon , Moliue and all other points to which rates had been cut , When the managers met for the fifth day's work yesterday morning they proceeded at ones tea a discussion of the vexed question of "milling In transit" between St , Paul and Minneapo lis and Chicago. The St. Paul road which had strongly opposed the demands of the other lines in the Northwestern traffic associ ation , to pool this business , made a conces sion and Btlll came forth the victor , for an agreement was soon entered Into whereby this business will be placed into a separate pool to date trom April , 1833 , and to continue until the expiration of the Northwestern traffic ntcociation on Aurll 1 , 1886 , with the utual period allotted to notice * of withdrawal. The business done prior to April 1 , 1885 ia not to bo recorded or taken into account when the percentages are prepared. According to this arrangement the St. Paul road will receive about 75 per cent of the business. As soon as his matter was disposed of , it was easy to dispose of that poiticn of the business going via Omaha , The plan announced yesterday morning waa adopted , to remain in force until Dec. 31 , 18SC with six months' notice of with drawal after that time. It was further decided to restore all ratee to the old basis to-morrow morning and tc meet again next Wedm sday morning at the same place for the tettlement of the details. At that time it is expecttd that the formal agreement will have been drawn up ready foi the signature of all the linos. It will then be decided whether a commissioner or a joinl agent will be appointed It is understood thai all the interested officials favor the electlot of E. P. Vfnlug as commissioner of the new Missouri River Traffic association excepting President 0. E. Perking , of the Bnrlingtor road , who has other vionrs. Nevertheless it ii believed Vlning will secure the position. The new rates , to go into effect from Ohicagt to-morrow morning , are oa follow * : Tc Omaha , third elate , COc ; to St. Paul , 30c to Omaha , fourth class , 35o ; to St. Paul , 20c to Omaha , fifth class , 30c ; to St Paul , 15c to Omaha , class A , 2ic ; to St. Paul , 20c ; ti Omaha , class B , 23Jc ; to St. Paul , 17Jc ; b Omaha , class C , 23c ; at. Paul , 15c ; to Omaha class D , 23o ; to St. Paul , 12Jc. Before the agreements can be signed nrbi tratnra , to fix the percentages for the Neb n raaka cattle pool and the Omaha and Counci Bluffs pool will have to be selected , and i coitmlesionor or joint agent will buve to b chosen. So long as agreements have not beei completed and signed there is still a chanc for further difficulties , as some of the road may not be so peacefully Inclined next Wed needay and may reconsider the action alread ; d taken by them , Tiie managers , however or n of the opinion that the agreements will stick i- and that the wars nro over for the present. ijj [ jj By Associated Press. n OUICAOO , III. , May 10 , The sessions c the general managers of the western trun y lines which have been in progress here sine last Monday were concluded yesterday in th adoption in the adoption of the planrroposo by Vice-President Potter , of the Burlingtor Tha agreement recognizes the tripartite road as one line of four roods In a combination t decide upon the per centagea to be allotte each on business turned over to them , Tl ; agreement providea for five distinct pools I cover all business east and west of the Mil souri river passing over the Union Paclf road. The five pools are to be embraced I what shall bo known as the western freigl association. The first pool is to embrace the Nebrasl to and Wyoming cattle traffic in which the pei centagea are to be settled by arbitration. Tt th territory west of Jnlesburg on the Union Pi clficroad is to be considered neutral territory CO and nil business east west ia ho or to bo poole between the five roada .f- equally touchin .fto Omaha. Tbla Is t > form the second pee The third pool embraces tha territory betwee Julesburc and Omaha. The Burlington an the Northwestern are to have a percentage i the trtffio originating or going to stations b heir tween these two polnta , but are to consent I irad a shrinkage of what they consider their fa ad proportion. It Is understood that tbo tr to partite roads get 75 per cent and the Bui SO'm