Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 9, 1884, Page 1

FOURTEENTH YEAR. CONGRESSICNAL. Varions Tmportat Bulls Inireduced in 1he House, Postmaster General Hatton Wants Appropriations. Confirmation of Hugh MoCul- looh's Nomination, A Number of Treaties with For- eign Powers. Other News of More or Less In- terest, The Spanish Treaty, How it is Dis- cussed by New k Merchants and Refiners, SENATFE, Wasminatoy, D, O, Decembsr 8— The chair laid before the senate o letter from the postmaster-general, recommending a larger clorical forco nt the postoffices. Mr. Mitchell read a lettor from General C t, in which the geueral expressed a hope that the bill would be withdrawn, as under no circum- stances could ho accept & pension even if tho bill passed both houses snd received the ap- proval of the prosident. The bill was with- wn, Bafore he withdrew the bill he stated he had introduzed the bill because he chairman of the committee on peosions and the president had recommended pension for General Grant, and he (Mitchell) had always folt that Genoral (irant ought to be placed where he was when, to accept the presidency, he laid down a great offics he won in war, The finence commwittee agreed unauimously ot report favorable to the nomiua ion of Secretary; _McCullough, The sen- ate .insisted pon the amendments to the Dbill, forfeiting unearned lands ranted Lo the Atlantic and Pacific railroads, Sonference committee sppointed, DBy Mr, Blair—for an appropriation of £50,000 to pro mote the colored people’s world’s expositicn to be held in Chicago in September, 1885, 1t is provided that J. W. 1. Thomas, of Illnois; Daniel Johnson, of Mississippi: Philip Josoph of Alabama, W. Wyatt Hendetson, of Tllinois; Joseph W, Moore, of Tennessee. and Thomas Fortune of New York, be ecre- ated a board of commissioners for the dis- bursement of the amount, + By Togalls—To amend the revised statutes 80 a8 Lo make the day of the inauguration of a president of the United States a legal holi- day in the District of Columbia, »n submitted a resolution, which passed extending the time fixed for the submission of the joint commission appointed to consider the organization of the signal servica and other bureaus of the government, Considerable de- bate arose on the bill for the relief of Hawley & Song, of Detroit, t) refund §- or _duties alleged to have been illegally exacted from thein by the treasury department on malt im- ported from Cacada in 1870, Pulmer, Con- finnmlc.\mmu, of Wisconsin advocited tha all; Aliison, Aldrich, Cockrell, Hoar, T man and Morrell opposing it. The principal points made by the opponents of the measure were first, That the requirements of tha law were nog com- plied with rozarding the written and timely proteat at the time of piying the duties, and secondly, that tha passage of this bill would lead to an as:au't upon the treasury by muiti- tudes of similar claims, dating ik to indefi- nita poriods. The bill was defeate 1, 19 yeus, 20 pays, Conger gave noties of a motion to reconsider. After an exceuti seesion the senate adjourned HOUSE, WasHINGTON, Dac 8.—Kcifer, of the committee on appropriation, reported the military academy bill. It was referred to the committeo on the whole, The speaker laid before the house a letter from the postmaster eneral asking for an appropriation of $100,000 for the railrond postal car servi mainder of ths carrent fiscal year. Referred. Bulls intioduced and referred:” By Townsend, proposing a constitutional amendment, provid- ing «hat treaties shall be made by and with the consent of ths house as well as the Senats, 3y Ryan, to open & homestead settlement in certuin portions of the Indian territory, A bill was introduced in the house to-duy by Beach to maintain seerecy of the ballos in the election of representatives and delogabes in congrass, It provides for a separate and uniform ballot upon which candidates are to be voted for, The quality of the paper and siza of typa ara specificd aud general provision made thai all bailots must be the same in outward appearauce and an important change 1 the existing law is made in respect to waat is a legal ballot. See, 27 of the Re vised Statutes, provides that all votes for representatives must be by n writ- ten or a printed ballot, and nullifies all votes which are not so cast, Beaches’ bill permits the ballot to bo printed or written, or partly printed or written. The bill also requlres that all representatives or delegates shull be voted for upon separate ballots, _Violations of any provigions of the bill are declared to Do a misdemeanor, aud punishuble by tine or imprisonment, or both Owing the crowd ndition of the calen dar the bouse commitiee on the Pacific rail- roads informally decided to-day not to wge the conrideration of bills introduced last ees sion by Representatives Sumner and Belford, relative to the rezulation of rates of transpor- tatiou on the Union Pacific and Contral Pa cific roads, By Elis, appropriating tion of a monument to the offisers aud men who perished in the Greely exposition, T'he house resumed coorideration of the in. ter-state commerce, Fiadley advocated the bill of the co tee, especially th section providing for mission, O'Neill of Pennsylvani; companies desired proper logislation and Ll sought it in the state legislature, Various states had laws revulating railroad transpor tation and ho did uot see why congress should seek to bringingo the havds of the national government the control of these cororations, He favored s commission only for the purposs of obtatug information. Waruer, of Ohio, | maintaived thatthe time had cows when tho | r;l-mmnl goverment rhould wssume the regu. ation of inter-state tratiic on railcoads, The unreasonable preference to cert: 1 and the unjust discrimination was the most crying evil ever perpotrated by the railroad comipanies and