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THE OREGON SCOUT. JONES A: CUANCEY, Publisher. UNION, OREGON. SOME POINTERS IN POLITICS. Tlio campaign lor the democratic nom ination in Mr. Springer's district opena April .t. Thero aro indications that tho Connecti cut democrats will nomlnato Congressman Seymour for governor. Tlio Now Yorlc legislature will probably voto to submit to tho people a prohibitory constitutional amendment. Congressman Ermcntrout, ot tho Berks district, 1'cnnsylvnnln, wants to bo renom inated. There aro thrco othor candidates in tho field. Galusha A. Grow hopes to succeed Mitchell ns senator from Pennsylvania, lie is said to regard tho present generation of states men a poor lot. Gen. Itosccrans, resistor of tho treasury, would liko tlio position of superintendent of tho const survey. Tlio salary is larger thnn his present one. In a couplo of years wo shall bo enjoying nnotlicr presidential campaign, nnd con gress ought to removo tho existing uncer tainties regarding tho countol tho electoral voto. Tho Sacramento I3co, independent" repub lican, declares that tho opposition to Mr. "Znch" Montgomery's confirmation ns aw Distant nttomoy-gencrnl is "unjust." It declares ho is "honest, cnpablo and a friend to good govcrnmnnt." And it adds: "What more need bo asked for in a public ofllcer?" "Honors nro oasy" with tho labor legis lators in Ohio. Representative McIJridc, president of tho Stato Union of Coal Min ers, is a democrat. Senator Fnssott, also a mechanic, has been a republican, but is also a devotul labor man. JIo finds liltlii support from his party associates, while tho democrats fconerully voto with Messrs. Mclirido mid Fnssott. Simon Cameron, ngod 87, has lived to eeo finbprnn39 of about Q0,(??iono i tlio population ot this coiir.tr?, and ho still i hntes ovorv man of thorn who docs not pull I with tho Cameron clan. Only n Bhor VVnuo ncro lie pnvo his ytMins Ktnv.'?.'aon a list of Pennsylvania polttlclnnu who worked against Don's election as senator, and told tho youngster to remomber them when he should got into position. PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. Archbishop Gibbons was a grocer's clerk In Now Orleans thirty yei'ra ago. Henry Irving has a son who will seek to fit ids father's sock and buskin to ids own foot. Senator Vest is to icavu Washington within a few dnys to go greet tlio spring in Florida. Joel Chandlrr Harris, ns It Is said, has found a bride a North Carolina nieco of Stonewall Jackson. Mrs. Hawley's hist words woro an ex pression ot gratituilo to tho senator for his dovoMon as a husband. Tho gowns worn by Miss Cleveland aro snid to surpass In elegance thoso worn by any previous occupant ol tho white house Daniel Dougherty, tho Philadelphia law yerivnd lecturer, announces that ho will tako up Ids permanent abode in No1. York city. The wife of Minister Pendleton, with her daughter, has suddonly started for this country on account of the death of . near relative. "Mrs. Lnngtry," says a London gossip in the Chicago News, "is coming to America to live, nnd, what is inn re, she is to marry Frederick Gobhnrdt, whoso lovo is far su perior to Ids orthography." II. It, II. tho prince of Wales gives tho latent proof that a king's stomach Is hut a man's stomach, and that a man's stomach is btttn muscular bag with relKilHous ways of it own, Tho much-dlncd and miich wltted prince Is now tin "iron rations," and his allowance for dinner is tho lean part of a million cnop wiiii a nil oi stuio nreiut Tho will ot the late Mrs. Julia Smith Par kor, of Glastonbury, Conn., gives to Mrs, .latin II. Sheppard of Washington, I). C, a silk bed unlit containing 7,000 pieces, and to Mrs. James Noble of West Hold, .Mass., a table cloth spun by Mix. Parker and her Hiter, and a 120 year old bed quilt spun, wove, (milled and entirely niiulo by .Mia tuu iier s grand mot iter. KNIFED UNTO DEATH. A'Tln Horn" (iiuillder FiiCully Stubs n uy Viiiin Coivlioy. Kaw'lns (W'yn.) special to tlio Omaha Herald, Another killing was added to tho long list of Rawlins' tragedies, nt 1 o'elorl this morning. It hiipponod in Lavtn's sa loon, which lias been very properly desi nated ' ho Iluwllus slaughter house." The victim wits n cowboy named Fred Loniont, who was fatally knifed by a "tin horn gambler niiinod Wtxtley. Tho luttei is rntlior an old man, and makes it a husl nriw to "work tender-foot." The unsus pecting cowboy was invited by Woolev to "tako in tho town." (Icing considerably intoxicated Loniont accepted tho Invita tlonol Jooley, who claimed to know tho "ropex." After visiting mnuy disreputable piaces tney miauy iimuglil up at Lnvin s saloon, at which place a number of tinge- uich nave iiuoiy occurred. From tllOMt til-exeat it Imisrerl nlnwl Hint Wooley began abusing a prostitute, who mm in a notorious tuv, to wnicli i.emnut objected and Interfered. Without warning nooiuy ciiuw a Kline ami plunged it Into l.eniont's abdomen, cutting i, gusli four im licM In lenxth and entering the IntostiuoH. At tliiv hour, 0;.'H, Lemont is still allvo and is receiving every attention, but