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FHE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ELEVENTH YEAB. OMAHA , TUESDAY MOENING , JANUARY 3 , 1882 NO. 166 HAPPY NEW YEAR , How the Day Was Observed at tlio National Capital , President Arthur'a First New Year's Levee a Brilliant Social Success. The White Houte a Scene of * Subdued Qlory The Ladies Who Assisted , the President. At Well n What They Wore on the Oconnion. onal A eocl 't < l Pre i. WASHINGTON , January 2. It is generally remarked horu tliat the re- coptitm nt the Whitu House to.day , though a very quiet 0110 , was more largely attended mid moro brilliunt than for ninny years. The general feeling towards the now president is most kindly. Everybody is willing to testify regard for him and their upport in the duties or his position. Party feeling suiuus to luvo hoen for gotten , and hia most ardent op ponents tpoak kindly of .linn and Ilia abiKty thus far displayed. This accounts in p.u't for tlio lurgo attend- unco at the reception to-day. An other cause ia that comparatively fuw people hero have aeon the president and many leas have had the privilege cf meeting him. There Ima not been New Year's reception at the White House for twelve years in which there was mingled with the feeling of re spect as much curiosity as to-ctay. Betide - ( tide a desire to see the president ii per on , there were many who wore anxious toeeo the SVliito House since it had been refitted. It is 'considered by all that the interior hag never looked so well us it did to 'day. Still another cause 'for the largo attendance was the fact that the weather , though quite cold , was very phxuant and particularly HO by comparison with former occasions of this sort. 'One year ago the diy was much colder , while on January 1 , 1880 , iv heavy snow storm and very disiigreeablo weather prevented attendance. The attendance of the army and navy was particularly largo. The toilettes of the ladiea were in many cast's very 'handsome. ' The ladies who received with the president were Mrg. Fro- linghnyBcn , who wore a black satin and brocade ; the wife of Attorney General Browster stood next ; she wore a dark wine-colored velvet with collar and ruff and 'elbowalcoves of anuo lace ; Mrs. ( Lincoln , wife of the secretary ot war , was next. Sha wore black Spanish lace , open on the sides an'd 'front , shewing a rich uindorekirt > of old gold /axtin. Mrs.Senator Xogari 'blue velvetwith white satin , and pro fusion of 'white lace and a handsome dress. Twof the moat elegant dresses were worn by Poetmuter 'General James' wife vho stood next , and their daughter , Mrs. Pearson , with whom 'the president lud made 'it a .personal matter that they should return from New York and asMHt him to-day. iBoth dresses were evidently worn for the firsts ! me ; that of Mrs. James wan of a sea shell tint of pink , moire antique , with > broad ruffs of plain satin , sauio. shade , over which fell a very wide point duchesao lace. The exquisitely tine ( Jirt hud a long train , pe fectly nluin , of the rich material , ftiic. the witiat , which was cut square in the nock , was trial- med with the came lace. ffho skirt was very long end graceful , and was cut out at the bottom in a vandyke ; across the front it was iuiishutl with narrow triple Irsx pleat * . The wife of Senator Miller , of California , .was tlio next lady ; uhe wore a superb moire an tique riiiido wiih watteuu pJcats , trimmed with point lace. She wore , rich jowolu. A daughter of the secretary - rotary of the navy stood at the end in line.She were black Spauiah Jaco over colored silk. Mrs. Don < CiKne- ron wore white nil ! , with the front breadth triucmod with gold brocade , her catin dress was also trimmed with point lace and pourt fringe ornaments .of di&uionds ; Mrs. Pondleton , over white skirt white atcipod gauze ; Mr * . Blaine wore an elegant dress of pure vplvot and satin , with a few hoico diamond ornaments ; Mrs. Robewon wore heliotrope and white brocade .combined with plain 'heliotrope ilk ; Miss Lucy Frolinghuyson and her-ais- tor , Mrs John Davis , were very ele gant full dress toilettes. The num ber of ladies present wui unuauiilly large , nearly nil oiHoials having one or moro members of their familtua with them , Particularly noticeable among the foreign representatives were the new Chiueao miniiter and assistant , dreiued in full Chinese costume very rich ami wearing upon his cap the inci'iia of rank to which ho belongs. The Turk ish minister was also a notable Ji nro , wearing his red cap with tussell dur ing the reception according to tlio cus tom of his nationality. The president . was very i lainly dressed in black cut away coat , daik punts and vent , fault- leas glow being the only d.ish of white in his costume. Thin innova tion