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T t \ IMAHA % DAIL 7/y * 'I * * TTAELETE YEAR OMAHA NEB. SATURDAY MORNING , NOVEMBER 25 135 THE AGE OF REFORM. i A Decide Step in tlio Direction ofTax | Reduction and ' Tariff Envision , ' The Gbinob Unanimously in Pa4r of Stringent Eoou- rny and Reform. Goat Fftlr of tha Garfleld Maument Association 3rifly / Sketched. CalJrl Explains the Condition of Old Cuutofita tor Scats in the Homo. The S end Star Uouto Trials Mls- collaneoUB Home. - f RE AND BE SAVES. TUB AD mSTHATION IN * FAVOR OF HE- MUOI 0 TAXATION AND 11UTI5INQ THE TAU1 tipoilnl I : jpatch to TUB llsic. WAS INQTON , Nov mbort24. Un til will t 'fow days Commissioner Raum as disposed to make no roc- pmmeuhtion looking to reduction in intornid revenue taxes. It is believed now , l.ovrover . , that ho .will advise such raductlon as will leave the ag- gregati income of the government from iiiat source at about § 100,000- 000 pijr annum. It is known that the president , while firmly opposed to any proposition looking to abolition , nt this time , of the entire internal revenue system , believes the time has como when substantial re lief cm safely be accorded tax pnyt-Kr' ttnd _ that a portion of this relief should como from reduction of internal revenue taxation. With this view tbo cabinet are in entire no cord ; and the president in hii message will recommend the abolition of all internal rovenua tax except those upon tobaaco in its various forms and upon distilled spirits and fermented liquors , aud except also tha special tax upon manufastarors of and dealers in such Mftioloo , with the reduction in tax upon whistty and tobacco upon the bash of tno bill which pasied the house nf itproBctltativnu at the last sessiona > C * coagrojs. Tno retention of jciftl tax is deemed essential to oflicora of the goverumorit supervision ot these articles jrovention of fraud. If this is .adopted , the reef of internal revenue fading to the estimates jmiesioner of . inter- about § 100,000,000 , | kny further reduction than that proposed , the govern ' necessary income , iof any revision or re- Ltar ff duties dangerous Mble. The president is i * bd to the adoption of any ould create such a con- find will in his forthcoming upon congress the im- _ _ J uf immediate revision of the * w7th a view of reducing the ag legato income of the government to such amount as is absolutely required to meet interest on the public debt aud current and ordinary expenses ol the government. THE FAIR OPENING A ( ILIMPJE OP TUB WORK OV TUB UAH FIELD MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. Special Dispatch to TUB BIB. WABHINQTON , November 24. The Garfield monument fair will be oponoc at 2 o'clock to-morrow. The exorcise ; will not include the contemplated oration , aud will bo confined to Presi dent Arthnr'a declaration that the fair is opua , which will be made from the pagoda in the center of the capita" rotunda The cabinet will bo present , also the justices of the supreme court , members of the diplomatic corps , gen eral of tbo army and admiral of the na\y. Preparations are complete anc the display will bo beautiful and va Tied. Several weeks of constant work and an outlay of $18.000 has boon re quired to put this great national fair In complete order for the opening. Several thousand dollars were expend ed ou pictures and other valuables. There has been a very general response from all the states , most of which have booths in the old representative hall , some have two booths , and some combine their efforts , as in the case o the Southern states , which with the exception of Kentucky nnd Tennessee have joined in erecting and furnishinj one largo booth in the cantro. Thi two states excepted have displays o : their own. In addition to the exhibits hibits by states the Ohinoao and Jap anesp legations have loaned their raos precious articles of pottery , and the British legation a largo picture of the qnoon. Private individuals and mer cantile houses make up the remaining past of the exhibit and many costly ar tides are given to bo sold at the booths The rotunda is devoted exclusively to the art exhibition , the old hall o representatives to state booths and department partmont exhibits and the crypt below to the industrial exhibit. Visitors to the fair are arriving in considerabli numbers. _ CAPITAL NOTES. Spedul Dispatches to Till Din. IMPEDIMENTS TO NAVIGATION. WASHINGTON , November 24. At toruey.jjeneral Brewster , at the re quest of the secretary of war , has di rcctod District Attorney Stone , a Pittsburg , to