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The Chief Rurgess has issued an appeal for aid, reciting the needs of his peo­ ple and the inopportune coming of the Arctic wave The 8upreme court of Pennsylvania has affirmed a judgment against the Pullman Palace-Car com­ pany by a passenger who was robbed while sleeping in a coach, holding that the company is bound to exercise reasonable care to protect its patrons At West Leba­ non. Pa., Frank Samer, considered to be a crank , quarreled with his father and killed him, and then mortally shot his father's housekeeper, Be.le Kelly Natt Head, ex- Governor of New Hampshire, died at Man­ chester, in that State, the other day. DR. J. MARION SIMS, a surgeon whose fame is world-wide, died suddenly at his resi­ dence in New York, in the Tlst year ot hie age. Dr. Sims came from South Carolina, and graduated in medicine in Philadelphia, Prom 1836 to 1853 he practiced in Montgomery, Ala. He then located in New York. In Eu­ rope Dr. Sims was greeted in many places as one of the greatest surgical discoverers and operators Of the age. The French Govern­ ment conferred upon him the order of Knight of the Legion of Honor. He was subse­ quently decorated by the Belgian, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Governments for his great discoveries in surgery. Through­ out the world he was considered the father of gynecology J. B. Creighton, an Ad­ miral in the United States navy, died at Mor- ristown, N. J., from an affection of the heart William M. Wilson & Co., druggists at Philadelphia for the past twenty-four years, have suspended. FLAMES wiped out Stockwell's im­ mense paper-stock warehouse on Ann street, New York, involving a lose of $150,000.... Gen. Grant has had made at Hartford, for presentation to the Vioeroy of China and the Mikado of Japan, guns modeled after the Gardiner patent, which have been fired at the rate of 700 shots per minute. AT Prospect Park, the horse Frank, with J. O. Nay, as running mate, defeated H. B. Winship, with Hiram Bruce as mate, in the best time on reeoug--2 :0S>i» Winship took the second heat in 2:10X,. THE WEST. THE funeral of Gyrus Sargent, a millionaire farmer, took place at Blooming- ton, Wis., thirteen days after his death. A niece with a broken limb was brought from Massachusetts in her bed. Sums of money ranging from $50 to $1,000 are constantly be­ ing discovered about his house and in tLe fields, and an old Bible proved to be a mine of wealth.... Hon. Andrew Proudfit, a leading Democratic politician of Madison, Wis., has Just died, in his 64th year. THE notorious California stage robber Blackbart, who, doing an uninterrupted busi­ ness of six years, has stopped twenty-three stages, has just been captured in San Fran­ cisco. He was the Jesse James of the Pacific coast country, and great relief is felt over his arrest An assignment has been made by H. C. Till in ghaut & Co., dealers in furs, pelts and leather in Chicago. The liabilities are estimated at something over $200,000, and the firm claim to be able to pay dollar for dollar An agent of a railway projected from La Crosse to Kansas City is now recording in the counties along the route in Iowa a mort­ gage for $11,000,000 T. T. Brown & Co., leather merchants at Cincinnati, have failed. They place their liabilities at about $130,000. COL. D. R. ANTHONY, of Leaven­ worth, who usually faces death every year, was last week thrown from his carriage upon a macadamized crossing, inflicting frightful wounds on his head. INVESTIGATION by the experts devel­ ops the fact that the fall of the State-house at Madison, Wis., was caused by weak brick piers, which could not sustain the enormous pressure, and iron pillars insufficient in num­ bers and strength. AN atrocious murder is reported by telegraph from Albany, Ore. Mr. Finlay- •on, an old resident near there, left bis farm­ house, daring an absence of a couple of days, in charge of his wife, an elderly lady, and a grandson named Charles Benson Finla.vson, 18 years of age. When he returned he found in the house the dead and mutilated body of his wife, and the boy was missing. By the side of the corpse lay a knife and a bloody ax, with which she had been literally chopped to death, and the desks and bureaus in the rooms had been ransackod and robbed of valuables. The murder was no doubt committed by the grandson Flames originating in a lumber pile at Osh- kosh. Wis., burned with gre^jt fury for six hours, destroying two mills and several resi­ dences, the losses aggregating $150,000. Engines were sent from Milwaukee, Menasha, Neenah and Fond du Lac The iron-ore receipts at Cleveland this season were 663,807 tons, against 883,048 tons last year; and the shipments aggregated 644,331 tons, while in 1883 they were 678,735 tons A loss of $150,000 was caused by fire and water in the five-story building at 80 to 84 Michigan avenue, Chicago, owned and occupied by 8. D. Kimbark, dealer in car­ riages and wagons The dry goods store of Mandel Brothers, was damaged by fire to the extent of $35,000 Being unwilling to make rails at* a loss, the steel-works of the Cleve­ land Rolling-Xill company will dose at the end of November, but the wire-mills will re­ main In operation. THE BOim JAMES TRIXHILL, a white man, was bung from a crossbeam of the high bridge that spans the Kentucky river, on the Cincin­ nati Southern railroad, by a mob. Truxhlll was accused of outraging a lady named Mrs. Ooonea. He was dragged from the Jail by the indignant people and •wung in mid-air forty feet from the trestle and 250 feet above the ground A negro murderer was lynched by a mob of blacks at Mount Monroe, N. C....A human skull, measuring forty inches around the forehead, has been unearthed near King- wood, Va. AT Charleston, S. C., a fire-trap, in which eight women and one boy were em­ ployed, went down during the progress of a fair-sized conflagration. Three women were killed, one mortally wounded and four badly burned. The boy was the only occupant of the upper floor who escaped unhurt. He was caught in the arms of a spectator The town of Cisco, Tex., with a population of aboa| 2,000, has been nearly destroyed by Are, HP* loss of $75,000.... Two brothers namedBailey were taken from the jail at Oomanche, Tex., by a mob, and hanged to a were murderers and toughs of tree. the worst kind. JAMES MCINTYRE, a turfman, who died at Paris, Ky., left $20,000 to a colored mistres6 and her children Andrew McLean, •aid to be 118 years old. was wedded to Mrs. Martha Wilson, a widow of 27 years at Bllth- wood, 8. C... .The boilers of Pondely's sugar- bouse at Bayou Boeuff, La., exploded, blow- three men to pieces. AT Vicksburg, Miss., D. R. Allen, manager of the JohnT. Ward combination, was shot and Instantly killed in the theater by Frank E. Starks, the advance agent