Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 12, 1881, Page 3

-the condition of the mone: oxicr (be Governors and ox-flove Jew Merce: e Territorlos, und. by Wworokalite, Dankers, and othor business-mon and oltizons of thoso Torritories, which petitions, ete. are oa Me in the department. Tay for Inerensed service to tho amount of 84,195 was atso made fotho contractors In tho months of dung and July, [eal itfter the dofondunts, Brady and Hone, hid fort the department, ‘hy court adjourned without fixing a day for argument. TH TREASURY. WALL STREET DISGUSTED, Bpechtl 1Heputch to The Chteavo Tribune, Wasmvatos, D.C,, Oct. 11.—3e. Windom finds today that Wall street ig very mueh dis- gatisfed with his program of redeoming only. 00,000 of bonds on Monday next. Wall strectdocs not seem to like the Western Seeretary of the ‘Treasury, and is severely denouncing Mr. Whulom, forthe reason that jo does tot choose to play into thelr hands, Mr. Windom ty shuply redeeming bonds to tho extent that he can do so with- ont: impatring the ‘Treasury reserves, and ne does not intend to empty tho ‘Treasury to please the speculators, Ie gave a week's notice of tha Intention to placa $5,000,000 of currency tyon te money market, because he did not intend that any one should tale advantage of It, and the very fact of this eneral hotlee hiadvanee iy” the net most fitterly compiatned of Itis expected that market will ine duce n speedy surrender of the bonds to the Goverment. NOTES, VINGINIAS Special Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune. Wasitnarroy, D, C., Oct, 11,—Congress- man Jorgensen, Republican, fromthe Peters burg (Vi.) District, who lias been accused of belng disposed to oppose Mahone and to ald the Democrats on account of the funding ‘Duslness, will soon issuenu address, In which he will urge tho Itepublicnns to support Ma- hone as the true representative of Iberal re form Sn Virginta, and denounce the Bour- pons for their hypocrisy on the debt and for stl adhering to thelr proserlptiye polley with respect to the colored man, JUDGE anAay, ‘There is some reason to think that Judge Gray, of Massachusetts, who hid been se- lected by President Garhelu for the position, will be appointed by President Arthur to tha yncancy on tho Supreme Bench from the New England Cireuit, cnuged by the death of Justice Clifford. Judge Gray Is a man of eminent ablilties, and his qualifications for the place are unaitestlonalle, RAUM, Wasitxatos, D. C,, Oct. 11.—Commis- sloner Raum, in letter to New York, suys: “Lthink the bunkers ot the United States, who are understood to {insist upon the ob+ servance of contracts and the enforcement of Inwsg, shotld set the example to the othor taxpitylng citizens by showing a willingness to yay promptly such tuxes as may be ime posed upon them by nw.” SUCRETARY WINDOM states that no intimation has been given him us to whe lis successor would be, and Attor- aey-General MacVeagh says his retirement will not In nny way embarrass the President, He regarded his tenure of ofice at an end when resident Gartield died, A VIGNET OF THE LATE URESIDENT will appear in the checks for the 6 per cent bonds continued at 34 per cent. TUNER UBVENUE VESSELS Nave been ordered to particlpate in the ‘Yorktown cerenionies, , CALLERS ON ‘THE PRESIDENT. Senators Cameron of Pennsylvania, Saun- ders, Logan, Platt, Cameron of Wiseonatu, Van Wyck, and Sherman, and three or tour members of Congress called on President Arthurgthis moving, OUANGES, Ibis generally belleved that at lenst two Cabinet chances will be announced when the Senate convenes tomorrow, the retiring meim- bers bolny Seesetary Windom and Attorney- General Ma, Veagh, THE CAMNET ‘remajned In session bout an hourand a quarter, ‘Tho meeting was untuportant, and the thie was devoted: prineimaly to an ex. /thauge of views on the political sltuntion. CONKLING, Ex-Senator Conkling fas left for New ork, MINOR OFFICES. President Arthur has notitied Republican Senators that ho will not for the present. make any nominations except to tilt yacan- cles of minor fmportanee. He said today he dit not tink the Senate session woul last ten days, and if this proves correct, lie will nat, under the ‘Tenire-of-Onlee act, be required to make his noininations at this ses~ glon, and he will take until the regular ses- sion to consider all but the nomlustions to AN ginal phi TIS CAMINET, The Impression among Republican Sen- ators Is that new Cablnet will be made up completely when Seeretary Windom retires. Even Western Senators adinlt that the ‘Treasury portfolio will go to New York. 3 FroLans {s the only ‘name mentioned tonlght In con- ouction with the Trensury. THE RECORD. BENATE—ENTRA SESSION. Wasuinatoy, 1), C,, Oct. 11.—immedlately Mter the reading of the journal Mr, Ed- unds, tiling to « question of the highest privileye, moved that the oath be adminis- tered to Nelson W. Aldrich, Senator-clect from Rhode Ealand. Thera beng no objec Non, tho motion was agreed tound Mr, Al- drich sworn In. \ Mr Edmunds then made a similar motion a the cases of the Senutors-elect from New ‘ork, . Mr, McPherson interposed, and stated that he desired to present a petition, pending that Motion, Je held in his hands ¢ communica- ton from certain members of the New York Legislature alleging certain reasons why essrx, jephum and Miller were not entitle to seats in the Senate, With regurd to these allegations ho knew nothing. He did not pro- fent the petition with auy dvsire to delay uction Upon the administration of the outh, "du of- fered the petition, and would rofor tt at the Proper tine to the apvropriute cominittes, r. Edmunds sald that ua tho potition referred to the prayeiat of swearing iu tho new Senutora trom New York, he would wot object to its ra- Seption At tho preaent tine, cqpbb@ petition was recelved and laid upon the table, and tho oath of office udininisterod to the Senutora trom Now York, A counittee consisting of Messrs, Pondleton and Anthony, wag appointed by the presidliug pitoer fowaltupon the Preglgent and jnfornt in that the Sonate was ready to receive any awuatention he might bo bo pluused to send A recess for half an hour waa takon, After recess, Mr, Edinunds olforad a resolu. Hon decluring'that the standing vommilttous of tho Senate, us thoy were conatitued at the close Pi the lust eessionof tho Bonute, be continued sa the preseut soasion, and authorizing the may cy bea tem. to all any vacances which i. ont Hurris asked that the resolution flo ovor 19 day under thy rule, Su ordered, Tho committeo to wait upon the President ro- Ported ithed | porformod the duty, and that the qraldent bad stated be would communicate in ritt a weit, tho Senate tomorrow, SE EEEEEEEEEoamETEEE WISCONSIN BOARD OF CHARITIES, inictal Disvatca to The CAteago ‘Tribune. Mitwaukxs, Wis. Oot, 1.—Tho State Doard ‘SC Charitics and Hefurmers met in thie olty tor gay and Inspected allot the penal institutions Were found in ualtoratygaed oer ae Dust Dedd transacted uthorwiv was routine, —$—<$————— Ex-Sonator Thurman's Weturn—31ts :, Views on the Work of the Monetary Conference, ew Yous, Oot, 10,—Ex-Sonntor Thurman are fived tn thie olty from Frunce toduy, Hoisia Ficellony health evidently, paving f eB months’ sojourn abroad, Speaking of Pare ee aey, Conferouce which be attended at Pcie fald that whilo no agrooment wus ave ed xing the relative valucs of gold and w ARENT was dono toward that end which pea uitinutely bo accomplished, Bany ablo uber Wero Feud Lefore the conferutico, and paitions of monetary solence were more ably fe bussed than they ever wore ata situlluy cope wane} Englaud at tirit held buck, but she nels eglnning to see ber inteatuke, - It was true bie yet held the opinion that (twas impnagi« meng te the relutlye yulues of tho previous un ‘aly urbitrarily, owing to the varlatons in tho hig Uits produced, but tue arguments wore, 19 Pep opinion, ureatly aguluet thorn, ‘The aod lnilucues of the coufurenceupon Europea be ed bug been vory perceptible already, lav, MeBan. owing ta the Muves st ‘ate ous (Be Me. urialek, will not start for bls bom Columbus fora duy oF two . THE CHICAGO TRIBUN Wry SDA Failure of the Philadelphia Firm of Washington Butchor’s Sons. Their Business Provisions, and Their Debts About a Mill- ion Dollars, They Got into DimMenity Trying to Win Monoy on the Chicagu Board. The Bonth Boston Iron Oompany Will Pay in Full Within o Few Days, WASHINGTON BUTCHER'S SONS. Sptctal Dispatch to The Chreago Tribune, Pirtcapetmita, Pu, Oct. W.