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' Ltm 'iii | ' ' 'HM 1"'UK. ' . " PHE OMAHA DAILY BEE SIXTEENTH YEAK. OMAHA , MONDAY MORNING , DECEMBEK 0. 1SSG , NUMBER 171. INTERIOR AND WAR. Annual Reports of Secretaries Lamar nnd Indicott to the Prcsulcnt. DOTH TALK ON THE INDIANS. The Former on Their Training nnel the Lat ter on Hostiles- CROOK AND MILES REVIEWED. Ocroiiimo's Conditional Surrender in Dieo bcdience to the Government Orders. ILLEGAL FENCES DEALT WITH. How the I'rcahlcm'H Proclamation ( o Itnnuhincn Htioulil Do Ciu-ilcil Out -Oilier IMihllu AfTalts Coiislllcreil in Secretary lininnr'n Koport , WASIIIVOIO.V , Dec. fi. The annual report of Mr. I.nmai , secretary of thclntcilor , lias been transmitted tolhopicsldcnt and Is to day mndo public. The follovtIng is n bilef summary of the document : Opening under the head of Indian affairs , the report snjs : 'Iheio Is at tills time a state of gcneint quiet among the Indians , During the je.ar there hnsbeen practically no actual dlstuibaiue or serious alarm caused by any ol them , cxcent thu'Miirlcaliun Apaches. It Is highlv gratifying to icpoit that out of nn In dian population estimated -00,000 souls less than onohundied have been engaged in open opposition andjicslstanco to the authoiity and conttolof the govcinment. There has boon n stead } though not rapid improvement In the moral , material and Intellectual condition of tlio mass of the Indian population dining the pist twelve months. 'I hey nre moio tract able : fewei crimes and depredations nro charged ngalnst them ; more ot them than at any pi lor period nre engnged In iiselul mul piotltablo industries ; more than ever bcfoie nre located upon individual allotments of lands , tilling thu soli mid living in houses. More have laid aside the blanket for the diess of eivlll/atlon. ' .Iho avciaco attend ance of eliildien In the schools H about 1,000 itrcater than huretofoie. and many more of the parents me anxious for the education ol theh eliildien. ' 1 he ii'poit savs that before the accomplish ment of the policy of the government-tho Incoipoi.illon of the Indians into citizens Fonio radical ehanpes must bo made. Tlio onlv nlteinitivo foi the American Indian is civilisation oi extinction. In outer to escape the latter nnd nttnln the lonner , three condi tions ot preparntlon nro Indispens ible. 'I ho liist is to gel established In this laeo the Idea mid habitude ol Individual pro pel ty holding , ( lioiough reliance U | on Its Inviolability nnd n pel feet sense of security In the cnjojmeut ol Its benefits , becond , an education ot the entire mass ot thn vonth ot this race , cm- brae Ing a thoiough knowledge of the use ol thuKnglish language in the dallv atfalis ot life , ailthmellc mul the mechanical arts among the males , nnd among the females the domestic arts In use with that sex. Third , a substitution of the universalopciation ot law among them In the enforcement of justice and thopiotcetion of person and piopcrty , and the punishment of crimes for thu ngon- cles of force nnd superstition. The secre tary iccoinmends the pnssngu by the piesent congicssof the Holmnn bill piovldlng tor mi Indian commission. 'I ho report thontrenls of the education and training of Indian chlldien , the ndiuinistin- tlon of Invv and justice on Indian icseivn- lion * , Indian farming , ura/inir on Indian lands and rallionds tbioiujh the Indian tei- r. rnoiy. Undei the head of Oklahoma the report sajs : Active operations have been con ducted by the depnrttnent foi the removal of nil persons found inliiidini ; with cattle 01 olliei wise upon that unoccupied portion of the Indian teintoi v common ! } known as the Oklahoma countiy. mid I am nleiscd to bo able to leport that the measines adopted mid vv oik performed hnv A been effective in pine- ticallvchnring tlintconntiy mid keeping It clear ot trespassers ot all kinds , and In so completely obitructlng nil ellorts and do mauds make lei Its unlavvlul invasion ns to check nil open and active movements ot law less combinations of poisons oiirani/cd lei tlio foiclblo entry and settlement upon these lands dedicated by tie dies to specific pm- ) )0scs. Thoicpoils lecelved Indicate that there Is , i geneial sentiment on thu bonier nnd In tlio vicinity of thu teirltory to submit in n law-abiding spult to the decision mid policy of the government mid aw ut the action of congress on thu matter. HOST ILL : AI-VUIIIS. Treating ol tlio hostllu apaches the ropoit naja : 'llie. . Clitrlcaliua Apaches , who In Miw , lbN5 , left the Snn Onrlos i enervation , in Arizona , under the leadeishlp of Gcronlmo , committing hoirlblo criiultlcs nnd depieda- tlons upon the people ol AiUonn , New Mexico , mid also of Mexico , continued on the wai-path thioiighont the past fiscal veir. 'Ihcj kept no small portion ot our tenltory In a stnto ol alaim mid dread , ictauling Us development. I'lio theater of their move ments was Imucly confined to tlm mountains of Moxlc'o , whetu they weio hotlv nnd vigor ously pinsned bv the United States tioops On Mmch ' . " . , lb > 0 , thu main portion of these hostiles appear to have HIIItendered to Gen- mil Ciook , but on the snme night nboul tiilrO-fivu tuoko nwaj again. .Seventj-seven of them , counting men , women and eliildien , were , howuver. tecurclv hultl. and thesu were pent , In A in 11 last , to lei t Mai Ion , Fla. , foi safe keeping. Later , In Jnl > . thu milltnry nuthoiltles became convinced that the re- jiinvnl ot thosu Ohlrlenlma and Wmni .Springs bands of Apaches remaining on thu icstirvation to sumo other place wheie Ihey could bu moro M'ciuul ) guarded , was deniable , If not neces- sarv to biinguboiit the siineiideror capture ol ( ieionimo and his tollovveis. FortMaiion , Flouda , was reportod-to bo the bust plaeu toi the pin pose , mid thither they weio icinovecl In beptenihtr Last , under directions of the war department. While nrran.'ements for this movement weio in pi OKI ess , doncial Miles , the mllltmy commander who had sue cveded General Ciook , linallv seemed Hit smrender ot the icmnant ol thu hostile band nspilsoneis ol war , Ihlity-foiir. Includlni , Geionlmoaml Nalehethu heicdltmy duel the 1th ot September last , and eleven , Incliid Ini ! Mangus , on October ID , It * * ) . It was detei mined by the pn sldent , alter a full considci ntlon ot nil the facts when know n attending thu surrender ot thosu engnged III uctivo hos tllitles , to Mind the adult males , eighteen li numbei , to I'ort Plckens , Floildn , there to bo kept In close custody until turtfier ciders The cnptuiod women nnd chlhlien weio nent to Toil .Marlon , making Ihu total numbei ot 470 sent to the last named place. I'l III.1C [ .AMIS' . Under the head ot public lauds , the secietaiy gives the mea , disposed of mid tlm lecelpt ? together with thu tilings undei the homo- Mead and liinbJi-ciiltuie law , Of the unlaw ful endosiiro of the public lands thu icpori sajs : Thu statement mndojii mj last annua report that laigo bodies of land weio tinlaw Jully enclosed lur private pinH | > SC'.S by indi viduals and convolutions engaged in vvlm , * & * ' they call 