llngton and Northwestern 25 per cent betwet m- them , tat The fourth pool is to cover all competlti * ay business of the Union Pacific , the Burlingti ng & Missouri , and the Northwestern In Nebrai rst ka. The Chicago , Burlington & Qaincy Is take ita allotment of traffic out via PJatl mouth. The Northwestern takes the Burlin ' Ish ton & Missouri proportion out via Blair ai ro- the Union Pacific's proportion out vlaOmah 'he there to bo shared by the tripartite lines ai ed the Burlington. to Tha fifth pool is to embrace Omaha ni er , Council Bluffs local business , the percenta as. to be settled by arbitration. ea- The pools are to run until December i 1880 , and then ba subject to six months' noti of the intention of a road to sever ita relatio A meeting will be held next Wodnesda lon when a commissioner and three special arl for trators will be named. The agreement is in- enter into effect on May 15 and rates am Ion be restored on next Monday The agreeing of provides that the Uulon Pacifio shall atfo to the and Burlington the Northwestern roa yar the same facilities for through billing that the glvea to the tripartite lines. atil Roads in the Central Iowa traffic associ Is tion , covering competitive business in lo ted and Minnesota agreed to continue the nee een ciatlcn and rates are to bo restored next Me Ing day. All busiaeis is to ba reported at tral [ rates that baa been taken during the prose dlnaitrouft rate war. The association Is to run for the same period named for the western pools. AFII3K SOFT PLACES. LELAHD STANFORD AND OTHERS BCHKIUKQ TO im-ESTABL'BH THE SONS OP GEN. GRANT. Special Telegram to The DEE. WASHINGTON , May 10. A confidential friend of the Grant family tolls something of the plan suggested by Senator Leland Stan ford , of California , through which the younger Grants ore to rtaumo the broker and banking business in Now York and San Franclico this fall. The difficulty was to contrive lomo means to prevent the ! capital from falling Into tbo hands of Ward's and Grant's creditors and thus being swallowed np. Alter much consultation of lawyers a device has been framed that will prevent teia , and allow these young men to cam an honest living without any tear that they maybe bo compelled to pay a swindler's debts Their experience , says this gentleman , his been of so terrible ft character that nil foolishness Is knocked completely out of them , and they will ba moro than pleased If they can earn § 4,000 or 55,000 a year. Tbo correspondents Informant says ho has reason to believe that Clnveland will appoint Fred Grant either assistant quartermaster or commissary in the army when the next va cancy occurs , and , furtnor , that Oonkling and other friends of Grant either have aiked or will ask this much of a democratic president. "Buck" Giant has boon able to live pretty well since the failure bicauso of his wife's fortune , which ia her own nnd could not be touched for her husband's debts , but Fred baa really been poor , and but for , bis brother-in-law , Potter Palmer , of Chicago , undone or two other friends , ho.would have known positive want. He doslrei above all things to get back into the irmy , and recalls his regimental and cadetshippxperiencoas the happiest days he has ever known , Gen. Sherman , says the authority above named has been very anxious for , tha son of hia old friend nnd will aid in any necessary way to have him appointed , as will many others of the old officers of the army wsthout regard to political predilection , TEATS FOR , THE FAITHFUJj. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND APPOINTS THE SUCCESS ORS OF MANY WHO HAVE "DESIGNED. " WABHINOION , May 0. The president yes terday made the following appointments : Visitors to the United States military academy The Hon. John Blgelow , of New York ; Charles R. Cadman , of Massachusetts ; Gen. Fitz Hugh Leo , of Virginia ; tbo Hon. George Hoadley , of Ohio ; James C. Tappan , of Arkansas ; Prof. EdwardS. Holden , of Wisconsin ; Goorcro L. Miller , of Nebraska. Lewis C. Bartlett , of Blnghamton , New York , to bo second deputy commissioner of pensions , vice N. P. Love - ridge , resigned ; Arthur D. Bissell of New York , to bo collector of customs for the dis trict of Buffalo creek , New York ; A. M. Kulm of Indiana , to be