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VOL. YIL HOT WORDS BY NOBLES. Lord Hamilton Attacks the Policy of the English Government in Savage Terms. Gladstone Accused of Being Willing to Sacrifice Everything to Save Himself. Tlie Vote of Censure Amendment in the House of Commons l>e featedbyS99to£6o. Satisfactory Arrangements as to the Ameer In the Pending Settlement. The British Commons. Loxpox. May 11.— Earl Granville. foreign secretary, in the house of lords this afternoon, replying to an in terrogatory put by the Marquis of Salis bury, Conservative leader, said the govern ment was unable at present to make any statement respecting their intentions con cerning the Soudan. Lord Darlington, sec retary of war, stated in the house of com mons this afternoon that the decision leached by the government in regard to the Soudan practically involved the abandon ment of the advance on Khartoum. Lord Hartington said that the government had resolved to make Wady Haifa the most advanced position as the permanent defense of Egypt The British troops would be withdrawn as scon as the Nile rises, which is expected about the end of the week. This statement was received with cheers from the government bench. Efforts will be made, said the war secretary, to establish a station in the N ile section. ADVISED TO KKTIKE. Gen. Lord Wolseley. Lord Hartington said, had advised the government to retire to Assouan from the Soudan. Gen. Wol seley attached great importance to sending armed boats t;> Egypt to be used in patrol- Ing the Nile. The government has no inten tion, the speaker said, of evacuating Suakim until some arrangements can be effected i'or holding it against the hostile Arabs, either by England or some other civilized power. At present Suakim. he said, could not be held without fighting. Osman Dogma, El Mahdi's chief lieutenant, for many months past has been beseighig the place and has frequently declared himself deter mined on drivingihe garrison into the. Red ;ea. Therefore the holding of Suakim was a military and not a political question. In regard to the projected railway from Suakim to Berber. Lord Hartington said he was un ible to say what was the definite intention of the government now. but he thought he would soon be able to make a statement of Its intention. Mr. Henry Chaplin, con servative member for Mid-Lincolnshire, asked HOW MUCH MOXEY the government had spent on the Khartoum expedition, and if the sum was greater or less than the 522,500,000 mentioned in the $55,000,000 as the sum requested for the Soudan account. Mr. Gladstone's replied to this interrogatory and stated that the government had already spent a great deal of money in the Soudan, but were unable. at present, to say whether- any portion of the §-2-2,500,000 would be saved. Mr. Glad stone then moved for a second reading of the consolidated fund bill (the 355,000,000 credit). He urged his motion in a speech in which he declared that he was unable to understand the differences which existed on this sub ject between the opposition and the gov ernment. He urged the house to avoid ev ery unnecessary issue j ust now, as it would be the duty of the house to pass judgment on the conduct of the government. No sooner had Mr. Gladstone quit speaking than the Conservatives opened upon him and his government, the bitterest attack within their power to make. This was led by Lord George Francis Hamilton, member from Middlesex. Lord Hamilton is being strongly pushed forward by the Tories AS A LEADER. In the commons. He was under secretary of state for India from 1874 until IS7S. and spoke with some degree of authority. He secured the occasion for making his attack, by moving consideration of the amendment given notice of by Sir Stafford Northeote, the present conservative leader in the com mons, on Friday last. This amendmeut is on the second reading of the consolidated fund bill for a fresh vote of censure against the government, and concludes in the follow ing words: "The house, having shown its readiness to vote supplies, refuse its assent until informed of the present policy and purposes for which the money to be granted is to be applied." Lord Hamilton, in moving consideration of this amendment, said: The Right Hon. Marquis of Harrington, secretary of State for war. has just made the .MOST EXTRAOI'.DINAKY SSATEMENT which ever fell from a minister in this house. After announcing its intention oi" taking Khartoum the government has announced to-night the abandoning of the Soudan, after having murdered six or ten thousand men: yet the government expects this house to acquiesce silently in its pol icy. The greatest danger to the country is the incapacity of the men in office (Con servatives). The government lias surren dered every one of the questions between It and Russia. :The prime minister has altogether abandoned the attitude by which the government obtained the vote of credit. The great objection I have to the premier's policy is that from the very day he assumed office until now he has shown a readiness to sacrifice anybody and anything to save him self. [Cries of hear! hear!] Mr. Chamberlain, president of the board nf trade, taunted Lord George Hamilton with inconsistency. ASKING FOR INFORMATION from a government that could not be relied jpon. Mr. Chamberlain said that the house Rould be unable adequately to judge the sonduct of the government until all the papers in the case were presented. He con tended that the object of Sir Peter Lumsden's mission had to a great extent been achieved. He was glad to find Lord George Hamilton advocating the posi tion that faith should not be placed in Rus sia and that the only course was to go to war. When the general elections came the government would remand the opposition of their policy, and it would then be shown whether the country was tired of peace. Lord Hamilton's motion was defeated by 290 to 380. The majority consisted entirely of Liberals. The Parnellites voted with the minority. The house received the result rather listlessly. TO SAVE SEATS. In the course of the debate Mr. Henry Chaplin, Conservative, charged that the ex penditure of so much blood and treason and the mm that had been caused in the Soudan, were due to the efforts to save the seats of a an imbecile ministry. Lord Churchill, Con servative admitted that the meaning of the amendment was to enable the ministers to acquit themselves with grace and dignity. The Tories had shown they were not a war party, but that those who nhtaiued the vote of £11,000,000 were.] GLADSTONE'S REMARKS. Mr. Gladstone, in reply to Sir Stafford Northcote, in parliament to-day, said that Sir Stafford repudiated the grounds of the motion which had been proposed and ap proved by his supporters. The opposition had pressed the motion without waiting for the promised papers and made up for the deficiency of knowledge by a variety of baseless "suppositions. When the papers were presented it might appear that Sir Peter Lumsdeii had returned in full con formity with the government's policy, and that a frontier had been secured through the friendly