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t ' "! THE DODGE CITY TIMES. VOLUME XV. DODGE CITY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1890. NUMBER 40. 3 X l V "Y i 7 N Jgd TM ) , FfK V wr&ij K ; "J t -I z & - ffl - - li3)53l. i l fe STATE NEWS. Georgo W. Crane has disposed of all his interests at Kansas City and will once more concentrate all his business in Topeka. - A Garden City special says that A. J. Hoisington declined to bo re-elected president of a bank there, having de termined to remove to Kansas Oity. A Hutchinson special says that Hi ram constant, mayor 01 iiiai city, dead; the cause being a complication of diseases of which la grippe wjs the in itial. Eoguo Signal: The Bogrno school district is the only district in the coun ty which has two school houses, (ono of them tho largest, liest and h.indsom est in the county) and maintains thriv ing schools in each of them with male principals at tho head. Valley Falls Register: Rev. Thom as and family, of JJIenden, 111 , have lo cated in this city. Ifo is a Lutheran rniniLter and h:is accepted tho pastorate of tho church here, and will occupy tho pulpit regularly eiery Sunday morning nnd evening tho ensuing year. Cottonwood Falls Courant: Joe Mi ner, of Saffordwllo, was probing into a dynamite cartridge, with a tooth from nn old comb, whon tho cap exploded nnd toro oil tho ends of tho thumb and first two fingers of his loft hand. Dr. A. M. Conway dressed tho wounded rnemliers. Secretary Jlohlei states that a letter has been received from Mr. Kellogg, Etato sugar inspector, stating that or ders have been received by Mr. Cook, of Medicine Lodge, agent of tho United States in Kansas, to investigate the jnllegocl sugar frauds in tho southwest. Hutchinson News: Tho various church organizations of tho c ty have, through a combination of prompt l.ibor, Bucccoded in obtaining the services of tho llev. H AV. Bliss ana Profossor B. 31. Towner to conduct a teries of re ival meotings in this city, commencing nt tho I'resbyteri.in church, Sundav evening, Jan. '2G. Garden City Herald: Thero aro be tween fifteen hundred and two thous and patents for claims in the land of fice at th's place, waiting to lie called for. AH parties whoso final proofs havo been made nt this office aro notified by V.ter as soon as tho patents arrive. It might sato much fiituro trouble, if the owners of the patents would call for them. Tho Osage Mission Journal tells of Dave Wilson haing his back broken by having an awning loaded with 6now fall upon him. Tho xertcbrrc was part ed threo inches, in tho region of tho veventu or eighth vertebra?, but tho JJ'pinal cord was not injured. A plaster , ,4:ast was mndo and the spinal column , iij :.. ri: vxr.i . 1 - i jmueu luiru jHjNiuuii, it iibuh nui. losing I consciousness. Independence Reportor: F. W. Ed- gerly, of Chcrryvalo, reports that work on tho second gas well was brought to a staud-still on account of the flow of gas being so strong as to throw the water up to tho great discomfort of tho workmen. This well is now 435 feet deep and tho flow of gas is very strong in it. It is thought that before work can bo resumed, the well will havo to be cased to shut off tho water. It was the intention to sink this well to a depth of one thousand feet at least. Wilson Echo: Somo ton years ago C M. Thomas, living on the Flats Bovcn miles cast of town, whilo in Wil eon lost his pocket book containing somo papers and $20 in money. Noth ing was heard of tho pocket book un til last Christmas day, when it was re turned to Thomas, as a Christmas present, through tho mail. Thomas oxaminod tho old papers and concluded that it was not so much of a present nftor all, tho 20 not being in it, as ho supposed. So ho gnvo tho children tho book to amuso thcmselvos with, when, to tho astonishment of all, the children discovered tho $20 sticking in ono of tho pockots of tho book; eo it turned out to bo a very acceptable present nftcr all. , A Burlingame special: Tho Bur- ( lingamo knitting factory which was burned last month, will resumo business within n few days. Thomachinory has all arried, except ono or two pieces . which will not deter tho work. The "''factory will occupy a two-story brick ccjbuilding next to "the First National AV0Banlc Tho elevator of French Bros., ., which was consumed bv tho same con- 1 Magration that swept away tho knitting J?",fw'or'lat "M not ' rebuilt, but the site ' f nwill be occupied by tho depot of the r Wyandotte .t Northwestern railway, which wilV bo extended through Bnr- C lingamo to Wichita from its present riittermmus at Lawrence. on STOCK AM) I'ARH. McPherson Republican: A farmer ingnear Chase, in Rico county, just jjished digging potatoes tho day be- -e Now Year's and he says they came F"" t in as good Fhapo as if they had pollen dug in October. S. IAlcrherson Republican: J. Handloy O.0 i been to St, Louis where he sold a 7-ilft 'oa( cac ' mules and horses. ! r s was tho first car load of Mcl'her- F l&S county grown mules over shipped f ( out of the county and they sold as readily and at as good prices as Mis- jf.souri or Kentucky mules. Cawker Citv Timps: ChnrJoo T rDavis has tinislieil fmthnrinr h'a nnm i " o . J crop, amountini; to 7.0C0 bushels. Ho raised, last year, 7.C00 bushels of corn. ( 1,630 bushels of wheat, and 980 bushels ' of rve, and paid out not to exceed S50 ( for labor, all tho work having been done bv himself and family. The corn tJie contracted at 15 cents a bushel. Garden City Sentinel: Alfalfa Eeed gil being worth 1 per bushel here, and & corn ten cents a bushel in eastern Kan- ajsas, tho price of a bushel of alfalfa seed jib worth a Torty-bushel load of corn. A farrrer recently brought to this market a fifty bushel load of alfalfa 6eed and received $200 for it. To obtain the same amount of money an eastern Kan leas farmer would havo to deliver 2.000 pushels of corn, which means much Lard work and no profit. i( In the Arlington Enterprise N. B. ' "Wolfe says: "Since tho 'Jumbo' sec- tlion oi my lana, io. oi, i'lovna lown fehip, C10 acres, has produced 38,500 (bushels of corn in the cob, and 5.300 (bushels ol clean oats, in one crop, in I tone Tear, 1889, and this being the larg- awaoiu.u xuutMUi, .ww.ueu vo i 'i ,s ,r?j -A- . -ITS, zl s A name this fertile home farm, 'Corn land,' Arlington, Ilcno county, Kansas instead of Ranch da Luce, by which name it was formerly known. Hutchinson "World: J. W. Crow eliowed us a cut of the new "steam j plow," which will soon revolutionize the prairie breaking busincs3 in .Kansas. This plow will break 100 acres of raw prairie in one day at a cost of alont 10 wnlq Tvr nero T1il m .rh no will YiTow - J fert51i 'e. iiarro-v and seed at tin same is tim Its icht is about ten tons. time. Its weight is about ten tons, it lays a trestle, runs over it and takes it up again by moms of a v.eb belt. It is possible that Hutchinson may bocomo tho center of manufacture of this great machine. "Wo aro anxious to see the great prairie leviathan throwing dirt. Our farmers will see tho machine at work soon. kasi, i:ii. novns. Cawker City Times: Correspondence with officers of the Hock Island Railroad company relative to tho extension of its lino to Cawker, is progrfssing favorably thus far. Wo expect to Iki able to gho our readers fcorao good news on this point in the near future. So much wo aro permitted to say now Hutchinson Ifows: 'Ihe Xews has sent out blank petitions to over twelvo hundred alliances and two hundred boards of trade asking them to sign and return at once to this office. Tho petitions are ad dressed to tho Kansas railroads taking them on account of tho outrageously low price of corn, to mako an emer gency rate to move this crop. Tho preamble calls attontion to tho fact that tho present corn rate was put in effect whon corn was selling at 55 cents per bushel. Tho following extract from a letter from the railroad commissioners in re lation to track loaders will bo of in terest: "It is not for a moment to bo supposed that tho order against dis criminations carries with it any reason or excuso for tho track loader to detain cars r.nd thus delay shipments 'which, in a busy season, would work n hard ship to other shipjxsrs nnd a loss to the railroad company. It would Fcem to bo an oquitnblo rnlo that shipnors should bo supplied with cars in propor tion to their ability to use them, the small shipper sharing the misfortune of a car famino proportionately with tho operator of an elevator doing business nt tho samo placo. THE ROCK ISI.ANIl'.