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mm ftoindealfr ). VA« SLYKt. EMtar an* toMMtar. ILLINOIS MSW8 OONDKNSBD. EAST. THB attendants at Rev. Thomas K. Beecher's church at Elmira, N. Y., have for weeks been missing money and wearing apparel. When the thefts became in- toferable, a detective was employed. The remit wag the capture of the son of a prominent citizen in the act of picking a lady's pocket His booty is estimated at thousands of dollars. IN A field near Woodside, N. J., last Sun­ day, Jeremiah O'Donovan and Pat Slevin fought thirty rounds. Slevin's jaw was dis­ located, and he was at last knocked sense- fees Ex-Mayor Navin pleaded guilty of forgery at Adrian, Mich., and was sentenced to ten years in the Jackson Penitentiary The Five Points Mission Building in New York took fire, with 600 children in the school-room. Superintendent Bouton quickly rescued two little one* from an apartment filled with smoke, and then kept the pupils singing while the firemen ex­ tinguished the flames. On the streets were hundreds of half-crazed mothers. WIU,IAM SHIELDS, an old man whom President Arthur recently appointed Post­ master at West Chester, Pa., grew so much confused over his new duties that he drowned himself. A FEUJOW named Lieb advertised in a New York newspaper that he had a girl of 11 years to dispose of. A detective was Mnt by a charitable society to investigate the matter, and found that the father de­ manded $1,000. The child was brought before Judge Van Vorst, who gave the case ii searohing inquiry and awarded the girl to a wealthy and reputable insurance agent as a companion for his wife... .Mrs. E. D. Morgan, widow of ex-Gov. Edwin D. Mor­ gan, died at New York. &i,v f?pirt * * - * BENJAMIN FORSYTH, a boy of 16, died, i it was supposed, atFreeport, Ohio. The I . funeral took place, and at the mother's re- ̂ \ * ** quest the coffin was opened at the grave. /'**' ' ' The body manifested unmistakable symp- ' > torn* of animation, and after persistent ef- l fort the bey was restored to life. He is ex- , A. 1 pected to recover. Y 3 THOMAS W. FITCH,"the son-in-law of Gen. Sherman, has been sued by the re- y w ,• ceiver of the Harrison Wire-Works Com- * pany of St. Louis, for the recovery of - $102,279, alleged to have been overdrawn while he was President. - * THE Attorney General of Iowa has de- '; t cided that Cattell, the new appointee, is de ' :* facto State Auditor, and that warrants 1 ' drawn by him must be paid by the State < "i,.. fV Treasurer... .The forfeited lands of the Texas Pacific were declared open for entry at Tucson, A. T., and hundreds of people rushed to the land office to make entries. CATT. JAKES DALTOX, of Montague, Mich., died last week, aged 57 years. His disease was cancer in the mouth, identical in nature with the cancer now afflicting Gen. Grant Several operations failed to remove the seat of the disease Joseph Bauer, watchman on a dump-boat at St Louis, struck an unknown man who at­ tempted to come on board on the head with a club, instantly killing him. Bauer was arrested Joel An­ derson and Laurel Baugh, murder­ ers. were sentenced at Carrollton, Mo., Monday to ninety-nine years in the peni­ tentiary. .. .Strong efforts are being made to secure the pardon of Cole and Jim Younger, the noted outlaws captured near Mankato. Minn., eight years ago, now in the Minnesota Penitentiary The Grand Trunk propeller Michigan, which for many weeks had been locked in the ice on Lake Michigan, went down last Thursday. The crew were rescued by the tug Arctic, and eleven of them walked eleven miles to the shore at Holland. The lost vessel • was valued at $145,000. J. H. MCVICKEB, of Chicago, secured a permit to place two additional stories on his theater, to cost $100,000 Capt Prindiville, who escaped from the steamer Michigan, says there are thirty inches of iee from tjie straits down to the islands, and from present appearances no vessel will be able to go from Chicago to Buffalo before June... .Joseph Aitaria, a laborer living in Illinois street, Chicago, was stricken with snAll-pox after the parade on SL Patrick's Day. He claims that he has never been in contact with the disease. Two CHICAGO firms have made contracts to furnish the British army with 10,000,000 pounds of canned beef. The orders came Ij.f . master General Vilas, There are fifteen applicants for a postoffice in South Caro- lina paying $12 per year. UNITED STATES Treasury officials deny that the withdrawal of gold has already gone so far that one-half the business of the country is being carried on in silver and silver certificates. There is no reason to suppose that the people are hoarding gold It is thought that Secretary Manning will tako some action to oheek a discrimination against silver should it occur. JUSTICE STANLEY MATTHEWS has ren dered a decision maintaining the validity of railwav pool contracts, and awarding the Hofcking Valley Road $55,000 which its partner in the pool failed to turn over. "MR. GARUAND, Attorney General, in­ tends to follow in the civil-service track," writes a correspondent "He says that he will not remove any clerk in his department who has proved himself efficient. The c erks are not to be allowed to work Sun­ days." IT is authoritatively stated at Washington that Treasurer Wyman and Superintendent of the Life- Saving Service Kimball are the only two Treasury chiefs who will be re­ tailed. The others will be removed as quickly as their successors are determined upon President Cleveland has nom­ inated Samuel S. Cox, of New York, to be Minister to Turkey; M. M. Ham to be postmaster at Dubuque, and Thomas J. Bunn to be postmaster at Bloomington, 111. IN a circular issued by Secretary Man­ ning to Customs Collectors, the practicabil­ ity of curtailing the force of clerks and em­ ployes is strongly urged... .Secretary Endicott says no orders have been issued to General Hatch to drive the cattlemen out of Oklahoma, nor Will they be except upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior. A reasonable time Will be allowed the cat­ tlemen to leave the Territory, and when that time has expired they will be com­ pelled to go. The troops' will be called upon if necessary. POUT1CAL. >•* j i ' J ^ • *• V- '4 from the British War Department, the des­ tination being Woolwich. It