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THE OMAHA ; DAILY BEE , EIGHTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 28 , 1889. NUMBER 258 MHSTWAIT A LITTLE LONGER , OfJlcoBookora Put Off Till the Cabl- not la Solootod. QUARRELSOME NEW YORK STATE. Her Warring Factions Likely to Spoil Her Cabinet Chances Lnw 1'nitncr Miller to Ro Solicitor General. WASHINGTON HUItnAUTllRONUrtA BRE , f > 13 FOUHTEESTflSTItBBr , l\ \ WASHINGTON , U. C. . Fob. 27. Thcro lias been tv heap nf caucusing among the republican politicians hero to-day. In the marble room at the capltol , in the cloak rooms of the liouso and senate , In the cloak rooms of the house nnd senate , In the com mittee rooms , anil everywhere inal men could gather together for a quiet talk , ono could ilnil the leaders of the party rubbing thnir heads together and dlteussing what had been done and what ought to be douo In the matter of distributing patronage. HAHV , CIENTt.CMtiX. The raid of the prcsidonl-clcet has fairly commenced. There wns some skirmishing yesterday , but this morning the fighting began all along the lines , and slates wcro being miido up for nearly every state nnd territory of the union. Thcro was less interest felt In the cabinet assign ments than In the distribution of the minor plaees , the heads of bureaus and the fat of- ilccs at home. Hut General Harrison has so far given no satisfaction to any one. Ho tells people that they must wait until ho has selected his cabinet , for It will bo necessary for the heads of the several departments to bo consulted in making assignments to subor dinate positions. Thcro are a few ofllees which it is under stood ho has tendered to personal friends , but what they are and whether they have been accepted is only a matter of conjecture. Little intimation ! ) are constantly leaking out that John Dee is to have this nnd Uichar Hoc is to have the olhor place , but you can not ascertain anything for certain. Tin ; QUAUKIM.SOMI : CMIMKI : STATI : . With reference to the cabinet It may bo said that four places have been dellnltcly de termined upon , mid only four. A stroke of lightning may disturb the present situation , but it is not likely that any ono clsu but Dlainc , tv'indom , Wanamakcr nnd Noble will fill the ofllcos of state , the treasury , the post- ofllco and the interior department. The other four places have not been lillod , and will not bo lillod until the last moment. Gen eral Harrison is sincerely trying to reconcile the antagonistic elements In New York , but they will not DO reconciled. Ho will not give them the treasury department , and. Mr. Plait will not ncL'cpt anything else. Ho has spout n great part ofhls time to-day with Senators Evarla and Hiscock , Mr. Fassett , Senator Quay nnd others who nro interested in heal ing the dlsscntlous , but at this writing has been unable to reach any conclusion or to secure nny suggestions that will satisfy tbo Jealoniy of these who are contending for supremacy. He Is willing to give Wow York two places In the cabinet , but ho cannot IIml two of exactly the same size and shape and with the same amount of honor and respon sibility attached to them , and nothing else will suit Mr. Miller and Mr. Pratt. Mr. Harrison intends to give the Now York people a day more to agree upon something , and if they fall to do so ho will simply over look thorn entirely and get his cabinet ma terial clscwliero. Mr. Whitelaw Ueid has been mentioned as a compromise , but ho connot , it scorns , get the endorsement of the leaders of the factions. If but ono man is given a place from the state , that man will likely bo ox-Senator Tom Platt. After tbo arrival of Vice President-elect Morton this afternoon , he , with other friends of Mr. Platl , had a conference , at which it was decided to notify General Harrison that Mr. Platt would accept the ofllco of secre tary "of the navy , which ho has once de clined. It xvas tendered to him originally with the understanding that ho was not to attempt to Interfere with the patronage of Now York state , but to confine himself to his bailiwick. Mr. Platt said that his only motive In seeking a cabinet position was to Btrengthon himself as a political leader ; that ho had no deslro to build ships , and the sec retary of the navy had no patronage except a few mechanics in a few navy yards , which was n little oi t of his line : Hut now , as it has comp to a point Whore ho must take that or nothing ho Is willing to sacrifice his ambition to control patronage and tuiio What ho can get. Mr. Plait's friends will communicate with Gun- oral Harrison to-morrow and Inform him that Mr. Platt will accept any position that may bo temlorcd. Senator Quay , who is anxious to Imvo Uo : trouble in IMOW York settled by the admis sion of both Platt and Miller into the cabi net , made a suggestion to the president-elect this afternoon which , however , as I under stood was not received with much favor. Mr. Platt has been willing all along to ac cept the posloftlco department , considering it next In rank to the treasury as a political machine , and when General Harrison in formed Mr. Hiscock that It was Impossible to give Now York the treasury , the latter asked the postolllco department for Mr. Plntt. General Harrison told htm the department had already been tendered to nnd accepted by "Mr. Wanamakcr , and before ho could consider Mr , Plait's name In that connection the lutter's friends would have to persuade Mr. Quay to accept some other position for the great Phllndolphian. Mr. Quay was approached preached by Mr. Hiscock , after the hitter's return to tWnshlngton , but ho peremdtorily refused to consider the matter. Ho wanted Mr. Wanamaker at the head of the army of 00,000 postmasters. Nuw , In order to satisfy Now York Mr. Quay Is willing to have Mr. Wanamaker transferred to the Interior. Mr. Harrison did not receive that suggestion favorably , First , because Mr. Noble had ac cepted the portfolio. Second , because Mr. Wanamaker Is not n lawyer. The secretary of tho. interior bus to sit as Judge to dccido cases involving patent law , land law , pension law and various other legal complications , and the head of that department should bo as much of a jurist as the uttornny general. Mr. Quay suggested that Mr. Noble might bo txansfcrred to the attorney general's of- lice , and that Wanamakcr could select some ilrat-cluss lawyer as assistant secretary of the interior and assign him to tlia duty of du ckling these cast's. Ho cited the fact that Kacharhih Chandler , the great stalwart of Michigan , who was not u lawyer , madn ono of the best secretaries of the Interior ( his government has over had , and that ho brought