-) I.liri.Y. The Hallway Hies lis Answer to Cros Hill ot the Municipal Stockholders. Tho counsel of tho Chicago, Kansas cfc Ne braska Railway company, and of the Chica go Rock Hand & l'aeiiic Railwaj tompany, hied, answers in tli2 United Staffs circuit court to the tro--bill filed by thcnuuicipnl stockholders in the case brought by tho Metropolitan Trust company, of New York, for tho foreclosure of its rcortgago for about $26,000,000. In the Chicago, Kansas it Nebraska an swer it is said that Chicago, Kansas fc Ne braska has i'o information sufficient to form a belief whether tli3 count of Ford holds one-half of the capital stock of ths Arkan sas, Kansas fc Colorado railway. They deny that the purchase of the Arkansas, Kan-as , Colorado railway by the Ch.engo, Kansas fc Nebraska was made without prejudice of the ownership by Ford ccutitj, of one-third of the property, or any pirt thereof. That the Chicago, Kansas .' Nebraska is now the owner of all property of tho Arkansas, Kan sas & Colorado railway, free and clear of any right, claim or interest on the art of Ford county, and that tha sale of the Dron- crty was approved and ratified by moio than n majority ot stockholders of the said Ar kansas. Kansas &. Colorado railn a v. includ ing Ford county, at a meeting of tho stock holders duly called and held for that pur pose. Tho company dimes that the subscription to tho cap tal stoci of this company by counties and municipalities m Kansas, or elsewhere, amount to Si'lO.OOO or any sum in except of J,VA.',M). 'J he bonds received by it inpaimeutof subscnp- tions of capital stock, were necessarily sold at a discount and netted only $2,14fi,0M.M. It is denied that the compliining co anties were ignorant of tho existence of a lease of the Chicago, Kan-as & Nebraska to the St. Joseph fc Iowa when they voted aid, anl that they well Knew tint the Chicago, Rock Island t Pacific furnished the money to build tho Chicago, Kansas .t Nebraska. That on June 1, 1687, the St. Joseph & Iowa Railway company, under the provisions of the lease, took possesion of all of the Chica go, Kansas & Nebraska railway, extending from St. Joseph to Nora. Nebraska, from Horton to Her.ngton, and of other lines as fast as completed, and continued to operate tho samo until January 1, J8SI. That the complainiug stockholders at all times ac quiesced in tho lease and management, and none of them complained before this lull of foreclosure was filed. It is denied tint nt the time the lease wascxecuted the Chicago, Rock Island fc Pacific intended to tnk. pos session of Imth tho Chicago Kansas & Ne braska and t he St. Joseph .t low a finally, and operate them. It is denied thit the complain ing count'e? and municipalities nnd stock holders residing in St. Joseph are tho only persons who hive paid full value for their stock in the Chicago. Kansas .V Nebraska. It is denied that the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacihc, by a secret arrangement, his ac quired all or any of the rcsiduarj sto:k of the Chicago, Kanas & Nebraska, or by any secret arrangement or leas?, has acquired absolute possession or control of tho prop erty. All dealings with the Chicigo, Rock Island it Pacific have been open and public to all parties in interest. The renta', they claim, is fair and reasonable, and it is de nied that the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska net earnings were more than 3U per cent of the gro-s earnings. It denies that the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific has dealt in an unfair and under handed way with the Chicago, Kansas Nebraska, or that it has exercised more in fluence in the control of the Chicago, Kan sas A. Nebraska than its larger interest in the property demanded. They declare it is noi true that the money advanced by coun ties and municipalities amounted to nearly one-tenth of tho original cost of construc tion, or one-fifth of tho cost. The Chicago, Kansas fc Nebraska was constructed and equipped, 1,155.41 miles of railroad at a cost of $..SX),000, all advanced by the Chicago, Rock Is'anJ i. Paeihc company. It is ad mitted that the Chicasro. Rock Island A Pa cific received grants of land and lots, but, it is declared that in each case, tho nroceeds therefrom were applied to the erection of warehouse etc., and that instead of rca'iz ing a profit, the hock Is'and has advanced JjO.OUI in excess of l s receipts from these grants. It is denied that the matcr'al used in the cons' ruct on of the Chicago, Kansas .fc Ne braska was purchased by the Chicago, Rock Island .fc Pacific, or that tho material was transported over the Chicago, Ro-k Island fc Pacific, or th t the road was constructed by that company or its agencies. They deny that tho disbursements for construction were made by Chicago, R"ck Island fc Pacif ic, or that all the receipts of Chicago, Kansas A Nebraska have teen accounted for to the Chicago Rock Island t Facific It also denies that the Chicago, Rock Island A Pacific has raid nothing for Chicago, Kansas A Xibros ka stock, but insists that the s'eck was de livered, for money advanced and used in the construction of tho Chicago. Kansas A Ne braska lines. It denies hiving treated the municipal stockholders ai if they had noth ing to do with the property, and adds that dne notice vzs given of all meetings. If the municipalities were not recresentcd it was their own fault. It avers that the Chicago, Bock Island A Pacific makes a daily report of the cross eamincs of the Chicasn. Kan. t sas A Nebraska lines to the treasurer of that company. It is denied that the cities of Wichita and Abilene subscribed stock to aid owm i5 nwiM md no more. . . s s SsVf-5s-36. IKEUfdJRf.&iaxA i rr nn fTmr -t rrr SILVER SENSATION. finmor Says That the Bank of England has Bought Large Amount! of Sliver ISullion as a Ilisls for Currency. Secretary fYlndoin's Plan to be Adopted In Advance of Action of Congress by the Great London Money Center of the World. ivr lour, January 25. lucre was a rumor in Wall street, which, considering the discussion of Secretary Wmdom's silver proposition, occasions considtraolo com ment. Messrs. Zimmerman and Forshay announced that they had received advices I from London to the effect that the Bank of j England is about toexerc fc its right, never I hitherto as erted, to u-e silver to the extent of one-third of its reserve and issue one pound notes m silver nga nt it. Th; dis patches also said that the bank hd pur tha id :itC0,C0) i ounds cf silver bullion in expectation of tho action. Ono broker went so far as to say that if the Ilink of England should exercise this right tlioro would be such a i cr.od of speculation aud general inflation in the country as has not been ex perienced since the discovery of gold in California. Mr. Korehiy snys thit he was confident that the d spatch which he received was v ell fojndcd. "I behcc," lia continued, '"that should the stpp toward silver certificates be taken in England, it will have been taken merely in antic pa ion of Mr. Uindom's plan. Xot alone this, bat it will be a great advance tovard the estab'ishment of bi.metahsm and international currency. For this fact is indubitable that England and the United States control tho moey markets of the world. If England should follow