'glowing live stock" and "unc-h - hit' , " has oe'c'ii veilficd bj the icpoits of f'lKvlal ageMits fiom tli it tlmo until now , As shown b > Iliercuoit of the coniinKsionor ot thu geneial land olllco , 375 uninwliil on oliisines , containing nn areaof tllUUA ) ) aucs havobeen biotidit to attention up to the present tlmo. It l believed thnt tins dor not ifprese'iit neatly the area Illegally in closed. Pioceedings to compel lemiivul liavo tMi'ii biniiKhtInvolving . ' iiO.OOO actes Do cret'shnvo been obtained tor temov.il $ fiou moie than 1,0 > 0,000 aciea. Ca > es embr.icln ; y.'GO.POO acres mo pending orxamina tlon , mul Irouf- part of ihe.so leiuca nro now being leuiovcd. The > 4 total mea from which fences have been mu nre Mws removed shown bj the report o : tlie commissioner. U ' 'JU.U'JO acre- " . Doubt It ( > sn better show ing would havobeen mndo with ruteieilco to these enclosures if tlio de- jiaitmi'iit had had the means of omplojlnj , Iho iiuiiibor of agents necessary for the iucwutlou of ihu work. Ouo obstaelo li the enforcement of the law has been the lawe grant of lands that has been made In alternate sections to railroads along the-lr lues. In Wvomlng the inllro.ads have > artcd with tlicli titles to the-c alternate ectlons , nnd thn puicliascrs have cieclt-d dices upon Ihem In such away as not to build upon nn > lands bclonsine to the gov'- rnmcnt. nnd vet to enclose largo portions ot ho public domain. In Us social , moral and lolltlcal aspect , not less than In its economic esutts , the existence and growtli of sucn aw less combinations icstlnn upon unlawful nclosmcs of the public domain , mid pto- ected by theacquliemcnt of titles through lev Ions 01 moro openly traiidtilent melhoii" , othu eonlrolllng sotnccs of water supply , constitute to ilav n phenomenon of Amcriean ifo nnd n problem of political Import that Icnmnd the Intelligent attention and nclion ) f tl-e congress ot the United States. 'I hu smunMtlnn iKqiientlv made that nn enforced illsconliiiilaneo of the cattle nioiiop- ely would Imperil the beef supply of the Al- antle senboard Is "Imply absurd. Cattle grow upon the land and mo not created by the rmichmen , and will thiivoandglow miler - lor the management of a liaidy and hidus- : rious population lullj as well as under that jf corpoMtions and lauchmcu with their cowboys ns emplo.vi" * . The secrctaiy gives Die following vlews ivhlch should govein In c.aiiilna out tlio oi ler ol thoiucsldcnt lei tlio Immediate 10- inovnl of Illegal Inelosures' 1. Wheiolheiel' an honest but mistaken claim of right on tins put ol those engaged in the election 01 maintenance of fences , pi o- ceedlngs by suit to nbate should bo ie- sorted to. , ' - ' . Wlieie unlawful fences are being elected .mlncdlaJo piosectitlon should bo instituted igainst thu piiuclpaU mul emplo > es engaged tnciein. it. Where fences hcietofoie erected lemaln. renuests should by made lor their removal : If lot removed speedily , prosecution should be nstltntcd. 4. Where fences heietofore eroded are not removed on iciiuest , the civil arm of the gov ernment should piooeed In clear cases to nbito without suit ; If obsliueted by foieo , then the military should bo Invoked. run UNION PArinr svsinvi. Undei tlio bend ol lallronds , the report sa > s : The Union Pacific includes tlio Union Pacltic , Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific lallioads. The aggie-gale mileage of thcso roads mid their seveial Blanches Is l.s.n.lT tnllcs , oC vvhleh 1,4'ij.lT miles me aided , the J ilanco unaided. ' 1 his sj stem contiols nine teen auxiliary loads , with an aegiejato mileage - age of y,0 > i7.0S miles , inaklnc the total mile age opeiatcd by this system 4r > ti.T . Within ( lie past vcai S"i4saiT.iiO have been expended upon improvements. At the end of tlio fiscal jear It owned M ) locomotive" , 2bo pas- sengci and 7-lGO tielght cars. 'Iho total ncie- ngo of land sold Is U'MO.IC.J.04 , fet which U has received SJI , i67,7M.0. : and on which sales theie yet remains unnaid SlS.lisc.oj'j ' ir , . the total debt is Sl.Vi.-ms'W. Its stock Is * OO C8.r,00 : assets , S .TJV-'C'-137. Among the eiedltois ol the road the United Mates is prominent. The subsidy bonds unpaid mo isJi.WJ.Ol ! : , in addition to which thu Interest | i ild by Iho United btntes is Sn.l24U 'CO ' , making an aggrecntc liability to the United btatcs ot biCO.su7.00. ; ) ) 1'I.NSIONS. The sccictary sajs : "In consldcilng the appeals from tlie decision ot the pension ol- lice I find some classes of cases ot such pe culiar hardship that I deem ainondatorj legis lation advisable. The claim ol dependence on tlie part ot an aged parent 01 a minor child is limited bj law , which hxes Its initi ative at the moment of limo of death of a soldier on account of whose death thn do- lendcnt is made pensionable. It seems tone no to be a wiser iule , nnd n moro just one , .hat where Iho dependence has occurred in the natuial older of events at a tlmo subse quent to the death of the soldier on iicconnt of increasiinr years , oi ot misfoitifno , not eontiibuted to bj the benehciary , the depend ent pension should then have Its foundation and point ot beginning. I migpest such a change In the law as that In the case ot patents ol incioaslng ycais , or children of tendei veais below the ago of sixteen , where their condition of plosicnl dependence is not duo lo ( hull fault , 01 Habits , but Is meicly a matter of iiiisfoiluno or tline , that they should be allowed pension fiom the date nt which the dependence in the natuial and ordlnmy state of liiimiin allalrs would begin ; such pension In all cases , however , to be prospective , and In no ease to anticipate the date of the appioval of tlid law authorizing Us granting. onir.n st'iin crs coxsiDEiinn. Tlio report treats nt length oL thu woiklng of the patent office , thu bmcaii of laboi , the bureau of education , Iho condition of public Institutions and buildings , thutemtoiics. the Utah commission , and concludes with a summary ol the omiatlons at tlio Yellow stone National paik. Secretary Cnilicott's Ilcport. WAsm.NoaoN , Dec. 5. The annual rcpoit oi Sccietnry of War Didicott , which was submitted to thu piesident some tlmo ago , is now given lo the public. Aitei giving a stitement of nDmopihitlons , expenditures and estimates , thosecieimj touches upon the puidiiit undcaptuio ol ( ieiooiuio ns iollows : In thu Derailment of Ari/ona tlie ( loops andall the mlllLiis icsniircis ol the depart ment have been emplojed in pinsuliig and finally captmlng ( jcioiunio and his band ol outlaws. In Novtnubci , Ibifj. ( teionlmo and his band weio In M ( xlco , m.iking occasional Inioads into this depaitinont. eoiiiiinttiiiL'- minders and othci eilines , and undoubtedly communicating with and iccolvlng aid and oncoinagement lioin the lemnlndci of their people , tlio Chhicihna and Wai in Spilng Apaches , who had not left the ics- eiyntion ot fan Cailos. Iho re moval of these A inches to some secuiu place , far awnv fiom An/ona , had been the mibloctnt thnt tlmo ot ficijiiunt contcrenco betv\ ecu this ollhu mul the secretary ot the Inteiloi. Xot a