tho physicians ngivo that thero is no hope for jiih n-iHjvcry, tie is now unconscious. The public feel liko having nuother hang ing "heo" and blowing Lavlu's saloon into the "wheucenesd of tlio whore." Woolev is well known about Duuvwr and other west ern cities. Murderous Robbers Overhauled. On tho Tchiiluke, Holmes county, Minn., three men entered the residence ot Mrs. Mary fJchlander, u widow lady, and bound and gagged her and a peddler, who wu stopping over night. Roth prisoner wcru tortured until they revealed tho placo where tholr money wns concealed. Tho robbers secured SI. .100 from the woman and 100 from tho peddler and departed. Officers were soon in pursuit and came up with two of tho robbers at this place, when ordered to halt, tho villains opened lire, which wus returned with fatal results, one man being killed and the other wounded. Tho latter, hocover, mado his escape, nnd Iihb ho far eluded pursuit. On the dead limit's body wus found $250 ot the f tolou money, GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES. Tho Knights of Honor, of Louisville, Ky., rc suing Mrs. Rebecca Morgan for '-',000 pnld her when her husband, Robert, died. A Mrs. Louisa Morgan hns appeared in Philadelphia, Pa., and she proves to be tho deceased s first wife, from whom ho was never divorced. A Uerlln paper says: Franco confessor that sho Is waiting to attack Germany. This Is serious. The Germans who desired to conciliate Frnnco will now recognize tho uselessness of tho reconciliation add will wish that the Frenchmen will find thooppor tunlty they desire. II A. Scott, of Palntkn, Fla., was nrrtsted at Louisville, Ky.. for stealing 1,000 worth of railway tickets. Tho C. W. Allen Tobacco company, of Chicago, has adopted tlio eight-hour sys tem; no change in wages. Mrs. Lippondorf jumped into tlio Ohio river from ll'i Covington ferry boat. Sho hnd her littlo child in her arms and It was drowned, but the mother was rescued by tho captain of tho boat. Tho Polish priest difllculty has renchol tho court. The case is a test of the bishop's authority in tho tomporiul affairs of tho church. WhiloPat Hickey, an Atlanta, On., mer chant, was examining an old pistol ho snapped It nt his friend, Will Pinion. Tlio hall went through Pinion's heart, killing him instantly, llickey fell across tho dead body and cried bitterly. At Sandersvillc, Miss., Pulton & Co., merchants, have inndo mi assignment. Liabilities, $330,000; asr.rts. $03,000. Roth branches of tho New York legisla ture paused tho bill requiring that street railway franchises in Now Yorlc be sold to tho highest bidder. All tho cloak makers in Now York rity, numbering 1,500, aro out cm a strike. They don't itsk for increased wci'ifM, but merely demand that tfo contract wysom biiabollshed so that the' dual directly with tho firm thomsolvos. Tho U. S. supremo court has rendered a decision in tlio Mnckln-Onlhigher eases that tho crimen charged Jgainsl tho dvfoudnulH WnmOM within tJjo ineaniug of tho' ioiiHlltirtiOn, and the defendants cannot bo held to niHwor in tlio courts or tlio Milieu States otherwise) than by indictment by grand jury. Tho result of tho decision is to Head Hie enso buck to the lower court to ho proceeded with by grand jury indictment instead of by information, A decision rendered in tlio United Stntcs riiiprciup court nt ClilcnTjo in tlio case of Miickiu, who wns convicted of election frauds in that city at tho last presidential election, sets nsido the two years sentence Imposed by Judge lllodgett, but docs not uffecl that of live years in the penitentiary which ho is now serving under tho statolaw for perjury. Washington special: Speaking of fartuilo suffrage and its effects in. Wyoming, ox Delegate Post says: "Tho right of siiffrugo was originally extended to women ns a matter ot advertisement for tho territory. It served that purposo admirably. I think Wyoming became better known in a shorter period thnn any territory in tho United Stntes. Though the public discussion was opposed to the experiment at first, having strong prejudice against tlio innovation, I now licliovo it has been a good thing. The saloon element in politics lias been entirely eliminated. Tho women took great inter est in tlio election. They no longer caro anything about holding olllre, but they are (archil In their discrimination and select tho best inon generally. Tlio women aro not likely to voto for anything that will tend to lower or degrade their husbands, and tints the whole tone of politics is ele vated by participation in tho rranchi.se." GEN. ARTHUR IN HIS RED. Nome Doubt Wlicllicr t ho ox-I'retldcut Will liver ;!t Up Anulii. Now York dispatch: It is a sad but stub born fact that ox-president Anther is in a very critical condition. Hlsclosest friouds nro now for tho -llrst time forced to admit that it is doubtful whether ho over again leaves his bed. Holmsnot boon a woll man at any tlinoslnco ho returned from Wash ington, nnd his bodily ailments have finally had their effect upon his usually stron nervo contres. Hut this need not nccossarl ly menu that death Is approaching. Gen