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ii INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1887. WHOLE NO. 1,624. XXXIH-NO. 0.

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A CONFERENCE GALLED

The LitBnl Ün:caist3 WJ1 Heet Tfcsrsiiy to Consider tha Cocrcian BUI. Tte Pirnelliles it in kfarsil Meeiü DarocDce it as Itrocious. Te Damtlaa irnves Icross tte Fnisaiig Line it 6:45 Yesterday. Tb Reichstag Adjourns Th Czar Replies to Students Anarchists Convicted Father Kjaa Arrested Flashes. DISAPPROVE THE MEASCKB. Threatened Disaffection of i nlonUts Over the Irish Coercion BUI. Lonton, March 2. A conference of Liberal-Unionists will be held at the Davocsbire House oa Thursday to consider tte Coercion bill. An exchange of v.evs in the lobbies on the bill disclosed the fact that several of the Unionists disapprove the measure, but the mass of the party considered its provisions not too stringent. Lord HarÜDgton and Mr. Chamberlain will give a thorough support to the whole propoeals. The Threatened defection of Unionfsts will probably not succeed ten votes, leaving the Government still with a potent majority. The rarnelhtes held an informal meeting and united in denouncing what they termed the atrocious character of the coercion bill. This measure, thoy said, concealed under its provisions powers for the extinction of the liberties of the pres?, public meetings, free speech and all individual rights. The Parnellites disregard the threats of Mr. Smith to continue the debate urtil the second reading of the bill. They say tbat if the protraction of the sitting rf ults in a test of physical endurance they will be ready for the struggle. It is the opinion of many persons that Mr. Balfour's speech, which was of great lesgib, was weak, diffuse, confused and pointlfss, and that on the first chance he baa had to show if he was capable of rising to a great occasion he has made a notable failure. Sir. I'arnell has postponed the introduction of his amendment until he consults with his colleagues. Lord Hartmgton is about to issue a manifesto througa a new Unionist paper. 1& it fce says: "We are confronted at tte present moment with a more acute form of the problem of Ireland than has ever been presented in past times. The ditficulcies of the problem have been intensified by the action of the Liberal, who. suddenly discarding every remedy hitherto approved by ttem, have made u change of lront unparalleled in completeness and rapidity, and adopted the policy cf the avowed enemies of the integrity of the British Empire. Their action has stimulated the courage and hopes of the separatists. It is the duty of the Liberal Unionists now to endeavor to bring back the Liberals to their faith in constitutional reform, resolutely exposing the delusion that tte abandonment of principles of tha sacrifice of any class of their countrymen can be an act of courage or justice." Referring to tbe coercion bill he says: 'Not a 6ingle Unionist believes in coercion as a policy, but all believe in the necessity of every civilized country asserting the supremacy of the law. Toe object of the separatists is to prove that tb Government of Ireiand, as a part of the United Kingdom, is an impossibility, with or without reform. The object of the Unionists mast be to p:ove the union indissoluble, while doing ju3tice to Ireland." The whole tone of the manifesto indicates that there will be no compromise. Messrs. Calne and Chamberlain indorse the manifesto. IRTSn CM3I1XAL LAW BILL. The Goveri mei t Leader Mores That It Be Passed to Its Second Reading. LoypcK. March 2S. In the House of Commons last night W. II. Smith, Gofmmf.nt leader, iniici8td that the Government had decided to ask the House to pass to us second reading the Irish criaiinal law au:eLdmeut bill before proposing the meal Easter holidays. Cheers, counter cheer. The Government, said Mr. Smith, disavowed any intention to menace the House, but tcey wlshd the members to understand that the measure was vital to order in Ireland; that it was one upon which the Government staked its existence; more important than the holidays. Mr. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, moved the first reading of the bill. In doing so he referred to the terms of Mr. Parcell's proposed amendment to the bill, in which tbe Irish leader claims the House shoe Id obtain further information about the condition of Ireland. Mr. Balfour thought the Parnellites were sufiiciectly informed of the state of their country and should recognize Irish anarchy as rn artificer recognizes his own werk. Tbe Government did not rest easy on the statistics of agrarian crime. They tock it that the amount of crime must be considered in codj Jncticn with its causes and character. The amounts shown at the present moment were 403 persons in Monster, 1T5 in Connaught and; 251 in Leimst er under police protection. Law had ben set aside. The vacuum had not been filled by ordinary law. Here Balfour read a number of charges mada by Judges to Grand Juries, showing the number of persons actually charged bore no relation to the amount of crime. Boycotting and intimidation, he said, were rampant in that part of ihe country most Disturbed. Men who gave testimony were not partisans (Parnellite cries of dissent). Paralysis of the courts of law was an evil necessary to be specially checked. It arose from the difficulty of inducir.g intimidated witnesses to speak oat. Id 7.V cases 122 injured parties were to terrified that they refused to appear. When evidence was obtained the juries declined even in the clearest of cases to convict. Here he adduced a long list of the cases In which the juries disregarded the evidence presented. The place which the law ought to fill was occupied by tbe National League. The members ot the League relied upon secret societies, dynamite and dagger. It was an absurd travesty of facte, he declared, to aay the League had any resemblance to trades unions. The initial policy of tne League was combination for tie plunder of individuals with the destruction of the Constitution. The speaker proceeded to give Instances of boycotting, but was repeatedly interrupted by demands from the Parnellites for the names of the peisons boycotted. He declined, however, to give names unless tbe persons were beyond the reach of the jen embers of the League. dr, Palour next real extract from

