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IWTJDJBNTH Yr3AKi OMAHA , MONDAY MORNENG. FEBRUARY 15. 1886. NUMBER 204.
irtt'iv/1 Tin' I'T \ / * /iti 'I'nn/'i'
\\A\IMi \ \ \ I lib I'LAd ' 01' ' IRUtli
Tl.o IVokiiiK HOIIM Willing lo Kloa nnd
Mnk Ui | Wltli the "fllottora , "
THE DOOTOfl PHOPOOES PEACE ,
Iliinirt I'l'iivMoitH or Moi-rlfton' * Turin *
Hill O'N'olll U'nnlM KI lit lilwn Din
Nlolirimt KurronM or
Tlio Pni'Ulnit Iliiiinn Heokn Ponon.
\ VMiixiiiii.V , Feb. 1 1. JHjicclnl Tele-
KMIII . Hl thought qtillo probab'lo that Dr.
Mll'-MUid.l. HIcrlliiK Million , rlvnl demo-
iinlli1 li-ndi'ti In NchriiAkn , limy makeup.
Niitmdnv Hf , Miller " 'Ml n mown-sur to
( in cnmr Motion loKi'lbcfoitililm his propo
sition for Inn imniy. The pie-ddi'iit hasKlven
bolh of tin-in dUllm-lly to know iiiili'wt lhelr
fiirtiiiiinl itmiii'l | IH palehi ! < l ii | > Hm party In
Nebraska IIIIH Illlli ) to expect from lilin.
M llerolTeied to Mot Ion us Hn < conditions on
which he would ninku iii | with lihn llmt Ills
rniullilnlii for rolleelor id' Internal revenue ,
Indue ( "mwfntil of West I'olnl , he appointed ,
nnil Hint Mcoritu ! ' . I'rIMielt of Oiniilm
! M > inn In dlstilet attorney. The United
Wnlut iiiiiifdmlfchlp , lie wild , should bo loft
nndlfdiiihcd until ullcr HID tcconclllnllon.
lie nuked for Iliui1. The allusion to leaving
lliitiiinriilinlKlili | untimihed ; doubtless incium
Ilinl Mr. nicilwwer , wlm. o term does not ex-
Iilin until IHM" " , i In stay In , as liu Is the Son-
Id Inw of Mayor Itoyd , ODD of Miller's .sworn
frlrniln. Mnilnn'Hchlaf nltn fdneo Hmquaucl
between hlniM'ir mid Miller beuun iiasbeen
to defeat lliulultcr'H candidates for federal
ilif" ! < , nnd ho IIIIH Hum fur been successful.
MOIIIIIflO.S'.S T.VIIII'IHIM. . .
Mr. Mori lmni has decided to Introduce ) his
Inrliriilll In thiilionmi In thu umiul manner ,
nnd It It likely ho will present It to-morrow
undrr the cull of slates. It h of special
Inferest lo Ohio mid other wool grower ! * .
Tlio hill IK tmiio comprehensive thnu has
IK-CII Kimcrnlly supposed , nnd poihaps In-
elude * iiioio tlnuf was originally Intundcd.
At tin1 niitcol Ilium was : i disposition not to
clmtiK'lhu ( rain on textiles , bntthoieductlon.i
made on n-ilnln classes ol' wool Iiniiullcd n
ei > rrcnpnndliiK ehaiiKi' In woolen innmifnc-
turt'M. Thus , n liorl/.onlnl rut of about " 0 per
( .nit on existing rut CM tins been made on
ImlmoralK , hlankclH unit thu upper grades of
Mmlen thesei | > uds In the piece. Tills cut Is
Hindi' lo omnill/.u u reduction In clothing nnd
coiuhliiK wools. A cnt of 120 per cent Is iilso
in tdi ) In thu higher K > 'ndc.s of cotton piece
Kooilx , the inesc-nt rnle.son which vary from
V ! ' , to ( I cuiit.s in-r suiuiH ! yard. Tim duty on
n 'el nillt Is lednci'd from SIT to S12 per ton.
A lediiclliin IH iitso nuidu in thu rates on bar
Iron , which now varied from S-10 of l cent to
1 tent per pound.
Mr. Morrison hnfl Informed . ( iidRO Kelly
nnd .Mr. MeKlnley , wlioiuu munibers of thu
wnyx nnd menus committee , that hi.s hill
uonld bo very moderntu In Its reductions ,
nnd nsktd Kelly if hu would not assist to pass
Riieh n bill. "I don't care , " said thu old de-
ft-ndi-r of protection , "wlmt the character of
your bill Is , 1 will oppose it. No bill yon
imikii can bo u Rood mensuie. Tim present
Inw In Kood enough , nnd the business Inter-
L'sln nrit tired of this eternal ngilatloi ; of thu
tarilf. lle ! iid mo us dead against your bill. ' '
This wiw Indorsed by JlcKlnloy , who nald :
" 1 nlways follow my old leader. "
I'KSaiONH KOIl KVintVDODV.
It Is now proposed to create a retired list
for drunrtmimtnl employes here. An old
employe of n department Informs the Jii ! :
corieHpondent that the biibjeet Ims been dis-
iMmsod IIIIIOIIK prominent niembcrs of cou-
KICHH , nnd that It nppeared to bu well re-
eeived. it IH not : tt nil likely , however , that
Mich u fichemu lint * the gho.st of n chance of
leeulvlng thu necessary endorsement by eon-
IIIC.MH , its It would eventually bu n great
ttoun-uof uxpciiRi * .
O'.NT.II. i-irmioxs i-on A nmnnii.
llepresentatlvu Weaver present ed In the
IIOUMI to-day ii petition from thu clt
l/.enst of Jlolt county , Neb. , asking fornn np-
jimprlatlon of elKht thousand dollars for tlio
purpose of Imlldliih' a bridge neross the Nlo-
binni river , nnd otherwl u OL'IIIIK ) | u mail
nnd Initiatory route between O'Neill City
nnd Kurt Itandall. The petitioners say Hint
the bottom of this river Is composed of ijulck-
Miiid , HO Hint fording it Is very dangerous
nnd almost Impracticable , nnd that this Is the
only exl Un Impediment between the two
I.AXII rwANTSTo in : roiiFKiTit > .
Thu chnlrman of tlio house commit
tee on public. Inuds H.iys that his committee
will recommend thu forfeiture of more than
1IX,0XXO ) ( ) ( neres of public lands that have
been uranted In nld of thu construction of
mtlroad * , ami expects Hint thu house will
con I ! mi Iliu Indiniicntof thn committee.
I'IIISOXAI : , AND
.Senator Allison returned to-nl ht
Xew Yoik , whither ho went1 on Thursday
nlKlit last with the Kiib-eonunlttee on under
valuation , composed of nicmbtTs of thu sen
ate committee on appropriations , of widen he
Is chairman.
