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'HE ' OMAHA DAILY BEE , FIFTEENTH YEAK , OMAHA , MONDAY MORNtNG , DECEMBER 7 , 1833. NUMB Ell 148. THE AUTOGRAPHS OF AN ACE Hon , dims. Aldrich's Magnificent Donation to the Iowa State Library. THE MIKADO'S MAGNANIMITY. Tlic Only .Slgnnttire of the Itttlcr In Amcrlun A Itcitmrk- nblo unit Vntuutilo Collcc- ( Ion of Antournphi. An Album of Treasures. Moi.Nr.s , la. , Dec. 0. [ Siwclal to the HIK. ; ] A visit to the stale library In the new wipltol Ii rewarded now with an opportunity to Inspect one of thu line. * ! collections of autographs In the United St.itcs. Tills col lection , known as tlio "Aldrlch collection , " l.s the gift of the Hon. Charles Aldrlch , of Webster City , and icprcsents the accumula tion of a llfo time. Mr. Aldrich has been very enthusiastic and very assiduous in this chosen work , and has spared neither time nor oxpcnto to add to Its expense and value. Heallzlng that comparatively few could en joy Its treasures If kept at hl.s own home , he has picscntcd tlio entire collection to the stale , on thu aimplc condition that a suitable place be prepared and set apart for It , that It bliall ho always open to visitors , and that he Hhall have the privilege of making further ad ditions to the collection. The trustees of the stale library may gladly accept the gift on tho.so conditions and are gratillcd to know that the donor is intending to make still further additions to his already very valuable gift. gift.Tho The collection now numbers several thou sand autographs and portraits , and some of the specimens are almost priceless In value. The autographs of a large number of promi nent people are accompanied by portrait en- L'l-aviius adding much interest , to the collec tion. In some cases several pictures are ox- Inbilcd , tdiowliu thc.sublect at different ages , and in some Instances his birthplace , or other places of Interest connected with \\\s \ \ \ name. One of the latest additions to the collection l.s the autograph ot the emperor of Japan tlio only ono In America. It was procured through the joint services of Hon. Frank llatton , ( at the time postmaster general ) and Mr. liingham the United States minister to Japan. These gentlemen communicated to the mikado tlnough various ollielals of low nml high degree , the desire of the people of Iowa to have his autograph in their now state house. Through the Iriendly assistance the Ko-Kos Pooh-Hahs Nankl-Poos and 01 - , - , - , possibly a Kntisbaand a Yiim-Yinn , the \vlshwasgratllled. The Mikado's slgnatuio written on silk , coiined with gold and bright red , fastened to a suedes of card board about six inches by eight now rests peacefully at the top of the collection in the new library. An cnlcrpiiHing linn In Philadelphia wiote Gov. Sherman a few days ago , making the mode : ; ! request fora lone of his royal high ness , autograph to hang in their bhop win- clews few days to draw attention to their store. Hut the mikado will not leave Iowa , und his ollleial signature and compliments are very caret idly and jealously guarded. Another valuable addltli n to the c dlection incenlly icecived Is the gut of GUI. W. T. bhcrnian. It is the ollleial icporlof what wus known as the Klg lilaek campaign or expedition somu twenty miles t-oi 1 1 of Vicks- burg. The report , wr.t en in tnu Held , is about twenty pages long , aid nil In Gen. Sherman's handwriting , and is directed to Gen. Grunt Ihiough his adjutant-general. A nether letter , which will always be rexur led with peculiar interest , is thu letter written hy Gen. Gia it to Gen. litickncr concerning tlio surrender of Fort Donclson , in which Grant announces "unconditional .suriender" as his only terms of peace , ( ten. liuckncr's por- 'tralt ' ilud autograph a 'company. The collec tion Is peculiarly rich in the autographs of American pouts' and scholars. All of the Ii a ling poets of America are represented , ninny of them witli steel portraits as well as autographs , and many of them furnish the vvholu.ira part uf one of their poems. Long fellow's face apnears In half a dozen differ ent poll rails , taken at different times , and ho has contributed in his own Hand a manu script of the poem "Tlio Anon and the Song. " Oliver Wendell Holmes Is rcpie- FOiitcd by porli.illH and autographs and by n proof sheet of ids poem "Ave , written for tlio Atlantic-Monthly , mnrkeil with the typo graphical corrections In bis own hand. Ac companying the poitruit and autograph of James Ku.ss'cll Lowell is the manu script In hl.s hand of his poem ' 'Tho FiistSnowtlake , " Thomas Iluchanan Head bends the lirst stanza of his famous lines on "Sheridan's Hide. " Hret Harto con tributes a stanza of the poem that Includes the well-known lines "For ways that are daik and Micks that are vain , the heathen Chinee is peculiar. " There are half a dozen portraits of Horace Grecloy. taken atditfeient ages , and an interesting letter from him , and a lac simile of the editorial ho wrote tor the Now York Tribune on "The Aictic Calam ity ! " Klla Wheeler Wilcox sends in her own writing her poem "Thu Creed , " while accom panying Ihu portrait of Mary N. Murfrco , the now famous "Charles Egbert Craddock , " Is a letter from her to bci pubMshers thanking them fora present of a Longfellow eilendar. There is an interesting letter from Haynrd Taylor , a part of a poem fiom Kd ward Clar ence Stedman , a letter from Flu Greene Hal- Ice It , a letter from Niithanlcl Hawthorne , one from K. P. Whiiiple , one from Jean Intiulow. onolrom John G , Suxe. ono from Whlttler , and one fiom Charles Dickens. The author of "Proverbial Philosophy , " MortinTorquan Tupper. is rcmeseiitcd bv a pa it of a poem on ' .Self Iteliiince. " Grltco Greenwood sends -A favorite poem. IL II. Stoddurd contributes n verse. Anna Dickinson tends with her poitralt , the sentiment , "Tho world belongs to those who take it. " There arc many letters In thu collection which possess tar moro than mere auto graphic value. Thus the heroic struggles of union women during thu war are ivc Uled by n letter written by Susan H. Anthony from Iho oillce of the anti-slavery society in Now Yoik jlty In IStK ) . urging upon a fellow worker to do all that is pnsnihla to uphold thu ( minis of thu government and encourage thu hoMicis In thu tield who are lighting for the union. Theio Is a modest letter from Will Caileton , the poet , to the managing editor of Harper's Weekly , asking If theio Is any place In that paper for ono of his ballndn , which ho Incloses , Old J'Olin Drown , wliosj s'oul goes marching on , Is represented In the collection by a laigo poi trait : and a long and interesting letter written during exciting times , Theiu Is a proof pa go Horn ono volume of Han- croft's History of the United States , with the typographic corrections marked In thu mar- Kin , just as he sent it back