y ' > * DAILY BEE TWELFTH YEAHJK OMAHA NEB. THLESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 14 149 l' > ii , THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Several Important Land Cases Decided by Secretary Teller , Tbe Sp.ndwich leland Bupar Monopoly Endoreod by Treasury. Tte Tftrili nnd Shipping Inter- estd Ocnsidoredby the Uouimitcces. PoatofH e Officlnlrt KickinR the Reduced Ap propriations. Poudloton'n Reform Bill Haoolvoi Strong Support in tbo Sonnto- ProceedlnRB of CougroeeQonoral Newn. CAPITAL , NOTES. Ei iUl Dlipfttch to Till ll , UkOISIONH ON LA.N1) CLA1MH WAUIINOTON , December 13 Sccrp tary Teller decides that Ir.nds within the limits of grautn of n luilroid com pany to whiih pre-emption or homestead - stead clitms , capable u ; being for feited , lind attached r.t the time the grant- took effect , are excluded from railroad grant and upon ubandonniont of such claims the Ir.nds do not inure to the company bui uro restored to the public domain. Ho abe decided tl'fit when n person having a tiling in l.i" under the coal bud Ifttr oontraota wiih third party to occupy nnil work Bunh bud Jia must bo oonuldorud an biu'ing Bold the anma and cannot cccuro patent. Bo decides further that an orroneoua entry in thu regis ter's office , if ordered corrected , nhould not projndico the ctaioa of the appli cant. A CENSUS WULLETIN just isouoJ conUini nn elaborate reply of Gen. Francss A. Wrtlker to news paper criticisms upon the results oi the cunaua inquiry ot mnnufacturiug atatiatica of cities. HENUY'tj ItCMOVAL. It h3 boon ascertained deduitt < ly that the chairman of thu ueunto ji-dto- iary committee has bsou instructed to call on the president for a aUiOment giving cau303 far Mirobal Ilenry'a re moval. KAKDW1C1I SUOAK. Secretary Folgar to day directed the collector of oimoms of Now York to roliquldato entry Iroo of duty usiigu- meut of Sandwiuh Island sugar , upon which aeaeisine.it wai recently made. CA1TAIN 11ELKNAP has made an elaborate report to the secretary rf the navy respecting the celebration of the birthday of King Ktlakua , of the Hawaiian islands , in which his ahip , the Alaska , took active part iu the regatta. Oao of the races was won by a barge crew of his ship. Noroa , a a itnan on the Jeaucelte appeared before the board thia tnbi ing. UAILIIOAD MAIL KATK3. Thocoramittea on appropriations mot to-day , an umandmeut to thopcutofiioa appropriation bill was adopted , which provides that all roads , which have been [ grunted bands , subsidy in ad dition to land grants , bo reduced to fifty pur cent bale w the ainouut paid other roadu tor carrying the maila. The Indiin appropriation bill will be ready for Iho lull committee of thu senate on Friday. The pros djtit sent the following nominations to tha sen ate to-da > : J. 0 BancrcftDivi ? , to bo judge of the court of claims ; Ghas. II. Chamberlain , rfcaiver of public rnunoys , San Fruncieco. THE HAWAIIAN TKKATV. The houeo committee on foreign af fairs will probably consider on FiiJuy thu It iwaiian treaty as it eil'dcta the nagir trade of 'tho United States. At the li.'it cession tbo committee was evenly divided aa between retaining the reciprocity chapter of tha treaty modifying. Henry H. Morgan , ol Louisiana. WRH nonfirmod secretary of legation uf thu Uiiitud States to JMoxico. TUB TAllIKf. The ways and means committee to day adopted nil tbat part of the tnrllT commibaion report relating to .iul- phalcs , nitrates , ehlorah , etc. Ohro- tnic acid , chronnito nt potash and hydrate or caustics were pasted for further inquiry. The word "acids" was inserted in the paragraphs com' prising essential oils end alkalis. This was the only change made. TUB HlIII-riNd INTKKUST , The noloot committca on American shipping adopted the following propo sition , prepared by tbo San Franciioo board of trade : "That whenever auy vessel , whether utoim or sail , shall be constructed and equipped in the United States for foreign trade , including the trade bstiretn the Atlantic nnd I'.v- clGo pnrln in whole or in psrt of the materials ot produc'ion ' of thu United States , the ownera of auh vessel bhall bo entitled to receive and collect from the United States a sum equal In amount to the duty which would have been collected upon imported materials of like dctcrlption and of equal quali ty with American materials need in the construction and equipment of engines , boilers and other nppnrtn- nance * of auoh steam or Bailing veaeol , " A NEW robT. The president approved the act t < . rectify und ontabllsh the title of the United States to a site of a military post at Eipaao , Texas. SUICIDE. William H. Leiater , aged 