Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1885 — Page 2

Wje gemocratitSentinel, I —■ • RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. w. McEWEN, - - - PUBLISHER

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the Week. EASTERN. *The Mayor of Dover, N. H., notified the Salvation Army that It must not parade with music. Captain Thompson defies all earthly power, and has sent to Maine for soldiers. The Mayor has given the police a quiet hint that some funerals are desirable. T. "W. Clark, member of a banking firm in Boston, is missing, and is supposed to be sojourning across the border. His shortages are placed at about $13,000. In a row in O'Donovan Bossa’e'office at New York, Richard Short, a butcher employed at the Chicago Stock Yards, fatally stabbed Thomas Phelan, who is said to be Superintendent of the Kansas City Workhouse. Before being taken to the hospital Phelan fired two shots at Short, wounding him in the thigh.

Operations have been resumed by the National Tube Works at McKeesport, Pa. The works give employment to 2,503 men. The steam-tug Dougherty exploded her boiler, near Elizabeth, Pa., killing two men and scalding three others. The smokestack was blown over a hill two hundred feet high. The Farmers’ Bank of Elizabethtown, Pa., closed its doors. The liabilities are SBO,000, and the depositors are likely to lose heavily. The publication of the daily edition of the New York S'ar has been discontinued, owing to the “phenomenal condition of affairs now prevailing in newspaper circles.” The latest report regarding Gen. Grant is that he is suffering from a swelling of the tongue that threatens to develop into a cancer. It will be remembered that the late Senator Hill, of Georgia, suffered from this terrible malady.

W. H. Vanderbilt, having yielded to the request of Gen. Grant, bought in all the real estate, war relics and works of art mortgaged to him by the General, and presented the entire list to Mrs. Grant, with the condition that on the death of the General all articles of historical value shall become the property of the nation, to be in preservation at Washington.

WESTERN.

Mrs. Funston, residing near Galena, Illinois, was stricken with paralysis while buttoning a child’s shoe. She speedily roeovered, with the exception of her tongue, which she is unable to use in conversation. High warm winds have dissipated the snow on the Wyoming ranges, ana cattle arq now reported in a satisfactory condition. Angus (Iowa) dispatch: “The striking miners started a riot here, and drove all tbe miners at work out of town, beating and kicking them badly. One man at Keystone Mine No. 2 defended himself and was killed, and six others are reported sorious'y wounded.” The commissioners sent from Washington to the Central and South American States in the interest of commerce, report to the President that there should be regular (direct communication by steam, and reciprocal concessions in tariff duties. The recommendation is made that the Government establish an executive department, similar to the Board of Trade in England, to have the management of our foreign commerce.

Sioux City telegram: “Mr. Summerville returned from a hunt southwest of Valentine, Neb., and reports that lour hunters perished In the storm of the 30th ult., between Johnstown and the Dismal Hirer branch of tho Middle Loup. A man who arjlved here from Running Water brings news confirming the report of the freezing to death of seven men on the Niobrara River road. In Nebraska. Two of them were found Bitting in a buggy, frozen stiff, the horse having reached a station with his silent drivers.” The extensive iron works of Stoverlug & Fleming, on the Hate at Cleveland, i were destroyed by fire. The Denver Chamber of Commerce invites all friendly to the unlimited coinage of silver to meet in national convention in that city on Jan. 23. Sioux City, lowa was visited by a destructive conflagration. Two blocks, embracing numerous stores and offices, were wiped out. The loss is placed at $lO 0,000. Eleven persons drank coffee at the house of Mr. Van Fossen of East Liverpool, Ohio. Mr. Van Fossen died, and a dozen others were rendered dangerously 111. A package of rat-poison was found at the bottom of the coffee-pot. The convention of the Ohio coal miners indorsed Gov. Hoadly’s policy In not calling out troops to be sent Into the Hocking Valley. Four hundred Oklahoma boomers are encamped at Stillwater, Indian Territory, well armed and provisioned. W. S. Couch, their leader, sends word that th*y will fight until overpowered. Enoch W. Eastman, formerly Lieutenant Governor of lowa, author of the penal features of the prohibitory liquor law, died at Eldora, lowa. Mormon missionaries have gone to Mexico to negotiate for a rendezvous for Mormons liable to prosecution under the Edmunds law. Herman J. Mack, prominent in Jewish circles In Cincinnati, was found dead, hanging among the flies of* the stage of the Allemania Building. The jury in the Crouch murder trial at Jackson, Mich., after a consultation of three-hours, acquitted Daniel Holcomb. A boa-aonstrictor, eighteen feet long, M said to have been found at Fisher Station, Indiana, frozen Into a solid knot. In the Northwestern lumber region last year the total cut was 2,534,208,361 feet of lumber, 1,059,354,300 shingles, and 630,090,700 laths.

SOUTHERN.