Clark II. Colby , of Ilcntrlcn , is here ,
Sei-iclary Mnnnlni ; rcpoits thu expense of
draping thu public ; buildings hero , on no-
count of the death of ( ienernl Grant , to have
been W.-II' ' , while that of .Mr. Humlrlcks1
was § 5,175.
FOIIhCAST CIK CUKllir.S < ) .
W.vMHJitiTON. Feb. ll. H'res ? . ] The
business of the ncnnte Is In almost the same
condition It was one week ago , tlio only niU'
terhil difference hclnx that the education bill ,
which was then taken up , Is now nnllnlshea
busliiesii. It is generally believed that Its
consideration will consume nearly nil tlio
\M-ek , and Hint It will bo succeeded cither by
the bankruptcy bill or by the bill for thu nil-
mission ot Washington territory as a state.
Theru is thu snmu roiiilltlon ot expectancy
with iciaril to thu leport of the judiciary
eominltleu upon the letter of thunttorney p'n
enil , In which hu declines to furnish ceitali
papers In Hie Huston case , but Kilmunds lu
no eonlldents wlm are not pledged to si-creey
nnd therefore thu mutter cannot bu imulo tin
Hiiblrct of prediction.
Tlio camlnc week In the house will for Hii
most iiait bu devoted to thu discussion oC tl
l-'ll/.fohn 1 'niter bill , nnd avoti ) will botakei.
on Thursday evcnliit ' , . As n result of i1
hpcclnl order on this subject , thu call of com
inlttces for motions to suspend thu rules , tha
would otherwise follow thu rail of status fen
bills and resolutions to-morrow , will bu omit
ted. borne discussion may nrUu to-morrow
Iwfoiu prociwdini , ' with the FlU.lohn I'oitet
bill , If J.auback biicceeds in becuilii consid
enulon for ids resolution to broaden th
seopo of ( lie liu cstiKallon of the 1'an ICIectii
telejilionu matter. In the mornliii ; houn
luriiiK tlio week Chairman i latch , ot tlu
jiurlcnltural committee , may call in > the bll
for thu creation of n department or ngricul
tore nnd labor. Itolmonts bill limiting tlu
exa-'lion of ccm-tilar fees Is also In a ix > aitloi.
fiivnniblo to eonsldciation during thu morn-
IIIK lunir. The pension appropriation bill
nnd the Indian appropriation bill aie on the
house caa-ndarln readiness for consideration ,
jut no arrangement has yet been made to
brin ) ; them up lor tietlon during the week.
Tin ; rATKXT c-iMiis > io.\iit'a IIKPOKT.
Commissioner of 1'atents .MuiitKomvrylias
forwanlcd to congie.ssi Ids annual repoit lor
tbocsiIi'iiilHryear ended JJuccmbcr 81 , l&STi.
Jtlii KTomniended Hint some piovlslon bu
nmilu by which thooMiee should lw furnished
\\lthfompIetoreconU uf patents decided In
fedeml conns tor publication in the ( iazette ,
1 tin commissioner says llui e\aiiiinln cori.s
js | , oiv ; ni.-i.iUcifiit . to perfonn its Impor
tant unties , und on incieitseof tlio number of
, as well asayeu-
rtnl liirreft'r In ether divisions. Tim allow-
IHICIH for wdnrie.H of assistant exnndncra nro
Mid lobe lundeqitntcnnd the practical result
of Hinnllsnlniles Is that ninny of the most
vnlunbln I'xnmlners dc ert their employment
livery yenr to enter more lucrative fields.
I Ini totnl receipts of the patent oflico durliii , '
the year were Sl.mihii nnd expenditures
were SI.O.M.'JTl ) . lcnvln n Imlanroof 5103,710.
I ho ntiml'or of cnvcnU lile.il was 3,652 , nnd
number of Issues "W.H ,
C $ . < a NKW Nr.llllAflK.V I.AN1) DISTIlIfS.
Alnmi-ellniCof Iliosennteeommltteeon pub-
lie Innds Snturdny , .Senator Vmi Wycls wns
IliMrnctpit totnnort bark favorably the bills
Intiodiiced liv htm to create two new land
dlslilclH In Nebraska. One Is to bo known
n.i Iho northwestern district nnd bo taken
from ( he prc < ent Valentine district. The
other IH lobo taken from the iNnrth Platte
district nnd lo bo known ns the Sidney
dlstiicl.
MOIISO.
l-'cb. in. Tlio speaker laid
Ih'foro the hontu Iho reply of the postmaster
general in response to tlio resolution cnlling
for Infornlatlon as to whether the eight-hour
Inw Is applicable to letter-cm Hers. Keferred.
Tlie postmaster ncnernl slates there is no de
partment regulation prescribing the number
of hours during which letter-carriers aio re-
ipdrcd lo work , and that the eight-hour law
has not been doomed applicable ! to letter-
carriers as Inborers , workmen or mechanics.
Tlio opinion that the law is not applicable to
letter-carriers 'wns , the postmn&tninMur gen
eral Is Informed , promulgated from the dc-
paitmunt before Ids incumbency in ollleemul
no eliange has been ordered since.
Mr. 1'aysou , from the committee on public
lands , reported the bill to quiet title on thu
Des Momc.s i her lands In Iowa. I'lacedon
the house calendar.
.Mr. ( ieddes , from the committee on war
claims , reported back lilanchaul's resolution
calling on the secretary of the treasury for
information ns to moneys nnd funds sel/.ed
or collected by ( ienerals Jiaiiks or llntler
whllu In thu dejiartmcnt of the Gulf.
Adopted.
The honso committee on expenditures In
thedepaitmentof justice w.vs Instructed by
the chairman to innKo the following ropmt to
thu house on the resolution referred to the
committee nt the Instance of Itepresenlallvo
llanback. The resolution directed and em
powered the committee to make
a full Inquiry into any ex
penditure on the part , of the government
relative to the rights of the Jioll and 1'an
Klectrlo Telephone companies. The commit
tee lias received letters ire m the heads of the
treasury and Interior departments , and head
of the denartment of justice , from these
replies It appeal's that tlio sum of 53,5&0 has
been spent lor printing the opinions of the
department of justice , ' anil Solicitor General
Goodu lias contracted for fees to bo paid by
the United States to the amount of § 8,000
and for other fees not lixcd at the date of the
answer from the depaitment of justice.
These and no other expenses appear to have
been inclined.
Mr. Uragg , from the committee on military
all'airs , repoited the hill providing for the
location of a branch soldiers' home west of
the Itoeky mountains.
In the committee of the whole the pending
business In the morning hour was a motion
to table the motion to reconsider the vote bv
which tlio honso on Thursday passed thu bill
authorizing national banks to increase their
capital stock and chatigu their location and
names. The motion to reconsider was tabled
ayes , 113 : noes , 94.
