Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1882, Page 1

- -~ (2 [’L.,' P P A e ’ll'*r, OMABRA DAILY TWELFI'H YEAR 1 geoss Deoids to Wovk Dar- ing tho Aund Ol Member Absout I ra » AveY Day Tho Tupeen 1 n d nt Cud P 1 1 oLy CAPIT. 70 Special Dispatehos t THE COULT ON POLITICAL ASSERSMENTS WaskrzoroN, Docember 18, - 7'n suprome cours this morsiog rendered & dectsin i the politicsl essesnmens cazo of N L. Curus, The const tionality of the law uuder which Cur was convicied was aflirmod and the petitivn for » writ of haboas corpus ted. Juatico Bradley reud a diseen:ing opimion, in which he tock the grourd cthat congrees bsd no cusstitutionsl power o snact b !law forbidaing an employo of the governmeut to associate hiwselt with othors for the promoiion of po- iirics] opivions which he entertained, or to meke such disposition of his pri- vate means as he shouid think it Justtce Bradley said ko did not ap- prove of enterocd political astess. ments, but he thought thas congress, in enac:ing the pre -ent luw w preveat auch assexameurs, had deprived th individual citizen of one of hus s, sud in 8o doiag had wons! suthority. A NUTABLE CIKCUM TANCE Owivg to the resolution for a holi- day receas coming up as a privileged queetion, and to the long debate wnereon, as well a3y to the taet of the enrly adjeurament of the houss, neither or the states were called for bills nor committees for e proporition to suzpend vhe rules, & circumstauoe which is almost without a precadon’, slnce the adoption of thy naw ru'es, REFORM WITH A VESGRANCE Reprexoutative Dosendorf, ot Vir. ginia, at the earliest opportunity, wi l introduoo s bill prohibiting aoy pe:- aun who holda public trueu or govern- ment cflice of acy kiad from being » member of any certral, exccutive or any ctinnittes of any politival crgant zation, from being a d:legate to a ospvention of a politioal party, and from seeking to oontrol the political of his subordinatze; also prohibiting any such person frum takivg part in any campaign as spsaker or cauvasser during the nours for which ho ia em- ployed Ly the government. The pen- alty for violation of these provisious i3 dismieeal from office and ineligibility for rezppolntment for tive yoars, BUNDED WHL-EY. The zenato tinance conunitice thi, morning authorized Shermau to re- port to the ssnate the biil prcpmq oy the treawury departmens, and rocowrmended by Folger, toextend for | TR0 ¥ thay pericd thia which partien having g bnd muat pay the internal wuue tax on the same, The ways and mez2ns committeo to- day paseed over the item of files for fatther 1oquiry, Tha army bul will probably mpletud by Lthe appro pristiuu ¢ rumittes to-day or to-wor- o, ZY POLE HUNTERS, ms that pust failares to find 19 north pole has no (0% on some | people, and that thera are thoso who smaging the ciuse of failure was ba esuse thoy did not have s hand i manayensn 1 are two here now who vorking on the membara of congreas to expeditions e 5 the 291 » arotio re- gioon. N kave had any experi 2000 12 axpeditions, but think they will eujry the trip, and have plenty of contidenes iut ien, Ona wan's Lo find tho volo by baloons, ber by & plan laid Howg in co of vhem b ouy 14 heing wi crazy on the jeot of tl polo. Their prospeets 3 howsver, are not flsltering, A TEST CASE DECIDED, Tho suprame oourt gy a doclsion to Aay ina test earw Involving the tlo 10 tertsia mi ing lauds in the ¥ of Lendvitle, Colorado, namely: the cae of John Steele et al, plaintifim error, ageinnt the 8. Louis 8 ing and R ficing cmpuny. Toia was o suii broushe by the 8i, Louis co agaius’ S eele et al, | aion of a in tra in Loady ma i under a patent issusd Starr on tha 30:th of The julgment of th Colorado in favor of the Smeltivg and Refiving comprny was afficmea with costs, This opinion is any racOVER Pooses decisivo of twenty-four other pending cnses in Leadville, in which tho samy questions are involved. The supremo court takes s kolidny recess from Thuraday next till Javu- ary 3-d, MORE ABOUT THE JEANNEITE Prcf. Neweomb, nstura'let of the Jeaunotte expedition, referring to the statemont of the Russlan officer that the death of Captein DaLong aud party was