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The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28
THE DEvOURING ELEMENT.

Rather Extensive Fire i'll New York, Entail
ing Physical Suffering as Well as Fecuni-
airy Loss-Further Statement of Losses
Caused by the Grannis Block Fire in Chi
cago.
New YORK, Feb. 2O.-The Marvin Safe COM
pany's factory, Il huge e;ght-story building,
embracing Nos. 324 N 332 West Thirty
seventh street, was destroyed by fire during
last night The tottering walls of the build
ing threatened the surrounding tcnements,
which were cleared by the police. and hun
dreds of half-clad children. women and men
shiyered in the sharp, frosty ar till morning,
OF found shelter with neighbors. The tene-
ments at Nos. . and 334, adjoining on
either side OF the burned factory, are more
or less damaged by the falling walls. The
loss to the Marvin Safe company will be
$3.50 600, of which 100000 is on stock,
$4,000 on machinery, with $4,000 on the
building. The insurance isT125. 900. placed
in thirty companies. Two hundred and fifty
men are thrown out of employment.
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28
SUMMARY OF NEWS OF THE WEEK,
A FIENDISH ACT CONFESSED.

A Negro Inmate Of the Philadelphia Aims
houses Confesses Setting the Fire Which
Destroyed Twenty Human Lives-Insti-
gated by One of the Chief Attendants,
Who Had . Grudge Against the superin.
tendent.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. Goat the coroner's
inquest this afternoon in regard to the death
of the twenty victims of the recent fire ut
the Blockley %almshouse, q sensation vase de
yeloped by the confession of Joseph Nadine,
a young negro, that he had set fire TO the
building and was instigated to the act by
Peter j. Schroeder, one of the chief attend
ants. Nadine, about twenty-three years of
age, was committed to the institution as an
imbecile, but it is said by physicians of the
institution that he is morally responsible,
and that he was frequently permitted to go
home unattended. As a result of Madness
confession Schroeder was arrested. Nadine
said Schroeder had given him a
match on the night of the calamity
and told him to set the place on fire. Nadine
then went to the drying room, and, lighting
a match, applied it to some rubbish on the
door. He then called Schroeder, and the
two, with the assistance OF an attendant
naEed Mullen, endeavored to get the pa
tlCAlS OuU, DuO Liz L Stllllco SuC AClShuJ
that they were forced themselves to leave
the building. Nadine says when Schroeder
gave him the match, he told him to set fire
to the building. He was tired of the place
and was going to leave, and disliked DR..
Richardson because he had refused to give
him a railroad pass. Nadine intimates that
MULLEN ALSO KNEW
of his having set fire to the building, but
thinks he did not know of it until the next
day. Mullen was not placed in custody, but
will be detained as a witness against
Schroeder. In his further testimony, Ma
dine says he twice before set fire
to the building, but both times
flames were discovered and e~xtinguished.
On both occasions he afterward told
Schroeder of his acts, but the latter assured
him he would not report to the authorities
of the institution. Nadine was at times
nervuos and greatly frightened, apparently,
but on being assured that no harm would be
done him, he would become calm. Nadine
told of many crue!ties being inflicted upon
patients by Schroeder when the latter was
in violent temper. Schroeder after his ar
rest admitted that he had intended leaving
the institution, but denied the truth of
Madness story or that he had said he was
down on DR.. Richardson"
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28

The London (Can.) Standard in try
ing to make out that the Manitoba eli
mate had entered q go.as-you-please
rae with the North Pole, said that the
thermometer had registered fifty de-
grees below Winnepeg. Whereupon the
Free Press of that city, with q self-re-
spect and courage worthy of its name,
says that this attack upon the climate Of
the Northwest is utterly outrageous;
that on the very day when the Standard
SAID the thermometer was fifty degrees
below, it was by the most trustworthy
thermometer only forty-six degrees be-
low. There is a difference to be sure,
but it does not amount to much when
the mercury gets below zero; and then
thermometers are very apt to vary, as
everybody knows. The signal service
observers never have it as cold or as hot
as outside instruments and observers.
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28

