Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 23, 1881, Page 2

[ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE SUNDAY, JANUARY 2 1881 —SIXTEEN PAGES Company has 3,557 files of ‘wire, of which | horse-cars only have been shutout, in some’ 1,650 1niles conneet with the district ex- changes, -Telephones are used on the major- ity of these wires. The Company has telephones in 4,400 oftices in © New Yori and for the dis- S tvigs . exchanges - -3 -wire runs 2 from every subscriber’s telephone to a dis- trict exghange. The Company has 3,200 dis- - triet-cxchange wires, of which there were working yesterday afternoon gt 4 o'clock 690 . wires. . Outof, the: 540 private lines in use but 961 were working. The situation is not much better to-day. THERE JIAS BEEN BUT ONE OCCASION PRIOR £ {o-this in this city where telegraphic com- munication was cut off, and that was in Jan- uary, 1573, but that storm occurred on Sun- day, aua the interruption was not as seriously felt by the business public as on this oceasion. XNo greater destruction of telegraph poles and wires was . effected by yesterday’s storm than that along the Erie Railroad from the Bergen Tunnel toPaterson. All along thie line of the Hack- cnsack meadows not one pole in ten is left standing. Beside this, the wires are lying on the ground, broken and tangled, and the in- sulators and cross-pieces are an almost com- plete wreck. The poles are not uprooted, but, in almost every case, broken off, so'that new ones will have 1o be substituted. The strain to which they weressubjected is seen in the fact thaf sound chestnut poles are broken -and - splinteged as if " they were matches. The wires across the Hackensack « River lay flat on thic earth this morning. The work ot replacing the poles in the present {frozen condition of the ground will be difii- chlt and tedious. , : RECKONING UP. The telegraph and telephone officials say that- the valuc of the property de- * stroyed by the storm, without doubt, ex- ceeds - $500,000, and the loss of patronaze will amount to unnumbered housands. “The officers of the varions com- panies are not, however, in a mosd'to In_lk much zbout the great disaster, and dis- . missed many of their visitors with'* “DON'T TALK TO ME. WE'RE ALL BUSTED.” Thé Western Union Company “had no ~wires working in the city untillate this aft- ernoon. There were two wires in good order at Williams’ Bridge, and fifteen instruments _were taken there. The Superintendent of the operating-room in the main office in this city expected to have two wires from this city to- Philadelphia to-night, and one was gotten in order about 8 o'clock. There were three wires from Eliza- - beth to Philadelphia working sinoothly. All messages were taken by the boys to Eliza- beth and Williams’ Bridge, and large forces of the most expert operatives were at these points.. . One of the officers of the Company thought’ that the damage to their property would not exceed $100,000, but THE TMPRESSION AMONG TELEGRAPH MEN GENERALLY is that the Western Union's loss is much Teavier. Over 500 linemen were at work. Many of them were sent here from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. The Atlantic & Pacific Tele- graph Company sent their Eastern mes- sazes by Dboys on the Elevated Railroad trains to Harlem during the day, where they bad a wire connecting with Boston. From Newark to Philadelphia and the West and South the wires were all right. This evening they were® pleased, to announce that they had a wire working to Philadelphia and the south, and that the Boston wire yet held its own. The Company has 300 linemen at work, and expects to have a large number of the wires in good order by to-morrow. They sag that they can- not estimate the damage don& their property. THE METROPOLITAN TELEPHONE & TELE- GRAPI COMPANY do not expect. to have their wires -‘working within five or six weeks, and say that their Joss will be “simply terrible.” The lack of telegraph facilities caused a con- tinuation of the practical suspension of business on the Produce aud Cotton Ex- changes to-day. At the former place onlya few dispatches were received, all of them dated Friday. At the latter there wasnota single quotation from any other market. THE MIX. o the Western Associated Press. "NEW Yok, Jan. 22—Thestormof hail and rain yesterday éauses yet almost an entire suspension of telegraphic communication throughout the city, both by telegraph and telephone. Manv telephone-wires which cannot be operated are only crossed by other wwires, and as soon as these obstructions are removed business will be resumed. It is thought that by to-night about one hundred more wires will be in overation, but it will be fully two weeks before the entire system «an be put in complete working order., Every’ man that can be found who has any knowl- edge of constructing or restoring lines is at work. A system of wires running from the Evening Express building across the Post- Office, and thence to the Astor House, up the ‘west side of Broadway, was completely pros- trated and EVERY FRAME WAS TORN DOWY, seit was necessary to build new ones, A like condition of affairs is visible in all direc- tions. The break in the televhone wires crossing the Dost-Office carried down the ‘wires of the Low Telephone Company. This latter Comvany has also two bad breaks in Broad street. Its wires to Brooklyn cross the Eist River on the bridge-towers, and these fell very early yesterday. One steel main-wire held for a long time, but the ice increased steadily upon it, and the line finally parted. The Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company have no communication with any point, except Newark, N. J., outside of the city. The American Union Telegraph .Com- pany has wires working east from Bridee- ‘port, Conn., north and west from Yonkersand \Vhite Plains, and south and west from New Brunswick. The Western Union Telegraph Company has carriers constantly passing from the main oflice in this city to Williams’ Bridge, near the city, and Manhattanville, on the outskirts of Elzabeth, N.J. No delay is experienced oxcept the time actually lost in fraveling by trains. Manager A. T. Downer says 40,000 MESSAGES were