due to the killing «f their doga &nd to their neglect lu carrying fowling pieces when the dogs were dispored of, ssid it was a question of stowage und provisions for either men or dogs. Naturally the men were the | heve morc | I1r5 considered, As to firearmy 1 | would say thet besides Remington |coping myself, ! mingtor ‘l':\‘ R } [ ne of ! birde | \‘ 3 v“- « ! t he ¥ The il mienda redue iox 1 ths' no offices bo as- ruvel rouk, LENATE PRCCAEDINGS, ASHINGTON, Dacember 18 —8e Mader presenced tbo petitions of the Isiuis progerty ownoza ssociation uf Ban Feancisco. Tho peutions ask {tor tho reopening of Jslats creek for vigation ood wn sppropriation of 1,000 for improvement of the same Taey usk the romoval of cbstruotions o navigation, Oa motion of Senator Morrill the bill to smond the mor to ropesl dis- criminating duties on yoods prodaced at Liast Cape of Goud Hopoe was takon up and paesed, Boveral potiticus were presented anking prowpt anction in relsti»n to e reducuion of ke tobacoo tax, A number of bills were 1ntrodaced, after which the Indian appropriation | biis e:ms, the ivil warvice bill being | a1 d werde informally. S:ustor B ok sata ho had enlled for intorination 1n regurd to the discrep- xncy between the appropriation and the reported expencitures, and he thonghe 1t eatisfactorily explsined in the commuaication of the sceretary of the iuterior, Senstor Hoar, from the committee ou jadiciary, reported wih amend- msnts the bankruptey bill, which was recommitted to that commiilee last wenk. The ameadments are: Furst—Kxcapting from term *‘trader ag used in the bl perzons who buy 40078 and merchandiso for tale only to their tenantz,omployes aud laborere, Bac ni- Preyiding that the attor noy general shall auuuaily befire congress tables showing the number and involuntary, tho amount of divi dends paid, experses of proceodinge, cto. Third —~Adding to the clazsg speol- fying who shall be decmed to have commitlcd bankraptey the folloving: ‘0= thall after the prasage of this act sell or buy or agree to sell or buy for delivery at a fatura poriod longer than three days from dite of sush eale, or purchase any atoclkes, bonde or othér eecurities, or any grain, feed, provis- ions, provender or cotton, wool, sugar, silk or tobecoo without such veuder being at the time of maling such con- tract the owner or arsignes or trustec of the property eold or agreed o bs sold ,or the authorizsd sgant of such r, aazignee or trusteo ” Fourth - Peoviding that if procesd, itgs in s bankrupicy case trs no prosecated to corclusion within vine wonihs of ilie time of the filing of the pattion, the proc-edings shall be mirged by the court sad the parties placcd in the same poeition as regards | their vights as debtor a1 d ereditor an they held af tho communcement of the proceedings, Tne house resolutions in relation to the death of R preeentative Osth were leid before the eenate, The pre- siding officer appointed a8 u committeo to ol tho funerel Benators Harri- | son, Lipham und Saendera. Adjourned, MOUSE PROCEEDINGS. | Tie death of Mr, Octh, of Indiana, 1 refarred to in toushing words by tte chuplain of the house, ~ The dosk of the iuio representative was deched {in blic'. | Me. Butterworth (Ohic) oifired a | resolution recit the fact that the agituidon of the question of reducir ir wboliehing tho internal revenue tsx on tobaoco has groatly injured and wi'l continue to iujare the trade of that article, aud that an allowance ot on ook on hand will prevont s to the trade mentioned, and selaring ¢ to ba the wense of the | houra that, in eszo the internal reve- nue lav b oended so 88 to re drce icternal reve. | nue provision shall ng e rebate ou th on hand at provided in uporo knien | A v Lho reenlation was {refecred to the wags aud mouna com- uriag the dtecnesion, urpoie to rolieve the tation mt the earlist enid it was his trado of the a mwoment, ‘A'ne shipping Hill of the joint com- mittec was the epectal order tor Jaou- ary 31 Mr. Kelly reported back tha resoln on for & holiday recess without rece ommendatien, Ho said the busine of the country would be fecilitated if the house remain in seesicu darivg the holiduya. A