Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 16, 1884, Page 1

FOURTEENTH YEAR. WASHINGIP! NEWS. The Deliberations of Our Nation's Lawmekers, Inquiry into the Cause of the Death of Cadet Strong Mr. Blaine Denies all Reports of Being Interviewed. Seorat Session to Disouss Spanish Treauy- the Senator Bayard can Have his Choice of Offices Gossip Abont Ben Butler—Discussion of th Bill-The Coming New York Senator, Silver Coinage SENATE, WasHINGTON, December 15,—Logan pre- sented a large number of petitions from to. bacco and eigar manufacturars and labor or- ganizations of Tllinois, New York and other states, protesting against the ratification of the Spanish treaty., He also presented a pa- tition signed by over 7,600 ex-eoldiers of the union army, praying coogre:s to purchase for the capitol at Washington a portrait of Gen. Thomas, and raccommending that it be exe- cuted by Miss Ransem, Referred. The chair laid before_thescnate Van Wyck's resolution herstofore offered relating to the Spanisn treaty and requiring the committeo rules to report the rule providing for the con- sideration of the Commercial treaties in open gession, Miller (Cala.) eaid this was under the consideration of the committee of foreizn relations and moved the reference of the reso- lution to that committee, Iloar raised a point of order that tho matter should be considered with closed doors, Platt called for the read- ing of the rule authorizing the closing of the doors. Rulo thirty-five was read which provides that on the demand of two senators the doors of the senate may at any time be closed. The chair inquired whother the motion of the gentleman from Massachusetts (Hoar) was seconded; Hawley seconded the motion und the senate then went into secret seesion, In the fifteen minutes the doors re.opened and the Senate took up the Dakota bill, In #ecret seasion Senator Vanwyck’s resolution for the discassion of the commercial treaties in open session was referred to the committeo on foreign relations, The Dakota bill was informally laid aside at tho request of Hill, in order that he micht ad- dress the senato on the silver question, apro- pos of the resolution recently submttted by le declaring it the sense of the senate that thero is no reason for the suspension of the coinage of rilver dollars or of the issue of sil- ver certificates, In the course of a lengthy speech Hill urgued that the recommendation of the president and the secretary of the troas- ury recently made o congress in respect to silver were inopportune to an alarming degree at a tme when falling prices provod that wmoney was deficieat rather than abundant, Sherman replied stating his idea was to first stop the coinage of silvor dollars and wait for new of value to b established by the nations of the world batween gold and mlver, Alli- son said that if strenuous and eincere efforts will be made to secure an international declar- ation of the ratio value between gold and silver the effect wou d be to bring the coinago values of thoso metals at par within a reason- able time. What we wanted was a dollar of 400 grans instead of 4124, Referring to Sherman s remarks on the market jvaine, Allison"maintained the markat value was de- termined by this use, Let tho miuts of France, Germany Italy and cther countries be open for the free coinage of eilver, and if wo had a common standard, the purity of value, between silver and gold woud he again rest red. It had existed from 1 to 1871 on ths continent of Europe, The question therefore was an intor- national one, Allison_entirely differed with Sherman as to the wisdom of coimng silver dollars of 470 to 480 grains. Just when wo ought to caase coining silver Allison would ot say, but we ought tirst to make an honest and porsistent effort to sso whether we could not come into relation with other governments on this great question. He did not be- Jiove that the effort had as yet been mude, Of courze no #ingle nation could con tinue alone to cown silver. It must b an in ternationul agreement, DBeck and S| nan exchanged o fow remarks, The matter thon dropped. The chair appointed a3 a commit tee fourteen, including Logan and Cameron (Wis ) to attend at the executive mansion to: worrow, to Sake part in the coremony of the opsuing of the New Orleans exposition The Oregon Central land forfeiture bill was mada the speciul order for next Taesda Miller, of New York, reported fay from ommittee on foreign affair to authorize the president to accept tions frow foreign governwent to tho inter - national exposition, and € appoint comm sioners theroto, and appropriating 825,000 to be at the disposition of tho president to cover the necossmry disbursoments in such cas es, Calendar, Adjou rably biil vita WasniNetoy, Dazember laid before the house u com vuaication from the postmaster general askivg for an ap propriation of 8100,00) for the postal car ee vie, and $75,000 for to pay the postal clerks, Refarred. Bills and resolutions were presented, By Teal —granting the right of way through