Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 10, 1884, Page 1

WASHINGTON NEWS. Doings of the Solon’s 4t the National & . Capitol, The Oherokee Indian Reservation to be Sold, Pagsage of the Prohibitory Bill, Concerning Lotteries. Prospects of Passing the Fduca- tional Bill, A Vigorous Fight to be Made Against the Spanish Treaty. Confirmation of Judges Harlan and Gresham—Ben Butler Sells his Fine Residence for $75 000, SENAT WasniNgToN, December Halo called ap the naval appropriation bill, which at the closaof the last session was in the hands of the conference committee and as to which that committos reported it had been unable to agren, Mo moved the Senate further insist on ita amendment and order a new conference. It was so ordered. man introduced a bill to provide for the erection of a statue in memory of Lafayette Slater called up the Oregon Central land forfeiture bill but the senate by a vote of 20 to 30 refused to considerit. Tt was then cided by a party vote, yeas 31, nays 25 take up the bill for the admission of Dakota. The reputlicans voted in the aflirmative, democrats in the negative, the Dakota bill will thus secure the right of way for 2 ock, The Texas Pacific railway land grant for- feiture bill was wmade the special order for Tuesday next, A bill to provide for the sale of the Chero- kee resorvation passed. A bill to amend sections of the statutes, “statutes which prohibit the delivery of regis tered lottera and the payient of money to lot- tery companies, passed. The case of Robert Carwick, who petitioned for & writ of mandamus on Secretary Teller, has been certified to the general terms, Car- wick claims the title as a settler undor the pre- emption act, to Arsenal Island, opposite St. T.ouie, and wants a mandamus to compel Sec— retary Teller to order a survey. A bill was passed providing for the ascocia- tion claims of American citizens for spoliation by the French prior to the 31st of July, 1884, Harrison addressod the Senate at length, advocating the admission of the new state, and pleading for & non-partisan consideration of the subject, The chair announced the appointment of Hale, Logan and Beck on the naval confer- enca committee. Afteran executive session the Senate ad- journed, She HOUSE, WasINGTON, ‘December 9.—Chalmers in- troducad a bill to restore the republican form of government; to the state of Mississippi. Referred, Derlsive laughter from the democratic side greeted the reading of the titla of this bill, It nrovides that congressional aud stat elections Do ellont this thame dnyiingtiiat atateand esch candidate for congress shall be parmitted Lo appoiut in writing oneyiuspector and ono olerk at each voting pracinct, who shall be permittod to witnass all proceedings, It is made & crime punishable by a fine and im- prisonment for any person t assault, intin date, threatenor insult any inspector or clerk. "Tlio consideration of the inter-state com- merce bill was resumed, Barksdale addressed the house in a constitutional argument in sup- port of the right of congress to legislate on the subject. of Tilinois, supported the commit- ill, though he would have preferred mensure simply providing fer the commission as the first step, The appointment of the on would accomplish moro good than ironclad statutes, Hoar favorod the ap- pointment of the commis<ion of inquiry with power to inquire into each particular case of injustice on the part of railroads and to com- pél the company to furnish all data necessary to investigate each transaction, Resgan’s sub- stitute, Horr asserted, discriminated in fa of ronds in the certain states and against th which necessarily went through several states. It would strike down all cheap rates of west and south and cheap transportation of flour and wheat from Kansas and Minnesota would be a thing of the past. 1t wouldput dear bread intothe mouths of the working millions in the east instead of cheap bread. He had no sympathy with that class of men who ~ simply inveighed againet rail- road companies bscause they were corporations. 1t was u cheap kind of bus ness for men to go about crying *“Monopoly.” The great wea of Gould and Vanderbilt had not been taken from the pockets of the laboring men. The roads they built they paid for. They had made money bybuying podrly managed roads, puting braivs into them and making them profitable, Their gains wore legitimate, They made money in another way. Not from the laboring men, but from men who went into Wall street ‘and thought they were smarter than ‘‘those old fellows,” If1tcould be proven to him that railroads were becoming prosperous by extortionate chargos he would go as far as any man to cor- rect tho evil. Weaver favored the subatitute bill. Adjourned, Special telegram to the Bie, ‘WaSHINGTON, December 9,—Friends cof the educational bill, which grants some reventy odd millions of dollars to aid the common schools of the country are much encouraged by the developments since the return of con- gress, ‘I find” said Willis, talking of its prospects of passage, “that the bill is much stronger than it was last session, the fact i that the people are ahead of the members of congross in this matter, The members as thoy came back tell me that they heard from the failure to pass this bill everywhere, 7Thie is especially true of thesouth, They say that the people are talking of it and demanding its pasaage there, There are many who were un’ willing to vote for it last session who will readily do 6o this time, 1t becomes obvious, even at this early date, that there is to be a very vigorous fight against Minister Foster's new = treaty with Spain and it would not be at all surprising if the opposition wonld be sufficiently strong to_de- feat it. There will be three very strong bus- inees interests against it. The first will be the sugar growers of the south. The second will be the sugar importers and refiners who are wealthy corporations as they can see that with the duty removed they are liable to a much greater compstition from refiners with a small capital ; third, the tobacco growers who #ee that the reduction of