cause such action to b taken us may be most adyautageou for the protection and security of nav igation of the Ohio river. The secretary tary of war alleges that the bridgi across the Ohio river at Beaver , Pa. , does not conforai to the requirements of the act of congress authorizing the Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad com panj to construct the bridge , A VUiir DECLINED , Thu ccmralraioner of Indian affairs u a letter to the Milto Sao Indians , n Minnoiotn , rttusea to permit theme o como to Washington for consulta- Ion. Thu commissioner adds that , ho treaty will bo faithfully adhered o , nnd KO long ns they refrain from ommiihng outrngoi they will not bo emovod to White Enth agency. NOTICE TO FOUUTII CLASS rOttMASTEKii. The postmsstur general has decided Imt a fourth-class postmaster cannot told that ollijo while a member of the Into legislature , becauoo ho would not bo able to give proper attention 0 the postoflico. The amount of 3J per cent bonds exchanged fur ! ) ppr cents slnco the let f Ncvembcr is § 20,010,000. CONTESTED 8BAT3. A reporter of the Associated press , jkcd Oilkiip , of Indiana , to-day , T hat would bo done during iho com- ug eocMoti in regard to undecided contested election csiaes before the conumUco on elections , ot which ho s rhnlrman. Oil Inns explained that ditro nro ouly four cases left of all that worn pr routed to the fortj- seventh congress , and that throe of , hose am practically determined. The [ Uchardcon-bco case hna been dotor- uincd iu the cub comraittco , und will > o immediately reported to the house , 1 majority report favoring the sitting nerabor , Richardson , who is a demo crat. The Manning-Buchanan case rom Mississippi , iti ( n o similar con dition of fornatdiicss , .with majority favoriiii ; Manning , democrat , sitting uiombor. The Sesslnghaui-Frost case from Vlissouri is practically diiterminod by a majority iu favor of Frost , sitting muinuor , though there remains to bo argued a question involving the state aw of registration , which has boon changed since the selection of the com rnittuo. The Cook-Oults case , from [ own , is "tho only ono undetermined,1' , o use the language of Calkins. Cook .a a greonbacker and Outts , sitting member , a republican. Oalkins would ; ivo no opinion as to the probable ac : ion of the house upon the reports , though it is the prevailing belief that none of the contestants will be seated. AKMY BEATS. Secretary Lincoln says ho has neither approved nor disapproved the opinion ot Judge Advocate General Swaim with regard to the liability of army oilhera to court martini for per sistent ifon-paymont of debts. Ho said there was no case before him which required a decision of the ques tion , and that until there should be did not feul called upon to act in the matter. STAR KOUTE CASES. District Attorney Oorkhill said to day the new trial of the star route cases will undoubtedly begin the 4th of December next. Wells , of coun eel for the government in the Diokson case , expresses the belief ho would be ready to proceed November 25th. am just as anxious , " he said , "to go' ' through this .as any one , but I have witnesses whom the other side know nnthing jbouL , .Some of Jhem have come from 'longer distances thnu Hoover came , and I do not propose tc have the case hoard before my wit' ' nesses are hero. " A MEKE TRIFLE. The department of agriculture re ports : By reason of a clerical error in the department , tbo estimate of the yield of wheat in the abstract of the commissioner's report was 100,000,004 bushels too small. The estimated yield Is 510.000,000 bushels , not 410 , 000,000. The mistake was dlscovcroc this morning , and the produce exchange change of Ne v York promptly notl lied. SOUTHERN HACKS. W. A. Eogeroian , proprietor of the Brighton Beach course , passed thi morning for New Orleans to complot negotiations for the purchase of th race track of that city by a syndicat of turfmen. Ho expects to begin races the first part of next year anc contlnta probably until April , the Mobile , Memphis and Nashville meet ings following in close consocntivi order to the spring campaign , whicl will give an unbroken chain of rac meetings throughout the year. FINLKY'B BEVENOE. Senator B. Call , of Florida , says Upon full returns H. Bisboo , republican can , h elected , but J. J. Fiuloy , dom osrat , will contest the seat upon th alleged ground that he ( Bisbee ) ob tained a majority by colonizing Hlega votes. Fmloy was unseated In th Forty-seventh congress in a conies by Bisbeo.A . A OENEUAL BOUNOK- It is said the discharge of Datoctiv Miller is the first step in the policy o the president , adopted at thp surges tion of the attorney general , to pun ish by dismissal euuh employes f th government as li.ivu attempted to in tei fere with thu conviction of the sta route defendants. Helm , foreman o ono department of the govorumon printing oflice and publisher of a news paper which roundly assaulted th prosecution in the late star route trial is also booked far dismissal. A Railroad Libby. 