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THE OEEGON SCOUT. JONIIS A; CUANCEY, rubllmlicrs. UNION, OIIEGON TILE NATION'S BIG BANK. Synopsis of Secretary Manning's Iteport on Public Finances. The Prnctlco of IakiiIii;: I.csnl Tcndor Note mid Gold Certificates. Ttie Iaiw a to Minor Coin. Tho annual report of tho United States treasurer shows tluit llio net annual rove nuo of tlio government during tho Inst fiscal year wan $323,090,700, or 21,820,103 less than that ot tlio preceding year, The surplus avallablo for tlio reduction of tho public debt at tho closo of tho fiscal year was therefore $1 9,029,8." 1 less than was avallablo July 1, 188 1. Tho uhscIs accord ing to tho new form of Htatoincnt Soptcm her 30, 188."., wero 5571,708,250, or an in crease of 555,018,007 over 1881. Tlio liabiliticH wero .'180,.'I18,777, an incrcaRO of $1 0,210.591 over 1881; tlio Imlnnco in Sll,:i20,178, an increase of $11,801 ,110 over 1881. During the snmn i)erlod thero linn been an IncrciiHO of 3:S,.l(!3,03:i in the gold assets; of 22,095,010 lu silver assetH,S0,770, l2o in legal lender notes; of 171,281 in na tional bank assets and national bank do poHits. Tlio Ibhiio of United States notes during tho linen I years in place of such as were returned in a worn and mutilated con dition amounted toSNl.l'.Kl.lfilljsilvercer tiflcatcHto tho amount of 10,000,000 wero issued and 20, ll!)i),0 15 wero redeemed during tho year. Gold certificates of tho old issue amounting to 52,120 wero re deemed. Of tho new issuo 0,300,000 woru Issued and 21,017,100 redeemed. Called bonds of tho United .States, amounting to 15,1)08,000 wero redeemed, of which amount '15,588, 150. was for tlio sinking fund. National bunks liavo withdrawn 53,303,350 of bonds held to sccuro thoir circulating notes and 213,000,000 of bonds wero deposited tor that purpose. Nolico is given of tlio suspension of tho issuaneo of tho 1 and 2 notos, economy being effected thereby, tlio snvlng for one quarter being tho cost of printing $15,000, 000 worth of notes and tho paper used la their inanuracturu. At this rato tho reduc tion in tho sniiill note issue, us indicated, will bo about 28,000.000, during the cur rent year. Tho treasurer recommends the establishment of nn issuo department, lu order to obtain greater security than now prevails in tho treatment of legal tender notes and other government securities. Tlio tioiisuror recommends that tho prue tico of issuing legal tender gold and silver certificates bo discontinued as expensive .and dangerous, on the ground that it has proved to ho a positivo hindrance to a more extended circulation of silver dollars. It is apparent, lie suys, that tho execution of tlio coimigo law is gradually converting tho funds of tho treasury into standard dollars. Tlio circulation of these are short lived, and coin find its way back imme diately to the HiibtreasurieSj tho return movement costing tlio individual holders inoro for transportation than tho original issue cbst to the government. He recom mends that tho treasury bo permitted to seek some more economical method than now employed in order to distribute them and other moneys from the treacury. ilo also recommends tho repeal of tlio re demption law as to minor coins, and tho issuo of now coins of greater weight and traitor beauty. DEATlToF VANDERBELT. The (Jrcat Operator Sudilonly Dies from rural) kIs of tho Itialn. Hurried to tho Oilier Shore Without a Nliilo Word ot Warning. -Financial Circle! Severely Miotketl. New York dispatch of tho 8th: William II. Vauderbilt is dead. Without iv mo ment's warning tlio mesHngo caiuo for him and ho was no more. Tho gilt iron croBs over tho gate that leads to tho grounds of tlio Roman Catholic Orphan asylum on Fifth avenue gleamed brightly under tho electric lamp to-night. Seen from tho grand entrance of tho Vauderbilt mansion direct ly ojiposlto, against tho sombre gray of tho grand cathedral, It was tho only cheerful thing on tlio wide descried avenuo that seemed also stricken as with sudden death. Itays of Hh brightness wero ivllcctcd in tho windows of tho huge brown stone pile be hind whoso closul fin tains one of tlio rich est moil In the world lay dead, stricken sud denly and without warning. The busy hum of trallle and tho noises o( tho street wero hushed in the block, Carriages turned out and passers-by stopped to inquire II It was true tlio millioiiaiio was dead, lleiug told they hud heard aright they went their way sobered and silent, tarrying mnyhup a min ute to gaze pityingly on the lingo stone pile. Insldo servants ami Iiionda tip-toed about with grave faces. Tho door bell was rung almost every minute and tho wide portals swung open to admit other friends, who camo to mourn with tlio motnneis up stairs, llohlnd tho drawn curtains of tlio millionaire's bedroom wero sobs and tears. Tho children of tho dead wero gathered thure about his corps?. None of them had been with him in the hour of his death; to none had ho had time to speak a word of farewell. As ho lay upon tho curved bed In tho largo siumi room, tho windows ot which vcrlook tho avenue from tho northeast corner, from the nouth whig of tho buildiiij to tho left ot tho main entrance, Vauderbilt looked as if ho had fallen into a gentle bleep. His fentute wero peaceful