the duty on Cnban tobacco will to just that extent injure the business of growing native tobacco and the opposition from th-ee three sources is going to be very strong when united in a common cause, The sugar growers are men of large means and large invested interests, The sugar refiners are much more able in a fioan- clal way and the tobacco people are also very numerous and quite successiul as lobbyists, 'he opponents of the treaty will urge that it is simply throwing away duties amounting to 850,000,000 for the sake of adding one-fourth or at the most one-half the sum to onr trade with Cuba and Porto Ric), while the carrying trade talk is all nonsepse, T'here are ind tions that a combination of tobacco and » wen way defeat the treaty, Ben Butler FOURTEENTH YEAR. f his blg he his law partner of §75,000. The deed note, saying he has made & deed sposite the capitol he paton, the price being howaver, followed by I have the right to repurchase it at the same figure and iuterest added. This is rec. ognized by those who know Butler's financial condition as & mor e to raise money y the cxp of his late campaian, “The ex- pectad will be presented to the houso the reason why the lnst session by Represent. tten on se the weight hould bo passed. iirod to strengthen o cansod s in within s few days, bill reported Iate ative Bingham, from the com.y oftices on post roads, to inc nnit of letters to In order to got at tho bill the postoffic three or four of the princi the conntry to keep days during the last letters droppad in the office which exceed the present half-onnce Jimit in weight aud per. centage to the total number of letters deliv- ered for transmission through the ma General Bingham, who has the biil in charge, thinks there can bo little doubt but it will go through the house the present seesion and he cannot but believe that the measure will re- coive a favorablo consideration in the senate. Bingham does not speak very hopofully of the proposition to reduce letter postags to one cent, MCCULLOCH AND RIDDLEBATGER, In the execnti wessiong of the sevate the nomination of MoCulloch to be secretray of the treasury was taken up. Semator Rid: dleberger moved its considerrtion be postponed until after the helidays, which motion was 1ost, as aleo was another by the same senator to poatpone it until next Monday. Riddle- berger then snid ho was not fully prepared to state his objection to the confirmation, but he would as a preliminary sk for the reading of ono of McCulloch's aomual re- ports duriog lis former administration of the treasury department. Iiddleberger 1ded, however, for a motion to adjourn, which was carrfed unanimously. CONFIRMATIONS, Towa, presiding judge of the court of commissioners of the Alabama claims, Walter G. Gresham of Indiaua, United States circuit judge of the seventh jus dictal circuit, Representative Follett expresses his deter. mination to coutest tho election of Butter- worth to a seat in the Forty-rinth congress as & rapresantative of the first Ohio district. A bill was introduced in the Senate to-day by Miller of California, to smend the revised statutes so that the wholo daty paid on mate- rial imported into this country and which is afterward manufactured and exorted, ehall be refunded, The law at tho presout time requires a retention of ten per cent of the duty. Jag, Harlan ¢ o —— A SIL R ORAZ FAGULOUSLY BICH SILYER MINKS SAID TO HAVE BEEN DISCOVEEED IN THE NORTH OF GEORGIA. Onarraxaoca, Tenn,, December 6.—An old Mexican miner named Winkles claims to have discovered a fabulously rich silver lead on Fort Mountamn, fifty miles from this city, and six miles from Spring Place, Ga., and, backed by citizens of Sprng Place and Chattanooga, is drifting into the mountain, A tunnel, fifteen or twenty fect long, has been made, and, itis claimed. ore assaying 8100 a ton has been encounterod. The owners are wild with excitement, and ave said to bo- liove that their rock will yet yield them $2,000 aton, It isalso said that for a sixth interest in tho property, which awhile ago was bought for 300, $30,000 has been offered and re- fused. 'The prospestor who claims to have discov ered the mine was sent recently from New Mexico to Chicago to buy mining machinery for a company doing businees in that territory, He had heard stories about gold and silver in north Georgia, and determined to investigate for himself before returning to New Dlexico, Having established himself at Chickamauga, he w:\lfind from that place to Fort Mountain, or Cohutia Mountain, as it is also called. Thore he made a strike. Coming to this city with a carpetbag full of pay rock, he had it as- sayod, People generally took him for a crank, and knowing ones winked at his glowing sto: ries of the mineral wealth of the mountain, Finally, about six weeks ago,he enlisted the as- sistance of six men, each of whom agreed to furnigh a small sum of money with which to buy and work the claim. The lands on which the mines were discovered were bought on con- ditions and work was begun, Mr. Winkles claims to have discovered other mines on Fort Mountain as rich as the one now being work- @, but refuses to reveal their whereabouts un- til'he i prepared to develop them, He says he has tracked their surface abont eighteen miles across the mountain, Fort Mountain receives its name from a larga fort which was built upon its summit many years agn by persons supposed to have en Indiacs, It is said that the mountaineers Jiving in that vicinity have always had tradi tions that Indians mined on the mountains years ago, and the famous DeSoto found mines on the very spot, and an old furnace and the existence of ore give some color of truth to the reports, s e S Chicago's Fraudulent Ballots, Special Telegram to the Bk, OHICAGO, Docember 9,—Much talk is cansed in certain circles here, both republican and democratic, by the slow progress made in the investigation into th fraudulent substitution of over two hundred bogus ballots in the sec- ond precinct of the eighteenth ward, over two weeks after the day of election, and whon these ballots wero in the custody of the county clerk, Tthas been a matter of common re- port in newspaper circles for more than a fortnight that the returns from these precincts rfoctly accessible to certain crooked ansand others of highor reputation, all of whose names are froely used in private conversation, and that the ballots, a pol] book and and tally sheet were in their hands for manipulation no_loss than threo times. A well-posted politician said to your correspond. ent to-day that it was a good illestration of how not to do it and the political frionds of Logan and Farewell were more anxions to make a: rade to secure full election of their men to the United .