40 , d"V In the adjutant general's ofliop , k ' . . himself to-day , He was a citizen cl Bullofontaino , Ohio , A HAFE JDKOK. , The Star lays : "There wai aoroc talk in the court room after the accep tance of John H , Orane as a juror it the star ronto tr ) l , to the efloa. thrrosoontlon had bren nvorroachcct by the defend ints in getting tthis juror into the box. It scomi hia viowa recardtng religion ngruo with lu cr- soli's " TUB rosrorricE Thcro is much tribulation In clllsi.il circles owing to the mpaitronoM of the postolllot ) approptin'ion bill , The do- partinont , it is titld , will ba inoro or loss at the inarcy of lir s outraotors , who , well knowing the limited means at ita disposal , can ro t secure in the knowledge that it \ \ impoatiblo to for feit contracts and utrard tboai to the next lowest bidder. Probably through inadvertence an old atatuto seems to luvobacn taken a * n guido for the cotutruc'ion of the bill with the result of abolishing fourth cUts , matter , and throwing nnrchaudijo and other mail uiatter , formerly thit claso , into first olas , nt two cents for every half ounce. It is understood the house commit- ton decided to allow the Ohippowa In dians 87,000tfor lands which they clounivnd % which has boon opened for sattlemont. _ CONGRESSIONAL. SpecUl DUpatch toTm lln. HKNATR DIOCEEDINQS. WASUINQTON , December 13. Several - oral petitlous were presented for in- croasu of pansiona of ono-nrmod and ono-legged soldiers aud relating to the ; ax on tobacco. At the cloeo of tlio uorniug hour Senator Book called up its resolution for investigation of wlitioit aisossmonts , the question 1 > 5- ni ; on Senator Edmunds' motion to refer Senator Bock's resolution und substitute cfl'jrod by Senator Halo to the oommitteo on judiciary. After debate this "us adopted. Senator Flatt , nt hia own r qu ? t , wa relieved from the duty of ooiir- man of the oinr.nittoo on ponsiona. Coneiduratiou ol Senator Poiidloton'a civil Eorvico reform bill WAI then ro- sumod. Senator Iluwley took thelloor. Uo argued that nrnm- thing must bo done to reform our clviLservico. Don- tinunuce of the prtucnt oystcm wa : < rendered inipitbU < , not only by the evils dovulop > d under i' , but nlio by the exlraordinitry growth of the coun try nnd umstquent increase in the uuniber nf public ollicoa. The timu 'or no i in had cjiue , tuid ho ( flawley ) doped the senate would p 3 tb'is pKin , Atmple nnd practical bill. Formal amandincnts reported by the r.pmnitttce wcra agreed to. The question was then on Senator Hoar's niDiMidtncnt providing that con-peti- tive cs&minutioiiH shall bo , us far pos sible , upon such subjects as are em braced in a gaocl com nun school edu cation. After some discussion the souate hem waived this amendment In favor of one ofl red by Senator Logun , providing that examinations "iliaU ba practical in their character nnd shall relate to mat'ors which will fairiy test the relative fitness and ca pacity of applicants to discharge thu duties of the service into which they leek to bn admitted , " Senator Pendleton favored the idea atnbrnc d in both these amendments , but thought it was already provided for in the bill. Senator Pondleton , having charge of the bill , assented to the amend ment/I and they \wore adopted. , r O > luotiuu - f Supitor 8llurm.au , provision for payment of the exponaes of the commissioners was limited to traveling expenses. Senator Ooke ofl'ered an amendment which was ordered printed , providing that "for the purpisj of equalizing appolntmonta between the several status itud territories and Dietrich of Columbia , and also between poiitical parties , all persons now ia ofBcs , place or omploymeut who would have been within the operation of this act had it been iu force when they respectively onturtid tlio public service , shall with in twelve months from approval of thia act comply with the terms and conditions of the applicants under thia act for original entrance into Iho tforvico or vacate the places had re spectively by them. " Senator Garland introduced a bill granting the right of way for the St. Inuii & San Francisco railroad com pany through the military reservation at Fort Smith , Arkansai. Referred , Senator Allison explained the ob- jeot cf his amendment oiferud ycstor- day ns n nnbjtitulo for the first section of the Poudleton bill. It win to pro vide that there shall bo three commis sioners instead of hvo , and that the commission aha.ll bo composed of pur- sonn ijot connected with dopartniontH. Pending comiidurution of the amend ment the senate went into executive notion. Adjourned , HOU5K I-KOUEKUINOH. The cang roaslonal library bill