Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1881, Page 1

The Chicage Dailp VOLUME X FRIDAY, 7 . LIFE_INSURNCE, ~" THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT or T New-York Life Insurance Co. CFTICE, Nos. 346 and 348 BROADWAY. JANUARY |, 188I. Jmount of Net Cash Asgsets, January 1, 1880.............38,185,431,08 REVENUE ACCOUNT. .$1,014,819.59 . 367,989,02~40,646,830,87 ? 2,635,877,95 + 37,9894 1= 2,317,398,94=40,984,719.41 $47,100,161,00 DISBURSEMENT ACCOUNT. - , Including Reversionary additions o same... ... ... .....$4,131,724.37 d‘,’:,’,:\’..",f;":'v'u""'fiu'fi and discounted, including Reversionasy ‘sddiifons: " e . 579, 8 me 2,203,580,02 212,424.00 pETIMNS L conasrasanssre ie @ remiums Jan. 1, 189 S e dai 1,800, ims on caneelied pofices. Shysic prinfing, &o.... 1o 38 s, dividonds, an Aonull, e Insurance Eimmiseions, brokeraet, agercy $te and taw oxpensvs, salaries, advortising ABBETS. hand, and [n transit (sincs recelved:, A o Statos, Now York CIty, and atner si 770804.30 322,910,64—$5,800,030,24 $11,344,120,86 ~ . $852,028.10 ' 0 14,925,174,09 15,764,968.05). e "‘i".',ffi'nium 3 st e o Yol GvONts, (Bultdinigs- thareos Tnsared oo os9 : B 0500000 and the policies assigned 1o the Company a3 aitlona) collateral security) 16.464,922.23 fimporary loans, (secured by siot T . . 2,491,000.00 #Loans on "'"'"E,’.‘Z,";‘{‘éfié'fl&o{"““‘ held by the Company on these osnasii oy Sam s premii an Siiig polis,due Gobss: 1o Quent (0 I8N, 4 ABBY oo 972, xisting paifciés in Course of easmer e B S e e N rest on nvesiments Jan. 1, 1881 . 3576131841 348,020.85 Beered 1ot o value of securllics Over cosi e i accompany *ie winal annual e State of New Vork, $43,183,9384.81 4 detailed uludnlf: K: these items Jeport filed with the Insurance Desastiwent ef CASH ASSETS, Jan. 1, 1881.. Approprinted ns follows ¢ duo subsequent to Jan, 1, $338.408.40 fifl;'.‘xi% B waiiing proat, ¢ e Jiiored endowments, dus and 'unj 158 Annulties, due and unpaid...... s 5.2 re-insurance on existing polieles; participating insuranco Bt o ata mot premilra § non.shrlleipating ALD por cone Carliste net_premium B ©35,473,691.79 e confingent 11 Foniine Dividond Fund, sbove a 4 per cent. reservo on existing pelicies of that class. 1,752,165.82 Reserved for premiums paid In munvq\.......‘..‘............‘, 14,084.62 . . 238,808,837,62 Divisible Surplus at 4 per centu.ciiciriiiiiiiiiisoieeia...8$4.205,096.90 Istimatod Surplus by the New Tork Biate Standard at 435 per cont., ovor $9,000,000.,00 surplus of $4,295,086 the Board of Trustees has declared a Revarsionary m!!‘.’,'.(‘ l«‘:ml;’l‘l‘gllpvl"(jl!r\la poll cfls in proportion (o tholr contributlon to surplus, avallable on setile~ ment of Mnrannm\l premium, During thoe yeor 6,946 policies have been lommod, insuring $22,229,979. L1, 48 X oun 3 201,807, Tanlesior {i::. 14879, 43,00, Py {“ B s mniL Jan. 1, 1860, 45,705, at ris an, 1, % Tollcles tn foree (0. 3 at: Ab.ot5. Jan, 1, 1883, 135,726,346, 3. 876,$1,906350. Divisible ( Jan.d, 1877, $2.626.016. n"“"s :g;?: ‘{:533:“ " Fhcome I 77, 1,867,457, an. 1, 1978} 2,664.1 daims / 1878, 1,687,676, from 4878, 1,948,065, Burplusat < Jan. 1, 1879, 25114 1879, 1569854, 1879, 2,033,650, Jan. 1, 1880, 32,1203 pata (1880 3,731,724; Interont ( 1880, 2317,889. 