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' 1MM Oath items swailabie _.«Pr wdoBtiop of debt... $308,535,144 <>,218,139 •1,^908,009 ^•jraaptiort- .Jfcatesnot held tor re­ ef ©lifted' 100,000,000 -# 499.S9S.144 Total debt less available cash Items *1,183,782,915 t CMh in the Treasury 61,a36,W3 M leu cash in TreaHary .Feb. 1, 8&> •1.121,84^973 XMtalss* > la Treasury Jan. i. 1.134,062,357 La . increass Ci debt during the monUi * . SlM itaau of debt since Jane 30,188a CASH » THE TBEABCWFC , Available for redaction of the PUDHs debt: Dddbeld for gold certificates actu­ ally outstanding. .9 Silver held for silver oertivicates woi- •ally outstanding U. S. notes held far certificates of 12,216,295 43,7#,685 130,986,592 945,837,433 18,915.000 8,285,235 »79 deposit acta ally outstanding CMS held far matured debt «M1 m. tnst unpaid . Aactianal currency *'•. Total available for reduction at Sj? debt $ 803,525,144 ' -it-. V je BMHmt TOOT*. BSl for redemption of 17. S. notes. sets Jsn. 14,1875, and July 12, 1888.# 100,000,000 _ Unavailable for (eduction of debt: DwUftl silver com * 21,440.597 Mtaor eoin 143,167 Certified" 'M, 9^.761 »»,Ho5.631 64,ua>,V43 I as cash. wd> toahmceoB S)r ~ Totsl eash In Treasury as shown ~ by Treasurer s general account.* 07,910,482 TRADERS ARE GRUMBLING. €•'1*1 BtdMM Considered Slow, ui dol- lections An Unsatisfactory. " f Tux review of trade for last week by R. O. Dnn ft Co. is as follows: Dissatisfaction with the state of trade is in- rsesSIng, andthere is general complaint as to •eOedtkm*# Bat tawxesssd confidence ta the «t.of railroad Presidents tends to ' prices for securities. Swelled by stocks and in products, tbe "*> the banks show a mnch bosineet to January than for last year, and for the last of 17.7 per cent, at all cities and 18.7 per ceat. outside of New York. Wheat, has declined a cent and & half for the week, with salee in New York of 24,000,0.).) bu, Cora and oats have stiffened a fraction. Oil has risen 54®, with sales in New York of 5,500,0.)0 barrels. The cotton market has not changed as *o prices. Coffee ia only an eighth stronger, and •agar is unchanged, with tea firm ant! in good demand at auction. Prices for butter, cheese, and eggs have been depressed, and leather is Said to be lower than at . any other tone for thirty-five years. The market «* Hon does not improve. Coal is Will, and the mines working short time. Copper declined sharply. Reports from other titles are remarkably uniform in tenor; trade ^utot or only fltfrfy active, money in abundant Supply »m 6My, with but moderate demand, Exceptions are St. Patil, where a slight strin- gSDcy is observed, and Omaha, where the de­ mand is active; Nashville, where trade ig now active, sad Milwaukee, where higher rail rates Mil eaten to close some factories. The business Minxes numbered :m, as againBt 3j2 the nre- vloas week and 330 the week before. For the ijppnding week of last year the Agacag il _ Coanty Clerk MJKIDK. :{ ^ $QW* E. STTMIIVAIT, County Cleri, at Indianapolis, Ind., who failed recently for $75,000, is missing, as is his confidential dftrk, Tom O'Neil, and both are supposed to be in Canada. The flight was caused by the discovery that Sullivan had issued fraudulent warehouse receipts for l*rg8 W&Bignnlents of poultry and produce.' • Wanted to Die. . SAMUBL ROTHSCHILD, of Hartford, Oenn., made several ineffectual attempts to end his life at St. Paul, Minn. He Wfis found by the police under a bridge in ^precarious condition, but it is thoqght ipit with good care he will soon recover. 3" THAT OKLAHOMA BILL. • M f p ELECTRIC FLASHES. 1MHB^t nunaurtoc fixVs Tfuw I Kombllnfs^r* •NsB^OssflsgrstioBi, Accidents, Mi Criminals, Minor Occur. , r f|«a9WI Md Bvaats. * THE PUBLIC DFIBT. a iHrriMs *C Maay MUlioue Dorter tl» Smith of Januar;'. foiaiOWiNG is the public debt sfedo* i for Januaiy: • 1KTERBS^»B*A*E*0 DEBT. _ ta*4M percent » 178,S38.1(» isMpffoent fnAaajao Xatadttg eertiflcates at 4 per csnfc , WMWi Mavy pension fpnd at 3 per cent.... 14.0u0.000 yiMfio railroad bottds *$« per cent. Prwidents of the so iation will be . as most of the prominent base­ ball pi tvor*. A special invitation will be eiterded to Gov. Hill. Mayor Grnn6>i 1 also be asked to join in the festivities. Chuuncey M. D«i ew will bo theso. Dis­ trict Attorney Fellows, Oapt. William E. Connor, and Robert Ingei.'oll will l>e in vited. A Leagne and A*. 1 Pen^isylnuila has been ei^xed b$ GOT. piesent, as well Beaver. ' SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. F J. B. ToiiiiBsoN a nd June* M. Rich, aids, respectively President and cashier ^ of the Mercantile Banking Company of ontingent wilf nl^o be present Atlanta, Ga., were sent to jail for con­ front Wall street, and the tfce itrioal pro- j tempt of ronrt. The concern had been •---- - ---•» I.-..-- J»~ 1--- •--" put into the Bands of a receiver, and h* reported that the cash assets found only amounted to 50 cents. As it was known that the company had collected about S15,0lM(, Judge ('lark said that the theft was too patent to be passed by. EDWARD PARDEW, a merchant ofj Wynne, Ark., was shot from behind while playing pool. It 1"? thought that the mur- fessio i will have its base-ball enthusiasts on hand. CABINET FORECAST. If is learned in Washington, D. 43*v from a man whose^&formation is direct, that four places in iGen. Harrison's Cabi­ net have baen definitely settled, and, 0 r- while not all of them have formally ac- ; derer T«rGeo:go Cogbili, ond that he in­ cepted. there i* no doubt about tended to shoot Maislial Hudson, who was their ^ltiaontely doing set; In the first pleoe, Mr, Bloiue wrote to Gen. Hani- JAXES O. BIJAINE. son some time ago accepting the Sec­ retaryship of State. Senator Allison will be the next Secretary of the Treas­ ury. This has unquestionably been de­ cided on, and Mr. Allison's letter accept­ ing the honor will be written soon. Gen. Alger will be a member of the Cabinet, taking the position of Secretary of War, and, as announced some time ago, Mr. Wanamaker will be Postmaster General. |H FMM the Lower House of Congress -The v South Dakota Bill. IN the Senate a message from the President Wftoing a bill granting a pension to Mrs. Ellen l^utd was presented on the 1st inst., read, and «* motion laid on the table. The ground of dis­ approval is that "the soldier s death was in no Way related to any incident of military service " The House amendments to the Senate bill far the admission of South Dakota as a State were non-eeaenrred in upon report of the Com jplttee on Territories and a conference asked, •miitois Piatt, Cullom and Butler were ap­ pointed conferrees On the part of the Senat# The ouate went into executive session on the British extradition treaty, which, after three Boors'debate, Was rejected by a vote of 38 to 15. sgreed to the conference report on ' > the bill mskiM the head of the Department of Agriculture a Cabinet officer, and then took ua' «he Oklahoma bill. The House by a vote of 148 v v rao 102 passed the bill creating the Territory of •klahoiB*. The conference report on the "f • „ jKiearagoa bill was presented. