Nebraska Newspapers

    rHE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
FIFTEEN TH YE AR. OMAHA , TUESDAY MORNING. APHTL 20 , 183S NUMBER 262
NOT EXACTLY A PURCHASE ,
That Is What Garland Testifies in Regard to
His Pan-Electric Stock.
BEFORE HIS INVESTIGATORS.
goino Very Pertinent Questions Pro
pounded , "Which tlio Attorney-
ticncral Answer * by "I Can
not Cull to Mind. "
Gnrlnnd nnd Illn Htoclc.
WAPIIIMITO.V , April 10. The announce *
Itii nl that Attorney General Garland xxas to
appear before the telephone Inxestigallon
committee caused a laigonudlonccthls morn
ing. It xvas neatly tluee-qiiarters of an hour
nftci the it-gular hour of meeting xvhcn the
attorney general appeared , looking paloand
rather weak. With a cointeous salute to
thu .committee , ho Immediately took the
eland , and , on imitation of the cliahnmn ,
bean ! to make a statement of his connection
with the Pnn-Klettrlo company. Ho wished
ho said , to lay before the committee audio-
alllnn the mattei contained In his statement
to the pie-ildent on Oct. bth last.
In addition Mi. Gailand xxished to explain
two 01 tlueo points of that statement. In
rebtuaiy , Ibb3 , Gciiuial Atkins Bald to wit
ness lie bolluxed Hitler's inxentlonsuio all
of gieat utility 11 piopeily handled. Buim ;
n iiool man like hlmse.il , Atkins desired wit
ness to enter Into this. "Hold him , " said
wltnuis , "that i hid nuxui undei taken to
make any money except by laxv and poker.
1 always lost at pokoi ami guneially won at
law. Ixxas willing to go into this If it ot
tered any Inducement. " Continuinir , witness
bald that Sunatoi Hauls luado.snbstantiallj
the same statement about thu Inventions , and
two 01 Ihieu da > s aflerwaid ho ( xvituuss ) liad
been Intnduceil to Kodgeis nnd Ills son at
their home. Ho brlelly told of their orgau-
1/ing tlio Pun-Electric Telephone com
pany , ns detailed by Senator Hauls
and olhei xxllntbscs ami then tinned Ids at
tention to tlm applications made to htm to
bring suit against the Bell company. It xxas
an InlPiutite , and not a taut , ho said , that the
I'.m-Elocfilc company hud in itlu application.
The Inluieiicu was founded on two reasons :
I'iibt , that Colonel Young e.xmu xxlth otliei
gentlemen in the laltei pait of .lulx , and wit
ness kiu-xv him to be betittaiy anil treasnrt-i
ot tlm Pan-Electric ; second , bteaitbo witness
had on Maj U."i icccixod aluttci fiom Kodgeis
ieiiebting ( | thu suit to be hi ought ns
a stockholdct of the company. Coup-
line those Lvts toguthoi , witness took
it foi giantod tliat thu Pan-Ekctiic
had made aiiplication , but it xxas Mmplj in-
luiuntc , as no naiiio had been mentioned.
Witness had ticated Kodgei's litter as iiei-
Bonal , and hu knew Kodgeis had no author-
it } to ind\i > application that suth an appli
cation mustcomo tiom the piesldcnt ol the
tomp.iny. Thcietoie , the lettti had re
mained unanswcied and the puisonal papei
had not been bled. In .lull Van Bontliiijsen
lmlpii"-ontod his application toi suit , basing
It on tlm laxv , which , ho staled , had boon
passed at the last session of congiess. Wit
ness had he-aid ol thu law bufoio that , and
had some -ench made , but could not Hud the
ntt. 'llm applUation xxas so well wiitton nnd
appaiuutly set out the passage of the bill s-o
posillxely that xxltness felt them intiHt bo
homo mistake anil that the bill had become a
laxx' . The application hnd been rclontdby
witiiossto the inlcrioi dcpannicnr. wheiuft
should baxogono In tlm hist instance , and
witness beaid no mine of it until It xxab ic-
tuinullabt .lauuaivwlth otliei papers.
Altei mdvmg Van Bentliujsou's lottei ,
witness had not set to xx oik to examine into
the undid , foi , though lie had no intimation
totlmt uffce.1 , he was satisliod that appllea-
tlons would lie made. Looking oxei authori
ties ho coi eluded lie could not older thu suit ,
nnd w lien the gentlemen came , Van Hcnlliuj-
fecn , Vound and otht-is , 1m deteimined hu
would not touch it at all under any tlicum-
Btances.
When witness was still In the senatu
Platt came to him xxitli a bill to atithoil/o
gox eminent suits , and asked Ids opinion of-
It. Witness hail looked It oxei , and legaidod
II asunnetuss.iiv that It would do no good.
Ti nt xvas all hu exei saxx or lit-.ud ot llio
bill until It had been hiou-lit to bis attention
thiough the application. In the earlx part ot
the tall Huinpliioys , of tlm Globu Telephone -
phone company , had called in on him nt the
derailment about the publication. "Ho
thought ho xxas going to jump
ox i r on me. " said the witness.
Humpliioxft Insisted that ho ( xxltness ) oidei
the suit , and had said that it was xoiv curious
tliat because hu ( witness ) xxas In nnotlici
compaii } that his ( Hinnphioj'b ) ilghtsshoulil
bo tllbiu aiitoil. "lio got mad because 1
would not do anything about it , " said tlio
witness , "and x\o patted not xxlth mu
tual u-spcct and admhatlon at all. "
\ \Vitne- denied that hi ) had oxer glxon an
opinion about him. Thu opinion ho had
Kixen was to thu cllect that tlm pan electric
inxentlons xxore not Inlilngiiments upon
telephones that xxeio dilleiently pntentablo
on a xxoll oigaul/od princlpfo. While a
Mockholdci , ho had bcun vciy deieloct In nt-
tendliiL' mot-tings lot thu leason Umt the
place of meeting was Incunvlonr'ntiy situated
and they woio held at niglr
when xxilncss inioly xxent out
of Ills house. Although witness xxns
ntlonmy foi the company , jet Young nnd
Senntoi Hauls usually diuxx up thcUual pi-
peis , anil uhen they xxcio lutuiietl tolilin ult-
ness made sii h nlteiations as seemed news
b.uy. Thc-so papeis had been .submitted to
\xllnoss In the senate JudlPlniyioom.biit It xx as
fr a mistake tot-ay that any boatd meetings had
been held In that loom , Witness xxas satis-
lied he had noxoi attcndeil a meeting of thu
company slnco tlm last piosldentlal election.
Tinning his attention to the nideriiig of-
the Memphis Milt , wltnes.ssaiil that hu had
aiiangod to leaxu Washington on AuuiibtST
unit spoilt ! tlm entire month of So.ptt'iiibt-1 at
Ids homo In AlUansas. lie hail ictiuiied to
( .Washington about October 1 , anil when 1m
ailed at tlm whlto house the pip-ddent had
told him tlio papeis xxeio speaking of thu
case , \\heieiipon he had madu thu explana
tion that had been published. Witness liad
IKHCI opened his mouth to Geode about It ,
beeaiiHu bollcitoi ( loode , under the statute ,
xxas peifettly lioo and independent , and
witness had no nioiDconttol oxer him In his
( \\ltni"V ) absence 01 disability than hu hid
oxoi the gentlemen In 001141 ess , Ho had
noxoi to this day spoken to ( Joode about the
lirst suit , 01 the ono alleged to bo pend
ing , ( iotitlo had spoken something about
counsel and the piactko ot tlio go\em
inent in dealing xxlth counsel. Ho did not
knoxv xxhiit was In the bill , hail noxoi sten
the papeis on which thu suit was inodk-tnted ,
and had noxortidkud with Seojolaiy Lamar
01 thu gentleman who hail sat with him. Hu
had ext-n iieellned to talk xxith tlm picsldonl
about tlm suit. Ono of the gentlemen in
bi'iietuiy Lamm's dupniimunt.ach Mont
gomoi ) , an old ( olle'o lilund , and appointed
at his solicit ition had declined to bit In thu
t.iMi In calico hu had seen some notice , now
ami Hun. about Gal 1 mil being the leeipicnt
of a block of block as a gilt. Of t ouibO theio
had In on nt ) gilt about It. As to thoijucrtion
ot ) iu pilcty , theio xxasno moio impiupikty
In his position than la the caio ot a gentle
man Holding inlhond stockIn con-
giobs , or eongiCbMiipn going our to
thu supieniu couit to pi.ictlcu foi
moiiex. It xxas lo.'itimnto biiblness
and witnosb had nexerdroamod of any legis
lation being Hiked. Ills only logitt xxns it
liad not "panned out. " If any question had
como up In congress connected with thecom-
patiy hu should not haxu xoled on It.
