Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 24, 1878, Page 2

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER rcsp‘ondents strove to clamber up the gides of the steamer s the tug pitched and rolled about. at the msk of their lives, only to be thrown ‘FOREIGN. back. The Herald reporter managed to secure 2 [ The British Troops in Afghanistan footing, but returned in a few minutes, no wiser than he went. From Mr. Francklyn, who re- mained some time on board, your correspondent leaned " ALL THE NEWS, After leaving Moville the Sarmatian experi- enced beavy weather and a northesst gale. The second day out she carried away her foretop- sail. Her Royal Highness, suffcred severely from seasickness, in spite of the patent Deds, and was unable to appear on deck until the 21st of November. The voyage was moderately rou,ch throughout, while thick weather was en- courtered near the coast. iy sier Royal Highuess is someswhat prostrated, but will no doubt regain her usual bealthina dev or two. The log, of which theabove is a condensation, says nothing in regard to the Marguis, who no doubt is in excellent bealth. The Marquis and Princess were invisible. RETIRED FOR THE NIGAT. Just as the last mail-bag was stowed on the tug we were ordered to steam up and make way for the Duke'of Edinburg, who came algngside in bis steam-launch, and quickly disappeired over the side of the Sarmatian. The scene at the meeting of their Royal High- nesses will be left to vour readers® imagination, as it was to ours, for in a few minutes we cast off and steamed rapidly up to the landing. . The Sarmatian will remain at anchor off George's 1sland until Monday, when the official entry will be made. The city is crowded with visitors, and decorations are rapidly approach- ing completion. PICKPOCKETS. There are a number of professional pick- pockets in town, in expectation of & good har- vest during the! reception. Four suspicious- looking characters, in town a couple of days, were arrested a3 they were leaving on a train this morning, but were afterwards released. CASUALTIES. NARROW ESCAPE. 5 Special Dispalch to The Tribune. CLEVELAND, 0., Nov. 23.—At 3 p. m. to-day, what came near being a very serious accident occurred at the Cleveland, Columous & Indian- apolis Railroad shops. The carpenter repsir shop is a brick building about 250 feet long, and about 20 feet to the eaves. The roof is on the suspension plan, and suspends two floors mear together. Theee - floors were quite fally stored with hardwood lumber, and evidently too much weizht had been placed upon the somewhat weak support. There were a dozen or two men at work in repairing cars in the buildiog when the accident occurred, and, strange to sa¥, sufficient warning was given to ‘permit all to escape from the falling debris. All rusned towards the cast, and’ by this were saved. Had they gone towards the west they vould not have: escaped. Only four men were injured in getting out. D. Sanford, arm broken, and hip and side_seriously bruised by fallinz timber: Henry Christian, arms cut_and head. Uruised, he iwas severely stunned; Richard Trrice, chest injured badly; C. Stezdman, bruised in various parts of the body. THE SULLIVAN VICTIMS. TeneE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 23.—The funeral of gix of the miners killed by the explosion in Handford Bros.? coal-shaft at Suilivan on Thursday -evening, took place this after- noon, two of the eizht corpses be- ing sent to other localities for interment. The bodies of .the iwo Handfords were placed on a hearse, and tbe other four in a large wagon. Two thousand people were in the pro- cession. Every business house in Sullivan was closed while the ceremonies were in progress. ‘The Blue -Ribbon Club, of which five of the men had been members, marched in a body. 2 CAPSIZED. San_ Fraxcisco, Noy. 28.—Schooner Laura Pike, Capt. Lassen, from San Francisco to Hum- boldt Bay, capsired yesterday on Humboldt Bar. All bands, seven in nomber, were lost. Y. M. C. A, The Illinois Association. &Spectal Dispaich to The Trivune. SerrNGFIELD, [II., Nov.23.—The State Ex- ecutive Committee of ‘the Y. M. C. A, of Illi- nois was io session in this city last evening and this forenvon. The following members are present: R. D. Russell, Jacksonville; H. B. Hargreaves, of Dyight; J. E. Brown, of Decatur; J. R. Diller, of Springfield; and W. W. Vanarsdale, of Chi- cago; and Rovert Weidensall, General Western Agent of the [nternational Executive Com- mittee of the Y.ML C. A. A general discus- sion upon the general work over the State was bad. Reports were made by the existing twen- ty-three Associations 2s to their conditions and needs, anda corresponding member was ap- pointed from each Association. Ther bave ar- ranged to.hold local: conterences in Aurora, Braidwood, Rockford, Decatur, Paris, Carthage. und Quiner. The next State Convention will meet in Decatur next August. K It was decided to raise 2 Sustaining-Member- ship ¥und of §1,000 for the work during the year, in memberships of $10 each. Twenty emberships were pledged by the members preseat. The Watchman, the National Y. M. C. A. pa- yer, was indorsed and strongly recommended 10 all the Associations. It was arranged to hold the next meeting of the Exccutive Committee at Carbondale duriug he bolidavs. A very full and free discussion was bad on the work, which has languished during the last few years. The Committee felt much encouraged by thereports and discussions, and have planved much work tor the winter. TILDEN. The Last Move in His Littlo Tax Casc. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. NEw Yorr, Nov. 23.—A motion was made to- day in the United States District. Court, in the caseof the United States against Samuel J. Til- den, to open and file thé depositions taken dur- ing the last six months in Chicago, Boston, and Marquette, Mich. The defendant insisted thas the order of court under which these deposi- tions were taken contemplated they should be “‘opened by the Court ™ when the trial of the suit is called, and not opened now and published by putting them on file, when access may be bad for apy, purpose, They contained many scandalous’ assertions irrelevant to the issuc, and false as todefendant, and if obened and filed all the newspapers in the land had the right and opportunity 1o scatter these scandals’ broadcast. AMr. Woodford, for the Government, said the object of having them opened and filed was to give both sides access to the contents so they vould make preparations before the trisl to rebut or certify the statements thereip made by witnesses, and generally perfect and prepare the cases for trial, 1t was also to ruard against any plea of surprise being inferposed when trial wias called. Under the old system, the Court might have stribped off these wrappers, or at apy time filea the depositions, but it was pow the law, in deference to the rights of all parties, that a mwation shoutd be made to open and file, due notice of such motion being given, so that when opened each party might have the same access to the ‘vapers without advantage 1o either. Judge Choate adjoyrned this . matter until next Saturday. e ——— THE SINGER BUILDING. Special Dispatch to The Tyibune NEW YORE, Nov. 23.