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* 1 •t"-' V . • rg glaindcalcr ^ J. VAN tlYKC, C« Rtr ant PvMialier. 4fcHENBT, ILLINOIS. NEWS BUDGET. ** . :rHfirt«h Intelligence from Every Part of the Civilized World. &F£l£n anA Domestic News, Polftfcal Events, Personal rcints, Labor Notes, Etc. ?y i*- LIFE IN IRELAWD. A New«-Dealer Sent to Prison--Mr. O'Brlea'f Prison Treatment. DrBtiiN dispatch: "Dennis McNamara, •fl§ shopkeeper at Ennis, has been sentenced lb a week's imprisonment for selling copies 6f Uniied Ireland, William O'Brien's ftaper, the selling of which has been pro­ claimed. Tbis is the first instance Jn which a person has boen prosecuted for selling papers." F LONDON dispatch: "A letter written by '3j[r. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ire­ land, is published, in which he refers to the grotesque episode' of O'Brien's ilothes. He says O'Brien is not treated ,4jb Tullamore prison either with leniency Or severity. He has succeeded in shel­ tering himself under medical opinion that his lungs are delicate and heart action Weak. Balfour also says if O'Brien re- . fbses to wear the prison dress force will Hot be applied to compel him. There is Bo reason why he should not fulfill his ferm in prison, but he cannot safely be ibbjected to the usual discipline." FRANCE'S POLITICAL CRISIS. dent Grevy Will Not Resign--He Wants to Insure the Safety of the Republic. CABLE dispatches on Saturday from the capital thos outline the situation at "ttat date: President Grevy still stubbornly resists the fexnauds for his immediate resignation. The Sesa unanimously condemns the prolonga->n of the crisis. Le faix savs Presi­ dent Grevy will not resign before he has placed the republic in a safe posi- Won. It declares that the Orleans princes are very active and -warns Republicans to reflect on the course they are taking. A meeting will be held in the IJelleville quarter to-night to adoj>t measures, as the call says, to conform to the situation. Councilor Vail- lant presided at a revolutionary meet­ ing in Salle de Fevrier last evening. Two thousand persons were present. Deputies Canelinot and Baslv delivered Violent speeches directed against i'erry. They .declared it necessary for the people to marcn to the Hotel de Yille to prevent the King from » going to the Tuileries. Resolutions were adopted declaring that the people called upon the popular forces to organize themselves to denture everything against extortioners and ^iraitors. The meeting dispersed with cries of la commune." There was no disorder. l»OWDERLY WILL NOT RESIGN. Gould's Letter Made Up of Extracts from Various Communications. A PHILADELPHIA dispatch states that T. V. Powderly, General Master Workman, Jtnights of Labor, when shown the \ published report of a letter purport­ ing to have been written by him flo £. T. Gould, of Indianapolis, Ind., * %hich expressed his determination to re­ sign, said: "I sent no letter to Gould em- tracing the points he claims, but he prob- r., Ably takes extracts fiom other communica­ tions I sent him, and, combining them .^rith tho gist of my speech at Minneap­ olis, published the combination as coming from me. You can say for me, I am not foing to resign this year. That is about all eui say on the question." BARBARISM IN COLOMBIA. Brutal Work of the Slave-Traders--How . TheyJKidnap Men, Women, and Children. , THE" following is telegraphed from v sfanama to the New York Herald: - The Revista Catolioa of Bogota, speaking of ' • Jpission work in Colombia, says that in Caque- * 4a, Kan Martin, Casanare, La Goajira, Sierra ' ISevada, Choco, Opon, and Liarien there •re over two hundred thousand Colom­ bians who live a savage life. Many of iihest! people, men, women, and children, !(|re stolen and sold into a life of slavery of the ^Jfilest description. Sometimes combats take ; i »lace, from which results the slaughter of hun- Oreds, whose bodies are left where they fall. IThe Revista Catolica also refers to the plunder Ot Colombian citizens on the Putamayo and they have among them the hangman of the Chicago anarchists. He has always been a reputable citizen, but his connection with the matter leaked ont by accident, and hig mysterious visits to other States are now believed to hare been made for the pur­ pose of assisting some guilty brother In leaving the world. He is believed to be a professional hangman, and his neighbors and former associates shun hi in at they would a leper." .A TKBBIBLE wreck occurred on the Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago Line, near Vienna, 111. Daniel Collard, Frank Bar­ ton, engineers, Dick Walker, brakeman, and a fireman named Schaffer were killed. Two or three others are reported wounded. The engines were a total wreck, together with a number of cars. A BUTLEK (MO.) special says: "John Bedford is a wealthy farmer, and suffers from defective hearing. Early Sunday evening Simon A. Waddell, of Princeton, 111., who is visiting his brother, noticed Bedford's bouse on fire. He lushed up to the door and endeavored to rouse the in­ mates, but failed. Then he forced the door in, and as he stepped into the hall was shot to death bv Bedford, who mistook him for a robber. Neighbors gathered, but too lale to save the house, as it was burned to the ground. Bedford is over 70 years old, and it is feared that bis mind has been permanently wrecked by his mis­ take." THE telephone war in Indiana 6hows no 6igns of abating. • ; • A SPECIAL telegram from Omaha, Neb., J reports that-- • J Engineer Markh&m and his fireman had a j thrilline experience with a panther on the Burlin.ston and Missouri River Road, between Minden and Artell. The train was a ions one, and heavily laden, and between the two j places named the engine slipped an eccentric | and came to a standstill. Morkham and tho ' fireman got out to set matters right. They had about completed the job when both heard a yell that made their blood run cold, and before either could turn a large panther sprang upon the engineer and buried his claws in his shoul­ der. The fireman had a heavy wrench in his hand, and •tojth this struck the brute on the head. This partially stunned him, and he loosened bis hold on the engineer, but before the men could take advantage of the situation the panther made a leap tor the fire­ man. and lacerated with one of his claws his left hip. Engineer SiarKham by this time toad drawn his revolver and shot the brute between the eyes, killing him instantly. Both men were badly hurt and will be laid up for some time. The panther measured nearly six feet from, his no-e to the end of his tail, and weighq# nearly 200 pounds. mand that the President resign. He «u still of the Bftme opinion. The President alone, added M. Brisson, was entitled to raise the qaestion. A PARIS dispatch says: "M. &ibot has consented to undertake the formation of a Cabinet at the request of President Grevy. who desired him also to convey his mes­ sage of resignation to the Chamber of Deputies." LORD SALISBURY'S speech before the meeting of the National Union of Con­ servatives, at Oxford, makes it clear that the Premier feels that he is absolutely de­ pendent upon the support of the Liberal Unionists. He outlined a rather extended platform of reforms which the Government proponed to introduce at the next session of Parliament, and said that he did not