Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 February 1882 — Page 2
DIED.
KNAPP—At the family resident, at ftW fc Thursday evening, Mw.-Snsau B. Knapp, wlia of C. C. Knapp.
Fnneral this afternoon at 2 elect, at U»6 Pre. b?teriaa Church, comer of Seventh enfl Mulberry streets.
Friends of the family are invited to attend without further notice. ASHLEY—At feix residerce in JBrszil, Henry h. A-ibley, formerly of this city, agcu 7 years.
The remains will be brought to this city for interment, next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services will be conducted by the Masonic order.
Friends of the family are invjted to attend without further notice.
POLITICAL.
COUNTY COM MIS3IONEB.
We are authorized to announce the name of JAMES M. DUCK, of Fayette township, for the office of County Congjpissloaer for the First district, subject to the'decision of the Eepubnoun nominating convention.
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on grocery wagon. Will take half of wattes in eroreries. Can cure well recommended. Apply at 4-25 north Ninth street
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Ico's Livery Stable until BAMTJELSTROOTB.
FOB BENT.
Y.lOR KKHT-A furnished front room three blocks from Mufti, on Sixth street, one of the most desirable locations in the nltyGentleman preferred. Enquire at this office...
FOR
BENT-TWO rooms, furnished ornnfamished. Apply at 425 north Ninth •street
NOK BKST—The grocery, store on Main street between Thirteenth-and a-balf and 'Fourteenth streeu. formerly kept by the late "Bernhard Barssum. is forTent on very acceptable conditions. The store room and upper rooms wlU be rented together or separately, as desired. Inquire of the administrator. August
Ahrens, proprietor of Mczart Hall, No. 669 Main itreet BKBTT—Desirable residence, No. 620 »outh Sixth street. Two story brick, has eight rooms and large summer kitchen, cistern and well Also brick stable and large lot. Call at Koopman.s Leather Store, comer of Sixth and Cherry street
I |R BFKT—Desiroble brick dwelling, No. 222 South Fifth street. Apply at once at 1 IB Main street. .J- EARLY.
FOB SALE.
FCherry
OB SALL-A good family horse, side-tof buggy end harness, all complete. Will be sold at a bargain. Apply at J•1p-7fp^h ?Ls'a?le' on street, or at 426* north Ninth street
FOB8ofME-Anew,
A full stock of dry goods and eroceries. all on good terms, and will rent two the
business rooms in the city
on very reasonable terms well situated. Sales now average six to eight thousand dollars per month. Cause of selling, poor health. For further particulars
Danville, 111.
COR BAliE—Extensive flour barrel and stave and heading factory at Terre Haute, Ind. Occupies six acres ground in the city. New iron-roofed factory bnilding. two dry kilns, ample shed room, latest improved machinery as good as new. Railroad switch snd steamboat landing on ^e gro^d^ A.undantsup^ bn Monday, February 27th
"of timber and sold at public sali
iwn at the time.
GILMAN BROS. & CO.
ISO* (*a ME—HOUSES AND LOTd-Two on the corner of First and Linton streets three on Pecond anl Eagle.
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properly be-
lonzed to Rufus St. John, deceased. The property must be sold at once, and there are just five chance* for the five good bargains. Apply to George Planet,at John Armstrongs, No. 10 north Third street.
FOB SALE OB BENT.
pOB 8«1.E OR ITEJffr—My house oa 'northeast corner of Fourth and Poplar streets, formerly occupied by the late R. Thompson. Rent, WOO.CO per annum. Possession given within a week or ^0jjIppERT-
MONEY TO LOAN. ONES TO I.OAS-Home capital at rea- ... sonable rate of interest in sums not less Jhan $1,000: first mortgage security. Apply to Tennant & Thomas, northwest corner and Ohio.
Fourth
•NET TO tOAN—At lowest rate of interest Downey, 315 Ohio street, Terra Haute
MONEYupwards
TO IIOAJR—in sumB of 11,000
and at lowest current rates of Interest on first class improvedJannBi and city roperty. I. V. PRESTON.
FIFTH STREET
SECOND HAND STORE
18 SOUTH FIFTH STREET.
Becond-hand furniture bought and sold. Repair work neatly done. A liberal cash price paid for cast-off clothing.
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Sargent didn't go in the cabinet, and his friends are wondering why.
If Conkling accepts the supreme court udgship it will permanentfy remove him from politics.
The time for harvesting an ice crop has about passed, and truth compels the statement that tbe prospect is not good.
There is not so much talk about Blaine and guaBO as formerly. That little transaction in France had a soothing effect.
John C. New haunts the Cincinnati Commercial as a nightmare, and his confirmation by the senate has almost driven Halstead mad.
Congress should dispose of Fitz John Porter and Captain James B. Eads in some manner. Both have become public nuisaDces long sgo, and cannut disappear from view too soon.
Cornelius Logan, brother of th« senator, at present minister to the Central American States, wants to be promoted to the Chiliin mission, and it is understood his wish will be granted.
