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WashtnEton News Budget i.

Warrington News Budget.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-Secretary
Chandler has written letter to Rear
Admiral English, co nmanding the
European station, regarding the
charge by an American resident of
Nice, France. that the officials Of the
flagship Lancaster publicly abused
the head Of the navy dep srtment, and
all connected with it, tor having Or
dered tnat vessel to the Congo coun-
try, alleging it was done tn spite the
ladies. The secretary enclosed q copy
of the letter received at the depart.
ment on the subject, and says he has
written to the v ritter, (whose name
is purposely withheld} requesting he
give him (Admlral English) the
names of the officers who made the
statements referred to. The secre-
tary's letter to Admiral English con-
cludes as follows: +" You will imme-
diately institute inquiry concerning
the truth of the averments in the let.
ter, by interrogat1ng directly all the
officers of the Lancaster, and If you
find any officer has made the specific
atements named in the letter, or has
criticized In a hotel, or anywhere
else, any orders of the department,
you will report facts to the depart
ment, and until receiving further in
structions you will suspend such off,
Ger from duty, and not allow HIM to
leave his vessel except for urgent
reasons, to be made of record and re-
ported to the department"
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Michael Davitt was interviewed
to-day In regard to the London out
RACES. He said the dynamite ope.
rators had but f6wzsympat1ixers la
Ireland and still fewer In America,
than was generally supposed. ). He
said he believed that Patrick Ford
and, O'DonovaD 5Rossa were not ac-
tuated by meruenary or bloodthirsty
motives. The dynamiters consisted
Of two classes: Those who are con-
vinced that It, Is impossible to per-
suade English Statesmen of the real
ity Of Irish grievances by legal
methods, and those who have suf
fe1ed for the Irish cause and their
relatives and friends. Davitt said ex-
pe5ienee had shown that agitations
were without result, while move
ments bordering or revolt produced
different results. He alleged that 1t
was impossible for Rossa to forget
the degrading insults received while
In the English possessions.
DAvitt made the charge that the
secret police were fostering eutrages
through theiF, agents such al Nc
Dermott; that they would flnd their
occupations gene unless the SCARE
was kept alive. He said he believed
the present 0utrages were the precur-
s0rs Of yet moro desperate and reck-
less attempts In the near future. In
conclusion Davitt said: England
can deal . most effective blow t. the
by showing them that
the mainspElngs OF irish discontent-
Dublin castle and landl0rdism- shall
not continue to be England's cnly
expl ession of good will Towards 1re-I
land" Parnell also said Ia an ad-
dress that the present Juneture was
farming point In Irish hts-
tory. s<
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Vessel Overdue,

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 2a.-Anxiety
over the non-arrival of the ste amer
San Pablo at Yokohoma is increasing.
It is now out forty days. The vessel
belongs to the Oriental Occidental
Steamship Company and is insured
for $3.50, ,O0O,< 1t had i've cabin pas
sengers, 900 Chinese returning home
for their new year, and $4,000 in
treasure. The crew, including of
fcers, numbers SO. The excitement
in Chinatown IL unusually great,
owing to the great number of Chinese
and money aboard. Officers Of the
company still say there is no cause
for anxiety aud aseribe the delay to
an accident to her machinery. Other
steamers have been out longer than
the San Pablo
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Nominations,

WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.---Edward
A. Kreider, Montana, U. 5. marshal
for that territory: N. Fl. Owings,
secretary of Washington Territory.
Registers OF land office, Geo. A. Nc
Kenzie, Stockton, Gala, Chas. A.
Johnson, Los Angeles, Gala. Mark
L. Blunt. Pueblo, Col; Robert Wood
bridge, Ohio, Indian agent. Semhi
agency Idaho.
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Spirit Of the London Press.

