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lamdCfUer I. VAN SLYKE. E«tor an* rMfellskw. McHENEY ILLINOIS. THE NEWS CONDENSED. FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. A NICE silver debate was running along peace­ fully- in the Sonate on the 8th inst>, with Senator John Sherman on the floor pointing out the mis­ take* that had been made in the Treasury De- i h ^ furnace men are offering large partment in failimr to feillow his exaninle. when ; J « York, where funeral services were con- dneted by Rev.. Morgan Dii. A special train conveyed the cortege to Norrifitown, Pennsylvania, and the casket was placed in the vault. Mre. Hancock has received tel­ egrams of condolence from Hoinuel J. Tilden, the Governor* ol varkttfi Slates, and name-rous military MHceM of high frank. MICHAEL DORAX, a shoemaker at Wey­ mouth , Massachusetts, who for three years has lived apart from his wife, prayed that a curse might rest up©u her, and then delib­ erately cut her throat with a razor... Laura Don, the actress, died last week at Green­ wich, New York. OWING to the strike, the scarcity of coke aonif accidental remark was made about the in- j figures to procure a supply. Members of quiries the Senate was -making of the Secre­ tary of the Treasury in regard to s'lver, and the" Senator from Ohio at once branched off into a discussion of the great question of tlio hour--tho relations of the Executive and the Senate. Mr. Kdinunds was absent, and Mr. Sherman had a chance to come to the front as I the coke syndicate say that if consumers were willing a month ago to pay a slight advance for the article (he coke men would have raised the laborers' wages and the strike would thus have been averted. The the Republican spokesman. For half IUI hour j banking of furnaces Jit this time Will be the debate between Mr. Sherman on one side | ruinous to the owners. and Messrs. Saulsbury and Pugh on the other was decidedly interesting. Mr. Sherman's posi­ tion was that the Senate had no right to ques­ tion the President as to his reasons, but it h d a right to any information that exists in the departments. The doctrine, he declared, had always been recognized till the present administration cuine in. In the ad­ ministrations of Pierce and Buchanan commit­ tees of Congress had a cabinet minister before them, and overhauled papers in the depart­ ments, and it w&s never even suggested that the two houses of Congress were not .entitled to aee everything on file in the departments. When he was Secretary of the Treasury he was summoned before committes of both houses, and questioned about executive acts both in regard to appointments and re­ movals and in regard to financial policy, and be answered all questions but one, and that was as to what he was going to do. The Senate agreed to a resolution offered by Mr. Ingalls, which directs the Finance Committee to inquire into the propriety of making such an amend­ ment to the Revised Statutes as may­ be necessary to require the issue _ of United States notes of the denomina­ tions of £1 and Si In the House Of Representatives, Mr.- Blanchard introduced a resolution calling u>ou the Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of all moneys seized or collected in the Department of the Gulf by Generals Butler and Banks. Mr. Springer in­ troduced a bill to enable uao people of Dakota east . of the Missouri Iu\er to form a Constitution and State Gov­ ernment, and there is strong reason to be­ lieve that it will be the measure which the House will oppose against the Harrison bill which passed the Senate. The bill provides for admitting the east half of Dakota, which con­ tains about 4&),(X>i) inhabitants, with two mem­ bers of Congress and two United States Courts. This will leave only about 30,000 inhabitants west of the river to be orsanized into the Terri­ tory of Lincoln. Bismarck is left out of the new State, and will become tlie capital of the new Territory. The bill provides that Congress may hereafter, when the Indian reservation titles are extinguished, annex the Territory of Lincoln, and Dakota is required to consent to this in her constitution. Mr. Weaver addressed the' House upon the coinage question. In the course of his remarks Mr. Weaver attacked the national banking system. There were four thing?, he said. relating to finance which this Congress must enact First, it must urovide for unrestricted coinage of American silver. Second, a law must be passed for the issue of Treasury notes to take the place of bank notes. Third, the largest portion of the surplus in the Treasury must be paid out in liquidation of the interest^bearing public debt. Fourth, it must forbid bv law any further discrimination against silver coin. A BILL to provide for the control of the reser­ vation at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and the distri­ bution at water was introduced in the Senate on the 9th inst. The Sen­ ate passed bills appropriating (350,- 000 each for public buildincs at San Francisco and Portland. WOO.Of*I for San Antonio. 5150,000 for Pueblo, Fort Smith. Dayton, and Zanesville, and $100,(VO for Atchison, Sioux City. Oshkosh. and Vicksburg. A bill passed to sell the old site of Fort Brady, in Michigan, and erect a suitable building in a new location. The Speaker laid before the House the response of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Bland resolution. Referred. The Secretary says: "I have received the inquiries addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury by the House of Rep­ resentatives in their resolution respecting the silver balance and circulation, and beg leave to say in reply that I will, with all due diligence, make full answer to the same. I am for the moment delayed by the current business of the department, and }»y a special endeavor to promote exigent re­ forms in the )e\% iind collection of duties on imported commodities, by affording some infor­ mation thereon in season for the advantage of the sub-committee of the Finance Committee of the Senate, which has requested the same and Which I am happy to sav is about to under­ lie an early examination of the difficulties set forth in my annual report in respect to the collection oif revenue at the Custom House at New York." The Speaker also laid before the House the reply of the Secretary of the Treasurv to the resolution asking for a state- . ment of the amount applied to the sinking fund during the fiscal yenr ending June 30. 1885. Referred. The Secretary gives the following figures: Bonds, pr ncipal, ^15.588,150; interest, tSn,tiG7.3'i ; fiactional currency, redeemed. $15,- 385.43. Total. 545,8/5,702,75. THE Eustis resolution calling on the Secretary cf the Treasury for information as to the re­ fusal of the Assistant Treasurer at New Orleans to receive shimnents of silver and to issue silver certificates therefor, was the theme of a protracted debate in the Senate on the 10th inst. Senator Call defended the aotion of the Treasury officials and Senator Plumb criticised it. Senator Coke attacked the Treasury Department vehemently, saying that theTreasury officials, while ostentatiously taking credit for supporting the public credit and exe­ cuting the law, were doing everything in their power to accomplish a directly contrary result. He made no war on the administration, he said, but he believed that a public office is a public trust, and in the position taken by him he exe­ cuted the trust conferred an him by the people whom he in part represented. Senator Teller praised the Denocratie members of the last House for "resisting the effort of the incoming Democratic President to discredit silver." He commented with seVerftv on the statement made by the President anil Secretary Manning, that it nad been possible to force only 850,000,000 in silver into circulation when i9.