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FPRAVG PAINKILLER J. VAN SLYKE. Etfitor and Publish*. JfcHENRY, ILI^NOIS. NEWS CONDENSED. LORTT-NINTH C0NGRES& • THE bill to admit Dakota and organise the territory at Lincoln -was favorably reported to ibe Senate, by Mr. Harrison, on the 11th inst In ifilMraMin# the Beck silver question, Mr. Tugh •tat«d hid belief ihat three-fourths of the Southern people were opposed to the sus­ pension of silver coinage. Mr. Blair urged Ibe passage of his bill for the erectiote«f have beeil killed. Of monuments to Lincoln and Grant at the National Capital. Bills were introduced to per­ mit the Dakota Central Railway to bridge the Missouri River at Pierre ; to pay from the Ge­ neva award the sum of $-20,000 to William H. Whiting for physical injuries sustained by im­ prisonment on the Confederate cruiser Alabama, and to appropriate $420,000 for river improve­ ments in Oregon. In the House of Bqpre- Mntatives, bills were introduced for | the issue of small silver certificates for,, ^ir- enlating medium, for large certificate^ on deposited silver bullion, for fractional paper cur­ rency. and to pay out all except WO,000.000 of the Treasury surplus in redemption of bonds. Also a M11 to divide Pakota and create the Territory of Lincoln, to prohibit aliens from acquiring title to tend?, to appropriate£3,000,00fl for a steam cruiser, to donate the (rove Coeur lakes to the city of St. lonis, and to enable the people to name their Postmasters. Mr. Weaver, of Iowa, flung in a measure to appropriate ScW,000,000 to pay veteran •Oldiers and sailors the difference between gold OOin and the depreciated paper they took from the paymasters. The call of States brought forward BSD new measures, making the total nearly 4.000. Nearly 503 nominations were re ported from com­ mittees to the Senate sitting in executive ses­ sion. When the case of Donnan B. Eaton came up Mr. Logan objected to his confirmation M Civil Service Commissioner on the ground that he was a "mugwump" and that the law ro- qoired the appointment of a Republican. Mr. Baton was, however, confirmed. Tax debate of the Beck silver resolution was continued in the Senate on the 12th inst. by Mr. Pugh of Alabama, who said that silver had not been treated fairlv, and that when silver, under UM same treatment received by gold, and under the natural laws of supply and de­ mand, failed to hold its own, he would consider the coin controversy settled. Mr. Pttgh expressed willingness to support any ctoftnge in the existing law that would withdraw any paper currency under S10, or even $•.*), so as to pive the entire field for the use of small bills or email change to silver and silver certificates, •net advocated the passage of the bill heretofore Jnteodueed by Mr. George <MissA Mr. Vance, at Korth Carolina, followed Mr. Pugh. He de­ clared that the attempt to depreciate silver was oat of the grandest conspiracies ever seen. The banner of the attacking party should bear in plain letter.• the words of holy writ: "To him that hath shall be given, and from him that bath not shall be taken away even the little that he hath.* The success of the efforts against silTer would result in the greatest industrial calamities. There was re­ ceived from the President a draft of a bill to •mend the act for the punishment of Indians for fiave crimes. Mr. Logan made a favorable re­ port on a bill appropriating S4.W.000 to purchase lor army purposes the old Produce Exchange Bonding in New York. In the House of Repre- WBtatives Mr. Caldwell reported back the Hoar Presidential-succession bill. In a debate on the President's message Mr. Eeagan advocated the louble standard of value, opposed the suspen­ sion of compulsory silver coinage, and proposed to charter no more national banks. JLR. MANDEBSON offered a resolution in the 8nate on the 13th inst., calling on the Post­ master General to report why the fast mail is transported from Chicago to the Territories by foeds other than the Union Pacific. Mr. Plumb was given permission to withdraw a petition by a British subject presented by nim recentlv. Bills were introduced to pre­ vent the publication of lottery advertisements. •appropriating $15,000 to mark the grave of General Daniel Morgan at Winchester. Va., and to grant to the Jamestown and Northern Road the right of way through the Devil's Lake Indian reservation in Dakota. In a speech on the coin­ age question. Mr. Coke said the silver standard bad no terrors for him, and that the fight Einst silver was directed against the JK>O-by the banks and bondholders. The ise of Representatives passed a bill to legal­ ise the election of the Territorial Assembly of Wyoming. Mr.Curtin declined the chairmanship Of the Committee on Banking and Currency, and was excused from serving. Among the Presi- flential nominations confirmed by the Senate Were the following: Jabez Curry,"of Richmond, to be United States Minister to S]>ain; Charles H. Scott, of Alabama, to be Minister Resident •ud Consul General to Venezuela; Frederick H. Winston, of Illinois, to be Minister Resi­ dent and Consul General to Persia: Pierce M. B. Toung, of Georgia, to be United States Consul General at St. Petersburg: George V. N. Loth- lOp. of Michigan, to be United States Minister to BusBia; M. H. Phelan, of Missouri, to be Consul General at Halifax; John B. Stallo. of Ohio, to be United States Minister to Italy; Charles Denby, of Indiana, to be United States Minister to China. A PETITION from commercial travelers for relief from burdensome local taxation was presented III the Senate on the 14th inst. by Mr. Piatt Mr. Sewell made a favorable report on the bill ap­ propriating 8600,000 per annum for anus and equipments for the militia, Mr. Hoar intro­ duced a measure setting aside 840,000 for a monument to James Madison at the national capital. Mr. Brown, in discussing the sil­ ver issue, took the ground that the pay­ ment of 40.UOO.OOO standard dollars to pub­ lic creditors would make them anxious to uphold tfeeir value. Mr. Maxey said the raid on silver was planned in Europe, and we needed onlv to enforce with vigor our contract with the bond­ holders. