Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 4, 1882, Page 1

s f { [ 4 LA “EsmAs LT GWATMRKR R REDUCING THE REVENUE. Commissioner Ranm's Annual Report on the Revenue of the Nation, Lightening the Burdens of Tax- ation His Ohief Recom- mendation. The Various Sources of Rev- enue and Prinoipal Ar- ticles Taxed. Mr. Elaine Ridioules the Fethmus Cannl Scheme— Other Kteme. RAUM’3 REPORT. Epeoial Dispatch to Tus Bs. DISCUSSING REDUCTION OF TAXATION, WasniNaroN, December 2.—The report of G. B, Raum, commissioner of internal revenue, has been submit- ted to the secretary of the treasury. It begins with the topic of reducing taxation as follows: The receipta from internal revenue taxation have but the benefit of that reductlon | proprietor of The Philadelphia North would immediately inure to the people, | Amerioan, THE REST RR which now sells at 10 cenus 4. retail, could be sold at 7 cents, if the duty were removed; and the total re. duction would amount to 90 cents per oapita per annum of the entire popu. lation ot the coantry. Objection to s measure would be the abolition ot proteotion now afforded the sugar interests of L uisiana and other states. This difficulty might be met by glving a bounty, say 24 cents per pound upon all home.produced sugar. The pres- ent law gives the sugar planters of this oountry indirectly $4,000,000 or §5,. or annum, My proposition would be to give them this amount diractly and lot the whole people have the bonefita of »eduction of taxation of say £45,000,000, which would in this way be fsoted, | THR EXPENSES OF COLLECTION 10 lest six yoars was about §27,087,. 300, or about 36 per cent on the amount collected. This sum has been disbursed without loss to the govern. men',}8om 2 months ago many leading sweet mash distillers made an arrange- ment fora reduction of the producing capacity of their distilleries, and for limiting the manufacture in their line of diatilled spirits to the demands of tho trade. They have recently been i followed by a large number of sour ‘fi':?:i";g“"gxsnms:(}s"m%%:go‘:l;: m:sh cistillers, with somewhat simi- ) 1880, $135,000,000 in 1881, and to|la* Arrangemonts. The effect will $146,600,000 in round figures in the be to cut down the production of all yeoar last enled, There will probably be rome diminition in the recetpts in the present fiscal year as compared with last year, bat it is not likely the collections of internal revenus this year will fall below $145,000,000, classes of distitled spirita to the demands of the trade. On June 80, 1882, spirits remaining in warehouses reached the highest point namely, 89,002,645 gallons, Since that time there has been a gradual reduction in should the taxes mow imposed bo ro- the amount remaining in the ware- tained, It is an old and round maxim that no more revenue should be raised than.is necessary for the economical administration of the government and gradual reduction of the public debt, although taxation may be so wisely adjusted as not to oporato as a severe burden upon the people. gallons, When the | 1880. houses and on the 1st of November, 1882, the amount was 4,628 331 This large stock mainly con- sists of fine grades of whisky, the tax on which will fall due from month to month. The last withdrawal must be made the 6th of December, It the future demand for this amount collected is beyond tho actaal | /488 of goods is to be judged by the needs of the government there is pre- sented A CONSTANT TEMPIATION to extravagance appropriations, withdrawals similar of goods and the tax paid during the past few years, the stock now on band is equa] to alx years consumption, A movement has been set on foot for its Another consideration attending the | exportationand reimportation and stor- overflowing condition of the public|age in customs bonded warehouses. treasury cannot have failed to attract | This is entirely practicable under ex- your notice. I the present rate of |isting laws, and it becomes a question gnying the principal of the publicdebt | whether it would not be better to af- e continued, all bonds subjes to call | ford by legislation relief sought to be will bo paid within three years, after |obtained by this indirect means of ex- which time the government will ba | tension of the bonded period for rea. compelled, in order to dispose of its cnable time. It need not impair the surplus revenue, to buy in the open |sccurity of the government for ita market 43 per cent donds, which fall taxes, and would in no maaner tend dus in 1891, or 4 per cent bonds, to reduce the income of the govern whizh fall due in 1907. Should the|ment from this source of revenue, government thus becomo an active [ which has up to this perlod resulted