our ox nmp'e and adopt silver as the basis part of its circulation, France. tJennany, and of course other countries of Europe could not fail to follow tho lead." lint From the Wire. PiEmiE. S. D., January 23. Hundreds of boomers in this city who are anxiously wait ing news of tho president's proclamation opening the Sioux reservation hare com pletely organized for a concentrated move ment to occupy ths land the mmuto the wirc3 bring news from Washington. Washington. D. C Th; pre ident has sent to ths senate, a memorial prepared by a commitico of tho American association for tho advancement of snence relative to the preservation of the forests on the public domain. Iho president approves the senti ments expressed in tho memorial and recommends that tho legi-Iation may be provided to present the rapid and necdlo-s destruction of our great forest areas. Mmsov, Wis. Ii dmn Agent Lnwton has just returned from Lac Court d' Sac rcs'rvati n and sais if something is not dono immediately many of tho Indians on that reservation will starve. lie urges that congress tako immediate action. LoNnov. Tho national line steamer f recce, Captain Jelfrey, arrived in tho 'I hames from New York nnd reports that she saw nothing on tho passage of tho samo lino steamer Erin. C'apta n Tysen. which sailed from New York December 38. for Loudon, and whic't has not jet arrived. It is feared tho Erin is lost. Wui..ton, I). C Secretary Noblo's investig-itions show that tno receivers at local U. S. land offices are short in thoir accounts. Among them is Charles Spalding, of Topeka, Kansas, said to be $J,000 short. ATrnis-v, Ka. Win. lleatherington, president of tho Exchange National bank, is dead. The funeral will b: in the nature of a put lie demonstration. Knsh City. Tho Warder Grand op'ra house and hotel has been sold by the sheriff. George W. Henry, of Chicago, bought it nt $:!.W,WX). L. M. Crawford, of Topeka. who has a five years' lease on tho opera house, siys that he does sot intend to give it up un'il he has to. Sr. Jo-Fini, Mo. P. Pod ant's livery stable burned, with seventeen horse, among them a $1,000 stallion New Your. George I'nmon, New York agent of a western land and real estate company, whose offices aro at Caldwell. Kansas, committed suicide, f hooting him self while in tho gun s'.oro nt -19J Eighth avenue. Dsn-oiT, Mici. General Alder has gono on a several months' trip, to visit all the G. A. R. departments. Ho goes to New Eng land first. London-. It is announced positively that John Ruskiu, the greatest of English critics, is hopelessly insane. His mind has been failing for several jcars. and since lPt ho has hid several rcriods of undoubted in sanity. Jvckson-viijje, Fia. Arbor Day was very generally celebrated throughout the state. In this city several thousand young trees liavo been planted, the chool children par- ticipatmg in somo of the ceremonies. St Fhinciscc. The steamer Oceanic, with Mies Nellie Uly among the passengers, arrived here, and Miss Bly was taken at once to Oakland, where she boarded a spe cial tram which was in waiting and started east via tho Southern Pacific and Atlantic A Pacific ro Jtcs. London .Twelve bodies have been washed ashore at Bridgeport. It is surmised that they arc part of the crow of some ship that has foundered in tho recent gales. Stole a ITaj; Tiill of .Jewels. Mottiieai, January 21. While tho streets in the neighborhood wero crowded, two men walked up to Walker's diamond storo in Notre Tamo street and tied the doors with rop?. Then they smashed the plate glass show windows with a heavy hammer. One snatched a tray of diamond rings and the other swept every piece of diamond jewelry in the window into a bug. The only occupant of the store was Walk er himself. He shot through the window, but the thieves hid made off. The crowd, which hid stared in astonishment, started after them. The man with the tray wrms collared on a whirf by a messenger boy. The thief produced a revolver, but it was knocked from his band. He had the tray of rings under his coat. At the police sta tion he refused to gic any name. Th: dia monds in the bag are said to be valued at Lctween u,iw and 5:o,ouu. xne tray con tained only cheap rings. A Terrible Shooting Affray Over a County .Seat Contest. Acstkc, Tex., January 21. News has been received hero of a terrible shooling affray at Johnson City, Blanco county. The affair t.Tjr tho contest between J obnson City and Blanco City for the locat'on of tho county scat. At the election Monday, Johnson City was victorious. W hen the result became known the tight occurred. Ben Cage, a prominent business man of Blanco, became engaged in a quarrel with Zach LJoy d, of Johnson City. Thcv drew revolvers and fired. Lloyd was fatally wounded. Shoot ing between the two tactions then beame goncrab Deputy Sheriff Crosby was "hot in the thigh. Cage was arrested and hurned out of town to prevent lynching. Intense excitement prevails in the county and it ia believed many men will be killed before thi affair ends. On the Home Stretch. YiBCisiA Crrr, Xev., January 23. No advices have b;cn received of the arrival in San Francisco of Miss Nellie Bly, the New 1 ork World's correspondent, who is due by steamer, and it is probable that storms havo delayed the vcscL However, if sho should te now on a Central Pacific tram and en route across tho continent, she woiiia do unaDie to get tnrougn the moun tains in the face of a snow blockade that is without precedent in the Sierras. The great storm which began at Truckee ended only after thirty hours' continuous snowfall, which averaged an inch and a half an hour. Trains aro abandoned and wire are down in every direction. It may tako a week beforu the overland route will be opened; at rresent greit drifts cover the route from Reno to Piomontory and more snow is to be expected rather than "a clear up." The most intense interest is felt in the matter because the b'ockade catches Miss Bly on the home stretch and seeirs likely to plac; it in the power of Mifs Bisland, on the slow-sailing Bathnia, to reach New York ahead of her riva". 'through this snowy shroud wri-h envelopes the whole mountain region the most ponderous snow plow cannot force its wav. A terrible wind is blowing and by night will have frozen exun on in euriace tost wm oe almost lus tra " "" " .J?La. . -i-T. .-cs-sM -tl. .1 Kiss BISLA'CD AtSO BELATEr. Losdo.n-, January 2?. Mijs Eisland, the American girl who left New York sixty-five days ago in an attempt to g rdle the globe via San Francisco and Yokohama in seventy-five days, for he Cosmopolitan Maga zine, flitted through London Saturday af ternoon, on her way to catch tho Bothnia lat Queenstown. She sai 1 sho had had a splen did trip and she looked in the best of health, although she had not slept since 2 o'clock in the morning and had had a long trip to and aero s the Engl sh channel, with a stormy crossing of the Iri6h channel befo:e her. As the Bothnia is a slow boat. Miss island will tot hove any time to spare if she teaches New York within the stipulated time. Shs missed the Lv. Champagne at Havro by onlj three hours, and 1 y another unfortunate coincidence tho fat Ems, which sho wished to take from Southamp ton, has just been la;d otf. Fifteen Feet on a I-etcl. Chicaoo, Iu-, January 24. "It is manj years since the far northwest has s:en any thing like the present fall of snow," said It. h. Reese, of Portland, Ore. "A "telegram which I have Irom the superintendent ol one of my mine, in eastorn Oregon tells me there era fifteen feet of snow on a level. Such a fall of snow in the mountains is not unu-ual, but tho snow of the last few daj j that has fallen all over Oregon, Wash ng- iuii, itau .aiontaxia is aiuiusi unpreceaemei. The stcckmen of Washington will be the hardest hit. 1 hey have been used to warm winters ana have made no preparation for nn; thing like this unusual snow-fall and