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Dingley reported a resolution for an inquiry as to legislation required by the American marine employed in the fisheries. It was resolved to hold Fridav night sessions for the consideration of pension bills. GEORGE MCCABS, who, it K alleged, poisoned two wives and other women in Canada, fell a victim to his fifth •wife in Da­ kota, wliitlier he had moved. The woman detected McCabe putting some substance in her tea-cup. but slyly exchanged cups with her spouse, who drank the contents and died in great agony, after confessing his various pouooing schemes. g THE 8QUT11|; EDMUND RICHARDSON, the owner of ni^teen cotton plantations, with an income of $1,000,000 per year, dropped dead in the street at Jackson, Mississippi, leaving four sons anda daughter The mercury was 15 degrees al>ove zero at Jacksonville, Fla., the coldest weather ever experienced there. It is feared that all the young orange trees A Waco (Texas) dispatch reports: The storm which swept over Texas last Thurs­ day, and continued with little abatement up to the present date, is without parallel in the his­ tory of Texas in its extent, severity, and dura­ tion. Intelligence from the cattle regions of the State are of the gloomiest and most depressing character. The loss in cattle will be great, and cannot be approximately estimated until the full extent of the damage inflicted by the in­ tense cold upon the stock interest is fully known. From the southwest and west news is received that the cattle are drifting against the fences and are rapidly perishing from the cold, and that the loss will be unusually heavy. From Batesville, in the northwest, the news comes to-night that great prairie firea* have oc­ curred in that section of the country, and that cattle are dying by the hundreds from the cold. The carcasses, it is stated, can bo seen far and near, strewing the barretyprairies, and that the loss will be enormous, no provision having been made for the care, of cattle in those bleak dis­ tricts, which are devoid of everything ex­ cept the grass. The loss to the" cattle in­ dustry in the Panhandle will also lie very great," although no reliable reports have been received from that remote district. All water pools and streams throughout the heavy cattle- growing district of the State are frozen over hard, and to add to the gravity of the situation a heavy snow-storm set in late last night, and Texas, from the Sabine to the Rio Grande and from the Red River to the Gulf, is covered to a depth varying from two inches to one foot of snow. SINCE New Year's Day, at Dranesville. 6a., a town of 200 inhabitants, five women have been brought to bed, one giving birth to triplets, and the other four presenting their husbands with twins. 86,800, despite the protest of tk» _ Ind American Consuls The spirit mon­ opoly bill signed by the Emperor William Is to take effect throughout Germany nearly two years hence. Wholesale agents will bo appointed by a ministry, while retailers will be designated by the Federal States Mr. John McKane, Loyalist member of Parlia­ ment elect for the middle division of Armagh, Ireland, is dead. THE British Parliament opened on the. 12th inst., after the vault* of both houses had been thoroughly searched for traces of a Guy Fawkes plot. Arthur Wellesley Peel was re-elected Speaker of the Commons. Bradlaugh was permitted to take the oath. It is rumored that the Cabinet has resolved to punish Irish obstructive tactics by the re- intraduction of the crimes act. GREECE and Servia are negotiating an alliance against Bulgaria A bill for the flogging of dynamiters will be presented in the British Parliament at an early day The debts of the King of Bavaria are 15,- 000,000 marks. The members of the Cabinet will resign, because they have been forbid­ den to interfere with the exchequer A London paper says that the British Govern­ ment will introduce a bill in Parliament abolishing the office of Viceroy of Ireland, and that it is the knowledge of this fact that induces the Earl of Carnarvon to resign the Lord Lieutenancy. WASHINGTON. COL. JOHN D. PECK, a special agent of the Treasury Department, reports that ihe Government has been robbed of hnndreds of thousands of dollars at Chicago by the free importation of potato starch under the name of farina flour.... Stephen Merritt, the New York undertaker who had charge THE EAST. , A PARTI All division of the Yanderbilt jbrtone has been made. Four sons and ttree daughters received $5,000,000 each. The $5,000,000 of Mrs. Seward Webb, who Was not present, remains in trust until she b 30 years of age... The extensive mill buildings in Kensington, near Philadelphia, known as Arrott's Mills and Beatty's Mills, and occupying two blocks, were destroyed .by fire, involving a loss estimated at ,000,000, pretty well covered by insur­ ance . .. A railway collision at Wilmington, Delaware, wrecked a passenger train and caused the death of an engineer, fireman and brakeman It has been decided by the Massachusetts Supreme Court that the Boston authorities may prohibit preaching on the Common. THE British steamer Hylton Castle found­ ered off Fire Island, New York Bay. One Ofie boat with ten men effected a landing, but another boat containing the captain and ten of the crew has not been heard from, and it is believed the men have perished. SEVEY & Co.'s stamped tin and iron­ ware manufactory at Cambridgeport, Mass., Was burned, causing a loss of $80,000, with insurance of $55,000 Mcintosh's boot ttctory, the Bay State Corset Company's Works, and a residence at West Brookiieid, Mass., were destroyed by fire, the loss reaching $73,000. THE lower House of the New York Legis­ lature passed the bill incorporating the Grant Monument Association, and empow- fring it to hold $7,000,000 Worth of prop- free of taxation. . THE WEST«y MASKED highwaymen in the vicinity of Fort Robinson robbed a stage of $5,000 in fold consigned to the Paymaster. General .s Howard has sent out detachments of cavalry, find scouts are in the field from Sidney, fChevenne and Deadwood. The loss is likely to fall upon the express company, v: ^ the funeral services over the remains 4>f the Rev. H. D. Jardine, at Kansas Citv, Jhe Rev. Mr. Betts, of St. Louis, who preached the sermon, arraigned the prose- , cution in the scandal case, and intimated '. that the deceased died a martyr The explosion of a boiler in the base- . *nent of St Mary's Catholic Church jit Fort Wayne, Ind., $12,000. leaving $2,163 to be covered by special appropriation. SEVERAL members of the Cabinet have hit upon a happy scheme to avoid the ( trouble imposed upon them by persistent autograph fiends. They have had stamps prepared having on their faces the name of their respective departments and a fac­ simile of their signatures. All autograph books are turned over to the private secre­ taries, who apply the stamp to the page se­ lected, and after blotting the mpression it has the appearance of having been written by the Cabinet officers. No thought of a stamp enters the autograph hunter's mind, and he leaves with his book in his pocket, happy in the belief that he has added the signature of one more great man to his list. "I THINK," said an influential member of the Committee on Territories, "from what I know of the views of the committee and of the House,that neither Dakota nor any other Territory will be admitted into the Union by this Congress. At a guess I would say that Dakota, Washington Territory and * New Mexico will come into the Union about the same time, and that they will be admitted by the Fiftieth Congress." THE decision of Secretary Lamar in the telephone contest is considered a death­ blow to the Bell monopoly. Itrecommehds that the Government bring suit; that it bear the whole expense; and that it act entirely on its own responsibility. ADDITIONAL NEWS. A HIGH SHERIFF in Ireland has tfHtten to the London Times that a famine is ap­ proaching. with the lawless acts necessarily incident thereto. The Lord Lieutenant re­ ports that he can only relieve starving peo­ ple by sending them to the work-house, but he hopes to receive sufficient contribu­ tions to enable poor people to remain in their homes. A crowd of laborers at