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-I LLLJ O l XV U. A OUSF'AllATt BATTLE, With Ulflcfl tin I AxasTwo Men Shot. Cadillao in alive with excitement. For ouie time past tb Toledo, Ann Arbor & Cadillao railroad hui met with opposition from partial! over whoso land the road ww to run. Tins opposition came to a focus just before noou on the 8th inst., and resulted seriously and probably fatally, Ihe rotid baa been graded through the arm of D. Chapiu and wbeu the iron men came to lay the iron they found that a rough log shanty had been built since the morning on the grade. Chapin, hla two .sons and four others were on hand with jruua tosbeot the first man who laid hands ou the shanty. . Geo. L. Davis, the chief ( engineer, proceeded immediately to tear down the shanty. The tenior Ciiapin , 4rewa bead on Davi, but the cartridge missed fire. Davis made for him. Four I times the gun was snapped. Wbeu he j reached Chapiu, Davis teized tli6,gun, and after a ktruggie obtained pos session of it and clubbed Chapiu, breaking the stoc of the gun. A sou came to tue rescue, and Davis got his guu away iro.n bun. uu of the larmers was obout attacking a railroad man with an az, when iJavis laid him out with the gun barrel. During the melee several shots were tired ana a railroad man by the name of Ulesou was shot tnrougu tue band, wbicn, it is reported, will have to be am putated. Guest iielbiug was shot in the abdomen and Is not expected to live. When the news reached town a posse was Immediately gotten together aud went to capture the shooters. The two Chapia brother were found, but the father had gone to Harrison. Ou their arrival at Cadillac tue brothers were taken to the house where Helbing lien dying. lie iden tified the one who did the shooting, Hei biug's sister was standing near tue shoot er, who took her for Helbiug's wife, and said: "i did not mean to shoot your hus band." the rest of the seven are being looiced for. Helbing's father is almost frantic, and swears vengeance. Twenty bucksuot were taiioti from the cartridge that mused lire at Davis. The State Treasurer's Report. The annual report of State Treasurer Grorge L. Malta tor the fiscal year ending Juue 80 is just pub. shed. It is only for the period of Oct 1, a period of nine months, the legislature having changed the iiscal year so a to make it begin July 1st. Tue folio win; i the general sum mary: Bulance on hand Out. 1, 130. . . .$ 141,997 8ll Receipts for uiue mouths 2,113,334 42 Total Trie payments wrj ... ,..3,0O0,332 38 ... 2,l8,54i i5 Valance in treasury July 1, '87.$ 874,784 53 The bonded deoc of the state stands thus: Past due part paid five million loan bonds, i'J,iJJ, adjustable at per $1,0j0 (not bear ing interest) $ 10,993 33 War bounty loun bonds, 7 per tent, dueiu la'Ju 231,000 0) Tun sinking f and holds fiJl.OOJ of United Status per cent bonds with which to pay oif tue entire bonded debs tue uio ineut it tads due, which will be in two years. The trust fund debt, composed of bal ances upou which tue state, as trustee, pays interest tor educational purposes .now is: Agricultural col lege Lund $ 82S.0J5 20 Koruial s o U o 1 fund , 03,010 13 .Primary school tund (7 percent) $J,3i3,9JO CS Primary s o h e 1 lunu (i pur cent; a.uu vj $3, ".08,710 CO ..0,0J.i 80 University fund... Aggregate balance of tru.t fuui.... $4,6 55,321 72 Tnure are uow sixty-two banking asso iatioua under tue general law of the state, twelve having been organized during the past nine mourns, KstimaUj fur M;cui.ran Myers and , Harbors, The following are the estimates for the Improvement of tiie river j and harbors of Michigan: Improving Djtroit river, $13'J, 00; improving Hay Lake cbaunel, St. Mary's river, 5X),0JJ; Improving Saginaw river, $137,OOJ; improving St. Clair fiats ihip canal, $1jO,0j0; improving tit. Mary's river, $ 1,000, 00 J; improving harbor at Slack Lake, $15,000; improving harbor at Charlevoix, $ 3J.0J0; improving harbor at Cheboygan, $l,000; improving harbor at Franktort, ii.OOJ; improving harbor at ttrand Haven, 100,000; harbor of refuge at Urand Marais, $ii)J,UJJ; improving har bor at Ludington, 120, ooo; improving harbor at Manistee, $30,000; improving harbor at Monroe, $;x,000; improving har bor at Muskegon, fc50, 0UU; improving harbor at Ontonagon, $Jj,uoo; improvinghurbor at Pentwater, J0,U0J; u arbor of refuge at Portage Lake, $00,000; harbor of refuge at Band Beach, 130,00j; improving harbor at bt, Joseph, $,0J0; harbor at South Haven, $i0,00J; harbor at Saugatuck, 15.000; harbor at White River, 25,000. The following amounts are -asked for the pay of registers and receivers at the vari ous land offices in Michigan: Detroit, fUOO; East Saginaw, ,txw; Marquette, 10,000; Heed