long snd pointed debate engued on the question of sdjoursing over the holidays. Mr. Rued contended t the membere had enough rees tion during last vaocation, which re- murk created considerable merriment Mr, Cox oppused the proposition to wit during the holidaye and sald the harvest is past, the summer is ended and wo are not saved, [Laughter ] The resolntlon for & recesa from D.cember 22d to January 31 was lost—yeas 105, nays 123 Mr, Robeson introdueed s resolu- of bankruptey proceediugs, voluntary | vigu OMAHA NEB. any member for eash duy's absenc luring the holiday woel The houen 4 f tha iate Adopte then, at £:00 p. w., a! ur of rerpee ho 1 memory s Octh, ) Liprescotad A FEMALE FINANGIER. j(..n prescribing & fins of €50 upon | | | | | | i roo and will in an « oy Il worth pobliching, snd bo usel as a text | pererations by Nobraska's ehort.haired for tho ballote. I'he geutloman, who hae turned fromo visit among T 10 the interest of the lug aln cow minaion honso with whica Lo i ¢ nected, after a word cr two eonoern ing crops and the business ¢ utiook for 1o 7, 63id quietly with eamile: *“And, by the way, I mot a future citizan of Nebraska acroes tho river who will probably astonith the natives when she gets here.” “*What sort of a seneation is shef” was tho reporter's natara! query. “‘Well, she's & weman wuo has rid. den from central lllinois with four small children in en ordiuary covered wagon, braving the cold and storme with a feurlessness that fesw men pos- sessin order to obtain a bo nestead in the meccaof her dreams- Nebraeks, I met her two days sg~ urder circum- stences I would hate to ba in myself snd she told me her story, Shall I tell it to you?' “Certainly, if it's worth publish. ing. yearncr " jast ro- farmore You must bithe jadge cf thot, but 1.1 tell it, anyhow, T met her in Ringzold county jast at dusk, and it was us cold es blazes. I hsd been out to cali on a farmer friend and was on my way home when I came across an emigennt wagon drawn up in the elge of the timber. Two cows were feed- ing c!<83 to s bright fire in front of the vehicle and the horses who had drawn it all day were taking supper from a bex in the rear, 1 l'ike to talk t emg-pnts, they are A fall of hope and hive such a wonderfol idea ot the fature that they amuse me, and I drove ap clote to this outfit for my accustomed inter I eaw o woman and four chil- dren, the oldent perhaps 12 years of age, sitting close to the fire, but ro men folks were visible, and you can imagine my surprise when 1 learned the w_msn was tho head of the faml. ly and was [iicling her little brood about the country In the dead of win- ter in an ordinary covered wagon, I wouldn’t have )¢ ft that spot for a cool hundred until I knew the whysand wherefore, and you bet I didn't. ¢ I went over to the wagon and was received moat cordially. The woman in qaestion wae about medium siz3, provably atoat 40 years of age, and showed by her quick, rervona way that ehe was full f busiees. Sho wasn't at ol homely either. We were woon chatting sociabla, and my ir qia- ftivencas about h:rself mado her emile often, but sho told mo all I wanted to know, She raid she was born and raised in Xilinois, had bzen mavriid twice and got & ‘no ec- count' husbard both times, second ors died she had been com polled to earn a living for herself mnd children and had tekon the mannge- ment of tho small farm they owned cutirely upon herseif, Pat the re- turns wore emall, and after two years' trial ehe decided Illinois was not the oluce for female farmers. Sho do. termiced to emigrate, aud choss No- bratka as her next abidicg plaoe. She { couldn’c start before her cropm wero dsposed of, she esid, and after thiy was done ehe sold her farm and touk to the road, 8he had money to pay expenses and received sholtor and food whenever ehe asked it of farmers along the route, The enld bothered her ar firat, hut she was gotulng accus tomed to it and thought she could get through without any trouble from Jack Frost. Suo hed her eye ona piccs of Jandin 8irpy county, but shou!d look over the Otoo reserva- tion avd Gage before buying «lss where, and would be on hand by plaatieg time in