Ligonier Banner., Volume 18, Number 49, Ligonier, Noble County, 20 March 1884 — Page 2

@ v g "x.!‘ ,yi; 05 % he Figowier Banuey, & . g gy : ¥ S 0 ol s J. B, STOLL, Editor. MW___* WW._______ THURSDAY MARCH 20, 1884. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONYENTION, . nk 3 h & et R Sy . Call of the Central Committee, ? : INDIANAPOLIS, Feb, 28, 1884, ' The electors of - lmli?zm regardless of past political affilliations, who are desirous of cooperating With the Democracy in the support, ot its principles and nomineés, and who are in favor of an honest and economical administra~ tion: of our public atfairs, and opposed to the corrupt practices of the Hepublican party, are invited to participate in the meetings throughout the Stateé for the purpose of gelécting Xeprosentatives to attend a delegate convention'to be held in. the city of Indianapolis, Wednesday, June 25, 1884, at English’s opera house, for the purpose of adopting a platform .of principles and the nomination of candidates to be. supported for the tollowing offices: ; ‘' Governor, . . . Lieutenant-Governor, One Judge Supreme Court, : . Necretary of state, : <« Auditor of State, ; Treasurer of State, : Reporterof the Supreme Court, s Atrorney-General, 2 sSuperintendent of Public Instruction, - The ratio of representation will be one delegate tor each two hundred votes Gast for wm, R, Myers for Secretary of State in 1882, and one delegate for each traction of one hundred or over, 3 ' 2

The delegates from each Congressional district will meet on the evening previous to the convention, at places to be herearter designated by this committee, tor the pyrpose of selecting and reporlgng to the conveut‘fon— ; iOne Committecman on Péfmanent Organization, - i lUnc Committeman on Platform and Resolutions, “ b LR One Vice-President for the Convention, One Assistanit Secretary for the Convention, Two delegates to National Democratic Convention, . i 2 Two ulternate delegates to National Democratic Convention, = i

One Presidential Elector, .. - ! One contingent Presidential Elector, One member of the State Central Committee to serve for the ensuing twQ years, | One Committeeman on Credentials, .

I'ne cominjttee on Platform and Kesolutions will meet immediately atter adjournment ot District meetings, say 9 o'clock, p. m.,at t\)e consultation room ot the Supreme Court, Tuesday evening, June 24, 1D R

| 'l'he comumittee on Permanent Organization will meet at the same hour in the Stute Auditor's oftice, 1t will be their duty) to name a President and Principal Secretary of the convention, tour delegutes at large and four alternaté delegates to the National Convention, two Eiectors'tor the State at large and two contingeht klectors, and also to recommend rules for wne governmentof the convention, . © - 'mﬁ- committee on Credentials will ‘meet at 8 o'clock a, ~ Wednesday, June 25, at rooms of the Stute Central Committee, to determine such contests as may be submitted to them, Deiegute tickets of admigsion to the confvention will be issued to -the chai&pan of each county delegation and to authorized representatives of the press upon the presentation of credentials at- the Siate Central Committee rooms, . 1 | By order of the State Democratic Central Conpuittee, SRR 3 . -

00, JosmPr B, McDONALD, Chairman, Jos, L, lymmr. Secretary, g

DEMOCRATIC MASS CONVENTION.

¢ Imaccordance with a resolution passed at a :fneeting’ of the Demov_aglc .County Central ~Committte on Saturday, March 8, 1884, the undersigned as chairman of said committeo was “«irected to call 8 mass corivention of the Democrats of Noble county at the court: liouse in Albion, on - .

+ Thurhday,_,Mny‘Qs’, 1884,

for the purpose. of selecting delegates and alternates to the Democm{tic- state convention at Indianﬂ)olis,, -~ June (25, 1884, Congressignal, Senatorial and such other district conventions as max hereafter be called. 1t is earnestly requested that each township be well represented, at this mebting, as the business to be transacted is of an important character, . OWEN BLACK, Chairman,

“ALBION TOWNSHIP,

The ljegloom? of “Albion township will meet in mass convention at the court housein Albion

Saturday, April 5,

at 2 o’cloek, for-the/purpose of placing in nomination candidates tx,oo)ae‘ voted for at the April election. It will alsg’ be the duty of the convention to select a township committeeman for the ensuing two years, . OWEN BLACK, = - { Township Committeeman.

JEFFERSON' TOWNSHIP.

The Democracy of Jefferson fownship will meet in mass convention at the Jefferson Center school house, on i‘ VL T o saturday, [March 290, at 1 o’clock p.'m.,, for the purpose bf placing in nemination candidates for tlfggollgwilng named offices; to be filled at the April election: =~ One Trustee, two Justices of the Peace and two Constables, It will also be the'duty of said convention to select a 'townshi&) committeeman for the ensuing two years, and the/ transaction of such agher business as may come up in the meeting, : J. J, TRUMBO, . Township Committeeman,

ELKHART, TOWNSHIP, .= The Den’xoerma‘ of Elkhart wwnshi;; widdl meet in ;nnaqn; convention at the gchool house in Waaka, o p Ld vr . Saturday, March 29,

at 1 o’¢lock p. m., for the purpose of placing in nominatipn candidates for the following named offices, to be filled at the April election : i One Trustee, one Justice, of the Peace, and two Constables. It will also be the dutly of said convention to select.a township committeeman for the ensuing two years, A. H, SMITH, e { T%wnship Committeeman,

NOBLE TOWNSHIP.

i i Tm— £ i The . Democracy of Noble ship will meet in conventl(?n at the old mh%oursbc on ;

Thursday, March 27, ; at one o’clock, p. m., for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates ggf the foﬁowing named offices, to be filled at the April election : - One Trustee, one Justk;g of the Peace,and two constables, -It will algo be the dut‘v of said convention to select’a township committeeman to'serve for the ensuing two cyea.rl A G. C. SEYMOURB, ; Township Committceman,

GREEN TOWNSHIP,

The Democracy of Green township will meet in mass- convention at Green Center school housé,on i i

Saturday, March 29, at 1 o'clock p. m., for the puz'Fos' e of placing in nomination candidates for Trustee and such other.offices to be filled at the April election. It will aJso be the duty of said cohvention to sdlect a township committeeman to serve for the ensuirig two years. WM. C. DAVIS, Township Committeeman,

, WAYNE TOWNSHIP,

The Democratic voters of Wayne township will hold ’a caucus at Gappinger Hall on Saturday, March 29th, at one o’clock p. m., for the purpose of nominating a_candidate for trustee and to transact any other business that anay properly come before the convention, ° | N, B, NEWNAM,; Committeeman, | et Qe e 3 ' ORANGE TOWNSHIP.