the Indian Territory to the Kansas™ City, Arkan- sas & Fort Smith Railway company, f Now York, l\u- mble and rds. g that it had been reported I ¢, late cadet in the naval academy at is, died in couscquence of cruelties wracticed upon bim by the ssnior cadets, and requesting the secretary of the navy to'cor municate to thie house any information ol tained in eclation to the canses of the death %he cadlet, A motion was made to set aside January 16 for considerstion of the McPnerson and Dingley bills Yapls opposad the resolution, aud said the McPuerson bill was a proposition to bire the ious! banks to increase their circulatio was an insult to the people, aud its ceptance by coneress would be a dicgrace to the nation . Hendricks (Towa) He denied that it wa natic The speaker favored the resoluti in the inicrest of t ! banks, and aald the members should have the courage to set down a day for the n of the question in & square, manly "A'motion to suepend the rules and adopt the resolution was agreed to—yeas 174, nays xactly the necessary two-thirds in affirm - Jannon, Cullen, Davis, ) Henderson, Tll; H won, Towa; Hep Hitt, Holmes, Laird, Murphy, Neace, Rankin, Rowall, Stephenson, Steuble, Thomas, Weaver, Wil- son, Towa, and_Woodward were among those voting yea, Cook, Jones, Wie.; Morrison, Moulton, Payson, Putey, Riggs, Springer, Townshend and Worthington voted nay, Lacey, from the committes on coinage, weishts and measnres, moved to suspend the rules and pass a bill prohibiting the issue of treasury notes of a less denomination than 5, and providing for the iesuc of §1, 82 and $7 silver cortificates, Browne, of Indiana, op- posed the motion, Could see no reason for the retirement of greenbacka of small de- nowinatiovs. Couk took the same view, Motign to suspend the rules lost —yeas 41, nays 216, Hopking, from the committeo on labor, re- ported a resolution requesting the attorney neral for his opinion as to whether the eight ur law applied to letter carriers, Adopted. "The speaker appointed the following com: mittee from each state and territory to attend at the executive mansion to witnesa the opening of the New Orleans exposition. The committee includes Hitt, Illinois; Henderson, Towa; Laird, Nebraska; Ravkin, Wiscontin, Aiken, from the committee of agricultura, moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill to establish a department of agriculture, Ttount, Potter and Browne, (Ind.) spoke in opposition to the motion which was advocated by Wilson of Towa, Aiken, Budd, Hardeman and Cox (N. Y.). A motion to suspend the rules was agrecd to—yeas, 160; nays, 69, Adjourned, 13 Dunham, Finert der- WASHING fON NEWS, ‘WasHINGTON, Decomber 15, —Miller, New York, introduced a bill in the senate to-day for the protection of forests of the public do main which provides among other things that unreserved public lands in the United States embracing natural and all public lands re- turned by the putlic sucveys us timber lands, shall be withdrawn from survey, sale or dis- posal under the existing law, and that a com- miesion be_appointed by tho president to ex- amine and classify the tmber lands and determine what portion shall be permanent- ly reserved, A fine of not more than £1,000 and impriconment of not more than one year is provided for any vessel owner or agent, or agent of any railroad com- pany who knowingly receives for trausporta- tion any timber product taken from the tim- ber lands in the U. S. and in addition thereto confiscation of the vessel in which the timber is transported. Senater Wilson to-day introduced a bill to repeal the joint resolution allowing the secre- tary of the navy to purchase plate iron or other material used in the construction of steam boilers for the United States navy without first advertismg for bids to furnish ~ the samo, Senator Manderson introduced a bill to in- crease the efficiency of the army by nroviding that each infantry regiment ehall hounist of twelve companies “instead of ten aud threo majors instead of one as at prosent, It also provide that all appointments to regular va- canies above the grade of second lisutonant ehall be filled according to senicrity in_the in- fantry arm of the serv Aso_a bill to in- croase the pension of General 5. W. Price from 2 to $100, he having bacome blind in conse- quence of & gun-shot wouud received at Kene- saw mouutain CHARGES AGAINST LIEUT, N, December 15, —Gen, Hazen, chief signal officer, preferced charges against Lient. Garlington for disobedience of orders and neglecs of duty in connection with his command of the Proteus expsdition for the relief of Greely. The charges wers sont to the secre 'y of war over a week ago with a g tho ordering of a court for their r1al, but no action has yet been taken by Mr. Lincoln, nor hashe yet decided whather he will order a court or not, Lient. Garlington arrived in this city to-nicht. Ho says ho was not aware of any charges having hesn pre- ferred agaiost him, THE STAR ROUTE CASES, Roprezentative Randall, chairman of the appropriations