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Mtj» |?laiudcalci J. VAN SLYKE. Editor an* Publisher. McHENRT, ILLINOIS. NEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST. ©nros W. FIELD has sued James Gor- . Bennett, proprietor of the New York Herald, and A. Oakey Hall, his London o6rre»pondent, for £10,000 damages for Mbri... .The creditors of the Willow dale Woolen Company, of Boston, have accept­ ed fifty cents on the dollar in settlement «if their claims, and insolvency proceedings •irere discontinued. CHABiiES W. PARKER, a clothing mer­ chant of Boston, baring reason to suspect ttnt his family was being systematically poisoned, overhauled the flour barrel, and found in the center a handful of arsenic. A discharged cook has been arrested for an attempt at murder by wholesale O'Don- ©van Rossa was last winter sued in Iiouisville for a whisky bill of $82, and would hate been jailed but for the kindness of John Gillen in giving bands. Now the latter is being proceeded •gainst for the amount involved. Rossa , .having dismissed the matter from his mind. •h... .John E. Wetherbee, a prominent attor­ ney of Boston, was found dead in his of­ fice. He had committed suicide by taking poison while temporarily insane... .The explosion of a tank of oil in a refinery at Hie foot of Moore street, Philadelphia, caused the death of four men and the fatal grounding of three other persons. ' DR. WIMJIAM FROTHIKOHAM, one of the best-known physicians in New York City, Was killed in his residence, as is claimed, by the accidental discharge of his revolver. He was dead when found by his family. It •was his skill which saved Charles O'Conor, the noted lawyer, when he had been given up by the other doctors The recent mysterious death of Benjamin Burton, a noted and wealthy colored citizen of Newport, Rhode Island, has been followed by the arrest of his daughter and son-in- law for murder. Bonds taken from the pockets of the deceased have been discov­ ered by the police of Philadelphia Zachariah Chaffee has been declared the owner of Canonchet, ei-Gov. Sprague's homestead near Narragansett Pier. A writ of ejectment will now issue, and Sprague will thus lose possession of the last rem­ nant of his once great property.... A woman giving the name of Johnson, leading two half-starved children, was ad­ mitted to the nursery in Brooklyn. On the following morning she wa6 caught in Hie act of suffocating her elder child, and the other lay dead on the bed. .. .William Thurston, an aged and prominent citizen of Bainbridge, N. Y., committed suicide by hanging while suffering from melancholia. THE WEST. Tax Bev. Mr. McLean, pastor of the Ninth Presbyterian Church at St. Paul, Minn., is charged with having criminal re­ lations with a young woman of 17, and the doers of his church have been closed aainst him....The decision of Justice iller in the Brighton ranch case will com­ pel the company to remove its wire fence Dom 52,000 acres of Government land in Caster County, Nebraska. OVEB-TAXATION has caused the National Bank of Plank in ton, D. T., to go into liquidation. Depositors and stockholders Will be paid in full.... In the Colby mine, oil the shore of Lake Superior, four aten were killed by the fall of a large Section of ore.... The Catholic Protectorate, a school for boys, at Glencoe, near 8t Louis, was burned. Loss, $60,000 The Sheriff of Johnson County, Wyoming, traced some Indian thieves to the Arapahoe reservation, and persuaded the chiefs to surrender two of them for trial by the civil authorities. Gen. Howard fears that their punishment would produce an outbreak.... In a coal mine near Pomeroy, Ohio, a fall of slate killed two men and dangerously injured two others..... The assembly of the Knights of Labor at St. Louis, composed of the men engaged in tfee recent street car strike has been dissolved by Grand Master Workman Powderly, and the matter has caused a bitter feeling among the men, some of whom say that, leaving been induced to leave their situa­ tions by the Knights, they are now left to Starve. Others say that the charter was revoked because detectives and spies had, by some means, gained access to the meet­ ings of the assembly, and were making known its proceedings. Two YOUNG ladies and a young man W«re drowned near Milford, Ohio, by the ""Wagon in which they, with two others, were riding being driven off the abutment of a destroyed bridge into Lick River The Baldwin murder trial at Atchison, Kansas, icesulted in a verdict of guilty in the first degree. When taken back to his cell, the condemned man cursed the jury vigorously. The mother of Baldwin could hardly be torn away from him. A purse is being made up for the County Attorney and his assistant. * P. C. KIRKLAND, Cashier of the Farm­ ers and Merchants' Bank at Oxford, Kan., took all the funds he could find, turned the lime-lock of the safe forty-eight hours ahead, and absconded. He left the books in such confusion that the amount of his peculations can not be learned for several flays- It will probably not exceed a few thousand dollars, however. Kirkland was treasurer for several secret societies, and their money is gone with the rest About 200 colored families in the Choctaw Na­ tion have registered as members of the tribe, and will receive annuities of $100 each from the fund of $1,000,000 in the hands of the Federal Government. All negroes who declined or are not qualified to register, comprising nearly six hundred families, will be expelled by the military Joseph C. Mackin, of Chicago, was quietly conveyed to Joliet Penitentiary by Sheriff Hanchett, and registered at the penitentiary m No. 7339. THE conference of cattle-growers at i": Chicago, with representatives from thirty- : three States and Territories, organized a national association under an Illinois Charter, electing D. W. Smith President and A. H. Sanders Secretary. Resolu­ tions were adopted asking Federal protec­ tion for the people of Montana against the thieving Blaclcfeet and Piegan Indians, * who are continually moving back forth •long the international boundary; THE SOUTH. THE business quarter of Haselhurst, Miss., was swept away by fire. The losses aggregate $200,000 The houses of Wil­ liam Bryant and Woodford Ash, in Bullitt County, Kentucky, were set on fire by bur­ glars, who secured $l,00JLat each place. A fed in the former residence was cremated. BEING ordered to vacate leased land in Edgefield County, South Carolina, for non­ payment of rent, Robert Jones shot dead Edward Presley, aged 80, and hi« «on Charles, and mortally stabbed Edward, another son. Jones then yent to the jail and surrendered.... The colored female seminary at Quitman, Ga., was destroved '/'by fire the other morning, the inmates for­ tunately escaping. It is believed that in- eendiaries fired the structure, in the man­ agement of which Mrs. Rutherford B. , Hayes is said to be interested. I After the School was opened an attempt wafHttuKje to assassinate the principal. f MART GILCHRIST, aged 18, shot herself in a public street in Baltimore upon seeing ; , her former lover, William Dugdale, leave • hack and enter a building with two wom- The sister of the Buicide states that Duglalo had threatened Mary with dealli. and that her frigut led to the shooting.... P. M. L. Shepherd, who was cashier of the New York Central Road at Buffalo, and a defaulter for $25,000, was arrested at WaMo, Florida. n . " • • • •; WASHIRCr IN making several 1 appointments to Federal offices in the Territories President Cleveland relied upon home talent. .. The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics reports that during the month of October $6,8-'oo 000 worth of beef, pork, and dairy products was exported abroad from the ports; of this country, being a decrease of $672,000 as compared with the' corresponding month last year. The value of the total exports of beef