\'Lu!l‘)g #enate than 4 they were to convict the criminals who did the crooked work. 1t is generally known that both Logan and Farwell aro candidates for the mext senatorship from Ilinow. The state legislature is a tio on the joint ballot and one democratic vote for the republican candidate would elect him, The district at- torney and United States marsha Jhere are Logan men and are reported not regardhess of his interests in their myestigation, On the other hand it iy asserted Farwell's friends have exclusive information which will give them the leverage in favor of thei man when the legislature meets, Doubts are now exprewsed about the final punishment of the guilty parties. e The Financlal Outlook, kW Yonk, Docember 9,—The Post's Fi- nancial says that the signs of the times indi- cate a growing belief that the pricos of com- modities are as fow as they are likely to be at all, Its announcement that Mitchell, of Mon- treal, avent for a_syndicate In that city in the interest of the Oanadian Pacific railway, is now in Manitoba for the purpose of investiny £40,0,000 advanced by tho bank of Montron on'wheat to ba purchased at Winnipeg at the market rates there, The latest dispatches say that shipments via the Canadian Pacific to Port Arthur will begin at once, and the wheat will be held 1n store there unti! spring, Still another instsnca of the same kind is the ad- vance in the last few days in the prices of some metals, Lead advsnced ten per cent in two weeks in consequence of speculative in vestment, Cotton advanced to some extent under the same influences in the last fow weoks, These featurcs are the results of the endeavors to find employment for idle mosey, Thare is an unprecedented amount of idle fuads in New York banks, and lower rates of Interest ruling here than in London are also chiof cause of tha firmpess of the market fo st rling, seaw A WS 4 on s OMAIIA, NEI WHAT IT GOST. fe Deputy U. S, Marstal's Bl $18,30 For the Services of 1,668 Men 3,768 Days To Protect the Congressional Elections in Cincinnati. Interesting Letters From Wright to the Attorney General He Could Do It Next Time at Less Expense, The Progress Made by the Springer Investigating Committee, 1 COMMITTE! ember 9,~The attorney general in reply to a letter from Springer, the chairmanof the committee 'on expenditures in the department of justice, eent that com. mittee copies of the correspondence on file in the department of justica relative to the em ployment of United States deputy marshals at the congressional election in Ohio last Oc tober, The correspondence consists of five lotters, three of which are from Marshal Wright to the attorney goneral and the other two from Acting Attorney General Phillips to Marshal Wright, Und September 24, Wright asks the attorney eral to approve of the expenditure of $8 285, and cause & wi t for the amount to be issued in his (Wright's) favor, to defray cortain specified election expenses, the prin- cipal item being the employment of 600 deputies two days each, £6,000, In this letter ‘Wright says: I shall not be surprised if I find it necessary to appoint double the atore #aid number. T shall be glad to have this re- quisition acted upon at as early a day as you can find it consistent with your duty and to receive such instructions and suggestions from you as may think wise to offer. at the elections in this place is the rule, and it is my earnest desire to break it up and bring the transgress- ord to justice and to fully protect the people in their rights at the polls, The sum I ask for appears large, but it is small in compar- ison with the object to be obtained. The next lotter, dated Cincinnati, September 25, is also from Wright, strennously ~reiterating and amplityine his first communication, and ight, in closing, says: * An our vention is worth a ton of cure, and it is not improbable that timely caro and provision in this matter may save us the horrors of a' riot to which the one we had last spring is an infant. The third letter is dated September 20th, and is a reply by Phil Jips to the letter from Wright: *You are in- formed that the department as a rule does not advance funds for the expense mentioned, but pays for them a reasonable amount after tho expense has been incurred, by wvresenting an acconnt when such account hns no objectiona: ble features,” 1In the next letter, the acting attorney general, in answer to an_inquiry in Wright's letter of September 2ith, as to whether there is any authority of law for em- ploying thirty special deputias for immediate service until the day of election ‘‘to look after the repenters and voters being colonized,” says there is no limitation in the terms of the time during which the appointment of such officers may be effective, bnt the compensation is limited by the revised statutes to fiva dol- Tars per day for not exceeding ten days’ ser- vice, and no grester sumn can be given, The last letter is from Wright, dated October forwardivg a requisition for funds with which to pay the expenses pertaiuing to the congres- sional election, Wrightin this letter regrets that, notwithstanding his large expenditures and the many psrsous (not under pay) who did excellent service, yet he was unable to get force mecessary to protect the yote, “'We held matters well in hand,” he says ‘‘in about fifty five precincts, but about six precincts the vote was not protected because 1 was unable to do it. The situation in the pre2 cincts not well handled