United Ireland, disclosing the extent of the system of terrorizing. He said the latest official return showed that 30 persons were boycotted under orders from the league. In many districts the tenant's right became valueless because no selling of his right was possible unless sanctioned by tbe league. No tyranny, however cruel, could compare with anarchy resulting from the existence of league tribunals. Coming to the proposals bill, he stated that the Government borrowed a provision from the Scotch system giving the magistrates power to examine witnesses on cath, even when no persons were charged with crime. To meet the diüiculty of getting verdicts they proposed to abolish the jury system altogether icheers and counter cheers for certain c'.fsesof crime, giving the magistrate jurlsdicr'on, with power to impose the maximum penalty of six months' imprisonment in cases of criminal conspiracy, boycotting and rioting. The Government did not propose to interfere with the liberties of the press, but they hoped by giving magistrates the power of summary conviction for certain oferss, they would be able to prevent the press from sharing In the crimes. The bill also gives the Government power to cbmee the venue of trial for graver offenffs. The Government felt difficulty connected with the abolition of trial by jury in Ireland, therefore it proposed that the Attorneys-General of England and Ireland, in cases of grave crimes, should certify when a fairer trial could be had in England cheers when, under the saaie conditions as in case of a change of venue in Ireland, the trial should be held in England (cries from "What part England?"') Irish Counsel, he added, were to be allowed to appear in Eaglish courts (Parnellite laughter,) and the iState would provide the necessary funds for tbe commencement of both witness and lawyers. Purely political offenses such as treason, felony and seditious libel were excluded from the provisions of the bill. The crimes triable in England were murder, attempted murder, aggravated crimes of violence and arson. In all cases the bill applied only to proclaimed districts. The Viceroy would have further powers to proclaim dangerous societies found disturbing peace and order. A proclamation directed against the society would be submitted to Parliament within seven days after issuance, and if Parliament condemned it the proclamation would be dropped, The Government proposed that the permanency bill should not be limited to a fixed time. Cheers. He concluded by declaring it in the cause cf liberty that the Government asked the House to break the yoke under which Ireland was groanirg. DEBATING COERCIVE MEASURES.

Mr. Dillon Declared the Bill a Miserable Excuse to Enslave Ireland. Lomiox, March 23. In the House of Commons last night Mr. Dillon said that the coercion bill would never pass into law. Irish cheers If he believed that the people were capable of sanctioning the measure he would give up forever the hope of seeing the Irish and the EngliaU shake hands. The Irish people would be slaves, indeed, if they submitted to it. Either he would leave the country where no Irishman could live unless he lived like a slave, or if the people were willing, he would be proud and happy to lead them in battle. Cheers. The measure would only result in causing increased disorganization and driving the people back to tbe horrors of former years. Cheers. Earl Spencer, believing his life to be in danger, had the courage to face tbe people of Ireland like a man ; but small credit was due to the present Government, who did cot know the dangers they were facing. Cries of 4'0h! oh!" and cheers. More miserable excuses on which to found coercion had never been heard. Mr. Balfour bad succeeded in proving nothir g but his own ignorance of the ccuntry which he sought to govern. The sooner he quitted otlice the better for Ireland and for himself. The Government were practically treating Irishmen like slaves. They sought to root them out like verrniD. The Government offered them tbe prosreet of a favorable laud purchase bill. If this coercion bill passed neither a land purchase bill ncr any other Irteu measuie would live to be accepted at the nrnds of the English Parliament. THE DAUNTLESS AT ANCIIÜK. She Crosses the FinfrlilDg Eine Yesterday Evening at (i. 1 O'clock. jueenstowx, March 2. The Dauntless crossed the fcnishiLg line at 0:4 j o'clock. Her actual time on passage was 10d. lh. 43 min. ai,d 13 sec. She has been towed into the harbor, and is now safely at anchor. All on board are well, and the yacht is in as good shape as when she left Owls Head, nothing Laving been carried away. She experience about the same weather as the Coronet. A comparison of the logs of the two racers indicates that they followed about the saaie course. Mr. Caldwel Colt, owner of the Dauntless, says that he encountered more wind than he bargained for. lor sixteen hours his boat was obliged to lay to. Once she scudded before tLe gale under bare poles. "When last seen fiom the deck of the Coronet on the evening of the start the Dauntless was steering south southeast, but during the night her course was changed to notheast by east. On March 16 she ran into a cross sea, with a Btrong southeast gale. Oil was used with eood effect to break the waves, and the yacht weathered her first storm well. Next day the Fea was even more turbulent and broke over the deck In rapid succession, wrenchirg the yacht so much that she began to leak slightly. The temperature of both air and water on the afternoon of the lh indicated that ice was in close proximity, and it was necessary to use precaution" in running. At midnight tte thermometer registered forty-four degrees and the water thirty-five. An hour later the temperature of the air was 40 degress and the water 23. At ; o'clock on the night of the Una, when a heavy gale was blowing from southwest, a smooth stretch of water was run into. Its temperature indicated that there were icebergs Dear. There waa a quantity of field ice to the leeward and very near. On the 20th. 21st and 22J there were gales. It was on the last of thee days that the Dauntless hove to. Since last Thursday the weather was fine. On the 20th a run of 328 miles Was made, which is said to be the best ever made by a yacht on the Atlantic Ocean. Fastnet light was sighted at 1:30 in the morning, but the wind had died out and tbe run along the coast was slow. The following extracts from the log-book of the Dauntless shows the latitude aud longitude and distance made each day: March 13, longitude 03 :3, latitude 40:03, distance 232 miles; March 14, longitude 04:1S, latitude 9:57, distance 200 miles; March 15. longitude 01:20, latitude 40:00, distance 130 miles; March 10, longitude 50:07. latitude 42:03, distance 2X miles; March 17, longitude 52:47, latitude 41:23, distance 140 miles; March 13, longitude 41:2'). latitude 42:05, distance 140 miles; March 19, longitude 43:50, latitude 43:35, distance 270 miles: March 20, longitude 40:50, latitude 44 :10, distance 145 miles; March 21. longitude 30:30, latitude 41:41. distance IWi miles; March 22, longitude