steps should bo taken to eradicato that evil, H.ckwell and Rice opposed the Resgan substitut., Pend ing further discussion, the mat.er went over, Thoe senate joint resolution passed, extendiug until the first Monduy in J within which the j nittes should be appointed to inquire iute the condut of the coart and (icodetic surveys, si,nal office, ete., wayreport, Adjourne e - WABHINGLON NEWS, A CHINESE TEST CASE WasHINGTON, December 8,—A was rendered in the supreme cout of the United States in the case of Chew Ieong, plaintiff i error, sgainst the United Thia is & test case of the Chinese restriction acts of 1882 and 1854, Chew Heougis a Chinese laborer, and a subject of ti e peror of China, Ho wasin the United States at the time of the adoption of the last treaty between China and the United States, aud re- wained here until 1851, when he went to , for the ro )00 for the erec- nmite said the railroad decision tates, iy the tume | | Hosololy, retvrning to San Feancisco in Saptember last The restriction law, not having been passed when he left_the Uited | tifieats for ro.entrance, and, uy n he in 1884, ho was not allowe Tand He reforo sued ont dbeas corpus, 1 brought the cas o Fiold and awyer, who were divided in opin ‘court holds that the right of this Ch man to re-ent r was secured by tho treaty of 1880, The court holds that ¢ neress did not intend to violate that right of the Chinese laborers who were here a& the date of the trenty. A decision was Jgo rondered in the railroad aof the Cl 5. Milwaukeo & St Paul raile way compan, plaintiff in error, against Dusne Odfltesn, This was a euit bronght by the engi- neer of a gravel train againss the comp magos for injuries sustained b on with a freight train, due to the sness of the conductor of the latter conrt below chargod tha juy that m their opinion, the accident was caused by the negligenco of the conductor the freight train, and without contritmtor negligeuce on the part of the plaintiff the way company was liable, becauso the relation of tha superior and ihferior officers was created by the company as between tho two, in operations of its train and they were not, within the reason of thy law, fellow ser vants engaged iu the same common employ= wment, This court holds the charge was cor- rect and tho judgment of tho &reuit court is aftirmed, PENSION PAVMENTS. The paymeuts so far this month on account usions are $8 300,000 he 18 of wilver dol ended Decemb:r 6th w ing pericd last year, $521,4 Secretary Teller and Postmaster.General Hatton, with their families, left this morning in a rpeciol car to sttend the opening of the warld's exposition at Now O ter-General Hatto: re for tho woek ),; correspond- rocormends tho appropriation of 100,00 for tue 1 postal car acrvice for the remvinder of tho yes In a letter sent to the house to- day he says: “Th ymplishment of cortan sived iy suts 1n the postal ser- vice, whereby time in teansit between the east and the far west has been reduced, renders it a notessary establishment, A greater amount of railway postal car ser- vice than anticipated when the estimates were submitted and appropriation made for that subject.” Hatton also sent a letter to the house, recommending an appropristion of 275,000 for the employment of additional rlerks at Chicago, Cincinnati, Uleveland, In- dianapobs, Loui San Fran- cisco and eastern OGNFINMATIONS, Thomas Osborn, Illinois, minister and cousul _general of the United States the Argentine Repnblic; Jehu Boker, Illinois, munister resident and cousul goneral to Vene- Willard P, Tis Ohio, agent of the United States to the states of the Congo as- soziation. The nomination of Hugh McCulloch for secretary of the treasury was favorably re- ported from the sonate committeo on_finance to-day, but Senator Riddleborger objected to the prosent consideration, and uncer tho rules it went over to the nexs executive session. Ropresentative Mcriizon’s bill to amend the statutes in relation to the immediate trans- portation of dutiable gyods iatroduced to-day provides for the mneudment of the statute to n'ations governing inland trunsport tion shall apply to the baggage of the travel- ing public. L8, Martiv, the supervising special sgent of the treasury, in his annual report says: No perrasnent suppression of the practice of under-valuation of mecchaudise subject to valorem dnties can be expected until the act of Jun , 1874, nnder the protection of which this system’ of fraud has grown up, thall be repoaled. Had the law above re: ferred to been enactad for the express purpose enabling foreign munufacturers to circamvect the tariff t_could not have better uc complished that object. - — SPANISH THREATY, BY NEW YORK MERCHANTS, PRO AND CON. w York, December8.—News of the com- mercial treaty between the United States and Spain is regarded with groat interest by all business men here whose trade is affected, A promiinent sugar importsr said to a Post r porter: “With the exception of the Pacific coast, which was dominated in the sugar trade by Claus Spreckles, the Hawsiian sugar king, the people of this ccuntry, some 55,000,000, were wholly dependent for their suger upon some twenty refinivg concerns in this city, Beston aud Philadelphin, No raw sugar was consumed except a littlo in _tobacco man ufacture, which was not worth mentioning, About 100,000 tons of sugar were importod 1n this country annually. none of which resched consumers except through the little circle of refiners, which had the sugar trade by the throat, 1t was only natural, theceforo,” that the refiners should bs satistiod with things as they wero and opposs any chango which would give the sugar producing country sowe de- gree of indegendence, They obtuined sugar trom all parts of the world, and they wished to balance the interests iu the ditferent coun tries against each other, About one-half of our annual imports of sugar come from Cuba and Porto Rico, and if this impors was mac fice of duty its produ.ers could always find o market here as other people would buy it at a reasonable price and hold 1t, if the reliners were not ready to purchase. This state of affairs would partly coiavcipate the planters and merchants from the control of refiners and thereforo the latter with the importers from other countries and Lowisiann planters would joinin a bitter opposition to the treaty., The treaty would amount to a commercial aevexation with Cuba and Porto Ltico to the United States, iving us all th benefits of political anuexation without any ot the disadvantages. 