Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 24, 1881, Page 4

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F. & ASD blue communlention Friday uvening, Nov, 33, tri portant work, A fall nttundance of muaibory Is ru- Quuwted. Visiting brethron cordially Invited. W, WaCHAMBELLALN, W. Me M, HARRIS, Secrotary, THURSDAY, NOVEMBEL 24, 1831, a ‘ ‘Ti: Bostonians, alarmed at the unlimited miltions which the “Arrears of Pension” piilis going to swalluw up, are discussing tho feasibility of muting those frightful de- mands with bonds insted of monoy, and, like the’ English, give up all hope of ever paying off the National debt. Tho ‘Con- xresstonnl demagogzs who passed that bill have got the country Into a pretty predlea- ment when they have thrown tho doors of tho National ‘Trensury wide open to ex parte talds upon It of $3,000 rewards for mating shein. ‘Tne First Auditor of tho ‘Treasury in his annual report of tho’ business of hls office for tho year ending Juno 30, 1831, furnish- 3 a statement of tho accounts adjusted and the amounts of each class of e- rounts. He reports the adjustment of 8,814 accounts for $862,000,0S2 receipts, and 90,308 accounts of the «disbursement of $1,- 916,164,185, ‘Tho accounts audited by the First Auditor melude the receipts and dis- bursuments of the customs, judiciary, public debt, warehouse and bond, anc the disburse- ments for sniaries of all the departments, Congressional Library, Public Printer, and Executive office, and of the salaries of the piicers and omployés of both Houses of Con- gress, ———— ad A MonTH or two ago the newspapers wore publishing all sorta of schemes for tdispostug of the surplus revenue of the Government, Aconvention of distlilers wet here and re- solvedl that the tax on whisky should be transferred to the Muuor-denters, which would haye made way with half tho surplus, Aconvention a few days later assembled in Bt. Louls and resolved in favor of a scheme of Misstsslppl River fmprovements which would absorb the ranalnder of the surplus, Penston-Conmissioner Dudley extinguished all tholr hopes by coolly announcing that he must have onc hundred mittions in 1882 to pay elaling under the Arrears of Pensions Dill, in addition te the regular pension up- propriation of some 40 millions of dollars, ‘This has put a quictus oma good many schemes for disbursing the strplus revenud or reducing War taxes, But the 100 millions for “arreara of pensions”? the coming yeur wil neod to bo supplemented by another 100 tililions the’ year after, and that by other hundred millions to un amount In the aggre gnty of {wo or thres billions, ‘The demaxog “Arrears of Pensions” bill has oponed i Rulf the width and depth of which no man is ablo to tell, It 1s a bottomfess pit. —— Tur Standard Oi! Company ts probably the greatest monopoly In the Iand, but it is also cupable of the smallest transections, It has acapital amounting to millions of dollars; its earnings are counted by millions a years it controls the principal refineries of the country, and makes war upon those which wil! not surronder; It dictates to valiraads, ond secures diseriininative rates In its favor; it deties legislation and robs the people, Dut ft §s nlso prepared to matataln tts monopoly and its pollcy of extortion by fighting any “elags or any community which dures to pro- test against ita imposltions. An illustration of its ineannoss comes from alittocity enticed Columbus, in’ Missigsippl, where a hund-to- hand fight has been golug on between the Standard monopoly mut the grocers for sey- eral years, Thy nature ofthis struggle ts de- scribed by a locat paper ns follows: » ‘Tho merebauts, it nppears thought the prices eburyed for oll excessive, aad when they uke the company to be governed by the tluctuadous in the market, they were coully informed that they could buy oll from no ous elsy; that thoy imust eitber pay euch prices uv the Rlandard Company demanded, or go Gut of tbo oll bust hugs. ‘Tho merchants of Columbus mincdintoly formed taeineelyes Inte an dasociation and ore dered oli from atber- parties, Waun tholr iret oll-car was received, tho Standard Company fr. mediately’ put the rotall price below the cost of car lots, but the .merchanté still refused to huu- dic their oll, Thon thy agents of the Btapdard Company wrole offering to rebute several uf tho largee tins if thoy would withdraw from te contest Joave the smalter ones jo tight by out aloue. This Lage sapere Was rovpecttully dvcllnyd, and then attempl to Undereell » THE CHhicaGo TRIGUNE: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER xn 1881—TW LVE PAGES. tham was nani put in operation, tho tocat agont of tho monopaly informing the merchants thnt $10,000 would bo spent in crushing them out. i@ monopoly hae now been trys Ing this experiment fur three years, and duriie that time the tesociated morotiants of Columbus have not bandied a gallon of Its oll, wetting thelr supply from George Rice, of Marietta, O. But the monopoly” now rencived tho contest inadifferont shape, Iecontly it caused to bo shipped to Columbus a lirge stock of gracories, whichithoe agent of tho monopoly advertised to soll nt cost, altur having made a proposition ta withdraw tho stock {f the merchants would yleld tho oll trade to the Standard. Tho murs ehants met In consultation and doterminod td carry on the war, relying upon tho community to sustain thom, ‘Tits far thelr expectations hive bean realized, tho better class of the peo- ple refusing even to go inte the monopoly"s store. In carrying on this warfare upon the gro cers of Columbus, the great Standard Oil Company Is sald to have gone su far as to set upastore for tho sale of chippey) beef In order to drive out a small grocer who had made a specialty of that commodity, and be- enuse he tyoult not consent to purchnse ofl from the Standard, Of course tha public will feel and express tha greatest contempt for tho unparalleled meanness of thage pro- ceedings: but how Ia that going to WElp tho people of Columbus or any other community which the giant monopoly gets under its heel? The remedy must be sought in Gov- ornmontal protection Crom the-formatica and growth of such monopoltes. In the December number of the North American Review four eminent surgeons give their views of “'The Surgleal Treatment of President Garfleld.”” ‘Tho writers nre Dr. W. A. Hammond and Dr, Maroin Sims, of New York; Dr. Ashhurst, of Philndelpiin; aid Dr, John T. Hodgen, ‘They are oll surgeons of. National reputation, With the exeeption of Dr. Hammond they concur in saying that the woul of the President wag necessarily mortal, and that the treatment was judicious and care- ful, Hammond ts