Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 22, 1873, Page 4

.Y ¢ PHE CHICAGO DAILY “"IRIBUNE: ‘SATURDAY, NO iR 22, 1873, TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE, TENMA OF BUNSCRIPTION llil‘ntf‘uu.l: TN ADVANOR). Ralkiert 15001 ey Parta ol A yoar at tho 10 rato. *Po provent dalay and mistakos, bo suro aod give Post Oftcoaddrosa {n full, including Btato and County. Remittances may bo mado oithor by dratt, oxpross, Poat. Do oridar, or,in rogistored lottors, at our risk, Dalls, delivored, Bunday oxcoptod, 25 conte por wosk. Daily, delisered, Bunday included, 80 eents per wook. Addross THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Cornor Madison and Doarborn-sta,, Chieago, Iil. fodlch ot Doty TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. LRY'S THEATRE-Tandoloh strost, betwaon S e rateat Law." Kfioraoon amd oming, AOADRMY OF MUSIO-Halstod streot, botwoon Blad- Jon_aud Monrop, Kngagemeut of Mrs, Obanfrau. “Jeslousy," Aftornoon aud avening. GLOBR THRATRE—Dgspiatuenatreot, botwoon Mad. on And_Washington, Fngagoment of Laura Alborta, *Unolo Tor's Cabin,” Afternoon and ovening. MYERS' OPERA-TOUSE—Monras strcet, botwoen d to. Burl )t *Acting on the B M batcalvy and Comigaiitios. Aftoraoon aod it soniag, RINGSBURY MUSIO TIALL- Olark stroot, Betreon ot i 2l ethro by Sonator York, of Kane Do ol W Pieal Famor UNIQ! CONGREGATIONAT, OHURCH— bnmrn“byrl%zu%un. George 8. Doutwell, Hubjoot: ** Financo and the P FIRST M. B, CHUROY n stroots. Loctura by I **'Dy Btory of tho Pyrami k and Washing: Soer k. Wihara. Bobloets DR, KAAN'S MUSEUM,_OF ANATOMY-Olark stroot, botwoon Madison und Monroo. BUSINESS NOTICES, 'S Se rrup for ol n 3 an Virot Tomnedy 1 thd World for all dlsoso of Ghildron. rasd rebnedy i 0 wor Cot e o e The Chitags Tiibune, Saturday Morning, Novembar 22, 1873. Wigsn, in Lancaster, England, has been tho Boeno of another of those torrible colliory acol- donts, soveral of which ara connected with its pame. In this latest catastrophe, twenty-fivo miners woro killed or injured. g Tho sudden sealing of tho Erie Canal by froat has locked up an enormous amount of produce. Instoad of 2,600,000 bushols of grain ns roported yostorday, thoro are 4,000,000 bushels hold in tho canal, beriden o groat quantity of miscolls- neous frolght. 'Tho rosult bas boen & riso in whoat in New York of 6and 8 conts & bushel. Tho railroads aro reinforeing tho opposition of tho manufaoturing corporMions of the Btato to tho taxation of capital stock. Our Bpringfield dispatches stato that the Chicago & Alton, tho Chicago & Northwestorn, and tho Rock Island & Pacifle Roads havo unitod toresist the aseosement of their capital stock aa taxablo property. This tormidabte combiuation is expooted to Lo ex- tonded to include all tho railroad companies of the Btate. Trades-Unionism among the printora in Pitta- burgh is making a grent ado. 1In retalistion for tho action of one of tho nowspapora in emplog- ing non-union men, tho Typographical Union orderod- the printers in all the nowspa~ por ofiices to- striko, and thoy obeyed or- ders. The nowspapers, howovor, lnve fllled thoir ofices with non-union men, and aro pub- lgbing ce usual. Soventy of tho printors have baon charged with conspiracy. Thirty of them bnvo boon arrested, about half of whom have beon held for axamination. Finanelsl nows this morning is barren enough. Wall streot hns been disquicted, as it likes to bo, over tho conutless rumors concerning tho inevi~ tabloness of war, and tho assassination of Gon. Bickles, and tho like. A prominent silk- menufacturing flym of Paterson has failod, and tho usual daily dofaleation is furnished by tho Caghicr of tho Freedmen's Savings Baok of Washington. Abroad, tho financial situation is Improving, a8 Is shown by tho ssnouncoment that the Bank of England will reduco ita rate of discount about the middle of next weok. In ordinary times, thoro would be littlo intoreat in tha announcoment that Tngersoll, tho chair- maker of tho Now York Ring thioves, had been arrested, All tho membors of that gang bhave beon nrrested and batled, moro or less frequent- ly, with no porcoptible progress made to- ward their punishment. Tho unexpected aud dolightful conviction of Tweed re- atores hope, and makes it not visionary to ox- pect that his sccomplices may sharo his fate, .Togorsoll bns failed to find tho bail required, ~ehiich was furnished by his father on a simlar oceasion previously, and has boon comunitted to Jail, War was olmost inaugurated yepterday a *Madrid. Tho rooms of tho American Logation in that city wore purrounded by a hostile mob, who were provented only by tho prompt inter- foronce of thoe Government from doing violonco to our Ministor and tho American flag, 8o un- ploasant and unsafo did Mr. Bickles’ positionbe- como that hio propered to lenve thecity, and would ‘havo done g0 but for somo action of the British Ministor, tho naturo of which is”not told, “Castolar is undoubtedly honest in his intention 4o keop tho poaco¢ it possiblo, but his circumstances msy overpower him. If his policy show tho losst concession to tho Unitod Btates, the Spanish population will wurn upon him, and he and the Republie will bothk be lost. The temptalion to establish tho Republio and unito tho factions around Lim by a popu- lar foreign war is very great. A prolonged Cabinet meoting was hield in Washmpgton yester- dny, but no definite action waa taken, Our naval proparations aro boing pushed with such vigor that twenly of our best ves- sels will bo in Cuban waters within a month, Tho Spaunish navy is likely to be aug- monted by the surrender of tho Cartagons in- surgonts. T'his will put ita entiro forco of iron- clads ot the disposal of tho Spauish Govern- mont. i The Chicago produce markets woro stronger all round yeutorday, but grain - was loss sactive, boing in light supply. Moss pork was sotlvo, aud 20@250 per brl highor, closing at €12.10@ 12.123¢ cash, and §12.60@12.65 sollor January. Tard was active, and 16@26c per 100 1hs bighor, closing ot $7.25@7.05 cash, and S1.50@7.624 eallor Januery, Meats wore quiot and 43(@41¢a for part salted ehoulders, 6o for do sbort ribs, 840 for do short cloar, and 7@T}4o for greon hama, Highwines wero quiot and unchavged at 890 per gatlon. Lako froights woro dull and nominal, Flour was active and frmer at $5.60@ B.76 for good spring oxtrea. Whost was Joss activo and 1o highor, closing at $1,05}¢ cash, $1.033 sollor Docember, and 81,055 sollor Janu- 1y, Corn was gotivo In options and 3¢o higher, .cloaing at 40}¢o cash, and 403£0 sollos Docomber. 