37:13, latitude 40:13, distance 100 miles; March 23, longitude 3 J :07, latitude 40:07. distance 43 miles; March 21, longitude 31:44, latitude 47:05, distance 205 miles; March 25, longitude 24:20, latitude 40:45, distance 32b miles; March 20, longitude 17:45, latitude 50:47, distance 200 miles; March 27, longitude 13:45, latitude 50:10, distance 143 miles; March 2H, arrived at (ueenstown. During the storm of the 25th, the cockpit was on several occasions filled with water, and altogether it was a perilous time for tbe yacht. On the 24th the sea was terribly rough and the boat rolled so badly that the water tank burst. The seamen were consequently put on the smallest allowance of water, but later on they were plentifully supplied with ale and claret, and ultimately with champagne instead of water. All on board arrived in the best o! health. The cfucers of the Coronet and other yachtsmen are greatly pleased with the result of the race and" say it has served to show admirable qualities in both yachts. Considering the difference in the tonnage and the length of the two yachts, and the extraordinarily heavy weather which prevailed during the voyage, the Dauntless is thought to have done as well as her competitor. The officers and friends of both yachts will be entertained by the members of the Royal Cork Yacht Club. THE JUBILEE ODE.

Lord Tennjson's Tribute to the Oueen in the Fiftieth Tear of Her Reign. London, March 2;). Tennyson's jubilee ode is published to-day. It is entitled "Carmen Saeculare" and is in alternate three and eight-line blank verse stanzas. The first and second stanzas are as follows: 1. Fifty times tte rose has flowered aud faded, Fifty times the golden harvest fallen Since our Qneen assumed the globe, the sceptre. 11. She, beloved lor Kindness, Kare in fable or history. Queen and Empress ot India Crowned so long with a diadem. Never worn by a worthier. Now with prosperous auguries Comes at lsst to the bounteous Crowning year of her jubilee. Of the next five stanzas the short sing the attributes of the Queen an d the loug enjoin the nation to celebrate the jubilee with illuminations, festivals, charities, etc. The subsequent stanzas are as follows: Mil. You the patriot architect, Shape a stalely memorial. Make It regally gorgeous, Some imperial institute, Rich In symbol in ornament, Which may speak to the centuries, All tbe centuries after us, Of this year of her jubilee. IV. Fifty years ot ever broadening commerce, Fi'ty years of every brighteniDK science, Fifty years of ever widening empire, X. You the mighty, the fortunate, You the Lord territorial, You the lord manufacturer, You the hardy, laborious, patient children of Albion, You Canadian, Indian, Austrialasian, African, All your hearts be In harmony, all your voices in unison. Singing ball to tte glorious Golden year of the jubilee. XI Are these thunders nothing lu the distance? Are there spectres moving In the darkness? Trust the Lord of light to guide her people Till the thunders pass, the spectres vanish, And the l.'ght is victor, And the darkness dawns into the jubilee of the SCS. ROME AND TUE KNIGHTS OF LABOR. Cardinal Gibbon's Defense of That Organization, Rome, March 28. The text of Cardinal Gibbon's report on the Knights of Labor, ts published in the Moniteur de Rome, shows that several additions have been made to the report as originally published. Referring to the objections urged against the organization, the Cardinal says: "It is nfciectfil that in thin Iriml rt nrcanirnn Catholics mix with Protestants to the peril 01 tceir iaitn. Amongst a mixed people like ours separation of religions in civil affairs is not possible. To suppose that the faith of the Catholic sußers, shows igtoracce of the Catholic workmen of America, who regard the church as their mother. They are Intelligent, instructed, devoted, and ready to give their blood, as they give their hard-earned gains, for her support ann protection." To the question whetter It would not be better to have the organisations conducted by priests under the direct influence of religion, the Cardinal frankly replies that he thinks it neither possible cor necessary. "In our countries," he says, "we have abundant means of making Catholics good without going so far." It bein objected that the liberty of the organization exposes Catholics to deadly influences, and associates more dangerous than even Atheists, Communists and Anarchists, the Cardinal said it was tru9, but one proof of faith would not try American Catholics. To such influences they were exposed every day and they knew them well and despised them. The leaders of the Knights of Labor related how these violent, sggresaive elements strove to gain authoiity in their councils or insinuate poison into their principles of the association, and also told of the determination with which tbey were repelled. Danger would arise from a coldness between the church and her children, which nothing would more surely occasion than imprudent condemnations. Special strett being laid upon the violence, even to the shedding of blood which has characterized several strikes inaugurated by worklngmen's associations, the Cardinal says: "I have three things to remark. (1) Strikes are not the invention of the Knights, but a universal, perpetual means by which workingmen protest against what is unjust, and demand their rights. (2) In such a struggle of the multitudes of the poor against hard, obstinate monopoly, wrath and violence are often as inevitable as they are regrettable. (3) The laws and the principal authorities of the Knights, so far from encouraging violence or occasions for violence, exercise a powerful preventive influence, seekine to keep strikes within tha limits of legitimate action. An attentive examination into the violent struggles between labor and capital has convinced me of the injustice of attributing violence to the Knights. Their principal authorities have proved the fact that it is as unreasonable to attribute violence to the Knights as to attribute to the church tbe follies and crimes of her children against which she protests." This thought is admirably developed by the Cardinal. He says the pait of christian prudence is to attempt to bind the hearts cf the multitude with ties of love for the purpose of controlling them by the principles of faith, justice and charity; pad to recognize the truth

