THEWORIONCMAH.
A Very Inlertslieg Letter from Secre
tary Frelitgtinysen ,
Ho Contrasts the European Work-
ineman's ' Condition
"With that of the Workingman of
this Country i
Oonoerning the Wages of the Two
Countries ,
And ] Their Ways and Expense
of Living. .
Tlio CoHtof Olotliln ; ; thctr Houses
Coal niul Quality of Pro-
VlslOllH.
AND IitVING IN KUHOPB
WA3HIKQTON , December 20. Secretary Fro-
lnihuyeon ! ; has sent n voluminous letter to the
houao of rcprctenealivca reviewing the re
ports from consuls of the United States in
relation to the ttato of labor in Kuropo. In
Ma remarks the secretary siys British results
nro principally' eclcctcd for comparison , as
English wages are , generally speaking , the
highcet in JCuropp , and Knglinh trade con
ditions have moro in ccmmon with American
Customs aud usages than tnosa of olhnr conn
trios. Ho says : "It appears , comparing the
cities of Kuropo with thoao in the United
Htatos that brlcklnyerj and masons
in Chicago are paid very nearly
tbreo tini'is tii ! > wages , plasterers nearly
four times , slaters three times , plumbers
nearly three times , carpenters twice , blacksmiths -
smiths twice , book-binders more that twice ,
btickmakers nearly three times , brass fuundcis
and cabinet makers nearly twice , confectioners
twice , cigar makers nearly throe times , coop
ers once and half as much , draymen , teums-
tors and street railway drivers nearly twice ,
dyers more than twice , engineers nearly three
times , furriern twice , horse-shoers three aud
ono-half timex , jownlcra iroro than ono and
ono-half timoa , laborers , porters , etc. , moro
than twice , lltlu'i'iai.litrs three times , tele
graph operators twice and tine- half , sniluiakois
moro than twice printers twice nnd one-half ,
caddlcrs and burnibsmukerH more than one
aid ono-hitlf times , move tores more than
twice nnd one-fourth times , tailors twice and
tinsmiths once and thtoa-fourths the wages
paid to similar traden nnd callings in London
llelatlvo to tlio price of the necessities of
life , the tecretary Baji- : "It is frequently as
sorted that the cheapness of living in Europe
\vlll more tli n t qualize thu low wages there
paid. In \oluuiu on labor in lvunp > i pub-
Hulled by this department in 1878 , it was
shown thut the prices of teed in tliu Unitid
States were actually lower than in Kurnpn and
that thn w rkiug clasres in t p U. itud States
could purchise more and bettor aliment , dollar
lar for dollar thun thn working clashes iu any
country in Kuropa. Thu contrary impirssion
is probably due to thu fact that the working
people iu Europe live mori cheaply than the
working people in the United States , from
which it in inter rod that the purchasing power
of their wages is great r than the purchasing
power of wagefl.h re - xl.tMppetHjron . .tlie re'
vp'orts that'tho'Am 'aoarrT\vorkinyi , consume
inbro audib ttef'/o ' , thirri'tln'liiHciu > ala > tr In-
baror'jibrja J5n'l tjinS tho.cost'yf tui food Is
.as smnll in thn United tataa as in Karipo.
It fcli uld bo borne In uiiuU in making a com
parison that the bettor classes nf foor > : beef ,
mutton , veal , butter and ri.o , are neb only for
the most part cheiper in the greater cities ol
the Unite States than in Kuropo but thay
mo here diily necosfaries for the table of thd
better grades of skilled workmen raru'y ' nbitnt
from some one meal of the day und often
l > re ent tit the morning and evening meal
while the concurrent tettimouy Id tu t oven
to the bust eaid working cl isies of Kuropu
thny are in the niiiiu luxurini whicl
nro Boldom enjoyed , The lower classes of
Kuropa usually eat dark or block bread , BO
that even \ybtat II ur and wheat bread m iy
ba Bet ai-idu with meats as furnishing no
sufficient batis fora comparison Tins work-
ingnion of Kuropo live mainly on Hyo broad ,
potatoes , clio.ip cofTeu and tea vjgoc tblo Houp
.aud lard .md olivu oil of low gradu to taku tha
place nf butter. Tha standard nooud y meal
IMayeiico is thiii given by cuiiBiil Snuth :
I'otatoea iud u little mo'it with peas or bdans
cooked together In the f inn of Boup , to which
n littl green c .bb igo or lotttue ia BoniKtuncs
nddtjd. This dUh they o.it/dny after day with
very little change in tin clurctor of its con
tents or m thu manner of Us prapxpatio i.
This is the dinner eaten at hit uork.
The f' od of the wife aud children at homo is
said to bo ci ! ap-r and logs nutitliius. It
should not be forgotten that the manipulation
of tlio food Mipplies utter they reach K iglmd
nro conducted on tbo mint economic pi in ,
under thu beneficent control of thu gieut co-
upurativu BOO oties. Kverytlilng Is donu llut
can be done to bring thn producer and con-
Burner as directly and closely tcgoUinr us po < -
siblu , und the c mpalitiou fir custom which
pruvuils keefis thn tundling cost at the lowest
possible minimum , BU that thu prices in the
co-operativn utoreH in Mn limd approximate to
tha wlioletalu prices cliu > vh > tn > . In e nenl 1
clothing cm be puri-hwod cheajjer In JCuropa
than in thu UnUeil Stttes , inpin inlly clo lung
of thu higher grade. As to thu rthrive quality
nnd qu thty of clothing , the bj'U for thu 1'leu-
tlcal u nipiiiiMiii do nut exist Thu cama in-
lltieuco whieh p ompts thu higher pui I workmen -
men of tha U. ited States -.mrclmio betur
nnd moro vitriud food than hit Kurnpmii com
rade nxtendii ins > to hU tlothifg for h4 tmvs
moro and butter clothing , ilonso rout in I'M-
ropoi. itpparuntlyloA'tr thtn here , but thn
bubllittioin .re unit illy inferior to thmo of
tlm United Mates , In Uiindon ono of tlm
thriving iitdiuciitl centres In Kurupe3 700 j
PTBOIIH live in 8W ( > Iniiises , ono room each ,
7II71 ! purmuialut ) in i-l Ib7 h imo , tno rnoinn
each. Of the worklngmHii' h > mut in M in.
