jn > _ f y * * " * * * * * * yj V I r H T A "W "W * w * v * DAILY SIXTEENTH YEAK. OMAHA , THURSDAY MORNING , DECEMBER 2. 3880. NUMBEK 107. WHAT HER SERVANT SAW. Lady Campbell's Maid Takes the Stand Against Her Fprmer Mistress. 8HE GETS BADLY CONFUSED. A Itlcld Crosft-Ijxntnlnntloti Causes Jlcr to Contradict Herself Open- Inif of n Dlsgnstlnc . " > Trial nt The Caniplclt ) Divorce Cnsc. [ Cntnirlohl ItM > > V Jatnr * liunlitn llfMitll , ] LONDON , Dec. 1. ( Now Yoik Ileiald Civlilo-Speclal to thu Uit : : . ] l.ndy Colin Campbell last evening had n bad onion. Slie wa * thrown from her cab nenr ( Jeorgc l.cvvls' oflloe ns she was nbout to consul her solicitor Wns It ominous of to-dny's testimony ? Uninjured she joined her family gionp this morning , looking sad but self possessed. The Duke of Marlborouch , for Ihu tlilul time n correspondent In his histoiy the Lady Ayles- ford cn e being Iho most prominent of the llirco occnslons at a nhort distance avvny from her. Ills sun-burned face evinced recentsport on the moors. Ho Bt'oined HioStrClmiles Coldslrenm Wnllack used lo piny In "Used Up. " A wig would much Improve his almost tonsuicd bend , His thin nostrils , Ilko those of n thoioughbicd fiorrio , aided his aristocratic look , which seemed to mean , ns ho surveyed contempt uously the key-hole witness , Itoso liner , In the box , "Tliero nothing In It. " Till1. CONT1DKNTIAI , MAID'H TT.STIVIOVY. To cut short n long nnd rather wearisome dlicct examination of this witness , n ills- charged maid , It may bu pntd that she told hei stories trippingly nnd gave n rather stereotyped confidential mnld'.H talc , imply ing adultery , much like Iho narratives given jcnrs aio In New York in the famous Hasock vs Culling case. It was a tale of tlm dally coiiespondcncn between Iho Duke of Marlboiouzh nnd l.ndy Colin , of Idlers se- crcily delivered , of milady's midnight piovvl- In ITS near Marlboroiuh's house when in dls- enlso , nnd of adulterous doings , ot which the pillows , bed linen , and towels weio all silent \ < / " witnessos. "Methlnks the lady doth protest too much , " seemed thu motto with several of the Jinors. A 1IAII WITNKSS. it Shu wns Iho same lerrlblo vvllness for Iho side calling her which Lady Miles had been. Shu was too glib , too confident. Ilur story sucmdd to go lo pieces in many important particulars , especially when Sir Charles Hus- sell , for l.ndy Campbell , got at her in cross- examination. Ho had been visibly Impatient and eager for thu fray while thu witness wns on the stand. Dliectly ho called for nny ot hci written statements. Laid Colln's legal luminaries smclled danger and fought bit terly to have these , ns given his solicitors , declared privileged. The judge , however , said they must bo produced. Dovetailing her testimony just given with Iheso state ments , Sir Charles Kusscll certainly suc ceeded In exposing manv inconsistencies and contiadlctlons , besides diavvlng attention tenet not n fuvv absurdities. During the vvllness' evidence llieDnkoof Matlboiougn kept glancing impintinbably at tlio jmors , as much as to say : "Didn't I lull you there was nothing in it ? " Sir Charles Husscll was particular to hi ing out the tact that the witness had told the story to Lord Collu's lawyers before the time nt which they openly stated on the first trial I , for ciuelty that they had nothing against " ' Lady Campbell's character. TAINTED ON rilOSS-KVAMINATIOX. The onslaught of Sir Charles' cioss-oxam- Inatlon finally drove the witness Into a fainting III , nnd many wonduicd whether It wns to bo n repetition of the old dramatic incident of Snpuhha. However , after luncheon she was restored to equanimity. Hut Sit Clmilcs Hnsscll continued pljlnghls tculblo questions. Sometimes the judge in- trrrtiptcd with seaichlng quciles of tlio witness. Next Atloiney Ccnuial Wessher , for the Dnko of Mnlboiongh , cai.tlit up tlio threads of Inconsistency. Fiom all these signs It be- rnme evident that tlm cioss oxamlncrs were laying the foundation for alibis ; nlso thai tlio man O'Neal , just an ivcd fiom Jay Gould's j achtsei vice , would to some extent coirob- oratu the witness. It is said that lie will bo called to-moirovv. U really now looks ns if the trial , with the rebuttals nnd sjieeches Hint nttiit follow , might inn Into thu Chiistmns season , that season which II ruies as the occasion on which to-day's witness swears that Lady Colin Campbell anil the Duku of Mnilboioiigh met intimately In Lady Miles' country hoibc. A Oponini ; of Her Trlnl I > 'or a Terillilo Crime. irori/ifuM / tffeiyJamts fintil'tn Itenntlt 1 Uiii'ssin.y , Dec. 1. [ Now Yoik Herald Cable Special to the Hii : : . ] To-day began before thu assize couit hero Hiutiial of Mld- vvlfu Kodelet and hei lovei. Masqncllcr , who four months ago , as I cabled nt that time , cut Into pieces the body of njonng woman by the name of Kmmn Hcckninn , wljo died fiom operations for nboitlon practiced upon her by the afoiesnltl mldw Ife. A Urge ciowd had Kathered before thu palaen of justice , but It iccclved a general disappointment , as the court tleclded to hold thu tilal with closed doors , the details being too icmilslvu lor pub licity. On tlm couit table thu legs and other icmalnsof tlm cuipsu lie in blgjais omitting nn obnoxious smell. The vv omnn llodelet is forty-live , fair , plump and rather good look- Ing. Mnsqucllcr , who wns n slmplu Instru ment in lier bantN , Is well dicsbcd , but In- Blgnllicant looking. Some gen d'arms sat between them , It being feaiod thai llodelet might assault Masquolicr on account of the confession mndo by him dm Ing the iniiiliy | , The leading of thn Indlctmenl petting foi th the fads lusted nn hour. Din ing tlm examination of Itodelct she asserted that sliu and Masqucller assisted in thu cut- ling up of thu body by a doctor whom she declines to name , tint to this statement Mas- qucller gives her the He , Nothing else of ini- poitnmo transpired In to-day's healing. The tilal is expected to last four dus. ) lie CdiisentH to Intnroedo For Mm Con- tloinnoil Aniirotilbts. I'Ains , Dec. 1. M. lioicct , secretary ol Iho Paris niunlelpil council , has for wauled to United States Minister MeLann thu peti tion adopted by the council Nov umber 27 ask ing f r his Intercession with tlio govcinor ot Illinois on behalf of tlm condemned Chicago nnaichlsts. McLnno has sent the following icply : "As the pelltlon is destined for the governor of Illinois aiul made with the object of sparing human life , 1 will not refuse my nsslstunea If jou pculst In demanding it. Hut allow mo to Intonn you that in the pru4- ftit casu It Is useless. You can , without ills- t ; advantage nnd with ns much ulllcacy as I , addtess yourself direct fo the extcutlvoof Illinois , who Hlcn-j has ( no power of granting n pardon , Without raising nny objection to trie accomplishment of - > our wishes 1 bog y0u