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I nxmors essmgxas v"- • «**«*> ,„ A lOM ot over $1,000,000 «u incurred ||t York by the burning of a marble in Barclay street, occupied by mannfactming firms. Seventeen were employed in suppressing the ¥ORK dispatches report that O'Don- Hossa's wound is not likely to result lire. Ysenlte Dudley Was ar- tftfcMd at the Tombs Police Court and 4MM4R|bsequenUT remanded to her dnngeon <MflL Her bullet entered Rossa's shoal- #n<t took an tip ward course be- 'Wialh the skin. He suffers no pnin.- and BO uncomfortable symptoms have developed. Chelsea Hospital officials <fe#J Mrs. l>udley's statement that •he graduated from that institution as a none. Some months ago, it is said, Mrs. Dndley tried to commit suicide by taking poison while traveling in England on the Great Eastern Railway. Wheu arrested she that she was a governess thit her Christian name wns cilia. Her story was investigated and found to be correct... .The Qovemor of Ma-sachusotts, in a special <; aneBBUge relating to the Hoosac tunnel, roc- -' ̂ em meads the formation of a com^iny to /./Woteol the property aud consolidate all iwftway lines into a western connection: for 'IT^JBOSTQO A general improvement is noted .In Ufa iron trade of the Last Inquiries are %romferons, and negotiations are pending for .quantities of materials... .Hiram '^LeOoara & Co., wholesale dealcis in hides flAt Boston. foiled, with heavy liabilities. jyjjLWHMrtd is connected with two other firms. T DR. &. 3. ALIXN*. formerly a surgeon in /'fJen. Custer's command, has been sen- \4enced to fire years' imprisonment in the '« -' ** ^4assachnsetts Penitentiary for shooting •e. '• -I)ell Hanson in a Boston saloon. "V*"" A BOX containing a jumping-jack was # *ihe other day sent to O'Donovan Rossa, 4/' A Who caused it to be as carefully opened as /if it contained an infernal machine. Mrs. , T ^Dudley received a postal card filled with 5;' curses and a letter in red ink threatening her life. Rossa had for some time be- , foro his adventure with Mrs. Dudley been • • ^ in receipt of many threatening letters. He : littached but little importance to them, how- ,'#ver. The evening preceding his nt- f/ . 'sempted assassination Rossa made a very 'fccendiary speech in New York. An es- ><ract reads as follows: / *1 believe not an Irish heart exists In*America, * In tlie whole world, but wept for joy at tlie -I 1 pews of the explosion last week. I would pick * * but 160 men and take them to England. 1 know 100 men who would go to London with mo and fa into 100 hotels and set tire to them. One undred fires in 10J hotels at the tieid ®f ntfht will strike terror to England. Re- doee until Ireland is free. England Complains because we nse a little dynamite. I teH yon before long she will eet more of if. And IMa oountry is passing laws against dynamite linanufoctnreBah! Arthur is being made a Of. What right baa he to ask Congress in message to suppress as? It s English gold, nd English detectives are making a fool of m m I:. en, ana MR. Roberts nnd her little bibs had pertehed for want of medical attention. JOHN L. JACK and Carter B. Page fought a duel in a street at Portsmouth. Va. Nine shots were fired, Page receiving a mortal wound, and Jack escaping injury. The meetingwas occasioned by an alleged breach of social courtesy. THRBB prominent gentlemen have be­ gun suit si Vicksburg, Miss., against the l.fnllwo 'Palaea Car Company for $25,006 each, a them of being gamblers, and ejecting them from the com­ pany's cars....The Nashville and Chatta­ nooga Rood offers to carry freight 380 miles, from Chattanooga to Memphis, for 5 cents per hundred pounds. ONE HUNDRED armed and masked men made a raid on the Franklin County (Texas) jail and demanded from the jailer the keys to the jail or the delivery to them of Ben Haw­ kins. a negro murderer. The jailer warned the mob to desist, and refused to deliver the prisoner or the keys. The mob then attacked the heavy iron doors, making a noise which brought hundreds ^ of silent spectators to the scene. During the attack on the doors the fren­ zied shrieks of the alarmed prisoner could be heard several squares aw.iy. Failing to batter the doors down, the mob went to a side window and broke the bars, aud then entered the jnil and broke into the cell occupied by Hawkins, who was so paralyzed with fear that he could not stand. He was carried a mile from town and strung up to a tree and his body left hang­ ing there. A negro murderer war taken from the Bland County (Va.) Jail by an armed mob and riddled with bullets'. WA8HWCTOJU AN adverse report has been rendered by the sub-committee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee upon the resolutions calling upon the Secretary of State for in­ formation relative to the possible connec­ tion of American citizens with the recent dynamite outrages in London. The sub­ committee held that the adoption of such resolutions wonld amount to an acknow­ ledgement that citizens of the United States were parties to a conspiracy against England. FOLLOWING is the official monthly pub­ lic debt statement: * Bonds outstanding-- Four one-half per cents...... Fonr per cents Three per cents Refunding certificates........ Navy pension fund....... .... |Me.ooo,ooo ... 7S7.T0..35J ... IW.IW.SOO l!5:i,00) ... 14,000,000 Total interest-bearing debt. $1,196,148,850 Matured debt $5,9*6,945 Debt bearing no interest-- laecal-tender notes. 846,739,181 Certificates of deposit. 80,i:jo,000 Gold and silver certificates. 276,476,231 Fractional currency 8.969,oos Total without interest. $659,:»i4,420 Total debt2 1,861,419,215 Total interest 8,050.91:) Cash in Treasury 4eo,:t4l,so:j Debt, lv 89 cash in Treasury. 1,409. I2s,325 TUB WEST. : men confined in the jail sit Audu­ bon, Iowa, charged with murdering an old named Hiram Jellerson, were lynched faf a mob. The jail walls were battered down. Two of the men fought like tigers ;V in their cells and were shot dead. The re- •T° ^^naising one. who was the son of the mur- •dered man, was hanged During a se- / * <Tefe wind storm the Colorado Central train V Id Denver was blown from the *• .^fwak near Georgetown, Col. Of , passengers on board eigh- ;':;v "V'tsen were more or less injured.... -̂,1*6 District Court at Cincinnati has modi- ./ '• Ha order in the case of the disbarment v - of Thomas A. Campbell by striking oat that ' » i Jpartof the sentence which suspended him days. Campbell will simply be V obllfwd to pay the cost of the proceedings. ... J?i*e of the men wounded by the ex- * plosion in the coal mine in Indian Terri- ,, - lory, at Savannah, will not survive. The *' oofiiery is uninjured, but the cause of the fdisaster remains a mystery The Wiscon- jsia Agricultunil Society has decided to exclude beer from the grounds in which the fair is held. Alexander J* * *»}; ? ' AsiiAND (Oregon) dispatch: Vt. 