Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 1, 1881, Page 1

- The Chicagy Dailn T S VOLUME XL, HOUSERLET ’LV\: ¢ LT Nl:‘i}' Madison and Pecoria-sts. GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR HOUSEKEEPING LINENS. GREAT BARGAIRS TOWELS. 800 doz. Damatk Towels, with deep red horders, all Hneny 20x34 Inches, per dozey $2,00, 01 G Towels for $1.00, Nothing less than six sold, as they are worth $3.00. Qur large Damask Iuck Towels at 25¢ each, Cannot he Imported for less than die. Great Reductions in our finest Damasl, Huek, and Momie Towels, with kuot- ted fringes, . Crash. %5 pes. hand-made Russin Crash, extra heavy, all Hieny per yard, Se.” Usunl pricey 12 1-2¢, 60 pes. Best Drown Twilled Toweling (all linen), 18 inches widont 12 1. Sold everywhere at 18e. Gream Damask. 1ease fine Cream Damask, with nice col= ored hovders, all linen, per yord, 45. Former price, GOe. £0 pes. Barnsley Cream Douhle Damask in six_different patierns, ;ler yard, 80c. Jobbers? price, $1,00, 25 pes, finest Cream Damask, rich satin finlsh, extra wide, with red Greetan border, at $1.25, * Former price, $2. Bleached Damask. Weare selling at 50¢, 60¢, 75¢, and 85c, Former price, Gde, S0¢y 950, and 1, 100 pes. extra flne satinefnished Doublo Damansk, In ferns, pansles, and vine ¥nllems, a grent fmrgnin, per yard, fL.00. “Havo heen selling at $1,50. Napkins to matelt this lot at $2,25, Napkins. 100 dozen Undressed Napkins, all Iinen and large size, por dozen, $1.50 and $1.85. Reduced from $2 and $2.50, 200 do, extra fine Supking, per dozen, £2,00 and $3,00. Usually sold for £3,00 and 5.00. Alsonlargo assortment of 8-4 Napking, In white or evenm colored, nt less than cost of importution. Bed Spreads. AJoh lot of Crochet Quilis at $1, $1.25, and §1.50. ! s ! 100 Bridal Quilts, with red or Hlue hor- i ers, ench $1.50 and $2. Manufac. turers? priees, 82 and $2,50. Hargellles Qll"tfi‘, full size, reduced to 81,50, 52, $2.50, $3 and $. Empress Guilts, with eretonno colored centres and horders, finest qualily of arsellles, reduced to $6. A yery great burgain, ‘Fhey aro worth $10. HOTEL-KEEPERS, RESTAURANTS, and HOARDING-HOUSE KEEPERS should avail themselves of this Grand Op- portunity to huy Nousckeeping Goods at ess than fmportation. SAWS, . Curtis % Co. 40 Franklin St.,Chicago mlxl'l to 819 N. Becond 8t., Bt Louly, I TG ad iy ©f Clreutary wleale Dealors 1t Baebb {!mm.‘ Eilew, 2 ad ol WaCed nud Teather ‘-lllrl(- nnl:n- s Uit Pl W Roniess vra of Lockwond’s l'nlruz e NAWN, Lrery Nave warranicl CALEFUL ATTENTION TO LEPAIL WO, urNEW [LLUSTRATED CATALOGUE NATORE veve ner At 1, e AEMOVILS, EMOVALL We have removed to our new office on the main floor of R3LASALLE-ST. REED'S Templo of Musio, 136 Htatu 5t., Chicago. — B TR '8 Bpecty, B B Feuiel (el Muhed to ait stahtn on sctontine Sy i FL WEETING Crient BOROby klyen thut tho o S 0 8 Grata froni Sl il Mesting of 2 Bty S hiliner tousd, T i 1ty o8 Chlenson 1o Mgy it inle, ou Wodiumdiy: 1o Sth sy oF Py veluek p, . l‘{lAN. PEICY, Haro, Mich,, pyp, LT Uad Froasirin, Yotioq o} ls E‘a“."fl‘ FUI0b wiven tiat the Anyua Mooung af b,(umlpcrmmufins' 65, Uik Junctin fallway s or T House il G Up e, 48 R L TN s (T A Huryg, Migh, Foy, PISTUIaFT 830 Hre . T CLOTIING, Boys, the “Nobbiest” Clothes that I've seen in town this season are at A, J. NUTTING & CO.’S, 104 & 106 Hadison-st. The fact is, there's such a DEUCED lot of blowing among Clothing Men now days that you can't take much stock in a heap that's said, but this house can be relied ppon as Introducers at Low Prices of Stylish Gents’ Garments, Fashionable Boys’ Suits, Natty Children’s Apparel, AND PAR EXCELLENCE. Btore not the Largest on Earth, only measures45x170 feet. Bring your tape-line. PROPOSALS. Notice to Gontractors. Praposals wiil ho recelvod until noon, March B, 1991, for bullding the brick work, lron work, and carpentor work, for the bultdings of tho Chieago Buge Ronnlig Company, corner Rench und Taylor-sta., Chicago, ‘t'he Compuny wili furnish all the materlal raquired, and will cunstidor bids fur all of sald work, or for the mnwonry, fron work, or carponter work sopurately, runorving the sight to refect any or nlf bids, Fur plans nnd speciiications, nd nocossary ln- formation, upply to ILENRY C, CABVER, Tronsuror, 5 Wabnshenr, DISSOLUTION NOTICES, DISSOLUTION, The copartnorship haretofora exiating undor tho firm namo of Goild & Armour is this duy dissulved by mutuni consont. John 8. Gould 13 ruthorized to sctilo tho business of the flem. JOILN B, GOULD, WILIIAM ARMOUR, Genern! Parinors, GEORGH AUMOUR, Booclal Purtnor, Chicago, Marsh 1, 1531 Tho Wholesalo Grocury husinoss, rocantly carriod on by tho Iate Airn of Gould & Armour, Wi Lo contin- ued by theundrsiznad, who have this duy formed n copartnorship undor tho namo und stylo of Gould, Drapor & Co. JUILN 6, GOULD), NELBON €, DiLA Chicago, March 1, 1831, CHARLIN FLE DISSOLUTION, 'Tho partnorship herotofura existing botwoen Jo soph M, Purlas und Jossph Mandl, under the tinm nuwo of Porlus & Mundl, 14 ths day dissolved by mu- tuul consent. JOREPH M, PERLES, JOSERIL