—Tho banks had Just closed thoir doors today whon tt was au- nounced that the Grin of Washington Butchor'’s Sone, wholesale provision dealers, liad beon une ablo to moct tholrilabitities and bud beun furced to suspend prymont. A memberof the firm told Tue Trenuxe correspondent tonight that tho fatturs would tn wil provubllity rouch $1,- 000,000, and that {¢ wus the result of speculation in wheat and curn{n Chicugu, A draft from tha Chicago house for $15,000 reachei the firm this morning and was returucd on uecount of the complications of that branch of tho firm, In answer to tho «question gato the natureof tho complications, this mum- bor of tue llrm romarked that thoy had been carrying largo holdings of gratn for tholr cuse tomora, that thore was iw heavy decline in the market, and that this was tho cnuso of the sus- Ponsion, “If all of our asects wore netive,” he auld, “ wewoutd be able to pay 100 conts on the dollar, Ag itis, do not think wo shall have to Bcalo our chilins more than 10 or possibly 20 per cont. Tho prinvipul losses will be in the Eust and Wost and in Philadelphia nmony the banks, Hut tho them will not auspend business, how= over.” The provision house of Wushington Buteher's Sons was ustubliabed In the year 1700 by John Butebor, wrent-wrcat-xrandfuther of the presont members, und during the long Interval of years whieh It hus sucuessfully aur vived tho ownorship bas nover departed from tho Uuteber family. ‘tho American Govern- ment during the Hevolution wis a Mberut cus. tomor of tho house, and its yands wore dis- telvuted over the nelgiboriug colonies, Thu firm 1s now composed of Henry C. Butcher, Howard = Butchor, and Henry 1’. Darling- ton, trading undor tho iirin oume of Wasting: ton Hutcher's Sons. When the business was Airst estubtished groceries and provistons ware the stock in trade conjolntly, but fur tho Inst. thirty-ve years tho latter bave been handled exclusively, with exception of curing sirups, salt, sultntre, and othor urtieles used by pork and beef packers, Nico js dealt langely in also, {t being received on cousirnmenta from triuders Inthe Southern States. Che tiem, in 1875, es+ tobllshed 1 brunch hougo in the City of Chicago. The ,bustness dono annuully by the Chicao branch [s very ‘large, tho sales last yonr nmounting to $1,000,000 and upwards, white purohases wero enormous and fur execeded the gules, and wero not only for parties In tho United States but in tho Canadian Provinces, and firgely on Kuropeun account. Tho len, besides dealing on its own individual neeount, is the agent for soveral speciultios of high re- nown, 3 follows: 8, Davis Jr's diumond brands of hum, breakfast bacon, beet, ote, Cine elunutl, O.; tho Wilson Packing Company's canned cooked meats, Chicago; Iieburdson & Ttubbins' boneless cooked hams, Daver, Delo: ang the brand of pure sugar of slrup which Is used by mostof the principal packera in tho United Stutes, and whiuh during the past five seasons buve cured 300,000 tlerees or 0,000,000 hama, ‘The trado of tho Philadelphia house fs con- fined principally to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Muryland, and throughout al) the Southern States bordering on tho Atlantic and the Gulf, ‘The Souther trde fs very extanalye, the house baving oxenta 11 most of tho louding cltics of the South, ‘This trade during the past few yours hus rapidly increased, Tho firm was tho frat to bring to the city Western-dressad enttle, hoot, an’ inutton In refelgerator curs. Tho ware: houses iu thia clty ure nas completely arranged for tho trinstctlon of tho business ag nny in the country. Tho capacity of ice-storage vaults Is fIxt00 fout, whila the smoko-honscs have a capuclty of 0,000 pounds of bnvon per week, Tho ayxre- gute mount of business done by tho firm has beon about $10,000,000 to $11,000,000 per annum, Washington Butcher, wha stood ut the bead of the honsu for many yenrs, died in 1873, Among the patrons of tha house in times pust wis Stephon Girard and sovoral of the signers of tho Declaration of Indupendence, and the presont flrin show as a curiosity of business re ce{pts dated back to Colontat days. ‘TM the Western Associated Press, PIPADELPHIA, Pa. Oct. 11.—The announce- ment was mde after bunk botrs this afternoon, that tho firm of Washington Butcher's Bons, wholesale provision deniers, 116 North Front streot, bud been unable to mect tholr linbilities, and forced to suspend payment. Inquiry estab: Nsbed the correctness of the anuouucement, and it was officlully stated that the Mublities, from Q present catimate, would rench $1,000.00. Tho firm, it was reported, hud been engaged in Jarge speculations In gratu, and ft ta under stood had a long outstanding account in tho Chicawo market, Until tho books can, ho examined and o full investigation of necounts mndo, no more dollnit statement enn bo made. ‘Toe report of the failure created n sensation when it reached tho street, and It was decltred thut this was ono of the ruinous effects of tho gruln corner and that others would apecdily follow. A mombor of tho firm atuted this aftere noon that the fallure was tho result of spevula- ons in wheat and corn in Chlongy, A draft from a Chicago house for $15,000 reached tho firm this morning, and was returned! on uccount of the comulications of that braucn of tha firm. In answer to a question as to tho nature of the complications, the samo member of the firin rowarxed that they hind been carrying largo holdings of grain for oustomors; that there was « heavy deullno in the tnurket, and thut thiewas tho cause of the suspension, “If all our assets wore active,” he sald, “wo would bo abloto pay 100 cents on tha dollar, Ag ft 1s, 1 do not think wo shall bave to scalo our cluima moro than 10 or possibly 20 por cont. The principal losses will bu in tho Hust and West and In Philadelphia among tho banks, Toe firm will not suspoud business, howoyer." The house of Wushinygton Butcher's Sons wus estublishod 151 years ov, Kod the ownurships bave never separ from the Butcher family. A uivotiug of creditors will bo cailod at once, The probabilitiog wre uygulnst usaigninunt. Tt 1s reported that ‘Thouwma Hradley, an oxtensive Dbutunor, bus beon heavily involved by thu aus= pension, Untils year ago the Butchers hid an Intoreat in Hradloy’s busingss, nnd Bradtoy has indorsed notes fur tho suspended firin, Headley hog $10,0u0 invested In lia business, and fs 4 ‘large boldor of roa! ostate, Toutyut tio tw mak ing offorta to tido over tho trouble without eus- ponding payments, ——— SOUTH BOSTON IRON COMPANY, pectat Dispatch to Ths Chteago Tribune, Tosroy, Out, 11.—The atfairs of the South Bos ton tron Company look brighter, ‘To provide for tho present ewergency, the Old Colony Itail- road Company'sotter of $2 pyr foot for a partion or tho wholo of tho iron uumpany's land will bo accepted, Thoy will take half tho property next the railroad tracks, ‘hls will not tuterfora with the work of tho corporation In fle ing contracts, and will only make neces- sury @ few alteration in the buildings, The proposed Jucreaso of onpital stock above tha prosont fixures of $100,UU0 will probably be madg, aod tho company will redumo on a sound basis, Mr, flunt states that tho present duce frum the Govornincat aggregate fully $300,000, All that tho company compluins of is the dila tory sottloment of bills ut Washlugton. Ono bill for # larxe amount wus not pal) until interest to the ammount of $10,000 had accumulated on It, that sum bulng a dead Joss to tho company, ns tha Government never pays foterost, ‘The histury of tbe presout claim of $250,000 Is that contracts wero mado In 1877 with tho Navy Department forthe manufacture of a quantity of boilers, Bxponsive machinery, uvaliabto for no other purposo, was put in, and the work was commenced, Some time lator, after tho oun tract bud seov, partlully fultiilad, Secrotary Thompson ordered the work stupped aud the oontract cunceled, .The Court of Claims will now settle tho matter, Tho note which was al- lowed tego to protes} ou Baturday was for @ comparatively amatl sum, and all maturing ob> lgutions will now bo paid on presentation, A BOSTON SHOOK FINM, Boston, Maas, Oct. It.