Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 4, 1881, Page 2

If it expressed tho eonvietion of a mn- 1Ly of the Senate. Tuls was all ho desived » to By now. E - MiL, EDMUNDS * snld that, I order to test the sense of the ‘Hennte as Lo whether, ot this thne, with so < anidh Gisiness pendlng on o ealehdar, it <'vonlil go Into diseusslon of the: question S fresenited, e would move to lay the resolu- “tion on the table, and, on that motion, hs . asked tho yens aud nnye, Tho wotlon was rejected by nparty vote— yeas, 215 nays, L, “ 7 Tho Chair unnonnewsd, a8 uiirished bust- ;. miess, the Landin-Severnlty bill as In regular rder. 2 Mr, Morgan moved to postpone the order wuntll to-morrow, Agreed to—yens, 813 nays, Mr. Edmunds moYed to reconsider the vote * Just taken, but, upon belng reminded by Mr, Enton that % " UNIE HAD NOT VOTED FOR POSTPONEMENT, and was not cutitied to make the motion, M, 1, Edmunds withdrew his motiotn . Mr. Morgan moved to proceed with the i consideration of Lils resolutlon. < Messrs, Hoar, Window, Booth, nnd Conk- *- )ng opposed the moatlon ns having the effect todisplace the Peunsion and Approprintion Dills and other important business pending + . hefore the Senate, Mr, Conkling, in’ urging * the above renson, remarket that the Repub- . Tean side was not disposed cither to s~ state or shrink from an assertion of lnw npon the power of the present Senate, Reviewing 1. ‘tho question casunlly, ns presented by Mr, ‘. Morgan’s resolutlon, he cxpressed his ae- knowledgment to the Senator from Ohlo (Thnrman) for the voluminous and sutisfue- " <tory puswer that the Senator had given to the Inquiry which ho (Conkiing) had pro- 1 pounded, for the reason that ho had wot '+ been present when the debate ocenrred on .- the previous day. Asto the tirst featurs of the resolutlon,—namely, the right to count,— i- Mit. CONKLING . ‘held that tho I'resident of the Senalo was 1+ bonnd by his onth ta preserve the certifientes ¢ Inylointe; to bring them into the presence of the two llpuses and open thom. At that point the Constitution turned its buack on Wl aud spoke to him no longer. After ar- guine that thoe officor was mcrely tho agent ."ororgan of tho nuthority by which he de- " rlved his function, Mr. Conkling proceeded {*"to nake clear the quast-judielnl authority of i the two Houses to dutermine as Lo the lden- L, ity ang other characteristics of the votera. Mr. Edmunds moved an nmendment fo . 'make the resolution read that, ©In the opin- {"fon of the Senate, nelthor the Senate, " “mor the Senate and Houso of Representn- » - ilves, nor the President of the Senate, was 1. fnvested with ‘the right to make tho count, { " le thought thet, as b stoed, the resofution, ‘helng Hiited merely to the Prestdent of the Benate, was but a half declaration, and as THERE WAS N0 LAW ON THE SUmJLcr Jand ns . this was but n o slmple ex- i ‘presslon of oplnion upon the meaning of ¢ ~the 'language of the Constitution, he pre- Jerred to have the whole declaration, Ile : could not agreo that the Coustitation did, of : itself, confer upon Congress any such power, * "mnnymore than ha could. agree that it war- ranted the Inference that tho Prestdent of Ahe Senitte had any such power. The nmendment was voted down—yens 18, 1 nays 28, apaity vote, Mr, Davis (11L) did not vote. Mr, Whyte, remarking that it was alwnys ¢ embarrassing to him to differ with. hig parly friends upn questions of o politieal or quasi- ; political character, procecded to refer to his I, record on the subject us showing that.he had ' nyariably held tothe oplnion that the duty ! of tho President of the Senate was a minis- i* terlnl-one, Ilo then referred to and com- }.monted upon the actlon of the Flrst Con- v gress In ' i TIZ ATPOINTMENT OF JOIN LANGDON ns Presiding Oficer for the purpose of count- Ing the vote and its subsequent action us be-, , Mg in support of his own views. AMr. Conkling, In replylng to Mr, Wite, o0k fssie with that Senatoron thg . polut that the count was o ministerial funetion per- ‘Lalnlug ththe: Dresflentol™ the Scante, 1le 17" uoted from Ris*blvn remarks on” the Eleet ‘i ofnl Commisston bill, four years ngo, an ex- ;'.‘ “position of tho meaning of the resolntlon ap- i/vpointing John Langdon President of the 1 .Senato for the purpose of counting tho vote - .y which Georgo Washington and John Ad- &' nps were_‘clected to' the Presldency and :u Vice-Presidency, and then roferred to and ¥% quoted from the Congressionnl Journals of {- that: day, showing the subsequent proceed- !~ Ings conneeted with that coiint. ~ The point 5 of his argument was to filustrato the quasl- Judielal function exerclsed by the twollouses ‘In all matters pertaining to the conunt, 1If the assumption of Senator Whyte, that the Pres- Ident ot the Senats alone could exercise this ower, was correet, then the tellers ap- ,“volnted by the two Houses to attend that L**oficer ought to have been treated by him as 1:7, 7 BPIER AND INTERLOPERS, § atid the presence of the two llouseh them- ! melves was superfivous. 1o went on to show, ‘from tho Judgment of the two Iouses ns , shown In every Instance, from the absence of “all netion by preslding ofleers, and from tho ., comments and expositlons of & long line of o statesten of nll politieal partles, that the +, wWholoe history of governmont was In contras diction of the fden thut the Prestdent of thy Bonate coukd docide any of the questions ns to.the valldity of the Eleatornl votes of the States, “or that he could declde nny other thing on which might hinge the uscertnin- cment and dectaration of a Prestdentlsl vote, AMr. Ingalls sald ho belioved the 1'resldent ‘of tho Seuato hnd the right to count the Yotes In the senso of computing them, but +had not the right to connt in tho ‘sense of determining judlelally what wero votes, It s lizse two propositions could bo separated he i L. e o & f= would fuvor the resolution, e moved an ‘i, sjuendment i necordance with his views. Yo AL BLAINE 8 “snid o thought the resolution would mect ‘the vlews of both sldes of the question §f 1t would deelare who should count or refect ~the vote. Nubody in the Sunnte was assert. ngr tho exerctse of o right whleh the resolu- tlon proposed to deny, Mr. Ingalls’ amendment was refected with- out divislon, Messis, Morgan and Thurman veplled to = Mr, Blulue, the formior stattng that the Sene * ‘ate hud to-duy, by u vote, decided (o go into the guiation of who had the rlxht o connt or reject the vote, and the Iatter remurking that the Sennte at the Inst sessfon bad as- suwed a position upon it in the Morgan rule, Ahe vote was taken upon agreelng to the . Tesolution, when the result showed 830 yeay 5+ 10 Legntive (Whyte), the Republicans ox- gt Conkling, who voted” for the resolutlon, .