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THE OREGON SCOUT, JONKS A: CIIANCIIY, IMibllolicrTi UNION, OREGON. sexatoii mili.iui's jiill. Site Same Having Iteferenee to Control of Jlheascs of Cattle. Washington dispatch: Senator Spooner lo-dny, by request (if Senator Miller, who is absent, introduced a hill to ct rp.ito contagious plcuro-pneuinoniu, foot mid mouth disenscnud rinderpest among cattle, nnd to facilitate the exportation of cattle nnd products of live stork: Section 1 authorises (ho president to up- point u commission of three persons to bo Known a the United States cattle commie) nion. Ho may, in his judgment, suspend the fuiiclionRnnd pny of these commissions nnd restore them again at any time. Tho salaries of tlio commissioners aro fixed at $5,000 per aiinuiu. bcctlon 2 imilcen it tlio duty of the com inissiincrs to cnuso an investigation to bo made an to the existence of contagion.-) plciiro-pnuurunnin, foot ami mouth disease and rinderpest, and for IIiIh purpose they aro authorized to outer, cither in person or by agents, nny premise in which they havo icaHou to iioucvo snelidisouseexlsts. Upon discovering the existence of tlio disease tho cummitisioiicis nro uulhonz-d to give pub iiuiii: in uiu ihci, specuying llm locu tion, anil also to notify in writing tho agents of any transportation company do ing business iu or through the infected locality. The commissioners uro required to establish and inaiiitalii such uiiur. untino of iiiiiiunlH, premised or localities iih tliey limy deem necessary fo prevent tho spread of tho disease, ami alio to ruuso Ih'i appraisal mid desl Miction of infected or exposed iiiiIiiiiiIh. The owners of the ani mals destroyed are to be paid three fourths uio value ol the animals, as detenu nod upon a basis of health before infection, in case oi iiiiimulsdlsouscd.uiid full appraised vnltio in caso of auiniiils exposed to but not infected with tho disease. It. is in-o vidod, however, that no more than 51 (JO Winn no paid for any aiiimal deslrnvr-d Unit has a recorded pedigree, or more than iiiiu lor an annual without poiligrco. Pro vided, further, that iu no case shall com jiciisulion bo allowed for any animal do .. 1 ...I. 1 " nimjcii wnicii may navo contracted or been exposed to tho disouso in a foreign country, or on Hid high sens, nor shall com. iicusalion i)o allowed anyone who know Ingly or willfully conceals t lie existence of any such disease or fact of exposure uiuruio. Section.'), Authorir.es tho commissioners to malo rules and regulations for currying uiu provisions oi uio inn inio erred, tlio rules to bavo tlio effect of law when ap proved by tlio president. Sections (, 5 and 7 provide (lie penalties for obstructing the commissioners iu tlio performance of their duty, for conco iling tliodisease, and for transporting or dcliv eiing for traiisporlation fiom one state to another diseased animals knowing them to bo hiicIi. .Section 0 mnkin it the duty of tho mm missioned wherever any owner of animals refused to accept the sum uiithmizod to bo paiil under the appraisement, to declare nnd maintain a ilgid ipiaraiitino ofuni iiiiiIh and premises where cut Ho may bo found. The other sections make it' tlio duty of iLslrhl attorneys to prosecute violations of tho provisions of t ho bill, uuthorir-o the einplyiuent of a serrelary to the commission a ml of skilled veterinarians, mid direct that when tho fiinct ions of tlio commissioners aro suspended their olllccs nnd lei-onls shall bo turned over to the commissioner of ngriciilluio, The bill up liropriates $1,0110,000 to carry its provis ions into effect. A similar bill was introduced In the houso today by Delegate Carey, of Wyoming, by direction of the house agricultural commit tee. It Is understood the bill was prepared by representatives nl tlioCoiinolidated Cut Vo Growers' association. AT. LOUIS Kl.lWriOS I'llAVOS. An Amount of Hvlilnicr llcivlhlrrlity In lit lCxtent. St. Loris, Mo., Deo. 17. The United States pranil Jury which be,'iin ' schKiuu November 10, was furnished with uu amount of evidence buwildeiliie; In Its extent us to the ilmliig friiuds couimltted at the Inst election for con KresRiimn and to day, after nu almost contin uous m-si-Ioii final the date of oixanlitatlon, the jury reported that It had found seventy two Indictments iiL'afnst peivons who lisd been concerned in the Illegalities of the bo-t election, Including' ui'iiervlMirs and Judges of I'leetlon, Illegal voters, deputy inurblmli mid clei Us. l'oreinnn D. II. Norrls told .ludge Trent as lie handed up the batch that the Jui v whs nut yet tliroiiKh. Thev wished to he L'lve"u a recess lo .Iniiuarv !ir, when thev would resume the luqulry. The recess was allowed and the Jinois departed for home. District Attorney Miss bail had capiases pre psred for idi the jier-ous lud.ctcd, and on the tueiigin oi ine jur's lejiort hpeilal deputy iuartlials were H'ut out to brine; in the par lies The M-uich was hamprreil bv tho urn ucss of the deputies, tail bv night twelve of the Indicted luiil been nrreMYd, leaving; six ty to be Intiud. It whs not expi eted the en tire, number would lie K-curcd, there weie uiHuy who on bo.il Inc of the Investigation pncUed their tiunUs and left for unknown Juuds, nnd ollars wcie without icgulnr places of uImhIc. It is said some otheis ur prominent citlr.euw, hut, for suine lens.m thev have not yet been found bv tliedetitv nmrhhsK Tile ollleiuls refuse to dlvulgi' the names of thoso iiiichted but the in..st proinluent nro known to be William liurbcli. a member of tlio iKuml of publ.e n-lemU and l'oter 1!. .MnrrUey i iiieiuhcr