from Michigan with him Mr. Gaylord - lord , ono of the ablest lawyers of the bar of that ( itiUo , to dcoido the li'gal questions that cumo before him. Mr. Gaylord wan made so licitor of tbo department , and Mr. Chandler paid him fSQJU a year out of his own pocket In order to Induce htm to accent that position. Mr. Wnnamakcr , ho suid , would bo willing to bring nn equally good lawyer to 1111 the same olMco , or make him assistant secretary of the Interior. General Harrison hus taken the mutter under consid eration , but it is not likely that ho will change the programme. In case It is done , however , Mr. Platl will bo made postmaster general , and Mr. Miller secretary of the navy , which will satisfy the demand * of New York. Mr. Rlklnft arrived to-day , and Is quartered ut tun Ncruuindle hotel wild Mr. liluiuu. Hu Is using his Influence with the i > rcsidnnt-clcci in hohulf uf Mr. Platt. IIKCOUMKNPS I'AI.MCIt. It is reported tn-nijl.t ( Unit during his visit to General Harrison this morning Senator Sherman j-ccom- mended the npolntmcnt of Sen ator Palmer to a position in ttio cabinet , and that as a result of this it has been absolutely determined by General JIarrmon to invlto Senator Palmer to taka either the war or agricultural portfolio , Tlip ourco ot thii information ie sui-h at to give it mdro than the ordinary weight to bo attached to cabinet rumors at this time. A meeting of the republican members of tbo Indiana delegation In congress will bo held at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning at Hepro- sentntlvo Stcele's committee robin for the purpose of determining whether General Harrison shall bo asked to take an Indiana man Into his cabinet. It ills agreed that the request shall ho mndo no name will bo presented. It Is slmply-to settle the question whether > i request for a place In the cabinet shall be made on behalf of the slate that the meeting is to bo held. IAW I'AHTSEIl MII.t.r.H. Law Partner Miller is not to bo a member of the cabinet. That is dcllnitely settled. Ho is to bo solicitor general , nn ofllcer who stands next door to a cabinet minister In honor and glory , nnd ho Is perfectly satisfied with that assignment. Law Partner Miller is General Harrison's most Intimate friend and has been such for twenty years. Their relations arc as close as these of David and Jonathan , and c.losc as these that exist be tween G rover Cleveland and Daniel Lament , and General Harrison wants him In with him. It Is said by Indiana people that Miller might have boon attorney general if ho had chosen , but that when hu saw what a rum pus his appointment was going to awaken among the Indiana republicans ho told Gen * oral Harrison that his appointment would bo unwise. The Indiaha people are going to tnako nn appeal to the general to select n member ot ttio cabinet from that state , and they ndvlso the nomination of John C. Now or .1. N. Hus ton , the chairman of the state republican committee , but It is not likely that ho will comply with their wishes. It looks verv much now as if Mr. Now would bo sent abroad and Mr. Huston tendered a promi nent position in one of the departments. Ho wants a place that will give him the use of pntrotmgo to strengthen the republican party in bis state and reward his friends. Mr. Now will In all probability go to Vienna. There were man ) ' statements made pro and con to-day by men from congress relative to the wisdom of asking Mr. Wlndoui to take the Ireasuryship. THI : WISDOM AFr.vm. Senator Davis , of Minnesota , says that ho knows nothing whatever about the protest that is reported to have been made and to bo presented to General Harrison , against Mr. Window's appointment as secretary of tbn treasury , and bo has never heard of it ex cept in the newspapers. The USD of his name in that connection is entirely unauth orized. IIo never intended to submit any protests and docs not think It would bo be coming in him to do so. Ho has his views in regard to the selection of Mr. Windom , but should not volunteer them to General Harri son unless they were nskcd for. Senator Sabin said to-day that ho has nothing whatever to do withtho protest , that ho hud never seen It , nnd should not present it to the president-elect. Ho said that ho know of u largo number of people who had written letlcrs to General Harrison object ing to Mr. Windom's appointment , as a resi dent of Minncsotu , but he knows of no formal action that had been taken in the matter. As far as ho was personally con cerned , ho was nt liberty to speak with great freedom , because he did not desire any favors for himself from the next administration , and only wanted to bo in a position where ho could servo his friends. "It has not been my purpose , " said Mr. Sibln : , "to advise General Harrison as to whom ho should nnd whom ho should not invite Into his cabinet unless ho should ask my advice , but I have no hesitation in saying that I am greatly sur prised ttiat ho should have raked the enllro country over to seek a man who is a resident of no stale , and whoso idenli- llcalion with numerous wildcat schemes nnd paper corporations extending over the United States and Mexico ami the subter ranean recesses of New York is notorious , for his secretary of the treasury. Ho would have to apply lor a corlillcalo as to his plnco of residence , whether in Now York , Winona or Topololnmpo , Mexico. 1 have no sympa thy with the far fetched idea that the secre tary of the treasury should come from tlio west , knowing , us every ono knows , that when nny great enterprise is inauguralcd tlio projectors have lo go to Now York for finan cial assistance. The fact that the man lives in a financial center nnd is familiar with tbo commercial and financial intcrcsls of the country ought not , in my Judgment , debar him from occupying the most important po sition under tlio government , and one In which ho must come directly in contact with linancial people. Neither do I share the flip pant views that have been so frequently de pressed by certain people nowadays , that the republican party can arrange to get along without Now York stato. I believe that should bo the llrst-state recognized in mak ing up the cablnel. " The Cullfornians nro very certain that Mr. Swift , of their state , is to bo secretary of the navy or attorney general. It has developed that General Harrison told Congressman Morrow , when the latter visited Indianapo lis last week , that Mr. Eslce would not bo a member of the cabinet ; lhat ho was out of the question , and from some things that have been learned slnco the arrival of the presi dential party hero , Mr. Swift's chances seem to bo very favorable. OIUliCTOK HOI.MAN. Holman