—A. F. Stesling, Secre- tary of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, £aid to‘night that nothini: bad been done about leasing the Singer Building fa Chicagos that the buildiog Was ot finished, and the Company was in Do hurry to lease it. 00 deal of Fiior abot {he matser ey s he 014, building burned, but the truth was sim. T iy n.m.no lease bad been taken, nor had any P 7 i cr;t;:mv.m been entered into looking toward 2 . ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, - Special Digpaich to The Tridune. DeTroT, Mich., Nov. 23.—Christopher Sim- mous attempted suicide to-night, by swallowing & mixiure of copperas and Zlvcerine. The doctors pumped him out, thus saving bis Jife. Iie had prepared a letter sctting forth that the 1ratities of nis wite had caus T Tl Aused bim to become Marching on Unop= posed. A Prediction that the Present Campaign Will Be Very Brief, And that Operations Will Be Resumed Early in the Spring. Russia Announces Her Neutral- ity in the Pending . Contest. Sho Will, However, Have a3 Hand in . the Settlement. AFGRANISTAN. THE QUETTA COLUMN. Lamore, Nov. 23.—The British column ad- vanciog foto Afghapistan by way of Quetia has accupied, without resistance, Sibi, due east of Dazar. A BRIEF CAMPAIGN. LoxDoN, Nov. 23.—The Times, in its military article, says: **Many reasons make it appear probable that the winter. campaign will close with the occupation of the Doka, Kurum, and Peshin Valleys. Winter is drawing near, the cold is intense, and fuel and forage in the mountainoas districts scarce; so for prudential reasons the Indian Government will not care to entapgle their armies too far in the. hills at this sesson until their communications are more secure and their com- ‘missariat and transport arrangemeuts on more approved footing. Three columns, as at pres- ent constituted, are too weak for more ex- tendea aperations in the direction of Jelalabad, Ghuzni, and Candahar. Were Gen. Maudes’ division massed at Jamroad, had Gen. Roberts’ strong supports at Kohat, and if Gen. Primrose were echeloned between Sukur and Quetta, we should be inclined to believe in the possibility of a further advance. As it is, from a military point of view, we doubt its practicability.” RUSSIA’S POLICY. . BERLIN, Nov. 23.—The National Zeitung says that Russia, being satisted that the Afghan war mast result in a British victory, does mnot con- template an intervention or interference while hostilities last, but intends to claim a voice in the sentlement of the terms of peace. It bases its claim upon the proposed rectification of the Indo-Afghian frontier. Russia will not consent to the anpexation or destruction of Afghanis- tan, nor to the permanent acquisition by Ep- I:l‘l‘.% of positions commanding the passes of BEACONSFIELD IN THE MINORITY. MANCHESTER, Nov. 23.—The Guardian’s Lon- don correspondent. telegraphs: * The Cabinct Council yesterday was tae scene of a severer conflict betrreen the Ministers than had taken place since the departure of Lord Derby from tue Ministry. ‘The issue of the Afghan ulti- matum is belfeved to have been the result of.a compromise for the purpose of conciliating the more pacific section of the Cabinet. That par- ty to-day carried its object.—the summoning of Parliament. _Its chief members are pointed out by repart-as Northeote, Chauncellor of the Ex- chequer, and Gross, the Home Secretary, who also received a considerable support from Lord. Salisbury.*? THE ARMY OF INVASION—STRENGTH OF THE, BRITISH FORCES—THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. New York Tribune. 5 7 Pendinz the negotiations, or the so-called ef- forts to megotiate with the Ameer of Afirhanis- tan, the Eaest Indian Government has been massing troops on the Afghau frontier, and pre- pariug for an arduous campaign. Thoree armies have been organized in order to invade Afghanis- tan at as many different points. The Pesbawur Valley Army consisis of 16,600 meny with 68 guns: the Koorum Valley column of 6,000 men, with 24 guns: and the Quetta column of 12,000 men, with 60 guns. This makes a total force of 34,000 men, with 150 guns. J The importauce of the task assizoed to. each column is apparent from its relative streneth. ¢The Peshawur column, having the town of that name for its immediate base, will evidently have the most arduocus and important work to per- form. It is, therefore, the strongest of all the three columns, and, though immediately com- manded by Sir. 8. Browne, it will probably be accompanied by Sir Frederick Haines in person. This army is intended to advance ou Cabul, the Ameer’s Capital. In performing this march 1t will have to-force the stronuly fortified Khyber Pass and the other difficult defiles jntervening between the lndion frontier and the-Afrhan Capital, a distance of about 150 miles. Gen. Pollock having accomplisied this feat with 8,000 men in 1842, it is considered that double’ that pumber will now be more thar adequate for the cnterprise. - The Quetts column is to advance from that town toward Candahur, an Afghan stronghold, 150 milesto the northwest. 1tis provided with a strong siege-train, and will orobably be the first army to advaoce, in order that it may be in position to conform its movements to that of the other armies. Once in possession of Candahar, this force would hold & very impor- tant strategical point, practically severing the Cabul Valley from both Southern Afghanistan and Herat.” From Candahar this force may either advance northward on Ghuzuee and Cabul to co-operate dirccly with' the Pesh- awur column, or content itself with giving 'a hand to the Koorum Valley and assist it to cap- ture Gbuznee. It is supposed that this army may ultimately march toward Herat, but as the distance frow Candabar to that city is no less than 400 miles, this dangerous project may be abandoned. Tbe Koorum Valley column, which is to in- vade Afghanistan at Thul, will play, in all prob- ability, but a subsidiary and subordinate part, though circumstances may arise which will cnable it to deal the decisive blow. Having Kobat 2s its immediate Dbase, it will ad- vance up the Koorum Valley by which it will be able to turn “north, and in five or six marches after debouchng, reached cither Cabul or Ghuznee. Its great difficulty will be its commuuications till it effects a junction with ome of the other two columns. . Each of these columns, even that operating by the Koorum Valiey, is stronz enoush to be independent; that is to say, it will not be ex- posed to the danger of being crushed by 4 con- centration of the encmy. At the same time, all three colunms witl combine their movements so that they nay rive cach other mutual support, and co-operate in the general desizn of the cam- paign.” By tlus arrangement it is expécted that the Ameer’s torces will be divided and their at- tenuon distracted. TURKEY. RUSSIA'S WANTS. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 23.—The Golos asserts that Russia must baveland communication with Bulgaria during the occapation, as sea commu- nications are liable to be interrupted at any time by England or Turkeéy. E = MISCELLANEOUS. SOUTH AFRICA. CarE Tows, Nov. 5.