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t HEHA DAILY BEE. ELEVENTH YEAR ON AHA , THURSDAY MORNING , DHOEMBER , 15 , 1881 , NO. 150 --or-- DURHAM CIGARETTES JND TOBAOUO Are the hcst and purest iniuli1. It osts but little to test oui- claims , and you should not fail to try them. One package will overcome your prejudice in favor of other brands and muko you a permanent PATRON OP THE DUKE. To advertise u poor nrticlo is a waste of time and money , and if wo were not conscious that tliey nro the best and purest and did not believe you would use them exclusively after try ing the first package , wo should not spend a dollur to advertise them. If you want a cigarette that will lull you to sleep , or if your * asto has been perverted by reason of having smoked drugged cigarettes , don't buy the Duke , as in that case you \\oulil netlike like them , us they contain NO OPIUM. Hut are made of a mild , old , HUeet , mellow tobacco grown around Dur ham and wrapped with thn best rieo paper. AYe uro award that they cost more money than many other cigar ettes , and dealers may try to persuade you to take something olae ; but , con sumer , you should insist on having the Duke , as it costs you no more than other cigarettes. Me of Durham Long-But in Tin-Foil Packages , This ia the same tobacco as that used in the Duke of Durham Cigarettes , and guaranteed pure , ' tumdultorald , healthy and enjoyable. . - Cuoss-CfT in tin-foil is the boat lOe. package on the market. Duke of Durham granulated in cloth bags is lee well and favorably known to require any comments. TOIl SALE . JY ALLJOBUEHSOF TOBACCO AND GROCHKS IN ST. LOUS. Obituary. National Associated Press. POUTLANH , Me. , December 14. Edward Fox , judge of the United States district court , died of heart dis ease this morning. Ho watt CO yimra of ago and was appointed in 180i. ( Ho loaves a wife and one daughter. NEW YOUK , December 14. Tlmd- deus Crane Banks , business manager of the New York Forest and Stream , died this morning at his residence in Brooklyn , aged 52 years , 11 months. Ho was twice a member ot the state legislature of Connecticut. The "Cops" Convention. Na'.lonal Associated Prc s. OIIHUOO , December 14. A meeting of the chiefs of police of various cities in the United States will bo convened hero to-morrow for the purpose of consultation with n view to forming a United States police association lor mutual aid and assistance in promoting - ing the enda of justice. Chiefs Ken- nett , of St. Louis , Rogers of Detroit , Schmitt , of Cleveland , O'Urien of Des Moines , Iowa , and Maj , Schumborg , of New Orleans , are already hero , and others are expected to-morrow. Squnttorn on the Otoo Rosorvo. .National Auiouiatcd 1'ri'M. LINCOLN , December 14. Two or 'three hundred squatters on the Otoe reservation have been forced by gov ernment troops to leave. The action of the government in this matter will cause much suH'oring. The squatters have no means and no where to go. The reservation will bo open to settle ment next spring , at which time the .land will be appraised und legally placed on the market. Thn Electric Light. .National AisociaUxl I'rrm. SAN FUANCISCO , December 14. The electric Ifcht tower ut San Jose , Cal. , is a complete success. Thn streets are lighted with full moonlight effect at a quarter of a mile distant , and a half moonlight effect at half a mile distant. At a mile distant sufficient light is given to travelers. There was an im mense gathering of people to witness the experiment last night. J. J. Owens , editor of the San JosoMercury , .Is the projector. New Pacific Line of Steamer * . N&tlonil Associated i'ream Mo.NTitEAL , December 14. A now line of steamers , owned by Canadians , is to bo built and placed on the route between San Francisco and China and Japan. The Canadian Pacific rail way's syndicate have under considera tion the project of building a branch line to Fort Churchill or Port Nelson , on Hudson bay. . Indian * Starving. National Associated I'ltss. ST. PAUL , December 14. United States Commissioner Nelson at Pom- l > ina reports that Indians in the Pom- bina Mountains are ataiving , owing to Riiiall-pox quarantine regulations which prevents their securing mipplies from thu settlement. The war de partment has been advised of their condition , Iowa Stock Breeders. I\'ltloiul AkeOciatoJ I'rcttt IOWA CITY , December 14. The eighth annual convention of thu Iowa State Improved Stook Breeders' asso ciation is now in session in this city. About six hundred delegates are pres ent. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Book's Spoeoli in the Sonata oil Presidential Succession , Soimtor Saunders Introduces i Bill to Enlarge tlio State of Nebraska. Probability That the House Committees Will Not be Announced till January. The Now Premier to Begin Supines * in His Depart ment Next Monday. From the Na tional Capital. CONGRESS. [ 'teas. visomauxos IN TIII : SCN.VII- : . WASHINGTON , December M. Mr. Garland , from tlio committee mi terri tories , reported n bill legalizing thu ok'ctiim of the legislature < if New Mexico. Air. Hoar culled up his ruHohitinn providing for n select cotiinuttuo on woman suffrage. Mr. Vest opposed this resolution in a speech against fuinale aiillrago. Mr. Hoar replied at some lengtl and with considerable eurncstneM in defense of woman's rights. NYitnoiit action on the resolution thu morning liour expired and it went over. Mr. Beck'u resolution in relation to presidential succession in the event of the death of tlu ) president and vieo nresul6nt _ , came up. Mr. Heck pro- ccedcd to address the senate. He oc cupied an hour in the delivery of his speech , which wns n very able ell'ort and reviewed apparently every possible contingency that can arise. Ho iniulo it very clear that some legislation was necessary. . Among the iutricatn question * rained by him was the status of the president pie tem. , whether ho lost his seat in the senate and whether his statocould send another ( senator in hit * plaei > , leaving him , \vlien a president has been elected , out of the seat in the sonata to which he hud bson elected. Another hypothetical case suggested was the capture of the president by an enemy in .war ; the vice president would necosearily succeed to the of fice ; another battle might release the president ; dould ho then return to his ( jtlice , or would the vice presi dent coulimio in oflico. ' He felt assured Imt had President Lincoln boon captured during the late war and Mce-Prcsidont Ham ) in at tempted toljavo discharged the duties of president , after his return there would have bcon a revolution in the country. He. quoted largely from a bj-'i'&fHMtor Bayard in the Thirty-eighth congress , . -n the quos tiou whetlier the president pro tem. of the senate or speaker of the house were such "ollici rs" as were contem plated by the constitution , deriving their authority from their respective states. Ho characterized the speech of Senator Bayard an the ablest speech he had over read. Senator Muxey took similar ground to that taken by Senator Beck , but maintained that neither the vice-pres ident , the president pro tem or the speaker succeeded to the ollicc of president , but merely discharged the duties of the ollico under their re spective oaths of otiico as such minoi officers. SVhon Vice-President Ty ler succeeded President Harrison he took the presidential oath without careful consideration , and that prece dent had been followed without much discussion. Ho questioned whether the persons provided by law were such ollieers us were contemplated by tli constitution. In case of ina bility it was a very unsafe provision which by implication made the person to succeed the judge of the inability of the person whom ho was to suc ceed. This was a subject that could bo acted on without party division , and should receive early attention. Senator Anthony , whose long ser vice in the senate eminently qualified him to do so , gave ft brief review of thu complications which had hitherto arisen , and Hta'cd when Andrew Jack son wus acting as president and Mr. Forster , of Connecticut , was president pro torn , of the sun ate , both gentle men wcro alarmingly ill at the same tiilie , and the house wan without a speaker , causing considerable anxiety as to who would ho president , should both die. Fortunately both recov ered and the danger was averted. Garland obtained the door to con tinue the debate , but yielded to Ed munds for a motion foi executive HCH- sion , which , ut 2:15 : p. in. , was agreed to , and when the doora were opened the senate adjourned. CAPITAL NOTES. National Associated I'rcM. TllANXrOUTATJON AND OO.MMKItOK. The annual report on the interna tional commerce of the United States by Joseph Nimnio , Jr. , chief of ihe bureau of statistics , wan yesterday laid on the desk of senators and momhois , besides matter relating to the. railroad problem and competition between rail roads and wat'or lines