Lismore invaded the room of the Board of Guardians and demanded assistance, thrpnteuingto plunder the neighborhood Japan ha<freceutly effected a change by forming a responsible Cabinet, with one of the members as President. A department controlling mails, railways, and telegraphs has been established.... At Listowel, Ire­ land, four disguised men stopped a mail- car, drew a revolver on the driver, and searched the mail-bags for writs.... John Magee has been sentenced by a Lon­ don court to seven years" p -nal servitude for an attempt to blackmail the Prince of Wales. .... The Coreans have decided to build three hundred miles of telegraph, to connect with the cable at Nagasaki, Japan... .M. Sagola, a banker of Calais, France, has suspended pavment on obligations aggregating $3,- 005,000. of the funeral of Gen. Grant, will receive from the Treasury Department a check for L ALBEADY this month, says a Washington fWt lAaP1*\ft &Q 1 C'i VkA AAVAttAil Kw A • 1 /"l • • . fl _ I 1 A J POLITICAL. WASHINGTON special: "Representative Curtin, of Pennsylvania, did to-day what he should have done last week, if done at all. He formally declined the honor of be­ ing Chairman of the Committee on Bank­ ing and Currency, and his resignation was promptly accepted by the Speaker and the House. For several days "lie has privately authorized the statement that he meant to throw away the Chairmanship, and his re­ marks in that connection justified the infer­ ence that when he did resign he would say something that would make a soene in the House. But he profited by the advice of cooler heads so far as to announce his re­ quest to'be excused in a dignified and cour­ teous manner, merely stating that he had been advised by friends and by the news­ papers not to state his reasons for declining the honor the Speaker had been pleased to offer him, but that he had private reasons of his own." PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, it is said, has instructed the members of his Cabinet to refer to him any Senator or Representative desiring to ascertain the precise reason for r e m o v a l s f r o m o r a p p o i n t m e n t s t o o f f i c e . . . . Gov. Larrabee was inducted into office at Des Moines, Iowa, on the 14th inst., the in­ augural ceremonies attracting a large con­ course. In his message the Governor rec­ ommends a strict enforcement of the liquor law, and pledges himself to unhesitatingly use his authority in the matter. The retir­ ing Governor, Sherman, also advises that the statute be rigorously enforced... .Sena­ tor Sherman, on arriving in Columbns, was escorted to the Capitol, where he returned thanks for his re-election. Alluding to the necessity of preventing fraudulent voting, he gave high credit to Samuel J. Tilden for stamping out the Tweed gang and giving New York the best election laws in the world. He also urged legislation to prevent the evils growing out of the liquor trafic. special, Commissioner Sparks has restored to the public domain forty thousand acres of land by canceling fraudulent entries, and has commenced thirty-seven civil or criminal suits against timber-cutters. TWENTY-FOUB persons perished in Kan­ sas by the recent blizzard, and others are believed to be missing Emily Bar- more, a reputable colored woman of Anderson County, Sonth Carolina, froze to death with two young < children The remains of fonr men, who had been frozen to death, were found near Benkel- man, Neb. In the District of Akron, Col., several persons also perished by the storm. Three colored persons perished in a blazing tenement at King's Mountain, Mich. THE dramatic event of the week in Chi- eago has been the appearance of Sig. Sal- vini at McVicker's Theater in a number of his great impersonations. During the week he appeared in "Coriolanns" and "Othello." The latter is agreed by the Chicago critics and theater-goers to be his grandest role. The present week will be devoted to "Othello," "Ingomar," and "King Lear," People visiting the city should not miss the opportunity of seeing "the greatest tragedian of this or any other age. Tax Hoar Presidential hill pun a the of Representatives on the 15th inst., by a vote of 183 to 77, precisely as it came from the Senate. Following are the provisions of the bill: "In case of removal, death, resignation, or inability of both the President and Vice President of the Unit >d States, the Secretary of State, or, if there be none, or in case of his removal, death, resignation, or inability, then the Secretary of the Treasury; or if there be none; or in case of his removal, death, resig­ nation, or inpbility, then'S, the Sec­ retary of War; or if there be none, or in case of his removal, death, resignation, or inability, then the Attorney General; or if there be none, or in ca«e of his removal, death, resignation, or inability, then the Postmaster General; or, if there be none, or in case of his removal, death, resignation, or inability, then the Secretary of tkn Navy; or if there be none, or in case of his removal, death, resignation, or inability, th >n the Secretary of the Interior shall act as President until the disability of the President or Vici President is re­ moved, or a President shall be elect­ ed : PruriileU, that whenever the pow< rs and duties of the office of President of the United States shall devolve upon any of the persouB named hereiu, if Congress bo not then in session, or if it would not meet in accordance with law within twonty days thereafter, it shall be the duty of the person upon whom said powers and duties shall devolve to issue a proc­ lamation convening Congress in extraordinary session, giving twenty days' uoticj of the time of meeting. Sec. 2. That the pre­ ceding section shall only be held to aa^ribo and apply to such officers as shall have been appointed by the advice and with the consent of the Senate to the offices therein name'l, and such as are eligible to the office of President under th*< Constitution, ami not nndet impeachment by th i House of Representative:) at the time the jiowers and duties of tho office shall devolve upon them respectively. Section 3. That Sections IKi, 147, 11*8, 149. anl 150 of the ltjvised Statutes are hereby repealed." There was no session oi the Senat' on the 15th. A', a caucus of H ipub- lican Senators it was decid sd to call upon tlio President fo^r papers throwing light upon causes of removals or appointments. The iMwition was assumed that tho Senate has a right to thesi pa­ pers. and from them should judge what course w take in the matter of confirmations. GENERAL. THE billiard match between Vignaux and Schaffer has been made, and the stakes of $2,500 a side are in the hands of the stake­ holder A fight for $2,500 a side has been ranged by Joe Cohurn between Paddy Ryan and John L. Sullivan, to take place in a room, with five friends of each contestant attendance... .The St. Lonis and Cairo Railroad has been leased by the Mobile and Ohio lioad for a term of forty-five years at $16p^)00 a year. NEARLY thirty-five thousand Canadian Indians are reported to be preparing for a revolt against the presence of militia and mounted police. Ranchmen have asked the Dominion Government to send a regi­ ment immediately to the neighborhood of Calgary. A telegram from Ottawa states that the Indians now in the Manitoba Peni­ tentiary for complicity with Riel will be re­ leased in the spring. A SUBSTANTIAL ice bridge has been formed in Niagara River, below the falls.' .... A fire at Montreal caused a loss of $500,000--$300,000 of which falls upon the Hotel Dieu nuns, who owned the buildings destroyed. The insurance is placed at $155,- , , ^ ,000. wrecked the I structure and the parsonage adjoining, and I Kepo®T8 from leading postoffices through- vkilled the engineer and a little girl. Fire the United States for the past six icompleted the work of destruction, the loss reaching $G5,000 Little Rock (Ark.) spe-, spe scial: "News from Indian Territory an- ? mounces great loss of stock from the effects . ; of the recent storm, which is described as heing the most severe ever experienc ed in Indian Territtory. Cattle have drifted for miles, and numbers have been found frozen 'having been checked by wire fences. Streams are frozen, and the ground is covered with ' ntow, and the extreme weather has increased the mortality among the stock." months show an increased revenue of 18.5 per cent, at St. Paul, 17.8 at Kansas City, 14.3 at Cincinnati, 12.1 at Minneapolis, 10.8 at Chicago, and 10.4 at Boston. FOBEiatT THE British Government BAA been in­ formed that Germany has seized the Samoan Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, with an area. , of. 1,125 square miles and a population oi ' Smi.8.'" THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BXKTKS. Hoos WHEAT--NO. 1 White!.. No. 2 Bed CORX--No. 2 OATS--White POBK--Mess CHICAGO BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. Good Shipping......... Common Hoas FLOUR--Extra Spring Choice Winter WHEAT--No. 2 Spring... ORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2... KYK--NO. 2 BAULKY--NO. 2 BUTTEB--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEKSK--Full Cream, new Skimmed Flats EGOS--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per bu. PORK--Mess HHiWACKBK. WHEAT--No. 2 CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 RYE--No. 1 POBK--New MOM TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. S CORN--No. 2. OATS--No. Z ST. LOVIFK WHEAT--No. 2 Bed. CORN--Mixed OATS--Mixed PORK--New Mesa CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 3. r. OATS--No. 2 * PORK--Mess LIVE HOOS ". DETROIT. BEET1 CATTLE Hoos......; WHEAT--NO! 1 W h i t e ' . ! CORK--No. 2. OATS--No. 2 INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--NO. 3 Bed. CORN--New OATS--No. 2 EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best. Fair . Common. Hoos.... $4.59 6.50 4.25 ® 4.75 .94 & 96 .90 & .92 .50^j@ .51^ .40 & 44' 10. SO @1UW £.25 5.75 4.50 & 5.00 3.25 & 3.75 4.00 & 4.50 4.75 @ 5.23 4.50 5.00 .82 & .83 .36 & .87 .28 & .29 .58 & .58'a SA & .06 .28 & .82 .18 & .38 .10 & .11 .06 @ .07 .20 & .21 .00 & .65 . 10.00 310. SO .79 & .81 .86 >9 .87 .28 (4 29 .60 <31 .62 10.00 ($10.80 .89 9 .90 .38 & .40 & .31 .89 & .90 .83 & .84 .29 & .31 10.25 (<}10.75 .94 @ .95 .87 .38 W; .31 & .32 COINAGE. There It Xo Procpaot of the Present fConfrect Ordering Its fl|p* . pensiop. " ^ The Financiers of the East Should Abaa-r Delusive Hopes--The W%j * Congressmen Stand. « The silver situation is set forth in the fol­ lowing Washington dispatch published in the New York World a few days ago:, , There is no chance for the suspension of silver coinage by the present Congress. It is useless for the financiers of the East to cherish delusive hopes. The real facts of the situation may as well be recognized. All the speculation about the composition of the Committee on Coinage is secondary. It will make little difference what that com­ mittee may do. The Honse itself is strongly against the suspension of the coinage. The probabilities are that when Congress adjourns the sit­ uation will be precisely the same as it is to-day. All the agitation of the question in the interval, whether in Con­ gress or out, will be without avail. The chances of a free coinage bill being pushed through the House are greater than the changes of a suspension of the present coinage. Such a bill would, of dotarse, be vetoed by the President, and that would leave matters just as they are. My reasons for this opinion are as follows: 1. New York, New Jersey, and New En­ gland are emphatically in favor of the sus­ pension of silver coinage, but outside of this section the feeling is either divided or strongly in favor of silver. The idea seems to have spread throughout the West and South that the anti-silver movement is en­ gineered by the Wall street financiers; that it is in the interests of the capitalists as against the debtor classes. 2. It is a mistake to suppose that the question is, strictly speaking, sectional. Even Pennsylvania is no longer united; I have every reason to believe that there are both Democratic and Republican members of Congress from that State who will vote against suspension. 3. The sentiment is also divided in the four great Middle States, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. Ohio is certainly closely akin to the East in her commercial, industrial, and educational development; yet there are among her Representatives both Democrats and Republicans who are against suspension of the present silver coinage. The feeling for silver grows stronger as one advances westward through Indiana and Illinois, and reaching Missouri even- one of the frontier Representatives and the Senators is found arrayed against suspension, and many of them advocate un­ limited coinage. 4. There is probably not a Republican member from Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Min­ nesota, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, or Cali­ fornia who is not a silver man. One of the leaders of the Republican minority, who knows the men well, assures me. positively that such is the case. The Democracy west of the Mississippi is absolutely solid in favor of the silver dollar. 5. A careful canvass of the House fully justifies these statements, and leaves no reasonable doubt that about one-third of the Republican members, with at least two- thirds of the Democratic members, will vote against suspension, having a majority of at least sixty votes against suspension. 6. The situation in the Senate is not very different. Mr. Evarts appears to be on the fence, if not already committed against sus- Eension. Mr. Sherman also is believed to e uncertain as to his course. The Repub­ lican Senators from Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota. California, Colorado and Nevada are solid against suspension, and there are strong indications that Logan and Cullom, of Illinois, and several of the Re­ publican Senators from Michigan and Wis­ consin will side with them. The great ma­ jority of the Democratic Senators from the South, including Mr. Lamar'B successor from Mississippi, and Mr. Garland's successor from Arkansas, are opposed to suspension. In the Senate the least majority against suspension is esti­ mated at six. Even the majority of the Senate Finance Committee is said by anti- silver Senators to be either against them or to be at least doubtful. 