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1^tXbL1SHKD1S20.
day OF GREAT STORMS.
_,„ T SEOIION OF THE COUNTRY
' VISITED.
i.,o.d Train* Lifted From tlio Tracks
U Colorado—A Great Dlraiter at
Rochester—A Wzrehomc Fired
b7 Lightning—In Georgia.
IPBTW, Cot., February W.-A. light wind
ia over the entire eastern portion
sSorado at 10 o’clock Wednesday night.
L«Sty steadily increased until 4oolook
IE, morning, when the gale was blow-
1 " the rate of aixtv miles an hour. This
(tinned nntil 2 o'clock yesterday after-
" i n this city many building* were
Sed smokeataoks, ohimneys, telegraph
Telephone poles leveled with the ground
5 nine glass windows broken. The dam-
will reach several thousand dollars,
tade of “Denver the casualties
Krttd are considerably greater than in
: , t; On the Denver and Rio Grande
liiw.r four miles north of Colorado
E% «*«, «■** *: he 7-^ h
lit Lite espies 9 - consisting of two sleep-
, two passenger coaches and a bag-
' , c ,i mail car, was blown from the
it 3 o'clock yesterday morning, and
Tmiil car and its contents were burned,
j the accident happened when the train
i on a high embankment a short dis-
ice farther the loss of life would have
Itn great. Fortunately, however, the
Touod was perfectly level and no one was
Lied. A freight train of twenty oars
bieh was on a aide track near by waiting
„ the express to pass was also derailed by
L wisd and tho cars were badly damaged
If pas-eeger train of three coaches which
It the anion depot on the Denver end
r aib Park road for Morriaon at 8 o'clock
a lifted from the track by the terrific
jit and hurled down an ombankment
ken about twelve miles from the city,
to passenger bad his leg broken and sev-
ethers were badly braised. Near
Jo, on tho sums road, the Leadvillo ex-
fe» waa blown over a bridge and nearly
lof the pasaengers and train men were
Ir-rely itjnred and the coaohos badly
seked. All the incoming trai . s on the
Jons roads were from five to ten hours
eon account of the storm.
A Warebotue Fired by Lightning.
•Stw Toss, February 18.— A tremendous
lander atom broko over the city sooo after
b'dock this evening, and at this hour (8
m) continues. The rain falls in tor-
ate. Lightning struck the American
Uon warehouse docks at Tompkinsville,
aten Island, and they are now bnrninf
rionsly, the flames lighting' tho bay and
nr part of the city. Tho loss will be
try.
Tiiw toxx, February 18.—This evening a
ary thunder storm, accompanied by
jnrs lightning, passed over Staten Island,
cit 6 o'clock the largo four-story build*
iSo. 4, on the American cottage block,
rtompkinixille, was struck by lightning,
ating fire to a number of cotton bales on
itopioor. The watchman on tbo dock
|osw|aro the alarm, and tbs entire fire
psrtnrnt promptly responded. A nnm-
r of togs and fire boats ut this city were
graphed for and ri ached the scene of
ire at 7:15 o'clock. By this time
(satire bnilding, containing about 8,00,1
of ootton, was enveloped
Hums, Rain continued to
down in tomnti and the ligbt-
. was still very severe. The wind
■ blowing light from the south, being ta-
ablo for the safety of other buildings
idoeks, aa the bnilding where tho fire
posted via situated to the north of
ur buildings. Tho flro department,
Iwever, waa nnablp to got the fierce fiamea
litr control, and then nndertook to pro-
^ other buildinga. It la expect'd that
sloes will amount to abont $230,000.
[»is a rumor afloat that the bnilding
I beta sot on fire bp some of tbaatrikora,
i this report was positively denied. At
‘boor, 11 p. m., tho fire Is still raging,
liaip. m.—The adjoining warehouses,
* 5 and 11, have also boon destroyed,
i entire lire department of Staten Island
s'st ths scene of Iks fire; also Usa tags J.
Iilerriit, llrilliant and Standard, and the
^ boat William J. -Bavemoyer, of New
’*• Tto burning buildings contain
st 10,i ft) balsa of ootton, which will all
K'-u.ijed. The loss la now estimated at
i.imi. which ie fully oovertd by insnr-
’ is New York companies.
I Wont or th« Heaiou In Minnesota.