will require two weeks to fill the orders. These are the largest orders ever received here, and. owing to their magnitude, the supposition is that they are to meet a war emergency. The canning houses are working day and night in order to meet these demands. GEN. ANSON STAGES, a much-esteemed citizen of Chicago, died in that city last week. Gen. Stager organized and had charge of all the Government military tele­ graphic lines during the war. He was one of the most expert electricians in the world, m and a man of extraordinary executive abil­ ity. He was 60 years of age. OBTH STEIN, who three years ago killed George Fredericks, at Kansas City/ for which he was once sentenced to imprison­ ment for twenty-five years, was acquitted on the ground of self-defense. ^ T3X SOUTH. BRIDGET DUBBY, a coal vender, aged 63, was found dead in her shanty, at New Orleans. She had been strangled, evidently, for the purpose of robbery, as she was Lnown to have over $400 in cash. ON the ground that the gospel is free, the Superior Court of Georgia threw out a suit brought by Rev. J. A. Smith against the Marietta Itailway for preaching to the con- * ln.lts emPl°y The loss bv the fire at Charleston, W. Va., will reach $170,- WU. It has been discovered that the safe­ ty-valve of the boiler, the explosion of which caused the conflagration, had been plugged with iron. ALL CHAPMAN, a well-known sporting Wan, committed suicide at Hot Springs, DWIOHT S. SPAFFOUD, Republican, was elected to succeed the Hon. Bobert E. Logan, deceased, in the Illinois House of Eepresentativcs... .The wholesale indict­ ment of election judges and clerks iu Chi­ cago has been followed by the entering of a nolle prosequi, there being no evidence of criminal intent E. D. CLARK, of Vicksburg, Miss., who was recently appointed Assistant Secretary of the Interior, died at Washington of pneumonia... .President Cleveland is said to have offered ex-President Arthur a for­ eign mission, whioh the latter declined.... Gen. E. E. Bryant, of Madison, Wis., has accepted an appointment as Assistant At­ torney of the Postoffice Department, and started for Washington. THE Mormons express great dissatisfac­ tion with the ruling of the Supreme Court that inhabitants of the Territories are un­ der the sovereign control of Congress The Texas Legislature has passed a bill compelling railway and other corporations doing business in the State under penalty of $1,000 per month, to maintain a general office in the State. THE Democracy of Chicago nominated Carter H. Harrison for Mayor. William M. Devlne for Treasurer, John G. Neumeister for Clerk, and Peter J. Ellert for Attorney. CONTRARY to the stipulation that techni­ calities be waived and speedy trial result, counsel for Gov. Sherman and Cattell dis­ miss the mandamus suit against Auditor Brown, at Des Moines... .The New York Assembly has passed a bill providing for a reservation around Niagara falls. M. J. CAKTWELL, a Democrat, was elect­ ed to succeed CoL Yilas in the Assembly of Wisconsin. A CONGRESSIONAL apportionment bill, making nineteen Republican and nine Democratic districts, passed the Pennsyl­ vania Senate... .The Democratic city con­ vention-at St. Louis, after taking 18»J bal­ lots, agreed upon David R. Francis for Mayor. The Republicans have nominated William L. Ewing. noitacing the eneay... .The British in the Soudan are employing balloons to malt* observation* of the. where­ abouts and mawimeni* El Mah- di's forces. Balloons are found to be^ofvery usistanoa ...The British Cabinet has resolved to demand of Bnssk the speedy delimitation of the Afghan frontier. All officers of the Indian army now in Europe on furlough are or­ dered to rejoin their regiments. Earl Granville had an Interview with the envoys of the Sultan in London in regard to the ru­ mored alliance of Russia and Turkey against England. THE liabilities of Scarananga 3c Co., the •merchants who recently failed in Lon­ don, will amount to £1,000,000. The firm's embarrassment was caused by the decline in wheat last fall The calling out of the reserves and the militia will enable England to comply with Lord Dufferin's demand for 25,000 troops. Lord Dufferin requested the Government to 6end either 25,000 soldiers or one Vice roy to take his place. The Ministry con­ cluded that the noble Earl could not well be spared at present, and so advised her Majesty to call out the reserves and militia. A TERRIFIC hurricane on the east coast of Madagascar, Feb. 25, sunk an American bark and two French steamers. Seventeen persons perished. * R0AI AT THE BEAR. Th« W«r Cloud Rising on the *k-4 Alfchnn Frontier. WAgHlMCTOB, 1* appears that the President has no in­ tention of doing away with the hot-houses and conservatories at the Executive Man­ sion or of dismissing the Marine Bond, as lias been reported. GEN. EDWARD C. WALTHALL has beea tendered and has accepted the appointment of United States Senator from Mississippi, to succeed Secretary Lamar... .The Kan­ sas legislature passed a resolution of Bym- ' 1Sth7 GeTnefftl Grant.... An extra ses­ sion of the Indiana Legislature will be necessary to pass appropriation bills. P. DE LOVZNOBN, Secretary of the Dan- ish Legation at Berlin, has been appointed Minister from Denmark to the United mates. SECRETARY LAXAR has granted the ap Ucation of the settlers for a review of the IN the United States Circuit Court at Chicago, Judge G res ham granted a writ of error in the cases of Mackin and Gallagher, the election conspirators, and fixed May 4 as the date for hearing alignments in com­ pany with Justice Harlan. He closed his decision with the remark that it need not be inferred that a new trial will be Ordered. The prisoners were released in bonds of $50,000 each. ROBERT IRELAND, who deserted from the British army in 187G, came to New York State, and later took out naturaliza­ tion papers, was decoyed into Canada by a detective, there arrested, and will be taken to England for trial. Secretary Bay­ ard will be asked to interfere and secure Ireland's release Afire in Buffalo de­ stroyed the Music Hall, the finest building in the city, valued at $200,000, and St. Louis'_ German Church, a spacious struct­ ure. with an equal amount. John Grimm was caught in the steeple of the church, and lost his life by falling to the pavement. The