already given to the public. This report in successive chapters treats of the transportation , commercial and industrial interests of Cincinnati , Chicago and St. Louis ; relative to the growth and magnitude of the foreign commerce of itoaton , Now York , Philadelphia and Now Orleans ; the production of grain and the movement of grain and Hour from the west and northwest to the sea board ; competition between Now York and Montreal ; comparative growth of traffic on railroads , lakes and the Krio canal , and internal and foreign movements - monts of the cotton product of the United States , At the extra session of the senate in October , a resolution originally in tended to cover the investigation of t ! i- ( . . . " , > il lVm\v report in the tiv.rvit ) ' department , wm so o.xU'iidoi iwto Oliver an inquiry into the fxpon dilute i f the contingent fund of oael nt the CM'entivo depart inputs and wna ulopted. appropriations com- mitti'c was authorized to conduct the invi-Miijation by a Mib-comiiiittee dur- tint recess , but nothing was done nnti tu-d.iy , when the sub-committeo was appointed , consisting of DavidV. ( . VH. ) and Cockrell. A call will bo made upon the departments for the necessary information , pending re ceipt of which but little can bo done. It is reported that Pitney , the dis charged custodian of the treasury sup plies , fools aggrieved nt his treatment and threatens to appear be Con- the committee and uivo some dainauin testimony. NBIIUASKA'S NOUIIIKISN norNiuuv. The bill reported by Senator Saun- tiers in relation to the boundary oi Nebraska proposes un extension of the i.orthern line through the Missour : rivoron the forty-third par.xlhl , tak ing in p.irt of the Sioux resetvation. The fame bill WAS before the last con- gross. IIOlSi : I'OMMITTKO. A holiday from December L'l u January -till , is understood to bo in accordance with the views of a largo majority of the members of Ihe two Iu i3e3. If that time is fixed it is probable the house committees would bo announced before adjournment. If an earlier day ia fixed iho latter may beheld over until after recess. Till : NATIONAL I AKI > Ol1 1IKU.TH listened to a preliminnry report of Yice-President Hillingsiiohaa boon nhnud making observations rogardhn : methods of recording vital matisiicH. The doctor'.s observations when sub mitted in his written report will , with data collected , bo niado a basis for a general system of recording statis ties to bo recommended to the board for general use throughout the couu try. ItAt'.M UENIK1 IT. Hevenno Commissioner Ittuini de nies the published report that ho has recommended the removal of William S. Wilson , collector of internal reve nue for the fifth district of Kentucky. SEPJIBTAKY FUElINOHl'V. KN the dntioa of the state di > partment on Monday next. OAHI'IKMI Mr.MOIll.U. SKUV1CK. The joint committee of the two houses on the G'irlicid memorial ser vices by congress had a short meeting this afternoon and appointed a Mib- committee consisting of Mclvinloy Ohio' ' , Cox 'Nr. ' Y. ) , and D.iwus to draft a plan to'sorve as a bisis for ao- tion of the full committee. SHKKMAN'S IJONW HILL. Secretary Folgor will appear before the finance committee of the senate to-morrow and give hia views in rela tion to Secretary Sherman's 3 par cent bnnd bill. Foreign Intelligence. National Associated Cress. PARIS , t > ecomber 14. The tri.il of the liable suit -of MAI. Gambetta mid llalleino ! La Cour against Roche- fort's newspaper , which recently charged those gentlemen with invent ing the Tunisan question for specula tive purpose ? , was begun yesterday. DUIIUN , December 11.A fanner it Aughaby was shot dead at his brother's house last night. His brother had been boycotted and ho wd received a warning not to live with boycotted person. Disregarding ; his warning , ho was followed and dlled. The ofl'enso of the boycotted brother was that ho had paid rent to lis landlord after being ordered note o do so. Placards have been posted on the Dcnison estates in Hoscommon. nemicing with death any tenant pay- ng his rent. A tenant namedliren - ian paid his rent and was shot dead yesterday. LONDON , December 14. - The lord chamberlain , whoso oflico gives him control over the theatres of the mo .ropolis , has called the attention of the London malingers to the catiiatro- > he at Vienna , and has them adopt secure systems for lighting the audito- ium and the stage. Many of the [ Condon theatres arc badly arranged , and a fire in one