committee of the house, has received a letter from W, W, Ker, who was one of the counsel in the star route c: wih referonce to a propositicn batore gress to appropriate a sum of money to pay damages awarded by the courts to Hallet bourne in his suit against John T. Thomp. son, ex-sergeant at arms of the houss, for il- leal imprisonment by ordes of the house It is 8aid that in this letter Ke: asserts that in the threo trials of this cato the juries were “fixed,” ndall refuses to make pub lic the contents of the le or to state what disposition he has made o it, B ther, mem ber of the democratic n: ul committee, John 1, Martin, Cleveland elector, and John G, Priest, of the national advisory commit. all of Missouri, d on aftarnoon to sugsest the Broadhead, of "St. Lou general of the United States terward m of the me to Albany President ¢lact Ol that he conid make his choiee of in the cabinet and he would receive the ap: pointment. It is said, on_good authority, that, having duly deliberated over the mat. ter, the Deleware scoator scnt a note to the governor, which was received yestorday, in. dicating 'his preference for the portfolio of secrotary of toe treasury, Jtis rumored ac cordingly that he will ba appointed, e e——— Mr, Blaine Denies Being Interviewed New Yonk, December 15 —The Tribune of Tuesday will say editorially. *Mr, Blaine desires to have it stated that +11 the reports of interviows held with him ~ince he arrived in Washington are entirely unauthorized, One in which he is represented as discussing his relations with Mr. Conkling has been exten- sively published throughout the country, but is frou beginning to end sn inexcusable for- gery. Mr, Blaiue asks that his friends will do hin the favor to discredit utterly any and | expressions in the form of interviews which may bo imputed to him, If he has any oce to communicate with the public, he will ¢o 80 over his own name, e Surrendered to the Strikers, PiiLansLraiy, Decamber 15,—Two carpat factiries surrondorad to strikers to.day und work resumed at old rat S The Independents Will Qontinue, Box1o8, Dacember 15,—The independents ealof North Garolina voted to con the Organiz OMAHA DAILY OMAHA, NEB., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1884 GENERAL NEWS. A Nat for Eastern Railway Companies 1o Crack, Capt, Pyms Railroad Project from Cheyenne to Hudson Bay: The Live 8tock Exchange Protests Against High Rates, So Also do the Sovereign Peo- ple of Towa, A Relio of Commodore Perry's Fleet Sold at Auction. A Eevere Storm at Buffalo—A Kentucky Schoolmaster)— Fail- ures, Fires and Reductions, Plucky 1'S PROJECT, CHicaco, Dacember 15, —Captain Bedford Pym, of the royal navy, and lately a member of parliament fcr Gravesend, 1s in the city, having roturned from looking over the cattle ranches of the west, Ho has on foot plana for building a railroad from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Hudeon's bay for the transportation of cattle to England, instead of bringing them to Chicago and thence shipping them Bast. The road will cost about ten millions, and he wants the United States to subscribo one and one- half per cent of that amount and England alike sum, The rcmainder, he claims, can be obtained on the Londen sfock exchanye in o fow daya. Pym also has been in corre- sponce with the Washington authorities con- corping the Nicaragua canal and the United States, Ho has rocently secured the_contract for this canal from Nicaragun and ostimates its cost at forty millions, ~ Pym says that one hundred millions won't do it. He wants the United States and Great Britain each to sub- scribe one and one-hall per cent of two hundred millions and savs he can raise the remainder in London, Ho eays of the Hudson Bay road that for Texas cattle it will save ono thousand miles by land and five bundred by water, He coes to Toronto to consult Sir John MacDonald and will also call on president-elect Cleveland to suggest the appointment of a proliminary commission to consider the terms for joint ac- tion between England and the United States on the Nicaraugua canal projact. The Live Stock Exchange FProtests Against High Ratca. Ci10AGO, December 15, —At a meeting of the live stock exchange this afternoon, the question of the new rates adopted by the trunk lines on dressed meats to the seaboard was taken up, and resolutions ware passe protesting against the rates on dressed Hogs and sheop as exorbitant and caleulated to in- jure this markest, and asking that tho roads reconsider their action in the matter and make, inste ach rates as will not so clearly and unjustly discriminate against the live stock intorests of tho west.” IOWA'S PRODEST NST THE HIGH RATES OF TRANSFORTA- TION, Des Morngs, Iowa, December —The matter of low prices for grain and high rates of transportation mow charged by the rai roads for moving tha crops has made . bitter feeling against the roads by the farmers, and it is bacoming more and more pronounced daily, In some portions of Towa corn is only bringing the producer 