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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. SIXTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , SUNDAY MOHNING , DECEMBER 12. 188C.--TWELVE PAGES. NUMBER 177. ACROSS THE ATLANTIC Interesting Melange of Incidents Gathered at the Qay French Capital. THE NEW MINISTRY FORMED lionilon All Absorbed In tlio Colin Cnmpboll sctuulnl Tlio Commercial Unlilc'B Kcllnblllij KorplRii NCVVH In General. Points rroin Paris. tCoi/rlrfi' ) | ( ' KM 1 > H Jmnr * ( lonlnn lI'Mirtt 1 I'AUIS Dec. 11. [ New York Herald Cable -Sprclal to tlio Hr.il.l Tlio storm pre- dlcU'd by the Herald , accompanied on tlir ( east with thunder , lightning and ballstonc n Urge as w dnuts , has been sweeping ovoi Trance , wrecking lishing smacks and unroot Ing tree" . In 1'arls the mischief done has been confined lo thu blow Ing down oC chlm- ncjs , blgns and scaffoldings , 'llireo cab' were blown over , and a man walking down the Boulevard do I'Hosnltal was blown thiough a grocer's window , smashing some bottles of pickles and preserved served fruits. Tlio storml s now abating , bill tlio weather Is ns cold and blustering as on tlio wont of Mai eh dajs in New York , mi. M.W i HUNCH cAinvr.r. M. Goblet has at last managed to form si cabinet , simply because- the counti > cannot bo left without a ministry dining the holidajs. The cabinet is as foi lows : M. Goblet , minister of the Interloi and pivsidetit of the council and nd Inteilu of foreign atfalis ; Dntiphln , minister ol finance ; Dortholst , minister of Instiuctlon : Sarrlcn , minister of justice ; ( ieneial Uoulaiigcr , minister of war ; Admiral Aube , minister ol Mailne ; Oriinet , minister ol posts and telogiaph ; Locktoy , minister ol commerce ; Mllland , minister of pub lic works ; Devllle. minister ol iigrlculturc. The prevailing opinion is thai the cabinet is not intended to last It will probably net thiough some kind of n budget and then adjourn parliament and carry on the administration till the chambci reassem bles in January , 'ilio French army and the na\y are to bo congiatul.itcd. General Hou langer and Admiral Aubo will both remain In ollicc. They lu\o done moie for thch respective departments than any minister have jet nccotnplishcd binco IfaTO. ( Sonera ! Jtoulanger Is now weeding tlio resencs ol Incompetent , supcianniiatcd ollkers , nnd I : about to irstoio to tlie Kiench country the lancers , whu pet formed such splendid scr vices on outpost duty duilng the wars of the lustcmDlio. AMPIlirANS IN I'AlllS Among well known Americans passing thiouch Pans J noticed ex-Senator Itobb , ol Now York.who Is btayingat the Hotel Liver l > eel , where also is Adele Grant. . Mrs. Gran ! Is still buffering from the \crysevero cold she has had over Hlnce her arrival liurc. Mrs. Schuyler and Mibs Langdon are now staying nt the Hotel Castigltonc , on route for Cannes , where , It Is ald , they will spend the winter , Mi. 11. Lcgr.xnd Cannon , the popular leadci of the geriuan , has arrived at the Hotel Liv erpool , en route for India. The frost lins broken up at Pan and the ( V hounds meet to-day at Stuammcs. A I1IIILUA.NT AMiiiCAN : HALL , ' 1 ho American colony is just breaking the Ice of us winter festhaties. A brilliant scr ies of balls is expected. The hrst one cami oil last night. Mrs. Moore , In her charming residence on the Avenue Marccau , gave i cotillion , tlio lirstof the season , and it wen elf delightfully. Everything was da//llnc nnd there was a fresh , beautiful , purled liowcr garden ot joung Ameilcan girls among the most admliod of whom won noticed Miss Lanirdon , Miss TJiquh.xrt , Mls < Giant , Miss .Monloc , Miss Dana and tin two pietty Misses Post. Among the marilcc ladies weio Mis. James IJiown Potter , Mrs. YnuholTinan and among othors. TWO IIIMHIC.UII.I : niti ssis. : 01100111101)10111011 ) walking dresses jus out Is one 1 saw todaj worn by a prettj American woman. It Is a navy blue ulush with white Scotch uattern oveibklrt , oh > gantly ictroussu in blue vclvetinoat thebnck of the tunic , lotminir a sash quaintly tin net under , with luigocoquea lined with sou silk the corsigo of velvetlnc.walstco-it and sleeve' ' of plush , fastened with tiny poail and stee buttons , a Louis XI hat ot plush , like a Whit tington cap , with two may quillon the skli A mulf ill plush , machlng , completed the at 111 e. Aballdiossof a Husslan piinccss , skli jonquil and falllo 1'nuicaise , covered with c-mbioldcicd bilk and India muslin lace edged with a golden brown jelvct panloi 01 tlio left sldobcveial ; scarfs of the sami linen , with Jonquil silk lumtted wlthacliali of passemoterio. gold brown , foiming i htuight panel on the tight hide , tlio cors.iiri coveied with euibioldery , a Louis XL llouuci foiming tliobhouldeis. The diapery , of vel vet , starts liom the left shoulder , crosses tin bust , lontlnulngto tlio puiiei on the lull hip ohuliiH of golden beads , epaulet bleoves. I'.iuiKK oi.is. rnr. iMii/i : . Tlio faculty ot medlcliio of Pails lias Jus uwardcd the Laca/o pil/o ot 12,000 francs t < Di. Valbeit Hoben , ot the fucidty of Paris for liln tioatlse , "Lecons do Cllnlauo et d < Tlioiapoutliiiio medlcHles. " mi rAMiMi m VSKS. To daj Is thofortj-slxth day ot Morhttls fast. ' 1 his wictchcd joung man is growint v\ial > oi and weaker , t'eiohral complication : IIID In ( act tlneatc nod , but still he persists It nbstalnlng from food , alluried by the gati money , which Is just beginning to amount t < bomcthlng. Sure ! scorns a little sulky be cause thoPailslaiisdunotpaj muchattentloi to him. toni'i nous A\n rnoicrru hs. Admiral Aubo's now gun boat has jusi completed her third trial tUp and answers al government lequhcments , including tin nlnoloon and a half knots of speed In opct MM. I'lft ) 0110 tini.iolo lioiti and tweulj swift outsets and gun boats are to bo launched dining the 3ear Ibs ? , Tin now pioj''etilo > , the I'einitng fhull with which the new crulsei- mo tn bo pioudcd , coiitlluu ) t ( astonish both aitillciy men and englneejs J ho twelve-Inch blicll , during leccnt nxpeil luonls , parsed through a compound plate ol MX indies uf btci'l ' with twelve Indies of Irot b.acklnc , smashing Ilio plate all to pieces am dcstrojlng the wooden and lion frame be hind , and It did tills although the ( argot wa < ulan auglo of thirtv-Uvo degrees. Thus ( eneial Houlangoi'o ainn reports and Ad inli.il Auho s gunboats , and the now piojec tlvos.spoak for themsehcs , and render the uall nil peuoial and admtial iiulcpcudeni ol onlliiuj poliiUal tempests. AT niKTHFAUMlS. The theaters this week have been dull. The ftelilo "Kemoiit.1 Sal\a > ics new opera vas produced at the Opera Comlipio with only moderate success. The hibrctto , b > Jllllamt and MalbertVolff , la llfht , vrltt ) and giacfful , but with the