has again defeated the considera tion of the bill crealing two additional land ofllcos in Nebraska. Ho promised Senator Paddocic and Ileproscnlallvo Dorsoy a few days ago , as announced in Tin ; lliu : specials , that ho would not offer further objection , but did not keep his promise. When In the house tills morning Mr. Dorsoy nskcd to take up the bill , Senator Paddock went over lo Iho house and labored with Mr. Holman , but got no satisfaction. Thcro Is yet hope lhat Iho obstruction In Iho form of Iho unreasonable member from Indiana will bo coaxed aside , but sometimes it looks as though It was hopIng - Ing against hope. Thcro is but a small chance lor success. iniECKtxHinan's MISTAKE. The friends of Hoprcsentatlvo Clifton B. Urcckinridgo are urging him to go'at once to Arkansas and assist in bringing the assassin of Colonel Clayton to justice , but ho says ho has confidence in the oftleors of the law , and believes that they will do their duly. IIo has expressed his rcgivt at the murder , and has testified that Mr. Clayton was a fair-minded , honest and patriotic man. This , ho believes , is all that should bo required of him , although ho holds his seat in congress with a certificate that is stained with blood. Mr. Brcckin- ridgo's friends think ho has made n tcrriulo inislako In his show of indiffcrencu about the Clayton tragedy , nnd will reallzo It. If no had started at unco for Arkansas , offered his services In discovering- perpetrators of the deed and declined to accept a seat In the next congress until hi * title was made clear , they say that ho would have been the biggest and most popular man in the slalo. Lint ho is now despised by men who have highly re spected him. TUB LAND COMMIS31ONillSHIIV : Among the northwestern people hero the idea Is prevalent thai the influence which will bo brought to bear upon the president in bchalt of ox-Sonnlor Clulcolt , of Colorado , for the land commlsalonorshlp will bo such us to pracllcallv insure ills appointment. Chllcott has the Colorado delegation and a great many others at his back and will prob ably bo successful In his efforts toscouro the prize. JOINS TUB o. A. it. Ex-Speaker Uandall. not satisfied with re suming the leadership of the democratic- party in Iho house of representatives , has decided to become n veteran of the late war , and will bo initiated Into Kit Carson post ot the G A. It. on the evening of Inauguration day , before ho COCH to the ball. Mr , Handall was a private in tbo Philadelphia city troops , and went to the front as n member of that organisation In IfOl fur Ihreo months service. Hu was in tlia Held when first elected to congress. INAtWIUTlOX WIUTIICn. A certain oracle of the weather has con sulted his geese bnno und has predicted a pleasant day for tho-tth of March , but General - oral Grecluy mild this afternoon lhat ho was not at all certain on that subject "The In dications , " ho said , "in the northwest are very bad. On the Pacific const , at the mouth of the Columbia river , thu wind is blowing forty-eight miles an hour , and the barometer Is falling rapidly through that section. If this station comes last , as it is likely to do , there is ample time foe it to reach Washing ton between now und Monday morning , und thu outlook la very unfavorable. " THE J'UUI.IC ritlNTKU. Ono of the first oOlucs that will demand thc-attcution of President Harrison after tbo cabinet is disposed of , Is that of mibllo printer. There nro several candidates in the field , but the ono most frequently mentioned Is M. D. Helm , ot Mnnclc. Ind. Mr. Helm has the advantage of several years' exper ience In the olllco in various positions. llo founded the Congressional Record , and ran It successfully for several years , nnd made a host of friends among senators nnd members , Ho Is thoroughly conversant with the oOlco In all Its details and U strongly backed by the united Indiana delegation , a largo part of the Ohio delegation nnd many members from other states. Dr , Gnlllnccr , of Now Hamp shire , who was the republican representallvo on the committee which investigated the goveramonl printing ofllco during the last session , is enthusiastic In his support of Helm , and says ho Is just the man for the place. 8CTTI.CD roil THIS SE3SION. Speaker Carlisle said to-day that ho should not permit a vote upon Mr. Itandall's bill to report the tobacco tax unless a majority of the democrats in tlio house request It. That settles she. question of tariff reduction for this session. Miscnu.ANnors MATTEHS. Hopkins , nn Independent member from Virginia , announced in the house to-day , in objecting to the consideration of a bill pro viding for the erection of a public building at Kalamazoo , Mich. , that ho would not permit the consideration of any moro public build- bills. This dofeals the bills pending for pub lic buildings for Hastings , Fremont and Be atrice. Hon. S. N. niakcsloy. of Hoatrlco ; J. H. WIllardof , Omaha , and Newells.of Schuylor , nro here. In the house to-day Mr. Dorsey secured concurrence in Iho senate amendments to Iho Laird bill for Iho relief of Wesley Mont gomery , of Nebraska , The bill permits Mont gomery to homc toad another quarter section of land , the ono ho entered upon having been in conflict with railroad right upon public domain. Elllolt R Shepherd , of Ihc New York Mall and Express , ox-Scnalor Saunders nnd Hussell U. Harrison lunched lo-dny with Senator Paddock at the seiialo restaurant. Congressman-elect W. J. Council , of the First Nebraska district , who has been nt Cnlcago a day or two , Is expected to arrive at any tiour now. Editor Fairbrolher , of Iho Lincoln Call , is in Iho city. Senator Manderson's cold has developed into n high fovcr , which for three days bus confined him lo his bed. The evening papers announce that on ac count of the senator's ' Illness Mrs. Mandor- son will not receive to-morrow. The high lea by Mrs. Captain John G. Bourke to Mrs. Hussell 13. Harrison , this afternoon , was very largely attcndoJ by the well-known socicly people of Washington. Mrs. Senator Paddock assisted in receiving. AUMY O1UliHS. By direction of the secretary of war Pri vate Victor Mayunke , Company G , Twcnty- llrst infantry , now with his company , is dis charged the service of Iho United States. The extension of leave of absence granted First Lieutenant George S. Young , Seventh , infantry , February 1 , Division of the Mis souri , is further extended one month , Private George C. Getchell , Company C , Eighth infantry , now with his company , Is discharged tlio service of the United States. LOOKS m'nious roit on. JOHN. The Nebraska men interested in securing o place in the cabinet for Thurston nro com pelled to confess that it looks like John W. Noble , of Missouri , for the desired place. Tney are now urging Senalor Palmer , of Michigan , for sccrelary of war , in Iho hope lhat Hobcrt W. Furnas , of Nebraska , will bo made secretary of agriculture. He is said to bo qualified in an eminent degree for the placo. Pcaur S. HEATH. THE MONEY DROVE HER MAO. A Minnesota Family Matin Destitute Hy n Strange Misfortune. ST. Cr.oun , Minn. , Feb. 27. [ Special Tele gram to Tun BEC. ] Henry Fischer recently sold his lltlle farm and home , together with his live stock and everything ho owned hero , realizing from the sale about § 3,700. Ho concluded to remove to Oregon , and believ ing that ho might be robbed of his money , ho gave the entire amount to his daughter Theresa for safekeeping on their journey. The girl took ? 