chnster , Consul Slunr wti.oH , ' A graa iiuni'
ber of Ijou-e-j vielted by mo contained nnlj
onu living room and this servoij
on parlor , kitchen. dining room ,
sitting room and in simu inattncei
also iui bedroom. Thu relative cost of nunu
fncturu in the dilfurunt countries is thu
treated : "There urn certain natural nn 1 urtl
licial coinllti ins which so largely ufFoct thu direct
roct condition nf wages us to ba enlltlud ti
C'liislduriition ' iu any analytical exuiuinatlon o
the greut < iUH > tion of lubor , but from thei
nUtrueness they ure loss oiidont tu the grin
eral mind and moro dub it cable tlm th
u lulntluiH shown in iho reports nf o n
Bids , Thin roviuw of consular reports lua , u
course , omitted much Intereoling and vulnablo
nforrnntlon furniihed by different officers and
iai V ) on necetinanly confined to the Mmpler
conditions of labor , which Is admitted of com-
iarj on with lho o hero. Kjletlng fcU have
won 6rc entod as they were reported , without
regard to liny political or economic. nrgu-
nont which may be drawn from therr , "
ThcNIOXH.vOUl OANAIi.
TUB BKNATE CONSlllKnS Sill. V 8T'rt IlKSOtt-
TION.
W.4B111NC1TO.S , December 20. The senate ,
n secret legislative senslon , considered nt
; reat length the Vest rcaolutlotr declaring
.hat the Nicamguan surveying oxpedltion is
ooxpedlont , nnd directing the secretary of the
navy not to enforce his ordera on the subject.
The lime was taken up chiefly in long speeches !
ipon the merits of the Nlcaraguan tr > nty and
.lie benefits to bo o pec ted from building tlio
canal Senator Morgan , who is friendly to
: he ennui , made the loading speech in favor of
the treaty , and Senator Vest ltd In tha op
position. Dating the debate Senator Kd-
minds took occarlon to say in BUbsttuico that
10 strongly favored a ratification nf the Nic-
nra uan treaty , rcgiirdlens of what f ireign
[ lowers might say or do. The Yost resolution ,
which was forgotten early in the debate , re
mains jnncted upon.
TUB TOIJAOt O GHOWEH9.
MEETING OV THE NKW INC1I.AND ASSO IATION.
llAIiTl'Oltl ) , Conn. , December 20. The Now
JCngland Tobacco Growers' association hud n
slim meeting to-day , owing to tbo extreme
cold weather. A memorial to congrocR was
adopted which provides : Flret The abolition
of Internal rev ntio tax on tobacco nud cignra
and all machinery of law connoctcd therewith.
Second -Kutentiou of the high rates of duty
on nil Imported wrapper tobacco Third
That treaties of reciprocity with other nations ,
which are schemes of doubtful utility to buoi-
ncps nud thn trade of the country that will
largo y reduce the revenues nnd greatly injure
farmers , manufacturers and laborers engaged
in the production of tobacco and its manufac
tured products should bo rejected by congress.
Coollo nnd slave labor in Sumatra was
deprecated by BOIIIO epoakers as coming in con
flict with thu cigar makers of our country , and
the proposed Spanish treaty was opposed iu
thu strongest terms.
Advocacy of tlm HjmnlHh Treaty.
Special telegram to Tin : liHK.
WASHINGTON , December 21. The advocacy
of the Spanish treaty by some Now York cnp >
itallats engaged in buelnoes with Cuba has at
tracted attention , They appear to know the
Bocrets of the administration , and spend their
tlmo in visiting the senator * , particularly these
assumed to ha opposed to the treaty , nod nro
well equipped with answers and arguments to
meet every nbjejtlon made. The exact rela
tion which thei > e gentlemen hold to the treaty
is not known , but 'hey ' teem to bo veiy much
interested in ita success , It has been recently
learned that iu Cuba not far from the coa&t
there Is a mountain composed almost wholly
ot iron ore of extraordinary richunxs and that
this mountain is the property of Philadelphia
and New York capitalist" , who Imve built a
railway to the coast , have good wharf facilities
and can ship this ore to the Pennsylvania irou
mills at less cost 111 in the ore can bo brought
oven from contiguous parts of Pennsylvania.
It is surmised that the owners of this ere
mountain would derive special benefit from
the ratificition of this trouty , and that the
guutlemeu here are interested in' this iron ore
syndicate.
A llun l'ir HorfiCiliIcvcH
WASHINGTON , Dscemher 20. A telegram
to the adjutant-general of the army from Oen.
Stanley , commanding tlio department of Tex-
os''iioporti ; tli t-the'UnUed'Stites 'troops who
purBuVU4.the'\jflftyjwho'\vero \ Bu'p'poaed to bo
Jlpithe Indians who raided western Texas
from Mexico , returned after pur.-nirjg the
raiders K 0 miles into the mountains of Mexi
co. The troops secured some I on-es stolen ,
and the cimmundint : officer dors not beliovu
that thu part weto Apaches bub thinks they
wore Mexicans ,
Tlio Allegheny Valli'y Komi.
PITTSDUIIC , December 20. In the United
Stitoj circuit cour : this morning Receivers
Scott and Barnes , of the Allegheny Valley
railway , filed application for iust uctlonsna
to the ( lisp isitiou of 5211'772 accumulated
ovtir operating expenses aud other payments
authorized by thu court from the earnings uf
the road. The application eet forth thut none
of thin fun I is uuedpd for the operation of thu
road , but that in Janu iry , tint prox. , intjro3t
I airoimting to S15ijCO ) , mtur jt on ? 4U 0,0 10
bonds will in.it irn. The 27th iuat. is fixed on
which to take uctlon.