City, toOJ. For establishing a light and fog signal ou Squaw island at the northern end of Lake Michigan to mark the passage of Beaver island, $25, 000 is asked, tie also as a that .h),0j0 be appropriated for establishing a supply and buoy depot for the niutii district, and lays that it is absolutely necessary for the storage of supplies and buoys in this dis trict. The sum will be expended for a lite, the erection of walls, sheds and ether necessary buildings, removing the requisite buoys and materials from De troit. Union Veteran' d Union Col. L. O. Norton of Iiyron, a man of ital wart proportions, whoso most notice able features are a big, kind face and a long, black baard, has been doing good work in Michigan for tin new union vet eran's union. The society was organized 10 me sixteen months ago, the object being not only to rival the grand army of the republic, but to associate those who saw active service, it is, in fact, like the " grand army republic In all respects, ex cept that six months of actual service at the front (unles discharged for wounds) during the rebellion are necessary for eli gibility to membership. Col. Norton is an organizing commander and operatos both in this and other states. M. A. Dillion of Washington, is the commander-in-chief Charters have been issued to veterans in Corunna, Oatesbur, Muskegon, Byron and St.' C.air, and the colonel visited Wayne this week, 'ihere are about a doxen towns ready to apply for charter tUix .rrrniiiAr nail visit them AH Michigan veteraus who wbili to join the society as won as tue grand army, . - .dirii.u r.,m o-nin aiiv information they may desire by addressing CoL Norton at nyrou, jama. 'f ho Sportsmen. I. P.B. Holmes. President of the Mlchl gan Sportsmen's Association, has Issued the following circular: The following gentlemen have been ap pointed to constitute the standing com- I mittees, whose duty it is to oonsider the subjects included in the several headings, an 1 make full reports at the next annual . seosion of the association to be held in De- i troifc, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 14 and 'Jf), V Committee on Laws T. V. Shepard of Bay City; A. L. Lukey ot Kalamazoo; Mark Norris of Urand Kaplds. Committee on Enforcement Joel C. Parker of Uraud Rapids; Wm. li. Mer shan of East Haglnaw; f. O. Lancaster of Flint. Committee on Nomenclature Dr. Mor ris uibbs, Geo. H. Wyuans, E. II. Ranney, all of Ka amazoo. Committee on Publication Mark Norrl?, T. Stewart White, F. E. Blakely, all of Urand Rapids. WOLVERINE WHISPERINGS. Benzie, Orand Traverse, Antrim and Leelanaw counties voted on the local option question on the 5th inst. The re sult in each case was a victory for local option. The dispute over a portion of the site for the new Detroit potofilce ha been satisfactorily settled, and the deeds to the property have been forwarded to Wash ington. Abner Develle of Grass Lake, aged 80 years, is dead. He was a pioneer In Jack ton county and the wealthiest man in the , village. Harry Smith, a Kalamazoo man, and for many years journal clerk of the national hou.-.e of representatives, has been re' moved. Uis successor is J. Q. Robinson of Indiana, ex-judge and ex-state senator, who was once thought of as an available democratic candidate for governor. South Haven hvs established a free reading room in the hope of counteract ing the baneful influences of the saloon. The prosecuting attorney of Calhoun county has officially notified the sheriff and his deputies, aud the Marshall police, that they must see to the enforcement of che state liquor laws. ' Frank Barker of Abscota, Calhoun coun ty, was killed by a fall in Colorado. He leaves a widow and several children. An Elk Rapids man oti'ers Heury George 'JO acres of land if he will come out there and live. H. G. has not accepted the oder. Simon Ki-Ji Go-Be-Nesc and others, all natives of this state.and couuty of Emmet, have gone to Washington to see about a little money due them from Uncle Sam. The new iron bridge over the Muskegon river at Big Rapids is open for travel. Mrs, Jane Douglass received severe in juries to her spine by stepping into a hole in a Bay City bridge last March, and a jury in the United States district court at Detroit gave her a verdict against Bay City for $10,OOJ damages. Judge Brown has decided that she luust accept $0,500 or he will order a new trial. A passeuger train on the Chicago & Northwestern was ditched near Iron Riv er, Iron county, the other night, smashing mauy cars aud blocking the track ail night. Several people were hurt, but none fatally and few severely. Eugene M. Converse, the Battle Creek lawyer, has pleaded guilty to embezzle ment, aud has been remanded for trial. David Whitney, Jr., of