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MAJOn MRNILILL,s OAsR.

Judge Kelley Determined to Know tho
Source OF the Prssidont'S Action.
WASHINGTON, Feb % Judge Kelley Ia
determined to pursue the matter OF tho
withdrawal OF the promotion Of Major
Merrill, and ascertsin who the persons sro
who have been instrumental in causing
the President to take this stop. The Judge
said tonight the investigation convinced
him that the President had been imposed
upon, and that hs was led to withdraw
Merrll'a nomination upon ialBe repreaeu.
tations made through the War Depart
ment as To what has beon the practice In
such cases. Iu his BcongeTsation Yesterday
with Judge Kelley the President said tho
rnle had been not TO promote All officer
who had been found incapaCitated by a
retiring board.
~ have no Doubt" said the Judge,
shat the President, upon statements
made to him, believes this 10 have been
the rule, and that his act in withdrawing
Merllls name was Eroe from any per.
sonal or partisan motive, His converse.
ton and manner clearly showed this, and
his promise 10 make further inquiry into
tue sHs convinced me Of his sincerity
Since my conversation with the President
| have learned that the rule has been tho
reverse OF what lie las been led TO believe,
and / can cite instances where the Presi.
dent has promoted officers who were
found inCapaCitated by retiring boards.
The promotion Of Captain Whitney, ol
the Eleventh Infantry, is an instance.
Several years ago Whitney, then First
Lieutenant, WAS found physically dis.
qualified for further active service aud
recommended for retirement.
"He continued on the active list aa
lieutenant until last November, when he
was promoted to be captain, and his name
was sent to the SenatOby Mr.. Cleveland
during the present session Of the Senate.
Now, how Is II that tho War Department
permitted Whitney to be made q captain
II they have such q fula as that cited 10
the President to induCa the withdrawal Of
Merrill'a name? intend to lay this case,
and others Of like nature, before the Pres.
idsnt Tomorrow, and | have an idea that
he will be thus enabled 10 SEQ that come.
body has imposed upon him, am con.
YinCed that Merrill Is the victim Of mali.
Cious persons who ar0 striving to punish
q gallant and faithful soldier for the fear.
less performance Of public duty under
orders from his superiols, and as Merrill
is Pennsylvania man, propose that he
be justly. dealt with. The power OF the
Government should not be used to punish
lis military officers for performing their
duties, even where In 30 doing prominent
polltiCiaps are made to suffer Tor violating
the laws
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MT. PHEASANT, Pa, Feb. 22.-The strike
is virtually over, and black smoke Is pour.
ing from hundreds Of oven mouths be-.
tween here and Uniontown. The oh.
stlnacy Of the Hungarinns was greater
than their bravery, and tho attack which
was contemplated at the Standard this
morning did not materlalize.
Another meeting Of the Hungarians was
held tonight and It was decided to 20 to
work until Wednesday, when they will
stop II their Colntrymen arc not released.
The Hungarian organization has gone to
pieces as influences were at work which
counteraCted tho socioliStlc poison. The
communistiu element will be rapidly
weeded out, and the edl0t, that the sla.
yonian must 90, Issued month ago by
the FriCk Coke Company, will soon be y
matter OF history,
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81. Lows, Mo-, Feb. 22,--TWo younq
men, strangers, named Charles Norman
and Henry .inotLsr, registered last sAtur.
day at the Miami Hotel, Ia this city, and
have spent the time aimee then Until this
morning In enjoying tbemRlYes gener.
ally. Early this morning Norman waH
found lying across the stairway on the
fourth floor riortally wounded with bnl.
let In the left bfeast.
A pistol was found a short distance
iromthe body. He wan Carried into hid
room and died from the elects Of his
wound In a short time without fesalnlng
consciousness. II Is supposed that be aud
his friend returned 10 the hotel early this
morning, and In friendly scullls the
pistol was accidentally discharged with
the above effect,
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THE OHIO FRAUDS.
pANIEI DALTON eoMEs TO TIME
By Order OF the Uourt-Ths Returns WlI be
Photographed According to Advice of
Counsel = The Reelection OF the
Camera VIII Tell the Tale.