1 The I
CHIOAOO , December 21. Madsma Arline.
claiming to hail from Paris aud Philadelphia ,
arrived her lust Tuenday with about ten
thoipaud dollars' worth of silks , laces , fanp ,
gloves and other fiuerv for women , and has
( LIJPII Bulling them , They were seized by tin-
' tnm otfictiiH tj-day , and Ma lumo Arline con-
' feuned th < t she- smuggled th < m in at Now
York under the nretomu that they weru for
, BJ.I-J in Cuba , She i dscribed as u very fas
cinating woman ,
Huiritlu Oytr ( Jit v > Liuil H Election ,
Special teletrram to tha Globe-Democrat.
11 INDIANAI'OUS , Ind , , Ddcember 1'J List
night "Dunki1 GrovcB , n prosperous farmot
H living rear Ka'moutli ' , committed suicide b ;
hunting hiin elf in hU harn Kver tinru the
election 1m bus iinmiginad that tlm country
j was going to the bud on uc mint of Cleveland E
, election , an I th it hu would loote all his prop
orty. When Ins wife found him HU was not
jet extinct , but sha could neither cut the rope
nor ruiso him.
I 111 HllIllCH ,
NEW YORK. Doeembor 0.-Tho weoklj
t auk statement shows roservosdcoro BUS , $1G , '
03U.010. The bauks now hold 810,070,010 ir
exctss of legal requirements.
FltlK V\t \ KIIUIIICOM.
PlTTrtliiina , December 20. After Idleness o
several montli tha stoul works of Homo & Co ,
Blurt up next Monday.
liuu.UANT , O . Diicembar ' 20. The Spanini
iron work * , closed for eomo time , rtauniu uex
Monday.
° CoLOiinus , Ohio , December 20. The strik
ing miners attached the guards at Murra ;
City , llocklrg Valley , about 11 o'clock las
i night. There was some eharp firing. Tin
iputiol tram brought luliut to the gu.rds [ au <
if. the miners weio repultcd without known lose
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Protest from One or More
States
On Oountine the Electoral Votes
in February
Also Charged that Some of Iho
Exposition Funds
Found their way to the New York
Demooratio Ooiuinittco ,
Barbour of Virginia Training to
bo Postniaster-Gonerali
Appropriate Ceremonies nt the Un
veillni : ol' a Stutuo In iili-mory
ol' Itcnr Adiulrnl Dnponl ,
WASHINGTON NIV3. .
COtmiNO THE HLi-OtORAli VOTK.
Special Telegram to The lime.
WASHIXOTON , Jecombor 21. There is some
reason to believe that in counting the elector ,
id votMfor president and vice president iu
the presence of the senate and house of ropro
scntatlvos the second Wcdneadwy in February
will not proceed without some interruption
and a pro test against counting tha electoral
votes of one or moro states In which , it is con
tended that rho pretended majorities for
Cleveland and Heudricks were false na.l
fraudulent. It seems probable that such a
protest will ba offered by Representntivo
Smalls in behalf of a largo majority of the
qualified legal voters of South Carolina Tlio
number of whlto mun iu South Carolina nf
voting age in 1380 was 8G.9JO aud of colored
men 113819. The relative numeral voting
strength of the two races has not materially
changed tinco BO that n majority of colored
voters about 32,000. In the cities of Charles
ton aud Columbia , and perhaps a few other
towns are Bomo colored men who
voted thu democratic ticket bat
the total number is not one
fifth ai great as the number of whlta men who
are republicans or anti-bourbons , who refuse
to vote the democratic tieko't. In 18kO , ac
cording to thu returns uiada up by the hour-
ban btato bit.ird of canvarsers , Hancock re
ceived 112,000 votes and Garfield 58,00) ) In
1831 Cleveland received 09 815 votes , Ulaiuo
21,733. In 1880 the democratic maj.nity was
51,000 , In 1881 only -18,11 . lint thu total
white vote fell off about 42,000 , or nearly
thirty-eight per cent , while tliu colored vote
as returned was 33,000 , or more than eixty-
, wo pr cent less than in ISbO. Assuming
.hat the voting population has net increased
during the pat four j oars , It would nppanr
iccording to thu returns th.it m rj than eighty
> r cent of the white voters exercised the
ight ot suffrage while only eighteen per cent
it the colored voters did BO. "Oh , the nig-
. /era / have lost all interest in politics , " is the
inly explanation vouchsafed by tha South
Carolina democrats of this remarkable show-
ng. Colored men give n different explana-
iou ,
SOME SEIUOCS CHAMIM.
Special telegram to THE BEE ,
* W aiiiNGTONHpecembat,2i.-rA. .Louisiana
republican who claims to havo" investigated
ho subject , and whoee facilities for obtaining
uformation are excellent , tells nn extraordi
nary story. He declares his belief is that a
lortion of the money appropriated from the
United States trens < ry for the benefit of the
s'ow Orleans exposition found its way to Now
York aud into the treasury of tlio democratic
vitlonal committee. Amen ? the facts and
circumstances which he mentions in corroboration -
ration of this conclusion are tlio following :
About three or lour weeks before the election
18 8ya that a prominent and skillful demo
cratic political "worker" wmt to Now York
clty vith n large BUDI of money f ir the demo
cratic national coinmitee. : It is asserted that
this man paid § 20,0U0 in all int > tha cam
paign fund and that thu money came from
Mew Orleans. The republican mentioned does
lot claim that this amount was paid over for
.hat purpouB by the exp nation m inagerd but
rom _ information obtained he is convinced
.hit it was a part of tha government appro-
iriation. When paid over it inl ht have rep
esontod a portion of the "profits" of the
fuvored contractors for work on the exposition
[ mild ings.