to thu printers. There Is an Inteiestlng letter from Josiah CJulncy.piesIdent ot Harvard college , written in 1K17. A line poi trait of Victor Hugo , ac companied wltli tils autograph and u few wotds of compliment , were obtained through thu kindness of lion , Lcvl It. Motion , lute minister to France , The whole field of American litcratuio Is most admirably iepieented , JJchldes tho.su ulieady mentioned , there are letters or auto graphs from nearly every prominent poet , novelist and magazine writer in the country. American humorists uro represented by Mark Twain , P. . Shlllaber , ( Mrs. Parllngtoni , Aitemns Ward , Nubby , Dnrdette , and P. T. Hainum. The latter in u letter to thu editor of a western paper announcing the coming of Harnum'3inly 'ieatest show on earth. " The poets of Kuiopo ore represented by Goethe , Schiller , Tennyson , Tom Moore , Campbell , and others , and historians by Kdwaid A. Freeman , Itancke. whoso "Popes" are famous tlio world over , Cenllus of Her- llr. whoso history of Greece every col lego boy is supposed to have read , Moiunsen. whoso 'Homo" U equally famous and valuable , and > uu" " ' v other popular writers. Thu scientists iuu Darwin , Huxley , Spencer , Audtibon , Agusslz , Ilumboldt , and many other names famous in the new world and thu old , Tlicio are autographs of a long line of Am erican statesmen , including all the presidents of the United States and the moU prominent politicians of the country. Thu autographs of ljueen Victoria , the Marquis of Lornu and many other lords and ladhs of high dcgico Abroad lie with great democratic tamllianty igalnst the names of thu nntltled lord. of Ameilca. The confederacy Is represented b > ! letters from Jelf Davis anil other prominent ' rebels. An Intcicstlng uuto ranh is Hi .t ot . the great rail load klnir , Tom Si oil. It Is signed to nn nnnnalpnss over the I'nion Pn- clue railroad from Omaha to Oiden and re turn , and heirs the signature of Scott as pres ident of the road. It was ivitied to n former meiulicrof congress from Iowa. Tills col lection , so rich and rare In many lives , Is re ceiving constant additions tiiat add toils value. Mr. Aldrich , who founded It , has Jmt sailed for Kuiopc to obtain severa1 Important autographs that he has not .vet liad. The people ple ot Imvnfecl very proud of ( his grand col lection of aiitocrraphsond let i > r . nml all who visit the capitulaie richly repaid by inspectIng - Ing it. it.A A rollKCAHT OF FACTIONS. Borne Chronic Grumbler 1'roplicflcs Kvit to the Irish Convention. Nr.w YOIIK , Dec. 0. [ Special to the Hu : . ] The rablo annouucemnnt that Parncll would not visit America to attend the National League convention seems to bo no surprise to Itlsh nationalists here. They R.ny they hardly expected he would come , and Homo of them go to the extent of saying they knew ho would not. However , there seems no doubt now ho wilt not attend theconventlon. As the parties are now so evenly divided It will be absolutely necessary for the leader to stay at home to watch the moves on the polit ical checker board. It l.s oven doubtful whether any prominent member of the Irish party will attend. Sullivan , lord mayor of. Dublin , lias just been elected for two Irish beats. He cannot resign the second one until parliament meets , and as Parnell needs every available vote to retain his balance of power , ho will wantSiKllvnn's second constituency tilled at the earliest posslblu date. Sullivan Is likely on this account to stay at home. T. P. O'Connor and Mr. lle.al/.ue In the same position as Sullivan. It Is entire ! probable , therefore , that Iho convention will have to proceed without the counsel of an Irish delegation. Ono or two members may come , hut they will nut betaken from the leading Parncllltes. A prominent Irish nationalist said to your correspondent to-day : "I really think Par- nell clad of such an excellent excuse for ab senting himself from the convention. I have been Informed he never positively piomlsed to attend. His visit to America with Dillon in 18 Owns not n pleasant e.xpmlence , and things have not mended hero since. You may put It down for a dead certainly that Parnell will not be In Chicago next January. " Further Inquiry cmcernlng this has brought out llio fact that tlio Iri.sh national societies in this city and all through the east are split up into numerous factions , each one hating the other bitterly. A year ago the Ancient Order of Hibernians split In two. There are two rival organizations now , said to be equally powerful. Kach will send delegates to the convention. If both sides are ad mitted they will bo moro Intent on lighting each other than on carrying out the pur poses of the convention. A prominent Irish national weekly newspaper , In view of these facts , published iti It.s issue this week thu following : "It would be n very good thing. If Par nell intends to come at all , to defer his visit until after tlio convention. H Is evident from the present complexion of nlfalrs , there Is going to ho a very ani mated session at thu Chicago convention of the national league , and that honest nation alists are determined to see If the machinery of thu national organization hero cannot , be taken out of Iho hands of those whose Inlln- cneos aio only directing them to knavery , chicanery and political corruption. Tins contest is tlio Inevitable , and it should 1m madu without any interference from the presence of Parnell. When the result Is de cided , let him then como , and he will receive u welcome that Is litting for ono of the great est living statesmen and one of I'm rcul lead ers of thu civilized world in tlio present , day.1' Accident on the Brooklyn Bridge. Ni-w : YOIIK , Dec. 5. An accident occurred , on the Brooklyn sldo of the Kast Itiver bridge this liiornlng. About 1 > o'clock two bridge trains collided. One man was killed and ( woor three wounded. The cars weie badly .smashed. Six persons were badly Injured. The fail ure of the grip was the cause of the accident. It happened nt an hour when the cars were most crowded. A two-car train stalled from from the iltooklyn terminus packed with passenger" . Tlio train had gone within l.VJ yards of Brooklyn when the grip on the cable gave out unit came to a stop. Despite the ef forts of the brakcman it began to back down the Incline with tc.nllie speed. Another train hud just started and the disabled train displayed a danger signal , but It was too late. When the passeiucrs saw their danger they were terror stricken. The trains crashed together in a common wreck. Shrieks of pain and horror arose from struggling men and women while the police and train hands with passengois waiting on tlio platform ran to tlie rescue. The en trances to the bndgo were barred and none admit led to increase thecrowd and confusion. Ambulances und police were summoned. The condnutorof the second train and Victor Schaumlmrg had to be cut out of the wreck. The latter's ankle was broken and his feet nearly cut olf. Four or live others received serious Injuries , hut it is thought not fatal. The wreck was soon cleared away and travel on the bridge resumed within half an hour. Ilolmimon the Indian Question. Nnw Yottif , Dec. 0. [ Special to the UBK.J In nn interview In the Sun , Congressman Iloliuan , member of the special committee to Investigate Indian affairs , says thu commit tee hopes to have its report ready about tlio middle of December. He says : "Speaking for myself. 