TJilL DAILY lUUv TUESDAY LWCEMB4R 2 1884
PRSSIDEHT'SJ'ERIODICAL
( fitinuc < l from first pngc ]
3 > oM worn pruccuted during tha past y
were d irlvrd from the appropriations cf tli
ct of August 2 , 1SS2 , together wit
Mich few b.ilanoai as ware on h n
from provl ms appropriation * ! . The Imlanc
i the tteai'iry ' inbject to requttltlon July 1
l83 , was $10,0 Jl OV.i.Ai. I'hu nimmnt n\ \
SjiropiUled 'during the fi-cal year 18U : wo
$13,1113,8 10.27 , ntul the amount drawn froi
thn treasury ilntlnj ? the tiso.jl yrnr wx $
b hnc nl $ , .
In the treiMiiry subject turrnulrltiuu .July Isl
I'm
I'lio ecrptaryof war su iinttii the report t
chief ot ungiuoera RS the practicability uf
I'ltOTECTINO Ol'R HirOnTANT CtTIKI
on the B onboard by fottlfications and othc
( lefensoj nbla to repel modern mothoda r. .
Attack. The tluio has now come when sue !
dofeiKoa can bo prepared with confidence thn
they will not provo abortive and' when th
potaiblo result ef ilolrvy in making euch pro
jiarAtloa IH serlouily cuntidcroi delay ncom
inoxcusablo. For the most Important cities
thoto whole destructiou or capture would b
a national humiliation , cdequato defense *
inclutive of Runt , may ba made by thi
gradua' ' expenditure- SGO.OOJ.OOO , B sun
much less that a vlctoriout enemy could levy a
a contribution , Au appropriation of about
ouivtenth of that amount Is asked to begin
the work , and I concur with the secretary o
w. r In urging that It bo granted. The wai
department Is proceeding with the conversioi
of ten-inch smooth-bore guns Into cight-incl
ritlea by lining the former with tubes of f org x
nr of celled wrought iron. 1'ifty guns will b <
thus converted with the protunt year , Tliit
however , does not obviate the nccesjllyof pro
vldlug means for the construction of guns o
tha highest power , both for the purpose ol
co.vt defenco and for thn armament of wai
vesieln. The report of the guu foundry baani
appointed April 2 , 1SS3 , In pursuance of tin
act of March 3 , 183J , w.vs transmitted to con
grotH in the annual mueagu of February H
1-81. lu my message of March 20 , 1884. 1
called attantion to the recommend > tlon of the
biitrd that the government Hhould encjuraga
the production of private stool works of thn
icqnlrcd material for heavy cannon , and
th.vt thtt government factories , one for army
and one for ho , naw , should bo established
for thoj fabrication of guns from such material ,
No action having beun taken the board wae
subiequcntly reconvened to determine more
fully toe plans nnd ojtiinntea dccuasaty for car-
rylugcut its recommendations. It has re-
laived information which indicates thit there
arj resMii8iblo [ gteel manufacturers in thii
countiy who , although not provldttdat present
ttitn tlio uecesiary plant , are willing to con
struct the same aud to make bids for con
tracts nlth the government for the aupp y ol
the requmito material for the heaviest guna
adapted to modern warfare , if a guaranteed
order of sufficient magnitude ncionipauied by
a positive appropriation extending over n
series of years shill bo made by congress All
doubts as to the legibility of tha plan being
thus removed , I renew my recommendation
tint such action be taken by congr'es as wil !
unublo the government to construct its owe
ordnance upon Its own territory , and so pro
> ide the amendments demandaii by the con-
lulorations of national Hifety and honor.
TUB NAVY.
M\V onnisKn1 } .
The report of the secretary of the navy er
Inbits the progress which has been made on
the new eteol cruisers authorized by the nctf
of August C. 1882 , nnd March 3 , 1883 , of the
four vi'H els under contract. One , the Chicago ,
of 4,500 tons , is more than half finished ; the
Atlanta , 3,001 tons , boa been successfully
launched , and her machinery is now fitting ,
the lioston , also of 3.000 tons , la ready for
laitiching , and the Dolphin , ad spatch steamer
of 1,503 tons , Is ready for delivery. Certain
juheiHe criticisms upon the designs of thoac
cruisers ara di-cussed by the secretary , who
ini > i ts that the correctness of the conclusions
readied by the advisory board and by the do-
p B iueiit have bsnn demonstrated by recent
development in hip building abroad. The
machinery of the double turreted monitor *
1'uritun , Terror and Amohitnte , contracted
for under the act of Marc i 3 , 183.3 , is in pro-
ueas of construction. No work has been done
durirjg the paat year on their armor ,
for lack of the nece sary appropri
ation * . A fourth monitor , the Mon
ad nock , still remains unfinished
3at the navy yard in California. It is recom
mended that early steps bo taken to cpmpleto
tlio-e vessels and to provide also an armament
for tha monitor Miantouonmh. The recom
mendation of the naval advisory board , ap
proved by the department , comprise the con
atructlon of one steel cruiser of ; ! ,50J tons , one
cniiser of 3,000 tons , two heavily armed gnu
boats , one light cruising gunboat , one de
spatch vessel armed with Hotchkisa cannon ,
ouo armed ram and three torpedo bo to , the
general designs , all of which are calculated tc
meet the existing wants of the service arc
now well advanced , and the construbtlon ol
the vessels can be undertaken as soon as you
< ball grant the necessary authority.
A1ICTIC EXPEDITIONS ,
The at of congress approved August 7 , 1882 ,
authorized the removal to the United Statet
of the bodies of Lieutenant Commander Geo.
W. DoLoDg and his companions of the
.luannotto expedition. This removal ha :
been successfully accomplished by Lieutenant !