of the lam of diOegutos, the lower branch of the iiini.lcltml iicuihlv. (i.ir Jch IB a valooiikcci cr and .Mmris-ev lias had no cmploviucnt for s une tune. Ills house, lW Bouth llroa.iwuv, was the rendezvous for a lot of dead men, pel nuis not now resident In tho city, and ni) ths who Wed In the city eleo tlon a jeur a;'o. The others tin cited nro In flKullli'mit soehdlv or lluauclally, lint were either Judges or Mi mUorsof election. Tlio (list arrest made w.is Henry l-'lannlgau, coneh man for d'eoruo W. Allen. President of tho rotiuell, who was a Judge or election. Miehsel J, KclKfiklc. icceiitly eleetid clclk of the court of eilimmil roiivetlon, hetud ho was Indicated and ojipeared 4t the custom houso to glw tmiicl. The (lfenrs i bniged nrP siuflliiK tlio ballot Imixcs, neeilng Illegal Note and retarding nijKivii'Ors uX i.ectkm In tho tsirforiuanoa of th .(r duties. Tho return o.' the Imlb'tmeiits esunp.l prcat ixiltenient In Hie fit v. It whs wild by one of Ihe iiirors thut tln'ie ns luiw U-Iine tfuit Issty iiilll lent evidence fur Ihe lud'ctmciit of uear lvU) blegal votpii. 'lliey will sift that uvl ueticc lu January. A cttxaitnssMAS consult hp. Now Yoik special Th Tribuus's Italnlgh (K V ) pMiul says: "Tlio air is lull of Ulk concerninu' the criuiiiuil conduct ol t'ou I r.'SHiniiu .laintw W. Itold. JUtoro elwllou It. id was publicly churgeil w ith olitluliii; la.uiey from tn ilachovia Imnk In Winston i'V using hii niiUr of ItocklaghHiu county, id mIihIi iti wiiM trvusuiwr, ha In laol (tin or ler Mil I sou m I fur tin purpose of imvImk tint roiiuty ilwbt. It U kuuuh Hint Iwid raisl f 110,000 on proMiity nut worth ovr OUO. ami (hut ho has itlli:l his swlnry as )iiiriiiiitq iiuUl Mnr)i to ihoiw uu prison mill uiUwl niuiitty lu lhl way, , 21 U Itpuiled ( Imvv KUII0 'wQ Ouiudu, FASTFl) FOIl FIFTV DATS. I'Ams, Dec. U'-Mctlaltl completed Ills fifty nay rat al 0 o'cloil; tins evening. Tin-dor lots In attendance fr:ivc hlni n small (ilnntltv of specially prcjiared w Inc before K.vlu;r Lilih lOOU. jiu its in goon COIlUll.Oll. Tin: t.tos anowLs. Lo.vdov, Dec. 10. The iW, tlio Icndln orpin of the '-nnservatlvcs. In an Inspired ar ticle Him mnrnlng warns Tuik'-v ngninst furth tr oofinuttltiif with Kilssia. Tlio Ilrilish (iovcrn tnent. It savs. lias un loriMiic crout sarriflee to upiioiu ine inl(f?rlty (,f jurkey, even agalii't thu op nions of a hirjr portion of the Ktigllsh pcopi -, riiii nny iiesiiniion on me pari ol l ur key w, II compel l-.nt'hiud to ndnnt a coiire to counteiaet ltusfn's threuts bv meio-nres that will speedily impress the iioitc with the fact tliat lier present doubtful nol.'cv Is the worst ior ncr icai interests. LUdlSLATlt'j: XMVS ASM XOTILt. A Ilvcuvil of J'rocvrtUH'j in Jloth Jlrailc.'nt of the If. U. Con a rets. Skvati:, Dec. 1C Amongbills introduced And referred wero tlio following: I!y Sena tor Van W'yck Proposing an amendment to tlio constitution in relation to tho elec tion of United Slates senators. Mr. Van Wyck called up bia resolution calling on the secretary of war for information as to now tlio .Missouri river commission uppor tinned tho money a miropriatcd lu tho last river and harbor bill for tho improvement oT tho .Missouri river: I he resolution was adopted. Senator Van Wyck moved to make tho special order fortho second 'i'ues (lay in .liuiuary tho bill for tho relief of set tlors ami purchasers of binds in Nebraska ami Kansas adjoining I lie Denver it St. .loo railroad. I ho motion was agreed to. Tho sena to then took up the unfinished business of yesterday, being a bill to repeal the tenure of ofllee act. Senator Kdmunds addressed tho senate iu opposition to tlio mil. V itliout action t ho senate adtourued ilot'hi:, Dec. 10. Tho senato bill passed providing unit Admirals Kowan and Uor- den may, after forty years' service, bo re tired from uctlvo service on their own up- pliratioii. with tho highest pay of tho grado lo winch they belong. Tho house then ro. k.(iined in committee of tlio w hole consider ation of tlio senate bill for allotment of laiiilu in severally to tho Indians. A mini bcr of ameudinentH. recommended bv tlio committee on Indian affairs, wore adopted, anil, tlio committee havim; risen, tlio bill wan passed. As amended, tlio bill nro. vides that in all eases whore any tribe of Indians is located upon any reservation created for its uso. oil her by treaty, stipu lation, or by virtue of an act of congress or an executive order, tho si-iretary of tlio in terior is authorized, whenever in his opin ion any reservation of such nut uro is ad vantageous for ag; (cultural ami grazing purposes, to cause such reservation to ho surveyed, or resurveyed if necessary, and to allot lauds in said resei vati on in Hevnr- ully to Indians located thereon, on thoir ilppbcatiou, in oimntilics as follows: To each head of a family, one quarter of a see lion io eucli single person under IS venrs of age, one-eighth of a section: to each or phan child under IS veins of nee. one. eighth of a section; to each other poison under 18 you in, one-sixteenth of a section. Provided, that in caso (hero is not siiltl. clout laud in any of said resrvations to allot, lauds to each individval of tlio class mimed, in quantities as abovo provided, til vl lands embraced in such reservation or leservalions shall bo allotted to eaeli in. dividual of each of said classes pro rata iu aceordiiin-o with tho provisions of tins act. Uigllts and privileges of cilizensliiii nro i-i.n. f.'ired upon every Indian born within tho territoiial liinitii of tho United States to whom allotments liavo been niiiile, and upon every Italian who has voluntnril v taken up his resideneo in and adopted tho habits of civilized life. Pkmatu, Dec. 17. On motion of Senator Conger, tho house bill to extend tho frej delivery system to tho postollleo depart ment, passed by tho houso on the '.Hh inst., was taken up and passed. It provides that litter carriers shall bo employed for freo delivery at every ineoi poiiited city village, or borough coiitainiug a po illation of fit), 000 within its corporate limits and may lie so eniploied at every place containing a population of notions than 1 0.000 within its corporate limits, according to the last general census, or any postollleo which pro duced a on i iv revenue for the pt-'cediii'; llseal vear ol not less than $10 000. 