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EEOOBD. «r the EVMMU ud Iadastrlal Aodienta, Cri*e% ^ SaleMw, Etew, Etc. LATEST DISPATCHES. [ BA»B.WIR£IN IOWA. * fta»«T lteaafectvrinff to Follow tfct Se- ctnt Conn Decision. AWATSRUK) (Iowa) dispatch says: "The ||uUMg«t of tin Boat 'Em All Barb-Wire , In whose favor Jndga Shiras, of d States Court, rendered a (le­ ak Dubuque against Washburn & , tola stated that the oompany pro- mow to pnah the manufacture of "re to the fullest capacity of their They had done hot little for some put, as they wore awaiting the result I Wt He said that they were anxious w Washbarn A Moen to appeal the case f be United States Supreme Court, aud » iwy confidently of gaining the vie. fcu the highest ooutt of the land, as elaim of their proof of prior use was ineoatostable." CINCINNATI ALARMED. lH* Bailed aftbaomutl , . .. nuaaffaotofad barbed wire aa . . •MM' Mttmi oevwwd by the GliMn ««!• eata, and exhibited the same at a fair Ud at Delhi in 1*59. The decision aaWftes the aHdden patents, and dismisses the plaintiff's 1^1. The monopoly falls through and manufacturer* will oease paying roy­ alty. The case trill m appealed to ue United States Supreme OouKt. The ground of nalUflcation was want of nov­ elty. TOM BOTTSFIKLD, a young fanner liv­ ing near Palmyra, Neb., has been am sled on a charge of murdering his father and mother Christmas eve. He brought home some whisky, which, it is claimed, was poisoned by him, and given to his parents. His father died suddenly, and a few days afterward the mother died under the same mysterious circumstances, which point to the son as the murderer. The cause tor of an Anarchist Uprising--Chalk Marks on Burned Buildings. • CINCINNATI telegram says that detect- tfSS who have been investigating the great llton of small tires that have occuned 'H that city daring the last few weeks have dbWfeied that nearly all the buildings is Which fires have oocurred have been assriced with a peculiar chalk mark. Thero Mi vagus rumors current of an uprising ot the anarchistic element in the spring, afcfl It is believed that this is but the begin­ ning. The Chief of Police is prepared for say emergency, however, and has trusted "'•Ms at all anarchist meetings, who render fnll reports. 1KB MERCANTILE MIRROR. -A Mr Bastness Generally Reported, hat La­ bor TreObles Darken the Trade Outlook. DUH A CO.'S agency report a fair busi­ ness for the season at all points reporting, tat my the outlook is crowded owing to the labor troubles. Pork, lard and cotton declined a little, while breadstuffs are sr and ooffee demoralized. Iron and Be unsteady, but window glass is and oil excited. Money is quoted No advance in stocks is noted, bat is an increased demand for good The foreign trade continues large, fewer failures are reported than were 4ttHoipated. 1 , ATCHISON'S BAD LOS& Ike Union Hallway Depot Burned, Causing a Loss of *125,000. THE anion railway depot at Atchison, KM,, has been destroyed by fin. The wilroad was used as a depot for all the Wflroads centering in the city, with ticket mil telegraph offices, baggage, express, and •nMIug rooms. The upper story was occu- » hotel. All the depot and hotel |im, excepting the carpets, was saved, low is aboat $125,000, upon which >is an insurance of $50,000. Work on ! will commence at once. Dr. Schmidt has ex- own Prince again and re- >ly on his condition. The ~et now expresses a strong Mil the Prince is not with I canoer after all. i _ Glass-workers Wast Damages. Stll'lB are to be entered by the workmen fo«U glass manufactories in West Vir- #tia against the proprietors, claiming dam- «g*B for breach of contract The men "i S male last July to remain in force » bat the employers have reduced the . snd apon its rejection have olosed ttair lactones. Leading lawyers say the gliW Wins have a good case. j-f',,. Eight Nihilists Executed. AxsitBOBAH from the- Russian frontier i that eight nihilists, including the .___ak Tachernoff, condemned to death ..ItAian en attempt on the life of the pptiwing his visit to the Don Cossaok yiUj, wwe hanged at St. Petersburg .swtma a. Minor Telegrams. | Av old man in Attica, Ind., fell from a iaidgetwo feet into a spring where the ^mtorwes but foar inches deep, and was ifc T <JO*GB*88 KAK BURROWS of Michigan, »«smtor of the T7ays and Means Commit- 'l^pMited with declaring that he will Jit to the hitter end for a redaction of ^awrphm revenue on a protective basis, jppfttotyaf Atchie McNeill, a London , who went to France to report ; between Smith and d en the beach at Boulogne, evidently been strangled dedication of Texas' new Capitol ; at Austin will occur May 11 to 16. and Mrs. Cleveland and many L~* people throughout the i have been invited to )RIX>A judge who sentenced fifly to receive each thirty-nine lashes Pllil bare back, has been moved by Appeals to revoke the sentence, :r--iee the penalty shall be enforced n*tt let of tramps brought before • M. * : , BASH W. BOSBACH, cashier of the National Bank, of Herkimer, apd who disappeared afort- , Is $34,000 short in his account. SO accident occurred near Pa,, on the Pittston branch of* . Valley Railroad now being con- A very heavy blast had been • deep cut, which exploded Three men who stood on the If were blown fifty feet away kvt. Three others, who were foot of the bank were in- " their bodies being horribly even workmen near by were I injured. They were all Hun- -A, one, who is an Italian, r of Newark, New Jersey, in sssge uses some strong lan- j the officers and directors , Lackawanna and Westers, gests that a few first-class I from that source would 'improvement* • || ̂ WBOT. ?*. States Circuit Court at lUfSn, on Thursday, Judge Shi- Itta decision in die ease of A Moen Company *>• the the crime is unknown, unless for the par* i of securing their property. Battsneld recently married to an estimable young lady. The neighborhood is greatly excited. Two PERSONS were killed and five in­ jured by an accident on the viaduct being built at Cincinnati. The structure connects the south side with the center of the city. A span of the bridge, eighty-five feet above the ground, fell, carrying down with it eight workmen. SOUTH. A general shooting affray, growing out of politics, occurred at a saloon on St. Charles street. New Orleans, in which Hon. Pat Mealey, Commissioner of Police and Public Buildings, lost his life, Mike Walsh WAS mortally, and others less seriously wounded. Mealey was probably the strong­ est politician in New Orleans. He led the Louisiana delegation to the last National Democratic Convention as Delegate-at- large. He held for eight years the office of Commissioner of Police and Public Build­ ings, and was one of the "Big Four," as the l four bosses were called, who were sup- B»ed to control the political destinies of ew Orleans. A COLLISION occurred on the Cincinnati Southern Bailroad near Greenwood, Tenn., and two baggage - masters, two mail-agents and three