relation between Lord Dufferin and the ameer. It might also be found when the government took a gloomy view of the situation they were doubtful of gaining the objeote they were contending for, and that his more cheerful speech on the following Monday was made when those objects had been gained. It was not without pain and regret he had seen the change in the attitude of the opposition as soon as the blessed prospect of peace had appeared, and when it was found war had been averted, which would have been a calamity to England, Russia and civilized mankind. [Loud and prolonged cheers.] After the division the bill was read a second time. The house of commons ordered the redis tribution of seats bill to a second reading by a vote of 11G to 33. DCPOBTANT PAPERS. Mr. Gladstone announced that he was to present to the house of commons some im portant papers in connection with En gland's relation to Afghanistan. The new acquisitions are said to include a part of Donngarata and comprise a vast territory peopled by two powerful tribes. Mr. Glad stone then stated that an arrangement had been effected between Earl Granville. for eign secretary. Earl of Kimberly, secretary of state, and' Baron De Staal in regard to the Afghan frontier. The arrangement was satisfactory to her majesty's govern ment and to the Earl of Dufferin, viceroy of India. He hoped the arrangement would be made the subject of a convention with Kussia. IXFOKMATIOX WANTED. The Conservative papers generally do not •wish a vote adverse to the government on the war credit, but consider the government ought to give the opposition more informa tion as to the present state of affairs. All the telegrams from India deny the reported resignation of Lord Dufferin. The military party in Russia continues to spread reports to the discredit of England. St. Petersburg advices report that quantities of gunpowder and dynamite are being stored at several storing stations. Work continues on the Cronstadt lleet. Odessa telegrams state the troops which passed there, just mobilized from reserves, were a horde of unkempt peasant youths, ignorant of the use of rifles, which some of them were hardly able to carry. XEEDS WATCHING. Hungarian papers report that Peter, son of the late Prince Karageorgemitz, has gone to St. Petersburg to endeavor to ob tain Kussiau support, should he issue a manifesto asserting his right to the throne of Servia. He also hopes that his father in-law, Prince of Montenegro, will support his claim by force of arms. The Vienna papers agree that the prince, as a tool of Russia, must be closely watched. THK AMEER'S ORDERS. A Simla dispatch says that immediately upon the return of tiie ameer at Cabul he issued orders that British officers be al lowed to inspect the forts at Herat. The ameer has received detailed plans for the defense of Herat from Indian forces. RELATIONS WITH THE AMEE. The ameer of Afghanistan has agreed to allow a British agent to reside at Herat. In the pending arrangement with Russia Earl Granville maintains the right of England to hold exclusive relations with the ameer, who will communicate with foreign powers through the Indian government. MILITARY CENSORSHIP. Press correspondents at Suakim are tele graphing complaints to London concerning the arbitrary way in which the military censorship over dispatches to newspapers is at present exercised. The correspondents aver they are not at present permitted to send important news at all. RUSSIAN MOVEMENTS. Odessa, May 11. — A railway plant which had been collected for a Russian line from the Caucasus to the Black Sea, has been directed to the construction of a strat egic line from Vladikavkaz to Petroffski,on the Caspian sea. It is reported that a per manent garrison of 5,000 men is to be stationed at Sebastopol. THE FRONTIER. Simla, May 11. — It is reported t!iat the ameer bound himself to insist upon a fron tier passing through three points, the maps of which the government refuses to disclose. Penjdeh, however, is not one of the places. The ameer desires the joint boundary com mission to examine the Oxus valley also. REMAINS SILENT. Calcutta, May 11. — An official state ment from Earl Dufferin approving Mr. Gladstone's policy would do much to reas sure the public here, but the viceroy re mains silent. OKDEHS TO STOP. Orders were issued yesterday to stop the purchase of transport animals and further dispatch of stores and war materials to Quettah. TO OPPOSE ADVANCE. Doxoola, May 11. — It is reported that Osman Digna with a few followers has ar rived at Berber and the emperor of Berber has gone to Khartoum to solicit reinforce ments to oppose the British advance from Suakini. A Dramatic Incident. London. May 11. — During the discussion in the house of lords this afternoon con cerning the government's policy with Rus sia, a dramatic and exciting incident oc curred. The Duke of Argyle was making a speech, defensive of Mr. Gladstones treatment of the Afghan business, when the solemn body of peers was startled out of all propriety by a most piercing shriek. The cry came from Baron Dormer, a ' liberal. He sprang to his feet and then sank to the floor. It was soon seen that the baron was in a fit and unconscious. Doctors were summoned and they succeeded, after much labor, in restoring consciousness and the baron was soon afterwards removed to his home. Irisb Episcopacy and England. Rome. May 11. — The Vatican oppose the introduction of the question of the relations of the Irish Episcopacy with the English government into the program of the bishops' reunion in Rome. The pope prefers to leave to their council of the clergy, to be convened at Dublin, the decision of its policy towards trie English government. Prisoners Arrived. Panama, May 41. — Five hundred men arrived from Buena Ventura yesterday and 300 men are on the way. The Colombian Guards, which fought Preston at Colon, have arrived here with about 100 prisoners. Preston is besieging Cartagena, and was re ceived in the rebel's, camp, which was il luminated in his honor, with "Viva Pres ton." Heavy Libel Suit. Dublin. May 11. — A new trial for libel, brought by Secretary Cornwall of the post office against William O'Brien, member .of parliament and editor of United Ireland, has been ordered prepared for trial, in which Cornwall claims damages of $120, -000. Foreign Flashes. The trial of Cunningham and Burton, the tower explosion suspects, began yesterday. The jury was finally obtained and an ad journment taken till to-day. Ferdinand Hillev, the celebrated German composer and pianist, died at Cologne yes terday. The reichstag has voted to make the duty on wheat 3 marks. Naples is celebrating its new water works. The water was turned on by King Hum bert. Mr. Henry M. Stanley has been appointed governor of the Congo state. Herr Erwald, consul at Bombay, will be made minister of commerce, and Herr Nuss minister of finance. Lord Tennyson is writing an historical drama, a sequel to "Beeket." He is also collecting his detached poems, which will be issued wite new lyrics. Flew Ilisr Ji. Charlotte, N. C, May 11. — A house occupied by Lizzie Blunt and Minnie Bell, women of ill repute, was blown up by dynamite on Sunday morning. TAKE YOUR CHOICE. Comfortable Consulates With Pat Fees That are Open to the Favorites of Bayard. The Progress Made in Handling the Money Bags of Uncle Sam's Exchequer. Exposure of a Dynainlto Package In tlie Dcud Letter Otlico--Denio cratic Criticisms. A Would-be Consul Who Does Not Fear Death-- Yesterday's Appoint ments — General Xotes. Some Soft Snaps. Special to the Globe. Washington, May 11.