—The recent fighting be- tween the Umbelini and Amaswazie tribes was contrived by Cetewayo, the Zulu King, with the object of embroiling the British. The Eighty- cizhth Regiment (Connaught Rangers) have been ordered to the front, and volunteers are to be placed on garrison duty. Narres, Nn\f‘gfl;{gflxgfifl; t s 1 e . 23.—King Humbert has confer- red on Signor Cair il o on S oli the nul(ury.gald medal o i uzmxkrnf 'ARIS, Nov. 23.—A-rumor is curr President of the Cabinet- Council :V,i’l‘l ‘nlg: :geu Chamber of Deputles for consent-to- prosectite fi;mb;}.]t: Ig;(engngmz indu duel with'De Four- ; , being unsea sect without such consent. = mnx be prgscyu_ged C1TY OF MEXIC I{mcso ~ A 0, Nov. 5.—The Chicago visit- onl:nvsrflldi:zehnndfln’fwly received at. the api‘gl. 15, and exenrsi vi of the reception. 3 m.xs L bu.Xea‘mx{es ———— TROUBLE FOR 'MAPLESON, Special Dispaien so The Triune, =~ ' NEw Yons, Nor. 23.—In thé ballet. of fies Papillons,” twice danced at the Academy, Mr. Mapleson employs a score of little girls- fop his butterttics. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals took exception, and Friday Jast bad-issued papers for the seizuse. of the little dancers and- the arrest. of Mr. Mapleson. The intention “ was * to stop the balle: Friday night, but the absence of a_Society official from town' prevented. Mr. Maoleson explained to the Society’s azent that he was training the girls to dance, was not fo- terfering with “their home or school duties. 'snd saw personally that they were prooerly treated. The Society was not satisfled, but the manager savs the ballet shall go on, arrest or no arrest, next Wednesday night. POLITICAL. ~ BINGHAM. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. PITISBURG, Nov. 23.—The Hon. John A. Bingbam, of Ohio, American Minister to Japao, is visiting his son-in-law, the Rev. 8. R. Fraster, in this ¢ity. Mr. Bingham has obtained leave of absence from the Government, and will prob- ably remsin in this country until June vext. He 15 now on his way to his old home iu Cadiz, O. Beiog asked about the report that he would be a candidate for Governor of Ohio next year, Mr. Bingham said: < T havenot been conenitea in reference to the matter, avd, while T have no doubt that the an- nounccment was made ina friendly spirit, still T have no desire or ‘purpose to cater into the strug- gle. What I need is rest. For twenty years I wasin public life, and in the midst of excitoment. During this time'1 had to keep up my jaw practice and manage my private affairs, and these mutters to- gether were quite a train Tpon me, and had their effect upon my naturally strong conustitutioa, Now L have a position of quiet, and while' T am “by no means unamployed, 1 have alrcady somewhat rested mysell, and- gained a new lease of life. Having accomplished this much I do not feel iike azatn going back in the gturmoil and strife of poli- Herefused to express an opinion relative to the Presidental succession. Referring to the South he said there was too much bulldozing there. for the peace of the -country, and if it was not promptly checked by the Governmeug he wag afraid serious trouble would grow out of it. He spoke in eulogistic terms of Japan anu the Japanese., GORDON AND THOE CIPHERS, Saecial Disoeteh to The Tribune. ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 23.—In ia interview pub- lished in this morning’s Constitution Senator” Gordon says he has no knowledge of the Tribune cipher dispatches purportiag to have been sent by Smith Weed; that he bad no cipher to use in the campaien, and that if he received a dispatchin cipher in reference to money it related toa fce of §5,000, with which to ewmploy counsel ina case to test certain clections held by the Repub- licans in- certain districts in open violation of jjaw. No money came from' New York, although ~ directions came from New York to go on.~ with “the case which, was done. The money was raised on anote ‘signed by.Senator Gordon and 3 number of South Carolinz. gentlemen. ‘The South Caro- liniuns had to pay the note. Any cipher disputch about money addresse@ to Gen. Gordon reluted to that fee, and nothing else. . . LOUISTANA. NEW OnLEANS, La., Nov. 23.—The Citizens’ Association will file their quo warrauto cases relative to the late elections on ‘fuesday next. Flansgan, counsel for the contesting -City Ad- ministrator, was called before the Grand Jury ou Friday morning, “and requested to furnish evidence. of frauds in the late election. He stated that he knew nothing of his personal kuowledge, but was possessed. of .o larze amount of proof througn his clients for their civil suits, which hie could um.divlfl% at preseat without fnjuring their intercst. He referred the Grand Jury to the criminal cases before the United Siates Commissiouers, where they could obtain the names of accused and of the prosecutor’s wit- nesses, if they believed that the State Courts had. distinet jurisdiction in cases iwhich - bad already been sent before the United States Circuit Court. FIRES. AT LUDINGTON, MICH. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. LUDINGTON, Mich., Nov. 23.—Danaber & Melendy’s store buraed this morning early. The store was vained at $4,500; insured for $4,000. Goods valued at $20,000; insured for $15.000. Few goods saved. The furniture in the eclezant rooms of Miss Melendy, in the second story, was destroyed. Valuation, 34,0003 insurance, 32,000, Springtield, Roger Williams, and New York Underwriters are among the companies affected. CHICAGO. A still alarm to Engine Company No. 10 at, 5:30 last evening was caused by an explosion of, lamps in the Commercial Hotel, a chandelier baving fallen from its fastenings. Damage trifling. The alarm from Box 774 at 12:25 yesterday morning was caused by a fire in the two-story and basement frame’ building, No. 845 Iihi- nois street, owned by James Hayes, and occupied on the ‘two lower floors by Mason & Davis as_a foundry store. Tne third floor, where the fire originated, is unoc- cupied. Damage to building, $200; covered by apolicy for $1,000 in the Royal Canadisn. Cause, supposed incendisrism. CUNNINGHAM'S WHISKY. Further Details of the Political Scandal Agitating Peoria, Special Disoatch 10 e Tristis. Proruy, 111, Nov. 28.—The whole of to-day in the Cunningham-W2iting case was taken up in cross-examining Todd. It was mostly an in- quiry into how Whiting bad run_his political campaign, -and what the Democrats had fur- nished in money sod whisky to help him through with his fight.. The defense have aban- douea the idea of trying to impeach Todd, and are seeking to. pick flaws in his testimony in ‘minor particulars, and to delay proceeding any farther until they can catch this. . The attempts of Whiting to prove that he did not know that this whisky was being taken, bas -produced a generai laugh all over the city, for the whisky was kept at free commons, and everybody at all acquainted with the ropes could zo in and get a nip whenever they wanted it, and it is evident that the drinking was done on a generous scale, when it is known that, out of 1,400 gallons that were scized, nearly a tnousand gallons are wmissing, In relation to the Democrats contributing whisky to help Whiting run his campnizn, Todd “testified to-day that it was generally understood among the distillers, rectifiers, ana wholesale dealers in the city tiat Whiting was a candidate in their iuterest, and that whatever they might 83y or do outside there was a secret under- standing that they must labor for his election, and that they did contribute both money and whisky to that end. The foree of this revela- tion Whiting is tryioz to_break, and. hence has zone into o labored defense of his politieal career. The ring is very uervous, and await forthcoming revelations with anxiety. 