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Thomas Do Quincey's bold postulate that a man who began by committing murder might keep on in his career of crime until he would be guilty of down right incivility, has been proven true in j Colorado, where there has just been | hanged, for stealing a ten-dollar horse, a man who had been tri.d for murder five times. The editor of the Advocate, a journal published in "Waihington in the interest of the colored race, has collected information in regard to the wealth of the most prosperous negroes in the States of Union, and the showing is really astonishing. In South Carolina, for instance, the property owned by negros is estimated as worth $10,000,000. In Georgia negroes pay taxes on an assessment of J more than ?8,000,000, and other States show equally remarkable statistics. A small room in the jSew York City Hall, used to store documents in, is probably the scene of more mairiage ceremonies than any other room in the country. Hardly a day passes that one or more marriages do not take place there. The persons married are Italians and others, with -wedding outfits of the simplest J kind, who pay fees ranging from 10 I cents to n dollar. The Alderman who j performs the ceremony charges nothing j for his services, bat the fees go to the person who looks after and "works up" this line of business. Mr. Jarvis, the United States Minister to Brazil,says regarding the cholera,now prevailing in Buenos Ayrcs and the Argentine republic, that there is little danger of its sj reading northward, even as far as Brazil. Uruguay lies between the infected regions and the great South American Empire, and a very efficient quarantine is maintained by both th<r Uruguayan and the Brazilian Governm?nta at the ports and islands. The disease was introduced, it is thought, by Italian immigrants, who have been pour ing into liuenos Ayrcs in great uumueia recently. "TThereare your tickets," gents?", asked the doorkeeper of a St. Louis theatre to a line of [men who confronted h'm in "Indian file." "^.t's all right," shouted a man at the tail end of the line. "I've got the tickets. There's twelve of us with me. Count 'em as tjjey go in." ''In you go, gents," said the doorkeeper, * and he tallied offj eleven, who immediately mixed with the crowd within. The doorkeeper turned to look for the holder of the tickets, but he had disappeared, and eleven men saw the performance safe from identification .in the tremendous throng of people. Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, who has closely studied the Indian question, gives it as his opinion that the only solution of the problem of Indian civilization is in their concentration, vesting them with individual rights of property and by cqpipelling them to live by their own labor. Individual rights, he argues, aee required to develop individual citizenship. Our mistake hitherto has been that we have failed to encourage Independence and self-reliance among the red men, while we have at the same time encroached upon their actual means of support by absorbing their lands and hunting-grounds. "Wuerw aa o^nosit? policy has been pursued, the results homnsf. sfiti<faetfirv. ' "Whatever the Spanish Governmen may neglect to do in the line of national development,it is evidently determined," eays the New York Observer, "not to fall behind the age any farther in respect to the organization of its navy. The Spanish Cortes has just voted a grant of $45,0C0,000 for the purchase and equipment of new war vessels, and lias authorized the construction of a number of fast cruisers and torpedo boats. As Spain has a number of foreign dependencies, like Cuba and the Philippines, to look after, beside a number of more or less jealous neighbors, she may, perhaps, be justified in incurring this great expense. It wil need something more, however, thun fast cruisers and torpedo boats to bring Spain up to the rank of a first-class na tion." _____________ The weather signals adopted for general use of the United States Signal Service on and after march 1, 1887, are described by Chief Officer Ilazen's circular as follows: "With a view of securing a uniform system of signals, it is recommended that flags now in use be replaced by those herein described, aa the former become worn out or unserviceable. The flags described are four in number, No. 1, a white square flag) indicating clear or fair weather; No. 2, a blue square flag, indicating rain or snow; No. 3, a triangular black flag, indicating temperature?when above No. 1 or 2, it indicates warmer weather, when below No. 1 or 2, it indicates eolder weather; when it is not displayed stationary tem peraturc may D3 expecreu; jno. 41s tne present cold-wave black flag, with which No. 3 willnevor be displayed.'' "Enquirer" puts this problem to the Boston Journal: Mr. A. had a heifer calf given him. At the age of two years she had a calf and continued to have a heifer calf every year after this; and each calf became the mother of a heifer calf at the age of two years and had one ea?h year after. When the first calf was twenty years old how mauy cows and calves were there, provided there had be.'n no deaths among them? The answers received have varied widely. One little miss figured out 153 . as the total sum. "Enquirer's own figures were 17,711, while another maD said 28,317. The majority united upoD 10,04G. A similar question was propounded in the Maine Farmer's Almanac a few years ago, the difference being that each supposititious cow Had two neiici calves. It was then derided that the number of cows at the end of twenty years would be 090,031. w. HOME RULERS ARRESTED, Prominent Nationalists Taken Into Custody in Ireland. Charged With Conspiring to Induce Tenants Not to Pay Rent, As a result of the latest "plan of campaign" of the Irish Home Rule leaders, a numler of them have been arrested. A Dublin special gives details as follows: John Dillon, raembar of Parliament for East Mayo; William O'Brien, Editor of United Ireland;" Matthew Harris, Membe of Parliament for East (Salway; aud David Sh?eby, Member of Parliament for South Galway, wore arrested to-day in the town " of Loughrea, County Galway, | < harged with conspiracy to derraud. An I immense Nationalise meeting was held at I Loughrea this afternoon at which Father Cunningham presided and a number of other I -i lVIIrm O Rripn Har WIUl IliVU UU\I .ULJJ. w ? , lis and Sheehy were on tha platform. A largo contingent of I.ord Clanri[ carrie s tenants was present. Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien addressed the meeting and then opened Nationalist rent ollices. Hundreds of tenants came forward and paid their rents. {Suddenly the police made a ra d on the offices. Inspector Davies seied inmey, documents and books and arrested Mr. Dillon, and, it is alle;;eJ, roughly troatei him. The police went upstairs and took possession of more m ney and do uments. They then arr<st?i Mr. O'B: ien, and afterward Messrs. H; irris and Sliealiy. The specific charge a ainst t'ao lour men is that they were conspiring to induce tenants not to pay th?ir lawful rents. The police took away fro n Mr. Dillon $400 which he had just receive.! iu trust from tenants. The four men were taken lefore a magistrate and remanded for a week. 'J'ho pa?er L'nitcil Ireland says that John Dillon's line of conduct will not be changed i by the Government's sentence ordoriug nim to furnish a bond, with two sureties, for ins ' ?00cl I ehavior in the future." "Nobody," says that paper, 'Veres a rush for Judge O'Brien's pious opinion concerning the legality of the plan of campaign." Thomas Mayene, Farnellite Membsr of Parliament for Middle Tipperary, who, in the capacity of trustee under tha "plan of campaign, is receiving from 1\ exford county tenants the reduced rents refused by the landlords and their agents, has been served with notice by the agent of thj Brooke estate; that if" he makes any other use of the moneys so deposited with him than to return then to the tenants the law will be applied to him. This threat, if carried out, will test the question of the rights of tenants to permit their ren's to be expended in fighting the landlords of the government in prosecutions for participation in the "plan of campaign." CROP REPORTS. Advance in Corn and Oats, and Decline in Wheat, liye and Barley. The following crop report has been issued by the Department of Agriculture: The December returns of average farm prices by counties show a material reduction as compared with values of the crop of 1SS5 in wheat, rye and barley. Corn had made an advance nearly equivalent to the percentage of reduction in quantity, and oats, in sympathy with corn rather than with the small grains used for human food, average a slightly higher value than last year. The farm value of corn was 33c. per busbel in December of last year. It is now 37c., lc. higher than the crop of 1884. The average for the previous five years was 44.7a, and for the tea years prior to 1880 it was 42. fie. The prices in the surplus States are: Ohio, 35c.: Indiana, 32c.: Illinois, 31c.; Iowa, 3Uc.; Missouri, 31c.; Kansas, 27c., and Nebraska, 20c. This is an increase over last year of 1 cent in Nebraska, 3 in Kansas, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and G in Iowa and Missouri. The average is 50 in New York, 47 in Pennsylvania and 45 in Virginia?two cents lowor in eavh than last year. Prices in the cotton States south and west of North Carolina are higher than last year?South Carolina GO, Georgia 00, Alabama 58, Mississippi 59, Louisiana 55, Arkansas 49, Texas GO, an increase of 11 cents, due to the disastrous drought. The average December price of wheat i3 09 cents, a reduction of 8 cents from tbe average value of the last crop, and 4% cents above the price in 1854. The average in New York is 84 cents, 12 cents lower thau Jast year, and in Pennsylvanian 83 cents, 13 cents lower. me reduction is still greater in several Western States,- The average of Ohio is 74 cents, Michigan 73, Indiana 70, Illinois 69, "Wisconsin 6i<, Minnesota, 01, lo'.va GO, Missouri 63, Kansas 58, Nebraska 47, Dakota 52. There is little decline in the Southern States, in some of which prices are higher than last year. The average in California is 78 cents. The average value of oats is 20.9 cents against 28.5 last December. Rye averages 53.1 against 57.9 last year; barley 53 cents, last year 56.3; buckwheat 54.4, a reduction of 1.5 cents per bushel;potatoes 46 cents, one cent higher than in December of last year. The value of hay averages nearly per ton. WHOLESALE EVICTIONS. St>n:c Features of the Agitation in Ireland. A Dublin di-patcli gives the following interesting account of the latest features of the struggle that is going on between the Irish landlords aud their tenantry: Wholesale evictions are threatened op the Sta.-kpoole aud We-trop estates in Kilkee, County Clare. The tenants are preparing to resist. Judge Boyd, Receiver of the Land Court of Dublin, has announced that ho will treat the Irish Laud League's recently commenced "p'an of campaign"' with contempt. ' This court," the Judge declares, "will know how to deal with tenants who pay their rents to trustees instead of to the landlords or legal agents, and it will also know how to deal with the trustees who take the monoy." Nine young men have Leon arrested at Castlo Island for raiding Tubbermoing ' House for arms. Two meu armed with pitchfork handles j and revolvers assaulted a man named Cahill, 1 U UClUMlUlU, Ul LJillCl Iv. VUUlll UI1U of his assailants, whereupon the other fired a shot at him, but without effect. No arrests have been made. Sir Croker Barring tori, after refusing ta re luce the lents of the tenants on his Murroo estate, has grautod an abatement of 20 per cent from the injudicial rents and of 10 per ceut. from the judicial rents, which the tenants have accepted. Mr. Sexton, speaking at Dublin, advi;ed hi? hearers to abstain from violence if their demands for abatements from rents were refused. Ho declared that the tenants wero simply unable to j ay the rents exacted by the landlords. In concluding his speech Mr. Sexton said: "Separation or otherwise, Ireland mu-t have liberty." The Fro test ant Home Rulers at a meeting adopted a resolution in favor of fre-3 speech, open-air meetings, and fair play to Catholics. Magistrate Clarke in a speech said that Lord Randolph Churchill had no | faith in tin Conservatives, yet he had not the courage to leave them, believing it better ''to reign in hell than to serve in heavan-" NEWSY GLEANINGS. A Dane has opened a wooden-shoe factory In New Richland, Minn. A woman was arrested in Des Moines, Iowa, for horse stealiug. The nonnlation of the United States for 181)0 is calculated by a San Francisco paper at 02,775,000. Brooklyn is to have the biggest toboggan 6lide on the continent. It is to have a descent of 200 with a level run of 400 feet Montgomery, Ala., boasts that it has the only electric steel railway in the world iu practical and successful operation. The cattle interests in the United States ' threatened by that scourge, j>leuro-pneumonia, has been estimated at over ?2,000,000. The vintage of California will this year amount to over Hi,000,000 gallons, oneseventh of which will be turned into brandy. M. Galignam's alms-house for brokendown men of letters is nearly finished at