dispatched yesterday, and probably a greater number to-day from these points. Several lines are in operation between New York and Washington. The Cowmpany ex- pects to do all business direct with the West, East, and North by to-morrow. The West- emn Union have called here all the linemen ..from near-by points. There was a very leavy storm along the Eastern coast last night. As far as Barnegat on the Southern coast all the wires are down. Five orsix tow-boats were submergad near Sandy Hook. ‘Two of the crew are missing. BOSTON. ¥ < BIG ENOW. Spesial Dispatch 20 The Chicago Tridune, * Bostox, Jan. 22—The storm ended with avother heavy fall of snow between 7 and 8 this morning, leaving the streets in such bad condition that neither teams nor pedestrians could make much progress. The rain, which fell .copously during-the nizht, rendered- many of the traveléd thoroughfares almost impassable_for -beavily-loaded teams, espe- clally where. great pools of slush and water aljow the" sleigh-runners to cut.through cleay to the pavement.. Wherethis is not the case.the snow which - has been shoveled from the sidewalks and” thrown aside by the snow-plows banked up the roadways so that the ofvners of sleds and sleighs sank almost out of sight.” All through trains were more orlesslate— - v + FROM ONE TO FOUR HOURS— | °. _, and-lo¢al trains were also delayed “efther froif/spos or telegfaph-poles. blown -across the “rracks.” Suburbans _who .depeided’ on ~ cases all day. Dispatches from nearly all parts of New England represent .the storm’ as an-exceedingly severg one. : St. Albans has but fourteen inches of fresh snow, yet the Boston train of last night was seven hours behind timeon its arrival ¢ there, while the New York express to .Montreal is tifteen hours bebind. Only one marine disaster. is ‘reported,—the stranding of a fishing-schooner near Nahant. The wires nofth and east of Boston have been erippled, but they are now in working order to the fcable at North Sidney. There fs an interruption on - the line of the Old Colony Railroad,prevent- ;l:l.': connection with the French cabla at Dux- ury. DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH NEW YORE will probably be made®to-morrow, if there is nothing but snow to break it. Whatever miy be the cause of the difficulty, the work of removing it i3 procecding as rapidly as possible. Gangs of repairers have been sent out both from Boston and New York, and there is little doubt that, in spite of the ro- newal of the storm in the latter city, the lines between the two will bein full work- ing order on Monday at the latest. NORTHWEST. 5 A RAID FOR FUEL. Spectal Dispateh o Ths Chicago Tridune. Wivoxa, Minn, Jan. 22—The cold weather which has prevaded the Northwest the past month has commenced to beof a serious nature. The railroads running west from the southern part of the State and reaching into Dakota have been in an almost continuous blockade. This, with ashortaze of coal along the roads at the comnmence- ment of winter, has at last caused a fuel famine. From Watertown, D. T., the términus of the Winona & St. Peter Rail- road, word was received yesterday that but’ one car of coal wasinthetown. This morning thesettlersliving near theremadeanattack on the unused railroad bridge one-half mile from the town, and destroyed if, taking the timbers and ties off for wood. From thé Tracy Branch of the same road the Superin- tendent reports a scarcity of coal. Settlers living on the line of THE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA RATLROAD, coming to the different points on the Winona & St. Peter for fuel, are oblized to return empty-handed. There are between Winona and Tracy, on the Winona & St. Peter Rail- road, some 400 cars of coal. This cannotbe distributed until the blockade is raised. ‘The ‘snow which has fallen thus far this winter has been light, drifting as fast as shoveled out. MILWAUKEE. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, MILWADKEE, Jan. 22.—Thestorm deseribed in this morning’s TRIBUNE has prevailed throughout the day. Snow has been falling almost incessantly since Friday afternoon, and about one foot now covers the ground. The' mercury has ranged from 22 to 26 de- grees above zero, the weather being extreme- Iy pleasant. For an hour this afternoon the streets were slushy, as the snow will hardly hold upon city thoroughfares in the temper ature described: The storm works north- casterly, and the indications are that it will cease here about midnight. It will betol- lowed by colder weather and a wind of con- siderable force. The temperature is reported as being about even throughout the Northern and Western States, while in the South it is warmer and wet. : . * THE SAME DEPTH OF SNOW has fallen all over this State, and it lies heavily upon the railway tracks, The mails were all late this afternoon, although the Cliicago trains and the local trains from tributary points in this State were not far out of the way. The Southern Minnesota Branch of the St. Paul Road is ENTIRELY GLOCKADED, the snow having been lighter and the wind more brisk up in that regionglast night. To- day it is heavier. Every available plow on the different lines of railway radiating from Ailwaukee is in service, and the managers say that If the fall terminates to-night there will be little interruption between Chicago and St. Paul. Sailing craft are pretty much off the lake, but the passenger boats are all running. WATERTOWX, Spectal Disvateh 1o The Chicazo Tridune. Waterrowy, Wis., Jan. 2.—Several inches of snow fell here last night, but, being accompanied with a high wind, has drifted badly in many places. The sleighing is greafly ifiproved. MGREGOR, TA. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. McGREGOR, Ia., Jan. 22—The largestsnow- storm of the season visited the country west of Colmar, Ia., yesterday and to-day. On the Jowa & Dakota Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway all trains are suspended west of Mason City. FAR WEST. FEARFUL AVALANCHES, Sart LAkE, Utah, Jan. 22.