'Jones, a mail-oanier from Grant's Pass to feir - v Wilderville, Mrs. Geo^e Gibson and her g ' ..'l**/ - two children, and Mr. McClung were Ps-' ' ' j drowned while attempting to ford Applegate IfsT- { 'Is-, credt, which was swollen by the recent rains, IY -1 '-SI,' M. W. RYAN, Clerk of Cook County, * HI., received a summons from Speaker ^ {J * ^Haines to appear before the Illinois House F ' , c of Rhpresentatives with the ballots cast for •>Representatives in the Sixth Senatorial K:" flMstriot last November. The Clerk noti- ij£\ , - \ j'i ,fiod the United States District Attorney. g ' '} and was subpoenaed to appear before Judge :0L'i v--oriBlodgett, who promptly issued an order IT'. ' i .thatall returns from the Second Election f i ..District of the Eighteenth Ward be depos- ^ ' 1 • ited with the Clerk of the Federal Court. "** advice of counsel, Mr. Ryan obeyed the t?-'; M Judge's order. <*•' j ON Shaw's Island, Washington Territory, • lunatic, who lived in a lonely spot, killed a hunter, aod, later, shot and killed one of a Sheriff s posse. The latter then burned the cabin, the murderous lunatic perishing in the flames. A HOBBIBIIE murder is reported from Badical City, Kan. The victims are Mrs. Bon ham, a widow, who had lived on a farm there about a year, and a son, aged 16, and a daughter, aged 20. They had been dead some time when found. It is not known that the family had any enemies, or what motive could have inspired the author _ of the crime, unless it was committed by tramps who have lately been driven out of Kansas City. Mrs. Bonham drew out some money she had in a bank several mouths ago, and had frequently received large sums by diaft, so that it is supposed she had a large sum of money in the house... .Near Freeport. 111., the State Veterinarian ordered killed three horses which were suffering from glanders. One man in Boone County, an- other in Peoria County, and a woman in Kane County, are reported by Dr. Paaren to be afflicted with While 150 guests were con- gratahting a couple who had just been BMicied at Plato, 111., the parlor floor fell into the cellar. But three persons were in­ jured R. H. Goodman, a grain-shipper has begun suit at Lafavette, Ind., against the lake Erie and Western Road for 930,000' damages, for discriminations against him in the past eight years. AV m De Tease during .Tanuarv.. Decrease Bince June 30, lirt4......« Current liabilities-- Interest due and unpaid............ Debt on which interest has ceased.. Interest thereon. Gold and silver certificates... United States notes held for re­ demption of certificate of deposit. Cash balance available 9,420,046 40,921,910 Total Available assets- Cash in Treasury Bonds lssned to' Pacific Hallway Companies, interest payable by United States-- Princinal outstanding Interest accrued, not yet uald....... Interest paid by United States...... Interest repaid by companies By transportation service. By cash payments, 5 per ocnt. net earnings. Balance of interest paid by United $1,966,923 8,955,945 253,469 275,470,231 30,130,000 146,559,233 $460,341,803 $460,841,803 •64.62S.U3 323.117 66.038,209 $19,039,899 #•5,198 4M43.U1 Now that both are dead, it Is claimed at the Postoffice Department that Mailiog Clerk Davis, of St. Joseph, Missouri, con­ structed the first mnil-ear in 1862, and that Col. George B. Armstrong secured an ap­ propriation and developed the system in. all directions. POUTlCUa SAMUEL J. RANDALL, JR., of 'Washing­ ton, an enthusiastic Democrat of less than twelve years, rewarded a schoolmate who favored Cleveland's election by taking him, to the doorkeeper of the House and secur-' ing his appointment as a page... .Madison (Wis.) dispatch: The surface indications here point pretty conclusively to the fact that Col. W. F. Vilas of this city will enter the Cabinet of President Cleveland. It is known that he is closing up and trans­ ferring to other law firms here the entire volume of his law business, which is very extensive nnd lucrative The Arkansas Senatorial contest was brought to a close on the thirty-first bal­ lot the eleventh day of the struggle, by the election of James K. Jones, the present Congressman from the Second District of the State. Before the ballot was taken ex- Gov. Berry wns withdrawn, leaving the contest between Jones and Poindexter Dunn. There were 125 votes cast. Jones received 72, Dunn 49, Clifton R. Brecken- ridge 3, Beriy 1. The sixteen Republican votes weie divided, eight voting for Dunn. AT a caucus of the Democratic members of the Illinois Legislature, for the nomina­ tion of a candidate for United States Senator, the names of William R. Morrison and Carter H. Harrison were presented. The first ballot resulted in the nomination of Morrison, who received sixty-seven votes out of a total of 102. Harrison received nineteen... .Leading Democrats of Virginia have organized a movement in behalf of Representative Barbour for Postmaster General. MB. HENDRICKS was given a breakfast by thirty prominent citizens of Atlanta. From the hotel balcony he addressed a large crow I upon the acquiescence of 54,000, (KM) of people in a result obtained by a majority of only 1,142 votes General Logan was nominated by acclamation for the Senator- ship by the Republican Legislative caucus at Springfield, 111. "Si I with his men, native states Gordoo's tfmi only #£& TTST made news of Che tall of yfwmrn W#Mritr«p«A excitome t̂ ia London, tfci ddtm a»4 public rMorts were crowd*!with peoplo anxious to bear th* latest news from Africa. A gloomy view of the situation prevailed. The War Ofitoe was besieged with army officers anxious to tender tnflir sarvices ?'V fr-srjMM-fca! exposed the opinion tfmt re-enforcements were hurried forward to Korti disaster wonld befall Gen. Wotse- ley's army. A Cabinet oouncil was sum­ moned by Mr. Gladstone. The feeling against the Government in is very bitter--A dynamite coagressls to be i formally opened in Paris Fob. 23. Eleven: delegates, including six from America, will attend. The utility of dynamite in aid­ ing the Irish cause will be discussed, as well as the proposed nnion be­ tween the dynamite party nnd the Fenians. The question as to whether or pot members of the House of Commons twhO voted for the crimes act shall be exe­ cuted will also be brought up for decision. .... A report is in circulation in Rome to the effect that Cardinal Jacobini has de­ cided to resign the post of papal Secretary lof State, through dissensions upon tho poiibeal attitude of the Vatican* • ^ •> = . • 'a i ADDITIONAL NEWS. ̂ THESE were 330 failures in the United States reported to Bradstreei's during the week, against 349 in th s preceding week, and 257, 256, and 159 in the corresponding weeks of 18S4, 1881, and 1882 respectively. About 86 per cent, were those of small traders whose capital was less than $5,000. In the principal trades they were as follows: Geneial stores, 59: gro­ cers, 46; shoes, 22; liquorN, 16; clothing, 14; hotels and restaurants, 13; jewelry, 13: furniture, 12; paper, books, stationery, etc., 11; hardware and agricult­ ural implements, 11; dry goods. 