Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 25, 1884, Page 1

| e e " GENERAL NEWS. Threatened Strike of Jay Gonld's Locomotive Eraineers. Christmas Festivities at the New York Stock Board, A Sister Robs Her Brother of $100,000 Cash and Bonds. A Chootaw Indian Mardered by a Merchant. @on. Sherman’s Spesch at Gov- ernor’s Island, Chicago Election Frauds—A Detaulter—Biliiard Challenge —Ohto Iron Works, NEW YORK STOCK MARKET, Special tolegram to THe Bre, Cnrcaco, December 24.—Tho business on the stock bonrd was broken up to-day, and for an hour there was unusual devotion to Christmas horse play. One broker was knocked senseless and taken to his home. He attempted to knock off the hat of a fellow member, was tripped and fell, striking his head against the marble floor. There wasa nigger quartette, cornet band, clog dancing, etc. So far as the stocks are concerned there was o big break in Luke Shore upon the aunouncement that the directors had voted to pass adividend Lake Shore and Michigan Central and Canada Southern had meetings to-day at the Grand Central depot. Of course, Michigan Central passed the divi- dend that had been the policy for the year past, Liake Shore sold off at 17} to 613; New Cork Central at 613; Northwestern at 618; 8t. Paul at 613 Lackawanna at 61§: Dela- waro & Hudson at 617 Jorsey Central at 61§; and Union Pacific and Western Union at 613 and 61} There is no volume to the business, and the total sales so far to-day are less than half of the ordinary day, Business was sus- pendcd for an hour or more during the Christmas exhibition, but it was unanimovsly regarded as a fi czle, Threatened Strike of Jay Gould's Engineers. Special Tolegram to THE Bg. St. Louts, December 24,—For more than a month past rumors have pravailed among the employes of the Gould system, and spread to all points along the 6,000 miles of track, that 4 reduction of ten per cent would be mado Jan- uary 18t The rumors gradually assumed s definite shape, and what is now known comes from trustworthy sourcos. Tho engineers are tho first to propure for n fight which must bo inaugtirated i the comp anies refuse to bend. Various lodgas have been iu sessiun for several days to_take action concerning the proposed cut. W. Fitzgorald, chairman of thy repre- sontatives, said this morning that the repro- sentatives had telegraphed £.r the chicf of tho brovtherhood of locomotive engineers to coma here for consultation. He thinks a strike will follow if the cut is insisted on, and they will b3 supported by 18,000 active members. An Exasperal sister Robs Her Burother of $100,000, New York, Decembar 28 —Amelia Voss, sister of Herman E. Voss, 812 Fast Sixteonth stroet was-arrested on tha charge of appro- priatiog nearly § 00,000 cash and bonds be. longing to her brother snd which she taok from a box in the Trust company's offies, Hor brother hd iutended to buy two houser, one for himself, tha other for anothar sister than Amelia. This #o iucensed the latter that sho seized the cash and bonds, proventing tho purchase Ohoctaw Indian Murdered by a Araacr, Four Swite, Arkansas, Docomber 24— A difficulty occurrea last Monday at Okla- homa, Choctaw nation, in which Cooker Sorratt, o balf-broed Caoctaw, was mortally wounded by Simon Turk, a merchant of Oklahoma, ~ Sereatt brought on tha diffi mlty and attacked Turk with a crutch when Turk seized an axe and struck him on the forehead from the effcct of which Sarratt_died last 8| I v eama to Fort Smith Tuitod States author- ities and was adwitted to bail, Gen, Sherman’s Mpeecch at Governor's I land, New Yonk, Decomber 24 institution at Governor's best yesterday . The military Island was at its A large gathering of heavie ly-clad eentlomen met € listen to Gon, Wil liom, Teowmsoh Sheraan. Gen, Hanco k presided. The andience was one which it was 1ot necessary 10 call to order. The ganeral, in the courso of his address upon the military nec ssities of the United States said: When- ever I approach any wmatter necessitating Iabor and study | shrink fec feeling dis posed to_olaim all the advavtages of retire- ment and cortain that we may afaly leavo the future iathe hanus of the bright youth we sea daily growiog up around us. Every g8 produces its own workers, and the experi- «ence of maukind is that the agents of the form er epach ara rarely adiptad to modern «ases. L am convinced by actual exps fenca, habit is # moro valuablo quality thau what is called courage. ko a ndred of the bravest mou unaccustomed to the con- fusion of battle, and march them up to th breastwork, and they will b ek und drop t the ground seoner than would.a hundred av- erage men of the regular uwrmy that havo be: come sceustomed to ubay the ocder of fall i, forward, etc. Oa this rimplo eulo of habit rosts tho existence of the regular army to- day in this goand republic All pa ties agroo it 1s becoming = settled policy of our govern ment t0 waintain tho kuallest kind of a re ular army, moro a8 & school of instructic than of actual » ervice. This army, in case o au invasion, mast by supplemented by th militis, inaamuch as the militia 15 a physical foreo which on thy chief magis trate of the