Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 25, 1881, Page 1

—— \n » Nl | | A Vahasy VENTH YEA nu LPHA P n 11, PHILA Who Stole Mill from the Tax-Payers. 0 ns Boes Tweed Nowhera Beeids| WILL TARRY AWHILE the Brotherly I overs of | Greesraris, Lo 1., November 24 In the case of George Willott, sen- | Other [P'olks’ Money. All the Information Neces:za y to Convict 1n the Fands of the Authoriti-s. A South Carolina Negro Joins the Ohurch and will Ascend To-day. Three Young People Drowned at ITansas City by Going Tarough the Ica. Miscollaneous Criminal and Cas- ualty Notes of the Day. THE PHILADELPHIA FRAUDS. Kational Associated Presa. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS STOLEX. Puruavereiia, November 24. —The facts concerning the huge trauds in tho tax department, which were sup- pressed at yesterduy's meeting of the citizens' reform committee of one hun- drod, are to be immediately laid be- fore the law ofticers of the city and stato for their action. Tt is now defi- nitely known that the disclosures were made to the committee by Theodcre Hane, who was convicted in 1877 on the charge of ombezzling tax receipts to the amount of $50,000. Hano says that when he was appointed tax clerk in1873, howas told that unless he made false entries in the books he could not retain position. He agreed to this suggestion and while allowing others to plunder he helped himself on every available opportunity. In this con- fession he eays among other things ‘“‘that cverybody connected with the office was corrupt trom the head of it down. When 1 found myself a de- faulter I became disheartened and un- bosomed mysolf to Tom Smiith, the re- ceiver. He told me to keep quict and it could be settled up in a quiet way. On one occasion a banking in- atitution paid a tax ot §6,000, which was pocketed by one man_connected with the oftice. It was the practice for years while was in the oftice for taxpayers to be presented with bills hundredyn of dollars in ex- -oess of the amount due, each clerk to whom such bills were paid, helping himself to the excess fori;ziu own per- sonal use. It was a poor day when a tax clerk did not steal $50 or $60. One clork then connected with the T *.cy, wilo lives in Germau.sown, 4ool between $60,000 and $70,000 by this style of swindling. The taxpayers wero whol'y at ‘he mercy of theclerks, Millions of dollars were stolen. The Tweed ring hardly exceeded the tax office in defrauding the public. A -discount of nine per cent per annum was allowed for speedy settlement of a tax bill and each clerk would = at that time take in fully $200 per day. We were all incollu- sion and fixed the books so that it would be hard to detect the frauds unless exposed by one of the ring. Controller Hancock, the clerk who audited our accounts, stood in with us. Some of the men begged on their knees to me to not expose them. Somo of the clerks who_were in the frauds are in the oftice.” The committee on the fraud are in possession of all the facts and they are satisfied with the proof furnished them, showing the mullions of money stolon and the names of those who are convected with the crimes. Further examination of the books of the tax oftice frauds shows the taxes of the Girard Trust company amount- ing to 87,000 a year were taken from tho city treasury; that moneys re- ceived from the city banks in payment of taxes to the state upon money at interest did not reach the state treasury; that of one tax bill amounting to $30,000 not a single penny reached the treasury; that in another bill of §52,000 only $26,000 was returned, and that five auditors in the city controller’s office during the adminstration of Samuel P. Hancock falsified their books and gave wrong details. Of fifteen per- sons implicated, several now hold po- sitions of trust in municipal offices, and one is in the government employ. e CRIMINAL NOTES. National Associated Press. HOWGATE'S BAIL, WasuiNaToN, November 24, —Capt. Howeato was brought into the crimi- nal court this morning; on a motion to reduce his bail from $25,000 to 815,- 000. Counsel for defendant stated that it would be impossible to give more than 815,000, &;umul for the government said that an indictment for embezzlement and forgery to the amount of $160,000 was hanging over him, and it would be unsafe to reduce the bail lower than 825,000, The court said the matter would be con- sidered, and a decision anunounced in a fow days, Capt. Howgate was then taken back to jail. He has ¢reatly broken down in the past few weeks from confinement, Arpants, Ga,, 24, —A ateh from Dahlone, Ga., to-day, unt of the killing ot John stock by John Bell. Both are young men of 1 standing, Bell awrelling with a man named , and Blacastock attempted to quict him, wheroupon Bell turned upon him and shot him dead. GETTING READY Fok THE JUBILEE. Sumrer, 8. €., Novembor 24, Henry Johu, the negro who is to be hauged at 1L o'clock to-morrow (Friday) for the murder of John Dayis, bas joined the Catholie church, : — AUDS. of Dollars | { eque1d a THE OMAHA Dy OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBI e T ORI .