13 to 15¢cents a bushel, while the railroads are charging 17 cents to Iy that same bushel of grain down in the Chicago market, The feeling agaivst the roads has become a matter of much importance and the railroad commissioners of tue states have sent letters to each of the roads traver ing Towa, inquiriug int> the alleged increase of transportation ratas during the great business depression. The railroad commission ecem disposed to sift the matter to the bott m and if they have not already sufficient power to set matters to right, they will undoubtedly ask for such additionsl legislation as will give them such authority, It now looks o though an extra session of the legislature will be held this winter, A Relic ot Commodore Perry’s Fleet, Special Telegram to Tne Be COHicAGO, Desember 15,—A historic vessel was sold here to-day under an execution for , and brouzht $360, She was bult as a war schooner of 270 tous by the governmont in 1810, and took u prominent part as a mem bor of Oliver Hazard Perry’s floot in the battle of Lake ris, in the war of 1812-1 under the name of the Cabria, Forty years luter she was sold by government” an 1 overhauled and put’ into commissicn in the Iake trade under the na f the Harriet Ross, and has continued in it ever siuce, She was one of the oldest vessels on ths la Severe Storm at Buoftalo, Burraro, December 15,—The city and vi- civity visited by a very severa storm of wind rain and this morning, Many collars were flooded. A number of small houses principally belonging to fishermen were blown down Huge lumber piles wero scattered for hundreds of feet, A Plucky FPedag. LovisvitLk, December 15, Journal's Horse Cave special says that 1%, J, Slocum, a school teacher, had incurred the 1 will of some of the community; he re- ceived soveral anonymous lotters suggesting that if ho didv’t leave town Lo wou waited upon, He did not leave and Suturduy vight a mob of twenty men surrounded his house. Ho fired into ths crowd and succeeded i driving them away, Wayna Crain was Villed and Jos Long wounded. Several other men and a sumber of horsos are supposed to be wounded, Slocum is beiug tried ut Mur- tordyille to-day for kalling Crain, e — Must Submit (o a Reduct Pirisseng, December 15,—Manufacturers say that the lron workera who are meambers of the Amalgamated association 1aust eubmit tc are n next year or there will be a shut The Courier- 1ot down, Thescaleis not to be sigaed until next June, yet the question of wages is being freely discussed, President Weihe, of the Amalgamated association, left for the east reveral weeks ago,and it is learned to-day hels working up the order in the east, and 18 mak- iog & desperate effort ta got all the iron work- ors 1nto the association before the scale is pre- rented next year. The eastern district is said to be the weakest point in_the organization, A large number of New England mills are run with non-union men. — The Programme, NEw Orreaxs, December 14~The work of gotting the exhibits in order continues day and night, though the exhitits coming in 8o rapidly there appears no end to the work of receiving and placing them in or- der, Tuesday, (oponing day) business in the are [ of the Hotel will bo generally suspended and the city will be decorated , At 10 o'clock the proces- sion will form on Canal street, (General W, H, Behan, grand marshal) consisting of wmilitary. exposition officiais, distinguishea visitors, in- vited guests, representatives of foreign gov- ernments, United States goverament offic als, and the mmissioners of various states and territor The procession will march to the head of Canal street, where they will take steam boats for the exposition wharf and march on the asphalt walks to the main build- ine, where the ceremonies will take place. et Trans-Continental Railway As sociation, Cricaco, December 16,—The memters of trans-continental railway asswociation, who have been in session in New York several days in consultation with the trunk lines on the question of tha latters proposition of through freight between the Atlantic and Pa- cific met here to-day in informal session and without deciding upon any mwatter ot moment adjourned till to-morrow.” A statement will be published to morrow that it has been dis- coverod that, on December 1st the necessary thirty! doys notice of with- drawal from the assceiation was given by the Central Pacific. The cause of this withdrawal is stated to be owing to dissatisfaction with the arbitrators award of California business which gives it nineteen and o half per cent, while its feeders including the Union Pacifle, Denver & Kio Grande and Burlington, all of whose freight must pass its line between Ogden and San Francisco, are allowed an_aggregate of over twenty-five per cent, If this statement is true, the present association will end December 81, and ths meeting now being held will have to deal with its formation anew. — —— Gen, Sherman and Seénator Vance $1. Louts, December 15,—(Gien, Sherman to-day, in a chat about Senator Vance'scard, published in Washington yesterday* stated that he had not used Senator Vance’s name in connection with the Jefferson Davis matter; that Vanco was in no way connectad with the case, and that the coupling of his name with it was done by the press, that has unduly magnified the matter and made a monatain outof it, He then reiterated that when he gets reody he will make a statement through thy war_department, but not till the nows- paper agitation has quieted down. The gen- eral will leave for the caat n a few duys to at- tend a meeting of the New England sociaty in Brooklyn, thon go_to Washington to andit the accounts of the Smithsonian institute. ————— Schenectady Bank Failure, oy December 16.