— The appoint ments in the diplomatic and consular ser vice have been coining pretty thick and fast, but the secretary's list is not exhausted by a good deal. In the official register kept at the state department there are checked off the places considered vacant. These are shown to Democratic senators and other magnates of the party who care to see what Mr. Bayard has got left before putting in applications for old friends. They embrace the offices which are really vacant or are only temporarily filled, and likewise the black-listed consuls whom the secretary is prepared to remove on the selection of suc cessors. Mr. Bayard calls them all vacancies, for such he has deter mined them to be in his mind. Xo great secret is made of this list of va cancies and a copy of it is obtainable if the applicant for it has a friend in the depart ment. As revised up to date, the record shows that Mr. Bayard considers the Glas gow consulship vacant. Mr. Bret Harte's disqualification for office holding under the new administration is something he did during THE LAST CAMPAIGN, which is'construedtobe "offensive partisan ship." There is this to be said about the service abroad: A -consulship is almost al ways good legitimately for $10,000 more than the blue book indicates. The law per mits the consul to retain not more than Si, ooo a year from fees of the agencies un der his consulate. There are some other comfortable vacancies at the presi dent's, or rather at Mr. Bayard's, dis posal. The consul generalship at Havre is worth $4,000 a year, but there are forty ap plicants for it, among them a friend of Senator Eustis, and a cousin of Senator Gibson of Louisiana. Being the port of Paris and a very ancient and beautiful city of 9,500 population, Havre is considered a desirable place to live abroad at the gov ernment's expense. Athens, which was de clined by A. Haller Gross, pays 33,500 a year, funstall, Eng., held by an Illinois man, is worth §3,000, and Sheffield, of more commercial importance, is worth §3,500. Cardiff, Wales, which is looked upon by the experts around the state de partment as one of the . best things left, yields an income of 53, 200. William Wirt Sikes, the husband of OLIVE LOGAN held it for three years and died. The duties are performed temporarily by Evan R, Jones, who was bom in Wales, but is a cit izen of this country. The most earnest ap plicant for this place is a young Welchman who is a member of the Missouri legislature. Cardiff is noted for its fine climate. The new consul there will have Mme. Patti f or a neighbor, her castle of Crag-a-Nas being near. Cuthbert Jones of Louisiana has al most a lien of the consulship at Callao. He has seen diplomatic service at Tripoli and in the Orient, and is conversant with the Spanish and Portugese dialets of South America. Callao is a fortified town with 40,000 inhabitants, The large exports of bullion, copper, cotton, bark and hides in sure fees beyond the amount which the con sul is allowed to retain. ■ COIN IN THE TREASURY. Nine Millions of Silver in Bafs- Twelve Tons of Gold. Special to the Globe. Washington, May 11. — An official who is engaged in counting. the cash in the treasury vault furnishes some interesting information about the amount and weight thereof. There is $9,000,000 of silver in bags, each containing $1,000, weighing fifty-nine pounds and three ounces. So 8100,000 in silver would pull down the bal ance at about three tons, and 81,000,000 would be nearly sixty thousand pounds. The entire amount of coined silver now in the treasury vaults, it is estimated, will weigh 534.700 pounds. A pound of gold coin is worth $240, and $280,000 of it weighs a ton. There are nearly twelve tons of gold' fives, tens and twenties in the country's strong box at the - treasury. Of paper money, too. there is an enormous amount. One hundred and fifty millions of dollars are in five, two and one-dollar bills. ' About seven of these bills measure a yard in length, so a greenback belt that would reach around the world almost twenty times could be made in the United States notes now in the vaults and in circulation. The money, of course, is not counted coin by coin. The gold and silver is weighed very carefully on the finest and most accu rately fitted scales that were ever made. Though 1,000 pounds can be weighed at a time, a pin placed on the balance will tip it. The hardest worked men of all who are employed in this count are those who handle money. The place in which their work has to be done is very close, and after a forenoon down there they come up to the outer world completely exhausted. "I have handled coals in the engine room at the bottom of an ocean steamer in the tropics," said one of them the other day, "when it was as hot as perdition, but noth ing has ever so exhausted me as does this money carrying. There is a fine, impalpable dust which the displacing of bags sets afloat. The throat and lungs be come nearly filled with it in an hour or two and the sensation is terrible." Even with the modern plan of weighing the coin, the entire count will not be completed much before June 1, and it usually takes a month's hard work to close up the business and make a detailed report to the secretary. A Murderous Package. Special to the Globe. Washington, May 10. — Among the ar ticles received at the dead letter office yes terday was an oblong pasteboard box that had been forwarded from Springfield, 111. A sudden explosion followed the removal of the lid and at the same time a bullet went whizzing across the room and buried itself in the wamscotting directly opposite. Had the position of the box been reversed, the person opening it would have received the bullet in his body. An examination of the box showed a wicked-looking revol ver of the "Bull-dog" make, which was so connected with the lid as to explode in stantly when the latter was touched. The box is believed to have been sent from Bos ton, Mass. It was addressed to a young lady of Springfield, to whom, in some way, it failed to be delivered; and after having been held the required number of weeks it was sent to the dead letter office here. The postal authorities will endeavor to discover the identity of the sender. Surveying Contracts. Special to the Globe. Washington, May 11. — Commissioner I Sparks is disposed 1 to award the govern ment surveying contracts to the lowest bid ders and there is much opposition to the proposition. The leading applicants for work, vho are scientific men and practical surveyois. say that without a thorough knowledge of the country beforehand sur veys can»ot be taken, and that Commis sioner Spwks, if he adheres to such a plan, ST. PAUL, TUESDAY MOIINIXG,MAY 12, 1885. i will not secure faithful service. Ignorance and carelessness have already been the cause of a great deal of annoyance. The corner stones and section corners of the larger Indian reservations are generally ob ' literated, and in some instances there is ' reason to believe the stones were never ; placed, especially is this true of the -work \ done during Secretary Cox's terra in the mi i terior department, when the surveying was ! let out at low rates. Strong efforts are be | ing made to induce the commissioner to change his mind on the subject of letting to the lowest bidder. AN ELECTRICAL MALADY. A Notable ease Washington Doctors are Studying. Special to the Globe. ■-';■'* s'li'ti""'^ Washington*, May 11.