hardly a competent wit- ness, as he had prejudged the case, ‘These contributions bring ont plainly tho diflcnity of ascertaining the true course of the bull, ‘The proving had to be done, ft at all, tine mediutely after the shooting, within twenty- four or forty-cight hours at most. But. tho ylolent hemorrhage of the lirst twenty-four hours provented an examination while tt Insted; and when it was over tho Interfer- ence of the broken ribs stopped the probing. All that could bo done was to Insert a finger in the wound and ascertain. the general course of the ball. ‘This was done by Sur- geon-General Wales, who thought that he felt the liver, and so declared, Hf tho ball had penetrated any of the great cavitles of the budy probing would hinve been worse than usoless, and If it was.lodged in the soft tissues buck of the peritoneum effective probing was Imposalble. Ir would be interesting to have the opinion of nsound metaphysichin on Guiteau’s men- tal condition when he shot tho President and since. He had alt the primary Ideas of tine, spree, cause and effect, conciousness, ete., 10 thelr proper relations on July_2, and hin not lost any of them siuce, Je mideno mistnke nbout hls plans, He was prompt to the min- ute nt the depot, and stationed himself inn conyenlent place to waylay the President. Though te had no expertence tn tho use of firearms, he solected n murderous wenpon and practiced with it for weeks to perfect his aim, He loaded ft properly and discharged it with fatal effect, and never had the feast doubt, whatever the doctors sald, that the wound was mortal, He knew better than anybody else where he had hit the Presl- dent, at what angle the ball entered, and what its probable course. must be. In point of consclousness Griteau has al- ways been sound. He has never fanagined hinself to be anybody else, If he had, Ike Mr, Joel Honry Wells, signed his name with an atlas, or If he find claimed to be a super natural personige himself, there might be some basis for his defense of tusanity. But on his own confession he has always known who he was and what -he was doing, from tho first moment of his miscrable existence tothe Inst, Much of tha evidence that has been adiluced to show his mental incapacity has relation to his mora! deflelonetes, aud of them there naver has been any serfous ques- tion. ‘The fact that he has been able to de- fraud conliding JandIndies aud to wheedle smull Joans out of suft-hearted acquaint nuces [sno proof af insanity. Onthecontrary, it would be next to Impossible fora person truly ingane to commit acts of fraud that required sustained mental effort, secrecy, cunning, and persistence. No netion of Quitcan’s in connection with thy shooting of the President had tho stamp of Insanity upon It; and if moral perversily shall be deemed sufliclent cause, for acquittal, what murderer can be puulshed THANKSGIVING. “The day sacred te feasting and dedtented to gratitude has arrived again, and will witness the gathoring of all good people within sacred walls tonscribe thanks to Almighty God for the blessings and good providences of the year. As the proclamation of the Prea- ident 1akes no dlserlmination between sin- ner and anint, it is also incumbent upon thoge who aro not good to be thankful. Fortunate- ly, a rovluw of the events of the ‘yenr shows there fs no reason why peoplo of nll classes should not experience feelings of thankful- ness as they alt down te thelr turkey and oys tora, Especintly Is this truo in our own country. If the crops have not been as good as they were Inst year the prices are better, and that is the inuingpring of satisfaction to the farm- ers, Whifa the late raing have come down Dountifully, destroying the pernicious Insects whieh devour cereals, and preparing the soll for amore plentiful yield next year, Tho genoral health of the country has beon ex- cellent, and no epidemic has swept aver our borders, ‘Tho country has nover beon more prosperous, The Government reyennes have greatly Increased, the expenditures have not yet conaniued the income, and the National debtand Interest thercon has beon largely re- duced, ‘Trade is flourishing, and labor of all Kinds is in demand at romunerative wager, so that the bulk of winter suffering will be largely reduced, [ast year cold weathor set In in October, with ascareo supply of eonl, and never rolaxud its cruel grip until: May, 'phis year (boappronches gradually, with fuel growing to by abundant, ‘Tho horrible duod of 0 dastardly assasin removed our great Prusident, but his suc- cessor hus taken his place, and the machinery of our political system goes on without Jur or shock to the matorlal Interests of tho country, Population ts rapldly Iereasing, the great transportation routes are steadily Augmenting thelr business, and the Old Wortd is sending its brawn and muscle here to do yolop new territory ns fast az itis opened up. ‘The Church {3 widening its moral ie fluence, and the setool-house Its oduantional, Allsystems of reform and charity ave work- Ing well, and thy poor, tho blind, and the halt wero never botter taken care of than now. Never has the whole country stood so wall In tho oyes of the world ag now, or com> mianded greater respect. in all this there ta reason for profound thankfuluess, * ‘The people of thls country, reviewing the ovents of tho year in Europe, have also rea- son for shankfulness, for the tmovencnt of European progress hus been steadily ale reeted towards republican ideas and pop ular advancement. Enutand ut last hus in Jarge part released the Irlsh - ton- antg from tha rapacity and tyranny of thelr feudal landlords, and, growing out ism of monarchy, but Western Infiuences of the new sympathy and cordiatlly between her people and our own, tho former are be- giiining to appreciate and respect republican ideas ag they never hayo before. ‘The elec {ons in France tinve shown stendy repud- Henn growth, and even in Geraany thoy show thut the péoplenre determined to have a morenctive and direct representation in Parlla- ment. Republican fdeas havo also beon strengthened in Spaln and Portugal. ‘Lure koy Is powerless for furthor “Intinmanity to man? ho Czar of Rugstn stitt clings to the divine rlght of Kings and to tho despot- tion of this plan would he that the feenls of the whote conntry, and more ecapecially the mints facturing and commercial intereats, would have an opportunity safely to find out whethor thoy syere Ukuly to, be hure fron n red thrift, And, if at the end of ny they found they dnd not been, ther talive retretton of in percent might be If there shall bon Iaree majority of Miah. Mr. Welly scoms to adit there will be, thoy will Instantly