—Jotin Mabon & Bons, manufuetururs and denlora in shoos at Lynn and 77 Pourt i nbn, are reported ty have faiod. Ginut = WET WEATHER, SIGNAL SERVICE, Orricn or THE Curse Biaxan Orricnn, Wasitnatos, 1), Uy Oct. 1, t.—The Chief Signal Oflicer furnishes the following. special bnticting Asturm of coneiderablo Intensity Is contrat Inthe Upper Missiselpol Valley. ‘Tho baromo- tur Js highest on tha Middle Atiantic Coast. ‘Tho tumperature has falten aliahtly fe Now Kn glund, the Middle, aud theSouth Atlantiy stutes, It bas risen in the Lake region from 3 tu li due grees, luthe Oblo Valley and ‘Tennessee 3 to Wi deyrocs, and from f to Il degrees in the Upper: Mississippi Valloy, Ruin hus fatien since tho Instreport tn the Upper Lake region, the Upper Minsissippl atid) the = Missouri Vattleys, Cloudy und threatening wealhor prevails fun the Lower = Lake | region; in all other districts cust of the Misstesippl River thu weather is fair, In New Inland aud tho Mid- dle Auantio States witta ure southerly, High suuthorly winds prevall in tho Lake region and Sulssiasinnt Valley. In the South Atlantic and. Kust Gul States the winds are ensterly. Iidi- cations fur Now England and tho Middle Atinn- Uo Stutes for today und tomorrow are for flr weather followed by Incruusing cloudiness and rain, INDICATION: For tho Obin Valtey and ‘Tonnosseo, partly cloudy weathor and rain, southerly winds, Jower barometer, and statiouary or higher tumpor- ature, For tho Lower Lako rexion, partly cloudy weatbor and rain, suuthorly winds, lower ba- rometer and bighor temporature, For tho Upper Lake rein, partly cloudy weather and raltt, moutnety, winds, lower bn ronwwter, and stationary or higher temporature For the Upper Missigalppi Valley, part! cloudy weather and ruln, winds mostly south: crys falling followed by rising barometer, and rising Followed by falling temperature, For the Missouri Valley fair weather preceded by occaslonal rains, stationary or bigher buromn- eter, stadonary or towor tumperature, und winds shifting to northwesterly. Cautionary signals continuo at Marquette, Eseunuba, Sections | and 2, Milwaukee, Chicago, rand Hnven, section 3, Muckiniw Clty, Port Hluron, Detrolt, Section 4, Toledo, Sundusky, Cleveland, Section 6, Eriv, and Bulfalo, and are ordored for Ruchestor, Oswexo, snd Seotlon 6, GENKRAL, OUSERVATIONS, Faery There Stations. wit Wind, en) eh, alas me cain UNGY ETO sone of sbteaty, ease uh o) Bs ws a OT o % ai 8. fa (8S i tH Be. uy |S: i Gh IS. 05 B ls ry Is. uv ah |X, ty i fs, ry TW [Bh u al IN. uy th IN 7 & {3 ut Ww TB ui fs. U a3 fs uc Handuahy, RS 4 Shrevevor i | ty |e ae Sprvutnel a Es rae 5 i 2 iL Fy ft 4 fs wichay: wy o1ray: Mi Livan] “ulFouey. ii ° Bt # Bareantonioss:] 3 taatite:s| jain Antonio... allt Turon, Dakescel 8 NAWilFresiis, | ob Lt rita “Soo suialt to mieunure, LUCAL, OLBERVATIONS, dar?) ther. [a | Wind. Val | ten.) Weather as Hiarcinoter curtoctod for womaperatur®, elevailoa Bad. uatramie nda FOL. Porat, BieneHoR, Moan thermoue Mean huruteity, TU, Maxuonio tomporature, Minimum tomporacure AROUND LA CROSSE, Speetat Dispatch to The Chteuoo Tribune, Ta Crosse, Wis., Oct, 11.—Thore bas beon con- aAlderable tulk uf lato among wheat mon in thls elty abuut whut effect tho rains of tha pst month have bad on crops in the Northwest, and your correspondent, In an interview today, lonrnod that tho damage done all kinds of grain hos been tinmense. There bus been searcety o duy In the past flye weeks that we bave not bad rain, and the waters show wu nousual ble. ‘In Soutborn Minnesota vory ittle grain hus been thrashed, and the rain bas caused tho grain to grow fn tho sticks, and the duinago will bo xreat, Bhould the present weathor contin: very ttle thrushing can bo dono this fail, und it will require ‘threo weeks of good weathor to dry the stucks, Ono of tho houviest rains of the aeusun today was generat throughout Southorn Minnesota and Wisconsin, In sume places the ears ou the Southarn Minne sutit Rullrogd ure obliged to run through the water. The road is in tad condition, and ald settlers say thoy have no remembrance of such ralng and cond{tion uf things goneraily as now, aud everything fs very dissourayiag. IOWA. Dengue, In., Oct, 1,—Tho river ts booming high, and Is nearly up to the warehouses on the loved, All the bottoms and lowlands uro cove ered, and ull tho eawinills closed. ‘Tho water js falling at Cluytun, and the force of the frestot will Boul be over, ‘Who rive wt this pout wis ax inches tho past twonty-fourbours, Such arise in the fall was nuver before experioncail, AT THE PISTOL'S POINT. Ikow Mr. Kynett Sought to Secure Evie donco Against Ii Wile. Dispatch to Uineinnats Enquirer. CANTON, O., Oct. 1—Joxeph I, Kynott ie a locomotive engincer, who lives at Alliance, Sturk County, His wife, Amelia Kynott, bus filed her petiqon in the Vourt of Common Pleas, Mn this city, for divorce, Her petition rouds more like a romance than truth, and ts quite sengational, Tho following verbatim oxtract from It glvea tho gist of ber story: “That under tho protease Hut ho had or was about to lease property in Alllauce, 0., to bu occupied by binisulf and your petitioner us o home, she waa Induced te come fram Pittsburg, Pa. to Alllunco, 0. where she was mot by tho dofundant, who ‘Invited “her. to. gut” into his bugay aud ride tu seo sult promises; whereupon defendant, after usaisting yuur petitonur in getting into ble bugey, drove to the country several mitoses trom town drove into o dark pleco of woods, snd thon drow from ble povket a loaded revolver, und, poluting It ntand menr the huud of your peti-+ Uoner, threatened to blow her bralns out it sho refused to otwy bor demanda; and thereupon the defendant producud paner, and pongil, and, dictntiue tho tunguage to be written, and with » Nghted lantory lu one hand and witha loaded revolver iu tho otuer, compollod her, undor throats of instunt death, to write duwn charges ot criminal fiuaey and adultery betwoun bore solf und o certain man named by hin; and thereupon the defendant caltod two meu, who und been secreted by bim for tho purpose, to sign tho papers as witnosses, and thou took charge of und still holds saino, Sho ayers that auld ohurges wero fala, and that abe was come yebet tomake thorn, as uforesuld, bolloving at ho time be woultt tuke bor life if Khe refuecd.” Shortly after Mra, Kynott had Aled hor poti- ton Alr. Ky nott tiled tia putidua for diverce on tho ground of adultery, lu his potition bo spocttios certuln purtied, places, and tines to connection with the cburce of udultery, and thea speelfications aro auld to correspond with thowe which Sirs, Kynett wus forced to shin, ‘The cag will coe Up for bearing at the Octu- ies of court, which tcets here noxt Mons oe LIBERAL RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES, Speclat Dupateh to The Chicago Tribune. Beoomixaron, Ul, Oct, 1.