isbeyondcomprehension tnose who havenot boen eye witness thereto and I do not think any hundred deputies to a precinet could protect the vote therein, In one of these wards alone durine the night be- fore, over a hundred peaceablo but defenseloss men without harge were thrown into cellar police station and kept there without a bed, food or water till the polls closed, then let out. During this time they were given to understand if they would vote a ¢ rtain ticket it would be all right and that they. could go free, This isasample of what we have to contend with hers, Had I to go through with it again 1 could do better work with less ex- pense, but 1 did the best I could under the circumstances,” * The following statement is enclosed: ““‘For o pgressmen held in this state on the 14th inst., T emplyyed for this city special deputy marshals as follows: 1K SPRING WASHINGTON, D) Seven men 10 days each, 7 days, “our men 9 days each, 36 days, ive men 7 days each, 85 cays, Thirteen men 6 days each, 78 days, Ten men b days each, 50 days, Sixteen men 4 days each, 64 days, Thirteen men 3 days each, 30 days, Sixteen hundred men 2 duys each, 33 days, In all 8,753 days, For the payment of which will require $17,- 880, 1had to expend for transportat (absolutely necessary) horses and buggi street car tiokets, 35; 1,300 metallic budgos, F162.50; for ribbon badges (3,000) $50; for printing, 8169,50, Total, $18,32: e —e— ARY COUNOIL, ATED—THE COMING CAR DINAL, Bavrivong, December 7.—Just four weeks ago the third Plenary council of the Catho church in the United States was opened in this city, and between that day and this the house of bishops and tho college of theologians, as. sisted by the twelve committees, have dis: cussed and completed the scheme arranged during the vieit of the American prelates to Rome, During the secret sessions of these men of learning very little hus beon made pub- lic of the business transacted by the army of dignitaries, bus from that little considerable has been learned in lengthy interviews with the leading members of the council, The most important work before the Fody was the introduction of the canon law. The great objection found to the introduction of theso laws was that the church was not suffi- THE Pu CANON LAWS PROMUL dlootly orwaplood n womo brovinoos to recoive it. This drawback rested mainly on the westorn and northwestern states and territories, where even the laws of the government are not thoroughly enforced, Then it was decided to adopt thess laws in the provinces that are thoroughly oreanized, and 80 much of them as could be used in the states and territories where the church had not reached @ normal state, Naturally, a great amount of labor was caused by th's decision, and it was on that account principally that it was necessary to continue the sessiobs of the council one week longer than the time appoint- ed, The church in the United States, there- fore, is an organized body, governed by the canon laws of Trent, and is no longer & mis- slonary institution, only in wuch states and territories where the laws coald not be intro ducy During the fisst sessions there was con- widerablo fcomment on the round dancing question, This question was not brought before the body, as it was prohibited by the Council of 1866, It is likely, however, ~that the people will be reminded of the fact'in the pawstoral letter, which will be read in the churchies as s0ob as the bishops and priests .+ WEDN roturn to their diocesses and parishes, This lotter will also recommend that drinking shall bo allowed at pionics aud excursions, and probably request that whoels of fortune and such things be dono away with at church The latter will also contain important tion on other parts of the busi. ess ted by the eouncil Since the cablegram from Rome was re ceived announcing the fact that the | had created nine oardinals and only named cight, considerable speculation has boen car- ried on as to who will be honored with the o1 hat. Tu all this sido talk it is taken for granted that it will come to America, Some say that Archbishop Feohan, of Chicage, will i the fortunate prelate, as there is one hat east and they follow the impression that the pope in his wisdom will honor a westorn arch- bishop and thereby bring the importance of tho west Lofore the poople. This, however, is mainly the opinion of those who veside west of the Ohio river; not 80 with tho leading Catholic_chureh men of the castern states, they firmly beliove that the mucl coveted hat {ll adorn the head of tho “primate” of the American church, Archbishop Gibbone; and this is what the prelates of the couzcil expect and wish for, In this] connection there are wurmorovs points which give the eastern churhos strong roason to export this honor to be con ferred on Archbishop Gibbons, First, it has heen the custom of the pops to admit to tho college of cardinals the apostolio delegato who presides over the plenaty councils, This has been the custom in other countries whera the church is thoroughly organized, and theroforo it s “expected here, Secondly, Archbixhop Gibbons is considered the primate of the Catholic church in America, and lnst his work for the Oatholic church in Aneori and his atility to fill the offic of a member of the college of consulters to the pope. Since the last plenary council there has boen over thirty new dioceses oreated, and one- seveuth of them are located in the provine controlled by Archbishop Gibbons. This fact alone is suflicient to show his fithess for the high position, and it is generally belioved that the honor will be bestowed upon him be- fore the first of the year, And as the collego of cardinals jhas but sixtynine membors, with the limit at seventy-two, it is but possi ble that Archbishop Feehan may also wear “‘red hat,” Among the feotures of interest to the public during the sessions of the council just ad- joarned, were the loarced and interesting sermons and lsctures delivered by prolates of national popularity, and not an “evening has pasoed that the cathedral was not crowded to its utmost capacity, and to gain admittance on the first and closing Sundays without a ticket was impossible. Four weoks have elapsed and the great plenary council ot 1884 has adjourned and none feel the blow worse than tho hotel proprietors, e e—— o of ‘pre- « ndge Lynch in Oalifornis, Dacakrr, Cala, Desember 9.