Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 27, 1881, Page 2

Risappolnted at the actlon of the Greenback- . pra, a8 they thought they might voto with 3 b { [l 1 f i 1 \ : i 3 | % ¥ H 7 ¥ { i ! ] 1] 1 wediani o i 3 H g L4 H L l. i H 3 3 i 2 : NOR, “ ag they called ft, of some of thelr number, L] — e THIS CHICAGG ‘TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 18831-TWELVE PAGES, théms but Jones, of ‘Texas, and Lowe, of Alnbama, voted most of tho day with the Republienns, or deelinedl to vote! witlle Felton, Speer, and Stophens, Democrats, of Georgia, voted generally with e Republicans, ‘The Demoerats nlso ap- nr -Ylet;cu ANNOYED AT ‘T WILLFUL AR . SENCH,' b Therewas ono time when threo additional Democratic votes would have secured thema guorim, and at that time tho foltowing Dem- perats were elfher absent or did not vote, yet all of them, with perbaps three exeeptions, were in tho clty: Dright, Evans, Felton, Glbson, Tlovker, ~ Muldrow, O'lirien O'Rellly, Smith, New Jerseyi Stephens, Whitthorne, Wise, and F. Wool. 'The Democerats to-nlght nre very Indignant at what they call **the “shirkers " of thelr party. The highest votes showed two less than tho numher required, These two lag- gards were in the Houso during tho day, but were absent whenover thelr names were eatled, One of those was Gen liooker, of Mlasissippl, usunlly nitierce partisan; the oth- crwas Dan O'Rellly, of New York City, whose continued absenee from the Ilouso called forth the historie inquiry by Mrs, O'ltellly: A ¥ . SAVIERE ARE YOU DANY My, Morrison, who 18 always diplomatie in his replics, salil ln answer to n question to- night whether the Democrats would go on t-morrow ¢ “0h, Lean't tell. 1suppose so. ‘That s, ‘that seems to be the Intention, 1 think they will go on with It again.” Martin, of Delawnre, said he did not be- Heve anything would come of 1. * [t scems impossible,” sald he, * to get a quorum of Democrats. They arein thecity, but they won'tcome up and vote. Inm discouraged and disgusted,” “With n clear mnjotity, couldn’t you tnnke ghort work of it !¢ Indeed, no. Tho minority can maken thousand filibustering motlons, and compel o roll-call on every oneof them. Conger, who Jends tho minority, is as good n tactician ns Randall, and can keep up the fight until tho Iast moment of the session without tho slight- est difficulty.” #Under the clreumstances, then, you do not think the Democrats will continue the fight?” 2 N %1 should think not. Iamumnot in favor of it myself, I don’t think the gamo worth the candle.": Mr. Cobb, of Indiana, spoke in much tho same véin. e thought thy Democrats would hardly follow up-the tight longer, ns it is ap- parent that nothing can be dope. Mr. Cobb, only twenty-four liours ago, had a hope that his party would be able to succeed in their i~tentlon. Ile also spoko severely of the ab- sentees, who, ho betleves, have abstained trom voling out of sheer indifference. HOW IT WAS DONE. FRoM “TiE urconn,” WasmiNaToy, D. C, Jan. 26—Mr. Blck- nell called up tho resolutlon wvroposing n JoInt rule for counting tho Electoral votes, * After some thmespent In vain to arrive at > some determination in reference to the time to be consumed In debute, Mr, Blcknell de- ananded the previous question on the Mor- gan Electoral regolution. ~ My, Conger ralsed n question of consldern- ton, A voteby divislon stood 119 te 110 In favor of taking up tho Electoral resolutlon. Messra. Stephens, Ielton, aud Spear voled with the Republicans. rfio vote by yeas nnd nnys resulted s Yeas, 130 nays, 124, In favor of taking up the + ¥lectoral resolutlon—n strict party vote, ex- cept Messrs. Felton, Speer, and Stephens (Ga.), who voted In the negative with the Itepublicans, Of the Greenbackers, Messrs, Ladd and Stevenson voted in the aflirimative, and Messrs, Jones, Lowe, Russoll (N. C.), Mureh, Glllette, Weaver, and Yoeum in the negative, v, Bicknell again demanded the previous question, pending which Mit. CONGER ifioved that thero bo a ealt of the ITonse. The Speakor ealled attention to the fact that the lust vote showed the presence of quorunl. i . Conger replicd that It was neverthe. " less In order-to have n eall of the Iouse, i 'The Speaker salil the Conlr recognized tho fact that there wng more than s quorum -present, Twodiundred and fitty-four mein- bers had ust voted. Mr. Conger stated (sarcastically) his ob- Joct was to compel forty absent members to réturn to tholf duties. 1le huped the ruling of tho Chalr would not prevent a quorum of tém House from calling on the nbsent mem- ors, Vege . 5 ~The Speaker ruled that tho motion was not in'order in the present condlition of businuss, ~§t' having been shown that there was not only more than a quorum preseni but more thun two-thirds of a full Ilouse, o . sufficiont Tnumber to ' meet ovory requirement of the ‘Consttution. Tho House had, at the proper time, tho in- hogent right to enforce the presence of ab- ‘sentees, but, n quorum .belng presont, tho motion for u call of the Iouse hasnot, undor the rules of practlce, priority overa demand * for tho provious question. I CONGER APFEALED FROMTHE DECISION, which appeal Mr. Blount moved to lay upon the table, "The Hepublicans refused to voto upon the wotlon, and the Hoyse wag thereby Jefo without a quorum. 'The vote stood,— yens, 1405 nays, 5 Messts, Springer, Gl lette, “Towe, » Murch, Weaver, and Conger ralsed a polnt of no quorum. A enll of tho House was ordored, * c The Cj\ll discloged the presence of 233 mom- bors, mid'all proceedings under the eall hay- ing” been dispensed with, the guestion re- curred on the motion to table the appeal from the Speaker's declsion, and ngain no,quoruim voted. At 4 o'clock, after half o dozen roll-enlls, he Ilouse FOUND ITSELF IN :fi\)c\-m' TUE FAME BITU- TION in which it had been threa hours previously, ury 08 Mr. Reagan expressed ity tha House . merely went up the bil), and then enme down sgoln, The taetles of the Republican shis wero to answer o thelr names on nenll of the House, but to remalu sllont twon the mo- tion to table the appel, thus leaving the * House without n quornm, and foreing s call of the House, A motlon to adjourn was de- feated—ye 1275 nays, 1990, Anather call of thp Ilonse was ordered, - anul then the House ndjourned, REPUBLICAN I'IROGRAM. : ADOFTED IN CAlOUS, Hpeclal Dispatch to ‘The Chicara