Harber and Bchcutio. The Temains were
ttktm troin their graves In the Lena delta In
March , 1883 , and were retained at YakuUl
until the following winter , the season being
too far advanced to adrn't of their Immediate
transportation. They arrived at Now York
February 20 , 1884 , where they were loceivod
with luitablo honors ,
In pursuance of the joint resolution ol
conRres" , approved February 13 , 1831 , r naval
tnik'dition was h'ttod out for the relief ol
l.ioutenani W. (1 ( eelfy , Unite. ! Status
army , nnd of the p rty who hid been ciigagsd
under h'ncomumul in Hcioutilicobic-r Mitionh in
Lady Franklin liny. The fleotconijtted of
the Htea-n sealer Thetis , purchased in Kng'
lurid ; thu lioar , purchasea nt St Jolinc , N ,
I' . ; an j thi Alert , which WIB ganerously pro-
Mdtd by thu liritUh goveriimtnt. 1'reparv
tie IB for thn expedition were promptly made
by the secretary nf the navy , with the native
co-operation of the saretjry of war. Com
mander Geo. W. Collin , was plasod in com-
maud of the Alert , nnd Lieutenant \V. II.
Kmory In cammtnil of the l ! ar. The Thetis
wurt entrusted to Commander WlnSelil H.
Copley , to whom a'so wa assigned the super
uuendeccy of the ectlro expedition. Immu-
dlately upon Its arrival at Upjrnairk the fleet
hg.tu tlia dangerous navigation of JMclvilk
li.iy. uad in fpito of every obstacle reached
Littleton Ibhnd on Juno ' - ' . ' , a fortnight
earlier than any voasel had bsfore attained
-that point. Un the same duy , It crosjed over
to Cape Sibino , where Lieutenant Gretly ami
the other Burvlvora of hib pirty wurodlaco\ '
ercd After taking on board the living anJ
tin bodies of the dead the relief nhlp sailo'l
fur .St. Johua wlero they arrived on .fulv 17.
Theywiro appropriately received at 1'ortn
m 'Uth , f. II. , on August 1st , and at New
Viirk on August 8th. Ono ol
the bodies wan landed al
the former plao ? , tha other * were put on shore
at Governcru Islands and with the excoptior
of on which was iatorreii In the national cem
ery , were forwarded thence to the dodtiru
lion mdlctted by friend- . The organi-utior
iu conduct of this relief expedition roflecti
great credit upon all who contributed to It ;
In this the last of the stated messages thai
1 Hlnll have thn honor to transmit to the con
( .reksof the United StatM , I cannot tex
utronzly urge on Hi attentl m the duty of re
ctoriug our navy as rapidly as poasiblo to tin
hlghf-it tate of efficiency which formorlj
characterized It. As the long peace that hai
lullnd us into a consent fancied security m )
at any tnno be disturbed , it U plain that Hit
p.licyof .treugthoi.lngthis arm of thoservlci
U dictatud by contideratlons of use of econ
orny , of just regard for our future tramiuilit ]
ami linnur of I hu republic.
POHTAIj POINTS.
TII Kmor Of TUB TWO CENT KATK.
The rep rt of the po tmnnter-gener l ac
qnmu'.i you with the present condition nni
ueeiU of the pjatal arrvlco , It diicloten UK
gratifying fact that thu loss revenue fron
tbo reduotlmof the r to In lettsr postaga , ui
rt-commenaed In my message of December ,
IBb' . ' , and till clod by the act of March 3,1883
ban ) > een mudi 1 ei than was generally antlci
paled. My recornmendatlonof thin reductlor
wai buad upon the belief that tha actual fall
IngoiT In receipts from letter postage for tin
year immediately succeeding would the chrtngi
of rate would bo 13,000,000 , It has proved tx
IM only $ . ' ,27S.OOO. , ThU la a trustworthy in
dloAtlon that the revenue will soon be roitorec
l/i former volume by natural increase of iealo <
correspondence , I oonBdently repeat , there
lore the recomroendatlon of ray lait annul
that dugla rata poctage upon dro ]
lettcni bo reduced to ono wnt wherevfr jm >
1 unt of two cents is won renulr. 1 by Uw
The double rate U only oi.to < l atollicp
where the camer system Is lu operation BJI
it appearsythat at the o oflioni the lncreai <
iti tix ti ] < on local letters dcfrnja cost , not onl\
of its own collection mid ilolfvery , but of the
collection and delivery of all mhtr mill matter
Thii u au Imimixlity tint o-i lr. no longer
to iMst. I approve tt-c r < e i rn nd tlon'
of the p-i t raster geuor.d thtt thu tint : o
ueicht In the rating of Tint clM umlter
( "houlil ha oune Instead of one half OIIDCO a.
It now U. In Uew of thn KUtUticn shortu by
the dcpirtmrnt , it IIIAV well ba doublet
wlielher the chimn would re < u't In any lo
of ravutiuo ! that It would pi-eatly i > romito the
coin PI lances of the public Is b yoid dispute
Tht frep delivery Bystem bin betm lately up
piled to Ihu cltlci" and thn tjtnl number o
ollices In which It ii now in operation Mom
hundred and fifty-nine , i\perienc3 : shows
that its adoption , under proper condition * , ii
oiiually an accommodation to thu public , ani :
an advantage to the postal ncr\ ice It Is more
than self-sustaining , and for tbo roa-son * urged
by the postmaster general , may properly bo
extended , It is the opinion of that ofllcer ,
that it is proper to provide means u hereby
K \CKITI ON A I. HKSl'ATCII
in dealing with loiters In frco delivery ofllces
may bo secured by payment of extraordinary
postage. This echbmo inlijht 1)0 made elTeo
the by the employment of a special stamp ,
who o cost should bo commonaurato with the
3xfonso ; of the extra torvice. In some of the
large cities , prlvato express companien have
undertaken to outstrii ) the government mall
carriers by affording , for the prompt transmls-
don of letters , better facllltios than have
hitherto been at the command of the post-
ollice. It has always been the policy ol the
government to dincourago such cutorpri'us ,
tnd In n o better way can that policy bo main-
t lined than in supplying thu government with
the most elllciont mall eervioj that , with duo
roznrd to Its own best lutpreaU , can bo fur-
nlflhed for Its accommodation ,
THK IjiVAVKUd BIl.VNOH.