McCaull Opera Company lost its stage property. CONFLAGRATIONS consume J nine' small buildings in Stevens Point. Wis., fourteen in Frankfort, Ind., eight in Hale, Mo., three in Stuart. Iowa, a livery stable and thirtv- seven horses ia Urbana, Ohio, $75,000 worth of property in a manufacturing building in Boston, and a pork-house and several other buildings in Covington, Ky. Reports of the troubles at Prince Albert and Duck Lake have great- -l.v exaggerated the gravity of the situation, although it is actually Serious. The half-breeds demand that patents shall be issued for the lands occu­ pied by them, defining each man's home­ stead. The Domhiion Government has ad­ mitted the justice of.this demand, but delay has been caused by the fact that the Gov­ ernment had previously disposed of many of the half-breeds' farms to speculators. The half-breeds refused to give up their homes, and demanded the same treatment as is accorded to other settlers. DISPATCHES from Winnipeg, Manitoba, state that companies are being organized in the West at all points along the line of mil- way for defense against the half-breed rebels under Riel. The country is in an uproar. The rebel army has been augmented by bands of Indians, and general uprising is expected. Col. Irvine, who started for Fort Carlton three days ago with a detachment of mounts ed police, has changed his route, reports having reached him that the insurgents were lying in ambush at Batache. It is thought that the rebels number over 1,000, all well armed. Advices from Ottawa re- Eort that two batteries of regulars hav« een ordered from Quebec and Kingston to the Northwest. ADDITIONAL NEWS. REPORTS from the chief wheat-growing States of the country regarding the condi­ tion of the whoat crop are discouraging.... There have been 277 business failures the present week, being nineteen less than last week ...Four boys, belonging to well- known families, created a disturbance in a Cincinnati school after dismissal by lush­ ing after each other over the desks, armed with large revolvers, and whooping like Indians. They were practicing to be cow­ boys, having determined to go to TexaH in Miy. ADVICES from OttawA, Ont, report that Maj. Crozier left Fort Carlton for Duck Lake to obtain a quantities of suplies stor­ ed there. His force consisted of 1(M) mount­ ed police and civilians. AT Beardv's Re­ serve several hundred rebels were encoun­ tered, and Maj, Crozier was forced to re­ treat after a hard fight, in which he lost twelve men killed and eleven wounded. Two rebels who tried to wreck a train car­ rying troops west from Winniueg were cap­ tured. More troops are to be sent nt once to the scene of the disturbance from Win- Quebec, Kingston, and elsewhere. GEX. GRANT testified that he paid in $100,000 as a special partner in the firm of Grant & Ward; that on May 1 last he thought himself worth $1,000,000; that he drew from the firm $3,000 per month for two years, and that everything he possessed was lost in the failure. WILLIA5I NEAL, the third and last of the villains who murdered and burned the bodies of two girls and a boy at Ashland, Ky., was executed at Grayson in presence of 100 aimed guards. As the drop fell he protested his innocence. One of his con­ federates confessed and was lynched; the other was hanged at Grayson last October. FORTY* men were buried alive by an ex­ plosion in the mines of the Dombrau Orran Mining Company at Trappan, in Austrian Silesia. All are be ieved to have perished. An explosion in the mines of Baron Roths­ child. in Moravia, killed fifty-six men James G. Cunningham, alias James Dalton and Harry Burton, both charged with treason-felony in connection with the late dynamite demonstration at London, were 1 committed for trial. THE ferry steamer Mark Twain, plying between Memphis and Mound City, ex­ ploded her boiler while lying at the latter place, killing five persons and wounding four others. .. .Jos. A. Katzenberger, con­ victed of manslaughter at Ellicott City, Md , in causing the death of Miss Emeline Miller, was sentenced to nine years in the penitentiary. THE Supreme Court of New York has ordered the release of Becky Jones, Who spent a year in Ludlow Street Jail rather than testify in the Hummersley will case. THERE is an impression at Washington that war between England and Russia is in­ evitable. Statistics collected by the Naval Bure.iu of Intelligence concerning the rela­ tive strength of the two powers show that while Russia's standing army is more than twice the size of England's, England's navy is nearly doable that of Russia. The Brit­ ish navy comprises more than 75,000 offi­ cers and men, against 44,000 in the Russian navy. Russia estimates the war footing of her active army at 1,000,000 officers and men. inereased by the reseves, Cossacks, aud local troops to nearly twice that number. THE Senate met at noon and immediately went into executive session, on March 27. The committee anpointed to wait upon the President reported that they had performed that duty, and the President had expressed a wish that the Senate should remain in session until Thursday, April 2. The following continuation-* were an­ nounced: Postmasters--.Tames E. Neet, Ver­ sailles', Ky.; Henry I) Beach, Coshocton, Ohio; Henry C I'as.slay, Youngstown, Ohio: John Milham, Topeka, Kas.; Vincent J. Lane, Wyan­ dotte, Kas.; J. M. Dearmond, Davenport, Iowa; M. M. Ham, Dubuque, Iowa: Joseph Lander, State Center, Iowa; Henry C. Shannon, Erie, Pa.; Robert O. Denton, Gainesville, Tex.; William A. Wort ham, Sulphur Springi*, Tex.; W. R. White, Prescott, Ark.; John Cun­ ningham, Mattoon. III.; J. Knox Hall, Toulon, 111.; Sorden Lester, South Bend, Ind.; Willis G. N«tT. Greencastle, Ind.; David O. Irwin, Lake City, Minn,, and George W. Cate, Stevens Point, Wis. Thomas C. Crenshaw, Jr., was confirmed *8 Collector of the Internal Bevenue District of Georgia. When the doors reopened the Senate adjourned to Monday, 30th. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. $3-00 12.75 6.00 .89 @ ,'.»1 .89^(3 .90 V. •SO # .51 m .42 ©13.25 ® 6.25 CT 5.K0 <§> 4.75 (A 5.00 @ 4.25 m 4.00 ig, .71* @ .41 .28 .