will rest assured Ural capital punishment in no btato of the union of political offenses Is prescribed for odious crimes ngnlnst the public , such as murder and rape , committed under aggra- tlnfrclrcumstnnccsnndprcmcdltntion. In political mailers Ihcrc exists In the United States modification which oven profound dis agreements arc powerless to alter. In the lisctisslon of gieat polllical and social prob lems touching the vvelfato ot workers wo piocccd with wide liberty In showing the spirit of fraternity nnd tolcrnnce which ren tiers xlolcnco Inexetio.iblo and nlvvnjs preju dicial to its Author ! * . When a ninjoiity pio- nounccs cvcryono submits. If this gieat nnd salutary principle of civ Ing expression to tlio will of the majoiltv which forms the basis of American Institutions bu Ignored social or- tier , founded on llbeity and fraternity , col- lnp es and soclely falls once moru Into chaos. Mi-Lane , at llonget's request , consenlotl to transmit Iho council's petition to Governor Oglcsby. Cholera In BIIIMIUS Ayrcn. HuiiNos Avni.s ( vlaOalvestoni , Nov. J. In the lunatic nsyluin hem the cholera cases nverage ton dally , while among the In habitants of llio city Ihu victims have nol ex ceeded oli-lit onv day. In the city of Coidova theccntet of communication between Buenos Ayres and the upper provinces , n ntocosslon ot 15,000 pei sons passed thiougli the strecls yesteiday can y ing images of samtsand pray ing for a decline of the epidemic. There were twelve new eases anil live deaths in the c tv jesleidny , nnd the population Is gicatlv alarmed. The Gnrtiian linni.tv , Dec. 1. The rclchstiv ? has con cluded thu discussion of the budget. It do- elded to refer certain sections to the budget committee nnd deal with the remainder at Hie plcnnry silting of Ihchousu. In thu eouiso of the debate Hcrr Jacoby , seeiotnij ol state forUiolmpeilallieasury , denied Hint the es tablishment of a tobacco monopoly formula part of thu pro 'lamlllo ol thu goveinmont. Duhlln'n Olllclnls. Dt'iiuN , Dec. 1. Timothy D. Sullivan has been-ro-cleclnd lord mayor of Dublin : O'ICeefe , solicitor , has been elected loid inavor of Limerick. JJoth Sullivan and O'Kcefu pledge tliemsolves to letusc any honois which maybe ollcred by tlio queen during jnbileu year. John Dillon lioatls the list ol candidates for the ollico ot high shcillf of Dublin. Condemned to Dec. 1. Tlneo of the Marseilles municipal olllccrs who havu been on trial at the AIx assUes on chnrgcs of corruption have been condemned lo civic du.'rndallon nnd lo nay a nnd of 1300 fiancs each. The olheis have been acquitted. Turkey's Military Movements. CoN&TANTiNot'i. ] ! , Dec. 1. An Irado has been Issued ordeilng the foima'.lon of Inrgo military depots In diireient parts of the cm- plio for Hie sloiago of mnleiial nnd ns- centers for the nssembllngof leserve troops. Ccnci.ll Yon ( Jolt/ has completed mobiliza tion plnns , based upon the German system , Girls Attack Ofllcers. LONDON , Dec. l. Twohnndredglils to-day attacked and pelted with mud a bailiff and assistants -who were serving writs of eject ment upon tenants on Lord Dillon's cstales In Hallyhaiinls. Thu men beal a hasty ru- trcat , leaving a horse car and papeis. The Cznr's Latest Move. LONDON , Dee. a It Is stnted that the czar ) s about to send Prince Nicholas of MIngielln to Iho RUllan lo obtain his consent to llio nomination of Iho prince ns governor of lloumclin , willi the object of eventually com pelling Unlgarla to accept him as her ruler. Green Glass Blowers' Controversy. Piiii.ADiii.i'iiiA , Dec. 1. An important featuio has entered Into Iho conlrovcisy be tween the green glass manufacturers and blowers over the abolition of the npprentlce system. Monday night meetings of local nsscmblles xvere held In Clnylon , Mlllvilie , Salem , Woodbury , AVlllInmslown nnd Glass- bore , vv hen U wns decided Hint they would not shiko ns ordered by the executive boaid of Distiict Assembly No. 1-19 , Knights ot Lnbor , but would suriender their chnilers. The respeclivo climtersof six assemblies were sent to general headqnarteis In this city yesterday and It is staled that these assem blies propose forming an association and in tlio fnturu they say they will not allow nny- ono lo work In a New Jcisuy fncloiy lie has violated trie agreement made at the com- piomlso settlement last month with t tie em ploy ern. On the other hand the olllcois of district assembly 140 declaio these blovvcis , nnmbeilng between Iivu and sl\ hundred , will be ostracised nnd blacklisted by nil mem bers ol thu league In good stnndlng and will not be nllowed lo work outside the limits ol their towns. A Julian Iiullqtcd. SIIKI.DON , In. , Dec. 1. [ Special Telesinm to the Uiu.l : The chief topic of Inteiest heio Is tlio action of the grand jury , which hns just found Indictments against the present circuit judge , D. 1) . McCallum , nnd several demociatic editors , all chaigcd with forgery and cilmlnnl libel upon Major 11. ] > . Hallcy , of this place. Thu tionble grows out of a campaign Il ; lit , Major Hailoy wns the membci of the republican Mate ccnti.il com mittee from this district and McCallnm was the ninsvv innp candidate fet distiict judge. Hailoy chnrges that forscd nnd slnndeious nrtlcles vvero clicnlnletl against him by McCalliim and Hie demoeintie editors nnd ho bioiiijht suit , and the uumi jury has Indicted thum. This Is thought to bo tlio Ihst Inslaneo In the state vviicio a judge on the bench was Indicted by a gland jury Jor n cilmlnnl otlunse. _ 'ilio Storm In Miuliljjnn. liutoir. : Dec. I. ThoKvenlng .fournnl's Manlstco. Mich. , special says : Dining a li.'avv gnlo and blinding snow storm at Hiieo this moinlng , thu steam batgu Maggie Mar shall and consort Aiundel went ashore thico miles south of Mantsteo harbor. Thuciens iiiu i-ale and thu vessels will weather the gale without haun. Captain Anker , of the Arnn- del , says ho novel o.xpeilenccd such a gale ns that last night. The Marshall was manned w Ith tout teen men nnd thoAriindel with six- . Tliotug Wilglit , bolonglni ; to Louis Sands who nlso owns thu Aiundel and Marshall , Is a total wreck. Loss S'1,000. ' A special liom Slieboygan , Mich. , says a gcnnlno winter bll//aid nnd noithvveat gale Is prevailing nnd the air Is full ot snow. .Several vessels will lay up to day , Injured In 11 Collision. GI.V.NDO.V , Minn. , Dec. 1. Theio was n collision this morning at b o'clock on thu Nouhem Pacllie between mall Iraln No. 1 and c.istbound pnssongor No. flonn curve two miles west of Muskado. Hoth locomo tives vvcio smashed and the mail car of No. 1 wns burned. Conductor Kldrod and the en gineer und fireman of No. 0 vveia all slightly biulsed about thu head. Mall Agent Llnnen wns simllaHly Inn I , besides u dislocation ol the shoulder. All weio surgically treated hcio , niul hnvii gone to tlm hospltnl at Hialn- ord. Pail of Hie mall was