Arthur is only about fi7 years old, and tin der the usual conditions would have tho constitutional strength to overcome almost any ordinary disease, but in taking account oi uis siocK ol vitality, it must bo rouioin bored that tho ex-prcsident has for twenty live years been a very high liver. Perhaps no man In tho country has enjoyed tlio fruits of tho table ami tho companionship of interesting people more lavishly than Chester A. Arthur. An intimate friend of his snid to-dav that with all his trading in politics and manipu lation ot men, ho was a welcome guest In many of tho liest circles of New York long ueioie no oeraiuo luo executive oi tho na tion. They sav that lilliilniiiill!ii,.iwiltfi,-.i ho made close friends of individuals win, did not rank with hunkers and other wealthy men. us well us with those who did yet, when ho became the executive of tlio nation, ho rose to the dignity of tlio posi tion and warded olt maiiv of the i wlm i .... , . . . . . - nan uereioioru noon conspicuous figures of noi. oniy ins political but ix'.a socii.l life, binco his return many of these men have not helped to maku his life pleasant. Ho ieu mo toss oi iiieir iriemisiiip. Then ngnin. his star in the whita housa was io mm mi exceedbielv oxiiciih v., him He spent Ids salary in eivine those tnmn orablo eutertainmeiits that werebrouderln scope and more entielng in character than any that have over been given in tho execu tive mansion by any of tlio presidents. His uio ior more man three years was a ro viuuico ot pleasure, woll as tit useful work, 'Jhu failure of his party to give him tho rhancu of another four years of famo mado him moody ami distrustful. Ho thought it his due and toruot In his chnerin tlmt h only dill not work for tho nlace. but iter. which no ouo wno .could speak with uuthority to labor for him. Not n CliMTrCiiitiitorfoII. A counterfeit ."i United States treasury note lias been put In circulation. It is ot tlio series of KSS0. letter II.. If. K. llruco, register, A. U. Yvyiuaii, treasurer. The paper Is thin nnd soft, being unshed. There has been iionttomptlo Imitate the parallel kill, threads ol tho genuine note. Tho let ter Y in the tivasuier's name Is a G in tho counterfeit. Tho medallion ot Jackson in lower left hand corner on lace of note is mo badly e.eeiitetl that very hlhtht scrutiny of It, taken with the ccucrnl boor aiincnrunro and llbivhi-H texture of the paper, should determine at once tho false character ot the onto. It is evidently from the muiio hand which produced tho $2 United States treasury note, against which the public was warned by tho United State treasury department. Neither of tlieo "imtiV' should deceive persons who practic ordi- unry euro in iiamiiiug paper money- THE FORTl'-NINTII CONGRESS. A Hecord of I'mceedlnst In Ilodx Ilrniit-licn of tlio Same, Skvath, March 10. Alter routine busi ness Morrill nddresscd thoscnato upon the Edmund's resolutions. Ho was followed by Cullom, who said tho refusal of tho attor ney general to furnish pivpera called for by tho senate was a denial oi the right of the senate to inquire into tlio management ofa, public olllce. Tho attorney general was an ollicer of the law. His duties wcro defined by law, nnd it wns hlfl duty to obey tho law, whether it cost him Ills otllco or not. The prominent fact wns that when cither branch of congress had called for any in formation it had usually been furnished, nnd that in exceptional cases in which it iiad not tiie refusal was not based on tho constitutional picrogativcof tho president. When tho president suspended Duskin ho did It under the tenure of olllce act. So tlio ense stood that tho president proposed to obey tho law in sotting men out of office, but questioned its constitutionality when tho senate, under that law, said it had a nght to Inquire into his net of suspension, nnd, to do that intelligently, it needed nil the papers on file. Tho president used the law in suspending men from olllce, nnd then, in a volunteer mcssago, intimated that the senate was attempting toinlcrfeto with Ids high and niiyhty prerogative as chief executive. I To car, March 1G. Under a suspension of tho rules tho bill was passed tor tho clos ing of tho business of tho court of commis sioners of Alabama claims. The senate bill was passed authorizing tho comptroller of tho currency to permit the receiver of national banks to uso trust funds for tho purchase of property upon which tho bank liolds a mortgage or other evidence of in debtedness. Jiland, of Missouri, under in structions from th committee on coinngo, weights and measures, moved to suspend the rules nnd adopt tho resolution making house bill 5,000, "for the free coinngo of silver," tho special order for Saturdays, the 20th and 27th instants, Saturday, 3d of April, and tho Batno to bo again taken up on Tuesday, April Gth, after tho morning hour for tho consideration of bills reported by committee!?, and bo to continuo from clay to day until disposed of; provided tllivt unless sooner ordered by tho house, tho previous question shall bo pending thereon nt .1 o'clock on Thursday, April Stli! tills order not to intcrfero with tho rownuc or general appropriation bills. 