. ■ J’* CL > Minn,, February 18.—One of
P*w*t storms of this winter raged lest
P“ ,**d is not over yet. It was preceded
I*™* tain and sleet which ran along
lii , ?* street cars and later on froze,
l,, 8 it difficult to clear them so cars
unu. Early last night it brgan snow-
“J at 930 o’clock thia evening
*M first signs of letting up. Four to
Lt*"* have fallen and a brisk wind is
H? “*? d rtits. Trains in all directions
Wji even the Short Line treina be-
T“* “V and aiinneepoiis requiring
’“Wocato pnll three cars. Tho mcr-
‘ 1S df 8 rte » above zero.
r.,' c “°> February 18.—The worst storm
1 bos prevailed throughout the
tf-day. The telegraph service
t of Omaha and 8u Paul has been com-
,i J*** At Minneapolis and St
i lndn » lines north, west
iJ? Minneapolis have been eban-
i n' Northern l'aciflc, Manitoba
Dakota lines are entirely
II in . l ™n* from the cut managed to
i M u!!™®* bonre late this morning. At
hm £?**? nsvere «now alorm and wind
.... T* h®*? riging all d,y. A wind
■ * to °nnting almost to u tornado,
1 Wer Jacksonville, I1L, last night.
■Tooda Its Michigan,
lav thU’i^ 1 ™ ’ February 18.— At noon
ludiht i 8 0I >?* 1“ Grand river broke
kni! h J g,oA “ of are moving
»n tturi.»"i. ?* T f or K e *R»in farther
,, i, J*® er » bnt under any cirenmatan-
[*.‘yS5S3. ““ ■“«*““*» Lyon. «*-
ft %Z:. Peh ™ r ’ Heavy run
r {■ ^ or twentj-fonr hoard and
e*, !,, rising repidly, having
F* # ple fearia^thsMTorstlayet tTcome!
ttorl! 4 v ** Rochester.
■" todav hi V '' ** bntr T 18.—A high
** WtLtaF. d °*n‘wo Urge poles
t »S«S, l tt e Q t *“ n,l . Cr ot i' l-graph
1 DlauA 1 J,.. a *“ < ® tl^er- The p. 1 a
rtC ourt ,l au2I't t hrf5r* 0 PP° ,itc *nde
l -e earned down with it tho
Macon, Georgia, Tuesday, February 22, n«7.--twelve pages.
VOL. LXI.JN047.
bridge span upon which it stood. One man
WOBUi were csrtied down
™ h * b ®. b ™g» Jfnck end were wasted
The river is flooded and
moment ^ WBtet were onl y visibl ° £or a
LATSB.
D ? e !\ 13 y® 8 ". was one of
tuo victims of the bridge accident. Throe
employes of W. 8. Kimball & Co., bto mifis-
log, and fears are entertained that they were
swept down the river. The exaot number
of lives lost oannot be ascertained yet
A Great Siorrn In Illlools.
Bloomington, Ills, February 18.—A
storm remarkahle for this section raged
here last night, lasting! three hours. The
eleotrical disturbance waa groat, the light
ning being terrific. It rained very heavily
about two hours. Very heavy hail is re-
I icrted from the northe.n part of tho ooun-
r. The storm was felt all over central
Illinois. It has rained almost iooessently
for a week and tho streams are all high -
Damage Done In Alaaaaclinaette.
Niw Bidfoud, Mass., February 18.—
The gale to-night was the worst Bince the
great storm or 18C9. Tho damo"-
acavy, bnt it is confined to tbfi liver front,
where tho wind raged with groat severity,
and shipping suffered in consequence.
Schooners were torn from their moorings,
crashed against the wharves and each oth
er, and bowsprits were twisted off like
matches. .
A Blizzard la Dakota.
Foot Piebbe, Dak , February 18.—An-
other blizzard is raging and trains are all
abandoned. The Bnow ia drifting badly.
The county board is being appealed to for
aid by families heretofore considered above
want. It is a horrible winter for Dakota
settlers and the suffering cannot bo realized.
The Sturm la Georgia.
Foot Gaines, February 18.—A cyclone
passed through the northern part ot this
(Clay) connty from southwest to northeast
along Pataula creek, doing considerable
damage to life and property. I have not been
able to learn particnlars in fall. This is
tho third cyclone that has passed over the
same track.
Cutebebt, February 18.—Tho rainfall
was very heavy here this morning. Die
wind blow rather severe at Springviile, un
roofing several onlhonses. Ten miles south
of Cnthbert the blow was rather heavy.
Grnbbs's mill waa blown away.
Eufaula, Ala., February IS—Rnmors
bora state that a oyclone of considerable
violenoe passed through Clay county, Gear,
in n imr.l-',i.-ti rly lUrcoiiou, nf'ra r day
light this morning, injuring outhouses,
fences and other buildings at Ml; Bbl
loway's place. At Mr. Robb's plaoe a build
ing was wrecked, severely injuring an aged
whito lady and a small white noy, tho latter
In the head. .
Columbus, February 18.—There are no
particulars to be bad here of the oyclone in
Olay county. There was a heavy blow in
Meriwether connty, but no serious damage
is reported.
THE BEGGAR PENSION BILL
^NORTHWESTERN BLIZZARDS.
Senate amendments to tho sundry civil ep-
A UNANIMOUS RVCOMMKNDATION
THAT IT BE OVERRIDDEN.