natbn must wainly depend for exseution his bigh offize, Tt theee for wes oardu 1y as sold 1 citlzans 0 aid 1 fur a8 wo may t0 mould that militia futo a form in which iv may bs made vausb! { v HE OMAHA DaiLy BEE . OURTEENTH YEAR. when called into active sersice, been a bill introduced in congress b H. W. Slocum, the passage of 1 ba long stride in the direction of a change, The whels bill substantially repeals the old antiquated system of the militia by our revoluonary fathers and substitutes a mew cne far batter adapted to our modern experience, While enroliing all men subject to military_ duty it leaves a great 1ass &t home and aggregates & smaller num bor to fulfill the purposss, our constitution to be prepared, armed, equipped and_accounter- «d ana proposes for this purpose the annual sum of $600,000; again instead of 700 men for cach member and delegate 1n congress, T could suggest & more convenient and better understood battalion of four companies of the meximum of 100 and the minimum of fifty men for each company. The total number of congressional districts and torri- torie 1 now 820 men, This will give 1,3 cowr W t0 100 regiments of twelve eom » sh aegregating a maximum of 1,3.0, (L] Winimum of 66,000, a force amply s for the possivilities of the case. Taki.g obis lower number, and assuring the cont of each militinman to fifty dllars per annum, and this is s large assumption, T be- lieve, it will make tho aggregats to cost 88,300,000, It would divide the wum equally between the United Statos of the communities in which any company, battalion or regiment resides, Nearly all the officers who compose this institution ean recall our experience with new rogimants, aa they came to us raw and unpracticed, and how soon by smociation they = became ex- perlenced moldiers, The bill proposed will aid the states to makeono uniform systor throushcut the United States, "I believe,” aaid the general in conclusion, “there is no more Impottant subject to day before this in- Stitution than that of assisting in perfe:ting the militia and in bringing it into more cor dial intorcourse with the roqular army and the people of the United States.” CHICAGO ELEO RAUDS. LUAGHER UNDER $25,000 BATL Ciicaco, December 24.—The hearing of the application for a writof habeas corpus in the case of William J. Gallagher. indicted for forgery committed in Philadelphia and also wanted hers for supposed complicity in the Eighteenth ward election frauds, has been postponed till next Tnesday, Gallagher boing released on bail in £25,000, A motion to quash the indictments sgainst the other par- ties indicted for the Eighteenth ward crime waa heard by Judgo Bodgett in the federal court to-day and taken under advisement, NO AFTERNOON SESSION, The members of the board of trade, in view of light business, decidod not to hold an after- noon session this afternoon, A $20,000 Defaulter, Cnicaco, December 24.—Wsrrants are out for the arrest of Charles E. Stephens, cashier of the Chicago, Wilmiogton and Vermillion Coal company, whe has been missing since last Friday. Tho officers of the company de- cline to make any statement, but it is asserted on apparently reliable authority that Stephens is short in his accounts to the extent of about ,000, ~ Gambling is said to have caued s downfall, He was implicitly trusted. believed that he has fled to Canada, The Billiardist Ontoaco, Decomber 24,—W. H. Catton, of St. Louis, who bsat Ed. McLaughlin, of Philadelphia, 3,000 points straight rail bil- liards, in this city last week, to-day received a challenge from Randolph Heiser, of Now York, to play a balk line match in New York and toss tor choice of tables. Catton says he will allow _Haiser tha choice of tables and play hitn_for $1,000 8 side and take 8250 for expenses to play in New Yor The Obio Iron Trade, Creverasn, O., December 2 Trade Review will publish on Saturday the responses received from & large num- ber of the manufacturers of ma- chinery and the other branches of the iron trade in Now York, Pennsylyania, Ohio, Convecticut and other states, In re- gurd to the past year’s businees cleven firms repert it better than in 1883, twenty-four found it substantially the same, five expori- enced a good trade duricg tho first half of the year and dullpess the remaing six months, and fourteen say they have had a worse busi- ‘T'he Iron nesa this year than in 1883, Thirty- have fun contiuously during the year over tims 11 nearly full. Twelve say they have re prices as in 1883, and the remai lower prices, r uging from 5 to 30 per cent. below those of 1833, Concernirg the general iron business in their respective cities, nearly all report it dull or upon reduced time during o year, As to the outlook thero is & grati- fying majority on the favorable side. Only ten think tha prospect bad ; 14 are undecided, bat hop ful for the best and 31 think the situation is promising, some believ- upturn has aliealy® begun, none put- ting it farther off than A pril. B Sharo D ree Suit, Sax Fraxcisco, Dacember 24,—Suit as ¢ by plaintiff, Miss Sarah Altea Hill, clziming to bothe wife of ex-S&nator Sharon was for divorce aud a division of the common ivan