the spring. Sio i qured whethor tho Missouri was trozen sufliziently hard to cross, aud the beat route to tuke, and wouad np tho conversation with the remark that her ¢xporience with men had proyen to her that one good woman wae worth two of 'em, Tataid to see her put hor children, clothessnd a'l, intoa bed in tha wagon and cover them up with buffslo robes, and then rido ou The next morning at vioo «'slock 1 saw her pase through town driving at & rattling pica, bat ahe made nn utop, and Lsuppuse she must be in Nubras- k3 by th time,"” The gentleman secmed to be firmly of the opivion that & woman who would ride from Illinois t> Nebraska through anow and etorms, as this one had, would make her mark in the world, and Tue Beg man sgreed with him perfeotly, Powder Houie Domolished. Bpecial Dispatch to Tin Bax, Parersox, N. J., Decomber 18, The press house of Laflin & Rands, powder inakars, st Mountsin View, cight miles from this eity, blow up this afterncon, killing three men. The explosi shook a wpumber of buildings in this city. e Hobbars Convioted. Bpecial Dispateh to Tuk Brx. Ricumonn, Decembar 18, —The two medical students snd their colored asmistants who we e arrested while at- tempting to rob & grave, were each sentenced to six nonths lmprison- went, Afrer tho | TUESDAY MOR * THE OLD WORLD. nell Stirg Up the Co konlan on the Wark of th Taan Amaricn da | et Miuch € | . [ 1 variea Assc Vv PALNELL S PLANS, 0 ERTVL 1h0 1t ereata of 9y tio ¢l bar that ate ofiorts would to national « a and tho sdy ment of the Ieah pooplo of cvery ofang. Parnclicatimatens that 5, 000 of sreearn of reud will oo wiped out by tho arresra of rent psb. He belteved that sinee the commatce moat of the egitation 43 000 000 ve ductioa of rent hes been hramed foy tho peupls. Whe lana courts would, uzd=r tbe preeont wystew, tuke twen. ty-tive yeara to settle the rents. Suoh a suttlement ¢ uld never go to the root of tho quastion, wiich oruld only bs aecitled by thu establishment of peasput propoetery, Toe olsimm of {aborerarequiced tvmediate sttention, wkish muse ba bronght ahout by ap. tation snd orgau % tion, He intended to urgo everybedy to 1duce tenanta to borrow enough money from the beard of works to improve their hold ings end afturd employmout to laboe. ers during the winter. Suchborrow- iog wouid »lso have the ¢ ileot of prov- ing that tenants ought not have to pay laucl rds tnorewsed rent for any part of the improvements effected by the tepunts. ihus the decinion in the cuwo of Adams vs. Duascath, would be smashed sed pulverizsd, A BLOODTRIRSIY PRIR. Dusriy, December 18.— Biggar, momber of purliament, at the inauge- ration of the National club tn Water- ford to-doy, derourced thaloed licu tenant a2 & blocdthirsty Eoglish peer who kanged Hynes and Myles Joye», | altkough satisied of their 1nnoesteo, 10 oxdes (o granfy the Kogiish Thise Biggar wax loudly cheered. AN ACT CF WAR. DusLiy, Deoember 18.—At the re- cent nvesligition regarding the Ptor ax park murderers, the men, whou preased, admitted they hed baen practicing with revolvers foe rhe pur- pose of comitting mur’cr, vt did not regard the cucrying ont their objsou as crine but only au act of War, MADAGAFCAR MURDERS. LoxvoN, Deceraber 18 —~Latcr ad- vi.vg from Madugaecar contradict the repore of the murder of an Boglish- mau by natives, bot confirm the mur- dor of two Awmericavs, Steps have been taken 1o call tho atrention of the Ugited States goverrwment to the facta in the case, The Nows fully belicves tho mur der ot the Amcricans was duey to tho measures inken by the Frenoh represantatives in Maauagasear to p vent tho Mulszasey government exar- | cistng suthority on the west cosst, TUE 2LLIZD POWERS, Vienna, Dacember 18— Herbert | Bismarck "arcivcd to.day wih {parcien i counectivn with the pro- | posed Austro-tGennan alliance, A DESTZOYED SANSLON Loxpan, mber 18, —Gantin Bhall, in Norsish, the seat of the earl of Satlisid, has boon burned, A FAMINE IN IRELAND, Duiray, Do prevails in Oorr The poopls » & on Tndlan meal. THE PARALYZYD TIN TRADE/ Tho lighi!tries of the aix tin plate firms who have failod doring the e forinizht §4 6500 000 de is comlotely paral;ind