in­ tend to propose increased powers of local government in Ireland until was marked change there. "POLITICS." ** THERE is a movement on foot, says a Washington special, "to secure the National Bepublican convention for New York, on (he ground that it would be beneficial to tho party in that State as well RS in Con­ necticut and New Jersey. But the motive, kept in the background of course, is anti- Blaine. His opponents, knowing that his greatest strengtn is in the West, and that the New York City Bepublicans and mug­ wumps are violently bitter against him, think local influence will have a powerful effect upon the convention. Correspond­ ence with members of the National Com­ mittee is now very active." THE total vote cast in Ohio in 1885 was 733,966, in 1886 it was 704,233. This year the total vote reached the very large figure of 744,568, which is a large increase. The on the Governor are as follows: Foraker,, Bepublican, 356,937; Powell, Democrat, 205; Seitz, Labor, 24,712; Sharp, Prohibition, 29,700; scattering, 14. Total, 744,568. Foraker over Powell, 23,- 732. This i« a slight increase for the Pro­ hibitionists over 1885, when Leonard had 28,061. GENERAL. SOUTH. A BLOODY battle took place between whites and blacks, at Jellico, Ky., in which three men were killed and a number wounded. Whisky was the cause of the fight. THE strike troubles in the Louisiana sugar belt have culminated in a bloody conflict which resulted in the death of nearly a dozen of the negro strikers. New Orleans dispatches give the following par­ ticulars of the affair: At Thibodeaux a body ot striking negro la­ borers tired from ambush and wounded two of the white picket guard which had been on duty there since the withdrnwal of tho State militia. An attack was immediately made on the ne­ groes and ten were killed. 'The rest of the men left for the woods. The following statement concerning the affair explains itseif: "Our labor troubles had about censed, when, on Tuesday afternoon, the people of this town were reliably informed that an attack would be made upon the town during the night. To pre vent any trouble a strong guard of deputy sheriffs was posted at all the approaches. At 7 o'clock in the morning two of the guards, John J. Gorman and Henry Malaison. two of the most respect­ able and esteemed young men of our town, were shot from ambush and seriously Wounded. Two of their friends rushed to their assistance, and while they were attempting to relieve their wounded comrades they were also fired upon from ambush. Luckily they were not harmed. A fearful state of excitement arose, and the armed guard of the town rushed to the scene of action. They were again tired upon from ambush, and then returned the fire by a general fusillade, which was kept up until the rioters dispersed. Some six rioters are known to have been killed and as many more wounded, nono of the other guards of the town being injured except those above mentioned. Our people are determined to pre­ serve the • peace, and all good citi­ zens are in perfect accord. The above facts are gained from a reliable source. Clay Knob- lack, Lieutenant-Governor; Taylor lieattie, Judg^; T.,Thibedeau, Sherifl; S. Moore. Mayor." Another dispatch from Thibodeaux says the casualties eo far are sufficiently numorous, but there is a feeling among the best citizens that the worst is over; that the passions aroused by utterances of the New Orleans communists, the BO-callod friends of labor, have been stilled, and that no more blood will be shed or more lives lost. The feeling against these New Orleans communists is very strong, and on every side their conduct is denounced in most unmeasured terms, WHILE the steamer Charles P. Choteau was lying at Sunflower Landing, Miss., fire broke out and the vessel was burned to the water's edge. A colored firec>:.v and a apo by Dolores Kemedios and to his infamous , j a i- " , " " lave-dealing transactions, and particularly to i colored deck passenger were bnrr.€n to i public sale on the lower Amazon of women oien from Colombia. A Lawyer's Crimes. DISCOVERIES have been made that Jpharles Albert Kebler, a Cincinnati attor­ ney who died recently, committed many %>rgeries and embezzled trust funds, the 'liabilities thus incurred reaching $175,000, frhile his assets are but $60,000. His fam­ ily and friends are said to be the persons ifnost affected, and insanity is set up as a palliation for his crimes. Minor Telegram*. NEAR Portrero, a suburb of San Fran­ cisco, fire destroyed two blocks of dwell- •#gs, rendering forty families homeless, 'imd causing a loss of $75,000. The burn- 4 lng of the Windsor Packing House at Des . Moines, Iowa, entails a loss of $250,000, with $195,000 insurance. The owner will rebuild in the Bpring. IN a collision on the Baltimore and Ohio Boad, about fifteen miles sliuth of Pittsburg, three men were killed and five others were injured. At Anna, Ohio, an engineer and fireman were killed in, a smash-up on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Boad. A MYSTERIOUS^ disease is said to be claiming many victims at Posoya, in Chili. The victims are first taken with pains in the stomach, followed by a flow of blood from the mouth, and sometimes from the eyes and ears. ~R LAMBERT & BISHOP, the wire mill com­ pany at Joliet, 111., won the celebrated arson case, the jury returning a verdict of "no cause for action." The insurance company immediately appealed. The de­ fendants will commence suit for $50,000, charging malicious prosecution. EAST. A WOMAN named Mirande and her 12- year-old daughter, who, it is thought, are afflicted with leprosy, have been placed in the hospital for contagious diseases at Philadelphia. The mother presents the hideous appearance of a leper, but Bhe at­ tributes the illness from which she is suf­ fering to her eating of a poisonous Bra­ zilian plant. GHE/T excitement prevailed at the meet­ ing of the First Unitarian Society, at- Hartford, Conn., an attempt being made to oust the pastor, the Rev. J. C. Kimball, for his sympathy with the Chicago anarch­ ists. The women supported Mr. Kimball, and a resolution asking for his resignation was defeated. JOHANN MOST, the anarchist, was placed on trial in the Court of General Sessions at New York, Wednesday, on a charge of inciting violence by an inflammatory speech. Having been admitted to bail, he entered the court-room without the escort of policemen. He kept his hat on after entering until one of the court officers brusquely took it off. his head. death. The boat and cargo are t> iota' loss, nothing being left of the great cotton car­ rier but her immense iron hull. The Cho- teau's cargo consisted of 4,500 bales of cotton, 2,600 sacks of oilcake, and sundries. On Nov. 6, 187<>, the Choteau brought to New Orleans the largest cargo of cotton that had up to that time ever been carried by a Mississippi River steamer--8,814 bales. AT Seguin, Texas, Martin Robertson and James Bromley, white boys, each 17 years old, were sentenced to the peniten­ tiary for life for having decoyed Archie Henry, their companion, into a cave and murdered htm. The three boys had run away from home and banded together for the purpose of committing highway rob­ bery and other depredations. Young Hen­ ry informed the authorities of their thefts, and it was for this reason that his associ­ ates killed him. A