and justice of their cause. Removed from that is false and criminal, there will converge Into a legitimate, peaceable, beneficient struggle: that which by repulsive severity Might become for tne masses of our people a volcanic abyss similar to that which society fears and which the church deplores in Europe. The cardinal insists strDngly anc at length on this point He then refers to the aspect of our country; that of popular power regulated by love of order, resptct for religion, obedience to the laws; not a democracy of license and violence, but a true democracy seeking general prosperity by the wayd of sound principles and good social order. Religion Is necessary to preserve so desirable state of affairs. Among the church glorious titles none gives her such influence as that of the "Friend of the People" in our Democratic Nation. That is the title which gains lot the Catholic Church not alone the devotionr. of milliors of her children, bat the respct and admiration of all of our citizens whatever their religious beliefs. He recognized that the great rjuestion of the future is not a question oi war, commerce or finance, but a social question touching the amelioration of the condition of the popular mssses, especially workiagmeii. Therefore it is of soverign importance that the church be found always firmly ranged on the side of humanity and justice toward the multitudes composing the body of the human family. The conditions of the lower classes at present can not and should not continue. The Czar'a Reply to the Students. St. Petef.sbuiu;, March 20. In his reply to tbe address sent him by the students of the university, congratulating him on his escape from the recent plot to assassinate him, the Czar Bays: "I tank the university and hope it will prove Its devotion to roe by deeds not merely on paper and endeavor to efface the grava impression which the part a number ot students took

in the criminal design of my life has created in every one. May God bless and guide the university aright." ", Adjournment of the Reichstag-. Eeki is, March 2S. The Reichstag to-day passed to its third reading the budget, with the budget bills and the loan bill. . On motion of Dr. Windthorst, the pres en t President and Vice-President of the Reichstag were re-elected by acclamation lor the remainder of tbe session. The Reichstag then adjourned over the Easter holidays. The next sitting will be on April 1', Anarchists Convicted. Viexka, March 23. Thirteen Anarchists convicted of complicity in-the plot to set hre to tbe city and to blow up the imperial Ealace at Schoonbrunn with dynamite, ave been sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for terms ranging from one year to twenty years. One other was ac quitted. Another Catholic Priest Arrested. Dublin. March 23. Father Ryan, of the Herbertstown branch of , the National League, was arrested at a hospital yester day for declining to give evidence regard ing his connection with the plan of cam paign. He was conveyed to Dublin. LAST WEEK'S CLEARANCES. State of Trade for the Past Yfeek, With the Percentages of Increase and Decrease. Bostoic, Mass., March 27. The following table shows the gross exchanges at the leading clearing-houses of the United States for tbe week ending March 20, 1337, together with the rate of per cent, of In crease or decrease as compared with the grots exchanges of the corresponding week in 1S80:

New York. J5U.7:r.3.l Dec Si.s Boston 7'.',:0",;-.U Inc .i Philadelphia 5-,54l,'24S lue 9.0 Chicago........ 50,3o,0i0 Iiic 1'..2 Pt, I)uis K.,n."s00 I uc 'J-9 San Franclbco 13.:M,fi::i fnc 2T.j Baltimore 1J.4..VJ15 lue 1VJ Cincinnati.-. lO..yfi fnc 3 l New Orleans- j 10.'.417 Inc 3-2.5 Pitteburs; ,?.,S15 Ia -2t).7 Kansas City T.l?i'.'J"5 lac 70.0 Milwaukee 7,4 r,00. Inc 121 :: Louisville t :t:yv Itc 2".l Providence ! 4,2V.2W Inc 11.4 bLPaui ! ::.4v.i2 lue vi. 1 Detroit........ ! 3.4M.''l lac " Omaha : 2.77:1,573; Inc. ..120.S Minneapolis J, 2.671, 1V Dec 21 Denver , 2.SO2Ss Inc 30 :5 Cleveland.... 2 6- 9.172 Inc 16. -J Merrphis ' 2.019, MO Inc 3.l Columbus ; 1 970,1 5 lue ....-10.8 Wichita, Kan l,57:,&vi Hartford ' l.t"l Dee 3 Indianapolis j l,4l0,0;s Inc 37.u Galveston . l ,077,902 Dec 8.-J New Havea .040,7uo Inc IS.5 Peoria . 1,67.741 Inc ....71.1 St. JoeiD l.M-UlO lue 111.1 Worcester n"GY2 Inc 17.1 Portland ... ,-t 77",0O0 Inc 2.1 gpringfield 772.2'.) Inc 9.1 Norfolk 5.-O20 Dec 20 5 Lc-well I 519,60.'Inc 21.9 Grand Rapids 1 SKi 9- s.Itic ......4 .9 Syracuse I 475,50'., Inc ...... 2.5 Total '$ S5S,f.l-.,S9'.'Doc 9.7 Outside of New York ... 310.tfll.4'.3irr,c 1S.6

