FHE DAILY EE
\ TWENTY-FIRST YEAR OMAHA , MONDAY M011NING , APJUL 11 , 1892. IMJMHER 262.
CLEVELAND DON'fLIKE ' GRAY
Ho is Hot Inclined to Hun with Indiana's
Ex-Governor.
CAMPBELL OR BOIES PREFERRED
Illicit Trnuliln Anticipated In Tilting the
Nrcmul IMnro ( in tlin I eiiioer.illc .Na
tional Ticket HnvvSpeenliitors So.
c'lire Advance Information.
WASHINOTOS BuitnAU OP THE Dcr. ,
513 FOUIITEENTII STIIEKT , \
WASIIINOTOV , D. C. , April 0.1 ,
Leading Cleveland men in Washington say
that Mr. Cleveland will have something lo
eay about tbo "Cleveland nnd Gray" ticket ,
which was lloutod lo the wind nt Indtauapo-
Us yesterday , when the Marlon county demo
crats held their convention. Mr. Cleveland
has confided to Ms friends hero that in the
event of his nomination ho first prefers as
his running tnato ovGovnrnor Campbell of
Ohio and secondly Governor Holes of lown.
After lhat como n number of possibilities ,
such nt Pnlmor of Illinois , Vitas of Wlscon
sin and Dickinson ol Michigan , but under no
circumstances does Mr. Cleveland want
Gray. Ho feels now as ho did in 1831 nnd
18SH , when ho said that no ticket having
Gray on it could carry Now York or Now
Jersey on account of the Indiana ex-gov
ernor's well known know-nothing rocoul.
In 18S3 the friends of Gray had almost
persuaded the party managers lo allow Iho
ticket to bo Cleveland nnd Gray , hut about
three weeks before Iho St. Louis convention
wns hold Mr. Cleveland put hU foot down
emphatically and had Senator Gorman , Con-
grosRiunn William L. Scott and a few other
loaders literally drug Gray oft iho vice pros-
idcnlial track.
Secrecy AVus Necessary.
There has been much crlliclsm of Inlo of
the secrecy which was obscrvad by Ilepre-
scntntlvo Hatch of ttic committee on agriculture
tureup to iho tlmo of reporting the
anti-option bill , but there oppcura to
have been good reasons for this BO-
rccv. A number of unset upulous grain
speculators have been trying for months to
got Inside information as to what the com
mittee would do , hoping to use this Informa
tion in the grain market , The exact plan of
operation Is disclosed bv a letter -.vhich Tin :
liuc correspondent has scon , written by ono
ot iho lending grain speculator of the west
to n man In Washington , who was expected
to watch Ino committeo.
The following uro verbatim extracts from
the letter : "There Is hardly n quesllon In
my mind lhat there has been , Is now and will
always be considerable money made through
tbo combination of but two individuals , ono
located In Washington as you are now , and
the other located In some city of good size ,
cither east or west , whora access to Iho loadIng -
Ing markets of the country ( Chicago or Now
York ) con DO hud In n few miuutos' Unit.1 , as
I am now.
Lightning Calculators Demanded.
"Tbo combination allows of no second
class workers , or slow calculators. You
nro the bureau of information , and I urn Iho
financial agent of that bureau. You press
tbo button , and I do tbo lost. The Hatch
bill or anti-option bill , now under discussion ,
is 0110 of considerable importance tp the
grain Interests , and HH passugo or defeat
will , upon announcement , influence values
considerably ono way or the other. By
paining this Information m advance of Its
being made public , or by special efforts In
wiring mo nud requesting the telegraph
company to lush it , I might , receive the
information say'ouly a few minutes before
it reaches Chicago officially , and could put
in my order and have the same executed
before Iho information reaches the market.
"I need not impress upon you the fact that
you must hurry or that you must use every
opportunity or means of getting hold of iho
right parties who may bo ublo to discover the
outcome before the vote is actually taken , or
If in committee hands you may bo able to
warm up to exactly the right party who can
glvo you the proper signal at the proper
time ,
lionto Work the
"If tbo bill passes as it Is wheat will
break ; if it docs not pass tbo market will
advance. This Is the feeling now , nud any
thing occurring to change it should bo ad
vised at once. Having special who service
in my oflico. 1 can bo n-uched nnd can reach
the market in less than a min
ute , and you can judge how well
\\D can work logothcr with stall facilities.
I have maao up the enclosed code which will
ox pi uin Itself. I rolain a copy here , and
when 1 wlro you , will address it to John
lilanlc , your care , and vou may sign that
"
fictitious name when wiring mo" . Wo can
use this method , as ittluys not interfere with
the despatch we require ana acts as n blind
to outsldots. When you receive this letter
wire mo : 'Birmingham Castle , Poplar
Asphalt , ' which menus : 'I huvo your letter ,
and nm giving Iho mailer referred to my
closest attention , and will wlro development"
instantly. ' The code Is made up to apply to
the anll-onllou bills principally , but
I am busy on another which will
npply lo government reports , mid about
which 1 will write you lalor. The Inller
scbome ( government reports ; will bo b > fur
the most Important. The reports are issued
each month ( with one or two exceptions ) ut
8 o'clock , eastern .standard lime , on Iho 10th
day of each month. Should the 10th fall on
Sunday It Is then usually given out on the
( Jth at U p. m. , eastern standard time , but as
to the government rjport , moro later , now
for that Hatch option bill. "
llovv It U Woilcod In Iho House.
Tlio Hatch committee learned some time
ogolhat speculator * were busy oiidoavorlnc
to got such Information as the foregoing.
The policy ot secrecy was therefore deter
mined upon nnd lived up to , with I In great
est care so far us known , although thuro may
ba'vo been leaks which cannot bo located ,
Now Hint Iho bill is before the house , there
is the rnmo quiut manwuVcrlDg to
watch 1U piogress , and sec uro ad-
van co IP formation on th.o final vote.
It taucs tblrly minutes for n roll call of the
house of representatives , but long before the
tally clerks have finished tholr second call
ami tholr announcement of pMr.s the actual
condition of tbo vote is well known. It Is
expected that tbo same methods which are
outlined in the foregoing will bo broaght to
play on the roll call ou tbo Hatch option bill ,
nnd ibat private speculators In every purl of
the country will bo able lo procure from five
lo ten minute * advantage of time over tbo
formal announcement of the voto.
\Vcitnn Congressmen Indignant.
There U Intense Indignation In Washington
nmong wcstorn republican congressmen over
the outrageous culling down of appropria
tions for making survey * of public lands.
Holman'i committee on appropriation * have
cut the ontlro appropriation for surveying
imbllo lands down to $100,000 , of which F-0- !