KEGBO named Bigus was taken from the jail at Frederick, Md., and hanged to the limb of a tree. The man was charged with assaulting an aged white woman, but he died protesting his innocence and ac­ cusing another negro of the crime. WASHINGTON. MB. SPARKS is said to be seeking a vin­ dication of his conduct as Land Commis­ sioner by an election to Congress. SUPERINTENDENT FOX, of the United States Mint, says that not only is the de­ mand being kept up for small or minor coin, but that the banks are now wanting gold dollars. They ate also demanding new quarter and half-dollars pieces. The Superintendent states that by Jan. 1 he will have coined as many gold dollars as he thought advisable for the present. When asked how many, he replied: "Less than 10,000. I do not think I will exceed that amount." SECRETARY WHITNEY has returned to Washington in improved health, but he will not take an active part in the manage­ ment of the Navy Department for some days. FOREIGN. WEST. (Mich.) special says: "The , dttaens of Leslie, in this county, believe IN the Chamber of Deputies the Ministry was defeated on a motion to postpone de­ bate on its domestic policy by a vote of 328 to 242. Prime Minister Rouvier im­ mediately announced that the members of the Cabinet woula resign, and their resignations were subsequently presented to and accepted by the President. Speaking of the clamors for his own resig­ nation, President Grevy says that if it should occur at the present time it would establish a mischievous precedent because it would bind his successors to^esinn when­ ever public opinion should happen to be against them. M. BRISSON had a conference with Pres­ ident Grevy at Paris and told him that the crisis in relation to the Presidency ap­ peared to be without a remedy. The Pres­ ident asked the reason of this. Brisson replied that it would be painful to explain. TL« reason was universally ap­ parent. He reminded M. Grevy that at an independent meeting on Sunday he had maintained that nobody was entitled to de- THE Dutch steamer W. A. Scholten, bound from Rotterdam for New York, was sunk by a collision with the steamer Rosa Mary, ten miles off Dover, England. A London dispatch gives the following par­ ticulars of the disaster: The Sclftriten carried a complement of 310 passengers and crew. -The steamer Ebro ot Sunderland rescued ninety persons and landed them at the Sailors Home, Dover. One passen­ ger and a child of the party brought to Dover were found dead from exposure. This leaves 123 lost and missing. It is hoped that passing vessels have rescued the missing ones. At the time of the accident a denrte fog prevailed. The Seholten was struck on the port bow by the Rosa Mary. Immediately, after the shock was felt tho !Soholten'8 passengers, all of whom had retired for the night, rushed on deck in their night gowns. The boat* were promptly ordered to be lowered, but it was found that only two were available. The three others were useless, and were not lowered. The |water rushed swiftly through a hole in the bow, and a terrible scene ensued. The panic-stricken passengers uttered piercing shrieks, and many fail upon their knees and prayed aloud. Little children citing to their mothers, who themselves were shrieking with ter­ ror. The officers were cool and self* possessed, and remained on the bridge to the last. Several persons procured life belta and leaped into the sea. Within twenty minutes of the shock the Bcholten was in­ gulfed. All those who had put on life belts floated and were rescued by the boats from the - steamer Ebro, which cruised around until 4 o'clock in the morning. Many of the rescued lost wives, husbands, brothers and sisters. The survivors were supplied with clothes, and everything possible was done to insure their comfort. LAWRENCE BARRETT, the tragedian, said to a Pittsburg reporter that a trip to England with Mr. Booth was contemplated, but that the visit would be very brief. Re­ garding the rumor that the two tragedians would erect a theater in New York for the exclusive production of the legitimate drama, Mr. Barrett said: "It is true. We have in contemplation the erection of a metropolitan theater, although not exclu­ sively for the legitimate drama. It will be at least two years before the scheme can be consummated, but when it is all'sorts of pure and meritorious works Will be pA>- ' duced." THE Supreme Court of Washington Ter­ ritory has granted an injunction restraining the Northern Pacific Railway Coripany from illegally cutting timber on publio lands. The United States Attorney for the Territory says the result of this decision will be the recovery of about $100,000 in trespass Bnits now pending against, the company. A SPECIAL telegram from New York says : Senor Louis Tanco, of the Colombian Lega­ tion at Washington, and now in this city, says that the expense account of the work on the Panama Canal up to June 30, 18*6, was S134,509,088. Some of the items are peculiar as well as interesting. For exam­ ple : The excavating has cost $28,000,000, Ahe offices at New York, Paris, and Panama £84,00,- 000. The purchase of the Panama Railroad $18,G8»,088, and of hospitals 37,000,000. Materi­ als have caused an outlay of $2-2,000,000; serv­ ants for employes, W.700,000. Mules and wagons figure up a total of 8152,000; the building for offices, private residence for manager, country seat for same, grounds, etc., $5,25o,000. Carriages and horses for employes cost £'215,000, a parlor-car for manager S4'2,0t)0; and interest on the capital iso.ooo.ojo. The en­ campments on the line foot up JO,000,000 ; the police, for encampments, £2,300,000, and the pharmaceutic staff H,800,000. It cost the com­ pany }'2,000,000 to indemnify the commissioners sent at the company's expense to report on the canal, in other words to defray the expense of entertaining the guests invited to ac­ company De Lestop8 t® Panama to in­ spect the canal; £2,-400,'"00 to indemnify con­ tractors for tbe company's failure to carry out certain contracts, and £5,01>0,0-!0 for employes on the lino, fcenov Tanco believes the canal, if ever finished, will cost ; 5 >0,0 .0,000. As the work advances greater difficulties are met, and now what remains is mostly solid rock. Ho doubts if the canal will ever lie finished bv the present administration Tho financial outlook of the company, Senor Tanco says, is quite alarming. MARKET REPORTS. NEW YORK. CATTLE $ 4.00 @5.50 Hoos 6.00 @ 6.75 WHEAT--No. l White 90 & .91 No. 2 lied 8^'.^ Con*--No. 2 50 & .67 OATS--White 38 (9 .41)6 IOBX--New Mess. 15.00 ($15,75 CHICAGO. CATTLE--Choice to Prime Steers 5.25 @ 5.75 Good 1.25 5.00 Common 8.00 © 3.75 Hoos--Shipping Glides 4.50 <<t 6.25 FLOOR--Winter Wheat 8.75 & 4.25 WHKAT-NO. 2 Hed Winter. ,76V« .77 COUN--No. 2 ,44 & .45 OATS--No. 2 27 & .27% BtJTfTKR--Choice Creamery 26 «i .28 Fine I>airv .18 & .23 CHEESE--Full cream, now ' .1154 ^ .125^ EGGS--Fresh T .20,*$ POTATOES--Choice, per bu 80 ^ .85 PORK--Mess.. 13.25 @13.75 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash 74 0 .75 COKN--No. a 45 i«< ,4>>4 OATS--No. 2 White 29 @ .2S>}$ KYK--No. 1.... 