of the company. The killing, accordnig to the testi­ mony elicited before the Coroner's jury, was unprovoked and without any mitigating cir­ cumstances. The murderer was arrested and is now in jail.... Aztec, a famous running horse, valued at $20,000, died of lung fever at Lexington, Ky. He was owned jy Powers m Son, of Decatur, 1111. AT a wedding in Currituck, N. 0., liquor at the supper table led to a difficulty in which several guests participated. Six shots were fired in one minute, clearing the room. The groom's beet man was killed, and an­ other groomsman received a mortal wound. The corpse was removed to an upper room, and the young married oouple sat up all night »aQ- ALL the buildings of the west side of the public square at Rusk, Texas, burned. The loss is $00,000 The wife of John W. Garrett, President of the Baltimore and Ohio road, died at Montebello, from injuries re­ ceived by being thrown from her carriage. - WASHINGTON. " THE annual report of Mr. Wyman, Treasurer of the United States, shows a total not revenue of $308,287,581, a decrease of $5,- 237,668. The only increase in the receipts was from the sale of public lands. The condition of the Treasury and the operations thereof are set forth at great length. The Treasurer recommends that an appropriation be made to pay the express charges for worn and mutilated United States money, and for the distribution of fractional Silver and minor coins. He also recommends the discontinuance of the 3-cent pieces, and that the compensation and mileage of members of Congress Me made by the disbursing officer instead of the Treas­ urer. THE latest rumor as to the financial portion of Secretary Folger's report is that he will content himself with showing the urgent necessity of some legislation with respect to tfie future basis of banking, will present a summary of the various plans which have been submit ted to him, and make no recommendations unless it to that the 1 per cent, tax on bank circulation be re­ moved Secretary Folger has instructed the Collector at San Francisco, in casa of suspected fraud in the importation of Chinese, to refuse them permission to land unless satisfactory evidence is produced, leaving injustice to be righted by writs of habeas corpus. THE Light-House board recommenda the creation of the Seventeenth district, from lake Michigan and Green Bay, with headquarters at Milwaukee. A new "light- station at the latter city, where the lake is encroaching on the old one, demands an ap­ propriation of $15,000. POLITICAL. MB. CARLISLE, while quite hopeful, is by no means confident of success in the Speakership contest. Mr. Randall's friends are working actively in the interest of their candidate and under his instructions. It is believed that in the event of Carlisle's failing to get a majority in the caucus hissupporters will unite with the supporters of Mr. Cox to defeat the Philadelphia candidate. Mr. Eaton, of Connecticut, is looked upon as a promising compromise candidate. MR. CARLISLE, of Kentucky, claims eighty-three votes on the first ballot for Speaker, and hopes to triumHb over Mr. Ran­ dall on the second ballot by a majority of eleven. LYNCHBURG, Va., was illuminated the other night to celebrate Mahone's defeat, and a great demonstration was held. The resolutions passed guarantee the negroes full justice, and condemn partisan reports of the Danville riot. HEREAFTER women will enjoy the right of unrestricted suffrage in Washington Territory, a law to that effect having passed the Territorial Legislature and received the signature of the Governor. GENERAL. GEN. JAMES B. CARNAHAN, Adjutant General of Indiana, addressed a letter to the Secretary of War proposing a national en­ campment of State troops be held in Wash­ ington next May. THE clearing-house exchanges-- $893,301,575--show a falling off from the pre­ vious week of $213,975,218, and are 27.7 per cent, lessjthan for the corresponding week in 1882. It is stated that the movement of gen­ eral merchandise is "far below ordinary pro­ portions," thus accounting for the reduction .... As the wheat crop of Canada is believed to be at least 10,000,000 bushels short, the millers are organizing to secure the abolition of the duty on imports of grain from the United States. SEVERAL craft were lost in Chesa­ peake bay during the recent gale. The Cap­ tain and eight men of a sloop were drowned. Three coal-laden barges were lost in Long Island sound, and eight men perished. Off the Highland light, Boston harbor, the wind for more than twenty-four hours blew at the rate of sixty miles an hour. A dis­ patch from New Lendon, Ct., says the barges Ida, Dunderberg and Osprey were lost, and seven of the crews were drowned. A Providence (R. I.) telegram, says James' Island was strewn with wrecks, and twelve lives are known to have been lost. A Cleveland dispatch says the steamer Fran­ cis Smith, with 100 passengers on board Is believed to have been lost in Lake Huron. FLAMES swept away two extensive freight warehouses at Norfolk, Va., contain­ ing cotton and lumber valued at $500,000. The spacious mansion of Charles H. House­ man, at Valatie, N. Y., which cost $150,000, was burnoi. The Norton iron works, at Ashland, Ky., valued at $200,000; the Hardebeck block at Shelbyville, Ind., worth $25,000, and seven stores at Duluth, Minn., valued, with contents, at $35,000, were also destroyed A party of forty masked men tore up the Mexican National track at a point ten miles over the Texas border from Laredo, and cut the telegraph wires. The passenger-train was ditched, the engineer and fireman being seriously injured. The express messenger loeked himself in the mail-car and the rob­ bers were unable to open the safe, but fled with $10,000 In specie lying in bag's on the floor. Mexican troops were sent after the brigands. TifE fine freight propeller H. C. Akely, valued at $100,000, went down in Lake Michigan, off Holland, Mich., during the recent severe blow. Capt. Stretch, the Mate, Steward and two firemen were lost, but twelve of the crew were rescued by the schooner Driver. The United States revenue steamer Michigan was driven ashore at Erie, Pa., and badly damaged. A family of four persons, named Ketrault, were drowned in attempting to cross Mitch­ ell's bay, in Canada. Reports from North­ ern Maine report the storm as the most vio­ lent and destructive ever experienced in that region. Many buildings were destroyed, several persons seriously injured, and mill­ ions of dollars' worth of valuable timber in the forests destroyed. The damage in Oxford county alone is estimated at $75,000, while the loss in the town of Bethel is upward of $200,000. Many cattle were buried in the ruins of the barns destroyed. Franklin county reports $50,000 damage. The region about Baltimore was visited by another