Neuilly, France, at a cost of several million francs. An Australian farmer is reported as resorting to the use of immense quantities of wire netting as protection from the rabbit plague. . . i*il NEWS SUMMARY Eastern and Middle States. The first arrest in Pennsylvania for violation of the new Oloonargarino tat law has incf ir? PliilnriAlnhifl JfllTIM Hllfcch inson, tha prisoner, is charged with selling oleomargarine for pure butter and without a3ixiug the Government stamp. Mayor O'Biuen has besn re-elected in Boston by the following vote: O'Brien, (Dem), &{,"$?; Hart, (Hep.), 18,719; and McNeill, (Labor), 3,504. O'Brien's plurality over Hart is 4,0'J8. South and West. Oscar A. Simons, President of the First National Bank, Fort Wayne, Ind., killed himself with a pistol shot while suffering from nervous prostration. Twklve leaders of a gang of Missouri "Regulators" who have bean running Douglass and Taue/ Counties with lawless indifference to the rights of citizens have been iudic tei by the United States Grand Jury and taken to prison at Springfield. Members of the band are charged with ten murders and many other outrages, A fire in St. Louis dostroyed a half block of business houses, causing a total loss of $750,000. Three employes were killed, and two badly injured . During the past year fifty-seven vessels have been lost on the Great La'ces. The loss of life aggregates l-'iS persons and the pecuniary damage, including value of vessels and freight, is estimated at ?1,500,000. Tjie National Tra les Union Convention at | Columbus, Ohio, elocted Samuel Gompers, an avowed enemy of the Knights of Labor, I to the Fresid -ncy of the newly-formed Amer- I ican Federation of Labor. After adopting a constitution the Federation adjourned to meet in Baltimore on the second TuesJay in December, 1S37. Emily Brown, a middle-agei resident of Baltimore, was murdered by two colored J men, their only purpose Doing to sen me oouy to a medical college for dissecting purposes. Tlie two men confessed, and implicated the assistant janitor of the medical college. Charles Brown and his wife were dancing together at Manistee, Mich., when the husband fell dead from heart disease. They hail been married two hours. Ex-Governor Charles M. Crosswell died the other day in Adrian, Mich. Ho was born at Newburgh, N. Y., in 1825, and in 1870 was elect'd Governor of Michigan, being re-elected in 1S78. Illinois Knights of Labor are trying to mine and loll coal, but the railroads refuse to carry their production. Charles A. Logan, a convict in the Jefferson (Mo.)Peuitentiary, has been pardoned by Governor Mannaduke for bravery iu saving a keeper's life at the risk of his own. One man was instantly killed and eight dangerously injured by the explosion'of the three boilers attached to a sawmill at Evansville, Ind. Washington. Hon. Abraham Dowdney Congressman from a New York City District, died suddenly of apoplexy at his home in the Metroplis on the 10th. He was born in Ireland in 1640. The National Legislation Committee of the Knights of Labor have had a consultatiou in Washington with Senator Blair< Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Labor, with regard to the attitude to be taken by the Knights toward the Blair Education bilL This bill provides for the distribution of a large sum by the Government for the purposes of public education. The Knights' Committee will recommend the bill to the General Executive Board. A large number of nominations made by tha President after the adjournment of Congress last summer have been sent to the Senate. A bill has been introduced in Congress by Senator Cullom to increase wages of employes in the Government Printing Oflico. The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill, as completed by the House Committee, makes a total appropriation of 81,071,905. Foreign. At Southport, England, two lifeboats were wrecked while endeavoring to go to the rescue of sailors on a distressed vessel. The crews of both boats were drowned. One of them numbered thirteen men. A stoxe was flung through the f?\5ious study window of Emperor Williams's palace in Berlin. The Emperor was not injured, and the stone-thrower, a shabby, hungrylooking man, was arrested. An attempt has been made to blow up the King of Roumania's summer palace at Cotrr>o&.ie with dynamite. Every window in the building was shattered, ana the mangled corpse of a strange man was found in the vicinity. Lark & Sox, London merchants, have failed for $5,000,000. At Holmforth, England. Joshua "Wood cock drowned himself aua ins two sons in a reservoir. British troops and Insurgents have had an engagement in Burmish in which two ol the latter were killed. Student agitation against the Russian policy continues in Russia on a large s?ale. Manifestoes against the Government are is5.:ed daily. LATER NEWS. A tight money market and other causes precipitated a small panic in Wall street. The "bulls," who have besn in the ascendency many months, were routed by the"bears," and many investors lost heavily. The Charleston (S. C.) Relief Committee having in charge the distribution of the funds received for the earthquake sufferers report i that the total subscriptions amount to ?800,? 000, leaving a loss to the city of $5,500,000, including the losses by the cyclone of August, 18S5. A split is reporte:! in the English Cabinet on the Dolicv of Coercion toward Ireland. M. N. Droz, now Vice-President, has been elected President of Switzerland for 188", anJ M. F. "W. Hartenstein, the present Minister of War, has been elected Vice-President. Measles arc spreading to an alarming extent in Now York City. Two sisters of Henry Hughes, who died recently in Calcutta, India, have been left $1.500,000 each. They reside in Erie, Penn. Marshall P. Wilder, one of the foremost horticulturists and pomologists in the country, President of the American Pomological Society, died a few days since in Roxbury, Mass., aged eighty-eight years. It is said that Mr. Wilder did mora than any other man to build up the agricultural aud horticultural interests of the country. There are eight candidates in Tennes=ee for the coming vacancy in the Unit3d States Senate. The people of Southern Dakota want that portion of t'.ie big Territory admitted to the Union as a "Sovereign State," and are ta!ciug action accordingly. The Ohio Supreme Court has justrendcroil a decision sustaining the constitutionality of the Dow Liquor Tax law iu all its features. Friends of General Hancock's widow have raised funds sullieieut to purchase for her a house in Washington, where she will hereafter make her home. A farewell dinner has been given Representative Abram S. Hewitt by his colleagues of the New York delegation iu Congre.