CUtriNO THE KKKM.
The attv/rnoy general reiibwn the rcconi-
nondation contained in his report of last year
ouchlng the fooj of witno ses and jurors. Heaver
aver * radical changes hi the foo-blll , tha
adoption of a py toiu by which attornois aud
narshals of the United Stales should be coin-
lonsatod solely by palarlea , and the erection
ly the the government of a penitentiary for
ho confinement of offenders against its laws.
THK INTEU1OK ,
INDIAN AND LAND LAWS.
Uf the varied governmental concern ! ) in
charge of the interior department , the reports
of itd secretary presents on Interesting um-
nury. Among the topics doserxlug particular
attention , I refer you to Jus observations re
specting our Indian alfairs , tha pre-emption
aud timber culture acts , the failure of railroad
c iiipanloa to take tttlo to lands granted by
ho government , and the operations of tha
tension ollico , the patent oltice , the census
nireuu and the buroiu of education. Allu
uion has been made already to the rirciim *
etancLB that , I oth as between dilfarent tribes
and ai between Indians and the whites , the
> ast year has been ono of unbroken peaco. In
.his clrcumstamcii the president Is gltd to find
ii'tiliciition for the policy of the government
u dealing with the Indian question , and cou-
irmntlou of views which were fully expressed In
us first communlcttiou to [ tbo fcrty-se > enth
congress. 'Iho secretary urges anew the enact-
mout _ of n "etatnto for puuislimont of crimes
cammittcd on Indian reservations , and rocoin-
nonds tlio pa'saco of a bill , now pending the
louse of representative' , for purchase of tract
of 10,000 Bqu.tro miles fro'a the Sioux rosorva.
ion. 13oth theeo measures ard worthy of up-
irovnl. I concur with him also in advising
ho repeal ol the preemption law , the enact
ment of statutes regarding the present legal
complications , touching lapsed grants to rail-
oad companies , aud the funding of the debt
of tbo several i'acific railroad 1 under auch
fuarautoo as shall effectually insurn its ulti-
nato payment. The report cf the Utah com
mission will bo road with Interest. It dis-
ilosoa the results of recent legislation looking
> o
I'RHVKNTION .
of polygamy in that territory. I still bcliovo
that if that abominable practice can bo sup
pressed by law , it can only bo by thu most
radical legislation consistent with thoioitraint
of the constitution. I ogain lecommend ,
therefore , that congress avmino absolute politi
cal control of the territory of Utah and pro-
\ids for tboappointtnentof a commission with
such govormcnt.il power as in its judgment
m.iy justly and wisely bo put into their hands.
TARIFF AND FOREIGN' TUADE.
HOW TO EXTEND IT.
In thu course of this communication refer
ence haa moro than once been made to the
policy nf thu government as regards to the
extension of our foreign trade. It Beems proper
to declare the general principles that should ,
in my opinion , underlie our national affaire In
this direction. The main conditions of the
problem may bo thus stated : Wo are a peep -
p o In mechanical pursuits and fertile In in
vuntion. We cover a vast extent "of territory
rich in agricultural products and In nearly all
the raw materials necessary tor successful
manufacture. We have n system of prod c-
the establishments moro than sufficient to
supply our own demands. Tha wages of labor
are nowlioro also so great , The scale of living
of our ait is an classes is such aatunds to secure
their personal comfort and the develop
ment of thoeu higher inoralu ( and
intellectual qualities that go to the making of
good citizens. Our system of tax ami tariff
legislation is yielding a re\onuu which is in
excess of the present notds of the government.
These are o'ementa from which it la sought to
de\ iso a echeino by which , without unfavor
ably changing the condition of the workingman -
man , our merchant marine shall be raised
from its presunt enfeebled condition and new
markets provided for the solo , beyond our
borderx , of the manifold fruits of our Indus
trial enterprises. The problem ii complex ,
and can bo solved by no single uieasuru of in
novation or reform. The countries of the
Ameiican continent and the adjacent inlands
are for trio United States the natural market of
supply onddema d. It is from that wa should
obtain what wu do not nrodiica or do not pro
duce in tulli Jency , and it ii tu them that the
hiirplus production of our fields , our mills , aud
our workshops should flaw , and under condi
tions that will cquuli/-s or favor thorn in com
parison with foreign competitors.
VOUU I'ATItS Ol1 l-OLIOT
seem to point to thU end ,
First -A Beriea of reciprocal commercial
treaties with the countries of Awerlcu which
hhall foster between us and them an unham
pered movement of trado. The conditions of
tbeso trratles thnuld 1)3 f roe admission of finch
merchandise nl thU country does not pniduoa
in return for admiision frau , or undo , u favor
ed scheme of duties , of our products. Ilia
benefits of uucli exchangi to apply on these
gooJs carried under flag of the parties to the
contract. The removal on bith sldea from
vessels so privileged of all tonnugu dues and
national imports so that thsir vtssela may ply
nuhindered between our porta and thoxa of
the contracting parties , though without In
fringing on the resurved homo coasting trudo.
The removal or reduction of burdens on the
exported products of thoan countries owning
within the bonofiU of thn treaties , and thu
avoidance of thu technical restrictions and
penalties by wulcli our Intercourse with thofca
countriesi ! at present hampered.