exception of r rhaimlug duet of Olairu and r.cmout In tlu lirst ait and a iiiariialCiinalu the oucra rnn- tuinsBfew mprctaux likely to bo long lived , " 1 aPilncosso Columuinc , " a comic optni lu tl rco acts , by Maurice Arttonneau nnil fmllo Audit- , the music by Hubert Plan quctte , Isa mere Trench version of "Nell CiWjnne. " and In spite of the lirst rate acting ol Hedthclier and the graceful agility of Mile.JulietteDorcourt , merely attained the level of a success. hill ? HUM ) III.K OWN. Pails to Injiirt ; Her SlatuinoniH. [ Ciiwiriuhl lVlli\i \ hunts Onnlanfini'C.I Lovno.v , Dec. 11. | New York Herald Cable Special to the Hi.i : ] The Campbell case Is still absorbing. To clvo an Idea of the extent to which this Is true 1 count up already twenty-six columns of the much emasculated report of the Timestortj-three : ; of the Telegiaph of the Daily News and of the Standard ; scvcntj-four of the Chron icle and ninety-seven of the Ironing News. Lady Colin toda\ withstood a very Inge niously conceived cross-examination very well. Her manner Is ready , modest , courte ous and. self-iellant. She sometimes fenced Interrocatlons jet without losing her arlp ol the meaning coinojed In the questions. I-oi Instance , being asked : "What have jou done vvitli all those Hlatidford letteis ? " bh said : "Please withdraw the word'all'and Its emphasis. " Council then said : "Cei tainly ; I will substitute any. " Again , hav lug said that she omitted , on the occasion ol the previous trinl In Camera about the disease question , much iclntint ! tc Lord Colin In order to nparu him , counsel de manded : "Do jou mean that tills spailng was on jour mind then' . " ' Hut she replied , without an v show of pertness - ness : "I can only aiiswoi forwh it I testilledj not for what was on my mind. " Q , Is Dr. Hird , who examined jou. n younger man than Dr. Clavton , to whom jou lelused examination'/ A. I am sure I don't know , but Dr. Hiid looks as old. Counsel here scored a point with some ot the jurors. Q. Did jou know that LoidUlandfoidhad seduced Lady Ayle-sfoid. A. 1 knew tint. Q. Did that make any ellllereuce in tlie elegreeof the Intimacy that existed between jou ? A. Certainly not. Q. Were jou awaie that Loid Ulandford was dlvorttdIrom his wife on thogiound of adultery and desertion 'I A. 1 did not ask on what grounds , but I heard he was divorced and that Lauy Hland- ford divorced him. Q. Was jour acquaintance Intctrtipted owing to this incident in thu life of Lord Ulandford ? A. I can't say it was Interrupted owing to that incident. Q. Then , may 1 take it that the Incident did not Interrupt jour social acquaintance ? A. It did not. Counsel fuithei scored in making hci follow Lord Cohn's lead in bweai- Ing an allidavlt without reading it , and in Uncling an iinpoitanl entry in her diary evidently made witii freshci Ink and with a different pen from those ot the entries used on the same page. In the main , however , the legal spectators agreed that her diiect evidence had not been injured by tlie cross-examination. This was conducted by young Prank Lockwood , the member foi York , a soit of mashei , famous In breach of promise cases , and a dangerous cross-examiner of w omen because of his cun ningly courteous , suave and aittul sklpplnc from subject to subject only to return tc topics past so as to distract tcminlnc atten tion. Justice Butte is evidently Intending to make a great use , one way or another , of her dairies. 1 observed that he made pencil marks liberally throughout tlio pages. The point of Lord Colln's counsel is that the en tries have been cooked to meet the evidence , while Lidy Colln's Q. C's claim that to be legitimate corroboratlon of her scoics of con tradictions that , if believed , entirely upset the scandal coach. moves ns POSITION. The Commercial Cubic DemonstntCF Its Supremacy. [ Cnj > ilalit / ISfO l , < i Jamr * Got ilini llcnntU. ] Lo.Miojf , Doc. 11 [ New Yotk Heiald Cable-Special to the 15u..J I found upon duo Inquiries on the London "Klaltos , " the neighborhood of Mark Lane , the roj-.U ox- chanirc , Capol court and the commoiclal dls tilcts bounded by Hisliop Gate , Tlueadiicedlc and Lombard stirets tint great Interest ex isted concerning the supremacy of the Com mercial cablobervice when put to a severe test dining the recent cxtraordinaiy gales , AHalieady dc" > cilbed in piev ions specials to the Herald , the-so gales foi two days practl , cally put all the pee ) cables "out of the clickIng - Ing , " to use the pnraso ofonoot the opeia- tois. These have exposed land and water lines. The Anglo extends from London to the Iiish sea , under which It goes to Wcxfoid , thence to Valcntia , altogether 000 miles , and the Western Union's lines 3.'S miles to Pen/anre , otton along exposed positions on the Devon and Cornwall coasts. The Commercial has liishland lines also which were inteifered with , but its safety from interruptions con sists in Iti two land lines only 120 miles long , toliiMol where the cable spur Is leached One line is along the national turnpike and Kwoll watched , and the other Is aloiu the railway , theioby molding the waste of soli- tarj routes. These are the Commercial's ex clusive wires. Tim Hrlstol ones , as o\et heretofore moved the Commercial's safety. In consequence , its iccelpts heioontlic lirst day of the htoim incioascd on an avei- ago lMner ) cent , and U5on the becond day , as tlio manager told me , although declining to uive the exact statistics. "Notwithstanding the unexpected pres sure , " said he , "no messaco hail been do lajod In transmission more than two lioiiri Uom the time of lillng , each taking its tuin. In this case , " ho added smlliu lv , "the old Hritlsh masim was icmsed , and tlio nimble bhilllin ; was better tlmi the slow bKpouco. The e > ent pioved , " he added , "a good lesson to many of the pool cables' customers. Although the pool cables ate worklnc In the same fashion again to div.our Increase of business overall piovlous Siturdays Is still very notlceatilc. Ono curious feature was In thu private nies- sat'O * fiequently sent ovei the Coniineid.il making Inauiries about possible 01 actual dlspatihes expected by the pool cables , but not receiml , tlio effects of the stoim on their land lines not being known In New Yoik. " 1 tried to intoiview a number ot business customers of the pool cables , hut they not only declined In gencial to allow thu use ot theli names but to speak specitlcally of their cxpciloiire. All , however , intimated that it was lucky for them that one cable coinpanv hail pioved a commercial "friend In need , " especially ns on the row dajs just past trio cotton , corn , stock and money i.Uo markets had been exceptional ! } risk fill , ncooivcul With Ainn/cnieiit. VIKNVA , Dec. 11 , ThoTagblatt states that an Intimation