THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
FIFTEENTH YEAH , OMAHA , FRIDAY MORNING , JANUARY 29. 1886. NUMBER 190.
PAIN IN THE PACKING HOUSE
Gutting Blows Inflicted by the Oleaver of
the Slaughter House Grow.
SURVEYOR GARDNER WONTGO. .
.Startling Disclosures of Countless
FrnmlM Perpetrated on the Gov
ernment In Surveying I'ubllo
Lands \eurnnka. .
Gnrilncr Will Not He Itcmovcd.
WASIINOTO.V , Jnn. 23. [ Special Trio-
giam.J The effoits of n faction of Nebiaska
democrats to sccutc the abolition of the onico
of BUI vcj or general of Xobiaskaaud lown ,
located at I'lattsinoutli , ) mu occupied the at
tention of Commissioner Sparks for sonic
time. Tlio commissioner asserts positively
thai Sunoyor General ( faultier will not bo
lemovcd nor tha nfllccabolMicil , nnd that the
Investigation of fraudulent Mitvcys In past
ycais w 111 bo pushed by tli.it olllccr. Fiom
data now at limul this investigation will
prove piofltablc to the government.
I'lildk ) Tlilovps.
CinrAoo , Jan. ! 2& ( Special Telegram. ]
The Times this morning , In n Washington
dispatch , gives a startling disclosure of the
land frauds pcipctuited upon the govein-
niunt under the guise of biirvejlng public
hinds. The Times says : "They have been
partlcnlaily ilto In Nebraska , and the facts
about them ate likely to come out in connec
tion with the fight over the maintenance of
thoolllcoof suncyor general in Nebiaslca. "
The article then recites the history of the
light for the oflico of biirvejorgeneial , how
( Jaulncr llnally secured the office and how
the democratic and icpnbllcnn backers of
Hogg united In an effort to get the ofllce
iibolibhcd. The dispatch continuing says :
"According to the usual couisc , the abolition
of the oflico would bo followed by turning
over of ( lie records to the secretary of state.
subject to the neccssaiy icdeial and state
legislation. Largo funds aie believed to
liavo been committed In the alleged surveys ,
nnd if the lecouls of the onico mo
tinned O\CT to the lepubllcau state
government a full Investigation would
bo almost Impossible. Commissioner
Sparks bays the ofllcc of surveyor gcncial will
not bo abolished. The pilnelpal icnson lor
this Is that a large pait of the suneys for
which the government has alicady paid lia\o
ntiver been made. They liavo got to be made
now nnd paid for a second time. The In-
tcilor lines ( if townships In many cases weio
never run In the field and the field notes aio
uttuily fallacious and misleading , and any
quantity of legislation Is In prospect because
of the uncertain character of the boundaiy
lines. Deeembci 31 , Sin vcyorGcncralCnrdncr
wrote to Spaiks explaining the situation at
length , and saying hoas in dally receipt of
letters from county surveyors aud land own
ers complaining tint no surveys weio made
in many townships. Gaulnor encloses as an
illustiation letters fiom J. O. IJent , of Wake-
liold , paying ho has been engaged for yeais
getting bottlers in northern Nebiaska and
that no Intel lor Hiuve.y at all seems to have
been made In portions of Cedai and Way no
counties.
J. Sterling Moiton has lecclvcd from Chief :
Clcik Hlrklmiiser a long letter declaring that
most stupendous frauds weie committed and
that the whole land olllce In Nebraska was
honeycombed with coauption. One man
who had several smveylng contracts ad
mitted that to get a contract It was necessary
to divide with the land office and the leading
icpubllcan politicians of the state , and they
could not do good work for the amount of
money left them after paying all these sub
sidies. That out of about § 50,000 woitli of
woik he did , only $3,000 went to him. James
Slociim told Bhklmuscr that congressmen
- received two thousand out of a cou-
tiact.ind lor that lie was to suppoit - for
re election to the senate. A number of other
Instances are cited.
Itottciincss lit Nebraska.
The following is the telegram above 10-
fened to , taken from the Chicago Times ot
jesteulay moinlng , under the caption o
norri.VN.iss : : IN Nr.miA&icA.
WASIIINOTON , Jan. 27. [ Special. ] The
enormous liauds that liavo been perputiated
upon the goveinmcnt under the giriso of sin-
voylng public lands have been explained In
detail in these dispatches. They have been
paitlciilaily rife in Nebraska , and the tacts
nbout them aie likely to coma out In conncc-
nectlon with a fight over the maintenance of
the ollloe of suuoyor general of Nebiaska
Under the last ndminlstiation the olllco wa
held by a man named Stephenson. Whe
the democratic administiatlon came in he re
signed in favor of one Clegg. Stephenson Is n
lilend of Coiigiessnmii Weaver , and Wea\cr
was n paily to thlsaiiaiigomcnt. Clegg i
nominally a demociat , but in the ln > .
concessional election ho woiked for Weaver
iiudugalnst Uiown , thedeinociatle candidate
Clegg had some democratic backets , too , but
J. F. ( iaidner was appointed. Xovv the republicans -
publicans and democrats \\lio backed Cleg ;
want to get the olllcoofhiirveyorgcner.il
abolished , and to that end they say that all
the woik of surveying has been accomplished
and tlieie Is no mow use tor the ofllce.
Caidneiils a man ol the highest Integilty and
a civil engineer , while Clegg knows nothing
about surveying. lie Is a .shoemaker by trade
and a politician by occupation. The voiy
men who wanted Cleirg appointed
moilling to have the olllco abolished for
the bake of getting rid of ( iaidner. Aeeoul-
Ing to the usual coui.se , the abolition of the
ollleo would ho followed by the tinning over
of the iccoids of tno surveyor geneial's olllco
to the secietary of btato of Nebraska , subject
" "to the nocessaiy tecteral and state legislation.
Large tiaiids aio believed to have been com
mitted In the aliened surveys , and If the
iccoidsoftho olllce aio tinned over to the
lepiibllcan btato go\einment a lull Investiga
tion will bo almost Impossible.
Commissioner Sp.uks says the olllco of sur-
vejoiKener.il will not bo abolished. Tlio
principal icasou foi this is that a laigo pait
of thosurvoys lor which the govuinment has
uheady paid have never been made , They
have got to be made now and uald for a
bccond time. Intuilor lines of townships In
many cases were never run In the field , and
tint Held notes are utteily fallacious and mis
leading , and any quantity oC litigation Is In
prospect because of the uncertain chaiacter
of the boundary lines.