—The City bank of Schensctady suspended this after- noon. The bank had a paid up capital of £100,000. Tts last statemens showed a sucplus of $15,000; undivided profits, #27.000. The city bank sustained henyy losses 1y the failure of the Jones car works, " February 12, 1584, The bank suspended and directed the stockholders to make good iv" ninety days a deficit of £19,0 0 in their cipital stock, The bank hud a judement of £19,00) against the Jones Car works, which the bank department Would not recognize as assets, The deficit was nearly subscribed for ou Snturday when the directors at the meetine failed to agree. One of the directors refused to make goud his share, The depositors will probably not losa, Deposits were made to within an hour of sus- pension. The A Contested Mi CuintoN, Ia, sion to naire's Will, Decomber 15,~The commis- ertvin the value of the property of Jennie McGiraw Tieke, deceased, is takiog testimony here, The heirs at law are con- testing har will, which bequeaths a legacy of two millions to Cornell university. Promi- nent eastorn lawyers represent both the uni versity and the heirs, Toe value of the prop- erty here was determined to be one and thres quarters millions of dollars, The ceramission Jjourned to maet Wednesday at Eau Claise, Wis. e The Methodist C Barrnioke, Decamber 15 Methodi contennary conference Bishop Andrews nounced that the success of tho *‘cantennial volunia” to contain an acconnt of the sermons and procsedings of this conference would not Lo msured unless the brethron took moro i terest in the subseription lists; ho wlso & (hat the business committes thought it desie ble to have & love feast o8 a final session the couference on Wednesdey gexs. . Hunt secretury of the American Bibl ciely read a paper on the “aim snd character of Methodist praaching.” R ayor Edson Nominates Witz Johin Porter and Morgan J, O’Brien, New Youk, December 15.~Mayor Edson sent to-day to the board of aldermen the nominations of Fitz John Porter for ¢ mmis. sioner of public works, aud Morgan J, OBrien for corporation _couusel, inations were laid on tho table, ination of Morgan J, O'Brie by & vote of 15 to ¢ of M The nom- was defeated — Quietly Submit 0 a Keduction, MiLwAUKEE, Dacomber 16,—A. reduction of 12 per cent in the wages of the men working Ly the day or week at the North Chioago Ly ling Mill company’s works at Lake View will b made Janary 1at. The 500 mea af focted wiil submit. The company says it is £ resd to the cut by the competing establish. ments w hich have for several menths boen re. ducing the cost of their labor, Work kesumed, Prrispvre, December 15, The Republican iron ills resumed to-day ata 10 per cent re- duction in the wages of all employed, excopt ing the smalgamated seals men, e m & Koot and Killea, Decowmber 15,—A. Davenport 1 Hall fell from the roof amrin this morcing and was 15; unmarried, slater named I kille Ags Smoking Tobacco. FOREIGN NEWS. Five Thonsand Ponnds Reward for the + Dynamiters, Sir Edward Malet Cannot Stand the Pressure, His Railroad Scheme Shelved for the Present. Small-pox at Trieste === Over Twenty-five Cases Daily, The School Houses Turned into Hospitals. Two Hundeed Chiness Handed Over to French Riflemen for Targets in Ball Practice. Prisoners FOREIG EXASPERATED WORKINGMEN, Texriy, Decomber 15, —The municipal au- thorities refused to receive the deputation of unemployed workingmen, who became exas- perated and a riot ensued, 1 which the win- dows of the mayor's rooms were smashed. Twenty-five of tte rioters werearrosted before the disorder was quieted. FOUR THOUSAND WERE DISCHARGED, Mitax, December 15, —There is great ex- citement in the iron trade in this city. Four thousand iron workers have been discharged, DEMANIING PAYVENT, Avexaxpria, Decomber 15,—The indemn ty committe has decided to ask Princo 1 marck to urge upon tho members of the Afri- can conference the necessity of immediate payment of the Egypt indemnity for damages done to private property. LONDON TIMES ON THE EXPOSITION, T.oxpox, December15.