Hooondly The establishment of the consular
service of the United States on a salaried
footing pnmtttipg the relinquUhmput of con-
uu ar loan , not only as respect * vessels under
the national Hag , but also ia respocta vusuula
of the treaty n-Uioni curving goodii entitled
to the benehts of the treaties.
Thirdly-Tho : nactinunt of measures tu
tavor the conatructlon and maintenance of a
ntoarn carrying marino under the Hag of tha
United Mtato
I'ourthly The establishment of an uniform
cirreccy basis for thu countries of America ,
so that the coinud product * of our mlnea muy
circulate on equal ternu thioughoht the wholes
system of commonwealths , Thla would ra.
quire n monetary union of America whereby
thu output of the bullion prc/duilng countries
and tno clrculaton of ttoitj which jiold neith
er gold nor bllver could I MI odjusUd in con-
formlly with the population , wealth and com
mercial tieuds of eacli. An many of the conn-
tries furnish no bullion to the CJimnon block ,
the eurplud production of our ininna und
miners might thus bo utilized and a atep taken
toward tha general remonotl/ation of silver.
To the accompllihinent of tht-mj endi so far an
they can ba attained by ueparata treaties thu
negotiations alreadf concluded and now in
\iioartnt \ have bsen directed and the favor
with which thU enlarged policy Imi thus far
been received warrant * the bell l that IU op.
erationi will ore long embrace all or nearly all
thu countricnof tbit hemUphero It U by no
means do Irable , however , that thn policy un.
dtr coc".deration should ba spi'llixl to thw
countned alone. Th ? lip.ilthfnl
of on tr.ulevit > Kir.iu , \st\u < l \'rik
tliMiild be sought bv n Juv. g th tanlt b ir
dens on suih of their war s n nsllher wo no
the" other American ntntcs ar * fit'od t ) pro
dtico , and thus Piublli g < uracilv K to o lit mil Ii
return t\ better nniKet for our supplies o
food , of raw m.ttoilals , and of tlio mauufac
turn in which wo fxcil. It s < ams to mo tha' '
miuy of Gmbtrr < i ing elements in tha croil
national conflict between
vitonvrtov AXI > rnr.K TIUHB
miy thus bo tururd to gnod ACO tint , that th
rovemie may bo reduced * o as no longer t
oNortax the people , the protective duller ma ;
ba letninod without becoming burdensome
IhM our shlpplug iiitoresta my bo judiciously
cncouriigod , the currency titod on tlrm bal
and nbo\o all such an unity of Interval
cstablUhed among the utalos of the America ]
system as will ba of great and of over increas
ing adv antngo to them nil , AU troatloi in tin
line of tills policy which Invo baon npgotUtci
or are in process of negotiation contain a pro
vision dec mod to uo rcquUitu under the cltuni
of the con < tltutlon limiting to the houtu o
roprciontatlves the authority to otiglnato bill
for raising nncnuo.
OIVIL H13UVICK.
BOMKnoOl ) UESILT .
On the 2 ! > th of February la-it , 1 transmilteil
to the congro < s the first iinnii tl report of the
civil ( crvico coimnuaion , together with com-
munlotlous from the heads of several oxecu-
thodepartmonto of the government , rojpoct
ing the practical workings of thu law under
which the commission had been acting , Tlio
good results therein fore hadov\ed have boon
moro linn reallccd. The eystom has fully
answered the anticipations of its friends In
securing competent nnd fulthf.il imblic per-
vants and in protecting thoapiiointlug cllicors
of thu government from the pressure oi per *
soniil importunity , and from the labor of ex
amining the claims and protoutioiu of rival
candidates for public employment. The law
ha < hod the unqualified support of the presi
dent and of thu heads of the 'ovcnil depart *
monta , and the members of the commission
have ) > erformod their duties \vith real and
lido ity. Their report will thortly ba nub-
milled and will bo nccomt amod by such
[ commendations for enlarging the toopo uf
the existing staluta a ? shall CDinmand thuiu-
nolvus to thu oxecutlvo and the commissioners
charged with its administration.
SUB.I12DT5.
A II VNKMirr LAW.
Inlovv of tlio general and parslstont do-
inand throughout thn commercial community
ror a nail n ill bankrupt law , I hops lliat the
hlFerences of aontiment which h.ivo hitherto
[ irevented iu enactment may not outlast the
present session.
THK l'K3TILE.\CB
which for the past two j-cars has bean rigicg
in the countries of the east toccntly made its
ippearatico in European ports with
which wo mo In constant coinmuni-
nation. The then secretary of the
treasury , In pursuance ) of a proclamation
uf the jirenUUmt , iexued certulu icgulittloaa
restricting and for a law prohibiting the iin-
[ urtation of rags and the admission of baggage
pf immigrantH and of travollerH arriving train
infected ( | iiartera Lest this couree may have
been without strict warrant of l.uv I npprovo
the recomniendation of the present necretary
that congress takn action in the piouiiscs and
I also rccomnmnd the immediate adoption of
such measures as will be likely to ward oil the
[ headed epidemic and to mitigate HH severity
in oieu it shall unhappily extend to our
ghoros.
KIHTIilOI OP COI.UMniA ,
The annual rtport of the coministionorH of
the District of Columbia rev lews the opera-
Lions of the Hovcral departments of its munici
pal government. I ask your careful coiuiJor-
atlon of its BiiggestioiH in respect to lujislu-
tion , especiilly commending Biich as rel te tea
a revision of the civil aud criminal code , thu
performance of labor by persons sentenced to
imprisonment In the Jail , the construction and
occupation of wharves along the river front
and the erection of a suitable building for dis
trict ofllces.
rKNHIO.M.Va OUANT.
