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by seamen after discharge for hoard, etc., shall bo
paid therefrotii.
Section '?> compels mister* of American -essa**]*
to take on board and transport lo any
port of the Catted States to which they
nar be boomi, destitute American Beaman,
on inch terms not exceeding If 10 each aa may be
anaed upset, Not exceeding thirty eenta per dav
additional may be exacted foi such service inex
ceptional cases, refusal of a master to take such
passenger*)-not exceeding two for each 100 tons
limden of his ship, shall render him liable to a tine
of ROO for each person so refused.
Portion io abou-hes all eoaMlar feea.
Seclion ll prohibits the payment of advance
ersKt.s to seamen except on whalers provided that
n MBBI ni*iv give an order for wages eau ind m
_ajos of a father or other relatives, or of a savings
bank,but not in favor of any other person or on poi
ation.
Section l'_ reqmr-ea that every veaacl shall
carry a supply of extra di.thing, blank?
ets aud other articles necessary for the wear of acu?
men, and sl*-o ? supply of tobacco, nil andi artic].--a
to im sold to araluen at a pr lit md exceeding 2d
perceut of tin ii wholesale value at tho port v. he te
the yoi axe tiega!).
At American perta tba duties now performed by
Bhipping CommbnUonen are to be performed by or
tinder the direction of tho Collectors of said ports
?without fees.
All foreign articles and materials for the repair of
Te?itd*i i-11g.aped in the loreign trade, or to be luium
faetiiretl into such articles, and materials and ship
-tares, cord ase, etc.. for euch ve.-seU, are to be ad?
mitted fiee ot duty.
In lieu of all tonnage dues and light monev
the tonnage tax shall be 6 cents per toil
for each entry of a vessel engaged hi trade
?with the West Indies, or nov port south of
Mexico, including Aapinwall and Panuni**., and V2
cent* on all Teasels engulfed ni Dade with other
loreign ports, except porte ba Heaton ajad Canada,
'1 he as-c-nni-Tit on account of tbe Manue hospital
Berviee on wages of seamen in tin-foreign tia.!.? is
rcdu, ed from _0 cents to _0 cents per month.
Section 17 limits the individual liability of a
ship owner to his proportionate share in tue Tee*
eil.
When a vessel built in the (Tailed States for for?
eign account contain*, foreign materials on which
Import dtuies have been paid, a drawback is to be
allowed equal in amount to HO per cent of the duties
no paid. _
THE DUTY OH PIG IRON.
MANI FACrVKERS I.N" WASIIIXliTDY TO PgOTggl
AGAINST IT9 RF.IUTIlOX.
Washington. Jan 12.?A committee of pig iron
manufacture!., consisting of Henrv !?>. Eckert, Will?
iam A. Ingham, W. Hainey and William If, Kauf?
man, ot Pennsylvania i F. A. Coaly, of Virginia;
Joseph C. Kent, of Xew-Jersr-c, ami J. Wesley
Pullman, of New-York, are in Washington and have
to-day and this evening convened with nearly all
the members ol the Ways and Me ins Committee of
the Huns.", and the Finance Committee of the Sen?
ate, |g re-pect to tho threatened reduction of datum
below the exi-ning rates. They -av that many w< 11
located furn noes titted with modern appliances are
to-dav either closed or running without anv jirn.it,
and that the pgeueeed reduction in tho duty,If enact?
ed bv Congress, will apeedly bring about Benet diaaa
trolls results. Assuming that imports ol pig and
scrap itnii fi*r the year 1S*?_, in year of low prim)
reach 000,000 great tons, this inbuilt a direct loss
af enipi'iviuent to Ainonoan miners, furnaco men
and transporters uf over 910,000,000 na a beeta of
of $17 per ton for labor and handling,
With dillies cut down even to the extent namod
hy the Tariff CoU-Uliaahni (the ocean freights from
Liverpool, Gianna anti Cardiff ranging fruin ,"j
_hi.Imus to 7 shillings and 0 pence) a stock of
l.OOO.O(M) t'lisof Britivhpi^irou wasreadv to come
H American ports and to flood tho whole seaboard.
while tba iituuberof nien employed in tin*, country
'.ii digginif me and Kinelting pig iron was already
being reduced by the stoppage of minta aud lui?
na* ??-.
They protest against any Mich redaction ef the
duty on pig and strap iron, as it will turu
adrift a large portion of the army
of labor now employed, bringing them into
competition with others at Bgesent engaged in van
on-, trade-i and occupation- already itilly supplied
with men, and compelling a further serious real uc
tion of wages and its eeneeo_nent widespread dis
tres- and discontent. In the Lehigh
Villi* y, the largest pig iron producing
region of th** United States, with
filty-iwo blas) [furnaces, ten companies have
failed In the lust live years, ami several sold out by
tlie Sheriff, while athen created large mortgage in
debtedneea. In the year 1hh_ only three cum
pani, s weio earning and paying di*nde-da A care?
ful inquiry bas failed to timi the investment of
capital in more than half a dozen
new furnaces north of the Potomac
Md neat of the Allcghanies during the l<_,t ten
yars. except in connection with the steel rad uiuu
ufactuie.