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. C. W. BABBY, * veteran actor, was Btrteken with paralysis on the stage of a Columbus (Ohio) theater, and died next morning. BETWEEN three and four hundred men employed by the Carbon Limestone Com­ pany at Youngstown, Ohio, went on a strike for an advance of 5 cents a ton for quarrying stone. They were receiving 15 cents a ton. ' - YOUNG August Tonto, who attempted the triple murder at Delhi, Mich., was cap­ tured by Deputy Sheriff Ferguson, of Mason, and a ~ posse, in a tamarack swamp near Okemese and about eight miles from the scene of the trngedy. He had been sleeping in barns at night and hiding in the swamps during the daytime since the murder. To the officers he con­ fessed to the shooting, and said that he did it because the Stockal family had been talking about him. CITIZENS of Western Kansas, have asked the Legislature for an appropriation for the purpose of experimenting in the matter of producing rain by artificial means. They say that it is a well-known fact that after each battle of the late war, where there was heavy cannonading, a rainstorm followed, and they think, it qught be possible, during a drouth, to pro­ duce rain by some such means. A bill was passed restricting the ownership of land in Kansas, over a certain number of acres, to citizens of the United States. THE notorious trial, et Chicago, of Meckie L. Rawson, who was charged with shooting Henry C. Whitney, the attorney of Banker Rawson in the notorious di­ vorce trial, has come to an end, the jury finding the defendant guilty of the aot. but irresponsible for it on account of insanity. A verdict of "not guilty" was returned. Mrs. Rawson will now most likely go on the Btage. A LETTEB has been received by the Postmaster at La Porte, Ind., from Ger­ many, inquiring for a man named George Zinn, who, the letter stated, had fallen heir to a half million dollars. Zinn was until recently an inmate of the La Porte poor house, but hi* present whereabouts are not known. REPORTS from Oklahoma are to the ef­ fect that 6ince the soldiers returned to Fort Sill fifteen families have crossed the Canadian River and entered Oklahoma. A number of settlers are breaking ground and preparing it for cultivation. MBS. EPHBAIK WEIITT, wife of a farmer living near Bifezil, Ind., was found dead in the barn lot of her home. Her skull wa* fractured and her jaw broken, and it is supposed that she was kicked by a horse which was running loose in the lot. A BH«li was pas*e<|^t>y the Arkansas Legislature offering a reward of f 5,00ft for the anrest and conviction of the mur­ derers of John M. Clayton, who was as­ sassinated at Plummerville, that State. SOMETHING of a sensation was created at Des Moines, Iowa, when it was found that Mrs. Gillette, wife of the former Greenback Congressman, had gone before the Grand Jury to try and procure the in­ dictment of Gov. Larrabee for criminal libel. She is a friend of the notorious Chester Turney, who was sent to the pen­ itentiary for seventeen years for larceny. Turney s mother sought to secure his par- The Governor refused to grant the ptauding near Pardew, and against whom Oogbill bore a grudge. A TEiiEOBAM from Plummerville, Aik., says that the Hon. John M. Clayton, brother of Powell Clayton, wa* shot dead by unknown men. John M. Clayton was, like Lis brother, an active Republican., and «t the last election ran for Congress, nu the Republican ticket in the Pine Biuff> District against Breckinridge, the pres­ ent Democratic member, but was defeated He contemplated contesting Breckm- ridge's seat. ' ACROSS THE ABCHPUKK RUDOLF, the Austrian Crown Prince and heir apparent to the throne, die J suddenly at Mierling Castle, near Baden, twelve miles from Vienna, where he had gone on a shooting excur­ sion with Prince Philip of Coburg, Count Hoyos, and other guests. Rumors were rife that he hnd been accidentally shot, and that he hnd been murdered by a peas­ ant, but the official gazette says that death was caused by a stroke of apoplexy. The body was taken to Vienna. Prince Rudolf was an only son. Barely 31 years old, too young to have tDkm part In the war with Prussia, he had nevertheless developed military abilities of a high order. Tall, stalwart, handsome, after the fashion of the Hapsburgs, he wns the pride of his parents. His marriage with the fair Princess Stephanie of Belgium at­ tracted the attention of the world The consequences of his death may be no less far-reaching tban those wbtoh followed the de­ cease of Frederick the Noble in Germany. Prince Budolf, as stated, was the only son of the Em­ peror Francis Joseph, so that the heir-apparent is now the Archduke Karl Lndwig, eldest brother of the Kmperor. Kail Ludwig was born July S), 1883, and is now Field Marshal Lieutenant in the imperial family. He has had rather a di­ versified marital experience, having been mar­ ried three times. GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL WISDOM (NT WASHINGTON WUE- ACBE8 AND SOCIETY CHAXTKH. FRESH AND NEWSY. THE Age of Steel states that the pro­ posed national agreement among barb- wire manufacturer* to maintain price* has fallen through. ANNOUN CEMENT i* made that Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes has presented his medical library to the Boston Medioal Association. * ADVICES from Samoa state that the German officials have given^ notice that all vessels arriving there will be searched for articles contraband of war. They have suppressed the Samoa Times. A passenger on the British steamer Wainui, who visited Mataafa's camp, was placed under arrest, but was subsequently released in compliance with a demand of the British Consul. A proc­ lamation has been issued placing the Apia police force under German control. Ma­ taafa's followers number 6,000. They are strongly intrenched, and other Kamoans are rapidly joining them. Upon the arri­ val of the steamer Richmond she was boarded and searched by the German*. lists Dinner*. Ksroptloni and stalls--The Tariff Bill Again In the Hands of the Mills Committee--The Samoa