— Some "Washing ton doctors are watching with . interest the r development, or rather the course, . of a peculiar ailment which has come upon Chief Cronin of the district tire de partment. The malady is an unusual one, but with the adaption of electricity ; to manifold uses it may, in the view of medi cal men. become quite common, or at least soon cease to possess novelty.; Several weeks ago the chief was on the top of a high building directing the brigade's" work upon a lire. It was in the night and ., he carried his lantern swinging in one hand. ; In moving about he stepped behind an elec tric wire, the insulation of which had be come damaged. .Suddenly the lantern was wrenched out of his hand. From the effects of the shock he reeled and staggered' and would have fallen over the edge of the roof had not two of his men grasped him. In a short time the numbness passed off and the chief continued to attend to his duties. He supposed that the injury was only temporary, but the weeks of misery which have passed since have shown otherwise. There is a nervous disorder which puzzles the physicians. In the morning, upon awakening, the chief is af fected with dizziness to the Actent that, strong a man as he is, he has repeatedly fainted away. During the day he suffers from -a feeling of depression and restlessness, except when some thing occurs to engross his mind. He craves excitement continually, and the only hours of restfulness and mental satis faction he experiences are when he has a fire on hand. The clanging of the bells he hails as a most welcome lof sounds. The doctors have prescribed one thing and another without favorable result. They are now talking of trying a seton in the back of the neck, . just below the base of • the brain. Chief Cronin has not been confined to his room, but under the influence of this wretched wearing nervous ness he is beginning to grow haggard. The treatment thus far has necessarily been ex perimental, and doctors admit that they have not found the remedy. - A Bad Selection. Special to the Globe. Washington, May 11. — The appoint ment of E. O. Graves to be chief of the bureau of engraving and printing is the subject of much adverse critidism. Graves is now the assistant treasurer of the United States, and has doubtless been transferred to his new place in order to give United States Treasurer Jordan an assistant of his own selection. Graves has had his hat out for every office which has become vacant around the treasury for years. He was never known to be a Democrat until after Cleveland was elected, and there is no evidence of it save his own statement. He is a civil service reformer, and was a mem ber of the civil service treasury board. The office he is now given has 1,200 places to fill outside of the civil service law. It is urged, for such a valuable place as this, a Democrat should have been appointed whose Democracy was unquestioned, and not of such a kind as has to be accepted merely upon a profession of faith. A Death-Trap. Special to the Globe. Washington, May 11. — There is an ap plicant, even, for the consulate at Progress, Mex., where, as a state department official expresses it, the yellow fever reigns the year round and the song of the mosquito never ceases. It is said that no incumbent of the office has ever lived three months in it, and that it has neither salary nor lees, yet there is a patriot ready to fill it. It may be the love of science and not the love of country that inspires the appli cant, for it is Archfeoligist Plonjcon who desires the place. He lias been making some valuable discoveries in his excavation in Yucatan, but has been interfered with by the natives and even the local authorities. He thinks if he can return with the pres tage of a United States consul he will go on digging without fear of being disturbed. A Few More of the Lucky Ones. Washington, May 11. — Henry B. James chief of customs division of the treasury de partment, has resigned, to take effect June 1. The president to-day appointed the fol lowing postmasters: M. Liteh at Mahoning City vice J. S. Becker; John Slack, Bristol, Term., vice William Mullen, commission expired; J. L. Mead, Hazelhurst, Miss., vice G. Mathews. commission expired; Har vey C. Moore, Brodhead. Wis., vice B. C. W. Beebe. suspended for cause. The cause for Postmaster Beebe's suspension was that he was found negligent and careless in moneys due the government, the moneys not being separate as they should have been. He had failed also to make reports. The president to-day signed the commis sions of William S». McConnell of Fargo, Dale, to be associate justice of the supreme court of Dakota and A. P. Swineford of Michigan to be governor of Alaska. Chas. M. Shelley of Alabama has been appointed fourth auditor of the treasury vice Charles Beardsley, resigned. He qualified to-day. Chairman of the Cabinet. Special to the Globe. Washington, May 11. — The Capital says: The cabinet found out not long ago that the president was to be presi dent. A senator asked a member of the cabinet, with whom he served on a senate committee last winter, the other day, how he liked it as far as he had gone. "Very well, indeed," replied the cabinet minister. "How does the cabinet get on?" asked the senator. "Admirably," responded the cabinet minister. "But we have learned one thing." "What's that?" asked the senator. "That we have a chairman, " said his friend. Cox Will Sail. Washington, May 11.— Mr. S. S. Cox to-day learned that the delegation of his constituents who propose calling upon the president to request that his appointment as minister to Turkey be revoked will not arrive here until Wednesday. Mr. Cox, however, intimates that he still expects to go to Constantinople about the end of the present month. Lincoln's Monument. Springfield, 111., May 11.— A certifi cate of incorporation was issued by the secretary of state to-day to the Lincoln Monument association, to be a reorganiza tion of the National Lincoln Monument association. The object of the association organized in 1865 was to preserve and re pair the monument erected to the memory of Abraham Lincoln in Oak Ridge cemetery in this city. Among the incorporators are Richard J. Oglesby, John M. Palmer and Shelby M. Cullom. Law Documents Simplified. New York, May 11.