upon costume BO long hold by which the presidents received in full druss was ttio subject of no little com ment and the president's ox. cellout taste ao often com plimented in ' tl.u past few months , received much' further commendation. At 12 o'clock the army and navy offi cers callo ! , presenting a very hand some appearance in tliuir brilliant uniforms. At I'-1 : 30 came the commissioner - missioner of agriculture , Mr , Loriiv/ ; the assistant secretaries uf tlu depart ment , the ( mutant postmaster gon. oral , Solicitor General Phillips and tlie heads of buro.ius of the Hevural departments. The number of suna- tor.i and members of congress wai qiuto imal ! , owing to thu fact that moat of thorn were absent from the city. The new attorney general and postmaster general were among the callers. The Marino band discoursed excellent music during the bourn of reception. At 12:4ii : the Oldest In- hiuitiuitR association called , and nt 1 p. m. the general reception to citizens bogan. The attendance of army and navy officers this year wan particularly largo and brillmnt ; among habitues of the White House the reception wns remarked as being n remarkably quiet one , though generally well at tended. There wns n subdued nnd solemn air in the personal conduct of many callers , which showed that re collection of the scones in the house of the past few month * was very vivid before their minds. Probably to none nro'thoy more vivid than to President Arthur. The cards ' of admission to the principal callers were in deep blncjt border , and by the president's special do.siro all dis play in the hnusi } was dispensed with save the halls and rooms were made cheerful with plants nnd light and warmth. It is , however , thu uoneral ro.i irk that the house never looked so well an at thin time. The hullo have been refurnished "And repainted in ex ccllent taste , rtdh Turkish carpets laid and the Wills of thu blue nnd red rootinf newly decora ted. The hftuso was very comfortable in the curly part of the day , but the constant stream of callow passing through Mio diwrs , making it necessary to keep them constantly open , chilled atmosnkttro in the re ception rooms , nnd the biting winter air of thu outside hnd before 2 o'clock found its way to every part of the house. During the citizens' hour the number of callers was unusually largo , duo in pirt to the f.ict that the rt y , although cold , was immunity pleas nt , nnd the fact that "few peoplv hero have yet seen the preaidont. The gas was not lighted in any of the parlors or oarridora , but curtains were so arranged us to make n acini- twilight as the sun fllinno through them. Most of the foreign countries were represented by mini-tiers , but in a few cases in the absence of thatotii- ciul , ninitherporsonncted in hit stead. Mr. Do Mossener , of the Russian le gation , represented that country , in the absence of the Russian minister All members of the diplomatic cor , H whose uniform * on atuto occasions is prescribed by their renptotivo guvern- nmnts , were full courtt , dress , while those having no uniform wore dresa nuits. Society had its first opportuni y of vsirc'ii ' g thu now Hi it jsh minis'cr , Sir 'Lionel tiaok''illo West , who WAI pres' ent with hia daughter , Mr , Drum- inond , Ciiptam and Mm.Villiam Ar thur and Messrs. Howard , A-dani nnd Cadowan , nnd L'rd'QoorieM'ontiiguo. ' Mitis Went wore - --simple but hand- omo suit of invisible green. China -was represented by iv now miniator-and most > nf his suit and.llr. Bartlott. No ladiea were 'with fhin .parly'which entured last of all , aa its ministiir-iH the latest accession to the diplomatic corpn. . < . After tlie reception at the "Whito Houno 'those of the cabinet officers who wore so circumstanced aa to able to receive -did so. Secretary .FrelinghcyBen received the foreign srepreaontativos at his residence -on I otreet , after which his doors were thrown open'to his friends and the , -public - , and Mrs . Lincoln received at her houue on Maenachusetta avenue. 'Mrs. James received at the Arlington , vbero the pnntmKster general and ! family have resided xince Mr.Jairen came to W ehinit.uii as cibsnot minis ter. Mra. Hunt , . Jh-int' in mourning for her father , who died in ( Boston a few < -iveek inmce , < lid not receive , aud Mm. BrowBtcr , an bur j hiicband him not . < f.ialifiod as a memj j her of thu cabinet , < iid not of cnurno reix-ivo , SetTPtiiry nnd Mrs. Jffirk ! wood were tmlirtpuatd nnd did not re- , ceiV'8. Th icceptiors of the ttupreino i court huliex lvurit coulined to thoee ol Chief Justice Waite and Mra.iTuotico Uradley. Tkuau ware very dmtiu- gnUhud events and attunded by the nicest people in town. Mrs Juitico MiUtliawH an her clisrming daughter. assistoU Mrs. Hr.idloy. The -/umiliea of many Benaton J.IH ! ; n'jinbec8 of congress hete aluo re- eoived. Outside of the oiliuLU circles the number of c < tlle here to-day waa un- Uiually brge. . National AB oiUt d JjONOo.v , January 2. A dispatch from Cark saya that during the in stallation ( if the now maycr to-dny u dniii' on IIIG ! ) suiK il upcn the oppor tunity to creatn a riot undihat during the melee which followed both the in coming and outgoing mayors were roughly handfed by tlie mob. At the present inonwnt considerable free li htintr ia going on aud soriuus rosulta i\r-u anticipated. The e.iiitain of the liritaunic hns been ordered by the admiralty to pay 20 tdwarJs thaoxpenstJH of inquiry into the cuno of stranding his vessel. BKKLIN , J.mu iry 9 . Emperor Alexander 1 IT. hax congrutulated Km- per Willi.un on the aiiitineiou.- ) open ing of the now year. ST. PiiTEitH/iuiMi , Drci'iuber 2.H .R understood that the Ku.wian state [ Kjhco dearlment | will vitry shortly be Iranufurred from the uiinistry of ( ho interior to and under the direction of Bon. Tchervin. ATHKN.S , December 2.The firoelt jli'ction dhows tie ! SUCCOI > H of thooppi > - lition candidates and tlm unaeatin/ the marine and finance ministry , . > - . Nine Voar Old Girl Raped J.idoiml Akfcoi l Ui | I'rfM. Four WAYNK , January 2. Henry Luce , clerk in a largo grocery IIOIHO , was arrodtud to-day eli.irgtid with the ape of u girl 9 years of ago. Tht-ro is jreat exuitemeiit inul lynching is hreutuiied by the n-lativc of th'uuirl. Wl con lu .iloiial A < bdaU'U tttim , iMxuiKOK , Wii. , January 2. The imiiguration of Ouii , Husk ai guver- lor nnd of the state of1icor elect took ilaco to-day wJUl imposing cere- : noiiies. WASHINGTON , Renan ( on Hio Inter-State rommorco Bill. Hit Early Goniidorntlon in the Homo Probnble INTEH-STATE COMMERCE- Special to the Clnclimtti CommrrcUI. WASHINONON , D 0. , December 'JO. Antoni ! moasureo which will bo early presented for the consideration of con gress is an intur-stato commerce bill , which bears the name of Mr. Ueng.\n , of Te.xas. Ho.igan naya that lu became - came n member of thin congress chietly for the purpose of urging thin bill. Page , of California , chairman of the committee on commerce , has an nounceil himself in favorof this nu-ai lire , and teveial of lu's associates in the committee oncommcrcearo known to bo also favorable to the Reagan lull. The fundamental provisions of the bill arc ; First , That the constutionnl inter pretation of "commerce" includes in tur-ntato traffic , and that while freight and pasnonucrB transported within the state am solely under control of the laws pissed by state legislatures , freight * , paraengers , Ac. , which uro received in one stnto to be delivered in another , are subject to regulntions prescribed by comireBS. Tlio bill is lengthy ami explicit as to the niMini-r in which the authority over inter state traflic , which it nsserta exists in conjirons , should bo exor cised. Rnagan iaquito sanguine us to tlie passage of hia bill if a reportcan bo had from * the committee on com inoree but the bill will encounter heavy opposition both in cnnnnittec nnd in tie ! kimsp. The goiifltitntional doctrine which itawrts will be stout ly contested. It will bo nrguofl in the committee on commerce that thirty eight state legislatures are bettor cuurdiana of the pojple'a iiiterestn in theee nmtterswhich come under their innnodin'e observation , than one nn tiomil legislature could bo. Tt will bo jirgued again that raiir > ads derive their charters from the states ; that the charters are contracts between the ctateR nn the one hand find certain individual or corporations on the othtr--and ! that congress bin not the power to invalidate or niter or im pair < the obligations of these con- tr.icte. It will bo insisted that transportation is not commerce ; that trade is not commerce ; Unit property which may become Iho subject < > f coiumercti43 not commerce , nnd that many things nnd cunditioim , which , together go to make up commerce eve noi themaulvea cominurco within Uio meaning At the constitution , and are not , therefore , proper subjects of < y > n- grcsaionai regulation. 'In the case of Gibson against < ) L'- don , the supreme court , through 'Judge Marshall , dedorod that whiclr reipect turnpiko-roads , ferries , nfcc. , aru-not within thq ewer granted 1bcongc8s. will -bO'1'argued thai railroad * are modern -oubstitutcs for or nquivQlonts of turnpike roada , ferries - rios , cite. , and therefore follow the above rcle , railroads not having been , when the constitution was framqfl. It will ke urued that the principle > of the Reagan bill would-placo the state coach runninc from a village i : Connectiout or New- Jersey , to the city of New York , under com plete domination and'iwulation of Uie congrfwa of the United-8 tat en ; that it would bo a monotroim extension of federal authority , Which waa never contemplated by thu framers of Uie constiietii'ii. Spe.vLingto day of bin measure , Mr. Rta ait said : " [ introduced a bill known as the inier-fttato commerce bill , when billa from thu otato of Texas wore c < ihid ! for , a.