extremely cold weather which tame with it. I know ono man in Washington who hat slrcady lost 2,000 head of cattle." Form, r y of Parson. Pabsons, Kas., January 24. Inrkins, the forger, who is now in jail at Sioux City, la., for forgery, his been a resident of this'city for three years, and no ono susrected that he was mor- thin he claimed to be aa ex professor of geology and ex-Methodist minister. Ho frequently tilled the Metho dist pulpit here and gave lectures en geolo gy, lie also kept a music store and did quite a thriving buines. Whenever he got "hard up" ho would leave town for a time and invariably return with plenty of money. Ho said ho mado tho money lecturing, when it is supposed he procured it by forgery. A Committee of Grand Army Men. WisiiiNcTov, D. C, January 21. A com mittc from tho Grand Army of the Repub lic consisting of General Moml of Massa chusetts, Ulue of Kansas, Burst of lllino s, and Kounti of Ohio, were beforo the house committee on pnsious in the interest ol pens on legislation. They advocated the cnactmont of tho dis ability tension lull, which proposes to pen sion those soldiers who aro disabled, n hether dependent on somo other ier on for sup port or not, ana aiso ino passage ot a ser vice pension b.ll. Tiain Robber In California. Tliabf, Cti, January 21. The south bound passenger train was stopped by two masked men seven miles north of here. Tho robbers climbed over the tender and compelled tho ongmeer to stop the train, they then compered tho cngirocr and fire man to go with them and ordered the ex piess man to oiwn the door. The Ion is not known, but is rumored to be seienil thou sand dollars. A tramp stealing a ride was mistaken for a trainman and the robbers shot him in the head. Oklalionii Frauds. Kinsas Crrr, Januiry 23. Cornelius Mc Brido, tho special inspector of public lands, who was on duty at tho opening of Oklaho ma, talks about his report to tho govern ment. Ho charges fraud and rascality to Dillcand Barnes of tho Guthrie land office, aud names General W". II. Clayton as par ticipant, as well as Marshal Jones, of Kan sas, and his army of deputies. Ho says that Marshal Needles acted iho part of an honest man. Governor Hynl's Protest. WisitiNGTON-. D. C, January 21. W. L. Bi rd, governor of tho Ch;ckasaw nation of Ind ans, in a communication laid be ore the senate, protests against t le t roposed es tablishment of a propo ed ferntonal form of government in Oklahomi, as a vio ation of the tr.-atj mode with the Indians in IjCO, and therefore a violation of justice and fair dealing with them. The governor also sa s tl at any such change would tend fo tho an nihilation of the Indian tribes in tho Indian Territory. The ItigSnow Plows Continue Tlielr Ficht. Svv Fra.nci6co, Ctr., Jnuuory 21. It be- can snowing fiercely again in tho Sierra Nevada mountnins Wcdnesfay. The big mow plows, re-inforced by :t,00J men, con tinued their light to release the lm prisoned trains and open tho road to trafti . The or) cials state that the snowis the worst ther linve ever encountered in tho Sierra-, but express their ability to break the blockade and keep the road open when tho blockade is raised. Cold Covers Many States. WismxGTOv, D. C, January 21. The con dition of very low tempsrature, wlach was spreading over the country Wednesday, is the most extensive of tho season. With the exception of eastern Honda, Texas, New Mexico, and the Iudian Tcrritary. the tom peraturo over tha entire country was below tho average, tho greatest doficiency being in central Wisconsin, where the thermometer was over twenty degrees below zero. A St. Txiils Fire. St. Louis, January 21. The extensive mill and works of tie Freeman Wire A Iron comrany, located in east St. Louis, caught Hre, and with the exception of the work house, in which there was a large amount of manufactured stock, were entirelv de stroyed. 'Ihe plant was valued at $100,000, on which thero was $B0,0J0 insurance. Tho works employed 200 men and will bo re-built at once. Ten Persons and .llanj Cattle Die. Tacojia, Wiisn.,January 23. Atfleastjten human beings and thousands of cattle and sheen perished in tho blizzard which beo-an j wjth the year and raged over Washington lui i. .;;& jiciuiia ituui Ills tuiviue reservation aro to the effect that cattle are dying by hundreds from starvation and thirst. A Mall Car Unrned. Ueuthis, Ten-v., January 21. The mail car of the Iron Mountain was destroyed bj fire near Knobcl, Ark. Tha car c-.ntained ths mail for Texas inls, St. Louis, fhici go, and the west, and registered matter to the amount of $10,000. a 1 of which was lost. The hre was caused by the breaking of a lamp. "o Help for Cuba. Washington-, D. C.. January 2L The senate committee on foreign relations or dered an adverse report to I e made en Call's resolution requesting the president to open negct ations with r-pain for the purpose of inducing that government to consent to the establishment of a lepubhc in Cuba. ot Enough Room for Ihe Veterans. Leaveswobth, January 23. There aro 151 applications on filo at the Soldiers' Home in excess of the limit provided for by the last appropriation. There are now 2,000 at the Home. Of these there are :t from Kansas and a larger nuniter from Missouri. The Deadlock Continues. Des Moixzp, Iowj, January 21. The deadlock in the legia'ature continues and the elect on of a United States senator and the inauguration of the new democratic governor seem further off than ever. Sev eral fruitless ballots are taken daily. Natural Gas Wrrcks a Honse. PiTisnuBG, Pji., January 24. An explo sion of natural gas completely wrecked a three-story dwelling at Thirty-eighth, near Bat'er street, killing one person and seri ously injuring e-ght oth r, two of whom may die. Riley Conuty'a Defaulting Treasurer. Maxbattax, Ea.n, January 23. James Fortner has eaten nothing, drank nrrthinfc and ha not sleet since his arrest ml Ifam. gjj. He teems defertnwed to -tor?; f - - MA ".A il-Z. t. l--ryS? - ,-pyixTn-f' COLORED CITIZENS. Petition Presented to the Government by Committee of National A fro-American League Convention Asking fcr Protection Under the Law. Only Citizens In Name. The Right of Suf frage Above That of Mate Sover eignty. Ask for the Pass ige of the lllalr 111IL. WAsniycTox, D. C, January 23. Tho fol lowing addre-s has been presented to the I resident and to both houses of congress: We havo the honor to inform you that wo have been appointed by tho executive com mittee of the National Afro-American League, under instructions of the national convention held in the city of Chicago on the 15th, 16th, and 17th in-t., to petition the executive and congress for the enactment of such laws and the enforcement of tho-o already enacted as will sccuro to us our rights as cit zens guaranteed under the na tional constitution and its amendments. "Tho recent outrages iu tho south and those committed against us in the discharge of our rights in the selection of our nation al repre-tntativcs at each succeeding elec tion are u coming more appalling an J atro cious. We are cnlj citizens in name. Our will at the ballot box is com; 'etch thwart ed, and the result is nn unjust r.prcsenta tiai given to our enemies to the great detri ment of ourselves and the entire nation. It cannot be denied that th.s is all unjust and destructive of the amis intended by tho supreme law of the land. Tho nation hav ing given to U3 our freedom, as well as our civil and political rights, nj can but look to it as law-ab ding citizens for the protection of freedom in thoo rights b? tho tnforce ment of a republican form of government in each state claiming to Le sovereign, yet denjing tho right of sutfrazc, which must alvvajs bo aboc that of stuto sovereignty. "In most of tho southern states wo aro denied the rights guaranteed to us in tho selection of president and xico president and national representatives. We have rep-ro-cntalion in the jury box in few counties of any of theso state, nor have wo fair trial by the courts of those states where lynch law and mob vio'ence prevail. Wo would, therefore, respectfully ask the pres ident of the United fctato, to do all in his nower to nciit the wroncs. 