Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 9, 1881, Page 1

“VOLUME XL, - The Ohicagy Daily NIESDAY, NISIING GOODS. s o e SHIRTS 'ORDER. Only the BEST matcrials used, gatisfaction guaranteed, Our spring Styles of Foreign Fancy Shirtings are very desirable, Our stock contains full lines of White and Fancy S¥irts and Night Shirts of our own make, with all the new styles of Linen Collars and Cuffs. Our Stock of Tuderwear, Hosiery, and Gloves Includes all the desirable weights and fabrics suited to the season. Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs In endless variety. We call spec- jal attention to our choice selec- tion of Meckwear, Which embraces the latest Lon- don and Paris Novelties. Commission Merehans, NEW YORK, CHICAGO, AND BALTIMORE. 88 & 90 La Salle-st., Chicago, , JOUN P. TINTERDELL, DLEY, EDWARD 5. WASHBURN, 18 W, FieLn, Spectal FowARD M. DANIFL A POrE €. T8 SELECT TATLORING. NOTICE. 20 per cent Discount on all heavy Winter Garments, during Feb- ruary, 1881, and . {0 per cent Discount on all other Garments during same time. ERWARD ELY & C0., Tailors. PROPOSALS. fiofice to Confractors. Bealed Proposals will be roceived until Fob. 2, 1551, aLL0'chuck p. 1h., fOF the Wrougntund cast dron worki tar work, plnstering, painting and cun County Jutl, a3 Hioomingtgn, A speciications can be'suen o zer's archliect ofice. ‘fho ludlding Committos 1o~ serves tho right to roject nny nad ull bids. A, BROK AW, Chatrman Bullding Comuitiee. Nt | 2.5 NOTICHE. Tho undersigned, In pursuance of an arder ot the Clirenit Court of tha United tatos, nxka proposals for rentingthe followlni untmproved prumisos: 'ho nonb iwo-thivds (3§) of Lot live (6) In ok oloven i, tn Fort Dearborn Adddition to' Chicago, fronting Xeat thirty-two G2) feok on Michizan.ay: ing HISN I Centrul-av, Recoiven und o z HONEY TOLOAN U roved Proprtyin Chicago AT SIX PER CENT. Appiy ta WAL V. 100 Denrbary NONEY TO LOA Onimprovod real estte nt current ratos. MEAD & COB, ’ 1211, Balloent. SIOCKIHOLDIRS MEETING. e STOCKHOLDERS™ MEETINGS. Notica Is burely wlven thut the Annunl Mosting of {zfi.flmuu irand Lrunic Hnlimay Compnuy wilf o AR A AR Marcli ety ut 2 orerock praie o GTEAGS BERCY, ieroracy dnl Teoasuede. Port lturon, Mict, Fo Sotice 1a hereny givan that tho An ) nunl Meoting of fietirang Teunk Junction liatlwiy Compary will bo oS30 o i o Wostnosdas s Uhp oF oin. o’ Wudnosday, fio Uth g arel ux, at d o'clock pe e CILARS BERCY, Yort aron, Mich Secrotary and Lroasurdr, =t M = o l1“ OR IRENT ! ne basiners ruou located tn the busingss contre 3wl uf Kikhart, 1. will Do for ront fora tori N years fron ¥ 551 kal In sultadro Fu o i, “A capital Incatlon foe any Focosy., ur hurdwos 126 of Fop, 2 FOR RENT. and 17 ¥, : > > st S, 17 Fast undotpneat., Avo-story an T L WATIIER: 19 Wshington-at. (RS { “CAUTION, : CIICAG HoMs vou THY n’rmz‘smns,} 1 MAN SUbruRcy B, IS iy o 4o noilclt funds for 0 badies horotofore stequont aus tlio Presidunt und Buo- T UHAS G AMMOND, Prosident. DISSOLUTION. n o koud opent (or dey tore, * For W4Fms oF an MMINS, Elkhaet, Ind, sLwhilo Jonith of —_— I;?:“'fil’fi"nenhlu huretofora ¢ B gk 0I0% Lustiess n Chleggo under tha 0l D Wurd & Co., 13 this dny dissolved by Butual coneyny, Ebiens, yoby 4 1ait, 18 WARD, 8 D. CASON. o Lrron Sauin e belen).” { E8_Ailirany =LA FRLresnt o teading staplo artler [Hresin o artleld of Chle "‘};“‘lflw Bocomiry T0r Yot own Gde U, 10 1t et in the busis CT 7] {ILI‘URE FRAMES . PRy e r Goons, AYAL STRAW COODS. B STIMNON & CO., Lioporiars, Hoadyory i ALLaL 150 Nl tariens “tur Loy S Mewe e ana The @x’fxwm._ 503,301, Population of Chlengo, = = ‘I'i1s roof of the New York Central Depot on Exchange street, Duffalo, yesterday morning fell from the welght of the snow and from lack of support, and caused the death of soveral persons who were in tho buikding. ‘The hodies of Capt, Byrnes, IHenry Walters, WiHliam ‘Wells, aud of two luborers, names unknows, have been recovercd from the rulns, It 1s feared that others have perished. The ecseape of some of tho partles who were In the depot when tho roof gave wny was little less than miraculous. Sev- eral freight tralng had steamed ont of the bullding » short timo before, and ong train which was due about the timeof tho catastrophio was providentinlly late. The bullding was a rickety concern, nn had Buf- fato nnything in the shape of an cflelent Bullding Department the bulldlng would have been torn down long ago. The rail- rond company s, of course, primarily respon- sible in the mutter, TloraTio Bisues, Ji., ono of the Florlda Representatives, who was only aceorded his sent, to which he was elected in November, 1478, the other day, was a candidate again Just folt, and though he recelved & majority of tho votea cast, Finley, his Dmnocratle op- ponent, was given the certiflcalo of olection. 