TUB HOLIDAY RECK-S.
It islhogtneral opml n of iho members of
: hu House of repitsi.ntatiu'8 thu t when that
joily meets ou Wednesday next it will imme.
ditttsly adjourn three days , and Micietmivo
similar adjournments will take p1ae until
January Ctli , nines < iu the mtautimu the sen
ate shall amend and pass n concurruut resolu
tion providing fcr the holiday recesThu
failure of thu conferees upon the unvul bil to
toueh nn understanding sxthat the holiday ru-
cea mivht begin last night was u disappoint
ment to many senators who had mndo arrange-
meiits to leave thu uty , aud al hough thu reti
me meets to-morrow ic may bo without a quo
rum , nnd therefore unable to transact any
business except by ignoring tha fact If a
quotum Is prudent the tentita int-r-etiitacoin-
inercu bill tofurfeittholandgruntof thuUregon
Central nilroul and thu Hill silver resolution
nro unfinished matter * upon whicn apeuches
> imy bu Hindu but it is unlikely that action
will be taken in respect to any important
question.
During the absence of many scnatoix , who
left thu city not to return until after New
Years , ttto temporary bills nrn pending , line
providing for the naval oatabli-hiiieut of thu
last half of the current fiscal year , but one
m.ikfiirf provision * for the month ol January.
Kithor may be pawed , but in view ot thu uc-
tion of tliu senate last nUht and thu
temper uf the in jority of ho senators at that
timu such a course seiins improruula. An In *
formal discusulnu of the Nlcaroguan treaty
was begun yuotorduy , the pretext being ilia
pendoiico f th Vust resolution declaring it
luexpadient to Bend a Burvojlug paity tn Nic
aragua and may ba continued on the same
basi" , the treaty Itself not luving baen re.
ported back from the coinmi tee. A for
mal meet ng of the democrat c members of
C'Higreta ' anil citizens of Indiana w s held ut
thu capital lint night , tbo sentiment WOE
generally expressed that Indiana wus entitled
to recognition In the c.bintt of the presldout-
eloit , and the opinion is ununim u
thut in that event thu h iiitr should hu con
ferrod on ex-S uator-MoLjnaldSenaturVoor
lets and all the democratic metnlDn of the
iou o present concurred In the uows ex-
irossed ,
Clllttr JftTICK WAITS
no h s been nerlnusly ill for the pa < t
ud whoso condition ytsttrday aud Krulav
as mch M to caU'O his family and friends
inch uneasiness , is mu-h better to-day.
CONrilUtATloxg
WxaniKOTOKi Drc mbcr 20. To tm < ilprB ; :
ohn D. Hunter , Web-tor City , I : D Yid
V. Uecd , Waukon , In | James B. Brown ,
ulcni , M. ! A. T. G lbrith. Kloru. Ill ;
ohn B. Licking. Ka.it St. Louis , III. ; 1'rank
V , r lmor , Chicago , 111.
TO CLO.lS THK1H COSTnACT.
The cnmmifMonera of immigration nt tal- !
o'ton , Tix. . have notified thu treasury dc
tartiucnt to close their contract with the de-
attmont , to talcn elfect in sixty days from
Jccember 9th. It will , therefore , bo neces-
nry to appoint now coinmiss'nners.
THE BWAIM COUI1T MAnilAL.
WASHINOTON , December 20. The cross -
xamlnatloti ol Gen. Swalm was coutltiuad to-
ay bcforo the couit-maitiitl and wns directed
hiefiy to his stock account nnd the "duo bill"
rausacthm. Nothing of particular Importance
Was developed.
M'LKAN ' , vs. IUIOAUHKAI ) .
In the contested elettion case of McLean
i. Broadhead , of Misiouri , the eub commit
PO by pirty vote , decided to report to the
ull committee in favor of Hroadhcad ,
1 1I K UU t i > N ' BTATUK.
HNATOU llAYAlltl'a BI'KKCIt AT THE UNVEIUNO.
WASlllS'nTON ' , December 20. The Dupont
tatuo was uuvcllod lo-day Senator Bayard
was tlio Bpoaker of the occan'ou. After a
rief eulogy ho said : "Our ago is one of titil-
ty and our Hvca in this now and vast country
ra filled with cqasole a activity in the eros
ion and acquisition of material wealth , and
o society needs other and counteracting
orcoi to free un from the tordhl Influences
, nd load ut to higher and hot'er lives , Kncout-
.uement mint be given _ to the pumulti th'it
mvo not wealth an their aim or reward There
iiiut bo nn iiiceutivo to our youths to ecorn
ellghts and Hvo luxurious dnjs , and thus it
H ik publlo duty that public ro pect nh < \ recog-
lition of vlrtuo ox1 ibito I in tan uubllc wet-
are should bo generously and gratefully be-
tnwed , Nithing should bo omitted timtcin
nold public opinion to give honor and praise
o those who htve served worthily and are en-
itled to the palm of public favor. The night
icforo the battle of Abouklr Bay Nelson said
0 his officers : "Before to-morrow
naming , I shall have gained
1 peerage or a Westmintter
iVbbey. " uch were the rewards his heroic
pirit sought A peerage the iiiccis ot the
inked States ro forbidden t.i receive nor
lave we as yet our now land a venerable re-
losilory for the nsho.i aud inomorioi of pur
listinguiahrd dead , butthero are public build-
ngs tit to receive the statues of those who
luvu well served thu' republic in any calling ,
and no place is ft < > proper as this citv , seat
md renter of the government of the United
States The erection of this statue ia in
tlio line of publlo justice and proper reaper
lition of unselfish deviation of an in-
llvldual for the wolf-ire of the community.
The approval by this public act of justice will
10 wide spread in this bro ul land , but no
vhere Bf > strong n.3 in the state in which her
leroio POUH are deposited , and to day the
learta of the puaplo of Delaware are filled
wit i gratitude in recognition by tha general
government of one of her citizens eo proudly
cheiished and beloved in life nnd nourished in
deatli as the Hear Admiral Samii'-l Dupout. "
At the conclusion of Buyard'n address asaluto
of thirteen gunB'was fired and the ceremonies
ended.