Tridune, Wasuixaros, b, €, dan, 2~The rvesolus - Hlon presented In the Senute to-duy by Mr, Ingalls, of Kansas, Inviting the House to by present in‘the Sennjoe two weeks from - toadny to count the Llegtoral votes, Is the result of the deliberations of the Republican Senatos vial Caniens Committen, Thoresolution which ;- -wagsubmitted 13 fn the exact words of the 1esolution which was udopled In 1801 und 1805, and under which' the Eleetoral votes were coutited In those years, If the House there will be mno rules counting tho Electornl vote, Somun rule Is necessary, and has always been adoptel, I¢ somu of TUE CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS -pow departure, such ns Lumnr, Bew S01, ud ~ble ta posy this resolution, and to send it tu “shall refuss to puss tho Morgan Elegt- e oral jolnt rule, ns seems very probubley G existlng’ for in-the Benote, who have been talking of a oo Brawn, shull bo dispused to act with the * - Republicans In tho enate, it would bo possi- tha flouse. In that event, i the day for sounting the Electural vote should approach, 4 uo provisiou bad beew ¢ made for the manner In which vola should bo counted, It might be that Democerata enongh would vote with the Republicans to pass the resolntlon of the Senate, and to nccept the Invitation, in nc- cordanco with b TIUE HONORED PRI IENTS OF ‘1801 AND This Is the Republiean program for the quiet and orderly count of the Electoral votes two weeks from to-day. It remains lo bo seen whether the Democrats will accept it, or will tnsist upon the nrbiteary vartisan rals now pendlng in tho House, and, in the event that that rule should not be adopted, would per- it the day for tha counting of the votes to arrlye without any proviston, e —— e ILLINOIS BOURBONS. They Meot in Solemn Conclave nt Springfiold=Judgo Trambull Alrs Viows on Varlons Subjoctu=The Deme ocratle Party Advised by Mol Vuller 1o Accept tho Hard 'Tarlil’ 1311, Now Pending in Congreas—~Tho Young De- moeeracy, Bpeelat Dispateh to The Chicago Tridunes SeriNaristy, 1L, Jan, 20.—~In response to n eall recently issued by the Democratic State Central Committee, a conference of leading Demacerats was hield here this after- noon and evening, About 100 Hounrbons wero present, including members of the Legislature, Lyman ‘Trambull, John R, Biden, Josh Allen, and the members of the Commitice: Tom Courtney, M. D. Balley, and ¢, E. Crafts, Chicago; J. W, Al- exander, Sterlings Willimn t Bwing, Quin- ey A Orendoft, Springtield: F. M, Young- blood, Benton : J, M, Darnedl, Plensant View 8, ¢, Camphell, Streators W. J. Mize, Sulll- van; James R Wash, Pontiaes Au M. Brown, Galesbnrg: Charles 11 Whittaker, Macombs; ‘T, W. MeNecly, Petersburg; J. A, Mailory, Havana; W, A, Cochran, Shelbyville; S, 1. Dwight, Centralin; Thomas F, Bounton, Jonesboro; M, M, Tool, Shawneetown, Nobody scemed to know why s attempt should {hus have been made to resurreet the ghost of the Iate Democratle party, No one hind any excuse to offer for this most unright- eous nct of sncrilege, and the entire aifalr’ wn; nmost pitlable flnseo from beginning to- end, THE MELANCHOLY ASSEMILAGE orgnnized by ehoosing Charles 11 Whittaker, of the Macomb Fegle, ns Chatrinan, and W, J, Mize, of the Sullivan Progress, ns Scere- tary, Some time was spent th endeavoring to discover the objeet of the ceting. Fi- nally o letter from Melvitlo W, Fuller was rendd ndvising the Demoeratle party to accept the Murd tartl bill now pending in Congress as the trne Democratie doetrine, JMike Bailey then relieved the painful mo- notony by proposing A BECRET RESSTON, ‘I'hls bronght.out W. T, Dowdall, who sald he did not know whnt the meeting coulil do that ought to be concealed, in motlon by moving the nppointment of n Commlitee on Resolutlons, to which all resolutions should bo referred with- ont debnte, This wns agreed to, ‘Tho cnsulng pruse was broken by asuggestion that Judge ‘Trumbull was in the elty, and ihiat pechaps It would be well to adjourn to ‘“give tho old man achance” to ofier lis suggestion in the evenlnz, While this was under diseusslon My, ‘Trumbnll appeared. e was recelved with SOMI ENTHUSIASM and Invited to speak. Ilo snld that he came more to show that hie was allve than any- thing else, having no program to present. e did not see nanything fo gain by golnz over the late campaign, The Demoeracy had been defeated, - but the snme Issues were before the people. They have not changed, and will go on ny long as human government exists, The Re- 1ubliean party hasurrayed upon lts side the power and wealth of corporations, and the only question Is, Is there enough purity among the people {o rosist it Tho ‘vene able demnagog then discussed the tarif qu tion nt sone length with hils usual sophistry, i then expressed the opinion that NO CONPORATIONS SHOULD BE FORMED for private purposes beenuse of the tendoney of the thues toward centrnlization, 1le had no desire to lenve n purty organized upon ninciple. 1€ the party was (o be reoygan- zed, 80 be it hut ho wanted no change that gave up the oll prinelples, 1lis only sugpestion was, that the party should stand Ixf its colors. 1 the principles were right before the election, they nre right now. 1le hoped that seed had been sown ke the late canvass thas would bear fruit, GLN, W'CLERNAND spoke noxt, 111s lden was that the Democrats have failed to suceewd -beeause they have heen lost Inan interninable wilderness of discontent, searching, nfter false zods, 1lo }:}mfi:tfll soms resolutions, whiclh were re« W. A. Cochran, of Shelby, theu liad read & lengthy nddress, propared ‘:{ him, setting forth what he belleved should e done to se- ctire party suceess, in which he took strong ground agninst protection and favored the nnmmrt of the country Democratle press, ‘I'ho confarencs wats resuined this evening. John R, Eden, of Sullivan, addressed tfiu umolln‘:. 