—The ninoteonth soualon of the Liborul Roliiiuus Socletiouat Illl- nols was coumenced hore this evening, ‘The Hoy, 2, Flybor, of Altona, LiL, dolivered an able address, There are about twantyettva. dofoxates prseoat, Blure will bo hore tonfynt’ Thy Hon. Kersey 1, Folly of thig city. wil preside ut the busluess tn Tho weaslon wil tin Thunduy night, ee at see a CORN IN NEBRASKA. ‘To the Editor af The Uhtcuge Tribune, Owaita, Nob, Oot. B—1 was tulging with the Hon, B.C, Carnes, Licntenaut-Goveruur of Ne+ brasku, yesterday, Ile says tho corn vrop inthis Bruty in Saunders, Butler; Sward, York, and 0 inty) ayora alsty bushels to the nore, i id OCTOBER 12, 1881--TWELVE PAGU MINNESOTA. The Question of Settling the Old Bonded Debt. Rural Hostility to the Proposed Plan of Settlement, AVhat Action Will the Legislaturo, Take in tho Matter? Edgerton to Bo Re-clooted Senator Unigss Windom Ba a Candidate. Special Correapmadence of The Chteago Tribune, Sr. Paut, Minn, Oct. &—Upon tho ove of tho Bsaermbling of the extra sussion of the Legis- lature, culted by Gov, Pillsbury to take final ue- tlon fur the scttiomont of tho old bonded debt, it cannot be anid that the prospeat for the ra- demption of Minnesota from tho dishonur of twenty yonrs fs very bright. So faras publiv sciitinent in tho State can be inferred from tho raed of tha country press and publig utterances, eisas 1 STRONGLY OPPOSED TO TILE PAYMENT of tho bunds ns it was when the lust proposition for settlemont was voted down two to ono.’ At {popular olection two years azo, every county in the State that adupted resolucons upon the bond question condemned the plnn of settle. merit by un extra session, In many counties In the southern purtof the Stato ppeciul muss> meetings bavo ween held to denuunce tho Governor for cniling tho extra session, to disapprove the plan of | settlomont, aud instruct members of the Legislature to voto Ogulnst it. Speciul elections have been teld In four legislative districts to Hill yacuneles ovoure ring slucu the lust session. In every case where the sontiments of tho momber-clect are known, hefsarank ropudiator, ‘fhe sentiment in the Republican State Convention wis clearly ugainst, the payment of the bonde; and the ‘friends of the tucasure thought themaclves fortunate to keep the question out of tho convention, and excxpe a declaration against thom, Tho nuinl- nation of Hubbard was in ona senso A REPUDIATION Victory, Tho action of the Democratic Convention in tuking strong grounds in favor of payment of the bonds hug nut made tt eusler fora Repub- lean Legisluture to oppose tho popular aentl- ment Ii both parties in favor of repudiution. ‘This yivos it the aspect of uw party question, though, It point of fact, there are as tarye A proportion of repudiators awony tho Demo- Crate us among the Menubiicans, and the resolu. tlons of the lite convention wore a transparent Polltical dudye for effect rbrord, ‘Tho question bus tnken such shape, Howeyer, that overy mumbor of the Legislature who votes An favor of tho pian of settlement to be pro- posed in the extra session—outside of the repre- sentatives of two or throo cities, and of a fow spursely-sottlod northorn districts—will dofy the exprosged wishes of hls constituents and risk bls political futuro, Some mon may be bold enough and strong enough to do this, but itis vy no Meus dure that they wil make up a majority of tho Lugistuture, It is true thls same Legistu. tire prdsed a bil embracing this suine pun of settlement last winter by a considerable ma- Jority; and thelr nands bave been Ktrengtbanod since by tho Suprome Court devision. Uae patie sentiinent was not aroused last wiotor ag tix now, and members will find i VRETENT FOR CHANGING THEIR VOTES on ‘ho instructions of constituents, and the plea that they wore not’ elected upon the issue thoy ure calied upon to decide. ‘This is the form the repudiation argument takes: The pay> tnent of the Lous ia not openly condemned, but the Goveruor Is uttacked for tiking snap judg- ment upon Hie: Reo. by enlliug an extrit gua- Kon; and It ie chitrned that he should leave tho question to be setticd by a Legislature elected with direct refereney to it, A very strong press: ure will be brought upon the’ Legisinture to procced at ottce to the olection of a Senutor;, und, that finished, to adjourn without touching the bond matter ut all, OF course tho vllect of thia would be to defeat the present plan of. set. tement at 60 couts on the dollar, und leave the State lable for the entlro amount, but qui the: bondholders ag far ever from an ad justment. ‘On tho othor bonds, tho debt-paiuy party was NEVEI SO STRONG OR DETERMIN in Minnesota as now. tt fs felt that ut last tho question Ie in such shape That a settlement s Pesgilcuble, and tho most, vigorous vlfort possl- Ly is to bo tnade to effect It,in spite of the pop- ular prejudice and the machinations of demu- Bogs. Wusluoss ena professlunal men and tho cultivated and intelligent cluyses generally throughout tho Stute favor the payment of the bonds, All tho dulty papers In St. Paul and Min- neapolls urge it, Lvory public man whose ine formation js not llted by township or county Jinea Is committed to the payment of the bonds, however he miny evade the question In conter- ring with hia rural constituents, Gay. Pills: bury and the membera of tho Supremo th Court uve set a members of io Legislature a noble eximple by defying iguo- rant populir prejudice and ebamploning the pol- iey of honesty, ‘They nt, particularly the Gov. ernor, sieriticed, or nt lenst risked, all political Advancoment in tho frture, and relinquished pers sounl ambition, tu devote the lust remuants of tholr ollicial terms to a final effort to REDEEM THE HONOR OF THE STATE. Gov. Pillsbury’s parsonal infinenco will count for something with the Legislature. [Hs great Wealth aud unblemished reputation preserve hin from tho inputation of personal intercat wo freely mide against other advocates of settles mont; and he is very populur, even with bis op- ponents, ‘Tho practical udvantages of n setie- Ment at 60 cens4 on tho vollar, and of tuking & Yeatering source of corruption out of the poll- tleg ot the Stute, may buve its Welght with mews bere. It is clear to every one that the tora olfered are very advantageous. Not only is tho debt to bo sented down bulf, but n ainking fund 4s to Le established, by tho sale of public lands, to provide forthe paymentof tho now bonds. No tuxatson will bo novessary, ‘Toso vonsider- ntions muy induce some who are Fopudlintors from havit ruther then prinolple, aud wha are beurtlly sick of tho discussion, to yote for tho settlement, THE BENATORIAL ELECTION, whiob Je to occur at the extra sesston, excites only n languid interest. By general consent Senator Edgerton will be chosen for tho rest of his term, unioas Window {6 candidate. Wine dom doot ant to be a candidate to the the jury of Edgerton; but, if Windom reelens from tho Cabinet, the people will probubly clamor for his election, and the Leyistaturo will consult tholr wishes rather thun thuge Mr. Windorn ox- presaes, Congressman Dunnoll, who wants the Dhico {n 186), 18 naturally anxious for Eduertan's reUlcution, and ty at work to thut oud. er THE MARQUIS OF LORNE, Spectal Nupatch to The Chicago Tribuné. 81. Paun, Minn, Oot. 1L—The Marquis of Lorne, Governor-Genorsl of the Beitisn Possos- sions in North America, arrived from Winnipeg at 0:40 today in the Pullman hotel cur St. Nicho- Jag, which bus been at his disposal alnen bo jolt Oyden, on tho Union Pacitic, weveral weeks ayo, With bis Lordship were Col, De Winton, Maj, Charlos, and Capt. Baygott, of his porsonal atatl, aud Mossré. Hall and Austin of tho London press, and Drs, Swelland MuGregor, His Ex- gellonoy wns mot at tho train by it. Agua, VicoePresident of the St. “Paul, Minnesota & Munitobu, and J. J, Hill, Man-. auger of tho sume road, and, with ono or two of hiv suite, fens quickly driven to dir, Angus’ residence on Woodward ayouue, where dinuer wan surved, Wor UL Sibley being to only other gentlomant bs nt, Tho tine of the purty was iimited, aa the Journey was to be con: tinued a 80pm. The trip was to be mado Via the Oniua route, but, owing tou break in tho rond nour Bau Claire, the Milwaukeo loud ‘wis naked to take the cur, and did go, attachin, it tothe regulur oveniig train. Tho Marquis wovs direetly to Ottawa, and will sul for Ene ilaud on or ubout tho 22d Inst, _ a STEAMSHIP NEWS, New Yon, Oct, 11.