—The Tribunc has letters from Custer and Bonanza, Idaho Territory, dated the 12th, deseribing snow- slides there, burying seventeen persons, all but four of whom were rescued. THE BODIES OF SEVEN VICTIMS of the Alta avalanche of last. week were buried yesterday in this city. The danger appears to be over at Alta for the present. SIOUX CITY. . Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Swovx Crry, Ia, Jan. 22.—Storm con- tinued, snow falling all day, but the wind was not as strong as yesterday. All railroads except the Sioux City & DPacific are block- aded—with one exception the worst blockade forseven years. Two trains are snowed in on the Omaha line of the St. Paul & Sioux City on the Indian Reservation. An attempt has been made to send provisions. to the Jrains, but the men sent have not-returned. Wi m Delano, a2 brakeman on the Sioux City & Pacific, was killed {this morning near Blaine. Ile leavesa wife and children. BLAIL CROSSING, OxAmA, Neb., Jan. 22.—In the storm last night at Blair Crossing of the Sioux City & Pacific Railroad, trains collided, and a brake- man named McLannen was instantly killed. WESTERN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. St. Josery, Mo., Jan. 22.—A telegram from Western Kansas and Nebraska reporis the storm the most severe of the winter. ‘I'he passenger-train_ whicl left this city this worning for Hastings and Grand Island had to return from Hanover, being unable to push through the snow-drifts. The only St. Joseph & Western train that has arrived from Grand Island during we past week came in yesterday morning, and the way was opened for it by a very heavy snow-plow pushed by three largeengines of the Missouri Paclfic Road. This plow has been con- stantly at work day and night since Wednes- day, and yet it cannot keep the. track clear. This afternoon the snow was .fallinz so fast that it was impossible to run trainson the west end of the road. The snow-plow will leave Hanover to-morrow to open the road to Fairbury, and it is expected’ trains will soon be running regularly. . THE RIVERS. LOUISVILLE. Louisviie, Ky., Jan. 22—River station- ary. ‘Weather cloudy and cold, with light snow. The jce ran very heavy all night, but has thinned out this morning, and the ferry resumed her trips. Anempty keel-boat was cut down by the ice at Duffy’s Landing, .A- large ‘cake. of ice passed down the shore about § o’clock, striking the towboat.Etna,. lying below Seventh street, and she sunk in five minutes .in fifteen feet of water. The Etna was owned by, the Big Sandy & Pome- roy Packet Company,, and valued at.§$8,000. Noinsurauice. i S The Citicinnatiand Tennessee River packet Silver Cloud, with 2 -big cargo, arrived:at.10, o’clack, and, in landing atDugan’s-coal-land= ing; she was struck on the larboard side by o “Y'ransit rau alongside, cake of ice, knocking a hole in her hull, and E cing water freely. The towboat 2bo Beges ke put her syph(;nesf az cork. and droppad ier down to the wharf a Fgurth street, where about fifty 1anmrs are at work taking her freight ashore. The Iop, Louden, Aransit, and Goldsmith Mald are all alongside pumping the water ont of her hold. She i4 all right now, and will be kept afloat ivith'the pumps that are at work on her. g CAIRO. i Carito, TIL.,>Jan. 22—A floe of ice, Which broke'loose int the breakwater of the Missis- sippi, . catight the transfer boat' Morgan, Nolding hér fast in the middle of the river, It also sunk two barges belonging toihe steam- er Hickory. Tleavy ice is passing in the Ohio. There is a li;fm suow falling this forenoon, The weather'is cloudy and cold. Cairo, 111, Jan, 32.—eavy floating icein the Obio River stovea hole in the steamers City of Helena this evening. Tugs are ab work pumping her out, which will doubtless keep her aftoat. o o THE RAPPATANNOCK. FREDERICKSBUR, Va., Jan.23,—In the Rap- pahannock to-day a gorge formed, causing the Svater and broken ice to back up to the hight of eight feet, submerging wharves and the lower story of the Byjtimore steamers’ ware- house. s CROPS. n;\? b EvANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 22.—Reports from the southern parts of this State, Ilinois, and contiguous territory, received at the Courier office, state an almost entire failure of the whole crop in the section named, owing to late planting and the early and hard winter, a large portion of the wheat land being & mass:of ice with the seed frozen out. Re- ports say that not over a fifth of the crop can be made under the most favorable circum- stances. SIGNAL SERVICE SNOW AND WIND. WasniNeroN, D. C.,glan. 22.—Snow was reported this fnorning in New .York, Penn- sylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wis- cousin, Minnesota, and Dakotn Territory. The greatest velocity of wind reported was twenty-six 14jles an hour, at North Platte, Neb. LOCAL ONSERVATIONS. CHICAG, In: 2-10:15 p. m. Teme. | Bar.| Ther.| Ly | Fin ic'n. | Weather ] * |Lt.srow 3 Lt.enow 8 LLsnow B Ltsuow & Ltsnow B -i8%"| Lesnow HMaxioum omperature, 52 muntmum, *Melted snow. Only mensureed at G: m., and 10:15 p, m. g GENERAL OUSERVATION®. £a1cAGO, Jan. 2-12:13 p. m. ya.m., 2:18p. Stations. W'y Albany.. Alveny! POLITICAL. MENTOR. -Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. CLEVELAXND, 0., Jan. 22.—Though the fact is not gendrally known, Gen. Garfield’s home at' Mentor is becoming a popular resort for politicians of note. Whether or not they come at the solicitation of tha President- eleet “does not appear, and nothing of what transpires, and rarely even knowledge of the visit, gets ont into the world. From what Gen. Garfield has said publicly in the past and the character of some®of the v itors, it is generally inferred that the callers visit Mentor in response to invitation of the General, that he may hear their views and recommendations as to the proper course for the Adminisiration to pursue. By thus knowing the views of the leading men of the party he will be better able to arrange shis pinns for the future, amd be better - fitted for the duties before him. Remors as to the Cabinet are pleaty, but even the most trusted friends of Gen. field profess that they have never heard him say aught as to whom portfolios will be given. “This morning Sen- ator-elect Ben Ilarrison, of Indiana, arrived from the West, and was the guest of United States Marshal Goodspeed.” Ie departed daring the day, ostensibly for the East, though it is altomether “likcly - that he joined the Iunumerable ravan and stopped off at Mentor. Gen. Garfield came to this city yesterday afternoon almost un- observed, though wiether, or not he con- ferred here with any visitors from abroad is not learned. Iowever, hardly a week passes without his cominx to the ¢ity to do some shopping or other crrand, and the apparent out hlxs visit of yesterday may med. 4 g WISCOXNSIN. