The News

Epgland refuscs to annox or assume a protectorate over the New Hebrides. Davitt says it is impossible to give bail for goed bchavior towards landlords, and that the Irish party must be soon recognized as the dominant party in Ireland. Jules Ferry wants Grevy to cxpel the Orlcans princes by deeree. Grevy doeen't want to, but tbat eourse will probably be pursued if a niinistry is formed under Ferry. The eustoms agents at Geetia and Niche, Mauitoba, have been ordered by the government not to allow gram to pass on to Dnluth by the Canadian Paeiiic Kaihvay. The reason of this order is at present unknówn. The Ontario poultry show opened in Toronto, on the 7th inst. The usual number of cntries were exeeeded by four or five hundred, and iueluded entries from Michigan and New York state and from the provinee of Quebec. Many very fine and rare specimens of birds were on view, in addition to the usual exhibits at such shows. The chief drawback eneountered in the past by the assoeiation has been a lack of 6uflicient public patronage, but it is thought the efforts of the oftieers this year will meet with better reward iu this respect. Jules Ferry declines to form a new cabinet, and Grevy will look elsewhere. Cuba is to be grantcd electoral laws similar to thoe enjoyed on the península. Davilt, Healey and Quinn, who were sentenced to pay a fine or suffer imprisonment for making iuflammatory speechen, have been sent to prison. Lords Wolseley and Alcester have been presented with swords of honor by the Egyptian people. The weapons have fine Damaseus Mades and hilts studded with jewels,and cost $8,750 each. i The Spanish council of ministers has decided to libérate the 40,000 slaves who were not liberatedby their owneis in Cuba in 1870. This action of the council is warnily applauded by the press. T. M. Healy, in a speech advocating a better system for the goveruruent of Ireland, advised that all local aftairs, such as the management of ratee, the appointmeut of magistratcs, etc, be ccufided toelection boards, each of which shall send delegates to a central couucil of the provinee, which shall havo the powers in regard to private bilis now exercised by parliament. The tribunal having quashed the indietment against Prince Napoleon, he has been releesed, and allowed to return to his home. Mr. Trevelyan, chief secretary for Ireland, in a speech delivered at Edinburg, reeently,ïdenied the statements made that the dimiuution of agrarian crime iu Ireland was more apparcut than real. He referred to the rapidity with Jwhich murderous crimes had diminished wlie.n it. thot tu mnr. Uerei's woald be executed. He denied that the government had suppressed freedom of speech or Hbeity of the prees. The government was ready to werk with Irish members of parlianu-nt in advocating legitimate sehemes of reform. Prince Jerome is about to proceed t Eugland to visit Eugcnie. Now reported that Prince Jerorne intends to start a uewsnaper. Wm. Wordsworth, last surviving son of the poet, died in Loudon, Englaud, on the lOth. An investigation is in progresa to asscertain who is to blame for the einking of the Cimbria. Do Freyeinct refuses to form a ministry in Franco, because he is not sure of a majority of the chamber of deputiee. The Dublin pólice court was the scène of the wildest confusión on Saturday, the lOth Inst. Testimony was being taken in the Dublin conspiracy case, when Michael Kavanagh, turned informer aud made some startling disclosures. The court room was densely crowded, and when the inf oi mer took the stand the exeitement was intense. Upon being sworn he deposed that on May ü, he was at the Royal Oak public house. He further said that on that night he drove Brady, and Kelly and two meu, whom hu did not know. to Phoenix Park. The men said they were watehing for the chief secretary. He drove the four men into the park where they alighted. A short time after he saw tno gentlemen approaching, and heard a cry. He looked around and saw one of them fall. He did not seethe other f all, but thefour men whom he had driven to the park jumped on his car, and he drove them away. Some one among those he drove said the tall man was to be assassinated. Kavanagh was then ordered to go further away by the eonspirators. As he diu so, heard some one say, "Mind, it's the tall man." When asked by the counsel how much lie had received for his share in the transaction, he said Brady paid Min L1. Other witnesses were sworn, whose testimony corroboratod that givcn by Kavanagh. The prisoners charged with conspiracy to murder goverument officials have been committcd for trial in April. The Frcnch niinistry has resigned. The President asks them to remain in the cabinet until successors are appointed. In the City of Brussels collision, a deeisiou has been rendered against the Kirby Hall, which is made liable to the extent of JtS per ton for the cargo