8jK.tial Dispatch to TDK Urn. WASHINGTON , November 21. A vigorous ellort is to be madu in con grusa to secure some legislation whicl will be favorable to the Mexican rail way subjects. Much is expected from the visit to Mexico by Grant and Prescott in the interest of the com mercial reciprocity between the two countries. They are expected to star for Mexico about December 15 , OOUIIAM GAU1ILK. Gorham announces the report tha the republican senators will oppose hi candidacy for secretary of the sonat are unfounded and that ho will hav the unanimous support of all. Tbo Weok'a Special Dispatch to Till Iu. ! NEW YOUK , November 24. Fall urea for the past seven days nnmbe 157 , of which 143 occurred In th ountry , and 14 in New York City. Burned to Dentil- Special Dlcpatcb to TUB ! ) . INDUNAI-OLIS , November 21. Thi morning a fire broke out In a board ing house. Two servant girls sleopin in an upper room were burned t death. THE OLD WORLD , The Kurdish Ohtof and His Guard Uapturod by the Mols , 8ir O'Hhaaghnosoh , of Limer ick Tendered the Office of Secretary of Ireland. Burglar * Rob the Cathedral of St. II onli of Htitorionl Jriwoln. A Vnrloty of Items From European Capitals. GENERAL FOREIGN &F.WS. Kpcilal Dispatches to Tun His. IKK KU11DIS1I CHIEF. CONSTANTINOPLE , November 21 no facts regarding the carrying away if the Kurdish Sheikh Obeidullah are that Sheikh Obeidullah traveling to Mosul under the escort of Turkish oldloiSj to bo interned there , when lie w 3 rotcucd by his ton and a party of Kurds , who captured the entire escort cert and took Obeidullah to ICpnrona , mountain stronghold , which thp Turks nra now besieging. THE I'OUTi : ALARMED. The porto has telegraphed the pow ore , drawing attention to the arma- mout of Montenegro. Several have replied that they have no information regarding the matter , but have sent instructions to their agsnts at Got- tinge. DUFKERIN'S ADVICE. OAIRO , Novouiber21. LordDufler- in has urged upon the khedive vhe necessity of expediting the formation ot qon d'urmra m order to allow the early withdrawal of a portion of the British army of occupation. BACKUANN'B GENEROSITY. ROUE , November 24. In recogni tion ot Frederick Backmam'a gener osity in having presented to Italy the bouro in Now York once tenanted by Son. Garibaldi , ' the municipality of Oivita Vocohia , conferred the freedom of the city on Baokmanu. RETIRED. BERLIN , November 24. Gen. Franzreky , governor of the city hag been retired ; General Willisen , will succeed him. AMICADLT SETTLED. CONSTANTINOPLE , November 21. The Montenegrin question Is amica bly settled between the porto , Russia and Austria. A commission will leave very soon to settle the frontier qucs- tion. K DEATH AND RESURRECTION. LONDON , November 24. Gladstone states parliament will probably bo summoned to qieet in January. ' , James Lilly' VliiUj/the weUlcnbw& cricketer , is dead. Lord Berwick is dead. LONDON NOTES. LONDON , November 24. Gronfell , defeated for re election to parliament , resigned the office of parliamentary groom in waiting. The queen held an investiture to day of orders conferred on officers of the army and navy engaged in Egypt. At the close of to-day's polling , Iliikoa had 1,158 votes , Stuart 8G9. The homo rule league dissolved to day. A PRINCE ABROAD. BERLIN , November 24. Prince Frederick Charles is about to go to Egypt , where ho will make a tour of the battlefields. Ho will also visit other parts of the east. Yon Schweinitz , Gorman ambossa- dor at ISt. Petersburg , has resigned. He has gene to Varzin. VILLAINOUS THIEVES. PARIS , November 24. Thieves broke into the Cathedral of St. Denis this afternoon and stole a quantity of gold and silver objects , including precious relics and crowns of historical value. Thirty-two articles in all word stolen , including six chalices , two monstrances and seven royal crowns. Total intrinsic value estimated at 100,000 francs. Ono of the crowns had boon worn by the dnko do Bourbon. WORK SUSPENDED. PORTSMOUTH , November 24 Near ly the entire forca in the department of construction nnd repairs