4 per cent, ( Jan.1; 1381, 1,295,096, s TRUSTELES: S N ¢ VID DOWS, CHARLFS WRIGHT, M, D, RS Arxfi'llnilfl)w.' ORGE, A. 05¢G00D, EDWARL MARYIN, £ WILLIAN BARTON ENKY BOWERS, JOLN MAIRS, RILLIAM A, BOOTH, S L. WHITE, EDW. A, WHITTEMORE, It B CLAFLIN, . B, CoLLiks, HENRY TUCK, M. D. JOHN B, FURMAN, ALEXANDER §TUDWELL, "7 WILLIAM H. DE| R. SUYDAM GRANT. THEODORE M. BANTA, Cashier, MORRIS FRANKLIN, D, O'DELL, Superintendent of Agencies, Prosident, CHAS, WRIGHT, M.Duy by gy, WILLIAM H, BEERS, HENLY TUCK, M. D,, Vico-Presidont and Actuary:—" GEO. W, PERKINS, Mannger. 13. R. DE YOUNG. Cashier. 85 WASHINGTON-ST., CHICACO, IL - SELECT TAILORING. _PHOTOGRAPHY, . SPRING, 1881, | &/ M Py S w S our early importations of choice Fm' PIIO'IUGRA\I)"S “‘hfll fabries for the season, now in rend- A4 A iness for Inspection, = 10 per cent discount until March 1, 1881, and 20 per cent on all Henvy Winter Goods for same period. 75 Madison-st., 1o making Cabinets for 4 per doz, equal to ANY produced elsewhere, AUCTION SALL EDWARD ELY& CO. BYE , FLERSHEI & C0.™™ TATLOIRS, Tk PA“!‘T'NGSI AND STUDIES ifiss ANNIE C. SHAW ,_ME{!‘!_CU‘“ {7 MENIER, WL b sofd AT AUCTION, at For Breakfast! |° O'BRIEN'S ART GALLERY, 208 Wabash-av., - MENIER. On FRIDAY and SATURDAY, Feb. 25 and 26, commencing at 2 o'clock Sold Everywhere. cach day. PER DOZ. PARIS AND LONDON. Yow York Depot 286 Greenwich St. o0 ¥ Vi [ = NORTIL GERMAN LLOYD, New York-~London--Pdris. Bletners salt Lvery saturday from New York 1o Sutthampton and Hremens irs buoked for London Lgu" mies, Hates of pussige from by garom bondon, Sluvre, sud i r len Secold-clnsa cabin, 0} slewrni, b8 Hox femlickus e tudlaced Taton. GRLITCIR & COC won, . Who “wounn.o Ji fhom Wrowen i Cf authopizd to sl L SBIEN Ltouth Cintk- 0., Auctioneors, ASSIGNEES SALE. AT ATUOTION, $8,000 Stuck “Staplo and Fauey Gro- cevies, Horses, Wagons, arness, z ENTIRE 8TOCK OF LINDBERG & LAWSON, 35 & 37 N, Clarksst, FRIDAY, Fob. 25, at 10a, Hy arder of Court, BLISON, FLIRSIBIM & S, NEW PUBLICATION: . DUECT FOR GInnATTAR AN B s V8o fallyy M 4 . " s i Yavddi | St Nicholas for March. tle, tarch, 1 p.on. S, Torlold] March 2. noon ! Apeedl 6,11 . s, coruge, 631 » g AN, Ayent, 8 Bowling Green, footof 07 Clork-st., Al Kyt Chteugo, Yerpool, IA“I“‘""& llu\fifil. rtulli""fl"' i, N, ery Uhursdny, First Cabli, &0 1o araaa itk 10 hceomtlniartution, * dacunid Cubit, 455 Adu g ik b Theaw widainers carey nelthor Al IALDWIN & CO., 'xhxlml-ib.l'nlclflfl‘ huor! Capt. b ot KD, *'Mademofselle Adefina Paffi; AGED ELEVEN YEARS, The Won'sful Cl0 Prima Doam 1 ( A wonderfully rich number, brillantly Nlus. trated, contalning Mra, Oliphant's paper on **Lady Jano Grey"" “Recollections of a Linls Prima Doana,” etc., etc, Sold everywhere; price a5 cts. SCRIBNER & ¢0., Now York, MISC (N 2 I el 5y ol of Yo oliegs.™ | - FAMILY WOTEL, g s oLyl e Gless | oy ARENDON HOUSE, Cur, North Clurk und Outarlo-sts. Lk toTili 0 tha rivor in the best rest- wi thiy North N, foen ey g™ i, "‘K’l‘. l:;\&r Loevla UEcunciiy, Hitarys o Ry fiven. Lonn, 1 Aerany AcAp: utere Tt JIURIEES “TO0RS, tra. indsniiis Wit A FAIRBANKS. MORSE & 0O, ) ot o0 dealrable. Bond 111 & 143 Lake St., Chicago, H0ULIEE, Suala' Han, Buston, Mass, Bo cacefialtobuy oaly tho Genulng, o . CUSTOM TAILORING, FEBRUARY 25, 1881—TWELVE PAGES. % ji 8 8D} Largest Custom Tailoring Department | TIHE WORLD! Containing more goods from which to mnelee se- lections than any FOUR ordinary Tailoring es- tablishments. There are no goodstoo nicefor the customersof Willowghby. ilill & Co. We can sell anything, for we lic. Owr facilit We asle no credit, and discowunt «ll bill. havethe confidence of the pub- s for buying are not equaled. i 30 