The number of great men who have materialized in the Ohio legislature this year leads to the belief that members of congress will experience serious difficulty in securing a re-nomination.
As a tactician President Arthur is a success. He baa laid ex-Senator Conkling on the shelf by appointing him to the supreme bencb, and has sent Sargent to Germany where he will cot interfere with the administration.
Senator Sewall, of New Jersey, is still lying dangerously ill at his residence in Camden,*N. J., with the chances against his recovery. His senatorial term does not expire until 1877. In case of his iA»th Representative Robeson will probably succeed him.
The Russian mipsion seems to be on a begging expedition. It has been tendered a number of distinguished gentlemeo, and all have declined with thanks. The air which surrounds tho Bufsian court is not considered very wholesome by distinguished diplomats.
The people who want inter-state commerce regulated by law are heard by petition. The railroads which would be affected by such legislation are heard by the most learned counsel the country can produce. There is no prospect of the bill proving successful.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean and Senator Logan seem to have had a disagreement, and
hiB
one time organ is now paying
him left hand compliments each day. The senator should have dealt more kindly with the editor of tbe Inler-Ocean when he was a candidate for colIcctor of customs at Chicago.
It appears there is going to be some trouble in securing the confirmation of General Ingalls as quartermaster general. He is over sixty-two years old, and tbe house military committee has agreed upon a bill to retire all officers at that ege. In addition to this there are some old charges standing against him which have never been cleared up, and which are very damaging to him. Notwithstanding all this his friends claim that he will be confirmed.
Tbe report is believed at the n*vy department that Secretary Hunt will retire about the first of March, and that he will be succeeded by William E. Chandler. Mr. Hunt would like to be appointed district attorney at New Orleans, a position worth about $15,000 per annum. His family would prefer to remain in Washington, and he could have his old position on the court of claims bench, but his family is latge and he is poor, whicb makes him desire a more lucrative office..
/The statements that the president and cabinet had considered the. Fitz John Porter case, and had decided upon his reinstatement, prove to have been premature. No action has yet been taken, »nd if it is decided to re-opeo the case it will be done through the war department. The judge advocaie of the army will be •deed to examine the evidence, and upon his decision will depend foture action. If tbe president decides to act favorably to Gecerai Porter he will {lard.n him, and I the remainder will be lcft to congress.
TBE KANSAS PROHIBITION LAW. The Topeka cpnespondent of tbe KeW York Times has written a letter to that paper, in which he essays to give a history of the prohibition movement in Kansas, and -Governor 8t jobn'a 'cobbed.ion with it The ftttssf
ftontaiha some
rjnite interesting reading matter which does Hot by any means accord with the sUtementa of Governor St. John. Kansas loves startling sensations and not lewt among them was the adoption of the constitutional amendment -prohibiting the manufacture er sale of intoxicating liquors, exccpt for medicinal, mechanical and scientific purposes. The correspondent attributes the success of the prohibitionists to gross cowardice on the fart of the legislature rather than to honest conviction. The newspapers ud politicians refused to discuss tbe amendment, and Governor St. John had nothing whatever to do with its submission to the people, cor was there any demand for such a thing When a member cf the etate Btnete Governor St. John failed to distinguish himself as a prohibition champion. Oace be was defeated for the gubernatorial nomination, but succeeded on a second trial through the sell-out of an opponent. When making,temperance speeches in his state he was not recognised as a leader in that direction. When the prohibition amendment was introduced in tbe senate he pronounced it a piece of demagogism to kill off a temperance bill then pendiDg. The joint resolution to submit the amendment to the people passed the eenate because it was believed it would never para the house, but the latter did pass it and turned-the joke on the upper body.
When tbe proposition was lairly before the people legislative candidates sprung up on every baDd,and the hardest drinkers were tbe loudest advocates of prohibition, The papers were afraid of it and there was no organized opposition to it except from tbe saloon keepers end wholesale liquor dealers. In 1880 ibe amendment was adopted by a vote of 92,302 yeaB, to 84,304 nay?, a toUl of 176,602, while the same year there were 201,019 votes cast for the presidential candidates, which leaves tbe actual senti ment of tbe btate still in doubt. The law putting the amendment in force was anade as obcoxious as possible, and alter nil that has been said concerning it, prohibition doeen't prohibit. Topeka has thirty or forty ealoonB which run day and night, and it is just as easy as it eter was to obtain a dribk of whisky or beier. Prosecutions for violations of the law are numerous. It is openly violated in a hundred towns in the state, and ihe whole scheme ia looked upon as a gigantic farce. These are tbe deductions which are (o be drawn from this letter, and they but echo the sentiioents of other papers. No one, with the exception of Governor St. John, who has investigated tbe matter, has yet been heard to say that the amendment is a success, and probably the governor would not have so much to say on the subject were he not pandering about tbe country boosting himself as a presidential candidate on the prohibition ticket.