1le guve notlce of contest, and his attorney, Gen. Jenkins, set about obtalning evle dence. WIith Mr, Esgan, n Notary Pub- Jie, ho went futo -Madison County yes- terday to exnmine some witnesses. Those who dared. to zlve evidence were set upon by n party of Democratle thugs, and My Eagan’s life was threatened, and one of the witnesses was killed. Madison County has for several years been averrun by n lnwvless gang of cutthroats of the Democratic per- sunsion, who have munde life burdensome to their Republican nelghbors, It sadty needs reconstruction, AT » meeting of tho Ways and Means Committee of the lfouse yesterday, Mr, Carlisle presented a bill providing for the repeal of the.tax on matehes, proprietary medicines, perfumes, bank checks, and bank deposits, A motlon by Kelley, of Pennsyl- vania, to strike out bank deposits, was de- feated by a tle vote; and n proposition of Mills, of Texas, to add salt was lost by a similar vole, It was thon resolved to report Carlisle’s bill favorably to the Ifouse by n votoof 7to % Those voting In the afrma- tive were Tucker, Carlisle, Felton, Kelley, Frye, Dunuell, and McKinley. Mills and Phelps voted no, and Morrison, of Illinols, ‘who was present, refuseil to vote. The Com- mittee also decided to report favorubly .Tucker’s bill to repenl the stamp tax on ex- . ported tobacco. — Crow-Kixag, Sitting-Bull's Licentenant, with 315 of Sltting-lsull’s Indians, has sur- renderod at Fort Buford. o expresses a desire to go after Sitting-Bult into Can- ada, that he may induce that dusky warrlor © to' 'maké his” ‘pence with the: United States authoritics. The latter are not in a great huyry shoutthomat~ tor, beileving that Sitting-Bull and his follow- ers wil be soon out of supplles mudquite willing to submit. Crow-King Is also desir- ous of Interviewing tho * Grent ¥athor” with avigw to inducing that personage to give him u reservation on the Upper Yellowstone, where lio “may learn the ways ol clyillza- tlon.* Tie Mouse Committee on Forelgn Affairs decided yesterday by s unanimous vote to report in favor of o strict constructien of tho Monroe doctrine, belleving that * Amerl- cans must rule America.” The Committee holds that tho United States should adhere to a strict neutrality on all trans-Atlantle affairy, ana should expect and epforco non- Interfercnce of European nations in the aflairs of the whole Amerlean Continent. 1t is decidedly opposed to the construction of an Interoceanic canal under a European protectorate, or even the semblance of such, Lorp Lyrrox is evidently bent on vindl- eating his own polley while Governor-Gon- eral of India. Ie asked yesterday thatgoples of the correspondence between Shere Aliand Russlan oflicinls bo made publle, Earl Gran- vilie said hie had no objection to comply with Lord Lytton’s request, and then went on to say that the cqrrespondenca had been satls- fuctorily explained by the Russlan authort- ties, and by Gen. Kauffman In particular. Lord Lytton also gave notlee of his Intention to offer o resolution in regard to tho evacua- tlon of Candaha At a Councll of the French Ministers yes- terdny it was announced thnt tho United States Government had agreed to France's proposal for an International Monetary Con- forenco at Parls this year. Invitations will bo sent asking othor Governments to par- ticipate through representatives, It Is not declded whether tho luvitations will bo sent In tho name of France or in tho names of Frunce and the United States, The doublo standard will bo the principal topic of discussion at the propused Con- foronce. DRENNAN, Secretary of the Irish Natfonal Tand League, will visit this country in order to promote the spread of the organization among theIrlsh-Amerleans, Walsl, nnother prominent Lond-Leaguer, wiil vislt Australla in tho Intorest of the League. Both Walsh and Drennan will have to leave 1reland be- fore the Coerclon bUI becomes law, or they may not be able to leave. Several Home- Tule membera of Parllament propose to visit Davitt lu prlson. ——— SexATOR BLAm, of New ' ITampshire, wistres the coming goneration protected trom all aleoholio temptation, and in pursuance of his desire Introduced o resolution in the Sen- ate yesterday proposing a constltutional amendment which would prohibit the saloar manufacture of alcoholle beverages in this country, or the importation of the samo after the 1st of January, 1900, cxcept for wedlelnal Tue thaw and the ralns contlnue to causo dlsastrous floods at varlous points in tho South and West. Rallrond trave! Is much In- terrupted at the South on account of the washouts, hnd the ronds will net be in thorough working order for several days. ‘Tho breale In the lovees at New Orieans have beon repalred, but the floods in the lowor purt of tho -eity have not yot sbated, ‘Tho daniage {s very great. . Tne Senate Cogimltteo on Post-Offices and Post-Ronds ugreed yesterduy to recounuond an appropriation of 81,000,000 {0’ be-used In aceordancs with the recommendation of 2 Postmaster-Genernl Maynard in subsidizing Amerlea-manned vessels constructed of fron in compensation for earrylng the malls hetween tho United States and somu of the South American and Central Amerlean na- tions, Winntasm Lusarr died recently at Tru- mansburg, N. Y, 1Is widow died on the day of hils tuneral, his two sisters dled a few days aflerwards, and o lady who nttended the Intter durlig thelr [lness died also, The vietims were attacked by chills, the nature of whieh I8 not fully understood, Flve other persons of tho snme family were nlso at- tacked, but they have recovered, Joseeit N, Tummaurr was hanged at Annapolis, N, 8, yesterday for the murder of Charlotte 11ill. "The exccution wng wit- nessed by a large, disorderly, drunken erowd who had been gathering at the seene since the evening before, and who tore down the jail fonces, notwithstanding the cfforts of several Constables. ‘Thibault scemed to bo penitent. rrre——— Trrn BrNNtaskN, the Natlonal Liberal Ieadler In the Prussian Dict, became Ineensed At Herr Von Ludwim, who eharged him with breaking his onth to the King of Hanover. A challengo wns tho result, Von Ludwig wisely deelined