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mm THE OREGON SCOUT. JONES it CUANCEY, PublUIicn, UNION, OREGON. rzra axd sevex tears. Tills Is the Sentence I'rononnced Upon Tltrce of the Express Hobberi. Bt. Louis dispatch: Tho probability thnt Fr ed Whltrork, tho Adams express robber, and Ills confederates, would bo brought Into tho crimlnnl court to-day, drew a lurgo number ol people to I ho court room, anxious to catch a glimpse ol tho famous highwayman. At 11 o'clock tho grand jury, which was at that hour ex pected to bo ready to present their indict ments, announced (lint they w?ro ready to roport. .Au a'l'Ti.mcnt w&: t?lj.5!l tojllvo further lime to consider ...10 cases, nnd two subsequent adjourn ments were tuken, the Inst one until 2 p. in. for tho same purpose At a Into hour, when Juilgo Normillo took his sent, tho court room was crowded, the spectators filling the aiBles and doorwnys. Tho grand jury filed In and took their Bents.) "Gentlemen, havo you anything to re port?" nsked tho court. "Wo havo three true bills to return, Vo sponded the foreman. Tho bil's were handed (o the Judge, who, niter, looking tlicm over, dismissed tho jury. Ono ot theso wan a joint indict ment against Frederick Wlttrock, Thomas Weaver and William W. Unit-lit, charged with larceny from tho railroad cnr. Tho indictment charging them with robbery in tho liist degrco wcro prepnrcd yesterday, but tho form was changed to tho nliovo no that llicro might bo no dilllculty In holding Messenger Fothcrlnghnm, lornn Indictment of robbery in the first degrco would bo an admission ol his innocence. At 2:15 tho prisoners were brought from their culls in tho "Hold Orcr" Into court and arraigned at the bar. "ft the court plcnso," said Clover, slnto h tnttorney, "tho defendants in this cnsodcslro to plead guilty to the charge in tho indict moiit." Tho clerk then nsked tho defendants if tlioy heard tho charges. They replied in tho nlllrmntlve, and to tho question as to whotlier'thoy wero guilty or not guilty, an swered "Gniltv." Tho stnlo'H attorney re commended that tho cxtretuo penalty of eevenyenrs In tho penitentiary be muted out to Wlttrock and Ilalght, und that Weaver bo given Hvo years. The judgo thou sontoncod them in accordance with tho' recommendation. Wlttrock and Ilalght took their sentences stoically, the former remarking, "Wo havo mndu our bods nnd must lio in them," but Weaver was evi dently atrcctod. No cannot reconcile him self to tlio idea of Hcrving sciitcncii when Kinney, Morlnrity and others who re ceived part of thu stolon money nro allowed to go ut llburty. After receiving their sentences tho pris oners wore t liken buck to the culls, whero they will remain until to-morrow, when they will bo taken to tho penitentiary at Jolferson City. After Witt rock, Weaver and Ilalght wcro sentenced to-day and wero taken to jail, they were olisorvcd to start at tho sight of Pothoringhnin, who stood insldu the rngo. Wlttrock walked up to Fotherlnghnin shook bunds with him said ho hud dono him n grcnt wrong, but hoped ho boro him no hnrd feelings. Fotheringhnin ussurod Win ho did not, and tho three outercd into an earnest conversation regarding tho events uinco the robbery. the xeivs n mi: fly told. Four persona wounded by a wore killed nnd tlilrtcon gus explosion ut Forts- mouth. Englnud. Tho money received from tho Adnmn Ex press robbery luck $12,000of being tho lull amount stolen. An oxploldlng bollcrntGonovn, Pn., killed four inou nnd Injured muny others. William Slommor, ollworks, Norristown, Pa., lallod for 50.000. Ferry nnd Froycinet combined to form a now cabinet for Franco. Phil. Armour owns nearly nil tho cash pork in Chicago. Mis Ida Grlllini, ol Council Illufts, com mitted sulcido from despondency. Six hundred coal dock laborers nt liny onue, N. J., struck against a reduction ot wages. Montana's mining output for tho yoar 1880 was about $2:1,000,000. Tho national dubt wns reduced $0,100, 000, in Doconibor. W. K. Viuiderbilt nnd C. Vandorbllt, sub scribed $1,000 bach to tho Logan fund. Tho olllclal count ol the voto on tho Min nesota election yiiH mndo on tho Gth. Tho result on governor wns: A. It. McGlll, (re publican), 107,001; A. A. Ames, (demo crat), 10 1,4 (M; T. K. Chllds, (prohibi tionist), 8,0011. Mayor Ames was present, no interested spectator ot tho proceedings, but ho mndo no attempt to ho sworn in, us hud been asserted ho would, Ho declines to stale his intention in tills regnrd. A New York dispatch snys: It Is known for soiiin weeks John Itonch, the great ship builder, has been conllned to his resi dence In gradually fulling health. Ills dis ease Is epllhlloinn, and its development has been very Hlinllnr to tho enso ot Gen eral Grant, tho location ol tho cuncor, how over, being on tho rnol ol tho mouth, In- .atcad ol In tho throat, 'dent to Ids physicians Jiopo ol hi recovery. It has become ovl that thuro wns no Mr. Uouch Is now Jailing gradually. His agony is relieved only by anodynes. A special from Now Orleans snys: Tho orange crop ot Louisiana is nil harvested And marketed. It is, as predicted, less than one-tenth ot an average crop, and orange nro retailing now ut 110 to CO rents lidoten, ngain.it 10 to 110 cents this time hestycur, ami scared even at those figure. the i nun 's mitk. Chlcngo disputed: William Fenn Nixon, treasurer ol the Logan fund, sent to Mrs. Ixignu to-ulght $0,500 as tho result of