'I bo senate then took up tho iinliuished busi- netis of yesterday, being a bill to repeal I ho ten urn of ollice act, ami without further discussion the bill was passed; yeas, .'.0; nays, On motion of Senator ('oncer, tho bill passed bv tin) house on the Dili inst. authorizing the employment- of mail mesHcngeis hi tho postal service, was luuen up, amended and passed and a conference who uskeil. UotiHi:, Dee. 17. Mr. ltelmont (N. Y.), introduced tlio following bill, which was re ferred to the coiuiuittee on foreign affairs: That tho president bo and is hereby author ized to appoint, u eouiini-sion to proceed to such places iu (lie United Slates, or elsewbeie, as may lie ibs'unii'ed by tho sccictary of state, to take lest iiuony under oath oralliriiiatiou iu relation to the loss ami injuries indicted miico December ill, ISIl., by the lliitish authorilies, imperial or colonial, upon the cilueus of tho United States engagi'd iu llsheiioson tlio northeast coast of itiillsli North America. Said com mission shall every lime have, in respect to tho nilmiuistration of oatli id alllrma t Ion and the taking of testimony, the same poweis as a rnmminslniicr of the circuit court, and shall ln paid (he sauio fee- as prescribed for similar services of u commis sion of tlio circuit court, together with travelling expenses, Tlio sundry civil ap propriation bill was then considered and passed. .Shnati:, Dec. IS, Tho senate was nut iu session. IlofHH, Dec. IS. Dibble, of South Cam linn, asked unanimous consent to put upon Its piihsngo tho hill npprnpi biting SfiOO.OOO for public buildings at Cliurlestoii, South Carolina. Objection was inisisl to consid eration. Tim Oklahoma bill us thou con sidered until expiration of tlio morning hour. Al this juncture a hush loll over tho house and all eyenwuro turned upon Morii son, who, arising in his seat, said: "Mr. Speaker I move that tho house rfsolve itself into committed of the u liolu on I ho stste of ths union for the purpose of con shleiiug the rcvonm.," Duriiiit roll call, ab KoiiiUi sihnid reigned in tin) limine, slid meny incuiheis with pencil in hand uero llguting up I be vote. The niiiiuuncomeiit of tho ivult muh received with applause on tlw republican side which was qui. lily sup pressed. Ilulmrt ol .Unburns, ntttfmptod to call up tlio iinvsl ifornrtinmliou bill, but xits Hut Mgoititdd by Cu.p with thu Pucillu inilioitd (muling bill, nnd lb spesker lultsl Unit the quvxtloii inut llrt be tuken oil cnllinu up the Istlcr measure, it as a pilor npoiisl oidr. Sprouter oppomsl tin iukm.oiv. IIvhUIkmI iu lou.ultulton ponl-pou.-d until alter tli inilidnys, hI which time he hoped to lotv the prille of sub liiilUi.. soiii rviunrka upon tin bill snd pfihaiHi oiu Hiuenilin.-iits to it. If Us eoiin deiHliou W0 piMMsl nl tlila Utu, h w mild revolt to nil purlin iiiniitNry hihiis toiMrntil. (Iiim nlMiuiinc vole iUrn was a Ktuloiily of IT Ui forty ttv In Isvur ul Its luiisldvratioH. Iloltuan donisudlio; ihM Mttd any. (HiMillHg MbWti WfirlufM- mi a inoMiq Hi niijsHirti ukMi waiu liU. nil, ut Siie.wir" Senate, Dec. 20. On motion of Mr. Hoar, tho Pacific railroad funding bill was postponed ns a special order until tho foroiid Tuesday iu Iiiuiinry, Ho expressed the hope that in lie meantime the matter would bo taken up in tho house and be dis posed of one way or tho ot cr. The house 1) II for the relief of tin1 survivors of the ex ploring steamer ,I"iiiiaetle, and tho widows and children of those who perished in tho letroat from tho wreck of that vessel iu Arctic sens, was taken up nnd puss si. Tho president pro tern iinnounc-d the following appointments to committees: Commilleo on claims - .Speaker as chairman of Pike, deceased, nnd Cheiiy ill place of Spooner. District of Columbia Cheney, iu place of Spooner. On improvements ol tho Mis lessippi river Williams, in place of Pike. On transportation ronton lo fonbnrd William-, in place of MuiuWson, resigned. IIoi.'hi;, Dec. 20. Mr. Forney, of Ala bama, on behalf of the committee on mili tia, moved lo Mispoi. d the rules ami pass tho senate bill amending tho slatutm making an annual appropriation to pro vide arms and equipments for militia, with an amendment, propos d bv 1 lie liou-c committee making annual appropriation of.I00,000. Agreed to-yeas l'.IS, navs '10. Mr. Townsend, of Illinois, on behalf of tiio committee on pnt-nts, moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill binning the jurisdiction of tlio United States courts in patent rase-, and to protect persona who, without, not ice, are liona li'le maim-factur'-rs. purchasers, venders and users of patented articles. '111! mutter went over j lie coinum tee on o.ui nig mid currency reported hat k tho Weaver resolution call ing on the secret ary of the treasury for in lorimiliou whether any money uppropri II led ny the sundry civil lull lias been ex ponded iu issuing treasury