—A mob of twenty men this moming surrounded the of- ficera in charge of Lon Farthing and William ‘White, alins Williaw Pitts, charged with hav- ing clubbed Joseph Harris to doath with a wagon spoke on the night of the 5th 10st, The mob told the ofticara to keep perfectly quiat and there would bs no fuss, Thoy then marched Pitts to the outskirts of the town and put a rope around his neck and threw the other end across the arm of a telegraph pole and hoisted? him up, He was dead in fow winutes, Pitts was a doeserter from the U, S. army, having enlisted under the namo of W, H. White in the Second cavalry, Oo. I, stationed at Fort Ellis, Montana, Farthine was told to leave the country. —em— New York Exports, Frw Youk, December 9.—The exports of general merchandise form the port of New York, for ths month onding Saturday, De- cember 6, as summarized by the Journal of Coranerce amounted to $0,456,220, or more than §4,000,000 incredse on tha previous week, The chitf items are cut meats, lard, potro- leum, tallow, cheess, wheat, corn, butter, mavufactured tobaceo, flour, rye. cotton, oats, lard oil, pork and dry goode. The figures of theso articles show ‘large incronse over those of the past eight weeks and are stated %o be indicative of an early improvement, —— A Young Desperado, LyNoHUURG, Va., December 9.—Charlie Palmer, on a carouse yesterday at Sago, Pitt- sylvanin county, accosted Willinm Akors, with whom he before had an aitercation, and commenced shooting, Several shots] took ef- foct and Akers soon died, Palmer then beat an inoffonsive negro nearly to death and fled, A lynching party is after him, Though only 18, Palmer is notorions throughont the section a3 a swindler and desperado. IA Rich Beggar Dics Intestate, Prrrsiona, December 9,—Pierce Profaus, an old blind beggar, who for years hos besn a familiar figure on Pittsburg streots, died n fow days ago, while on his way to the hos- pi Investization discloses that he had on deposit in the Dollur Savings bank, at the time of his death, over $5,000, He died in- tostate, No clew to his heirs. ——— Western Union Telsgraph Company Declares a Dividend, Warn Streer, Decembor 9, —The executive committen of tho Westorn Union Telegraph company recommended the declaration of a quarterly dividend of 1} per cent, No action in regard to a reduction of the salaries of cin ployees und none is contemplated, ——— Six Persons Burned o D SHANNANDOAM, Pa., Docomber this morning three blocks of houses aff Trenton o smail mining patch noar hore, was huened, Six persons, Thomas Barlow and wife, and threa children and & boarder were burnud to death, Only one of the Barlow family, a child of five years, was saved, Want a fariff Club, READING, Pa., December 9,—The eastern pig iron association, Henry S, Fokert, Iteud- ing, president, issued circulars to overy class of manufacturers and prominent wen in the United States asking their co-operation in the formation of a tariff club e e—— . Did Notjroison Them, Cuicaco, December 9,—The Journal's special from sWhitewater, Wis., denies the story that Nettio Horan, before dying, con- fensed to having pofsoned hor father, mother and two sisters. 1t is declared she died from dementia, bronght on hy excessive priof over the death of other members of her fawily. | — A Tail End Collision, Catro, Ills,, December 9.—A wild train on the Tllinois Centeal railroad uncouplod on the grade near Dongola, The rear part of the train ran into the forward part of a following train, demolishing several froight cars, Jrakeman Dougherty was killed, snd his head was sovered from the body, o —— Steamer Missing, New Hav Conn,, Decamber 9.—The steamer City of Springfield which left New York at 4 p. m, yesterday for Hartford and was duc at Saybrook at midnight, had not passed the latter poiot at 10 this morning and no news of her has boen received, New York Dry Goods Mark New Youk, December 9, —There is con- tinued botter feeling in the market for cotton goods of all qualities and classes, The moye- went is of steady proportions. Woolens i active; Inquiry light and business small, — e A Judgement Aga nst Gen, Grant, New Youk, December 9,—Wm, H, Van- derbilt through bis counsel filed in the county clerk’s office to-day, a judgement sgainst*Gien, THE MARKETS. ( Tnesday's Specalations at the Chicago Markets, There is Little or No Life to the Cattle Trade. Hogs a Shade Higher, Strong Demand from Speculators, Wheat Advanced. 1,000 Cars Re- oeived, the Largest Known, Corn Also Advancing, Stronger and Higher, Oats Ruled Firm and Higher—P (Closed Higher—Lard a Snade Lower, OHICAGO MAaRK CATTLE, Special telegram to Tik Br, Cnica There were about 70 cars of Texans but no wostorns among the fresh receipts although the receipts are light and constantly falling below last week, there is little or no lfe to the trade so far this week, Tho quality of the Texans s improv- g prices are higher than last weok, Iirat-class native steers of 1650 to 1600 at b H0 to 6 25 and fancy holiday beef at 6 50@6 76, Good second-class stoors of 1400 to 1500 aver- ago about 5 75@b 80, averages of 1500 to 1400 anywhere from b 00 to 5 50 and averages of 1200 to 1300, common and rough ), December 9, steors 3 76@3 85, Texans, 2 60@3 35, western cows 2 60@3 50, stockers 3 00@3 50, and feed- ers 3§ ho@3 native cows 2 25@3 60. and bulls, for feaders and 3 00@3 50 for fat ca HOGB, Market opened active and a shado higher under strong demand from speculators who bought about all fresh arrivals about ns fast as they came in until along about 9 o'clock whon they discoverad that buyors for packers wera neither following thein nor compoting for stock. Then they in_their turn_let looso and sold all they could at what bids they could get. Tho provision market openod opened rathor quiet and with littlo or no changs as compared with yesterday. Sales at 4 10@1 15 for