1In regard to the claim that the treaty will be injutious to the inter- eats of Awerican workmen in refineries the samo importers declared the statement was a preposterous argutient as the refining interofu cmployed fewer skilied workmen than uny otbier branch of manufacture in proportion t the value of the product, Nearly ull work was done by machinery and most of the workmen connected with the business were simply la borers,” A Cuban plauter who has s large es- tate said the sugar crop in tho Island could be doubled in two years, Lo ratification of the treaty was “the only hops for ths Istaud to " H. O, Haiemsyer, of Havem lder, exteusive sugar refine sLrongest opposition Lo the trea'y. / were opposed to it, he said, not imerely in tuewr ™ capacity as business wmen but as Ameri-an citizens, Ho objected o treaty discrimination in favor of trady of any particular country which was au injustice und he objected further to the measures which would fusier sluve labor in another coantry when we had abolished it in our own and would encourage the importation there of Coole's labor, which we nave shut off from our shores, We had already stipu lated the employment of Chinese labor in the Hawaiian Islands by our commercial treaty with thelr governuent, All benefit of the Spanish teaty would accrue to the planters of Cuba, who, it it should be ratifiod would, immediately put of their bugar #0 ws to inchide the amount of the old duty, For the year 1853 the total value of all our exposts to Cuba was onl 000,000, while the dutiss we Lad coll. Cubsn sugar were about 25,000 0.0, The 825,000,000 it was now proposed to transfer from the United 5:ates teeasury 10 tho pock cts of the Cuban planters without & cent of beucfit to our own people, If our govern: wment was going to give bounties for erowing sugar it would be bester to pay two cents per pound to Lousiana planters. 1f it was to make a discriminating treaty with any country it would be better to make it with England and her colonies, with whom we conld have ex tewsive commerce, instead of grantivg acch & privilege to a miserable impoverished island like Cuba, 200 years belund the ag He wak 1o favor of importing raw sugars free from all parts of the world. Ietiners in peneral favored this policy, 40 a8 to do uway esident. « THE S DISCUSSIO; OMAHA DaiLy BEE OMAIA, NEB ey handful could ne [ienty daferred planters in 1 slave labor or The treaty here mark g but gew and 1 stan refined, branch of could not comy bstween nv which were parti refining to Cuba as o with slave labor. sequatcs of the agitationZof tuis tre firmn closed two big refineries at William a fortnight ago. There retinors employed rol making, the bone black business other interosts, Railway V Chicaco, Decomber 8,—The nental ra iation, freight dey ments met hera to-day to consider the g tion of through rates from seaboard to board, for th xt yoar, To-da W directly coverod by the lines of the s to wit: Between the Pacific coast and Missouri river To-morrow consultal will be held with the ro: souri river sud Chicago, Wedneeday ¢ will leave for Now York to consult with roads between Ch board, tinental association, to-day announcad awn:d of percentage both of passenger s freight, as follows: rane-C - sociat centage, Central Pasi Union Pacifi . Southern Pacifio 7 at hison, Topeka&Santal'e.16 b Atlantie & Pacific.... .90 Denver & Rio Grande..... 4.0 Burlington & Missouri..... 8.8 Toxas & Pa e Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio . 34 CHIcAGO. December 8, —It ix roliably sta that J, H. Hiland, general freizht the Chicago, St. Paul, Mianeapolis road, has aceopted a position as refs arbitrator of the new dlissouri river pa ger pool. counpany, has been followed by an agreem betterment stock due to date, amountin $£1,226,000. people. i York next month to decids on_thsir fut cource, The prod ject to transfer the Pennsylvania railroad in exchan timo bunds will be adopted, e —— BRAND—LEM AN IMPORTANT ANRE: tral committ complaint of A. M. Day, secretary of state, Henry W. 1 nd, being the republican ndidates respectively. Thi hich the federal grand j strict in thi Rudolph D demo the case with aiding xome unknown person or pe about November 21, in_substituting_over fradulent ballots for a like number of geny ones cast b the cecond precincs of Tighteenth ward, at the electionof Novem last, tes Commissioner Hoyne und hold in bequeats it contained, Among them is 000 in United 8 Marion Sanford, and of bonds to Robert who has acted as his egent, 1 fr George y, Sr, threo dollars to D. thousand to. C. H to Rev, H Ficke, pubi sand fiv sand five hundred vo of the opera house, on can, two thousand to I, O. Duncan. librenan, ono th thousand to Mrs. I The twety-soven thousand dollars, Tho balu of the eutato goes to his brother, Sid Sanford, of Chenaugo count Wholo estate is variously esti two million dollar, e —— The British Grain Trade, ToxnoN, Decomber 8,—The Mark Lano 8uya the autumn sown crops continue to | was less frecly offered in against bugern, Sales of Ioglish wheat the past week are (6,970 quartars at 30s 10 quarter, against 74,755 quarters ab 408 a qu ter corresponding time lust year, aro difficult to make, Maltivg