meio tempoinu removal w is contemplated , but a permanent Withdrawal ot those wnrllkoand dmigeious Indians fiom iv terrltorv to thepiospeiity and secuiity of which they had hcenuroiistmit menace Mom tlio time ot the Camp ( iiant massacio In 1571 , The niattei had also beun discussed with the lieutenant general , who was not then pic- p.ucd toiecomincnd tlieii forcible removal. In November last ho brought the nutter to my attention and It was decided that ho should ire to An/.ona and advlso with ( ! cn- oral Crook upon this anil othci questions touching the situation. Hole ! ton Novcmbiu i2 ! , ihss , nnd havlnirconsulted with ( icneral Ciookmid also with Cautain Emmet Cia\v- foid.Thhdcavaln , bothot whomconsideied that thuilmo waslnoppoitune forsuchan at tempt , ho deemed it best , In deference to thlci opinion , to avvnlt n inoio ndvnntageous opportunity lor the nccompllshmunt ot Ibis puiposo. Captain Cuiwloid wns HUMI on tlio point ot starting in piiisiilt ot Ceronimo willr-ixHndlan scouts , mui ) of whom weie Chirloahua , from Hie ic&eivatlon. Captain Criwfoid conslduied thnt the removal might have a bid otlcct upon tno scouts , in whom both he and Geneal : ( . 'look placed ; ieat con fidence. In the execution of she lieutenant general's Instructions to puisne , capture or dcstio. , tnu hostiles under ( icionlmo , a sad mul unex pected uncountei with a body ol .Mexican troops. Bnld to have been minnlng thu same ohlect , led to the death of Captain Crnwloid. K irly on the morning ot tnu llth ot Jimn- nr > , lbJl , a bed > -Mexican soldieis attacked Cra\\fmtl.s camp , wounding onu ot out scouts. Thu olliceis hai'cet'ded in stopjilng our return luo In about htteon minutes , ami Captain Ciawfiid ) and nn interpictci went loiwanl lui n parlev. While it was in pio- gu-s ? , suddenly , without wainlns , llie .Mexl- c iis : opened lire , \\oundin _ ' Captain Ciaw- ford 11101 tally and the interpietei in the arm , The Mexicans continued to tire tor an horn and a half , and only consented to rejilj to mil olliccis. alter it was evident they could not oajituin our position , Cuplain Uravvloul mul his officers all wore utilfoinis , but with out Insignia of rank. The general opinion of tlmwhlic men with Ciavvloid's command was th it they must have knowntlinl Criw- lord wns a whlto intui and fnldmi of the United htates. The .Mexicans weie Irregular and not national tiooji-i. Alloi the skirmish 1'eiilenaut ' Mrvus took command mid had the appointed meeting , which resulted , not in ihu siinender ol tlio Indians , but in thu prom MI on thu part ot ( icionlmo that he would meet ( Joneral Ciook near the boundary line in utxmt two moons Moro than ec'venty da > & elapsed betoio deronliim appeared at the appointed place CeMicral Crook and lin met on March 23 , at HI C.uion , in Mexleo , twentrivo miles south of thu lino. The understanding was that ho should not bo accomtun led bv troops The Indians weioencauuwMt on a rocky hill , In u strong nnd n > iuot Inaccessible position. J'l'cv vvoju tierce and independent , well armeu with the best guns and auimuuitiojj , and had blankets and supnllcs which they had obtained In .Mexico , ( iencrnl Crook de manded their unconditional surrender. Iho only propositions they would entertain were tluee , which General Crook states : (1) ( ) That they should be sent east for not exceeding two ve.ais. taking with thum such ot their families as they desliod. (2) ( ) ' 1 lint they should all return to the res ervation on llie old status. ( . ' ) ) 'lo the war-path with nit Its attending hoirors. He was obi Iced to decide quickly , and ac cepted theli sinrendci on the first proposal , and the whole parly started , escorted by tlm Apncho scouts under LloutcnnntMnu , for Fort llowle. The terms oflho smrcndcr vvcro received hero March ,10. The response of the presi dent was that their Imprisonment in Iho east for two venrs and tlicli lotutn to the reserva tion could not bo appioved , Curtain instruc tions were given , but before Uoneral Crook leeched tliodiiDntch , Ocronirno and N'atchB ? with twenty men and thirteen women left Lieutenant Alaus's camp on tlio night of the -f > th and escaped to tlio mountains. The re mainder of the band , nuniboilnp sixty under Chihuahua , weicsentto FortM.arlon , Florida , whore thev are now held ns prisoners. The chlldien hive been sent to the Indian school nt ( 'ailIsle' . Lieutenant .Mans followed ( ieionlmo's trail until ho was satisfied thnt fHither pursuit nt Hint time was useless ' 1 | IH ! unloi tunnto escape wns attended bv thu usual sad resulls.'Thoiouto ot the Indians to thu SIcira .Madic mountains In Mexico was maikcd by ntiocltles similar to those that had u ually attended their com so. Altei these events tlie lloulonant-general became sat slied that the Aiiachc scouts could not bo absolutely depended upon to fight and kill tlieii people , and could bo tiusted enl > to tlio extent ol capturing or In ducing th"m to siiriender. ( ieneral Crook had orgaiil/od them and had npt lost his con- iidcnce in theli lidollt > . To avoid the enl- bnirassment of the " > ituatlon ho nskcd lo bo i el loved , aiul In Uioclmucoof conimnnds fol lowing the denthof Ccneinl Hancock nnd tlio rctltcmunt of General i'opo , Geneiat Crook was assigned to the dep.utmcntot the Pintto mid Gcncinl Miles took his place in tlie de partment of Arizona on the 27th of April. The tnstinctious of the liciitenant-goneial to General Miles upon assuming command weie In accoidanco with tlio diicctlons of the president , and were communicated by the adjutant general , as follows ; Ho directs that the greatest enrobe taken to mevent the spread of hostilities nniong the liienilly Indians in vonr command , nnd Hint the most vUoious operations looking to the desttuction or capture of the hostiles bo c.u- ilcdon. He does not wish toembairass jou by undertaking at this distance toclvospe- cilic Instinotions In relation to operations against the hostiles , but It is deemed ndv is i- blo to suggest the necessity of making active mid Diomlnont use of the regular troops ot jour command. GiMieinl Miles began his campaign with gical zeal and enurgv , and It was continued with the same vlgoi till It ended in September followinc. An attempt on the pmtof the hostiles to leach thu agency and obtain as sistance was frustrated. As tliepuisultvvont on thu Indians had but little lest and weio led need in nunibcis by encounters with the troops and by desertion. Captain Lawton arrived neir Fonteras on the 20th of August , and leained that the Hostiles had communi cated to tlio Mexicans a desire to sin lender , homo negotiations followed through Lieutenant Gntowood , which lesult- ed in Geroulmo visiting Law-ton's eami ) nnd intimating his wish to make peace , aud to talk with Gencial Miles. Ho matched with Lnwton'g cominnnd to meet General Miles , nnd surrondcicd to him on bopteinber 4 , with his baud. 