rough and common packers and 4 20@4 30 for good to choica packers, with bast_hoayy at 4 0@ 150, Light sorts sold at 4 20@4 85; packing and shipping, 240 to 360 pounds, 4 30@4 60; light, 170 to 210 pounds, 4 V0@ § 374, WHEAT, Receipts in wheat to-day exceeded one thousand cars, possibly the largest known to the history of trade in this city, nevertheless pricas wore advanced and latest figures to-day wero §@jc over those of yestorduy, Visiblo supply roport showaed an incroaso of 1,420,000 Dbushols, which was less than apparently had been expected, and a good many buying or ders from the outside served to make the market quite a strong one. January closed at 714e, Muy at 78%c. ~ Forelgn advices wore unfavorable, CORN. Tn cors thore was a sharp demaud for year delivery aud prices advanced 2¢_above ope Ing figires, later o decline of 13o ocourred, fluctuated and closed 1ic higher on the regu: Tar board than yesterday, while still another advance occurréd on the afternoon hoard, In- tor cloving at 874c; January closed o higher gn B1ke, scoring an advance of fe, closing at Te. 0ATH ruled firmer at }@#He higher, closing at 234 for December, 23§c tor Jamary, 27fc for May. ronK t closed higher at 11,17} 4 for February. LARD d steady, closing at 0,725 for January, 0 for February, 56,90 for March. e FOREIGN NEWS, ruled irregular | for Janaury, 511 £ OTATIONS IENDING, Panis, Decomber 9,—The National says negotations between 14 Hung Chan Vicoroy, of Pee, Chi Li and French consul at Tientsin have coased since rebuff, which the French recoivod at Tamsin, COUNCIL OF WAR, LoxvoN, December %,—A Viena corres: pondent of the Standard says the emperor of China will summon a council of wa o fow Rouwous for the given, RETURN THE FUNDS, Ao, December 9,—The court directed the govornment to reinrn to Cawse De L Dotte Publiquel all such fuuds_ s under the recent order had beon diverted therefrom to the general treasury, ‘The court absolves Nubar P’acha, the prime minister, of personal ro- sponsibility for sums diverted, days, renowal of psace will then I C ANAROHINTS ARRESTED, VignnA, December f). — Four anarchists were arrestod at Sternberg, Moravia, Fight Kilogrames of dynamite wers found secretod in the varden of the prisoners, WILL WAIT A WHILE, LoNnoN, December 9. —The prince of Wales will not ask parlisment for an allowance for lis eldest won, Princo Albert Victor, until the young man marries, A GALA DAY, Bonay, December 9,—The arrival of Lord Duffcrin, the new viceroy of India, yestordwy, was mado the necasion of a brilliant reception, The city wa# gaily docorated and the new y recoived a grand ovation. The town ade an appropriation or 4,000 rupes ch to present the Earl Dufferin and retiring viceroy, marquis of Ripon, with il. luminated addresses and caskets of silver, AN INCHEASED TAX, Pams, December 9.—The tarift committeo of the chamber of deputies adhere to the pro- posal to place an increased tax on imported cattle, CONDEMNED TO DEATH, 81, Pereisiuig, December 9,—Tho nibilist 6cative has insued & manifesto condemning Count Tolsteor, minister of the interior, to death, THE FRENCH T0 MAINTAIN A DEFENSIVE AT- TITUD, Pamis, Deoamber 9Tt is announced that for political reasons the government tele- graphed to Admiral Courbot and Gen. De Lisle to maintain & defousive attitude until they receive further orders. HENTENCKI) T0 DEATIL, LoN0oN December 9, —Captain Dudley and the mate of the wrecked yatch Mignonstta, who were fouad guilty of murder in killing tho boy Parker for food to keep themelves wlive, were to-day sentenced to death. 1t is bolieved they will certainly be pardoned LoNDON, Decainber 9, —1'he court room was crowded and the scene during the pronouncing of sentence was mast impressive, Lord Ohief Justice Coleridge read the judgment of the Gourt, citing suthorities et langth, Tho court doclured that taking hnman life could not be justified only under the plos of kelf-defense, The commission of murder for the sake of prosorviog one’s own 11fe was unjustifiable; of course ic was the duts to preserve one's own U, 8, Grant for $165,000. B2 4ot VMifo but duty often required one not to save JSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1884, but to sacrifice his o apply the law and of wiiful murder, fo fication, and if the the contt muss Teave the pris lom. ency of their own, The vrisoners were neked what they had to say befare the centence w as 1 n lifo, The conrt must sclare the pr s guilty which there was no jus Igment was t ! weed. th Capt. Dudley and Mate Stephon pleaded for merey in view of their terrible situation when the deed was done, Lord Coloridg e said it was the jury's privilege to recommond the prisoners to mercy, and then he sontenced them to be hanged, but without the black cap The secretary of state for the home depart- ment advises that the quoen grant a respit FIANCO-CHINA NEGOTIATIONS, Loxnos, December 9,1t is belioved that iegotiations botweon eanca and Chins, agh the British forelgn secretary, are stopped, THE CONGO COMMITTER, Brruy, Docomber 9.—The Congo com- mitteo agread to the insertion of clause in tho protocal expressing the wish of the vowers to limit the importation of aleohol as much s possible, LTI CROFTERS RENIST KIRCTION, LoNnox, Decomber 9. —The officors who were sorving writs of ojection upon Crefters at Uig were driven off. They were pelted with stones and mud by hundrads of Crofters who threaten to resist any force sent against them, g | — Railway Racke Or1eao, Decomber 9. —On application the Rock Tsland road arbitrator to-day made the rato from Chicago to Council Bluffs the same a8 that adopted betweon Chiosgo and Kansas City a fow days ago, viv: 812,50 for untimited tickets, An [effort” on the part of the Rock Laland to have the rate from Chicago to St Paul snd Minveapolis veduced from $14 o 00 alco, was voted down in the rate meet- ing. Onatranooga, Tena,, December 9. —The |.n\||~.\il|u Nashville, Cincianati Southern nd East Tennessor, Vieginia & (leotgin rail- roads for ton days past have boen making stendy reduction in rates from the west to Ohattanooga and southeastern points, Rates have beon lowered forty-three per cont on grain, meat, flour, ete., from Chicago to Chat. tanooga. 