and as natural us it he had just ceased talking ami laid down. Ills dent li had been as painless ns It was midden. Vauderbilt was always an early riser. When in his young days ho worked his Stateu island hum It was his custom to rise with tho sun, ami ho used to say lu later lite that he had often arisen at -i o'clock to go to New York and returned to breakfast and his plow at 7. Ot Into years ho had innde.lt a practice to leave his bed at 7 or not much later, and throughout his iurreat-lug 111 health ot tho Inst two winters, ho laid adhered to this practice. Alter arising to-day helmil held ids usual morning conference with his nous, Cornelius and William K., who wero active managers ot Ids railroad properties, and afterward with Mr. K. V. ltossiter, his private secro tnrynnd treasurer of tho New York Cen tral railway, to whom lie entrusted u largo hlinro ot tho iiiiuiagemeut of Ids private business affairs. Theso conferences were held lu Vnndurbllt's study, on the ground lloor of tho mansion, in tho corner U the tuft ot tho main entrance from tho avenuo. It was his favorite room, where ho wrote and transacted all ids husiucHO. During the morning conference to-day lie hud been ruoro than ordinarily active mid alert, so much no as to excite comment, to which ho replied in good humored. Jocular eln. lie took lunch ut 12:210 with his wUo. his son George, and Mr- Twouibley- At tlio table ho was notlrubly bright. Kulmequently Mr. Garrett, of tiio II. A. O., railroad called. and while Mr. Vamlcrbilt wus pleasantly chat tins witli him ho suddenly pitched forward from tho sofa to tho lloor, mid wus dead. This was 2:30 o'clock. His d attune wan imrulyehi ot the brain. HEAR TIIE MOJiMON SIDE. is Detailed in n Letter if) the Nation's Chief Executive. Tlio Iniquities Heaped t,'pcll the SnllltT by li v 1 1 und lleilsnlng i"Ucu. l'eaturr. of the KtiituniU Meaiure. Following is a copy ot a lotter addressed to President Cleveland by .lohn F. Caine, which thoroughly explains the Mormon side, as understood by ono of their most lltolligcut representatives: IIochi: oi Ukimiimcxtativi:, Wahiii.no rox, I). C Sir: Since our conversation this morning additional sensational statements have been sent from Omaha and Washing ton, and published throughout tho east, which aro ho false and such outrageous mis representation!! of tho fa'ets lu regard to tlio actunl situation in Utah that I nm con strained to lay before you tho truth. Tho adjutant-general of the army appar ently authorir.es the statement that "tho secretary of tho intciior and tho attorney general received reports from the governor, United States marshal, and other ollicials there, to the effect that tlio disposition of tl.o Mormons is piito offensive, that de monstrations are being niado of a threat ening character, and that the slightest acci dent U likely to cause a liot in which tho residences and olliees of tho United Stales judges, distiict attorney and other ollicials may lie mobbed and perhaps personal vio lence attempted, etc., etc. You, sir, ami your constitutional ad visers have been deceived by designing men who seek to create in tlio east tlio impres sion Unit tho Mormon people are unruly and turbulent. The ordering of additional troops to Utah is tlio result of a deliberate attempt on the pint of tlio lepulilicnu United States ollicials hero to creato tho impression that there is danger of a Mor mon outbreak. Tho object of this is, first, to inako it dillicult for a democratic ad ministration to removo tlio ollicials, and second, to influence congress to enact legis lation in tho interest of a desperato ring of ad ventureis who seek to control tho gov ernment of tho territory in spito of tlio fact that they constitute an infinitesimal por tion of tlio population and have no inter est in tho material welfare of the great bulk of tho people. Tho Mormons linvo been sutijectcd to a systematic attemptto goad .them to a hos tile act. Tho federal judiciary lias persist ently ruled so as to shield disreputablo non-Mormons from punishment for "lewd and lascivious conduct," while Mormons liavo been prosecuted with the utmost rigor tor unlawful cohabitation under tho so called Kilmiiuds act, which makes It a crime for men to cohabit with more than one woninn. The chief justice of tlio terri tory and a majority oi tlio court hnvo held that tho Edmunds law applies only to tho Mormons, and a man who was arrested on a chargo of delmuehiughis sister-in-law was discharged by Chief .lustico Zune on the ground that tho Kdmunds law was not in tended to bo a general corrective of mor als. When a deputy marshal, a married man, was arrested by tho police on a charge of "lewd and lascivious conduct" with a woman not Ids wifo .fudge Zimooii habeas corpus proccodiiiKS prompt - ly dismissed the accused on the ground that adultery and fornication was not lewd and Incivious conduct unless itwas practiced in public. On the other hand, liromluont Mormons, who had separated themselves from their plural wives immediately on tlio pnsssigo of the Kdiuiinds law, and had on tloavored to honestly obey that law, were indicted for unlawful cohabitation, and when they asked tho right to prove that they had not had sexual intercourse with their plural wives, Chief Justice Zano ruled that