purchaser of these bonds before ma-|from natural laws of trado and de- tarity, it seems clear that they would |mand for distilled spirits. By this advance in prics to 26 or 30 per cent means the expenses of transportation premtum, to pay which would cer-|both ways and custom houss charges tainly be regarded a waste of the peo- | abroad would be saved. ple’smoney. Itseemstome judicious It affords me great pleasuro to re- that the principal of the public debt | port ehould be extinguished as originally THE SUPRMACY OF LAWS contemplated only at the rate nees- | ¢or the collaction’of its internal rev- l::zh meet the requirements of the | gnues have been established in all 8l ing fund, viz: to the extent of parts of tho country. To matnfsin about $05,000,000 per annum. There- { this favorable condition of things and fore it becomes obvious that a reduc- tion of from eixty to seventy millions in the anuual revenues of the country COULD BE BAFELY ENTERED UPON, and, in my judgment, such reduction prevent the recurrence of frauds, it will be necessary to continue the sys- | be tem of careful policing which has brought abcut #his result, Recommenda:ion is renewed for is urgently called for. The great bulk | eranting pensions {0 per-*3 disabled of internal revenue taxation is derived while engaged in‘ Jnforcing law and from distilled spirits, malt liquors, |to widows ard orphans of officers tobacc) and cigars. of luxury, the taxes -upon which are really paid by the consumers, and no one need consame them, T am strong- ly of the opinion that so long as the principal of deriving part of the rev- Theseare articles | killed in the discharge of. their duty. Recommendatiun is also made that a law be passed fixing the term of office for collectors of internal revenue at four years and that the colléctors shall not’_e subject to removal except for enue of the government from internal | 8uch causes as are designated in the taxation is retained these articles and dealers therein are proper subjects for taxation. part of consumers of these products for remissiva of the taxes {mposed upon them, THERE I8 NO PUBLIC SENTIMENT calling for their repeal. Other ob- jects of internal revenue taxation, with the amounis realized therefrom, the past ficcal year, are: Friction There is no demand on the | stamps unles Jaw. Repeal is acked of the law which probibits the redemption of presented within thi e years after purchase from the govern, ment, The recommendation is re- newed for the passage of a law prohibiting the manufacture of vinegar by the alcoholic vaporiring prooess or subjection of vinegar fac tories using the vaporizing process to the supervision of a government store- keeper and to other safeguards as in matches, $372,258; patent medicines, | ¢he case of distillers of spirits. Should perfumery, eto., §1978,395; bank checks, 2,318 456: bank deposits, $4 007,701; savings bank depcsits, $88,400; bank capital, 81,138 340; savings bank capital, $14729 Add it be deemed best to continue the present system under suitable safe- guards it might be well to make such additional provisions as will permit the manufacturer to- fully avatl him- to these items the taxes collected by|ge(f of the right to condense alooholio the treasury of the United States vapor without the waste of material from national banks and thero is a|iycident to the present process Com-- total from theso sources of §18,748,- | » ‘npation of tho A‘.nrekgaper, if pro- 223, 1f toeighteen and three-quar- tor millions reduction thus proposed, gongress should edd a reduction in the charges for speciul taxcs to dealers in srucles taxed for inter- nal revenue, substantially as proposed in the bill now pending before the cenate, & atill further diminition of ould be attalned, and the supervision over dealers in taxable ar- ticles which experience has shown to be necessary in order to fully and fairly collect the taxesfrom all alike be preserved. Reducing all these special taxes of 40 per cent remitsions under this head would be as follows on the basls of last year's collections, $3,607,906. The act of March 1st, 1878, reduced the tax on tobacco from 24 cents per pound to 16 cents per pound, but did not reduce the tax on cigars and cigarettes. A ccrrespond- ing REDUCTION ON CIGARS would be to four dollars per thousand, This I think should be done snd would amount to a reduction of taxes of $06,74€,000, this would make the! total reduction of internal revemue| taxos, (inclading taxes on National banks), of $28,602,128, vided, should bs reimbursed to the government by the manufacturer. lzpress internal yevenue service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1884, is-estimated at §5,274,190, THE SALARIES OF COLLECTORS the fiscal Jelr ending June 30, 8, are based upon the estimate of their probable collections, and range from a salary of $2,000 for collection of $26,000 revenue or less to §¢,000 salary for collection of $775,000 reve- nue, The total amount of collections from tobacco for the fiscal year ending January 30, 1882, was $47,391,088, This amount includes the collec- tions of internal revenue taxes imposed upon imported manutac- tured tobaccos, souff and cigars. In addition to customs dutles, taxes are imposed on domestic manufactored tobacoo, snwff and cigars, specisl taxes paid by manufacturers of tobacco, snufl and cigare, special taxes paid by dealers in leaf and dealers tn manu- factured tobaeco, special taxes paid by peddlers of manufactured tobacco, and it also includes the receipt of money for export stamps sold to exportera of tobacoo. The coudition of the service is all that can be desired. Reports of Taniff revision is considered by the inspecting officers has shown that ad- commissioner. Ho says: *‘I veature | mirable esprit de corps actuates every to suggest whether it Is not proper to | ofliger in the performance ot his duties. consider the practicability of taking the duty off suzar. About 2,000,600, CAPITAL NOTES 000 pounds of sugar are annual'; c - | Special Dispatches to Tus Bux. sumed in the United States, 10 per cent of which is produced in thie MARSHAL M'MICHAEL. WisHINGTON, December 3.-—At a country. Upon 180,000,000 pounds | late bour last night President Arthur imported the government realizes & pointed and commissioned Clayton a $45,000,000, Should this duty be re- lgnMichel. of Philadelphi moved there would be not only certain | Btates marshal of th-pDh'htr[ijo':ufi aud large reduction in the revenue | Columbla, McMichael 1s editor and i:'"]ll T A TALK WITH BLAINE, §7"yPost, Monday morning, will s ! an Interview with James G. Blaine in relation to the proposition to appropriate §75,000,000 for the construction of an inter-oceanic canal in Nicaraugua, as embodied in the Kaeson bill and report. Blaino said, ‘I never heard a more exiraordinary proposition than for the United States to expend §76,000,000 in a country where we have no control and when wo have a treaty with another country, binding us not to assume any ocon- trol. We have no treaty with Nioa raugua giving us control of the canal after wo shall have constructed it, while wo have a treaty with that country forbidding oar control. mean furthhe, that in the unfortunate Clayton-Bulwer treaty we engaged with Great Britaln not to fortify the canal, when built, in any manver whatover. With these two treaties in force it would be reckless folly for us to oexpend a large sum of money on the proposed canal. We cannot afford co have any inter-oceanio canal in Bouth Amerios, no matter who builds it, unless we can control it. ~ With control of the canal in our hands, vessels of warly- ing in the gulf of Mexico are just as available for the defense of San Fran- cisco as for the defense of New York. With control of the canal in British hands, an English man.of-war in the pulf is just as available for attacking San Franclsco as New York. The British government understanas the difference, if wo do not. If we should pass 76,000,000 appropriation at this time, I suggest the following title, “‘A bill to enhance the power and prestige of the British navy” and humiliate the government aud people of the United States, —— Sunday in New York. Speclal Dispatch to Tus ks, New York, December 3.—The new penal cods went into effect to-day. While the pollce were unquestionably very active during the day their ef- forts were not directed in such a man- ner as to elict praise from such per- sons as heartily support the provisions of the new code. Many arrests were made, but.neither liquor selling nor drunkeness appeared to decrease to any extent. Cigar stores were gen- erally closed and many proprietors hang out placards ridiculing the new law. Much of their business went to the drug stores, The business of bar- bers was limited to hotels where the customers uniformly claimed they wore guests, Eighteen of nineteen drivers sent out by the Adams Express during the morning were arrested. The law has been enforced in such a way as to make it odious, with a view of secur- ing ite sarly repesal. About five hun- dred arrests wers made on the charge of desecrating the Sabbath. Comparatively few liquor dealers were secured; milkmen, butchers, bakers, grocers, newspaper venders, batbers, ng-Yioken and Hebrew storekeepers making e:p number. A laborer employ e steam heating com- pany was \de first person nrgutod. In Brooklyn even g stores were closed and & sacred