Fort Wayne Sunday Gazette (Newspaper) - March 16, 1884, Fort Wayne, Indiana VOL 11 SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 16 1884 PRICE 5 CTS NATIONAL CAPITAL Warm la the HOUM on the llm Another to Land Grant to a to the and South with IB Pension hy the of the terlor biker Upon tor the HOMO Foreign Affairs Committee of mt WASHINGTON March The was not in Hussion The morning hour was dispensed with and the went iato com- of the whole Mr Blount In the chair on the tion the UK question being the motion of Mr Her r 10 sti ike out the limiting paid or mail to land grant roads to fifty per cent of that allowed other roads Mr Holinan offered as a substitute for the motion nn in- within the fifty clause the Northern And systems and Tiding that nn right now existing ID favor of the United States In regard to these routes shall be deemed im- paired or waived by this action Mr Cannon said if the gentlemen on the other side wanted to do a just and effective thing they could come Into the wUh an amendment Increasing the sinking or obtain provisions ao that when bonus tured there would be a sufficient sum ID that fund The ment was a and a fraud and an Attempt to the country He Opposed the amendment contending It would deprive the roada of earnings which would be applied to the ing fund fir Holman's amendment was adopted by a vote of 85 to 56 Mr Horr moved to strike out the proviso Jfr protested against the proviso U was highway The to strike out was to 88 Mr Bingham moved strike out the clause reducing the five per fates allowed all After debate Mr i was lost and tbe passed The paragraph appropriating for route services together With a of Out of any unexpended balance of the appropriation for having been reached Mr Horr out the and in- crease tbe appropriation to Mr said the attempt of the side to make a pretty trick to cheat the into the btilief that the less than it really Old Mr in the course of a in support of the went briefly Into a history of the star rout? frauds which he claimed had unearthed by a Democratic congress Mr Cannon in reply charged that to the shame of a con- gress it had to carry out the unanimous recommendations of the Committee on appropriations would have cut out the Mr Townsend replied that though his colleague may have been ink these recommendations the body of his party had voted against them The outrageous crime of the star route frauds bad a worse result than bery Before a committee of tho house one ol the highest officials of the Republican administration had that the outrages perpetrated by this had gone farther than that they had resulted In the murder of the dent Mr Milliken roae to propound a question but his voice was drowned with the cries of order from the Democratic side However he aged to make himself heard after time with the question Does the gentleman remember another president who was Who killed Who stood behind him and who expressed themselves as Clad of replied Mr Townshend mis the question he was a stalwart Republican and he said he was forced to do it by the stalwart of his Mr Bingham the hand of dod Mr Beed reviewed the status of affairs at the time of the Democratic Investigation of the star route frauds A Republican stood charged with crime be- fore the world and in the opinion of most of the world he was guilty of It was also a fact that two Re- publican administrations had allowed that man with all the resources the law of the land to Every time the Republican party found a within Us ranks it pursued derisive laughter and of on the Democratic side gether with the suggestion that would break up tbe The object of Mr Townshend in making a about corruption was to dis- guise the unfairness of the then rose Mr Henly from the house tee on public lands reported the declaring forfeited certain lands granted to aid in the construction of a railroad from the Central Pacific in Portland Oregon House calendar Adjourned NEW The secret service division of the treasury department reports it Is be- certain that counterfeiters are concerting measures to ly pass upon the public especially in the cities of the south and west f 20 silver certificates A sample bias just been received at the office of tho secret service division The issue is of tho series of 1880 James treasurer of the United States Tbe paper is thick and greasy and and tho note is of an Inch shorter than tbe genuine There is no distributed fabio or parallel threads in the paper as In the gennino Tho words silver cate appear in the panels twice in the upper border on tho face of sole not in tho panel to tho left In the counterfeit the letters r t and in the word are engrossed wrong aide up the counterfeit there are no periods dividing the initials in B K Bruce on the lower left corner The letter O is without tho ing number and in the name lau only the first i is dotted On the busk of the note the word taxes is plainly spelt and tha word engraved is spelt The color of the seal is brick red whilo it should be verging on brown The foregoing points if noted will lor the present protect tbe public while the note should not de- careful handlers of money when tbe lathe work is examined in it AGREED The sub-committee of the house committee on foreign affairs to-day considered the Luster resolution and agreed upon a report and resolution concerning it The action of the sub- will be submitted to the ull committee on Monday The as agreed upon states in effect that the action of the bouse of was an of pathy with the German people in their loan and the house no with tho relations existing iween the legislative and of the German government which prevented that expression of sympathy from reaching the body to which it was addressed In upon a pension case the secretary of the interior ruled that tho fait that a had disease prior to is not absolutely a bar to lie