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I ' ! - . r ) U THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ELEVENTH YEAR OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNING , NOVEMBER 5 , 1881 , NO. 11G WASHINGTON NEWS. The Star Route Oases Galled in the Oriminal Court Yester day Morning , A Long Argument Between the Government and Star Route Counsel. The Argument in the Cases Likely to Continue An other Week. $2,000,000 Worth of 3 1-2 Per Cent. Bonds to bo Redeemed - doomed Each Week. A Valuable Bond Statement by the Comptroller of the Currency. Poster's Resignation as United States Minister to Russia. Report of Jndco Advocate General Swaim Sonio Sentlblo g tuitions- THE NATIONAL CAPITA ! * . National AmoclaU.il Trey. RTAK UOUTK CASKS. WAS'HIKOTON , November 4. The atar route cases wore again called in the criminal court this morning , nnd the argument to quash the informa- tioa filed by the government was pro ceeded with. All the counsels were present. George Bliss , of Now York , the government counsel , replied to , , ' i the aigumont submitted by Mr. Wil- ' f son yesterday , in which ho denied the ' . ' , power of the government to proceed ' > by information. Mr. Miss claimed ' - ' that it was not unconstitutional , r.s ho v .found the power ijivon in a statute as ' - \ early as 1700. The same statute was 1 - ' ' earned into the law of the laud in 1870. 'i ' ' . As for the charge that it was an unusual - ' ' ' - . usual mode of proceeding , ho f aid that . - , h was the accepted practice in New > . . -York , and had been recognized by f -the courts nil > yor the country. Ft 2 lal boon recognized by congress , nud f , ' > / ( a part of the law of the land. "Is _ t is 'information infamous ? " "That it ' > AJ')3 on nius. * k ° tested by the pun- f - on nent which might be inllictcd. ' 'i his as 80 n ° M nv n' * > h authorities. " ' S t tw ° " ien examined what crimes were , . jiaamou8. Ho said that the ' " tlio1n nn'B ua committed crimes -y tinjftj * ' jjid not como . under fy-i- " " " ' " ' "the lieaiTof nif.imous crimes. Ho held I * * a conspiracy to defraud was not an in- if famous crime in the meaning of the , constitution , and in support of this i. N i position cited several authorities Ho ? , dwelt upon the moaning of infamous , holding that one muy be infamous and at the same time without the palo of the law , but the defendants were within the law , hence the filing of the information was proper. For crimes that were infamous the indictments must be presented by the grand jury. Prom present indications the argu ments in the star route cases are likely to continue another week on the motion to quash the indictments nlonc. George Bliss continued his argument in support of the informa tion until after S > o'clock , and was fol lowed by Col Bob Ingersoll , who ap- jpeared for Mr. Brown. Ho took up the information and went through it to show , an ho aaid , how little ovi- dcnco was to bo found in it. Said he : "This information appears to Imvo been found in this court by the at torney general , and ho would say that the attorney general had no standing in this court. The government was represented hero by the district at torney. This information was filed by the district attorney in partnership with certain other gentlemen , and ho doubted whether the district attorney had any right to divide his responsi bility. Ho read from the first count of the information a section alleging that Brady , Turner , French , McDon- ough , and others corruptly conspired I to defraud the government by procuring - ? ing unnecessary compensation and to be paid for carrying the maila on certain - tain routes , etc. The first objection that ho made wan to the word "un necessary , " It was for the depart ment to say what was unnecessary. It was not for the district attorney to decide that question. Pleas must sot \ forth accurately the facts , and not I only charge tlmt it wan unlawful and extravagant , but must also show why } it was unlawful and extravagant. t Col. Ingersoll talked until half-past ! ) 1 and will resume to-morrow , ' ' HOW IIALHWIX DONK IT. \ KHOX , comptroller of the currency , to-day received n letter from Examiner Shaley , of I lie Newark national bank , $ describhg Cashier Baldwin's operaS - S > ' .ioiiH , as hoiotoforo