Bloomington Progress, Volume 19, Number 41, Bloomington, Monroe County, 9 December 1885 — Page 1
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THE NEWS, Intelligence by Wire from AQ tho World.
roBEiGy. The new Spanish Cabinet" baa received approval throughout the kingdom. Zonlla, tlie Republican chief, will bo executed whenever captured. The recent-manifesto of Don Carlos was evidently intended to pave the way for the marriage of his eon to the Princess of the Astnxias, in the hope of ending a conflict which has rafted for half a century. King Alfonso died poor. It seems that out of liia revenue he paid Don Carina large sums of money to keep quiet and contributed liberally to the maintenance of his dissolute mother's mock-royal court at Paris. The Hill tan has cwued.a manifesto to the inhabitants of Eastern Bomnelia, stating that the commissioners will rule there until a new Governor is appointed. Troops andmilitary stors are being pus hod to the frontier. A. London dispatch of the 3d inst. says: 'All the manufacturing district in the counties contested to-day and yesterday, so fat as heard from, have returned -Liberals, and induced the Conservative gains to forty-seven, with nine constituencies to hear from, all of which are claimed to have gone against the Conservatives. The actual corrected official returns give the Liberal majority up to midnight as tliirr -one seats, sixty-two rotes on a division. The Conservatives require seventy-five more net gains to beat, as against forty-seven net gains in all since the election commence. I Unless something extraordinary occurs the Tories, therefore, cannot possibly' have a majority. A liberal Cabinet is consequently assured if Gladstone will take office, nalesw a sodden revolu ion should take place in the unpolled coOHtitnencies." King Theetnw 'surrendered personally to (ieneral Prenderguat, the latter escorting liim into British territory.
t Bewick to te First Assistant Eiieineer in the '
marine service of the united hiates. M. ii. Oormaek, -! Sraud Forks, Dak., to be-Sseeretorv of Dakota Territory., To bo Reciters of Land Offices: Robert V. Yeaklc. ol kittle lioek, ' Ark., at Little Bock, Ark. ; Hcnrr. C. Tipton, of Melbourne, Ark., at Harrison. Ark.; Chester 1 Warms-, ot Colfax, WasUiigton TerriI tory, st Walla Walls, Washington Territory. J Bartholomew Coffey, of Salem, Oregon, to bo ! agent for toe Indiana of the Umatilla agency in Oregon. Jacob Schoenhof. of New York, b be Consul of the United States at Tunstnll, England. Frank .1. Parke, of West Virginia, to be Principal I Clerk of tho Public Lauds. WiUtam K. Bam- ; sav, of Arkansas, to bo Register of the Land I Office at Camden, Ark. John K Thompson, of i Arkansas, to be Receiver of Public Moneys at ! Camdea. Ark.
Postmasters: Edward D.Portevat.Toplin, Jto.; James S. MKlee. Parist, Mo.: D. V. Scott, Galena, TIL ; John Marcus, Hamilton. Mo. ; LlovdJf. Lease, Tiffin. O. : AV. H. Cannon. Merrill," Wis.; Robert. I. MeNally. Kceaevillo, N. Y. ; Frank White, Murtreesboro, Tenn. Gen. Sigel has reappeared from private life an a candidate for Pension Agent in New York City. CoL Caster, the preoent incumbent, who lias held the place eight years, has tendered his resignation, to take place in February. Sigel is' well backed by the soldiers and business element The office has seventeen thousand pensioners, who receive yearly over $2,000,000. The President has appointed Alliort A. Wilson, of Washington, to be United States Maraud of the District of Columbia. Mr. Wilson is President of the Firemen's Insurance Company, Vice President of tho Metropolitan Railway Company of Washington, and .a Director f the National Bank of the Republic. The Prwddent has also appontod Alfrol O. Egertei- to be Surveyor of Customs for the port of Wheeling, W. Va., and Horace B.
Moore b be Collector of Customs for the district of Dnluth, Minn.
PERSONAL. - - Browne, who declined to rids in a carriage in the Grant funeral procession to ride- in a carriage on the Jewish Sabbath being contrary to the law of his church has been presented with a medal by orthodox Hebrews who admired his adherence to the ancient rule. It is announced from New York that Miss Ada C. Sweet, late Pension Agent at Chicago, was married recently to Mr. J. B. Carter, of Cedar Itapids, Iowa. The ceremony took place at Babylon, Long Island. . John L, Sullivan, the pugilist, and Miss Annie Livingston, a serio-comic artiste -of Hie Da vena Combination, were married at Wishing too. William H. West, the negro minstrel, filed in the Superior Conrt at Chicago a bill for divorce from Fay Templeton, the actress, she having violated the ante-nuptial agreement to leave the stage forever, although he had $50,- , 000 to maintain hsr. The estate of the late Peter Donahue, of San Francisco, is valued at 312,C00,000. Mr. Donahue's will, tfter making some small bequests to friends and charitable institutions, leaves tha widow one-third of the income derived from the invested property and the homestead on Bryant street. The residue is devised to Jfervya Donahue and Baroness von Sehroeder, chiWi en. . Charlotte Wit-IdifTe. a negv&m of Louisville, who died last w."ek at the age of 117 years, claimed to have handedeorge Washington a cup of water at the battle of Vorktown. She left sixty grandchildren. Bishop Dnggan, formerly of Chicago, who has been under treatment at St. Louis for some time because of mental infirmities, is said to have nearly regained lttsost health.
FIBASOIAL ASD IHDTJ8TBIAI. The Farmen National Congress assembled at Indianapolis, sixty delegates being present, representing eleven Stites. The address of the President, Robert Beverly, of Virginia, denunds the creation of a Secretary of Agriculture as a Government department, aa extension of the benefits of the signal service, and the suppression of pleuro-pnenmonia. The striking glass-workers of Pittsburgh, after a year of idleness, have compromised on a reduction of 10 per cent in wages. Work in three factories is to commence immediately. Washington telegram: Senator Sherm an's recent visit to Kew York had its bearing on fine silver question. He had interviews with a number of capitilists, to whom he said he did not believe Congress cauld he made to demonetize silver, and he favored Gen. Warner's plan of silver certificates, based on appraisedMeposits of silver. The Warner bill will be among the first submitted to Congress. Senator Sherman saya the silver que.-tion is the most important that Congress will have to deal with this sea-
The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement for November: CREBEST-BeutCfa DEBT. Bonds at 4 per cent $230,000,000 Bonds at 4 per cent '.T7,7 t2,830 Bonds at 3 per cent 194,1)0,500 Befouling certificates at 4 per cent. 0,730 Navy pension fund at 3 per cent. . . . . 14,0)0,000 Pacific Ituilroad ootids eX 6 per cent. 64,829512
Principal.. Interest. . .
.$1,260,778,812 11,8)3,068
Total .31,272,KI1,700 $DI OX WHICH CiTEIlBST HIS CEASKO IIIMCB Principal.... 8S,;9,K Interest. 217,033
Total a7,141 SKBT HEARING SO SiTEBEST. Okl demand and legal-tender notes. $348,7: 18,868 Certificate of deposit 17,S"5,O0i) Gold certtnsates 105,r.i.092 Silver certificate.! 92,72,tH2 Fractional currency (less 58,375,94, estimated as lost or destroyed).... 6,959,574 Principal. 5G,31u,114 Total debtPrincipal ...41,833,817,833 Interest 13,070,144
Total $1,845,027,930 Less cash items available for reduction of the debt 231,4.r2,3M Less reserve held for redemption of TJ. S. not-js lflo.OXl.OOQ
Total.
