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Iron-Cl.d Ale..ures-Foreign Notes.

LONDON, Jan. pa convention
was concluded the 18th inst. between
Russia and Prussia, providing for
the extradition of persons guilty of
murder, attempted murder or com
mitting or preparing to commit acts
against German or Russian emper-
ors or their families such as assassi-
nation, acts of violence causing
bodily harm, abduction or insult.
The convention also provides that
persons guilty of illegal manufacture
or storage of explosives shall be ex-
traditable. The allegation that the
acts were committed from political
motives shall not constitute sufficient
ground for refusal Of extraditi0n. =
The Journal De ST. Petersburg Is con-
vinced that the Reichstag will sane
ton the extension of the convention
to the whole of Germany. The paper
says it hopes the example Of Russia
and Prussia will be followed by other
countries to protect society againtt
acts of lawless criminals.
London advices from western
Africa state the opposition of traders
and natives of the Cameroons to the
recent movements Of Germany that
LED to serious Disturbances. 1t was
necessary to use force to restore order,
which was done after much property
had been destroyed. The German
admiral ordered q native chief be-
headed for numbering a German
subject.
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BosTON, Jan. 23.-John L. Sullivan
became engaged in q free fight in
Eliot's barroom last night where he
had been drinking with companions
most of the afternoon. Sullivan was
offended at a man named HodgkiDs
whose opinion of puglistic matters diff
fered from bis own. After some words
Sullivan caught Hodgkins ry both
arms and with his head struck him
between the eyes. Another of
the party named Deliere at
this point swOre at Sullivan
and said he was no man.
Releasing Hodgkins from his grasp
Sullivan, who was mad with rage anu
liquor, struck Deliere, Telling him
senseless.- The frienls of the latter
interfered and the fight became gen.
eral. The bar tender, named Ma
,guire, drew a revolver. This and the
arrival of q detail of officers from eta
ton four restored quiet, but not until
all present were more or less hurt.
At the sight of the officers Sullivan
was hurried from the saloon through
rear door. Deliere; who was badly
hurt, declares he will procure a war
rant for Suliivan's arrest.
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The Illinois Legislature.

SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 22.-The demo
cratic members of the general assem-
bly, united in signing a memorial to-
day to Presldent-elect Gle veland, ask
ing the appointment of Hon. M.
Springer as secretary of the interior.
The house was in session to-day from
10 to 4:3O, with Speaker Kronkriete
presiding, but no buslnes was trans
acted. Strategical motions We're
made by both sides, but no vote was
secured on permanent officers. To
night the democrats held caucus.
Speaker Kronkriete withdrew as can
didate for speaker. Hon. E. M.
Haines, of Lake, who last night re-
signed the temporary speakership,
was unanimously nominated as DEM
ocratlc candidate for speaker. It is
now thought by the democrats that
opposition in the party to him will
subside, and he. will receive the n
votes n cessary to elect. -.l-
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From General WOlseley.

LONDON, Jan. M.-The war office
has just made public q dispatch re-
ceived this afternoon from General
Wolseley at Rorti. He says he heard
nothing further from Gen. Stewards
reported capture at Omdurman by
EpMahdi's forces. Wolseley says it
lacks conformation and is doubtful.
Gen. Earle's column, thoroughly pro-
visioned and equipped comprising
artillery cavalry and camel corps
started to-day from Hamdab for
Berber. The march will be made by
the way of Abu Hamed. The enemy
which includes the entire fighting
force of the Manassire tribe under
command of Wadgamer who ordered
the murder Of Consul Stewart. The
fighting men of other tribes under
MOUSSE assembled in war order at
Rit. This is 35 miles above Hamdab
the starting point of to-days expedi-
tion. Wolseley says both Wadgamer
and MOussa boast they are determined
to give battle. If 80 an engagement
between these chiefs and Gen. Earl
0y Monday would seem inevitable.
Wolseley states, however, the soldiers
who 20 with Earl are all in the best
of health and spirits. They regard
Stewards battle last Saturday as q
glorious victory and are proud of the
achievements of their comrades and
anxious to meet the rebels on their
own account. W0lseley declares the
Arabs have been depressed by the
news of Stewards victory and its
effect has been so great and wide
spread in his opinion it may be
properly considered doubtful if Earl
meets any serious opposition before
reaching Berber.
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NIGHT DISPATCHES.
A Literary Thief, Socialist
and Dynamiter.
A Fine Specimen Of the In
dustry Of American
Women. !
Capture OF Another lot Of the
Mexican Outlaws.
Rebel Account Of the Battle
of Abu Klea Wells.
A Book Thief and Dynamiter.