such ovidonco was immaterial and Irrelevant; that unless tlioy had publicly abandoned their plural wives they wero guilty of "holding tlionioufus their wives, w liich constituted the offense of unlawful cohabitation under tho Kdmunds law. It mattered not that in tho entire history of civil und criminal judicature, no Knglisli or American court hud ever hold that cohabi tation meant other than sexual intercourse, tho .Mormons had to go to jail, because they did not publicly renounce their plural wives. In the execution of tho Kdmunds act tho utmost latitude has been given to the mar shal and his deputies. Domiciliary visits had been common, and spies and Informers had been onrouragod to ply their infamous tiado. When a reputable Mormon resent ed a gratuitous insult by iidcputy marshal on tuo street, no was lined by .ludgo .uno and sent to jail for five days on the un truthful chnrgoof attempting to Intimidate an officer ot his court. The stoiies about attempts to lynch Collin, and the gather ing ot Mormons for that purpose, and tho necessity for placine Collin lu the hands oi llio military for protection, are altogether false. Tlio sensational leports iciogrnpuod fiomOinnhn about a mob going to Ft. Douglas and demanding Collin are manu factured for a purpose. Thero is no neces sity for the presence of additional troops In Utah. You, sir, as well as your advis ers, liavo been imposed upon by Gov. Mur ray and .Ma is mil iroiund. u Peso represon tatlousare maliciously false. The Mormons understand jnrfeclly that every effoit has been made, and is being niado, by character less federal ollicials to provokoau outbreak. Tlio Mormons know that they would be do ing themselves an irreparable injury by at tempting any violence or unlawful net. They have not, under tho most intolerable and unjust illablo conduct of federal ollicials, disturbed the peace or in any way resisted the execution ot the laws. The Mormons nsk only for an impartial administration of llio laws, and just treatment. Tiievimvc appealed to thesupremecouttof tlioUuitcd .States and lire patiently awaiting a doei- hiiii by that high tribunal on tho rulings of I ittlue aiio. 'they believe that his extraor dinary interpretation of the law will bo re linked. 1 lie .Mormons do not olijocl lo llio presence of the troops in their midst. They do obJect,liowever,to thosending ot troops on false pretenses, They object to being misrepresented nnd set before tho world as defiant, turbulent, and given to mob vio lence, when all their history provcu to tho contrary. Tlio Thirty Days of Mourning-. A Washington special says: Although sinco tho departure ot their sister, Mrs. lloyt, tho president, an I Miss Cleveland have been living alone in the white house, they rarely take their meals nlono. as thov like to have their friends lunch or dine with t lie-in intorma'ly. Miss Cleveland has seen but very few friends since the death ot tho viro president thosti only whom she had known previously, and has si'on them I ti tlio most informal manner. She su.vs she will observe this rule throtijhout tln thirty days tif mourning, as sho foeN a keen sym pathy with Mrs. Hendricks hi her nllliotion, and therefore des res to keep tho white hoin-o us quiet ua possible until after tho holidays. Sho says after tho mourning period sho expects to bo;in to hpo her vis Itors and neighbors. Money Order Itatrs lti'duced. Tho postmaster general has made an order fixing tees on international money orders from January 1 as follows: For sums not exceeding 10, 10 conts;over 10 and not exceeding $20, 20 routs; over $20 und not exceeding 30, 30 touts; over 30 and not exceeding SI0, 40 coats; over $10 and not exceeding $50, 50 cents. This In ft reduction ot one third from tho present rates. DESTRUCTION OF FOItESTS. Prompt Action Urpcil for Suppression of tlio Evil. Sentiment Set Forth In the Agricul tural CoiiiniUvloiier'M Iteport. Cultivation of MkIIcIimI l'tant. Tho commissioner of agriculture in his report says thoro is, pcrhnps, no direction in which tho department can bo used to greater benefit than in its attention to for estry interests; and, considering tho vast Importnnco to the nation ot a proper inves tigation of the subject, no branch has been more poorly endowed by congress. Kfforts should bo niado at onco to arouse nnd en lighten tho people ns to tho dangers which nro threatened through tho destruction of forests. "Arbor days" should bo insti tuted in all the states, tho science of forest ry should bo taught in schools, and tho or ganization of local and stated forestry societies should bo encouruged. Tho report continues: "It is already apparent that efforts for promotion of forest tree plant ing, through liberal laws on tlio part of tho United States, and through various prem iums and exoniptionson thopnrt of certain slates are not to meet with abundant suc cess. Inducement having failed, education should now be attempted. Such an effort, lo be successful, ought to lie inaugurated by the general government itself. Adoqunto menus should bo forthcoming to deal with this national necessity in a national way. I have submitted an estimate for 10,000 to continue these investigations in tlio man ner in which they have been prosecuted in previous years; but should congress deem it