concert stopped{Rra in the evening and the promoters ar- rested, Harry Hill among the uum- T, BLACK MAN BORED. A Muraerous Darkey Riddled with Bullets, Special Dispatch to Tus Brs. Ca1caco, Dacember 3,—The police were notified this afternoon that Bill Allen, the negro desperado who shot and killed Policemen Clarence Wright Wednesday night, was hiding in the rear of No, 134 North Halsted street. A rquad of police were ordered out to capture him, with the understanding that he must be taken dead or alive, dead preferred. Policeman Mulvihill, in that neighborhood, heard of Allen’s whereabouts about the same time, and proceeded to the place alone, shortly in advance of the squad, He was met at the door by Bill Allen, who fired, the ball taking effect in the policoman’s forehead, but glancing around under the sealp. He was stunned but returned the fire. Allen ran out »nd dodged among the freight cars, prsued by a squad of police and a grert gang of citizens, who came up about that time, Allen finally hid in a hen coop, into which the police fired a number of shots, and it.is believed wounded him. He came out, threw up his hands and offered to surrender, but the police, infuriated at the death of their companion, and the attempted killing of another, refused to listen to his plea aud ho foll complately riddled with bullets. The body was taken to the police ststion, where it was viewed by a large concouree of people during the entire afternoon. Murder and Sufcide. Spocial Dispatch to Tus Bxs Denver, December 3, —The Ropub- lican’s Darango (Col.) cial says: Last night about 11 u’nlnag‘,’ while Dr, H. A. Clay, » most emlnent citizen, was ng in his office, his partner, Dr. E. Evetsky, entered, and without warning fired several shots at Olay, and then blew his brains out with the tame revolver, dying instantly, Dr. Clay died this morning, They had been partners for several months, do- ing a thriving business. No difficulty is known to have existed between them until yesterday, when Dr, Evet- oky received a severe cowhiding from Mrs. Moore and Miss Hopkins, who accueed him of talking about them. Cvetsky was under the impression that his partner, Dr. Clay, had some- thing to do with his being cowhided, tlich is thought to have led to the tal shooting, Virginia Election Frauds. Bpocial Dispateh to Tus Bun, RicamoNp, December 2,—The United Btates diswict attorney, has h-u':ii a E:m" h;lr. ‘u;l persons re- ported to him as havi cognizance of the election frauds, ni who made such statements, to attend the session of the grand jary of the United Btates distriot court, next Monday, Among the persons summonds are newspaper men and leading politiclans, THE DAGGER'S RESPONSE. ——— A Bloody Contradiotion to Glad- stone's Assertions About Ireland, Becret Aesassing Ply Their Kuoives and Pistols Both Day and Night. A Picked Regiment of Marines Sent Over to Shoot ‘When Neceerary. The National League and Ita Leaders Proolaimed From Dublin Oastle. Total Collapse of the Torics and the Prorogation of Par- IHament: Arabl Pasha Exiled for Life—Affairs in France and Spain. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Special Dispatches to Tin Bxn. DEATH OF A NOTED PRELATE. LoxpoN, December 8.~~The arch- bishop of Oanterbury died at 7:15 this morning. The archbishop passed away quietly and apparently without sufferivg, in the presence of his three daughters, Davideon, his son-in-law, Canon Knollis, and the doctor of Canter- bury. Saturday he remained in a semi-uncontclous state, occasionally ssking for water. About 11 o'clock at night he spoke his last words, *‘It is coming; it is coming,” He was then seized with a sharp spasm, and his volce wasnot heard agaln, althcugh it is believed he was partially consci- ous to the end. At 7 o'clock in the morning he exhibited signs of dissolu- tion. It is underatood that the dean of Westminster, on behalf of the queen, has offared burial for the arch. bishop in Weatminster abbey. The decision will reet with the deceased's daughters. Mufilad peals were rung in the adjacent town of Corydon, and archbichop’s death was touchingly re. ferred to at the morning services. PROROGUING PARLIAMENT, Parliament was prorogued yeater- day. The queen’s closing speech sald relations with foreign poweras are still amicable, despite ,the failure of the French commercial treaty. The Eng- lish and Indian troops in Egypt wero thanked, Her obligations in Egypt are increased by recent events, but she will endeavor to maintain in- ternationsl engagements, uphold the privileges, an promote the happiness of the people, and avoid measures tonding to disturb the uiet of the cest. - She balieves her aims will be approved by the powers. The