10; tobac­ co and cigars, 9; produce and provisions, 8; drags. 8; bakers and confectioners, 8; fancy gocds, 7; lumber and materials, 6; markets, 5; millinery, 5; millers and flour, 5; hides and leather, 4; harness, 4; carpen­ ters and builders. 3; carriages, 3; bankers, 2; coal and wood, 2; plumbers, 2; men's furnishings, 2. AT Vincennes, Ind., Henry Strattman killed his father-in-law and fatally injured his wife. The murderer had four children very ill of typhoid fever, and was probably driven insane by g.ief and religious fanati­ cism. A COMMITTEE of exhibitors has been sent to Washington by the manngers of the New Orleans Exposition to appeal to Con­ gress for $500,000 in addition to the $1,000,000 already given. A Louisiana Congressman says that before any more money is granted there will be a thorough investigation of the manner in which the $1,000,000 was spent. RICHARD SHORT, who stabbed Capt Phelan in O'Donovan Rossa's office at New York, was held in $3,000 bail, Phelan, who was in court looking wan and thin, identifying his assailant and asking for po­ lice protection. Two officers accompanied the Captain,and his wife to their lodgings By the burning of a leather store at No. 85 Gold street, New York, property to the value of $225,000 was destroyed.... A strike is impending in the Tuscarawas Valley, 3,000 coal miners refusing to accent a reduction of wages. Miss EVA DE COURSEY AND Clarence Newell had a lovers' quarrel in Washington County, Md., the young woman refusing to speak to her sweetheart Newell conspirc d with two friends, and one day last week when Miss De Coursey was passing Newell's house, the report of a pistol resounded, and the two young fellows darted out with the information that Clarence had shot himself. Miss De Coursey rushed in and found her lover on the floor with a blood stain on his forehead, Remarking that she would die with him, she took up the revolver and fired, the ball passing very near her heart, and she now lies in a dangerous condition. Newell drew blood from his nose with which to smear his face, and had fired his pistol into the floor One hundred Mex cans are reported to have crossed the Rio Grande, eu route to C.trizo Springs, Texas, to release Mexican cattle thieves confi ied i here.... The citizens of White Rock, Texas, met and passeed resj- lutious requiring a Mormon elder n.im d R. M. Stevens to leave the region... .Wayne Powers and George Gibson, who killed a man for $12 and a suit of clothes, were executed at Estellville, Ga. A RESOLUTION asking1 the Secretary of War whether any plans have been matured tor de­ fending the harbors of this country by torpedoes in case of war with any foreign power was in­ troduced in the Senate on the Oth inst. The diplomatic appropriation bill was passed. Mr. I'aliner, of Michigan, was iriven leave to deliver a speech on woman suffrage The Presi­ dent sent, in the i> Uowini? nom.nations: James A. WoKniirht, Utah, Consul of the I'nited Sta'es at,!->t. Helena; Edward H. Thompson of Massachusetts, Consul of the Unite*! Htatcs at Merida. l'ostmasters: Arthur Merhcheidt. La Granite, Tex.; Charles V. Itoskwell. Tay- lorsville. 111.; Newton W. Simmon?, Boone, Iowa; Arthur 8. I arber, Alameda, cal. In the House of Representatives the Naval Com­ mittee reported a Iversely the joint resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to t onimand- ers Schley an<l Cottin and Lieut. Knioiy of the Greely relief expedit on. Tha House then went into committee of the whole on the river and harbor bid. It was agreed that nothing be done for Sandy Uav, Massachusetts. The appropriation for the harbor of Hutlalo was in­ creased to $l'i",(niO An amendment to set aside $1-->,(H)0,OOD for the improvement of Sandv Hook channel was defeated. Mr. ioun: asked for $75,mjo for the harbor of Memphis, and engaged Jn an angry discission witli Mr. Wdlis, who state 1 that the < ommittee had decided to make no special appropriation for the Missis Ippi River. Two Tint Brothers-in-Law te DM* Dark. A Man WtthoU L»p and with hut " ^ " tothft&ttst. A 8eaMtiMt ii a PullmaB 8Ieep«r-- And loif Other Cnrlons . ̂ * Stories. u THE SOUTH. WEASE, aged 75, arrested in West Virginia for mnrder, confessed that he killed twelve persons prior to or during tbe years of the war. He was also leader o# a band of robbers who ravaged that sec- boa of the country. SKBTENCE of death was passed in the United States Court at Fort Smith, Ark., Frederick Bay, Wm. Meadows, Wm. and Mason Holcomb (white men), Nixon (negro) for murders com in Indian Territory. The con- men will bo executed at Fort Smith April 17. Jm imminent peril of their lives, two men crossed the ice in the Susquehanna River, to aid AM Roberts family, who had been an island near Port Deposit, and fiat ha ̂ been killed tod BEEVES. HOGS ... WHEAT- THE MABKET3. NEW YORK. ;£>EXEBAK» REV. D. J. MACDONNELII created enthu­ siasm in St. Andrew's Church, at Toronto, by referring in glowing terms to the work of the British troops in the Soudan, the congregation arising and singing "God Save the Queen." By request of Mr. Mac- Donnell the word "knavish" in the hymn was changed ' to "devilish," with special reference to the work of the dynamiters.... There is stored in the elevators of Chicago 14,708,738 bushels of wheat, 1,412,868 bushels of corn, 494,623 bushels of oats, 99,955 bushels of rve, and 121,258 bushels o! barley. Total, i6,897,442 bushels of all kinds of grain, against 21,101,382 bushels a year ago. The Secretary of the Chicago Board of Trade states the visible supply of grain in the United States and Canada as 47,913,351 bushels of wheat, 4,966,971 bushels of corn, 2,106,371 bushels of oats, 311,746 bushels of rye, and 1,588,913 bush­ els of barley. These figures are larger than a week ago by 22,273 in wheat and 449,421 in corn. PRESIDENT-ELECT CLEVELAND, accom­ panied by Col. Lamont, visited New York City last week, and Vice President-elect Hendricks went to New Orleans to view the World's Exposition. No. 1 White No. 2 Red COBN--No. 2 OATS--White POBK--New Mess CHICAGO. BEEVE3--Choice to iTime Steera. Good Shipi ing Common to t air....... Hoas FLOUK--Fancy Red Winter Ex.. Fri me to Choice Spring WHEAT--No. 2 ited Conn - N'o. 2 OATH--No. A RVE--NO 1.7 BARI.EY--NO.1*/ $6.50 6.25 .#0 .91 .50 .38 13.00 G.50 5.25 4.00 4.50 4.00 X50 .78 .20 .61 .28 .IS .12 .08 .23 .40 12.00 @ 8.50 <9 a 50 if? .92 M .03 # .52 & ,40 <<$13.60 iw (") fl.00 (0) 4.75 (ft) 5.00 3» 4.50 ifii 4.00 .80 6!) .37 gg .28 t/9 .82 & .66 C<9 .!» 1$ .25 0 .13 .«!»