of the navy jard haa been suspended till December - comber llth. I'ANIOKV PRINTERS. OTTAWA , November 21. This after noon one of the bo.uns in the parlia mentary printing office gave way and created a panic among about a hun dred employes. Some of them jump ed out of the windows when they hoard the crash , and others rushed down stairs into the street in the ut most confusion. Fortunately the means of escape were good and very few were injured. The compositors refuse to re-enter the buildings. IRISH CHIMl'.H , DUULIN , November 21. A man named Nee , implicated in the Joyce murders , was arrested in Gal way. Two farmers were desperately beaten - on by a gang of men at Clare Morris , Mayo. o'flHAUQIINESSY ELEVATED. LONDON , November 24 Richard O'Bhaughnossy , member of parliament for Limerick , is reported appointed permanent under secretary of Ireland. The Dako of Klinburg was seriously sick Thursday night. Ho was some what better last evening. AN EM11E7ZLINO CLERK. PARIS , November 24. Do Eharael , chief clerk of Comptotr D'Escounlpto , has absconded with a largo sum of money. BROKEN DOWN , LONDON , November 24. The health of Ohildors , war secretary , has broken down and ho Is ordered to go abroad. DISfREKH IN IRELAND. It has been officially reported to the government that widespread distress ia feared In Ireland this winter. The districts I most seriously affected through want of omrloyn'ont on farms and failure of the potatoo crop are Sligo , Bolliva , Trinford and the greater portion of Galway. There is much destitution in West Clans in Oonnnught. Owing to the continuously heavy demands upon Irishmen in America to support the land losguo there has boonconsldorabl decrease in remittances to the struggling natives in Ireland. Thii has reduced many tea a condition of being unable to pur chase now seed. WANTS BLOOD. CONSTANTINOPLE , November 21 The governor of Montenegro haa in formed the porto that unlbss the div Kolatchin is coded iraniediatcly to Montenegro troop will bo sent to occupy it. The bMallionn of Turkish troops have gene to Kolatchin to maintain - tain orJor. EXCITEMDNT IN CAIRO. CAIRO , November 2 . Great ex citement ia caused here owing to the report of iccruita refusing lo proceed to London unless they RO under their commander , Arabi Pasha. ' A FALLING IIRIDQE. LONDON , November 24 : The rail way bridge at Bromloy , near , London , fell this morning. U9vou ; workmen beneath the structure , eating their brealtfast , were killed nnd Bovora others injured. , THE RATE WAR. The .Latest . NewaYrom the Kail- v road Battlefield. Cnhlo on the Special Dispatch to Tun DKK. CHICAGO , November 24. Mansgor R. R. Oablo , of the Rook -Island road , in conversation with the associated press reporter this evening , said there was nothing new in tlio passenger and freight war between this city and points northwest. No additional cut had boon made. Ho stated as his opin ion that the war would bo a protracted ono. Ho declined to say anything in reply to the card of Alexander Mitch- all , president of the Chicago , Milwau kco & St. Paul road , 'published this morning , but iutimatodnhot ho might have something to aaylpr that head within a day or two..j ' \VilI It Br Special Dispatch to TUBE ; CHICAGO , NovajMIK 24. The Tribune will oxproi BsCppinion that notwithstanding ; tj HfCranco of the Illinois Central ij Krailroad fight in the northweatj HLilcdiato danger * ger exist of the Hw nt of either the NortnwestorjMnifr'ington. ' For cither of thoraMflJMJMMf | ) a party to cutting , ovnnjfEo"lroowJitions of the existing pdfiwnlor fKquivalont to agreement , and muat involve Jf .IttCouth western pool. It § witt' A lfp.1 the Alton and Wabaskj lincfe > > W emoralizing things as' far souttTi * * | it as Kansai The Tribune "believes * neither the Northwestern nor the Burlington wil begin cutting till actually forced to do so. The Manager * Mam- Special Dispatch to TUB Iss. MILWAUKEE , November 24. Alex ander Mitchell , president of tbo Chicago cage , Milwaukee , St. Paul & Minneapolis apolis road , will not make a further statement than that sent yesterday to thp eastern papers In regard to the railroad war. Manager Merrill wa < equally reticent to-day. An important cut was made in passenger gor rates on the Chicago , Milwaukee & St Paul from Rock Island to Chicago cage , tickets being reduced from $ to CO cents. Railroad officials are ox tromcly reticent and blame the daily prees for making incorrect statements buc at the sainotimo refuse to giyo in formation. W. G. Swan , superintendent dent of the freight traffic