54 .50 1'OHK--Mess 13.5 J @14.25 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red COKN--Mixed OATS--Cash POBK--Men TOUfcKO. WHEAT--Cash CORN--Cash OATS--White DETROIT. BEEF CATTLE. HOGS SHKEP .' WHEAT--No. 1 White CORN--Mixed OATS--No. 2 White CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--No. 2 : OATS--No. 2 IN BASE-BALL CIBCLES. Meetings of the Joint Rule* Committee and National * Leagu* .75 & .75 .42 V# '<3 .27 >3 <*. .28)* 13.00 <813.50 .81 ® .81 >$' .48 <T* .48)6 .28)*9 .29 ttow lite Playing Rule* lretfiaifei aid the Players' Contract Altered. PORK--Mess 13.50 LIVE HOGS BLFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Hard COBS--No. 2 Yellow CATTLE Hoos „ . „ INDIANAPOLIS. BEET CATTLE HOGS SHEEP . WHEAT-NO, 2 Med:::;!!!:".... CORN OATS--Mixed EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Prime t Vaiv * 4.75 4.23 BOM... Buv.. Fair ^. Common. • {OMCAOO CORRESPONDHNCB] The last two weeks have formed ft most important fortnight in the history #f base­ ball. The meeting of the Joint Ilulos Committee at Pittsburg, followed by the annual meeting of the National League at New York, were attended by results of vital importance to the game, and this year, as in previous years, the meetings in question were marked by the keenest pub­ lic interest. It would require too mach space to state in detail the changes tnade by the Joint Rules Committee) in the playing rules. Suffice it to say, however, that in the main the changes are highly approved, although the general impression seems to be that tho alteration of the number of strikes to bo allowed a batsman was unecessary, and that it will tend toward the re-establishment of the old order of things, when "pitchers' games" were of common occurrence. It was long ago( de­ cided by the League clabs, and the players as well, that the publio wanted to witness a heavy batting game, and another strike was added to the limit of opportunity af­ forded the batsman to hit the ball before going to the bench. The change vorked admirably, as the lively character of the games during the past season will testify. There was plenty of good, stiff hitting, and the change found high favor with the public. Now, when everything Beemed as it should be, ̂ he com mi tee goes to work and updoes what it did last fall. "Four strikes are too hard on the pitcher," says an enthusiast, in defense of the joint com-' mittee's action. Nonsense. One pitched ball more or less is not going to make any material difference in the effectiveness of a trained pitcher, while it will make a very great difference to the batsman. The elimination of that miserable pro­ vision, however, which during the past sea­ son has given a batsman a base hit lor base on balls, is heartily gratifying to every man who has talked with your correspond­ ent upon the subject." John Day's thought- fulness in amending the old rule--that of 1886--on this point, so that the fact of a man's having reached first on called balls will not alone prevent his scoring an earned run, is commendable. A batsman should not be held responsible for a pitcher s er­ ror, and if he possesses the patience and good judgment to stand at the plate nntil five balls and perhaps two strikes have been called on him he should be given the opportunity, so far as his own work has en­ titled him to it, to score an earned run. It is too bad that the committee should not have taken decided aetion upon Mr. Spalding's suggestion, that a club may hold in reserve for use upon the field, at the discretion of the team captain, as many men as it wishes. The rule is a good one in that it will tend to more rapidly develop young talent by giving them the advantage of training in championship games. If a team captain has placed his best nine in the field, and as a result of their work sees that the game is hopelessly lost or unques­ tionably won, he can utilize the situation by substituting during the last innings of the game such of his young talent as he desires io try. Moreover, it will have the effect of checking a too frequent inclina­ tion upon the part of the players to sulk npon the field, or play indifferent ball, for no ball-player would wish to be disgraced by being sent from the field for poor work and another man put in to fill his place. So far as can be learned, Mr. Spalding's suggestion of this measure is favorably re­ garded everywhere, and there are many, who hope it will become a rule. In connection with the League meeting, the Eastern and Western Circuit scheme, which haH^Mfin^pretty thoroughly aired ddring the f9w days ill the dispatchbs from Pittsburg and New York, came in for its share of discussion, but the majority of well-posted base-ball "cranks" refuse to bite at the sensational fake. It was not even discussed. A committee from the Brotherhood of Ball Players waited upon the League meeting, and, after discussing in a friendly way the objects of the Brotherhood and the relations existing between the clubs and their players, tbe League appointed a committee to discuss the advisability of amending the form of contract in accordance with the suggestions offered by the Brotherhood committee. The League committee consisted of Kogers, Day and Spalding, and tbe Brotherhood committee of Ward, Hanlon and Brouthers, the two committees meeting in conference. They went over the new form of contract presented by the Brotherhood in detail. The League then assembled to hear the joint committee, and in short order ratified the new form with but few alterations, the most important change being made in the clause relative to the distribution of play­ ers in the event of a club disbanding. This was changed entirely the moment the League showed the Brotherhood tbe ab­ solute necessity of controlling the players in such a contingency. The new contract drawn up by the Brotherhood's counsel and adopted proves to be a better docu­ ment all around than the old one. The principal changes made affect sections 6, 7, 8, 15, 10 and 18. By the terms of the new contract players will not be fined at the discretion of the managers for certain offenses, a graded limit being named for repeated offenses. Neither will a club re­ serve players for the ensuing season at $1,000, as was previously the case, but clubs will now pay reserved players the salary named in the contract. Player^ are also exempted from the charges of 50 cents per day for traveling expenses. In the fu­ ture, if a club disbands, resigns or is ex­ pelled, the players of such club will not be compelled to go to another club un­ less that club will pay the same salaries as the club resigning, disbanding, or expelled. In section G the word "drunkenness" was stricken out as being an undefinable term. The change made in this section is expected to be productive of much good, and will prevent men drinking while off duty. Players may be "docked" a pro rata amount of their pay for time lost by illness from natural causes. If player is injured in the performance of duty and thus incapacitated, his pay shall go on just the same, but he may be re­ leased; such release must, however, be ab­ solute and unconditional. Any violation of contract by the managers may be held as proper ground for dissolution of con­ tract if their players desire it. Angther change provides for a fine of $50 for neg­ lect of duty and does away with suspen­ sion. The Brotherhood favored the plan of sending all fines to the Secretary of the League, but they agreed to allow this to be stricken out There is a great variety of opinion exist­ ing as to the result of this meeting between the League and the Brotherhood. Said a well-posteil man in base-ball affairs while speaking upon the subject: It la true tliat tho contract has boen "modi- fled, altered, and amended" so as to be entire­ ly satisfactory to tho brotherhood, but so deft­ ly have tho changes and "modification#" been made, however, that it requires a microscope, backed l<y a most powerful mind, to discover any material difference between the oontract of to-day and that of the day before. The fail­ ure of the old form of contract to pronii.it tbe sale of a ball-player's release was es- cially objectionable t> the Brother- iod. It gave them broad grounds for dramatic talk upon the "slave and task­ master™ basis. It enabled them to picture to the public the ball player in chains and with the brands the subjeo sympathetic __ ... Mike Kelly to aver that the league "hud made deck hands of ballplayers." 