the first day's collections in tho city lor iv f 100.000 tribute. A number ol other sub ecrintioiis nre promised. Chlcngo sub vrrllx'rs wvfer to uiuke their reiiiittiuices direct to Mm. Logan. The names have not yet been iiwulu public. Ex-Congie.iiui n C. H. Farweil received 97,000 to day to apply on the $110,000 fund to pay off the debts of Gen. Loiin, Washington special: The Mrs. Logan (und to-niglil In subscriptions paid to Geo. C Lomon, thu treasurer of the funds, foots up $31,000, unit wth the Mihaerlptiona promised from Clilcngn und the wcMt .mounting to fully JlO.OnO un-re. Geo. 0. Lemon tp-ibiy received Iroiu Morton, Miss & Co., ul N York $1,000 lor the Logan fund. Bmnll subscriptions. ujNregiillng $025. wiiv nlo received. Cnpt. Lemon Is expecting gentra! lurgo uubsirlplloiw trow Chicago, WHO WAS Tt II 1.1 ME A Railroad Arcldrnt In Ohio Attended With Jlrcat Loss of Life. Tiffin (O.) dispatch: Tho Inst train on the Dultlinnre A Ohio railroad which left New York nt ubout 0 o'clock yesierdny for Chicago with live couches mid four sleep ers, nil well filled witli passengers, collided with the enstcrn bound frclghtsevernl mile.i cast of this city nbout 4 this morning. The passenger train wns fifty minutes lnti and wns running at the rate of sixty miles an hour. Passing Republic, n small sta tion, like u Hush, thoy rushed along n curve a mllo west of that town when suddenly the engineer snw tho freight trnin under full headway within a hundred yards ol him. He at onco applied tho brnltc anil rCYCTWd his engine, but It did no good, nnd the next instant tho crash came, tcleecoplng tho nnd piling llioui upon eneb other. To add to the hnniblc scene, fire broke out in the smoking cur and soon spread to the other cats. Mnny people wero killed out right, while others wcro wedged in among the broken cars nnd slowly consumed in tho flumes. The screams ot the wounded nnd dying f.Cre heartrending, but no ns slstnnco t'ould bo given until n fnrnirr nwukoncd by tho crash came nnd with other ncighbora worked liko heroes to save tho perishing. Tho ground was covered with snow. Tho collision occurrrcd ono mile from town und nearly hull a mile Iroiu any dwolling nnd at 2 o'clock in tho morning. It is related ol one Urndley, a prominent Knight ot Labor. Iroiu Wash ington, who, while tlio Ilnmcs were bursting from the car windows, which had been broken In tho crash ot the collision, thnt ho by some means putouthls hand uud threw h'H watch and pocket book to those whom ho could see on thu outside. Ho was pen ned in on tlio iusldo und wns being rousted alive, but thoso who saw him were unnbto to render him any relief. They could hear tlio frenzied und horror stricken inun ns ho madly endeavored to burnt thu barrier that held him in his tlery prison. Tlio charred romiiius ot tlio express messenger consisted simply ot two thigh bones which were ton iid in tlio debris of thu cur. 'I lie engineer uud fireman of tlio freight rovorsod their ungino and jumped tor tho snow bank. Thoengin"r ot tlio express re versed his engine mm sprung to thu lett. Tho llroiuau endeavored to get nut to thu right, but. being overcome with fright, fell clone to his urushed onginu uud wns liudly burned, hut not beyond recognition. His body bus been placed in a neat casket and Is now at the undertaker's ut Kcpuhlic, awaiting the arrival ot his .relatives. Though only nine bodies have been re covered from the burning wreck, there must have been ninny more thnt perished, ns the tally ol Ihoso who escaped and thoso wounded is tnr short of the number of tho persons known to havo boon on thu train. Havcrul watches found in tho ruins may servo to identify somu ot thu victims. Fol lowing is a list ot tho killed: Joseph Post lethwaite, of Helton, Wenlr.ol county, W. Va., nnd his two moiis, Spencer and Henry Postluthwuite; 'W. Scott Pierce, express inessungor, Newburg, W. Vu.; Frnnk Irwin, liuemuii, lllackhaitd, ().; .1. M. Frances, lineman, llluckhuud, O.; William Fredericks, fireman, Wushingtou, I). 0.; M. II. Parks, olllcer of Knights ot Labor, Wushingtou, 1). U. There nre nine distinct bodies that n re burned to crisp nnd a muss ot chai red re mains until nothing hut pieces ot thu skull nnd bones urn lett. How many pcrsonti theso represent will never hu known. Thu railroad olllcials claim thero wero but leu pomons killed, six of whom wmu pussungers uud tho other four employes. Only ono pur sou escaped from thu smoker unhurt und Ills niiinu is unknown. Cleveland dispatch: At 1 o'clock tho east-bound freight train in charge ot Con ductor Fletcher, pulled out of this city, having received orders to Hhlot rack nt thu Scippio siding to allow thu east-hound ex press to pass. Alter tho'piiBsouger train had gouu the conductor being without special orders, exercised his own judgment, und determined that IiimhiiiiicIi ns hu had hull au hour to make thu switeli ut Repub lic, a lltllo more, than live miles distuut. be fore tho arrival of the Inst express from thu cast, (1 mi u t that point ut 2 o'clock, hu pulled out. The night was bitter cold, nnd much dilllculty wns experienced in keeping up stuum in the engine. Finally nt u point half a mill) west of Republic thu trnin enmo to a standstill, being unable to move further, .lust heru wns ninde tlio horrible mistake which resnlled in lha loss ot many lives uud tho destruction ot thousnuds of dollnrs worth of property. Although