1 think It n good pulley to Induce the Cheyenne , Arapahocs , Wlcliitas , Kiowas and Comiminclic.s , who occupy a vast region in the western part of Indian territory , and other unsettled Indians , to move eastward on the unoccupied region , and to obtain the con sent of the Indians Including the Chcrokeest , to a sale of the wcHern part of tlio territory to actual .settlers , the proceeds to bo lnve < leJl for the bom-lit of the tribes Interested , This policy would in some degree consolidate the tribes and Icavoth'-m a country as largo as Ind'aiiH , form a fair sized stdto for wblto eltl/ens in tlio westein part of the territory , and destroy every excuse for organized In vasion of Indian teiritonI believe the tribes would readily see the benefit of this ar rangement and eheertully consent to It. " Thu Mexican llevoliitlon. ST. Louis , Dee. 5. Thu latent advices from Monterey , Mexico , are dispatches received there yesterday from the army of Mexico suiting tint General Tiovlno will arrive there Monday next with such Instructions U > Act ing Governor Supclvcda and General Kevis , commander of the government forces in New Leon , as will result In the ro-establlshment of the state government under the protection of federal troops. This news has highly elated thn friends of the new administration and caused dismay among the revolutionists , who relied on the neutrality of the federal government In their struggle with the slate uuthoiltlex. it Is not known whether the revolutionists will quietly submit If they do not. It is believed tlie president's orders arc ample to overcome all resistance. Rvperlmcntint ; with Hydrophobia. Nr.w YOKK , Dee. 5 , Dr. O'dorman , of Newark. N. J. , who has taken great Interest in the cases of six children bitten by a dog on Wednesday , sent Iho following cable dispatch to Prof. Pasteur , the French scientist , Thurs day : "Six children bitten by dog sup posed to be mad. Dog prematurely killed. Will you take char e of children if bent to Paris. ' I have hea I and spinal column of the dotr. If you wish will forward. Answer. " Yesterday Dr.O'Gunmin received tlio fol lowing fiom Pasteur : "If you fear danger .scud children Immediately. " It will require one lliuiis.iiid dollars to scud Iho children to Paris. Onu bundled and titty dollars hare uhcudy bucu subscribed. , The Cunon Sails. Niw : York , Dec. 5. Canon Farrar sailed for Kngland this morning on the steamer 1'mbrla. ItUsnldon Ids arrival ho may ho olTered the oltdioprltt uf .Manchester iccontly n ado > .u jilt by thy death of his friend , the late bl : ' . . p. P1PI1TIVP 1M11P I\T IfP PlITP HGIITING HUE IN ICE lOAlS , Chicago'a Peaceful EabbMh Disturbed by Very Serioiu Burnings , WITH TEMPERATURE AT ZERO. Prairie Tlrca In Kansas-Oil Mill Destroyed Mississippi Packet Ilnrnctl Steve Komi dry in Two PI re tn en tludor the HnliiH. CmcAOo , Dec. 7. 1 a. in. Shortly after midnight thu largo live story foundry of Crlbben & Se.xloti was discovered to be on tire. Three alarms were sounded within a short lime , but before the engines reached the spot the building was n mass of llaiucs. The plant Is u valuable one , all the linn's patterns nro stored in Ihe building , and should it be destroyed the loss well bo great. 8 n. m. The lire Is htill burning fiercely but It Is believed to be under control. It Is thought , however , that the stock will bo al most a total loss. 2:40 : a. in. The walls of the structure fell out burying two lircmen , who e names could not be nsccttaliied. Strenuous efforts are be ing nude to get them out , but It Is feared that llfo Is extinct. A $ ! JOOOOO Illi o In Chloaio. CHICAGO , Doc. ( I. AS the temperatiuu approached preached zero this afternoon two alarms of tire were sounded In quick nuccossion , sum moning half a dozen engines and shivering lircmen to a blazing building near the corner of Van Huron and Franklin streets. The tlamcs hail gained such headway that the volumes of water soon brought to bear had aupnrently no elTer-t whatever. Oilier en gines and men canii ! to the aid of the itrst on hand , and while the uro continued to burn liuicclv , half a hundred liremun became. coated with Ice uoin head to foot. The street and sidewalk looked like a skating link , and adjoining buildings like icebergs. Hy the time the men were thoroughly chilled and exhausted the tire burned itself out and thu building and Its contents were a total loss. The burned block is Iho Sv'in building , 207 to 'Ji ; Franklin street. The property de stroyed Is roiu'hly estimated atSW.ow. ; Thu occupants of the gutted stores are : Morrison , Anderson & llaeharl , who carried a line of jute and paper bags valued at sjiW.OJJ. C ) . M. Henderson liMt$7.i,000 worth of boots , shoes ami raw material. Itollins , Shaw A Co. , dealers in worsted goods and handlers of dry goods on commission , carried a slock owned mostly by eastern houses , valued at * UM.OUJ. A late survey of thu premises snow nothing worth speaking of saved from either tlie biilldiiuor contents. The buildings were o.vn d by Conrad Seip and valued at 3WOM. The loss is covoicd by in.suiance. Rollins , Shaw fc Co. arc the heaviest losers. The in- aiirancc is 3131,000 , and distributed in amounts of s'i'i.OJU between forty-four eastern and southern companies , S-1,00) ) each with the Allcma.ua . , ol Pittsburg , and Greenwich , of New Vork , and S 1,0 JO on fixtures In the Girard ot Philadclpina. Tito ouilding is IU- PIII cd for about. & ! . ' > , O.X ) in the Connecticut and Commeicial Union companies. . Hen derson state ! his stock was insured lor 375,000 , but would not name the companies. Morrison , Anderson & Co. carried only S45.0JO insurance , which is placed chiefly In Ducat it Lyon's agency. Thu orium of tlio nre is a umtery. The Piirmclco's stable adjoining burned buildings created an excitement. Flame and smoke occasionally shot over thu stable , and Dually it was deemed necessary to take tlio horses out. They were turned into the street and nearly created a stamp-Md in llie.ir t'rklit. Several lireiiiea had narrow csca > ci owin to the co.u of ice which cover ed everything , and one was quito seriously injured by tilling from a ladder. Xot in several years bus a tire occasioned hitch com plete destruction in so short a time. I'rulrlc Fires