The Grand Army of the Republic is taking a hand in the pension business. A delegation appeared before tbe committee on pensions and back pay, on Thursday, and had a hearing. They want some radical changes made in tbe existing law. They ask for local boards of examiners in different sections of the country, to be designated by tbe commissioner of pensions for a board of medical experts upon the subject of eye and ear diseases for an increase of the clerical force in the office of the surgeon-general, the adju-tant-general and the pension office to facilitate the adjudication of pension claims also, to authorize a pension claimant to have accees to ''The medical and surgical history of the war," in the surgeon-gen-eral's Qffice, and a provision of law that false testimony 8gainst a soldier, as well as false testimony in his favor, shall be treated as perjury alike in both cases.
The Washington Star alludes to frauds in the United States marshals' office as follows:
It is thought that before loig there will be ia dictments pn ^ced against United States officials connected with the marshal's office in Kentucky. General Crittenden, the United States marshal, Is not believed to be in any way involved in tbe matter. His subordinates are tho ones who will be proceeded against It is -believed that the government has been mulota out of large sums of money during the past three or fonr yean by the deputy marshals and other officials under General Crittenden. The treasury department office)s have for a long time suspected that (he accounts of the marshal's office were not all right. A wholesale and systematic gobbling of money is believed to have been carried on by means of false and exaggerated vouchers. A somewhat similar condition of affairs, though not on to great a scale, is be-, lieved to hare been in existence in the marshal's foreein Georgia.
It is the oettled opinion in Washington that tbe correspondent Stoteldo was hounded to death by the star route ring. He was the first to expo«e them and they used every i^hns in their power to ruin his reputation and injure him in every possible manner. Charges were made against him without having any foundation in fact, and marked copies of the papers were sent to his wife. Even when dying and surrounded by sorrowing friends these charges were continued. Even tbe coffin has not been allowed to shield him frem the attacks of these human blood bounds, who would not hesitate to take life to shield themselves from Exposure.
A few days ago it was announced that some members of congress bad presented bills for their expenees while attending the funeral oi the late President Garfield. Since the announcement was made letters have been pouring into Washington from all quarters, expressing curiority to know the names of the claimants. It transpires that the only member who filed a claim of this character was James Phelps, democratic member for the second Connecticut district. *.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Washington: The Nomination of Boscoe Conkling for Associate Joatioe of the Snpreme Cenrt,
Slakes Him ihe Hero of Anflier Surprise, and Awakos the Wrath ot Seaa-. tor Hoar. *.
Ex-Senator Sargent's Friends Feel all Tore Up, Because Their Man Does Wot go Into
Cabinet.
Formal Actios of the Hons Eltotlsit Committee on the Utah Case— The SarfleM Be mortal
Servioe.
Rerfsrd Estimate of tbe Alls was ees to be Made the Dead President's
Attendants—Sergeant
Mag0B.
Hopeful News Prom the Arotlc—The Cafeiflel—Postal Decision—Cost-, mlttee Notts—Assorted Domestlo Hems.
Foreign. News: The British Parlia ment—Some Alleged Justice In Rti88la—Other
Washington.
BONKLLSG FOB THE 'SUPREME COCBT. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Tbe President nominated Roscos E. Conkling, of New York, to be Associate Justice of tlje.Supreme Court of the U. S.
CHEATED A SUKKPUE.
The nomination of Conkling created quite a stir in the Senate as it was entirelyunexpected and Senators freely expressed their surprise. The indications are that he will be confirmed unanimously. Sargent's nomination surprised his friends, who maintained until the last that be would be Secretary of the Interior. Eirkwood's friends have been working industriously in his behalf of late, though he has .not mads a single movement for himself. There is talk of the probability of Conkling's declination, as it is said he was not communicated with on the subject, and it is believed that if he declines Senator Edmonds will be appointed..
OTHER NOMINATIONS.
A.A.Sargent, of Cal„ Minister to Germany: Walter H. Johnson, for Collector of Internal Revenue for the sbcond district of Georgia Harry T. Glriscon, postmaster at Chatanooga, Tenia.,
The fact thai neither Sargent nor any one else was nominated ss Secretary of the Interior to-day is regarded by many of Secretary Eirkwood's friends as a strong indication that he Will relnain in the Cabinet permanently^
J30AR WAXES WBOTH ABOUT IT. WASHINGTON, Feb 24.—When the nomination'of ex-Senator Conkling aa Associate Justice of the Sapratne Court was read in the executive session of tbe Senate this afternoon, a motion was made to take it up for immediate confirmation. Senator Hoar thereupon took the .floor and warmly said that while he conceded Conkling's great abilities, and that no man since Webster bad surpassed him in intellectual force, he believed Conkline had used his powers for bad purposes, and he did not believe him honest. His elevation to the Supreme Bench, said Hoar, with great excitement of manner, and pounding bis desk by way of emphasis, would be a disgrace'to tbe judicial ermine, and he therefore interposed objection to the present consideration of the' nomination, and insisted that it should take the regular couree of!reference to the Judiciary Committee. A single objection being sufficient to prevent immediate consideration, the nomination was. accordingly referred to that committee under the roles, without opportunity for debate or any reply to Hoar's remarks.