+ w3 < 3 e B e T O —— > R. wid s visited daily by pricsts and Sis of Char still claims ory to the ¢ u | He eata heartily, but | it he was only an acees me. FATAL CUTTING The same dispatch gives an aceount | of the probable fatal cutting of Henry Cannon by Willie Davis, 'd December 2d, for John P, Dair, Judge ay granted a writ of error of proceedings. | A PILFEKER CAUGUT, SeriNarreiy, I, November 24 W. 8. Ramsey, a school teacher and agont for patent school desks, who had an ofico in C. W. Hart’'s drug store, was discovered pilfering money from tho cash drawer, and confessed to tak- ing €2,000. Tt is bolieved he has taken 83,000, and has been carrying it on for a yoar, snatching’ from €2 to 810daily. ~ He promises to make res- titution. tenced to bo han the murder of Lappan to d also a e t— CASUALTIES. Special Dispateh to Tiik Brx. FIRE IN A MOTEL, MarvvitLe, Mo., November 24.— The Morchants’ hotel at Burlington Junction, kept by Baulware, caught fire this morning and was only put out by the determined efforts of our citi- Tioss §1,000. THROUGH THE ICR. Kaxsas Crry, November 24, -A apecial to the Journal from Columbia, Mo., states that while a party of twenty-tive boys and girls were skat- ing on a pond to-day, the ice broke and three were drowned. Those drowned were John Garth, Theodore Murphy and Maggie Buckner, all about sixteen years of age. At 8 o'clock to-night the body of Murphy had been recovered. FATAL PREMATURE EXPLOSION, Greexwich, Conn., November 24. This village was startled from its wonted Thanksgiving quiot early this morning by a loud report, followed by a rumbling sound which shook the town from end to end. About a'milo north of the village a contractor wasen- zaged in laying out a race course, in the pursuit of which he found it necessary to resort to blasting the rocky soil. This morning, the drills being per- fected, giant powder was placed in the fissures, and everything being in read- iness the alarm was sounded and the fuse lighted. The workmen, howev- er, had scarcely started for places of eafety when a premature explosion occurred, killing five and wounding three, who are crippled and maimed for life. Among the killed are Sam- uel Ellison, Morris Dunn and James H. Ryan. STAMPEDE IN A VARIETY SHOW. New York, November 24.—During the performance this evening at the London vnieti theatre a steam pipe cracked and a escaped. Some one raised the cry of ‘“fire,” and for a few minutes the greatest excitement prevailed. Sev- eral people were trampled oo, but no serious injuries are reported. fEuse i Mk Thanksgiving Dinners. National Associated Fress. THANKSGIVING DAY, WasHINGTON, D.C., November24. — Thanksgiving day is being very gener- ally observed here. All the depart- ments are closed and business is gen- erally suspended. Comparatively few membera of congress have yet arrived and they are to be found in the hotel lobbies, while a few atter ded church this morning. Servlces were held in most of the churches, union services in some cases causing some of the church edifices to remain closed, their | congregations having joined with other churches in the services of the day. At the Metropolis church a collec tion for the Gartield memorial hosp tal was taken up and a large sum was given. Presldent Arthur declined numer- ous invitations to attend divine ser- vices to-day and attended his regular church, St. John’s (Episcopal). The remainder of the day he passed at his residence. The usual state dinner will be dispensed with because of the fact that the white house is not in re- pair for such an event. Cuicaco, November 24,—The day was fully observed here, business be- ing suspended and services generally held in most of the churches. The various charitable and penal institu- tions each gave s Thanksgiving dinner to the inmates. PHiLADELPHIA, November 24.—- Thanksgiving day was observed here by a more general suspension of busi- ness than has prevailed for many years. Services inthe churches were attended by overflowing congregations and many sermons were directed to the perils which the country has en- countered during the past six months. Bavrivore, November 24.