7. The silver question is not a party ques­ tion. Neither party is united upon it. A Democratic administration strongly advo­ cates suspension. Two-thirds of the Dem­ ocratic Representatives and Senators are as strongly opposed to it. Republicans are also clearly divided. Nor, as I have said, is it, strickly speaking, a sectional question. Only eight States, and most of these com­ paratively small ones, in the northeast cor­ ner of the country, are pronounced in their opposition to silver, while of the thirty other States, constituting tho greater part of tho country, some are divided on the question, but most of them strongly in favor of silver. This widespread silver feeling is largely the outgrowth of a preju­ dice or suspicion that the money centers of the East are endeavoring to control the Government for selfish ends, an unfounded suspicion perhaps, but yet one that exists in this rural Republic, and it must be taken into consideration. 8. It is certainly desirable that the bnsi- ness men of the East, at? well as the West, should recognize the facts of the situation and not deceive themselves with wrong con­ clusions. No bill suspending silver coinage can pass the House. Any bill providing for | free or more extended coinage, if passed, would certainly be killed by the President's veto. Therefore it is far from probable that dur ing the present session of Congress there will be any change in the law regarding the coin­ age of silver. : ..1 - THE FAR W'JS6flV; v THEY BOBBED THE STAGECOACH. BUFFALO. WHEAT-NO. 1 Hart... CORN--T ellow. 10.50 8.50 4.00 8.60 £.50 .88 .38 .88 .91 , .84 .29 6.50 4.50 8.75 "4.00 2.75 .98 .40 5.75 @11.00 & 4. 25 <3 4.50 & 4.00 & 4.00 (4 8J (9 .38 & .&} .98 .88 .80 ® 8.00 & 5.00 @ 4.25 & 4.90 & 8.7S . S^S & 6.9S Six Highwaymen Make a Lucrative Haul in Mebraaka, Securing VO.OOO In Cash and m Lot of Personal Property. (Omaha special] A telegram received at military headquar­ ters here advised Gen. Howard that a stage­ coach had been robbed near Fort Robinson, and the money intended for the payment of the United States troops carried off. Other dispatches since received give fuller details of the robbery. From them it appears that a point a short distance from Dawes City, between Chadron (Neb.) and Fort Robin­ son, about eighteen miles from the fort, was the scene of the, attack. The coach was traveling at a good rate of speed, when six masked men suddenly appeared, as though out of the ground. The robbers leveled six carbines at the driver and ordered him to throw np his hands. He obeyed. Without further ado the robbers proceeded to rifle the coach. Each passenger was in turn relieved of the money and other valua­ bles he chanced to have about his clothes, and the brigands then bade adieu to the par­ ty, earning off, in addition to the personal property secured, the heavy iron box belong­ ing to the express company, and containing $6,000 of the Government's hard cash on its way to the paymaster at the fort. The news of the robbery was conveyed to Fort llobinson, and the entire garrison was sent out post haste to scour the country for the highwaymen. Orders were also wired to Fort Niobrara to s?nd out a detachment of troops, and all other points in the vicinity, including Deadwood, Cheyenne, Laramie, Me.Kinuey, and Sidney, have been advised of the robbery, and posses are on the look­ out for the band. The loss falls on the ex­ press company, but the utmost exertions are being made by the civil and military author- ities to capture the robbers. Dante Fortune Polnta the Wltf. There is perhaps no place in America thfct offers to the energetic, industrious man a more sure reward for his labor than the country that has so recently sprung into prominence, and whose unparalleled re­ sources have been quite unknown until within (the last few months. There is a rea­ son why the general world has not known of its existence, although it lies within a few days' travel of populous centers of civiliza­ tion. We speak of the oonntry lying in Northwestern Nebraska and Southwestern Dakota, and it has seemed as though that rich and fertile farming section was to re-^ main undeveloped on account of its geo­ graphical position and the difficulty with which traveler*? reached it. It has been known for years that the fer­ tility of the North Platte country in Nebraska was uneaualed by any soil in the world, and men who have had the moral courage to take their chances have availed themselves of the opportunity of a profitable invest­ ment, and have secured homes by Home­ stead right and purchase, until nearly all the land lying near the railroads has been taken possession of by actual settlers, and, as a result, we see Northeastern Nebraska one of the most prosperous sections in the West. But lying just beyond is a country more fertile and possessing more natural advantages, fed Tby mountain streams, and rich with mineral deposits. The Black Hills country, now for the first time thrown open to the world by the exten­ sion of railway enterprise, has by its entire isolation from civilization existed in the minds of many people only as a myth. The death of the brave Custer, which occurred some distance from there, brought that country into public notice, and the agita­ tion of those times resulted in the opening of the Hills to white settlement, but their extreme distance rendered it impossible for auy but the most brave and adventurous to go there. All this has been changed, how­ ever, with the coming of the locomotive, and the Black Hills region to-dav, without question, constitutes the richest district for its area in the world. Its gold, silver, tin, mica, iron, coal oil, its timber, its moun­ tains of marble, and gypsum, show it to be the most prolific in resources of any sec­ tion of country on this continent. Lying toward the western limit of the more thickly populated portion of Ne­ braska is the town of Valentine, and seventy-five miles further west you reach what is known as the Antelope country,and beyond this it is simply magnificent," both in appearance, topography, and richness; and that condition obtain^ almost entirely to the State line between Nebraska and Wyoming, as does also a similar condition northward from the Dakota line to Rapid City and vicinity. A false idea has gained some credence that this portion of Dakota and Nebraska was only fit for grazing purposes, but this is a great mistake, for some of the finest wheat and oats ever grown in the States has been harvested in the immediate vi­ cinity of 'what is now known as Buffalo Gap. There seems to be no limit to the depth or richness of the soil, and, besides this, the face of the country is beautiful, being just rolling enough to be picturesque, yet little of it that is not tillable. It has been quite reliably reported, that during this year the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad Company and the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad, both being under control of the Northwestern Railway, will extend their line to Fort Fet- terman, Wyoming Territory. Another ex­ tension will be made from Buffalo Gap to Rapid Citv, a distance of fifty miles, as will