Under date of December 31 last Surveyor
( icncnil ( iaidner wioto to Commissioner
Spaiks :
I am In receipt almost daily of letters fiom
rounty smvejois and hind owners complain
ing about no sutvoys ] ia\lng been made , erne
no maik of a smvoy being found In many
townships of tlm state. It iippoais that the
exteilor or township lines nru otten found In
a tolorablu state of piescivatlon , whllo the
Intel tor or subdivision lines am sometimes
entirely u anting. 1 tlilnk It Is the belief of
ninny county survejors that no Inteilor
w oik was ever done In these townships , nnd
that the Held note > In these eases are a fraud ,
us many topographical inniKs uio known to
exist which mo not letcucd to In the Held
notes which the law uiiulres the deputy to i )
notice. 1 uiuleistaiid that allldavits have
been picpartd In bomo cases and tqiwaidod
to membfis of uongioss on tliN subject.
Know lug thU state of tacts to exist , In my
mi nurd icj > oit I jcl'eued to the mailer to far
as to ask thai rt restirvey mlglit bo ordered In
this unsttrveycd region In order that some
definite evidence might bo procured and
might legally nnd properly como before the
department.
Mr. Gardner Incloses n letter from J. A.
Hcnt , Wakctleld , ( Neb. ) , dated October 31 ,
IBS.1 ; , llowrites :
1 have been engaged for years In Retting
scttlcis Into northeastern Nebraska , and ha\o
been selling Uurlliigton & Missouri Kit or
lallroad company lands. I have found gieat
( liniculty in lindlng lands In the following
townships : Township as , ranges 1 , U nnd si ,
east , In ( Vdnrcounty ; township27 , range 2 ,
east , in Wnyno county. No Interior survey
work seems to liavo been made in the said
township. All the county sinvcjor.s aio
unanimous in their opinion that no Interior
section coiners were ever established , as they
have never Ijeen able to lind any corners ex
cept on the outside township lines. I was
injbelf gicatly deceived by the Incorrect stir-
veyots notes ns to the course of Maker
creek in sections 1C. , S3 , 3 , east. By
theh notes Etho creek cut thtough the sec
tion , wheicltdocs not touch section 10 at all.
nnd thuie Is no creek In that section. It
would seem to bo an Injustice lor the govern
ment to soil lands that liavo not been sin-
M'j ed , as It will probably load to endless dis
sensions as to wheie corners oueht to be.
Dlllcient surveyors will bo apt todlsagiee , as
they may commence at dllleient points on
the outside , and the fractional lines on the
west and noith sides an ? likely to bo vciy
inaccuiutoly ulvcn In the icturns made of the
united States sinvey.
The following letter fiom the chief clerk In
the olllco of thosuivcyor general In Plaits-
mouth has been icceived by Hon. J. Sterling
Moitoti , who Is now in Washington. The
names of witnesses to the tiauds that liavo
been committed me omitted because their
testimony has not been taken under oath :
As to trotting affidavits liom the men who
divided the spoils of this otllco lor jeais , It
will bo almost Impossible , as you yourself
know that they aio all icpubllcans , and have
In almost nil cases belonged to the ilng , and
done the bidding of thoilnscmastcr. For In
stance , Mr. had toveial sutvoying con
tracts. Ho was In this ofllcc , and , tbelng
ouevtlonedlniegaidlo this poor Miiveylng
( or , better , noiiburvoylng ) of lands , admitted
that to got a contract It was necessary to ill-
vldo with tlilgollico and the leading lepitbll-
cin politicians of the state , and they could
not do good work for the amount ofmonev
left them after paying all these subsidies ;
thatont of about § 50,000 W0ith of woik ho
did only § 3,000 went to him , the icst for po
litical Influence that ho had to liavo to get
these contiacts. Mr. A. IJ. Smith , the Bur-
llngton ibMlssomi surveyor , told mo that
had to pay 510,000 foi a contract of 520,000.
Prof. , who woiked under , said that
thoyiuu lines within two or three miles of
wheio they wanted to 6onncet and thun
guessed the balance. Mr. James L. Slociim ,
loimerly In paitneiship with mo in shipping
ginln , now president of the Iliclmidson
county bank , told mo that Congressman
icceived § 'J,000 out of a eontiacf , and for that
was to suppoit lor re-election to the
senate. I am pcisonallv acquainted with
some of the assistants of Sum-yois Stephenson -
son and Slociim , and they told me that much
ot tliu suueying was done in the tents , and
they lefused tobwcarto the Held notes , and
nniau Slociim and Stcphcnhon pay them
S,500 : ! per month , instead of 52,500 , as pre
viously agieud on , in consideration of their
kccninginuni. Air. , now allvciyman
nt Stella , icpcatcd this tome a short time
ago. 1 have jiskud Mr. [ the first peison
quoted In this letter ] to malco atlldavlt to
what ho bald , but ho said In presence ot sov-
eial witnesses that it would eliminate him
If he did. Alex. Slagle of lliovvn county
bhowcd us a number of affidavits In reg.nd
to these bad or non-surveyed lands , which ho
says ho has forwaided to Senator Van Wyek.
Wo have plats of. townships heio In this of
lice that contain not a sign ot a lake or
stieam , neither do the Held notes mention
nny , yet thld tiiun .Single , a pinctlcnl sui
vcv01 , tells mo that theio nio a number ot
lakes In noino of these townships that ho pai-
tially biirveycd at pilvate expense to bct-
tlcis , that homo ot them are a mile long and
full of fish ; that he can find no coiner on the
Inside ot these townships , nor weio any
ever established. In older to inn section
lines ho has Invariably to go to the exterior
lines , where sometimes ho can find a corner.
Now it seems clear that the paitywhowas
paid heie for making the government survey
never was near these townships ,
or else these largo lakes would
bo mentioned In the Held notes , as tliu law
icquhcs. These arc only single instances ;
we hear of numbers , as 1 said , almost dally.
Vou can icadlly see that It would bo almost
impossible to get these men who have shared
In the public plunder to como forward and
voluntarily swear their partners Into tlio
penltcntlaiy. It requires that some legal
authority be biought to bear on them to make
them tcstlfv. Can this bo done ? When a
icpubllcan clerk and inaislial select a jury , a
lepiibllcan district attorney Is topioscculo
thcsu men. I think it the govei nmuut would
send out hciu an honest Inspector to look up
these sin vey Ing frauds one who Is true blue
we can put him on tlio track of tiauds com
mitted by these men. Then let tliu govein
mcnt piocccd against these deputies and
their bondsmen foi non-performance of con
tract in civil action , or criminally
lor consplacy ; to defraud tlio gov
einmcnt , or both. This will com
pel , 1 think , those associates , and possibly
the minclpals , to make a clean breast of the
whole. m.Utei. You will bcothe necessity ol
hav ing democrats appointed for marshal anil
dlstii'-t attorney as soon ab posblble , and I
hope that the president may soon give us
honest , unprejudiced , uild capable men toi
these positions. This ofhce , as yon well
know , has f mulshed the corruption funds for
vcaistotho lepiibllcan ling in this state.