pension claim It must not a resumed that the soldier was sound he was accepted into the vice but the service and subsequent disability being proved it does not require much evidence to establish the fact of bin soundness at ment Two Heavy Kew Tkn NEW YORK 15 To-day was one of the mint exciting ever seen iu the coffee trade The sales of hags did not represent all magnitude of business The ket panicky aud irregular Be- ginning with receipts of from twenty Co thirty points at call which was due to some depression iu the Havre movement had given a fresh impetus when two failures iu the trade were announced Tbe de- cline then became a and a of wild excitement occurred Later when it was seen the shorts were ering there was recovery hut the closing figures were nevertheless considerably below those of last ing L S Kesley sent notice to tbe ex- change of his inability to meet his eu- but said were small but he could give no figures Wolff also announced their inability to fulfil their contracts They said to have been carrying from to bags for firms in Rio Da who not re- to their call for margins This was due to the fact that the tables were not working well Meantime they decided not to put up margins on their own account It is said in the trade that f will cover their The wild rumors of the day wero the creations of a panicky feeling and placed the liabilities among the lone Tbe involved were the agents of Kerr Hayrt Co of Rio De and they are consid- ered the leaders in tbe great bull movement in tbe coffee trade Indian In BT Louis Maroh from Indian Territory says the Creek In- dian council at yesterday took no action regarding the late de- of the interior department giving the to Perryman it seems to be tho general belief notwithstanding previous re- ports to the contrary that tbe friends of will accept tbe situation and that there will be no further trouble Chief well re- at present and has entered upon his official NBW YORK March grand ot Knights Templar will OP day the status ol Lafayette in Union square iu honor of that visit sixty yean and his being mado a Templar CARLISLE'S CANNON out of the Jew York free Last Kight Tho Great of that a tko JMt of Tariff Bold Bit of ler tho Bobber to Am Oklo Man for Kafir Teara Ago The Cattle Disease Bating KUMI Iowa Ipliootlo TARIFF TAFFY to tbe Hew Trmae Nxw YORK March New York Free Trade club give its annual dinner to-night When the president said Mr lisle would respond to tho first toast e gentlemen at the tables applauded and when Mr Carlisle arose every man in the room stood up and cheered again aod The ment to which Mr Carlisle responded was Our Federal Union After making an of his re- ception he I am obliged ways for an opportunity of saying a few words in response to Ike toast which is assigned me The tion Union peacefully aud which made radical In tbe relations states themselves and between them and the government was undoubtedly one of the greatest political acts ot modern times It is I think safe to say that in no other part of the world could such a change have been peacefully made at that time and perhaps it is equally to It could not have been made here twenty or thirty years later The old federation possessed no means of sustaining itself In fact it had uu power to tuxes late or administer justice It had but one of tho essential ments of real even that was defined as almost impotent had a right to lay impose dines sub- ject to tbe condition that they should not interfere with the duties entered Into by States and by for- eign countries or states There wan no limitation whatever on the power of tbe stale to impose duties upon the products of other American state brought within its limits for tion for the purpose of ing its own manufacturers The state of New York had full power to impose any of duty upon Philadelphia goods and New Jersey possessed the name lege iu to lbo products uf New York If freu trade is what it ia and what every one it enables them to overcome natural dis- aud secure a higher de- gree of transportation it must be ad- mitted that the existing under the confederation was a wise one and ought never to be disturbed but the of our constitution the men who this federal Union believed that free trade lute free trade between the several states was imperatively demanded the of the people Tots free trade was established by the con- not only for trade between the states then existing but between all states that might after exist as members of the federal Union and most all will admit that the wonderful tion of this country is attributable largely to provision more largely than to any other thing tbe tion not only prohibiting states from levying on imports or but it expressly delegated to congress the collect duties to pay for the general welfare Tnis it simply the power to raise revenue for public poses It is a monstrous abuse to use it not for the purpose of revenues but for the of commerce It is if possible a greater abuse of tho power to employ it for private instead of for public purposes Let no man I pray you misunderstand me upon this point Experience alone has shown it is almost to devise any scheme that will not instantly in a greater or less degree either Injure or benefit private trial interests I mean to say that the primary or one object of that taxation is the Ing of a private interest it is not ia the ultimate used for tbe power of ation but it is simply spoliation we have adjusted ourselves iu the same way as those we have be- come accustomed to it might be in- to suddenly or greatly reduce duties Such a course would seriously alarm many who are em- in these enterprises aud when capital is the same as if that waa the real issue For these reasons it a 1 been my opinion that it was the duty of congress to proceed on this win eel having due re- gard for every step In other