also a line be built from Fremont to Lincoln, n distance of nearly fifty miles. Still another branch, will be constructed, starting westward from Scribner, in nearly a direct line, some sixty miles. It is possible, however, that the last named route may bear slightly to tjie northwest, the geographi­ cal surface of the country being more favorable to its construction. Too much praise cafinot be awarded to the enterprise of these railway companies, in thus taking the risk of exploring a hitherto unsettled country, and to their exertion alone can be attributed the brilliant prospect now opened to those who wish to avail themselves of an opportunity to make a substantial start in life. It is not out of place in this cornection to give a brief description of Buffalo Gap and Rapid City, the two most important towns lying upon this railway line BOW pushing its way where others dared not go. Buffalo Gap is a village of 800 population, and lies midway between Chadron and Rapid City, fifty miles distant from each. The site npon which the city is situated is a beauti­ ful second bottom, far above high water, three miles from the Gap proper, and at the base of beautiful hills which are about 1,800 feet high, while the far-reaching val­ ley of the Beaver, touching the Cheyenne, and the Cheyenne River valley are plainly visible in the distance. It has a fine agri­ cultural country around it, the stock ranges of the Cheyenne River tributary to it, and plenty of fine timber within hauling dis­ tance. On the 10th pf December of last year the railway was finished to the Gap, and it is reliably estimated that fully 140 houses were erected in the incredibly short space of ten days after the arrival of the first railway coach. Buffalo Gap is at the present time the terminus of the railway line, but the pro­ posed route lies northward to Rapid City, which is the county seat of Pennington County, and its location is as beautiful as could be imagined. Lying on the banks of Rapid Creek, a clear, swift stream, it is surrounded by fertile valleys and picturesque hills, with the mountains and forests of the great mining region but a few miles away. The country tributary to Rapid City contains varied ana inexhaustible wealth, and the farming country is, without exception, as rich as any in Central Dakota. The forests con­ tain their stores of timber, and so great is the supply of pine that it is estimated that the timber will not be exhausted in half a century, and that lumber for export will shortly be made an important industry. The quarrying of building stone, sandstone and slate will Boon be begun, and already East­ ern capitalists are purchasing land with a view of working the quarries. Although Rapid City has been a frontier town, society is in a 6tate of the most refined culture, and its educational facilities are of the best. Large and commodious school buildings have been erected, and beautiful churches give evidence of a high state of intellectual advancement and cultivation. Already the tide of emigration has set i'i, and as soon as the frost leaves the gioun I in tho spring active operations will l>e be­ gun by the railroad company in the exten­ sion of their lines, and a new country will b e o p e n e d u p t o s e t t l e r s . R e g a r d i n g t h e relative merits of the two cities, Buffalo Gap and Rapid City, each has advantages not possessed by the other, and it only re­ mains to determine which of these two ambitions cities will bfe the metropolis of Western Dakota. -*• GERMAN OUTRAGE. lb- To FIND capacity of a cylindrical vessel in gallons, multiply the area in inches by height in inches and divide product by 231. To find capacity of a four-sided vessel in gallons, find cubical contents by multiplying the length, breadth, and height in inches and di­ vide product by 231. The Samoan Islands Seized by Unavailing Protests of the American and British Diplomatic Rep- I - tla? Hoisted, PLEASURE makes folks acquainted with each other, but it takes trials and griefs to make them know each other. | TRUSTING to luck is ohly another name for trusting to laziness. GEiondcte dispatch.! Intelligence has been received here Germany has seized the Islands of Samoa in the Pacific Ocean. The King and his chiefs were insulted, and finally fled, A force of marines were landed from the Ger­ man war ship Albatross. The German Con­ sul then hauled down the Samoan flag and ran up the German colors in its stead. The Samoans threaten to make war on the Ger­ mans. The American and British Consuls protested against the action of the Germans. In I ebruary, 1885, the announcement was made that Germany had annexed these islands, and that its action was in pursuance of a secret agreement between the Govern­ ments of Germany and England. The officials at the Colonial Office in London said that they believed that the agitation of the Australians was only temporary, and that there was a growing feeling both in Australia and England that Germany would be a good neighbor, and that it was wise to give Germany an interest in the Pacific Islands to offset the aggressions of France. Strangely enough the dispatch announcing the annexation said that Germany's proceed­ ings were "despite the protests of the Eng­ lish and American Consuls." This seizure touches England more nearly than any other power, because the Samoans are distant only 400 miles from the British Fiji Islands, and contain two of the safest and best harbors in the Pacific. The islands are nine in number, have an area of about 1,400 square miles, and a population of nearly 50,000. The largest island is Upola; area, 335 square miles; population, 17,000. On this island is Apia, the capital of the group, residence of the King and foreign consuls, and principal commercial town in the kingdom. The soil is rich and the surface densely wooded. The products comprise cocoanut-oil, arrowroot, cotton, castor beans, ginger, eoffee, tortoise shell, and vegetables. The commerce Of the island is mostly controlled by a single Ham­ burg house, and the protection of that sol­ itary German trading establishment fur­ nishes to the Berlin, island-grabber a pre­ text for the theft of a whole Polynesian kingdom. The inhabitants are superior in bodily and mental endowments to those of other parts of Polynesia. They are Chris­ tians and mostly Presbyterians. The coun­ try has been under the protection of the United States. American commercial interests in the Samoans are very> small, though we maintain there a Consular establishment. Our principal interest in the fate of those islands may center, per­ haps, in the fact that in 1839 one of our navy commanders made a survey of them, and in 187'2, by an arrangement with native chiefs, we took the harbor of Pago-Pago (the best in the group) under American protec­ tion. In 1873 President Grant sent out Mr. A. B. Steinberger to inspect the islands. He reported that the native chiefs desired "annexation" of the whole group to this country; but the offer not being accepted, a native king was elected in 1875, and Stein­ berger accepted the post of Prime Minister. The rich islands that we absardly refused to take as a gift Germany has now seized by the great