Wichita not Included in totals. THE UNION LABOR PARTY. Efforts Being Made to Secure the Presence of Henry George at a Mass Meeting. Chicago, March 2S. There was great activity to-day about the headquarters of the United Labor party in the old Board of Trade building. Arrangements were being made for a large number of mass meetings throughout the dillerent wards during the week. The greatest confidence prevailed among the people who crowded headquarters that' Nelson would be the next Major. "The Union Labor party," said one of the workers, "polled l'J 000 votes in this city last fall. We have already naturalized 3,100 new voters for next Tuesday's election, and besides we will get thousands of votes from the Democratic party on account of the Democratic condition of affairs here." An effort is being made to secure the presence of Henry George at a mass meetirg at Battery D Armory on Saturday night. Interest Revived. Nmv York, March 2S. The interest In the Baltimore and Ohio deal was revived today by the sudden departure of Frank C. Holiins for Baltimore on a special train this morning. This is strong confirmation of the reports connecting Atchison with the deal. It is probable tbat the roads in which Mr. Holiins is director, especially the Lake Erie and Western and the new system of which it is to form a part, will aho have an Interest In the Baltimore and Ohio purchase.

What Kept Him In OfHce. Chicago, March 23. "The political destruction of Carter Harrison," T. J. Morgan says, "was caused by the same element that made him Mayor of Chicago. He was elected and beaten by the Socialists. They were tbe people who kept him in power for eight years. He was ungrateful and never acknowledged the fact that he owed us his repeated elections, and so will every man meet political death if he nses the labor movement for his own political advancement." f '"" .r--v