Ho bnd it commended Dr. Itodgors nnd his
son to Mobsi-s. Cox and Hewitt bocaiibuMio
reminded thorn ab xoiy competent men In
their line. Witness had talked with Aichl-
. led C'niko ' about Hauls Uodgeis' upnllca-
tlou foi appointment us housu electrician ,
and about putting in Itodgus' telephones ,
but after consultation xxlth Senator Kd-
niitndb , proildeut pro tempt n of tlm senate.
I'laiku.had . ic tilled to niiikotlmappolnlmunt.
The chairman ItiimlitHl If the wltne.ss le-
gnrrietl the stock ab a gift.
Ho u-plicd In the negntixo. .
Chaliman llujlo "Did > ou contemplatq
xislngioui olllehd position lei thoadxautugo
of tbueiilfipiibuV"
Witiu us "Not lit nil. If 1 had been a prl-
v t citiicii 1 tould haxu done nuah better
tlmn when lu olllco. "
la atiiwvr to a auottlon by thu clinlnunu
xxltnetsinld holiad ne\er argued a patent
case In his life.
.Mr. Hnnncy took up the examination at
this point. Ho questioned whether the wit
ness rciardt < l Ids stock as n purchase , as ho
had said It was not n ulft.
Witness replied th it It xx-ns not precisely a
purchase. It would be dllllcult to detino It In
ono \xod. : mill , taking the nsscssmonts Into
ronslderntlon , It niluht be called n pin chase.
Ho w ns SICO out by tlio assessments.
ilr. Knnncy bppan nn liKpilry Into the con
tracts of the company , but tliu w Itnpss know
xcry little about them. Kanney lookup the
letial phase of tbtfcasp , and examined the
xv itncss at some lunctli as to his undcMaml-
Ing of the Issues litigated In tinDolbear. .
Drnxxbaticli , tind other cases. Witness had
noxer understood tiom the cases ho had road
that nnjthlnif moio than a ipirstion of In-
filngeniont had been decided in tnch caso.
Ho noxertindpistood that the IssuewaalJell's
bio.ul claim to the art of lelophonv.
It was ilno to all shies that he sliould state
the fact that aftei he had declined to taKn
any action In the matter of 01 tiering the suit
a niimbci of prominent centli'inon ( k-ptl
gcntlomiMi ) had wiilten to him Inslbtliu ; that
notxxltlistaiullnc his conneetlon witji the
J'an-r.littlo It was his duty to haxo bioitght
the suit. Some ot tlio most prominent men
In the countij had wiltten to that elfoct.
Mi. Kanney xxlshcd to Know If the witness
had felt th.it It would be. Impinpur to loll the
applicant that ho xxas disabled , nnd icfer
them to the solleiloi general.
'Jt xxoilld not have been improper , " 10-
Pontpd ) | thewitiicbs , "but It wnsnnuebtlon
of delicacy with me. "
Mi. Itaniiey impihed Iflt had occurred to
xx Itniss. m a leason for not lulling : ( Joodo of
thoipcei | > t of the application , that If he hnd
tohl him of his action In icfuslng to consider
the application that ( ioodu might fuel bound
toiefect It , while If ho bald nothing , ( Joodo
would act upon the orlirlnal application anil
nilL'bt giant the leipiest.
Witness lesponded llnulv In the nceatlx'p.
As Hannoy btlll piessed tlie witness foi his
ipison In lemainliig btlll , ho rcmaiKed that
aftei xxlint had tccinred it seemed to him that
Itxx.is with tlm utmostpiopiiety thatliohad
kept silent.
Oates 'Sinco you lmo been attorney
genoial , haxo 5011 done any net or thing ,
dlicetly or Indlieclly , to piihauco the
Inteiests of the I'.in Klectilc company ,
oithei as counsel tor the company 01 btock-
imldor , as an inteiested paitxV"
Witness "I cannot call to mind any
thought 01 any xvoulot mlno since 1 Iiaxo be
come nttoincv gpneial tli.it is calculated In
the lemotost dpgieo to iucicnso tnox.ilm ; of
that stock , or enhance its xaluo In any \\av-
haxc not been at n meeting , and haxe had
10 conleienco xxith the gentlemen connected
xitliilalall.
Tlm examination of the attorney general
x-is concluded at this milnt , andthecom-
nltleu ndjomncd until Wednesday.
THIJ nun AT STIIY.
Xddltioiuil DolnllH or the Terrible
] lolocniiHt Many Lives IKIHI.
VIPNNA , Apiil 10. The the atSUy is still
racing. The blttntlon theio Is apnalllng.
'hoiuands of Inhabitants aio binkiupt.
1'lip charicd icmalns of many \ictims haxo
alieaib been dug out of the iiilns. The
mjot of tliotoxxn has sent u tclegiam to
.enibeig asking that tioops bo sent to Stiy
\lthappliancestocxtliigulslitlio lire. The
lamago is estimated at scx-eral million
lei ins. Tlio total number dead is noxx' fortj.
Most of the victims xxoio chililien.
When the llio at Stiy had leached Its height
ho prisons woioopcned , but 'tho niithoiitles
mil delajed the loloaso of pilsonei.s too long
and louiteen cf tlie unfoitunato Inmates
xeie burned to death. In the biiburbs of the
oxxn all xxas confusion. Peasants looted
louses and shops alter conflicts \\itbtheh
oxvnors , some of wliom , in thcii dcspah ,
ommitted biilclde. The gale \\as so sexero
hat spaiks weie can led tlueo miles nndot
no to a niimbci ol huts occupied by the pcas-
intix * . The emptioi has donated
S'V/JO for the relief of the sulleieis.
I'ho latest estlmati.s ot llio fatalities is
ilacPd at 100 , including lilty thildien sttp-
losetl to haxo been binned to death in a
scliool house. When the Hie commented the
bulkol the Inhabitants xx ere absent at : i fete ,
and on theli letiun thpv xxcio so completely
lazed by the calamity that the conilasiatlon
xx ab alloxxcdto piocced undictked.
Scotch Oppose tlio Iantl Hill.
oNDOJf , Apnl 1' ' . The defertlon of the
Scotch ladlcal memboib of the housu ot com-
nons has bjcn gioxxlng since llio land bill
xxas made known. It is estimated that
: wontj-ltxo \otoagainst Gh.dbtone , nnd
: hat 111010 will abstain 1iom Doting.
Duncan Jrc-Laion , n loimei nipuibci
lor J'dinburgh nnd n niomiiient
radical since lb-0 , denounces tlio whole
schemo. He Is Iiigbt's ? brolliei-in-laxv.
liilght's hostility to the s-ohomo is pio-
nouiiced. Ho consldeis the lei nib of the pui-
chase lutolpiable. It is repoitotl ho inges
( iladbtono to appeal to tlm countiy it the
homo uilo bill passes by onlj a small nia-
Joilty.
t
The ( Ji-pcks Still Kiiinliitf.