of thc.in would bo certain to result in a terrible loss of ifo. ifo.Tho The anti-Jewish riots at Odessa were renewed to-day and wcro very violent. The rioters drove out from he country two hundred and fifty-six if those Jews who were the most ob- loxiotis to them. Five of the rioters wore arrested. The epidemic of cholera has ap- > cared at Cairo , and Mediterranean steamers'from Alexandria have been quarantined. The Hnssian minister is increasing ho penalties against the press for vio- ations of the laws restricting the free- loin of public critics. HouK , December 14. Cardinal [ loward has bconappointcd to succeed he late Cardinal liorromeo un arch bishop of St. Petor'K. The pope has isked the special conference of ishops now in session hero to settle .ho question of hia continuance at the Vatican. Ho doclarcn that his position s intolerable , and desires to go to Malta , where the English government ias oflbrod him a permanent refuL'o. TOUONTO , December 14. A cable- ; ram waH received hero to-night , say- ng JJoyd flignod articles for a race vith Haiilan for the championship of ho world and 500 , the race to take > Iaco on the Tyno , Ajiril 'id noxt. lunlun immediately cabled assent. foljo Appointed Surveyor General- National Au&iclntcxl I'rcBd. AITUOUA , HI. , Dccombor 14. Intel- igcnco comes that .Hon. Kugeno Can- iold , cf this city , will probably bo ap- > ointod surveyor general of Washing- on Territory. Suiclilo. Natioinl AsBOclattd | 're , DAYTON , ( ) . , December 14.--l'ho liird suicide within fourteen bourn ias occurred here. William Thyno , a ) arkeuper , took an overdose of mor- ihino last night und died tliia morn- ng. GUITEAU'S TRIAL , Sickness of a Juror Closes Pro- CBoflinga For the Day , But Not Until tbo Pi iouor i Has Made His Customary Hnraoguo. Scovillo'o LootU'o Attended by h. Very Smtill Audience LoBt'NiRht , HoBolioves Gxiltonu Will Not Liva to See tbo End of the Trial. Boonuno Ho in -Daily Dnncor of GUITEAU. Natloiuvl As'ociatcU ttr\ A SlI'K .H'llOll HU ) ! KS I'UOCKKDINd.s. WASHINGTON , liecombor 14. The court was packed , -as it was bxpcetod ( iuitviui'H divorcedfwifo would testify. The prisoner looked better and ussu-- ril j\Irs. Scovillo ho felt lirst-rato. John L. Withww , pastor of the P.irk Str.ict Conairosatioiial church , , of lioston , wna thc.jlii.st witness. Ho' was greeted by Quitcau with the re marlr : "Oontlnuon , the doctor is u very line man. " Withrow testified ho met Gniti'iiu friMjiioutly in 1878 and 187H , and con versed with him often about tiis lec ture tour , fluifenu desired to use the doctnr'ri church illy which to deliver his lecture. Witucas refused , aa ho regarded GuitoAuV. , views absurd anct him as uuconsclontious. Ho thought him ill-natured , i His conversation displayed egotism and love of notorie ty. ' 'I rogardodihim as a shrewd , or rather u cute nmii. " ' "What's the > di'J'cronce ? " asked Guiteau. "One is sharper than the other , and smaller , " 'said Corkdill. "Yes , " said the witness. "Ho did not .say that , Corkhill , " said Guitean , "ana it'a the smartest thing you've aatd'in'this whole trial. " Cross-exaniinedHho witness said at prayer-meetings of the church GUI- toau's uttorancoa Jwcro critical , accu satory und devoid of sympathy. A juror win hero allowed a biief absence , and Guitoau broke out : " 1 am full of grit. My words are point ed , and there is nq'suntimont or any thing of that kind about me. If there had been I would probably have got through the world better than I have done. I ahvaya.knew high-tonod Christian poaplo. I did not know any dcadboats or disreputable characters of either BOX. I claim that my free agency was destroyed and I had no choice about removing the president , ( pou.idiiifj vigorously on the tabled and. \vilHako jt > y.chnnccB with this court , this jury , atu { with tholiord on' this issue. That tollnyon the theory , gentlemen , and the court and jury Imvo to pass upon it. 3 am not here to save my neck from the gallows. I am hero for right , for justice , and for vindication. " The court requested the prisoner to suspend his speech. "That is all right , " was the excited response. "When I got before the jury I will explain all this. I have simply niado a little speech to fill up the time. [ Laughter. ] When the juror resumed hia seat , a witness named Justice was called. "Mr. Justice does not answer , " was : ho reply of the crier with a significant nflation of the voice. Owing to the illness of one of the