1Oata wore dull and 3o highor, closlog aé 820 cash, and 300 mollor January, Rye waa quict and 3o highor, ot 66@0630. Darloy was moro aciive and 4@Boe bigher, olosing at $1,36 for No, 2, and 9070 for choico No, 8. - Hoga wore notivo and strong, with ealos at $3.70@4.10, principally ot 80.76@3.05. Cattlo mot with a good domand but woro n shado lowor. Bhoop wors dull and unochongod at $3.76@4.00, —— The Iron and Btool Assoolation have mndes the dlscovery that the tax on pig-tron s wot high enough, Thoey domand, thorofors, that' it bo udvancod from €690 per ton to 89. 'Taoy allogo that tho reductions in tho tariff dwring tholast fow yoara havo affeoted tho manufaoturs of iron and stool disastrously, and now thero aro a groat many farnaces cloged, nnd thys men dischargod, During tho last two yowrs, tho manufacturo of pig-lron in this courtry has beon unprocodonted, both in reepeet to tho quantily ‘made and the pricos obtained, Tho xiso in tho cost of 1abor and coalin England has 80 crippled the businoss there, that the prices have advancod to & point whore consumption has beon roduced and exportation has almost ceased, The reasons affocting tho pricos in Eng- land have not oxisted in this country at all. Thewagos of labor have not boon advancod, and tho cost of conl to the furnaces has beon, it changed at all, reduced. Novertheless, the prico of pig-iron haa boon advaucod 80 por cont without any incroase in thoe cost of* muking it. Theso pig-iron lords havo had a harvest of profit which has nover beon equaled. Thoy bove divided very lttle of thoso profita with thoir Iaborers. - Oapital has takon nosrly all in, tho shape of immengo dividenda. Theso capital- ists hiave, however, ombarked thoir money in the vorious ' epoculations of Jay Cooko, Tom Beott, ote.; thoy havo sunk most of what thoy made {n railronds in the wildorness, and, now that thoso bubblos hvo burst, thoy proposo that Congraes ehnll onable them to recovor tholr lost monoy by giving them a special bounty of £3a ton on plg-iron. Tho protoction remedy for all ovils is to lovy an incroase of toxea upon tho whole pooplo for tho bonofit of tho privileged clasa. — RESUMPTION OF BPECIE PAYMENT, Thero I8 & nervous anxioty in businoss ciroles a8 to what courso Congross will pursuo with rof- orenco to the commercial deprossion consequent upon tho late panic. If Congross should call upon thepoople for & voto of confldence, after tho custom of the Fronch Prosident and Assem- bly, tho result would bo unfavorable. 1t Congresa shall declaro war upon Spain, or undortake tho chnstisement of the Cuban Volun- untoora (which would bo about the samo thing), therefaan ond to all benoficlallegislationat once. A doclaration of war wouldundoubtedly divert the attontion of tho poople from tho ponic, farnish employment (in tho way of dostruction) for thoussnds who will otherwiso: bo unemployed, and load to frosh issucs of greonbacks, and consequont inflation of prices, and pactislly restoro tho illusivo appearance of prosperity that exiated before the failure of Jay Cooke & Co. It thero I to bo war, wo shall go on aftor the old faghion, postponing tho genoral sottlemont o fow yoars longer. It thero is nob tobo war, then tho first thing to bo recognized is that wo are in n moro favorable condition for a return to a specio basis than wo Liave beon at any timo pince tho closo of the Rebellion. Accordingly tho first thing for Congress to do isto declaro whothor or not thore shall bo an offort to rosumo specio psyments, If tho sontimont of tho major- ity I8 opposod to all efforta ab resumption, thon all financial logislation will boon o falso bnsis, and overy chavge is likely to manke mattors worso than they are now. If the majarity favor resumption, in somo way, thon tho country will Do preparod to liston attentively and pationtly to a disoussion of tho means bost sdapted to thab ond, consclons that a roturn. to & speclo basis will apoodily compnnsato for possible defocts in tho plan finally adoptod. A plan worthy of canaldurfigon maybs briefly statod as follows: (1) Repeal the Legsl-Tendor actas to futurs (nob past) contracts; ' (2) ro- deom tho existing groenbacks in gold-beating ‘bonds at their actual valuo—ssy 92 conts on the dollar, or whatever moy bo tho enrrent rato at tho timo of the ropeal; aud (3) £reo banking. 1. The ropeal of tho Xogal-Tendor act wonld serve to bring out and utilize not only tho hoarded groonbacks, but also tho 800,000,000 of gold and $20,000,000 of silvernowin tho country, and constantly increasing in amount. All debts contractod prior to the repeal, including the Na- tional Bank notes, would bo payablo n logal- tendor. The offect of this would bo to keop groonbacks in eirculation, oxcept a8 thoy should gradually make way for gold and gold-notea. 2. Tho redemption of groenbacks in & class of bonds bearing such a rateof interost ag would mako them worth about 92 conts—tho prosont value of tho groonbnok—would provent thom from depreciating. It groobacks aro worth 93 at tho time of tho passage of tho act, tho bond would probably noed to draw intorest at about 8.05-100 por cont. Tho ‘objection to Souator Blorman's 6 per cont bond schomo is, that "tho bond would be worth 80 much more than tho groonback that the Jatter would rush into the former with great voloalty, and it would compol the sottlemont of all oxisting indebtedness on tho basis of 09 containatend of 92, Thero would bo no objection to making theso bonds recon- vertiblointo groonbacks at tho ploasuro of tho holdor provided tho Logal-Tonder ack wero ro- pesled 88 to futuro contracts, Tho fu- ture businoss of the country would then o donoe on s gold basie, and tho value of groen- ‘backs for eottling past contracts would bo do- tormined by the valuo of tho bond in which thoy aro fundsble, and this in turn would bo gov- ernod by tho rate of interoat in tho open markot on the bighest form of socurity, Thon, instoad of gold belng quoted at 109, gold would always bo 100, and grooubaoks would bo quoted at'02, or thelr actual valuo, as thoy aro now and always havo boen in Oalifornia, E 3, Tho National Bank notos already lssuod would follow tho valuo of tho legal-tendor in which they aro rodeomable, and would be fo- tired, in oll probabllity, boforo thio groonbacks, Thoir place, under freo bauking, would bo taken by clrculating notes rodoemable in gold, Freo banking on & gold baals, and with propor se- curlty, 18 altogother the best’ provision forn floxiblo ourrenoy that can bo made. Tho seourlty might safely romaln of tho snpmo charactor ag that now provided