notes ofliugo denominations iu lieu of smiiJI notes do slroyed or cani-el'ed, a. id by what author ity notes of small denomination were do hi roved. J ho resolution was adopted. Kiivath, Due. 21. Among tho petitions presented was one signed by sixty ininiu turs of the Nebraska conference iu favor of the Chinese indemnity bill. The senate hill lolalivo to tho location of the town oi Wul lace, Kas., was passed. Among papers laid befoio the semi te was a eominuuicii lion from tho supervif.ing architect, of tho tieasui v as to tho access ty for add lioiial vaults lor tho storage of silw r, and for tho purchase of additional ground for public Holdings at. St. raid. Also a commtiu ca tion from tlio nss'sliiut secret niy of Co in- teiior, with the repoi t of the government directors of the Union 1 acihc railroad coin- tninv asking attention to su.'gest ions con tained therein concerning legislation affect ing that company. A resolution for a hol iday recess from lo-uiorrow to .Iimiiiiry 4 was presented and agreed to. IIoi'si:. Dec. 21. The army npproprin ion bill was discussed and passed. The iid in it pension bill was reported and ro- cried. .Mr. Weaver (.Null)., as a privileged piestion, called up the president's veto on the bill granting a pension to Simmons. Mr. ISr.igg (Wis.), raised the (piestion of onstderatioii anil the house voted to con sider the bill. The committee on foreign affairs reported the diplomatic and con sular uppropriul ion bill nnd it wa-i ie- lied to the co i niitte) of the wholo. On motion o .Mr. llucliuuun (,. .1.) the sen ate n mcuilmcut to the bill for the relief of t lie survivors of the Arc I ie ex loring steamer eaum tte, was concurred in. A I'OtWTAlX or mm. Tlitit Semh ITj) rtiiini- tit tlir Altllmle of One llllmtrrit l'f-t. Helena (M. T.) special to tho Oiunlia Herald: A Medeara special to tho Indo pendent says: A great cuiiositv irns de livered yesterday and leported to-duy bv a hiiiiling parly. Tho hunters, who have been ramped in Unit region for seiorul weeks, wcro awakened by u tcrnllc shock and a roar Unit Hounded like the rushing if a mighty lot-rent, liiinning out of their amp they saw a stream of lire over 100 feet iu height shooting into the atmos phere. This immense blaze poured through the earth for over an hour when it ceiued. n about live minutes after tho ces-ui lion another eruption took place, the Humes being about thirty feet high, but this was Unwed iu about ten minutes bv a b'uzo neaily as largo as the tlrst. It is t la great- st ami most lnteiesting discoi erv made in not tliwest for many years, ami is tlio liist "geyser of fire, us it has been chii-,t- uvd, to make its appearance in lb-land endless wondeis. It is accounted for tlie fact that there are numerous belts coal constantly burning in the "Had anils," and this is the result of a burnt lug foith of the ijuited gases. All who hu o passed the "Had Laiidi," by wav of (lie Northoin Pacific have boon interested iu the burning veins of coal, winch tho ruins anil snows of yours have failed to extinguish. Tho plienoinouoii which made its appearanco yesterday is located tea miles south of tho Northern Puritle road. The Hauics wero being emitted about every lifteeu minutes, and Mined in length fiom ten to foi ty feet. The aperture iu tho ground is small and tho noise that accom panies the eruptions is like the roniiug of a cataract. The column ol liio lends a weired aspect to tho surrounding buttos for miles. Tint vitoi' iniroiii: ClllfHno, Iu... Dee. 111. -The following croo resrt will appear In th s week's Ikmio of the FarmtrU Jiev (: ' Tha lenor of tit - report from the winter wheat belt coiitiuties to bo jrucralli f.-.voiiible. The pieeinv of the fk In various c t:?c: Ohio and Indi..na is re ported, tboub no lojqr Is as et indicated. I'iie rsportr frcn K.-.t. are imt r. eneimr y;lug ui ttne moutJt tf. nnd a number of oonilurn Illinois and kctlicru Onio i.nd In (Ikiaa cc.iutlts report the pl.uit a limkms; feeble. Nlnc-tenli-s ,.f the (niiiulo report throughout tlif o;i'.i:e b. It that Hie crop is lu Kood to flee eoi..'hloii. ' i moxcuii'iit of c.-ru Ic reported, t ' '.-mod ntelv fe e in M Miuri, buttlorrlu K,ma-i, NibniNka. bma and 1111 linn. 1'ive III noi-ami leu Iowa eountlef re port this wei k th.it Ihe corn supp'v Is so lmrt as lo pieent an.i slupiui-nt or is eiilirelv ex hausted. TltAlX IIASDS lillA.l'.lh Cincisniti, 0 Doc. 17. Last night as an engine was leturulng; to Somerset, Ky., on the Cincinnati Southern road, from a frol;lit wieek near Sunbre;ht, Ky., nu nxle of the tender broke into and the engine was thrown out mi wiiUiulinielit. CluUtoiiher Toole, the engineer, of Ludlow, Ki, ami .Inlm Khodv, Hie tirskemaii. o! Danville, Ky., iwiv cru.hcd to death leneu'h the engine. H.uiPKit's M ag. mink for .liinuary fur ni lii-s n um ii rolls iiif tiilliuent of lli novel ttrartimix pioinied iu its prnsnvtus for the eomiiu your iu four strong and dealt coutiibulioiis -ths tirst purt of Sir HI ward KimhI's "Contiumital Navies," th i oiiiniliceinent of tlio sricH ol southeru in t cls in Clisrles Dudley Wnrur's "New OiltMits," Mibet'ai "Siiiiuiu-r CMiupniciiwitU the CoMist k," atni linf the nvries of crn npr, mid tlio IiiiUmI iiiMtmbnent of Uiitblivu O'Mvura's Humuuii not el, "Narks." Iialde tlie nimciaI feiturs lbs) nuiuhrr con Ik ins a ilouldn Imttulliuwit ol Idmkmorv'u "(iriiiiMVn," th rontln tmtluu ul lion's "llmiw Acnt," a pttl sUny by It. M. JukncUtH, "A NoU m lw limwiuHUt liHtiujc" by 'IImoUum Child, vrl nUorl immnms aiul tW rtoly Tin: sio ux city ass a sstxa ttox. llrrllrntenl llrvlrttl htj tlir Arreitl of Another Cotwptralor to tho Mitritrrof llmlilnrh: KnnsiiB City special to tho Omnha Ro- publicnn: Sheriff McDonnld. of Woodbury county, cauio down from Sioux City this morning to take back to that city Sylvester Grnndu alias, Charley fianders, or "Steam boat Charley," tho man who was arrested iu this city by Detective Oreely on Wodnes day. charged witli being tlio murderer of tlio Itev. II. C. Haddock who was assaulted in Sioux City on tho night of Aug. .'