jurors court adjourned until to-mor- ow. ow.Mrs. . Dunmoro , Guiteau's divorced wife , was in the marshal's oflico all hu morning , awaiting her turn to .eatify. Her husband refused to al ow her to bo interviewed till after she has testified. Ho said , however , she did not believe Guitoau insane , SCOV1LLE. HIS LEUTUUK. WASHINGTON , December 14. At Lincoln hall to-night on thu occasion if Scovillo's lecture the undionco was small. This , however , may have been caused by the inclemency of the weather , as Scovillo's friends claimed hat a largo number of tickets hud jeen disposed of. Scovillo came on , ho platform alone. Ho was creoted , vith applause. Ho plunged at once nto his subject , stating the lecture was somewhat out of the ordinary course of professional etiquette but he oil justified in taking this atop be- sauso the prof 3 , a powerful motor n the affairs of public life , did not treat the case fairly. Ho did not wish to extonuatu the crime , jut ho protested against the excited expression against the prisoner by the press and public. The press was in- dined to pander to n depraved or mis taken public sentiment in regard to ; h case. Ministers of the gospel were also impetuous in their comments on ! iuiteau. Ninoteen-twentietlm of the ettera received by the prisoner con tained threats against his life. Sco villo read one. He hoped it would bo : ho Christian prayer that the assassin might ho brought to a proper condi tion of iliind. Ho pleaded for a sus pension of opinion in regard to the jrimmur'a act und went on to nay a gen eral feeling of revenge was felt by nioi.t of the people who talked , or wrote ibout this case. "I have good reason to beliuvn , " ho said , "that tho' prisoner will not live to the conclusion of his rial. I do not Ray this for sensational oliect. On the same day that he was shot at , I spoke to the authorities , but 10 extra precautions were made for .ho protection of the prixonor. Mar' tdial Henry said there wan no danger mtsido , but danger existed in the court loom , and ho had distributed > llicers all over for Guiteau's safety , [ told him the danger wan outside , and wont to Corkhill und told him the name thing. Corkhill said ho would dy what ho could. No extra precautions wcro taken and thnt same afternoon thu prisoner was shot at. I am not going to liijlit for the life of thin primmer in court except under the forum of law. J urn here to sco that ho has a fair trial , to see that evidence for and against him sh.ill be properly presented to the coutt , and to sco so far m the law is concerned the proper forms nro ob served , so that nnthing can bo laid to my charge afterwards. 1 say to you and the public generally , that if bet ter precautions are not taken I do not think Gtiiteau will live to the close of his trial. Let the responsibility rest where it may. 1 give warning and 1 know what I say. " Mr. Scovillo then declared in quiet but earnest tones that he wished thu American people not to have the stig ma of the assassination of the assassin of the president. If Unit can wna killed by an USSUMUI it would bo found out on post mortem examina tion that ho was irresponsible for his action. lu conclusion , Mr. Scovillo spoku ot the bad vflVctft of the spoils nystom in politics , which , ho charged , had something to do with the crime. A rcsolutioii of sympathy with his efforts in behalf of the prisoner anil his personal conduct of the euso was passed. The Army Itlflo Tannin. Nntlotml AnoHuttsI I'rru , \VASHIMITON , D. 0. , December II. The general of the army announces the results of tlm contests held during the past summer in each of the mili tary departments for positions in the teams of the jjroat military divisions , u * well as the ucoro made by each in dividual member of those teams. The exhibit is very gratifying and ia ac copied us an assurance that nt thu ; roat contest next year for "army irifies'1 the members of the winning team will demonstrate their claims an .skilful marksmen and reflect credit on the army. In the division of the Atlantic , Lieut. Homer heads the list ; his uvrrago in the three ranges at 1200 , 400 and liOO yards respectively , being M. The standing of the other mem bers of the team is in thn order in which their tinmen are given : Second Lieutenant U. 0. Van Yliot , First Lieutenant Taylor , Private Scstus , Corporal Hayes , Sergeants Ouiiian , L'ampboll and Turnoy , Corporal llib- lions , Lieutenant Host , Private Hick- ird , Corporal llubbard