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VOLUME I.
PUBLIC HONESTY.
CONSIDERED BY THE
HOUSE
House.
WASHINGTON, March 8.Communications
from American type founders protesting
against a certain petition for the abolition of
the tariff duty on type, considering it as scan
dalously false, as containing statements many
of which are utterly devoid of truth, and as in
the interest of foreign type founders and their
products, were referred.
The Senate amendments to the bill suspend
ing the operation of the revised statutes in re
gard to guano islands wore continued.
The Senate bill known as the long bond bill
was referred to the committee on wayB and
means, and committees were then called for
reports of a private nature.
A committee was authorized to arrange pro
ceedings for placing the centennial memorial in
the State department, and an invitation was re
ceived from superintendent McPherson to view
the exhibits of the bureau of engraving and
printing before their being sent to Pans.
The speaker laid before the House the follow
ing communications which were leferred:
A letter from the becretary of war, asking an
appropriation of $12,500 for accommodations
at the proving ground, Sandy Hook.
A letter from the becretary of war stating
that the post quartermasters at Chicago and
New York would be ordered to appear before
tho committee on military affairs.
The speaker then called the committees for
reports of a private nature. The morning
hour was consumed a discussion upon a reso
lution reported advereelj uro by the com
mittee on accounts for the payment of laborers
employed in the clerk's rooms, which was
finally referred to the committee on civil ser
vice reform.
Mr. Atkins offerd a resoleution calling on the
secretaries of the interior for all information
in regard to geographical and geometrical sur
veys contracted by their respective depart
ments the past ten years. Adopted.
The House then went into committee of the
whole, Mr. Price in the chair. Upon the private
calendar the unfinished business being a bill
for payment of certain ante bellnm southern
mail contractb.
The bill makes available immediately the
appropriation of $375,000 already appropriated
for payment of such contractors for services
rendered prior to May 31, 1861.
Mr. Frye said if the United States govern
ment owed a just debt to a man who afterwards
went into the rebellion he was favor of the
government dischaiging its just obligations.
But this bill provided payments should be made
up to May 31,1861, while in reality most of the
States went into the rebellion in the previous
January. He therefore offered an amendment
providing that no payment should be made to
mail contractors for services rendered after
their respective States adopted oidinanceb of
secession.
Mr. Mills argued that inasmuch as the United
States did not recognize the insurrectionary
condition of the Southern States until the 31st
of May, 1861, the government should pay for
services rendered in those States up to that
time.
Mr. Reagan pursued the same line of argu
ment and stated the Confedeiate government
had required all postmasteis to account to the
United States government for all moneys,
stamps, etc., their possession up to the 31st
of May, 1861.
Mr. Conger read lorn and order issued May
20, 1861, by the postmaster general of the Con
federate States, instructing postmasters of the
United States government in the South to re
tain in their possession, subject to the further
order of the department, for the benefit of the
Confederate States, all mail bags and other
property belonging to the United States postal
service.
Mr. Willets denied the statement made by
Mr. Reagan some time ago, that the Confeder
ate government had never paid or assumed to
pay contractors, and read from an act passed
by the Confederate congress, in which it as
sumed to pay every dollar, the only limitation
being such contractors as should be loyal to
the Confederacy. He had found upon examin
ation of the Confederate records that eighteen
of those claims had been audited and paid and
the Confederate government had gone so far as
to provide, if the United States government
should thereafter pay them, the contractors
should reimburse the Confederate government
for the amounts paid them. He also quoted
from the report made by Mr. Reagan, as the
Confederate postmaster general, in which he
credited himself with $502,000 paid on account
of services rendered prior to May 31, 1861.
Mr. Aiken inquired if, because eighteen
claims had been paid, the government should
repudiate its honest debts.
Mr. Reagan said he had not seen any of his
reports since the end of the war, but if he had
all his reports, he thought he could prove what
he had previously stated. But if the gentle
man fiom Michigan (Willets) was right, he
would concede to an amendment so as to ex
clude from payment such contractors as were
paid by the confederate government.
Mr. Blount felt it his duty to say, for his
section, that he would not cast his vote to pay
any gentleman for carrjmg mails in the South,
who had been paid by the Confederate govern
ment.
Mr. Cox (Ohio) said that, whatever might be
the result of the facts which took place during
the exciting time of the rebellion, no one on
his side of the House would hesitate to accord
to the gentleman from Texas (Reagan), entire
candor in his position, for he had won their
respect by his conduct on the floor. [Applause
on the Democratic side.]
Mr. Tucker said the statement which had
been made by the gentleman from Michigan
(Willets) was from the archives of the confed
erate government which had been taken by the
conqueror thirteen years ago, and had been con
cealed since. He attributed no unworthy pur
pose in their concealment from the eyes of con
federates.
Mr. CongerThey were not changed.
Mr. TuckerN# one said they had been
changedthe gentleman who suggests it must
not impute to me a motive which suggested it
self in his mind. Continuing, he said the gen
tleman from Michigan (Willets) had not read
fully, for he had not time, the documents
which he proposed to print in his rem arks. He
(Tucker) was not willing that a vote should be
taken on this bill until it had been recom
mitted for examination into the facts,
and he believed such examination would clearly
vindicate the honor of the confederate govern
ment and of every Southern man who stood on
that side of the House. He wanted that vindi
cation to be made on a clear statement of
facts. He thought he knew the explanation of
the whole matter, but he preferred that the bill
should be recommitted and that the facts should
come out, and that he was sure that the gen
tlemen on the other side, who thought they had
found a mare's nest of dishonor to the Confed
eracy, would be glad to see, as present fellow
citizens, that their honor had been vindicated.
He, therefore, moved the committee rise and
recommit the bill.
The commitiee lose, but the point of order
being raised that the bill was still in commitee
of the whole, the motion to recommit the bill
to the committee on post offices and post roads
could not be entertained.