the conductor must have known thnt ho was encroaching dangerously neur tho tiinu ot tlio express, ho did not send out u signal until his train had come to n stuudstill, nnd ho found it Jmpossiblu to iiiovo nny further, hu then slnrled forward with a lantern hlmsolf. At this point tlioru is a sharp curve, and Conductor Fletcher had not proceeded inoro than thu length ot ot twenty cars when ho snw thu headlight of tho npproaching express rounding tlio curve not more tiinu forty rods distant, nnd running ut the lightning speed ot sixty threo miles per hour. Horror stricken witli tho knowledge that a frightful accident could not be averted, ho Unshed ids light in the face ol Engineer l.cm Eustniun. Thu latter at thu sumo tlmo saw Hie light ot tlio freight engine, uud giving a wild shriek of whistles for biukes, hu re versed his engine nnd jumped tor Ids life, crashing through tlio window ot tho rah, carrying glass ami sash with him, und alighted in u heavy snow drift. He escaped serious injury, his hurts being routined ton slight wound upon the knee. As lie real ized tho iluuger, ho culled to thu ilruniiin, William Fieilericks, to savo himself. The latter was. engaged in shaking t lie lire anil raised ip''hud hesituted n moment to glance foruribns'vif;to estimate the (lunger. This wns fntlilj as at thnt instant the crush tniiie nnd .tjiu poor Fredericks ws pinned und erushctl'.by tho iniibs nt wreck. Tho etfecU ot tho collision run be better imagined than described. Tho engines ol thu two trains reined into the ulr like n pair ol enraged living monsters und thru settled down upon the tiuck driven into each other until their cylinders touched. Thu force of linpiii't jaiumed the baggnge car into tlio tender id tlio fiiBt trmn, the express car into the buggnge, nnd thu smoker into thu express. In Ices than live minutes liom the moment tlm collision and betoiu nny nrgn lined elfort nt rescue could bo made, the tiro ot ovei turned stoves communicated to the woodwork nnd the Ilnmcs leaped hlh in the air, their roar mingling with thu rr es of anguish ot Imprisoned victims, to whom death in its most turiihlu form was a horrid presume. Thu tialnmuu uud uninjured pnsMmgcr were powerless and could do nothing to renciio the sutlerers. Cincinnati dispatch: Tho Commercial Gillette's Tillln snechil reports a diversity ot opinion regit riling the real ran no of the accident. Reports itgrco that there was carelessness on the partot thu railroad em ployes, but whether tlio blame should at tucli to the freight or pusminger crew is a matter nt conjee nre. A thorough investi gation will be made. Coroners have taken charge of tho dead. Tho Commercial corre spondent gives seventeen us thu number who were killed. undsuysthiU out ot tilteeu passeugms in the smoker but one escaped. A NinilUSKA MAN SAVKI). Chlcagodispnteli: The only trslnnrrtving heru with survivor nt the Ilnltiuiore fi Ohio wreck did not ut in until 1 o'clock this inornii'g- Fred lloUold, a luuibei dealer at Kiinhvillu, Nvb., was one ol the tour men who ixuptKl (rum thu di luted smoking cnr. IJetiold found his legs fas tened between two scats Uy the greatest exertions lie dragged them out nnd crawled from the car. A passenger who wns uunhle to free himself, seized Hot fold und nearly prevented his escape. Uetiohl could do nothing for the imprisoned man, who sunk buck mid wns burned to death. TITO IUPOIITAST JtXLLS. Which Senator 3Iandersont of XcbraiUa, Has on the Calendar, Washington dispatch: Senator Mnndcr son has on tho enhndar two important bills which nre being largely discussed among tho lawyers and certainly soem to merit their attention ns well as that of others. The first is scnato file No. 1 10 add is titled: "A bill requiring trncripts of judgment obt:-iei j-j j SUUa lout is to bo tiled with county ofllccl'.-l hav ing chnrg'.1 of judgment records in certain cases." lie it enacted by tho sanntc and house ot representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That no judgment entered in nny circuit, district or oilier court of the United Slntrs shall bo a lion upon tlio real eslnt? pt t'u judg ment debtor in nny oigiuiizud cour.ty in any state or t-rrit&ry until thu judgment creditor, Id ftasLpm, executors, nd minis tralorn cr "ithur legal representatives shall have tiled it cortilied transcript of such judgnioiit witli tho clerk nt the district or circuit court or other olllcer having in cliurgo the judgment records ot tho county wherein thu real estate sought to lie sub jected !(. tho judgment "jo rendered is suit able. Sec. 2. That such tranncrint filed ns nforusaid shall bu transcribed tho olllcer aforesaid into a record to bo called "The United States Judgment Lien Record for county, state," to which record shall bu kupt an index ot cuch ense entered in alphabetical order, under tho niimu both of thu plaintiff and defendant, and thu olllcer with whom tho said tran script is tiled shall forthwith notify tlio clerk of tho court in which said judgment wns rendered of the ditto of the filing ot fluid trausci ipt in said county nnd state, giving the title ol tlio cusu nnd thu ditto of the rendition of snid judgment; und the clerk of tho United States court whero such judgment wns rendered shullkecp nu index, in alphabetical order, under thu nutno of both plaintiff nnd defendant, showing tlio county or counties whero said transciipts huvu been filed, und the (Into ot said filings. See. It. Thnt thu clerk ot the United States court from which said transcript is procured sliull bo ontitled to tho sumo fees for a certified transcript of said judgment uh in now provided by luw lor similni' ser vices. Sec. 4. Thnt tho clerk or oilier olllcer of the county with whom tho said transcript is filed sliull bo entitled, tor thu services rendered, to the sumo compensation as is Allowed by state or territorial law tor sim ilar services. Sec. .1. Thnt tho pnrty procuring snid transcript und hitvlug it tiled uud recorded sliull, in the (list instance, pay ail tlio costs incident thereto, and sliull take thu receipt ot thu county olllcial for the expense, o! iiuiig aiiu recoroiuz miru 1 1 a iiMcnpi, ami file such nceipt with tho clerk of thu court Iroiu wlncli tlio sum trnuseript wastnkin which amount so paid, as evidenced by said receipt, togctlter with thu amount orighiully paid tho clerk of thu United Slutes court for said transcript, shall be j , .. . : 1 , .1.. i 1. lll.mi iim incruiineii cosis ill inu case. bee. I). tJiatwlien it judgment, or nny part thereof, is sittisllcd of record in tho court wlioru thu sumo wns rendered, the clerk ot snid court, under thu seal ol said court, shall certify the same to tho proper olllcer ot tlio county or counties where tlio truiisciipt bus been filed, which shall bu entered of record ncross thu entry ot such recorded judgment, und he attested by tho olllcer milking said entry, uud to tho extent of such satisfaction sliull rclcuso ttiu lion. See. 7. Thnt nil laws in conlliet with this net nro hereby repealed. Thu second Is suuutu tile No. 1-10 and has been reported back from the judiciary com mil tee and is now No. 188!) on tlio culoiidur. It is titled "A bill to provide that judges ot tho United States circuit und district courts shall reduce their instructions to juries in writing in nil sizes wherein, by thu laws thereof, stuto judges are required so to do." Hu it enacted by tlio scnuto nnd houso ot reprehontutives of thu United States of America in congiess nsseinbled. Thnt in nil states, wherein by tho laws thereof judges of courts of record nro required to reduco charge uud instructions to juries to writing, judges of tho district nnd cir cuit courts of tho United States shall cnn form to such practice, und in aueli states no instructions sliull bo given to the jury by tho court, or modified, except in writing: nnd suchwrlttcuiiistructiousshull betaken by tho jury on their retirement, return witli their verdict, und retained witli the tiles and bu a part ol thu record in each caoe. a? VAi'Ti Jinn "CirMMixas." lie lltUttcs How lie .Vni(ir( to l)o Up" tlin tro'cjit CumjKtiif. St. Louis ppecinl: Robert I'inkorton nr rived this morning, having in clutrgo Fred Wlttrock, tho express robber, who was transferred nt once to the four courts nnd looked up. Ton reporter Wittrock related his story ot tho robbery substantially ns follows: "I boarded the train ut the depot, nnd prehonted tho letters to Fotheringlium. I wns on the train when it was stopped by the rock on the track, but it wns not a good place to get oft. I lett it ut a crossing this side of Pari tie, nnd walked night or ten mihm ncross tlio country to the Missouri river, where I had u skiff in wnitiug. 1 reached the river define daylight nnd came down ubout eight miles to a sandbar. I atomy broukfast on (hu siiudlinr. und about noon tlipnextduypnsseilSt.Chailes. 1 left tho bout b low St. I'harlesniid walked across tho country nbout ten miles to St. I'eteiH, where I took Ihotruiuto l.ouisanu, Mo. 1 n' rived there about midnight ami lett tho next afternoon, going to Kaimn City. I stayed nt Kansas City live or six weeks. I did not stop at Cook's. I was laid up with rliou mutisiu, caiuht while in thu bout uud on thu hu ndlmrs. About Dee. !, I started Mouth, und went to Savannah, (In., uud loafed around them a couple ot weeks. I went through Vl kshurgund Atlanta, Then I rnnio back to Chicago, and was arrested." Wlttrock was very (.elt-posessed. Ho de clares Fothei Ingham U pet feet ly innocent, uud nays that lie, Wlttrock, did not rare to get so much money us he did; $12,000 wits all he really wanted. Weaver nnd Haight, nt thegung wero nlso brought in and locked up this morning. Mr. I'inkerton wns feeling particularly happy, ir. t was very pleasant to reporters. He hiiys there innyyot lie two more nrrrsta in Leavenworth, uud that nil persons con nected wit't the robbery would be prosecu ted to the end. As to Fotliuringlutm, he declined to state his opinion, but said the emit or Innocence ot tho messenger would be settled shortly. It is generally thought thai a compromise is sought with Pother iiighnni to avoid a future damage suit. W. T. llnrnndxv. of the national niuteum ot U'nthlugton, who has been collecting p c In e in Miinuinti, reports trie vUllile nn;l ( i.iltilout i-illy In tlio Yull0:uuu divali 6 . eie iiUUihfd lu iVxoa. voiry oy powderlz 37ie Socialist Kot l'leated Will BU Apoier Opinion, New York dispi.tch: The 'socialists. In this city are highly Indignant with the opinions General Master Workman Pow derly has ot them. S. E. Shevitch, editor of tlio Volks-Zeitung, the socialist organ of this city, said to-duy that be could not conceive how a mnn liko Mr. Powderly, who himself had been a member ot the social labor part, and who thoroughly understands the principles ot could