Detroit, who owns a great deal of property in Grant township, Clare county, has enjoined the township board from issuing the bonds voted in aid of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Cadillac railroad. The injunction was one day too late, as the bonds had been issued. The second gas well at Niles has been abandoned. Mine ollleiala report tint the fire in the Calumet and Uecia mine is under control. A gift of an (85 military album was made to the Marquette Post of G. A. R- by the late Edward Breituug, but by care lessness on the part of Capt. Hill, com piler of the work, it was never transmit ted, and only by act! lent the other day it was traced to the possession of a man at Trenton, Wayne couuty, who forwarded it to tbe post at Marquette. Work is to be commenced on the St. Ignace & Sault Ste. Marie ro.-ul early next spring. Hurry McUowau was iustautly killed and two others r-eriousiy injured by a col lision on the Grand Trunk near Port Hu ron a few days ago. Bronson has finally abandoned its gas well. ' H. N. Moreof Coidwater, guardian of Roy Teater, deceased, hai commenced a suit for $10,000 damages again t Kiika li. Sheldon, who owned aud operated the buzz saw from which the slab flew which fatally hurt the Toator lad at the Branch county fair in September. Seventy-four law huits have been com menced against the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Cadillac railroad at Caiillao by laborers who have taken this manner of collecting their wages. Luke Cooney, Jr., of Kalamazoo, is un der arrest for appropriating $74 which came through the American express ofilco. The railroad commissioner is sending out his annual report. Ouly nine of the sixty-eight companies operating Michigan railroads were able to return dividends during the past year. Two passengers and forty-seven employes have been killed and thirty-eight passengers and 1U4 employes injured. The plan for the new postofUce in De troit has been changed, and is pronounced greatly superior to theplan first submitted. Miss Julia Donahue, manager of the Western Union te egraph office and assist ant postmistress at East Tawas, is dead. Arthur Frost of East Saginaw, has been convicted of cruelty to animals, and sen tenced to 6) days in jail and to pay a fine of $'25. The drain laws of the state now In force have been compiled under the direct Ion of the secretary of stito, as have also the laws relating to highway and bridges, and may be obtained by addressing that olficer at Lansing. Oregon Hamilton, of Woolville, Newagi county, is under arrost for the murder of his infant child. The body of the child presented a rickenlng sight when viewol at tbe inquest. It was black from its litllo arms to its knees. Its father manifests no sorrow in tbe least, but since his Imprison ment has been trying to throw the whole crime upon the woman who had it In charge, whilo it is the general belief that both are equally guilty, and a warrant has boen issued for her arrest. The Commissioner of Railroads lias issued an order restraining tbe Ashloy system from using the crossings on tbe Detroit, Lansin? & Northern, Chicago & West Michigan and Grand Rapids & Indiana railroads until interlocking switches are put in and approved by tbe board. Mr. Lahurs, living on a farm near Hol land, was gored to death by a bull which he had gone out to feed. Ous Helbing, the younj man who was ithot in tbe railroa 1 war at Cadillac, died tbe next day. Young Chapln Is charged with firing the shot which caused Helbing' death. J. W. Orcutt, a Bohemian oati agent of Ypsilanti, has gone to Canada. Since the conviction of Ilamuer at Flint, tliey have been encouraged to tike proceedings against the ringleader aud Orcutt, getting wind of a warrant which was out for him eft. Pittsford, Hillsdale county, had a $r,0;K) fire on the 10th inst. Nearly every busi ness place In the village was burned. The Flint & Pere Marquette railroa 1 company has been purchasing land in the western portion of Saginaw with the ob ject of getting a belt line completely en circling both Saginaws. Over 50,ooj worth of property has been bought so far for this purpose. In the center of Saginaw a whole block of buildings are purchased for a site for a depot.' The spring will see work energetically pushed forward. The Minneapolis, Sault Ste Mari & Atlantio road has reached Sault Ste Marie The following officers were elected at the recent fruit growers convention in Paw Paw: Walter Phillips of Urand Haven was re-elected presiden; G. H. Lafleur, Allegan, secretary; A. Smith, Benton Harbor, treasurer. The next meeting will be held at Benton Harbor the last Wednesday in May. Shafts are being sunk at Vassar to tap the recently discovered strata of coal