furious gale on the 14th inst., increasing the destruction which re> suited from the previous blow. On Chesa­ peake bay many vessels were wrecked and a number of lives lost. The oyster-boats and small schooners suffered severely. FORKIflX. CARDINAL MANNING asserts that Bis­ marck Is favorably Inclined toward the Vatican, and will agree to any measures which will settle the difficulties between Prussia and the Pope Many deaths from fever and exposure are threatened in the districts recently wrecked by earthquakes unlos help is given. Clothing, medicine, and building materials are mostly needed.... Cardinal Hohenlohe is on baa terms with the Vatican. TEN men who attacked the house of a farmer at Cowlavanny, County Cork, Ire­ land, demanding money and guns, found that they had waked up the wrong man, for the farmer flred into the crowd, wounding one man, and four others were arrested. FEW readers of history have supposed Great' Britain would ever relinquish Egypt until forced to do so by the armies or the threats of some formidable Power. Mr. Gladstone announces that the occupation will not only be permanent but effective. A first/ class man-of-war will also henceforth lend its continual presence in Egyptian water toe m- phasize the fact that the Valley of the Nile belongs to England Minister Morton, under instructions from Washington, ten­ dered the mediation of the United States in the FrauCo-Chinese difficulty, but F ranee declined to accept it. THE police at Birmingham, England, seized three cases of sheepskins filled with explosive machines. A loaded shell, weigh­ ing twelve pounds, was found in the road­ way at Lambeth and removed to Woolwich arsenal Three Venetiau girls, named An- gell, belonging to a rich and Influential lamlly, committed suicide by taking poison, After having wreathed their mother's tomt> Itont with flowers. It la said that all three had grown melaBoholy from unrequited love... ..8t. Petersburg journals have beec forbidden to dismiss the probability of a wai witb dermany. LOKDON dispatch: "Preparations foi O'Donnell's defense are well advanced? Roger A. Pryor had a long and satisfactory Interview with the prisoner. Mclnerny, oi O'Donnell's counsel, has brought from lrelanc a mass of evidence, and he feels oonfldenl that the verdict will not be willful murder William J. Hoppin, Secretary of the Ameri­ can legation, in the absence of Minister Low­ ell, visited O'Donneli and formally ascer­ tained the fact of his American citizen­ ship."... .Both the St. Petersburg and Bcrlii press are inclined to interpret the visit of Df Giers, the Russian Secretary of State, to Ger many as a token of complete accord betweet the two empires. NIHILISM in Russia has resulted is two more tragedies, both culminating at St Petersburg, and each having a woman for It! victim. Both were hanged, one by the offi­ cial executioner, the othor by her own hand evidently in full view of the fact that deatl awaited her In any case. The official victiuc was Sofia Woskrepcnsky, a young student The suicide was a woman named Ossinsky who had, by her vehement, eloquent anc reckless devotion to the principles of Nihilisu made herself a leader among the terrorlsti of Little Russia and other southern prov­ inces of the empire Germany will send ar Envoy to Pekin to secure, if possible, i peaceful solution of the Tonquin difficulty.' ADDITIONAL JNEW9* NOTWITHSTANDING the cold weather of last week, the Fat Stock show at Chicago proved a great success. It is said by the en­ thusiastic that the exposition equaled the celebrated Smith field show which has been running in England for eighty years. THE recent gale on the lakes was the severest and the most destructive of life and property experienced in a period of twenty years. It is believed that when a full and accurate statement of the ruin wrought shall have been obtained it will be found that not less than fifty craft have been totally lost, and as many more badly damaged. The loss of life on the lakes will reach at least 100, and in the ent're country fifty more. Tiie property loss will mount into the millions. In Maine alone the storm iniiictcd a loss of $1,000,000, largely in valuable timber. Reports of dam- are by the great blow continue to be Hashed over the wires. Follow ing arc-.the last report­ er!: Grain barge Milwaukee, with her Captain and. live men, was lost on Lake Ontario. The propeller Fred Mercur, loaded with coal for Chicago, went ashore near Erie, and va9 scuttled* to prevent pounding on the rocks. Her crew were taken off by the life-saving serviced... The tug Torrent put out from Port Huron and rescued the barge Merrimac, fifteen miles off the Canada shore. She wa9 nearly a mass of ice, and her Captain and crew had been without food or sleep for four days An unknown vessel, with her crew of eight, was lost on Lake Erie. IT is said Jay Gould's recent visit in the West meant the wrecking of the Wabash --not so much through Mr. Gould's pilotage as through the real weakness of the road it­ self. Many persons believe that Gould will refuse to put up money enough to carry the company over a crisis which will ensue upon the maturing of the next set of coupons.... The Union Pacific road reports gross earn­ ings of $21,551,287 for tho nine months end­ ing with September Dun's report reck­ ons the failures in the United States and Can­ ada last week at 235, against 215 the week be­ fore. IN the case of Lieut. Col. Morrow, President Arthur changed the sentence of dissmissal to suspension with half pay fox one year, and a reduction in rank to the foot of the list.... Appointments by the President: John M. Langston, United States Charge d'Affaires at Santo Domingo: John W. Scott., Iola Kang, Agent for the Indians of the Ponca, Pawnee and Otoe Agency, Indian Territory; John M. Church, Postmaster at St. Louis, Mich. A TERRIBLE railway catastrophe oc­ curred near Streator,' 111. The incoming noon passenger train on the Burlington roadt at Otter creek, two and one-half miles from town, had been flagged by a man from a freight that had stuck on the grafle, this side of the "creek, add had stopped just by the north bridge. Another freight was following close behind the passenger. A flagman went back, but he had not gone far before the train was upon him. The grade is very heavy, and before the freight could be stopped it plunged into the rear coach of tho pussengcr train, crushing the car into fragments. A scene of wild confusion ensued. Four of tho passengers were killed outright, while the cries of the wounded could be heard on all sides. Two other passengers died shortly after of their injuries, and nine were badly wounded, some fatally. The locomotive ex­ ploded after penetrating the cars, half tho victims teing scalded t > death. A passen­ ger. who wasone of the slightly