Wo have dclcated thoschemoof their turning
this otlico over to ono of their democratic
tools , andlhopcithotimo Is near by when
we .shall bo able to piovo on them their
rascality nnd place them befoio the public in
their tiuo light. Yonis respectfully.
C. P. W. II
Gen. Hlmlop'H Case.
Niw : YORK , Jan. 28. The Juiy In the
couit of ojcr nnd termlner , befoio whlcl
Gen. Alexander Shaler has been on trial for
bilbeiy dining the past tvvo days , came ii
this moi ning after being locked ( dl night In
the jury loom. The juiy came In nt 11:2-1 :
The loiemnn announced the jury had found
11 impossible to agice. Jmlgo Uanett son
the juiy back to consider the case still fur
ther.
ther.Tho
The Juiy In the Shaler brlbciy case came
into comt afjuin at : . ' )0 and announced tha
they weio still unahlo to agree. They weio
dlschaigcd. II Is said they stood ten lor cou
victlon and two tor acquittal.
A Shower of Dust In Texas.
AusriN , Texas , Jan. 23 Tuesday alter
noon , tovvaids 4 o'clock , liom out of a clear
sky a shower of veiy line dust began tailing.
There w as no w hid at the tlmo. The 'shovvei
increased tovvaids night and coiitinucc
tlnough half the night. The dint had a pc
culini oiled on the lungs and throat , causing
irritation and hoarseness. A similar phe
nomenon was witnessed huio eight ycais
ago.
An
CHICAGO , Jan , 2S. A teleginm was re
ceived this nttcinoon liom the clcik of th
siipicmo couit , saying the court had declaiec
tiui habitual cilmlnal net constitutional. A
> ear ngo Joseph Kelly was convicted o
bmglaiyln thociimlnal couit. Ho was in
dieted uudcrjho habitual cilmlnal act. Tin
jury was charged'to give him the lull c\tcn
ot the penalty fomteen > cais as ho seivei
a tcim pieviously tor lobbeiy. Kelly's at
torney appealed on the ground that the pun
Ishmeut was excessive. The higher com
iiilcs it was not , and also declares the ac
constitutional.
Weather tor To-Day.
Missoi'iu VAM.KI * Fair weatfler ; slowly
Using temperature In noithern poitlon
slightly colder weather in southern poitlon
followed by slowlyilslng temperature
_ winds becoming vailable , pieceded In touth
eiu poition by northerly 'winds ,
An Opera llouso Uimied.
Nia.i.v , I'a. , Jan. Si The- opera house
block , valued at S185.000 , was entiiely con
sumcd this inoiulng. Insurance , on build
I iijr , sa.sooo. Ten Minis In the building htu
I their stock destroyed. Loss not obtainable
IT OOCHT TO SATISFY'BOTH ,
Senator Sherman Explains His Silver Bill
Introduced Yesterday.
T SUSPENDS SILVER COINAGE.
V Flooil of Tjnbor Petitions to Or-
( tanizo Indian Territory Pros-
pcetH of Sioux City's 1'unlio
UulhlhiR Gleanings
Senator Sherman's Silver mil.
WASin.Nmox , Jan , 2t > . [ Special Tele-
ram. J Senator John Shcrnian was seen to-
light by j our coi respondent , and asked to
' \plaln the object ot Ilio bill Intiodiiced In
1m senate by him to-day. The senator re-
Mlcd : "Its provisions arc simple. First ,
.ho suspension ot the coinage ; second , the
ssuo of coin ceitlllc.itcs on silver bullion ;
and last , tlm Issue of similar ccitlllcates upon
; old or silver coin , or gold bullion deposited
with tlio trcasuier ns security. The bill
niitlioil/c.s thopuiclmso of from tvvo to four
nllliou tiay ounces of sliver bullion each
month Instead of the puichaso of so many
lollais woitli as now provided by law. By
fixing the Htandaul of puichaso at ounces.
I belicvo : i meic staple iiirangcmcnt Is
made. "
"Do you think jour bill will iccchotho
iiippoit of the silver men , sciiatoiV'1
" 1 have mndo no effort to a ceitaln how the
) I1I w 111 bo received by any one. Ills a sub
ject which needs a gicat deal of study. I
"iavo thought over this bill for about a year.1
"Is It not in the natuic of a compromise
ncasuro ? "
"It ought to satisfy tlio silver men because
t piovldes for the puichaso of ns much silver
is is piovldcd by law now , and I sco no lea-
son why itshbuld not satisfy the gold men ,
as it suspends the coinage of sliver. "
"What Is to become of the silver bullion ? "
"That will have to bo piovldeufor in the
futuic. It the bill becomes a law , It will bo
icld to secure the coin ceitllicatcs. "
"You make no piovislon lor tlio ultimate
coinage of this bullion in the bill ? "
'No ; that can bo attended to In the
ftituio. "
"Why Is It , Senator , that you do not make
the coin ccrtllieates full legal teiidei'.1' '
"Tho bill makes them iccelv.iblo for taxes
and customs duos. I do not know that we
could make them lull legal tenders , and 1
loubt the piopiloty of attempting to do bo in
.lines of pe.icp. "
1'irriTio.vs I'noji run i.Aiiomxn rr.Assr.s.
Labor organisations aio Hooding congiess-
mon from the west , 1101 ( Invest and south
west with petitions , asking their active coop
eration in seeming the passage of a bill to
oigaiilzo a teriltoiial foi in of goveinmcnt
over Indian tenitory , in opening all public
nnd unoccupied lands In that tenitory to set
tlement under the homestead laws , the allot
ment ol lands in sevcialty to the Indians
upon their present reservations , and the pur
chase of tlio surplus of the lands of the icser-
vatious by the United States and opening
them to settlement , to the end that speculat-
ois shall cease their contiol and occupancy
of the lands , that no injustice bo done to tlio
Indians , and that the laborer , the mechanic
and the homeless may at once sccuie homes.
A number ot these petitions , fiom Knights of
Labor oiganizntions , wore to-day icceived by
tlio Nebiaska , Minnesota and Iowa delega
tions and intiodiiced in the house.
BIOUX CITY'S pum.ic MUIMMMJ.
To-day the bill appiopiiatlng 5100,000 for
the pincliase of a site and the construction of
a public building ( it Sioux City was reported
favorably and without amendment to tlio
senate from the committee on public buildings
and giouuds. It Is believed tlio bill will bo
passed within a fortnight. IJepiesentativo
Stiublo is picpnrlng to address the house
committee on public buildings aud grounds
in support of his bill of like character and
now befoio that committee. Ho will .submit
his argument ns soon as ho hears from the
postoHlce department In loply to a request
tor statistics relative to postal matters at
Sioux City. Mr. Strnble Is confident the bill
will be passed and hopes to have a icpoit
from the house committee by the tlmo the
senate bill Is adopted , so the lattei may bo
called up fiom the speaker's table and passed
without taklnz tlio usual course of the cal
endar , which would consiimo too much time.