rendered @ deci- cnsive, containing 26,000 words. iewing the testimony he conclu aring that under the laws of California, the plaintiff is the legal wife of Sharon and as such is entitled to a divorce on 1he ground of wiliul desertion and the division of the common property of the latter, which 1 estimated as worth $10,000, 900. The verdict is a great sarpriso to the pub'ic, it having generally been supposed trom the contradictory charicter of the testi- mony that the plaitiff would have been uon ived about the sawe der report Ex-Senator sion. nullul, Itis believed that Sharon will ap- peal, el e Olu Boreas, Stovx C1ry, December 24, ~Tt was twenty- two degrees b low zero bere this morning with stroug northwest wind, Trains. somo- what 1 .te, but all got in and all went out, At uoou it was 16 below zaro, A HEAVY BNOW 8T0 bor24 —Suow bogan falling ock to-night, and at1l:30 easad in velocity with every prospect favorable to o heavy soow-fall, Traius are considerably delayed in every direction. and if the snow continues to fall tiil merning there will be blockad s, mc— Weather To-Day, WASHINGT)N, December cissippi: B slight rise in ally fair weather; Jlo winds; +light 1iee in temperature. Teis g OMAHA, N WASHINCTON NEWS. Budeet of Washicglon News, A lage The House and Senats Adjourn Till January 6th, The Ohiness Indemuity Bill to be Paid. Jossip Concerning the Republi- can Office Holders. Ben. Butler Remarkably Success= fal in His Law Cases. The Nicaraguan and Spanish-Ameri- can Treaties—Admission of Wo- men to the Columbia College, SENATE, WasHINGTON, December 24, —After dispos- posing of the moroing business the Senate went into executivo session. When the doors opened the chalr announced his signature to the concurrent resolution providing for a nolliday recoes. & Adjournment till January HOUSE, ‘WasHiNGToN, December 24, —Fifty mem- bers wera present when Carlisle called the House to order. Randall called up the ad- journment resolution and moved a concur- ronce iu tho Senate amendment which pro. vides a recoss shall begin to-day and last until January b, 1885, Ageeed to. Adjourned till the fth of January. WASHINGrTON NEWS, Special telegram to Tig Bee, HOPES AND FEARS, ‘WasHINGTON, December —Dorman B, Faton, one of the civil service commissioners, has an abidiog faith that very few remnvals from offico will be made by Cleveland, and that the latter will lead the democratic party directly into the civil service camp and sur- render them en masse. He regards with an- noyance the talk of gome of the democratic leaders that sweeping charges must be made and republican officials replaced by faithful democratic henchmen, Although Mr. Eaton is regarded as a republican from principle, his nds say that he cast his vote at tho late election for Oleveland, and that he considered this as entitling him to_the consideration of the incoming president. Not a fow of Eaton's friends believe than he will be doomed to dis- appointment, and that before the yoar passes under the new administration he will retire from his present position in sorrow at the fail- ure to carry out his views. GENERAL BUTLER although unlucky in politics this year, has reet with remarkable success in his law cases during the past month, The suprems court of the Unit-d States has just given him a jon in his celebrated cartridge case, This om ends a long dipute hetween the od_States Cartridge company and the Union Metallic Cartridge company as to the validity of the Lthan Allep patent for head. ing cartridges, and Gen Busler, who is the sident of the first-named company, and who has argued tha casa through the highest court, is consequently happy, ~ The general has also won .he case brought against the government by the Great Falls Manufacturing company, involving the rieht of the United States to take the water supply for Washing- ton from the Potomac river at Great Falls without compensating the owners of the water ht. Gen, Butler 13 also president of the Grant Falls company.” ‘The report of the convention at Naw York that our government has reached an amicable understanding with Great Britain for the modification of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, was brought to the attention of the state department to-day. 1t is ascertained that the story is unfounded and that our gov- ernment considers the treaty dead, in cc quence of violation of its terms by C ritain in estublishing a colony on this side of the Atlantic; that inall the correspondence with Lord Granvill about the canal business he has simply claimed the right tohave for British commerce « free passago way from ocean to ocean if the ship canal 15 built, This, tho & partmsnt save, is gusranteed in the Nicaragua treaty now before ths ate, leaving no gronnd for an objection on tho part of Great Eritain, Inquiries have been made of tho state depsrtment whether the Spanish Amcrican _treaty can be amended or whether it must stand or fall as it is now, While the ecoretary of stato can giveno assurance that ths Spanish govern- ment would consent to any modification of the ed upon, yet 1f the sugar or to- sts can sgree upon awendments, ¢ will give the same