1t is believed that a now rate will be ratified by the Southern Steamship and Railway association and become a pool rato. . ——— The Missouri River Oon Sn. Louws, Decomber 9.—The Missouri commission met hore to-day, Tho purpose was to agree upon a report to the secretary of war, As the commission has done no work yot this will be briof, [t will give, however, a resume of the work done under the direction of the Mississippi river commission who formerly had the work in_charge, and will hnnn{] outline the plan of this commission for future oparations, This contemplates in - goneral way, ® plan proposod by Major Suter in his~ report of 1881, but ona radical change will bo made, Heretofore, it has been customary to make small_appropria- tions or allotments for a number of points on the river and prosecate all of them at the same time, This has \mnvwl ineffective, and it in now proposed to beein at Kansas City and work down stream, completing operations at each point before leaving it. Ounly sur- veys will be made this winter, but in the spring active operations will begin, ittt =k Deacon Terry and the Parson’s Wife Sick of Their Bargain, New Yonk, December 9.—Doacon Terry, who eloped from Northyille, Long Tsland, with the wife of the Rev, Mr, Downs, has, Mrs, Terry eays, writton to her stating that he was ‘“‘sorry for what he had dono and that if T didn't forgive him he would kill him- self. 1 have forgiven him but ho must not do 5o any more,” Mrs, Downs has written her mother at Bridgohampton asking forglveness, She said she was sorry for the diegrace her conduct brought on the family. She inti- mated that she was anxious to return to her husband and childron. Mrs, Arch hus not ro- ported ready to return to her husband, SUILL ANOTHEI, Henry Udell, salesman for Turner & Bon- soy City, sloped from that city sey- ks ngo with Mrs, Hall, wife of chief engineer Lampasas, Both were arrosted in Boston to-day. nissic s i Railroad Business, Minwavkkr, Wis,, Decamber The Wis- consiu Central Railroad, now traversing state from Milwaukee north to Ashland and from Abbotsford west to St, Croix river,is building and will kave road veady for operation in about two weeks. The extension from the last named point into St. Paul, Tt was ex- pocted that the Uentral would have for its now St Pxul line the same privil which it now enjoys for ita old lines viz., terminal fa- cilition at Milwaukee and the track service cisingerville through Milwaukee and Chicago with the Milwaukeo & St. Paul Company, for which a twenty year contract exist, Itis learnod, however, that the Mil- waukes & St, Paul refuses to accept the St. Paul traffio on old agreements, and ls opposed to making a line to Chicago. Baurisonk, Decomber 9, —Tha Baltimore & Ohio company mude a loan of $10,000,000, se- cured by the Pittsburg and Connellsville line, 1t is understood that the loan was made to ropay the Baltimore & Ohio company for heave advances mado to the line the past ow years, aud %o further ennble the Pittsburg & Connelliville road to acquire such addi- tional connections us will greatly strengthon the Pittshurg division of the Baltimore & Ol railroad. ——— T tandard Oil Compa Hamusnona, Pa., December 9,—The com- mitteo appointed to investigate the charges made by Franklin B, Gowen that terson, & public officer, had beon paid to sup- proas evidence for the comuwnwenlth in a tax suit against the Standard Oil company for over §3 000,000, and in which the supreme decided ' tho atate was only antitled to 3,270, have submitted a report declaring no ovidenco submitted to show that the Standard Oil company suppressed testimony or ex- pendod money o corrupt witnesses Rheumatism We doubt if there is, o can be, a specific remedy for rheumatism ; but thousands who have suffered its pains have been greatly ben- efited by Hood's Sarsaparilla, 1f you have falled to find reliet, try this great remedy, I was afflicted with rheumatism twenty years, Previous to 1885 I found no relief, but grew worse, and at ogo time was almost help- ess Hood's Sarsaplirilla did me more good than all tho other medioine I ever had.” Barcow, Shirley Village, Mass, threo y ud got no till I took Hood's Sarsaparilla, It has done great things for me. 1 recommend it to others.” LEWIS BURBANK, Biddeford, Me, Hood's Sarsaparilla 13 characterized 19 threo peculiavities : 1st, the combination ot T Al agents ; 2d, the proportion; 84, the process of sceuring the active medicing qualitios. ‘The result s a medicine of unusu strength, effecting cures hitherto unknown Hend for book containing additional evidence, “Hood's Barsaparilla tones up my system purifies my blood o oy appetifo, and Kooy 10 make mo oy J. 1. THOMIBON, Qegister of Deeds, Lowell, Mass, Hood's Sarsapa ts all othe. nd $5 worth its weight in gold.” 1. BAKKINGTON, 130 Bauk Street, Now York City. Hood’s - Sarsaparilla Sold by druggists. $1; six for §5. Mads ouly by O, I, HOOD & CO,, Lowell, Mass, 100 °Dcses_One Dollasd NO. 151, BLAINE PINS THE PEACOCK The Plomed Knight Reviews tbe 0p- position of Conkliog and the Stalwarls, Revengeful Odds, Three to One, in Favor of the Latter—The Se- ret History of the New York Campaign, Nrw York, Decombor 7.—A Washington apocial rolates an int:rview with Mr, Blaine, by a gentleman who holds a high position at the capital, a staunch repablican and a warm adurer of the de’ s d candidate, Mr. Blaine confessad frd “3 that his defeat was Mr, Conkling's victd %2 nd gave the follows ing narrative: ““TH 4= iolness,” Mr. Blaine sid, “botween Mr. | B ling and myvelf is of long standing, datit genck to the time we both were in the h( & of representatives. Ho has opposed my e+ litical advancement ovor since that time, . ourse. I rataliated, but more in & defenst vay than otherwise, until Mr. Conkling § 10d an antagonistic attitude toward the _ President Garfield, when I took the offert” # and OPPOSKD MR f #= ING'S RETURN to tho senato after he had resigned his seat' thoremn, It is a mistake to say that Mr, Gar- field opposed Mr. Conkling's return, He was entiraly careless concerning the matter. Ho satd he cared nothine for auy annoyance that gontleman might attempt against the adminis- tration. Tho fact is that Mr. Garfield intend- od that his administration should be such as to marit tho approval of the country, and_he did not believe that Conkling or any other one man could suscessfully oppose it, but I could not bring myself to look upon the matter in that light, and I brought to bear what opposi- tion 1 could to Mr, Conkling’s retvrn to the wonnte, An ho haw opposed my political ade vancomont 1 had a perfect right to retaliate in kind, Ho was defeated and thus matters atood until the approach of the national con= vention, when I was put in tho field for the nomination by my friends. 