The speaker announced he would be absent
to-morrow, and appointed Mr. Blackbun speaker
pro tern, and adjourned.
Pacific Itailroad Sinking fund.
WASHINGTON, March 8.The Senate commit
tee on railroads has unanimously agreed to
recommend the passage of Dorsey's Pacific rail
road sinking fund bill, with certain important
amendments prepared by Senators Mitchell,
Matthews, Dorsey, Ransom and Barnum, the
sub-committee in charge of the subject. The
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bill as thus agreed to is amended by the entire I
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NATIONAL
In Connection With Claims of the Late
WarThe Pacific Railroad Sinking
Fund Bill Endorsed by the Senate
Also the West Point Academy Esti-
matesCabinet Consideration of the
Proposed Tariff Chargesr,arge Reduc
tion of Revenue Prophesied in Conse
quence.
omission of the section which provided for re
conveyance of 12,000,000 acres of land grants
to the government on condition that the sink
ing fund should be credited therefor at the rate
of $1.25 per acre. The section providing
that the Union Pacific and Cen
tral Pacific companies should be
given preference for government business is
also stricken out. The main features of the
ameneded bill are as follows: All money due
these two companies the first day of April
next for government transportation are to form
the nucleus of the proposed sinking funds, the
amounts to be made equal by cash payment*
necessary to provide at least one million dollars
for each company. They are thereafter ach to
pay into the United States treasury one million
dollars per year in semi-annual payments until
the year 1900, when the bonds endorsed by the
government become due. The interest is to be
accumulated semi-annually at the rate of 6 per
cent, a year upon all amounts thus placed to
the credit of the sinking fund, and these pay
ments are to be in lieu of the requirements of
the present law as to the annual payment of 5
per cent, of the net earnings and the retention
of one-half of the earnings for government
transportation. The balance found due the
United States by the companies in the year
1900 is to be paid in fifty equal semi-annual
installments, together with interest on de
ferred payments of interest which shall equal
the rate then being paid by the government on
the majority of its securities.
Chanties in the Tariff BUI.
WASHINGTON, March 8.The committee on
ways and means to-day considered the tax on
sundries. Brimstone, crude, was made free.
Brittania ware was increased from 20 to 25 per
cent, ad valorem. Card cases, pocket books,
souvenirs, and all similar articles of whatever
material composed, are increased from 20 to 30
per cent, ad valorem. Chicory and the root,
ground or unground, burnt or prepared, is re
duced from 5 to 4 cents per pound. Tho rate on
castor beans or seeds was fixed at 60 cents per
bushel of 50 pounds. Crude cocoa and cork
bark were made free cork bark manufactured
80 per centum ad valorem. Chloroform 50 cents
per pound. Cream tartar was reduced from
9 to 6 cents per pound. Zante or other cur
rants were reduced from 2 to 1 cent per pound.
Raisins were fixed at 2\4 cents per pound. Cor
sets, manufactured of cotton, were reduced
from $3 to $2 per dozen. The tax on un-
wTought clay, pipe clay and fire clay, was fixed
at $4 per ton kaoline $4 per ton and fullers
earth $3 per ton.
West Point Military Academy.
WASHINGTON, March 8.The Senate commit
tee on appropriations to-day heard Gen. Sco
field in explanation of the estimates for the
West Point Military academy and completed
consideration of the bill. It will be reported
Monday next. The committee recommends
restoration of the item reported from the House
committee, but stricken out in the House bill,
providing for longevity pay of professors. The
committee insert items of $21,000 for a hospital
building and $30,000 for water supply, and add
$6,615 to the amount appropriated by the
House for the pay of cadets, BO as to make it
equal to the sum expended for that purpose
last year. The section prohibiting the appoint
ment of graduates of the academy to be second
lieutenants in the army, except when vacancies
actually exist in regiment organizations, is
stricken out.
Cabinet Considering the Tariff.
WASHINGTON, March 8.The State depart
ment was represented at the cabinet meeting
to-day by Assistant Secretary Seward, Secretary
Evarts being absent in New York. All the other
members were present. The tariff bill now be
ing considered by the committee of ways and
means, was the topic of discussion. From
estimates and tables submitted by Secretary
Sherman it appeared that under the operation
of the bill the revenue would fall off annually
from fourteen to fifteen million dollars, and to
meet the actual expenditures of the govern
ment it would become necessary to make up
the deficiency by a tariff on articles now on the
free list.
The Four Per Cent*.
WASHINGTON, March 8.The secretary of the
treasury will, until further notice, receive sub
scriptions for the four per cent, funded loan of
the United States at par and accrued interest.
Forms of application will be furnished by the
assistant treasurers at Baltimore, Boston,
Chicago, Cincinnati, New Orleans, New York,
Philadelphia, St. Louis and San Francisco, and
by national banks and bankers generally.
International Railway Project.
WASHINGTON, March 8.The House commit
tee on Pacific railroads agree to recommend the
passage of a bill appropriating $20,000 for a
survey for a railroad from Austin, Texas,
through Chihuahua and Sonora to Topolovemps,
Gulf of California.
HONEST MONET LEAGUE.
Meeting Called at Chicago to Perfect A
Permanent Organization for the North
west
CHICAGO, March 8.The executive committee
of the ''honest money league" has issued a call
for a meeting of persons friendly to the object
of the league, to take place at the Grand Pacific
hotel, thib city, Tuesday, March 15th, at 2
o'clock p. m. The call states that the object of
the meeting is to effect a permanent organiza
tion for the Northwest, to thereby disseminate
sound views of finance and to counteract the
influence of organized agitators who would lead
the nation to the adoption of irredeemable
paper monej. The leaders of the movement
report that it 'is rapidly gaining strength here,
and that letters are received daily from outside
the city expressing warm sympathy and a de
sire to co-operate.
Large Plre at Panama.