AamNH , Aiuil ! ' . > . Greek troops are being
pushed to the frontier as rapidly as possible * .
DeHut/oxv , Kusslan mlnlbtcr to Gieece , do-
paitcd toi Llxadla to ht-o the czai , In pursu
ance to urgent orders from Ills Majesty.
I'Aius. April I'J. ' hoTemps slates It Is ru-
moi ed the Cheek consul nt Candla , Cicte ,
with the appioxal of Ids gox eminent , has
been actlx elj engaged in plotting rebellion
among the people , the majoilty of whom aie
( iieeks , against Tiuklsli anthoiity , and that
the consuls ot other powcisasKfd tncir ox-
ernmeiits to inleifeio to piexent the moxe-
ment 1'ioin being cariled out.
Tlio Cholera Scours * " .
Koxii' , Apiil 10. Choleia has appeared nl
Leccc , tlio capital ot tlio piovlnco of tliat
name , and is bpicadlng lapldly. Suxoial
siispicioub case-j have been dis-comed nt
Milan. _ _ _ _ i _
The " \Voinnls 1'toxo Fatal.
M.vniili ) , A pi II 10.The IMshopof Madiid ,
xxho wasbhot boxeial times x citeulay by a
ptlest , has died tiom his Injuuos.
Counrdly Woilc of n Aloli.
ANIHONV.KS. April lO.JAbouttwo months
agon tight occuuod nt Danxlllo , neai this
place , betxxeen two biothcis named Weaxor ,
nml a man named Add. The latter xxns fa
tally xxoumled and the Woax-ea bo > s xxeio nr-
u-stcd and hurried nxvay to axold mob \Io-
lence. Labt week they xxeio icturnod for Irl-
nl , but the cases woie continued for the tenu
with bail of SIO.OJO each. At ono o'clock
this inoinlng a mob of foitvoi moio ainicc
mon smroumlcd the shei ill's icsidenco in
this cltxwhoio the piixmeis xxoro undei
gu.ud. The guaid hoailng them uishei
the prlsoneib out tlio b..ck door
mill Into the bisitincnt cf the now
school building. Tlm &hoillf was taken pris
oner by the mohnnd guarded. The deputies ,
linding it useless to leslst , buiieiuleied. The
Wenxor brotheis defended tbeuibehes xxlth a
Kixtdxei whleh they had taken liom ono ol
the iteputles. They were llnally oicipow-
ciod by the mob and disarmed. Hopes xxeio
plarod'around tbeii neck and luepaialions
madu to hang tbeiii , but the tiaiup of np
pionchlng feet fiiglitoncd the mob , so they
iiiod fifteen 01 txxonty shots Into each man
literally shooting them to plccos. Mounting
theii horses they ictlw rupldlx' away. Tlio
mothoi of the boys and the xxife of ono o :
them \xltucbbed tlm entlio tiagedy.
YeHtordnj'a llasn Hall Oninc ? .
The games pi tyed by the leading base bal
clubs of the coiuitiy ypsteulay leaiilted as foi
lows :
AtHnitfoid-nctioltsO. Haitfoids .
At Ualtimoie Halthnoies2 , lironkljusO.
At I'hiladelphm Athletics 1 , Metiopoll
tans I.
At Hlclnnond liostons U , Hochestvrs 'J.
At fat. l.ouls UroxxnsS , I'lltsbur s C.
'Clilcii'o'B French Consul
Apill 111 The piesldon
has u-cOtjiiUod Henri Leon Ycikje ,
ol Fialicu nt CJilcngo.
Ncbr.ialruVcatlipr. .
The weather indications tor tlm state n
'ebiaska nro ; Ktiirxeaher ( , and El.ghtiy
cooler ,
WEAVER WILL HOLD HIS SEAT
? ho Democratic Majority Report in Favor of
the Iowa Qreenbacker.
DIRTY WORK ACCOMPLISHED IT.
The Minority Argue In Vain for Camp-
hell Hills Introduced in Con *
cress ft > r the BcitPl.lt of
loxxn and Nebraska.
The IMcctlon Commlttoo'H Koports.
ASIIINOIOX , April 10. fbpcclal Tele
gram. ] The majority icport of the hou o
: ominittco on elcetlons In the Campbell-
Yt-axpr contested election from the Sixth
dlsirlct of loxxa , In fa\or of Wiaxer , xxlilch
soxcliislxely democratic , and the minority
report In fax or of seating Campbell , which Is
ixcluslxely icpublican. were made today to
he house and xxill come un for action , and
iVeaxer xx 111 hold his seat by the grace of the
'orty-ono deinocintlc majority , made up of
slxly-soxen of the most uniepentaiit rebels
and the balance of northoin coppcihcads
and dough faces and fuo tiaders. The ina-
oiity rcpoit xxas written by We.xxoi's assist
ant attotney , Hen Hall , who was left In
charge of thu case by Jtulijo Cook xxhcn ho
clthorc. It is a mailer ot common notoriety
icre that Hall , instead of acting as a jtulge
on the committee , has been Wo.ue'r's
special champion and attorney. Ho was
closetetl with Cook the da > aftei the argu
ment befoio'tho committee , and lecolvcd
special instructions boxv to piocoed In tho.
case. While Judge Harris was
argi'lng for Campbell. Hall Inlcr-
upted him so fioquently as to finally
be lemlnded that.If ho xxantcd toaiguelor
iVeaxei lie would plcasp xxalt nnd nmkohis
armimentat the pioper time. It now tin ns
out that Ida appointment on the committee
on elections xxas seemed b } Weaxer in return
'or ills \ote cast foi Carlisle foi spoakci , and
xasapait of the scheme by xxhich Weaxci
xas to bo enabled to hold his stolen scat. It
x as a sluoxx d , uupi incipled mox o on Weavei's
> art , but xx hat must bo thought ot the con-
; ressman xxho penults himself to be made a
.ool for such dlity xx oikV Wt'.axci holds his
seat , but Hall loses xxlint little vlitne ho may
ia\'o had on coming to this congress , and
ixill liPiicclorth bo regaulcd 'as an unpilncl-
iled political ttamp , instead ot the faii-
nlnded man some had ghen him ciedlt tor
( dug. Hall's rcpoit is a it-hash of Cook's
speech. Xcxei hax ing read the ex idente , ho
adopts Cook's views and Ineoipoiatos them
nto the lopoit with all their iiiisstateinents
and clew ing nilsicpresentations. He gl\cs
Wcaxci sevcial moio xotcsthan he claims ,
and cuts Campbell oil with less than
one-fifth of the illegal xoto he
clearly showed for Wcaxei. The
axx In regard to registration lie pencils , and
, ho decisions of tlio comts I'dbiepiebcnts ,
anil is so unfaii and nnsciupulous as to lead
a pioinlnent tlemociat outside to tlenounco
ds icpoit as a tissue of falsehoods and mis
representations , lint the demociacy w III fol-
oxv It down foi the good of the patty , and
Wcavei will think huls a "blsrgei man than
old Clexer. "
The majority u-poit Is a sttong legal docn-
ncnt , tlraw n by Pa > ne , of Xcxv Yoik , assist
ed by Kly , ot M asspchusctts , anil dcnton-
stiates In the cleaiest i osslblo manner that
J.ampbell was boncstlj1 elected and is en
titled to the seat bejontl qiitstlon ,
opinion tiom such eminent law j ers ns
I'ayne , Ely , Hopkiiib or Illinois , and Pettl-
bone ol Teiinubsoc , I& a testimonial that
lampbell may well bo proud of , for they aio
considered among the ablest laxxjers In the
10USO.
Weaxer is nlicady beginning to feel his
oats and swill xvlth Impoitancc , as lie con-
ratulatos himself that the fuslonists of the
Sixth loxxa dlittict cannot get along without
1dm , nnd tint tney will bo compelled to ic-
iiomlnnto him this fall 01 go undei , and ho
opobCb to "lie'lit It out on that line. "
ron AX IOWA f-oi mints' JIOMI : .