The nomination of ex-Senator 8argent as Minister to Germany was then referred to the^Committee on Foreign Relations, under an objection to its immediate consideration which was interposed by Cameron, of Pennsylvania, understood to be friendly to him and Conkling, bat who desired to prevent the appearaaoe of any invidious distinction between the cases of the two ex-Senators. Prominent members of both political parties in the Senate predict that the nominations will be confirmed by overwhelming majorities.
THE UTAH CASE.
WASHINGTON, February 24.—After a session ot about four hours on the Utah contested election esse, the House Comroittee on Elections, to-day, on motion of Hazletine, adopted the following:
Resolved, That Allen G. Campbell is not entitled to a seat in this Congress as a delegate from Utah.
Resolved, That George Q. Cannon is not entitled to a seat in this Congress as a delegate from Utah.
Resolved, That the seat of the delegate from Utah be and the same is hereby declared vacant.
The detail of the vote on the lost two .paragraphs of the resolutions wis aa follows: Ayes—Calkins, Hszeltine, Waite, Townsend, Ritche, Pettibop, Miller, Jacobs, Paul and Beltzhoover—10 nays— Ranney, Atherton, Davis, Jone3 and Moulton—5. ..
The first paragraph, declaring Campbell not entitled to a seat, was unanimoqst ly adopted. Substitutes for tbe second paragraph was offered by Monltoti and Ranney, whicb, in effect', set forth that Cannon's private character did npt involve his disqualification for the office of delegate under the exising statutes of law. The substitutes were rejected— 10- to 5. Chirmin Calkins was authorized to prepare a report on behalf of the majority. Each member will be requested to submit his views in writing, to be printed and embodied in the digest of the case, for future reference. Calkins expects to be able to submit the majority reportJto the House on Tueedey next. It is not definitely determined whether tbe minority will combine upon one report, or the several members submit individual reports embodying their views of the legal quesioos.
THE QAKFIELD MEMORIAL SERVICE. WASHINGTON, February 24.—There is great demand for tickets of admission to the C»pitol on Monday next, the day fixed for the Garfield memorial services. Almost every ticket holder will be seated, thereby avoiding tbe customary rush and confusion. Each Senator and Representative has been allowed three tickets onlv. Fabulons sums, it is said, have already been offered for tickets of admission.
EXPENSES or C.ASFIELI/S ILLNESS. WASHINGTON, February 24.—The statement published of the amounts a lowed by the committee to audit the expenses of the sickness and burial of Pmldent Garfield, to tbe attending enrgeons, is pronounced incorrect by a aiembwr of the committee. Tbe amounts allowed are: To Bliss, $25,000 Agoew and Hamilton, each, $15,000 Ray burn and, Rfynton, eacb, $10,009 Mrs. Edson, $5,000 Steward Crump, $8,000 other employee of the Executive Mansion, two months' extra
Rose Kjtinge Nnes lor Divorce. NEW YORK, February 24.—Action for divorce, on tbe ground of adnltery. was commenced to-day in tne Supreme Court, by Rose E, Butler, otherwise «y. Tbe committees recommend the apE?tioge, the actress, agtinst ber tuba mi, poimoneot of B*roe-». »o. be Msjjr GenGeorge II. Butler, nephew of General I 4ra), and bin retirement on that gjade, Butler. and the promotion oi Woodward to Lien-
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tenant Colonel. The committee has also] agreed to grant to Mrs. Garfield the remainder of her husband's salary for the current year. Springer and Blackburn, in minority report, will oppose most of
^3EBGJKANT MASON'S TRIAL.' In the Hjason court martial the court ordered a subpoena issued for J. C. Robinson, late Major of the 78th Ohio Volunteers. It is the intention to show by this witness that Mason served with this regiment bravely and. faithfully and was severely wounded, after which there was a marked change in his temperament and disposition.
Woodward, Turnkey at the jail, described Guiteau as "quaking with fear" after the ballet entered the window. He described the perforation made by the missile in the assattin'a coit, as it hung Against tbe Wall of the cell.
Captain William P. Graves identified tbe accused, and related the circumstances attending the prisoner's surrender. He testified to Mason's exclaiming "I hope I have blown him in two."
First Lieutenant E. C. T. Richmond, Second Artillery, reading from the notes which he had made thirty minutes after the occurrence, said that Mason, approach ing him, exclaimed "I hope I .have killed him: I do not know whether I have or not." Mason also said: "I did it. I tried to ~kill him. Lieutenant, I surren der myself to you. I am not coming out
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JEANNETTK—HOPEFUL NEWS.
"WASHINGTON, February 24.—Secretary Hunt received a cable to-day from Hoffman, at St, Petersburg, as follows: "Your orders of January 15th have reached Melville. He ansfrera as follows: ,'On the road to the Ajrctic Ocean, January 51st—Telegram
of January 16th re
ceived now on my way to the Arctic Ocean people will be found.'" POSTAL DECISION.