HAVE BEEN REJECTED

Bogus Claims for Nearly 500,000 Acres of Land Reisctsi American Kmiactcrers Invitsi to Send Exhibits to Milan, Italy. 1 Decision of tha Treasury Department as to the Duty cn Wools. Standard Silver Dollars Cane Sngar Making Pensions for Indlanlans Granted Yesterday appointments, Etc. PKKS1AN WOOL IMPORTATIONS. Assistant Secretary Fatrchtld's Decision as to the Country of Exportation. Waphisgtos, March 2?. The Collector of Customs at Philadelphia has submitted for the decision of the Treasury Department a question as to what shall be considered the country of exportation in the case cf certain Tersian wool which arrived at Philadelphia from London, consigned to local merchants. The appraiser estimates the dutiable'value of the wool at its market value in London on the date of exportation to the United States. The importers protest against this action. They represented that the merchandise was purchased at Bagdad for shipment at Bussoras to a fort in the United States as directly as the means of transportation would allow, London being only a port of transhipment, occasioned by tbe fact that there is no direct communication between Bussoras and Philadelphia. They hold, therefore, tbat the market value of the wool at Bussoras on the date of exportation is the value to be estimated for the purpose of fixing the classification of the wool. In a letter to the Collector at Philadelphia on the subject Acting Secretary Fairchild ssys tbat under tbe provisions of the wool schedule the duty on wools is depetdent upon the value thereof at the last tort or place whence imported to the United States. The functions of the Appraiser are therefore, he sajs, restricted to tbe finding of the last port of shpiment, which they are to determine by all reasonable means in their power, and from this decision the only remedy accorded importers is to reappraisement. THEIR TITLES NOT GOOD. Several Claims In Kew Mexico Rejected by the Land Commissioner. Washington, March 2 The Commissioner of the General Land Office has approved and sent to the b.cretary of the Interior for transmission to Congress reports from the Surveyor General of Kew Mexico in private land claims, as follows: The Sierra Mosea claim for 113,200 acres. He recommends this claim for rejection oa tbe ground that tbe evidence i& not sufficient to make out a case. Tbe Alameda (Spanish) claim for 100,274 acres. Tbe Surveyor-General says that the evidence in this case fails to show that the grantee ever entered into the actual possession of the land or complied with other conditions of title required by the royal laws of Spain. The claim is recommended for rejection. Tbe Arroyo De San Lorenzo claim for 13S.139 acres was also recommended for rejection for similar reasons. The San Clements claim for 89.413 acres, atd the Muestra Senora Del Pilas claim for 22,575 acres were recommended for rejection on the ground tbat the evidence of any right or title in the claimants to the tracts described had not been produced.; .appointments by the President. Washington, March 23. The President made the following appointments to-day: Daniel A. Carpenter, of Knoxvllle, Tenn., to be l'ension Agent at Knoxvllle, Tenn.; Charles W. Irish, of Iowa City, Iowa, to be Surveycr-General of Nevada, William Hall of Salt Lake City, Utah, to be Secretary of Utah Territery. The following to be Receivers of Public Moneys: John Treacv, of Xebraska,at North Platte, Neb.; Gould B. Elakeley, of Nebraska, at Sidney, Neb.; Albert W. C, Betes, of Nebraska, at Chadron, Neb.; Alexis E. Lernen, of iLouisiana, at Natchitoches, La.; Benjamin F. Burch, of Oregon, at Oregon City, Ore.; Thomas W. Slusher, of Oregon, at The Dalles, Ore.; Frack S. Demers, of Minnesota, at Fargo, Dak. ; Henry O. Billings, of Illinois, at Hailty, Idaho; John S. Hough, of Colorado, at Lake City, Col. ; E. N. Fitch, of Michigan, at Reed City, Mich. Registers of LamTOÜice: G. W. Carrington, of Wisconsin, at Ashland, Wis ; Milton Montgomery, of Nebraska, at Chadron, Neb. ; John Adam, of Nebra3ka, at Sidney, Neb.; Henry A. Yung, of Kansas, at Kirwin, Kas. Richard D. Gwyder, of Covington, Ky., to be agent of tbe Indians of the Colville Agency, in Washington Territory; James R Jordan, of Virginia, to be Marsaal of the United States for the Western District of Virginia. Railway and Canal Transportation. Washington, March 23. The Navy Department is still prosecuting the inquiries begun some time ago relative to the ability of the railways and canals of the country to transport boats and naval material from the sea to inland waters. It has been learned that the facilities of the existing railroads are limited to the ability to transport boats of an extreme length of 110 feet, while the Erie Canal will permit the passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the lakes of torpedo boats 100 feet in length. As the torpedo craft is necessary for the defense of the lake ports, and are not required to be as seaworthy and as large as these intended for the protection of the seacoast, it is believed that the existing facilities are ample. The fact that these inquiries by the department were begun more than a year ago is regarded by naval officers as a sufficient answer to any influence tbat might be drawn to the effect that they indicate preparations for a struggle growing out of the fisheries dispute. Artificial Hatter. Washington, March 23. A statement prepared at the office of the Commissioner of internal Revenue shows that there are thisty-seven factories engaged in the manufacture of artificial butter now in operation in the United States, as follows: Two in Denver, Colo.; eleven in Chicago, 111.; one in Keokuk, Iowa; one in Kansas City, Mo.: one in Armourdale, Kas.; one in Ashland, Wis.; three in Hurley, Wis.; ons in Eau Claire, Wis ; one in Chippeway, Wis. There are 3,547 retail dealers in oleomargarine in the United States who paid special taxes as such in the months of November and December, 1S80, and January, 1.N87. The number of wholesale dealers is 2C0. The quantity of oleomargrrine manufactured and removed for consumption or sale at 2 cents per pound during th last four months is as follows: November,

ISfC. 4,724,590 pounds; December, ISSo, 2,780,728 pounds; January, 1887, 2,501,114 pounds; February, lsb7, 015,573 pounds; total, 12,045,740 pounds. The quantity exported from the Unite I States is aa follows: November, 1SS5, 3,217 Jounds; December, 18S0, 5S.CS0 pouuds; aruary, 1SS7, 52,701 pounds , February, 1887, 38,100 pounds; total, 152,7y pounds.