—Arrivod, tho Amsterdam, from Rotterdam, Lonpos, Oct, 11.—Arrivod, from New York, MoviLLK, Oct, 1—Arcived, the Anchoria, from Now York, Loxpon, Oot, 11.—The Oder, from Now York, the Vaderland and Ponnsylvanta, from Philat dolpolu, have arrived out, ww YOK, Oct. I—Arrlyed, the Cironssla, frou (luggow, New Youx, Oct. IL—Arrived, the France, frum London, the Denmark, THE INDIANS, Witcox, A, T., Oot, 1.—Nothlog ts yot heard from the troops operating (eainst the Chiriou- huus. ‘They uro thonght to bo near tho woutne orn ond of the Chirjcuiua Mountatus, Geu. MucKeuzio has returned to Thowas, There le nothing now ut the ayer aaa the arrvat of one bustile who was At leu fight. Itue rts from Thomas, Gral Nowle, snd vielnity say that tho Indlan eaciewont te dying out, and ranchers, stockinen, sud winors ure resuming tholr ditfurunt vocations. ° a A Remarkable Woman, At Dumascus bus died in Lady Digby a ree murkably wud un eccentrlo woman, Yorn in 18ui, the daughter of Adiniral Sir John Dixy, she was married at 17 to Lord Bunborongh, and divorced from bimatz. ‘wo years Jater sho jaarried 4 Uavarian, Wuron Veuiinger, and atl ter becume the wile of Grove Guieruly who soon deserted both her and the service of his country. Bho was met nt Athens sono years afterward by SM. KRdinund About, who wrote, with her strange adventures as his subject, ong of his most brillitnt volumes. In J6¥i sho loft Athons, nid while on the road to. Palmyra was attacked hy Bedoulns, ono of whom, Midjouct one of tha most ferocious of tho trite, saved her life, He was fascinated by hor fortune and bewuty and induced her to bee cote hla wife. She took tha name funthe and appoara ty have lived bupplily with the flereo Bedout fier subtequent: twontyefive yeni was in with him and his tribe, and ste b cunig A fenriess rider. Miljouel was extre! fond of horses nnd lanthe of Western bo Aid reviews, all of which were on table. Mur portralt was paluted in her south by Bir Thomas Lawrence, nnd i her old nge abo still resurnbied it. Of MidJouel, a correspandont Whosaw him several months ago, saya that bo was" feishifully bearded and wniwishod.” It ip thonlt that the career of Lady Hester Stan- hope, of whom both famartine and Kinglake bave written, fey have suggested to Lady Dighy the strange life she fet in tho Buat, ale though it should bo said that Eady Tester's ro- manuy career was entirely from any stain upon her charactor. YALE COLLEGE GOSSIP. Ausplelons Opening of Yale's 181st Four—226 Freshmen Put in an Ape pearance=—The Tennis Craze—Foot> Hall, Buseelall, and Rowing—Junlor Promenade Commnalttec, Spectat Correspondence of The CMeago Tribune. Yar Cottrae, Oct. \.—The one hundred and eiyhty-lrst year of Yale's existence has opened very ausplolousty, in spite of rumorsto tho con- trary. Tho entalog will show about as lary a number of students as were bere last yenr, and & general fecling of prosperity provalls, The Freshinan clase numbers 2%, compared with 210 at Harvard, and tho professional schools aru well filled, The class of *&3 1a the Inieat Junior class that has been in college fora nuinber of years. Tho Frestinan class would bave been lurger bud not tho exatninations been unusually severe aud thoexaminers very much more strict thuy in Inte years, rejecting over sixty men. Our victories nt tho bat, tho ont, and in foot- ball, which pluced Yale ut the heud of Aincrl- cun colleges in nthletics, have made Yale men feel well, and we hopo to continue victorious. Asin tho older universities in Europe, so in American colleges, athlotics play a very ims portant part in making up college life, ond o great dealof ime oud muncy aud work are apent to the end of developing muscle along with Intollectual growth, Some men row rou. Jarly overy duy during tho year when tho wenthor allows and use the rowing welghts in the “ym when it Is too cold outside: others play foot-ball two or threo hours in the after- nounin the fall and buse-bail tn the springs others exurelse in the gymnasium ur run in the parks aud those. who ure not inclined tu those Y sporty indutgo in an guine ot tennis or take lony walks about tha clty, ‘Tennis is now exceciingly popular here, In fact tg Uke aport. All avatinble tots in the elty have beon taken for tents courts, and utull hours ot th y plnsers inay bo seen going to and fro, racket In od and clad in pretty. white Mannel sults. Bieyeling Is losing popularity, and very few are we 5 her he ‘The freshinan class f4 a3 green ug the avernza, but imuch less cheeky thun Git of tast your, The mew seom to be rather alight, pile, and you although the average in age will be Tateed somowhbut by two or three men about 40 yeurs or age. One of these men came here twouty years ago und pigsed exaininations, but ev did sot enter, and went Intu buslnesss, mar- ried, und prospered until now, whea he bins ure ranged his business yo that he cin Jouve tt for four years, bas brought bls fumily bere and en- tered college, He iy worthy a quod deal of credit, “ few ino would bave pluck enough to do It ut is ine. Muzing, that terrible busboar to the trembling: aspirant for college honurs, asall Feeshinen are, 43 tll carried on here, ws may be seen by tho Tuct that two men bave been suspended for that otfuuse and others warned. Lust year the two svoieticr, Del Kappa and Sigma Eps. were Acilled by tho Faculty, and this “has teaded to turn tho Sopis more toward private hazing: consequently mruen has been done, Bat it's rather insipid. A party of Sopbs yo uround ‘at night yelling, * Douse tho glin, Freabs” and if tho Fresh does not rexpond, thoy are upt to make himuecall, They induce him to sing for them, prevall upon bin to make a xpecch, wake hitn scun Euclid, ana juinp up ta cuteh with bis niauth a ploce of paper hung to the gus-fet, and perform othor interesting little feats while the room 19 filing with smoke. Finully the Feeshinin $e told: that it ty thne to go. 10 be, und with all gorts of fatherly advice, and atter piling all ayaltuble urticies of furniture upon the bed they zu out, leaving the room com Jy flied with smote und in darkness. ‘Share sro fi great many disagreeable things nbout Frosh~ mann yentr, but they aro not barmnful, and they: produca a eortain modifymy effect upon the eoncelt and check which « Fresbiwan generally briigs here. The class chatnpionship in hase-ball for this your hus been decided, und tho cluss of "Ks are the viotora, Que sume, huwever, remains tu bo played between the Freshmen and Sophomores, und then thore will be some fun, There wre 2 few changes in the Faculty this yoar, President Porter has found fis ‘class- room duties too arduous, and rot, Ladd, of Howdoln, bus been summoned to take bis place, Prof, Ladd fa a xentieman who bids fulr to ve. un efivient and populir instructor, Prof, Car- ter, who is now tho President of Willinms, Is well liked there, His placa hure ts filed by Mr, alley. ‘The ‘election of a junior promenade com- mittee 1s wlways tn ocexsion of Interest, ne mast of the mun pon ft come tn for higher honors farther on In tho course. | Eighteen huadred and: olghtysthree hag Just elected ber committe, and hus nude a good selection, Thirty-one non Were nominited, seven withdrew, und tho rest were voted on for the iuformal bullot. Tho committee chosen Is ag: fe Chalrmon, 3 W. ogers, Cambridge, Mass,; Floor Matuzer, E18. Froat, Pookskill, N. ¥.; Fler Biltchult, Pittehurg, Pa; J.J. Phelps, New Yurk vity; H. M. Hoyt, Kingston, Past George Cromwell, Haha N.