- abgtalulng frow vothig, By direetion of the 5 ‘Chuir (Anthony) the yoll wus agaln catled, ; vunsuant to tha rule Lo ascertaiu the prese stee of 0 quornm, when, forty” Sehntors re- «‘z snunded, of the Senntors not present be taken down, - Mr. Bludne—Under what rule® ‘That s o rcgm;;tl uever Lefore heard minde In the e, ‘ . " x i A% Thuvman sald the tules vequired the Bépntors present to vote, or psk Lo b ued, when-they iiust state the reusouns for Widdr excuse, oAb this polnt, indlentlons for o protineted geaslon were very upparent, us the niluority bvinced o disposltion to continue tho ob- ’.‘ltr;xcllvu volley Innugurated carly Jn the 74y, Morgan suggested to tha Republi¢an 81du that they relievo the Domocrats present il thefe patrs with abscntees, fuid, upon Adviog ‘no responso to his. suggestion, 1o alijoyrn, Agreedto, Y 3 djohrned. ¥ Pl JE N e e ——— 5 iAiho Bhalcer's Srrenvarii is 5 uk SUEDS LG i D2y Crusbiy 31, 5,/ I8¢ WBBt 1t pur THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: 'FRIDAY, - FEBRUARY 4, 1881—_TWELVE PAGLS., " & WASHINGTON, The River and Harbor Bill, Appropriating $10,000,~ 000, in Press. Items Put into the Measure, So Tar as Can Be As- certained, Revelntions Concerning the Grant Which Oapt. Eads . Secured from Moexioo, He Is Trying to Make Over Some: thing Which e Cannot Deliver. Speech, in the House by Mr. Davidson, of Floride, in Reply o Mr Bishee. Conkling Moves on the White House—The President's Dander Up. RemInlscences of False Maps—The Pen- body Fund—State Diuncr al the Whito House. Thoe Waye nnd Means Committes Postpono the Tariff Question Thirty Daya. RIVERS AND ITARBORS, THE B Speetal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Wasmxoroy, D, G, Feb, 3.~The House Commerce Committes cotupleted the River nnd Harbor biL to-duy, and seut it to tho Government Peinter, with tho strictest n- Junetlons that 1t should not be niadd publie, T'he purpose of the scereey I8 to prevent members from becoming aequuinted us to the detaily of tho bill, so they will’ not bring o pressure to. bear upon the -Committee to chnnge the Hems until after tie bist s tinnlly printed and reported to tho House, 'Thishitl approprintes $10,180,000, of which S2,5t0,000 ave for'the Mississippl Ltlver, Soma of tie more Imvortant Western items are thesa: Misslesipp! River, to bo expended under tho su- pervision of tho Mississippi Itiver Comtalse b o S1LOX000 mouzh of the Illi- By Below Calro....... Fram Caive to the NUIR HIVEE. (e e 000 From thy mouth of tho Iitin b to the Des Moinus Rupids,. 5 From the Des Moines Hap Laul, At Aniil Ao At ftock Isturi N For reservolrs, o LIRS Tiotow tho Falis of §1." Alithony 15 Above St Anthon, 10480 ! Tea Mo e pimprovements. ... venee, 40,000 For continulng tho inprovement of thy e MoInos. Hupids.. e o TFar tho Calumot {lurl For thy 1linols Wiver. THE FINAL REPORT on the Rock Niver reservolir system were un- ?l\'l‘){uhllfl, and no appropription was made or {t. 2 BADS. UE 18 SELLING SOMETIIING MI3 CANNOT Dt~ LIVER, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Wasinoroy, D, C, Feb, 8—0n Sitardny it Is announeed that the TTouse Committee on “Interoceanie Cannlswill deelde whether they will support the Eads ship-rattwny with the reconynendation of & Government subsldy or nol. With respect to the present status it will be, remembered that the subsidy clnuso was strleken. out by n voteof 6 to 5 The slx gentlemen who voted to strike out are Mussrs, Hutehing, Nichols, Whitthorne, "Tur- ner, Marten, and Page. In order, thete- fore, that the wallwny scheme should -win It was necessary to sccure one of these six, By some means Mr Martin was - eaptured. A re I of the former aetton of the Committee was unly defented at the last meoting by the prolougu- tion of tho acsslon. On oxsninution of the cesslon by the Mexlean Government In fuvor of Capt. Ends, b THE FACT 18 DISCLOSED that nesuch protectorate us proposed by this Governmentean exist together with tho forine er ‘grant, The -amost minute provis Tong miuly the Moxiean Government, und tho restrictions thrown around the grant to Fads make It u pecullarly Mexiean enterprise, In briet, Mexico reserves’ overy rlght which REads 13 now promising to the Unlted States, Mexico fixes thoe tolls, closes the ports agalnst any foréign Government at her ploas- ure, mukes the company enrry her troops, mail, wid disputélies free. forblds tho oxer- cisu of any power or privilege as to Issulng bonds or gunrantees, Under tho second Segs tlon of ArL, 2y contract such us I8 propused by Eqds with the United States tonders the Mexlean grant absolutely worthless, TO BENVOUCE TINS ARTICLE lllse.\'fnrch 1y provided that, it the voldanes should have ‘been cawsed by atienat martEage, or trunsier to s foreign - ment, —or beenuso of ity Mg o purtner In nddluon to the workings of the nullity of e aet, or the voldanes of the present contract, the nne ton shadl enter at anco hito possesston of tha roied, 1t neeessories anl unds, E control of the 1 without the Company haviwe the right of Indemuifleation of any kind,” 11 this woro not enottlt 1o grovent this Government from nssumlng w partnership o the Ends eaflway, Art 25 ot the Mexlenn coneession reads s follows: “Phus Company shutt bo -Muestenn, even though semu or afl of its shurefiolders be foreiguers, and shirll bu subject EXCLUSIVELY "0 THE JUBISDIETION 01 718 TRIUNALS OF, THE REPUBLIC Inall matters of which the caus of netion wny tuko placo whihin s, teeritory, ‘The Company itself, as well as all forelgnies, and thelr suceessors kg part fn thy enterprse, whethor ns shireholdors, eployss, o in uny eharneter whatsoever, shill by consldered ny Mexteans tn @t thines reloting te the Com- lmm‘. . Novean they even ablege, with rogard o titlé o pruperty and other mnttors_cons m::tml With the Company, rights us foréigu. ort UNDER ANY PRETEXT WHATSORVER, They shall have thoso rights aicl the menns of pinking them vilid whieh the laws of the Republic confer on Mexteans, and conso- quently not subject to Interference on tho Imrzu forefen diptoentic ngents,” “Phers 3 no probabtlity of theseheme golngthrongh the present ouse, whether Tuvorably res ported by the L‘mmrmcu or_ oty but §Ls In- teresthig to lknuw the full extent of o Noe tional respionslbility In u chen poyw belng so urgently pressel ubon Congress, TARIPLE, : THE DEMOCKATS WISIE TO DHOP TIHE QUES: . . TON. Bpecial Dispateh Lo The Chieago Tribuns, Wasuixatoy, D, C., Feb, 8,—"The Demo- crutio lendérs hava finally deelded thay they do not dare to facé the tarlf plunk of thely own Clnelnnutl plaftorm, or agnin to stute Whethier they are or are not In favor of a tarlll for revenue only, Accordingly the Wajs and Medus Committes, the mafority. of which lsassumed to be in favor of rovenue seform, to-day voted to postpone any further ennslderntion of the Hurd tarlff resolution ‘for four weeks, which will be Just twenty- four houra before thls Congress will