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THE OREGON SCOUT.
JONKS c CHANCEV, 1'nMUlierN
UNION.
OREGON.
Chicago's uheat esterprisk
Deeerlntlon. of Her Contemplated Ttieater
nml Hotel.
Chlcngo.wiccliil: Tho great hotel and
nniusement edifice that in to lm erected
In tlio lity at n font ot SI. 750.000 on
C01121C8H shrfor, extending from Michigan
avenue to Wfcbash n venue, I now posl
lively assured. A nlnety-nino years' leno
of tlio groiiiilhlms been virtually secured
Mid the work of removing tlio bmldiug
now oil tlio Hita .mid of excavating for the
foundations lin already begun. A audi
cient amount ofttho capital stock oUttp
company litis Won subscribed to justify
these prclimlnnrUs. Theedlflce, nsadopbxl,
will bo a monumental affair of unusually
.-classical design, 'ilt. will be ten stories high
Mvitli entrances ran Congress street ami
3fichignn avenue, ita main ball entrance
being on tin- formec Tho proposed struc
ture will be an ot-W.c, affair, designed upon
linen of snecinl MMigiii licence. Tim (lrnt
two stories 1110 la tbo of fancy denied,
including fin-Mile, poortieres and street en
trances. The building's 'ace will be re
lieved by Hwell front. The roof of t!iu
bilUdlng will bu perbxsUy I'111- unonm
.incnted, except with c carved cap Htono
and frieze over tlio nirfiu uiidlloriuni on
trn.it co on Congress sfreei. There is to bo
n oyer .'100 feet high, The flrnt section of
this ntnictnro in square nud surmounted
bv a fae.slmilo of the pyramids, presenting
nitngutlwr a utilquo and .clftssiu nppour
iinco. JT6o detail of ties building involves n
.vast jiiuoiiut of carving, Hiivcrllciat n:u'
nriiiunctii,iLl, without convoying in its ttsi
oven n suggestion of guudliicss or over tils
jilny. From photographic Innnrcsalons it
.appears to, ho a structure that tons every
thing lo commend it, both from jui artistic
mil convenient point of view. The interior
ju tlio great edltho will bo devoted .nlinost
exclusively to the grand auilitoriuai. Heat
ing 5,000 people on ordinary oceiveionn
nod 8,000 for convention purposes, ami u
Kuropean hotel of fiOO rooms. Tlio in
terior of tho opora. ho d so will bo iirriing'tf
nftor tho most improved plan. There will
bo two halconicH and lifty-ono piivnte
boxes. Tho main lloor will neat 3, 000. In
,stago capacity thorn will be nothing
lacking. Tho main floor will bo 70x120
Jict and conveniently fitted tint with all
tho modern appurtenances. There aro
.only two HtngoH In tho world thut will have
i'raiter tlltmmnloti.
JEFFERSON DA VIS'
DAUGHTER
Imprtttlona Formed lj Her
nu to tn
North.
New York dispatch: Mrs. Jerforson Davis
xccontly replied to a letter from a Now York
friend, who linn written thanking her, in tho
niiino of sovernl residents of this city, for
tho pleasure given thorn by Miss Davis'
visit north, lloth Mr. and Mrs. Davis
vrcro roluctnnt, It seems, to permit Miss
Davis to leave home, ns their llfo at ll?au
voir is very quiet and their daughter's
presenco Is tho only element which gives 1
touch of brightness to It. Mm. - Jti
tho recent lottor mid slio had been more
than repaid for any sacrifice nho might
have itmdo by tho enjoyment Miss Davit
experienced. As proof ot this assertion
Mrs. Davis quoted 11 paragraph from a lot
ter written by Miss Davis soon after Touch
ing Syracuse. In it Mini Davis spoke ot
the astonishment at tho increase of enter
prise mid activity as slits madu her way
north. Tho contrast to Mississippi, whero
tlio mig'ity rubber or whist was
tho lliost oxritlug incident o! tho
day, and whero tho conversation
of an ovening was largnly devoted to
tlio question of turnips, slio lomut very
murkod. She was especially surprlsod co
note tho changes intlmcapitnlol the south
tirn confederacy. Her Impressions of Rich
mond had been gnined entirely from hear
ing her parents speak ot It, and she was
baldly prepared to find it a place full of
manufacturing institutions. New York, tho
objective point of her visit, nmated her
still more. Slio in pleased with tlio peo
ple, with tlio reception, with tho places ol
umunemcnt and abovo all with what she
called "tho way In which things aro rushed."
Iter only regret was that from a business
xt midpoint, tlio south was not liko the north.
Contrary to a general public Impression,
Mr. ami Mrs. Davis do not onturtalu ex
cept on rare Oceanians at llcauvolr. Tho
place is not aocesslblo to travelers, nml
their means do not pormlt anything but iv
ulmplo maner of living. No formal cere
mony is observed, and the few people who
come and go aro invariably treated in tho
way known lo Now Eiiglaudcra as "being
0110 ot tho family."
an Asviiiixa rouxasTtcit.
JL StbraMlia Youth Xnnmnreil of a nuslty
Indian Utile.