by law, ‘This plan contemplates the sotllement of all oxisting indebtedness, includlng the Govern- mont's greenback indeblodnoss, on tho currency basis, Tho objection will, perhape, bo ralsed agalust it that it amounts to o ropudiation of 8 percont of tho greonbaok indobtedness of tho Governmont, ‘Tho auawer ia that tho bond into which the groonbacks aro funded will ultimatoly bo pald at par, Another answor jg that the Gov~ ernmont 18 now, and bag boon for more than ton pudiate them forever. No Govornmont thab ‘ovyr Iaunohod upon tho sen of irredoom- o'olo papor has paid fta * groonbacks" ot ‘par. Tho English plan of ‘resumption adopted in 1821 was a sliding scalo, by which tho notes woro advanced in value ot sinted fntervals, An equivalont plan In this country would bo amx{- thing liko this: Tho Government will rodeom greonbacks at 02 during one yoar; at 04 during tho docond yoar ; nt U0 during thoe third; at 08 during tho fourtli; and at par during and aftor tho fifth yoar from tho dato of tho'act. In the case of Great Britain, the plan worked so woll that tho Bank was ablo to redoom at par two yoars boforo tho time set for rodemption at that rate. THE NEXT §PEAKERSHIP, Our Washington dispatches indicato a compli- ontion of oircumstances attonding thoe forthcom- ing sssombling of Congress and cloction of Bpeakor, which aro not only singular, but might fitly bo charactorizod as cowardly, upon tho part of the Ropublican party. Assuming that Afr. Blaino will bo re-otoctod Sponkor, that gontlo- man will immedintely find himself botween two fires, Upon tho one sido will bo a faction of anti-Crodit-Mobilior Congressmon, who will de- mand that thoso of their assoclatos who wore implicatod in the Credit-Mobilior scandals eball not bo assigned to positions at the hend of im- portant committeos. On tho othor hand, thero 18 another faction of ultra-Administration Con- grossmon, who follow the lead of the ‘Presidont . and Camoron, who have nover rogarded tho Crodit-Mobilier ; scandal s a vory ‘hoinous offense, and this faction ho will antag- onizo if ho follows tho polley of tho other. If ho shifts tho responsibility upon a caucus, as ho dosires to do, o will still mako trouble for him- solf by nntagonizing tho ultra-Administration faction, and, in addition to this, will incur the odium of being celled cowardly and afraid to take a responeibility which bolongs to him. Thus, whichover way Mr. Blaine may turn, ho will ind himself in troublo, If ho ploasea tho Administration, ho displonses the anti-Credit- Mobilier faction, and vice versa. If ho socks to avoid rosponsibility, ho disploasos both.. Thero 16 but ono way of oscapo out of this dilamma, and that s to boldly cut the knot by forming his committees and eppointing tho hoads as he Dloasos, without reforence to Cradit Mobilior, Bnlary-grabbing, or any otbor form of official iniquity in which Coungressmon Lave béon en- goged, ‘Why should Mr. Blaino bo called upon or bo oxpocted to punish Congrossmon for thoir politi- fcol sins? What right hes ho to decido that thoy aro guilty and thon procoed to punish them by stripping them of influenco when the party itsclf Iacks courago to punieh thom? Theso Credit-Mobilior Congressmen have all been arraigned and tricd by tho party, under the ‘prossure of publio opinion, and have baen white- washed, 1f thero is any punishing to bo done, it is tho daty'of tho party, not Mr. Blaine, to do it. It Crodit-Mobilier Congrossmen are o bo heuled up at this late day for their stock-invost- ments, after ignoring tho offense at tho timo whon it ghould have beon punished, lot tho party elt in judgmont and administor tho pen- alty, not Mr. Blaino, If tho ealury-grabbers aro o be robukod, lot the party robuko them, com- moncing with tho Prosident, who mado salary- grabbing posuible, not Mr. Blaine, -If any oftho frauds and corruptions of Ropublican londors aro to Lo punished, lo¢ tho party decido what thab punisbment ehall bo, not Alr, Blaino. 8o long 28 tho party doos not do 8o, it will simply bo o pieco of importinenco for Mr. Blaino to take any netion in the promises whatever. If hois to b the oxocutioner for tho party, let him ba fur. nished with tho warrants and evidenco and vor- dicts of tho party, and then no ono will akjeat to his lopping off tho honde—the more the botter, It would bo just as consistent for a Judgo to or- der the Bhoriff to hang a murderer who lias not beon tried, as for Mr. Blsine to proceed to pun- {sh these mon, The manner in which the party i taldug ground with reforence to the Speakor- ship and his dutios i3 simply o cowardly shifting of rosponsibility, and it is tho duty of Mr. Blaino to drng tho party lesdors out from their skulking places, and compel thom to do tho work which they aro trying to foist upon him, He g tho koy to tho situntion in his own hands. Eithor theso Oredit-Mobilicrand ealary-grabbing +Congrersmen aro innocent and deserve no pun- ishment, and should have thoir places as usual upon committoes, or thoy aro guilty and dosorve to bo ousted. But Mr. Blaine is not tho judge of this. Ho must have oflicial notico from the party, and tho undoubted assurance that the party condowns their transactions. If ho doos not, ho cannot prag upon thom, but must locate thom upon the committecs as if thero had nover been o Oredit-Mobllior or salary-steal, and the party must tako the responsibility. Mr. Blzino nocd not feor that tho people will not sustain bim in this courso. ONO! Ges billa woro never highor and gas was never pooror than at tho presont time, and, as a rule, tho poorer tho gas grows tho higher the bills becomo—because more of it must bo ueed, Tho complaing is becoming universsl, both upon tho part of tho city and upon tho part of individuals, 1t is not the firat time that complaint Las boon mado of tho action of this despotio monopoly, but there has uevor boon a time bofore when ito cxactions have beon asbold and insolent ay now. Intho contracts with the city, both of the Bouth Bido and Wost Sldo Gas Companles, it s stipulated that oncli of the streot-lnmps shall bo furnished with five-foot burner, and a schedulo of timo for lighting and oxtingulshing tho Jamps 18 aleo furnishod, This would scom to bo an ar-’ rangomont which ought to proteot the city from" overcharging, and yot tho South Bide Company has brought ina bill of £40,705.01 for exiras during the last thirty months, Theso consist of thio oxtra amount over the fivo foet, which tho Qas Company cean succeed in pushing through their fivo-foot burner, and of *ovor-time,” no provision for