expive by Hniitation. . ‘Phis aetion, of conrse, means that the Democrats wish to avold thelr re- gponsibility In the matter, 2 TIHE POSTPONEMENT, Instead of a final declsion of the question, is un Ingenfous, devico to provent tho Free- ‘I'rade minority of the Committeo from pre- senting a veport which miaht creale con- fusion in the Demoerstie ranks. My Care sle, and My, Mills, of ‘l'exns, had already Indieated tholr intentions of making auch n report, provided tho resolution should be re- ported adversely, but, of course, thera ean by ne mbnority report nunde npon n resolu- tion tho conshicration of which hasnot yet been concluded in Committee, A DELEGATION from the New York and Western Drugglsts’ Associntlon conferred . to-day with members of the Ways and Means Committen relutive to the repart of the Sub-Commitieo to repeal the stamp-tux on proprivtary medieines, The Suh-Committee lins ngreed to report the re- penl of ail these tdses, except those wpon perfmnery and cosmet Tl drupgists ine sist that the rovemte from these Lwo sourees Is so small that the exceptipng ought not to be mude, and will presont Lheir arginents to-morrow before the Committeo. MANY GDOD OBSERVERS, r, think it Is practieally settled that Congress will not take favorable actlon on of the propositons recently elaborated t Ways and Means Commitice, smong re the blils to remove the taxes from matehes, bank-cheeks, deposits, and bank- eapital. Thera nre two dlilieulties -one the want of tinme sl the other the disinelination of sume nemb to vote to tuke the tax frons bank-cheeks, deposits, and the 1ike, lest such nctlon wight henetit, the britks rather than the Pmmlu. There Is tho wldi- tionn) dlmmmf hat any tarlt |-ro¥o.~xulnn, however shuple, eannot be presented iy the Honse withont attrneting & multitnde ol amendments, some of them so far-reaching and comprehensive us to T TARIFF SCHEDULE, Itis thought possible that the Sennts may permit an nmenduent to tho fitth section of the Funding bill, which will provide for i re- duction of the tax on boank circulatlon to 3¢ of t Pcr cent, or, evens for it removal, bt the House would ntmost certalnly resist sueh aetlon, both beeanse it wonld savor of giving ald aml eomfort to the bunks, und beeanse the Senate has no recognized huthority for orlginating revennas hills, THE VOTE, To the Western Assnclated Prees, Wasmivaros, D, C, Feln &—The Ways ancdd Means Commitlee, by i vote of O to 3, re- ennstdered the voto that ihe Iiard Tarlf res. reported wdversely to the Hous ton, Ketley, Conger, Frye, Duan- Intey—t, “Noes—'ueker, Miller, N e, Mr, Phillips, who would hnve vated nye, was paired with Wood, nbsent on necount of slclne Mr, Frye then moved to post- pone the consideration of the resolutions L1 four weeks from to-day, Carrled,—bto 4, Mr. Morrlson, who did” not vote before voted on this proposition in the negative, Mr. Frye, from the Sub-Connunittes, reported iwsubstitute for Representative Kelley's bill J to abolist diseelmineting dutles on” goods trom enst of the Cape of Goud Ilope. 'The snbatituto containg o provision ns ajtecting simply goods coming throngh the Nether- nnds, Mr, Marrison moved ‘that the Com- mittee t the origial bill us a substitute {0 this substitute. Lost—i to 8, Mr. l“x'f'c then woved that Ropresentative Kolley bo instrieted to report to the House the substl- tute nzreed to by the Sub-Committee aud.ask a suspenston nf the ruled to pat tha billupon 113 pussage, Carrfed without division INTERNATIONAL .CROOKED- NESSH b FALY ' Speciul Digpatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasnisatox, D, C, Feb, 8,—In n disous- slon of the ehages relnting to fulsification of “the fshery statlstics In the Canadian Parlio- went, sllusions have been made to the fulsl- sieatlon of the maps used In determining the Northwest boundry questlon which was sot- tled by the Webster-Ashharton treaty. Amerfeans have been ehnrged with eoncenl- ingz o map, thereby glving the United. States greater possessions than entitled, In rofu- tation of this charge it can bosald that, o fuw years since an Engllsh Government map was fonnd in the. British Museum of an earller date than ours. which gave to tho Unlted States the boundary elaimed. There I8 o later cass of map fulsifiention, The Stealts which are tho boundnry between Washington Terrltory and Vancouver's Land were In dis- pute for years, By the Treaty of Washing- ton the Emperor of Germany was seleeted na urbitrator In the controversy, e deelded In our favor, During the provcedings » map was produced by the Sirltish authoritles by which the boundary line was moved about twanity-five miles from the one allowed by thoe FEmperor, and to our dissdvantage, ns geveral small islands wonld have fallen to Great Britaln, fHad this map been true, It would never have been rejected by tho Im- “perinl arbitrator, suiNatoy, D, €, Feb, 8.~The Board rustees of the leabody Fund were In session to-dny. Miss Sears, danghter of tho Generad, submitted an Informal report of the work of her father the past year, which evi- denced gratifying progress inthe cavse of eduention In the South. Sceretary Evarts, Chilef Justice Walte, Judge Manning, Judge Jackson, and Hishop Whipple, the Committed appointed to yeport as to the future, polley of the work under: the fund, roported a resolution diveeting tha General Agent to expend as fur 03 possihle the revenues fn the eduention of teachars for the Southorn schools, but gleing authority to the Ganeral Asent and Exe- cutlye Committes to expend nsanm not axeeed- ing two-thivds of the income for destitute achools, . . TIHE BLECTION OF A SUCCHSSOR to the Gienernl Agent resulted In theselection of the Rev, Ji L. M. Curry,of Richimond, Vu, ‘I'hers wera about twenty applicants for the mosition, The ‘Fregaurer’s annml report showwd the .wvabiabie Incowe for the coming yeur to be $90,000, PUn, DOCS. CATALOG OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, Bpeelal Dispatch to The Chicao Tribune, Wasmzatoy, D, O, Foh, 8,—3r, Covkrell, of Missourl, lins oftered in the Senute a LIl whieh onght to pass, 1t 18 o bill *to author- Izo the publication of a deseriptive cutnlog of Il Government publieations from July 4, 1576, 10 dute,” and to spproprinte 85,000 for the undertaking, Notonly f3 1t trus thut no sieh eatalog_hay ever beon mude, althowich ittempts In that direetion have been undes- tikon, but there Is not In existonce, In any one deposltory In this country orin_ the world, a, completo collection of the oflieinl publications of the United States, Mr, Spat- furd has been tryling for years to form such calfeetion In the Nutlonal Libravys but it ls athl far trom complote, Thu Doston Publie Library has un extensivo and valuable collee- tion of such publications; but it, too, 13 very Incomplete, ‘he fac that o copy of all tho books, pamphlets, and