1o thought Democratic success dopended upon the stand the party tukes on THE TARIFF QUESTION, and that It ought to make its fight ngalnst a protective taritf, s speech finfshed, all the oratorieal nmmunition appeared to ave been expluded, and the crowdt wis oven nore nt sea than before, Finatty "Trumbull was called ot agnin, 1lo Tioped the xmni' wonld stand squarely upon the tarhit questlon, and predicted that'in two years the Democrats would elect s Congress and In four years o Presldent, 1f these pro- ilietions are” not _more relinble thun thoss wade by Trumbull durlng the Inte campaizn, the Republicans need not be mueh alarmed. zation of the party should by kept up, and ||roznmenl the appolntment of o committon that would MAINTAIN PEUMANENT HEADQUARTENS, ot which the people could nlways got such Informution ws they desired. Charlle Joys, of this city, ventured Lo dif- for with Trambull in the opinlon that tho meetlng slumrl muko no dectaration of prine ciples, 1to thohght they should express what they boljuved to be Democratie doctring” upon the ferlt questlon, and ursed that they should atop all leglsiation Jpon the tomperanes question, predicting that, If the Democratic purty takes thin posi- tlony f1 will be In n position to defeat the Re- pnbllean party In this State, « After furthor diseussion, the following res- olutions, roported by the Commitice, were wlopteds Teeavtved, That wo, tho Domacrats horo ngacms Lled, rentilem our uiherence to the prinotploa vpuneluted in the platforin adoptest fit the Nue |}wml Domogratie” Convention it Clnelnimti in I}, Atesoleed, ‘Phat an Fxgeutlve Connnltteo of {lve bo uppoltod Tor the purnoso of cifoctin and_mohitutning & permnnent organlzation of the Demoeratio party in thas State ‘The Executive Connltteo ua follows: 1% W, MeNeely, Pelorsburg; Ao Orantofl, dolm A, MeClernand, Spring. flelds W, Mize, Sulitvans W, ', Dowdal Pearln, ‘Mo meotlng then wdjourned, all that was _nccomplished bhelng to glva Pam MeNeoly,. who wis euchered aut of the " Chalvmanship of the State Commlttes In thu lnst cmnunl;{u by the “erent orgunizen,” the Chatvmnnshiip of the permanent connnitics proposed by hin, * ‘I'he State Centrnl Committee of the Young lla‘mncnw'\' met to-night and appolnted suit- #blu resoluttons eoncerning the death o Hans Huerting, of Chiengo, Who was Chalre nun of the Committen, appotuted, CONTAGION, JOWA PENUPENTIARY, Den Moises, In, Jan, 24,—The State ofl- cors have boen notified thut swallpox has braken out b ghe Penftentiary ut Fort Madi- son, aml the foremen on contract work huve tled, which will enuso delay In flling cone tracts. ‘The conviets ean’t get awny, but it is {lulllu\‘ud the disease will soon bo ynder con- vol, LA BALLE, 1LL, LA Sanne, UL, Jan, 26.—="The epldemics of measles and - diphtherin- have resulted: In o malady of & complicated type, from which soveqal deaths bayo vccurred tho pask.week, the |- Heset tho ball | -| Itepublicans wnd from the Grant mon. ‘Tom MeNeely tlmufht it constunt organi-" WASHINGTO More Speculations as to the Make=Up of Garfield's Cabinet. Reminisconces of Pierrepont's Conspicuous Unfitness for. a Place, Extraordinary Number of Little Bits of Mon Urged for Appointments i Oontroller Knox Before the Senate Committee on the Funding Bill. Explanation of the Severity of the: Law as It Affects Na. tional Banks. Mr. Springer's Resolution for Postal Telegraphs Reported Favor- ably fo the House, Stanley Matthows’ Nomination to the Supreme Beneh Mect- ing Opposition. Congressman Davis Before the Land Committes on the Lake=Front Bill. CABINET-MAKING, QUESSING AGAIN, Special Dispatch to The Chicaga Tribune. Wasixarox, D, €, Jun, 20.—Cabinet speculntions ara just now heard on every hand, In the eloak-rooms of the two louses, at the hotels, around dinner-tables, and In the offices of newspapers, rumors 11y to and {ro like the shuttle of n loont. Almost every Republican hng constructed n Cabinet that wleases him, or that he lmagines will adveneo his Interests, and yet noone hag thus far presumed to speak by nuthorlty. Lven those favored ones who have visited Mentor ap- pear to be in’ the dark, although they have undoubtedly " obinined some Information concerning Gen, Gavfield’s views and wishes, A gentlemnn who hos made acareful canvass among Republican Senators, to-day gives the following ns the resuit: * Senator Biaine s the old personat and polltieal friend of the Prestdent-cleet. 1le recetved s nomination at Chieago by Blaine telegraphing that votes ho changed from Blalne to Gartleld, INSTEAD OF FROM BLAINK TO SUERMAN, Gen. Garfield has undoubtedly desived to wmake Senater Blaine the Premier of his coming Adwmintstration, and tho Senator has been willing to be the successor of Jeflerson, Adams, Clay, Websler, Iiverelt, and other great, men in the De- partment of State. Ihe Republiean press and party have generally Indorsed the appolntment of Senator Binine ns Seere- tary of State, yet there has been a strong, al- though seeret, opposition from the smull yet venomous factlon of so-called lmlepumlelnt n view of this faet, it I8 not hupossible that Senator Blalno may recoive. - THE BINTISH MISSION instend of n &eat Tn’ the Cabinet, Sonator Conkling, who i3 supposcd to have the lie- publleans of the great State of New York at his baek. and who rendeved most efilelent ald in the Preskdentlal campalign, Is under- stood 1o have desived the appolntment of Representative Levi 1’ Mortow us Seeretary of the 'Treasury, and it Is also understood that nelther Mr. Morton nor any other Now Yorker can have that position. HAMILTON IPISIT wade n gond Secretary of State, and gave dignity to Gen. Grant’s Adminis{ration, o reappolnt hing, it Is sald, wonid ben hand- somie recognition of the vole of the Emplre State, of the wmuterlal ald contributed for the polltienl enmpnlgn by the business-men of Nuw York City, and of the servieesof Sennator Conkling.” Shoult he be appolnted, Mr, Morton will ba Secretary of the Navy., Sen- ator Allison Is probably Gen. tarfleld's first choleo for his Seeretary of the "Freasury, but the Senator docsnot destre to give up his seat i1 the Senate, e hng advoeated the appolut~ ment of his rival for Senatorisl honors, Janies F. Wllson, but that has wmel with strong opposltion, It has been suggested that THE 10WA DIFIICULTY mny bo solved by the appolutment of Senator Kirkwooud to bo Sceratary of the Interlov, a posltion for whieh he Is well quallfied. "Fhis would leave n vacaney in the Senate for Mr, Witson, Senntor Sherman will then be the foremost wman for tho Treasury Department, and Gov. Foster ean be elected to the vacaney created in the Senate, ‘This arrangemont wonld be. atlke satlsfuctory to the West and to Wall Gov. Jewelt and Gen, Walker are mentioned In connection with the Post. Oflica Dopurtiment, Sollvitor-Genoral