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, MILWAUKEE, Jan. 22.—The mention of E. W. Keyeg, in connection with the Postmaster- Generalship, after his defeat in the Senato- rial caucus the other day, calls to mind the latent boom for Ienry C. Payne, of this city, which was inaugurated hnmediately after the November election. It will be of interest to Tiie TRIBUNE’S readers to learn, as your correspondent has just -learned, that Mr. Payne’s qualifieations and the claims of the . young Badger State have been presented topether to Gen. Garfield by parties of conceded influence, and that both have received favorable considera- tion. Wisconsin claims a Cabinet position for practieal.rather than sentimental reasons. The State has never enjoyed the honor of representation in the Cabinet, except when Randall succeeded to theé Postmaster-Gener- alship for a brief period, & good many years ago. It gave Gen. Garfield -the ‘Jargest ma- Jority that it ever gave any candidate, wheth- er for State or National office. Its delegation is popularly credited with _havin, turned the tide in favor of G:ufielfi in the Chicago Convention, twhen the Grant-Blaine-Sherman deadlock still seemed ipregnable, and Henry C. Payne, of Mil- waukee, was the genius of that momentous and inspired: acton. It is also: generally conceded Dby friend and foe -of Mr. Payne that he is chiefly creditable for the splendid work of changing the political status of_the banner Democratic city of the West (Mil- waukee), With ‘a popular majority ot from 5,000 to 8,000 for every Bourbon candidate, to the banner Republican city.in a State which gave the Mentor man 30,000 majority; and ~ this astonishing: x’nemmorphusis' was “wrought at . a time “when the Democracy were hopeful of splitting the voting population upon Grantism, Hayes- ism, or Greenbackism. These facts, witha hundred others, have been held up to the gaze of the incoming President. There is a widespread sentiment that Mr. Garfield will scarch for a long time and iu many directions before he finds a gentleman of greater integ- Tity or more ability than Mr. Payne for the position of Postméster-General. i i scems to be pre€minently deserving honor, and it is current rumor to-day that said honor is to be thus bestowed. . One 1member said thaghe had been taught WASE"ITNGTON. | Accohnt of the Foolish House= - Session’ of Friday Night. 25 The Members Kept Up All Night , and “Absolutely - Nothing. Done. Saturday Forénoon Lost in Sleeping~Thé Afternoon i Frittered Away. Representative Bighes at Last Ad- mitted to His Seat in the House, Sparks Prone. to Get Himself Disliked Even as the Sparks Fly Upward. Newberry -in ! Possession of Plenty of Evidence of the Halifax Gouge-Game. Judge Swayne and Stanley. Mat- thewsgThe Illinois Club —The Lake-Front, » t3 Z. Capt. Eads’ Bill: for a Subsidy to Be Reported, with the Princé of - 5 - Denmark Left Out. e Three Months’ Time Needed to Print * the Bonds—Funding Program tin the Senate. > TOE NIGHT CIRCUS. SCENES IN TUE IOUSE FRIDAY NIGHT. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Thibune. WasnyGroy, D. C., J#n. 22,—There was 2 night session of tha House, last night, which was accompanied by the usual scenes that seem to necessarily attach to attempts to dn Congressional business at night. The session had been called for the purpose of considering Senate bills on the calendar, which are mostly private bills, it being the intention of those who planned it to dispose of as many of these bills as possible, in order to relieve the House of the pressure of other work, The first DIl reached was the ‘noted Boston bill for the relicf of Theophilus Chandler, one of the tiondsmea of the late Boston Sub-Treasurer whose de- faulting clerk, Hartwell, had loaned $450,000 Goveriinent money to a firm whieh failed. The Sub-Treasurer is dead, and his "estate bankrupt. The bondsmen, save Chandler himself, are}dead or bankrupt, and | CHANDLER, 2 although a very wealthy man, is unwilling to pay, and asks to be relieved, clajiming that the Government is éstopped from collecting of him through its own lache, in that when all the bondsmen wero living and all good the Government mage no effort to collect the bond. Many of e best Iawyers of the Tousa considered the bilt equitable, and there was a large majority for it. Indeed, there were ‘but fiftéen members against it, but there was not a ‘quorum of the IHouse | present. This gave an opportunity to these fifteen members, under the lead of Sparks, of Illinois (whose chief function seems to be to make himself disagreeable to his associates), to mise the point that there was no quorun. This he did, and insisted upon it until 6 o'clock this morning, when the Liouse ad- journed. From half-past § last night until 6 this morning i NOTIIING WAS DONE but the silly business of attempting to secure the presence of members by force, under the formof _a. call .of tha Ifouse. The conse- quence was that not only was nothing done at the night session, but that the members were so exhausted that, upon reassembling to-day, an adjournment was speedily had without transacting any busiuness. This ad- journment ensued notwithstanding Reagan urged members to remai and pass-the Inter- State Commerce bill. ' It may be. of interest to the farmersnf Mr. Sparks’ district to know that, by his foolish conduct in forcing a fili- bustering night session, e so exhausted the House that TO-DAY WAS LAST, and that, in view of the rapid approach of the end of the session, it may be the last day upon which the Inter-State Commercebillcan be considered and passed. The story of one night session is pretty nearly thestory of all. The proposition was made that this bill should be laid aside and the