other documents published by the General Government ennnot be found In any ono plice, 13 I itself n strong argument In fuvor ot Senator Cockrels bill, INDEXING, There Is another mutter connected with Government publivations which should re- celive the consldemtion of Congresy, ‘Lhat ls tho subject of hidextng, With perhnps n fuzen vxcoptions, the indoxes to (hess pub- Heatloiy ave probibly tho worst Index es thut wegs over complled, When the moposition to Issue aseml-monthly ludex with the enr rent issue of the Congresslonal Record wis undor discussion in the Senale, Inst Tucidny, Alr, Edmunds ‘said; “Then It seems, .to come to the point, witheut meaniig any re- flection upon the Committees on Printing, that they are primarily réspousible for the sejection of the persons who:are’ to-mako thess indexes, If that ts so, I o' 1ot kuow that J could wish to sentenco: the. consmit tees “to the Ponitentlary; I- am - sure 1 should not; butl should wish to ‘expresy PESCMIPTIVE ad linman Ingenalty conld. devise. are, for oxample, 410 ndex-eniries under the nanie of the umrks and ralings trom the Chair? The index-mukor went through the Reeord, and, rremnrk: has arvived day? ete, are of Representatives, out what was sald in Congress al the last * Aession on refunding, or the tarlfl, or any othor anestion, ho must consult from Mty 1o 0 :xrjm Index-gntries inder the name of each bun work of days or wecks, niost ad suon read throwh the five volunies of the Congresslonal Record from beginning The valuable material prepar beeause Congress s never provided for its lmbllcuunn. completion, ments, Sherman, Seoretary the hono thnt, In exertlug that power herne nfter, they will try to get somebody who kuows enongh 1o mako an Index.* partlenlar Index has not lmproved duoring tho Inst fifteen years, | nsbad ds it was fifieen years ugo, beeanse It lanbbut ten thues ns large now as Ibwas thon, gresslonal Qlobe for the Thirty-ninth Con- gress, which contained abont 6,00 pages, ‘That It 18 nbout ten times For exmnpla, the tidex to the\Con- oceuples 100 pages. ‘The Congressionul Reeord for the lnst session compilses five volmes, contalning altogether 4,070 puges. I'he indox ts n bulky auarto volwne, CONTAINING 1,08) pAGES, 1f the indox shouwld contlune to growns rapldly during the next five years ns it s since tho Demoerats have controlled he fn- dex-maker In the Iast five yenrs, It wonld equal or exceed In bulk the Congresstonal Iecord Wself. In the discusslon atrendy alluded to, it came out that the making of the Index Is con- fided to n contractor, who s paid n certain rate per thousand ems: This shuws nbout ns goud Judgment on tho part of the Commit- tees on Printing as they would display 1t they were to buy hooks by the cuble ‘The * New York Tribune Index for 1850” is R better guide to the procgedings of Congress rards for that year th ks this bulky quarto vole ume of LOK1 pay But the contractor who mle this volunse widerstood his business, which was to mike A8 MUCH MONEY AND A8 POOR AN IN "There Tee-President, Yeferring to re- A8 often ns his ey caught the title of the Viee-Preshlent, ho miwke an_entry, "Tarning fram the Index to the Reeord, one finds references uhder the entry quoted to such ks ™ 08 thise: ** The hour of 1 o'eloek 3 At what hotir on Wednes- Chere §s no report’s “Certninly ™3 Under the name of Me, Randull there are 700 lndox-entries, which refer to Sremnrks™ of the samo - generally thriiting ahd tmportant character,. There Ihlrt{-lnur ontries under * Messages from the I'reshlont,” but nmhln';: to show what any message was about, There are 240 Enmm of references Lo bllls and resolutionss ut thetre Is 1n il these pngey Not A SINGLE SURJECT-ENTRY, The bills and resolutlons nre not oven alpha- betieally arranged s but, of all ways in tho world, they ara arranged In tho onler of their introduetion into the Senate or Iouss If ony deslres to find enator and Representative, . This will Ilg might al- to end, For snveral years an approprintion wus matle bf‘ Congress for the purpuie of ena- bling 1. 40 the Congresslonal Globe nidl soma other , publieatlons. ‘This work mnde cousliernhio progresy under the divection of the nble Li- brarlan; but was then discuntinned Abratian Spafford to prepars an Index DECAUSE OF LACK OF FUNDS, 1 14 useless Suveral years ago an Indox to ho Journals of Congreas was begun by Mr, ;\llmr‘.()rdwu{i under the direction of tho Commitiee of Ru catatives, t ‘The Index to the journals of the ten tirat Congresses has been “completed end publlshed ina volnme of 151 pages, It Is an admlrable compilution, compnet “nud well av- ranged s and the work oughtto be pushed to The same {nlnn onght to be ap- plied to the Exeentive documents and other lmh]lcnumls uf Congress and the Executivo Departients, lus of the House of lt«{mw NOTES, APING UNGLAND, Special Dispateh to ‘The Chicagd Teitmine, Wasiiyaroy, D, C, Fob, 8.—A specinl Senate Committee, of which Mr, Pendleton A8 Chairman, will, In o day or two, meport favorably n bill . to allow. Cabinet officers 8eat on the floor-uf both louses with the privilege to take pirt in piiblle debate toneh- ing inatters affectibg. thelt several Depart- 1t I clnimed for this schemo that 1t will, first of all, compol the selectlon of nble men for Cablnet places; second, it will ex- pedite publio | business by bringlng Into diseussion of questions “the best abllity obtainable; and, third, it witl, It Is thought, cure the objectionable tendency to transact ol important busliess In seeret sesslons of Comunittee, by transferring the canllicts of leading mindg to the open avenk of the pub- He sesslons, Under tho present system, Cab- et oflicers mnko reportsto Congress which are rarely read except by Comittee em- bers, and “the publle searculy evir gets uny benedit from tho discusslony, of which they hear but meagre reports unwillingly glven to the newsbupers, . THE PRESIDENT seems determined to keep tho Ohlo flag at the front until high noon on March 4, Ohlomen say to-tay that, it Stanley Matthews fulls of cotiffrmation, it 18 very pussible that tho Dresident will nominate for that plice as-Attorney-General ‘Taft, of Ollp. ' ‘Phe Democruts” tn tha Senate, If they have to chooso hetween Taft nnd Matthews, would toubtless prefor Matthows pululcnlliy, as ‘Futt Io known to then as tho st steiwart of bloudy-shirt Republicans.