6X. cept on Thursday, April 8th, tho day fixed tor tho final disposition of this ordor. Tho motion wub agreed to, Housk, Ma:cii 17. Rurncs, from the committoo on appropriations, reported hack tho urgent delinquency appropriation bill with Bcnnto amendments. Rurncs ex plained tho report of tho committee. Con currence wns recommended In somo of the nmoudments, and non-concurrcnco in others. Tho report of tho committco was agreed to and tlio houso went into commit tee of the whole on the Indian appropria tion bill. Wellborn, in closing tlio debate, Biiid that tlio history of tho Indian policy was a dark record of broken treaties, fraudulent dovicea and treacherous prac tices. Tho government had entirely for feited tho conlidcncu of tho Indians. When ho reflected that tills mighty domain reached from tho great lakes of tho north to the southern seas and covered tho vast extent between tho two oceans, when he re flected that this vast imperial territory had been wrested from tlio Indian race, ho was filled witli amazement that tho gentlemen complained that the government was deal ing too liberally with tlio Indian. Sknatk, March 17. Soveral messages from tho president wero laid beforo tho sen ate, ono of them being unsigned, but "re ceived," said President Pro Tom Sherman, in duo oflicinl form. Tlio mcssago, on sug gestion of tho chair, nnd on motion of t'ockrell, was returned to the president for signature. Tho unfinished business, being tlio Fdmiinds resolution reported from tho judiciary committee, was then laid beforo the senate and Dolph resumed tholloor and continued his remarks In favor of tho ma jority report of tlio committee. Shnate, March 18. Tho scnato pnfi.scd tho bill to removo tho charge of desertion from tho records of the adjutant general of tho army against soldiers who re-enlisted In tho Into war without having received a lischurgo Irom their nrst regiments, pro viding Unit tlio secretary ot war shn'l bo satisfied that tho ro-enlistiucnt was net to Kcouvo bounty. Lognn eullod up his bill to "increase tho olllciency of tho army." H was amended and ordered reprinted. At 'J o'clock tho unfinished business was placed beforo tho senate, being the resold tioii reported by Edmunds from tho judi ciary committeo expressing tho senate's condemnation of tho attorney general for refusing to furnish papers called for by tho senate. Van Wyck offered as an amend ment to tho resolutions tlio following: "And in all such cases of removal tho matter of confirmation shall bo considered In open session of tho senate." Several speeches wero made, attor which tho senate adjourned. Housk, March IS. Tho houce, In com inlttee of tlo whole, Towusheiid in the chair, on tlio Indian appropriation bill finished forty-two of the forty-eight pages of tho bill. Tlio committoo roso and tho house adjourned. Skxatk, March 10. Mr. Van Wyck In trodueed a bill authorizing tho secretary of tho interior to extend tho tiiuolnhis discretion for tho payment of purchase money by sottlers upon lam's from tho Otoe, Missouri and Omaha Indians. Coke called up tlio bill to establish a national livestock highway and to promote com nierco in 11 vo stock between tho states The bill sots aimrt for ten vears as such highway public lauds in raugo -11, along the east lino of t ho stnto of Colorado, it being a fractional range averaging about i wo nines in width. Tho senate resolutions report eel from tho iudiciarv committee re garding tho reiusai oi tho attorney general to iiirnisn papers called lor by tho senato was then considered until adjournment, Hcnmi:, March 10. Tho houso went Into committeo ot tho whole on tho private cal endnr. Tho only bill which cavo liso to any discussion was ono to change tl-o rank of an army ollicer on tho retired list of tho army. The bill authorizes tlio nresident to select from tho colonels on tho retired list one ollicer who served as chief of artillerr during tiie war, nnd place him on there- tired list with the rank of major-general, The bill Is intended to annlv to Col- Henrv J. Hunt. It met with a good deal of onou- sition, principally from tho ivpulillcnnslde. i.turii inline mo strongest sjieeen in lis sup port ami declared congress was lust as competent to exercise the leuishit vo and executive functions as tliegontlemau at the other end ol tho avenue. At tho ovenln.' session the houso piiBscd thirty pension bills. The Inst bill to bo ronsldored u-im that ot granting a pension of S'J.OOO a vei.r io ino wniow oi uenerai YV. a. Hancock. Price oiiihisoiI tho bill and stated that it must bo considered in the full limine. Iln knew that tho country had paid Gen. Han rock brilliant, brave, generous in nil hm proportions tho sum of $15i!,000 during tlio last twentyyenin. Continulne. lie snid that tho prartico of granting largo pensions to widows ot men who had been receiving big salaried, and who died noor. was do. utructivo ot American manhood. Its Inllu- fnco was to make men live up to the last clullnr ol their