MANDL. FRUIL, 1, WOOD, Pineapples, Randrins. Flegant i Porto Rico Py o) 5 Mandein Urul'b':cl. Just rtn‘ul‘vnd vllllmmpul MW Clark-st. “TAYLOR'S, 3 Sou v Almeria eajgn, busiivoly it Higo Grapos in CTAYLOR'S, _at Solicitors Wanted Ta soliclt ndvertisomonts for a larne advertising schemo. Ono minn for clly, ono fur out of towh. Ouly tirst-eluvs ot wf oxputionce 1n wuctt work unid good reforencos wantod: Liborsl poy. vty Siutoly, Adurows b e Tribuna olitber oMY Wanted, $15,000.00 Ina legitiuinte buslicss entorprise. Worth investi- gating,_ Addees B2 Tribuno oflice, BUSINESE CILINCES. FOR SALE.. One of tho largoest und most couiplote briok-yards Intho city; leaso und clay fora long ter of years, Evorytblig In goud ordor und ready to oporate, For purticulars uddross 1,5 Vribunc uMeo. FOIL SALE, Lot of T0.00) nores of vrairie, Lmber, und cosl farm and runchu lunds dg Northern Toxas. Forsuvoral ‘:Ar--lll By 2 Lo §) por cunt wory than the best Chtaors trasta for sato by Lo o GIATLAN (Grinim Gr walo by E. B, A Fitiaw, { xus). Soud siddross 107 clreulur, ¢ TUESDAY, MARCH 1, I88I—TWELVE PAGES. 1% ¢ at Mount Prospeet, but through the { I fitd so recently resisted the filibustering at- @3 *‘B @x’fl:[yxtlic supertor prowess of the Boers and the Inck of ‘VASHING l' ON. tempts of the Republicans to defeat it. / ®¥ N o | comt wencratship on the part of the il-tated of oo g g — English commander. A eorrespondent who \’"“- '”’31 was to delay, Spenker Randal 5 2 : ) placed nan embarrissing position by his ) of Chicago, = » 503,08, | WoS trrested by the Boers, and nlterwards Futile Efforts of the House | esudent desire to bring u,’é'"""m ",, Iy Populatl PrestpeNt IIAvEs sent o messago to Con- gresy yesterday, accompanied by a report from Colleotor Merritt, of New York, in reply to Senntor Conkling's resotution ns to the enforcement of the Clvil-Service rules in the New York Coston-llouss and Post- Ofilee. Colleetor Merrltts report sets forth that all permanent appointments have been conferred In aceordanco with the Clvil- Servles rules, adopted by him when he tovk chnrge of the office; that pro- motions have been mude on the cround of length of service and efticlency alone; and that where any appointient has heen made In apparent definnes of tho rules it ling been only a temporary one. -Collector Merritt “mal c3 some goml points ngainst Senator Conkling and’ Viee-President-cleet Avthur when he shows that the recelpts at hisofllea have inerensed «durlng his incum- beney from $76,000,000 to $142,000,000, and thut, whils the cost of collections under Gu Arthur was nearly 78-100ths of 1 ver cent, the cost of collection durlng Wis own term hng been slightly under 62-100ths of 1 per cent. e conchules his report by saying that tho fact that promotions wero not made upon ontside influences had an excellent eifeet on the morile of tha force, Nuvmnrns of Irish landlords have com- menced to eviet thele tenants, belleving that under the new Coerclon bill they will escape the vengeance which often follows such o course. Fearlng that they eannot sceuro tho nelghbors of the evicted parties as new ten- ants, some of them nre sald to have applied to the Ornnge Emergency Commitiee to se- cure them Protestant tonants, The same dispateh whiclh contains this information also refers to o nwmber of evictions ‘which have taken plaes on tho cstate of the Rev. Mw McGeogh, in tho County of Armagh, which 18 morc“urgely Protestant than any other Irish county, nnd it is sale to infer that many of the victlms have been Drotestants, and not o few Orangemen. It isalse n fact\that the Land-League move meat has recently obtained much favor In Ulster, and there s good reason to think that the efforts of tho Emergency Committen to Import sectarianisin Into the land war will bo a failure, 18 BLAY e ——— De , & Washington hackman, wis examined in the Christhey divoree cuse yesterday. 1le testlfied that he took Indy from JIr. Christiancy’s residence to the St.James Hotel, and froin the hotel baek to Mr. Christianey’s, on the day that -Giro claimed Mrs, Chrlstiancy oceupied the samo room with him fn the hotel, but he was wia- ablo to fdentify Mrs. Christlancy as the Indy In question. ‘The hackman gave his testtimony In & very hesltating, falter- Iz tanter, which was probably due In o mensure to the fact that Mrs. Chrlstlancy, who was present during tha examinatlon, watehed him rather closely. Dr. Osear Balk aclerk In the Penslon-Oftice, will be examined to-dny, -and -fs expooted- to give- somo damaging testimony agalnst tho lady in theense, . Ttk Spealker of the Monse of Commons fn- formed that body yesterday that as the Irish Cocrelon bill had passed the Commons, the stato of publle husiness was no longer ur- gent. About a half an hourafterwards Lord Hartington, on behalf of the Govermment, gavo notles that ho would move that the Irish Disarming LHE and tho Army Appro- priation bl be deelared urgent from which it would appear that the Speaker made a mls- take, and flso that the Government intends to press the Irish Disarming bill, the