Clergyman who exc out q bare living
from salary and wedding fees combined,
the l"tter not amounting to much, may
be surprised to learn that there are sey-
eral ministers in New York and Phila-
delphia who received $4,000 for we'd
ding fees alone during the year 1884,
and q larger number of ministers re-
ceived So, 500. Cases are not unfre-
quent where from $500 to $1,000 were
paid by rich parishioners. In a large
majority of cases, however, the nuptial
fees were ridiculously small, taking into
account the lavish expenditure on such
occasions for other matters not so es.
sential as the work of the clergyman.
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28

The Nestor of the New York Bar il.
Mr.. David Dudley Field. On the 18th
inst. he completed his S0th year, and is
a remarkable example of physical vigor
in old age. His step is as firm, his car
rage as upwright and his endurance as
great as most mems are at forty. The
secret of his preservation is worth
knowing, and Mr.. Field attributes it to
regular exercise, and especially to
horse back riding and daily cold baths.
He takes a glass of claret at dinner, but
discards all other liquors. He never
used tobacco in any form.
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28

The greatest enterprise yet exhibited
by the English military authorities is
the determination to reinforce it's army
in the Soudan by way of the Red Sea-
The distance from Suakin, on the Red
Sea, to Berber on the Nile, is only one
fourth or less the distance from Cairo
by way of the Nile. But without rail-
road transportation it would be impos-
sible. To lay a railroad as fast as an
army can march and SO keep it con-
stantly supplied, will, If successful bea
fine piece of engineering construction.
Nothing like it has been done since the
Union Pacific Railroad was pushed for
ward so rapidly across the American
desert. To build it in the two months
proposed will require the construction of
five or six miles q day.
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28

Major Stemberg of the United States
army, an expert in the matter of disin-
f%ectants for contagious diseases, made
several tests in Brooklyn recently by
which he determined that steam is a
better disinfectant of cholera aud SMALL
pox germs than sulphuric acid is. Bales
of rags were infected with the germs and
were treated, some with the fumes Of
che acid and others with steam. After
ware labits we're inoculated with the
germs, and only 'ne animals ~inoculated
with those treated by steam escaped
death.
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28
A NORTHWESTERN EXHIBIT.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2O.-There was another
great attendance at the worlds exposition
to-day. This was the day of the exhibit of
the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad
Agricultural association took Il recess and
attended The opening in a body, and their
presiding officer, Mi. Grinnell of Iowa, made
al address. Speeches were made by Gen. I.
l. Rosser of Minnesota. Col. Pat Donan of
Dakota. and John Plankinton of Milwaukee.
Col. q. L. Shoup, United States commits
sioner for Idaho, is master of ceremonies,
assisted by J. L. Clark. general superintend-
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General Grant has recently repaid a
loan of 81, 900 made to him last MAY,
when the firm of Grant g. Ward failed,
by q man in Lansingburgh, N. Y. The
use OF the money was voluntarily offer
ed for n year without interest, and in
returning it General Grant expresses
his thanks and explains that he had been
able to earn the sum himself within the
time specified. No doubt the latter fact
gave the General especial satisfaction,
and the entire transaction reflects credit
upon the persons concerned.
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28
Wisconsin Knights o. Honor.

La Crosse, Wis, Special Telegram, Feb. 49,
The annual session of the grand lodge OF
knights of Honor was held here to-day, the en-
tire business being concluded, the session last
ing to midnight Subordinate lodges were
represented by delegates. Officers for the en-
suing year We're elected as follows: Grand
dictator, N. Bentley, Fond du Lac; assistan
dictator, Frank Challoner, Omro; report
or, 9: D. Howard, Milwaukee,; treasurer
L. SLIDER, Milwaukee,: chaplain, ]. B
Webb, La Crosse; guide, S: G.: Leland
Fond du Lac; guardian, F.. w. Bruce
Racine; sentinel, z. H. Henry, Omro; trustee
for three years. Ira Kimball, Waukesha; rep
r,esentative to the supreme grand lodge for
three years., G. H. Ross, Milwaukee; alternate,
+. W. Ford, La Crosse. The officers were in
stalled and the place and time of the next
meeting fixed at Fond du Lac, the first We'd
nesdayin March, 1856.
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28
Another Railroad Holocaust,