passengers were killed. The ac­ cident was the result of the con doctors making a mistake in reading their orders. A FREIGHT-TRAIN on the New River Division of the Norfolk and Western Bail­ road ran into a rock-slide twenty-seven miles from Central, Va., says a Lynch­ burg dispatch. The engine jumped the track, ran into New River, and disap­ peared. The engineer was drowned at his post. The fireman was also killed. Twenty loaded can were demolished. Grata! Britain, Amerieo. and Bishop ing tributes A VIENNA dispateh of Jan. 3 sayi: "OA- dal -dedal*ttofts of a decidedly pacific char­ acter are expected at an early date.. Colonel Znleff, who has retained to his duties as military attache to the Russian embassy, says he found tha Czar absolutely opposed to war." A DISPATCH from Vienna says that in a message sent by Emperor Francis Joseph to Emperor William on the occasion of the new year, this passage oocurred: "God grant that the onsettled political situation may speedily be cleared, so that our peo­ ple may be reassured snd the blessings of peace be preserved." Two EXPRESS trains on the Dutch State Railroad collided new Meppel, Holland, and twenty-six persons were killed and many others injured. ^ Tie Majority and Minority Reports of Hi FidBe Bailroad Gem- Mssionen. . • IWinf ef the Debt 0ns the GOT- at Three Per dealt . . . Beeommended. >*' GENERAL. POUTICSU rftty-eightb general *B«W^ tft Ohio convened at Columbus on the 1st inst. The Republican majority in the House elected E. L. Lampson speaker, while in the Senate the disaffected Republican ele­ ment combined with the Democrats in de­ feating six of the regular Republican cau­ cus nominations. Governor Foraker's an­ nual message takes strong ground against the low tariff policy advocated by President Cleveland in his recent message to Con­ gress. CONGRESSMAN M. A. FORAN, of Cleve­ land, is reported as saying that he and other Randall Democrats would unite with the Republicans in Congress for the defeat of any bill framed in accordance with President Cleveland's anti-tariff message. GOT. GRAY'S friends deny that he wants to be Vice-President, snd claim that his ambition is to represent the State of Indiana in the United States Senate. WASHINGTON. DURING December reduced $15, receipts from and its cxpen net gain of n< THE folio' debt statement (cents omitted) issued by the United States Treasurer on the 3d inst.: « ummxsT-BEABnra DEBT. Bonds at percent f 880,544.600 Bonds at 4 per cent 712,442, IU) Refunding certificates at 4 per cent. 161,530 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent.... 14,000,000 Pacific Railroad bonds at ft per cent. 64,623,513 EIGHT territorial judgeships are to be given out early in the year, and Hon. C. A. Keyes, of Springfield, 111., is early in the field for one of them. THE domestic troubles of Fred D. Mus- sey, the Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, and his wife, Anna E., a daughter of ex-Governor Foster of Ohio, have culminated in a suit for divorce. Mr. Mussey and Miss Foster were married during the first term of Gov­ ernor Foster, the plaintiff at the time being private secretary to his Excellency. The marriage proved to be an uncongenial one, and the couple separated after a few months of married life. 00HGRE88. Principal.... Interest..... Ttotal.... ON §1,041,761,742 12,001,801 $1,063,763,543 ICTKBKST HAS CXASKD SINCE MATURITY. 93,163,955 178,392 Principal Interest Tot^* §3,342,347 DKBT BRAKING NO XHTZBCST. Old demand and legal-tender notes $340,738,'121 , Certificates of deposit 0.98,J,00 j Gold certificates 96,934,057 Silver certificates M6.83d.423 Fractional currency (leu $8,375,99L estimated as lost or destroyed)... 6,942,214 Principal §534,254,813 TOTAL nonr. _ Principal...... §i«79,l80,5l2 Interest..... 12,18J,103 Total §1,001,860,705 Less casta items available tor reduc­ tion of the debt $ 205,919,424 IASI reserve held for redemption af United Mates notes........ 100,000,003 Total. ..§ 805,919,424 1 Total debt less available eash items e en- 441401 Net cash in the Treasury S9,'842,8i9 Debt less eash in Treasury Jan. 1, 1®^-; • • • • • • • • §1,92s,598,403 Debt less casta in Treasury JMC. 1887 1,240,183,052 j Deereaaa at deM during tne ^ I month g 11 nni an Decrease of deM slnoe June 80, lm--~ 63,830,335 CASH IN THS TMtABURr AVAILABLE WOH THE RE­ DUCTION OF PUBLIC DKBT. Gold held for gold certificates actu­ ally outstanding.. §00 734.057 Mlver held for silver certificates £- tually outstanding 176.855,423 U. 8. notes taeld ioz certificates of deposit actually outstanding 6,985,000 Cash held for matured debtin. U>r*Bt unpaid 15,844,148 fractional currency 795 §990,919^421 Total available RE8EBVJS FUND. Held for redemption of U. 8. notes. acts January 14, 1875, and July 12,188i. « 100,000,030 Unavailable for reduction of debt: Fractional silver ooin § §4,327,528 Minor coin 65<76l -Total........ § §4,883,289 Certificates held as casta. 87,47!!,%* Met casta balance on taand §9,842 8/9 Total casta in Treasury as shown by the Treasurer's general account. .§ <487.025,556 WASHINGTON special: "Charles J. Canda has resigned his position as Assist, ant Treasurer o^thc .United States, it is presumed to ajrtSept thence presidency of the Western 'National Bank of New York, Jaccaeding Conrad N. Jordan, who will rTltaSF1 ia M*" leto FOHEIGR DISPATCHES from Borne state tbat the Pontifical mass on the first day of the new year was a grand success. Thousands of people thronged St. Pater's Square early in the morning waiting the open­ ing of the cathedral. Sixty thousand admis­ sion tickets had been issued, and the cathedral was packed. Forty-eight Cardinals and 238 ArchbiBbops and Bishops were pres­ ent at the mass, and it is esti­ mated that there were thirty thousand per­ sons in the audience. The Pope prayed for a long time in his private chattel, and then re­ ceived the homage of the court Cardioals in the Bala ljucale. While assuming the sacerdotal vestments the Pope was overcome With emo­ tion and fainted. Strong salts were adminis- 7ered and he noon returned to consciousness. He then ascended the gestatorial chair, and was borne on the shoulders of the sediari, at. tended by tho Cardinals, into St. Peter's Ca­ thedral, Just beforaha eras fully vaaUdfor tha •its* he again fainted, Mmaiaing anoonaeioas • lev miiwtes. reassembled alter the tiotj^y re. sees on Wednesaay, Jan. 4. A reply to the President's tariff reduction message was de­ livered in the Senate by Mr. Sherman, who urged that the President had intentionally ignored other methods of reducing the Treas­ ury surplus for the purpose of advocating such a reduction of customs taxation as would strike a severe blow at American industry. Senator Voorhees spoke in defense of the Presi­ dent's low-tariff views. Mr. Brown offer­ ed a reeolutlon deolaring that the practio* of the Government waa correct for the first three-quarters of a century, of its existence when it