000 must bo used for tbo examination of sur
veys. The first session of the Ian congress ,
republican lu both houses , appropriated f J'JO-
000 for surveying public lauds. At iho second
end session of that congress as much moro
wa appropriated , nnd yet that amount ,
aggregating over $750,000 , fell far short of
the requirements. The present housu LUIS
thonmount down lo iho nominal sum of ( DO- ,
000 for aurvoyu. KepresonlaUvo Wilson of
Washington state says there are now 10,000
equallers on lands in bis stale ulono walling
for appropriations 10 bo mado. Nebraska ,
Iho Uakotas , Minnesota and other btates are
having iho same experience. A confetonce
of the reprotontallvos from the iwclvo or
thlriocn public land states will bg hoi a to
provide some way by which l lol man nnd his
cheese parors may bo forced to muroaie tbo
appropriation for surveys ,
No Fnvon for Alliance Menilien.
It Is not believed tli t bnlf of the present
f nncn' alllai.ce repre ontatlon In tbo house
will bo returned this fill. At was pointed
out In these dispatches tome tlmo ago , none
of Iho nlna or lea alliance members have nc-
complUboJ anything in ibis cougrett. They
bare lost all sight of local legUlalton and devoted -
voted iheiusolve * to hobbloi v\hlch they have
lavcillgaUon found to DO b&sod upon *
misinterpretation of the facts. Unfortunaioly
nil of Iho alliance members como from sections
having many local Interests before congress ,
public bulldlnc bills , river and harbor Im
provements , claims of various kinds , etc. ,
nnd experience lu this congress has taught
the fact lhat the alliance members hero now
are utlorly nnd wholly unnbio to npoly them
selves lo any practical subject. . They want
to talk on Iho floors of the iwo houses'all iho
tlmo nnd do no actual work , while their con *
stlluoncy waat them , whllo advocating these
hobbles which can never pass , lo look after
local bllU.
1'hc alliance members nnd senators are not
accepted oy either of the other political par
ties in congrcsj , although they w nt to work
with iho democrats , and hence thov got no
favors in congress or the departments.
Yhtis when their present terms expire thov
will bavo nothing lo show for Ihclr pains. It
Is argued by those men In self defense that
they nro here 03 missionaries lo Inculcate
spcclul doctrines , but the reports from tholr
districts show that some work U expected
of them , and Ihc experiment of sending men
to do nothing has boon a costly failure , as
the districts have fallen far behind these
which hive had actual representation In con
gress.
Appearances Wcro Deceiving.
Proceedings In the house during the past
four or llvo days have demonstrated two
fuels contrary to conditions which have
been represented by the democrats.
The first is that the Hood rules which gov
erned the last house and which were decried
so bitterly by the democrats , are absolutely
necessary in order to accomplish business ,
no matter how largo n margin the mnjoriiy
muv have. And iho second Is lhat Speaker
Crisp is not the smooth , polished gontlemnn ,
atoll times , which his followers urfod ho
was when they woroiuuning him against
Mr. Mills.
It Is a very well known fact that when the
present committee on rules reported the
present cede to the house they told their
domocrnlic friends lhat they had Incorporated
all of tbo ono man power found in Iho Heed
rules without pulling It in the offensive form
which the authority was given In the old
rules. The irlo of Bourbons , Crisp , Mo-
Mlllln and Calchings , who constitute Iho
committee on rules in reality , were bold
enough In their work. They dlu not plvo the
speaker the power to count a quorum , fortho
simple reason lhat 11 was not necessarywhen
the domocrnllu majority was so lnrgi , that ft
nil m bur of them , equal to Iho entire army of
republican members , could absent tho.nselves
and yet the democrats would hare a majority
of the house. To count u quorum was
altogether unnecessary , otherwise I know
thu quorum counting feature would bavo
been uuoptcd.
They Were I'rcptroil for Emergencies.
But the tbrco members named covered
this and all other points by investing tbo
committee on rules with authorily lo bring
in n rule at any time which would limit
debate , force a vote upon any measure nt a
glvon time , compel the allondauco of mem
ber ? , and , In short , accomplish anything
which the Heed rules accomplished. The
rule so reported is not debatable , nnd there
is no way to defeat its swift adoption. But
the present rules are a failure , as bus been
demonstrated.
Suveral times during the week the repub
licans have tested iho present cede and
found It brutal in Us tendencies , compelling
the employment of brutal or ungonllumanly
force to make it effective , nnd wholly In
effective in line points of action. Mr. Bur
rows demonstrated on two dnjs during the
week that it was impossible for the speaker
to cut off filibustering without the presiding
ofllcer bei omcs ungentlomanly. The present
cede has been declared by iho host demo
cratic parliamentarians to bo weak and a
failure.
There has boon a general lamentation
heard lor several days over the action of
Speaker Crisp toward Mr. Burrows on Tues
day , when iho member from Michigan , while
attempting with the democratic leader to
arrange a limit to the debate on the wool bill
wns , in harsh and unwarranted loncs , com
manded to take bin seat. Tbo episode almost
took tbo breath of the houso. Kvon some of
tbo democrats came over to Mr. Burrows
after the affttir was over and told him the
treatment accorded him was brutal. It has
always been the rule that the two represen
tatives of the majority and minority should
agree toward the fend of a long debate nt
u hat hour Iho vote should bo tauon , und Iho
agreements wore alwuys reached in just the
fgrm Messrs. Burrows anu McMillin were
omployih ? .
Quito niOtircnt from Mr. Ilccil.
Tbo fierce and unexpected turn Inlicn by
Ihe speaker in peremptorily ordering Mr.
Burrows to take bis scut und not permitting
Ihc usual exchange of iaoas for the purposu
of reaching an amicable agreement caused
gloat surprise.
It appears row that the Interpretation given
of Speaker Hoed'a great success in presiding
oviu'tho house has ueon lift ho mind of Mr.
Crisp and the common democrat in general ,
the Oiorciso of ono man power , and .Speaker
Ctisy has como to the conclusion that ho will
exeidso thnt poivor , whether it is given lo
him in the rules or vested in Iho committee
of which ho is chairman. His exercise of
that power , or rather Interpretation or imita-
lion of Hood rulings , was most pathetically a
failure.
Worse than all , was Speaker Crisp's dis
play of temper. He becatno so angry with
Mr. Burrows , and without provocation ,
tlut ho fairly grated his teeth. It was
urged against Mr. Mills when ho was n
candidate fortho spcalter.ship that ho was
hot-headed , fractious , and would lose his
head at critical moments in limes calling for
coolness. Speaker Crisp has ouldono m Ibis
respect anything Imaginary that wns ever
anticipated of Mr. Mills. Once Speaker
Crisp became so angry in a stormy
time In the house n few weeks ago , that
It Is bald ho eave n member to understand
that ho would meet him on iho oulsldo , and
actually frichtened the member by a men
acing exorcise of physical forco. Moro tliou
once members under Speaker Crisp have
been "sawed oft" most abruptly and have
felt the menacing force of the pbvsltnl man
in the chair. There Is not thai smoolh , gcn-
llemanlv exercise of power given In a cede of
rules that was seen lu an unruly houho two
years ago. P. S. H-
World'n I'ulr CoinuilsHloii.