In the house to day Mi. Frederick of Iowa
Introduced a bill locating a branch homo foi
disabled soldlcis and sallois foi .Minnesota ,
Kt-biaska , Dakotaand loxxaat Marshnlltown ,
Iowa. It authorises and directs the board ot
managers of the homo lei disabled soldiers
and sailors to locate a blanch homo ntbomo
Initial ] olnt within a distance of n icxv miles
ot tlie tlty of M.ushalltoxxn , upon n tract of
land of not less than 03 ncics , xvlihin three
months nftci the passage of the bill , pioxklctl
the pint-base price of the tiact of land shall
bontlxanccd ami pahlbj thoclti/cns of that
state ; that woilc shall bo begun within six
months alter the p.issairo ot the bill , and
nppiopriatlng StOO.GOOfor the constitution of
the building.
HII.I.S iMitoDUcr.n IIY IOX\TAXS.
Hills woio intiodueed by other lowaincm-
beisas follow a : Uy Mi. Hendeibon Au-
thoil/lug thu construction of a rallioad and
wagon bridge by tlm Council Hind's it
Noithem Itallroad company acioss the Mis
sissippi rlxei at 01 neai Dulniquc , Iowa.
UyVc.aci Pensioning Hannah i : . Wll
son , .Itilla A. Coinell ; roinoxlng the ehaigo
of desertion fiom tlm mllilmy iccoid of Geo.
W. Moss , Nicholas Holt.
Hvl.vman Amending tlio pension laws
by Increasing the pinslon ol soldleis and
sallois who haxu lost an aim or leg In the
scivice to 318 per month.
Uy Holmes Chanting a pension to Uiicah
Fiencb.
Hy Hepburn Pensioning John S. Cams
and Nancy J. Clino.
lly Conger-Increasing the pension of
Claik Boon toSJI n month.
stuni'ii\'ft HAD ni.uxnnn.
Jerry ilurphy , oflown , the alk-ged filentl
of the Heiincpln canal , committed another
error to-day , which will icsult In simply lele-
gatlng that measuiu to another conyie . Ho
attempted to haxo the house set aside n day
lei tlio bill to make It a special outer for a day
a fortnight bonce , and lie presented his
claims 80 bunslintrly that his motion
failed by a vote of 113 to
10,1 , asatwothiul votowas rcaulied. Thcro
xxns biilllclont debate on the bill tn bring out
its sticnirth. This Icaxes tlm measure on the
calendar where there is no show lor It xx hat-
oxer , unless some able and Influential atlxo-
cato of It , like General Ileiideiton , of Illi
nois , takes hold of It , xxhcn a day for lib con
sideration may bo fixed. Exery time Mur
phy moxes lor It , Its chances of success are
depreciated and it Is In peril.
M'.DUASKA AMI IOWA I'OSTAI. CnAXOKS.
Tlm postofllco nt Hosklns , Woodburj
county , Iowa , has been discontinued. The
mall xxill go to Sioux City. The postofllco a
Anderson , liiown county , Neb. , has been ic
moxcd by the authority of the postofllco do
paitwcnt to n point a half mlu | south ,
i-uiii.io miiniM.s ran MIHI. : KA , .
Thosub-commltteoof thohouso coinmlttco
on public buildings and gioimds
northwestern bills In charge , has
In favor of the bill for a building at Ficmont
Keb. , and the pies ] > ects are that both Hast
Ingand ; Ftemont xxill get public buildings
b.x lids'congress.
Mr. Van \Vjck Introduced In the senate
to-day a bill appiopriatiutf § 100,000 for a pub
lie building at PJattbiuouth , Xeb.
A MUIIIASICA CLAIM ALLOW nn '
Tlw becretary of tLo luteilor lias allowet
Klchard F , Bariett , . of btoiliur , Neb. , $1,05
of Ids claim against the goxcrnmcnl , amount-
nc to 82,912 , for depredations committed In
SC4. by the Kloxva and Ampahoo Indian" . It
s untlcrdood lie xvlll nccopt thonlloxvanco as
'nil paj ment of Ids claim ]
rUKSO.VAI. AND OTlir.ll MATTKn < > .
Ex-Sonntor Wrlht , ot DCS Molncs , xvasnt
, ho capltol to-day.
S. P. Adams , counsel for Cobb and Parley
n the famous Dubuque wblsky suit , lias
ilcd In the supreme court of the United
States a strong nllldax It ngnlnst the contlnu-
anco nsUed for by the saloon men. The mo-
ion lias not jot been determined.
Mr , Touzalin , of the Council UlutTs A
Northein lallroad , Is here , and Is working
'or the bill Introduced in llio house to day
by Colonel Hundciton , to biltlgo the Missis
sippi at Dubutiue. The brltlRo is to bo fortho
accommodation of wagon and foot passcn-
ers.
The icpublican members of the Ioxx-a dolo-
gatlon Intioduccd In the hou o to-day cojiles
the eoncuiront resolution pissed b > the
ioxxa leclblattno Infaxorof Scnatoi Cullom's
iiitcistatc commerce bill.
KUHTY-XIXTU COXGUnSS.
Senate.
WASHINGTON , April 10. The senate ic-
nalned In secret sesmon about tlueo hours
anil a half considering the will and Labio
Mexican tioaty , and adjourned xxlth the tin-
lerstandlng that a vote will bo taken to-
inoiioxv.
House.
Mi. IlQibeit , fiom the committee on naxal
affahs , moxcd to suspend the iides anil adopt
the lesolutlou making the bill to Inciease the
naxal establislnhetit-the continuing sjcclnl )
oidei from Thurbday , April 2i , until Tiles-
lay , April 27 , on xvhlcli lattei day tlio pie
xious iiuestlon shall bo coiisldeiedasoulcied.
It expects , hoxxcxei , tlie appropriation bills ,
itior .spe' lal niders , public land bills , and prl-
, ate bills on Friday , which shall not bo an-
: agonl/ed. Mi. lleibeit appealetl foi thccon-
sltleiatlou by the house ot the gieat qticslion
nxolxed in the resolution. Om cities by the
sea , 1m .said , xxero absolutely at the mctcy of
any toieign power. Hr.iiilcould saccobstully
hombaid any city on the Atlantic const ,
whilf Chill could successfully bombaul San
Francisco. Uoth pal ties were cnnmittod to
an Incie.iboot the naxal cstabllblnnent and
on no motcnso should the bill bo allowed to
tall. The motion was lost yeas 110 , nayb
101 not Iwotiiiidsotlng In tlio afliimatlxc.
On motion of Mi. Dockuiy , fiom tlio committee -
mitteo on postolllcos and nostioads , the ndes
xxciotispeniled and the bill passed to extend
: hc Immedlato delixeiy seixlce. It pioxltles
foi this t > eixice within tlm cairlot delix'eiy
Imit of any ficodolixoiy oflko , and within
one mile ot anv other postolbcp xxhich the
; ) ostmastei goticial may dcsicnat/1.
On motion ot Mi. Melt IP , fiom the com
mittee on public lands , rules wcio suspended
and the bill passed piovidiilg foi the salt ) ot
the Choiokeo ic-b < ; ix'ation In tlio state of Kan-
ls.
ls.On motion of Mi. Hill , liom the committee
ot territories , tlio lilies'wero suspended anil
the lONolutlon adopted 8rttinu aput the 1st
nnd 8th of Maj lei tliocoiibklciation of busi
ness repoitetl bj that committee. This busi
ness will include the Oklahoma , but not the
Dakota bill.