^ & .25 @ .45 cii2.ro = tut ft'OREKUS, GEN. WOIAELET telegraphs TTU£ Khar­ toum was captured by El Mehdi on Jan. 26, and that Gen. Gordon is a prisoner. It appears that Col. Wilson reached Khartoum on Jan. 28, and, finding the place in pos­ sesion of the enemy, escaped to an island .42 .»1 .64 .53 .78 .42 .32 BUTTER--Choice Creamery...,., tine Dairy CHEESE--Fu l Cream Skimmed Flat..... ... Eoos--Fresh POTATOES--New, per bu POBK--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--NO. 2 76 & COKN--NO. A .41 # OATS--NO. 2. .29 <3 RYE--NO. L .62 & BABLEV--NO. A .52 0 POKE--MESA. 12.00 @1X00 TOLEDO. ' WHEAT--NA A BED .77 & COBN--NO. 2 .40 & OATS--NO. 2 .31 & ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--Na 2 Rea. 84 @ .86 CORN--Mixed .85 .8® OATS--Mixed. .28 & .30 KYE «0 # .02 PORK--Mess 12.25 012.75 CINCINNATI. WHEAT--Na 2 Bed. .» 0 .87 COBN 42 & .43 OATs-Mtxed 82 & .33 POBK--Mesa... 1X00 <01X50 DETROIT. FLOUB /.... 4.60 & 6.00 WHKAT-Na 1 While 86 & .86 COBN--Mixed 41 & .42 OATS--No. 2 White.... 82 & .33 Pork--Family 1X00 $1X60 INDIAN APOLia WHEAT--No. 2 Bed, New M 0 .84 COBN--Mixed 38 FT .40 -OATS--Mixed 29 @ .so EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Beet 6.60 & 7.OO Fair 5.60 & 6.00 Common 4.60 0 6.00 HOGS..... 4»7i 5.25 SHBCP *-» & 4.75 BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. L Spring .93 <9 .91 Com--No.a i-. M & m OATS-NO. A Mixed. M & .36 '•*' ItXPR PKRHONR KlLLlK Sad Accident to an Ohio SMghJoi Party. [Toledo speciaLl A party of nine persons trom Oak Har­ bor, a srna 1 place east of this city, drove in a sleigh to Port' Clinton. The road, three miles west of Port Clinton, crosses the tracks of fhe Lake Shore railway. On the return trip, as the B eigh approached the crossing, the west-bound express came up at th > rate of thirty-five miles an hour. The driver, thinking he could clear the crossing ahead of the locomotive, drove on, but before the rear of the sleigh had passed the truck the locomotive struck it. The sleigh was smashed and the occupants scattered about. Three fell npon the pilot of the engine. Miss Jennie Hoople, of Oak Harbor, and 8. 8. Ha I, of Detroit, were instantly killed. Mrs. A. D. Theinvachter nnd Mis. Charles Vogel were fa ally injured. Mrs. John P. Vogel had an arm broken and was internally in­ jured. John P. Voeel was ferions'y in­ jured, and A. D. Theirwachte" bruised %bont the head and limbs. Charles Vogel and Bussell Rice alone escaped w.th si ght injuries. Mrs. John Vogel and Mrs. Charles Vogel died this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Others are likely to die. The scene of the disaster is pecui'arly favorable for an accident of this kind, as the road runs paiallel to the tracks pome distance before crossing. !». W. Adams was the eng meer of the train, and did all he could to avert the collision. with the driver of ggg^Igigb. * A tlVKLI COKPSE.- Sxcltenirtit at a Georgia JiV^ro Faueral. [Valdosta (Oa.) telegram.] The colored people of Lowndes County are somewhat mystified over the irregular proceedings of a corpse, which refused the decent burial with which they were com­ plimenting it. Craw Duncan had been for years a leader in colored politics, but he never took to religion. A few days ago he became violently ill, and, going to bed, he was duly beset by weeping sisters and zen'- ous preachers, but all to no purpose. When the time came he died, and a large con­ course of friends nnd acquaintances gath­ ered to pay the last tribute to his memory. As is the custom among colored people, they sang over his body all night. The weird music that floated over the adjacent forest that night struck a responsive chord in the bosoms of the owls of baser note, and they joined in the refr.iin. About mid­ night a little bird flitted in one door and out the other. This caused tbe asfleinb'ago to go on its knees, when the leader declared that "speerits could not harm 'Unions folks," and the singing was resumed. When day­ light came the weary watcheis detailed one squad to build a coflin aud another to dig the gravo. The rude casket was first completed andcondncted to the proper place. It was put on two chairs, facing each other, beside the corpse. Friends drew around to take a last look; pall-bt avern Eut themselves in position to bear the urden to the grave; the coffin was held over the open grave, and at a word was let drop to the bottom. In an instant the lid went flying off the coffin, and the dead man arose and cursed with all the exuber­ ance of a man who had worked on a canal. The mourners scattered in every direction; but tbe fnnny part of it is they insist he is really dead, and will have nothing to do with him. _____ TBOE f&ATH FEKAtTt. *' 4 ' Vive Mmdorer* Sentenced at Fort SaMth, Ark. " rFort Smith dispatch.] In tbe United States Court, to-day, five murderers received their sentences. Mason Holcomb, William Phillips. Fred M. Ray, William Meadows, and William Dickson were sentenced to hang on the 17th of April next. Ray received sentence first. When asked why the sentence should not be passed, he replied: "I am not the guilty person." Meadows replied to the same question: "I hate to be punished for a crnne I nm not guilty of." I'hillips replied: "I have never killed a man. I never shot Hill. I never hurt a hair of his head. «God knows it, and I know it." Dickson replied briefly: "I am innocent." Holcomb was so affected that he made no reply. The impression prevails that Mead­ ows, who is a lG-year-old lad, will succeed in getting a commutation of his sentence. He and Ray were convicted of the murder of an old negro in the Cherokee Nation last August. Phillips was convicted of the murder of his father-in-law, William Hill, last September. Holcomb killed one Fisher, a companion, while returning to camp one evening from a hay-field last summer. He pleaded self-defense at the tria', but the evidence proved that he was hired to do the deed. Dickson killed one Laster in 1883, in the Chickasaw Nation, at a dance. He was behaving in a boisterous way, and when Laster attempted to keep him quiet a difficulty ensued, in which Dickson shot Laster. All are white men but Diolq»on, who is a negro. > ^ . J- V, i4*.\ DESPEHATK OVBL ! 1 Two. Texas Brothers-Ill-Law Fifht to the Oeathi (Alvarado (Tex.) special.] Dr. L. B. Allen and W.J. Wellborne were brothers-in-law and members of two of the oldest and most respectable families in this section. Dr. Allen s wife died a few diys ago at the home of another sister, Mrs. W. A. Athley, and Wellbome had come on a visit of condolence. Yesterday afternooif he and Dr. Allen met in a room to consult on business matters. They soon became involv­ ed in a quarrel, and Allen attempted to kill Wellborne, drawing a pistol on him, the latter retiring from the room with tbe remark that he "did not care to settle that way." About 10 o'clock last night. Dr. Allen was returning from a lot where he bad b^en to feed his animals. He met WelLbourpe standing beside the fence awaiting him. Both drew (heir pistols and exchanged four shots almost simultaneously. Wellbroue mounted his horse and fled. Dr. Allen staggered into the house, fell across a bed, exclaiming,"I am shot," and expired al­ most instantly. The only shot, that hit him passed through his body in the region of the heart. It is not known whether Wellbourne was wounded. Officers