on the St Paul road , says his road has dooidoc to make a slash in freight rates short ly , affecting all points on the road The details will probably bo announced cod to-morrow. Growling Corporations Special Dispatch to TUB lins. NEW YORK , November 24. The passenger agents of the trunk line to-day transacted no business of im portanco. It is romorod that there is much dissatisfaction among certaii companies in reference to differentia rates as they now exist. The com panics complain that their earning are less than they should bo. A Manitoba Wave. Special Dispatch to Tin Ilii. WINNIPKO , Manitoba , Novombo 24 , In an interview . ,0-day Genera Superintendent Egnn , of thoOanadiai Pacific railway , said that trains wil at once bo run on the sontliwcsten branch to Gretna , bu the border line making close connections with the St , Paul & Manitoba load for all points south , cast and west. Langdon , Shippard & Co. 'a five bun drod mile contract , ending C35 miles from Winnipeg , near the crossing o the Saskatchewan , will bo complotcc in a year from signing , a feat uno quailed in railway construction. TELEGRAPHIC MOTES. Special DlipatcheB to TiiKllit 'HOIIANION , Pa. , November 21. Jtiaea Huddy'ti house , at Providence , burned Mrs. Uuddy , after Having the children endeavored to secure some money anc perished in the flames. NKW VOIIK , Neveuiber 24 , Steps wil be taken to necuro for thU city the private museum of C'hrUtlun Hammer , of Stock holm. The col ectlon comprises oil work * autlrjullleu ami rare hooka of every deuctln tion. Hammer valuea it at 120.000. MILWAUKEE , November 21. The canoe D. It. Hale , ex-clearing house manager o Chicago , ami wife , was partially illnpoiei of to-day , film , ' Hale plead guilty am was lentenced to eight months ia the hou e ot correction for grand larceny , The hus band was charced with being accemory am placed nuder $300 ball for tbo next term of court , but later was allowed to go on hU own recognizance. He immediately left the city. _ _ Moro universally recommended than any proprietary medicine made. A sure and reliable tonic , Brown's Iron Bitten. SOME TALL LYING. The Suffrage Oampign iu Ne braska Sketched by the OhiBf Shribkers , A RafreehlDg Account of Mayor Boyd's "Explosion" in thoOpomHouoo. And the Manner \VIiioh Fhoobo Mounted llltohooolc at Blnlr. A Miillcloua Filnff nt Foreign Votcru DouusTloUots nnd OtliorTulnga. HOHAN'S STORY. Foit DlnpUth , Nor. 13. ] Mm. Virsinia L , Minor yesterday entertained at her ro'idcncn , No. 2io'J ( Dlivo street , the well-known loader ol the women's suffrage agitation , Miss Susan B. Anthony , who has just end ed her campaign labors , which , thou li not productive of n very succennfV result , have by no moans dishcnrtonoc her. On thu contrary , she expressed herself us well pleased with the result , which had indicated a growth in tin strength of the organization and hat also taught the lesson that the righ which they are seeking to obtain is not to bo secured by an nppe.xl to the masses , but rather by following up the original plan of securing thi adoption of the Sixteenth nmondmon to the constitution , to the effect thai "citi/.ons fihall not bo denied the right to vote on account of BOX. " "Wo ahall urge the adoption of thii resolution with renewed vigor , " sail Miss Anthony , "now that wo know that wo can never obtain our rights by appeal lo the popular voto. This is the ground upon which the move ment has stood tor the past seventeen years ; hero wo now stand and propose - pose to remain until the fight is won. It may take twenty years before the different states will ratity , but every state Eocured will bo a fixed advance ment of the cause. In going to the legislature to secure the submission ol the question to the popular vote the disadvantage exists that If the popu lar .voto is advoroo the whole work goes for nothing ; on the other hand , [ i constitutional amendment once before fore congress never goes buck again.1 "To what do you attribute the failure uro in the Nebraska election ! " "To the combined opposition of sev eral classes of people tbo negroesthe foreigners , the whisky men and the Ignorant natives and the press , which was almost to a newspaper ir Lho control of those opposed 'to us. The anti-prohibitionists opposed us ol coarse , as they know that the temper' ' aneo'and woman suffrage , movements are inseparable. Ono-third of the voters of Nebraska are foreigners , anc they were afraid wo would take their beer awcuf frorn thorn. And then the 6ppo iUip ietrorto'dVaUMrt o x podionUt to , prevent