Alternates Dorporal Wood and Captain Hamil ton. The per oOntago ranges down to 73. In the Division of the Missouri the Htnnding of the team is in the fol lowing order : Corporal Kussoll , Ser jeants Neville , Osborno and Shipp. Daptain Annum , Sergeants Hackett mil Mosen , Lieutenant NieholH , Pri vate l icc , Sergeant Ilindloy , Lieu tenant Entorly , Sergeant \Voody , and alternates , Seivrant Heaslys and Pri vate Dnscoll. The percentages rnngo from 80 down to 74. In the Division of the Pacific , the standing of thu team ia in thu follow- in tf order : -Privates Moore and Ber nard , Sergeant Wells , Private Terry , Corporal Gardner , So recants Motx , Lickias , Couiiday and Wilson , Corpo ral Chenoweth , Sergeant Oarber , Pri vate O'Keef. AH soon as the medals and riflca are finished Iho chief of ordnance will send to the commanding generals of the military divisions an appropriate number of each und the division com mander will deliver ( o each member the prizes awarded for tlio contest for 1881 , causing-in advance the name , date , etc. , to bo engraved on appro priate plates. OIil Time Mexican CITY or MEXICO , December J4. There has boon no reliable returns re ceived here from the htato election in Falisco and it in not possible at pres ent to indicate how the election went. I'lim is duo in a great measure to the titter rivalry existing between the op- ) osing political parties which cnlniin- ifod during election day , the 10th nst. , at n number of . oting places through .tho state n bloodshed. In Guadalajnre , the capital , where one Jesus liarajos , with an armed body of men , rebelled against the state government , Eqnadn of his men seized tlio ballot boxes and destroyed them durinr ; the melee that followed. Francisco JJoao , an official , was killed , und u number of persons wounded. A reign of terror existed during the time tlio mobhad possession of the city and order was not restored until late in the evening , when Jiar- ijos , hearing seine largo force of fed eral troops were on their way to the capital to restore peace , left the city with IIJH band , marching in i ( southerly direction. Reports from i number of towns through which he passed state that liu and his Mild broke open jails und liberated irisoncrs in order to gain recruits and ; hat numbers of them joined him. General Jalontino , with a largo body if federal troops , is in pursuit of thu rebels and serious trouble is antici pated. , The Ticket Commission VUlonil AwociUul I'rn * . CHII.AOO , December 14. Commis sioner Dixon Inn called a mooting of .ho general passenger and ticket agents of the various railroads , which will convene to-morrow at thu Grand I'acitic hotel , The object is to take iction on the payment of commissions on tickets sold by agents , with a view in put nil end to the system , The [ imposed reform will moot with warm Favor by some of the now roads , which have not established many agents outbido of their ter ritory , but will bo strenuously opposed by the Kric , Grand Trunk , Pennsylvania , Ohio and the Hock Is- and , all of which have been years i.i irranging a comprehensive system of ticket ai/oncioM throughout the conn- Lty. It ia not believed any number of prominent roads will adopt the reform contemplated in the abolition of all commissions on nil tickets Hold , but it in likely the subject will bo hotly dis cussed. There will bo a largo attend ance at thu meeting , CRIMINAL NEWS , The Now Attorney Don-oral ami tlio Star Route Gases , Killed by Her Brotbor Because Sbo WIIB uGwino to Toll Manimy. MUcnllnnooit * Crlminnl Now * ol the Day. CRIME. NrvtlonM AvooUteil Prom. Kiu.r.n IIIH MVTKII. W.untKNroN , N. C. Di-eembor 14. Solomon D.ivis ( colored\ boy aged 14 , had stolen a piece of eoM possum from hi * mother's pantry. His sister Margaret , two yearn younger , said "I am going so toll mammy. " Solo moit loaded his father's old musket with buckshot , and necrotinjj himself near a spring nhot the little girl in thu back. She ( lied almost instantly. WII.I. CKUTAIVl.V HANI ! . UuooKt.YN , NT. Y. , December 14. James F. WaUh , who murdered his sweetheart , Barbara Greonthal , whoso ease was appealed , was to-day son fenced to bo hanged on the ' 'Oth of January. OONK TO CANADA. Cmr.ujo , December 14. Kx-Trcas- nror Larrabeo , of Lakoviow , a Biiburban town , has tied to Canada , n defaulter. TIIK HTAIt HOUTK < ! ASKM. Pittr.AUKU'iUA , December 14. Special Assistant Attorney-General Win. A. Cook , of Washington , ia in consultation here to-night with Hon. lli'iijatnin II. Brownter , relative to the star route cauos. It ia stated on relia ble authority that prosecutions arc at once to bo pushed with vigor. flllMINAI. NOTKS. Piiii.