000 and sowed it up in quilt. Then she put 51,500 into a lard pail , covering it up with lard , and placed it , to gether with some other baggage , in a car. With the other money she paid for tickets for herself , father and mother , and kepi Hie remainder on her person. The day before arriving at Ihelr dcstlna- lion she lost her reason from fretting over Iho safety of her money. She offered small sums from what she had on her person to passengers on the train whom Hhe supposed wanted' rob her , but imagining that they were still not satisfied und wanted to kill her for the balance of the money entrusted to her , nho finally jumped from Iho fast moving train near Pnsco. W. T. , nearly kill ing herself by the fall , bho was picked up , and on being found Insane was coatincd in the Stellacoon asylum. The quilt and lard pail containing the cntlro possessions 'of Iho Fischer family has been lost and they are en tirely destitute. The mother has died from grief over Iheir heavy misfortune. - - - ; Tlio Atclilnoir Incident. PAWS , Feb. 27. An official statement on the Atchlnoff incident was published to-day. The note say jjOiat Atchlnoff was repealedly warned lhatsagallo was French territory , but ho persisted that It had been ceded to him by the Sultan of Tadjwrak , and he recognized no nulhorlly beyond that of the czar. During his short reign Atchmoft treated his followers and natives with Iho utmost brutality , causing Ihc Russians to II eo for refuge to Obock. After montn's of patience , Admiral Obry , finding that the condition of the colony was becoming intolerable erable , and that French territory was being treated as a conquered country , sent a final warning to Atchinoff. This being unheeded , Admiral Obry attacked Sagallo fort. The Kusslan government , the note says , has slnco recognized thu fact that the French have only done tliolr duly in Iho mailer , ana Iho friendly rolallons between Ike two countries remain unaffected. Foreign Capital In the Mines. WASHINGTON , Fob. 37. Stewart , chairman of the committee on mines and mining , to-day made a report on the resolution au thorizing the commitloo to investigate the subject of foreign capital in Ihe territories. The amount of capital invested in mines in Iho torntorles.by aliens , as near as could bo estimated , Is $120,503,570 , and the dividends paid thereon $1,537,60 : ) . The committee rec ommended that Ibo alien land act bo so mod ified as to permit foreign capital to bo used In the development of mines ia the territo ries. Blnlnc'M Modesty. AuacsTA , Mo. , Fob. 27. Hon. Henry Lord , president of the Maine senate , to-day ra- celvod the following telegram from James G , Ulaino , In Washington : ' "I have thU moment read Qoutollo's letter , suggesting that the legislature provide a portrait of myself , to bo placed among the portraits of ox-speakers of the national house of representatives. Though well in tended by Boutollo , I regret that the request was made , nnd hope that hereafter neither tlio senate nor the house will take any action in the mailer. It would bo altogether distasteful - tasteful to mo to have suuh a proposition submitted to the legislature. Tlio Chcrokou rtrlbory.- WABIUNOTON , Fob. 37. The report of In dian Agent Owen , dated April IS , 1SS9 , was sent to tlio senate to-day in response to the resolution asking the secretary of the interior lor Information concerning the bribery of the Cherokee council by cattle men. Owen says ho does not think there is any doubt about the fact that representatives of the Cherokee Strip Live Stock association and tliolr work ers made lavish use of money and whisky for tbo-purpose ot Bccurltiff tuo release of lands. THE THUNDERER , Plgott's Confession Causes the Lon don Times to Hotrnot. REGRETS EXPRESSED IN COURT. The Judges Asked to Withdraw Front Considering thoGomilncncKs ; of the Letters The Forger In Paris. Forced to Give In. Loxnox , Fob. 27. Injtho commons to-day Matthews , secretary of stntu for homo affairs , stated that tbo authorities wcro tak ing stops to secure the extradition of Plgott from 1'aris. An Immense crowd was present * in the court room this morning when the session of the Parncll commission opened. Much excitement was manifested. Parncll arrived in Iho court room at an early hour. Attorney General Webster stated to the court lhat Shannon , the Times' Dublin solicitor , had received a letlor from Plgott , who is in Paris. The letler wna not in Plgott's writing. Summon had immedi ately notified the Scotland Yard author ities of the receipt of the letter. The attor ney general then read a lellcr , which was dated Saturday , and contained the confession of Plgott made to Lauquehoro that day at the lattcr's residence. Pigolt added Ihut ho desired - sired to fully disclose thut , ho had fabricated the alleged fac simile at Parnell's letter pub lished in the Times , aifd the other letters ho had furnished lhat paper. Ho denied being In touch with the Ainoridun brotherhood alter ho had sold his newspaper , the Irishman. Ho admitted that ho wrote the conver sation wilh Eugene Davis al Lausanne from memory only. Ho lold Houston he had found Iho letters in a bag , but ho fabricated them , using genuine letters of Parncll and Kgan , copying certain words showing Iho general cliaraclcr of Iho writing and tracing them against a window pane. He afterwards destroyed the genuine letters. The second batch of letters ascribed to Par ncll were imitated from fac similes published in the Times. Ho did not see Breslin in America. Ho admitted that Labouchero's account of the interview between them was in the main correct , Five letters dated Sat urday were enclosed in another bearing the date , "Hotel du Monde , Paris. " Tuesday , and saying : "Hufore leaving the enclosed ( confession ) was handed me , having buen lot I while I was out. I will wrilo again