— David Dudley Field made a strong and long argument against verbosity in legal documents before the Languages club to-night. He claimed that the §100,000 paid to the recorders of deeds and mortgages in the state, who are paid by the word, was altogether too nvuch, and simplicity and conciseness of language ! would save citizens large sums. GONE TO THE BOTTOM. Sinking of the Belgian Steamer Helvetia, of the 111-Pated White Cross Lino. The Fourth Vessel Belonging to the Same Company Lost Within as Many Years. Arrest of the Man who Committed tlie Recent Express Train , Robbery. Another Link in the Pittsburg Trunk Tragedy — A Murderer Attempts Escape. Gone to the Bottom. Halifax, May 11.— The White Cross line, Belgian, steamer Helvetia, 1,116 tons, with a general cargo, which started from Antwerp April 23 for Montreal, was sunk off Scatteri, Cape Breton, Saturday. This is the fourth steamer of that line which has been lost within as many years. The steamer August 0. Andre sailed from New York for Antwerp and was never heard from, The Herman Ludwig sailed from Montreal in 1881 and that was the last heard of her. Thirteen months ago the Daniel Ileinemann crashed on the rocks at Sambro island and 1*24 lives were lost. The Helvetia makes the fourth vessel that has met disaster.- A rather remarkable coinci dence is that Capt. Schoonhaven, who commanded the Daniel Heinemann, was in command of the Helvetia and this was his lirst passage across the Atlantic since the wreck of the Heinemann. The Helvetia arrived in port two weeks ago badly damaged by ice. On Friday Schoon haven left Cape Pay, bore for Sidney, hav ing all he could do to keep the ship afloat. On Saturday a heavy sea sprang up and he hailed the steamer Acadian, which was passing. The Acadian took the vessel in tow and headed for Lewisburg, but had not gone far before Capt. Schoonhaven sig naled the Acadian that he was sinking. Boats were lowered and the passengers and crew got into them as soon as possible. The last boat had hardly got clear before the Helvetia sank. The Acadian then put back to Strait Canso and lauded the survivors at Fort Hawkesbury. Capt. Farquahar, of the sailing steamer George Shattuck, this morning reports that he never knew of such enormous quantities of ice off the coast. The Helvetia carried a cargo valued at §400,000 and sank in deep water. LATER DETAILS. Montreal, May 11. — Mr. Munderloy has received further particulars concerning the loss of the steamer Helvetia of the White Cross line. She was badly bulged by an encounter with ice, and on Thursday last telegraphed her condition. • She was lost sight of until yesterday, when it was learned she had gone down, bow first, off Scatterie island, on Friday, in deep water. She at first tried to make Sydney, C. 8., and found that harbor packed with ice. She then tried to follow the German steam ship Keherwider, but lost the latter in a fog. To make matters worse the sails that Capt. Schoonhaven had stretched over the vessel's bows were torn away in a second encounter with ice. Still he fought against ih# fog and wind and had good luck until he met the steamer Acadian, by which time he had stretched more canvas over the extensive hola The Acadian took the Helvetia in tow and tried to make the port of Hawkes burg. The Helvetia had then sixteen feet of water in her hold. The cargo was thrown overboard and the men worked hard to keep tlit vessel afloat. At last, with nineteen x'eet of water in the vessel, the captain abandoned her. The cargo was valued at $400,000. Coal mine on Firs. Pittsburg, Perm., May 11. — The Hamp ton coal mine at Wilkinsburg, Perm., eight miles east of here, caught fire to-night and is burning fiercely. A number of miners were at work when the fire broke out, but all escaped xininjured. The mine is one of the largest in the district, and as it will have to be flooded the loss will be heavy. Two Children Burned. I St. Louis, May 11. — A Jefferson City, Mo. , special says that during the absence of Henry Stevens and his wife from their home, three miles south of Jefferson, Satur day night, the house burned and two chil dren perished in the flames. One escaped. V THE CRIME RECORD. A. 1 Murderer's Leap for Life. ■Washington, May 11.— Langster, the murderer of Police Officer Fowler, who is to be hanged in this city on Friday next, made a desperate attempt to escape to-day. He was taking exercise in the inclosure set apart for that purpose, which is separated from the central court of the jail by an iron lattice-work fence, and when the officer in charge for the day opened a gate in the fence to pass through to the court, he sud denly attacked and overpowered the guard on the inside and then struck Woodward, the officer who was passing through the gate, and made his way into the central court. He was quickly secured, however, before he got any further, and was hustled back into his cell. Several parties who have interested themselves to secure a re prieve for Langster went to the attorney general's office to urge* the matter upon his attention; but learning that the president had looked into the case and received the report of a medical expert as to the sanity of ' the * prisoner, and was satisfied that Langster knew right from wrong, they did not proceed any further. The K©bber Caught. Bloomington, Ind., May 11. — The work of the detectives lias resulted in ap parently fixing the guilt of the robbery of the express and the assault on the express messenger and baggage master on William Wright, whose parents reside near Har rodsburg, but a short distance from the scene of the robbery. Wright was a short time in the regular army, lie has lately been in Texas. A photograph of Wright, taken two years ago. was sent to New Al bany and Peter Webber, the baggageman, feels confident that he is the man. A dis patch has been received announcing the arrest of Wright at Terre Haute. He will arrive here on the noon train and Webber will also arrive to-day to identify him. If he is identified lynching is not improbable. Suicide in a Work house. Pittsbitkg, Pa., May 11. — Isaac Banks who. with a woman named Brown and a physician named Hall, were incarcerated in the county workhouse, awaiting trial for the death of Lena Steubenroach, the result of a criminal operation, committed suicide to-day by cutting his throat with a razor which he had snatched from a colored bar bejr who was shaving him. The wretched man died in a short time. He left a letter for the warden, directing the disposal of his body, also an affecting letter directed to his "darliugLena," whom his disordered mind conceived to be still living. Abe Buzzard's Friends. Lancaster, Pa., May 11. — Mart and John Buzzard, Mathias Houck, Jacob Mar shall, Isaac Wiinm, Levi and David Peters and Jacob Armstrong, the last four colored, all residents of the Welsh mountains, were arrested to-day, charged with harboring Abe Buzzard. That Expressman. Chicago, May 11. — The police to-day found the expressman who carried the trunk containing the body of Caruso to the depot. He was taken to the depot, where he identified GHardo as one of the men who employed him to take the trunk to the depot. Five Neyroei* Killed. Savannah, Ga., May 11. — Meagre de tails have been received of the killing of live negroes in ti dispute over a game of cards, at Paplas mills, about forty miles south of here. The country is being scoured by a posse in search of the murderers, two of whom have been arrested. ARE THEY FIGHTING? No Communication with the Front on Ac count of Prostrated Wires. Great Uncertainty as to the Move ments of Gen. Middleton. Reinforcements Pushing Forward from Saskatchewan Landing. Special to the Globe. Winnipeg, May 11. — Great excitement exists here over the failure to hear anything further from the front. The wires are not working between Qu'Appelle and Hurnbolt, and have not been since 9 o'clock last night. From the status of last reports it is believed that further lighting has been had, and it 'is felt here that the result is in extreme doubt. The theory is entertained, however, in.