wkich is mado in the contract, the Company olniming that they can chiargo for it by common conacni, The amount olalmod for ovor- tima is $2,600, the Dbalanco boing for ovor-cone sumption, In like mannor, tho West Bide Com- pany has provonted & bill for £42,394,80, of which £9,000 Is for over-time, and tho romainder for ovor-oouswinption, Tho two bills, togathor, umount fo §83,180.77, whioh tho city is callod upon to pay for an artlcle 1t doos not want, an article i did not ask for/and an articlo which Iy of no bynofit to it, In other words, tho Gas Compenios compol the city to take morogus than 1t noals, and aro now sookiug to compel the city to par notonly for tho oxtrn gas, but also for tho time ocoupled in burnng it. : Iy viow of this outregoous demand, it bocomoa interosting to Inquive why no report hna beon Taade upon tho schodule of time for Ughtlng and % ¥ " v ‘yunru, ropudinting its groonbacks, and tho qnes- | extingnishing the stroot-lamps, propns.ed by Mr. “tion ‘to Lo consfdored fs whether it shall ro- ¥| Colbort at tho requeat of tho Comme,n Counoll, . e haly D P Y ‘thero. “Tho Whigatid tho Domocratio parties alllo igy rorodit, M. Iinlo was regarded na & with tho view of aconomizlng tho #gae expondi- | disturbor , 2 tho gonoral ponce. Ilo Was not & ture. That gchodulo was proveuts d to tho Com- | Whig, nor Wauho o Domoorat; ko disclaimed mon Couuoil last Fobruary, and roferred to the and waa dis, ‘Inimed by both parties, and thoro Commlittco on Gas-lights, and f horo it has boon | wan a atoady * offort to ignoro his oxistonce. smothored, It showed with- mathomatioal ex- actnosn that tho proposed AT pngoment of time for lighting and ux!lng«ifiy}r ig tho streot-Iamps would havo saved tho cit! ; £33,000 in 1872, and that, with tho incroaso o gtroot-lamps for tho prosont year, the city wo uld savo £40,000, This, howavor, is o specles of oconomy which could novor bo toleratod, su d tho schodule, thoreforo, has nover soon the lir ght, and novor will, so long. a8 tho gas buslnoss I' 4 a monopoly. "Thore Is anothor * quostion of intorest conneot- od with this busi ggs, namoly, havo wo & Gas- Inspector? Tho' city ordinances provide for tho appointment of ‘ guch an Inspoctor, and progcribo his dutlos vory clearly. Tho oighteonth meotlon of tho gas-orv Jinanco provides that ¢ Said In~ spoctor shall, from time to timo, make photo- ‘motrical test g of tho qualify of tho gas furnished by the Gas Companics, and shall communicate to the Comn on Counoi! the results of such tests.” ‘Whon has puch & roport ever besn presented to tho Cour oll, and, if we have s Gas-Inspactor, why doos o not attend to this duty—ospocially st the presont time ? e Thes city, and every mdividual citizen in the oityy is at the morey of those two corporations. The y have tho powar to force upon the city more gas than Is nocossary ; to chiargo for moro timo than ia provided by tho contract schedulo ; to swothor a time-schedulo which would savo tho city $40,000 & yoar ; and can furnish any quality of gas thoy ploase. Thoro is niot & building In this clty which is properly lighted, During tho " onrlior part of tho ovoning, it is woll nigh im- possiblo to read by tho gns which isnow furnish- cd. By waiting until about midnight it is pos- sible to obiain a respectable light, but not be- foro. Tho Gas Company is simply gouging the community by furnishing it with a miserablo ar- ticlo of gas. It fa gouging the individual by charging him the ssmo prico which ho wonld have to pay for good gas, and it is bringing in onormous billa sgainst tho cityin the wayof overcharges for more of tho stuft than is wanted. If wo aro at the moroy of tbia monopoly, and must suffor its extortions, wo havo at loast the right to claim that a gaod srticlo of gas shall bo furnished. HOW BTATE TAXES ARE LEVIED, Tho Auditor ot Stato is suthorized by law to fix tho rato of tax noceseary to produce the. amount of rovonuo noeded, to pay the approprin-- tious mado by the Legirlature. Tho smount of revonuo authorizod Ly law to be raised in 1878 18 es follows: For schiool purposos, Tor genaral Btato roven $1,000,000 500,000 Tolal FOVOBU DULROTIZEd ¢veavaeesssser 85,600,000 To raieo this smonnt of rovenue, the Auditor Las fixed tho rates at nine-tenths of & mill for school purpnsos, and ¢wo mills and sovon-tonths for genoral purposes. Thoso rates produco the following sums: Bchool tax—nine-tonths of & mill on n, valuation of $1,341,612,000 produces $1,207,440, Horo ¥a a purplus of 20 por cont boyond the amoun’s suthorized by law to bo raised. X1 it ia atonded to raise cnough to pay tho comt of co'llection, abatements, ofc., thon $207,440 is an oxcessive sum. To pay over 20 por cont for ¢ llecting taxes is inordinate. In 1871-2 thore was $1,000,000 raised for school purposes, &/ 1d tho cost of collection and abate- ments ame unted to 69,000, or about 7 per cont. ‘Why shorld it cost 20 por cent in '74 to collect a tox Which was collected in "2 for logs than7 por cont? In othor words, what doos the Audi- torwant with that $207,449, and where is his authority to lovy any tax to raise that sum? If tho oxcess of lovyintho matter of tho sehool tax s startling, the levy for Btate rove- nuo is somothing moro. To raise $2,5600,000,— being ! the maximum he is authorized to raise,— ho has fixed tho rate at 2 7-10 mills, which, on $1,541,618,000, produces $8,622,353, or a surplus of $1,107,449. Deducting 7 per cont as tho cost ot collection and abatomonts, or $175,000, and the sum in oxcess of tho revenuo authorized by law is 9947,963. Thare i no mistaking what the objoct of rals- ing this oxtra million of taxis. Itia oponly avowed and announced to be to pay tho interost on tho railroad-aid-bond dobts, The annual interost on these honds is a8 followa ¢ Tutercst on §639,000 nt 6 per cout. Total interoat,ve.es s ‘This willdo for a beginning, If tho throo-fitths of the peoplo of this State, owning threo-fourths of the taxable property of tho Stato, consont to poy this oxtra lovy of $1,000,000 this year, thon noxt yoor the Auditor can increase the extra lovy 10 £2,000,000, and pay off $1,000,000 of tho prin- cipal of tho bonds which spoculatons have pur- chinsod at low pricos. — THE LATE JOEN P, HALE, * Tho death of John P, Halo, of New Hamp_ shire, hould not bo pormittod to pass without somo commont upon the conepiguous part ho bore in tho oarly history of the slavery agita~ tion, DBorn in 1806, in New Hampshire, Lo wos graduated at Bowdoin College in 1827, Ho had amopg his aesociatos in collogo Franklin Plorce, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Honry