¥.3 G. Colznte, Orange, N. J.4 Cs H. Hall, Binghampton, N. Y.; IL. O. Stone, Chie engoy Har enon, Brooklyn, N. -¥.' The 0; Harold = Venon, Brooklyn, N.Y. Th Faculty bave forbidden the committee selling any tickets to the Freshmen, who used to buy several tickets aplece, and thus support tho, promonade which they were not expected to at- cit (de Work {n foot-ball hag begun in carnest, and a larga numbur of inen gu out to the park every afternuon for practice, Several of the old town ure berg, and there are 4 few new men who play well. Harvard, who teols aggrieved bor enuse sbe hisn’t beaten us alnce 1875, $8 grommy to brace wp awfully this fall. ‘Tho raced at Saltunstall Wednesday, tho i2th, consist of a barge rice hotween ‘3) and ‘8, a six-oured rage betweon ‘KR: and "K). and a mica between two Dunkam fours, The crows uro practiving dally aud there fe considerable inter- ‘ont In tho moo. ‘The Gleo Club have selected their meu to Ml Yacuneics, and now are sighing fora warbler, No mun bas prosented himself who can do st well cnough to hold the positon, = OCCASIONAL, GOV. WILTZ. Special Dispateh to The Catcago Tribune, New Ontwans, La, Oct, 1.—The death of Gov, Wiltz is only a question of a few hours, ———— MICHIGAN RELIEF. Toston, Ovt. 11.—The Michigay relief fund of this city to date fs 841,030, —————_— Rovival of the Waistcoat. Men who incline to hide tho light of thoir hist studs tinder u white enutuel will never be fadueed to adopt the new Wuliteoat thut some Of tho swell tultora are tiring UpoU the nan OF fusbion, It is uw French tden, and taken up by tho beat Now York tutlorg, to huye the wilst- cont of some solid brillant color, Wo ure shown very olegant dingo iu pale blue and brilliance seurlet, aud other seeded fabrics in wixed red aud blue, with lnrge polka dots, tioported for thi purpos, Thu futuntion Jato bave those Vesta for uveasional wer, with a black suit, proferubly with oo bigh-cut Princo Aluort cout, “‘Phoy are bigh-cut, double-breasted bn styly, and intended wi be completed by an nuck= acurt of uxactly the sume shade ay tha voet. ‘The cunt Isturned back with muscalinecuquetry 8 a8 to dlvcluge about four duches ot thu veut. ‘Tho offeot ts not wu very ualike a large Stante: scarf, und the ettect Is certulnly extretuely good, Notevery muuceuld wear this sort of thlog without [ooking like « tunkey, but those who enn will ball tae new vieparture and be glad ta sue the “wesklt" restored tu, its old place of honor in tho scheme of drew, ‘The vest is now. slinply t8eful ns u depot forthe wuteh aud cigurs bolder, buttime was whe it was o famous urtls cle of isn and wud a suurce of pride for dandies and dressy mon gunerally, At prevent tho pricy of cue of the gurmenta for ordiuury wour 13 $15, a Alfred do Musset and Gicorgo Hand. Publishers? Weebly. Thero ty. A youd dual of excitement In tho lit- Crury world At chy unNOUnCEMENt That i cud, containing all tho letters which Alfrad du Musavt wrote Gourge Bitid, and copies of wll bee betters to bl during thelr stormy dutinucy, hasbeen contided tu the kueper of the Grout Library, tue Hichetieu,on candition that thy case shall be opened aud ite contents pubilabed oniy tn 1010, ‘Alived du Muséet, when bo returned the orig nuts of thewe letters, picuaed bis word or boaor that no coples of thom bud been retuned. George Saud toude a siinitur pledge on return: {ou te Bil. the orlcinala of hiv letters. ‘Thuy bath spoke untruts, Toit cuye tei a wrapper which ia ted and a ‘Tho keeporot the Ureat Library put it ina sgvond cover, seulcd with the tbrury’s seul, gud fas laid itJuche frou aafe. made for guch ty its, ‘hhls sufo poutalas the svoret correspondence of Napoleon TL. und Mme, Cornu, whieh bas been cuntided to Mons, Eravst Renau for publl- ution im 1885, $$ Garileld and Art brane yee Wee roby eiuieua u Riera Nvere'd Dill, bore bwin on Sunday. Qui par ‘buy Docu uawed Gurdeld aud tbe otter robust anes 4 clpal thoruughtires put up thoir st 3 LONDON. How President Carfield’s Death Was Felt in England. Several Manifestations of Mourning— Specimens of Popular Ex- pression. Lessons That Aro Read In tho Cn+ reer of the Hlustrions (3i% American, pectat Correspondence of The Chteago Tritune, Loxnos, Sing. Sept. 2%—"Tnat's bim—thore! Abt he wasa Que foller, he wast Ie was a workinginag, begrimed fromm his labor, who said this, on the day after the denth at Long Branch, a6 he atood contemplating lung with 2 com rade, & photograph of the murdered President, which waa displayed'in tho window of a little shopoft the Strand. The esponker’s tone was honest, and bis words express simply and woll, so farna thoy go, tho feelime which Garfield's Ilfe and death have inspired In tho bearta of tho people over here. Inthe past woek of mourn- ing there have been many manifesta- tons, torial and Informal, of tho deep tm- bresston which hos been made in this country; and = the casual = expressiona of thestreet, suchas tho one I bnye quoted, have in thule way been searcely fess note- worthy thun tho formal mectings which have Ueen convened, and tho solemn gervices which have been held, out of respect for tho dead and sympathy with the living. THE AMERICAN MEETING at Exeter Hallon Saturday, ureatdedt over by datnea Huasell Lowell, appearar to English eyes, and was, a typically nations) gatharing. Ing tho hall twenty minutes before the proceed ings began} found it even thon nlmost full, There must have beon over 2,000 persons pres- ent, many or whoin wero ladies. An Interesting family xeoup ént right fn front of me: a father, tmuther, little dattghter, and geaudmotber—tho ttle duughtor being arrayed in the dainty and lavish fusnlon of American children. Thore wastho toncofa family gathering about tho whole proceedings that was good to neu; the proceedings thomselyos were to tho full nifect- fuy. Tho Chairnian's address, on account of tanoble strain of patriotism and pathos, will bearto be rend and read nyain. Gen. Merritt bad great dilticulty in speaking at all nt frat, ror emotion quite choked his utterance. Blshop Slupson's oyes rained tears us he spoke, and When be said, * God bless Queen Victoria!" on the inetant, and ns one inan, the entire audlonce rose tu its feet. The Rev. W, Hl. Channing, tell- 4g the audicnce that for tho second time in his {ite he would rend what oe bad to say, not vous turing on that occasion to trust bimself to cx- tempore utterances, read a touching nddress, which left few dry eyes in the assembtuge. I run over these Iittie points because tho re- porters eave them unmentionad, A greatcon- vourse of people—tho newspapers say 0,000— attended the special service In 8t. Paul's Cathe- and tignin nt Westminster —the funerni day—the special uv drew indre peopic than there was ravi nerv! toaccommodate, It appears from tho papers thut throughout the country yesterday, ag was tho cuse especiully in London, TUE SIGNS AND TOKENS OF MOURNING WERE GENERAL, In London, all duy lon until midnight, the bolls toiled and rang tnuttied puuls. ‘fhe Archbishop of Canterbury preached 1 tuners sermon i the evening ut St. Martin's in the Ficlds—tbnt is, tho phice which was “the flelda’ once, but fs Tratal- gur square now. Some of the shops jn tho prin- uLtOrs; Lay housebulders drew thuir blinds. in wot « fow inatuniees the ommlbus-drivers and tho carmen had ttle tluck bows on their whlp-shafts and hurness. Tho Yeleyrajsi, the favorit paper of tho London shoukecpers and tradespeople, said in an editorial, that, “If America grieves at the tomb of James Garfield as chief mourner, Bu- kland takes the next place of sorrowful bonor in the cortéxu of nations represented this after hoon at Cleveland; und inthe spirit of theso words London ueted yesterday, 1 havo heard one person ascribe all these munlfestations to the action of the Queen. “The Cockneys." Bilid ho, * always alow the ween to fea them by the nose, [n whatever she takes the lend, thoy follow like sheep,” This super-eynicul comment Is exactly CONTRARY HOWEVER, TO THE NEAL FACT, ‘Who everknows London will hesitate to say that tho Queen fs popular tere, “She ig not tho idol ofall, ranks, ws tho Princess of Wates ls. I dary say the’ Haroness Burdett-Contts holds a higher place in the favor of the Cocker, uublic than the Queen docs, Elgbtecn months ago, as she proceeded along tho Mull to open Partin- niont, nye are tingled at bearing ber as much lased us cheered, by the throng, It is not 50 tong since