I'hillips, of North Caroling, ns Attorney-General, and thore nre dozens of ollor rumors,” TUE FACT THAT EDWALDS PIEREEPONT 13 trylng to work himselt Into Gen, Garfield’s Cabinet hus been known here for nbout two months, IM1s clabw I8 that he represents the Cirant wing, and would be necopted ns fitling thelr expectations, 1€ Gen, Gurfiold wants o man fnhls Cablnet who was o congpicious fallure In the Department of Justice, ho eans not do better thaw to closs with Mr, Plerre- pant at oneo, 1le used his position here to break down the whisky trials, and to haitle the Courts atist. Louls njthelr efforts to bring some who were prominent to trlal, o uttempted to have all the evidencs taken by the Grand Jury i St Louls brought here and submitted to him, with o view of pussing upon the guestion WHETHER It WAS BUFFICIENT TO JUSTIFY AN INDICINMENT, He ordered tha United States District-Attor- ney nt St. Louls to bring it, but the lutter, sustalned by the Court, rofused, Heordered tha evidences in possession of the elvil court at 8t Louks to bo turned over to the mitltary court sitting at Chilengo In the Babeock case, and his order was agnin disregnrded. When tho Wihisky Ring feured that certalm ae- complices wero, 10 bo usail s State's evidones to conviet prominent offenders, Mr. Plerrepont wrote o letter Intended to prevent the use of:nccomplices. ‘This was furnished tho counsel of the Whisky Ring tor publleution, the desizn belng. 1o detor ue- comphices from testifyiy ‘or this *THE JOUSE DI ORI to lnform that body why he had given direc- tons In_erimingl cnses [n contravention of the long-esfublishod rule relating to the tes- tlmony of gecomplices In eriminal mottery, o veplled to the louso that he had glvon no wvinquivy, which hnmodiutely showed that o had, §u 4 letlor over hisown signature, and . 31 BCATT LURD, onoof the ableat lnwyoers in the House, in reporting . upon the cuse, declared that the letters of Attornoy-tenoral Plorrepont to the Distrlet-Attarney at 8t, Louls, Chleago, and Milwunkeo wis [n contyaventlon of the tongs eatublished rulgs of proceeding ju erimiunl cuses, ‘The'wholo uffalr, as wouuged by Mr, Llerropout, was oug. of . tho grousesy legal suchdirections, ‘Théreupon the Houssurderod seandals to be found In fhe history of tho Government, A GENTLEMAN WHO LATELY HAS 1TAD MEANS OF RNOWING MUCH of what Is golng on at Meutor says that the country would bo surprised if the nanes of all those who are persistently urged upnn Gen, Garflelt for Cabinet positions shonld he made known.' Scores of them aro fifth or sixth rate politictans, and somo of them are men of so little prominence that Gen, Gar- field himself, with his long and intimnte ne- queintanee with public men n all seetions of the country, never heard of them until thelr claims for tho Cablnet were presented. PUNDING, CONTHOLLER KNOX. Spectal Dispateh to The Chdcago Tribune, Wasiixaroy, D, €., Jan. 26.—Controller Kuox, in opposing the 3 per cent Funding LIl before the Sennto Finanee Committee to- duy, showed the cffeet of its operatlon, par- tieularly in the fifth section, upon the Nation- al banks, and sald the actof June 29, 1974, first reduee the reserve of tho Natlonal banks by repealing the seetion requiring a reserve tobae kept on elrenlation; second, 1t vequired Na- tional-bank notes to beredeemed at the Trons- ury in Washington nt the exvenso of the banks; third, 1t provined for the withdrawal of bomls and the reduction of Natlonal-bank circulation at the plensure of the bauks by depositing lawful money; fourth, it fiNes the mastmum amount of legal-temler notesat §:1$3,000,0003 fifth, it provides fora redistribu. tion of the Natlonal-hank notes authorized Ly the act of July 12, 1570, by the withdrawal of £55,000,000 of .}‘nllonnl-bank notes from thie States having nn excess of their propor- tion, and thelr distribution among those States having less than thelr proportion, under nn apportionment made on the basis of populatlon and wealth, as shown by tho returns of tha. census of 1850, Sec, 4 of the act which 15 18 now proposed to repeal provides that any bank may veduee 1ts elreu- latlon by depositing legal-tender notes, DUMING THE FIIST YEAR AND A L to Nov. 1, 1875, 000,000 of additional culation was fssued and’ 820,000,000 retired and lestroyed without | reissue, and from thal dats to tho present time o greater amount ot cireulation has been retived utder the operntion of the act than lias been lssued, so that the amount orlginally nuthorlzed—8§:,000,000,hot inelid- ing the Issues of the National gold-banks— has never been called .for, and the amount now outstanding i3 move than 510,000,000 less than 843,000,000, I'revious to the passnge of this act, n Nutlonal-bank desiring to re- duce its capital woukl be obliged to payn premium for its own notes, and send them in for destruction, before it could nccomplish its purpose; and IC this provision should now become n law, NO BANK IN THE COUNTRY which has impaired its cnpital conld con- tinue its buslness unless ‘16 made au nssess- wment upon its shareholders for the purposo of restorlng the same. Now, such a bank may reduce Its capital under the restrietions of tho net, and .retire fts circulation and_continie 18 a legally-organtzed bank. Nutionnl banks with sinall ecapital not infre- quently Impatr their capitat to a swall amount on neeount of bad loans. ‘The nmonnt of this impairment can frequently be restored by REDUCING THEIR CIRCULATION aned disposiuz of thelr bonds, thus utilizing the margin on the bonds. ‘Ihe net worked so well that about slx months thereafier the Ttesumption act™wns passed, which author- 1zed free banking, ‘Fhese Lwo nets perfected the leglslation in reference to the tssue and retlrement of bank notes. Imean by that, ihat the banks could not only reduce tholr eapltal at plensure, but cduld rlso reduce and incrense their ecirculation, whenever they saw. flt to ‘do so. Everybody was satigtied, The banks in the East and the West, the North.and South; ‘could have all the vireulntlon they desired by asking -for'it and eonforming to; the - lnws, and the banks having more than way profitable conld as READILY RETIRE IT. . The banks promptly deposited the $15,000,000 of lnwful money required by the act ns n re- demption fund, and that amount has been continually In the - possession ot the