surveyor of customs for the port of Indianapolis ; Hamilton 0. Jones of North Carolina , to be United States district attorney for the western dis trict of North Carolin ; William A Leavy of Loulsianna , to bo minister resident and con sul general to the United States of Bolivia. To be consul gonerala of tbo United States : Ephriam B. Ewlneof Missouri , at the City of Mexico ; H. Olay Armstrong of Ala bama , at Rio de Janicro. To be consuls of the United States , Gustavus Lucke , of Now Hampshire , at Sherbrooke , Canada ; Peter Htaub. of Tennessee , at St. Gnlle ; Henry M. Keim , of Pennsylvania , at Gharlotttown , P. E I. ; John M. atrong , of New York , at Belleville. Canada ; Alexander Pertrand , ol New York , at St. Johns , Quebec ; L. M , Minnie , of Michigan , at Fort Sarnac. John H. Oherly , of Illinois , to bo Indian school superintendent , vice James M , Haworth , do- ceased. BURROUGHS' RESIGNATION BEQCEBTBD. Secretary Manning to-day requested thi resignation of Col. T. N. Burroughs , of thi bureau of engraving and printing. E. 0. Graves , assistant treasurer of the Unitec States , boa been appointed to fill the va cancy. GHKATLY IMPROVED. GENERAL GRANT WALKS EBISKLT TO MADIS01 AAEKUE AND RETURNS. NEW YORK , May 10. Gen. Grant slep fully seven hours Saturday night and whei bis doctors met In consultation this afternooi they found his general condition was , if any thing , improved , but that tba cancerous spot were uncnongod. Dr. Barker sails fo Europe this week and this was his last consul tatlon before going. When about to leave h bid the general good bye and said. "When ' . come back In tha autumn I shall expect t find your literary work finished to your aatU faction. " "Yon don't ' expect to find me , though , d you ? " eaid the general. ' I shall hope so , anyhow"responded Bar ker , as ho went away. Dr. Shrady said th two oancar spots bad not perceptibly IE creased since Wednesday. The general , at : window , waved adieu to Dr. Douglas a he drove away with his family Roscoe Conkllng and Cyrus W. Fisli called durmg the afternoon. At D this after noon , while the throngs were strolling on thi avenues , Gen. Grant , attended only by Harrison risen , left hii house and walked toward Madison avenue. His pica was moro lul than during any preyloua walk. Jl Polygamous Sentence , on SALT LAKE , May 9. Angus Cannon , * Mi ton Musser and J. 0. Watson were all ei toncod to-day for unlawful cohabitation. Eac an received the full extent of the law , $300 fir to and six months imprisonment. Cannon sal Is5 to the court that he had not broken the lav 5 He bad lived with but one wife as a wife , bi ad when asked by the judge aa to his future ai la , tiona , with a view to mitigation of eentenci ad Cannon declined to make any pledges that b nd would obey the law and recognize its bindin force. Mnaser bad an attorney read a Ion (5 ( ° arraignment of the court , pronouncing tli methods of bia conviction arbitrary and I violation of judicial procedure. Hn also di ice , cllned to pledge obodlenca to the laws or w in mit hia obligation to obey It. Watson pleadc guilty , but would make no promises. A grei crowd was in court , Some applauded the d tote to fiant utterances of the culprits. int ird Riot Amonjr Gondoliers. ids VENICE , May 10.-A furious riot is it progress bore , .Tho trouble waa caused 1 hotel proprietors keeping gondolas for the u of their guests. Thlsinnoration was resent by the regular gondoliers , who raised the mo attacked the hotel gondoliers and ecuttl Ho their boats. Several serious casualties < 3utcurred | , and nitny arrests have been mode. HALF-BREED VALOR. Mileton ana Riel Engaged in a Bloody Battle , The English Forces Moot With Desperate Eosiatanco , Ilobola in Ravines and Brnsh do Dig- nitrous Work but nro Ilcpulscd Miaaicton's Plans , AN AMj DAY BATTLE. niKL ANU M1DDLKTON MEET. WIKNIPEO , May 10. A correspondent who is accompanying Gen , Middleton's army in the campaign against tha half-broods tele graphs the following account of a terrible battle in which tha forces of Mtddleton nnd Riel are now engaged : BATOUCIIE'S CROSSING VIA CLASH'S GROSS ING , May 10 , We loft camp at 6 o'clock this morning , leaving all supplies and tents be hind. Wo marched seven miles without see ing or hearing anything of the enemy. The