Mr. Dunham , on behalf of the committee
on commerce , called up and the house passed
the bill authorizing tne Mississippi Water
Tower and Doom company of Minnesota to
construct n ilnm across the Mississippi river.
Mr. Trion , in behalf of the same committee ,
called np the bill authorizing thu several
executive departments to loan Hie New
Oilcans exposition certain articles for
exhibit.
Tending action , tlio morning hour expired
nnd the house went into committed ot the
whole , with Mr. Springer in the chair , on tlio
KHz Johnrorter bill.
Mr. Swincburn , who wns entitled to the
floor , being in ill health , his remarks were
lead by the clerk. JIo favored the bill nnd
expressed the opinion that the country owed
Gen. Tnrtcrcratilndo instead ot punishment.
Mr. Woolford attacked what he called the
inconsistencies of tlio opponents of the bill.
Tending the conclusion of Mr. Woolford's
speech the committee'rose.
On motion of Mr. Tucker the house bill nu-
Hiori/Ing the treasurer of the United States
in his discretion , and wilh consent of thu
secretary of the treasury , to appoint one ot
his clerks to discharge the duties of the
treasurer or nsslstant treasurer in the event
of Illness or absence of either of those olll-
ccrs , was taken up and passed ,
NEBRASKA NEWS.
Casey , the Driver , Arrestctl for tlio
Itccoiit Stage Itobbory.
CiiADHON , Neb. , Feb. ! } . [ Special Tele
gram.J Thomas II. Casey , the former driver
of the stage , whoso recent robbery has ex
cited considerable inteiest , was arrested hero
yesterday on the charge of being the robber
and concealing the money. Some recent de
velopments show strong evidence against
him. The detectives have been on his track
for some time nnd feel certain that they have
cornered the right man. Kail it Spargner of
this place have been engaged as attorneys lor
the defense.
A Hlnzo at Chester.
t CIHISTKII , Xcb. , Feb. 14. [ Special Tele
gram. ] The lire iloml visited onr city yester
day , and Mr. H. W. Drallinger's line new
dwellinghonso wns destroyed , The dwelling
wns a § 3,000 structure , recently bnllt. The
citizens turned out in full force and worked
nobly , but owing to a scarcity of water the
house could not be saved. The cause of the
lire Is said to have been n defective Hue. All
the furniture , however , was saved , hi
siuaiice
Killed liy tliu Curt ) at Gllmore.
PAi'ii.i.iox , Neb. , Feb. 13. [ Special Tele-
f-ram.J James Martin , a dissolute fellow ,
twenty years of ago , was killed by the Union
Pticllle train near Gllmorola&t nlqlit. Mar
tin liad been to Omaha , came on the Dcnvei
train to Gil more , and started for homo down
the trad * toward rapllllon. The body was
horribly mangled , the llesh ami clothing
being strewn alonj * the track for half a mile.
Martin has relatives In Omaha.
Sentiment for llcinovnl.
Poim.ANn , Ore..Feb. 14 Thonnti-Clilneso
eonsicss assembled hero yesterday afternoon
with about 150 delegates present. The meetIng -
Ing passed a resolution appointing an execu
tive committee in every community In WashIngton -
Ington territory and Oiegon to carry out the
purpoau for which this mass meeting was
called. Thu plan designed by the meeting is
to assemble nt the houses of the Chinese am"
leqnest them to move to other localities.
The meeting cliaraclerir.es the Chinese as
constant violators of health and public laws ,
immoral , degraded and iindcslrablu In over )
way as well as a constant menace to free In
stitnllons and to home and family. The
prevailing sentiment was In favor of peace
Tlio Grc.it Oorao Uronlcs.
ST. I.ouis , Feb. H. Tills morning be
tween 7 and S o'clock the long looked for
general break up took place , nnd lingo
masses of ice liavo been llowing through tlio
harbor all day , but tlio damage has been ic
maikably small , The Missouri river has
broken nn as far west as the mouth of the
Sage , ami that stream , mid all southern trib
utaries this bldo of tbeie , aio running ou
fieely , but there nru no tignyof fie hets , am
unless heavy rains fall there will bo no llooi
heuyforuhiluat \ least.
A Clear Cuso or Suicide.
I'r.oniA , III. , Feb. H. The body of Josepl
Weidcsch , ' was. found In Iho woods nea
bmithvlllL- , this county , yesterday afjernooi
with bis throatout and-a razor in his ilgh
hand. Welde.- has been missing lor tlneo
weeks ; and It Is thought the body has laluit
thu woods' iiuco that time.
1URNS AND HIS DEMON BAND
The People of London Indignant at the Poor
Police Protection Afforded , .
THE MINISTRY RESPONSIBLE.
Vinplo Opportunity to Prevent tlio
Outrages Tlio Condition of
Kngllsli rnlltlcH-Slr Clins.
Dllkc's Suit Notes.
tltomlay'8 > fet > In London.
LONDON , Feb. 14. [ Special Cablegram. ]
The three hours of riot "Monday wcit ) fol-
owcd by three days of pan IP. The riot ,
serious enough In Itself , became much more
serious owing to the incapacity of the police
authorities and the timidity of the public. It
s nonsense , however , to treat the disturbance
is socialistic or revolutionary , a line which
lie continent gleefully takes. The trouble
icgaii with on attempt of Hie socialist fcdor-
tlon to break np n genuine incet-
ng of unemployed men In Trafalgnr
.qnare. . The' police had ample notice
of this attempt and the ample force
nt hand did protect the meeting nnd forced
ho socialists to move to the north side of the
iqunro , followed by n crowd of roughs nnd
Idoves , to whom llyndman , Burns nnd
ho other anarchist lenders mndu speeches
lirectly , inciting them to violence and crime.
L'ho nwbJ thereupon started westward and
icgan their career of demolition. The
vliolo of tills destruction nnd outrage might
nslly have been prevented if 100 police had
) een sent around and formed across the top
of St. James street , but tlio police had orders
lot to Interfere with tlio proces-
ion. The orders remained unchanged
\ftcr the destruction began nnd
! ontlnucd two hours. The scnro which en-
.ucd . Tuesday nnd the following days wns
iluo wholly to the police , who ndvised the
closing of shops In the chief streets. This
vas regarded as an avowal of their Inability
o protect the town acainst the expected nt-
ack. It encouraged the mob , which again
assembled in Trafalgar square , but was easily
llspcrsed. There was the same warning
iVednesday on mere rumors. Business was
inrnlyzed , nnd only partially resumed on
L'hursday.