the most careful consideration, and 1f practicable aud not unreasonable, tako such stops to nscertain whother Spain will consent to amend the treaty after the proposed mofifications have met the approval of the Scnate. As at pres ent advisod the tobacco and ntorests are not united as to the advisatility of ratify- ivg the treaty as it now stands, some persons approvirg and others opposing. WASHINGTON, Decombsr lhe mem bers of the committes on rivers and herbors who will remain here during the recess have been authorized to continue the consideration of the appropriation bill for the rivers and harbors 80 it may bo reported to the House a8 soon as possiblo after the assembling of congress. It is expected the bill will ba com pleted alont January 12, and an appropris- tion will amount to §10,000,00, No considera tion has yet b-en given to the proposed ap Senator from the mitteo tho bill introduced China the remainder of the Chineee indemnity fund in possession of the stats department. WOMEN 10 EE ADMITTED T0 THE MEDICAL DE- PART WAsHINGTON. Dace trustees proprision forthe Miesieriopi iver \ to-day favorably reporte Tairs c uber 24,—The board of he Columbian usiversity, of this speciul meeting, upon th upan: amendation of the faculty of the artmont, declded to admit women nstitution with the privileges of instruction accorded te male studenta. THE RAVAL APPROPRIATION The amended paval appropriation bill was roceived by the House from the Senate to.day but no action was taken in regard to it. Cur. ront appropriations for the navy department expires on the 81st instant. ———— LIEUT, LOOKWOOD'S DIARY, SAVING FOR HIS CHRISTMAS DINNER, W asNGTON, December 24,—The National Republican will print to'morrow extracts from the diary of Lleut. Lockwood, of the Greeley Arctic colony, describing the manner in which the starving party spent last Christ- mas at Oapo Sabin, in the Arctic region. Lieut. Lockwood kept a disary in short hand, which has heen transcribed b‘ a member of his family and he appears to have wade a full record of everything of importance which hap pened in lhunf ly life of the party, The ex- tracts which the Republican will print relate how, a8 Christmas drow near, the officors and men jomed in toe talk of home, and planned grand feasts for the time when they should reach the civilized world, and how they made preparations for feast on the approaching mas by setting apart small portions of their daily ratious. On December 21st Lockwood writes: “‘By groat effort I waa able to save one ounce of my bread, and about two eunces of butter for Ohristmas, [ shall make a vigorous effort to abstain from eating it before then.” He adds that he pat it in chadge of Binderbeck as an additional_safegnard, On December 22, he writes: ““We look forward to to-morrow and Christmas,” and I offerod to give any one a roast turkey on reaching home for a single dog biscuit now, but found 1o takers.” He says on thenext' dsy T saved nearly all my hard bread for Christmas,” and that to make the Christmas dinner grander he made u tre- mendous effort and went with without his rum in order to have it for Christmas to add to the punch. On Christmas eve he added (o his scanty eavings for the next day’s feast his bread and a piece of lemon and he wrote in his book, “Po-night is Christmas eve and my thoughts are turned toward home, God preserve me to see this day next year and enjoy it at home with those I love.” ¥[‘I)e entry for Christmas day i as follows. *‘December 25.—Barome- ter 20.03; thermometer 27-5. Christmas, We have all been talking and waiting anc fously for the hour and now it is here, and p. m.) nearly gone.” Dinner cousisted of a fine rich stew of all seal meat with onions and a httle blubber, potatoes and bread- crumbs. After this we had in the course of an hour or 8o & tine, nice stew with raisins and a little blubber and milk. e ——— %100,000 Fire in Cincinnati, CrxciNsaTi, December 24.—A fire this morning started in the cellar of Mills & Co.'s stationery and meicantile printing establish- ment in the northeast ¢ rner of Masonic Tem- ple, extended rapidly to other parts of the temple, the first portion of which is beginning to burn and contained moat valuable scenery, organ and otber property belonging to the Scottish Rite fraternity and known to be the most complete in the west. 1t was largoly the result of the life-long labors of Enoch T, Car- son, who devoted much time and_study and expended much money to mako this cathedral the most complate of its kind, flhe loss to tho Masonic fraternity will be Heavy, Mills & Co.’s establishment is a complete loss. To- tal loss is over one hundred thousand dollars, T'wo firemen were severely injuzed by a fall- ing wall, By 11 o'clock the fire was fully under con- trol and was confined to the Masonic Temple and mainly to its north half, the ding being divided by a wide hall ri jlog east aud west. The Masonic Temple po;rty balonge to the Caesara lodge of Masons, was built at acost of $2.0,000, and is insured tor $125,0 0, much more than enough to coyer the loss on the buildiog. The vprincipal item of loss ie that of the Scottish Rite. whose property was