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First Assistant Postmaster General Hatton decides tnat a magaeine intended for campaign circulation, and containing advertisements, must pay postage at the rate of thriee cents an ounce.- It if held that campaign publications ere in one sense educational, and therefore sec-ond-claSs matter, but if advertisements forma principal part of the publication it loses this character and becomes simply a business adjunct, and third-class mattej.
THE CABINET.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The Fitz John Porter case wae again considered by the Cabinet to-day, but no conclusion was reached. It was decided to close all the ExeeatTve departments at 11 o'clock on Monday next, in honor of the Garfield memorisl exercises.
CONFIRMED.
WASHIN&TON, February 24.—The Senate confirmed the following nominations to-day: Consuls—Bruno^Tsschuk.ofNebraska, at Vera Cruz Thomas Wilson, District ot Columbia Nantes George Gilford-, of Maine, La Rocheile.
Theodore D.* Wilson, of New York, Chief of the Bureau of Construction and the Nary.
I -Y/I) NEW TAKES HOLD.. john C. New to-day assumed the duties of Assistant Secretary of theTreas ury.
COMMITTEE NOTTS.
The House Committee oh Post Offices and Post Roads has agreed to report to tbe House for"~tbe passage odean fast mail transportation bill, the only material amendment being one which changes the maximum rate of speed of vessels oi the third clsss from twelve to eleven knots per hour.
The House Committee on Miwtia, to-day, agreed upon a bill to amend the Miliba law, in accordance with petitions of the National Guard to increase the annual appropriation to $1,000,000 and distribute it to the States in proportion to the aamber of Militia they maintain.
Before the House Committee on commerce, to-day, Yice Presid^pjt Alexander, ol the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, argued against Congressional legislation to regulate tbe railroads. Edory Storrs will make an argument to-morrow.
The House Committee bn Invalid Pensions, to-day, received a petition asking that the widow of President Polk be put on tbe pension rolls. She is said to be very poor
The Honse Committee on Public Buildingn and Grounds, to-day, agreed to recommend the construction of a public buildlns at Detroit, Michigab, to cost $50,000.
Foreign News. GREAT BSITAIN.
LONDON, February 24.—In the House of Lords, this evening, Granville, Secretary of 8tate for Foreign Afiairs, referring to the motion in 'the House of Commons by Gladstone, on Monday, that inquiry into the working of the land act would be injurious to the interests .of good government in Ireland, denied that it was a proposal for a vote of censure, bet asserted that votes of censure on the House of Lords were not unprecedented. The vote was intended on tbe part of the Government to prevent interruption in tbe pacification of Ireland.
LONDON, Feb. 24.—In the House of Lords thi* af ternoon, after two hours'discussion, the appointment of a committee io inquire into the working of the land act was agreed to..
LONDON, February 24.—The News says that as the failure of the treaty negotiations with France meant the bringing of English goods under a general tariff, placing England on the favored nation basis is a considerable concession compared with the commercial treaty, which will be extended to the let of May. The most favored nation clause will imply a considerable increase in taxation ot important British industries.
LONDON, February 21.—James Rhodes & Co., timber merchants, of Bradford and WeetHartelpool, have failed. Liabiliities, £120,000.
LONDON, February 24.—Steiner & Co., in the silk trade at Zurich, have failed. Liabilities, £80,000 assets, £28,000.
IRELAND.
LONDON, February 24.—Cahill, editor of the Leinster Leader, has been arrested nnder the coercion act. rat
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RUSSIA. ,v 0
ST. PETERSBURG, Fe'a. 24.—No political trial in Russia has been conducted with such secrecy, severity and disregard to the ordinary usages of legal proceeaure as the one in progress now. Tbe President of the court insisted that the prisoners should be tried separately or in groups according to their crimes. They are forbidden to write or speak to each other while togetherin the dock. At first, communication between the prisoners and.counsel was forbidden. Even the public prosecutor protested against tbis decision which, teas ultimately with drawn.
All the Nihilists on trial yesterday, with two czceptions, pleaded guilty. The coart sat till midnight.
BERLIN, February 24,—A St Petersburg dispatch says: At the tHal of the Nihilists to-day the woman Lorentcva, on 1MMNG asked to acknowledge her connection with the robbery of the Treasury at ChersoB, refused to give any information, and declared the Court might accuse ber of anything it pleased. Each prisoner is examined separately. Tbe evidence ~fcgfif»t maar-ef thtm appears very slender. Marktloff testified against several of hie fellow prisoners, apparently with the object of escaping the sentence of death.
ST. PETEHSBDHO, Feb. 24.—The Pansla vists here and at Moscow have arranged a grand reception for General Skobeloff.
GERMANY.
JUutUX, Feb. 81—It Stated that there
is a good prospect of the negotiations between the Vatican »nd Von Sohloeaer being successful.
TURKEY.
CoNSTAjmNOFLK, February 24.—The Sultan, to prove his friendship for Austria, has Ordered several battalions concentrated to prevent the Albanians aiding the insurrection. -REVOLTED.
TUNIS, Feb. 34.—Four tribes on the frontier of Tripoli revolted and burned Hamtuab.