Total debt less aa: Vb!e eaah rtems$l,514,47S,361 Ket cash in the Treafdry 61,9)0,595
Debt less cash In Treasury Dec. 1. 1S35 .....Sl,4S215t4,7B Debt less eash in Treasury Sov. 1, 1881 1,4475708
Increase of debt daring the month.. 91,847,198
CaSH IX TRS TBEASUR' AVAILABLE FOB ai:DOCTIOS OF THK rKBT. Gold held for yotd eettifleates actually oatstan.ting-. tlKfi'A.Dta SQver held for silvcrcortulcstes actually ont.tandin(. D3,7i)342 U. R notes held fur errtitlcates of decoait actually oatet sliding. . : . . . 17,55,000 Cash' held for motarcd rtebt and interest unpaid B,0,22 fractional eurrency 1,039
Total available for redaction of -tlie dabt....: tBSMS&SM KESEB.V m.1D. Held for redemption of V. S. notej. acts Jan. 14. 1975, and .fuly 1 mbs su,m,im Unavel labia for reduction of tho lebt:
Fractlonal.sjvor jtn 7,l,Mft
Minn- com ea,m Total S8.3iW.480 CertiBcates heW as cash M,7!)7,43 Vetcash balance on band 61,91)0 SK
Total cash in Treasurv cs shown by tbeTraasBror's aenerol aecount.. HBtfiarjm
POLITICAL.
The followi'ig Fn!-.i,a! i.p; vlittinent:' are aunonnced fwuo W;-'.u.gii Bicfaard D. ianea.itor to bo i.i:rtsvor of Oustoma for tin port or t.miK Jfo. Oliver V.
6EBEEAL. H The aiilitia, police, and municipal officers
of Indianapolis, Sunday, the 20th ult., escorted
the remaps of Vice-President Hendricks from his residanee to the Court House. Every
building at the line of march was draped in mourning; The body lay m state Sunday and
Monday sad was viewed by thousands of people. Srs. Hendricks sent a message to
President Cleveland urging him to remain at Washington, owing to the weighty publio reasons tint exist against his coming West to
attend her fate husband's funeral Many public men, both Republicans and Democrats, called upon its President and urged him not to make the fcip, and he received many letters and telegrams on the subject, opposing his going. The Ikecutive finally decided to heed
the advice and remain at the capital. He said: In the first moment of the shock of Mr. Hendricks' death I y elded to my inclination, and declared my inteation to be present at tho funeral. Of course, in reaching that conclusion I did not put ot of view a peremptory presa ot public busineis cr what I deemed a sufficient consideration of my duty to the people. The public business t tsougnt I could dispose of by additional applcntton and more hours of work, and I considered it to be my duty
to the peopk to answer a tender
sentiment of respect and affection to the dead Vice President witch does them great honor. I am satisfied now that I was at fault iu considering the Questim, and that I did not tako as comprehensive a Ttew of the duty I owe the cublic as I shoulct-that is. I did not look at
every phase of it, md I am airaid my strong personal desire somewhat clouded my judgment.
1 am now remmtiKi oy some or tne oesc ana most patriotic and liouchtful of our citizens
that the real and solunn duties of my office are at the National Capib.1, and that in the present peculiar and del eat situation I ought not to take even the remote diance of accident incident to travel to gratify sentiment so general and so characteristic as that involved in
this subject. I have been profoundly im
pressed oy xnese considerations, out most or all influenced by their strong and unanimous
presentation oy tue aevea xrienas or tne lato Vice FrewWercti livluK Inula Rt,ta and cltv. and
their indorsement by tie noble and patriotic woman who. in the mflnlln sorrow of ner wid
owhood, reflects the spiritand character of her honored husband in her sojeirude for tho onhlic good. I am now certain that neither my desire, nor the sentiment lefcrred to. nor the difficulty that attends in this cam a change of design, nor any stubborn j4ea Pf heroism, will justify me in sabiectinn ',he country to anv
greater chance of disaster ttian attends my performance of strict duty heis, and that I ought net to inflict upon my counuymen even the unrest and anxiety attending uy departure, ab
sence, ana return in attenaaxne unon tne xuner81 ceremonies.
-The Apache Indians have again broken
loose in Arizona. A Tucsot dispatch says:
The Chiricahuas killed the dri-er of Graham's
bullion team last evening, six'een miles from
i Carlos Agency, and drove ol all the stock.
The people of tho Globe Agc&y are much
alarmed, fearing further deprebtions. The
Indians have killed, besides thodriver men
tioned, some American herders, nine White Mountain squaws, and several chtdren. The reservation has been raided forMxty miles. The renegades crossed tho Gila, gdng south,
at the sub-agency. Gen. Sheridanarrived at
Fort Bowie, and is conferring with Cen. Crook. At Detroit the trouble in tit. Albeit's Polish Church (Catholic) culminate.! in a riot A pitched battle between twenty-five ptlicemen and 1,000 women resulted in a victor for tho former. The New York Produce Exchange reports the visible supply of wheat and corn is 55,679,"J38 and 4,951,741 bushels, rcspective'.y. lima has been surrendered to Gen. C'aceres. Eusebio Sanchez was appointed President of Pern until an i lect ion can be held and general amnesty has been proclaimed. .A room clerk at one of the Washington hotels, who died recently, was during tho rebellion in the secret employ of Jefferson Daris, carrying dispatches between Richmond tni Baltimore. Jt is now learned that he was (it nna who furnished J, Wilkes Booth v.itl. ,i horse at the back door of Ford's Theater, C which he escaped after assassinating Preside!' Xineoln.
been serving as hangman at various points in tho United States. A street duol took place on Bourbon xtrect, New Orleans, in which Charles Kamp fatally shot Antoino Pellegrini. Tho lntrer had charged Kamp with insulting his family. Soveral shots were fired. Henry Mason, the negro who killed J. Ii. Hammersley (white) with an ax-near Campbell Court House, Va., was token from jail and hanged to a treo and his body riddled 'ritlt bulleta The mob was painted in ad colore. A great many colored men were in the crowd. George H. Reach, a horse-tbiof, was taken by vigilantes from tho officers at Adams. Ore., and Iiaugetl to a tree. At Bcvicr, Ma, white miners st acked colored men who had been imported tc take their places, and in tho melee three men . were instantly killed and half a down seriously woUrded. Maj. Gen. Alexander Shaler has lieen arrested on a bench-warrant In New York City, charged with bribery in connection with tho purohase of militia armory Bites in that city. The County Clerk of Westchester County, New York, has absconded, but has taken no publio funds. He owes various persons $50,000. Fora men have been killed in tho rioting at Bevier Coal Mine, near Macon, Mo,
CASUALTIES.