came upas ununished buaineco , the pending question being on the nntiou made by Mr , Randall to lay upon the table the motion to rcoontiiler 'he vote by which the houie duu > ( l > < d to refer the bill , with instructions. The mo tion to reoonsldor wai tabled yeas 115 , na > 8 101. Thia vote has the effect of rocommitti'jg the bill , with Instructions to the committee to report back a bill for erecting the library on ground belonging to the United States in Washington. The hoiuu nt 12 : 10 went into com mittee of the whoioontho agricultural appropriation bill. The committee rojootod all amend ments , reported the bill to Hie house and it passed. The house then went into commlttoa of the whole on the military academy appropriation mil , soon reported it back , and it On motion of Mr. Townsend (0. ( ) a resolution was adopted making the n oaoibnat bill a special order for Jan uary 17th. Sir , Randall ( Pa , ) offered a resolu tion requenting the secretary of the treasury to ascertain as nearly as pea eibla the amount or estimated amounl paid for ocean freight on exports and imports from and to the United Statoi for the fiscal year ended June 30 , 1882 , Adopted. _ _ _ _ _ _ A Kuiiiai l > and Syndicate- Sjwdil DUp tch to Tui Bu. KANHAH OITV , December 13. Ar association of unusual strength anc slgnificAnoe , to be known aa the Amer 1 and CAttle Syndicate , WAR w d here to-day. It consists of thirty members , inc'uding some of the most inl.irnhl ! bu iness men of the city , hankers , laud and cattle owners , bath Ui" > d S'a'.ra fonftton and governor rf the stato. The y. > dlcito Is prejinritsg t control largo in terests iu the territories oonth and west , witli br.inch fliifs in Texar , Now York ii'id London A meolidg is to bo hold to ioiiipuH ! > or uniz tioti when further detuils will ba made public. MEDILLAND TARIFF , The Editor of thw OhicaRo "Tribune" Dieat-ota the Oomuiiaaion Report. An Able Addro > Bcforn the oultiirat Special Dtipalch to Tut BHI. CiiiOAOO , Dicembar 113. In the afternoon rcasion of th Amerionn Agricultural natoclntlon Hon. .T. Ster ling Morton , of Nebraska , upoko on the UrifV , arguing that all tariff taxo.s not iiotiirtl'.y ' iieede.l by the govotninont stiould bo ubolishud nt ocoo. Presi dent N. T. Sprnguo , of Torment , gavn Ilia experience with "allos nnd tiusil-- age" und was deluded with ( jiioaiions at its olosa. Reports of committee - tee on forestry , rooummeuding cooperation - operation of atato and nntionil govornmonls in planting trees nloug water courtcs and of that ou transportation , recommending devel opment of water coinputitlon by iniproveniuut of rivers nnd building canals , Vero laid over for disctisMnii. At the avonitlg ccoslon Dr. William Hope , of Lttith , Scollrt'id , read a paper on the exhaustion of soil ' 11 ita relation to fertilizers , mid Hon. < 1 B. 3rinnoll , of Iowa , one ' on the subject , ' WliMis duo f coin 'agricultural associations . " s ciations to poipcrity1. lion , Joseph Tifedill , editor of Thii Chicago Tribune , nitdo nu abe ! apseph upon thu tliemu , "Tno tnriff coainiia- mun report. " The rpjukor eald ho and baon born nnd bred in the high ; ariff school oit Hanry Olny aud of the iigher tariff aohool of the Ponim 1 v.inla democrats , but lima , reading ind observation led him to change hif mind and begin to doubt whether high duties nro good far the Amurl can people , especially farineri. The great argument of protcc'ionUta with farmers 13 that if free trade wns Inaugurated nil manufactories would bo obliged to cloao their doors ; Ihrvt their hordes of operatives would be obliged to abandon the cftioa und pour out tip jn the farms , where thuir Bompotitiou and the incroueod produc tion would run the prisa of farm pro ducts down. All tbia tulle i ) a delu sion .in d humbug. No word or other force could drive thriffy laborers upon farms. They couldn't bo induced to i > ivo up tut ) enticement of city life , and oven if they would they had neither the capital nor knowledge neceusary to jvorl : firmu successfully , The epcaker snid the report of the tariff commission in aomo ro- spools was a surprise to him. It was better than he anticipated from a commission selected with npcc- ial reference to "how not to do it. " The comraioslon , when appointed , vras supposed to be for the purpose ot maintaining all the monstrosities of the present tariff , and ad iug TIQW cnea , It posiiblo. It waa not tor htm to say how much the recant election had to do 'with changing the original intention. At all events the commis sion had made a fairly good report , a commencement In the right direction of tariff reform According to