ah honest votoA largo majority of the tickets issuodnb ; both parties contained the word 'Against the amendment' only , am in some cases those words were insert ed in the middle of the ticket , while the space at the foot was loft blank the object being to dccclvo voters , which was accomplished. Despite these and other fraudulent devices the vote was a stronger ono than the movement has hitherto secured in state. The vote in favor of wwni suffrage has hitherto boon ono out o three ; judging by the returns ahead ; in the vote in Nebraska promises ti bo at the rate of two fur women suf fraco to three against it. " "Yon had a pretty lively campaign ] "Yes ; the state was very thorough ly canvassed by the association and vigorous opposition spurred all ou speakers on to efforts which surprise ! mo. There were twelve speakers in all , and they spoke in some four hundred drod places. Grand rallies were hei in the larger cities and the count ; scats , of which I visited forty , am great interest was taken In the pro coodinqs , especially by the women whoso courage in marking their op preolation of what was said was re markable. I remarked during th campaign that a plain , homely ilius tration is tha best moans of bringin the truth to the people. For instance by way of appealing to the self inter est of the people , I stated the sup posed case of neighboring farmin families , each occupying a square mil of country. Hero was a man of Uv sons , there a man of five daughters and further on a widow with fiv daughters. Now , if the question bonding the couty arose and a differ unco of opinion existed , the firs iquare mile would contain-aix voters the second ono only , and the thir none at all. This illustration had good effect in the agricultural oommn nitles. " "I believe Mies Phoebe Oouzlns dls Unfinished herself in the campaign ? "Sho won laurels wherever she won and , had the press only given hones reports of iho work done , this woul have boon apparent to tha whole state It was very unfortunate that upon th occasion of her last appearance sh should have misunderstood the character actor of her andiouco and given tlioi an opportunity to display their feel ing , but I don't want to bo undorstooc at criticising her , Par from it ; dur ing the whole campaign stiodid splendidly idly and the error In judgment la ; not in what she said as in the character or of the audience bcforo which she said it. Besides the report of thn uf fair made in the Omalu papers wort grossly distorted and exaggerated The only paper which supported u was The Omaha Republican , and tha changed ita policy toward the close o the campaign. Ono of its writer cave a fair account of Mis Oouzlns' speech , but It wa not published. Alluding to a > ubll cation in the OMAHA BEB , she usoc the expression , 'tho pup who wrote that article , ' and the words were fol lowed by a storm of hlssus. At thi meeting the statement WAS made tha fraudulent tickets were used by th anti-sntlragiHts , at which the mayo of the city called out , 'False an hell ! ' A gentleman rebuked the mayor for using the vile expression , when the latter objected to any one's finding fault with htm , and called upon a polIceman - Iceman to nut the gentleman out , which was done. " Miss Anthony declared again that she WAS by no means disheartened by the result In Nebraska , which * ns fully as advantageous as she had MI- ticipatod. She stated that she was going to loavn on the evening train for Washington , where she would resume - sumo her labors for the Sixteenth amendment. SptcliO to Chicago Times. Sr. Louis , Novombar22. Snsnn B. Anthony , the great advocate and de fender of woman's rights , arrived hero this morning fresh from the cimpni n of tin/Woman's National SuUYtigo as sociation i' < Nebraska. She says she does not fool discouraged ever the re sult of her labors in the west , and alleges that in the battle for suffrage she has hnd to tight the foreigner , the whisky element ai.d the negro. She idds : "Thoro is , in fnot , no other way of dealing with intemperance ban by legislation , and the anti-pro- tibitjunista , realizing that they have n formidable too In the woman suffrjg- Ists , hav allied themselves with their opponents. At n mooting in Killmoro county , Nubrnska , the truth of my statement was wall illustrated , t Gorman arose and tried to influence the audience by saying he wnntod boor , but the womoi would net lot him have any and that ha would , therefore , voti aeainst woman suffrage. " Speaking of Hitchcock , who had opposed their so bitterly , Miss Anthony