!. Siieriff McDonald wns preceded by ids deputy, J. W. Gamin, who arrived last night nccom pn tiled by Mr. Huskier, a correspondent of the Chicago News. !randa's wife, a young German who innrri-.'d him iu Sioux City twoycar.i ago, came to the Central station to see her husband this inoiniug and gave a full accounlof her know ledge oi the crime, From what she saw after tho murder, nnd what her husband told iier, she is positive that ho did not lire the fntalshot, although she admits that heassaulled Haddock and had a tevolver in his hand at Ihe lime. 1 ho womnn, who speaks Iaig.ish very brokenly, said: "I know vim paid the money lo my husband niter the murder, and I know who killed Mr. Haddock. If my husband will not confess, 1 will. I think he could get out of jail if ho told all ho knows about the killing." The oinan gave (ho names and accurate desei ipt.ion of tlio men who jtnvo money lo her husband after (he murder, and assisted Hum to escape dow n I he Missouri on a Il.it boat. Whon tliey stai led from Sioux City, Koshnitski, alias "liisciurek," w ho was wbh Graiida on the night of tho murder, started with them on the boat. Koshuitski left them about twenty-five miles bolow Sioux City, nud went to San Francisco, whero he was ufteruurds f- und and arrested. Graadii and his wife came down tho river all tho way to Kansas Citv iu Ihe boat, and have since boon living iu the boat, which was moored in thu Kansas ri vcr under the Wyan dot to bridge. When (Jratidn, who has been sullen and obstinate siuco his arrest, was (old that his v.ifohad madea clean brenslol Hie affair, that Koshmtzkii, who is now- in jn;l, al Sioux City, hud conn s-ed, ami Unit Jlemy L. I.envitt, the dive-keeper who was in the croud which attacked the Dev. Mr. Haddock, had turned s'ato's evidence, ho became scared and nindu n full confession of hi-, connection w ith the affair to Siieriff McDinnld and Chief Sjn-ers. Tlio confes sion of his complicity in the crime is sub stantially lis follows: He says ho was drinking beiiiilvon the day of the murder. He was with Koshnit.ki, I.envitt, Tiiher, Areas lorf u ml othei s dm ing the afternoon. They wero talking of cussing Mr. Haddock nud other piohihitionist-i, and said they wero iiinuiiig the s'nto and ought to bo tnrred nud feath -red or strung up. Triber said hu would give any of Hie boys . '3200 apiece who would lay old Haddock out. They were bitter against all tho prohibi tionists, but especially bit ler against Uio ll.'V. Haddock, Koshnitzki, (Inula and others wore given money to go and assault seieral prohibitionists, among theiii the Itov. Haddock. They Here promised pro tection and mote money if they did tlio woik. They went to i!ev. Haddock's house, but i el timed a ml bad gone out iu tho hugey. They leported lii-i saloon. Triber reported Unit ho count rv iu a lo Triber at told them to the livery stable lay for Haddock at and knock him ilun u v. hen he came out Tho stable w ;i on a dai k and unfrequented street. TlieynS ook anot herdrink. tir.inda fays he was not drunk, but admits that ho was under I ho influence of liquor. About (k.'IO or 7 o'clock (iranda and Kosliuitzk! sinned ior uio livery staple. I hey wero followed by Tiiher, Arendotf, I.envitt and the other men about the saloon ten or a dozen in nil. '1 lie scheme was for Koshuitski and Urauda to assault thu lice. Haddock lir.st and then the others would follow them up und help I hem out. As they went toward Hi" liverv dtable thev saw the l:ev. iluddoek coining along tho street. J hey went up to bim a brisk way. lirauda had a revolver iu his band. lis did not know how he got it. Ho thinks somebody gave it to him H-- suvs ho was not going to shoot, ami can't remember inst how he held the pistol. .Iti-d then Aronsdorl rushed up nnd ginhhed the pistol us he ((irundii) us about to drop it on the side walk. Aiensdorf grubbed the pistol with tlieremuik: "Yoiiure too drunk too shoot, Dei-Verllueliter feigling (coward) do." Then Aiensdorf hied and tho Kev. Haddock fell to Hie sidewalk. They all tied. That night rensdorI gave lirunda and Koshnitzki S12.r each and told them to r.kip at once. Instead of doing so thev staved in town ami got drunk. The next day 1'ied I'olger, a nuicner, wno ,s tiramin s prollier in-law, put him nnd his wjfonnd Koshnitzki on tho tint boat and started them down the river. Tilings were growing iery warm by that Mime. About twenty-livo miles down tho river they weie signaled by a lior-euian to tho shore. Tliey went ashore and found it wusFolger. Folg.-rguvo Mrs. Grnndu SI 2." more and took Koshuit zki across Hie coun try to a sinallstatiou, whero ho left for Sail Francisco. Folger is also a cousin to Koshnitzki. lirauda is a rather intelligent German and was formerly a sailor. This ami his occupation ns n river rat- gained him tlio sobriquet of "Steamboat Charley." Koshnitzki und others claim Hint when Areusdorf (lied, the I!ev. Haddock was making for him with a heavy window snnh weight which ho drow from ids pocket. Grnndu says ho does not know what the ltev. Haddock ws doing when the fatal shot was lited. jihoon-Tiii us r v xn no ks. Ciniii.i:sro, S. C, Deo. 15. A week ago a dlfpiiteh fiom York eouuty reported that a white tsiy named .loliu Ueeg sid had been so beaten and uianglp.l that he toon died and that four colored p.eu had been arrested as the murderers and eom-.iitte.l to jail. The theory wa Unit some of the negroes Hud been detected by tne hoy tit the act of fteallii" cotton from Ul tutiu r's lUM und that, to pie" vein ineir arrest, tln-v kil.id him. There ii h kick i i'.ciw,,UI iu tlie co'iniy in conse quence an. I s, i.