A Book Thief and Dynamiter.
CHICAGO, Jan. pa young man,
whose real name is Otto Funk, was
arrested last night having In bis DOS
session a large number of books stolen
from the public library. The books
were seized at his residence, which
were found to be in large b0xes.
These boxes were removed to the
new city hall building to-day where
the discovery was made that among
them were six or eight Internal ma
chimes containing dynamite, any one
of which was sufficient to blow up
such building. CONSERVATION reigned
at police headquarters when the dis
covery was made and q number OF
startling rumors were at once put
afioat. Funk, when questioned,
said he was only experimenting.
The matter is still mystery.
The box found among the stolen
books was foot long and slx inches
deep. Inside was q lot of sawdust
packed about revolver. The saw
dust was saturated with glycerine.
A 1LIlo CTAuk MAue VI IAASn WIZ ~"
attached TO the inside of the box. Still!
another box about twice the Size OF
the one described, was filled with q
dozen packages of dynamite. Funk
has been known rs J. c. Talbert and
was a student at the Chicago medical
college and contends that he was ex-
perimenting for scientific purposes
only. Detectives, however, are dl'
vided in their views and contend ne
intended to commit suicl0e by this
method If arrested. The statement
is also made that ne Funk was an
active socialist. but this was denied.
The statement is made by the police
that if the machine had exploded 1t
would have certainly destroyed the
city hall building and occasioned a
frightful loss of life.
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Those. Mexican Outlaws.

YUMA, Arizona, Jan Ex-Governor
Villageiana Of Lower California ha,
arrived. He LETT Encenada, Mexico,
with q volunteer force of tweLty
men. They encountered band
of escaped Mexican mutineers,
killed one and captured nine. These
are being held in Mexican territory.
One of the governors party was
killed. Lopez was in the encounter
but escaped. 'fhe object of Villageia-
mas visit is to secure the return
of the prisoners captured by
u. s. troops. Doubts exist whether
his request will be complied with.
Lieut.. Mcdonald is in close pursuit
of the remainder of the gang. A lmost
all will be captured or killed.
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A Hard Case.

CHICAGO, Jan. % The Daily News
Rockford (Ill.) special says: George
H. Fox, a young man ofrather hard
character, who has just returned from
the west, was arrested here to-day
for the murder OF John Holiday, at
Chemung, last night. Holiday was
the husband of Fox's aunt. Fox
went to Chemung to visit her last
night. She told him Holiday had
beaten and abused her, and was the
father of her daughters child by a
former husband. Fox then fell on
Holiday, beating him horribly with
chairs and clubs, 80 that be died, and
then lay down and slept the night
through in the same room with the
COrDSe.
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A Detectives View.