LONDON, Jan. 27.-The Times coz
ttnues its onslaught on Parnell with
a stinging article which says: Parnell
studies silence regarding the dynam-
lte outrages, calls to mind his at
tempt to ignore Forst ter's Indictment
OF Parneili.es as moral accompl;ces
III the Phoenix park assassination.
The Tines assures the Irish sgitatols
that their present policy Of murder
and silence will not pay. They will
never succeed coercing the house of
com mons into accepting naked rev.
olution by means Of spoliation.
The Daily Nes0s thinks it almost an
insult 10 ask Englishmen to keep
their heads In the face of such out
RACES, but fears the worst has not vet
come. It predicts the next effort
of the towards will be an attack on
some infant school.
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CONQRE1 sIONAL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. q. y Morrill,,
from the committee on finance, re-
ported favorAbly, with an amend
ment, the house bill for the retire.
ment and re-colnage Of trade dollars.
The vote In the committee was six In
favor to four against. The division
in the committee upon reporting the
bill was as follows: Morrill,, Aldrich.
Albion, Miller IN. W. Bayard, and
Mcpherson. in the affirmative; Jones,
Sherman, Beck, aud Hsrris, in the
negative.
Cameron (of PENN from the COM
mittee on military affairs, reported
favorably the bill to authorize the
establishment of q retired list for
non-commissioned officers and pri
Yates Of the United States army who
have served thirty years and up
ward. -.
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Jewish Factions.

ST.. PETERSBURG. Jan. 2S.-The
City of Kishived the capital of the
province Bessarabaria Is terribly ex-
cited over feud between two fac
tions of Jews. One faction Is COM
posed of members of a new sect
called Israel which is under the pro-
lection of the police and which holds
aa its principle tenet the belief that
Christ was the true Messiah. The Or
thodox Jews have waged q steady
warfare against the innovaters and
the latest outcome of the feud Is the
mu rder of the founder of the new
sect. The sectaries of the new Israel
are burning to avenge the death OF
their leader and q strong military
guard has been ordered on duty to
preserve the peace.
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Newspaper Postage Reduction.

= Newspaper Postage Reduction.
WASHINGTON, Jan. N.-T The house
committee on post-omces and post
roads will favorably report substi.
tute for bills pending before 1t rela-
tive to the reduction on newspaper
postage from two cents to- one cent
per pound. The bill will provide
that publications of second-class-
when sent by the publisher from the
Office of adjudication to bona fide sub
sorlbers or when sent from news
agents to actual subscribers or other
news agents shall be entitled to
transmission through the mails, at
one cent per pound. Such postage to
be prepaid.
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P1TTsBURa, Jan ga Number of
prominent Democrats In Allegheny
county, desiring flttingly to celebrate
the result of the late presidential cleo
ton, have decided to give q banquet
in the MonongahelA house In. this
city on Thursday evening, February
18th. Among the distinguished DEM
ocrats invited are the president and
vice president-elect, Samuel j. Tilden,
Gems. Mcclellan and Hancock, ex-
Senators Thurman and Wallace,
Chairman Barnum, s. ]. Randall,
Speaker Carlisle, Senators Bayard
Lanaf. Pendleton - l30rman,
Govs. PattisOn and H0adfy aud aa
the State officers and Democratic
congressman of Pennsylvania.
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A Narrow Escapc.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. N.-A fire at
the insane hospital this morning was
got under control after destroying
the engine room. laundry, battery
and some smaller apartments located
In the rear ct the building connected
With the main structure by a large
three-story building, containing the
kitchen, sleeping rooms for eIn-
ployes, chapel of the institution fin.
ished only last spring. Loss, SIS, ,OOO,
uninsured. There was hO panic
among the LOO patients, the most Of
whom watched the fire and no one
was injured.
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French IntentiOns.

PARIS, Jan. N.-deneral Briere
Dekisfe notified the government that
all preparations for concerted action
among the different bodies of French
troops in Tonquin are completed.
An order for a general movement
towards the occupation Of the entire
country is believed to be imminent.
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Mrs. Garfield Sued. .

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. q. Mrs.
James A. Garfield was sued In the
common pleas-court:: to-day: by a
woman named Thankful Tanner, for
$25, 900. She was run over by Mrs.
Garfield's carriage December % while
in the public SO uare, and alleges she
is seriously injured.
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A Lively Discussion.

/ WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-Shortly be-
fore the house was called to order to-
day. number of members were dis
cussing the recent explosions in Lon
don. A discussion took place In the
cloak room on the Democratic side,
and among those present we're Repre-
sentatives Cobb and Finnerty. The
former represented himself as strong.
ly opposed to the means resorted to
by Irishmen to effect the result de.
sired /; Fnnerty replied that under
the circumstances the explosions In
London were justIiable; it was the
only way In which the Irish could
gain their cause. /.
''Youclaim that to be josti6able ?"
said C0Dh -'.justif1able, when the
lives Of Innocent women and chil-
dren are JeepArdized {! If you look
upon 4 ID thAt light you are not hui
maut. ., sss:.ssss1 ~.
II am hunanss sir" }" remarked Fin
nerty, "as humane as you are, and
more so.''
The dispute ended At this, but
both members were considerably agi-
tated, although they controlled them
selves and conflned their dispute to
words.
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, jan. 28.-Up to 8 a. N
to-day nothing is heard at the war
Office from Gen. Wolssiey beyond the
dispatches reported yesterday.
CAIRO. Jan. 27.-Sir Colyn Barring
has a despatch from Gen. Wolseley
expressing the belief that Gen. Stew
art arrived safely at Metemneh Mon
day. 4=
LONDON, Jan. "a Despatch
from Cairo declares Lord Charles
Beresford with q small contingent ia
pushing on from Metemneh to
KAartoun.
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RUNS DOtll2s.

ClNCINNATI, Jan. .28.-At an early
hour this morning four men were
found in u sleigh In the western part
of the city, but one of whom was able
to speak. One was dead and the other
two 50 drunk and nearly frozen to be
unconscious. The dead mans name
Is Peter Gerber. The party had been
on spree since early last evening
and had they not been discovered
all would have perished from the
cold.
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PARIS, Jan. 28.-The refusal of the
British authorities to allow the Tri-
omphant to retit at Hong Kong
caused great annoyance here. Vol-
taire denounced the conduct as
especially untriendly, and urged the
French government to retaliate bJ'
Immediately blockading all Chinese
ports. This, Voktaire says, France
hitherto refrained from doing because
France regarded England as friend
ly power, and blockading ;Chlnese
ports would have hampered English
commerce.
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4 London RumOr.

LONDON, Jan. 2s.-It is rumored
the police have just arrested a wo-
man in the act nf entering the Royal
Exchange building with quantity of
dynamite concealed on her person.
The rumor adds three men, probably
accomplices of the woman, were ar
rested at the same time.
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BradlauEh's Case.

LONDON, Jan. 27. lin the court Of
appeals to-day, decision was handed
down in the case of Charles Brad
laugh. on his appeal from the decis-
ion of the divisional court, refusing
him q new trial In the case in which
the government won against him for
taking his seat in the house of COM
mons without taking the oath. The
court of appeals decides Bradlaugh
has the rignt of appeal. The decision
in effect Is an order for q new trial.
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LONDON, Jan. n. A Hong Koak
Kong special says officials there de-
eIined to allow the French man-of-
war Irlomphsnt to refit at that
port.
Up to 2 o'clock this afternoon the
war office received no further news in
regard to Stewart. Wolseley tele-
graphs tins afternoon from Korti
that he expects to receive news from
Stewart either tonight or Tomorrow.
A large convey was sent by Wolseley
yesterday from Korti to Abu Klea
Wells, and 1t Is to proceed in the di-
rectl0n taken by Stewart, with all
possible speed. W0lseley reports the
expedition which started Saturday
from Hamdob, by way Of Aberhamed
for Berber, under the leadership of
Earl, Is making favorable .progres',
and has not yet been disturbed.
In come respects the panic produced
by Saturdays events has really in
creased. Fears were entertained yes
terday that the dynamiters meditated
"A atrack upon the rational arsenal
and naval stations. They were placed
under special watch and the Chatam
dock guard polics h pt sfloat The en-
lire night. To-day Instructions were
issued to put stop to all.ingress at
the tower, house Of. commons and
Westminster Hall. Even member
and peers are refused admission. The
entrance to the palace grounds was
closed and all public doors to parlia-s
ment buildings locked and a barId-
cade has been throws across the hail
at the top of the staircase. The. In
inred are all reported As improving.
Col. Msjendi isr proceeding p tth the
examination Of the banQueting hall
and council 1chamber At the White
tower.
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EnRllsh CraMks heard from.