revenue has decreased, but for tifylng reason—the diminunition of duties on intoxicants. She antici- pates distress at some points in Ire- land, is pained at the assassinations in Dublin; the authorities aro es- pecially enjoined to be firm in exer- cising their powers, She claims the social condition of Ireland is conatder- ably improved. GOING FOR THE LEAGUE, Quinn, assistant secretary of the land league, and Davitt have been served with summons to appear and enter into recognizinces for their good behavior, It is expected Healy will be served with a writ Monday. His presence place of residence is un- known. The writ for Davitt is found- ed on his speech at Navin, Tt was served upon him at tho Imperial hotel, Dublin, THE FIELD ASSAULT, DusLiN, December 3,—The four men arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the assault upon Dennis Field were discharged. One «f them, named Martin, was identified by a lit- tle girl as one of the men engaged i the assault, but as she was not a quainted with the nature of an oath her evidence was not available to con- vict him, Field is now out of danger, The authorities have good reason to believe that the recent desperate out- rages were arranged in London and New York. FAILURE, LoNpoN, December 3.—Biddulph, Wood & Jevons, iron and tin-plate merchants, Liverpool, also trading at Swansca and Britor ferry as Towns hend, Wood & Co, , suspended; liabili- ties, £250,000. A BANQUET 70 SULLIVAN, Dusriy, December 3.—Tte Irish members of parliament gave a banquet to A, M. Sullivan. Kenney described Jenkinson as the ex-murderer from Indiana, who was organiziug system of Y:uvocltion to crime, Sullivan ex- tolled the power of the Irish in Amer- tca. The anticipated day would come come when the American government would declare it failed to understand why the Irish trouble could not be settled by granting Ireland federal rights, and would invite England to a lriandl{ conference on the subject. Parnell expressed confidence that the Irish party in parliament would con- sinue to make solid progress, THE IRISH SITUATION, . Loxpon, December 3,—The public is again impreesed with the gravity of the Irtsh eituation, but the ministers, while admitting that the conflict is serlous, profess confidence in rapid improvement, Trevyllan's statement that he weloomes the approach of the orisis-—that is & conflict between au- thority and the assassins—expresses the feeling of the entire government. The Dablin police, since Baturday's murder, regard the struggle as a duel between themselves and the seoret sociaties, which can have but one result, They fully expect that other murders will be committed in parsusnce of the assassin’s resolve to terrorize judges, jurors, police and all ofticlale; but the police are now sup- / 'HE OmaBA - DaiLy BEE OMAHA NEB. MONDAY M RNING, DEiCEMBER 4 18« ported s they never wore before, while English opinion upholds the government in any neccssary ot of energy. Healy will bo arrested if he carries out his bravado. Davitt also, THE PROROGATION PARLIAMENT yesterday was due to the unexpeoted collapse of tke tory opposltion to the rules of proceedure and the failure of their (flirts to ralse debates on the Irish and Egyptian questions. The torlos admit that the government oar- rled thelr proposals substantially as presented. Parnell {nsists that he will still find means to make obstruo- tions as mischie~ous as ever, The op- vosition generally showed that they were disposed to reduce tho rule againat moving an adjournment to a practical absurdity, ‘The verdiot of the publio will depend on the efficion- oy of the roles at the next nesaion, which the Parnellites fully intend to covert into an Irish session, THE MALAGASY ENVOY will rosult in_diplomatlo remonstance from England against French filibus. 1 had sccomplished his prinolpal tering, The Knglish are not disposed to quarrel, but growing public opinion -lmnglg oensures the Frerch proceed- ing both in Madagascar and on the Oongo, where the flimslest pretext fail to disguise tho rapacity of the French ministry, backed, unhappily, by popular feeling, A FENIAN BCARE, Ramors have reached the authori- ties of some projected attempt on the part of the Fenians to do mischief on Monday on account of the queen’s opening the now royal palace of jua- tico, bat as always, great precautions will be taken and the crowd itself will form the strongest guard for the queen, In Ireland, however, anarchy is again threatening TO PARALYZE ALL AUTHORITY, The true state of affairs in the sister land is, I am given to understand, much more alarming than is indioated by the speeches of Chief Secrotary Trevylan, The vecent assassinations in Dablin have beyond any