An earthquake shook was felt in the southern portion of, Frederick County, Willie Phillips and his cousin, both

15 years old, went hunting at Buckhannon, W. Va. Willie killed his comrade by accident, and then committed suicide. A Baltimore journal shows that during the past year there were organized in the Southern States no less than 1,865 manufacturing enterprises, with an aggregate capital of >105,000,000. A number of Kentucky cattle recently exposed to pleuro-pneumonla have been shipped to Texas through the negligence of a Government inspector. A human jawbone of great size, full of sound teeth, and other human bines were found at a depth of sixty feet in a limestone quarry near Centersville, Sa. Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, the famous litigant, died in New Orleans, last week, aged 80. Fire consumed the Louisville and Nashville depot at Nashville, Tenn. Unck’s Hotel was damaged. The loss is estimated at SIOO,OOO.

WASHINGTON.

The committee on Inauguration, says a Washington dispatch, expect 100,000 people in the city March 4. Col. L. P. Wright of Chicago is Chairman of the Committee on Public Comfort. He has already oeen compelled to visit Alexandria in search of quarters. Arrangements are to be made for reduced fare with the railroads.

Secretary McCulloch believes the business depression has touched bottom. A special dispatch from Washington to the Chicago Tribune say si “Secretary McCulloch states that he has been misrepresented in reference to the business depression. The Secretary says he has not expressed the opinion that greater depression is to be expected. On the contrary, he thinks that every indication points to better times unless Congress is guilty of some grave error. In reference to the revenues, he does not think that the increase of the debt in November and December can be repeated. The revenues for January will be greater thifn for either of the preceding months, and February will donbtless show a more pronounced improvement. The change for the better in the revenues, as in the business of the country, will be very gradual, and will probably date from the Ist of January, when the depression reached its worst. The agitation of the silver question, and long delay and uncertainty as to the course to be pursued, would lead to a hoarding of gold that would soon make its ill effects very apparent.”

Statistics o£ the year confirm the expectation of the Postoffice Department concerning the effect of the reduction in letter postage and indicate that the service will soon be on a paying basis. One result of the reduction has been a large decrease in the use of postal-cards. But little progress seems to bane been made by the Senate committee in its investigation of the leases of Indian lands. Senators Vest and Ingalls appear to have lost interest in tbe matter.

Congressmen manifest a disposition to settle the Oklahoma question finally, either by opening the country or by adopting some effective measures to keep people from going there. A party of Senators called upon President Arthur the other day to obtain his views upon the subject. Mr. Arthur said that, in his opinion, it was right that intruders should be kept our of the Indian country by force of arms if necessary. Oklahoma was a small tract of a few hundred thousand acres, surrounded on all sides by Indian reservations. There was no civil law there, and collisions would almost inevitably occur between the Indians and whites. If the tract was to be opened to settlement the way should be prepared by the enactment of proper laws.

The Secretary of War will not order a court-martial for the trial of Lieut. Garlington on the charges preferred by GenHazen The Texas Congressional delegation are asking for an appropriation of $7,000,000 for tho Galveston harbor, which they propose to Improve under the plan submitted by Capt. Bads. According to the annual estimate made by Director Burchard of the United States Mint the total amount of gold coin in circulation In the United States is $563,213,578. Tho total amount of silver coin is $261,100,099. The total net increase of silver and gold coin is estimated at $18,290,764. The amount of gold used in tho arts is placed at $4,875,000. An effort will be made by the Executive Committee on Improvement of Western Waters to induce Congress to appropriate $5,000,000 for the Mississippi River instead of the less than $3,000,000 proposed. The committee consists of representatives of various commercial organizations Interested in tho improvement of Western wnterways.

POLITICAL.

A large number of State Legislatures convened during tbc week. At Albany the New York Assembly organized by electing George Z. Erwin, the Hepubliean nominee, for Speaker. Gov. Cleveland sent in bis resignation, Lieut. Gov. Hill becoming Governor. Iho Nebraska Legislature convened at Lincoln. Church Howo was elected President of the Senate and A. W. Field Speaker of Ibo House. At Lansing, the Michigan Senate elected T. It. Belknap President pro tern. The House chose Newcomb Clark as speaker. Six oolored mon from Detroit were appointed assistant Janitors. Organization of the Massachusetts Legislature was effected by the selection of Mr. PiUsbury as President of the Senate, and J. Q. A. Brackett as Bpeaker. The Colorado Legislature organized at Denver by tho soleotlon of James Moynahan as presiding officer of the Senate, and Thomas B. Stuart as Speaker of the House. W. Edgar Slmonds was chosen Speaker of the Connecticut House. E. T. Boykin was elected President of the North Carolina Senate, and Thomas M. Holt was oalled to tbo Speaker's chair In tho House. In the Maine Legislature, William P. Pennell was chosen to preside over tbo Sonata and Charles Hamlin was Intrusted with the Speaker’s gavel. The Legislatures of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Mlsssourl, Ohio, and Mianesota also met and organized. The Governor of Ohio In his message, renews his reoommendatlon that in Presidential years the election of State and county officers be held In November. At St Paul, the message of the Governor of Minnesota was listened to by Alexander Ramsey, a Territorial Governor, and General Sibley, the first person elected Governor of that rising State.

