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VOL. IT. WTO DAY. The Pomp and Pageantry of the In. anguratien Yesterday. OVER 50,000 PEOPLE PRESENT. The Inaugural Address of the Incom ing President. CLOSE OF THE 46TH , CONGRESS Winding; Up With Speeches by Vice President Wheeler aud Speaker Randall. GEN. HANCOCK AT THE CAPITOL. He Receives a Hearty Welcome and General Ovation. FAILURE APPORTIONMENT BILL. New Senate Organized and Ready for Business To-Day. THE CABINET NOT FULL Y MADE. Windom flailing; in the Balame and Hi? Appointment Still I'ncertaiu. INAUGURATION CEREMONIES. Washington, March 4.— lt rained and snowed at intervals nil night, and at 9 A. M. it wa3 snowing rapidly, but at this hour, 10 o'clock, the clouds an- working away and the sun shining. All Washington was out at an early hour, notwithstanding the storm, and men, women and children were hurrying through the snow and slush from every direction} all Intent on reaching Pennsylvania avenue to witness the inaugural procession, or to the Capitol, to bo E resent at the ceremonies to take place there. During the entire night trains laden with MILITARY AND CIVILIANS arrived, and continued throughout the mom ing to pour their living freight into the streets of the city. Stands are csected at vari ous point.-, capable of seating 25,000 people, and every seat has been sold. It Is estimated 50,000 strangers are in Washington. CLEARING SKIES. At 10:r.u this morning the sun commenced to shine quite brightly, with a chilly M#reh wind blowing from the northwest. .At this hour a greater portion of the population of' Washington arid Georgetown, were out along the line of march, and with the strangers here, over 100,000 persons assembled to witness the procession. The sidewalks on Pennsylvania aye. sue, along the route, were literally packed, and the windows of the buildings, as well as the stands, were crowded with spectator?. THE PROCESSION. Th« various divisions inarched along the avenue according to the programme, and at 11:30, the head of the procession, passing around the south wing, reached (he eastern front of the capitol. The Presidential car riage was driven to the- lower entrance of the Senate wing and the President-elect, accompa nied by the Vice President end Senators Pen dleton and Thurman, entered the building and. proceeded to the Vice President's room, where they remained till 12 o'clock. As early an 10 o'clock crowds began to assemble in front of the platform erected over the steps leading to the main entrance, and at 12 o'clock it was estimated 50,000 people were massed in front of the building. Holders of cards of admis sion to the capitol thronged the approaches.to the Senate long before the doors opened, and wltWp a few minutes after 11 o'clock the Senate galleries were filled to their utmost ca pacity. They presented a very gay appearance, the much larger proportion of their occupants being ladies, who GRACED CITE OCCASION WITH HOUIUT ATTIRE. Mrs. Garheld, wife of the President-elect, and his venerable mother, occupied front seats in the private gallery, next to the diplo matic gallery, and Mrs. Hayes sat between them. The "Misses Moliie Garfleld and Fannie tlayea and a few personal friends were also of the party. The door of the Senate began to till up quite early with distinguished invited quests, Including a number of array officers of hl»h rank. The routine business of the Senate proceed ed till about 11:30 a. ii., when the diplomatic corps appeared at the main entrance, and at once attracted universal attention, as they filed down the center aisle in their gorgeous court costumes, resplendent with gold and silver embroidery, and glittering with dec _»• rations. Sir Edward Thornton headed the corps as its dean; the French, Chilian and Ger man ministers followed. Then came the Turkish minister with his red fez, and still more conspicuously attired. The full Chinese legation nest appeared and afforded a fresh topic for the buzz of comment in the galleries, alike by their grave demeanor and tbeir red-button mandarin hats and pea cock feathers. A few minutes afterwards the supreme court of the United States was an uounced and the justices, headed by Chief Justice Waite and clad in their robes of office, entered the chamber, and marching slowly down the center aisle took seats prepared for them in front and facing the rostrum. Ex- Justices Swayne find Strong also entered with their former colleagues. Shortly before 12 o'clock GKNERAL itARFIELD AND PRESIDENT HATES entered the chamber arm In arm, escorted by Senators Fendleton, Anthony and Bayaid, of the committee of arrangements, and followed by all members of the cabinet. A3 they pro ceeded down the aisle to seats re served for them the Senators and all other occupants of the floor rose and remain stand ing till they had taken their seats. The gal leries applauded by clapping hands and wav ing of handkerchiefs. The Vice President elect was nest announced. He was escorted by the sergeant at arms and Senator Pendleton to c scat on the right of Vice President Wheel tr amidst renewed hearty applause, at the con. elusion of which he delivered a brief address, i lsewhere reported, and was thereupon sworn in. At this stage of the proceedings members ol the House of Representatives head ed by Speaker Randall entered and took seats in a body behind the diplomatic corps, rilling up all the space now remaining in any part of the chamber. The hour of 12 m. having arrived. Vice President Wheeler' delivered his va!eliotcry, and the Forty-sixth Congress was lieelared opened and the newly inducted Vice President administered the oath ©f office to the senators-elect. This work of organiza tion being completed, it .was announced that the Senate, the supreme court and invited guests, would proceed to the cast portico of tbe capitol to participate in the CEREMONIES OF IN'ACGCRATION of. tin President-elect. A procession was accordingly formed and all the late occupants ot the floor of the Senate proceeded through the coiridor and rotunda to the ptoc* Indicated Jn the following order: The marshal of United St.ite^ supreme court and marshal of the District of Columbia. The supreme court. a lit. committee of arrangements and seargeatit nt-arms of the Senate. The President and President-fleet. Gen. Arthur and Mr. Wheeler. Members of the Senate. Diplomatic corps. Heads of departments. Members of ths House of Representatives end mduibers-elect. Governor? and ex-governors of States. Officers of the Senate nnd officers of the House. Afi the procession filed out through the main corridor to the rotunda the crowds pouring down from the galleries soon caused a blockade, and finally breaking in upon the procession, merged with it. nnd passed on to tha rotunda. a dense confused mass of Senators. Representatives, diplomats and citizens, without much regard toprscedence. Cn reaching the msir. entrance leadin? from the lotuiula to the platform the pressure wa3 relieved, ami the Presidential party was ena bled to reach the frout. Mrs. Gnrflelil, Mrs. Hayes, Gen. Garlleld's mother and other ladies of the party, were caught iv the crowd and experienced considerable difficulty in reaching the platform. At half past 12 the President reached his place at the frout of the platform and took his seat, with Chief Justice Waite upon his right, aud ex-Presldeut Hayes upon the left, with Senators Peudleton, Anthony and Bayard, while immediately behind sat, hia mother, Mrs. Garfleld and Mrs. Hayes and Vice President Arthur. INAUGURAL ADDRESS. At 12:35 Senator Pendletou arose and intro duced General Gavflrld, who delivered his in augural address: Fellow Citizens. We stand today upou an eminence which overlooks a hundred years of national life— a century crowded with partis but crowned with the triumph of liberty and love. Before continuing the onward march let us pause v moment at this height— for a moment to strengthen our faith and renew our hope by a glance at the pathway along which our people have travelad. It is now three days more than a hundred years since the adoption of the first written constitution of the United States, the articles of confederation and perpetual union. TIIE HEW KEITBMC was then beset with dauger