1v is openly stated on the streef that theys are trying to keep one J. G. Mulick, who ran a compounding establishment next door, from testifying, Itis thought that if Mulick dared to tell all he knows, he could - crack the whole thing wide open. Many business men who took nips of the whisky are Taughing in their slceves at the dilemma in which: the ring is placed, and the sentiment is openly €éxpressed that it would be cheaper in the end for Whiting to pay for the whisky and stop the suit. He professes to be very indignant at_ the idea that the whisky was tampered with, and exceedingly anxious to have the perpetrators hunted up. At this assumption niivinm: there is a general feeling that it is too thin. The course of the Chicago Zimes in first charging that Whiting bad taken this whisky and pow laboring with might and main to dis- credit the witnesses that are testifving to the truth of the Times’ statement, i3 scverely com- mented upon. If Mulick is put upon the stand the Govern- ment can learn sometbing to its interest by having a man here *to listen to the testimony. A warm time i3 expected next week. ————— YELLOW. FEVER. -NEW YORE, Nov. 23.—A short time before the cessation of the epidemic 8 number of German emigrants arrived by the steamship Frankfort. Not one of these emigrants had been attacked with thé fever, and during last week .those who were bound for Texas went to Houston. Ten of thie latter had been lodeing in a house where there "had been, early”in the epidemic, ten malignant cases or fever, and four deaths from black vomit, and not-2 single one was taken sick. .This shows that all sporadic casesare of those who have bad the germ of the fever ab- serbed in their system some time ago, or re- Japses; and that the air 5 free, and has béen so for'over u' mouth, from fever poison. - GLASS-WORKERS' STRIKE. ! “Special Dispateh 10 The Tribune. . PirTsBuRG, Nov.2%.—The glass-workers of the South Side refusing to accept the terms of- fered by the proprietors, the fires wercidrawn in all of the nressed-ware factories at noon to-day, and the long anticipated strike or Jockout be- came ap accomplished fact. . This throws about 1,500 men and boys out of employment. WASHINGTON. Secretary Sherman Interviewed by Leading Baltimore Banlers, ‘Who Desire Information on the Subject of Greenback Re- demption. . § 7 The Resumption Act to Be Carried Out in Letter and Spi Greenbacks and Coin Will Be Treated as Exact Equivalents: RESUMPTION. APLAIN STATEMENT. Spectal Dispatch to ¥ Wasmivgroy, D. C., Nov. 23.—Secretary Sherman has finally so far broken his silence as to indicate some points which may relieve the diflicultics connectéd with resumption. They are these: First, that the Treasury, can now by law sell and exchange coin for greenbacks. Sccond, United States notes at. a parity with coin under the existing law be reccived for customs duties. In case of doubt, Congress can authorize this, Third, if United States notes are practically taken for dutiesin New York, they must be taken at every port, other- wise there ‘would be an unconstitutional preference. Fourth, after resumption, United States motes must be mainteined at par tkrourhout the country. This will be done by the redemption of those notes in New York, and by the receipt of them both for cus- toms, and for bonds, everywhere, This can all be doue, the Secretary thinks, without a change of the law. Legal-tenders and coin will oe everywhere in all. Government travsactions treated as an exact equivalent. INFORMATION WANTED. 7o the TWestern Assoctated Press. Wasnmetox, D. C., Nov. 23.—A committee of the associated banks of Baltimore, appointea to consider ana report upon action expedignt by Baltimore banks exprsging their sympathy with and co-operationin theresumnzion by the Govern- ment of specie-pagments ou the 1st of Yanuary, had an interview to-day with the Secretary of the Treasury, and submitted a series of ques- tions. The Chairman said that the questions were suggested in covscquence of the law pro- viding that the redemption shall take ‘place in New York. The questions prepared and sub- wmitted were: First—Are United States legal-tender notes to be received at'the Baltimore Custom-House on and after Jan. 1, 1879, m puyment of customs dutfes at their face value? Second—\Will United States legal-tenders be received on and after Jan. 1, 1879, at their face value in the purchase of United States ponds from the Treasurer? Third—Will United States legal-tender notes be redeemed in zold at the office of the United States Assistant Treasurer in Baltimore on and after Jan. 1, 18791, Fourth—Will the standard silver dollar be issued jn exchange for sreenbacks in Baltimore on aud after Jan, 1, 1879, and contrariwise,—that is, will greenbacks be issued for stanaard silver dollars? . . Fifth—Will there be an issue of certificates of .deposit of silver witn the Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Bajtimore, and willthese certiticates be treated as silver coio in payment, of customs duties and other indebtedness to the Government . Sath—Will the Government, after Jan. 1, 1879, continue the issuance bf certiticates of de- posit of legal-tender notes, commonly Knowa as Clearing-1louse certificates? THE SCCRETARY’S REPLY. Secretary Suerman replied: I inferred, gen- tlemen, from the appointment you made with me, that some such questions as yon now pro- pose would be submitted 1o me; but, as the law, requires me officialiw vt0’ report - so Conyress in' little more than a week- upon the very'topics’ you suggest, it would be manitestly improper Tor me to now discuss them in such detail as frankness would require. But 1 may saya few things which will substantially answer the | object of thisinterview. Itistrue that actual redemption is confined by law to the office of the Assistant-Treasurer at New York. Thisisa wise provision, for it wouid be inexpedient to seatter the redemption fund so that it would not be readily avuilable. Redemption in New York, the chief commercial cityof the country, establishes the equality of United States notes with coin, and this is the main thing, and carries g‘ith it their equality.in all parts .of the United tates. g ‘The difficulties suggested by the Baltimore banks could be met by either of several ex- pedients: First—This Department can now, by express provision of law, sell orexchange coindor gteea- backs. Tlis bas been done for years at Boston, Baltimore: Chicago, 2nd osher léadiug points, at the same_premium for rold as the market rate at New York. This could be ‘continued after Jan. 1, when at New York the rate will be par, and, therefore, the same as elsewhere. Second—United States notes, being at parity with coin. can, I think, under the cxisting law, be received for customs duties, and. this is the only purposc for which coin is required by law to be peid to the Government by a citizen, and it is for the purpose for which it is equaily de- sired. 