for the momeut, GREAT FLLES TN CHINA. Tho 7y rent BAN Fuancisco, Daccmber 18, Advicon from Hour Kovg of Novem Der 224, meys n great tire cocurad Canton on November 7Tth aud 8:h Eight bundred 1oases woso destroyod ud mavy lives lost, iceluding & nam bor of firemen, Tia vicercy visited tho soene with u body of soldiera to preveot auy robberies aud fore fizhts between the thioves andeitizons bt wi If placed in dargor o hia it porly batng jammer throvgh the nurrowatreeis, T wo fires i Foo O nher 4°h and fith, consumad ahout 200 nouses, Five lives wero lost, VOTES, Lospox, Dcvwbor 18, —Franeis viisle, in dead, n, who e a lobter prince «f Walea and Gladstone, was commitied for trial, Michael Fiynu, arreipeed i Dablis to-dwy for purtioipation in the murder ot Huddys, He pleaded not guilty, /estgate, the Jamvuica crank, wus taken 1o Dablo castle to-day and privately examinod touching his eon- tessod rolation with the Pho ix Park murders A fire cauvving the death of nino| persons occorrcd inthe town of Lu puy, Fr An explosion in a cartridge factory st Mount Valerien, Krauoe, sericusly injured thiriy women. The general election in New South Wales tor legislative wscerably result- ed in the roturn of a large msjority againet the goverumeunt, e ——— Railroad Ma s ia Session. Bpecial Diswatch to Tus b New Yokk, December 180, 0O, Wheeler, general manager of the At- chison & Banta Fo railroad; W, | Hoxie, vize p fent of the Missourt | Pleifio eome Imn offisia’'s G ! Ry A nhbe, of the \l ar wrn Puche. an the Gould xceu the | N Hia dnjuries are | |wight, T ot tho accident wan | | the w stake of F cae Poters of the | ace mmodation tiain, for tho li 1 A east bound train roeeived or- lora at Loveland Juot to pass Fostera all the weat bouna had reached that paint w the double track to Cin- watt be, Shortly hafore the |oast bonnd train roached Fonters it met the accomniodation from Foster's which was nitaken for the express, #0 tho cnat bound train entored the tlogle track wt Foster's svpporing it olear. A miloand a ha'f farther or, at & eharp carve, the traine crashed, one ronning ab the rate of 40 and the other 49 wilea per hocr. Two en- kwos were maehod tegather and the postal cars piled uwpon thew. other cars wore thrown from the track, Kirally Brothers' oar with the ele- phant, soei ery and bageuge was next to the postal car of the east bound traio. Tho elophant was reported loilied but this 1s & mistake. The car wan 20 lit1lo ivjured rthat it was rent to ita destination. None of the Kir- a'fy troups were hurt, and no passen gers injured. No A Xoginlative Committee. Spocial Dispatch o Tiik 1ikw Juacrion Criy, Kas,, Dicember 17, —The committes appoiuted by & con vention of the membern of the legisla ture held at Abileno a fow daga ago to courider the subject of railroad legis- Iation mos hers this morning and issced anort address naking tho farmers <hippers axd all othors having auny kroxledge of the dioriwinaticn against placea or individuals in the matter of freights or prssenger ratos by railroad, to send eush informsation to the committee, that it may be laid Lofore an adjournod meeting of the oonvention, to be held at Topeka in January, They will aleo submit to the logislature A County Soat War. Spoc!al Dispatch to Tux Bus. Denver, Dacomber 18 —The Re- publican’s Bilver Cliff special saye @roat ¢xcitement in prevailing in Cas- tor connty over the attempted removal of the county sest from Rosita to Sil- ver Cff. A majority of the couaty comraistioners Linve orderad the coan- ty suat moved, but the poople at Isita emy the have e¢ncugh armed men to retain posre nof the county regords snd intend doing so, Just how iz will terminato in impornible to meg. Lt in foared it will end in blood sho, na the citizans of both places ara undee ares and only Waitivg for one “ tido to mnke a broak, | A Diver Cruthed. | 8oocto Dispatehto Tus Dun { Curcran, Decomber 18, —This after- | noon while Frank Hills, tho diver, was ougnued in cleaning away icoin the Pinouin of the tunnel ab the luke shore {and S xty coventh sireot, which pap. | | pitey the towa of Lake with water, his assistants 1w tho boat above him | woticed two