deeln- ratlons of last night to the contrary notwith- standing, The Ilome-Rulers Indieated their intention to fight the latter measure, and it is not lmprobuble that they will be relnforced by the Torles, who are dissatlsfied with the course of the Government, Tur usual Lenten pastorals of the Ivish Catholic Bishopy wero read in the varions churehes throughout 1reland Sunday, Gen- crally speaking, thoy admonish the people to have nothing to do with illegal secret socie- tles, to abserve tho Inws, and to hope that the Govermmwent will bring in a good Land bill. ‘T'ha pastorals In many cases expresy great sympathy for the peoplo in thelr present con- dition, A Corke dispateh says that Mr. Par- nell's Interviews with Victor Iugo and Rochefort have enused disantistaetion mnong the clergy and Ialty, but another dispatch from the same plnco soys that the fand Leazuo passed resolutlons deelaring that Mr, Tarnell was justified insceking support from all partles, irrespective of religlou, aeN, Ganr y, with his wife, mother, “ehildren, and servants, nccompanied by G D, I, Swaln, Col. I, Al Sheldon, Capt. C; I, lenry, O'L, Judd, and J. D. Brown, leit Mentor yestordny at half-past 12 for Wash- ington. All the people of Mentor, men, women, and children, turned out o bid thom a hearty godspeed, At nll tho statlons on the romd large crowds of enthusinstic peoplo assembled to greot the distinguished party, Gon. Gave field's oratorleal powers were put to the fullest («-sL ns ho had to dellver a speceh at nearly every stopping-place, Tho Journey was a trivmphal progress throughout. The General nud his party avo expected to reach Washiugton about 7 o’clociz this worning, Last Saturday a lotter was published Inn sensational morning paner of this city re- flecting serlously on Mr. lnrry 1. New, of the Indiunnpolls Jouwrnal, on his wife, and on his father, Yosterday morning Mr., Now sought out tho correspondent of the sensn- tlonul sheet at Indinnapolls, & person named Thompson, and cownkded him quite vigor- orously, Mr, New then presonted hhmself before s Justico of the P'ence, who fined him only ono cent, ‘I'ho Justics thought that the fellow Thompson deserved all he got, and mmost peovly will agreo with Junak Forarn has had hard sledding for the past two or threo days. Last ‘Thursday hie doubtless consldered that ho was eertain tobo the next Sceretary of tho Tpeasury. Saturday ho was not sure, und _yesterday ho mny besald to have had no hope, Add to this disappolntment tho udverse decision of the United Btates Supreme Court on the Judge's cluim for sonio $185,000 ns commls- slons for solllug revenue stamps when e was Unlted States Asslstant-Treasurer nt Now York, and 1t will bo agmftted that he has had enough of disappointnient for one weelk. e Revronceusnts have been ordered to tho Trunsvaal fron all polnts W the British Ewmplre. It now appears that it was not through lack ot smmunition that Gen, Colley's force wns defeated \ relensed, says Cien, Cotley's body lies on the top of Mount I'roapect. GEN, Graxr will not be present at the fn- augural ecremontes at Washinzton next Fri- day. e has regretfolly declined an invita- tion from' Presldent Hayes to dine at the White House to-morrow with the members of the Cabinet, Gen, id Mrs, Garfield, 1le thinks that he would not be able to stand the exeitement consequent on teethnz all of his friends who will nssemble in Washington ehout inangural thme. It I3 sald that the General will Jeave New Yourk for Mexlco next Monday: Ex-Cittew-Justic DixoN, of Wisconsin, Is belng strongly urged by nfluential Repnb- lienns throughout that State as the most sultable person to suceeed ‘the Inte Mr. Car- penter i the United States Senate, Judge Dixon has consented to become n candldate, and with the strong Indorsement he has nl- rendy received from tho Milwankee ier- chants, beeause of his high charncter and areat abllity, he will be o formldable com- petitor for either Senator:Cameron or My, Keyes. T United States Supreme Court yoster- aay affirmed the declston of the Cireult Court for the Northern District of 1linols In two eases wheretn ‘Thomas Tllley 1s the plalntif agalnst the Clty of Chicago for services as architect of & plan of the City-Ilall, which was ut one fime adopted, and was subse- auentiy thrown aslde. The effect of yester- day’s declsion Is to award to Mr, Tilley 813,000 in sutisfaction of his elatm. Junur Monay decided yesterday to re- fuse naturalization papers to Moy Sam, a Chinman, who mado applieation for them some time ago, The Judge held that there was nothing In the law.to justify himfu complymg with the applieation, and quoted freely from previous declgions and the Con- pressional debates in support of his decision. — Tty Senate yesterday passed a bill appro- printing §50,739 ns payment of the elnim of Capt. Samuel C. Reld, of the privateer Gen, Armstrong, which was sunk by the British {leet In n neutral harbor durlng the war of 1812 Capt. Reid §s dend, and bis son. and danghter (Mrs. John Savage, of New York) will bo the beneticlaries, e A rmme