NEW YORK, March 8.The Evening Post has
been making an inquiry about the fire in
Panama and learns that the Grand Central
hotel, reported burned, occupied the greater
part of the south side of the grand plaza, which
is the center of the business district of the
city.
NEW YORK, March 8. The Pacific Mail steam
snip company has received a dispatch stating
that 26 buildings were burned and that the
hotel was saved. No damage was done to either
railroad or the Pacific Mail steamship com
pany's property. Another dispatch says
Three blocks in the principal part of the city
were destroyed. The sufferers are Lansburg,
Wilson & Brakemor, ship chandlers, Isaac
Brandon & Co., grocers, Schriber Bros., ship
ping house and Sternbergh, Cooke & Boland
ers. Many residences were also burned. Total
loss $500,000 insurance $200,000, in German
companies. The Grand hotel was also burned.
Insured for $80,000. It cost $100,000.
Spontaneous Combustion.
CLEVELAND, O., March 8.A fire supposed to
be caused by spontaneous combustion broke
out this evening in the block on St. Clair street,
occupied by Miller Bros., chemical paint fac
tory, and Edward Geno, manufacturer of sew
ing machine cabinets. The fire was confined to
the third and fourth stories. Geno's loss on
stock and machinery, $60,000 Miller Bros,
stock, $2,600 building, $30,000 covered by
insurance principally in New York companies.
Death from Starvation and Gluttony.
OTTAWA, Ont., March 8.A man named Pac
quet who recently left the upper Ottawa
shanties and started to walk home, was out
seven days without food, and on reaching a
farm house gorged himself to such an extent,
that he died a short time afterwards.
Charter Oak Life Conspiracy Case.
HARTFORD, Conn., March 8.The Charter Oak
Life conspiracy case against Henry Furber, B.
Wiggin, J. C. Walker and 8. H. White, former
officers, came up in the criminal term of the
Superior court {to-day |and by agreement was
ptt ver for trial to Tuesday, June 11th.
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THE CONGRESS.
THE QUESTION NOW TROUBLING THE
POWERS. --j
Berlin Settled Upon as the Place, but Russia
Backward In Naming the TimeAndrassy
Likely to Win the Vote of CreditContra
dictory Report* as to Austrian Occupa
tion of Bosnia aud HerzegovinaRussian
Occupation of Bessarabian TownsTurk
ish Successes o\er Greek InsurgentsCol
liery Explosion.
ANDRASSY WINS.
A dispatch from Pesth says: The Pesther Cor
retpondem states that Count Andrassy was pres
ent at the informal meeting of the Hungarian
delegation in Vienna Thursday. Explanations
were given which satisfied the delegates almost
without exception. It was declared the occu
pation of Bosnia was altogether out of the
question, and the vote of credit only required
to provide against the contingency of mobiliza
tion. The majority of the meeting supported
the view that the demand for the vote of credit
be referred to the foreign affairs sub-commit
tee. They were convinced that it would pass
without difficulty.
GEN. GRANT.
VIENNA, March 8.The Arch Duke Francis,
father of the emperor, is dead.
ATHENS. March 8.Gen. Grant arrived at
Pirens to-day, and escorted by three iron clads.
A large crowd witnessed the landing. The gen
eral afterwards visited the King.
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 8.It is stated
Savfet Pasha will represent Turkey at the con
gress.
BESSARABIAN TOWNS OCCUPIED.
VIENNA, March 8The Political Correspond
ence published under reserve the following
from Bucharest: It in said the Russians, on
March 6, occupied the Bessarabian towns of
Ismail, Cahnl and Balgrad. The Roumanian
government at present keeps this a secret but
a cabinet council is said to have been held un
der the presidency of Prince Charles to frame
a protest.
GERMAN REFORMS.
BERLIN, March 8,The Reichstag to-day pass
ed two clauses of the chancellor substitute bill.
It postponed discussion of the third clause un
til to-morrow. The Saxon minister supported
the bill as constituting the foundation for a
good administration of the empire, but de
clared himself opposed to the formation of an
imperial ministry as were the Bavarian and
Wurtemberg representatives. Prince Bismarck
incidentally remarked that he did not abandon
the hope of eventually forming an independ
ent provincial representative for Alsace and
Lorraine.
ITALIAN MINISTRY RESIGN.
LONDON, March 9.A special from Rome an
nounces that the ministry has resigned. The
King will probably summon Signor Serandalli
to form a cabinet.
A meeting of London striking masons yester
day resolved that, in consequence of several
masters having offered 91 pence per hour, all
the strikers are authorized to accept that rate.
The strikers originally demanded ten pence.
The strike is collapsing.
BBUSSIA OBJECTS,
LONDON, March 9.A special to the Nation
al Zediing from Vienna says Russia suddenly
seems to object to Austrian occupation of Bos
nia and Herzegovina, and is preparing to as
sist the Turks to resist it. This sensational
news causes much comment but it evidently
requires confirmation. AUSTRIA'S OCCUPATION SCHEME.
LONDON, March 8.A correspondent at
Vienna says it is believed Count Andrassy has
abandoned his original intention making the
vote of credit by delegations a cabinet question,
as the project will encounter strong opposi
tion. A majority of the Hungarian delegates
think the credit is intended to be used for oc
cupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which
they consider, only justifiable in the event that
Servia or Montenegro raise pretensions to those
provinces. Austria's Polish subjects are also
violently opposed to the occupation, but favor
the credit for opposing Russia and Servia.
Croaten parties are also agitating in the direc
tion of their respective wishes and sympathies.
Agitation is probably fermenting from with
out for the purpose of creating internal diffi
culties for the government at the moment when
grave decisions may have to be taken. Many
well informed people believe the occupation
scheme must be abandoned, which opinion
seem* to be substantiated by the fact that the
war office has not yet concentrated troops on
any point of Turkish territory.
PARLIAMENT EXPRESSIONS.