Mr. Muiphy , fiom the committee on coin-
mcice , nioxod to siispond thp lules anil adopt
; he lesolutlou making the llonnopin camd
bill the toutinuiiiK'special older for May 0.
ill. Uroxx ne opposed the resolution becatisc
ic oiiosed ] the canal bill.which ought not to
! ) . ! > $ tlio house. TJio motion \\.as lost yeas
112 , nnjs 10J not tho.ne.lcssuy two-thhds
.lliiimatiXP. > r
Mi. lik-haidsoii. from thboommlltco on Pa-
cilie rnllniadi , also moxed to suspend the
ides and jfiss the bill rcquliiiigt1mN'oitIieii : !
1'acltic laihoad company to pix the cost ot
oeatinv and binxc , Ing the lands giantedto
that lailioad.
Pending action the house adjourned.
Tlio Democratic Campaign Com
mittee.
April 10. The house demo-
ciaticcongiessional committee met at the
capltol to-night , and alter tilling a number ot
xacancies In the committee , appointed an
e\ecntl\o committee of nine to constitute ,
w itli tlm pommitteo to bo appointed fiom
Lite nienibeis of the senate the democratic
congressional campaign committee , llio
mcmbeis ot the committee appointed ate :
Messis. McMillan of Teuncbsoo , Bums ot
Missouri , Murphy ot loxxa , Giceu of Ix'oitli
Caiolina , Wilkms of Ohio , Ilohertson ol
Kentucky , HIanchaid of Loulsnna , bpnggs
ot Nexv xoik , and Cinln of Texas.
Favorinc the Ivand Forfeit Hill.
WAMIIMUOX , Apill 10. Senator Dolph
to day leportedfiixoiably fiom the committee
on public lands the bill to foifeit all lands
which apncil.dn lnornio ( coterminous with
tliat ] > iu t ot the Xoi thci n Pacllic main line ex
tending fiom Wnlliila'Junctlon , WashliiHton
toriitoix' , to Poitlaud/Oieiron , except such of
the lands as appeitaln to branch lines noioss
tlm Cascade mountains. The bill also pio-
\ldcs that whom poisons aio noxv In posses
sion ot lands lortoited by the bill undei deed
seemed Irom the railroad company , they
' hall hnxe tlm right to pnioliaso the lands
from the Vnlted States in quantities not ex
ceeding 1SJ acrt-b lei ij'-.OO per acre.
A Ti'inpcranco IMonnnro in DlBfavor.
WAsiiiNoroN , April 10. The house com
mittee on the alcoholic liquor tiaflle to day ,
by \otoofslv to fixe , oideivd an adxeiso
rcpoit on Keprfjentatixo Taulbeo's bill to
pioxido that no person shall be licensed as a
H-taii dealei in intoxicants by the United
States until ho Hist iccoixcs n license Horn
Hit * local iiiithorithswheio it is proposed to
cany on thu business of belling llquois.
Entered On ItiH DutlcH ,
WASIIINOTOX , April 10. The bond of
William T , TRUholiiias comptioller ot tliu
cuirency , xxasappioxed by the acting secio-
tniy anil sollcitoi of the ticasmy to day , nnd
ho Mibbonuondy qualllled nnd untuiod on the
diitios of that ofllce. The bond Is for
§ 100,030.
Cannon's Forfeited Hall.
WASHINGTON , Apill 19. The tieasuiy de-
pal tment has recelxed a certificate ol deposit
cf Si'i.oco In tlm case of Oeoigo Q. Cannon ,
of Utah , who was held In that amount ot
ball and which xxas foifeltpd by reason ot
bib failure to appear for trial.
Hull-Dog-Kelly tint IJOOHO.
ST. PAUL , April m-"Hull-Iog" Kelly ,
net-used of murder In I ortlixvestern Tern
toiy , xvns released from contineiiient this
morning upon jiapers recelvcil Irom Wash
ington , niter conilnemont foi ncnrlv half n
ji-ai. The Canadian government xxill juob-
ably make no luiUicr'attcmpt toget him oxer
tliu bordei.
A Btillco of Newsboys.
DETHOIT , April 10 , Th6 afternoon news
bos to-day stiuck on the Kvuilng News , of
this city , demanding two papuis for ono
cent , liibtead ot ono ns hott-toloio. About
one hundiid boy s are in 1 rout of the Noxx h
olllco and will allow no other boys to sell
pa pel s.
Pruhlhktion in West Virginia.
CiiAiu.rhTON \ . Vn.i Apt II10. The mat-
tci ot piohlbltlon which has been hotly con
tested In this country during the past xxcek ,
resulted this afternoon In t he county commis
sioner re fusine to grant licenses. The sa
loon men say tliey will sell , lot como what
may , Tim prohibition paity nay thoj xxill do
all In their power to piosecuto those who
sell.
A Colored Thief Ijynchcd.
DANVII.M : , April 18. On Monday , near
Axton , a negro named Kellis Moorman In
duced Mike Mahone , a xvhltu man , to go to a
neighboring liousa to pjay a game of card $ .
Mahono took a small sum of money xxitl
him , and on the way Moorman knocked Ma-
liomi down and rol bed him. A paity ol
inciiboon captured Mounmi and Ijncboi
him last nli-bU Mahnue'b in Junes aie
thought to bu lala ! .
THEY RAN THE STREET CARS
3ut tlio New York Police Had to Ohargo a
Kob , Injuring Saventy ,
A NUMBER OF ARRESTS MADE.
The Striking Sxxltclimcu nt Clilcago
Prevent Tinko Shuro Trains From
Due Slan Injured
Other Imlior Troubles.
The Street Car "Tlo ITp. "
NKW YOIIK , Apill 11) ) . With the exception
of the Klghth and Ninth axcnucs , the streets
on which boise cats usually inn arc deserted
and quiet today. All rgntl men , dilvois ,
conductors and stablemen have concluded to
nko a holiday In sy mpatlij xx Itli their bi etb-
en of the Thlid axeniiu lluo. The execu'lxe
) oaid ol tlm Kniplie 1'iotootixc ass ( > tlatlon
Iccidod last night to tie tin allioulsln ( ho
city , but evcepleit the Eighth and Ninth axo-
nies roads , becausi ! tin1 men on the o loatls
mxo tin gtloxances. The lines tnxolxtd aio
ho Second , Thlid , Hointlt nnd
Sexcnth axcnucs ; Hrodxx-nx' , Holt Lino.
Axeiuio C ! , Iiy nock , Hast
llroatlwnx anil Dntlciv. Uleclfer sticet and
l''ulton feiry , Ihu Ceiili.il. CiosstoxMi. Cliam-
bJisstrect and ( ! innd stieet fenx , Chilsto-
diei and Tenth stioet0 , I'oitj-second itioot ,
Slanhattanxlllo nnd St. Nicholas axenuo ,
rotty-spcondsticot and Omiid stioot tony ,
Houston sticot. West stioot ami I'axonln
eny , Tlilily-tointlibtuot and Twentj-thlid
stitet Crosstoxxn.
Almost tlm ontho pollco forcoot thocltv
ins boon on duty sluco 5 o'clock this moi-
ilng. Allstieetcai btablos aio gnaulcd by
Ictiicliinonts ot police and tinstuots along
xxhleli the lines run : ue Illlod with "blue
oats. "
The employes of the Dry Dock line state
that they left work beraiiso tliey xxcro
irdeicd to do so by the committee and not
ICCMUSO they bail any Kilovauces , Foity
Secontl street line men stopped for HIP s.uno
pason. In fact , on nonool tilt1 lines , xxlth
ho exception ot the Thlid avii-
nuo linp , haxo the men any com-
ilatnts to m.iko legnidliig the hoins
01 pay. Thegoneial tie up xvas ordciotl seas
as to force the dltectois ot the Thlid ax onuo
ino to } ield to the demands of the stilkeis.
I'hi ) men oideied out on a iiunibai of the
lues toelciy bitter oxci the action of the
committee In slopping all can , and s-av that
lilsgoiieral tlo-up business is inn into the
; roiuid ,
About 4HO : this afternoon tlioThhd avenue
Inostaited tlie liibt ot ixvcntx-llxo cats they
noposed to inn oxei tlio line. Inspector
Jjines and fem men xvelP on the plntfoim.