TOPIHCA , Kan. , Dee. 0. A special from Uurton , Kansas , says during thu high wind Friday night a prairie lire broke out seven miles north of that place which swept over nn area of about thirty miles , destroying 1.000 stacks of bay and grain and numbers of sheep , ho.'s and cattle sheds. It Is not stated how far cast thu lire extended. Further ami moro deiinite leports of prairie tires In Silver Lake .ownship , tli'm co.inty , Friday , liriiu advices of ten add loss to prop erty , but the amount cannot bo estimated. On Kdwards' ranch r > .sjj tons of hay were burned. Johnson & Williams lost .WJ tons of hay besides fences , sheds and crops. Patrick MoXeery was entirely burned out losing ovurvthing but the clothing on Ills family. An Kdwaids county man was fatally burned and John Leejicr ami John Kerry are not ex pected to live. Thu lira Is suppose 1 to have originated on Pottuwatlamlu Indian r.sorve. It will hu seveial days before the full loss can bo given. Flnxqcod In Plumes , INDIANA i-oi.is. Dec. tl. Thu oil mills of I. P. Mills A ; Co. , located at the intersection of South Delaware street and the Union rail way tracks , were destroyed by tire to-day. The mills contained about 10J.OJO bushels of llaxseed , 'J , OJ3 of oil and a considerable quantity ol' oil cake. A still gale was blowIng - Ing from thu west causing the ilnt to burn with lierccncss , and fora time there was dan ger of the llames spreading to adjoining property In which uvent a great conll ignition would have followed. Hy hard work on thu part of the nrmen , several ot whom were slightly Injured , Hut limit's were eon.ined In thu building In which tlnsy originated. The [ of.s will closely approximate ijl.V.iOi > J. Itiirnod to the Water's CAIIIO , Dec. 0 , The Anchor Line steamer City of Uayou Sara , was burned to the water's cduo this morning at Now Madrid. The tire was discovered in the hold , and soon enveloped the entire boat. She had about twenty passengers , Including several ladles , who escaped satcly but lost everything. Thu boat hud about l.SOJ tons In her cargo. She was built at JelTersonvlllo for the Anchor Line , and made her lirst trip in June , 18al. Shu Is a total loss. . ' HU Men Go Down. KVAXSVILLK , Ind. , Dec. 0. A special to the. Journal states that Friday night's gale did considerable damage along the lower Ohio river. The Hat boat , J. W. Hllss No , 1 , with a cargo of U.IOO bushels of potatoes In bulk and .VX ) In barrels , was capsized by the waves at .Morris1 landing , live miles below Metropolis. Ill , T.en men were on thu boat , six going down , and three , besides the pilot , savlng themselves by jumping Into the river and swimming nshoie. The names of the men lost nro : Louis Nelson , Josiah Lindsay , Ueorge Heady , Joseph Farmer , William and George Craig , all of Galronda , HI. The boat was owned by J. W. Hllss , of that place , and was going to Nuw Orleans. The boat and cargo was a total Joss. Train Wrecked. GAI.VIHTO.N" , Dec. 5. A report from Ab- llone , Texas , nukes mention of an accident to the west-bound passenger train on the Texas Pacific road , nine miles east of Gor don. Twenty-six nassonuers are reported badly Injured. Owlnr to the latoncis of the hour ami thu storm it was impossible to ob tain further particulars. Weather for To-Day. Missouri Valley Increasing cloudiness , with light snows , slowly rising temperature , lower barometer , winds shifting to east and south , but occasionally variable. Til 1-3 MOR.nOM UPRISING. The Wnr Department Tr'ents the Mnt- tcr ns of No Impiirtnnce. WASIII.VUTOV , Dec. iK 'l'he ' war depart ment has recently received aiuh reports from Its olllclals in Utah ieiardin tlio very un settled condition otalfalri In that territory , growing out of the enforcam-nt of the laws against polygamy , as to cause some uneasi ness but no alarm. The recent shooting of a Mormon bv a United States in ir.slt tl created ngie.it de.il iu excitement a.iuag tlio Mjr- moils , and soiii. ' uppiv.i nsloii was felt nt Suit LaKe that there woilid bean uprising union , , ' tiiein. A battery of artillery was reocntlv ordered fioai Omaha to Fort Doiulos , winch is situated a few miles from Salt LUKO City. This movement , however , Was not particular ly on account ot any fear from a M ir.uon re- bt-dioii but had been in conicup.atiou for Mime time. Too force now at St. Douglass coii.ii"ts of a lull regiment of Infantry an i a battcrv of artillery , und Is under command of Gen. McCook. In the event of trouhlo In Utah all the troops in the department of thu i'lallu eo.i- . slsttngof aitoiitlojJ ; nun. eo.ild hi concon- tratcd at Ft. Douglass In a very few hours. No serious trouble however is apprehended by the in my otllclals. Salt IjnUo In Excitement. SALT L vuu , Utah , Dc-c. < l. [ Special to the Hr.K.J The Inllamed condition of public mind hero is can-ing s-erions apprehension , and the movement of military is designed to check In advance any oulbioak , nml secure beyond possibility the preservation of llfo and property. SALT LAKH. Dee. G. [ Aisociated Press. ] The city win full 01 rumor.s yesterday tib.mt Mormon seeiet meetings nml the storage of aruK and on the otm'r hand this movement of United Stales troops. It l.s pretty well set tled that a coiii.Kiny of soldiers from Foil Douglas will picket Lie city to guard against disorder and protect life and property. A battery of attlllcry from Nebraska Is said to he on the way here. Crowds of Mormon men In the Temple blo-k this afternoon caused the starting of some wild ruuvirs , but ills now thotuht that there Is no sUnidcanc ! at tached to It. Tue nrlng of salutes In memory of Vice President Hendrlcks at Fort Doug las set the city on edge until the cause was understood. _ A Sensation ut Cheyenne. Ciir.vi\.vi : : , Wyo. , Dec. 0. [ Special to Iho IJni : . ] No little sensation was created here yesterday by rumor * that the military forces stationed In this vicinity had been ordered to be In readiness to move at a moment's notice. The Union Paclilo officials were ordered to prepare transportation for the troop.s , and at So'eiock In tlie evening preparations weiu complete to start 1.000 soldiers trom Sidney westward at very short ninlc.e. A telegraui was received hy the commanding officer at Forl D. A. Uussell trom thd headquarters of Iho department of the ,1'latto oidenn , ' six companies of the Ninth'Infantry , which is stationed there , to immediately prepare for marching orders. Situation Yesterday ht Bnlt I/ake. SALT LA.KI : , Utah , Die.1 0. All Is quiet hero and no probability of trouble. Pro. cautions fol' the prcserva'tlon of life and property Is ample , Tho-'action of Governor Murray and General MeOook , reporting a threatening situation hero and gettin' authority to station troops in tlio city , and the ordering of relntoreeinonts here , have removed all apprehensions1 tor the present. Mo.Murr.iy , supposed to Have been fatally shot by Deputy Marshal Collins , is recover ing. * Under nrurohln'ff "Orders. CiJBVK.v.XE , Wyo.Joc.b , Katterlcs Band C , Fifth United Stales1-artillery , passed through here this afteriioon en route to Salt La'-oClty. The troops at Fort HasaoH , Sid ney , Steele and Washaklo are under marchIng - Ing orders to tic. ready to muveat a moment's notice. Many rumors arc alloat ro-jnrdin-j ; the uprising of Mormons , but at SM : ! p. m. your eorrospondent has inforuntlon that everything Is quiet in and around Salt Lake City. Troops Ordered in Readiness. FOHT Honi.vso.v , Neb.'Dec. 0. [ Special to the UKH. ] The troops stationed hero re ceived orders to be in readiness fur a hurried move toward the Mormon country yesterday. No explanations were given as to the cause , and no information could bo obtained trom the officers. Tlie movement occasioned con siderable speculation amen , ' the people in this vicinity , and developments are awaited with much Interest. Troops on the Road. FOHT STIILH : : , AVyp. , Dec. 0. Troops passed hero at 7i5 : : to-night , destination un known. AN ARMY OP NIPPERS. A Ilnrfo Wire Fence Ten HI lies LOIIJ ? Cut in 10very 1'uncl. ItosExnuiin , Tex. , Dec. 0. [ Special to the BKI : . ] Fence cutters have begun operating In this section of the state on n Urge scale. Last night a barbed wire fence surrounding the immeiis > pasture belonging to ICountyo Urothers , the New Vork , Omaha and Denver bankers , and A. II. Pierce , the cattle king of Wharton county , weio cut Into thousands of pieces. When II is known this fence was ten miles long and was cut In every panel it will be seen a sm ill army of men wielded the nippers. Somu panels are nipped at both cuds. The fence Is completely mined. This fence was the northern boundary line ot a pasture conl lining Siu.M ) acres of iaud , upon which were ir > , OJO head of young cattle , many of whicn were not branded , and will thus prove n total loss when they get out and mix with other herds. The cattle are owned by ICoiintwi Hrothers , who also own an interest in the land. The big pasture contains a line stream of llviiu water , and that Is why the feiu-o cutters opened a way for thclreattle , 1 ho ranchmen In the vicinity are g o illy excited over tin ) mutter. Woodshed will certainly follow if the perpetrators are appiehenued. An Imbcuilu'ti Dreadful Crimes. KA.VHAH CITY , Dec n. The Journal's Jeff erson City ( .Mo. ) special says : Mea'ro par ticulars have been rceclvcil hero of a triple tragedy that occurie.i at Lljin Creek , In Camden - den county. Dr. Lyons , rc-sidln , ' oa a farm near that [ dace , has for. Kaveral years past , purely as a matter of churity , cared for an im becile named William * , who has hitherto been considered harmless- * Yesterday , with out a word of warning , thaldiot snatched tin an nxu and struck Dr. I.VIMIM on the head , cleaving his scull and killing him instantly. Ho then attacked the dMor's 11carold daughter and killed her nlo. A young son of thu doctor , hearing of * the disturbance , came upon thu scene at this Juncture and proctirin ; a rltlo shot the idiot , dead. Suit AKUliiHt Grant's Holrs. CilirAiio , Dec. 0 , Harvey S. Hutcheldcr , of Now Yoik city , tiled an attachment suit In the county couit yesterday against thu heirs of Gen. U. S. Grant und the lirm of Giant .t Ward for S' .OOO on n'ny property thu defend ants inav have In Cook county. U Is not known that Gen. Grunt left any propeity sit uated in this county to the value ol thu amount named , It any at all. Another Cruiser Launched. CIIUNTKR , Pa. , Dee , K The government cruiser , Chicago , was launched at 11:80 : fiom the yards of John Koach &Sou , now operated by the naval contractor. U. W. Steel , acting for the bua'an of construction , and Chief Kiuineer Dungan for ( In ) bureau of btcain engineering , Thu IJIU/.urd Up North. ST. PAUL , Dec. s. Ve-steiilny'iJ gale subsided - sided diirliu' tin nl ht an I this moriiln ; It was clear , calm and cold. Thermometer at zero at u this Jiioinlii.j. TilE WEEK ON WALL STREET , Commercial Oirolos Imbued with a Peeling of OonF.thnce. THE WEST SHORE INJUNCTION. Jay Gould's Retirement Questioned I-jfTcct or tin : Now llules on Union I'uolllo The Ccntral-AVcst Shore Deal. Woolily Review of the Stook Market. Niw : \ OIIK , Dec. 0. [ Special to Ihu HIK. : ] The close of the week leaves a moro en couraging feeling In general trade circles. While business devvlo.ted no paitlctilarly new features , and indeed have been mod erate In volume , the week Is icg.uded as sat isfactory , and gives rho to Increased chucr- fulness rc .trdln. ; the outlook after January 1. Mild weather has rctmlcd tlu develop- meiitoC winter trade , and ret tilers are nut buying as freely as uit-unm try. Neverthe less , tiio movement ot the week Is taken us a sign of coilddeneelntlie future. In all the Important adjuncts to general business there also .seems to be anticlp.itluns of an increased trade baud on the future entirely. Commer cial paper was abnormally scarce some mo u til 3 ago. 11 lias now entirely dlsap" pearcd. The largest dealers In merchants' notosln New York are tui.ible to lind any notes , lnusuis.ni of re.nona'jlo activity tlio trouble Is usually the other way , being that of n selection from an immense amount of pan tr off . 'red. Just at present , however , cap ital lies-Idle and nn notes of any dcscilptlon are nbluinab.c. At tlio samu time both ha.iks and dealers accept thu view of the meican- tilecommunitle.s , and await the new .year's comliu in the belief that conditions will bo reversed. 1 n stook exchange circles the whole week has been spent In walling for correct tips In the West Snore injunction case , it looked as if Ioud in had It , Saturday , for the market theie in Americans was very strong and gave considerable Impetus to the Now Vork mar ket lu which the general public wore not in formed of the compromise of thu matter and the withdrawal of the suit until about noon. The Vundeibilt Interest have again scored their point and everything looks like a bull market next week. That l.s about all tliut can be said so thoroughly does the conditions of speculation seem to hu In the bauds of a limited nninbbi1 of bull operators , wuo , acting in pcifoct aecoul , are apparently able to do what they please with prices. The past week was not their time to do anything. In fuel tin ; more the mnrkct hail the appearance of having tlie bottom knocked out , without at tlio same time really going to pieces , the bet ter it suited Ihc.r pnipo-w. It rather fell In with their design to depress prices and make trading an action as a m % an.s of showing tliut untold disaster would to.low the upholding of the injunction prohibiting the pin chase uf the West Shore bv the Ne.v Yon ; Central. Of the suit Itself there can be. . no doubt it was an invention of some