and pork products for the twelve months ending Oct. 31 was over $8(!,000,- 000, being an increase of nearly $2*600,000 as compared with the previous year. GEN. SHERIDAN, in commenting upon the Chiricahua outbreak, takes occasion to acknowledge courtesies tendered our troops across the Mexican border. He recom­ mends giving each Indian family 320 acres of land, selling the remainder of the reser­ vation at $1.25 per acre, and purchasing Government bonds, to be held in trust. The Lieutenant General declares that the perma­ nent control of the Indian is not desired by the army at large, but he thinks rebellions tribes should be disciplined by the military. .... The President has selected Colonel Lazelle. U. S. A., to visit Europe to wit­ ness the military maneuvers of the British army in India in January next. Colonel Lazelle will be the guest of British officers. THE Second Comptroller of the Treasury has discovered that Philip S. Wales, Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, paid $62 for two crayon portraits of himself , and induced the artist tp sign vouchers rep­ resenting stamps and specimens for the dis­ pensary. POLITICAL. r=4" IT appears that Charier Foster, of In­ dianapolis, who has gone to Germany to be Consul at Eberfelt, was not a citizen of the United States when he took the oath of office. He will be recalled. SAMUEL J. RANDALL secured the ap­ pointment of John M. Campbell to be Surveyor of Customs at Philadelphia, and William F. Haeriter to be Postmaster. Congressman W. L. Scott made Richard Harbuckle Collector of Customs at Erie. MR. J. HIPPLE MITCHELL, was chosen United States Senator on the third ballot by the Oregon Legislature. He secured seventeen Democratic votes by promising to support Cleveland's administration. IT is estimated that the stay-at-home vote in Iowa this year reached nearly 80,000. GENERAL. THERE assembled at Pittsburgh, Mon­ day, the National Rabbinical Convention of the Reformed Hebrew Church, the purpose being to consider the propriety of abolish­ ing many of the traditional features of the Hebrew faith. ^ Louis RIEL was executed at Regina at an early hour on the 17th. None of his associates in rebellion found their way to his cell. His last hours were spent with Fathers Andre and McWilliams. He ap­ peared on the scaffold in moccasins and a loose woolen shirt and surtout. The guard consisted of twenty mounted policemen. The priests restrained his inclination to voice his grievances in the presence of the hangman. About twenty persons witnessed the execution. Riel died without a struggle. His body was interred beneath the scaffold, but will soon be re­ moved to St. Boniface Cemetery. The ex­ ecutioner was a freighter named Jack Hen­ derson, who was once taken prisoner by Riel, and who traveled 100 miles to beg the chance to get even. The rope was destroy­ ed by the Deputy Sheriff, to prevent relic- hunters from obtaining it. Five hundred French students paraded the streets .of Montreal cheering for Riel, and the City Council adjourned as a tribute of respect to his memory... .Between the 27th inst. and the 28th of December eleven persons are to be executed in Ontario and the North­ west Provinces. THE half-breeds of St. Vital, Manitoba, held a meeting to arrange for the funeral of Louis Riel, and sufficient money was con­ tributed to pay the cost. Two days before the execution Riel's wife was delivered of a dead male child. While the jury at Regina was viewing the body, locks of hair were cut from the head and beard, buttons were de­ tached from fcc clothing, and the suspenders were being cut up as'relics when officers in­ terfered. Jackson, Riel's lieutenant throughout the rebellion in the Northwest Territory, was found insane by a jury and sent to an asylum. He has now escaped and is thought to have reached the United States. AT the meeting of the American Humane Society in St. Louis Mr. Ferd W. Peck of Chicago secured the adoption of a memorial to Congress which treats on the transporta­ tion of live stock, and shows "that the greatest source of crtielty to animals is found in the methods of their transporta­ tion by rail, and that the sufferings thus inflicted are of the most ter­ rible sort; that their systematic and fearful abuse necessarily * renders the carcasses unfit for human food, and fills the markets with diseased meat; and that, in consequence of these abuses, there is lost by shrinkage alone in the meat supply of the West to the East $16,000,000 per annum." The remains of Louis Kiel were interred in the vault of a church at Regina. Pere Andre conducting the im­ pressive ceremonies. FOREIGN. A STATEMENT made in the Chamber of Deputies by Premier Brisson indicates the collapse of the French enterprises in Ton- quin and Madagascar The Servians,,, having turned the Dragoman pass, are now headed for the line of intrenchments at Sofia. Five hundred Bulgarians have been taken prisoners. The Servians had 200 wounded and fifty killed. The government of Servia, has forbidden telegraph officials to receive war dispatches from foreign cor­ respondents. Turkey has ordered 200,000 tons of coal from Newcastle and sent $150,- 000 to Hungary to purchase artillery horses. The delegates to the Balkan conference seem to deem it possible that the war may be localized through the efforts of Ger­ many. Greece has contracted for sixty mitrailleuse and Nordenfelt guns, and made a war loan of $380,000. JCLIU8 LIESKE, the socialist who is sup­ posed to have murdered Police Commis­ sioner Rumpff at Frankfort, Germany, was beheaded. With his dying breath ne de­ clared himself innocent.... An ""Anglo- French agreement respecting the New­ foundland fisheries has been signed in Paris. It is regarded as a satisfactory com­ promise oil the questions involved.....Servia has decided to annex the Bulgarian area of the international railway route, as also the Widdin district. It is represented that in the engagement at Dragoman Pass hordes of Bulgarians laid down their arms; during a battle at Trn three Bulgarian battalions surrendered, and in a fight at Widdin the Servians captured one thousand prisoners. The invasion of Macedonia by Greece is imminent. Prince Alexander, pleading that Bulgaria can not declare war, has ap­ pealed to the powers not to permit Servia to march forward. TURKEY, in a note to the great powers, protests against the Servian invasion of Bulgaria, and announces that she hoids herself privileged to take action to protect her soil.... The Bulgarians defeated a force of 30,000 Servians near Slivnitza. the latter losing ten guns. It is estimated that 3,000 Servians were killed or wounded. (A report comes from Vienna that Prince Al­ exander was wounded The British forces in Burmah oaptured the fortified city of Minhla and opened a pathway to Man- dalay. with a loss of four killed and twen­ ty-seven wounded.... Lord Kenmare hav­ ing peremptorily refused to reduce the rents On his Irish estates, his agent in County Kerry was terribly beaten by a party of tenants, and was obliged to abandon cattle he had seized. DURING the battle at Slivnitza Prince Alexander of Bulgaria was in the thick of the fight from beginning to end, and had a horse shot froos^under him. It is said that the Servian loss was three times greater than that given in the official ac­ counts ... .Prince Alexander has complied with the demand of the Sultan and with­ drawn the Bulgarian troops from Eastern Ronmelid. A Belgian journal has a dispatch from Sofia asserting that Servians bayoneted wounded Bulgarians in ambulances.... The new Ameer of Bokhara has made a state entry into his capital city. He is on good terms with the Russians, and will send a special mission to St. Peters­ burg to express' his friendliness for the Czar... .Imprisonment for one month is the sentence imposed upon Anderson, the Scotch steward who eloped with a ward in