on every hand It had not conquered n place in the family of nations. The decisive battle of the war for independence, whose centennial anniversary will soon be gratefully celebrated at York town, had not yet been fought. The colonists were struggling not only against the armies of Great Britain but against the settled opin ions, of mankind, for the world did not believe that" the supreme authority of government could be safely entrusted to the guardianship of the people themselves. We cannot over estimate the fervent iove of liberty, the intel ligent courage and saving common sense with which our fathers made the great experiment of self-government. Wheu they found after a short time that a confederacy of the States was too weak to meet the necessities of the vigor ous and expanding republic, they boldly set it aside and in its stead established THE N'ATIOXAT. UNION, founded directly upon all the people, endowed with full powers of self-preservation and with ample authority fur the accomplishment of its great object. Under this constitution the boundaries of freedom have been enlarged, the foundations of order and peace been strengthened, and growth in all the better elements of national life has vindicated the wisdom of the founders, and given new hope to their descendants. Under this constitution our people long ago made themselves safe against danger from without, and secured for their mariners and fine equality of rights on all the seas. Under this constitution twenty five States have been added to the union, with constitutions and laws formed and enforced by their own citizens to secure the manifold blessings of local self-govern ment. The jurisdiction of this constitution now covers an area fifty times greater than tint of the original thirteen States and a pop ulation twenty times greater than that of 1780. The supreme trial of the constitution came at last under the tremendous pressure of civil war. We ourselves are witnesses that the Union emerged from the blood and fire of that conflict purified and made stronger for all the beneficent purposes of good government. And now nt the close of this, rnr: first oentcry of growth, with the- inspirations oi its history In their hearts, our people have lately reviewed the condition of the nation, passed judgment upon the coudiict and opinions of political parties, aud have registered "their will concern ing the future administration of the govern ment, aud to interpret and execute that will iv accordance with the constitution, is the para mount duty of the executive. FRCIT3 OF THE W.in. Evrn from this point of view it is manifest that the nation is resolutely facing to the front, resolved te occupy its vast energies in developing the great possibilities of the fu ture. Sacredly preserving whatever has b< en gained to liberty and good government during the century, our people .are determin ed to leave behind all those bit ter controversies concerning things which have been Irrevocably settled and further discussion of whickcan only stir up strife aud delay the onwanT march. Th^ su premacy of the natiou and its laws should be no longer a subject of debate. That discus sion which for half a century threatened the existence of the Union was closed at the last court of war by a decree from which there is no appeal. The constitution and laws made in pursuance thereof shall continue to be the su preme law of the land, binding alike upon States and the people. This decree does aot disturb any of the States nor interfere with any of their necessary rules of local self gov ernment, but it does fix and establish the per manent supremacy of the Union. The will of the nation, speaking with the voice, of battle and through the amended constitution, has fulfilled the great promise of 177^»bv pro claiming liberty throughout the land to all inhabitants therein. THE NEGRO I! ACE. The c-levat lon of the negro race, from sluv eiy to full rights of citizenship, is the most important political change we have kuown since the adoption of the constitution of 1787. No thoughtful man cun fall to ap preciate iti beneficent effect on pur people. It has freed us frcm perpetual danger of war and dissolution. It has added Immensely to the moral n.id industrial iorcc of our people. It has liberated the master as well as the slave from a relation which wronged aud enfeebled both. It has ■iirreniLred to their own guardianship the manhood of more than five million people, and has opened to each one of them a career of freedom and usefulness. It has given new In spiration to the power of selthelp in both races, by making labor more honorable to one and more necessary to the other. The Influence of this force will grow greater and bear richer fruit with coming years No doubt the great change has caused serious disturbance to our southern community. This is to be deplored, though it wa.s unavoidable, but those who re sisted the change should remember that under our institutions there was no middle ground for the negro race between slavery and equalization. There could be no pcrmauent disfranchised peasantry in the I'niUd States. Freedom can never yield its fullness of blessings as long as law- or its administration places the smallest obstacle in the way of any virtuous citizen. The emancipated race has already made re markable progress. With unquestioned devo tion to the Union, with a patience and gentle ness not born of fear, they have followed the light as God gave them to see the light. They are rapidly laying material foundations of self sui>port,wldening the circle of intelligence and beginning to enjoy blessings that gather around homes of the industrious poor and they deserve generous encouragement of all good men. So far as my authority can iaw fully extend they shall enfoythe full and equal protection of the constitution end laws. THE BU.LOT. The free enjoyment of equal suffrage is still in question, and the frank statement of the issue may aid it-? solution. It is alleged that in many communities negro citizens are prac tically denied the freedom of the ballot. In sofar as the truth of this allegation is admit ted, it is answered that in many places honest local government is impossible if a mass of uneducated negroes are allowed to vote. These are grave allegations. So far as the latter is true, it is the only palliation that can be offer ed for opposing the freedom of the ballot. Bad local government is certainly a great evil which ought to be prevented, but to vio late the freedom and sanctity of suffrage is more than an &vii. It is a crime which if protested injwill destroy the government itself. Suicide is not a remedy. If in other lands it le high treason to compass the death of a king, it should be counted no less a crime here to strangle our sovereign power and stifle its voice. It has been said that unsettled ques tions have no pity for repose of nations. It should be said with the utmost emphasis that this question of suffrage will never give re pose, or safety to States or the nation, until each within its own jurisdiction makes and keeps the ballot free and pure by" the strong sanction of law. _ ' * But while the danger which arises from ig norance in the voter cannot be denied, it covers field wider than that of negro suffrage and the present condition of * that race. It is a danger that lurks and hides tn sources and fountains of power in every State. We have no standard by which to measure the disaster that may be brought upon us by ignorance and vice iincitizens whenjolned to corruption and fraud in suffrage?" The voters of the Union who make and unmake • constitutions, and upon whose will hangs the destiny of our government, can transmit their supreme au thority to no successor save the coining generation of voters who are sole heirs of the sovereign power. If that question comes to Daily its inheritance blinded by ignoranco and cor rupted by vice, the fall of the republic will be certain and without remedy. The census has already sounded the alarm in the appalling figures which mark how dangerously high the tldo of illiteracy has arisen among our voters and their children. To the South the question is of supreme 7 Importance, but the responsi bility for the