destroyed. Thu mall tiain was tivo loins latu nnd the two tiains had coulllctiiij , ' ciders Llftoiibo For I'ool Si. l ot'is , Dec. 1. An ordinnnco Impos- Inja license of SJ.OOO per annum on book makers and pool sellers wns recommended to the municipal house of delegates for pis- saito last evening by Iho wnys and means committee. Thcro was somu discussion as to the good the bill would do , ono delegate being of thu'oplnlon that a hhh license on book-makers would not coiritpt either the morals of the j onng 01 old men. Heforu any action was taken on the matter thu house adjoin ned , A I'ostmaAtor , WAsiiixr.roN , Dec. 1. Thu reslgnnllon of Hobt. H. LnmarutiH as postmaster at Sac City , la. , has been received at thu postotlae dcpaiimeut , SOME POLITICAL HISTORY , Ex-Secretnry Chandler Reviews Incidents of the Oarficlcl-Arthnr Administration ! HOW BLAINE LEFT THE CABINET. Hit Ilctlronicni C'aitsctl Itj No Per- sonnlor I'olltlcnl DlfTorcnccs With llio I'roHHIcnt Jinny Pornicr Stntcincnls Donlcil. lltninc ntnl Arttitir. HosToV , Dec. 1. ( Special Telegram to the Ur.K.I The Ileiald piinLs the tollovving let ter Irom ox-Sccretaiy Chandler , concerning the iclatlons which existed between the late I'msldent Aitliur nnd Ulalne , while Hlalno remained In Aitliur's eablnut , and subsc- iiucnily : To the 1'dltor of the Heiald : The readiness with whlcli thu Ilcinld has withdrawn an erroneous charuu coinciding niscll In its aillcloof Nov. IS headed. "Aithui asPicsl- dent , " n rev lew of the political histoiy of thu ( Inrticld Aithui ndmlnistiatlon , encourages mo to wiito toconect n few oilier statements Hicicln which I know to bo unfounded. There nro many moru which I nm sine nio untrue , but of whlcli 1 have not personal knowledL'U. Thu charge is madu thai Mr. ( Jcorgo Hllss 'Melded to temptation" be cause , it Is said , " .Mr. Ullss agreed to arbitration with the Salisbury , who were filends of lllalnc. " Asseillons that Colonel Hllss was evei talso to any cnuso In which bo was employed as counsel cannot possibly bo justified. Iloagiced tobcarbitra- tor ol the stai louto cases against tlio Sails- burjs solely because of Inck of evidence to waiiant cilmlnnl ptoceedlngs. lie world , moreover , have been perfectly willing to prosecute any of the "friends ot Hlalno" who wens guilty. Theasscitlon Is maduat lonctli and In various lorms that "IJIaine determined to icmaln at the bead of the statu department or to bo turned out. " "Tho secietary of state supposed Hint ho had succeeded , and thai Arthur would not date disturb him. ' ' "Tho immediate quarrel with the piesidont , which led to his quitting llio cabinet , aioso Irom a bicach of good faith regaidincr distinctions given to Mr. Ticscott. " "Soon after Mr. lllaino vvasfoiccd to icsign on account of a dlllcicncc of opinion between himself and tlio president in his South American policy. " "Kiom thattlmu on Dlalnu and his family vve > o slraiiECis nt the while house. " "This enmity was intensified by tlio result of Ihu last presidential election , and Aithui and his filends vvcio nccused covcitly of nssisling. by their indltreiencu nt least , llio tiiumnh ot Piesident Cleveland" . This Is nearly all a tissue of falsehoods. The resignations ol lite membcis of tlio ( inrliuld cabinet weio all placed In Piesident Arthur's hands Imme diately after he took the oath of ollice before the chlel jusllce , on llio ' 2d day of Seiitem- ber , IbSl , in thu vice president's room , while Piesident Oaihcld's remains weio lying In tim rotunda ot thu capltol. Tlio uiusldcnt asked Iho several gentlemen to remain in ollico nntil tliero could bo a fuller conference. Next day the funeral piocesslon stalled tor Ohio , but President Arthur remained behind. JJeloro leaving Washington Ulalne nsKed thu iresident at what date lie would probably bo released Irom the slate depart munt , and thu latter icpllcd that ho desired Mi. Ulaino to remain until thu York town celcbiatlon ol October 10 should bo over , and the euteitaln- mcnt of Hie French and Cerman vitllois should bu completed. DIaino. of couise , consented to Iho picsident's wishes. After Hie foreign visitors had departed , which was about tlm middle of November , Hlainu still lemaincd to assist in the i > repaiation of so much of Iho president's message ns related lo foreign nftniis. Soon nftei congiess con vened , during December , and on llio day on whlcli Kiclinghtij sen had slcnihed Hint ho dcsiicd to commence his olllcinl duties , lilalno left Hie department. During nil this puilnd I saw Mr. lil.iine frequenlly , and ho conversed with mo liocly. Ho man lie.stcd to mo no dcsitn whatever to remain in President Aitliur's cabinet , lie signified no such wish to the ] iresideiH. lie considered a cliangu natural nnd inevitable. Tlio presi dent , Inrthcrmoic , urged him lo accept the appointment of mlnlstci lo Kngland , which Mr. lllaino declined with ( banks , ami they parted In a friendly spirit. 1 remembeiHi.it Mr. lilalnc said lo mo that ho did not lecl able to keep up such an establishment In London ns lie would desire to maintain , lie wrote n note to the piesident in connection with his declination ot the mission whlcli may perhaps bo toiind among 1'iesidunl Arlhur's pnpeis , 01 Mr. lilainu may havu a cony. The dilToienees touching some fratiues of Iho Soulh American policy happened aflci .Mr. lilalnulelt thu cabinet , the pilncipal one , of a personal chaiactei , being between Fio- linghnys'en and Itlalnc. Even this , 1 think , never amounted to a totnl suspension ot indi vidual relations. Ulnlne had given a public icccption at his house to thu new secretaiy , but nfter a time hospitali ties censed , though 1 think mutual calls by card were never abandonde. Uetwccn the president and Ulalne personal relations and exchange of hospitalities weio kept tip oven when dlflcrenccs on the South A men can policy vveru at tlio highest point. ISIalne dined at tlie while house and Iho piesident dined al lilainc's. I am quite smu that Mr. and Mrs. lilainu vveio Invited to the white honso two or three tliiicsduiing the winter of 18St and that the president dined nt Ulaino's as late as .March , IbSl , within three months of the national convention. Dining the canvass for the nomination In the Mining and summer ol ISM mnnv .shaip savings vvcro In cliculallon.and thcpi'csident was much distuibcd at limes at reports of some of thorn and lilaino may have also been hritatcd , but their personal iclatlons were never terminated. As Into ns hist spring , when lilnlno finished his 'Twenty Yeais of Congress,1' lie sent the two volumes to Arthur with n kind Inscilptlon , and they vv 010 accepted by a friendly note. Alter Ihu presidential election the chahmnn of tlio national committee was indiscreet enough , In n published Intcivluvv , to impute to President Aitlnir and the members of the cabinet n want of fidelity and /eal In llio can vass. This chnigo was uascless und was so declared bj mo at the time In a letter to thu Now Yoilc Tilbnne , All possible and np- pioprlntunsslstnnco wns tendered. It could not have been expected thai we should supci- ccdo the chulimaii 01 do his work , although It would have been better If somcono ban donu so. Hlainu has nivcr Indorsed the chairman s aspersion , to mv knowledge. In Until , them la much less bltteiness , eeitalnly much less pcisonal dlscouitt'sy , prevailing among public men who nio livals than our piolllic and teckless newspuneis wiileis would have their icadeis believe. Kveiy. thing which docs happen Is magnified or dis torted. The Herald of Saturday last states thatl did not speak to Ptcsiduut Hajes on the Jato funeral occasion. This Is untrue. I greeted hlmiesnectlully. The icfusal of Ulaino to accent Senator Kdmunds' hand is to boio- gietled. Ulalno's assigned leason was that two da ) s beloio there had been made public a letter written by ndnmnds in the spring ol ISsriwhleh Imu'Mclicd Illalnu's personal in tegrity. lllaino had a rluht to diavv this in ference from ' the letter , but consider ing the simoundings he should have reciprocated IMmumls' salutation. He acted , however , tiom sudden linpnl-o , and theieby widened the breach which , Ilko Hint with ( oniclini , ' . ousht never lo have existed. \\hllo our erent republican leaders nuaiiel thepaity suffers , and by reason of such dif ferences loses a piobidcntial election. It Is tor the Inteiest ot tlm countiy ( hat such piiiely personal controveisies should not itilso or contlnuu between piomlnent lendcis ot either paily. it U to bo regretted that Riich vviiteis as the one vvhoaolettei to the Herald 1 am coiiHldciInjr , and llio Herald ( self , should endeavor to widen Instead ot healing such quaiiels. K , CiiAiiicn. . A Pr Ur.in.i.v , Dec. 1. Justus Klotproi'icssht / : candidate foi the lelchstag in the J'irot olec- toial dUtnct of Uerlln , is conducting a vigor ous campaUn. Addiessing mcetlnss vvhcr- t\cr the social demociatic element Is prpml- nent , his sitceches nro received with enthu siasm. Eugene Itelchter , Schonck Von blautrenbetg nud Albeit Kiacier aio giving hi.m active support. Thesospenkcisannouute that the progressist will vote agalost pro- jonuiup the otei tiou of the tintl-sociallst lavv. aii-ws. U.ililuiul'H I'nrmcrs' Union. OAKI.KVD , Neb. ) Deo. J. ( Special to the UIK. : ] The Fanners' union have lalscd Hie required - quired capltaIS10,000ttccordlug to thet bl-law s to commence business with. Tlicyhavecnllcd nmccHiiKof the stockholders forSnturdny , when they will determine , whcthei they will buy lots and erect nn clevnlor or putchn'ie ot one of Hiopiescnl llrms. Many farmers nre holding their train until the union Is pre pared fobuv' . The farmers are \cry much elated over their success so far. Tliero Is but onu American fnimerin theunlon , and Ithas been Hu own In their teeth mnnj times that theunlon would not succeed , on account of thu green Swedes , but they are not sogieen now. The Swedish pcoplo hcio nio Independent enough to nsscrtand < { cmand their lights , anil befoie many months the 1'armers'unlon will be a common thine over the entire state. It appears that competition Is coinciding the giain films do not want and will not allow If thov can prevent It. Wo havu one oluvator standing Idle , owned by the craln combina tion , nnd that cost them neatlv $4,000. This protective move by the fnimcis , no doubt , will be a giand thing foi Oikland , and It is getting lobe the popular belief among busi ness men here. _ The Sliellcnberjjei1 Trial. NnmtvsK.v CITNeb. . , Dec. 1. [ Special Telegiam tolhu HKI : . 1 The second day In the Shcllenbeigcr ttlai has passed nnd as yel n jury has not been secured. Over 200 men have been before thu couit nnd i ejected as incompetent juroi son account of having nn opinion nsicgnrds the guilt of Hie prisoner. It Is thought now that n jmy will bu secured by to-nionovv noon , Thu court room iluilne the entile day picscntcd an nnlmatod scene , being ctowdcd to its full capacity. What the sherlll will do with all the vvould-bo specta tors when the lury has been svvoin Is a ques tion Hint Is soiely vexing him. The prisoner though the object ot cveiy oyu In the court mom. keeps his composure , nnd to the Iir. ) : man ho lias said that hu is Innocent ol Ihu ciimc of which lie is charged. ClinilcH Hunt Wanted. DAVti.Nfor.r , Neb. , Dec. 1. To Cn.vutr.s liujji : Ion arc wanted at home by wife and chlldien who nro ncnrlyvorilcd to death by jour long nbsencu and hearing nothing from you. Should nny one see this notlco \vlio \ knows of his wheicnboiils they will eon- fern fnvoi by show Inc it to him or infoim- ing tlio editor ol llio Telegraph , Daven- poit , Neb. Ho is a man of medium heleht , spate build , blue cjes , long sandy moustache , .side whiskers somewhat gray when giown out , and a man ol rather pleasant addics.s. Exchanges will please copy. A Coal Flnil liiOroo County. SviiAcusr , NOD. , Dec. 1. A few days ago Mr. John McHailand , who lives about two miles southwest of this plnce , while boring a well , sti nek coal at a doplh ol seventy feet. 'VA hen lie was down nbout sixty fcethestiuck slate lock. Alter going through ten leel oL this slnto lin lonnd the. drill to be working in coal. Ho drilled nbout lour feet nnd then used n sand pump , which bioiight up quite n quantity of coal , which wns taken to the house and binned to n poifectlv white usii , leaving no slate. Tlio vein is thought to bo lour feet thick. _ _ The Plttlo Boy Hold for Murder. "Wii 111:11 : , Neb. , Dec. 1. The coioner's jmy in the case of ti.c dead boy Jlmnilo Magor , letui ned a vcullct last uiglit , finding that ho came to his death Irom n gun shot wound Irom a gun in tlic hands of Mlko Kittle , a lad tweh e years old , and Hi'at It was maliciously done , and that his biolhbr Jlmmla Fitlle , len veai sold , was acccssoryi A great many be lieve Hiattlic shootlnBvVas ncciUcntnl. IJIC Honl 10s tmq Trniisnotlnii. Siot x CITV , la. , Dec. 1. [ Special Tele- ginin to the UIE. : | Oncof thclargcslieal eslalo liansacllons recorded in this city for alone time vvasconsummatedlo-day.wlieicby Weaie & AlliBon sell to John Pierce and other capitalists a section of land just north of tlio waterworks reservoir for 5100,000. This sale is of public interest fni moio than its pioporlions. as Iho expressed pnipoie ot tlic pnrclmsci s in buying ills to subdivide It and lay it off into lots , which will bo put on Iho maikrl ne\t season. In connection \\ltu this scheme a cable cai linn Is to bo Imiitfiom the depot to the cxlremu north side of Iho puichnse , n distance of two and a half miles. _ lown Stock Breeders. MA sox CITY , In , , Dec. 1. [ Special Tele gram to the I5ii : . ] Thonnnnl convention ol the Improved Stock Breeders' association of Iowa opened here