\td \ I c.lco fnrninhod to Senator Call , -of Texas , a copy of tin ) bill fur introdnctitiii'irt ' the nenatu. I have mrnlu some elight changes in the tiill'frnm what it way .heretofore " "Iliiw do you lihe thu < ; oimtitu < iin of tho"C < Jtnmittee-ou conunerce in the preaent'ltoUHe ? " "I * m not sufficiently J&miliar thu oj/inio'm entcTtained'by tlie mem- bora of rhe committee in regard to the bill to venture U > ex iresa an opititon on to what they will do. The pro- AMaiona.tif the hill are about the same aa those in thu bill report-ed to the .luet concri H-I , with the exception tint in the first foction the present ibill provides that all chargoa shall IM reasonable. The objuet of introdu cing this provision in to-conjpol reason able charguc under the liabilitieH and penalties that apply tct otlier viola tions of the-Jaw. Again in Iho sev enth suction of the bill , u change is made so that the civil t-uita which in- ( hvyhiiilti are authuri/xxl to brinu may bo broughtviu any court of competent jilrindiction. Thuy are tliua enabled Ut bring suchaniu in the atnU > conrU , which urn moro convenient to the | > i-o- I'lo ' , aud more > greo.iblo. The IJL ! turn ncUoi'8 and the criminal procuedingi will have to be tn the federal ci.nrts , nndthere ia added to this Bccticn u i'eiuiruinent that thu 'lintnol attor- neyn of the Uniltd States shall proso- cut tlio ( jui tain uetioim , uitlutr upon their mniion or upon the uflidavit of resjiectublo cili/eiiH , I aui voiy aiiMoutt to get thu bill cnnHidttrml by the present congrou : , and regaid it at altogether the mostiimpnrtantmoamiro buforotyjiigrciu , undl regard ilfurthur an aseunul that if the railroad men wore wiwi thuy would not oppose it , bc'c.iiiHu it in altogether conservative in its character , simply looking to tin protection of the inteccits of the people - plo by restraining thu undue exorcise of the monopoly power ) of tht'Ho cor- [ KiritioiiH , and in no way interferes tvith the just management of thovo roads. That is the truth about the bill. There has been much effort J used to the contrary , but my judg . ment IH tint if the opponents of the hill prevent roatintiabfu lu ixlulion nf thin kind , the time will come ulion they limy cxpuet legislation of a iniiuh mure radical ehaiaotur , for it can not ho jineiililo that fifty milliunu of Amurioin pooplii will turn their com merce ov.er to the uiidiscriminating . ind uncontrolled license of corpora tions. 1 ) mvo given a great deal of attention to this for the lost five years , and I can say that but for aomo hope of ro- civing favorable on this bill 1 should not have wanted to come back to congress at all. There have boon moro petitions sent * o congress for the puMAgo of this moftsxiro. I tnko it , than any niMsuro in thu history of the government , perhaps two or three times us many , and they luvo como from every state in the union. 1 have myself received hundred' , nnd I think I might say thousands , of let ters from people in nil part * nf the union , embracing many of the lirat men in the country. The oppositi in to the pasuagt ! "f the bill is not limited to any ono party. It has como mainly from these who repre sent the interests of the rnilr .ul cor- porationa The bill passed the house of representative * in the Forty-fifth concrete by thirty-rivo majority , nnd I think it we could have got it before the house last , congress we could Imvw passed it by seventy-live majority. " What n Mud Dog Did. NUtaniO A ocl t.a iTw * . CHIOA IO , January 2. Great oicito- munt WAS caused this afternoon on North Clark street by the appearance of n monster Newfoundland log in n rabid condition. The beiflt dashed down the street in a ritato of horrible froiiKy , frothiiu ; at the trioutl' , oyun rolling wildly , nnd gnashing hi ! toeth. People scattered in every direction. Some of the Now Yonr'a calerg ( with white kids climbed telegraph poles. One man ilashed through a show win dow into a bakery. Another leaped into a coal hole , whilu several climbwl to the roof of crowded horao cxr in their efforts to escape the mad dug. The excitement only added to the fury of the brute , and ho dashed amoiii ; R crowd of floointj ppcplo nnd BUctocJed in biting BIX before hu wr.s killed by u well directed -shot from Oflieer Cook'a revolver. Georgi Richardson "vns bittenxm the liana , Richard Honsa , in the. lug ; Janus Kelly , on the wrist ; Hiram Jhirns , on leg. The wounds -jof the ebove w ru promptly cauterised in n neigh boring ( drug utoro to