1Ir there is any doubt upon this point, Congress may expressly authorize it. Third—1t United States notes are taken for duties in New York, they must be taken for duties in every port in the United States, other- wise an, uoconstitutional preference would be made iu fayor of one port over other ports in. the United'States, A ZFourth—After resumption, the United States notes m e held and maintained at par for all purposes i all parts of the United States. They can be transported easily.and speedily, while coin cannot be so readily aud cheaply moved. : It would seem that if we secure absolutely the convertibility of: United States motes into coin at the chiet commercial city we practically secure the same convertibility at every other place in the United States.” Exchangeis usually in favor of New York, but the temporary pre- mium.elsewhere will be insignificant, and can- not exceed the small cost of transporting United States notes to New York. That may, and hias oe- curred when specie.-payments were the rule everywhere, and is less likely to ocenr now when we have uniform paper cirealation current in all parts of the United States. - My general answer, thérefore, to you isThat the United States will maintain its notes at par in ail parts of the United States, and will do so by a redemption of such notes_as are presented to the Assistant Treasurer at*New York and by the receipt of United States notes for both cus- toms duties and bonds. Ithink this can be done without a change of lawj but, as to this, Con- eress must be the judge, 1 i The Treasury will treat United States notes and ¢oin as an exact.equivalept in all transac- tions with the Government, ‘hod then all busi- ness everywhere in the United States wiil adapt itself to the sume standard. Having stated this nuch I do not think that [ ousht to o further, and, perhans, in my desire to be frank with you, 1 mav nave broiched questions thatshould await the openiug of Congress. NOTES AND NEWS. NO EXTRA SESSION. Spectat Dispaich to The Tvidune. Wasnmeroy, D, C., Nov. 23—Chairman Atkins, of the Appropriation Committee, thinks there will be no extrh session. Speaker Randall is of the same opinion. . oo THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION . awhich has been investigating the uestion of trapsferring the Indian Bureau to the War De- partment will ot be ablé to agrec iipon an unanimous report. y ; LINE AND STAFF OFFICERS, '+ The Secretary of the Navy his consigered a subject which has long been a matter ot dispute between the line and staff of the navy, and has put into effect the statute .which hitherto bas been entirely disrezarded. Ling officers in their contest with the stafl have insisted. that staif officers should be distinguished from.the line by different . colored cloth, and -~recently an attempt has been 1nade to_incresse the .distinétion by, compelling staff officers to wear a different kind of button. . Some time -sinceone of the line officers attached to the Naval Academy as ‘s Professor expressed the. opinion that one-half of the officers of - the navy, as represented by the Medical, Pay, and Engineer | Corps, as weli_as Chaplains and distinguished astronomers of the Naval Opservatory,ere not entitled to the consideration of their legul fanks as they were, in his estimation, mere. adjuncts, their special duties, and acquire itary glory. ‘The Secretarv of the Nary. in a recent order on the subjeet of uniform,has abalishied the colored cloth distinguishing marks of the staff -officers, recognizing one unitorm for all erades without reference to corps. Thus it ap- Ecars' in his judgment, under the statutes, these itherto ostracised professional gentlemen are in future to be regarded, in respect to -aniform at least, as of equal consideration with the line. g WILL ACQUIESCE. Coliector Smith, of New York,.Is here, and expresses his opinion that A.-T. Stewart and the New York importers eenerally who have been fignting the Collectors in the West in the matter of the kid-glove avpraisement wiil ac- quiesce in tne final decision fixing the invoice rates at 4) franes: The Collector, before, lcné- ing New York, was advised that the parties ifl- terested do not iutend to appeal the matter to . the courts. The controversy, therefore, is prob- ably ‘ended. 'Fhis is a substantial triumph for the Chicago movement. E WEEKLY STATEMENT. . Tothe Western Assoclated Fress. Wastmoron, D. C., Nov. 23.—The Treasury now holds $340,405,200 in United States bonds to secure the bank circulation, and $13,833,400 in United States.bonds to secure publicdeposits. United States bonds deposited on -account of subseription _to~ the 4 per cent loan, $3,766,6007 United States bonds depusited for circulation, for the teek ending to-day,” $920,000: United States bonds held for circulation withdrawn during thfi wecek ending to-day, §535,000. Na- tional bank circulation outstanding: Currency notes, $321,852,841; gold notes; $1,468,820; in- ternal revenue -receipts to-aay, s;oo,uy);cus- tows receipts, $276,428; receipts of National bank notes for redemption for. the week ending to-uny, compared with-the corresponding per‘lud last year, are as follows: 1877, S}.&fll,wo;ls?s, $2,333,000: * Receipts to-day, $516,000. CLAIMS DAMAGES. A suit has been, brought. vy the attorneys of Col. William B.-Moore, Inte Supervising Special Azent df the Treasury, to_recover damages Lo the amount _of. $50,000. from Gen. H. V. Boyn- ton. Col. Moore: was-removed from his oflice about a year ago upon the &:reseumiuy to Pres- ident Hayes, .as is.alleged, of certain letters written by Col. Moore to President Grant rela- tive to Sceretary Bristow, . TIE.SUGAR FRAUDS. Seeretary Shermau says of the Baltimore case which was lately settled: *These Demarara sugarswere - artificially: colored-to defraud the revenue, but the defendants were not proven Lo have known. the fraud. However, every cargo of similar sugars . hereafter arrivinz he would order held until the duties. are paid upon the grade at which the sugars wqgld -be rated with- out artitielal coloring.” Ile wBuld preak up this fraud.” - TRE CAPITOL TO RE'LIGHTED BY ELECTRICITY. Supervising Architect of the Capitol 'Clurk intends at an early date to light the Capitol by mesns of an jmproved clectric light, invented by Mr, Rogers. the electrician of the building, thus doing away with the cumbersome s’yslcm of gas-lights, iz is caleulated that four of Rog- ers’ machines will amply illuminate the Hall of Representatives, which service is now done by 1,300 gas-jets. The cost of the new light will be nbout 10 cents an hour. Mr, Rogers’ ma- chine bhas been fully tested-and found satisfac- tory.. Itsprincipal features arc the placing of two long, slendor carbon points inside small tubes, converging at an angle of about forty-five degrees on the vegative, and two on. the -posi- tive pole, of course opposite to each