chancery.... The returning officer for Cam- berwell, England, refuses to recognize Miss Helen Taylor as a candidate for Parlia­ ment. ADDITIONALNEWS. THE failure score for last week aggre­ gates 234, or seven more than the previous week. This is seventeen less than in the like week in 1884, and six more than in the third week of November, 1883. The total number of mercantile failures reported throughout the United States in 1885 to date is 9,861, as compared with 9,935 fail­ ures from Jan. 1 to Nov. 21, 1884, a decline of 74. The general trffde situation, as tel­ egraphed to Bradstretjji, showsle ss activ­ ity m some lines. XThLs is particularly noticed in dry goods. The continuation of moderate weather at the West and North has seriously interfered with the distribution of seasonable fabrics. The movement of grocery staples has been fair, with lower prices on cotton. Dairy products are lower and depressed. There is less activity in pig and manufactured irons. Prices of both are firm, but there has been no ad­ vance and is now no likelihood of any dur­ ing the current year. The advance in rails, which is very marked, is due in part to a better demand but very largely to manipu­ lation. Old rails are scarce and higher, as is Bessemer pig. The wheat market has shown no new features besides the almost entire absence of any export demand. The price has made a few spurts, but has drag­ ged heavily since. Indian corn is lower than it has been, while oats are relatively firm. Flour is barely sustained, with the export demand very light, and production still very heavy. In brief, staple commer­ cial commodities and products have very generally held their own as to price, but nothing more. Distribution and demand have in various instances declined. This is in marked contrasfcto the swelling volume of speculative business reported daily from Wall street. JOHN BOWMAN, whose adventures as Mayor of East St. Louie gave him a na­ tional reputation, Was shot dead on the sidewalk in that city by some person for whose apprehension a reward of $5,000 is offered Dy Frank Bowman. The deceased was the wealthiest man in the town. He was a native of Germany. For several years he had devoted his timo to the law, and it is believed that his assassin is in­ terested in Certain litigation in which Bow­ man was engaged as counsel.... The Maplewood herd of imported Holsteins from Attica, N. Y., having been exhibited at the Chicago- Fat-Stock Show, was offered for sale at auction in that city. After about twenty of them had been sacrificed the owner called a halt, and shipped the remainder home. The best price realized WMJ.$'2(50.... Fire broke out in the Erie Count^lnfirmary at Sandusky, Ohio, and destroyed the main building. Five of the ninety inmates perished in the flames. They were all in the northwest wing of the building, where the fire origi­ nated... .For the loss of forty-eight head of cattle on a St. Paul train during a bliz­ zard last winter at Emmetsburg, Iowa, a jury in the Federal court awarded $500 damages. The shippers claimed $30,000. AN improvement has been made on the Bessemer steel process at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works, Pittsburgh, which, it is said, Will have the effect of making'Bessemer steel equal in quality to crucible steel at about one-tenth the price. The change consists in the thorough mixing of the spiegel iron or manganese with the molten iron in the ladle so as to uniformly carbonize it. Bes­ semer steel can be produced at a cost of one to one and a half cents a pound, while that made in crupibles costs at least eleven cents a pound... .Upon Beck- with being convicted of murder at Hudson, N. Y., he petitioned the court to be permitted to go to some warm climate, whereupon the Judge sentenced him to be hanged Jan. 8 next.... .A burglar giving the false name of Daniel Wilkinson, who killed Policeman Lawrence at Bath, Maine, was hanged at Thomaston. His father is said to be a tradesman in London. ... .Railway bonds to the unprecedented amount of $7,214,000 changed hands in New York, nearly one-quarter being in Erie seconds..... A disease which sweeps off hens by the dozen has made its appearance in Wyoming County, New York. A POLE named Louis Sommerfield, re­ siding in Washington, killed his wife and Gottlieb Eisenbaum in a saloon where they were living together. He also undertook the murder of a citizen who pursued him. UNCLE SAM'S SERVANTS. They Are Busy Making Reports of the Condition of the Public * V .«erTlce.\i\ W - ° THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BEEVES Hoos WHEAT--NO. 1 White ;. No. 2 lied CORN--No. 2 OATS--White PORK--Mess CHICAGO. BEKVES--Choice to Prime Steers. Good Shipping Common Hons FLOUII--Extra Spring Choice Winter WHEAT--No. '2 Red Winter CORN--No. 2.-. OATS--No. 2 liVE--No. 2 • BARLEY--No. 2 BCTTER--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, new , Skimmed Flats EGOS--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per bu...;.... PORK--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--NO. %. CORN--No. i OATS--No. 2.. RYE--No. 1 PORK--Mess TOLEDO. JWHEAT--No. 2 „... COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 ST. LOOI8. WHEAT--No. 2 Red. CORN--Mixed OATS--Mixed PORK--New Mess CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2. ..;... OATS--Mixed BYE--No. 2 PORK--Mess pETROIT. BEEF CIITLI \ Hoos SHEEP . WHEAT--No. 1 White... CORN--No. 2. OATS--No. 2 INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--Mixed..? OATS--No. 2 EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best Fair Common ;. Hoos SHEEP BUFFALO. WHEAT-NO. 1 Hart..?!; COBN I CATTLE 14.00 & 6.00 4.00 (<5 4.60 .98 @ 1.00 .97 !•£<"«< .98;^ ;54 @ .56 .35 @ .40 11.00 @11.60 5.50 @ 6.00 4.50 «U 5.25 8.25 # 4.00 3.50 <<? 4.00 5.00 d'i 5.50 4.50 (<!} 5.25 .90 <$ .91 .43 .27 .60 <«» .10 .45 .28 .62 .68 25 .18 • 10 <$ ,10>V .qc'4($ .07^ .19 @ .20 .48 @ .55 8.50 & 9.00 .90 @ .91 .41 & .43 .26 ® .27 .60 @ .62 8.50 & 9.00 .96 @ .98 .44 & .46 .28 & .30 . .95 <$ .96 .38 @ .40 .25 V.<$ .2G& 9.00 & 9.50 .94 & .96 .45 & .47 .2e^@ .90)6 .64 ® .66 9.50 @10.00 4.50 (3 5.25 3.23 @ 8.75 2.50 & 3.75 .94 @ .94 .44 <3 .46 .30 & .33 .92 & .93 .44 & ,46 .27 & .29 5.00 & 5.50 3.75 4.50 3.25 <3 3.75 3.75 & 4.25 3.50 & 4.50 .93 & .95 .52 0 .63 4.60 & 5.79 Statements of the Operations of the Hint and Other Bureaus--Gen. Sheri- « •" dan's Beporfc ItftpwilSf the Director tlf* flllltt. Dr. James P. Kimball, Director of the Mint, la hii annual report of the operations of the mints and assay offices of the United States for the year ending June 80, 1885, says the value, of the gold deposited at the mints and imy offices during the year was $56,748,752, of whioh $3,854,- 677 consisted of redeposits. Of the gold deposited nearly $32,000,000 consisted of domestic bullion, over $11,000,000 of foreign bullion, and some $8,000,000 of foreign coin. The value of the sil­ ver deposited in bars and purchased for coinage, computed at its coining rate in silver dollars, was 837,082,222, of which $1,292,447 was rede­ posits. Of the silver deposited and purchased, over $32,000,000 was classified at the mints as of domestic production, $2,000,000 was of foreign bullion, and $1,000,000 of foreign coin. The total coining value of the gold and sil­ ver deposited and purchased at the mints was $94,830,976, against $97,955,154 in the previous year. The decline in the pro­ duction of gold on the Pacific coast is shown by the continued falling off of deposits at the mint in San Francisco, the value of the gold deposited at that institution having declined over $8,000,000 since 1881. The total imports of gold bullion into the United States were $8,849,237. The de­ posits of gold bullion classed as foreign at the mints were over $11,000,000, from which it would appear that over $'2,000,000 worth of gold bullion had reached this country that was not entered at the custom-houses. The imports of silver bullion amounted to $4,530,384. The imports of gold coin amounted to $17,842,459, of which $3,~ 352,090 consisted of our own coin, and $14,490,369 of foreign coin. The import of silver coin was $12,020,243, of which $673,926 was our own coin. The exports of gold bullion amounted to only $395,750, nearly all of which was United States bars. Of silver bullion, the very large sum of §20,422,924 was exported, only $1,500,000 worth of which consisted of bars bearing the stamp of the United States mint or assay offices. From this it will bo seen that about $19,000,000 worth of the silver production of this country found its way abroad by export. The export of American gold coin amounted to $2,345,809, and of foreign gold coin to $5,736,333, a total of $8,082,- 142. The export of American silver coin amount­ ed to $1,211,627 ($1,073,150 of which consisted of trade dollars), and the export of foreign silver coin to $12,060,612, some $10,000,000 of the amount being exported at the port of San Francisco. The coinage executed at the mints during the year was : Gold .