prevent nn nt Uck of ( hydrophobia , Funlo ot a Bnll. Kntlonnt Amoclitrd 1'renK. Ci.irviaANn , O. , vjanuary "i ! . - Dur- iim the Kuigbt of Pythian festival t Shaitevillu , Tucarcxvim county , Satur day flight , the flour unvo way , pro- jipitnting the company . ( ninnbL-nnu ovec two hundred ) to the floor below. Two puiBons 'wora inotant'j' killed , tan nttuirs fatally wounded , aixl between seventy and oiuhty moro or IOHS injured or burned. Tim build ing took iiru almost inatnnily , pro- ( kicing < i Hcenoof wildent excitumuiit. The ( lights were nearly all extin- gnmhofl , leaving tho-shrriukiiij ; . struir- { ; ling > r.ins of huinanitj- gixipo thi-ir way 'from tho'TUins almost in the dark. liy the prompt 'action of those whu escaped uninjured mJ other citizens , the Irro- was > oubduod , hut not uutii quittt , " nup\birhad.lvcnt. ! , ! un'o oc les injured The list of killed and wounded wil ( number near 100. The night was very cold-and the BMHO ia 'described aatfrightful in the extreme. The names of killed and injured .aro not given. _ -Bally on-CIie War PatL. 'Nutionikl . NKW YciiKj January 2. Tlio nego tiations between Tammany and the county democracy are temporarily broken * off and the regular democratic caucuses to ' bo held to-night by the snnntors and assemblymen will probably not bo attended by J lrn Kelly's 'followers. This means that there will be a deadlock in Inifh hoimes Tuesday , for the lot'ularH 'Cannotelect their candidates without the votes of the Tammany peoplo. In thu end , the difficulty will no 'doubt bo settled by a dicker. It is under stood that Kelly demands the chair manship of the committee on cities > in both houses , aud the 'speakership of the houseas well as the president pro tern of 'tho enato. 'Ho a ) o asks that hedh&ll have a { promise that legislation concerning - corning the government of this < oky nhall bo arranged with n view -of < tiio -Btrengthoning ofi the power of Tiun- many. BmolUFaz in Moll . i NatloBal-Awnclatoa . Pros * i DAVBIIFOBT , ' Uowa , January .2. 1 Dhoro was croat excitement U t nig&t over the. of three , escape small-pox p&- iionta tfrom a boarding house in Moline , . which .was under quarantine aupveillnnco. The men weno half tiukod and cnr/y/whon captured in tlvu atroot care a short distance from their RtatHing-place. 'Four new ca s have been reported since Saturday. Moline Ms .quarantined . .ugainat Diivenporl and. tlio cant. - - . . An Extoutive Copper Tlilef- Xitlonil An Jilr.iuil Janunry 2. George Herendorf , a porter in the employ of Park , Hcott ii ; Co. , MUH arreitod last night nu the r-athorremnrknhlo charge of having stolen thirty tons of copper from bin oinjiUyors , v/hich he sold to junk dealers at five or HJX cents [ > er pound , wLilo the market price was about thirty cents. 'Riu firm's IOBH ia nbout 818,000. Horendorf's ' irregu- laritien cover ubout a year's time. Lynched Jar WJiole ulo Olurilor National A sclaU'll'nw ) . IticiiMMKO , Vu. , January 2. A man nr.med Cloud , charged with suverul inurdirH , the latest being two dorks in Konthampton county , uad burning i store , wan found guilty by the cor mcr'H jury , Tlio evidence was con- 1 unite. On Saturday night two liun- Ired uiaskod liorHemen took him from jail ut Jiullovillu , dragged him to the .cnodu and handed him to u treo. Hnwiiute Rolouved- Vittonal , January 2. Captain 1. W. llowgate , who is confined in ail on Iho charge of embez/.lumont of ionie 9100,000 from the govoniiiirnt , ras released to-day by Judge Cox ami .pent Now Year's with hi friends. I'his action was the subject of much tnfuvoruble coininont , CASUALTIES. Fatal Accident on tlio Boston Miiino Road , A Bridge * UOOB Down With Pour lJBBonK r OonohoB Full of Pooplo. A Siator of Oharity O.it iu Two in a Street Car Golli-ion at ludiauapolia. MiioollaueoiiR MUlinpHof tlio Fntnl Rntlronil Aooidnnt. NnUonM AiuocUtftl l'n < " . 1'oHTi.ANi ) , Mo. , Janunry i ! . This city was thrown into intonao excito- meiH by a rumor that a terrible acci dent had happened on the Hoston * v. . Maine railroad. As soon as word wns received in this eity , wrecking trains were sent out with physicians , reporters and others. From that timi ) until 7 o'clock not a word could bo obtained from the HCOIH- , and the wildest rumors prevailed. The wreck ed train , which left Ilontnn on thu Boston tt Maine railroad at 8-l5 : a. m. , consinted of two engines , baggage car , parlor and four passenger conuhus. About a ihilo the other side of Kcnnohunk depot , at n place called Cold Corner , is an iron bridge over which the road crosses. The bridge is between HO and 40 feet biih The train wont upon thu bridge , and the engine * , haiji'niro nnd parlor car had safely pasted , wlion thu bridge gave away , precipitating thu four puBiumuoiB cats down the ein- bankmunt. The