that sho bid set her heart on hoving a memorial buse of the youn Rnd unfortunate Prince Imperial, roculled, get up in Westminster. Ahbest an Inte Dean Btualey did wil be could fo curry ont her wish iu this respect. Nut the London people would not beled by tho nose, but set 1 face of Wnt wzatust tho propnsaly und the Queen wag 10 RE Last to have the bust of the Princy sot up in her own chapel at Windsor, and thoro It now stande, und bug atoud ever since. ‘The explana. ton o1 all this is, that on that occasion the heart of the Queen and the heart of tho people wero not in unison, BUT THIS TIME THEY ARES and she hus struck a chord that vibrates from one end of the Jand tu the other, Lbave heard Americans repentedly say, within these pust few duys, tat Queen Victoria bud taken n trun hold on American hearta by ber womanly und Bisterly feeling, shown from frat to last of this snddest of bistoric episodes; and to that it will ‘ve wafe to add that abe bas also, by timely word and dord, Antena tho true sentimente aud tightened hur bolwupun tho hearts of ber own vople. TT is ProsidenbGartletd’s death, or rathor the dnsturd deed that caused bis death, that teat drew attention hero to the oxcollonce of his life, Hearts weve touched by tho atrocious attack upon tho tuto Preaidunt, but they might not have beon whotly won uxcopt by the ohver- ful tenacity with which be sustalnod hls spirit on bls bed of sulfering, Curlous to know niore of this ndimirable Christian stoic, people turned todumes A, Garfeld’s tfc, rend it, pondered It, ang onded by thinking of the man AS A PERSONAL FRIEND, “Trow Is President Gariuld this tnorning?" “ What Is the news ‘from Long Branch today?" Questions Ike theav beextie houschold words Ucre; nor Were thoy prompted by a inure more bid curlogity—such ax found the dally telegrany about Dr, Tanner's hunger yivo a dlatinet relish to one’s own Dreakfast—but by av unxlous personal interest, which found sonsiblo relief when tho news — was hopeful, And so, while threa tnonths ago the Inte President was unknown in this Boutitry. Ox- copt, of course, us the oficial bead of the Amor- feun people, today it 1s not nearly enough to buy that be is known. ‘To that one must add that jt the Old Country hie tito fs admired, and his jogs sincerely miourued, because the people have: beon quick ta perceive that 18 career, us tho London Thnes hus remurked, was “a truly herole career—horolo in Its beginning, in ite long struggle, and in itsend.” Living or dying, BUCH 8 than breuthes a Lotter spirit into oven the hardest uf us, Some ton tuys ago, two ‘ouny follows wore sauntoring dawn the luo potweon St, James’ Patico and tho Stafford House. They looked not oxactiy like working luda, but rather of that nondescript class who: “Ho on tov grads and tout" when grad id around, pig, aro content with a etreel-corner when it n't. A BNATCIE OF THEI TALK ‘ Tit tay you two to one he'll that's a bloody ‘urd bet, that 16 1 suppose now you'd be wanting Prealdent Garield to dlo, o's you could win the moneyy Wot id'ye tako me Ture” des manded the othor, virtuously tudignant. * Dowt 44 tian want bia favorit to win, uithough bos us'odgin’ agin ite? ‘1 don't signify noth ink,” retorted the other; whe was undurstood to: add, before they moved out of houring, "ex vept that you're a blooming bidiot. Thore ly circumstance ilustratod in Gare feld's 1fa, ae st wos Mluatentod in Lincoln's, that will appeal strongly to the ininyinadons of the people tn thls country, and ta, the subject of Tholr deeper retlection. ‘Twice in twenty yoors ithus boun shown thar fn America wn obscure origin cunnet binder aman from rivlug to the highest pluce in the State, The rall-splitter, the Largeman, the taburer of any ys ollylule, and bus 4 talr chance and 9 good change, IP WE BE OF ‘THE MONT me ee csson of 6 fact like this ty being made the de ee at prcaotte ‘Thu Archbishopot Cuntor= bury spoku lust night of Gurtield's carcor aa ay qurcer such as Boyland kuaws nothing of." The Standard pula tho sume truth before tty readers this: morniig ia ok far stronger tlhe whon it wuye: itis only fair and intelligent to reco ize that only in a democravy such as thut which osists ju the United States is curcur Bo coli lute nt that of Gurtleld possible.” The sume Sunsery yl journal yoos oven further, and bewius to suspect thatall non are beginnliug to yeurn for a comparative equalization af orlg- {uit conditions of cducational advanty, welal chance and opportunity,” And tht toy for equaltcution’ may ba traced in wont fe, sakd fn ioy bearing Just ulgbt by an Kuslist a who is cortuinl: no t. Presidont Gartluld’s death,” auld be, ja on event which will tuke men fvol, “from one end of Europe to the other, that i¢ ls Une now for our military Kimperurs to refloct— to take olf thelr bolmots, and disband thelr standing arinies.” All which is concurrent tua- thaony going to show that, whlio la one sense Gartiuld's death Iva wrent loss, in anothur souse it,tauy prove a wrest palo, THR SITUATION AT WABHINGTON is, 00 the whole, intoliiyontly appree'ated on thi4 sido. People aro disposed to rengantae: the dificulty of President Arthur's poaftion. A eompicte, or all but complete; chango in tha Cabinet is looked for by-and-by, while hopes Are oxpressod that Arthur may persovaro In tho Me of refurma on which Gurteld had- entered. it a bolievad that the nomination to tha Vico- Presidency will bo com promise In futuro campninna, and that the homineo to that important oflice will be required to have some soneiug pawar of bis awn, aid on peated to be more than a mere tall to tho Pros! dential kite, RANDOLTH. THE MOUNTAINS FALLING. Detalis of tho LandeStip in Switzore Innd—Scores of Poople Swallowed Up —Elm and Mow It Was Dostroyed— An Avalancho of Stone and Earth= Hemarkablo Eftects of Air Pressure. New York Times, Eno, fwitzerzland, Spt, 10.—-A terrible calam ity has fallen upon’ thia onco lovely village of Lim, Nine years ayo ona bright Juno morning I saw Elin for tho firat time. ‘To wotl describe Elm as it appeared on that bright day would ba no easy task, yet oven the dullest pon could not fail to gain eomo Inapiration from a recollection of tho scene, No other epot In all tho Atpe could boast so many and such varied attractions, Three thousand and odd fect above the love) of tho sea, it nestled bait in the valley, half clings ing to tho hillside in na deep basin formed by erent «(mountain = poaks which towerad above. Just over tho villago rose tho Pinttenberxs and Miltaghorn to on highe Of from 4,500 to 6.700 fect, while boyond end all ' about the Jz Sesnos, 0,20 fect high, the Sar- donstock, 0,162 feet high, the Hausstock, 0,45¢ fect, and the Vorab, 9,075 foot, nil crowned with: overlasting snow, retincted the bright summa, sun back into the green valley far below. Threa well-sized brooks, coming from tho ginclers comparatively near at hand, united above tho Village to form the little River Bernt, which Slowed through it to the lowlands faraway. On its banks broad flolds spread out through tho valley, und, though the season was always short, su carefully were they cultivated that the peo- pe never wanted foran abuudauce of yegetn= lea and fruit. Ho situated, so blessed by nature the 1,100 Inhabitants of Eins, well housed fu strong dwolllugs of wood and cement bullt after tho Alpin furbion, Nved industrious, healthy, and contented lives, The terrible culamity which has‘overtaken thom atid not come without warning. Indeed, tho people of Elm are, ina measure, thamneelves responsible fur thu great trouble with which they have been visited, ‘Thla statement and tha cnuses which led to tho destruction of tho vil- Hye tnay vo briolly explained, For years past the Inbubltants of the xerut Valley havo found inthe extensive slate quarries of tha Tachine gelalp of Plattenbory ono of tholr chief sources ofrovenue. As bas already been stated, tha bere or mountain in question rises toa bight of veveral thousand feet Just bebind what was tho