- well-advised government circles that Middleton would not follow up his recon noiter without awaiting reinforcements, which would require a week. Strength is given this theory by the fact that the breeds and their allies are short of supplies, and that other troops have been ordered to ad- j vance from various points to the outpost of Middleton. Again, it is argued that Middleton may be "moved to take the j aggressive at once for fear the enemy may abandon their position and scatter about the country in predatory bands, inciting the Indians to take the war.path and make a deal of mischief generally. SASKATCHEWAN LANDING. An order was issued last night by Gen. Laurie here that the entire corps of the Seventh f usileers and two companies of the Midland battalion should proceed at once to Clarke's Crossing. They left this morning at 8 o'clock on twelve barges. The force numbers nearly 350 under command of Col. Deacon. They expect to reach Clarke's Cross ing in about five days. Two companies of the Halifax battalion will leave Swift Current for this point to-night, reaching here to-morrow evening. They will re main here till further orders. Another small detachment, of mounted men has gone from Birtle to join Col. Boulton. Private advices from Qu'Appelle say that trouble is still apprehended from the Indians in that vicinity. There is a strong enough force for defense there. To Aid the Settlers. Ottawa, May 11. — In the house of com mons to-day Sir John Macdonald said an incomplete account of the fight at Duck Lake had been received, but further par ticulars had been asked for. He also said that the government was considering the question of asking a vote for the relief of the settlers of the northwest, who have been driven from their homes and their property destroyed by the rebels. The house again went into committee of the whole on the franchise bill. Oft for the War. Montreal, May 11. — There was great excitement in this city to-day on the occa sion of the Garrison artillery leaving for the Northwest. The brigade mustered 380 men. The colonels of all the regiments were present, and the bands of the Fusileers and Victoria guards played for the regiment on its march to the depot. The crowd at the station was dense. Many female friends of the soldiers were present, and the wring ing of hands and weeping was frequent. More Troops Coining* Special to the Globe. Montreal, May 11. — The Garrison ar tillery, 350 strong, and one of the finest regiments, as far as physical proportions are concerned, in the city, left for the North west to-day. The men were inspected on the drill ground by Col. Worsely, com mander of the district, in the presence of the enthusiastic thousands who came to bid adieu to the officers and men. From the exercise ground the battalion marched to the Canadian Pacific railroad station, the streets being thronged with people of both sexes who cheered and waved their handker chiefs. The Eoyal Scotts, another well disciplined regiment, is under orders to leave and may go at any moment. Consul Taylor's Report. Washington, May 11. — United States Consul Taylor, at Winnipeg, has telegraphed the secretary -of state, relative to the fight Saturday between Kiel and Middleton. He says: "Gen. Middleton reconnoitered the position of Peel's force at Batoche's, Sat urday, with a loss of one killed and seven wounded. The guns of the two batteries would have been captured by a separate rally of the insurgents except for the exe cution of a Gatling gun served by the agent of Connecticut manufacturers. The enemy was strongly intrenched Saturday night against surprise. The battle began by sharp firing on the steamer Northcote, which passed down stream three miles quite disabled." Value of the Ratling's. Said an ex-army officer to a Globe re porter last night, appropos of the dispatches of the use made by Capt. Howard in re pulsing the rebel charge on Middleton's ad vance: The Gatling is good for that sort of work and 1 am glad to see the English give it a practical test. They would have found it much more available against the Arabs than the Garbiner guns. The Gatlings are adapted to that sort of ser vice better than to use against half-breeds and Indians whose methods of warfare are to fight from behind cover. AVhen they get used to the Gatlings they will learn to fire from ambush on the manipulators of the machine, and as they are all hunters and dead-sure shots, they will make it too sultry about the guns for any body to operate them. Howard will find it necessary to sum up all of his reso lution, when the sharp-shooters get his range, to stand by his favorite gun. Hand ling the Gatling in the Northwest territories will soon come to be an extra hazardous business. Shelling the breeds and their allies beyond the range of their rifles will soon be the favorite method of Middleton's men to pursue. The militia will soon learn the danger they are exposed to when in range of the more accurate aim of their antagon ists. I believe fully that Middleton must make his contest at Batoche decisive or a protracted and bloody guerilla warfare will follow, and the result will be disastrous to the Canadian Pacific and retard the devel opment of the illimitable and not very in viting country for many years to come. The Railroad Strike. Denver, Col., May 11.— Contraiy to general expectation, the official of the Den ver & Rio Grande did not reopen the shops to-day. At 6 o'clock this morning 1,200 strikers and employes of the Burlington and Union Pacific roads congregated op posite the Denver & Rio Grande shops. A declaration of independence was read and Knights of Labor songs sung. The presence of the large crowd deterred the weakened strikers and others from going to work. The officials say the shops will surely be reopened in a few days. Yes terday afternoon a large mass meetiag was held at the rink and was addressed by ex- Congressman Belford, who severely criti cised Judge Hallet of the United States court for sending several strikers to jail for sixty days for contempt in interfering witn workmen in the early days of last week. The cause of tha strike was not touched upon by any of the speakers. EAILEOAD DISSENSION. The Minneapolis & St. Louis Ordered to Quit the Minneapolis Union Station After June 1. The Burlington & Missouri Eiver Lets a Contract for a Kew Extension Into Kansas. Western Freight Rates Restored to Tariff and Agents Demanding Full Rates With Few Takers. Signs of War and Low Rates as a Stimulent to Emigration From Europe to America. Anything is Better Than War. Special to the Globe. Chicago, May . 