ono nut far from the stock market , and it would be interesting to know how it was squared and with whom. Wail street is unkind enough to he very chary In taking .stock In Jav Gould's In tended retheiiient fiom the stree. It bus long been an axiom In the street that when Mr. Gould is quietest lie Is doing the most , Consemienlly , if Gould docs leave his laith- fill henchman , Wash Connor , and move nis oftleo few blocks up Broadway to the West ern Union building , ttiid pretend to bo busy working on the all'air * of ihegiealand glor ious and proiitabie Wabash. and nil his oilier railroads. Wall sheet will look. , out for him all the same. It knows If It docs not do so , tiomcduy It will lind itself RUtferlntr from an excruciating twist administered by the afore said Jay. Tlie Huston crowd In Union Pacific made one of their characlemtie. moves during the we < ; k. Gen. Johnston , United States com missioner of railroads , in his report lays down new rules regarding Hie leports which subsidized roads must make in tlio fu ture. One of the. troubles of the cas-o has always been that the roads and Iho Union Paeiiic have always effected their various vinlattonsol law before the gov ernment olllelals knew anything about it. The new rules propose to stop this and oblige the roads to report not only what they Imvo aJonu promptly , but also it-port beforehand what qncs1ions.arc.to be acted upon at every corporate or directors' meeting. So the cry has already 150110 up that this will unneces sarily be narrassing to tlio Union Pacific and will bo tioublusomu and expensive. The price of tlie stock has been put down. Con gress will bo iloub less treated to the old chestnut thai innocent investors In the stock have been forced to abandon their holdings owing to the arbitrary action of tlio commis sioner. The W st Shore Sulo. XFAV Yoni : , Dec. 0. [ Special to the Rr.K.l Speakingoi the sale of tlio West Shore road to the New York Central , President Depow said Saturday night : "The plaintiffs In the suit against tlie New York Central railroad company gave me a stlpnlalinn last evening discontinuing tlio suit without costs touither party. To-day the purchasers of the West Shore property at foreclosure sale , .Messrs. J. Pierrepont Morgan. C. M. Depew and Ashhel Green , paid to tlio referee who sold thu property , Jud.o [ Cassldy , of Newburg. the purchase money , 2iO.KOTO. ) and received from him a deed of the New Vork tYest Shore & Huffalo railway proneity. Tlieieupon a new company was organr/.ed. known as Iho West Shore railroad company , to which Messrs. Morgan , Depew and Green trans- fen ed the properly they had purchased. Tlio new company was eaultali/ed at 10,000,0M ( stock and jn,0-M.)3J ( ) bonus. It executed n lea-.e to Iho Now Vork Central railroad com- ii iaiiv f > rH - " " years , and traiistened to the. Vow Voile C nlial the whole of Its capital lock and New Voile Central guniuntccd bonds , wnlch the new West Shore company delivered to Messrs. Dre.sel , Morgan t Co , ; is age.nls and trustees of tint bondholders and creditors , MI I they have hivn do'lvered ' to the proper parties tor distribution. Tint ro- t'clvers have surrendered the West Shore to tlio N'ew Vork Cen nl company , and eiders to that effect will pie > > ah.v be issued to-mdit. Thourtit a.-tof Iho New York Central will bo to pay tint officers mid employes of the West Shore ( some 5.0 In muuor ) who are In ar- icars for salaries anil wuies for about three month * and a pay car for ihnt purpose will start us bOJii as the inv lolls are received from the receivers. This will probably bo next Tuesday morning. " THIS y.URO POINT. The Garden City Nnn"ern Serious Dnm- u o I'rom Iho Klorm. CIIICAOO , Dec. ii , At 8 o'clock this morn ing the temperature In the central part of the city stood at zero. Tlio night Is clear and a stilf breo/e from the north is promising con siderably moro thun zero before morning. Hepoits from outside the city Indicate stcadiiy Increasing cold. The bll//urd came to an end ycatorduy morning , and train men report thai the snow that lell between lieio and Pierre , Dak. , was insulllcient to impede travel , though all thai did fall was blown Into The'damage done hcio hy the storm of Frit day night is much greater than was at ilrst siippo.-icit. The lake ban seldom been rougher. Along sboie. sklitlng Lincoln park , the tem porary breakwater was totally demolished and tfio waxes madudpep Inroads , completing the destruction ot the lake MIOIOdrive which was beiMin In the storm of last spiing. For moro than a mlle the entire width of thu diive , with pavement and coping. Is washed out and In Its place U a tangled wieekago of tan bail ; und other rubbish. 1' amounts to thousands of dolhus. An Outlawed Dr.rm.nr , Dec. 5. Ulstiop Hort'os < promul gate l a decree of Interdiction against St. Al bert's Polish Catholic church on account of the scandalous conduct of tlio congregation In disturbing the service * and nearly inecip- luting bloodshed , The parl h U outlawed. No iimoM-'s vta be fM lu the churcU. rouinu.v N t\vs. The Scrvlnii-Hiitgnrlau Coiilllot Tar I'rom ItolntrSctlletl. LONDON , Dee. 0. ( Spocl.il to the llit.l : Almost complete otucurlty envelope * the Servlan-UuU'.ulan ipicsllon. Tito l.itoHtJlo- grains s.\y th.xtScrvla Is oxpeited to rofu < o the HuUail.tn condltloits , In Ruling con tinued occututlon of 1'irol , an I ih it \'t-trli * ; will come to the rescue of Serviannd Uus < lii ho fon-ed to support Uitlgtria. Tlioovln'mo gravity of such a result in ikes : v co uproini.su linduble , although the conlerimco at COD- stantlnoplo has ab.tndonnl In dn piir ( ho attempt to settle the dispute. llr.i.nitADi : , Dee. rt. It is tepnrUsI that Itulu'un.i has proio | < rd new teims Inr tie e tablMiment ot peaee , the nrltielpal condi tion iK'liii : that a Seivo-HulKiirian alliance auatnst Turkev be formed. NIS I ( Dee. 0. The terms of peace offered by the Itulgarl.in government have lieen re jected. It Is expected that war will bo ie- newed on Monday. LONDON , P-e. " . ThoStandurd basaills- pnlchiroiii Vienna stating that llerr Yon Tisrn. IluuL'arlan premier , ( 'ount Knlnoeky , Imperial | r me mlnliter , and other liigh oDIelals had a confeienco there today , and that Co nt Kliexenhullcr , Aiistiian mlnlsler to Servia. liasslnitcd for Nisch , bearing an uiA'ut watnlng to Ihu Servian nov Tiii.ient that re-iumjition of hostilities with llukurhv will biluadani.'erswliicli e\en Aiislila'sgood will rniinot prevent. The disp.Ueh also sa\s that Prince Ahvcandcrluw been notl.ied that Austria will Intervene if Nlsch U e.iptuied by the IJulgarlaus. The ( title nt Colon. PANAMA , via Gatvoston , Dec f > . The gain at Colon yesterday was very heavy and caused serious damage. Fourteen sailing vessels were driven ashore. The railway Is under water and there will be no trains until laio to-day or to-morrow. All