injured, 6ays it all hapi>ened so quickly that he could not de­ scribe it. There was a crash, the car filled with steam, and then In a few moments all was still. He did not hear any cry from the two women who were killed. They were in the seat in'front of him. He found them breath­ ing their last. Pearre, one of the men killed, was sitting just behind him. If it had been a flash of lightning that struck them it could not have come more suddenly.... A train conveying an excursion party from Minneapolis to Southern California was wrecked near James|>ort, Mo., and seven persons were seriously injured. SULLIVAN'S pugilistic exhibition in Chicago drew 5,000 persons to Battery D ar­ mory. At the close of the programme it was announced that Sullivan and Paddy Ryan would fight in San Francisco The boiler of the Coal lllutf Mining company at Fonr tinet, Ind., exploded, killing James Hurst and scalding John and William Kyle fatally and two others seriously. DE LESSEPS is again in England, ar­ ranging for the construction of a second Suez canal. It is said that the proposed agreement includes a loan of £8,000,000 ster­ ling from the British Government, and that it is intended to make the administration of the company 44 per cent. English and 50 percent. French. THE MAB1EE1V |TEW YORK. ItKSffOI. $M» Hoos ; 4.50 FLOUR--Superfine. 3.60 a 4.35 WHEAT--No. L White 1.03 & 1.09'$ No. 1 Red 1.11J413) 1.1194 CORN--No. t 60 & .6054 OATS--No. 2 S3 & .84 POKK--Mess 12.00 01X25 IjAItD" CHICAGO'"" *07"® 0774 BEEVES--Good to Fancy Steers.. Common to Fair Medium to Fair DOOR FLOUII--Fancy White Winter Ex Good to Choice Spr'g Ex WHEAT--No. 2 Sprins No. 1 Red Winter. CORX--No. 2 OATH- -No. 2 UYE -No. 2 BAKI.F.Y--No. 2 liL'TTF.n- -Choice Creamery. K<IUH--Freeh POKK--Mess LABD MILWAUKEE. WHEAT-Na 2 COUN--No. 2 OATH-NO. 2 RYE--No. 2 ltAKUEY--No. 2 PouK-Mess LABD ST. LOUia WHEAT--Na 2 Red COKN--Mixed OATS--No. 2 RYE POKE--Mesa LABD .07«(sP CINCINNATL WITEAT--No. 2 Red CORN OATS RYE I'OBK--Mess LABD TOLEDO. WHEAT--No, 2 Red.. COBN 1 OATS--Na 2 DETROIT. FLOUB WHEAT.--No. 1 White. Ck»BN--No. 2. .64 OATS--Mixed. 80 POBK--Mess 12.2S INDIANAPOLIS. WHEATS-NO. 2 Red 1.01 COBN--No. 2. .4" OATS--Mixed 28 EAST LIBERTY, PA. CATTLE--Best «.oo Fair 4.60 Common 8.75 HOOS 4.75 7.00 4.30 5.25 4.20 WIND AND WATER. •f Great Disaster on the North* cm Lakes. ' " ^ the Chicago Tlme&f . s . The northwesterly gale whioh has prevailed almost steadily 011 the chain of great lakoc since Sunday last is the most disastrous to life and property that has occurred in any one gale since 1867. The total number oi wrecks are forty, which Includes vessels go­ ing ashore, as well as those which went tc pieces, an; the total number of lives lost was sixty-eight, so far as known. Beside these, there are some vessels missing, or, rather, have not been heard from since the terrible gale began to blow. It is probable that all these will turn up, as they may bo safely sheltered in harbors about tho lakes. Shak­ ing in this connection, it may be of inteiest to know that the season, as a whole, has been the most disastrous to ship­ ping and insurance men alike than was ever known before in the history of navigation on the lakes. The whole seas:ju has been marked by disasters terrible in their nature and entailinur heavy loss upon insur­ ance companies. This was partly .duet) an unpropitious and stormy sea-on, but largely to the inexcusable mistakes of the signal ser­ vice. They have missed every g;il » of wind in such a way as to encourage vessel musters to leave port on the verge of veritable hur­ ricanes. Such was the case lust Sunday, and also last May. To go further back, they made the same mistake be "ore the great gale of Oct. 16, lWiO. Then followed the terrible disasters to the Alpenu, Wells Burt, and, lastly, the Akely. THE SPEAKERSHIP. IFRANK'S GREAT TROT. Eclipsing All Previous Records--A . Mile in 2:8 1-2. The little bay ge!ding Frank beat the rec­ ord in a racc at Prospect park, New York, with a running mate against H. B. Winship and mate. The puree was for $2,000, and $500 extra to the horse beating 2:10?4. Ahout 300 spectators were present, says a New York \iispalcb, and the track wus in excellent con dition. In the first heat Frank lei s!i/ht,ly to the quarter pole, when Winship passed and took the pole, keeping ii till just be'o e reach­ ing the three-quarter. Then Murphy sped his team,' and. gainimg rapidly, lapjed the other team and shot ahead.. On tlr* home stretch both teams were running. But Murphy brought his horses down and thev passed under tbo wire in vood shape, winnin- by half a neck. The time was as follows First quarter, 33'i; hitlf, 1:03?i ; three-quar­ ters, l:3o'/4; mi!e. 2:08'i- In the second heat three false starts were made l-efore tho horses got olf, with 1' rank at the pole. Winship passed him at the quarter and led two lengths to the three-quarter whero Frank picked up, but did not hold his { ground, Winship shooting ahead and c unin j under the wire a winner by a length and 8 { half. Time--First quarter, 33 '4; half, 1:01)4 : three-quarters, 1:30'/i: mile. 2:10'i. Congressman Carlisle's Estimate s* of His Own Strength ' rWashlngton Telegrsm.] ' *? The following table showing the votes claimed by Carlisle for Speakership, and the rotes allowed by him to Randall, is said to be »rreet by Congressman Phil Thompson, who S the confidential friend of Carlisle: Car- Ran-, lisle, dall.l Alabama 4 Arkansas 4 California, 3 Connecticut.... 0 Car- Ran- lisle. dall. Florida .. Oeorgia..., Il in -in .1., Indiana... Iowa Kentucky ..... Loul-duua Maryland Massachusetts. 0 . . 8 .. T " * >• 8 .. a 0 1 4 Mis onri 10 1 Nevada 1 a Now Jersey 0 3 New York 6 l; North Carolina. 6 3'Ohio 6 •2 Pennsylvania... J Mich gai I 5 * Mississippi ft 80 •i South Carolina 1 'Tennessee ».. 8 Ci (Texas 9 Virginia...' 1 «;wcst Virgin's.: 2 2iWixcjnsIn 4 o| Total 110 It is admitted that Cox will get about thirty-flveof thcS3 votes in the ilrst, and, per­ haps, on the soeond ballot, but the table is in­ tended to represent the strength of Carlisle and Randall after Cox drops out. The Tilden Influence is said to be for Randall and the Tammany for Cox, but it is understood that when Cox drops out of the fight John Kelly will not favor or oppose either of the other men. The few Randall men here ridicule the extravagant claims of Carlisle, and suy that In Tennessee and Coorgia, f.