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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.
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