LONDON, March 8.In the House of Lords,
this afternoon, Lord Derby said- Persia has
assured the government she has no understand
ing with Russia regarding the cession of a dis
trict of the Caspian in exchange for the dis
trict of Bayazid.
In the House of Commons, Sir Stafford
Northcote, in reply to a question put by Lord
Huntington, said the government had informed
Austria it did not object to Berlin for the place
of meeting of the conference. Sir Stafford
Northcote also said Lord Lyons will doubtless
be the British plenipotentiary.
Lord Derby also said: The government is
now communicating with the other powers,
principally Austria, regarding the basis on
which the conference shall proceed. The gov
ernment had stated their opinion that not
merely a part but the whole of the treaty be
tween Russia and Turkey should be submitted
to a congress.
In the House of Lords this afternoon Lord
Cavins, Lord high chancellor, in response to a
question by Lord Hammond, said the object
of the territorial water's jurisdiction bill, now
before Parliament, was not intended to go any
beyond the established rules laid down by in
tranational writers respecting the extent of
territorial jurisdiction. The bill was passed
through the committe without amendment and
without debate.
THE FLEET.
LONDON, March 8.A dispatch from Malta
this evening says the channel squadron is still
here awaiting orders. The troop ship Euphrates
is homeward bound with 1,068 soldiers, and the
Serapis, outward bound with twenty-nine offi
eers who have been detained since March 6th.
Four smaller men-of-war have gone to the Dar
danelles and one to Crete.
CRETAN TURKISH ARMISTICE.
An Athens dispatch says by the advice of
foreign consuls the Cretan insurgents have ac.
cepted the armistice offered by the Turks.
Thessalian advices state the insurgents hold all
of the province except the towns.
A dispatch from Vienna says it is believed in
well informed quarters that the re-organization
of Bulgaria will be entrusted to a more moder
ate politician than the late Prince Tcherkassky,
thus removing all suspicion of Russificatton,
or a lengthened stay of Russians.
HE CONGRESS.
A Vienna correspondent confirms the' reports
that Count Andrassy yesterday told the Hun
garian delegation that the government had no
intention to annex or occupy Bosnia and Herz
govina, and that the powers had now accepted
the proposal for a congress at Berlin. France,
hewever, has also expressed a wish that the
congress be confined to the Eastern question.
This wish arises from the fear that the con
gress may claim the right to sanction all the
recent territorial changes There is little
doubt that France will receive reassurances.
Prince Aursperg stated in the Reichsrath to
day that every question but the Eastern ques
tion would be excluded from the scope of the
Congress. England also, although accepting
Congress, seems averse to the introduction
of questions not directly raised by the war,
such as the Greek question, a final settlement
of which is not yet imperative. All other pow
ers being ready to accept any date of meeting,.
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ST. PAUL, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1878.
the only question is will 'Russia accept that
proposed towards the end of the-month. Rus
sia's answer is expected immediately, and when
it arrives the date will be fixed. The Berlin
government will issue formal invitations.
GORTftCHAKOFF'S ADVISER,
ST. PETERSBURG, March 8.The Agence Btme
states that Prince" Alexis Sobenoff, formerly
ambassador at Constantinople, is mentioned as
likely to accompany Prince Gortschakoff to the
congress.
'CONSPIRATOR DROWNED.
COLOGNE, March 8.A letter to the Cologne
Gazette from Perm states that Sulieman Pasha
has been drowned. His papers proved he was
contemplating a conspiracy for the overthrow
of the Sultan.
TURKISH SUCCESS.
LONDON, March 9.A Bpecial from Corfu re
ports that the Turks have driven the insur
gents from Ghiask and Lyocarsion and Chalky
bei.
A Rome correspondent confirms the report
that the entire cabinet has resigned. Signor
Depretis has hopes of forming another.
A Vienna dispatch says Count Andrassy'B
statement to the delegations, will he to the
effect that peace can only be brought about by
an understanding between all the powers.
Austria cannot look to this' or that power for a
settlement. She will defend the interests of
Europe with Europe, and her own interests, if
necessary, alone. It is expected the vote of
credit will pass the Austrian, as well as the
Hungarian delegation, but the former with
difficulty.
IRON WORKERS EMIGRATING.
PARIS, March 8.The workmen of the La
Cruesot iron foundries are emigrating to Eng
lish and American iron works because of the
slackness of work.
LONDON, March 9.At a late hour last night
the Glasgow colliers were still entombed and
there was no hope of rescuing any of them.
TURKISH POLICE REGULATIONS.
PEBA, March 8.Raouf Pasha's departure for
St. Petersburg to exchange the ratifications of
the treaty has been postponed a few days.
After to-morrow the police regulations come
into force, by which the police may enter
houses in Turkey occupied by foreigners with
out the authority of the consuls.
KNOLAND'B DELAY.
BERLIN, March 8.It is now thought that
Herr Benningsen will succeed Herr Camp
hausen as Prussian minister of finance. Eng
land's delay in accepting a congress results
from taking time to consider purely formal
points.
FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
LONDON, March 8.A colliery explosion oc
curred to-day near Glasgow. Twelve miners
have been rescued and seventeen are still in the
pit, and it is not expected they will be alive
when reached. The rescuers thus far have been
prevented from reaching them because of the
frequent explosions.
"EDGER WOOD."
Wisconsin Senate Votes to Receive the
Gift of Gov. WashburnBiennial Ses
sions Beaten.
[Special Telegram to THE GLOBE.]
MADISON, Wis., March 8.In the Senate this
morning, a joint resolution was passed accepting
"Edgerwood," the gift of Governor Washburne
to the State for charitable purposes. The joint
resolution for biennial sessions was killed 16
to 16. The bill reducing the rate of interest to
six per cent., was indefinitely postponed.
In the assembly bills were concurred in rela
tive to the sale and publication of reports of
geological survey. Bills were passed amending
the charter of Fan Claire relating to the sale
of liquors.