loBt, and L15 per ton for the life lost. In speaking of the Irish question, Gladstone said tlie curse of Ireland had been centralization. England's desire is to make the humblest Irishmen feel that he is a governIng ageney, and that the goverumeut is to be carried on for hini and by him. CHIME. The telegraph announces the details of a most fiendish and brutal outrage, which was committcd in Paola, Kansas, on the 8th inst. Maud Benuings, a little colored girl nine years old, was found lying upon the ground iu the suburbs of the city insensible aud stripped of most of her clothing. Shc was bruised and mangle i in a terrible manner, and evidently the vic lm of a hellish crime. The child'e arms and lef;s were frozen stiff. When she recovered consciousness she told of the brutal treatment she had received. She had been sent upon an rrand early in the evening, and on her return about 8 o'clock she was scized by Henry Smith, v uotorious negro, carried to a. stable, chokea aud ravishcd, aud then carried some distance and thrown upon the street apparently dead. Smith was arrested and taken to jail. The cbtkl's father procuring a ehot-gun followed and attempted to shoot the fiend, but wa9 prevented by the bystauders. An excited crowd of men, both colored and white, gathered at the jail and demanded the prisoner. The sheriff had prepared for the emergency and warned them away, but the clamorous throng pushed forward and forced open the door of the building. The sheriff struck the foremost man over the head, then the mob opened fire, to which the sheriff aud deputies replied, and a general fusilado ensued. The front doors and Windows of the building were perforated with shots and several were seriou6ly injurcd. The exeitement in Paola over the attempt to lynch the tiend was very intense. The next day, when it was expected that he would he taken before a justice for examination, an immense crowd collected in front of the jail. At the last moment the deputy sheriff deelined to move the prisoner, owing to the thrcats of the mob. The crotfd, led uy a number of the best business men of the city, then made an assault on the jail and drove Sheriff Long back into the interior of the building, but eould not get his koys. They then applied sledge-hammers, crowbars and other tools, and after more than an hour's hard work battered their way to Smith's ccll, only, however, to find hiin 6tretched dead on the lloor, he havinsr committed suicide by cuttiug his throat witlí a pocket-knife. This was a great disappointmeut to the mob. but it did not stop their work, for they immediately put a rope around the neck of the corpse and dragcod it like a loe to a tree In the park and struug it up to the gaze of the multltuele. After the body had hung an hour Coronar Potter held an inqucst, the jury findingthat Smith committed suicide. The outraged child is still alive, but is expected to die. Sheriff Long acted very courageously, but eould not resist the mob, who were determined{to wreak their vengeance on Smith. The result of Smith's act is one lit tle girl terribly outraged aud likely to die, two negroes dead, ene white man and one negro seriously wounded. An unacoountable murder was committed at St. Joseph, Mo., on Saturday, the lOth inst. Peter Ryau, an old man about 60 and a pretty hard character gencrally, smothered bis wife with bed clothes. It is supposed tliat coming home drunk and finding no supper and no preparation for any he becaine enraged and murdered his wife. He acknowledges the crime and is under arrest. News is received of the arrest in St. Louis of Swartzell, who robbed the McGregor family a few nights ago, murdered the daughter, dangerously wounded her father and gagged her motker. L. M. Frazer was drunk on Millard Irwin's doorstep in Louisville, Ky., when the iatter ordercd him away. Hot words followed and Frazer was knockcd down. He drew a knife and eut Irwin's throat three times. The Iatter will die. Frazer is in jail. Reubin Corwin and Jas. Hamlin, farmers, and brothers-in-law, living near Para, 111., settled an old grudge in the pre6ence of their wives in a desperate fight with knives. Corwin was stabbed in the neck, Hamlin in the left breast. Corwiu flred two ineffectual shots from a revolver. Both are alive, but their wounds are probably mortal. Samuel J. Evans, con fidential clerk to Kich & Silber, Milvvaukee, has been found guilty of appropriatiug silks, laces, jewelry and lurs in tbe past eight months amounting to nearly $3,000. ë NATIONAL CAl'ITAL. The star route trial is still in progress. The motion to put all books on the free list was carried in the Senate. The Garfield monument fair netted the neat little sum of $7,500. The House has voted to fix the duty on iron ore at 50 cents per ton. The governrnent has already paid out over $200,000 to resist Payne's encroachments again6t the Indians. Director