11.— This morning . saw all the Western freight rates restored as per program, and agents sternly demanding the letter of the bond on the tariff and strictly enforcing orders promulgated Saturday last. The various offices were not overwhelmed with shippers; they have been taking full advantage of the war, and have not a sur plus of freight to forward, and as " a con sequence it was a dull day in local offices. The agreement is . being drawn up from memoranda and will be presented for the signatures of the man agers at the meeting on Wednesday, at which time the Missouri River Traffic asso ciation will begin its official existence, un less somebody repents of his bargain and I kicks over the traces. , As in all compro mises there are some who are disgruntled and some pleased, but all agree that any j thing is better than war. and the day was a relief in its freedom from the hurly curly of the past three weeks. Stock Rates Reduced. Special to the Globe. ; .' Chicago, May 11.— Commissioner Fink telegraphed to Joint Agent Moore to-day that the joint executive committee had approved of the reduction in tariff upon dressed beef, sheep and cattle. The reduction is 10 cents on' cattle and sheep and 17K cents on dressed beef, The rates take effect from this morning. FROM ACROSS THE OCEAN. The Outlook for Immigration From Europe This Season.;. ■ George Y. Simes, general European agent for the Northern Pacific road, s sta tioned at Liverpool, Eng., is in the city, and in regard to the emigration outlook yesterday said to a Globe reporter: ''The general expectation was that there would be a big falling off in immigration this sea son over that of 1884, but so far it has turned out ■ much better than expected, es pecially from Germany. The principal reasons for this were the fear of a war, the complications, and then the low rates rul ling. Only for these reasons very few would have left Europe this season, as crops were first-class over there last year, and the price of wheat was never lower, which two facts put the class i of peo ple who generally v emigrate, in a : position of easy maintenance. It is felt though that prosperity in England only comes through prosperity in America. The rates for emigrant passage by nearly all the steamers is £4, this being an increase of £1 from the rate in effect last season, brought about by a conference of the steam ship lines. /;'?"- COMPETITION AMONG THE STEAMSHIP , LINES. is not now so great as a ' few months ago. At that time there were only a few crossing and each company would make strong efforts to secure what there was, which resulted in the demoralization of rates. The Cunard line is doing a big saloon business, while the German, Lloyd and the Hamburg line of steamers are bringing a load ■ every trip. The Thingwalla can hardly find room in its ships to store the number who j wish to cross. A large number of tourists will arrive this season from London, and other European cities, and visit the Yellow stone park and Puget Sound. The bulk of the English who came out this season will go to Washington Territory and British Columbia and make their homes there. THE CAXADIAX PACIFIC has been doing a great deal of advertising over in Europe, at a cost of about $3,000, -000, to induce emigration to points on its line, bnt since the rebellion many of those who intended settling in Manitoba have de cided to go farther west to British Columbia, and then by judicious advertising on the part of the Northern Pacific road, those who would have gone over the Canadian Pacific line will now go over the Northern Pacific road. A number of English capitalists are looking to the cattle interests in Montana instead of Texas. The Northern Pacific road has nearly 3,000 agents throughout Europe working op business at no cost to the company. These agents get 6 shillings commission from the steamship companies for each passenger they book, and as the Northern Pacific country is the most popu lar, the agents book to points out west. AGREED TO DISAGREE. The St. Louis Road Notified to Find Sonic Otber Quarters. Late yesterday afternoon the report gained currency that the Manitoba Kailroad company had notified the .Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad company that after June 1 they could neither use the union station at Minneapolis nor run their trains over the Manitoba road to St. Paul. A Globe reporter called on Vice President Truesdale of the Minneapolis & St. Louis and from him learned the following: The Minneapolis & St. Louis road never had any contract with the Manitoba. A memorandum of agreement had. been drawn, the terms of which were, in sub stance, that the Minneapolis & St. Louis should have the use of the union depot and tracks on the same terms as were given the Omaha and Northern Pacific companies. "Last fall," said Mr. Truesdale, "the con tract itself was presented to us and its terms were so widely different from the agreement that we refused to accept them. The time at which the contract was to go in effect was June 1, and this time we endeavored to have extended, but Mr. Hill, in the presence of Mr. Manvel, declined to extend, consequently on the Ist of June our rela tions terminate. There was no notification by the Manitoba company." Mr. Truesdale said he was not prepared to say by what means his company would obtain immediate connection with St. Paul, but, in the absence of any other plan, the presumtion is an endeavor will be made to secure terms with the Milwaukee road. The Northern Pacific Short line will be in operation within a year, and the Minneapo lis & St. Louis will come into a joint own ership. At present the Northern Pacific uses city tracks belonging to the Minneapo lis & St. Louis. The latter has already be gun condemnation proceedings to cross the Manitoba track on First street, and also proceedings to strengthen its title to right of way in the city. The company is now en gaged in refitting its depot on Fourth ave nue south, between Washington avenue and Third street, and will spend $2,500 in putting up new buildings. The matter of future passenger facilities is not yet defi nitely settled, but should the St. Paul & Duluth and the Northern Pacific join issues with the Minneapolis & St. Louis, another union depot may be convenient. General Manager Manvel of the Mani toba road said the Minneapolis & St. Louis road was notified because it had not signed the contract and because they could not agree with it on terms. It is understood that the trouble which culminated yester day has been brewing for some time. The Minneapolis union station and viaduct NO. 132. ! were built at a cost