^000,000 of silver certificates and S50,- 000,000 in silver coin were in the hands of the people. Mr. George defended tiie administra­ tion, after which Mr. Eustis said thai he had telegraphed to Mr. Roach at New Orleans to ascertain the purpose of the bank shipment of silver, and had received this reply.- "Shippers sought to get rid of excessive silver by shipping to the Sub-Treasury and asking that silver certificates therefor should be turned over to their New Orleans correspondents. The Sub-Treasurer declined to receive from express company because, first, he douIited the propriety of the Treasury becoming intermediary between country and city banks ; second, for lack of cler­ ical force. I feel assured that provision for suf­ ficient clerks would remedy everything." The matter finally went over. The* House met, adopted resolutions eulogistic of Gen. Hancock, and immediately adjourned. MB. MITCHELL of Oregon introduced a HO in the Senate on the 11th inst. providing for the re­ peal of all treaties permitting the coming of Chinese to the United States and prohibiting their coming, except in the case of diplomatic and official personages. The Senate passed without amendment the House bill for the i*y- ment of the "Fourth of July" claims and a bill regulating the promotion of West Point graduates. The Blair - education bill was called up in the Senate, and Senator Morgan (Ala.) delivered a long speech against it He called it a bill to tax the honest, hard-working man in order te educate the children of the drunken, loafing vagabond. Forty of the sixty millions of people in the United States were dead-beats and non- ptoducers. and the tax imposed on the re­ maining twenty millions, he said, would foot up $10 a head. The constitutional ground for the bill, Mr. Morgan continued, was said to be found in the "general-welfares* Clause of the preamble to the Constitution. Buch an application ot tuai clausj simply meant that you could pull down the man who SOt up by his own exertioas, in order t.) put up a drunken loafer who would not exert himself. Senator Morpau character­ ised Senator Blair's idea as one involving the right of Congress to educate the children of the several States without the consent of tho States. The Senate adjourned to Monday, Feb. 15. In the House, Mr. Bingham, of Pennsyll •ania, asked leave to introduce a bill granting a pension of £2.000 i>er annum to the widow of wen. W. 8. Hancock,'but Mr. Beach, of New York, objected. The House passed tho bill to •nable national banks to increase their capital stock and to change their names or lo­ cations. The Fitz-John Porter bill came UP in the Hous;, and Mr. Haynes, of New Hamp­ shire, opened the debate with a speech in its support. Mr. Steele, of Indiana, followed Mr. JJavnes and nnnoseri the bill, declarin" tb-'i General Pope's famous oruer could ana Suonia have been obeyed by General Porter. A map Of the scene of military operations in question having been bung ujxm a support in the space in front of the speaker's desk, Mr. Steele pointed Oat with a cane the movements of the various commanders. During the delivery of the speech Mr. Steele was interrupted at times by General ' Bragg, who took occasion to question tho speak­ er's statements, and at tho close of the speech the two had a brief controversy over the cir­ cumstances attending certain movements at the battle, during which General Bragg said: "I ted that those who were not there know very ipwpr. v%"/' JFPOK ROGERS of Chicago, RTTUSMWRL ft decision to the effect that the will of ihe late W. F. Storey, of the Chicago Times, made iu 1881, was valid and entitled to ad­ mission to probate. A MOB at Olytnpia, "Washington Terri­ tory, on the morning of the 9th inst., took possession of tho houses of Chinese resi­ dents and crdered them to leave witbiu three days. The Sheriit and a posse did what they could to protect the unfortunates. President Cleveland ordered- General Gib­ bon to Sesittle to maintain order, and is­ sued the following proclamation: Wherrns. It is represented to m« by the Gov­ ernor of the Territory if Washington that do­ mestic violence e\i?t.-> within tbe said Territory, and (bat by reason i>f unlawful obstructions and combinations and tho assemblage of evil-dis­ posed persons it has become impracticable to enforce, by ordinary course of judicial proceed­ ings, tho irtws of the United State at Seattle and at other points and places within said Ter­ ritory, whereby life and property are threatened and endangered; and, Whsreiu, Iu the judgmsntwf the President an emergency has arisen and a case is now pre­ sented which justifies and requires, under tho Constitution and laws of the United States, the employment of military force to suppress do­ mestic violence and enforce the faithful execu­ tion of the laws of the United States, if the command and warning of this proclamation be disobey el and disregarded : Now," therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America, do hereby com­ mand and warn all insurgents, and all persons who have assembled at any "point within the. said Territory of Washington for the unlawful purposes aforesaid, to desist therefrom, and to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes on or before 6 o'clock in the afternoon of the 10th day of February instant. And I do admonish all food citizens of tbe United States, and all persons within the limits and jurisdiction thereof, against aiding, abet­ ting, countenancing, or taking any part iu such unlawful acta or assemblages. THE SOUTH. AN insane young man at Pern, Fla., cut off the top of his mother's head with an ax, and was acquitted by the Coroner's jury. He became rational the instant the crime was perpetrated... .During a heavy fog at New Orleans the British steamer Castle Craig refused to obey her rudder, and swung about until she had done damage to five other vessels amounting to $70,000.... Mr. Edward P. Brown was discovered in prison at Jacksonville, Fla., under the name of C. J. Hoyne. He is wanted in Boston to make good shortage in estates to the amount of $40,000. He was once a promi­ nent lawyer in Boston, and gained consid­ erable reputation as associate counsel with Benjamin F. Butler in the famous Tewks- bury almshouse investigation. His where­ abouts have been concealed for some years. CHATTANOOGA (Tenn.) special: "The killing of George and Frank Taylor at Oak- dale Junction, Tenn., on suspicion that they were burglars creates the most intense excitement. It develops that the deceased were nephews of Cot. Blackburn, one of the leading criminal lawyers of Cincinnati, and steps are now .being taken to prosecute their murderers to the full