W. Longfollo®. Ilo bogan tho practioa of tho law in 1830, sb Dover. Now Hsmpshiro was at thot timo. tho |\ og a circulnting modium, The Dotroit nowspa- | groat Democratio Gibraltar. In 1834 Gon. Jack- son mado him United States Attornoy for tho Btate, and he hold that office unt?) romowed by Prosident Tylor, in 1841, In 1843 ho was clected to Congross, whero he earved tyo yoars; during | tho Inat sossion, the annews,tion of Toxan was comploted, and Mr. Halo ook nn sotive part in - opposition to that moasa’ o, his opposition being on anti-slavery grounde . IToaddrossod his con- etituents toking the/ samo ground. Though rogularly nominated’ by tho Domocratic Convon= tion, a thirdeandide’ to was put in tho flold agaings bim by the “Domoorats. At that timo, o majority of®all tho votes was nocossary to an olootions in New Nampshire, and, though sovera), clections wero held, no ono ot iho eandidaton rocelved & majority of the votos, and tho district romained unrepresentod‘for fwo yoors, Ho was bitterly donounced by the Demo- cratg, and was_formally end repeantodly road out of tho party. His anti-slaveryism becamo moro intensified, undin 180 ho was olected to tho Btato Leglalature, and was by a combination of tho opposition made Speaker of the Iloueo of TRoprosontatives, and, a vacancy ocouring in the United Statos Bonato, ko was by tho same com- bination eleated to fill the unexpired torm, s oleotion produced & profoundsensation, ho being eleoted from o Detnooratio State, and bolug the first avowod antl-slavery Bonator olected ns such, Io was mot In thoSonato with great cool« ness, The Bousto waaat that time tho citadel of glavery, Blavery, disonssicue, were avolded L In tho divy don of {tho commiticos bo- twoon tho Whig % and Domocratn, lio was loft off all tho commi "Lecs,—n result which Josso D. Dright aftorwards o, tPIsined as Inovitablo in tho . caso of o man “who WA outsids of ‘all hoalthy politioal organization &' Mr. IIalo, ‘however, whs not & man to aubm. ' to auy contompt. o hind thio xight to sponls, A ud ho availed himaolf of it frooly and ably, e w98 Dot afrald of tho consures of oither prirty, xad aequitting thom of all responsibility fo r his apnduct, ke oxprossed is opinfons ably and boldip, o had s good porsonal appoaranco, had g frankc countonanco and boaring, and, porsassing o romarkably clear and ploasnnt volco, ho gave froeh interost to tho dobatos, .His prosonce was ogpocially rriteting to tho Southorn oxtremigta, 1t wes undor the irritation producod by n spench of Mr. Xule that Kr. Calhoun wrs wonlk onoughy %0 £y that, if tho Northorn Statos olootad Abol, “ionats to the Bonato, that fact would not chango , bis opin- fon of themon; ofclally Lo would trea ¢ them with respeot, but porsonally would haye v in- torcourno with thom, would not speak to t. 18m, nor shako hands with thom. Mr. Halo was no VX awod orintimidated by thaattomptstoignorehis % and he had not beon long in tho body boforo he ' and Mr, Callioun became involved in a two days warm dobato on tho slavery quostion. This do- bato rocoived additional interost becauso it was tolographod with considerable fullness from Washington to Now York, boing tho first timo any Congrossional proceedinga had boen thus roportod, and it led to the subsequant roporting of auoh proceodings for tho Associatod Pross. Mr, Halo, whilein tho Sonato, took nn active part in the agitation to abolish flogging in tho navy, and saw the monsuro carriod. In 1852, Franklin Piorco wna cleotod Presidont, and New Hampshire was Domocratic onco more. The Logislaturo, in 1852, choso Oharlos G. Atherton 88 Mr, Halo's suceossor, but two yeors later, in 1865, Mr. Athorton died suddenly, and Mr. Halo NOTES AND OPINION. 4 Tho olection of Becrotary of Btate, in Minno- aots, doponds -on the vote of Watonwan County. With 18, Tonnison (Ropublican) hns 125 mnjority ; without it, Stovens (Opposition) Las o majority. Tho vote itsolf is unduly Inflated by o county-seat contest, in which Madolin, atriving to rotain’ tho honors, polled 799 votos out of 813 {nhabitanta. It Is thought the return will bo contestod in tho courts. ~In fifty-four countios.of Missesippl, tho voto for Govornor Is: Ames, 61,765 ; Aleorn, 40,007. Thoso counties gavo s total of 109,722 out of 105,473 at " tho Prosidential election last yoar, and Alcorn polls rathor moro than tho Grooloy voto, E—Tho olection in Now Jorsey, Nov. 4, was only for mombers of tho Logislaturo, and tho roturns, whichwe findin tho Now York Times, show that the Grant majority of 14,850 was reduced to » boggarly 671, 4 —Tha voto of Virginin: kK Gorernor, 1873, Prestdent, 1872, ‘Kempor, Consory. ., 120,205 Grestoy, 91,064 1fuglios, Rop......, 03,670(Grant, 3 Kempor's maj,. 27,025 Grant’s maj, . 814 —Thoe Burlington Hatwk-Eye plainly tella tho DasMoines Register and othor Administration office-holding newspapers in Iows who aro boast- ing of what tho party" will do, noxt yoar: Tt {a rathor oarly yet to open tho Gongrossional cam- palgn for noxt yoar, capociaily on tho part of Ropubli- capn, Tofore goiting up now or roviving old fouds in our ranks, it will be well to assuro oursclyes that wo aro likoly to bo strong cnough when well unitod to confend succosafully with the Opposition, If tho Con- essional olection wora ko ¢omo off In Towa at thin imo, thero 1s scarcely a dlatrict in the Btato that could Do earried by a Topublican nominco, If Republicans oro wino thoy will not bogin noxt yoar's campaign until o limo for 1t to open axrivos, Tu tho mosntimo, fho destiniea of tho party for noxt year, and porhaps’ ine definltely, aro in tho handa of & Republican Congress ‘nd Ropublican Legislaturcs, If theso do nothing 31 vongthon the organization by wiso leislation and the ye. ‘emption of plodges made to-thio pooplo, its doom is Zea 8d. Evon Guoa will not savo it, "\t romains for the Congross soon to nssomblo to da. ‘ermino whothor tho noxt Administration ehail b © Ropublican or not, and tho Prosident Tood nc 't emain an idlo knootator of passing bronts, 1 b may groatly ald in rostoring publio confldence™ by his wisdom in tho disohargo of his ol dut. ‘on, Tho apatty that b apioad ovor the country 1iko & dend rot” among Ropublicans, conting tha ¢ 'ofent of & Governor in_Ohio, an tho loss of £l ontire tickot in our own State, is owing moro to tho blundors made by tho lnak Congtoas than 0 anybhing elso, Tho tioket in Wisconain wns L 'eaton before it was mado,—Afil- waukes Senlinel. 