- $24,861,123 Silver 28,848,959 Minor coins 527,557 A total of .$54,237,639 Of the silver coinage $28,528,552 consisted of standard dollars. In additioa to the coinage executed, gold bars were manufactured of the value of 532,027,468, and silver bars of the value of $9,549,313, a total of $41,570,776. The bars manufactured exceeded by some $10,000,000 the value of those produced in the previous year. The total value of the gold bars exchanged for gold coin was $2,065,021, against $25,800,799 the previous year, showing a large falling off in the demand for gold bars for export. The silver purchased for the standard dollar coinage during the year was 24,212,412 standard ounces, costing $23,747,460. The average price paid for silver during the year was £1.08.9 The average London ?rice was about $1.09.2. and the average New ork price was $1.09.1. The Director estimates the amount of gold and silver coin in the country July 1,1885, at $820,000,000, of which $542,000,000 consisted of gold and $278,000,000 of silver. This amount was owned as follows: By the Treasury: Gold $53,223,160 Silver 95,119,065 A total of. $148,342,225 By national banks: Gold. $165,575,867 Silver 11,978,833 A total of $177,554,700 By other banks and private hands: Gold. < $323,375,609 Silver 171,726,303 A total of $495,101,912 The Director has deducted the amount of coin in the Treasury represented by gold and silver certificates outstanding and added it to the stock of coin in active circulation. In addition to the coin in the country there was in the mints and assav offices .July 1, 1885, gold and silver bullion available for coinage us follows: Gold bullion, value $66,847,095 BUver bullion, cost. * 4,654,587 A total of $71,501,682 The Army. Llsut. Osn, P. H. HlicrlJan, in his annnal re­ port to the Neeretary of War, says the discipline of tlw tinny • good, and that he has no rocoiniiM'iiiiatirtnCuo make, except that the num­ ber of men in the companies be increased and that two more companies and two majors be odded to each regiment of infantry. The Gen­ eral says that he most heartily coincides with the remarks of Gen, Schoficld, of the Division of the Missouri, on the need of military legislation, and considers his views of so much importance that ho incortKirateH them in his report. From the reports at the date of the last consolidated returns the army consisted oi 2,214 officers and 24.705 men. . Gen. Sheridan urges a radical change in tho allotment of lands to Indians. He suggests nar­ rowing the limits of their reservations by lo­ cating each family on 320 acres, and that the balance of each reservation be condemned and purchased by the Government at $1.25 per acre, the interest of the proceeds of these purchases to be given to the In­ dians each year. He illustrates the practical working of this scheme by instancing the Crows, who now have nearly 5,000,000 acres in their reservation. There are not more than 3,300 *>f them, and counting five persons to a family--a largo estimate--they could be settled separately on 320 acres for each family, and then have more than four and a half million acre# left. If this land was purchased by tho Government and the proceeds invested in Government bonds aud the interest used for their support, it would be more money than is now appropriated by Congress an­ nually for their maintenance. It would be their own money, and take the question of annual ap­ propriations out of Congress. TheBe lands could readily be sold again to settlers and tho Govern­ ment lose nothing, while the Indians would have security in the principal until Congress chooses to give it to them to be used as they saw fit. The Indians, ho says, counting tho value of the lands of their immense reservations, are not poor. They are only incompetent at present to take care of their own property, and therefore reqire looking after. The Secret Service. * The Chief of the Secret-Service Division, in his annual report to the Solicitor of the Treas­ ury, shows: During the last fiscal year 444 arrests were made by tho operatives of the service, assisted by local officers, a large majority of which were for passing, dealing in, or manufacturing coun­ terfeit money. Tho amount of counterfeit money captured during tho year was $305,580, mainly in Hash notes. A largo amount of plates, dies, molds, and counterfeiting material was seized and destroyed. The Chief of Division expresses the opinion that there are now in the hands of counterfeiters about $100,000 in base money of the following character: $20 silver certificates, $10 United States notes, $10 notes of the Third National Bank of Cincinnati, $5 United States notes. The counterfeiting of coin is on the in­ crease, which, in the caso of the 5-cont nickel, is due to the disparity between its face and in­ trinsic value. While counterfeiters of paper money during the last year have been unusually active, they have been generally unsuccessful in their efforts to float the results of their work. A recommendation is made for legislation prohib­ iting the making of dies or molds for making fac similes for business purposes. Bureau of Navigation. Commodore J. G. Walker, Chief of the Bu­ reau of Navigation, in his annual report to the Secretary of tho Navy, submits estimates for $130,000 for the support of tho bureau for . the next fiscal year. It is proposed that the Ranger shall be employed in sounding in the Pacific Ocean off the, coast of Lower California and Mexico, and in examining tho North Pacific Ocean for the rocks and shoals which have been reported in th.) track of vessels. Tho old sur­ veys of tho coast of the - Spanish Main are known to contain many errors, and it is pro- lK>sed that the Thetis shall bo used to make the surveys necessary to correct them. Upon the completion of this duty the report continues: The Thetis should l>e sent to the South Pacific to examine the many dangers to navigation re­ ported to exist in that section, the existence of which has in many cases not been proven. The Missouri Ktver Commission. The Missouri River Commission, in Its annual report to the Secretary of War, says the plan of improvement adopted by the commission for the lower i>ortion of tho river contemplates a reduc­ tion of the width of waterway sufficient to insure stability of supply and approximate uniformity of slope, width, and depth. The commission are satisfied of tho engineering feasibility of this improvement and of the great benefits likely to follow its completion, and they are not prepared to estimate its cost. To do so they are of the opinion that tho experiment should be tried on an extensive scale and with ample means, so as to cover a considerable length of river and insure the completion of any work undertaken. They