collected the necessary revenues at the porte or other boundaries by tariff, ex­ cept in case oI war or other great emergencies, when Internal revenue or direct-tax laws were imposed, whloh were repealed as soon as the emergency ceased; also, that the present in­ ternal revenue laws were enacted as a war measure, and that it has now become the im­ perative duty of Congress to enact ap­ propriate legislation for their repeal at tue earliest day practicable. He asked that the resolution be laid on the tub e, and said that next Monday he would submit remarks upon it. Mr. (Juliom introduced a bill embracing several amendments to his postal telegraph measure. In the House a large number of bills were introduced, includ­ ing the following: By Mr. Byrnes, oi Colorado, for the removal of the southern Utes from Colo­ rado to Utah; by Mr. Browne, of Indiana, re­ pealing tiie limitation on the arreara-of-pen- aion act; by Mr. Hovey, of Indiana, for the pay­ ment of service pensions; by Mr. Hoiman, of Indiana, to maintain the purity of the ballot box ; by Mr. Weaver, of Iowa, for the establish- fnent of a postal telegraph; by Mr. Holmes, of owa, abolishing the duty on sugar; by Mr. Gear, of Iowa, to prohibit the purchase of goods manufactured wholly or in pait by con­ vict labor; by Mr, Perkins, of Kansas,'to pro- vent a contraction of the currency and to in­ crease the circulation of silver and silver cer­ tificates ; by Mr. Hyan, of Kansas, appropriating §100,000 for the erection of a monument to tha colored soldiers killed in the late war; by Mr. Morrill, of Kansas, to abolish all distinctions on account of rank in pensions hereafter granted; by Mr. Anderson, of Kansas, to create the postal telegraph of the United States; also, to reduce letter postage to ono cent an ounce; by Mr. Peters, of Kansas, for the deposit of gold and silver coin or bullion as security for national bank circulation; by Mr. Wheeler, dispensing with proof of loyal­ ty during the late war as a condition of resto­ ration or admission to the pension rolls in the case of any person otherwise entitled thereto; by Mr. Reed, of Maine, proposing a conatitu- women the right of Minnesota, placing la grass on the free d for thtkerestion of at Kvjuiaville and Dodge and Sioux ,ihu a Zoo, Muskegon, insiug ; at Dulutli, at y other cities. Nine hundred and two public bills have been intro­ duced. THE Blair educational bill came up in the Senate on the 5th inst., 'and Mr. Beagan, ot Texas, spoke in opposition to the measure. He said he opposed the methods ot the bill, but not its purposes. Congress lacked power to pass such a law, which would establish the des­ potism of a popular majority, overthrow tho Constitution, and endanger the liberties of the peoplo. He argued In detail that the Southern btates were not in need of i'edoral aid for the support of their common schools, and showed that in the btate of Texas the school fund for this year was 53,100,000. Mr. Plumb offered an amendment providing that the money shall be distriuuted among the several States aud Territories in proportion to their population according to the census of 1880. Mr. Mitchell called up his resolution for the ap­ pointment oi a commission to select a site for another naval station on the Pacific eoast, and advocated its passage. The Indian Affairs Committee reported bills to provide for the compulsory education of Indian children, aud in relation to marriage between white men and Indian women. Petitions were pre­ sented favoring a national prohibition amend­ ment, opposing the admission of Utah while its local power is in the hands of the Mormons, aud in favor of prohibition in the District of Colum­ bia. Among the bills introduced in the Senate were the following: By Mr. Dawes, to establish a postal telegraph system; by Mr. Piatt, for the formation and admission into the Unioa of the State of North Dakota; by Mr. Plumb, to equal­ ize bounties (this ia the Logan bill of last Con- greeS); by Mr. Stockbrldge, appropriating $100,- W0 for a poblio building at Lansing, Mich. The President has sent to Congress a communica­ tion from the Secretary of the Interior submit­ ting tne draft ot a bill "To provide for the pro­ tection of the Round Valley Indian reservation" in California, In the House of Representatives Speaker Carlisle announced the standing com­ mittees, A bill was also introduced authorizing the establishment of new life-saving stations at Ashtabula, Ohio, and Marqnette, Mich. Both houses adjourned to Monday, the 9th. HARKET REPORTS. §4.50 @ 5.75 6.25 & 6.00 «* .99 & .83 & .64 4S .46 316.85 .94 .02 . .02 . .40 15.90 » , NEW YOBK. CATTU Hoas WHEAT--No. 1 White No. 2 Bed COBK--No. 2 OAT+--White POBK-- New Mess CHICAGO. CATIXB--Choice to Prime Steers 5.23 @5.73 Good 4,25 & 4.75 Common to Fair 3.50 & 4.25 Hoos--Shipping Grades 5.25 & 6.00 FLOUR--Winter Wheat 3.75 @ 4.25 WHEAT--No. 2 Bed Winter 77 c<$ .78 COBN--NO. 2 OATS--No. 2 BOTTER--Choice Creamery...... Fine JJairy CHEESF.--Full Cream, new Eoos-- Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per bu POBK--Mess „ MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Casta COHN--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 White. BTE--No. 1 POBK--Mess .V ST. LOUI& WHEAT--No. A Bed COBN--Mixed OATS--Cash POBK--Mess TOLEDO, WHEAT--Cash COBN--No. 2 Mixed OATS--No. 2 White DETROIT. BEEF CATTLB. Hooa. WHEAT--No." 1 White CORN -N'O. 2 OATS--Mo. 2 White CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 POBK--Mess LIVH Hoas. BUFFALO. CATTX.B Hoos WHEAT--No. 1 White COBN--No. § Yellow INDIANAPOLIS. BEEF CATTLB 4.00 & 5.25 HOGB 5.25 • tt.00 SHKSP.... 8.75 rt 4.75 WHEAT--No. t Bed .80 & .664 COBK .51 «V .51)$ .49 (9 .49}$ .3 .33% .27 & .90 .18 .23 .UV> -12K .20 & .21 .77 T<* .81 14.75 015.25 .76 0 .77 .48 .49 .331*3 .84 & .06 .67 15.00 (315.50 .83 & .81 .48 «* .48}$ .3* O .32}$ 10.00 815.53 .86 0 .87 .53 «* .53 <4 .88 & .33)$ 4.00 & 4.75 4.75 «< 5.50 4.75 & 5.75 .87 & .88 .53 >3 ^ .54 .83 cS .37 .00 & .9014 .53 (9 .531* .84 - .35 15.50 (K16.C0 6.26 & 0.00 4.01 & 4.'0 5.0) 5.74 .02 /« .OS .58 & OATS--Mixed 83 EASTMBEBTV. CATTLE--Prime 4.50 Fair 4.85 Common 8.75 Hoae '. «25 4.50 •33* 5.15 4.75 _ 4.