throw his ense out of court, Why, indeed, should they ' compromise” away tho vietory which they sincerely be ‘Neve they have gained? ‘They will do noth- ing of tho kind, and {t Is so apparent they will not that the suggestion ts not Itkely to bo made to thom from any responsible quar ter. Mr. Wells’ scheme cannot bo sald to pos- sess the least practlenl value so far ag ib fs intended to got rid of the surplus revenue of the Goyernment. Jy his own cotfesslon, neither branch of it would bo likely to reduce the rovennes nt all, and the 60cent whisky tax might even ndd $10,000,000 to the annual income from this source. The intense anxiety of Mr, Wells, as well Asof the high-taritt prohibitionists, on nc- eount‘of the surplus fs likely to bo removed atno distant day, If ho hassuflclently con- slilered the dewands of tho Comuissloner of Pensions he will have percelved that they aro nicely calculnted to absorb nearly the whole surplus. ‘he Commmisstoner wants $100,000,000 to pay arrearages with, and about $40,000,000 to meet the regular annual pene sloncharge. Tho actunl surplus for fhe year ending June go, 1882, witl be about Std, 000,000, which is not much in excess of the demand for arroaragus stone, ‘The surplus may Inerense from year to year, but so with the charge for penstons and arrearnges, which tho boldest expert now shrinks from. foreensting in round numbers for. any peridd of years, ‘Tho Arrears of Penstons bill is estimated to cost, first and Inst, $700,000.00, With this frightful now burden added to the old ones and the promisa of more—mitch more—tocomy, It would seem that Mr. Wells snd the taritt mon of Pennsyl- youla are equally “ previous? In-easting about for means to dispose of a surplus already morteaged for years to come, * avo steadily though silently making progess, Both in-Afrlea and Asia new forces aro at work which will soon let in the Ight of tho Christlan religion and elvilization, In all this nls there fs cause for thankfulness, ‘Tne Individual has as much reason to re- jolce as the Nation, upon the optimistic ground that whatever his condition may bo {tight have been worse, ‘here are per- sons imdoubtetly so harshly treated In their struggle for existence, so wronged by thelr fellows, so unfortunate in_ their strivings, so poor in thelr surroundings, 80 hope- less in their outlook, that to give thanks seems to them Iike a grim satire, but these. ave the exceptions, and the most of us have so mueh more than we te- serve that we cannot be too thankful Life, health, home, happiness, sunshine, the power to enjoy, the multitude of things to be en- Joyed, the beauty of the world, the compan: fonshipof friends, and books, and pictures, and music arethe common property of all, In renter or less degree, but are so taken for granted that it docs not occur tous to bo thankful for them, ‘Lo those who cannot castly tind tho way to eratitude the way should be opened, and those who haye more than they enn be thankful for can open the way by adding something from thelr store to the seanty stock of the unfortunate, so that there shall be no gitent voice in the generat chorus of thanksgiving. h From the sentimental sido there fs much that might be said about Lhanksglving, but after all it sums tiselt up tn the beauty of the day as,0 thane of reunton. Around many boards the cirely will be complete. Otnors qwill show vacant chalrs, but those re- matning will only cling the move closely to- mether. And yet, who shall say that all the clreles are nut complete, and that those who have gone on before do not return to thelr old places, unseen of its, but sharing fn our happiness and gratitude? ‘The gathering to- gether of those tong sepurated, the rest for only one day from the exres of the wortd, tha substitution of the quiet, personal tn- tercourse of old friends for its insatinte demands, Its suspicions, dlstrusts, joaloustes, .and prejudices, will better enable us to take up the burden tomorrow and go on with It. And, as gratitides does not always proceed from the {illness of the heart alone, but algo from tho fullness of tha stommneh, Trt Truss can have no better wish for each of its readers than that thoy may sit down today to abundant tables, profaced with thankful grace and supptemented with good digestion. “ VANDERBILT'S APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. 1t would be rather remarkable if the prin- cipal managers of the rutlrond Interests in this country should Inally unite in approval of Government regutation of reHroads, Such an event ly seareely to be antlelpated, but tt Is becoming more and more evident every day that the stockholders li the ratlroad corpo- rations, a8 well as the general publle, would be the beneficiaries of «a proper system of Government supervision, Leimen ike Van- derbllt, Gould, Gurrutt, Jewett, and others In control of rival lines of transportation re- fuse te join in tho publle demand for Gov- ormmental direetion of railroad management and railroad rates, thelr refusal is ane maine ly to thelr practices of steck-Jobbing, ant not tonny consideration for the valuo of tho property they control and the Interests of the stockholders whom they purport to repre- sent. Every once tn awhile there Is some Publte utterance from one of these railway magnates which indicates a conviction that uniform manngament, which cant be assured only by Government regulation, would bo a boon to the rallvonds as well as the people. Mr, Vanderbilt has just betrayed such a cont viction—Inadvertently, Ib is true, but none the less decided on. that account. le says: Puore is no doubel that tha rullroad wur ls a yory rootish thing, but it is diflletlt to pick out tho fools. Perhaps Lam one of them—thore muy be othors. Lhuve studied this raflrond matter protty thoruughly, and lam not sure thut the. rulirond managers should setue thie queation of dilforential rates between the dittere ent cities onthe senbuard. Of caurie the rille ronds nro vastly suterested In the settlement of thage rites, but winit alfcots ny atfects the whole community... We hayg done what we could with the rallroads, und the question is not deolded. Why should not the community, whiok hag a deep interest Init, have a velco in determining: this problum? If tho raiirouds enniot gree upon the tale difference of rates between Batthnore and Philndelphin and New York, let tho business-men and the Hourds of ‘Trade any what advantages should bo given und taken. fhe Central and the Erie now ire fighting bit~ turly for the supretmoy of thixelty. Ought not tho city, thy busiiess-men, to tuke sone toter- est {n the struggle? At any rite, tho raliroads ennnot prolote tho tleht forever. ‘Thoy are pay= ing heavily fur Innow, . 