their claim , they had taken off 20 per cent and simplified the imposing und collecting by throning off compound duties. Ho no ticed , however , that the woolen manufacturers had influence enough to retain the present abominations , and fifty-five millions of woarora of woolen goods must still stand the tax. Thu commitmion admitted the need of n free list , but foil chort in carrying out thia concession to com mon eenso. An extended frco list of raw materials was especially needed , The speaker instanced nsphultum , Portland commit- , Bed * ash , bleaching povrdors , all kinds of coal , nalt , lumber , copper , iron ore , flix tow , needs and coarao wools ns nmoog the proper things to at on the free li.st. He proceeded to argue from the I'.mount of gooda manufactured and the amount imported that the fnrmora alone pay ttvo to three hundred mil lions annually moro than they should for their necutaarlcs. Farmer.anil ou free trude principlcn , the tariff put down to their credit being n in ore straw , chaff , ntid worthless The argument that without tariff foreign goods would praps in nud drive out homo manufacturers applies to but one-third of the people in cltica and towcs , as the articles consumed by the other * two > thitds , not to men tion fnrmore , uro unprotected. Would not manufacturers continue to supply this two-thirds and the farmers , If protection was taken off the other fraction ? Protection , ho said , Is a system of reciprocal rob bery. Ono manufacturer , protected to the extent of fifty par cam , robbed a brother manufacturer to that extent. The brother manufacturer In turn robbed him. If protection waa taken i M' both , they would bo at evena on a lower uc.ilo of priced. Ho hold our manufacturers are no longer infants , but stalwarts , and able to take o&ro of themselves. Aa the result of per sonal observation , ho found Kagliah free trade laborora as well paid aa the American protected labor er. Farmers wagea are a third less , the price of thingH ho hud to purchase proportionately lower , do recommended a reduction of the tariff to 15 or 20 per cent ltd- valorem. This would enable the farm ers to buy moro , aa gooda would be cheaper , and this in return would fur nish employment for 800,000 to 400 , . 000 moro manufacturing operatives , The disappearance of the American navy ho held waa due to high tariff , because American vessels must curry protected , therefore dear and unsala ble , gpoda to other countries , Eng land is perfectly willing wo should continue protection because It gave her a monopoly of the trade of otho : countries. THE OLD WORLD. Lord Derby Rejoots the Idea of British Protectorate over Cut lODt'liah lufluerjco Muet Alwnya Proootniuato to Guard tfio'Oimal. The Financial VtReBOuro'B of i &S ? Franco RoBotvPod for u Great Patnotio Bll'ort , Thr Work of theO riu n VnrUn- mriit Snioid aln tlio Irn - Tfe * tinn "Aviijr. The Austro-Gormixn Alliuuco PJO- .ProHorvo the I'onoa of Eoropo. fcj * OKNRBAX FOREIGN ( JpeeUt Dlsintch to Till llRi. LOUIl DKltSB tTsi-REC k t LONDON , Dooomnor * 13. L-jrd by , in a speech aVMtuichcntcr tu-clny , rujeotcd tlto idea ol n protoulor.Uo for Egypt. England , ho raid , ought to nut ro ; ii kin in Ejjyp * . longer than was absolutely nPO Muty to restore or- dur. English influr'lloo iu E ynt mint preponderate , but it was not lu'ct'tiu uy to exotciflo it iu uiftofijiiblvu npirit , nor to exclude frcu aria iricudly rontuita- tion with Viaticep UuUmtm to the attltuduof Franco twaid Madagascar , Lord Darby rnidr" ' * ! ' rtmtc blii mudh- liuu conld pnvt'tttiiRitf ' | 80i ! t f Mada gascar , wo oughjftwtffjr Our nurvlcei , but if , us it app'ognhmibiblis the di puto la only a prolix : fur annexation of it part of the mlii ul/rivi ) in nut , Kbit.uri from mrtiutiri k' Etiord Darby miidn no allusion to hhfcMiry * nio thu c\bl- not a i si'Ofittary QufttutJ fur I.ith.i. THE lUtKKQU nCDQRT. PARIS , Dacaubarutt. In the chun- bnr ot deputies uiiWjdebate nn the extraordinary budyta wns rctmuiud , Ribot , reporter of jUio | Budget com- niitlositd thofmandiril power ol FrAuca jnuat iu na case bo/foomproniiaod , for thu country might iicud it r.t any mo ment for -a great patriotic tffart. Ribot'a rotnaika were applauded. H-VKAHINO FOU ALFONSO. MAIM in , Dioombar 13. In regard to the parliamentary oath question , thu government propose to admit cither MI nato or ufiimation on condi tion of supporting Alfonso , the word * , "Legitimate Kingof Spuln , to bo omitted. ' A I108T IN COUHT LONDON , Dt camber 13i At the hearing to-day in the libel ease of Bolt vs. Lawea , the bus } which the plain tiff , iu order to proyu his ability as a