to fiznt, but repented the eharges, IHurr Bunnigsen has'to grin and bear It. ——— M. MUSDELLA stated In the Tousa of Commons yesterday that he would take such steps ag would prevent, ns far ns possible, ilt- trentinent of cattie shlpped from this coun- try to England, 1Iosald, however, that the majority of the enttty landed from Anerien looked as though they were just from the farm, SrNAToR CoNsktana introduced o series of resolutlons in the Senate yesterday calling, on the Secrotary of tho ‘Creasury for detailed Informatlon as to the administration of the New York Custoni-lIouse and the working of the Civll-Service rules In that Institution. ‘I'ho resolutions wero adopted. A NEW line of ocean steamers will com- mence to ply between New Orleans and Lon- dont (Bng.) In amontli. Tho line will con- sist of fifteen steawers and will be largely cmployed in the transportation of bread- stuffs, Ono vessel will leave New Orlusns every week. rm—rm———— Tur: State Sennte yesterday econfirmed George Rahlfs as West Park Coninissioners the Ilon. Isauc N. Arnold as Lincoln Park Commissioner; Charles Arnd as Justich of the T’eace for the North Side; and Ammon Miller as Justlco of the Peace for the West Slde. Tig King of Spain refused to slgn the Minlsterlal Fisancial bill which passed the Cortes, and tho Minlsters have tendered him thelr resignatlons. 1t is probable that Sefiors Sngasty and Marilnez Campos witl bo in- trusted with tho task of formling the new Cabinet, CiTY-ATTORNEY GRINNELL, In Toply to. o question by Alderman Bond, helds that the Common Counell A% pass an ordinance re- quiring the bridges to be closed in the morn- Iniz from 6 to 7:50, andt in tho evening from 5:30 to 7, and that such an ordinanes will bo valld, TnE Board of Directors of tho Milwaukeo Chamber of Commerce passed resolutions yesterday favoring tho repenl of tha tax on Lanlk deposits, and calling on tho Wisconsin Congressmen to uso thelr best efforts to se- cure the repeal, ‘Tite Pennsylvania Rallroad Company has again reduced emigrant rates, Under the new schedule an lnunlgrant ean got to Chil- cago from Castle Qarden for §3, to Claveland for 52, to St. Louls for 6, and to Loulsvile for §4. C SEVENTEEN business and other houses of Walnut, o villnge on the Itock Island Rall- rond near Council Bluffs, Ia,, were reduced to ushes Monday., The bulldings destroyed ‘wero the prinelpal ones In tho village. Tho loss 18 placed at $50,000, Tur Addls divorce case, on trial at Grand Rapids, Mlich., promises {o be oue of tho most filthy and disgusting In its detalls that have been tiled In the West for & long time. ‘Tho evidence given yesterday wis very dawme- agmg to Mr. Addis CxsAR CANTU, un Itallan historian and politicinn, Is dead, Ile was In his 76th year. He enjoyed tho honor of having been Im- prisoned by the Austrian Government for his opposition to Austrinn ritle in Italy, e S Witras Hancount stated in the House of Comuions yestorduy that there were grave reasons why Davitt's ticket-of- leave was revoked, but he did not feel at Jb- erty to stato what theso reasons were. I ArPRornrATE resolutions on tho death of Congresswan Farr, of Now Hampshlre, were adopted by the llouse yesterday. Eulogles were delivored by Messrs, Briggs, 1all, Ray, Bland, Bowwman, Sherwin, and others, pae S ey LaTeEn intelligones Indieates that thirty- fivo persons lost thelr lives by the wreck of the lohemian on the Irish coast Sunday night. ‘Cho vessel and enrgo aro total losses. Their combined valuo was 737,000, el Ax amendment to tho rules of the Chicngo Doard of Trade increasing the admlssion feo of members from 81,000 to $2,600 was adopt~ ed by that body yesterday by a vote of 04 to T Tng British Government has orderod two reghnents, conslsting of colored men from the Barbadoes, to the Gold Coast, Africa, to do battlo with the King of Ashuutee's urmy, prosheeidie Sy | Dn. Winriax ‘Trevitr, who was Secre- tary of State for Ollo for threo terms, wid who hield varlous other political oftices, dicd yesterday ot Columbus in his T2d yeur. Tue House Committeo on Appropriations declded yesterday to refuse to recommend an approprintion for the publication u} the roports of Unlted States Consuls, Cmer Joser, of the Oka (Canadian) In- dlung, who translated the Lible fnto the Iro- quols languago, ls dead. Ilo was a Meth- odist elorgyman Tue Hon. Androw K, Hny, who repre- sented une of the New York districts ju Congress from 1640 to 1851, died "yesterday ab Winslow, N. Y, ; e — Brrring Is 5 to 2 that 1lanlan will beat Laycock next Monday on the Thiumes, T e e—— “Tug German Retchstax has been sum- moned to meat on the 15th inst, SBRUARY 9, 1881—T WELVE PAGES. WASHINGTON. Extraordinary Excitement on the Floor of the House Yesterday. The Members All Engaged in Log- Rolling for the Rivor Ap- proprintions. Parade of the Secrgeant-at- Arms with His Mace of ik Y Gold. L] Attention at Last Directed to the Legislative Bill Appropriating Seventeen Millions, The Scnate Galleries Filled with Ladies Desirous to Hear Conlkling. Continued T)ebncl.kon the Pension Bill~Conkling’s Call for Information. Widespread Satngaction with the Funding Bill as Doctored by the Long Report Reafiirming the Monroe Doctrine—Tho Electoral Count— Lake Frout. Foolish Actions of the Illinois bclega- tion—Bulldozors in Florida—Im- portant Uommittec-Work, IN THE YOUSE, OREAT ENCITEMENT, Spectat Diapatch 10 Th CMcagn Tridune. Wasmixaroy, D. Gy Teb. 8.