this moinlng with a largo attendance , nnder Hie presidency of James Wilson. Oovei nor Larraboo was to have do- Iivered nn address this aftoinonn , bill was nnablo to be piesent Papers were lead by a numbei of piomlnent stock breeders fniil great interest is being taken in Hie pi ocoed- ings. _ Drurgir. la. . Dec. 1. fSwcial Tele gram to Iho UKI : . | Ed. Wall , living on the Jnekcon county line. Insane bccaiisu his biothci Is accused of stealing hoi-es , was hound and biought hcio at 3 o'clock this moinlng. There are no tnlns hem to day from the Iowa and Dakota and Iowa and Minnesota divisions of tliu Chicago , Milwaukee & bt Paul. lowft Train Cr.DAH UAPIDS la. , Dec. 1. | Special Tele gram to the Uii.J : The lown branch of the Amcilc.in Tinln tllspatchcis elected K. W. Titus. Marsh all I own , president : C. II. King , DCS Molnes. vice pioshlont : M. A. Hnkor , Keoknk , secietarv. nnd W. K Doxan. Cedar Itnphls ; Krank Hoilon , DCS Moines ; J. A. Hauett , Hello Plnlnc , executive committee. Tlio Coltl In Iowa. 13iTiiM\mov. In. , Dec. 1. Tlio mild weather of jesterday took a sudden change nt midnight , glowing cold i.ipldly till this moinliiL' , when the tlicrmo meter mat ked 5 degrees bolovv , The ilvor Is closed , which is eaillei than for several years. Thowenthcr to-tiny is clenr but cold. Thu thcimometcr nt noon was 10 degiceS above. A Fireman Killed. Cr.DAii IlAi-iDP , la. . Drc , 1 fSpcclnl Telegiam to the UIF. : l-r-JIoger KHoy , n lire- man on the Hmllnuton , Cedar Uapids .t Northern , wns inn over by his engine ncni SpliltLnkn while trying to eseipo fiom n collision with a snow plovv and was Instantly killed. Twelve I > pRro < 'H nelovv. Sioux Cn , la. , Dee , J. [ Special Telegiam to the Ur.K. ) Sioux. ( Jty | is experiencing some verv cold weather nt present for the season of the j ear. TliBjinerenry cot down to about It ! deL'iecs bejdwyero this morning nnd has scatccly bccnjalXMu yero all day , Tim JMIsslbBlppi Clo Qil nt DAVKXI-OIIT , la , \ee. ) 1. [ Special Tulu- gi.im to the Hi'.i-4Tho : ] Mississippi river closed lei navigation attliis jmlnt to-day , the raillest date with t > vo exceptions wlihln thirty-five years. The sticam Is fro/.en clear acioss excej ) ! n nauovv channel on the south .side oft ho i Firn at Iiidcpeniloiicc , CBIIAU HAi'ins , la. , Dec. 1. [ Special Telegram to the HIKKlefleld's : ] lumber yard burned partly nt Independencu at 0 o'clock this morning I oss , SlO.CO'J. Two Uutllngton , Cedar Kaplds > t Noithcin box carsvveiu tunned. Tlio VVorkH Itiirncd. OrrujiwA , Ja. , Dee. 1. [ Sjwclal Telegrnm totli6 UIE. ! Longfoid's tllovvoiks binned last night , Loss about 52,500 ; Insurance § 2'X)0. ) A Kinull Fire. KEOKUK , la , Dec. l. [ Sneclai Telegram to HwiUFr.j Tbuftamo dweUIng of 11 , H. Herman , owner , and M. .J. linker , occupant , wns paiuEilly binned. Insured fur 81,000. MILLION AIREMOEH MYSTERY The Great Secret of Wilson's ' Suit is nt Last Divulged. THEY ARE FATHER AND SON. I'ntnlly I'rltlc aiul Position Cause tlio JJIch Parent tu Discard lllrt First-Horn to Illilr IJnrly IniUsorntliHi. Wilson llovpnls Ills Secret. PnovtiiKM i : , II. . 1.1 Dee. 1. ( Special Telcciam to the Hir..l : At last Hie gtoat WINon-Moon scctct Isold , nttor the expendl- tuicot hundiedsof Hiou nndsof doll.us and untold misery and much litigation. All sorts of stmlcs liavo been told and theoiicsml- vanci'd , and nil have been to tlio etfect Hint \ \ llson Mas \lll.iln oC tlm deep ° st tl.\o , and that Phillip Moon vvnsn prosecuted old gen- Human , who , In keep u sccict which would ln\olvo him In public disgrace , Imd given Wilson unwinds nl ? : iOO,000 to hold his peace. When the fuels of the case me i end here with , it will be tendily soon that Wilson , as ho has hcon Known to tlio public , has boon uioiu sinned against than sinning ; that Instead ot being theblackmallei and misei- nhlo vviefch that ho has been made tu appear , no Is no moie nor less than 111 locllimnto on of .Mi. Phillip Moon , tlm Worcestei nillllonniru. "Doe" Wilson was seen this moiniugand ho talked lioely icgaidlng his noublos. and thun to the sur- piiso ot those who were piesent , ho ejacu lated : " .My Oed , I'm thed of this. 1 am tired of being pointed nt as a blackmailer and thief. I ha\o kept ihls matter between Mocn and mjselt seciet foi seventeen ye.irs , but It has got to come out and for the liist time In my life I now ro.veal It. 1 am Phillip Moen's son , ho is my lather , althonch that is no credit to me. I am not pioud of it by any me.ins. llcie. I will show jou Icttois which I have in my possession , which 1 ha\e no\er lead In or out of couit. Homll What does that say in tltc hnndwilting and signed by Phillip MoenV It reads ' .My dear son. ' and Is nddiessed to mo by mv lather , Phillip Morn. The man whom I always supposed was my fatlier , .Jonas Wilson , drove a stairo line between Dniiielsonvilleand Wlllimantlo , Conn. Ho died in the year IbTO. Justine- vlons to his death ho experienced religion , and as he had a desire to iello\e his mind and die with a cleai conscience , ho called mete to tlio side oi his death-bud and inndn thu womb-rliil levelntion befoie mysoll and my supposed mother that 1 was not his son hut thu MHI of Phillip Moon. 1 was about seven teen ycais ol ago , and after my fatlici was bulled 1 soiuht out Phillip .Moon , mv own father , and acquainted him with the ( nets. Ho acknowledged that It was tine , and begged of mo to Keep it a secret between ns on account of his marrinco with his step daughter , named Maria. Tins 1 promised to dou but in older to keep other parties quiet , 1 was obliged to Keep paying them laigo nmonnts. Thu moiu 1 paid them , the moio 1 had to. " As near as can bo ascertained by Inquiring it appear ; that alter Mo < ; n mairied his lirst wlte a child was bom about MX months nltei- wnids. This child is the present "Doe" Wil son , or lightly .Moen. Moon's wife was taken to tlio Wilson's , who kept a sort of Iving-in hosnltal tot women In a delicate con dition , and the infant was kept by the Wil son's and bought up as their son , until tlm time of the death ned confession , when it was revealed that Wilson was not Wilson nt all , but icnlly .Moen. Moon's wife died and the secret'was known onlv to the foster parents of young Wilson. Wilson , In his iccent suit airaliist Moon , expected that it would result in his favor without lecourse to the divulging ol tlio secret. Ho icckoned without his host , however , but lid Is determined to lollow Ills father to the bitter end. It will eitliei devolve upon Moen to pay the Wilsons foi their silence or to mak a. snttsfnctoiy settle ment to his son. The Widow ot Jonas Wil son , wlio had the hiinging un of Wilson , and , as preairanped , was to bring him up in ignoiance , when appealed toby Wilson to come forward when necessary and testify in his beiialt relative to vvliat she , -with him. had for so many j ears kept in secret , begged of him not todo it , and in tlio fren/.y ot her grief nt the bare possibility of the sectet being divulged became insane , and In thai pitiable rendition at piesentis lesidingnlThompson , Conn. , vvneie , In her mad lavings , she Is ceaselessly mutteiing imprecations upon the Into that made her a living lie. Will Moen disown the son begotten in his vouth , now Hint ho Is a weak old man who , for the sake of family pride and position , lias lor all these veais heen tiyins to covci up the avidei'co ot his eaily indiscretion by putting Ills infant son away liom him to glow up in poveityand without Knowledge as to his IdcntitjV What will the world sav of sucli inhuman conducti * When once the gicat milionaho Moen was convinced that his son. by confession ol his foster lather , knew of his pateinity , lie was willing to make any s.icnliee , how ever great , to purchase silence. Wilson , so called , has not a look , a leseiu- hlanco or an attiibuto to tlio Wilsons. They vvcro com so nnd vnlgai people , as the vvoild goes , but he is the pletuiu ol * a .Moen. has the laniil.v lesemblancc and has ( lie wiltten ac knowledgment liom 1'hlllp Mocn thai he Is his "dear son. " MOIJ.N nr.vir.s Tin : STOIIV. Woitfisun : , Mass. , Dee. 1. The an- nouneement tiom Piovldeneo this mcnlnir that "Doe" Wilson had lilted Hie veil tiom the ticat Mocn mvstery caused a tionmndoiis sensation. The bulletin boards wcie sin- lonnded far Into the night by crowds The mlllionalie maniifactuicr was at a piayer meeting when the announcement i cached this citv nnd the icportcis gathcicd at the donrof Union chinch to waylay him wlicn ho ramo foith. When asked about the state ment made by Wilson to day that he was his lather. Mi. Moen said ; "It hallo ; a down- light lie. Just see howdespeiato Urn man Is , getting up such a stnij us that. " Moon de clined to statu anything lurtlici. Not Anarchist Syniputlii/.erH , Ciiir.UiO , Di'p 1. Meetings woio held to night by the leading turn-\eielns > of the city to take action upon the clicul u Ooin the ex ecutive board ot the Chicago tuin distiict to evciy tiiin-veicin In this distiict asking them to hasten the adoption of a losolutlon declaiing tlio veidlct in the anaichlst case an unjust one , and demanding a new trhil for the condemned men. At the meeting ol the South Sldo society the resolution and action of the dlstilet boaid was \ciy freely discussed. The unanimous verdict was that the nnmchlsts vvcio In tlio hands of the law and thai any outside dictation , suggestions 01 inloifoiencft would bo wholly Inexcusable. The distilet boaid was vehemently de nounced and resolutions passed calling n general nuetlng for the junposo of ousting Hie membcis tiom ofllce , A similar feeling wnsiieaily as st'oiigly expiessed by other tiini-raeln societies , Goiiernl Htmnrd'H I'latnt. SAN 1'm.Nrisco , Dec. 1. Major ( lencinl O. U. Havvaulcommanding the depiitment of the Paclhe , in Ills annual report to tlio ad jutant geneial lor thu Infoimatlon of the lieutenant guneial comnmndlng , complains that thu means ol defense against a possible Invasion ot the J'acillccuist nio Inadequate , and UbUb lot u better equipment of tlio poits , etc. Cholera in Cook County. CIUCAOO , Dee. 1. The Dally NovvsPeiu , Iud. , special gays : The loss by hog cholera In this rounly has i cached S25000and the disease is still picvnllinir. Two thousand dead heirs were brouehl Into this city to the grease ieliners .vrsteiday and today as me- suit of the epidemic. A'erdict Against llio U. P. SAIYI LAKK.Vtah , Decl. 'Iho jury ren dered a veidlpt In thu third district court heru today of f 20,000In favorn ( W. C. Heddcn , against tlm Lnlou 1'acllic railway company on account of injuries sustained uy Jtudden % \hilo at vvurk in thecompauj's coal uiiiie lu Mny , 16S3. 1'ACIKIC UAltiKOADM. StntUtlui I'lirttlqlicd Uy Com mission or .loll union. WASIII.SOTOK , Deo. 1. The annual report of ( icneral .lo eph K. Johnston , commissioner of rallioads has been tiled with the secretary of the Interior , nnd was made public to-ilny. Ot the Union Tactile lallv ! ay company the commissioner sajs that , on his annual tour ot inspection , ho "found thu track , brld e , culverts , woikshops , roundhouses , stations etc. , of the company In excellent condition , the tlos well leveled and rails istooli ) aicu- lately and ttimly laid , coiistitutlnt ; tills as a llrsi-class load anil piovlng Its elllclenej. " The Ilnnneial btato Is xnmmarli'cd as fol lows : Total debt , StV.i. V-W ; ealtnl \ slock , < ( , Sr , t ) ; total stock and debt , S'JXi.KOT , ; ! ; total a tcts , s.5)l4V-'Oli ' ) : suiulus , ? : Uu' ) > rIT7. Amonu thu Hems ot assets is one of ? Jl.fi04,141 , as claimed by the compiny , re- pahl to the United btatcs ' 1 he commissioner sajs tlmt thueoits | of tlio tiennry dupait- ment show M'ttknl ' accounts and money paid into tlio tse.TUiry June SO , ISM'- , ngcuvntniK S'.V.OT-J , H-f , 01 < MWK7 ) , less than the amount claimed b.v thu compnnv , ' 1 ha credits of the company aio Increased , howevei , bj necuiuulale < t inteicston sinking fund investnients ? 4is'fto. Total ciedits JiinuiM , l rt. S''l.iaj.UH. 1'ho net OHinlngs ot these atixlllai.v lines tai ( Ho jeai ended Decembei it. lSs" > , amounted to 5fl.0i'U. ! ; ( . ' Theannual Inteicst on tlio bonds was s'J.UJI- 110. On two mads dividends amounting to SM.IOJ were paid on stock , all ot which , how ever , was owned by the Union I'aclllc Kail- way company , making u tol.il for thu > ear of Sj-V'Ti.llO. oraduticit liom the business ot the jeaiol S1'J S,01S. The secretary of the Interior , In giving out this lepoit to ( fay , made the following com ment conccinlng thu delicti indicated above. Jt is claimed by .Mr. Adams president of the company , that tills dullclt Is apparent only , repiesenting not thu money paid out , but book accounts of interest which has accrued on securities largelv held by the Union Pacific company Itsell. 