§S m 6.00 0 fc§§ I % *1T " y* -- {Wiltawton special.] Tberepartofit tt»Paoile Railway Commis­ sion have been fiten out for publication. There are two itptttt to the President* one signed by CommissMlMrs Anderson and Littler and the other by Commissioner Pattison. The majority report eonslsts of 180 peges. The larger part is a history of the loads and of the Government'e financial Interest in them, to­ gether with copious references to the testimony taken and severe strictures upon certain indi­ cated perversions ot their trusts by Gould, Sage, and other fanner directors of the Union Pacific, and by Stanford, Huntington, Crocker, and Hppklhs ot the Central Pacific. The re­ port tirst takes op the Union Paeifie system, whose obligation to the Government la shown to be 150,171,983*30. The total funded debt of the system. DM. II, 1886, was §81,900,127.50 (exclusive ot Mil Obligation to the United States), of whlel §$,53*,000 was prior to the United States Statutory lien. To secure the payment of this (Ua and interest, the commission offer a hUl providing for a mortgage upon whieh the Union Pacific Com­ pany. for the first ten years, will pay the sum of §1,776,495 annually, this beuig § per cent, on the present worth of the debt to the Govern­ ment, and half of 1 per cent ef the outstanding bonds; and, after that, an annual payment of §1,030,280. The system requiring annual pay­ ments of a percentage of net earnings is de­ clared to be undesirable, as leading to endless disputes and Involving incessant litigation. The history ot the Union Paeifie Railway, as developed- in tha second part of the report, will, it is claimed, "show that its assets have been in former years largely misapplied, and tbat its financial ability to meet its obligations has been largely Impaired by tha action of men who held fiduciary relations to ths corporation." The commission then refers to the deoision of the United Statee Supreme Court that neither the Government nor Congress eau Institute pro­ ceedings to oompel restitution by any of these officers, whieh decision is considered a great misfortune. In oonsequenee of this decision the Commission hae Inserted In the proposed bill a section requiring the Union Pacific of- floors, in accepting the adjustment offered, "to consent that aa to til causes of ac­ tion existing or to exist against any trustee, director or officer of the oompany, or any * cause whatsoever, the com­ pany shall, on application Of the Department of Juatlee of the United States, bring auy suit or take any prooeedings that shall be directed by that department, and prosecute such suit or prooeedings, under its direction, to final con­ summation. 9 The total debt to the Government of the Cen­ tral Pacific Company is §71,793.524, and the Commission propose a mortgage under which the company shall pay the Government §1,796,583 annually for ten years, and after that the eum of §1,078,240 annttally until the debt is paid. The application of the remedv to the Central Pacific Railway Company is a" difficult task. It is hardly to be expected that any act resembling the act submitted in the case of the Union Pacific will be accepted by the Central Pacific. On the other hand, in the event of a refusal to accept, the application of the entire net earnings resulting irom that portion of the road in con­ sideration ot which the bonds were issued, is insufficient to meet the accruing interest paid and to be paid to the United Btates. It is also insufficient to accomplish a repayment of the present worth of the obligation, even at the re­ duced rate of 3 per oent per annum, for the rea­ son that the entire net earnings will not amount to 3 per cent of the present value of the debt. Tho commiB3ion believe that the enforcement of the government lien would result as a gift of the whole amount due the United States. The commission propose that the Central Branch of the Union Pacific, whose obligation to the Government is §&249,661, execute a mort­ gage, under which §113,7£0 shall be paid annually for ten years, and $Ki.),000 annually thereafter until the whole debt is paid. The obligation to the United States of the Sioux City and Pacific Boad la 83,384,057. A mortgage is.proposed under which the company shall pay annually for ten years Sim,2.0, and 9132^800 annually thereafter until the debt is The bills submitted by the commission differ from any pending legislation--first, in tne methods of computing present value of indebt­ edness ; second, they direct the discount to be computed at 3 per cent, compounded; third, they add a mortgage to the statutory lien; fourth, they provide for a simpler bond; fifth, they give wide range in the investment of the Sinking fund; sixth, they forbid the declaring of dividends except from the earnings ot the fiscal year, and these only after the require­ ments of the Government have been met; seventh, they reqtjM^the companies to insti­ tute suits against officers for misappropriation of the company's funds; eighth, they amend the Thurman act so as to apply to the existing con­ dition of each company. In the second part of the report the commis­ sion shows the amount of bonds and the quan­ tity of land received by the Pacific roads to be as follows: BONDS. Union Pacific Kansas Pacific Central Branch Union Paeifie Sioux City and Paciflo Central Pacific.. Western Pacific §27,236,512 6,304,000 1,600,000 1,628,820 25,885,120 1,970,570 Total... ..(61,623,512 Union Paeifie.. Kansas Pacific O.MM.OOO Central Branch U. P. 222,560 Sioux City & Pacific. 43,336 Central Pacific, 8,OOJ.OoO Western Pacific. .... . 453,794 LANDS. Rate Acres, per acre. Amount. .11,309,844 fcl.25 §14,137,305 1.25 7,50(i, 000 1.25 278,200 1.23 64,170 1.25 10,000,00) 1.85 567,218 Total ....33,620,534 Total bonds and lands §32)536,918 . .897,16.),430 The report then contrasts the management of the Union Pacific Rince 1884 with the methods of Mr. Gould, which are dinoussedin a manner not to the latt6r's credit. The Huntington man­ agement of the Central Pacific is also criticised severely. As an evidence of the Huntington management the cost of the Central Pacific is given at £120,872,52.*, when the commission found it was 8 8,301,831, leaving a profit of 862,o0J,000, which was paid to Stanford, Hun­ tington, Hopkins and Crocker, being voted to them by their own votes. Other similar trans­ actions are given. The commission finds, while there is no proof of actual bribery, that money and passes have been used by officials of the Union Pacific Company for influencing legislation. As to the Sioux City and Paciflo Company, the Commission finds that none of the require­ ments of the act granting the subsidy have been kept, and that the action of the directors in dividing among themselves the first mort­ gage bonds of the road was a wanton violation of the grant. The minority report of Commissioner Patti­ son is radically different from that of his asso­ ciates in respect to his recommendation for the action of Congress. His report occupies sixty pages, and begins with a most sweeping and earnest denunciation and arraignment of former officers of the Union Pacific and the present management of the Central Pacific, whose inalteasance, diversion of moneys belonging to the stockholders of the roads, and deliberate and fraudulent im­ pairment of the Government's liens are pointed out with great particularity and eloquence. He says that it is not a question of the payment of the debt to the Government, but of the punish­ ment of these criminals. He recommends as a preliminary step that the Government shall in­ stitute suits in the courts to have the charters of both roads forfeited, and for the appointment of a receiver, who, of