steamers have put out to sea. i _ Martial fjt\v : in Sorvln. VIKXNA , Dae. fi. Tlio Ne.it l-Vcio Prcsso publishes a ilLspateh from liclurudo statlni ; tint at thu mlnlslerlal council It was decided to proclaim maitlal law throughout Servla. The Gro.ylioutitl or the Sci. LONDON , Dee. n. The steamer Orenon , from Now York for Liverpool , lias arrived at ( Jiiot'iisiowu. Tito lime of the p.issage was six days , cloven hours and ten minuted. THi : 1AM > GRAHIt KS. Arrest of Three Sltieo Detivoritos Con- nootod with Ncbruskn I < 'i'atils. Dr.Nvint , Dee. U. [ Special to the Hr.t : . ] It was reported here on Krlday that William J. Wilson , a wealthy cattle and land owner had been indicted by the United States grand jury at Omali.x in connection with the recent ly discovered land frauds in western Nebras ka. Jt Is underst > od here that Wilson has gone to Omaha to give bonds. Two moro of the p.titles Indli-ieil at Omaha for these hind fr.tuus have been arrested in Denver , und they have been taken to Om.ilia. Ono ot them is K. H. Swindler , a land surveyor , of the ilrm of Swindler & Wells. Aloiuo M. Wells , thuotuer iiiemberof this linn , is under indictment , lie gas'o S'l.OiK ) munis at Omaha. Imuished hy the Omaha National bank , lie has H-tmii.'d to Denver. The oilier man arrested at the slime time with Swindler was a cowboy named Sylvester Ynndt. who has been In the employ of Howard Urothers , cattle men. It l.s intimated here Hint there are several prominent men connected with tills land fraud business , and that their arrest will soon follow. Illegal Fen co Ilallitoc Arrastoil. CIIBVENNK , Wyo.DdaG. . [ Special to tlio liii : : . ] What will prove to bo a notable case was commenced I'Vid.iy . before United States Commissioner Fisher. United States Mar shal Cuirane.sled C. F. Fisher , a cattleman , I'm-maintaining fences on Ihu public domain about eighty miles from Cheyenne , lie inter posed a demurrer to the complaint , which will bo argued to-morrow. United States At torney Campbell piosecutlng. Fisher was released on his own recognizance. Tlio eao will prove Inlerestinir , as being tlio first ar rest for a violation of tlio public land laws in Wyoming. Having n Salutary ICrfect. Four COLLINS. Colo. , Dec , 0. ( Special to the HKU. ] The recent arrest of live men In Denver and their subsequent transfer to Oimiha under indictment hy the United States grand jury fou.co.n.nectlpn with exten sive government land frauds In wcstrrn No- Imtika , Is bavins a salutary effect in Col orado. There has been a special agent of Iho land ofliee In this city and viclnity'for several days making investigations of ulleued land trauds in acquiring of government lands. There is considerable speculation as to who the Investigation will affect. THU C1YIL IONG1.M313KS. A SiicucHuful Convention and Xio s of CI.UVUI.ANI > , Dee. 0. The civil engineers' conference , which was in .session here , closed yesterday , and the majority of the delegates fit for homo on the afternoon train. The delegates were much elated at the success of theconventlon and iimonnt of work accom plished. It was decided tocieato a national committee that woidd bo known as the "civil engineers' committee on public works. " Delegates to the convention will servo on the committee until they are replaced by iiu-mliers elected from tile societies. The following was adopted : The loiemost nations of the old world have organl/.ed .systems of internal Improve ments. Thu United Stnte.s at picsont has no Kiich system. The marvellous development of this great country demands t > nme adequate organization of sncli a system. In the loriua- tlon of such an organl/.iitlon advantage sho'dd ' be iiilcen of the bust features of the KyMems of other nations. Tim main reason for success of such works In foreign eonuti les Is duo to the fact that tlrny are conducted under thn civil administration , nlthoiiih the governnnn'M the nsclves In other respects are nuuu essentially military than our own , Under picient methods of government wo cannot possibly secure such trained si,111. The reason is that no emoluments or reputa tion rommonMirato with the service mulcted , or equal to what erin be obtained on civic woikn , are at lain able on the public works of ourgovcrnmont. These facts deter mini of oxpoiicnce from entering th service of the government , and also thost wh > have trained cxpciioiifo therein from lemainlng In its em ploy. Ui'cogni/ing that n cn.nprolicnslvo . system of public works Is necessary , wo ru- spiiftfully suggest that congress establish a Imieau of public works. The b isis of this or ganization Is to In m.ido . n .subject of study ami a report hy the board appointed by tlio president of the United States. TKLKGHAIMI NOTKS. Know lell to a depth of nix Inches through out Ontario Saturday , It Is repotted that Spurgcon , the mcaehcr , Is HitlTerliu fiom heait disease , and ft , perma nently biokcn in lie illh. Tim pre.sldent Saturday'appolntcd Tlnudhy I * . Murphy to ho United Stales attorney for the northern district of Iowa. Tlio president Saturday appointed the fol- fnwhiK po tmast r : At Peiry. Iowa , D , C. West vice P. C. Ittide , resigned. Slo son .Saturday night won for the second time In Iho billiard series , Thogamuwas Ixitwccn Slosson and .Shaufcr. Score , ( XX ) to 4"- 'Vho main building of the Northeastern Clir-inie.il company'H works , In Milwaukee , burned .Saturday night. Loss , vJt.ojo ; in- Kurunce , Sl.Knl. Cliaile-s 1) ) , Wright , author of "Kernel Gutiippah" and oilier widely n-nd newspaper sliittehe.s , and well kiiown In Chicago and St. Lotii : ) as u Journalist nf nhlllly , died at limit- vllle , 111. , Saturday , It is aintounecd that If P.inicll slioiiid ilnd himself unable to attend tbeeomliu Chlca i * convention lie will send a deimt itioi ) to iei- | icM-nt him , consNtliu proh.itilv orM - , > . llealeyi Sexton , and 1'humus Piiwcr O C > ui- uor. HE WHO VOTES MAY VANQUISH A Panpunsa tb.it Can ba Ajty ! Applied to the Eoraaiuiog Oovtuty Oontoiits. THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION Tlio Known Result So Kronly Hid' tluit the Blny-at-llomo 1-jlcotor May Succeed lit Turning tlip Scale. Tlio Common * oftho People. I.OXDU.V , Nov. 0.