LONDON, Jan. %. - Numerous
letters have been received by news
papers, denouncing the outrages.
One of the contributors advocates the
dismissal of all Irish employed with
in the limits of England's power
Another offers to equip steam yacht
for the purpose Of kidnapping
O'Donovan Rosa and Patrick Ford
and TO defray the expenses of hang
ing them, on condition their execu-
ton take place within three weeks.
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WAsHINaToN, Jan. N.-The house
went into committee of the whole on
the army appropriation bill. When
the paragraph for the pay Of the
army was reached McComas offered
resolution authorizing the retire.
ment Of General Grant, though not
specific ally naming him, with tue
rank and full pay ofgeneral. Ruled
out on q point of order raised by
Forrey, who has charge of the bill.
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Fraaes will Declare War against China

LONDON, Jan. 28.-It Is reported
France has decided officially to de-
clare war against China. This de-
cision ia said to have been made in
consequence of the action Of England
in enforcing the terms Of the foreign
enlistment act at Hongkong and
: lseVhere. -- .:7.z,
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Irishmen Beaten.

LONDON, Jan. 2s.-One result Of
the ant1-Irish feeling in the me-
tropolis was shown in the eastern
portion of London by attacks on
Irishmen, many Of whom have been
beaten while peaceab'y walking on
the streets at night
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The rebels evidently stationed them
selves In the vicinity to await his
arrival and give him battle. When
they began to surround him and
press In upon him, he determined to
abide the event. He ordered the men
to dfsmount and fortify Zareeba.
THIS was made mainly with saddles
and baggage and during Its construc-
ton rebel fifiea1en drew near and
maintained q hot fire. from behind
ambushee, and such3hiding places as
they could find among the bushes and
high grass. This fire was very we'll
directed and was most disastrous in
it's effect on the British troops.
Twelve men were shot dead aud forty
others Wonnded.-Am0Dg the first
killed were Cameron, special corre-
spondent of the London Standard
and Mr.. Herbert, special
correspondent Of the Lon
don Post, General Stewart was one
of the very first to be wounded. He
was shot In the thigh. When he vas
shot the work of fortifying the Ear
eeba was about completed, and the
army had been put In motion to form
its battle array. This was hollow
square. As soon as completed the
square advanced under q steady am
bush fire d stance of two miles. At
this point the enemy began to move
upon the square in two large esche-
Ions. These were directed against
the British right front, which stood
unmoved during the rebel charge.
The English troops. forming as
sailed the front and delivered q
terrific fire aimed right at the
euemy's middle, moving down.
men In such heaps, that they formed
an actual obstacle and interfered SO
seriously With the erepness ne ,essary
TO the. succe6d bf the ousl langhJ that
its center lne Wasz Brought to stand
still shout sixty yards from the Brit.
ish front line The force Of the gem
sral movement threw the upinp<ded
paitsof the 'line, fike ends Of broken
timber arourd the clrner5. Of the
square .&nd the rebel, So displaced
were simply cut to pieces.
From this on the warfare was dis
astrous to, the rebels. and irregular
on their side. When the enemy II
line was broken the Arabs see med tt,
break up into bands, EACH :of which
Waged q war on Its own account.
A large detachment, mostly on horse-
bank, went book to attack Zareeba.
This was garrisoned by body Of
English soldiers made up of little de-
tachments left behind by each corps,
which had gone forward In the
square. Lord Charles Beresford
was in command He sustained the
attack for two hours. when the ene-
my was compelled to retreat. During
the general attack upon the square
only six men were killed and %
wounded on the English side. Capt.
Norton worked the guns during this
fiaht, and his firing done awful exc
cutfon. Stewart's force, on leaving.
Gakdul Wells, consisted of 1000
picked fighting men.
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The Boomers 20 Home.

Tne 0OOmefD g 1A0me.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. 27.-The fol-
lowing dispatch announcing the fail.
ure Of the Oklahoma boomers has
been received:
Fort LEAvENwoRTH, Jan 27,-
To the Adjutznt General, Washing
ton: The following has just been re.
ceived from General Hatch, at Still
water: II have stopped the troops
On route to Caldwell until receive
further Orders.'' ...s.-
Z. STILLwATER CREEK, Jan. o.
To the Adjnto,st Gener al, Depurt-
nsent Of Missouri: The boomers col
ony has come te terms. They will
leave the country for the nearest
points on the Kansas line. Tloops
VIII be sent with them. Reinforce
ments from Cofftyville turned back
to the Kansas line when within sight
Of this rlace, On the approach of the
troops, and are hurrying out OF the
eoQntry. / will send troops to look
Tor men coming from Wichita by
way Of Hunnewel'. We have troops
sufficient. HATCH, Colonel.
C.Augar Brig. Gen. Commanding. ~
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The District court of Custer county
has been postponed two days to enable
the commits ,i0ners to draw the jury.
The session will open on February
llth instead Of the 9th.
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A Dynamite Scare.