consider that for this purpose annual appro­ priations of not less than $1,000,000 should be made. For tho upper river, the commission recommend that for the present work be mainly confined to the construction of dams and | dredging of shoals on "Rocky River" above Car- ] roll. Below that point the snag-boat should be ] kept at work removing obstructions, and funds i should be provided therefor. For these purposes i and for certain experimental dams to be con- structed near Bismarck, the commission recom- [ mend an appropriation of $160,000. For continu­ ing the survey of the river and for obtaining the 1 data necessary for a proper study of the import­ ant interests committed to their charge the commission recommend that a separate appro­ priation be made, which should alBO provide for the salaries of the commission and for office and traveling expenses. For this purpose $150,000 is recommended. The commission recommend that 915,000 appropriated in the last river and harbor bill for surveys above Fort Benton, but !not expended thore, be appropriated and made available for surveys below Fort Benton, no present necessity existing for surveys above that point. The total expenditures of the com­ mission during the last fiscal year were 9223,077. The Solicitor of the Treasury, Judge McCue, Solicitor of tho Treasury, in his annual report to the Attorney General, states that during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1885, 0,903 suits were commenced, of which eighty were for the recover of $793,503 from defaulting public officers, 193 were for the recovery of 91,066,999 on account of violations of the postal laws, thirty were for the recovery of $55,748 on custom-house bonds, 129 were for the recovery of 915,873 for violations of customs and naviga­ tion laws, 825 were suits against Collectors of Customs and others for refund of duties and taxes, and 1,646 were suits involving $1,301,766, in which the United States is a party or is in­ terested--making a total of 93,235,889. Of the whole number of suits brought 1,170 were de­ cided in favor of the United States, forty-three were adversely decided, 372 were settled and dismissed, and 1,318 are still pending. The entire number of suits decided or otherwise dis­ posed of during the year was 2,873; the amount for which judgments were obtained was $619,- 626, and the entire amount collected from all sources was $1,932,842. The number of cases !n which offers of compromise were pending and decided during the year was 223, involving $2,918,297. Tho number of offers accepted was 118, involving tho sum of $1,238,953. The amount accepted was $134,613 ; the number of ofifers re­ jected was sixty-one, involving tho sum of $804,- 128, the amount rejected $56,473. The number of offers pending, at the close of the year was forty-four, involving the sum of $875,215, for the compromise of which there is offered $13,399. In the cases pending are included eight cases of trespass on the public lands, involving the sum of $2,111,000. An offer of $2.50 an acre has been mode in compromise, which offer cannot be ap­ proximated until the area of the land has been ascertained by survey. Commissioner of Customs. The annual report of the Commissioner of Customs shows that during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1885, there was paid into the Treasurv from various sources, the accounts of which were settled in his office, tho sum of $183,207,908. The amount paid out was $27,125,973. The Com­ missioner suggests that the designation of his office be changed to Third Controller, and also suggests tho addition of a statistical branch for the preparation of information to be gathered from the settlements made by him. A recom­ mendation is made for the payment of the chief customs officers by salaries instead of by salary, fees, and commissions, according to the present system. The Postal Service. Sixth Auditor McConville has submitted to the Postmaster General his annual report on the financial operations of the Postoffice De­ partment during the last fiscal year. From the report it appears that the gross postal revenues were $42,560,843, and the expenditures $49,317,- 188; excess of expenditures over revenue, $6,756,- 345. To this deficiency, says the Auditor, should be added tho amounts certified to the Pacific Railroads for transportation ($1,340,266), and the estimated unadjusted liabilities for 1885 ($285,- 000), making n total deficiency of $8,381,571. The deficiency last year was $4,967,425, or ,414,146 less than the present deficiency. The revenues show a falling off of $765,115, while the expenditures have increased S'2,912,328. This result is attributed to the reduction in letter postage and to general business depression. The principal items of expenditure were as fol­ lows : Railway transportation $13,558,313 Postmasters' salaries 11,243,848 Salaries of postoffice clerks 4,873,853 Star route transportation 5,403,259 Railway postal clerks 4,246,209 Free delivery service >. 3,985,952 Railway postal-car service 1,709,326 Transportation of foreign mails 325,462 The value of the postage-stamps sold was $40,050,220. The profits of the money-order busi­ ness were $408,933. The amount of the balances paid by foreign countries for mail transporta­ tion was 66,955, and the amount paid by the United States to foreign countries for like ser­ vice was $74,859. Our Defenseless Seacoast. Gen. John Newton, Chief of Engineers, in his annual reqrrt invites the attention of Congress to the defenseless condition of our seacoast and lake frontier. Gen. Newton restricts his esti­ mates to what is required for tho repair and modification of existing works, and for torpedoes for harbor defense. He, however, expresses a hope that the commencement of an elaborate system of defense may be no longer delayed for lack of appropriations. The report, with re­ spect to the estimates, work accomplished, and the condition of engineering works in progress, is largely a digest of the reports of the officers in charge of the various works, which have already been made public. Commisftary Department. The annual report of the Commissary General shdws that the total amount to the credit of the Subsistence Department for the fiscal year end­ ing June 30 was $4,043,131, and the total exendi- tures $3,051,766, leaving 8991,365 on hand at the end of the fiscal year. The average price paid for fresh beef for the first half of the fiscal year was 10 29-100 cents, and for the last half 9 15-100 cents. The value of subsistence issued to the Indians during the year was $41,526. The aver­ age cost per ration was a fru-ction over 50?i> cents, being an increase of about 9-10 of a cent over the cost of the previous year. Gen. McFeely urgent­ ly invites attention to the imi»ort<ince of pro­ viding by law for the enlistment of cooks aud \ bakers for the army as a measure calculated to preserve the health and promote • the comfort and efficiency of the troops. Gen McFeely rec­ ommends that existing orders limiting the number of coimnissory sergeants in the serv­ ice to 120.be revoked so it may be practicable to "nave a commissary st>argeant at each military post or place of deposit of subsistence sup­ plies. ' The Signal Service. < The annual rei>ort of the Chief Signal Officer is made public by tho Secretary of War Tho report states that the course of instruction at Fort Myer hus been improved and enlarged, and now provides for the full education of the officers and men of tho signal corps in duties re­ quired of them in time of war. Tho report ex­ presses regret at the fact that it has been im­ possible to drill the men in handling field tele­ graph trains owing to a lack of horses. A desire is expressed that provision be made for a sup­ ply of horses so that the corps may be put in condition to handle field trains in time of war. Tho report states that