-and is regnrded as the puthor of someol the extrenis orders of the Inst days of the Grant Adminlsteation, THE FRIENDS OF FREE 8IS In the Senate huve not abandoned all hopn af pussiame Mr, Beek's bllL © 1t |s understood that, aftar the Funding bill hus been disposed of, Mr, Kernan will spenk in pmgnpur:u free ghips, to be follewed b[),. Ay, Sorrill on the other slde, In which debate Mv, Blulna may possibly tako o hand, 5 FUNDING. ‘The Seunte Finuncy Commlttee had an- other lonk mecttng to«day .on the Funding LHL, but have not yet conélided 1ty consider- atlon. ‘Tho best opinton still is that the Cofn- mitteo will nltinitely ehovse n 315 ver cent &40 bond, uu‘l the Senite Wil coneur i this actlon, and thut tho House ulthmately will aceept this slon through w eonferengy committee, My, Morrisun, of the Ways aflit Means Commlttee, . expresses tha opinlon that, If the Sunate does 5o nmend the bitl, the House will ngres to -4t My, Morrlson hus alwanys doubted the practicability of fouting a3 por eont short-time bond, T REPEATED OUTRAGES which are annually eonmifted by the Houso of Representatives i l‘mmuunln i deelsion of election eases until the very close of o Conzress, and then allowtug w (ol salwry to antestant, huve been mueh eonnnented on, wnd to-day. Mr, Brighim, of N Ursey, offeved v resolutlon . Intonded Lo correet this sbuweo, It provhles thot the rales shall b so mnemded w8 to veguire that wll the “papers bt econtested election ense shall by (led bofore the proper commities within nlnoty nys uter tho meeting of Congress, and that WLl thirty duys thereaftor the Commities shull roport thereon, eleetion enses to take precedency of all othor business, An nddl- tonul provision that the dufented prrty shall reeeive 1o compensation whatever from the Governnent woulkd et nowortully to reduce the number of theso enses, THE FEACE COMMISSION, _The House tu-duy expressed u very deelded want ot conlidency {1y the Indlun'Peacs Conr- migsion by refusing to cunenr in oy nuend- ment to the llltlllkll Anul‘urrlmmu Lill pro- viding for an allownnes of $10,000 for the muintenancy of that orfanization, = CONKLING, Wasiuxaroy, 1, U, Fob, 3,—Senator Conkling has veturned, aud has been husy tnlkbmg With members of the Judlelury Come mittee, 1lels pronounced i his opposition to the confirmation of Btanley Matthews, nud tells Wiy triends that Muatthews will nover oc- cuby i seat upan the Supreme Beneh, "The Wik to-tuy s that the. Judielnry Committes \{'lll make M ndverso report, and, 10so, Mat- thews cun irdly be confivined, CIVIL SERVICE, - -, g Benutor Pendleton bus'enllel s ‘meeting of the Chvil-Servies Connuittes oy to-morrow tn conshier n report Bo bus dmwn up, and which he desives the Sennte to act on this session, 8o ; INTEROCRANIO CANAL. Benator Faton, Chateman of the Forelgp Rolatlons. Uomiittew; .18 positive that the Senute will pass his pesotullon condemnhy the_construetion of gy teroecanle exnl by foreign capitallsts, und e sald to-day the ussnge of such n‘,!ulutluu would stop Do cesupd from galpg alerd with his selivmo, . .& STATE .l)lfi.\'l:u . was glven by Presldept llaypes at the Whito lluugc this uvenin Hl‘lm mrlo Vi Ruests wore “in ditendin Becretary und My, Mliss Schure, Senas N 3 tor nndl Mrs, Blalr, Senalor and Mrs, Dald- win, nd Senators Burnsile, Aullmnf’, n‘ul Sharon, the Spenker. and Mrd. Randall, the followlng Represontatives and thelr wives: ateh, “Iyler, Starin, Bingham, Andrews, Morse, antl Converse, ad Delesaln Brents, THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT to-day purehnsed 150,000 ounees of tine all- ver for delivery at the San Franclsco and New Orleans Mints, MAJL WILLIAM WINTIIROP, JUDOR:ADVO- P CATE, will net na Juilge-Advoeate-General nntll the Jwdge-Advoente-Goneral 19 appolnted, IX A MEETING OF ‘THE COMMITTEE OF COM- MERCH (o«lv\_\' he nomnination of “ndnn{ W. Davis ns Collector of Cnstoms at Buifaln, o mo- Llun of Conkting, wasg laid over with a nim- er of other nonilnutions, T COMMITTEE, ON BPIDEMIC DISEASES zrees fo report favorably to the House Cusoy Young’s bill, authorizimg the Preshdent to appoint a cotmmission of three persons to (n- vestizate and report’ upon the adulteration of food atd other articles, amd n‘mropr|ul|nu Efit;mfl to carry out the provisiuns of that THE HOUSKE COMMITTER ON RLECTIONS will reconunend tho payment of 24,000 to J, all Sypher, of Louislann, for the expense of coutestine nseat In tha Forty-firat Congress, Uha Cummittes nlso agreed to nward §500 to MeCabe, who contested the seat of Orth (Ind.) in tho Forty-sixth Congress, JUDOY MANNING, OF LOUINIANA, wns appolited a committee to present to the Governor a l.upivl.«umum of Mississippl o memorinl concorning the Mississiupl State bonuds which Penbody gave to the Board for the purposes of thelr trust, amownting to 81,000,000, atud which tho Stata of Missisaipp! D repudinted. The memorial will urg thi Kn)'umm, of these honga by the State for the eneflt of the fand. ‘Tha next meoting will be lield In New Yaork City in December, 1883, TOUR OF POLUTICAT, INVESTIOATION, Es-Senator Simon Cawmeron nrrived hero Inst night, and will deparl [na few duys on higlomg-expecied Southern trip, 1o wilibuae- compniied by two friends, Tle will first travel through Virginia, North and Sonth Carolina, i Floride, stnmrlnz nt Important polnts. “Thenee he will sall for Cubn, Res turning, he wlil Iand at New Otleans, and cowmg leisurely up the Mississippl River, Iis rip I3 for pleasure and instruetion. ' He will confer with feading Southern men on the condition of the country, and gather up n good deal of information which will by use- ful to President Garfleld, whom he will ses upon his return, CAMERON AND CONCILIATION. As Gen, Garflell Intends to enltivate a pol- fey of conclliation towards all warring ele- ments of the Republlean party, {6 hns” been sugrested to him by letter that he ean do big stroke of concilintory work in Pennsyl- vailln by appulating Don Cameron Secretary of War, have him rusléru from the Senate at onece, and thos open the way for botlh Grow and Oliver to come Iy, The triends of Grow and_ Oltver would junp at , but 1t is doubtful If Cameron will. ~An’ Intimate friend of Seantor Cameron says that tho Sen- ator was given to understuid some time rzo that he could have the Waur Ofilee, but that lie does not want -1t, preferring his place in In the Senate. 1fe would, however, tako the Trensury, ‘This e cannot get, © PRESIDENTIAL APITE-WORK, Diapaten to Clnetnnals Enquirer, Wasiisaros, D, C, Feb, 1L.—Tho man objectionable nowinations which the Presf- dunt hns sent to the Seeato recently have so disgusted Senators that thera Is o feeling ox- tunt to refuse to act on any nominations, but 10 let all fall that wre pending, and liavo. the new Administrutlon inake nominations to fill the yneancles. ‘o feeling is that the Prest- dent is indutzing in 8 deal of petty spl! waork, and the way to hanl hhn up I3 to plgdon-hole henceforward gl his nomina- tions, he they good vr bad, While this will of course, operate against some very lzoull appointments, tho argument 18 used that they ean afford to walt until Gen: Garfleld ssswines the Drestdential ofllee. 