Show BY TELEGRAPH TELEGRAPH exit WESTERN UN TELE GuArri UNE I 1 A americal AMER yli E it icAX lio iio A N washington sl the committee on rubil bublic I 1 ands lands will will introduce a separate III lil when congress reconvenes convenes re declaring c larin forfeited the lands granted to certain railroad companies the companies most interested are those in the northwest and south the amount of land involved is reported by the chairman of the committee cobb as be tween and acres tile the texas pacific land grant is expected to be reported forfeited this grant is alone acres in an interview tonight to night cobb said there was no question of the right of government to declare forfeited acres of laud land on various roads attorneys of the railroads he continued will be given an opportunity to be heard but will not be given too much time the northern pacific has not complied compiled with the grant it has 48 woo acres that ought to be forfeited ed in K the judiciary committee of last congress tile tiie vote for tor its foffe forfeiture iture stood 7 to 8 there are arc a number of railroad men here now trying to oppose any legislature of the character contemplated tem plated they have been trying to influence members of the present congress some years ago they got the supreme court to declare that the judiciary did not fiot have power to declare the land forfeited and now they say the legislative power ought not to take any action of that kind because the question estion is not thoroughly understood i these liese same men controlled tile the committees from the close of the war up to the forty fourth congress and they controlled the last congress they had the committed comm cornin ittes packed in their favor it is a fact that every republican congress since ma has favored the railroads no has been done to the country or government or over one hundred million acres of land laud would be declared forfeited st jonn joan JN P F yi ul the excitement of the public mind at conception ba has somewhat abated inthe harbor grace orange and catholic affray the following is the latest version the orangemen orangeman Oran orau gemen walked out on the morning of st at stephens day and got gotas as far fsr as the turn at paddy mcgrathy McG meg house leading down from harney street to water street they had bad just arrived at the bridge and the band was playing boyne water when they were met by a mob and told to come no further but to go back the roman koman catholics were arrall arranged ed in line those in the front rank having pickets in their hands and it had been determined to use no other weapons except in self defense they fought with these un nn til tit head constable doyle was shot down as was also patrick callahan they then went up crying all hands look out and in an instant off went a rattling volley from several guns gims four men fell feli dead and fourteen were badly wounded the rest of the orangemen orangeman Oran gemen fled abandoning their flags and banners young pat darmady tore the flags s into strips and planted the green flags as in their places ile he was fired at by Orange orangemen orangeman Oran gemen men meu and wounded when the orang orangemen orangeman Oran gemen emen amen got down into the city they began breaking the windows of houses ot catholics and ana tearing down the shutters of those whose houses were closed biddeford Bid hid deford me nie si several pools of 01 blood ou on the snow on sunday in morning onnin led to the belief that a murder h hau been committed the previous night in this connection dr graton says he was called on saturday night by two men who wanted him to go with them they refused to give their names when they reached franklin street they bandaged his eyes after traversing several streets they entered a house and the doctor was led to an uncarpeted bedroom where he was locked in the men leaving him lie here found a young soung woman with a deep gash extending from her hor nightwear night right sear wear down the throat she was extremely low from loss of blood she said sald doctor for gods sake save my life ile he feared she would die dle while there and think she could have lived lived five ulve minutes longer without assistance after bandaging her wounds the doctor knocked at the door dooe which was opened lie he was immediately taken to another room where he found a man mall with a cut and bleeding bleeden from the nostrils and mouth after affer treating this p patient abent he be was taken back to franklin treet street blindfolded where the men left him they got out of sight before he could his eyes eves chicago 30 daily bics cairo ills an itinerant preacher named cook living in in F eort fort ort donelson yesterday enter roeln room pf af his wife who was about to give birth to a child ind and hot her mer attendant Mrs airs joseph glasgow through the heart killing her instantly tle tie he then fled to the woods wo but was cap 1 aured by infuriated citizens after an exciting chase he said the woman was mixing intang a dose of poison to give the child when born and helas he was compelled to shoot her an informant lust just returned from the scene thinks he was lynched later sheriff buford with a force went in pursuit and returned just after dark with the murderer cook whom he captured near bear springs f