morning was blight and warm. Suddenly there came the sound of a a steamer's whistle blowing continuously. As wo drew near wo heard the sound of heavy firing on our front in the direction of the river , The gun steamer , scouts and failing gun then pushed rapidly ahead and soon coma upon two hones near the bank nf the river , which hero ia very precipitous. The advance party of the rebels were met. They fired and re tired behind a house toward the hollow. The ratling gun was brought to boar on tbnm , when they ran into a house near the church of St. Laurent , which was also fired on by the gatling gun , when they ran ont into the bush. Battery A b ; this time came up with a rush and got into posision , sending toveral shells after the rebels. The grenadiers now advanced march ing steadily Into action and deployed lute line continuing to advance in skirmishing order till the church waa reached , when the priest came out of the house waving a white Hag. Gen , Mlddleton and his staff advanced and shook hands when three other priest : and five sinters of charity came out. A num ber of half-breed children wore also inside it charge of tno sistoiB. Father Monlinsaid that our steamer 'arrived at a point a little al > Jvo Batouche at 5:30. : a m. The rebels Immediately commenced the tire on it from both banks It shortly af tei struck on a mud bank but swung clear again and just before our arrival passed the cross ing. He alsonaid .ho rebels had six killed and twelve wounded at Fish Creek. Wo just got a gllmse of the steamer dowt the river. She must have had a hard fire her tmoko stack was gone. The grenadiers advanced , skirmish ! d ( through the bruih on the right of the trail the gatling gun being pushed forward dowr a declvity towards Ba touches , now plainly visible in the valley below Here a battery nnlimbered on to ] of the ridge sending shells into them ant whilst doing so was almost surprised br : number of rebels who crept np through thi bush , not being discovered until twent ; yards diitant. They made a ruth for th guns , firing and yelling as they ran. Copt Howard , who operates the Gatling gun , sat the danger , ran the gun a couple of yards i : front of the battery , and opening fire , litei ally mowed the rebels down. Those remain Ing turned and ran from it , reaching th shelter of the bush , where they opened fir again , but Capt Howard gallantly male talned his position and the rebels , unable t stand the terrible fire , retained to the pit constructed in a ravine running from th river , At 11 a , m , Capt. French , with his scoul and a part of the dismounted men of "A battery , went down into the ravine an 1 opened a continuous fire on the left and th center , but a scattered ono on the righ After gallant but vain efforts to drive tl rebels from the rifle pita , French's scouts an the batterymen retired- At noon the list ol killed and [ wounded o our side IB as follows ; A battery Gunner Phillips , shot throne the itomach while m the ravine ; died whi ! being brought in. Thomas J. Stout , run over by a carriag not fatal. fatal.Cnappatier , shot through both legi ouo fractured. Gunners Fairbanks andToohey also shot i the legs. Grenadiers Capt Mason , No. 2 Compan ; alight wound in the thigh. French's scouts R. Cook , slightly wouni ed in the leg. Curley Allen shot in shoulder. At 2 o'clock the rebels were gradual ! ceasing their fire , but our troops wei gradually keeping up a scattered fire all aloi the line. It gradually slackened until o'clock , when only a few dropping shots we heard. No moro of our troops wore hurt. William Bruce , lately prlaonor of Riel , bi who escaped on Tuesday , was brought to-day by the scouts. Ho says that Rlel force ia a little over 400 , half of whom we on the other sldo of the river when ho lei He also says that whan the ammunition w served only ona keg of powder remalne Bullets were also scarce. Tl women and children bad hoi sent to the other side of the rive The prisoners are safe so far as ho knon Beardy is not with Riel , but has been sei for. Riel. Duniont , Gnrneau and other lea era are in Kiel's camp. At G o'clock the army wagons were orden np. We camp to-night. Gen. Middleti being determined to bold ma poaitlon , Capt. Young climbed on to the roof of church at C o clock and discovered