published , and by which ho was enabled to throw the ext - aminor off the scent. A still further t I report is expected from the examiner. ItKl'OItT OK TUB THIIIK AUUITOU OF T1IK TitKAHUHY. The annual report of the third \ auditor of the treasury , submitted today - \ day , nhows that 31,405 rejorta wore t audited , agglegating the cum of § 00- 518,480. Attention is again called to the necessity , growing more and more , ' apparent , for a statute f limitations ' r lixing the time within which claims ' may bo presented to the executive I department. nKllKMI-nO.V OF IIONJW. The following circular relativeto the redemption of United States tlireo and a h.df per cent , bonds waa issued by the treasury department this afternoon : Notice in hereby given that on Wednesday next , and on each Wed nesday thereafter through the present month , nnd until otherwise ordered , thn department will redeem at the of fice of the assistant treasurer of the United States , at Now York , paying par and interest accrued to ciato ol redemption. nny _ uncalled United States bo mis continued to bear inter est at thrco and one-half per cont. per annum to any.amotmt not exceed ing $2,000,0000. on each day men tfoned. ( SignoJ ) H. F. FRBKOII , Acting Secretary. dKMKKAi. SWAIM'S itRronr. The annual report of Judge Advocate cato General Swnim submitted to-day shows that 1,071 ? general court mar tial records wore received at the tbur- cau of military justice during tho'yoar ending October 1 , 1881 , an increMO of 240 over the previous year. The record of cases broughts before infer ior courts , received and filed in the otlico of the judge advocate general ol departments was 8r > 00 , an increase of 201. General Swaim calls attention to the fact of the secretary'of war nol being authorized to givp effect to the reports of revision of military tribun nls. Ho says there ia inadcquati clerical force in his ollico and recommends that an otlicer of corps should bo attached at each of the geographical military departments niui the professor of law at the military academy. Ho especially urges the latter. Ho also points out the neces sity of a better legal distinction between - tweon offences classed as "conducl unbecoming an ollicer" and "conduct to the prejudice of peed order ant' . " recommendation military discipline. A tion is also made for authority to re- vieo the charges before argument am plea. Accompanying the report are various recommendations from the judge advocates of several depart' moats. BONDS. t The comptroller of the currencj furnishes the following in regard to bonds held ns security for tlfo circu < lating notea of national banks ; Dur ing the past year there has beei much change in the character o : United States bonds which nations banks have on deposit to secure their circulation. Owing to the redump tion and continuation of the live and six per cent bonds of 1881 , thu classes and amount of thc&o bonds hold by the treasurer November 1 , 1881 , are exhibited in the following table : , j H n "i * _ _ S = § 33B s jo The total amount of bonds held tor the purpose of securing circulation 01 October 1 , 18I > 5 , was § 270,250,5 TiO , of which Sl'JD.If'jfjUSO w.is in ( J vur cent and 870,8 ( . 2t00 ! in 5 per cunt bonds. On November 1st , 1880 , the banks hold 850,005,150 of the (5 ( per cents and $147,070,750 of the 5 pot cents. On November 1st , 1881 , all of those bonds held by the banks had been called in , and with the exception of 8758,500 had been redeemed or extended at the r.ito of 3 | per cont. The banks now hold 31,981ti50 ; of 4j per cent bonds and $92,005,800 of 4 per cent bonds. They hold also ? a,48G,000 of Pacific railroad bonds , and 758,000 of called bonds on which interest has ceased. The remainder , $245,001,050 , consists of bonds bear ing interest at Hi per cent. The average - orago rate of interest now paid by the United States upon bonds deposited an security for circulating notes is ! ) per cent upon par value. If the in terest were computed on the bonds at their current market value the ratu of interest would bo less than ! U per cont. UKSHJNATIOJT Of .MI.NISTKK KOSTKIt. Hon. John W. Foster , in a letter to Secretary HIaino ; dated Washington , November 1 , 1881 , tenders his resig nation as envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary to llussia. Ho says that in taking this stop it has not been actuated by any dissatisfaction with his present post , nor with diplo matic service , but that , having devoted nearly nine years past to the government abroad , ho feels it to bu an imperative necessity that he should resume his residence in the United States , and give attention to private and family duties. Secretary IJIaine , in a letter dated Washington , D. C. , November It , 1881 , replying to the above , says ho is convinced that the step taken by Mr. Foster in obedience to the dictates of privatp interest is positive and final on his part. Ho therefore accepts , in the nama of thu president , the resignation tendered. Mr. IJInino also expresses the deep sunao of satisfaction with which the department looks back on its rela tions with Mr. Foster , and the un varying approbation withj which hut otlicial actions were rucuivod during his holding the responsible mienioii entrusted to him , n S. W. lliloy's Upholstery , MattrcsH Factory , Win dow Shades Fixtures , etc , , to 1,412 DoJgo strait , bctwoui Fourteenth and Fifteenth ntiootn. nl-Ct. TRANS-ATLANTIC. Moro Decisions Made by tlio Land Oourt in Favor of the Tenant - ant Farmers , The Landlords Beginning to Show a Hostile Poolincr To wards the Land Court. The Spanish Government De- oidos to Release Political P. isonora. Wendell Phillips Invited to Go to Ireland as a Representa tive American. But is Forced to Decline the In vitation Owing to 111 Health. StPotorsbnrg Papers Being GnftRcrt by the Rnuian Gov ernment. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. LKHIAY ItKINO. TllIEU. LONDON , September 4. The grand jury Imvim ; found a true bill against Arthur Li-fray , charged with murdering - ing Mr. Gold while traveling in a first claes carriage in the Brighton railway June last , ho was arraigned for trial at Mniilstono to-day. The railways lead ing to Maidstono ran special trains. Many more spectators tried to got into the court room than could bo accommodated. Lofray pleaded not guiUynndthotri.il was formally opened , the empanelling of the jury requiring little timo. The counsel for the prose cution opened by saying that the evi dence showed lh D Lefray travelled in the sauio compartment with Gold that ho carried deadly weapons ; that he mysteriously disappeared after Gold's death , nnd that some of the 'latter's property was found in his pos session. Ho thought that thsse facts made a very strong case against the prisoner. If the defendant could ex plain them ho should bo glad to have him do so , but ho did not BOO how it was possible. It is expected that his trial will last several days. LANIILOUIM GETT1SH HO.STIt.U. DUHLIX , November ! . The Belfast commissioners of the land court have reduced the eents of tenants on Arch deacon Crawford's estate 30 per cent , and the feeling among the landlords is becoming more hostile against the court ; while the tenants are becoming reconciled to the government's action it/brtaktng up tlio liind-lcnuo in 6oa- sequenso of the favorable interpreta tion , of the act towards them every whore. A UKCONCIUATION. A reconciliation has taken placebo tweon the Marquis of Waterford am his tenants , the latter paying the ron decided upon , and the marquis has re sumed his hunting expedition. POLITICAL I'HISONEUS TO UK ItELKASKD. LONDON , November 4. A dispatel from Madrid says the Spanish govern ment is about to release politica" prisoners. ( JUEI'.K OHAMIIKKS pISSOLVEK. ATHKNS , November 4. A decree has been promulgated dissolving the Greuk chambers , and ordering the holding of new elections in January. The step was unexpected , and the op position denounce the act as unconsti tutional. UACOINU TUB I'HKrtS. LONDON , September 4. The editors of the papers published in St. Peters burg are still kept nnder the meanest sort of duress. Koccntly every editor in the city was warned by the govern ment not to print any argument ob tained from foreign sources regarding the dismissal of M. Valonjonf , presi dent of the committee of ministers , charged with iinancial irregularity. The editors have sihcohocuprohibited From publishing anything about any social queHtioM.i and been ordered by the government to keep constantly on duty a succession of editors to scrutinize articles to bo published and to be