--Thanks- giving day was observed here by a general suspension 'of business and large attendance at the churches. The principal events ot the day were the planting of a *‘Garfield memorial tree’ in the grounds of tne Hebrew hospital in the presence of a large number of citizens of all creeds and politics, New Yonrk, November 24.—The day was raw, bleak and windy. There was a general suspension of business, and all public offices were jclosed. Services were held in the churches, extra matinee performances were held | in all the theatres, and various out- door sports, Dinners were served in all charitable institutions and prisons. Boston, November 24, —Thanks giving was generally observed in this |eity to-day, Business was catirely | | suspended. Union services wero held |in some of the shurches. Dinners | | were given to the inmates of the vari- ous charitable aud penal institutions, zens, | Indications | National Associated Pross, Wasuixaros, November the upper M souri valleys: Warmor, arge (uantity of sieamiT¥ikeiy” thut the iatter will take un | zveat influence in his section have 23 senators—a good working ma- jority in Woth branches. dant element among the liberals in either branch. The bourbons are un- dertaking to create the impression that we are not certain of and that there will be trouble both a4 to readjustment and the election of o senator and court of appeals. is not a word of truth in it. from this time on until these questions aro_disposed of, over obstacles and against methods such as are never cmployed in the states where |and significance of this victory, and justers all feel that there are weighti of than the distribution of patronag THE NEW VIRCINIA, Gen, Mahone Foretells a Political Revolution in the State. He Deflues the Work of the Liberal Party and Speaks Freely of Its Future. Promising Unexampled Prospority and a Free Vote for Virginia Correspondence Philadelphia Preas New York, November 20.—The day before General Mahone left Washington I found him seated be- fore a great open tire in his pleasant room at the Arlington, in company with his chief officers, H H. Riddle- berger and General V. D. Groner. On the chair near Mahone lay his dainty livht overcoat and a fawn- colored slouch hat, which is so fu muliar to all Virginians. The frail, nervous body of the senator from Virginia was clothed in o plain _dark cloth suit, and his feet, which are searcely Iarger than a young girl's, were clad in the richest adornments known to the shoemaker's art. Ho was quietly stroking his long iron- gray beard. He rarely smiled, but his shacp, restless eyes were twink- ling incossantly at~ Riddleberger, to whom he was speaking. When dis- turbed and interested General Ma- hone forgot himself and talked vehe- nently aud m an impressive way of /irginia politics, but as he sat by his fire with his small feet pushed out to- ward the fender, a stranger would hardly suspect him of being the mighty wedge which has split the solid south. Ruddleberger lives ut Woodstock, in the Shenandoah valley, that strong- hold of democracy known as the Tenth Legion. He publ shesa paper in his native town, and is prosecuting attorney for the district in which he lives. He is a tall, splendidly built, athletic looking man, with u good face which shows courage in every line. He isas warm-hearted and impetuous as most true southorn men ‘“The game-cock of the Shenandoah” e is called in Virginia, doubtless on ac- count of his pluck and endurance, He has been General Mahone's right arm in that section of the state, and such a fight as he has made there, where the sentiment of the people is against him, and where the influences and the methods of the democratic party are most powerful, has never been ex- celled inany political struggle n the history of this country. He is descended from one of the oldest families in the valley, and has a pedi- gree equal to the best. He 18 by long odds the leading candidate for United States senator, as well as General Ma- hone's first choice, although 1t is not active stand in his favor while such Taithful followers as John S. Wise and John E. Massey arc also candi- dates. General Mahone does notcare to talk about the senatorship, prefer- ring to give all the candidates before the legislature a chance to test their strength. Riddleberger is a young man, not over forty years yet, a good speaker and a fine writer. RIDDLEBERGER'S STRONG OPPONENT, General Groner lives at Norfolk and is one of its first citizens. He is a man of great business tact and has a large fortune, which he has accumu- lated since the war. He controls the largest shipping interest out of that port, representing the Boston, Phila- delphia