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been a fitful and feverish one^t business circles, and witnessed mnch fluctuation in values. In dcy goods in the aggregate, quite a heavy amount of businesa haa been done buyers are here in large number, end while their purchases are -mainly for actual wants, the amount of businesp transacted all around haa been fairly satisfactory. In grain, the moderate advance of a week ago has been maintained with considerable firmness during the week, but the market closes somewhat unsettled, with a slight falling off ia prices, and indications of a farther decline. Boots are somewhat more active as the spring season approaches, bnt a full run of business is not looked for before the middle of next monthj the manufacturers are moderately busy,' as are the jobbers. Tbere is abetter demand tor leather, and prices are firmer. In some kinds considerable activity is noticed. The Haverhill fire is responsible for the destruction of a good deal of leather, which caused a better feeling and an increased number of buyers in this market. In Brszil grades of cofiee tbere is a better demand, and prices are a shade firmer. In milder grades a good business is doing, mainly for immediate consumption. The trade in raw sugars is light, though in better demand to arrive. In butter, prices are still advancing for all the higher grades, which sre scarce. Ordinary and low qualities are about steady, while the intermediate sorts, which feel the competition ~of oleomargarine, are not in.much demand, and sell at easy rates. The cheese market is somewhat flat, and in favor of buyers 4he demand for expert is very light, in view of unsatisfactory advices from abroad.
BOSTON.
BOSTON, Feb. 24.—In the boot and shoe jobbisg trade a more satisfactory business is being done in the New Eogland circuit than in the West or South. Tha leather market^ especially upon upper leather, continues somewhnt depressed by the caution of bojers good rough upper leather has sold-es low as sole leather, 25 cents. The only material effect of the fire in Haverhill has been that the one or two grades of such leather as is need in the manufacture of slippers ars held a irifle higher. Salted cow hides are dull and weak all other clasee of hides are stea«fy
Tbe Staudard Oil Co's tax Case, HABRISBURG, February 24,—The morning session oi the court for the consideration of the Standard Oil Company's case was principally consumed by Olmstead, in consideration of the argument in behalf of the company. In concluding he deduced from the argument a number of legal conclusions, and finished as follows: Wbat will be the consequences if they shall ultimately faii? This corporation will be driven from the State. That may be little but it will not be all. The decision which drives this company from the State will drive a hundred more that hitherto, have contributed to our prosperity, and have also borne their full share oi tbe burdens of taxation. It will not stop there. Our own corporations are in each State retaliation will ensut New York, with an untried statute on her books, is standing waiting this decision her law is similar, and ber construction will be the same. Our markets will be cut off, enterprise will be checked, corporate prosperity impaired and the State revenue ultimately diminished, On the other hand the decision asked for will not undermine or weaken, but will rather sastain and strengthen, the general revenue system of the State. The source from which revenue has ever been derived is sought to be aflected. All that is asked, and all that is necessary to the-full support of the proposition laid down is that (he equitable and fair construction of the law wbich has prevailed since every State' taiel corporations, shall prevail that the uniform practice of many years sh-Tl not be changed, and that an unbroken line of decisions shall not be disregarded.
Watson followed, his argument being upon the aniformity of taxation, and before he concluded, tbe court took recess.
A Fatal Fall.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 24—Juo. Major Hicks, a colored man, born in Boyd county Ky April 15th, 1863, was hanged at|Covington to-day. The execution was the second one ever had' in Kenton Co, and was the first quasi private execution in the State of Kentucky, and is likely to be the last, as tbe law requiring executions in an enclosure has been repealed, and the new law will go into effect in thirty days. This execution tfeok place in a shell of a building of brick. All the outside lower story windows were nailed up with boards. The condemned man was brought on the scaffold attended by Father McGmley, Father Lambert and two other priests, at S9ven minutes past ten. They knelt and prayed audibly, the prisoner repeating after Father McGinley the Lord's prayer and the Apostolic Creed. After this the prisoner was brought to the platform where he shook hands with the priests. Then Father Lambert came to the front and addressing the 800 spectators admitted,said: '"Mr. Hicks will say nothing. I speak for him. He takes this death as a punishment tor his sins." The noose was then fixed, his hands manacled, the straps and black cap adjusted, Hicks all the time weeping profusely and exclaiming "God is good, Lord Jesus have mercy," the priests exhorting with the words, "Trust in Jesus, he can save the soul." The trap dropped at 10:15 and the body was cut down ac 10:44. There was no struggling.
He was hanged for the murder of Henry Murry Williams, at Ludlow, Ky., Dec. 15th, 1880—early in the evening. There were no living witnesses to the crime. This utterance of Father Lambert on the scaffold is the only confession he made.