Pensions, epeclal to tbe Sentinel.' Washington, March 28. The following named Indianians were granted pensions to-day: Carinii, mother of Constant Cole, Union City, Pathel, widow of John Turpin, Richmond; Mary, mother of William Yantz, South Bead; Ellen, widow of James McDonald, II illsburg: Maria, widow of Daniel shewman, Kokoino; Martha, widow of Jeremiah Hornback, MontieeliO: arah Huston, i r widow of Georje Powall. Mount Yeraon : Emily, widow of Andrew Copcn Paver. Kriendwood; James Uarr.s, Stendall; Henry Miles, Bowling Green; Jonn Buskirk, Eloomington; Isaac Noe, Spencer; Seymour Clas son, Lopansport: Abner Brown, L"ogootee; James Yut ll, Elizabeth; William Wands, Lexington; Merritt Banta, Mount bterlini?; Michael Busk, Terra Haute; Cyrus Nichols, Whiteville; James Richardson, Sullivan; Joseph Sheroa, Richmond; John Harris, Colfsx: Emanuel Wolf, Atwood: John Turpin, Richmoud: George Snyder, Ladoga; David MeOuatt, Indianapolis; Amos King, Syracuse; Riley Kingcn, Greenfield : Elnathan Davis, Forest; Frederick 8Dr!ckeroff, Dilliboro; John Amnions, Marion; John Murphy, Logansport; Andrew Copenhavey, Friendhwood. Increase El wood Ruddick, Seymour. Re-isMie Parke, Bloomington. Cane Sogar-Maklng. Washis.tox, March 28. Commissioner Col man has returned from Louisiana, whither he went, three weeks ago, to prepare the way for experiments in cane sugarmaking by the diffusion process. "I have selected the Governor Warmouth plantation, as you already know," he said to an Atscciated Press reporter, ''as the place where we shall make the trial. The outlock is very promising, though I have made and shall make no prophecies as to retults. The result of our work with cane in Kansas was far beyond expectations, though we labored under many dilliculties. Experts who examined our cane before it WBS shipped said that its yield would be only about ninety pounds per ton, yet we got about 140 pounds. If our experiments in Louisiana prove as successful as we hope, the planters will then be enabled to compete successfully with beet-sugar interests beyond a doubt." Of Interest to American Manufacturers. Washington, March 2S. The Department of State has received information from the Consul at Milan, Italy, tbat there will be held in that city in the mouths of May and June next an "international exhibition of flour-milling machinery and apparatus connected with bread making, Italian paste making, rice dressing and similar industries." The Consul advises American manufacturers to send exhibits. He states that American machinery generally eEjoys a high reputation in Italy. The Consul further states that the committee have authorized him to say that articles destined for the exhibition from the United States will be received even after the opening of the exhibition. He gives the following address for intending exhibitors: 'Comitato Esecutivo Del L' Esposizione internazional di spparecchi per macinazone, etc., Portici settentrional, 21. Milan. Italy." Standard silver Dollars. Washington, March 23. The issue "of standard silver dollars from the mints daring the week ending March 20 was $132, 387; during the corresponding period of last year, $439,4'JO. The shipments of fractional silver ccln allien March 1 amounted to f 332.00$. Suit Against the U. aud OA New York, March 2S. David Decker, owner of a number of canal boats between this city and Elizabeth, N.J., beerun suit to day in the United States Circuit Court against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and the Staten Island Rapid TraLsit Railroad Company. The defendants propose to build a bridge across the Arthur Kill between Staten Island and Jersfy City to connect with the railroad, joining the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Borndbrook. Decker claims that if the bridce is built it will prevent him from reaching the Raritan River, and he asks for an injunction to stop the railroad companies from building. Excitement In the Coffee aiarket. New York, March 28. There was more excitement in the coffee market to-day than for a long time. There has been quite a short interest and Brszil receipts have been very small. There are also apprehensions that the import tax on rtour by puting tbat tax on American flour, which has been our leading export to Brazil, will increase our freight cost. The advance was 1?4 francs and the market opened here 00 points higher. The sales were over MO.000 bags by noon and one house bought all the April that was effered at 13 The "shorts'' were bdly frightened. Declared a Draw. Piiii.APELrniA, March 23. The fight between Jimmy Mitchell, of this city, and Taddy Smith, of Brooklyn, for the Police Gazette diamond belt and the light-weight championship of America, took place to-night in the fifth floor of a building in the heart of the city. In the sixteenth round Mitchell struck Smith a heavy blow in the stomach, causing him to fall on his face from sheer weakness. The fight was then declared a draw amid a scene of wild confusion. Fonr-Oance Glove Ficht. St. Pacl, March 23. A glove fight for the colored championship of the world aud $000 a side, took place to-night between Billy Wilson, of- St. Paul, and the "Black Diamond" (Harry Woodson), of Chicago. Tbe terms included fifteen rounds with four ounce gloves. In the fifth round Woodson pushed Wilson down twice in succession, standing over him and striking him after he was down. The police here rushed upon the stage, but the referee had already given the fight to Wilson on afoul. Filed Articles of Incorporation. S ring field, 111., March 2S. Articles of Incorporation were to-day filed for the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad Comany. The principal office is to be at 'eoria. Capital stock $4,500,000. The railway is to extend from a point on tbe eastern boundary line of Illinois, in Iroquois County, to the city of Warsaw and to the town of Hamilton on the Mississippi River, and by abranch from Laharpe to Burlington, Iowa. Riebard K. Fox, of New York, has notified Messrs. Bush and Colt, owners of the Coronet and Dauntless, that he will, upon receipt of their approval, ofier a $5,000 cup for a race between the two yachts from Fastnet Island to Sandy Hook, N. J. Acting Secretary Fairchild has designated tbe Boise City National Bank of Boise City, Idaho, for the reception, safe keeping and disbursement of public funds advanced to disbursing officers of the War Department.