responsible ) for their appearance or rejection. For this last order the { ovornment 1ms given as a reason that t desires Unit in every newspaper of- ice there shall always bo present some responsible head to see that every govern munt order shall at once be > roporly received and published tlio noment it reaches the newspaper < > f- ico. WENDELI. PHILLIPS. UK IIKULINK8 TO ( to TO IUK1.AM ) ON ArCOUNT OP IU , IIKALTH. NKW VOUK , September 4. The fol- owing is furnished by The Irish World : NKwYonK , October 31 , 1881. To Wendell Phillips , Boston : I have just received thu following from Mr. Eg.ui , ho land league treasurer , Paris 'Will Wendell Phillips como to Iro- and to advocate "No Rent" during ho suspension of constitutional libor- ies. The league will pay all ox- ( Signed ) PATUIOK EOAN. " T beg you , Mr. Phillips , to henrkun to this as nn inspiration nnd a cull from God himself. You tire the ono man in Aiiii'rio.'i fitted for the glorious mission. All IroLind will rise to its feet to , blesf ) and cheer you. Never did Ciusar receive such an ovation. Civilization will Joak on in admiring wonder. The good which your heroic net will effect in incalculable and your nuinu , consecrated in the memory of a grateful people , will live whilst time endures. ( Signed ) PATIIIOK Foiin. To this invitation from Mr. Egun , Mr. Wendell Phillip * acnt the following - ing reply : Novombor2 , 1881. DKAH Sin-I thank you most heartily for the great honor you dome mo by your invitation. I have not the ability to aid Ireland in the strug- gin ns much M your kindness makes you think I have , but it isan honor to any man to have olFtrod to him such n miitsion. It is of the greatest import ance that England should bo at once defeated in her efforts to enslave - slave Irolandi Her success would ho an oclipsu of civilir.Ation , shedding disastrous twilight on halt the na tions. Wo have ft right to infur from her insolence and' brutality in word and act that ( ho seeks to provoke Ire land to violence , and thus got an excuse - cuso for the military occupation of Ireland , It infinitely important that Ireland should bo awake lo this plot , and by scrono forbearance defeat - feat it. At the sanio time it is equal ly important , for the rniko of political liberty , that Ireland , with a united front and conr.tgo never to submit , should defend the citidi'l of personal freedom ; civilization. Success is sure. To doubt it in to doubt the world's progress and the rule of a juat Ood. As wo look back to the very sad and dif graceful close of the last century , to Lough- borough , Eldon and North , wo sue how history repents itself. Wo see Gladstone falling into the pit where the memory of those blundering uno- mios of liberty were momentarily suc cessful , but doomed , of course to death. The unseemly cheers in tlui house of commons whim D.ivitt wn.s imprisoned , the heartless and coarse shouts with which the news of Par- iiell'ii arrest were he.ird at Guild Hall , reminded onu of the sneers nnd ridicule with which Lord Camden - don met when ho defended Hunker Hill before the House of lords , buv oven Englishmen como an worshiping pilgrims to Hunker Hill to-day. But , gentlemen , the state of my health has compelled mo to reluso all invitations to address audiences this winter , and this makes it impos sible for mo to accept your invitation. T can only help privati-ly , and by bid ding you n most hearty Godspeed. Yours cordially , WKXIIKII. Pmu.u'H. MIOOTIMI TK.NANT KAKMKUS. LotioiiUEN , November4.Afterthe tenant fanner Doherly , who was de coyed out of his house at C.irrlgnn during Wednesday night was shot , the murderers visited the house of his cbuain , who had also been "boycot ted" in connection with a dispute and after vainly endeavoring to decoy him from the house , fired through the windowj but without eil'oct. APl'UOVKI ) TUB SCIIKMK. MAIIKIU , November4. The budget committee of the cottes has approved the ministerial convciaion bcliemo , and has granted Senor Comicho , min ister of Frwneo , authority to outer upon negotiations with bondholders. Al'l'OUJTKl ) QOVEHNOlt. TUNIS , November 4. Gen. Eticnno has boon appointed provisional .Wov ernor of Susa and Kuirouan. 