11 Is tnrther claimed tlmt duiliigtbe vcai tlm nuxlllaiy lines as a whole , not only paid tlieli own -operating expenses and SliXXK : ( ( ) In addition theicto , but also contributed to tlio main or leased lines of the Union Pacllio some S..OJUOO worth of tiallie which otherwise It would not have leceived. OftheCenlial Pacific rallroid compuny the report ot Commissioner Johnston Sajs tliat Its pioperty was also found to be in ex cellent condition. The various lines of the company havu been oneratcd since Apill 1 , 188. } , by the Southein 1'aclltc company of Kentucky , undei the tci ins of a lease dated Kebiuary 17 , tbs'i. The gtoss earnings ot the Paelliesjstem toi tlm jear ended June HO , lhM5 , compaied with those of the preceding jcnr , show a dccieasu ot S44U , ' . > ti < .i , jot llio net eainlngs increased i--lliO.Sl ! ; , 01 Hl.S pel cent. This luciease was caused by n vei v gieat lu- ductlon In operating expenses. The linan- cinl condition ot the load June . " 0 , Ibbn , Is Miinmariml as follows : Total debt , 8l' . , H\5S ! ; capital stock , S.V.'J75f.lO ) ; total stock and debt , Slsi , l,0158 ; total as sets , $ lb7,4' > ,5,17S ; surplus , SO.OOll.HO ; Of the fc'loux City * Pacilic lailioad com pany , thoiepoltsajs Hint its gross eninings \veroSr \ > 07 ! ! ! : operating expenses and taxes , SJ27b0 ; siiiplus , SU7-U50. The liabilities ol the. road me : Total stock and debt , 87.147,811 ; assets , SV1V.1 < f > : delicit , S1.4U4jW ( > . The tinaneial condition ot tlic Cential biancli ol the Union Pacilic. Juno 1)0. ) IbMi , is given as follows : Total stock and debt , S0.7KJ.101 : total assets S4- 781 , 53 ; delielt , Sl , : i7O.I. : ! The commissioner savs : The sinking lunds ot the Union and Cential Pacific companies June ! ! 0. 18SO , hold by the tieasiner of the United States nndui net ot Mav7 , 1S78 , amounted to g,05S,7n ) , the Union Pacltie having to Its ciedlt SG,4Hnt ) : , and Central Pacific SH.'ii1.- ) 801. The total amount of interest paid by the United States on account of subsidy bonds up to June SO , IbbO , was S10S51.5'.i' ! ) , an c.xcess ovei tlio sums duo tlio loads of S40,104.2'J1 . Of the Northern 1'aellio railroad company thu commisslonei says that mileage Juno 30 last was i-.bOl ; that ol seventy-livo miles nniinished On tlio Cascade di vision , probably only liyo miles will be left at the end ol the jcni. The lolling stock Ihiouglioul is ol excellent quality and the piopetty Is in good condition. Neat lybO per cent ot the tinek is lild with steel jails \\eicliinir lilty-six pounds per yaid. The trade nnd buildings are kept in good condition. The lollow Ing snows the linanclal condition of the Xoith- crn Pacilic lallroad compaio Juno : ; o , Ibsfi : Total debt , SSJ:5MUi : ! : ; caidlal stock. Sb7OV > , : HO ; tot < l slock anil debt , S16H- HsVJSJ : total assets , Slt'j.5l-b , : M ; suiilns , S JO 5 , 1.7.1. The eaininirs of the load for the jcai ended June : o , ISM ; , wem fll.7oW7 : ; ; expenses , 50l.V,2r . ! : net eainlngs , Sr > ,57- ) , % : ! , an incieasu of 5V 5,414 , or 10.01 pei cent , ovei astje.n. _ Unilroad I'ool Av\nrtH. CiuoAoo , Dec. 1. [ Special Telefiam to the JJr.r. . I The geneial maimseis ol the v\cstein trallie association tailed to agtcn upon the pcirmitnicc lei Omaha , Council HlnlTs and Paiillllon loc.iljxiol , anil thur.ingo c.ittlo pool At this time tne new nssocu- lion comes loiwaid , ami Commisslonei Fallhorn has had arguments and statistics of \ailousioadsunder advisement ever since. Yesteiday he submitted his awnid lo the va- lions manaseis ot the roads. Thopeicent- nge for the loads in Omaha , Council lilulls and Papilllon local pool are as follows : J toads. Old per cent. 'evv pel cent. ' SI. Paul . ! ! ) ' < . ii4 ; } Xorthwestcrn . 1HH . , . I ! " , , Itock Maud . iti'.j ' . "i Wnhash . . .IS . v\yt \ As will 1m SLOII the Wnbishls the only road whose neiccntago has nuen cut down and there is cveiy ptospcct that tlm company will nppoal liom tlmcominisslonerH decision. The avvniil for the loads in the ninge cattle pools is as follows : I toads. Pei cent. Duiliiigton . ' . ' 5 ht. Paul . ( M \oi t h w eslei n . "O Itock Island . t . o Wabash . I ) These peicentages cannot well ho com- paicd with tlioso foimcilv in elleet , astlie new pool Is differently nrganl/ud and eoveis diireient tcirltoiy. It is ouilu likely dial an niijie.it tiom this avvaid will also be madu Hiiiinhii : Down fjniul CiiifAt.o , Dee. 1. ( Special Telegiam to the ] Jir.J : United Hlates Maihhal Uier- bower , ol Omaha , aulved In the cltv last Sunday In scotch ol Dr. William W. balis- bmy , vvlio is wanted in N'ebiaslt.i foi complicit - plicit > In the alleged sehemn to defiaudtlm government , A w.inanl was svvoin out bo- lore Commissioner llovno and tinned over to Maishal Maish lei seivlce , K ilisbury was not located until yesteiday , when ho was found liy Deputy Maishal lioiciinid at the Hush Meillcal college , vvheiu liu was attend ing a special course ol Inclines. Ho was ar- H-stcd and taKen beloio the commissioner. where ho waived esamlnation and expressed himselt ready to go w illi Marshal liieibower nt once. Jt was too latu to obtain an outer from the couit for his tianslci to the Omalia distiict , and ho was icnmndcd to tlio custody of Maishal .Marsli , until to-day , when ho c.xpects to givn bonds in $1.000 lor his Intnio appeatance. It ho Is nnablo to do this lie will be taken to Omaha and placed In jiil to nvvalt hi * tilal , The cliarco against Di. Sallslmiv is conspltacy wilhChailesIt. Clnvotnnd \ . \ , . U'hltmoru to dcfiaud tlio United States out of public lands under llio tlmbei cnlturo act 'I ho Irand consisted ot an aflidavlt said to have been prcpucd b > Sallsbuo and foivvnidcd to Long Pine , Neb. , wheio ( Jlovei. who Is Unlieii States commishionci , ceitiiied to Its genuineness Di. Salisbury took his finest coolly and said he thought ho would ue nble to piov u his Innoccnio. Tlio Wc-otorn I'ahKonuor I'ool. CiiirAf.o , Die. 1. Thu mmiibeia of the western passenger pool wcieln session to day for thnpuipobo of uccoiiiplibhlng n icorgan- l/ation , but they inn up against a new obstacle. The Wnbash ngiecd to adopt the samojierlods as other roads lor ascertaining buslneai upon which to avvaid peiccntages , but insisted upon belli' ' allow eil to make thu s.imo rates per mile between SI. I.onis and Kansas City as the Chlcigo roads between Chicago nnd < uiincil lilulls All ot thu othc.i lines vveiu a unit a.-ulnst thu propcsi- tlon , and no agiecmc.nl being possible , tlm nuestlpn was lefcircd to Manageis Potter , Cluppell , Newman and Talniage , ( hey to reach a uompKunlso if possllilt * . 1'hu mtct Ing adjourned , mbject lo thu call of the chulniiim. SOME FACTS FOR FARMERS , Comraissionor of AgricuHuro Oolmftn Sub mils Ills Annual Report , TREE PLANTING RECOMMENDED. The CnmUtiotiH AVhlch Slnko This "The Itest I'ed Nation on tlio Ololio" Very Senslhlo Set Kortlt. ConnnUsloiioiColumn's lloport. W.VSIII\ < V , Dee. 1. Xoriimn J. Col- man , commUslouci ot agriculture , to-day submitted his .second annual icport to the Ptcsident. He duscilbes In general terms the progress made In ngrleultuicduilna re cent jcars and tlio condlllon.s which con- tiibute tomakn this "the best fed nation on tlm globe. " Ho sets lotth nt length Ilia bene fits derived and to bo expected Horn agricul tural cxpcilmcnts. Tlio stations nnd col leges ot the several stales ate constantly meed to enlniged experiments , and often find themselves stilklng "new leads" whlcli Hit1 } cannot follow , nil forvvanlof means. Hence the general Interest In the bill now beloro congiess "for the establishment of ngilcultuial expetlmentnl stations In connec tion with nii icultui.il colleges" nnd the pre valent opinion of Its