'The divect insults which tho President has henped upon Senntor Conk- Iing througli the recent New York apyoint ments hus ereated a sympathy for the Seun- tor, and if he desires the rejection of thess nomlnations n majority ot thd . Senate wlill stund by him, It §s unfortunate for Stanley Matthews thut his nomination for the Su- l»rcum Court Is pending while the Senate is 1) this ruftled humor; and it Is probabla that iu his ense netion miny be' deterred until the new Admindsteation’ comes In In sueh ovent, of course, Gen, Garfleld, to put AMntthews on the Beneh, would have to re- numinnte him, ‘Ihly, (Lis believed, he would do; and it is moreoyer beileved that the Sen- ate will In sueh contingencey confivm him, TIIE RECORD, AENATE, WAsHINGTON, Fob, 8,.—Ir, .Logan's jolut resolution for the extonslon of the franking privilege to communteations received by members of Congress from the Executive Departments on the business bf constituents, was reported back without recommendy- tion, tho Pest-Oflicp Coinmittca belng oqually divided on the inevits of the proposition. 1OUSE, A resolution was offerod and roferred provid- ing that every duy aftor tho moraing hour ono hour be set aslde durlng which members may nsk for untnlnious vonsent for the consideras tlon and pasengo of bllls, The ladian Approprintion bill was roported with ‘the Henate amendment, the Committee recommending conourronce In tho same and non-congurronce 1 others, Amony the nmend- nents nonseoneurrod i was thut striking ont the olause nbolishing the Indian Cowmission, The repurt was agreed to, <o i . Mir,. Klog. futroduced a blll . approprinting & for ;hn nufl.vhusu and distribution ol re sced-vane. Rofe N Mr, Davidson (Ila.), rising to a question of pecson! privilege, reud from a4 specah purport- ed to have been doflvered by Mr, Bisbeo and published in the Recory, in. which that gentles it hid personlly assaulted him, Al nsserced that he (Duvidson) had obtained his soat through fraud, The allegation, ho sald, wad o grave and surious oue, wanton and unprovoked, ytterly buse md nbsolutely untrue, e wns herens membor of Congress, In accordance with the Constiution and Inwe of Fiorldn and the nitad Kiates, It come, with il graco from his eollengne (Hishee) to sponk of fraud, e proceeded 1o erlticlso tho nets of Mr. Blsbee whilo United Statey District- Attornoy, and was several times enlled to ordor by Messes, Congor and Houlk, hut be persisted in mnkiug an attnok upon the Repubitican party in Florldy antil tho Bpeaker stated that the gontlomun must not spwik (o the Injurics of tho Kepub- Hean purty, but to his owis injurles, Mr, Bisbeo disglaimed nny Iitention of violuting the rulos of the lluusa or of raliecting on. his colleague persannlly, No proper coudtruction of his speech wolld Warant that conelusion, Ho thon brietly ntraeked the Domoeratio purty in Floridn alter which tho subjeut wus dyopped, UICIDAL., THE PAIRBANKS CARE, Hpeelal Diapatch 10 T Chicago Trivune, ANN Anuvof, Mich, Feb, 3—Tho remuing of Heary A Fairbanks wero taken home this mornlog. His futhor and soverud frionds nre rived lust night, They eitirely disercdit tho story of his marriage to tho woman etnlmiug to Lo his witw. Bhio made Fatrbanks® noquptntanco . Whito tho litter was » atgdent at oranto Unie versity, and dogged hin, his fother anye, ovor alnce,” A year ago sho cume to Potrolin and chilmen (v bo warrled to Palrbanks, ang nt- towmpted to ubtuln moucy from the Itter's futhor, . Bha flually, Bowoever, was Induced ta admit that \ho murringo was & fabrieation, und shed i paper to tiat elfoer, whioh Frirbanks, B naw hus, Jle gave her mouoy to got vid of her, Bined theil shie hns extarted varlous BUMA At differont times, und two weoks ago sho wrote bl thit sho el mursiod n weulthy mas, and.wis zolng o Burene lu i fow duys, and mude unvthor_demand tor money, whigh, she sald, would bé tho lust sho shonid nsk, Yodug Vulr- s wins ongeged to bo tnurriel tou duighter oy oltizen of Potroliu, und this, tnken with u foar of expusuro, prubably ngeaunts tnp his gulchie, Mra, Lelghton, who ‘wus prlmuhl‘v wmurried ta Falebanks u few weoks ngo, 1678 this attornnon, dnd spys that sho will institute an ace Hon to gut hor shuro af hus proporty us bis wifo, PTRONQUNCED INBANE, Special Dupatch (o The Chicago Tribiine, . Muscis, Ind,, Fob, 8,~Fhysiciuns thls afier- noon pronounced Insane Ueoree W, Flowers ‘m;lurudr. who attempted twlot ynlmn!n{ avens e to aulelio by hanging hlmsolf nsJail horo, Flowerd bus beeoma dusperate, and renuires close attention, Ilo will bo romyved o tho Anylum fos tuo Insuna na suon av poasible, in, 28 1IN 81, LOUIS: pe 57, Lowi, Feb. 8.-An, unknown man ws found ‘dead I the rond nedr Ballufontaing Cene vtery, fn the extremu northern part of tha clty, lllllyn'flwrutmu. with # plstol wound In his huud: niitcied by himseit, = . e R, h ..NEW GRAPE-SUGAR MANUFACTORY, .. Kangas Csrv, Mo, Fob.ik—~1, H, Warnoor, of lochestor, No- Y., Prosidont.nf the -Weetern Urupu-Sugar, Compruy, Iv hcrfdmukmw arrunge- m for g [mmedinte bullding of extensive Wllll‘l".;: i this "nlly. Ovur n.(w.qf» \v:l’{ b Ll- vesied, i Jurge proportioa of whivh 18 furaliied Ly Eastora cunituliaty, % THE ELEMENTS, - The Tremendous Rainfall in Oalifornia Still Con- th_xulng'. Rain at the Unprecedented‘Rute of One Inch an Hour. The Town of Shastn Visited by Several Destructive Cloud~ Bursts, Watertown, Wis., Ag&in Troubled \by Another Severe Snow- Storm. The Coldest Weatlter Evor Experiencod Now Frovalling In New York State. Twenty Vosaofi Froson in the Too OF tho New Jorsoy Oonsts CALITORNIA'S DELUGE. SAx ¥Fnayoisco, Feb, S.—Hain continues throughout the Northern and Central portions of this State, extondlug from tho Sforra Nevadus to tho Paollie Ocean, The rainfull fncrenses ua the storm continues. Dispatches from tho monntaln counties of Eldytido, Placor, Ne- vada, nnd Berrin state that tho thermometer Is hetwveon 50 and 60 degroos. Raln was heavy in Bumsta to-day. Therain foll at tha rata of nearly one knch an hour, Severalglond-burats oceurred in that county, doing consldorablo damagoe, but fortunntely no lives woro lost, In Shasta County thls scason’s ralnfall amonnts to revon and half feot, It it necedless tostnte thero nro no dry spots In that vielnity, No approximate "of losses thore can bo . mado at present. Tha peoplo of Marysville expect to be tlooded 800 thno to-night, ne both Feather und Yuba Rivers bave been rising this afternoon, nng the water ot P m, to-dny was only ono foot from tho top of Tho lovee, Dispatches from Storra County sny both the North and Soith Forks of tho Yubi Itiver ara uprecedontediy hign for the Inat twenty-Cour houra, ond the treshet will reach Feathor River soma time to-night., The sltua- tion nt Sacrumonto fs critical, and to-mor- row may fee that place under water, Tho Amerlean River i8'risfug fast, and the Bacru- wmento River slowly, aud, a8 tho country ull around Bnernmento Ully I8 nlready under water, tho inmenga Hoods caniing feom the Upner