soon. * HlCMAlll ) PlGOTT. " Attorney General Webster said every body would agree that nobody could allach any weight lo I'igolt's evidence , and It was his duty to ask Iho court lo withdraw from considering the genuiness of tlie-lctlers. The Times , ho said , desired to express regret for publishing the letlers.Iand the proprietors of that paper would themselves moro fully expre. s their regret later. Ho repudiated the allegation made by Sir Charles Kussell yesterday that there was moro conspiracy behind Pigolt and Houston. If such a con spiracy existed the Times hail no share in it. If the error of the Times extended beyond that the court should 'in'ako Ihe fullest in quiry. Hussell said ho had hoped that the attor ney general would have made stronger stale- ments. Parncll was then called and was sworn. Ho denied signing tho'allegcd letter of the 15th of May. Campbell , his secretary , did not write Itio loiter. - V ttnt'SB'hui , ! not heard of Iho letter until ho saw it published in the " Times. Campbell" had gone to Ant werp to endeavor to llnd Pigott. Parncll denies the genuiness of other letters purporting to have been signed by himself and Kgau. Ho said ho and Egan had nn extensive correspondence. He dictated to Campbell a letlcr regarding the interview asked by Pigott. The letter the Times reproduced was evidently imitated from it. Ho hud no interview with Pigott. At this point thu court adjourned until Friday. _ . Entitled 'to ' All Credit. -CiiiOAoo , Fob. 27. In convcrsalion lo-day with an Associaled Press reporter , Alexander Sullivan , speaking in relation lo Iho discov ery of Pigott as a forger , said ho had but lit- llo to add to the version given in the London cable this morning. The credit for the dis covery is due solely to Palrick Egan. "No other man living , who is not a member of Iho Times conspiracy , " "said Mr. Sullivan , ' 'could have exposed lh"b crime and unveiled Iho criminal , and few other men would have Iho keenness , persistence und ability 10 do Ihe good work if the material hud been at their command. " Asked what effect ho expected all this to have on English politics , Mr. Sullivan said : "I think It will undo the work the Times had done. They had succeeded in satisfying the tory sentiment against the Irish , and in frightening a largo section of liberals. When it is shown that Parnoll nnd his asso ciates are victims of a consrlracy nnd con spirators so vile that language is lee barren lo describe the depth of their infamy , the frightened llbcgtls will realize - izo that they have been deceived. They will follow Parnoll nnd Gladslono and let Ireland govern Ireland. 1 consider the complete exposure of the plot to destroy Parnoll the destruction of the last impedi ment to homo rule. ' It only requires a general - oral election lo end the struggle. How long tory Indecency can pdstpono the general election remains to bo seen , When homo rule docs come the Irish nation will owe as much for Its coming to Palrick Egan as to any man who ever lived , " Tlic TinicH Apologize . . [ Copyrto'itSSU by Jama Onnlon llenn'M. } LOXDOX , Fob. 27. [ Now York Herald Cable Special lo THE Uin. : ] The Times lo-day quolcs the attorney general's speech in court yesterday , saying editorially : " \Vo deslro to endorse and appropriate every word of the statement. " Then it continues : "Moreover , Mr. Pnrnell having in the wit ness box stated thnt the letters attributed to him were forgeries , ' we accept in every respect Iho truth pi that statement. In these circumstances ; wo doom it right to express our regret njost fully nnd sincerely at having boon Induced , to publllsh the let ters In question ns Mr | . Pnrnell's , or to use them in ovldcncu against him. This expres sion of regret , w.o neW hardly say , includes aUo the letters falsely attributed to Mr. Kagan , Mr. Davltt , and Mr. O'Kelly. Wo musAdd lhat wo firmly believed llio letters to bo genuine until the .disclosures made by Pigott in the courser of his cross-examina tion.11 { Will I'UBlTHlH Stilt. LONDON , Fob , 27.r--In connection with Par- ncll's application tq'.ftbo Dublin courts for permission to bring suit against the Times for libel , that paper ijistrucled ils solicitors to oppose the granting of the writ on the grounds that u similar , action brought by Parnell in the Edinburgh courts , was dis missed , and that tho. trial would intcrfcro with the commission's investigations. Par- noil's legal advisers will strongly resist the argument of the Times. IMijott Keeping IKii-k. LONDON , Fob. iU7. U is believed that Pigott posted his letter to Shannon nt a rail road station in Paris and then proceeded for cither Spain or Switzerland , It appear * that Plgott obtained on Monday from Solherby's book mart acbok for 33 in payment for a number of mro books. Plgott had the cheek cashed at thubank al \ o'clock that afternoon. The last time ho was seen ho was walking on Fleet streott. ' An Englishman having the appearance of Plgott , but who sjava no name , arrived at UicrHptcl Des du Mendes in Paris at 0 o'clock Tuesday morning. After break fasting hu wrote a brief note on hotel paper nnd enclosed It with other papers in an en * vclopo , upon which ho wrote a London ad dress. Ho loft again between S and 9 o'clock. A dispatch from Paris this evening says that Pigott is not there. THE HOYAIj CIRCUS KURNBI ) . Alcxlcnn Joe's Now Wild West Show Loses Klcvcn Iloi-flCH. ISS3 l > u Jiimw Ronlon lltnnttt , ] i , Feb. 27. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to Tun 13nK. | The Koyal circus in Clicpstow street , occupied by Mexi can Joe nnd his New Wild West show , in which n number of Indians and cowboys take part , burned down last night. There was n large audicnco nnd the performance was just over nnd most of the people had left when the tire broke out The Indians made dcsporato efforts to rescue the animals used in the performance. The flames ran so quickly over the wooden building thnt the company had to fly for their lives. Eleven horses nnd a donkey were burned , The lire brouo out in the stables. THETOURINO 11A8E lIAMitSTS. They Will Piny n Game In Nice Thurs day Morning. ICopi/rtVjht IS < &l > u Jitmci Oonl/w ItoiiitU.l NICR , Fob. 27. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to TUB llii ! : . | The base ball teams arrived nt NIce together from Flor ence. They wcro preceded by Mr. W. C. Lynch , their advance agent , nnd to-day , with the assistance of Mr. Conkhng , of Chicago , and the Herald correspondent , ho has suc ceeded In getting them lodged , and also In securing ground for n game. The Place d'Armcs 1ms been placed at the disposal of Iho teams by General Gamier Desgaretsnnd they will play there on Thursday nt 10:30. : nnd from all I hear they will have a big crowd of spectators. All tbo authorities and the counsels are lo bo In vited. A IjICGISlj/VTIVE / MELEE. Members of the Indiana House Lose Their Tempera , INDIANAroi.ts , Fob. 27. The only notable Ihing in Iho legislature to-day occurred in the house late in the afternoon. When pro hibition was being discussed Heprescntntlvo Willard accused the republicans of plmrlsco- ism , and told them that they wcro not sin cere in Iheir anti-liquor attitudes. Repre sentative Stanley ( rep. ) made some reply , und Willard rcspondcd-acriui omously , reflect ing somewhat on Stanley. Representative Lick ( rep. ) asked the speaker If Representa tive Willard had not called Stanley n liar. Willard took ui > the question nnd said ho did not. "Yes , you did , " said Lick. "You called him u liar , but you u.in't call me one. " Ho then advanced to Wlllurd In a passion and struck him in the face. Willard was seated at the time. Thcro was great excite ment and a rush towards the contestants , resulting in their separation. Liclt's lan guage was laken down , and aflcr cooling ho humbly apologized. Ho said U'illard had greatly exasperated him , and ho had struck while smarting under Wlllard's ' supposed reflection on his colleagues. DEVOURED BY A SHAIIIC. Fearful Fate of nn American Bi'idijo Ituilder In Australia. TOWANDA , Pa. , Feb. 27. [ Special Tele gram lo THE BKE.J The Union Bridge com pany took a contract a year or so ago for 'building the great Hawkesbury bridge at Sydney , New South Wales. The company sub-let the work to Rylana & Morse , of this city. The Kyland of the firm was the well- known bridge builder , S. V. Kyland. The partners went to Sydney and completed the work , receiving for it $1,000,000. Uyland's ' family have received a letlcr from Morse , which says lhat on the day before Christmas Ryland was walking on ono of the string piers of Iho bridge , when ho lost hia balance und fell into the wnler , a distance of fifty feet. The fall did not seem to hurt him , ns ho was seen to turn and swim for the shore. On Iho way ho was attacked by an immense shark , which carried him beneath the sur face , und ho was seen no more. Ryland leaves a widow and live children in Towanda. Ho was forty-eight years of age and one of the most prominent citizens of Bradford county. THE INAUGURAL. Orders Issued For the Marching ot the ProccHslon. WASHINGTON , Feb. 27. General Hast ings , chief of Governor Heaver's staff , has issucu an order giving Information of the movement of the inaugural procession. Gen eral Beaver , chief marshal of Iho day , with his aides , will have tbo right of line and will bo followed by the presidential party in car riages. The first division , consisting of United Stales troops , a detachment from th6 navy and marine corps and the district national guard , will be next In line , followed by the national guard of other states , composing the second and third divisions. Grand Army posts and other organizations of old sol diers will make up the fourth division. The fifth division will bo composed exclusively of uniformed civic organizations. The Rebellion Records. WASHINGTON , Fob. 27. The special house committee appointed to investigate Repre sentative Grosvcnor's charge that improper matter ( roll of honor of Anderson's cavalry ) had been inserted in the oTilclal records of the rebellion , has presented Its report to Urn house , The findings are lhat the matter complained of wns not ofllcial , and its Inser tion In the rebellion records was improper , ns It had no other foundation than its ap pearance in a newspaper. The war records ofllco was , however , misled by the official character given to Iho paper by the ndjulant .general's ' certificate on tbo packet. The com mittee concludes lhat Colonel Lasello , in charge of the war records ofllce , was re sponsible for Its publication only ns he adopted the ofllcial certificate of Iho adjutant general , and is fairly exonerated from blame. Another Chicago Defaulter. CHICAGO , Fob. 27. Jacob E. Goodman , until last Saturday evening cashier of the Cook county treasurer's ' office , has disap peared , with Sfl.ftOO . or * 7,000 of the county's funds. His bonds will cover the shortage. Goodman told his wlfo Saturday evening that ho was called out of town and ho could not say how BOOH ho would be back. Monday morning she found u note from her husband saying ho wai short In the receipts of the county and loft accordingly. Ho attributes his misfortunes to speculation. The de faulter has been employed in the treasurer's ofllco for ton years or more In various posi tions. Presidential Nominations. WASHINGTON , Feb. 27. The president today - day nominated William S. Rosccruns , Into brigadier general of Iho United Stales army , to bo brigadier general , to date from Feb ruary 27 , 1SS9 , with a vlow to his being placed on tlio retired list of the army ; William F. Smith , late major of engineers , to bo major of engineers from February 27 , Ib&U , with a view to his being placed on thu retired list. SloaniHtil | ) Arrlvn's , At Now York The Kins , from Bremen , the Slavonic , from Stettin. At Liverpool The Virginian nnd Kansas , from Boston. At London The Minnesota , from Boston. Prosperous Union I'ao ilc. BOSTON , Feb. 27. The preliminary state ment of the Union Pnclllu railroad company for January , ISiO , shows an Increase in the surplus of ? 17'OUO , over January , 1SS3. FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Hcnnto WASHINGTON , Fob. 27 The conference re port on the agricultural department appro priation bill was presented to the senate and ngrccd to , Mr. Plait , from the conimltteo on territo ries , reported two bills for the formation and admission of the states of Idaho nnd Wyom ing , nnd said that as noon as the bills wcro printed ho would ask for their consideration. Mr , Hoar , from the cotntniUeo on priv ileges and olectlons , reported an amendment to the deficiency bill , which wns referred to the committee on appropriation1 * , appropriat ing $ : i,000 to enable the president of the United States to offer n reward for the de tection and conviction of persons who illegally carried away and destroyed the bal lot boxes of Flmnmcrvillo , Ark. , at the last election for representatives In congress and for presidential electors. Ho slated that it was the majority report , the minority dis senting. On motion of Mr. Cullom the senate pro ceeded to consideration of the scnato bill to amend the Intor-stato commerce law , so as to act upon the Iwohouse amendmenlson which the conference committee had been unable to agree. Air. Sherman favored concurrence in the two house