Chairman Barnnm of the National Democratic Committee says that Mr. Whitney of New York oan have any place he wants in Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet

Gen. Jackson’s day was celebrated by Democratic banquets at Washington, Boston, Columbus, and Des Moines. The Legislature of Connecticut balloted for State officers, electing the itopblican nominees of November, beaded by Henry B. Harrison for Governor. The Democrats of the Missouri Legislature in caucus at Jefferson <lty nominated George G. Vest for re-election as United States Senator without opposition. At a meeting of the National Committee of the Prohibition party in New York resolutions were adopted thanking St. John and Daniel for their “able services, rendered without compensation.” The attacks upon St. John's character were condemned. A caucus of Republicans in the Nevada Legislature nominated the Hon. John P. Jones for re-election to the United States Senate. A negro in Franklin County, Mississippi, blew out the brains of one of a party of bulldozers who came to maltreat him, and the Coroner's jury declared that it was justiflab o homicide.

The sale of the Wall Street News has been prohibited on the New York elevated railroads because of the dissemination of false news affecting the stock market. The Democratic Senators caucused at Washington and agreed to adopt a “donothing ” policy as to foreign treaties, the object being, as far as possible, to prevent the possibility of complicating or embarrassing the incoming administration.

Ex-Senator McDonald and Col. Vilas, of Wisconsin, are both considered pretty sure of places in the Cabinet. The former is said to prefer the War Department, while the latter is generally mentioned in connection with either the Postoffioo or Interior Department. Bayard is said to be off the slate. Many or his friends are under the impression that he will prefer to remain tn the Senate.

MISCELLANEOUS. There were 448 failures in the United States reported to BrMlttrezl’g during the week, against 366 in the preceding week, and 345, 342, and 203 in the corresponding weeks of 1884, 1883, and 188'2, respectively. About 81 per cent, were those of small traders whose cap tai was loss than 85,000. In the principal trades they wore as follows: General stores, 74: grocers, 5’3; hardware and agricultural implements, 32; dry-goods, 29; clothing, 29; jewelry, 20; shoes, 20; liquors, 19; furniture, 15; fancy goods, 13; grain and millers, 13; bakers and confectioners, 12; drugs, 12; paper, books, printers, eto., 12; manufacturers, 9; produce and provisions, 9; crockery, 8; tobacco and cigars, 7; carriages and wagons, 6; hotels and restaurants, 6; men’s furnishing goods, 5; hats, 5; lumber, 5; millinery, 5; music and instruments, 4; harness, 4; banks, 3; coal, 3. Special telegrams to Bradstreet’s from leading business centers throughout the United States contain, in many instances, evidence of an improved feeling in commercial oirc es. There is if any basis, for this, so far as learned, and it is undoubtedly due to the advanoe in the price of wheat, which now appears to have shown sufficient strength to prevent reaction to the point where the rush upward began. The starting of iron-works at several cities has also stimulated a better feeling. The dry-goods market at the larger distributing centers is firmly held, and there is some activity reported. The general sltuat on is still far far from satisfactory, although renewed purchases in a few lines suggest to those most interested the likelihood of a material improvement in the sprang demand. The Diaz administration has swept the unpopular stamp law off the statute books of Mexico. Retail dealers can now draw their wallets and pay taxes a year in advance on the estimated amount of their sales.

Lack of confidence in the commercial houses of Buenos Ayres brought about a demand for drafts on Europe which could not be filled by the banks, and a run ensued which has paralyzed general business. Gen. Sherman, in a letter to the Secretary of War, reiterates his charges against Jeff Davis. It is proposed, at Cincinnati, to organize tho American-Irish Parliamentary Club, the objoctof which is to raise funds for the payment of salaries of Irishumembers ot Parliament. The plan is to have 20,06 J members pay $5 annually. Improved prospects of the iron trado and the expected movement of large quantities of grain in the West have strengthened the American market on the London Stock Exchange. Duncan C. Boss, the athlete, has disposed of his saloon in Cleveland and applied for admission to a theological seminary at Toronto, with the intention of entering the ministry. The death of his wi.e brought about the change. Clearing-house receipts at the principal cities of the United States last week show a decrease, as compared with the corresponding week of 1883, of 24.9 per cent. The decrease in New York is 33 per cent. In Chicago the increase is 17.9 per cent.

FOREIGN.