I recommend that in recognition of the emi
nent services of Ulysses H. Grant , Into gen-
jrul of the armies of thu United States , and
twice president of this nation , the congress
confer upon him a suitable pension.
OTHHlt llliAHUHES.
Uf certain of the measures that scorn to me
noceH-ary and expedient , I shall now in obey
anca to to the constitution recommend them
for your adoption , Aa respects others of no
lees Importance I shall content myself with re
newing the recommendations already made to
the congress without restating the ground upon
which such recommendations were based. The
preservation of forests in the public domain ,
the granting of Rovernmcnt aid for popular
education , the amendment of the federal con-
ttitution so as to make effective the diaap-
oroval by thu president of particular Items in
ippropriating bills , the enactment of statutes
in ward to the filling of vacancies in the
residential office and the determining of
toxed questions respecting presidential in-
iblllty , ara measures which may justly receive
pour serious consideration.
KAIIKVi KLI. .
Aa the time draws nlph when I am to ro-
, ire from the publio service , I cannot refrain
'rom exprcKiirig to the mumbem of the na-
.ional legiilaturo with whom Ihavd _ been
wrought into personal and official intercourse ,
ny tincoro appreciation of _ their untalling
: oiirtesy and of their harmonious co-operation
vith the executivn In so many measures calcu-
ated to promote the boat interests of tin na-
, ! on , and to my fellow-citizens generally I
icknowledfoa deep sense of obligation for the
upport which they have accorded mo In my
idininit trillion of the executive department
if the government.
( signed ) Cnr.sr.Kit A , Aiiriait ,
" niANtPUIiATloNS "
UK IIISnilACEKUL HKIUKH OK KLKOTION I'llAUDS
AM ) KBIlOlia IN II.LIKOIH.
SrniSQKln.l ) , 111 , December I. Tlio state
anvaising board completed its work to-day ,
, nd decided to contest thu Thirteenth leglsln.
ivo district In favor of Mnllioarn , nnd against
vlupp , Tbli will make tbo legiilaturea tie
in the joint ballot , in caeo Leman ( rep. ) , In
fta Sixth district , la seated , or will giva a
lomocratlo majority of two in case liranrt
ilein , ) , of tbo aamo district is pivon a sett
ICIupp cl .linn that ninety votes for him In the
Jnuteonth precinct of the f < iirtrenth wnnl
vero counted fur hiu opponent , nnd Buys that
lu will present bin case to thn United States
rrand jury , or will content before thu senate.
I'liii facia wore nhownto b > , before b > th coun
ty and s Into canvaselng boards , that by u
ilorical error Kin rip was nritfinilly given
ninety voten too many AH buth Kltipii aud
Mulhearn are domocraiH , tlio complexion of
ho legislature will not be ohongod in either
: ute. Govnrncr Hamilton will ] iroueiunco Ills
LeciHion In Urn lirand Leman caeo to-morrow ,
IUIAND'H COMIANIJN
An opan letter will be published here to
morrow from Kiuloljih Brain ) , thu d inocr < illo
jindldato for state tenntor from tlio .Sixth dis
trict , to Henry W , Lumau , his republic in op-
lioneut. lirand sayn that while ho ran ahoud
uf his ticket elsewhere , and had reason tu bn-
llovo ho would do the Kami In the second pre
cinct of Un Kljhtuenth ward , whnru it is al
leged the fraud w committed which addid
200 votea to lirand'H count , yet , If [ I.envJn'H
clajm to thin effect is correct , it would show
that he ( Drand ) ran behind his ticket
in that precinct , utlll from the fuel that thu
hallota In thu box indicate Unit Lornan'o
father In-Iaw , brothe-r-ln-law and other lull-
matu friends voted for ISrand , ho ( Brand ) is
Inclined to thu oj > inion that ( hero ballutii are
fraudulent. He therefore proponea to L man
that they jointly canva'N thu vott-H In tliti en.
tire district , and if It i found that ballotH of u
similar character have been dupojitud In other
precincts , the mailer will be fettled by the
testimony of voter * throughout the district on
the question for wlrim they votod.
THK I'ltOVIHIONrt OK THK HIU.
LONDON , December 1 In the commons to-
Jay Gladntono presented the loJIblrlbullon
bill. It provide ! that all lowna of Icua than
15,000 Inhalitanta and tha email boroughs
shall be merged into counties , aud that all
town * of f.0,000 Inhabitants thai ) ba entitled U
one member. Kugland will posim fix addi
tional memborn. Thn uiernberHhipn of Wain *
and Ireland itro uuchanqed. Scotland will
have twelve additional mainberx. Of the
cities , London will have thlity-teven , Liver *
pool Ir , Glasgow four , Hlnnlngham four ,
Mancheater 8 , Yorkahlro 10 and Lanoiihire
iu additional
SIOUIUSON'S MAN\
VHtVT .UK OtA'AT TVMHMS" Tii'\k m .
TIIK Ori'oUTt'.NITT OK AIU1S < > HiB
THIS SXCMOS.
WASIHNOTOVI 1 > ert'iiibr lleiifuntnl v
Morrison , clnirnmii e > f tha ways and mom
committee , wai asked to-nifiht by nu AMC
ciato ptc i reporter if ho thought them w
any probability of the onnctmont of nnytnrl !