other. A constant distance between them is maintain- ©ed by a zearing of welghts and pulleys, while the contact of the separate poiuts in each- set during the combustion preveats the formation of the cancave ‘*cup? on the positive and the stalagmite on the negative pole, thus insuring a steady, non-flickeriug, even light of any dura- tion that is gesired. To obviate the laring brilliancy of the electric liwht Architect Clark will cause opal-tinted glass frames to inclose the machines. Opal-tinted glass will not only give & yellowish tinte to the illumination, bus, as it has the property.of preventing the passage. of the chemical rays, will relieve the’ sensation of apparent heat that bas hitherto been Tound objectionable in an intense light or a collection of lights. It fs somewhat singular that an Englishman_has “invented precisely the same machine as Rogers, and at the same time, it baving been- patented in Great Britain just about the period of ‘Rogers’ in this country. | WHEAT. Manipulations Attempted on the New York Produce Exchange. Special Dispaich to The Tridune. NEW Yorg, Nov. 23.—Regarding the reported wheat corner the Zimes says: ‘‘The bulls hap- peued to have the upper hand on the Produce Exchange to-day, and forced up No. 2 red wheat 03 cents, per bushel. Reports were airculated that there had been aldrge overselliog, ana thav-they had the market cornered on this grade for November, and several forced - settlements were magle, but that there is actually any ** cor- ner” is not believed. Legitimate dealersare very indignant about this entire business. Sope six weeks ago certain | pérsons who make their living by gambling -.in stocks entered the market and pur- cnased immense quantities. of wheat all over the country. They gave out that a foreizn war was imminent, ang that various other dis- asters: Wgere about to happen which, have. not, taken place, and they are now cudeavoring by circulating other lies about Laving the markes cornered to make peaple belieye prices are to zo up, and thus enable themselves to unload at a profit. Meantime, witha crop amply suflicient for All possible nceds of lcritiggate business Dboth tor home consuwption and export demand, the market in this country is heing so manip- ulated that no shipper can. calculate even on cable orders two hours ahead. armers are influenced to hold back their stores of wheat in the bope of higher prices. Railroads suffer for lack of. trausportationy shioping Hes idle in the harbor; thousands of laboringmen, teamsters, railroad cmployes, "longshoremen, sailors, and others are thrown out of employment, and people are forced to pay tribute to s few gamblers in the necessaries of life. There is- really no occasiom for any speculation of this Kind, and those engaged in it won the one side or the other are bound to be haurt v the end, but nntil the “bulls” succecd in sticking everybody the trade of the country will haye to suffer. The *‘bears” are equally regardtd by legitimate merchants as scoundrels who otght to be suppressed, for without their aid there could be no speculation. NEW LINE-OF STEAMERS. Special Dispaich to The Tridune. PHILADELPHIA, .Nor. 23.—Philadelphia is brancbing out in rivalry with New York in - commerce. A neiv line of steamships for freight ‘purposes only will soon be started between this city and Liverpool, to be called the Blue Star Line. . Messrs. Peter, Wright & Sons are t agents in this city, The first steamer will leave this port npext week, and the line will start with seven vessels. In March the service will he increased by six other stearhers, making a fleet of thirteen in all. From December until March two steamers will sail from each end of the line weekly, and after March, there will be tri-weekly stezme: "I'nis is entirely independent of the regulur p: senger’service 6f the American Line, ana of ti Red Star to Antwerp. The Blue Line steamers are British built, and owned by British cupital- ists. The names’ of the eeven which are to begin - running in December are the Naples, Timoor, Suez, Antonio; Athens, Dev- onshire, and Castello. The names of the <i which are to be added in March are the Lord Clive, Lord Gough, ‘Tuscany, Sicily, Thessaly, and City of Bristol. The terminus. of the line at this point will be Grand.Point. The Blue Star Line will engage in a general freight busi- to enable the Academy graduates to perform ness, carrying no passengers. “The steamers are ‘1o be especially fitted up for the transportation of live cattle. . ————— MATRIMONIAL. . Special Dispatch to The Tripune. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 23.—Maj. E. B. Atwood, United Stategy Quartermaster. at. 8an Auionio, Tex., and Miss Nettie King, oldest.daughter of; Capt. -Richard ‘King, the well-known " Cattle. King, of ‘Corpus Christi; Tex., were. united in " the bonds of 3 the’ Revi Dr. Brooks, in, ot the " Lindell 1lotel, this | city, to-night. * The marriage was® an: exceedingly uiet aifair, only the family of Capt. King, Maj. _Grimes, ana Capt. D. A. Irvin and wife being prese! The distinguished party left by specigl - car.for . Chicago to-night. Capt.King is very’, weplthy, and is &ald 1o own a r: inclosed by a fence fifty miles lo: ——— OCEAN STEAMSHIP-NEWS, Loxpo¥, Nov. 23.—Steamships 'Algeria, Teriére, and Adriatie, from New York, have, ar- rived ont. e A BosTo: . 93.—Afrived, stesmér Bavarian, from Liverpool. 4 W OBITUARY, - = ° Lirrie Rocr, Nov. 23.—Maj. Elias Ruter, aged 76 years, died ai.Fo; zls.mm_ yesterday. He was one of the early settlers’of the State, comiy e in Territorial times as an officer of the G ent. : under $350 bonds, charged with forginz a_bill of lading, on which he secured $210 from Dow -turn quict! The Stewart Grave-Robbe_ry' as Much a Mystery as Ever. A Fifteen-Year-0ld Murderer Sen: tenced to Imprisonment for Life. THE STEWART GRAVE-ROBEERY. Special Dispatch to The Tridune. NEW Yorg, Nov. 23.—The idea that ‘the t Dr."” Douglas¥who disappeared the day alter the Stewart grave-robbery was Christinn, the Washington resurrectionist,'was disproved to- day. . Douglass is at Pittsburg. * The police are satisfled that he had nothing to do with the robbery. The only two men now being searched for are Kealey, the hackman supposed to have been employed by the robbers, and May, the soda-water manufactursr. The police con- sider the free talk of May, however, as evi- dence that he ‘was not engazed in the affair. Thus, after all the clews. given out and the storics invented by the detectives, the mystery remains as deep a3 when the ‘erime was first ao- nounced. *The }or!d glone maintains that the “body has been found. Respecting the stories of .the arrest of the principals and the discovery of the body, it is_alleged that persons of reputa- tion conuected with the search misled the re- porters for private purposes, thinking to effect something by false reports of progress. The public believe the present statement, that the police know nothing whatever about the case, . ETHRIDGE. 8T. PavL, Minn., Nov. 23.