The committee of revision of the statutes
reported a resolution for an adjournment sine
die on Saturday next, the revision committee
to continue in session and to report to the gov
ernor by the 28th of May, which was adopted.
EVENING SESSION.
The Senate had an evening session and passed
bills relating to road taxes in towns and
amendatory of section 22, chapter 150, of the
general laws of 1869.
Bills were passed authorizing counties, cities,
villages and towns of this State to refund their
indebtedness to provide additional rooniB for
the accommodation of the supreme court and
state librarian in the State capitol to repeal
chapter 95 of the general laws of this State for
the year 1871, as amended by chapter 136 of the
general laws of 1873, and all laws relating
thereto, entitled "an act to regulate the keeping
of slaughter houses" in this State.
BillB concurred in: To amend the laws to
authorize the organization of corporations for
other than manufacturing, mercantile, insur
ance, banking, transportation or trading pur
poses to repeal the law entitled an act to au
thorize the sale or conveyance for agricultural
purposes of certain of the lands conferred by
chapter one hundred and five, on the Sturgeon
Bay and Lake Michigan ship canal and harbor
company to authorize the county of Burnett
to borrow money.
The Senate consumed two hours on call, for
the purpose of keeping members from attend
ing the legislative party in the Assembly cham
ber. ______________
More Bonds Wanted of Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, O., March 8.In response to in
quiry of the committee recently appointed by
the chamber of commerce as to the cost of com
pleting the Cincinnati Southern railway, the
trustees of the road have replied in a lengthy
communication to Theodore Cook, of the cham
ber of commerce, reviewing the work so far
completed and asking that the general assembly
will pass an act granting authority for a further
issue of two millions of city bonds to put the
road in working order between Cincinnati and
Chattanooga.
Miss Bertha Van Hillern, at 8 o'clock to
night, commenced her task of walking 69 miles
in 26 consecutive hours without sleep.
Property Sold on Execution.
CLEVELAND, March 8.A large and enthusi
astic meeting of prominent businessmen of
this city was held this morning, at which the
following resolution was unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, A bill is now pending in the Leg
islature of Ohio providing for the redemption
of real property sold on execution, which in
our judgment is not only unnecessary and un
called for, but will also work to the detriment
of all true business interests of the State rep
resenting as we do all classes of business and
labor, we earnestly protest against the passage
of such a law.
Failure in Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, March 8.The hardware firm of
Howell, Gano & Co., which failed yesterday,
has been established since 1848, and is one of
the oldest firms in that line in the city. It is
stated the liabilities wil reach $200,000. The
stock on hand is valued at $125,000. The out
standing accounts will place the assets far
above the liabilities. It was a failure in the
prompt collection of these accounts which
caused the suspension.
Baptist Minister Charged With Poisoning
His Wife.
NEW YORK, March 8.Rev. Geo. B. Vosburgh,
pastor of the Madison avenue Baptist church,
Jersey City heights, was to-day arrested on the
charge of attempting to poison his wife. Vos
burgh waived a preliminary examination and
gave bail in $1,000 to await the action of the
grand jury.
*fllP'--A* Weather Indications.
WASHINGTON, March 9, 1 a. m.Indications
for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri
valleys: Falling and low, followed by rising
barometer, high winds and galea from east to
south and shifting to west and north, colder,
threatening and rainy weather, partly turning
into snow in the northern portions.
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Steamer Burned.
NEW EDlM^-G^Ont., March 8.The Steam
er Lincoln belonging to the McNaughton for
warding company was burnt to the waters
edge* at the dock this morning. Loss $12,000
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THE DAIRYMEN.
Proceedings of the Convention at Chicago
International Pair at New TorkAd
journment to March Next.
CHICAGO, March 8.The dairy convention
was thinly attended this morning, owing to the
absence of several of the delegations which are
visiting the stock yards and other institutions.
The morning was taken up with speeches. J.
H. Rorick, of Ohio, spoke on milled butter or
worked over batter. Mr. Belknap, of Boston,
took up the subject, complaining that milled
butter, which is always inferior, is worked off
on eastern markets as first class, and thus
damage is done to all western dairy products.
The subject was further discussed by eastern
and western delegates and the convention at
noon adjourned until 2 o'clock.
In the afternoon session a number of com
munieations were read. The egg interest was
debated and a Bpecial committee was appointed
to report on handling and shipping improve
ments.
G. M. Wagner, of Chicago, discussed the re
lations of the shipper and the commiainon
merchant. It was decided to hold an interna
tional dairy fair this fall, and the vice presi
dents were appointed a committee in connec
tion with the committee on exhibits, to arrange
for holding it. It was thought probable that it
would be held in New York, and it is intended
to make it an attractive and instructive dis
play.
In the evening, the following officers for the
ensuing year were elected:
PresidentJ. F. Joyce, New York.
Secretary and Treasurer--Col. R. M. Littler,
Davenport, Iowa.
Vice presidents J. C. Koraick, Wanaon,
Ohio C. W. Chase, New York E. D. Parker,
Pennsylvania O. S. Bliss, Vermont 8. A Les
ter, Michigan W. F. Dexter, Illinois W. Har
ris, Indiana H. D. Sherman, Iowa A Palmer/
Minnesota A. J. W. Pierce, Wisconsin S.
Chase, Kansas S. Rudell, Massachusetts, E.
W. Whittlelsey, Connecticut H. L. Parson,
Rhode Island J. B. Wooster, California J. L.
Winfrey, Tennesee J. L. Rahl, West Virginia
T. G. Botsford, Kentucky 8. Rudell, Missouri
Geo. E. Perless, New York Wm. G. Whitmore,
Nebraska H. E. Soule. Maine E. M. Slayton
New Hampshire J. C. Miller, Virginia and
District of Columbia.
The committee on carrying oat the resolu
tions relative to the Paris exposition will be
completed to-morrow. Ex-President Doe, of
the Boston produce exchange, was appointed a
special commissioner to act for the association
at the Paris convention.