it; is proposed to erect two stations about fifteen miles apart, to be used for the purpose of perfecting tho men in the art of visual military signals. Tho work of the Signal Office during the last year is fully reviewed and a number of suggestions made as to itB further improvement. It dwells es­ pecially upon the distribution of signals of warning regarding the approach of cold waves, with a viow to the protection of crops, and ask that tho appropriation for this purpose be increased. With $5,000 it is estimat­ ed that the United States can be practically served with these warnings. General Hazen reviews at great length the report of Lieutenant Greely and comments upon it. He warmly com­ mends Lieutenant Greely; his officers, and the men for the skill and bravery with which they discharged their duties and bore their suffer­ ings, and pronounces the results of tho expedi­ tion highly valuable to science. "Whatever," he says, "inexperienced critics may characterize as errors, it none the less follows that Lieutenant Greely brought in health and strength his en­ tire party, and in safety all the records and im- portanf scientific instruments connected with his two vears' work, to tho appointed place at Cape Sahine, and but for the rashness with which the Proteus was forced into the ice the entire party would have returned in health." He makes a strong appeal for the Government re­ cognition of Lieutenant Greely's services and those of his surviving comrades. Bureau of Statistics. The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics reports that tho total values of imports of merchandise during the twelve months ended Sept. 30 were $570,551,260, and during tho preceding twelve months $658,110,0t>5--a decrease of $87,558,805. Tho values of exi>orts of merchandise for the twelve months ended Sept, 30 were $715,893,fi71, and for the twelve months ended Sept. 30, 1884, wero $735,777,000--a decrease of $19,878,389. The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics also reports that 27,801 immigrants arrived in this country, exclusive of Canada and Mexico, during Sep­ tember, against 33,395 in September, 188i, and 208,836 for the first nine months of this voar, ugainst 336,449 for the corresitonding period last year--u decrease of 65,613, of which 40,368 is the decrease in the immigration from Germany, and 7,404 that from Ireland.^ Diplomatic Service. Tho rejHirt of Mr. Kickhoff, Fifth Auditor of the Treasury, for the fiscal year ending June 30, shows that the total expenses of the diplomatic service were $440,249. The total exjienses (ST the consular service were $870,183. Th^ amount of fees received was $791,345, and the e\]>enses of consulates in excess of fees received was $78 - 838. Figures from Controller Durham. The annual report of First Controller Durham shows that during the fiscal year ended June 30 68,6'J9 warrants wero examined, registered, and oountersigned, and that 26,600 accounts received from the auditing officers were revised, recorded, and certified to tho Register. The Controller calls attention to the fact that in 1868 the First Controller then in office certified balances due to the United States from the several States and Territories respectively for direct taxes due and unpaid under the direct tax act of Aug. 5, 1861, and such States and Territories were accordingly debited on the books in the office of the Register of the Treasury, and says : It may well be doubted whether any corporate State was proj>erly so charged, but as tho then Controller htul jurisdiction of the subject mat­ ter tho statements made by him of the accounts of the above-named States and Territories as to their indebtedness on account of direct taxes are binding on the present Con­ troller for the reasons indicated in the opinion in the Mississippi direct tax case. Recently amounts have been certified to this office aa due to some of said States snd Territories from the United States on account of commissions on the net proceeds of the sale of public lands within the States and for other cause, the amounts so certified, instead of being paid, having been ordered to bo credited on said indebtedness of the States and Territories as stated against them by the former Controller. Other States, it is reported, will present the same question, as amounts may become due them for the sales of lands or otherwise, and said amounts will be credited as above indicat­ ed, unless Congress in its wisdom shall direct that the money due and to become due in said States shall be paid to them without referenoe to the charges, as stated heretofore, made against them by the former Controller. Discussing the question of old claims against the Government, which are constantly being presented for his action, the Controller sug- fests that some fixed period after the right of he claimant accrues should be prescribed by statute within whioh a claim may bo brought before the proper accounting officers for their action thereon. Paymaster-General Rochester's Report. Paymaster-General Rochester, In his annual report to the Secretary of War, shows that the disbursements by his bureau during the last fiscal year amounted to $13,483,727, including $197,000 to the Signal Service, $213,000 to the Military Academy, and $12,349,443 on army pay­ rolls. The amount disbursed for payment of mileage of officers was $155,000. General Roch­ ester recommends that Congress be asked to enact legislation allowing officers who may be traveling under orders their actual fare and a certain rate of mileage by the shortest usually traveled route sufficient to meet incidental ex­ penses. Such a Bcheme, he says, would be more equitable both to the officers and to the Government than the present system. Ninety- two non-commissioned officers and privates have been placed upon tho retired list. General Roch­ ester recommends legislation to authorizo the payment of these men $9 a month in lieu of the allowances for clothing and rations. The Pay­ master-General reports that the diminished op­ erations of his bureau make it possible for him to drop six clerks from the present force. Wliat the Militia Wants. Adjutant General Drum, in his annual report to the Secretary of War, invites attention to the subject of the obsolete arms and ammunition in the hands of the State militia or stored in the several State armories. It would, he says, seem a most wise measure if, at tho approaching ses­ sion of Congress, a general act were passed pro­ viding for immediate exchange when requested of all obsolete arms now in the hands of the militia of the several States for improved Springfield rifles, caliber 45, and appropriate ammunition therefor. 'He recommends that proof be required with tho application for the detail of a military professor at any military school that at least 150 male pupils above tho age of fifteen years are usually present. He finds that in some cases tho number was as low as sixty. He recom­ mends that non-commissioned officers and pri­ vates on the retired list be paid a gross sum in money in lieu of their present pay and commu­ tation of allowances, and he submits a table embodying a proposition to pay them at rates varying from $53.40 per month for chief musi­ cians to $23.90 for artificers. He recommends the publication of a new edition of army regu­ lations to conform with laws enacted since the present code was promulgated, and calls atten­ tion to the inadequacy in size of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth. He calls special attention to the value of work done by the pris­ oners. He also calls attention to the difficulty of securing clerks acquainted with army forms and recommends remedies. F0LITI0AL ECONOMY. Conference of the Free-Trade Leign» of the United States. The Revenue Marine Service. The report of the Chief of the Revenue Marine Service shows that in enforcing the