Imying .f.ir trio 1'lncc.
bpocial telegram. to THE BK ! ; .
WASHING ION , necenjtor2l.-lepro3entativo
[ Jarbour. \7irRiuinl'J ] is resigned th'o pei-
dency > f the "WgiLla-iiidrana r llroatlTB'O
aws-of ' th'a' TJu\'tEQi \ ' 'tiite3'pfoHTbltr a y onff
: oiinectod with py mail carrying railroad to
ill the office nf p 'Stniustor ' general. Barbour
"s understood to bs laying for that placo.
UJIUEK NO OI1LIOATIO.V.
It transpires that the mangers of the Now
Urleans exposition nre under no obligation to
return to the United States the one million
dollars loaned them by the government. Tha
words providing for this were eithnr purposely
or acciduntally omitted from tin official bond.
[ t simply pledges them to receive the loan ,
TIIK "JJAOK-tiONIS" B1M/ .
A auusTiruiii : ran SENATOII HILL'S HILL TO UK
RCPOUTED.
WASHINGTON , Desomber 20 The sub-oom-
mittee of the senate committee ou public
ands ngroad lo-day to report at the next
meotinf of the full committee a substitute tor
Senator Ilill'u "back-bone" railroad forfeiture
jill. The subititute forfeits the land on the
; ix3t Bidn of Iho river from Baton Kongo to
Now Orleans and confirms the grant to the
N'ow Ui leans aud Pacific fiom a point at
which they wer < i bill ding at the d ita of the
assignment up to Shravuport upon the line
shown by the map filed by the old "hack-
liouu" c nn any The condition n attached
Lhat UIH compmy ah ill allow tha occnp.ititi of
unforfeited Unit who are entitled to home-
i d and p'0-umptioas to purchaio their
lands at Si per acra.
O O
DKATH Of A WKLL-KKOWN CITIXtt.V ,
LONO I'INU , Neb , December 110. Dr. A ,
0 Newell was frozen ta doith. It seems that
his mind hid been failing tor some tiuio and
that ho was subjtct to occasional fits of lib-
1 1 ii.dedeenms" , unu ou yesterday morning
ub mt - o.clock , hu nwiiktiitd his wife by bit
ing her lingers , Ho than drove her and thu
children up utalrs und then tun out i.itci the
Ktorin , without any clothes ou , Hu wandered
away .ihout uiie-h If a nula and wai them
found frozen to death. He was a member of
ttio Maaouic and Odd Fellows fraternities and
WHB buried bv them to-day. He loaves a witu
und two nn ill children , llacamu from Ham
ilton county here , but his lived most of the
time piiicotlio w.ir in b'aimington , N. H. He
WIB a man respected by all who knew him ,
nud a largo circle of acquaintaucus mourn bU
death.
Foro"il to tlukouu < Uhliiiii < 'iir.
ST. 1'Aur , , Minn. , December 20' B. C.
Winston k Oo , , lumber dealern , who placed
their affairs in the hands of trustees on iSo-
vemher 1st , have been forcid by ho action of
onu of tlitir creditors to make an as < icrnment ,
A aot9 , about 8125,000 ; liabilities , t > 00,0,0. ,
\ VlHcBtoro \ UIIICH.
CHIOAOO , December 20. At a moetina ol
thu Chicago and St , Louis lines to-day a
verbal agreement was entered into to restart
freight rates both ways , beginning on Mend
d iy. Thu general mauapera of these lines wil
me t Boon and try to form a pool , the oil
pool having explrud BOIIIO months ago , ;
GENERAL MEWS.
Drnntoii Mo'a ' Romans saci ana Pil
lage Traverse Conrt How ,
They Steal Everything They Oan
Lay Hauds Oiii
The Brooklyn Horror More Bodies
ies Found ,
The EegulatorsLynoh a Murder
er at Arapalioo ;
Little "Charley Rosa" Found
Ooco More ,
Strangled luitl lloliljeil Hlver Canl
Miners BtrlUo Kallures Fires
Imposition NotcH.
DAKOTA'S
THAVKHSK , D.\k. , Dew > mbor20. This mor
ning ut 7 o'clock nu armed mob of n luuidrod
men , mostly "from Wllmot n small town in
the southern part of the county , nttacked the
cuuit houio at this place , tliu county seat uf
Itoberts county , broke in every door and re
moved the county safe , lioforo attacking the
court houao n strong guard , nrmcd with Wiu >
Chester rilleswas stationed at the oiul of every
atroot and no imo wns permitted to outer or
lonva the town. An immense amount of
property wns dcstroyoil. Not BatiaGcd with
the largo Bnlor thu mob attacked and carried
otf all the private property they could find.
Few Traverse people were stirring when the
mob arrived , Sheriff Cummiugs attempted
od to resist the mob , but was immudintely
covered with ft dozen Winchesters. The
Traverse men , not wishing to see blood shod ,
made no ropistenco. The mob remained about
an houriaud left with all the county property
and all the private property they could ( inc. ,
The inside of the court houao is a perfect
wreck. Kvery man in the mob was druuk.
V United States mail carrier was stopped and
ho mail overhauled The department has
oen notified. The safe contained no valuable
ecords or papers. The mob destroyed a largo
lumber of papers , among which wore several
hattol mortgages. All other records are safe ,
ho county clerk having removed thoin from
, ho court house. A notice was posted on the
: ourt house door this morning to the effect
hut the rccon s are safe and business will bo
; rnmacted as usual. The above statement is
, rua aud correct , as tiearly as can be aicer-
.ained. .