originating "In s grocery store from the exploslon of aw oll lamp, enused the destruetion of the prineipal business® houses, thio I'ost-Ofice, the telegraph ofilee, and somy private residences in the Town of Franklln, Vi, on the Seabonrd & Roanoke Railroad, Sunday, The total loss ;s pinced at §150,000, S —— Iris announced for nbout Me hundreth time that Ewrl Kimberly and the Engllsh military authorities aro complotihyg arrungements to meet the English difticnities 1n the I'rans- vanl. Meantime the Boers go on inereasing _tho diftieulties, and lessoning the number of England’s soldie s Stxaron WiNnost delivered a long and able speech In the Senate yesterday in favor of Capt. Mwls' Interoceanle ship-rallway vroject. Ilels opposed to permitting the construction of any canal across the Isthinus of Pannmn except undor tho nusplees of our Government, ———— Tur Robinson Consolidated Mino near Lendville, owned by the Iate Lieut-Gov. Robinson, of Colorade, has been sold to Wil- son Waddingham, of New York, for §1,000,- 000, Thoe money goes to Mrs. Forbes, of Plalufield, Mich,, who Is the sole huir, A coAr-uENaINg collided with o passenger- train on the Reading Road, near Washington City, Pa,, yesterday morilng, causing the death of Michinel Reynolds, foremuan of re- valrs, and of a brakeman, namo unknown, Six othor persons wera injured, A SLEEPING-cAnR containing & number of exeursionists to the Mardi-Gras festivities at New Orleans was wrecked yesterday on the Montgomery & Mobilo Rallrond about thirty- five miles from Moblle, Five men wero fn- Jured, somo of thom serlously, Mu, Rontxsoy, editor of the Dublin Dally Joepress, and Dublin correspondent for the London Phnes, Informs the latter paper for about the thousandth timo that the Land- Lengue movemrnt bs about to collupse, Arn, Bunrey Introduced 4 resolution in the Common Council fast nlght ordering the Department of Publle Works to prepare plans and speclfications for fitting up rooms 1n the City-1Tall for the Public Library, SCARLET-FEVER vrovailsnt Wilkinsburg, a smnll town near Plttsburg, to an alurming oxtent, ‘There are nearly 100 persons suffer- Ing from the diseaso now, and there were over twventy fatal cases lnst weel, Mu. Roerwesn's blll mnending the Public Libravy law sous to glve tho Chiengo Com- man Councll power to lovy & witll tax for li- brary purposes passed the Lower House of tho State Leglsiatura yesterday, Two TRAMES, who went to sleop the night bufore lust on o cluder heap, near Paterson, N. Juy were burned to death. Sonwe months ago o similar occurrence was reported from the samo place. Ox motlon ot Mr, Rengan, yestorday, tho Huuso decided not to coneur in the Senate amendments to tho River ana flarbor bill, wnd & Conforence Committea was appointed. Roques, an mnnestied Communist, was aected a member of the French Chamber of Deputies forono of the I'arls districts Sun- day, defeating a Ganbettist Republican, et s 3. Heanxe, the ugent of Lord AMount- mores’ brother, wus shot and mortally wounded nesk Ballinrobe, in the County Muyo, yesterday, By afire which oceurred ot Toklo, on tho 26th of January last, 11,000 housus wero re- duced to nshes, and 30,000 people were ren- dered homoless, [ T—— TuosAs CauLyLr bequeathed his estato in Dwmnfriesshire to the University of Edin- burg for the purpose of founding bursurles fn the fuculty of url st — Wanuen, fair weathor, northerly winds, generully shiftlng to southeusterly, for this reglon to-duy, s Sose arma belonglng to the Fenlans havo been selzed fn Lancushire, Euglaud, Democrats to Reach the Funding Bill. Reapportionment, Inferposed by the Repab. © licans Who Recently Filihustered Agninst It Filibustering Will Bo Again Resorted to for the Dafoat of Carlisle's Amendment, Refusal of the House to Concur in the Senate River and Har- bor Amendments, Conference Reports on Interior and Post-Office Appropri- ations Agreed To. Coaling Stations Seceured—The Legislative Appropriations Finally Fixed Upoun, Angry Personal Altercation Be- tween Representatives Ray and Warner. A Rather Fraitless Day in the Senate— Mrss Christinney Flourlishiug as a Litigants Almost Oertain Dofoat of Stanley Matthews —John Kelly—Fernando Wood Memorial Services, IN TIIE HOUSE. DELAY, Bptesal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribuneé. WasnizaToy, D, C,, Feb, 25—The House spent the entire day In endeavoring to rench the Speaker’s table to consider the Funding LUT with Senate nmendiments, and ut the end of the day sesslon was stlfl o long parlia- mentary distanco from thelr object, with the probability that tho Republieans would unite upon a dilatory opposition and resort to fillbustering tacties in the hope of defeat- ing the,bHL 1t was stated yesterday that it way,Speaker Randall’s purpose to attempt to foree concurrence ‘in tho Senate amend- ments to the Funding bill und pass it, and ‘not «fo pennlt any of the amendments proposed fn the Ways and Means Committeo to Le adopted, Mr. Randalls action In the course of the after- noon to-tdny pluinly indicated that hie would endeavor to do so. 