Tradesmen , merchants and clti/.cns gener
ally are Indignant , and justly so , with the
authorities. They rightly hold the ministry
esponsiblo for not allaying the panic by
assurances of protection. There never lias
been really since Monday Hie slightest
langer. The force at hand was overwhelm-
ng , botli police and military. The alarm haslet
lot quieted. More discreditable than mere
naction has been' Hie spectacle of the minis-
crs , including Gladstone and Chamberlain ,
larleying with HIO scoundrels who caused the
irst riot. An Inquiry Is now promised into
ho imbecility which pervaded tlio police
loadqiiailers and homo ollico alike. Tlio
inquiry is to be conducted by the homo
secretary , who is personally responsible for
everything that has happened since Monday.
In the absence of parliament and In the
presence of the mob , politics dropped out of
light. Yet several points require notice.
The ministry , which has been for a lortnight
n process of foimatlou , is still incomplete.
Gladstone has experienced many vexations
and reucatcd refusals from his followers.
Dilllcultics were continually raised by the
queen. Several nominations were abandon
ed. Some of the highest ministerial posts in
; lie royal household are going a-begging. Mat
ers went more smoothly with Hie country.
All the ministers were re-elected without con
test except Itussell niulMorloy , both of whom
now have been returned by largely Increased
majorities , the increase consisting mainly of
Irish voters. Morley's very able speeches in
Newcastle , delivered nt any other time would
liavo attracted universal attention. They
afforded the lirst indication of the road
the ministry means to travel , and please
neither the Irish nor English.
The people are not less puzzled by the very
curious and perfectly true story that Glad
stone secured the adherence of one-high of
ficer by a written agreement he might resign
when home rule should bo proposed , which ,
snid Gladstone , is not likely to happen for
sonio months. No approach has yet been
made to an understanding between Glad
stone and Pnrucll respecting the precedence
of the land question and homo rule. Parncll
in the meantime has faced and quelled mu
tiny In his own ranks , and forthe present Is
stronger then over.
The decision In the Dilke case Is equiva
lent to the Scotch veullct "not proven. " The
judge said ho saw no reason for doubting the
truth of Crawford's evidence , and was com
pelled to come to the conclusion that
the adultery charged was committed.
The result disappoints Sir Charles'
friends , who hoped to see his In
nocence conclusively established. Sir
Charles' non-appearance In Hie witness boxto
deny on oath thn accusation against him was
duo to the advice of ids counsel. Thu press
takes various views on tlio trial , the Daily
News and Telegraph regarding his vindica
tion ns snlllclcnt. The Times thinks the
judge's decision singular , regrets that the
matter was not probed to thu bottom , hints
at tlio belief of ( lie guilt of , and doubts
whether he can continue Ids public career.
I ! i iI i t
The Grecian " \Vni- and Homo Hiilc.
Niw : YOIIK , Feb. 1 ! . [ Special Telegram. ]
A cabin , to the Herald from Justin Mc
Carthy says : ' 'If a Kuropean war breaks
out Kngland would bo glad to give homo
rule , otherwise she would have to send a
lingo nrmy to Ireland. 1 liavo It on the best
authority that Grecco will make war against
Turkey if her demands are not granted ,
whether the great powers like It or not. One
of her calculations is that Knglnml , hampered
by the condition of Ireland , will not draw
the sword in defense of her beloved Turk. "
Tim German Antl-Sooiallst mil.
BKIII.I.V , Feb. 11. The question whether
tlio relchstag will pass n bill prolonging the
operations of the anti-socialist law for live
years , which was accepted by Hie bumlos-
rath , Is one of tlio main topics under discus
sion here. The preamble to the bill recites
that if the law has not prevented some at
tempts at outrage , It 1ms novcitheless
ameliorated the situation since 1878 , when
thu measure went into force. The attitude
of the parties In tho.rolcistag ) toward the bill
U uncertain. Members of the center are op
posed to the measure on principle and
if they remain undivided a refection or
modlncntlon of tlio bill is certain , it Is
estimated that , if necessary , thirty clericals
will vote with the coalition ot conservatives
and national liberals 10 enable thu 1 > 1I1 to
pass. Theru aio no symptoms of division in
thu center , but thu government hopes thai
news of the recent rioting in London will
have great Inllucnco , The center have fears ,
too , that Prince Bismaick. if thu bill bhonhi
bo defeated , would make it n pretext to dis
solve the rclchstng. Thu chancellor's reecnl
declaration that he hud no Intention of dis
solving parliament , is understood to iipplj
only In the event of the rejection of the
spirit monopoly bill , nnd it ) s thought that
he would make the defeat of the antisocial'
1st bill a leaton for dis
I'nrnoll Meant AVliatHo Said.
LONDON , Feb. H. The News Mutt's Ilia
Parnellnt Galway , threatened that if Healj
( tud Blggnr did not i rmlt him to have Ids
ii
own way In giving tlio patly nomination to
dipt. O'Shea Instead of ( o Lynch , the local
choice , ho would resign nml retire from
political life. Commenting on the fact tlio
News says the Irish leader inndo it clear that
10 niennt Just what he says. The paper adds :
'Unt this game eaniiotbij vlayed too often.
This threat Is Pnrncll's last card , and It may
some day bo triumphed by acceptance nnd
then bo followed of necessity by resignation. "
AVns Ho I'nltl Uy Krnncc.
Unm.tx , Feb. 14. Newspapers which nro
{ iiown to bo government organs give prom-
ncnce to a statement of the judito who sen-
Icnccd Captain Snrotnv , who was found
, ullty of having furnished Information con
cerning German fortlllcallons nnd armaments
to French authorities , that a bureau exists in
ho French ministry of war , whoso duty It Is
.o discover German military secrete , and that
his bureau employed Satoitw , paying him
0,000 francs monthly for betraying plans of
fortresses , mobilization , etc.
I'ollsti KdilorsSquclohcil.
LoNi > oNFeb.l ! ) . The editors of the Polish
ournal printed Intliocltyot Posenhave been
arrested , tried , and sentenced to six months
ninrlsonment In cnnsoqucnco of the. publi
ation In their paper ot an article libeling
Prince Bismarck ami the Prussian ministers.
I'liD publication of the article was due to the
action of thu Prussian government towards
the Poles lu I'osen.
Tlio Allied
LONDONFeb. . 10. A dispatch from Vien
na to the Times says : An oillulal dispatch
ecelved hero from Bulgaria Is to < ne effect
tiat King Milan has resolved to sign Hie
treaty of peace with Dulgirl n , no matter
ivhat the action of the Greek government
nay take. Servla will hereafter enter Into n
stronger agreement with Anstro-Bulgnrln.
Spanish Dytmmltct-H Arrested.
ADini ) , Feb. 14. Nine dynamiters were
arrested at the railroad station hero to-day.
Subsequently dynamite cartridges , explosive
ipparattis , revolvers and a number of red
lags were found on the premises of a
shoemaker known to bo iden tilled with the
socialist party.
Missionaries Murdered.