The sheriff tried to tcrvo papers but was
eatroined by the mob. A runner from WH-
: nott , just a.rived . , says Wilmot is enraged at
Hiding the safe empty tin 1 that a mob is
imrching on Traverse. Traverse ia arming us
" bt as possible. Ilia mob thro i ton to burn
rhe town , hang all the county officers and have
.ho records if they have to kill half the town.
The recoids have been moved to parts un
nown , and Traverse men will defend the
town till the last. Governor Pierce has bn'i :
lelegraphod for troops. Men from ull paitsol
Jie county are coming to the county seat to
protect the recorders. A bittlo may bo fonghl
b forejinoyiirifj. The olficera-ato > calm aud
< eool' ' rid-will-inake tU&"U > st-defense poBaiblu ,
In a f w 'bouts arrangements will bo madi
whereby the toxvn will b ? well protected aut
it is hoped that the reports aio only rumors.
The excitement runs high ,
The facts in the ca e art ) as follows : At the
ate election Wiltnott had a majority of the
votes cast for the county prat but , on account
of ballot box stuffing and Intiuiidatitn , thu
canvassing board rejected two towns , thus giv
ing Traverse a maj > rity. A writ of inand iium
was served LH the board , but after argument
before Judge Smith ic was quashed. A second
end wiit was served on tlm board , in which
Traverse won Wilmott then attempted by
Force to take possession , with the above result
A blizzard is blowing now that may retard
operations uutil morning. No reply has been
received from Governor Pierco.
STILL LATER.
TliAVKiiSK , Dale. , Decomber'21. A spy just
arrived from Wilmot , Buys that a conlere ncj
of 1 0 men was held in Mann's oflice at Wil-
not The clniimnn standing on the top of
the stolen sale s id that tlui combination had
: on telegraphed for , and if not received by
Su day morning the s fo wonlil be blown
ope" , nnd asked the question : "What t-hall
wu do if the books are not in the safe ? " A
imtion wai mndo and curried amid cheers and
lowlstngo to Traverse and Buck and burn
every buildiug and hang every mini found.
All the mun at the meeting wore ainud with
Winchester nflfa mid nhot guns. _ On receipt
of this nun's thu Traverse authorities ordered
the women and children to leave the town.
At this writing ihu women awl children are
rapidly lo.ivlng town. The mob id not ex
pected to reach bore much before dark. The
buildings ure boiug barricaded and men are
nut nil over the county for arms and men.
The force in Traverse at present is rithnr
small for such an emergency hut will be jndi-
ciouly handled. They are well tinned _ und
will inuko a desperate hVht , Governor L'iorco
will have troops hero by to-morrow night ,
but , thfiy a'so may be too late. The olliiwrn
hero are cool and will inako tha in fit of the
circumstances. Guvertior Pierce telegraphed
tlio sheriff to cjll on every man in the c unty
to come to his assistance , and to note every
rmo who refused. The exritement runs high ,
Th" c tmty rro rds tuuub'on secreted no ouo
exc'pt tno register of deeds knows where.
Ml'ItDKREIl TAKKN fllOM TJIK AUTHOIUTIEa
AM ) LYNCIIKD
All.U'AHOE , Nob. , December 20. Jones
Nelbou , of 1'Vontinr ' coonty , who , last Tiu-s-
ilny , In cold blo.d ) , i-hot a d kille I KiiKcnu
Slurwood. was imTlmr-da ) nijhr , taken from
the sheriff by thu regulators aud hunt' , shot ,
his throat cut and bin bjdy left to froeza.
T1IK AHYIiim IlOUUOll.
THE 1)01)1 ) KS Ot HIX JIOIIK MKN UNKAIUIIKI )
NEW YOUK , December 20 S ) * rch for the
bodies of those supposed to hav'3 been burnoc
to death in the fire uf the orphan ntyluin con
tinned to-day. It was thought that all tin
bodies had been found , nut just as the work
men were about to conclude their labor the ;
found a group of nix burned to a crisp , malt
iigin all fixtean bodies recovered , Tanipu
rary priivislon has bean um le fur the homwles
clilldieu in viuloua Catholic institutions. Th
uncrnl ol Ihoictims will take place to-mor
row. Thn Interment will bn in tlm remctcty
of the Holy CMM > , at Hitlm h It 1
The Kvo.ing IVsl SMS : Thin fir FNtPrn
> odlcfl lm\o btou found. The workmen hat o
notni jctrraclud the spot ui.di rnimth the
stairway. It la brlicM-d tlmt wln-n this pot
i rca-hod moro bodlcu will M iliicivcroi ) . It
it now pFtiuiatod that lulK tno'ittio rr
hitty children perl < licd In tinII unf . Oi o
mivlrod chlldroi. . nre unaccounti'M for. but it
< sniiposod they arc beluir cared for In prl\ato
( unities.
NKW YORK , December 21 LikothoVrook
yn thuktro lire , the HrookljnC. thojlc orph.Mi
n < yliitn lira grows in horror with the Inmn ,
Jp till 2:30 : to-day fovon b idlrs of the "IHM. !
ng" childrrn have been dug from the ruin ,
also the body of a man , and ilghtccn lip the
, imo ctuti'd. The bodus rrcovcrod tvday Bro
n better condiilon limn the ten dincoverrd
yoaterdny. The llesh of ho latter had bton
completely burned off , loavlng ii'ithing hut
cracked splinter * of the Urger biivn. The
joillea to-day , althotuh burned bujoiid idoii >
.ilicnllou , are not opinuUd bejoii I rrco ni-
-ion as the remains of human I cii > g < .
1'nn trunks vith the tetdous
nnd imi'clpi torn nd birned were
[ ilaced in baking tiann that had contained the
lailv broad of the orphans The quartois in
St .Mary's hospital , no v being Wed for the
rhlh'rcn ' , was built originally for n stable.