has been received at Holla that Germany wilt lx > unablsto lecetvo ihu depu tation of Unitarians now on a tour to ex plain the Hulgailan situation to \Iltferent puwers. This news , inlow or the ovation aeooided In Vienna to the deputation and the binquetelven In their honor by Here on fz"B'jen > , 5s reached with amazewvot. MORRISON'S ' TARIFF MEASURE He is Determined to Sccnro Its Oonaitlera- Ition the Coming Week , STRONG OPPOSITION TO BE MADE The Haul Plclit Which Senator Van \Vjck IH Waging on die Cnn Com panies The Hirer nnil llnrbor 1)111. Determined on Us Consideration. WAfiii\mov , Dec. 11. ( SpecialTelegian to the HKI : I Chairman Muiilson , of tin committee on ways and moans , Is positively determined to make an cffottto call up 111' ' tariff bill sometime next week. In this hi has theheaity support of the speakci and li fact all tarllf leformeis in the house. Hep resentatlvesMcKlnlej' , Kellj and HNcock tcpublleansof the commltlco on ways am means and otherantl-taiIff iclormcts , have come-togcthei and had a consultation ovci the outlook. They have canvassed tlie name : and situation and believe they will defeat th < consldoiatlon of Morrison's bill , but ac know ledge illiat it will be a dose shave There have been four death in the hotisi since Morrison attempted to take up hl < bll before and theio have been campaigns and i great deal of discussion by tlie piess , so tha justexuctlj the status of the feeling In reference once to consideration Is not known , but tlu opponents of tlie measuic me confident tha they can defeat consideration If by no man than two or tlnee majority. They Uikucog nl/anca ot the tact , howevci , Ithat thcie tin quite n number of mombcis absent from tin city who are opposed toconsldeiatlon of the bill who are not paired , and who will not be lieio nt the time the bill Is called up. in tin light ot llginesmxde the consideration of tin bill will bo duo wholly to the absence o members who would vote against it if the : weie present , 1IIK CASH IV C1OOI ) HANI)1 ! . Tills evening's Star sajs of tlie lefoiu begun by Nebiaska's senior senator "Senators Ingalls and Van Wjck have beei cntilisted with a duty worthy of all thoi skill as law makers and law expoundois li Investigating thealfalis of the Geoigctowii Gaslight company. It is absuied on Its fac ( that on one side of Uock creek a pilvalo con sumer should pay ? 225net lor 1,030 leet ol gas , while on the other side a few jurds dls tant like service , bad though it be , Is fin nished at 81.2lieio is a ditleienoo o neaily 100 per cent , and yet the Washingtoi company flemishes nnd pays big dividend ! to Its stockholders. The Georgetown com pany is less expensively tun. The quality ol its gas Is cei tainly no wariant for the hlgl price it chai ges The complaint of gas com panics exeijwheio when questioned aboti hiirli tales is tli.it theio is not enough patron nee to justify n reduction nnd keep biislnes : on a paj Inp basis. This Is setting the cllec before the cause. His tlio policy of otho merchants , who have the"pomloiti of life to sell , to win patronagi by putting prices down to t point where overybodytecls that he can af ford to buy. In the large city of Htooklyr about ten j ears ago the charge lei gas wai S ? per 1,000 feet and the people rose in revolt ' 1 hey heh ) meetings and signed pledges t ( give up the use of ens and never letinn to it and bo widespie-ad was tills movement thai tlm gas companies found their lovcnues cti down to n point where bankruptcy stare ( them in the laco. Tlio people won thch light and the price fell to a iiguie ncaicr ic > u- son. West Washington has not so largo a population of light consumers as Biooklj n , but n general change theio Irom gas to ol would stand the local gas company on itc head on slioit order. It had theiefoio better resign Itselt to tlio inevitable and save con gresb the trouble ot intcivcnlns In behall ot a long-suffering community. THE Itivril AM ) HAIillOItlliri. . Senator .McMillan , elialinnn or the senate commerce committee , in icply to a question as to whether or not a river and haibor bill will bo passed at this session , said to-daj " 1 jneaume a bill will be framed and passed as it has been the custom to make aiiniia provision foi these Improvements. 1 know of no reason why tlio custom should b < omitted nt this session. " His attention wa < called to the icccnt statement ol the secie- taiyof war , bhowlng that nearly S17,000,00 ( of the river and haibor appiopiiatlons re maincd on hand. "Yes , " icplled the sen.i- toi , "but it ib more than probable that mosl of that sum , possibly allot it is included it existing contracts. The lact that the mono ] has not been actually paid out , and that li all the statement bhows. does not mean tlm II in available tor continuing the improve ments now In progiess or foi new winks Such statements invariably show a laig amount on hand. Tlio contracts made din ing the fiscal jcat will pcihaps consume that nionoj' . " t NfKHTAIXn AS TO'A C VUCVS It Is still uncertain whether a caucus 01 duiuociatlc icpiuscntatives will bo called , Mr. Tucker , chairman ot the caucus com mittee , said this afternoon that ho could not saj jet that tliero would bo one. One gen tleman hail spoken to him about it , but thai was all. Theio Is really a necessity for s caucus consultation , some of the member- ! MV. As tliu majority aio In no position tn decide the business of the house the prospect of party unity Is not such as to piomlso a hue cussful outcome of such a consultation , bul the probability Is that there will bo onousli membcia in favoi of a caucus to becuie the call. Tin : roimrirmioN ( jrnsiioy. Goncial Haret. chlct ol oidnaneo , said this alternoon : "I think congress is going to give us something lor loitllieatlons tris sea son. Whj ? He-cause of tha urgent recom mendation of Iho picsidont in his mossauc and aicall/ation ot tlie necessity of doing something for labor , as shown by the Geoigc rote , i haidlv think wo can gut the f 'l.ooo- 000 asked tor hj tlio loitiiicatlotis boaid as r btarter , but 1 don't think that this impoilani matter w 111 bo entiiely noxltfctcd. " Members of the conference committee on the fortlhca tion bill think that an agieoiiient will be reached and a bill passed this session , A membui of thu conte.ie.iiio expiesscd thu opinion to-daj that a bill much largui than that passed by tlio house last session would bo passed. Otherwise , he said , there would bo no bill. Tlie objection ou the p irt of the democrat : , in the house to a larger expciiill- tutu tor fortifications was , ho said , tlmi thoj did not want the money placed In the hands of men still In control ot sueli matters ; that thoiuli the administration was democratic , the same men weio In control as far as tlio expenditure of money tor fortilieatlons and thullko was concerned. IN l.OVi : WITH AN INDIAN MA1DKV A leally novel request was lecclved to-daj at the Inteilordepaitmenl from a joung man living in Nebraska , who wants to nmrij a daughter of Standing Heai , n Slonx chief. He states who ho Is. and encloses a photo- giaph of the girl , who Is very nice looking , and was educated at Carlisle , The j-oiing man , however , wishes , to go and Mveonthc icscrvatlon with his piospsctlvo wile and her relations , and for this leason it was neccs- barv to obtain iwiml&slon ol the Intcilorde- paitment. White men aio not allowed tu tay on an Indian reservation unless they hav e atithoi Ity li orn the gov ernment to do so , and so tills joung man was obliged to take the gov eminent Into Ids confidence and 10- veal his loveullaiis. 