Ho would like a laigcr appropriation than
5100,000 , but If ho weio to ask it ho might bo
defeated altogether.
I'URSONAI , AND
The distillers In all paits of tha countiy
aio bombarding the committed on ways and
means , asking delay in action on the bill
taxing liactlonal paits of gallons of sphlts
In packages. The mcmbeis ot the committee
sav , however , that nothing fuither can bo
done. In the committee , as the matter is now
in the house. The Indications are that the
bill will bu very piomptly passed In spltoof
any protc > ts.
The rumor that Public I'i inter Hounds is to
resign at once is icviviul by tlio picscnco heio
ot ox-Coimressmaii Itogcis of Now i'ork ,
who is understood to bo the picsldont's
choice as his successor. The labor committee
of the house Is inging Hound's irmoval.
Sccietaiy Bayaid has sent n conimiinlca
tlon to congiOAS in icfeiciico to olcomai
gaiino , arguing In its favor.-und saying It
will piovo a valuable aitlelo ot p.\poit a
soon as the laboi Ing classes abroad become
awaio of Its real qualities.
William V. Halm was to-day commissioned
postmaster nt Lovvden ( Iowa ) , and William
llouck at Burr Oak. A'postoflico 1ms been
established at Ureen , Custcr county , ( Neb )
and Kachel A. ( liecn appointed postmaster.
Senntoi Van Wyek was at the white house
for bomo tlmo to day in consultation with
the president.
WORK orHIE
WASHINGTON , Jan. 28. fl'jcss.l The
bunking nnd em rcucy committee of the house.
to-day gnvo a healing to Messis. 1'aul Bowen -
on , Lee Cinudall and others , icpiesentlni :
the Knights ot Labor , in advocacy ot the bill
proposed to bo Introduced in the house by
Uitpicbcntatlve. Biumm , known ns the
KnightbOf Labor cuuoncy bill , The bill as
drafted piovide.s that any peison may deposit -
posit gold or silver in the tm.isuiy and 10-
cuivo tlieieloio leval tender United States
notes at tlio rate of one dollar.fl'.S inalns of
silver or 35.U grains ot gold. All United
States notes aio to bo conveitiblo into coiner
or bullion at the holders option. No mom
old or bilver certificates or national
§ auk notes mo to bo Issued , but they aio to
bo leplaced with United States notes ,
The house committee on public hinds held
nn extended session nflni tlio adjournment
of the house to-day , nnd finally ngioed upon
U bill dechulng forfeited nil lands within the
giant to tlio Atlantic & I'aclllc i ail way lying
opposite the uncoiibtructed portions ot tlio
ndlioad. Chairman Cobb was Instiucted to
icpoit the bill back to the houto committee ns
agieed to. A favorable lepoit was made on
Mcliae's bill to p'otect honic.ste.id settlers
within railway limits.
AlIKS EXPLAINS.
In icply to various queMidns In icspcct to
the ruling of the general land olllce , Commis
sioner SpaiKs bus made public n letter In
which ho bays : "My decision holding that
a person who has made and perfected u pie-
emption cutty cuunut afterwards commute a
homestead , since that would bo equivalent to
tvvopro-emptlona , is not expected , should it
bo atlinned , ( It is now on appeal ) to cited
cases finally settled under picvlous iiilings.
Conveyance alter final entiy nnd befoio
patent , am held to bo lepl and allowable ns
between parties , but their cftcct as to claim
against the Unitrd States depends
upon the validity of the entiy. The only
questions before this olllco in auv case nro
whether entry was innde in good faith by n
qualified party , ami it 'the ' law has been com
plied with. "
SINATK : nn.r ; * REPOIITII : ) .
Mr. Mahonc , from thhcommittee on public
buildings and grounds , icportcd fnvornbly
bills appropriating thoToilovv Ing named sums
for the eiectIon oL iniblio buildings : 1'ort-
land , fUre.1. SliW.OOO ; Oshkosh , ( WIs. ) ,
8100,000 : Vleksmng , ( Mis < . ) , § 100,001) ;
Sioux City , ( lovva ) , § 100,000 ; and 1'ucblo ,
( Col. ) , 8100,000.
CAPITAL CII.IIAMNOS.
The cabinet meeting to-day lasted about
two hours , and was devoted almost entirely
to the ( UscusMon of the question arising out
of the recent Indian outbreaks in New
Mciico. L-jttors were formulated In answer
to the lequests of the bcnnto touching on the
changes in the oflico of United States mar
shal for the southern district of Alabama and
In the office of collector of Internal revenue
for the district of South Caiollna. The ex
act language of the letters cannot bo Icauird ,
but It is known that they Inform the senate
that It Is not deemed ndvlsabio to comply
with the requests In their present foi in. it
is undeistood that It Is the dcslro ot the nd-
mlnlstiatlon to foico the senate to state Its
position on tills question ? o that the matter
may bobioui'ht to nn Issue and settled as
soon as possible.
A TUSSLH FOR BIjOOD.
Sensational Mntoli Between tliu
lap nnd Lewis.
CHICAOO , Jan. 23. An exciting contest- ,
with Incidents bordeilng on tlio sensational ,
was witnessed to-nlglit by a largo audience
at Cential Music Hall , In a wiestllng match
between Mntsada Soraklchi , the Japanese
athlete , and Kvnn Lewis of Madison OVis. )
The teims weio S230 a side and T.'i per cent of
the gate receipts , best three In live falls ,
catch as catch can. Sorakichl was hardly a
match for Lewis in point of strength , but as
to quickness and ability there could ho no
choice , aud in skill the Jap was a trlllo
supplier.
The Hist fall was won by Lewis In exactly
two minutes nud a hplf. With a rush Lewis
bccuicd a hold on his opponents legs and
lifting him high In thoalrtliiowhiiiibqiiaicly
on his back. In the second
bout Lewis cot a tonlfie neck
hold on the .Jap , nnd was choking him with
a death like grip when the referee interfered ,
moment Inter Soiakichl , with a sudden
leik. pitched Lewis head loiemostoffthe . .
stage. The Jap piofusely apologized nnd
Lewis and ho shook hands. Acaln tlio
wrestleis giaspcd each others should
ers. Quick as flash the form
of Soraklchi went straight over the footlights
and spiavvllng below on the reporters chahs.
The iclercn without hesitation declared this
action on the pait of Lewis wilful , and gave
a tall to Koinklchi.
Both wicstteis rush at each other wickedly ,
and In the third Lewis lost no
time in getting his ' favorite neck
hold and picssed the Jap's neck till
ho was too leebltt1 to resist. Soraklchi at
once declined to wrestle the lemaining
bouts , declaiing tliu choking process unfair.
Lewis otfeied to leave It out. Tlio Jap
feared to trust the Wisconsin man nnd llrmly
refused to pioceed. At 0:45 : p. m. Lew Is was
declared the vlctoiv
A SPOILS ! INSTITUTION.