CIIICIGO , 111. , April 10. At a meeting of
the National World's Fair commission Sat
urday a resolution was adopted petitioning
congress to provide amply for Ihu payment
of awards in all lines of coinpctlllvo exhibi
tions , ami for tbo payment of all expenses
Involved in the administrative details of the
federal commission.
A resolution was also adopted Inviting Don
ICnnllo Custolar , us a llltiug recognition of
the country which did so much for the dis
covery of the now world , lo deliver tbo oration
tion at Ihe dedicatory exercises.
Commissioner Parker of Missouri Intro
duced a losolutlon Intended to piovluo for n
bureau to thoroughly canvass tlio world for
evidence of Ihe pi ogress of Iho negro and
Iho results of his gouius.
The resolution was referred to tbo committee -
too ou judiciary and by-laws.
HKAlllKIt
OffiCR or WEATIIEII Bunnvu , )
OMAIU , April 10. f
Generally cloudy , ibrcatenipg weather
wilh southeasterly wluds prevails through
out the Missouri valloy. Light rain or snow
has fallen at all stations und rain tonight is
reported from Valontluo and North Phtte.
There Is a ktorm conlral north of Mon
tana , and another developing lu Ibo south
west.
There 1ms boon a slight rlso in temperature
west of the Mississippi and warmer lea
ther .prevails tonight in thu mountain re.
glor.s. At T o'clock the line of f > 0 ° ran
nearly north from western Nebraska , H is
below freezing in the luke regions.
For Eastern Nebraska and Omaha and Vi
cinity Continued threatening weather , witn
rein and slightly warmer during Monday.
WASIUXOTOX. t ) . O. , April lO.-For Mis
souri and Kansas Showers ; southeast
winds ,
For Colorado Showers ; clearing In west ;
cooler ; variable winds.
For the Dakolai Showers ; Mlgbtly
warmer , except slatlouary temperature at
Ifanid City and Huron ; southeast wlud ,
. For Iowa Showers ; southeast winds ,
j For Nebraska Shower * ; southeast wind * .
STANTON'S ' CAUSE SUSTAINED
Sherman's Treaty with Johnston Set Asida
for Good and Sufficient Reasons
CONCESSIONS MADE THAT WERE NOT SAFE
Dncumrntx nnil Letter * Quoted Show tlio
Secretary Iltl Not Trent I ho Wnrrlnr UnJustly -
Justly Senator Shrrtmn'n St.iteinont
Calli I'orth n Spirited Ansucr.
WASIHSOTOV , D. a , April 10. Hon. H. C.
Gorhatn , as oxccutor of iho private pipers
of Senator Slanlon , has written the follow
ing letter to Senator Sherman. It deals
with n striking portlonof _ the senator's
recent address and embodies sundry histori
cal documents not heretofore published i
"Hov. JOHN L. Siir.UMAV , United States
Sonatur : Uoar Sir In your rccont address
in rscw York on iho career nud public ser
vice of your illustrious trother , General W.
T. Sherman , you made the following refer
ence to the terms proposed by htm for sur
render of the forces of General Joseph John
ston nnd othcr.commaudors at the close of the
civil war :
" 'General Sherman believed in and soupht
to carry out the policy of President Lincoln.
The terms of the surrender wcro tentative
ana the conditions were entirely subject to
the supervision of the executive authorities ,
but instead of being submitted to the gener
ous and forgiving patriot who had fallen ,
they wcro passnd upon in the shadow of a
great cilnio , but stern and rolontlcsi ene
mies , who had not consented lo Iho condi
tions imposed by General Graul upon Gen
eral Leo and who would have disregarded
thorn had not General Grunt threatened to
resign upon the refusal to carry out his
terms. When the arrangement with ( tfi\i- \
cral Johnston wns submitted to President
Johnston and Mr. Stanton. It was rejected
with the insulting Intimation that it pro
ceeded from cither cowardice or treachery.
The old cry acalnst General Sherman was
again started. It was oven Imputed that ha
would attempt to play the part of n Crom
well or a military usurper. Tno cenorous
kindness of Grant came to his relief. Now
terms were agreed upon and the war
closed.1
\Vns Not l'u\orcd by Lincoln.
"You would have it understood by this
that while General Sherman utigagod in a
praiseworthy and purely military net. which
President Lincoln would have desired to
perform had ho lived , ho was set upon nnd
insulted and his arrangements sot aside by
President Jot nston anu Edwin Stanton , then
secretary of war , In n moan and narrow
spirit of revenge occausc of the assassination
of Mr. Lincoln , and that ut this Juncture the
generous kindness of General Grant inter
posed between him and these alleged one-
rales , nnd that the two generals agreed on
no'.v terms and ended the war. You state all
that as though you had approved General
Sherman's course.
"U hatever policv Mr. Lincoln might have
recommended to co'ngrcss for the rostoralion
of Ibo confederate states to their relations
with the union , none know bettor than you
that he would never have undertaken to
usurp the powers of congress on this sub
ject , much loss to allow a military sub
ordinate lo guido him In tbo work by an
authorized arrangement made under Iho
provision of Jefferson Davis ana his cabinet ,
"Mr. Lincoln loft no room for doubt on
this point , for ho gave the following direc
tion lo General Grant a fortnight before tbo
Sherman-Johnston negotiations :
To Genet ixl Grant : The president
directs mo to say that ho will have no confer
ence ntth General f-eu , iinlc.-B It bo for the
ctipltuiuttoii of Leo's anny or solely for
military mutters , llo Instructed mo to say
to vou that you are not to deckle , dismiss , or
confer on uny political question , bach cjues-
lloiis the pieIclcnt hoUib lu his own hands
und will bubmlt them lo no military confer
ence or conMinton. : Mu.mwhllc , you uio to
press to the uttermost your military
udMint-r'cs.
" 'niMVJN M. STA.NTON. Secretary of War. '
"You will say that General Sherman had
not beard of this order of Mr. Lincoln's when
ho made his arrangement with Johnston , but
it is none the loss absolutely true that ho
( Lincoln ) would have approved of the ar
rangement. The general needed no such nd-
monilion lo loach him that the discussion of
political policies in a military conference WHS
an invasion of civil authority und outside the
powers of a military commander. Ho frankly
admitted this in a letter lo Secretary Stanton -
ton , dated April Ii3 , Iho day after receiving
the L'overnmcut's approval of bis terms , and
said : 'I admit my folly In embracing In n
military convention uny civio matters.1
Conilumned by General Grunt.
"You roprosenlod General Grant as com
ing to General Sherman' * relief , from which
these not acquainted with the history of Iho
case -vould suppose that ho approved the
agreement. When you made th'is statement ,
you must have known that General Grant
condemned General Sherman's act before
consulting cither President Johnston or Sec
retary Stan ion. Howtotolo General Sher
man acknowledging the receipt of the agree
ment and said : 'I rojpoctfully submitted it
to Ibo president find secretary of war nnd
felt satisfied that It could not posslDly bo ap
proved.1
"In tbo same letter bo states that upon
bis suggestion a cabinet meeting was called ,
the result of which was 'tho disapproval by
the president of the basis Ibid down , by tbo
disapproval of the negotiations altogether ,
except for tbo surrender of the army com
mnnu by General Johnston , and an ardor for
the termination of the urmistico and the re
sumption of hostillllos.1
"I have bnforo mo while I write the orig
inal of the following note of Grant to Mr.