Trensury. Thoy at fivst objected to the ex- pense; which was onerous, ‘but now thoy have beeowe neeustomed to the restrictlon, The banks pay the expense of » large division in the: Treasury, and the expense of transporting thele totes In 1876 amonnted to the largs sum of S305,108; In 1877 to SUST, 1 1378 to S515,042, In 1870 to 820,019, During the past year the : EXI S ILAVE BEEN LIS, and the amount redeomed also much less, owing to tho preference of the people for bank-notes Instend of gold coin. "The cluef compensation recelved by the bunks for this Inrge sum s the right to retire clreuln- ton aud take up. their bomds, and the right to redoposit .and receivo additional clrenlation wheneyer they may destve. * See. Sof the Fundimg net of 1831 deranges the whole machinery of free banking. It not only provents the ‘banks from increasing or reducing their elveulntlon at pleasure, but provides fu effeet, by the relunctmunt ot Sees, B,150 and 5,103 United States Revised Stututes, for o permanent deposit of bonds wmounting to one-third of the eapltal of ench bank, It yirtually provides that If » bank Tms too much elrenlntion 1t shall keop It; IC it 15 too little shall not Inerease it unless it l:h-pusnu bonds which nre alwost certaln to o WORTIL LESS THAN DAL, Tt subjects tha banks to an almost certuin loss, and requires them to continuo to sub- mit to the loys when -they might st thies rotrlove or diminish it by depostting lnwful money In the Trensury and agnin coming in possesion of their own bomds if the market prico should bo suficient to Induco o “sale, I'he Controlluy salil the act of June 20, 1674, and the Resumption acts had worked well, and the expense of the rotiroment of the clreulntion, with but n» very slight exception, hul been - borne by the banks, ‘That the pnssnge of tha pro- posed umendment requiring tho banks to hold onesthird. of (their eapital h . bonds wounld oblige but fifty-six banks to deposit 802,745 only In ordel o CONFORM:TO TIE LAW at tho present thne,nnd that If the $200,000,000 otbonds to mature I Muy andJuly should all ba pald, ho estimated that the banks would not bo obllged to purchuss to ox- voed $00,000,000 of, tho new bonds, llo recommendod that Soe. hof the Refunding act should bo strickon from the bifl aud nn amendment mnde anthorizing all banks to Issun. notes for the full amount of capital and 00 per cent. upon the honds Qeposited, and that the tax upon’ capltal and deposits be repealed, e sald that the profit on elrenlatton, with 4 por cont bonds at n premlum of 13 por cént, was L1, whero the rate of interost wus B per cont, and 1,40 on 14 por cent bonds atpur, 1le furnishes tho Conunlttes muny tables, among which was th following, giving i 1 PIE NAMES AND LOPATIONS OF TIE DANKS which have less than one-thind of thele eaps ital invested In bonds, nnd which, it the bill should ba enncted, would be required to pur- chasy additionsl nmonnty; Addittonal an, basndu require. taequaloncphiis of capiful, Tltla of bank, chl lmlkl)ll"ll’il Homw, o Nuttotial o Unlon.... Nutionul A Haltimore oston, ‘The following Western tho priuclyal cltios -would be compollud W nount of honds to purehase thendditlonal.ny | capltal, which is sot equil one-third of their agalnst tholr names? Indiana~First National, Fort Wayno; Firab Natfonal, Indlanapojis; Indlana Natlondl, Indlannpolis, 860,000 each additional, Ilinols—First Natlonal, Springficld, 88,333 additional. : . Michigan—First Nationnl, Grand Raplds, £53,349; Grand Rapids National and Firat Natlonal, of Snglnaw, $16,600 cachi, Minnesotn—Flrst Natlonal, Mluneapolls, 85,0005 Northwostorn, Minneapolis, 60,0602 Morehants, 8t. Panl, 8233,88, . Wisconsln—Manufacturers' . National, Ra- clne, S15,153, v i ‘Twenty-ono country banks would be re- quired to pyrchnse addtional bonds to the amount of 31,2500, and thirty-five . olty banks S7,007,0%, Total, fifty-six banks In tho United Stales, 88,020,745, THE ARGUMENT, To the Waetern Awsociated Press, Wasmxaron, I, C,, Jan, 26.—The Senate Finance Committee gave n hearing to the .Controller of the Currency Iu opposition to tho fifth sectlon of the Funding bill, Tiis ar- guments were mainly directed azainst the proposed repenl of See. 4 of the nct of June 29, 1874, and the refnnctment of Bees, HI160 and 5100, Nevised Statutes, concerning tho surrender of cirenlating notes and depostts of bonds ns seeurlty for circulntion and deposits, 1lis conferenice with.tho Committes to-(lny also ncluded In Ils rango varfous questions in re- gard to earnings, profits on circulation, and dividends of Natlonal banks, md thele right to lssue and retlro civeulating notes at their pleasure, TheController suggested the tepeal of the laws lmposing & tux upon tho deposits andeapltal of banks, Upoir belng nsked if the tax npon clrentution was neeessary to pay the expenses of his oftice nnd the Isste of notes; ho roplied that the gain to the Govdrn- ment from the loss upon Nationnt-bank notes now In efreniation, If esthmated at L per cont, wounld amount to 83,500,000, which he sald wortid bo suflicient to pay the total expenses of the Natlonul bankgto tho Government for the next fifleen yenrs, CHICAGO, THE LAKE-FRONT DILL DEFORE THE COM- MUTTER, Spectal Dispateh o The Chicago Tribune, Wasnixaros, D, C,, Jun, 20,—Representa- tive George R, Davis appeared with Soticltor B, F. Ayer this morning before the ouse Comntlttee on I'ublic Lands In support of tho nmended bill relative to the Lake-Front. Itepresentative Davis is uow working active- Iy In support of tho mensure, the amends ment Incorporated in the bill by the Sennto Judiciary Conuirittes having embraced the poluts upon which his oppusition to the orig- Inal Aldriet Il was based, It i the fm- pression ot thoso who aro managing the bill that the lounso Committeo will report it favorably, Tho difiieuity will now be to receive actlon upon it in the two louses, The Senate will probably first consider It, and it 18 espected that the bill will pass that body without amentment, In that case an effort. will be mado to keep it upon tive Speaker's table in the Iouse with- Jout reforenco to a committee, and when bus- iness upon the Speaker's tuble shatl be renched to'have the House Comultteo move | the passnge of the Seunnte bill on the ground hat it Is Identical with the bill to which they have ngreed. . SOME OPPOSITION 18 