2 Notliing can 10 plainer to oven tho casnal obaerver then tho imponding downfall of the Ropublican party iu Illinoig, provided head- was again cleoted to fill tho vacancy, During tho intorval ho practicod Lis profession, In 1859, o was & third time olocted to tho Honato, this time fora full torm, and served until March, 1865, when he was sppointed by Mr. Lincoln Ministor to Spain, In 1809, muck onfecbled in hoaltb, ho rotarned to his homo in Now Hamp- 1| shiro, whero ho bss lived sinco thon, groatly *| broken inbodilyhonlth. In1852ho was tho candi- 1] anto of tho Liberty party for Presidont, snd in 1848 ho hed supported Van Buron. Ho of courso united with tho Ropublican party in 1856, and was distingugiiod nmong its loadors. e was a man of large and liberal views, Ho was an ablo dobator, strong in his conviotions, -earnost in his mannor, Ho nover indulged in rporsonalitios, aud never in persousl denuncia- - -tion. Alwaya courtoous, manly, and ou.tapokon, ‘he was by bis gonial tomper, rendy hwmor, and . happy ustration able to maintain himself with ‘ !honor and docorum in the many excitod debatos : of the Senate. Ho finally, by the vory {irmuoss . aud independonce with which ho maintained his ;position, ovorcamo tho hintred which hiw first .olaction produced, sud, without surrendering in *the lenst to insult or contempt, Lo bocamse ono +of the most popular Senators that over hold a ssont in the body, His fenrlossnces enforcoed a | rospoct that porsonal intercourso warmod into *friendship. Of all theso Bonators who wers in tho body “when Mr. Hfalo first took his soat, thero is mot ouo now in the Senato. The great majority of ‘thom aro doad. Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Crit~ *tonden, Clayton, Cass, Douglas, Chase, Seward, : Clomons, Beuton, Houry Dodge, John Davis, :sud others have gone. Jefforson Davis and ‘Footo survive him. Ho lived long enough, how- -over, to witnoss the final trinmph of tho great :pnti-slavory causo, of which ho was the pioneer »advocato in tho Sonate of the United Btates. + The Wyandotte Rlolling-Miils Company (E. B. *Ward's), of Dotroit, bogan paying off thoir em- :ployes & short timo ago in lithographed notes, ‘tniform in style, in denominationd gonerally :adopted by banks, and payable in six months :from dato. 'The Detroit press vory justly criti~ wiged this action, on the ground thet it would :find rosdy imitators, and that it is dangorous for Lindividuals and corporations, not bankers, ta dssue circulating-notes on the basis of individusl «or corporate credit, and unprotectod by the meual safoguards of & rogular banking businoss. "Thereupon Mr. Ward published a card, ckiming . ithe right to pay his debts in this way g0 long as wreditors woro willing to tako tho notes. To ‘this the Detrolt Tribuno mnkes & vory comploto | esimor by roprodueing o Stato statute, which {mokes it o pemnl offonse, punishable with throe years in tho State Prison, to **lssue Villy, notes, due-bills, drafts, or othoer evidonco ‘of dobt in tho similitudo of bank-bills, to bo + Jonned or put in circulation as monoy,” unless ! tho porson or corporation issuitg them shall be oxpressly nuthorized by law to do & rogular : banking businoss, The Tribune likowiso calla for the onforcomont of this Jaw against Mr. Ward unloss ho withdraws his sbiuplasters, . Theso wero pald out to omployes, and, as they ‘mroaclass of pooplo who do nob usually nogo- ! tiate commercial paper, Mr, Ward must havo . known that his lithograph-noton would ba used pora aro ovidontly of tho opinion tlat tho peoplo of that city dosire s differont Lind of ourronoy, which is not at all unrensonablo, — Potor D. Vroom, ox-Governor of Now Jorsey, diod at Trenton, in that Stato, on the 18th instd in his 824 yoor. In a political sonso, Lis lifo had 'l boon & very active ono. Ho commonced it in tho New Jersoy Genoral Assombly, in which body horopresontod Somersot Couuty in 1826-'37, aud 120, During the years 182, '30, and '31 Lo was Govornor of the State. In 1833 hio was againa candidato, but was dofoatod by tho Whigs, but in 1838 ho was again clected, and also in 1834, '85,and '86, In 1897 ho wns on tho Commission o adjust tho claime of tho Indiang In Aisslssip- pl. In 1838 ho wan olected to Congrosa upon tho Domooratio ,tickot, It was this cloclion which gavo rise to tho famous *Droad Borl” contxoversy, In 180 ho was nominated to Con- grous, but was dofeated. Tu184thownasa dolo- gato to tho Constitutionsl Convention, In 1852 ho was Proafdontinl Elcolor, and cast his vaoto for Cen. Plorco, In 1863 lo wau appointed Minletor to Prussis, whero ho remained until 1857, In 1801 howas a swomber of tho Penco Conventlon at Washington, In 1804 ho was ap- pointed & Commissionor of the Elnking Fund of Now Jersoy, aud was also & roporier of tho Supromo Cowrt, aud in 1868 ho was sgaln A Prosidentinl Bloctor and voted for Beymour. Fow men in this vountry have ever had a polit- | ical oxnosiquoo extondiug ovor 4o many yoars: oD g Democrats, waraless of ' consoquencos, do :xtougmnedin the attempt to rosurrect doad issuce and forco_snll anti-Ropublicans to eing their songe aud shout their battle-cries.—Cairo Demacrat. —No Government on earth has been so out- rageously robbod anel awindled by all tho de- artmonts and officiale, from Presidont down to ide-waitor, s ours bag boen, Wo aro paying now $20,000,000 ‘por aunum to support our nayy, whilo tho Sccrotary of the Navy is selling our ships at & nominal.sum. When needed wo bavo no ships go to soa for any purposo. ho only consolation wo havo is, that two yoars from now:wo will havo o Congress that will bring to light tho oxtont of thoso tobbories, and the perpotrators of tho samo, it in the menntime all the evidonces of the crimes are not destroyed by the criminals— Quiney (1Ul.) Herald. —Wo have matters at homo of much greater junportanco than this [Cubin] contast is likaly ta bo. Tho country is trembling ywith financial trouble, snd, whilo wo are without ships to meet ovon tho Spanish mavy, the wholocomntry is safforing_from_the comploto failuro of “tho bonatod Republican policy. Think, for & mo- mout, that all the intorests which the Ropublican pacty bova protacted for years, at an immonto cost to' tho farmors and mechanics of the coun- try, hay'e sunk into_sbsolute fuin, not becauso o torels-a war, shiort crope, or. Lard timos, but from their* 0tvn inhorent wenkuces. . . . Tho consractors, Republican }lollflc[m\s, and spoca- 1ators witl de clare ‘' this is no timo to count the “cost,” whon w 8r0 in or_upon tho Vergo of war witli a foreign power ; but wo inest such clap- trap whall ot proval ngainst thio cry of tho 2oplo for roform £ud for n_sound finnaclal syg- {'um, « . . Weoimmsiet, therofora, that tho Ad- ministration shall not escapo the day of rock- oning with thw plundored pooplo becauso wo may bo obliged to seel redross for outrages committed by Sprin.