80 far as I can learn, however, this subject was not in any manner protested against at the meeting be­ tween the Brotherhood and League Commit­ tees. 1 Fair play and justice U desired by every man, in all conditions of life. Mo fair-minded man wishes to see a ball player or tbe employe of amy government, eorporaMott, firm or Indi­ vidual ojmresaed or impoaed upon by his em­ ployer. The two forms ot oontritct are not held up by ma (or comparison through any spirit of sympathy with the employer or unfriendly spirit toward the employe; out slimy to ahow that despite the hue and ery raised by the brother­ hood over the "one aided ana unjust ehar- • |acter of the old form of oontraet," ball- playert were just about aa well protected ana justly dealt with under its provisions as fthey oould be under those of any form of eon- tract they might themselves suggest. "We want a chance, " they erted, "and il the harsh provisions of the contract art not modified in accordance with our suggestions, no Brother- hood member shall sign it." Well, the contract has been modified. What the modifications ;consist of it is difficult to say, but it has been modified, and if the Brotherhood is satisfied, the League and tbe publio should be. Mow, gentlemen, I say, play ball. CON CBEGAN. GARFIELD MONUMENf, The Memorial Shaft Now In Process of Construction at Cleveland, Ohio. ik^U Ajwtrret befoit ike Ofetfeeld memorial monument at Cleveland is com­ pleted and the remains of the dead Presi­ dent laid at rest forever in the tomb pre­ pared for them by the people of the United States. During the last six months there have been many unfavorable criticisms passed npoa the committee in charge of the construction of the monument, on ac­ count of a radical change made in the original plans whereby the height is re­ duced nearly fifty feet, thus to a certain extent marring the symmetry and fine pro­ portions of the structure. A correspond­ ent who has just inspected the monument thus describes it: Aa will bo seen by the cut above, it is very nearly finished as regards its exterior. Its height is 170 feet, and it is surmounted by an open, arcaded, carved-stone lantern. An order of canopied and traceried windows enriches and breaks the summit of the tower. At its base projects a square porch, decorated externally with a historial frieze. It is diviaed into bas- reliefs, which represent the career of Garfield as a teacher, a soldier, a statesman, a Presi­ dent, and his remarkable funeral. The tower rises from broad terraces, which will be reached by wide-spreading steps and thus form a dignified approach to the monu­ ment. The porch is entered through a wide and richly decorated rtceased portal, and within is a wide vestibule vaulted in stone and with a pavement of stone mosaio. The memo­ rial shrine occupies the entire space inclosed by the outer circular wall* of the tower, and is.de­ signed to contain mbronze or marblo portrait statue of Garfield standing on a pedestal in the center of the chamber. The statue is made the soul of the monument; the whole design leads up to and is concentrated on this central figure; the monument grows out of this kernel, as it were, and tho tower surrounds and rises above its treasuro and proclaims it to the world. In a crypt underneath the rotunda Is situated the mortuary cbapei, and hore will be placed the body of the dead President. It is the intention of the trustees to decorate this interior in a very elaborate manner. It ifl as yet very incomplete, but, nevertheless, vis­ itors are charged an admission fee of 10 centg to view the structure. This is amusing In the faco of the fact that the ueople are also paying for the monument. Tho fund originally raised amounted to 8i:K),7>8.88, und with interest fof six years paid will eventually reach SHH>,000. Of this sum Illinois subscribed 95,340.31. Gor- field's body now lies iu the public receiving vault of the cemetery, having been placed there when the government guard was removed. HE IS DISCOURAGED. V. Powdetly, Harassed by Enemies, Has Decided to Resign. Hii [Indianapolis special.] E. F. Gould, of this city, Secretary of District Assembly 10(1, Knights of Labor, recently wrote to General Master Workman Powderly, urdhg him to reconsider his de­ termination to retire from the leadership of the Knights of Labor at the expiration of his present term. He has just received a response from Powderly, in which he says that he does not see how he can con­ sistently reconsider his determination. In speaking of the abuse by newspapers and threats of impeachment, he says: "Through this cloud of gloom but one ray of light made its way. and that came from far­ away Denver, where District Assembly 83 passed those ringing resolutions indorsing my course and condemning the anarchist element which sought to prostitute the ovdor to its own baseness. I felt. Brother Gould, that the order would stand moro cheerfully by some other man than it would stand by mo. True, 1 have never had cauie to find fault with the official treat­ ment I havo received, but when blows fall thick and fast a friendly hand of intercession now and then cheers the person on whoso head the blows are fulling. I believe tho best service that I can render the order is to step aside and allow some other member to do the work I am trying to do. "I havo devoted years to the cause of labor. My life in the service of humanitv has been one constant fight by night and day against the en­ emies ofclabor and the elements of discord which are opposed to me within and without. Such a life has been a most exciting One, and has left me a legacy which I can never part with, in the shape of a heart trouble that may do its work at any moment. I could not make such a subject a matter for discussion in my annual message or before thegoneral assembly. Personal interests, social ties, and the comforts of home have been things of the past with me for years. I long to once moro Le a free man, for to-day I am bound by tit s most inestimable, and ruled over by not one, but 500,0(!0 masters. "You can never know the strain under which I have lived for years. It would not bo becom­ ing for me to speak of the financial sacrifices I have made for the order. I am freo to say 1 would be wil ing to make tho same sacrifice again, either of health, wealth, or comfort, for the order ot tho Kuiyhts of I,abor. I have for eight years, as Genoral Master Workman, striven as honestly as I knew how to better the condition of