and a posse are scouring the country to effect his capture. A WRETCHED PROCEEDING. A Convict Without L«|« mi«1 with but Om Arm. [J oliet (111.) special to Chicago Tribune] Sheriff Newton, of Kendall Connty, reached the penitentiary this afternoon, hav­ ing in charge four prisoners sentenced to prison from that county. Among th?m was one William Russ«l], aged 24, convict­ ed of larceny, and sentenced for a year. The Sheriff had to carry Russell into the prison on his back, for the reason that the convict hid no legs, and but one arm. Both legs had been amputated close to the trunk and the left arm at the shoulder-joint. This remnant of a man was deposited upon the stone floor of the prison guard-room and the Sheriff pro­ duced his mittimus, showing thut Russell was sentenced by Judge Ch irles Kellurn, of Yorkville, to be confined in the Penitenti ry for the term of one year at hard labor. The sight of this poor wretch in his utterly helpless condition as he was lugged into tbe prison on the back of the brawny Sheriff I called forth many exprossioos of disgust •taped him to # t bis togs and aoe am in of a Ipedtba J) will upedtba convict fe> take oare off Wm ' prison. •' v:;. * CABnonr TAXJL lew, Msa fife* York special to Chicago Tifbane.1 The presence hece* of, gwpator Gorman nnd the conferences. of numerous politi­ cians with him yesterday have given impe­ tus to the Democratic gossip about the Cabinet. In his taft with Democrats he corroborates the impreMion that the elec­ tion of Mr. Evarts as Senator has com­ pletely changed the whole Cabinet sit­ uation. It is gravely doubted among the leaders whether Bayard or Gar­ land can be spared from the Sen­ ate. Mr. Evarts is recognized as a foeman who will require the strongest opposition that is possible to present. With Bayard and Garland taken away from the Demo­ cratic side of the Senate it would be weak in debaters, while the Republican side would be exceptionally strong with Evarts, Edmunds, and Sheiman--especially upon constitutional questions. Mr. Gorman is said to express the opinion that the Presi­ dent elect has formed no positive opinions and has reached no decision as to the Cabi­ net that may not be changed twenty time* before March 4. The Slumbers of Throe Culprits • DiatOTboA fef1 Lynchers ** - ^ Audubon, Iowa. Two of the Yea Shot Bead, the Third ia s v -- BORN IN A SLEEPER.1 • <• Pullman Car "All Torn L [Chicago telegram.] It is the unexpected that happens; at least so thought the incoming passengers on the sleeper Niobrara, over the Chicago, Milwau­ kee and St. Paul Railroad, yesterday morn­ ing. There was excitement among the ladies aboard, nnd dire confusion mani­ fested by the gent'.emen. Hie porter ran through the train in search of a doc­ tor, and, fortunately encountering one, huiried him to the sleet >er. His services were urgently needed by Mrs. T. Hanlon, a lady journeying from Helena, Montana, to New York. At 6:30 a. m. a child was born to the house of Hanlon, and upon the ar­ rival of the train at the Union Depot the mother and babe were transferred to a sleeper on the Pennsylvania route, and continued their journey. A telegram from Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon conveyed the intelligence that mother and child were as well as could be expectcd. "I tell yoil, boss, said the darky on the Niobrara, "if dat ar chile grows up, he's a gwine to be a fas' One." ______ WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE. An Ohio Man Kills His Wife and Hangs Hhnself. [La Crosse (Wis.) special.] Henry Katenhousen and wife, of* Dnrand, lived together unhappily, fought frequently, and the woman was usually the victor. Sunday he murdered her with a hatchet while his children were at Sunday-school and buried her body in a cellar. Thursday a neighbor called at the house to get her to do some washing, and a daughter informed him that her mother had disappeared and she felt sure something wrong had oc­ curred. Search resulted in the disoovery of the crime, and ltatenhousen was jailed. He acknowledged the deed, but pleaded self-defense. After breakfast this morn­ ing he attempted first to hang himself with his suspenders and then a scarf, both of which broke. He then twisted up a woolen jacket and tying the garment to a grating succeeded in taking his own life. His knees wer<? found almost touching the floor. He was about €0 and his wife 45. =» ' n", • • ' / A BURIED wm. . •; It is found in a Collin After Eight Tears. [Buffalo (N. Y.) teletrram.] Robert A. Wallace, of the carriage man- ttfactmkiR firm of Harvey A Wallace, died about: eigiit yearn ago, nnd. although he had repeatedly told his children ana friends thai be bad ntovided lochia children, four in number, by a former wife, at his death no will could be found, and the estate was settled according to law, each child receiv­ ing a portion, and the widow her third. Sha was also appointed administratrix. At her death, about a year later, she left a will disposing of the property that remain­ ed to her own children and a daughter by her first husband, but leaving out the earli­ er branch of the Wallace family. Inter­ ested persons, still searching for the origin­ al will, conceived the idea of exhuming the body of Wallace himself, and, there, between tbe vest and shirt in which the body was prepared for the coffin, wag found the long sought-for will. MARQUETTE SCORCHED* . A Quarter of a Million Dollars* Worth of Property Destroyed. (Marquette (Mich.) dispatch.] At an tarly hour this morning flames were discovered in the First National Bank Building, the finest structure in the city. The fire spread rapidly, and within an hour the structure was m ruins. The losses will reach $250,000, as follows: Building, $150,000; I. Newber«er. $40,000; S. KauA- mann & Sons, $30,000; Rothschild as Bending, $20,000; First National Bank, $10,000. The Champion Iron Company, J. Dalliba, Dr. H, W. Banks, M. H. May- nard, W. P. Healy, the United States Sig­ nal Service office, and W. W. Manning lose all their books .and office fixtures. Three valuable law* libraries are destroyed. Strenuous efforts are being made lo stay ihe progress of the flames, which at this aour (2 a. m.) threaten to destroy much much more valuable property. 