Pension bills be taken up. r. Cannon, of Illinois, entreated his colleague, Sparks, not to object, as there was upon the calendar at least one bill uvon the passage of which depended the fact whether one poor blind Illinois® soldier should go the poor-house before the winter isoveror not. ButSparks was Inexorable. e was possessed of the spirit of obstruction, and the fareical proceedings under the call of jthe House about 9 o’clock began. THE INVALIDS, the aged, and the indisposed were mostly ex- cused without objection, along with them Fernando;Wood, Alexdnder Stephens, Atkins and Iubbell, who is laid up with rheuma- tism. The sick-list rapidly increased, until a protest came up from all sides of the Ifouse that an ecpidemic must have brokeu out. There were poor and fivolous excuses of all kinds offered by the, members who were brought in under arrest. Many jokes werg played upon the absent members. Cowgill, a_venerable, white-haired man, asked that lis mueh more youthful-looking colleague, Orth, be excused, as he: was advanced in age and oughtnot to beexposed to the severe strain of a night session. Some members insisted upon speedy “adjournment about midnight, as K TIE STREET-CALS WERE ABOUT TO STOP. that the Lord set apart;the night for rest, and he was availing himself of that blessed dis- pensation. The youthful Speer, of Georgia, passed an eucominm ‘upon’ the , Tugaloo River, while the equally youthful Frost, of Missotri, admitted the.Morey letter was a’ [forgery. As night ranion, feeling began run high, and Mr. Sparks came very near to being the hero of another Weaver episode. e might have been hail not a member from behind him pushed him down, somewhat. hastily, to his seat, with the explanation: * Sparks, Ishould thinkyou had had enough of that]” " i » AM. SPARKS i . had been impudent to Morse, of Boston, who, had stoutly advocated, the . Chandler bill," and Morse wa s quite disposed to resent his impudence, when Sparks was hustled away by his {riends to avoid an encounter;.and so the night went on. The;benches above were empty. The latest. sight-seers were gone. The floor below was strewn with sleeping men. . Others lounged. about, suioking. The pages, tried beyond boys’ endurance, were curled up on the platform stairs, asleep. The House was; B OVEERCOME WITIL DROWSINESS. Still the roll-calls went on and absentees were oceaslonally . brought -in. Men were tire past speaking. Old men showed their years. |. The House assumed the appearance of a-bed- room long indisorder.- The air became foul and drowsy. Finally, as the -first rays of morning were beginninz to appear above the Maryland hills, the foolish night session was brought to a close.. Thero will probably be 1o more night sessions until a. quorum shall be assured. 2renin HALIFAX, - PROOFS,OF RASCALITY.:. :. . Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasmxarox, D. C., Jan, 22—Representa- tive Newberry, of Detroit, has received from Canada a considerable amount of documen ary information not, heretofore published relative to the falsifications and corruptions used in securing the Ialafax.award. Pre- vious statements of Prof. Hind, which have been published in Canada and the United States, relate entirely to the falsification of the fish-catch and the ‘maritime provinces. These falsifications were designed to shbw that this oateh, where we competed, was not valuable, and where we did not compete was more valuable to us. The present informa- tion is of a more striking. character, and covers a perlod of twenty-six years, A falsi- fication of the navigation reports and fishery exports published by the authority of the Domiulon of Canada, a secret document, was prepared in 1872, which summarizes the fish- ery exports for a period of twenty-six years. This document covers twelve folio® pages, and . 4 " EMDRACES SEVERAL THOUSAND ITEMS. On the face of it there is nothing to betray its real character... No one:would be .able to find it out except an expert who should have the clew. .It appears that this document was used at Washington "during the negotiation of the Washington Treaty to. induce the British Commissioners to place in that treaty | Articla 21, authorizing the Iinlifax Commis- " sion. The British Commissioners were under- stood to be quite favorable to the interpreta- tion placed by the American Government and fishermen upon the early treaties in regard || to their rights in the Canadian fisheries upon the condition that we extended reciprocity of trade in fish products. THE SCHEME OF THE CANADIAN MANIPU- X LATONS scems to have been accomplislied by means of the secret document, through which the American Commissioners - were induced to believe that the fish export trade of Canada Wag much less than it in faet really was, and that, therefore, the Provinces were entitled to secure compensation for the privileges se- cured to American fishermen. Mr. Delfosse, the Belgian umpire at Halifax, in reply to Prof. Hind, stated that he did not make up his award upon Table A in the British case, which contains the falsifications of the-fish catch, but upon other evidence before the Commission. That evidence seems to have been the sworn statement of ‘the recapitula- tions and averages of the falsified export tables, which will be found on page 435 of the bluebook containing the British evi- dence. TIE DOCUMENT NOW HERE reduces the export of Canadian fish products to the United States during the period em- braced by many million dollars. Its ex- istence appears to be totally unknown to the Government, to the Governor-General, and. most of the leading Canadian politicians. Prof. Hind only announced that such a paper was in his possession when Sir John Macdon- ald, in Parliament, charged him with being 2 black-mailer. There are several other docu- ments, heretofore kept secret, which illus- trate and ambplify the proofs of the fraud of the British agent before the Halifax Com- mission. % SWAIN AND DEVENS, DEVENS. s Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribunc. WasmiNgToy, D. C., Jan. 23.