Trouble-- Pefvonal Mention. [•naux, ooRaaspowDBNcmj WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 9& The social tide has reached its full, and surges and swells with high teas, dinners, receptions, and cotillions. To miss a single entertainment noV before Lent is suicidal to the career ot a society belle, and already fagged steps and hollow eyes tell how se­ verely their strength and time are being taxed. As illustrative of this, a Chicago girl, who sprained hot* foot on an icy pave­ ment recently, wrenched it back again, ex­ claiming, "I cifnTtake time for a sprain now." The official entertainment of the week was the state dinner given by the President and Mrs. Cleveland to the diplomatic corps, it being resplendent with all the glamour of lights, flowers, and brilliant costumes Inci­ dental to such an occasion. Mrs. Don Dickinson rather divides the honors with Mrs, "Whitney as entertainers of the Cabinet, and their parlors are always filled whenever the occasion presents. A number of New York ladioe in conversation with the latter recently spoke of the pleas­ ure that New-Yorkers felt in the prospect, of having Mrs. Whitney once more with them, "Ah, my dear," said she, "I am going to lead a quiet life after I leave Washington, Easy chairs, hammocks, and horseback rid­ ing are to be featu res of my next year's lUi,„ ^il. I dffam of it." Yet those who BOULANGERAHEAD. A PARIS telegram says: The most ex­ citing election that ever took place in the Department of the Seine closed with the don. EASTERN OCCURRENCES. < |IA GENERAL tie-up of street can od- ® New York City, and exciting bvent* followed. One man, taking the j^lace of a striker, was murdered. The iAttempt to run cars resulted in riots and 'fierce fights, and blood flowed freely. The Jinilitia will be called out if the strike con­ tinues. Intense excitement prevails. . AT Mount Holly Springs, Pa., an in- Cvndiary Ere destroyed Early's Hotel and Several dwellings. The loss is about 92$ - 000, fully insured. ' Y A BIO reception is being arranged in »ew York City for \ he American baae- f>al! player* who went to Aimrali* when .;jihey come home. The recent on will be 'the most elaborate ever devised in honor J®* the exponent* of .be popular game. . |The steamer will bt> met down the bay by |*teamers and tug* chartered by the base- I»all magnates. Bu^o-ball pi ,iyoia and buae- jJ»H loverw will join in giving the boys a -reeting at quarantine. Thu eveniug fol- >wing the arrival of the teams they will e tendered a banquet at Delinotiico's. {Service will be laid for a large number of », and the siembers ©f the returning »will be given the post of honor. JlnvitatioM will be issued to members of {(fee League and Association aud friend* 7* request and prepared a circular setting forth the charges against the boy. It is claimed that the circular contains false statements concerning the mother, and her friends are endeavoring to bring Gov. Lar­ rabee to task for the alleged libel. AT Olathe, Kansas, Mr*. Lucy Fergu­ son, 75 years old, has been convicted of murder in the first degree and the death sentence pronounced. A motion for.ia new trial was overruled. POLITICAL PORRIDGE.' POBEY (Rep.) ha* been elected to Con gres* in the First Indiana District over Pat ret t (Dem,) by a majority ranging from 600 to 1,000, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Gen. Hovey, now Gov­ ernor. SENATOB BEBBT of Arkansas ha* been re-elected by the Arkansas Legislature. THE Hon. James K. Berry has been re­ elected by the Arkansas Legislator* to succeed himself in the United States Senate. A BXCOUNT of the vote* cast in the Fifth California District for Congress- maw shows that Clunie, Democrat, ha* a majority of nine vote*. MEMBEBS of the Wisconsin Legisla­ ture are signing a petition for the appoint­ ment of ex-Gov. Rusk a* Secretary of War. It is alleged that Gen. Harrison has suggested that Gen. Rusk receive such indorsement. IT is now reported that Senator Allison ha* decided not to accept the position of Secretary of the Treasury offered him by President-elect Harrison. THE joint resolution for submitting a '"<« htnhihitnyv .TnAw^mAnf |A .ilu MMI. nf • -f^T - j.- OENBBAIi BOULANGEB. election of Gen. Boulanger by a plurality of 81,550 over Jacques, and a dear major- itv over all of £1,432. Ibe complete vote is: Boulanger 344,070 Jacques 163,520 Boule 16,760 Other candidates - 10,358 The Boulanpists p redict the immediate fall of the Floquet ministry, the dissolu­ tion of Parliament, and a general election in March. They also forecast a rapture in the Radical party, and express the be­ lief that forty Radical Deputies will join the Bonlungist ranks and thus give the General a following of sixty members in the present Chamber. Bets are freely offered that the ministry will resign. The members of the government are astound- at the result. .. MARKET BBPOBXS. •4 CHICAGO. CATTLE--Prime Medium Common HOGS--Shipping Grade* HHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COHN--No. 'J OATS--No. 2 KYK--No. 2 HOTTER--Choioe Cresimery CHKESB--Full Cream, flat Koos--Fresh POTATOES--Car-load*, per bu.... POBK--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash CORN--No. » OA 11»--No. 2 White RYK-- No.L BABLEI-NO. I...... POBK--Mess. DETROIT. CATTIM. Hons ;. SHEEP WKHAT--No. « Bed COHH--No. 3 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White TOLEDO ..• 4.53J® 5.7$ ... 3.50 >i« 4.59 ... 2.50 # 3.35 ... 4.50 5.25 ... 4.00 <9 4.75 ... .04 & .95 .85 @ .35>6 .34*49 .25& .46hi«# .47*6 .23 .26 .11 & .11« .lb>4<£ .14)6 .36 & .80 .... 11.50 @12.00 .*8 41 .38 .47 .«2 11.50 9 & & J*4 @13.00 .es^ .31 Mi .48 & 5.00 © 5.35 m 4.25 .»5* .8i»4 .85 Jta & .29* 4.50 8.6» WMAT-NO. 3 Bed. J» O M COBN--Cash <3l4Jji«> .88 OATS--May Jon & .80 NEW YORK. CATTBS .'