The Report Is Received with Koch Ap
plause—The Trade Dollar BUI Fi
nally Passed—'The Senate Busy
with the River BUI.
LESTER’d SUIT AGAINST BUTLER.
The Court Directs the Jury to Bring In
Verdict tor tho Defendant.
New Yobe, February 18.—The suit of J.
H. Lester against Ben Bntler, for damage-
for alleged false imprisonment during the
war, which has been In progress beforo
Judge Cox in the United States Court, end
ed to-day. At tho oloee of argument, Judgo
Cox said: “Before I direct the jury to find
a verdict in favor of the defendant; it will
be necessary to review tho facts of the ca*e
and consider the time when these sets took
plsce. No one who has listened to tho tes
timony can doubt for a minute but that
Lester wrs helping the Confederacy. It
will be seen that the plaintiff was a
slave owner, and ho was engaged
in the manufacture ot arms for
tbo Confederacy; that when he waa arrest
ed ho hud in hia possession a contract to
purchase a fast vessel to ran tho blockade;
that when Mr. Lester was se.rched drafts
were found on peoplo who woio connected
with the Confederacy; that Lester had
taken several oaths of allegiance before ho
crouted tho line, and that he waa connected
with blockade runners. All theio facta
were considered by the military commla-
aion, which waa a legally constituted body.
Tbo defendant waa a major-general in com
rnand of the department of Virginia,
and according to tho military
code was bound to obey
the commands of his superiors,
lid received orders from tho Secretary of
War to examino and arrest the plaintiff,
and if he had dlaobcyod theso orders he
wonld have been punished. Tbo set of
May IS, 1801, exempts the defendant from
prosecution for damages. Aa tbs commis
sion was a legally constituted body, Its
judgments are not to be questioned- X can
see no defect in the organixition of
the conrt, and it is entirely clear
that this defendant cannot be
held responsible for these acts,
and I direct yon to find a verdiet in favor of
the defendant.*“
Tno jury iirougut in a verdict ss the court
directed, and Lester's counsel madeamotion
for a stay of proceedings tor thirty days,
which was grantedj^
A REJECTED LOVER’S KBV3KGE,
Bis Diabolical F.oi to lloait HI* Sweat'
heart by Firing a Farm D
Nashville, February 17.—Tho arrest of
EUaba Greig here lait night revealed a plot
to commit arson and mnrder. On Sunday
night the residence of Mr. Jesse Nolan, a
farmer in Dividion connty, was burned,
and the inmate® of the house. Mis® Mattie
Otnient and Mrs. Hamlet, barely ese»ped
cremation. The flro waa supposed to be
ire- ndiary and last night Grog made a con
fession of having set fire to the house,
lie said he had beeen hired by a
farmer neighbor. J.m BnlUjtck, to
burn the place. Bnll.jtck bad planned
he said, to burn Mias Orment, who bad re
fused him In marriage. Tbo plan was to
catch her if aha escaped burning and mnr
der her. They took a rope Moogto drag
her to the river and throw b<r body iu.
After they a., - , the fire bolh got frighten*d
and aronse.1 the Udl«A -bo wtre “ ]ou, '. Ur -
Nolan being in N*ahviJa. Tbamsa tantg
beforo the ladies, who bid bu.ly tun" to
get out, could see who they
wa* arrested on snspl
Wasuinoton, February 19.—In the
House, Mr. Watson, from tho
committee Invalid pensions, reported
back the dependent pension bill,
with the president's veto message thereon.
He aakod that the report be printed in the
Record and gave notice that bo wonld call
the btll up for action Thursday next
Mr. Ruvki i ridge objtoted to tbo report
being presented in the Record, and then>
upon Mr. Barrows, of Michigan, demanded
it to be read. Tho Speaker decided that
the report mast be read, and the clerk pro
ceeded to real it. Mr. Breckenridge then
roie to withdraw hia objeetion, and waa
met with load ories of “regular order" from
the Republican aide. Mr. Breckenridge
finally waa beard to withdraw his objeo-
tion, but it was immediately renewed npon
the Republican side and the reading con-
tinned.
The report states that two foots will ar.
rest the attention of anyone who reads the
President's message. The first is that no
objeetion ia made to the bill on any ground
of its constitutionality, or tho right of Con.
press to enact the law is not questioned.
The other is that the first section of
the bill is not touched npon by the message,
and no intimation is given by tbe l’residen
■ to whether that section of itself, embody,
ing ss it does an independent proposition,
and in the precise form specifically urged
by the Secretary of tbo Interior in his last
annual report meets with his approval or
disapproval The committee then analyzes
the objections of vagueness in its provi
sions, in that it might apply to various
grade* of disability or dependency, and
submits to tho judgment of tbe House and
country that those who framed the bill,
after months of careful consideration, have
made no mistakes and havo confined tbe
bill to one olasa, and that class can be well
defined a* consisting of those totally disa
bled or dependent on their dally labor for
support.