—Among the army officers just retired is Judge-Advocate- General Dunn. There is quite a contest among the officers who desire to succeed him. Maj. David Swain, who has recently been acting as Secretary for Gen. Garfield, is mentioned s likely to be appointed to the place, altkouzh it would be necessery to pro- mote him over six other officers to do so. Attorney-General Devens is also suggested in this connection. There is 2 curious piece of gossip us to Devens’ appointment. It is known that he desires n place upon the United States Supreme Bench, but as Clifford, the Judge from Devens’ circuit, DOES NOT DIE, AND WILL NOT RESIGY, it is impossible to appoint him, and there are dotibts . expressed whether-Garfield would appoint him. Itis now suggested that the plan of Devens’ {riends is to securs for himn the appointment of Judge-Advocate-General, which will place him above Swain, and that under Garfield’s Administration, when Clif- ford shall dic, it may be that Garfield would appoint Devens to .the Dench, and,that in this manner Swain could become Judge-Ad- vocate-General and Devens also have his de-. sire satisfied. To the Western Assoclated Prezs, WasmiNgToX, D. C., Jan, 22.—It is stated that Justice Swayne, of the United States Su- preme Court, will resizn - early next week, and that ex-Senator Stanley Matthews, of Ohio, will be nominated. THE LAKE-FRONT. A COMPROMISE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. ‘WasHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.—A compro- mise has been proposed to Representative George R. Davis by B. F. Ayer'and the sup- porters of the Aldrich bill which Mr. Ayer believes will bo accepted by is. . The lat- ter is considering this maticr, arid will prob- ably by Monday decide whether or not he will accept the modifications and cobperate to sccure the passage of the Aldrich bill as amended. The amenaments proposed are two: first, to strike out of the Aldrich bill the words in line fourteen *and othier.pur- poses incident thereto ” (meaning the evec- tion of a railway. depot), and to sert © in lieu therecof these word: “ Or other publie purpose’’; and, second, to add to the bill this additional proviso: **Nor sliall there be any change of use unless the owners of lots faclng the public ground lying between Randolph and Madison streets to the extent of at least two-thirds of the ag- gregate lineal frontaze of said lots shall have given their consent thereto in writing.” TIUS AMENDED, the bill will read: 2 T'hat all the right and title of tho UnitedStates to streets and grounds dedicaied to publie use in that part of ' ‘the City of Chicago, in tho State . of - Illinols, known as *“Fort Dearborn Addition to Chica- Ko,” subdivided nud platted under authority of the Sceretary of War in the year 1839 be, aad tue same bereby is, relinquished gnd granted to the said civy and {ts successors, with authority, to sell and convey so much thoreof ‘as fies south of the south linc of Randolph street, and be-, tiveen tho cast line of -Michigan avenie, as now laid out and {ruproved, and the rondway of the 1llintis Central Rafiroad Company, for. the erec- | tion thercon of a rallway pussenger station- house, or other public ‘purpose; provided, that nothing hereln contained shail deprive the own- ers of contiguous’ lots of .nay valld right. or claim, if such extst, to compeusation on account of the change of nse to which the public ground . berein authorized to be sold.or conveyed was originuily dedieated by the Tinited States; and provided, further, nor shall thers be auy such chaugo of use unless tho ownors of lots facing the public grounds Iying between Randolph und Madison streets, to the extent, nt. Jeast of ‘two- thirds of the aggregute lineal frontago of. sald lots, shall’ hnve given their consent theretoin writtog, - W N 3MI. DAVIS IS INCLINED TO THINK that the bill in this form will préserve the rigbt to the Common Council t¢ lease the land, if they shall choose to do so, Instead.of to-sell it, and, -it'it does It, and at the same’ time makes it possible for the Council ‘to lease the land for some other purpose than Iroad depots, should ::If%robnbly llnnke no.objectionto the bill The Senate Judiciary Comnittee has de- cided to favorably report . . THE LOGAN BILL' e form in which it :was introduced, i:lr?ii is the sanie as the Aldrich bill in the House. If Representative George Davis Shall consent to the two propositions above indicated, then they will be added to-the bill 2s smendments in the Senate, and the meas- ure will come from the Senate to the House, -and an attempt be made to_pass it frgm the Speaker’s table. - But, it Davis glcelmns to accept this modification, the bill will pass the Senate.as it was originally presented by Senator Logan. - EADS AND. AMMEN. EADS DISHEARTENED. Speciat Diapateh to The Chieago Tribune. Wasmseros, D. C., Jan. ‘23.'—’1'116 _Selecb Committee on the Interoceani¢ Ship-Canal this morning recommitted to the Sub-Com- mittee which reported it the bill to incor- porate the Eads Ship Railway Colnp_:my, with instructions to strike out the portion which provides that the United States shall indorse the stock of the Company to the amount of $30,000,000. While this action may ot mean ‘the defeat of the enterprise, as many sup- pose, it is regarded by the friends of the Com- pany as a very severe blow. ADMIRAL AMMEN has handed to Representative Crapo a !etter from W. J. McAlpine, an eminent myll en- gineer of New York City, on_the subject of interoceanic “transit. Mr. Mealpin, * who has Iately devoted some months to 2 per- sonal investigation and study of the sc\'.eral routes and projects under discussion, takes strong ground in favor of the Nicar- agua enterprise. Mr. DeAlpin regards Capt. Eads’ projectas a visionary and im- practicable one, and says that the land rail- road across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec would be a valuable adjunct to the proposed Nicaragua Ship-Canal. Commodore Shu- feldt, who surveyed the Tehuantepee route in 1870, is said to be warmly in favorof Eads’ project, and on Tuesday next will make an arguement in its favor before the House Committee. PRINTING THE BONDS. PROSPECTIVE DELAYS. Specta. Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. WasHiseTON, D.C., Jan. 22—The Chief - of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing has made an estimate of the amount of time re- quired to do the mechanical work ot print- ing the bonds and notes required by the new Funding _law.. It now requires forty-two daysto print registered bonds that are al- ready engraved, thirty-four to print coupon - bonds, and thirty-two dsys to print notes and certificates. It will require a much longer time where new designs have to be engraved and new plans made. - It would take - FULLY THREE MONTHS to have the plaiis made and paper made, as the paper for zll the bonds will have to be made, and the order cannot be given until the bill becomes alaw, as the size of the paper depends, of course, upon the length of the bond and the number of coupons. It.is evident, tierefore, that the Government will lose several millions of interest which might have been' saved had Congress enacted the law in time for these mechanical preparations {o have been made, so that the bonds could have been ready at the time the 5s mature. PROGRAM. To the Western Associated Press. WasmyeToy, D. G, Jan. 2.—The Senate Finance Committee has requested Secretary Sherman to appear before it at the meeting on Tuesday next, to give his views on the Touse Funding bill. The Republican Sena- torial Cancus Funding Conunittee will hold a meeting on Tuesday night and consider a bill. The meeting is called after the meeting of the Finance Committee, so that the ‘mem- bers may know the position assumed by and the views of fhe Democratic members. THE ILLINOIS CLUB. MEETING LAST NIGHT. Special Dispatch to The Chicaco Tribune. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.—The Illinois delegation had another weekly mecting to- night, but, as the official reporters say, the proceedngs were of o routine character. There was » shortdiscussion as to the merits of a few persons who are secking appoint- ments to minorélerkships., The subject of a Cabinet position for Illinois was not consid- ered. The delemation, however, is stitl at work at the matter, and a document is now being prepared to be sent to Gen. Garfield, representing that Gen. Raum is not the choice of tho delezation for the Cabi- net. This document will "probably re- ceive six signatures, although that is ot yet settled. Some meinbers of the dele- gation are agitated at the fact that their pro- ceedings have been made publie, and are disposed to mean that there shall be no more seerecy. The delegation has gone so far as to have an investization as to the sources from which the news as to the movement has been obtained. The delegation, how- ever, lacks the power to “send for persons. and papers.” Meanwhile, some members of the delezation are beginning to be appre- h;m_sivu that Illinols may not have a Cabinet place, . NOTES. BANKRUPTCY. Speeial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasaixaroy, D. C., Jan. 22—The best opinion is that no Bankrup: bill can be en- acted at this session. Murry Nelson has been here advocating the Lowell bill, but the commercial representatives from other cities have returned, practically abandoaing all ex- pectation of passing a bill. . ' MATTHEWS. 1t seems to be pretty definitly settled that Stanley Matthews wlll receive the appoint- ment as the successor of Swayne. SENATOR MATT CARPENTER is sald again to be quite seriously il THE APPROPRIATIONS, | To the Western Associated Press: Wasnivetox, D. C., Jan. 22.—The Execu- tive and Judicial Legislative Appropriation bili will be ready for the full Appropriation Committee carly next week. The Post-Otlice Appropriation bill, as reported to the House, appropriates £40,760.432, and is based upon estimates aggregating $42,475,882. The esti- mated postal revenue for 1852 is §58,845,174, or §1,015,238 less than required to make thé Post-Office Department self-sustalning. The amount apprapriated for Star-Route service $7,875,000, an increxse of $375,000 over last year’s appropriations. NATIONAL-BANK DIVIDENDS. ‘The Controfler of the Currency has de- clared fitial dividends in favor of the eredit- ors of the Commercial National Bank of Sar- atoga Springs; of ti‘m First Naticnal Bank of Lirattleboro, Vt.; of the First National Bank of Duluth, Minn.; making a dividend in all of 100 per cent and interest to the cred- itors of these banks, A w % . DEMOCRATIC OBSTRUCTIONISTS. The Democratic Senators talk of prevent-: ing action in the. Senate on londay on the bill restoring . Gen. Grant to, the army, and- theri to have a full attendance ef the Military Committee at the meeting on Tuesday, and ivote to reconsider the vote orderng the bill to be reported “favorably, and -then vote to recommend-that- the bill be-‘indefinitly’ bost- poned. If all the Deinoerats - attend - the Committee meeting the plan be carried out. TUE BANERUPT BITL: - The House Judiciary--Gommittes has in- structed Representdtive Hartis'to report to: the House, with favorable “récommendation, - the Lowell Bankrunt bill, 25" moditied by the Committee. Thls- is the’ bill: which was bet {=:e the delegation of merchants in scssion here during this weelx' . <« "~ A MISSISSIPPL RIVER-AMPROVEMENT, + The House Committés an ' Commeree “has decided to take a vote on the bill providing " | and proceeds on Wednesday next. u COMPROMISED, ‘The case of Thomas W, Bartley crick P. Stanton against the L App | Mining Company, A. W. Adam woilter Bogee, and others, brought to Pl A payment of fees amounting to o".'e_ part of the award of $780,000 nbmn':i‘;“mh the Mexican Goverument, hag be:.n ‘:’:; promised. 'i'hhl’ i RETIREMENTS, _ e President has directed the g4 - officers to'be placed on e&em;t{fl"fi: Brig-Gen. W. M. Dunn, Judgeqqoo it General: Gen. Stewart Vanvliet, ate. Quartermaster-General ; Lieut.