Cook County's Hospital Governed by
Political Favorites.
) , 111. , Jan. 'JS. The state
boaul of public charities in session to-day at
Jacksonville , adopted a ( lengthy report ro-
gaidlng their latcMiivesttgntuHi of the insane
asylum of Cook cdnuy. { Tlieir deductions
on the facts elicited ftpm the testimony nt
the tlmo are brlet. freaking oC the manage
ment of the establishment , the rejioit says :
It was shown that political considerations
very laigcly govern the election of olllccis by
thoboaicl. and to a less extent the appoint
ment of employes by the oillcoi.s ; theio is
much Insubordination on the pait of em
ployes : the discipline Is lax : supplies when
needed cannot be immediately or easily pro
cured , and the pationtt sutler various incon
veniences in consequence. Not many case ?
of positive abuse weio brought to our notice ,
though the attendants were sometimes very
rough.
It is suggested as a icmcdy for the existing
abuses , that tlio county boaid give the com-
mlttco on public charities contiol of the
funds. Tlio committee should have power to
make iidcs and lesulatlons for the govern-
innnt ot the Institution , to appoint a single
executive head who should bo u medical man ,
and to audit his accounts and repoit upon Ills
oflicial conduct as superintendent. All ex
ecutive power should bo vested In the supor-
Intnndcnt , who should be required to appoint
and discharge eveiy sttboidinato otllccr and
employe , to make all needed puichases at his
own discietlon , and to administer the affairs
of the institution.
The Now York Sub-Treasury.
WASHINGTON , Jan. { 23. Tieasuicr Jordan
leturncd to Washington this mom ing , Jor
dan says Canda , the new assistant ticasmer
of Mow York , was hwoin in last night and
took formal possession of the olllce. The
count of moneys and secuiitlcs began at once
and will bo pushed to completion. It will
take about tlneo weeks to complete the
count.
Amonc the bills Intiodiiced In the senate
to-day was one by Shcimaii to discontinue
the coinage of the silver dollar and piovido
lor the puichaso ot bilver bullion In bai.s , not
less than tvvo million ounces nor moio than
four million ounces per month , nt the maikct
pi Ice , and tor the Issue In payment theicot of
coin ccitiflcatcs of not le-s denomination
than S10 each. The bullion to icmaln In the
tieasiny as .security tor the payment ot the
cei tlficates.
The Spirit of Coinproini.se.
Coui.vinu.s Jan. 23. The conference com
mittee on tlio part of 'icpublican and demo
cratic f-enatois will meet at 10.TO : to continue
their woik. A mutual undeibtanding has
bcon airlvcd at that the joint senate will
adjourn at 10 o'clock to give the coinmitteo
tuithcr time. Ail is quiet , and thespiiitot
compromKo Is iippcimo- t.
The senate conference pominltteo to nr-
rangoii eompiomlho bash had agreed upon
no single point no to Lp. m. It Is not prob
able that they will have mi } thing to icnortto
the senate to-moiiow moinlng. Tiinio is now
talk that tlio senate will to-moirow moinlng
adjoin n over to Monday nud give the com
mittee lull timu' for consideration.
Congressman' Ilatikin'ii Funeral.
Jan. 23. Immediately
upon arilving here , ut'O o'clock last evening.
the lemalns of" Congressman Itaiikln were
taken to tlio Episcopal church , escorted by
the congressional nnd , local delegations. The
f uncial services , \yilph | were conducted by
Hov. II , T. Bray , werii hold nt the church at
lJo ( : ; ; this morning' , bpeclal tiaiiis biought
hundreds of people from various quarteis of
the state , and the attendance was so largo
fiom Kankin's congressional ulsti let It was
Impossible for lat corners to get within a
block of the church ; The head ot the luncial
procession had rearhoH the cometoiy , two
miles fiom the church , before the foimntlon
nt the chinch had bccu omplctcd.
*
A Long-Windcd Knit Settled.
SAX FRANCISCO , Jan. S3. The state
supreme court rendered a decision to-day in
favor of the plaintiff in tlio ca&c of the city
and county of San J'raucisco against Hal-
laday. The action involved the title to
Lafajctte bquaio , nnd also indiicctly tlio tltlo
ton vast amount of proj > erty claimed by the
city under tlm Pueblo grant. The entire
value of the property widen by this decision
will revert to tlio city is about 81,000.000.
The case lias been In ( ho court almoit alnco
San Kiunciscp became a city ,
A Terrible Kentucky Tragedy.
LOUISVII.LI : , Jan. 23. A Courier Journal
special says mcagio details of u tiiplo
tragedy In Letchcr county ( Ky. ) , were re
cclveil at Frankfort tolay. . Win. Wright , an
old man , and V. Wright , his son , and Win.
Wiight , coloied. weio killed by James ,
Samuel and Klljah Wright on Wednesday
night. The muideiers have Lmi uuested ,
nnd the tiinl set tor Friday.
DOING THE TIME UP BROWS ,
A Field Day in the Iowa Senate Over the
AuclitOHhip Investigation.
FACTION FRACAS OF HOT WORDS.
Tlio Democrats Demand Provision for
IlcprcRcntutton on the Commit
tee nnd Succeed In Sconrlne
Thrlr Covctcil Desire.
The
MOINKS , lown , Jan. 28. ( Special
Telegram.J To-tiny was a Held day with the
Urovvn matter In the senate. It had been sot
for n special older at 3 p. m. , aud al that
time Senator Johnson ( dem. ) called up his
icsolution asking for a commlltoo of two
from the senate nud three from Ilio hou e to
Investigate on the Hues ol his resolution
already printed. Ho stated that ho had
drawn his icsolution of his own accord , nnd
without consultation with his colleagues ,
but because ho believed the giavechaiges
made through the public pi hits against
Auditor Brown demanded an Investigation.
Senator Woolson , who had been chosen by
the republican caucus to look alter the matter
for llmt Bldo of the house , said that ho was
qttlto ns willing to have nn Investigation , hut
> ho would go fuithcr than the democrats who
for Inteicsted purposes pioposcd only n
partial Inquiry , nud ho and his colleagues
wnnted a. full ami complete Investigation pf
nil the questions Involved In the In own
controversy , lint ho could not consent lo
hnvo the senate go on record as npptov ing all
that was contained In Johnson's resolution.
It contained unwairantcd rcllcctlons on slate
officers , and made unsuppoilnd charges
acalnst the executive , so ho would offer as a
substitute a icsolution of larger scope nnd
fairer Held.
, Ho thereupon had read a substitute reciting
bilelly the several Impoitant acts in the his
tory I of Biown's removal and restoration ,
nnd I providing for n joint committee of three
from i each house to sit as nn investigating
committee , with full power to summon wit
nesses and evomlno all Ilio books and papers
Involved In the contioversy.