—Idinois State Register. —Though wo trust the Dnitod States Goyern- ‘mont will hovor bo o poor or go burdened with dobt 18 to Lamely submnt to national ineult, or bo unablo to protect its monnest citizen, thore aro reasons why a war at the prosont timo should, it possible, bo avoided, Superficial obsorvers sa; & war would put an_ond _to the present fluuncial embarrassment, and again give progperity to tho ocountry. Grant that thia is true, it woinld only Bato transfor to a futuro day, and, with (n- cransed burdons, tho dificultios “under which wo are now suffering, . . . These things aro not more fancies. They aro sobor facts, u.m}, 28 eucts, must bo looked fairly in tho face. It i well not to bo too lasty in the mattor.—Peoria (Qu.) Transripl. —A war with Spain for the possession of Cuba . wonld bo & very sad spoctaclo, porhaps; but & sadder ono would be' wintor broad-riots in New York and Philadolphia. Let the poace-mongora think of this.—St Louis Globe, ] —T8 this, thon, a timo for unnocosanry war 2 Ts this o time for heavior taxes P—tho wasto of armics—tho vast expense of floots? Is glory wantod? Whoro would we got it in s conflict with Bpain? Ismore torntory desired? What use could bo mado of 1t? What has Congross done for yoars but to give away what wo have ? Noithor reason nor right call for war. Prudence, magnnnimity, honor, must be sbove madnoss aud folly. It isun- worthy of Americans,—St. Paul Pioneer, —The great American Ropublio claims tho honor of hoving introduced arbitration as a moans of settling intornational causes withoub war. If Bpain proposes arbitration of our claim for raparation for the exccution of the Virginius filibusters, We cannot refuso without sabjecting oursalves fo thie Jwputation of praying for arbi- tration whenwa lind & complaint agatuat a strong ower, and_of resorting promptly to war when lealing with a weaker nstion.—Cincinnali Gazetle, —Tho way out of the complication wmill run somovhat a8 follows : The Presidont will pro- o080 to lend to Spain, in the inferests of human- ty, an armed intorvention bobwoon horself and he reousant ofiicors of Ler colony, Bpaiu will accopt the offer, and an American &quadron, nominslly acting in bebalf of intornstiona comity a8 well as'in bollf of civilization, wilt insuro n protoctorate to Cuba, Tho hendlong rush into war with & dncrg(l’)it. and lelploys Europoan nation will bo avoided,whilo tho actual local offendors against Chrintilnh{‘ aud the human raco will moet with tho punishmont thoy o so deliborutely justifiod.—Brooklyn Eaglo. —Olonrly the time ‘has come for moro dofliito action than has hitherto boen takon on tho affairs of Cuba, Thore is not, wo think, any question of war in this presont complication, for wo cannot go to war with that brooched savage Burriol for his atrocious murders, aud Bpalu cortainly will give us no protost evon if we want ed ono. Nelther arewo yot porsusded that wo should caro to aunex an islund full of Burriols to this Republie, howover rich she matorial prizo thoy might bring with them would be. Thoro iy = price too high to pay for oven the iobacco and tho sugar of the Quoen of tho Aniiiles. Tnt 11nl.tinfi1 asido war aud annexation as usithoy possiblo_nor deslirablo, it may bo time to con- gidor sud oven to settlo definitoly tho quostion of tho indopendence of Cuabs, and to give to thoso who would enpplant the butchors and .elavelioldors thiat moral support sud national countonanco with which thoy can do 0 puch, aud withouv which, g« it has boon provod for tho 1nat five yoars, thoy oan do so little.~New York Zvening Post. —Thoso,papora that are now clamoring for war with _Spainare always ready fo Justity tho liouscholdor in slaying the burglar” whom Lo finds sttompting to ontor bhis honse, Yo fail to porcoive any differcnco botween o company of burglars on board_tho Virginius fiolug forth Lo Lill Bpuniards snd sppropristo their torritory, sud those twin brothers of thoirs, tho Lome- burglars, who endangor our Uyen and pmnnrtly. Instantancous doath socms tho dosort of both. 'Ihey ure aliko tho onemles of peacoful citizons— Inmaolitew, against whoso succens avery lionest mun's hand is Justly ralsed.—New York Wilngss (religious). o DEADHEADS AND SCALPERS. T the Editer of The Chicago Tribuna : Biwt ‘Tho proprlotors of tho railroads of I1))- nois are undor groat obilgation tp Tie Tninune for tho efiiclont sorvico It xendprod, during the- oarly part of this year, In bringing abont tho abolition of that great chronlo nuissuce,~the prag-systom. You now have an opportunily to inoronso tho weight of that obligation by attack- ing and oxtermiyating this other hordo of pava- slies, rightly donomiuated soalpors, and of whoaa will bo thrown out by tho eanvassors ; if not, it all plead for poace. Wa | oxistonco I linvo romainod in ignoranco, fong & stooldioldor, - Habwoon Han doiner s S scolpors, and tho clamor of tho Grangaa, tho rollronda have n hard timo. The logs of revonue has been onormous, A Dircctor of one of tho Jonding ronds from this city told mo tho saving of rovonuo to iy rond by tho abolition of the pnes-nystom alono would amount to two hundred thowsand dollars per annum ! Ia this fack not a plesant ono to contemplato for thoso hn;;ullml Blocke holders _who liave beon wondering why their dlvidenda wero o small? And now comes this, to mo, now #pecios of parasito,—tho sealper,— this Oapt. Jaok of rovonuo-piickers, who lisa boon fod, kopt in whisky, and covered ovor with owalry, hfl tho onrniugs of railronds. An ireotory that falls to {u astop Lo this loak{s falso to the ownors of tho road who placed it in power,” Tho publlo clamor for roduced ratea cannob bo mot with any show of roason while doadhoads and scalpors oro using up the carn- jngs, By inaugurating, and adhering to, a rigid syatom of economy iu all dopartmonts, and the total oxtormination of tho great army of dond- hoads and sealpors, it moy bo possiblo for the railronds to innugurato concessions for tho bono- fit of tho genoral public. BrooRUOLDER, LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. The United States District Court Afe firms the Legality of fBonds Xusued by Buchannn County, Mo, tn Aud of the St. Louis & St. Joscph Roll xoud. Spectal Dispatch to The Chieago Tribune, 81, Josern, Mo, Nov. 21.