CoLuMBUs, OHro, Feb. 29,-Judgs Wylis
Of the Com&on Pleas Court this morning
decided the case Of Daniel Dalton, Clerh
Of the Court OF Hamilton county, on ap
pllcatIon for a writ of habeds eorpus He
was arested OF the order OF the House o!
Representatives for contempt in refusing
to produce before tho Honss or House
Committee the returns itom precinct a.
Fourth ward, Cincinnati, for the purpose
Of being published, and also reiasipg to
bring them outside OF Hamilton county
without All order OF court.
The application waS dismissed aud Dal-
ton ramanded 10 the custody OF the Ser
seant,ut Arms. Dalton ia not in town Ri4l
the Attorney General states that unlesa
he arrives hers by the nsxt train he will
forfeit .his recognize zIucs, which Is in the
sun otS5,0O0. Fhe relat1r hiss the alter.
native under the House resolution Of
either producing the returns requested or
aerVing the specified Tins in Jail.
At q conference OF the attorneys for
Dalton and the House Of Representatives
tonight 1t was agreed that Dalton should
appear with the returns from Precinct A,
Fourth ward, Tomorrow, and they will
be photographed by the committee, Error
in proceedings to the lower court had
been iuauEurSted, but will not bs argued
except as q matter OF form. Under the
House resolution Dalton can discharge
the contempt proceedings by this course.
ClSclSNGTl, O., F.b, 22.-The Soma.
torial investigating Committee met this
afternoon without Senator Coulter, The
question Of photogRphing the returns Of
Precinct A, Fourth ward, vas argued At
length until Mr., Follett, attorney for the
Democrats, announced that in his iudg'
mont the right 10 photograph should be
conceded. The Democratic membeta OF
the committee reluctantly accepted his
advice, aud Niessrs. Van Cleaf and PranGle
were appointed to have photographic
copies made, and were allowed three days
time for that purpose. Mr.. Follett urged
the utmost dispatch In tho matter in
order 10 relieve Mr. Dalton who, he said,
had been acting throughout under advice.
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NEWS BY THE CABLE.
THE wan FISHING IN aaGEoE,
a aIissd Up AaAir-rhs Greek Fleet Win.
drnWs TO Prevent Being Hs@msd IN.
The DletAtIOn Of the POWrrs-An Ia.
tsrss,lVs suIs on Hand In austria.

LoSDoS, Pob, sl,-Dispatches from
Athens say that the war feeling in Greece
has heen greatly inteusided by the move.
ment Of the allied Aeet in the Mediter,
rsneau, and the threat Of the Powers to
dissbls or blockade the Crack aquadIoa.
A Cabinet cyisia is imminent. Premier
Dsliyaunis, ovarswsd by the arm attitude
Of England aud the other powers, fears to
order the Greek commander to make even
formal exchange OF shots with Admiral
Sir John Hay and hence tho Greek Il .et
has rctreated to EIboeA to prevent being
bottled up in Salamis Bay. This "a terri.
bly, gsIling to the Ministers OF War and
Marine, aud they. have notified the Pre-.
mier that they will reiiga unless war
Ugaipst Turkey ls Immediately declared,
10 as 10 give Greece bslligArent rights and
prevent interference blythe Powers except
vs. declared allies OF the Porte.