Two brothers, Norbert and Charters Bnlleucb, officers of the Paris police, forced an entrance into tho editorial rooms of the Cri du Pmple, armed with swords, and attacked one of the editors, M. Duo. The latter, though severely wounded, defended himself with 9 revolver, shooting one of the brothers fatally. ‘ The Anamite troops have revolted, killed the French guards, and dispersed to join the pirates. Prince Albert Victor, the elder son of tho Prince of Wales, came of age on tho Bth Inst. Tho ooooskm was oolebrated In England with great rejoicings. The American delegates to the Congo Conference at Berlin hnvo declared that tho United States has no intention of assuming responsibility for the execution of tho resolutions of the confercnoe. Oholera and typhoid fever are reported as raging in tho Tonquin delta. Information has been Teoeived by the London poiloe that simultaneous attempts are to be made by dynamiters tc blow up the Holborn Viaduct and the Mansion House railway station. ' Orders have been issued by the British Government for tho immediate construction of tlx new cruisers. A messenger reached Khartoum Dec. 27 with a letter from Woiseley to Gordon, but on tho return trip vu captured and

robbed of all hte papers except a note announcing the safety of the garrison. Jtn amusing counter-demonstration w.as made in Dublin at a meeting held to advocate the closing of public bouses Sunday. A considerable number of those present were opposed to Sunday closing. These persons were aM provided with pocket whisky-flasks, and, white applauding each point made by the speakers, raised the flasks repeatedly to their lips. The moral conveyed was that the closing of the public houses would lead to private tippling. The constables refused to eject the whisky-drinkers.

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

In the Federal Court at Chicago, "W. F. Hartzmann, formerly an engineer on the Fort Wayne Hoad, was awarded SB,CO J damages for having a leg crushed at the roundhouse through the carelessness of the comptny. During the last year 320,800 steerage passengers and 53,500 cabin passengers land;d in New York City. Clearing-house exchanges last week —5771,486,206 —were $6,447,738 less than for the previous week, and, as compare! with the corresponding week in 1881, show a reduction of $270,111,551. Gen. Grant’s physician states that the former has stopped smoking, because of irritation of the tongue. He is unable to walk without the aid of a crutch, but there is nothing to justify the rumor that he is seriously 111. He is engaged for several hours daily in literary work.