Stanton :
HCAPOlIAIITEItsUNITEDSTATES AllMV , WASII-
JNIJTOX , Apill ' 'I , ltd. ' ) lion. K. M , blanton.
bacrotnry of Wnn Mr I ha o rrcohcd and
just completed rending Iho dlana-tubus brought
liy upcclul musbcngur from Qunurul bhunnun.
They are of tuch Importance that 1 think im-
muUatu action should bo taken on them , und
It should lie done by the president In council
with hU whole cabinet.
I would respectfully suggest Ihu president
bu notlllod of this und n cabinet ineutliijc take
place tonight , Respectfully , U. b , UIIANT ,
Lieutenant Ciunural.
Why the Terms Were Itejcctcil.
"General Grant started immediately after
adjournment of tlio cabinet meeting for
Huloigh , N. C. , and arrived at Sherman's
headquarters on tbo tMth lo execute the
president's order. Under this order Sher
man gave notice that hostilities would bo
resumed , whereupon Johnston's army was
surrendered under lorms accorded by Gram.
A a malter of prudence nud necessity Mr.
Slanlon telegraphed to General John A. Dix ,
then in New York , to publish the same day a
copy of Ibo Sherman-Johnston agreements
and Us disapproval by iho govornmenl. To
It was appended the roasomt for Us disap
proval , These reasons were as follows :
" 'l''Irt It was an exercise of an authority
not vested In Goneril bhcrnmn , und on Us
f coshows that both he nnd Johnbton lnoiv
thill Uenoral bhcrnmn hud no authority to
enter Into uny hitch arrangements.
" 'J-Dcond ft as a practical acknowledge
ment ot tbo rebel got eminent.
" 'Third It undertook to ru-cstubllsh the
rebel btate no * eminent that had leeno\er-
thrown ut the Micrlflco of nitiiy thousand
loyal lives nnd un Immense treasury , und
placed iho arms and munitions of war In the
In nils of reboU ut their respcvlltu capitals ,
which might bo ubod lib soon us the armies of
thu United Hiatus werod.BUanded. und utuu to
conquer and subdue Iho loyal slates ,
"rotirlli lly the restorutlon of rebel au
thority In their respective htuteatheyould
be enabled to ro-ostubtUh sU\ery.
" Fifth U mUht fiirnUh a K round of re
sponsibility fur thu federal go > eminent to pay
the rohel dubtu. und certainly subject tno pay
ment of the rebel debt uuntr.icud In rebel
itutcs.
" 'Sixth-It would put Into question the exist
ence of leirnl Ktutu government between Vir
ginia und \\ost Virginia , which bad been rec
ognized by every department of the govern
ment.
"bovonth II practically abnlUhcd the con
fiscation laws and relieved the roooluof every
degree , who Imd sluushtcred our people , from
nil pains and peiialllis for their crimes.
"Eighth IHJB.VU terwn that had bveu do-
llhoirteljr , ropoivtoilly Ahtl solemnly rejected
by I'rcsluont Lincoln , rtnd bettor terms thnn
tlio rebels Imd over iiskod In their most pros
perous condition. >
" Ninth H formed no basis of a true nnd
lasting pouco , but rollnvod tbo rebels from Die
pressure of our Victoria nnd loft them In con
dition to renew tholrorforu to cnorthrow tbo
United States government nnd subdue the
lojrul Rlutos wlion ttlolr strot cth was recruited
und un opportunity olTorod , '
"Tho publication of these reasons was ab
solutely demanded In the Interest ol the pub-
Ho safety. The expectations General Sher
man raised In the minds ot the people that
our soldiers only invultcd tbo picsldont's
order to return rejoicing to their homos ,
could not bo realized uudorhls terms con
sistently with the dignity or the safety ot
the country. This had to bo made evident to
the people and the army to prevent serious
and dangetous discontent.
"Itis not nccostnry hero to discuss Ibo
terms. No ono in his tenses will question
the good intentions of General Sherman In
agreeing to them , but It is the truth of his
tory that they were rejected by the union
people of Iho country at Iho time as unani
mously as Ihoy were by the president and
cabinet.
Senator Sherman Hlinnoir Quoted.
"In conclusion allow mo to quote ono
authority In support of Mr. Stanton's vtows
in the condemnation of Gcncrnl Sherman's
fearful mistake. The nuthorliy will not bo
seriously questioned by you. It roads as
follows :
'
" 'CMVEI.AND. ! O , , April 20 , 1855. Mr. Dear
Sir : 1 urn distressed beyond measure at the
terms cruntcd Johnston by General b'horm.ui.
They are Inadmissible. There should now bo
literally no terms grantcl. Wo phould not
only brand Ihe loading rebels with Infamy ,
but the whole rebellion should wo ir the Undue
of the tionltentlary ; for this gcnolatlon , ut
least , no man who bus taken part In the uar
dmo Justify or pulll.ito It. Vut with these
\ Ion A I foil that gross Injnstlco hud been done
General Sherman , osucuinlly by the press.
The most that can lie Hnld about him Is that
bo granted the rebels' lee liberal terms. Tbo
sntno may bo said , but to n loss degreo. of Mr.
Lincoln it'id General Urant In tholr arr.iiue-
inont with Leo. Coiicral Sherman hud
not understood the po Itlcal buarlng of
th-\t agreement. It U bis mlsfortuno that
ho bolloxod Iho promises of these men und
lee < s upon Ihu whole contest In a simple mili
tary vlow. Ho thought thu disbanding of
their armies Is the cud ( if the war , whllo wo
lno to arm them with the elective franchise
nnil st'ito oixunl7iitlons Is to renew the war.
1 felt so troubled av this in liter , following so
closely on the death of Mr. Lincoln , that I
nits Inclined to drop everything ami o to
Italciirh , but I promised to join the funeral
cortege hcio nud on Saturday 1 have agreed
to deliver u eulosy In honor of Mr. L'ncoln at
M.anslleld. This over , 1 wHlgo to Washing
ton , or uny where else , where I shall do the
most service. I do not wish Uencral Sherman
to be unjustly dealt with nnd I know that you
will not permit It , especially 1 do not want
him driven fpto fellowship with the copper
heads. Ills military services have been too
% nluahlo to thu country to bo stained by uny
such fellowship. If you can. In your multi
plied engagement ) ! , dtop mo a Hue , pray do so.
You can. If you cbouso'show this to the presi
dent , or , indeed , toVanyone. Very truly
yours , JOHN SHKHMAN.
"To lion. Edwin M.-Stanton. '
Air. Gorman' * Conclusion.