sculptor , has bdon executing in the room adjoining Ibn court room , was produced iu the Witness box , together with the person' ' Irora whom it wad takom The intriduotion of tbo buat and ita courijprDiuiLjyVn grouted with Inurl apphu"i | > ji. A TlIRIUO/j S ABUOAU. DUIIUAN , December 13 f I. is stated the Boera captured the Koflir chief Mumpoer. TUB KXILKl ) ) lKHKLfl. OAIKO , December 13. Arab ! and other prisoners sentenced to exile , have been requested to bo ready to atari ; within ton days. Allowances have boon granted thorn for their properties , which wore confiscated , The property of their wives was not confiscated. Thu leniency produced good effect on the li.Us. I1U81I CllIUIKALS. DUBLIN , December 13. John and Patrick Carroll , convicted of killing a farmer naraod Hiclcoy , were aoutnnued rcapootlvoly to ton and twenty years penal servitude. Jus licoO'Broln declared thoopinion , in which tin ) jury concurred , that fligninu was the least entity of the thri'o porsonn concerned in thti murder. Mnrwood , tlio executioner , arrived ou hit way to Gal way. Ho is osoortud by nine dotoctivcs. BOURHK I1WINESS IN OKKUANY. BKULIN , Dicambar 13. Mnrohauts Iiavo Oitllud conferanoe of nil Ger man chambarn of coramorco for the purpo o of organKlti { ( united action K mnat taxation of Uonreo tranoac- Hniis. hUICHIK.S AUK AI-AHMIKOLY I'HKQUKHT in the Prusoiati aruiy. llocently a cadiit ehot himself at Htohtcrfeldo , a lloutonnnt killed himself at n ball at Spnndau , and another oflioar u'ed by } \it own hand in Paria. * Deaths by duelling are nlso frequent. IK TJIK UlilCHHTAU. The imporiul iniuiater of the in terior , in reply to 'a question by Windthorat , ultramontauo loader , e.iid the buniioBrath decided not to ivo effect to tbo drcisionof the relch- ttag in favor of abolition of the law upon unauthorized oxoraiso of occlosi- nslical fnnotiona. The ovrirnuiont could not oxpUin thu romnii for tliti refoatil. Thty drolined mi prtnciplu to ( 'ivo the roiohotaj ; rnuaiJiia for thuir deoision , TJIK HULTAN'H UAUUIAOK , OoNHTANTJNOi-LK , Ddoombor 13. The sultau has had built for his uac an armored carriage , bullet and groiv ado proof , TUB AUrilltO dEUUlN ALUAMJB , LONDON , December 13. The Oi > ' logno Fazotto Htaten on good t uthorltj that the Austro Qcrman alliance , originally couoliidud for five years nnil which oxplrod October 24th , will b ( prolonged because it has alroadj proved of great advantage and fur nished strong guarantee of maintenance ance of poaco. A NKW INVENTION , A process for cheap production o aluminum has been discovered. Thi invention causes no little exoitomon in the metal trauo at Birmingham am Sheffield. THE ZULU KINO , Advice * from South Africa a y Got ovrnyo eignod the Xulu eottlomont ind will return to Xulnlrvnd early in fAiiunry , the British resident and nlliturj1 cscirt saconipMijiiif ; him to Dlntuii , wheto ho will bo instnllod 1 > K1'I.ORA11LK HOMUTION OK TUKKRV. CON&TAXTINOP.M : , Djcsmbo" 1J. ! The pained in pn\o icnlly In n ntnto of sclgo Nobody ii nllowod ti ) enter inkn.i B'linnioMpd. The nult.in'a alarm 9 owing to sedition among the troops , < vho nro niigry nt the way the palace Hunrds nro paid , while they are in r\it. The rcappoiiitiiicnt of Ounnn Ashu , who is unpopular in the army , M minister of war , hni added fuel to ho fl imes , LONIION , December 13 The Times , on the ocanMon of the fifteenth mini- viiNnry of Otftdittouo'aontrauca into public life , luo printed a retrospect > ( hij cftrevr , covoriusr six columns. The muiy uolitical assoolMiona have ' Oloitntiot OUdatoiu1 , nnd nearly all if thu Ljtidon papers and a great * nr portion of the provincial press do. vote li-adura to the stibjoot of Iho ac- iount of thu influence of Gladstone n the but l\M ountury. an Binhop Winohontur hna doolincd the irohbishoprio o ( Uantorbury , owing its ndvancnd IVRU. ACOK1T8. L > rd Djrbv hnn acooptod the soaro- for Tndin. ANII'NIIIIUHTIO VIKNNA , Ddonubor 13. AntiTerrorist - Terrorist ustoriatinna , the object of which in to oppima the ' .rojecta of the have bocn formed at .St. JUnohca fhuvu been * ( a > ut I'.uii. Kico , Qeiiovn , /iricli , London , Kiniunburg , Buch- iront i.iul CoiibtHiitinopk' . K KU1DQE A Kivtal Dlsuacor ou tbo Sunset Routo. 'intch to Tim Rm. SAN A > TONIO , TJX. , December 10. At 7 ii. in , Tuesday Iho fnlso work of ttio hridtiti aurocn Grnat Dry Otui- pen , four mih'i ) wo. t of loccn river , in The Sutisut road , aud throu-fourths of n inilo from iho end of the South ern PiiOiflc trnuk , full iu n oolid mass , : ) recipituttng ninotcon henda n dis- anoii of Hjvuuty-fivo tout on the rooks neloiv , Suvttn men wuro killed out- igh' , onu ntora IHH einco died , mid ihuro is httli ! lie pa for recovery of the .hreo othcra. The fulao work ind been orectrd oomo time , nnd the weight of the material .brought upon t for the pt-tmunont bridge is fliip- ; > o ud to havu been too great to bear ind it gave aivay. It wus over a deep ; erie , havliif ; ulmoat porpoudiotilnr illffr , and thu length of the bridge was ! 