cars were heated by linker's heater which Inn-tit , and in n short time the 'cars were in flames and were entirely con sumed. Fortunately , however , ( he passengers weru nil got Irotr. the wreck beforn the fl mien had seized on the coaches. There wore about 100 pataongoin on bonnl and many ol them were i > jn red. As H'lati nn possible - siblo the wonndod were atlondi'd to. I'liVHicians from Portland , l\enno- bunk , Wells and BuMvfnrd were BOOH nt the Rcenoof the nosident. Fntnl Colliklon KtConnl Achiiclatnl Pr < " . iNiviAirAi'oi.w , January 2. A fntni accident occurred at tlio croHning Ol the VinginiA nvonuo Rtroet car iind'tlu Union railway track , by < i freight trail backing ngaitiat a Btrvut car that win passing. The driver was warned , 'bnl made nn itCTurt to EI-OBB before tin triiin-shoilld'reach tha crosning. Tin pnsBongera ieapcd from the car , lint i Sister of 'Charity known ni Sister Mary of the Aseump tioc , nnd 'Dr. ' J. II. Bozoi wore caught by the cars , and the for mer'kiHed instantly by the wheels o one of Utio trucks paining oror ho body , cutting her in twain. Dr. Bo zee -soriounly , but not fatal ) ; wounded , The driver wan crrested G iitma- tlatlonkl Xwtodotwi'I'ttM. W'AHHiiwroNJJnnuary 2. Guitcac was'tnad' to-day. lie has boon put or ordinary prison faro. His mail wu not delivered to him and horeaftti nowsptpors nra to bo excluded frotr hiscell. . The new order ol things does not comport with his idem of Bolf-importtnco. Ho declares h < will-appeal to the Amuriout people -an the score of patriotinm to restore store those lost privileges. H-c is now beginning to quar rel with his guards , whom h < treaUi aH inferior minions of the law , and boncatii tlio miticc i a 'high-toned ChriHtian gentleman like hiuiHi'lf. ' < Iun. Crocker ix the only person in the jail whom ho conde- Hcendu to tro .t an an equal. A nuinbec of ladies looked in his cell this morn ing. Coming forward with a smila Guitvau held out liiii 'hand ' and gave thorn u. hearty Now Year's greeting. The ladies did not respond a.id the priii- oner , who WM newly shaven and ar ranged in all thu glory of clean linen , loolicd annoyed. Ho hinted they wore not present at his refjucflt , and'that it was only common courtesy tbo pohto on HUCI ! ooca- sionu. This reproof went to the hoaf t of u petite brunette , who shook hands with hici nnd passed the com pliments of the season. Nothint ! definite can he learned IIH the cosnlt uf the trial. Mr. Scovillo'a new witnesses will probably occnjiy this -week. Co ! . Corkhill is busy looking up law points. Ho has to bo prepared for the question of jurisdiction or any thing that may be sprung upon thu court by the defense. John , W. Guilunii is firmly of the oninion that his brother will bo con victed. He Haid do a reporter this morning : ' 'Matters are np > { iroachintho final singe now. Wo have not time to open Inn mail to gratify hi .curiosity and eu'ot- iHin , It in now a ( juestion of life or death and it in linio ho renli/.ed that fact. There in no ques tion in my mind as to his insanity. 1 think he ia an idiot , nnd has been irroHponsihlu for his actions from birth , but thu testimony of thu government exports in strong against him. Thono gentlemen have started a new theory , that there can ho no iin-anity without disease. While J give them credit for mncorily and integrity , I think this newly ( lovolouod theory is entirely wrong. " Mr. ( iuitoaii spoke also of thu hull-dozing manner of thu prosecution , and said there waa a fixed determination to hang the prisoner sane or inuane. Dopiirtmn Nation al A < jU tocl I'ron CIIIUAUO , Jnnnaiy 2. The Trib une's Washington special says thu imprcKfiioii prevails hero that before the your is many days older tliuru will bo | u number tit important depart- muir ohangoH , It is almoat certain thut Hucrulary Kirk wood will retire from the interior department , nnd ho i reported to ho pretty well s\tini ( d iinnelf that this Is the case. Another change said to bo not down > r nn early date will bo in the ollico f the solicitor for the troaimry. udgo Unynor , the present occupant , as appointed by Presulent Hayes but M luiver had n liking for the poni- ion , although ho has hold it in hopes if getting a judicial position. Whenho iok the ollico it wan with thu dinttnct nderstnnding with Hay en that ho was o bo appointed to the court of claims hu first time a vacancy occurred , lay en broke faith with him twice , but laynor has not ( Unpaired , aud it may > o that hia ambition is now tu be .ratified , ns the appointment of Uncroft Davis to the an istanl secretaryship of Mate as loft n vacancy on the bunch nf the ! oiirt of Claiin-i. Itaynor has not ieen mixed up in any of the treasury icnnilnls of the past few years , ami in 'net has been n suit of thorn in th