wise to increase tlio scope of tho investiga tions to proportions somewhat common sura to with its importance, possibly to un dertake the lino of work to which I have alluded, and perhaps to establish experi mental plots for foresty upon tlio public domain, an intelligent and comprehensive discharge of the duty would recpiiro a great ly increased appropriation. Among the reports from tho division of forestry, to which ho makes referonco, is that in regard to the construction of forests for tho purpose of furnishing railroad ties. Tills shows that it rcipiircs nearly 17,000, 000 acres of woodland, or -1 per cent, of tlio woodland area or the country, exclu sive of Alaska, to supply ties. Ilo snys it has becomon question whether railroad companies might not be nuido to see it is lo bo n feasible thing fortheirintor ests to plant trees along llieirroadwuys or on tracts of their land adapted to tho pur poses, and thus benefit themselves whilo at the same tinio relieving the existing forests to tlio sumo extent from an onorous de mand which in now made upon them. Tho laud grant companies have an abundance. In view of tho continued destruction of tlio timber on tlio government lands, and the importaiico of pieserving for permanent cultivators and using such portions of for ests as aro adjacent to tho head springs of the rivers, or which uiiiy bo needed for climatic or other reasons, ho urges that tho further sale of timber hinds belonging to the government ought to bo suspended until such tinio ns a careful survey shall ascertain what portion of them may bo sold without involving injury to tho coun try, and what ought to bo permanently held lu the forest condition. Tlio commissioner, referring to tho re quest of tho American I'hnriiiuceuticuj as sociation that tho commissioner of agricul ture tnko measures for tho introduction into cultivation in this country of such ot the important foreign medicinal plants as would be adapted to our climate, in order that they might bo readily attainable in a fresh state, and that another industry might bo added to our country's resources, snys: "Thero is no doubt that many ot tne mosli important, medicinal plants aro perfectly adapted to our climate and could bo cultivated in perfection, and it would seem well that menus should lo taken to give them a proper trial." Fears aro expressed, ho adds, that some of theso plants aro becoming exterminated in their native stations, and in respect to Boine of them, as, for instanco, tho ginseng plant, tho time has como when they may probably bo inudo tho objects of profitable cultivation. (JL'NKKAL M:VS A XI) S0TKS. Five negroes, threo men and two women, returning homo from a frolic ou D. J. Smith's plantation in York county, S. C, attempted to cross a broad river near tlio Air-Line railroad bridge in a canoe. Tho boat llll.'d and sunk, ltolh women nnd two of the men wore drowned. Tho third 'nun wus rescued by poisons on the bank. Private dispatches from ltaiigoon, llrit ish lliiriuah, aiinounco tho (loath there, on November 10 hist, of I to v. Cephas Dennett, an American Huptist missionary. Mr. Dennett had been in Iliirinnh since 1828, and was in his eighty-third year. Tlio stieot car companies and other own ers of horses in Chicago aro alarmed over the appearance of epizootic there. Some fifty horses belonging to the North Division street-car company liavo tho disease and six have died of it. Huron (Dak.) special: Kx-.Tudgo Smith, of this circuit, received from the depart ment of justice at Washington tho lending teiiso.is for Ills removal, vix: Keuioving clerks without cause, nllowiui: exceivo Teen, partiality and physical weaknes-i. All of those the ex-judgn denies in a circular to lu Issued to-morrow. Delegate Caine, ot Utah, now in Washing ton, roceivod a dispatch from Salt l.ako stating that Chief .lust lea Zune, in the caso of Deputy United States Marshal Vnndor cook, in rested on tho Mh inst. charged under a territorial law with lewdness, had sustained the territorial law which makes the (lifeline named a misdemeanor. Tho decision has a direct bearing upon a largo nup'ber of similar ruses, lion. D. Gratx Drown died nt his resi dence in Klrkwood, a suburb ot St. Louis, ou tho 12th, of pneumonia, complicated with heitrt'diseiise, aged 59 yours. He was a prominent figure iii tlio politics ot Mis souri for a number ot years, and also earned a national lepututiou, He made tho Hist cninnciputioiiHpeechever delivered in the Missouri legislature, nnd in connec tion with Frank II. ltluir became an active piomoter ot that cause. At a meeting ot representative cltiiens held lu Indianapolis an association to bo known as tho Hendricks Monument associ ation was organized, tho object of which is explained bv Its title. A committee ot over o.OOO cltixonu representing every coun ty and town in the state, was appointed, and the work ot canvassing for subscrip tions will bo immediately begun. In answer to an inquiry, Captain Couch, tho Oklahoma boomer, who recently re turned from tho Indian territory, says the cattlemen are not all drivou off theChey enno ami Amputioo reservations by any means. Thero aro thousands of cuttle in the Oklahoma country, and senators aro besieging the department to allow the cat tlemen to remain with their herds, owing to the losses and inconveniences in moving at thin season ot the year. Tho cattlemen in obedience to the president's proclama tion and order, obeyed to this extent they removed from tho reservation their rattle and shipped them to the market. Their young cattle and cowa still remain there. THERE'S MILLIONS IN IT. Bequests of the Ulclicst 3r.ni that Anicr lea JIns Ercr l'roduccd. Hon- Vnnderullt, tho ITIIIlloiinlro, J)l )OHcd of Ilia IiiimciiHo Fortune. Ill Jlclntlven IMieralhj 1'rotitletl For. The will of Commodoro W. II. Vnndor- bilt, filed for probato In the Surrogate coutt, ?.ew i ork, on tho 12th, provides: I, William II. Vnnderhilt, of tho citv of V- x.