6. Twanta fair and an open rite. Uhave no objection to tinting a Dankrupt roud, if you please. All Lask Ie that: ablppers should give a solvent rand tha prefer enec over Dankrupt roud-at the same rites, ‘That 14 not too ratich to nsic, and it aurby toby perfectly fulr. One thing at auy rate ly corti =that talr, open rates will bo mude the basls of any agreement that may be mada, All this is in tho tinture of a whine, Mr. Vanderbilt has probably been harassed by hisstockholdors until he would gladly close tho rallrond war, If tt were not forte greater future he has outlined for himself by break- ing down his rivals, It isnot certain that the war could notbe ended on his own terms, But he undertalees to shift the responsibility. for the cutting of rates and the loss of rev- enue from his own shouldors, aud pretends to think that the “community,” the “pub- Ne,” the * businessmen” ought to settle tha matter, This tan very big concession for a railroad magnate to make, It Isan nduitssion that the business-¢men ana the public have some concern aud some rights in the manage inent of rallronds and the schedule of charges, This view fs very different Crom that whivtt Mr, Vanderbilt and tho rallroad men as a class have been accustomed to tuke. ‘Their usual course, when erlitieised — by the newspapers ot, reproved by public demonstrations, is to maintain that they have been shtrusted with the ad. uinistration’ of a cortaln rallroad , or raltronds, and that they propuso to manage the business In their own way without ont- slide Interference of nny klid. ‘Thuy aro in D. A, WELLS ON THE SURPLUS REVENUES, Mr, David A, Wells tins an alleged: plan for yveduelny the revenues ot. the Govern- ment and wiping out» portlon of the excess- ive surplus which he thinks should com- mond Itself to the favor of moderate men on botlrsltes of the tarlf question, It embraces two features: First, a reduction of the tax on distilled spirits from 00 vents to 60 cents a gallon. Secondly, a horlzantal reduction of 10 per eenton all other internal revenue taxes and on ull cirstoms duties, We lmagine that Mr. Wells? !dea of “mod- eration” will excite derisive Jaughter among: the tarlil prolitbitionlsts; but, this point aside, hig two propositions aro economically defensible, and have some speculative inter est. . ‘Te reduction of tha tax on distilled spirits Is urged for the curious reason that It would Inerense the revenues from this source, So far as this Is true it has no place In a scheme for disposing of the surplus. And we are by no means convineed that It Is true, Mr. Wells’ reason for advisliy It 1s, that in 1870, with 1.50-cent tnx, the revenue from spirits wns $55,006,0, whereas in 187, with a 00- eent tas, It was only $52,570,285. In 1880 It had -inerensed to $61,185,500. Mr. Wells n3- serts that the Increase of $6,500,000 In eleven years Is not proportiométe to the’ nddition of 40 cents 8 gallon, or 60 per cont, to the tnx, and the growth in population in the same period of 11,500,000 or uv per cent. It fs true thnt in tho Inst yenr when the S2tax was tried the revenues fell off enormously, being only $18,600,000, or one-half as ninch agin the previous year, and two-fifths ns much as In tho following year, Dut the revenne of 187, under the S- cent tax, was abnormal, and represented not only part of the whisky hetd over from the 84 verlod to take advantage of the re- duction, but also part of that which was brought out of bond when the 70-cent tax was imposed to aaye the advance, Lt should be sald, too, that Mr, Wells ling made nne- eountof the vast increase In the consump, tion of fermented Hunors, the revenue from “whlel has more than doubled Jn tho Inst ten years, and whieh have been substituted for aleohotle drinks to a considerable extent, | SU Mt must he ndiitted that the facts aro putin a very strong light by Mr, Wells’ statement of the number of gallongthat paid tax in the several years, us follows: Year, Rate of tax. Gallons paid. Ris rh : -7,000,00 | tha habit of contending that thelr business: oe ee LA ape should bo “Jet nlono” just ns much as the 1s7W-'80. Pert ) 63, alry-goods business, boot and shoe business, Mr, Wells callmates that the toss to the | or any other pursuit of an individual and rovenne thronuih te Inabillly of the Govern- ment te collect the taxes wits $10,000,000 In 1880; aint he believes that a reduction of the tax on whisky to 50 conts would jucrease the revenues annually in the future by $10,000,000, We give theso opinions for what thoy are worth, They are yaluablo in aud of themselves, but It is dilleult to sco what place they can properly haye ina dis- cussion of the, best way to dispose of the surplus, ‘She second part of Mr. Wells’ plan ap pears on examluation to be io more effective than theather, When ho proposed ‘a de- dtuctlon of 10 per cont on-the payment of all Federal taxes” he had not heard from the More Tarlt? Convention at Chicuzo, and did private character, Jt ia finportuut, there- fore, to secure from a man tn Vanderbilt's position an acknowledgment that the public hus some concery, in tho mundgement of rullronds, ! But how does Mr. Vanderbilt suppose that the bustness-¢men or the. community should proceed in any effort to settle the preaent diMeulties? ‘here [sno doubt that the bust- ngs-men of both Now York and Clieago would suatain Mr. Vanderbiit In a dotor- inlnation to haul froizht as cheaply between tho West and the seaboard as the other roads charge, notwithstanding tho difference in distance from the West to New York, and from the West to Philadelphia or Battinore, ‘Shera fs no doubt thatthe principle for which not realize what tho spirit of tho | Mr. Vanderbilt ta contending is right, for his protected intercats was. From hls polut } rons fs level and tho advantage of grade ot ylew tha proposition of a 10 fully offsets the disadvantage of the longer por, cont reduction |x, a6 he eatls distance. But if the Boards of ‘Trade of these two celtics should espouse Mr, Vandor- bilt’s cause opentyy this action would give no assurance of 8 settlement. ‘There is only ono. way whereby fue public can act ef- ficlently, and that 4g through Government, ‘Tho City Governments and tho State Goy- ernmonts are powerless $n matters of inter Statecommeree, and, tho Nutlonal Govern- ment alone Je able th enforce falr, open, and uniform rates, protecting the publle againat the extortion of pools and chmbinations, and protecting the rafixoad stockholders from the Josses Incident to yeeurring rallrond wars, Mr, Vanderbilt presents only “one phase of the ‘ratlrond problem; there are many others, Plsprtes ond