ido of the moil who are connected iy report uith iiiembeii < hip in .lie alleged troasmy rim ; . Ho IIIB nlsu a claim upon Arthur from the 'net th.tt when just nf tor thoassianiim- ion of the latu preaidimtArthur's star vns nnywhoru but in thu ascendant ho ivnn ono of the fuw prominent public illictals who said a coed word for htm , oming out in n card highly eulogistic if the then viixi president in ono of ho nuws | > npr ( here. The Hon. J. Ambler Smith , the ion in-huv of Lewis , the recently lectrd lieutenant governor of Vir ginia , in Bpokon of ns the successor of Judge Knyiuir. Ho is supported by [ tonural Mahono , and thu roidjuiturtt ind the republicans of Virginia. It in stated on good author- ty that President Ourliohl olFored hu Holicitoralup tvi iMr. fSuntli , and .hat his nppniiUiuunt only failed bo- cauno of the tiss.iaaination . , There in uurioiiH co-inciiUiiico in the fact that uduo Haynor anil Mr. Smith , during in i-oH ioiixl Borvico wnni the young- out niumbefB of the hou.so in which they nerved. Tivtul Italian Rtiw. YOIIK , January 2 , Durinu a hint night bulweeu n number of Ualiana in Hie rear of a tenement Mott tttreul , Nicholas Cultural was stubbed by hi hrothor Antooio in thu tcniplo , Bevoring thu loft tmupornl ur- ery , from the etlocts of which ho died this morning. ICximiniitioii elicited thu f.icl that after NiclnilaH was stnbbitd ho was left to bleed to death , while his wife and n iimubur of adults and children who livoil in thu Kami1 row uont tt * xleop within ro.iuh of hi bod. Several llaliaim liavo been ar < resUxl to await invontigation. fifrxluan Mattfirs , N \ iomAinouUtOi. \ . 1'rvrin. CITY -OK MKXICO , January 2. Tin Mexican giivornmunt 1ms contraotec for 'tho ostablishinent of two murini ono nt Citmpocho , on tin < ot Caoipecha , the -capital of 'In ' state -of that name , and the other 01 the Pacific const. The work is to In done by the American firm of Wexel Qcjnural Nasanjo , newly appointee minister of war , assumed the ilutioi of U hat department to-day. Marino Intolliffon ce. National AtHOclslcJ 1'rwu. 'Hiviic , Janunry 2 Arrived The Amoriqiiu , from Now York. Sailed The Labrador , from Nin\ York. 'LiVKitrooL , January 2.rrivetl - - The City of Berlin , from Now York ] the Parisian , from Boston. Qt/'EKNBTowN , January 2. Sailed On the Jst , the Suward , for Now York. _ Train Wraolc < ir Arrested National AHHicl.Uul I' . IMI. YoiNiHTOWN , O. , January 2. LOWJH , Kvans nnd BhawniieKHJo , who were jiiTcfrl t-d ut Beaver Falls , Pa. , by Pinkortnn'H detectives on the charge of wrecking a patsonaor train nnd killing two men on the Pittsburg , Fort Wayne < fc Chicago railway , were brought Imvo to-day and placed in jail. They will have u heating on Wednes day. New Yorlf AUIANV , N. Y. , January 2. - All is contusion hero to-day. Nu.nlnn hns been agreed upon for oryani/.ation of the logiulnture , and it is foured the deadlock will bo n long ono. Nearly nil the members of the now legislature ure present , and in earnest conference in groups about the Dulavan house , endeavoring to agree upon HOMO plan which will permit organization. . - - - i i Body HuatoUnm Arroitod , National A .v , O. , January 2.- Two students of the Cleveland medical college were arrunled to-niuht on the charge of oxhiiming the body of a man named Dunn whu was buried hero two wouks ago. Dunn was a tramp nnd wan miUbcatod by blast fnrimcu giiH. The students claim thu right to the body under a Htatu law. Now Yurk Lodtilaturo Noiuiiin. National A xocUti l I'ruwi AI.IIANV , January 2-TliOHonato democratic caucus nomiiiiitod ilohn C , Jacobs for president pro tern. Three Tammany senators fnm Now York City refused to participate in the caucus and Jacobs cannot be elected without their votes , thu HOD - ate standing , ( luinocr.iU 17 , republic ans Ifi. Thu HL'iinlu republican caucus to. night nominated Dennis McCarthy for president pro tern The democratic nsnomhly caucus to-night nominated dun. K. Putter- son for speaker , 1 1 assemblymen be ing nbsont. The auHombly stands , democrats 07. republicans 01. The republican aaaombly caucus nominated Thomim ( ' . A 1 void for speaker , and all Iho old oflicers. A < tornoy Onnnrnl Urowator. National Aiuwdatwl I WAHiiiNOTONJanuiiry2 , Attorney Ounural Bruwster ( ( tialiliud this morn ing. SALT LAKE , A Prosperous Holiday Soaoon. Who i * to Reproncnt Utah In Con- Cotrenpomlcnce ot I' V i , SAIT IJAKK CITY , Utnh , Dccombor ( 28. The holiday rush is subsiding ; never was there such n business done in fancy nnd Christmas goods in the cities of Utnh ns this year. The ex ceedingly good times Imvo mndo people ple Invish in their expenditures nt this festive Benson. Unfortunately it hns iinulu Homo equally lavish in wast ing their mennsin intoxicating drinks. Atnotimowns so much intemper