and Baltimore lines, He has of the state,and in this last canvass it was used to the great advantage of his party against the influence of Con- gressmen Bezendorf and a number of federal office holders. That district, under Groner's leadership, gave 6,000 majority for Cameron. Groner is still a young man, hardly forty years of age, about medium size, and has thick and reddish whiskers, Ho has a keen, sharp business eye and would anywhere be taken as a pushing, pro- gressive man. He was one of the firat, while yet a member of the dem- ocratic stato committee, to join Ma- hone in the new revolution. Both General Mahone and his two lieuten- ants were in excellent spirits, as The Press correspondent found them, ““The news 18 getting better every day,” began General Mahone. *‘We have G0 members of the lower house instead of 58 as we expected, and wo And what is very gratifying, there is not a discor- our men, about has been removed, and lives. fight to reach the point whon assurances could be truthfully given and faithfully guaranteed,” we fought and won th The legislature will also session, & constitutional abolishing the capitati campaign price of suffeag ‘This ¢ amendmeont, together with (he Riddle berger bill, will be submit to a vote of the people in Novembor of nost year, when congressgicu to be olected, that tho fullekt possible ox pression of the will of the jeople may bo obtai wd upoti these mcasures,” SWill you abolish the wLivping post | also?” | I am unalterably opposcd whipping-post. relic of barbarism, enod and in keeping With our civiliz tion. The bourbons made the cha against us during the campaign th Wwo were going to inerease the criminal expenses by abolishibg the whipping. post. the Logislature. It will bo done A FREE VOTE IN FUIU ¥ “What of the future of your party/ It looks very bright. lisviet state which in my judgment cannot be broken for many years. 1u this cam- paign a large element sat astride the fence Many men did 1 come to accopt the penalty of busiiess and so cial ostracism which was 10 posed upon known adherents to our cause. Tt will be so no longer. Frow this day on a man will be as free 1o oxpress his political convictions upon the hustings and at the ballot box in Virginia as in any other state in the Union, without having his business or sociul standing afflicted by it. I think we have a lecitimate ma- jority of from 30,000 to 10,000 votes in the state, and it is a growing strength. Thave noquestion hut that a good majority of the white votes, now that they are given the courage of success, would be polled for our ticket if a state election wero to take piace next year. I believe the Rid- dleberger bill and the constitutional amendment abolishing the capitation tax will receive that large a majority.” “You believe, then, thit Virginia is muking a new start?” “‘Yes, sir. From this day Virginia starts on the high road to prosperity. Our success means purchasers tor our idlo lands, it mcans the development of our inexaustible mineral resources; it means the building of new mauu factories; it means the utilization of our marvelous water powers and all follow in the wako of tie dead pass- 10n8 and prejudices of the past. The Liberal party is comm tted tothe pro tection and eclevation of the iree school system The froe schools are the corner-stone of the best civilza tion., They will be protected and built up under the new regime until they reach a dignity and influence sommensurate with tle educational fame of the great atat:. WHAT THE LIBER{{# »roview, “The liberal party are not com- mitted to the settlement of the state debt, the abolition of the capitation debt, the destruction of the whipping post and the advancement of the free school systemn than they are to the protection of the rights ot every man, black or white, rich or poor, before the law and at the ballot-box. The campaign this year has made that ap- parent to a very large clement in Vir- ginia, who learn best from palpable acts, It would be impossible for me to convey to any stranger the increase of active strength to our cause this victory will bring to it. But the strength it gives us at home is not more gratifying to us nor more bene- ficial to the state than the practical benefit it invites and will re- ceive from abroad. Virginia can now beckon to emigration and capital and show more return upon the investment of money and lavor within _her borders than any other state of this union. Her soil 18 as fertile ag any the sun smiles upon. Hor hills and mountans are filled with inexhaustible deposits of coal, iron and other mnerals. Advantages of climate unequalled by any