. Hoas. SHEEP WBBAT--No. 3 Bed CORN--No. 2 OATS--White PORK--New Mess.... ST. LOUIS. CATTOE Hoos WHEAT-- NO. A. CoaH--No. 3 OATS--No. BARLET--Iowa.... INDIAKAPOL CATTLE. Hoos ;.t. BHKEP LAMBS CINCINNATI Hcas WHBAT-- NO. 2 Bed.............. CORN--No 2 v........... OATS--No. 2 Mixed. BYE-NO. 2 POBK--Me»n KANSAS OITT. CATTLE---Good Common ' _ Btociers Hooe--Choice Medium.. &13M m 4.80 & 5.35 <g> 4.00 0 5.50 & 5.35 & M & .85)4 .28% 9 .59 & .55 12.75 <018.35 8.75 8.00 3LS0 4L25 4.00 giS m 3.36 & 4.75 @ 4.50 •4 h MRS. GEN. HARBISON. saw her enthusiastically leading the ger- man for three long hours recently would hardly imagine her capable of enjoying quiet times. Secretary and Misses Bayard gave the first of their oard parties this week, but there were so many other entertainments which demanded the presence of their guests that the parlors were filled scarcely ten minutes at a time during the evening. A laughable Incident occurred through the absent-mindedness of the Persian minis­ ter. He attended wearing his left glovo on his right hand and vice, versa. Among the Senatorial entertainments, which were unusually numerous and gorge­ ous this week. Senator and Mrs. Hearst's ball, in honor of Miss Head, of California, was a notable affair, the young lady appearing in the costume in which she was recently pre­ sented at court in London. It was of white mousselino de soie, the overdraperios em­ broidered in pearls in a Louis XVI. horde* three or four inches deep. Down the left side, caught with bows of white satin ribbon, were rich clusters of white Scotch heather and harebells intermingled with green leaves. The low neck bodice was filled in with a tucked or mousselino do sole at tlio V-shaped opening, on either Hide of which the material was laid on In full, soft foid* which crossed over th»* bosom. The bodico was finished In front with a pointed in­ cisure of silk embroidered with pearls. Inclement weanier "had no effect on the crowds that gathered at Mrs. Cleveland's second public reception, unless, perchance, it was to make them doubly anxious to catch a smile from the fair lady of the White House, who, though genial and pleasant, showed signs of fatigue before the day was over. As oft as each recurring inaugural claims the attention of the people so often are the inconveniences and inelegancc of tho White House as a residence canvassed and recan- vassed. Washingtonians in general and reporters in particular aro again airing the threadbare topic. Mrs. Cleveland jokingly remarked recently that she believed she would send a message to Congress before March 4, written and signed with her own hand, asking for an appropriation for a new Executive Mansion, as she was sure Mrs. Harrison would appreciate some one taking the initiative in that direction. Everybody is just now interested in Mrs. Harrison's New York shopping expedition, and the contemplated change of leader only adds a feverish tervency to the whirl of en­ tertainments. A New York reporter gives assurance that the bustle will still hold its own under tho new reign, and dresses are out sufficiently decollete now to make ample amends for any revolutionary efforts attempted in this line. Mrs, Harrison will not, however, pose as a reformer, as she takes the ground that the lady of tho White House is not ex officio a leader of fashion. She argues that her personal views regard­ ing tho use of wine, the wearing of the bustle, the morality of the dance and such like topics should have no weight with the public simply because her husband hap­ pened to be elected President. Once again wo have enjoyed the rare treat of a night's session of the Senate, the first which has been held in nearly two years. There is I o such magnificent sight in Washington as the great Capitol dome flashing out its myriad electric sparks upon the sable curtains of night, and thousands of gas-jets twinkling upon the snow and ice of the Capitol Park. The gay assem­ blages that congregated in the galleries to listen to the tariff debate were amply re­ warded by the flow of wit. wisdom and repartee that Jell sedately from the lips of America's Solous under the stimulus of the lights and brilliant throngs, notwithstand­ ing the' dryness of the topic under dis­ cussion. Tho Senate tariff bill is now in tho hands ot the House Committee on Ways and Means, and Mr. Mills will take another whack at it, much to the disgust of the Senate, which insisted upon a conference in relation thereto ana hoped to secure it immediately upon returning the measure to the lower house. Meanwhile the Sou thorn Democrats are having a sorry time over their tobacco-tax measure. The Republican leaders deem it unwise to take any action in the matter during this Congress. As a result, Cowles* Republican assistants have suddenly dis­ covered that it is a breach of legislative etiquette for such a bill to be considered by the Appropriation Committee, and commit­ tee comity has assumed gigantic impor­ tance in their estimation all at once, which leaves the internal-revenue bill in the'same condition it was beforo being referred to Mr. Randall's committee. Interest is fast growing In the Samoan affair, and although the island is. oompara tively speaking, little more than a heap of earth in mid-ocean, four thousand miles from our coast, it has created a "bit of a fuss" between two great nations that pronf- ises to become highly entertaining. Uncle Sam doesn't propose to be imposed upon,and Bismarck is stubborn, and not accustomed to making graceful apologies. That is about the way the matter now stands, pending the early action of Congress. The army would no doubt be gratified for any break in the dull monotony of a quarter of a century of peace and welcome a bit of fighting as a sort of legitimate boom. JBy-the-by, Secretary Endicott's con­ templated order to restrict leave of absence to thirty days a year Is creating no little comment In blue coat circles. Thirty days a year is the time allowed by law. If the thirty days aro not used up each year the war secretary contends that they should be 'or oited and no one be allowed to absent himself from duty for a longer period of time. Congressman Frank Lawlor has secured an appropriation of $5:).000 for repairing the Chicago postofflce, although Randall was pitt>ul ascain^t him. From Mr. Lawler's concurrent resolution directing that the Public Printer hereafter drop the letters "ue" at the end of such words as "epilogue, and the letters "me" at the end of such WORDS AS "PROGRARNNIC/1 THE ITILTS? ••6" AT the ehd of such words as "hypocrite," the letters "te" at the end of such words as • "coquette," and substitute "f for "ph" in raeh woros a* "phantee/* it I* if»»y in­ ferred that.he is more proficient In oratory than etymology. Mr.- -Springer's omnibus bill has sadly failed to meet the Senate's idea of perspi­ cuity in language, a committee of that au­ gust body havi.jg instructed its chairman to write a new territor ial bill that would i>o clear and preciso." Tho objection chiefly urged to the Illinois Congressman's bill is centered in New Mexico, it being claimed that her admission is sought in the interest of railroads. Not openly, of course, but it Is averred that two railroad men would bo sent to tho Senate from New Mexico in caso she were entered amoiur the sisters of the Union.