—The Times-Leader this morning on the New Orleans exposition ys that the exposition symbolizes a com- plete reconciliation between the north and south is a fact, It isan eventin the history of the south desorving of the heartiest con- catulations and bright with hopeful tuguries, {Ifhe article concludes with wishing the exhi- bition every success, CUBAN CONFIDENCE, HavaNNA, December 15,—Owing to a belief that the American-Spanish commercial treaty will soon be ratified confidencehas been restored and & considerable rise in public securities shares has taken place. FIVE THOUSAND TOUNDS REWARD FOR DYNAMITERS OF THE LONDON BRIDGE, LoNcox, December 15, —A motion will be mads in the city common council Thursday to offer a reward of £3,000 for the discovery of the persons who committed the dynamite ontrage on the London bridge on Saturday. SIR EDWARD MALET CANNOT STAND THE PRE: SURE. s Beruy, Decembor 15,—The proposed scheme for a railway from Vivi to Stanley Pool is regarded as shelved, Sir Edward Malet find 1t impoasible for him to resubmit his_proposal to_restrict the importation of epirits into the Congo country, and will rest content in merely recording the proposal for a protaco THE GRANT FOR TIIE CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL COLLEGES ABOLISHED, _Pams, December 15, —The chamber of deputies to-day nbolished the grant for the Catholic theological colleges, The grant is supported by the governmer: THE SMALL POX RAGING IN TRIESTE, Taigste Dacember 15, —The small pox is raging here. Twonty-five cases daily, five fatal.” The schools aro turned into hospitals, TWO HUNDRED CHINESE PRISONELS FOR TAR GETS IN FRENCH DALL PRACTICE, Pans, December 15,—The Hovas Nowa agency publishes a_letter from a private sol- dier stating that General Negrier, in cefeat: ing ten thousand Chinese regulars, Landed over two hundred prisoners to the best French riflemen for targets in ball practice, and that all of them were killed, Tho newspapers de- mand a prompt and categoric denial of the statement. DENOUNCING THE THE INCREASE 100D, OF DUTIES ON Bonnkavy, December 15,—A lsrge me ing was held to-day to denounce ths increase of duties on corn, A lette from John Bright to the American 18 quoted as saying: *“Thare is no libarty where buying and selling are ig restricted, Tho address to Prime Miaister Ferry was unanimously adopted, ln the ad dress is the following:” orty thousand citi. zena of Bordsaux respactiully adtjure yon to procure tho rejection by parligment of all proposals tending toward the artiticial dear- ness of meat, bread, and ot er articles of food. — Gossip About Ben Butler, Special telegram to Tne Bi WasHINGTON, December 15.~The recent transfer by Butler of some of his Washington property to secure a loan by him of $90,000, has led to some political gossip regarding his late canvass for the presidency. There wero all eerts of rumors and statements atloat about election time 1n democratic newspapers, alleging that the expenos of Butler's canvass were paid by the republican committee, But- ler took no notice of these stories at the time, considering 1hem beneath attention on his part, Since the election he has had little to say regarding the result, and bas manifested a disinclination to parade publicly what he considers his own personal affairs, Notwith- standing this, however, it is well understood here that Butler stood the brunt of the c paign out of his pereonal fund, and th amount contributed by persons who be in the wisdom of his "o small, compared with w there is no your correspondent has on for bolie that the recent transfer or mortgage of rome of his property here was necessitated by the expenses incurred in the late campaigu, and but for that campaign would not have been compelled toraise money on his proper ty, but woula £100,00), One of his colleagues who has talked with i goeen teverywhere, Because every- where recognized ad izc{i&pen@ifi(’e to Peafer a\z BEE. him on the subject says that Representative Hiscock declares with emphasis that he will not support President Arth Minister Mor. ton, or William M, Evarts for senator. He expect to have enough votes to give him the balance of power and compel the republicans to unite on him. As to his exact strength he does not care to speak, and the only doubt 1n his mind about the matter is whether he can hold the members of the legislature who will vote for him at the first to the final ballot There is a growing conviction among republi can members of the New York delegation in congress that Morton is going to be a stronger candidate and have more votes from the first than he is credited, Some of the Blaine men 81y that they would rather see Morton elected than any of the other candidates if they thought he was not the socond choice of re- publ who believe that it is the duty of the e to elect President Arthur as Lap- successor, ntentions, Special Telegram to The Bk, WasHINGTON, December 15, —Talkine with your correspondent to.day, a gentleman who if o frequent visitor to Blaine's house, and who is as well informed as any of the late candidate’s friends regarding his views and future intentions, said: Blaine does not in- tend to withdraw from political life nor yield up the hoid he has on the republicans of the country, For a few months he will be obliged to give most of