'We havo also been instructed to petition the national congrc-s for the pas ago of tho Blair educational bill, so that the illiterate classes ot both races in tho south may bo enabled more intelligently to discharge tho duties of citizenship, since under the pres ent educational system in tho south that end can nocr be attained. In manv localities less thin two months' tuition is a.lordcd our children, by poorly paid teachers. When the right of citizen ship was gncn us. although our labor had been lorced from us lor centuries without any compensation whatever, no provision was made for our education, and smco tho states in chargo of this sacred trust havo proven themselves inadequate to tho re quire neuts of tiis important obligation, we arc driven to appeal to congress and to the executive, as the head of the national gov ernment, to aid usm this important matter. "Pledging ourselves to be lojal to the na tion and to its institutions, as we havo al ways b:cn, and pledging our fealty at all times, wc would resiectfully urge, Mr. President, that jouwill uso your bost en deavors to bring about t'u realization of the desires of jour humble petitioners in these matters, and lor which wc in behalf of those we represent will ever pray." "Weekly K.,e of Tnde. New Yom, January 27. R. G. Dun A Cc's weekly review of trade sajs: This has been a more favorable week for business in general. Colder weather has brougtit increase in activity and improve ment in price-. Heavy disbursements by the treasury for bonds have brought easier n oney markets, and some troublesome labor controversies have been adju ted. Speculation is still restricted and moderate in volume. The woolen business has been a litt'o im proved for idl grades by tho cold:r weather and is 1 airly active for the cheaper ca-si-mcres and worsteds, with some gam in leuier woolens. 'Ihe speculation in cot ton has marked up tho price half a cent. Tho boot and shoo trade is rati or better, while hides remain low and enow no m provement. The trade in rubber goods is moderate. Lumber and building matena's are in steady demand. Wheat is 2 cents lower, with corn only X cent. Oats have risen lf cents and pork products are a little stronger. Except in cotton, tho necu!atic markets show no un- neaitny activity, tnougii money nere nas b.en decidedly easier. Exports of wheat have been decidoJIy small since the recent rise, and flour sup ments are light, while even corn exports ni pear to fall behind those of last year. Must reports note improvement in the weather and in trade, and at Chicago gram receipts doubled last year's and there aro gains in provi-ions The money marl ets are easier at Phila delphia and St Louis and Omnlia, firm w th amrle supply at Chicago fairly active with good demand at other wo tern points, but slightly slack at St. PauL 'lh:re is much less complaint of tardy collections and special improvement is noted at Kansas City and Detroit. The general improvement is reflected in higher pr.ces for stocks, which have ad vanced during the week nearly 50 cents per share, and railroad traffic and earnings con tinue to show largo gams over last year. - The business failures number 3X8 as con pared with a total of oJ lost week. For the corresponding week of last year the fig ures were ,M2. Peters' Judicial District 11111. Washwotos, D. C, January 27. Repre sentative Peters has introduced in the houso a bill to divide the state of Kansas into two judicial districts, tho western part of tha state to constitute 'the Western district and the eastern part to constitute the Eastern district. A bill to divide the state into two districts by a line running east and west was introduced somo weeks ago by Senator Ingalls, the proposition being to create a northern district and, a southern district. This latter proposition was submitted to the last'eongresa in a bill introduced by Representatives Funston, but it is said that adivision byalinsrdnniignorthands uth would meet the approval of a ma.ori y of the bar of the state. According to Mr. Pe ters' bill, the dividing line beginning at tlu northern boundary of tte state follows the western and southern boundaries of asV lngton county, tho westsi n boundaries of Riley and Davis counties, the western boundary and part of the southern bounda ry of Morn county, the wes ern and south ern boundaries of Chase countv, and the western boundaries of Greenwood, Elk, and Chautauqua count'e to the northern boundary of the Indian Territory. 'Ihe present judge and marshal of thed strict of Kansas are declared the judge and marshal for the eastern distr r t- and the nresmt at torney is declared the attorney for tho we t em district. The pres dent is authorized to appo nt a judge and a marshal for th? west ern district and an attorney lor the eastern district. FoTtbe purposes of lidding terms of court, the eastern district shall bo din 1- ed into three divisions and th western dis trict into six divisions. In the eastern dis tnc court shall be held at Leavenworth, Topeka. and Fort Sco t, and in the western district at Wichita, Sihna. Lamed, Hays City, Garden City, and Norton. A TVhack at Commercit Acenclfft. BisMAEcr, S. D., January 25. The hojse took a whack at commercial agencies and credit companies, passing a bill requiring any such companies to deposit $110,000 with the state treasurer before transacting business in this ftate. Bills were parsed prohibiting trusts or combinations among elevator men and grain dealers: making it a misdemeanor to employ children under fourt?cn years of age in mines or factories, providing for the display of tha flag of the United States on all public buildings. Xelly Bly Goes Thraue'i Kansra, Tcpxxa. January 25. The special train carrrinsNelly Bly, of the New York World, . .. . . . . .. t on the home run of her race around the world, paaeeJ through Kansas in a single day. The train entered Kansas, oa the Santa Fe, at about T a. in. and passed To peka at 5:10 p. m., reaching Kansas City nearly an exact twelve hours after entering Tto rate traveled beat; all record all the Tfr fiwn fif 1)cioo .! "a. I . ,. 1 ftn!.fJwtJ&ir.r rfst.:aL:. .-&. X,, & - run of twenty-two miles, from Syracuse to Kendall, was made in twenty-two minutes. Other spurts were as fast, and long is tances were covered at a speed of fifty miles an hour. From Albuquerque exactly 100 miles were made at a rate of tl.H miles an hour. But the fastest time expected by the railroad people was to be made between Kansas City and Chicago. The entito road from ocean to lake was held open with the plucky girl's special holding the right of way over everything. Miss Bly wss in perlcct health and spirits and enjoyed th? rapid transit well. During the morning, while in western Kansas, she took a hundred-mile spin on the engine. The quickest time across the continent, from San Francisco to New York, ever be torc made was by a party of ra Iroad o 15 cials in ls7i, when the trip was nude in eight j -threo hours and twenty-seven min utes, and that was over a route I'll miles shorter than the route taken by Miss Bly's special. Mm Blv le't New Yore November 14. be ing seventy days beforo she pa-sod through Kansas. She made the rcmarkablo tour with no other baggage than a hand satchel, and when she started hid but one dress, the one she had on. Sho lot two days in Ceylon and fivo days in Japan, waiting for s'eamer.-. Condensed to 31ake Room. Albcquibqcx, N. M., January 27. Pcs'- mrster Roy, while distributing mail at night, opened tho side door in responso to a knock and was held up by two masked men who proccale l to rob tie mail a d the olice. 