* Final vote on the Oklahoma bill wa* de­ ferred by the adjournment of Congress in respect to Congressman Joseph NelsOn Burnes of Missouri, who was stricken to death so suddenly: and Mr. Weaver's good looks and filibustering have availed him nothing so far. A pet scheme of the ladies, under the auspices of the Woman's National Bureau, to have a portrait of Mrs. Cleveland hung in the White House, a project that would receive universal commendation, has been crushed by the following: EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, I Jan. 18,1889. f Mrs. M. D. Lincoln: DEAR MADAM--Kespondifng for Mrs. Cleveland and myself to your note in relation to procur­ ing her portrait for the White House, and fully appreciating the kindness Intended, I have to say that both of us are so opposed to the project that you could not show us greater considera­ tion in this matter than by an entire abandon­ ment of the scheme. Yours, very truly, GAOVKR CLEVELAND. The menu Is out for the inaugural supper; not so the cabinet selection. Senator Alli­ son begins to waver iu his resolution not to accept tho Treasury portfolio; while Wana- maker's visit to tlio President-elect upon the special invitation of the latter seoms susceptible of but one conclusion. It is said by Harrison's Indianapolis friends, how­ ever, that this may not bo indicative that the Philadelphia merchant lias been ten­ dered a place in the cabinet. Perhaps Harrison called Mr. Wanamaker off from his contemplated Paris trip to apologize for having purchased his wardrobe in Chicago. Morton has rented a houso and returned to New York. Blaine is holding a continuous levee at the Normandie, Quay is in Florida threatening revenge on any intruding poli­ tician, and Harrison is at Indianapolis wrestling with the office-seekers, of whom he says he never saw so many. What will he think when he reaches the Whito House? MOBSE. BUSINESS OF THE ATCHISON. He port for the Year 1888--An Estimated Deficit of 91,400,001. Joseph W. Reinhart, Comptroller and General Auditor of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Road, thas submitted ad­ vance sheets of the full report for eleven months ending Nov. 30, 1888, which show the following results: Miloago, Atchison system proper, 3,019.78 miles; gross earnings, $14,297,468; expenses, 67.7 pot cent., $9,673,725; net earnings, $4,623,693; receipts from interest on bonds of rail: onds owned by Atchison and used as collateral. $50U,892: total net earnings, $5,132,585; direct fixed charges, interest on bonds and notes, taxes and sinking fund requirements. $4.513,24(5; net profit, $619,- 339; receipts from other sources, $'44(5,660; total profit. SI.065,999; dividends, §2,625,000; deficiency, $1,559,001; gross debt originat­ ing in tho period. $8,643,304: offsets. $3,457,- 412; net floating debt. $5,185,890; supplies on hand as an offset to future operating ex­ penses, $1,523,118.97. Of the debt above shown $5,183,891 was" due and payable prior to July 1, 1889. Of guaranty notes subscribed for, in amount $7,0j0,000. there had been called to Nov. 30. 1888. $700,000, leaving $6,300,000 not called nor paid in. The total income sur­ plus Dec. 31; 1888, was $7,940,622. The de­ ficiency for the eleven months ending Nov. 30, 1888, made tho net general Income sur­ plus to that date $6,381,622, but the addition of various sundry surplus acoounts swelled this amount, so that the total general sur­ plus Nov. 30 was $9,509,633. The estimated net profit from operations, after ail charges for the month of December, is $150,000. The total net deficiency of the company for the period of twelve months to Dec. 31. in­ cluding actual figures of Nov. SO and De­ cember estimated, is $1,409,001. From actual statements to Nov. 30 and approximates for December the auxiliary roads of the Atchison system, inclusive of those owned jointly, will show that they have failed to earn fixed charges of all.de­ scriptions by about $3,000,000. Of this they have contributed about $1,800,000, the re­ mainder having been advanced by the Atch­ ison company. The Boston Advertiser says regarding the report, that it is unsatisfactory because out of a mileage of about 7,104 miles the report only covers about 3,020 miles; also that the statement varies from that published Jan. 2. 1889, in that gross earnings for the eleven months are $37,362 larger, expenses £55,710 larger, and net earnings $18,357 smaller. THE GREAT '^STRIKE WAR&" Statistics of 1888 Show a Decided Falling Off in the Number of Employes Affected. During 1888 there were reported to Brad8treet'8 679 strikes and lockouts, an average of more than two eoch working day, involving 211,841 industrial em­ ployes, as against 684 strikes and lockouts, an average of nearly three each working day, involving 315,584 employes, in 1887, and .350 strikes and lockout*, involv­ ing 448,000 employes, in 1886. These figures would seem to show that the high­ est point of the. so-called "strike wave" was reached in 1886, and that since that time the decline in the number of em­ ploye* involved, at least, has been steady aud of considerable volume. The de­ cline in the number of men involved in strikes in 1888 from the totals of 1886 was 236,359, or over 52 per rent., while the de­ cline last year from the figures of 1S87 was 134,013, or 38 per cent. Comparing the number of strikes reported in 1888 with those of 1886, 679 against 350, there is apparently an increase of 94 per cent, in two year*. Sparks from tlie Telegraph. THE sales of real estate in Denver last week oggregated $1,500,000. THE Pueblo (Colo.) Fair Association will hold a three days' trot in May. REV. R. G. MENDENHALL has bought the Grand Fork* (D. T.) Plaindealer for $27,000. GRAZING, lands in Ihe southern part of Florida ure overflowed and inany cattle are dying of starvation. SEVEBAL gambling dens, one of them owned by John Condon, of Chicago, were raided recently nt Marion, Ind. RICHABD KIMBALL, a prominent ioe dealer in Omaha, Neb., was run over and killed by a train at Council Bluffs, Iowa. THE Warsaw (Ind.) Horticultural Soci­ ety pronounce* the present outlook for an apple crop next season to be very encour- agtng. DURING a quarrel at Dayton, Tenn., Col. S. H. Noithrup was *hot and fatally injured by John Dougherty, a city police­ man. W. W. BOATWBIGHT was arrested at Sullivan, Ind., charged with counterfeit­ ing. A complete counterfeiter's outfit was found in his possession. PARKS PLEDGES killed Irimself re­ cently near Holly Springs, Ark., because he was engaged to two girls, neither of whom would release him from his bargain. A SCHOOL-TEACHER at Findlay, Ohio, has been discharged