10 add fuel 10 the flames, dispatch
from SalOniCR announces great indlgnA-
llOn there over the search OF another
Greek meTChantman by u Turkish man. .oi.
war, A number OF toTpadoeS which had
been placed in the cbannala OF SalouicG
Bay have lately been stolen and taken
away, This work was, OF course, credited
TO the Greeks, and aS there was no Greek
Ran.oi.war In those waters 1t was suspect.
ed that the Stolen torpodoes were being
sent away on trading Htesmer1, The Greek
steamer OmoniG was accordingly over
hauled by Turkish gunboat. Hsr mani
lest and other pspers were examined and
found 70 6s perfectly regular, and the
any torpedoes on board, bnt the Turkish
refused TO believe him, The
captain was there f)ra arrested, transferred
10 the gnnboat and put under guard Of
mariners. The Omonia was thGn thor
Dughly searched, but as no torpedoeB were
ound tho captain was finally released and
.hB steamer allowed to proceed,
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GANG or pune1Ans



Captured by ChiOagn DstsotiVes-.A ISL
Haul OF Criminals.
CmCAoo, Feb. 90 The city detectives
are jubilant over their success Of Captur
ing a sextette Of safe blowers, who have
operated successfully throughout the city
for the last two months. Each ono Of this
gang has made an unqualified confession
OF the full extent Of their operations, and
the evidence is already prepared, which
will probably land avery one cf them In
the penltentlary. A complets kit Of sale.
blowing tools; together with q quantity
ot blasting 8 ut, was found at their rem
devious, and a large amount Of plnnder
including $33, 900 worth Of papers, the re-
snlt Of the recent Schmidt burglary, was
recovered yesterday from under a pile o.
lumber near the Northwestern railroad
bridge.
In tho pocketsoi one oi the men were
q number oi "wild.cat" bills and d mem
oraudum containing the addresses Of sew
eral business llrns and complete desOrip
ton Of The interior OF tho Stores.
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The WIlmlpr,Ou FIrs.

wILNlSaroS, N. O., Feb. The loss
by yesterdays fire is now estimated at
100000 and the insurance at 100000
Some Of the principal losses are as follows
The schooner Lille Holmes, loaded with
guano, loss $4,000, no insurance. The
offices Of the Atlantic Coast line aud two
freight warehouses, loss $4,000. Steamer
Bladen loss $1,000, no insurance. The
Front Street NJ. i. Church, loss $1,000, in.
spred. The business houses Of Worth &
Worth, Alexander Sprunt 4 Son, q. i.
Wright, Kirchner 4 Calder Bros, Smith
4 Gilchtist and the Champion Compress
Company were all partly Insured, In the
Brooklyn section Of The city nineteen
buildings were destroyed, causing loss
Of $4,000, with but small INSURANCE.
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TGE trunk line situation ia becoming
clearer MI. Gould has purchased tbe
Vanderbilt interest in Reading and sc.
cared bla reelection next year to the
Presidency Of the road. He says he has
tli@l between, sl5,OOO.OOO and S25,.
V0OO, and he does not fear the Drexel.
Morgan syndicate. This feat 10 regardt d
ntnother Of Mr.. Gould's brilliant strokes,
l'hbalieycd that the money has been
furnished, in part at least, by men inter.
eied in the completion Of the South
Pennsylvania.
Another item in this railroad budget Is
thai Mr. Garrett and the Pennsylvania
people hayo come to a settlement, by
'hlch the Baltimore 4 Ohio Ia to uso the
Pennsylvania tracks from Philadelphia To
NE York. Still another rumor is that
a' Baltimore & Ohio will use the Jersey
Central ior passenger business to New
iofS, and the Staten Island property for
navy ocean shipments. From all this
ASill be teen that tho air Is full Of rail
load fumOrT, this time all of a peaceful
character.
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CAPT. CLARK ARRIVES.
's' Survivors, Of Tie frank n, ThAys
EIntIny Hack Home.

""Nt'UIH OI lho Efhnk NJ 4uhyol
HutIny Hack Home.