- 1. .1 . 1 1 - , ... .u'ii iorK, uo imiKU ami puuiisil my last win mid lesuimenc ns lollows: i-irst, I de vise unto my beloved wife. Maria Louisa. for nnd during her natural life, tho dwelling houso in which I now resido and the lot on which itstnnds. After describing thenron erty tho will continues: "I nlso cive nnd devise to my said wife, for and during her nnr.tirni me, mo mice lots ol land ou the northcuBt corner of Madison avenuo and 1 lity-sccond streot.in thecity of Now York, togomcr witn mo staples and improve' ments thereon erected. I also give and bequeath to her, for and uuiiiig ncr natural life, all paintings, pic tures, stationery and books of art which I may own nt tlio tinio of my decease, except me portrait ami marble oust oi my lather, which i navo ucqueamcu to my son tonic litis. I nlso givo and bequeath to her. for mid during her natural life, all furniture ot every description, includim! plate, silver. library, ornaments, musical instruments and other articles of household use which may at the time of my death bo in or an- ........:.. ..... i . ii periiiiu lu nij rcnniL-llcu, llllll also ail horses, carriages, vehicles, harness, stable, furniture and implements winch I may have on hand at tho time of in v decvuse nnd usually keep in my said stables on Madison avenuo and Fifty-second street, und I empower my wifo during her life to exclinngo or disposo of nny or my snid household furniture and other chattels ex cept pictures, statuary and works of art. I also give and bequeath to my said wife an annuity ot 200,000 per annum durinc her natural life, to bo computed from the date oi my decease, and paid to her in equal quarterly or yearly payments there after, nnd I direct Hint a sum sufficient to produce Hiicli annuity bo sot apart ami at all times safely invested by my executors for that purposo during tlio life of my wife, and 1 empower her to dispose by "will of 500,000 of tho principal of tho sumo so Jiiectcd to be set apart in nny manner she may desire, and wincli shall lie logal. All taxes, assessments and charges which may bo imposed on real estate devised to my wifo for life shall bo payable bv her durinl' the sumo peiiud, and I declaro that tho foregoing clevises and bequeaths to her aro to be in lieu of dower. Tho second to sixth clniifics are devoted to the four married daughters of tho de ceased, who aro given respectively tjo houses they now occupy, or those in course oi construction, and the lands upon which they aro built. Thu will continues: "1 givo and bequeath to my tiustecs hereafter ap pointed 25,000,000 of bonds of the United fc'tatcs of America, bearing interest at llio rntoof'l per cent per annum, tlio principal falling duo 1007; 5,000 or second mort gage bonds of tho Lako Shore it Mich igan Southern railway company, duo l,!)0.'l, bearing interest nt tho rate of 7 per cent per annum. This clauso of tho will then includes othersccuritiesto theninouiit of 40,000,000 to divide in eight equal parts to be held in trust for his eight children. Tlio trustees nio to collect tho income of each of Ihcso trustfunilsand turn the samo over to each beneficiary. None of tlio funds can bo alienated or transferred during tho life time of the child entitled to tho income. The principals, however, can bo willed away by tlio bcnollcinry nt. dentil provided they liavo lawful issue. If any daughters die without issue tlio amount goes to the re maining daughters; if any of tho sons din without leaving lawful issue a portion goes to tho sons still living, in equal propor tions. The eighth clause allows the trustees to purchase certain other securities when tlio others mature. Tho ninth elausodivides between his eight childiea -10.000,000. Tho ninth, tenth, eleventh nnd twelfth clauses provide that tho portion for his daughter Eliza shall not bo given her iinti' sho reaches the ago of !!0, nnd if sho dies without issue her portion goes to tho other brothers und sisteis. The tlfirteenth clauso bequeaths to Cor uolius $2,000,000 in addition to all other bequests. Tlio fourteenth clauso declares that upon tho decease of his widow, George W. Vau derbilt is to receive tho homestead and np purU'iinncoH, and at his death he can be queath it to one of his sons in absolute fee. It also provides that in case ol tho death ot George without isMio tho homestead shall rovort to William II. Vauderbilt, son of Cornelius, tho purposo being to keep the residence in the family. Ho also gives to his grandson, William II., 1,000,000, to bo paid to him when ho is Unity years old, and the interest to go to him in th't meantime. In tho event of