troubles are constantly arisiny, - Injustice to stockholde eps and shippéra-takes on a new shape ovory few mouthg and in different seo- tions, As the matter now stands, there Is uo arbiter, and tho result ts spasmodic it, “a talr compromise,” but from the high- uirlif polut of view it Is offensive and ridicu- lous, ‘hey ars notin tha mood te compro- milge when thoy can have things entirely thoir awn way, as they belluve they can, Mr, Wells? suggestion that the stecl-maker ought tube content with $25.20 per tom Instead of $23; and the copper-producer. with 4}¢ cents per pound Instead of 6; and the blunket- manufacturer with a duty o€ 83 por. cent td valoreny Westend or 93, will not bo ls- toned to by any of the protected Interests concerned, ‘They will Gven’ suspect and deny the -alncgtity of Mr. Wells in making such 4 propusition, ard may ‘with Justice al- lego that his only object in #0 doling ls to ‘attach the tarift system on bloc, He aauits as much blinselé when he says? It would theoretically reduce the revonue to wilous; but probe ably wuld not reduce hatall, But the sulting benollt to be auticlpated from TeMt ee adop- tariff men in tho Forty-seventh Congress, 25° contention, fotte Userimnation, ‘There will never he efficient public Interference nor the harmony of man- agement which Mr. Vanderbilt, now longs for until a system of Government arbitration and Government protection shall be adopted to compel uniform Justica, GOULD's: NEW TRUNK RAILWAY. We printed yesterday tho profile of tho ney trunk ling from Now York City vin Binghamton,” Corning, Buffalo, Cleveland, Fort Wayne, and Valparaiso to Chicago, using tho tracks of the Itnois Central to en- ter this city, ‘Thore-lins been much mystery made concerning the precise route of this much tatked-of “ New York, Chilenago & St. Louis Railway,” 9 new trunk ling from the West to Now York Clty. A glance at the route will show that Itisn trunk Hing connecting Jay Gould’s Western and Southwestern Wabash system of rall- ways with Now York City, It Is much stralghter, nd to that extent a shorter Hno from New York to Buftalo and from Buffalo to Chicago. Ten miles outside of Chilenzo, at Grand Crossing, the naw road will strike the tracks of the [tlnois Central; and over thesa tracks ‘it will anter the city and pro- ceed along the Inke shore to tho depot at the font of Luke street, It, of course, may have another entrance tothe city over the Western Indiana Road, this uniting with the other branches uf the Jay Gould system, ‘This new route {3 made up in part of parts of other roads bought from tne to tlie and consolidated, It has amplo depot and dock fnellitles at Hoboken,. opposlt New York. From New York it uses the track of tho Del- aware, Lackawanun & Western Road to Binghamton, and from the latter point rings nearly parallel with the Erle, and between the Erle and the New York Central to But. falo, “From Binghamton to Chlengo—a dis- tanes of 720 milea—the road Is graded and wit! be in operation in May. From Buffato to Chigago it will run puraliel and at thes quite close to the Lake Shore aud Fort Wayne Ronds, hie Dy this connectlon—this independonttrunk route—Jay Gould obtains an outlet from the West aud Southwest tor the trafle furnished by Is entire system of railways. ‘Though St. Louis fleures in the title of the new route, the only relation St. Louls will have to it wit be that at Fort Wayne ft will be tappeit by the Wabash & Pacific, Gould's rowel will therefore carry ull the Southwest- ern tramie and part of the Chiengo traiie into New York Clty, and to that extent will be a competitor of tho Vanderbilt Ines, ‘The rowt is built by a coustruction com- pany atn cost of $28,000,000, ‘he construc: tion company ts composed of the saine persons who compose the railway company. Thecon- struction company will sell the road, to the ralfrond company, and bo paid in bonds. The railway company will at once Issue stock to the umount of $60,000,000). and sell It to the public. Assuming that the construction com- pany wilt make a handsome thing on the fob, it 6 safe to say that the operators, who are the owners of the new route, will clear $i0,- 000,000 by the entire operation, in whitelt less thun $20,000,000 Is actually invested. In due time the bonds and the stock wiil’ be made tu boom, and be sold at an advance that will add other millions indefinitly to thelr profit, ‘The public who purchase this stock, and who will be tixed on their transportation to pay tho Interest and lnrge dividends to carry this stock and all its water, will furnish the money to pay Jay Gould and tis assoclates— Sage, Dillon, Sloan, and Cunnnlngs—the enormous profits on this project of building anew trunk Ine, : Already the projectors are pointing to the fact thnt even with the adaition of the $60,- 600,000 watered stock the new rond will not be burdened with debt and stock ns large as aro the New York Contral and Lake Shore, aud the Pennsylvanta, and Erle Ronds, whoso indebtedness is not only linmense, but grow- ing dally. ‘That this rond will find plenty of traffic to do, and still leave business to its various competing trunk Hines Is hardly open to question, The productions ot tho Mississipp! Valley. States and ‘Territories are {uerens- ing with extraordinary rapldity, ‘This incrense {3 equal to the capacity of a new trunk JIne every five years, Song be- foro this rond shall be in operation five years the demand, If not necessity, for another trunk line will be apparent, If these roads were under any authoritative control, such as would compel thom to be opsrated in the Interest of the public, and not as mere means of extortion of {nterest and dividends on fictitious stocks and yulues, thon tho multiplication of trunk lines would be more rapid in order to furnish the needed transportation for the Ine ereased production and trade éf the country, Tho qddition of this new ne to the trunk routes ts purely {n tho Interest of New York Clty, It reduces the chances for the Phila. delphia and Baltimore routes to compete for Now York business, and tis shoul have the effect of ennbling them to assert and inaintatn atleast the whole trade for thelr own cities by tha adoption of rates thut for- bid coinpetitio ‘Tie Cinetmuuati Commercial dentes the ro port act on foot by the Hnguirer that, tt and tho Gazelle are about to consolidate of have avy thought thereof, It remurkst ‘The atory of n scheine for the consolidation of the Commercial and Gazette tan old ane, aud not true, Tho Gazette doea not have tho appearance of a filekering and fiillug concern. houlthy nppenrance, and we do wot tnd it in our way. Wo presume the Gazette bus is linge tleld, and we