words f am in favor of a reformation not a This of tion must goon the power of used for proper posts Thompson tho Cleveland man was the chief attraction ho iog pitted a local boxer named Three thousand people in the building administered a number of founding blows and Thompson iated in a body blow which sent the young man against the compelled him to sit down to When the fourth round ended Duncan C Roes he would match Thompson Against John L Sullivan or any other man for a glove or fight for a local sporting character Immediately stated was authorized to match Sullivan for both men to put up a deposit of each the fight to take place within months either With or without gloves The articles will be signed next week Attempt Tiller to ST March the express made a bold and attempt to escape this after- noon his arrival here he has been in the of the Express of- helping them to straighten out their accounts and has occupied a room on tho floor Of the Lindell hotel adjoining that of General ager and a has been on guard in the hall outside this afternoon while Mr was very busy ing and no one else ent Tiller quietly out of an open window and with the means of a fire escapa descended to the balcony over tbe main entrance to the hotel which io twi stories high Ha then rushed through an open window into a lady's and thence into the hall of the hotel but hot being with the house he ran wildly and brought up in the ladles ordinary on the Sixth street side of the hotel Tbe outer doors of this room being locked he had to retrace his steps and as he did no Officer King the guard who had beau ed of his escape and had rushed down to he off met and nabbed him He waa then taken to the four courts aad de- livered to the police authorities and locked up KANT DATS STAUNTOW Va Maroh lice ou a from the governor of Ohio made important arrest at Waynesboro Several years ago an extensive occurred In Ohio and for years tbe fugitive has been unsuccessfully searched for until now he was discovered in the person of A M Finch depot agent at It is said that Finch was by au old acquaintance who happened to pass through and whs notified the authorities It is believed that the money he stole he secreted somewhere near the scene of the transaction Finch will be taken to Ohio CARPINTER 111 March the trinl ot for the murder of Zura Burns a number of Witnesses were examined to-day regarding the of the accused after the murder and his line of conduct d of the murder and when he was called to view the body of the dead girl SUSPICIOUS NEW YOKK Maroh police Brooklyn are Inquiring Into the turning to death of Mabel Robinson of New York in the hotel ou the old Coney lalaud road Her body was found sotting upright in a chair with ail fler clothing burned off ex- cept shreds of stockings on her feet NOT A DEFAULTER NBW YORK March G Morgan of the of Putnuoi Co who is to his bed by severe illness at Hartford denies he is a defaulter and says when able to re- turn to his office he will satisfactorily explain the defalcations THE CATTLE DISEASE It The Stampeded oa a Report That was Ad- on Them bcf Mirch slugging Was given tit tuo iu tbb city to-night at which N EOS HA FALLS Kas March Several surgeons reprobating im- portant cattle interests both in the east aud west have arrived here They pronounce the disease epizootic beyond a doubt but express surprise it is so slightly contagious The climate of Kansas and all are so decidedly able to its spread and development that all are confident it can be easily and wholly abated by the destruction of the herds aud disinfection of the premises as it is only a tion of a few dollars No alarm is felt since the call for a special session of the legislature and it is believed in two weeks there will not be a case in all Kansas Iowa March ty head of cattle afflicted with a dis- ease which is confined to the hind feet and mouth are all right The cattle eat well Opinion differs as to its ture claim it is the result of ling while others believe foot and mouth Physicians the disease foot and mouth plague Three have died Ills March mon Beattie an expert sent from here by the Breeders to gate the cattle plague supposed to be in this vicinity after ing a close investigation of the sffi ed herd here makes the following statement to the Associated Press 1 The foot and mouth disease reported prevalent in and adjoining counties upon Investigation to be without foundation The cattle have foot rot but there is not a single indication of foot and month Tho Lyons Krance chamber commerce protests against the em- bargo on pork FOREIGN LANDS A Among the Egyptian the Command of Baker Pasha General of ths of the French Forces in A Jolit Confederation for the iloa of all of Great Alarm la France Over the Extra- ordinary Activity ia tho German lavy THE OLD WORLD STTAKIN March panic curred last night among the tian troops tinder Baker Pasha who is still in camp at They got a notion the rebels were approaching d became frightened Two men er- supposed to be rebels killed The troops on returning to cheered greatly the personal of Adams the largest man of the Black Watch regiment Twelve Arabs were laid low by hia single of the same ment bayonetted Fifty men have left Chatham to fill he vacancies in the Black Watch Another account says tbe alarm was spread that Digna had rallied aod routed General Graham's and was advancing on The report produced a panic among the Egyptians many of whom openly announced their sympathy with man A riot ensued and der wan only restored by the arrest imprisonment of the mutineers two of whom were bayonetted Telegraphic communication with Khartoum is broken and steamers down the Nile from tum to Shendy have been subjected o a continuous for days It s believed tho tribes in that region revolt A battallion of British has been dispatched to souan There of increased