existence of slavery did not rest upon the South alone. The nation Itself is responsible for the extension of suffrage ana is .under special, obligation to aid in removing the Illiteracy which it has added to the voting population for North aud South alike. But there is one remedy. All constitutional power of the nation and of States-, and all volunteer forces of the people should be summoned to meet this danger, by having the Influence of universal education. It is a nigh privilege and sacred duty of those now living to educate, their successors, and fit them by intelligence and virtue for the in heritance which awaits them. In this work sects and races should be forgotten, and partisanship should be unknown. Let our people find a new meaning in the divine oracle which declares that a little child shall lead them, for ouv little children will soon control the destinies of the republic. ;U. ■■..':■ AN IDEAL FUTURE. My countrymen, we do not now differ in our judgment concerning the controversies of past generations, and fifty years hence our children will not be divided In their opinions concerning our present controversies. They will surely bless their fathers and God, that the Union was preserved, that slavery was overthrown, and that both races were made equal before the law. We may hasten or we mny retard, but we can't prevent the final re conciliation. It is not possible for us now to make a truce with time by anticipating and accepting its inevitable verdict. Enterprises of the highest importance to our moral aud material well-being invite us and offer ample scope for the employment of our best power?. Let all our people, leaving behind them the battlefields of dead issue, look forward, and in strength and liberty and a restored Union win grander victories of peace. PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY. The prosperity which now prevails is with out parallel in our history. Fruitful seasons have done much to secure it, but they have not done all. The preservation of the public credit and resumption of specie payment so success fully attained by the administration of my pre decessor, has enabled our people to secure tbe blessings which the seasons brought. GOLD AND SILVER. By the experience of nations in all ages, it has been found that gold and silver afford the only safe foundation for a monetary system. Confu<ion has recently been created by varia tions in the relative value of the two metals, but I confidently believe that arrangements can be made between leading commercial nations which will secure the general use of both metals. Congress should provide that compulsory coinage of silver, now required by law, may not be used to disturb our mon etary system by driving either metal out <if circulation. If possible such an adjustment should be made that the purchasing power of every coined dollar will be exactly equal to its debt-paying power in all market^ of the world. The chief duty of the national government in connection with the currency ot the country, is to coin and declare its value. Grave doubts have been entertained whether Congress is au thorized by the. constitution to make any form of paper money a legal tender. The preset issue of United States notes has been sustained by the necessities of the war, lint such paper should depend for its value and currency upon its convenience in use and its prompt redemption in coin at the will of the holder, and not upon its compulsory circula tion. These notes are not money, but prom ises to pay money. If holders demand it the promise should be k^it. The lIEFINDINT. 01' THE XATIOVAI. DKBT at a lower rate of interest should be accom plished without compelling the withdrawal of national bank notes and thus disturbing the business of the country. I venture to refer to the position T hnv<- oecupierl nn financial ques tions during my long service in Congress, and to ?ay that time and experience have strength ened the opinions I have so often expressed on these. The Unances of the gov ernmeut shall suffer no detriment which it may be possible for my administration to prevent. AQRUTLITRAL INTERESTS. The interests of agrii-ultiuv- deserve more attention from the government than they have yet received. The farms of the United States afford homes and employment for more ihnn one-half the people, and furnish much the largest part of our exports. *Ar the govern ment lights our coast for the protection of mariners and Ihe benefit of commerce, so should it give to the tillers of the -.oil the lights of practical science and experience. OUR MANTFACTURIEH are rapidly making us independent ; are open ing to capital and labor new and profitable fields of employment. This steady and healthy growth sheuld lie still maintained. HARBOR iND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS. Our facilities for transportation should be promoted by the continued Improvement of our harbora and great interior waterways, and by the increase of our tonnage on the ocean. The development of the world's commerce has led to the urgent demand for shortening the long sea voyage around Capo Horn by constnu-tin^ SHIP CANALS ACROSS THE ISTHMUS, which unites the two continents. Various plans to this end have been suggested, and will need consideration, but none of them have been sufficiently matured to warrant us in extending pecuniary aid. This subject will immediately engage the attention of the gov ernment, with a view to thorough protection to American luterests. We will urge no narrow policy or seek peculiar or exclusive privileges In any commercial route, but, in the language of my predecessors, I be lieve it is the right and duty of the United States to assert and maintain such supervision and authority ( over any interoceanic canal across the isthmus that connects North and South America as will protect our national Interests. RELIGION FREEDOM. TL' 1 constitution guarantee? absolute lfligi ous freedom. Congress is prohibited from making any law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The Territories of the United States are subject to the direct legislative authority of Congressf and hence the general govern ment, is responsible for any violation of the constitution. in any Of them. It is therefore a reproach to the government that in the most populous of Territories the constitutional quarantce is not-enjoyed by the people, and the authority of Congress is set at naught. THE MORMON CHTRCH not only offends the moral sense of mankind polygomy, but prevents the administration of justice through the ordin ary instrumentalities of law. In my judg ment it is the duty ol Congress, while re specting to the utmost the conscientious con victions and religious scruples of every citi zen, to prohibit within its jurisdiction all crimiu.il practices, especially of that class which de3trov family relations and endanger social order. Nor can any ecclesiastical or ganization t>c safety permitted to usurp in the smallest degree the functions and power-; of thp national government. THE CIVIL SERVICE can never be placed on a satisfactory basis un til it|is regulated by law for the good of the service itself, for the protection of thO3e who are intrusted with the appoint ing power against waste of time and the obstruction to public business camel by inordinate pressure for place and for protection of incumbents against intrigue and wrong. I shall at a proper time ask Congress to fix the tenure of the execu tive departments and prescribe the grounds up on which removals shall be made during the terms for which incumbents have been ap pointed. Finally, acting always within the authority and limitations of the" aonsiitution, invading neither the rights of States nor the reserved rights of the jieople. POLItT OF THE ADMINISTRATION. It will be the purpose of my administration to maintain authority; and in all places within its jurisdiction to force obedience to all laws of tha union, in ths interests of the people, to demand rigid economy in all expenditures of the government, and to require the honest and faithful service of all executive officers, remembering that officers were created, not for the benefit of the incumbents or their sup porters, but for service of the