'Iholactof tne surrcndei was communi cated to the president and the authorities In Washington on September 7 , mid fiom the Infounation leceivedon that date the stir- icnder wns supposed to bo unconditional. To this dispatch tlio president replied that nil the hostiles should be very safely kept as prisoners until they could bo tried for their cilmcs01 otherwise disoosed of. The hist intimation that the surrender was not un conditional reached the dep iitment on Sep tember by telegraphic advices fiom General Miles , through his division t ommandci , that the Indians suiicndcrcd with the under standing that they would be sent out ot tin * countiy , mid In puisiianco of this plan Gcn- eial Miles had ordered them to bo taken to Fort Marion. As this wns in direct opposi tion to tlie president's t.uleis1 , Geneial Stnnlei wnsdiiccted fiom the war depart ment to stop these Indians at ban Antonio , TOY. , and hold them securely until luilhei orders. Nothing mom specific In ic'nrd to the sur render was received at tlie derailment un til the receipt of Genei.al Howard's dispatch of September 21 , In which ho said that ho believed at first troin official reports that the suiiendci wns unconditional , except that the troops would not kill the hostiles ; but from General Miles' dispatches , ami from his an nual report , the conditions weio chain that thelivesof all the Indians should bo spaied , and thai thov should bo sent to Fort Marion , vvliciu the tube , Including then tamllics , havu alicady been ordered. Thu twins nnd conditions attending this smrcndcr weie such tint Gcronlmo and those of his band who had committed min ders nnd nets ot violence In Ail/ona and New Mexico could not mopeilj bo handed over to the civ 11 authorities for punishment , aswas intended b > the piosldent , and there- lore , on tlio IDth day of October , oideis were isstic'd , bj diiertion ot tlie president , tint Gerouimo and the fourteen hostile Apache adult Indians c.aptuied with him should bo sent liom ban Antonio. Tex. , undei proper Kiiaid , to Foil PK kens , Fla , , theio to bo kept in custody until further oideis. 'Jhcso In dians bait beun gullt > ot thu woist cilmcs known to thu law , committed undei clicnmstaiices of gieat atiocltv , and llie public safety requited that thev should bo removed lai troin thu scene of their depiedn- llons1 mid guaid > 'd wilb tlio stilctost vigil ance. Thoiomalndei of the bind captured at the same time , consisting of eleven women , slxchlldien , nnd two enlisted scouts' , weio oideicd to bo sent liom ban Antonio to Fort Marion , FJoiIda , and to bo placid with the othei Apaches undoi custodj at that post Goronimo and tlie adult members of his band mrived at Foit Pickens on Octoborii.'i , and on tin ) same date the women and chlldien , mid the two enlisted scouts teaohed Foil Mai ion. The seciclaij sajb that it is Jioped that the Apae-ho wars and ra ds thnt hive devastated Ail/ona mid Now Mexico , and the adjacent states of Mexico , for so many jenis , mi' ended bv the permanent lomoval of the fiercest and most dangcious ot the Apncho tiibes. OTiirn siMHErrs rovsinEitrp. The report treats at length of the different doputmcnts of thu army and numeious lecommeiidationsaio made for the improvo- niont of tlio son Ice. The secretaiy also touches on public Improvemeiits , be-ilnnlng with Ihu work at ( lie south pass or Iho Mis sissippi river the water supply at Washing ton , rudaiuatlon ot tlio I'otomixe Huts , and mgcs thu nccosslt } lei legislation to jiruvent thu obstruction ot the navlgnblo watcis of tne United .States- , lie also 'details tlm pio- giess of I'M ' woikon the monument nt Wash ington's headqn liters at Nuwbnrg , N. V. , the pedestal ot the slatuoof Geueial dailicld , thostatiiool General L.ilajcite and the re moval ot the liawllns stitn > ) . The rupoit concludes as follows : Another jcaijspeilenco Jn administering the do- nil Intent has continued the viowsuxpiessc'd in niv annual report for lss.r thnt provision should be nmdu lor an as > isj itit secretary of war. The constant Increase In the business of the department lenders It noot's aiy that such an oilicer should bo appointed. It is believed that silaiies moro commensurate ) with the arduous and responsible duties per formed should ho aw aided to the pilncfpnl olliiers In the olllco of the secietaiy of war , anil the estimates submitted are commended to the favoinblu cotisulereatlon of congress. The rim Ke.ocml. W vhi'jNf.TONDec. . 5. Karl.v this inoinliic lltebiokoont undei the of ' stage Hei/og'i > opeia house The ( lames soon gutted the wholu building fiom cellar to attic. Aifjoln- ing buildlncs were injuicd and narrowly es caped destruction. The building burned was owned by thu V. M , C. A. Thu loss on it Is § U5XX ( ) ; Insurance. 575.000. The losses ot tenants ngeiegate650,000 ; fully Insuu-d. Xvvirnvij.il' , Quebec , Dec. 5. The Itotnan Catholic chuidi hero was burned by lire to-night The bisliopiy aud convent near by also took tire and at 1JO : a. m. the walls of the convent were tailing and the prc-sbj tery vv 111 be u heap ot luius In a short time. The Inhabitants of tlm town are in wildest statu of excitement. Ah-lstanca IrromM. Johns has been tehviaphed for , Thu loss will piobab ! ) bo about iO'J.UtO. DEADLOCK IN THE DEPUTIES , The Trench Chamber So Divided ns to Make Legislation Impossible. THE REPUBLIC IN A DILEMMA. Do Kroyclnet Urged In llcconsldcr Ills JlchlKiiiillon Opinions of tlio IVcncli 1'ross A Horrible tinnier in Vienna. The Sltitntlon In Prance. [ C l > Vilu'it infotrj Jam's ( Jnnlan Utiw't.l Puns Due. 5. [ New York Hot aid Cable Special to tlio Hr.i : . | A few days ago asked "Havo ' . " ' L\tci every one : won budget' \ Ilic question was : "Hive wo a government'1" 1'o-day Franco lias neither n government nor a budget , and tlio people arc beginning to ask : "Isany government with the present chamber possible. " Kor six weeks M. Do riciclnct has been struggling with a cham ber that ptcsciitsfthospoctaele , unprecedented In the annals of parliamentary government , of not accepting a Iluanclal policy , cither fiom tlio ministry or from Its own budget committee. The lldcctiy and capricious deputies ot the extreme right nntle\trcmo loft , thu ultia-royallsts and wild radicals , joined hands and upset tlio minis- trvjiist as spoiled children sometimes smash then tojs. Thej Insisted on < ho total sup- picsslon befoie January 1 of all the sup-pre fects in Franco , a measure that the mlnlsfiv piomiscd not only to consider but to c\ccutel as far as is actually practicable. Slngnl-aily enough , tllcio Is not a deputy in the chamber but now admits that to carry out such a step at three weeks'notlco would tluow out of goal the whole administrate machinciy of Fiance. Yet this Is what was voted on Friday. M. Do Froycinct at once grasped the situation and made use of a splendid op- poitunlty. He resigned , and thus put both the reactionaries and the ladlcais in the wrong. He bioucht them lace to face with an Impossible situation , a situation that they themselves had created , anil whit Is moio Important still , his mastcily coup has brought the rhambeis face to face with an Impatient nation. Now , roughly speaking , the picscnt chamber consists of -0 moderate republicans viOO reactionailes and lr > 0 radicals. A combination of any two of