Bomestie Infelicity.
fiT. Louis, Feb. 24.—Quite a eens'ational affair occurred at tbe Mttle town of Bnshnells, 111., on Wednesday night, which created great excitement among tbe denimns of the plsce. As the train from the west approached the station, A. J. Bradfield shot Cbas. F. Scott, who was in company with his (Bradfield's) wife. All had come from Kansas City on the same train, but Scott and Mrs. Bradfield did not know that Bradfield was on board till ibe assault was made. Scott received four shots, bnt will recover. Bradfield acoses Scoit with being too intimate with his wife, and shot him to avenge the wrong he hsd received. Mrs. B. denies tbe intimacy. 8cott was a member of the firm of 8cott A Griffith, druggists, of Kansas City, wbich suspended two months ago, and Bradfield traveled for Vonda & Biddle, of the ssme city, nntil the first of last January, since when.be has been with a Chicago hoa-e. He wss arrested.
The Floods.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 24.—The river has fallen five feet here nince the water began to fall on the 23d.
MEMPHIS, Feb. 24.—River stationary.
CONGRESS.
Eoth Branches of the Rational Law Factory Develop Inquisitiveness About those
Chili-Peruvian Schemes
And Express a Consuming Detire to Know it there Has Bfeen Any Diplomatic Sin*
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The calendar was then taken up. Bayard offered the following: WHERBAS, the publication has beeh widely made by the public, press of the tJnited States, of certain alleged comiheircial contracts between certain companies and co-partnerships of individuals relative to the exports of guano and nitrates frem Pern in which mediation by the government of the United States between the goversments of Peru, Bolivia and Chili is declared to be 1 condition for the effectuation and continuance of said contracts, therefore,
RBSOLVKD, That the committee on Foreign'Relations be and hereby is instructed to inquire whether any promise or stipulation by which intervention of the U. 8. in the controversies existing between Chili and Peru, or Chili and Bolivia, has been expressly or impliedly given by any person or persons officially connected with the government of the United States, or whether the influence of the government of the United States has been in anv way exerted, promised or intimated in connection with or in relation to said contracts by any one officially connected with the government of the United States, and whether any one officially connected with the government of tbe United States is interested directly or indirectly with any such alleged contracts in which the med-^ itation as aforesaid of the United States^ is recited to be a condition. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations-
There was considerable discussion on the bill to restore Mark Walker, who wss dismissed from a Lieutenancy in the Army for drunkenness. The general subject of the propriety of restoring men so expelled was travereed in tbe debate, and the bill recommitted.
After the morning hour, Allison, a member of the Appropriation Committee, in eharge of the immediate deficiency bill, was awarded tEe floor, but yielded temporarily to Van Wyck, who addressed the Senate upon the necessity for an investigation of the alleged frauds in the township survey system. He said Surveyors General and other Government land officers had combined to make surveys of worthless lands, and then deposit the scrip they would get in return for the surveys, to purchase the most valuable Government lands of tbe West. The deposit amounted laet year to $2,000,000, bnt most of the surveys were valueless to the Government, because of the worthlessness of the lands surveyed.
Teller replied that Van Wyck's complaint did not spply to Colorado, although mnch land had been surveyed there.
The matter was referred to the Public Lands Committee. The Senate then considered the immediate deficiency appropriation bill, and the Senate committee amendments were agreed to, including tbe items for the subsistence and education of Indians and $60,000 for the necessary expenses of the Garfield and Burnside funerals.
Beck objected to a $20,000 item for the mileage of Army officers, and claimsd that certain trips by Army officers had been taken for purely personal reasons, and sometimes for purposes^ not entirely proper. He protested ag»inat the payment of mileage to the numerous officers now en route to the Capital to attend tbe Garfield memorial.
Allison replied that if the Senators arraignment |hai any force it had^application only to the manner of spending the money, not io tbe propriety qf voting it. He advised Beck to be sure of his facts before makiBg allegations.
The amendment then prevailed, as also one increasing the item for additional clerk hire in Post Offices from $75,000 $150,000. The bill was formally passed without objection.
After some contention between^Bayard and Miller upon the claim to priority of the tariff commission and Chinese bills, the latter being supported by his colleague, Farley, a motion by Miller to take up the'Chinese bill prevailed—aves, 35 nays, 16—and the measure was laid over as unfinished business.
After executive session the Senate adjourned until Monday.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 —Belmont offered*a resolution directing the Committee on Foreign Affairs to inquire into and report to the House respecting the abstraction from the files of the State Department certain letters and documents referred to in the letter of the Secretary of State, of February 17 also respecting the making ot any contract in Paris or elsewhere by and between any foreign corporation or company and an American citizen concerning any concession made by Peru to any French or foreign company wherein allusion was made to the diplomatic action of the U. S.
Kasson, offered as a substitute the lollowing resolution: Whereas, it is alleged in connection with the Chili-Peruvian correspondence recently and officially published on call of the twd houses of congress that one or more ministers plenipotentiary of the United States were either personally interested or improperly connected with the business transaction in which the intervention of this Government was |requefted or expected, and
Whereas, it is alleged that certain papers in relation to the same subject have been improperly lost or removed from the files of the State Department, therefore, be it
Resolved, that tbe Committee on Foreign Affairs be instructed to|inquire into said allegations and ascertain the facts relating thereto, and report tbe same with such recommendations aa may be deemed proper.