Burchard thinks we ought to coin more gilver until by international agreement there should be a fixed rate between eilver and gold. The House committee on Indian affairs do not favor the bill granting the right of way to a railroad through laad of the Choctaw and Chlekasaw nations. The Secretary of the Interior says that railroads are not limited to lands immediately adjoinine the road in eutting ties and other Secretary Folger has sent a letter to congress reeoinmending consolidation of customs districts in many instances, in order to effect a saving in the salaries of ofticers at ports where business is very smal! and doee not increase from year to year. These changes reccommend alterations which would, in effect, not only lessen the number of collection district but in some cases reduce the number of oflicers at the port which after reorganizaüon would comprise all Consolidated ports and reduce the aggregate cost for salaries $494,295. The western ports which would be effected by the proposed consolidations are the following : It is proposed to consolídate with the district of Chicago, the districts of Galena, Omaha, Dubuquc, and Burlington, to increa6e the number of officers and employés from T6 to 91, and the cost for salaries from $94,418 to 111,880. It is proposed to consolidate with the Minnesota district at St. Paul the district at Duluth, Montana and Idaho, to increasc the uumber of offleers and employés from 25 to 32, and the cost for salaries iom $32,303 to $38,800. The greatest reduction of oilicers and employés will take place at the ehief eastern ports. A stamp used in printing reveuue stamps is missing, and a committee has been appointed by Secretary Folger to investigate the matter. Gen. Sherm:in was tendored a banquet in Washington on the 8th inst., in honor of his 63d birthday. Many distinguished guests were present, and rousing speeches were made by host and guests. The Secretary of the Treasury urges the necessity of an amendment to the internal revenue bill now before Congrcss, providing for the forfeiture of all distilled spirits which shall be found to diiter in proof from that indicated by the marks and stamp thereon. Secretary Teller has informed the governor of lowa that unless the excess of 83,043 acres of land patented to the state ou account of the Sioux City and St. Paul railroad is returned to the governmeut, he will recommend a resort to legal proccedings, with that end in view. The House committee on patente is preparing a bill to amend the statutes applieable to patents, providing that the American patente shall run 15 years from the time the invention was patented in a foreign country, making all patents of whatever class to extend 17 years. This change is to apply only to new patents. The Senate committee on education are 6till considering the labor questlon. On the 8th inst. F. K. Foster, seeretary of the Massachusetts federation of trades and labor nnions, speakirg of the moral , intellectual and physical conditien of printers as a class, eaid the lines of easte were grewlng more and more clearly defined each ye.ir, and tliat in New Ecgland at least he assumed the worship of God had ceased to level all distinctions among men. The mili operatives in New England, as a elass, are the worst OÍT, and their present condition is sure to produce an enfeebled race of men and women in the next generation as the same conditions have already dono in England. The working people in Massaclmsetts are better off than those of the other Now England states on account of the enforcement of the 10-hour law. Gen. W. B. Hazen, chief signal ofïïcer, U. S. army, has issued a card denying tlie charges made against him, declaring that said charges have their origiu iu tbo resentment of dismisscd employés, the real object being to bring abont the removal of the weather service to the interior department, Gen. Hazen's reasons why such removal should uot be made, are briefly givcn : First, becausc experience bas shown that the head of the service must havo power to punish men for neglecting to take observations at precisely the prescribed time and suph power cannot be had under civil law; second, because the work is done more cheaply by the present signal service than It could be done by a civil bureau ; third, because the governmeut must be able to held ob6ervers by enlistment in order to receive the benefit of their services in return for the iustruction given them in meteorology. The6C are some of the reaeons why the weather burean should be retained as a part of the service which has made it a BUCCCS6. At the banquet given on the occasion of the 63rd birthday of Gen. William T. Bherman, Gen. Shermañ responded to the toast to hts health in a happy and pleasing manner. He regarded the law for the compulsory retireïncnt of all nrmy ofllcers at the age of 64 as wise and proper. He reviewed