The Demoerats ot Oran ge»toquhiii{oare requested to meet in the Town Hall, Rome City, Indiana, on b . - Saturday, March 22, 1884, at 2 o’clock p.m, for the purpose of nominating township officers and cransacting such.other businéss as may come hefore the meeting. : T, H. SmMrTH,’ . Committeeman.

e stmetll @ W ien | 2 ‘WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, The Democrats of thig townshi;l; and others wishing an economical'administration of public affairs are ru}t{legtgd to meet at Washington Center Bchool House, on' i : b Thursday, April 3, 1884, at 2 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of placing in nomination a ticket to be voted for at.the coming April election. Also, to transaect such other business as may come before the meejing. JACOB HONTZ, Chairman, b : ; ‘SWAN TOWNSHIP, - ‘ The Democrats and all others 6f Swan Township who are in favor of an ecoromical administration of wv;%ship affairs are requested_to meet at Swan Cénter School House, on ; © - Saturday, March 29, 1884; at 2 o’¢lock p. m. for the purpose of placing ih nomination candidates to be supp: at the t:’im;ﬂ‘n.lecuon Also, to WM?Q usinessas may comeu ) nvention, O T RN RN DG HR, Ohateraar,

T T TI L RT e B S 4 A Eden Township, Lagrange County.

The Demoarats f this township as well as all others who ‘arq}ln favor of a government for the people a‘mk by the PCOF‘O’ are requested to meet at the Election School House, on Friday Afternéon, March 28, for the purpose of placing'in nomination a ticket to be voted for af the coming A&ril clocth:m. Come out, COMMITTEE. e L i i e s st THE immediate friends of Hon. Charles. . Reeve, whose name has been very favorably imentioned in connection with the Lieuf. Governorship, now propose to elect him Judge of the Marshall and Fulfon circuit. bt B e ’ Rey. MyroxN W. ReeD, of Indianapolis,” who is generally considered the ablest and most. eloquent preacher io the State, has accepted a call to Denver, Colorado, te which place be will shortly remove. His prospective removal is very generally regretted by the citizens of Indisnapolis, ConanEsewAN SPmmorr, of Tl nois, says that the Democracy of his State is.a unit for Tilden and Hendricks. A Missoari ' m«m Bays the Demiocrats of his State are so determined to have the “old ticket” that they, wpdl o e Wi “dead or alive” “The old ticket boom has: staying qualjties. L

Tae LaPorte Argus of last week ‘contained this bit of important infor‘mation: “The driven well case that ‘was expected: would come up before ‘Judge Drummond at Indianapolis last j week was postponed on the actfon of the patentees, who were ’not" ready for trial. It is expected the case will be heard either' by Judge Drummond or Judge Blodgett in a short time.” .

INDICATIONS point unmistakably to a “red-hot” fight in the coming republican State convention over the prohibition question, The temperance people will insist upou a prohibition plank, while the managers will do their utmost to suppress anything like an unequivocal expression upon that gubject. A failure to adopt the former policy is quite apt to lead to the nomination of a straight-out prohibition ticket. :

IN' ST. JOSEPH COUNTY quite a number of prohibitionists have been choseén as delegates 'to the republican State conventio_n‘.f-: These gentlemen will go to Indianapolis with a view to enforcing their ideas both with reference to the nomination of candidates and the framing of a platform. They are radically opposed to Major Calkins and intend to cast their votes for the big wagon makepr, Clem Studebaker. ) ]

A VERY Dbitter feelifg is springing up between the supporters of Major Calkins and those of Col. Dudley. The former charge the latter with duplicity, if not downright dishonesty in becoming a candidate for Governor after baving given the most positive assurances that he (Dudley) would under no circumstance permit the use of his name in connection with the gubernatorial nomination. A week ago 1t looked as if Dudley would have a walk-over in his contest with Major Calkins, but a reaction has evidently set in, and the contest will not be near o one-sided as the friends of Dudley had fondly anticipated; Damaging revelations concerning Col. Dudley’s anpopularity at home are also having considerable effect by way of strengthening Major Calkin’s chances.

THE announcement of Judge Holman’s refusal to become a candidate for Governor is sincerely regretted by all who have a proper conception of the Judge’s eminent services to the country, and of his consequent availability as a.gubernatorial candidate. With Judge Holman at the head of the ticket, we could have safely relied upon the co-(jperation and active support of thousands of voters who do not acknowledge allegiance to the democratic party. While 'sincerely deploring the Judge's determination not to bécome the standard bearer of the Indiana Democracy, we can console ourselves with the reflection that an appreciative coostituency will return him to his seat in: Congress, where he can continue to guard the interests of the whole country, and frustrate the base designs of public plunderers. : |

: Tém. Democrats of St. Joseph county lield a delegate conventivh at South Bend, last Saturday, for the purpose of appointing delegates tu the State, congressional and judicial conventions. Representative Democrats from every township of the county were in attendance, and. the best of feeling prevailed. During a recess, rendered necessary by the transaction of important | comnmittee work, a canvass was made to ascertain the presidential preferences of the delegates in attendance. The following is the result: For Tilden .and Hendricks, 69; for Joseph E.McDonald,l3; for Thos. A. Hendricks, 4; for Roswell P. Flower, 4, The {lelegates to the congressional eonvention were instructed to vote for the nomination of B. V. Bingham, of Mishawaka, for representative in Congress. Mr. Bingham is aigentleman of excellent qualifications, has & highly creditable military record, and will be very earnestly supported in convention by. the St. Jos delegation. it L

THE Rochester Semntinel broadly intimates that the Valparaiso Messenger published by Eng.lbert Zimmerman, is about to follow the Wabash Courier in going over to the Republicans. The Messenger is at variance:with some 'of the demoecratic managers in Porter county, and is al times ‘inclined to kick over the.traces, but in view of the fact that the Republicans already have two organs’at Valparaiso, we. hardly think the predicted “flop” will soon take place. Bro. Zimmerman, like Liee Linn, has a grievance-—-béing defeated forprison director in 1883 — but he has sense enough to know that there -is’ not’ a - sufficient number of prison directorships to go aronnd among = all ‘the democratic pencil pushers in the State. - He also doubtless realizes that when the proprietor of a State organ reaches out for a slice of that kind it behooves the country editor to take. a back seat. We venture to assert that “little Zim" will not flop, the Rochester Sentinel to the contrary notwithstanding. g

Tue Warsaw Union last week offered the suggestion that Colonel I. B. McDonald would make: an excellent candidate for . Lieut. Governor. The Union’s judgment in regard to this! matter is shared by a hnst of the Colo- i nel’s friends throughout Northern Indiana, and if he should conclude to become a candidate for that position he would doubtless receive their earnest and enthusiastic support. But we desire to uvail ourself of the opporfu--nity of “dropping a few remarks” to the friends of possible candidatés for nomination from tlgis part of the State, to this effect: There is danger of too' many candidates being brought to the front from this corner of the Hoosier commonwealth, The yoracious coun- i ty of Allen has several candidates tor] Btate offices. DeKalb is clamorous for Freeman Kelley’s nomination for Lient. Governor; Marshall county has “ trotted out Charley Reeve for the same position ; Elkhart county is quite likely to be homored with a judgeship. ‘Now, if the northern counties continne to increase the list of candidates indefinitely, the probabilities are that. the honors will be carriéd away by aspirants from sections where l'm! rivalry is prevalent and where better jodgment is exercised. A little more doncert of action, and an occasional’ ‘comparison of notes by leading Democrats cannat be too sirongly commend;.3WmNﬂ4Ml interested in. the amicable adjustment of such mat-