'Ihcy scsjred J500 :n money, a lot of jewolty, and what stiinps there were on kind. Coi rimes, O. A fire had been burning and the firemen had it about under control when on explosion occurred of natural gas. from pipes in tho cellar. Tho I uildmg and others near it were torn into chips as er!e tually as a large force of workmen could do it in a long time. Three were killed and very many burned, buried, and bruised. KAf sas Crrr, Mo. It is rumored that G. W. Henry, the purchaser of the Warder Grand opera house, has sccuro 1 the control of theaters at St. Joseph, Mo., Omaha, Neb., and Topeka. Kansas, so as to form an independent circuit. L'vFaroor- Dr. Talmaie, of Brooklyn, spent an afternoon with Mr. Gladstone, at l'awardoa castle. Their talk touched uyoi all the que-tions of the day. Luring tho talk y.r. Glads'one said: "Talk about the questions of iho day! There is but one cuest on of tho dav. and that is religion. It can correct everything. Dur ng tho many y ears I was in the c binet I was brought into association with sixty ma ter minds and all but five of them were Christians. Mv onlv hone for the world is in bnnmnir tho human mind into contact with Divine re relation. ' The National Orange Heard. Washington-, January 27. J. P. Brig ham, of Delta, O, a worthy master of the National Grange of Husbandry, appeared before the ways and means committee. He stated that tho organizati n which he rep resented was composed of men of every shade of political belief. Thev di 'cred ou the qu-stion of protection and tree trade, but they were substantially agreed that wh-tever policy might be adopted for other indu-tr cs their interests s lould bo nppli -d to agricu turc. If manufacturers wero to bo proto.'tel the farmers sho ild also be pro tected. Whatever protection cou d be ac corded to fanners should be given. He asked for the itrposition of the following duties on farm products: Barley, 25c a bushel: barley malt, 35c; beans, 50c: peas, Cc: hops, 12c; potatoes, 25c. hay, SI a ton hides 10 per cent ad valorem; eggs, fc a do on; app'es, 15c a bushel. He thought that adequate protection should also bo given to raw silk and lie nnimals, but could not give the exact duty that shoul 1 bo impo-cd. He did not think that freo wool would benefit the larmer. The Great Showman Dead. Pnii.Anii.rim, Pa., January 27. Adam Fortpacgb, the veteran circus manager. died late last week at his residence in this city. Mr. Forepaugh hod been ailing for some timo past, lie was attacked a week or two ngo with the prevailing in uenza pidemic, which threo or four days ago de veloped info pneumonia. Fortpaugh was originally a butcher, but a great many years ago he embarked in tho circus I Usincss, in whici he was very sc tcssfu', getting together a most extensive circus and memgene, with which ho amassed a fortuno which is estimated at moro than ono million dollars. Mr. Forepaugh was sixty-eight years old. He leaves a wife and one son, Adam Jr., who will succeed to his immense circus property. Iowa Out In the Cold. Fort DoDor, Iowa, January 25. North ern Iowa is threatened with an immediate coal famine, and if the present cold weather continues great suffering is sure to result. The Fort Dodge and Lehigh coal fields aro the principal source of fuel supply for this region. At present more tlian half tho minors are laid up with la grippe. 1 he oth ers are working n ght an t day but cannot supply the demand. Stwiial trains aro run from the mines to. meet urgent demanJs, but now announce that half of the orders cannot be tilled. Damages and Suffering From Snow. Gsis3 Vaixet. Cat., January 25. The snow is three feet deep in this town and six to ten on tho hills. Many mine and mill buildings are badly damaged, a'so stores, houses, and barns. The aggregate damage is $50,00d. Only ono mine has been working for the last twelve days, causing a loss to tho miners alone of nearly $20,105 per day. No gas, electricity, or public water for about a week. Provisions are scare; and none are being received. Hcitlng a County. Little Roar, Aux., January 25. A sharp er represented himself to people of White county, this state, as a nobleman and worth $100,000,000. He bought everything for sale and actually secured deeds to much land without any cash in sight. It will require work for the courts and much expense to get the titles cleared up. Tore Open the Graves. WiLKESBABRr, Pa., January 27. Ply mouth has been in a wild state of excite ment. Two Iithuanian children were buried in the Polish cnietery, and in th afternoon a mob of fur ous Poles, headed by Mfrtin Wilkes and armed with shotguns, tore open the graves dragged out the c pf hns, drove their p'eks and drills through them. and. threw the bodies over the fence out of tne cemetery. A Monster Kansas Petition. Washoto.y, D. C, January 27. Con gressman Peters has presented a monster petition, s'gned by 10,000 citizens of Kan sas, praying for substantial appropriations to carry forward to practical success a sys tem of irrigation for tho reclamation of the lands of southern Colorado and southwest ern Kansas. A Prominent Catholic Itlshop Dylm. Omaha, Neb., January 27. A private let ter has been received from Bishop O'Connor dated St. Augustine. Fla., stating that his health is failing rapidly and that he Lever expects to see Omaha again. He is wed known throughout tt.e country as ono of the mo-t prominent figures in the Catholi: church. Rewarded for lleln-r Blacklisted. Four Worth, January 27. In the district court s jury allowed C. E. Bebee $2,000 damages for being p'aced on the blacklist by the Missouri Pacific Railway company. Plaintiff had been in the company's employ in various capacities, but for some teason was discharged and blacklisted and was on that account unable to obm work. i-p-xe ' Gont Very Bad. Losdos, January 17. Advice from Men. """J iro-- .imner aeve.op- ment of stoat in the ease of Mr. SrHirseon. and that ha it now noab'e to leave that place. Wind sad Wtr on the Eocllsh Coast. Losdos-, January 25. Heavy gale aro prevailing in a.land. At several places the wind kaa driven the water upc the land, ewwiac ljwjm " ' .- - t.r LATEST NEWS. Condensed fortheConvenienco of Hurried Readers. Tho annual report of the finances of the Salvation Army, just undo public in Lon don, shows an mdefctedne-s of $1,700,000. It looks a3 though electricity was leing made the scapegoat for all the fires tho causes of wh en a ounknonn. The accusa tion is undoubtedly in most cases un founded. It is feared that a train is buried under a demoiithc 1 snow shed I etween Keno and Truckee, on ths Central Pacific. The Har vard Athen lum company of variety actors are thojght to be on tho tram. Since the dath of Walker Blaine, rumors have revived concern ng the resignation of Sccretnry of State Blame. It is, howover, announced that he will conttnue in o Sio at least to long as the Pan-Amoncan congress is in session, and that he docs not contem plate, now, let r.ng c-.cn tl en. The Royal Mutual Live Stock association. of Indianacohs In '.. nppc irs to be ap pointing nscnts in Kan-as. Every' such agent is subject to aric-t un Jcr cur laws There is not a responsible livo stock insur ance company iu the United States. All that attempt to Co business in Kansas are wild cats. A band of farincis is being organized near Quincy, HI., to capture n beast which has lately committed some c'cprcdations Miiong live stock in this vicinity. Some time s rce. two lions escaped fr"m a circus wagon which pa-scd through there, nnd it is thought that they arc responsible for the loss of the stock. At Newburg, N. Y., so the dispatch 6ays, a horse toucho 1 his noso to an ron awning post and fell dead; a man to.iclied tha horse and fell dead also, and another man re ceived a terrible shock in trying tohftthe body of tho dead man. An elo trie light wiro had sagged and touched tho awning. Mr. MacPherson, tho clerk of tho