extent of the law. _ The evidence is now clear that the young men were merely traveling through the country, and were innocent of any crime." risnuGTon. A BLOOD-STAINED mail-bag reached the department at Washington last week. It was the bag carried by F. M. Peterson, who was murdered by Apaches between Critten­ den and Lochiel, A. T., in July, 1885, and whose blood stains the receptacle. The mail matter was torn in fragments and scat­ tered to the winds. THE House Committee on Public Lands has agreed to declare a forfeiture of the Northern Pacific Railroad land grant as to all lands lying opposite that part of the line which was unconatructed on July 4, 18791 Excepted from the operatibn of ttie forfeit­ ure act are the right of way of tbe company to lands necessary to its operation; all lands now within city, town, or village sites, and all lands bought in good faith from the rail­ road company by actual settlers not exceed­ ing 320 acres in Any one case. In cases where a settler's nurchase exceeded 320 acres be will be allowed one year in which to select therefrom a tract of 320 acres and make proof before the local land office. An amendment, was incorporated in the bill re­ ducing the price of the Government lands within the grant to $1.25 an acre. Poi*rncAi~ THE resignation pf William Dorsheinaer, United States District Attorney for tiie Southern District of NeS* York, is in the hands of the President.... It is charged that Senator Sherman wrote to Pension Agent Lemaa, now awaiting confirmation, that unless he would give tho assurance that he would not remove a number of clerks, not protected by the civil-service rules, his appointment would not be con­ firmed by the Senate. ATTOBXET GEXEBAX. GAXJLASD'S atten­ tion was called by an interviewer to the widely published statement that the Presi­ dent had asked for his resignation, to which he replied: *Yau may say thrift there is no trkith la the re­ port so far as I have betejt advised, and *t occurs to me that I should know. Tfou may further say that the reports that I have received gifts of the Van-Electric stock or am a donee of that company are not corract. People seem to have forgotten my letter to tbe President dated Oct. 5, 18K5." Turning to that letter the Attorney General read this sentence: "About three years ago I, with six or seven other gen­ tlemen. entered Into an organization known as the Pan-Electric Telephone Company, based upon what was called the Ropers invention. We formed that company in good faith and started in its operations. Yo i will see from this," said the Attorney General, "that I was one of the rriginal incorporators of this com­ pany, and as snch entitled to stock." The President has said recently to friends that a re­ quest for tho r« siguation of Mr. QtiUad was not in contemplation. i--[t „„„„„ v , that at the inch more about it than those wiw were." Mr. | March consistory he will be appointed a (te,. C.rtiMl. Jam,. GibbooH, Archbi.b™, „f Baltimore and Primate of the church in crated a Bishop. He removed to Richmond in 1872, and Mav 20, 1877, Was made co­ adjutor to Archbishop Bayley, of Balti­ more, whom ho succeeded on Oct. 3 of the same year. Archbishop Gibbons has writ­ ten several books, including "Tho Faith of Our Fathers," which has had A sale of QW •fifty thousand copies; i: FOBE1GM. 4 SSJBKBEN A. WALKER, the President of •the New York City Board of Education, has been appointed by the President to be the successor of Mr. Dorsheimer as United States District Attorney of that city. Galushu Pennell was appointed United States Marshal at Detroit, Mich T. R. Hudd, of Green Bay, Wis., has been nom­ inated by the Democrats to succeed the ilate Joseph Rankin in Congress. UKiiSSS the British Government grants home role to Ireland, Mr. Parnell, it is 6aid, will introduce thirty bills in Parlia­ ment dealing solely with land grievances in England. Wales', and Scotland At Leipsie, Capt. Sarauw was found guilty by the Supreme Court of having furnished plans and information of German fortifica­ tions and armaments to the French mili- tary authorities, and sentenced to twelve years' penal servitude. Hen1 Roettger, who was on trial on the same charge, was acquitted. ADDITIONAL HEWS. THjp Rev. Sam Jones, the evangelist, charges, a Chicago publishing firm with piracy, in that they have copyrighted his sermons against him, thus robbing his wife and children... .Judge Rogers, of the Chicago Circuit Court, denied the motion for a new trial in the Storey will case, whereupon the counsel for the contestants took an appeal to the Appellate Court... Carcasses of deer, killed by wolves, are reported numer­ ous iu the Wisconsin section through which the Thomnpple River, a tributary of the Chippewa, runs. The snow was so deep that the deer could not run, and so fell ea-sy prey to their ravenous enemies. BEFORE the Naval Committee of the House, last week, Secretary Whitney and Admiral Porter gave their views upon the subject of naval reconstruction. Secretary Whitney believed the Government could im­ mediately begin the construction of half a dozen steel cruisers. He thought the work could be done more economically at pri­ vate yards, but regarded it as necessary that provision be made for equipping the navy yards with modern plants. CHASL.ES HERMANN, who recently mur­ dered his wife at Buffalo, was hanged last Friday. He made a detailed confession of his crime Heavy rains Hooded the Dela­ ware River, and a portion of Trenton, K. J., was submerged, the water in some in­ stances reaching to the seeond stories of houses. Many bridges were swept away, and travel on the Pennsylvania Road, be­ tween Trenton and New York was sus­ pended. THE striking hosiery workmen at Leices­ ter, England, attacked several houses, causing the selection of a large force of special policemen. Five of the lead­ ing socialists of London called at Mr. Gladstone's office to obtain an interview, and upon being refused they left a written demand that the Government take im­ mediate steps to relieve the distressed workinginen. MOB LAW IN SENATORS. DAKOTA SEATTLE. THERE was no session of the Senate on the 12th inst. In the House of Representatives, after the refersnce of a large number of Senate bills to the appropriate committees, the Speaker proceeded to call committees for reports of a pri­ vate nature. At the conclusion of thi4 Call the House went into committee of the Whole (Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, in the chair), on the pri­ vate calendar. Ho Was (Jsed to Hanging.' 