doubt been intended, at least in part, asa reply to Giadstone's Mansion House speech, in which he boasted of the restoration of law and order in Ire- land. A picked force of marines is to be sont to Ireland. Thay will be well armed and the men will not hesitate to shoot when it is necessary. Alto- gether the prospect for the winter is quite as bad as it has been for years past., SPANISH POLITICS, Maprip, Decembor 3,—A meeting of the majority of the chamber of dep- utien was held to-day. Sagusta, prest- dent of the council of ministers, de- clared the views and intentions of the government romained unchanged. The reforms to be introduced would in- clude religious liberty, froedom of the press, trial by jury and civil marriage, He attributed the unjust oriticisms of thegministry to the suicida. spirit of liberal parties. He asked why should the government fulfill their promises too little, he of inducing democrats to adhere to the monaro! g. The moment had not yet arrived, he said, for discussing the programme of the dynastio left, 8till he viewed the formation of that party with great matisfoction, as it signified the triumph the pclice brought by putting an end to the pessimist views of the fanatical adversaries of existing institutions, but no movement, he said, would stand, if it tended to en- danger monarchy or liberty. ARABI'S CONVICTION AND SENTENCE, Cairo, December 3,—Arabi Pasha this morning pleaded guilty to the charge of rebellion. In tho afternoon the court martial reassembled and pro- nounced sentence of death, The khe- dive commuted the sentence to exile for life. It is believed Arabi will re tire to some part of the British do- mivions, His demeanor bsfore the court was very dignified, ALL LOST, Pioron, December 2,—The schooner H. Folger, from Cleveland for Brook- ville, with coal, went ashore at Salmon Point reef Thursday night, The cap- tain and crew of eight men were all lost. The Folger was a large three- masted schooner, owned by Dennis & Ellis, of Cape Vincent, New York. RUSSIAN BANK FAILURES, 81, PerErssure, December 2, —The Municipal Bank of Skopin, in the province of Riasian, has failed for over £12,000,000, ruining whole towns a8 well as hundreds of families else- where. THE CHANNEL TUNNEL, Paris, Decomber 2.--A party of Englishmen, members of trade unions, visited Loon Hay and Defreyoinet to- day. The latter acquainted the callers with his views on a scheme for tun- neling the English channel. Defrey cinet said the idea of French invasion, in event of the channel echeme being carried out, was inadmissablo, as the Eoglish would rise as one man and re- pel invasion, Moreover, what hostile army would risk engagement In a nar- row tube, forty kilometres long. ON THE RHINE, Beruin, December 2.--Comamuni- cation between Frankfort-on-Main and Ooblenz, which had been interrupted by the floods, has been restored, The railroads are gradually resuming traflic, THE MACES MUST GO, Loxpon, December 2,—In parlia- ment to-day the under-secretary of the colonial department read a tolegram stating that the Maces, wifo and sister, begged to be allowed to remain in Gib- raltar, but permission was refused. NIHILIST REVENGE, 81, Pererssure, December 2,—It is reported that the policeman who ar- rested Ophie Plerowskajs in 1881 has been assassinated by the nihilists, THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, Loxpox, December 2, —1n the house of commons Sexton submitted doou- ments showing that Cu?ully, high sheriff and elerk of Drogheds, was & naturalized oan citizen. John- son, attorney general tor Ireland, sald he took Connolly's election as prims facla evidence that he was qualitied as an officer, and he (Johnson) could not fnquire further, onsideration of the rules will be finished to-night, thelr passage, com- ploting the business of the session, was grooted with applause, AN AUSTRIAN BOKGIA Viexsa, December 2 —~A woman named Kathi, one of the twenty-six women arrested several months ago in Hungary, for poisoving thelr huse bands, was hanged to-day. She con fessod to murdering two husbands Four other women have been con vioted, ON THE SIOK LIST, LoxvoN, December 2,—Mr. Faw- cett is in a oritical condition. Hia physleians hope for a favorable turn, Gladatone is alightlyindisposed. He waa not in the commons Friday oven- ing. AMERICAN STEAMER ASHORE. LissoN, December 2,—A United States stoamer, name unknown, prob. ably the Nipsio, is reported ashore at the entrance of the river Tagus. THE FLOOD IN GERMANY, Brrux, December 2.