IfgiOation diirln. ; the jiresent # MOII. | H
replied that ho had not yet hvl an c > pi > ortunll ;
to ascertain how the member * f oil liimu tlio ub
ject. It might IKI that thuro htd been oonv
moditicatlons of opinion by i-epn-coutative
slnco tha last session. It WM certain that I
there had not boon tome change of views hj
the democratlo member * , no tamluelloi
could 1)3 had except by th aid of the rcpiih.
ll Mn . Hoaddini : "I do not pr > p n to at
tempi any experiments , but If upon Inquiry ,
I find that there is reason to think a hill pro
posing n moderate reduction could ] nil thii
SMsion , I shall certainly bring In suck a bill. '
In answer to further questioning , Mouj on
said that It was not unlikely that n dhcn&don
of the legislation necessary to carry Hit
Mexican treaty Into rfleei would
open up the general tariff question ,
The now treaty with Spain In relation to com.
uorca tne United States wlUj Cubr mid 1'orto
Uleo would bo dincllssod In executive noakinn
ty the tonato and would not ba llkoly to lead
o any open discussion of the tarllT , Morrison
aid thgt he understood It was propojod to
null through the appropriation bills nt ooucv.
Thcro mint also ba nome land grant lepsla-
Ion and this would take up mo .t of the tlmo
of the session.
Iitmoll i iul thn
I.ONHOV , Doeombor I.1 At the festival of
ho Scottish corporation claimed kindred with
ho Scotch through his paternal ancestors who
eltlcd In the Orknojs boforn going to Amtr-
ca. Ho referred to the Influence- that Kcott'n
novels had in America , the xttiking Individ *
irillty of the Scotch rh iractor and singular
> ewer which Scotch history had t > ( ono
ipon lliolmiginatlon. Lowell' * Hjioech was
hurt , and the reception enthusiastic.
12 ul Aberdeen , who presided , proposed the
loalth , "Our pussta whom the nation \vel-
ome . " mentioning oipoolally MinUtor Low *
11 and M. Waddington , the French Amb.is *
ador. Thu ciul said that both WadilliiRtanV
and Lowells sojourn in Knglnud had not been
ncroly ixjrfunctorily unfcrcod by duty. They
vcro able to regard as a nymp.UIietlc alloy
iiaiiy things hero ' 'cyo to oji % , " ntul there
lould not bo too much tiroes
id upon the vatuo of hiving
uch men ta supply the otliclal couuectiiig
ink bo tu ceil grert nations. ( Chocra )
Vaddiugten , replying , said that ho w/is lulf
Scotchman. Franco was thu best frioud that
Scotland 1ml In Kuropo. The Scotchmen
voro eminently warlike and could iiltvnyn nay
hut In thla r that joar so many of our dill *
Iron died In the nervico of tin qiiuon in Asia ,
Uric.i , America , or Kuropo. No higher
iralsii Ii bestowablo npjn nuy nation or any
irmy. _ _
TOXUH
SAN ANTONIO , Tox. , Docombcr 1. A un-
cnown mvu wax robbed nnd murdered by u
ang of thieves forty miles uaet of Clarksvllto.
'ho ( jane was ovorhauld to-dav by a nonso of
Ih'cers thirty miles from the PCCIIO of the
nurder. A fight ensued ; , two of the gang
vcro killed , another fatally wounded ami two
f the pursuing party dangerously wounded.
KditorlalH.
HOLI.Mo. . , December 1. In a stteot en-
ounter at Vienna , Maries county. Saturday
\ening , Thos. W. Watkins , editor of the
lorald , WPS shot twice and killed bv < Tuhu H.
Vllllams , editor of the Conner. The alTilr
rrow out of n personal controvorsov through
heir respective pipers. Dlgga waa jailed.
Ilcnillnt ; ICciluutionx.
1'Hll.ADXl.l'HlA , December 1. The managers
f the Iteadlng railroad ha\o reduced thu ral-
arlen 10 to 40 per cent in both railroad and
cal and iron companion.
TLEGKKl'HIU NOTKS.
The regular faro from St. Louis to Chicago
s5 > l.
l.Thu
Thu rebels nru holding Siiakim almost lu a
tale of HoijO.
I'iljjrinm to l ltcsa are being harraised by
[ iudoiiin bandits.
Diaz wai , quietly inaugurated protidont of
Mexico yesterday.
The Harvard athletic committee condemn
ootball as brutal ,
The miners at Cumberland , Md. , have ac-
eptod the reduction.
A telegram from Dongola rcauaertn that
Jordon baa taken Shondy.
The .Tersoy lease over tlio Koailmg railroad
IOH been decided valid in the courts.
Henry M. Stanley waa banquottod in Her-
n last night by the Colonial society.
The Burke-Kilrain glove fight at Boston
ast night won u tame alfair , and resulted in a
raw ,
T. II. Thomas & Co , dealers in law books ,
siignod. Liabilities , $70,000 ; assutn not
trttod.
The Westinphouso M achine Co. , at Pitts-
urg , employing 200 men , reduced wages 10
er eont.
At Upton , Ky. , a negro nt a dancp ref lined
10 loan of a guitar from a friend killed bun
vith a rater.
At Now Or'oana yojtorday the county reorder
order HOttlod an old feud of loug staudlui ; b-
tiling his enemy.
Holman , Conro fi Co. , of Onliltorh , WU. ,
ssignod yesterday. Liabilities , 550,1100 ; ns-
otB claimed , $100,000
Tim New York courts have fiiittnined the
loll Tulupliono ( jompany'ri InjiiLcllou uuiubt |
lu People's Comp ny.
The Pittdburi ; k Lake Kriu rnilroed corn-
mny have cliDciiarged U/0 track men , und thu
Vest Pennsylvania , forty.
Franco ban officially announced the cfssa *
lon'of Icholera in her confines and demand
hat * all quarantines be rniatd
The Auitro-Hungarian trovernmontdoclaren
1 1 at it will Uvy leprlnula tip n Franco for
ho lattera grain protectlvo taiifl.
Lung k Co'g iron mill at McKeen lookn ,
Pa. , indefinitely luapended on account ol
lack ordeia. Tliay employ 500 men.
At Pltlsburg the Iron mill company nf
outw fi Ltughlln dncluru a n-duction oi ten
> nr cent on wag < e affect 121000 men.