Adjourned to meet in New York city on the
first Wednesday in March, 1879.
THE PAPAL COURT.
Domestic Scandal Causes the Resignation
of a MinisterProspective Change of
PolicyCongratulations.
LONDON, March 8=-Several dispatches from
Rome concur that Signor Crispi was forced to
resgin the ministry of the interior in conse
quence of domestic scandal. It seems he was
married with religious rites at Malta, in 1854
that marriage was registered at the Sardinian
consulate in 1855 that in 1874 he was separated
from his wife, and on January last married
again, and is now threatened with prosecution
for bigamy, but claims that in 1854 he was a
Neapolitan subject, and that his marriage
certificate should have been countersigned by
the Neapolitan consul, failing in which his
marriage was void.
The chamber of deputies have elected Signor
Cairoli president of the house.
ROME, March 8.In consequence of the ap
pointment of Cardinal Franchi to be Ponti
ficial secretary of state, the French ambassador
to the Vatican has applied to be recalled. Car
dinal Franchi has sent a circular to the papal
nuncios abroad requesting detailed information
upon their relations with the respective gov
ernments to which they are accredited and ask
ing how a change of the Vatican's policy, indi
cating a firm though less aggressive line, would
be viewed by the Catholic governments. King
Humbert having deputed a prelate from upper
Italy to congratulate Pope Leo on his accession
to the papal throne, the Pope thanked the king
verbally by the same intermediary.
LONDON, March 8.A telegram from Rome
announces that Pope Leo has written the Czar,
expressing the hope of a resumption of nego
tiations relative to the church Poland. He
intends writing a similar letter to Emperor
William. He even wishes to send a special
envoy to Berlin, but the Ultramontanes oppose
such a measure. The Swiss guard have re
newed the disturbance of Thursday, and will
probably be disbanded.
WIDE OPEN.
Mississippi Navigation from St. Paul to the
Gulf.
[Special Telegram to THE GLOBS.J
LAKECITT, March 8.By to-morrow morning
the ice in Lake Pepin will have entirely disap
peared and navigation be open from St. Paul to
the Gulf. At this writing a steamer would
have no tronble in passing through the lake.
ALL ABOUND TH E GLOBE.
An explosion of the boiler in Robinson's
saw null, at London, Ontario, destroyed the
building and masonry and killed Alex. King,
foreman.
The New York Button Company has failed.
Liabilities $100,000 actual assets about $50,-
000 in stock, machinery, etc.
Augustus M. Turney, the defaulting paying
teller of the Bank of North America, New
York, has been released on the criminal indict
ments against him on $10,000 bail.
Mrs. Lydia M. Roosevelt, whose boast it was
that she was the first woman who descended
the Ohio river in a steamboat, died yesterday
at her home in Skaneateles, N. Y., aged 86.
Upon the final accounting it is stated the
creditors of Greenleaf, Norris Co., of New
York, will receive about seventy-five per cent,
of their claims.
Michael Connolly, a student of St. Louis
University, was drowned yesterday while on a
fishing excursion down the river from that
city.
An affray occured last night at a temperance
meeting in Kirkwood, Mo., between Louis
Buckley and Louis Mexneck, over an old quar
rel, in which one of the parties received in
juries likelyto prove fatal.
J. B. McWhorter of Cincinnati has been ap
pointed warden of the Ohio peniteniiary and
Jesse Campbell at Steubenville deputy warden,
vice Dean, who has served twenty-one years.
Resumption Repeal.
Locisvi-LE, Ky., March 8.An enthusiastic
meeting of leading business men was held here
to-day to pronounce in favor of the repeal of
the resumption act and the bankrupt law.
Business men appointed to prepare resolutions
demanding the repeal of these laws to be re
ported at a noon meeting at 12 to-morrow.
This meeting will be preliminary to a big mass
meeting to be held at Liederkranz to-night,
when the resolutions of the committee will
form the programme of proceedings.
Walking Match.
NEW OBLEANS, La., March 8.The pedestrian
contest between Henry Schmehl and Ellen
Wickers, is increasing in interest. Attendance
good. Schmehl made his second hundred miles.
in 27 hours and thirty-two minutes. At 9 a. m.
he had completed 263 miles. Miss Wickers
completed her third 50 miles in 26 hours, 24
minutes and 10 seconds and at 9 p. m. hard com
pleted 156 miles. 'f
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Governmental Crisis. r%~r
QUEBEC, March 8.The new government has
been sworn in by the Lieutenant-Governor as
follows Joly, Bachand, Marchud, Btarnes,
D. A. Boss, Chenveau and Langstier. If the
House does not vote supplies this afternoon it
will be immediately dissolved by the Lieut.
Governor. The Steamer Colossal Burned at St. Louis.
ST. LOOTS, Mo., March 8.The steamer Colos
sal, lying at the foot of L'Esperance street, was
discovered to be on fire at 12 o'clock to-night.
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The flames spread in spite of the exertions of
the fire department, and the boat was burned
to the water's edge. Capt. Henry Schwartz is
the sole owner. The boat was valued at $12,-
000, and is insured in Cincinnati companies for
$6,000. She was lying at the bank without car
go awaiting repairs. The origin of the fire is a
mystery. The Colossal has been running for
seven or eight years in the lower Mississippi
trade.
OWATONNA SHOOTING.
The City Marshal Held to Bail and Much
Indignation Thereat.
To the Editor of THE GLOBE.
OWAXONNA," March 8.City Marshal J. H.
Stower was arrested and had an examination
before City Justice Donaldson yesterday, for
the shooting of Thomas Langdon sometime
since. Much to the surprise of nearly every
one, he was held in $1,500 bonds for appear
ance at the next term of the district court.