1ndecd, he was guito dis- posed to make some very furced parliament- ary rulings, to defy precedent, and to over- ride the rights of the Nepublican minorlty, had not that wminority been controlled by skillful gleaders who knew their rights and were prepared to malntafo them, THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY was taken up In the ealling of States for bills and the regutor ealt of committees, An effort was made to dispense with both of theso orders, but It was ot possible to dety tho rules to that extent, As If anticlpating some deluy from filibustering, the House, in what niay be called ts lueld Intervals, ac- complishied a good deal of work. - The plan to meet at 10 w'elock In ho morning In order to accomplish something on the Funding bill proved not to be successful, The Sundry Civil bl was finally finlshed, The attempt to defeat the appropriation for coaling sta- tions In the lsthmus of I'anama failed. Mr. Warner, one of tho conspicuous silver men, succceded In sceurlng non- currence fn the Senato amendment which tustrueted the United States Commisstoners to tho Internationnl Mouetnry Congress to adopt a common ratlo between gold and sl ver, and to agree to no adjustment which does not recognizo silver coin as part of the nioney system of the Governments Joinlug In the conference. e clnhined that the nmend- wment was In confllet with the original propo- sition nuthotlzivg the appointment of the Commissloners, ALL TIE CONTESTANTS In theelection cases recelved the amounts asshigned to them except MeCabe, who con- tested Orth's seat, and Wilson, one of the [owa contestants, By refusing the allowanee to McCabe, tho Democruts acknowledged thatit Dined n fietitious ense trumpeld up in order to Lo used in the event that the Iresidentlal olection should have been thrown into the House.. The Post-Ollco conferenco wns agreed to, and that bill ks vut of tho way, The star-route upproprintlon was reduced somewhnt. The conferenco on tho Indian Appropriation bill was also agreed to, “T'ho chiof polnt In controversy relnted to the re- peal of the law ereating THE INDIAN PEACE COMSMISSION, and the House, as 1t had dong évery year for sn{nm yewrs, agaln receded from 1ts_position, and_consented to permlt the Indlun Penes Commissioners to remaln, owover, the Senato mukes o partinl compro- tnise, I that 1t s agreed (o tho anenduneints of tha Llouse that no woeney should be ap- proprinted for the expenses of the Comnly- slon, su that, while the Commission sthl ex- {nty, the Government coutribites nothing to its support, ‘I'he Government hitherto has pald no salarles, Now, it the Commissioners continue thelr work they will not even re- celvo expenses. Yob the laws which give them supervisary control of all Indian con- tracts and whicli practicatly givo thom s veto power upon the operatlon of the Indlan-Oflies remnin 1 foree. “There was a contest of the Seuato amenduents to THE IMVER AND HARBOR DILL, Mr, Reagan fhally succeeded n ils motlon to suspend the rules, tako It from the Speak- cr's tuble, non-coneur in the Senuto nmend- ments, and geetre n conference. "The oppo- nents of tha LI with great difienlty stie- ceeded n seeurlng an aye and no vote, and the confereneo was ordored by 138 ayes to i noes, ‘The oppositlon was Kruullunlly the sumeus It wis when the bill passed the House, Fhere wore eloven who voted agnfisy the bill before who voted for My, Resgn's wotion to-duy, ‘The House also agreed Lo the conference to LEGISLATIVE DILL, and that b now goes to the President for slanuture, so that, notwithstanding the rest of the duy was taken up fn dilatory wotions, yory conslderable work was nccomplished, When the Speaker mcu‘mlzml Ttadolph ‘Fueker, Chalrman of the Ways and Means Comnnltter, to go Lo the Speaker's tuble to consider the Funding bill, the Republleans undor the lead of Price, of lowa, curtously enouglh ralsed the polut that tho Apportions bill wus still untinished busine: us the provious question hud bed ored wpon it. Durlni the restof the duy th Rapublicans placed themselves hu the positlon of inslsting that the House should conslier tho Apportiomuent bill, notwithstanding lust wecek they had filibustered agminst ity con- slderation for twouty-four hours; white the Democrats, on’ the othe hand, opposed the conslderation of that measure, although they r- speedy vote upon coneurrence In the Sennto amendments to the Funding Dill, but he was compefled by the Republicans to recognize the rules, After ngreat deal of wrangling over purliamentary points which are not fully understood Inside the House and are alinost unintelligible outside of §t, & recess wag finally forced by the Republicans, in wecord- anee with the previous orderof the House, . which had set apart this ovening for enlogies upon the Inte Fernando Woodt, [t was ro- warked that it was very fitting that the House shoukd ndjourn to celebrate the obse- quies of the author of the Funding bill, "The Democerits resisted this motlon for a recess, withotigh, Fernando Wood was thelr own leader, It fs evidently the