A FEW DAYS BINCE the editor of ‘THE BANNER sat at his table to write permit the use of his name mg%m tion with the nomination for Goves nor. He had written three lines on “clip paper” when he was suddenly ‘called from his work to attend to 'some matter of business. While thus engaged the editor’s “young hopeful” —Edgar, aged ten, and, by the way, something of a politician,— glanced over the unfinished “copy.” Noticing that the sentence had mot been completed, young Edgar seized a pencil and procéeded to put on the finishing fouch. The editor had written: | i “It may be set down as a foregone con'ch;ys,ion that Hon. Wm, 8, Holman will not'’— To which the junior 'sagaciously added: 3 i “be a. fool.” / Returning to his editorial labor the editor espied the addition that had been made, and, indulging in a hearty laugh, concluded that the sentence thus constructed required no further elucidation.

PBOKIB?TION{IBTS VB. CALKINS. : '(LaPorte Argus.)

The temperance agitators of this State seem disposed to sit down hard on Major Calkins because he sjoke the reverse of ecomplimentary about them in @& recently published interview. The Major Was nearer right on that matter than he usually gets on political questions, but we thought at the time he was applying a fly blister to a raw place on his party. The New Carlisle Qazette thinks “ he cooked his gubernatorial and congressional goose in that interview,” but we think the fanatics will all support him if he is nominated by his party. IHis position on the temperanee question will make no difference with them, for as a rule, their temperance-doctrines have never struck in deep enough to influenee them to vote against the candidates of the republican party. THE REPUBLICAN DILEMMA. (Harrisburg Patriot.) ‘'

There will be harmony in the Damocratic party on the tariff question. There will be a solid democratic front in fajior of a reasonable reduction of the surplus revenues. But how is it, and bow will it be with the Republicans? Tlhey are not united on the tariff, and they. give no'sign in f&vor of a reduction of caxation. ‘

- The brains of the republiean party are for free trade; The brightest and most widely circulated republican journals are opposed to “protection.” The New ‘York Times, New Yerk Post, Buffalo Express, Springfield (Mass?) Republican, Chicago Tribune, and many western republican papers are the mest vigorous advocates of tariff reform. It is impossible, therefore, for the republican party to cohere if the revenue question becomes an issue, This facts accounts for the milk in /the republicar cocoanut at Washington. The leaders of the “grand old party” - want the tariff bill knozked in the head in committee of the whole for fear that theix party will be divided if it should become the principal question in the presidential canvass. - '

] But no matter what is done or what | is left undone in Congress, the surplus revenue of a hundred millions of dollars annually is a matter which neither party will dare to ignore‘in its national plattorm. With the wages of labor cut down to six dollars a week in some of the protected industries and exeessive federal taxation pressing the life out of tke workingman, no candidate for president will come within gun-shot of the White House who is the nominee of a party which favors the maintenance of the present enormoug surplus revenue. No glittering generality, no trick of phraseology, will enable the republican party to evade the burning question of the time. Nevertheless -the national convention of that party ‘will 'seek to evade it.. The same old’ platitudes -about “protection to Amierican industry” and other ad captandum phrasing of a similar character will be relied 'upon to deceive the people just once more. But this familiar. chicanery will not impose upon the intelligence of the eountry in the white light of educated public opinion. : The republican leaders may as well make. up their minds that they will not be permitted agein to play double on the revenue question. They cannot meke a platform in which free trade and -protectionist Republicans -can stand side by side. They cannot invent a revenue plank which awill hold Pennsylvania and lowa, They must turn the cold shoulder either to ‘the East or the West, Such is the in‘exorable ¢logic of events now taking ‘place and soon to occur, ) ; MEN AND MEASURES. A cardinal article of the democratic creed has been ‘‘measures, not men. The idea is a good one, meaning that priociples are. everything; and that individuals ‘amount to very little in ‘the maintenancs of @ cause, founded upon the eternal principles of right, 80 that the agents who carry into practical operation those principles are capable and honest in the performance of the functions that devolve upon them. Honesty and capability ‘was the standard set up by Thomas Jefferson us the rule and guide for the selection of all agents of governmental administration, and if politicians of the present day weré fully governed by the Jeffersonian rule, it ‘would .make very little difference what man or set of men might be inducted into public office by the voice of the people. so that they would goyern their official actions by the principles of common honesty, and were capable t’? fill the places to which they might be called ecreditably to themselves and the country. -~ ‘Unfortunately the condition of public morale that has prevailed for the last twenty years, judging from the manifold frauds that have been exposed in the public service, is mot calculated to beget the belief that all men in high station are traly honest, although they may be very capable. With the knowledge of this fact before i ot e e tion of the Hon. William 8, Holman' ‘po&-mwnlt%m‘ma&;bi%ﬁﬁmw fore the approaching democratic State convention as o candidate for the office of Governor. A loog and ansullied publio service has given Judge Hottim ‘%;:‘;?&é bt spo ““ ‘

very few men now in the service of the people. The popular heat is with him, apd the thinking men of the State would give him their suffrages in%faﬁ;mué;i;regudless of party ties, for the reason that they bave confidence in the man. That class of citizens has come to the conclusion that it is quite as essential to have a man in executive office who possesses the will and ‘the disposition to carry out measures necessary for the promotion of thepublic weal, as it is to sustain a system of ‘governmental ethics that they believe to underlie the existence of free institutioms. They believe that men and measures should }go hand in ‘hand. Experience has demonstrated that Judge Holn:an has the wisdom, the firmness and the disposition to serve the pcople aright in any place he might be chosen to fill, He is a man for the times. If placed at the helm of State either in Indiana or of the federal government, he would manage wisely and well for the lq)eople, and his administration would add repown to our American system of statecraft.

- Believing such to be the popular estimate of Judge Holmau’s traits of character, we do sincerely regret that he has seen fit to withhold his name from the list of aspirants for the gubernatorial canvass of the State as the standard bearer of the democratic party. -We have known for a long time that he would not consent to enter into any scrambie for the nomination. He would not resort to the devices which po’liticigns ‘usge in this day and generalion to obtain the candidacy for any «flice.” If freely nominated by his party for the high office of Governor, Judge Holman would have gone before the people to discuss, in a dignified manver, those views of public policy he deems essential for the maintenance cf the good name and the prosperity of the State. But he conld not consent to degrade his manhood aud to desert his present post of duty in Cohgress to mahipulate the political wires with the view ot securing 2 nomination. Hence he has consented that 1t shall be announced from his own home that he will cot enter the list of candidates for the nomination to be made by the demccratic party at Indianapolis on the 25th of next June. In msking this authoritative announcemcnt the Lawrenceburg Regis‘ter has also stated that, if it be the wish of his constituents, Judge Hol'man will consent to serve the people of the Fourth District another term in Congress, While we regret that so able and pure a public servaat cannot consent to become a candidate for the first office of our State, we are gratified to know that the people are not likely to be deprived of Mr. Holman's efiicient services in the halls of Congress. We have few enough of such public men to spare any of them at the present time. Buf we cannot avoid expressing a feeling of deep sensibility that sueh' a condition of affairs rests with the people. Whenever they see fiv to set their faces against the present method of office-seeking, and.to select their own candidates for place without respect to the devices of interested parties, theffi can have whomsosve! they will at the helm of State or.elsewhere in the'p'ublic service,and the business of wire-pulling and pipe playing among peliticiang of small caliber will tecome so disreputable that even demagogues will not care to engage in it. " .