“Wo regard.” says tho committee, "tho
interpretation pnt on the bill in tho mes
sage as an excuse rather than a reason for
returning it to tho Hou-o, and believe wo
do iojtuuce to the executive when consid
ering the whole mcaaage to Bay that if its
provisions had been plainer and noqacs-
tion could have keen raised as to whether
it included only those unable to labor, be
wonld have Interposed bis objection. • • •
It passes the comprehension of this com*
mittce to understand how tho President
could havo overlooked in another bill (tbo
Mexican pension bill) wbat aro alleged as
fanlta in this bill. • • • Snch a dis
tinction made by acts of the President, the
committee oinnot believe will bo indorsed
anywhere by the patriotic sentiment of this
country."
Referring to the expenditures of money
which tho enactment ot this bill ioto law
wonld necessitate, the committee contends
that tho estimate of the President Is extrav
agant, bnt says that no consideration of
possible cost should be allowed to come bo-
tween dependent soldiers and the relief
they are entitled to receive from the conn-
try which they helped to save. Reducing
the whole question to one of money expe
diency, it seemed to tho committeo that tho
snrplna in tho treasury can be beat re
stored to tbo people in tbe manner pro
posed in tbo bill. No bonded interest nor
rage monopolies conld claim tbo money
for its own. It wonld go to the people in
small amounts and wonld circnlato among
them. Tbo bill had been asked tor on
every band. The protests against it bad
only come from the money centers, where
all money that did net tarn their mill was
considered ns worso than wasted.
In conclusion, the committee submitt id
that the general tone of the mesaase waa to
bo fairly taken as expressive in advance of
the President's purpose to use tbo executive
poser to prevent any farther legislation
that wonld odd any new claisto the pen
sion list, or materially increase tbe coat
thereof, baaed on the idea that the conntry
was against it. Tbe committee was aware
that there was a sentiment ot that kind, bnt
insisted that it was not tbe controlling one.
The committee was loth to believe that tho
people of tho conntry were willing for de-
prepriation bilL When the Senate amend,
ment appropriating $2,000 for the erection
of fences around oemeteries, in which Con
federate dead are buried near Oolnmbns
and Johnson's Island, Ohio, was reaobed,
Mr. Barrows, of Michigan, raieed the point |
of order against a fnrtuer amendment at
tached by the appropriati n committee,
direoiing the Secretary of War to ripnrt to
Congress the number of Union and Confel-
erate dead who are not buried in national,
Ahhinaboink, M. T. t February 19.—Fora
Stale, oity or town cemeteries, and the I period extendingover thepaats'x weeks,nn-
probable coat of fencing and making their precendented snows, blizzards and gales of
graves. The point waa snstaine 1, and the 1 wind have raged through the northern and
committee's amendment to the Senate I western portions of Montana until man's
amendment was stricken out. I only safety depends npon his remaining
Mr. Butterwotth, oi Ohio, moTod to con-1 within the house, and even the oldest «nt-
onr in the Senate amendment directing tho tiers acknowledge that the winter is the
Secretary of Wur to make an inquiry as to I most severe of any for the last ten years,
the number of Union soldiera buried in For days in succession the thermometer
Columbus and Johnson Island oemeteries lingered between ten degrees and forty de-
for the purpose of enabling the conference I grecs below zero. During one period of
committee to frame a measure in acoord-1 twenty-four hours it registered fifty-seven
anee with the views of both sides ot the d* grees below zero. Tho main range of the
House. Without further action the ocm- I R >ckLs baa along its entire length throngh
mittce rose and the House adjourned. Montana tromtwo to six feet ot snow, and
there is an average depth ot twenty
i by the Soaate
UNIX VMPLVD LOSS AND BUFFERING
IN DAKOTA.
Rol'rnnd Trnfllo Eitlrtly Stopped — Tho
Great (n tlo Ilerda In Danger of
Extermination—The Stock at
Firewood Exhausted.
Tbe Senate,
The Programinn S. t Da
Casensro.