Washington dispatch: Tho UvonlngStar
lias the billowing: A rathor novel request
Vfas jDcolved to-day at tho Interior depart
ment from a young man living in Nebraska,
who wants to marry 11 daughter ot Stand
ing Dear, a Sioux chief. Ho states who he
is and encloses a photograph ot tho girl,
who Is very nlco looking and was educated
ni Carlisle. The young man, however,
wishes to go and live 011 tho reservation
with hit prospective wifo ami relatives,
nml for this reason it was neccsmry to ob
tain tho permission ot tho interior depart
moiit. Wlilto men aro not allowed to stay
on tho Indian roKcrvatiou uiiIcks they have
authority from tho government to do so,
Mini this young man was obliged to take
tho government into his confidence and re
veal his lovo affairs. Tho secretary ol the
interior considered tho matter from its
practical rathor than its Houllmeutal side,
nml concluded that while ho could not pro
vent tho young man marrying tm girl, ho
could prevent I1I111 from going to live with
tho old folks, nml If ho was anxious to
marry th6 young woman ho proposed that
bo might scratch around and provide her
with a homo.
Secretary I.amar will write 11 letter to
tho ambitions lover and, whllo not dis
couraging tho ardor ot his love, will suggest
u practical view ot tho situation which
itcems to huvo escaped him. Until them is
omo change In tho present pi. ins at tho
f oung man, tho paternal benediction oltlm
uterior department will bo withheld.
X.IVK uoats inti:cKi:i.
London', Dec. 10, A life boat was wrecked
at Southport to-day whllo endeavoring to re
lievo dlilreucd venel, aud thirteen pertoni
liavo beeu drowned,
Auothcr llfo-boat crew soon after ventured
out Into tho rough tea oil that port to-day to
aajlit a veuel and tho men were alto lo.t.
Three ve.sseU had left Southport to asilst a
dlitrmed vessel. The latent rejiort ays that
tho crew of one of the boats succeeded In
reaching the men on the vrsfcel, but the other
two capsized and tweutv-scrcu jicrious were
drowned.
Tho survivors of one of the crew say that
lire of their number were underneath the boat
or an hour lu water only knee deep. Three
of tliwn were suffocated, but tho two others
were rescued.
TIH! SKSA TK A Sit 1WVHK.
lViat U Hctnff Done. In Htlh Hrm.tvttie of the
National VongreMu
Be.vatk. Dec 0. Tl? bowse nmendment
to the eonate bill for the relief of jrraduates
of the West Point Military academy, mid
to fix their pay, was among tlte matters
snbmitt'd bv the nixwidiiiz officer- Tho
nme'ulnipiit provides tlmt cadets hall bo
allowed full fuiv assecoud llril tentintr. from
thedatc of their cradiiation to lliodatof
their accent 11 111:0 of eomiuNHions. The
amendment was concurred in and Klvs bill
now goes to Ihe pri'-udeut. Among in
trod need and referred were tho billowing:
llv K-imtor McMillan To milhoriri the
ioiinI ruction of 11 bridge -roHS the Red
river of tho North. Hy Senator Lowe1
To atlthoruo the redemption of trade dot
bus.
JIol'ri:, Dec. tb The limine considered
the lull extending tho free delivery system.
Mr. Doi.kery offered an amendment so 11s
'to make the bill provide that letter car
riers shall be employed for the freo dell v-
ery of mail matter as frequently as tho
public business may rerpiire. in every in
corporated city, village or borough, con
taining a population of 50,000, within iH
corpoei.te limits; and may be so employed
at every place containing a population of
not leas tdmii 10,000 within Ita corporate
limits accoiding to lust general census ta
ken by authority of tlio state or United
fjditcsj or to any poMtoflke which produces
a gross rejt'iiue for tlio preccd'iig lUcnl
year, of not Ws than $10,000. Mr. Dock
er. V a mend went was adopted and, 11a
amended, tho UiJI was passed. The liousa
then resumed consideration of the electoral
count bill. After Borne debate the bill wns
passed with tho amendments reported by
the house committee. The bill creating a
department of ngrjfulturo and labor was
considered without jJuito action.
Hocbi:, D?e. 1 1. The flpenRor nnnoincei'
the appointment of Morrison, llnrris, atn
McKinley as conferees 'on I lie Fractlona'
gallon bill, nml Cobb, Van Union, and I'ny
on on tho Allen landlord bill. I'ayson,
(III.), on behalf of tho commlttcii on public
hinds, called up tho bill declaim:? the for
feiture of tho Ontonagon and Hrule Kivrj
land grant. Tho bill wax pitted without
revision. It forfeits .'181,000 acres. The
Iioiiho then wont into committee of tho
whole on tho sundry civil appropriation
bill. In tho course ot tho general debate
I ..'in lm m, of loxns, mado an appc,(l in favor
of the redemption of the trade dollar, ami
llluding to the standard silver dollar. Iif
declared that Its coinage would never 1
iuspeuded,uo matter who might argue to tU
outrary. 1'eiiding further discussion th'
nucimlttco roso ami tho house adjourned
Skn'atu, Dec. 1!!. On motion of .Senator
Hoar, the electoral count bill, as received
from tho house, wns laid on tho table and
ordered printed. Senator Morrill also of
ferrcd n resolution Instructing Iho coinmtt
tee on finance to examine ns to the expedi
ence 01 some practical measure lor lli'j
imiiutenaiico of a Hystem of national banks
wltli ample sreurity and without additional
cost lo tlio government, uc.crretl to tho
rcmmlltco 011 finance. Senator Morrill's
icsolutlon declaring the piomlse of making
proper revision of the tariff at tliepicsent
mission oiiviously iiopclessaml Impractlea-
blu was laid over. A message from tho
hoiifo was presented on the subject of tho
ili'iuh ol Itepresentntlvo Dowduey, ol Jew
York. A resolullou wns adopted for tho
appointment of a commit tdo to attend tho
funeral, Seneators Miller, Itansom aud
Vooihees being apiioiuted hiicIi committee,
nml as a mark of respect for tho deceuued
tho scuato adjourned.