government. I2TTOCATIOS. And now, fallow citizens, I am about to as sume the great trust which you have com mitted to my hands. I appeal to fou . for that earnest and thought SAINT PAUL, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1881. yul support which makes this government in fact, as It is in law, -\ govern ment of the people. I shall great!., rely upon the wisdom and patriotism of Cougress and of those who may share wllh mo tho responsibil ities ad dutle*3 of tho administration, and above all upon our efforts to promote the wel fare of this great people and their government. I revelently Invoke the support and blessings of Almighty God. WELL RECEIVED. The address was delivered with uncovered head, and voice clear, distinct aud calm, aud was plainly heard by every one upon the stand, and for a long distance on every hand. The delivery of the message occupied forty-five minutes. At its conclusion cheering^was pro longed and enthusiastic. Chief Just lc- Waite then administered the usual oath, to which Gen. Garfleld responded with reverential fervor. Ex-President Hayes immediately pressed 'forward and congratulated his successor, aud after him the President's mother and wife.both of whom he saluted with a kiss. A GENERAL SCENE OF CONGRATULATIONS and hand-shaking ensued, after which the Presidential party descended from 1 the plat form by the private staircase and proceeded to the President's room in the rear of. the Senate chamber, where a formal reception took place. At 1:30 the party entered their carriages and drove to their places In the procession, which at 1:40 started upon its return to th* White House. CALL OF CLASSMATES. ' Immediately after review of the procession President Garfleld received the Williams col lege association of Washington with the visiting alumni, to the number of fifty, in the east room of the executive mansion. Ex- President Mark Hopkins eloquently presented the congratulations of the alumni. President Garfleldmade an appropriate reply, in which he exhibited considerable emotion. After wards . the alumni were presented to the mother and wife of President Garfleld and Mrs. Rockwell. Twenty members of Presi dent Garfield's class were among the alumni present. EVENING FESTIVITIES. The city is brilliantly Illuminated to-night and the streets are filled* with people. At >, 8 o'clock a handsome display of fireworks took place immediately south of the treasury depart- ment, and attracted an enormous crowd, the streets for squares being utterly impassible. Many public receptions and entertainments to night. Senators Sherman and Pendleton en tertained the general asscmby and State offi cers of Ohio and other noted guests. The Massachusetts State arch was blown down and Lewis Weston, a member of the Pottsville band, fatally injured. INAUGURATION BALL. Washington, March 4.--The inauguration ball to-day svas a perfect success. At 9 o'clocki the hour at which the President was expected, it was estimated between 3,000 aud 4,0U0 peo ple, had entered the large nnd handsomely dec orated building. * At 9:3o the combined orchestra of one hun dred pieces announced the entrauce of Presi dent Garfleld by playing the inaugural march. After beine preseHted to the reception com mittee the President and invited guests moved in procession from the committee rooms into the hall in the following order: President Gartield attended by J. W. Thomp son, president of the executive committee. Ex-President Hayes and Samuel Shallen berger and Dr. Welling. Mrs. Garfield, wife of the President, attend ed by H. C. Corbin and G. Riddle. Mrs. Garfield, mother of the President, at tended by Wm. Lawrence and N. H. Willard nnd John B. Alley. After them came Vice President Arthur, ex- Vice President' Wheeler, Gen. Sherman and staff, Gen. nancock and staff, Gen. Sheridan, Admiral Rogers, Chief Justice Wiiife, aud as sociate justices of Eiiprenif court, .and other guests. Reaching the place designated the Presiden took n position, and for an hour or more ret ceived the greetings of the people. Among the first was General Hancock, and the unaf fected cordiality of both wns noticed. Short ly before the President and immediate party ascended the Presidential balcony ana wit nessed the brilliant scene beneath for twenty minutes or more. Shortly after President Garfleld with his wife nnd mother retired and were driven to the White House. One of the central figures of the eveniug, and to whom, next to the President, the most attention was directed, was Gen. Hancock, who was followed and surrounded wherever he moved, until he was finally cornered aud compelled to accord to his admirers a separate reception. The attendance is estimated nt fi,ooo people. FORTY SIXTH CONGRESS Senate. Washineton, March 4.— Thf iienate, at 5 o'clock a. m., after repeated but ineffectual efforts by the majority for an executive session, a sufficient number of Re pnblicau Senators declining to answer upon the yea and nay votes to enable the point of no quorum to be made, a recess was then taken until 9 30. Owing to the failure of a quo rum at the hour appointed, the recess was substantially prolonged until 10 80, when a joint resolution, offered by Senator Butler, for an estra month's pay to Senate officials and employes Was briefly debated and passed. The galeries were meanwhile thrown open to ticketholderf, fully three-quarters of whom were ladles, and then unrestrainable conversation soon caused so much confusion as to practically terminate for a few moment? all further attempts at legislation. The Vice President announced the signing of tue enrolled sundry rivll and deficiency ap propriation bills. OVATION TO OEN". HAXCOCK. At 10:59 Major General Hancock, with Col. Mitchcell of his staff, under the escort ol Sen ator Blaine.entc red from the west door of the Senate and was welcomed with long continue d applause from the galleries and on the floor. The first on the floor to greet him was Sena tor Conkline, and cordial handshaking was in tiinted hy them which was repeated by all the Senators present, who pressed eagerly forward for the purpose. Meanwhile the applause of the gal leries swelled to a tumult and subsided. The distinguished visitor finally took a seat to the left of the chair. The arrival of Lieut. Gen eral Sheridan some moments Liter, was the oc casion for a renewal of the enthusiasm, though the demonstration was devoid of the spirit and significance of that which preceded it. At 11:20 the diplomatic corps entered and occupied the seats of Senators on the right of the chair, and two minutes later was followed by Vice President-elect Arthur, in charge of the sub-committee, all present in the chamber rising upon each occasion. Vice President-elect Arthur waa then introduced to the Senate by Vice Presi dent Wheeler, and delivered the" usual formal address, as follows: Senators: I come as your presiding offlrei with genuine solicitude; remembering my in experience in parliamentary proceedings I can not forget how important, how intricate and often embarrassing, are the duties of the chair. On the threshold of our official associations]! invoke that courtesy and kindness with which you have been wont to aid your presiding of ficer. I shall need your constant encourage ment and support, and I rely with confidence upon your lenient judgment of any errors into which I may fall. Iv return, bt assured of my earnest purpose to administer rules in a spirit of absolute fairness, to treat every Senator, at all times, with that courtesy and just consideration due to representatives of equal States, and to do my part, na assuredly each of you will do hii^ to maintain order, decorum and the dignity of the Senate. I trust the official and personal relations upon which we now enter will be marked with mutual confidence and regard and that all our obligatrons will be so ful filled to redound to our honor, to the glory of over common country, and prosperity of all Its people, (.applause.") lam now ready to take the oath of office- prescribed by the "con stitution. , THE OATH OF OFFICE was here administered to the Vice President elect. Vice President Wheeler before retiring from the chair said: "Senators: The moment which terminates my official duties