seconds, if by so doing we cun malee @ fraction of one per cent extra., and our prices to youw are based upon what we pay for good, If we get GOOD TRADES by Laeing plenty of means to pay SPOT cush, yow also lcee shre iiv the same. Any busines we mean.and a ers are the Si cago. THEY Enow awwha THEY We are jus ings and Overcoatings Man il aender. large proportion of our custo - LARTEST business men of Chi- nd rwhat £ LI Y weant andachen get itjust RIGHD, and at RIGIIT price. CTAM BULL?’ of early Spring Swit of the vight wweight for owr ctiamate. Did you sgy you wowld come in? Open till wine at night, WILLOUGHBY, HILL & CO0.”8 IMMENSE CUSTOM DEPARTMENT, Cor. Madison and Clark-sts. AMUSEMENTS. T CENTRAT, SUSIC-HALL. e o 1 o NIGU®, nnd firat ap- the disitngulshed - AnmNEE HOM. rite Enstory T i Sololvt with fu enr 0 NI i, Wil oy Jtererved Soats enn now be xeenrod forthe SECONT WEEK ot the Berlesof Concerts under the direction uf THEQ, THOMA With the following brilllant progeams: ndny, Keb. & Dusnatian of Faust. duy, Murch i el Pro Matin Wey Thnesda Frida Satur = n i uturduy i The Distinguishied Planisg, Herr JOSEEFY, Asalating on Wednowiny THUGSASY! and Friday Ev toservod Bents tor sule at the Hox-Ofice st & LU 7120, and £200 weentdiig 1o hoenton. At 15 CAL o MILWARD A HOOLE Monday, Fob. 21, every eventng. nnd Wednesduy und el SR TREMENDOUS NUCCESS OF 3 . A, HEARNE'S HEARTS O OAIL. and KATE CORCOIAN fn_ tholr supported by i caretitliy-selected m and MiN g e finl “Widow ACADEMY OF MUSIC, avent Sde, Halsted-st., inenr Mudtean, WML EMM ols Pripriotor. NICK NORTON' Sunager Vivery Evenfug wnd Mntin heehns und Jones, T Griginnl 1 A= Niith, Wit pretnltic HAIRY G, RICHSIOND and Min FLORENCE BTOVER In I.'l‘l’u‘l}' o do A THEARD orlitinal chyract Drnate Compun; HA Mondsy. ¥ Wednendn: e 12 aToR, M ACH % Aiernwon=Only ALYINI Matinco— “next woelk ean yow be secnred. MVICKLIUS THEATRE, Enthusinstlo eception und Shouts of Laughter bas B s Lo £l M Comedy Felday Evoning snd Suturdny Muthice, TH MUF ONE OF ONLY N RICE’'S SURPRISE PARTY, In tho areat musical ndinn extravazonm, “HIAWATHA.' ALL THE GREAT FAVOUITES APPEAMR, Memoupur Satyrduy Matinge. | Nughit— A ({2 Hunday > Slonduy—A THOS. W. KEENE. WIS FIDAY NIGHE, .. 1 A ML c el regy e Al Rveno=HANLET 1 moderh spoctaentar 1ERN BEAB] on The TRERAGUE'S 0L EMPIC THETTRE: Every Evening at¥, MaWncor Woduesday, Saturday, wnd dunday, LEAVITT'S GIGANTIC VARIETY COMBINATION. [ T WwaANTED T Oapitallet to take control of Riche ards’ Firo Esocapo. Address b G2, 'Sribune UBlve, Prices vevy veasonable, and all vight, 4 Anon, niore,” AR ons b RWEAR, ERY, AND VES, Our stocks embrace an unusual- 1y large variety of medium, fine, and extra fine qualities, which we arc offering atvery attractive prices _MEN § 113,115, II7 & 19 State-st. L PREPAEED F0OL SAVE THERR LIVES, DR, RIDGES PREPIRED Foo) a0y And they wiil bo b ANTE, 1thy wnd huppy. GALE & BLOCKI, OCKIOLDELR! ) STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS, Kot s by i that the Aununt Moetin e Chilenso & of 1k Ikiway Cotpany will bo 0t (1 “hlenwo, in e iy ol Chlewso, (n the Surcl next, nt 2 o' Notieo ta b tha Gran Bl ut v 1'al th nlate ot 111y Mureh hoxt, b s o' _Lrurt Huran, Micl RUPTUHE Reward b ct l“c;m;!:\lt-m‘nlnm\lfll‘l;l‘l_l 7 e of dtupe Jameos Keillor & Son’s DUNDEE MARMALADE Fur Salo by First-clise Grocars, o ren sALE O, PR S4L Tho Furniture, ) whil of 4% voom Fos e 8 darau busihiss tlrea yeurs, ind the tel un the West pid Tl Ve i G gt