Sne- ramento, Yuba and American Itivers will, it 1 fenred, bo enough to avertlow thoe lovees thut suground thut place, A disputeh from Courtland nt 6 p. m, suya that #ection will bo overflowed tu-night, sure. ‘This Is the luat levee of any sizo along tho Baeri- mento Itivor, from Cotuaa down to the motith, that hns withstoud the wators, It s n rich arehavd aml vegotable garden scotlon, and tho dnmnge will be Immense. Some dumuge 18 toported anlong the upper branchey uof the San Jonquin River, and the maln stronmn is Jbleh, It has been rnln\nr in moSnnJou:Julu Valloy thia nfternoon, which s oxpected to rafse the river somowhnt, but no apprehensions of a tlud nro (et at tho lower portion of that stream, it hus been raining {n San Frunolreo and violaity slnco noon to-duy, at times henvily. IN NEW YORI New Youg, ¥eb, =Tho day apena with a bright sun, clear gtmospbure, and brisk north wind thal cauges even tho othor- wise very coll tomporature to ailp the ocurs and noses and toes of the penple to nn extont thut the *oldest inhabitant* says ho cannot remember anything like such weathor. In Hrondwny and other streets tho anow is packed 8o hard and volled so smooth by thp -wheols . of tho beavy drays and trucks that tho horsos have dilficulty In maintaining n foothold. When one does go down~and it Iy often—n blockude ocours that tukes tho pollcemon a long time to Lrenk, As a consequénce, shippers aro sub- Jeated to many disnppolntments, and truck- nisn, who are paid by the load of merchandise dolivered, eoy that enongh s not carned to keep the horaes In foilder, ta kay nothing of fued far Tumities. ‘I'tto drivors of stroot-rallway varg and- slugred suffor ntensely, and there: huye buen many oases song thom of frost-bite, Bulldiog has practicitly stapped, und bricklavers, etone- musons, and inborers [ive us best they muy in enforecd llencss, The ferry-bonta “cross tho rivers very slowly, owimrio tho heavy foatiog 1eo, and the tloes aro extonsive enoigh bothimes fo cuuse n comploto suspension bf forey truvol. 'rhmmm:lcamluunn exist overywhero in this nefghborhoad, ... Taranto, Can,, rovorts the coldest January In forty yonrs, und February. has bopun 15 degr. bo- jow zuro. A farm-baod unmed MceConnell, huutioge up an escuped colt, was 1rozen todeath. The ice o the Walkill River, New York, thrao feul thick, was frozen to the dnmn, nnd the water :lulnl;. lm‘:‘tl tho dam bodlly from its fusteniugs 0 tho rook, Ningura bins its Ice'hrhn{e. A'ho Governmeut Signal Servico roports the tomperaturae st tho following poliuts ut d:18 %{g morhine ud follows: Relow zero—1ufTulo, N 7 degroess Alpenr, Mich, #0; Claveland, O, Detrolt, Mich., I3 Erle, Pa., 8t Bscunalin, M 157 enver, Calo, 4; Mamuette, Mich, 153 Pitt: burge, 0, "Abave zoro—Cuf ., dejrreess Chity 2; Clucinnatl, 187 bn\'mmurt I, 133 Des Mulnos, G 17: Madiron, Wis; 11: Mome phig, Tenn,, 813 New Otloans, 47; Omuha, 23 8an Francisco, 603 Springteld, 1., 28" 8t. Paul, finn, 10, X — THE BIGNAL SERVICE, OFFICE OF THE CHIEY SIANAL OTPLGER, WASTT- waroN, Do O, Feb, 4—1a, m.—~For Tennessoo, and tho Ohlo Valloys, partly cloudy wonthor, winds mostly northeasterly, stationary or higher temperature, followed by ristng barometer. For ‘the Tuwer Lake reglon, clear or partly eloudy weather, viriable winds, stationary or ulrhulr temperaturo, -followed by faliing bu- roneter, 3 ot For tho TUpper Lake roglon and Upper Mis- alesippl Valloy, warmer, partly cloudy weathor, possibly follawed by snow areas, variable winds, umsll‘_v suuthonoterly, followed by faliing ba- ometor, B l'!(‘)r tha Lower Mlssour! Valley, wouther, with snow, seutherly wl rometer. warmor cloudy nda, falling bus LOCAT OUSRRVATIONS, LIICAQD, Fob, 3~10i18p, m, T¥ma. s Der| Ther, + N T T 13 [ "0 [Le v, :El:lgl, 1KL871 ’4 {l i, BN, 1ba. . [ »n 1 L6 sn'w, 13 H [igeasetilonre, 13 110 [Cheur, # 8. car, 9y . “¥oltod friow, Menn aromater, muvi hutatdiyy, G temporsture, 2. URNERAL OUSRRVATIONS GittaA s, Fab, 4-11113 o, m, il e 20418 mean tormomator, 14,71 } hlghest temporatuny, 18 Jowost Thee, Stationa, _ [ 314 "Wind. 7 1ib il e 7| B8 i | ol ] gl Sk = v ) [ e et o8 Vil doutt | - iontio: orsikrey siin| 1 ew Furtiilb: tirand Huvuii. fidin Al vok AUT 0 Bl ANt SR T ESTR el sEsREEE ==t EAEE LR fem e R EERE S e TEES e tE £ Jt s o NORWICH; OONN, Nonwion, Coun, Fob, 3—=Navigation of the nd Is_oimost at u stundatiil, At une timo torddy liw;'nh suvun steninors were reported vatangied Intho lvw, " WATERTOWN, WIS, ... Gpeclaf Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, .. . - - WATBUTOWH, Wik, Fub, 3~Last night this rgxion: of .country wad visited wilh suothos anowfnll ot soveral fuches. This mm’n ot o Wiscons| of anow Man in | i of tho cult matter, UGrand Istand will necessuri BAN Francirco, Cal, Feb, A (Sneramento County) dispateh s {pv 8 broke | 5 be very heav, JAMRSTOWN, N, ¥ morning Indlonted 25 to 81 degree al Maysvillo &2, und Frowsburg 1, TIFE NEW JERREY Krvront, N, Ji, Fob, #—The by of lea trom this place to Red Ban; tbing unknown for yeurs, Twon Aol are frozan i some dist, The bay. 1 nlko frozen eol . oc (r from Bayorsvillo to near Taylor 14 now cnvelapad 1 int hrl::"lfiul‘\"l?:;?wn 'i"tlfi' 2:;?; y N6 b Dlnelkndod with drits, rendorie i ar Ng traye] IBROK BN 0AST, ! Y Is o, 1 the Bed lighy, LEVERS TJAMESTAWN, N, v, for tauy yours, DELAWANE BREARWATER, YVeb, 3. Feb, 3.—~The marey, —— IN DELAWARE, .~Tho § Ping lylng here 8 complotely blacked, A nemarablo winter of 1858 and 1857 1s 11k, ropeated, A PASSENGER-COACH DEJ BT PAUT, Minn., Fob, §,—Tho traiy wi 8t Paul at 7:30 this morning for Fueg Manitoba Road, met with . serious nbout two miles south of Elk Riv Prees corrospondent occupled ono of the baek sents in tho rear ond of the renrenr, At thy timo nelther the conductor nor the brake, : wero on theear, and the rear ond of tye unmngnoed hobblug up and down ng though baek truek hnd Jumped the teack and was nlog on tho ties Instead of tho rulle,’ of tho ear jumped the teuck un ombanKimont fully #fty feot trouk, and o rapldly was tho thin time that 1 OASUALTIES. Bpeeial Dispalch to The Chicagn Tribune, tue pnssengess wils thrown abo Into the snow. There wero about fif 20Nk0ra In the conch At the time, ailiviently recovered 1 had Juniped the track nne both trucks, and, strango 1o suy, solzed lesy body 7 wlntery adly ndig) 10 m k 1ghe, l»m: 1Y OF tnoro v, hny sty Cour, st n| b o ::" [ * S NIgL, Tog oy Ty A 9 Lelow u,.: =tho ulgey; oy toy LATLED, hich Jog, 0 01 the Aceldent et A Monger. The and 0 thy traie way and oneg| and at thiy © [nto thy tag car the ot " tho bell-con toslgunl tho eaglineer, but pulled in vay, bell, cort broke about midway of tho train, nonoof the trafn inen were cognlzant g traublo n the rear, At this time the ruuning fully twenty miles an hour, tho passengera pullon the bell-rope, moment { was rushing out of tho cal cur nheud. Just