LONDON , Feb. II. Tlie London .Missionary
society has received advices from Zanzibar to
he effect that two men who have returned to
hat place from Uzegena report that they saw
Bishop Hanningtoii , with lifty men of his
expedition , taken out for execution.
THE 'WEEK IN WAMj STHKET.
Tips for Investors AVho May Be in
Love "With Coal Stocks.
Nr.W YOIIK , Feb. 14. | Special Telegram. !
The coal stocks have been steadily marked
ip , while the promise of a dividend on Like
Slioro at the end of this mouth has helped to
sustain tlio general situation. Advances in
coal stocks for the week are about as fol-
ows : Delaware Hudson , 11 ! ; Jersey Ccn-
: ml 10 ; Lackawanna , 7 > - ; and Iteadlng OJ
; > er cent. This coal stock speculation is
jascd upon the notion that through monop
olizing the coal business the profits thereon
can bo brought up to whatever point the
manipulators please. This was Francis B.
oweu's old Idea. On this theory ho paid
llic most extravagant prices for coal proper
ties , and fairly turned the Heading road into
11 inliiliigcompnuy. Asthecountrygrcwnp It
was to be taxed upv.toi.tlie greed of all the
holders of Heading stock's and bonds. It did
not work. But so ( lieu lillcss is capital that
from the day Cloweii began his operations lie
lias succeeded in , continually adding to the
total of the obligations "upon the original
theory , and yet liero to-day excited specu
lators are caught with the same old chaff ,
Gowen , and after him the Drcxels , may buy
and consolidate without end , but they can
not control conditions or some of the influ
ences they nro unquestionably making
against private taxation of all kinds , and In
the direction of belter filled stomachs for the
masses.
There Is then nothing in the present situa
tion to warrant the conclusion Hint earnings
can bo better held up by coal properties in
the future then in the past. On the con
trary , it should bo noted that Hie share of the
miner who digs the coal Is fairly certain to
become greater in tlio future. It is notorious
that during the last decade a majority of the
anthracite coal miners have been forced
down well towards starvation wages. This
can not continue. The men of the coal
regions have got to cat. Labor everywhere
Is becoming better organized , and this will
gradually tell on the bankers
who are seeking to hold un
this huge stock nnd bond
structure , liallroad securities of every sort
were sold by bankers both here and In Lon
don far In excess of the plain rides of justice ,
It wns simply Impossible that taxation could
bo kept sufficiently high to meet the interest
and demands on the stuff tliu bankers bold.
The banker had become n personage. Super
stition of money had gathered about him.
Whatever he labelled "good" was supposed to
be good. In Philadelphia the banker's stamp
came to bo regarded as only one remove from
that of the mint , and now Now York has an
inci easing frenzy of the same sort , and what
does it all mean'1 Why , simply that thu
stocks nnd bonds which the various bankers
indorse both hero nnd In London are
measnreably being relumed to them as not
u ] ) to promise , and they are compelled to take
them back.
1 am writing in the Interest of investors
who buy for the morrow. Speculators may
boom this and that stock , but let the invest
or beware. The truth Is that investors must
come to rely more and more upon what I
call production si in res. Ho must bewnro of
tlio taxing securities. The railroad linn
knocked out tlio middleman , but the railway
itself Is the great fiiMcachlng middleman ,
nnd now Its profits nro to bo cnt down. Bradstreet -
street gives a report of the total coal produc
tion of the country fpr IBS.1 } . The aggregate
production of coal In 1E85 , nearly 07,000,000 ,
tons , Is over 3,000,000 , tons smaller than ISS4 ,
slightly larger than , ispy , and over 10,000,000
tons heavier than in IBS ) , The bituminous
production , mnounUug to G503,003 ! ; tons In
lfc'8-j , is over 11,000,000 tons smnllbr then 1U& ,
but Is In excess of tlio total in 1SSU , and about
7,5rO,000 tons larger than in 1SS3. The an
thraclto production * | $ ni,023,5' > 0 tons , or
170,000 tons less than in 16S3 , thoyearof the
largest production , It Is" 1XM.OOO tons heavier
than 1681 , and 2,500,000 tons " larger than 1SSJ.
The Little Postmasters' Meeting.
CHICAGO , Feb. l4.A1 > 6ut llfty of tlio deie-
gates to the national "convention of third
and fourth class postmasters , which will beheld
held hero to-morrow , inet tills afternoon to
arrange preliminaries. M. H. VYcstbrook of
lown , who presided , advised mat they seek
redics of their grievances In a quiet way
and as a matter of right , and not In any
sense as a demand.
Helping Their Figlilliiu llrotliors.
GAJ.VKSTO.N , Feb. 14. A special to the
News fiom San Antonio says : Tim Knights
of Labor in the city have actively espcascd
thc"auseof the boycot against the Mallory
Steanibhlu company , and Stetson , manutac-
tuierof hats. A committee visited the prin
cipal ineiclmntsyeMcrduy and received many
piomisas tci stop patronizing tliu Mallory
line and cease oiderlni * Stetson's gouds.
i
The Week's Olcnrliii-s
BOSTON , Feb. l-l. Tlio leading clearing
houses In thu United States show gross bank
exchanges for the week ending February U
were S 7 , ' oO,7sjl , an Incieabuol55.U ! per cent
compamf with the coiretponding lasl
last year , . '
ii i i&A Tut
MOVE OF A MODERN MALTIIUS
A Legislator Proposes to Mnko Prospective
Husbands Show n Bank Account ,
NO MARRIAGE WITHOUT MEANS.
The Olil loivn I/iuvinnlccrs ntul Their
Coming Ueitnlon Imprisoned for
Debt Scarlet Women Abroiul
The Ij
1'roni UK ; llawkcyc Capital.
lis : Mom : . lown , Feb. II. fSpeclnl.J
Due of the strange bills that nro sometimes
ntrodiiced in legislatures has been Hie snb-
lectof lunch comment nnd more fun the past
week. Itns Introduced by Wesley lied-
icad , one of themembeis of the house from
lids city , nnd provides Hint whenever a man
applies lor n license to marry , ho shnll satisfy
the clerk of the court that ho is abundantly
ribu ! to support a wife and any children they
may have. The bill was refeired to the
committee on woman Miffrage , and utter
uilding It a day that committee returned it
with an amendment that the woman should
bo obliged to show that she could do the sup-
imtlng It necessary. The bill was then re
ferred to the committee on retrenchment and
reform. Uy this time It became manifest to
nearly all but the member from Polk that theme
mo wns making game of Ids bill. The last
lamed committee kept the bill a day and
: heu returned it with a recommendation that
t be referred to the committee on domestic
uamifuctiires , uutsomu compassionate mom-
) cr came to Hie relief of the author of the bill
nnd moved that it be laid on the table , and so
t was disposed of. The bill has been
well described as one to keep thu poor from
narrylng , for its provisions It adopted would
shut off from mairlago three-fourths of the
poorer classes who cannot show wealth
enough to Insure in advance for the sup
port of any children they may bring into the
woild. It lias been suggested that if the bill
lad been n law In Iowa 11 might have pre
vented the gentleman who introduced It
being born , for his parents were very poor
ind began married life with no capital In
money or property. The leglslatmo llterallv
laughed It out of court , and has dubbed its
author a name which ho will carry for some
time as "the later Malthns. "
Tlio reunion of tlio old law makers of the
state promises to bo one of the most Interest-
ng meetings of the whole year. The list of
ihoso invited includes members of the early
: erritorial nnd state legislatures down to the
eleventh general assembly , twenty years ago.