section of the north or west can be made ap- parent. The ghost of proser ption and intolerance which girded her it hus been made manifest that the majority m Virginia will rule, as it does in other states, A poor man shall have an equal cpance with the rich in the race of life—the same opportunity to educate his children, the same stand- ing before the law, and his equal place in the community in which he It has taken a long and a hard these “How long(" *“I'en years and more, It has taken careful organizavion and persistont effort to break down the prejudices of the war and the habits of life and There Of course the bourbons will undertake in every possible way to coax or bribe some of our members, but T have not the slightest fear of their succeeding. Virginia, sir, feel a just pride in their success, efforts and sacrifices as few mon are The readjusters of It has been obtained by such willing to make, Tt has heen secured free thought and ex- pression upon politics and at the ballot-box are respected. No man in Virginia contributing to this ilt or profiting by it but knows the meaning intends to enjoy its fruits, The read- matters to be discussed and dispc THE DEBT AND THE WHIFPING-POST “Will there be an immedia of the debt question?” | ‘o, sir. The legislature will pass the Riddleberger bill at the carliest possible moment. We intend to keep perfect faith with the state and the southwest winds, falling barometer and generally fair weather. nation, not only upon this question, but upon eyery other issue upon which prejudices. » settle- | the interest account rising higher and | a year and a low men getting r mind bred by slavery. Reconstruc- tion gave the bourbons the lever with which for all these years they moved the white people by appealing to their I'he cry of nigger domi- nation made the white people solid, and haltered thousands who despised the minority which ruled them. ~ The growth of independence has been slow but sure. 1t took a vast deal of care aud training, and the sheaves for the stack had to be gathered one by one. The debt question was an inei- dent of the revolution rather than the moving causo. Insignificant as it was however, at first, 1t grew with the it until it became o groat issuc. Our attitudo upon that question has never yet boen clearly understood out- side of the state, nor have the rea- sons which compelled us to stand for areadjustment been comprehended. LOULBONS' HANDLING OF THE DEST, e “The action of the bourbons in tin kering with the state debt for profit made the people restless, as they saw er at tho rate of a million dollars upon their loss, To act honorably tc ward their creditors the readjusters were forced to take the position upon the debt question they did and it was no casy matter to steawm the growing the thousand and one blessings which | K to the | the state's ereditors I believe it to bo ula fraud upon the country. : Thero are other | long timo it wns a successful one methods of punishment niore enlight.- | The readjusters nict the chargo | by declaring their intention of doing | 80 a3 soon as possible if thoy sccured | gives the liberal party & hold upon tho | A Q VIP @ N Ox 4N R0, I8¢ ! 8 moent rebollion against the dely wbons had ereated, Our omrlic tl n this estion was t T he ¢ tablo b d hat named in the Ric rbi I rition the readjusters werc ’ to take upon this question ol sceured for a t tho other great tssues, It enabled the bourbons, who | would pay wothing, and maladminis | te the state jovernment, t | to the debt-paying peopl north us keeping faith with but for a The readjusters had to bide their time atood itof repudiation, of the facts. " ot had the dolay " YTt has not been time wasted, but it has been vexatious, disappointing | and at times galling to the fow men first had to bear tho brunt of | it and stand nuclous around which cach fresh rocruit conld rally tor proteetion at the ballot box. As 1 sentiment of the north, which appalled at the thou, could be made aware “What eff said, the d has not been without benet Each ye fight Tas brought us new recraits, and the thorns of the enemy only made their Toyalty to tho cause and thoir ardor in bringing in | new forees the stronger. Wo have | beon obliged tod our strength from the progressive and young element of the state, and from the humbler peo ple. Wo were forced to make it manifest that there was no chance in Virginia for any of theso classes, ox- copt i entting looso from the old regime which proferred aged mon who ¥ 3 traded upon the traditions of the past to young and growing minds who looked to the future. Even when this was done it was a hard struggle to break them away from the old alliance, although they knew that both they and their state were going behind in- stead of ahead in the raco of life. Aftor years of offort and great trials the party has grown from a hardful to the groatest liberal power i the whole south. T feel like taking off my hat to it as the most generous and progressive conslituency that has won a political battlo in this country for many years. 