- ( Special to the llr.K.J Liberal .successes In the Kngltsh counties have fur outrun liberal calculation. A BUIill num ber ( if elections nio still to ho hold. Tlio Par- nrllltcs and loiles completely moinpoll/.o : Ireland. Actual returns fioiu tlio wliolo kingdom nearly balance , lint with llvo-slxllis of tlio house already chosen It Is ( .till uncer tain whether tint lib -rals will have a majority ovurboth parties. Whether It Is n few morn or loss nutters little. A liberal plurality over the torics , If obtained , of 10J would bo lob slight to do morn tit in expel tlio lories from oillec , Tlio HIirr.ilH on succeeding wonUl lind themselves Incapable of carrying on lh government unless by the help of IMrnellitfl iilllanee , which they denounce the torics for accepting. Tlio ehaiu'us mo Mill against any liberal inlnoilty whatever , and against nny working minority of the nml PnrnellilcK. The probable not result , tlii'rcrorc. of the election Is a .short , stormy parliament , epecdy dissolution and another general election next year. The llhcniK nevertheless , are mnc.li de lighted hy the contrast which the counties oiler to the boroughs. Liberal county vic tories tluomthout Knulnnd and Scotland uro most strlkine , the chief exceptions being the home countfes and Lancashire. Gladstone , who passed fmm extreme dejection lii"t week to extromi1 elation this. Issued a fresh election eering address Thursday , which sotuo ot Ills friends reiMtd as singularly wanting In dig- nlty and prudence. Ho utlompls to belittle the Higmiieiinco oi'Dtliu tory gains in the hornuihs , nnil intimates that , they \vero thn work of landlords , ehniuhmen , nobles and Parnellltcs. whereas in the counties yon hear the Irno voice of the Knglish i > oople. Tlio ox- elloment ot the contest peihiips excus. a thin perversion , llo warn * I.oid Salisbury h must expert no help 1'ioin the moderatn lib erals and proclaims that henceforward , as heretofore , It is collectIve llbernll.sm the gnu- cral M-nsoof tlu > liberal ! ! which will pnldo the councils of the parly. Gladstone had his answer the same day from Chumbcilain. The rudlcal lender , like his nominal chief , Imd pn&scd tlnouc.li cold and hot lit * . Chambeilain was disposed , a week ago , to recognize the fact of his own responsibility for the liberal disaster In thn II boroughs , lint now totally ielects it , null bnldlv aet'iises Gladstone himself of compell ing the parly to enter mmn the content at n meat dlsidvaiitaee. lie phiinly Intimates ho will .submit to nod elation In the future , llu .singles out dlsestaollshmuut as a question for the very next election. Moreover. Cham berlain , like .Sir Chailes Dllke , turns thu other cheek to I'arnell nml expresses the hope that the Irish voters will again support the liberal iiaity. Hoth parties admit Pamol | 'lias phiyeil his game with courage , skill and aecur.iie foresight , and Is likely to lind him self , when the election Is over , exactly whew lie meant to be , holding practically if not numerically tlio balance of ppyyer beUvoen the 'ICngllsh ' pnrllus. Few torn-it really export the present ministry will survive'tlio'llr l- sessions of the next parliament ! . The rapid nml complete success of the JJur- mosu expedition has attracted ) singularly" , little attention amid tlio excitement of the elections. Thccb.iw'N surrender , the totil collapse of the opposition , and the indiffer ence of the Knrme.se neople , make ammxil- tlon or a. protectorate fnovltiible. Lord lnf.- lerin will put mutters into liua.1 ( leulslvi ) hliape loiift before thu radicals Imvu a chance to interfeie. _ Tlin I'nrllniiionlHi-y Election. LONDON' , Dee. 5. In the AntrlmeaHt divis ion , Oapt. James II. .Mct'almont , conserva tive , has been elected over \V. \ Dalvay , llbcial , Ketnrns received up to . ' ! o'clock thta after noon show that the liberals still have a nm- joilty over the to lo.s and nationals thus far elected. The Inures hhowed ! r liberal * ) , 242 conservatives , ana Qi nationalists. Lo.vno.v , Uec. 5. The political Hltuatlon to-iiltlit ; Is ono of perplexity to ull parties. The liberals close the week with a tin with the lories and 1'arnellite.i combined ? There are , however , enough co'mtltucneleriyet to vet ' (6- ( make the whole iitbuo one of uncertainty. Tne liberals It.ivoctcotcd MI : candidalCH , the ciii'iU'Viitl\ - , ' ) ; ) mid tliel'irnellilcti70 , while ( ilad.itono lias tnei-efie. sinenty nntjoiity over the lories , they a , d the liomu-mlerH do him. LONDON , Dee , fl. The latest returns t-how JiliJ llbur.i ! * . : i-ti : tories aad 70 1'arnellltA's elected. Seventy coiistltueiicle.s are yet nn- polled. Of these twenty-two aio KiiKlIch , one \\felch \ , four Scotch and seventeen Irish. A careful ( isllmalo of the tnob.tblp result in the nnpolled districts by the news associa tions show the house nf commons iilmoet ceilainlv to bocomiio ed ofCU : lloeralt ; , 05 eonservlitlves and M I'arnellites. LONDON , Dee. 5 , In Antrim , east division , Capt. James II. McCaliiibnt , conservative , has been elected over U' . It. Halvay , liberal. James Stephens , ox-hmd center of tbf ) I'eiiinn brotherhood , has issueil a manifesto to Hit ; Ii IMi iieoplo concurring to the ViOWfl of I'.irnell that the leslor.ttion of the Irish nar- llaiuent Is the minimum of tlio demand of tlio liish party. Itetiirn.s reeolved ii | > to three this afternoon fihow luo lib. r its havi ! a H.i .it iii.ijonty over the toriesand nationalists thus tar elected. Tim inur'js showed -W liberals , 'J4J cojiserva- lives ami Oi nationalists , Collliloil In tlio Oanyuii. DIINVHK , JJ 'i : . il , Uut'aiio'o Hicclril | to tlie Itepuhllcan : Uoviiral men conilni ; down Amar o ( an > on on the Denver & Hlo ( Jnuido railroad this afternoon with a push car , ou tuinlutCii "harp eni'vo collided \Ulli u Irelb'ht toiii4 ; up , liiit.nuly Killing ' . liunlne , load loiem.tn on the car , and t > criouily : wonndlii ) ; two outers who wlil die. .Mr. Hays , con tractor of the Coloiudn Mate capitol build- in , ; , was ono of tuu numiior who uscapud tin- I iijuted. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Catarrh Cured Cntauli la a very prevalent disease , i\ltli nx and ulTcnslvo tymptonis , llooil'a gives icaily relief ntut opccdy rurc , ( mm tha fact It acts Ihrnuch the blood , and thus rt-nchcs every part ul the system. " I HUffcrcd with catarrh fifteen years. Took Hood's Hai5ii.irlliand : ) ) : I am nut tiouMt'i ) any with catarrh , and my general health l.s imiclt belter. " I. W , I.H.I.IH , 1'ostal Clerk Cblcui > g & 81.1.ouls ItallrouO , "J BuncrcdwillicatariJir.orH year ? } trleil intny : wonilc'-ful cures , lnliii.'rs : ! , etc. , spcnrt. liiKueiuly out limnred'lullaiH ) without l > Liclit. ) I tried Hood's Hurfnuillli | : , nml was greatly improved , " M. A. AUIJKVViircitster , Mass , llooil'n Snrsipnillla Is cliiirnrtcrlzoi ] by tliri'n I'l.'cullarillos : ] rt , thu romblaatlvn ot reiiu'c ! ! : , ) ngcnts ; tit , tlio ) > rniortlont ) 3'lllie frocfts uf ficcurhi ) ; Ihu active incillflnal ipiulltlcs. The result In u mcdlcinu of uminua ) Btreiii'th , effecting cures Uilicrto unknown. BPIH ! for bouh roiitaliihis ailOltlonul evhlcnco. " llond's BirMrarllla tnnex up my pyitleni. piuu'n-.t n > y ISiii/u , tli.iri ciisiuv nt'i eliie , mid M'IMIS to n 'Ito inn I'ver. ' " .1,11. TiJOMl'M/Jf / , .Ivi' lotcr uf Dct'lla , J.ukVL-11 , MjaS. ' ( { mil's K > rKi | > ; irllli hcit ; ! ! ollirrj , a 4 | - lV.ln'u'l | ( l tl'lflll. 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