OUR NEIGHBORS.

Goshen n'ow.qu,rks,by sun time. - The Elkhart Normal School wiH be removed to Goshen at an early day. A fire at Piérceton last week deatroved thie dwelling of J. H. Knowles. The farmers over.in Whitley county have organized a mutual insurance company. | » ,

The people at Milford Junction are all.torn up over the appointment of a new postmaster. -

The' Warsaw pecplé raised a bonus of $B,OOO lust week for G. B. Lesh,and he will rebuild his buarnt factory at that place. : “The town of Lagrange has now no saloong at all, as at the last term of commissioner’s court all of the applications were refused. ° A fellow named Newhpuse lately victimized several LaGrange county citizens by selling them the same territory for a patent washing ‘machine. The Goshen News says about 200 people have left from that place and vicinity for the west in the past thr_ee montns, and thinks they took $250,000 with tHem. Jubiad

A bursting water wheel at the Elkhart Iron Works Monday of last week came near killing several spectators. No explanation can be given for the destruction of the wheel. . ¢

Dr. Drees, charged with complicity in the crime which sest J. D. Foster, the Goshen abortionist, to the State’s prison, was acquitted last week. The Goshen Times says that the verdiet was received with universal satisfaction. S 0 : e

Commodure Wood, who was tried last fall for the murder of Chas. Schilner, at Huntertown, and sentenced to fourteen years in State’s prison, and lat-er given a new trial by the Supreme Court, was last week acquitted and is now a free man. :

At South Whitley, on Tuesday night, two young fellows were arrested - for passipg eounterfeit silver d‘ol'lars: Upon searching their persons one was found fo have 165 of the “bogus shiners.” They are now lodged in the jail at Columbia City. : A thief named Jim ©’Neal was fatally shot by a pal named Tom Boyle, near Monroeville, Allen county, last Saturday morning. They were dividing a lot of stolen property, and got into a quarrel over it. The murderer was caught near Fort Wayne, and is ‘now in jail, ~ The Lagrange county commission;“ers have appointed a. comm_ittedof Tnome of the leading men of that coun"ty: to confer with each other and report upon the cost and advisability of erecting a fine monament to the soldiers of that county in the public square at Lagrange. = =

- Pat McGee, a section boss on the C, W. & M. railway at Warsaw, was instantly killed at the depot at that place some days ago. In trying to board a hand-car his foot caught in some manpet, throwing him to the ground. 'His head struck the iron rail, fracturing the skull. - :

A TOMB OF FLAMES. i SRERCINER. e o sx%%‘ the’mings "at, Pocahontas' Va., was aroused by a terrific explosion, which shook every W&n - and aroused the sleeping families of the 150 miners -congtituting the night force working underground. Instantly the streets filled with a crowd of screaming women, children and men rushing for the mouth- of the é)rincipgl mine on- the southern suburbs. Here a dense volume of smoke was found pouring from the shaft, and scattered. around within g radius of a quarter of a mile were broken timbers, shattered cars. pulleys and machinery on all sides. For more than an hour wild shrieking, and the louder manifestations of grief from desperate- men, filled the air.’ The scene was terrible in the extreme. Mine houses, buildings and trees sev-. eral hundred yards away _were comgletely torn to pieces, showing that ;t;ile orce of the explosion must have been remarkable. Lo A dense volume of flame soon commenced to shoot upward and illuminated the scene for half a mile, rendering the ghastly spectacle, which had heretofore only been viewed by torchlight, ten times more impressive. The crowd had gathered helpless in little groups, either discussing the situation or lamenting the death of some loved one. It was agreed that the explosion had taken place:at Flat Top mine and had been caused by fire damp: ; The situation remained unchanged until daybreak, when the horrors %)e--came glaringly apparent.. The men .who still retained their composure, commenced to gather the fragments of humanity that were scattered about. These were evidently the limbsof those miners who had been working near the bottom of the shaft at the time of the accident and .’..;:,‘}éeot upward. Not one of those . nnates, numbering about fifty, survived, as'ther limbs lying around broadcast testified. - During the entire dafy‘ the flames shot up from the mouth of the mine and it was not until evening that the smoke showed signs of decreasing. A party of men attempted to go down when a volume of flame shotupand they were hurriedly assisted to the surface. One of their number, an Italian named Carlo Franchi, was missing and had evidently dropped from the cage. All the j)a}'ty was badly burned and this showed how fruitless were any hopes of rescue. The shaft at 8 p. m. was a roaring funnel of flame. All the outbuildings in the vicinity ignited and the fan house, which had been looked to as the salvation of any who might be alive below, caught also. A shriek of despair went up at this catastrophe, which was regarded fatal to all hopes of rescue. The men fought manfully to save the building, but without avail. It became evident atthis hour that the whole mine was ablaze and it is doubtful if it can be extinguished for weeks if atall. ‘This settled ‘the fate of the 150 unfortunates under ground and they have absolutely no chance for life. X s

Thursday’s dispatches say: Neither words nor telegram convey to the slightest degree the destrucfion wrought in the mines of the Southwest Virﬁll]la Improvement company at Pocaantas by the explosion there on Thursday ni;irht. Nor can pen describe the anguish and sadness that pervade the little hamlet. The scenes around the mines have been the saddest that the hu_mtz;m mind can ¢oneeive or the fancy paint. e One hundred and five of the miners are known to be lost, and to make the disaster more awful, the bodies of the victims will be cremated; as the mines have been sealed and are now on fire and burning furiously.” The victims of the disaster are Hungarians, Welshmen, Germans, and negroes, most of whom are unmarried, only about twen-ty-five of them having families dependent on them for support. ° Malignant diphtheria is prevailing at Geneseo, 111. ;

The g'acht Atalanta has arrived at Havand with Jay Gould and family.