—There sppears.to be only slight foundation for the rumor of the discovery of Etbridge, ' who swindled the Merchauts’ National Bank here out of over only $40,000 in San Francisco. The feature absolutely confirmed in the sensatioal acccount published this morning is that Will- iam R. Merriam, Cashier of the oavk, isabsenton an unknownerraud. The officials are reticent as ‘before, but the best aceredited statement is that he went to Nebraska in responsc to advices that a man supposed to be Etheridge was there, and discovered it was apother man. one of a series of false: clews that nave found their way into the hands of the bank officials. The officers of the Merchants’ National Bank make the following statement toa Pioneer-Press reporter: On Wednescay the -Chief of Police received a telegram from Marshaltown, North Platte, Neb., ;sayinz Ethridge was there, and asking what reward was offered. The dispatch was turned over to the bank officials, After consultation, Merriam, Casbier, went there alone. A telegram iwas regerved from bin last night saying: ¢ Not the man. Will return in the morning.” It is believed . that Merriam went without an officer to com- - promise the matter and secure the money. DAXOTA. Special Dispatch to The Trivune, YaxETON, D. T., Nov. 23.—The Grand Jury in the Indian cases, after a ten days’slege, ad- journed until Tuaesday. The "adjournment is supposed to be for the purpose of giving the ' District-Attorney time to_draw up indictmeats. Forty witnesses were discharged to-day. Carl John Hansen is being tried here for the murder of his father. The son and fatbet oceu- .pied the same house on their farm. "The house caught fire and burned down. The son escaped and the father was killed. * The fatber’s head showed violence, and the son was arrested. The boy was an illegitimate child, and is suspected of wanting the old man’s property. A YOUTHFUL MURDERER.. Special Dispatch to The Trivune. . DEtrorr, Mich., Nov., 23.—Christian Breiken- bach, a boy 15 years old, was convicted here to- day of murderine his grandiather and robbing him of $40. The crime was committed the last day of August. The' testimony aeainst him was purely of a circumstantial nature, ‘but pointed conclusively to his euilt. Judge Reilly to-day sentenced him to imprisonment in the Jackson Prison fer life. FORGER' Special Disatch to The Tridune. gaged y ds & Co., of New York.. He will have a prelimi- nary hearing on the 26th. 5 P TENNESSEE. Spectcl Dispateh to The Tribune. NasaviiLe, Tenn., Noy. 23.—The manager of Madame Rentz's Minstrels was arrested to- night for giving an immoral show at the Grapd Opera-louse. .~ . Y M. B. Nance, who shot and killed Leonard.V. Hooper, May 31, 1877, was' acquitted at Frank: lin to-das. e o AGE ROBBERY. ¥, Nov. 23.- special to the Neics from Mason say$ this this morning’s stage frpm Fart McKeevitt was hdited at Sealey Station, and two men compelled the ariverto delives the way mail, They offered no violence. Loss un- ascertainable. "THE WHIPPING-POST. NEW: CAsTLE, Del.. Nov. 23.—Niue convicts— six black and three shite—were publicly whipped to-day, five being aiso piiloried. INDIANAPOLIS. lc Case—~The Bank- ‘I'he Hon, John C. Shoemaker 1 the Presidency and control of the Sy lishment, Mr. Jonn J. Cooper retiri to his private busine: 4 Register Jordan bas made a report of bank- ruptey for the year ending June 30, 157S. . There haye been 310 “cases relerred to bim, in which there, have been realized about $145,000 from the assets, and the fees andcosts haveamounted 10 806,125, He estimates that bunkruots usu- nl_lxy estimate their assets at double. their real value. “The Coroner’s jury to-day returned their ver- dict on the Love murder to be that he died from two pistol shots fired from a pistol in the hands of Warren Tate. While all the members of the jury were, favorable to saying that the shooting was unjustitiable, they eht, under the circumstances, the case bad better not be prejudiced in advance of trial before the Crim- inal Court. 7 ——— THE UMATILLA INDIANS. 8ax Francisco, Cal., Nov. 23.—A Portland dispatch says :yesteriay morning gixty soldiers, under Capt. Boyle, left Vancouver for” Willow Creek. A report is reccived.at headquarters, that a namber of “Indians bad left the Umatilia ‘Rescrvation and -gone.:6ut on’ Willaw Creck; refusing to.return. “An; officer has orders to send those back to the reservation who:awill re- nd_arrest those’ who make any Tesistance, bringing them down to Vancouver for examinatios 5 o TNA .S, Pereschin, United States” Depiity Sur- veyor; now at Umatill: poris that the Indians in that rdgion are beisg murdered by the whites. Every Indian found :beyond the limits of the reservation is” killed:* A few days ago two Indians ‘were found' neur Lagrande swinging from a tree. -Thesé reports cause much excite- ment. - oy e E ! e wo L EVANSTON. “The {uiieral services held over the remains‘of the late vell-kiown and highily-respected Mrs. Mary J. K. Hase ‘yeaterday . aftérnoon’ were -listened to by a large audience. 2 % Dr. J. O. Peck, pnstor of the St. John's Method- ist Charch, Brooklyn, N. Y. N preach.in the First M. E. Church this morning: sabje the " Colossal Flgu{le of Christianst, Dr. D Sa. Hats * Paul. In the e Rev. This is only zundenshicnld.pl “abont 400 a-day, ot “the hole or trap, which board works.on 3 B “The trop resetsitself and very often catches {there 13 'a bounty of 2 cents'per pain ‘with beg lover,. and he up €. A. McManisis to preach in the Bapt 1l iorning. - On account of organ. Tepsire it i3 no service At the Consregations Charch th.gert e Al i “CANADA. " The Canadian Pacific Railway—Hurog & o tario Ship-Cannl—. Zollvereln — Lacpry Canal. 2 Spectal Dispateh to The Tridune. OTTAWS, Nov. 23.—It is stated thay the Do : minion Government- have given orders g g, the transportation of rails to Yale, on the maip, 1and of British Columbia, the terminus of 1. Pacific Raflway, Selected ' by the late Guvu; ment,—thus indicating 4n intention of adapting the Bute-Tnlet_rouse, which would cost g [ 000,000 more thap that terminating at Burrary il - < e 4 .- 5+-Ghclal Disnazch to The Trivunc, ‘ToroNTO, Nov. X number of memberyop the County Council of Yok, and several Alde., § men of the city, met dt the oftice of the Hyy, & Ontario Ship-Canal. Comoany to hear ; planations of the new echeme under which 1 proposed that the Huron & Ontario Cangl ;h-j‘ Dc‘langm“fl]lh P Mr. Capreol, President of the Campan} dressed the meeting. He said this wm’v,’,,:‘fi ‘ important. occasion. and hoped something sgsp, factory would Tesult from it. The-work wy .gigantic, but it only wanted encrgy, enterpriee, peo- and industry on the part of the Canadian ;i _ple to carry it qut. e qxpressed the hope ting the Dominion” 'Government would - give- fi: : . Company a- grant of 10,000,000 acres of Tand, § which would be the basix of all their.transy, tions. With this start, it would not be diffigylt to.induce cupitalists toinvest in the copcer, He had been upbraidediand called mad for the confidence he 'had “in the scheme. He g wished the Canadian people wonld take ldvm’- tage.of his nadness and Build the -canal,. fe hobed to live to see the work opened. Mr. Frank. Turner, civil engineer, saig the scheme had been pronounced by some " people as impossible pecause of the depth of the ey, ting between Lake Simcoe and - Ontario, whicy would cost so muchas