furnace cook is bow safely lodged in jail and will likely remain there till court convenes next april there are some who MUM look kooij la is laboring linder ander a temporary lit nit of insanity tais will probably prevent his being lynched gaite GA iVeston ston 31 owa aws aws san antonio heury henry nane ilane a well weli to ruo cao german in a drinking carouse in a frenzy last night attempted to brain his wife with agn nabeh nax ax eh he ont guv two earful ashes ys hosin hosia lu her cheek and arm but making up obtained from her a promise never to greak speak of the affair ile he then went into the t e kitchen and blew out his own brains with a pistol stlouis st louls louis 30 jamea james W cooke who murdered lils liis his wife at cave springs mo nio last november by holding her head head between his knees and cutting her throat was sentenced to 95 years in the penitentiary washington 81 gen mackenzie has been taken to the bloomingdale lusane sane asylum near new york for treatment reat ment boston 30 the steamer gai Gal gallilea lileo from IMI hull brought the crew of the brigantine brigant ine lne blanche of st johns NF wrecked in mid ocean owensboro Owen 30 it is believed the steamer cartier carriem was sunk at the head of little hurricane island three miles below Owen owensboro at 10 she struck the timber during a dense fog hild and in swinging around stove in 43 feet of her hull on the starboard side sink lug over her hir hurricane roof at her stem and to her boiler at the head one deck hand and two deck passengers italians were drowned the dhe ariadne took the crew and passengers to ow en she assaid is sard to be a total loss new york 31 business failures in the united states during 1883 reported by dunn cot co number against in 1882 an increase of 2 2446 4 16 the liabilities for 1883 arc 1 OW ainest against for 1882 the lle lie ile failures for last year are greater than those of any previous year since 1878 when they reached A close analysis of tables presented in the circular shows that out of over 94 persons engaged in business in 1883 one person tailed failed while in 1878 one person failed out of 04 64 in canada the proportion of failures during the year was one failure to every 48 traders CHICAGO 1 fine drifting snow has been falling failing all day makan making getting eti etl about very uncomfortable and delaying gl aying abing trains in all directions at this hour tonight to night 10 tile the storm continues with unabated violence advices advises from points in nebraska iowa and illinois are to the same general effect they indicate that the snow fall is widespread the custom of new years calling except upon friends from whom cards had been received has largely fallen into disuse in this larkely city this his coupled with the stormy weather today to day served to keep the streets almost deserted I 1 the ceremonial observance of ice ite the erst first day of the new year was interfered with to some extent by the raw northeast wind and drizzling rain the presidents president s reception was largely attended and more usually pleasant and successful only about half alf the members of congress were in the city but most of these were present together with members of the cabinet diplomatic corps justices of the supreme court and district courts and officers of the army and navy the attendance of the people of the city and district was good and nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of participants the decorations ot the executive mansion were simple but tasteful VICKSBURG 2 the government steam launch ngwe vetile struck a snag this morning near opossum point she sank into in ogo tio feet of water W J waterson assistant engineer of st louis and two laborers were drowned hostos BOSTOS 2 A private dispatch states that the ship adam SimP simpson jont sOnt f from rom rollo hollo for boston with sugar was lost on the passage the cargo was valued at insured the crew were saved CHICAGO 2 daily neus taylorville Tayl Tay orvllle lorville ills abner bond a well to do citizen of this place aged 60 50 cousin ermiss of miss emma bond this evening by hanging inthe lathe in the loit loft of his barn it t is supposed that he be became temporarily insane from the constant mental wa worry over the outrage of his cousin and gy the trial triai of her alleged ravi ravishers now progressing at hillsboro T the he notice of withdrawal from iowa freigh freight t pool by the st paul road and fro from rathe the passenger pool by the rock island road expired today to day but at the meeting yesterday at which the cli cil solution of the iowa pool was announced it was a agreed r eed to maintain 1 the present rates till thursday when the burlington will announce its decision I 1 in regard joining the new pool no nev nei developments newl are expected till that time thile NEW yorm yore 2 the signal signal service station at sandy hook N NJ J reports that the ship shin Johe jonesee see from san 1 iran ran cisco for new toiv york went aground during a thick fo fog sog the ahe crew of the station went alongside when the captain of the ship requested that tugs be sent for the sea was risi rising HOWARD CITY mich aa a A fire here last night burned 25 buildings thus destroying two thirds of the business iness portion of the city loss losys in aurance