1 had doubts as to the proprioty of my taking the position with w0 powerful opponent at large, but T was as- sured that Mr, Conkling had turned HIS LUCK ON POLITICS. and that he would take no part in tho canvass for either the nomination or the election, In addition to this T was visited by committees and writcen to from all sactions of the country urging mo to consent to the use of my name before the convention, 1 fnally yialded. and still the assurances came, Meantime I had takon the paina to loarn the feelinga of Mr, Conkling. ‘At firat,” continued Mr. Blaine, ‘he was quite reticent lmply saying ho was at pres- ent_devoted to his profession and was ont_ of politics Later on he expressed utter indf- erence as to the nominations with tho ex- coption of saying that ho hoped " tho_conven- tion, WOULD NOMINATE A MAN, This was interpretsd as a meaning that he would rather see me nominated than Presi- dent Arthur. I confess that ul{Y native vanity was touched by this explanationand I felt #ome relief, The convention met aud I was nominated, The campaign opened. The October result in Obio elated us all, Still [ had misgiviegs concerning New York. Iwent tu Ohio and the West, itis trus, but those who thought or still think T under estimated the importance of Naw Yorls are much n taken. 1 was extremely desicous of visiting New York state, avd soinformed the national committes, Just then the announcement was mado that Mr. Conkling would sp ak. I was in Indiana when this announcement was made and you will recollect it was said T was Dbroken down, sick, or was becoming unman- ageuble, Theo reports were not exactly true, but T will confess the report concerning Mr, Conkling broke me up considerably, The first report concerning him did not atate on which side he would speak, but I felt assured it would not be in behalf of my elec- tion. T was bound eastward, but I haite1 to learn detinitely what were Mr, Conkling’s in- tentions, I wan informed that ho was will- ing TO ENTER INTO A CONPACT with me, the substance of which was that T should stay out <f New York state. If I would agreo to that he said he would make no #peaches, but if I went on the stump in that state ho would follow me and doall he conld to defeat me, Ho eaid there was yot an un- sottled question between himeelf and me as to who was held in the highest esteem by the re- publican party in the state of New York. He was willing, he said, to submit the ques- tion to the people now without argument. but if T wanted to arguo it he would most willing- ly meet me. L was willing to argue the ques- tion, but agreed to abide by the decision of my friends. After consultation 1t was decided to do nothivg which would URING A NEW ISSUE into the campaign, and one which could not bo dignified into anythivg of greater ma tudo than a personal or a family quarrel. This contented Mr. Conkling, and he re- mained out of politics governcd by the ne- cessity which compel ed him to devote himself hix profesion The question went to tho republicans of New York state, as Mr, Conk- ling wanted it to go, and_he won _the victory, and now I must frankly say.” said Mr. Blaine, with animation, “Mr. Conkling has had his revenge, I don't say I kept him out of the sanate, but I certainly did all I could do to prevent his return and he has prevented my election to the presidency. I am glad T did not go into New York, With Mr, Conk- ling following me and with such a FIRE IN THE REAR a8 he was capable of ev nciog, the result I think coula not have bee — otherwise than it has-—and we have both ! n_spared the con- templation of what we sould have said, T ) content wy election | 43 not to be, Under the circumstances I caiiy very uear carrying Now York state, but I might just as well have lost it by 104,000, T feel satistied that all was done that could be done, only Mr. Conklin, could havegiven the state to me and he woul not, Perhaps T could ' ave socured his return to the senate, but I would not; but he has beaten me three times to my once beating him, He prevented my nomination in 1876 and 1880, and defeated my election in 1884, * M, Blaine evinced not a lmrtlule of feeling during the entire relation, His demeanor was oven moro than usually frank and matter of act, ' Drop, St, Louis, December 9,—Charles Stevens, a desperado known as “*Omaha Charley,” who killed Hubert Kramer in Maryville, Mo,, December 3,, was this morning taken from {'nll by & mob and huvg from a railroad ridge, despite the efforts of the sheriff to pre- vent, Stephens was pardoned out of the pen- itentiary for a previous murder lust winter, ——— - Consultation Continued, CHIoA December 9,—The Transconti- uental Railway Association continued its work of preparing its freight tariff to the Pa- cific const to-day, but will not reach s final decision until after the consultation with the castorn trunk line mansgers as to rates be- tweon New York and this city, The officers of the association go to New York to-might for that purpose, e e— Execution Issued, KiraniNg, Pa,, December 9.—Au execution has been issued by J, H, Reed, trustee, against ¥, B, Lnnthiu. proprietor ef the Stewartson furnace, for $30,000 1n_accordance with the judgment confessed last Saturday, T —— Restoration of Rates, Niw Youk, December 9,—It is said that r:’u:d to points west of Chicago have been res stored, f‘