>r instance, the figures will be exactly reversed, ltand ill is expected to be here Thursday, and then his Claims in detail, which have not yet appeared. Will probably be made known. SAW HIS OWN LIFE'S LIMIT. A. Maiae Man Departs in Peace. on tiie ^fjgy Predicted by Himseffi WHIPPED, BURNED AND ROBBED. The Terrible Torliiye which Robbers In­ flicted Upon a Farmer. (Denver (Colo.) Tetasram.] At Petersburg Grove, seven miles from thit city, resides an old bachelor farmer named Peter Olsen, who usually kept small sums oi money about his premises. At night foui disguised men went to the house and knocked." The farmer asked the visitors to come in. As S3on as all were inside they sciajjki O'sen. threw him on the floor, and deinandi d tc know where his money was. He replied thai he had none. After thoroughly searching the house to no purpose. Olseu still refusion to tell whero the money was hidden the robbers got willow switches an«l whipped their victim on the bare feet and legs until they were covered with blood. Olsen still refusing them, they built a large fire In the back yard and carried him out, and proceeded to exe^uto their threat to burn hlaUSLrc. They placed his feet in the. fl^e, a mineral ly roasted them. Even this terrible treatment did not induce him to give up his hidden treasure. Ho was then com­ pelled to walk buck to the house, where a scuffle ensued, during which the stove was overturned, disclosing a box coutaining $000. which the robbars tcok and decamped. There is no clew to their identity. Olsen will prob­ ably recover. * <» 7.30 0 6.30 0 6.20 (4 5-00 & 6.50 tri) 6.00 .90 1.00 1.01 .49 & .4«Xi .28 & .2H% .8# (<* .f .CI .30 (59 .21 <>« .as 10.05 CM 1.00 .o"}£ .or.H .62 .28 hi 65H .0054 .0$ <ai .51«$fc« .28 (rt .66 «rs .no kh 10.60 ftlO.'.K) •07K(4 .07 % I.00 V.0 1.01 K .4 UK'S .«4*4 ,'26 C9 ,2«54 .A2!vi<9 .S3 II.35 (rf 11.50 .07?$ I.04)*!!? 1.0s .80 & .30 <!» .:«> <(, .60 <3 .00 II.39 @11.76 .07 & .07!* L08!4® l.OfiH .S3 (<« ,S:t)4 .30 49 .31 4.00 6.75 1.00 <f« .66 & .31 «|12.90 # 1.02 <# .47)4 ifl# .28hi <P> 6.2 6.25 & 1.60 6.1S The ot female SUFFRAGE. A Great Victory for the Women Of Wash­ ington Territory. [Portland (Oregon)Dispatch.]. The bill striking out the word "male" from all the election laws passed the council of the Washington Territory Legislature, in session ac Olympia, to-day, by a vote of 7 to 5. II passed the House several weeks as?o by 15 tc Gov. Newell has expressed his intention to s'gn the bill, and there is n-> doubt it will become law In regular time--sixty days. The first opportunity the women will have to vote will be at the general elec'.ion n^xt Novem­ ber. An enthusiastic mcetinir of women suf­ fragists is in sesi-ion to-night, Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway, the recognized leader in the equal rights movement, being tho central figure. LAKE REGION LIGHT-HOUSES. [Washington Telegram.] The report of the Li(. fft-house board sayt the Eleventh Light-house district (uppei lake region) contains 117 separate light sta tions and embraces 2,500 statute miles of lake coast. The district has become so large that it has become unwieldy. No Inspector can perform his other, duties and visit oach of Its 117 light stations once each three months, as required by the regulations for the Inspec­ tion of the lights and the payment of the keepers, as tiie stations are too numerouf and too far apart. The completion of the Northern Pacific railroad has given a stimu­ lus to the navigation of the upper likes, and it is evident that as the commerce of the upp-r lakes increases udditlonal lights and more buoys will be required. It is therefore recommended that the Light-house district which embraces the upper lakes be divided; that the portion which embraces Lake Michigan and Green Hay be set oif and called the Seventeenth Light-house district, with headquarters at Milwaukee, and that the portion \*hieh embraces Lake Huron and Lake Superior be set otT, retaining the old name, with headquarters at Detroit. Tho In­ crease in the aids to navigation over the num­ ber In 1852, wheu the district was constituted, and the prospective increase in the near fu ture makes the division quite necessary. ALL ABOUT BOLD BEN. THK Widow Ilutler has got the mitten,-- City Time NTHK "solid tiekot" is the nation's hope- old Ben is gone up.--Sitringftcld (1U.) Register, BUTI.KK'H boom for the Presidency is stove in.--Cltvehuul Herald. THE hero of Tewksbury now kAows how It is himself.--Burliiii/tun Haw/ft ye. GEN. BI'TI.KII l.as simply mot with his nat" ura) and inevitable reward.--Karma* City Journal. ADMIRAL BI'TI-KR steers the flagship as the spectral squadron sails up Salt river.--PhUa- delphia Tiriut. nuTi.EU's vitality is not easily exhausted, and his impudence is Incapable of be'.n-j abashed.--Act/' York Timet. BUN BITTI.KU can console himself with Vic­ tor Hugo's remark, that God and one make a majori ty.--U*hkodi X<rrtU western. lias BCTI.ER has a yacht of his own. Now is the timo for him to take a sea voyage of month's durution.--yew York IVorbl. STAND up. Commodore Tilden, and deny, If you can, that you urc man who- sawed Admiral Butler's boat.--I'hiladclphia /Ves#. BVTI.KR will nc-ed to be extremely agile to overleap the mighty chasm that now sepa­ rates him from the White House.--St. Paul 1'lonu.r-Prcst. SOMEHOOY balled the water out of the Dutch Gap canal. That is all that is the matter with Ben Butler.--Cincinnati New#- journal. A TEXAS man has to make up his mlhd to Miii Uv* years In tto jwuiUmUary A recent dispatch from Lewiston, Me., re­ ports the following singular occurrence: La­ fayette Cook, a resident of South Auburn, 56 years old, declared two weeks ago that he would die on Sunday, the 11th inst.. He arose on Sunday morning in his usual good health, but remarked at the table that it was the last he should ever oat. After the meal he shaved carefully and arrayed himself in clean clothes, in which he requested he might be buried. He was so eccentric that people did not pay much attention to his talk. On.; of his pecuW larlties, so one of his neighbors say, was that he prepared his own meals, and never ate the food his wife did. He was an" excellent man, however, and respected by all who knew him. Sunday morning he was ap­ parently in his usual health. He walked out with his grandchildren a short distance. At 4 o'clock he went into the house. He carefully shaved and washed himself, put on a clean shirt, and then said he would like to have a spread thrown upon the lounge. He was given a quilt, or something of the sort, stretched himself on tiie lo in je, and covered himself. He put one hand down by his side, bent the other arm so that he placed the hand under his head and closed his eyes. So far as anybody knows, he d:d not stir from this position and never afterward spoke, but con­ tinued in a sort of a stupor until an early hour Monday morning, when the last vital spark left his body. Cook was a dead man within tho tiine set for his d'iinise. Those who watched him say they witnessed a slight movement of the chest, but no other sign of animation, after he lay down. He took no poison or drug of any sort. It was a simple surrender of vital power. O'DONNELL A BUCKEYE. Info of