-s. Mr. Hewitt's retirement from Congress is made necessary by his assuming the odice of Mayor of Now York ou Jau oi.tr 1 "'j - A body of British troops pursued ft force of 1-00 insurgent Dacoits in Burmah, killed 200 and took many prisoners, Switzerland, too, is about to largoly increase its war material in auticipa:ion of the impending European conflict. Twenty-one persons have baeu sentenced to imprisonments varying from three months to seven years for participating in the riots in Belfast, Ireland, last summer. An iron tower 440 feet high will be erected at the head of Oxford Street, London, to commemorate the Queen's Jubilee?tha fiftieth year of her accession to the throne. A Frrov H"AM a. riuiu ju-iiiii. Many Lives Lost on a Burning Mississippi Steamboat. A Stately Vessel Burned Quickly to the Water's Edge. The steamboat J. M. White, from Vicksburg for New Orleans, -was burned at 10 o'clock the other night at Blue Store, thirty miles from Baton Rouge, La. She had about forty-fivo passengers on board, and many fatalities occurred. Her cargo consisted of 2,100 bales of cotton and G,OOC sacks of seed, and was valued ac $150,000. The steamooat was built in 1878 at a cost of $22-5,000. She was regarded by many ai the finest and fastest boat on the Mississippi River. When the alarm first sounded Alexander McVay, the head clerk, was sitting at the stove in the cabin. The first peal of the bell caus3cl liim to rush outside, and seeing the flames leap high in the air, he ran back to the cabin and eudeavored to get the books and i monev. The fire gained too rapidly on I him and ho was compelled to leave the office, lut not before he succeeded in getting a sum of money out of the safe. Mr. McVay then turned his attention to .'aving the cabin paasar.jjers, eight ladies and nine or tan men. The terrified passengers quickly got out, nearly all of tham in their night garments. Among them was Mr. Stafford, Superintendent of the Vidalia Southern Railroad. He had his wife and twoctiildreD, girls aged nine and twelve years, with him. He called his family around him and bade them follow him. By tbis time the flames had reached the cabin and the thick smoke was rolling through it The panic-stricken passengers quickly made for an entrance, some to the stern and others to the front. The Superintendent was among those who went to the bow. Upon reaching the deck he grasped his two children, one after the other, and threw them into tha river. Before he and his wife cou'd follow, the flames had reached them and they were burned to death. The two pilots on ware h, John Stout and Bob Smith, were in tha pilot-house and were compelled to jump into the river, where they were picked up. The deck was crowded with roustabouts and do:k passengers, thirty of the latter having got on the vessel at New Texas Landing, just above where the boat burned. Nearly all of the to wore lost. While the passengers and crew were esraping from the boat the steampipo blew up and was hurled 300 yards in the air. The force of the explosion also caused over twenty bales of burning cotton to be hurled high in the air, whore they revolved several timus and fell back into the river Immediately after the explosion shrieks were heard coming from thu str; n of the vessel. For an instant two colore.l women were seen standing on the gallery just back of the wheelhouse, and the next instant they were hidden from view by tte smoke and flames and were not sea again. The firstj art of tha boat to give way was the wheelhcuse. When it fell into the water tue i.auies swepi mrougu me upcu smko iu left in the center of the boat, devouring all in the way. Those that escaped were taken away from the s ene by the steamboat Stella Wild, which plie? between Bavou Sara and Natchez. As tho Stella Wild was backing out. four kegs of gunpowder that were in the hold of the steamboat White explode;!, and the cotton and burning timber were hurled in all directions. This virtually put the fire out,and what was once a palatial , steamer was then a blackened wreck. When the Wild reached t e ruins, a loud cry for help came from the middle of the stream. A rioat was lowered, and tbos? in it quickly i pulled in the direction of the cry. Through the darknos; they saw the figure of a man grasping a bale of cotton, but before they could reach him the bale turned over, anil, when it was righted the man was gone. Wm. McUreevy, chiif engineer of.boat, makes this statement: "At 10;10 o'clo.k !a?t ni^rc, while we were at Pointe Coupee loaArag cotton, fire was discovered amidships on top of the cotoon below the boiler de.-k. Engineers Barry and Janny, who were on watch, gave the alarm. The rumps were put to work, but without avail. Tom Miller, the watchn.au, gave the alarm by ringing the bell, and Clerks Callahan and Hill at once aroused the people in the cabin. The fire spread rapidly, aud in less than fifteen minutes the boat "had burnel to the water's TliflM warn eamo L*or/o nAWflfir Ifl t.hfl lllOiU ? oi O OViuw nvgo v? v?v? ? ?? ? magazino, and Iho moment the fire reached them the flames shot up over 100 feet high. The sight was the most heartrending ever witnessed by human being. The shouting of the women and children for help was awful." There were in the cabin nine lady passengers and about eight men. At Now Texas twenty deck passengers were taken on board. All are s upposed to be lost. It is learned that Andrew P ere-?, a sailor, and Antonio Rebatta, a fireman, are the men to whom all credit of saving the survivors is duo. Capt. Henry C. Brown, State Engineer, who wa3 a passenger on the White, estimates the less of life at thirl y-siz. ? INDIANS ASJDITIZENS. Substance of the Bill SVhlch Gives Them Individual Reservations. The House ha? raised a bill authorizing the Secretary of (he Interior to allot reseri vation lauds in severalty to the Indians. I Following is the substance oi its provisions: It provides for the allotment of reservaj tion lands in severalty to the Indians located thereon, on their application, in quantities as follows: To ea- h head of a fr.mily, one-;.uarter of a section: to each sin'rlo person over eighteen years of age, one-eigbtli of a section; to each orphan child under eighteen years, one-eighth of a section; to each other person under eighteen year.