purpose of the Dentuerats to FONCE THE WILL THHOUGH, ‘Thoso who clalm to know say that the Demo- eratic determination Is of no consequence, and that it is Idle for the Ropublicans to waste thne and strength In ilibustering, as the bill in its present “shape wall never be- come alaw, "Thig can only mean that the I'resident has regnsidered Wls original posi- tion, and, If the Y passes, intends to with- halid hls approva¥ from it, ment und the Fundmg biils are doubtless hoth dead, Mr, Cox hig abandoned all hopes of tha furmer, the ltepublicans have decreed the denth of the Intter, ONLY THEREE DAYS AND NIGHTS remain for the passage of this bill, the Ap- portlomment hill.nud the restof the Appropri- atlon bills, “Fhe Democrats of the Iouse say to-night that it the Republicans, under the lendership of Mr. Conger, determine to fili- buster agalnst the Fanding bill, they in turn will steadlly endeavor to pass it, and will Teave the country to judge between the two partles ns to which is responsible, Many Ite- publleans are very much indlsposed to fol- lowthe Jead of The ‘\lppuruon- Mt CONGER in this course, One of them to«lay remon- strated with him, and charged that I he at- tempted to earry out his program in the face of the concessions nade by the Democrats 0 ehargs of the bilE (who have agreed to al- low thu to test the sense of the House on his mm-mlmun(? he wonld be acting in bid fulth. To this Mr. Conger replied. that he should re to himself the privilége to b 15 he chy A mimber of Ih-]mhllcxms have alveady signitied thele unwillingness to al- low cither the Funding or the Apportion- ment blll to puss. A Democratle memdb suid to-night that the Lepublica bent ou having an extra session, * Seve weeks nzo," e sakd, *Senntor Edmunds announced that an_extra session wonll he an exeellent thing for the Republiean party, and as If that were the ulthuatom of the great leader, subsequent events all tend (n that direction,” “I'his remark illustrates the Democratic Idea of what the Republicans Intemwd to do. AH agree, however, that the Apvroprintion bills shall be passed as rapldly a8 they are ready to by voted uvon. 3. BANDALL is very anxlous that the Democratic members of the Ways aud Means Commitiee shall vio- Iate their ‘agreement with the Kepubllean members of that Committee l'emmlln{: the ame.nlments adopted Inst Thursday, and that they should simply move to conenr or non- comcur in the Sennte amendment, e much prefers the former course, so as to avold the dangers of ® conference, ‘There were some signs this morning that Mr, Randail's labor with several members of the Conunittee had not been altogether vaiu, and Mr, Con- ger bezan to fear that the nfil‘ucuwul with _Dfm In regard to his nmendment to the fifth section would be broken by the Demoerats. 1le therefore informed themn ihat unless ho could have the most expliclt and satisfnetory assurance from the Speaker, a8 well as trom themselves, that his amend- ment should be received and Included in the demand for the previons question, ‘he would feel obliged to contest every motlon to pro- ceed with the consideration of the bill. Mr. Conger DID NOT RECEIVE TIHE ASSURANCES he desired, and was informe:l by the Demo- crats that {f his dem were too pres the majority of the atd Means mittee " might easily determing to throw the Commbttee nmendinents overboard, and sim- ply move coneurrence in the Senate amend- ment, Should they do this e Repub- Jlean member of ths Ways and Means Com- mittee would bo released from nny implied obligzation not to eneue I dilatory urouwd- ings to prevent the taking up of the bill. 1In the skirmish that took place to-duy the Re- ruhxlcuns present all voted togethor, ami the ndications to-night nye thatvery few of them will desert durimg the stragglo which all felt must come, 1I¥ THE REPUDLICA SHOULD REMAIN i in their opposition to the bill during the next twenty-Tour honrs there would be po danger that It could become o luw e thls sesslon, ‘The aimost universal belief among Repub- leans in Washington to-night is that the fate of the blIl is already virtnatly sealed, and thag it will never be sent o Preshdent Hayes un- less the fifth seetlon Is stricken out. "1t will boan ensy task for the Republieans to pre. vent tho bill trom being considered at all, if they are determined to do so. A SCENE NOT ANTICIPATED, and, therefore, not laid down in thabills, and which was witnessed by bat few speetatory, was enacted on the floor of the louse this afternoon, Just before the recess was taken, AMr. Ray, the new member from New Hump- shire, who suceeeded Mr, Farr, tried to got actlon upon a Senate bill Inereasing the pen- slon of a soldler who luwd hecons paralytic, Mr, Warner, of Ohlo, whe has always n- sisted that the Iouse was not the proper tribunal to net ulmu penston ¢luims, wndo an objection, i Insisted upon It and the result was_that no actlon could be had, This mmle Mr, Rayso angry that ho used somo very bitter langunge, Approaching Warner, ie wanted to know whethier ho was not on sion rolls. Warner replied af- firmutively, mnd