'iho becretary ot the In- terlot considered the niattei liom its practi cal , rntlioi than Its sentimental side , and con cluded that , while ho could not pieventtho joung man mariying the girl ho could pre vent him from going toli\o with tlm old folks , and If ho was anxious to marry the joung woman , as he prolossod to be , he might scratch aiouiid and provide her with a home. Sccretuiy Luinar will write a letter to the ambitious lover , and while not dis couraging the nrdei of his love , will suggest the practical view of the situation , which seems to have escaped him. Until there Is bonie change In the present plans ot the voung man the patronal benediction of the interior department will be withheld , DACOTA tiHOU.U IJIl'ltOVK JUh1 OPI'Olt- II NITV. William 1) . Hill'of Ohio , chairman of the bouse toimuiltee ou territories , will locate iu Dakota at the end of his term In congress , March 4 next. Hill is championing the pas sage of ttblll to divide Dakota , a measure ex tremely popular Irt the territorj' , and when he visited that country last summer he was received with open arms bv the people of all political parties nationalities and creeds. He was captivated by the inhabitants and the country and the future of It , and in tends locating there nnd practicing law. TAIUFl * 111 I'OllM. There Is a great deal of commotion mining Louisiana bourbons over the out look for tlio sugar tailff. Tlio determina tion of Moirlson et al to eall up the. tariff bill next week and the apparent confidence of horizontal William In Ids ability to sccuro some sort of tariff legislation , his cieatod consldciablc well gro Hided nhnn. It Is looked upon as e'crtaln that if there Is any icdtictlon In customs revenues at tills session it Is Ilkelv to come fiom the abolition of tlio duty on law sucar. The Lottslana men iccognlro the lact that Ireobuuar will prove npowei fill cry among the laboring classes , nnd as they are the only lepresentallves of a veiy small Industry which has been protected foi jcars without visible benelll to the countiy 01 the planters they realize that they will have to act with the piutoctionlsts and work hard among thch bouthoin associates It theli pet Industiy Is to ho saved. The Indications are clear to day that If a vote Is reached on the tailll bill at all at this session , free raw sucai w ill cer- talnlv receive thu voles of neatly or quite two-thirds ol the bouse and moic than a ma joritj ot thubcnate. TIIK AIIV1Y. Army loaves granted : Captain Stephen K. Slalloid , Klfloentli inland j' . Foil Kandall , Dakota , twenty davs ; Captain Ch-xrles Illid , assistant quartet master , Helena , .Mont. , ten davs : I'll si Llist Lieutenant George P. Wil son , assistant stnpeou , PoitShaw. Montana , ono month limn Decomlior lr , with permis sion to apply for twi-ntj davs' e\ten&lon : Lieutenant ( . 'liailesP. Klllott , I ourthcavairv , l-'ort lluac'liuc'a , Arl/ona , one month fiom Dccembei ID , with poi mission to apply lei one month extension , POSTAL CHAM11 S Itobeit L. Castile was todav ap pointed postmaster of Koj stone , Daw sou county , vice It. T. Thompson , resigned. The follow inir Iowa postmaslois woie appointed to-day : Clmilcs W. Shoiman , Kejstone , Ilenton county , iv Ice C. W. Walldick. ic slcned ; H. Nolle , La Ciew , Leu county , vice II. II. Todd , icsigned. A i TIIK rxi'iTAr , . .1 ames C. Dav I" , of Keokuk , la. , Is lu tin city. ' / OUK TWO M1U llcports or tlio MlnHlRslppI anci Wle 8i > n rl Hlvcr CoiiiinlHSloneC WASH i\uov ( , Dec. 11. The annual re port of the Mississippi river commission foi tlie fiscal rear ended Juno 30 , ISsfl , was trans milted to the lionise ot representatives to-daj by the secretary 01 war. The report showf that no hold survey work was elono dtirinp thevcar. Beyond the care and pieservatioii of pionertv and small repairs , no construction w oik was done below Cairo , owing to the failuic of appropilations. The value of the government plant employed between iho DCS Moines river and thu head of the passes is approximately stflted at 81,001,000 , which it a diminution in value of 6200,000 since the date of the last report , rcpiesentlnc a de terioration during the period of disuse. The operations between the Des Molncs river and Cairo were confined to the construction and repair of dams , revetment work and uilnoi woik ot shore protection. Between tin Illinois and C lilo rivers , owing to n lack of funds , operations have been conlined to siujh repairs as were necessaiy tc pieveut loss , aniLfxdditions that seemed ad visable in view Qvthe action of the existing works. 'Ilio mliilmum channel depth ol eight feet has bcon maintained for twenty- two miles bnlow St. Louis , while the leas ) depth , live and one-halt feet. Is repoited in that part of the river which has not been 1m- pioved. At the beginning of the fiscal jeai the balances on hand weio $1,273 toi sin- vejs and SH5b711or general improvement. It is estimated foi the next fiscal jear that an appioprlation of 8108,000 will bo icquiied lei suiveywork , 3100,090 for salaries and ex pense of commission , Sr , ooo,000 foi continu ing tlio Impiovcmont on the Mississippi liver , and Sl,005 , ( < 00 lei the Impiovement ol the harbors of Columbus , Aickmaii , Memphis , Greenville and Now Orleans. The repoit of the Missouri river commission is also tiansmltted to conniess to-day. After detailing the work done dnrinn the j-ear , tlie commis sion recommends that at leabt 8100,000 bo ap propriated for continuing the Improvement of the rivci in addition to any sums winch congress nny bee lit to dcvoto to work al special localities. Koi survevs , examination , b.daiies and expenses the commission iccoin- momlHnn appropriation of S-lr < 0,000. Tlio es timate for the general Improvement ot the Missouri river liom its mouth to Sioux City Is 51,000,000. OnJnlyl , HNi. theio vv.x& an available balance on hand ot 'J.lOIO. rouTv-xivru COXGHIJSS. House. WASHINGTON , Dec. 11. The speaker an nounced the appointment of Mobsrs. Moni- son , Hants and McKlnloy ns conferees on the tractlonnl gallon bill and Mcssis. Cobb , Van Katon and Pajson on the alien land- loidbili. Mi. Handall moved the house pioccedto the consideration of the sundiy civil appio- piiattou bill , but tlie motion was lost. In the morning houi Mr. Pa ) son ot Illinois , on belnlf of the committee on public land , called up the bill dcchring the foileltuiu of the Ontonagon and lirulo river land grant. In iletallliiK the diciimstances of the crantor Mr. Pajson declared that tiom the oigani/a- tion ot the Ontona''on and Hiulo river com pany no step- , had ovoi been tiken which did not Indicate that tlie oreanl/iition Irul been puicly speculative and ellected for the puiposo of gottinc land liom the general government It has been an attempt at biro-laeed tobbery from its commencement down to the present time. Heferrlng to tlio statement made by patties interested in the toiil , that it had been accepted by the commlssloneis and n- : ported upon as having been built in liist-elass stj In , he asserted that miles of thoioad had no other ballast than Ice and hiiow which , nioltlnclnthespilng , left the tails In MIS- pension elglit Inches abovogiound. In sup port of nls assertion ho pioduced pliotographs of various seetioiih of the reid and com mented upon them , much to the amusement ot the house. A bildgo , as depleted by a photograph , tin declaied to bo humped like a camel and backed like a whale. A hcctlon a mlle in length Hhoed but 0110 rixihoad tie , whileu ' Vj-ioot cut was shown as being idled with logs and brush , 'Ilio bill was passed without revision , It forleits 3S4.000 acres The house then vyont Into committee ot the whole on the snndiy civil appropriation bill. In the course ot the general debate Mr , Lan- ham ot Texas nindo an appeal in laver of the redemption of ( lie trade dollar , and alluding to thobtandardlEllvei dollar hodcdaicd thai Us coinage- would never bo suspended , no mitter who mtelit aight argue to the eon- tiary. Pending fin thei discussion tlio com mittee robe atid'tlio house adjourned. Small Capital Nous. WASHINGTON , De-c , 11. Hear Admiral Joii"tt lias retuipied to Washington. He In- bpecled the guns of the Dolphin jestciday and reports thaj thcj piovod highlj satlsfac- toij. | Comptroller Trenholm will appeir before th chouse coninjittee.on banking and currency next oWednesflaj' , by invitation , to ex pound liU viewi lulativu to a national b.uik- The IIOIISH couimllteo on appropriations to day heard TreaMiitr Cordon In advocacy of on appiopriation ol SKO.OOJ to dotiay thoox- piibeol liecolning S'JOOJO,000 In stibsidlaiy fractional eurrencj' . Samuul II. Walker , late major and supei- intondent ( if police , mis written a long letter to tlio district cominUsloncfs asking that ho bo reinstated. lieod I'londn Giillty , llosToyf Dec , 1L Willlain Heed , late treas urer of the South Itoston rallioadvas ar raigned in court to-dny iiid | pleaded guilty to embo/zllng SIW.OOO. Sentence was deferred until , next week. Heed appeared vary feeble and broken iti iuirlt. A Good Dennncl For Money Noted During the Past Six Dajs. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS ACTIVE Speculative Trading llnrdly Up to the AcrnRO I'ncklnji Opcrntlons Pro- KicsRliiK I nxornblj' Tlio Veil- nine oriinslncsa Pnlr. A Itesnnip of tlio Week. CittfAno , Dec 11. ISpccial Telegram to the Hr.i : . ! Quite a good demand for money piovailed during tlm past week , and local financial elides have presented more ae- tlvltv. Speculators in grain and piovislons Incieased theli demands to some extent and packets asked lor Incieascd accommodations to piosectito their business while tlm supply of hogs is liberal and tlio weather favorable. There was rather moie Inquliy from the laiKcr Interior maikets , but outside mpci Is not much in favoi vvitli Chicago bankers , as the local wants at present absoib the greatei portion of their loanable funds. As lliodo c of the jeai approaches meicliants in all de partments oftiado de lro to close up theli business as much us possible jnepaiatoiy te the opening of the new vcar , and mcichantv In the wlio'esalcmcicatitlie ' tiade have limited tiiolr requests at the banks and made oxtis elloits to collect outstandlnj : accounts , in which they have been qnlto succsstul , Varmers and countij shlppcis have been moderately frco scllois ot grain and live stock , and in tuin have cancelled to some . extent their obllga lions with inteiioi merchants. Little , moie curreiiev has been forwaided to smaller In teilor points , milnly tl.rough couimlssloii houses. Itates of Intciest liave been wel nialntalncd , ranging from OJ to 8 per cent , according to the standing of tlio hoi row 01 and the amount ot money required. Vorj little paper is accepted uiulei 7 per cent. , jvlth a good demand for money fiom mlscel laneous borrowers Kastern exchange ha1 been in coed supply , while the deunnd has been only fair and rates have * ruled easier al 40 and 70 cents discount pel Sl.OOJ between banks closing at CO cents , rorolgn exchange wasinbettci supply in castein maiUtts and tlie feeling was weak with prices favoring bujers. Shlppeis' COdajs documentary bill- arc quotable at ? l.70 ( 1.71) ) ' . Trading ii : stocks has boon qnitei active throuchout tlic \veek \ and petroleum lias attiacted more than usual speculative attention , accompanied with marked fluctuations in pilces. Specula tive tradinp In mining on the Pacific coast has been unusually active , with gieat iireg- uianty in prices. All these sudden and spasmodic chances in the market foi these dilfcrent articles has had the effect of en- largins trade In other departments and at tracting the attention of parties who do no ! follow speculative movements goner.illj. Grain and piovislons have been quite active at Irregular prices and some concessions have been Rranted , operators lv ing the more do- feired delivcilcs preference , with eonbidei- able business In the way of tiansfertlni ; con- tiacts ahead. The receipts of uraln at west ern markets were quite liberal. Foreign markets have shown eonsideiablo stiength , but western markets were barolv as firm ns during the week pievlous. Shipment * ol grain and produce fiom tlio west were mod erately free. Packing opeiations are pro gressing lavorabiy and the increase Is gradu ally diminishing. Tlio wheat market has been considerably unsettled and weakei. Outside prices were i cached last Saturday , since which lime prices have declined with some Ii regularity iKo ! , rallied 'Jc and closed about \c lower than tlio closing figures noted last week. The weakness was attilbutedto a more gcncial deslie to realize , ami as soon as the American markets began to show weakness foreign markets sympatlil/ed , at least the buoyancy abioid was checked and this Increased the doslie to sell. It was geneially suimlscd that paitles who had bought ficclybefoic thu icccnt up turn were anxious to take profits and sold quite I reel v. 