of §2,000,000, and the roads wanting to run to the station are charged a rental of 540,000 a year. The contract was signed by the Northern Pacific and Omaha roads last fall, but the Minne apolis & St. Louis kept delaying, claiming that the terms were unreasonable and that it did not wish to pay out all its net earn ings. The St. Paul & Duluth road has not yet been notified to leave, but it is believed that it will return to its old depot. Minnesota A. Northern. The track on the Minnesota & Northern line will be laid to State street, West St Paul, Wednesday night, and Thursday night State street will be blockaded on ac count of laying the track to the river. It will not be blockaded more than two days, however, as the cuts will be refilled up and the crossing will not be interfered with again until the bridge is built over State street. On Thursday the track will be laid to the river, when the line from Cascade to St. Paul will be completed. The force of men will then be taken to Cascade and com mence laying track on the other end. This will be completed about July when trains will commence running. The work has been delayed considerably by the condition the ground was in, it being too damp to haul any ties over or do any heavy work. G. W. Sherwood has been awarded the contract for building the round house in West St. Paul. It will be a brick one and will be about 67x200 feet in dimensions, with ten stalls. It is to be situated near Custer street and work on it has already be gun. In about ten days werk on the West St. Paul depot will be commenced. It will be of wood, only temporary. Two or three stations will be erected though as soon as the company get ready to use them. "Will Keep Rates Down. The West Shore has issued a circular stating that a new general agent has been appointed at- Chicago and will take charge of rail and lake traffic, and would solicit the west-bound business of the merchants of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Min-* neapolis from New York, Boston and New England points, to mark and consign by West Shore steamer; Chicago arid Mil waukee deliveries at Anchor Line docks. This indicates that the West Shore means to make a determined fight for both west and east-bound business during the navigation season in connection with the Anchor line steamers between Chicago and Buffalo. This will no doubt have the effect of keeping lake and rail rates at very low figures during this season, as the Erie and New York Central will no longer be able to base their rates between Buffalo and New York on the regular all-rail tariff rates from Chicago. Arrivals at New York. Telegrams received in St. Paul yesterday announced the arrival at New York on Sat urday and Sunday of the following steam ers and the number of passengers on each: Steamer. From No. Pass'grs Belgenland Antwerp 741 City of Chicago Liverpool 919 State of Pennsylvania.. Glasgow 37G Fulda Bremen 1,153 Oder Bremen 793 Totel 3.957 Those for the Northwest left on Satur day and Sunday evenings and are due in. St. Paul to-day and to-morrow. Local Gossip. J. B. Bouish has been appointed North* crn Pacific agent at Muskoda. " The Oregon Short line is doing a large business in carrying Columbia river sal mon. Omaha earnings for the fourth week in April decreased §31.000, and for the month §104,000. Vasset, Neb., is the name of a new sta tion that has been opened for business on the Sioux City & Pacific railroad. George -B. Lewis, general . European agent tor the Northern Pacific roadat Liv erpool, arrixed in the city yesterday. A large number of land hunters were in. the city yesterday from the East and went out over the Manitoba & Northern Pacific roads. One thousand head of cattle weie shipped by the Northern Pacific road from north. Yakima and 1,810 from Minnesota Trans fer yesterday for points in Montana. Rates by the Northwestern lines were re stored to tariff yesterday, 50 cents first class, second class, 40 cents; third class, 3Q cents; fourth class, 20 cents, and filth class 17J4 cents per 100 pounds. The Burlington & Missouri River Rail read company has let a contract for its new extension into Kansas. This branch starts from Republican City,' about 200 miles west of the Missouri river, and runs to Oberlin. The length of this line is seventy miles, and it will bring wLjhin reach of a railroad a very fine country. marine Notes. The river was 5 feet 4 inches above low* water mark last evening. The War Eagle of the Davidson lice will leave Wednesday for St. Louis. Steamer Libbie Conger, Diamond Jo*line, is booked to leave Wednesday morning at 9 a. m. Steamer Benton of the Benton line de parted from Benton for upper Missouri river points yesterday morning, carrying 350 tons of freight, 176 miscellaneous and 174 tons government. A mormon's Gall. Salt Lakk, May 11. — When Angua Cannon, president of "this stake," was called up for sentence yesterday he said he was conscious of having violated no law. His conscience was serene. He had obeyed the Edmunds law as he understood it. That is, while living in the same house with his wives, he had intercourse with, but one. He loved his children and was gratified to hear the court say the law has made all his children equal heirs. His record was before the country and his heart and conscience were visible to God who created him. The record of his life in contact with this people (here he turned and waved his hand to the crowd) bore him up to receive such sentence as the court shoiild impose. He felt pleased also that the court had stated his conduct toward his respective wives since the passage of. the Edmunds' bill should be taken into con sideration when the sentence of the court should be passed. He would try to bear up under any sentence it might ■ inflict and in such manner as to show he had not lost his manhood. Cannon's speech was received with great applause, which the marshals had to check. When the court asked Can non if he declined to make any promise in regard to the future, he replied: "I have never been in the habit of making to chil dren promises, lest they should fail." A Bold Challenge. Special to the Globe. New York, May 11.— Capt. Paul Boyn* ton, whose recent feat of attaching a dummy torpedo to the British war ship Canada, has been called a joke, has issued the following challenge: "At anytime. I will, if allowed a scientific experiment, put a torpedo shell to the Canada in spite of all the apparatus they may use to prevent it, or the strictest watch they may keep on board; I to select the night and the hour for the experiment. If they see me they are at liberty to treat me as an enemy and Mil me if they can." Grant Feelingr Well. New Yok, May 11. — The genial warmth of to-day tempted Gen. Grant to take a prolonged drive aud he arrived at the house in good spirits. After it he partook of luncheon and then resumed work ou his book until dinner, after which he spent the evening with his family. Col. Grant said: "Father is feeling quite well to-day. Th.c pain in hi 6 throat was a little increased, owing to the change of air." Dr. Douglas called as usual.