The engagementis announced of Mrs. Frank Leslie, of New York, and the Marquis de Leuville, of Paris. : * Six flne lake steamers are being constructed at the Detroit ship yards, at an estimated cost of $1,000,000. ~ - .The recent floods destroyed fifty-five bridges in the Ohio vaﬁey, which it will cost $210,000 to replace. " A snow-slide on Aspen mountain, in Colorado, caused the death of three employes of the Vallejo mine. .. Henry, the youngest brother of Samuel J. Tilden, died at New Lebanon, New York, at the age of 63. . Sitting Bull is being taken to Minneapolis by Major MecLaughlin to see something of life among the whites., John Boyle, city treasurer of Erie, is a defaulter for $B,OOO, and has disappeared. ‘ ’

The Milwaukee Merchants’ Association has passed a resolution calling for the suspension of silver coinage. Three members of the Salvationarmy were fined $l7 each for parading the streets of Bridgeport, Connecticut. W. J. Arkell has purchased the Evening Jowrnal, O%OAlbany, and has given tllle editorial €ontrol to John A. Sleicher. 5

Emil Boling, who was a lieutenant in the German revolutionary army in 1848, died at Hustisford, ’W};s.;tin his 70th year. o A large number of street car drivers: in Cineinnati struck because of an order to remove the canvas weather screens from the platforms. :

Henry Brown, formeérly a slave in Virginia, died. Monday at Niagara, Ontario; claiming to be 121 years of ages. e

Miss Eliza, eldest daughter of Governor Thompson, of South Carolina, died from burns receivea ten days ago while reading at an open grate. Duluth has been made an open port by the abrogation of. the- contract. between the railway company and the Lake'Superior Transit Company.

The Delaware, Lackawana and Western road has decided to extend its tracks from Buffalo to Toledo this summer. | : * The laborers on the Cape Cod ship canal struck because of dissatisfaction with the food furnished by the contractors.” e :

General Badeau, consul ;éeneral at Havana, presented. Jay Gould to: Captain General Castillo, and the latter visited the yacht Atalanta. , H. C. Reed, school superintendent of Bond County, Ills., will probably be removed from oftice on formal charges of drunkenness. <= - foh ol

Nearly $BO,OOO was sunk at Portland, Oregon, by a 15t. Louis journalist in endeavoring to establish the Northwest, which has ceased to exist, 2

The secretary of sfate of Michigan reports that in the southern tour tiers of counties 211 correspondents” think winter wheat suffered injury in February, 271 are of the contrary opinion. A German couple named Jagow, at Chicago, deliberately hanged themselyes Monds;y. The man was a shoe-. maker, out of employment, and neither of them could speak English. . Dr. J. M. Mills; who died Monday at Shelbyville, Illinoig, was once, grand master of the Masonic lodge of Kentucky, and raised the first company: of union soldiers in that State. 1 5

Mercedes, a Holstein cow, which took a prize cup at Chicago last fall, died of milk fever at lowa City. She and her calf were valued at $lO,OOO. Her butter record was the greatest in the world. The postal authorities at Ohicago report that not a single lottery agent is doing business in that eity, mainly because the courts here sustained the .action of the post-office inspector. D. K. Mason, the bankrupt tobacco warehouseman of Louisville, has been glaced in Eﬂ for obtainin% $67,000 from he city hanks bg hypothecating receipts when he had no stock on hand. ' J. T. Dietrich,*a teller in the Laclede bank at Bt. Louls, who embezzled s3o,+ - 000, has for the past week been secreted in the house of his brother, wherethe officers were gnided by a reporter. It ig estimated that®in' the region tributary to the Black Hills there are 883,900 cattle and 8,700 shee}).f Stock has wintered exeeedingly well, the losses not exceeding 14 per cent. 3 g ‘ A lad named W. T. Williams, while riding on the steps of a locomotive, at Minneapolis, was thrown to the. rail, when the drive wheel severed his head from his body. ; e | mFragk S&%ﬁa,_w%m _gmrdered, ‘_t.w%] -men named Adair, for the purpose of 'gb%&%’ ‘was h’an;;e‘({ hﬁt’ So‘ﬁarge%i%& 51 _in the presence of the mother of ey

At the request of the Chesapeake and Delaware canal, the Pennsylvania road has advanced the t-"re:ﬁhp rates on coal on the Wilmington division 10 cents per ton. - a 0 o . : Matt Lewis, a colored citizen of St. Louis, Wwas executed Friday for kﬂhgg his wife seven years ago. He enjoy -one iv;’ear of liberty by breaking jail, and has been tried four times.

. The Red Cross relief steamer, Josh V. Throop,arrived at Paducah Wednesday afternoon, after distributing clothing, bedding, coag and cash all. the way from Evansville down. = |

The New Haven (Conn.) Kennel Club exhibition commenced =Wednesday. Four hundred dogs, worth $40,000, are E:gzent. Three are valued at $5,000

‘The Meiggs elevated railroad bill passed by the legislature of Massachusetts authorizes the building of an ex%%ri;nental section from Cambridge to ston. - SAn a%ad citizen of Lind, Wisconsin, %ed eter Vierka, who usually carlarge sums of money on his person, was murdered. with a mallet near -his barn during Tuesday night. " A tract of six thousand acres of pine land in Lincoln county, Wisconsin, containing one hundred million feet of timber, was recently sold toa Chicagoan for $lOO,OOO. * i ;

Forty prominent catholics of Dubuque met Wegdnesday evening at the residence of Bishop Hennessy, to protest against' the passage of the bill before the lowa legislature to tax church property. SR N Fred Douglass, although a constant attendant on the woman-suffrage convention in Washington, was quietly iginored on account of his_recent marriage, notwithstanding his bride was always prominent in the cause. : Henry Richardson, aleading meraber of the Vigilance committee of Brown county, Nebraskg, was hung by unknown persons near his home at Morris Bridge. He has participated in the Iynching of fourteen horse thigves. " In commemoration of the lﬁe hundredth birthday of Sir Moses Montefiore, of London, the Supreme lodge of - Kersher Shel Barzel has endowed with 375,000 the home for aged and infirm Israelites at Cleveland. y

‘Walter C. Shepherd, a Boston bookkeeper, who pleaded guilty to embezzlement, was arraigned for sentence, when he claimed that’ a woman had urged him on and blackmailed him. The court released him' on light bail, in order that he might find his tempter. At the custom-house in Petersburg, Virginia, €. B. Raine struck R. A. Young on the head with a stick, and the latter attempted to kill his assailant with a revolver. Both are republican politicians, and the affair grew out of a denunciatory card published by Raine. Five prisoners made _their escape from the jail at Columbus City, Ind., Saturday evening, and have not been recaptured. They had patiently worked on the stone ceiling for three weeks, having obtained mason’s tools from outsiders. ; S 8 ;

In the circuit court at Kalamazoo, Mr. Harding was awarded judgment for $1,500 against the Chicago and Grand_Trunk road for being carried past Vicksburg station, he having been grosi;crated by the exertion of walking ek, N - The governor of Kansas has called a sgecxal session of the legislature for March 18, to take action in relation to the cattle plague. It isrumored that Senator Ingalls will resign to.aceept Judge McCrary’s place, and let the legislature eleet a successor. 3

A committee of the New York As-semb-}iv has reported against a bill designed to protéct newspaper dealers from libel suits, like that of Maria Prescott against the American News Company E)r circulating a paper containing matter injurious to her. .