Aliening children are still bctrg picked up in
the streets. The tanks show thrro were 721 ,
and uf this number rlxtv-threo h'tvo ' been ac
counted for and encaptd unlnjurml , except the
unfortunate Sister Mary .lnspphir.ii. In iidill-
tlon to the fct-tera ( and thuro wrro thirty-two
of thorn ) thcro were thirty attendants , of
whom all have bpo accounted for. The bodies
ies found leave forty-six children J ot to bo
accountrd for.
NK\V YOHK , Dpcembor 21. Switchers for
bodies in thu ruins of St. John's orph-n
iBylum , lirooH.Mi , rpsumed thfir labor * thli
inor ing. Almost all the arhos , bricks and
rubbish were removpd during thn day but no
moro bod'i'H ' wern found. Twenty bodies all
' 'accounted foi" in thu ruins. Them an > still
twrnty orplians ii.lssing , but they are boiimed
tu have cecaped.
Oliarlny nof.s Pouitil
I'lTTSlinua , December 21. The It ichostcr ,
H. , ppoclal Bays : A boy has boon discovered
hero which answers every description Charley
Kosi and the ollicers fenl confident tlioy have
at lust Hocurod tha lost bar. As usual the
father has been telegraphed for.
Knbbcil niul Itlurilorcil ,
Totr.no , December 21. Thlj afternoon ,
Mrs. Louisa Lludthart , commonly known as
Old Mother Staid , " 70 years of ago , was
found dead in her homo Sholmd been stran
gled and the houao lobbed of all valuables.
Coal aiincru' Strike.
PiTTsnuno , December 21. The Kiver coil
miners' strike wau inaugurated to-day by the
diggers in a number of piti notifying the operators
raters that they would not return to work un
til the price of mining increased from two and
a half to three cents par bushel in the first ,
Kecond and third pool" , and from two to two
and a half. The majority of the miners
workud to-day , but with the exception of a
few pits , which have not been heard from ,
thny have nil notified tlm operfttora that they
will not return to work on Monday unless thu
advance is granted , Thu operators say posi
tively they will not piy thn advance , nnd
inan of them were very much turprised this
morning on receiving notice that their men
were going to demand it. This nfterncum. i\
meeting of the Coal Exchange was held t < )
take action in regard to the matter. It was
lurgelv attended Thny ijecidod nofcimiyto
refuse the demands of the miner' , but nl { ro
fmo to loid for any cm dl operator who woul
pay moro than the present rates.
Sharcn , Pa , , a'pecint Bay'Triu " firm of P. L.
Kimberly & Co , operating the Atlantic iron
works , 'suspended at noon to-day. Being
pay day probably fiom SI5,000 to 520/00 wern
required to p\y the ha uU , and this amount
could not be ruised. When rum ing ut tu 1
ime SOJ men wire emplojod. No definite ro-
> > rts as to thn naxets and liabilities can be
jbtiined. lirndstreot's report the firm valued
at u million with good credit. The firm wan
bought tu be the Bt-unchest in the valley and
he tailure was an cntiro Nurpiinu. The BUS-
) jiibion is supposed to be duo to the extreme
dullness of trade.
in lli
N , Docomhnr 21 Tlio building *
f the liurliugton Telephone , Kxpress and
LVansfer companies were burned this evening.
? ivo horses , tw > mules , two United State )
r.nil and seven otht-r wngnns wf ro c insuined ,
JUfford's livery stable wai also ilostroynd by
ho II ini snnd _ much dmiuge w.iHdono to sev
eral udj iuing dwellings , . .looVilli amf , bfs
of lhn talnphonu b irnx , was seriouxly bu nt
abmt the faee and may ilio from his wounds.
isa of thu Telephone Kvpress company , 50-
100 ; iiiburancp , S-1,000
" \VY1I , IJIM Ulin Dnnoo.
December 21. Gov , Cleveland
vill Do present at a clurlty ball at thu Gen
esco houpe , Junu > ry9.
Hood's Sarsapariiia
Combines , in a manner peculiar to Itself , Iho
best blood-purifying and strengthening reme
dies of the \ ogctiible Kingdom. You will 11ml
this wonderful remedy cHrctlvo where other
mciliclnes have failed. Try it now. It will
purify your blood , icgulato the digestion ,
and give new life and vigor to the entire body.
"Hood's Harsnparilla did mo great good.
I was tired out from overwork , and It toned
mo up. " Mils. ( ! . V. . SIJIMONH , Cohoes , N. Y.
"I suffered three years from blood poison.
I took Hood' ! ) Hnrsnpnrllla and think 1 am
cured. " JIiis. M. J. DAVIS , llrockport , N. Y.
Purifies lltv mood
Hood's fiirsaparllla is characterised H
tliri'U I'Conliarllle.s ' : 1st , ( ho combination < I
reiiifdl.il agents ; Sit , thu proportion ! "d.tl.i
procrsi ul securing the acthu modlclia
Tlio result Is nmedlelno of iimisiu
, effecting cures hitherto miknuvMi
.Send for book eontalnln ; ; addllional cvldeneix
" Ifood's R'lrsnparllln IOIIPS up my system ,
imillies my MIMIII , hli.irpeus my ni letilc. : nul
. ins to mil : e inn nver. " .1. r. Tlloiil'.soN ,
Kegister of Deeds , I.ouell , Mass.
"llnod'H Birsap'iillla beats nil others , ann
o 's Ui.llll . IIH Ui'IKllI illolll. : " I. 1UU111M17U.N ,
l.j lt.mli Street , Now York City.
y Wood's Sarsapariiia
Bold by all druggists. $1 ; six for ( .1. J.a.ui\ !
onlVhvO. I. HOOD & CO. , I.owiill , Mass.
I JO Dcaos Ono ! Dotl r. <
Tcrriflo Oil anil ( las Emlision in
Tan Thousaiid Barrnls of Oil ia
the Flames ,
Alnrming IiioronSB of Natural
Gas Explosions !