O Carey a [Telegram from Iroaton, Ohio.] OR the records of the Probate court of Lawrence county, Ohio, bearing date of Nov. 8, 1870, appears this very interesting record: And now cames I atrick O'Donnoll, a native of Ireland, and makes his application to be naturalised, and--tie court being fatisfled from the declaration of said Patrick O'Don­ noll filed herein, and the oath of Michael McGarvoy, that said applicant has in all things complied with the law in relation to naturalization, and l;e having taken the oath of allegiance prescribed by law--it is ordered that a certificate of citizenship be issued to said applicant In due form of law. GEORCJE W. THOMPSON, Probate Judge. Judge Thompson has received an order from the Acting Secretary of State at Wash­ ington to forward at once a duly authenticat­ ed copy of the above record. The proofs, it is supposed, arc wanted in England in the trial of I-'atrlck O'Donneli, tha slayer of Jaines Carey, at Cape Town, Africa. O'Don­ neli was a resident of 1 ronton, and has rela­ tives here; besides, many people live here who remember him. A NORTH CAROLINA TRAGEDY. A Wedding Festival Turned into a Mur­ derous Combat. • [Dispatch from Newberne, N. C.l At a wedding at Currituck, Hyde county, N. C., a fatal fight occurred. Charles Credle, a young cotton-planter, was being married to Miss Ella Creble, a lovely belle of that section. The house was richly decorated in honor of the occasion, and crowds of guests were pres­ ent. The ceremony took placo at' 8 o'clock, after which the company sat down to a superb banquet. Champagne flowed like water, and some of the young men partook too liberally, and a quarrel urose as to whether the gcrman or cotillion should lie danced after supper. Hot language ensued and a general fight followed, the Infuriated young men pay­ ing no heed to the shrieks of the young ladies. Kevolvers wore drawn and shots tired, and for a short time the sc-ene was a terrible one. Charles Ballance, the groom'8 best man, was killed, and Thomas S. Edan, another of the groomsmen, was mortally wounded. Tho sight of the dead man brought the revelers to their senses. The fighting closed and every effort was made to save the life of the wounded young man. No ph ysician was nearer than twenty-live miles, and several of the participants in the affray at once started for him. The nowly-imirrled couple sat up up all night by the wounded man's bedside. Tho dead body of Ballance was laid out in the puilorunt.il the Coroner oould Investigate the matter. EDUCATIONAL MATTERS. ULEAMNU3. low A. has $7,000,000 in her savings banks. Eno« are $1.50 per dozen in some parts of Montana. EX-SRNATOB FERRY, of Michigan, will re­ main abroad another year. A HEN farm, stocked with over 1,000 fowls, is to be started In Thomasville, Ga. THE mill operatives at Manchester, N. H., have $5,000,000 in the savings bunks. AN ear of corn containing 1,100 well ma­ tured grains was grown in the Grosse Tete, La. THEY do not allow a fellow to whistle while going through the sausage market in St. Louis. ONE evening, near Selma, Ala., a party of two in two hours' shooting killed fifty-four bull bats. THE mother of twenty-oight children is still living in Atlanta, Ga., though twenty- three of her offspring are dead. A WHITE deer has been frequently seen of late In the vicinity of Blue canon, Nevada. It is uot a clear white, being more of a cream color. A SIGKHOAUD erected opposite where the last spike was driven 011 the Northern Pacific railroad bears the following: "IJike Superior, 1,198 miles; Puget sound, 847 mites. IT is stated that the poisoning of the ele­ phant at the Imperial menagerie at Schon- brunn was effected by the use of 050 grains ^f prussic acid. He died In eight minutes. A NEST of gray squirrels was found in a tree five miles east of Fulton, N. Y., by Or- ville Johnson. He took the squirrels homo and gave them to the oare of a oat having kittens. The cat adopted them, quite to the exclusion of her own kind. Two MAGNIFICENT bas-reliefs, ascribed to Michael Angelo, have lately been discovered In Havre. One of them represents the storm­ ing of a fortress, the other Fame, crowning one of the Dukos of Guise, It is supposed that these two work-i adorned the 11 rave of the first Duke of that family in the Castlo of Joinvllle, which was sacked during the Frcnch revolution. iBterwtiiif Fffrnreg from Report of the OimmlMrioMr of EdncatiM* Status of Education In the Northwest. rtOURES FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S REPORT, The report of the Commissioner ot Educa- tlon for 1881, embraces the following,' as tc| the condition of education in Northwestern States: Illinois shows an increase in receipts, ex­ penditures and rate of teachers' wages, and a decrease in enrollment and attendance. Vet 76 per cent of the school youth were enrolled, and the average attendance was 60.7 percent. 01 the enrollment. Indiana has 10st heavily in enrollment and daily attendance, but still is in good educa­ tional condition. Progress has been made as regards school-houses, graded schools, and receipts and expenditure. Michigan hid nearly 72 per cent, of her school population enrolled in the public Bchools, an Increase for the year of 13 073 In school population and of 9,187 in 'public school enrollment, with 034 more In private schools. There were 175 mote public school- houses, school property valued at £406,851 more, and 17,891 more volumes in public- school libraries. There was an increase in the number of teachers employed and in the number attending State institutes. The permanent school fund was $159,241 more, and $307,673 more were expended on public schools, although the average pay of teachers decreased slightly aad tho average term was four days longer. Wisconsin has an increased school popula­ tion, a sljghtly increased enrollment, and a decreased daily attendance. There .vas Im­ provement in the quality and length oi schools, and in tho annual expenditure ahd permanent funds for them. Other facts fur­ ther indicate a steady and healthful advance­ ment. Minnesota is Imperfectly reported. A small decrease in enrollment and a heavy gain in school property are Indicated by the statistics given. Iowa had 75 per cent, of its school popula­ tion (594,730) under instruction, and has ad­ vanced in all matters except average Attend­ ance. y Nebraska has advanced in nearly jul re­ spects. There were 10,476 more youth 6f the school age, 8,227 more enrolled in public schools, and fi,348 moro in average daily at­ tendance. With an increase of 269 in school districts, there wero 517 more having school six months and aver, while fewer reported nc schools, and the average term for the Statt was a day longer. More teachers were em­ ployed at a slight advance in average pay, $2,718 moro were expended