The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-01-30


Eighteenth Ward election fraud Fri
day and voted 10 indict Mnckin. Gala
CHER, Shields. IlansbrOugh. Sullivan.
i3iehl, and Gleason. 1t was decided
not to include Strausser and Kelly, sui
fcient evidence against them not hav-
ing been brought. Aiackin was also
indicted separately for perjury in
swearing that he did not order the bo-
gus tickets.
EmbeZzlements caused the arrest Of
Mech and Webb, cashier and assist
ant cashier of the Merchants bank at
Norwich, Connecticut. who were held
in 800 each, and OF Robert Alderice,
ex-teller of a bank ut Windsor, On
tario. Mr.. Chadwick, cashier of the
Pacific National bank at Nantucket,
Massachusetts,, escaped arrest by turn
Jig over considerable property. He
had been issuing certificates OF stock
as collateral for loans.
An appeal has been made by the Ok
lahoma boomers to President Arthur
for protection against the United
States troops under Col. Hatch,
which are practically besieging the
camp at Saltwater, Indian Territory.
No attention has been paid by the
President to the communication, and
the Attorney-General has taken no no.
tice. of an application made to him. 1t
is claimed that the reports which have
been circulated adverse to the charac-
ter and sincerity of the pioneers eman-
ate from the agents OF English land
companies. The boomers complain
bitterly that the Government refuses
to do them justice.
Nathaniel Mckay, formerly one of
the leading shipbiiilders of the cOun-
try, has recently visited Panama. He
reports that the Panama Canal is pro-
crossing amazingly and that in five
years it will be completed. Laborers
are being imported i'll large numbers
from the West Indies and IL quantity
OF machinery is being brought from
Scotland TO assist III digging The canal
after it has reached water level. The
deep: st cut is between q and 800 feet.
The earth Xcavated has to be carried
miles Gwi'y. Ii will probably cost
$20n. CG0 O0W to complete the canal. Mr..
Mckay thinks that the De LesSeps
peop.e will have TO take charge OF the
cities along Tie line.
The south iniirmary Of the insane
asylum at kankakee, H., was destroy
ed 10y fire early Sunday morning. Of
fifty-two persons i'll the building, sew
enteen of the inlirm and Incurable are
missing, and thirteen corpses have
been recovered. Among the lost is
Thomas Hereby, OF Chicago, n brother
of the state senator. The building was
"a new one, and cost $4,000. An ut
tendant named w. A. Reid dragged
out tWenty-one OF his charges. There
were 1880 patients in the Eastern hos
pital. The scene at the fire is described
as a horrible one. The patients ran in
and out OF the burning building with
nothing on but their night-clotlies, the
temperature being II deg. below zero.
Many were badly frozen and other
wise injured. One man ran into the
building three times after being res
cued and finally persisted.
WASHINGTON.
Carroll -. Wright, of Massachusetts, is TO
be appointed commissioners OF labor statis-
tics.
A lIfe-size portrait Of ex-Presdent Gar
field has been purchased for the room Of
the house committee on appropriations.
Congressman Springer's. friends conf.
IDENTITY predict that he will BIO Secretary of
the Interior in Mr. Cieveland's Cabinet.
There is an Impression in Washington
that the Cullom Commission bill will pass
the Senate. The Reagan bill seems TO have
but slim chance.
The Senate COMMITTEES Oh pensions does
not favor monthly allowance of $50 to
Long.
Fled ID. Grant Il candidate for vacant
captaincy in the Office Of the quarternaster
general. The place is also desired by Col
onel Amos Webster.
John Davis, assistant secretary of state,
was appointed by President Arthur Judge
OF the court of claims. He Is a sOn-in'law
Of Secretary Frelinghuysen.
1t docs not seem likely that the Spanish
treaty will ever bs reported from the Som
ate Committee on Foreign Relations. The
consideration Of the Nicaragul treaty will
probably be postponed until the next Con-
gress.
According to the annual report of the De-
partment Of Agriculture at Washington,
the corn production of the country last year
was ], 595, 000, 900 bushels. OF wheat there
was SIS, 1000, QUO bushels, and OF oats IS, 0Q0,-
600 bushels. These are the largest aggre-
gates ever recorded.
Great preparations are being made for
the Inauguration. Thousands of mattresses
are offered to rent, and prices for windows
range from $40 to $50. Very considerable
contributions are said to have been made
to cover the expenses. but no large sums
appear to have been subscribed by indivil
uals.
The work OF the Investigating Committee
appointed to look into the matter Of alleged
New York Custom-House may extend to an
overhauling Of the cntire department. Sew
eral trunkfuls Of Complaints of irregularities
are said to be on file at the Treasury In
Washington.
Among the items included in the River
and Uarbor bill Is one OF 1900 900 for the
Hennepin Canal. For the Missouri River
s4s0, 900 Is appropriated, with $50, coo addi-
tronal for special purposes. The bill apprO-
PIRATES In all 81, 329, 200. Estimates pre-
pared by engineers In charge of the various
improvements amounted to S34, t07,3G0.
Three reasons were given In the Congo
Conference for the participation of Ameri-
ca In its deiberatiOnS-first, that America
was the first Power to officially recognize
the African International Association see.
ond, that the population Of this country i'll
cludes 6.000, 000 negroes whose parent cOun-
try Is Africa; and, third that Americans
mainly explored the country.
Civil war has broken out In the United
States of Colombia. A battle was fought
Thursday ut Tunja, the result being the de-
feat of the federal forces, and the Killing Of
their commander, General Moutlsfar. Out
breaks of desperate character have occur
red In Santander and Boyaca. The revO-
lutionists seek to overturr the liberal state
governments as q preliminary to an effort
todisplacc President Nunez.
TO the statement that the proposed inpo-