The Warner House, at Emporium, Pa., waa destroyed by fire. The loss is 825,000. Thre : guests were dangerously burned by leaping tthe pavement At the State Creek Iron Mines, near Olympia, Ky., an explosion wounded eight men, four of whom can not survive. The eyes of one of the victims were blown out By the fall of aderriok in an iron-work at Wheeling, one man was killed and thro.' others seriously injured. Another man win killed by the parting of a cable in a blast-fur -
Fire destroyed the Empire Block and a number of stores at Sharon Springs, K. Y., a also tbrce business buildings at. Mason, Mich. A collision between Baltimore and Ohio freight trains near Washington, Fa., caused the death of Conductor Ilider and Engineer Snyder, while four others were badly injured. The Tippecanoe Papor Mills, in Carroll Countv, fud., were banted, involving a loss of 50,000. Birdsall's planing-mills at Bay City, Mich., were destroyed by fire, tho loss reaching SiSO,000. The insurance is 9100,000. The towboat Iron City was blown to piece while stuck on the bar at tho head of Hen-'? Island, in the Allegheny River, near Pittiborgh. The engineer, George Ashtdn, was killed, and a nnmber of others seriously injured, one of them fatally. The explosion wm caused by natural gas, the vessel striikng aga .main, and tho gas catching flic from tho furnace. . - .. OBIMEgAIlDfJEIlOTAIS. Inebriates ujwot a lamp in a cabin at Sa btila, Pa., setting fire to .the structure, and two men, who were too drunk to escape, perished in the flames. P. Booker Bead, Mayor of Louisvil'.e, anil Charles Creamer, Wliarfmastor of that city,, bad a bloody fight in trie etiet Both woro placed under arret t Benjamin Simmons, an iron-ni'jUler, m hanged a London, Ontario, for Hlti-if- hiii paramour, Mary ar.a Scokw, Uat Juue. Tho exeeuttotior was a FrenoU-(!ana(hao whohati
HEBE AliPTHERE. Ax order has been issued by the government appointing Colonel Hiu'valorelch Commander in Chief of the Servian armies. In official circles it is thought that the resumption of hostilities is certain, owing to Prince Alexander's refusal of the terms proposed by Servia. It is stated that fighting has already resumed. The Jfew York Hernld'g Key West special says: Telegrams have' been passing between tho Washington authorities and federal officers relative to the filibustering expedition which, it is nlleged, has been fitted out in this place against Cuba. La Propaganda, ft Cuban organ published here, pointedly referred to Alfonso's death and the uprising throughout. Spain, and states that the opportune moment has arrived to achieve Cuban independence. John Hertzig, a farmer, living near New Philadelphia, Ohio, has been arrested eharged with carrying on a moonshining distillery; A large stock of brandy was found in his cellar, which, together with the still, was captured. The San Francisco Chromete's Tombstone special says: The Indians attacked the town of Duncan, on the Southern Pacific Railroad, and killed one man. The Indians have cut the wires botween Wilcox and Ft. Grant. A later dispatch says a courier from D. H. Smith's store, who was sent to warn the couple who live, near Stockton Pass, was chased into Fort Grant. It is feared that ell the families in that vicinity have been murdered. The President has made the following appointments; Lafayette Dawson, United States Marshal for the District of Alabama; William G. Longford, of Walla Walla, to bo Associate Justice of tho Supreme Court of the Territory of Washington; Charles H. Pollard, of Delphi, Ind., to be Associate Justice of the Snpremo Court of Montana. The committee in charge of the affairs of the National Base-Ball League has decided to limit the number of clubs in the league to six. They are Chicago, St.JLouis, Detroit. Philadelphia, New York and Boston. The franchise of both the Buffalo and Providence teams are now in the hands of the league, -and no others will be issued. A. 51. Beui, supervising architect, in his annual report says there are now in course of construction, buildings ranging in cost from $25,000 to 8200,000 each, culling for a total expenditure of $8,511,400. Tho expenditures for the vear, on this account, have aggregated $2,438,709. Mr. Bell says that Congress fixes the limits of the cost of buildings, without a full knowledge of the accommodations required, and that the limits in many cases are so low as to make it impossible to provide the minimum accomodation, even though the cheapest material be used. He suggests that before authorizing the construction of buildings, Congress have estimates, through1 this btireau, of the cost of appropriate structures. This, he says, would expedite the work and save money. Secbetaby Bayabd has received a telegram from Mr. Buck, Minister of the United States to Peru, informing him that, after three days hard fighting, in the streets of Lima, a truce was concluded, through the good offices of the diplomatic corps, Iglesias and Caoeres both agreeing to renounce the exocutive power. Three commissioners from each side will arrange for a provisional government. At the session of the Farmers' National Congress, held at Indianapolis, resolutions asking Congress to enact more stringent legislation for the prevention of the spread of pleuro-pneuraonin and requesting the passage of a law legulating inter-State commerce, was adopted by a vote of 169 to 42. The official casvass of tho vote of the late election, for Governor of Virginia, was completed by the Legislature. The following is the result:' Total vote cast for Governor, 289.071, of which Fitz Hugh Lee, Democratic, received 15-2.514, and John D. Wise, Bepublicun, 130,510. Lee's majority, 1(5,031. Gov. Martin has called a special session of the Kansas Legislature to meet January 19, for reapportionment and other important matters.
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NO MORE ON EARTH.
fflie Mortal B&njaias of Vice-President Hendricks Consigned to the Tomb.
, Iv-wml HitwlvhiM Vim,-! Si:Bti-s Mai-riml, com-
jimwk'iue;. Chi.'t of Staff. r!. Cba I m K. XuIUuftcr. tMrs';. t !" Sccoiui Division. B.nj.1. Cn:TittK oiit tiring o'iirin'.iiij; o Wrtt V. IVl -injur , rs, CommKttv ' Anungeni'iit.
His Fuiioral at riidianaiMiHs Allendod by an Immense Conemirso f
34any Bistingmsbdd Oitisens Pieiit A Gener.il Observance of the Day Elsewhere.
t,y mf in Slal, Tltf l'Mnniiis ot tho lnic Vii'c Pro:ttU-u I ondvi hi? ill stale nt tht City Hall in lnlinmi'oJis ironx fi'iuilnv fmononn to Mun.lay f ftcnxion. the 3 th ult., flhl wevo viowvl hy ovor ?0,00i iK'oplc S. t,;rout wvrv 1 In crows at tiuifS that the military and police orc ei-Ut-il into rc ( Uisition to Koeji tlnMuass moving and to pre vont a hloi-hftflo. AVlu tlw -Utom of tl o lmiM inp wtio clojjtd a waiting cr-nvtl. jiiruihwin thousands, stood in lino tr-iiir. to ino but flfli.ro nt tho faro of the 0. i d. (ttnTCMnnn. At 4 oVloclt p. in. Monday tho doors wr clotd, end tho cnkot vuf lrno th o.ih tho south cutnmcf to thv-Htii-ct, where i. was pi need in th: lienvfo, niul f M'tirted by ti t' four Indtiaiai'Olii: lrtilitin v oini"mBies, was revunicd to the parlor f tho tiomrstoa l. All aloi ;: tho lino i f march the people flocked to soo th sad spoetuWe.
1nhllc Novfow, . On Tno-day, tho 1st of !) cmU r. tt.e n.- "tul lO)iioint of Thtnsus Audio v.- Hi-ntli ick, tho fifth "Hoc Prc-Rideiit to die dniir.f his n-rui of nilico, iu-vooonevcd to th tond premvil for their recejitioii. The clerjiv of Indians' ioUs. witlumt re fpect to sect, joinod in til' olt.eqie iho bells of all tho ohnrchos tolh d a requiem, and tho presence of tho pormtao in tho eohnun which followod hifi funorni car, or stotni a sih-nt jjootator of tho H-ileimi f.)ectavlo, atlosud thoir fealty to hifl lsiomory. Tho early inorainp trains on nil :iu railways brought flekations from th.1 notional capital rnd all iho h-adiii citiii of tlie Union, to :ethf rvith an :nllnx of pt t-plo fni all tho intfiior cities and hamlets of -fmiral Indiana and Illinois. The train arrivals sweilotl thoinnltit tides on the Civets to uvt estoiit to imjM'dtf tho firdinai"y propros-s on all Tin -hiof thoroiif-'hfaren. r.."he em'bloiuR of mouru-n;: whieh began to appear on public ai. I private bnildin!. tho day f tho 'ieo l:rtideff Uath IhhI ;rown in quality and cUi'n nn;d the wh-df vity wua in fnnenil parb. Wnhi ijium f-tr-n vre-eiited mi almost unbroken lino of rapi d houses, -while on try busines Mive". and evon alonu tho lesidenco street 4. tho pec4'le wore lii,-h in their display of the RMin of publio -rrow. PortraitH of Tho loeeaso , all shrouded in black, n-pvo profusely hmig in 'vindowri. The general olleet. told in mute t lo(nenue of tla- hih ref poet with which the people of Indianapolis ro;arded their tVllow-towrsman.