these can easily bc.it the third. Thus a modi'iato icpnbllcan government and tlio Fieiich people will not foi a moment tolerate anv othci must by parliamentary technical ities or by balancing fc U * woithy ol a tight lope dancer , set the support of 100 mdlcals or reactionaries to bo able to carry on thooi- dinary afiaiis of the country. The reaction aries were elected at a moment when .bianco was boiling over with indignation at M. Jules FCIIJ and his Touqiiin lia cos and many of them thus obtained their scats out of sheer luck. Now the situation is changed and should tiierc bo a dissolution of the chamber and a new general election Fiance would to day poll the largest icpubllc.an vote o\er jet cist. .M. DeFrejcinet knows this bettcrtlian nny one. Ho declines to govern by the devices of the tight lope daucero. Ho has gauged the situation with a polit ical Instinct woithy of a Klcholiou. andto-daj he Is thu strongest man in Franco. During the past loitj-ulght.hours deputies ot all stripes , fiom Clemenccau to Itaoul Duval thovery men who upset the ministry- have asked and almost imploicd M. DeFrey- cinct to rutnni-lo ofllco. He peislstentlj re fuses. He is m.astoi of the situation , and wliellinrho eventually consent1 ! to bo prime ministei or not , 1 e stands before the nation at tlio mesenl time as the man host fitted to succeed M. Gicvj as the pioslduut of the Fiend , republic. The Temps , the modeiate republican organ , sajs the chamber is now exactly In the same position as the cabinet was on Friday. The mcscnt cliambei vv ill soon liinl out that all the blows It thought it was in flicting on M. DoFiejcinct aio now tailing upon itself. Cleinencc.au's Justice inees the chambci to reconsidei its vote ot Fudav and sajs th.it Clemeiiceau and Peiletan both hope that some ariaiigenient may bo teached that will permit M. JJeFrejcinet to return to power. The leactionary Figaro sajs : "No baby evei felt moio joy at breaking a toy than dirt the deputies wlio demolished the cabinet on 1'rlday. Foi the Reactionaries this Is veiy natmal , for their role consists in impeding the normal tiinctlonsof the government , but lei the indicate , their delight Is dmplj stu pid. " Paul lie Cassagnac , In rAiitmlto , s.i > s the situation Is absolutely Inextricable without a dissolution. Jiochutoith , in IntiansUeant , says : "Only a Cliinaman brought up on solving Chinese pu//les would bo able to soho the present pirllamentary entanglement , " The Republican Franco appeals to M. Do Fiejclnct's D.itiiotlsm to ictiirii to office. The oppoitunist Tails si > s : "Tho only man who can save the situation is M. Do Fioycinct or Clemeiiceau. " Many other papers suggest Floun.uet ( ie- puhllcau ) , mid ( tablet ( icpiiblic.in ) , hut , stiango enough , nobody seems to demand ( jcncialHoulangcr. snxon The Kmlnpiit Spaniard Interviewed on Krench Affairs. [ Copy * tfiht IWJ > ] i Jamu Gunlun HcnnfU I Mvi > im > , Dec. ft [ Now York Hoi- nid Cable Special to the HKI : , ! benor Castclar airlv od here to day from Pai is. 1 called upon Ii1m. Jlo sajs , ho will not easily loigct tlio Fiench hospitality ho has1 received during tlio past two months. The hospitality was nil the moro Mutteiluz because the vvei- comowas hearty fiorn tlio lilirhcst circles down , He was much pleased with President Grevy , whoso simplicity and moderation grentiv fctiuek him , as1 did also the absence of ceremony and etlquctto at the presidential residence. Senor Cns- telar thinks that M.Grery still shows healthy Intellectual povvcis and encrcy enough Mo allow him to continue his duties lei many jeais. Vet hoconsiders JI. Do Fiovcinct an ublo statesman , vvlio will ultimately bo called upon to form a conservative republican cabi net that will dissolve the present chambers of deputies after President Grcvy has lust tried Flon.net and a 'ladical cabinet benor Cnstelar does no } believe to bo possi ble any monarchical lestoiatloii In Fiance , because thu royalists are so much div hied that their statesmen confess to him thev. did not believe In a rcstoiatfoa. Ho considered that the weak points of the French leptmllc mo colonial pollc > and HI mistakes , that make M. Jules Ftny still unpopular , and the the financial admlnlstiativo mismanage mcnt held by French statesmen themselves - selves to bo amongst tlio gieate t difficulties ot tlio moment. Senor Casteiar thinks , however , that flio French republic will overcome them. He comes back as great , n enthusiast nseverln admliation of Fiench democracy , raj me that vvhatover may be Its defects or faults France will ever bo the leader of European political and intellectual movements. His.conversations with French and European statemnen in Pans lead him to believe that ( litre is no immediate daugcrof acoiiiltctln the east , ijecauso liub- Is reducing her pretentious and no power cares to open aconlilct of Incalculable con sequences , especially for Oermanv and Aus tria. Ho says thntdnrini : his slay In Paris he conversed with Sir UharleiUlIko and other English liberals who cxpres-.cd the opinion lhat the conservative ROV eminent In KIJR laud would bo IOIIR In olllec , because the lib- eialsaio so divided , Chambci lain beiim es tranged from Gladstone and irnrtlngton In- clinliiB toward con eivatlsm. UtiKllshmcn are absolutely frightened b > homorule. Some time must elapse etc the P.rltNh liberals re- 'in Iheir ranks , if Indeed the political schools to not change their names and pro gramme1 ; . Sonoi Castclai and Sir Charles Dllko think iRKslble. nnd bennr C.astolar much deploics tlio Idea of an Angto-Ceiman alliance should the conservatives icmaln In ollice. Scnor Oastelar savs that Xoillla'b In- llueiicc Is on the wane with Frenchmen. On Thursday bcnor Castelaivlll m ke a speech at the coitc ) hlamlnc ; the lovolullonary movement and showing good will toward Senor Sagasta's liboial policy. A VinXXA JlUltDCU. Itoltbery tlic Incentive Tor n Polc'n Trrrllilo Orltiu- LOinj/i lalit J' % by , faint * ( loiilnii Itrmirtl ' \ VII-NVA , Dee. 5. f.Vew York Herald ( 'a Wo Special to the UKIJ.I Another teirlblemiu- dei has been discovered In Vienna. On Wednesday moinlnp , when a man was passIng - Ing through some w.iste land , used paitlj foi brick kilns , on the edge of Hcrrnals , one of tlio most populous suburban qttaiteis of Vi enna , ho discovered the body of a woman lying in a pit. It turned out to bo tlio corpse of Kosala Mthlner , a small dealer In wood and coal. The polleo have found that tlio murder was committed by n Polo named Joseph Panee , a former soldier , aged twenty-eight , a smith by trade. Ho had made overtures to buy the business of Mlldner , and on Tuesday after noon persuaded her to eo with him to ( cisthogto receive the lirst Installment ol the money , which lie alleged ho would ic- celvo there fiom hissister. 