for battering the head of a boy wbo didn't know the rela. tion the participle bears to the other parts of speech. . THE SAMOAN TROUBLES. STRANGE what queer languages are spoken in this country. A Western paper in a local item recently told of "a regular old razooper, who, having got a skate on, indulged in a glorious razale-dazzle." ii' V.I JOHN W. ALEXANDER, the young Sortrait painter, does all his work with is left hand, He is thought to bear a striking resemblance to Vandyok, with his pointed beard and up-curling mustache. * "IT is the greed for gain which is I|i- sponsible for four-fifths of the crime committed," said a Chicago clergyman, and then he accepted a call for $500 more per je«c / > -1 r ** , r' * *4' i WAR DECLARED B* OK KM AWT--KINO MATAAFA TO BE ATTACKED. Tb« President's Me«sS(e to Congress on the Suhject--Bismarck Gives Germany's Side of th« QnoHtion--The Senate Dis- <ng*Ses the Situ tion. . {Washington CD. C.) special.] Aa Auckland telegram state* that Samoi advices say that the German* have de­ clared war against King Mataafa and that probably-all the Samoan* will join against the Germans. President Cleveland sent to Congres* add t oaal correspondence relative to Sa­ moan affairs, accompanied by the following message: To the Congress: I bad t.henoaoron tk» !Hfc 4ast. to eennwil- cate to your hpiiurnble body certain correspond­ ence ami documents in relation to affairs iu the Stimoau Islands, <uid having since received fur­ ther dispatches from the Vice Consul at Apia and the cowniandet of tbe United fctateu naval vessel Mi Kiu in those waters, I lose no time in laying them beforo >ou. I also transmit here­ with the Juil test of instructions from Prince von Bismarck to the German Minister at this capital, which was communicated on the after­ noon of t he '/i-th inst. This appears to be an amplification of prior te:egraphic instruction on tho same subject, commiuiieM.od through tho same channel, and which, beini; sat forth in th« note of the Bec/etary of State to Count von Arco Valley, tlis German .Minister, of the I2tb inst., was duly laid before Congress with my last mes­ sage in relation to Hamonn affairs. It is also proper to inform you that on Mon­ day, tha :>th inst., the occasion of the commu­ nication of the note of the Prince Chancellor, the Secretory of State was given 10 understand by the Get man Minister that a proposition from his Government to that of the United States lor a conference on tho Samoan xuiijtoc was on its way bj mail, having loft Berlin on the Mh inst., so hat- its arrival here in due course of mail can be looked for in a very short, time. In reply to the inquiry from the ;-ecret>:ry of Htate whether the j imposition referred to was for a renewal of the jf.iufc conference between the United States, Germany, and Great Britain, which wns sus­ pended in July, 1S87, or for the consideration of Hamoan affairs ab novo, the German Minister stated his inability to answer until the proposi­ tion which left Berlin on t,h® 3, t,h inst. should have been received. I shall hcrealter communicate to the Congress all information beforo me in relation to the fcamoam status. OBOVJCR CLEVELAND. The correspondence accompanying the message gives an amplified account of recent events in Samoa. It opens with Vice Consul Blacklock's account of the Maltreatment of natives and the beating of the marshal of the Consul's office by 150 drunken sailors from a German man- of-war on Dec. 15 and 16. On Deo. 20 and 22 the Consul arranged a meeting of the three Consuls at the German consul­ ate, but nothing could be done, as the German Consul said he had lost so many men he must now take the matter in his own hands and revenge their losses. On Jan. 1, the "Vice-Consul says, Capt. Mullan, having written to the captain of the German vessel which seized the American boat the other day, received a reply to the effect that there waB no flag flying on the boat; this is not true, as the boat was seen from this office, also by others in other parts of town, plainly fly­ ing the American flag. This is the usual way the Germans adopt for straightening out the outrages they commit. Capt. Mullan, on the same date, writes: I am of the opinion that our Government should have at this point more vessels, especial­ ly at this time. Z have caused to be ported in the town of Apia a notice--to wit, that the lives of all American citizens will find protection on board this vessel under my command, and that at the first intimation or outburst of hostilities in Apia 1 shall land my foroe for the protection of their property. The last letter ic one from Prince Bis­ marck to Count von Arco Valley, detailing the "unprovoked attack" of natives under the leadership of the American, Klein, upon a German naval force " which had landed at the requisition of the imperial consul for the protection of German set­ tlements which were endangered by the conflicts between the native parties." The letter continues: In consequence of this we' have been trans­ planted from the territory of mediatorial nego­ tiations by which tho imperial consul in Apia was trying to reconcile the contending parties, and for which he sought, the co-operuiion of his English snd American colleagues, into a state of war with the assailants, to our regret. We shall carry on the contest thut has been forced upon ua by Mataafa and his followers with the utmost consideration for English and American interests. Our military measures have in view only i he jinnishment of t e murders of German soldiers and the protection of our countrymen and their property. As they on their part are at war with Tamasese our interference will neces­ sarily assume the character of assistanca to 1'amaBeee. In the endeavor for the just punish­ ment of a murderous crime we hops for the co­ operation of the treaty powers in Samoa in friendship with us, and we ask the Government of the United States to bo good enough to fur­ nish the consuls and the commanders of Its ships of .war in famoa With suitable iustruc- t ons. Our armed forces there are instructed to avoid and to prevent all injury to neutral com­ merce and property, and to adopt measures of reprisal and destruction only against the fol­ lowers of the party which initiated tho contest against our troops by a murderous attack. We shall, of course, abide by the agrei mi nts with America and England with respect to Kamoa, and pay due regard, under all circumstances, to the rights of those powers as established by treaty. The Samoan amendments to the Con­ sular bill were discussed tn the Senate by Messrs. Dolph