amendments. Ono of them , ho said , gave lo slate courls jurisdiction , In certain cases , of questions arising under the net. Ho wns not prepared to give nny opinion upon the amendment except to express Iho general belief lhat state courts may probably bo entrusted - trusted with questions of local character. As to the other house amendment , it simply made it unlawful for any common carrier to transport re lined oil , etc. , for any shipper owning , leasing or controlling cars , tank or cylinder , except on condition lhat the rail road company shall charge the amo rate per carload for transportation as it charrea for oil transporled In barrels. Ho referred lo Iho Standard Oil company as a gigantic corporation which wns not only able to buy cars , but also to buy railroads , llcombined , ho said , in one corporation or trusteeship , llfty or n hundred dilTerciil corporations , in cluding equipment companies , to furnish cars for railroads , and which furnished tank and cylinder cars on condition that no other shipper except the Standard Oil company should use them. In Ibis way Iho Standard Oil company has a complete nnd absolute monopoly of tlio business. If thu ruin should bo violated in ono case , It should be violated in all cases. Ho was In favor of the general principle embodied in the amendment , that every railroad company should bo required to furnish the same facilities nnd modes of transportation for all alike for the pool- shipper as well as for Iho rich shipper , Mr. Stewart opposed the house amend ments and Mr. Hcagan supported him , Mr. Cullom made an argument against the two house nniendmonls. Ho said lhat the amendment in relation lo cars for the Irans- portution of petroleum attempted to intro duce succli.1 legislation into the general act , as it was akin to such legislation as was often seen in state legislation. Instead of carry- lug out equal and exact justice to the people , it would enforce unjusl discrimination. When one shipper required a railroad com pany to furnish a certain kind of car , and tbn company declined to do so , and when tlio shipper furnished such cars for himself , it did not seem to him ( Cullom ) that such ship per was required by common huv , or should bo required statutory law , to supply tlio same facilities for all other shippers In the same business. As to Iho oilier house amend ment ( to confer jurisdiction on state courts ) , Mr. Culloih believed it would not bo in the interest of the country. Tlio result would be that there would bo different decisions in the conslruclion of the national law. IIo was anxious to go just ns far as ho could go consistently with the law and the constitution and duty in protecting the great , body of Iho people , but ho was not Willing to gff so far as to take a step that was of doubtful propriety. Already the railroads of the coun try were suffering under difllcnltios which had come lo them , not from the intcr-stalo legislation , not from nny act of commerce , bnt from conditions which had prevailed be fore the passage of the inlor-slalo law. Messrs. Hiscpek and Harris opposed Iho amendments. No action was taken on tho'amendments. The conference report on the bill author izing the construction of a wagon bridge across the Missouri river near Sioux City , la. , was presented nnd agreed to. The senate then adjourned. House. WASHINGTON , Fob. 27. Upon motion of Mr. Adams of Illinois , the bill wns passed for the relief of the widow of Colonel Arne Voss. Mr. Allen of Michigan called up the bill increasing to $150,000 the limit of cost for a public building at Winona , Minn. , but pend ing action the hour for consideration of busi ness by unanimous consent expired , The house then went Into committee of the whole on the Indian appropriation bllli The scnato amendment appropriating $1,1J'3OOU ( to pay the Semlnolo Indians for lands in Indian territory ceded to the United States was agreed to. The lands acquired , 2,0117,003 acres , are made open to settlement under the homestead law. Taking advantage of the flvo minules' de- bale , Mr. Kennedy of Ohio , replying to iho censures by Mr. Crisp , passed upon bis con duct as presiding officer of the Ohio scnato , rehearsed the history of ballot box frauds In Hamilton county. Ho defended his conduct in refusing to allow four members of the leg islature whoso seats were contested to take part In the proceedings , and said that such democrats us Tliurnian and Converse had sustained hix action , which was In line wilh every precedent in the house and in accord ance with every parliamentary authority. Judge Tburman , who was engaged as coun sel in the ballot box case , bud gone to the length of declaring lhat his ( Kennedy's ' ) firm ness had saved the state of Ohio from dis- graco. On motion of Mr. Merrill of Kansas an amendment was adopted directing thu au- thorlzcd commissioners lo treat with the Cherokee Indluiib for a rclinqulshmcnt of their title to the Cherokee outlet ; also to treat with the pruirlu band of Poitawat- tamlcs and Kicknpoo Indians of Kansau for Iho sale of a portion of their reservation. An amendment was adopted authorising the president to establish two land nil Ices upon lands ourned lo settlement by this act. The committed rose and tlie bill was passed. It is Iho last of Iho general appropriation bills. bills.Tho house then adjourned. MURDER AND SUICIDE. A Colored Mm : Shootx HH ) Swoutlicnrt and Killu Himsrir. Auitoiu , III. , Feb. 27. Edward Artlso shot , Klttio Palmer on the publlo streets within a few rods of her homo yuslcrday af ternoon , inflicting n fatal wound. Artlso was a rejected lover , and had been repeat edly requested to refrain from paying atten tion to Miss Palmer , but ho persisted in his addresses and tlia matter culminated In the shooting. Artisu Hod Immediately after tlio shooting. After a three mile chiiso the pursuers came upon the murderer , who shot himself through the heart , dying Instantly. Both persons were colored , Miss Palmer is the only colored graduate of the high school , nnd occupies a prominent social position. The murderer was about twenty years old und had been n restaurant waiter. The mother of the murderer and suicide has be come insane over the affair , AnniJipr On 1)1 not Rumor. TOI.KDO , O. , Feb. 37. The Blade this even- ! nt ; publishes a statement , which it guaran tees to bo correct , lhat a prominent resident of this city , a personal friend of General Harrison risen and W. H. H. Miller , has just received a personal letter from tiio latter In which Miller stales that , ho 1ms been offered and ac cepted the position of attorney general In the new cabinet. The Weather Indications. For Nebraska and