ua 1 steppod upon tho phiforn rolied down gy dlstunt from thy ten poing ap bt thisty fou ool When lph“a:l WOnt Into tho car thy - dotuehed el fron wna rlght sidy up, althotieh having rolled ovor several Umes, and thore I witnesscd n bloody sce ne. Nioeof the passengers received savero e brulses, and o cur seats nndll HE.Gr wero covered with blood, Two of gy Indy possengers recelved eevero cuts their homds, unil sovoral of the gentiemen pussengers aso recelved severe sentp woindy, Whiokt bled profusely, The remninderof thy tritn did not Munus and hi; o, broke off, the truck. Had th Abonl t ane-| fourth of minoer, howover, ho the train biefore re and tho traln might track with this troxen wheel, ur two of tho passengers were ko tightly hotwaen tho broken sy enve tha track, and Cotiducror Se 8 helpers succe wotnded 1o the amok jng-g Elk Wiver, whore all the eded In earryingthe e and proceeded to avallable help waseallu one of the wheely and thit 8 what throw tho truln of a Uell-cord signuled il en. conld have vasily stopps buve dching the embunkment kept thy Almulu‘lmn wedgel wts thnt 1t wis some i tmb before wo could extriente them. The Btoves wero upant, and the cur way set on fire, iz o tha oneryy of ‘the teafumen aad =ddrift on whien tho car lay, hut, owin, the snow exthurnlshed, It was s The pussengers In the ear were Wild with sxeltement as soon a8 tho wheel was broken, and It waa rrong, und durlag passengera succeeded In amokingeear shead and vseapod unhurt, Coye pussing apparent that somethlog wiy the timon fow of the maly Into _tho duetor MoMunus and Ils men did ull in thel power to liolp tho unfortunnates, and much credit 13 duo them for the! onurgy during the sud disaster, foet oft, Al tuo had bieen torn off, sunkon vessel, BOILUR X, BALTIMORE, ML, Fob, §—A fow“minutes be fore 12 0’olock lust night the boller of the pleas ura yucht Currle, of Phlladelphly, Iying 't Chabe's whnrf &t tho foot of Carotine street, exe ploded with terrifte violence, wmnking o come plete wreek of tho vessel, Thu exvloslon wal bourd several squares distant, the concussios breaking ainss in tho vessels lyIng near by, Pe licoinan Watérmun and otliors hasteoed to thy whart, which thioy found covored with debeis from tho vessel, und the hutl sunk ulongside tht wharl, the top helng near tho wuter's edge, Tk large loller was thrown from lts position, and Iny against tho wall of a warehouse nbout iy upper deck und englne-bousk Fragmonta of wood nud otbet matorials on the boat were strown in every dis rection, The wrow of the yucht were Ldir! Poplar, ngud 23 Hurry Poplar, awed 10; botk Bons of the Captaln: Jonept W, Brown, decks hund; o colored atawnrd named Ellis: and the ongieor, Young. ‘Tho erow, with the exception of the enginoer, wers knowa to have on boendal 0 v'clock, but dlligent search by policemen ané othars with Innterus on tho ice, around tho piet nud wharf, failed tu dlscover wny of tho mlsing, It was therefore concluded thoy were justaotly kilted, and that thelr bodles woro hetd in the At ua early hour this mornl TPLOSION, it great crowd was guthored at the whar!, an the pollcomon comtnenced to senreh for the of tho yncht wag ralel and removed purtinlly by flonting blocks of fed In o short Uino urticles of clothing wevo found. and lmnediately the remning of Edward Poplar tho samo time o body svad discovered through tho broken lev, about 160 feot from the hull of the yucht, On being hit to the surfuce, tho reulning were roeat 18 thodo ol Joseph W, Hrown, of the Carriv. The body Wng shocling) Jated, «The unfortunnt slctim had Auross the whnrf contluues for tho two men misshug, missing crow, woro 1 brau| nizg YOUNGSTOWN, O,y Fob, 3,—A fiy-wheel In (k¢ Russion Mills at Nlles, 0., tlow fu pleces bl mornieg at 7 o'olock, kilhing two men and lnjur {ngsuveralothers, and conshderably damagugd g ound, Theo eck out o the water, o ! TRIGIIYFUL ACCIDENT. 1y good Judgment sod wlll, Tho helt to the governor slipped olf, caus Ing too great velowity of the wheel, whichwad ‘sightuen feat In dlameter. Nurs, 0. Feb, d—A terrlble nccldent o6 curred nt the Ward Iron Compuny’s mili thl morntug about 7 o'clock. George Edwards, 0o ginoer. loft Lls ongine to Ave how the five wis l8 tho bollers, The governor bult broke or run of letting the engino vin rway, 11o henrd tho pois% and, running to the cogine-romn, tuok hold ot thio throttlo to shut down, whon 'the large wheel bursted, one by the nimo of Tom Lynch bnd chgine-rooin to step tha englio, and h goveraly Injurai that ho his since died. 8, Kelly hus both hls Jegs brokons il Be et Jerry Kelly, ono legr broken; ond ¥ Duioy Is tngtly injured, Ono welghiue ubult o ton wis t cach plece striking biin on ug heud, knocklng him through tho partition of ! anglue-rpaim, wnd liting hin instantly, A 1038 run Ylocu ot _tho woe root of the mill, kuockfug the top oif tho wach A Tl on'tho voilor-hogat, which 1t bl domollshed, i " Rtoy, Johin Caldwell, whllo going up REMATKABLE SMASI-UP o Dus MoINgs, In, Fob, G—Lust cyeniog Teolk strout, was run it by n bb-slulih lowled wid childron constiug |u tha streot. Tho crushed, und, with the horse, bugyy ¥ thrown fnt 11 gmter, Mr, Caldwell wad rondered ""””"'fm und It is foured hns raceived sorlous luw’rl;l‘m Jurdes, The ehlldren woro. badly thiough no bonus broken, into & o wastd Frank iz it sl through B9 deckebint KILLED BY A FALLING an[Lleg'g Mesems, Teon., Fob, fh—While workmed o cngnyod tearing down an ald fraimo bulldss tho'southorn portlon of tho ity thl tho strunture fell In with o crash . wrogirl wna poverely injuriug two of poopl Hpecial Dispatch o The Chicago Tyidun nsrorr, Wis., Fob, 8.3, D, Clowen- - the Clemunt brothors of this eity, conc! ugers, wus takon on Sunday last with 41 nttaok of puoumonin, which reault: donth thia foronoon, His sadden dcm‘lu shack to the entiro community, and W Iy ling § pthar OBIiTUARY. widespreud regret, Provipesel Dintau, D, D elocted Frofe. | [ 58 Y 'i\m this r ot ort maté u wRn I et Lowd Fob, 8,—Prof. J. AL nvlenmm ‘In N‘x‘&{\' ltory wnd Econow} tn Brown University, : e g offier’ lomior up ATurd $o Natisfy. Xt found tho il WL ruo ) !{ln"u ure DU oater: be suyhiy by N1 fngud *¥eg herol 'yl { w ! 2 iy Witk that, you'll ~ {nas ol the miil /Ot ghe n IVl Strest Daity Newt ored thin usugfl quuntity arso-callod it ; ToWn, hu Wiisinat with (ho det [ Found tho ik vou ore yesterduy co2! ity of nbaut half wat The tlualer muttel hurried uway: Ni ouked very gerlaus, and eald: 5 3 you et @roat doal af chulk fu §i," Tho dealpr.trded ta look wnuldhllm ml‘t’-‘ui 18 it - et 1 + Ingr Bis custoiuer b uym'x’ o "“!.”"‘WI v cumuoded OF Buio enribly tuiters " oy bta Sobt N i v ;. ot bins it as many WD g u: {ng sorlatied U ’”w, woro kiud, aad, red apotowy of op dellf prr ul somo s 4 morning the fluwfl; - ¢ yestorddy B g e nstanlshed S Vo togobnuem 13 ufrernook - b