—In tho Prus- slan diet to-day Von Patkamar stated that the damago by the overflow of the Rhine could not be repaired with- out drawing upon the resources of the atate. He had requested the omperor to sanction grant of 500,000 marks to reliove distross in the flooded dis- tricts. The diet will be asked for funds soon, as the sum required has been ascertalned, All members of the left are indig- nant at the presentation in the rotch- stag of the budget for 1883, DRFIANT DAVITT, Dusriy, Decomber 2 —Davitt says not being morally conscious of having broken the law, or leading others to break the law, ho should remain in Ireland until Monday, when, if not ar- rosted, he intended to proceed to the north of England to give a sertes of lectures. If arrested becauss of his spoech at Kavan on the 26th ult., in which he eulogiz:d the action of the Irish parliamentary party, Davitt said, he had decidedly determined not to enter into recognizances for good behavior, but would compel the gov- ernmeont to prove his guilt in a court of law and take the consequences. Davitt added that he would not lec- ture Sunday as he had promised, as ho was suffering from severe cold.f The Beauty’s Break. Special Dispatch to Tus B, New York, December 3, —Thers were rumors of war yesterday in che neighborhood of the Albemarle hotel and also of Wallask s theatre, No one know just whai was the matter, and yet everyone was sure something was the matter. It finally transpired that a deep and direful quarrel had taken lace botween Mrs. Langtry and Mes, 141 PORTER'S PROVINCE. — Its Saored Procincts Invaded by Alpxander the Grea, The Question of Railroa ! Ter- ritory Prolongs the War, The Uontract Systcm of the Pactflo Roade. The Railroads Spectal Dispatch to Tur Brx, Ontcaco, December 3 -~At a full moeting of represeniatives of the rail- ronda concerned In the railroad war in tho northwat, held at the office of the Northwestern rallway, yesterdny, a conferonce of over two honra washad, buot shortly after 1 ' lock an adjodrn. mont was taken to New Y.rk Ciy, Dovomber 8 Those prescut at the menting, =0 far as scan, acrend In the tement that nothing was accom- ed, and that the war remains ex- as before the meeting. The various representatives were very de- cided in the presentation of their casens, and there wae no indications of weakening in the stand taken by the various roade, DEADLY DISCRIMINATION, Information was received here yes- torday that a meeting between the Union Pacific and Oentral Pacific rail- roads and eastern trunk lines, for the purpose of agrecing upon rates to Ban Francisco and Oalifornia points, will be held in New Yurk, December 11th, As already stated, the Towa 1 appointed a committes of general reight agents and Commissioner Midgloy to attend that meeting and urge abolition of the present contract syatem on California busitess. This system was inaugorated by the Pacific roads a few yeara ago to moet the ocompetition of Pacific Mail steamship company. Shippers who pledge them- aelves to ship their goods exclusively by the Pacific roads are given a rate only about one third of the rogular rates, while shippera who refuse io bind themase!ves to ship exclusively by rall must PAY FULL BATE, which is excrbitant in the extreme The fact that Pacific ronde can afford to take business from contract ship- pers at one-third the tariff rates and make money shows how exorbitant the regular rates are. The trunk lines a8 well s the Iowa pool lines are strongiy opposed to the continuance of this contract system, claiming that 1t tends to demoralize business and does not help roads in the least. They say that the contract system does not atop competition by the steamship company, but rather aggravates it, The steamship company know full well what the contract rates ave and it abouchere. No one knew why there had been a quarrel. If anyone knew, meets them just as it would meet the regular rate if such rates wera charged he did nct disclose his knowledge | to all shippers. facts whioh tously. The o “l! that Mrs. | :Anxtry and Mrs, Labouohere had in- |18 that the ul lged in some very elevated and tragic lan but had refrained from taking any undue liberties with each other's hair and eyes, and that Mrs. Labouchere had subsequently packed up her pos- sessions in several large trunks and departed suddenly, myateriously, but emphatically from Albemarle hotel. It was also stated very definitely that Mrs. Labouchere would not go to Bos- ton with Mra. Langtry to.day bat would go to Richmond, Va,, to visit friends. Where Mrs, Labouchere went yesterdey was not even a matter of conjscture. Everyone gave it up at once, and in Wallack’s theatre there was great and gloomy silence in regard to all that might, could, would or should have taken place Members of the management smiled very complacently and looked as if they had never heard of any disturb anco in their