*, one-sixteonth of a suction. If thai e is not suflicient land on tho reservation to allot to each individual tho quantity as abo e provided, then tho land fchall be alloted to each individ ml pro rata, in accordance with the provisions of this act. It further prohibits, for the period of twentyfi'.e years, tho conveyance of any such allotted laud: makes the n lit tees s;biect to State and Territorial law,.and prohibits any Territory from pasj.ng anv law denying to any such Indian within its jurisdiction the eiual prctect'ou of the law. The rights aud privileges of citizenship are conferred upon every Indian born within the territorial limits of the United States to whom allotments lmve beon made and upon every Indian who has voluntarily taken up his residence apart from any tribe of Indians aud adopted the habits of civilized life. The provisions of the bill io not extend to the territory oc upied by the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chicka'aws, Seminoles, aud Usages, Miamios and Peorias, aud Sacs and Foxes, in the Indian Territory, nor to any of the reservations of tho Seneca Nation of New York and Jndiaus in the State of New York, nor to that strip of territory in the State of Nebraska adjoining the Sioux Nation on tho south. THE NATIONAL GAME The Chicago champions will have eix catchers next season. Gore, the Chicago outfielder, vdll play with the New Yorks next season. Left-hand pitchers are much opposed to the new pit -lung rule3. They say that the rules will affe-t them badly. New York is said to liave offered &i,00C for the release of Jerry Denny, the crack third baseman of the St Louis Maroons. The Southern League clubs are beginning Co snow ute again, auu uru siuwjjr paneumus arrangoinonts lor next season's campaign. I The International League will be very strong naxt season. The alditiou of the Newark and Jersey City Clubs will bo an advantage to thein. Tim fines paid into the American JLssociation daring the past season by the 13 fc. Louis Club amounted to $405. The amount paid in by the other seven clubs was $185. There will be no less than four colored players in the International League next season, viz., Fowler, of Binghamton; Grant;, of Buffalo, and Stovey and Walker, of Newark. The Pittsburg Club is being greatly strengthened, and the chances are that it will stand well up in the race for the chairpicnpionship of the National League ne:ct season. The Western League will" be composed of the following cities, provided Fuablo and Kansas City are elected: Omaha, Leavenworth, Kansas City, Topeka, Lincoln, St Joe, Pueblo and Denver. SUMMARY OF_CONGRESS, Senate. Fifth Day.?Mr. McPherson introduced a bill to authorize the reduction of United States bonds and of the circulation of the national banks... .Mr. Butler introduced a bill to'appropriate $.500,000 to expedite the completion of the jetties in Charleston harbor, the money to be immediately available.... The Senate resumed consideration ot Mr. Morrill's resolution declaring the promise of making a proper revision of the tariff at the present session obviously hopeless and impracticable, and Mr. Dawes addressed the Senate in favor of the protective policy. Mr. McPherson spoke in favor of free raw materials A message from the House was pre sented on the subje:t of tin death of Representative Dowdney, of New York, and after the appointment of a Committee to attend the funeral, the Senate adjourned. Sixth Day.?Mr. Morrill from the Committee on Finance, reported back faverably a bill for retirement and recoinage of the trade dollar, and a bill to prevent frauds on American manufacturers .... Mr. Harrison introduced the following I bill by request: To increase the pensions of all persons on the pension rolls now receiving $24 per month, or who may hereafter be pensioned for disability equivalent to loss of a hand or foot, to $o0 per month; and also to increase to $3(5 per month the pension for disability that incapacitates the pensioner for the performance or any manual labor, but is not such as to require regular aid ana attendance.... On motion of Mr. Hoar the House amendments to the Electoral Count bill were non-concurred in, and a conference was asked Mr. McPherson introduced a bill amending tho Oleomargarine Act.... Mr. juamunas opposea ana mr. noar uuvuiaitu the bill repealing the Tenure of Office Law .... Executive session. Seventii Day.?Mr. Vanco introduced a bill to repeal the Civil Service Law....Mr. Conger from the Post Office Committee, reported favorably the House bill cntending the freo dolivery system to towns having a population of 10,090, or a gross annual postal rcvenuo of $10,(JO:); also the House bill authorizing the employment of mail messengers in tho postal service....Mr. Cnllom (111.) presented tho conference report on tho Iuter-State Commerce bill. Aftor debat >, tlio report was crdercd printed.... Mr. Piatt called up his resolution that executive nominations shall horeaftcr bo considered in open session, except when other wiso ordered by a voto of the Senate. Mr. Hoar moved to Jay tho resolution on tho lablo. Agreed to? yeas :j:5, nays .21 Mr. Beck (Ky.) called up tho bill prohibiting Senators or Representative from acting as attornoys for subsidized railroad companies, tho (juostion being on the substituto roported from tho Judiciary Committee. Mr. Bock said -the substitute was a burlesque on all legislation, and was so intended by tho nn>l l*%#wlir?rr mimi I i%f fliu Pi iITl. mitlee.. ..Exccutive'sossion. Eighth Dat?Mr. Van Wyck iritroiuced a proposed amendment to the Constitution, providing- for the election of United States Senators by the people of the several States .... The bill to permit the owners of American vessels and their cargoes to sue the government for losses caused by collision with United States vessels, arising from their mismanagement, was passed Mr. Edmunds opposed the bill to repeal the Teuure of Office ac t. Its passage, he said, would be an invitationmore than an invitation?it would ba a recognition, an approval of the idea that, on purely political grounds of opinion, the President ought to remove immediately everybody who did not agree with him or with some department officer, or with the party. Ho thought that that v/ould. be a step twenty-years backward. Mr. George made a constitutional argument in favor of the bil'. Mr. Evarts said that he would vote for the bill, and that grounds of constitutionality would not cover his vote, but that grouuds of expediency would Executive session. _ House. Fifth Day.?After the reading of the journal, Mr. Campbell, of New York, announced in fitting terms the death of his colleague, Hon. Abraham Dowdney. and offaro/l rosnlnfinns Btnrfissivfl of the razret with whi A the announcement of the death Lai been received by the House, and providing for a joint committee of the Senate and House to attend the funeral. The resolutions were unanimously adopted and the House at 12:20 adjourned. Sixth Day?On motion of Mr. Peters, of Kansas, a bill was passed exten ling the laws of the United States over certain unorganized territory south of the State of Kansas, known as the Public Land strip, and providing that this land shall be subject to entry by actual settlers under homestead law.... The bill do.