At SKtvfomtli stieet a big lelloxv rushed
out , gtaspcd tin * hoises by the bits and diexv
a knllc to cut the tcins. Ho had not accom-
ilished Ids purpnsnhcn Insppctor Hjines
ml him asleep xx tth his club. The man was
eft senseless in the bti eels nnd the cai xxent
on. The no\t oai was driven by a noxv
luxoi , and xxhon at Nineteenth stitctt
) iioot the hoics > fell on tlio iiuumciit , a
ciovxd ot btiikois along the xxalks clu-eicd in
leilsloii , 'Ihe tumult gioxv giealei , and
mally the cioxxd began hulling biieks Irom
bo nexv bulltling ou thp cornel.Vindoxxs
xxoie smashed anil the cai iieniollsh'-d The
olllcorsxxpro hurt by the missiles , The police
lien ehnmod the cioxxd and soxenty of them
xxeie Iniuicd. lliglit piisoneis woio taken.
mil in the pockets ot txxool them xxciu toiiud
ioonses as dilxers ot the Foiiith ax-enuo
mo , the men of xvhleli load liaxo no giiox-
anccs and aie out be'-anse ordered to tie up.
The. Strike in Chicago.
CIIIOAOO , April 19. The Daily Ncxvs'
soutb. Chicago special says : A cioxxd of some
200 men are concriegatcd aiound the Hacks
and loiind houses of the Lake SlioiettMichl-
; .ui Southern lailxvay at Foity-thlid stieet
his inoi ning. As only sex cnty mon aio In-
xolxed In the sli ike the majoilty of ihe cioxxd
is composed of outsldeis and s.xmpathl/eis.
' The commttteo of safety , " which the
btiikois appointed to "looK out for the Inter
ests of the companj and to piox'cnt any tlam-
aje to the piopcrty or violence to the
mon , " is on hand. At bJO : a. in. an
engine gnaided by two deputies loft
the round lioubo and steamed sloxxly up the
liack In the diuction of the freight > mds.
The groups ot strike-is xx'ho had been btand-
Ing around Idly gossipping xx 1th policemen on
duty Immediatolv biokeop. Txxooi tlnco
of tliciu jumped on to the moxlng engine
and hnd an eaincst consultation with the
engineer. Thoj' jumped off again an I tlio
engine pioccecled to xxheioa tinln oftlneo
lettlireiator cats and ono common cm and
t.iboosii stood. The engine w.ib couplet ! on
without any difficulty. The signal to go
ahead was glxen anil xxith two policemen
stationed ateieh eai HIP train hlowly stalled
up. ( loneial l'ieiiht Agent Hlodirptt
anil. Cicnci.d Ymd Master Jones bonded
the cahoriso and ex eij thing seemed to be
moving all light xx lion ado/en men climbed
ontopofthe ttain and hft the biakcs. The
tialn began to slow up and in a moment tlm
full hoid of steam xxhichthp t-nglneei tinned
on only soi xcd to tinn llio englno xx heels ,
like so main windmills , without moving tlio
tiain an inch. Ciios of duilslon were bent
up by the cioxxd of stilKcis , which iiisbod toi
the Ualn In spitn ol tlm pspostulatlons ot the
police , uncoupled exeiy cai and sent the
coupling plus Hying thiough the nil on the
otliei hidnol Hut eais standing on thosldo
tiaeks. The otllciaK dismounted liom tlm
cahoot ) and the polices nnd stilkois formed
little knots discussing the affali and await
ing linthoi dexelopnieiits. Not a blow was
sti nek bj either the police 01 the men , who
maintained tlio utmost good biiinoi
tliiouL'hout tlm nlfaii. The town ot
Lake lias aiiout Ihhty pollceiiien.
Itlsstatod on gooilnutlimity that the ' nko
Shoio olllclals ( impose to mal o the pusi-nt
.stiikoan absolute IbMio as to ttieh lU'bt to le-
tnln tholr non-union men , and also toalToid
them absolute jnotectlon. The Inilum of tlio
polioo of the toxxn of 1/iKo to iiiotrcl thuli
juoixnty airalnst the stiikei.s will bo taken as
i lent ly hlioxx Ing that the town cannot 01 will
not affoul protection , and the Mieiirf ami
goxornor In tinn xxill be tailed upon lot as
sistance.
All Ualtimorft & Oldo strikers wont back-
to xxork at 7 o'clock this momlng. Tlm non
union men xvill ptob.iblj be sent out on the
toiul.
hoxoiitecn men. snmofiom as far cast as
liull.ilo and Kilo , xxeio on hand tills aftei-
noon to takothoplacesol the sti Iking switch-
mon. Kv piomlaobot other employment 01
by intimidation , eight o ! fl | ( , boxontecn Im-
modlately upon their nulxal woio made to
bonuxp ) that it xxas to their intcioit to lolialn
fiom doing nhtinko ot xxoik. The lenmln-
ilorof the sex mill on oxplalnetl to thostiikcis
that they were without menus ol MibsIMonce ,
nml theieupon nltoi much pulny , ono bj ono
ot HiPbO men f in tix uly accept ! d boaiding
housii tickets f loin the strlker.s and decamped
inn bin i y.
There was one execution In the sex en-
teen , Ho lepelled all adxniiccs fiom tlm
stiikers , nnd linidly , becoming nngoicd nt
theii poislstenco , applied an offenstxo 4il-
tiict to them. Instantly tlm man xxns felled
by a blow from behind nnd Injuied to such
an extent that 1m xxill bo ot no setxiuj to the
company lei teveial daus.
Ohalrmnn Staid , ot tliiiMilKeis1 p\eeutl\o
committee , had atnlk with ( iunui.il Yiudmas-
tcr Jones this evening and It xvas agit-ed Hint
three engines should bo smit out as a pi le.m-
tionaiy measuie , one toTwellth btrec-t , ono
to Foity-tldid stioet , and ono to Knglewootl.
About dark the engines xxuio sent out , anil
aio to be pounltled to inn in u uo of tnca 01
any serious tumble.
AH an evidence that tlm company has no
idea of j loldlng to tlie fell ikcis , CSoneral \ nut-
master Jones was instructed by Ids supeilois
to Issue an order to the men notltylngthem
that their money was ready tor thorn at the
Polk stieet olllte. Jones did not issue any
written ouler to this ellcct , but gent xxoidto
btahl. When tlm matter xxas made Known to
the btrlkcib they huighcd at the ordci nml
bald It wasablull that the company had a
it-eular pay day , and they Knew when It
( .nuo around. None of the men applied lor
their money. _
The Situation in St. I > ouls.
ST. Loujy , A pi II lO.-lllttoi k Hoist
butchers , xxeio called upon by , i committee o :
the Knights of Labor ycsteiday. xvho rpquest-
ed them to tease to supply Vice 1'iesiden
Hoxie , of the illssouii 1'aclllc , with meat
under palu. ot bcluil > jyu > ttud. Tboscmor
member of the firm informed the committee
ic could not accede to their demand ; that
dr. lloxlo xxns a good customer , and ho would
ontliuio to ill ! Ida orders as long as lloxlo
hould continue his patronage . .
The Bridge and Tunnel and Holt
jlno companies cmplojcd a sufficient
iinnbor of men to man nlj their
engine * anil sxx Itches , and they noxv
uinounco their readiness todoall liansfei-
ng across the rixorbclxxcon llio xarlous rail
road jauls In East St. Louis xxhich may bo
emitted. Their inability hitherto to cnpneo
'ufl crews has been the only Impediment to
i full resumption of operations by the dlt-
'crcnt roads , and noxv tliat this difficulty has
bten rcmoxed the freight business on the
east sldo of the river has assumed Its normal
condition.
Furniture Makers Strike.