as pre siding officer of the Senate is at hand. These duties have been rendered easy of performance by your uniform clemencjr and forbearance. lam sure that in this parting hour 1 need no guarantee of full atanesty for all my shortcomings. If I do, It is furnished in your very kind resolution of approval of my official action. I shall carry Into my retirement grateful memories of the personal kindness alike of the Senate and its officers, and a cordial wi»h for the future well being of nil, and now I proclaim my last of ■ ficialact by declaring.tho hour for termination of the fortyilxth Congress having arrlvpd.the "Senate stands adjourned without day." Vice President Arthur here assumed the chair and ex- Vice President Wheeler retired to a lounge on which Gen. Hancock was seated and cordially grasped that officer's hand. TUB EXISTENCE OF A NEW SENATE was next made known by the reading, by direc tion of the Vice President, of the official proc lamation of tho President's call. The organi zation of tho new Senate, began by swearing In all new Senators, of whom The only absentees were Senators-elect Edmunds and Mahone. As the names were called tho following advauced to a position to the left of the chair and took the prescribed oath of office: Senators Bayard, Burnsidc, Camden, Conger, Cockrell, Dawes, Fair, George, Harrison, 6er man, Hawley, Hill, Jackson, Jones, (Fla.) McMillan, Miller, Maxcy, Mitchell, Platt, (N. V.) Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman and Van Wick. The roll of the new Senate was then called and showed seventy-two members present. Sen ator Allisdinvas absent on account of illness. Meanwhile members of the House of Repre sentatives arrived. The Vice President an nounced the sergeant-at-arms would now ex ecute the order of the Senate relative to the inaugura 1 ceremonies of the President, which was carried out as per programme elsewhere reported. At 1:25, the Senate havine returned to its chamber, a resolution offered by Senator Pen dleton wai adopted, for the appointment by the Vice President of a committee to wait up on the President of the United States and in form him that a quorum of tho Senate had as sombled and was ready to receive any commu nication bs might be pleased to make. Senators Pendleton, Davis of Illinois, and Teller were constituted the committee. Mr. Conkling suggested an adjournment to Monday to give Senators; an opportunity for sleep and rest from weariness, to which they have been snbjected In the closing hours of Congress. Several Senators preferred to have the report from the committee just appointed before adjourning. The daily hour of meeting having been fixed at twelve o'clock the Senate adjourned until to-morrow. Closing Hours of the House. Washington, March 4.— The House met at 10 o'clock. Mr. Hutchins, rising to a ques tion of privilege, said he had attempted to enter the capitol at the Senate, wing, and had been stopped by a man in military attire, with arms in his hands, who refused him admit tance. Hl had stated he was a member of Congress, and had been admitted. He desired to know by what authourity military, in place of civil force,was placed at the doors of the eapitol. He wanted to call the attention of the House and country to this fact. It was a small matter now, but in the future It might not be. He. therefore offered the following res olution: Whereas, Members of this House have this day been refused admittance to the capitol of the nation by armed military force, Resolved, That this breach of parliamentary and constitutional privilege of the members of this House in going to and returning [from the same, merits its severest censure. Mr. Warner— This is not a light matter. Bayonets ought never to be crossed here. Mr. Frost stated he had also been refused admission.- He did not wish to make a moun tain out of|it, but that which might be harm less at present might prove a precedent of a most dangerous character v The time might come, he did not anticipate that it would, when that which now passed without protest would be held up as a precedent and a prece dent set by a Democratic House and Senate for the purpose of trampling on the liberties of both these i assemblies. There had been in stances in the past, not only In England but In this country, at a not very distant period, of armed troops being stationed at doors of legis lative assemblies, and it was because, the Dem ocratic, party did not wish to sanction that state of affairs that the resolution was offered. Mr. Fry°— The gentleman need not bo alarmed. Mpbody wij{ tver follow Democratic precedeut. (Laughter). Frye stated he had been stopr^d at the entrance to the Senate by an armed r.mn dressed ,v blue (Derisiv'u laughter and cries of "that's what's the matter" on the Republican side). Mr. Price stated the men were there to pro tect this body from the mob on the outside. He should have said crowd. At this point proceedings were suspended, and Cox having taken the chair Conger said it was with pleasure he was permitted to offer the following resolution: Resolved, That the thnnks of this House are due and tendered Hon. J. Randall, speaker, for the ability, fairness and courtesy with which he has presided over its delegations during the Forty-sixth Congress. This resolution was adopted, the only nega tive vote being cast by Young, of Ohio. Consideration of the Hutchins resolution was then resumed and continued until ten minutes of 12, when he said he would not press it further. The hour of 12 having arrived tho speaker said the work of the Forty-sixth Congress Is done. Eefore uttering the final words of its adjournment, precedent justifies a few appro priate reflections. In 1879 the Democratic party, after a long interval, obtained control of this house. With the close of this session It is again In the minouty. At the outset it had to face a financial crisis almost unparal leled in our history. Labor was unemployed, trade depressed, the commercial dis tress wide spread, gloom everywhere. It stopped extruvagance, established economy in the administration, restored confidence, Rnd now with gladness it beholds the republic launched on a career of unexampled prosper ity. It found gold at a premium and notes of the government at a discount. It leaves the credit of the United States better than ever be fore nnd unequalled in the money markets of the world. It has witnessed the removal of sectional distrust nnd the restoration of per fect unity within our borders. It has given birth to the era of fraternal concord. Men of all classes and of every section seem now to strive who shall best serve the common weal. With expenditures of the government lessened and payment of interest reduced, the crowntog triumph of the Democratic administration was the effort to refund the public debt at 3 per cent. (Slight laughter on Republican side). "I am sincerely grateful to the members of the House on every side, for the vote of thanks which they have favored me. lam sensible how much I owe to the generous for bearance and active good will of my fellow members. Thricelelected to an exalted posi tion, it may be personal pride for me to re mark that during all those services no decision of the chair has been overruled, but it is of higher importance and the renown much more enduring to the House of Representa tives that its fair fame for that en tire period is unstained. Members have differed widely and yet manifestly acting from deep conviction of* duty they have won mutual estiem. For myself I shall retire from the speaker's chair with no unkind feeling towards a solitary member. Wishing you one and all a safe return to your homes, it only re mains for me, in cbedlence to the mandate of the constitution, to declare this house ad journed without day. [Applause on floor and in gallery.] NEWSPAPER COMMENT. ( harleston, S. C, March 4.— The Neivs and Courier says: The South, at least, can sympathize cordially with the burning thought which made President Garfleld eloquent yes terday. His treatment of the Southern ques tion is broad and, in the whole, statesman like. NEW YORK PRESS. New York, March 4.