'Ihej went about Co'clock to a tavern and drank some wine. On the way back to Hcrnnals ho threw the woman Into a pit and killed her by beating her skull in with sharp stones. lie then robbed her , pnllhn : otrhei stockings to cct the money which the the women ot the lowei cla ° scs often conctal theie , and finally toio oil her clothes In a luithcrFcaich. He was nttcnvard , as earlj as hall past 8 o'clock , seen with , for him , considerable inonoy in his possession. Alter leavlncashllt to bo washed at 10 o'clock he went to his lodgings , slept until aftei 0 , vis ited a friend In the suburbs , wheio he ie- mained until noon , nnd for some time aftei- waid eluded tlio seaich ol tlio police. Panee was finally at rested at Xekolsburg. in Cork. Com ; , Dec. 5. Thcio was serious iloting this evening and a number of police and clti- /ens wore injured , tlio lattei by bavonct thiusts. The city is now quiet. Twenty- tliiec persons have been treated at the hospi tal for scalp wounds. _ FOnCOAST OF CONGRESS. The Meetfnc To-tiny and the Coining Work of tlio Session. WASHINGTON , Dec. 5. The second sts.slon of the Forty-ninth congress begins at noon to-morrow. After prayei nnd roll call each house will appoint a committee to Inform the other of its readiness to pioceed to business. The now membeis who arc to hll the vacan cies caused by death and leslgnation will then bo sworn it. After tiiefoim.il oiirani/a- tion is completed , a jolntcommittee will wait upon the president and infoiin him that a quorum of eacli house is assembled and that congress is icady to receive any communica tion he may be pleased to make , 'iho piesi- dent's annual message will then bo received , nnd after its leading the loinial announce ment in the senate of the death of Senator J'ikc , and In the house ol the deaths of Itop- icseiitalives Ulack and Ainotwill bo made , followed immediately by an adjournment In i expect to thu memory ot the defeated. The Jegislativo business ot tlio senate and lieu o is expected to begin Tuesday. Tlio unlmished business of the senate is the vetoed private pension bill , icpmted fiom the committee on pensions , with the lecom- meiulatlon tint it bo passed over the veto. The Ihst of the special oideis Is the facilierailioad funding bill. Scnatoi Platt'b lesolutlon for the considciatlon of executive nominations in open session i.s the special oidur foi Wednesday and its consideration will bo urged nt onto These mo the only mcasuics that will command the attention ol the senate the niescnt week , -remaining special eiders fjelng assigned to dajs ot tlio following week. Tlio calendai contains 2M bills and resolutions. There Is a piospect ot an early agicfinent by the confeeies upon the inlci-Mato commerce bill. Jt is liardlj probable that any business of any conse- ijucnce will bp tranpacted In the house ol leprcsentatlves dining the eailj part of the week.'the appiopriatlon committee has made such process In the prep-nation of the Mindiyclvllmmioprlatlonbllltli.it it is1 be lieved this measuio can bo lepoited to tlio house about the middle of the week. It lavorablo to the bouy the bill can bo taken up Idi Immediate action and lair progress made by the end ol tie ! week. Tlio continuing special ordeis of tlio last session the frto ship bill , electoral court bill , 1'acilic Mil road funding bill , Washington , Dakota and Okla homa tenltoilal admission bills , army rcoi- g.inlratlon bill , and sundiy bills ol minor Importance niaj be called up nt anv time the house li disposed The iiniinlhhcd busi- nc.ss foi the morning lioui , if the house de cides to lullow loutinu , is the hill to Indem nity the Chinese snllcrcis by tlio Hock SpiIngs' massacio. The next in ordci on ( ids calenUur Is tno bill providing lot the con- hlructlon ol the llunneiiin canal , A Ken I a ii Humor. Pun Ani.M'iiiA , Dee. 5. The Itecoul to moiiow will say : "Following close upon the heels ol the announcement that O'Dono- van Uossn had been deposed from the leader ship of the extreniH Jilshmon In New Voik comes the riinioi , sceifiliiiily well founded , that ho has foimed an alliance with the fcnlnns In Philadelphia who havobeen cut elf fiom the parent body. It has been learned that n bcciet meeting was held In tills city Thanksgiving day for the purpose of peifectlng theoignnUation of a new body. Theio wns present nt the meeting about twenty-live delegate's , eaihot whom claimed to icjiiesuntn division. An exciting session resulted. Aftei a lengthy dcbato It was found to bo practicably impossible to unite upon achlet who should bo the ruling spirit , Ilnally It was decided to take from the out- sldowhom it was tlioicht could unlto the factions nnd who could at the same time fully ippruscnt the Ideas of the new government. Jt was stated that O'Donovnn Jtossa had severed his connections us chlof of oxtiun- ists in Xuw Voik. The expediency of calling - ing lilm to the position was it'ceivt-d fnvora bly by about tlnce Com His of the delegates. A portion of the lovlscd piogiammo Includes n secret intrigue In the Canadian government to the end that the peopln of Canada may be come discontented and tlnovv elf Knirland's authority altoiretliur. If it is shown that this has a piobability of success emmlssaites are to bo sent to Australia wltn thu same puiposo In view. The "Wook'H Clearances. Jovrov ! , Mass. , Dec. 5. [ Special Telegram tothollEU I > jpcclal dispatches to the Post fioin the managers of the leading clearing houses of the United States show the total clearances for the week ended jeaterday tote to bo $ 1.21HCtbnT : , an Increase of 1'J.S per rent over thu corresponding iieiiod last j ear. Omaha is second in amount of Intitasu ul 1T.-1 per cent , Tim wnuit IN WAijij STUUI/T , Transaction * In the Money Mnrkct anil Unttroiul .Securities. Ni.w YOIIK , Dee . 5. ISpeehl Telegram to the lit E.J Tlu week on the stock exchange lias been prolific with Important events , the volume of business having icaclied piopor- llonsbcjonit piccedciit and the bull feeling having i Isen to tovei heat at inteivnls. Thcro wns wlded'ipiead interest In peeulition , the 'Nvholo countiy as well ns tlio leading finan cial centers of Kuropo having been In the market to n greatci or less extent. Specula tion nt times assumed a wild chainctei nnd eclipsed anvtiling witnessed for jears. In fuel , taking ail things Into consideration , It Is doubtful If Ilio events of the week have over been equalled , There were n number of leactlons , one or two of them very shmp , but tlio mat ket acnin oxhlbiled Us wonderful slaving powei by rallying quiekl > nltei each decline This condition of nflnlis was the icsult tiotonl } of ijiunt coiifiduueo In values begotten ot Improvement In the ccneial tiadcnnd industries of the eounliy which has made such steadv progtess tlnoiighout the jear , but nl o of veiy geueial advice given by commission brokers to lm > slocks on stump * . Pilces have looked tftpp.v fm weeks past aud on tills considerable short contracts weieput out , but on sovcial dajsof the week the bears falilj elimbed lor stock" , which gieatly ns-dsted these , the same ic- t clviiii ; an additional stimulus Horn the hauuuiihms result of the trunk Hue meeting and talk about an advance in east-bound ficichls , Iho near approach of tlio tlmo for Ihu Vnndeibllt meetings , thu outcome of which is expected to bu the resumption ol the dlv lilcuds of the l-ako bhoro , Michigan Cenlial , Canada Southcin , nnd latci on an Increase in the Now VorkConlinl dividend , the fnvoiable show Ing of the Pacific roads ns contained in the icpoit ol the irovoinment diiectois ol the Union Pacific mid in thnt of the government comniisslonei , of n favomblo piospoct lei the adoption of the railroad lundlng bill by congress - gross mul the laiL'o having lor London nc- eount. Oil the othci hand , the money mai- ket woikud close on most ot the unjs ot the week. 