Senator Hawley’s resolution, calling for Gen. Sherman’s historical statement filed in the War Department, was taken up in the Senate on the 12th Inst, and led to a prolonged and animated debate. Mr. Harris asked Mr. Hawley whether there was anything in the papers tiled in the War Department by Gen. Sherman in relation to the personal controversy between himself and Jefferson Davis which required the action o< the Senate. Mr. Hawley replied that the documents werejan interesting contribution to history, and could not be published in the war of the rebellion record for some years to come. Mr. Vest regretted the introduction of the resolution, not as an ex-Confederate, but because it made the Senate a party to a personal controversy. He said: “Is it right, is it fair, is it manly, when Mr. Davis cannot be heard on this floor, except through the mouth of some one who chooses to espouse his side of the controversy? Is it right to nse the Government of the United States in a personal controversy, no matt r what may be its merits? When I was a member of the Confederate Senate,” he continued, “I opposed, with all mv force, measures by Mr. Davis; but I boileve he was a-s true, as loyal to the cause he espoused as ever was wite to husband, or religious votary to the God he worshiped.” He expressed his earnest opinion that Gen. Sherman was mistaken in the assertion that the people of the Confederate States did not sympathize with their leader in the terrible contest. “We have no more use,” he said, “for the p -rsonal opinions of General Sherman than a shroud has for a coffin." Mr. Hawley expressed his opinion that General Sherman was in the right, both on the personal and milit ry side of this controversy. These papers established clearly to his (Hawley's) mind that there were was a deliberate conspiracy here in the city of Washington as early as 1861 for the establishment of a Southern Confederacy; that it was determined to make its headquarters at Montgomery, aqd that Messrs. Mason and Slidell were deputed to attend to this, while other Senators remained here to attend to legislation. Mr. Morgan said although it was true Mr. Davis had engaged in war against the United States, he was no more guilty in that respect than himself (Morgan) and many Senate s, and Mr. Davis was still beloved by millions in this country. What connection had Gen. Sherman with the army of the United States that authorized him to make reports to that department? If the Sena e published Gen. Sherman’s attack it could not in justice retuse to publish Mr. Davis’ reply. Mr. Ingal.s said wh never any question arose in which Jefferson Davis was involved the Democratic party could always be found on the side of Jefferson Davis. Thev had just ■witnessed the spectacle of a President of the United States, elected by gentleman who declared Jefferson Davis to be a man of honor and a patriot This was no more a personal controversy than it would be a personal controversy with the descendants of Aar >n Burr to apply similar epithsts to their ancestor. If the fac.ts disclosed bv Gen. Sherman, that member's of this Senate' met in a private room and sent throe of their number (not two, as erroneously s ated by Mr. Hawley). viz.. Messrs. Slidell, Mallow, and Davis, to make arrangements for the establishment of a Confederacy, while other Senators remained here to carry on legislation—it that was not a conspiracy, in the name of God what was it? Mr. Lamar said the issue between these two distinguished men, Mr. Davis arid Gen. Sherman, was not the issue stated by the Senator from Ohio. The issue was this: Gen. Sherman. led away by his feelings, stated he had seen a letter from Jefferson Davis to a Senator now on the floor, asserting that if a certain State should secede from the Confedracy he would put that down by military force. That statement was false, and this was the issue. lu a petition presented to the Senate Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood asked that the electoral vote of Indiana be given to her. She also demanded that the vote of New York be thrown out, on the ground that if the votes polled in that State for her had not been counted for one Grover Cleveland the latter •would not have carrie I the election. The House of Representatives passed a bill appropriating #50,000 to erect a building in Chicago for the use of the appraiser of merchandise. Bills were introduced for the establishment of a Soldiers’ Home in California; for a $75,000 public building at Madison, Ind ; to transfer oneof the Greely relief vessels to the revenue s. rvice; and to appropriate $‘,000,000 toward the enlargement of the Erie and Oswego Canals to a to pass war vessels. A bill was passed to prepare a criminal code for the District of Columbia.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves. 16.25 <a 7.00 Hogs 4.75 @6:50 Flour—Extra 5.25 @ 6.00 Wheat—No. 2 Spring. 93 @ .95 No. 2 Red .92 @ .96 COEN—No. 2 53 @ .54 Oats—White 38 @ .41 Pork—New Moss 12.75 @13.25 CHICAGO. Beeves—Cho'oe to Prime Steers. 6.75 @7.25 Good Shipping 6.50' @ 6.00 Common to Fair 4.00 @ 4.75 Hogs 4.50 @ 5.00 Flouk-Fancy Red Winter Ex... 4.00 @4.60 Prime to Choice Spring.. 3.50 @ 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 80 @ .81 No. 2 lied Winter. 80 @ .82 CORY —No. 2. 36 @ .37 Oats—No. 2 2.* @ .27 Rye—No. 2 j 65 @ .56 Baulky—No. 2 CO @ .62 Buttes —Choice Creamery. 28 @ .30 FineDairv..... 18 @ .25 Cheese—Full Cream. 12 @ .13 Skimmed Flat • 08 @ .0914 Eggs—Fresh 22 @ .23 Potatoes—New, per bu 40 @ 45 Pork—Mess 11.75 @12.25 Lard oc«@ .07 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red. .79 @ .81 Coen—No. 2 .41 @ .43 Oats—No. 2 29 & .31 MILWAUKEE. WheaT—No 2 79 @ .80 Corn—No. 2. 38 & .40 Oats—No. 2 29 @ .31 Barley—No. 2 53 @ .54 Pork—Mesa 12.00 @12.60 Lard..... 6.60 @7.00 ST. LOUIA Wheat—No. 2 Red 87 @ .88 Corn—Mixed 35 @ ,36!4 Oats—Mixed 27 @ .28 Rye ~50 @ .51 Pork—Mess 12.25 @IX7S CINCINNATI Wheat—No. 2 Red 84 @ .86 Corn 41 @ .43 Oats—Mixed 41 @ .43 INMiK—Mess. 12.25 @12.75 Lard.... .oom@ .07 K . DETROIT. FEeuft • + .. 5.25 @5.75 WHfcAT-e.No. 1 White 87 @ .89 Corn-Mixed 41 & .43 Oats—No. 2 White 32 @ .33 Pork—Family ....... 12.00 @IX6O INDIANAPOLIS. Wheat —No. 2 Rod, New 80 @ .82 Cohn—Mixed 37 & .38 Oats—Mixed 27 @ .29 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Best. 6.52 @ 7.00 Fair 5.60 & 6.00 Common 4.50 9 6,00 .. 4.50 @4.75 Bn*®* 4.7 J @5.25