A serious collision on the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg l. Potomac railway, between Wash.
ington and Alexandria, has been reported.
The collision occurred in or near . short tun.
mel at Four Mile Run, the colliding trains be-
ing the New Orleans mail over the Virginia Mid.
land, which shouldhave reached Washington At
II P. M, and a freight train going south. Both
trains were badly wrecked, and the shattered
cars eetso, took fire, the flames being fed ~
freight train. Thirty-three cars were
burned. including. the baggage and mail
ductor of the freight train, was killed, and
several train men are missing; Seven or
them seriously. Both engineers and
fireman and the conductor of the
passenger train were killed, and the mail agent
and several passengers slightly injured. The
engineer of the passenger tram had both legs
and one arm cut off and died before he was
taken from the wreck. The conductor of the
passenger train was crushed between two OF
the cars, and the engineer of the freight and
the fireman of the passenger train were evil
IDENTIFY killed when the engines came together.
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28

The framework of the new Congo
State Constitution is based upon the
principles of English colonial admins
t%ration, there beng a governor, entitled
Chef d'Etat, three deputy governors,
and o full number of officials in the va
rious districts. Brussels will be the
headquarters of the Government.
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.

~sENATE-The bill authorizing the sale Of part
Of the Winnebago reservation IN Nebraska
passed. The bill prohibiting the importation
Of foreign contract labor was considered at great
ength.
A vote was then taken on Ia mo-
ton Of Mr.. Bayard to strike out sec. 8, which
prescribes a penalty of 81 900 for violation
of the act, n the motion was not agreed
to-yeas IL, nays 40: Those voting to strike
out were Messrs. Butler, Coke, Colquitt,
Maxey, Morgan, Salisbury, Slater and VIII
liama Democrats voting with Republicans
to retain penalty were Messrs. Brown, Call,
Camden. Fair, George, Gibson, Jackson, Nc
Pherson, Pugh, Ransom and Vest
Mr.. Morgan moved an amendment that the
bill should not apply to my agent Of a state
acting under authority Of law. who should
induce immigration, nor to any person who
In good faith should assist the families to
come to the United States.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Joint resolu-
tion providing for an alcoholic liquor COM
mission, which was to-day reported back
adversely by the house committee having
the matter in charge, is accompanied by q
report in which the committee says:
The power to regulate retail liquor traffic has
from the foundation Of the Union been regarded
as the exclusive rights OF the states rather than
made by some states to entirely prohibit The
manufacture or sale of spirituous or malt
liquors, but with little apparent success: and
the interests Of temperance and sobriety, so
much to be desired, would seem to demand wise
and stringent restrictions and effective safe
guards in connection with liquor traffic
rather than impracticable efforts at absolute
prohibition. To the several states of the Union
properly belongs the right to enact such local
rolice regulations as will throw every proper
restriction around the liquor traffic compatible
with the personal and property rights Of citi-
zens: but uniform police regulations enacted by
congress. practically suited to the different
wants and requirements of the people of all the
various states. would be difficult to frame and
the personal habits and private conduct Of tho
individual should be opposed so long as lie does
not interfere with the personal rights of others
or the peace and order of society in general. AS
It is a matter Of grave doubt whether congress
has a right to regulate the liquor traffic in the
several states of the Union, and as there seems
to he no great pressing or urgent necessity for
the passage of this bill. your committee holds it
is not advisable to attempt to exercise doubtful
powers, which appear most properly to belong
to the states themselyeR
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28
Trouble fer the Union Pacific.

sentative locomotive engineers have arrived
here from all divisions of the Union Pacific
railroad, all from the Kansas Pacific, to hold
aconference with Manager Galloway relative
to new rules which the company is cndeavor-
ing to enforce, and to which the engineers
and other employees object. Manager Gallo
way is absent, but a conference will be held
with Genera Superintendent Smith. Unless
other matters are satisfactorily adjusted
there will probably be trouble all along the
live very soon.
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28
Land Explorers Tickets.

CHICAGO, Special Telegram, Feb. 2O.-The
Union Pacific company has addressed the fol-
lowing circular to its ticket agents:
The followin information is given to enable
you to satisfactorily answer inquiries relative to
land explorers tickets to points in Kansas and
Nebraska: PASSENGERS holding land tickets are
carried in first-class coaches and express trains,
and have the privilege of stopping
over within the limit of their tickets
on application to the conductor for
stop-over checks. The provision in some for
In five days, west-bound, has been Cancelled,
and all land tickets will be honored by our con-
ductors Tor passage westward within fifteen days
from date of sale, regardless of the wording OF
the contract. Extension tickets will be made
good for the same time as the original tickets,
and allow stop-overs in either direction within
INIT of ticket"
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28
The e cabinet.