tho death of William II., tho next to fall heir is Cornelius, a brother of the latter. Sections 15, 111, 17, IS and 10, provido for annuities ranging from 1,000 to !1,000 to various distant relatives. Tlie twentieth clause bequeathsS2t)0,000 to VundeibilC university, tit Nashville, Tenn. Tho twenty-fifth clauso bequeats tho fol lowing sums; To the Domestic nnd Foreign Missionary society of tho I'rimitivo Kpisconul church of tho United States, 100,000 for domestic pin poses. To St. Luke's hospital, 100,000. To th-YoungMon'sOhristinii association otXew York, 100,000. To thogoncralthcologirnlHemimirv ot the Primitive Miflscopal church, 50.000. To tho New York Dihle and Common I'layor Hook society, 50,000. To the Home of the Incurables, 50.000 To tho Protestant Kpiscopnl church mis ronnry soctj'ty for seamen hi tlio city o New Yoik, 50,000. To tlio New York lioma for intomperatc men, 50,000. To tho New York Protestant Kp'sropul Mission Society ot New York, 100,000. To tho Metropolitan Museum ot Art, 100,000. To the American Museum of Natural His tory, 50,000. To the Moravian church at Xow York, Stnton island, 100.000. Tho twenty-second clauso reads as fol lows: All tho rest, residue and remainder of nl the propoity and estate, real, personnl and mixed of every description nnd wheresoevoi (.Knitted of which I may be pusH-ssod or tr which I may bo entitled at the time ot mj demise, I givo, devise nnd liequoutli untc my two sons, Cornelius and William 11 Vauderbilt, lu equal shares, and to thoii heirs and assigns for their uso forever. The will finally provides that tho widow d four sons shall bo tho executors and trustees ot tho estate Chnuncey M. Depow says tho family wore well pleased with tho disposition ot the property, and thero will be no contest ol t villi. Tlio Pension Estimate Ucduecd. Commissioner ltluck states that tho amount asked (or the pension bureau for tho coming fiscal year is less by $ 1 ,5 10,0-10 than tho amount appropriated by con gress for uso during the coining your, lie Bays also tho amount asked for salaries and expensed ot all kinds for the pension bureau is less by $15,000 than tho amouut I NATIONAL CAPITAL XUTKS. United States Consul Frisble, nt Lyons, Frnnci, repot ts n phenoincnnl increase in tho shipments of chnmpnguo to the United Stales. During October, 1SS5, the ship ments aggregated 3i:j,5S0, an inrrens; of l t2,y'.)7 over the samo month of ISSt, nnd nn increase of $1:58,0!) t over October, 1883. Frisbiesays tho sa'e- of champagne aro by many persons regarded ns a barom eter for the measure of commercial proper ty and October is gencrnllv taken ns tho test month. The sales to Kuroponn coun tries show no such indications of business activity. The federation of the labor unions of the United States and Canada pasod a resolu tion providing that the eight-hour rule shall take effect May 1, and such organiza tions ns nro not capable of enforcing tho rulo nt that time shall lend their assistanco to tho3o who do undertake to carry out the resolution. At the session of tho Americnn Public Health association, Dr. John II. Hunch, secretary of tho stato board of health of of Illinois, road a paper on "Mar time Qunrnntino from thoMoutli of the St. Law cnec to tho llio Grande." Tho senate committee on privileges and elections held a second meeting nnd in structed Chairman Hoar to report tho presidential succession bill. A number of verbal changes have been made in the bill, but in nil important features this measuro is similar to that which passed the Inst congress, known ns the Hoar bill. It will probably bo taken up early in the week, nnd will give risotoconsiderablediwcussion, and will likely bo passed nt an early day. A special to the Omaha Deo says: .Credit in nriny circles is given to Senator Mander son nnd ItepresentativcDorsey for securing tho retention of Fort ltobinson as a mili tary post. They went over the ground und saw the necessity of keeping up tlio fort as a military post bordeiing on a large reser vation of Sioux Indians, after which Mr. Dorsoy ennio to Washington and received a promise from Gen. Sheridan that tho post should not bo abandoned, but Unit it would, us soon ns possible, boenlnrged. In hisan nunl report Gen. Howard recommended tho abandonment of this post, which recom mendation, however, ho subsequently changed. Second Comptroller Mnynnrd has given an opinion Unit pensioners who livo in tho United States cannot givo other persons a power of attorney to receivo nnd receipt for pension money, and Hint agents are re quired lo draw checks payable toeach pen sioner and forward them directly to each pensioner. In enso pensioners live in for eign countries ho says they aro required to execute vouchers in presence of a munis trate, buttho check may bo drawn payable to the pensioner on the order of an attor ney, who can then receivo and receipt for the same. Tho secretary of the interior has rendereu a decision in Michigan land cases known as the common limits ofj tho Marqtto'.to nnd state lino and the Ontonugon nnd state lino ronds. The secretary holds that tho titles to the laud in question us not void, but voidable, and may he submitted to a hoard of equitable adjudication or confirmation ot entries. Tlio facts in these cases tiro stated to bo substantially