civilized right of being able to do it. SILVER IN THE SENATE. Mr. Pugh, of Alabama, Speaks in Fa* vor of the Dollar of. the Daddies. [Associated Press Report] Mr. Pugh called up Mr. Beck's silver res' olution, and addressed the Senate on it With the ;aid of all the learning in the world, Mr. Pugh said, the greatest statesmen in th< world were still grappling with the money question at precisely the same point at which they began to grapple with it. So far as the United States were concerned, there had never been a time when our paper and metal­ lic currency had been so sound and healthy as it was to-day. This condition of affairs, and the premium on our bonds con­ stituted a grim satire on the prophecies of the opponents of the legislation hitherto en­ acted by Congress oil the money question. Nothing more was to be desired, Mr. Pugh thought, than that the banks, bankers and Federal Treasury should stand aside and allow the Gresham law to have full and free operation on our silver currency. He had much confidence in the practical ideas, sound judgment, and integrity of President Cleveland and his devotion to constitutional principles. But many Democrats would differ with the President on the money question and on details affecting the taritf. These questions were so far-reaching and complicated in their operation as not to be capable of a final solution satisfactory to all honest- inquirers. He (Mr. Pugh) had given the President's message much con­ sideration, bnt was constrained to differ with him in regard to money. Mr. Pugh quoted figures from the New York Clearing House to show that only about 3£ per cent, of the clearing house transac­ tions were represented by cash, the re­ mainder being made up principally by cheeks. Congress was confronted, he said, with an official announcement that our busi­ ness relations had reached a crisis in which we must suspend the coinage of silver if we would secure an international ratio between gold and silver. The real point involved, Mr. Pugh believed, not the suspension, but the total stoppage of silver coinage, and if silver coinage were suspended now, it would be a blow that would directly and speedily tend to the consummation of an organized conspiracy of capitalists to secure absolute control of our currency and the regulation of the volume and consequent purchasing power. Mr. Pugh believed he spoke for the Southern people when he said that three-fourths of them would to-day, if opportunity given, vote against the proposition to suspend silver coinage. The petitions that came to Congress favoring suspension were all on printed blanks, and signed mainly by banl^KH. Mr. Pugh criticised the arguments of the Secretary of the Treasury and of the Presi­ dent. He inquired whether we were to take the mere diction of the President on this matter, and insisted that the executive offi­ cers were under obligation to enforce the laws of Congress. Why had those laws been hourly violated? Had Congress abdi­ cated its powers to the Executive Depart­ ment of uie Government? The national banks which were fiscal agents of the Gov­ ernment, should not, Mr. Pugh thought , have been allowed to become members of a clear­ ing house that discredited the silver certifi­ cates of the' Government. The national banks hadKevaded the law of Congress by agreeing lilSt they would not offer silver cer­ tificates to the clearing houses, and, there­ fore, none had been actually refused by the clearing house. A New York newspaper, he said, had squarely identified the invasion. Why was silver opposed by the national banks? Because silver was the only medium of our currency whicl^ they could not control. "Stop the coinage of silver," said Mr. Pugh, "and those banks will be­ come absolute monarchs of all they survey." The opinion of Mr. James G. Blaine, he continued, would have influence with some. He read from remarks made by Mr. Blaine while in Congress, to the effect that the es­ tablishment of a non-metallic gold standard would be injudicious to our industries nnd commerce, and that the United States could HOt wisely treat silver as the European coun­ tries did. Both metals, Mr. Pugh insisted, were necessary in order to contract the con- stant tendency of money to contract hnder the vast increase of the values of the world. DEBATES 111 CONGRESS. Senator* Maxey and Brown Oppoae** % tupensioft of ffilvwF" Coinaee. Ihtenctuig Dahate in the House on Mr. ^ Hoar's Presidential 8uocaB4;:^^g ̂ - sion Bill ; -Mf > -u* ^ ._Pr*"Identi*1 gneeeMtofc Mr. -CmMwell, of Tennessee, called up Hoar Presidential-succession bill in the House, and stated that the committee, in reporting thia' ' measure, had not dealt with indifference or di«|s| respect with other propositions before it Them> were many measures proposed that would more* . properly meet all possible or maginary exigen­ ces than the one now reported, but they all re- ? quired a constitutional amendment before ' they could become laws, and a consti- * 4 tutional amendment involved a delay which®' would 111 accord with the reasonable anxiety which the great body of the people felt. Ther« , were many exigencies which the pending mea^S sure did not cover, but the present exigency it> completely covered. It was a temporary bridged!: thrown acrosB a chasm in order to meet publio v:« demand, and would be followed in due time by^5 ^ an enduring structure over which a long line otr *3 Republican-Democratic Presidents might march ' in unbroken succession. Mr. Cooper, of Ohio/ <> who prepared the minority report, protested ' : against the general principle of the bill--t against the idea of vesting in the person whcjfeKl occupied the Presidential chair the power to?> f perpetuate the succession, by naming hi4'i: ^ successor. He was profoundly doubtful of the constitutionality of a provision which would 5 vest tho Presidency upon a man appointed by; ':. MI outgoing administration. He believed it tefc i be in violation, not only of the spirit and lettetf Of tho Constitution, but of the spirit out of whictf •.; the Constitution rose ; and was unwise legisla^ tion, because it tended to widen the space be-i tween the President and the people. Iftheroy ,*? were defects in the present law they should baf remedied by careftilly considered legislation^ ;]l What was worth while for the American Con#'# Kress to do, was worth doing well. He could i no exigency which required red-hot haste i«i passing this measure. Mr. Eden, of Illinois, defended the bill against ?'