writo such a letter ns socialist party, Mr. Shevitch that body, that. Tho ndded, did not believe in the employment of foiccas an offensive measure for tho solution ol tho labor question, although many of its jncmbers be'ieved thrtt a phya'cii! stlllglo us oniy u question ol time. The party itself believed in employing force Only ns u defensive measure, and Mr. Phwdorly being himself a member, must havo understood this. The paily bcl'ovcd in educating and organizing the laboring masses, and when the socialistic moveiiicntgaiucd such power ns to threaten the overthrow of tho ruling classes tho hitter would undoubtedly rcsorb to force to put down the socialists, and thou the strugi;'0 would come. Mr. Shuvilth said that sir. PoW.larly re mnrked that ho h 'd no respect, for tin se who daunt tho nccursud red ling. II" knew very well thnt tlio hocinlisls were thu first among tho workiuguiun who took the initiative in tlu labor movement, and that they wero the only ones who consistently refused to voto for either of the tvo polit ical pnrties. Mr. Powderly knew that Homo of tho most active men in the New York labor campaign and his most ardent K'ipporteis und admirers in the Knights ot Labor order were socialists. The labor movement had been principally org ini.ed by snchilists, nnd to-day there was not it prominent man in tlio labor movement who wns not a socinlist in principle if lie wns not directly nlliliated with tho party. They all believed in the nbolition ot tho wage system and in tho ownership ot nil means ot production by tho general govern ment. With regard to that part of Mr. Powderly's letter in which ho refers to the blood-thirsty tendencies of socialists and anarchists, Mr. Shovitch remnrked that no matter how much the capitalists resorted to foico nnd shot down tho strikers, ns In Milwaukee and St. Louis, lie, Mr. Pow derly, said nothing, but ns soon ns forco wns resorted to by tho laboring men Mr. Powderly would at once coino out ith a screed. It is worth nothing that Mr. Sho vitch onco quoted in tlio Volks Zoilumg a speech of Mr. Powderly's about tho shoot ing nt strikers, in which ho said that it that kind of tiling continued it would bo neces sity lor labor unions to got Gatling gum to defend themselves. A n itlUClC IX MASSACHUSETTS. Springfield (Mass.) dispatch: Tho Modoc passenger trnin on thu H. it A. railroad from Albany, which Nhould havu arrived at 5 o'clock, was badly wrecked at West Springfield. It is thought that tho train collided with a freight train. Ono passen ger nnd ono sleeper wero burned nnd soveral people were badly injured, but none wero reported killed. Tho axlu of one of the cars on the express broke and threw the remainder of tho train nguiust the freight train passing on tho track next to it, which threw the engine ot thu fi eight trnin oil tho track. Two pas sengers were reported killed, ono being burned to death, and ten or more seriously injured. Fourteen first-class Chicago and western mail pouches nnd soventy-threo pouches of second-class matter wore Imined. These contained much registered mutter. It is now learned Hint but ono wns killed About u dozen others wero injured, but not seriously. Tho charred remains of n man wns found in the wreck nt noon to-day while clearing away the debus. THE TKX.IS miouaiiT. Fort Worth (Tex.) dispatch: Tho Fort Worth Gazette published to-day tho olllcial report of tlio convention of county judges in tlio drought district of Texus, hold at Albany, in this slate. Tweuty-onecoiinties were represented in the convention. Tho total number ot people In those counties now in need ot food, clothing and fuel is placed at ItO.OOO, while thousands morearu without seed lo piiuiL (luring ine coming winter. An appeal is made to tho statu and national legislatures nnd to the coun try at large to furnibh ut onco $f00,000 to relieve immediate wauls. i.V USailATEFUL STAIU Looisvii.i.r, It v., Dee. SO. Theodore Rich ards, maunder of u hack lino in this city, was fatally stubbed shortly after 10 o'clock this moraine: liv Mck Rum, a one-armed man Hums was drunk and Richards wns seeing hint lioiun In n cnirlngc. When Hums' House was reached Klchurd helned Hums out of the hack, nnd just as lie did ho Rui ns stubbed him with a live-Inch clusn knife. Tho men were friends, uud there Is no apparent motive for tue crime, uicuariis is d.liig to-nigni. the i.oxa axd shout haul. Washington special: Senator Allison, in answer to a request for his views on the inter-state commerce bill, says: "1 think tlio bill will puss ns it stands. Thero is some misconceptions ns to the long nnd short haul clause. Chimney M. DepMv'a criticism shows that he hits not rend the bill carefully. It cannot be construed so ns to apply to n pro rate. It only snys that the nggregato churgo over short dis tances sliull not bo more than for tho longer. When tho lloston it Albany, Nei. York Central, and Lake Shore, for in stance, combine nnd tlx a through rato from lioston to Chicago they cannot charge, mure between lloston mid llnlfnlo than tho aggregate charge. That gives a wido latitude. Italians a charge ot ns much for fifty miles us 500, though no more. There is no sucli caiiho for nlarni ns soino have imagiuod. Tho only question seems to no wneiiior mo long ami short linul clause might not mnko n diff. renco bo tweun tho uoighhoriugunddistnnt markets. It might result in combinations ot long lines