Nearly 100 of our prominent citizens have be
come sureties on the bond. In the warrant for
bis arrest he was o-arged with, mvnler in the
first degree, or 't-MfTV-itfa__1iti1wtf
der." Notwithstanding the charge was not
sustained in the least, the judge saw fit to bind
him over. Considerable indignation exists in
reference to the judge's decision. There is not
the least doubt but that the marshal will be
acquitted if it comes to trial before an im
partial jury. If an officer of the law cannot
he protected in the discharge of his official
duties we had better not have any officers or
try and keep order, but let rowdyism and tur
moil prevail. Some unprincipled scoundrel
addressed an anonymous letter to Stowers this
morning, saying that if the grand jury
did not indict him, he had better look ont, as
he would surely be made way with. Such das
tardly threats amount to nothing, and can only
tend to arouse sympathy in behalf of Mr.
Stowers. The enemies of Stowers have not ar
rested him with any hope of convicting him,
but it was probably alone for political pur
poses more than anything else. As next Tues
day is election day, and Stowers will come up
for re-election, they hope, by these proceedings,
to defeat him. But it can not be done, as all
our law abiding citizens will support him.
Respectfully yours, ''READER.''
THEFTS I N THE TKEASCRY.
National Banks and Lady Clerks Made to
Xahe Up for Stolen Money.
[Hartford Times.]
The forced resignation of Mr. Southwick
Guthrie, cashier of the treasury department,
has given raise to a good deal of talk. So
far, the treasury department has not given
ont the reasons why Mr. Guthrie was asked
to resign, and, in the absence of official in
formation, rumor has been very busy. A
couple of years ago Mr. Guthrie was charged
with being too familiar with certain mem
bers of the district ring, and it was shown
that he received $500 for services performed
for the district in fixing np some kind of a
financial exhibit, the work on which was done
by clerks under him, and during office hours.
Some persons charge that the last package
missed from the treasury ($1,800) had some
thing to do with his being asked to step
down and oat. Jast prior to that another
package, containing $2,000, was missed.
The fact that it had been stolen was kept
from the public until a few weeks since,
when it leaked oat in some way. Almost in
stantly, ex-treasurer John C. New, now in
the banking business in Indianapolis, Ind.,
denied all knowledge of the loss.
In this connection, Mrs. Gen. .Roberts, the
ady who founded the Penny Lunch Home,
in this city, which is now doing so much
good, and who is qualified to speak on such
matters, furnishes the following:
The real facts in the case are that the
package was given to his nephew to carry
across the hall from one room to another.
The package was never delivered across the
hall, and Mr. New made the lady clerks pay
$17.50 apiece to make it np. The only
female clerk who was not made to pay it was
a niece of his. Mr. New has said he paid
that money ont of his own pocket. I say he
did not. Of coarse if he did he can prove
it, but I am perfectly confident that I can
prove to the contrary. I don't care person
ally about the matter, only I don't like to see
a man in a high oflkdal position make oat
of women, with families to support, such a
sum, that ought to come from his own
pocket. He came on here, and, in the face
of good, honest opposition, forced the
secretary of the treasury, Mr. Bristow, to
make Mr. Guthrie cashier, because the said
Guthrie acted as laundress and tried to wa*
the soiled linen for a man who gained his
position because he loaned O. P. Morton
(who is now dead, so we won't say anything
about him) $10,000, in view of which Mr.
Morton made him treasurer, which position
he wofally abused. Guthrie got an order is
sued that the national banks should be fined
if the money sent was not, in the package
containing it, placed in just such a manner.
It is a debatable fact whether such an order
was right or legal, but it realized within a
short time $1,800. All that, 1 say, can be
proved. This sum has not been accounted
for. It is known that it was in the treasury,
and last traced to Guthrie. Some say it was
used to pay the $2,000 stolen. If so, what
was done with the money taken from the
women? Mr. New did not pay the money
taken by his nephew ont of his pocket. That
is what I say. Now, if he can prove different
ly let him do it.
The lady clerics of the redemption division
of the treasury department have been re
quired to make up several sums that have
been missed from the building. It is done
by furloughing each of them ten days, and
then, although they receive pay but for
twenty days, to sign er the entire month.
Mr. New made up several missing packages
in this way, adding one robbery to another.
Generals Under Fire.
A correspondent writes: "Conversation
with Mukhtar to-day turned upon Generals
exposing themselves to fire, and upon Sulei
man's habit of sitting on his sofa and tele
graphing the order of battle. 'This .is all
very well," he said, 'where your army is per
fect at all points, but it will not do with our
army. A General in chief comrnand ought
not to be obliged to be in the front line, for
his mind ought to be free from the small
cares of a battle. But, in practice, I found
that it was only by leading my men myself
that I could get my plans carried out. I
have fought twenty-eight battles, small and
large, this campaign nine of these have been
general engagements. I have always been
enormously outnumbered. I have never
had more than forty-five battalions in hand
rarely less than eighty or ninety before me.
After such experience my opinion is worth
something. Well, my opinion is that to ex
tract the full power of oursoldiers the Gener
al himself must be always in their front,
and to my early perception of this fact I at
tribute having been able to do what I did in
Asia. I was, unfortunately, not well seconded
by either my right or left wing. They al
lowed themselves to be held in check by an
inferior force all the time. Had they shown
a tittle mora energy we might have attained
a better result.', In the room were several
officers of high rank, and when Solieman's
name was mentioned the terms of disappro
bation which greeted it were unanimous.
To him are attributed all the disasters of the
campaign in Europe, and his honesty is
called in question.'
Tea chests, for use, in China, are made in
I Middleboro, Mass.
THE OHIO PEXIT_-TXAB
More Detail* of the Brutal Treatment of the
Convicts.
An ex-convict in the Ohio penitentiary re
counts the following horrible tales to the
Ciruannati Enquirer:
"One instance of the way they went to
work to subdue the men comes to my mind
just now. Soon after Grove came in he
called the men together in the Chapel and
said: 'We are going to live strictly up to
the rules of the penitentiary, and every man
who violates them shall be punished. You
have no arguments our arguments areyours.