MANIFESTED now to the measure, on sccount of the state- ment of the New York press that the bill i3 o rallrond steal, and apposed really to the Interests of Chlengo and of tho United Stotes, Judge Duvis’ report Is relied upon to show that the only title of the United States -to the propor- ty 18 a mooted legal title, and that the Goy- ertiment has no rightful claim to any portion of the money proposed to be paid to the city for the'lund, " . ANUTHER CIICAGO MEASURE is enditrigbted "htie, oWlig ‘to the want of time. ‘Lho'bill to relleve tho Western, sav- ings banks froni taxes Jovied upon_ thelr de~ posits Is still pending before the Ways and Means Commlittee, Maj, Kirkland,theircouns sel, and Cashlor Gibbs, of tho Chicago Savings Dank, arrived here fo-tny to seeure favora- ble nctlon upon the bill for rotiet now pend- Inge In the Ways and Means Committee, The Conunlttee Is subil to bo disposed to pinco tho bauks of Illinols snd Michlzgan upon tho sumo basls with simllar- banks as New En- gland aml other Enstern States, The East- - ern banks, under the oxisting Inw, nro re- < Hoved of a durge tax which 1 still fmposed upon the Westorn bonks dolng, n similar business, It is tho oxpectution \Um; this proposition to repenl theso tuxes will bo re- vorted to the Ilouss in & Lill proposing other ;:Imngus relative to the Internnl Revenus WS, CENTRAL TACIFIC. ADJUSTMENT OF TILE CONTHOVERNY, Wasinzaros, D, C, Jun, 26—2 p, m,—It hns just been decided to permit the. 3 per cent dividend recontly declared by the Cen- tral Dacitie Rullroad to Do paid, subject to cortaln condlitions. A recess was taken at 1:10, and the Gov- ormuent ofticinls and representatlves of tho romd vetired Lo separato rooms, Secretary Schurz gald tho matter Is not yet n u shaps to be made publie,. Furthor than this he could say nothing, Anumberof gen- -tlemen aro In walting for the decision, At pom, the conference adjourned, and the following statement was made publle by Attorney-tienoral Dovens: “Thove Is a dis- vuto between tha Central Pacltic Rallroad and the United States as to whethor cortain sums whieh avo clalmed by tho railrond to bo ,applicable to the payment "of divi- dends uro properly so appligable, It is understood the United States will file o LI {n order to test the question of whether such aums of money ean properly bo used for that purpose; but it 1s also un- derstood that i2. the porsons inferested in the raitrond’ shnll glve bond ihat in enso 1t 13 fnally declded that such sums should not be used for.the paymont of divie dends they will restore . them to the treasury .ot the. Company, An lmmedinte tujunctlon wilt not be pressed for, but that mmatter will nwale declsion. The bond, it Is understuod, will be lu the sum of $750,000, Under theso cirenmstances the dividend will of courss be pajd, as the gentlemen Inter- ested [n the matter are nnply able to furaish, the add!itlonnl seeurity which Ia requlred, NOTES, SENATOR JACKSON, _8pecial Dispateh to The Chieago Tridune, WasmiNarox, D, O, Jaun, %6.—A Tonnes- saean horo snys this of the new Sonator from that State: .Howell E, Jackson, the nowly- elected Senntor from ‘Lonnessoc, s about 45 years old, shott, ruther stout-built, and light comploxion, e s consldered one of the ablest -lnwyers In the 4 Bate, 18 n Debt-Payer .or State-Cred!it man of the radieul sehool, 11e I8 n good debater, thongh not In the ordinury -ageeptation of the term an_olpquent mun, ‘Cennessesans hore sepm to ho delighted with the.chwico, and swy he will lmprove on acqualntance. . Atthough ho recelvesl o part of the Republican strength in the vota to-day, ho will probably prove a stanch Democrat, e s nbrother of Goen, William. H, -Jackson, -knawn 03 *Red Juckson,” a sobriguet confurred upon him by Gen, Bhormnn durlng theJate War, Gen, Willlam 1L Juckson- labors undor the dis- ubillty of disfrunchisenont, never having had tho benetit of any of .the numerous acts for sk | the rewpval.of political disabllities- which ary passed by Congress every-winter,: ». BTABLEY MATTIEWS' FRIENDS Jiad some hopes that his:neminastion would ba confirmed . without reference, as ho wag yecently - member ' Tof < -the Sonate, but It was -referred, - and !.he may meat. with opposition both on-potitical and on sec- tlonal grounds. ‘T'he Ohito question promises to bo very prominent in tho consideration of Stanloy Matthows’ case, mul while he will prabnoly Lo confirmed it will not be without great opposition, 2 & THE 7T GRAPIE MONOPOLY, " To the Western Ausoclatea P'ress. Wasnixaroy, D, G, Jan, 2,—Mr, Spring- er's resolution instructing the Post-Office Conimittee “'to Inquire into tho expedieney of cstablishing: by lawa postal telegraph system mder the CGovernment of the Unlted States,” was presented to the House to-dny, with n recommendation that It pass, for the following rensons: That it 1s evident that thera Is a general demand Ly the publie for protection i telegraph communi- cntlons from extortlons of tho grent tele- graph monopoly that absorbs its competitors ng they becomo established, and thus compel a tavlif which pays dividends on steck be- lieved to be lavgely walered, and, thoreforo, an Moclal Inquiry should be made into the facts, and leglslation proposed in accordance and’ therewith. TINE CENTRAL PACIFIC, The conference betweon the Government offielnls and the representatives of tha Cen- tral Paclfle Rabivond was vesumed at the De- partment of Justice this morning. Shortly atterwards, the gentlomen engaged In the conference’ left the Depnrtment of Justico for the Department of the Interior, whero the conference was continued. POSTAL. An order has been issuodjby the Post-Offico Dopartinent establishing a singlo dally ex- change of through rexistored pouches he- tween Postmnsters at Memphls, Tenn,, and Little Rock, §Ark., to go into” offect the st proximo. TITE NOMINATION OF WILLIAM 1, MASKELE ng Postmaster of Albany, N, Y., wis renched on the enlenanr In executive sesston, and Senntor Kernan, who made the motion for to-tluy’s excenlive session, nsked that 1t bo taken up for netlon, but, wpon the statement that Senator Carpenter (now confined to his houso by illness) desires to b heard upon tha legnl questions involved In thls ease, the Sennte deeided {o postpone Its coustderation, and it was accordingly passed over for the present, THIRTY-N, N THE NAVY DE- NT were discharged to-ny to take effect Feb, 1 nest. Uhese - elerky are on the tempo- rary roll, and pakl nut of the appropriation for contingent expenses. 