This was opposed by Johnson , wlio tiled
lo have Ilio icsolution go over and bo made
the special order Monday afternoon. This was
generally resisted by Ilio republicans , who
urgca a : : Immediate consideration of tlio
subject. Johnson said Ihal as Woolson's
icsolullon did not state that dcmociats woic
to be appointed to the committee , it sug
gested that they weio liying to get up a
whitewashing scheme , as had been intimated
to him would be done.
This brought Young ( icp. ) of Cass
county to his feet , who made a splilted re
ply , saying thai the senate was not in ses
sion for the purpose of making political capi
tal for anybody , and he challenged the democrat -
crat to point to an instance where the ic-
publican pnity of Iowa had ever sought to ,
whitewash any ofllcial or official acts. Ho
was ready and willing to have the axe fall
wherever justice demanded it should. Ho
said ho was gieatly surptlsed to hear the mi
nority pleading-tor mOio llmo in which to
postttiemselyes.on this Brown matter , wjien
befoio election they claimed to know nil
there was about It , and ho himself had heard
a distinguished democratic speaker devote
the whole of his speech to the discussion ol
those subjects during the campaign.
Woolson then challenged the dcmociats of
the senate to name an Instance wheie the
mlnoiity , however small , had not been lepie-
sentedou eveiy committee of the kind pro
posed.
The venerable senator , Cnsoy ( dem. ) , frori
Leo county , got the floor and astonished his
party associates by declailng that ho was op
posed to any investigation whatever , Ho
doubted tlio power of the senate to inqulic
into the executive acts ol a coordinate blanch
of the government , and did not think such a
pioceedlng was either democratic or consti
tutional. If ho weio goveinor , and n legisla
tive committee should come to Inquire how
ho had been conducting his otlicc , he said he
should pay no attention to them. Ho did
not think Ihal Ilio senate ought to constitute !
Itself an Inquisitorial body when It might be
called upon to sit as a judicial body In ease of
Impeachment.
Johnson's motion to deter consideration
was then lost , and the contest was icsuiucd
on thooilglnal icsolntion.
Senator iiolton ( dem. ) fiom Ilaulson
county made a long speech , in which ho de
clared that either Hiovvn , Shcimnn or Lai-
rabcc had done something dicadfnl , and
needed to be investigated , but ho wasn't pio-
paied to say which II was , so ho wanted a
ueneud investigation. Ho insisted tint the
democrats ought lo bo ox-pi essly Included In
tlio committee to Investigate , and so moved an
amendment that thcio should ho at least ono
domociatlc senator and one dcmociatic icp-
icscntatlvo on the joint committee.
This called out a lively debate , Woolsou
saying that he intended and expected that
the democials would have icpicsentatlvcs in
Ilio Joint committee , but ho would not coifSenl
that this Investigation should bo inadonpat-
tlsaii matter. Ho Insisted that they should
undeitako It , not ns icpubllcans or demo-
ciats , bill as leprcsentatlvcs ot the state of
Iowa , swoin to do their duty lalilyand Im
partially.
Tlio loll was called , showing 23 yeas and
23 noes , whcienpon the chnh voted with tlio
ulllrniatlve , dcclaiing the amendment
adopted.
Then the debito wns resumed on the old
lines , Senator Sulton opposing nny investi
gation asincompetonl and beyond the power
ofthosenntc , as the question Involved was
simply n matter of judgment bolweeii tvvo
goveuiors , both of whom piolubly acted
fiom slnceio motives.
Senator Knight ( dem. ) also opposed the In
vestlgntlon , claiming that If anybody wns
aggilovcd at the turn matins had taken ,
they had an ample and speedy lomcdy In the
courts , nnd the senate should not stop Its
woik to mix In any personal qunurls.
Soycial unsuccessful attempts were made
to lay tlio whole matter upon the table , and
ufter wrangling over It for neatly tlneo
houis , the senate adjouined , leaving It just
where they found it , having accomplished
nothing.
The hoiibO wasinoieexpeditious , for theio
the same substitute was Intiodiiced ns in the
senate , bill after a little di-bato it passed by a
vote of ttt to 10. The trouble in the senate
seemed to bo that the icpubllcans did not hold
together well and stand by their paity can
cus. If they had they could have put their
measiuo through at once. Kovv they will
have to light It all over to-moiiovv or some
subsequent time.
Foul Play Suspected
ST. Louis , Jan. iW. Johnston Mbnlson , a
wealthy and well known contractor doing
business at C13 Chestnut sheet , Is reported
to the police as having disappeaied on Jan
uary 25th , aud since has not been located by
filends. Al the tlmo of his disappearance
ho was supposed to have a largo amount of
money on his peison and It is feaicd ho met
with loul play.
Great bargains in books nt N , B. Fal
oncr'd Friday anil Sntuiday.
i jM& ii
THE TI jiijs rnoi KUTVi
Surprising I'rocccdtugg In tlio Storey
Will Contest.
CHICAOO , Jnn. 2S. [ Special Tolegram.J
There was no abatement of the Interest In
the progicss of the Storey will case , which
resulted at tlio close of the day's testimony In
n surprise , the attorney for Mrs. Farrand , a
sister of the deceased editor , and who had
iskcdfortho appeal from the probnto court ,
asking to have the appeal dismissed on the
question oC Insanity , which has been urged
as the reason why the will of 18S1 should not
jo probated. The nttoineys for Mis. Stoioy
: o-dny ottered the testimony of Hon. Kllhu
U. Washout n , Dr. Mo as Omni , J. II. Me-
Vlcker , II. K. Sargent , Hon. James 11. Uoo-
Ittlc , Elmer Wnshbmnc. Dr. Alcvnudor
Joel ; , who lu addition to Judge Lucius
U. Otis and Caller II. llniilson , who
eslificd yostcitlay , nil joined In declaring
that Mr. Storey was of sound mind nnd
iicmoiy during ISbO nud 1831. This was
teemed a veiy strong showing as nealnst
.ho testimony of tluee vvltnoscs of the will ,
whom It had been charged were Inteicslcd
icrsons , when the nltoinoy for Mrs. Fairaiid
noved to dismiss the apical. Ho said ho
md Informed his client that he was now con
vinced thai the will could not bo probated.
Judge Triunbull This action Is not en
tirely n surpilso to us , your honor.
The Couit Well , I must say It is to me. 1
cveiy day dismiss appeals.
Mr. lleiilck Wo would like to bo heard
mil produce authoilty on tills point.
The Couit 11 looks to mo at this tlmo as
hough the appellant has a right to dismiss
he appeal. U is a novel and now ( jucstton
lo me , and t would like toliear aigumont on
[ ho subject. 1 will give you until to-motiow
nornlng , gentlemen , to look the matter up.