there. The next state encampment of the G. A. R. will be held at Lansing next March. It will probably be a three days' session and held during the second week. It is ex pected that over 1,5 H) veterans will be in attendance. The Woman's Relief Corps will hold a special meeting at the same time and this will bring to the city over 00 ladies, wives of the veterans. A cave-in occurred at the Calumet & Heel a mine the other evening. This will cause a disastrous ueiay in tne wonting of tbe mine. A vegetable evaporating company, working under a new process, will go into business at Jackson. The scheme, aside from certain processes which are as yet held secret, is a simple one, viz.; 'to evaporate and grind to powder vegetables of all kinds. It is claimed that by this process vegetables can be carried to the Arctic regions aud kept fresh there for an indefinite time. Burglars attempted to break into Oim- stead & Storm's bank at Oalesburg, the other night. Georga Cory, who sleeps overhead, was awakened, and seizing hii revolver, rushed down stairs and was confronted by three men, who opened firc on him. He returned their fire aiil they ran away. He folio we 1, emptying his revolver at their retreating figures. One of the burglars ran about a block aud then fell. He was taken up and carried into the hotel, where it was found that he had been shot through the right lung. On re covering consciousness Le gave his name as James Lawrence aud said his residence wat Chicago. One of his accomplices, he said, wasuamed Phillip s and two of them named Brown. He has tattooed on each arm a female figure in India ink, with the initials J. L. DKTKOIT .MAKKICTS. Wiiuat, White $ 80 (A 8flt Ken w ( to?i Corn, per bu 45 ; 5 Oats, " 4 (3 84 4 Baklkt 1 Hi 1 00 Malt to c4 V) Timothy Seed 2 05 0J 2 In Clovek Sehd, per bag 4 17 ( 4 2) I led, per cwt u ou iid oj BUCKWI1'JT f LOUIt 3 i0 ttj 5 Flouu Michigan patent... 4 75 (iQ 5 0J iMicuigau roller.... 4 so ( 4 o Minnesota patent.. 5 00 ( 5 'J5 Minnesota bakers'. 4 ' ('$ 4 50 Michieran rye 3 00 06 3 5 J Ari'LES, new, per bbl I 75 (;) 2 25 CiiAXUiiiutiKs, per bu 1 75 04 2 U) Ojui.CEs,per bbl 4 00 (ij45l Bean., picked 2 '.'5 w 2 150 ' uuniCKOu (! l ( Beeswax 25 (fl 30 But ru it 20 c9 21 Ciieksr, per lb 12 (t 12 Dkied Ai'iM.r.s, per lb 5 (4 Jmius, per doz c n Honey, per lb 13 i 20 Hops 32 op 80 Hay, per ton, clover 7 (K) " timothy 10 50 06 8 00 fell 00 M 75 04 2 25 06 75 (4 09 7 04 10 (2) 10 iiCU 00 (jjl4 50 06 7 25 - -7K Malt, per bu 70 Onions, per bbl 2 00 Potatoes, perbu 70 Poultky Chickens, per lb.. 8 ueose u Turkeys N Ducks ner lb..... 9 Provisions Mess Pork 13 75 Family 14 25 Extra mess beef 7 00 Lard 7 Dressed hogs.. 5 25 on o tu Beet. 2X 4 8 u Calves. " Lambs. Hams 7 04 10 04 Shoulders 7 OP. Bacon 11 04 Tallow, per lb.. Hides Green City per lb... 0 06 Country uC9 uurod Salted Sheep skins, wool. 8 9 25 50 04 LIVE STOCK. Cattle Market steady; good to choice, strong; beef steers, ti 30,4 70; stockers and feeders $1 75 aJ; cows, bulls and mixed $1 2503 1 SO; Texas cattle, $1 nxwd. Hoos Market strong; mixed, $4 90 015 40; heavy. $ S.y. 0.; light, $4 85oi (t$5 80; skips, 3 401 SnEEP Market active, 10a to loc higher; natives, $34 80; western, f3 104$1 15; Texans, $2 8J5 20; lambs, $4u$5 50 Millions In it. The secretary of the treasury estimates hat for all tbe expenses of governinm for tho fiscal year ending Juno 80, 133J $33'4,5:i0,7'J3 will be required, an increase of $1,344,91)3 oyer last year's estlmato, an J $13, 89'.), 400 morn than was actually ap propriatod. Tho items are: Legislative, e3,27-!,lll; oxocutive, I s, 85.5,725; judicial, $122,200; foreign intercourse, $ l,Ut ,f.r."; military, t2.,u02,571; naval, $21,348,o; Indian aHairs, $5,4")i,ti'J7; pensions $70, 312,400; public works, $30,031, 8r4; postal service, l,4'j:s,4U'j; miscellaneous, j ,uih, 800: permauont annual appropriations, $115,040,79. f Lord" Lyons Dcwl. Lord Lyon, the eminent English diplo mats, is dead. Lord Lyon will be remem bered as the English mint terto the United States from 13 b to 1 .". He was 70 ye irj old, and prior to coming to America had been attached to various legations. Since leaving America he has been minister to Turkey and l ranee, filling the latter plaoe for the past 2) years. Hla whole life has been spent in the English diplomatic ner vico, In which be was employed for 4i years. NEWSSTJMMAEY. The Chicago job printers, beaten In their strike, cannot return to work unless they sign an agreement to quit the union. They refune to sign, and now the em ployes continue the strike as a lockout. The man who claimed to be Sir Roger Tichborne Is now keeping a hotel in New York city. He says he will go to England in March and get his case in shape for re