on turou.'uireigius ami au advance in rales. The bill prohibits poolin,', but its details nnd featured nre such that it nrac ticully establishes, if R U well enforced, a rigid pool nrrangi'inent. I Preferred the Cullom bill's disiosul of tho feature, but I sliull voto tor this. Senators Sherman. Plntt nnd Aid rich think tho bill will be recommended. ' uiaustono as ti Tory. He (Mr. Gladstone) was then, I inustreuilnil my readers, a high tori, and used moreover to criticise my passion for the turf to chart me, If I may say so without h reverence, for the interest 1 took in a pursuit quite uninterest ing to him. One (lav 1 was steadily computing the odds for tho Ueibv as they stood In a morning newtnane r. He leant over mv shoul der to look at ttie lot of horses named. Now, It hspiiened that the duke of Grafton owned a colt called Hampden, who figured lu the aforesaid list. "Well." cried Mr. Gladstone, reading oil tho odds, "IlaiuiHleu, at nnv rate, I fw, Is lu his proper iiluee between Zeal aud I llii.nr II Irtw .... t.. ......I. .-., I.l.i.w, ., -U ,UUI III lllllll, 11l. IUU lAMIbtlil, occupied by the four-footed iminessku of trie MuMrMius rebel. But, Ol ye SeimudbOMts nd Caucuses, what au uttTunrc to fall fiom the lips of the tdealued liberal and coming reeencrator of msuklud! Air 'rici Dj.t't "JitiHMKtum.' FUSEllAL OF SESAIOH IMOAS. Ilurtal Service Eeajl U ltliln the Hall llher III Latest Work ll'uj Done. Wnshlnaton dispntch: The' sleet storm of Inst evening gave place thii morning to a heavy fog. The two inches of thawing snow nnd ice winch coveted tlio ground mndc marching nnd nil outdoor exercises n tiling to be dreaded. However, great crowds mnde their way trom enrly morn ing toward tho cnpitol to view the remains of tho dead statesman while lying in state. The time was too short to give nn oppor tunity to all to pass. At 11 o'clock the doors were closed to the gjncral public, while two ranks vl Grand Army men filed in on cither side of the bier nnd the lid ot the casket wns sciuwed down. A belated delegation of friends from Chicago nrrlvcd from Chlcngo a few minutes later, &nd tho ensket was reopened to enable thorn to take a Inst look nt the body. Atl2:10 the ensket was conveyed to tlio sennio clinmber. The hull of tho sennto wns tnfltefully, though not elnb rntely draped nnd the chair ot the- dead senator wns covered with crape. Tho clerk's desk was almost hidden with .Jural emblems, lid liked on tho right nnd lett respectively by u high anchor A white, and nn immense representation und badge of tho Fifteenth iirmy corps. Two or three hundred addi tional chnirH wero arranged in rows for the nccoiumCiilatioii ot thoso who hnd been in vited to attend. Senators came in singly nnd in pairs. and took I he neiits nss'gued to the left of the presiding olllcer's desk, leaving tho threo Iront rows vacant. Ata qi.nrler before 12 o'clock, clad in their sill.en robes of olllce, entered Chief Justice Wuitu, Associate Jus tices liradley. Gray, Field and Mathews, together witli thu olllceis ot tho supreme court, and took seats assigned to the riht of the presiding olllcor'sdesk. Uehind thoin came members of the house of representa tives, headed by the officers of thnt body, a id wcru conducted to their seats in the rear of the chamber. Members of tho diplomatic corps were seuted upon the right, nnd behind them nunc the repre sentatives ot administration Secruturya Uavurd. Kndicott. Whitney nnd Attorney General Garland who were placed in the j Iront row upon t,nc right. '1 r.o president was not riblo lo 1)0 prvsc.it. The cliulr ns signed for him wns left vnc.int. The gal leries wero thoroughly Idled. The sats re served for the family of tlio president were occupied by Mrs. Clevehiud, Mrs. Folsom, Mrs. Vilas, Mrs. Manninguml Mrs. Lamont. At 12 o'clock a hush fell over tho assem blage nnd ns the procession of mourners entered the door of tho chamber, every oc cupant of a seat upon the floor rose to his feet. Mrs. Logan, heavily veiln 1, was sup pot ted by licr son. Mnj. and Mrs. Tucker nud their son, Logan Tucker;Conieliiisnnd Jumps V. l.ogan, brothers of thu gcncrnlj Miss Andrews, alliancee of John Logan, jr., nnd Mary Rrady, a cherished friend of the family and for years a member of tlio household, composed tho moiiruiu proces sion. They weru shown to scuts upon Irn left front. Following the mourners came the funeral process on, headed by Rev. Dr. N-nvinnn. the ofliciuting clergyman; Rev. Dr. Roller, chap lain ot tlio senate; Rishop Andrews of the M. L. church, nnd Rev. Dr. 0. II. Tiffany, of Philadelphia. The honorary pall bear ers were Gen. Sherman, Roscoe Coukling, Senutor Stanford, Postinnstur Genera! Vilas, Gen. Luc us Fain hild, C. II. Andrews, Col. Grant. Dr. McMillan nnd Gen. John C Pluck. They won) sushes of block with shoulder knots of white uud black ribbons. They formed in two lines as they eamo within the bar, between which pnssed tho pallbearers of the (5. A. R., bearing tho casket. Tho congressional committee wore sashes of white. Thu honorary pull bear ers and committee wero conducted to seats on the left of the center. Senator Sherman uud Speaker Carlisle occupied chnirs at tho president's desk. The solemn services were begun by the reading ol the Ninetieth Fsnliu by Rishop Andrews. Dr. Rutler read as burial scrv'co n portion of fifteenth chapter of Corinthians. I'riiyorwns offered by Dr. Tiffanv und