barloy is uni proved. Market for forcign wheat isspirit] the large stock of Am bus upon trade, Mai favor wellers, The 1 goes und for cargoes « transient firmness, To-day’s market s en vated owing to the mild weather, Values nominally unchanged, and thero is very li disposition to buy, e — The Window Glass Workers, Pirrsuund, December 8,—President Is Cline, of the International Workers association, to-day received inte gence that an organization had been comp od in od at Sucderland, The associ braces all ekilled window g the world, Shoenberg & Cos mill closed down on aceount of ¥lack orders, fiem last weel ordered a ten par cet duction of the wages of the employes, e e——— Duablin Troubles, 8 —The_ corporation to twelvo rewol passuge has nge the name noll stivet. A deputation of trad, pe livan, we en berof parliament, warned' th 0 opposing the wishes of to **boycoty” them, The tradesmen are r u botween the Mis 0 acting as an ne o is scarce and prices arket for off coast car- lost its This was construed as & thrent of over ally Thie would causo a transfer of that £00 men, and of coursa their suspension affected and nti arte ues. y's business confined to that portion of the territory ion, the tion hey the and the Atlantic sea Arbitratcr Tucker, of the Trauvs.Con « hig aud Passonger per. Freight por- centage, 60 ated ent of Pirsuong, Docember 8.—Tho action of the Penusylvania railroud company in decid- ing not to withhold tha rental due to the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad nent on the part of the lattoz to jesue an amount of to The compromise s admitted to be'a surrender on the part ot the Fort Wayne They will hold ja meoting in New ure bilities aro that tho pro- ad in foe simple o tho + for long Cnircaco, December 8,—Josoph C. Macki, secretary of the Cook county democratic con- was arrested this evening on the citizens’ committee, whish has undertaken to uuearth the frauds, in the sixth legielative an and and 8 is has been investigating, The complant charges 8fackin ne, 0 the aber Mackin' was taken before United 10,- 000 badl for_n preliminary examination next Saturday. M. C. McDonald ind E. J. Le wman bacame his bondsmen. This is the firat arrest in this causus colebro, A Mittionatco’s Will, Dupraug, December 8.—The will of tho late H. W. Sanford was opened to-day and made a commotion around town by the various tates bonds te his nicce, Miss ,000 in the same kind Contes, a young-man quests to nds in town are three thousand dollars to thousand Cooley, three ay, three thousand ou hundred to Kicke's_wife, three thou- %, W. Duncan, manager un- be- quests amount all told to one hundred and nes D, New York, 2d at one to ix press, in its weekly review of tho grain trade, ro- sout a healthy appearance. Lnglish red wheat London Iriday for 0d & nar- Fiour wales im- s, ner- aro tilo anc Window Glass 1i- glaud and its headquarters establish- ation now e e by to of Sackville street to O'Con- ap- ed and protested againgt the action, Sul hem the i ing a fund to test the legality of the action of oration, ailway Bridge at Little Rock Larrue Rock, Decewber 8,—This aftern: the new bridge across the Arkansas river h was completed and the first tr psed o it, It was buils by the Little Iock Jur ad Tort Smith railway and connectio Cansus and western poiots with New Orle and other points on the gu f, e Banking ana New York, Decembor 8,—11 commerce comiuities ency, 0o ore ver tion in ans chamber of on banking and cur- roroy to-day approved the Buckuor bill, and wrote to Chalnman Buckoer, suggonting t Liia bill be ma: dollar Lill, whi is now in the uands of the scnate, ———— Will Kesume Operations, Yoxkkas, N. Y., Docember 5.—Af & Bous' carpet factory, which closed Nover Der 24th, throwing 2,000 hands out, will sume Thureday, Operatives in the dye with ull this tariff agitatien, They had long been o favor of it, but had tool aod priot depsitments were set to worl day, an amendmant to the trade ) has passed the house, and 9%, i ro ing to- GENERAL NEWS, A Connty Seat Row in Ashton aud Red- field, Dakota. A Laree Amount of Canadian News. A Rioch Farmer's Wifo Elopes with a Negro. The Whitawater, Wis,, Whole- salo Poisoning. ast Polsons Hergell! Her Guilt, The Poleoncr at and vonfes sos A COUNTY SEAT ROW, Onicaco, December 8~The adjoining towns of Ashton, Feankfort and Redfield, Dakota, wero contestants in 1880 for the po- sition of county seat, the records being at Ashton, Tho people of Redfield claim that at that election their town received a majority of all votes cast and was entitled to the posses. sion of the county records, but that the roturns being in the hands of the hostile towns, the result was not declared till & fow days ago, whereupon the cltizens of Redfield dotermined to take possession of the records. The result as gleaued from dispatches to the Inter- Ocoan from Frankfort and Redfleld giving both sides, scoms to ba as follows: Saturday night a boly of men from Redfield went Ashton and took all the county records from the recorder’s offico and conveyed them to Redfield and deposited them, under guard, ip the town hail. On Sunday evening tho sher- ilf and posso eamo from Ashton, demunded the records, which way refused. ‘They returned, threatening to comoe in stronger force, Red: field yreparad for a reaistance, and barricade the town hall and placed a company of men armed inside, and throw out a line of detenss all arouad the town, rumors heing that the town would be buened, This moraing about one thousand armed mon from Ashton and Frankfort investod Redfield and demanded the delivery of the records, At thi point the court stopped in with an order which for- Lid the removal of the records fro Redfield, ~ but commanded their m livery to the sheriff and county sommissioners. The order was obeyed and the forces on both sidos drawn off, ‘The dispateh from Frankfort