At tlio Modest Homo. One of the central point of aHrnoiion forth 1'Isitiag mnltitmle was iho modest home ol tho lato .Vieo P vsi lent, n plain, tv, o-r. ry brick i trtiotnro. On thn frnt dof- i!:- J;ou.v w is a black rosetto. frm whlli '.v:i. p-!iden? a ftrip of black orapa, whu'h t uiU tilted tho only outvard emldom of mourn 'n. The Boone pr sentd in the int t rior of the house, however, carried wit a it all the eridenco of death. Emblems of inor.i nini; mu! memorial J'ornl designs wt ro at Ian I w:y when. Tho oil p(rtiRits of Mr. and Ms. lb n'r :.). 1 ver almost hidden in h iuks of U;M,cr. iiv trailing iniulnx. Tl:emost notable ri'prosfiitati:! of th doaipns in flower y.,!? th.; of iht l-:z cabin iu
.Tbieh Mr. neiidrii!. w lorn m Ohio. Ic stood at the head of hi -.:'iued remains, and .vas the work t.f la i -: of ibynie, . here Mr. "&'n1 ricks had foreii r! .' 1i wd. ' I wa $i foot :.n h ii-Uii, and four in ht V.it i:s idoR In-im; oonii-o, ed of ea!)a tiliet . h.aeinths, c :riiaii-:iM. nid Voses. The r-vf va of 1-.:h ii -li ivy and miilax. and tho chimiKV of rc 1 , nd v.hi!e oaa'jations. On one wide of iho min1n.re truc:nre, in purple innuortt lha, war. the inserip-:ion-"Tho Home of My Boyhood;" and boaeath, "Shelbyvillo." On the end of 1 ho cabin wa suspend vd a black satin banner bt-t. ring, in lttr.Tf ot sold: "(iods Sneers touched liim an 1 he t lt-pt ;" and tho second hiscripiioii iindfriv.it1: : "Sholbyville DiAiirns hor dist.nf.-nif.' ttl ev 1 yiftetl m n." At ilo't look M.v. Kotnirk-1:-. e;,ferod ho room tor hor lnsf leftv'-iikiiu. Oicnei'. ,md onlv hv horhrothorand Mi. lrjiin. Tin ordeal was aiost tiyirg and tho d folate woman t-onied to be utterly prostrated, clinin to th" Inst c tho May ho soon to bo hidden havver from her iow, and impressed with th phi id and lif-dike appearance of tho dead, dio desired to prei..-rve this last ficeno, and bo. late us H was, she ?.ent fora photographer fcj tako a. picture of the easkt. Shortly after thin tho eU-boarora arrlvod. Tlio draped hoarso aid the carriage for tho family and friends woro marshaled before tho door, and prepa.'atiotu wre mndo for tin- final removal of the body. This was done without further lca-vo-taking.
At tliv CUureli. Tbo police end mili'-nry kept tho on ions but always rospwtful iui.s-5 of people o.it of tho way," and the little l avakiado ntovod quietly with it militnrv osort through the densely lined fitrootri to the Ca;hvdrl of St. Pawl. Tho ciuket was homo int. i tho church at 11:40 o'clock, tho vast conurbation hniu aln ady been seated, with tho exception of th imm:diato relatives and tho church vestry. The omciatir.p ccrj;y, four in number Bishop Knicfc orbocker, of tho XndfanaXliA Dioccao ; the Rev. Dr. Btrinftdlow. of Montyomevy, Ala., tho first rertor o! St. Paul's, and under wh se mintstra.tiona "Sir. Hendricks joined theohuirh: fhoKev. I'r. FuHun, of St. Louis, a former rect!i of Kt. Pf.uPs; and the Bev. Ir. Jencko, iho 'it -s.'iu rectorin their robes of office, uwt the remain:- at iho main entrance of the :tthodral o:i Illinois street. Tho hotly was borne up t!ie central ailot tho clergymen and -jjemtsfrii of the vttrv going in advanco. Bishop Ivniokt iboekor voiced the opening sentence of the bminl "rvice, "1 am the resurrection ami the iif followed by the Key. Drs. Stringfollow und I-'nlton in tliolr rocit'?Hon Of tho other verses tued fer the dead until the casket- had been carried and placed o xt&ide the chancel. Tho great audience tdood while the imiresivo eocno waa enacted. After the bier c::mo tho widow, loaning on the aim of hei brother, Mr. S. W. Morgan, fallowed by tho other relutives, all in tieep mourning. When the casket hsd bren place d :n fnnt of tho chancel rail tho choir Hang tho anthem "L'rd, Lot Mo Know My Hud." The lesson for the dad was then re id by i'm- llvv. In, Jcnekes. This was fllowed 1 y tiio lnging f the hymn "Lead, Heavenly l.iht," hy tho choir, tbo ttndience joining. 'Die liev. Dr. Jencko, speaking from tho levtmu, delivered an eloquent and touching fuLornl ornMon. "Mr. Ht'ndriekti' yo ith.'Said h, "ha a prolife 1 t-soii for the youths of our hind. In an twljoiiiing conutv Home lifi eiirn ego hiH tutelage began. The day i ho of u-ii spent by tlioiiybtloRB lioya in roihH diver ions fom Imvd alndy ho, with onergs' and application, devoted to tho acquisition of useful, permanent knowledge, Inyinrf, with iuiiu taking ca ntttnes, and pei-M'u vance, and 7(al, the to nidations of that sturdy. iudamitai.lo character which in b ter life carried him to the proud pinnacle of exalted .saceSff. The year of his curly wm loo t were years of trial and comparative privation. With the sturdy men who w ie his eo-ialort rs iu th aggi stdvo wuili. bo .'in vp1 nit in tbo wilderih hs x gro.d-, and prosper us, and happy canmoi v.-ealth. H w is an honest, bravo, excm pi -try young man, v. ho scorned to do a mean or unworthy aci:oi; who r. e.(.ni;;t d tlie rostraUiiiig iuflnr!icoi4 :f moral obli-'alions, and by both pr ceit and e.uiui'l inculcated prohitv and purity of life. "Then in matnrer years.w have th h ht--rdy, hearty man. wUh a Mronj -.mind and a v. i-rin heart in a sonwt body, is-ayiiij; mi retire, eurm st. proinincnt- par- in the el!"eir of bis fitate tmd cctnntry. s th.- .u-e. nd on.et r bi the admi nihti at ion of itdtt g.at i.a-.im be win eveowhoro and ulway-! the panto eMo, ,,- soriativo, eonsi-itent, and tttn&ei.-jMiouK ehia-uo-tor. "No ono who uppfMth-d to him f fympi.thv, counsel, or asaistam e vev t urn; d m; a eTimiy! Tliouh hi.i right an Uns I-it hands wen not in each other's r nfi-1 ie, (still tln-re j a reeord some whore of his -pen-h.-nd. d li'w iaij.y in nmnbeiiefiS eases of t esiimtioii and Mi'eVing. He epV-riene d in lii- dait . lii'e th-' i-v of faith and the patience of hoji ml tin-eoiufi.r; of lovo. Thoae wore with hint ever: f;,itb. hope, and charity these three, tut the i.f.-ct :, of thce was charity. Vitd tb adit-irublv organized charities of mr city h ' Jon;; f.-b ui'ttng impulses of his nkiiifal hand and bren ':. . it-d by thu symiathctio tiiiibl.ini:s of hi : em-ioas heart, "3)i vo we tread ni in. tho iri of 1 .!! ..etl ground and toudi niton tlii .-on, .;;n ri-intiop . of Gov. Hendricks ami deM ii how f- r ) : vesus and two months Uv panted t lof(;; wtui o j-mhed, fctcady, and f tithtul puei :.idtM.l i,..!,;, .-nd devoted woman whom he had choj , -a r l.-tTu" or fo;- woi-re; and how. tin ugh t r.-i nt t:ttd i--'ii-tihine, lik- Iriuar v.u i Ib-' (.--.'ii, th . h ,ctt fadhJully toiMber ir. perfect -..i .. "Kijiin'nt citien, f;'i'h:n' tiur '. ( hrh-tom gel ib'ini: 'i. holn'M it;i l - eu. il ' Win n the BpeuUr bi-.d e. vieludf d. .Mi -. lm i of Chicago, fi..n -: i ijt : i ,,o closing with pri vers and la ;;. i i -, Ks hot v.is tlit ii !;fted J.n II.-. nr fnt-t h cbiio h. the ttudituice emniuiiif: m aitl. 1tfo flu? -iunetrv. The bolls of ad the- cic .-e-uvhi l".!n t!-Hr tolling when fee remai is e , ri tki m ir-m th house, und coniimn-d tii-.j. p-ii'i: :erin; the eontiiiutttton of tho i !;irrb if; . ,t:id rthil proccffaiou was on In lon'i 3n:rh i rrow!) If Ccmctory. Th eolumj, e-m! in tl.. ioijv ni ot;ii; j; or n t- t . i"' . Metro) -clilair po!: i"--in d .: i t b - I iUif ( Ver M i - l;-i i .. .... . .,. 'biei or -ta':, d:-j t. . !?!: -ut. Ai':4 o ( - . ! M m -1. j i' r i j vi- i :- AdX Oo'rtM W J.-- r.. .'i.itJ .... fitati" t-t Uovojorf I idutiui.