-ral umr.- airesi, wore made. It lias lnee been prmed cum-huuely that an organ. zai ion t ,,ts among Id- eo oreil i eotilo Ulli.'ll U.Nt.1,,11.1 .1.... .l u . '. .............,,,,.... 1 1 1 io in f t ii t-veiit ol Uio j etcetloiof any ineuiber iiccum d of crime. JwenU-six negroes me now under arrest, Ihe inquest ou the (ssly of tho murdered Imv, Udor- a discreet jun, brought out all im- nu-i. vine in me nc.;ioc tunied state's ev idence and auo;uermlnilt'ed Unit he had killed a man who h. iinii,i,-.fd m iu eoumv elijh teen uioi.tli. uso. N-ieu.1 of tlie miilol Wt-nesM-s at the Inquest snore distinctly that U.ey bad n club or t-Uti lu th . cuntv for tho pui se of tWalluecntt hi, tobacco, pinvi(ions, w ilki, e'c. The members were to steal whatever they w uite I, hii.I If detected, were sworn to ki 1 th,. prr.im who dcteiUst them. 1 be club hud ditTcreiit uauu-s, hut was i-tier-all. Win n a. IU,. -H .hi star lodge No. 2i of the tir.oi.1 l eitnl Dnb ror Nalional l.atior. rr und I'rotecdye socitti of North Ameiicii." 1U eharU'r c.nio from Charlotte, .V. C, iiid was t.,t,l Dcc.iuUt. ISil. tn eUrUr, l.oitrvcr. Mould win to fauw thl the Mk ielv hml ouly beuev.Muut and frlerual objects. Among; other th:ug re yeitlftl.t the hiijue.t wj. plot to wmlay KIim Imiisn, w b hu. thougtit t have inoimy, hilt tlu mimmIii ii,s,hJ l.p. Oim at tbw wit UeW U1VS 1 ili-talicl ,w. runil if lh., mnnU o( th iM.ir lyr, J hn l.ei.4).l, and alio thu IISUK'Siif hl m cs aim! u h I i .-riin- Tlu tall- o a Kvtientl lniclaufc- hs kUiUnI but th In OlfiuatitM awl itnrvtt are IuWum. A tanMcb fraw JM&u rcpwwnt. lUit un- tetiM Inbro otivai It tittM bfU nvritn; CtuttfUn (ovrruMBt w)U add tlx Muttcts '1 tit pt4 KnlMt. I 0 istkii-statf: co.iimxi:ci: talk. A Delegate From AVfmis.-rt llefeatx it .Vou-. (Ion Kmlorslnu 1'ouh and 1'oollny. Des Moines (In.) special to the Omnha Dec: The convention of railroad commis sioners for tlie northwestern states reas sembled in tlio capitol this morning Yes terday's proceedings had been so much of a preliminary character lhatthere was ngen. crnl interest iu what should hedone to-day. Hut, in this respect, tlie public was some what disappointed. This being a trnnsi tory' peiiod in tlie matter of railroad legis lation, there seemed to ba a manifest re luctance on the part of the different com missioners to take any very decided stand on any question until alter tlio national legislation proposed hits had a chance to bo tried. Iu the hinguiigo of Commissioner IJecker, of Minnesota: "We aro all ham pered by our limitation. People expect us to correct ov.ls thu t pertain to inter-stato commerce when we have only slate powers), nud quite restricted tit thut." Tlie first order of business this morning was a repoit from the committee on "uniformity of an nual leturns." This committee has been expected to ninko sonio suggestions us to what changes could be made in order to secure more uniform roturns from the rail roud companies on the subjects presented by law. Tlio committee, through .ludgo Felkcr, ol Colorado, reported that in view of the probab'ceslabllshinoiit of a national commission 'orthcieguhilioii of inter-stalo commeico, it would lie advisab'e to leave the w hole unit tor ton subsequent meeting oi the commissioners or the several slates, who should co operate with tho national commission. Alter sonio Informal discus sion on this subjeit Commissioner McDill, of Iowa, moved that nu executive com mittee bo upprMited who should call at soma place, at a date to bo designated, a convention of the commissioners of all the stales and teriitoiies of the northwest. This was ngieed to and subsequently the date was fixed at thu second Wednesday iu June next. The committee on the subject of freight classification reported through Commissioner MeYay, of Dakota, that they were not able at present to make any recommendations except that tiio mutter should be left to a special com mittee, wlio should endeavor to secure uni formity of diibsilicutioiiH and report to the next meeting id Hie convention. The com mittee was inslrtuted to co-operate witli railroad inanageis to this end and sco what could be u c.omplished. Tho chair nppointed as the executive comiuitteecoin niissioneis, Gdletto, of Kiiusas; linker, ot Minnesota: Harding, of Missouri. As com mittee on -lasRilicat ions, Collin, of Iowa; Greig, of Dakota; Humphrey, of Kansas; Decker, of Minnesota; Cowdery, of Ne braska; Harding, of Missouri, and Felkcr, of Colorado. The committee that had been nppointed to leport recommendations on the subject of inter state commerce presented t tic fol lowing lesolutions: Kesolved, Hint tho convention of rail road cominissiorcrs of the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouii, Nebraska, Colorado and Minnesota, and of tlie territory of Dakota, wliile regie! ting tlie differences winch havo occui red between tho true friends ol inter state regulation, leading to the failure of the ( ii 1 1. 