concludes: “The matter i3 not yet sett ed is the intention to wait a fow days and then ced with all the force which can be raised court refuse to grant the request of the people (for return of records.) All county business hus been suspended and intense ex- citement prevalls in every poriion of the county, o —— A Rich Farmer'a Wil a Negro, New Yonk, December 8,—7he third elope ment within a week from hin & emall ra- dius in Suffolk county, Long Island, occurred rday, The wife of Ephramn Arch, o woalthy farmer, and an earnest ¢hurch goer of Oague, ran away with a nejre, Mrs, Arch s not a regular church ,mm:r'ql and ob Elopes With yes jocted to her husband 'xpendigg so. niuch time abont tho: churches 8Hid away from ker. Whon Mr, Arch re- turned from services yesterday he found a card on whic his wife had written that sbehad heard of ““Dominie Down’s wifé's elopement, and sho saw no reason why she should not elope with the man sho loved” Of course Arch was beside Limself with rage and morti- fication and his feelings wore not eased when told that his wife had gone awdy with a ne- gro. “Itis awful to think that Mary should o cloped with a nigger,” be gaid, “but she will not be as happy with him as with a white man. 1 never want to see her again,” Mrs Arch leaves threo children, aged twelve, nine and seven years, o ——— WHOLESALE POISONING, THE WISCONSIN HORROR, CHicAGO, December 8, = Oue of the Sunday papers published a tolegram from Whitewater, Wisconsin, saying that last Tuosday Miss Annie Horan of that place died suddenly un- stances indicating that she had boen hat about threo yoars bofore her father, mother and one sister -dfod within.a short time of each other under similar circum stances; that thongh it had created considerable -alk, nothing was done, This was revived hy Anunie’s death and to eettle the qnestion defi. hitely her stomace was sent to a chemist for analpsis, The deaths of all were surrousded by & compicte myatery, no one baing susp od, To-night the Inter Ocean has a dispateh from Fort Atkiuson where the family for- merly lived, and were much respected, The dispatch siys o report was roceived the der cire poisor from Whitewater that the third siste Miss Nottio, died thero to-day of vison, making the fitth member of tho family that,in this case It was suicide and_ that before her death Nettie confessed to haying murderod her parents and two sisters. It is also asserted that who confiessad to poi<oning another person though thin is doubt. ed. Nocanso is assignod. Her own doath was brought about by tho foar of exposura through analysis of her sister's stouach Nettio was a rchool tencher and has two ters wtill living at Fort Atkinaon, — ——— The Indian Land Steal, Telegram to Thi Bre. WasHiNGToN, December 8, —Senator Vest's resolution to investigate the leases of the lands in the Indian territory is troubling a number of prominent capitalists in the west, There ara two or three gentlemen in S¢. Louls, hulf a dozen in Kanwas and others who have leases of very lurge tracts of land in the Indian ter- ritory. Thesc leases were wiade soveral yoirs ago, and give the pattics holding them thoe use of the land av about two cents per acre per year, wome of tho leuses running above that tigure, and including millions of acres. Lines of fenues which incloso these immense tracts are many miles in length, and prove a great BONOYANCH L) 15, while rates aro ¢o yory low @ to load to & eurpicion thut there has not boen the proper caro exercised in raaking the leases, “The fact iw” sald Colonel Laudinot, the Churokee, whko comes to Wash. ington every winter, and whose face and fig- nro sre fumiliar to wll Washington, ““The fact is that the rates obtained for these lands are not more thaa one fourth of whit thoy ought t0 bo or what they wosld be if they hed boen properly loasod, Lands in Texas, less valuable thau these, bring an annual reutal of twelve cents ber wcee, ugainet two snd one. half for thess, I stand ready, if I can get lands there, to take a willion o two of acres at double or treble what these men are | iug” Congromsman Holman, the great *‘ob jector," is reported as haviog said that be Wauld favor the passage of & bill this session removing the duty on lumber, He thinks, ho #ny 0, that it can be done by » twe thirds vote in'the house, Sy e A Big Kallure, Racix, December 8. —The J, L Case plow company of this city failed, an awsignment was mace this morning to Charles A. Lee for the bonefit of its creditors, This rendered nrcensary on account of former sttachinents baving been lovied agaiost the couipanies property and because of s similar action threatoned at home. Honce there was no other way open to the directors to protect | their msets for the venefit of all croditors ulike, No preference was made lo the assign- ment oxcept for wages ncervod since Novem: Nominal value of esots, total _liabilities about 750 500, It s hoped that areanpements may bo made for the discharging of the assivn ment and allowing the o ny to continue ny business, A mecting of the ereditors Is being hold to-day to seo what can be done, s0 individu Except the indebtednoss to ( ally and & fow sl socured claima tho debta ot the company do not amount to more than £60,000 or £70,000, The failuro will not affect any of the other institutions with which Case's name 18 or has boen connected. Tho banks are socured for all the advances made and Case is undoubt ly worth in available property upwards of 000,000, The assiginea has fila t his bonda in the rum of £075,000 with J. I, Case and Steph en Bull s sureties, | — FOREIG STEAMERS LOST LoxnoN, Decomber 8, —A steamer supposed to bo the Alliance, of Cardiff, founded off Boscastle, and all hands wore loat, innsmall seaport of the county Cornwall, England, The steamer Pachard, from Cork to Liverpool, foundered in a gale off Holyhead and allon board, thirty in number, are be- lioved to be drowno!l, Boscastla NO GOOD PIOPHET, Doxcora, December 8, —It fs raported that the Mahdi nceepted Gordon's Zchallonge to cross the and prove himsolf a truo prophat, and triad 5 mako his followors walk wcross the river,The experiment resulted in aloss of 3000, Other reports say tnat Mahdi remaing at Marginto, not attempting to inter fordon's convoy to Stendy, His inae tivity is weakening the native behief in the sacredness of his miission, MORMON CONFERENCE BUSTED, SurrrieLd, December 8.