briefly the progress of the world in acts of civilization during the past half century, referred to the stirring events which had taken place in this country within that period, and especially to the wars in which the people of the United States had been engaged, and eaid that even now, after a very short lapse of time, it could be seen that these wars had accomplished valuable resulte which could not have been reaehed in any other way. As an illustration of this he cited the Mexican war, which extended over a systcm of eovernment from the Atlantic to the Paciflc, converting lands which had remainod for centurie6 in the possession of wild beats aud wilder savagee into prosperous states and tcrritories in a short periad of years. After ing out the fact that the aequisition of California was also one of the resulta of this war, Gen. Sherma i reviewed briefly the rise and development of that great state and the opening of railroad commuuieation across the plains "In these mightv enterprises," lio 6ald, "the soldier went hand in hand with the civilian." Referring to the late civil war Gen. Sherman sald : "I need not speak to you of the civil war. lts history is written, and all who now hear me remember its details. I will venture to say, however, in this connection that friend and foe alike now share its glories and fruits. No part of the Union has experienced a larger measure of proflt than the section over which weseemingly triumphed. I believe that nine of ten soldier8 of the south would to-day rather be members of our present glorious Union, at peace with all the world, than citizens of a southern conf ederacy, w ith slavery the corner stone, and at constant war with their neighbors. I have not the least desire here or elsewhere to boast of my share in that war, but I do feel a sense of pride and satisfaction that we as a people met the issues of that day like brave men and carried our ship tbrough the breakers which for a time appeared to be a shipwreck." Congress is still at work on the tarift' bill to the exclusión of all other business. The witless farce called the "Star Route Trial" is still on the boards at Washington. 6 In his examination before the committee on labor and education, F. K. Foster compared the Frenen Canadians in New England to the Chinese in California. He spoke strengly against the einployment of children making an earnest plea lu.the.ir behalf. In commenting upon the capture of Payne and his party of Oklahoina colonista Gen. Sherman stated that be supposed the col onists would be taken to Fort Sinith and turn ed over to the civil authorities who would do asglias always been done- give them thcir liberty. Sherman thinks more stringent laws should be enacted for the puuishment of this class of invaders. British Minister West has written a note to the seeretary of state eonveying the thauks of the government of the Dominion of Canada to the seeretary oí the treasury for his action in placing at the disposal oí the authorities of British Columbia the Oliver Wolcott, for the purpose of proceeding to Fort Simpson to repel an anticipated attaek in the domains of the English government at that point. The "currency reform" convention, held iu Washington, carne to a close on the 9th inst. An address was issued, defming their positlon with referenee to some of the political issues of the day. The following is an extract of the address: "Monopolistic influeuce throatens the liberty of the people, which divides American citizens into classes of rich and poor, those who live on fixed incomes, yet produce nothing, and those whose labor pays all taxes and supports all classes. It eontrols the principal wheels of commerce and travel and the transmission of intelligenec. It wields an undue infiuence over the public press and opmiono. it uorrupra au legislativo, judicial and executivc officers, aud above all it inflates and eontrols the volume of the currency and credits, which enables it to créate panics, destroy property values, paralyze business, throw labor out of employmcnt and stop the demands for its produetions. The tariff bill is still being discussed. It is expectcd the shipping bil] will be taken up next. The House committee on commerce bas authorized the appointment of a commission on immigratiou with a view to assimilating the legislativo enaetments of this country, Germany and Great Britian. The case of the Union Paciiic railroad company has been placed in the hands of the solicitar general, lie will at once take proper uieasures for the reeovery of the amount of net earnings claiming to be due the government. The committee of conference on the Japanese indemnity fund bill have taken action. They recommend that the house of representativos recede from its disagreement to the senate amendment exeluding alT aceretlons of interest aud premiums from the amount to be returned to Japan, and