Washington, February 20.—Tho probe-
bio course of legislation by tho Senate for
tho coining week nDd, in fact, for tho re
mainder of tboaossion, may best be judged
by reference to the arrangement agreed
upon by the enuens committees of both
sides and ratified by tbo two caucuses of
last week. This arrangement is subject to
change by agreement between Senators
Harris and Sbermnn, chairmen respectively
of the cancns committees, who are author
ized to confer and amend tho order of bus
iness, bnt inasmuch os it has been consid
ered with deliberation it is likely to remain
substantially aa it now stands. It contem
plates a rigid devotion of tho morainghonrs
until f! o’olock of each day to consideration
of miscellaneous minor matters npon the
oaiendar which are not otherwise provided
for and which do not promiso to giro rise
to extended debate. In carrying on', this
part of tho programme bills wbioh have
; laased tho House and have been reported
: avorably from the Senate committees will
havo preoedenae. After 2 o’clock tho ap
propriation bills will have away so lung as
inches upon the prairies. Drifts havo -P— ca!end»». f»r thn
- A " arrangement li liable to interrnptlon only
Washington, February 19.—In the Sen- I been formed on tbe oattle ranges in the
ate, the presiding officer presented an invi- conntry and aloDg stage rontes to a remark-
tation of a citizens’ committee of Alex an- I able depth and the anrfaoo of the snow is
dria, Ya., to take part in the celebration of covered with a crust too thick for oattle to
Washington's birthday. Laid on the table. I break, in order that thoy may reach tho
Mr. Beck said that for years ho had been grass. Stock of all kinds is Buffering in a
presenting petition* for tbe repeal of tbe I fearful manner. While some of tho cattle-
navigation laws, in the hope that Americans men estimate tho probable loss at 23 per
might be able to own steamship lines on cent, a majority claim to have qnit flgnriug
the ooean. He had now prepared a memo-1 on losses now, and will be thankful if they
rial on the same subject, signed by himself, b*ve enough left to start in tho spring,
and which he naked to have referred to the 1 Hay is vary scarce and naturally in
oommittee on commerce, before whiohcom- I great demand, as high as $30 per ton boing
mittce be wonld ask to be hoard. To show paid with alacrity. - Tbe various mail coach
the importance of the matter, he also had I tinea have been tho greatest sufferera by
reforred with bis memorial an extraot from impassable roads, deluy of mails and znor-
a late speech of Count Yon Moltko before j t Jity among their stock, tho Helena and
the German Reichstag to show that war is Benton Stage Company alone having lost
inevitable; also a newspaper extract in re- thirty head of horses since Christmas,
gard to the action ot Eogland toward her Should a prolonged Chinook (warm wind)
steamship lines. Referred to tho commit-1 ant in now, there wonld be a sudden break
tee on eommeroe. 1 of the Missouri river from Benton down,
Tbe resolution heretofore offered by Mr. causing tremendous gorges and an immense
Call for the meeting of tbe Senato at 11 n. amount of destruction. At all event* there
m., and sojournment at 9 p. m., with I will be a Mg river and a long season of navb
an horn's recess, was taken np and I gallon the coming summer,
referred to the committeoon appropriations, I The great and continued oold weather
Mr. Beck stating that business was much I has can.-ed in many places a serious fuel
more facilitated by giving the committees j famine. At this place, where thonaanda
the time np to noon. He also stated that I of cords of wood aro consumed
the oommittee on appropriations had now I annually, tho supply contracted
before ik the legislative bill, the naval bill, j for to last dnring tho fiscal
the dtflcitnoy bill, and other important I year ending June 30 ia noarly exhausted,
matters, and that the finance committeo I and it wilt bo impossible to seenre more at
bad before it half a dozen important mat-1 the preeent time. In the town of Fort Ben-
ters, and the extension of hours in the Sen- I ton the question of fuel is becoming most
ato was simply cutting off committee work. I sorions, especially to tho poorer classes,
The rceolution heretofore offered by Mr. who aro nnable to pay tno exhorbitant
Morgan, for inqntring aa to the status of I prices demanded. Inferior cottonwood ia
Virginia's claimB against Spain and ot the I easily sold at $U a cord, and ranchmen liv-
Pelletier and Lagare claims against Hayti, I ing along tho Teton bring iu green willow
was taken np and on motion of Mr. Ed- I poles and dispose of them at from $7 to
mnnds referred to tho oommittee on for- I $12 a load. The last train of wagmra loaded
eigu affairs. with merchandise was over thirty days
At 2 o'clock tho unfinished bniinces, tbo I reaching Benton fiom Helena, 100 mil os.
Nicaragua canal bill, was laid before the 1
Scaal0- * _ ,1 THE TEX4S INVESTIGATION.
The presiding officer presentod several
petition, trim Ohio pMtaot the Gland Army , |o p „ MnUld w ,.,. tar .
of tho ltepoblio for tho passage of tho uo-
pendent pension bill over the President's Frotrattog A*.i 0 atP.d ( r»t Intarf.z.nc..