my fellowmen by helping to build up an organization through which they would be protected in their rights But prof an o hands havo been laid upon it, and the men who gath­ ered at Chicago and gave out that hostile declaration to the world did so only because anarchy could not rule the order. I do not charge all those who attended the meeting in Chicago with bein'4 anarchists, but I claim that the vast majority ot thorn did not represent their constituents." PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. NATIONAL AFFAIRS. Various" Reports from Qovsrn- ment Departments and Bureaus.. #0----^ ----jfawMw* ' ^ in of the Treasury--The Army and the Navy--The Foetal vm'-i Service, Adjournment of the National Grange--Some ot the Work Accomplished. The sessions of the National Grange, at Lansing, Mich., which were brought to a close on Friday, Nov. 25, appear to have been pleasant and harmonious, nnd, it is hoped, may prove profitable to tho order. They asked for Government encourage­ ment in tho development of water trans­ portation, indorsed the interstate law, and asked that the Intei state Com­ merce Commission be empowered to arrange a classification of freights that will prevent railroads from ̂ rendering their de­ cisions inoperative by private classification of their own. They declared they did not desire to antagonize the railroads, but asked from them justice only. They also declared that the long and short haul clause Iiractioally defeated the purpose of the aw. A resolution was adopted ask­ ing that a reduction of t^e bonded indebtedness of the country be made from the Treasury surplus Resolu­ tions were also adopted indorsing the ob­ jects of the International Peace Association - - . . . ,. . and the election of postmasters by the peo- t'for^ti a" i« HtrttUori«[ in inTuoy6a pie interested The Executive Committee ic daily newspaper, and enabled were instructed to take action looking to a reduction of postage on seeds, procuring appropriation for agricultural bureaus in the several Slates, and establishing a Wash­ ington home office. A long, good-natured struggle was had over tbe next place of meeting, which was finally fixed at Topeka, Kansas, one year henoe. --ILEE TREASU**. Synopsis tke Annual Report of Tieti- wer Hyatt. The annual report of James \V. Hyatt, Treas­ urer of the United States, shows that the rev­ enues of the Government for tho fiscal year .ended June 30, 18 V7, were 8371,403,277: ordinary expenditures, §267,932,179; surplus receipts available for the reduction of tue public debt. 1103,471,097. As compared with the previous year the receipts increased *31,963,5:9, the ex­ penditures #25,419,041, and the surplus revenue* #0,;>H,3fl9. There was an increase in every item of revenue, the largest being in the receipts from customs. The largest increase in the ex­ penditures was on account of Indians and pen­ sions, and the largest decrease on account of Interest on the public debt. Tho receipts of the PoBtoffice Department amounted to S54 752 347 and the expenditures to $53,583,835. The revl enues, exclusive of deficiency appropriations, increased $3,500,495, and the expenditures $2 - 901,249. The amount drawn from the Treasury to make good the deficiencies In the postal revenues was 56,969,18J, as against *8,714,422 in 1885. The operations of the year involved the redemption of $127,911,950 in United States bonds, of which $47,894,200 was on account of the sinking fund ; the is6ue of nearly six hun­ dred thousand drafts and checks ; the rodemp- Uon of upwa»i of $193,000,000 in the United States paper currency and national bank notes, and the handling of *192,000,000 in the United States bonds dopoBitod or withdrawn by the national banks. Statements ot the assets and liabilities of the Treasury are given for the close of the fiscal year, and for bept. 30 and Oct. 31, 1887, in com­ parison with the same days last year, 'lhe largest increase in any item of assets during the year ended Sept. 30 was $34,705,(125 in gold coin and bullion, and the largest decrease $86,143,181 in silver dollars and bullion. The largest increase in the liabilities was in the fun a for the retirement of the national bank notes, which ran up from $05,612,547 to $102,- 2C5,(87. The availablo balance decreased »20,- 132,524, and the total balance, including frac­ tional silver and minor coin, fell off fin.-Sti.'JSl. During tho year ended Oct. 31 the gold balance increased $44,322,053, the silver balance de- oreusad $'.£1,287,772, and the total balance ran up $1(959,283, The total at tho end of this period, exclusive of certificates and other obligations held as cash, were $319,190,965, and the total liabilities $Jtt2,432,2r,0. The statement of United States notes out­ standing show that between June i"0, 1884, and Sept. 30,.lw«7, the circulation of frl and $2 notes ran down from Ml,.5 0,000 to $15,400,000. This decrease has been made up by changes in other denominations, tho volume of S5, $10, and $20 notes increasing about $43,030,000. The ship­ ments of legal tenders and silver certificates of small denominations, together with the in­ crease in the circulation of silver coins during the fifteen months ended Sept. 30, amounted to upward of $149,000,000, while, in addition, sev­ eral million dollars in Bmall gold coins have been drawn into circulation. Under the provisions of the act of June 8, 1872, certificates of deposit amounting to $34,- 900,000 were issued during the fiscal year for United States notes lodged in the Troasury. The redemptions in the same period were $43,- 990,000. There remained outstanding Juno 30 only 0*20,(100, which is the least amount shown at the end of any fiscal year since the Issue be­ gan. The Treasurer attributes the limited uso of these certificates at this time to the change in bank reserves from notes to coin and tho de­ mand for currency caused by business activity. There were no gold certificates issued during the year. The redemptions amounted to $9,687,428. Of tho total of M, 173,354,880 issued from November, 1805, there were outstanding at the close of the year $121,486,817, of which , 3 i,- B61.380 was in the treasury and $91,225,437 in cir­ culation. The holdings of the treasury decreased nearly $25,000,000 in the year. The amount out­ standing Oct. 31 was $132,542,931, of which the treasury held $32,858,153, The silver certificates outstanding at the close of the fiscal year amounted to $145,543,150, an increase of nearly $30,000,000 iu twelve months. The amount in the troasury fell off in the same period from nearly $28,000,000 to $3,425,133, while the increase in the actual circulation was a lit­ tle more than $54,000,COO. This increase is due in part to tho demand for small notes arising from the discontinuance of the issue of legal tender ones and twos. There was put out dur­ ing the year #14,156,000 in $1 certificates, $VJ76,- 000 in $2, and $7,760,000 in $5. The Treasurer be­ lieves thut nearly all of the trade dollars have been redeemed. The coinage of standard silver dollars for the fiscal year was $33,216,811, an Increase of $3,377,- 926 over 1886. On Oct. 31 the Treasury held 9214,175,532 and there was $62,540,625 in circula­ tion. Between June 30, 1886, and Oct. 31, 1887, the fractional silver coin in the Treasury de­ creased from $28,904,681 to $24,468,135, and the minor coin from $377,811 