Belmont accepted the sobst'tute and it was adopted without objection. The House then went into a Committee of the Whole on the private calendar.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Davis, of West Virginia offered and advocated a resolution reqoesting'the committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency cf vmg more aid than is now provided to various states and territories in order to promote and encourage the organization of the militia forces of the country and strengthen their efficiency. Adopted.
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At 4:30 p. m., the committee rose and the following bills passed: For the retirement of W. P. Chambliss, with the rank of Major for the retirement of C.Boyd, with the rank of Captain granting arrears of pension to Annie A. Hayes, widow of Major General Alexander Hayee.
At 4:40 the House adjourned bntu tomorrow. vtJp for Tweslyilve Tears
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 24.—A man known as Wood Hite,who was arrested in Logan county, Ky., on February 11th, for complicity in the robbing of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad train at Winston, Mo., on the night of January l-5tb,of last year, was amgned in the court at Gallatin, Davis conaty, on
Wednesday, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty-five years. Hite id a first cousin of Ihe notorious bandit Jesse James. He said he fired eleven shots into the locomotive oa the night tbe tram was robbed and chased the engineer eat on the pilot, but be would not give any information respecting the return ot the gang. Hite has lived in Logan county, Ky., severalyeare, and it is believed other* concerned in the robbing live in adjoiuingcounties.
Tbe Failnre Record.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—R. Dun & Ce, of the Mercantile Agency and ninety branch offices, report 128 failures for the last seven days, a slight reduction upon last week. The Middle States furnish 80, Eastern, 10 Southern, 35 Western, 84 Pacific coast and territories, 12 New Yotk City, 7. -Some of the disasters Of the week baye been of much importance and significance, notably the stoppage of the Merchants' bank', Watertown the failure of Macfarlane in the lord business, New York, and Herman, Bateur & Brother, New York. The latter failure was not. unexpected. The Watertown bank is likely to bring Sown with it a number of houses in that vicinity who hate been interested in grain speculation.
Races Postponed.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 24.—The grounus of the Louisville Fair Association have suffered from the flood, and are in most part inundated. The board of directors feared.'thorefore to gitfe the spriog meeting, after having made every preparation for it on a liberal scale. They were assigned the first place in the great western circuit, and were to open on the second of May. The board have determined to have a meeting on the Fourth of July and a fair in October. N0 effort will be spared to make the horse and cattle exhibition eqaal to the wonderful display last fall. Liberal purnes il be given to trots, and $3,000 is ofi ed to IE® best drilled infantry comp&c v, entries to close on the first of August. gniefde.
JACKSON, Mich., February 24.—August S. Eppt a prominent German citizen, a cigar manufacturer, ah himself in the right temple with a 38-calibre revolver, this morning about 10 o'clock, nt his residence. Cause, pecuniary embarrassment, aa indicated by a letter written to his wife yesterday, wbich gives a list ol debts and farewells to friends.
British Columbia.
VICTORIA, B. C„ Feb. 24.—The local Legislature was opened to-day by ibe Lieutenant Governor, in tbe presence'oi a large number of people. The speech from the throne alluded to the increased prosperity of the tarmiog and fishing, lumber* ing and coal mining interests. Tbe revenue of the country has exceeded ^he expenditures.
Instantly Hilled.
COLUMBUS, O., February 24.—A special from Moxahala says that Edward Downs a young man from Quincy, Ky., employed in the Moxahala iron works, was instantly killed this morning, being crushed between the walls of the hoisting house and the ^levator.
Embarrassed.
CHICAGO, ILLS., Feb. 24.—E. and J. W. Pressing, of the vinegar firm, whose financial difficulties have been known for several days, were yesterday arrested on a capias but were subsequently released on $6,U00 bond. Their liabilities are $75,000 and assets about $14,000.
Going Into Business.
BBUNSWICK, Me., February 24.—General J. L, Chamberlain, president of Bowdoin College, has accepted the management of one of the largest business enterprises in Florida. He will not sever bis connection with the college.
The Chester Explosion. CHESTER, Pa., 24 Jackson, proprietor of the hyrotecpnic works where the explosion occurred, and Charles Van Horn, his assistant, have been arrested.
Conkling Oeelinea (o Talk. UTICA, N. Y., February 24.—Ex Senator Conkling declines to 887 anything upon tbe question of accepting the Supreme Court Justiceship.
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Breaking of Shawneetewn Levee. EVANSVILLE, Ind., February 24.—The levee at Shawneetown broke to-day, and the city is inundate^.
A gentleman sold a saddle horse as a thoroughly reliable and honest beast, em* phasizing the assertio.^that he was honest. The next 3ay the horse fell with his new owner, breaking bp own knees and very nearly performing tbe same service to his master's neck. Tbe irate purchaser went in a fume to the seller. "Well," said the man of conscience, "I am not at all surprised that the horse fell with yoo, and it oaly proves that he is an honest beast, just as 1 told you. I have ridden that horse for six years, and every time I rode him he threatened to fall and kill somebody, so I sold him, for I knew that some day he would keep his promise. No matter how much yon deal with me you will always find tbat I tell the truth."
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