New YORK, Special Telegram, Feb. 90
The principal feature of the cabinet talk to-
day was the report that L. l. Stetson has
been sent to confer with Mr.. Thurman over
the interior department. 1t was both affirmed
and denied in the most positive manner.
Inquiry among MI. Stetson's associates clio
tied the information that he has gone West
OH law business. This may or may not
include soliciting" q statesman to the office,
but the average politician sees in it
at least the suspicion of politics.
There is a report that eX-Mayor
EdwardC Cooper is in line for the English
mission. 1t is understood that a number of
statesmen will be in Albany, Sunday, and
that by Monday one or two more places in
the cabinet will AVE been decided upon
and will be semi-otticially announced.
There is a great deal of opposition manifest
ing itself toward the selection OF NJ. Man
ming. 1t comes from the Independents, who
regard him as purely a machine man, and
from the revenue rcformers. who regard him
as the coadjutor of Randall. The Western
silver men are also inclined to kick be-
cause OF his known opposition to silver
coinage. Mr.. Bayard's land is beginning to
be seen in the cabinet selections. 1t is found
in the effort to bring Thurman into the coun-
sci and the apparent GOODNESS with which
Garland is now regarded. Tilden's influence
is thought to nave been exhausted in the
Manning matter. Iii part of the gossip that
William c. Whitney will run for governor
next fall as the administration candidate.
THREE MEMBERS.
ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 2O.-John E. Develin,
who line with Cleveland last evening, said
to-day that Cleveland not fully decided
upon all the members of his cabinet yet,
but there was one thing which
he believed sure, and that was
Manning would be secretary of the treasury.
1t is said to be the liked intention of the
president-elecU to give the South a repre-
sentation of three members in his cab
met, including Senator Bayard. The other
two representatives will come from the
circle of senators, md the choice is under
stood to be restricted virtually to Lamar,
Garland IL Jackson. 1t is possible that, in
addition to Manning. New York may be
awarded another cabinet office.
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28
An English Blue Book shows that

An English Blue Book shows that
Gen. Wolseley, commanding the Eng
lish army in E Egypt, has received $780,
600 from the English Government in
reward for his military services. The
bounty given him for the victory of Tel
Ell Kebir vas $3.50, 900; for his Ashantee
victories, 1926, 600, and for his Indian
services, $1,000
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28

~SENATE-The consideration of the bill prohib-
lting the importation of foreign contract labor
was concluded, and the bill passed by a vote of
SO to 8.
Mr.. Lapham offered an amendment providing
that the whole penalty recovered shall be paid
the bill. permitting one-half Of the penalty to 90
to the person who may first bring the suit. The
amendment was agreed to.
MIR. Blair offered an amendment making 1t the
duty of the United States district attorney Of
the proper district to prosecute at the expense
of the United States every case Of violation of
the act. Agreed to; yeas 42, nays Is.
The nays were:
Butler, Hawley. Salisbury.
Hampton, Mo1ean. Williams vita;
The nomination of Emory Speer to be United
States district judge of Georgia, kept the SEN
TT in a s ssasTa, apF0ar fSF t Ssit hours pss and s e half ,
vote was taken and Mr.. Speer. confirmed
by % yeas to 26 nays, Brown being the only
Democrat voting, for speer. Democratic Senators
say the quarrel between Brown and Colquitt
will not extend to the party In Georgia, but
will die with the winter.
HoUsE-In the McLean-Broadhead contested
elected case (Missouri) the committee reported
in favor of the latter, the sitting member. Nearly
the whole day was passed on the river and harbor
bill. On motion of Mr.. Price, the appropriation
for the harbor ut Superior, Wis, was increased
from $4,000 to $4,000.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-Representative Mil
lard. of the committee on reform on the civil
service, submitted a minority report signed by
the Republican members of the committee, in
favor of Representative Taylor's bill to prohibit
the discharge of honorably discharged soldiers
or sailors or dependent relatives from any Office
in the civil service Of the United States except
for cause. The report says in part: "This class
of government employees have claims upon the
gratitude OF the nation that cannot easily lie
compensated. They saved the country from dis
memberment and dishonor. We submit it is
but just and proper recognition of their claims
that they should be retained in the governments
service as long as they can faithfully and eff
oiently perform their official duties. The bill Is
eminently just i'll its provisions and should be
passed with the following amendment: 1t shall
not apply to the class of officers embraced in the
original tenure of office act. passed March 3,
1867, and amended April S. 1862"
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28
SENATE. After the consideration of the Dcs
Moines river lands bill, the bill to forfeit the