8HOT HIS COMPANION. And Th< n Buried Him Under the Snow. [Vinoennqp (Ind.) dispatch.] Two young men named Herman Busse- man and Otto Grafenstein arrived here last night from Cincinnati. Both had worked in Cincinnati at cabinet-making, and were going to San Francisco. To avoid paying hotel bills, Grafenstein asked Busseman to accompany him to a swamp on the outskirts of the city. Grafenstein then shot Busse­ man three times, dragging him to a deep ravine and covering him up in the snow, where he left him for dead after robbing him of his watch and $50. Subsequently, however, Busseman recovered and groped his way to a colored man's house, where he remained during the night, and early in the physician. ^ He is resting easily, but ia dangerously wounded. • - PROPHECY FULFILLED. ifcatli of a Twat Bank Cashier. fOalve'toa special.) William Garlick, late cashier of the sus­ pended Island Savings Bank, died this af­ ternoon from paralysis. Last November Garlick returned from a year's sojourn in the North, his health greatly improved. About tbe 1st of December from the books of the bank he discovered it had been Secked during his absence. Confiding •se matters to friends at the time, Gar­ lick said his health was so restored he could have lived for years, "bnt thiB dis­ covery," said he, "will kill me. 1 will be dead iu two months." The cashier's proph­ ecy was fulfilled to the verv day. No shadow of blame for the bank's failure at­ taches to Garlick's management or memory PATENTM* The Annual Patent Report. rWsshlnsrton dispatch.) °a0W* annual report of the Commissioner of Patents shows receipts of $1,075,799, expenditures of $970,580, and a balance in the JJnited States Treasuiy on account of the patent fund, of $2,78} ,695. There were issued 20,297 patents and designs; 110 pat­ ents were reissued, and 1,021 trade marks, and 513 labels registered; 12,301 patents expired, and patents were withheld in 2,839 cases for non-payment of the final fee. Of the patents issued. 19,013 were to citizens of the United States ana 1,284 to foreigners. [Audubon (Iowa) special.] Early this morniajc a mob killed Joel J. Wil­ son, John A. Smythe, and Cicero B. Jellesson, confined in the County Jail awaiting trial for hanging? Hiram J. Jellerson, on April 2C last. On Saturday last Jndsc? Toofbonrn granted a change ot venue in tlic case, ou motion of the prisoner's counsel, and trial was set for Monday next at Atlantic. Thi* action enraged the peo­ ple to such an extent Unit a ma-ked mob organ­ ize I and proot eded to tiio County Jail at about i o'clock this morning, an<l demanded the keys to the cell. Th'i Slicrltt rcfus •<!. and endeavored to alarm the citizens of the town by firing off his pistol. Thin the mob had guarded against bv stationing outposts over the city and forcing all who endeavored to leave their residences to retire iridoorn. The crowd re­ turned the tire of tlie Sheriff and at once pro­ ceeded with picks and crowbars to mate an opening in the brick wall of the cell-room large enouirli to permit two persons to walk in abreast. Throusrh this the crowd poured and commenced breaking the locks and !>olts admitting them to the cells. One of tlie leader*, dressed in white and wearing a white mask, to distinguish him from the crowd, who wore black dominos, conducted the work of forcing an entrance. Once inside the wrought-iron corridor in front of the two cells, the leader demanded that the three JTclierson murderers--Smyi he, Wilson, and Jel­ lerson--come out,' and gave assurance to the other prisoners, tour in number, that they only wanted the Jeller!<on murderers. Hmythe made a lunge with a broom-handle through the barred door of the cell at one man standing near, and minched him over backward, severe­ ly injuring him, aud at this a man carryiug a lantern held it up, and t he leader shot Sinythe through the left eye, killing lilm. One of the persons confined in tlie cell with the murderers was next ordered to step out. After this prisoner was once out. Wilson pro­ tested his innocence of the murder, but refused to come out, and two shot-t were tired at bun, taking effect immediately below the left shoulder, and he was hit in tlie mouth with an iron bar. He then begged them to kill him outright, and not to torture him. Another shot was tired, taking cfioct. in the upper part of his chest, and he immediately fell dead. Hopes were thrown over t he heads of Sinythe ami Wilson and their bodies dragged to the jail-yard fence, where they were strung up. The second cell was then opened and Cicero Jellerson ordered to step cut. As soon as he appeared a rope was thrown around his neck and he was taken by the crown to a band-stand in the public square, alxiut two hundred feet distant Here he was asked if he was lauilty of the murder of his father. He replied that he was. The rope was then thrown around the flagstalf surmounting the stand, and he was drawn up, while tlie leader said in loud tones: "As you swunu yonr father up last April, t:o you swing now- between heaven atid earth." After this hanging the Sheriff was noti­ fied tnat the mob had done its full work, and that the other prisoners were safely locked in their cells. The crowd then quietiy dispersed. ' The jail is a neHt structure, two stories hisrh wit'i an ell--both built of brick. The main building is used by the Sheriff as a residence, and the ell is the jail proj>er. Inside the jail is a wrought iron cage tons)sting of two cells and a corridor in front made ot bars closcly inter­ laying and riveted. All the locks and levers opening the cells and corridors are in a steel box, and this had to be o ened before the prisoners could lie rotten at. The work of openincr this was done quickly. The number comprising the mob is variously estimated at from fifty to &<;0. It was well disciplined, and every avenue of approacli was guarded, and no one was allowed to approach nearer the jail than a full block. When each shot was tired in the first cell, Cicero would exclaim, "Oh, my <iod!" and when Wilson-was heard to fall Cicero said to one of his companions: "If I live through it, don't tell on me; but. what 1 confessed to last spring was true. We killed father." Wilson's three sisters arrived to-night from Coon Rapids, and their grief was terrible to witness as tliey viewed the remains ot their brother. His body was turned over to them by the Coroner, and taken by train to their home for interment. The Coroner's jury rendered a verdict of death at the hands of a mob un­ known. The Grand Jury was called before Acting Judge Henderson, and after a few well-chosen words and able strictures on the mob he gave the case into their hands for consideration. Probably nothing as to the composition of the mob wMl be developed. The bodies of Sinythe and Jellerson are still unclaimed. A local paper this evening expressed it as its opinion tnat had Judge Toofbonrn i>een here he would have shared the same fate as the murderes. "While the mob was working to gain admittance they reapetedly as­ sured tbe prisoners * that they only wanted the Jellerson murderers. As soon as a bole was made through the brick wall the lock to the iron door leading from the resi­ dence part to the cells was spiked so that the Sheriff could not enter by that route. Peter liyan, now in the Connty Jail for the murder of Kleever, was brought before the Coroner's jury, and ES an eye-witness his evidence may he in­ teresting. He said: "I was in the jail last night, in the west cell. The mob came thete at:out •! o'clock, and 1 heard a noise of tirinic and heard some one say to the Sheriff: 'Fircone more shot and down comes this jail.' I soon heard picks at the jail