The first territorial assembly of Iowa con
vened at Burlington November 12. 1838. In
those days Iowa was democratic , strange to
say , and the democrats controlled both
jrauclies of the legislature. In Hie
council there were six democrats and
live whigs , and in the house seventeen
were democrats and seven were whigs. Tlio
recollections of those days is about nil the
political comfort that Iowa democrats have
liad for the past forty years. Of the mem
bers of that first legislature but one Is now
known to be Hying , Mr. Hawkins Taylor , ol
Washington , ( U. 0. ) . But of the early legis
latures succeeding , several members are now
living and arc expected at the reunion.- The
"old boys" bavo been tendered the use of tlio
new capital , and they will go through the
form of organizing a legislature In each
house , and Sam Kirkwood , Iowa's old war
governor , will deliver an Inaugural address.
Although the code of Iowa does not Include
the relic of barbarism that allows imprison
ment for debt , there is a case in Jasper county
that comes very nearly under it. Mrs. Far
mer , living four miles south of Prairie
City wns arrested by tlio shcrifl' few days
ago and placed in the county jail at Newton-
This was done upon a warrant and execution
from the county clerk , returnable with cither
270 or tlio lady herself. The money not
being forthcoming , ifrs. Farmer was taken
from her home leaving four young children
and taking one with her and was lodged in
jail , where her imprisonment is to continue
without limit unless she pays the 82TO as
ordered by the circuit court nnd continued by
the supreme court. The case is technically
one of contempt of court , she being Im
prisoned for refusing to pay an attorney's
fee of SilOas ordered by the court. But In
fact It is imprisonment for debt , and is a
strange tiling for Iowa.
The legislature has brought to town a
large number of the sex who arc frail as well
as lair. The scarlet woman sees a legislature
from afar and marks it as her prey. Already
several scandalous stories about prominent
members nro nlloat nnd two or three cases of
alleged blackmail are reported. As might bo
expected It Is the statesmen from the conn-
try and not from the city who Is inveigled
into the net of the temptress , and rumor says
there are several Instances of tlio kind al
ready.
This legislature which started out with
sr.ch largo promises isn't really doing very
much. There has been' a largo amount of
talk , but very little done. Probably there
will bo no radical temperance legislation , and
the revision of tlio judicial system of the
state will be the most important work of the
session.
The house only was In session Saturday
afternoon. A bill nffecting foreign insur
ance "companies by compelling them to pay
a 5 per cent tax on .their gross receipts an
nually for an addition to the school fund was
Introduced by Mr. Craig of Lee. The bill
only npplies to companies not organized un
der the laws of Iowa.
Cole introduced a bill to assist In tlio en
forcement of prohibition by providing that
Injunction suits may bo brought by any
citizen in the name ol the state , at the ex
pense of the state , whenever a county or dis
trict attorney falls to do his duty.
On motion of Holbrook , the house adopted
by n rising vote the resolution of respect on
the death of Horatio Seymour.
The committee on agriculture reported
favorably the bill prohibiting all tralllo In
domestic animals that have died of disease.
An AflsfKiico Arro toil ,
CINCINNATI Feb. U , John B. Mannlx , a
lawyer and until recently assignee of the es
tate of Archbishop Pnrcell , deceased , was
arrested on Saturday afternoon on warrants
sworn to by Peter lawyer , a creditor of the
archbishop , In which charges are made of
embezzling St.VOCK : ) ) of thu estate and perlury
in making false statements In the probate
court in connection with his report. Man-
nix wns taken beforu n magistrate , who re
quired bail in thu mm of 8110,000 , ami this
not being furnished , thu prisoner was lodged
in the county jail ,
I'erlslied In the FlameH.
ST. Louis , Feb. U. The Cummlngs hotel
burned nt an early hour Saturday nioinlng.
Two inmates. N , Case , of Axbrldge. Ontario ,
and Joseph Armstrong , of Biuntford , On
tario , ] > crishcd lu the names. Others barely
escaped by jumnlng from tlio windows.
Masonic hall and Hie stores occupied by
Christopher Bros , and W. B. Howcll were
also burned. The total loss IsSUO.OOOj Insur
ance , § 10,000.
Preparing l-'or IJusinosn.
AJ.IUNV , N. Y. , Feb. H. Thomas A. Kdl-
son'aiid others yesterday tiled nrtlcles of In-
eori-orntlon ot the international Jiailwaj
Telegraph company , which is to Introduce
his.deviee for telegraphing to nnd.froix niov
lug trains , . . ' , . .
A SUKKCITAIi. .
Killtorlnlly Clmi-RCR Shcrmmi 'With
Itetrnynl of Ills Trust ,
Niw : YORK , Feb. 14. [ Special Telegram. ]
The Sun to-day prints for the first time six
columns of letters written by Jeff Davis and
several of Ids cabinet ofllccrs during the clos
ing days of the confederacy , and says editori
ally Hint these documents mnko it necessary
lo rewrite tlio lilstorv of the closing days of
the rebellion , and that for Ids compact with
Johnston in Ninth Carolina , Sherman "must
beheld guilty of cither moss Imbecility or
of scandalous betrayal ot Ids trust. " It says
that not only Johnson but President Davis
nnd the attendant members of Ids cabinet ,
far from being pnlsleu by the stroke of Irre-
imrablc cntnsliophe , strove to the last mo
ment to redeem the nnblest nml hopeless
eau < u > , nnd eaino within a hair's breadth of
securing more amid the shock of shipwreck
[ linn over had been conceded In the Hush of
their success. But for Slanton , Hie Sun de-
io- * , U'.o republic mti'-l then have lost all It
won by Grant nt Illehniond.