— Spirit of editorials on the inaugural address: The Times: The address of Garfleld in tak ing the oath of office is dignified in tone and marked in the characteristics which have made him one of the most pleasing and most ad mired oratora of the House. The President enforces in an emphatic manner the essential fact that the struggle for supremacy of the nation was a struggle for the complete development of the ideas which lie at the foundation of our government, and that its supreme achievement was the destruction of slavery and the establishment of equal rights under the law of the negro race. In his ap peal for the saving influence of universal edu cation, he undoubtedly expresses tlje sentiment aud conviction of the* Republican party, and it may be added of the great mass of intelligent citizens of both parties. All efforts he may make toward completing the work of concilia tion between all sections of people, based on a recognition of equal rights on one hand, and on the necessity 6f gooa local government on tie other, will be heartily approved and sec onded. The President's remarks upon finan cial questions, that must engage the atten tion of the administration, will, for the most part, give satisfaction. The? indicate that in his new position he ■will give neither aid nor sympathy to mtsche?iou» or ignorant attacks upon the national banking system, ■which was carried to such an advanced pjint ia the clos ing hours of the session of tae house. In re gard to the proper course of tae United State* (Elnbe. government on the silver question, the views of the President are not so clearly defined. The President touches lightly and rather vaguely on a number of more, or less interesting ques tions, the maintenance of manufactures, encouragement of agriculture, Internal im provement and the promotion of tbe shipping Interest, but leaves tho country to loam his precise intentions on these matters from his future acts. His real attitude towards the very important measure of civil service re form will be shown by his course In the im mediate future, and in that, any Intelligent ju Jcment of his policy must be fonnd. The Tribune; President Garfleld's inaugu ral address Is short, straight, strong and sharp, like a Roman sword. There Is little adornment nnd no flourish about it, although grace of expression is not wholly sacrificed to compactness and beauty. The historical view with which it opens forms a solid foundation for th# reason ings and suggestions which followed. The emancipation and enfranchlsment of tho colored race the address treats with mingled firmness and kindness of spirit worthy of Abraham Lincoln himself. Ike passage which relates to the subiect is -brief, but it will be long remembered and quoted as a pow erful vindication in the light of the broadest statesmanship and larg est experience of the policy which the Republican party has pursued." First among the questions still to be discussed the Presi dent properly places "the full and free enjoy ment of equal suffrages." His statement of the case Is as strong as the most uncompro mlsine and stalwart Republican could deslro. What is more.it is a plain utterance of a solemn conviction and deliberate purpose of the loyal people of tho North. The sooner the South so uuder stands and resolves to put nn end to that great crime ugalnst self-government which no loyal citizen can excuse or tolerate, the sooner sectional antagonism will pass away. Bat the President goes farther and reasons with great earnestness and p»wer for the only true remedy — universal education. The financial policy of the President will be in harmony with his rec ord, and with the best thought of the coun try. The address is admirable. It justifies the high confidence which the people have felt in Piesident Garfleld's patriotism and upright ness, and in his ability to propose a wise policy for the government of tbe nation. It still remains for him to show whether he possesses the wise tact, patience and practical statesmanship to get things done. If so, the nation will manifest its gratitude four years hence as heartily as it now manifests its good will and confidence. GENERAL CAPITAL NEWS. .Vo Apportionment. Washington, March 4.— The apportion ment bill which passed the House late yester day wasn't acted on by the Senate and Inere fore failed to become a law. TJieCabhiet. W'AsniNOTOX, March 4.— Pasmdc-ut Qsrfleld will probably send his cabinet nominations to the Senate to-morrow, but at a late hour to night the selections had not been determined upon. The difficulty is un derstood to be in regard to the treasury portfolio. There seems no doubt the follow ing selections have been definitely nude and are not subject to any change: Senator Blame, State department. Robert Lincoln, war department. Wayne McVeagh, attorney general. Thomas L. James, postmaster general. The appointment of the last named has been strongly recommended by Gen. Grant. CGen. Walter Q. Greshorn, of Indiana, and Judge Wm. H. Hart, of Louisiana, will quite certainly be nominated for the two remaining positions, viz: Secretaryship of the interior and secretaryship of the navy, but it is not positively determined to which place they will respectively be as signed and in the event possible contengencies connected with a final selection of secretary of the treasury, both interior and navy de partsients may be otherwise disposed of. According to the best information obitiin ubl« to-night the appointment, of Windom, a"s secretary of the treasury, appears, to be the mosi probable. In case a decision be not reached on this matter early to-morrow, the cabinet nominations will not be sent till Afon day. All the Appropriation Jtlll* Slyned. WAsniNQTOX, March 4.— A1l \hc regular appropriation bills were signed by President Hayes, and therefore become laws. The ap propriations in the deficiency bill, as it flnnally passed, were increased above, the amount orig inally appropriated by the House by agree ment of the conference committee, in the fol lowing particulars : For internal revenue bureau, $135,000. For the bureau of construc tion and repairs and steam engineering, $150,* 000. Public printing department, $100,000. The provision in regard to the Miami Indians is retained, and the amendment which Peering, of lowa, had Insisted on in the House , and which was added In the Senate. Appropriation of 8175,000 for the benefit of the Ponca Indians also became law. Ovation to Oen. Hancock. Washington, March 4.— Geu. Hancock arrived at 8 o'clock last evening in an elegantly appointed Pullman with Gens. Mitchell, Frye and Perry, of his staff. He was met by a large concourse and introduced to the reception committee on the platform. Shaking hands with each he merely said, "I am glad to meet you," the crowd meanwhile cheering lustily. •John W. Thompson and Gen. Cress well escort ed him to the carriage The crowd made a vigorous effort to take off the horses and drag it by hand, but a cordon of police held them off. The general was driven to Wormley's hotel, where another large crowd assembled, and where he received many callers. THE GLOBE HOROSCOPE. As it Cuts its Light on tbe Chicago Market*. [Special Telegram to the Globe.] Chicago, March 4.— Weather cold and wintry, with a heavy snow reported from tbe west. Cables steady and firm. Our market for wheat opened firm at $1.00 for April, and advanced to $I.oo*, with fair business, closing steady on 'change, but sold back to $1.00 on the second afternoon call, under free offerings on private cables, closing dull. Corn and oat 6 moderately active, at nomi nally unchanged prices. Provisions moderately active and firmer, with less talk about trichina, closing steady at $14.62^ for April, and $14.77tf for May. Pork unchanged on the curb this afternoon, where April wheat sold at 99Xc@31 .00, and May at SI 04 * . May corn , 42 Xc. ALL AROUND THE GLOBE. There was a sharp earthquake shock at Agram, Austria, yesterday. Jacob B. Jackson was inaugurated governor of West Viaginia yesterday. The Pearl hominy mills, Baltimore, burned yesterday. Loss $70,000; insurance $55,000. R. J. Anderson's grain elevator and feed mill at Joliet, IN., burned last night. Loss $10,000. The New York Journal of Commerce denies the report that Jay Gould has an interest in that paper. Nathan L. Rosclle, brakeman on the Third avenue elevated road, New York, was killed by a fall from the train to the street. Hugh R. Heally, wholesale dealer in mo lasses, and his brother John, dealer in cloves, have failed. Both reside in New York city. Fred. Klaise, a German boy in Cincinnati aged eleven, shot his brother Otto, aged nine> white in a fit of anger. He used a toy pistol' The American mills company, of Warwick, R. 1., assigned because of the failure of A. J. Griffin, New York. Liabilities reported at $90,000. Frederick H. Churchill, a prominent citizen of New Britain, Connecticut, killed himself by a shot in the head. He leaves a wifr nnd four children. Meeting Hi* Fate Cheerfully. Atxajtta, Ga., March 4.