'iww bodies of. .Insurgents are ixJportuW. be in the vicinity of the latter place. NOOSE HEWS. National Ajwoclatal 1'rcw KINO IIUM . PLATTSHUHU , N. Y. , November 4. Henry King , a life prisoner , was executed cuted to-day for the murder of a fel low convict , Michael Hamilton , in Bannainara prison , July 13. Ho hnn bo m quite penitent , acknowlcdgim. ttiat he should bu hung for the first oH'onso ivs liis toniper has been uncon trollable. His mother and brother have boon with him since Tuesday , and took a last faro well last evening. The death warrant was read to Kins at his request in his cell at lOiliC o'clock this morning. Ho laughingly exclaimed , "Well , that don't amount to much , does it , ? ' The procession entered the yard at 11:233 : , the pris oner walking with a linn stop to the scaffold. His last words were thank ing the attendants for their kindness , expressing penitence for the crime and u hope for forgiveness. The drop fell atll:42i : , and at 12:01 : ho was pronounced dead. A ; < KiKO NOOHKD. JONESDOHO , Ga. , November 4. Tom Belts , convicted of killing Judge Moore a year ago , was hanged to-day. JudgoMoore sold hi cotton andstartod home , lietts followed him , determined on robber } ' . While unhitching a team at his lonely home Moore foil dead from n blow dealt by Bolts with a maul. Ho was convicted last spring , but the case wns taken to the supreme court ami execution deferred 13otts ate n hearty mippor last night and was engaged in Hinging and praying till ! ( a. m. this morning. Ho then slept two hours. Ho conversed freely with Friends undinvitod ] nil to meet him in lien von Crowds of people , mostly ne groes , were in town to witness thu Imnrring. Ho Must Have Got Whlpimwod. National ABflOclotcjiJ 1'iexa. Ciuuuio , November 4. Mra. Mc- nald , wife of Brocky McDonald , n gambler , shot herself with suicidal 'ntent this morning , becau o her 'man" failed to pay the rent of their ooms. MiiRlo in tlio Air. Professor Seager has been called nway from his state of active work to lircct the performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's boaatiful opor.i "Tho Sor- ooror , " nt Council Bluffs. The opera inn boon in rehorsal there n number if months , nud promises lo bo an event of moro than usual importance. Col. L. W. Tiillios , Mies Oliver , Ur. and Miss Otlicor , Mm. Van Or- iiian , Miim Mertlo , in fact nil the bcHt alont in the Blutl's , is in thu till'.tir. \fr. Harry I'nrr , of this city , and our listingiiiuhod vocal teacher , Mien Ar- lold , < ire nlao in the cant , filling , of xjiirso , two of the nidit important roles. The opor.i will bo pro/ioiitod / two nights next week , and tlio follow ing Friday night and Saturday in matinee - ineo at lioyd'b opera house , this city. WANTKH. A few moro good active reliable purchasing agents to Hull the light running Domestic eowing ma- chino. For terms address , W. D. Womuck , general traveling agent , Omnhu , Nebraska. Nltf. THE NEWS. Siiioido of a Young Wife at Mari etta , 0 , , on Account oi Her Husband's ' Falseness , Arrest of a Former Olork in the Busted Nownrk Bank. Hanging of Tom Bolts , a Col ored Murderer , at Joneaboro , GEV. Borne Doubt Tot Existing aa to the Identity of the Wis consin Outlaw. Fauluu's Rofuunl to Bow a Race with Ross Severely Criticised. A TonuooNoo Fnrmor Shootn Hii NolRhbor For RtdluK Thtongh His Plantation , Snd Snloldo. National AKooclatud 1'roiu. CiNriNMATi , November 4. Yester day's report contained an account of the luicido of Mrs. Hrhart at Marietta by Imnging with a towel. The tale of her uiHeringa has justcomo to light. Her Imshand brought to this city a Miss Hampton , a numt accomplished and fascinating lad } . Ho rented rooms md has boon living with her to the utter negU'ctof his wife. Miss Hamp ton in of high social rank , being the daughter of a wealthy citizen if Galia county , and a sister'of the jirosont proHt'outmg attorney. Mra. ISrlmrt boL'god hur to give up her rule over IIIT huHliand , and bc'ggod that the husband be given back toiler , but the charmer Hcoll't'd at her. She went homo in utter despair , and mat ters growing worse , nho took her life. Miss Hampton is a line musician and composer , much of her work having been published. She is the B.UIIO young woman arrested for forgery in Dayton His months ago. Hnnlnn Shows the Wlilto Fontlior. National Anboclatod I'rem. ST. JOHN , N. B. , November 4 - Globe says : " \Vu learn