'I ho speculative lever bioko out nil over the list. Fiist It was Union Pacific , then othei Paclllo stocks , ( iiaugfrs , Vmidoi- bllts , U'alush , mid so on until the whole movement assumed a more geneial cluuac- tor than of Into. Sonthein propcilios. RHS shaies nnd specialties geneiallv moved up mid down inpidlv , butlatteily tlio tejidmcv was to higher liguics , thu advance in Isolated cases Chattanooga it Tennessee , coal and lion having been nsiauclias 12C'd4 ' points. Ke.iditin was inliueneed by vanous lepoits about the leoignnl/atlon t-cheme and lltic- tuated violiMitlv at times , Iho exticmos shovv- iiik'a dltleieuco of about ( > ' $ points , I'hu week was again noteworthy lor Impoilant movements in rallioad'bonds , tlm demand lei which continues unabated , 'llie nioiiu ) nfttiket was subjected to an unusual amount ot manipulation , and dining the Hist half ot the week lates weie exceedingly luegiilai , tanging as high as " 0 and as low as-1 ner cent , with eonsideiablc business on call at 7S10 pur cent. Tow mil the close an easlet tooling prevailed and Kites settled down to G@7 percent , with exceptional tiansactlnns at 5 pci cent. niMJNHUNUSS AT JJAYTOX. The Sale of fleer Onuses n Deplorable Condition "TAlTalrH. PiTTsnruo , Dec. ! > . ( Special Telegram to tlw 15i K. ] A gentleman who lias been visit ing friends at tin ; soldiers' home , Dajton , O. , tolil a reportei to-day a startling story ot the oiglcs caused by Iho introduction of beer nt that institution. Ho stated ( hut slnco the snleof beer beg an on July lUn state of con fusion nnd disorder has existed ttiore almost to an unbeaiablo degree to the inmates , who donotdilnk. Ho Mid : "Since the bcci h ill was opened ovci ! 3,000 , b iriels have been sold to tlio Inmates. It has broiuht the manage ment SlbCOO In monej , and Isa paving e\- perlnicntfinnneially. The soldiciscan diink all they want If they pay lei it. Theie aic 5,000 soldieis in the home , and I will say that fully I,000 ! ol them will diink all they can get. The beer is sold in pints at ! > ctnls If thev net too diunk and too noisy they are locked up In the guaul lieu c nnd the heel is shut elf from them for : i low da > & . 'I lie sobei and tempointc men aie much opposed to Iho silo ot hcer. Mho govurnoi ol the home , General Patilck , told the m.inau'cis that ho could not Keep anj kind of discipline nt the IK.IIIO it they allowed beer to bo used , but thev p ild no attention to his doslie. The men who do the-drinking cuiso and sweat and light , making n pandemonium ot the pi ice. On M hanksgiviinr < taj a Cincinnati contractoi sent up a lot of beei foi a lieat. 'Iho beer hall holds about lour liimdrel iieoplo , and so gitat was the itish into tlie > IniikliiiL' that pait of tile Hoot gave wa > and a peat mani POIMMIS vvcro hurt. I know that llneoof those Injuicil have hlnco died. Out side tlio building a ciowd ol moro 111 in I.'iOO veterans was piishini ; to get hi. There ain men theio vvhosp''iid evcij cent of theii pen sion lei beei. Woelclj Ciop Siiiiiinnry. Cute V.o , Dec. 5. The following fiopsum- mniy will appe.u In tills week's issue ul the FniitiCrs llcvlovv : itepoits fiom the wiiitei wheat growing sections of Ohio , Michigan. Indiana , Illinois. .Missouri nnd Kansas con tinue to Lo ueneiall } iavoiablofoi lull-sown grain. Three counties in Kansas lejioit thu plant ns looking pooil > , nnd in Si. .losepli county , Michigan , HIP picsenco of Iho ilj is noted , with the statement that many of the fields are looking pooil ) . Fiom Illinois ni'd Indiana , and especially fiom Missouii , le- porls thus fai are' of a vcij II itteringchaiau- ncter. The movement of coin Is rcnortrd to bo veiv slow In the noitlfwcst. This Is es- peclalfy tine of low.a , ISebiaska and Wis consin , with only n moderate movement in .Minnesota and Dakota. In McIIeni } . .Mcieci and Monioo counties , In Illinois , It Is le- jiorteil thatthoiu is no coin to slilji. A sim ihu icporl Is madi ! as to Decatui , Jdfei-on , JCeokuk , Taj lor and ICossiitli toiintles In Iowa , ami In some instaiues com Is helni ; imiiorted. Tlio movement Is icpoitcd a , only moderate in Indiana , Ohio nnd Midi- Igan Thcciirient ol all the leportn lioin Il linois , Kansas. .Mlssoun , Iowa and \ \ iseon sin Is that stocks ol corn nio unu&uallj lia'lit , All of I lie InhahitanlHVcro Dlroi'lor-i. llAiiinsiil iso , Pa. , Dee. ! ) . [ fepcelnl 'lel- cgram to the Hii.l A cm Inns opisodu 01-- cui led nt Voik last night. A traveling Ihu- atrical companj was to have ilajc ) < l at the opcm hoif-o theio. About the time lei the curtain to rl o u man applied toi tree admis sion on the gioiind that ho was a diieetoi ot tlio house , and w.is admitted Soon afiei another came with a similar application nnd with n like lesult , Then a do/en others cnmo and said tiny weio all dlrectoi.s. 'Iho coin- pan } manage ) lefu Ul to udiult them , and the ( loot tttiulei , iilaecd theio b > the local liian.uei , baid Iliev vu'iu entitled to admU- slon nnd ho was tlie'ioto seu tli.it tliej weio admitted , 'J'liereupon the mnnagei went back to thostnuonnd ordeied the member * of the company to take elf tl'e.rcohlnmos | and dejuit. Ho then i.iiig thu cuilaln up and stated thu facts to the audience , aildiiu' that theio would Do no exhibition. Ho dim ted thu audleni o to upplv at the ! moll'u o lor a ic'turn of theii money mid vvit'nliuw. 'Iho company iott Voik immedlattily to ivoid hull lei hall rent , \\lntlitliei heard .v.iitobo thediieetors. To Go Iteliirn the Supreme ( ; ourt , Col t'Miii'q , Dec ft MUM , i e-onsliltation ol attnrne > sin the Hell t > - eji'ione ' cases at thu lesldonci ) of Jud o i i > iiuan , Jelfeison Clmndlci lotumcd lo We , , ; i 'ton this after noon. ' 1 ho giivt'ini'ii ni I.UH il have de- elded to take thocisodiu ' . > to ilio siipieiin- couit The UovcinincMil lioavrd. DVIII.I.'I' , Dec. 5 'I lie leitjao meetiJig which WAS mi nouucc'd to be h-'d ' lodaj on the hill of Keash , at Hnli ) > < : ioic mid \\liich vvaspioclaimed by the gove'iinneiil did nut takeiiUte. 