said tha nothing derogatory to his chnractc could bo said , as ho was a good , exemplary omplary young man , and a rcspootabl member of the church. Ho and Phiubo Couzins hid "quito a seven ; imo , " she continued , "bu : Mie Douzins always got the worst of it , a Hitchcock was sustained by the press A mooting was hold at Blair , a towi about fifty miles north of Omaha , a tvhich Miss Couzins spoko. She wa ; o leave the folio wing night , but wa delayed and had to remain ovor. That night Hiiohcoak was to address a mooting at the same place where Miss Oouzins had spoken the evening previous , and she wont to the mooting. No ono was aware of her presence uavo the speaker , who espied her in the audience and recognized hor. Ho spoke an hour , and then called upon Miss Oouzins to ascend the platform and spnak in reply. Siio pushed her way through the crowd amidst the most enthusiastic cheering , and stood beside Hitchcock on the platform. I'ha debate began and lasted two lours. Hitchcock sought refuge in the scriptures , which ho tried to quoto. A Bible was procured to aid him in lis argument , but ho did not exhibit ouflioiont familiarity with the text , cd Miss Couzins took it from his hands and would aid him not only in finding the quotations , but would re mind him of some which ho failed to employ ; At tbo clone of the debate , a motion was put by'Hitchcock to elicit the sentiment of the mooting , and ho did not rooolvo a single vote of in dorsement. An account of the dis cussion was prepared for the papers , but Hitchcock , who had the friendship of the editors , caused the prepared accouut to bo suppressed and ono of his own published , it which it was stated that the vote of the mooting was unanimously in his favor. Ho also sought to defeat us by other moans , and had regular republican tickets printed with a blank at the bottom for the constitutional amendment , it being the general understanding that this blank was reserved for the voto. In the middle of this ticket , however , ho had the words 'against the amend ment' inserted , and by this moanu captured the votes of many who either overlooked or did not fully under stand the moaning of the words insert- o3. " Miss Anthony is hero the guest of Miss Oouzins , and will not go east for a day or two. An Ingonloni Pottol Invention * JpecUl Dl p tch to Tui ! > . WABHINOTON , November 24 , The postmaster general to-day took a step which it is believed in some quarters will materially affect future opera tions and reform in the department. This was the condition of a contract with Lee Ehrlich , of St. Louis , for the use of his recent ingenious in vention of a combination lottur shoot and onvolnpo. By the middle of Jan uary the Ehrlich Invention will bo on sale in the principal postutliuus in thu country , in the shape of a letter sheet , envelope and stamp , all for throe cents , and a circular letter and envelope and stamp for one cent , addinu u > at of paper. The single letter sheets are manufactured with Hummed flips , which , when the shoot is foldud , lap ever two open edges and secure the missive. Tlio government otamp Is to be embossed on ono of these flaps which comrsover like the flip on an en velope , and the whole thing is licked , stamped and sealed with the same mo tion. This brings the stamp where the old wafers and seal used to bo , In stead of being upon the upper right hand corner. The postmaster will not be compelled to apply the cancellation stamp , as letters cannot bo opened , nor the embossed stamp removed with out destroying the stamp. Chicago Rcoei- Special Ubpatth to Till llix Giucuao , November 24. The Chicago cage driving park management has opened sixteen stakes , to bo run at its summer meeting , Juno 27 to July U , 1883 , Of the sixteen six are for two- five for and year-olds , three-year-olds five for all ages , with uu aggregate of $14,000 added , entries money to close January ID , 1883 , except three , which are post sweepstakes. In addition to those the association opens four stakes for the summer mooting of 1884 , to close April 2 , 1883 , and ono for 1885. Physicians say it combines all the desiderata of every ferruginous tonic prescribed by every school of modi- cine. Brown's Iron Bitters. WILD WINDS. A Terrible Storm Rages in the East and Devastates Buffalo and the Lakes. Too Billows of Lake Brie Oroe'e the Bronk Water on Blackwoll Inland. Ana EloviUo thn Mnrky Water * of Buffalo Crook Sovcrnl F ot The Htorm Particularly Severe Unelioltoroa Vessels. peclol DlspAtcht to Tin linn , BUFFALO , November 2 * ErJy thin