—The mem- bers were so much exgited In the House this morning over the defeat of thoe Lliver and Iinrbor bill yesterday that §t was necessary for the Sergeant-at-Arms to parade up and down the hall with bis mace to reduce the niob to order. Thera had been a conlest he- tween the River and Hurbor bill, the Appor- tiomuent bill, and the Legislative bil, and finally the Jatter carried tho day, The sup- porters of the River and Marbor b, how- over, are determined to carry thelr poiut, and have gono systematically to work to In- sure tho passage of the log-rolling scheme, prellminary to the concerted effort which Is to be inude ns soon asthe Leglstative bl shall be coneluded. TIE MANAGERY OF THE DILL nro clreulatlyg v pABed fot~Blgners, Which™ pledges those who sign to coBperate to se- cure tha passage of the bill just as It came from the Committee, without amendment, and with enly two hours’ debate, About 150 gignatures have been secured upto thls evin- ing, ‘The bill will be breught up for passage fnnnediately aftor the Leglstative bill s dls- posed of. Very rapid progress was made with that bill to-day, the first reading having been dispensed with, Notwithstanding 1t appro- priates over 17,000,000, nearly half of the LIl was finlslied in o little more than an hour. It had been expected that there would bo considernble contest over thls megsure, but tho bill as It was reported, with the amendments proposed by the Committee, Is much less objectionablo than had Dbeen ex- pected, Indeed, tho results of the clection are nowhere more marked than in the House Avpropriations Committee, THAT COMMITTEE, which was 80 earnest a supporter of Speaker Randall In his early attempts to rulse the ap- proprlutions, Is wow undaing all the work upon which the false plen of Democratic ceonomy was based, and i3 practleally ro- storinz tho approprintions to the esthmates made by the Depurtments. These csthmates areus low as tho necessitics of the service will admit, Members of the Apnropriations Committee, Indeed, to-dny stated ihat there would undoubtedly bo defleleneles, oven on this bill, which, with tho mmendments, is about $18,000,000, Tho deficiencies which are expeeted are I fhe. Internal-Revenue Department, a8 It 14 Impossible, until after slx months have eclapied, to aceuratoly de- termine the amount of inonoy that will be re- quired. As it {3, tho Increase ln the bill is mainly In i TIE INTERNAL-REVENUE SERVICE, ‘The prosperity of the country Is indleated by the fact that, 1n the discussion of this bill, ¢ was stated that the internal revenue receipts for the coming fisenl year are cstimated ot $135,000,000, An attenipt was mnde to ineor- porate an amendment In the LI providing that the snlary of members who were absent without leave of the Houso should be de- ducted. 1t was urged that $100,000 could bo annunlly saved by a rule of this sort, but tho amendment was refected, partly because thore is an unexecutod law or rule ‘of the House, alrendy existing, and largely becansa the members did not wish to be lhampered by any sueh legislation, Thoe Ap- prapriatlons Commlttge was so liberal, not- withstanding its severe csltleisms of the ex- ponses of the Executlve, ns to proposo §500 for AN ELEVATOR IN THE EXECUTIVE MANSION, but this was ruled out on a polnt of order, Mr, Atklng oxplained that the amendment had been offered at the solicltation of Demo- cratsas well as Republicans, who proposed it qulte as much in the interest of visltors to the White House ns of tho inmates of the Txcoutlve Mansion. * Mr. Atkins added, nmoreover, that ho did not expeet that the Kto- publicans would occupy that bulldivg for all time to come. IN THE SENATE, EXPECTATION, Bpectal Dispatch o Tha Chlcago Tribunes W.asINGTON, D, ., Feb. 8,—Tho galleries of ths Senuto wero pucked soon after tho commencement of to-dny’s sesston lke sar- dine-boxes, and it was o noticenblo fact that the ludies wero out In great force, evidently oxpecting to witness whut Is called -t tho Capltol **n efreus performance of the floor.” “The Congressionul Record of to-dsy con- talned seventy-two puges of proceedings und spreclics, and was not dotivored to the Sona- tors until thoy were in thelr seats, Every one wus interested In the report of what was sald yesterday by Messes, Conkling and Butler, and no one read 1t more carefully thun the Benntor from New York, But he ecither found nothing tbat ho thought required from hlin person- ally, or asone of the Representatives of the State of New York, any gomment; or hs delayed his responso untll some future oc- cuslon. Somwsof thw Dewmocratic Senators expregs thely rearet that Mr. Butler should bave gone back of the recent Presidentinl cleetion and reopened old Issues, MIt CONKLING'S REPLY 13 advertised for ‘Fhursday, Meanwhile he posed a good deal before the Touse, Several Senators, having n crowsied awdience, In- dulged n good deal I oratorieal fllghts on the payment of some Mexiesn awards, but Senator Booth, ~who had eharge of the Penslon . Approprintlon bill, tinnlly re- tused to Jet them go on, and that Ml was wraln taken up, The questlon before the Senade was on & polntof order ratsed nzgalnst, the reeeption of an_aendnient offered by Mr, Plumb, appropriating $200,000 to be by mediately avallable for elerks In the Pension [¢]] the Adjutant-General’s office, and the Surgeon-General's office. A general debato ensucd on the polnt of order and on the gen- eral merits of the amendment, which wasg flually received by a vote of 3910 21 Mit CONKLING gratified the crowiled