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IudiaiiBp 'llP I.iaht Infa'jtrv, dipt. J. B. Rosi (' 'iiimanliii,'j, t?uml of bonor nnl liiwiul escort. Carriages cotunmina taniily nnd friends. liHtinp-;i3hyl tu(-st. GiBiiKir of Iutlitimt wi'l Stat.- oflk wri. s State juili.-i:irv. l'5it-l St-ite ii.ilitfir. ofllecrs. .Vititvnl StatOi. civil bt'ficora. Comity j.i.fu-iavv. Couinv oHirers. City offieiiil-i Tllllll. MIV1SIOM. tl ii. 3nf. I,. Miicln-11. coniiuaudiug. I-'H-BTH iinsi(s. W Uinm K. Christian, cuitituanding. INDIANAPOLIS FIRE PRPABTMPST. Chief Wcbst r, coLiunruiding. The carriages wore driven three abreast. Tho iiioven;ent Plow, the proja-es at times being almost ioflwepUbIe, tuitil the oolnmn emerged nvnMc:redian street, a broad und very hanfl!iome Hvenue lending to tite entrance' to tho
iHwitiful t'rowu Hill t'emetcry. The cor- j
me ju..eti uh uy iuu uanuHuxne iiuuium of tho wealthy, whose windows and Bidewalka were filled with great thronss. Tho broai t Kiroii'i'ifare .treU'luHl out into the country bcyoml tlie limits of tho city, and when the heal of the column cume within sight of file eemet rv, r. mile distant, the Indianapolis Light Art 11 rv began to fire minute gnns, which was continued until tho Learso fcpproaehed the grave. At (ho Tomb. Winding through it thick growth of Beach and rrinple trccf, the military-division came upon a. largo ojieu view, and. approaching the open p:rave on the Hendricks fxmily lot, which occupies he most commanding view in tu gronndfi, turmd to the left and then again to the righs, tlnollv complete ly enciroling the tract oi which the H.'udricks plat forms a part. Tlie most careful attention had been given to the matter of dtooration ut the eemeterv. Tite monument of the deceased statesman a ma!-s-ive and beautiful shaft of about thirty feet in beiqliJ, and built entirely of polished gray granite stands on probably the most attractive as well as commanding ground iu the inclosure. Immediately opposite is the exquisite chapel of the Cemetery Associf.t ion. while n little to the northwest is the burying grouiid of tho Indiana soldiery. In the midtit of this a tall flag-staff .bore a superb garrison ting at half-mast, and anotherof the same charaot er a- trained about the monument. Tlie latter was covered to a suitable extent with ssuilax and choice flowers, and about the two sides of the base, on the interior. were ferns and potted plants : u jreat profusion. Tho grave was closely wulled up witli mosses, smilax and cut tlowers. end the casket was seemingly deposited in a chamber of iorai beauty. A heavy marble vault, of size proportioned to that of the casket, was first placed in iosition, and. on tho deposit of the latter, received its cap slab of like material, and :his in turn was laden with flowers. The last 'limine of the sorrowing widow and monrnei-s thus snggejEted nothing of the unpleasant features of tho ordinary interment. About tt.e jrave wide tuats had been placed to protect the inmicdiate participants from tho dampness of the tnrf. and they also extended down the inilining sward to tho carriage-way. The grave of little Morgan, thj idolised sen and onlv child of the Vice President and his widow, lies immediately to the left of the resting place of his iibistrlous father, and on the west side of tho monument. The singular affes-
tion entertained for the little ono by his honore d parents i known as a household word in the communitv where they lived. The utmost care hud been taken by those iu charge of the matter to decorate the little one's grave and its unrro niding. W'hf n the hearse had halted near the lot, the cftrk -t wn lvrae to the grave. The veuert.bio liinhop Knickerbocker preceded it and read a few vt-r-; for tho dead, and after the lowering of tlie casket the Rev. Dr. Jeiiekes read the cornmittul services, the Bishop closing with pre yar and benediction. Only the widow and her supporters approached the grave, the remaining multitude standing oil, silent sp ctators. Distinguished Mourner. It i-. rarely that a public man iu this counter? hea boeu folloVed to his iaft resting place by imaiy distinguished men as attended the fune cal at the Vice President. Tlie Congressional coto-iii:tt:-os arrived early Tuesday morning. The Senate committee consisted of Senators . P. Edmund. W. B. Allison, J. h. Pngh. J. O. Harris, O. D. Conger. H. W. Mair, J. N. Dolph. -3. ti. Vest, .1. IS. Beck. J. 3'. Camden, '). B. Vance, .1. K. .tones, ind D. V. A'ota-hi-es. Tliev were accompanied by 3eu. Ausou i. MeCook and Cel. W. I'. Catioday. fit rgeatt-at-Arins. The Hoaso Committee consisted of William It. Morribi'ii. ,T. H. Blount, II. A. Herb&ft, V. Holman. XV. M. Springer, W. V. Hepburn, S. Jt. Varl. W. W. Phelps, J. J. Kleiner, Tboias Itvau, 1'. Dtmn They were accompanied by Kergeant-at-Arms Icedom. Besides the above distinguished gentlemen there were present Seen tarii s Bavard, Whitney, l'.aiunr. and Eudirott, and Postmaster General Vilas, of the Cabinet : Associate Justices Matthews and Blatchford representing the Supremo Court; ex-President Haves, (ten. W. T. Sherman, ex-Gov. B.Gratz Briiv.ii, e--Senator John B. Henderson aad Congressman O Keill, of Missouri ; ex-Mayor Fran' is, and a large nnmlier of other men of note from St. Louis ; Gov. Oglesbv, and many w ell-kno-.vn people from Springfield, 111. ; ex-Gov. Bishop, of Ohio; Gov. Hondl vand staff, of Ohto; Senator Pavne and party, Ohio ; the Mayors and members of the City Councils of fit Louis, Detroit, Cincinnati, and Chicago; Major General tichnneld, Major fiauford, H. Corning Jtuld, of Chicago; ex-Senator Urahsju X. Fitch, of Logansport; the Gondola Club, Toleco; the Americus Club, Peoria; P. Henrv DaiTO
Sim partv of twentv men, trom rcow York, the ' Jefferson Club. Dayton ; a delegation of twontv-flvo from Tammany Hall, aud others ; the Jackson Club, of Columbus, Oh o ; the Kvnnaville City Council ; the Jofferson Club, of Davton, Ohio; Senator T. W. Palmer, of Michigan; T.. 1. Thoman, ex-Civil Service Comlnissinner; Geoi-gu W. Geddes. of Ohio; Col. R, W. Thompson, of Terro Haute; ex-Secretory Wcsliburae. of Illinois ; Gov. Knott and staff, ol Kentucky ; Senator Bell Harrison and ex-Senawr Joseph E. McDonald and hundreds of otters of more or less note. Special trains were rmi into Indianapolis front every direction, to acccmiuodate the public, and thev were taxed to the utmost capacity. It is estimated that 30,000 strangers were in the city. Honors for the Dead. At Washington tho Supreme Court met on Monday, the itli ult. On the opening of the court Attorney General Garland made formal announcement of the death of the Vi. President, and, after paying a tender trilmto to his meuKr.'y. moved that the eeurt adjourn out of respect to tile deceased. Ci.ief Justice Wrtito responded, expressing regret at the SRd event, aud tsdjourned tlie court until Thursday, the Sd instTlic Indiana Bar Association met at Ii.litiihooKs, Judge Giesham presiding. A lengthy memorial was adopted and brief eulogistic addresses delivered bv distinguished members of the association. At South Bund, Ind., memorial services wore held in a large rink, which was completely packed. Business was generally suspended, and the services were participated in bv all classes, ltepitblieaus and Democrats alike. The ! w York Stock Exchaugo aud Boards of Trade iu nearly all tlie cities, tho departments at Washington, the departments in the various State capitals, and all tho postoffices were closed out of respect to the memory of tho deceased. Incidents of ili lny. B. Us were tolled during the afternoon in many of the cities of Virginia. President Cleveland sent an autograph lcfciier of condolence to Mrs. Hendricks. At Pittsburg and Allegheny tho day was generully observed. Tlie arsenal guard iired the three rei.'nlntu'ii Halntes. The Gniveston bar adopted resolutions of ro-spe.