a boc of Indians on the level near the riv about a mile away. The Winnipeg batte : was at once ordered out and sent several wi directed ahelli , scattering them immedlatel Early this morning crowds ot women at children and mounted men wore seen hurr ing into the bush on the other side of t ! river. river.A body of rebels at 7 o'slock opened C from the bluffs near the ravine on our skin Isbera. They fired three volleys but shot t ligh to roach us , The Winnipeg bUtory i sumed Its shelling of the houses in the d anca where a large number of rebels gathere The second shell crashed through the fii bouie and the rebels rushed out. Anotl ihell blew the roof off the house beyond , . L these dispatches leave a scattered firing ay going on. a ST. PAUL. Minn. , May 10. In an Intervi ed to-night , John McLana of Bismarck , w has just returned from Winnipeg , where ed bad boon delivering horses and suppl DO' to the Canadian government , Bald the g ( eminent had advices that men from Chicu New York , tnd Boston were with Rtel , nnd that a master mind , not RU1V , wAsldirocting the movements of the lulf-breods. Old tttneri regard Mlddloton' * succeti at Batouchcs absolutely necessary to prevent the Indians from upriiinp enma se. The sup plies are short and about all must come from this sldo of the lino. The line north of Danato is now being drained of horses , hayoati < , etc. Itlsbelieved there are about 1,5JO h lf-breeds ia the fieldj C.COO Indians ready to take the war path nod but 4,000 troops to oppuso them. HBEIUY'OH LIFE , RUSSIAN NIHILISTS FOUMALY DEMAND FREEDOM OP TUB CZAR A ROTAL TRAITOR. Special Telegram to The BEE. NEW YORK , May 10. A Kharkqf ( Russia ) cablegram to the Herald says : A nihilist congress was hold herd during the past week which is likely to hnvo tremendous consequences quences throughout the empire. Nihilist reformation has been proclaimed on princi ples no longer confined merely to the destruc tion of tha existing social system , but to the creation of a now systomt capable at any moment of being put in iorco and of fulfilling all the requirements for the administration of the state. The congress decided that for two years no attempt shall ba made against the life of the czaror any mem ber of the imperial family. Kvery possible effort will ba made to induce the czar to lisue the constitution that was actually signed by the late ctar on the very day of his atsassina- tlon , but which was never promulgated. At the congress of nihilists a copy of this ukate far a constitution , tto tenor of which boa been guarded as profoundly secret by the imperial family , was read and discussed and unanimously approved. It is believed the nihiliits obtained the copy through Princess Dolgroulkl , the late czars morganatic widow , This constitution ii of tbo most liberal character , based on that of Germany , and if promulgated will ba the vir tual end of the Russian autocracy. If , at the expiration of two years , the czar relusea to grant tha com tltutlon , then the policy of assassination and terrorism will bo inaugu rated on r. scale never yet attempted An Ostvcgo Man's Itovcnjzc , OSWEQO , N. Y. , May 10. Early Saturday night two masked men entered the bonso of F. S. Thrall in this city , during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Thrall at church. A daugh ter , aged fourteen years , hod jnst put a younger sitter to bed , and sat at the piano laying when the men appeared in the room. _ no of them , with a drawn knife , seized her and under penalty of death coaimaided silence , but said she would not bo harmed if she made no outcry. He then cut off her hair and cut her clothing , saying ho wanted to bo revenged on her father. The men took some article * of silverware and left the house with out doing the child further harm. Young Mcns' Christian Association. CHATTANOOGA , Tenn. , May 10. The secre tary's conference of the Younc Mens' Chris tian Association of the United States and Canada be.d devotional exercises this morn- Ing. A paper was presented by Prof. C. G. Baldwin , state secretary for Iowa , It empha sized very strongly the need of training classes for young men. Special devotional meetings were held this afternoon. An out- floor meeting was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Munhall , state