-laring a forfeiture of the Ontonagon aud Brule lliver Land Grant was < passed. It forfeits 351,000 acres.' Seventh Da.y.?Bills introduced: By Mr. Phelps (N. J.)?Directing the Secretary of War to lease the National Hotel Company of New Jersey a tract of land on Sandy Hook for tho purposo of constructing thereon two large hotels?one for families and permanent visitors and the other for the use of excursionists. [The object of the incorporators is to secure a sumsummer resort where gambling and liquorcflllin<r is nhsnliitfllv nrohibited. 1 Bv Mr. Oates (Ala.)?To prohibit t'je appointment of Congressional Committees to attend fuuerals, and to prohibit the draping of public buildiugs in mourning, except by order of the President By Mr. Lawler (111.)?Resolutions to expend a lar^e proportion of the uirplus now in the Treasury for coast defences. By Mr. White (Penn.)?For the free coinage of Silver. By Mr. Springer (111.)?For the admission into the Union of Dakota, Montana, Washington, and New Mexico... .The Speaker laid before the House a supplemental report from the Secretary of the Treasury relative to the collection of customs duties, which was referred to the Committee on Waysand Means. Eighth Day.?Mr. Payson (I1L), on behalf of the Committee on Public Lands, called up the bill granting to the Cinnabar and Clark's Fork llailroad Company a right of way through the northern part of the Yellowstone Park. Messrs. Paysou and T<x>le (Mont.) supported, and Messrs. C>c (N. Y.), Holman (Ind) and Kelley (Peuu.) opposed the bill because it was an in\ asion of the one national park on this contineut. On motion of Mr. Cox the enacting clause of the bill was struck out?yeas 107; nays 02. This kills iua k;ii TKa TTnnon wonf. int/i f!nm? LLIO U1U..M Xuo aavu^V .. VM. mittee of the Whole, Mr. Hammond (Ga.) in the chair, on tho Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. Mr. Ryan (Kau.) and Mr. Long (Mass.) criticised the bill as being inadequate, and contended that the appropriations were made, not with an eye to the public service, but with a view to carry out tho foolish policy that no appropriation of th s year should exceed the appropriation of last year for a similar object Mr. Long also criticised tho President for failing to make a permanent appointment of a Superint?ndent ef the Coast Survey. Various amendments to the bill wore adopted. Njntii Day.?Tlie JIonso debated tho bill for the allotment of laud iu severally to Indians, and then took up the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill... .Mr. Diugley (Me.) offered an amendment, wli.ch was adopted, appropriating -J 147,500 for tho construction of a lighthouse supply stealer for use on the Atlautic and Gulf coasts. ....Mr. Lanham (Tex.) offered an amendment, as directed by tho Coinage Committee, providing for tho redemption of the trade dollar. ttuled out on a point of order.... A bill was roported from tho Committee on Appropriations to snpply a deficiency in the appropriations for public printing. It appropriates $Jir>,000 for public printing and a/v\ ^Ii'ofinnfivA -nnruar fnr Dinamg, $i<,uw iui uunu^'v r-i?? ? United States securities, and $5,00J for the recoinage of silver. Tenth Day.?A bill was passed making Hart for J, Conn., a port ot eutry iustead of Middletown A Seua'e bill was passed providing that Admirals Rowan and Worden may, after forty years' service, be retired from active servict on their own application with the h ghost pav of the grade to which they belong. Mr. Dingley |Me) preseuto 1 romoustrancosnsain-ittlie Dunn Free Ship bill. The remonstrances say that the adoption of a free ship policy would destroy the ship-building industry in the United States, and ma'io this country dependent on British yards for ships for commercial purposes aud for defence in time of war....The S mate bill for the allotment of lands in severalty tc Indians was passed, with amendments recommended by the Committee on Indian affairs Tho Urgent Deficiency bill for public printing was passed ? Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was further amended. William Alva De Lono ran a savingbank at Long Creek, Nebraska,'taking deposits of a nickel and upward. At the eud of a month he vanished, and his gorgeous safe, which looked as though it weighed ten tons, was found to be of wood. D&inted. FOUND GUILTY. The "Boodle" Alderman's Second Trial Kesults In Conviction. rm t i tt n . i ft ine dury itenaer a verdict Aitei Being Out Fifteen Minutes. Ifc will be remembered that the first trial of Alderman McQuade, charged with accepting a large bribe to pass the Broadway horse-car charter in New York, resulted in no verdict, notwithstanding that the Aldermanic accomplices testified to the illegal acts of bribery in order to save themselves. Because no corroborative evidence was offered at the first trial, th? Judge's charge was favorable to the prisoner, and the jury was discharged aftei being out a long time and being unable to come to a decision, nine standing for acquittal and three for conviction. At this second trial the testimony of the two accomplices, with corroborative evidence, was offered, and the result was reversed. We give the closing^ scenes of the trial from the New York papers as follows: The second trial of ex-Alderman Arthur J. McQuade, on a charge of receiving a bribe in connection with the grant of the Broadway franchise, eaded parly last evening in the conviction of the defendaut. The result was quickly reached when the case was once submitted to the jury. The. trial ! 3 _J 1 1. S in.rt1 ..A occupied nmeieeu tuui l uu/s, mu>c u which were spent in obtaining a jury. The sessions yesterday were occupied by the closing address of Colonel Fellows, Assistant District Attorney, and a strong charge by Ee order Smyth. The case was submitted to the jury shortly before 7 p. m., and the jurors retired to the Grand Jury room,adjoining the court room, under the charge of the court officers. In less than fifteen minutes the jurors informed Court Officer Curry, who was prepared for a long vigil, that they had agreed upon a verdict. The information was immediately communicated to Recorder Smyth, who bad just sat down, with the counsel and attorneys for the people, to a hastily prepared dinner served in the District-Attorney's office. Without waiting to finish their meal the Re:order and his companions hastened to the court-room. McQuade, his brother and hi? lawyers were already there occupying their ac.