00 foot. The dead have bocn buried n an adjacent cwo , nnd * two physi- liana are caring for the vrouuded. Chls disnntor will delay omplotiou of ho biiigo perhaps sixty duyo. STOKIKQ Another Inyontlon by Choa. F. Brush. Special DUpttch to TUB Ills. OLP.VELAND , Deccmbor 13. The [ i'iad < * T to-morrow raoruiug will , con- ; nin u < lftaoription of an in'vontion by I'rof. Ohao. F. Brush , prusidcnt t f the Brush electric light and power com- ! ! ] , of thia city , for storing olootrlo- ty. This invention m a success in every way , and ita completion scoroa a riumph for ita inventor over all the > rominont electricians of the world. The battery in nimplo of construction , oonsittiug of u box containing cells , in each of which is ( impended two lead ilatea electrically treated and im- meraud in acidulated water. Thoplatea nro called accumulators , mid on which are stored electricity. B.itterioa can > e packed and nhippnd the aamo an merchandise , and handled without danger. The capacity of the battery dopundn upon the number of cells , Electricity loses nnnu of its force rom storage nnd 0.111 bo used for any ) urposo for which needed A Buffalo Souuanl- Special Dl > i > atcli to Tim HKK. ISurvAi-o , December 13. Mr * . ilarttni ,1 , Oolllus wan to-day released roui the inaino asylum in this city. iho vruu placed in tlui iniititution on ho IDJi of lust Octobrr by hur hua- land , who hun paid all expenses. After her ruloaso MM , Colling , after coniulling bur attorneys , demanded of her huabind a written agreement .hut ho would iu future treat her IXB u wife und not inoircoruto her in an other asylum. Thin ho refused to do jut promlued verbally to comply with icr withes. Shu rulnsed to rotnrn lomo with him and claims her recent : x vrlncu has bo < ni the third einco let ; mr.rrlud llfo , A UPliinky Dliturbaiiuo- Upedal Dltpntch to Tux ll . CiNcisfNATjj , Dcoombor 13. WhU- < y adrar.ced two cjnta to-day without the direction of the ommlttoo of ex portation , The break Monday was 'ikowisu not ordered. The committee lisa likewise itcquiescd in these natural lluctuations , but it in likely another meeting of the association will be hold Friday or Tuesday next to take action to prevent unauthorized prices. . Kingston' * Eposlul Dteiwtch to Tin UK. NKW YOKK , December 13. In- iricH amnng the agencies of the foreign Inuuraucu companies confirm thu report of a largo conflagration at Kingston , .lAtnuica , bnt it in thought the loss has been exaggerated. However - over , the damage ie bulieved to be heavy , inasmuch as the large ware < honteH situated within the boundarlei of the burned district , contain at thii seaaon of the your heavy stocks o ! sugar , rum and other merchandise foi nhipmcnt to the United Statea am Europe. The fire included the die trlct from the corner of West am Port Ituyitl streets nearly to Kas atroot. Both sides of Port Koya street were destroyed with thi wharrea to the southward Mi ) t of the buildings destroyed wer of Htone or brick , Th&t portion o the city devoted to reildenoet vru no reached by Iho Ihnic * . The principal loners will undoubtedly bo merchants who laid in large Blocks of good * for .tho Ohrittnm scnson. The theatre , rncontly fitted up , was de.itroyod. The ire must have been c'xlmnilvo , jtlcging ffctn the largo orders for lumber pouring in from Kingston during the day. The loss id estimntod horn at half the amount stated in early dispatches. l < TUltioi > a Efforts to Mnko UpMrs. . Lubouclioro Salla for Uotno. l Dl i tch to Tnn nmi. Niw : YOIIK , Djcombor 13 A morning - ing journal tayo : Mr * . Libaachorc spunt yesterday with preparations foi hurdopurluro. Though the fact tlmt aho WM to anil thia morning WAS by no moatia settled. Mm. Ijing'ry , fiuditig their separation in n inomenl of ill humor , had groan into an enor- imui scoudM by gtmeril ossip , had wisely attempted to heal thu brench. When Mrs. Libouohuro arrived in Philadelphia Sunday tbo following telegram ronchod her : Mri Uti.ucl\crIo ! Uticttfi , rhlliUolphU. A there hns been BO much titlk in the nownpipern , I urn uro everything can be B.ithr Ctorllyixplnlncd ncd milled If yon wilt stny aver nnd met , mo in Hnntnn. "LlLLT Mrs. Libouchoro , who felt pro voked to encounter what aho regarded unwarrantabto