to $51,400. The 1 and 5 cent pieces on hand aro not more thau suf­ ficient for payments over the counter. The Treasurer calls attention to the rapid de­ crease in the redemptions of fractional cur­ rency, and shows by comparison with other paper issues that a larger amount than has been estimated has probably been lost or de­ stroyed. Tho amount outstanding Juno 30, as shown by tho books, was $15,322,902, while the redemptions for the year were only $7,123. The Treasurer renews tho recommendations of his predecessors, that all of the postal reve­ nues be deposited iu the Treasury and be dis­ bursed on the warrants of tho Secretary, and that the payment of Speaker's certificates for salaries and mileage of members of Congress be devolved upon a disbursing officer. THE ARMY. Annual Report of Lieut (>en. Sheridan-- Recommendations. Lieut, Gen. P. H. Sheridan has presented his annual report to the Secretary of War, From the report it appears that at the date of the last consolidated returns the army consisted of 2,200 officers and 24,236 men, including Indian scouts. The lieutenant General briefly sums up the condition of the various divisions of the army, and of the Division of the Missouri says that while it has been free from Indian hostili­ ties of any magnitude, many operations of a minor nature have been rendered necessary. Troops have been continually occupied in patrolling the Oklahoma country, ana have been successful in keeping intruders out of that region. Tho gradual spread of rail­ roads throughout the Tenitory can, however, ultimately have but one effect, and Gen. Sheridan is of opinion that Congress may well consider the advisability of opening up reservations, at least of this country, to set­ tlement. The General touches upon the recent trouble occurring on the Crow Indian Reserva­ tion in Montana and its settlement by Gen. Buger. In order to quiet the restless young men among the Crow Indians, the report says, Gen. Kuger has been authorized to enlist about thirty of their number as scouts and tako them to Fort Ouster. Tho Crows have always been friendly and make it a boast that they have never kilhd a white man, and it would lie a great pity if anything should now occur to dis­ turb the peaceful relations of go long a standing, and Gen. Sheridan is confident that Gen. Kuger will be able to effect a permanent settlement that will bo satisfactory to the Crows as well as to the Government. In regard to tho concentration of the army in the larger posts, the report says that the wori on tho new post at Denver, where it is pro­ posed to place ten companies, will shortly be commonced ; that at San Antonio has been pro­ gressing favorably during the year; the ground for the new post near Chicugo will pass Into the jiossession of the Government at an early day; and at Fort Snelling both the reservation and otlierj attendant con­ ditions are favorable for the establish­ ment of a large garrison, and only some additional buildings are required for their accommodation. The reconstruction of Fort liiley has been actively prosecuted during the year, but before it can be completed additional appropriations will be necessary. No other post in the country pos­ sesses such advantages for the location of a school of practice for light batteries and for cavalry exercises, and since its establishment for these purposes has been authorized by Con­ gress it has boen deemed but true eoonomy to erect only buildings of a substantial and per­ manent nature, so that with tho new equipment of breech-loading steel field guns, metal car­ riages, and improved harness. n6w being manu­ factured by the Ordnance Department, the ser­ vice will probably deriie rnarkod benefit from this station for a number Of years. money be spent to give tbe eonntry atieh a valu­ able lwtmm." * . Inoot^alnrton tbe report says: _ , The ontiook for the navy in the near futon /1 '• * TerT hopeful one, and with tbe completion 1 °* the veesele MOW projected the navy will conf f •istof a number of modern vessels admirably J adapted to the varied needs of the aarviw, cbwiotor of lhe work being done on th<jr vewels now building and those lately eom-* pleted shows that oar ship-builders are able to tarn out vessels of war second to none in tht» world. "The establishment of the gun factory at Washington and introduction by the Bethlehem Iron-works of a plant to furnish heavy armor and gun forging* make the United States ab« solutely Independent of other countries in the construction and armament of her ships of war, and if the work of rebuilding the navy is only kept up as it is now going we shall soon have a navy that will be a credit as well adki protec­ tion to our country and our country's interests.'* Tables attached to the report show the exact condition of every vessel in the navy. This table shows that in three years we shall have , twenty-one of the wooden vessels remaining, ini six years bat four, and in nine years the,.<eo«- tire wooden navy will have disappears^ ; THE POSTOFFICB. | ; V Cost and L.ensrth of Mall Service--Free- Delivery Syetein. The annual report of A. Leo Knott, Second Assistant l'ostmaster-General, shows that tha total cost for the year was $2'J, 8J6,508. In tho star service there was an increase of 015 routes and a decrease in cost of $252,047. In the mail , messenger service there was an increase of 16$ routes and a decrease of $5,311 in cost. In the railroad service there was an increase of 7,013 miles in length of routes and. an increase in cost of $654,500. In the htar and steamboat ser­ vice there was an average increase in the aum* ber of miles traveled during the last year over" ' the average of the six preceding years of 7 5Q percent., and a decrease in the cost of 13 pe* cent, in the star service and a decrease of 27 per cent, in the cost of the steamboat service. The increase in the number of pieces of mail ' ^ handled by the postal clerks during the last fis­ cal year over the preceding year was 505,000.000. The continuation of the appropriation for special mail facilities ou fast lines to the Bouth ' and West is recommended. The total amount" of tho estimates submitted to meet the require­ ments of the office of the Second Assistant! Postmaster General for the fiscal year 1888-9 ia • $31,035,065. The annual report of Col. J. F. Bates, super-> iutendent of the free-delivery system ot the Postoffice Department, shows that since July 1, 1863, the number of free-delivery offices has" in­ creased from 06 to 189, and the number ot car­ riers employed from 685 to 5,310. The cost of the service tor the last fiscal year was 84,618,. 