to prevent the canal from paying. Recent "developments of science hag ghown that this deep cutting could be gy ided, and thav it was possible: to -met a warer.gay from lake to lake at about half the expense of cutting through "this hizh land, which won insure the commercial success of. the scheme, We had already railway-routes, but water routes for the West made a difference of 2 per “cent’ in - the’ cost of transportatiep, An. additional. saving of -10 cents g bysy el would be eflected by transporting grain by way of the proposed canal, because, by com- ing from Collin@wood direct to Toronto, instead of going'round the loke, there was a saving of 400'miles. ‘The manner i which he roposed to oyercome the high land difficalty withont making the excavations originally proposed, was by sup- . plyiug, instead of the ordinary locks, lift-locks such as ‘are msed at Anderion on the River Weaver, Cheshire. One of these locks could Iify avessel fifty feet “in eight minntes; and- not only was therea great saving of time by the process, but there was a grreat saving of expense in working the canal, and a saving in the cost of its construction. The canal with these fift-locks, worked as they werc by hydraulic power, could be built at aboot half the original estimate. : Each lock, he cxplained (verbally and by dia- pram), consisted of two immense troughs, which, when full-of - water, were capableof floatiny barges.of immense size. Each xmngh woudpe ° sapported-by'a ereat arm of steel, by mesns of which, 'by hydraulic power, the trongh could be raised from the lower level of the canal toine upper Jevel. While one trough was on the ap- per level,.the other was at the lower level; and, when a barge was floated into the uppertrough, the weizht of bargze and water wonid asslst to raise the trough at the lower Ievel, and the rest would be dode by hydraulic pressure. Infaxt, the action of the lock was double, one vessel being lowered and the other raised at the same ‘time, just like the working of two bucketsina. well:: " In this-case, however, he proposed thers should-be but -one trouch, which shouldto raided.and “lowered by hydraulic pressure e ~lh%li)'.» Ope lock of this kind, be expisinsd, would- save ' the: construction of several of the ‘old --style - of locks, and 2 . bupe could in eight miinutes be lowered a distance which, under the old plan, would require three hours. _Mr. Turner entered into 2 full explaga- tion. - He said the locks would cost $150,000 each. Under the old estimate there were to be’ eleven locks from Lake Simcoe to Lake Ruron; under bis,plan there would only be four. Under the original plans there were to be forty locks from Lake Simcoe to Lake Ontario; he propes- ed there should ba but eight. Thus there- would be but twelve altozether, instead of fifts- ‘ope.. He believed that under the new.plan he -could build forin;rough figures $2,000,000 what old plaiEavoula cost $3,000,000:Be- sides the saving 6f thirty-tive locks, seventeen and. g half hours’ time would be saved 'He' estimated 'tha entire cost. of the ‘cansl st ‘The gentlemen present expressed satisfaction at the feasibility of the scheme, and the follow- ing resolution was moved and earti That this meeting, baving inspected the plans of the lift-locks a present in use 2t Anderon. Cheshire, and having heard the explanation of r. Turger with reference to their working sud ‘onstruction, 1s of opinion taat their adogtion in the construction- of the’ Huron & Ontano Ship *Canal would be of great benetit tothe nnderiakinz, .as it will matetially shorten the time necesaary lor ts constraction, léssen the cost. and, facllitstathe progress-of vessels through the canal. i . Spectal Dispatch to The Trivune. - MoxNTREAL, Nov. 23.—Mr. Patterson, Secre- -tary of the Board of Trade, who has returaed fromavisit to Englana,states that, incommendst centres in England, the people strongly favors ‘Irade-Union or Zollverein with the Cologies, The contract of No. 9 section of .the: Lachine Caoal hazs been given to Rogers & Kelly, who -are just abaut finishing their former contract, No.'10-section. The Government at- frst er- tertained the idea of doing the work themeelves through a Government enmneer, and ewploy- * ing d _labor for the purpose; but ft wis .found, after inspection by competent.anl ties, that it could not be done within the sum of $20,00, the tender of Rogers & Kelly; #! if they waited till spring, the Iaciories and houses on the bank would most likely be swege A STRANGE STORY. Woman in a Trince State Most ofthe Time for Thirtcen Years. Bpeciul Dispatch to The Tribune. New York, Nov. 24.—The Sun gives § page- | the remarkable. story of Miss Mary . who it says has laid for thirteen yesrs. Brooklyn much of the time in o trance-llke \ndition, with fecble -heart-palsation, slazgied \dalmost imperceptiblerespiration,and thechill death upon her flesh. At times she bas beed ansformed into a cheerful, vivacious, intelli- :ut, entertaining youns woman, and themre- psed into specchlessness, blivdness, deafoess \d entire paralysis of the seuses. -She lias e cloped most astou! eond sight “or g Wit ase thie conitébts of sialed: lesters; deséribii articles in fiddgn packages, and perasing books § while absolutely -blind. Somectimes ner- pov~ Iy ers are voluntary, at others they are ugcot il sciously esercised. So Jittle pourisnment st che taken that it may be._said, sl lives with food.” Sheis surrounded:.by persoos of standing aod " refinement, - and- has alw. been excecdingly sensitive to apy public meptios or knowledge of her condition. She Lag e%er repelled any effort to couple ber mnnnmauonb: ‘witli those of clairveyants; has~ begged to allowed to live apd die iu the retirement- of b § Lome, unmolested by _strangers, 30" accessible . ouly to her friends. Clerzy- § men, physiciaps, - men of letters and O jntclligence have visited her. ~Among the mayy who have tuken a special interest in ber ara e Rev.- Dr: Duryea, pastor of the Classon Avsfnl; Presbyterian Church; the Eev. Dr. Van D)cr‘ _Clinton Street Presbyterian Church; Prof L’D West, Brooklyn Heigits Seminary; the Rev. Dre Prim¢, Dr. Kobert Ormiston, Dr.” Mitchell, a2 Dr. Crane. Messrs. Speir, West, and Par] flflr have -made voluminous. memoranda of 31 Fancher's physical and mental changes and wn; ditions, Miss-Favcher- herscif bas writte: 3 grest_leneth, descriptions.,of her feeliogs sk {sensations. « 5 .. :Rabbits 1o.[daho. A farmer Tiving near Boise _cny,mahgh ‘doing a- heavy’ business .in rabbits. He L:E: -Traps ar¢ phccb({’_sm;ez:; ‘milesi*cf b Aence; the. rabbil ‘brash-fence,.-and alight on the board coveriak adzen rabbILs-4t a time. The rabbits are fel to hogs. -Seven men are emiployed unfllgc 'he game are The ears of the g caough 10 bit-furm. pay all expenses of scttive the traps. 2 — R — Good Apothecarys 7 * - A'zirl In St. Joscply, Mo., went wnd{;lg—fit:; {5 buy. arsenic with whica to Kill berse led lerk happened to know that she Lud guarrelé fracssed ber purpose e ber carn-starch fnstead of men}c!,r e h out. ¥: tefl her Jover. The m;a péoted. havine , gricyed the gir], went s Tiouse, found licr lylng ona sufa waiting 0P to die of a dosu OF corn-starch, aud wade 0 iwith her. 7