house, has removed T. G. Towles, of Missouri, his chief clerk, and has promoted Charles S. Mart n. of Knnsis. one of tho reading clerks, to the place. Mr. Martin was backed by the entire Kansas congressional delega tion. The placo is worth $,!,(XX) a y ear. FIFTY-FIBST C0IWKESS. nocxenv's amendment. After a long discussion, nn amendment proposed by Mr. Dotkory, of Missouri, was adopt d, prohibiting any United States m.vrtml, deputy or acut to prove title or bold any lot in uxianoma. WOULD' F.'Ilt roMMITTEF. Tho speaker has appointed tho world's fair committee as follows: Mcssr. Chind ler of Massachusetts, Hitt of Illinois Bow den of Virginia. Beldcn of New York, Frank of Missouri. Springer of Illinois, Hatch of Missouri, Wilso i of West Virginia, and Flower of New York. HIIKUL (OMULO" rt FCTlONp. Senator Pasco addressed the fenate upon the unragraph in the pre-ident's message relating to federal control of ele tions. He said that no p htical party would have dared befo o the war, to cn'cr on a politi cal campaign with a plank in its platform c aiming the right to exerci-e control over elections in ti.ostnt. It had been n fact that since tho war republican leaders had treated southern 'tatcs as inferior to north ern statos. The mes-age of tho rres dent (ho said) had conta neJ noth ng in favorof free and honest elections, except ns to the sup pression of votes of colored people at the south. Th-"ic was no evidence before tho country of any such supp'es ion. None hid been communicated to cjngrcss. It was simply a matter of inference. Senator Chandler said there was ono cit ircn of Honda who would not come north to testify concerning political outrages. That man was John llurr. a colored citizen of Madison county, Honda, who. in Octo ber last, having been to Jacksonville as a witnesi concerning political outrages, was killed on his return to Madison county on account of the testimony which ho had given. Ho also reminded Mr. Pasco of other pobt'cal mur crs and outrages in Florida, going back as far as 1831. If there wis any one stato thit needed the bcnef.t of a federal election law, in connection with tho congr ssional elections, it was the state of Florida. J.EW HOUSE HILLS. Among new bills in the houso aro: one by Funston. of Kansas, fo divide tho stato of Kansas into tho northern and soiithern judi cial districts; ono by Kelly, of Kansas, (by romest) appropriating SlOO.UOl to tho erec tion of a monument to the negro so'dicrs and sailors of the late war. 'sOONKfcS." The Oklahoma townsito bill is mide as explicit as possible, in committee of the whole hou-e. so as unmi-takibly to prohibit any party who was in the Oklahoma tountry prior to tho hour of opening, from tho right of taking or holding any town lot. FORT HATS S LD EHS HOME. The senate committee agreed tr recom mend that two sections anil a half bo set apart for tho Soldiers' Homo at tho Ft, Hays military reservation. FABM 3101.TI.ACES. Senator Berry spoke upon his bill, which had been adversely a-eported by tho census committee, which d fleets the sutierintend ent of the census to ascertain whit per centage of the pe p'o own their farms, the numt er of farm3 under mortgage nnd tho amount thereof. Senators Berry and Vest discussed tho measure, but no action was taken. ArvcitE ir.isoNEa'. The senate passed tho senato joint resolu tion granting authority for the removal of the Apacho Indian pr soners :nl the r fam ilies from Alabama to Fort fctlil, I. T. rMAIXClllNCF. A bill was introduced in both ths house and senate to discontinue tho coinage of three-dollar and one-dollar gold pieces and of three cents and nickels. AGEHXLTCBAI. COMM.SHOW Mr. Funston. of Kansas, introduced a bill for the cication of an ngncjltural com mission to investigate the csuscs of the present depressed condition of the a,r.cul tural interests. AHEANSIS FXECIJONS. Mr. Kcllcy, of, Kansas, presented to the house as a racmorfat a resolution recently adopted by the Kansas Icgtilaturc relative to Arkansas election methods. The resolu tion alleges the grossest frauds in the elec tions in Arkansas intimidation of icpabh cans and cites tte assassination of John M. Cliyton. The resolution implores con gress to enact laws whici will secure honest elections evei if it is necessary to place the stato under military rule. MIFSOrm BIVEB h"AO". The senate o'nt resolution appropriating $250,000 for tho rcmoial of t naxs from the Mis-ruri river, having been amended in the houso so as to make the ainojnt $ 5,100, the senate refused to concur, nnd a com mittee of conference was appointed. rAKM MOKTaAGEF. The senate consiJercl tho bill nrovid'nr? that there shall bo included in the census ' statist cs regarding farm mortgag.s, and i finally re-committed tho bill to the commit- I tee I C5ITED STATES nilSOsB. j Mr ..-,( f fieo-Tia. frn-n b snm- ' mittoe on tho judiciary, reported the bill nu- thonnng ths attorney general and the fe-- retary ot tho interior to pirchase two sites, one to bo located north and the other south of tho thirty-ninth degree of latitude, and to erect the. eon buildings for the confine- ment of United States prisoners at a cost of $:00.000 each and appropriating $K0.0j0 for worsshopc This was sought to to amended so as to provide three such Dri-ons. I two east of the ltocky mount vns and ons . west: and with this amendment pending the bill went over for later cons'derat.oa. CONTXSTE3 bCATS. The house elections committee is ready to ' report upon the fir-to' ths seventeen cases of contest, that from West Virginia, is wh ch the report will recommend unseating Jack-on. and declar ng Smith, the republt- can contestant entitled to the seat. But the democratic rrcmbcrs of the house will, if po-rble. prevent any action upon contests until the house has adopted rules for the J season. At present the house is governed j by general parliamentary law as construed ny xne speancr. IiETOBTATIOX. The senate took up Senator Butler's bill to ororide for the emigration of persons, of color from ths southern s'ates, and Senator Ingalls spoke upon it; the senata chamber anagai galleries being packed full of people. A ww Bantnat from Ms speech are 1 JfV ' !. .... - . He said: "On th threshold of oar second cen tury we are confronted w ith the most formidable and rortentiocs problem ever submittod to a tree people for solnt ion complex. nnpnredeUed, involving social, moral ami political consioera tions, a party supremacy and in the e-timation of many (tLonsh not ia my owd) the existence ot our Kovernn-ent. Its so'u'ion has baffled the state-men of the post and must be solved by the rrtwnts'ajesmen and tlirseof the fntnre. It should b approached with rardor. with sol emnity, with patriotic purioes with fearless scmtinv witho it snb'erfotra and without mwve. "Ired Douckvs., tfe most illustrious livinit Trpm-cntative of the njno race, (crenter, I think by his t'aucass an reinforcement than by his Afn cauhlotd. nee Mid to me that he thought, as prejudice nnd hocial and tsthtical antagonism disapixvuvd, the r.ces would blend, coalixe and become homogencons. "1 dono: a;re with him. Thero is no natural affinity bttween the races. This solution of the problem ;s impossible. Tiie relations between the sex in the fine of slaverv werecompafctory. Tho hybrid was the pnslart of reunions between white fathers and blark mo'her and never be tw i en black fathers and white mothers. And the inference from that nmlt eihnocranhirnllyj lis the conclusion of that question, fcuch a solution, in my jndznient. would yerietcate the vices of lioth races and the virtt.0 of neither. There is no blond pois. a -o fatal as urtnlteration of race. "ThecolomI leople tlie contmnedl are here. They are natives. They are citizens. Man for man they are political ei;nals. They came here involnntinly as pri-oners of war cantnred in hsht. They are of ancient lineago genuine F. F. V.S." "It seems incred.ble that cratitnde should not d fend and shield them from the indescribable w rung and crimes of which they hare been for a qairter of a centnry the cuiltless and unresistiru: victims. rlhe same impulse which made them loyal to thir m.iters throughout tho war, has mule them faithfnl to their deliverers since. Tteir allemanco to thei'Orty of Lincoln and Giant is ivrsistent and unswerving. They havo vot.