threa yeats, iud the TR DU AW U1 1 DIkl Cabe 13 CIpOTIE et YA TSR T s S ko 1ugius & Gl sk i FOR SALE. On North Clark-st,, a First-Glass Grocery, Cause for selling oat will bo explalned, Addrcss ¥ 38, Tribune utfive, She Tribue, 50301, Population of Chlea - AT T ek Inat evening, fn accordunce with Mr. Gladstone’s motion, alf the amend- ments offered to the - Irish Caerclon bill by the Home-Rule members wers ut by the Speaker {0 the lonse and rejeeted—871 to 53, Mr. Forster then moved the third reading of the bl where- tpon Justin MeCarthy noved its rejection, g that tho ehiel reason given Ly the Government recently for pressing the bill— the netion of the Fenlans in Amerleu—iwas not tenable. Trishmen in Trelond ought not hesub. Jeeted to vsplonnge and coeselon on necount of the saylngs ov dothes of John Devoy and O'Donovan-Rossa In this country, Sir Willinm Harcourt replied, and remarked on the absence of Mr., Parnell from the Honse, Ite quoted from speeehes by Devoy nnd Davitt, and sald that men who used sueh Langnage shoukd be stamped upon by Ene glishmen “us if they were a nest of vipers.” AL M Sullivan reptied. i P AN quisitvie reporter intervlewed Gen, ilancuel yesterday to ascertain the why and wherefore of his proposed attendance ot the Presidential funugural ceremontes on the 4ih brox. Gen. Hancock sald, sensibly enough, Gt Gen. Gartleld hal been elected by the Amerlean people, his election had been de- clared by the Demaeratic Senate and House, that e was to be the Chief Executive of the Nation for four yrats, and he did not think of the political nspeet of the atter at all, but was to attend the Inpugnral as o mark of respeet to Gen, Garfield, and at the Invitation of the Chairman of the Insugnrnl Commit- tee. e sald that his reason for dectining to become the guest of the Chairman of the in- angural Committee was that he expected several friends to enll on him while in Wash- ington, aud that if he stald ot o private house it wontd be embarrassing to himself, s visitors, and probably te his host, — L FEORGE B, BURNETT, of the Fourth Cavalry, who was a cadet at the West Point Academy at the thne of the Whittaker mutl- lation, was esamined yesterday before the Whittaker Court-Martial, He was asked to describe how Whittaker was . tled when fornd on the morning after the mutilation, and replied by saylng that 1f fie had the hands he would show how exnetly. The bands were furnished, and the young Licutenant tied hiwself, much to the amusement of n larze nuwmber of fashionably-dressed lady speetatars, and even to the amusement of the members of the Court. e then showed how hecould have mutllated hmself a le Whit- taker, after which he untled himself. The exhibltlon wus quite Iteresting und credlt- able to Burnett as an atblote If not as a wit- 1 Jenar Jas n glving n declsion In the divorey ease of G (Gates agalnst Bumner Gates vesterday, where the sepnra- tlon was sought on the ground that the hus- Dand was w habitual drunkard, held thet where the habit of deinking has been ear- vled on to such exeess as serfously to Inter- fere with o man's capaclty and ds- pasition to conduct his business properly amd suceessfully, his wife has good grounds for divoree. ‘Tne . wige held that *the Legista- ture worthl be justitied in providing, where a man has so indulged in drink as to have talnted his blood, and thus made it probable that his future offspring will take by In- herltance u temdency to vicious courses, that fuet