secretary for Indiana , after which the secretaries , 2.0CO strong , marched down the principal thoroughfare singing gos pel hymns. Another meeting was conducted by 11. E. Wileon , state secretary for Wiscon sin , at which 100 young men were converted , Catholics Iiocato their University , WASHINGTON , Mry 10. The council of e Catholic priests which met in Baltimore last week for the purpose of selecting a place for the now Catholic university decided that It shall bo built in this city. Although the Catholics of other cities offered very large monetary inducements towards securing the university , the fact that Wiahingtot possesses the national museum , congressional library and other advantages becoming a lit erary and scientific centre caused the prelatei id to decide in favor of locating the university ai the capital , in Mnrphy Gets 4OO Fledges. jl > PirrsDtraa , Pa , , May 10. Interest In thi 6 Murphy temperance movement Is on the in crease. Hundreds were unable to gain ad mission to-night to Library h H , where thi meeting was held , and the auditorium waa si densely packed that several women fainted The crowd outside broke down the doors Ii their efforts to set In , and the police wen finally compelled to disperse them. Ove : d- 400 persons signed the pledge. Capsized by a Paaslnc * tcamcr. lyre PITTSUOBQ , Pa. , May 10. A skiff contain if ? Ing six persons , while crossing the Mononga helah river lait night , was upset by the wave of a passing steamer. Mrs. Orvllla Gubonel her son , and a man named August Rufo won ut drowned. In FARM PRODUCTS. Interring Data Concerning Grain and the Dairy , Comparisons on Wheat Covering Nearly Twenty Yo Unil Prospects Force up the Prloo of "Wheat Uourmakn anil luwa Ap pour in tlio Dairy Market. PAST AND FUXUUE 3 > BAI 9. Ftaunia ron SMCULATOIIH , Special Telegram to The BEE. CHICAGO , Msy 10. The week has brought n futthor increase In the Now York bank re- torvo and a larger failure score by thirty than ( or the previous week , with an excess of sixty * iivo over the corresponding week of lost your. The weoV'a disasters in the south nro excep tionally heavy. It IB likely that the bad effect of two successive short cotton crops has yet to bo fully met It was not until mid winter tbnt the inlco of cotton corresponded at all to the shortness of the crop. The pro ducer , therefore , who most needed the od- vance , but who had to sell in early nutumu , derived no benefit. The progress of the now crop , according to the April report of Brad- streets , is. on the whole , aatlifactory. With the probability of n European war greatly " issened , the bearing of the short TOP on the price of wheat la .ho question of commerce. As to grain exports it appears that the movement > 1 wheat , of flour , nnd of corn from the At- .antic seaboard from August 25 to March 14 nst , as compared with a like portion of the preceding year , shows uniformly n gain. That of wheat was about 33 per cent , of flour 2 or )3 per cent , nud of corn nearly 13 per ont. In the succeeding month winter wheat OBO and fell altetnatolv on fluctuating war jews until about April 15 , when the con firmation of reports of injury to winter wheat : ame in to maintain a steady advance. From March 14 to April 25 , owing to the effect of higher prices , the exports of wheat from the Atlantic ports fell elf 1,412,000 bn > heir , corn ered with tbo same weeks in 1881. It in jlear that the conditions are such that exports are quickly affected nd\crely by advancing prices. The talk on the New York produce ixehange Is distinctly for higher prices. OLD COMPARISONS The Wnthlngson bureau is making things _ ook stillmoro muo. Some of the old timers hero ore going as far back as 1816 G7 for com parison. They point out how the short crop jf 1866 caused wheat to sell in Chicago in the allowing May at S2.76 per bushel. PRESENT VFICJURES. The visible supply of wheat is about double , ho figures for two years. Cash wheat In Now York has now advanced about 13 cents , leav ing off at about $1.03 ; this against 81.10 nat year and 81.24 two years ago The bulls hould bear in mind that two years ago ho quantity of wheat in sight aud In the I'armers' hands , added to the crop of 1883 420,000,000 bushels did not make as heavy an aggregate of supply for 1883-84 