1 in bill, yet wo rejoice to learn that the conference committee of tho senate and house of ivpresentiitivcs of tlie congress of the I mted Mn tes hu veugroed upon a meas ure retniiiiiig tho essential features of tho Culloui bill. That it is tho souse of this convention that the stale railway commissioners will not a 1 1 ci i ii to tho full inensuro of their use fulness till they nre supplemented by a na tional commission having control of inter stuto commerce, ami Unit we legardnny regulation of rates, bused upon u pro rata scale of mileage, ns detrimental to the in terests of our respectivostates and territo ries. Pending tho adoption of this resolution it was suggested Unit two representatives of tlio railroads pros -lit be invited to speak on the subjects under discussion. Accoid iinly Mr. K. P. itipley, of Chicago, general freight agent of Hie Chicago ISuilington & (Juiiicy road, rend u cn refully prepared paper on "The Proper Hasis for Fi eight Hates." This was followed by a paper by Mr. .1. W. Midglev, of Chicago, commission er of tlio Hoiithwesterii l'adnay associa tion, on the subject of "Pools." It. was an elaborate argument in support of the pool ing system ami w as 1 stem-d to with groat interest, sevcr.il ot the commissioners say iiiL' Hat it gave them much new-light ou the subject. Then followed un informal discus sion of tlio topics raised, Mr. Itiploy and Mr. Midgley unswetiug many questions about pooling, elnssiflca'ion of r.ites, long and short hauls, etc. On icassembliug afler dinner n littlo breeze was mixed by the introduction of a lesoliition deplotii.g tho evil effects upon railroads if tho pending inter-stato com merce bill should be passed, espee ally on account of tho provisions regarding pool ing ami tho long and short hauls. Tin's brought to his feet Judge Mason, ono of tho Nebraska commissioners, who spoko very warmly against tho resolution. IIu declared that tho pooling system was tho great enemy of Lincoln, and kept it from Having i no advantages which Omaha, Kt. Joseph and Kansas City enjoyed, nud he thoindit tho rnibond men bad "stated only one sido of the (piestion. Ho was followed by Lollln, of Iowa, who said ho believed I that no system of arbitrary rales and , riiNt-iron iuUm. whether fixed bv state or national legislation, could lie successful, and lie was opposul to that feature of any bill lteagan or Culloui that attempted to control by nrbiliary rules. After a little more talk the offending it-solution was withdrawn, and the convention proceeded to adopt tlio one resolution by the com mittee, ordered it engrossed atul sent to tho committee on inter-slatecommerce in botii somite nnd house at Washington. The convention then ngr-ed to recom mend tho holding of u convention of the commissioners tlu Kt tit(H soon after (ho appointment of a national commis sioner, if congress provides for one, nnd then adjourned MiiLTKit TO t;:.i;.s. Itu-limond (Va.) dispatch: To-day, for tho first timo since ids trial nnd incarcera tion, Thomas J. Cluverius, the condemned murderer of Lillian Madison, ex hi bed emo lion. Mr. Frank Cunningham, a fnrorito toiior singer of this city, received a note from Cluverius begging him to conio to his cell. Mr. Cunningham complied. He found tlio prisoner reading ids bible, but still inniutaiiiuig that rool iinpurtable de meanor which neither tlie sentence of the judijo, refusal of pardon by the governor, uor sigh' of the gitllows has bean able to disturb. It is suspected thut the religious i-oiiiicelors of Cm verbis, nailing all oilier means of softening th apparently hmd nature of thu mini friiithw, eug.'ted to him to gel Cuunincham to simr, and he rom plied. Th urlsoner had n sIL-htlv list. lens manner ns he listened to tho vo ce of III sinner. lirttUUllllv lilsattituilx chun-! mid h rew iuUroeted. When the pur and sweet note of the singer, whose ys Mn crowing moist, continued u beautiful song ol rHiilne. Hid murderer, unable lnfr to pte.erv th gift of which his !nnds have beu nrouJ. Iii.iitsl his htiul upon his liHiidn Mud HobUd aloud, ami the death watch looking through th intUd iron door, turned nay touched by tit teen. Mod DrUo tiers In nit mirtu nt tn. nll paused nud Mute!, nvixnD nr smoxo Dnrxic. New York special: Tho World's St. John (N. 15.) special says: I!p'scopal circles in New Drtinswick nro agitated over the fall from grace ot tlie llev. William Almo Des brissay, rector ot tH. Martin's, lie is one ofa family of preachers and lawyers, all brilliant and eloquent mon. William is tho ablest of tlie family, but ho contracted ni unconquerable appetite for drink. Some ycats ii go lie wns relieved ftom hisnppoint inent iu the provinces and banished to .wahlc Island ns a missionary in charge ot thnt desolate grove yard ol the North At lantic ocean, tho dismal scene of bo many (.rent eutnstrophies. His congregation (unstated of twenty persons attached to tho life-saving service. Alisoluto (imbibi tion reigns tlieie, except when a vessel is. wrecked witli liquors on board, when all bands uro euhl to help themselves. Tho leveretul gentlemnn spent soincycais in es lie in this lonely spot, ami it wns fondly hoped had conquered ids nppei it Two years ago ho enmo buck to civilization and delivered a series ot exceedingly iiitcivstinr lectures in Halifax on the w ierd story ot Sublo Island. Subsequently lie was ap pointed to the rectorship of St. Martin's, where lie Tor mouths captivated his congre gation by Irs eloqu. nee. One Sunday morning lie Ieit the pulpit in what his audience supposed wan a state of intoxica tion. Next Sunday he Mas too drunk to preach. Then ho came to St. Johns on a regular spree. Ho will be tried ecclesiastically. I'AciFiv iiAiLitoAtt h::;its. Washington dispatch: nepivseutativo Crisp ot Georgia says tlio bill extending and fixing the timo for