from reliable authority that lloss made an olTor to Haitian to row in St. Loum , but Han Ian declined , llo then made an effort fort to give him $ lf)0 ( ) to row a race in Portland , Mo. This otter llanlan also declined , and Itoas , it is under stood , Bccinc , that there was no nossi bility of getting a race with llanlai this Hoason , w.roto to him. stating thn1 ho wished tlio race to bo declared off Hanlan.H conduct is declared by many to bo very fishy in connection witl these oifurs and it is hold by aomi that his having the date of the raci changed from the tirat of the month as it stood on the liwt articluH , to the 15th was merely for the purpose o putting tha race oil' until so late thai the season would interfere or stand iw an excuse. In view of the ofuiro above made Hanlan's excuse that 1,000 miles was too far to go forSl,000 would HUOIII to Ire bottomless , as ho hau gone further to row for : i smaller sum. A Peculiar Accident. Ration * ! AKWcntud ! I'riwa. DKTUOIT , November 4. About o'clock this morning a remarkable ac cident happened at the foot of Bates street , the victim being Kdwaid Dutton - ton , a colored man T ! years old , who lived in Windsor , and was employed with : i gang of laborers unloading coal from a vessel at Vigor's coal yard. Button won in the hold and had just filled a coal bucket , when the homo started up without giving him time to hook the bucket in the lioist rope. Button eufecd the liook and tried to keen it down , but the boy on the dock miftundorBtoodthc order given him and whipped up the liorso , drawing Dutton nuddenly out of the hold. When Dutton reached the ntagiiig hm hands were jammed HO that ho had to lot go , and falling into the hold ho received injuries which resulted in his death twenty minutes iiftorward. The WlnGoniin Outlaw. S'&tlonal Aa oclatcd Prim. MHNOMINKK , November I. Since the incarceration of the alleged Leu Williams in jail horn the pi ice him been thronged with visitors but HO ar no onu IIUK indentiliud the prison er. TJio ollicera claim to posse s trong evidunco that ho I'M omt of the nurderars of the Colotnan brothorH oven thotiifh ho may not bo Lou WilianiB. There is no uxcitoment lure over the matter by reason of the doubt that exist * regarding the prison- iiior'x iduntity. llo will bo given > rotoction and a fair trial. Shutting Down Flooring Milla- National Aiwociuted l'rc < w. iNNHAi-oMH , Minn. , Novombor4. The resolutions of the Milwaukee nillers , asking the Minneapolis mil- eis to co-operate with them to bring bout n i/oneralHliutting down of the louring mills until the wheat market can bo broken or the Hour market ini- iroved , were road in a clonud session if tin ) inillorH1 association and rufeired o the board of directors , and thuncc- rotary was instructed to acknowledge ho receipt of the resolution ! ! , but bo- /ond till * action \VIIH not taken , and ending millerH iluclini'd to forestall hu action of thu 1mml of diructoiH , or all ; upon the mihjucl. Anotliiir NownrU Batik Kwlndlor- , 'utloiul Amoi'lutul I'ruHH. NK\V VOUK , Suplombor 4 , Henry i. Marchbank , formerly oorrcspoiidini ; lurk of thu broken Mechanics' bank .t Newark , was nrruilud at hln rcsi- lenco in Belleville , N. .1. , this morn- iig , and brought before United Status JoiiimisKioniT Koasby. Ho is charged > y the United Status district attorney with having robbed the bank of $ " > ( ) , 000. Cashier Baldwin know of the : rime nnd drove Marchbank out of lie bank , llalkwin wns afraid to unko tliofrnntter kliown lest his own villany would como out , and ho man- iRctl to hoodwink the directors , who md hrnrd rumors about it , by tolling hem that Marchbank's friends and 10 ( Baldwin ] would mnko the defi ciency good. Bail in Marchbank'a case has boon fixed at $10,000. RAILROAD RACKET. National Aivtcx IAM ! rrnci. T1IK VAST THAIS. OnirAno , November 4. To-morrow ho now fast train will commeiico on ho Lake Shore > Michigan Southern oiiil. Leaving Chicnijo'at tt'\Q \ , the wo sleepers and the baqgago car will ; o through to New York. Stops will 10 made for meals along the line , and 10 change in paiatttgcr ratca will bo iiade. j TI1K1U IIRNVKU CO.VKKCriON. To-morrow the Chicam ) , Burling- on t Quincy and the Hock Island roads will make their new Denver connection ftith thu I'nion Pacific. NRW , 111. , November 4. \moiii ; the corporations which tiled ertiliwites uf orgvniition to-dny was ho Chicago , Reokuk & Kansas Jity railway. Capital stock , ? ! lGOO- K)0. ) The principal business otlico is o bo at Chicago. Tlio incorporatow nnd Urat. board of directors are Charles 0. 