Nav Yonv, Feb. 22.-O4pt. Rober
wax, his wiIC and daughter, and II sea
asn, survivors Of the American shil
''ink N. Thayer, which Was burned Al
Ia january 4.h, 700 miles southeast O
o. Helena, reached this city to-day from
liverpool. Captain Clark Is q typica
AMERICAN sailor, very tall with coal blacl
w. OsaIl and eyes. We're II not that he oc
sI,9nlIly placed his hand Oh on, uglJ
sa.ef covered cut Upon his right CheeE
s,S sUue !. would suspect that he still suffered
iS i,Sl Me elleClB ol his encounter with thu
i,SSH1tly Manilla seAlnen who, before tlr
Is,, X ae snip, endeavored 10 wipe out eyerJ
'II!e ny man oil board.
lItleh "tleh a reporter spoke to him bis eyel
ssassned and after a long pause be said
"u not 10 a mood 10 tell YOU all about
W ~ ApeiienCe, for An still suffering
sNtgony, After my arrival In EuglshI
vent 0some Of the best physiCians, bu
ySal ,S,Sil covering the wounds they did
rN.n 1in NY vile, "(hefe pointing 10 I
All NJ pale, but pretty woman" is Just u
iW sl. She has io wounds, II 10 true
,aiGef ,IiIef mind was so upset by the inunitl
t,S.. tS 's horrible effects that 1iear she will
Were the maniac sailors III treatst
i,ssI V,e The attack" the Captain we
a,1, ,aey were not, beyond the iact thai
w %lhaubOtdlnaiion u
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l.oSDoN, Feb. 22.-rhe Mark Lane Er-
pres in It's weekly review Of the grain
trade says: Wheats were freely marketed /;
valueswere lower. Sales ot English wheat
during the week were az 657 quarters at
90 Al per quarter against 0S,l7D quarters
at 32s Id during the corresponding week
last year. BarleyH were arner. Foreign
whaats wero without feature. Flout was
GLOW and dragging. American insize Sd
dearer. Barleys and oats were 6rmef.
One cargo arrived, ono California cargo
was sold and two Cargoes remained, one
being an Oregon cargo. CarSoes ID pas.
sage are very llrm. To-day trade was
lneagre. Foreign wheats were firm.
Flour steadier. American and Canadian
oats were 81 dearef. Z. % Z
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THE CoNUO lsEGION.

Iuteresting COrrlSpondshOs BeLVssn king
Leopold and President Cleveland.
WAsnlNdroS, d. O., Feb. 2?.-lncluded
in some diplomatic correspondence re.
Gently sent to Congress, Is the following
letter from King Leopold, Of Belgium, to
President Cleveland, written at the time
the King assumed tho title OF Sovereign Of
The Independent Rlate Of the Congo:
osrESD, August !, 1855.
Hyv Dear and Great Friend!
The Government Of the Republic Of the
United States oi America was pleased to
recognize the flag Of the International As
socistion Of the Congo as that Of friendly
nation, AZ the time Of the signing ofthe
general act of the Conference OF Berlin,
the President and the wenbers oi that
high assembly, OH receiving thA Rdhealon
oi the Association TO the acts of the
Conference, maniieSted their sym.
nSihy ior its enterprise. To-day, that
the position Of the Association Is fixed IN
an international point Of view, that lie
terrilofial constitution 10 established, and
that ia mission has received valu BILE erl'
eoUraeenents, ain prepared TO bring TO
yoir notice gnl 10 that Of the republic OF
tbe United States 9I AmeriCa, that the
nosaesslonB Oi the International Associa.
tion Of the Congo will hereafter form the
independent State OF The Congo. Ihsye
at the same time the honor 70 Inform you
aud the Government Of the United states
Of Amesiea that, authorized by tue Bel
pjsn Legislative Uhstnbefs TO become the
i1eW State, / have taken, Ii eccord with
the Association, the title Of Sovereign Of
the independent State Of the Congo,
The uulon betVeen Belgium and that
State will be e3Cluslvely pGraonalr. The
nav State, atn iltinly convinced, will
iulail the expectations Of those powers
which have In Q measure greeted ~ adj
vanoe ne entry into the family Of natlopB,
Shall SnieByoF 10 guide it in that coytse,
and I entertain The hope that you will be
pleased % well g the GoveEalpent o. tne
Republic Of the United States q America, J,
10 facilitate my task by giving q tayor-
able reception to the present notification,
IOageEly asiss this 0Cc lsion 10 otier yon
tie expttsaiOn Of the high esteem anti ol
tho inylolable idendBhlp viii which l
am, very dear and great friend
Your SINCERE irlendt
tsiRnsd.1 LEoFotD.