1t will bo agreat diy for any other southern state that has been ridden for twenty nightwmare of foolish casto distiv when it shakes them off and wal to find itself upon a new and better rond than it has been traveling.” TAE LIBERAL PARTY ON NATIONAL ] POLITICS, “Where #ill the Liberal party be in 1884, nationally?" It is several ;oncs before 1884, and the burden of ‘the dey ia enongh for our present thought. ' When the next national olection comos wond it will bo found doing tho best thity enemy, The bourbon idea is that the only end and aim of lifo is offico, There is a great work yot to be done m Virginia, and I can hew more logs there with more satisfaction to myself and, T hope, to the country, than iu uny other place. Tt is not patronage that Virginia wants, nor is it greater recogmtion by the administration than she already has, but it ts people with capital, thrift enorgy and in- dustry, Virginia has had too much politics; she has raised too many statesmen and not enough erain, The fect of our young men want to be turned to the ficlds, workshops, man- ufactorics or the mines, rather than toward politics, want greater destinetion than 1 party of Virgmiacan give me, and T win content to stay by them until the day of triai is over, the ver- dict recorded, and the world acknowl odges that these people have done great good for the land.” “What do you say about the fut- ure!” said I, turning io Riddleberger and Groner, who sat quietly musing while the general recited this interest- ing story of the rise and success of the new rebellion, ““We agreo with him entirely,” re- sponded both gentlemen with unani- nity. ““What he says 18 stubborn truth. The story ot the past he has vividly portrayed,” said Riddlebergor. *“T'he forecast of the future we sub- scribe to,” retorted Groner. ““Yos,” said Riddleborger, ‘‘we not only subscribe to it, but we verify the picturo and yon may sce as the months roll by how faithfully it has been {of painted, 1t is mul.r..u‘y said, revotu tions never go back ward i It is eminently truc in this case,” responded Groner. RIDDLEBERGER'S OWN PLANK. ‘‘We have no place to go back to, Our own hope for our own future, as well as that of the state, is to go for- ward, making the Iiyht stronger and stronger every year," repliod Riddle- berger. ““Where would you stand nationally should you go to tho senate?” ©1 prefer not to talk about a con- tingency that may never arise. If I should “‘go to the senate I will very soon make manifest my position,” said tiddleberger. It was early evening whon this chat hegan, and it was nearly morning when it was concluded. Almost overy phase of the situation was talked ovor with wreat froedom, and at tunes with much teelfn, In ral Mahone's manner and speech there was a marvelous amount ef quict rejoicing and subdued thank- | fulness, The lust time I saw him ho | was weighted with troubles and lnbors apaign. His brain was then | carrying the details of the countest and” d bg tho movewents of a somewhat chaotic party. Before it went to the ballot box, however, it was organized ag no party has beon in Virginia for years and directed with & purpose stiil more powerful, This was o memorablo talk, the first be- tween Mahone and the two leaders MR ji_)) Pt A:JJ fi:& . | will do more than | the great men wh and wait for a justification of their [as executive of his native state. position until events ripened, and the | 18 astriking figure, intellectually, by tho side of the hourbon whom he sue ceeds, A BTATESMAN A The last of the | Wise, of whom all He came into than thoe rest, but Ho possesses the heart which made # conspicuous figu tor, He is still i all thoso thi 4 man to his about medinm by round, well-deve on aclear nigl his mind a. one of the the country. o Lost a at its hoight. field sports and fo retion, He has counted one of tl these animals. shot ns he debater. The Trouble Bet: or Cuteaco, Noven eral eastern trunk the subject of rel the representative ual agents and no found necessary, a measure the por tween Mr. Charlt Mr. Hooper, of t Joseph. and defended tho ticket agents of tl of rates to twelve ng the best Mr. Charlton did not sustain the ac- for the future of Virginia in the path | +jon, and asked