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 National bunks liavo withdrawn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-
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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 ..
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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.
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