Senator Garland Slated for At
torney mernli
Win , 0 , Whitn * jT'or Nest Secre
tary t/f th fJutorior ,
TliaXrftdoOiitlooI V Hoax Itolibuil
nnd Ilriitcn f lilKiit nt tlio
K.Mio mi.
Oil ; < > nil OIIH Kl | l > .u.nii In IJrooUlyii.
NKW YOKE , December 21. An explosion in
Vrntt'tf aptraliil worltd in the eastern part
of lirooklyn called out thu whole lire depart
ment of that elty. The explosion commingled
ubli IhnuH uno oil tank with gas and thopuo-
end i-xplo.-ion fiiihineil almost immediately.
Tu ( > o two exnlosions made free ton thoiHtuul
ban els of oil nnd all this Ibmitig muss
' 'catching on" to the ri\cr of melted BIIOW ,
was carrii'd into tnery nook aud oorner of thu
works. The rri-nlt was that nil the buildincs
and tanks at the works excepting it largo
b ick building in which thu calming in ilonu
was destroyed. lw-ldca ! thu IOIIK dock on the
crcoltH , the loss will reach between ? 500,030
and SilOK ( ( > i , The oxp'o lens shatteridd every
panu of glass in thu nelghboihojd ,
Moro OaH K.\pIiHin.s | ,
WABIHNUI-ON , Piv , December 21. The res-
idoncu of William llubo was partially wiockcd
but night by an explosion of natural ga Hit )
ui'ound ' baby were killed. The explosion
was caused by n lighted candle being taken
into thu collar.
BUTum , Pa. , Dccamber 21. The residence
of John Gates was demolished by a gas explo
sion , himself , wifu and four children wtiro
buiicd in thu ruins. All were Mib < eiliontly |
rescued moro or ICER B ° roiutly ! injured. The
bhuck wns fidt a qnarter of H mile nway. The
loss is SlO.i.CO. A supposed lotk In the ROB
main c.iutcd by thu rteuut cold "pdl , caused
the disaster.
Two Cabinet , t'oslthmi Slated ,
Special telegram to THE BKK
NKW YOUK , December 21 , Daniel Man
ning , Senators Gorman , of Maryland , aud
Garland , of Arkansas , and William C. Whit
ney came down on the afternoon train from
Albany and were last nti'ht quartered
at the Fifth Avenue. hotol.
Amour other prnmlnout demncraUi
congregated here Vt-ere Secretary B. 11. Uinnl-
ley , of the national duiuocritic committee ;
General .T. U Gordon. omgre m in-elect
Batnp , nf Georgia ; Colonel Vihis , of Whcon-
fiin ; .T"hn G Pri.at , otSt. Louis nnd Gen
eral Black , of Illinois Two ca'rittot positions
were sluted during S ridtor Gortnm'n visit to
Albany and it is pmitively at ted that Wil *
littin \Vhltlng is to be tluTtioxt t-flcretary of
UieM'ritofior ) < nnd Senator' Garland attorney
general. _ _ _ _
The Trnflo Outlook ,
Special Telegram to THE BEE.
NKW YOUK , December 21. The holiday
cason and the und of the year i > ro at hand ,
with no indicationa of tin oirly ravival of
trade activity. Tno total number of mercantile -
cantilo failures raported during the last three
months is 9l7 against 775 , 718 and 47D iucor-
responding periods of 1881 , 183J und 1831 ,
rospectively. The returns for the coming
week are likely to bring a tutnl for tha year
well above 11.000. The failure scare during-
Decom'cr Is always at thu hiyhfst but the
list for the firxt thteo wn-ks of this month is
beyond anything previously reported. Hut
for tlio now condition. Buch an poutheru coin-
potion in thu irou trade entering into the In
dustrial ( dilution , a.clecrousB of failures micbt
icasonably bo predictsd for i885. It i fairly
certain tie * weeklv reports of tradu disasters
will furnish the first certain indication of tlio
fact that the bud-r.ick is roached. Thu weekly
reports vvro not reached until- the spring of
1881.
Tins WnrihiiiRloii KxplnKton n.
PiTTsnumi , December 21. The rf jiortod ex-
I > lii > ion of natural B.IS. at Wurthington , Arm
strong county , hint night , by which cloven
men are said to ba joiiously injured , i.t with
out font dation. A tilt-mam from a reliable
Kiurco from Kittinilnj ! fujs : J'riiin thu beet
iufoima'Jon obtainublo thu t-toiy is a hoax ,
Hotitx il and HmiiMi.
WHUH/.INO , W. Va. , December 21. The
bonko of Henry Workei-our wan entered by
robbu'ithis mormntr , the inmntiH bound and
boiitrn iiiul four thoiWutid ilullurs stolen. Tha
tluuves ctcaped.
KnII ti > l-lnil Hnvr | ti\
KAKHAH Cirv , December 21 The report of
the f f ntationnl lynching of Jonas Nolton in u
frontiir county was confirm ! d Thn d-tro-
tivenHHitto Nebmi'kalii wealth of Captain
HOH gute , Into Hlgiiul i Hirer , havii been 1111-
ab'u ' to pain anv tincu i.f his win rerbouU ,
They viHited Du Wittheru his miittattB wan
n ppeeed to bu lining , but were unable to find
her.
Key 'We , . i i.i iir AlnkorK.
KKV Wi'HT , 1'la , Dictmbcr Sri. Thu cigar
manufactnrtrH , representing it caj > ltal of about
u million dollars , will Bind a commilteo to
Wui-liii'Htnn to ( irestnt to corgrths the oh-
] itl us of th trudito the H | nni b trr-aty us
it ttandB Tliey nlvucatu thn abolition oj.
duty tin raw tobacco und u reduction of fiftten.
per cent on cirfxiH ,
[ United In Mi-ill I ) .
CHICAGO , December 21. This afternoua
I'uliceman McKowtki , Icing infnuned that
his wife , who wan 111 , could not recover , wont
nut nnd killed himself. Jits uifo expictd u
few minutes later.
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