veto. Laid on tbo table. Alitin, Txx.. February 19.—Hon. Gns-
Mr. Blair preaonted petitions from sev- tav Cook, criminal diatriot judge of Galves-
oral Grand Army posts for tho passage ot ‘° n ; ad “V 11 * counties, has memonalized
the dependent pension bill over tho 1‘rosU Legbdataroon tho outrago of the United
dent's veto. Laid on tho table. States Senate In examining ioto the Wash-
The Nicaragua canal bill waa laid aside mgton county alleged outrages. The mem-
and the river and harbor bill taken up. On on ®L‘* „ 0f T -: . „
motion of Mr. Call, an Item was inserted I , To the benatoand Uonsoof Reprraonta-
for tho survey of certain channels in F,or- “T*f. o£ * be £ hex to niem-
ida, and on motion of Mr. Morgan a like J^alize yonr honorable bodies, and respect-
Rem was inserted for Mobile river. £ “»>; tho passage of the following joint
Mr. Brown moved to increase the appro- reflation, as an expression of the poople
priatUn for tho harbor of Savannah, Ga., 1 01 *•**•/. , _
from $03,900 to $160,000. After discussion .“‘B® 11 w«olyed by theSenataand House
the amendment waa rejected. KepreBentaUvea of tho btate of Texas,
The bill was temporarily laid aside, and |U‘ the action of tho majority of tho
Mr. Jones of Nevada, preaonted a oonfer- United States Senate in noising a cornmit-
Hreporton tho trade dollar recoinego l ®?‘° “>yostigato charges agulnat tho people
After hftmr aoaln disjoined, tho re- OfweMlBgton county upon the instigation
THIS WKKK IN CONaRKhS.
tinders of the nation's honor to live during
their decliniug year® ia mtaery and want.
O . the contrary it believed that the people
wonld prefer that those who made tho laws
should err on the tide of mercy ratker than
on the side of too rigid economy ia expen
ditures of pnblio money in thi® direction;
and it farther believed, that if mon taxes or
even a different kind of taxes wc.*o neces
sary to meet this demand, th«y wonld
cheerfully be paid by the people.
Mr. Aliiaon, lrom the committee on np
propriaiions, reported back the military
academy approprituiuu uu$ nuu that
the committee had reported bit one
amendment to it Laid on tbe table.
•*Holding fast," aaj® tbe oomnitteo, “to
these vies® of onr duties an Ieguihtors, and
with cheerful willingness to anawer here and
elsewhere for the rthiilu of hon&t labor to
reliove tbe indigent so'aiers of onr common
country, in any section of it, coming aa
they do from the many warn in which we
have been engaged, and with if|)JQOttfl-
deuce of a ritht verdict upon ‘.he whole
matter, wo submit our bill A^faii for tbo
jadgxn<-:-t of the llou-e, and a*k for it moat
rigid criticism, believiug it will tend to
(strengthen rutber thi*. to weaken it. We
recommend, withont a di^ntiag voice in
tb.s con ia ittee, that tho bill do i>n<*, not
withstanding tho objections of the Predi-
now goes to tho 1’residont. I 8Te fL°i he f 8ut0 , in * h ® d “'® d . «• n “ w »«-
The Senate resumed consideration of the ranted by law rind withont tho scope of the
river and lmrbor bill. An amendment offered I banata authority; that being so, any ap.
by Mr. Van Wyck, increasing the appro- I proprutions or expenditure® of money be-
priation for tho Miaioari river and provid- waging to the United State® for such par
ing that the appropriation eh <dl be expended 1 *• J fraudulent conver®iou the reof,
nndcr tbe supervision of tho Sccretarv of without the consent of tho owner, waa cm-
War and not that of tbe Miisonri River I bezzlement, and a felony under the law,
Commission, provoked a long discussion, 'ht author shonld be pnnialied by con-
wbleh bad not concluded when “•“*>» in the ponlteutiury for not lees
the Senate adjourned at C o'clock. I °. n ® Dor mor « lban ten years. And b.
AUSTRALIAN RABBITS.
it farther
“Resolved, That it la the sense of tbo
.Benatoand House of Representatives of
Appealed to Prevent | T ,, lhttt lb6 C0 £ (luct of the
United States is actuated by partisan
motives and promoted by a class
CoDiintnlinrr Uol
Their Introduction.
WjuramoTox, February 90.—The Agricnl r
tuml Department has received many Tetters 1 whose very pretension to patriotiam U
from different parts of the country with evinced by hatred and malevolence toward
reference to tbe introduction of Australian the peoplo of tho Booth,whom they have por-
rabbit® into thi® country. Oominisaioner I giituntly persecuted by every manner and
Colmaa aaye: Tbero U no Australian rabbit, I mean® of expression they could invent niece
no apecie® being native to that conntry. I they have felt folly assured that the South-
Tbe ribbit that naa done io much harm in I era people were helplea® and unable to re-
Attiriis N*w Zealand ia an introduced I kUt their tyranny or reaUt their inaulta.
apeciea—namely, the common rabbit of I And be it farther"
Europe. While there i® no positive evi- “Buolved, That in our best judgment
dunce to hbow that the European rabbit I no citizen is bonnd to obey their pretended
would be tbe enno in this conntry that it la I authority in thU behalf, and tbe civil an.
in Australia and New Zealand, yet there u thoritit® are advUed to mterposo all lawful
no proof to the oontrary, and its intrcduc-1 means for the proteotion ef our citizen®
tion here would be, to say the least, | against,this unlawful and high handed u*ur-
unnecessary and hazardous experiment I pation.