NEW YORK, Jan. "a. - Inspector
Byrnes, chief Of the New, York DE-
tectlve force, gave his views tonight
regarding the dynamite explosions
to-day in London. He said such y
state of things could not exist here
and could not there without the
authorities being very much at fault.
With the power and prestige of the
whole British government a. their
command, with laws 80 much more
favorable than ours to vigorous
policy of repression and with un-
limited resources of every kind, they
ought to be able to prevent such out
RACES. and punish the perpetrators,
unless there was screw very serious
lv loose somewhere. Looking at 1t
from a common sense point of view
he thought there was screw loose.
His idea was that the authorities over
there were on the wrong track alto
gether.' we're he in London and
charged with discovering the 0rIgl-
nators of these explosions he would
look in an exactly opposite direction
from the one the authorities seemed
to be following. Depend upon u,
there are wise people very high
in station who led the
movement aod engineered these
constantly recurring systematic out
RACES. If they waited long enough
t English could catch some vaga.
bond with dynamite in his pocket
and hang him. This would not stop
If. as these men were only tools. 1t
was the man who used thtm they
wanted. The Irish at home and
those abroad were not the people to
conceive such a systematic campaign
of outrage. He did not expect 10 find
leaders amoEg them. He would
look to the highest intelligence, the
boldest leaderslip , al d station furtL-
est removed from suspicion for them.
He would look as near the govern
ment itself as might be f'r his Pur-
pose and expect to find there what he
sought. The shock the discovery
! would cause might startle the coun
trv more than the dynamite explo-
sion had done. The British authorl-
ties were working at cross purposes
and travelling on a road leading
straight away from the Obj ect Of their
| search rather than toward it.
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FOREIGN.

ROME, Ian. 23.-It is rumpred here
that France, influenced by the agree
ment of England and Italy entered
into. will agree to modify her
Egyptian policy if England will
recognize the French occupation of
Turin.
LONDON, Jan. 23.-The Pail Mall
Gazette states that in the event of
France insisting upon multiple con-
troll over Egypt, the Sultan of Turkey
has offered to make common cause
with England on the basis Of the
agreement published by the Gazette
yesterday.
LONDON, Jan. 23.-The Northwest
ern Railroad Company have ent ered
a claim for 100000 damages against
the American ship Santa Clara which
sunk the steamer Admiral Moorson.
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The Boomers VIII Flight.

WAsHINGToN, Jan. A.-fhe secre-
tary of war has received a telegram
from Gen. Anger, dated Leaven-
worth, Jan. %, as follows: "Colonel
Hatch, at Camp Russell, telegraphs
as follows: Couch, President OF the
colony, notified me to-day that he
would fight. A sargeanr at the
Boomer camp reports 900 men dig.
ging pits. Their strength has been
increased by 400 men. 1t is, perhaps,
well to send early troops to Caldwell
or Arkansas City. Our troops are
moving into position to cut off sup
plies and stop new arrivals. A Sec
ton Of light guns sent down to Ar
kansas City might have q good
effect" ..
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Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines VIII.

~~ss.Ss~O
New ORLEANS, Jan. pa con. est
is proceeding over the wills alleged
to have been left by Mrs. Myra Clark
Gaines between Mrs. Marie E Evans,
named as administrative in the al
legged biographical will, dated jan
uary 9Th, 1885, and Wilder & Chris
mas, named administrators:i in mum
cupative will, dated January 5th.
Two witnesses testify that the first
mentioned will is not in Mrs. Gaines
handwriting, and DR.. Holcomb testi-
fed that Mrs. Gaines was physically
unable to write anything from the 5th
to the eighth of January. Several
witnesses testified to the belief that
the alleged Geographical will is in
the handwriting Of Mrs. Gaines.
Others testified to the contrary.
Deeds offered in evidence show Mrs.
Games in 1881 disposed of the prop
erty mentioned in this will.
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NEW YORK, Jan. "a - When
O'Donovan Rossa was told about the
explosion in the houses of parliament
he said he was glad to hear the news,
and said that the houses of parlia-
ment ought to have been blown up
long ago, and he had been prea ching
and collecting money to fight Eng
land with for the past five years. The
sooner England, he said, was Grip
pied, the better. When asked if he
knew anything about the explosion,
he shook his head in mysterious
mann ,r and replied he had nothing
to say.
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Wholesale Indictment ts.

CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-It is learned
tonight that the county special grand
Jury has voted to indict 255 judges of
the recent election for permitting
careles ,ness and frauds, through
witch $lO,UCO appropriation for an
additional police force was made to
appear carried by a majority If $4,000,
when in reality the proposition was
defeated by several hundred votes.
The number of judges to be indicted
includes about three-quarters OF all
who served. County Clerk Ryan and
Justices Schully and Kerster, who
composed the canvassing board, are
also to be indicted.
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LONDON, Jan. 2!.-Private advices
received late this afternoon. from
Korti asserts the rebels surrounded
Genearl Stewart in the desert where
he had taken an intrenched po.
sition to await reinforcement from
General Wols e!ey. Dsserters from the
rebel camp state the Mahdi's officers
consider the affair at Abu Klea wells
drawn battle. The rebels were
neither routed nor pursued and fell
back in an orderly manner and not
demoralized by the outcome of
the engagement. They recovered
so quickly and effectively that Gen
eral Stewart dared not move and was
compelled to intrenoh himself on the
scene of the conflict. Government
officers discredit. the information, on
veyed in the above private dispatch.
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Egyptian Notes.

ALEXANDRIA, Jan. %. - Private
adyices from the front state the rebels
are strongly intrenched at Nabk
Metemneh which fort has been
necessary for the English before they
can proceed to Khartoum. 1t is re-
ported the rebels collected at Abu
Hamed prepared to resist General
Earl.
A dispatch to Le'Pdris, of Paris,
from Alexandria says the report pre-
walls there that the rebels have
surrounded General Ste wart whose
line of re treat Is threatened.
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A Crazy Juryman.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. o. At 3
o'clock this morning an officer in
charge, hearing an unusual noise IN
the room in which a jury was coufined, I,
opened the door, when one of the
jurymen rushed at him with pair OF
scissors. The officer rushed into the
hallway and the juryman followed
no stairs and down, through the
courts and hall llways, until the officer,
still q few feet ahead, reached: Fifth
street shouting 'police," )" and "mur-
der.U One of the Central. station
reserves responded, and the juror wss
subdued. The judge was to-day in
formed of the affair, and the entire
inry was dismissed, : :
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The Independence Bell.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. %. - The
truck on which the old Liberty Bell
Zen route to the depot, where it will
be shipped to New Orleans) was
hauled through the streets, was ap.
propriately decorated by gallands OF
flowers and by flags. 1t was drawn
by six horses. There were two bands
of music in the procession. Many OF
the houses along the route were de-
corated. At the depot the bell was
tran .ferred to a special. car to bear it
and its guard of three officers to the
exposition. The bell platform in. the
car is protected by q brass railing,
with poets decorated by gilded balls.
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Hanged.

CHALEsTON, ILL.,, Jan. 23.-Thos.
J.Chapman, the murderer of Nicholas
Hubbard, in Humboldt, Coles,
county, last August, was hanged here
at 2 o'clock this afternoon having
previously confessed the crime. He
had nothing to say on the scaftofd,
not even prayer being offered. His
neck was broken by the fall and:he
died in eight minutes: Chapman
worked for Hubbard, wealthy
bachelor farmer, and killed the latter
on his returning home from camp
meeting The object of the murder
was robbery.
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EMPoRlA, Kas., Jan. PA Re.
publican, Arkansas City, Kas., spe-
cial says: Gen. Hatch has surrounded
the boomers At Stillwater,- with the
Intention Of starving them out: He
allows no one.to; approach them, but
let's anyone leave who. desires. =. A
courier just in reports several leaving
already, as provisions are running
short. The Oklahomaites have been
trying to raise money here for their
relief, but without success. No firing
has been done yet.
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A Chinese Proclamation.