that the bill shall provide simply, first, for returning to that uation the original amount received from it = imluumity in tiie year 1Í5O4, numelv, $iS5,000; secondly, for paying $1-40, 000 to the officers and crew of the United States steamcr Wyoming in compensatlon for their services in securing the indemnity ; and thirdly, for eancelline the United States bonds in which the fund is now invested. It now amounts to uearly 41,800,000. As a mark of respect to the memory of the late ex-Postmaster-General, Marshall Jewell, the Postoffice Department will be draped in mourning for thirty day6. The Illinois Central and the Iron Mountain railway eompanies have been awarded $139,080 and $2O,SO7 respectivcly in the court oi claims for carryins United States mails. Wayne MacVeagh and T. L. James have appeared as witnesses in tho star route trial, the main part of whose testimony was regardinir statements made to them by Rerdell in -81. The senate jndiciary committee will report a bill providing for the purehase by tho government of the Lee e6tate at Arlicgton, which eontains the national eemetery. The price is $150,000. Tho seeretary of the interior has deeided that the preference right of a party who secures cancellation of a home6tead entry is a purely personal one belonging to the contestant only, and does not descend to another upon his'death but dies with htm. Senator Van Wyck has submitted to the senate from the committee on public lands a report iu favor of his bill to facilitatc tax sales of railroad lands where railroad companies have not perfected their titles by paying to the government the costs of eurvey and locatiou as requircd by law. The report claims the supremo court decidcd in one caseto ehield railroads from taxation and subsequcntly abandoned tho decisión to aid the same companies to defeat the rights given eitizens by the terins of the grauts. The committee believe it au act of simple justice that lands of compaplee should be taxeil, and that the United States should not lie placed in the attitude of being used, even by the decisión of the supremc court, tofurtiicr aid in perpetuating this ini:tice GENERAL ITEMS. The Senate of West Virginia has dofeated the propositton to submit a prohibltory amendment to the people. The Prohibitionists of Iowa demaml that the governor cali a special session oí the legislature and cnact i prohibitory amendment ïbat will stand the test. The New Jersey House of Iiepresentatives has passed a bill prohibiting the emjiloymeiit in factorics of ehildren under 12 years, and under 14 years, unlees tbcy have had two years' schooling. Over a quarter of a million of gallons of whiskey go out of bond in the Louisville, Kv.. district under the law requiring paymeut of taxes to this date. There has been no excitement about the Collector's oilice, the whiskey men having prepared to meet the cmergency caused by "the failure of Congress to pa6S the Bonded Perlod ExtendRm bill. A large amouut of taxes has been paid. The Collector will regauge the stocks of otliers preparatory to the payment of taxes thcreon. A dispatch from Muskogee, Indian territory, says : There are strong indicutions of the renewal of hostilities between contending bands of Creeks. George Poster, who has been appointed eommandor of the Chicote faction, has called in all available men, and it ts said will attaek the Consolidated forcea of Spiehe, now camped about 15 miles from Okmulgee, as soon as the weather is favorable. Botii partks are buying all the Winchester rifles, other weapons and ammunition they eau obtain, and it loöks as though serious trbubls may result. Senator-elect Manderson of Nebraska, is evidently in favor of Civil Service Reform. In his speech made before the Legislatnre after he was elected he said: "I belicve there Is something higher and nobler in the po6ition of a Senator of the United States than that of bc ing the 6imple medium through wEich the patronage of this government hall be disposed. That is a part of the duty, perhaps, but I look upon it as the meanest" part. 1 certainly do not desire that the high office should become a mere broker shop forthe distribution of offlees. I see something higher tlian that, and I will set my aim higher." His remarks on this point were loudly applauded. Owing to the snow blockade many roads terminatin? at Torouto have beeuobliged to abandon trains. Payne, of Oklahoma notoriety, together with his party enroute f or Iudian Territory, bas been arrested and taken to Fort Reno. Two companies have made application for charters to build a ship canal across Cape Cod, and are ready to deposit $200,000 before beginning operatious. At a mass meeting of Irish-born citizens recently held in Boston, the natives of the Emerald Isle vieorously protestcd against the English poliey of enforced emigration, and demanded that the government ive work to the people