added that he got hls pen- slonregnlarly through the enslon Ofltee, Atuy reproached hine for not having more sympathy with tho sufterlngs of u tellow- sulller, and added that i was wnklud, uns generous, and unpatriotio to object In suchn case us ho huud preseated, By tals time WARNER'S ANGRY FPARSIONS began to rlse, vl he wanted to know who Alr. Ruy was that he dared to lectura him ns to how he ghould porform his duty, After awhity llu[)' went to his desk, on the west sl of tho hall, ond Waraer took - soat In front of the Clerk’s desk und guve some gentlomon annceount of what he called the jmperti- nence of Ray In feetuving hhn, 1y this time the Now Hiampshlre member retirned and again denouneed Warner, who, in linguugo more foreiblo than elegunt, advised Ray to mind his own business, ~‘They spolke so loud that the boys wlo were sweeping the hall stopped [n thelr work, and porsons who wore ¢ lobbles entored the lindl, IT LOOKED AT ONE TIME s though therw might b w fight, but A, Ray watked off to the north door, amwd, stuud- g thore, poluted toward Warner, sald ho did not know who thut fellow was, but that e would take ocension to \mst hln ond pul- Ush i all through his [' Warner's) district 18 one who was no friend to tho soldiur, and that hio shoulid not he trusted by them, - Mr, Warner retorted that Ray was not o proper person to nstriet il ay to his duty, or tell 1ius how Lo vote, and with o romark that sounded very much ke an invitation to Alr, Hay to post him and b d—d, the Ohio Repre- sontutlyve went out of one door, and the New Hampshire Heprosentutive ont of another, IN THE SBENATE, AN OLD CLADL, Bpecial Disvatch o The Chicago Tribunes Wasuinaroy, . C., Feb, 23.~Some flP'u amd thirty yoars ago, when Jumes K, Polk was Presbdent, s elabm was porsonally pre- sented to Congreas by Capt. Sam G Reld, who was the owner and communder of the privateer Gon, Armstrong, which, after protracted and gallunt resistance, had been destroyed by n British fleet In the noutral pork of Faya), during the war with Great Britain of 1812: ‘The claiw has been before Congress ever since, amd, although Capt. Reld §s dewl, hls son las ot late vigorously prosecuted it. To-day the Sen- ute, after speeches by Pendloton and Voor- hees, passed oo DIl sppropelating 870,739, by & vote of £3to U, and the ilouse will prob- ably pass it also. Mr, John Bavage, _l.ue Irish PRICE Fr poct, will be.benefited by the bill, he having married one of Capt. Reld’s daughters, The Senate also indulged in P A LONG, FIUITLESS DIRCUBSION onablll nuthorlzing tho Secretary” of the Nnvy to sell useless vessels and materlal, and apply the proceeds to the construetion of new vessels, The bill was finnlly recome mitted. Senator Windom spoke at lengthin fuvor of Capt. Eads’ Tehunntepee marine- railway scheme, by which vessels are to be conveyed on trucks moved hy steam- ver from ocean to ocean, Phe Sennte ¢ good progress with the neeessary busi- ness of the sesston, Yhe reports of the Cotn~ mittees of Conference on the Legislative, the Indian, and tho Postal Appropriution Bills werd suecesslvely ndopted, und the bill inak- ing suniry civil ppropriations was received and refevred to the Commlttee on Approprine tlons, The River and Tlarbor bill was res ferred to a connnittee of conference, PRESIDENT HAYES commnnicated the report of the New York Civll-Servics Conumlssion, and somo papers eoticerning pauper fmmigration trom Switzerland, ‘The for re- funding the Jupuncse jndemnity fund wis Ccalled up by Senftor ~ Entun, but he good-naturally” permitted the intro duetton and eonslderation of several other biits, To-norrow ft will be taken up and probably passed, Mr, Thunman, in the course of the afternoon, appeared to have some ditfeully in ascertaiming exactly what 1 was before the Senute, It happened, flunlly, that Mr. Thurmn made n speech upon the Japaness Indemnity bIll, and in favor of National mornlity, at'a time when a bill relative to the Reading’ Rallroad was un- der conslderation, CABINET GOSSIP. ALLISON, Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune. Wasiyaroy, Feb, 28.—A high Governs ment ofticlal sald to Senator Allison to-day: *Your voting ngainst the dlscretionary pro~ vision of the Funding nct is the first Instance o reeord of 1 Seerotary of thoe Trensury, or one that is so svon to be, voting to deprive himself of power.” A boom is hoing worked l‘x\i_muko Commissioner Raum Secretary of ar LGER AND 1S BUIT. The latest gossip avout Folger and the Cabinet position isthat he has informed his associates on the Suprome Bench In New York State that fw hns been offered the Sceretaryship of the ‘Preasury, but has de- clined it, and his letter of declination will soon be published, ' Mernwhile, Judgo Folger did not have good look bere to<lay, a3 the United States Suprems Court, con= trary to the expectation of Folger’s triends, decided his ense for rovenus commissions atdversely to him. Folger claimed that tho act creating his oflles specitied its dutles, and that the sale of stamps was not ono of thems that, long stbsequent to the creation hiis ofllee, the Cummissioner of Internal ltev~ entie required the Assistant Treasurer in New York to sell and distribitte revenuo stamps; that durmg his term Folger sold HLE worth of revenue stamnps, and $5,158.050 of proprictary stamps. 