'Lhelr removal Is clnuscd by the extinustion of that approprlu- tion, THE PRESIDENT APPOINTED BeveriyTucker, of Virginia, 4 Commissionor of the World’s Fair in New York In 1883, SITTING-IULL. No-oftleinl information concerning the re- ported surronder of Sttting-Bull to the Cana- ian Government has been recetved at the War Department up to tho close of offica hours today, TH HOUSE COMMITTEE ON CENSUS to-day instrueted Mr. Cox, of New York, to call up the Apportionment blit agreed to at the Inst meeting upon tho first opportunity, and urge its inunediate conslderation, THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON COMMENCE voted to mnke an approprintion for the Mis- sissippt River lmprovements and for tho res- orvolr systom, Ieiving the amount to be de- termined after the other itoms of the River azid Jlarbor bill been fixed, | THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING-OFFICE is almost dally In recelpt of lelters from medienl men throughout the country, askng where thoy can obtain caples of the “ Medi- enl nd Surgleal 1listory of the War” A bill bhas rveecently been Introduced in Con- gress which authorizes the I'ublic Printer to reprint from the stercotype plates an editfon ot 50,000 coples of cach of tho four volumes heretoforo lssued from the Government Printing-OMee, The fifth volumels now go- Ingg through the press, Should the bill be- como a Inw these books will he gratuitongly “dlstributed by wmémbers of Congress, Con- | sequently thost ‘desiring coples, who' miake™ timely npplication, ean no doubt beuceom- modated, ¢ THE RECORD. BENATE. WaAsHINGTON, 1), C., Jun, 20.—Xr, Ingalls submitted n resolution as follows: That the Sonute wil be rendy to recolve the Houso of Repre: atives in the Sunate Chiin- leron Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 1?2 noon, for tho purpeso of heing presont nt the oponing and countlue of tho votes for Presbiont and Vice- President of the United St hat two persons be upvointod tellors on the part of the Senate to make n list of votes for Preshdent and Vieo- Prestdont of tho United States, ny lhur null be dlochireds that tho result shall bo dellvered to tho Presidont of tho Scenate, who shall announcs tho State vote, which shull be entored In tho astennls, nnd F 1t shall appour that n choleo hns ieen mndo agreeably to the Coustltution, such entry on the Journals shnll be deemed u subis clent decluration thorvof, Mr. Whyto objected to its present consid~ eratlon, and the resolution was Inid over, My, Harrlg reported favorabiy the LI re- Inting to Quartetinasters’ stores furnlshed the forces of Gen. Lew Wallnce during the * Morgun raid through Indiana and Ohlo, A Joint resolution ratifying tho settioment ot taxes moda by tho District Commlssioners with tho Haltimore & Ohlo Malirond Compuny was tagen up. . Mr. Why'te ‘oxplnined that tho District Com- missioners of tho two Houses hind suceecdud in offooting un adjustment of n dispute which hnd -lnsted fourtoen yenrs asto tuxes on the Com- pany's properly In the District. The come promiso resulted in o reduction of from §90,00 to 75,000 ns thoamount paynble. After furthor dlabuto tho third reading of tho blll was ordered —uyes, xis_; noeg, 7. Tho bitl then passed tinully, HOUSE, Onmation of Mr, Sunp, n LU passed granting to Councll ltufs Uarr Lako, near that oity. A motion to diponso with the moruiug hour was dofeated,—0 to &2,—and the Sponker directs ed the Clork to finish tho ronding of tho bill pemling at tho expiration of tho Just morning hour, Mr. Wilson, from the Commnlittoe on Forolgn Affairs, reported baek ndversely tho bill author- faug tho Presitont to nugotinte for lands for the fnlmll‘muon of colored” porsuns. Lald on tho ablo. Mr, Monoy roported bavk tho resolutlon dl- reotlug 1o Post-Otfico Canunitica to inquireinto tho expedieney of establishing a tetegviph pos. tul aysiom under the Governuient of the Unjted Htates, and also into the cost o ropraducing tho fucllitios for transmittiug the lelegrnph anes- Biges equul to thosu now possessed by tho oxist- {ng corporations, and ns to tho cost of opernting the snmie, and gyanting to thut Committeo loave to somd for horsous and papers, Placed on tho 1louso cilendar, ANTI.CONS OLIDATION. Furthor Light Thrown upon the Pro« vistous-and Eflovt of the Holloway Law InOhlo=1t Oporates us a Har to Successful Cousolidation, Dispatch to Cincinnatt Enquirer, Corusnus, 0., Jun, 25.—~Tho question of pro- venting tho consolidution’ of the Westorn Unfon, Ameriean Union, and Atlantie & Paviflg Tels- wraph Compantes is still one of nbsorbing In- terest both du and out of legislotvo clrelod, A atatement appeared tn soveral contemporarics this morning to the effeet that tho Holloway law of last winter put a quiotus onany legal prevens tion ot'tho consolldution, and continuing on this theory thuro -was n long string of. deduc- tons with this fundamontal error s a busig,” Senator Itichurds, who hns glven the subject more, attoution during the vavation than any othor member of tho Assombly, and who, in fact, wus the only momber who went into tho wmatter nt suy length, says that tha Hols, loway law docs not pnuble the Compunles ta congalidate, that the long-windod arguments to 1his olfoos aro erroncous, and thut tho position usetated fn the Enguirer this morningis tho coggact onu. & 0 Holloway law, which was passed at the fnstance and through tho cfforts of thd Awmor- ican Unlon and ofilecrs and tho frionds of tho corporation lust wintor, afior a bittor ight with the Westorn Union, which corporation was hore In full foroo to fight It from Hrst to last, amend- od Sootlons 3,455 and 3,463 Tho only amondmont to tho first named soction was thls and gothing more: % fut it sball bo ynlawful for any such Com- pauy or Gomopanlos (telegraph) or ' tho ownor or owuers of rights of way to coutract for the ox- i glusivo usathereof (right of way) for purposes,” ¢lemm. ‘Thero s cortalnly little consolaty, pm’lflsml consolldated Company in lllgn': fory The stntement thnt Scetlon i, 102 s jn ot of consalidntion 18 even ' more ot it ereor thon that wbovo. Tl Hollway [oHou down tho ol acotlon ind ks it ae™ oty Lindiog ngninat telesrnphio monnpocl ) 18 this sootion thnt tho Westery o 6 tndo U8 “miost bitter fght, agnlns (o000 ter, Mo frst olungo 1 the Honeet T Boctlon i 162 atrlkes out thila ainuso frac, orfyingl 'scetionafter o words (e, b Nnes, “which nre not paealiel to o noj qob . Ditairioss with the Ui aver which tha qiapyioe required to bo souL" This Fequircment 10 now lnw_of Inst’ winter, now under copy on, wis fought tooth ahd too-mll by 1y yck ern Uulon, who urgued that it wos th fame ok tho Lemlsliituro wora 1o reqiiro tho & eyl Tinfiroud, for instance, to Bonor Hekop s 4 rengers By tho Short-bine, which 18 )ty eyt tor Tram Coliimbits to Cinoinantl, thys el tho former ta iva tho atter nhy horefi /it culd neerue from sUpETior accommodat 3 niaro frequont trains, Tho clfct of the et way nmendment 18 no doubt made clegy L& compariions inade, ns_noted ahove, worg (18 over nfterwird with one of the most uum‘ Intwyers {n tho Bonato, wiio [ully und witseedt Aorve sustalig the position ere tnken, Ut R% o effcet of tha Holloway lnw will he jyy Dinding o the propased consolidntion 1yt on the Western Unlon botaro the play for sollduting was perteated. Tn cnno (hy nop 0¥ graph Company: that 19 proposer to riin pass Chioago ond Now York oxtnblishos. fig et throngly this Stute, tho consolldation wiyyes only o campelled to kend tho messnges ofy it by tho vroposed new Uompuny to nolnt thia liue of tho now, bk it must ulao rond (es FUMY messnges on ite own lines, which mlyu paralicl and competing with the tow line, (T thus givo it tho ndvantage of s numem wires, In _case of breaks or ieeldents, ’nmu;,' lowny Inw says nothlur nbout ansalliationy ‘'hists governed by Sec. 5470, Which Is n fo lowa: *When two or moro Telegrant on, nics deslre to conaolitato into n .,mfm V; tion, thoy muy da 80 i tho manuer and 'mm 1o tha ritles pravided In Chap, 2 for the consgll datton of Thnlteoud Compunion™ T slatyy alibve referred to §s See. 537 of the Code, point in’ thin which has ' bees the former dispntoehes (8 that, ) porttons of such lines muy consolidnte 1o 4 continuons lines, not parallel Hnes by gy menng, Telegraph lines can only (:nnm')lldui under like rednctions. Tho above oints wey carofully axaoifned by it londing tuvver g Assembly.aviio 14 thoroushly Informed ns tog legisintion reluting to rallronds enneted durieg 1he Inst alx yours, and who has consiited on thy telernph question with with the Attarnoy-Gen crnl, 1 1a of tho cpinfon thut there 5oty to Iv'r'nllr.o the proposod consolidution nafargy It relutes to Uhlo. Tho discovery was also mady by sume knowledgons -aties this morning g the Stato had no Jurisdiction over the Penng vanin or Haltimore & Ohlo property i Ohlo, b citngo the municipnl otfices of the “corporatioy named are located fn othee States, and an argg, ment s drawn in favor of tho telegraph eon. paniea beeauso thole cases are similar, Ty truth Is, that tho proporty in question is In Ohi and Just a8 ninell subject to the aporniom Ohloluw us any other clusd of property. Itisy tnutter of porfeot nditforonce whether ty principal offices ot the company nra in this Stay orThmbucton, The Inw holds a8 ngaiust ty property just tho same. A HARD WINTER. . BUFFALO, N. Y. Brrraro, N. Y., Jun. 20,—The snow-storn which set fu Ingt evening contlnued through ont the day, and rallrond traflic was agaiy serionsly interfered with, Passenger-traln to Jocal, puints were abandaned thisafter. nnon, and through trains ave running frree. ular. All tradns are from two to slx lous behind thue, Al tralns are deawn by twoor more engines, Frelghts are noving irrege. lur; also live-stock shipments, WATERTOWN, N. Y. Warenrowy, N, Y., Jan. 26.—Nearly s foot of snow fult to » 'The strects arely o terrible condition, and many of the country ronds are tmpassable. A large nwnberof men are engaged shoveling the snow from Ute house-tops to prevent tholr heing crushed, All freight trains have heen abandoned, ad }Iml express tralns are running very Irrege arly, THE FAR WEST, Bpeetal Dispateh 1o The Chicago Tribune Sroux Crryy In, Jun, 20.—A strong nortk west whul this forenoon drifted the snow into the ents on the St. Panl & Sloux City TRond about Meron Lake and nlong the Black Tlilts Line of tha Milwankes & St Pad Rowdl, stopping busluess on both lines THE SIGNAL SERVICE, OrFrics or-TnE- CIner S1GNAL OFPICER Wasmyoroy; 1, G Jan, 27—1 . m—For the Tennesseo and Onhio Valley, colder ad cleav or falr woather, wind generally fron tho northiwest to southwest, and risingbe rometer in tho castern portion For the Lower Luke veglon, genenly eolder wind purtly cloudy weather, occason! ligzht snow, and rising hurometer, " For the Upper Lako reglon, sonthwest fo northwost winds, partly eloudy weather, d aceaslonal light snows; rising tollowed fulling burometer, and lower lvmlxurnmreon ‘Frsday, For the Upper Missisyippt s Lgwer Missourd Valleys,clenr or fndr wenthen ndvthwest Lo southwest winds, generally lower tempeinture and fulling baromewt during alternoon or evening, “LOCAL OBSERVATIONE, iy X mintmum, 8 GENEIAL ORSERVATIO! L1110AGQ, Jan, Statfons, Albay Pt u Gontle. 1 1iRhi 7 i e f-‘nnlilhlu k3 trand Haven 1 11 klllhllfll 7 akuk. i ¢ 1 t'romy Ly Leavenwurth., JEER Lol ELEE. L e I SESUS PR St A PR AR S FIRE RECORD. AT LOUISVILLE-'K\'- oS ToUIsYILLE, Jai, 20,~The Kentucky Works, in the extreme southern part @ o vity, wera partly destroyed by fire this m“ ing atan eavly hour. 'I'homnin !ncwr)’m entizely untouched, ns was ulso tlw‘c:m Liouso, ‘which Is full'of stock worth P i 50,000, As 1t fs, the.totnl loss on l'"mwl stock, materinl, ete., Wil reuch about ey The following1s a’list of the lnsuroted 1‘ Infl" 3 the pot-house and adjoluing h."“ together with stock and naterials: villo, 844533 Lumar, of New York £ Morcantlle & Murliie of _oston, (sl\‘?‘ Orient of tlartford, $053; Hotlual o Yu;k‘. gm:!: nl"n:’n{dln of Putladelphis 99 total, §10,808, it s . _ AT SAN FRANCISCO 8AN Fuaxcisco, Jan, 20,—A fire ln‘u f town broke out at 8§ o'clock this mor o Stout’s alley, the most dunsely POPY part of the Mongollan dlstrict. 8 Larvzr—The firg in Chinatowt du; severnl bulldings, The herole uuv.lunsm . 't y L {:;ll? “ag’rlglgxshgur Btior tho breakiug o8¢ o fire, . b y N, TA . AT VINTOXN .t . - Bpectal Dispatch fo The Chicasd 1\*"‘“"‘:“,, ~ VixToy, Ia., Jan, 30.—Fire carly th Ing deitroyed the. Dono Block, 000, - No further partioulan, =