-t. All pntilir plare.s w ro closed and btiBiHesH -vvTirt iti'sp' U't-tl pelieritllv. Jiew York and Brooklyn v.crc dotted with luilf-mt-U.l ilugs. and the public oftices and x-;-ln nges were i losed most of tho day. 1I the edicts of the General Government at Wei liington were closed. It was like Sunday at he Wltiie House. The building was never so v. Hi dreped. t;t rt-ejuit-ui-.Vruis l.eedom, of tlie House ot iteorf sentr-tives, imd an i.ttackof vertigo and ..nsiaiiiel paiiiud injuries by falling on tho .h-irtli't e. Il.-iien.ipoji-i. " I';.!-iie ie-inesf u susiieiKle.) at lKs.n iu IteUimore. 'liie eii v bells were tolled. .Vlt uioriui ser iee : w i-e lield i.t the (Jruudtlp'ra ilouse. Judge Fisher was the orator. .'.iMonir the cities wbic!! closed olliees stul -.tisjtend. tl business at .noon wero: 1-hila-is-li-lin: ; tlsweo, N. V.; Montgomery, All.; i,!-n. 'N. Y.; I'ougbke 1 .ie, K Y'" ; Itieh-in-.iid. a. ; Troy. N. Y.. an.'. Atlantu, (iu. Throughout Now Kledaud the observant es wvi: vt.litl. Iu the lttlrfcr cities tlie tlove-ni-tm lit bluhlius m rt' aJ t 'l.setl, Hltti bells were t-'lie.l ut itioniiiic. niHtn and night. The munieimi iili . ol itttseli vv.re cb stl. (Ullei vtere iM---! iu lie iii!. er.l ai sunrise, iiotui, and ; H i-. '.. in Cliictict buxi- i Ms Wim H-ispeM-led ill tile ?''e.len:) otliei s. and ii) ih- city ball and court fi"-.:s '! ' et-lil-..- e..copt Jl;dt,v hlju'tb';?, Wi re is. il 1,1; ! tb - mufi-i.l: te. omit susp.iKled its i iii lit l-uti '11. liosfollice was elosetl at li: . j,. no iiftern'jolitleliveries were mcdo -eiei iotbe l:oo is. Ki.iuc .1 -tir-i ;i -o. lit the iiMieral tif tlie first ife "1 e Sf-ieiuir M- Donald. Miss Annie (iule, now Mr-. Doner, of Chi' sg", lit ieedin ! soprano nt fx. PsulV. sung "it nli of Ages' in a voice so "te"? i nd tourhiji ! ilist Mi. Hoiidrit-Us was
' ii.i ill;, iiileetod, aie. eftfl tile, sel vi'-t s, comi lii.: Mi.'.l tie-led an't u-ae the retpH st thiit if o .o-l.s-lti sb-iul 1 i.. tbe .nine -olo at bi. I t .' WI." n li- cniwl to tnl'ill t:: - i-.. .. . . nil 1- i I-- end- lllti v. drv v a-. , -'!' lit ; ii. I.e.'ie tbc i n.- it-limit uii-iitm -l ! er 1 by ii-mud i .-iiu. - ei .tin Hoi '. I-.-. I ' i i-.:-'1 i tie t 1.. mii:.i,iu,et., tho tit -j t. !:i--i', 'i'ii! vii.i hn;..Ii , iu,..!. , end the itee - . -r tl iiMin way vxauinit-oly reutierotl.
CommiRRioiiPr rolmau, of the Agrirul
tuinl Ilnreau, iu his nuuunl report, says the j year which opened iu gloom, threatening the (lpBttnction of winter erope by the k- I verity of ihe ieniperature, is oloRing with J bright prosperfa of nlmiitlmice for man nud ; lieast. protluopd at a cost which is not a j
burden to the producer and to be sold nt a pries which is not a barrier to the poor consumer. For many years, he says, it has become more and more apparent that one great need of the agricultural interests of the I'uited States is a better understanding and a more intimate relation between the several agricultural and experiment stations, and a more practical' co-operation between these inBlitutious and the Department of Agriculture. These eolleges were endowed by Congress. They are now separately carrying on experiments at an expenfte of time and means, and yet without any central head through which to report and compare results with each other. He snbmits that the department should have full authority and ample means to avail itself of the peculiar advantages offered by those endowed institutions in order to test, in a manner aud on a sealo sufficient to determine all questionable points, the adaptability of new and rare seeds to the various sections of our country. Of the Bureau of Animal Industry he eays: "The law establishing the bureau does cot authorize the slaughter of animnls affected with contagions diseases, and it- is impossible for the department to maintain under it an efiVetual (iitarnntiue. The , characteristics of pleuro-pnenmonia make it a difficult disease to extirpate except by the slaughter of all affected animals and the slaughter or quarantine of all that have been exposed." He describes the serious effect upon our foreign trade in live stock resulting from the existence of contagious diseases among cattle, sheep and swine, and says that the restrictions upon our interstate commerce from the same Cause have been a very great burden, and that the restriction in value of cattle in the affected States has been enormous. Of the work of the Division of Chemistry he says: "The investigation of the influence of climate, and soil in the composition of eerealslias progressed far enough to scieutiiically determiuo what parts of tho country produce the best cereals." The experiments are described which were undertaken with a purpose to check the present enormous waste of sugar, fully one-half, in the milling process, and with highly gratifying results. The division has also begrai an important series of investigations upon food adulteration. The work has so far been chiefly with butter and hocey, but it is proposed to extend it until uniform methods of examination and standards of comparison are established. In the Entomological Division the work has greatly increased during the year, and Prof. Kilty considers that under conditions the most favorable to grasshopper increase the injury can u-ver be as widespread as it has been in the past, owing to the advance and increase in setllemenl in the Northwest. The annual report of ilr. Dodge, the statistician of flic department, for the present year, contains, the Commissioner says, a review of the course of agricultural production during fifteen years, which shows an estimated increase in com of ;i7,(M!0.000 acres, or 80 per cent.; iu oats, of 13,000,1)0(1 acres, or 112 per cent.; iu all cereals taken together. C7,lKiu.iit!0 acres, or 97 per cent. The eulargewcul of the wheat area was extraordinary dtu-ing tho period of partial failure of the crops of Western Europe; the extension of the breadth in maize was aided by the reserve of the foreign trade iu be eves aud fresh meats aud by the sudden enlargement of exports of -pork products induced by the cheapness of corn, and (he cultivation of oats has received special impetus from the seeding of rust-pit of varieties in the South and from the necessity of lets heating feed for horses than a too exclusive maize ration. The increase from (iil.OOO,000 acres of cereals in 1870 a breadth nearly equal to the .superficial area of Missouri and Ohio to lWi.OOO.OOO acres, an increase of li7.OOU.000 acres since 1S70, means the seeding and harvesting of an additional area equal tti tho entire surface of Iowa und North Caiv-litm. The neinge estimated product of the
principal food crops of ihe last liveyeatsis compart d with the average of the ten years preceding, from 1H70 to IS7il. inclusive, showing an enormous annual increase in the aggregate as well as per acre. The average yield of corn per acre has Iiet.ui3.il bushels, against 27.1 for the preceding period: the average value has therefore been higher. 11.7 cents per bushel, instead of 4-J.t, aud the average value of nn acre 10.07 instead of SIl.iH. The average yields of wheat in the two periods are nearly identical, 12.3 and 12.4 bushels, respectively, but the price has averaged 90.1 cents instead of 104.9, the demand not being equal lo the supply. There is perhaps, no subject in w hich the department can be used to greater benefit than in ifs attention to forestry iuteresls; and, considering tbe vast importance to the nation of a proper investigation of the subject, no branch has been more poorly endowed by Congress. Efforts should be made at- once to mouse and enlighten the people to the dangers which threaten through Ihe destruction of the forests. ' Arbor days'" should lie- instituted in all the States, the science of forestry should be taught in schools, and the oi-ganization of local and State forestry societies should be encouraged. The Commissioner concludes his report with reference to the usefulness and growing importance of the department. THE PENSION BUREAU.