Housi:, Dec. lib Mr. Hewitt introduced
n resolution authorizing tho secretary of
tlio treasury to anticipate tho payment of
interest 011 tho bonded debt of tho United
States, aud to provido for special deposit
of tho public money. The following Is tho
text ol tho bill: Section 1. That out ot
the moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated tlio secretary ol tho treasury
is 11 -retiv aiituorized ami empowered to uu
ticlpato the payment ot so much of the in
terest on tho interest-bearing bonds ot tho
United Mates as shall be in excess 01 tho
rato of It per cent per annum by tho pay'
nient lu gross of s'.ich sum In each ciuio as
shall bo equal to tho aggregate present
wnrlli 01 hiicIi excess ami interest thereon.
Ami. for the purpose ot ascertaining such
present worth, tho interest upon tho
amount paid by tho United Stat cs, in an
ticipntion of such of the interest, shall bo
computed at the rato ot 1) per cent per an
limn, reinvested quarterly so as to seen 10
to the United States tho benefit ot com
pound interest thereon. Sections. That
when such payment ot interest in autlripu
Hon of maturity theteot shall have
been nccepted by any holder ot
bonded Indebtedness of tho United
fltates, the bor.ds shall bu dis
tmctiy stamped ami properly emlorsed 111
mich manner iih tho secretary of M10 trcaa
ury may prescribe, so as to show tho n'
duced rato ot interest thereafter to bo paid
thereon; aud the coupons, If any, shall bo
cut on and cancelled, and tor coupons ho
cancelled ahull bo substituted non- coupons
beating the reduced rato ot interest, aud
the bonds so stamped shall bo receivable
by the comptroller of tho currency as
security for tlio issue of circulating notes ot
any national banking assoc iitlou to tho
full extent ot tho par value ot said bonds
instead 01 ;io per cent as now required by
law. Section II. That it shall bo lawful lor
tlio secretary ot tho treasury to deposit
from time to time wild any national Hank
ing association any portion of the money
in the treasury nototlierwisi! appropriated,
upon security ot an equal a mount ot bonded
or other indebtedness ot the United States;
provided, tho whole amount of special de
posits thus uindo shall not exosed $100,
000,000, and all such deposit-, shall bo
subject to cull upon such notice as tho
secretary of tho treasury may i9o lit to
prtwcribo. ,
Smuti:, Dec. 11. Tlio committee on
fin unco reported back favorably n bill for
tho retirement and recoluugo ot tho trade
dollar and 11 bill to prevent frauds 011 (ho
American manufacturers calendar. Hurrl
Hun introduced 11 bill to lm reuse tho pen
sion ot those who have disabilities equiva
lent to the Iom of 11 hand or foot. House
amendments lo tlio electoral count bill
were uoit'concurred in, and tho conference
was miked fur. Senator Kduiumla and
Pugh were appointed coufcrett 011 tho part
of tho iienate. Senator MePherson Intro
duced a bill to amend tho oleomargarine
bill, livferred. Also 11 bill for the presen
tation ot medals to each of tho ofllrers aud
soldiers who volunteered for throo-moiiUm'
service under tho president's call of April
its, JBUl.
Housi:, Dec. 1-1. Tito speaker laid before
the house 11 letter from the secretary of tho
treasury, submitting a book ot estimates
fur the fiscal year 1888, mid also a letter
from tho secretary of war, transmitting 11
report of testa ot iron and steel, ltoterrcd.
Tho committee on foreign affairs reported
back the resolution railing on tho secretary
ot tho treasury tor Information as to what
interpretation Is given by the treasury de
partment to the turitt law of 1KS3, which
In 0110 section declares thut llsh fresh for
Imnu'dlato cnnsuiuptluushall bo freo ot tax
on arrival at our seiv
und laud tmrts, nud
lu another section declares that forelen fish
imported fresh shall be taxed at the ratoot
CO rents per 100 pounds. The sundry civil
bill was discussed in committee of the
wliolt until udjourumcut.
Hoiisb, Dec. in. On motion ot Mr. War
ner (Mo.) n bill was passed bringing the
rities of Atlanta, Oalvcston, St. Paul, Min
neapolis, Indianapolis. Kansas City and
Ouinlin under the provisions of sections fJ
and 101, It. S., which leipilres mitionnl
banks in certain cities to keep on hand, in
money of the United States, a sum equal
to I weiity-fi ve per rent of their circulation
find deposits, Tho house I hen wont Into
committee of the whole. Hammond of
Georgia in the chair, on the sundry civil
nppropilntion bill. Mr. Hums (Mo.), from
1 lie rommtlteu on appropriations, reported
a bill to supply tho deficiency in a pprnpri
ntions for public printing. It appropriitten
$5,000 for public printing anil binding.
57,000 for distinctive papers for United
States securities and ,000 for the recoin
oge of silver.
Sn.VATi:, Dec. 15. Kcnntor Van Wyck
offered a resolullou cnlliugou the secretary
of war for information as to how t he Mis
souri liver commission has nppoitioned
certain money appropriated in the river
nml hiubor bill for the improvement ot
the Missouri river and other points lu Ne
braska and Iowa. The resolution gave
runs to considerable discussion. Heforo
coming to a vote on the resolution, (ho
hour of ii aimed, when the unfinished
business of yesteidny, the bill repealing tho
tenure ol ofllrc art, came up and was, on
motion ot Hoar, allowed to stand over till
to-morrow or unfinished business. Sonntor
Deck called up the bill prohibiting senators
or represent stives from udiiig us attor
ueya for subsidized railroad companies, tho
question being on the substitute reported
front tho judiciary committee. Mr. Deck
opposed the substitute, and advocated tho
bill ns introduced by himself. Senator
a member of tlx! judiciary committee
justilied the sitbsl ilule. Ho was opposed
to all such legislation, but- if it was to bo
enacted ho would have it carried out to its
full extent. Without reaching 11. vote tho
senate went into executive Bcssinn, and
when tlio doors wore ic-opoued, adjourned.