NEW YORK, Jan PA box sup
posed to contain a dynamite bomb
was found in q building No. 27 State
street, occupied on the upper floor by
the British consul generals offices.
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New HAVEN. Conn, Jan. E.-The
run on, the New Haven Savings
bank, which commenced Friday
last, terminated In the forenoon to-
day. OYar $3.50 900 Were- taken out.
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cONGRE EesIONAL.
= HOUSE.

/ wv ASH1NG1ON, JAN. Zo.-Clhy, IEOu
the committee on presidential laws
| reported q concurrent resolution pro.
viding that the two houses shall as
semble IN the hall of the house at
noon on the llth OF Feb, 1885, pur-
suapt to the requirements of the
! constitution and laws relating 10 the
president and vice president of the
United States. The president of the
senate shall be presiding officer,
that one person shall be appointed
teller on the part of the senate and
two on the part of the house to make
the list of votes as they shall be
declared that the result shall be de-
livered to the president Of the senate
who shall announce the state, vote,
and persons elected, to the two houses
assembled as aforesaid which shah be
deemed q declaration of the persons
elected president and vice president.
Reed made POINT Of order that the
subject matter of the resolution had
never been referred to q committee
and the point having been sustained
by the speaker, Clay asked leave to
have 1t referred. To this Reed
objected II order that he might have
an opportunity to examine the reso-
luton.
: Slocum, from the committee on
military affairs, reported hack the
resolution requesting the President
TO transmit to the house a. copy Of the
recent appeal Of Fits John, Porter,
together with the accompanying
papers.
Steele movedt0'lay the resolution
On ths table; lost, 50 to 118. The res
olstIon passed. yeas Ito, nays ".
The speaker laid before the house
a message from the President trans
mittinge communication from the
secretary ofthe navy, recommending
action by the govern ment IN recog
milton 6f the services. official and
personal, extended by Russia to the
survivors Of the Jeanette. and to
search parties subsequently, sent to ST.
IBERIA. Referred.
On motion of Henley. the house
aE;dar 1erd arort h;il,. hin, ~, sha ca,andar
The Art hiiI an the calendar was 10
declare. M farfeited :. certain lands in
M;chiean aranted to Aid the con-
atrnctinn' of 4 railroad. The oues-
ton Of eonslderalion was raised and
the house refused, yea,, 8, nays 1852,
to consider the bill, A similar
nnestion waa raiaed AGAINST the next
hilI to forfeit fhe. Marouette and On
fonagon Iand orant. and the house
refused. yeas. So. nays, lei, to con-
sifler the measure. z5s5s
Miljs. from the committee on rivers
and harbor.. .rerorted the river and
harbor appropriation bill, referred to
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WashinGton 4 ews Budget.

"O00AD8tOn 3 eW1 DU0XSGs
d WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The house
committee on foreign affairs post
poned until Friday the confederation
Of the resolution calling upon the
secretary Of state for Inf ;rmatidn
whether any citizen Of the United
States is concerned IN bringing about
the London explosions. While no
vote was taken that would show the
feeling of members toward the reso-
luton, there was expressions Of opin-
ion that there was no occasion to be-
gin an Investigation. Members say
the resolution az referred will not be
reported to the house. One Of diff
ferent character however, may be
reported. -- e
The Director of the Mint is engaged
'in-the preparation of his report ON
the production of gold and silver in
the United States during the calen-
dar year 1884. From returns made
from mints and assay offices 1t ap-
pears, he ssys, that contrary to his
own expectation and d>generalopinIon,
agfeater amount of gold was obtained
from the mines in the United States
In 1854. than during the previous
year. Reports frUm mints and assay
offices Of deposits for gold and silver,
which he caused to be verified by ac-
counts, show that during the calen-
dar year 1884 they received of gold,
domestic productions, $50, ,807, ,l69,
nearly $500, 600 more than the previ-
Gus year, while the deposits Of for
efgn gold bullion were $ll. .2l7, 800
foreign coin. S6,S2s, ,922; jewelry,
plate, ETC., 81 1893, SIT, and U. s. gold
coin, $265, III. Total, excluding re-
deposits. $50, 5l8. 148.