tho samo ns in tho case of Picard vs. Gamins, decided by the department Sept. 17, 1SS5, and tho principle therein is fully applicable to these. Tho principle involved in, tho decision af fects lands estimated to be worth 20,000, 000. Thodecision relates tooven-nuiubcred sections and not to hinds granted lo rail roads. A special says: Tlio projectors of the Hennepin canal scheme aro hero in forcoen- dca voting tosccurosuch change in the rules as will save them from tho defeat, through tho moving of a point of order, which thov experienced last year. They proposo to ac complish this by giving tlio committee on rivers and harbors jurisdiction of canals and of all water ways, and of changing its titlo to tliutol "rivers, Iiubors ami canals. " This will cnublotho Hennepin folks toplnco their appropriation iutlieregular river and harbor bill, provided they liavo nullicient influence in tlio committee and will give tho measure special advantage of plnco in a bill which the committee in chargo hus a right to report at any tnno. THE POLITICAL WOULD. Congressman Gay, of Louisiana, is snid to liavo a million dollars at his cull. Congressman Henley will bring forward a bill for the entire exclusion of Chinese im migrants of tho laboring class. Webb Connor, of Arkansas, has been ap pointed special agent of the general land olllco for timber depredations. The best way to fill a vaemcv in tho vice presidency, recording to tho Louisville Courier-.lournnl, is to reconvene tho elec- tortil college which elected the deceased, ant have it choose his successor. One of tho elements in Louisiana stnto politics will probably be a combination be tween Lieut.-Gov. Knoblach and Congress man Gay, which has in view tlio election of the former to tho governorship in 1SSS and tlio elevation ol the latter to the United States senate. Tho following hnvo been appointed spe cial examiners in tlio pension office under the civil service rule: Lucy A. Lawrence, of Tennessee: T. X. Magoe, Pcnns.vh ania; .T. M. Kennedy, Ohio; F. H. Austin, Mis souii; It. G. Hoge, Iowa; W. II. McGuire, Indiana; G. 11. J louiing, Indiana; n. .Mc Donald, Indiana; F. M. lingers, Illinois, and T. II. Dundy, Illinois. Washington dispatch: During the visit of "Ikiclielictt" itobinson to tho president this morning tho question of the appoint ment to tlio pension agency at New York, for which llobinson's friends hnvo pressed him, was referred to nnd the president in timated that the appointment would not bo decided upon for a couple of months. It is understood that the president considers that pension agents should bo ex soldiers and will mnko no exception in this instanco. DECEMHEK CHOP HEP0HT. Am Kmniiutlns from tho Department ol Aurlciiltiirc. Tho prnn rennrls nf Hin ilnnnrfmnnf nt ngriculturo for December givo tho farm prices of tho principal crops. The Increase iu tlio product of corn has reduced the avorago value ot tho crop to .Til cents per bubhol. The avorago value of tho previous crop In December was .'Id cents. Tho re- . l ..... : ! . l . t.. a,. t ,1111111111 ia iuu inrrai in ine uiuo viinuy-iiuil southern states west ot tho Mississippi. i iiu iiieiviinu hi svoiM-iecuing una corrected II... ..,.!...,. r. l....l..l - pared with former prices, corn values are -Lf 1 ... 1.V- II 11.... llMjlrlv n'l llfwlnv n n. ... 1 ..... 1 .... l...... .v.ttjv ... j until . lull tho average fnrm value was 4 1.7 cents per 1.... I it.. . -, t . .. uunuci, iui inu irvccuuig iu years, 4. (1 l-nlltd. rrllrt tirim, nf wlmnf I i. considerable above lust December's nver- ...... . . i,R . ni. & . ...... mum mib u.iicniM. IIUUOI JnVJWUS ...... miv iFicnuiik in I o. , 1-TI114. rOrilYO yoaiH past the average farm value liaslveen nn i,oi,.i ..-i .i .. .. .....a fn,, iMimiDi, nun inr mo preceding ten years 81.5 cents. Lnst vear'n farm value was 3S tier cent lower than for tho ten vears oiuKhl in 1K7'1 ,l,,i .., i..l .. . i, V. . ' MMW IWUIUIjr 111 iv luller J.urutvcnn ni-rulitf-l'ir.n ...nii - - , i - i -'"---- . ..nit niiiuiirr foreign demand for a surplus nearly equal w w..v ui tiiv uiuic crup. FOIIEIGN INTELLIGENCE. The funeral services over the remains of tho lato KingAlfonso took place at Madrid on tho 12th. nt the church of St. Francis. The great edifice was crowded with distin guished people. All the sovereign bends oT Furopo wero represented and members of tho diplomatic corps wero present. Tho civil nnd military pageant wasan imposing spectacle nnd was witnessed by an immense throng. A telegram from tho front states that a long nnd bloody engagement took place therebetween theServians and Bulgarians. The town of Vcliki-Isoor was wrested from tho posscpsion of two battnlions belonging to the first division of tho Dulgarinn army, who nttneked tlio Servians. Upon finding themselves outnumbered tho Dulgnriaiis made signs that thev wished to surrondor. Tho Servians, who wero mostly elderly msn, belonging to the second reserve, shouted in reply: "You hnvo nlready deluded our children (meaning the youths of tho first rcfccrve) in that fashion but you will not deceive us." Thereupon they chnrged tho Dulgarians witli tho bayonet, scattering them in every direction. Tho Dulgarians left ninny dead nnd wounded on tho field. Jt is not believed at Belgrade thr.t the powers will be ablo to