know the Conuercial haa. Wo know tho Bull and the crops that hive beon riled on It, and the prospect at abundant barveate is vory: good. Ute trie thut the newspaper businces In Cincinoatt, 80 far ag it ia leglinnite, fay passed: through ww period of depression; and it fs ulvo true thut tho fogithante newspaper business bag Hud a great inpolse from we advancement of tho oily, whied ia gomy forward by leups and Lounda, and promises to hu greater i the noxt tive sonra. thin during the twenty years just pasacd, |. The Gazette gives publicity to n Clucinnat! rumor that a new Democratio paper Is about be~ ing slurted in thut elty, on account of dissutla~ faction with tho potltienl likewarmuess of the old Greenbiack-Rourbon Kuyuirer, It says: It {8 no socrot that there ts yrent dlesnttsface von with the Baynircr as Democrutio organ, Antoug the riuk wud tly of the Demucraey the peoutiue leampw of that paper for everything savoring of what bus come ta ba knows ua * Urancian 3 tid prominence given i lta cole inne to tho writings of Guth” George Allred ‘Vawnaend), who isa strong Hest , and We Jukewarus support tho paperatten gives to Dems perntle Romues—At Ue dit glty clacton, for fnstanes, particularly: tt the case o€ Whe Suyore mty—bave been fong standing grieviives azninst the Buqulrer, With aw turgo nite ber of tho lendors of tho Jumacracy, and the respectuble clement in that partys thesy objections pre supplemented by a strong diaitke of tho yoneral tone of tho Enl- quircr, For a lenagh of timo negutiations tive reaw quietly going an for tho vateblishwment of thoroughpuived organ of the Domocratie purty, thut should have atl the enterprise with noud of thy bad fentures of the Enquirer, Theee nes wotinitons have at Inst takon shape, On Thurs. das ex-fdoutenant-Governos of Kentucky Une derwoud, now edltorel the Loulsyille Put, suid Unit between $00p,000 und Rau0.000 burked in tho pew cuterprisn: -projectors will bo prepired to sluk that amousit GF cupltal, 1f uccessury, Ih the venture, OF course, 1 the peohout puper develop tntoan actuality it will bea morning Journal dtr. Une dorwood wil be its giiaying aditur, but the slult will bo lurgely mude upot resident journal- fate, The apy heb of tha new paper fa fvoked for soon alter jo Yeur's. Pho Commercial thinks, the new Democratla paper will prove a bnd fallure, for ry reasons: 4 The attompt to establish a Southern cditor here to shed thy sweetness and Nght of sunad doctrine ‘his been several times mude. und never succusafully. ‘Vbreo Southorn editors baye put in an appeurance On the Hriquirer, aud nob ove mot wilh enduring auccess. Wo refer so Mr, Alexander Walker, of Loutelana; dre J. IMrney Mansbatl, of Kontucky; und dtr, A. 2, Hunk, of Virginia, Now, thovo gentlemen bad very decided talents and quullties, but the pruc- edenta uro discoursgiwg. Thoro are two clr oa which Intorfors mont of new Journals: (1) The ditientty of ob tuning the Associated Press dispatches, whic! fra almost indlapensable, aud cond not be ros placed by tho expenditure of 851,000 a year for apeclate, The length of tine required to PegeMre the bast promos nearly 4 year clapping petween the dato of giving ana ordor for a firate clags proas and starting It In native service, a ith tho estuolisl TWENTY years ago the dry-goods houso of Tout, Bonbright & Co. of Philadotphia, ve- came ombarragsed and was obliged to compro miso with Hsereditors by prying a porcentage of the amountdue, this being accepted In Cutt eatlafaction of all clatms, Sinco thon tho oldor. menibers of the firm have died, but these who suececded to tho business had constantly In inind the obligations of the house to thoso who bad heen forbearing ina tine of need, and last week pald the old debts’ In full, each creditor yoculying u clrcularslattar, of which the follow- tng isa copy? No. BU MAnKET ATREET, PHILADELPITA, Nov. 17, 1881.—Kindly betriendod by our creditors uta tine when wo were needing hetp, we, in aftor yeurs, created a fund inten: led tor their bonellt. 3s wo have plensuro now -to oifer thoi, Covering in its equitable nppilcation more than the percentnge mated In our settlomont tinder tho, recummendation uf thete cominittor of creditors, the uxcess in eagh cago will ae eacnit pre ruth upportiontnent of Intoreat derived from sald fund, In grateful romembrance, tharefore, wo tneloso herewith our cheek for S—., Trustiny yon will feel assured, alike of mombors no longer with us, as of those now compoaing our firm, that thia nation Id the ne- complishtient of our constantly chorisbed pure Posy, wo ure yours truly, ) Hicop, Boxnrianr & Co, Instances of thia kind are 60 tare ue to inake them worthy of more than présiug mention. ——— ‘Tun two bruisers named Holden and White, why attempted to ongago tna prize- fant tho otbor day, and were arrested by the Ohio authorities, bave boen botd for trial to balt of $1,200 eauh, aud, ns neither of tham can obtaln evon this pultry amount of security, thoy will remain behind tha bars until next January, when It is tobe hoped thoy will bo awarded a Jongthened residonce In the ponitontiary, Prizo- Nehtluys ts rapidly aloking to Its natural level in this country. and of late years atl attempts to et up a siteecssful “mill” have been unnvall- ing. Molden and White wero, respectiyely, tho clumpton featuor-welght fyhtors uf this coun- try und England. Messra, Ryan and Sulllyan, whu nro bouked to pummel each other nenr New Orteang In Junuary, are tho heavy-weight ehunplons., Should tbele attempt to viniate the luw prove as unsuccusstul na his that of Holden and White, and the State Prison be tholr abiding place fur u few years to come, nobody would be partleulurly grieved, ——————- ‘Tue Montreal Witness of the 10th inst. de- serives an invention In telegraphy yhich four messages tire sent on one wirgntonce, We quote from its artictes Tho Montreal Telegraph Company have now Jn fall vperation the Iustrumont by which four messages my Le trinsititted over the same wir wt tho anino timo, tivo operatora working wt cach end, Yesterday the * quad” was tested on a No. 9 (small size) wire, and worked succeraful- ty over 1 distance of D6 miles, Soverul woll- Known United States telegraphora were ndvised: of the result, and they agreed that it was a mare vulous feat on so smallu wire, ‘he inatruments will soon bo working it connection with all tho lentling polnis, aud the reauit expected by the comonny ts that detiy will be reduced to 0 mine imun, ‘The ditference between tha tne taken by n mesate on tho wire on the old system and on tho now 38 extraordlaury. ‘The company hopes to nike the pits sorvica very much bet- ter now, a8 carte bhinche bus. been jiven to