galleries by speaking, In i3 most Impressive manner, In favor of tho amendment, The bill a3 amended hav- ing been reported fo the Senate, neclanse providing that acerued pensions due Indian nenstoners shall, in the discretlon of the Comnigsloner, bo paid In installments, was ' en out. So was another clause, declur- ing that nothing in thisbill shall be construied 1o prevent an absolute assigiunent of his pension by n penslonar having nelther wife, c¢hild, nor parent dependent upon him. IT WAS EVIDENT, however, that several of the Senators who voted for the additionat $200,000 for addi- tional clerks had thelr doubts as to the wistlom of their votes, and It wiill not bo strunge If that Item Istaken from the Pension Appropriation hill with the understanding that it may be placeid on the Deticiency bHl “T'he Sennte lald aside the Penslon LHI on re- cuiving from the House ofticial notification of the deathiof Evarts W, Farr, of the Third New Hampshire Congressiounl Distrlet, "The eulozies defivered by Senutors Rolling und Blalr were in goud taste and tributes to the worth of the deceased Hepresentative TIIE CO ! AT CURIOSITY TO SEF 1T Dispatel ta The Chicago Tritunes WasniNaroy, 1, ¢, Feb, 8.—Complete ar- rangements have been made for counting the Flectoral vote to-morrow. The proceeding will bemerely formal. Everything 13 to be done decently and fnorder. The twa Iouses will meet In_joint convention at 12 o’cloek, and the votes will G counted In necordance with the joint resolution ndopted. There Is) great curloslty® to witness the proceedings, notwithstanding thelr formul chnraeter, and It hins been neeessary to Issue gpeelal tickets for that day. Tickets enough have been ls- sued to many thues 11l the gatlevies, It may bo proper now 1o say thaf, hnd no joint rule been adopted, the Viee-Presldent would have opened the cer- titieates and deelured the result practically in the form proposed by the rule adopted. 1Ie would have declded no contested: enses. As to Georgia, he would have stated, In nis summary, that, with tho vote of Georgla, the vote for Gartield would have been suchn nuaber; without 1t, it would havebeen such a number; and, at the concluslon, he would have presented tho total of thae votoe without any further deelarationasto who was elocted, I WARRANT FOI SUCH A PROCEEDING .18 found 1u the langunige of the Constitution, which detinres tust the person laving the' greatest nwmber of votes for Prestdent shall bo the Prestdent. The Innguage of the Con- stitutlon is mandatory, With such u record as the Viee-President would have made Gen, Gartield would have been the constitutionnl Presldent of the United States without any other formal act excent the oath of oftice. THE YUNDING BILL. OUINIONS Syacial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, WasiNaroy, D, C, Feb, 8.—A Treasury ofticlal to-day, commenting on the Funding i, satd: “The Funding blil, ns re- ported by the Senate Finanee Commit- tee, appears to mect with goueral approval, Tho more earefully Hs -pro- visions are studiad, the more clearly itls scen that the seeuritles authorlzed are such as eau besuccessfully marketed, and that the ‘| seheme Is adjusted with particular regard to the necessitles of the Govermment In an economical carrying out of the Slnking Fund law. 'Tho netion of the Committee in strik- Ing out tho fifth scetion ks warmly commend- ed by many members of both ITouses, now that timo has allowed them to look uto the subject more carefully, and who now see clenrly the effeet which thattruly extraordin- ary ineasure must have had In suddenly con- tracting cirenlation and fujuring the busl- ness of tho country, From Iuformation re- cofved here FROM SEVERAT PARTS OF TIIE COUNTRY, thers can be little dount that, had the netion of the House been conflrmed by the Senate, thera would have been an enormous with- drawal ot circulation by National banks be- fore May 1, at which date tho new law wus to take effeet, and 1t is not easy to exaggor- ate the disastrous effects which would have regulted front the locking up Inthe ‘Treasury of so great an smount of legal-tender notes. It Is belleved at the Trenswry that the notes nuthorlzed at a rato not to ex- ceed 81¢ per cont will uppes! successfully to floating eapital, The notes will always boat or nbove par, and thelr eapacity for earning a fair rate of Interest for money which would otherwlse be non-productlve, and cer- tainly the fuct thas they can bo negotlnted at any time, will bo strongly in thefr fuvor, THEY SEEM LIKELY TO UECOME POPULAR and Jmportant In moeney markots,—p sort of National call loan. ‘fhe 520 bonds ‘at 8¢ ver cent will certainly . bo sold rapidly, Indeed, 1t fs rumored that it Is quits within the possibllities that the wholo lonn may be subseribud for enbloe, The Secrotary 13 not likely to lot thom go so cheaply, and It Is understood that ho oxpects them to reslize about 1 per centum premium, In which caso tho savings In commissions would rlval those mude In, plrcing the last $:00,000,000 of 4 per cents, Owing Lo tho short aption of redeemability of the now securities, und the certainty of reg- ular annual redemptions to meet the necessi- ties of the Sinking-Fund law, TUE SMANNELR OF DETERMINING the particulur bundy or notes to ho redesmeod from thue to thno Is of vitel fwportance to fuvestors. ‘Che lottery, fuature was wisoly abandoned Ly the Louse, but nothiug was suggosted to tako tho pincs of that unAmer- feun seheme. Tho Senato Committev