salaries t pomp mid extrav agance nnd chnmpiigne. On tho question ot ptualug the bill tn vote tood 25 o i. Sknatk. Mnrch 22. Lognn submitted the following resolution, nnd asked thnt it might bo printed and lio over, saying that ho would call it up on somo luttire day nnd submit some remnrks on it: "That the sessions of tlio senate fommonl.v known as executive sessions, so fur as they apply to notninatiims, confirmations or rejections, shall hereafter bo held with ojiendoors, and that a public record of tho same shall bo kept, the same ns of legislative sessions." The chair laid before tho senate Logan's bill to increase tlio efficiency ot I ho army. Lognn, at tho suggestion of the secretary of war, iiIovmI for further amendments of detail 'o the bill and they wcro ngreed tft. Haio then moved to strike out tlio second Hcctlon, which provides for a future force of 30,000 enlisted men in tlio nrmy. Logan said that if Halo could get a letter from Gen. Sheridan, Gen. Sherniun, Gen. Terry, or any leading officer of tho army stating that 25.000 man wcreenough for our army, ho (Logan) would agree to withdraw the proposition to increase tho nrmy. "So far ns I nm concerned," Lognn said, "I liavo enough of war, with either white, blark or Indian, whether nt home ornhrond. I will always be found on tho sido of pence, but thntls no argument against tlio organiza tion of tho army." IIousi:, March 22. Thn bill granting a pension of 2,000 n year to the widow of Gen. W. S. Hancock was passed yeas 100, nays 17. Under the call of states the fol lowing bills and resolution wero intro duced ii n,l icrerred. l!y Lnwler A reso lution directing tlio commiltco on judiciary to report what legislation U necessary to close any part of tlio Chicago river to navi gation, c ither by making bridges permanent or by filling up tho river. I5y Morrininn For "the issue of United" States coin notes. SHOT DEAD IN THE COURT HOUSE. Tim All'.tlr tit Carrollton, nils., Ir. Wlilcli Ten Negroes Wcro Shot Head by a .Hob. A special from Winona (Miss.) gives the following particulars: of the circumstances leading to tlio tragedy enacted at Carroll ton, Miss.: Some months ago Robert Mopro, a voung inan froni LeFloro county, went to Carrollton. Tliero ho met Ed Ilrown, (coloicd), with whom he had nn altercation, and "tho nero smeared nnd poured on 1dm molasses which ho carried ill a jug. J. M. Liddell, jr., of Greenwood, a friend of Moore's, happened to meet with Ilrown nnd made some allusions to his trentment of Moore. Drown gave him Jin pudenco nnd Liddell stnr'cd nt him, but was prevented by bystanders '.rom attack ing him. Tlio negro then wont out nnd armed himsell and induced others to do likewise. They stationed themselves on the street, somo concealing themselves be hind trees. When Liddell emtio after sup per from the hotel he saw them a;;'.l nsked what they meant, whereupon Ed Brown responded that it was none of his damned business. At t hut Liddell struck at Ed lirown witli Ids fist and Ed and Charles Ilrown, his brother, both simultaneously fired upon Liddell, ono ball striking on tho elbow of ids right arm. About this time some fifteen to twenty shots wero fired from different quarters. Liddell pulled his pistol and hit Ed 15 r own in tlio abdomen and received ono shot in tho II shy part of his leg. Chas. Ilrown was shot in tho shoulder. Tho parties wlia hnd taken part in i ho affray wero taken beforo Mayor Forthwith, received an exam ination nnd wero bailed to appear beforo the next circuit court. Throats were con tinually mado by the Ilrown brothers that they would have" Jim Liddoll's blood and further that they had live doublo-bnrrelod shotguns loaded seven fingers deep and would "kill the first man who put his foot on their ground." On tlio 12th insta::t they made mi affidavit against James Lid dell and others, including some of tlio best citizens of the place, and men who know nothing of tlio dilliculty. charging them with assaulting with intent to murder in 'ho previous dilliculty. Previous to tho opening of the trial yesterday Ilrown boasted on the street thnt ho hnd his body guard, and would sliuo: the first man that made a mot on in his direction. Tlio case was called nt noon, when the court house liuincdintely was filled with negroes, who stationed themselves around and about tlio lirown brothers, Tlio attorneys wero pro ceeding witli tho ense, when there suddenly nppored about one hundred white men, nil well armed, ivrcoiving their entrance, lid Rrown drew his; istcjluud fired in the direc tion of Liddell, wl;o was between his nttor iieys, nnd tho firing became general. Ten wero Instantly killed anil two others ha vo since died. Somo escaped by jumping through tho window s, a distance ol nt lenst twenty feet from tho ground. On most ot tlio dead bodies arms woro found. Tho room wascompletelyllllodwlthsmoke. Tho judgo's bench is on tho i orth side of the room nnd tho benches facing it nro towards tho south. It is a very largo court room, with windows nil around. On tho south wall were counted 135 shot holes, in tho will of tlio pneuago