PRESIDENT cLBYELAND's REPLY.
Presldent Cleveland was absent from
Washington when the above letter was re-
ssiyed, and upon his return sent The fol-
lOwingi
Esltsmed and Grtdi Friend!
I have had much pleasure Ia receiving
your MaIesly's letter Of the let oi August
last, announcing that Tue possessions Of
the International Association oithe Q0n.
20 will henceioflh form the independent
slats Of the Congo and tina. your Majesty
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TIE rONrINN system
OF American LIra InSuFRuOS--An Agent
TPOnhla In AuakFIa

OF American LIS InSuFRuOs--AH AEsut in
Trouble in Austria.
YIENNA, Feb. 22-Ths action for libel
brought against tho Vienna agent Of the
New York Insurance Company for de-
nouncing as iorgerles the statements in All
article CritiClsing the American Tontlne
system Is attracting great deal OF atten-
ton hGre. The plaintiff iu the case 10
Herr SOhoenberger, IN editor. He or
iginally published in his own journal the
assertion that the American Tontlne
system was tho greatest lottery scheme In
the world. The advantages 1t offered were
merely Of gambling nature and were u
swindle. He demanded that the State pro-
hibit agents OF the system from doing 6usi-
nessin Austria. Herr acknowledgements
was reissued In pamphlet shape In both
the German and French languages and
was widely circulated. In February, 1885,
Herr Won stahl, the manager Of the office
here Of the American company referred
TO. published reply 10 Herr sGhoen-
bsrger's article which be declared was q
collection Of falsehoods and forgeries. For
this he was cited TO appear in an action
for libel. The different sides Of the case
have gatheted Ru immense amount OF
evidence, and have collected all the writ.
inga obtainable on insurance subjects 10
ba used at the trial. There Is general
charge by tho plaintiff OF corruption in
American financial matters.
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nntNA WlLL iErALIArE
For Tie psrSSsaaoh Of der saOl ,SIs 10 Il
ItntNad afhNaa

For Tie PsrSSsaH0H Of Hor suOI ,uls 10 tle
Unitsd states,
81. Louis, Feb. 22,-.rhe Chinese com.
nupiLy here has received what is alleged
to be 1 genuine GoBy Qt an imperial pro-
Clamation requiring that on or before the
18th day Of the atth moon oithe present
year MAY l5l, all subjects Of the Tai
Tssins Empire China now residing in the
United States Of America return home,
and instructipg them that upon appliCa.
tion 10 lheif DonAuIS itee transportation
Wiil be ptoyided IRON any part Of the
United States 10 any part Ofthe Chinese
EmpiFe, except the provinces Of Tuong
TunQ, whose Citlgens, because 0l superior
numberg. are required 10 pay half fare.
The pfcc'amaIIOn, while Il etnbOdles no
threats broadly intimates that the
OhinSse Government intends To speedily
felAliSte upon the American export trade
and American residents In China i1r the
jonv.conilnued outrages upon the Chinese
IN dis country, The design, II carried
ont will destroy an annual export oi $780,
690'oC0 and expose 5000 Anetlcans 70
lbe teSlota Of imperial prosecution. Most
N the 1000 OhlhAmsI Ii this country are
sfuecled 10 obey the proclamation,
fiomipent Chinese residents Of Chicago
claim that no iRiotmatlOr concetntng lh9
proclamation has been. received aqu tnt
tfulh Of the report z doubted, AdylceA
from New York and Washington ore V
the BJmO eject
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rnn eaLAoK DlAMoNpo ROAD.