huve very properly adopted tho mode proseribed for bonds Issued under the act of 1870, and the new yotes and bonds will be redeemet back-cnd forwards,—that is, bonds und notes Jasued lust, and conseauently bosriug tho Righest numbers, will be the first redeemed, anc so on until tho earlivat Issues and lowest numbears aro reached, It follows, of course, that tho first subseribers ln each class of seenrltios will .lm able to keep thelr holdings Jongest, This Is “but fust, and it hos afurthor advantageof loteing overy Investor know Just how he stunds ns vegurds tho - permangney of hls investment, 1L willl wlso PHOMOTE EARLY SUBSCRIPYIONS TO THE BE+ CURITIES, For hylders o rodeomable bonds who may wish to quietly turp thom over into new se- curitles the provisious of the second seation g, Wl ern E 3 =7 g2t FIVE CENTS. open the door, The Department undertakes 10 muke exclinnges just as soon ns the bilt is passed, without the intervention of hankers, brokers, or any agents whatever, All that will be necessary s to surrender old boneds prior to their maturity, and interest will e carefully adjusted to thedate of the maturity of the bonds, and a check for the smine, to- gether with the new bonds, transmitted to the owner. ‘This s sure to he n pupulur feature with Natioual banks, as well as pri- vate persons. TO RECAMITULATE, the measure ngreed upon by the Senato Con- mittee makes « mapid and econombeal fund- iz of the redecmable bonds a certalnty, It creates two classes of seenritles that are destined to beeome popular with Investors and profitable to the Government, nd it stops short of o reckless interforence with the difieult and dellcate problems connected with the curreney, for all of which the busi- ness-men of the country will be profoundly thankiul, THE BULLDOZERS. BISDEL'S CONTLST. Bpeetal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. WasmisaToN, D, C., Feb, 8,—1loratlo Bis- bee, Jr., recelved the following dispatel this mornn: Maptson, Fia, Feb, B~Intenze excltement here. Fight In our presence, and Euunu's lire threatened. Have heen obliged to stop. Ouno wan killed. What shall [do? H. JeNKisg, Jin ‘To this dlspateh Representative Bisbeesent the followhiys repiy: Cnll on Judgo Settie to tnko testimony. Cone tinuo valess provented by force. To abandon Madison will enconrnge violence elsewhere, But act oy your Judgment, ‘Ihe explanation of the above dispatehes Is as follows: Col, Bisbee was n candidate for reélection to Congress lnst November. His Dumocratie competitor wag Jesse J. Finley. Finley was declared elected by the Demo- cratic ofilclals by a mujority of about 1,000, Col, Blsbee aileges that THIS APPAREN ORITY 18 FRAUDUL and that he was falily and legally elected. Within the required period subsequent to the election Col. Bisbee notified his opponent that he would contest the seat of the latter in the Forty-seventh Congri Col, Bishee employed as his attorney Gen, 1L Jenkins, a prominent lnwyer resldims at Jucksonville. Gen. Jenkins served throughout the War with distinction as un oficer of # Massuchu- seits regliment, und was mustered out of the service ns u Drigadier-General by brevet, Ile s been n eitizen of Florldn during the lnst sinteen years, but, of course, s stilta “ecarpet-bagger,” aud, therefore, In tho chaste. Jougunge of Mr. Alken, of South Coroling, is o **legalized political hurglar.” Mr. Euwzan, also, has been a reputable eitizen of Florida during the last sixteen vears, but hotoo tabors under the disabitity Incurred by a previons residénce In the Stute of New Yurk, and 18, therefore, In the same words of TIfJ: CALY, NON-UARTISAN, COL. HOOKERL, an®alien and a stramger to the soil and the fnstitutions of - Florida”” Doth Gen. Jenkins and Mr. Egnn are represented to be brave and discreet men. Madison, at which place Gen. Jenkins' telegram I3 dated, Is tha county seatof Madisou County, Florida. Ina fair clection thy county retuins n Repub- lenu mujorlty o€ 430 0 500, The Democrutle Electlous Committes of the present House of Revresentatives allowed My, Bisbee n major- ity in this county In 187 of 232, besides 153 votes which were not counted. After the eleotion, lnst November, " Tk METURNY WERE “pberonep ¢ 80 as to show u Democratic majority of about fifty in Modison County, Yesterduy Gen, Jenklns, In his eapnelty of attorney, arrived at Madison to tuketestimony In_support of Col, Bisbee's election contest. 1le was ace companled by JMr. Eagan, who Isa Notary Publle. The receptlon which nwalted theso pentlemen fs outlined In the dispatch first quoted. A few further fuets about the po- litleal conditlon of Madison County have been obtalned from o perfectly trustworthy source, So open and flagrant were the violn- tlons of the Election lnws Inst November that proceedings were begun against a number of the offenders. TWENTY OR THIRTY PERSONS WERE IN- * DICTED, A colored cltizen named Crosby, who angwered o subpenn of the United States District Court, and testlied 1u some ot the ceases, veturned to his home, where he now 1ies suifering from n gun-shot wound in the shoulder, inflicted by Demoerntie would-be asssing, who, fn this case, only wounded when they meant to kill. A UNITED STATES MANSIIAL who recently went with n posso of thirteen men to arrest some of the persons Indicted, on his return reported that his journey was ke nmilitary expedition through an enemy’s country, Iis wmen were compelled to carry and cook thelr own rations, nd toemmup Inthe woods ‘every