The eastern railroad * are practicing a nyn-
em of biill-dozinic to force mii.o ownorH ai > d
ron mill men Into n syndlcatu ugalunt thu
locking valley Htrikcra.
Archbishop Taschercutt. tf Qtiebro , wa
welcnmel ) homo from Homo yi ntcrilay with a
tiinendoua public ovation. It la behovuJ thut
lu his been created cardinal.
The Increase of the publio d bt during Nevi -
vi > mbfTwas 97,411'il'J Decroatu unco June ,
881 , 3 < 2,143,04'J. Thla in tha hmt Incrpaiuof
IID public dubt alnco 1H7U. It ia cautoil by thu
ecreaattd receipts and incraasoddUbureemurita
n account of pena'onu.
A benefit for Manager Norton , proprietor
f the grand opera of Ht. Louis which burned
week lnce will shortly bo glvim at the
Olympic theater , The flint day's sulu of mats
oall/ud Slfi.iiOO , Mary Anderoon and the St.
juuU Ulka piylng 5 00 for a ticket , at
ioorlwin 8 00 , anil many othora In proportion.
'our- fifths of the tlckoti are yut to bo sold.
United HtutcN.Court.
In the United States court yeitorday ,
before Judge Nulaon , tlio case of Kelly
against tliu Union Pacifio railway wan on
rial ull day.
Utforu Judqo Dandy the c e of llio
'lanovor lroinsnrBncocoinpanieBworolak
un up to u jury yoitordny afiornoon.
The grand jury ruturned an indict
ment agaiiint .7. M. Ilughot for nonding
obaceno matter through the mails , llu
waa arroatod and is now in jil.
The grand jury will make iU final
proBontrauuts this afternoon and formally
.djourn.
To ho Urouulit lo OniBlm ,
A second telegram was received from
Sioux City last night by City .Talli r Gor
man , stating that it waa not Pat Ilognn ,
) Ut Pat Foley , who liad been ai rested
there with Johnny McClelland , The
attar ilsnlfiod hli intention to bo broughl
( to Onmhnrilhotit n requisition , In
T t n former InsUtn upon his rigl
( to tlio extraii.in ! | prncons. Thonutho
itics were I titiuctcd t'ibritift Mc'Jli'l\n ]
mid l.ittio 0'inibi win i nnw in Siou
Oily down to Omaha , nnd to hold Kolo
until the rc < iuisilou ( pnpora cnultl b
issued ,
The telogrnm further atntcil tlmt Mr
K , T. Dukn whoso atoro WAS hurglAritiii
fomo time tif-o in Dmahn and who ia nov
in Sioux Oily had rocoanlr.od cortnh
found in JloClcllnnd'a posaogsioi
lila property.
Why II Didn't Ililnk nulivovni
Klulit ,
Plttsburg Chronicle ,
A lllaino m ti ntul n Cleveland mm
were tnlklriR nbout the roautU
"Wo'vo n t you , " crowed the Clove
and party.
"U wns n mighty cloto ahnvc , though. '
"H wnn plenty to go nround. "
"Thnt's trtio ; but now that It IB nil
over , don't you rcnlly think that lllainr
ras right ! "
"Moat oraiilinUcftlly not. "
"Why ? "
"Because ho waa loft. "
ASTONISHING LOWP1UOKS
n riANos ntul OUCIANH from $20 upwards ,
t A. ilnapo'a.
It AVnrkrd.
"Whoro'vo you boon , Fraukt"
"Down in St. Louis. "
"What doing ? " ,
"Uunnini ; n photograph nailery. "
"Did it work/ / "
"Work ! 1 should aay it did. Firat
ny I hung out A eign 'Uabiun taken
ithout prior notion , ' and next morn in ; ;
found four on my doorotop "
Smoke Seal of North Carollua
o.
AM to ttm MvHcmIlCH ,
If you want lo bo mlaorablo , got your
toiuaoh and dlgcntlvo organs lu bud con-
itioii , nnd lot thoiu ntny BO. Got your
vor out of order , and bo bill mm and
allorr. But if yon want to banlah the
liaorablcs , take Brown'n Iron Bltlora ,
or that Trill tone up your digoitlvo ap-
laratue , correct ynur liver and enrich
our blood , nud make you bright and
icarty. The llov. W. B Smith , of Graf-
on , Mnna. . nny s , "I dorivoil gioat bone-
t from using Brown's Iron Blttora for a
ovr atuto of the blond. "
A priest in SMI Francisco haa invented
lamp that will burn perpetually ,
irightly at night und dimly in the day
uie. The lamp is unid to rueomblo a
nail engine.
HlttorH Ii a hougohold ' word
U over the world. Koro > orCO yea n It linn
d\orttfiod ItHolf by iU niorlta. It Initiow nd-
ertlsud to warn the public against countor-
olta. The gonulno article 18 manufactured by
Dr J. O. U. Slcrort & Sono.
Bent GooilH nro I'u tin Siuallraf 1'A'r-
OOlH.
The old proverb ia certainly true in the
woof Dr. Picrco'o "Ploaonnt Purgatlvo
'ollots , " which are little , sugar wiupped
inrcols , iicarcoly largo r than mustard
ocda , containing an much cathartic power
a is douo up in the blgrront , moat ropul-
ivo looking pill. Unlike the big pillo ,
lowovor , they uro mild and ploaaaut in
lioir operation do not produce griping
nor render the bowolacoatiro after
A craze for flats haa aprung up in San
Irjnoiaco , nnd aa fast as the buildinga
ro lintnhcd they nro Tilled up with ten-
nts. The demand for iipnr'monts in
hem this fall ia very great. There are
> ow uoveral hundred of those houses in
! io city. They are mostly of two storloa.