opening in the probate court. He says he will then prove himself Roger Tichbone and get possession ot the property dis tributed by a will which he claims was his own. A derrick 80 feet high in the ''coal dump" of the Reading railroad company at Port Richmond, Fa., fell the other afternoon, instantly killing three work men. Two others were keriously injured Mother Mary Francis Clark, superior general of a blanch of the sisters of char ity of America, died at Dubuque, la., re cently. John Owen of Mill Grove, Blackford oounty, Ind., better known as the "walk ing wonder," is dead. California wool men protest against placing wtool on tbe free list. The next national meeting of the Union Veteran league will be held at Youngs town, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1888. The California state board of trade as serts that white labor, both skilled and unskilled, is in great demand in that state at wages in advance ot eastern pay. Montgomery, Ala., bad a $300,000 fir on the 8th inst. The 33-y ears-old indictment against Wm. Kissane, no w a wealthy citizen of Sonoma, Cal., which an enemy unearthed at New York a few months ago, and on which It was proposed to make him stand trial for forgery, has been dropped, the district at torney saying the evidence against him is now unattainable. t Of 17 Massachusetts towns which voted on the 7th inst. on tbe subject, i4 declared in favor of license, as against prohibition. The city of New Uaveu, Conn,, also voted, for a license. Jamos Baxton Voorhees, a spn of the distinguished senator from Indiana, has been sent to an insane asylum in New York. For some time past the young man has been possessed of an insane idea to put President Cleveland out of tbe way and thus make his father president. At PercivaL. Iowa, a few nights ago, a freight train ran into the outgoing Kan. sas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs pas senger train. Three tramps who were stealing a ride on the freight train were killed. About 20 persons were injured. Herr Most, the anarchist, has been sen tenced to one year's imprisonment with out a fine. Two Chicago assemblies of the K. of L. which sympathized with the anarchists, have been suspended by the executive board. Herr Most, the anarchist, has been re leased on bail pending a decision in the appellate court. The jury in the case of John Arensdorf, on trial at Sioux City, Iowa, for the sec ond time,on the ch argeof murdering Rev. George Haddock, brought in a verdict, finding tbe defendant not guilty. George M. Rogers sued the Birmingham, N.Y., Republican for 10,0 sj damages for calliug him a pension fraud. The jury awarded him 0 cents damages. Tbe 100th birthday anniversary of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was appropri ately celebrated at the usylum for deaf and dumb patients in Hartford, Conn., on the 10th inst. This is the first asylum of the kind in America, and was established by Gallaudet seventy years ago. There ure now sixty-tix tuch institutions with 7,00J pupils and about 3),0' 0 alumul, who were represented by delegates Gal. laudet'a grave was visited by the silent worshipers of bis memory. Senator Colquitt of Georgia declares that prohibition is not deud in that state, despite it recent defeat- St. Paul's building operations for this year how a total of over $U,000,OiH'. The fisheries commission has adjourned until Wednesday, Jan. 4. Deputy United States A. a shal Thomas brought into Fort Smith, Ark., the other day the largest batch of criminals ever brought there at one time. They num bered 42. Twelve of them are charged with murder, five lor assault with intent to kill, 15 with larceny andl) w.th vio lation oi the revenuiand intercourse lawa Rev. Jag. S. Kalloch, who was shot by De Young, editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, during the municipal campaign in 1879, died in Whitcomb, Wash. Ter., Dec. 10. Arrangements have been made with the authorities of the penitentiary at Colum bus, Ohio, by which all Wyoming Terri tory convicts wid be sent to that insti tution. Rev. Charles Albert Berry of Wolver hampton, Eng., who was called to the pastorate of Plymouth church, declines the call. ' '1 hree men were killed in a railroad col lision near Staunton, Va., the other day. Hurry Johnson who robbed the safe of the troasurer of Reynolds county, Mo., of $20,(0) on Nov. 8, has beau arrested in Hemphill county, Texas. AT Tiiri . A PITA L. In his annual report the attorney gen. eral urges upon congress the nocesity of establishing a government penitentiary and reformatory. At a joint conference of representative wool growers aud wool dealers, a commit tee was appointed to formulate the views and wishes of the convention with re spect to the tarillln so far as it affects the wool industry, and to devise some plan of action upon which the growers, the deal ers and the manufacturers may unite for common good. A bill is being prepared embodying the President's views upon tho tariff. All the reports of department officers have been transmitted to congress. Speaker Carlisle is making up the house committees. 