-Col, S e . Woods, Deputy Pnymnstel‘(;enem-m! Paymaster, -Maj. Joseph H. Eaton, tirement of the first two named goes| fect to-day; of thevthers Mundiy.u fata g 5 SILVER DOLLARS, uring the past week the; tributed 144,008 standard si’fi»efloumlfi correspondine wedk in 1850 5 distributed. - here were i THE ‘RECORD., “‘T Duotsx. x ASHINGTOYN, D. C.,, Jan. 22 suming its sessiom last evening :h?f[:m immediately went into Committee ogu ‘Whole, Mr. Townshend (I1L) in'the ch.m-m the private calendar. The first Senzte'h?n was for the relief of Ophilus P, Chunmm late Assistant Tresurer of the United g ] at Boston. Tt relieves him of alf lllbu!ilx: on account of public moneys Ioaneq Julius Howell, his disbursing clerk, to 1. ler, Ward & Co., such lability am : G : ty amounting Messrs. Bragg and Sparks ©opposed thy \ | measure. Alr. Carlisle favored it. A vote was finally taken on report; bill favorably to the Iouse, amnso;r::‘gfit.; 17,—no quorum. This point being rafseq by AIr. Sparks, the Committee rose and Teporteq the fact to the House. After a good deal of noise and confuslog. the doors were closed, and the Sergeantas. Arms was dispatched after absentees, ! Pending 2 call of the House, 10 busigess could be transacted, and, having nothing el | to do, some of the members indulged in very silly remarks whenever any one attempteq to speak, or was interrupted with demands to speak louder, and everything was done t marxe the wholo proceeding as ridiculons a5 possible. In the course of some remarksby Mr. Frost, he was asked to give his views op the Chinese question, and replied that he would refer the gentleman to the plat‘om of the Republican par ¢ Ar. Einstein said it was notnecessarytogn back as far as the Republican platform. All the -Democrats had to do was to go back to the Morey letier, which originated in Demo- cratic circles. TS * Mr. Frostsaid he for one always beliéred the Morey letter was a fqrzery, but if any character was ever given to the letter, It way because it expressed the views frequently averred by Republicans on ' this floor, and notably by the gentleman (Mr. Garfield) o whon it was attribnted. This remark was applauded by the Demo~ crats. . At1:25 o’clock p. m. the Housebyavota of 55 yeas to 63 mays again refused toad- journ. Attention was called to the fact thatser- eral members had answered on the call of the House and subseéquently left the hal, and a gentleman wanted to know .whether nothing could be done to compe! membersto remain here. The Chair stated that afterthe doors were closed it was the duty.ofthe Doorkeeper to see that members did notgo out and remain away. ‘The Chair added, it had always beenthe pragtice for the Doorkeeper to keepalistof members who left the hall, and they were under a pledge of honor to refum a fey minutes later. ; 7 Mr. Warner was arraigned as an absentee, and it was suggested that he was present the early part of the evening. On the question of excusing him, Mr. Frye, of Maine, said therd must be some way to compel the attendance of members. The House met to-night for s specific purpose, and to consider n;d ixm- aut bill; eighty-five gentlemen voted for 'Ftng;g‘son‘xe sfvfiam’ or t\%emy againstit’ A call of the Iouse 'resulted, and the Housa would sitk Into contempt 1f we could not compel & quorim. . The usual scenes ineident to anight ses there: sion were enacted. During one of the pauses between ports of the Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. suggested, ironically, that the tedious hoary be ivened by*atl Alr, Speer, of Georgia, to make a spe upon the neces- sity of improving tho Tugela River in that gentleman’s district. - ; Tke suggestion brought upmlonMuP oquy. £ A-call of_the roll, on a motien to adjourn, made at half-past -1 showed fewer memheuv present than at the first roll-call. . 5o r. Frye remarked tiat the wholething had turned into a farceand a cirens, Alr. King submitted a resolution directing the Sergeant-at-Arms to take into cus:od{ the members absent who voted at the s roll-call. fa A diseussion ensned as to the powerofs minority of the House to adopt such s reso: lution. A * Atherton, while favoring the molnwm; remarlsed that the members. lefc the- halinol on )'] throuf;:‘l}‘ thle l{oors, but fl_ltullglz s window g-cloak-rooms. ~ o i i, the resolition WaS as, 705 nays, 25, £ 4 strong determination manky fested on both sides of the House to prolog. the session until a quorum should I\Dm On the part of soime gentlemen, this de " mination was: strengthened by a desire 0. _vt-.xss tlie (f'h;mdlerlbm, Il')_u: rutromgfigrh s itarose from a dispoxition k varent that, when the IHouse ordered eveniog: sessions hereafter. the inembers atteltiy such scssions would insist upon the nn’»besf,_ of aquorum and, the trausaction of the bos- ess agreed upon. + A > i to adjourn was defeated. B S s s appeared 8 he Sergeant-at-Anus A MRS of the House with Mr. llamisoh Yirginia. Bland, and Rothwell in cuswd)’ghv The Sergeant-at-Arms_ stated th‘m LY Deputy waited npon Mr. Lowe, of Alabil ’ll‘h:i_n gfint}umau refused 10 accompany. o the Iotse. 5 Messrs. 1arris, Bland, and Bothwell n:ll;{ L that they had left the }ouse before the oy ing of the doors, and were excused. s then ordered that Mr. Lowe appear Ww the Iouse Saturday at 2 to give Tiis exel o for not returninz to the House when SE moned. ‘The House, at 6 o’clck adjourned, until . s i : 00X, not being. com At this hour the journal, pleted, a recess was taken, Adfter fefl?nh‘;’ journal being approved ‘and the n‘_lg“' hour dispensed with, )Ir.’]\ierercunl“ it resolntion of the Counnittee: on %caus ugmn contested clection case ot Bis! iull, declaring the contestant Bis! totheseat. . Mr. Springer explained that ki to the consideration of this arose from the fact that' some pes his side desired Hull to be present 887 time of the vote. ‘The resolution was adopted, took the oath of oftice. 2iv. Lowe explained that he when he declined going to the Kight, at.the request of the i Tns. - e : "The order was then vacated, and theHoue ;. . .adjourned. - 847 e . THE DREAD SMALL-POX. Spectal Dispaten to The Chicago Tridunk! 5 23 —The Ploneer; St. Pacr, Minn., Jan. o small Press’ Yankton special says that the pox is. raging in Clay and Union Counties Dakota, and that the Legislature 107 passed a hiil through both Iouses, On = ds 0} bension of the rules, authorizing -Boar County Commissioners thronghout the 'T:; ? ritory to.acs as Boards of Health, to.pra! the spread of the disease. . | b L L STEAMSHIP_NEWS., e PIILADELPHLY, Pa., Jan. 22.-Tbe 83?:5_ ship British Crown, henco for Liverd o which run‘ashore at Fort Delaware, 80! on hér voyage. .. .o : Liverpoor: Jan. 22, ~The Scythis fro York, has arrived out. . 2