and Reagan. Mr. Dolpn said the question was one of local inter­ est to the people of the Pacific coast, and argued that the treaty of 1884 between Germany and Samoa gave the German Government powers which weie incom­ patible with the autonomy of the native government and inconsistent with Ameri­ can tieaty rights in the islands. If Con­ gress were to interfere in the matter at all, the President should be directed to insist tipon a restoration by the German Government of the status quo at the time of the Washington conference, and to no­ tify the German Government that the United States would not permit the Samoan islands to pass under the control of any foreign nation, and that their inde­ pendent autonomy must be maintained. He saw no good reason why, if necessary, and if requested by the Samoan people, an American protectorate should not be established over them. Mr. Reagan declared that no American citizen could read the correspondence without feeling humiliation to see the rights or the United States brutally over­ ridden and trodden down by German sub­ alterns while the German Prime Minister was professing friendship and a desire to maintain proper relations with the Gov­ ernment of the United States. He thought the proposed amendments were too feeble to vindicate the rightB of the American people in the matter, and added: If we believe that we have rights which have been violated we should assert those rights as becomes a great and powerful nation. 1 am not in favor of war. But the humiliation of a great nation in the face of an arrogant power is worse than war. I wojld give the President power to determine what our rights in the matter are and the rower to assert those rights in a way thai could not be mistaken, I would suggest the addition to tho pending amendment or tlie words, "and for the protection of the rights of American citizens residing in said islands and to preserve the neutrality and Independence of their people." Then we will have said some­ thing. But if we do not. put In some declaration we leave the President exactly where he is now --in a noeition where be regards himself as powerless to vindicate the rights of the United States. - THE SAMOAN ISLANDS. Where The* Are and Whst Tfaey Produce --8 *e and Population. Navigator's (or Samoan) Islands is a group of thirteen islands, comprising an area of 1,650 square miles, situated in the South Pacific Ocean, on the steamship line between San Francisco and Mel­ bourne. They are about 400 miles north­ east of Fiji Isl tnds. They are high, moun­ tainous, of volcanic origin, with a rich soil, a hot, mo st climate and a luxurious vegetation, forests of palms, breadfruit trees cocoanut trees, and banansis cover­ ing the mountains. Coffee, sugar, yams and nutmeg* are produced. The inhabit­ ants are a we'l formed and good-natured tribe of the Polynesian race, and different Christian missions work with consider­ able success among them. The largest island is Sawaii; the most feitile and BXQSt peopled is Tutuiia. /'V3.'/.'? THE NATIONAL OF VMS SENATE AND HOUftK OF KKPHSSKNTATlVKa. Oar National Lstv-Makers aadWIwiTlHiy Are Ooinf tor the flood of MM Cewntqr --Various Measures Proposed, Diseoeeed and Acted On. TUB Speaker laid before the Boufee ca the 96th inst. the Mills tariff bill, with the Senate's *ah- stitute therefor, together with ths requeetef the Kcnate for a conference. A lengthy 4tfrntr resulted. Statements were made in the fj*hata that the bill should be reported beek frooathe committee, but there was no or direct agreement with respect to the rtlspntflloii of the bill. The decision of Speaks* Carlisle was that the bill as a matter of eourse, ante the rales, mast he referred to the Committee on Ways and Means unless nnantmou oonsent oooldpe obtained to dispose of it in some o$h«r way; that the question of high privilege did not at­ tach to the measure until tt bad been referred to a oanferenM committee end that save by the same nnsaiiamn oonsent the conference asked for by the Senate could not be granted until the bill had ben referred! to a committee. The unanimous oonsent oould not, of course, be had for the proposition to concur, and the bill was refertod to the Com­ mittee on Ways and Means. THK Senate proceeded to the consideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill cm the 98th ult. The following amendment* were agreed to: Inserting an item of •3,t09 for a Consul General at Apia, Samoan Islands. Transferring the con­ sulate at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, from class •» (£'.i,000i to class 4 (#2,500), and providing fcr a. consulate of the same olass at Paso Del Norte. Tho array nurses' pension bill wa* amended and passed. It allows a pension of a month to all women nurses during the late war (prior to August, 1865), who were appointed by Miss Dis, Superintendent of Women Nurses, or her authorised agent, or! who wero specially appointed by She Surgeon General or other proper United States authority who performed six months' service, or who -wes© disabled and honorably discharged. Those who aro now receiving a. less pension under special acts are to be entitled to the benefits of tais act. The Senate bill -was passed by thai Mouse increasing the pension of soldiers gr Bftilore who have lost both hands to *100 per1 month. A bill was passed granting the Mount Cammel (IU.) Development Cetnpaoy theprivi- lege of drawing water from the Wabash Biver. The Senate's concurrent resolution was agreed: to, providing for the joint meeting of ths two houses of Congress on Wednesday, Feb.: 13, for the purpose of counting ths slectoral vote. The House went into committee of the whole'on tho sundry civil appropriation bill. An amendment appropriating *50,090 for the education ot children of school age in without reference to race, was agreed to. The appropriation for the Bock Island Ar-' senal wae increased $15,500. Beprentative- Springer introduced his omnibus bill, providing' for an enabling aot for the admission of the' Territories of Arizona, Idaho and Wyoming as: States of the Union. Delegate GIfford, ofj Dakota, introduced a bill providing for opening- for settlement all that portion of the Fort. Ban-j dall military reservation in Dakota lying east' of the Missouri Biver. . THE Senate, after adopting Mr. Gibson'* amendment to the diplomatic appropriation bill on the 29th ult., providing that United States Ministers to France, Germany, Great Britain, and Russia shall be called "Ambassadors," went into secret session on the Samoan amendments. On motion of Mr. Sherman it was voted--yeas, 26; nays, 21--to,' ootcslder the amendments in open session and the doors were opened. Mr. Sherman then pro­ ceeded to address the Senate at length, giving a clear statement of the whole question, after which that body adjourned. The following reso­ lution was introduced in the House for rater- j ence: "Besolvcg, That the present condition at I affairs at Samoa requires that this Government should aid the people of those islands in secur­ ing an independent native government, free from the claims of territorial juris­ diction of any European power, and to the end that thin purpose siay speedily and effectually accomplished the President of the United States is hereby requested to Insist on the restoration of affairs in said iBland as tho wma existed at the time of the convention be-> tween the representatives of the Governments ot Germany, Great Britain, and ths United States,; held in the city of Washington in June and July,. 