Among the letters printed Is one written
by Jelt Davis from Charlotte ( N. C. ) April
Si , 1MJ5 , to his wife , In which ho says : "Tho
dispersion of Lee's army and the surrender
of the remnant which remained with him
destroyed the hopes 1 entertained when we
liaited. Had Hint nrm-- held together I nm
now confident we could lia\e successfully
executed the plan which I sketched to you ,
nnd would have been to-day on the high road
to independence. J , K Johnston nnd Itcnn-
regard were hopeless as to recruiting their
forces from the dispersed men of Lee's nrmy ,
nnd equally so ns to their nblllty to cheek
Sherman with the forces they had. Their
only Idea was to retreat. Of the power to dose
so they were doubtful , and subsequent deser
tions from their troops have mate
rially diminished their strength ,
and 1 learn still more weak
ened their confidence. General John
son had .several Interviews with Sherman
and agreed on n suspension of hostilities and
reference of terms of paellicatlon. They nro
secret nnd may bo rejected by the Yankee
government. To tis they mo hard enough ,
though treed from wanton humiliation mm
expressly recognizing the state governments
nnd the rights of person and property as
secured by the constitutions of the United
States and the several states. "
Accompanying the above are letters to
Davis from the various members of his cab
inet , discussing the compact witli Sherman ,
the text of which Is too well known to need
repetition. From tlio admissions made In
these letters by the cabinet counselors
can bo seen what the sttito of things
really was in North Carolina
and in Hie confederacy at largo when Sher
man entered Into his nstoniullng compact
with Johnston. Fugitives from liichmond
speak to one another with tlio sullen and
downright candor of despair. They confess
organized resistance no longer possible ; that
against Sherman's army of .10,000 men , elated
ly their on imposing march and by Grant's
triumph In Virginia , the rebel authorities
could set K'ss' than 15,000 Infantry and artil
lery , whose forlorn disproportion was dally
aggravated by dejection and desertion. Nor
was any lay ot reassurance to be
looked for in retreat. Confederate
otticinls concur in the. conviction that , ovcjii ,
with success Iji.clnding pursuit apd with tlio
time allowed them for recruiting , they could
not levy 15,000 men on the cast side of tlio
Mississippi , and if they did they could not
find arms for half of them. To transport
tlio Hying rcmnciit of Johnson's force
across the Mississippi was seen to bo no less
Impracticable , for grim experience had shown
that the river was as Impassable ns n wnll
of lire. Tlio rebellion , in n word , was known
to its orgnnizcrs and directors to be at the
last gasp , and with tlio clutch of n drowning
man they clung to the plank ot rescue and re
demption held out to them by Sherman.
SOUTH AMERICAN NOTES.
Al'olltical ConlHct Comotcry Flood
ed KnrtliqiinUo SliockH , *
PANAMA , Feb. , M.-Senlor D. M. Nicholas
Do Peola , ex-dictator of Peru , who was
exiled under the lalo government of General
Igleas , has returned to Hint country , (5ener.il
Caccrcs having granted amnesty to all ex
iles. He arrived In Callas early on tliu mornIng -
Ing of Jannniy SI. Huge negresses , draped
lu all colors of the rainbow , bearing immense
wreaths of laurel with which to crown their
favorite , and carrying the national Hag ,
headed the procession to the docks , from
whence the anxious ga/.c of the multitude
was direcled in search of the steamer.
The Callas people , most of them ve
hement supporters ot the constitutional
ticket , on which General Caccrcs is a candi
date , became unduly excited at this Incursion
of their Lima neighbors , fearing , perhaps
that if tliev remained tranquil their political
bias might bo understood. Consequently
they became oblivious of the obligations of
hospitality and armed themselves with clubs.
A column of the inhabitants of Callao pro
ceeded to the docks , anil there raised Iho cry.
' Death to Plcrolu , and long life to Caceres. "
The verdant crowns brought from Lima were
thrown into thu sea , and during the opera
tion several enthusiastic citizens of both
parties were severely handled.
On the arrival of i'lerola lie addie sed the
people from his loshlencu. told them ho was
their servant and that ho did not seek ollleo
but would accept It If elected. The presiden
tial election takes place in March , hut the
confident belief is that General Caccrcs will
bo elected.
A deplerablo Mate of nlfnlrs exists nl tlio
cemetery in Coninpe , Chill. A lake has been
formed fiomthu waters of which thu ceme
tery has beeonio inundated. Many of the
vaul tsaie full of water nnd eulllns are lloat Ing ,
while many of the common graves have been
completelyelearedof their contents. To add
to thu horror of thu situation the water that
Hews from the cemetery goes Into the river
tliatsupplle. ' ! thu Inhabitants with water for
domestlu purposes.
Kartlninakcs nt Amatellan continue , nnd
the few nouses that escaped ruin by the ilrst
heavy shock are now imito shaken nnd un
inhabitable. The shocks now felt are nc-
eompnnled by very strong winds. The dis
tress among the peoplu is henrtrendlng , nnd
President Barillas and his cabinet have
started n subsciiptlon for their relief.
11 UNO UP TO 1)IK.
Unknown I'artlcH Attempt tlio Life ol'
a Itcspectablo YOIIIII ; Lady.
CHICAGO , Feb. U. The Journal's Malloon
( HI. ) special nays : Friday night ; ti 10 o'clock ,
nt Windsor , Miss Georgia Aldridgo narrowly
escnped hnnglng nt Hie hands of unknown
paities. Shu wns alonu in her house at Hie
time , and stepped outdoors when bhu wns
seized , her hniids nnd feet weighted down
with biick , nnd then hung up to die. Shi1
was accidentally discovered n few minutes af-
terwaids by her brother , who came in the
back way by chance. Life was almost ex
tinct. She can give no account of tliu affair ,
bclni ; so overcome by the shod ; she can only
say : "Oh ! the man , that man ! " A notu
was found saying it wns done to get even
with her father , Dr. Aldrldge. Miss ( icoivia
is a highly respectable young lady , ngedUl.
No cine to the perpetrators of the deed has
yet been found. Inteiiso excitement pre
vails at Windsor.
CHICAGO , Feb , l-l. The Inter Ocean Wind
Eor (111. ( ) special says ; Miss Gcoigia A.I
dridge , who so narrowly escaped being hung
by an unknown ruillan Fnday night , 11- ;
gnln'ed consciousness to-day , but her fctato-
inents throw no light upon , the mystery. A
neighbor's wlto wlm heard MUs Aldrfdire's
.cries of alarm Fiiday night/lias become
crn/ed by excitement , nnd bur chances ol
recovery are almost as precarious ns tbosu ot
MIssAdUIdse. . . . - . ' / . . -
HANCOCK'S ' GENEROUS HEART
His Salary Spent in Olmritnblo Deeds for
Less lortuuato Comrades ,
HIS WIDOW WITHOUT MEANS.
n > r n Dyliitf Concrcssiiinn's
Sent Xt > Hliou * ti > Sconro Allot'
incut oflndlnn LainlH in Sever-
nlty A Valuable I'atent.