course, will then have power to institute both civil and criminal suits against those who have defrauded at once both the roads and the Government. He suggests that the roads, after the forfeiture of the charters, shall be oilered for sale, and believes that they will be bought in by the stockholders. He discusses at length what he terms their present bankrupt condition, the practical impossibility of collecting the Gov­ ernment's debts, and the imperative necessity of making an example of the men who have wrecked the roads and defrauded the people at large. The minority report, therefore, is not accompanied by a proposed bill for Congress to pass, holding apparently that the proceedings for tho forfeiture of the charters mutit be had inr the courts, and are not within ttae province of Congress What the President will do with the reports cannot be stated with certainty. He may. of course, concur with the recommendations of either report, or, in his message transmitting them to Congress, leave the whole matter to the judgment of that body. It is know n that he has examined both with great attention and care in the four weekB tbat they have bean in his hands, and also the voluminous testimony that accompanied them. THE TQBACCO TAX. Its Rapeal Said to Be a Foregone Conclu­ sion. [Washington speoial.J The people of North Carolina are organ­ izing a business men's movement in favor of the repeal of the tobacco taxes. The scheme, which is being carried on very quietly, is to have an organization repre­ senting both political parties,and primarily the business men, though, of course, the leading men in polities will not be left oat, tnd so far as possible the organization will represent other States as well as North Carolina. This organization will tend a delegation 1MM to bring its inflow to hear or all tho' tobaooo taxe* look§ llko_ • fore gone conclusion, bttl Ifce mMtir ls of ao much importance to tho peojpi* of North Carolina that they will take no ehanoes. t ms W G8E1T MHHEH. WtDERS Of LEerSUTIO*. Summons Amonnt of Trifto ia tho Country Boring the Lut k a ft I Jm* > ; Decrease In Hallway Earnlajpt--Ua- satisfactory Results in Same Llaea af Trale^ V* • Dun ftOa'i Be view ot Bustnees.] The dying year has aeen 12,734 mile* of railway finished, making the mileage for the United Statee 150,710; bat ohangei of freight rates at the West tend steadily downward, lessening the prospect for building next year. The Pennsylvania Company reports a decrease of $179,000 in net earnings for November, and the Erie a decrease of $24,233. The iron industry, after the largest year's ootpat on record, is rapidly cutting down production, j , *s, and, at many points, wages. Since March the average of all grades at Philadelphia has declined $1.42, and of rails $6. Sales of 20,000 tons Alabama and Tennessee iron are reported, bnt no sales of rails, for whioh next ye«'" orders cover only 220,000 tons. The Western Nail Association lowers eard rates from $2.25 to $2. The cotton indus­ try- records for the year larger prodnctions, sales, and profits than for .1886, and the year closes with an excellent demand, stocks well cleaned ttp, and many makes •old well ahead. Bat the woolen manu­ facture is described as having the most unsatisfactory year it has ever ex­ perienced, with business smaller and profits smaller than last year. Enormous impor­ tations have left a large stock of dre«B poods on hand. Overooatinga are moving i rly, but fine goods at 5 to 10 per eent decline. Coal production has been the largest on record, but the market closes with some excitement, the Lehigh strike continuing, while dispatehes affirm that Beading min­ ers will Btrike Jan. 1. The grocery trade has been very large for the year, and closes with fair activity, notwithstanding the speculation in coffee and the rise in sugar following reports of a decrease of 362,000 tons in beet product. Provision^ hold the recent advance. Beef is again a shade dearer, and tbere has been a rise of six cents in oil. Cotton, in spite of small receipts, is a shade lower, but breadstuffs have risen, wheat and corn about one cent each. The Treasury has added $714,000 to its deposits with banks and $1,600,000 to the circulation during the v ek. It has now increased the circulation of coin and pifper about $64,000,000 since July 1 and $130,000,000 since July 1, 1886. The incomplete returns of clear­ ing-house exchanges indicate an aggre­ gate for the year not exceeding $51,000,- 000,000, with a gain of about 4 per cent over last year, but November showed a small decrease, and in December the de­ crease in payments has been considerable. The year's failures show a decrease of 200 in number, but the large increase of $53,- 000,000 in liabilities, as follows: 1887--Number, 9,634; liabilities, $167,- 560,044; average, $17,392. 1886- Number, 9,834; liabilities, $114,- 644,119; average, $11,651. The returns for the Dominion of Can­ ada show 1,382 failures, with $16,31] 745 liabilities; average, $11,803. The failures in the Dominion were one in every tifty- four persons in business; in the United States they averaged one in every 111 per­ sons. The failures throughout the United States within the year, as reported by the Bradstreet Company, aggregate 9,740, or 7.8 per cent, fewer than in the year ending with Dec. 30, 1886, when the total was 10,568. The total number of business failures this year is just 2£ times as large as in 1880, a period of some inflation and exceptional prosperity. The increase of nearly $17,000,000 in liabilities this year over last may be nearly accounted for by liabilities of Central, Western, and Middle States speculative traders amounting to al­ most that sum. Meanwhile assets increased over $8,800,000, more than 5 per cent, of the total increased liabilities, thus more than maintaining the previous year's aver­ age of solvency. The per cent of assets to liabilities in 1886 was 49 per cent., while in 1887 it is 19£, the annual average for three years being 48.1 per cent. On tho whole, the exhibit must oe regarded as fa­ vorable. The commercial death rate has declined, as compared with 1886, as well as may be judged, to nearly the normal, considering tbe recent business conditions and the tendency to speculate to axoeu and consequent disaster. THE SOUTH GROWING. Flftures Which Show Its Kemarkabto Pros perity During the Past Year. The Manufacturers' Record of Baltimore prints a review of the industrial growth of the South for 1887, which, it says, was in many rospects the most remarkable year in the history of that section, as more was ac­ complished for the progress and prosperity of the whole South than ever before in the same length of time. -From Mary- and to Texas the progress was re­ markable, covering almost the entire range of industry, aud there is scarcely a single line of manufacturing or mining* business in which the number of new enterprises reported during 1887 is not more than twice as large as in 1886. Of the fi-urteen Southern States there are only four in which the capital invested in new enter- ; irises is not double the amount invested ast year. The amount of capital, including capital stock or incorporated companies organized during 1887, compared with 1886, was: STATES. Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia............ Kentucky.... Louisiana Maryland Mississippi. North Carolina......... South Carolina......... Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia. Totals 1887. $47,982,000 '24.466.U00 2,78(5,000 15,361,000 40,C4:VXM) 8,318,OJO 1J5.187.COJ 4,771,000 9,767,000 3,895,000 35,661,000 16,430,000 29,255,000 8,266,000 $256,298,000 1886. $19,848,000 15.240,000 1,659,000 3.599,000 28,401,000 2,240,000 8,765,000 774, (X)0 3,676,010 1,'209,'00 21,240,01:0 5,694.000 8,514,000 8,365,000 $129,226,000 In cotton manufacturing there has been great activity, and seventy-seven new mills have been projected, many of them being 'now under construction. This is the largest number of new mills ever reported in one year. Cotton mills are reported as having largely oversold their production, ana many old mills are being enlarged to meet the demand for their goods. The industries of the South-are being greatly diversified as well as increased. WAST TO FORM A NEW STATE. Ix»fly Ambition of the Peoplo In the Zioesl- Ity of Clarkavillr, Ind. [Louisville special.] The people of the town of C larksville^ Ind., which is situated about midway be­ tween Jeffersonville and New Albany, on the Ohio lUver, are just at present in a great state of agitation from vari­ ous causes. One is the seizure of their streets by railroads, the State, and other parties. They believe that they are being hemmed in, and they mean to protest vigorously. A movement is now on foot among the people of that locality to organize, hold an election, send delegates to the National Congress, and demand admission as a territory or district under the old Virginia charter, which they hold is still in force. Clarksville, next to Vincennes, i* the oldest town in Indiana. BABYLON in all ita desolation ia a aight not ao aWful aa that of the hn» man mind in ruina.--fkrope Davies, Speaker Carlisle Completes the Stand Comtaittees, and Presents Them to ths House. MIIUi Chairman of Ways and Means, • Itandall or Appropriations, £«!• berson of Jud:eiarj. Thomaa of Wisconsin, (.'rouse of Ohio, Gaines of Virginia, Brower of North Carolina. Private Land Claims--McCreary of Kentucky. Weaver of Iowa, Glover of Missouri, Perry or South Carolina, Sayres of Texas, Washington of Tennessee, Cochran of New Vorlt, J.atham of North Carolina, Dorsey of Nebraska, '1 homes of Wisconsin, Bowen of Virginia, Wickham of Ohio, Gest of Illinois, Smith of Arizona. District of Colombia--Hemphill of South Car­ olina, J. E. Campbell of Ohio, Compton of Mary­ land, Heard of Missouri, Ifahoney of New York, Latham ot North Carolina, Lea tt ' The followina is the list of standing oom mittees of ths National House of iteprasaut*- tives, as arranged by Speaker Carlisle, tha first name mentioned In each committee belna that of Chairman: Ways and Means--Mills of Texas, MeMiUan ef Tennessee, Breekinridge of Arkansas, Breck­ inridge of Kentucky, Turner of Georgia, Wilson of West Virginia, Scott of l'ennsylvanla, Bv- num of Indiana, Kelley of Pennsylvania, Brown of Indiana, Reed of Maine, Mcliinley of Ohio, Borrows of Michigan. Appropriations--Bandall of Pennsylvania, lorney of Alabama Bnrnes of Missouri, Foran ot Ohio, Sayera of Texas, Clements of Georgia, Felix Campbell of New York, Gay of Louisiana, Bice of Minnesota, Cannon of Illinois, Kyan of Kansas, Butterworth of Ohio, Long of Massa­ chusetts, McComas of Maryland, 1). D. Hendor- son ot Iowa. Judiciary--Culberson of Texas, Collins of Massachusetts, Seney of Ohio. Oates of Ala­ bama, Hodgera of Arkansas, Glover of Missouri, Henderson of North Carolina, Buckalew of l'emigylv&nia, Stewart of (icorgis, E. B. Taylor of Ohio, Parker of New York, istewsrtof Ver­ mont, Caswell of Wisconsin, Adams of Illinois, Fuller of Iowa. Banking aud Currency--Wilkins of Ohio, Bnyuer of West Virginia, Howard of Indiana, Dorgan of South Carolina, Hutton of Missouri, Bacon of New York, Landes of Illinois, Mclven- ney of New Hampshire, Dinfiley of Maine, Bruinm of Pennsylvania, Woodburn of Nevada, Whiting of Massachusetts, Wilberof New York. Coinage, Weights, and Measures--Bland of Missouri, Norwood of Georgia, Hemphill of South Carolina, Tracey of New York, Wilson of Minue-ota, Wilkinson of Louisiana, Martin of Texas, Hail of Texas, Hall of Pennsylvania, Payson of Illinois, Kean of New York. Vandever of California, Helden of New York, Wickham of Ohio, Toolo of Montana Territory, Commerce--Clardv of Missouri, Crisp of Goorgia, Tarsney of Michigan, Rayner of Mary­ land, A. R. Anderson of Iowa, Logan of Louisi­ ana, Wilson of Minnesota, Bryce of New York, Phelan of Tennessee, O'Neill of Pennsylvania' Dunham of Illinois, Davis of Massachusetts, J. A. Anderson of Kansas, Davenport of New York, Browne of Virginia. Rivers and Harbors--Blanchard of Lonisana Jones of Alabama, Stewart of Texax, Catchlngs of Mississippi, Wise of Virginia, Snvder of West Virginia, Gibson of Maryland, Fisher of Michigan, Thompson of California, Henderson of Illinois, Bayne of Pennsylvania. Grosvonor of Ohio, Nutting of New York, Stephenson of Wisconsin, Cogbwell of Massachusetts. Merchant Marine and Fisheries--Dunn of Arkansas, McMillin of Tennessee, Morse of Massachusetts, Bpringer of Illinois, Hatch of Missouri, Breckinridge of Kentucky,Cummincs of New York, McDonald of Minnesota, Dinaley of Maine, Hopkins of Illinois, Felton of Cali­ fornia, Farquhar of New York, Clarke of Wis­ consin. Agriculture--Hatch of Missouri, Davidson of Alabama, Stahlnecker of New York, Morgan of Mississippi, Glass of Tennessee, Burnett of Massachusetts. McClammy of North Carolina, Biggs of California, Whiting of Michigan. Fun- ston of Kansas, HireB of New Jersey, Laird of Nebraska, Conger of Iowa, Pugsley of Ohio, I'atton of Pennsylvania, Dubois of Idaho. Foreign Affairs--Belmont of New York, Me. Creary of Kentucky, Norwood of Georgia, C. E. Hooker of Mississippi, Russell of Massachu­ setts, Raynor ot Maryland, Chipman of Michi- fan, Cothran of South Carolina, Ketcham or New ork, Phelps of New Jersey, Hitt of Illinois, Rockwell of Massachusetts, Morrow of Cali­ fornia. Military Affairs--Townshend of IUinoiB, Till- man of South Carolina, Hooker of Mississippi, Maish of Pennsylvania, Spinola of New York, Ford of Michigan, Robertbon of Louisiana, Vo­ der of Ohio, Steele of Indiana, Laird of Nebras­ ka, Cutcheon of Michigan, Gear of Iowa, Fitch of New York, Carey of Wyoming Territory. Naval AHairs--Herbert of Alabama, Wise of Virginia, McAdooof New Jersey, Wliitthorne of Tennessee, Rusk of Maryland, Cochran of New York, Elliott of South Carolina, Abbott of Texas, Harmer of Pennsylvania, Thomas