— Pink Pratt was hanged to-day at Meriel, in the pres ence of 8.000 people. His crime was a jreoss as sault on a white child. Pratt went to the scaffold smoking a cigar and chatting freely with the guards. Bus father, broth ers and sisters witnessed the execution. Jno.Gosi came fromthe ~oods last week, says the Anoka Union. He says they are now do- Ing splendid work, and art hauling as many logs as can be piled on to the load. ■ IRELAND'S WRONGS. Parneli'a Plea lor Justice in Parliament-- Conference of Fbrater and Magistrates With Reference to putting Coercion Into Operation. THE AnUS BILL. Loxdo.v, March 4.— In the common*, Par nell opposing the army bill just Wed John De voy's telegram as a fair reply to Haroourt'a threats. The ministry wore trying their best to prove the Fenians were right, and to drive men like himself and Dillon outside the lines of the constitution, but they would not suc ceed. The army bill would not prevent shoot- Ing bad landlords. Parnell declared he ex ceedingly regretted the establishment of league courts and State land leagues, and expressed disapproval thereof. Mitchell Henry, hom^rule member for Gal way county, charged Parnell with deluding Irishmen into the belief the house of com mons was determined to prevent any Hmcliora tion of their condition, teaching them they could only hope for redress through violence. Although Parnell had recalled his advice to tenante to plough up land, some pastures had been ploughed up. The arms bill passed its second reading, 145 to 34. Its consideration in committee of the whole is fixed for Monday. PUTTING COERCION INTO OPERATION. Dcbmn, March 4.— A conference was held at the castle to-day between Forster and forty magistrates, principally from the disturbed districts. One hundred police Inspectors were present. It was decided to place all arrested persons In KUmamham Jail, which has cells with wooden .floors The privy council met to-day to take action with reference to the proclamation of coun ties. The Gazette proclaims counties Clare, Galway, Kerry, Leitrem, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon and Digo, aud eleven burroughs in the county of Cork. Cox, land league organizer of Carrick, was committed on the charge of intimidation. The number of arrests will be much diminished by the departure of many suspected persons. Matthew Harris, traverser, has started for England. Michael Boynton and P. J. Sheridan, two other traversers, have also disappeared. Dillon returns to Ireland Saturday and Parnf-11 Sun day week. TERRIBLE DISASTER. A Mine Explodes and Takeß Flre-Fiftj Men Imprisoned and Probably Killed. Evanston, Wy., March 4.— The Gasin rock Mountain Coal and Iron company's mine No. 2, at Alraey, exploded at 8:45 last evening, throwing the flames many hundred feet high right out of the main slope, carrying away the buildings' around the mouth of the shaft and setting the machinery buildings on fire. About fifteen minutes before the explosion from ten to thirty white men, and fifty China men were at work for the night. ' Present time, 3 o'clock a. si., (more or less,) injured Chinamen have been re covered and brought to the surface, many with limbs broken and badly scalded. Two dead Chinamen were discovered, but not brought up. No white men yet found. No hopes that any are alive. The jar of the explosion was plainly felt at Evanston. Cheyenne, March 4. ---Owing to the ,excitement at Almy it is impossible to obtain full particulars of the disaster. It is now thought there are more men in the mine than at first reported. A faint hope is held out that most of the men in the mine have fled to a portion not on fire. The flames intervening prevent rescu ers from rescuing them to-night. The scene at the mouth of the shaft i.s de scribed as pitiful. Two families of white men who are still in the mine are frantic, while Chinamen throng about wailing piteously for their lost friends and rela tives. Most of the population of Evanston is on the ground. Camp fires scattered about give light to workers, and lend a wierd effect to the scene. Miners from surrounding pits are working hard. Business in the community for twenty miles about is entirely suspended. PARENTAL CRUELTY. The Story of Annie Louise Crawford Con- tinned in Court. New York, March 4.— Annie Louise Craw, ford, the child so cruelly treated by her father and stepmother, on suspicion she had stolen some household articles and twice set th« house on fire, continued to-day in the supreme court the story of her sufferings. She said the first fire occurred New Tear's day. She had nothing to do with it, being in the parlor with Charley Freeman. TGe second fire occurred January 18. Witness was in her mother's room with her mother and Mrs. Smith. She had noth tng to do with the fire. She was taken to the station house twice, once before and once after tha fire. Tbe night before Christmas a piece of cord was tied around her arms. After the second fire her arms were bound. She was tied to a knob of the parlor door one week. After that her hands, day and night, were strapped to her side. Her father brought home a chain, which was placed around her waist and at tached to the wall in the dining room. She was loosened at night, but the chain not taken off. «>^«^ ENGLISH GRAIN MARKET. More Active Demand at Advancing Priced. Livebfooi., Eng., March 4.— A leading grain circular # says: Grain continues firm. Wheat is dearer in all positions and demand improving. In the various port markets it generally advanced a shilling. The millers are buying freely. Off coast cargoes are held for an advance, which is not forthcoming. Wheat for shipment on passage meets good enquiry at 6d advance for California. On spot and in neighborhood there has been a good busines?. Wheat advanced l@2d. Corn strong and dearer. Market to-day firm. Wheat maintained some advance with good demand. Flour In fair request at a slight ad vance. viiiiilff Kc.il v ititi Marred by a FataKAccl dent. Centralia, 111., March 4.— The Boston Lancers passed through here early this morn ing, en route home from New Orleans. The engine which was to take the special train from here ran off the switch. . A heavy cable with a large hook was use"& to pull the engine on to the track, two other engines furnishing the power. In taking up the slack the hook was Jerked off the cable and struck one of the Lancers, named Bailey, in the middle of the forehead, killing him instantly. Bailey re sided in Cambridge and owned a livery stable in Boston. His comrades took charge of the. body. Weather Indication*. Washington, • March 5, 1 a.- m.—lndica tions for upper Mississippi' valley, generally fair weather, northwest to northeast winds, higher barometer, stationary or lower temper ature. For lower Missouri valley, fair weather, northerly, possibly shifting to south easterly winds, stationary or lower temper ature, higher barometer in southern part. Cautionary northwest signals continue at Milwaukee, Grand Haven and Ludington. Bunted to Death. .Nabhytale, March 4— A Hickman, Ky ; special say 3 that the Hickman cot ton seed-oil works aud & two-story frame boarding house were burned this morn* ing, and Abe Jones, employed in the mills, and Mrs. Parsons, landlady of the boarding house, burned to death. Loss, $80,000; insurance, $32,000. Avoid, a Costive Habit or Bodt, not only because of the attendlujc discomfort, but lest it engender more serious consequences. Dr. Jayne's Sanative Pilis are either Laxative or Cathartic, according to the dose, and may be depended upon to produce healtby secretions of the Liver and Stomach. NO. 64 BURIED IN SNOW. wimmaoiA buzzards mmcoumtxd BY HER EASTERX XEIGHBORS. Illinois, VTlseeasta, Michigan, ludlauu and lowa Deluged in Snow--RallroaU aud General Traffic Entirely Suspended- - Public school-, Closed-Snow Beaching to tbe Second Stories of Houses-Street Cars In Milwaukee and Chicago Forced to Su .pend-Fuel Famine in Milwaukee and Great Suffering Throughout the State --Serious Snow and Wind Storm Along the Atlantic Coast- Wreck of a Bark Oft Coney Island With Only One Survivor Four of the Survivors, Crazed by Fear, Escape Death by Drowning by Cutting Their Throat*. Chicago, March 4.