on the third and fourth floors Their loss ie estimated at from 30,000 to 375,00, Enoch T, Carson’s masonic library, worth £10,000, and coutaining many works impossibla to re- place, is wholly lost, but mnsured. The loss to other lodges is not 8o heavy, —— The National Tube Works, Prrrspuc, Pa, December 23, — When the notices were pos ted this morning in the works of the National Tube Works company thut the various departments would close down to-morrow for an indefinite period the em- ployes, who wero expecting amove of the kind, were not so much surprised, The roason said to be given is the scarcity of orders, and “|that in order to keop the works going for some days past tho force has en utilized in turning w ma- terial for the compauy’s o use, Your correspondent visited . Mr, . C. Con' verse, assistant general wanager of the works to.day, and learned that the works are to be closed for an indeficite period, Many depart: ments were closed Saturday and’ the re- mainder will follow to-morrow, The cause is of orders, He could not say when work would be resumed. Al but one department of the Lapwe d ara now _closed, and it will close the 27th ivst, The rolling-mills snd threading-floor close to-morraw, The But- weld mill wi'l work until the 27th instant. aud the entire works will ba closed. The Nation- al tubs-works compauy employ over 2,000 men, and pay abont ¥80,000 ¢very two weeks, greater portion «f which is eirculated here, S 9 Duluth's Elevator Oapacity. Dorers, Mino., December 24, At a meet- ing of the stockholders of the Lake Superior Jlevator Company, held in this city Monday, it was definitely decided to build another ele vator at Duluth for the business of the com- ing year, with a capacity of a million and a halt bushels, It is understood that the Union Improvement and Llevator Company will also build another with a capacity of a mil- lion, The erection of these elevators has been renderad nccessary by the proportion which the grain trade of Duluth has now nas- sumed, and bocause that tiade is increusing so rapidly that now large transactions take place on 'change daily, and many new members have joined the board of trade. Duluth is rapidly coming to the frout as a uading wheat market; indeed she shippsd nearly, if not quite as much whaat as Chicago during the past year, and stie has aiready in store for winter 4,500,000 bushels of wieal, and by speing will have 6,000,000, The capacity of the Duluth elevators When the new noues are completed will ba 8,700,000, ———— Wharfinger's Fatlure, Loxpoy, December 24, Iugall Phillips & Co.. warfingers, have falled, Their linbilities 200,000 pounds; assests will exceed that amouat, eal of North Carolina Smoking Tobacco. TEXAS COWBOYS. fhey Board a Passeager Train and Take Possession, They Amuse Themselves Shooting Out the Windows, And They Terrorize Over Passengers Generally by the And Rob the Train Boy of His Stock. Also Shoot at a Passing Freight Train, Judge Falon, U, 8, District Attorney Evans and the Sheriff on Board but Kept Quiet, UOWBOY PRANKS, ¢ ANTONI10, Tex., December 24, Yes- terday evening as the east bound passonger train on the Southern Pacific was nearing a bridge crossing the Pecos river a number of torpedoes exploded on the track causing the engineer to stop the train, Six cowboys boarded the train with drawn revolvers and compelled the conductor to stop at Langtry, the next small station, At Langtry twenty more cowboys boarded and took possession of the train, They were all more or less under the influence of liquor. They amused themselves by shooting out all the window lights and lamps, terrorizing the passengers generally. As the train passed small stations the cowboys would shove their heads out of broken windows and shoot and yell. A pass- ing freight train was saluted in asimilar manner., Several hundred shots were fired. The roof of the cars was riddled. They robbed the tiain boy of his stock of peanuts and candies, but 8o far as known nobody was shot. Judge Falon, United States District Attorney Eyans and Sheriff White were among the passengers, but thought it best not to make their identity known, The gang lett the train at Uvalde, after riding over sixty miles. —— HISTORY KNOCKED IN THE HEAD THOMAS JEFFERSON'S INAUGURATION, W ASHINGTON, December 22,—The Republi- ean has hunted up facts which show that Thomas Jefferson was not the simplo, plain, economwical gentleman which Richelieu Robin. son, in his resolutions recently introduced in the House, declared bim tobe, and destroys the beautift] allegory heratofors universally accopted about Thomas Jefferson riding to the capitol on horseback unat. tended on_the day of his inauguration a8 president, and with his own hands hitching his horse to a post. Attention was called to this matter romo years ago by Hoa. A. W, Thayer, the United States con- cul at Tricot, in a private letter, and he quoted the historian, Richard Hildreth, as yaying that Jofierson had soma inclinaton_ to omit the parads, but finding that it would be a great disappointment to the peopla to have it dispensed with, he thought better of it, and was escorted to the capitol by two mili- tary companies and a dis:inguished civic pro coezlon of the people. The National Intalli goncer of March 6, 181, states that the day was_ ushered in by the liring of cavnon; that at 10 a, m. the Washington artillery and Alexander Rifles paraded at tho whito house, and at 12 oclock a procession of the people, including many members of coneress, passed down the avenus to the capitol. 