Tas Necessary LSSiGlaIlon Obtain sd-Whsu
C1aSrneupn VIII Bslin.
I - ~ - L. al. IL IL.ILnID..-.

Apsclll NIpGich 10 me I'VtllWiHerf'
PARERRssURa, W, Va, Feb, 22.-Tele,
grams received hero announce that the
Virginia division OF the Chicago, PArkers,
burg i Norfolk Railroad Company (Bluck
Diam ,ad) has passed the Virginia House
as amended by the Senate. This grants 3
perpetual charter to the road from Clifton
Forge, in Allegheny oolnty, to the aea
hoard NJ Norfolk, Va, For more than a
year this enterprise has been lying dor
inant without apparent oausO, Tho right
OF Wsy had been seC1rGd loF = conIdeFa-
BILE distance across the Stale, the prelimi-
nary aud absolute surveys had been made
and tho maps aud prndles wore
ready for the inspection Of capitalists
yet nothing seeninEly was being
done, The road was claiming an outlet
in Virginia over the line and under tho
charter Of the Richmond and Allegheny,
which was virtually no charter at all
Capital could not hl enlisted Whils there
was no sure outlet, and the Board oil Dt'
rectora were therefore compelled to secure
new charter. The work was quietly ac.
Complished, as the antagonlsn of the
Chesapeake & Ohio road was feared,
Itisa iaCt, though heretofore not made
public, that there IL q syndicate composed
Of prominent capitalists Of PHILADELPHIA
aud New York, already formed to build
the road. These gentlemen signify their
intention Of building the road, ConsLIuC.
ton To he commenced as spon "a prsG.
tiCable, providing the surveys, maps and
proiles are satisfactory to their consult
Ing engineer. Vice President DR.. Isaac
Scott and Chief Engineer J. .. Yates leave
this week for Philadelphia, where they
will meet the syndiCaL9 and lay matters
before them, after which the HyndiCate
will make their plans accordingly.
There Is but one serious drawback men.
toned In connection With the proposed
construction by tho present syndicate and
that Is the proposition 10 commence build. |
ing from the other terminus instead Of
starting up the Little KsnAwhR Valley
from ParkeIsburg, This Is thought to be |
advantageous by the syndicate because
Of the better facilities they will there have |
to transport at minimum cost oil needed
material to bs used In tho construction.
It is Bhought, however, that this objection |
can DO compromised and that the con.
struCtion OF the road will simultaneously
begin at both ends. A prominent official
is the authority for the statement that
the "BlaCk Diamond viii DO under way
by June.
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under the authorization OF the Belgium
Legislative Chambers, and in account with
the Association, has assumed tha title Of
the Congo. observe Your Maiosty's
further statement that tho convention be-
tween Belgium and the new State In ex'
clusiyely personal. This Government at
the outset testified It's lively interest in the
well being and future progress OF the vast
region now committed TO your Msjesty's
wise care, by being the tirSt Rmong the
powers, the flag OF the International Asso-
citation OF the Congo a. that Of a friendly
State; and now that the progress cieyents
has brought with it the general recognition
Of the Jurisdiction OF the association, and
opened the way for ita incorporation as
au Independent aud aovsrslgn State, |
have great satisfaction in CongTatulaiing
Your Majesty on being called to the chief
mRgistraGy oil the newly formed Govern
ment. The Government aud people Of
the United States, whose only concern
lies in watching with benevolent expeC-
tRtlon the growth 0t prosperity and
peace among the communities to whom
they are Joined by ties Of friendship, can.
not doubt that under Your Maj aBty's good
government the people OF the Congo re-
gton will advance in the paths oi CiviliZi.
tiOn, and deserve the good will oi al
those States -ant -peopie who may be
brought into contact with them.
! am, my esteemed aud great friend,
your faithful friend,
GRovGR CLEVELAND.
Done at Washington this llth day Of
September, 1855.
BY the President;
4, +, BAYARD, Secretary Of State,