tlio funeral sermon was de'ivered by Dr. Nowmnn. At thu elosu of thu funeral oration the benediction wns snid nnd then nt the word of Mr. Sherman tho funeral procession filed out ot thu sennto chamber. At the head of the procession rode Lieu tenant General Philip II. Sheridan in his full uniform covered by his military cloak, with one end thrown over h s shoulder. Ho wns followed by the four members of Ilia stuff in line, nud they by a bund of the nr tillery witli muflleil und crapu covered drums, plnying n funeral umrch. Tho guns nud caissons of tlio batteries moved in double lino and thu dismounted artil lerymen, with their red lined clo iks thrown back, murched in platoons ns infantry. Tho marines, headed by their band nnd drum corps, carried nrms roversed, ns did tlio militia organizations which came next. Tho colors of tho organizations were furled und drapoil in bluet Tho sceno was very impressive. Sur rounding the c.isket stood members ot the cabinet, senators aud ropresentutives, army ollicers and gray haired veterans of war with uncovered heads, while in low but distinct voice tlio chaplain read tho simple hut solemn service. When he fin ished Rov. Dr. Newman slopped forward and in nn impressive munner delivered tho Lord's prnyor and concluded with tho ben ediction. Tho band benu to play sottly as the pall teare- stopped tor ward unu boro tho ensket into the vault. Alter thu ceremonies at tho tomb were over Deputy Sergeant' nt Arms Cliristio culled upon General Hunt, governor ot the soldiers home, nnd suggested tho propriety ot having a gnnrd of honor over tlio re mains. General Hunt ut once called for volunteers from tho residents nt thu homo und in a short time a number of veterans responded to the invitation. Tlio volun- teor guard will bo maintained dny nnd nnd niiiht, in two hour watches, until force ot regular soldiers Is detailed for guard duty by the sccretiiry of war. THE ItlCHES OF .1O.VT.I.V.I. Butto (M. T.) special: The product of tills territorv in thu precious metals for the year Just past will reacti ?L';j,U0U,00U, divided ns follows; Gold, $11,500,000; sii ver, 13,500,000. The copper and lend products ot tlio territory can only be est! muted, ns they do not pnss through tho assay and express olllces, niul there is no wny ot seeing tlio statistics, nnd nlthough the depreciation in tho coppur market has proiiiiiuy operated in decrease the output. t is safe to sny that copped nnd lend havo ndded to our mineral produvtlon on a con Berviitiveestlmnte$7,l)00,000, w Inch would make the gross mineral output of the terri tory for the year at least 5211.000,000. In tho output Silver Row countv hikes tlio lend witli n production ot $5.104. 1)S4 in silver which wns shipped through the Paci fic Kxpress company at Rutto while about $2,000,000 worth ot bullion wns shipped in tho copper rnnlto of which no correct vatiiiuito can be mnde. wouxded nr a ruixcE. Citv ov Mexico, Dec. 20. A duel was fought here vesterdav between Prlnen Aii?ti. tin Iturbide aud Senor Carcedo, both of whom aro members of the Jockey club. The wearons uied were swords. 'I'll I lirlni-A U'fltf fli!.l lila nnl.nAnlil Ir, . ekmilJur. hut uot dangerously. The duel took p.aco at the San Lorenzo school of artilloiy aud has excited much com ment, hfltll L'euilelmm linn ir of tlr Id..!,..! focal standing. The pr.uce is well known tn i ashiugton society. hates of thassvoetatios; A Detailed and Comprehensive Statement of Committee Investigations. Washington special: Senator Aid rich made public to-night tho report ot the senate committee on transportation rates to tlio sea board on the subject of railroad freights in the United States nnd foreign countries. The report contains tabulated statements ol tlio progress in production ond transportation in the principal coun tries ot the world. Efforts who nmde by the committee to group together tlio aver age yearly prico ot grain nt the various grain centres ot tho United Stati.s tor a I series of years, and show the difference in price per bushel at various points betwuen theso geographical sections, which would represent in n measure the freight nnd tho tendency of the rates ot freight charges. It is shown, for example Unit the difference in the prices ot corn between Atlantic ports ' and the lakes have st-ndily djclir.iJ trom 21 cents per bushel in 1 87:1, to 10 cents per bushel; between Atlantic porls ajid Western river poris from It cents in 1S7I5, to 11 cents in 1SS3. An nttc npl was mnde by the committee to ascertain the rates of freight from the principal intcrmedhito points ot the sea board, aud nlso from intermediate points to tlio principal cities of various states. The investigation wan conducted in the hope ot ascertaining bicts in reg ird to tho diffiirenco between the rates chnrgid lor long hauls nnd short hauls, and to throw light upon the vexed question ot a long and a short haul. In relation to this inquiry, thu committee says it the returns from wh.ch thu above summitry s constricted may tin relied on (and tin co nmittes has been direful in selecting returns thai ap peared on their face, correct) the rates lor local freight are evidently levied on the somewhat general principle of what trullle will boar. In Miis-ntchiisetts, where termi nals are taken into consideration, t.ho cost of trnusporting a bushel of wheat is more neurly equitable miles, distend of b;-ing rel atively less, in relatively greater. In Mas sachusetts, lu 18811, it costs .1 t! rents to transport a btis'ielof wheat forty si.x miles; it costs inConnee luit for transporting the same sixty-tivo miles. 