«3 THB 88th anniversary of the birth of Emperor William was celebrated at Berlin with great enthusiasm, the streets being brilliant with decorations. COL, BEBNEJO, commander of a cavalry regiment at Badajos, Spain, has been ar rested on a charge of conspiring to restore the republic. The existence of a powerful revolutionary organization has been dii uwuuu wi una setuers zor a review of the revolutionary organization nas oeen dis- dwinon of what is known as the Morara covered, and troops have been sent to ~ Onronn ul>o»> i« ttu»r«l to* California. The issue of patent o® witlihdd until a review is had. Tb* resignations of a number of postoffice 1 v been Gerona, where trouble is feared. GEN. GBAHAK has moved his camp two miles nearer Tamai. Serviceable work is the balloon eonps ia repop- BEEVES.... Hons WHEAT--No. l White No. 2Red CORN--No. % OATS--White POBK--New Mess CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. 6.A0 Good Shipping 5.00 Common to Fair 4.25 Hous 4.(0 FijOUB--Fancy lied Winter Ex.. 3.7ft Prime to Choice Spring. 3.60 WJJEAT--NO. 2 RED. .78 COISN -Nto. •> 39 OATH--NO. 2 27 RYE -NO. 2 61 BARIJSY--NO. -i .04 BL'TTEE--Choice Creamery .28 (<T Fine Dairy 141 g CHEESE--Full Cream .11 cat Kkinimid Flat 05 ("> EG«S--FRESH .14 & POTATOES--Choice, per bu. .48 <A POBK--MESS 11.50 .. MILWAUKEE. WHEAT ~N«WA. .78 COBN--NO. A#. .39 OATS--NO. 2. 30 RYE--NO. 1 .60 BABLEY--NO. 2.. 56 POBK--MESS 1L94 TOLEDO. WHEAT--NO. 2 RED .78 COBN--NO. 2 .48 OATS--NO. 2 38 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--NO. 2 RED. 83 CORN--Mixed 88 OATS--MIXED 82 RYE ,6V POBK--Mess CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Red. COBN OATS--Mixed. POBK--Mess. DETROIT. FI/HJB WHEAT--No, 1 White COBN--Mixed OATS--No. 2 White. POBK--Family _ INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--NA 2 Red COBN--Mixed OATS--Mixed. BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 White * EAST LIBERTY. CATTUK--Best Fair Common HOPS. SC. 56 5.73 ,C5 .25 .20 .12 .06 .15 .52 • < • EBy cable from London }̂ ̂ The atmosphere ia quivering with rumors from Kussiftand from the Houdan, One succ'^tls tit# other witli rmi5dity. nn<l there is a feeling of insecurity everywhere which is creating a nervous feeling in commercial circles that te alarming. At a meeting of the Cabinetihis afternoon it was resolved to firmly demand of Russia that she com­ mence iorUtWith the work of delimiting the Afghan frostier, in accordance with the un­ derstanding under which Sir Peter Lums- den Md th* British surveying party passed so many months in the Ameer's dominion. It has been indefinitely ascertained that the Porte has asked Prince Bismarck for his advice ooncerning the advisability of an alliance between Turkey and Russia against England. Lord Granville, Minister for Foreign Affairs, had special interviews to­ day with both Musurus Pasha, the Turkish Minister, and Fehmi Pasha, the special en­ voy of the Turkish Governmentto England. The Earl of Kimberly, British Secretary of State for India, in the House of Com­ mons this evening, in answer to a question, stated that he had, on behalf of the Gov­ ernment, informed a deputation that the Government had decided to annex Upper Burmah to the Queen's Indian Empire. He added that her Majesty's Indian affairs at present rendered it necessary for the Gov­ ernment to exercise great prudence in en­ gaging in atiiy enterprise beyond the fron­ tiers of I^dia. Earl Dufferin, the present Indian Viceroy, has been instructed to en­ deavor to improve th? british relations with the Burmese. Alarm is intensified by the suspicion that a secret treaty between the Porte and the Czar has already been signed. It was ru­ mored that the Turkish representatives made exorbitant demands, but that Earl Granville felt constrained to seemingly ac­ quiesce. And so well-informed people had been led to hope that for the present, at least, Turkey had been drawn away from Russia. Although the latest rumors create excitement and indignation, they occasion little surprise. The treachery of the Sultan was not unexpected. He has long desired to divert the attention of his subjects from the scandalous extravagance of his court That could be successfully accomplished by a foreign war. War appears to be inevitable. The assur­ ances of the Ministers that peace will prob­ ably be maintained are not considered of much value. Indeed, their practices belie their professions. They have given huge orders for supplies and munitions of war, and this shows that preparations are being rapidly pushed forward for a great conflict. All officers belonging to the British Indian army who are now in Europe on furlough hive been ordered to immediately rejoin their respective regiments. Dispatches received at Vienna state that 20,000 Russian troops are on their way from the Caucasus district to the Afghan frontier. The Boston HeraM prints the following private cable dispatch, received from a re­ liable source: "There is great excitement in London. It is reported that 20,000 militia have been called out. Rumors are thick that Russia has rejected English proposals." , i ~ • - . • LUCKY SAM COX. < ~ ItoWiIMiticeeed li«tu Lew Turkish Mission. 12.00 T* .77 <9 .41 VS. .S2 & .67 (it) .57 012.00 .79 .44 .33^2 .84^4 .39 .:i:t .62 Washington special] Considerable surprise WAS expressed to­ day when it was learned thnt Representa­ tive S. S. Cox, of New York, had been nominated by the President to the Minister to Turkey^ It .was known to the friends of Mr. Cox that he was growing tired of Con­ gressional service. Several times last win­ ter he talked about resigning his seat in the House to engage in literary pursuits, but none suspected that he had any desire for further public service in a different de­ partment of the Government. Mr. Cox is one of the best known men in Congress, having for the past twenty-four years been a legislative, brilliant, and use­ ful member of the House. He first en­ tered Congress in 1857 as the member from the Columbus, O., district, and served con­ tinuously as the member from that district until 18G5, when he removed to New York. He again entered Congress as the represen­ tative of a New York City district in 1869, and has served continuously since that time, having been re-elected to the next Congress. The work in Con­ gress with which Mr. Cox will be best known in the future, is the life-sav­ ing service, which he was instrumental in establishing, nod over which he has watched with