nlght. Not n night passed that the party was not fived upoit by *“bushwihnckers” from some safo plaea of concenlwent, The Marshal sue- ceeded In arresting four of the hudleted Denioerats. ‘The remainder of them loudly swenr that thoy will never submit to arrest, In the coursa of a *personal explanation * In tho 1louse of Nlepresentatives last Thurs- da! Y pugseNTATIVE DAVIDSOY, of the ¥irst Distriet of Florldn, dwelt upon tho amiable virtues displayed by the Denio- crats of thut State, and denounced tho bitter aud mallgnant spirltof Florlda Republie- ans, The events now transpiring In Madl- son County are nilt commentary tpon the truthfulness of tho decluration which Mr, Davidson so fluently and emphatleally made, and which thq Alkens and, the Ilookers of tho South nre so fond of repeating nt every opportunity, Col. Bisbeo witl eall upon TIE ATTORNEV( AL to-morrow morning to sco | ething cnn- not be done for the protection of his connsel and the witnesses who may bo summoned to testify i his behatf, Under the Inw United States Judge Scttle can take the testimony in the case, and probably even the mnlable and veaceablo Democerats of Florida would not molest i, ‘Thelr evident design, however, I to defeat Col. Blsboe’s contest by Intiml- datlng his witnesses so that they wiil not daro to testlfy in his bohialf, “Chis 5 2 now dovel- opment of the Sotthern Dimocrntio consvir- acy to suppress Republicanism in um’Suulh. £ ILLINOIS, & THE DELEGATION, Bpectal Dispatch {0 The Chicago Tribune, WasiiNGToN, D, C.,, Fob. 8.—The lllinols detegation ure In o troubled state of mind with respeet 1o thetr general and several ree- ommendutions t6 Gen, Garfleld a3 to thelr choles of a Cubinet olicer from Ilinols, As s boen frequently Indleated in theso dispatehes, the delogation ugreed that they conld 1ot agree upon any one nume, aud thoy sent forward o lettor, presenting to Gon. Garlleld for his consideration some five names, Among those nhwes wero tho fol- lowing: Emery Storya for Attorney-tienoral; Gen, Humn for the Trensury ; Robert Lincoln forthe Interior or Post-Oftlco; Gov, Oglesby and another, unnamed, asngenoral candldato at large, ‘The delegation, 1i thelr ysterious Sanhedrim, sgroed, however, that, whilo thoy would send this jolnt and sevoral oumi- bus reeonunendution to Gen, Gorfleld us an fllusteation ot the fuct that they could not agree upol any one nay, 1linols having so Jargo o llst of possible avuitable candldutes, vach should reserve the right te write A SEPABATE LETTER TO UEN. GANFIELD advocating his own individual candidate, aud " entd Buropean. Powers, Y] £ & @nsno proviso that tho members of thi « == gtlon In these Individunl letters should ne bspeetfilly recommend themselves in the joint letter, 1t appenrs that thero wns a’ reservation ot i quallfieation made as to ona of the eandidates, Since the foint letter wag aent it 14 learned, doubtless from Mentor, bo- cauge the delegation here Issworn to secresy, that the Jmdividual members of the delegas * tion lmva been very nctive ands very carnest In sending forward their pri-- ! vate letters, and it i3 discovered that, In one Instance at least, one of tha members withdraws Wls recommendations In the pool of five. He hiad been frightened ; fnto writing this letter of withdrawal by some ndverse comuonts on his course In I, nols, based upon the report of the proceed= ings of the delegation contained in theso dis- - palches. 2 . MONROE DOCTRINE. THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. Ty WasmNaroy, . €, Feb, 8,—~The Iouse - Committee on Forelgn Affairs unanimouslys.. adopted thy report of the Sub-Committes ' {Mr. 1), of Ohlo, Chalrman] upon the .- Crapo resolutlons, decluring the policy of the ' United States in reference 1o the inter-i- ocennic canal, and fnstructed Mr, Hil 1o re-: vort the same, with the substitute resolutfons accompanying, 1o the llouse, with a recom- - mendation for their ndoption, 5 ‘I'he report says: 1 the Monmoe doetrine could properly apply to . tho estnblishment of a monarchical system on tho Western Iomisphiere in 1822, your Come mitteo nro of tho-oplnion that it would also upply tu any nttempt on the part of Europenn Governments to cause so great a.chanko in tho nuvigation of the two sruat uccans ng tho condtruetion of thls proposed canal must necossarily do. Tho United States Goveri- ment, in 182}, by this botd declaration on tho part of her President, gave notico ta the wurld that she wouli regard as unfricndly nny effurt vn the part of Kuropean Governmentsto establish & munarchical systein on the Western Hemisphere; ns a danger and monges to her. penee and gnfety: and sho would akl the South Awmerlean Itepublics, by forco {f neceasury, In maintnining thele Independenco from foreiga couquest and dominion. IF TIE MESSAGE OF MONROR meant auything at all, 1t must have menat this, Othorwise it wad merely an empts’ declarution of words, without meanine and without reguit, ‘The United States, by the treuty of 1804 with New Grenads, also pramised thelr nid in presorving the neutrality of tho Isthwus of Panumn gnd tho domnlinton of the republle of Now Grennda over that Isthmus, and when tho United States guve notico to the worlid that she would rezurd as unfrivndly any intervention of the European | powers, it would scem she nlso ‘prom- ised * hor own non-intervention, unless menaced by threatened dangers on the part of Sho hes Justly tho right, therofure, lo be consulted in all mntters pertalning to the