village. It ia composed, na tho avent hay proved, uf im soosc, seuly miuterial, ex- ceedingly lInble to crack and givo way. Into uie base of this crumbling and treacherous mountain tho quarrymen of Lint dug in former years without any regard to the laws of sulence or the slinplest principtea of ongincering, Hecently thoy buve beon more cuutious, but thoir caution camo too late. Ina word, they cut away tho fuundations of the mountain, and at last, ag a natural consequel ithus fallen upon thom. That there way sonic danger of a landslide from the Plattenberg has tong been krown in El, Within tho pnat threo or four months slight fallsof stove aud tud huve been of frequent occurrence after heavy rains, yet tho peuple uever for a moment thought of leaving tho beautiful bome to which they were #0 much attached, and even exports who examined the mountaln acem to have had no ideu of tho full extent of the danger to whict thoy were exposed, So, in fancied security und entire tunorance of tho awful fate which was In ature for thom, they lived on, Mennwhile, tho wlmost unparalleled raing of summer were slowly but surely completing the work which ind been beguo by the thoughtless or izuorant quarrymen scores of years aioe The ead came ou tho evening of Kuuday, the lth Just.—in the * Salnts Calendar,” current in some pers of Switzerland, marked “The Day of Feltx, snint of luck and buppiness.’”- During tha early part of that day, the people of Elm went about thofr usual vocations in tho usual way and without any anticipation of the terribl exlamity which was su near at hand. Tho littia urch waa well attended, hearty dinoera wero enten, and afterward, as was the custom, most of the people, old and young, walked through tho incadowa or upon tho mountainside, At fh o'clock in the evening, while inany of them were still out in the fields, some one was beard crying, “Look at the Plattenborg— the Plattenberg!" ‘Thoso who followed tho direction and woo aro still allvo any that for a moment itseemed to them as If every peak above the slute quarry was in motion; then thore came a rumbling noise, ike far-off thun~ der, and ina moment they were blinded by clouds df dust. When tney could see again thoy found that n grent stice af earth and ctone had slipped down from tho sehingelalp, burying fine houses and coverlng acres of good laud. 3ien and women were at the samo time seen struggling among the ruins, mid from all eldes triends, neighbors, and relatives hurriod to thelr ald. Unhappily, they hurried also to a torrible death, Even while thoy wore cugazed in their work of Jovy the tnountajo above them moved axuin. ‘This time the sound of thunder was not far distant, but only too near at hand. The pine trees on tho grassy alopes wera scon ta sink, A grout cloud of dust und steam covered the wholu vulloy, thousands of tons of were buried through the alr. An all-over- pawering. wind-pressure curried overything crore ft, there was o horrible crash, wv sound of tnadly rushing torrents, and all was stl, Then the dust and smoke cloured away, the sun shone In a cloudiess sky, and it was seen that, as tara the eye could reach, the onco blouining Sernf Valicy was covered with from 40 to 100 fect of black stone, moraine, dirt, and ailine, Forty Awolling-hallses, the bost in the village, tugothor with ‘dozens of stadies and outbuilbings, were buried far out of sight, torn to pieces by tho alr-pressure, strewn broadcaae over the moraine, One hundred and eleven of tho people of Elm wore awallowed upin the euoral ruln, At toast twelve strangers—Itul- jan quarrymen—sburod tholr fate. Jt was use- less to think of rescuing nuy who fell in thot awful denth sloust, Far out upon its edge, from astrong house, which was ouly partially covered with the aliaso and stone, four persons— werraybeard of Uf gars and a mother with two culldren—were taken out badly injured, but alive, Every othor buman " bolng over- taken in tho path of tho avalancho if buried out. of | human sight. Fite lumps of torn and bleed- tny Nesh, musses of pulp without abupe or form, were tuken out, ‘The others rot in ngrive xo decp und strong that no Inman can uncover It Jn one house thirteen persons who sat at go ebristoning feast, and who are known Ww have Joked with eich other {n rogard to tho old su. nuratition about thirteen at a tuble, were pyri Towod up us they aut. On a lonely billside, out ot sho way of dun or an old nun and womna lived with thelr only son, After tho tirst slide of the mountain the fither nnd gon burried down totho help of thole fricnds. They wero swallowed up with the rest. A ebiidless widow, who bus become a chatitring idiot, naw oceu- les tho lonely dwolling. Daughters who bur- ried to the help of tholr fathers, mothers who would bave suved their children, loyors who strove to ald thelr brides, were toethor burlod Jn the awful woralno. | 1t 1a feared that taany of thoge who have been loft bohind will share tho fute of tho poor crenture who, mourning 8 hus- band nod a gon, hus goue mad with sorrow, ‘Tho extent of the Penta Ja ulmost beyond belief. To py thine Hike wn adequate td of tt inno e It is no way to be come pared to the Goldin slip of tho, when, as will bo rememberod, 457 people lust tholr lives. In the lntter cave tho mountalug slid dows and cave ered tho village, Mattenberg, 2,000 feet hig! ta tho URINE, rom aixt a over upon, the v qi mid meadow uns of rock were duahed entirely Avross tha vailoy, and how rest quietly govund 100 feet high upow tho hillside. Tho alr-urcuaure was su great that bouses wero [tte up from thutr foundations and carrlod 9 distance of 1,00) feet, A burn built ot heavy logs, and filled with bay, waa carried entirely across the valley and Overturned 2U feet high on the mountnin opposlt the Pluttunburg, An iron bridgy whlch vroaged: the Sern€ was tora up, curried soures of feat away from its abutments, and now reate on ead more thi bulf buried In imud and loose star ‘Vou whole Valley, te far agit canbe seen fron the Village inn, Which is atlll seinding, very closely resembles tho bed of a ylactur which bags receded, Ag tL have already stated, tha misses of stonu earth whieh huve fullon nre every. where plied up to a bight of very many Tout, t luast {0 aeres ure covered In this wuy, ‘The Ativer Bernt bas nude for itself a new channel through the débrie, and bus flooded and rained: much of the bind telow—land wolch was not directly harmed by tho avulnuete of ston io iu one way or another the whult valley bus boon: Injured beyond all hopeef repulr. “Lue toga th Proporty will renal not less Cian 2,000,000 francs; nt the lowest estimate 121 people have lost thelr liv ‘rhe State Eoylnvers, fearing furtbor Jandealldes, bave forbidden those wha bave os- exped to return to tho boudes which reunain suinding, and in gunsequence more than woo men, wolnen, and ebildron who but a few daya ago Wore proaperous and well-to-do are now al> Inost without n roof tocaver thon, eet —<—<—————— ) o's ‘Tho Shadows on tho crave ‘fn China ancestors are hold In pecullae revors ak ‘The Culnese lovk upon the caste of a shudow over un anevelora Krave us un insult, und resent it with Jmpetuous unger. Chinese gaeestors ure buried, notin large cometurios, butin the family burial grounds, as Chtgn ls thiekly Inbabited, the ryvule {3 that in unces- tor’s bones may be found resting benouth every tow rods of turf, Heuce a novel cause of troubio toa telegraph company in that country, Tho couipauy erected puled on whieh to bung tho wits. ‘She polue and wires uecesyacily cust more or less of u shadow. Rvery Chinuinan (it whose ancestor’y geuve y shadow restod fortb~ with nrosu in bia wrath and cut down ibe poled. ‘Thy anseyuenco bas been, usu matter of econ~ omy and self-protection the company has placed: the wires under ground. Kevercuce for the dead ia China hag accomplished what regard for tho cowfort and safety of the Iiving bas aa yore boca unable te accompllan fu pola country, mado less of a makeshift of”