'I he declining tendency brought out some "long" wheat which had been held on stop limit oideis , which helped the weik- ness. The export movement was checked hy n sharp advance In this sidemil piobably in duced some icsellliig ot wlie.it which had been bought on loiomn account. 'Ilio eoin market lias bjmpathl/cd moroor less with wheat. At the close ol last week outside PI Ices weie reached and since then pilecw have giadually ea ed oil , declining llj ( We , but rallied Ic au'ain and closed about 6 < c lower than last week. 'Ihe receipts hive been a nifle l.u er and icpoits from outside intimated that the movement lioin sou-o bee- lions might liieieasu some , hut thu influences allc'ctjiig the market have * been l.ngelr spec ulative. Opoiatoisboimht qulto lieelj last week aiid"s orts 'woioiatliei anxious to covet as juices tended stiongly upwaul. Hut this week theio lias been more disposition to' re.dUe and consldoialilo "long" coin was placed on sale. 'Ihe shipping demand has continued good foi lower grade's free on boaid oais and piioes have been pietty well sus tained all through the week. A fail export demand Ins existed at the sea boaid. Llv ei- noel ruled Him most ol the week , but towiud Hie close inled eas-ior and closed id lower. Now Voile declined about 1 ( 1'j'e , but closed stioiiKCi. Consideiablo noivoiisiiess was manifested In the maiUet lei hog piodiicts dm In , ; tlio lust week and the volume ot busi ness was ialily huge. Speculative lulling was birolj up lo the avoi.xii ) of thn W ( ok previous and in Ices i tiled with maiKcd iueg- uliuitj , tlioupli eonlineil within a compaia- tlvely nairow laiiL'e. Operatoisappealed to exercise 111010 caution than usual and changes In the mmKot wore made on blight Influences The outlook early in the week was tavoublo for quite liberal loeoipts ol hogs and some disposition was man ifested to sell the product foi Intiiiu delivery , which hail n weakening in- lluoiicu on the maiket and cxiised a modelato reduction in prices. Latoi in Ilio week It was iiiiito evident that the receipts ot hogs v\oiild lall soinowh it below the estimate and that qualitj was pooroi thin for the pievlous two or tlnoo weeUs. This had a Mipngtlien * \\\f \ \ \ elleet on the market in a goneul waj and inado tlio manulacturcis ot thu product in- diffcicnt about selling except at then own inrnres and tended to cre.ito some anxlctv on the ot "shorts" part legaidliM outbtandlng eoiitiacts Snociilativo ulluilntrs wen ; some what eintailed and a lirmer leeliiu' was do- vuloiod. | Piices gradmlly Impiovod again and thoclosinir Humes saow an advancu es tablished on the piiuclpal MicculatUe nitl- ties. STOCMi SIMXMimTION. The HcaiH Hnvo Tholr Own Wny In Wall SJicet. Xiw : Yonic , Dec. 11 [ Snuctil'lY1oininto the ln.l ( : There was onlj one bide to iho stock market to day and that was the beai bide. I'rom the hrst sale at the opening tliero wasabtcady prossiiio to sell. The laid , it was said , was started by ( iould and Cam- mark , and thu bcai arguments used were the piospects of the pabsago of the Inter-stato commeice bill , tight money and Judge Giesliam's decision indellnltely postponing tliore-oiganl/atlon of the Wabash Ji.ites for money were again stilf at Im pei cent , and tlio sentiment among oj > cratoib was in tensely bearish. The loom tiadors , follow- in i ; tlm lead of Cammack and ( iould , bold cverj thing and a diop of il per icnt was recorded before noon. Gould stocks were especially weak , Missouri Pacific declining on thu proposed new Issue ot stock and bonds. The weakness , howuvei , was ton- lined to no special Muck or group , but the whole list melted before the determined raid ot the bears. Thu bulls professed to be drlng nothing and claimed that the beard wore ovoi belling and that a sl-arp rally would follow. 'Iho news of the day was bullish , It was an nounced that lates between Chicago and tliu seaboard had Jtioeii ordered advanced * > c , botli east bound and west bound , and the demand tor peal at points of accumulation in the west was said to bo so pressing th t a 81 advance per ton could easily bo maintained. The rail road earnings reported were generally favorable - able\ Northern IVIile lncica ed S.Uft' ' for the lirst week of December and Canada Pacific- Increased S' , ( XXKa t Tennos oo showed a net Intiease of $37iXK ) from .Inly 1 to October 31. and Central Pacific a net In crease of Sl'-J.OOO for the month of September. The Innk statement showing a deotrascof ovcrS..OW.oexiin the tesorvo was ellectlvely used to old tlm boars In depressing prices , but at noon tlio whole list had rallied a fraction. Tliero was verv little rally In theniaikct , not withstanding talk that prices ought to go up after tlio brexk. Them was , however , a per ceptible hardening and the whole list closed Hia i per cent abov o the bottom prices lor the day. Tlio total sales were about M.'i ooo shares inn Hooii.ius iinTs-Tinni ) . A Iilttte Gorman did Points Her Kluxer nt the ( Sillily. Xr.vv Yoitu , Dec , 11. In the MoQundc tilaltodaj' , Katie Meta senant , te tllicd Dial she was In seivlco In the house adjoin ing that of Aldermin McLauehtin , in whicli tlioalteic'd "combine" of boodle aldeimen was feimcd. She testified tint ho was called to the door by aiiug of tlio bell. Oil the steps were live men who Impiiiod foi MoLaughlin's hou o. i'liej wont into Me- Lnimhlln's house. About a week latei the i men made tlie bxuiu Inqulrv. Litot In the evening several more came. She < s.iw them come out of MoLiuijlilln's later in tlio evening. Witness was asked to look nt tlie audience and see If she recognised tiny one of the calleis The lUUn ( ierman girl , alter glancing around slowly , huallv pointed with hei lingei , sajing : "Yes sir , that gen tleman Is one ot them. " Lveiv eve w.i-- centeted upon Alderman .lohn O'Neil , "lv theieany onoclso In the loom whom jou lococni/o as one of the men jou saw',1" There was anotliei ga/e about the loom and then her linger was pointed at tlie pilsmier. " 1 hat gentleman. " she said. McQuado arose with Ills hand ou his bosom and pointed to himself. "Yes" Look acaln. CanvoiiM-c anv one else'/ Witness li.xlf inoso again. In half a moment her eye rested and hoi face1 brightened , "Thoro Is one , " she said , "that gentleman. " 'I his time a bi man neat the lall rose' , but the witness was not posi tive , and all etToits to make her say dltfeiont \\cietiitllci. Another elfort was made and she pointed to Alderman Cle'aiv. When he stood up she said ho was the man she meant. Kullgialf was also identified. Then Nichols biought out thu tnct that ho hxd railed upon the witness mid she had idoiititled In the croup photograph Duuipsov , Cleaty , O'Neil , Pullgrall , lie-illy and McQuade. Also that vesicular , in the court room , she had Ideutllud Knllcufl , Dutfj and MeJuado ( a thep.uties whom she had seen sit McLaugli- lin's. Wllnesh positively Identified Mtuiule ] , who rang McLiiughlln's bell on the oeiaslon ot tlio Hist visit. 