CntcAdo , April 10. The men cmplojcd In
ho school fm iiituro factory of A. II. An-
hews & Co. , at Wabash axenuo and Adams
tieels , stuipl ; at noon tn-tlny. The number
mplojod at Hits shop Is about ono hundiod.
I'ho men asked lot an Inn case ol in per
( Mil. Thopoininny claim that they locktd
ho men out.
XI1I3 CL-n.YUANOK IlKCOUI ) .
The Gios * itank KxelmiiKCs For tlie
Iiast Wrclc.
Ilosrox , April 10. The following table ,
joinpllod fiom special dispatches to the Post ,
mm llio maiiageis of the loading clearing
louses in thu United States , shoxxs the gioss
jaulc exchanges at eaoh point lor tin * week
-ndiiig Aiirll 17 , in rnuimli | > uii wllli the toi-
espoudlui ; xvouk In I'W * :
.I.KAltlKOS. .
Voxv Yoik . . . . .
toston 15.fi1. . . .
'hiladelplda .
'hleago IT.SVI.OOO
st. Louis H.UVVJIO
ialtlmoru 11'K. , ' . J.540 fi.-t
.an 1'Yincisco ' ' ' w
liticiunatl 10,70 , ( > flo ! 'r.'o
'ittsbing 7f 70,77l
Nuxv Oilcans 7 , lr > 7,000
CansasClly i7i TO' : ; ' yj o
' 'loxidonee 10.7
.oulsxille 0.7
lllxxaukco S , 1 113,000' ' 1.1
* leu\ei ) 2,1117,078
Jetiolt
) m ilia ,17.0
; ie\ eland 17.0
Minneipolis 12.5
I.utloid 1,07-1,210 15 0
Jolnmlms V > ' > i.ir > ' '
Memphis l.ls.V--il li'p'l
* Galxeston lH3b' , ' '
iidlanapolls iH7r. 'Olfi
s'uxv llaxen 35
' 001 la i . . . .23.5
'oitland ' M ) . . . .
Woicosloi Di .i.ri1 o 128
St. Joseph 04soro , 11.7
MO.OU 27.7
S > racn-o r.Hi.osi !
r iJsilb
Total | S 17.0. . . .
Oulbido Xexx1 Yoik. . . . | 10.1
* Denxorand Galxobtonaie not Included in
lie totals.
lititisli drain Trndo Tlcvloiv.
Loxuox , April 10. The Malic Lauo Ex--
iress icxlexv of the IJritisli giain tindofor
ho past wuelc. says : Wheat tiadolms been
oxceedlnsly > dijllrt 8alos of English xxheat
xvero 49,514 quaitcis nt 30s lOd , npalnst 44,137
at Sis Id during tlio conespoiullnc week last
rear. 1'oiolgn wheats aio sloxvof sale and
alhcrweaker. I'lotn ! > ( id lowei. Coin is
steady. Tlueo caiuoes of xxheat aitixod.
) nu caigo was sol-l anil two lomalnod.
l'i ado foi waul is languid. To dax's wheat
naikot xx'asnot imptoxcd ; onlv a it-tall biisl-
loss xxas done. Flour xvas milot and steady ,
but geuerallv neglecti d. Oats xx eio M low or.
The Visible Supply Statement.
CiiiCAfiO. April 10. Thu number of bush
els of giain In stoic In the United States nnd
Canada on April 1' ) , and the increase 01 de-
cieasettbcompaipd xxith the piexlous week ,
xxill bo posted on chaugu to-moiioxv as
'ollox\n :
Wheat 15,819,121 Decicaso 1,803,71"
Corn IV-i'U-fi ' Dcciease l.iTil/SSi
Oats l,7H,4is ! Decioasu llr > .tlS
Itjo 4 0-nt Dec-lease ( > V > flt
Bailey 70iJ , ( ) Dot-lease K'l.lJl '
The nninbei ol bushels li > Chicago elu-
x'atoisxa > :
Wheat 11.97U01
Coin : t'i.20l t
Oats : /ij,7J
Ilxo n 1,101
Cnirxno , April 10. Tliu Intel-Ocean's El-
cln , III. , special sajs : llultei iieellned heax-
ily today undei lioo offerings , liognl i-
salts xxeio 17,000 pounds at Sl'iiSto. No
cbcese xxas olfoied 01 told on change. Pil-
xnto sales ol 70,477 pounds ol buttct and 701
hoxt-s of choose xxeio lepoitt-d. The tol.tl
-yn , .
IOWA'S II031R.
Tlio Fiutit Hctxvocn Uiirlinuton nnd
fllariiliiilUnwn Tor llio liisiiliitlon.
lis : iloiNi'.s , In. , April 10. [ Spcthd Tele-
ginm. ] Tlio bill Introduced In congicss to
day by HiipiOicntallxo Kicdoilcks lei a na
tional suldlois' homo at Maishalltoxxn , Is In
tended as a foil foi Congressman Hall's bill
locating a national homo at Hinllngton. The
Mrifo tor the Iowa soldlcis' homo Ispinctl-
cully naiiowcd down to those two cltks , and
life rivalry Is veiy Intonse. I'.ath hopes to
gain tlio ndxnntago ol bi-lng a possible loca
tion lei a national home , xxlth tbooxpccta
lion Hint If this were done , In a few
\eais tliu slate and national homes could bo
combined , and the stale could thus lulin-
qulsh Its piopeity. \ \ hen Burlington led oil
a fo\v ila > , s ace , with n bill foi tlio homo
theio , exonbcdy knew that Marbhallloxvn
xxoulil lolloxv suit , as It has ilonu. Tholoxx.v
commibslon t locate the lo\xti \ homo oigaiv
l/cd on the 2Sth ot this month , and It Is ex
pected that thu site xvlll hu sohvied xxith some
leleienco to the contingency contemplated
by thcbo bills for llio National home.
A MyiucrloiiH DlHappn.uioe.
Ur.s Bloi.vi'.s , lo xn , April 10. [ Special
Telogiam.J A mysturions case ot disappear
ance Is baflling the Ingenuity of the jiolice.
Last Satuiday allernoon a lltilu boy , Percy
CiobS , about 7 01 8 juarb of a e , wont llshlng
on the bank of thu lixor. As lie did notio-
tuin , Intel In thu day beaich xxas made for
him andiilshat ; xvas found on the bank.butno .
tiacc of thu child could bu seen , The piosinnp-
tlon xxni that hu had fallen Into thu ilxei anil
had been diowned , but the police dinggctl
thu rixer yestciday xxltlioutnxailand to nlghl
thoieis noulue xvhituvur to the mjsteilous
dlsappeunuitu ot tlio child.
IniituliiK Tlieir lllval.
SioiixCuv , lovxa , April 10. The Sioux-
Clt > iv.les.Molnes ) Kullio id company , lollou-
Ing Iho example of the Chicago , Mllwniikto
& St. Paul , commenced giadlng east of the
city to-day. Piosideut Pieiie. ot the DCS
Mollies company , disclaims the o.xUtt-nco ot
any contlkt between his tomp.any and the St.
Paul.
An loxxa Man Kulcidcs ,
Jr.s Mtii.NKri , la. , April 10 , [ Special Tele-
siam ] James Uruce , a wcll-todo tanner ,
lixlng neai Itockwt-H , Cenogoido county ,
bliot himstlt dead this foicnoon xxhllu under
a spell of tcmporaiy despoiulcnuy.
Messrs. .W. Mlllbmi mchiirloH Uml
clitlo rettnned Simuav from u pleisan
trip to California. Tliootbc-isof.lbup.uli
xvho auoompaniiul ( heso ' 'entleineii nio
stilt in Califoinia , u-tuincu theio iij < er
turn sttonji uttnictious.
THE EIGHT-JIOUR MOVEMENT ,
Now York's ' Central Labor Union Discusses
tlio Advisability of Enforcing It May 1 ,
CONCESSIONS ALREADY MADE ,
Itttt the Conclusion Itcnchnd to IjO.avo
the Decision to tlto Various
Trades ChlcnK" AVoi-k-
men Urge tliu Movo.