—~A conference of Mormons led by the Utah elders was broken up yesterday by anti-mormons whom the po- lice later on ejected from the building, The second conferenca was abandoned, SUSSPENDED FOR FORTY WEEKS, HavaNA, Docembor 8.—The pross consor has condemned 1l Integrista to suspend ita publication for forty woeks, SPAIN'S TREATY WITH ENGLAFD, Maprm, December 8,—The Spanish gov- eroment _has sccopted the modus viven treaty of commercs with England, Spani concedos to ngland's “most favored nation’s clause,” THE CONGO COMMITTER, + Decomber 8, —Tho Congo commit- toe agroed that the African international asso- cintion shall have control ouly oyer th navi- gation of the Congo river. That Lngland shall have control of navieation of the lower and Franca control of the upper Niger river, Eunglnnd Franco bound themselves by a for- mal declaration to uphold the freedom of na igation. Any other power which may acquire territory in that country will be required undertake a similar obligation. The discus sion[of English, American, German and Bel gian neutrality proposals are unfinished, That committeo expunged Gen, Sanford’s clausoe by a formal vote. Germany approved of the proposal, but the impression of the committen was that the concession would have been en- tirely in favor of the African the international assoclation. Tho clouge proposing the inter- national commission, to act independontly of terfitorial authorities was rejectod, The pro- posal that only harbor and pilotage duties bo Jevied upon ships was adopted. Wt Crooked Whisky. Louisvy Decomber 8, —T. J, Miller and G. W. Mustodan, proprietors of the Coon Hallow Distillery, Nelson county., were ar- rested to-day by rovenue officers charged with gaining access to the government warehouss in the absonc of tho proper authérities and removing whisky on which tax had not been paid. The Coon Hollow distillery burned about month ngo with u large quautity ot whiskey, Before burning the rovenue officors began in- vostigating alleged crooked work which re- sulted in the above arrests. Millor and Mus- todon are both wealthy and the arrest caused o sensagion in Ne'son county and here where they were brought for tr It Is now thought the distillery was set on fire and ren: sational developments aro expectsd. The whiskey burned was valuad at $10,000, s Two Peoplo Drowned, WikgLivg, W. A., Docembor 7 morning before daybreak Miss Rebec art left the house of her vncle, William Stew- art, No trace has been found of her, It 1s supposed that being temporary insane sho drowned herself in the Ohio river. This af- ternoon while the river was being dragged well as a heavy wind and a rising river would allow, John MoMusters was drowned by the upsetting of a skiff, 1o was boss weighman at the Aetna mills and leaves s famly, Miss Stewart was aged and has been much d pressed wince the racent death of her aunt, Only o few clothes were wissing from her wardrobe, o —— The Largest Pearl on Record, GuavMas, Mex., December 8,—A pearl weighing ninety-threo carats and valued at $17,000 wan shipped to London yesterday, 1t in balieved tobo the largwt in existence, and was purchased from an Indian for $90, who found it at Mullego, in Lower Culifornia, —— - Incendiary Italians, Vicronia, Ont,, Decombor 8,—Col. Mabio called out a part of the 39th battalion to pro- tect Port Rowan. The Italians on the Port Dover and Port Royal road if not paid Wed- nexday threaten to burn the town, ——————— Treaty Between Spain and the States, WasHINGTON, December 8 —Genoral Fos ter, United States minister to Spain, arrived at Washington this moraing and prosented thosecretary of state ipy of the treaty en- tered into beoweon Spain and the United States, ted e —— Business Complicatio CricaGo, December 8 —A o Judgement to the amount of $8,500 was to-day eutered against the Ameiican Varnish Co, of this city. A receiver was sppointed to-day for the Onounta Lumber Co., upon the petition of certain stock ders. The company has a capital stock of 160,000 ard liabilities of §60,- 000, e —— #19 Desecration of a Tomb. BincuaswoN, N, Y., Decombor 8. —Dan ession of TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1884, Distress in Michigan Pineries, Muakraox, Mich,, inont lu from the northorn pineries, says that the condition of the peopls in some camps is most wrotchod, Labor amorg th con b had for 10 cents a day, and tha food furnished the men inrvo broad'and coffes, ings throo meals a week, when coffen s given, t— . Monetary Affairs, Decembor &, Decomber 8,—A prom- srman, jued arrived Swodes Posto of the principal clearing honsas in the United States for the weok rmber G, were £806,778, 15 por cent compared with tho correspondiog woek a year The gross exchango he Actor Donald Harold Allve, Cntoaao, Decomber 8,—The statement tele: graphed last night that the actor Donald Har- old of the “Dreams” company, was killed by alightivg from a train, i incorrect He re- coverad conscronsness to-day and it is thought. ho will got wall, — The Hawaitan ') Wasuivaron, Decsmber 8, —The treaty be- tweon the United States and Hawaii that was signed on Saturday marely vrovides for the oxtonsion of the present treaty for soven years from the dato of ratification, —— Eigin Dalvy Markets. Crieaco, Decamber 8,—The Tnter Ocoan's wpocial from Elgin, Tlis., says tha butter mar Kot was