1o claimed from the Government 5 per cent commission on the sale of revenue and 10 per cent on the salo of proprictary, making o total commlssion of $185200.88, The gu- preme Court’s ducislon finally disposes of this ense, which hns been uséd asa renson why Mr, Folger should not be appointed Sves retary of the Creasury. THE CANINET TALK in Congressional circles to-day Is_that Mr. Allison will be Secretary of tho_Trensury, Lepublicaus of nence suy New York has not been oitered the Treasury, The Mehiy detegation ls pressing Newberry for Seerctaty of tho Navy,aud some influ- ential Miinols Republicans Are urging Com- inlsstoner Raum fur Seerctary of War, Illinots gets u Cabluet position Raum will bo the mun. \Window 15 wentioned for the ‘Treasury, but In the Senate the general hine pression has suttled baek on Allison, A SENATOW'S BELIER, A leading Republlean Senator said to-day that he understood nn- executive session of the Senate would by catled for the 5th of Maren, and that, ntter swearin; Senators, n recess woull probably bo taken forone week, to enable the Commitee of the Senato to go-to Mitwaukee with the remains of the Inie Senator Carpenter. ‘The new Cabinet would probably not be confirmed until the committees are rearrangod, exeept In the case ot Senator Blaine, who will un- doubtedly be contirmed without reterence to uny committee. MRS, CHRISTIANCY IN COUNT. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. WasniNGroy, D, C., Fen, 28,—Despite the - attractions that the nearness of the ipugtira= tion brings to the eity, still nothlug detracts from the Intevest manifested in the Chris- tinney divoree suit. "To-dny the counsel on hoth sides attended at Examiner Lovejoy's oflleo telisten to the testimony of Dennls Btand, the hackman who carrled a lady to the St, Jomes Hotel to meet Edll Giro. Mrs, Christhaiey, following out her determination to see those that testify and hear all that Is to bu suld about ier In connection with the case, wus also present. Sho looks so fresh and rosy, and exhibits 50 much of the old charm i her manner that in looking at her one would searee suppose thut she was cons valeselng from a protracted nervous prostras tlon, or was one of the princlpal actors inn great socloty seandal, Not only dld she nt- tewd the examinatlon, but took good ¢are to plneo herself In a position where she would bo seen without trouble by the witness, and | whure she wus able TO LOOK SQUARELY IN IS FACE while tho mun was giving his evidence. fuct, ho was counslderably more than Mrs, Christianey, and it in tho fultering manner of | delivering his testlmony. When it camg to the cross-examinution shie was not.i slow to suggest questions to hor counsel to In furrled « showed ! be put to the witnoss, and watched him like o vk s she nwaited the replies, 'The hnek- man testitied that on the day In question ho took n Llonde lndy from No, 811 1Y street, the : resfdence of Mys, Christluney, and earried her in hls carrlago to the St James Hotel, Somo time later he cotveyed her from the hotel to tho houss from whieh she hud firse | been taken, When he was asked to look ub Aus, Chirlstianey s suy whethor or not she | wus the ludy that ho referrad to, THR HCENE WAS QUITE DRAMATIC, J Mys. Christinney, whits listening to tho testis - mony, hid peraiitted her head to fall slighte - Iy, wnd her ‘eyes were direeted toward the carpet, but the moment the withess was dirceted to look nt her, to seo If sho wus the person, shoe stralghtened up with great digs nity, turned hor fuco tull and direct toward thu wltuess, nnd there shiot from her eyes the most seathing glancesof scorn wnd contempts “The withess very qulekly sald that he was not uble to recognizo er as the person tuken by bl to the hotel, 'Chis closed the exumi- nition for to-dny, When this witness 1s dona with, the counsel for Mluistor Christiancy i propose to eall . DIL 0SCAN BALL, tho l'ension-Oftiew, also o frlend of the hutor, who clubms to have been standing I the labby talking with the elerk of the hotel ot the e the Indy allghted frowm the curriago and was showi to (Hro’s room, 1t I8 eleimed that whille he did not got a good chunee Lo sew the lady, still he saw suiliclent to satisty hlm that it wos Mrs, Christluney, and will ‘testify to that effeet, The testimony for the plalntht will be flulshed this we = CIVIN: BERVIOE. MENSAGE FIOM THE PRESIDENT, WasuiNaroy, D, O, Feb. 28,—The Prests dent sent tho folloylng messuge to Congress today: = Qo the Senate and House of Representus tieca: 1transinle Lerowith u copyof the lutter addressed to tho Chairmuan of the Clvii-HBervice fuxnmlnlun o tho Ud of December last, requvsts J nelo 0 Lo furnishod witha report upon the re= in the Post-Otlice and’ Custon-House &g Now York of the upplicauon of the Civil-Berve LA 3 in the new -