commendable zeal and great enthusi­ asm. The present efficiency of that service is mainly due to Mr. Cox's care and vigil­ ance, aided by the efforts of Mr. Sumner I. Kimball, Chief of the Life Saving Bureau. Mr. Cox also performed valuable work in the preparation of the legislation under which the tenth census was taken. Mr. Cox is a man of liberal education, and is the author of several works in which his observations while traveling in foreign lands at£ narrated. At present he is en­ gaged in the publication of a vol­ ume giving his recollections of fed­ eral legislation during the three decades ending with the current year, which will,include personal and historical mem­ ories and events preceding, during, and subsequent to the civil war. The intended and varied experience of Mr. Cox in public affairs and his extensive travels in foreign lands qualities him to become an efficient diplomatic representative. He is not with­ out experience in the foreign service, hav­ ing been Secretary of Legation at Peru during the term of President Pierce. His appointment gives great satisfaction to those who served with hfm in Congress, and is generally spoken of as qn excellent selection. It is believed that Mb Cox ac­ cepted the mission to Turkey in order to secure opportunities for travel tind obser­ vation in the Orient with a view of produc­ ing a work on the countries and peo{fle of the East. MEL OK THE RAMPAGE. The Dominion Parliament Excited Over the Uprising. MRS: BELKNAP'S FATAL LEAP From the Fifth Story of a Chi- A falling Wall Buries Six Men in a Grave of Superheated Brick* 1X00 @1X00 .85 <3> .86*6 A4ki@ .4J)s .84 & .35 1X26 @12.7 3 & 6.35 .88. .44 .34 18.00 <313.50 <® 7.00 6.00 (fit 5.00 & 5.25 [Winnipeg (Man.) special] One hundred and aighty men left for the seat of the Riel rebellion to-night. Three hundred go to-morrow morning. Volun­ teers are still coming in. The whole nine­ teenth battalion has been called out. It is believed here that the rebels are in posses­ sion of everything at Carelton except the fort. Chief Piapot and 1,500 Indians are reported as allies of the half-breeds. The wele trouble is said to be because the Gov­ ernment agents had cheated and swindled the half-breeds nnd Indians. Serious trouble and much bloodshed are appre­ hended. [Ottawa (Ontario) dispatch.] It is undei stood that orders were issued this afternoon that 4(10 men of batteries A and B be dispatched at once to the North­ west to the aid of the Manitoba militia in coping with Riel's outbreak. It is also stated that the Government has telegraphed to Washington, asking permission to send troops through American territory. The rebels are in possession of the tele­ graph lines and mails. The mounted police are massing -on the Saskatchewan at a point below, where the! half-breeds were waiting for them. Troops are still being hurried forward. Crozier and Irvin's commands of mounted f>o!ic«, 200 strong, are now in camp together <A-4he Saskatchewan. A COLOHED man in Atlanta. Ga., «|l Hiphtened to death f v i ' - X J # ' f&Mfeago special.! Another sacrifice of life and property has been added to that long list of disasters from Are which goes far to make the meth­ ods of Chicago building a reproach. Once more has the wretchcd shortsightedness which too frequently prevails in the erec­ tion of buildings intended for public occu­ pancy contributed to a fatal and startling disaster, and the unequaled combination of a wooden elevator shaft nnd a shell-like building has within a few hours reduced a valuable and imposing property to a black­ ened ruin. At five minutes to 7 o'clock last evening a general alarm from box No. 4G conveyed the information of some serious conflagra­ tion in the very heart of town. It was soon learned that the Langham Hotel was in tinmen, and a general rush was made to the scene of the disaster. The Langham Hotel,, is the five-story and basement pressed^1* brick and stone building on the southwest corner of Wabash avenue and Adams street --numbers 19", 201, 203, and 205 on Wabash avenue; and 32, 34, 36, and 38 on Adams street. There was an entrance on Wabash avenue and one on Adams street, the hotel bar and restaurant being on the latter street. It was built in 1871 by William R. Bnr- dick, a well-known lumber merchant, nnd a former County Commissioner. It was then named the Burdick House, and for some years the hotel was run under that name. Afterward it was partially rebuilt and improved, and called the Crawford House. The management of the Messrs. Crawford did not last very long, nor was it very successful, a good deal of litigation resulting among the parties running the hotel. Last fall the property was sold to William B. Howard and Columbus R. Cummings for the handsome sum of $280,000, nnd recently Messrs. O. M. Shaw & Son leased the hotel and expended nearly $15,000 in improvements, fittings, and fixtures. Messrs. Shaw & Son came here from Bar Harbor, Me., where they had for years kept hotel, and the Langham Hotel, under their management, seemed fairly ushered into a career of permanent prosperity at last. The new management of the house had recently put everything in first-rate shape, and the hotel was run­ ning more satisfactorily than ever before in its history. About 102 guests were living at the house at the time, and of this num­ ber thirty were in the restaurant at supper when the fire broke out. Those employed in the hotel numbered fifty persons, of whom fifteen were chambermaids. These giils were all on the topmost floor of the hotel, and escaped with great difficulty, the smoke rolling up the elevator shaft and stairway in 6tich dense masses that escape was nearly impossible, and suffocation seemed imminent for those above, even a few minutes after the sending of the firstalarm. The progress of the fire was extraordinary rapid, and within three minut's from the discovery of the flames the upper floors were so dense with smoke ns to render es- cape almost impossible. From the first it was seen that the entire building was doomed. The whole place looked like a huge bonfire surrounded by a brick wall, so completely was the light wooden struc­ ture of the interior within the power of the flames. From the main floor to the lofty cornices, both on the Wabash avenue and Adam street fronts, the flames