atone should be o good ground for a dlvoree.” — Tuk: Duke de Broglle In the French Sen- ate yesterday sharply eritieised the actlon of the Frenel Government In relation to the Greek arms-purchase affnir, and deelared that the explanations furnished were unsatlsfactory. Mo hinted at Gans betta’s secret Influence in Govern ment counctls notwithstanding that geutle- ns fndignant dentulsié¥lo. also eriticised the proposition entertained at one tlne to setd Gens Thomassen on o military wission to Greeee. Premler Yerry replied, defend- Bz the action of the Government, and guoted precedents in justlfieation thereof, ‘I'he or- der of the duy was then adopted,—1) to 112, —which means that the conrse of the Govern- ment was approved, Tur: President and Mrs. Ilayes gave an elegant reception at the White 1louse Inst night In honor of the diplomatle corps. The representatives of forelen natlons wers dressed In tho of thefr respective un- onr own army officers ap- peared in thelr uniforms, Nearly all the . Senntors were present, but owing to the hlinustering in the Ilonse there were not many Ttepresentutives on hand. Quite n sensutlon was cansed amonyg the Jadies when the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House appeared and arrested eleven truant Revresentatives and tool ' ofjC seene of mlrth ad b #‘%P Mns, Renkcca fl,"" 'lf LY mathor, Mrs. Darety3§ '%‘fl 10 Al Lo, dom, Madison Connty, EYAE I murder of Smwnel Anustrong ot that placs about two years ago, Mrs, Corzelffus was tho wife of Armstromg, and compassed his death, It s chavged, in order to obtatn his property. Whilly ho was sleeping they set an lvon pall tull of eharcoa! near his bed wd set B on fire. Ho was sutfocated by the charcoal fumes, Mrs, Direty then fived a plstol-shot Into W8 body in sach a way oy to mnke it appear that he was shot through the door, ‘Tho story of the murder was told by Mrs, Durety to s recently-acquired hus- band nameit White, Court, tions, and il her It s stated from Mentor thut Gen, Gar- fleld has stted on Manday, Feb, 25, us the day of hls depnrture for Washington, which ho will reach Tuesidny, March 1, s wife, mother, and daughter Mollle, and his sons Irwin and Abram, with o very few Intlmate triends, will nccompuny hlm. The constitu- enty of Bls old Congressionnl distriet will meet ut dentor on Feb, 95 to seo him off, The Hon. A, L. Pinker, of Painesville, will maky the farewell speech, awl Gen, Gurfiehl will renly. Under n recent order sl uxpress tratns on the Lake Bhore ltond are to stop at Mentor il the Prestdent-clect departs, The dally throug ol vhiltors hus been luimense, amd is nerenslog, A PHERE was o grent smfi'fi ey In the Now Yurk money market yesterday, and speeus lutors puld higher rates of futerest and commpission fur louns than at any Gmo sinco the financial punic of 185 The stringshey wus caused by thy action of the Natlonal banks in withdrawing thelr circulntion, amd will be ouly tempo- ravy, It {3 belleved, as Secretary Sherman Ly declued to redeem the d per conts dus in Muy as fast as they are presented, which will this set afloat the money pakd into the T'reas. ury by the Nutlonat bank ML Baven the Areluteat of the School Bonrd, sent b a commimtention which was read at the eeting of that dignifien body Inst evening, and which roused the Ire of the memberson neeount of what appeared to them an unwarrantable attaek on Mr. Bur- ranghs, one of their number, A resolntion veturning the communtention ns disrespeetful