loading down the stairs ten shot holes, and in tlio bench thirty shot holes. Ono shot struck n northeast window sash and glanced into tlio wall. Five other shots show on the north wall from tho direction of tho benches. Largo pools of blood woro on tho Hour of tho court room. Tho mob left as quickly and as quietly as the.v ennio in. Thi general impre sion is that this wil! end lurt her trouble, as heretofore a few ol th negroes killed wero constantly creating a had reeling nnd led other negroos nonce- hilly inclined to produce strife between tho whites and blacks. The good people ot tarrouon tiopreciuo an tins and regret that a few innocent colored peopto wero drawn into mo inss. The following is a list of the killed: Andrew Robertson, Charles Ilrown, Ld Drown, Joe I.nnji, John Money, Simon Lane, Jim Harris. Amos Matthews, fceott Moore, French Hughes, Coley Little and Jim Johnson. Fully as many moie wero injured. .mos .Matthew was shot dead while trying to make li s escape through a window. Ono colored tnan rolled liimsolt out ot ono of the west windows, falling on tho brick pavement outside, but got up and mado iiU escapo unhurt. ARETTlN(i HER FATHER'S MURDER. Will AiiBiver aii; for ller Crime ;lmr Tribunal. llcforo n Newport, R. I., dispatch: The trial of Allen W. Dorscy, n medical student at tho Culver- 6lty ot Pennsylvania, and Ids wife, for tlio murder of tho latter' s father, was to have hieu commenced .Mnrch UUli, but anuomucuicnt was made lu court that Mrs. Dorsey was dy. Ing', and tho case wus Indefinitely portioned. Tho case Is a very sensational one. lu October last llenjamlu J. Uurton, a prominent citizen, was found dead lu his breakfast room with two bullet holea In hl head. A fearchlns; In vestigation was made and to tho astouishincut of the community, Uorsey and his wife, the latter a daughter of the murdered man, were arrested for tho crime. Shortly after th s Em ma II. Uurton, another daughter, confessed I .1... .1 I l ..... -...1 I it ., mm euv mm tri?uj unit uis tutu nvru 1'iluailT guilty, for wlitlo Dorsey ekot Ilurton, who was eating his breakfast stood watch at the doot to guard agalutt Intruders. A tew weeks ago It was developed that Mrs. Dorsey was about to become a mother, was in a precarious con dition, the seeds ot consumption tiavloj; be come deeply rootlned In her system and there being; other Indications of an approaching dis solution. NATIONAL CAriTAL UTES. The hotio commiltco on public lands considered the bill previously agreed upon to repeal tho timber culture, pre-emption nnd desert land laws. A motion was car ried to report favorably the bill to repeal the pre-emption law. It was then moved to rcjiort favorably tho bill to repeal the timber culture Ian. Strait, as a substitute, moved that the law bo amended to declaro tlmt the principle that "once a timber cul ture claim always a timber culture." Tho object of this. Strait said, was to prevent tlio frauds now arising from tlio taking up nnd subsequent relinquishment of claims for tho consideration of being entered as a pre-emption or homestead claim. Tho committeo decided to refer the matter to the commissioner of tho land oliico beforo reaching a final conclusion. Tlio first annual report of tho bureau ol labor is completed. It will cover about COO pages. ' Under tlio head, "Tlio Indus trial Depression in tho United States," Commissioner Wright says: "From tho observations of the ngents of the bureau nnd other sources from which it is possible to form a conclusion, it is undoubtedly true tlmt out of the total number of estab lishments, such as factories, mines, etc., existing in the country, about 5 percent, were absolutely idle during 1885, and that perhaps 5 per cent, more wero fdlo part of the time, or for a just estimate 7'4 per cent of tho whole numlwr of such establish ments were idleor equivalent to idb during the past year. Applying tiie per rent, ar rived at we have a total of Sl'JS.OOO unem ployed perrons in tlio United States in 1885. A million men out of employment means n loss to tho country of at least 1,000,000 per day, or a crippling of the trade of the country of .'100.000.000 per year. It is curious to observe, however, that whilo tho severity of the depression caused tlio crippling to the extent of sove ral hundred millions of dollars per your of the consuming power ot tho pooplo, tho volunio of business transacted is not crip pled comparatively to any such extent." GERON'IMO SUHRENDERS. Lieutenant .llaux anil lilt Command In JJniigicr of IJcins IiiiMieretU Tombstone (Ariz.) dispatch: A soldier stationed at Mud Spiingsunder Lieutenant Wheeler an ived here to-day and reported the surrender ol Geronimo to Lieutenant Mans. It appears that yesterday after noon, about ton miles south of San 15er uardino, tho Apache camp wnsnttneked by Mexican forces and a hot skirmish followed. Two of the band lied in tlio direction of Lieutenant M us' camp nnd surrendered unconditionally. The .Mexican troops fol lowed them across tlio line and claimed tint jirisoucis on the ground they wcro taken on Mexican soil. Maus