wenk; rogilar Jounds at cheese dull, regular snles 800 boxoes private sale, 000 pounds butter 8,400 boxes cheaso, L) e ——— Tho President, Wasiinaron, Decamber § he prosident haa notified the managers of the Now Orleans xposition that it would be impossible for him to attond the oponing of the exposition, but he ho hopes to visit the exposition during Jan- uary, ty. e T WL Wenther Report, WASHINGTON, Docembor 8, —Uppor Missis. sippi—Iair weather, north to wost winds, be- coming variablo; slight changes in temporn. ture. Missouri Valloy—Fair woachor; slight changes in temperature; wosterly winds, be- NO. 1 §0. * THE MARKETS, The General Market Very Dul and Drooping, High Railroad Rates to the East the Cause. The Oaitle Market Opens Steady and Firm, Hog Receipts 89,000, tha Market Barely Active = -] Great Fxoitement Amo gWhent Traders, g rn Keeps About the 8a. Figares ats Weak and Low Lara ¥ Active and Wea! s OHICAGOJMARKETS, CATTLE, Special telegram to Tur Brr, Ci1caco, December §—The general market is dull end drooping, and there was little or nothing in demad, as most of the shippers bought all they could ship last week to escape the advance of freights this week. Now rates to the seaboard from Chicago are now 40¢ per 100 on cattle and 70¢ per 100 on dead meat. The advance looks like a boom for live cattle shippers and stock yard interasts east of Chi- ago, aud a blow at the dressed boef trade, o of tho leading industrios of Chicago. Should tho rates remain in forco the cattle coming varinble, The Stewart:Huntington Case, NEw York, December 8,—In the Stowart- Huntington case to-day the supreme court, Judge Van Horst, rendered a decision, and on motion of defendants to dismiss the case he denied motion. e The War in Egypt, Svakint, December 8,—Fiftoen hundred robels attempted to-day to destroy tha rail. way hore, They wore repulsed by Egyptian oavalry, ——— Killed for Hurrahing for Cleveland and Hendricks, Loutsvitie, December 8,—The Courier Journal's Glasgow, Ky.. specinl says: Hugh Miller was stabbed and killed by Joo koo, for hurrahing for Cleveland and Hendricks, | —— Advance in Barh Wire, 81, Louis, Decembor 8,—Tho barbed wire makers held n mectivg hero to-day and ad- vancad prices were made to 3¢ per pound, A — 1 Madamo Hug Vietim Dead. Panis, Docember 8 —Morin who was shot by Madame Ciovis Hugues died to-day, e r— The Only Business Left, Arkansaw Traveller, 0ld Ned Andrews, n well-known po- litical tickster, called on the chalrman of tho democratic state central committee tho ofher day, and, bowing wito that courtosy whioh he laarned 1 Virginia years ngo, said: “Da thing am putty well settled, ain't it, dat de gubermont hab changed han's?” “Rather looks that way."” *‘Yas, sah, yas. I hopes deo dimmo- crats won'c bo groody, sah, Hopoes dar each man will bo satisfied wid whut he ken git in or comfortable way.” “Yes, I hope 80,” replied tho chair- mon, “Yag, sah, glad to hoah yer hopo it, 00. lain't greedy, boss. 1 doan ax fur much, All I wants outen dis 'ministra- tion ia de justice o' de peace office out heah at Sweet Home. Dat's all I wants, but I wouldn't kickef daa’d make me _postmarster at the same time, though, ez I tells yor, if dey doan’ I ain't gwinter grumble, Whut do yer think o my chances, boss!” “You've got no more chance than a man in China,” *‘Wall, wuts 1 er dlmmocrat fur?” “I didn't know that you wore a demo- orat,” “Yeos, sah; oh yas.” ““It's news to me. been a democrat?’ “‘Quito er while, sah. aforo ylsterday.” “‘Well, I don’t think you will ever get on office.” “Den I'll lebo de dimmocrat party in de lurch, From dis time on my precinct is gwine orgin yer. Dar ain’ no confi- donce ter bo put* in pollerticks, nohow. Wall, reckon I'll'’ hab ter go back ter preachin’ ergin, Ligion iz do only busi- neas loft fur er nigger.” i What Gen, Wallace Dian'tTell, Omana, Novemb r, 20— lditor of the Chicago Tribune.]—(fen, Lew Wallace, better known In connection with the war for what he did not do at Shiloh than for distinguished services in battle, contrib- utes a twonty-four page article to the De- cember Century entitled **The Capture of Fort Donelson.” On the fourth brigade of Gon, C. F. Smith’s divi the com- mand which captured the fortilications on the union left, and the only force which secured a lodgment in the enomy's works, ho squanders a triflo over half a page. Much epace 1s given to an account of the fighting of his own division on the right, and we are told that the Seventeenth and Forty-ninth Illinols How long have you Eber since day Ltichards, & wiaely known ettorney, Rolest Richards, bis son, and William I, Taylor, n prominent capitalist, were indicted for the desecration of the Fhelps’ 6onb on tho night of October 24th, As the body was not re. moved entirely the indictment Is for burglary in the third degr — Valeria G, Stone's will Contoste Bosvoy, December 8, —~The contest of the will of Valeria Stone of Malden, by which large bequests were made to various relighous institutions theoughout the county, wos bo- @un by the heirs Mrs. Stone She left property to the yalue of $2,000,002, e Mine Exploston, Buamax Fa.,, Dacember 8, —Aun explo- sion in the Heary Clay shaft to-day killed Richard Tuckett, Poter Kohle, Joseph Due- man, Jonathan Fox and Thomas Williamy, All leave fawmilies, The bodies of Kaehle and Duznan were recovered, The mine w.s filled with gas, Thore is great excitement about the mine, —— Reduction in Bugar, BaN FuaNciso, Decomber 8.—The Califor- lost jointly 149 men killed and wounded, but no special mention is made of the Second Iowa Infantry of Smith's com- mand, which regiment led the assaulting column on the left the afternoon of the 15th of February, after repeated failures by Wallace's division on the right, and, charging over an open meadow, then up @ hill through a heavy abattis, losing 108 killed and wounded 1u five minutes’ time, captured the works and held them all night, 1t was to Lieut.