-ustomed s.?ati They were evidently prepared for the worst, believing that if a verdict had been reached so quickly it mint bte against them, since they pinned their only hope upon a disagreement among the twelve. When the jurors died into their seats in the, box at 7:15, half au hoar after the.last words of the Recorder's charge had been spoken, there were less thai! tifty persons in the room, few having expected tnat an agreement would be come" to so soon. The faces tn**nv*a wnro nn flrnrflcainn whifh ill concealed the conclusion they had reached. All appeared to feel keenly the responsibilities attached to their positions and one 01 two looked at the prisoner with an expression akin to pity. "Ha. e you agreed upon a verdict?" asked Assistant Clerk Moser when the jury were seated and the crier had called the assembly to order. ' We have." responded Foremau Henry Ottenborg deliberately. "What is your verdict?" asked the clerk. "We find that the prisoner is guilty of the charges contained in the first count of the indictment," was Mr. Ottenberg's firm and distinct reply. At the word gu:Itv McQuade, who up to this moment had retained the perlest composure which marked his course throughout the long trial, placed his hands on the railing in iront of him and drew himself out of his chair until ho almost stood erect and then sank back again. The color rose to his cheeks and he looked straight ahead of him for a moment as though stunned. He quickly recovered his self-possession, however, and when he -turned around to speak t> his brother he appeared as little disconcerted as the most disinterest? 1 spectator. G neral Tra?y, Mr. New.ombe and ex-Senator Grady, the prisoner's lawyers, sat as stolidly as though they were not concerned in the ease. After thanking and complimenting the jury the Recorder discharged them and McQuado tlia Tnmh: fn Ha cpntpnrPfi I was laf-cu uov? v>j ? ? ? on the following Friday. The maximum punishment for his crime is tea years' imprisonment end to pay a fine of *5.000. BOLD TRAIN ROBBERS, Three Men Capture a Train in Broad Daylight. In broad daylight a few days since the mail and express train on the Fort Worth and Denver Kailroad, stopped at a water tank just north of Belle vue station, seventy-five miles north of Fort Worths A few minute3 before the train arrived three men had ridden up to a h juse two hundred yards from the tank} tied their horses and ordered dinner. They walked leisurely toward the tank, and about that time the train pulled in. une or toe robbers with drawn pistol ordered Engineer Ayers and his fireman and O. G. Miller, another engineer who was riding in the cab, to allight, which they did- He then marched them some thirty feet from the train and went through them talcing all the valuables they had. While this was going on the other men went through tha train. One of the Sassengers, who was looking out of the winow an.l saw the operation with the train men, divining the situation, went into the forward cjrs and exclaimed: "Put away your money and valuables; we will be robbed." At once the passengers sorreted all they could and awaited results. In the smoking-car were five United States soldiers (negroe?) belonging to the Twentyfourth Infantry, uuder command of Captain Connors in charge of two deserters who were being taken to Leavenworth from Fort Sill. When it was seen that the soldiers were going to fight, several pass?n?ers went to Connors and begged him to submit tamely, saying the wonen and children were greatly alarmed and that all the valuables were hidden away. Connors reluctantly consented to do as requested. By this time the t wo men had readied the sjldiers, and covering them with revolvers, demanded their pistols, which the soldiers surrendered. Many of the passengers secreted their money in various ways, giving most of it (with their diamonds) to several ladies aboard. About $12,000 in money and irt.OCO worth of diamonds and other valuables were left by the robbers in their haste to get through the traiD, and because they did not search the ladies. They were evidently novice* in the business, and went away with the paltry sum of $105, three gold watohes, teu silver watches five revolvers and one gold ring. The robbers left the train at the rear of the sleeper, mounted horses standing near by and rode raj idly aw a v. The train was then hurried on to Bellevue, where telegrams were sent to Superintendent Frost, at Fort Worth, who immediately seplied, offering $350 reward for each robber '" rvAr:oa of ftfflnoM XII icoo UUUU uu uum ??V v? w.?w.? and citizens were in pursuit. PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. National Aid Invoked to Stamp Out the Cattle Scourge. The Committee of the Consolidated Cattle Growers' Association of the United State,', appointed to prepare and present to Congress a bill for the extirpation of contagious plei:ro-pueumouia and like diseases among cattle, have been in conference at Washington, with Members of Congress and government officials. They haveperfected a bill, the leading features of which propose tho appointment, by the President of a commission of three, to be men of executive ability, whose functions aud pay are to be suspended by the President whenever the public safety will permit ami 1 estored whenever he demis necessary; the conferral on tho Commission of ample powers to discover, quarantine, appraise, slaughter, and pay for diseased and exposed cattle and to establish rules and regulations therefor, to have the force of law when approved by the President; the imposition of penalties for obstruction of officers or concealment of disease. an 1 thfi nowflr to emnlnv t.lm host veterinary skill to be found, with other needed assistants, and to make necessary expenditures. The bill calls for the appropriation of 31,000,00J. < " ' - ' :,; ;*;y .- *.?&' .:>5^:-. &''$*$*'3?S THE YEA.R 1887. ' ^ .-. V |B llltlllll! $ ifffiMll ^ Jan i' July i w 334567 8( 3 4? 6 > 8 9 A to 11 12 11 L4 ?l 10 zi la 13 u 15 JW 16 17 x8 19 20 ai M: 17 x8 X9 20 21 M ?3 03 24 25 26 27 26 29 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Feb. ~ 3* "i "a 3 "4 "5! AuC- 3* i a ? 4 "5 6 7? 9 10 II 12; 7 8 91011x3x3 13 14 15 16 17 18 19! X4 15 16 17 18 10 30 ? 30 31 23 33 34 35 36 31 33 23 34 35 ? ?7. 27 98 1 ? 28293031... " ~ i J. / Mar x 3 3 4 5l s??* - 19 3 678? 10 xi 12 4 5 6 7 8 9? 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 XI 13 13 14 15 16 *7 . : 20 31 33 33 34 35 26 18 19 20 31 22 23 ?4 27 28 29 30 31 35 36 37 ?8 39 30 ~. . '< ;.<V Apr x 3 Oct ? ; 3 4 5 ? 7 ? 9 2345678 xo 11 13 13 14 15 16 9101:1313x415 17 :? 