1 President Harrison's greAt^reat- grandfather, -who was one of the regi­ cides of Charles I., was coiiVicted'of high treason. Pepys, in his fliary, Oct. 13, 1(5(50, refers in this comforting •way to his execution: "I went but to Cliaring Cross to see Major General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quar­ tered , which was done there, and he looked as cheerful as any man conld in that condition." Exactly one hundred and sixteen years after this event Benjamin Harri­ son, the father of President Harrison and the great-grandson of the good man who departed his life in such a gentlemanlike manner, according to Pepys, had just signed the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. His weight was nearly three hundred pounds, while that of Elbridge Gerry, who sat beside him, was hardly more than that of the late unhefty Alexander H. Stephens. "Gerry," said Harrison, "you'd bet­ ter not sign that paper. There's been some hanging in my family, and we are somewhat used to it. Moreover, I will have another great advantage over you. It will be over with me in a minute.' This ponderosity will crack my neck, while you'll be kicking and squirming about in tbe air long after I'm gone3 But Gerry signed the paper, even while he and Harrison roared with laughter. --Boston Budget. UI WANT the music of the * Mikado,'" said a little boy entering a New York inusic-stfore. "For singing or for the piano?" "I don't want it fer either; I want it fer my sister."--Texas Sift- inys. THE MARKETS. NEW YOltK. BECTES $4.01 HOGS... 4.25 WHEAT--No. 1 White 95 No. 2 lied 90 CORN--No. 2 .51 OATS--White. 49 PORK--Mess ....]. 10.50 CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. 6.75 Good Shipping Common.. Hoo«. 4.23 .1.25 4.00 GE^EIULi EX-BENATOB WILLIAM H. BABNUM has retired from tbe position of general man­ ager of the Iron Cliff Mining Co., and is succeeded by John Abeel, of New York Reports have reached Canada that six mounted policemen were killed by Indians near Begina, and that the uolice at Edmon­ ton and Saskatchewan bid defiance to their officers. ARCHBISHOP GIBBONS, of Baltimore, has received official Hie reports of 1 4M battle for any cause who were there." W% THE EAST. THE remains of General Hanoock were , tike 13th fasjt., escorted'by fDgulsr ps to Trinity Chtisch, New America, was bom in Baltimore July 23, 1834, but received his early education in Ireland. He was graduated at St. Charles College, in Howard County, Maryland, and was ordained priest at St. Maiy's Seminary, Baltimore, by Archbishop Kenrick on June 30* 1861. On Aug. 14,1868, he Was ftmsr FLOUU--Extra Spriug... 4.75 Choice Winter..' 4.51 WHBAT--No. 2 SPRING..,...00 COUN--No. 2 36 OATS--TC©. 2 JMT KYK--No. 2 68 BAULK V--No. 2 04 BirnT.ii--Choice Creanery. .88 Fine Dairy .18 CHIUCSK--Full Crjain, now .10 Kkimmed Fluta .00 E'sos--Fresh 80 1'OTATOKS--Choice, per BU. 55 1'ojtK--Mesa 10.75 MILWAUKEE. Wnr.AT--No. a • .80 COBS--No. 2 .30 OATS--No. 2 28 RVK--NO. 1 61 Pons--New Mew 10.75 TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 .92 Conn--No. ii....... .88 OATS--No. 2 81 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed K) Cons--Mixed .8S OAT*--Mixed .88 PoitK--New Mesa... ? 11,00 CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed.. .93 CORN--No. 3 .88 OATS-No. 2 M POIIK--Menu 11.00 LIVE Hooa 4X0 DETROIT. BEEP CATTLK 4.00 HOOK 4.00 KHKKP .*.... 8.0J WHEAT--No. 1 White........ J» Cowi-Na 8 .88 OATO--No. 2 M INDIAN APOliiS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed.: .92 COBN--New JH OATS--No. 2 20 EAST LIBKBTY. CATTLE--Beet Fair Common... Hom....... BHKEP.. ;... BOFVAIA WHEAT--No. lHaxd... Con*--Yellow. w... CATTLC..... *W & 0.25 & 4.75 <S) .96 & .VI .52 <<j! .44 @11.03 G.2» <«i 5.00 («S 4.00 & 4.50 <«! 5.25 «i. 5.00 & M t.37 .30 <# .5U .«> .30 C"' ,'il iff* .11 <3i .07 ® .21 (<B. .FT'J <*11.25 (ft .81 (ft ,'M a* ,aa <3 .ft) <311.25 <& .03'$ <$' .90 >3 & .32 (it .90 (8) .35 «9 .29 @.11.50 & .95 <$ .39 .33 C'Ul.SO & 4.50 Hundreds of Chinese Resident* Driven from Their Homes by a C*Ued Committee. \ -irt\ ' T- ' • Tiie Unfortnnate Celestials Forted on Board a Steamer Bound for Man Francisco. (Seattle (Washington Territory) telefMem.j Atlast the * long- drawn-out anti-Chinese agitation has reached a culminating point so far as Seattle is concerned. It was thought by many when the United States troops were withdrawn from here that the agitation was dead, and as weeks went by without the commission of any overt act, this opinion was strengthened As the event shows, how-" ever, the feeling was not very dormant, and the agitators have been quietly laying plans all the while. An effort was made to put these plans into execution to-day, though with what success can not be said. An anti-Chinese meeting was held last night, at which a committee was appointed for the ostensible purpose of visiting Chi­ natown aftd ascertaining whether the city Banitary regulations were prop­ erly observed by Chinamen. This com­ mittee commenced its work at 7 o'clock this morning, headed by Acting Chief of Police Murphy, and, accompanied by an enor­ mous crowd which had apparently come together by previous understanding, it pro­ ceeded to Chinatown. The mode of pro­ cedure was simple. The committee would® approach a Chinese house and knock at the door. When the occupants appeared they were asked questions concerning the observance of the cubic air and other city ordinances. While the conversation was iu progress a crowd would enter the house and begin packing the contents tipon a wagon which would appear at that junct­ ure. It was useless for the Chinamen to resist, and they generally acquiesced with as good a grace as possible. When their movable goods were loaded in the wagon they were also placed 011 board and driven to the ocean dock, where the Queen of the Pacific was lying ready to sail for San Francisco. Not the slightest warning of this movement had been given, and the authorities were totally unprepared for it. The police force generally sided with the crowd, an<T made no effort to stop the work of removal. Sheriff McGraw was soon on the scene, and commanded the crowd to disperse, but it paid no attention to him. When he would collect a few citizens and attempt to interfere, the crowd would cease operations at that point, but cany* them on without cessation in other quarters. This continued for several hours. Sheriff Mc-. Graw, Judge Green, and Mayor Yesler made such efforts as they could in behalf of the law, but without avail. The Governor issued a proclamation - "warning all persons to desist from breach of the peace, and that peacefully disposed persons shall retire to their homes, except such persons who are disposed to assistthe Sheriff and the duly constituted civil author­ ities in maintaining law and order, and I request all persons who are disposed to as­ sist in maintaining order to enroll them- selveis under the Sheriff immediately for that purpose. Furthermore, I order the military of this city to immediately place themselves under arms, and that the com­ manding officers of such companies report fortwith to the Sheriff of King County." This was read to the crowd, and was re­ ceived with a howl of defiance. It had ab­ solutely no pacifying effect. An attempt was then made to ring the fire-bells, but they were soon silenced. Two local com- Eanies of militia and three companies of ome-guards, organized at the time the United States troops were withdrawn, how­ ever, responded, as quickly as possible, but by the time they were ready for action there seemed nothing for them to do. About four hundred Chinamen were huddled together in a warehouse on the ocean dock, nM an immense crowd Erevented them from returning to their omes. Indeed, the majority of them showed much ' inclination to remain, as they were thoroughly cowed, and eager to get away. Officers of the steamship, how­ ever, refused to receive Chinamen without tickets. They prepared hot-water hose, nud took every