refused. The Mexi cans been mo greatly enraged and threat ened to take tho prisoners by force. Trfo dispatches have been received, at. Mud Springs appciilingfornssisttnc0i Th-j situa tion !S deemed critical and it is thought likely a massacre of Lieutenant Mans and his command may occur at any moment. Latku It. C. Parker, who lias just ar rived from San liernardino raiichc, states tho soldier's report of a battle with tlio Apaches and the surrender of Geronimo is unl rim A Rank President Absconds. Hon. Charles P. Mnthewson, jiresident ot the Norfolk National bank, Norfolk, Neb., has absconded, and has probably gone to Canada. Ho left Norfolk a few days ago and mailed a letter on the train to Ids wife saying lie was ruined and could not face disaster, and would not. return. When the news became public in Norfolk, it cre ated great surprise, as Mathowson was ouo of the most prominent men in Nebraska, was regarded ns wealthy and had an excel lent business record. A Rnnelini.'iu Commits Suicide. Denver special: Intorination readied hero to-day to the effect that S. II. Wat rous, a leadirg ranchman of northern New Mexico, killed himself. Ho was one of the original grnntccs of tho La Junta grant, one til the most valuable properties in northern Now Mexico. A few months ago Ins son committed Riiicide, and this act has greatly depressed Mr. Watrous. He cam' to ."ew .Mexico irom Iow Hnnipshi 1840 and was about 70 years old "t in Americans Miinlere', in texlco. Tlio secretary of -Hlllto ms nWed in formation throi-,;,, Willard, consul at Guuyninai, Mexico, of tho killing of two AiiicritMUs named William llro wn nnd James .M,seby by Apaches on tho 2lst bit., ut tho Grand Republic mine, near wihcosnri, in t.-io district ol Montezuma. Steps have been taken to protect the effects of tho de-eased until tho legal heirs can be found. THE MARKETS. OMAHA. Wiu:at-No. 2.. Raui.p.y No. 2 Ryk-No C'OHN No. 2 mixed.... Oato No. 2 llt'TTim Fancy creamery.. llrrrmt Choice roll Kuos Fiwh CilR'KKNS Dressed per Hi... TfllKlivs Dresiod per lb.... IJucKs Uressed por Iti Lk.mons Choice A I'i'i.KS Choice Okan(ii:k Mesiua 11i:an Navys Onions Per bushel.... Potatoks Per bushel Giii:i:n An'i.Ks Per bbl ooi. I'ino, por lb. Semis Timothy , Sunns I'dtio Grass 1 110 Hay Jlalcd, per ton f no Hay hi bulk 0 00 Hons -Mixed packing 7." Iti:i:vi:s Fair to good 2 HO Siu:t;i Heavy grades a 00 NEW YORK. Wiiimt No. 2 red. Wiii:at Ungraded red Coiin No, 2 Oats Mixed western. I'oiik. l.AIEl) LJ, a,,,.,,,,.,,..... CHICAGO Fi.cuu Southern 4 00 aim ( 37(0 20 CD 1' i.oun Uute-nts. Wiikat Per bushel Coiin Per Imshel... Oats Per bushel Pouk Lutn n 02 4 23 2 no 2 40 Hons Packing ishiooiu;. Catti.i: Stockers Sum; p Natives ST, LOUIS. A; Ti'Zu.T i. Yviihat No. 2 red j "iiniivi... Mis.' uats l'er bushel 20?jQ) Jiui.w .HI.VCO pilCKIIIg libit I atti.u Stockers.t feeders 3 00 Siii:lt Common to choice 2 50 KANSAS CITY. Whkat Perbushel. isi 27i 20?; n in 4 oo 3 75 toitx Per bushel... Iats Per bushel. . . ,. ..All. 1 1 ,n,. ... Hoos Good to choice. Siitu' Common to good.. n oo a oo a 75 r.s 587a' -17 -IS -io oj) -ir. UStJf) 22) 20 00 20'4 :io (y) an in (it) is 12 os lit a io s o 8 t) ! 00 Q) I r,o 250 tii a 00 2 oo a -i ou i 2o ffl ino 1 00 iti 1 10 no fii oo 2 75 fS 3 23 11 (1 Hi o 4rr o rn I ItlJ - 111! I 1 10 ooo 7 00 .T 83 a oo 4 00 mixta tu 83 y27s' 4rijffa .jit :u i as 0 S7tjGj)l0 on 0 2S 0 20 FRAUDS ON THE FaRMERS. Tim Agricultural Department Wurns Them to Louie Out Tor Sivlndlarn. The agricultural department has issued o caution to farmers against the designs of a- lot of imposters who are engaged in a syn dicato to imposo on them by the sale ot worthless seeds: There nre reports ot sales of "hullcss" oats at nn exorbitant price in certain counties in Wisconsin nnd New York, thirteen years ago, but tho swindle docs not nppoar to havo root .in thoso localities. It is reported on good authority to havo been imported from Cannda about 1880, nnd planted in northern Ohio, whera it soon attained a particularly vigorous growth. It was early exposed, and linn during five years been driven westward, and made local incursions south in Kentucky and Tennessee. Correspondents report tho nttcmpt to sell this grain at exorbi tnnf prices in twenty-fio states and the presence of tho ngents of tlio organized swindle in eighteen dates. Indiana makes returns of operations in twenty four counties, Michigan, sixteen counties, mostly in tho southern part of tho state; Illinois, ten counties indifferent parts ol tlio state. In Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa agents havo reported at five points, nnd only an occasional lino foraya has as yet been mndo in Missouri, Knusas, Nebraska and Dakota. As the uanio Dohemlan is be coming soihc.vliat notorious, wo begin to henr of Australian nnd Russian oats and other varieties, or the old variety under other names mny be expected to appear. Cases nro also reported from innumerable jinrts of Indiana and other western states in which "Hullcss Parley" nnd a protended now vnrietyof wheat bearing fu?hnnmcflns 'Seneca Chief," "Hod Line," etc., nro