ance known in Salt Lake ns just now. The Bonli'iiont of the ir.ajurity hero is strongly in fnvor of temperance , but must unhappily there seouis to bo some defect in the municipal ordi nances , whi'ih ' pinlyzos the ollic rs f the peace us in nearly every iso thono who liavo committed inactions - actions of the local laws have been ischiuged by the lower courts , or fterw.irds on nppoal by the district ourt. So manifest wns the evil on londny tint the city council , nt its ossion last evening , ofltjitilly ro- nested the mayor to issue a procla- mtion closing all liquor wnloons on londay next , when New Year's d y rill bo observed. To ndd to the dilli- ulties the mayor has cxpresiod sonti- lunts which the mijority rt-gird nn ihowing tliiil ho is in sympathy with ho liquor dealorB in their attempts to ivorrido certain portions of the ordi nances. Numbers fool very thankful lint nnother municpal election will jccur in a fuw weeks , when a change n the miyorality in hoped for nnd Anticipated. liver since the assembling of con gress thu people of this territory liavo been anxiously waiting for news re garding the su.ittiig of their doo'-nto. ! The telegrams on the subject that liavo reached tin hnvu boon outr.igo- nusly incomplote.niegor undjcoufuvjil. S mil ) fancy there in n purp isc in this , luit whether intentional or accidental , the thing is eqn i ly annoying nnd un- n.uisf kct.nry. U ivonlor Murroy , who it ft nndoMlood IUH buen Hiinimniiud to Washington , seems to hive en tertained Btronu' opinions that his notion in di-frnnoh'mng the Mormon oluutora would bo sustained by cou- . gross , though it is known that inoni- bora of non-Mormons voted for Mr. Cannon , as it is possible some Mor mons voted fjr Mr. Cnmpoll. It' , as some would make it ap pear , the vote for Gee. Q Cannon was absolutely nnd entirely Mormon , thu great majority of the lion-Mormons lid not vote at all , ni the vote ? for W. Campbell wore very few compared with the estimated number of coun- tion in Utah. But I nm inclined to think that theio numbers are largely over estimated. The Mormon church- nt its conferences gives n report of th number nf officers and members ( com municants ) and thu children under 8 years of age within its pale It has then been calculated that nil the re mainder uf thu population nru anti- Morm m. This is nn error , as there are thousands who , though not ofli- ci.illy reported , yol regard themselves ns connected with lint church and all their imsncmtion and nfliliation , rola- > ioii8hi | ) , ( fco. , are with that people. The ratio of increase of the ( Jcntilo popula during the hint live years li'iH not boon im largo as generally imagined. Ogden , Park City , and one or two other pi icon are growing largely in this olomonf , Im' , in most other * places the ratio of Mormon in- OAHO is the larger. Thu territorial logmlaluru eonvenos on Iho first Monday in January for it lii-aimii.il BOfsinn. It is composed ontiruly of inemherH of the dominant church , though some of them are by no iin-ans conspicuous mon.bers uf thereof ; it ones not neces sarily follow , ns some suppose , that because a man occupiut a loading posi tion in the Mormon church that ho is bound to be elected a memher of the Utah legislature , though undoubtedly thu majority of the puoplo who do the voting would as a rule prefer to have it that way if such gentlemen would accept the nomination , A num ber of very necessary luwa will bo con sidered this session , perhaps none more s' > than one suggested to give the corporation of Salt Lake City greater UK ! mnru definite powers in controll- ng thu liquor traffic. The president of the Mormon church with the now year enters into Iho oc cupancy of the mansion , expressly 'milt for the head of the Mormon church. It is n largo , mid costly mlding opposite the former 'resi lience of Brilliant Young and the hiiroh business ollices. It was com menced , nnd by him named the Ciiiurdo house , why ami wherefor I liavo never found anyone who could nforin mo. It is , I Htippneo , merely [ Ultimo suggested by a freak of fancy. The itiBido iippointmonts nru of the atost improvements. The painting , locorating , oto. , have been dona by ho very host workmen that Utah inuld nllord , nnd are fine specimens if their skill and workmanship. ItOKOHl ) , Saloou Blown Up by Dyiinmtto. National Ai ci.-itcxl 1'rmn. SIIKLIIVVIM.K , Ind. , January 2. A saloon kept by two Oormans at Palestine , north of this place , was hlnwn up with dynamite by unknown persons. This is the second building 'hose two men have loat in thu last wo months in this way. Auutbiu * Exodus. Nttlonal Awodutcil I'rutt-t. CiuvrA.voooA , January U , Five iimlrud ciilore I uxodusts liavo left North ami .South O.iroitna in the last- row weeks , but thu exodus is ubout indod ,