'Iho meet jug was himim > iud b > v\aKiand Ihc govuinmeut wn hoaxci. THE MAN WITH A CLASS EYE , Matrimonial Expcriouco of a Poor but Hon est Pnplllion Hotel Porter. SHE MARRIED HIM FOR MONEY. Completion of the rooblr-Mlmleil In. sill n ( Inn nt Uoali le-c Iho Town ofChnilron Stilt Hoiiinlnu Nchinskii News , A Conrt 1il | > tiy .ttnll , I'Aruriov , Nob. . Dec. -Special ( lo the HKK.I Hurt Klchnioml , poi tor nt thn Papll- lion house , was married last Wednesday at Hoonc , la' , to Miss I.Ida Smith , a lmnd omo and Intelligent jounglndv of that place. The marriage was consummated tlnouili one ot thocaslcin "AIanlnvo Hrokciane" ; assoola- lions , lilchmoiid Is a hard working man , with no olhet capital thui honesty nnd a gla < s oje. The mmrlaio biokcrvtho brought the two parlies toscthet Induced Ulchmond to have aside view plioioKiaph taken , of com so putting the good CMC to the front. This plctuio wns sent to the jounglndv , who liked It so well tint she ngiced In wilting lo many the orhjlnnl. Itlchmoud was notified b.v his blotters to ap pear at Itoono last Wednesday , and with a light heart , ana adorned In hi * Mimlay uul- fonn ho hastened totliohouii-ofhls nllliineed , whom liohnd ncvei seen. When huimived thelndj to whom ho was lo bo tnntiied ob jected to thu glass eje. but < ald she would keep her promise to wed , and tlio pall wns nccoidinglj united. They ninveil In Pnpll lion vvciiiiesdny night mid took lodgings at Iho Papllllon house. > , uxt moinlng the now mndo wife wanted to dilvo out and see hoi husband's blf | stock I aim , which had been o accurately located and descilbed bj the marriage bioker. Finally she Icained Hint UUhmond didn't own any pioixiitv. that the lilg stock faun was tlie propei t > ot nnothei lilchmond , and that she had been made thu victim ot un- flcuipuloii3i.isc.tls , who had icci'ived n hand some commission toe lioin hei , on n < count ot piovldlnghor with .t husband , 'lo-day she ictuiued to her Iowa homo , deelaiing em phatically lhat "ho would nuvcr aeknow ledge iho disconsolate Klchmond ns lici husband. Institution lor the roohle Aliiulcd. Br vi KICK Neb. , Dec. . " . . [ Special to the Hrr.J The institute tor tlio feeble minded is completed , ha- * been oxatn- ini'd bv the bonul of public lands and build ings nnd fouiut satistnctoiy. H Is a four stoiy biick , contains about hliy looms , liented v\ith steam , has an exclusive SJB'PIII ot watei works and costs IO.OJJ. 'Iho bulld- ine is situated on n sUhtlx lentj aeio tiact ol Kroiind , two miles east ol low n , the land be ing donated by the citl/ens ol Jieatiice. The building Is a handsome one and Is built sol- idlj and honestly. As the legislaluiu failed toiippiopihitotiinds to tun the institution It will not be icady lor Inm lies befoie spilmr. 'IhesupciintendentHajs ho has enough ap- plk nthms in ahead ) to lill the building and that the Icgislaturo should at thu coming ses sion make an nppioprintlou to bullet ad ditional room. The aichitecl of the building was C. F. Drlscoll , ot Omaha , the contiaetoi , 13. H. SaK'sbury. ot Chicago , and the Miiioilntund- cut is Di. J. H. Ainisuong foimeily ol Coun cil JMullb. Tlio mohltcct mid contractor have done their work well mul fiom nil appeal - anccs Di. Armstiong will make n good super intendent. Thogeneinl plan of the Institu tion will bo Insti noting the inmates In all bianchosof study nnd indiiitilal puisulls which they will bu capable of gia AVnhoo'H Iisli-i < ! L Court. A\r VHOO , Neb. , Dec n. [ Spec ! il to the Ilrnl Dining the past week district com t has been in session beio. Theio mo MO cases on the docket , man > of which aio of gieit Im.- poitnnce. involving thoiisani/s / ol dollars. The tomi 01 couit Is onlj two weeks , wlillu It would take at least six weeks to dispose of the business aheadj aceumulatiil. The Fointh judicial dlstiiet is entitled to and must have an addition il judge. The case of Pelton ncainst Dickinson , \\lieiein Iho plain tiff asks lei Si. ' > , OJO damages for alleged slaudoiH utjeied hj the defendant , has again boon put ovti , and will probiblj not ho tiled this lei m of couit. Thu mininal docket la quile laiiso , but is mostlj foi mlnoi ollonscs. The dilTeieneo exlsling between ihu city council nnd Iho Fiomont , Ukhorn . 'c .Mis- soml Vnlloj Itailwav company has beun ud- iiisled , and the pissungur donot is now being built and will bo comprcUd In a hhorl tlmo. Woi Icon the H.\.M. "V" is buing unshed lei wmd as lapldlj ns possible. I'lm iccent ( old weathoi will nuatlj Impede the vvenk of eridlng on the lailioad. TinOioulnir t'ou'ii oi riiadioii. fn unio.v , Vob. , Dee. r > , - | Special to the ill , i .1 No finthei doubt exists as to a bright futuie for Chadron , us is domoiihtiated by the Fiemont , Klkboin k itissoml Vnlley Kallioad company locating Its cai sliojis and a twenty stall loundhoiisu at this place , i u- qiililni.ri lorcu ol 103 men tot Us opciatlon. in addition ( o the foico .iheady umpioyrd. Anolhei fcnltiioof its piosjierltj Is the ox- tt nslvo leil I'slalu Investments in and about tin * town , pioreilj ImvliiK advanced fX ) per cent and at piescnl no town lots in the mar- kol. Tlnoiinh the elfoits ol the Chadion U'iilorS'oiks \ companv Hie ailesi.in well is In opifitlon mid will dl ill to the depth ol 2OOJ leet. These Iniliislilcs nnd Impiovenients , togi Him with the local IT. b land olllco ,110 convincing evidence of giovvlli and niospoi- itj' . ' _ _ _ Trniiklln'r. Oratorloal Conlcul. KiiA.SKt IN , Neb. , Dee. ft ( Special to lh ISi i . ] Tholall ti'im ot Franklin academy closed Fridaj with n draiiiatle and oratoileal enleitalnmunt b ) the Philohuian society. ' 1 ho orations esiju'clallj sliuek a key-note , mid at the close two of Pimtkiln's most on- tei pi islnc business men olleied : - ' > tin the best oration , to bo given at an oiatoiical con test at the end of Hie winter tcnn , Much U. bimilai IIM/US will bis given on other occa sions lei ess is mid ilcclaination contests. 'Iheio Is mi unusually lainro numbei of I.tlenicd mid ambitions > oung mini nnd women in the m ademy this j ( . . and like nil buslnu's in this iiuw vvest the institution Is hiiomiiu. ' 1 lu > vvlnldi term up ! us Dei ember H. Jndli'atloiiHfliu th.it it will bu thu hu est In tlu liUtoiy ot Iho school , ( 'aiiiillalisni ) In Jla.vil. Nj w Vujiii , Dec. ' ( bpcciid 'i c'Jc'gram lo thu liLic.- ] The \S \ oild this moinlng pilnts u six column .article nn eannllialisin In Hnjtl , Iroin vvhltii it would appear that the \\lillo guvcininont Is anxious to suppiess thu terri ble puicticc. II is almost helplo s In thu luco o | the very general vvoiship of voodoo by H coiisiduiahlo part of the pojiiil.itloii , The vv liter , wlio-e name is withheld in order that the levclallohB n.av not bu followed by in- juij to his business nssodnie' * , tells in ddall of a bit'iiu witnessed on thu evening of Apiil JO , isso , A fr'end ' who wanted to convince him that cannibalism was not oxtlnct went vsitfi him tea voodoo leiunle. In which thd nevios' siipdetitiims unnlvenrio vsas celu- I ) rated. Jloth vveio din nlsul ns negroes ami smuggled Into thcthioiu b > a fiu ndl > negro. Thu ceremonies ueiu dosed bv ditting thn tlnoat ol n lie ) and gill live jeuo old , the blood fiom HID wounds IICMIIS uiuht in ves sels. 'Jhu wiltei ll < d wliun thu hey was killul. but his trii'iid tern lined to Iho end. lupotling tint the bodh s vveiet ntup , eooked mid eaten bj thn IK HI" * 'lho/u > : ilti p-.rt ol tlm niticle is duvutid to IliuhUtoij ot e.in- nibalisni in the 1st mil anil It is said the lie- liel pa vails that Pn side nt buloumii Is him- gull a vuodoo wuJalnpp i , thd ineuuiayus the woiiliip Selir.iskuVvatlMM - . I rNi'Jiaska ' : Fair weather , neaili st > tiuiiao I' ' mi" talure.