NEWS in a nutshell.
Mcmloza dispatch Fnys the cholera reports
from Duettos Ay res nrc. favorahle and the epi
demic Is on the decline. Ten new cases of the
ilbeiife and thirteen deaths are reported from
Villo .Maria. Cholera has onie.ired in Canada
tie (lomcz aud other localities near the rail
way l ue.
Washington ndvlccs sny the treasury of-
IIcIhIs arc puzzled to know what to do with a
check for fij.OOO drawn by Claude lirabaut
lu favor of himself on the (icrimiti national
hank, of New Orleans, and endorsed by T. S.
Merino. Ileforc the check eatne to hand n
telcgriim was received front Mr. Uralmnt ask
ing if I he check lml hcen accepted and If so,
Hint the stthtieasury custom house and (I. S.
Deitz, of Xtw Orleans, he not.tlcd. Nothing
Is known at the dcps.'tmcut lu regard to llrr.
Uant. Merino or Deitz.
Three llrlt'sh solders have hcen killed and
ti:: wounded lu nti attack on a daeolt village
In llurmah.
The German Ironclad Moowo has sailed for
Zanzibar to punish tho murderers Of the ex
plorer Jiiehckc.
Five Welsh fanners, leaders In the antl
tithe movement, have been restrained for
falling to pay tithes.
The Ihilgarlan deputation will nrnvo In
London December 24 and ask for an Interview
with Lord Iddeslelh.
England has decided to reduce the Egyptian
Standing armv to 10,000 meu and the army of
occupation to 5,000.
The Iltilgarlan deputation has been ordered
by the home government to wait hi Vienna for
written Instructions, before starting for llerllu.
The pope has prepared instructions to the
Iilsh bishops to keep their clergy in the limits
of duty In regard to tho autl-rcnt movement.
Mr. Gladstone writes to the Welsh liberal
association that he regards tbolr designs with
Interest, hut at this ago he must leave agita
tion to younger hands.
Iletiry M. Stanley's expedition for the relief
of Knit Hey will leave England In February.
The Egyptian government and a private geu
tlcmau will pay all the expenses.
SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Tho Iowa delegation will introduce and
press tho passage tt 11 bill to construct a
wagon bridge across tho Missouri from
Omaha to Council Rlulfs. Tho Union Pacific
bridge charter seems to havo originally
contemplated a strtteturo for wagons and
foot passengerH, but as it drawH about two
millions annually out of tho "transfer"
dummy arrangement, some of tho peoplo
who havo paid CO cents ami 23 cents for
years begin to Chink it timo to walk or at
least givo tolls to formers at cheaper rates.
Tho report of tho comptroller ot the cur
rency contains a suggestion worthy ot tit
attention ot stockholders In uutiomV
batiks. Under 'tho present law tho presi
dent or cashier ot a bank can commit per
jury in swearing to tho condition ot a bank
before a bank examiner, and escape pun
ishment therofor. Ho suggests a biw to
muko it tho fitity ot tho oxntulnor to lay a
raso ot perjury beforo tho United States
district at torncy, nud n law making such
false statement punishable.
This government bus rocoived through
tho lltttish leghition in Washington, nc
ofllcial Invitation to participate in tin in
ternutionul exhibition which is to bo held
in Manchester, England, next year, to cele
brate the jnUleo ot hor ltritaitnic majesty's
reign. Tho object ot tho exhibition will bo
to illustrate, -as fully as possible, tho prog'
ress mado in tho development ot tlio arte
nml manufactures during tho Victorian era.
Justice Harlan on the 10th made final
orders in tho Illinois Midland railroad case,
Tho offer oi Dow, tho purchaser, to pay in
addition to bis bid ot $1,127,000, tho sunt
o S18.C00 for tho benefit ot labor claims.
is accented, and tho sale is continued. The
purchaser is directed to piy his bid into
court in three installments, on tho first
days ot January, February anil March
next. Tho court also settled all questions
ot allowances.
sMoriii:tti:n to heath.
Chicago dispatch: Tho McCluro family,
consisting of mother, daughter and son, liv
ing at Maplewood, died front escaping gas
Friday night. Tho mother and daughtci
retired enily, leaving the nott to attend to
the stoves. In filling them with coal ho tor-
got to replace tho top of one, and tho escap
ing gas during tho night smothered the trio.
They were found by a man who lived in the
same house, who knocked at their dooi
about noon to day, and getting no re
sponse, forced the door and was horrified
to Hud the three corpses in various posi
tions about tho room, ns if thev had li.-.-n
seeking for pure air but had been too weak
10 open tlio door or window, which had
been tightly closed.
NEOUO OAMllLEItS SHOT DOWN.
IlritMiSQiUM, Ala., Dec, H.-A sheriff, dep
uty aud four policemen made a raid ou a n.
gro gambling den near this cltv last night
urn o iuiuaue occurred uetweeu the occu
pants of tho house und the olllcers. The re
sult was that five of the gamblers were cap
tured and two were killed. None of the olll
errs Mfjro hurt.
orrosun nr n. fisic.