— A slight snow has been falling throughout the day, and aided by fresh wind, has M-rved to continue the disastrous ef fects of tae great storm of Wednesday and yes terday. Railroads centering h«re, especially those from the north and west, are still practi cally snowed up, and trains, if running at all> are very irregular. The street cars move slowly with four horses, and In the country the public highways are obstructed by huge drifts, rendering traffic lmrx»sslble. The receipts of grain in the city during the past twenty-four hours wer.e only eight car loads. There are nine trains stuck between Hyde Park and Kensington, fourteen miles south of here, and, five engines don't suffice to break the blockade. The cattle and hogs from five of these trains were unloaded last night on the prairie and driven across to the stockyards. At Waukegan, 111., the public schools are closed owing to the storm. Drifts In the streets are up to the second] story and it is still snowing. At LJbertyvule, 111., it has been snowing thirty-Blx hours and tbe Libertyville passenger train on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road has been snowed In sirce Wednesday and snow falling as fast as ever. It Is reported from Fieeport, 111., that forty car loads of stock are shut up in snow banks west of there, near Elroy on the Central. Three engines and a gang of sixty shovelers and men went to their relief, but were them selves blockaded and are unable to return. A dispatch from Omaha, Neb., says that no trains have arrived there from the East since, yesterday morning. The wind is high and the cuts are drifting full. The Annie Pix!ey "M'liss" party, booked for Omaha to-night, have not been heard ftom, probably snowed iv at Rock Island. The storm is not so flenv along the L'nion Pacific. At Madison, Wis., where the storm war heaviest, there was a prospect to-night ol clearing off, butno prospect of trains running for several days. A dispatch from Cliuton, lowa, says there is hardly a wheel moving on the Northwestern railway from Chicago to Council Bluffs. The wind fills the cuts as fast as plow; and shovel ers clean them. A Dubuque, lowa, dispatch says except tin railway to La Crosse all outside communica tiou is cut off and no trains are likely to reach the city to-night from any direction. The only redeeming feature of the storm i" the mildness of the temperature. Were the cold intense the suffering would be severe and life jeopardized. The supply of hard coal U exhausted and wood has been substituted. Reports of a like tenor come from all points in northern Ilfinois, Wisconsin, northern lowa, Nebraska, southern Minnesota and northern Michigan. The railroads are the worst sufferers, and managers hardly know where to begin the effort to break ttu blockade. SCFFERINO IN WI9CON3I.V. Milwaukee, March 4. — The storm contin ued at intervals to-day, but the back bone ol the blizzard is considered broken. No trains north or west as yet and no attempt to open the lines will be made till to-morrow. Re ports from interior points all state the storm is continuing, but with les3 severity. A gen eral scarcity of fuel is complained of. In Milwaukee the steam supply company, fur nishing heat to hundreds of residences, and Bteamto engines, factories, etc., could get no fuel on credit, suspended and put the manage ment into the hands of a committee oi stockholder". Coal is $12 a ton, wood ?M a cord and both almost impossible to get. Dealers are selling coal at $1 for two bushels. Business continues suspended. Th* streets are being cleared as rapidly as snow plows and hundreds of shovelers can do so All country roads are impassable. Milk sold to-day at 25 cents a quart. Ninety cents a dozen was offered for ejjgs, but they couldn't be bought Interior points predict great suf fering. The railroad blockade north and west will continue two or three days. IN THE EAST. New York, March 4.— A rain and snow storm, accompanied by high, wind, is reported from all sections east nnd iv Canada. Storms particularly severe here and all along the Jersey coast, where much damage has bc-ei. done. Telegraph comrrunicatlou is inter rupted and travel Impeded. A. portion of the pier at Long Branch washed away, while the bluff in the vicinity of tbe pier and the weit end Is badly damaged. The ocean broke across the narrow strip of land which separates It from Shrewsbury river, threatening destruction of the Bellevus hotei and stopping travel on the Southern Neiv Jersey road. The beach for miles is strewed with wrecked stuff, tropical fruits, etc., in dicating a vessel has been wrecked, or been compelled to heave part of her cargo over boara. Nine vessels which sought harbor in Rari ton Bay were wreckea, being washed on the meadows and Bwamped in Mate wan creek and sunk after running against the railroad dock. Several fishing smacks at anchor were sunk and three sloops arc r? ported ashore below. The 9torm was very severe along the HuJ son river. Many wharves are submerged. , Harrfsburg reports that five regiments f roof the Western part of Pennsylvania, on the wav to the inauguration, were detained there all night, and only left between 6 and 9 this morning. Snow continued round about Harrlsbqrg during the day. Claremont, N. H., has ita severest storm of the season and no signs of abatement. WRECKED Orr COXET ISLAND. New York, March 4.— The Brooklyn Eagle •ays a terrible catastrophe took place off Coney Island to-day, the first great wreck iv the history of the beach. It occurred during the great storm which burst on the coast from the last evening. The Italian bark Ajolce, in ballast, from Antwerp to New York, with a partial cargo oi kerosene, became water logged last night off Rockaway Beach. The crew numbered fifteen men, including the captain. When it became evident that the bark could not be saved, a panic took place among the crew. Capt. Monco tried hisTjesi to keep the men under discipline, but was un able to do so. Heavy seas broke over the ves sel, washing the men one by one from the wrecit. Four of the men, in despair, against the earnest expostulation of the captaiD, committed suicide by cutting their throats, and their bodice were washtd overboard. The remainder of the crew, with the exception of one man, who alone remains to tell the dreadful tale, becoming gradu ally exhausteel, were washed over board and were lost. The bark llrst struck Rockaway shoals. The wreck grad ually broke up. The wreck was first seen this forenoon about 4 o'clock, off Manhattan beach at a distance of two and one-half milf s The life nation crew went to the wreck, and rescued the only survivor. FLOODS ON THE TELLOW9TONE. Chicago, March 4.— A special to the Inter Ocean from Miles City, D. T., on the 2d inst: Tongue river broke up and gorged two miles above this city. The water took a southwest erly direction and flooded the city to the depth of three feet. Families at once began moving to a place of safety on the blufft, where they were furnished with tents and other necessar ies by the commanding officer at Fort Eeogb The water fell last night and partially success ful attempts were made to blowup tha gorges, but two yet remain and tbe city Is still threat ened with much inconvenience and discomfort, but no serious damage is dona yet. Bteeß Bros., sole agents for the Moore Com bination Desk company. A full line of Office Queen, Counting House King, General Busi ness and Flat Top Combination desks kept In stock. TJse Wm. Clarke & Son's Helix Nbbdles, Factory at Redditoh, England. Office, 80 Adams street, op stairs, Chicago.