for the restoration of she has this year marked out for her- | the traffic sheet in force befere the re- wit.” : o | QUL ratos 2w made. ‘T see rumor assigns you a place in}. My, Hooyor declined to from Prodidert “Artudr’s Sabineti™ s pabion, -fi "“i R ““That story is another device of the | clined to attend nay b s, Afom? promise was arriy cessions. Mr. ( attend a meeting Dec. 8th. now in forco from and the the cushion carom this afternoon, ond game, Slossc 67, the third game. game in the Glst i 200 to 167, oper score of 200 to 99. Dion and Sexton of 200 to 139. The Cimbria for ork, rived--The Toronto, Ont. the banquet given ald by Sir John railway syndicate o that the from ocean National Amociatod I'ro Ciicaco, Nove this evening and a) toe to represont the national conventic city November 50, Rogretting Ciioaao, Noy from Durand, W counter feeling hi men who took who sat with him since the battle was | aud there is sorious talk of bringing over and a victory won, If Cameron, Wise, lynching of Max them to justice, Massoy and [now seems to be regretted on all sides. the any of the group; but faco which looks like jolly full moon matchloss, his cloquenco telling and 1 sco him now as ho sat at his tablo drawing tho picture of a sotter dog when the recent finest bird dogs in the country, and is He s us great a wing is a powerful political Natlonal Amsociated Prows. passenger agents line association have just held another ern trunk lines had been considered, association took up the matter of passenger ratos, from Kansas City castward, Tt was Mr. Hooper had sustained Kansas City in the recent reduction Mr. Hooper, while not re- ceding from his support of the tariff sented to its temporary suspension restoration old tariff until his argument in defence of it could be heard inthe meecting on Dec. 8th. L s The Billiard Tournament, National Amociated Prow. New York, November24.—Hecson and Wallaco played the first game in 63d inning, by a score of 200 to 1569, Sexton and Slosson played the sec- the 36th inning, by a score of 200 to Morris and Daly came togother for Schacfer and Slosson played the s gamo this evening. wou the game in the 50th inning by & Dion won in the Glst iuning by u score Movements of Ocean Bteamers: New York,November 24. —Sailed — Celtic for New York, Liverroon, November 24, Ar- rived—The Alaska, from New York, Rorrerpam, November 24.--Ar. rived--The P. Coland, from New Y Sovruamrron, November Now York for Bremen, The Canadian Pacific Road Natlonal Associated I'1ees. Over fifteen hundred persons attendod the conservative convention last night. In the course of the specch tated that he had received o letter from the president of the Pacific years, which 18 one-half of the time allowed by the contract linois state land league held a s the Lynching of Maxwoll. ombor 24,—A special BElam had been pr it the love feast ' iet worker, born to the| plow a 1 to the ministry, he still wears the mark of his latest calling. | He comes from the Albemarle vallay, | wd reat influenco among the tillers of the soil. Elam edits The Whig in Richmond, and is a_ quiet, unestentations worker He is rarely hemd of outside of the state oxcept in the returns, Cam eron, the youthful, brilliant write | is the youngest chicf magistrate Vi y _practiced | ginia over had; an elogant debater and a cultured, refined gontloman, He it in the chair of o have preceded him He ND A DEAD SUOT, sextetto is John 8. the country knows. movement later helins risen rapidly. habits of mind and his illustrions father re in Americen his- young, younger than he is a giant s which commend follows. Ho is ght, with a full,| ped frame, and a it Tl humor is W grasping. Ho is wen of his years in campaign Ho is a lover of all llows them for rec- a kennel of the 1o best of judges of F. A L weon the Passeng- gonts. nber 24, The gen- forming_ the meeting, After ations with tho east-, o8 presont as individs t a8 members of tho first, to reconcile in rsonal ditforences be- on, of the Alton, and he Hannibal & St. action of the local he roads terminal at local points. od at v, wutual con- riton consented to of the agents on Kansas City con- of tho billiard tournament Wallace won in the on won the game in Morris won the nning, by a score of Slosson n next erossed, and quiet. called were admitted at Guiteau's re- queet, and to these he talked with his. usual freedom, NO. 1 a e s — MING CONTEST. For the Speakership of the House of Representatives, | | THE G0 | Kasson Explains Away a Story that will be Used Against Him, Biennial Hlection of Officers of” the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry. Guiteau Passes