T!ie Ilnttroail Coi.tni,-nnrr Not Pleated
ti lth Hie Inter-Stale Commerce Ilttt.
New York dispatch: The Wall Street
Daily Ledger prints tlio viowa of Commla
eioner Albert Fink, chief of tho railway
poolingsystcm, on theintcr-stntecommerce
bill in congress. Mr. Fink says:
If a pool Is formed to extort unreasona
ble charges it Is illegal. But when it is
formed tor the purpose ol maintaining uni
form itnd reasottablo taiiff to all shippers
and prevent unjust discrimination and
fluctuating rates, which is tho object of
every pool now existing, it Is in tho public
interest and is, lit my opinion, the simplest
and ntoft practical means by which the
proposed law of congress to prevent unjust
discrimination can bo carried out. If tho
bill is passed making tho change for tho
short haul the same us the long, it will rev
olutionize the whole tariff ot the country.
It will stop competition between the rail
way and waterways. It will depri vosotno
roads of truflie and probably throw it
upon others. The shorter lines will obtain
the business. The tendency will be to i si
increase through rates and reduce the facil
ities generally for through trallic. The ef
fect on the business from New York to
Memphis nrd New Orleans will be an illus
tration. Tho rail rates to these points aro
regulated by tho water rates and are very
low. The railroads could not afford to
reduce rates to exterior points in the south
to the basis of Memphis rates, and would
therefore have to go out of the Memphis
business. All water rnteii are not con
trolled by the bill. All rail nud combinod
rail and water raten are. Water routes
would therefore nionopolice most of tho
business for which the railroads now com
pete, and in tho absence ol Hint competi
tion they would be able to exact higher
rates than they do now. There "re some
features of the bill that I approve. I am
in favor of the publication of railroad tar
iffs and tlicir strict mniuta nance without
favoritism. This oflico was established by
tho voluntary action of the railroads to
accomplish those results in tho absence ot
governmental control or support. It tho
government can enforce tho maintenance
of tariffs there will L-e no need lorniools.
Hilt I do not think it is nracllcable.
The difTiciilty in the whole problem Is tho
establishment of proper tariffs, and no pro
vision is made for thut in tho bill. If each
road is at liberty to make its own tarilfs
there might be a hundred tariffs for tho
same service, and it the government at
tsnipls to maintain tiiose tariffs it would
legalize -in jurat discrimination instead of
preventing it. If congress w ould leave out
of tho proposed c"'iferenci pM the clause
ntfectin the Ic.; and the short haul, and
prohibiting pooling, and givo the rest of
tho bill a trial, it would bo proceeding in a
mora stntcsmnn-likc and sensible way.
Further legislation if any is required
could bo left to future consideration. Tho
experiment which it is now proposed to
make, it tho bill passes, will bo a very ex
pensive one, and lend to so much dissatis
faction that it will bring into permanent
discredit nil efforts by legislation to regtl
late transportation tariffs.
THE AMOUNT OF V OItK HONE.
?I7i( l'ro(iresn Han Hern Maile In Imjirovlnu
the Minshttpiil anil Mlnsmirl Jttcvr.i.
Tho annual report of tho Mississippi
river commission tor tho flsinl year ended
Juno :i0, 1SS0, wns transmitted to tho
house of representatives on the Kit It by the
secretary ot war. The report shows that
no field survey work was done during the
year bey ond tho care and preservation ol
the property nml small repa'ns. No con
striicliou was done below Cairo, owing to
the failure of impropriations. Tlio value
of the government plant employed be
tween tho Den Moines river nml tho passes
is approximately stated at $1,()(S1,(00
which is. a. diminution in value ot $200,000
shire the date ot tho ast report, repro
sentiuga doterioratiou during the peiiod
of disuse,
Operations between tho Des Moines river
and Jmro were confined to 1 110 construction
and mrmir of dams, revetment work, nml
minor work ot shore protection. Uetweeu
live Illinois) and Ohio l ivers, owing to the
hick of funds, operations havo been con
fined to such repairs as were necessary to
ncovont loss, nml additions that Hsuinei
K'fvisubh) in view of existing worj.-s. The
minimum channel deptlt of eight foot lias
been maintained for twonty-hvo miles be
fow St. Louis, while tint b ust depth of five
Mid one-half feet is reported inVhat part ol
Who river which lias neon improved.
At tho beginning of the fiscal year the
balances on hand were SI, 278 for surveys
.and Sllfi.871 forgonernl improvement. It
is ostimated for the next fiscal year an up-
nronrintioti of S1.00O.O00 will bo required
tor survey work. S100.000 Tor salaries and
oxpettso of the eommisnion, t?u,000,000 tor
continuing tlio improvement ou 1110 .missis
eippt river; nud $1, 005.000 for improve
ment of tlio hnrltors of 'Uoliiinmis, hick
man, Memphis, Greenvillenud New Orleans
The report of tlio Missouri river commis
blonis also transmitted Ui'congiess to-day
After detailing the work dono during the
year, the commission recommends that at
least $100,000 boappropriated for contin
utng 1110 improvement 01 me river 111 1111111
Hon to any sums which congress may see
fit to dovoto to the work at special loculi
ties. Fr surveys, examinations, salaries
and expenses, tlio commission recommends
r cir.ii mm 'Pl.n nati.
till 11 J 1 1 J I (1 1 1 1 11, l 1 1 1 1 1 HI V 4JW,VWV. I VJ t . v, -
mate general improvement of tho Missouri
river river from its mouth to Sioux City is
SI. 000.000. Ou July 1. 18S0. there was
an avuilable balance on hand of $03,040
-V.I770.V.I. HANKS.