provisions of the law and the protection of revenue 2,448 merchant vessels were boarded and examined. Of this number 1,425 were found violating the law and were either seized or reported to the proper authorities. These vessels incurred liability to fines, penalties, or forfeitures amounting to $604,515--about two-thirds the cost of maintaining the service. The number of vessels in distress assisted was 274. They had on board 2,542 persons; and the value of the vessels and cargoes vaa $5,568,043. Sixty per­ sons were picked up out of the water and saved from drowning. The Alaskan cruise of the Corwin--an account of whose voyage and dis­ coveries was published upon the return of the vessel to San Francisco--is commented on at some length. The report further states that the revenue cutters have co-operated beneficially with the State and national quarantine system on our Atlantic aud lake coasts in preventing the introduction of cholera, yellow fever ana smallpox. The cost of conducting the service for the fecal year was $819,957. « The Surgeon General. The Surgeon General, in his annual report to the Secretary of War, submits the usual state­ ment of ffnances and general transactions of his bureau for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1885. The cost of hospital supplies for the xear was $171,205. He, asks an appropriation of $250,- 000 for this purjiose, in order to be prepared for the emergency of protecting the army against cholera, which he thinks probably will reach this country' next year. He Bays the general health of the army has been unusually good. He protests against the tendency to overcrowd the men in barracks. Various recommendations are appended. The Geological Survey. • The sixth annual report of Prof. J. W. Powell, director of the geological survey, covering the operations of the institution for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1885, has b'ten given out for publi­ cation. Prof. Powell says that during the fiscal year fair progress was made in the topographic fiurvoy of the United States. An area of 57,508 square miles was ruvvoved, and the maps there­ of made ready for the engraver. The average co=t of tho work was about $3 per square mile. The following table shows the distribution of this work: Massachusetts.... l,250;Texas 4,000 Nt'W Jersey.. 1,267 Plateau region 15,000 Appalach'n regionl7,640|Yellowstone park. 1,000 Missouri-Kansas .13,600;North'n California 3,750 The Steamboat Inspection Service. The Supervising Inspector General of steam vessels reported tlie work of the steamboat in­ spection service for the fiscal year ending June 3o, 1885, as follows. In the domestic service: Total number of vessels inspected 5,638 Total tonnage of vessels inspected... .1,098,365.65 Total number of officers licensed 25,235 Tho receipts" wero $111,468 Expenditures 250,291 Unexpended balance in the Treasury standing to the credit of the steam­ boat inspection service Total number of lives lost by accident in 1884 Total number of lives lost in 1885 Decrease in 1885 Of tho number of lives lost in 1885, forty-seven were passengers,,and eighty-six were officers or persons employed on the steamers. The loss of life on steam vessels for the fiscal year is the minimum loss yet recorded, being but one to each forty-three steamers inspected, as against one to each three steamers inspected previous to the steamboat law of 1852. The report says it has come to be generally admitted that travel by steamboat i>s tho safest of all known means of passenger conveyance. In tho foreign ser­ vice : Total number of steamers inspected...... 277 Expense of foreign service $36,641 The -Supervising Inspector General recom­ mends amendments to the Revised Statutes so as to put the owners of inland steamers on an equality with the owners of seagoing steamers in the matter of personal liability. 433,444 * 271 133 138 Territorial Governors. | ALASKA NOT So BAD A COUNTRY AS REPRE- SKNTEn.--Gov. A.' P. Swineford, of Alaska, in his first annual report, says a careful estimate of the imputation of Southeastern Alaska places the number of whites at 7,900, and natives at ; 7,iKK). The native Alaskans are said by him to be educated to some extent in the elementary | branches, and to be members of the Greek, i Presbyterian and Catholic Churches. They are j not Indians, and differ in appearance, habits, | language and other respects from the Indians \ of the United States. The Governor dwells at j length upon the great natural resources of I Alaska and severely arraigns those Government agents who have represented tho country as in­ clement to a degree that precludes the cultiva­ tion of crops or keeping of domestic animals. Nowhere, he says, in his home travels from Lako Superior to the Gulf of Mexico has he seen more luxuriant vegetation than in South­ eastern Alaska. The hardier vegetables all grow to maturity and to an enormous size, and cattle are sleek and in the best possible condi­ tion. The gold mines on Douglas Island, oppo­ site Juneau, are in full operation. The deposit is represented to bo truly phenomenal, and the Governor--says the mine promises to figure more largely in the mining history of the world than any other on record. The law prohibiting liquor traffic, Gov. Swine­ ford says, has been disregarded. NI.w MEXICO.--Gov. Edmund C. Ross, of New Mexico, in his annual rejxirt dwells upon the fact that immigration into the Territorv is re­ stricted ,by fear as to the validity of land titles there. Ho recites how Spanish and Mexican grants have been made to cover tracts vastly larger than was originally intended, and says that groat quantities of land have been fraud­ ulently entered through forgery and perjury. He recommends that Congress appoint a com­ mission to quiet titles. The Indian troubles of the Territory are treated at length. , A Serious Case. Anxious Wife ( to physician)--Doctor, I want to speak to you about my hus­ band. He is not well. Doctor--H'm. Is he troubled with nervousness at all? Anxious Wife--Yes. Every once in a while he starts suddenly and turns pale. Doctor--H'm. About how often is he affectedthus ? Anxious Wife--Every time the front­ door bell rings.--New York Sun. THERE are between 300,000 and 400,- 000 cyclists in England, and the ancient city of Coventry is the chief seat of the cycle-making industry. Ship-Building, Puper Labor, Wool, . V twi Kindred Topics Discused, , The Free-Trade Conference which wao . held at Chicago recently attracted general attention, and was attended by a number of gentlemen of national reputation, among" ; lem Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, David A. - "Wells, Josiah Qttincy, Frank Hurd, ^ Sterling Morton, and John S. Phelps. During the closing hours of the session papers were read as follows: "Iron and It* Manufacture," by Mr. Lindley Vinton, ol -1 Indianapolis; "The Tariff and Ship-build* ^ | by William S. Gibbons, a Delaware • ; * ship-builder; "Pauper Labor of Europe,* by Thomas G. Shearman, of New York; , M. B. Harter, of Mansfield, Ohio, spoke on "The Relation of the Tariff to Agricultural^!.: Implement Manufacture." He argued tMfr free trade would be a great benefit to thl» ' industry. E. W. Cole, of Connecticut* spoke negatively on the subject, "Does Si** High Tariff on Wool Benefit the Wcol. Grower?" The committee on nominations submit­ ted a report which was adopted. It name£ the following as the future officers of thtf' league: President--David A. Wells, New York. Vice. 1' Presidents, Thomas Holland, New York: Justus. , "• Clark, Iowa; M M. Trutnbull, Illinois; William"- P . F i s h b o n e , I n d i a n a ; W . P . W e l l s , M i c h i g a n ; N. S. Harv700d, Nebraska; sx-Gov. John Hi Phelps, Missouri ; B. R. Forman, Louisiana; Fi "tt W. Dawson, South Carolina; William M. Sing« > ' erly, Pennsylvania; ex-Gov. J. G-. JtobinsoaiV