1 hare are nine graduates of Michigan university in the present congress. Michigan members of congress are busy in the preparation of bills in the interest of the various industries of the state. Tho clerks of the committee on appro priatlons of the two houses of congress have prepared a tabular statement, tbe footings of which make the following showing: The net increase in estimates for the next fiscal year ov er those submit ted for the current year is $4,137,937. The net increase over tbe appropriations for the current year is $23,737,001 Tbe total ot estimates for next year is $364,094 527. : The estimated revenue for 1 o'J is $44 5GJ,- 731. Wool growers and wool dealers in ses sion in Washington adopted resolutions objecting most decidedly to President Cleveland's recommendations uponthei. industry. Senator Farwell of Illinois has a bill for the perpetuation of the national banking system, which he will introduce as soon as tbe committees have been formed. Congressman Chipman has designated tbe following Detroit libraries to be furnished with the United States Patent Office Official Gazette: Detroit Public Library, Detroit College, German-American Seminary, Detroit Bar Library, Michi gan Car Company Library, Phoenix Social Club Library and the Y. M. C. A. Library. Senator Wilson of Iowa has prepared several amendments to the inter-state commerce Jaw which he proposes to in troduce at the eai'iest possible oppor' tunity. Secretary Fairchild hiu recommended that the salary of the assistant treasurer at San Francisco be increased to $0,000 per annum, and the salaries of thb assist ant treasurers at Chicago, New Orleans and St. Louis to $5,00 each. Wool growers and deal have peti tioned the Interstate commerce commis sion to change the classification of wool by the railroads of the country. The conference of the wool-dealers and growers, which has been in session in Wash ington for several days, adjourned on tbe 9th inst., until Jan. 11, when it i- expected that representatives of the wool manu facturers of the country wiilbe present. It is the purpose to agre at that time up on a plan of concerted act ion to ue tanen to secure protection for ihu wooi industry. The order recently ixsuei nvm th post office department lireciiug that news paper publishers no longer tie allowed to mail their papers on tue trjin wituout first panning tuoiu tnroujiU th postoiiice to be weighed, has l,oji im.diiki.l as to give postmaster unttiuritv to accept af fidavits as to the weigui of loe mails in cases where delays of .i taw mwtutes might be detrimental to the newspaper': circu lation. Among other cullers upon 1'resident Cleveland the other day, was Rev. Dr. Burchard of New i'ork, tne man of "Three R's" fame. Acting Secretary Muldrow has ordered set aside patents of the L'niou i'acuio rail way to -XM.OUO acres oi iauJ. tOXG UESMON AL SI ' M MARY. Skvatf. Deo. 5. At exactly noon the gavel of the president pro teiu., .Mr. lu galls, fell and hu declared tue lktietu sen ate to have entered upon its sessions in accordance with tue countitutiou. Alter the pruver the chair submitted aui the clerk read the credentials of new senators. The reading consumed considerable time. When the credentials had all beeu read, as well as a protest in the Faulkner case, Mr. Hoar moved that the latter be laid upon tho table. The chair announced that duly elected senators would be sworn in. Mr. Stockbridge walked up with the other new men. No objection was made to Turple's admission, but after be had qualified Mr. Hoar presented a memorial of protest and it was referred. Hoar and Morgan were appoinieu as a com mi nee to notify the president that the senate was reauy to receive iuo message, oua at 1 o'clock the senate adjourned. llousii. After roll cull Mr. Carlisle was re-tlecteil and escorted to his desk by Messrs. Cox and Reid. Speaker Carlisle thanked them for the honor they had con ferred upon him. In nssuming the duties of speaker for the third time, he asked for their consideration and forbearance in his efforts to do his duty. Continuing, be said: There has scarcely ever been a time in our history when the continued pros perity of our country depended so largely upon legislation in congress as now, for the reason that the dangers which at this time threaten the commercial and in dustrial interests of the people