As to the power of any officer of the country [Signed] •‘Gustavub Cook.
to prevent the introduction of this pest into 1 The Legislators his taken no action upon
the United States, 1 know of uo law con- the memorial, and members are in a q mn-
ferring any hucU authority. Congress might I dary ss to what disposition to make of it,
enact a law conferriLg upon the CommU- there being a divtrnily of opinion. There
fiioner of Agriculture power to prevent the I are thone who believe that while the outrago
landing of any animal in the United Btates I investigation is in progrt-® at Washington
which in his opinion would be iDiuriou® to I action npon the memorial would be ill-ad-
agriculture on the tame principle that it I vised, others want to bury it, while others
prevents tbo introduction of cattle affected j agree with Judge Cock and may make an
with c dis ■- * l i,!. - s® tL'uft to bring u up ! jX disposal,
there is promt* limited importation 1
y the presentations of and action. npon
conference reports, which are always in
order, and by pension hills, general and
special, which, though possessing no in
herent rights, are, by tbe predictions of
both side®, to beacoorded special privileges
whon circumstance® permit. Ihe remuining
time of the doily sessions is to be duvotea
to soleotcd messarej of general legislation,
substantially in tbe following order: The
Nicaragua canal bill, tbe resolution for
investigation of *the Pacific railroad
accounts, tho bill croating a
Department of Agriculture, the
bill for tbo relief of depositors in tho Freud-
man's Bank, the plenro-pnenmonia bill (if*
it should be reported from tho commi*toe
on agriculture in time), tho arbitration
(labor) bii), any land grant forfeiture bill,
the bill to prohibit tho use of the mails to
newspapers publishing lottery advertise
ments, the Dae Moine® land grant bill, tho
bill authorizing suits to bo br light in cer
tain cases ugainst tbe United State®, hills to
settle private land claims, the claims of
certain B ates for tbo money® expended in
tho war of 1812, tho bill to establish an in
ternal copyright system, the bill io quiet
certain land title®. It is not deemed prob
able that tho remaining time of tho session
will be sufficient to complete the entire list.
Tho most important moasaro to bo noted
upon in the Houso to-morrow, if tho routine
is adhered to, will be tbo Springer bill pro
viding for the referencoof all privato claims
to tho Conrt of Claims for adjudication.
The committee on war olnims will enueavor
to pn&B this bill under a suspension of the
ralei. The Senato amendmont® to the sun
dry civil appropriation bill will occupy thn
utiention of the Houso until 3 o'clock,
whun eulogies upon the lute Senator Pike
111 bo made. Thursday the retaliatory
bills will be oalled np nud a lively del ate is
expected. Tho President’® veto of the de
pendent relative® ptu®ion bill in up for con
sideration on Thurmhiy. Tho remainder of
the week will undoubtedly bo devoted to
tbo consideration of appropriation bills and
conforunco report®.
*
A CRUSH AT TM *•. WriiTE HOUSE.
Ten Thitiinnrid P«o|n«*, Mostly Ltdlx, t Ate*
tend Mn. Cleveland's Laat Reception.
Wasdixoto*, February 19.—Mrs. Cleve
land bad her last pnblio reception thi® af
ternoon, and it was attended by more poo-
nlo than any similar event at the white
llonso. Tno crowd wrni composed mainly
of ladie®, and it® number wa® ehtlmatedat
10,000. Tbtmembers of nev»ral excursion
parties from Baltimore, Brooklyn and other
places helped to dwell tho throng. People
began to Resemble at tho White House
hoars before the time set for opening the
door®. The recoption began at 3 o’clock
and laated till 5 o’clock. At 2:30 o’clock
tbe crowd In front of the honso extended iu
a lino nix abreast from the main doorway
through tho ground®, ont nt th« went gate
and east along Peunsylvania avenue a® far
ns Fifteenth utreet, a diMtanco equal to
more than three city block®. Constant
aceuHhions were received from all
direction® and the line became so
dense tLat several Indie® fainted and had
to be taken nway. When tho doors were
finally opened the peoplo surged in streams
that seemed to grow larger and larger.
Those who entered first had been standing
on tho porch for at least two boars. After
paying their respect® to Mrs. Cleveland and
tho laoics who assisted her, Miai Cleveland,
Mr®. Folsom, Mis® Endicott and Minn
Lamar, the peoplo lingered to admire the
beautiful decorations of the hon*o and
seemed in no harry to dopart. A® a conse
quence the house soon became nncom-
lortably crowded and locomotion wa® slow
and difficult. It therefore became abso
lutely necessary to close the doors at ex
actly 5 o'clock and tarn away many hun
dreds of ladies who had taken
their places at the end of the
line soon after it began to move. There
was one incident that caused considerable
criticism. Ladies who came io ihu uonse
on foot were compelled to take their place®
at tbe foot of tbe line. Many of these who
came In carriages, however, were allowed to
alight on the parch and take position® near
the bead of the line. This apparent dis
crimination was notieed by peoeatn&r,® at
once, and may of them, seeing an e isy way
to improve their positions at slight «.x tense,
hired waiting carriage® to take them a ®hort
distance out of the grounds and to bring
them back to tbe potch, where they conld
get better place®. The carriage driver®
neped quite a harvest by these short trip®.