the Day Quietly in His Cell, Seeing Only a Few Peonle, Two of Them Being the Inevit- able Reporters, to Whom He Unbosoms Hiw selt, Miscellancous Notes from the tional Capitol. THE SPEAKERSHIP, A CARD FOR KASSON, Wasninaron, November 24, --Con- gressman Kasson was intorviewed this- ovening in regard to the charge to be used against him in the speakership fight, that he wrote the plank in the Chicago platform denouncing polyga- my. Hosaid: T don’t remember of having been the author of such a plank. ? did write and insisted on the platform in 1860 that the normal condition of all the territorics of the Inited States was freedom., This was in relation to the old Kansas ques- tion ws to the right to con- duct slaves into the territories. That is the only thing I remember heing the author of, although what was in that platform I subscribed to with the rest. The person who wrote this statement has a defective mem- ory, although 1 cannot see that either polygamy or the slavery question has anything to do with the speakership contest.” “There's been a good deal of talk about your position on the tariff quos- tion,” said the reporter. ““All that is necessary to say about that,” replied Mr. Kasson, ‘‘is that 1 am an adherent of the protective prin- ciple in the adjustment of the tariff and always have been.” THE NATIONAL GRANGE ELECTION OF OFFICHRS.. WasHuiNgTON, November 24, —The national grange to-day elected ofticers as tollows: J. J. Woodman, Michigan, master; overseer, P. Jordan, Massachusetts; locturer, Henry E. R. Baugh, Mis- souri; steward, Jl';.hn J. Rosa, Dela- i3 District Oolumbia; gate kooper, James V. Scott, Arkansas; Pomona, Mrs, Mary L. Darden, Mis- ppi; Flora, Mrs, Elizabeth M. Nicholson, New Jersey; Ceres, Mrs. H. H. Woodman, Michigan; lady as- sistant steward, Mrs. Harriet A.Seim, Kansas; exccutive commitee, D. Wiyall Akins, South Carolina, and M. Blanton, Virginia. Installation of officors followed. The body will probably adjourn to- MOrTow, GUITEAU. National Associated Press. PASSED THE DAY QUIETLY. WasniNatoN, November 24.—Gui- teau passed to-day quietly in s cell, he being much _exhausted, and most- of the day rechmed on a cot, half asleep and Lalt awake. About noow his brother called and spent a short. time with him. He then talked fre-ly about the trial. A number of visitors and sight-scers called, but ad- mission was generally denied, as ( teau oxpressed a desire to rema A couplo ot reporters who Under instructions from Marshak Henry, Guiteau's jury, after enjoying a turkey, took a ride uround the city and out m the suburbs, Hamburg, the City of Brussels for Liverpool, and the State of Pennsylvania for Glasgow, » Novembor 20.— 8ir John MacDon- authorizing him to road would be com- to ocean within five " mber 24 11 m ppointed a commit- p leagues in the Irish m 1o meet in this The , indicates a strong as st in against the n - active parc in the well u fow duys ago, The hasty action THE PATERS FOUND ON GUITEAU, Colonel Corkhill has made public D ¥ the contents of the papers found in QuekNstows, November 24, —Bailed | Guiteau's pockets after his arrest on the day of the nhrmtillf. sist mostly of editorial sc 0 various papers, most of them relating to Conkling, others refer to the party some extracts from interviews bearing They con- uibs from Grant and Garfield, feuds and 24,—Ar-fon that subject. One of these General Werder, from|iy marked ~in Guiteau’s own hand, “B. E. June 3d,” and reads as follows: “From what- over standpoint the existing conflict within the republican party is regard- ed, its outcome would seem to involve the disintegration and overthrow of that organization in this state and probably in the Union. n paragraph refers to the meeting of Gieneral Grant and Garfield at Long Branch, and charactorizes the occasion Another as *‘chilly.” Still another criticises theappointments made by Garfield and cabinet during most of them which shows what paner thoy are from. Dologatos to the National Land | llere were from the Brooklyn Eagle, Loague. the administration, marked in a manner There are also two dispatches cut from newspapers, one dated Long Branch, June Hth, stating that the president would return to Washington on the following Monday, and another from Loug Branch, dated June 27th, stat- ing that President Garfield, accom- panicd by Secretary Hunt and Post- master General James had left El- beron for Washington, leaving Mrs. Ciarfield and children there, and that. tho president would return from Washington to Long Branch on Fri- day. o & TO OUR GERMAN FRIENDS. PoMPERNICKEL, fresh ground, for salo, by Poland & Gwyer, 1413 Dodge strpot, f nls.6e b