wall and wc got up and dressed. It took them twenty minutes to half an bour to get in. They then commenced on tbe entrance to the corri­ dor. They were quite a long time at that. While at the door Smythe shouted three times: 'Herbert, hain't you going to stop thlsV Some one outside said: 'We'll stop it!' Then they came in. Smythe poked a broom-stick into a man s ribs and knocked him over. All had black masks over their faces. The man who did the shooting had a handkerchief over his face; one man had a lantern. When the man was Sunched in the ribs he stepped back and fired, illing Smythe Crawford, who wae in the same cell, said: 'Be careful; there is one inno­ cent man here.' They told Crawford to come out, but "Wilson told Crawford if he went out he would pound him. Craw­ ford went out and they shot at Wilson, and somebody put a crowbar in his face. He said: 'Great God, boys, don't mnrder me this way! I never killed old man Jellerson, or saw him until I saw liim the (lav he was in his cottin.' A man said: 'If innocent, why don't you come out?' Wilson said: "If I die, I die game.' The man who bad the lantern told the man with the pistol to shoot Wilson. He continued firing till Wilson was shot In the neck or lungs, when he fell. I knew he was shot in the neck or lungs from the gurgling sound. Then they dranged Hmythe and Wilson both ont. and came back to our cell and ordered Cicero to walkout. I told him to go out. and he went. Thty put a rope around his neck and shouted: 'Mr. Sheriff, this is the man we want," and walked awav. 1 don't know any of them. I said to Cicero: 'Hour time is about at an end. If you are guilty of this crime you arc accused of, now tell me.' Cicero choked up, but after­ ward he said the statements he had made were true." THE CRIME. The brutal crime which resulted in the triple lvnchimr was committed April 20 last. About three miles southeast of Audubon there resided an old man named Hiram Jellerson, who hail moved to that place eighteen years before from Pittsfieid, I1L His family consisted of his wife, one t>oy, and live girls. Jellerson was not considered of strong mind, bnt was looked upon as a kind husband and father, and had the reputation of being strictly honest in all his dealings. About three years prior to the crime one of the gins married John Smythe, of Greene County. He was a rough character, addicted to drink, and no soon made trouble iu the family, turnine the children against the father. He accused the old man ot having had illicit intercourse with one oft the eirls. This chartce was more or less believed^ in by Cicero Jellerson, the son, and some ot the daughters, and Smythe and the others at that time made threats auainst the old man. Finally, Smytlie moved to Carroll County, taking with him Cicero and Iiucy, the girl who-e name lie had connected with that of the old man. Previous to their departure Smythe and Cicero had frequently harassed the cripple until he became partially Insane, kaily on the morning of April 5» three horsemen rode np to the house where Hiram Jellerson and his wife were living alone. They boisterously en tered the room where the old couple lay in bed, •nd were at once asked by the old_woman^ what they wanted. A routrh voice replied, telling her to keep still, and although it was too dark to see who the visitors were Mrs. Jellerson recog­ nized the voice as th:;t of John Sinythe. IMsre- garding the old man s demand to know their business, the murderers seized him and geil him from the bed to the fiO"r. Jellerson s cries for help were soon stifled by the assassins, who. alter pulling his shirt over hia head, tied a rope round his neck. His half-in­ animate body was then draggcrt out of the house to a maple tree about three hundred feet distant. The murderers then pinioned their, victim's arms, threw the rope over a limb about eight feet trom the ground, and drew the bodv un Then they fastened the rope, mount­ ed thefr horses, which had been left standing near by, and started away. 1 tie terror-stucken eld woman at once started for a neitrhbor s to give the alarm, but was overtaken by one of the murderers, who told her to keep quiet or th ?y >would string her up, too^ THERE are 83,779 organized militia in the United States, and 6,680,506 men avail­ able for military duty. A BRONZE statue of President Garfield will soon be placed in the Ooldon Gate Park, San Francisco. MRS. Eiit,A WHEELER WIIICOX is as fond of roller skating as of writing verses. THE Snltan of Morocco HOA JUET "twlt- brated his 1,000th wedding. What M Being Don® by the tional Legislature i fin Pacific Railway bill bc.'ng tajkfii the Senate on the 3d inst., amendiftsiitii- adopted specifying tfce ftonx City eluded in the bill and subject to Ha atkM ef the interstate , was resumed. Mr. Beek's strike ont the civil-rights clause was tssatKii&si i» <5ttT the_Bpnse of Repreaentatiwa. resolutions wgra introduced asking tPr information as to testae-' lions issned by the Twesanr DemrtiMBt ftMM* ing the entry of Chined aaw^toSTS^ pendttnres for deputy marshals and chief shser- f gsaafBria!* iAamsOHK M tott > ' Government naa made xaxmeentas one as Washington for the proposed imbue Bills were introduced to __ Bureau, snd to give to the State of da. tor Irrigating imiiieses. all public domain except mineral laasto. attempt to call np MM bankruptcy resisted by the opponents of the messare.1 calls and other obstructive tactics were I till half-past l o'clock, when the 8 Arms produced Messrs. George K Ad Randolph Tucker, Hlscock, Johnsc HobUttell. at thenar of the House aeealorffii who had been awested by Mm for beta* ahaest from the Hon?e during Its sessions wtthont ex­ cuse. The gentlemen were called on for ttrir excuses, and the House made this an occasion for a little comedy. • There were yells of "Louder," and derisive laughter as the delin­ quents explained, and in each case, on vtv* voce vote, the Honse refused to excuse' them, and on division voted to let them off. The disposition of these pasea Was followed at 3 o'clock by a motion to adjourn, which was carried by a vote of 70 to IW, but the ayes and noes were demanded. Daring tbe night the great majority of the Republicans a few Democrats were opposing an adjourn­ ment and the majority of the Democrats were trying to get an adjournment. THE credent a'sof William M. Evarts, when presented to tbe Senate, on the 3d inst., were found to lack a certificate from the Governor of New York. Consideration of the Interstate commerce bill was resumed. Mr. Vance de­ clared that the eloquence of the Senators varied inversely with their disposition to do anything; Mr. Beck spoke of the Senate btil as a mask behind which the railroads could hide. The provision of the Reagan bill restricting rail­ way passenger rates to three cents per «nii« was stricken out, as was also the clause per­ mitting railroads to provide separate cars for white and colored people. The motion to sub­ stitute the