being offered for sale at high prices. Tho wheat is as high as 13 per Imshel upon tlio samo plan as hns been followed with the Bohemian oats. It Is not necessary to know anything of tlio quality of grain offered on that plan, hb it is understood that these schemes aro frauds, because iv. plan which presupposes tiio crop can bo sold year after year nt tho fcnme price iib tho seed, when thohilter is twenty or thirty tinijs tlio ordinary market price ol grain, manifests a palpnblclackof common sense. The correspondents of the depattmcnt fiend repoila of vnriom other frauds that wcro more or less successful, being practiced on farmers in different parts of tho coun try. Agents for the sale of fruit trees, fer tilizers, stoves, cooking ranges and vnrioua other articles succeeded in many enses m selling tlloir wares at two or thrco time. their value, or getting the farmers' motioy for things proved valulcss. The devices' for getting tho farmer's signature to somo jmper which can bo changed into negotiable notes and sold for cash uro too nuinerouei to mention. M'AXTEDTO RE A DESPERADO. The Career ofa Youth AVIio Win Am bilious to llecotiio u Highwayman. . In nn interview Detective Matt Pinker' ton, of Chicago, details tho career ol young Henry Kstee, now under arrest in tlmt cityr for tho murder of two policemen in Geneva,, ill. The young man was well connected, but hnd a strange ambition to bocome a highwayman nnd general desperado. Hois only 20 years of age, and begun his lilo of crime when but 18, sinco which time ho has' served four years and a hall in Iowa and' Missouri penitentiaries for burglary and. other crimes. Nevertheless Ksteo preserved a good rojiutation at homo. His lawles-t acts havo been performed under thcnliasof Harry Kmerson. At Geneva, IJsleo'e restv dence, lie, in company with two crooks; named Larkin and Monalian, wero caught by a couple of policemen in tho act of rob bing a dwelling. The officers wcro shotdcad'' in their tracks, and tho crime would prob ably havo for?ver remained a mystery but for Ksteo's deiro to attain notoriety. In order to join asttpposed gang ot cut-throats bo attompted'to provo himself entitled to fellowship by narrating ids connection witli the tragedy in Geneva. Tho members ol tho gang wero simply dctecti ea t-hndowing him, and tlio sequel was Estce's arrest for murder. Killed by His Sti'meer-. At Memphis, Tenn., Oil the 17th, E nmri Norman, a young lady 21 years of ago, shot and killed Henry Arnold, proprietor of u grocery store. Jt is charged that Arnold ruined Miss Norman nbout eighteen months ago, and had mado repeated promises to marry her. A short time ago iio manied Miss Nellio Keley and on tho night ot .tho tragedy, while standing in frontof his storo door, was shot through tlio head by Miss Normiin, who approached him from behind. Sho resides eight miles in the country nnd came to town for tho express jmrposo of killing her beducer. Sho was arrested. She expresses great satisfaction at tho fatal result of her shot. Tito Jliinlfirctl Messcnsrer'.s Funoraf. Tlio funeral of Kellogg Nichols, tho mur" Iered oxpross messenger, wns hold in Chi :ago on tlio 10th. Long bafore tho ap pointed hour tho friends of tho deceased' poured into tho houso and nn immense' crowd ot curiosity-seekers lined the street and tried withoutuvail to gain admittance. All tho officers of the express company, to pother with a largo number of Kellogg Nichols' associates and fellow-employes woro in attendance. A large delegation from several benevolent organizations ol which tlio murdered man was a member wcro aloo present. Missionaries for A trim. About twenty missionaries sailed from Jersey City on tlio 20th on tho Inmun steamer City of Chester to join Uishop Taylor, ot tho Methodist Episcopal church, in Africa. About a year ago lliahop Tay lor, with a volunteer company of mission: aries, went to tho west coast of Africa to commence tlio work of Christianizing tho natives. Tho party will roinulii on tho coast nenr-tho mouth of tho Congo river, gradually becoming acclimated before they commence their march into tlio interior, which is their ultimate destination. Sev eral weoks ago Rishop Taylor mado n call for more volunteers. It wns in response to this call tlmt tho party ou thoCity ol Chca ter bailed. Crook nnd tho Apnclies. Information has been received at the war doiartinent from General Crook which shows that tho reports recontly received from private sources describing a meeting between General Crook nnd Geronimo OU the border, nnd that Geronimn absolutely refused to surrender, nnd afterwards fled to tho mountains, is entirely imaginative, heneral Crook says ho has not left the stn tlon at Fort llovler, A. T., and tins not seen Geronimo since tho fight in Moxioo vhicli resulted in the death of Onptniii Crawford After Cnptnin Crawford' (wth Lieutenant Afaus. who succeeded to tho command, proceeded to San Rernnrdlno on the border, to await the arrivul of the Indiana. Since then four of the nrinclnal renegade chief- havo arrived at the camp Others are expected to follow aoon alter