ntliioks upon her , roiilly did tint wish to hurt Lilly , aho wna sorry for hor. She. knew that at the worst what Airs. Ltngtry had done wus moro indinorction , that no anrinus wrong had boon committed ; hence aho wavered , nnd at tint thought she would meet Mrs. Ltmqtry ntjaln to of- feet a reconciliation and become friotidn nenin. Slio rKplied , "I will try aud otty over if I poenSWy 0111 nuilto arrangrmentn to do an. " Bu ! aho had already tnkeit her passngo on the Sorvla , and Into lust evening do- cidoi aho could not stay to repair thu breach cauiod by Fred. Gobhart , but must depart to moot hur husband. Mrs. Libmtchoro wont on board with her maid ut midnight , thus ending abruptly her brief but eventful May in Now York , but promising to all her friondf aho would return in com pany with her hunbiuid unxt m milt. A Ii navy Gnlo. paclal Dispatch to Tim linn. ST. JoiiNH , N. F. , D.odnborl3 _ ? ho heaviest gale for many yeara wept over the island last night , foi- owed thin morning by unprecedented ugh tide , cauelng much dntnago tc ailwaya along the ahoros of Ooucap- ion bay. Board of Trade- poclal Dbimtcb to Tils llm. CHICAGO , Dooombur 13 The board of trade adjourned for the day at 12 o'clock and fifteen uiiuutoa later the numbers , headed by a numbar of > ands , formed n procoasion in the halla ind corridoia ot the board aud several mudrod strong marched to the , head of L . Sallo street , whore the ceremony - mony of laying the corner stone of .ho . now board of trade building was ( orformod. , Sagar * Special DIfpatch to Till Hit .1 , , NEW YOKK , "DJoarabor Thi secretary of the troaaury decides that sugars now raado in Hawaii are not liiferont within the moaning of the aw , from those niado at the tiuiu the rcaty was signed , aud uro entitled to como into the United Stales free ol luty. This ruling will have a direct joarinj ; upon 3,000,000 duties upon ugars. Arroit of Grnvo Robber - pedal Ullpatch to Tin Iliit. RICHMOND , Decombur 13 Tlio tatu guard In Oukwood cemetery last light arrested two moolcal atudonta nd two colored mm ) in the not of opening n grave. Fonr dcnd bodies ukon from the comelery were found t the Virginia medical oollcgo. The tudents in cuutody are prominently omuotod. f jfuit Homu poclal Ulipatch to TIM II BH. Niw : Yonic , December IB. The ixth annual moutin ; : of tlio National Assoclatiou ot Trotting Ilorao Breed' ra wan well attended , The Haiooia- ion has n momborahip of 15& , and the roaauiir'u report shows a balance oi (18,023 , The constitution of the as- ociation and trotting oodo vms amend ed , A board ol dlreuton was aluo chosen. TKI EGKAPKKC Opoclal UI | tciB ) to Tun HKI TitKNroN , N. J. , Decomlier 13 , The tale troop * havu been ordered lureadliiean n event of riot mnonn the ii'.rlkliit ; jlaiia workcru at Malaga , liOHTON , Decenilior U , Thoutenin liarli ilcmla- ) from Bath , Maine , for Now fork , in IhmtKht lost. ST. LOCIH , Decsmber 18. The hotel a < he Union etack yards , In tlio northit mrt of tlio city , burned to-uight. Loti lot yuk u crtalued , CIIIUAUO , December 13. Tom Allen 1m piilii | { > t , rufiuoi tit luikkn any orrange nentH about tha match with Jim Klllntl mill thu nrilval ( if hid backer , Itlchard 1C fox , who 1 < m pee ted hero Saturday , OHAUK , Kan. , December 13. The bollei of Jolmnoa'j nnw mill , ttiroo miles frou lore , blew up to-day. Tbo proprietor , W \i. \ JchijHon , aud Andy lleckwond , were dlleil , Thrtu others aerloaa'y ' wounded NKW YOIIK , December 13. Four ca lo ( U of xlioup &ro huro waiting glilpinen M Knglaud , Hald to lieu preeuut froinMar | uHl ( < if Lome to the ( lueeu. I'lllLADEI.rniA , December 13. Mo Nntnee , one of the Lebanon ceuieter ; ' iiody uimtchfru , In hla confesnlon mad' imlillo to-nlKht , charge * thit Dr. AV. S KorhfH , dunionittratir of aim to in y of , ] e | [ er < on college , wan the iiutlgutor and 11-41 | ioter of the whole iilot. Gunrdint : the Banlii- Special Dlnpatch to Tui Uni. NKW YOKK , Daoember 13 , It I reported to night that a privatedi teotivo and special policeman were sti tlonod at all banka below FiUy-uInt street. OorUin it is that Wall atroi wa well watched , and only thee known to have business there g < through nnquBMtionod. The reguli police denied that they know anythlii of the necessity for an extra lore and the specials r fuiod to give an information. THE PROVINCE OF PORTER A NBW but Ephemeral Throne Oioatod in tlie Northwest , Hii Olphuesa "The Publto be D -A " Notifies Porter to Pack Up. The Pool Scaronljr Cool Before Vnndcrbllt Bny Control- Hates Ordered to the Old Figures The 1'orcontago and Proflte. Wnr(3Jn t a- t > ocul Disputed to Tim Un NKW YOHK , December 13. The ailroad nvitiiigorn have ni < rcrd on n ruflb Imsiii as follows : The Minno- polis division of the R cl : liliuid 25 rarcont ; the St. PAH ! 