"I cannot find in this letter any reference
to the Insult with which you now assert that
General Sherman's terms were rejected by
President Johnston and Mr. Slanton , but I
do find in it an assurance from you to Secre
tary Stanton that you Itnovv bo would not
permit General Sherman to bo unjustlv dealt ,
with. You could not hnVe said this had you
thought Air. Stanton , himself , hud already
dealt unjustly by him by puollsblng the
reasons abolro quoted and which had D cn in
print In nverv Tba'iilng newspipjr of the
country four days' before you wrote your
letter. 1 honored ana admired General Sher
man. I know him personally and enjoyed
the honor of hls'fi'loadship. No more patri
otic American , no braver or more- faithful
soldier over lived. But I also honored and
admired Mr. Stanton. . whoso biography I
br.vo undertaken Id wt'ito and whose private
paper ; are in my keeping , nnd I cannot re
main silent , when onoof tbo greatest and
Wisest of his pets ' .K O. ' ? : ? misJtptcd and per
verted in a useless effort , to show that Gen
eral Sherman was right when ho himself
admitted ( with the concurrence of Senator
Sherman ) , that ho-'v/os wrong. Very truly
JOUrS , "GEOlldK C. GOHtUM. "
CONOltHSSIOXAL FUIinOAST.
Appropriation 1II1U anil Other Measures to
hu Coiuliloi eel Tlio AVeek'H Program.
WASHINGTON' , D. C. , April 10. After
several weeks devoted more or less sloauily
lo Iho lanlt quesuon , appropriallon uills
will now bavo the right of way in tbo house
for some time to como. The appropriation
bills are now in an advanced condition of
forwardness for this stage of o long session
of congress and if Iho program outlined by
Iho party leaders for iho next two or three
weeks bo carried out , the question of an
early final adjournment will then rest with
the senate. The house , however , is pursuing
a policy of retrenchment in all branches of
the government expenditures , so that long
conference ) between the two branches of
congress must follow action by the sonata
ou appropriations before the bills can bo
onactoj into law. '
Tomorrow is District of Columbia dav
under the rules , but It is proposed to spend
a part of the day in action on the urgency
deficiency appropriation bill , and the district
will doubtless KOCUIO only a part of the tlmo ;
The Indian and'District of Columbia ap
propriation bills which have passed the sen
ate will bo put in conference during the
wee ir ,
The naval appropriation hill will bo taken
up Tuesday unless some unforsecn emergency
prevents. Its contfdoiation will occupy ut
least two days and may possibly run until
the last of tbo session. Thoio will lie lilllo
Discussion of the bill , but the ropub.ican
iuinoritynldcd by some democrats who are op
posed to the recommendations of Hie majority
of the naval committee , lhat only now cruis
er : bo authorized , will make an earnest fight
to have the bill amended so as to authorize
the construction of two new line of battle
shins anu , perhaps"somo torpedo boats.
The sundry civil appropriation bill will
follow , nnd will probably occupy the rest of
the week , if there bo any part of It loft.
lies I des thcso bills , there are on the calen
dar the consular aud diplomatic and tbo
river and harbor appropriation bills , which ,
in the following week , will bo taken up In
the order named. /
Committees are at work on the appropria
tion bills not yet reported to the liouso and
bcforo the bills now on the calendar are acted
upon most of the following bills will Have
been reported to the pause : The postofUco ,
agricultural , legislative , executive and judi
cial , fortitlcallons aiid genoi al deficiency bills ,
In the Senate.
The oonnto is to-j listen to saioral eot
speeches this weeK. Mr. Galllneorbas glvon
notice of his Interftlorvto spook tomorrow on
a subject of popular Ihlorost , viz. , his bill for
Ibo creation ot a Bsnltntium for pulmonary
diseases , and his colleague , Mr. Chandler , is
to follow with a sreoch on the subject of
election of sonntori'ly a direct vote of Ibo
people.
The West Virginia direct tax bill U a
special order for Tuiiaday , but It is subject
to further postponem nt , owing to tbo absence
of Senator Morrlll ,
The Hour bill amendatory of the circuit
court of appeals act , . Is the unflnUhed busi
ness , but before It ( s < taken up again the
bcnato , acconllngjta a recent order , will
devote two whole diji to the consideration
of bills on the enlondar-whicn no not encoun
ter objections. ItI / I * also expected tl < at dur
ing the morning hours ol the present week
additional speeches on the subject of silver
will bo dollveiod l < y Mr. Teller und others.
Contributing to Ilia. Itumlan Hi'llef Fund ,
WASHISOTOX , D. O. , April 10. Governor
Hoyle , chairman of 4 ho liusilan relief com
mittee , has received f l.'itK ) from the citizens
of Cincinnati _ for the Uusslan famine suf
ferers' fund , Hu bus nlso.recoivcd a liberal
contribution from ' Governor Fleming of
Florida In bolialf of Ibo citizens of Talla
hassee ,
Kllotf * on
BOSTON , Mas. ; . , April 10 ; In a loiter to tbo
Journal regarding bis recant speech in tbo
Mormon temple at Bait Lake Cily , President
Kllot of ' -The Mormon
Harvpra cpllogo aysThe :
mon question deserves , I believe , to bo thor
oughly examined and discussed , for If I am
not mistaken the United States U violating
ODD of the fundamental principle * of Amer
ican llbotty , ! '
VIEWS OF A CHILIAN WRITER
Ho Gives A WAT the Schemes of the United
States to the Whole World.
LOOKING SOUTH WITH COVETOUS EYES
Danger * Which Ho Ihlnlcs Threnteun the
I.iitln.inrrlcin Itcpuhllrs Compile ) ! .
lion in I'.Ki ptlnn Virulrs Iliirope'ti llig
( ! ninblliir | Katalillslitiient.
Hitfs ni.s , April 10. | Now York Herald
Ciiblo Special to Tun Br.B.J- Independence )
Bolgo publishes In Its night Issue the lint of
two articles on the Uultod States , South
America and Europe by Mixlmllllano Ibanaz ,
the well known Chilian writer. Maxlmllllnno
Ibnnoz reviews the circumstances of the
Balllmoro squabble between the United
States nnd Chill , atlompllng to show that
the American govori.tucnt was qulto wrong
nntl unjustly exacting from first to last. Ho
discards vho Idea that Dlalno's policy was
merely Inspired for electioneering purposes ,
nnil proceeds to * show that It Is part and parcel
of the general policy , aiming at results
highly alarming to the South American
states anil to European nations , among which
Great Britain , Franco and Germany stand
lirst.
lirst.Ho
Ho recalls the annexation of California to
the United Slates , and that the Washing
ton cabinet's Interference In the Chill-
Peruvian war of 1870 , and that pressure was
exercised to Induce Peru "to surrender Its
resources and freedom Into the hands of an
American firm , " The meddling of the
Uultod Stales In the recent Chilian revolu
tion and , lastly , the Washington pan-Amer
ican congress , whereby Blulua attorn mod to
destroy the fiulopondonco of the South
American status through an arbitration
court , which would have made the United
States master of the fate of the now world's '
Latin republics. All these facts , besides the
proposed Nlcarauirnu canal , are set forth as
showing that the Uultod States is icsolvcd
upon achieving by nilphi or right the dream
of a new worluollvercln , which would
uluce both portions of America under their
sway.
rou SULMNI : ins PICTUKUS.