precaution to defend the vessel from any attempt to force the China­ men on board. In this dilemma a collec­ tion was raised and enough subscribed to pay the passage of about a hundred. These were received on board, each one expressing a desire to go and declining the offers of offi­ cials to protect them from violence if they remaincfl. The Mayor of Seattle and other prom­ inent citizens telegraphed to Vancouver barracks asking General Gibbon, command­ ing the Department of the Columbia, for troops. o GEN. GARFIELD'S REMAINS. They Are Transferred to a Beautiful Sar­ cophagus--Description of the Beoeptacle. [Cleveland dispatch.] Lakeview Cemetery presented a beautiful and picturesque scene this morning. The silent sentry paced back and forth in front Of the Garfield vault, and all was silent at the tomb. Suddenly three conveyances ap­ peared on the scene, which brought a hand­ some bronze sarcophagus, an undertaker, and four representatives of the press. No one was present but James B. Garfield, Lieut. Edward, and the soldier stationed at Garfield Post. The transfer of the remains of the late President James A. Garfield has been un­ der consideration for some time, and the little gathering was for this purpose. The casket rested in its usual position in the vault,and its shellac-stained sides presented a natural appearance. Withered fldwere were here and there, and evidences on every hand showed that the illustrious dead was remembered by loving friends. The casket was not opened, but was quietly placed in the sarcophagus nnder the direction of the undertaker. The outer covering was then hermetically sealed and the remains were le6t to mortal view for­ ever. The sarcophagus was returned to the Vault, where it will remain until the hand­ some monument which is to be erected in memory of the honored dead is completed. The sarcophagus is a work of art, and is the finest of the kind ever manufactured in this country. It is of solid bronze metal, handsomely ornamented, and weighs 450 pounds. The top is partially oval and mas­ sive handles run along the Bides and ends. The entire sarcophagus rests on four lions' feet, one at each corner, indicating strength. A handsome tablet of superior workmanship was placed on top. It is 6 by 15 inches, was designed by Tiffany, and cannot be duplicated for $400. One man was employed for forty-five days in doing the chasing work. On each end are lilies, oak leaves and acorns ornament the projec­ tions in the center, while lichen and caly- canthus are interwined, giving a beautiful effect. The tablet is symbolical of the dead President, symbolizing as it does his love of home by the lichens, his love of mankind by tho calycanthus, his purity by the lily, and his courage by the oak. The cost of the sarcophagus was $2,000. The military guard about the vault will be con tinued until the latter part of next June. THE copy of the first book on arithmetic, of which only another copy is known, fetched $200 at a sale in London the other day. £ UHITBD STATES officials in Wayne County, New York, have discovered a band of moonshiners, and made several arrests. A CALIFORNIA nurseryman is writing to Orange County, Florida, for young orange trees. The Two Hen Chosen to Represent the Prospective State In the v ,-f -• : rU. 8. Senate* •• ̂ _ K-. • •• , : 5 *•' v;; v Bon. G. D. Moo4|t. \ \ ; ® Gideon D. Moody, one of the newly elected United States Senators from Da­ kota, was born in Cortland, N. Y., in 1832L entered the Union anny. rising from the radkB to a colonelcy. Removing to Dakota he was made Speaker of the Assembly in 18fi8, and re-elected in 1874. In the years intervening he served as a member of the House. He was sent as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1883, apd served as chairman of the committee ap­ pointed" to prepare the memorial to the President and Congress setting forth Da­ kota's claim to sisterhood in the Uhited States. Hon. "\V. J. Eilgorton, W. ,T. Edgerton. the United States Sena­ tor-elect from Dakota, who,# with Mr. Moody, his colleague, is in Washington awaiting recognition, has already served in the Senate. He was chosen to succeed the Hon. William Windom, of Minnesota, when the latter was chosen for Garfield's Cabinet. Upon the close of his Senatorial term he was commissioned, Dec. 23, 1883, Chief Justice of Dakota, which position he held until succeeded by the Hon. Bartlett Tripp. BORED WITH BULLETS. An Officer in Austin, Tex., Shot Killed bv a Drunken 8oion of a Good Family. and (Houston (Tex.) special.] For several days past Mr. Kyle Terry, a handsome man, about 26 years old. whose home is near Richmond, in Fort Bend County, has been visiting friends in this city. He has been indulging in liquor pretty freely, and last night became some­ what intoxicated. Officer Williams arrested Terry against the latter's protest,taking him to the station, but was released on the Sledge that he would appear before the [ayor and answer to the charge of being disorderly. This morning he came upon Officer Williams, who was going toward the Court House. The very sight of Williams seemed to drive Terry crazy. He sprang toward tho officer, ottering a terrible oath. Williams saw he was confronting a man crazed with drink, and jumped behind a passing colored man. When the negro saw Terry advancing, pistol in hand, he became frantic and tried to run, but Williams clung to hiB back with deadly tenacity. The colored man from sheer fright, it is thought, fainted, and with Williams still clingiug to him they rolled off the sidewalk into the gutter. Terry fol­ lowed, becoming apparently more excited at Williams' effort to escape. Bending over the prostrate negro, Terry emptied his self- cocking six-shooter into the prostrate form of his victim. He literally pumped lead into Williams without inoviug his arm. Each ball entered the body of the unfortu­ nate man. The effects were noted by peo­ ple who witnessed the affair from a dis­ tance, who say the body seemed to jump a few inches from the ground each time a bullet penetrated it. The fifth ball passed through the heart, and Williams rolled over dead, one hand still grasping the negro, who lay in an almost comatose condition, an unwilling witness to the awful crime. Terry was immediately arrested without re­ sistance and taken to jail. Intense excite­ ment has prevailed here all day, and an extra guard has been placed inBide the jail to prevent possible lynching. Officer Wil­ liams was a general favorite on the force, and leaves a wife and three children. The Terrys have been for three generations among the most honorable citizens of the south. The prisoner is a son of General Frank Terry, of Confederate renown. Ter­ ry's Rangers Were far-famed in war days. He comes from a fighting family, being a' nephew of Judge A. W. Terry, of Cali­ fornia, the slayer of Senator Broderick. Other members of the family have achieved distinction in legislative halls and on the bench of Texas, CANADIAN KNIGHTS OF LABOR. Prosperous Condition of the Order Through* f out the Dominion. [Montreal special to Chicago New!.] The Knights of Labor are making stu­ pendous strides in Montreal. Six months ago there was not a Knight in the city, while to-day they number 25,000, own an English and