Washington dispatch: Comptroller Tren
holm appeared before thohoiiso committeo
on banking and currency, by request, to
state his views touching the national bank
ing system. The comptroller stated to tlio
committee that he was not yet fully pro
pared to suggest a plan ot reorganization
of tho prosent system, but believed that ho
would be able to suggest 11 practical plan
omo time in January next. Meanwhile ho
rtubmitted for thocotiHldenitionot the com
mittee 11 draft ot tho bill amendatory of
laws relating to the national banking sys
teui. Tlio bill, after proposing a number of
unimportant chances in thonrosent system.
requires that bonds bo required to be kept
on deposit in tho treasury as a basis tor
circulation, shall be iutorest-beariug
and when such bonds are called
they must bo replaced within three mouths
after notice by intori'st-bearifcg bonds, aud
in default tho comptroller is Authorized to
appoint a receiver to close up tho affairs of
tho batik. In raso tho bonds deposited to
secure circulation exceed tlw minimum
amount requind by law, the excess may be
placed with other interest-bearing bonds,
or the circulation secured bv tho excess
shall bo surrendered by tho nodociatiott,
whereupon the excess shall bo delivered by
tho treaurer ot the United States to the
secretary of tlio treasury for redemption,
with Instructions to deposit from the pro
ceeds of tho treasury lawful money to the
amount of the outstanding circulation se
cured by such bonds, nud hold the residue
on the account of tho association holding
the bonds.
A cltlxen of La Torte, Indiana, often to
furnish a man who can eat a tweWc-pound
Coose etch day lor a month.
NEAKT.Y ALL IN r.r.1710.
All Unt Tiro of tlie HmUloeU .Murder Con
tplratora ll'tlhtn the Grip of the Law.
Sioux City dispatch: The first iutiina
Hon of the Hue of defense of John Arena
ilorf, who is under Indictment for the mur
der of Dr. Haddock, is derived to-day from
un Interview with him. Aronsdorf is re
ported as saying that at the timo of the
murder, it hits been correctly stated that
he wits in Champion's saloon. Ho says
that ho could not have been many feet dis
tant, and Hint he was down on lower
Fourth street when he heard of the murder.
Now the situation is this: Dr. Haddock
was killed on Upper, that is West Fourth
street, at the frossbt.' of Water stieet.
Champion's saloon is east two blocks, nml
a half on Fourth s'tvet, on the north side.
About mhiwny between Clitunpion's and
the spot of Hie murder, on tho south side,
is Junk's saloon. Arensdorf, Leav.tt,
Treibtr, and the lest ot the crowd were at
Juiik'n saloon when "ltismai ek," who had
been H-tiMiing for Dr. Haddock's buggy,
came in and said: "Tho bugsy has come
back." Aid 'rmiin Grady and a street
commissioner were in t lie saloon, aud they
swore before the grand jury I hut Areusilort
was there and went out with tho crowd,
which started west. Having only a block
nud a half to go to meet Dr. Haddock, us
he came d'uectly out ot the livery stable
after driving up, and had only 150 foot to
go to the pi. ice wlu-ie he was shot, if c in lie
seen that Aivnsdorf. if lie I ft the crowd,
woiilj have to make great haste to reach
(. Iminpiou'x, two Mocks in the opposite di
rection, before the shot was lired. The two
confessing conspirators, Leavilt and "Dis
mal ck," id course state positively that
Arensdorf did not leave I heei owd, and that
lie walked up to Dr. Haddock and shot
him. It lias been regarded 11s iuci ediblj
Unit Areiisdnt-r would attempt to prove tin
alibi in the fare of the evidence. The de
fense of an nlibi involves his absolute via
ill. :'"on ot tlie utter collapse of the de
fense. I'Loro can b" no other nltern itives.
Hut it now seem clear thut he has resolved
to take the bold w..'.::Ci'.
Information reaches hero to-nlglit t.ljtt
Grnndit. one of the fugitive dcfemluuis, in
dicted for murder and conspiracy m tho
Uu'ldock cass, was arrested to-day at Iviin
snu City. Ho was in the crowd and stood
within a few feet of Dr. Haddock, when tho
hitter was shot. Indeed, for a time it was
supposed tnat Oranda hiinsolt fired tho
shot. The murder was on tho night ot
August 3 und 011 the Ft iday night following
Gn-irlp, !eft the city, being supplied with
S12o, which wasconveyed to him by George
TnilKr, another J'tjjit'vv ," "''ra.t.or,
Grand;; icft In a skltf, nccnmpnulcti by bis
wife. Otto Gllebcl and Fritx Hun rliitj!, a
youth. He stopped at Hhiir, Omaha, and
later at Nebraska City, whero they re
mained a week, Granda repairing his boat.
Here Griebel ami Haerling abandoned
Granda and started back to Sioux City.
Gruiidu and his wifo quarrelled. Shewnnt
ed to return but ho refused. They left Ne
braska City und went down the rivcrabotit
the last of August. Chief Nolan, of the
P"lke, getting 11 clue, started down tho
llVci' in il i'.i pursuit. At oho UlliO ho
was within twenty-four hours ot tho fugi
tives, but lost tho trail. He, however,
sowed the country with circulars, which
has at last resulted in Grandn's capture.