Hnly'8 I'rosocntlon of Prlucu for IHsprn.
\\\K \ ot.MiislorpleccH.
[ Copi/rfflMcil isn b-j Jimtt Oor.lrt litnnftt. }
PAIIU , April 10. [ Now York Herald Cable
Special to TUG UBI : . | Prince Maffeo
Coilona de Sciurra , ugalnst whom the Italian
government Is instituting proceedings for
having sold the pictures from his gallery
room , was icon today at his Purls rosldonco ,
Champs Elyso ? , and said : "Tnoro are two
laws in Italy , first lei dos mnjorats , which
forbids the solo of pictures from farallv gal
leries , but does not glvo the right of prosecu
tion ; second , lol pacca , which docs not
permit the sale of pictures abroad without
the pormisslon of the government , which can
ser/u the pictures at the frontier , or impose a
line of the value of the pictures , but the sale
of pictures In Homo nro permitted. This
law is of but llttlo use , in that If my pic
tures were sold to some person In Homo , ana
that person conveys then : over the frontier
and sells thorn to someone clso , that third
person ran in tie way be held responsible.
As regards prosecuting me , L nm a , deputy ,
and thsv will have to ask un authorization
from parliament , and they will then have to
provo that I exposed thorn. I will say
nothing. I don't bay that I sent ihcm out of
Italy and don't say I didn't. If they con
dom mo they can line mo to the
value of the pictures. My gallery consists
of UOO pictures , and thu authorities find
twsnty missing. All 1 want , you know. Is n
purchaser for these pictures. I am perfectly
socuro. The question is are they going to ba
sent to the United Stalest I reply , 1 don't
know. I don't know where they are at
present.
"I have Instituted n lawsuit against the
government to provo that my pictures do not
como ur.dor tno ranjorats law and only con
sider myself bound by the pacca law. The
government wanted to eco my pictures and I
refused. The irovornment said , 'You have
sold vour pictures abroad. ' I replied : 'I will
say nothing until the case comes up. nnd then
provo it if you can. Unless you can prove
it you have no right to say that. ' The gov
ernment is in a situulion where It don't
know where to begin , but I am now before
court.
"Tho truth Is , I wanted to sell my pictures
to the slalo very cheap , but It refused. Then
I ofTero.l to present tno country several of
rny best If it would allow mo to sell the rest.
Now the minister feels that I did a foohsU
tiling in refusing Iho offer. In February last
a severe law was passed the penalty being
imprisonment , for selling pictures out of gal
leries to bo sent abroad , but it was before
that low passed that my pictures were miss
ing. Hcmombor I have said nothing nor
made any btotcinent. "
The princin.il plulures missing from the
prince's collection ore Lejonour , Do Fiole ,
bv Haphaol ; La Modesto ox la Vanllc , by Do
VInol : portrait by Mltlrs : San Sebastian , by
Ferugin ; portrait of Somme , bv Andrea
Mantcgna ; La Viergo ot Enfant , by Fra
Burtclomcs ; Madeline Hopentanl , oy Guld.
COMPLICATIONS IX IXIYPT.
Investiture of tlir Xi < w Khoillto HUH Itcrn
1'iirthcr Delayed ,
[ Copi/r toMctl JS93 bj Jitinci Clnnln'i H mii' ' I
CAIUO , April 10. [ Now Yorlc Herald
Cable Special to TiiR'Buc.1 The delay
In fixing u dale for reading the sultan's
firman of Investtluro Is causing much com
ment and bringing aoout a reopening of the
crisis which , it was hoped , had boon dell-
nltoly closod. The ' delay is explained
onicliilly on tbo ground that the arrival of
the Hussian squadron Is being waited for In
order to complete Hie quadruple manifesta
tion in which England , Italy and Fiance are
to take pr.rt.
The French Levant squadron , under com
mand of Admiral Dossarts , kus arrived at
Port Said , the laloit incidents having ren
dered all conjectures possible.
It is now feared that now demando have
been made oy Lord Salisbury , who is searchIng -
Ing for a jingo platform on which to go be-
fora the public In the coming election. This
opinion would seem to bo confirmed by the
language of the Egyptian Gazette , which
last evening said that it was not yet known
how thu powers would settle the question of
the publication of u supplementary Irado
concerning the peninsula of SInal and that
for this reason such prior arrangement was
unnecessary.
Silt AlirilUil SULLIVAN'S CONIHTIOX ,
I.-tlest from tlio .Sick ICnniii Humbling at
Munto Carlo ,
[ CopyrtvMert 1K > - lijJtmti Qnnlnn UennM ' , ]
MONTI : CUH.O , April 10 , FNe'w York
Herald Coble Special to TiiuBuE.J Upon
inquiry at Sir Arthur Sullivan's villa , I was
Informed ho felt considerably bettor.
Dr. Foggo hud issued tbo following
bulletin ; "Sir Arthur Sullivan passed a
slightly better night , and it 1s hoped that la
a few davs bo will bo able to undertake the
Journey home. "
Tbo gambling rooms nro crowded with the
usual public du dlmaucti" , but Wells , tbo
famous plunger , did not put In an appear-
niico. On Friday lie played his usual system
of "maximus" nt tioiito et quaranto , but
did not win very heavily yesterday. Ho
again tackled trento et quaranto , playing
nearly all day , and losing steadily and
heavily. It was Impossible to ascertain the
exact amount of his losses , but they are
estimated at about ' . ' 50,000 francs.
Profits of tbo casino for Iho six months
ending April 1 , show IW.ODO.OOO francs , against
HOUO,000 for the same period last year.
Ii at i Hull.
NELSOX , Nob. , April 10.-lSpeciai Tel *
gram to Tur Bnn.1- : V 11. boll , the old-
ostphslclnn in Nuci J 4-\ounty , died last
night. Ho removed ! t uon from Johnson
cjunty. The decease s07 > oars old.
HIS HEART OEA 'WORKING. '
K. w. iinii roiimi ii-l " Xiieiint n nii > -
Hoinnnln run * lute.
F.V. . Ball , who lived I ' North Nino-
tccnth street , was found \ In bed nt the
Cnsilo Cure Institute on It street a few
minutes after 3 o'clock SunUay morning.
It scomt that Ball has boon drinking very
hard for soma titno pail and was on the vrrgo
of tremens , when A irnvcllng man namoil
Holyoke too it him toho Instltulo nbout 4
o'clock Saturday afternoon and loft to sco
friends about having Ball take the dipso
mania treatment , The suffering man grow
rapidly \\orso anJ soon dovolopsil all the
symptoms ot n good casoot delirium tro-
mons. Ball WAS put to bed , but fought
against having his clothing removed.
Dr. Monroe , who U In charge of the insti
tute , gave his patient a dose of bromUlo to
quiet him and directed n nurse to intend
htm.
htm.After
After n tlroo the drug took effect and Ball
fell atloop.Vhon the nurse felt his charge's
pulse a llttlo after U a. m. ho found the man
dead. Word was at once sent to Coroner
Maul , who viewed the body and had It con
voyed to the morguo.