1887. That he further aid in securing a settle­ ment of the pending difficulties at Samoa on a satisfactory and solid foundation, and in the restoration of peace and good order under a. responsible native independent government, with a court of competent jurisdiction to determine* land titles and such other olaims and controvet-, sies of foreign resident* as may be properly i cognizable by such court, end that he take such: further stepi as may be necessary to protect the rights of this Government and to citizens i in said islands. In the House- of Beprs- Bentatives, Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, pre! seated a petition of 13,000 oitisens of Utah' against the admission of that Territory as a State. The House went into committee of the whole on the sundry civil appropriation bill.' Mr. Enloe, of Tennessee, offered an amendment authorizing the secret service foroe of thei Treasury Department to be used in detecting pretended dealer < in counterfeit money.: Agreed to. The corhmittee rose and the bill was passed. Mr. Dunn, of Arkansas, from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, reported a bill to provide for the better protec­ tion of the fur, seal, and salmon fisheries Of Alaska. Printed and recommitted, with leave to report at any time. AMONG the nominations Ot postmasters eon- firmed by the Senate on the 30th ult. were the following: Charles H. Manning, Grand Cross­ ing, 111.; Celestine Gibbons, Keokuk, Iowa; Mollie G. Moffitt, Tipton,* Iowa; Frank McMahon, Au Sable, Mich.; John M. Hib- bard, Btoughton, Wis.; Henry C. Miller, Horton, Kansas. A resolution was adopted by the Senate calling on the Secretary of the Treas­ ury for a statement of the amounts in tno sink-. ing fund to the credit of the Union and Central1 Pacific under the Thurman act. A lengthy dis­ cussion o.-curred on the Samoan amendments to the consular bill. Mr. Springer managed to get the Oklahoma bill foetore the House, and its consideration was completed in commit­ tee of the whole. Among the amendment* adopted were those of Mr. I'ayaon of Illinois to protect the homestead rights of honor-; ably discharged Union soldiers and sailors, providing that no homestead entries shall be allowed except to actual settlers, and a substi­ tute for the town-site section. The latter au­ thorizes the Secretary of the Inferior so reserve town sites of not exceeding 040 acres on any public lands in the Territory and until the lsgal municipal incorporation to sell the lots for the benefit of the school fund of said town, less the amounts paid to Indians. After the town is incorporated the title to unsold lots shall vest in the municipality. Other amendments, adopted provide for the protection of Indian titles; forfeit lands and rights grunted to the Atlantic and Pacific Hailroad for the Canadian Biver Branch, and eliminate the clause subject­ ing lands to taxation after tho first installment or purchase money is ma le. After the bill was reported to the House, Mr. Paysou's soldiers' homestea 1 amendment was agreed to and the Souse adjourned. IN the Si note after the passage of a few pri­ vate bills, on ths 31st ult, the Senate resumed consideration of ths diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, ths pending question being on the amendment referring to Samoa. These were agreed to without division. The credentials of Edward O. Wol- oott Senator-elect from Colorado, were pre­ sented and placed on file. The President's mes­ sages in relation to the Samoan islands, and to Corea (the same that were presented in the House) were referred to the Committee on For­ eign Relations. The House amendments to the bill to increase the pensions of those who have lost both bands were reported book favorably and concujred in. Thu Senate then proceeded to executive business, the British extradition treaty, and spent four hours in the consideration of the treaty, but adjourned, leaving it still pending. When the House resumed consideration of the Oklahoma bill, the vqte by which Mr. Payson's "soldiers' homestead" amendment was passed was vacon­ sidered. The proposition was then divided and the first clause, which provides that no home-, stead rights of honorably discharged Union sol­ diers and sailors shall be Unpaired by the bill,' wns agro© to. The second section, which was rejected, extended to homestead rights of ex- soldiers and eailorg to all lands opened for set­ tlement under tho bill. Mr. P,&y^on's "town- site" amendment was agreed, to without divi­ sion. Mr. o'Ferralt <Va.) moved a keoonsidsra-, tion, snd Mr. Springsr moved to table ths tat­ ter's motion. Pending action ths House ad­ journed. Childhood's Ways. "Jiivery once in a while 1 am fprcild^f reminded of the happy days of my; childhood," said a man whose hair was just being seasoned bv the pepper-box of time. "The youngsters up in my neighborhood remind me when it is 'top time' and 'kite time' and 'marble time/ and their pranks bring me to realize that, it is Hallowe'en and April fools' day. 1} often wish I was with them. The other day a crowd of kids were gro iped in! one end of a vacant lot on the corner as I WBB passing, and they brouc lit back) old times vividly to me. The ," were idly talking, as if wishing for some-i thing to turn up, when a bright-eyedl l?6y in the crowd yelled: 'Last man over the fence is a liar I' With that they all dashed wildly for the fenoe.j outstripping the bright-eyed boy and! I reaching the sidewalk. A* they turned! j to give him the laugh be paused in the , lot, put his thumb to his nose, twirled his fingers, and then said: 'Yah, yah, I> r% ' i ; ' - ,1 / > ' " v - . • '