Kansas; J. Q. Smith, Ohio; Henry Ii. Pierce* If' Massachusetts; J, B. Sargent, Connecticut£' - ! Henry Watterson, Kentucky; J. T. SteveKSi" ' ^ New Jersey; William E. Jenkins, Texas ; J. D» ' V Whitman, Oregon: William Gibbons, Delaware £ '« Rowland Hazard, Rhode Island; B. B. Herberts Minnesota, and representatives from other < States whose names were to be subsequently ro- ported. Executive Committee--Thomas G. Shearman, Josiah Quincy, A. W. Thomas, H. B. Stapler, E. P. Doyle, William G. Brownlee, A. A. Healy, W. -W. Witmer, Erskine M. Phelps, M. D. Harter, and W. G. Peckham. National Committee--R. R. Bowker, New Yorkr O. Mosher, IowaI. N. Stiles, Illinois; P. S. O'Rourke, Indiana; William G. Brownlee, Michi­ gan ; J. Sterling Morton, Nebraska; F. 1>. Under­ wood, Missouri; W. R. Whitiker, Louisiana; J. J. Dargan, South Carolina; James G. Jenkins, Wisconsin; James D. Hancock, Pennsylvania? Enoch Harpole, Kansas; J. M. Osborn, Ohio; P. J. Smalley, Minnesota; Josiah Quincy, Massa­ chusetts ; honorary secretary, R. R. Bowker J western secretary, H. J. Phi.pot; central secre­ tary, Lewis Howland; treasurer, George F. Pea- body. The committee on resolutions submitted its report, which was adopted after several amendments had been made. The report was as follows: We submit to the people of the United States* that the continuance of the war tariff, with du­ ties averaging 42 per cent, on over fourteen hun­ dred articles of domestic consumption, and a much higher specific duty on many crude ma­ terials, has prolonged the evils of war in time® of profound peace, and has been the principal cause of the commercial and industrial depres­ sion of receftt years. By forcing labor and capital from naturally profitable into unprofitable lines of business, ana by adding to tho cost of production, it has de­ creased the common productive interests of the country, and thereby reduced both the wages of labor and the profit of capital; it has. provoked an antagonism between labor and capital, against which our great natural re­ sources and our free institutions should have protected us ; it has impaired our power to com­ pete with other manufacturing nations in tho markets of the t orld, and so obstructed nation­ al progress and development. It has destroyed many branches of business, and has kept our people from engaging in other branches of business which would have given increased employment to labor. By preventing our buying from nations willing to buy from us, and by provoking retaliation in like spirit, instead of promoting friendly reci­ procity, it has obstructed the consumption of our agricultural and manufactured products by other countries, and has driven our commerce fro) 11 the seas. By impairing our domestic power to buy it has prevented the full development of our inter­ state commerce, and reduced the legitimate profits of, and has driven into bankruptcy, a large number of our transportation companies, and made domestic traffic more costly. Through the influence of its lobbies it has enthroned jobbing and corruption in our legis­ lative halls, and has impeded the reform of the civil service. In short, taking by force the earnings of one. class of men to enrich another class, it is op-*?«r * posed to the spirit of American liberty and of the Constitution; it has imposed anew industrial Slavery ; it has prevented the national progress of wealth among the farming class, decreased wages and their purchasing power, and length­ ened tho enforced idleness of workingmen, re- , stricted our manufactures from their natural markets, and demoralized the general business of the country. While holding, accordingly, that taxes in aid ef private interests, or for any purpose other than the l'eiiuirements of government, are un- American, unjust, and unwise, and that every protective feature must at the earlist possible date bo eradicated from our revenue system, we invite all who oppose the abuses of the pres­ ent tariff to join us iti promoting immediate steps of practical tariff reform, which we be­ lieve will Increase wages, diminish the fre­ quency of strikes, develop business, and restore our flag to the seas. We therefore urge upon Congress for action at the ensuing session--first, that under no pre­ tense shall any countenance be given to at­ tempts to increase protective duties ; second, that articles which are at tho foundation of great industries should, in the interests of labor , and commerce, be freed from duty, whether' they be crude materials--as lumber, salt, coal, ore, wood, etc.--or partly manufactured--as chemicals, dyestuffs, pig iron, tinplate, wood pulp, etc.; third, that on products from such articles duties should at least bo correspond­ ingly reduced, so that the protection, real or nominal, to manufacturers shall not be in­ creased, and that the consumers shall have the immediate benefit of the reduction. We urgo that any steps in tariff reform should simplify the present complicated classification, should do away with mixed duties, replacing them by ad valorem rates instead of by specific) duties, which are most burdensomo to low-price goods consumed by the great body of the people. We demand free ships, and the abolition of our restrictive navigation laws, which, together with the tariff, have driven our flag from Cud seas ; and we oppose bounties and subsidies on shipping. We urge revenue reformers to vote only for such Congressional candidates as openly oppose tariff for protection, and to take steps to nominate independent candidates when all party candidates oppose tariff reform, preparing for the step by diffusing sound economic litem- turo and promoting organization, especially in close congressional districts. The following resolution was also adbpted: Resolved, That it is the sense of this conven­ tion that no further reduction be countenanced in the intewal revenue tax on spirits and to­ bacco until the existing tariff has been brought to a strict revenue basis. A mass meeting in behalf of free trade was held at Central Music Hall, of which a local paper says: "Tho hall was crowded to overflowing, and hundreds were unable to obtain admission. Standing room was at a premium, and tickets could have been sold at a liberal price for admission to the house. The audience was a cultivated one, and included all classes of Chicago society, with many leading protectionists." Addresses were delivered by David A. Wells and Henry Ward Beecher. The former asserted that all trade and com-' merce, iu the practical business of life, is the interchange .of products and services, and there can be no buying without selling or selling without buying; and the latter claimed that a paternal government was al­ ways an infernal government; that the cus­ tom-house is a trap and a snare, aSid commerce should be as free as thought. Burled in the Cellar. _ York (Pa.) special. Much excitement was created here by the finding of the body of a woman in the cellar of 583 South Queen street. Charles Trebert, a young German, living on the premises and employed at the York Safe Works, was arretted by Officer Edward Long upon suspicion of having knowl­ edge of the interment. He con­ fessed that curiosity led him to ex­ amine the loose ground in the cellar as early as last February, and that he dis­ covered the body, but feared that an ex­ posure would lead to trouble for his com- panions, who resided there. He further said that his companions had told him that the woman had committed suicide by hang­ ing, and that for the purpose of saving funeral expenses they had buried her in the cellar. The man for whom this woman had been keeping house, and who is supposed to have boned her body there, lert York some months ago, and his whereabouts are un­ known. Trebert has been committed to jail, pending the investigation. The woman was said to have had $1,000, and it UT believed that she was murdered.