Lr. ) Monroe stated positively that nothln ?
except the bromide had boon given to Itill ,
as the financial arrangements necessary
toward beginning treatment had not boon
completed. The arm * of Iho dead man show
no signs of hypodermic Injections.
Mr * . Ball was soon at her homo yesterday
nftornoon by n Ben loprosontatlvc ana said
that her husband had boon addicted to drink
for a long tune. Ho had been away for two
months , ttavollng Ihrough Iowa nud only
rolurncd to Omaha Friday. After remain
ing at homo n short tlmo Hall left , saying ho
was going to Lincoln and that was tin last
the wlfj know about him until she learned of
his death.
Coroner Maul siild last nlrht that ho would
Investigate the case a llttlo before deciding
whotncr nn Inquest would bo necessary or
not , as It was apparent that the man dlod
from heart failure.
IT tfll.L ltiiVCB ItATlSS.
Western Ilo.iiln Anxious to Piollt l > y
1 roubles of Southern l.lnc .
CIIICAOO , 111. , April 10. The indications are
that a complete victory uill bo gained by the
Chicago , St. Paul & Kansas City road In lt
controversy with Chairman Flnloy regarding
the right of the western roads to use the re1-
ducou fares between Chicago and Ohio
river points as basing ratea from western
and northwestern points to Cincinnati ,
Louisvlllo and Indiana punts. The chair
man n day or so ago refused to authorize any
such action on the part of the lines In tLo Wcit-
ern Passenger association , out Saturday ho
receded from his position as far as 10 issue a
circular letter to the member. ] asking them
to veto on the question. The fact is that
Mr. Finloy's ruline , whllo it might have
been technically in accordance ) with Ihc
agreement nnd rules of the ussoeituloi ; , was
really in coullict with a former ruling of Iho
Interstate Commerce commission.
Moro than two years ace the Chicago &
Atlantic road compelled its western connec
tions to use Its differential faros from Chicago
cage to oaslorn points us basing rates In
ticketing passengers from the west over that
line. This was done by appealing to the
Interstate Commerce commission. Jmlccr
Coolcy , who was at that tlmo chairman of
the commission , decided that no toad had a
right to cnargo a higher rate over a con
necting line than was voluntarily charred
by that line Itself. The present cut
ruto between Chicago and the Ohio river
have been legally established m regular
fares and not to recogm/o them in making
through rates would bo to compel tbo passen
ger going from St. Paul to Cincinnati by
way of Chicago to imv more than tbo com
bined local rates , St. Paul to Chicago and
Chicago to Cincinnati. Now that Ch.ilrmun
Finloy has shifted the rcsponiiollity of sat-
lling this iiuo&tlon to the toads themselves
there is no doubt that tbo new faros will bo
adopted as basing rates.
The Chicago it St. Paul lines have agreed
upon a now scncdulo of summer tourist rates
to northern points on business originating in
or south of Chicago , the tickets to bo good
going bv rail and returning by lulto or vice
varsa. The round Inp rates are as follows :
Between Chicago anU St. Paul , $1U , Chicago
nnd Uuluth , $15 50 : Chicago und Ashland ,
flu ; Milwaukee nnd St. Paul , 70 : Milwaukee
and Ashland , fO ; Milwaukennnd Duluth via
St. Paul , Sl'J.r.0 ; via direct lines , $10.
A mass meeting of rate clerks will bo hold
nt PittsDurg April iiilto consider summer
tourists rates from points in tbo territory of
the Central Tronic nssoclalion. It was
agreed that tourist rates to southwestern
points , basing on Mississippi and Missouri
points bo made on the same basis in effect
during the summer of IfaOl , except whore a
change In local rates of lines In that terri
tory will noccssilalo u now iidjuslmeut.
iiAKAmm 1'iiobi'iii'Tti.
Diuliu'HK AilMintiiKPS ol Iho Cit ) Some
thing of Its History.
HAZAHD , Neb. , April 10. [ Special to TIIK
Br.K.J The people of this place and vicinity
have just held a mass mooting to consider
means to further advance the Interests of
thu town of lliuard und vicinity. Speeches
were made nnd a Board of Trade was per
manently organbcd with the following
oftlccrs ; F , S. Allen , president ; S. U ,
Skinner , vlre president ; H. Tomon , secre
tary ; J. H. Davidson , troasuior. Piuamblo
and resolutions wcio passid , netting forth
the fact of rich land and good water. Only
ono-fourth of the lana Is under cultivation
and Itis cheap. Town lots nro within Iho
loach of all. The town of Hiuurd Is
located on the main line of the 1) .
& M. lo Iho Blaclc Hills and has
just begun lo grow. There are two
elevators , two goneml stores , a blaukEinlth
shop , implement house , lumberyard , hainess
shop , real estate agency and good school fa
cilities hero. Tlio town is far enough away
from other places to warrant ItH rapid
growth In the near future. Slops wcro at
once taken looking to the organisation of a
joint slock company to urcot another busi
ness building. There is now a splendid
opening for a bank , drug and hardware
stores , hotel , livery stable and a doctor. Tbo
following is the average yield per aero of
the crop of 1691 : Wheat , twenty bushels :
rorn , fifty bushels ; eaU , sixty bushels und
rye , twonty-flvo bushels. From August 1 ,
Ib'JI , to April 1 , IbW , there have boon
shipped from this station 175,0JO bushels of
grain. A considerable amount of iho crop of
Ib'.ll ' is btlll in tbo bands nf iho farmers. The
attention of intending seniors and business
men Is called to the above facts and figures ,
*
ONE BENEFX OP CRAP3.
ID This Iiiittinco thu Onino Aldcil In Jlaf-
Illngii Illglnritynmii.
"Your money or your life , " said a hlgn-
wayinan to P. E. Clinch , a Pnxtou hotnl
waiter , about 1 o'clock Sunday morning near
Fourteenth und Howard streets , at the same
titno shoving a glistening revolver Into hU
faco.
faco.Tbo
Tbo robber first asked Clinch for.a match
and whllo the waiter wai loellug for ono the
pistol was drawn und tbo demand for money
made.
Clinch put up hU bunds llUonlltllu man
und submitted to a search , but as lie had
only left a crap game a few inlnutcs befoto
didn't have a cent.
Howard County Demoor.iU Tor lloril.
ST. PAUI , Net ) . , April lU. IBpJcIal Tele
gram to TUB USE. | The despatch from ttili
place last night In regard to the democratic
delegation U incorrect. The delegation is
solid forDoyd with ouooiceptioQ.
THEY ARE READY TO FIGHT
Wyoming Citizens Prepared to Drive Oat
the Invaders.
EVERY MAN IS A WALKING ARSENAL
Little. Information from HIP Kent of VTnr-
Cinper I'eoptn Will Immediately Itesent
An } MlHeelliineous Killing In Their
Vicinity In Kind.