\niiriiiA : , December 14.Jno. . C. Hurst , an aged wholesale druggist , has been arrested and held in § 15,000 bail at thu instance of his son , Samuel H. llnr.st , who charges that his father sold his biminoRS and ntock and appro priated the proceeds , which amounted to SIo.OOO. A warrant has boon issued for the nrri'al of Wm. G. Cross , of Itunnett , Cross i\ir \ Co. , looking glass frame and moulding manufacturers , und member of the city council , who is charged with extensive forgeries. Or BS loft For Paris unknown Friday , leaving a lame family unprovided for and his wife is lying in a critical condition from the shock. The Diiwdou Will Cnio. < | M'clnl PNiutdi to Tint HKK. LINCOLN , December 14.Tho Jacob DAWBOII will cano , long in the courts lore , was decided in favor of the heirs in Lincoln to-day. The suit involves § 150,000 worth of property in town. The Supreme Court. N tit Ions I Associated I'rcu. WANHINOTON , December 14. A special committee of the American liar association , contesting of Clurkson S. Potter , of Now York , Henry Hitchcock , of Missouri , Alexander Ll. Lawton , of Georgia , Ihiftis King , > f Ohio , John W. Stevenson , of Ken- ; ucky , Richard T. Morrick , of the District of Columbia , Courtland Parker , of Now Jerwoy , and Charles j. llradloy , nf Rhode Island , met hero in thu council of the to-day room su preme court to duviao some means of olioving the docket of the Huproino court of the crush of business now jcforo it. There nro now 1,100 cases on the supreme court docket nd on the average not orer 300 cases are heard during the year Cases ire constantly accumulating and it now taken tour years to roach n case. L'lans are under consideration by the oo mmilteo us follows : First To increase the court and to authorize itfi division into three cham bers , but to nit together in such cases is involve national or constitutional { iiestions. Second - To create courts in the several circnitn to exorcise appellate powers in all COACH up to $110,000 and to limit the mipromo court to all cases over that amount. ThiidTo create a national up- H.'llatu courtof last resortcoin posed of twelve or fifteen judges , which shall livido itself into two or three chum- > ern , distributing businepn among .hem , and which shall have juriudic- .ion in all cases which now come to .ho supreme court and in which private ntorests are alone involved , und which raise no question of national nterest and involve no constitutional question. Under this latter plan ull such cases as are there referred to will go direct .o the supreme court as now organized ir bo transferred to that court as BOOH is their character is determined , The alter plan , it ia stated , will relieve the Bupremo court of one-fourth of the business now before it. A number of the committee to-night said members of the supreme court , members of the congress and the committee are work ing in perfect harmony , the only end in view being to devise some plan that will not debar litigants of obtaining iustico by delays of three to five years. The commit tee will be in session soy- oral d.iyn , but before it adjourn * will adopt one of the three plans mention- oil , either entire or in a modified form. Chief Justice Waite to-day an nounced to the bar that the supreme court will adjourn from Thunulay , J2dinst.to Wednesday , January 4. Puoiflo Count Mall. S'atloial Awoclatu-1 I'rran. Niw ; YOKK , December 14. Post master General James and Stiperin- tundnnt Thompson , of the railway iiiail servicti , nro still in the city , ar ranging u butter uyntom of mails to the went , Mr. JumcH said this afternoon ; " 1 have not yet completed arrange- uientrt for a new schedule of mails , but moan to remain hero until I do. What wo are trying to do is to save time on mails to the west , and also to arrange a through time table to Han Francisco , so that a man in that city can answer a letter from this city on the PIIIIO day ho received it. At present n train from this city ar rives in San Francisco nt 11:35 : a. in. and n through train for the east loavca at ! ! ; ! ! 