692, an increase of S306.386 over tho previous year. The report shows that during the yeaif the carriers delivered and collected 2,2*4,564,05(1 pieces of mail matter, an increase during tho year of over 285,000,000 pieces. The average cost per piece for handling the mails at free* 1 delivery offices was 2 mills, a decrease of 9.09 3 per cent, during the year. « THE AMURICAN NAVY. Commodore Wilson In HI* Report Thinks the Prospect Is Very Bright. Commodore T. D. Wilson, Chief of the Bureau of Construction and HepateoLtheNavy Department, in his annual report toThe Secre­ tary of the Navy renews his recommendation that two new vessels of about a thousand tons each be built to replace the training ahips Sar­ atoga, Jamestown, and Portsmouth, which can­ not pi ssibly be kept in service much longer, and he asks that special authority be given for the repair of the historic sloop-of-war Hartford, at a cost of 8175,000. Relative to the adaptability of the single-tur- reted monitors to coast and harbor defense Commodore Wilson says: "They are now a considerable expense to the navy, as they must be taken care of, and, not being in proper repair, they are of no use to the country. If these vessels are to be kept on the naval list they should be placed in perfect re­ pair and be fitted with such modern rifles as they are capable of carrying Within six months all of these vessels could be put in the same state of efficiency as they wore at the time of their construction at an expenditure of about $500,000. Thi« would give thirteon coast- defense vessels actually available, armed with 15-inch smooth-bore guns. The60 guns could be replaced as rapidly as possible by rifles. By no other means could the same amount ot RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. Interesting Figures from the Annual Re­ port of Superintendent Nasli. The annual report of T. A. Nash, General Su­ perintendent of the ltailway Mail Service, shows that at the olose of the fiscal year ended June 30,1887, mail service had been authorized upon 130,959 miles of railroad, postal clerks be» ing employed distributing the mail pn 110,008 miles, service on the remaining 14,30 ) mile# being performed by closed pouches. At th* same date there were in operation 41 inland steamboat routes, aggregating 5, *64 miles, on which postal clerks were employed. To handle tho mails while in transit there were employed on railroad routes 4,4o;i and on steam boatl routes 57 railway postal clerks, being a total of 4,460 men. While in the performance of their duties the postal clerks on railroads traveled (in crews) 107,067,643 miles, and those employed on Bteatnboats 1,868,747 miles. During the year the railway postal clorks dis­ tributed 5,834,690,875 pieces of ordinarv mail matter, and protected, recorded, receipted for, and dispatched 15,752,569 registered packages " I and cases and 950,i>13 through registered pouches and inner registered sacks. Durii/J*"*'*! the year 7,213 miles of new railroad service have been added. The lines on which service was performed by clerks show an increase of 5,936 miles. Inland steamboat routes decreased from 43 to 41, and tho length of routes from 5,951.53 miles to 5,864 fc9. The total number of clerks in the service at the close of tho fiscal year 1886 was 4,573, There were handled by clerks in the railway mail servioe during the year of letters, ordi­ nary mail matter, registered packages, through registered pouches, and inner registered sacks, 5,851,3'J4,057, being an increase ot 505,548,013 pieces. Out of this number 1,734,017 errors in distribution were found, making one error for each 3,373 pieces handled. The exponditureS for the service aggregate $1,713,391, leaving i94,- 61 8 of the appropriation unexpended. For the next fiscal year (2,031,288 is asked. ORDNANCE BUREAU. Points from the Report of Gen. Benet, Chief of Ordnance. Gen. S. V. Benet, Chief of Ordnance, has sub­ mitted his annual report to tbe Secretary of War. It shows that the total expenditures of the bureau during the fiscal year were sl.597.y-- 652. During the year 41,100 rides ana CarDinG's were manufactured at the National Armory. Tho report says that, owing to the failure of Congress to pass the regular appropriation bill, . the department has effected but littie during the last year in the direction of providing guns, cartridges, powder, etc., for coast defense. Un« ' dor the head of rifie-forgings tho report says S that tho domestic manufacturers have at last triumphed over their limitations, and have ob­ tained success in spite of inadequate facilities. The report says that the dyuamito torpedo, gun has been fairly perfected, and it is recom­ mended that a twelve-inch gun be purchased for exhaustive trials to determine its full ca­ pacity and fitness for coast defense. Favorable mention is also made of the Stevens dynumita shell. It is said that with the exception of the : twenty-five 3 2.10-iuch B. L. field guns just is­ sued to the service there are in htore only the old muzzle-loading guns of limited power, repre­ senting a system twenty-live years old and now obsolete, while there are no sirviceablo car­ riages. A11 estimate of $225,000 is accordingly submitted for the x>urchase of sixty completely equipped steel guns. The tests of the eight-inch guu, it is said, show a higher effective energy than any gun of like caliber extant. FRESH NEWS ITEMS. BUFFALO'S population, as showi by the police census, is 230,284. THE death is. announced of Frank M. Higgins, managing editor of the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette. A GANG of counterfeiters were arrested near Port Huron, Mich., and two expensive plants for making bogus silver dollars were found in their possession. BY a collision on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe liailroad at Alvin Junction, Texas, two men were killed and others se« verely injured. THE new State House at Indianapolis has been formally accepted by the com­ missioners. The total cost of the building will be $1,5)80,000, which is $20,000 less than tho limit fixed by law. THE movement in the Knights of Labor organization against the Executive Board is said to be making rapid progress. It ia reported*that hundreds of local assemblies and dozens of district assemblies have re­ fused to pay any more money for the sup­ port of the present administration. DISCOURAGING reports have been re­ ceived from Panama with regard to the progress of- the work upon the canal. Two leading firms of contractors are said to be financially embarrassed, and a third has claims against the company that amount to more than $900,000. THE Burlington Boad has given notifica­ tion that on Dec. 4 it will put on a fast train between Chicago and Denver, reduc­ ing the time between the points twelve hours. This will compel the roads between Chicago and Council Bluffs to reduce the passenger time from twenty-one hours to sixteen hours. LAST week's increase in the stock of wheat in sight in this country amounted to 1,617,750 bushels. The stock of corn for the same time suffered a decrease of ;iG3,- 798 bushels, and of oats 78,109 bushels. The stock of wheat on last Saturday was 38,872,248 bushels, of corn 0,708,498 bush­ els, and of oats 6,530,838 bushels. National Finances. The Government receipts during the present month, says a Washington tele­ gram, amount to $'20,G85,34tiv aud the ex­ penditures to $25,349,940, showing a de­ ficiency of $4,664,590. The expenditures include the payment pf $18,283,747 on ac­ count of pensions. The net gold in the treasury Monddr was $207,706,020, an increase of nearly*$5,- 000,000 since the 1st inst., and an increase of nearly $20,000,000 since July 1 last. The circulation of standard silver dollars has increased by over $1,000,000 since the 1st inst., and by nearly $8,000,000 since July 1. The Haymacket Monument. Thus far about $5,000 has been con­ tributed toward the Haymarket monument fund, says a Chicago Bpecial. The com­ mittee having the matter in < harge has held no meeting as yet and nothing has been done beyond the raising of funds.