immenso ice flhes raridly ing euch other in such a way i‘“ wonld Jutereept the diver's Jine and cut Lim off from the worid alio wu bauling him up rapidly an they got him parually out tho weter -he ice floos cama | oanther, crushing both hin legs, which will probbly have to be ampu- wated, i i | They bog and j Divtd lor, 3pectul Dispateh to Tuk Lrk, PProria, Decembex 18—'The rumor | inetlav tont the whole aisiliog inter- siof Peoria is excited ovir the diee leovery that one of their number hys heeinon b viouked barve's whish hola ; two gatlor g more then the » andard bure s this making & net gain fr the crooked dis tller over his com potitors of hundreede of dollars por day. The matter has baea b ougat tu the atteavion «f the oollactor of in- ternnl revenus and tho hick money for the cxeomn nhtuined in the barrals thus used will i s vafanded or e oiuni- nal prosecution will follow, Pac'fly Cost Woslth, Bt. Luuis Globe Democrat, Pno Vi ggoes forwunes on the Pagifi r0ast aru thoss ot the Central Pacific milroad moguator, snd ex Governor Sranford is the richest of the erony His woulth is estimated at @70,000, 000; thatis, hislyenrly income!is « qual to the intereet on buch a eapitsl, and hia property is constantly ineressing in valuo. Heowna more thun $5,000,- 1000 alone in San Francisco real ostate, to say nothing of his forms, vineyards, breedivg rauches, ete, Th | ox governor bus buc one ohild, Le nd, Jr., alad of about 1H ne richest widow on the Pacific coast, or in the ccuatry for that mat- ter, with possible exception of Mrs. Cornelia Browart, is Mrs. Mark Hop- kine, widow of one of the Cantral Pacific syndicate. Hor husband's cs tate proved uy to 823 000,000, and the only two wen in Oulifornia who could justify ou the widow's bond as exceu- tiix wers Lislaud Btenford and Charles COrocker, two of ber husband’'s busi. ness sssociates, They were com- pelied to justify in twice the amount of the estate, and each swore that he was worih §46,000,000, Mrs, Hop- G DECEMBER 19 1882 | pricocen r er hirs » the estate, hat tho ed poed 8o, YT ho boik of it Lho ri 1 ar rrie | ‘ is Mue i ver honnrza 00 of Uni e dpor o d| v m daustier ¢ i o gavo Lis son $1,000,000 ms e atior| w s bands 1 M4 b ) the f t's hank | | ¥ keeping Mica Jonnw | } plain, it is irue, eway out of her . y r play o otion kina is no ohldro oldarly woman. They had but had adopted a wson, whom Mrs pkine has just imarried ton Mita Cristenden, & nrotegee of | bere, providiug her with the dot of a veil Lone t 1 Xk Ficod ouly lavghed a the iton, se tndeed A young Grant lineo'f ' only oue snxious to bring about ot ntoh was Papa Flood, but the youny folks couldn't seo it. T'he richest procpeoiive heirors in Cualifornia is Mirs Hattio Orocker, the only daughter o f Charles Orocker, ane other of the sailroad syndioate, She, al50, s & charmiog gitl, wud, like Mira Fioud, is rather pliin in appearavoa, Sho is noted for her chacities and do- westfo victuon. Sho was sovght i marriage by Lord Beaumont, un Eog- lish nobleman, but she gave him no ——————— = B KEENE ON CORNERS. [Tho Great Spoculator Defends the System of Gamb ing in Futuves, Corners More B peflofal to Proe ducsrs than the Syn- dicuies, L mats Spoenlition ths Real Ciyilizov of the Conutry. The Groat Cornerin Cral and Wheat Absolute Ludivess Transactions, peolal Dispatels to T Niw ¥ 1or 18 --The JURLE OIS Ol cor 1 urain | Hatuned to ¢ i dan R, Keeno - duy, Heosid be wan & 8pectntor, nid had bee s 1u tho bua- inesn in this oity San Fraucisco. Ho never kaew of any corne produstion taal wosk o inj the publie. Corners in broadatuffy did not last lung enough to work in- Juriously, Agricultursl laborers and uthers are aro bonetited by the resulis of corners, Any interforence in this. matter would be wnjurious, The coal corner was the ouly one he remem- bored that hud been njurious to the publie. The anthracite companics tixed the prices out ot all proportiol That coroer originated in the nece tios ot the ocorporation, The latter enoouragement, and it is believed pro. fers to remain ringlo. Mr. Crocker has two other ohildren, sons, but his immense wealih will give all a princely fortune, The