Shorter Hours for 1/alior.
Nr.w YOIIK , April lit. [ Special Telecram. ]
Dm question whether the skilled xxorklng-
iicn of this city should Insist stilctly upon
iiittiiiR Into t-ITect on May 1 their demand
'or eight liouisasa dxj's laboi xx'as discussed
atjcstordnj's meotingof the contrnl labor
inlon in ( Jlaiendon hall. Many delegates
said they hrvd alicady made their
leinnnd , and In neatly oxery In-
staiico It had been acceded to. The
lolegntes of the united piano innKots ,
ho cabinet maKers , the custom upholstuicrs
nnd the xxoodcatxcis , bald they had niiulo a
luiiiand foi eUht hours , and In the majoilty
ol tlm shops It had been aeeetled to. The tin
ind slate toofirs said they bad asked for
eight houis , but had compiomlsed upon ulna
I'ho machinists' nnd pattern makers' unions
nro to demand nine horns. Ono Iron
noulder rcpoitcd that tweiitj-tlnco out
if txxentjeight foundries had ngieed to
xork only ten houis each day. The
central laboi union decided finally that on
account of the gieat number of unions In
hch body It was unwlso to Insist upon the
enloicement of the clght-hotu rule for all ,
nit the unions should moxo for shorter Hours
n all trades. They mo to hold a mass meet-
ng In Union Squiioon tbooveulng of May
, nnd tohax'o npaiadc with toicb lights be
fore tlm mcctliif , ' .
CIIICAOO woitKMf.x FOU imiiT nouns , f
CHICAGO , Apill ! . Tlio eight-hour com-
iiiltoo of the trade and labor assembly to-
lay Issued a clicnlai to the trade anil labor
associations of Chicago and \lclnlty an-
iimnclng that May 1 has been set apait for
hogoiicial Inanimation of the eight-hour
system ; that the tiadcs nsscmoly of Chicago ,
iplng the most iniluentl.il brdy of oigani/ed
aboiwestol Nexv VoiU city.lt was natural
hat the woiklng people nnd tlm pub
ic should hold It responsible In n gieat
iieasiiro foi the success 01 lalluie of the
eight-hour movement ; that theiols a unlfoim
indcistanding ainoni : tlio different unions to
accept acoucsponding i eduction In wages , It
leeessaiy , to bilng the elght.honi bjstcm
nto opeiatlon ; and adx Islns nil trades w hlch
inxe not jet completed ariangcments to elect
snitablp committees anil picpaio lei tlio mu-
lual solution ot the ijueibtlon at the time men
tioned.
A. Now Tmbor Party.
Ciur-Aoo , Apill 19. William U. Tn > Ior ,
iieslilentot tlio Indoppndunt IVoplo's labor
; iaily ol the United States , is In tlm tlty , and
will soon bo joined by other members of the
patty. Tlmy haxo in vioxv the oigani/ntion
ot tlio woiUingnien into bodies called "coun
cils , " and the object U to suppoit candidates
foroflicc1 , iiivsprcthoot paity , who liaxotho
ii'teiests of wage woikeis at heart. The
paity adx ocates the elght-houi woiklng day
among othoi things.
Till : OAXAOIAN FhOOIJO.
[ Montreal nnd the SiirronndiiiK Conn-
try Suhmcrgoil.
April 1C. [ Special Telegram. )
Jt la almost impossible to gixc any adequate
Idea of the state of things c\Isting hoie. 'llio
water Is txventy-olght feet above the summer
level , tlnco feel hlghei than excr reached be-
foie. St. I'aul sticet , the sjioat conlorof the
wholesale trade , has tluco to font It-ct of
watoi In it. Kxtiy stoio is inundated and
the loss liguips up in the hundipilsot thou
sands. In Point SI. Clailes ( nndCilirontoxvn
cx'Ciy house 1ms liom four to elglit loot o
xxatei in it. This is the pool qu liter and
the sulk-ling and mtseiy are appalling.
In St. ( labiicl the houses aio collapsing ,
the foundations being undermined. The
rlxci Is luiinlng oxui tlm eounliy thiongh
llio eitv by xxay ol Oliabollle/ squaio fiom
tlm Laehlno inpids , and huge jileces of Ice
aio being can led thiough tlio sticets. Two
suicides haxo occulted. One man , Dojle ,
liad his house bxxontaxxay and lost alt ho had.
Ho hung himself in a bain. Soxoial deaths
fiom luirand ono or txxodioxvnlng accidents
.110 lopoitpd. On tin ! south side tlm houses
ami bains haxo be-on cariicd axxay bodily ,
cattle dioxvncd by liniidicds , the inllioad
tiacKs and biidgos tamed away , and genoial
haxoc caused toi miles loiind. The Iccgoigp
Is still souiul below and the waterstlll ilslng.
Tlm loss xx ill nex'ei he known.
Nnxv. Yontf , Apill U1. Advleos just 10-
oelxod tiom Montieil states that the nuns on
bt. Paul's Ihland , opnosllo that city , aio In i\
xoiy pieeaUotis condition onaceoiint of food.
They aio obliged to take loltigo In the attlo
ol the building , and thp blockade of Icoion-
deis all access to them Impossible ,
Holld .South.
Nr.xv Youic , Apill 10. [ Special Tolcci am. ]
The Woiltl's Washington srecial says : A
pioinlnent fioiithein demociat sild to mo to
day that llio leaders of the party must not
count positively upon noild doinociatle top-
icsantallon In tlm house fiom tliu south. IIo
said that the situation nl Washington was so
dlbcouinging to the party In the south that
Ulspojsiblolortlioiepubllcaimtocany fiom
twclxoto liltecn distilets. llo.s.iid that two
dlstikts xxould bo lost In Tinas if the lumber
foatinesof the tmllf bill woio ndheicd to.
Tlieto Isa piospaet ol tlueo being lostin Lou
isiana , ono In Mlsblsilppl , Ironi two to tlueo
in .Missomi , two In Tonnessec , oim In Ken
tucky , one. In North Caiolln.t and ono In
South Caiolina. Thorn is a luithei piospett
ot losing two in Vliglnla. TU loss ot tx\en- \
ty-tln co districts xvoulU pass the majoilty
oxer to the republicans.
The Vastness or Ijund Finiuls.
Nivxv YOIIK. Apill 10 , [ Spptlal Tuloyram.J
The Hoinld'a ' Washington special wajs ;
Then ) IK a xxcll founded tumor that the pies-
Itlent has beromo so tlioron jhly convinced of
thoxastness of the land trnnds , of tlm niKuso
of the land Jaws foi laud grabbing syndicates
nndcoipotntlons , nnd of the necessity of
thorough retoim of both land laws and land
mlmlnistiatlon , that he xvlll piesontly send a
special messav'o to Li.ngioss uiglng It ) Imme
diate ar-tlon In ( ho way of loform and lopcal
of bad laws to help him In saxlng the ht'll ' 10-
mainliiB public lands Jor homoatuads lei the
people.
An nxi > rfnmiiiiM ArroHtod.
Jlein y niorHii is in the city jail on u
clraigo of obtaining money under falbo
jactenses , and a complaint ti ninbt him
to thntollcot xx-as filed in pollcoeotntyoH-
tordtiy. Hoischurycd by IVtorUoscn xvitli
obtaining $2.23 on Hatiudai' to haul a
sewing machine , and pocketing the
money without doing the job. The ox-
pre&Mmm claims that lie could not get
tlio maohino on Saluula'y , but ugiccd to
haul It yestotday , In tlm uioantjinu hf
siuint'the money , suppo.sing that lie coul'
i etui a it within a day 01 bo.
. Set' Luhnuinn iV Co. " ' .
l.awaa uud OrgiUtiUtT