SENATE. After the consideration of the Des
Moines river lands bill, the bill to forfeit the
land grant of the Texas Pacific Railroad COM
pany was debated at much length, and fna lly
passed, the vote being So to 9. The NAYS were
Blairs and Bowen. During the debate Senators
Morgan of Alabama and Beck of Kentucky had
a passage. Morgansaid He had been in the
Democratic party before the senator from
Kentucky (Mr. Beck enjoyed the p1ivile ges of
citizenship in this country. He had been a
true and faithful Democrat and it did not rest
with the senator from Kentucky to impeach
his Democracy.
Mr.: Beck, disclsimed any allusion to MI;
quite SO important" MI. Beck said, sin my
may think Think he is. I did not happen to
be born i'll this country, but 1 was not consult
ed about my birth. Ihave been a citizen of
tho United States since 1883. That is
a good while ago. The senator may
have been a very important man at
that date, bu4 1 doubt it. I have en-
deavored to perform my duty as q private citi-
zen and publ: officer to the best Of my ability
since that time, and if the senator thinks it
adds anything to his dignity or diminishes
from my standing to make the suggestion that
I was born in Scotland instead of the United
States he is welcome to all the honor he thinks
he has made by that fling at the place of my
nativity.
HousE.-The committee on elections report
ed in favor of Frederick, who contested the seat
OF Mr.. Wilson, the sitting member from the
Fifth Iowa district The river and harbor and
naval bills were considered al length.
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28

emit, and ". E. Powell, general emigration
agent. of the road. The exhibit made by the
railroad iso ne OF the handsomest md most
complete in the government building.
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28

BISMARCK, Oak, Special Telegram. Feb.
2O.-Nothing of special Importance was done
in the legislature to-day. both houses devot-
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28

SENATE-Tho Des Moines river lands bill
passed The postofice bill was taken up. An
amendment was offered and agreed to, 30 to 1S,
arpropriating sSOO,W for transporting foreign
mails on American steamships. The bill passed
by o vote of 30 to Is, the nays all democrats,
except Lane and Hill of Colorado.
HousE-The sundry civil appropriation bill
was reported. A bill was introduced opening
the Oklahoma lands to settlement. The naval
bill was debated, and after q long discussion a
point of order was raised against the section
proposing an increase of the navy, the point
was sustained and the section stricken out
An amendment was adopted appropriating
steel cruisers. The bill finally passed. An
evening session was held for the consideration
of District of Columbia business.
The Dickinson press., 1885-02-28

S~ENATE-The agricultural appropriation bill
passed. The postofice appropriation bill was
debated, and the senate disagreed to the senate
committees amendment striking out the pro-
vision reducing letter postage.
The senate to-day, by a vote of 81 to %,
made the silver bill a special order, and sub
sequently Mr.. Morrill, yielded to the agri-
cultural appropriation bill, which the senate
considered and passed. Mr.. Morrill,, who has
Mr.. German offered q resolution, which was
agreed to, calling on the secretary Of the into
rior for information as to whether the subsi-
dizcu Pacific railroads have constructed. and are
maintaining and operating their own lines of
telegraph, and where Geographic messages are
| corporations without discrimination provided
by the act Of July 1, 1862.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Nominations were
made to-day: Joseph Bell. United States attor-
ney of New Mexico: Rev. William II. Hicks. late
of Washington, surveyor general of Florida.
Registers of land Offices: Patrick H. Wins
ton. Jr., Of North Carolina. at Lewiston, Idaho;
Charles F. Farley, Santa Fe, N. Mex.
Confirmations-Timothy Sheehan, Minnesota,
Indian agent at White Earth agency, Minnesota;
ticc of the supreme court of New Mexico; War.
rem Truitt, register OF the land Office, Lake View,
Oregon.
HousE-The river and harbor and naval ap.
preparation bills were considered. A bill appro.
! lriating 800, 900 for public building at Coun.
Gil Bluffs. Iowa. passed. An evening session
was held for the consideration Of private pen.
sion bills.