0 p. in. I hope to make arrange ment to have the train from the cant arrive about an hour or an hour and iv half earlier and the train to the east , leave about two hours later and nmko up tlreso two hours in the run to this city. " A Rough Nation * ! Awoclatwl i'n-M. NKW YORK , December 14. The steamship Somerset arrived thia morn ing from liristol after being nearly four weeks nt sea. For thirteen days she encountered a constant succession of heavy gales , with tierce hurricanes and aqunlla at frequent intervals. Her docks were greatly damaged , thu saloon guntrnticu Jttovo in , the strong iron door broken by a heavy sea , thu foro'Ciid of the bridge washed away , and the heavy iron rails had to bo lashed together. November 127 th she passed the steamer Devon bound twist , allowing ; the signal "I am on fire ; " bori rounil and followetl'lior but she apparently not needing any assistancekept , on her course , while wo put about for New York. Marino Intelligence. NKW YOKK , December 14. Sailed The St. Laurent for Havro , thoLako Winnipeg for Liverpool , the Rotter dam for Amsterdam , Arrived The Switzerland from Ant werp , the Canada from London , the Piorto do Ceginck from Antwerp , the Lake Manitoba from Liverpool , the Somerset from Bristol. ) Qri'.KNSToWN , December 14. Sailcot Thu Oily of Paris for Now York. GI.AKOOW , December 14. Arrived The State of Florida from Now York. LOUNK , December 14. Sailed The State of Pennsylvania for Now York. Heavy Fire. National Associated 1'ttM. Pnii.ADKU'iiiA , December 14. The extensive rope walk and manufactory of .7. T. Uailoy , fc Co. , at Taakor and Otsego streets , were totally destroyed by lire to-night. The conflagration stat ted in n stable , to which it might have boon confined hnd not thirty bar rels of tar ignited and communicated thu Ifcimes to thu two liugo structures occupied as manufactories , which were filled with material and \aluablo machinery. Loss , § 1200,000 ; insured. Two firemen were seriously injured. Taxing Government Bonds. INWANAI-OI.IN , December 13. An important suit wna commenced to-day by * the city against the well known banker , J. S. C. Harrison. It seems ho bought 9200,000 government bonds March 31st , and sold thorn April 2d , and thus evaded assessment April 1st. The city cluinia the § 200- 000 ahoulu now bo taxed under the tax law of 1881. A hundred more suits will be commenced similar to this. Tanneiiee National Associated 1'rcM. NARMX'iLLK , December 14. The senate and house are doing but little on account of the committee on rodia- tricting the ntuto not having com- ilotod their labors. This committee s moving slowly , each member having a theory of hia own. The investigating committee are .uking testimony and it is understood are beginning to got at BOIIIO tacta shown before the grand jurj' . Tbo Chrlitliraoy Cane. S'ntloiml Afvoclntcil Press. WASHINGTON , December 14 , Chas. Goodman , the missing witness in the Christiancy divorce case , who testi fied to bringing a woman from Now York to porsoimtMrs. . Christiancy in Giro's company , turned up again to-day and signed his former testi mony and left for Now York to-night. Received Hie Reward- National A nciat l I'ress. DKH MOINKS , December 14. Mr. M. Sankey , . .xslierin"of Dccatur county , was paid yesterday ? 1,000 , re ward offered by the governor for the capture of the Mercer boys , who were shot in Missouri while Sankoy and his posse wcro attempting to cap- : uro them. Hooaier Granger * National Aanoclattil Vrcita. ' INDIANAPOLIS , December 14. The [ ndiuna state grange is in session in .his city. Seventy out of ninoty-two > Bounties in the state are represented. The order ia reported in better condi- : ion than any year since 1870. Gov. Porter delivered an address of wel come to-day. Weitorn Union. Dividend. National Aisoclatccl I'rcea. NKW YOHK , December 14. At the ] uarterly meeting to-day of the West ern Union telegraph company , a divi dend of 1J per cent. , payable on the lth ( ! of January next , was declared. L'ho estimated not revenue for the juartor will ho about $2,010,527.27. The TanBMsee Bar. Utlontl Auout < xl J'ruot. NARIIVILLE , December 14. Dele gates from ull portions of the state not here to-night and organized astute stuto bar association , of which Jndgu W. F. Cooper in president and J. 0. Itrudford , secretary. Indications. National Assoclatul I'reM , WASHIMJTON , Decomlwr 15. For the lower Missouri valley , warmer fairer weather , south winds , lower pressure. Dolls ! Dolls ? Dolls ! at the " 1JOSTON STOKE. " SAVE YOUll MONEY. 10 dozen Silk Handkerchiefs 15c Other stores advertise them at 25o1 SIOUE , CitEioiiroN BI.OOK ! < lccl2m-w- .