CONGRESSIONAL

The Work of the Senate and Hoose of Representative*. The House joint resolution appropriating $50,000 to relieve the destitute Indians in Montrna passed the Senate on the 7th Inst Mr. I'lumb presented a petition from the Oklahoma settlers protesting against the cruelty of their removal from their lands in the interest of wealthy and powerful cattle owners, and praying Congress to withdraw the military forces and organize the Territory of Oklahoma into a State. Mr. Morrill called up his rcsolutin declaring that reciprocity treaties with nations of Inferior population and resources should be regarded with disfavor, and spoke at length in its sup-ort. A long debate on the interstate commerce bill followed, durlrg which Mr. Ingalls made some very caustic remarks to the effect that tbe upper house was generally suspected of being controlled by corporations. The Chair presented a report by the Mississippi River Commission that Cant. Eads had maintained a channel in the South Pass. In the executive session the Nicaragua treaty was reported back from the Committee on Foreign Rela-ions, with the recommendation that it be ratified. The President sent in*the following nominations: Sidney L. Willson, of New York, Pension Agent at Washington, D. C.; Luther S. Howlett, of Oregon, Receiver of imblic Moneys at Yakima, Washington Territory; August Duddenhausen, of Idaho, Register of the Land Office at Oxford, Idaho; Al en W. Eaton, of Idaho, Receiver of Pubiic Moneys at Oxford, Idaho: Luke Lea, Attorney of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi. in the House, of Representatives there was presented from the Sectary of the Navy an estimate of $2,500,<00 for the erection of a gun-foundry and the purchase of steel-works for the manufacture of heavy ordnance. Mr. O’Neill’s motion to strike from the interstate commerce bill the section prohibiting railroads from charging more for a short than a long haul was vo cd down by IX) to 127. An amendment was adopted giving Federal courts power to issue writs of mandamus compelling railroad companies to. forward freight. A resolution was adopted asking tbe Secretary of the Navy to report the cause of the death of Cadet Frederick 8. Strang, of Oregon, who is alleged to have been fatally injured by hazing at Annapolis. A stfley debate on the interstate commerce bill followed. A resolution was offered by Mr. Gibson declaring it the duty of Congress to enable the Government to begin at at once the construction of a navy suitable for war

A bill relating to fees of pension claim‘agents, embodying the same provisions as those contained in the pension bill recently passed by the House, was introduced in the Senate on the Bth inst. After a long debate it was referred to the Pensions Committee. A resolution was offered requesting the President to communicate to the Senate a historical statement concerning the public policy of the Confederate Government during the la:e war, which has been recently tiled in the War Department by Gen. Sherman. In the House of Representatives a bill was reported by the Committee on Appropriations making additional appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885. The House resumed the consideration of the interstate commerce bill, the pending question being < n the amendment offered fiv Mr Hammond to the amendment offered by Mr. Perkins (providing for a commission), providing that the Commissioners shall not be appointed until the Sth of March. 1885. This amendment was agreed to -71 to 12. Mr. Perkins’ amendment, as amended, was lost -yeas 96, nays 124. Mr. O’Neill of Pennsylvania, offered as a substitute for the Interstate commerce bill a proposition for the appointment of five Commissioners, and defining their duties. Lost-35 to 133. Mr. Hepburn moved to recommit the bill. Lost—yeas 92, nays 132. On ■ the motion to recommit seventeen Democrats and seventy-five Republicans were recorded in the affirmative and 124 Democrats and eight Repub--1 cans in the negative. The Republicans who voted in the negative were Anderson, Bayne, J. M. Campbell, Goff, James, Payson, Weaver and York. The bill then passed—veas 158, nays 75. “This," suid Mr. Reagan when the result was announced, “is a fitting celebration for the Bth day of January.” in the Alabama contested-election case resolutions were adopted unseating Shelley (Democrat) and declaring Craig (Republican) elected. A bill to establish a Bureau of Public Health, to be charged with executing all health laws, was Introduced in the Senate on the 9th inst. by Mr. Palmer, of Michigan. The bill directs that the Commissioner in charge of the bureau shall, with the aid of the Surgeons-Gen-eral of the army, navy and marine hospital service and the Commissioners of Education and Agriculture, prepare a code of regulations for the sanitation of the army and navy, as well as of all merchant vessels sailing under the United States flag, all schools, and animals in transit from State to State. In conjunction with the President of the American Medical Association the Commissioner is also instructed to prepare a code of regulations for the practice of surgery and midwifery. All goods designed for food, drink, wearing apparel, etc., so poisoned by adulteration as to be dangerous to human health are declared contraband. The Senate passed a bill directing that one of the Greely relief vessels be used as a revenue cutter off the coast of Alaska. Mr. Cockrell introduced a bill to make the bounty law apply to the heirs of all colored soldiers lost in Federal service. Mr. Garland made a speech on interstate commerce, and moved to recommit the Senate measure, which motion was rejected by 18 to 24. The Committee on Public Lands reported favorably the bill to amend the Revised Statutes relating to the entry of coal-lands by reducing the price of such lands from $lO to $5 per acre where the lands are more than fifteen miles from any completed railroad, and from S2O to $lO where the lands are within this limit. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate: Samuel P. McCormick, to be Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of West Virginia. Postmasters: James 8. Stocking, Washington, Pa.; Theodore Ruth, Pomona, Cal.; Arthur Coonforth, Clyde, Kan.; Anthony A C. Rogers, Pine Bluff, Ark.; John J. Cutter, Parke, D. T. A resolution was adopted by the House of Representatives, calling upon the Executive for information relative to the arrest of T. R Moynahan, an American citizen, by the Government of Mexico. Another resolution was passed requesting information from the President concerning the Congo Conference. Mr. Breckinridge introduced a bill for the appointment of a Southwestern River Commission.