his time to his literary labors, but in doing so he will not cease to watch with active intorest the movements of re. publican leaders, both as regards pohtical measures and their own advancement, After his literary labors are completed he will then resume openly an active part in the political affairs of the country, o far as he can do so without being in official life and seemine t) dictate to those who are. In a quiot way, and without much show, he expects to exercice considerable influence in the councils of the party, Whether he will again enter official life is a point yet to be settled, and he will not decide until after his book is finished and in the printarshands, His personal friends are just as devoted to his interests as they wero before the election, and many of them say un- h sitatingly that the republican conventionin 1 will call him to lead the party again, nd that this fact must not ba fost: nit:h(. of- Irom all sections of the country hahas re ed assurance that the Blaine clubs will ba kept alive until the next campaign, and that his positionin the republican party will not be unlike that of Tilden four years ago, when the democratic party begged him to be its candi- da e against Garfield, Blaine realizes that he has bitter opponents in his_own party—men who have been trusted leaders in past, and whoso cordial support he had a right to ex- pect during the late struggle, but who re- mained pussive and spoke no words in behalt of the party and he docs not intend that thess republicans shall profit by his late defeat. While ho has not eaid 0 in as many words, yet itis under- stood he intends to be an important factor in all that relates to the republican party in the next four yoars, as whether ho shall conclude to abandon all idea of securing the suffrages of the people of the next contest in 1858, s friends will keep him constantly advised and his influence will be felt in every northern stata in every contest that may come up, THI SPANISH-AMERICAN TREATY LIABLE 10 BE REJECTED, Flwood . Thorne of New York, who is here lookiog after the interests of some of the large sugar houses, and who has made a care ful” canvass of the semate, eays that the Spanish-American treaty will bé rejected in the senate, e —— The Late Reuben R, Springer’s Will, CixcinNary, December 15,—The will of the late Reuben Runijan Springer was probated today. The whole document covering forty pages of lagal cap is in his own hand-writing, He gives 750 shares of special guarantecd stock in the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railway to the Music Hall association of the par value of $75,000, $40,000 to the College of Musie, $20,000 to the Museum Association beeides pictures and works of art. The will was changed by o codic Jargely fncreasing nearly all the bequests. The fiual bequests ara £ St. Mary's seminary of the west for the education of Roman Catholic priests $100,000, to the little sistors of the poor$35,000, to the Franciscian brothers $35,000, to the sisters of charity of Cedar Grove fora foundling asylum 20,000, for the support of the cathedral schools £40,000, for the convent of the Good Shepard $33,000, St. Peter benevolent society 000, He remembered his wife’s relations and his cousins liberally, but the bulk of his tate gorx to his sister’s children, Theestate is estimated at $2,000,000, e — London Review of the Grain Trade, Loxnoy, December 1%, —The Mark Lane Express, in review of the grain trade the past week, says: The continued rains favor autumn sown crops, especially wheat, The stoppaga of threshing and effact of the damp atmos phere on corn in transit largely reduced the output, but the mildness of the weather ren- dors trade slow and straggling, the tendency beiog against the sellers, Sales of English vheat the past week were 61,210 ¢ uartors at 808 164d, against 70,130 quarters at 39s 5d dur- ing the corresponding period last year, Tor gn trade is sed by the weather, Two catgoes arriv {f the coast, five cargoes sold, two romained and ten are dus, Flour is deproesed by the recent large arrivals, Maizo i scarco and firm, barley quiet, Oats dull, Beans and peas unchanged. e Railrosd Racket, Onicaco, Dec 15.~The passonger agents of the eastbound pool met to-day to consider thaclaim of the Grand Trunk road to differential allowance on passenger business batween Chicago and Boston, This claim was not allowed and the agents of the Grand Trunk refused to sign the rate sheet, A reso- lution was then passed deburring any mermber of the pool from issuing an individual rate sheet, uber S S A Texas Tragedy, GrersviLLg, Texas, December 15,—Samuel Tiasell called op bis wife last night and plead- ed with her to take him back after haviog deserted with o negress, Mrs. Basell rofused 10 recognize her husband, whereapon ho callod )Id daughter to his side, shot the child in the head killing her, then blew his own brains out, . e ire Way Down in Maine, VANCEROKO, Maine, December 15,—A fire at Houlton last night swept away an entire ng the stores of I, wd Gillen Bros. grocer Fred. nd 8, M, 8 clothing; P, J ich, druggists; J, dry goods, and Brown & Watuon, $100,000; insurance, 562,000, #quare, compri & Son, man Zon.'l /Lo:?b the b et L’falwocw teglaons oll',c(o 1th bara. Gonsdumer, ée’s:.:v, and ;Cm v’t ben. NO. 156. " THE MARKETS. Litllg or no Change as Compared wilh Closivg Prices Last Week, Cattle Reoceipts Light and Buyers Rather Indifferent. No Featurs in Trade Favorable to Shippers 2 ’roducers. : = ) The Hog Marke ly Ver, osed General= “eak, Leading Grains . 