lornlng a very cnvord ntdrni broke > vcr the city. For ImU an hour the nlo wan nccompiuicil Ly thtindoE aud Ightniug Truen wuro bldfrn clftwn , Igns unhinged and windows blown m. ? no schooners , it is feitrod , are lost. Thcro vill undoubtedly bo moro ouu- alitlos'to roport. FULLKIl DETAILS. v BUFFALO , Novomboi . The ter rible storm which brqko here lust ovo- ling continues to-day m nil ita fury. Several persons were injured this ' morning by falling signs. The side \ walks are covered with dobrij. THK WIND is strong enough to overturn cativns ; covered oxprtsa wagons. Its velocity was oixty miles an hour at 8:20 : th s morning. Sluot , snow and rain ha'v,6\f , \ bconXalling incessantly since nbout,3 o'clock. , li ' run HAiiiiou presents a gloomy appuauncn. In addition to the loss of tha tchoonor Diunu , thu schooner Moss is ricked , The life-saving crow rescued all hands. The schooner Groton ia on the beach at the Tifft farm. Several men wore discovered In the rigging nt daylight , and THK LIFE 11 DAT has gene lo the rescue. A floating elevator capsized during the night aud was thrown upon thu dock. The loss is $20,000. The water iu the crock lias risen four foot. So far not a life has been loat in the port , but escapes liavo been miraculous. The Storm on the Italics. Special Dlapiktch to Till Bin. DETIIOIT , November 21. The cap tain of the propeller , Fountain City , which arrived down at midnight thinks the lues of shipping by last nights gale- will bo very heavy. Ho says there were many crafts of every description out ou Like Huron aud that the stDrm on Saginaw Bay was simply | ter rible. A schooner wan reported aground on Colohusterroef , Likli Erie , yesterday afternoon , flying a signal of distress , with the crow lashed to the tigging. The voscol that cightcd hfm was unable to got to thorn. * > > * Bp cl l Dispatches toTn Bu. DETROIT , November 24 Rep- , of disasters are not numerous her * which leads to the hope that the of Thursday night did not many vessels out. No further _ _ _ from the schooner on Oolochostet * , rorf. It is believed the crow ancctma fully made their escape. The new' ' iron propeller H. J , Jowott Is aground at the Li mo Kilns. The propeller Panama is high and dry on Bar Point , Like Erie , in an exposud posi tion. The schooner Morning * Light , ) lumber laden , is ashore near Lud-i ington. , PICTON , Ont. , November 24. The schooner Enterprise , after loading with barley at West Point store house , attempted to leave for shelter , but wont ashore. The vessel and cargo are a total loss. The crew was saved. BUFFLO , November 24. The float- g elevators Marquotta and Buffalo broke from their moorings and drifted across Erie basin. The Buffalo nnd Murquottu came in collision and the latter utovu. The fury of the storm roochod its height at 8 o'clock , when the wind was blowing at the rate of GO miles an hour. Twa of the Ntvr York Central tracks running alongside the lake were washed out , At East * y Buffalo the storm also was severe. Water in the river was very high. The collars of a good many houses were submerged. A small Canadian vessel , laden with flour , is reported on the south shoro. The schooner Groton - ton is insured for $8,000 , All steam boat lines report boats safe as far as lionrd from. Tbnrlow We d' Funeral' V.V uUul UI i tth to Tine DEB. V NEW YORK , November 24 - The funeral of Thurlow Weed took place this morning. Private services were held at Jus late residence , Rev. Dm. Hall , Paxton and Kolnsfoll officiating. At the conclusion oi the services tfio funeral cortege was formed and pro ceeded to the church , which was filkd with a congregation composed ( uf many prominent citizens and nell known persons from tlio interior of the state. Immediately after the p 11. bearers and mourners were the ut > tachos of the household and then i utho friends of family , The funeral pa will leave for Albany this evening. The body was taken aboard ho steamer Drew this afternoon. Those accompati ) ing the remains were : Miss Harriet Wood , Miesos Catherine , Em. ily and Harriet Barnes ( Weed's grand * daughters ) , Mr , nnd Mro. Maria W. Alden , Thurlow Weed Barnes ( grand- ton of the deceased ) , Julius Weed , of Columbus , O. ; H , R. Riddle , of Bal timore ; Mr. Covert , of Albany ; Fred- crick Beward , George DJWSOII , and Philip Tonojjck , of Albany , who werw associated with Weed in the publica tion of The Albany Evening Journal , and A , W. Gardner , who had tended the deceased during his illness. Mr. , and Mrs , Barnes left for Albany ou the 0 p. in , train. * t