1Holdon , J. M. D.u-is , Williiim Sr. Ueyiiohlrt , .lames S. Hojnolds , Writ-lit Holden , Whiting G. Press , ind Uicliurd Hiley , all of Chicago. The main line in to extend from Chicago cage to Hamilton , Hancock county , 11. , and branchtM are to bo construct ed from points on the main line to ' 'ant llaiinib.il , to a point in Hock slund county , and to HIUIIO point in he mnithuast corner of Will county. ARTHUR IN NEW YORK. Considerable Comment Occa sioned by the President's Visit to Now York. - - * It is For the Purpose of Uniting the Two Fnotlonii of tlio Party. PRESIDENT ARTHUR. National AKwicl.itod 1'rcMi. IIIH VISIT TO XI'.W YOUK. Nnw YOIIK , November 4. Presi dent Arthur's visit to Now York has occasioned some conmuinl nnd var iis stories huvo uei'ii connected there with. It him been u.iid , among other thinus , thatliu had como for thu pur pose of voting at the election next Tuesday. Ao ho is not registered and cannot vote , the , absurdity of this stbry will bo , npparenir.Anplhor reason given has pretty nearly tlia whole truth contained in it. This us ctibcrt to 1'reaident Arthur the deairo to personally illuntrato the principle ho haa always inaiatuil watt bent ii active politicviz ) : That otlico hold OIH ewe to their party a double duty ono of activity a a citizen , the othe : of activity an a partisan. The presi dent hau never taken pains to conceal his contempt for that claim o : republicans who , having netured some potation by reason of their conncclioi \\itlt u prominent party , at once Bellishly absolve themselves from all obligations to that party , and en deavor to cieato a system of cndor.su mont under the name of record , llo has always nniiiit.iined that no man has a inoi ul right to support the party unlos ho believes that the publiugoor needs that party's support , and that in that faith it is his duty to do u'l ' in his power to aid his party. llo ia willing to exemplify this doctrine oven while occupying the presidency by coming to Now York and personally doing all in his powdr to aecuro the ccuaM of tno ticket of the party thai made him president. It may bo stated positively that one great reason why General Arthur has como to the city at the present time is that the state ticket at present ncodft his help and ho has como to give it. There can bu no doubt that while the rank and file of the stal warts are supporting the Htatp ticket , the leading stalwarts are quietly try ing to defeat it by neglect , non-activi ty and other means. President Ar thur lmn been informed of all thm by the ut.ito cuiitr.il committee , and has no to New York for the oxpreps purpose of bringing these stalwarts to ; orins. It in believed that hu will suc ceed , although ho Mill incut with uoino letermined opposition from Homo of ho Conkling men who object to hav- ng the par y succeed in Now York vithout their hulpand thu consequent OH3 of prcstigo which would oiihiio to liom. Colliding , iiiiticiciting : the pros- ident'H visit , Imstened from LTtica mil Hucurod rooms a day in advance > f his arrival at the l'ifth avenue ho- ol. As noon as thoprcHi'dont reached .ho hotel , and had necured refresh- iionU and roHt , an interview betwoun lim and Colliding onaiied. In thia the prcHidunt insifitoil on the neceB ity of the party's BUCCCBS in thu state this ' ear , and said that any ncgligonco on ho part of any of the leaders hu was leturinined to have letnembercd in a ) roer | way. Tt is tuid that Conkling > rotontid ) against the president's pol- cy in many ways without any oHoct. Vesidont Arthur plainly told him hat the republican party was too ; rand an oriMiiiftition for personal HUH , and saiil : "Tho paity which ilcctn presidfiitu cannnt bu uu-d tu vork out the rovengus of senators. " Fatal DMHouHy ilotwuou Two Pui-mors. National At ofttcil ! 