and unealled-for vas unantmously passed, Notonuiss fontreal, was de- stroyed by fire ently yestorday moming. eausing a foss of £0,000. A large wndience had attended neoneart In the hall, and had Just deft when the five was diseovered, ‘The firemen sullered greatly from the Intense cold,~It wns 20 degrees below zero,—nnd three of them were soverely injured by por- tlons of the bullding fulling on them, s Ty Switan has ordered $50.000,009 car- tridges from this country, which (does not Indicate peacefnl Intentions towards Greece on bis part. o oflicial elretes at Bordin it §s alinost conceded that wav eannot be pre- vented, winl the energies of Germany will be bent ts keep the war as near 1o the Archipel- ago and the Adrlatie as possibte, e ——— Tt Agrieultural Approprintion il as 1t passed the House has been amended in the Senate Committee by the addition of an jtem of 815,000 for Investizuting the eanses which feadt to pleuro-pnenma and an item of £5,000 to continte u selentific Investization into the textile strength and felting capnelty of dffferent wools ‘T'1e conference on the Indlnn Appropria- tion bl has resulted In an agreement. The House members have withurawn their oppo- sitlon to the Senate amemdment vetainlng the Pourd of Indlan Commissioners, and the Senate members ngreed to recommend that 5o uppropristion be made for the expeuse of the Commission, i B At AL B Barpnye s brought before Judice Kulekeshoeker in the Probate Court yesterday, andd being unable or unwilling to pay over money whieh he heli as the guardinn of the adopted danghter of the Inte John M. Wallace, was sent to jnil, {le was afterwards relensed on w writ of habens corpus, ‘T mail-tratn on the New Jersey Midland Rallroad was wrecked yesteray morning Just east of Oxdensbhurz, N. The com- blned il and smoking ear awd the pas- senger ronch were hurned, and the phssen- £ers, abont twelve i all, were more-or lesy Injured, none fatally. Je doux C, MooxE, n realestate dealer *or Indinuapolls, committed sulelde in that eity yesterday while temporarlly {usane, Insane ity scems to be hereditary in his funbly, Ilis brother conunitted suleide some four years age, and other members of his family dig thelr ewn taking-off, HExny D, Couke, ot one time Governor of the District of Coluwmbia, when the Distriet was under Terrltarinl government, and a wmember of the banking-house of Jay Cooke &0 Inl Cooke, Wth year, e wns a biotuer of Jay m—— Mi. CanTwitant's hill to prevent wmem- bers of the Canndian Pacifie Bailrond Sy ndl- eate from contributing money to defray the election expenses of candidates for the Dominfon Parlinment was defeated yester- day by @ vote'de 01 to 1. A PASSENOER TRAIN was thrown from the track by spreading s between Loy, and Gladewater, ., last evening, mud twenty passengers were njured,—W, ‘Pellis, af 8t, Louls, A, A. Burton, and i1, €. Terry surfousty, T Senate Coinmlttee on’ Commerco has added £600,000 to the amount appropriated by the River and Harhor hilnsit passed the House, The Committee hias Inereased sov- eral ftems, and cut out quite o number of others, e ——— Tk evidence nzalnst the State Warehouse and Railvond Commissioners hefore the Ine vestlzatung Committee nt Springfield was conteluded for tho present yesterday, and the evidence for the defense was commenced. AND now come the Pacltie Steamship Com- panles to make n warof ro “Thy Chinn Merchant Steamship Company and the Paclfie Mall Company ute at it, and Pacifle ‘Const shipper are glad, Loun Ono Russt the British Ambas- ador to Berlin, and one of the ablest diplo- mats in Euvope, kas heen made n Britlsh Peer under the title of Baron Awmpthill, lled nn Wilkes by a runaway car, 15, M. Webb, and iridigply; injured, b K Tie Prinee o il the Duke of Edinburg witl attahyf: the' wtiling of thefr nephow, the oldest san {hu Crown I'rinee of Gernnmy, st Berlin nest Sunday, dames Davis, Witllaw Edward Meitig ) FirTeeN houses and stores, nearly the whole of the business portion of Edentown, N, €, were destroyd by fire yesterdny, Phe blazo was eaused by an incendlary, T Pre whlat North Gorhaw, Al dnsured for $18, firo'yesterday mornky mpseot Pulpware Company’s Lo, vatued at 835,000, M, was destroyed by Gronar Bem, "y woll-known English writer on sportng matters, and brother to the Enrl of Berkeley, dled yesterday in his SIst year, 2 .’n’l ll~m Fr ;nl| wrmy, and o 10’8 favorit Magshal, come at Chatitlow, Bma-GuN, Ney nephow of Bonap: mitted suleldo yesterday Franee, Tk Rev. D Jamin Speke, a brother to the well-known Afeiean explorer, deowned himself In Sowmersotshire, glund, yesters dday, ik sale of intoxlenting Hyuors at military posts mid stations throughout tho Unbtel States has been probidbited, Roserr HADFIELD, iw-one thine an edito- rlal wrlter of the Butfulo Courier, shot hhw- self ut Butlfulo yesterduy, Tk (hurnm;;cwr iu Ontarlo and Quebes nveruges froin 2ro to 3 dogrees bolow now- ndnys, . Prry has ns\?&l’i-?‘nélmul’. ‘l-‘rnnru. and Italy tu fnterfere un its belsl with Chill PRICE died yesterday nt Goorgetown, 1,-C, tbane, » @ o) & £ e WssHINGTON, A Lively Circus in the Nas tional House of Rep- . resentatives, The Memhers in Filihustering Session on the Gerry- mandering Bill, A Great Reception at tho White House During the Night, The Enst Room Invaded by Squadd of Burly Sergeants-at- Arms, Truant Representalives Carried Off to Do Sawdust and Cenirepole Acts in the House, - R A Whole Firmament of Gilt Buttons and an Infinity of Gold Lace at the White House. The Ways and Means Committee Stit Whling to Dety the Bankers. Secretary Sherman Doing All He Can to Avert Financial Chaos— Committee-Work. FILIBUSTERING IY THE REPUBLICANS TO PREVENT A DEM- OCRATIC GURIIYMANDE, Special Dispateh to The *hicage Tribune, Wasmy %, 'D. C., Feb. ¢.—Mr, Cox gave notjee yesterduy that he should eall up the Apportionment blll to-day, and endeavor to seeure a voteupon it He made zood his vromise, so far as ealling up the bill, but at nlehtfall very little progress hind been wmnda towards u vote upon it. ‘The . Repnblicans, truc to thelr eanens deeree, determined to tillbuster upon any proposition less than one fixing the number of Representatives at 0, &0 at Lo'elock in the afternoon what had thus far resulted s a wrangling, bitter con- test, ntk which prowmise to e more su before it ends, began, THE NEPUDLICANS ' basedl their opposition to the demnnd for the previous question primarlly upon the clatuy that the Democrats have conswmed most of the time [n speaking, and that 1t was hut Just that the Republicuns, fifteen of whom de- sired (o spenk, should be heard, but Mr. Cox, evidently somewhat angry that the Re- publiean cauens hat not been more conelline * tory; ant-unwilllng to longer delay the . pas st him, of nmeasure which s so very near to Tusisted, after two Democrats had spoken, upon the demand for the previons question, ‘The. first movement in the difibustering contest . resnited In a mishap for the