Neaily all the business placesin Allegan, Mich., were on "Wednesday swept away by fire, the losses aggregating $300,000. Flames at Detroit, originating in Stradou’s woolen mills, destroyed six manufacturing establishments, valued at $lOO,OOO. e Andrew J. Weaver, of Greenville, Pa., drove his daughter from the house, broke some furniture, and then Kkilled himself with a revolver. On seVeral occasions he has shown signs of insanity. His brother is a member of congress from Indiana, e

‘While in Chicago, last week, Postmaster General Gres’ham had a consultation with the officers of the Illinois Central railroad-in re%(ard toa fast mail tod New Orleans, making the trip in thirty-two houts, and will probably carry the scheme into execution at an early day. 1

The Chicago live-stock exchange, at its first meeting, decided to send a committee to Washington to protest against the passage of the animal industry bill, and adopted resolutions declaring disbelief in the existence of contagious pleuro-pneumonia or foot-and-mouth disease in the western states.

The Mississippi, at New Orleans, is within one inch.of the high water of 1874, and a.rise of one foot would cause a general inundation. Governor MecEnery ordered the lessee of the peni tentiary to set one hundred convicts at work on the levee in West Baton Rouge. - ‘ At St. Paul, Tuesday, a 12-year old son of a commercial .traveler named Edward H. Turner killed himself with a revolver because his mother chided him. A precisely similar affair occurred ina st<§e on Eighth avenue, New York, the ¥ctim being Joseph Silk; 18 years of age. i

Ten convicts at work in a coal mine near Clarksville, Ark., escaped by sawing a board frem the stockade. Among them were the men whorobbed an Iron Mountain train. They seized the arms of the guards and exchanged clothes with some tramps on theroad, but were soon recaptured by a posse. - While liis hand is in, the postmaster general has arranged for a fast train from Chicago to St. Paul and Minneapolis, which commenced at 8* o’clock Thursday morning. , Milwaukee is reached about 5 and Minneapolis by 4 o’clock in the afternoon, placing the mails on the Northern Pacific road a day in advance of the recent schedules. Farmers in the vicinity of Hillsboro, Ills., ¢laim that winter wheat has been greatly damaged by the recent changable weather, the roots being generally exposed. On the contrary a Milwaukee grain exporter has received advices of the excellent condition of .the growing crop in half a dozen states, with some slight damage in Michigan. _The brig Screamer, .from Cuba, arrived *at Vineyard Haven, Sunday night, with twenty-five women and children. They claim to be refugees, but dispatches from Havana state that they are bandits. The revenue steamer Samuel Dexter held the brig under surveillance until orders were received from Secretary Folger to prevent the landing of the Cubans. - : - The governor of Kansas is hourly in receipt of telegrams urging an extra session of the legislature to arrange for stamping out the cattle pl‘a%le. The disease is still . confined to Woodson county with the exceﬁtion of one herd in Lynncounty. J. H. Sanders claims that the disease was cairied west by two men directfroman infected herd in Scotland. o

In the Couch investigation at Jackson, Michigan, C. D. Harrington testified that ten days before the murder Foy asked his aid in putting Jacob Crouch out of the way, offering him $250 to partlcilpate. After the murder Foy warned Harrington to leave town, under threats that Judd Crouch and Holcomb would kill him, and he only refurned last Sunday. ~ The board of trade of Minneapolis has adopted resolutions denouncing the new schedule of freight rates on the Northern Pacitic road, alleging that on many articles the same ﬁrlces are charged from St. Paul as New York. The railway officials explain that the ocean freight tariﬁs‘comgel them to do this, and plead that their figures to Idaho points make it impossible for Portland to compete with St: Paul or Minneapolis, : The disease among cattle in Effingham county, Illinois, is said by :ex;‘i‘erienc\ed breeders to be only foot-rot. here is not an animal in that seetion with a sore mouth. ngsiciws pronounece the disorder at Wapello, lowa, the foot-and-mouth disease. The lieu-‘tenant-governor of Kansas tele;graphs that only .five herds of stock caftle in that state are afflicted, and that the clogestquarantine is maintained. - . Dr. J. H. Rauch, secretary of the Illinois board of health,is notified that there are thirty head of diséased cattle on two farms in the no:%thw,esi?m %:rtJ of Effinghamecounty. Dispatches state that the :foot-apd;mougl;dfaeamhug, apPISEL B SV TEO ot breedersof central Illinois have tele‘graphed Senators I« gan and Cuilom to urge the passage of the animal indus-

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Prentiss Tiller, che St. Louis express thief, has been kept at the Lindell hotel, in custody of two Folicemen. Saturday afternoon he quietly stepped to an open window. on the fifth floor, and threw out the loose end of a rope serving as a fire-escape. He quietly lowered himself to the balcony over the main entrance, and crept in at the open window of a private chamber occupied bf' a lady. She instantly raised ‘an alarm, and he dashed madly through the main dining-room and ran mad%y about until recaptured. He was at once taken to jail. He states that he will plead guilty. :

A legislative committee which investigated the departments in New York city found the condition of affairs absolutely appalling, the men who hold office not being the ones who exercise power. Ex-County Clerk Butler, with a net income of $BO,OOO per year, is charged with illegally retaining $36,000 in fees. Under the fee system, the register’s salary would be $40,000 per annum. It is recommended that exRegister Docherty be indicted for improper practices. : : Prentiss Tiller, who recently robbed the Pacific express office at St. Louis, walked into the hands of detectives at Milwaukee, Thursday morning, and' at once. made a confession. Dressed in ragged clothing, he called at a trunk store, where he had left a sachel containing $BO.OOO in mo‘ner packages fo: he shipped to Detroit. e states that he intended sending the stolen checks back to St. Louis, to save the company trouble. MecFadden, his accomplice, was captured at Sherman, Texas, by li‘lpﬁxns of an intercepted telegram from iller. :

: WASHINGTON. Adverse reports on all bills for the establishment of ;I)lost'al savings banks have been ordered by the house committee on postoffices. - 3 s "The "house committee on coinage will make a favorable report on Mr. Bland’s bill to stop the nmnufacg?re of $1 and s3_goldioleces, the 3-cent nickel, and the trade dolari 7 Senator Hill will introduce a bill to make the postage on newspapers Icent per pound. It is claimed that the measure will get through both houses this session, with the indorsement of leading dailies. 4 A circular to all United States attorneys and marshals has been sent out by Attorney General Brewster, calling atteution to the statute re{mlaging the shipment of explosives, and urging vigilance to prevent the peryt)et_ratlon of heinous crimesat foreign ports. |2 !

Henry Watterson appegred at Washington before the joint committee-on -the library and argued in support of the bill to. give daily newspadpers a copyright for 8 hours. He explained to Senator Sherman how news is constantly being stolen and sold to the ]gublic. and clairaed that the abuse was sufciently grave to call for legislation.