a French weekly organ, have handsome headquarters and lodge-rooms, co-operative stores in every section of the city, and a large credit accumulated at their bankers. Their whole system has been organized and put in working order by one of the officers high up iu the order who came on from Pittsburgh to initiate the Canucks into the business. Boycotting is already practiced extensively. «The "free-labor" cry has been raised with telling effect, and all articles manufactured by prison or contract labor, or by religious orders exempted from civic taxation, are boycotted. The Knights have already taken a hand in municipal politics, and have re­ tained counsel to contest the statute-labor or poll tax, non-payment of which has dis­ franchised 15,tH>0 of the order. Local politicians are only now awakening to the fact that the Kni»hts of Labor are by far the strongest and most arbitiary organiza­ tion in the country, and, as they are bound to vote for the candidate selected by the or­ der, irrespective of party or any other trammels, they hold the balance of powar )n the cities. Unexpected Death of General Hanoouk at His Beiidenoe on Govern* or's Island. A Cartmncle, Aided bjr Diabetee and KMney Complaint, Lea* * ̂ I His Demise. " '*$• [New York telegram.] Win field Scott Hancock. Major General com­ manding the Department of the Atlantic, died at Governor B Island on Tuesday, the 9th inst. The cauHe of his death was a carbuncle, located on the hack of his neck, combined with kidney trouble. The carbuncle first made its appear­ ance Jan. 27, while the General was in Washing­ ton, whither he had gone on private business. He believed it to be a boil, and had it lanced. It causea him considerable annoyance for twe or three days, but on Friday, the 29th ult.. he felt in the best of health and Bj)irits. He re­ turned to New York on that da v. The sup­ posed boll began to trouble the General aftei his return to Governor's Island, and a week ago ttMiay Dr. .Tanewav pronounced it a carbuncle MM* began to traat it as such. Two days later the General's condition was apparently much Improved. The carbuncle, however, broke out •fresh on the 7th with a great deal of vigor It grew worse and worse until 11 o'clock at night, when the General became dtlirious. The fol- lowing day the kidney trouble was discovered, •ad the patient's condition Was for the first time considered dangerous. Early this morn­ ing he became unconscious. Dr. Jane- way called in Col. Charles Suther- ..luid. Medical • Director, and telephon­ ed for Dr. D. M. Stimson, of this eity. who soon put in an appearance. The phy­ sicians examined tiie patient, and soon saw that «ien. Hancock's hours were numbered. He sank steadily from that time forth until he died. rearB were entertained of uremic convulsions, and preparatU 11 was made to treat them, hut they did net appear, and the General passed away quietly. Iu the room at the time, in addi- tion to the physicians, were Gen. James B. Fry, •Lieut. Kiip ne Griffin, rtn aid-de-camp; Hospital Steward Hobmson, and Orderlv John Ward who had been in constant attendance cn the sick man for several days past. The patient had been unconscious for about six hours previous to his death. * Mis. Hancock was in the adjoining room when her husband passed away. She had been up '•with the General all night, and left him at four 0 clock in the morning. Even then the sick man seemed to realize that his end was rlraw- ing near. As his wife imprinted a farewell kiss on his sunken cheek he murmurad: "Oh, Allie, Myra pood " Allie was a pet nnine by which he call< d his wife. The sentence was not finished. They were the last words he at­ tempted to utter. With Mrs. Hancock, at the time of her husband's death, were her cousin, Mrs. Emma Bouvier, and Mrs. JOugene Griffin. Tho survivors of General Haucock's immediate faniilv, aside from bis widow, are his brothers Hillary Hancock, •who was born his twin, and is a lawyer at Min­ neapolis, end Brevet General John Hancock. jHe was the father of two children, both of Whom are dead. His daughter Ada died in March, 1875, and his son ltussell died a vear ago last December at his plantation in Clarl slale, Miss. The son left a widow and three children, one of them a b iv, who has been living with the Peneral at Governor's Tsland. In relation to th ; General's death, Dr. Jane- way said : "He hn4 been ailing for some time past. Ever since last spring he hal frequently been obliged by the tulvice of phvsitiars to decline invita­ tions to dinner. Only last Saturday he encaged to dine out, on! at the 1-ist moment sentiegrets cn account of his he alth. The carbuncle alone Would probably have proved fatal, but the 1 id- ney trouble materially hastened death. The :blood was poironed owing to the non-secretion Of vr^a. Death cume in tl 0 form of exhaustion. iThe patient sink sttp by st >p, like a person descending a pair of stairs. We administared to him hypMermic injections Of brandy and ether and of carbonate of ammonia. No autopsy •will be held over the remain?." The telegrams came in a steady stream to the island office, and the op rator, with scarcelv a moment's respite, had all he could do to write jthem out as fast as they arrived. The following jflere among tho most noteworthy: Mrs. Hancock: ; I have this moment heard of the death of Gen. Hancock, and wish to express to you, my dear madame, my deep sympathy and condolence. ,The army has lost a very distinguishfd and faithful officer and the country one of itB best citizens. p. H. SHEBIDAN., Mrs. Hancock: ' I am rained beyond expression to hear of your .husband s death. The loss to yourself is irrep- 'arable, and to the country and his numerous (friends scarcely left. I tender you my heart­ felt sympathy. W. H. ENGLISH. (Gen. W. D. Whipple: . Miiner has beep here and says Hsncock Is ,dead. Is it possible? I must go to the Burnet House, Cincinnati, to-night. Telegraph me there. Can I do anything to manifest my love Jor him or his widow? SHERMAN. Commanding OfBcer: All parties and all classes in Virginia deplore the death of Gen. Hancock. The country mourns the loss of a superb soldier and a noble citizen. 1 personally grieve that a true friend has gone. •Please let mo know when Gen. Hancock will bo buried. I desire, if possible, to attend the services. FITZHUGH LEE. Mrs. Hancoak: • '• Among those who feel the deepest sympathy with you in your mourning I ask to be united. ROBERT E. PATTISON, Governc r Pennsylvania. •Mrs. Hancock, Governor's Island, New York: The sad intelligencs of the death of your no- ;ble husband fills with grief the companions of ,the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal I.region, now assembled here (Cincinnati). We tender you iour heartfelt sympathy in your bereavement. ' K. B. HATES. The Mews In Washington. fWashincton dispatch.] A telegram announcing the dangerous illness of Gen. Hancock was received by the President iabout 1 o'clock to-day and was read to the Cabi­ net. Just after the Cabinet adjourned a second itelegram was received conveying the intelli- jgence of his death. The flag on the White (House was immediately placed at half-mast, and the President soon after issued the follow­ ing Executive order: 1 Tidings of the death of Winfleld Bcott