lives. Two or three young men with eye-glasses and ele- vated collars inquired at the Albo- marle hotel as to whether any of Mrs. Lantry’s hair had been pulled out as they wanted to secure a fow locks, but they went away sadly disappointed in heart and emptyhanded as they came, ON 10 BOSTON, Mrs, Langtry loft for Boston this morning at 12 o'clock on a special train called the ‘‘Langtry train,” She will play in Boston two weeks and then go to Philadelphia for ono weok. She will then return and plsy oue week in Brooklyn, Mr. Abbey w:s notified by Capt. Williams last night that he would not be allowed to con- vey the baggage of the company through the streets to-day in wagons, and ho thercfore hirod twenty-five varriages to prevent delay. WHAT IT COST, WHAT THRY WANT raten bo madeso low as to. induce ‘shippers to .Mly rail in preference to'the ocean line, and that all sbippers ahould be treated alike. They will make a strong ¢ffort at the- meeting in New York to induce the Union and Central Pacific companies: to recede from the position they have- thus far taken, A meeting was held Thureday at Kansas City of represontatives of the Central Pacific, Union Pacific and At- chison, Topeka & Santa Fo roads to consider the matter and to agree upon a uniform plan ot action before going to the New York meeling. MITCHELL'S REPLY TO PORTER MiLwavkee, Docember 3,—Alex- ander Mitchell, of the Chicago, Mil- waukeo & St. Paul road, stated in yn interview regarding the war, to-night: “‘Porter's demands are unjust. My company claims the right to extend its business into any part of the coun try where necessity scems to demand it, and where the conditions of the country warrants such construction, The demands of the Om are something people not endorse. The meanivg 18 only monopoly and high rates, if they are carried ont. But one thing can resulf, the serious crippling of rallroad inter- osta of the country,” Mitchell had not come to any definite conclusion, but those who are in position to know ony that he will not agree to what Porter calls “‘refraining from appro- priating torritory of other li This will continue the war for an indefinite length of time, Gould Cats Ra Speclal Dispatch to Tus Bxx. 87 Louis, December 8. —Gao. Olds, general freight agent of the Missour: Pacific railroad, will announce in the morning that from énd after Decem- The Herald states that the total re] celpts of Mrs, Langtry’s engagemont for four weeks in New York amounted to over $61,000, DEATH ON THE ROAD, Hagrrorn, Coan., December 3 — The Langtry train on its way to Bos- ton killed Arthur Lord and Patrick Kane, boys, while crossing the track in & wagon at Thompsonville, Breaking Up the Gang. Special Dispatch to Tus Bux, Daruas, December 3 —-A gang of desperadoes have been stealing cattle and committing other depredations in the neighborhood of Coleman for some time past. One of the gang was caught and hung near Coleman; last week another was ciptured at Liepe Springs and strung up; and now word comes that two more of the outlaws, named Terry, were forcibly taken from the officers, Friday night, at Hazel- dell, and left dangling to a neighbor- ing tree. This s believed to have broken up the gang. Skippod With 81,600 Bpecial Disputch to Tus Lax, Menruie, December 3.—Wood D Smith, clerk and deputy collector of customs, has absconded, He Is §1, 600 short in his accounts. He har been in the employ of Collector Gen- eral W, J, Smith {ut six yoars, ber Gih, froight rates to and from all points on the Gould soulthwestern sys- tem in Texas & Louisiana, will bs re- daced from ten to fifty per cent, or an average of twenty-five per cent. This rate applies to all points east of St. Louis, and will resutt in giving St. Louis merchants relatively a3 low freights as those of Boston and New York and to many points in Texas and Louisana. Tt will enable him to compete with the low ocean rates be- tween the Northern Atlantic and Gulf ports, How Ohalmers was Counted Out. Special Disvateh o Tus Bxx, GaLveston, December 3.~ General Chalmers fornishes the fnformation that he has just received a letter from Judge Ware, o i ppi, who in- forms him that a few days ago a reli- able gentleman traveling on & rallroad in Mississippi overheard a conversa- tion in which Price Porter, deputy of H. O. Myers, secretary of state of Mississippl, said that on the Sunday peevious to canvassing the returns. in Missiesippi he and Myers bad opened the returns from the Secoud distriot and discovered the error as to Tate county; that $his error was com- municated to Gov. Lowry, and afier consulting with the governor it was resolved to lock up the returns and keep them from pul inspection un~ til the count was made,