-Col, Baker of the Secoad lowa (killed at the battle of Uoriuth the following October) that Buckner's lotter proposing to Gen, Grant an armistico was delivored by the flag-of- truce, and, by order of Gen, Grant, when our forces marched into the fort the morning of the 16th, with fiying colors and burets of wusic, the SBecond Iowa marched at the head of the column in recognition of services which this distin- guished historian considers of so little im« portance that he cannot find room to nis sugar refinery of which Spreckles iy presi- deut, announces to-day a reduction of one cent per pound, The present prices are the lowsst ever quoted in this market, mention them in a forty-eizht column article purporting to be an accurate and full account of the capture of Donelson, J. T. B, trade would bo turned away from Chicago and toward tho southern markets, St. Louis in particular, Good natives were scarce and the fow that sold mado about tho same prices as lst woek, plain and common native steers averaging 1,000 pounds and upwards may be quoted at 4'25a4 50, and fair to good, averag- 1,200 to 1,800 and upward, may be quoted at 47544 90, with good modium steers of 1,300 to 1,400 at 5 1045 30, and choice, averaging 1,400 to 1,600 and thereabouts 5 60ab 85, wlura ood Liverpool cattlo may be quoted at 5 90a6 20. A fair average qnality of cows, 2 2542 5, and the best 3 00a3 50, One load of stillors sold at 400, Good to choice 1,230 to 1,400 pounds, 5 40a5 85, common to_modium, 1,000 to 1,250 pounds, 4 20a5 25, _Canning stock 10c higher. Toxax cows 2 602 00, Texan steers, 700 to 850 pounds, 80043 50, heavy Texas 3 (0ad 00, HOG, To-day, with at least 50,000 to 55,000 on sale, including » number csrried over on Sturday, trade opened active and strong, with best sel- Jing a9 high us $4.85@$4 50, which is at least 20¢ higher than early sales on Saturday. But aftor 9 o'clock values ruled lower, buyers for packers refusing to follow the advance as mess pork opened 85¢ lower and lard 14}c per 100 lower. The bulk of common packers sold around about $4,15@$1.24, and best packers @$4.40, while choice heavy wold up to Light ¥orta were scarco, ospeciall $4.60, strong weights, which rold at $4.30@$4.35. Averages of 200 1bs, and _thereabouts may bs quoted at $4 20@$1.25. To-day there was an ectiva demand for light. say averages of 160 1bs, assorted, for which buyers were paying $1,15@$1.20. Packing nnd shipping. 240 to 300 lbw., §1 20@4.45; light, 165 to 210 1bs., $4.20@ %1440, WHEAT. Tha day has boen one of great excitement among whoat traders and the lowest prices for tho prasent orop wero touchod, The feel- ing was ono of great heaviness throughout, cased By continned liboral receipts and the prospect of largo arrivals to-morrow, Great quantitios of “long” wheat wero thtown on the murket_but thero was froe covering by the ‘‘shorts” which aided in sustaining the market somewhat. During the regular ses sion January sold down to 713c and on tho af- ternoon board touched 7le, closing for the day at 71c, with May at 78}c. con Tho market for com ruled quiet, but the fooling was weak and lower prices pro- vailsd, year delivery nelling down to 30c, clon- inga whindo firmer at 363, Janaary 3jc, May OATH ruled woak and lower, cash dropping tw 23¢, with May at 87}c. , ronK vas forced down 274c early in the session, ral- lied somowhat, wold off_again, closing steady at $11,05 for January, $11,174 for Fobruary. LARD declined 15@174c, closing at $6.65 for Decem- ber, $6.70 for January, 36,774 for February. e The Franco-Ohin e War, Hoxa KoNg, Decomber 8,—1Itis reported here that fresh encountors 1n Tonquin batween the French and Chinese resulted in Chinese defeat and rotreat. The Chinesa military authorities are preparing to throw a large force across the fronticr into Tonquin, The French bloeado of the Island of Formosa is only nom- inal, The French flest 15 anchored at Kee Luvg, Trade with other ports goes on as wsul, Gen, Gordon Captures Shendy, Do NGoLa, December 8,—A messenger from Khartoum says the officers sent by Gordon to capture Shendy, shelled the inhabitants out of the place and took many prisoners; alio that small parties of robels make daily attacks on Khartoum, but are invariably re- pulied with heavy loss, The Mahdi fears to make an open astack on the ground that it would result in a groat slaughter of his fol- Towers, Suspension of Geo, Opdyke & Co, New Youk, Dacowmber 8,—Geo, Opdyke & { Co, s suspanded and are ono uf the best knowa firmna in the city. THo suspension *gu cunsed by failure of customers to put up ‘crask margins, The firm has uot been pro‘,giment Mince the doath of x-Mayor Opedvge foun- der of the house. Tho assets are *'gbught o be equal to the liabilities, The ' aispension is & surprise to all. NGSTON, Oty Dacgmber 8,—The latest advices from Stovs, Hastingscouniy, indicates that tho smallpox is spreading, Deatis 80 far 41, and at presont thero 23 In the hogp, @ T'wo nuns were sent 0 Stocks, Father Flem. ing is dangerously ill there, T i policoman roports 150 cases, A el VR Sir John Macdouald's Gallantry, New Youx, Decomber 8,—A delegation of the woman's suffrago party called upon Sir John Macdonald, prime minister of Canada, this morning and thanked him for incorporat: {0 worun & ullcago the pending Canadian frauchise bill, and tendered him a public re- ceplion, ——————— Mrs, Eurcka €, Storey Appeals, Special Telegram to Trg Bee: OH1caGo, Decomber 5.—Mcn, Eureka C, Storey to-day forMally appealed from the decision of Judge Knickerbocker, refusing to probate the last will mado by the late Wilbur I, Btorey, e ——— Mother Mandelbaum's *‘Fence,” Hawmiitos, Oat., December 8,—**Mother” Mandelbaum, propristress of the New Yok *'Fence,” hes son Julius and her clerk, 3 wen Btrende, were arrested to-d.:y? bl i