lackiest yourg msn in Oali- fornia in point of wealth is Mr. James V. Goleman, of Menlo park. A few years ago he was olerk at & mine in Nevedaat §100 a month, But he didn't expeot to he alwaye, for W, T O'Brien, one of the bonanza kings, was his unc'e, and Mr. O'Brien was o bachelor. Oaa day Me O'Brion pot siclc and gent for *“Jimmie,” an he wes always ealled, to bn with him and ewro for him, la (he last days b Lis ilinesy the nurses eaid Us ‘D and “Jimmie” were closcted together o great deal, and one evoning *“Jimmic” came out of Uacle Biliy's room with & big tin hox, which his Uncle Billy had given him. It contained £500,000 in 4 per conts, A weok later Uucle Billy died, and by this will all tho nephews and nieces were loft €400,000 esch, in- cluditg “Jimn iy,” who got that in addition to the ante-mortem gift of half & million. But not content with that, Uacle Biliy made ‘‘Jimmie"” an cmocator without bonde, aud his foes as snch amounted to §404 000, The whole valus of Uncle Builiy's estate was a little ovor £9 000,000, After the logecies wero paid, the residue was turned over to Mr, O'Brien's two sisters, Mr. Coleman ( ‘Jimmie's’ mother) and Mr, Joseph M D maugh. The two Jadies inhcerited §3 500,000 each, The Incky young man referred to ia about 32, a graduate of Gioiga- towa College, D. C., and has ju been eleoted to the nesembly of Cali- fornia. *“Jimmise” has gone into training for congress, and will gt thers lu 1884 * * * * But fortunes mede in mining are not only likely to be seattored, if their owner otick s to tho boginess, bat they are also vaually over corimated. The f ortuces of the honanza men of Neva- du, Mickey, Flocd wid Fair, were not ouly grantly exeggorated in the fiest pluce, but withiu tive yeara they havo sadly dwindled. Their great soitres of wenlth was in workirg the ores of the Big Bonat zy, huuling the bullion nud managing the minee, and at has wholly ttoppod. Their min- ing slocks huve sunk in vaiue to al- s, und it 1o hard to tell now n thoir grest foruncs coneist Of course all aro rich men, but not s tich ma thoy were five years aco, | It 4s doub fu' if any of them, with the poswible « xoeption of Meckey, who ways had twico as woch se the others, would ncw cut up %5,000, 000 Me, Foud own but hit te ronl ewtate Mz, Mackey none at all. Banutor Faie owos about $2 000, 000 worth, Their mivivg operations have for two yesis been a bordon, Thelr bauk doos not pay, and never hus paid, for it never gov the conf denco of or beeamo pupnlar with the busioess community. I'ne only prop- crty uny of them has that yiolds an inoome, exoapt Fairs husmess blocks, is thoir goverument bonds, It wus but four years azo that Faie got osught to the tune of s million by Shorwood, another minivg onpitaliet, who used to well watches and fiogor rings, At the time of the Sierra Nevada denl Sherw owned b 000 shares of Union Consolidated, thew rated in the marke: at $200 a share. Faiv was biustering around ono day i1 Nevada blosk ahous what wat going to be shown up iu the mine, and how much higher the aices win guing, Sheewood, who ia w very et und cautions man, hoped it was ! true, bat had hisdoeht 1 mupe poso you'd ko to ped o out your stock, then,” said Fair with a sneer, “No, Tdon't 2are to podale it, but L'l sell if,” wae the r “What'll you takel" “Market price,” was the wnewor, hore was & swa'l crowd arcund and ail were eyoing Fair to sce how he'd etacd tho bluff, " Ho saw he was in for it, avd there was nothivg to do but eo ahead. ‘LUl give you §170." “No, pothing bu' marke prioa. 