1t also mentions that the demonstration surpassed any provious ona in the history of the city, and this of itsslf overthrows the one horso story, for the editor of the Intellizaucer was a man of veracity, a friend of Jefferson, and the lnst man to represent richt under tho presiden’ts nose that his solitary horachack ride down the straet was intended to be a con- demnation of parade, was THE GBANDEST DEMONSTRATION the city had known, That Jefferson was a man of quiet mannerrs iz probably truo, but ho was not a clown. Ho had been in_Paris, the city of shows, and was fond of tha French aud their ways. That ho was not avorse to parade on proper occasions i8 ghown by his bsequent_conduct, On the 16th of April, 1801, he visited Alexandria to partako of & public dinner and was met by artillery, rifio companios, cavalry and citizens in a demon- stration rivaling in splendor the inaugura tion_ coremouies on the 4th of March, Cer nly toe hater of parades, the man who hated escorts, despised nowe and pop and was bound to set an_example of strict plain- ness and aconomy, did not within six weeka of his Spartan precedent turn hia 1d mare out to grass and allow the roystering cava Jiers of Fuirfax to surround him with their blooded steeds and usher him into their chiet city with the booming of cannon, the bray- ing of trumpets and the wild hurrahs of men who should have been weeding their cabbag or feeding their turkeys, A full account of the Alexandria affair appoared in the Intelli- goncer of the next morning, and allowing for the difference of style in Teportivg betwoon that day and this is evident that for the perind the maguii®nce was worthy the occa: sion and had nothing in common with solitary horsomanship and setking to escape the ob sorvation of the populace or contemn usago and tho popular taste. Todications of Another War on N braska, Colorado and Utah Freight Ra Chicago Tribune, Decembor 24, The indicatioas are that another war on Nebrasks, Colorado and Utah business will broak out before many days have elapsed, The pools and_agreements on that b siness now in existence will terminata Feb uary 1 if any of the roads give notice of withdrawal on or before January 1, Nono of the roads haye yet given the required notice of withdrawal, but 1t is understoud that such notices will bs forthcoming in dus tino, as nearly all the roads intorested in that busindss were dissatisfied with their percentages. On Ne- braska business (excepting rauch catile) no pool now existe, and it is noderetoo i that th ratea are not now maintain business n Conucil blufis and Chicago it is claimed that ra es aro being seriouely cut, and £ this trouble is notsoon adjusted 1tis quite ere, Becausde every.. where recognized ad izdiépené&i%?e fo Peafer a\o_rs) Gonsumer, iB., THURSDAY MOKNING, DECEMBER 25, 1884, likely to serious! Missourd river poin ffect the rates from other The great obstacle in the way of a settlement of these troubles is tho dissention that exist between the | forming the Western Trunk Line associs tion, No loug aa the tripartite complications are not adjuste permanent sgreement for tha mainten Council Bluffa and Ne- bracka rates can be made, At present the Northwestern is aot recognizad as one of the tripartilo roads by the lines forming the Westorn Trunk Line association, and con sequently the Rock Island, Milwauke & St, Paul, and Wabash issue fepsrate tariffs in connection with the Union Pacific, and the Northwestern o uea tarifls in connection with_the Us aciflc, This shows that the Union Pacific is not very anxious to carry out the tripartite agreement, but is tryiog to maintain amicable relations with all its connections, including the Chica- o, Burlngton ffi Quincy. As mattars now stand thero are but two w: in which the troubles regarding western rates can be ad- justed, Hither the Western Trunk Line As- sociation has to be abandoned and a general pool formed, which s not likely to be_done ag the Rock Island and Milwaukee & St. I'aul roads are determined to enforce tha tarpartite contract, to be taken into consideration in the formation of new pools for the maintenance of Council Bluffs and Nebraska rates, and this the Burlington refused to —e——— The President- Special to the Chicazo Times Arnaxy, N, V., December 23.