Judge Trinnhull Wo heard something nt
: he stall of this case fiom the other bide
about thimble rigging. Wo are now pic-
paied toaiguc this ipiestlou , being prepared
hrough our 1'oie thought to do so.
Fiom the beginning It has been urged by-
Mrs. Sloioy's counsel that Mis. F.uiand'H
attorney is irally acting in tlio inteicst of
Mr. CJotidy's clients , and that ho cauio Into
the case In the disguise of a pioponctit of the
will solely for their advantage. The very
positive evidence of Mr. Storey's sanity
; iven by the gentlemen who occupied the
stand , it Is mged , was not of a kind to dis
courage any ono who wished the will pro-
jatcd. It would be almost Impossible to re
fuse probate without piovlng them unwoitliy
of belief.
PRO.U OTUKR UAN'US.
The Iron Prince Spouks In u llcnmrk-
nblo Manner.
y , Jan. US. In the landstag to day
Pi ince Bismarck made a icinaikable speech ,
wlieicin hocharactcilzed the Poles as dis
loyal to the German crown , and said the
Polish agitation In ( Germany always ap
pealed to him an element of danger and had
compelled him to keep a watch on llussia.
"Hence. " continued tlio chancellor , "wo
have determined to buy out all the real estate
owned bv Polish natives In Piusslan-l'oland ,
and place Oeiman colonists on the piopcity
hitlieilo occupied by the expelled people. In
order to make the colonization iuuio peima-
nontly to the benefit of tlio cmplie. the colonists
nists will bo piohlbited from nun vlng Poles.
The cost of tho'undeitaklng will bo about
tlneo hundiod. million maik < ( S75.000,000) ) ,
but the state vyllLonJ ; IOSB about ten per
centage of tins loss , made' ncccssaiy by the
oxiglenclos of tlm case by buying out an alien
class , and leseJlliig to tha. ( ici mans , while
the gain to the I'lnpiui will be Immeasurable. "
Tin ) chuncellor's speach was thupiincipal
topic of conversation to-night.
The Ministerial Muddle.
Jan. 28. The queen has sum
moned the Marquis of Sallsbiuy to confer
with her ut Osborn. Ho will dlno with her
majesty this evening nnd be her guest till to-
niouow , whoa ho will letitrn to London.
The Evening Xows snyd ithasauthoiity
for stating that Lord Salisbury has advised
the queen to summon Loul Haitington to
lorm a cabinet.
LONDON , Jnn. S3. It is icportcd In the
lobby ot the house of commons this evening
that the queen Is sounding Loul Hartlngton
as to his willingness to undeitako the taskot
forming a coalition ministry.
The Standard this mornlne says the queen
will unquestionably summon Gladstone to
foi m a cabinet. _
The Greeted Itnuk Down.
PAIIIS , Jni ) . 26. A tclcgiam received this
afteinoon from Athens states the Uiuck
cabinet has suddenly clianged. Despatches
add that ycsteiday evening Hellenic minis--
teis Issued a decluiatlon that "Ureeco would
comply with the wishes ol ISuiope. "
"ViuxvA , Jan. 23. The Political Cones-
poiulcnce says a Kuiopean flout will assemble
in Sunda Hay. Ciete , to-moiiow or Suluiday.
numbeilng about twenty men ot war , and
tlio commnndeis have icceived tlio icqiilslto
instinctloiis lor their guldaiico ,
LONDON , Jan. US. A dispatch fiom Beilin
says the Ciicek minlstiy has ic.signcd.
The Great Canal Dltiscr.
LONDON , Jan. as. The Do Lcs = > eps party
includes the unusual adjunct of a doctor.
When leaving Pails , Do Lc.sscps t > ald : "I
will bo luck in sixty days. I cannot die
bclore. opening the canal. " A iaigo con-
coin so witnessed the distinguished engineers
dcpatturc. There was much enthusiasm , tlio
ciovvd clipciingnnd shouting , "Vive Do Los-
sops. " The party will ciub.uk at Southamp
ton to-dny.
Tui'Icoy and
LONDON , Jan. ! i& Tlio Times con cspond-
cnt at Constantinople , In a dispatch con-
cuinltii ; the Ilio undcistaiidlng nulved nt bo-
tvveen Tmkey nnd Itnlgniia , sajs : The Poito
v111 bestow upon I'lincu Alexander the tltlo
of miishli nnd govcunor general ot Knstoin
Hotnnclla. The iiimorls cuiient heio that a
sklimish between ( iieeks and Turks has
taken place at Glnsseva , the liontlcr of
Kpiius , _
TJSftUGllAIMI NOTKS.
St. Paul nnd Kllundalc ( Dak. ) icpoit severe
cold weather.
A Hiodamaia'd the Albany ( X. V. ) Uievv-
Ing company's malt house tii'i.ooo ,
At the und of last night's play the bllllnid
match stood Schacfcr l.WO , Vigiinux 1,75J.
No\vbiuyiioit ( Jlus.s. ) was visited by n
severe sleet ttoi m , causing gieat destitution
to tiees and slnubbeiy.
Mr. IJnin'H Xevv Gato.
The olllco ofV. \ . II. Jjiuns , clerk of the
district court , is divided into two parts
by u counter which extends from Ilio easl
to tlio western wall. To got into his
de.sk the clerk has to walk from ono side
to the end of the room to roach an open
ing , unless hit should like to jump the
counter , which hodocnii'l. The county
commissioners are about to socnro Mr ,
Coots' borvices to cut another gate in the
middle of llio barrier.
Despite Vurmonl's stringent lish pro
tective laws , some scalawag depopulated
ono of her lakes the other day by explod
ing a quantity of dynainito underneath
tlio ice. Every fish apparently was
killed.
The most valuable iiostngo stamp
known to collector is said to bo one
issued by the postmaster of Itattlcboro ,
Vt. , in 1817 , which wqs1 suppressed iiftor
a fovv weeks. A spuonncn is now worth
six or eight numbed dollars' .
Accordingly tho.1'iogrca Medical , a
method of treating rabies by inoculation
was discussed in n Leipslo medical
journal as long ago as Itill ) , and tint doc
tor recommending it was stated to bo
Constantine liuriug of Philadelphia.
A VAST CORRUPTION FUND ,
Republicans ShonlJ Go Slow in Aiding
Schemes to Replenish It.
A NAVAL REBUILDING STEAL ,
Meagre Chniico for the llcpenl of thri
Iiliiiltntloii of Arrearages Mill
The Crowd nt the Capital
The Telephone Suit.
Folly toAsslAf the Scheme.