'I lie prosecution tested al this point. A motion was made to Instinct tlio jury on the ground that a c.iso had not been louud. The recouler denied the motion , Lawyer Neweouibo then addiessod the juij in opening the case lei the deleuso. Alter tlie reading of some further docu mentary evidence the couit adjoinned till Mornlny. HAM's noosr , Ills Nnino on tlu ; Slalo to Stay Till Convention Time. CHICAGO , Dec. 11. [ Special Telegram tc the Hnr.J A Washington special says : The Gresham boom has icaehed here. It cime on the same train vvitli his anti-Jay Gould de cision. Uy many piominent men In thu east Gr sham has been considered a sttong possi bility for the presidential nomination evci since his eutiy Into Arthur's cabinet , and II onlj' needed some bold , aggressive action , such as he has just taken , to make the talk about him general. There Is no dcnvlng the fact that theio Is very much lo s talk lieio at this time about the old , much talked ot and \\oin out candidates than there was 1 ist sea son. Theic is a stionz feeling that thu next icpublican candidate should be n man who can command the united stiength ot the party , the belief being that if the republican candidate can get all the republican votes In the countiy thcie will bo no doubt of his success. The Iiish Catholic aiiru- iiiont that is being constantly used bv Klaino's li lends Ins been worn to satin Miiootliness and no loiigci lias any clleuton thinking men. Them Is little doubt in the minds ol btiong men hcio that It Gicsham could succeed in getting a solid delegation from his own state that ho willpiovo a loi- mldable candidate. Sherman , who has been leljingon gettini : the vote Irom Indiana , shows home nervousness when talked to about Giosham's growing chances. Sher man's fiiends have counted tonlidontly upon getting tlio vote oi Indiana and ha\o had litHo - Ho feat of Itlalnu getting that state hoc IIISH of the Ittttoi'scoiuso in wllliilrawlug his libel suit against the I iidliiimpolls Sentinel on the giound that ho could not get justice in the state ot Iiidliua 01 roiiise , tnoGiosliim do- eislon will have the oiled of u'lneinu' Gould closei to liiaine , it it bo possible to make theii allaehmeiit any MIOIUOI thin it now is. Alter licailtij , ' ilio talk lieio for the past tluoo davs , I am confident thai Giosham's name is on Iho piosldentia ! bliitkboaul and thcioto stay until aftci thu iiomlnatliij conjontion , _ - - round ( Julliy of I'crjiiry. Ilosios , Dec. 1L The jury In the Chani- beilaln poijuiy ease in Hast Cambildgc to- daj biought in a veidict ol uuiltj and the c.iso was appealed to the supreme couit.rol - no , It. Chamberlain , lot miny vcais one of the most extensive noik packets In tlio cast , vvascliaicod by John P. Sfjuiio it Co. with oouccalliti : the assets ol the insolvent film of Lincoln , Chamboihiln < v , Co. , ot which ho wasapaitner , and also the ciimo ol poijurj in lulfC'lj sweating lo Ihet purchase ! ol KOV- einmont bonds. Lincoln , Cliumhcilain .V Co. , did a business ol neaily $1,000,000 with Squlio .V Co. , and tlio laltei him ntttuhnd the estate and business of the defendant when fhii imli ht ( ( ine-ii of the di lendant'ri him to Squlie.tCo. amounted to about Srj'JtOOJ. ' ) 'Iho business icl.itions butwcon the two linns Ind extended ovei twontj joais , duilug whloh Lincoln , Clmmbctluin iV : Co.'s In debtedness to smiiro iv. Co. constantly ill cieasod until Io7" , vhon Sqnliu iv , Co on- doavoiod tosceuioa settlvmont by attaching the proiieitj of thu delendant's linn. 'Ihe jinKoedings against Chauiberhiin have been lending lot twojoats , Ijivi- Sleek Mon Si.Lot'iB ' , Dec. 11. Delegates iiom the llvohtock exi'hiintresaf Chicago , Kansas Citj' , Omaha and Si. Louis mot at 11 .U ) this moi n- Ing In response to a e.ill by the Chicago Live Stock exchange. The following icsolution , otfoied by D. C. Wagueiol , Chicago , w a ? adopted : Whoioas , Them aru voiv many Impoilant questions in which tlm live stock ( oiniiils- hion men ol tliucountrj have a eoiiimon In terest . and , Whcieas , The vaiious live stock osdianges lieioropiesonted bhould woik togethei in haiiiiony on all qiie'stious ol common and geueial intc-iest ; thurelmc bo It Itosolved , J'hat a eoininittoe of lw from each llv stock oxcliaiigo hciu ifljiioionli d be appointed to frame suitable i ( 'solutions look ing tn the lei MMtiun of a national lisloel ; exchange1 , aid committee to icjmt to this meeting. Hcloie the meet Ing adjourned a losolulion was Hindi and adoptid e Thing upon uonjjiosfc to appoint a I 'lilted ' Status commission , whosudiit ) it shall bo to loolv altoi all can.1 ! ot toiituglui.j diseases aiiuiiig cattle. Pint-ill no , Pa. , Dee. 11. ' 1 weuty fein coal miners , ( onvldcd of conspii.uv during thogieathtiiko of livvr mlncH in I's i , have been notified tn gl\o themselves up next Piiday tiiseive tiiolr sentences in the woik house , ' 1 heir friends uio looking aiixiouslv f 01 u. ml to the meeting of tin ) pudon boaid , which will bavo ilio siiriiatinua of 7Jooo , pri sons asking for thu pirdon of HID nuncr.i. Holler llvplosion. Jiosro.v , Die. 11. TlMi bollei In Iii/lo A : UndcrhlU'sdrvlioiiso und boot facluty at Cambildb'e exploded to diy , Injuilng KOVOII men , time of whom , It m repoited.aui tatullj hint. I'lank Silvu was badly liijuiod aii'l will die. Seven othei persons weru bnttlj burned nnd brnldtU , but U ifc thought thvj vvjllallrecoer. THE IOWA VOTE CANVASSED Majorities Eeceivcd at tlio Late Election Receive Official Sanction NATURAL GAS NEAR DUNLAP A CoM-niooilotl .Murder In a Uin Cnr nt A iilm\nll The Intri Mixllonnl Can Still > lnko AVhUUj lovvn Iowa's Olllolal Vote. Dr Moisrs la. , Deo. 11.