DOUKKE'H SALAD DUKSSINO & COLD
IISAT SAUUK. Tno finest mayonaloo for
ical , fish , nnd vegetable naiads , and a
upnrb table BUUCP. It far aurpasaos any
lomo-mado drotaing. Everybody likes it.
A cranberry bog , presented to Williams
ollogo in 1882 by J. 0. Goodrich , brings
i.,000 ) this year.
Uorsforil'B Auld
KOIl AIOOHOI.ISM.
Dr. 0. S. KI.I.IH , Wabash , Ind. , oaya :
1 proucribod it for a man who had mod
ntoxlcantu to excess for ftftnon years ,
nit during the last two yearn haa entirely
jstainod. lie thinks the Acid Phoa-
tiato ( a of much benefit to him. "
In Boston the j early tax avomgcit
< 27.IO ! to ouch inliuoitunt.
BKIN IHdltJA-HEiS OUHKI ) .
y Dr. Frazior'a Magla Ointment. Cures an
by magic : I'ImplcH , lilack lluada or Orubn ,
lotchnii und KruptlonH on the face , leaving
lu skin clear and hh.iiitiful. Also cures Itrh ,
alt Ithomn , Sere Nipplen , Sere Lips and old ,
Ivitlnutu Ulrers Hold by drugglalB , or
mlled on receipt iirico. M cenln. Sold by
Culm & Co. and C , _ F. Cioodnian.
The value of landed cetnlun In England
in rapidly depreciating.
A CADD. ToiJIwiw t krJurUif from errow
n't ladlicrofloni of youth ntmoiu wckn u , ulj
At ay , Ion ol rutnliood , oto. , I * UI lend k roolw
tlrftt will aura you , Fllf.i : OV CJIAUOE. ThU n > d
icrntily wu O'KMTtred ' ly mliiloDery to BeaU
/m rl a. Bend tclldr ( > iod rnvtlup * ta llu. J *
< uni V. lxix , OkaUn I ) U * faib. ' *
There nro only nine roller skating rlnkn
n Mlnncapnlis.
Die Qrealcil Modleal Triumph of the Ago !
SYWIPTOMS OF A
TORPBOLBVER.
, or of nppellrr , HoxrelicoiltTr , 1'ulnln
10 Ucinl , wild u dull cnimtlon In ( lie
> nck pnrr , I'nln under Ilie ilioulrler-
lude , Vulloen ufler eattaa , vrllU itdli-
nclluatlonlo exertion of bodr ormluil ,
rrllulillllroflcmvori ioYBplrllii , vrllh
fovlliieofli'ivlniriiCBliicled oiiiodutr ,
Vearlneiv , Dlzrlnoii , I'liiturlnr nt Ibo
Icon. Ilnln Lofurotho cyei , Heudacho
vur tUn rlulit ore. Hoillei nt , with
tful drenrui , Illahlr colored Urine , and
CONSTIPATION.
TOTT'H Vil lM nro ospeclully adapted
a Mich rascN , ouo dosu oirocto ouch n
iaiiK ofrculliifniitOKHtonUlitiioHUirurer.
Tlmylnrrrniiollin Aii > etlte , nilcuu nllio
liat * TttUo on 'Jenlitliu tlm y ti-ra 11
loiirUlieil.nrul liytholrToiilo Action on
, Itcii larHtoolHOro
iulUlje tlvoOrirnu {
irortuc"it. t'rl'a ar > o. 4 I flfiirruy Mt..N.Y.
UUAT JIAIU or WIIIRKKIIB chaiiKeil to n
Oijotmr UfcACK by a HliiKln lU'Plloatlon ' at
nl * liric. Jt InipartH u imturuf color , acU
nstnntonPouHly. Holil by Drui-KliU , or
cntbyexpresiion rocolptor 1.
Jffloo.44 Murray at. , How York.
DB , BWETNAM ,
OfDco ICth street , first door north ol
Fanuvm In Boyd'o opera house. Leave
orders at oflico or Saxo's drag store.
Renldonco No. 1012 Farnam Bt ,
Kosldunco Telephone , 070.
Oflioo Telephone , 100.
I'.trry attention Ispinl to ttMfif | > rUt" > r 'mrWiof good * , an 1 in till .r < < have Iwn j ,
to product ) < t elioi ) uw' AI' in acc-p'.abU' to all | .mcb.ueni ,
o , , . , . * . . . „ . " (18JSSOUB ( PRICES
ll Ilia * I C
IN THE OITY NEVER / / SO L0 <
-AS-
J THIS SEASON.
! !
An Early Inspection Solicited.
TIREELL & G GQK
1300 Knuuun Street , OMAII * , NEB
A , U FITCH & CO ,
DKAT.KUS
HTOVKS , CHOrKKIlV , LAMPS , CUTU UV , JU11Y CAUItlAOKS , KTC.
205) ) ' lUHi Struct , bot. Fnrnmu nml Doimlii ? , Opposite Nolrasln ) ;
Nationul Bunk , Ontalm.
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Ail , HbH 10 A b WEi AST IJ JBabT.
The American Peoples'choice. . The finest
Baker and Operator ever produced by
humanity , the latest improved
SIT asasa
Before the Public.
For Sale in Oinnlui only by
fi'2'.J mid 524 South Tenth Street.
Tlio lending Slovo denier. Counliy ordcra promptly filled.
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To any ouo who : > iirebiiH'H goods to thu nmoniit of & 15.00 or more at
8 OOCJ
a Farmun Ptroot , bot'oro Docwnibcr 1st , 188-J.
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Juijioiur , JuM'ur wul ll nufacturur' AKtrt ot
sTl ( ft ? / B" tVj ) V O
ROCKEKi ,
LAMPS , ETC.
18lh Street , Bet Faruana and Huruoy.
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