—Tho demo- crats of Connecticut believe their state ought to be represented in President Ceveland's cabinet, Ono faction insista that Governor ‘Waller should be called into the councils of the new president, while another faction de- clares William H. Barnum, chairman of the national democratic committee, should receive from the man he did so much to elect to the presidency one of the cabinet portfolios, A delegation of Mr, Barnum’s Connecticut friends led by Covgressman C. S. Mitchell and W. Seymonr arrived in the city last night and called on Governor Cleveland to-day. Tho ‘:mumur stood while the spokesman of tho delegation rehearsed the services of Mr Barnumin the cause of the democratio party of Connecticut and the na- tion. The eulogy on the national chatrman was earnestly pronounced by bis friends, and was listoned to with rep the president-elect, who replied by expressing his pleasure at meeting s vistors; but he gave the delegation no reason to beliove that he would call Mr, Barnum or any other Con- necticut democrat into his cabinet, The Con- necticut men, after the conference, expressed gratiticatibn at the cordiality of their recep- tion by Governor Cleveland and admiration of the manner in which he listened to all they had to sny in the interest of their friend. THE SOCIAL EVENT OF THE SEASON in this city occurred to-night. During the official term of Gov, Cleveland he has given two other receptions, This fact is explained by the information that the governor being a bachelor, and his sisters being at the time ab- sent from the governor’s mausion, he confined his invitation' to gentlemen; but during the time he has occupied the gubernatorial chair, he has enjoyed the hospitalities of many of the citizens af Albany, Buffalo and Troy. 'To pay the social obligations which these hospitalities had imposed upon him, Gov. Cleveland lately issued invitations to all persons who had en- wertained him in the three cities named, to at- tend a recoption at the goyernor's mansion last night. In response to these invitations about thrie hundred ladies and gentlemen thronged the maneion, and between the hours of 9 aud 12 enjoyed themselves in social in- tercourse and dancing. At 9 o’clock the in- vited guests began to arrive. They were presented to Gov. Cloveland in the paslor where he was, notified of his nomination for the presidency. Col. Lamont, the governor's | private Uen. and aacretary, Farnsworth, Col. Holiday, presented the guests to the governor, who in the reception was aseisted by his sisters, Miss It | Cleveland and Mrs, Hoyt. The mantels were all banked with cut flowers, and there was a profusion of palms and rareplants intho halls and on the stmrways. A full orchestra supplied the music in the library, where the younger guests onjoyed themselves dancing, When the refreshments wero an- nounced Uoy, Cleveland _escorted to_the dining-room Mrs. Walter Carey, of Buffalo, who gave a dinner to the governor on the oc casion of his visit to that city during the late pre idential canvass. Tho toilets of tho ladies wero notable, and nothing occurred to mar the pleasura of the occasion. Mrs John 3. McElroy and mMrs, J. H. Haivesworth, sisters of President Arthur, who reside in Albany, were among the guests, and received much attention from many of tho distinguish- ed persons present. —— Fort Bl'ss Property in Jeopardy. SAN ANT0N10, Texas, Docember 24,—Tho United States dists attorney, Evans, re- turned from Fort Bliss, whither ho was sont by the governor to look 1nto the title to that property, Judge Ivans thinks the title to the prope rty and about £50.000 worth of im provements are in great danger of being lost totho government. He says he has been compolled in his report to reflact soveroly upon the action of certain United States army officers who located that post some years ago. Tho titlo to the_entire property is in jeopardy. The hiirs having arrived at matunity are now pressing their claims. Evana says that although congress rocently appropriated £ 0,000 for improving Fort Bliss the whole impro it is not now worth more than 85,00, or 10,000, — Two Catholic Pricsts i Court. InviaNAPOLIS, December 24,—Itev, Dems 0'Donovan. ex-pastor of the Catholic church at Brownsburg, Hendricks county, Kas., brought euit against Father Herman Alder- ing of this city, for$30,0 00 for hbel. O'Dono- van was removed from the church at Browns: burg by the Bishop and subsequently Alder- ing publithed a history of the Gatholic church of the dioce ¢ offVincennes, in which wasprint- ed the following regariing the Brownsburg church: “Itev. Denis O'Donovan _came next and remained ' in spito of the Bishop, to the great ccandal of tho Catholics,” This state- ment is the basis of the smt. —— e Bankrupt Sto " Closea, . M. Rothchild & Oo,, deslers in dry goods and notions, and conducting the business under the name of ““Tho bankrupt store,” who were attached last night on » judgment for $3,500, rendered in fuvor of Now York parties, confes judge- meut in the sum of $30,000 this morning, The proprictors intimated that srrangements would be effected with their creditors, s Fail, Steamboat Builg, V. ber 24, Ward P Newsvna, N, Y., Deces Stunton & Co., stea tegianto /g(a»tfl,éa.pa. bina, and store it sen. Iders, have as- not obtamnable, signed, The schedu Thoy hopo tocoutinug business as soon as the ; ln turned to work, invcatory is completed, i [ thclecttlhebent h § leaf fron the ] best Jobocco ctfnl attention by | NO. (6 THE MARKETS. Business Active to tue Extent of the Supply. The Boys Indulge in Holiday Sport And Christen the President With Floar, The Olick of the Ticker Heard at Lonesome Intervals, They