of Illinois, Golf of West Virg.nia, Boutelle of Maine, Hay- don of Massachusetts. Postoffices and PoBtroadSr-Blount of Georgia, Docker v of Missouri, Merriman of New York. F<rmentrout of Pennsylvania, Knloe of Ten­ nessee, Anderson of Illinois, Anderson of Mis­ sissippi, Montgomery of Kentucky, Rowland of North Carolina, Bingham of Pennsylvania, Guenther of Wisconsin, Peters of Kansas, Al­ len of Massachusetts, White of New York, Lind of Minnesota, Cain of Utah. Public Lands--Hoiman of Indiana, Laffoon of Kentucky, Stone of Missouri, Mcliue of Arkau- sas, Wheeler of Alabama, Washington of Tun nesseo, Stockdale of Mississippi, Payson il Illinois, Jackson of Pennsylvania, McKenna of California, Herman of Oregon, Krastus J. Tur­ ner of Kansas, Voorhees of Wyoming Terri­ tory. Indian Affairs-- Pelee of Arkansas, Allen of Mississippi. Shively of Indiana, Perry of South Carolina, Hudd of Wisconsin, McShano of Ne­ braska, Cobb of Alabama, Hare of Texas, Per- kius of Kansas, Nelson of Minnesota, LaFol- lette of Wisconsin, Darlington of Pennsylvania, Allen of Michigan, Gifford of Dakota Territory. Territories--Springer of Illinois, Barnes of Georgia, Cox of New York, KUiott of South Carolina, Hayes of Iowa, Kilgore of Texas Mansur of Missouri. Ford of Michigan, Struble of Iowa, Baker of Mew York, Dorsey of Ne­ braska, Symes of Colorado, Warner of Missouri Joseph of New Mexico. ' Railways and Canals--Davidson of Florida, McRae of Arkansas, Stone oi Kentucky, Pid- cock of New Jersey, Hayes of Iowa, Bryce of New York. Cobb of Alabama, Carlton of Georgia, Plumb of Illinois, Wilber of New York, McCor- mick of Pennsylvania, Gaines d Virginia Russell of Connecticut. ' Pacific Railroads--Outhwaite of Ohio, Crane at Texas, Richardson of Tennessee, Barnes of Georgia, Collins of Massachusetts, Caruth of Kentucky, Tracy of New York, Granger of Con­ necticut, Weber of New York, Holmes of Iowa. Dalslel of Pennsylvania, Hovey of Indiana. Mason of Illinois. Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River--Catchings of Mississippi, GIfcss of Ten- nessee, Tarsney of Michigan, Lawlerof Illinois, Montgomery of Kentucky, Walker of Missouri, Robertson of Louisiana, Hall of Pennsylvania. Wbiting of Massachusetts, Morrill of Hansim! Grout of Vermont, s-cullof Pennsylvania. Education--Candier of Georgia, Mahoney of New York, Cram of Texas, Caruth of Kentucky. Buckalew of Pennsylvania, Lane of Illinois, Cobb of Alabama, Pennington of Delaware, O'Donnell of Michigan, J. D. Taylor of Ohio! Bussell of Connecticut, Belden ol New York! White of Indiana. Labor--J. J. O'Neill of Missouri, Tarsney of Michigan, Felix Campbell of New York, David­ son of Alabama, Compton of Maryland, Candler of Georgia, French of Connecticut, Burnett of Massachusetts, Buchanan of Now Jersey, Bound of Pennsylvania, Plumb df Illinois, Nichols of North Carolina, Haugen of Wis­ consin. Pensions --Bliss of New York, Hutton of Mis­ souri, Dougherty of Florida, Henderson of North Carolina, Barry of Mississippi, Bank- head of Alabama, Carlton of Georgia, Russell Of Mississippi, Struble of Iowa, Butler of Ten­ nessee, Finley of Kentucky, Scull ci Pennsyl­ vania, Delano of New York. Manufactures--Bacon of New York, Breckin­ ridge of Arkansas, Wilson of West Virginia, Bynumof Indiana, McKinney of New Hamp! shii e. Grimes of Georgia. Herman of Oregon, Bunnell of Pennsylvania, Hopkins of New York, < rouse of Ohio, Smith of Wisconsin. Mines and Mining--O'Feirail of Virginia, Foran of Ohio, Candler of Georgia, Neal oi Ten- nessee, Greonman of New York, Whiting of Michigan, Lynch of Pennsylvania, Biggs of California, Woodburn of Nevada, McCullough of Pennsylvania, Gestof Illinois, Flood of New York, Nichols of North Carolina, Smith of Ari­ zona. : Public Buildings and Grounds--Dibble of South Carolina, T. D. Johnson of North Caro­ lina, Sowden of Pennsylvania, Neal of Ten­ nessee, Newton of Louisiana, McShane of Nebraska, Bankhead of Alabama, Hogg of West Virginia, Milliken ot Maine, Wade of Missouri, l.ehlbach of New Jersey, Kennedv of Ohio, Post of Illinois. Militia--McAdoo of New Jersey. Forney of Alabama, Sowden of Pennsylvania. Seney of Ohio, Gibson of Maryland, Blanchard of Louisiana, Stewart of Texas, Spinola of Now York, Lchlbuch of New Jersey, Wade x>t Mis­ souri, Owen of Indiana, Vandevere of Califor­ nia, McCormick of Pennsylvania. Patents--Weaver of Iowa, Tillman of Sonth Carolina, Coles of North Carolina, Grimes of Georgia, Greenman of New York. Lane of Illinois, Martin of Texas, Vance of Connecti­ cut, West of New York, Osborne of Pennsyl­ vania. Thomaa of Kentucky, Arnold of Rhode Island. Invalid Pensions--Matson of Indiana, Pid- eo^k of Now Jersey, Chipman of Michigan, Yoder of Ohio, Lane of Illinois, Lynch of Pennsylvania, French of Connecticut, Walker Ot Missouri, Thompson of California, Morrill of Kansas, Sawyer of New York, Gallinger of New Hampshire, Spooner of Rhode Island, Tbomp- •on of Ohio, Hunter of Kentucky. Claims--Lanham of Texas," Dougherty of Florida, Shaw of Maryland, T. J. Campbell of New York, Taulbee of Kentucky, Simmons of North Carolina, French of Connecticut. Lynch of Pennsylvania, Mansur of Missouri, Baker of Illinois, McCullough of Pennsylvania, Cheadle of Indiana, Kerr of Iowa, Bowden of Virginia. Laid law, of New York. War Claims- Stone of Kentucky, Bliss of New York, I.awler of Hlinois, Stockdale of Mississippi, Granger of Connecticut, Neall of Indiana, Pennington of Delaware, Wilkinson of Louisiana, Hiestund of Pennsylvania, wt llispP *• i , . (J. \ W "V: Kj •' not astltt»Dialof most Baittmoca, paid glow- ;•?a, Vance ol Cconeetleal. BowvHof Revision of the Lawa~~Oat«s of Alabama*' Tumor at Georgia, Towaabend of Illinois* Burnesof ' ' -- - of South) West Virginia, Michigan, Yardley ot Pennsylvania, Boothmaa. ot Ohio, Butler of Tennessee. Expenditures in the btate Department--Mors#* of Massachusetts, Belmont of New York, 8tewfci art of Georgia, Lee of Virginia, Atkinson «if Pennsylvania, Brower of North Carolina. Ke*». of Iowa. " jg"1 Kxpeuditurra in Treasury Departasent-S Wheeler of Alabama, Culberson of Texas, SimP',,. moni of North Carolina. Hall of Pennsylvania^ ' Farquhar of New York, Gallinger of New Ham rats" shire, Bowden of Virginia. Expenditures in the War Department--Lafe«. foon of Kentucky, Jones of Alabama, Wilkiug" of Ohio, Rice of 'Minnesota, Warner of MlssoaK; ri, Arnold of Rhode Island, Delano of Nt# , York. *' J< ' Expenditures in the Navy Department " Scott of Pennsylvania, Herbert of Alabamay •" • • Morgan of Mississippi, Romels of Ohio, SawyeP* ;~'H"'•>"' of New York, Maffettof Pennsylvania. a >. -i Expenditures in the Po«t>ffioe Department-* , t I'ockery of Missouri, Cowles of North Carolina, « Merrliiian of New York, Anderson of Missis*- sippi Brown of Ohio, Post of Illinois, Moffettof New York. ' , TTniV.t,u* 1x1 11)6 Interior Department-* Hudd of Wisconsin, Bliss of New York. O'Neilii: of Missouri, Washington of Tennessee, Bramukt, ?1^fn1n8yIv*uia' Wost ot New York, Brown oF Virginia. f.y- 'J? Department of Justice-#: n"!.1!