are the direct result of laws which congress alone can moaiiy or repeal. It must De eviuenc 10 every one who has taken even a partial survey of public aU'airs that the time has come when a revision of our revenue laws and a reduction ot taxation are absolutely necessarv in order to prevent a large and dangerous accumulation of money in the treasury, wuetner inis ougn. or ougm not to have been done heretofore is a Question which it would be useless now to iscuss. It is sufficient for us to know that the financial condition ot tbe govern ment Hnd the private business of tbe peo ple alike demand the prompt considera tion OI me suojecis ana me speeuy enact ment of some substantial measure of re lief. House, Dec. 0. The house discussed and amended rules until the president's mes sage was received and read, after which nujuui uiuru y was taMiu uutll iuuibuij, Senate. The president sent the follow ing nominations to tbe senate: Lucius Q. C. Lamar of Mississippi, to be associata justice of the supreme court of the United States; Wm. F. Villas of Wisconsin, to be secretary of the interior; Don M. Dickin son ot Michigan, to be postmaster general; Charles S. Fairchild of New York, to be secretary of the treasury; George L. Rives of New York, to be assistant secre tary of state; Isaac H. Maynard of New York, to be assistant secretary of tue treasury; Sigouruev Butler of Massachu setts, to be second comptroller of the treasury; James M. Hyatt of Connecticut, to be treasurer of the United States. After the reading of the message the sen ate adjourned. foreiuTfacts. Corea has been declared independent o' China. Fire in Swatow, China, destroyed 80'J houses on the 5th inst. Fifteen thousand employes of North, ampton, Eng., factories are locked out. Austrian and Hungarian subjects em ployed in the Russian provinces bordering on Galicia ami Buckovina have been or. dered to quit Russian territory before January SI. Ex-President Grevy is seriously ill. Emperor William presided at a military council held in Vienna the other day. Moutreal has decided not to hold a win ter carnival this year. The British steamer Lome was wrecked in Chinese waters on the 8th inst., and several lives were lost President Cleveland's message has caused great excitement in the Scotch pig iron market aud prices are rising. Thomas Sexton's election as lord mayor of Dublin has been set aside by Justice Holmes of the queen's bench, because he had violated the crimes act and had neglected to perform coitain duties as high sheriff of Dublin. Tbe case will be ergued. Twenty-two fishermen were drowned in the recent hurricane oI the Orkney Islands. The Russian government has forbidden pilgrims from Poland to present gifts or add reuses to the popo on the occasion of his jubilee. Senate Committees. The following is the full lis of there publican merut ership of the senate com- ; mittee as arrang- d by the caucus : I Agrioulture and Forestry Palmer, Blair, Plumb, Subiu, Paddock. Appropriations Aliisou, Dawes, Flumb, Hale. Farwell. I Contingent r x pa uses Jones (Nevada) and l'hddook. Census Hall, Merrill, Wilson, (Iowa) Stockbridge, Davis. District of Columbia Inalls, Spooner, Cbace. Kiddlebergar, Farwell. Education and Labor Blair, Bowea, Palmer, fr-awyer, Wilson. Engrossed bil.s uemocrauo cnairman, Allison. Enrolled Bills-Bowen. Sabin. Civil Service and Retrenchment Chase, Dawes, Manderson, Stanford. .Me wart. Claims Spooner, Hoar, Mitchell, Stew art, uay. Coast Defences -Dolph, Cameron, Haw ley, Uiscock. Commerce -"rye, Jones (Nevada), Dolph, Cameron, sawyer, Cullom. Palmer. Epidemic Diseases Democratic chair man, Stanford, Chandler, Stockbridge. To examine the several branches of the civil service Vuay. Aldricb, Allison. Expenditures of Public Money Farwell, Plumb, Piatt. Sherman, Frye. Finance Merrill, Sherman, Jones (Ne vada), Allison, Aldrich, tllscock. Fisheries Stockbridge, Dawes, Stan tord. . Foreign Relations Sherman, Edmunds, Frye, Evarts, Dolph. Improvement Mississippi River Fad dock, Chandler, Farwell. Hawley. Judiciary Edmunds, ingalls, Hoar, Wil son, Kvarts. Indian AtTalrs Dawas, Bowen, Labln, Piatt, Stockbridge. Library Evarts, noar. Manufactures Riddleberger, Babin, Quay. Military Affairs Haw ley, Cameron. Manderson, Stewart, Davis. Mines and Mining Stewart, Jones (Ne vada). Mitchell. Teller. Naval Affairs Cameron. Hale, Riddle berger, Stanford, Chandler. Patents Teller, Chace, Plats, Hiscock. Pensions Davis, Blair, Sawyer, Paddock Quay. Postofflces and Post Roads Sawyer, Chace, Bowen, Mltcbe.l, Ouay. Printing Manderson, Uawley. Private Land Claims Democratic Chair man, Edmunds, Stewart. Privileges anil Elections Hoar, Frye, Teller, Evarts, Spooner. , Public Buildings and Grounds