Didn't Make] +h to Buy a Lun¢ The Three Rig Poll n and the Floor Were Serlfously Put About Keep Order, - Do . to OHICAGO MARKETS, Special telegram to Ttk Bk, CATTLE, CHicAGo, Decomber 24 —Business active to the extent of the supply, which, as will b noted, was extramely low. The bulk of fresh receipts was made up of low grade butchers stock and cows, there being scarcely fifty loads of stock suitable for the shipping or dressed boof trade. The general range was substant- 1ally higher than yesterday or any day last week, and under tho prosent moderato re- ceipts, a8 matter of course, prices aro likely to remain firm, but what would likely happen under a big run is plamn to be seen, the best ttlo_on the market would not bring over 50@5 85, and anything selling above these quotations would he prime indeed. Good to choice cattle may bo quoted at $1 80@b 10 and along thero; fair o medium, $1 251 £0 and then down to $3 80@8 90 for common; best fat cows that will suit tho shop trade are - selling steady, but the canners’ stock lm\{ be quoted rather woak, In stockers and teeders bu-iness continues lirht, on acconnt of the holiday sea- son, and cold weather, But fow country buy- ers ‘aro here, and speculators have ali they want, Cholce, 1,300 and 1,400 pouvds, 8515 @b common to_fair, 1,000 and 1,200 pounds, $1 20@5 00; inferior to medium cows and mixed, $2 30@3 10; good to choico, $3 50 (@4 10; stockers, lower at $3 00@3 75; feaders, $3 00@4 25; Texas cattle, $3 26@4 00. HOGS, The market was dull and prices strong at 5®10c lower, especially toward the close. Buyera for packing firms who will not operate their houses to-morrow had orders not to buy unless they coula do so at prices that would ypay for carrying over; that is they wanted their stock not to cost over $4 25@4 80, Buy- exs for packers had to pay around about $4 30 ®140 and the bulk of tho choice packing geades sold within this rango, with common at 34 15@4 20, and thereabouts, Light sorts were in better demand and when closely as- sorted sold nearly as high as vesterday. Packing and shipping, 1260 and 360 pounds, #14 30285 50. light, 165 and 205fpounde,{$4 10 @4 45, o o - \ Ths click of the ticker was only heard at’ lonesome intervals to-day. They came very near having a day off, in fact, and if the gen- eral impression is well founded they will rather rust and dust from now until the new year has opened. The markets throughout was of the steadiest possible character and nobody who hadu'c a broker in the family could possibly have made the price of lunch at the pie counter across the alley. WHIEAT-Opened at 7ljc for January, which was one-eighth lower than it closed yes- terday. Oceasional quotations would advance the price to 72¢ and tuen put it back to 717c, Occasionally a broker would venture a sald and purchase of a 5000 lot, but there was ab- solutely no business feature to be discovered, except that samples of flour and grain went around pretty lively among tho shippers. YEAR CORN-—Kept within two points of 362, and TROVISIONS February rORK, only varying two or three points from 11,10 and Februrary were unchanged. LARD the sams at about 6 75, The three big police- men on the floor wero soriously put about to preserve order and tho irreproachablo mer cantile conduct which poesident E, Nelson Blake tries to rigidly enforce, The president has hardly gained popularity among the boys snce he caused *Dick” Rathburno to bo sus- pended for three days, ‘‘Dick” having been 0 indiecreet as to ring the big bell *‘for fun,” To.day, there being nothing going on in tho pits, every fuir thing in the naturo of wild pranks and practical jokes wero too rich for the boys’ blood, At one time there was an exciting game of foot ball in the midst, of the wheat crowd, and the threo big policemen finally levied on the inanimate promoter of the uproar will bo soveral days getting the kinks out of their necks. The football gome, the boys grew reckless, and oven when the presence of J. Nelson Blake was announced, they refused to bo decorous. The worthy prosident had not been on the floor five minutes when the more sober 1..:t of the speculative community was horrified to a five-pound paper bag, full of flour, catch Nelson Blake square in the back of his neck, There was o momentary hush, and when Blaka emerged from the cloud of flour the silenco culd have been hoard, it was o excensive, that the presidont’s black suit was a9 white s an_angel's robe, but the presi- dent's face was *'blacker than the ace of spades.” Tho unknown individual who threw the bag nover imagined that obscurity was a0 swoot At 1 p. m. the board adjourned until 9:30 Friday moruing 8 SRR Oatholic Church Burned, Beviast, Wis., December 24,—A firo was discovered in the parsonago of the Catholic society of this place to-day, and the flames were soon _communicated to the Catholic hurch adjoining. Both buildings were de- stroyed, The loss on the church building i $7,000: insur nce, £6,000, Loss on the d ling, $4,000; insurance, $1,000, —— Striking Coal M CHATTANOGA, December;24,—The strike at Saddy coal wines has ended and miners have l(&/{r’:c I/./ tetd W?D WZMD l-“”'y - patts,