We are here to run this instituion. and we're
going to do it. You are the slaves of the
State, and you must obey.' He informed
the men that they mast hereafter take off
their caps to the officers when they met
them. This was a new thing to the men,
and, coining on top of the insolent lecture
they had just heard, was a Kttle more than
they could stand, and some demonstrations of
approbation were made bva few of the men.
The result Was that the ^rden issued an
order that as punishment for this the tobac
co of every man in the prison should be
stopped for two weeks, and thus the whole
1,600 men were punished for the offense of
a few. Then, after the men got into the
cells, there was some further demonstration
by some of the men, and for this the beds
were taken out of every cell in theprison, and
the prisoners were all obliged to sleep on the
damp stone floor of their cells without bed
or covering, or upon their bare iron bed
steads, for two nights. Besides this, as a
further punishment, the men were deprived
of their Fourth of July dinner, That is the
way Grove began his course as Warden."
SOBSTTTUTING PUNISHME NT OB PSATEB S.
"Deputy Warden Dean, who is even more
tyrannical and cruel than Grove, seemed to
enjoy this change, and remaked that the
other administrationthat of Inneshad
tried praying, and that now they were going
to see if punishment wouldn't have a better
effect than prayers."
"Did the punishments increase in num-
ber?"
"Yes, very much. Innes used to have from
fifty to one hundred reports and puuish
menta in a week, while Grove has from two
hundred to four hundred. Why, I have
known as high as sixty-three men ducked in
a single day, and all in Vie same isater,
which was frequently very filthy, too. The
guards under the present administaation
seem to take a pride reporting men, and
there is quite a rivalry among them as to
who shall report the highest number a
week. Spme of them get up to as hjgh as
eighty-five or ninety in a week. They nave a
very easy way of geitmg a man punished. They
will walk up to him and say: 'It doesn't
seem to me you're working fast enough you
mast get your work done.' If the man know
that he is getting along all right, he frequent
ly replies by Btating how much of the re
quired number he has done. 'Oh, you are
insolent, are you? Fll report you and have
you punished for insolence!' is the reply he
usually gets and down goes his name, and
he goes to the dungeon or ducking-tub.
Another way is to walk np to a man and say:
'You were talking.' The man, if he was not
talking, says: 'No I wasn't.' 'Oh, I lie
then, do I?' is the answer he usually gets.
'No, you do not lie,' he says. -Well, then,'
comes the retort, 'you were whispering!' and
so a man is either forced to submit to the
charge of whispering or is reported for in
solence."
TAKEN FBOM THE DUNGEON DEAD.
"Do you think these punishment very
severe?" I asked.
"Severe, yes often fatal."
I'DO you know of any Buch cases?"
"Yes, I recollect a case of 'insolence' that
occurred while I was there in which the
punishment proved fatal. The victim was a
strong, healthy man, bat had the misfortune
to incur the displeasure of his gaurd. He
was reported for insolence and sent to the
dungeon. He was a proud-spirited fellow,
and probably was not as submissive as some.
He rebelled, and was kept in day after day,
starved, ducked and put on the bull-rings, un
til on the twentieth day he was taken out
dead from his long stay in the darkness and
foul air and the starvation and other punish
ment inflicted upon him during that time."
"And was there ever anything done about
it?"
"Done! What could be done? There is
no inquest, no legal process, which examines
into the deaths which occur within the
prison, except in very rare cases. No, there
was nothing done, except to throw the poor
fellow's body to the medical students for
carving."
A SICK HAN DUCKED TO DEAT H.
"Do you know of any other cases of this
kind?"
"Yes. There was a man in the hospital
while I was there by the name of Joseph
Smith. He was from Columbus, I don't re
member what he was there for. He had been
sick in the hospital two weeks, and was, as
you may well imagine, in a very critical
condition. One day the guard or assistant
physician, I forget which, went to him and
said, 'You were whispering.' The poor fel
low denied the charge. 'Then I lie, do IV
replied the officer, in his favorite method of
getting the men into tronble. 'No,' replied
Smith, 'I don't say that you lie, but I wasn't
whispering.' Then the officer flew into a
pretended rage, and, saying that Smith had
been insolent, and had been talking aside,
actually tookjiim from the tiek-bed down to
the ducking-tvb and had him ducked in the
ice water. Poor Smith, who was scarcely
able to walk when he was taken from the
bed, was completely prostrated by the duck
ing, as must have been any man who was
taken from a sick-bed and immersed in ice
water. He was brought back and put into
bed, but never rallied, and died in four hours
after, no doubt from the effect of the duck-
ing."
ECONOMY AND RETRENCHMENT.
The Promised Policy of the Kew Cabinet of
the Quebec Government.
QUEBEC, March 8.The galleries of the legis
lative assembly were densely packed again to
day. The ex-ministers and followers took seats
on the opposition side, while the few old mem
bers of the opposition who remained in town
occupied treasury benches. The speaker re
ported the delivery to the lieutenant governor
of the address passed by the Honse yesterday,
and read his honor's reply. La Framboise
stated that the new administration formed had
been sworn in to-day. It is composed of Hon.
H. 6 Joly, premier and commissioner of agri
culture and public works P. Bachard, treas
urer F. Langlier, crown lands
F. G. Marchand, provincial secretary
H. Btarnes, president of the council D. A.
Ross, attorney general A Chauveau, solicitor
general. Laframbois on behalf of the new
cabinet said they would abandon the bill im
posing new taxes, which will be rendered un
necessary by a system ef economy and re
trenchment. The cabinet propose completing
with the aid of the House other measures be
fore the House, the passage of which is merely
a matter of form. Hon. Agere, late attorney
Seneral,
made full explanations respecting the
ismissal of the late cabinet tttm office, and
read voluminous correspondence between the
premier and lieutenant-governor relating to
matters which led to the crisis.
until late in the night.
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