WASIII.NOTO.V , Jan. 23. [ Special. ] Many
republicans here , whllo forecasting the fu-
tttie , arc dtcldedly of the opinion that the
republicans In cougicss should no slow In
committing themselves to the scheme of the
administration for appioprlatlng vast sums
lor sea-coast defences , for rebuilding the
navy , and for f mulshing vast stoics of heavy'
i Hied oidnniiccs foi It Is believed that , judg
ing from the past , these appropriations will
foi m a vast cm motion fund for paityuscs/
nnd tills too , whether the money Is expended'
tlnough private contiacts , or through the
national navy yards. IfcoutiacNaroIet , *
ihocontiactois will bo heavily assessed for"11
the use of the national tioasm v ot the dcino-
: ratle patty , etc. , contractors being lecoupcd
by being allowed latirosums In the way oC .
"eqtias. " It the work Is done In the navy
yards , these places will become what they1" '
were twenty-live and thirty ycais ago , demo- ,
ciatlc clubs In disguise , dojulnatliig by force
nndfinudtho districts , If not the states , In
which they are located. Thercfoio the moro
judicious icpubllcans hcie think republican
senators niuirepiosentatlvos should go very
; low In placing in the hands of the men now
u power vast sums of money , i
goodly percentage of which
will bo used In debauching our elections
after the Ohio and South Caiollna plan , anil
thwaitlng the ical will of the people. 1C
some means could bo devised whcicby the
ichnbllttallon of our navy could bo secured
under noii-paitlsan supervision , then it
would bo well enough to enter upon the
woik nt once. But with the Ohio oxnmplo
staring tl.cm In the face It would bo folly for
iemibllcans _ to put a knlfo into the hands oC
; hcir foes with which to cut their own
tluoats. And they will not do it If their
votes icflect the will of their icpubllcan
constituent' ! .
MIAGRI : : rnAxcr. ron ITS itinAi. .
It Is not thought piobabloby those who
luivc watched the sentiment In congress
closely during the past few days that the
pioposltlon to repeal the limitation of ar-
icaiagosof pensions can become a law not
even the bill extending the limitation to
January 1,1SSS , which would bo for a period <
of not moro than eighteen months. While/ '
all lecognUo the jusllco of paying ariearagcs
and acknowledge thai If It is right to pay a
pension at all , it is right to pay it during all
of the time theio was disability , the proposi
tion to allow ancarages opens up too broad
an cxpcndituio when It Is the Intention
to icbulld the navy at a cost of.
fiom S-t ,000,000 lo SCO.000,000. nud- '
make vaiious other Improvements wjiich , i
must cut a laigo hole in the bottom ol the I
treasury. The baino objection Is now offered
to a universal pension bill-that is , n bill , - |
pensioning all honorably discharged injloii
soldicis and sailois. For years the people
have/been / howling for a dlstilbutlon of the
suiplus In the trcasuiy. Then , It boems , it'
did not occur to conmcas to make the iIs- ] , . :
tiibutlon to these who fought to prcseivc tfio J j
union , and make this iircroaeo. .Now it i '
comes , it appeals , a 11 ttlolate. Other schemes
lor expending the surplus have been turrced ]
upon. -
PACKED FUI.T. OF rrori.i : . ' j
Thcic has not been so largo a ciovvd hero i
as now since thoconsidciatlon o'f the taiiffi 3
bill in the lir-i session of tlio Forty-seventh
congiess four years ago. Washington la \
packed full of peopla. Most of them are
vlsitois. Dining the past fortnight there
have been n number of conventions in bcs- '
hion , which liavo contributed largely to the
ciovvd , but thcio ibn constant singing , swell
ing mass that ovei flows the hotels and lijls , {
the boaidlng houses. Just at this time there |
Is veiv little to attract attention befoio con-1
giess. The debate : ; aie as tunicas the ses
sions me biief. No measures aie pending to
excite interested ciovvds , so that those
who como must coino for pleasure , ,
not business. In piovious coiigiebC8 there'
have been many measmcs afTecting tlio busi
ness intoiests of the countiy , and men have
Hocked heic to woik lor the passage or defeat I ;
ot those measuios. It Is not likely that there *
will bo any clamor on any nccount liom the '
outside woild In this congiess. Kvcn th6 ;
jnepaiatlon of the liver and haibor hill ,
which Is of gioat intciest and usually attinets
hiiiuliedsniid ellen thousands ol people , 1ms
failed to i-Milto the slightest Inteiest.
I.A5IAK A.VII OAlil.A.NM ) .
The moio Secietaiy l/imar's action in ic-
gaidto the Bell telephone cases is looked
into the duiker does It bcum to tin ; general
public. Attorney ( iuneial ( iailand , with Ills
51,500,000 , will ol course , when the cases
leacli the United Stales com ts , do all In his
powerlow.ud .seeming a voidlct tli.it will
give substantial value to his blocks. Taking
the raso nlton'etliei , it Is now looked upon as
ono of tliu most Infamous that has como to
the suilaco hem formally jears.
Captain CranToid'n Murder.
SAN KitAXf i-co , Jan. 2 . Major ( iencral
Pope Htnte.s to-day that ho felt rcil.iln the
Mexicans who attacked Captain Ci.uvford
woui not legulai tioops. but icnegades who
took the Ameiicnns lor liostile- > and attacked
them In hopool ohtnlnlnir Ilio scalp iiionoy
( illeicd by tlio state ol Honuia tor UK : hos-
tiles.
A Card.
The statement of Mr. Pn'lssinan vvltli
rcjj.ml to the "Jiito iinjlpisantiii\-s | : , " was
based on the otlbrtH of his imagination ,
I did not tuko the goods from fhcMifo before -
fore showiny my authority. I did not
liven draw rovolvur ; but 1 did "ct what
I was after , and "llioro's tlio rub. " .Mr.
1'niibsiiiiin may yet luarn that the only
crinui that was committed was in rc.sisf-
in an olliccr in the iioiionnanco ot his
diiiy. _ _ _ J. J ) . Uusim
I'otillonliiK for I'nrtltion.
lloracii S. , Ili'lon , Mary S , anil Grorgo
F. Nownian , minors , by their uanliui : ,
Horaeo U. Newman , tiled u petition in
the district court yesterday asMn that
the children of J'olor Forbes , deceased ,
bo compelled to puitition his real pstatc ,
giving to each plaintifV ono-twcntiuth u
lliolr slmro of tliu prrtpurty. 1'orhi" ) dii'd
in 187 , without leaving a will , and the
property has never buou divided.
A ftelit oopuiTod in a farmyard at S Inn-
ley , ii. , inlay or tvvo aye between a
inarit and a bull do . The mnro finally
killed the c.intno by falling on it , but Had
to bo killed lieisi'll afterward on account
of the injurifj she had received during VjJ
the encounter.
A Hud Canon ( C'al. ) prospector gsith-
crcd rabbit moat unotigh during the Jale
storm todo him till Juno. Jlo cut down
a lot of trocs , painted tliu ends bincK , ami
the rabbits butted their bruins out iry.njc
to jiiini ) into what they took lor liulca ,
Ho ol 110 tlm litst ni-U.
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