Nearly Forty Million Dollars Disbursed for Pensions During: the Past Year, The annual report of Oen. John C. Black, Commissioner of Pensions, for the year ending Juno 30, 1886, shows that there were at the close of the year 345,125 pensioners. During the year there were added 3a,7(!7 new names and 1,835 reinstatements. During the same period the names of 15,233 pensioners were dropped from tho roll for various causes, leaving a net increase of 22,300. The average annual value of each pension at the close of Ihe year is shown to bo 3110.36, and the aggregate annual value of all pensions is $38,0iM),985 an increase oior like value for the previous year of $3,0:14,084. The amount paid for pensions during the year is 801,978,435, an increase in amount over the previous year of S8,0ti'.l,o38. Tho amount paid to 37,839 new pensioners during the year upon first payments was !27.115.SU2, and there remained in thoiiands of tho several pension agents 8.1,077 of this class uupaid, on which there was due 2,2 1:1,507. It is shown that 5.15.038 claims have beeu filed on account of disability aud .'KI5,295 on nceounl of death alleged to be due to causes originating in tho sorvice, claims for this latter class having been filed by the widow, minor children, or dependent relatives of tbe soldier. Of the invalid claims 300,204, and of the widows aud dependent relatives 220,825, a total of 521,029 claims on .icounnt of disability and death, have been allowed. The acts of 1871 and 1878 provided for a pension on fit-count of service dtu-ing the w.ir of 1812. Since 1871, 78,500 claims of this class have boon filed 34,673 by
the surviving soldiers and sailors and 43.823 by lheidows of (hose who served :u the wur. Of this uuiuber (war of l12) 5!t,8(!8 have b -en allowed 25.676 to the siirvivnn and :ii1,l!2 lo the widows. In the aggregate, since 1801, 8,H40 claims iiave bet n tiled, uinl 580,H!r7 have been allowed. The amount paid for pensions since 18K1 is S744.010,5l. Out of all army invalid claims filtd prior to .July 1. 1880, a little more than 00 per cent. Uivo been allowed, and nt the close of the present year ihf re remained pending of this class 73,415 claims. Tho Commission!-r suggests that an increased pension sl.onld-be given in cases of loial deafi:ess and in th.ise cases which iu lesser degrees approximate total deafness, a id recommends t. rating of $30 for tola! deafness and p oit-lionate ratings for ii-sser degrees t f this trouble. He nleo sitggesis that th- benefits of the act of' March 3, J8. be extended r.o soldiers and sailors who. while in the Hue of duly, lost ;iu arm above the elbow joint Or a leg above the knee joint, and who iu consequence thereof have been substantially disabled to the same degree as though amputation had been performed at the shoulder or hij) joint. Gen. Black oalls attention to the widespread feeling that the limitation impose! by section 2 of the act of March 30, 1S79, is unjust in its operations. If a soldie:-was entitl?d to a pension at any time prior to the first day of Inly, 1880, no good reason is known to exist why he should not now be allowed to make proof thereof. Regarding fraudulent and illegal claims, the Commissioner says extended inquiries are being prosecuted with a view io purjing the pension rolls of the various agencies of the names of those fraudulently and illegally borne thereon, and great success is attending the work. At the same time the greatest care is exercised cot lo disturb the rights of any worthy pensioner.
CARRYING THE MAILS.
THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS. ateport on the Foreign Commerce of tbc Country for tln Yer 1883. Col. YV. F. Switzler, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, in his annual report on foreign commerce, gives an analysis of our foreign trade, and, among other things, shows the magnitude of our commerce as compared with th commerce .of all other countries; the growth of our exports of products of agriculture, of manufactures, of mining, etc.; the condition of the imports and ths carrying trade of the country, and other facts of interest. The report says the total value of our foreign commerce in merchandise, including the iu-iiansit trade, during the rear 1885 was $1,188,588,1(55, of which the value of th-3 exj oits was $742,000,000. of i he imports $57'r,(K)0,OUO, and of the inrrnusit and transshipment trade, $08,0(10,000. The invwts and exports of gold :vud silver coin arid bullion during the same period amounted to $85,332,000, of which he value of the sports was $42,000,000, md of the imports i?43,000,000. The value of our foreign cc mmerce in merchandise, including the in -transit trade, during the preceding rlscnl year was $1,481,840,086. showing a falling off in our foreign trade during the last fi seal year of $93,251,921. It appears that in the value of foreign commerce the Vnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Stan Is first, Germany second, France third, and the United States fourth. The total value ol the foreign trade in merchandise of the nations during the year 1883 was as follows: Of the United Kingdom, $3,503,877. J70; Germauv, $2,450,128,745; France. !j:2,033,885,544; the United States, $1.547,021 ,316. The most notable features of our foreign trade during tho last fiscal year- as compared with the trade of VsiH. was a decrease in tlie imports of merchandise of J'JO.OOO.OOO, aud a falHiiK off in ihe exports of gold of 32,000.000. The report shows in detail the countries and the articles in which the decline in imports of merchandise occurred. The decrease occul ted mainly in the valnes of imports of sugar ami molasses, silks, wool, and uianufacturrs of silk and wool, and iron and seel. and manufacture! s of iroi and steel. Among the exports of our manufactured products which show the most rapid developments sine-1806 are agricultural implements, clocks .tin! witches, manufactures t.f cotton, mnmilactures of iron and steel, including locomotives, sewing-machines, tools and hardware. (Jreat Britain not only takes about 60 per cent: of our agricultural f.ntl nnninnufnctured products, but also a lorgi r share, amounting to twenty-sevt-n per cent., .if onr manufactures than do Central America, the West Indies, and South America e- nibiued. Colonel Switzler says there has Iwen. since I860, a very marked decline in the percentage of imports of manufactured articles, and a corresponding inert use in the percentage of imports nf crude or partinJly-manutACtured articles. This i- a siguiheaut fact, chownig a steady g-owth in the demand for crude art idea to 'je manufactured, at hoiue. SAYltWS BANK DEPOSITS.
Interesting Flgnivs from Comptroller Canlicn's Report. An appendix to the repoit of the Comptroller of the Cuireuey contains the following table by states of Ihe aggregate deposits of savings banks, with tho number of their depositors and the average amount due to each in 1881 and 1885:
N imber of depositors. . . ltil,ft!3
105,08)
Slates. Maine, 1H.
18W-.". Sew Hampshire, 1SSH lssi-5 Vermont, lURI .... iest-5 Mass a c nusette, nm 1HSI llhodolslcnd, lfi!) 166 1-3 Connecticut, 1SS!. 1SS1 -5
New York, 1SSS. . . 1 1 17..W3
lBSl-i. V-J-iS.Vel Now Jorsov, 188& DS,7(10
ISSt-5 Pennsylvania, 18t 18!-'i JIarvland, isss.. . iss:-5 Dist -let of Columbia. 188.1 1881.) Ohio, 1883 I6W-SS Indiana, IBS) W8M Minnesota, I88i-, California, 1888. . . 1881-5
117.317 lil.iMJ P8,.TM ,-- 1 8Vi,010 831.008 11.483 113,75a Jiti,052
S7..150 130,181 1 tt.!S 77,212 f,l01 0.180 fi.735 -H,w:t :M,a Hl.IJX "O.102 11,753 '!US9 82,J00
Amount of deposits. S;U,H71,8( .H,9i:i,8S
lit 91,597 .1S,S'7,So8 .11.061,050 11,113,85 2.14.807,393 27-J,7s,H7 .10.147,836 id ,079,101 88,088,381 !k),H,03S Ml.nso.OIO m, 107,507 :g,$,498 W,Aa,917 :U.031,15i as.iKK.eOO '2S,S3C,934 iUMses.oes 022,904 731,73.1 12,iW9,606 ;l:!,KU5,008 2,108,118 i,171,tW9 :i,ia9a) ., 164,720 1S8.9,903
Average to each. SSOS.I0 311.14
358.77 .inua 1-8A73 SSS5.S7 3111 318.'HS 116.07 U4.'29 357.18 359.J3 375.M 375.W 298.93 274.94 201.01 a;o.u 367.00 367.00 100.70 108.46 373.33 361.81 230.91 2.10.91 271.92 788.79 718.83
Total, 1883. 1884-5
I-,915,151 S1.078.20i,9S5 S355.96 ! ,071,195 l,OM,17i,U7 869.56
'Estimated. SEWND-CU SS POSTAGE. 1'ointN from Blr. Hnien's Report; The report of A. D. Hasten, Third Assistant Postmaster General, shows that tiie reduction in postage on second-class matter has, thus fur at 1-ast, not led to an abnormal increase in the volume of matter committed to the mails. The following is the report for iho office at Chicago: "For the quarter ended September 30, 1885, increase 21.1 per cent.; for month ended October 31, decrease 3.5 per cent.; total for four months ended October 31, increase 17.5 per sent.; for year 1885 over 1884, increase 10.02 per cent.; for 1884 over 1KH3, increase t!4.5 per cent.; for 1883 over 1882, decreast 8 per cent.; for 1882 over 1881. increase 10.8 per cent.; and for 1881 over 1880. ineuaso 21.2 per cent. Average annual mt tease for five years from July 1. 1880, to Juno 30, 1885, 12.01 per cent. For the ft mi mouths ended October 31, 1885, the iiicieuse over the average of the year ended Jane 30, 1885, was 16.5 per cent., and over the average of the year ended lune 30, 1881, it was 35.2 per cent. For the mouth of October, 1885, there was a decrease of 27. 3 per cent, as compared to the avei age ol tie quarter ended September 30, INK.",, mid also a decrease of 9.2 per cent, as compared to tho average of the year etidctl J mit 30,1885. There was au imrcast nf .".ii per i out. for the month o October, 1885. as compared to Ut average of tho jear ended me 30, lUHt."