The naval appropriation bill, amounting to $6,120,155, reported by the Appropriation Committee, making provision for the six months ending June 30, was passed bv the House of Representatives on the loth ihst. The House then went into committee of the whole on the consular and didomatic appropriations bill. Mr. Townshend, in brief remarks upon the consular service, attributed the present business depression to ovei production and favored the opening up of the markets of southern nations to the surplus pr<»duct:on of this country. These markets could be secured by the formation ot commercial alliances with those nations which would give the manufactures of the United States an advantage over the manufactures of Europe. From the similarity ot their institutions to those of the United States, if they could be disabused of the Idea that the United States wanted to conquer their political sovereignties, the countries of Central and South America would join with us in seeking to build up the welfare oi the American continent and develop its resources. Mr. Robinson. of New York, said the pending measure was one to enable Americans abroad to make fools of themselves and forget their Americanism. He was oppose 1 to appropriating money to pamper a lot of in-nrable snobs. There was no use for Amer.oan Ministers abro id exo pt to degrade their Government. He did not want a Democratic snob to succeed the Republican snob (Lowell). Let Dr. Burchard be appointed to succeed Lowell. He was a man to express ideas, and a fair representative of democratic Americanism. The wonderful speech of Mr. Burchard had not turned a single vote from Blaine to Cleveland. In the course of his Congressional career he had said many things which had been called foolish by the snobs and dudes that ran the American press, but all his actions had been prompted by love for American institutions. It would always be his pride and pleasure to be able to state to his children and his children’s children that while a member of the House he had stood up for American principles against the contaminating influence of foreign aristocracy.

There is a tree in California which measures 140 feet in circumference. There is another, called the dead giant redwood tree, which measures 114 feet. There are other trees standing near it measuring from 72 to 96 feet in circumference. The“Grizly Giant” measures 92 feet; the famous Charter Oak, near Hartford, Ct., which fell in 1856, measured 33 feet; in North Andover, Mass., there is an elm which measures 27 feet; the Washington elm, in Cambridge, Mass., measures 14 feet in circu inference, and there is a cypress near the Neuse River, in North Carolina, in the hollow of which a horse can easily tarn round.

VANDERBILT AND GRANT.

Mrs. Grant Refuses to Accept the Generous Offer Made by the Money King. (New York telegram.] The physical condition of Gen. Grant has created much alarm in this city, where it is generally reported that he is •suffering from a cancerous affliction of the mouth similar to that which caused the death of Senator Ben Hill. Last rammer, at Long Branch, Gen. Grant suffered from a swelling tongue. At first he paid but little attention to it, but later when it interfered seriously with his speech and the partaking of food he consulted physicians. The conclusion of thedoctors was that the affliction was aggravated by smoking, and they recommended that the General curb his appetite. Thia he did, reducing his quota- of cigars to half of one a day. Under this abstinence he improved. The trouble has now returned in a more violent form, and the belief prevails that it is a cancerous affection. That, it is so the doctors do not deny. Gen. Grant’s financial affairs were materially straightened yesterday by the generous gift of William H. Vanderbilt, whotransferred the bills of sale and mortgages; on Gen. Grant's estate to Mrs. Grant in trust The money king’s generous intentions were first revealed in the following letter: No. 640 Fifth Avenue, Jan. 10, 1885.— Mrs. Ulysses & Grant— Dear Madame: 8o many misrepresentations'have appeared in regard tothe loan made by me to Gen. Grant and reflecting unjustly upon him and myself that it eeem» proper briefly to recite the facts: On Sunday. May 4 last, Gen. Grant called at my house and asked me to lend him $150,000 for one day. X gave him my check without question, not because the transaction was business-like but simply because the request came from Gen. Grant. The misfortunes that overwhelmed him in the next twenty-four hours aroused the sympathy and reglet of the whole country. You and he sent me, within a few days after that time, deeds to your joint properties to cover this obligation, and urged my acceptance on the ground that this was the onlydebt of honor which the General had personally Incurred, and these deeds I returned. Duringmy absence in Europe the General delivered tomy attorney mortgages upon all his own real estate, his household effects, and swords, medals, and works of art, which were memorials of his victories and presents from governments all over the world. These securities were, in hia judgment, worth $150,900. At his solicitation the 'necessary steps were taken byjudgment, etc., to reduce these properties topossession, and the articles mentioned have been-, this day bought in by me, and the amounts bid! applied to the reduction of the debt. Now that. I am at liberty to treat these things as my own, th? deposition of the whole matter most in accord with my feelings is ibis: I. present to you, as your separate estate, the debt and judgment I hold against. Gen. Grant, also the mortgages upon hist real estate and all his household furniture and ornaments, coupled only with the condition that the swords, commissions, medals, gifts from theUnited States, States, cities, and foreign governments, and all articles of historical value and interest, shaD, at the General’s death, or, if: you desire it, sooner, be presented to the Government at Washington, where they will remain.: as perpetual memorials of his fame and of the - history of his time. I inclose herewith assignments to you of the mortgages and judgments, the bill of sale of hispersonal property, and the deed of trust in which the articles of historical interest are enumerated. A copy of this trust deed will, with: your approval, be forwarded to the President, of the United States for deposit in the proper department. Trusting'this action will meet, with your acceptance and approval, and witU the kindest regards to your husband, I am,, yours respec'fully, W. H. Vanderbilt. Mrs. Grant found herself unable-to accept the gifts, and in respect to her feelings of gratitude for the offer of Mr. Vanderbilt, Gen. Grant sent in reply the following letter:

New Yobe City, Jan. 10,1885. Dear Sir :—Mrs. Grant wishes me to answer" your letter of this evening to say that while she appreciates your great generosity in transferring to her the mortgage given to secure my debt of $150,000, she cannot accept it in whole. She accepts witn pleasure the trust which applies to tbe articles enumerated in your letter,, to go to the Government of the United States at my death, or sooner, at her option. In this matter you have anticipated the disposition which I had contemplated mak ng of the articles- They will be delivered to the Government, as soon as arrangements can be. made for their reception. The papers relating to all the other property will be returned, with tbe request that yon have it sold and the proceeds applied to the liquidation of the debt which Iso jnstlyowe you. You have stated In your letter, with the minutest accuiacy, the history of the transaction which brought me in your debt. I haveonly to add that I regard your giving me your check for the amount without inquiry as an act. of marked and unusual friendship. The loan was to me personally. I got the money, as I believed, to carry the Marine National Bank over a day, being assured that the bank was. solvent, but, owing to the unusual calls, needed assistance until it could call in its loan. I wasassured by Ferdinand Ward that the firm of Grant & Ward had over s<>6o,-000 to its credit ate. that time in the Marine Bank, besides $1,300,000 of unpledged securities in the firm's own vaults.

I cannot conclude without assuring you that Mrs. Grant’s inability to ava 1 herself of your great kindness in no way lessens either her sense of obligation or my own. Yours tiuly. To W. H. Vanderbilt, Esq. U. 8. Grant. When Mr. Vanderbilt found that his. offer was defeated by the refusal of Mrs. Grant to accept he determined to take tho matter into his own hands and apply tho estates to the creation of a trust fund that would accrue to her benefit He announced, this intention in a letter as follows: No. 610 Fefth Avenue, Jan. 11,1886. Gen. U. S. Grant: Deab'Sir: On my return home last night I found your letter in answer to mine to Mrs. Grant. I appreciate fully the sentiments which actuate both Mrs. Grant and yourself in declining the part of my proposition relating tothe real estate. I greafly regret that she feels, it her duty to make this decision, as I earnestly hoped the spirit in which the offer was made would overcome any scruples she might, have in accepting it. but I must insist, tliat I shall not be defeated in the purpose to which I have given so much thought and in. which I have so much at heart. I will, therefore, as fast as the money is receive! from the sales, of real estate, deposit it in the Union Trust Company. WiWi the money thus realized I will ar once create with that company a trust with the proper provisions for the income to be made to Mrs. Grant during her life, and giving the power to her to make Buch disposition of theprincipal by her will as she may elect. Very truly yours, William H. Vanderbilt. Gen. U. 8. Grant. Gen. Grant at first accepted this last letter, but Mrs. Grant, on further deliberation, decided to refuse all gifts, treating the debt as one of honor, which the General should pay without attracting compassion or deserving it: New York City, January 11. 1885. Dear Sir: Your letter of this date received. Mrs. Grant and I regret that you cannot accept our proposition to retain the property which, was mortgaged in good faith to secure a debt of honor. But yonr generous determination compels us to no longer resist Yours truly, W. H. Vanderbilt. U. 8. Grant. New York, Sunday, January 11, 1885. My Dear Mr. Vanderbilt: Upon reading your letter this afternoon General Grant and myself felt it would be ungracious to refuse your princely and generous offer. Hence his note to you. But upon reflection I find I cannot I will not accept your munificence in any form. I beg yon will pardon this apparent vacillation and consider this answer definite and final. With great regard, and a sense of ob igatlon that will always remain, I am vours very gratefully, Julia D. Grant. To Mr. William H. Vanderbilt

Mark Twain travels dually in palace cars, claiming one seat in the smoking apartment, where he issues volumes of smoke from his brierwo’od, and another seat in the saloon, where he can retire to get rid of the smoke he has raised. Mr. Gladstone’s son, the rector, is to wed a Miss Mary Wilson, the daughter of a Liverpool 'doctor of large practioe and means, but a savage Tory. Love knows no politics. ' Spurgeon’s eighteen hundredth sermon has just been published.