leaped to the sky, carrying everything before them, as though the interior of the bui!d:ng was but so much dry tinder. The .thousands who had gathered around the corners of Wabash avenue, Adams and State streets were in an agony of fear and npprehension respecting the fate of those within the building early after the commencement of the blaze, so apparent was it that all retreat from the upper floors must have been cut off. About half an hour after the fire broke out, Kannte Thim?, Capt. Edward Shepard, Patrick Mullens, Edward Jones, and John Walsh, of BuIlwinkle'H insurance patrol, went into the store of F. R", Ililger, No. 207 Wabash avenue, for the purpose of cover­ ing the goods. A young man, said to be named B urns, a paper-hanger, nccompauied them. While they were engaged in their labor the south wall of the Langlinin Hotel toppled and fell upon the building, which is but two stories in height, 'i he roof was broken iu, as was the upper floor, upon which thoy were at the time. They were precipitated to the floor below, aud buried beneath a mass of debris. The fire was quickly communicated to the inflammable material of which the floor was composed. As soon as it was possible to do so, a large force of firemen went to work to clear a passage to the rear of the buildiug where the men were. Capt. Ed Shepherd and two of his men, Patrick Mullens aud K. Thime, were soon rcached and rescued. Shepai'd was badly bruised and uearly suffocated. Thime also suffered from cuts and bruises and from inhalin^smoke. He will be able to be up and around again in a few days, it is said. Mullens was the most fortunate of the three named. He sustained but slight injuries. At 11:40 the fire patrol succeeded in ex­ tricating William Burns from beneath the debris. He was removed to No. 217 Wa­ bash avenue, and Dr. Rounseville was called at once. He rendered the man such assistance as he could aud had the patrol wagon called and Bums sent to the hospi­ tal. When the injured man was taken into the store he revived sufficiently to give his name and residence, but almost immedi­ ately relapsed into an unconscious state. He ..revived again and was conscious when re­ moved, but his injuries were pronounced futal. He was bruised from head to foot, both legs were broken, the pelvic bone mis crushed, and it was apparent that hi was injured internnlly. Burns is married He is a paper-hanger, and went into the l.nild. ing to save his too's and louder such ninst­ ance as he could in preserving the pro|«erty. After Burns was t iken out. (.'apt. Hull- winkle and his men returned ftfr tho pur­ pose of extricating Johii Walsh and Ed­ ward Jones, two of his own men. 'Iheir bodies were found near the spot t>here Burns was discovered, but both wer« last under the heavy debris. A careful examina­ tion showed both to be dead. The estimated loss is $250,000 with about $120,000 insurance. Scenes ami Incidents. Mrs. Murray and child, also guests of the house, were saved through the courageous efforts of the boy who runs lbs elevator. Ho sounded the alarm on the fifth floor, on which their room was located, but, failing to get any response from the occupants, kicked open the door, and aided them to a place of safety by the elevator route. The night fireman was in bed on the fifth or top story of the buildiug when he was a oused by the noise of the alqrm in the house and by the smoke. Young Mr. Shaw, son of the proprietor, was also up-stairs in bed, his work being at night. With difficulty they reached the staircases, the night fireman being com­ pelled to wear his cap over hit? fa^e so thick was the smoke. Several of the chamber­ maids were groping their way about the hall­ ways, and the men were able to guide some of them, half fainting as they were, to the stairways and drag tbem down. From the floors below their escape was made by lad­ ders and ropes, same of the girls narrowly escaping death from suffocation. Two of them were so nearly stifled that for some time they were not expected to survive. FBANK FRANCE, of Wickliffe, Ky., to w4Mlitor and undertaker." EL HEIDI'S LIEUTENANT. Gen. Graham's Report of an f i»* - Engagement with man Digna. The Tide of Battle Turned by a Charge 01 jlrish Lancers. Tito British forces at Suakin started out on a reconnoi stance March 20. On reach­ ing the hills near Hasheen, the Arabs rushed from ambush nnd got within ten yards of the British line before the latter commenced regular firing. Lieut. O'Con­ nor and four men were killed, and Capt. Birch was speared through the shoulder. The cavalry took some prisoners, and the British retired. Gen. Graham telegraphs as follows: "We moved out of camp at 6:15 this morning, leaving the Shropshire Regiment to guard it. On reaching the first hill, at 8:30 o clock, we found that the enemy had retired and occupied another hill a mile and a quarter distant. After a short halt the Berkshire regiment and marines were ordered to clear the hill, the Indian con­ tingent and Guards acting as support. This was done very effectually, the enemy being driven off tha ridge, and, streaming south toward Tamu, were charged by squadrons of Indian lancers in the bush. The cavalry then retired toward the Guards. Many of the enemy passed the Guards at the foot of the hill and made for a hill west of Hasheen. These were shelled by the Royal Horse Artillery, while other parties moving round our right were engaged in the bush by fifty laucers. "Meanwhile a Zareba, with four in­ trenched posts on a hill commanding it, is being formed. The advanced troops have all returned to this position and will return to our camp, leaving the East Surrey regi­ ment, with two Krapp guns aud four Gard­ ners and water tanks aud signal appliances at the intrenched position. "Our killed are two officers and two men of the British,and five Sepoys. The wounded are two officers and twenty-six men of the British, and one officer aud ten men of the Indian contingent. The infantry behaved with great steadiness. The r^imber of the enemy is estimated at 4,000. Their loss is lfot known, but is heavy. "The engagement lasted five hours. The Arabs carried off all of their dead and wounded." A correspondent gives the following ac­ count of the battle: The Arabs displayed desperate bravery. The marines drove the Arabs from the hills