construction of uny modo of - translt across the lsthmus of Panamn. No Amerlean statesninn, 08 far a8 wo ure ‘ndvised,: hus ever taken the bold ground that the and proffers of friendshlp tendered by the Unlted States to any of her sister Hepublics on thissido of tho Atlantic meant that those Hepublics should bo denled . : TIE RIGHT TO IMPIOVE THEIR OWN TERII= - TORY - 3 Every Government should huvo the powerta ' * oxcerclse the right of emiuent domain over ber own territory, nud to oxerciso that right overn domaln not her own s u relteration ot the de« «luration of tho right clafned by tho Soly Al " llunce, or rather u revamping of the prinoiples / of ununjust Holy Alliance. The United States are oo atroug 1o fear and too gront to be joulous - should thoconstructionof an ntoroceanocanal- across the Isthmus of Pununa by the Republlo of New Grenada bo mado under proper \, Runrintees and stipulations and In exnct sccords nneo with tho exlstiug treaties. Therocouldcers tuinty be no fear on our part from the ltepublio of New Gronndn. Our great superiority of strongth and ull thoso clements of power which constituten great nuton of people utterly fore id tho Mew of danger from apy such sourea a8 tbat, aod, fn the event . thut tho construction of n ship canal neross the Jsthmus of Panuma or cliowhers by au nesoointion or nesociutions of citizens of - ditferent nationnlities under tho Iaws, guldance, ° and control of tho Republi¢ of New Grennda, with neuns furnlshed from nll parts of the, #lobe, as the menny for all great Improvementa’ Involviug vast expouditures aro always furs. niehed, snoult fn event of wur become n point of disputebetiween the Government of the Unlted States aud wny other Governtment, it wauld ba qnite ns ensy to selza the canal by torce of urms, - andsubjectit to Amerienn control, as it woull by force of arms to prevent its construction. The dilference would bo its worth und the uses of trausit . AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER, agalnst tho barren and fruitless obstruction to 1ts construction. ‘That such translt would greate Iy banetit the commerew of ull the Stutes, on both ocenns, and he ot great ndvantage in timo of war to the United Stutes, cannotboe doubted. Should it bo constructod entlroly by -the United States, under ubsolute contrat of the United States, and war should- ensuc It probably would ubido the hazard of conflict and fatl into tho hands of tho stronges! purty, by whomsoever constructed. It could noverbe n fort, nor would the dungersof its | navigation doter & strong power from attempts g 1ts relzuro and control, The logienl slgnifi= - cunco of tho Monroo doetrino s, that the tlugs .. of all ourcls-Atlantio Rupubilics shail, with thoje approval und our ald, forever float over tholr: . own dominlon, and that no othor flag shall. While we are so justly proud: of our own glant strides towards future wealth, power, and Nutlonul grentness, would it not add 10 thut pride, fo Justly chierished, If our peoplo - could look with welcomu composure on all the | efforts of our forelgn slsters to cmulato our ex-"" ample? The Invreaso of tholr population, wealth, and commerco 18 the corresponding ine crouse of our wealth and commerco. Differeticos i soll, climate, snd prodiction \' maka’ interchango and cxtension of ull our cotnters cinl rolitions dosirablo sud profitunle, The Com= mittes on Forelgn Alfales cnimot wige upou the Houso the adoption of n resojutlon Iu viclatlon of cxisting treatfes. 'Fhnt respect with which wo huve ulways demanded and always com= mand_from the nutions with whieh wo are on friendly terms, shoulil bo extended by us to such’ - nntlons, If wehave entered into solemun treuty« stipulation with other Covormments .wosker thun our own, which tho lapso ol years und on- ward mareh of unforescon oveuts muke seoms ingly dlsadvantageous to us, ) 2 LVERY PRINCIPLE OF Q00D FAITIT S and of cquity and that magnanfmity which: shauld fmpel the stronger powor ta respect the, wenker, would require ut lonst a reasonnble of- fort on our part, by diplomutic intercourso or by treaty amendmunts or treaty abrogutions, to seeura such othor guurantios und securitics as’ woull protect our natlonal fntercats and come ! port with our natonal dignity, Tho oxeoutive. - branch of tho Govornmeut of the United'j Btates 1s supposod to bo fts most lmportant de- purtent, bocausa 't 18 presumed to speak | tho voleo of tho pooplo of the United Statos,yo& the Cunstitution ouly conters, und wisely con= furs, upon ono branch of Congress the rightto purticlpato i tho treaty-mmking power, and that branch, too, which s not otected by tha peoplo; und 80 sacrod was this piwor regurded Ly tho frumers of tho Constitution thut they provided thut ull procecdings of that brauch of Congresa In rutilication of trustles should Bo furever socrot, . NO BOLD DECLARATION on tho part of Congress could ubrogato p troaty, | but fteouid hampor and greutly huuder the Ex. ccutive Dupartiunt of the Governwent, nlwayd fn possessivn of much tnfunnation aud wioy fucts unkuown to Congresy, In ndjusting dittis cultios thut seuinlugly vsist, - € the message of | Monroo hadsuch salutury otfoetus to frighten slh FEurope from our western abores, your Commitioo aro of uplnlon thyt, should sy cingrgondy arisey u itko Juoluration togother with tho nover-ceass fug vightanea ot the Stute Depastment, backed with the greatly superlor power ot our Goveros ment at this thmoe, as compured with 183, would