Republieans, “Ih previ- ous question was ordered by exactly o aquorum, o guortn votng, The Repubiieans, with four exeeptlons, declined to vote, but’ the Democrats, with the ald of the Greens vackess and the vote of Spenker Randall Wi self, made exactly o quornm of 147, nd these four Kepublieans deelined to vote, ns thelr assoctutes did, aguormm conld not have been seeunred, and the previous question would:nat hwve beén ordered, ‘They muy have satlsticd thelr own eonsclence, how- - ever, by so dolng, but they certainly did not waterlally advanee the progress of the bill, for, a8 the result showed, the filibusterlng conld continue on the motlon as well ng upon these which contemplated_the defeat of the ordering of tha previous yiestion. AFTER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION lind been ordered, the Republicans plled up motlons to adjourn to a day certaln and the Interminable number of roll-calls begun, Propositlons for compromises werg madg from the Democratle side, but they were not ot such a nuture as to be juecepted. It way, for fustance, proposed that they shoulil comumence to vote, elther at 2. or ol 5, and vote up or down until a mnjority shouhl determine upan a number, but this was 11 1o sense u compromise, ng the Demoeratle majority conld rendily puss the number upon which they have tised without regard to the wishes of the Repub. lenns, FINALLY, about § o'clock, n call of the Iouso was cre dlered, and under that eall proceedings wora continned long luto the evenlug. 'There was grent pressure brought to bear for an ud- Journment, both out of respeet to the mewary of Senator Carpenter, o ~Sen- nty resulution aunvuneing whose death was Iying upen tho Speaker'’s table, and tor the venson hat u grent many members destred to attend the diplomatle reception, the tast graud soclal amalr of the season, t0 be held to-night at the White House, Bug 3L COX WAS RESOLUTE, He disliked to b placed n the position of decllnlng to pay propor respeet to the memo- ry of -Mr, Carpenter, but he did not care whit whether the Hepublicans went to the diptomatic veception or not. Up to b o'clock but ene member hadbeen taken into custody, notwithstanding the Sorgeant-ut-Arms had been absent two fours with o fist of absens tees, Mr, Conger then demauded to know why the order of the Ilouse was not en- foreed, when the aunouncement was muda that mwany of thuso absent were not In the eity, ‘The fuct wasthat thero were more than AR members present the whols atternoon, bur the Democrnts smennced it to bo thelr purpose not to allow the eall to bssuspemled until wll those ubsent without leave hud bean brought in, But It was reported that they could not bo found, TUE PURPOSK . was to make It cortuin that a quortim should Lo present ut one thne, when they would endeavor to foreo the bili through without further, delay, About § o'elock Mr. Willlams, of Wisconsin, wha romnluednitlast nightat the dying hed of Sens ator Curpenter, suld that he had hoped ta obtain e udoption ot the customary resolis - e ton of respect to thelr dend Senutor ‘was hero Interrupted by * LUUD CALLS TU ORDER from tha Democratic slde, but te continued to demand thut he had the rlght to bo heard, and added that he wado no complyint, bes caugy ho saw the 1louse in an unfortunate conditiun, and would dufer the offvring ot .~ the resolution untll the next legislative day. The next hour was consutued in roll-calls, U ong rollcull, ubout To’cluck, it was ave