Han­ cock, the senior Major General of the army of the United States, have just been received. A patriotic and valiant defender of his country, an able und hcroic soldier, a spotless and accom­ plished gentleman, crowned alike with the lau­ rels of military renown and tiie highest tribute of his fellow-countrymen to his worth as a citi­ zen, he has gone to his reward. It is fitting that every mark of public respect should be paid to his memory. Therefore, it is now ordered by the Pi esident that tho national flag be displayed at bait-mast upon all the buildings of the exec­ utive depurtnients in this city until after his funeral shall have taken place." Tho President also sent the following tele- grain to Mrs. Hancock : "Accept my heartfelt sympathyfindpondolence in your terrible bereavement. The heroism and worth of your late husband have gathered to your side in this hour of your affliction a nation of mourners." Biographical. General Hancock was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14, 1(014 ; he entered the West Point Academy in 1810, graduated in 1644, and in 1846 received his commission of Lieutenant of infantry. He served during the Mexican war, was promoted for his gallantrv aud, having Ailed several subordinate posts, wr • made Assistant Quartermaster of the Weste) Department with the rank of Captain on tl staff, which rank ho held at the outbreak of tl civil war. In 1861 he was appointed Brigadi General of volunteers, and served in the Arir. of the Potomac. He accompanied General Mi - Clellan's army to the Peninsula In 1862, and distinguished himself in the battle of Williams­ burg. At the battle of Fredericksburg, in December, 1862, he commanded a division which suffered severely, and for his meritorious conduct on this occasion he received a commission as major general of volunteers. He took part in the battle of Chancellorsville. When tho advance of tho Union and Confederate forces encountered at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, end the Union forces were driven back, Hancock was sent forward by Meade to decide whether a general battle should be risked there, and if so, although he was outranked ';y Howard, who was on the field, was ordered Co take the command until Meade should come up. In the decisive engagement July 3 Hancock's divi-iioi bore t'le prominent part, although he hiu:B»lfwas severely wounded early in the en­ gagement. He recovered sufficiently to return to duty Dec. 27, 1863, but was unable to com­ mand a body of troops until April, lfi64, when he was promoted to the command of the Second Army Corps and was engaged in all tbe battles of the Wilderness campaign, from May 5 to June 19, 1864, when the breaking oat of the old wound received at Gettysburg compelled him to leave for a time. He returned to his command in July, and remained with it until Nov. 26, 18G4, being subsequently engnged in lighter duties until the close of the war. Ho was promoted to be Brigadier G< neral of tho regular urmy in August, 1864, Brevet Major Gen­ eral March 13, 1865, and M11 jor General o.' the United States army July 26, 1(*>P. After the war he was successively commander of the Middle Department, 1865-66; of the Mis­ souri. 18f6-67 : of the Department of I/ouisi&na and Texas. 1067-09, and of the Department of "Dakota, 1809-72. Upon the death of Gen. Meade, November, 1872, the President, in acknowledg­ ment < f his great military services, ap]K>inted Gen. Hancock to the comihand of the Depart­ ment of the East, with headquuartetrs at Governor's Island, Now York, a position which he held up to the day of his death, being one of the three Major Generals in tiie United, States Army. In 18t'8 Gen. Hancock Was a prominent candi­ date for the Democratic nomination to the Presidencv. which, however, was given to ex- Gov. Seymour. H • secured the nomination in 1880, but was defeated in the election by Gen. Gar.;eld, wh > received a popular majority ol 7 018 und 10 electoral majority of n ovsfr Gen. Huwoek. SENATOR EDMUNDS' REPORT. The Precedents Recited by tiie •_:'j Judiciary Committee the Senate. [Washington special.] Senator Edmonds has completed his jxltt on the reply of the Attorney General >i to the 8enate Judiciary Committee's appli­ cation for information regarding a removed official. He has had the records overhauled for precedents, and is greatly pleased at what he has found. The following, is in substance the historical portion of the Sen­ ator's report: £hree Senate committees have considered the whole subject of the relations of the Executive t<> the Senate and Congress, and have taken substantially the same position, that the Senate has a right to participate with the President in removals, as It has a right to participate with him in appointments, and that Congress has a right to enact almost any kind cf a law regulat­ ing the exercise of the appointing power by the President. The first of these committees re­ ported in 1826, and had Thomas H. Benton at its head. In 1835 John C. Calhoun had a committee created to consider the growth and the proper means of Curtailing Executive patronage, and made a very able report, not much of which, however, was devoted to the matter or remov­ als. In 1644 a third Senate committee was raised on this subject, and was headed by Sen­ ator Morehead, who made his report June 15. , 1844. The Benton and Calhoun reports and the debatss 011 the latter are attached to the More- head report, which devotes more space than its predecessors to the alleged right of arbitrary re­ moval possessed by the President. Henator Morehead said that the power of removal with­ out cause and without the consent of the Senate was not only not conferred on the President by the Constitution, but was expressly withheld from him. He admitted that that power ha<l been exerciscd without impeachment and without the acquiescence of the consti­ tuted authorities ever since the organiza­ tion of the Government, but he pointed out that for the first thirty years removals were scarcely ever made except for caus&, and with that practice he contrasted the practice of re­ movals fo" j olitical reasons, which began six­ teen years before, and had been general for twelve years. It was no^, he snid, till 1826 that thG Senate's attention was called to the Presi- dent's assumption cf power not belonging to him, an;l its attention wai then calle d to it by the ex­ ercise of the appointing and removing power by a President who was elected bv the House of Representatives after a heated and excited cam­ paign. The ccmmitlea then created (the Benton committee) reporteel in favor of Ccngresf icnal regulation of the appointing power, and report­ ed six hi.Is to curtail the Presidsnt's patronage, and also to repeal" the four years act of 1820. One of these bills was to prevent the arbitrary removal of army and navy officers. None of these bills was acted on. The Calhoun committee reported two bills. One of these repealed the four years law, and made it the duty of the President to report to the Senate the reasons for every removal made during the recess ; the other bill" regulated the management of public deposits. The former bill passed the Senate after a most interesting debate by a vote of 31 to 16. Mr. Morehead