for public-school purposes, and the permanent State aehotk fund increased by $1,803,348. Points from the Report* of Heads of Naval Bureaus. THE FORD BROTHERS. Attempt to Assassinate Charlie Father's Home in Missouri-- Disappearance of Bob. [Richmond (Mo.) Telegram.i News has reached this city of the attempte? assassination of Charlie Ford, one of the no torious Ford brothers, at his father's home, about three miles from this city. As nearly as can be learned the circumstances are as follows: Ford had been notified anonymously not to come into the neighborhood, but he disregarded the notice, and Monday night after supper, while walking out, seven shots were flred at him in rapid succession, but none of them took effect, although one passed through his coat. The shooting was done by persons concealed in tall weeds growing near by. Ford returned the fire, but being unable to see his assailants did not succeed in hitting them, and they made good their escape. There are many rumors as to who the parties were, but noth­ ing is really known as to their identity. Some say it was neighbors • of Ford's father, who had' forbidden both Charlie and Robert Ford to come into the iricinity. The report of the attempted assas­ sination created much excitement A mover who was camped near by stated that the shots were flred so closely together that they seemed to have been all fired at once, and there is a strong belief that the party was composed of seven men who made their escape on horseback, the horses being in the timbei adjoining. Ford has stated that be feared some such an attack, as his life has been threatened frequently, and that he fustrated a plan to kill him or his brother at Peoria by a mem­ ber of the troupe with which he was perform­ ing, who hadsubstituted powder and ball foi blank catridgcs. Charlie Ford left here for Kansas City tc secure the aid of officers in searching for hie brother Bob, who has mysteriously disap­ peared, and whom Charlie thinks has been foully dealt with. THE CORN CROP; FLORIDA has 630 factories, working Z,749 Final Report from Washington, Showing a Falling off of 40,000,000 Bushels. The November report of the National De­ partment of Agriculture gives the local yield per acre. In the October flnal reports, th< condition of corn, which averaged seventy- eight, was interpreted to moan a product ol close to 1,600,000,000 bushel!!. The average yield per acre appears to be twenty-three and one-tenth bushels--one and one-half buehele lower than the yield of 1882. This gives a re­ sult practically identical with that of October. On the acreage reported in July of 68,300,00(1, the exact figures would be 1,577,000,00C bushels. In the revision of the season's returns this result will not be materially changed. The product will therefore be about 40,000,000 bushels short of the previous crop, notwithstanding the increase of area. The potato crop is large, amounting to 175,000,000 bushels. Nelling, the Indiana Butcher. A recent dispatch from Lafayetto, Ind., says: Jacob Nelling, tho brute who killed Ada Atkinson, continues to hold his peace in regard to the details of that horrible tragedy. He positively refuses to make any furthei admissions than have already been printed The Coroner of Benton county, Paul Hitzie, has visited him several times, at has also the Hev. H. 8. Buchtel, and both have earnestly urged him to make s clean breast of the whole transaction and make his peace with heaven, but thus far tc no purpose. He continues to have "pains in the head" whenever 1 the matter is broached to him. He is very outspoken on one point however, and t hat is an intention to demand a change of venue from Benton county. POLITICAL MORSELS. A NUMBER of dead Presidential candidates are lying about In different parts of the coun­ try. IT leaks out by way of Baltimore thai Grandfather Samuel Tilden is responsible foi Uncle Benjamin Butler's defeat. CHALMERS was thoroughly defeated in Mis­ sissippi, obtaining a majority in one county only of seventy in that large State. SENATOR COKE says that when Thurman, Conkling, and Blaine left the Senate they took away 50 per cent, of the brains of that body. THE Baltimore SIM is said to have made $1,200 a day during the last campaign by printing speeches of excited candidates a) advertising rates. HENRY WARD BEECHER is credited by his Brooklyn admirers with having secured Mayor Low's re-election. His influence is said to be worth 10,000 votes in the city. RIVERS and harbor bills will lose an ear nest and faithful friend in the withdrawal ol Congressman Koblnson, whom the Massa­ chusetts Republicans have Just made Gov­ ernor. THK Hannibal (MO.) negroes have " re­ solved" to "disarm prejudice and the ma­ lignity of the power for evil" by redoubling their energies to become "intelligent, indus­ trious and law-abiding citizens, deserving ol respect and fair treatment at the hands ol every one." RICHARD COUSINS, 100 years old, voted foi Hoadly for Governor of Ohio at the recent eleotion. Cousins chst his first vote foi Thomas Jefferson in lfOt, and from that yeai to this fall has not failed to attend any gen­ eral eleotion and has voted for an unbroken period of seventy-nine years an uuscratched Democratic ticket. PAWTUCKET, K. I., with 25,000 population, ARMY AND NAVY. Baperii of th* Army Quartern!*!.,, , ter and Commissary . ' Generals. , y THE ARMY. : .. •• * „ ,14 SMDINO THE BOT8 KF BOOS, i The report of the Commissary General of the army for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1883, shows that the total resources for that year were $3,f27,209, and the total expendi­ tures $8 220,308, leaving a balance of $706,001: The additional 2 per cent, on cost is stQl 'charged on all sales to officers and enlisted men (except sales of tobacco to the latter), in accordance with the decision of the Secretary of War. The clause requiring the extra charge was omitted from the Appropriation - jbill for the year ending June 30,1884. I During the year 118 newspaper advertise- * pients and 87 circulars for proposals were re­ ported and ?,217 contracts made. Tho aver­ age contract price per pound for fresh beef for the year 1883 wus 10.11 cents per pound, and for 1884 10.01 cents. The losses in the transportation of subsist-' enoe stores, for which no one waa found responsible, during the year amounted to $ 13,350. The total losses by storms, fire, accidents and thefts were $2,222. The sub­ sistence stores condemned during the year Involve a net loss of $14,661. Attention is Invited to the necessity of providing good cooks and bakers for the army. TRANSPORTATION, KTC. Tho report of the Quartermaster General of the Army shows that the total resources were $15,051,856, the expenditures $13,756,577. The construction of ninety new buildings, such as