Stanford, Morrill, Spooner, (uay. Public Lands Plumb, Blair, Dolph, Tel ler, Paddock. Railroads Sabin, Sawyer, Hawley, Mitchell, Chandler, Stockbridge, Revision of the Laws Wilson (Iowa), Hale, Teller. Revolutionary Claims Damocratio Chairman, Chace, Morrill. Rules Aldrich, Sherman, lnzalls. Territories Piatt, Cullom, Manderson, Stewart, Davis. Transportation Routes t the Soaboar 1 Mitchell, Plumb, Cullom, Dawes, Aldrich. To Investigate tho Condition of tho Po tomac Fron' Democratic Chairman, Manderson, Ri i llebergcr, Spooner. Nicaragua Claims Demooratio Chair man, Ho ir, Cameron. Woman Suffrage Demooratio Chair man, Llair, Palmer, Chace, Bowen. Additional Accommodation! to the Li brary Democratic chairman, Morrill, Chandler. Centennial of Constitntion an 1 Discov- ?rj rv of America Hisoo' k, nnerman. Hoar, Indian Traders Chandler, Piatt, Collum. Ihe special committee on inter-stats commerce has I een made a standing com mittee and its membership it increased. The republican members are as follows: Cullom. Piatt, Blair, Wilson, Hiscock. Senator Hawle.v. who relinquishes th chairman' hip of tne civil service commit tee and t a u s that of the committee on military au'airs, will be a member of the former, hnd his name will probably be substitute I for til it of Stdwart, with tho assent of the latter. Value of Farm Products. The December statistical report of tho Department of Agriculture relates mainly to farm prices of agricultural products. Tbe average value of corn is 43.8 cents per LUoUul, agdiuov uiiu tnui, . ua J ,l Ut 2.8 cents in 1SS5. In 1831 it was C3.8 cents, when the estimated product was 1.191,916 000 bushels. Tho difference is largely dse' to a general depression of values. The prices respectively in 1351 and 18)7 are 61, and 4S in Ohio, (A) and 4) in Indiana, 58 and 41 in Illinois, 42 and 34 in Iowa, C5 and 81 in Missouri, 58 and 37 in Kansas and 3J and 80 In Febraska. Prices in the Gulf States average lower than last year, resulting from a nearly full home supply. In the Atlantic states prices of home grown corn are only slightly advanced. The average value ot wheat is Gfc, only 3 mill 8 higher than the average last year. It is 82c in New York, 81c in Pennsylvania, 74c in Pennsylvania, 74o in Michigan, 73a Ohio, 72c in Indiana, '(Jc in Illinois, ( 4 in Wisconsin, C2o in Missouri, bio in Iowa and Kansas, 59c in Minnesota, 63o in Ne braska and 52c in Dakota. Tbe average for oats is 30. 7c against 29.3 last year. Barley averages 55.2 Instead of 53 last year. Buckwheat 5H.1, or 1.74 higher than last year. The cereal averages for the entire country differ very slightly from those of last year, except as to corn. Tbe value of hay is much increased. It averages 9.34 per ton, against 7.L6 last year. Attempt to Murder Ferry. M. Jules Ferry, the French statesman, was fired at three times on tbe afternoon of the 10th inst. by one Aubortin, who ap peared in the hall of the chamber of depu ties and asked to see both M. Ferry and M. Goblet. M. Goblet did not respond to An bertln's request for an interview, but M. Ferry did, and on his appearance A ubertla drew a revolver and fired three times at him. The shots only (crazed the skin after piercing Ferry's clothes. The bystanders tried to lynch Aubertin after he had fired the shots, but were prevented with diffi culty from carrying out their intention Tbe assassin was taken to prison. A medical examination at the hospital .Quaaln1 Vi turn ItullAta atvMlftlr AT IT.r. The first passed around the chest, slightly penetrating the llesh and the second went through the fleshy part of the thigh. The real name of M. Ferry's assailant is Rerckein, 10 years of age. He states that he is one of a band of 20 revolutionists who drew lots, and it fell to him to commit the first crime. Berckein declares that he wore to kill M. Ferry. After his injuries had been attended t at tbe hospital M. Ferry returned to his IS i Line' 8 i'.uu. A correspondent of the New York II er aid interviewed Hon. James G. Blaine in Paris on President Cleveland's message Mr. Blaine strongly opposes the proposed tariff reduction, and says that a portion of the surplus should bo spent in building fortifications, nnd the remainder should be divided among the dilterent states. Tito Kansas Law Constitutional. The supreme court has rendered a decls ion in a case involving the constitution ality of tho prohibitory liquor law ot Kansas. The court held that tho act was not unconstitutional. This settles the question of the validity of prohibition laws iu tbe affirmative. Cliicairo Hit, boh. The republican (national committee mot in Washington on the inst., and decided to hold the next national convention in PIiUkta ' t. in 1. T .. 1 1 J VUiwuVf vu UJ 1,U Ul UU WH