19 30 ai 22 33 16 17 1819 jo ax 29 24252627383930 23242526272829 3? ? t" " *** May x 2 3 4 5 61? Nov 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 xx 12 1314 6 7 8 9 10 11 la 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 *6 >7 '8(19 2223242526272s 2021 2323 2425J3&! 29 30 31 27 28 29? June x 2 3 4 Dec 1 a 3 ? 6 7 8 9 10 ix 45678 9 xo 13 13 14 X5 16 17 18 XI 13 X3 14 15 16 17] 19 30 21 22 33 34 35; 18 19 30 31 32 23 24[ 26 27 38 39 30 ... .."I 35 36 27 a8|ag ?I39| Ecl!p*es for lStr. Therii will be fonr Eclipses this year?two of tt? San and two or the Moon. The first U a Partial Eclipse of the Moon, Fobrn? ary 8th, 5:08 o'clock in tbe morning, visible In the United States as a partial cclipae, and also In tit# Pacific Ocean and Asia. . : :~y The second i-t an Annnlar Eclipse of the Son, . * February 224,2.59 o'clock m the afternoon; invf^ ib'e in the United States; visible In South Pacific *__v Ocean and western coast of Sonth America. Tbe third is a Partial Eclipse of the Moon, August Sd, at 3:52 o'clock in the afternoon; Invisible in the United States; visible in Western Asia and Eatt Europe. Tho fourth is a Total Eclipse of the Snn. Anmit 18th, 11:16 o'clock In tbe eveninj, and is invWN* : in the United States. The eclipse will be total at '' 1 Berlin in Germany, Konlgsberg. Yeddo In Japan, . ? and KIco de Oro In the Pacific Ocean. Morning Star*. Evening Start. r x Venus, after Sept. 21et. Venus, untfl Sept 21 St' " Mars, after April 24th. Mars, until April 24th. \ Jupiter, until April 20, Jupiter, after April 20, after Ncv, 8. until Nov. 8. ^ Saturn, until Jan.9, after Satnrn, after Jan. 9, u?July 18, til July 18L Mercury, until Feb. 7, Mercury, sfter Feb. 7th, afteT Mar. 21, Julv2S, May 27th, Sept \oth.. Nov. 7. ?? - ( Planets Brightest. Mercury, March 5th. July 1st, setting then ins* " ' after the Sun; April 18th, August 17th, Decembftt -> 6th, rising then jnst before the Sun. Venus, August 15th. October 29th. Jupiter, April 20th. Mars, not this year. Saturn, January 9th. The Fonr Seasons* ,v_"j Winter begins December 24,1SS6, and lasts 8# dmSpring ? March 20,1S87. - W ? . Summer " June 21, M " u M - * Autumn September 23, M M u 89 ^ . -j OLEOMARGARINE,. ^ 0 Figures Showing the Operation of' the New Tax Law. The Secretary of the Treasury has trans- i mittedtothe Senate a report prepared by ; Mr. Miller, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in answer to Senator Ingalls'* resolution, calling for information about the operationof the Oleomargarins law. By this report it appears that since November 1, the date at which the law went into oper- ... atiod, spacial taxes provided for therein have- '4 been assessed on thirty-four manufacturer^ ? of oleomargarine, on 201 wholesale dealers^ and on 2,415 retail dealers The namner or - :; pounds of oleomargarine assess?d at twocents per pound was4,430,174. The Diinripal collections were in the First Illinois district, where 2,013,70J pounds were taxed. The- '} other districts wnere the collections wereabove the average were as follows: Colorado, 101.951 pounds: Kansas; 278,55 1 pounds; Third Massachusetts, 155,894 pounds; First- v1 New York, 191,979 pounds; Second NewYork, 255,454 pounds; Rhode Island, 284,? 3 :o pounds. Of the manufa' taring establishments ten.are in the First Illinois district, five in Kansas, three in Second New York, three in. Thirteenth Ohio, and five in Rhode Island. None of the other districts contains morethan two factories. The wholesale dea'eraare confined principally to the following districts: First Illiuois, Third Massachusetts, \ First Michigan, Rhode Island and Louisiana. There are not more than four wholesale dealers in any one of the other districts. "In the retail business the First Illinois district heads the list with 416 dealers; the Third Massachusetts is next with '434; the Twenty-second Pennsylvania, 181; Rhode Island! 177; First Pennsylvania, 157; Fifth. New Jersey, 89; Connecti.-ut, 87; Twenty" ' t> i o.j. tu: ] Wf inira reDiisyivtuna, ov, xuiiu rior* iw?9v*t First Ohio, 75: Kansas, 72; First New York; 65; Eighteenth Ohio, 57; (Colorado, 49. Inthe remaining districts the number of retail dealers range from one to thirty-one. v. O-Jg * PBOMINENT PEOPLE, . Mark Twain is now said to be worth something like a million and a half. Michael Davitt declares that Ireland' will have home rule within three years. The widow of General Hancock has decided to make her home in Washington. The Empress of China has reigned twenty* years, and will resign next February in favor of her son. Dr. Douglass, who lost his health in car* ngfor General Grant, has gone South from New York to spend the winter. Secretary Lamar now makes his hom?at Washington with his married son. Hi? daughter will make Her entrance into society on New Year's day. Salem A. Wales, a prominent caricature 1st, died in a New York restaurant a fewdays ago from the effects of an overdose of' bromide of potassium. - -V - ,* Governor Robinson, of Massachusetts, the Troy Times facetiously observes, will godown hill very rapidly between now and' next spring. Mo has jo.ned a toboggan club. Ma Hen*rt M. Stanley, the African explorer, recently arrived in this country, has been warmly received in literary and scientific circles, and his lectures arc in all casesattended by large audiences. THE MARKETS. new york. 50 Beof cattle, good to prime... C <3 8^ Calves, coin'u lo prime veals 4 @1 9)4 Sheep 3 5/4 Laniljs..# ? @ 5Jfc Hogs?Live ? @ Pressed 5)^@ 5% Flour?Kx. St., good to fancy 8 50 @ 4 00 West, good to choice .'? 40 (? 5 15_ ^ Wheat?.No. 2, Ked !W @ Kyo-State 57)$@ M Barley?State @ J?. Corn?Unpjrad. Mixed 46 @ 48% Oats?White Stute 'M%@ 3-J Mixed Western 84 & 37 Hay?Mod. to prime S5 @ w Straw?No. I, Rye W) @ Jj* J.ani?City Slcafn 6 2.) @ G <j Butter?State Creamery.... 2-* @ Dairy ..... -6 & ? West. Int. Creamery 22 <$ -4 Factory *. & J? Cheese?Slate factory ? & suims 11 Western 11 & Eggs?Stalo and Peuii -7 & 2$ HUKKA.LO. Sheep?Good to Choice 3 75 @ 4 *5 Lambs?1Western 4 50 (jaj 5 .?>0 occers?Yvosteru w Hogs? Good to Choice Yorks 4 15 ($ 4 'JO Flour 4 75 <3 5 15 Wheat-No. 1 - (<$ Corn?No. 2, Mixed ? (<5 44 Oats?No. 2, Misel ? (& Barley?State 03 (9 05 llOSTOX. Boef?Good to clioi e ? <fi Hogs?Li\o 5VC4I '? Northern Dressed..., Pork?Ex. Prime, per bbl...10 50 @11 00 Flour?Siirini? Whi'.at lint's.. 5 0) (4 5 25 Cora?High Mixed.......... ? & 51 . Oats?Extra White 41 & 4I}? liye?State 00 (& fo WATKRTOWN (MASS.) CATTLK MARKET. Boot? Dressed weight. 4 00 @ 7 50 Sheep?Live weight I ? @ Lambs 0 Hogs?Northern ? (? PHILADELPHIA. Flour?Peun.extra family... 3 00 @3 S7>$ Wheat?No. Red R3'e?State ? & '^>}4 Cora?State Yellow ? @47 Oats Mixe 1 34 (8 3M? Butter?Creamery Extra... -J @ 30 Chcoie?N. Y. Full Cream.. ? <9 J3#