-Special ( Tele * gram to the HKI : I The executive council tlnlolied its otllclal canvass of the votes of the last election this evening. It show s , the untile state republican ticket elected by iho tnlfowlni : maior- ities : Jackson , { .oetolaij of state , 1IT1'J ; Ljon , auditor , K..SM , Twomblv , tieasincr , U > ,7S ) ; Uakei , attoinoj gonoial , If-.O-i.1 , Piaj' , eloik of tliosupiemoiourt , ll , " > li ; I'.boisole , repotter of the supreme louil , 10,001 , The following were tin-majoiltlo-i foi congress men : Gear , republican , Plist diMilet , 1,0,17 ; . In the boeond dMilet , wheio there weio ! thiooeandidiitos. llajos donuuMat , Is elected bj a vote ot l.Vio-i ; Klikwooil , stialvht to- publican , has s.iwi votiis ; O'.Moara , Knight of l.abordomociat , has \dOJ ; Andoison , ic- publican , Thhd distiioi. ' , ' , . " .1 majonty ; t-'ul- lor , republican. Poiitth dlsniot , l , ' . > t ) major ity : Keir , lopublican , PI fin district , Tin ma- jorltv : Weaver , fusion dvmncrit , blxth dls- tilot , OlSniajoiity ; Coniror , lennbllc.tii , Sev- onthdMrct , ' .Uf. majoritj ; Andei on , Inde pendent lopublloan , Llchth dNtilet. ' . ' , C unioritv ; Ljman , topiibllrtn , Ninth dls- J'JOi ] majoiltv ; llolmos , lepubllean , Tontli district , : ! ,8.M majoiitj ; Stiulile , lepubllean , Llovonth distiict , H ) majoritj. Natural Gan Near Dunlnp. DUXIAP. la , Dec. II. ihpoclal to tho. Ur.K. | Simon .1. P. Marsh , who owns and lives on a line farm four miles south ot this' ' town has , while digging n well , run onto pome kind of gas at about liftj leet down. I Some jeais ngo a well was dug somu distance down , and then tliej boicd in thu bottom nt the well to get a better supplj of water. Afterboilnga few feet a hissing noise was lioaidand the woikmcn got out of thu well. Mr. Maish snj-s the tush of "wind" was so gieat that It shook thu house and cracked the pi ( storing , as tlio well was very close to the house. Altoi some consultation a hickoiy plug was made and dilven into the hole and the well Idled ui ) and nothing ; funlioi was thought ol the nutter. Another neighbor bv the namoot Vlnlng ulso had a slmllaro\peilence. ( Julie latolj Mi. .Marsh panic a now well ne.u his house , and when down about littj feet again stiuoktho same "wind" and at once abandoned the well , wlilch lias since caved in , but so much has boon said about it that a new well is belli ) ; Mink , and if anv tiling like gas is tomut It ; will bo examined and developed. A joune man Iromthooil holds of Peniisvlvanla baja that the small stioams around Mr.Marsh's place lias gicat Indications of oil , and show 9 nil belter on the biulaco than the liiadford oil well district , as many of the small streams horoihouishavti some kind ot oil lloating on thu water. A. Trump's Murderous Dccil. DrsMoijJrs , la , Doc. 11. [ Special Tele- pram to tlio Uni : . | Yesterday a man was found murdered In a car of wheat at Aspln- vvall , Cravvfoid county. When tound ho was still waim and was only accidentally dlscov orod by a brakcman , w ho saw blood on the enddooi of the cai and was led to Inves tigate. Latei in the ilav a young man "named Ted Stevens was anested at Perry. When taken to Asnlnw.ill lie conlossed to .having committed the inuideiitlirie.irpln and said th.it ho loliliod the mutdcred man of SOU. ' 1 ho name of the dead man is Caison and ho Is supposed to have liiunds near Tama City. * Movens is about eighteen jear old and lias a latlior , who is highly losnected and lives near Perry. 'Voung Steven's ran away fiom homo about ajoaiagoand was doad-boatluc Ills waj1 luck homo Irom the west when ho full in eoinpinj with Ids vlc- Im whom he hnally mmdeied and lobbed , Tlio Inloriintlniinl Can linn. DBS MOI.NKS , la. , Dec. 11. tSpecial Tele- giamtotho Hr.i : . ] Soveial dajs ago appli cation was made to Judge Givln ol the cir cuit couit fin an Injunction against the In ternational dlbtillen at this place rcstralnliiK It fioin npei.itldii. The application was made bj an agent ol , tlio State Tempeiancenllianco on Ilio gioiind tliat tlio state prohibitory law applied to ( lie distillery the b 11110 as hnloons. llwas iiimoiod at the time that them was another Inlliienca behind Iho ostensible pctl- tloiiT , to wit , the pool ol western distllloilci. 'Ihlsjoai iho Intern xtlonul distillery having let used to join the pool. , Iudn'o Gfvln gave lilsdoolsiou to dav denying the writ on the mound that , as thu I ntui national manulac- tutodonlj foroxnoit outsldo of the state , the prohlhltoij law theieloio hold no jurisdiction ovei it , the eiso iieoouiing then a mallei of Inteistate commerce and subject only to con- giussional jiiilsdlctlon. AU < trney Witciil KoturiiH. SiorsCiiv , la. , Dee. 11 [ Special Tele- giam to the Iti'i : . | Attoinoy D , W. Wood the noted injunction I.iwj 01 , eamu fiom the e isl to-day and denies thecuirontiopori of his having been on a lectuie tour. He claims to have Homy Peteis spoiled and is negotiating (01 ( him to turn slate's mldmue In thu Had dock c.iso. Tlio state olllelals have been asked to grant liumiiultv to 1 * oteis in ease hu iigiees to do so. llefujs ilmt Leavltt Is III riilciiin in the show business. Wood expects to KII to DCSIoliies at once and liavu a lur- thei ciintoieniu with Goveinor Laiiabec ro- gaiding Pel cis. round n italiy rioator. Di s MOIMS : , Doc. 11. [ bpeclal "Vlogram to the liri.,1 About ilo'docK this alternoon a llshoimiin below the dam haw a small bundle Jjlngon Ilio rlvoi bed. Hilnu'lng It to Iho wirl.ico ho unwiapped the paeka'oaiid ' was much lion Hied to lind a baby , afipar- ontly onlj a few houis old when east Into the river. It had boon in the water foi fcoiuu tlmo and a mniiker wrondi had been tied to lib teet to keep It fiom ilslng to the biirlace. MlnlstoiK Invilfd ID ( ioo ilio liallot , CHIC voo , Deu. 11.Tho mlnlstcia ol Clil- c.igo weio lo-niglil made the loclpientH of i hihoiateeaids of invltallon to a ballot pcr > formanto by tlio Ameilean Ojieia eompanj' . 'I his action of tlio in.inairuiui'iit li.is oefaH- ioncd no llltlo eomment and speculation Is lifo as to how thickly thu cleigj of this dtj will popul.ito tao iiont towr , ol thu ( < iliniilij i tluatruon the I'vonlng Indh.itcd , Tin ) invitation , which possesses 11 ( oitulli unlijue interest , it.uls as tollows : "In viiw ol tlio attack intl.e on the Ainori- ( an opu.i ballet by eiitnln ot the < lein'\ in .St. Lends unit ( ' ndniiatl , the Natiiiniil Oixia eompanj has decided 10 ox- lend an invitation to all uilnl-U ri in Chicago tn ittdid th , < pcrforinaiirrt ol "G xlato.i" and lEubeiistoln's 'lial'ostiiiiii ) " Ijillet oiiThuiS' daj t'xoning nt HIM Columbia theatre . I'ho oiimpnnj invites lioiu the mliilstois ol this nlv a full opinion as to whether the d nice , as pitacntod with aiUfiilc roliiieinunt in Ainerl- i.iii OIICM ballets , is not an atliactivo , artistic and inoiallj IniKKdit adjuiut to opeia. Von Hioheioh ) lespectfultj invited to attend tlio iierfoininnou at theCoiuiiibla I'lOatio ' on ' 1 huiMli > oxunlng at > o'doi k. " On pie cntiug this JiiiMliition at the box ( illli e , mi m b ( line \Vedni3ilaj \ * next , tuorii boividbat'i ( will bo given lei tin abinuevcn- ' I'oiuul mi i liu I'rnlrlo , Clil K.IIIOV , Ndi , Dec. ! l , riio body of little Willie liuiigoi , thoboxen-jeii-old son of James Uiingci , waslnunii jrtenliu cvnlui ; Ui | ii the open iiUiiio , one mile ami ulnilf noillieist ot Mliluibniough ) > osiolllre > . Hu | iad laKen Jii coat and vc t and used them us a pillow upon whidi li was Ijin. ' . 'I ho f uu- oral was I old at tliitlae'u this alteruooti tvk SoVlocU.