Importance and desire for Ha eaily enactment. Xo measure , hu snys , Is now pending or pioposcd , of greater Import or beating a brighter piomlseof deep-seated and lasting benefits to the agricultural luletests of the United Status in all their branches . In communtlng upon the work of the buieaii of animal In- dtistiy , liodcscrlbcstho.siueadof plouro pneu monia , nnd. says : Kvoiy effort possible under oxisllng lawn has hern mudo to locate the dis eased animals and isolate all that havu been exposed. It would have been most tortunato If every animal exnoscd to the di sense and liable to con 1 1 not It could havu been' sum marily slaughtered and the contagion thus cindlcatcd. With a disease of Hits charac ter at Chicago It has been tiuly. said that the cattle Industry ol lids country has reached a rilsls The 10 can bo no doubt that It will bo soon and widely disseminated unless prompt and effectual action can bo Instituted for Its succdy suppiesslon. liven now It 1miy hruo been scatteied to some extent In tlio west , and the Invcstigallon ol nu\t.vcni will prob ably bilng olljer outbreaks to light. The mattei is a most Important one. ovei.shadovv- Inir In nigcncy all otheis altertlng our agrl- eultural population and ot vital inteiest also to every consume ! ol beef , ol milk , of butter and of encase. To pi event the spiead of this scourge , whlcli has alieadv gieatly affectca oiirtorciini and Intei-stato commerce , ad ditional legislation by congiess is now es sential , Much valuable woik has already i been done In Mai viand and thuilangur of thu dissemination of thu contagion tiom that I stale hits been gieatly lessened. No work I has been donu in Hie state of Now York be cause it w au evident that the appioprlatlon was not snir ! > lent to srcuio any lavoiablo re sults theie on account of llio Infection. The | disease also exists in Now Jcisuy , Pennsyl\anla nnd Yiiglnln , but thu state authorities have not jot accepted the itilcs and i emulations of the department in co-opeiatlon. I gieatly icgtcl the neces sity ot announcing the existence of this dan gerous disease ovoi .such a wide men , but the serious results to bo apprehended from It mnku 11 Impcinlive that tlm tiuth should bo known , in ordui that such legislative action may bo taken us Is indicated by the emer gency. Upon forestry ho says tliero Is prac tically no icproduction attempted or foiest plantinir donu worth mentioning In compari son with Hie cnoi mous consumption. "As the lirslstep of rcfoim , " he Miys , "undoubt ed ! \ thu land policy ot thu United Stales in limocred legions icqiiiics a change accoidlng to the conditions of these localities. Ueshles tlio good example whlcli thu govcinment may set in taking heeler care of Its own timber lands it might appropriately extend Its operations by planting on n laigu scale In bodies of several contiguous sections in treeless states and tcrrl- toiies of the west. The mlllliuy leservatlons in tlicso states , owned by the general govern ment , would lorm a most de i ruble held of operation. Only bv such extensive planting can a desiialilc modification ol thu uxtremes ol climate on the weslein plains Ins expected , " The commissioner calls attention to tlio need ol a liind to be used In sending .specialists to loicign counties In tcsponso lo Invitations to lake pai t in M'leiitllic Investigations of all sorts , lie. thinks icports madu fiom A stand point of thu needs ot this country , instead of l loin a foiclgn view , would bo veiy valuable. Public Held StnlcmoMf. WASHINGTON , Nov. JIO. The debt state ment Issued lo-day shows that the decrease or the public debt dining the month of No vember amounted to S > , L'OV-ilC 57. Total cash In the tieasmy. S4i : | ) , ( i,7IO.f.1J. nillovv- ing is a iccapitnlailon : Interesibcaiing debt , pilncipal und interest , SI,14lV-2,40l ! ; debt on ' 5I wliicli Interest has ceased since inaliiilty. ; pilnclpnl and Interest , S ! , . " 07SW ( : debt be.ir- ing no Inteiest. S'D,7.ri7/ii. ) ! ; total debl prin cipal , 51,70 i,7 ! , 'J70 ; Inlcicst. i > li,7ll.f > : i7 : to tal. Sl,7l5.r.07bOS ; ncl cash in trensuri' , SloKilOVi ( ; casli in tieasui v available for re duction of debl , 8,071 , t > vt. A Now Mot < ! iirol ( Kiuiil Sorvluo. ) VAsiiiSUO > , Dec. 1 , Lieutenant Joseph Powell , of the signal sei vice , has been de tailed to piocLCd to Omaha to oiganlzo a mo- teoiologlc.il sci vice ol thu Union Pacilic lailioad , which Is coi potato with tlm United Slates signal seivlcu bin can , About thlily stations will be established along thu line of the lailioad. It Is stated the N'oithuiii Paclliu and Canada I'acific lallroad companies con templated Ihu establishment of meteoiolo ieal stations , and the signal service bureau will nl < l the pioject to the extent of Usability , as tlm sui vices mo expected to matei hilly iisslst the buicinln weather piognostlcallons. With Hic'o aids It Is belloved a cold wave or any ether dieaded change ol lempcratnio can bo I c.ii 111) I laced in ilsr.istwaid course. Thesccielaiy of Interloi has dliccled that Flank A. Itldvvell , of Mitchell , Dak. , and Ceoigo W. Venniim , of Jamestown , Dak. , bn no longer recognised nsattoineys 01 ugenlH beloio tlm inteiirn depnitmcnt , 01 any buieaii or olhce connected tliciewilli. Tliroo Drunken Itlen Killed , WiMsi.sii.utiiK , Pn. , Dee. 1. Tlneu Jinn- gailuns , John Cobbaluck , John Warnci and Andiew Knsko , vvlio vveie lying in u tliunken sleep iijion thu I nick of tlm Dehiwaic , l/.iek- awanna \Veslern ralltond near I'iltsbuig this ovenlng , went strnclc by a pas.sungcr tinln and instantly killed , 'llieli bodUswiTO friglitlnlly mangled , poitloiiHof theli limbs being scatteied ovct thu tinck lei some distance. TlioVontlicr. . CiiKAfio , Dec. 1. Thumeicury heio tills morning dropped to eight degrees aliovomo making a fall of seventeen degicciln tlio space of fem hoins. Kvei > Indication Is for a tall below /em to-night. Tint wave extends In Ine.idlh fiom l.OJO to ! / , ( ) . ' ) mllcK. and Intll- catlons are llmt It will sweeii down Ihu Mis- slEsiiipi v.illcv JIH far as ( ) h ! < > , and then dl- tuvvniil the east. Hail way ST. Lei is , Dee. 1. Tlioht. Louis , Jersey- villo iX-Sptinglleld lallio'id , oxtciidlng fiom Halt's 111. , lo I.Ui , on I'm Mississippi ilvei , and llmnce lo Ciaflon , hns b cn seemed by u bjnilicatu of hi. Louis capitalists , wliowlll opeiato the in. id indepeiidenlty heii'ailer under the narnuot the hi. Louis A Ccntinl Illinois lallroad. 'I ho Indian Supply W.iroliotiHn. WASIIINION ( , Dec. 1. Commissioner At- klns , ot lliu Indian olllre , has received from rciuescntatlvu business men of Now Yoik city a written aignmcnt In faun ( it n'l. lining tliitgovfinmi'iit liidhin supply \\aulioilbd \ In that city. The po-toflUe depnitment has Inloiiiiation thai Thomas Wilson , lu 'iitlj npjiolntcU pav master at Calto , HI. , is dead.