1 can peddle 1t ous st that,’ ssld Mr, Bherwood, with & laugh ““What is it now " and both walkd to the ticker, “Union $201, $203" said aowe one. *I'll give you {200," wan overburdened with debte, and had to mike u corner to pay dividends and extiicato itaelf from the difliculty. The heads of different coal companiea done what others would have done in their places, Stuck-watering aud dividends combined tended to raise the price of oonl. Stook-watering meant sn in- crease of capital WITHOUT GIVING AN EQUIVALENT. Privato puicaases by parties inter- ested in the corporation at one valua- tion and reselliug to the corporation at an advanced prico without giving avy further equivalent, is stock water- wg. He thcught the commerce and business of tho country could not be oarried on without a system of deal- ings in futures, The bucket shop oystem was demoralieingfn its ten- dency, in 80 much as thero wae no pre- tonse te deliver the provisions suld. It was a simple act of gambling, It was a bank kept for the people for people to play against. Thero was no element of business in it. The law should suppress these ayatems. '['rans- actions ob stook or other great changes ware not done in that way at all. People in Chicago and other ex- ohanges, who deal in future deliveries, agree to pay the money when the pur- ohases are reccived and they must take the deliveries. Thoee are ABBOLUTS BURINESS TRANSACTIONA. Doalings in tutures, things bought ouvright, are not gambling transse- tious, The Chicago market reficots the publio . pinion of the country in oorn, wheut, lard, pork, ete. I would not be fair to call thcss speon- Iations or gunbling trausactious, although, doubiless, a good deal of apeculation is done. Thae whole busi- ness of the country in speculative in tho highest degree, Specu'ation is THE RFAL CIVILIZER OF THE COUNTKY; speculation has tuit up the west; speculation was the greatest henefit to the people of this country, Ho meant good, healthy and Jeginmate specula tion, The dieaetrous fluctuations we hear of in slocks aro assuredly in nc- cordanco with tho system of supply and demand The volume of bread- stully i this country is so large 1t cannot be oontrollea even thongh tem- porary corners are made, The mar- ket soon regulates itself, Witness never was engagod in a corner in ail his life. The Ksene cor- ner, he cupposed, was 8o called be- cause ho was & cantral figuie 1n the combination which owned large quan- titien of wheat. This combination was not formed 1o corner but merely to protect themselves from the tender meorcies of hears, The syndisate dis- banded long before the wheat was aold, The syndicste held certain amounta of wheat and CUMBINED ¥ K COMMON DEFENEER, Whaen the huo aud cry was rawed by the press about the corner the svudicaty had to sell grain at a loss. Wo never teat ngents througbout the coun'ry to buy up all the wheat; should suppose the most wheat we bad was between 15,000,000 and 20,000,- 000 bushels, The syndicate was formed in Dicembor and many gen- tuwen belonging to it dropped out. Traueportation to the weat, alihough vestricted, was not suenended, The The price of wheat a. Caicago at that time was from $1.10 to §120 per bashol, The farmers wers certainly beuefitted by the slleged corner, — L . TELEGRAPHIU NOres. Spocial Dispatches to Tun Bir, New Youi, December 18~ will of Jerows . Oolliny, meteo ologist of the deunnette expelition, was filed to-day. He giv s all his property to his mother, Sviacuse, N. V., Deoceraher 18, —An. drewe, nt oo time offi sial 1oporter of the bouse of repre-entatives, died to-dsy, He was & brother of Bishop Audrews, of Calis tornis, PuaNixvitLy, Pa, Dacember 18.—0a Januwy loc whe Proniix Iron company will reduce the wages of & | employes, w 18 —la the BLAr ronte ¢ {ay Bliss resumed bis addie & to the jury, Niw Youk. D cember 18 --Liabi'ities of Dudge & Sivelair, India rabber goods, is BI054 Nomional assete, §157,160; §14 250, Ax Jmported Agitator. Bpeciel Dispatch to Tux sn Fair, “I'll take it," said Sher wood; “‘Glive me your oheck.” * Jon 4 into the bauk,” and in ten New_ York, Docember 18 — Herr John Most, the German sgitator, woutodf lately imprisoned o Eagland, landed the harly seaator had Mi. Sherwood's | this morning from the steamer Wis- 6,000 ghares of stock. and §1 000,000 | gonsin, and was met at the pler by the had pasced to Mr. Sherwood's bank accounnt, but it did not brace up the ket reprosontative of the local revolution- There was considerable ex:|ary clubs, socialista ard members of oitement on the street over th. saly, | the internatior a' wokingmen' ation, The party went to Siaten The stock steadily dropped, ard to |ie a1, Tc-night, Ee r Mos! a1dreiw:d day 1t ls not worth $5 & share, & nass weeting at Cooper Inatitute. - R S -