Granda worked hero for a while in the
packinghouse and was reported as a tough
character, always being heavily ni'lHC'.!,
and having been engaged In a shooting at
fray Inst spring. It it said t lint George
Trieber also has ben located by the olll
cers. It so, this leaves only Lewis Pluth
and Henry Petera, tho brewery, driver, at
largo. When they havo beeu captured the
whole circle of conspirators who are in
dict od for Hie bloody work ot August 3d
will bo within tho grip of tho law.
JERSEY CHII'ALIZY.
IVenfoii Cavaliers Enaaiie In ti Hnel About a
Helle.
Tronton (N. J.) dispatch: A duel is said
to havo taken place on the Pennsylvania
side ot tlie Delaware river, opposite this
cit v earlv vestcnhir morning in which tlio
principals were 41 Trenton druggist and
sporting man ot New York. Tho difficulty
which led to the encounter was the disputo
as to the rights ot tho belligerents to pay
court to 11 pretty Jersey belle. It is said
there wcro weven persons in tlio party
which left Trenton at dawn yesterday
morning. One of the seconds was a i rtnee
ton student. A Trenton physician also
went alone. A bill near the old brewery tit
the edge of Hill drove was the site selected
Tho principals took their regulation (lis
tonce. Ktivolvers were tho weapons used
Tho first liots exchanged went wide of tho
mark. At the second tire tlie snorting man
fell, wounded by the druggist in tho left
shoulder. The wounded man while he lay
on the ground fired at his antagonist and
struck him in tho shoulder. The two duel
ists were then driven back to town, and
unless their wounds prove serious their
names will not bo divulged.
BAf?ON NICOLAS KAULBARS.
A rn of Acreenble Manners,
Gruff to Ills Subordinates.
but
When I had the pleasure of making the ac
quaintance of Baron Nicolas Kaulbars he was
only a simple colonel and chief of the 6tall of
one of the army corps at St. Petersburg. That
was in the lifetime of the late czar, and the
baron's rise has been rapid slnee the present
emperor came to the throne, llaron Kaulbars
was men a tall man. with fairly broad shoul
tiers, but with a slight stoop aud very little
nesli on tils bones. Ills voice Is low and soft
and his manner extremely courteous, though
It always gives one the Idea of liclng put ou,
audiu siieakiug of weak nationalities or to
their representatives his tone is generally
slighting and contemptuous. lie Is .1 capital
coi. paulon, for he speaks English, French aud
uinuaii wiiu tquai uiciiity, aim uas an im
mense store of odds and ends of knowledge,
whlek he makes use of without any pantile,
and with a frauk boyishness that Is verv win
ning. He can hardly be called a true liorn
Hussion, for ou his father's side he Is a Finn,
ami his Immediate female ancestors were Ger
man and Knglbh. lie has a Strang sense of
iniuinr aud is fond of stringing together
Fr nch rhymes, an occupation which he de
ter, bes as tret fytnyat'ujut. As an instance,
wo wete once cuinuiiie- a mountain with sever
at companion?, among: them a uamir Itttsslun
lieutenant 01 me army 01 the tialkans, aud this
lieutetiatit. finding; the July suit too much for
mm, wasoniigeo to Unit ana give up tlie accent
Alsmt half way up we stotmcd for a short n
and Uaroti Kaulbars amused himself bv er-
tcmponzlu1; u poem on our cxrwditlnn. hut
got 110 further th ui the couplet;
La , pauvre Khariorulor riteh partes chalcurs aeeibla
A la tiB ae puuralt plus rancher.
Ou the same excursion we caught & mri,-,,,.
leetle of considerable size In the long grass1
and ns the baron wished to preserve It ullve,'
for ho was au enthusiastic uutur-ilut
a paper box out of some old letters, aud the
baron a tually carried the unhappy specimen
In his iKJcket to the ton of th mniintlfn an1
down again. Of course I am ouly speaking of
him as a casual acquaintance, uever having
any olllclal intercourse with him. but certalnlv
as a friend he was very pleasant and enter
tab ng, though tho Bulgarian government
would m all nrohabtlltv ir Vl, ft Vft-V flifT..r.,nt
account of hfm. Still, from his tone of voice
In irlvlutr orders to his stilmni nnt t .i,r,,.i.i
imagine that he could bo sufficiently brutal
ud overbearing should occasion offer. 1'aU
Packino house No. 1. Lincoln, has
capacity of 1,000 hogs per day.
rAIl tl.TZISa THE RAILROADS.
Tlie Relations They Sustain to the Govern
ment mid People.
The entire morning's session of the house
committee on postoflices and post ronda
on the 14th wns occupied in tho reading of
tho reports of Representative A. J. Wnrnor,
of Ohio, on tho obligations of subsidized
rnilways' telcgrnplt lines. The report is
based upon tho investigation ordered by
the house last year under a resolution of
inquiry by Representative Anderson, ot
Kansas. It is a very long document and
begins with a summitry of the several acts
providing for tlieconstruction ot the Pacific
railroad und telegraph lines tor which
grants of land and bonds have been inado.
Alter an exhaustive nrgument the conclus
ions ot tlio sub-committee on tin? several
points at issue are stated ns follows:
3. That the obligation to cotihtrucf,
maintain and operate a telegraph line is
the sniuc ns the obligation to construct,
maintain antl operate a line of railroad.
'J. That 11 railroad company cannot re
lieve Itself ot this obligation, and cannot
transfer it to any other company.
3. That its public aid run tie grunted only
for public purposes, such telegraph lines, as
well as railroad lines, must be operated for
the equal benefit of all persona, companies
or orporiitions without disctititiuatiou in
fuvor or against anyone.