1'rcw ) . IjiiiiiKTV , Tciin , , September 4. A ntal difliculty ocuiiiTud yiistcrduy bo- weun .liunt'B TibhH and Win. Uurjiu. Jurtis rode through Tibbs * plantation o got to his ( Curtis ) dwelling. Tibbs ibjccted bat Curtiu poraiHtoil and the loxt time Curtis ciinio through Tibbs truck him on the head , fracturing his kull. THE WAR EAGLE'S ' WRECK Another Horrible Steamboat Disaster - astor on the Mississippi River , The Steamboat War Eagle Strikes the Bridge at Kookuk. The Eoat Becomes Unmauago- blo and Drifts Helplessly Down Stream. The Officers of the Boat Unable to Control the Panic- Stricken Parsengoft. Persons Known to Have Bosn Drowupd null Fifty National AttoclnU'il I'retw. TKltlllllLK HTKAMI10AT WUECK. KKOKUK , Iowa , Novombisr 4. The steamer War Eiiglo , ono of the largest and finest crafts on the Mississippi river , while proceeding down stream , struck the Iji idgo with terrific force , carrying awi y ono entire span of the bridge and smashing in the wheel house of the steamer. The boat was crowded with panHcugers nnd a fright- ul panic ensued. The officers were utterly unable to control the terribly excited passengers. Women screamed ind the most fearful confusion ensuod. One hundred men eaped on thn bridge soon ifter the boat struck , while nuny passengers jumped into the river. Eight are known to bodiownod ind several are miesing. The total OHS of lifo may reach twenty live. After striking the bridge ono engine w.ia dis-iblotl , and with the use of the other engine the largo boat swung around nnd finally undo a partial land ing below the city , then drifted down and sank in fifteen feet of water. The Hteamer is a total wreck and the freight on board ia a total wreck. The War Eagle was insured against fire but not against accident. The total loss will bo ? 225,000. Thrco passengers arc known to bo drowned , and fifty arc mming. The boat struck mdowiso with a most terrific crash. The crieu of the affrighted pnasopgera were heartrending , and such"wmUho panic and confusion that fho officers of The boat could do nothing to save the frightened people or prevent tnem from leaping into the water. The steamer was trying to > nako a landing nbovo the bridge nt the levee , when si 10 became unmanageable , nud in the swift current was carried against the bridge broadside , crushing a great hole in her side nnd carrying away one whocl-honsrt nnd disabling ono engine. The ECOIIU was terrible , and in the confusion it is impossible to obtain the lint of the passengers , or oven the names of those drowned. Upwards of fifty people are missing although it is positively known that only eight are drowned. The pas sengers who leaped on the bridge soon scattered to various parts of the city and seme of thu missing ones may yet turn up alivo. TRADE AND TRAFFIC. Railroads Still Blockaded An Increase in Failures Re ported. National AumhtoJ name. Nn\V YOIIK , November 4Ttlo - graphic reports to Uradstreet's from 'Hi cities received to-day show that the lines of transportation cnst and wuat acroBH the country huvo failed to fruu tliuniaulvt's fiitirely fiotn tlio blockade during tlo ; past week. This fc hern due to thu enorinou.s incravao in ( hipmunta. In spite , therefore , of the fact that the general trade as a whole hau not yet fully resumed ac tivity , it is expected that between now and thu close of the scn- 1011 tlio traffic of thu country will huvo homo the appearance of being in e.v H of that noted in any preceding week. Dullness improved but little it Chicigo. The roads and weather n the region immediately tributary : o that point are responmblo for this. 5trangu to say , tor the past week at Loum moro goods huvo been re ceived by the river route from toutti- ern ports than have been shipped T.tm St. Louis to those cities. This n doubtlcBs duo to the extra exertions' made at gulf ports to increase their import IniHiness. Not over three- 'omths of the fall plowing h.ta been completed in Minnesota , and thrco weeks open weather will bu required 'o lininh the work. FAILUUKH. There were reported to IJradstrcot'a 140 fuiluu'H throughout the United States and Canada during the past week , nn incroaao of 19 over the ccord of the previous week und the arge.it number since March. Tlio middle states load oil' in regard to inmlior ? , there being 40 , an iucrenso of lit ; Now England nUtos 20 , a decrease - crease 12 ; southern atatas 25 , an in crease of IS ; western stutcH 'M , an in- .Tease of U ; California and the tcrri- ories 11 , an increase of ! 5 ; Cunada and the provinces 0 , an increase of 1.