-d with their friends." t Mr. Incalls w nt on to speak of tho deterroina t'oiof thesonth toehminuto the neffroasafac tor fron. its t obticat and tocial history and qnntcd evidence on tliat point from newspapers tind politicians. He sent to the clerk's desk and tal read extracts from tho Jackson (Miss.) Clarion, inst before the election seventeen days niro. in which the interrojrition, "Who cares? the Bolton boys wilt lie I ere Monday. There will be a fair election," wss rtjiratcdauozen tunes, the only difference beuur the name of the company to ba there was changed. When the last interroga tory was roul Mr. Imrills said: "They were all there," amid much Hngliter. Mr. Inc-dls thrn read Ihe statement of a corre spondent tlmt the election at Jackson was the most outrcgeocs he had ever seen and that the town had lieen taken itosseesion of by "tooghs with Winchester rirles, nail hold throughout tha day. In tins extract it was said that Senator Ueorce's Mia was one of Iho nttemen. "Tho I rcVxtit for this condition of things have been many but all rests upon the inferiority of the African race; nion the feir of negro suprem acy 1 confess with humiliation that this nullifi cation of tho constitution, this breach of phjrhted faith, the north 1 as npimrently consented to. I radically (I say it with shame and remorse) the negnies hate been abandoned to their fate. There are undoubtedly somo thoughtful men in tho south who apprchenl coming otents, and would willingly relinquish tho nht to representation if tho Hnth could bo permitted to imDosethecon- iiitionsuiHnracetuuni5e. nt tnu is impossi ble, ljducationol qnauncations and other qoali hcations would only postpone tbecrisi. ltmay t precipitated nt the next presidential election, but I warn those who are ierpctrating thejw wrongs nHa tho sufTmxo flat tho north and tbe west and tho northwest will not consent to have their institutions, their industries, their wealth and tluir civilization changed, modified orde strnuil by a government resting npon deliberate and habitual suppression of the colored voter by force or ty friud. Sooner or later there will be armed collision between the nces. "Already muttering of discontent by hostile orpa'iizntion in htsinl. The use of the torch and dagger is ailristd. 1 deplore it, Iwt as Ood is mr jmhzo I say tluit no otl er people on tho face of the irthliaveeier submitted tothewrongs and in justice which hue lieen for twenty-hve, years put upon tho colored men of the south without rebellion, roolution and bloodshed. Mr. Ingalls went ou to warn the south of tho national consequences of its coarse toward tho colored lieople. "Despotism" ho aid,"makes nihilist". Injustice is a groat manufactory of dynamite. A man who is a thief rolu hiumclf. An anulterer pollutes him-elf. A murderer inflicts a diaper wound on himself than that which slays his victim. Tno Kath in imiiosuig chiins on tno African race lays heaier manacles on its If than those with which it burdens thc-s) he!phs people. Those who, denying Ameiican citizens the pnvilegesot free dom, should remi mbtT there is nothing M nn prohtib'o ns injustice and that fiod warvnnro lenting cnihtor. Mlont, it nny lie, tardy and slow, it may lie, Uit relentless ni.d wire to come.'' Mr. Intralls fien related the case of an ootrago njsin one MeIomld, u citizui of Indiana, com mitted at Aljenlecn, Miss., and said, "If an out rage like tliat tail lioen intiicted on on American citizen in Lnland. in Frmce. in Hniun. anvwhere on the face of the earth, and if tin ro had not been instantant'ous disavowal anil reflation, a million men in this country wou It I liao sprung to arms to aieigo the outrage and wrong. (Applause. The armaments that like thunder strike the walls of rock-built cities, bidding nations qoakn and monarchists tn mble in their capitols, would !ateMie swiftly forming in tho ianksof war. I lo wis a citizen of Indiana, the ontrago was ln llictrd in Mississippi, and tlaperi.trators go "un whipidof justice. "1 said that Iwu-snotin favorof tho Africani zation of this country nor any part of it. Hut it tl e methods ot tlio Chalmers campaign and of the Jackson camiiaign and of tho proceedings at Alvrdeeu are illustntions of the femiier, and -pint and purio-eof the people of that state to. ward the coiemment of the United btates and its citizens, 1 would a thousand times prefer that every rod of that stato would hu occupied by an African, rather than thoso who nt press nt inhabit bamming up, Mr. Ingalls said: "Four solution of tho i rbhm Iiave Iss-n sugge-ted emigration, i xtermmation, ahorption. and disfranchisement, ld there wis still a hfth solution which had never ls n tntd, and tluit solution was justice. I npiKal to the south," heexclairrcd, to try the experiment of justice fctack your guns, open yiHjr Isiliot lio-.es, regist r your voters, black and wl.i'e. and if after the exjierimcnt lias bs-n fairly and honestly trird, it appears tliat tho African race is incaiiable of civilization, if it apiirs that the complexion lnmt nion him by an Indian nun isineomisitib'ewith freedom. 1 will pledge my self to consult with youabont somo measnra of solving tl e race roblem. Hut until then nothing can Is done. '1 he citizenship of the negro must be absolutely rrcognzei I. i lis right to vole must In admitted an I the Udlots that Lo cast must be honestly counti d. These are the ee-ential prehm- innrieM? tho rondit'OTS tin-ecdent toam Cimslller- ationot the ulterior and fuwtamental questions of race supremacy or m:o equality. Those who Jreeu tie slaves aK m mini more, ineywiu 10 cont nt Wit'i nothing less. The experiment mrwt l.f:tirlvtrod. Tins is the starting ioint and this is tho i.d. Tho longer it is deferred the greater will be the exasiienitiou and the moro doubtful tho final resnlt." missouki ntvEa nniDcc Mr. Wa'ker, of Mis-ouri. from the com-mitts-o on commerce, reported (and tho lio-se passe J) tho senate lull authorizing tin construction of a bridge a ross tho Missouri ruerone mile north of the Kansas river. ia ro;cA oesct. On motion of Mr. Fcrkins, of Kansas, a joint rcso'ution w.-.s ja'sed appropriating $ 5,100 for the purcaase of food nnd cloth ing for tho Indians of the La I'onca agency. IBU.nATIOT. Mr. Fcters. of Karsas. introduced a bill to promote tho interest of agricu ture by irrigation. Re-erred. I'rtter Tan Clklitinnii 1.200 acres of the choicest land ia tho Sau Luis Valley, in Southern Colorado, all under fence, watcr-nghts secured and ditches icady for u-e. It will be sold as a wholo ot in quantities to suit the Rirchascr. it is th3 finest land :n tho valley, ana is aaaptod to cither farming or stock-raising, fr'or price, terms, etc.. address Honr A- Bcrraas, Alamosa. Colorado. GfcMl.AI. MAi:Ki.T5. Kansas Cut. January 28. CATTLE Shipring steer. S 3 10 if tin nons offered 3 tlsj, 3 ..,.., ltanra - t'&omwuSsf: WllfcAT No.-!red '.III'.'.', Mo.Zsoft COItS Ko. 2 '... I CO 5 175 i"9 R! ii'.i 19 bd 1 6 10 21 11 ::4 n 2 7i 175 27S hyS-."". " '.'"".'.'. rLouit fttus'pwikck". HAY Haled IjO'lTlUt ITioict creamery... '''J - JJBJJTI - - c1011 - J, . ,VJv i?lce "' w.Vri t? v "fr uiiii'.'.'.'.'."'.'. hiring chickens" Turkeis. 175 a 10 2S0 1 VI ITS r-US IfJTATOES Horse grown., Z (J CATTLE Steers., 10) lisT 3 11 330 r. 3 674 3-.S (S .3. 2S 1.1 975 500 43S 3 90 560 3B :iv 20 41 8tS HUMS Jiixed. SHEEP Natives FLOUK Winter wheat J5HE7!'2- red JvitSTv""? pyi!' BirrrER--0"cer KtitJS twh itlitK .-. t-r. loum. 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