Cu lom commission bill for the lteagan bill was adopted by a vote of 3S to la A bill was reported favorably to provide two permanent reservations for Indians in Northern Montana, and to grant iW,- Ouo annually to each agency. The Presi­ dent sent the following nominations to the Sen­ ate: Joshua R. Smith, of Mississippi, Consul of the United States at Asuncion, Paraguay; Philip H. Kumlcr, of Ohio, Attorney of the united States for the Southern District of Ohio; Post­ masters, Kdgar Waters, Lebanon, Tenn.: Charles A. Spencer, Shelioygan Falls, wis ; Sylvester W. Osborn, Darlington, Wis.; Miss Kttie L. Peet, Tipton, Iowa: Miss Delia A. Krase, Negau- n -c, Mich.: John W. Green, 1 os Angeles, Cal.; Daniel B. Johns, Groion, Dakota; John T. Yoe, Dillon, Montana; Hattle Dennison, Vancouver, Washington Territory. Registers of Land Otlice--Humph-ev McMaster at Salt, Lake City, Utah: Charles H. Priest at Evans ton, Wyoming; Gnstavus A. Weller at Yankton. Dakota. Re­ ceivers of Public Moneys--Daniel H. Wallace, of Pennsylvania, at Tucson, Arizona; Clurles E. Kelsey at Little Rock, Ark.; Edward P. Chant),lin at Ripid City, Dakota. In the House of Representatives a resolution was passed calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to whether the New York clearing house or any national bank has refused, to acccpt silver dollars or certifi­ cates. A resolution was introduced requesting the President to take all necessary measures to secure a fair trial for Julio R. Santos, an American citizen impris ned in Ecuador. Consideration of the river and harbor appro­ priation bill was resumed, and the mcasnre was severely criticised, particularly iu regard to the appropriation of !600,000 for tbe imnrovement ot the Mississippi River from its source to the Ohio River. The work of the engineer corps at Oalveston Harbor was pronounced by Mr. Breckinridge a failure, and Mr. Hepburn suggested that it might l>e more economical to move Galveston to a harbor than to try to move a harbor to Galveston. In a special mes­ sage to the House, President Arthur asked that a suitable place of deposit be provided for the swords and testimonials tendered the Govern­ ment bv Mrs. U. 8. Grant, and urtcad that the name of the General be placed on the retired list of the army. THE Senate, by a vote of 43 to 1^, passed an interstate commerce bill on the 4th inst. Following is the vote in detail : Yeas--Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Call, Cameron fWis.), Ohlbe, Conger, Cullom, Dawes, Dai ph. Edmunds, Frye, Groome, Hampton, Harris, Harrison, Hawley,' Hill, Hoar. Ingslls. Jackson, Jonas. Jones (Fla.1, Jones (Nev.), Lamar, Lapham, McMillan, Man- derson, Miller (Cal.),, Miller tN. Y.l, Mitchell, Morrill, Pike, Piatt, Plumb, Push, Xiddleberjcer. Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman, Slater. Vest, Wilson-- 43. Navs--Bayard, Butler, Cock tell, €oke. Col­ quitt. McPherson, Maxey, Morgan, Pendleton, Saulsbury, Vance, Van Wyek --1 a. The bill pro­ vides for a commission to be composed of nine members, one from each judicial circuit of the United States. These Commissioners arc to have jurisdiction over She operation'* of all inter­ state transportation companies. 1 bey are au­ thorized to require such companies to furnish annual reports, giving lull information as to their financial condition, etc. During the fhrst \ ear the commission is required to investigate and report npon the subjects ot maximum and minimum charges, poolinur, watering stocks, and unjust discrimination. The bill ex­ pressly forbids extortion or discrimination by trausportation companies. In the Honse of Representatives a bdl was reported by the Committee on Postotticesnnd Post. Roads re­ ducing the postage on second-class mail matter to 1 cent per pdund or fraction thereof. A new rule of the House, which was designed to permit the less influential members to call up bills for ac ion, was found to bean implement by which Messrs. Randall, Holman and Warner defeated the consideration of even-thing which came up. RESOLUTIONS calling on tlic Secretary of the Treasury for information as to th« accounts of the Union Pacific Road, and directing the Ju­ diciary Committee to report necessary legisla­ tion as to courts-martial, were passed by the Senate on the 5th inst. Mr. Sherman introduced a bill for the striking of medals to com­ memorate the completion of the Washtnaton Monument, ten thousand of them to be sold to the public at cost. A bill was passed author­ izing the bridging Of the Mississippi River at Memphis. President Arthur, in announcing 10 the House of Representatives ttie offer by tbe Japanese Government of a valuable piece of land in Tokio for legation purposes, reoom- mended its acceptance with a suitable ex­ pression of thanks.. A resolution wa» adopted by the House requesting the President to fur­ nish copies of all communications respecting the Congo conference. Bills were passed ap­ propriating *50,i o > for a public building at Ty­ ler, Texas, and $2fi,ow> to purchase additional ground for the Court House at Fpringfield, III., Republican Senators held a caucus In'the even ­ ing to determine the order of business. Tiro caucus split upon the rock of the land arant forfeiture bills, and Senators W' ilson and Van Wyck watned the members that the party might spilt upon the same rock unless some action was taken to defend the Government against the land robbers. A ftefeat for Webster. Daniel Webster continued to pass his winters at Washington after lio left the Department of State, attending to his large practice before tlie Supreme Conrt. He had been coldly received on his return to Massachusetts, after Having been the recognized premier of John Tyler's administration, and he spoke to a friend with some bitterness of some of the "solid men of Boston" as "sixty-day fellows, with their three days' grace." In his mind's eye he doubtless saw some of them wondering whether oertain promissory notes upon which they had put their names would be paid by him or by them. Nor would he admit that, because of the pecuniary aid given him, he was modestly to re­ tire into the rear rank, and lot a wealthy cotton-spinner stand foremost among the Wliigs of Massachusetts. The most important case conducted by Mr. Webster was an action brought by the heirs of Stephen Girard, to re­ cover his bequest for tlie establishment and maintenance of a college. Mr. Webster took the broad ground that the plan of education at the Girard College was derogatory to tlie Chris­ tian religion, contrary to sound morals, and subversive of law. He spoke for three days, but he could not answer tlie arguments of Messrs. JBinney aod Ser­ geant, the ablest lawyers of Philadel­ phia, who defended the bequest and gained the suit. Mr. Justice Story, in delivering the opinion of the court, said that the case had been "argued with great learning and ability." Iv consistency la a Jewel, why isn't it mote fMbtonable to wear it?