™ °' "orth Caroliua, Forney of Alabama, Hutton of Missouri, Greenman cf New York.. "™" °*N" York- a°K, Barry of Mississippi, Walker of Missouri, Mil* . . ^ liken of Maine, Yardley of Pennsylvania, Yost' ' ' " of \ lrcinia. * ^ T J ttT Accounts-Shaw of Maryland. Sowden ofe-- *. 4 Pennsylvania, Hays of Iowa, Grimes of Geor^ gia, Lee of Virginia, O'Donnell of Michigan^* Bound of Pennsylvania, Flood of New YorkF®* Boothman of Ohio. Library--Stahlnecker of New Y'ork, Davidsor# ~ X of Florida, Gay of Louisiana, O'Neill of Penn-. - sylvania, Owen of Indiana, » Enrolled Bills--Fisher of Michigan. Enloe of Tennessee, Carlton of Georgia, Kilcore ot Texas, Holmes of Iowa, Kennedy of Ohio. >'i?& Printing--Richardson of Tennessee, Gibsozi 1 °\Maryland, Hiestand of Pennsylvania. ' ^ • the Civil Ser^ios--Clements w. -- - - „an ot t-o'ith Carolina, Stone oft ' f Missouri, Bryce of New York, Rusk of Mary* ju- land, Phelan ol Tennessee, Abbott of Texas*, *Y 1 „ Anderson of Louisiana, Bayneof Pennsylvania*. • ^ Hopkins ot Illinois, Spooner of Rhode Island, Fitch of New York, Thomas of Kentucky. Election of President and Vice President-- t Ermentroutof Pennsylvania, Crain of Texas, 1 elee of Arkansas, Cummings of New York. Lo-i gan of Louisiana, Lawler of Illinois. Cothran of • South Carolina. Rowland of North Carolina. Bukur of Illinois, Osborne ot Pennsylvania, Brown of Ohio, Baker of New York, Kean of New Jersey. . , Eleventh Census--Cox of New York, BlountkWv of Georgia, Hoiman of Indiana. Clardv of Mis-- *r souri, Seney of Ohio. Taulbee of Kentucky. Perry of South Carolina, Newton of Louisiana*. McKenna of California, J. D. Taylor of OhiOk. Hopkins of Virginia, Maffett of Pennsylvania,- Sherman of New York. - Indian Depredation Claims--Wbitthorne of Tennessee, Dunn of Arkansas, Howard of In­ diana, Allen of Mississippi, Shively of Indiana, Hare of Texas, Biggs of California, Buchanani of New Jersey, Symes of Colorado. Bunnell of Pennsylvania, Brown of Virginia, Hopkins of New York, Williams of Ohio. . ,• Ventilation aud Acoustics--Landes of H11-& * * nois, Compton of Maryland, Davidson of Ala*, * bama, Vance of Connecticut, White of Indiana,;i Haugen of Wisconsin, Williams of Ohio. • Alcoholic-Liquor Traffic--J. E. Campbell of Ohio, Bland of Missouri. Merriman of New York. Mcltae of Arkansas, Anderson of Illinois, McClammy of North Carolina, Hunter of Ken­ tucky, Cheadle of Indiana, Moffett of Mew- York, Yost of Virginia. COULD FIGHT AS WELL AS PRAT. An Ohio Minister Promptly Knocks Oat a. Ruffian Who Insults Hlin. [Urbana (O ) special. I An unusual and exciting scene took place recently at the close of the services in. the Protestant Episcopal Church, known as Jenkins Chapel, near Cable, this county. While the exercises were in progress Kich- urd Darnell, a burly ruralist, entered the- church and took a seat in the front row. He immediately commenced an­ noying both the preacher and con­ gregation by coughing, hacking, and makingt unnecessary noise until the pastor, the ltev. J. F. Frederick, politely asked the disturber to quit tbe church for- the evening. Darnell paid but little atten­ tion to the pastor's injunction and con­ tinued. The services over, both men met ut the door. Darnell accosted the preacher, saying: "Do you know what I think of you? to which Mr. Frederick replied that> he was not very particular what his opin-.., ion of him was. "Well," said Darnell, "I think you are a ." The words- . had no sooner left Darnell's lips than the indignant minister landed a terrific blow in Darnell's face which sent him to- the floor. Darnell, mad and furious, Bprang to his feet and was ready for an- , other round. The preacher was in good condition, and did not lose any time in dis­ playing his science in the manly art, but again promptly knocked his antagonist down. Darnell came up for the third round, and the preacher was ready to meet him. In shorter order than before he sent his man to tho floor, and when the latter picked himself up he arrived at the wise conclusion that he had had enough, and the Rev. Frederick was awarded the hon­ ors. Time, one minute. . 7 & AN APPOINTEE OF GOD. How "R. R. R." Hurcliard Regards Presi­ dent Cleveland's Good Luck. [Npw York special.] The Eev. Dr. 8. D. Burchard was asked to-day about his recent meeting with Pres­ ident Cleveland at the White House. He admitted tbat he had a meeting and soma conversation with the President, but that both the President and himself regarded the meeting as entirely confidential, and he did not feel at liberty to state what had oo­ curred. On being usked whether the report that he had stated to the President that he had experienced a change of heart alto­ gether in political matters was true, Dr. Burchard said: " I have always been a Re­ publican. I scarcely know what is meant by change of heart in politics, but I may say, so far as my political principles are concerned, that they are about the same aa they always were. As to my interview with Mr. Cleveland having altered them in any respect, that is not true. I had watched Mr. Cleveland's administration up to tha time I met him, uid I must say it had given me a great deal of satisfaction.* $12,000 DAMAGES*. An Actress' Verdict Against a Hotel ITW printer. The case of lime. Janauschek against Henry Bull, Jr., proprietor of tlie Perry House, Newport, for $20,000 for injuries sustained by falling down-stairs, has been tried in the United States District Court at Providence, R. I. Ex-Senator Bain- bridge Wadleigh was counsel for the plaintiff. The jury, after being ont an hour and one-half, returned a verdict of $12,000 damages for Mme. Janauschek. who appeared deeply gratified at the suc­ cessful issue of her suit. % i Silver Mining in Indiana. There is much excitement in Southwest­ ern Indiana over the result of tbe silver mining that has begun there. One com­ pany is smelting about twenty tons of sil­ ver-bearing rock daily. The product is from sixty-five to seventy-five ponmls of metal from each blast of twenty-four hours. An assay of the rock showed a sil­ ver product of $G'J and $1 in gold. The ledgo of rock is in the bluffs of White River, In Dubois County. Is a battle between a band of robbera and the civil authorities near San- Angela, Mexico, the robbers were routed, aud took refuge in the lava-beds. Their leader was fatally wounded, and two of the civilians were killed. $ Two MEN fought a duel after church service near Tuscola. 111. Pistols at short range were the weapons. One of them, Elijah Ulm, was shot through the breast and mortally wounded, and the other. William Cruzan, who was unhurt, fled. A NEPHEW of Congressman William Walter Phelps has been detected in resort­ ing to the publication of a bogus marriage notice in order to force a young heiress to marry him, and has left New York to avoid prosecution. •'V'