and forced them to re­ tire to the plain. Then the Indian troops charged upon the Arab position, but were outflanked, and an unsuspected bod)* of Arabs succeeded in getting behind their fine. The Indians found themselves be­ tween two fires and fled. During this re­ treat they were closely pressed by the Arabs, who hamstrung the horses and speared tho riders. The Ben- galese fell back in confusion upon the Engl sh infantry and the Guards, who had been formed in a hollow square, and the square leisurely retired, while the Arabs were yelling that they had regained their lost position. At this junct­ ure artillery came to the rescue, and a brisk fire of small shot from the machine guns and shells from the Krapp field mortars drove the Arabs from their position. The marines maintained steady firing through­ out the engagement, but the honors of tho day are probably due to the Irish Lancers, who changed the tide of battle by a desper­ ate charge and retrieved the fortunes of Gen. Graham's command when they seemed almost hopeless. The British troops have returned to their former camp near Climate of the Sondau. [From the Pall Mall Gazette.] We. published a few days ago an interview with Sir Henry Green on the subject of the employment of Indian sepoys in the Sou­ dan. The following remarks by Sir Henry upon climatic influences, which we had not space to print then, may be of interest now: "And what about the climate, Sir Henry?" said our representative. "Well, those who have been in Scinde are not likely to be scared by the Soudan. As I spent most of my li e in those baking deserts, I can not share the alarm expressed by many concern­ ing the prospects of a summer iu the Sou­ dan. In Scinde we have heat so terrible that sometimes you may see horses roll over with sunstroke in all direc­ tions, but I have very seldom seen any European down with sunstroke. The cause is the excessive dryness of the heat. When the air is so dry you perspire pro­ fusely, and the perspiration saves your life. When the atmosphere is damp, the per­ spiration is checked, and after sunset men die like rotten sheep of lieat-apoplexj'. In the Persian campaign we camped out from October to October near Peshawur, one of the hottest places you can find in all Asia, and our sick was only 2 per cent.; while on board the ships in the rouds it was almost impossible to live. Dry heat can be borne to almost any extent with comparative im­ punity. I have seen French regiments come in from the desert with nothing on their heads but kepis, under a bla/.iug sun which would have decimated the rauks had thero been the least humidity in the atmosphere. "As regards the making of the railway between Suakin and Berber, that railway would probably have been made long ago but for Lord Granville. Everything was arranged; the Duke of Teck was to be the Chairman; we had a very powerful aud in­ fluential directorate. A financial house hai agreed to raise all the money th.it was need­ ed, the Egyptian Government was to guar­ antee 1 per cent., the whule work was com­ pleted on paper, when it was suddenly brought to nothing by the antipathy of the Pashas of Ca ro to any scheme which di­ verted the Soudan traffic from the Nile to the Red Sea. 'You have taken away half our trade by making the canal,' they said, 'and now you want to take away the rest by your railway.' The s«heme was stifled; but one word from the Government would have soured its execution. That word Lord- Granville emphatically refused te say. The Sondau lay altogether beyond tlia sphere of our interests, they said. So the railway was never commenced, with results which you know only too well. I naturally disbelieve the stories as to the necessity for running through tubular tunnels on account of the sand-storms and moving sand-hills. Tho sand-hills of the desert do not march about like huge snowballs sixty feet high. They drift in Africa as they do iu India, a little at a time, and if the rails are kept swept and the more exposed places protect­ ed by a wall there need be no fear as to the safety of the railwav. In*%ne place, while making a railwav in Scinde, we ran ninety miles without one drop of water; and in all Scinde we have not one tingle tubular tun­ nel to protect the track from being silted up." IN British India the large river Sutlej. which has a descent of 12,000 feet in 18(1 miles, or nearly sixty-seven feet per mile, is said to be the fastest flowing river in the world. THE other day Florida strawberries were selling in Baltimore at $1.50 per quart, while in some parts of Florida it was diffi­ cult to give the luscious fruit away. , THE incomes of Baron Mayer Karl and Willy de Rothschild have been respectively rated, for taxation, at Frankfort, at $1,140,- 000 and $1,190,000. NORWAY has the smallest number of in­ habitants to the square mile of all the countries in Europe. IN Misoula, M. T., guns are discharged Am alaginc Work ia the Xstm fleaion United States Senate. . WHKN Vice President Hendrioka tootk his sc**" .' la the Senate, on the 23d Inst, there wmrnktb- •enoe of many faces. The Vice President sls- naied the Chaplain to proocod with prayer, hot the only heads present to bow were these of Miller of California, MlUer of New Yorfc Sawyer of Wisconsin, and Vest of Missouri. After the amen and before the reading of the jorisil was completed a motion was ma le to ad journ, but just then several other Senatocft en­ tered and the motion was withdrawn. Secretary Fruden then entered the chamber and laid upon the desk of Mr. Hendrioka a docu­ ment from tue Executive Manaion, oontaininjc the following to foe Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary of the United States; Edward ,T. Phelps, of Vermont, to Great Britain; Robert M. McLane, of Maryland, to France; George H. Penale- ton, of Ohio, to Germany; Henry R. Jackson, I of Georgia, to Mexico. Mac nas E. Benton, of Missouri, was named for I nited States At- j torney for the Western District of Missouri, and Assistant Engineer John W. Seville, of Maryland, now on the retired list, to be a Passed Assistant Eninnejk on the retired list. These were confirmed, .ithe name of Mr. Pen­ dleton being passed upaq^prithout reference to nominations. The following were also con­ firmed : Benjamin H. Hill, of