de­ scribes this as the rec4amij,tion by the Fenati of the power which, bv tho casting vote of the Vice President, was in 1789 yielded to the President, but which Congress has the right to reclaim at imy time. Kr. Morehead argues the invalidity of the precedent of 1789 "on, account of the pc3uliar circumstances,. George Washington then being President and the Senate being entirely new to its duties. Besides, he says, all that was then canceled was the President's power to reu.ove for good cause. Ho admits that Madison argued for tho Presi­ dent's power of removal, but he also points out that Hamilton, who was always on the side of a streng executive, said in No. 87 of tho FMeralist that the President could only remove with the consent of the Senate. Hamilton used this to allay the fear of those who thought the Presi­ dent might make a clean sweep on coming into office. Fisher Ames construed the Constitu­ tion as Hamilton did. "Down to 1828," says Mr. Morehead, "ths power was not construed as authorizing the runoval of honest, qualified men. The motive for its exer- .cise was public policy--not party resentment." Tho report vigorously condemns" allowing the President lo'divitle the offices "as a victorious General distributes the spoils of conquest. A citizen of the United States," says the report in ' small capitals, "who acce|>ts a public trust, however obscure his birth or humble his em­ ployment has an inviolable right to be protected in the faithful discharge of his duties from the violence or the menaces of arbitrary power." Speaking of the newly introduced s;>oilB sys­ tem, the report says: •, "Honest, capable, and faithful public servants have been removed from offices which they had filled with credit to themselves and advantage to the country to make room for incompete nt parasites, whose meager qualifications for such offices were to be acquired at the expense of the Government, and whose experience was to be matured at a cost not to be estimated, consist­ ing of losses to tho nation perhaps never to be recovered. Diplomatic functionaries who had filled those stations with honor to themselves and their country have been recalled to make way for and to afford tho means of corrupting the member* of the National Legislature." The resolutions attiiQhed to this report affirm the right of Congress to make laws regulating the appointing and removing power, denying the j lower of arbitrary removal to the President and the heads of tbe depaituients and declar­ ing in favor of a law regulating qualifications of appointees and excluding Improper inter­ ferences in State or Federal elections by officials. In the elebate 011 repcmling the four- year law, Mr. Calhoun attributed tho needless increase of the public service to the President's power of removals, and he claimed that his party had pledged itself to rcpial the four-year law and to restore to Congress the power of dismissing officials. Webster and Clay strongly supported Cnlhoun in denying the power of ab­ solute removal to the President. Webster affirmed the power of Congress to reverse the action of 178.1, and Clay offered an amendment to Calhoun's bill, providing that if the President's reasons were not satisfactory to the Senate, the removed official should resume his office. Webster af­ firmed the constitutional right of the Senate to demand of the President the reasons for his re­ moval. Two years before this, in March, 1842, the House of Representatives by resolution called on the Presideut and the heads of the de­ partments for the nauir8 of all members of the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses who were applicants for office, whether they ap­ plied in jierson or by friends, and what places they wanted. Presidott Tyler refused to give the inforination, saying, in the first place, that applications for office were confidential commu­ nications to him, but h<J added : "The appointing power, as farai it is bestowed on the President by the Constitution, is con­ ferred without reserve or qualification. The reason for the appointment and the re­ sponsibility for the appointment rest with him alone. I cannot perceive any­ where in the Constitution i-f the United States any right conferred on the House of Rep­ resentatives to hear the reasons which an ap­ plicant may urge for an appointment to office under the Exooutive Departments, or any duty resting upon the House of Representatives by which it may become responsible for any such appointment." In tbe summer of the same year--July, 1842-- the removal of a pension clerk named Sylvester by Secretory of War Spencer, created such a breeze that the House raise<d a select committee to investigate the matter. Garrett Davis was Chairman. This removal was not political. Webster demanded Sylvester's removal on the ground that lie had spoken libelously of him. Garrett Davis reported three resolutions of which the second is as follows : "Uesolvrd, That both houses of Congress, and especially the House of Representatives, as the grand inquest of the nation, have a constitution­ al right at all times to free access to the ex­ ecutive departments of of the Government for the examination of all papers therein, whether regarded by the head of the department as pub­ lic or as private and confidential, and also to copies of such papers from tbe officer or efficers having their custody, as either house may re­ quire." The third resolution declared that the power of removal belonged to the President and Senate fcigethcr. and that it was the constitutional duty of the President to send the 8tnate his reasons for all removals made during the rece ss. This report was neve r acted on. In Mav, 1844, the Senate, in executive session, adopted a resolu­ tion directing the Secretary of the Treasury to Inform the Senate what sums of money had been expended in strengthening the military forces on the Texan frontior or the naval forces in tbe Gulf of Mexico. President Tyler replied to this: "While I can not ro?ognize this call thus made on the head of a department as consistent with the constiti t:oi:al right3 of tue Senate when act- in? in its < \ecutiw cnpvjity, which in such case can o-.ilv properly hold correspondence with the President <>f the United States, nevertheless, from an anxious desire to lav bafore the Seaate all such information as may be necessary to en­ able in witii full understanding t) act upon any subject, which may be before it, I herewith transmit," etc. In February, 1867, the Houso of Representa­ tives by resolution called on the Postmaster General for a list of all the postmasters removed between July 28 and De>c. t>, 1866, together with the reasons or cause of such removals. The Postmaster General promptly sent in a list which makes sixty-four printed psg -s. giving by States the names of postmasters renwed and tha reasons. The reasons are also tabulated by States and tho country as ft whole. One thou­ sand six hundred and foity-four postmasters had been removed, of whom 1,239 were removed for political reasons. This was before the ten- ure-of-oHica law went into effect. THE value of fine cloth exported from Berlin in 1885 shows a decrease of 10,000,- 000 marks as compared with 1884, doe 'to English and American competition.