CASI-KII , Wyo. , April 10. [ Special Tola-
gram lo TUB lir.K.j Nolhlng nuthontlo has
loday reached this town from Powder river
and although there has been offered very
liberal inducements for couriers , ovorytblnjr
so far has failed to induce horseback riders
to go inlo the Powder river counlry Irotu iho
fear of being shot from ambush.
All kinds of rumors nro afloat. There 1s
cor.shiorablo comment on Colonel Htchard's
Interview in a Cheyenne paper about the
people of tbo stale raising what they cou-
suinu and inking French leave of the sinto
when ho personally know that an armed
force was Invading the state with the
avowed Intention of exterminating part
of the citizens of the stato. Richards
Is colonel of the Elate militia nud
Is In Ogdcn. The action uf Acting Governor
Il.irber In not trying lo stop the proceedings
Is , by law abiding citizens , looked upon as
despicable , if not n betrayal of the trust ro-
poscd In him , The action of the slatoofficers
in the matter is without comparison In the
history of n ctvlllrod counlry , and Is open to
severe criticism ,
No one knows who Iho nrmcd force Is uftor
nor what moment they may s OOP down on
this community.
The town is n walking arsenal , nnd the ex
citement la trying as well as desporato. If
the ringleader's object is to kill off nil his
private enemies on this trip , about one-half
the population hero must bo on the 1UU This
section , lo a man , will turn out If any mis
cellaneous killing lakes place around horo.
Several newspaper representatives are here ,
but fear to go to the scjno , ns every stranger
Is looked upon with suspicion and Iho army ,
If Ihoy caught the reporters , would kocplbom
close prisoners.
ruuuiiT ox ro\vniit : itiviit. :
.slight Delulls ol nn nngiigninunt ltd worn
th Hlval Cattlemen.
CiiEVKN'Ni : , Wyo , April 10. [ Spocinl Tele-
cram to Tin : HcE.lTho first dollnilo uows
from the scat of war In Johnson county was
locelvcd at Douglas at T o'clock this evening.
It was in the shnpo of a brief message from
Sheriff Ingua nt Buffalo to Deputy Sheriff
Kimball at Douglas. It states that a light
has occuricd on Powder rlvor between the
big stockmen and rustlers , but givo-i no par-
licuhus whatever. A private letter received
hero suys that whenever the wires have been
cut north of Buffalo , us they have boou sev
eral limes , sevouly or cighly feet of wlro is
removed and carrlcdnway.
Line repniiers huvo been almost steadily
at work , but their success so fur Is evidenced
by Iho tact that the only message that has
been gotten through etnco last Wednesday is
the oho mentioned abovo. It Is now said
that tbo Invading army has secured posses
sion of one of the telegraph ofilccs In u ranch
on powder river and that nothing U allowed
to pass which will give any indication of
what Is going on. The temporary camp of
the "uvongorf. " Is located , It Is said , on the
silo of old Fort Hono. It Is reported from
Douglas thai occasional words can bu caught
over Iho wlro In the midst of many breaks ,
"Iho , " "burned" und "flagg" nro among tbo
expressions , nnd the exact connection cannot
bo mndo out although the latter word un
doubtedly has reference to Jack Flugg , ono
of iho most during spirits among the rust
lers. Flagg bus lately been teaching school
in that immediate neighborhood and thora
bccins to be llttlo doubt that ho has met his
falo perhaps , among others. It Is now bo-
liovcd that ono of the invading party is a
telegraph operator who conituntly orouks
the wire when It happens to get in world UK
order.
Mnntuna Stoclunen Miller.
ST. PAI-I , Minn. , April 10. The stealing
rustlers are not Iho onlv trouble that the
Montana stock raisers have had to fight Ibis
year. Storms have been the causa of much
loss. Late icports from eastern Montana
ranges uro decidedly discouraging. The
storms which have prevailed for Ihu past two
WPCKS hiivo been disastrous lo Iho cows and
\oung calves und especially where Ihoy were
In poor llesh previous lo calving. Wool
growers nro moro forlunnto than Iho cattle
men , ns Ihoro is plenty nf'hny and thov have
bocu able in keep their Hocus bhcltorml. The
loss will bo considerable. Stock In other
parts of the slalo in in excellent condition ,
and the winter losses have been light. The
drive from iho south will bo largo this year.
Stal ilicd liy u Drunken Cinder ,
Wyo. , April 10. [ Special
Telegram 10 TIIK BLK. | Whit will probably
turn out to bo n mutdcr look place nt Gillette -
lotto , seventy-six mllei west of Newcastle ,
lust night. JPSSO blcrcrs , a foreman for the
Kilpatrick Hros , & Collins Construction
company , was stubbed in the breast by Mika
Furme , n drunken grader. 1'hcie was no
provocation , _
AI.V
Worli of nn Incendiary nt Crest on 1'iovo
Mont DIs.iHtron * .
CiirsroN , In , , April 10 , [ Special Telegram
to TUB UEII.J Flro was discovered at 3
o'clock this morning In a vacant fratno
building at the corner of Pine and Adams
streets. Deforo iho flro department could
1'i't ' to the KCOIIO the Jlamos had spread to
scvctal adjoining frame structural , Five
streams of water were soon playing upon the
11 10 , but before It was under control six busi
ness bouses were totally destroyed.
The Iho originated In n building recently
occupied by a saloon and owned by Mis. Mary
Crawford , H bus not been occupied for sev
eral UOOKB , and the flro la believed to have
been started by an Incendiary ,
The , buildings burned are : Mrs. Mary
Ciawford , loss tJ.OOO : OhcBchlagor Hro . ,
? hUO ; William Woods , buildlngi nud fixtures ,
) , ( JOO ; Thomas McGruth , two building * , f 700 ;
Wlllium Kolth , merchant tailor , $ GOd : N. A.
Clark , fl.'JOO , buildings and slock ; U , Fltz-
slmmons , Jl.MX ) , on saloon fixtures. All nd-
jolnlt.g buildlnux were simply frumo shells ,
nnd Cieston's ' 11 ro department proved Us
iifllcicucy as well as lhat of Iho now water
workn , by checking the flro and saving the
remaining frame etructufos. All the build-
inga will bo Immediately rebuilt of brick ,
Dlcil nt tliu Jtojie. ' * Knil.
Cuiuit ItArins , la. , April 10. [ Special
Telegram to THE IJeB. | A. F , Norton , a
prosperous farmer living about llvo mllct
bouth of U < llo Plalno , commuted sulcluo by
bunging today , No cause was assigned ,
I'atulltlei on Hhli > bonr < l. ,
New Y0HK , April 10. The team blp
Ithidas from Santos arrived hero short seven
In her crow , Whllo lying at Santos yellow
fnvor broke out on board and thiceof her
crow were taken on shore and loft , Un tbo
trip to this port Koss L > irson , Nicholas
Woolen and Patrick McClos oy , ull member *
of the crow , died of the fever , and Kuglncor
vVilllamCootnbs w u drowned wbila itikiuu
a SOB bulb ,