HONG KONG, Jan. %. "A procla-
na,i,u M:s,:sued here directing at
tention to Sec. 10 Of the foreign en-
ljstment act, which, the proclamation
saws, will be enforced. The section
provides that in case of war between
two nations with which England is
at peace, men-of-War of neither bellig-
erent will be furnished equipment or
supplies in British ports.
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CHAMBERLAIN, Dak., 23.-Yester-
day John Baker and an Indian
named "Crooked Foot" got into an
alteration over wood. The Indian
shot at Baker four times when the
latter fired at "Crooked Foot" with
a winchester rifle killing him. No
fears are entertained of a rising
among the Indians on account of the
killing as Crooked foot is not es-
teemed amorg bis people.
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Obsea uie. OF Sister Theresa.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Ian. 23.-The
funeral of Sister Theresa, took place
to-day from st Mary's Cathedral.
Two thousand persons We're present
including the Sisters of st. Mary's
and Malinckrodt Converts. After a
solemn mass and requiem the funeral
Grafton was preached by Father
Kelly, of Towanda. The remains
were taken to Pittsburg for burial
accompanied by Fathers O'Hara,
Donohue and Kelly and the Mothers
Superiors of Towanda and Wilkes
barre converts.
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Phelan's Intentions.

NEW YORK, Jan. 23:--The World
this morning publishes an interview
with Capt. Phelan in which he states
that he intends to prosecute all those
concerned in the murderous attack
upon him. He will protect the
secrets of those in Ireland, but will
pursue O'Donovan Rosa and his
gang until they are punished for con-
spiracy to murder him. Phelan
states that he has documents in Kan
sas City that will greatly aid him and
show he was no traitor.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 24.-There
is great excitement to-day over the
attempted assassination of Police Su~
perintendent Rollert. He was at
tackled by two strangers in one of the
main thoroughfares in broad day
light this morning. The assailants
each fired shots at him and then fled.
They were pursued and captured:
Both have been identified as we'll
known nihilists,
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TIE National Silver Convention.

DENVER, Col. Jan. % The nation
al silver convention, which will be
held here the 18th inst, is attracting
widespread attention. Colorado,
Kansas, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada,
and New Mexico, will be represented
by large delegations. Several prom
lnent men advocate the free and un-
limited coinage of silver. Eastern
states will be represented. The rail-
roads between Denyer and the Mis-
souri, river agreed to make a return
rate OF Sc so to the Miss)u river for
all eastern delegates who pay full
fare to Denver, and who return with
in three days from the close of the
convention.
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Matter, I'm South America.

BUENos AYREs, (via Galveston
Jan. 23.-The increase of armed bod
les is regarded as seditious against
the government. The chief of police
has armed force with RemingtOn's g.
The people are quiet, no one think
ing Of . revolution. The question
with Brazil is approaching conclu-
sion. A telegram from Rio announces
the government of Brazil has Occu-
pied it. A memorandum is present.
ed by the Argentine minister.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE..

HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, When the Hocse
met handsome silk American flag
ornameuted the wall behind the
speakers chair, and after the reading
of the journal the speaker laid before
the House communication from the
Woman's Silk Association of the
United States, rendering the flag to
the House and bespeaking for it a
place in the hall of the national gov
ernment.
Kelly offered a resolution, which
was adopted, accepting the flag pre-
pered tor the use of the House
and presented by the W0man's
Silk Association of the United
States and declaring the excellent
fabric and perfection of cOlOrs of the
display appeared as an evidence of
the remarkable rapid development of
the culture and manufacture of silk
by the American people, and that the
house will care for the flag and it will
be displayed within the halls of con-
gress.
Hurd, as priviledged question.
offered preamble and resolution re-
citing that certain bills appropriating
money from the treasury originating
in the senate are now on the speakers
table, tc-wit: The Blair educational
bill, and many others, and that 1t is
asserted these bills are in violation of
the privilege of the house to exclu-
sively originate bills for receiving
revenue, and directing the judiciary
committee to enquire into the power
of the senate to regulate bills appro-
priating revenue, and report to the
house ut any time.
SENATE.
The President laid before the sem
ate Vests resolution, heretofore
offered, to authorize the secretary OF
the interior to ascertain upon what
terms the Creek and Seminole Indi.
ans would surrender their remaining
interest in Oklahoma lands. Vest
moved an amendment to the resO!u-
tion so as to include the Cherokee
Nation.
After a lergthy debate on the
Oklahoma question, the senate went
into executive session. When the
doors were re-opened it adjourned.