* sdverse criticism, and pointed out wherein was an improvement over the existing law. Tho ' present measure would preserve the country •rom anarchy in cases of trouble arising in the matter of the Presidential succession. i • Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, gave notice of a sub­ stitute which he would oiler for the bill. This® substitute preserves the law of 1792, with the ? | addition of a provision that for the purpose of having a Speaker of the House of Represent*- ^ tives continually in office Congress shall conlWsl vene on the 4th of March next succeeding thes, ; rtactions of Representatives of Congress ; an<fr1-*5 whenever a vacancy exists either in the office of -' J: President pro tern of the Senate or the Speaker of the House the President shall convene the . House in which the vacimcy exists for the pur­ pose of electing a presiding officer. Mr. Peters, of Kansas, regarded the pending measure as unconstitutional, inexpedient, and impotent. But for these faults it was a pretty fair bill. He asserted that Congress had no power to enact a law which violated the intentv of the Constitution, and which in effect declared an appointive officer should act as President. It was a flagrant usurpation of the power vested in the people. The oest measure on the sub­ ject, in his opinion, was the bill introduced in 1867 providing for the meeting of Congress on the 4th of March each alternate year. That would amply provide against any break in the line of succession. Mr. Seney, of Ohio, believed that the Presi­ dential succession under existing law was at best doubtful and uncertain. He earnestly ad­ vocated the passage of the pending measure, maintaining that it would remove many dan­ gers from the path of the Presidential succes­ sion. 43 Mr. Rowell, of Hlinois, characterized the bili as a crude one, and suggested that if the pre-, a siding officer of the Senate was of the same I party as the Executive there would not be the> si haste to amend a law which had stood for nine- | ty-four years. The strongest objection to tho j bill, in his opinion, was that it permitted tho party in power to perpetuate that power for an; indefinite number of years, as admitted by thef -M gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Caldwell), ^ Never before had the American people been pre- • ; sented with such, a temptation to crime, such a • temptation to anarchy, such a temptation taJ i revolution. ' The Dollar of the Fathers. | In the Senate Mr. Brown called np Mr. peck's. fl silver resolution and addressed the Senate oa(C'i It. The officers of the Treasury, he said, should - treat all public creditors alike; if they paid the*-"Hf, bondholders in gold alone, they should pay the : laborer in gold alone. As to the accumulation ^ of silver dollars in the Treasury, Mr. Brownin- , sisted that it was the duty of the Secretary of Si the Treasury to pay them out to the public creditors whenever anything was due, and it?:' that did not dispose of them, he should call in enough bonds on which the people are paying; 'si interest to absorb the silver dollars, andr Si so stop the interest payments. If thevs public creditors were paid 30,000,000 OP^I 40,000,000 of silver dollars their endeavor would, ••! be to keep up the value of silver; if p iid in gold' j| alone their endeavor would be to depreciate tho - VM value of silver--to make it represent less prop- /'I erty. If it were said that it was not honest toi pay them in silver, on the ground that the silver • S dollar was not an honest dollar, Mr. Brown would reply thi.t it was always honest to pay a debt in the very currency which tho creditor, "by his contract, had a^r Jed to take. The creditors had secured several successive changes in the s contract, and the contract as it now stands, wa®"l that the bondholders should be paid in gold dollars or silver dollars, at *41 the convenience of the Treasury. Thought || they had thus agi'eed to take payment in either ?|j gold or silver, they were being paid in gold.; alone, while everybody else was paid in silver, a This was neither fair dealing nor common hon­ esty. Mr. Brown advocated tho issuance of silver certificates to rejiresent the silver in tho Treasury. Every surplus gold and silver dollar, ho said, not part of the necessary Treasury re- serve, should be put into circulation by a gold or* !jjj silver certificate. Instead of having too much'.:J§ much silver coin, business would be much im- proved if we had more of it in circulation in tho " i form of paper certificates. If the national banks --i attempt to practically demonetize silver,said Mr. 4|| Blown in conclusion, and if tho officials who now. • tlj represent the people in the different departments of the Government will not take tho matter in hand, then the people, at their recurring elec­ tions, should take it iu hand and fill all the de- partiuentu of Government with men who Willi apply the corrective and forfeit the charters of such banks as abuso their privileges. Mr. Maxev followed on the same subject. He said the raid on silver was a European raid, and: . if successful would inflict incalculable injury on the United States. Tho bugbear of sil­ ver, so terrifying to the European money­ changers, had no terror for the American " people. The people of the South were not grievouBly burdened with silver or nny ; other money, but if they should by chance find themselves hampered by a great weight of sil­ ver they could exchange it for paper certificates, which," when based on coin, dollar for dollar,!, were better than coin for active use. Mr. Maxey expressed himself as utterly opposed to an irre­ deemable paper currency, and declared a fluctu­ ating currency inconsistent with healthy trade,, while a sound currency, based on the precious metals and convertible into coin, was a blessing to civilization. The silver advocates, he con­ tended, repelled tho imputation that theiy , wanted to take any adv antage of their crea- itors by paying a dollar debt with an 80-cent dollar. A fouler He had never been uttered against a brave and industrious people. The people knew that the fall of silver was the re­ sult of » conspiracy of combined capital to de- , stroy silver as a money metal; and the gamblers were but reaping the fruits of their own folly. The suspension of silver coinage was but an­ other name for the total stoppage of the coinage,, j, and such suspension or stoppage would bo' fraught with mo6t serious consequences to tho people. What we needed in our dealings with, the bondholders, Mr. Maxey insisted, was a^J strong, vigorous enforcement o< the made with them. DEATH OF A REMARKABLE MAN. Ctoorge E. Pwnervy, the Founder of the Ex> press System In the ITnfted StetM, [Toledo telegram, j George E. Pomeroy, Sr., one of the lead­ ing citizens of Toledo, and the founder of the great express system of the oonntryr died to-day from a stroke of apoplexy at the v age of 79. In 1841 Pomeroy established the fl first express line between Albany andf Buffalo, a portion of the distance being by: • stage-coach. For the first few months h© was his own messenger and clerk, butf 1 later Henry Wells became an assist- ant, and William Harndon opened a line from Albany to New York. Adams ^ was also later on a clerk, nnd in a year the ^ line was extended to Boston. Pomeroy also carried the first»money by express, and became so popular that Erastus Corning, Rufus King, Watts Sherman, and others assisted him in making a daily instead of a weekly line. The daily line reached Buf- falo thirty-six hours ahead of the mail, and-?^ Pomeroy conceived th j idea of running an -r !;j independent mail. He issued the first pre- f>aid postage stamps in 1844, and a year % ater they were adopted by the Government, ^ | thus reducing pontage from 25 cents to 5. ;3| He was arrested a score of times for viola- : ^ tion of the postal laws, but won every case, f •M