The managers of the reception were too
bu«y with the crowd in&ido to observe or
stop the imposition being practiced on
those outaiiie.
The report wa® lintinod to with great at- - , ,,
tention. though the reading was several by !• ders, there would ucm
times interrupted wi;h appauie, which | ttO occasion for slarm as turn fwbitvi
hr k- out st‘r. ah V hell the -..mfu.l-i.g M-r*. \ li.g th:..* <*• K"-h • ‘ ' mv.ii! a with
lanes of tbs rt p. rt stowed that the com-i Ft j <• f. eeo i:.: rod owed, or stle* it has
m it® recommendn- n* i E* *n-** • ! ■ ■ ■ r ' ' nJ uM
oi to be btill leh- .• : g'-r in faiure.
bo NEGOnanOBB FOR THE CENTRA!,
it T.
Mr. Wa
.ki.l
abort related,
but officers are i
, and c
ckbad ri
appeared,
that coufidcralio
day next, and npon an
terpo'< i liy Mr. llr.i^v-
a in - *i> r. t . u. it etL.
by 131 to 21.
left f red
Tn*i S
A L.b.ril I>l.p.ra.<t.
autboritiec
of Mr. Hemphill,
>.l the xpp'
* 11,wed "*L b*rj rawtiDK hero to-
\ ltrr Kj bttr w*a .1,011 to .peak.
.U..LC-, naober-:.* Mini thcu-Did,
aftanraril moT. l thresh the . r«u
tag for Richter. were arrrate.L
forcibly
day jn*r
cheer-
nth C
bill, in place
■ uf Mr. ojolt, of Fenn-tjlvania, who i» ab-
■ sent,
| Mr. Lanham, of Texa*, presented a con-
ferertcr* repjrt Upon the trade dollar bill,
| .tui it wa* agreed to without debate ordiri-
U'P-
Ftbnarvf 19.—The
t-yua-i out in foil
woman and three ne-
„1 aeverdy whipped.
a..i preacher, o:.e cl
id he
The ISIcli
t« Mujr Gror
Nzw Voi;x, Fel
T* rU*1 Hal cGivul
in progr. n t -
upaoy of the
At present no
niiluftl Compel y Wtnti
*’• r«r*-at Cou p.oj.
iar> 1* The- U tjmond
>tite that negotiations
th*i pu.r' Lit-*- I>y that
rgia Central railroad,
tail® cm be obtained.
d$
Tbe negrt*
to deserve pun nb
that they a-sked the vigilant® *h«U tL
were being whipp-d for. One ®a>® that
they told them he hail ntoh-n a hog, another
that th*-> thought hu job of work wa® too
remunerative.
Prchident Snlly.of the Richmond Terminal,
h*i:.g in Richmond, and Vic-FrmiJei.t
Holhn®, of the Georgia Central, in .Sa-
vannsb.
Cui.i MJ.ro, February 18.—General Alex
ander -a® intsrriewed by a reporter to
rn '.t, an 1 denied the truth of the pres® dis
patch which intimates that the Richmond
aud Went Point Terminal in about to scoop
tbe G^rgi* C ntral. Fiet»yn if th*-r.? are
any ueg >tiatioc® for the purchase of the
Central he kne » ® nothing of it.
week’s
The Wluter Wheat Crop.
Chicago, February 2U.—Toll
Farmer®' U* view save: Injury t
wheat by reu-on of the recent alest etorm®
end uo :omptnjlcg cold weather is reported
from varioos p -rtions of Ihinoi®, Indians,
Mi- •• . . .■ ! L is, but tb«? g* n» ml situa
tion * atf cling tbo pro-pt-cu of winter
wh» - Ht ctUii.. i<> t •• f i\ -t.title. Field® in
Mich'gin ar d Wisconsin are luarly all cov-
•rad with snow, sod xvpertiere uniformly
favorable. R-p- rtr fr)m.ife** Vinter wheat
counties of I iwa and Minnesota are gener-
iillygood. 1 he corn movement is free in
Ohio and Indiana, but i® very light in all
other Western State®.
•hot II * Wif- mn * H mteir.
Utica, N. V., 1 ehiua y 20. Ilia s'ter-
noon Wm. Nelson, a well-known far.ner
living near here. ®hot hi® wtf»* and then
shot htiLHfclf. H© ut dead. She is not
fatally injured.