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The Personal IiMitj of tie Sta&tolders cf a Defunct National Eank. The lonc-Standlng McDoogal Case OI Interest to Commercial Travelers A Court Order. Washington, March 23 A decision was rendered by the United States Supreme Couit to day m case No. 7, originaler parte," George M. Bain, Jr., petitioner. This court decided that inasmuch as the indictment upon which Bain was tried in the court below was changed after it came frcm the Grand Jury it was not tL indictment of the Grand Jury wlthlu the meaning of the Constitution, and the court had not tbe right to try and sentence him upon it. The prisoner is therefore en titled to a writ ot habeas corpus, and it is. granted. Opinion by Justice Miller. A decision was also rendered In the insolvent batk case of Aloczo Richmond, Charles Comstock and others against Agnes F. Irons and Andrew loskett, executor, and executrix of James Irons, decked, and otbeis. Appesl from the Uai'.v' t Circuit Court for the Northern District oi Illinois. This was a suit to enforce the personal liability of the stockholders foe the debts of the insolvent Mmufacturers,1, National Bank of Chicago. A Master,' appointed by the court below to ascertain the amounts of tbe debt3 and assets of the bank, reported on the 25th day of May, lSo, that the indebtedness of the bank at that time was $310,733; that $00,346 should be added to that sura for tLe expenses of the receivership, making a total of $110,07'.. and that the necessary assessment upon the stockholders ta pay said indebtedness was 83.2 per cent, orr the cat itai stock of $500,00. Many exceptions were made to the Master's report, but they were all overruled, and a decree was eLtered against each stockholder severally for the amount ccmpated to be due from" him according to the amount of his stock. From this decree Richmond, Cornstock and others appealed. This court holds: 1. That the. action of the Circuit Court in permitting amendment to the original pleadicga is justified by the rules on ttht subject as stated by this court in tbe case of Neale vs. 2"eale (0 Wallace. 1) and in the Tremolo patent (S3 Wallace 51 etc. 2 TL at the statute of limitations, eers if appliable as a bar to this proceedirg, ceased to run against tbe creditors of the bank entitled to the benefit of the decree from tbe time when the amended bill was filtd in October, 1S70. It had not then taken fiect. .;. That the obligation of a deceased stockholder survives as against his persoral representatives. 4. That Comstock is liable on stock sold by him in good faith, but eo transferred 00 tbe back's books, as well as on stock sold with the knowledge of the bank's insolvency. 5. That the stockholders are by law exone rated from tha obligation to contribute to the payment of alt iaims in class D, Eirounticg in the aggregate to$ls3,000. 0. That the creditors are entitled to interest on the debts of the bank as against the stockholders; aud, 7. Tbat the stockholders are not bound to contribute, as a debt due from the bank or themselves, to a fund for the payment of the expenses of the receier ship. The decree of the Circuit Court, in so far ts it is inconsistent with the foregoing dfcision, is reversed md the cause remanded with directions tj proceed therein as justice and equity may require in conforming with tbis decision. Opinion by Justice MalLews. A decision was also rendered by the ccurt to day in the Virginia coupon tax Cf se of William L. Roy all against the State cf Virginia. This is" an "appeal from a judgment pronounced aga:nst Royall by the Supreme Court of Appeals of irginia on the 25th of February last, in a case in wt ichhe was prosecuted by the State for. practicing Ins profession as a lawyer without a license after having tendered the said ttde's coupons in payment of his license tax. This court holes that the present esse can not be disting jibbed in principle from that of Royad vs. Virgnra (110 U. S., 572), and on that authority the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia is reversed and the cause remanded with directions to allow the wrii of error which was prayed for. Opinion by Chief. Justice Waite. A decision was also rendered in the langslacding case of the UnUed States azainst John Paul Jones, admini;ratr r of George McDoogal. Appeal from the Court of C.'airxs. a his suit had i?s origin in a contract entered into April 5, 152, between P. M. Wozencraft, Fuited States Indian Agent in California, and George McDougall to supply certain Indians with 050,0.0 pounds of beef. Thi beef was duly furnished, and Indian Agent Wozencraft gave tbe contractor, McDocgalL, drafts on the Secretary of the Interior amounting in tte aggregate to $1,250. The Interior Department regarded tbe contract as unauthorized and illegal, and refused to honor the drafts. On December 1, 1SS4, the Secretary referred the case to the Court of Claims under the provisions of section 1,083 of the Revised Statutes and the court gave judgment Intavcrof the appellee for $51.250, disallowing the sum of $iy,5C0 claimed, in addition to the judgment, under tbe terms ot the contract. Frcm this judgment both parties appealed, the Government insisting that the claimant ought net to recover anything, whiie the latter maintained that he ought to have had judgment for $1'J,500 more. This court holds tbat the contractof April 5, 1852, upon which this claim is based, imposed no legal obligation upon the United Slates, and that the judgment of the Court of Claims in favor. of McDougall's administrator waa errosecus. The judgment is theref ere reversed, and the case remanded with directions to dismiss the petition. Opinion by Justice Harlan. A, decision was also rendered in the ccuV pon tax case of IL A. Carper, joilor of Pa Ja?ki County, Virginia, against Richard LV Fitzgerald.' Appeal from the United Statesr Circuit Court for the Lastern Division ot Virginia, Fitzgerald, the appellee in this case, is a traveling salesman for the firm ot Austin Fields & Co., of Philadelphia. Ha was arrested in Pulaski County, Virginia,' for doing business without a licensei after he bad made an ofier oC, tax receivable coupons In paymenU of such license. Upon a writ oil habeas corpus he was discharged from cas-, tody by Judge Bond, of the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District o Virginia, sitting as Circuit Judge In chambers at Baltimore. The State of Virginia,'? through its jailor, appealed from Judge Bond's decision to this court. This courtholds that the act of March 3, 1SS5, allows appeals in habeas corpus cases oniy from: the decision of a Circuit Court, and that; the decision of a Circuit Judge sitting inc chambers is not a decision of the court even although Buch judge may order the papers filed and his order recorded in thq Circuit Court. The appeal is, therefore, ttsmied, Qpiaioa by $4?: J Klltf )YUt,

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