barracks, quarters, stables, storehouses, guardhouses, etc., have been authorized at an estimated cost of $147,178. Repairs to ex­ isting buildings have been authorized at an estimated cost of $425,590. An appropriation of $125,000 is urged to replace the building used as a recruiting-depot and training-school for recruits at David's Island, N. Y. The ex­ penses for transportation amounted to $8,- 149,051. \ The expenses of military transportation not paid out of the regular appropriation comprised that provided over bonded Paciflo railroads, $845,144, which is credited on the debts of these railroads, and that provided over land-grant railroads, to which 50 pea cent, of tariff rates is paid under act of Con­ gress of June 30, 1882, making a special ap­ propriation of $125,000 for that purpose. The unsettled accounts of the Union Pacific, Kan­ sas Pacific, Central Pacific, and Sioux City and Pacific roads amount to $1,508,165. The earnings of these railroads on account of military transportation from their first open­ ing to June 30, 1883, amount to $13,251,107.' Special attention is called to -the debts of the Southern railroad companies to the United States for purchase of railway material in 1865 and 1866. The report says that of fifty railroads so indebted the ac- Oounts of forty-six have been closed and settled. The four railroads still in debt to the United States have made no cash pay­ ments for several years, and the indications are that the present unsettled and unsatis­ factory condition of affairs will continue in­ definitely until Congress shall interpose. It Is recommended that the Quartermaster General's office be relieved of thin entire business. ORDNANCB. ' The report of the Chief of Ordnance shows that 33,621 arms were manufactured at the National armory during the year. Contracts have been made for converting fifty ten-Inch Kodmans into eight-inch rifles and making four large breach-loading rit'es. It has been found that steel hoops for banded guns man­ ufactured In this country are fully equal In quality to the best hoops of European manu­ facture. It is recommended that the conver- son of ten-inch smooth-bores into eight-inch rifles be continued, that over 300 fifteen-Inch smooth-bores lie improved so the ficaviest charges may be used, and that Congress en­ courage the formation of volunteer organiza­ tions in every State, district and city by making liberal appropriations for arming the aame. . . THE XXPENDITtJRES FOR FOOD AND CLOTHING. The report of J. A. Smith, Paymaster Gen­ eral of the United States navy. Chief of the Bureau for Provisions and Clothing, shows that the expenditures for provisions during the year amounted to $1,000,959. The amount expended by pay officers abroad was $864,860; expended by the bureau, $273,918. There is a deficiency for provisions amounting to $173,- 987. The total expenditures on account of clothing were $215,741, leaving a balance of $344,586. The total amount expended on ac­ count of small stores was $22,556, leaving a balance of $127,050. The amount expended for contingencies was $18,549, leaving a bal­ ance of $31,539. A comparison with previous years shows a rapid increase in payments for commuted rations. Great improvement has been made in the clothing of the enlisted men of the navy un­ der tho present system of manufacture at the New York navy yard. Changes are, however, contemplated, with a view of improving the quality and reducing the cfst of the clothing. An appropriation of $60,000 is Risked forthe payment of freight on stores. The estimates for the next fiscal year include $18,580 on ac­ count of salaries for clerks; $1,100 for mis­ cellaneous expenses; $120,450 for commuted rations of 1,100 officers; $180,675 for commut­ ed rations of 1,650 men and boys; $21,900 for commuted rations of 200 marines; $876,975 for rations for 7,400 men, boys and marines and other expenses; $60,000 for freight on shipments, and $12,411 for expenses of the civil establishment. CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR. The Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, in his annual report to the Sec­ retary of the Navy, estimates that $400,000 will bo necessary to complete the frigate New York at the Brooklyn navy-yard, and the Mohican at Mare island. He recommends that the Thilmany process for preserving timber bo adopted. A sufficient appropria­ tion should be made by Congress to purchase shipbuilding material to put in stock. The number of wooden vessels will be largely re­ duced under the operations of the act which forbids the repair of any wooden vessel of the navy when the repairs will cost more, than 20 per cent, of the appraised value. It is recommended that the limit of repairs on wooden vessels be fixed at 13 per cent, of the cost of a new vessel of like size and materials, unless Congress may lee fit to replaoe them by iron or steel vessels. Since the passage of the act in operation, re­ pairs on tho following named vessels have had to be abandoned: Alaska, Monongahela, Plymouth and Ticonderoga. All of these vessels, exoept the Alaska, were worth re­ pairing. The same act will sacrifice the Rich­ mond and Pensncola. Tho limit for the existence of she Minnesota is fixed at eighteen tnonthB. The Colorado Is to b© placed in ordi­ nary, and the Vermont fitted as a receiving ihip. The Tennessee will not last longer than twelve months. The training-vessels Sara­ toga, Portsmouth, and Jamestown will soon have to be abandoned under the present l^w. Cereals in Minnesota. Telegram from Rochester, Minn.: Crops of ill kinds are being marketed slowly, and the ,-esults of threshing show the outcome to b0 nost gratifying as regards the smaller grains. Corn is a decided failure on account >f early frosts, and nothing but soft corn is offered. Feed Is scarce, and in consequence urge shipments of live stock are being made. Most of it is being marketed in Chicago, tvinter wheat and rye are looking well, ilthough the growth has been greatly re- »rded by the recent cold weather. The re­ ceipts at the elevators have been light all the season, farmers who could afford to do SO preferring to bold for higher prloes. Coast Defenses. Gen. Wright, Chief of Engineers, in his tnnual report, urgently recommends that Congress make ample appropriations for putting the sea and lake front In condition for defense in case of war. He advises that it least $500,000 be expended at San Francls- H>. Among other appropriations recom­ mended are the following: Rivers and hw- jors on Pacific coast, $1,078,000; Gulf coast, 13,854,COO; Lake region. $(5,474,900; Western rivers and harbors. $0,083,485. The above fstimates do not Include the Mississippi Com- nisslon work. For the defenses of New Or­ leans $98,000 Is asked, and for Galveston *50,000. E. H. TOVNO, of Springfield, Mass., wto " A :~