- Official reports show that for six years and seven months, ending with December last, 478,308 persons emigrated from the Dominion of Canada into the United States. These figures are corroborated by Canadian reports of passenger-coaches crossing the ferries and by the entries of household goods at American custom houses. Ol

. Representative Thomas cpresented a petition in the house from the City of Cairo asking that $1,500,000 be appropriated for the improvement of that gortxon of the Mississif)pi river extending from the mouth of the Ohio to St. Louis, and for imé)r.ovm% the riverin the neighbpxjhood of Cairo at the same time. The petition sets forth the heavy commerce done at Cairo and . the disadvantages caused by floods, shifting sand-bars, crowding banks, ete. ;

A circular letter, distributed among members of congress recites that in 187 the Northern Pacific railroad com{)any advertised extensively that its a%(x)-lcu tural lands west of the Missouri river Pu%et sound were for sale to actual settlers at 2.50 per racre, with 10 cents additional to xiay the cost ‘of surveying and conveying the lands. Exceptions were made as to_coal and iron lands, town sites, valuable timber land, and some others. 1t Is said thata large number of %ersonsavaxled_ themselves of thisoffer, mathy of them taking their families to agricultural lands in Dakota, Idaho, Montaaa,zf and Washington territories. where thei' buil houses and improved their farms, but that the compang' now refuses to comply with the terms of its offer, and is chargmg from $5 to $25 an acre. The .circular enounces the action of the comipany as ‘“‘outrageously oppressive and tyranical,” and calls on, con,ﬁress to interpose its authority to protect he settlers against the usurpation of this colossal monopely, s :

CONGRESSIONAL. e SENATE. MAR. 11.—In the senate, Mr. - Allison presented & memorial from the legislature of lowa asking the passa%e of alaw to regulate fares and freights by railroad. A favorable report wasmade on the bill to ratify the agreement with the Shoshones and Bannocks for the sale of a portion of their lands. A bill was passed a %riating to Louisa Boddy, of Bregon, @{ for propert?' destroyed by the Modocs. _ Bills were introduced to suspend the coinage of standard silver dollars for two years, for a public building at Sacramento, and to improve lowwater navigation on the Mississippi river from New Orleans to Cairo, In executive session the Mexican treaty was ratified. M%n. 18,~In the senate, a joint resolution ‘was Introduced for a° constitutional amend‘ment fixing the term of th:npresldent at six %rears, and makingim“m him inel ﬁwle to re-elee-ion. Bills were e establish forest reservations at the head waters of the ‘Missouri.and Columbia. rivers, and_ for the erection of a public building at Boulder, Colorado. Favorable reports were made on bills for the extension of the Chesapeake ‘and Ohio road to mt;gp : roe, and to authorize the returix of private boxes de_posited in ‘the treasury vauits. Mr. Coke gfoke on the ‘pleumf?neumonia bill, and essrs. Sewell and Wilson on the measure for the relief of Fitz John Porter. = - MAR. 13.—1 n the senate, the bill for the relief of Fitz Joln Porter was passed by 86 to 25. . A joint resolution was submitted appriating $25,000 for the suppression of e foot-and-mouth disease among cattle in ansas. A bill was introduced for a publie building at Akron, Ohio. A favorable report was inade on the bill for the admis~ sion of Dakota. - % - MAR, 14.—1 n the senate, Mr, Plumb called up the joint resomtion.uggmgﬂat 325;?& for )&he.ﬁaé;@tion of the foot-and-mouth isease, in co-operation with the authorities of [Kansas, Mr Sherman stated that the

peupie of Tllinois and other states were becoming alarmed, and argued:that the approriation should not be confined to Kansas. . er. Cullom thought $50,000 should be ‘set aside at once. - Mr. Sherman said the c&ues-, tion was a national one, and he favored action by the ‘general government. Mr, Garland defended the measure as constitutional and Mr. Maxgy argued that citizens of states could not be deprived of thexiproagerty without due process of law, Mr. “5, Is exglain—ed that a large proportion of the cattle in Kansas were not owned by its peo[[lxle.. Mr. Conger said contagion was sp ng over the country while senators-discussed constitutional principles. Mr. Bayard ,thpugeht‘ the E}vemmeut could not enter the states andill and pay for diseased cattle. - An. adjournment to Monday was taken. = - MAR, 17.—The senate at(}g&)ted» a joint resolution aippropnating‘ $50,000 for the sup-. Ere§smn of. the foot-and-mouth. disease.etitions from several commercial bodies were presented asking the repeal of the law for the coinuge of the silver “dollar, as: also from mercantile organizations in " St.” Louis for the extension of the bonded petiod for whisky. Mr. Hoar offéred a resolution directing the seeretary of the intériorto report what pension applications have beeen pending for more than two: }'ears', and the reason for the delay. A resolution was -agreed to that the committee on publi¢ lands inquire in ‘'what -manner large tracts have *)cen transferred- to" foreign - corporations, and what legislation is advisable to prevent sach possession, . ; ; T : HOUSE. s 4 MAR. 11.—In the liouse, majority and minority reports were made on the Morrison tariff bill. . An act to place the name of Geo. W. Getty on the retired list as major general was favorabl ? I‘e]’3é)rted, as also a measure for the sale of the Kickapoo reservation in Kansas. Anadverse report a 3 handed in on the bill to construct a m: - lamized road from Memphis to the adj.cent national cemetery. Debate in committee of the whole on the postoffice appropriation bill degenérated into the line of argument common at ward meetings. i SmE e i Mar. 12.—The house, in ‘committee of the whole on the " postoffice _npp_roPriation bill struck out the clause lnmum% the salaries of postmasters to $4,000, and = rejected an amendment increasing the item for clerks: by $125,000. At the time of adjournment a 1 géglgosition was made to increase by $400,he appropriation for carriers. o 7 2

« MAR. 13.—The house, in committee- of the whole on the postoffice appropriation bill, adopted -an.‘amendment increasing the amount for the- free-delivery service to $4,000,000, ’{Re committee on public ,land’s was directeéd to report whether -the grant to the Lake Superior and Portage Lake Canal company is liable to forfeiture. - . . MAR. 14.—The house, in committee of the whole, diseussed for hoursthe bill granting a pension of $2,500 tper. year to the sele surviving grandehild of - Thomas -Jefferson, - the objection being that the precedent-gould establish a .civil -pension- list, and finally struck out the enacting clauses, by a vote of 129 to 60.. The speaker presented a communication from the secretary of war, asking the appropriation of $220.800f0r the erection in San Francisco of additional buildings for the military headquarters. An evenin§ session was held for the consideration o pension bills,: e v MAR. 15.—The house, in committee of the whole, spent some hours on the postoffice - ap'i)ropriation bill. It was agreed to include: within the 50 %er cent limitation clause the Northern ‘Paeific and Union. Pacific roads. 'The committee on gbﬂc lands regorted abill to forfeit a cer inagrant made or the construction of a railroad from the Central Pacific to Portland. .