TORONTO 2 A frightful accident occurred on this division of the grand trunk railway this morning whereby some 20 persons were killed huleu outright and a large number injured the accident was caused by a freight train running nin ginto into the rear end oi of a standing suburban passenger train the victims were nearly all canadians washington T 2 the postmaster general has sent to congress the report of the committee appointed to prepare improved plans for carrying the malls on railroad routes the committee is composed of gen richard elchard A elmer second assistant postmaster general W B thompson general superintendent of ral rai railway mall mali Y service and isaac 0 slater superintendent of railway adjustment rile the file committee finds esch each decade witnessed a doubling of the service and present rates 0 ot lucrease increase and pay are maintained the year 1000 will see bee a service by mall mali of at least miles with annual cost of io 5 oo oooo when the system of weighing the mail was first established in 1807 the most astonishing inconsistencies were discovered in the matter of compensation pensa tion at that time malls were generally carried in baggage cars it was found 15 lines were receiving per mile daily service ranged from an average of more than liyo ilyo pounds on one line to less than on another that is one received the same pay for car carrying eving I 1 the less amount on roads receiving g per mile the service ranged from tom tum two awo pounds to less than soo aco while on roads where the soo 50 rate was paid the greatest average daily service was glss pounds andi and the least 12 pounds the act of 1873 brought a degree of order out of this confusion in that it prescribed an even rate of pay for transporting P a like daily average weight of mails but on the vital point frequently speed and room in wa which ich to distribute malls mails there was but bul but little advance on the previous law the follow following ilig are the commit committees ees recommendations first that compensation of tile the railroads for carrying malls mails shall be determined upon the basis of space used and f frequency re quency and speed of mails conveyed ad that the space factor be determined by the postmaster general in view of the needs of the service modified by weight and frequency of malls mails that the speed factor be determined by the schedule of various railroads in connection with the olli cial clai report of the railway mall mali service ad that pay f orall mall mail transportation por tation hereafter be at a fixed rate per linear foot of car per mile run this rate to cover the entire cost of service f furniture urn iture and fixtures in the car transportation por tation of clerks etc ath that the postmaster general may at any time order an increase or reduction of the amount of space to be bel paid for if after weighing it be found sufficient increase or diminution of mall mail transported on any railroad to require the same ath closed or pouch malls mails now carried on express or baggese cars without postal clerks accompanying them requiring nos no space ace for distribution en route be calyon the following basis aggregate we weight ht of closed or pouch mails carried rie 0 on n any road on all trains for 24 hours shall be made the basis of pay and this aggregate weight reduced to an e equivalent ui valent of linear feet car space in tte ite the following proportions pounds of mail or orless less to be rated equivalent to six linear inches and be paid I 1 for or at five mills per linear f foot oot per mile run OW pounds of mail to be rated one linear foot for each additional bw pounds one linear linear foot car space to be allowed with a proviso for tor payment for mails on any railroad route for six round trips per week not to be less than M 33 per mile per annum oth that side service be discontinued tile the postmaster general may increase the compensation on any railroad route not to exceed 50 percent per cent per annum for special mall trains performing service on schedules fixed by him the postmaster general nas has has issued an order changing the rate of postage on a number ot of articles heretofore rated third class or printed matter paying a postage rate of one cent for every two ounces under this order these articles will hereafter be classified as merchandise or fourth class matter upon which will be a postage 1 of one cent per ounce following is a text of the order the character of the paper as an article of merchandise within the meaning of the bostal postal law ignot Is not necessarily c changed anaed by y printing or stamping thereon the words letters characters figures images or any combination thereof labejs labels patterns photographs to playing cards visiting cards address ta tas tags s paper sacks wrapping paper with printed advertisements thereon bill I heads eads letter heads beads envelopes ve lopes and other matter of the same general character printing upon which is not designed to instruct amuse or cultivate tiie tile mind or tast eor impart general information are mere articles of merchandise and will be rated as fourth class matter the following gentlemen appeared today to day before tiie tile arctic board and presented plans to rescue lieutenant greely and ana party captain geo tyson of the hall |