4. In order Mutt all may enjoy equal'
facilities, ptivileges and tlie use of such,
telegraph lines, it is necessary Hint tho
same facilities antl terms as to the re
ception and transmission of messages
should be extended to ono telegraph line
that Hie granted to another t lint in th'.s
tnntter there should bo 110 discrimination.
Conceding that a sttbsid z -d radr-md Is
under 1111 obligation to inaialaiii ami oper
ate a telegraph line for the beii"flls of nil,
it billows that it is bound to accept tel'
graph mnUor tit the terminus of its lints
from all telegraph companies,
5. The committee find, from the ca
dence before it, that the r.tilroads aro not
maintaining and operating by themselves
and for pi blic use telegraph lines as re
quired by the several acts ot congress under
which they were authorized to build their
lines. It is held that coutractsciitered into
between tlio railroad company ami tho
Western Union Telegraph company, by
which the rights and privileges of the rail
road companies were transferred to the
Western Union aro beyond tlie scope ol
tho law. These positions are sustained
by many referouc"s to granting nets and
decisions ot the United States supreme:
court. ,
0. The right "of the Western Union 6r
ftity other telegrnph company to construct
and operate lines of its own to the Pacific
coast is not questioned, but it is held that
tiic construction of such lines cannot re
lieve the railroad companies front obliga
tions to niuintnin lines themselves as re
quired by tlie several acts.
Hy way of remedial legislation, tho sub
committee proposed a bill which extends
to tlie telegraph lines the provisions of the,
act of June 120, 1S74, relating to railroads,
ami makes it tlie duty of the attorney gen
eral to institute proceedings in tho federal'
courts to ndjmlicato all rights of parlies,
alleged lo hold coutracts or to have fights
under any agreement vntvrd into with the
railroad coi. .panics nud to a"'"u' liud set
nsldo contracts unlawfully made, by i."ch,
the railroads have thought to relieve them-''
Solves Of their just obligations to maintain
and operate independent telegraph lines.
The penalties prescribed by tho net of
Juno 20, 1874, as to railroads nro mado
npplicabloto telegraph lines 11s well. The
report was ordered to bo printed and will
be taken up for discussion at an early dny-
XJIE PACIFIC FUNDING HILL.
Tlie Hill Reported by the House Has a Fair
CVoince of Piixnliitl llolh Houses.
Washington dispatch: Congressman Hny
dci of the Pacific railroad commission
thiuks that tho Pacific railroad funding
bill reported by tho hotiso committee Itas
a fair chanco ot passing, if the opponents'
to the bill shnll not fillilmster against it,
Tho parliamentary status ot tlio bill ia
favorable, tho previous question having
been ordered, nnd tho subject, in tlio
absence ot fillibustering, might bo con
cluded alter an hour's debate. Dub
Spriugor, ot Illinois, lias announced that
it is his purpose to oppose tho bill by all
tho means in his power. One of tlio means
in his power is, of course, to havo recourse
to fillibustering. A New York gentloman
who is hero has supplied soilto of tho
opponents with figures which ho claims
show that tho bill would not require tho
roads to pay all of their indebtedness bv
517,000,001). The figures havo been sub
mitted to experts and nro pronounced in
accurate, and tho gentleman himself has
been compelled to admit that ho was in
error. Mr. Klliott, tho nctuary of the
secretary, and other expertR havo been
carefully over the figures and report that
tho bill provides for a UJ per cent interest.
Tills is a nominal extension for soveral
years at 3 per cent at least not, but prac
tically it is an extension forfifty-nino years
only, for tlio indebtedness does not mature
for eloven years. There is ronson to bo
liove that tlie bill, it it should pass, would
bo approved by tho president. Senator
Hoar thinks that it would pass tho somite.
It is quite certain tlie ouly chance to secure
any legislation on ,the subject will bo to
pnss tlie house bill, as tho house would not
accept tho settnte bill. It can hardly be
said, however, that tho prospects for tho
passage of tho bill aro favorable.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS NOTES.
Prince Alexander, formerly of Bulgaria, has
been made a kulght of tho bath by Queen
Victoria.
Senator Jones will for some days bo con
fitted to his room lu Detroit, from injuries re
ceived by being thrown from a carriage,
Marco Mlnghettl, au Italian statesman and
diplomat. Is dead.
Tho explosion of a locomotive on the Beech
Creek railroad, in New Yoik, caused the in
stant death of five men.
The citizens of Galesburg, Dllnols, appoint
ed a committee to raise $50,000 with which to
purchase right of way aud depot grouuds for
the Atchison exteuslon.
A bill has been introduced in the parliament
of Holland to temporarily suspend the sugar
export duty lu the Dutch East Indlas.
A fast tralu on the Pennsylvania road, while
passing around a curve at Braddock, struck
four pcrsotls standing on tho track. Two
were Instantly killed; the others escaped
with slight bruises.
Isaac Lea, tho distinguished American nat
uralist, died in Philadelphia on Tuesday, In
his nluety-flfth year. '
The famous stalllou Rotherhlll, 14 years old.
was recently purchased In England, on prlvato
terms, by D Bwtgert, of Lexiugtou, Kentucky.
0. A. Landstrom, of Pontlac, Rhode Island.
after confessing tho murder of a Swedish Hrl.
killed himself with u razor.
By the fall of Balllnatnore castle, In Ireland.
a woman was Instantly killed.
The army and navy hospital at Hot Springs,
commenced two years ago, is to be thrown
open to invalid soldiers and sailors next
month.
It Is feared that the French steamship Cbsn-
dernajor, with twelve hundred troops on
board, foundered during a recent cyclone.