Georgia, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, and David 8. Baker, Jr., to be ITnit- ed States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island. Memorials were presented te the United States Senate. March 34, from the Ar»*on» Legislature praying for a return te the public domain of lands granted to railroads in the Territory, and for legislation to prevent or­ ganized raids from Mexico. Mr. Dolph earnestly appealed to the Senate to consider his resolution authorizing the Committee on Coast Defenses to sit any­ where they may deem proper duriwg the recess, but the Senate was apparently in no mood to farther consider such resolutions. The Presi­ dent seat in the following nominations: To be Collectors «rt Customs--Francis B. Torrev, of Maine, District of Bath, Me.; John P. Don- worth, of Maine, District of Aroostook, Me.; Daniel McConvi.le, of Ohio, Auditor of the Treasury for the Postoffice Department; Henry L. Muldrow, of Mississippi. Assistant Secretary of Interior; William A. J. Sparks, of Illinois, Commissioner of the General Land Office. Also a long list of army promo­ tions. The Chair appointed Messrs. Voorhess and Spooner memlx-rs of the Board et Visitors to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, ure sen ted the credentials of his newly elected colleague, James H. Berry. THE President sent to the 3enate the following nominations, March 25: Samuel a Cox, of New York, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Turkey. Postmasters--Henry C. Shannon, at Erie, Pa.; William Wortham, at Sulphur Springs, Tex.; Robert O Denton, at Gaines­ ville. Tex.; Henry C. Cassidy. at Youngstown, Ohio; Henry^D. Black, at Coshocton, Ohio; Willis G. NcJT, at Gi'ceucublio, luii.; Sorden Lister, at South Bend, Ind.; J. Knox Hall, at Toulon. 111.; Thomas J. Bunn, at Bloomington, 111.; John Cunningham, at Mattoon, 111.; James E. Neet. at Versailles, Ky.; Frederick G. Ken- drlck, at Mount Clemens, Mich.: George W. Cate, at Stevens Point, Wis.; David O. Irwin, at Lake City, Minn.; J. D. Armond, at Daven­ port, Iowa: M. M. Ham, editor of the Jfe.ralrl, at Dubuque, Iowa; Joseph Lander, at State Cen­ ter, Iowa; Wm. R. White, at Prescott, Ark. THE President sent to the Senate the follow­ ing nominations on the 96th: Thomas C. Cren­ shaw Jr., to te Collector of Internal Revenue of the District of Georgia. Po tmasters: Aquila Jones Sr., at Indianapolis, Ind.; Osbun Shan­ non, at Lawrence, Kan.; John Mile ham, at Topeka, Kan : X. C. Ridenour, at Clarinda, Iowa; Vincent J. Lane, at Wyandotte. Kan.; Mrs. Lizzie H. Ficslen, at Char'eston, 111.; and Claiborne W. Bowman, a» Yazoo City, Miss. The Senate met at noon, and five minutes later went into executive session. After soma further discussion of the Weil and La Alira treaties, thev were postponed until next session. When the doors reopened, the resolu­ tion I'rovidingthat a committee of two Senators bs appointed to wait upon the President and inform him that if he had no further com­ munication to make the Senate was ready to ad­ journ was adopted, and Senators Sherman and Beck were appointed such committee. Senator Mahone made a report from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds favoring the substitution of electtic for gas light in the Sen­ ate. The Senate confirmed Daniel McConville, of Ohio, Auditor of tne Treasury for the Post- offlceJDej>a rtment. A Skillful Professor. \ hali!" exclaimed Prof. Mayer- bufl', looking up from a book and turn­ ing to his wife. "What have you found, dear?" "Listen to this from Horace Greeley: 'I am fully persuaded that if chopping wood were universal, rheumatism and dyspepsia would be unknown.'" "Well, what of that?" asked Miss. Mayorhuff. "What of it? Why, I shall chop wood, that's what there is of it." "Did you ever ohop wood?" "Did I ever chop wood? Haven't I been editor of the Woodman for years? Didn't my article, 'How to Clear up New Ground,' create a sensation? Of course it did. Jane, I swear that some­ times I believe you are blind. Did I ever chop wood, indeed! I have just or­ dered a cord of hard oak wood and I shall ciiop it myself. Aside from the healthful exercise, it will save money. 1 sball order an ax sent up just as soon as 1150 down town." When the professot returned at din­ ner time, he asked if the ax had come. "Yes, it's out there on the porch." . "Well, I shall go to work at once." "I hope so. We are needing some now, for the weather has turned awful cold." "Don't fret. You shall have all the wood you want." The professor went out, and after laboring three hours, brought in two small sticks that looked as though they had been gnawed in two. "This enough?" "Enough, the mischief! < It's not enough to start a lire." The professor puffed aud "Mowed" awhile, and then went out again. Three hours later he came in again with two more sticks^ "This do?" "Of course it won't. We'll have snow before morning." "Snow!" he exclaimed, wiping his reeking brow. snow.n "Well, I don't pare if it falls fifty feet deep, I am not going to chop any more to-day. Needn't expect a man to kill himself just because we are going to have snow." Just then a rap came at the door. "Come in," called the professor, too tired to get up. "What have you got there ?" "Ax fronrthe hardware store. Made a mistake before and sent you a grub­ bing hoe." Mrs. Mayorhufi shouted and the pro­ fessor oollapsed. --Arhansav Traveler. Tried to Klll̂ u Editor. "What's the news, my dear?" asked Mrs. Smith of her husband, after he had read liis morning paper. "Oh, nothing special. I see that a Frenchman entered a newspaper office for the purpose of killing the editor, but the editor succeeded in killing his antagonist." "Goody! goody!" exolaimed Mrs. Smith. "Served him right How did the editor kill him? Shoot him?" . "The editor was newly married,* re­ plied Smith, "and I guess he induced the Frenchman to eat some of his wife's oooking."--Newman Independent. Two Things Needful. While the ladies' fair was in progress at Dallas, a gentleman from the coun­ try who was smoking a cheap cigar, after peering into the door for a while, said: "I would like to go.in." t "You have to have two things to get in." "What be they?" "One is a ticket, and the other is no cigar in your mouth."--Texas Siftings. WISDOM is to the soul what health is :|p the bo&j.--DeOaint-RmL