Dakota : Fair , fol lowed by rain , warmer , fcoutiiorly winds. For lowas Fair , war nicr , variable winds , becoming southerly. WENT THROUGH A BRIDGE * A Crmndlnu Wrook Attended By Great Loss of Llfo. CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE TIRE. A Pullman Coach Fulls Ono Hundred foci nnd In Turned Completely Over The Kllloil nnd AVouttdcd. Tlio HnlN Spronil. ST. GKOIIOI : , Out. , Fob. 27. Tlio St , Loula express , passing heres cast bound about 0 o'clock this ovonlng , wont through n bridge just cast of the Htatlou. A broken tire in the cnglno wheel caused the rails to spread , nnd the first passenger car , n Pullman car nnd the dining car went through the mlilillo sec tion of the bridge. The Pullman car , which contained most of the passengers , was thrown clear off the bridge , turning com pletely over and landing right sldo up. The dining car stands on end against a pier. Tlio passenger car remains on the bridge , having stripped the lies ahead of it. Tno dining room car contained about seven persons besides waiters. Supper had just been announced , and in a few minutes the car would have been tilled and nil must have perished. The following Is a list of the killed : Cicounn TIIOOAT , of Mitchell. WILLIAM WiiMi' , of London. 1)11. SWAN and A.V. . FHAXCIS , of Wood stock , Mil. McLiux , of the IInn of McLean & Uccchcr. Detroit. Mu. UUXBS HAMILTON and CAITAIM Mooun , of Brantford , both of Iho Salvation army. Mu , Pinu : . of Woodstock. The following nro moro or less seriously injured : Thomas L. Doutney , temperance lecturer ; Mrs. Jennings and May Jennings , Purls : Mr. and Mrs. ISuddin , Djrohostbr ; Mrs. nigging , Toronto ; MM. McLcod , In- ptorsoll ; Miss Cliaffee , Pontluc , Mich. : Jnmns Ilyslop , Gmlerieli ; Dan Peacock ana K. W. Knight , ' .Voodstock ; John McICinley , Detroit ; Fred Hancock , London ; Gcorgo Forbes , New York ; J. U. Mut--iliall ami Mrs. .1. K. Marshall , Heginn ; John H. Wilson , Chatham ; Mrs , Kvans , Hamilton ; Ucnrgo Margotts , dining car conductor , Niagara ; Hubert Hilton , St. Catharines ; Air. McL.ilii'lilan , London ; Conductor \V'c- vell ( seriously ) ; IX W. ICain , Woodstock : William Hennott , Sanilac , Mich. : Dr. II. Lo- ( liicsnc , Cleveland , O. ; A. W. Francis , Woodslock ; Mrs. A. S. Kendall , Detroit. St. George , near where the accident oc curred , is on the Great Western branch of the Grand Trunk road. Tlio accident was witnessed by some of Iho townspeople. An alarm was given immedi ately and in a few minutes the streets wcro the scenes of the wildest cxcllomont. Every conveyance was hurried lo Iho bridge , and as llie dead and wounded wcro taken out of the debris they were conveyed to hotels , private residences and thu station houso. All the doctors wcro soon on hand and attended without delay to the poor mortals who cried for help. An auxiliary train soon arrived from Hamilton and another from London. A special came from Woodstock , a sister town that has suffered much liioro heavily than any other , bringing u largo number of people. The bridge which gava way is 10J lect high. The scene of the wreck is appalling. On one part of the bridge nro a number of lies heaped together , some of the thorn splintered to atoms. The partly demolished Pullman car occupies a place on Iho bridge. The din ing car stands almost perpendicularly on its end. The first class conch' lo'ok n complete somorsault'ln its descent ; and though It landed right sldo up , Is very nearly demolished. A heap of debris , lies at'tha fool of one of Ihe piers , and a strange con- glanioralioii it is of car wheels , slovcs and other railway attachments. Engineer 13rown remained at his post and passed over in safety , while the fireman jumped and was killed. PACKING INTERESTS , A Slirinkiiuo in the Output Compared With the Preceding Week. CIXCINN'ATI , Fob. 37. [ Special Telegram to Tin : HER. ] To-morrow's Price Current will say : The total packing In the west tlio past week has been about 250,030 hogs , compared wilh2sO,000 Iho preceding week. The in crease for Ihe week over the corresponding- lime last year has boon approximated at 50,000. So far as can bo judged from the data now available the \vjutor season will close about 5rjO0'J , ( ' to 575,000 hogs short of the packing l t year , In number. The total packing November 1 to date : Parking , Nov. 1 to ( Into. | I I KM. "RILL JONES , THE AVENGER. " Death of the Alan AVIio Tried to Shoot Gull can. KANSAS CITV , Fob. 27. ( Special Telegram lo TUB Bii.l ! : Corooer Elslon received a letter this morning from H. C. Grillltli , a pension attorney at Alma , Neb. , in relation lo Ibo late Ucorgo H. Bcihard , who died hero recently under peculiar circumstances. Urifllth asserts that Bcihard was Iho man who shot at Gnitcau after that crank had shot al Carllcld , und was known at that time as "Bill Jones , the Avenger. " Ho adds that Bethiird was a well educated man , and u prominent member of the G , A. U. and tlio Masons. The objecl of his correspondence * was to learn the whereabouts of Bcthard's relatives In order lhat they may get soiho pension money duo him last Dei-ember , Bo- llmrd married a young woman hero on a day's acquaintance. Massachusetts Convicts Rebel. HOHIO.V , Feb. 27- [ Special Telegram to THU BKu.J A rebellion in Iho Sputh Boston liouo of correction , growing out of com plaints against tlio quality of prisoner.)1 food , began Monday nnd wns not quelled until yes terday , when thirty-eight stalwart policemen marched Into the corridors. Monday mornIng - Ing seventy convicts in ono of the workshops planned a general outbreak. At dinner lima two men refused their soup and declared they would not work until u better article was furnished. An uprour followed and dishes were thrown about the room. The men were hcnt to their cells , whore they con tinued their noise , shrieking , catcalling and banging their till cupa against the burs of the doors. Most of Ihe rebellious men hava returned to work. Crippled Hy Cliolorii. CHKIIOVHAN , Mich. , Feb. 27 The victims of the cholera epidemic last fall in Presguo Isle county nro Bald to have lost complete control of their logs < md the lower portion of their bodies , and hut few < ; an hobble around on crutches. The cause of the opldomlc is now known to have been poison from decay * ing tlHh olfal iu-iir Hammond bay , deposited thcro by rinhcrmen , Tlia IVOH and HluyiHir CJIHO. NEW YOICI ; , Feb. 27.-Ui8trlct Attorney Follows to-day decided to accept thn oyldoiico of Bookkeeper Woodruff against his em ployers , Ives and Stnynor , and Woodruff will bo u witness for tlio hUttc. llo has been promised immunity from punuihmout , pro * vlilud he tells thu truth.