fie troduce any finproveiment orsuperior appliances: into tholr service. A pispatei from Geneva, Switzerland, gays of tho vast nino and n heif mile tunsol under the Alps, connecting Gormany and Italy, which haa been some yenrs In boring: Tho first Journey In careiages from ond to end of the St. Gothard ‘Tunnel without interruption took pluce lust woek, tho passougers numboring: about sixty, They consisted of members of the contructors' and’ engtnoora’ stats aud thoir friends. Locomotives hive arrived nt Gbsch- onon ready for the opeplug of the Ene, It has bean deciied, ou yrounds of economy, not to Huht tho tunnel with the elvctrio ‘Igbt. Tho Jonruey by express trala from Basel to Milas wilt occupy: hours, from Busel to Flor- ence tweu' pur hours, and from Bnsel to Hoine thirty-three hours. Tho Federal Govern mont have dircated that the St. Gochard Rol be kept treu from snow until the line is com- pleted between Flagion and Hellinzona—that ts, throughout the coming winter. A bad part hes Deen met with in the Ariborg ‘Tunnel, shoihir tu tho wlniy streteh of the at. Gothard uuder Andormate ———— Not long ago conaldernble excitement was created ft Philadelphia by the Mayor appoluting Wnegre to a position as patrolmay on tho polica force, Soyorat club-carriora whoso dolioute sonsibilitics wore outraged by tho Mayoral action throntened to resign unless tho colored citizen was unitin relegated to private Mfc, but tho Mayor stood firm, and was supported In bls pox sition by the most unanimous kind of public Kontiment. Emboldened, perhaps, by the favor ahown her race by tho Mayor, a colored girl ra- cently applicd for adnilsslon to a Putladelpbia canservatory of muato, but bor efforts to obtain A firat-cluss mustcul educution were not encour aga by tho Principal of the conservatory, who. declined to admit her as a pupil on any terms, Tho matter has been taken up by the newapa- pers, and the musio-scboul 16 cartain of recaly~ dug plonty of gratuitous advertising, oven if no othor roault is gained. —$—$———=__—$_ Trovit all her troubles—nnd thoy have not been fow—Mre, Christlancy hos nad tho sylupathy of 2 considerable portion of the pub- tle, and the vuinber of thogo who thus ar- rayed thomselves on ber side waa largely in- ercased by the plain and undented testimony of the Washington drugglat to whom Mr. Chris- tlaney applied for aid in tho work of pro-natal murder, ‘he lady’o latest appearance before tho public Is of sich a sud charnctor that even thoye who do not hold hor entirely guiltless oan- not but haye thoir cuntempt for tho husband vastly incrensed, Mrs, Cbriatiancy’ may have done wrong, but with his own record tutogk back upoti her hushund had little Justitlentton fur taking tho legul proceedings Which bayo alroady rulved hin, a0 far ag political Hfo fa concerned, and inude u lunatic of the girl whom ho chose fur his wife so short a tino ago, . Orncen Enerix, who had charge of Guttean at the thno of bis boing shot nt, while en route trom the court to the jatl, said, refer- ring to tho inatters He waaawtul glad to got back to tho jallT gus, Do you know, guntionun, that warned im against this lust Thursday? He ‘promised ine going down to court that diy hut to wut ip ugatin, und when bo begun to make it noise L patled him back ii his seat. When we gotinto tho Marshal's room at recess, | aiid to Guiteuu: “What did you prowmlec mo about not muking it nolve iu core? You ure getting the pouple all down on sou" And he suid in replys ont makecany mbdieke. Pm tiflueneing the pudtic qa U6 Ht behalf, There's nota man bathe entrt- roo that heard me ta-day but wilt belleve Wat Lun inscne.”” . — ‘Tum season for les about the coming win- tur ta nt hand, und tho work bas begun in curs nest, One person iv Mulue has discovered that the wild goosv this soasun aro furnished with an unusual quantity of down under thelr Feathors, from whicu fact be argues that the ontire coun~ try Ja to be lacked {0 winter's Icy urms from Do- cemberto Apri, Avan offget to thta dishourt~ ontug prospect, however, «man In Now York te morally curtain that, with a faw excoptions, the days between now aud tho next cumlng of tho dulstes will bu of the most balmy deseription, Ag this Ie 0 Inrge country, perhaps both these prophets mny bo right. a plies ‘Yui following wasn dispatch fn Inst Mon- day's Mitwuukeo Scrtinel, and shows bow a story grows fi its trivelas {Littcaao, Nov, 19-—-Soas Hesing, of ° the Strate-Zcitung, has a Dill aguinat tho olty for ai Hb. Was recently yetuud by Mayor durrlagi, atuslay the tarmor visited the Mayor Atiia oftloe, und wished tu urge the niatter with blu. ‘Tho argument waxed warn, and ree sulted in the Shor pelzlug: Bir. Mestuy by the ountt-collur und the seat of hie wnmentionabtes and Incontineatly bouncing him out of the door, What the rgsult of their oscupade will be ts not. knowo,; ” —————— ‘Tue latest and porhnps the prettiest poom written by Mr, B Aldrich relates how a bo- trothed young couplo wero wandoring In W churehyard, when the malden saw a baby's grave, und bnmodintely, began to ory, ‘That the girls of the present generation ary oftoatinide entirely: too “provioua” thore a uo doubt; but’ that one of thom abould bu moved ‘to tears at tho thought of bow dovp would bo ber griof in case sho should marry, Lave @’ obild, and lose it fa hardly probabl ; ooo Tux English law has no mercy for those who treapaas upon its dawain, und youth Is no excuse for crime, A Heyent-old yirl named Margarot Slessenyor, bus Peon convicted and sentenced to death at-tho Cumberland Assiss for killiug au iufaut left la ber churye. Sho yas the ehltd's nurse, and, beeaming « for namo babylah front, choked the eee tt 8 re upttl tt waa dead. The Jury dee i; although the wirl wits yours, she wars p; ouongt to brave aerininal intent, Ut ony nn tng upon this inatter the Bnglish papers oe tho caso of u boy, aged 8 years, who Wishart for burnmg a barn in Berkabire, and tn a; ee Justaned a d-yeareokd boy found guity qintler dering his hedtollow was uxeeated, te dose of Buglish law would not bo 1 bad thy; borat this country jist now, iit ta ‘ite red that A Tie Journal says: “Lt looks as Clark had tho bulge for Cantemun," first fruit of the recent oleetion? Vie munngement there will ba a moder Hoard of: Comtniaatoners for 18st, tuxpayer give thanks todqy, Thy formers" who nro said to bo pled, Clark are Farron, Eniler, "Uholnwealt Ate MeGlaugtiry, Dinnorsharnsr, and bimevtt, i hi also alloged that Somimor and Kich ye for bline ple It Dave Is that the er Dave’ Teturm, Et over Tee a ‘Thm Hon, EH. Clay vans ting elected Mayor of Chuttanvoxn, Tas, been largest mujority ever given to any Hvind for that