instead. At a banquet recently given in New York, in honor of Señor Malo, a distingnished citizen of Mexico, Gen. Grant said in perhaps 15 months it would be possible to go by rail to Mexico from any point in the United States. The new treaty, the genera] held, will open the market for many manufactures whieh Mexico does not produce and which wc do, and it will be a most advantagcous thing for both countrics. The Ohio legislature is proceoding leisurely with the temperance [juestion. The Senate lias passed what is kuown as the Kinney joint rcsolutiou to amend the Con6titution. It reads as follows : "The power of the General Assembly to pass laws eoucerning the traftic in and manufacture of intoxicatine liquors ahall not be limited by any provisión in section 2ö of anide 2 or sectlou i of article 12 of this Constitution." This if adopted by the people will place the question holly within the power of the legislature, and s exaetly in accord with the Republican platform of 1881 upon whieh Gov. Koster was reelected. The Ilouse will undoubtedly concur. Governor Fo6ter is of the opinión that this is a mo6t opportune time to settlë the temperance luestion, the legislature being in the right temper to act wisuly upon it. After vigorous opposition a bilí has passed the Colorado legislature to tax the output of mines. Sir William Ritehie has been sworn in is deputy general of Canada. G. A. Kilpatrick Is elected speaker of the house of commons. The boiler of a tile factory in Taylorsrille, IU., exploded a fewdayssinee, killiñg five fl-wtmdiL and Kürioucïy injuring several others. After a heated debate, tlie lower house of the leeislature of Illinois bas passed a rcsolution asking congress to grant a pension to veterans of the Mexican and Blackhawk wars, excepting Jeff Davis. According to Wiggins, the Canadian prophet, Friday, the Oth inst, was to have been the stonniest day, known in the history of America. His storm failed to come, and he has [onsequcntly withdrawn his prediction for March. Advices from the Cheyenne and Arrapahoe agency in Indian territory say an unknonn and fatal disease is creating great ravages ainong horses. Tljey fall dead without waruing. There is great alarm among thosc in the neighborhood who own large herds of Iior6es. The railroads in Canada have been blockaded to such an extent that trains had to be abandoned, and people in the back country uearly starved. August Gerhardy, who shot and killsd a sand-büggcr, was discharged from custody by a Chicago coroner's jurv with a vote f ïhanks. The Sebee Woolen Company of Ban;or. Me., has failed. Liabilities. ê3U.00O: fseis, -3,waj. The compauy otter RTfcen cents au the dollar. The Arlington Cotton Mills, of Wilmington, Del., which closed on account of a strike, have been reopened with three-fourths 3f the spinners and half tlie weavers at work. NTew men take the place of the strikers in all Jepartments. Frank James has been removed from [ndependenee to Gallatin. Mo., where he has been indicted for the killing of Westfall and McMillan in the Winston bank robbery. If the charges are unsustained he will be returnDd to Kansas City. They must do away with the supposed necesBity of body-suatching in Penusylrania, and for that purpose a bilí has been in[roduced into the legialature of that state nith that end in view. The trades unions of New York hopo to have convict labor abolished by legislative 2nactments, and are getting up demonstrations to carry the point. A big mass meeting will be held at Cooper's uniou. A smoking car on the Wabash road Qear Lafayette, Iud., jumped the track and rolled down an embankment of 15 feet. Two of the six passengers were slightly injured, iiile the car was consumed by lire. Auother 2ar jumped 10 feet from the track. The acciJent was caused by an effort to inake up lost time. Tbe New York Sun attributes the reat floods in Ohio to the f act that the lands tributary to the streains have been deuudcd of thcir foresté so that the heavy snows lie unprotected from the sun. This is melteil so rapidly that the resultant waters rush dowa the streams with the disastrous consequeuees uotcd. ____.__ At Louisville, the greateat disaster that ever befell that city is now upon it. Over onc square mile of territory within the city limits is luider water. Eight hundred people have been driven from their homes. How great the loss of Ufe has been it is imponible to estímate, but from well founded rumors it is believed to be vory great. Tlie scène in the city beggars d;-Fcriptiim, and the panic is indiscribablc. The anthoiities have taken all noce'sary steps to provide food and lodging for the snfferers, and bubscriptions are coming in liberally. In one or two iustances houses were OYcrturned, and entire families drowned. Thnnighout Indiana great eiicouragement is feit. The water is recceding, and tav no loss DÍ li'e lias beun reported.