tho Pncilir. railroads' debts lo the government will bo called up us early as practicable iu January, and ha has no doubt it will bo passed. Ho esti mates that the number of members of the house wlio are opposed to the bill is about forty. In reply to a suggestion that it had recently been charged that the hill was in the interest of the railroads, ho said ho did not know whether the railroads wero satis fied with it or not, lint lie did know that it would enuble tho government to secut payment of the principal and interest of" their indebtedness. It protects the government as to every dollar of in terest. We pay out now ono million and a half annually more than wo receiie, and under the pieseut law will have to continue that losing business for cloven years. In stead of waiting cloven years Hie bill le quircs the railroads to begin paying at once a portion of the principal nnd in teiest. If they accept tills bill tliey wilt give tho government a lion on all their property; if they fail to accept it it w ill be iiec -ssary to increase to i0 the percentage t hey aro required to pity under the Thur niaii art. Tlie bill is approved by the gov ernment directors of the Union Pacific rail road, Hie I'uited States commissioner lit railroads, tho secretary ol the interior, ami by ex-Senator Tliuriiiau and McDonald, who were members of the senate judiciary commit Ii e when the Thurmaii act was framed; and it was unanimously reported by the house comuiitteo on Pacific r.iiV loads. niiir.cricn to Tin: icxinnrs. Chicago dispatch: An import ant secret circular has been received by district assem blies 21 nnd .", Knights of Labor, frouv Master Workman Powderly, concerning the factional quarrels which have existed iu tlio organization for some time. Tho circular touches upon several matters, and the most important political questions, and in toga id to tin-condemned anarchists. When the mdor is promulgated tho con servative element of tho organ .-.ation will bo pleased with Powderly's commands, while they will fall like a wet blanket upon tlio radical wing. Powderly has oidered the muster workmen of dislrii t assemblies 21 und f7 not to allow any money to be collected for the condemned anarchists, and instructed that if any funds have been heretofore collected, that such moneys bo returned to the i-sseniblie.i and persons wlio contributed the sainu. The general master workman's orders aro said to bo imperative. Powderly's action settles for ever the question of tlio relation of tlio Knights of Labor and the condemned an arcliiUs. Il also explains why. in joint meetings of these district ns-eiiiblies last Monday, at tho hall ou Daisied street, that thu sympathy for the anarchists mat ter was not brought up, whon tho meeting was for that special purpose. XATIOXAI. IS t.V.V.S'. Washington dispatch: Comptroller Tren liolm appeared before thchoiisc committee on banking and currency, by request, to stato his views touching tho nnt'onal bank ing system. The comptroller slated to tlio committee that he was not yet fully pre pared to suggest a plan of reorganization of the present system, but believed that ho would bo able to suggest a practical plan some timo in January next. Meanwhile he submitted for theconsiderution ot the com mittee n draft of tho bill amendatory of laws relating to tho national bunking sys tem. The bill, aftor proposing a ntiiuberof unimportant chances in tho present system, requires thut bonds ho required to be kept ou a deposit in tho treasury as a basis for circulation, shall lie interest-bearing and when such bonds aro called, they iniibt bo replaced within three mouths ufier notice by iuturest beuring bonds, ami iu dt fault tlie roinpl roller in authorized to appoint a receiver to dose up the affairs or the haul;. In case tho bonds deposited to seen i e circulation exceed tho minimum nnioiiut rcquirtd by law. th" excess may ho placed with oilier inlerest-be.u ing bonda, or tho circulation secured by tho excess shall he suriendeitid by tho association, whereupon the excess shall be delivered by the tieaurer of the Fnitud Stules to tho secretary of the tieustiiy f..r redemption, with insli uctions to deposit from tho pro ceeds of the tieabury lawful money to the amount of tho outstanding circulation se cured by such bonds, and bold tho reniduo on the account of the iissot-iatioii holding tlie bunds. ar.xniiAi. milks hoxoi:i:d. Washington. D. C, Dec. 1G. 'Ihe irder of tho president anncxlnt; southern California to tlie depaitment of Arizona, under command of General Nelson A. Miles, nnd romoviiij; Ids headquarters from I'recott, Ariz., to Lo An-p-les, Cal., gives him thccoimuaudof the wholo Mexican frontier from Texas to tho Pacific. The territ rial extension of the limits of Ids command is mid b- Guicr.il Mi la' f i lends to be a MiJicIcul answer to the eiurKo wn cli has been mate that l:u dbobeied order In iho Apache c. impugn. Ujsin being acked to-night whether the ex tension of the limits of his ciiiiinaud might uot Ik? regarded as equivalent to a pio-nouon, the pen end aid: "the fact speaks for lUolC I dou't care to fay aiiythlu about it-" a iiomi: ran snss. uaxcocj:. Washington, D C, Dec id-The fr:eU '. of the late General W. S. Hancock hare, as a tribute to hit memory, ral.ed a sum of money to purchase a home for hit widow, i nd tb eominlttee bav'ntc the matter lu charge la decided, after a brief coulut.oii with Mr. JUDcocli, Ui pueeiis a house fti thi city, where, theiofore, tut "vill hereafter tusk her bojuc A An at Attlea, Ohio, deitngred the bHilMts lJfUau oi tlio to u. The lifttjt arc wHuialeJ - : ric&ocvj.