as wo arp now promised on time next year even with 05,000/00 bushvl shortage as compared with 1884. The coming week promises to bo hlf ? with interest in the neighborhood of the New York and Chicago wheat pits. THE DAIRT BUSINESS. The year in the dairy business is held to end on May 10. The year just ending has been remarkable for the average of low prices , increased production of butter , and increased competition in cheese. While butter has not received anything like the high prices that ruled In 1883-84 there has been Increased pro duction and a better average quality. The at season has been devoid of any tpeculatlvo ivement. The average price of western creamery extras in 1884 was 2G@28c and the average this year has been 23@2Co. The feature of the past season has been the Urge Increase in receipts of western butter and the decided improvemnt in the quality of choice butter arriving from points as far west as Iowa and Nebraska , and , judging from the outlook , these districts are likely to keep on increasing tbo amount forwarded. It is plain , therefore , that the dairymen of Now York Btato will have to consider better this source of supply , as it cornea in direct competition with their product. The state of dairy butter has not shown any now development of quality and is still greatly be hind that of creamery. Trade this year boa also been more or less agitated over iho oleo margarine question and it is a feature worthy of note that the first year's experience baa been remarkable for low prices. Clearances Dccrcaao One-Third. BOSTON , Mass. , May 10. The leading clearing houses of the United States report total clearances for week ending May 9,1885 , at 8751C8l,7C.r , a decrease 30.1 percent com pared with the corresponding period of lost year. d. Hood's Sarsapanlla I tie BO Combines , In a proportion peculiar to Itself , ir. the active medicinal properties of the best blood-purifying and strengthening remedies of the vegetable kingdom. It will positively euro when In the power of medicine Spring Debility , Headache , Dyspepsia , Ca tarrh , Salt Rheum , Scrofula , and all Diseases caused by a low state of the blood. a I "I Buffered three years with blood poison. Jy I took Hood's Sarsaparllla , and think I am er cured. " Mna. M. J. DAVIS , Brockport , N. Y. | w "Hood's Barsaparllla beats all others , and is worth its weight In gold. " I. IJAirnrNa- TON. 130 Bank Street. New York City. " Is so vastly superior to any other sarsa- * parllla or blood purifier , that ono has well said : "Its health-giving effects upon the > blood and entire human organism , are as much moro positive than the remedies ol I a quarter of a century ago , as the stoam- I power or to-day Is In advance of the slow . \ and laborious drudgery of years ago. " < "While suffering from a severe bilious $ attack In March , 1883 , a friend In 1'oorla , 111. , recommended Hood's Sarsaparllla. I tried the remedy , and was permanently cured. " J. A. SIIEPAKD , travelling agent for Devoo & Co. , Pulton Street , N. Y. of \ Purifies the Blood/ . "I tried a dozen articles to clcanso my n _ blood , but never found anything that did oo mo any good till I began using Hood's oBarsaparllla.1' ' W. H. PBBH , Rochester , N./ . is- H. " My wife was troubled with dizziness ld > and constipation , and her blood has been r" ia a had order in fact Bho has bccnall | lf [ run down. Hood's 6"I I , a wonderful amount of good. " 1' . M.UALD- \VIN , druggist , Dlancbester , Ohio , f ° Hood's ho Sarsaparilla he I gold by all druggists. $1 ; six for $5. Made IBS I Ojjiy jy o. I , HOOD & CO. , Lowell , Mass. "lOOlDosos \ Ono 6 "I was for flvo years a sufferer win bolls , all run down , and was at ono tlrao obliged to glvo np work. Ilcforo taking all of two bottles ol Hood's Sarsaparllla , was entirely cured. " II. M. LANE , Pittsburgh , I'a. . "I was severely afflicted with scrofula , and for over a year had two running sores on my neck. Took flvo bottles of Hood's , Sarssparilla , and consider myself entirely i cured. " C. 1 ! . LOVKJOY , Lowell , Moss. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by nil druggists. ljslxfors. Made only by C. I. HOOD & CO. , Lowell , Mass. > (100 ( DOBOB Ono Dollar , j hc ery ooftere coftere recognize ! , fo 5oeafer ) ant > Smoking Tobacco. * - < i ,