7 cents; in Pennsyl vania, sixty miles. 4.2 cents; nnd in Ohio, sixty tniies, 5 cents. 01 course the condi tions may not huvcbjcn thesauri. Further west, they find that in Kansas it coats L2 cents per bushel for transporting n bushel ot wheat forty-six miles, ami in Massachu setts, for the same Bsrvice, thirty-six inilos, than in any other Btnte represented in the BUinmnry. Still, they find tho anomaly of n lesser rate for thirty-six miles than far fifteen iui.es. In Pennsylvania local rates nre higher than in Massachusetts. In Ohio, the rate is about the sam-.! on sixty as on ninety miles, while the long haul of 210, 2.2 cents, while California pays 5.2 per hundred for fifty miles. Turning from tho United Stales to for eign countries, tho committee shows the production and the consumption of cereals in Europe, uud brings out the fact thnt the increase of population bus been relatively iiiueh greater in tlio groat grain countries than in the grain Inlying countries. Tlu united kingdom upiuars to huvu purchased about two-thirds ot nil the wheat, in thu United Stntes exported during the period, nnd. therefore, specinl attention has been given to England's supply of wheal. For this purpose a tithlo was prepared, giving a suiniiiury of tlio wheut imported into the united kingdom of Great Rritiiin und Ire land from various countries during the per iod from 1 Slit; to 18 12, inclusive, und tho decades from 18 Ul to 18S2, inclusivo, showing thu total importations of wheat nnd the proportions furnished by tho United States, Rii-sia, Germany, llrilish North Anfericu, France, Denmark and nil other countries. In commenting on this tublo tho committee snys: "A glanco nt thu summnry not only shows tho rapidity of the agricultural growth of tho United Slates and its im lortunce ns u food exporting country, but nlso presents some of thueeonoinic changes that havo occurred in Europe. In the lirsfc period tho United Stntus supplied less than 1 per cent of the wheal imported into the united kiiudom. In the Inst per od it sup plied nearly 51 per cunt. From less than 1,000,000 bushels it increased, by u series of leaps and bounds, to nbout 501!, 000, Om) bushels. Excepting the rapid growth ot imports of wheat from India, which does not appear In tins table, India being classi fied under 'all the countries,1 there is no in stnnce in tho economic history of a growth so rapid." "The imports from Germiiuy lutvo de creased from the second period nclually, ns well ns relatively the percentage of de crease has been stendy. sink pg from 511 to ;i: per cent, next to 21 ami 18 and lastly to 0 per cent, The erytnl station of the German empire, tho rap d increase of popu lation, thu change from au agricultural condition to that of diversified industry, all suggest themselves iim reasons for this decrease. In Germany thu population is overtaking the food producing capacity ot the country." TKOVBLE AMOSG IVOIIKISG31EX. Now York special: TheTribuiiosays: The defection ot tho brewers Iroiu District As sembly No. -10 ot tho Knights ot Labor causes consternation In Unit district. Every effort wns made to pre'-cpt them trom taking nny such action, but they were so enraged at tho action ot tho knights in Philadelphia that all pleadings wcro in vain. Ry triuL-s unionists tlio defection is regarded ns the beginning ot tho disintegra tion of tho kuighls, and thoy nro con sequently much pleased with it. A mnn wull known in labor circles said yesterday in spunking of the affair: Tho l.iirghiB have fallen into (lie hands of it lot of unscrupu lous, ambitious inou, who nre bent on using tho organization for their own advance ment, no mutter what the fleet will be oa the labor movement. Tho general execu tive board has never won u strike, but by their unwarranted inter I 'ivnce have lost coverul that otherwise wnnl.l havo been won. The working pop!u do not projiose to bo bossed by thesu men. There is only ono wny by which tlio order can be main tained, und Hint is by special session which will pursue live action, doing nwuy witli the despotic methods now in vogue and which will adopt n Inir policy towards trade unions." JllS3l.lliCJi'S VOUCY. BsitUN', Jan. 2, Dr. Peters presided to night at a noisy meeting which was hold to protest agatust the action of the majority In rclchstag on the army bill. Threo thousand persons were present. A number of socialists disturbed the meeting, dissent from the bent! nieuts expressed by the spuakois. Finally lolicc entered tho hall and a tumult followed, the Infuriated people afsul Inu- the socialists, soveral of whom were nrrcstcd. A heti quiet was restored moluthuis support ing the government were adopted. Sim bir meetings wero held ut Lolpsie aud other towns. XEAllLY A J.lJ-' MlLLl.lOX. Rapid CitV ID. T snoriul: Saturday's Journal published a resume of thu building dune in this citv dnrio-j twelvs mouthsniid shows a total ot $358. 000 ex ponded in ner buildings during the time Adding to tills the exjienditiire for tln new iUr ork8 system, the street railway, the eouiit jfAU the electric lljdit s.vklem uud 'he grudiwe ot Main street, etc . II. e total exiM-ild'Hl 'U i- provi nionts iliirMis lKstS toadied thd hand some figure of $157,000.