—In April, 1867, the pooplo of Buchanan Gounty subseribed $400,000 in county bonds to tha atock of the 8t. Louls & Bt. Josoph Railroad. The bonda woros lssued in 1809. 1In 1872, tho County Court rofused to pay tho Interest on tho bonds, on the ground of tho illogality of tho olection at which the bouds were votad, alloging want of complisuce with the Constitution and laws in sovoral particulars, Tho United Statos District Court, now sltting at Jofforson City, Judge Dil- lon Eruflhl(lvg, yostordny affirmod tho lnfinllty of tho bonds, and gave judgmont for tho Intorost duo InabJanuary and Jul y, amounting to §40,000, “Tho monoy to poy this Intorest is now in the County Tressury in this city, hut provision for tho noxt January intorot will bavo to bo mado, 68 10 lovy bas hoon mado to pny at thet timo. Tho bonda aro mostly held ia tho East. Buit to Recovoer for Loss of Life on the Itailrond. 8pectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Fr. WA¥NZ, Ind., Noy, 21.—Tho hoira of John Binclnir, who was ifilod n.aliort timo ago on tha track of tho Ft. Wayne Koad in this city, hava commoncod & guit ogainst tho Company for £5,000 dnmagon, * Sinclair was 105 yoars of ago ab tho time of his doath. CAPITAL STOCK. Combination of Railronds to Resist the Payment of Taxcs Assessed by the Board of Equatization. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Fribune, Bramoreny MU, Nov. 21,—Tb transpired hore to-day that tho managers of a numbor of: tho lending raiiroads of tho State are about perfect~ ing a combination to resist tho payment of taxes upon thot part of the assonsmant of their prop- erty donomiuated * Capital Stock " by tho Board of Equalization. Tho roads which, it is undor- stood, aro moving in tho matter, aro the Chicngo & Alton, tn whoso interosts tho Hon. I, Taylor, of Evantton, scomod to be engaged to-day; the Ohlcago & Northwestern, and the Rock Island & Pacific. Tho Hon. G. L. Fort was horo looking up the mattor, but juat what road he is ropre- sonting I could not loarn. It is givon out by roilrond men that tho combination in tho en will inolude all tho roads in the Stato. SPRINGFIELD. Appoiniment of o Deputy Colloctorss Farmers’ Supply Associnti Speotal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Senmvoriop, I, Nov. 2t.—Col. Merriam, Colloctor of this diotriot, appointed Judge Charles Turner, of Pekin, Deputy-Collector of Tazewoll Connty. o hus seceptod the appointe" ‘mont, and entors upon his dutios ot onco, His nypo‘uhnnnb would foom to indicate that ‘tho distillors of Pokin wilt have to discharge their linbilitios to tho Government, - I'ho Sccratary of Btate issued n finsl certifi catoof organization to tho Farmors' Shipping Association of Talono. —— STEAM-BOILER TESTS. Tho Experiments in Pittsdurgh Gens orally Conceded to To Failires, Spectal Disnatel: fo e Chicaio Tribune. Prrrsponai, Pa., Nov. 21.—Tho boiler expori- monts are being continued ot the Nowhall farm, ‘but the expertment to-day amounted to no mat- tor of great importanco, and it 16 gonerally con- cedop by Erueficnl ‘ongincors oo that, 80 far, tho tosts havo been a failure, developing no now t}mm‘ina in regard o the causes of boiler explo~ sions, (To the Assoctated Press] Prrrengnan, Pa., Nov. 21,—1ha oxperiments by tho Govornmont Commission to-dsy woro maado upon tho doublo-riveted iron boilor, which waa subjoctod to & pressure of S pounds, but, in consequenco of the packing not standing the Btrain, the osperimont wns sbandoned. ~The tosta will bo rosmed to-morrow, and probably ‘bo concluded on Tuesday noxt. —r———— FINE ARTS. Tho Exposition at Galesburg, Next Weelt, Unilor the Patronuge of the Masonic Fraternitys Speciul Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, GarzsnuRa, 1iL, Nov. 31.—Tho fino woathor whicli scems’ to havo seftled down upon us cnuses tho Finc-Art Bxposition mauagers to feol that dhoir ontorpriso will provo all thiab wag ox- pocted Tho data of tho Bxposition, next fues. ay, belng B0 mear at band, tho articles for' exhibition are bogioning to como in Tue departmonts of oil paintingy and miniaturo machinery bids fuir to bo full, snd very fino. Towa and noighboring States will bo fully ropro- Bontod in ovory dopartment. Monutimo, no pains wil bo sparod by the oitizons to accommo- dato and entortain all who may visit our city at this timo. Tho Exposition, in its display of fino asby il bo oxcollad by aguo ovor lold in. the ale, AW = e POLITICAL. The Appoimtment of 1 Senator from Kansns to Fill €aldwell’s Unexpired 'Per; Spectal Dipateh to The Chicago Tribune, TorExA, K., Nov. 2l—A largo number of promineut mon from difforent prrts of the State woro in this ity fo-dny to attend tho appoint~ mont of the next Seuator of Kaneas, Bofore making tho appointment, Goy. Osborn consider- od it necossary to visit Loaveuworth and consulf tho peoplo thore. He will probably return tos motrow, when, it is supposed, thu appointment will bo made. ~ Milé Reynolda is_confidont of Dbeing the Jucky man, Bome fitty Benatorial ap~ glicnntn loft tho city to-dny, disappointod and isgustod. THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. ofticinl Xecturas in Wisconsin, Mapiso, Wis,, Nov. 21.—Tho (otal official volo of thiu Stato Is published tomight: Total voto for overnor, 147,859 ; Licutenant-Gove ornor, 147,420 ; Buoretury, 147,640 ; Tronsurer, 147,335 Attornoy-Gonoral, 147,616 5 Suporin- tontlont, 147,981 _ Commigslonor, 147,168, Taze lors majoriy, 15111 Liskor, 13405, Doyle P20 el 14,8753 Sloan, 17,673 ; Boating, 8,000} Argard, 25,040 L — WISCONSLH FOULTRY ASSOCIATION, special Dispatels &3 The Chicago Tribune, JanesviLex, Wi, Nov, 81— meoting of prominent M“ijy broodars dud fanciors of {Vifl- consin was held horo Inat night, for the purpone of_forming n Btato Foultry Association, The following ofifcors wore unenimously electod ) Prosident, 8, I, Seamans, Wauwatosq ; Seoroe tary, Richard \'sl‘nnt_mn Janeevillo ; ‘Croasuiesy John T, Mitcholl, Md\\‘nulmu; aud ton Yieo DPresidonta from d]!lomnrt parts of the Stato The constitution and by-fawa pdopted pro nears Ay tho samo ag thoso of tho Jowp Poultry As ‘soclatlon, bolng changed in komo emell partious lars. A mepting of tho Xxecutive Commitic -whil be held wogn, to make arrangements for Btato Poultry Exbibition. G oA A ——— MATRIMOI‘HA% Apestal Dispatoh to The Chicaga Tridus Jarits, Noe, lWilian Grasoloy, of Ohie .cago, was married o Miks Mary Houdk, of this oity, last ayonlrig. 16 was dno of tho mout brilllant woddingd that ever touk place in our olly. ‘The bride's preseuts wero very coatly aud PSS N Sy numorous, sho being ono of our mogk rospeoted . i N % ¢ - [ b8 i 5