117J per cent ; ho Northwestern nnd the U mall a 3 ? > or cent ; the St. Paul divltilon of the lock Inland 14 pur cent , and the thora 43 per cent unoh. Boitora the Rate * , ixclftl Dltpatch to Till Bill. AltLWAUKKK , Dacembor 13. Man ger Merrill , of the Chicago , Milwnn- cee & St. Paul rorvd , tolcgraphod to- ight from Now York to freight and iissongor iigenta to reitoro at onct > ho old ratoa. Pjrtor' * Power "Wuuinn- jwcUl nlsi lcli ti l"n ln. Kr.\v YORK. Decambcr 13 The lory to night 11 that thn railroad war a at nu end , rates have bsun roatorod nd the ngreciiMtit nill bj nigned to- norrow by thu presidents nf tin dif- rcnl roada , buidlnt ; thenuolvos note o violate the contract , that ia , to 'scalp" tickets , for a period of one- ear , under tha usual penally , sup- oaiid to bu ยง 500. In regard to the ivision ot t will a it ia ruthontativoly itatcd that each recd will got all the matnotn it ran , and that no ngreniuont f par coutBgon cxint , The etory about ouoolidation of tbo Northwestern and ) nii.liii roads n not cojicldortd by .ho.tu who should he nutlinrltlea to bo n idle rumor. Bjth Hugbitt nnd. , 'ortor rcfuio to npeuk on ho inbjuot , but it h moro than likely Imt tlughilt. will bu president of the Omikhaand still ratuin his poaitiou as gouornl nmnngcr of the Northwestern ' oad. Said Mr. Riddle , "I have no' doubt but that Vuudcrbilt cither has mrchoaod n controlling interest of the } inaha railroad , or is eating in this natter for the Northwestern , wlr'ch ia ynonomouB , I think Porter will bo ; lad resign hia position. Ho wan mxioua to do so iu 1831 , The whole- var , no it is called , hna hud by far too- much importance attached to It. " ' The committee hold a protracted ossion nt the Windsor hotel in the fternoon , and nt nix announced the- irosidents of the Northwcntorn , St. 'nul & Omaha , and Rock Island ro&ds ' would telegraph to have the rates ro- torod nt once , so they may take of- eot Thursday morning , Members of ho committee have agreed anon the liyision ot traffio , and Oablo .and Jlogfeitt have b'ognrt Tipvislnj ' : test' " ilan. _ a Freight Fool. pedal Dlipatch to Tin Il . NKW YOIIK , December 13 , Ameet- ng of freight ogontn of railroads in- erostod in Oalifornla buslnosa waa icld to-day at Commissioner Fink's- Ilioo for the arrangement , it waa eporlcd , of & now tariff on btuinesa- , ' i California. The day wns spout in iBcuaalng the subject. When thu nooting adjourned Mr. Fink's deputy aid no conclusion had been reached nd ho did not know when they would mot again. _ The Iron Mountain R. R- Klal l > l | > atcbto TIIK Una. ST. LOTIH , December 13t R. S. layea , first vioo president of the St. . Iron Mountnin aud Southern uilway , in a circular dated yesterday , ayu the Iron Mountain company hao lurchated the road from Forest City to lolena , ArkanaaH , and it will bo oper ated as u part of the Iron Mountain. ' _ _ _ _ _ KannuN Autl-Mououollst- pvclal Ilu ) > ttti-h to Tin llm. AUII.KNK , December 13. The con tention of anti-monopoly leglslntorsi not ut 4 o'clock to-day , J. A , Djxon * ni ulcotod chairman and Scott But- erfiold sucrotary , What is known as Bonutor Waro'w lill to regulate roil- oads was read nnd considered by sec- ' ions , A great variety of opinions voni oxprotsed. Some wanted n rail- oid comminaion appointed by tho. ; ovornor , while others favored their ilootlon either by thokglslaturo or by .he people ; others thought there wast 10 necessity for a commitaion and that ho whole matter oonld bo regulated > y Htutiito. No definite action waa akon and only the question of com- nilesionorawaa , discntaed , A Star Ronte WAHHINOTON , December 13 , Tho- ellbrt to secure a jury in the at&r route. caao waa ronuruou to-day , Seven talcauon Mure called in and were oxcuaod and the murahal watt directed to summon ton moro for 'to morrow morning. Adjourned. AT BOVP'fl- Qooree O. Miln In "Rlohalleu" Last Nl < ffat. The aolienou at Boyd's opera house last night was by no means large , and the presentation of "Richelieu , " by Rev. Geo. 0. Mlln , did not seem to tbo as favorably received aa his "Ham- lot. " Ii is a matter of regret that no op portunity wts oilorded our citizens of seeing Ool. Bnrloigh in some role cal culated to dlopLy hia ability , and there is no doubt but such a change would have drawn a much better bcuse. Aa Iu nearly nil combinations ou the road , this one has a skeleton Iu Ita ole oi , r.nd it will probably become visible to the naked eye at no