WASIIIXOTO.V , Feb. H. f.Sppclal.J AH
army olllcer who was on Intimate terms , both
olllclally nnd socially , with General Hancock
dining Hie last ten yeais of his life , tells your
correspondent that It is doubtful If the gen
eral's entire effects would Inlng § 10,000 If sold
at auction. "Geneial Aancockand his esti
mable wife , " said the olllcer , "wero among
Iho most charitable people In the United
Slates , and Ids salary as major general In the
army was almost entirely devoted lo the
fnrtlierlnir of Ids charitable Ideas. I do not
suppose it eost him S3.CXO a year for the ex
penses of his wife and himself , for they wwo
liluln people. .The balance of his pay was
spent upon Ids old comrades In arms who
uive been less fiutunale than lie has , and the
result is that unless something is done for
Mrs. Hancock she will be in a very prccarl-
IIH linanclal condition , "
There is little doubt that congrross will
eventually pass a bill to glvu Mrs. Hancock
S2.000 a year dm inn the remainder of her
life. It would have gone through Hie house
last Thursday , but lor the objection of that
great loformer , Lewis IK-ach , who Is at
tempting tomakoa reputation for himself tut
the successor to llolmnn , who has entirely
forgotten to object lo a tingle proposition be
fore tlio house nt this session. The move
ment on foot In Now York and Philadelphia
to raise a fund for Mi's. Hancock has already
; rown to considerable proportions and It Is
likely that the widow of the dead hero will
lie able to carry out .icr charitable purposes In
the future as she lias In the past , through the
generosity of such men as George . Chllds
and his associates.
iiu'itixn nnronn nn.VTit cAJtn.
Thomas It. lludd , who , In all probability ,
will succeedToo Hnnl'ln us member of con-
_ ress fiom Wisconsinis Hieone man above all
others whom Itankin would not have chosen
If he could have had anything to say In the
matter. Latt ( all , when it was generally be
lieved that Itankin would not live to make
Iho trip to Washington , lludd Is reported to
lave made a .stiong canvass for the nomina
tion to succeed him , and ho was so offensive
in Ids canvass that Uinkin is repoited to
lave written lo a number of his friends to
lefeat lludd at any cost. In his anxiety to
come to cong'-css lludd made a disgusting
exhibition of himself , and when ho arrives
lere , as ho will in ail probability , to take the
seat so recently diaped In mourning , ho will
meet wllli a very cool reception from the
friends ot the late.loo Rinkiii in congicss ,
ind there are a great many of them.
TIM : nir.ij wir.i. FAIL TO PAS ? .
A member of the senate Indian ommlltco
said to your coirospondcnt to-day in refer
ence to the bills which a-io'now pending hav
ing for their object the breaking up of the
tribal relations among the Indians and Ufa
dividing of the reservat'ons Into farms lor
each member of the various tribes alfccled :
"I have no doubt that the bill to cut up and
Hstribnte the lauds of the Senccas In New
York will become a law , but I do not think
that the bill which prorojcs to dlvldo
the lands of the Sciuiuolcs , the
Osagcs , ana the other western tribes ,
will meet with approval dining
this congress. There are a great many ex
cellent reasons why the tribal relations of all
the Indians should be broken up , and why
each separate family should be started to
ward civilization in Hie way proposed by
these bills , but a reform of this kind is too
radical to be brought about without the most
careful consideration. It will not do for
congress to go about this matter hastily , and
I do not believe that the time Is ripe for the
passage of a bill making such wholesale
changes In the existing order of things In
the west. No doubt Hie time will come when
a bill of Ibis character will pass , but 1 do not
think it will bo during the life of the Forty-
ninth congress. "
A FOHTUXn IX A I'ATKXT.
One of thn most valuable patents which
has ever been issued to a cltl/en of the
United States was granted by the patent of-
llco a short time ngo and has been mentioned
in some of Hie newspapers of the east. It Is
a very simple device , nnd in its simplicity
lies a great portion ot Its value. It Is a series
of heavy rollers for rolling old steels-alls into
nail plates. Heretofore these old 'rails had
to bo melted over before they could be used.
Uy this machine they are cut up Into sections
of three feet each and rolled out into
perfect plates by simply running them
through two sets of rollers made especially
for the purpose. ThO" patentee has already
made contracts which will bring him at least
S75.0CO a year ilurlni ; thu Ilfu of thu patent in
this country alone , and hu has been offered a
bonus of § 100,030 , as well as half the prollts ,
for thu right to use the Invention In tlio.
countries of Knropo where the device hart' '
also been patented.
Coulil Not Coino to Time.
OTTAWA , III. , Feb H , Tliu II. A. Pitts
Sons' Manufacturing company , makers of
I'itts' thresher machines made
, an assign
ment yesterday. No fulit'dulo of liabilities
and assets were Hied. Thu trouble Is said to bo
the outcome of the company's failure ilnro
years ago. The Indebtedness then was SiMj-
000 , but was arranged to bo met in three
yearly payments. January 1 of this jear
was ( lie datu of tliu third payment , but the
company has been unable to meet it.
Hood's Sarsapari/fot I
Combines , In a manner peculiar to llsc-lf , the 1 '
liest Mood-purifying ami Mrciigtlicnhij'reme- ( i
dies of the vejjctalilo kingdom. Youuillllncl | l
this womlcrful remedy cirtctlvohcroolhcr
niedli-Iiii-s liavo failed. Try it now. It will
purify your blood , regulate the digestion ,
and glvu new lift ) nnd vigor to ( lie entire body.
"Hood's Harsaparllla did mo great iood. ;
I was tired nut from overwork , and It toned
mo up , " Mns , . 1 ! . SI.MMONH , Colioen , N. Y.
"I biilTc-rcd thrco years from | > lood poison.
J took Hood's Sarsaparllla mid think I nm
cured. " Mns , Jl. J. DAVID , llrockport , N. V.
the JMood
Hoods Sarsiparilla U characterized by
three peculiarities : 1st , thu combination ot
remedial agents i 2d , tlio proportion ; 3d , Iho
yroccsi of securing the active medicinal
qualities. The result is a incdlclno of unusual /
strength , effecting cures hlthcito unknown.
Bond for liook containing additional evidence. .
"Hood's BaisaparliU tones up my system , ,
PHI Hies my Mood , dliarpcns my appilluand
he-cms lo make mo over. " .1. r. TJIOMI-UON.
JtCKlstcr of Deeds , l.ouell , Jlais.
"Hood's Barsap.'irlll.i lionta .ill ollicn. ami
Is wet Hi Its weight Itit .ild.1' I. LJ.ueiu.scno.v ,
l-M Haute Street , New Vork Cily.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Eold ' Kv all dn-ftfiits. f.MX \ } fqr $5. Madft
Otily'liy 0.1 ; 1IOOO ftCO. . , Lowell , Mass. .
. .100.poses , Onp Doarn ! !