1 Active with a Higher _ lency. Dee 'S vorn Sustained a Luke Bulge—Some Talk of a ‘Corner”—Oats Dull and Depressed—Provisions Better, OHICAGO MARKETS, CATTLE, Special Telogram to the Bk, Cuicaco, Decembor 16, —There was only one train of Texans among the fresh receipte. There is little or no change compared with the closing last week. Roceipts are light and buyers rather indifferent. Lots that were carried over did not sell at sufficient advan- tago to pay for feeding and shrinkage, and taken altogether, there was mo featuro in trade that was any way favorable for shipper or producer, Cows snd bulls were rather searce, and the former were generally quoted a shade firmer. Thero seemod a better de- mand for the best sorts of cows on account of tho scarcity of Texans ckers and feedors are unchanged. John D, Gillett sold twenty- four of his premium short-horns _that aver. aged 1996 pounds at $8 per 100, Export_cat- tle, S6 00@6 50; good to choice shiping,$5 00 75; common to medium, $100@bH 00 = 0@3 00; madium to 24 00, stockers and feeders, $3 00 $2 90@3 20; Texas steors, HOGS, With frosh reccipts and those loft on Satur- day the number on sale was equal to 55,000, t0 55,000, So far s prices are concerned there is littlo or no change compared with tha clos- ing prices on Saturday. Best packing grades and_choice heavy sold at 4 20@+4 fair to good 410@115, and common 3 H0@+ 00, Skips, pigs and assorted light wero rather scarce, and were generally leld a shade higher than on Sajurday. Thore were plenty orders at 4 (0 for assorted light, but they could not bo had under 4 10 and thereabouts, Pigs and skips wero uot selling to any great extent. The general market closed very weak, Rough packing 5 90@4 10; packing 10 and 3501bs. 110@4 ht 160 and 20)1bs, 3 85@1 15, Leading grains were active today and ex- hibited unusual streogth with decidedly higher tendoncies in corn especially for year delivery. This article sustained (uite a litile bulge, ad- vancing 33} and closing with it all maintained owing principally to short demand and ‘“cor- ner” tall, WHEAT Opaned from } to § lower than Saturdays closing prices, then falling off } @4 When strength began to dovelop in corn wheat firmed up in sympathy, and sold up 1 @ 1}, closing strozg at 1 o'clock, No,2 spring sold at 69 @697 CORN opened steady at Saturday’s closing prices, and in no instance foll off more than e, De- mand for seller year was particularly brisk, and brought about an advance of 3{c. Tuter. est was croatod by the statement that several of the hoaviest traders on ‘change are large shorts on this_option, Recoipts ara heavy, there being a disposition on the partof conn: try shippers to get corn on the market in time for a possible bulge in year option. The morning session closed strong, 0ATS continue dull and depressed, with little doing beyond moderato trade in seller May, which fluctuated within ic, closing at outside fig- ures, Receipts to-morrow are estimated at 130 cars . wE continues dull, with_little ofierlng and not much demand.” Option trades were particu- larly rostricted. FROVISIONS were rather mora traded in at genorally better prices, outside figures prevailing at the close of the morning session, A large share of firmness, contributad tre corn trading, was of a local speculative ¢ PORK . shpork was quoted at $10 at $6 bb@6 65, and cash nbs at The close at 1 o’clock was steady at the advance. Afternoon session, 2:30 o'ciock,—Wheat un changed, Corn, active and higher; 117c year; Bode January, ry; 87k May, Oats unchanged, ~ Pork, shade éasier; $10 ( umy; %10 72§ February; Lard, shade easler; $5 625 De January; $6 G0 febr Short ribs, unchanged; February; $5574 March. L —— ‘When He Gets It. i PriLavELPiA, December 14,—Th Press will to-morrow publish an article stati g that a saloon keeper in this city, who cli ‘ms to have been niade a millionairo by the duath of & Cuban uncls, written by O’Donovan Rossa saying a8 soon as he received the money he would give £100.000 for *‘scientific warfare against England, ash lard —— Another Tragedy on Dit Pawis, December 14 —The mistress of Morin, shot by Mmo, Clovis Hugues, vows she will kil Mms, Hugues after the latter's release from custody —— ¥, Laxcasten, Pa,, Dy Weather lteport, WasHINGTCN, December 15, —Upper sissippi valley generally fair weather; erly winds, lower temper: Mie north A Gone Gr P’a,, Decomber 16, Joseph Her- , failed to-day. Liabilities | ember 15 —The liabil 40,0005 assoty, LaNcAsTED 20§, & Kroc He of 15,000,