prevent a derisive) buttl" being fecuht botween tlio Dulgarians and Servians. Tho Servians will not ad mit that they have been coiupieiod. Tlioy have a largo army concentrated ut Del giado nnd arc hurrying to retrieve their military honors. Servia has sent a circu lar to the foreign ministers stating tliatsho cannot accept tli Bulgarian conditions as tlio price of pence because they are dishon orable. Hostilities will bo resinned. Thero has been a change in tho nttiludo of llussiu in legard to thcDalkan question. M. Nelidoff. llussian ambassador, lias sent n note to Snid Pasha, the Turkish prim minister, protesting against Turkish inter vention in Doumelin. Tlio Turkish minis ter at St. Petersburg tclegniphs that in coiii-equonce of Austria's acting with Sor viu, tho l'nssian government is preparing to effectually support Dulguria. The Ilcpnrtnipnt or Justice. Tho annual report ot Attorney General Garland, suggests the advisability of build ing jails at each plnco in tho country whero United States courts are held, and tho necessity for building a govorninent peni tentiary whero all persons convicted for United States ofreiifses could b- confined is strongly urged. Such convicts, ho says, could bo employed in tlio manufacture of supplies exclusively for tho government, which work would nssist in' making tho in stitution sclf-sustaiuing. Ho also suggests the propriety of erecting on the grounds adjoining tho department of justice a proper building for tlio accommodation, in addition to that department, of tho supremo court and other proper courts and commissions of the United States. Tho re port closes with a brief statement of tho Union Pacific railway litigation and says that a motion will be -tiled by the govern ment in a few dnys to advance the appeals on tho docket so as to have a speedy de termination of thein. Tho attorney gen eral adds that the motion will doubtless lio granted and tho matter disposed of at an early day. The Late W. Ii. Ynnileihilt. Coroner Mcssemer, of New York, took the following statement from President Itobert Garrett, of tho Baltimore and Ohio, ou Yandcrbilt's death: "1 reached Van derbilt's house yesterday about 1:15 p. in. He receivid mo in ids library. We con versed together about an hour perhaps a little longer when Vauderbilt's speech be came mdist iuct, and tho next miniito I no ticed a twitching of the muscles nbout thu mouth, and nlniost nt that instant bis face was suddenly convulsed. He was sitting ou tho edge" of his chair. Ilo fell forward anil 1 reached him in time to thrust my arm under his shoulder and prevent his falling heavily to tho floor. 1 placed a cushion which was at hand umbr his head and immediately summoned a servant and called for wat-'f. with which I bathed his face until the arrival of his son. Geo. Vnn derhilt, and Dr. Mil'er. We did not realize tho fact of his death until the arrival of Dr. McLean. Ts Gon'ltm Still AHvo? Col. Chnillu Long, lato chiof of staff to Gen. Gordon, in a lecture in Chiekeriughall, Xow York, said: "Tho probabilities am that Gen. Gordon is still alive. In this I am supported by dipt. Durton. and I un derstand there is boing organized iu London an expedition tosoareh for him. Wo know by hh journal up to December -tth that h could ha vo gono away. Wo know' ho had four or flvo steamers, and my opinion is iut went south in ono of theso to our place at Goudocora and will from there iu clue time bo heard from. Locusts as Food. St. Mark describes tho diet of John tho Baptist as consisting of "locusts and wild honey." Homo commentators have explained "locusts" ns denoting some kiud of bread or wild fruit. This is nil error, for locusts aro cateu as food by ninny peoplo in tho East. A recent writer on tho curiosities of food accords to the loenst tho first place, in tho pure ly insect world, aa an article of diet, lie saj'a: "From tho remotest autiquity tho locust has been used for food witness tho sculptures of Assyria and at tho present day they aro devoured in enor mous quantities by many different races. Yet thero is a wido divergence of opin ion regarding tho value of locusts as food. "Some travelers describe locusts as a dosporato makeshift; others as passa ble; others, ngain, ns resombling shrimps in delicacy nnd flavor. They compote with meat in tho market of llngdad; thoy aro called "terad" iu Yemen, aud "anno" inDancali.nnd thoy are frequently used as food by tho wan dering tribes of Asia and Africa, who, after broiltug them, sepamto tho head from tho body, and eat them as Western nations do shrimps. In some ports of Africa they aro ground and niado into bread. In Senegal thoy nro eaten by tho highest classes. Thoy aro the main support of tho bushmen of South Africa." Young men should always beware of tho following paragraph, which was started by a Philadelphia paper, and is now going tho rounds. Tho chances aro that tho man who wrote it is tied to a woman with a hand like n Japanese fan, and a voice that would mnko a buzz saw pauso in astonishment. It reads: "Marriago is a safe way to gamblo; if you win, you win a pile, nnd if you lose, you don't lose anything." Mn. Hazard, of Vanclnso, R. I., gave a lawn party to tho spirits of his dead relatives. Ilo nays that among the guests was his late wifo and daughter. J i