MAR. 17.—1 n the house, Mr. Henley offered a resolution for an investigation of the circumstances of the Alaska Commercial company’s lease. Bills were introduced to. require all subsidized railroads to furnish a. 311al't§:1'ly statement of their earnings and inebtedness; permitting the five eivilized tribes of Indian Territory to haye or%nuzed governments and national banks;: susHend for two years the coinage of -the silver dollar, and topauthorize the payment of $50,000 to the grafhdehild of *Themas Jefferson. ‘The rules were suspended to pass th’e&%ecial deficiency 'appr(‘)}matlon of " $1,619,000. A resolution was adopted to ap_c{)ropnate “$50,~ 000 from the -contingent fund to .{)rosecute th%tmvestlgation into the loss of the Jean-. ette; ! SN :

FOREIGN.: . A dynamite explosion took place Wednesday evening in a hotel in ' the suburbs of London, blowing one man to pieces.’ . Placards announce the outbreak gg civil ‘war this month were posted at Skibbeneen, Itelagd, oh:Monday. o 0 Giraa ey The French government has learned that Germany is about to double her force of marines and sailors, and has ordered new submarine batteries on a most extensive scale. ' Jens Neilsen, a mechanic of Copenhagen, has been sentenced to Imprisonment for life for arson. - He confessed ~hayving fired the V{cwgia docks in London three years ago.

. Lord .Garmoyle’s defense to the suit brought'by Miss Forfescue in’ London admits a breach of contract, and leaves the {ury to assess the: damages, after declaring hat £30,000 would be excessive. = .

Trichiniasis, engendered by ‘home-bred rk, has developed at several places in &rmany. The Lyons chamber of commerce entered a rrotvst against the embargo on American hog produet. = - ! : The imperial council at St. Petersburg has unanimously approved of the coneession to a Russo-American company for the erection of grain elevators throughout the cotmtrK,but ob)ggction is made by the official journa The marquis of Hartinfton announces . that he has telggmphed to Admiral Hewett asking if he offeréd a reward for Osman Digma’s head, and ,wamin% him’ not to do so without. consulting the British minister at Cairo. e Cilbe Bismarck, iif a speech in the reichstag, Thursday, on the Lasker resolm,i_im; said he | recognized the good intentions of the: Ameri-. ‘can congress, but could not harness himself to the car of opposition. - The relations of ‘the two countries had been quite “satisfactory during his whole term n;ﬁmiuister; SR The principal powers-of Europe a to | unite fgr the extermination of ﬁaﬁﬁf& of | all elasses, but Switzeland decli& because . the natnmtgf. !ti{\e government re mged tt%\,- . necessary the measures proposed and for the further reason that thg ‘socialists are not ;vlom‘xy the especial notice of the govemneny, oo B Yt s Berlin cablegrams represent that Minister Sarﬁmt has been ﬁivenp -by Secretary Fre- . -lin%,uyse,nvt.he'o'p on of continuing at his. post or accepting a mission at some other court. :Tﬁe secretary of state says there is si R e ‘matic es at Washington - Mr. Sarg’ent’sfteslﬁmﬂ onis already in the hands of the president.. Bk e The British war secrétary announced in | the hmeﬂg?mm tele- | mﬁ?ﬁe :gxgmumc: with ¥ um was | the Nilefr *hat ety was Vslvbfeem,_ “,; |to &l

fusillade for three days. Sir Evelyn'Biléjng, at Cairo, assserts that thirtf’ different %pes are pre;Hared -to maintain hostilities. #arl ‘Granville is said to insist that General Gor“don 'be recalled, from doubtsas to his sanity. OSMAN DIGNA DEFEATED. ; A dispatch from Suakim Wednesday says: Fhe H I§lll§mders working on the intrenclied fort at Zariba were attacked by Osman Digma’s advance. at 6 o’clock last evening. Only 422 marines now defend the forts of Suakim. Scouts from the direction of Tamanieb report Osman, with 7,000 men, moving toward Zariba in the hope of destro¥ing the British stores of water i a series of night attacks!| Osman retains as adherents the great tribe of Hadendowas, whose sheik urged that night assaults were the best kind of stratei;y against England’s arms of precision. The firing at Zariba was owing to an attempt of ‘three hundred rebels to cut off a British con- - voy. The British cavalry quickly dispersed the rebels. A number of qu-yptian cameldrivers promptly bolted during the attack. ° On Thursday the forces -under General Graham took a lposmon one mile from the rebel camp; The rebels opened fire on the -British forces at 1 o’clock. in the merning. The B¥tish soldiers were instantly om: the alert. They formed into squares preparatory to receiving the attack which. was momen"tarilf' expected. -No attack- came. The. rebels kept up firing until daybreak without - drawing a'reply from the British troops. The British casualties during the night were one gt’fll{'(*{ and two men wounded and one man RlLledl. 5 About 9 o’clock the British troops were ordered to open fire on the enemy, and the fighting commenced. _Probably not more than 3,000 rehels were seen in -front, but .as the British nced more sprang up, some- - times 200 yards away, armed with spears. Brandishing :huge shields these ' charged down upon-the British ra,{nks without hesitation at breakneck speed until bullets, laid them low. The British stormed the works whera the rebels were in force. The:gallant blacks held out shield and spear against . bullet and bayonet unﬁ%he trenches around looked like graves. A¥fer three hougs of.continuous ﬁﬁhting the rebel position was taken ‘and Osman Digna defeated. The ’fl‘\ﬁzhting was more severe than on Feb. 1. 1¢ battle lasted until'noon. Eigits s s, The battle was a series of deﬁlfmerate close fights. The Soudanese, who fought with the utmost recklessness; rushed in hordes ° upon the Second Brigade square, ,causinE the Sixty-fifth Foot to waver and fall back upon the marines, throwing them into confusion. The latter abandoned their r‘ﬂms,and had retreated several hundred yards before they could again be brought into org:g}ization. ‘The First Brigade square stood firm and checked the onslaught while the second square reformed, . Then ensued two hours’ most desperate ﬁghting for 'the recovery of the lost guns. The rebels ehar%ed repeatedl%, hopiu% aggin to confuse the ranks of the second square, but were unsuccessful, and slowly lost the temporary advantage they had fame(! until the lost guns - were recovered. Meantime the first brigade adyanced inch by inch, the rebels stubbornly ‘contestm%their progress. Resistance becama more feeble as volley after volley was ¢ poured into the rebels, and finally the front was cleared and the first brigade rushed into the camp_ of Osman Digna. The rebels, however, did not flee, but slowly Tetired to :he rtggunt@m fastnesses, firing as they- rereated. $

. Following up their advantage the British continued to press the. rebels, who wouldn’t run, and continued to retire siowly, striking Blow for blmh/ until driven beyond their camp, when Graham ordered a_ halt. Osman’s camp was found: full of *106t.” The British loss was 100 men Killed, many of whom are officers, and 150 wounded. - The rebel ‘loss was 2,400 killed. —etll— et e S R " GENERAL MARKETS,

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