The Fotitm arty General' Annul Soport of the Operations of Hit Department
Expenditures and Revennes-TJie Controversy with the Steamship Companies.
The annual report of the Postmaster General shows that the total revenuo of th Postoffice Department during tfte last fiscal year was $42,560,843, and the- total expenditures $49,602,188, leaving a cash deficiency of $7,011,345, or. with the amount credited Pacific Railroads, a total deficiency of " 18,381,671. This difference is due, first, io
tie decrease of the revenves, which amount
in total only to $2,947,848; and, secondly, to aa increase of the expenditures to th extent of $6,466,955, of .which' 6,049,439 have been in the cash disbursement and $424,016 in the cost of ti-arispoiialiaii upon tho Pacific Itailroads. Chiefly the decrease of revenue has resulted from th J diminishment in the rate of letter postage from 3 te 2 cents upon the half-ounce, which was the unit of weight during the period, while the increasi of expenditures has arisen piinci. pally from the natural increase of mails to be carried and the natural extension of tho service, although other cases have contributed something to both effects.' It is thought that a return of business prosperity will secure a surplus during the ensuing year. The principal results of the increase of . the unit of weight of first-class matter, from a half -ounce to an ounce, are a general increase in the use of the mails, some -decrease of the proportiora of letters weighing less than half -ounce, a striking increase of those weighing more than a baifounce, and some tendency to mail, mom than formerly, sealed parcels instead of unsealed. The loss of revenue for tho vear from this cause is estimated at $800,000. The reduction of the rate from 'J cents to 1 cent per pound on secondclass uutfter strikes off ono-half the revenuo from this: source, and, so far, there is no indication of any marked increase in the quantity of such matter to compensate the loss. The special delivery system has met with publio favor, and, the Postmaster General says, probably should be extended to all offices and to all kinds of mail matter. It is suggested that postqiasters and their clerks at small offices be authorized to deliver such letters. The breach between the department ami the American steamship lines is taken up. After citing tlie provisions of the act of March 3, 1885, which authorise the Postmaster General to enter into contracts for the tranf portatiou of foreign mails, after legal advertisement, with the lowest responsible bidder, at a rate not exceeding 5J cents a nautical mile on the trip each way actually traveled between the terminal points, provided that the mails so contracted should be carried on American steamships, ard that the aggregate of such contracts should not exceed one-half the sum of $800,000 appropriated, the report shows that only the routes between New York and Havana and between San Francisco and Japan and China axe navigated by more than one American corapany: and, therefore, it' was idle to advertise for a competition which could not be had. The report shows the difficulty of adopting the many plans suggested for securing legitimate competition for the carrying of the mails. The "Postmaster Cteneral did not consider the adop- . tion of the mileage contract plan compnisory, and declined to make such contracts during the recess of Congress. It was thought best fo send the mails by the swiftest ships covering tlie desired, routes using sometimes the vessels of one line and sometimes of another, as they were available. It was held by the department, after thorough investigation, that the rate of sesv postage, 4J cents per pound for papers and 43 cents per pound for letiirs, was apropor remuneration for the service of (MrrryingttA mails, bat the desirability of showing the friendliness of the Government to American lines was deemed sufficient warrant for extending to them the full inland and R rate. The Postmaster General says that, in declining to make yearly contracts, he dais not rentier n decision as to the policy of subsidizing American steamship oompantec He savs Much has been said about employing the postal appropriation to aid American oommerca. When Congress shall desire to invest the Post' office Department with care for that object It con not be doubted it will easily taooe- languagewhich will plainly convey the purpose . and impc-so the duty. Until then, that department can not rightfully employ the moneys appropriated for the postal ss-rvico to neann objects not intrusted to its care, however meiitorious in themselves. It mo be properly furtter observed of this teat during manv years the practice of granting pecuniary aid to American lines was pursued at sc gree,t a cost and to so little advantagotthU it w long since wholly abandoned ; that, wheal followtd, Congress had directed it, and if Jthli body det igned its renewal, presumably it wooki again ha-, o declared tho purpose. The stetmsbip companies running to the south and tt, Asia rejected the offer of sea and inland pcstag and after Aug. 1 refused to carry mails except ' foreign countries with wWoh they had contracts. This caused much annoyance to tho tlepc.rtment. but very litae incoavonionc? to the pnhlio. Between Xcw Yoik and Havana the service ia stated now to be thr.ie times a week instead of two, as formerly, and irittin ft short time it is expected to lie lessened in time to about sev-entv-four hours, a gain of a day sod half 0bt the-'time of steamers. The Austral-am mail ho-s not been specially interrupted, ucd anew compituy has undertaken the service under contract with New Zealand tor threo years. . . . Some delays and inconveniences have arisen botween Xow York and Colon, San Francisco and Japan and China, and to tho vest coast of Mexico, by the refusal of tho Ifaciflo Moil. Company, and some between New York and Venazuela br the like action of -the Bed D COHwanr. Except these, all the foreign malls are mtsported either In tho same manner or a netsar than dtu-ing the last year. Early action by Congress is very desirable lo provide suoh means as it shall deem appropriate to relieve the inconvenience sustained on the routes indicated. The department we nizes its obligation to tho business men of tlie conutry, who have forborne complaint, with o-t few exceptions, rather than manifest a willingness to see the Government compelled to a course widen, upon careful consideration, had been decided inexpedient and unwise to be pursued. They are entitled to the earliest practicable relief which can bo given. Tho revenue for tho next fiscal year is estimated at $47,500,000, and the expenditures are estimated at fS5,000,000. , Of the 178 cities where the carrier system is m operation, only seventeen realised more local postage than the expense of the service The surplus at New York wwi $1,131,590, at Chicago $154,000, at Philadelphia 1292.000. MCARAtiUA CANAL. Encincer Menaeal'a Report Upon tfca Proposal Oitoh. Tho report of Civil Engineer Slenoctil, TJ. S. N., upon the Nicaragnan Canalroute, recently surveyed by a party of which he was the head, is an interesting document. The expedition sailed frpm Ntiw York Dec. 30, 1884, and arrived nt the scene ol' operations Jan. S3, 168S. The proposed route extends from the harbor of Greytown, on the Caribbean Sea, to Brito, on the Pacific. Its total length is 16&8 miles, of which 38.98 miles will he exe--vated canal, and 130.82 miles navigation by Lake Nicaragua, the river San Juan, the basin of the river Sun Fraucisoo, and seven locks. Lake Nicaragua ia. about ninety wiles long and forty wide, and will be connected with the Pacific by a canal and with tho Atlantic by lac&. water navigation in the river Sttn Juan, by a short section of canal, from the" river San Juan to the basin of tho river San Francisco, by the slackwater navigation through tho basin and by a canal thence to the Caribbean Sea. The report describes minutely the engineering features of tho three divisions into which U bUB boon out. -,--'