ollice. This tan woll-deserved cauipie ment, Capt, Evang, a loyal Union soldier, Lh ted {n Chattanooga Smmedintely atter the Wer closed, Me fs tho manager of a very latvo iton ana steel ral manufactory, and tsa most ox, “a ont conor nan Ee Chattanooga tins hae ored hersolf by electing, Capt. Ey: yor of reas ee ng.Capt. Evans Mayor of ——__ ‘Tue Ion, Ohnrles E. Bross, of M who ling proven blmself to be an Habe clerical duties of the Wisconsin Scnato, hay: . been unanimously clected te tho position ft Chief Clerk four succcsslvo sessions, is noandl- dute fur revicction tho coming session of th Wisconsin Senate, Mr, Bross is wollquulifed tor tho position, and If tho Wisconsin Senators took to thelr Intorcats they will put him in tho Chiot Gierk’s desk again this winter. ————— Ir will bo rathor diMicnit for tt grateful of Democrats to give thanks Tole the Dispenser of good gifte for tho result of the Toll elections, In which tho Democrats were in twonty States, losing even “Old and cnrrying barely one (Mississippi), and that one not by the ald of Divine Providence but by tho” Mississippi plan” of double-Larrel sbotquns and tissuo-ballots, a ‘Tne gratid “diversion of the grain tri from Chicnyo to St. Louls," so fone erate beyan yesterday. Ton enrs of corn were auld aud shipped fo at Louis, Whethor that con. Bignmunt had the effect of flooding thi wo hive not keurd, - pees: —$—<——————_. Tun Norfolk Virgintan states it asa fact that MaJ. Dante) and Col. Camerun, the opposing eandidntes for Governor nt the tate election in Virginian, received tho aume majsority—9e—in thelr respective cities, Lynchburg and Peters rg. ee LAKESIDE MUSINGS, “Tam thankful that my namo isn’t Jobin. 1 Scanmon. Ese “1 am thankful that Wash Uesing hasn't boon around lately."—Carter H, ‘This ig Thanksgiving-Day. If you can't think of imything ole, give thanks that youare not an editor, Philip Marston's latest poem 1s entitled %A Gray Day." ‘This is the frst ntlmation that Philip's gitl.had shaken bim, W. W. Astor has gone to Europe, Ne will bo remembered eA tho young gentleman who wus so sitecessful In not boing lected to Cons gress u short thine ago, a& Canadian paper snys that Canadian girls make better wives than auy to be found un thle side of tho border, Miss Anthupy should refute this base clandor at onca, A training school for servants has been started in New York, If another ono for women who preside over servants le cstublisted, tho fute ure of mou in America will indeed be rosy- hued, aay Tho following, told of an Arab child. ts not only very good, but is a pretty fair descrip ion of munya man's life, The Arab boy said that ho wis going to: snve bis monoy and buys” few gonts, und after tuat he should keep on sare ing bls money and bus afew cows. ‘What will you dy thon ?" was asked hit. * Well, willsell all tho gonts and cows and buy some camels” “And after you wet your camels, wha will you do?" © Why thon,” eald the little boy thought- fully, 1 shall yet married.” And after that, what?" © Well, [ suppose,” he replled afters ttle pause, * Chad botter get ready to die—= Cart Schurz. With hazel eyes, 80 wondrous wise, «And careless waste of goklen bulr, Such aweat child face, such winnlug gray As novor other mald did wears Ob, such was sho whom lirst I loved. Such nus no other being proved. I wooed her tong in tale and song, And often did sbo near relent, ‘Thon boyish baste as oft woulu waste My chanco wrapped in “ewltdermony Ob, If I bad #uch chance ayaln Td win although L lost hor thon. Tanw her Jato; upon her walt Her children, bearded, growsleup taent er simile 8 sweet, whene’or we meet, Though not eo sweet as [tf was when Bho was my queen and I hor siavo, ‘Too blost if but a ainilo abo gave. From “ My Cottleh De by Whitelaw Retd ——— PERSONALS, Good dogs come high, but the sportsmed must have them. Jobn Higgins, who lives nest Doluwaro City, Dat, lust week sold alot of at Youtur gotter dogs tor $2,000. ‘Mrs, Collins, of Troy N. ¥.. Iles In bed sulferiug great nyony fron blood-pofeoning. Lust woek she wore n pair of now shoes, and re colyed an abrasion on hur heel. ‘Tha, scarlet dyed stocklugs coimmunieated vinod-poisoulay, and her fout and leg swelled rapidly. Unginnd’s blind Postmuster-General. who wins golden opinions even from ‘Tories hat scored unothor success. You enn tow write tolegrain on ordinary note paper, wich Cpe 81 v1 to pay it, and pat box fa Grpticd, Spenting of the players In the great cule fon-carrous billiard tournament at Tammany Hull, tho Now York Star suys that Walluce isa Balthnore walt, 10 yeurs uid, bas display grenter norve than over wus known before, and fiat year frum now will Go the hardest (0 eat of tha tun contcutuits. Washington Star: Ex-Goy, Noyes {9 ae othor Ohio nan who fs fmpressed with the resi dunt's munuer uf recelving hiv visitas. Ks Governor ealicd on the Freshlent end was oe Hgbtet, Ro sald bo never met a mae tbo Frealdantin| oflcy who bud such cary cone 'Phia is djapavsionuto pralge ter the rev: mn bear tho Governor ia nor after un nities, but eo cr for a new leg. Lb will be remembered 1 iad Noyea lust a leg.in the War of tie Rebello, hud to use an urtitiolal substitute. t ‘A. Washington correspondent | says i i Blulne’s appearinco on tho withes stata by atoud fn the witnesaebox today with the unit of a Chestornett “und thy command of 4 wid Hou. Keen, urbane, digattied, repascttl, 1 ing cordially to Journasistia und eee i en in the nolghburbood, deferential to tae lig ae officer of the evurt, and doteveing 1 tne “A nt Ming ullicer of the Goyeruurent io ens Word tho hitmbleat witness mn ibe cts f° tury Tinine was huprosgive an zh yy acute ua + withuss, - a given [a ‘At the Court concert In V enna sive honor of thelr stillan diasustte: thy erat Austria wore uv lavender wlik dress an fanaty of Ince, and 4 bolt two Inebes widuentiels TAT diumonda, ¢muralds, rubles, and OnE il budy of tho dress was vovercd: Le a atones of tho same four colors, uid ee tue Feont bir hung down thy back a bya dae plaita, the voltfurg being: suring Qaeeo dont of ameralds und black heer ? of Italy wore n cream-colored hare Must dgheate tage loupe aie hs fy iu 02 Sruchiis shes, No sluveves DELON TIN Toy yy hinge braculues pt caverta RORY Mi and pink pears. dn thy h degen pan coliture were fivy butteriiies Wit 4, sid vive wit, bluaing win diamonds, petty» alle + — ae y DISAPPEARANCE OF A MERCH ANT. Speelal Dyavutch ta The Chliaed seannt Grasp Itavivs, Met Big) Rapids ways that . chant doing buxinces ut Mart wer . apart. a Dayenn A ante wed way be bus skipped, fouying creditors #m a vat 26,000-t0 neurn. ‘The ape any ity boo bad Been giving mortgages 94 pepe ot Own to rulwe funds e