on the hear the Nile beyond Berber Telegraphic communication is cutoff and steamers descending the Nile are fired upon and are nut worth the special notice of a government or confederation of 8 wit an d is a serious to Bismarck and it is believed will cause the on men t of proposed confederation which would be impracticable so long as offers to harbor the anarchists 6 March 15 The sts announce a meeting to-morrow at he grave of the socialist Carl Marx The police will prevent the meeting and the cemetery will bo The Midland hosiery factory afe burned to-day Loss mated at Hugo Schenok confessed to having murdered our he had married for he purpose of plundering them and Karl Sohenck and Karl accomplices were to death RAILROAD Vint Train tke CITT OF Mexico Maroh 15 irst through train over the Mexican entral railroad left this morning taking A J Cassat of Philadelphia General Manager and eral friends The train is composed of private cars of and Robinson The road will be opened to freight and limited April 1 Regular express trains with Pullman cars will commence running May 1 CHICAGO March 15 Tribune bis morning intimate ths ern railroad contemplated Union Pacific west to Denver by he extension of the hinux lines General this as pure fiction and having no foundation of any ter N C March An t bound passenger train nn the Western North Carolina railway wan wrecked near Marlon The engine and two cars were thrown down an Engineer Max was and the fireman badly bruised were hurt OTTAWA March The Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific railway companies have arranged their PABIS March from dated state General Negler who Jed the French which advanced from nog encountered the enemy at between and bud i A severe battle ensued but the enemy were at laet forced to retreat Phe French forces pursued them into by the road The enemy evacuated the town in great disorder and the French continued to pursue them in the direction of Haiphong dispatches report had captured a small merchants near that town and had dered the French captain ana eleven of the crew General Millot telegraphs the ter of marine tnat the French cap- lured at 100 pieces of ery Including several Krupp guns a large number of a quantity of gunpowder and the There Is much uneasiness in diplo- matic circles here on account of cial information to the effect that den and extraordinary activity hag developed iu the German navy Tbe admiralty has just issued an order commanding the immediate doubling of the number of narines and sailors Ne w submarine on the moat extensive scale lavs also been ordered Tue German government has also taken steps to establish on a permanent basis a man commercial station in Africa The left intend to the continuance of war operations in quin They oppose a further sacrifice of men and expenditure of money M French at London has telegraphed Prime Minister Ferry that Marquis Tseng Chinese ambassador haa asked Earl English foreign secretary mediate between China and France The Journal Des Debate says the rmy has performed its task iu quin and the time haa now arrived for diplomacy BERLIN March is semi- officially announced that the powers of Europe had agreed to a joint con- federation proposed jointly by many and France for the suspension of all forms of socialism The announcement was however coupled with the statement that tho country most necessary to the success of the confederation Switzerland bad finally and unreservedly refused to join The Swiss federal council in its note of decimation takes the position that the nature of the government of Switzerland forbids and renders unnecessary espionage and tbe discrimination posed It states that so far as experience has shown the so-called anarchists are a and lot of criminals made amenable to tho regular criminal NEW YORK March Charles W doing in railroad bonds as Homier A Co has The trouble was caused by wo who tor a couple of yean past have been using secu titles de- posited with the firm One of the has besa the a years and the other about two years Several times securities wanted were Oue waa traced and t Hosaler to it more ban it was worth The liabilities arc said to be about The in of he firm of Bros A ng brokers show the liabilities to nominal assets actual asee s LOUISVILLE March 15 Co au incorporation operating the ike tobacco afternoon to the com- Liabilities to assets it is claimed la sufficient to satisfy tbe creditors Will Not March 15 tho few Jersey Me e day upon the of a able report tbe for oa the trial Juhn De- Witt Miller of Trentou a gates entered a protest ris also objected to admission claiming he M as au advocate of un- loly doctrines While the applicant as pastor of the Trenton he upheld the theater is a means of diffusing in- instruction HH hud at- ended the Play in New fork and subsequently wrote a of it On vote taken but one delegate favored he of Performer MINNEAPOLIS Mian A t rapt a a said to be from Chicago met with a fatal accident to-night at opera house There was a row of rings en ropes hanging from an iron bar attached to the ceiling task was to place his feet n these rings bead buckward and across the stage and back While n the midst of tbe act to-night tho ope holding one of the rings broke etting him fall a distance ot ive feet He struck on his bead on front row of seats tho stage and when picked up sible His skull wan fractured PHILADELPHIA Maroh 15 The extensive spice mill of A Colburn A was damaged by tire insurance BOSTON March Hano A Co manufacturers of per had stock and aged Mass Maroh I house to-night The family scaped n their night clothes A boy was cued with his throat cut The March 16 silver age resolution passed by p exchange has letl ou t to the secretary of the irom Long Ranncy and Senator All agree that to with the pronent on age weights aud no U likely to bo taken