The tacts, they say. are therefore plainly ap?
parent: Killi, th? manufacture ol pig iron in
the section represented by this committee 13 au
Industry which must gradually dentine in
Ihs future through the operation of natural euueBBl
r* conti, lt is that section which il directly affected
UT the importation of foreign irons, and tin-chief
effect of any reduction in the duly mnet tall upon
those \* hu arc leait able to bi ar it.
THK YKLLOWSl'ONK PARK LEASES.
ibi rc. 11 ..nun to Tin; Tumi Nki
Wa-iiixotox. Jan. 12.?The ."Secretary of the
Interim has neut to the Senate Committee on Terri
toii.i tiie dialt ol a new lean, af a portion ol Yel
lowMoiie Park, which has lieeu prepared by the
As-1-.tant Secretary, Mr. Josh ti, ami which is sat?
isfactory tothe Ifu 111 -. Hatch cunhi'iation as leenuei.
It dulcis from Ihe ieaea ol' last summer in leaervini*
the righi lo the (iovernuieut to lease other portions
of the l'ark to other pr-rsons arni in omitting the
feature with reference to stage lines or ether nieane
of transportation, leavinc that a matter for subse?
quent arrangement. It leases ono section at the
Oreat Geyser Springs, and ono half a scifion at
each of six ether designated pluaee, mnktng four
IBClionain ill. The rental is liX"d at Eli au aire
pei annum. Thc rales ni ehargea tn enter tain men I
and _or ull other services rendered to tourists and
guests are te be subject to ihe approval ot tn >? ???
rotary ol the Interior, as are the plans..f tbe hotels
and ether etraetaiai te he eraitea apen the L-u-od
lanna, _
F01BJETTINQ THK CIVI1, SERVICE ACT.
hi rsi.-GKAi*u to THK miara! 1
Wa-iuxi.tox, Jan. li.'.?Ibo act recently
passed by Congress to reform the
Ifivil 8er.no contaiue a section which pro
Tides that no recommendation ' which may
he eiven by a Senator or Representative " except as
to the character or residence of the applicant,"
aiaall be received or considered. This provision
appears to have i-aea*'.- 1 the scrutiny of
a "lin. of the persons who are am?
bitious to serve thr-ir country iii the capacitv
ol Civil Service Commissioners. Oue Kepresniiii
t ive rei five.I in his mali to-day a long biter from
one of these anxious anplii ants, beeee ehing him tn
exert hts influence to secure for the aforesaid ap?
plicant one of the coveted appointment*. Hie l.ep
icsa-iitiitive ii-maiketl tooiioofhiscolleagiiesth.it
other Congressmen had received like application-,,
but bo did not ?i ve the name of his own correspond -
e.it. who is understood to live in New-York or
Brooklyn. _
liELATIVF TO NEW-YORK POLITICIANS.
ui muuMBavHue nmnunanm.1
Wa-misi.tux, Jan. 1_.? Appraiser Howard has
asked of the Senate Commerce Committee and been
allowed fourteen days in which to tile papers in op?
position to the confirmation of Mr. Ketchuui.
Hta-ambiiat Inspector Tower has been informed
that be can be heard by the Commerce Committee
at their meeting on Thursday,aud he will doubtless
appeal theil.
The expected delegation of " visiting
elate ni .. " from New York baa arrived, though not
so many came as were counted on John J. O'Brien
and "Barney" Biglin did not appear, but Mr. Hub?
ert 0. McCord and Michael l>a<iv, eaq., did. In
connection ~ it ti tl eil visit au interesting fact has
develop**il itself. Ihe "visiting statesmen," being
a modest class of mon. and finding that
they receive a large share of public
attention, not only because they are men of stately
appearance, but national fame, are learning the
ba'.it ofjtravelliug inrog., after the manner of mein
hereof royal families, and like to avoid registering
et hotel* John F. Smyth, whoao n .cn is say he
has been herc simply to say goml-bye to his son, re
a? iii v appointed paymaster, and now leavina lor a
post in the West, goo*, away fo-morrow morning.
A OI.KRICAL EKltOlt CONNECTED.
Washing lox, Jau. 12.?The great nuuilier
and couf_K*d condition of tbe _euste amendment* lo tbe
?Civil Uervlee bill occaaionMl s eli.iie.it error tn tbe prep
ar.itl'in of tlie nopy telegraphed on tbe niglit of I'ecoi
_-v 27, Immediately after lia pa*?a*?-e by the Benate.
Tala error c.a*i4i4*al la tba retestioii of tba daua* wblob
provided du tbe original bill, tbat " promotloas abstl be
from tbe lower aradea to tbe blgber on tbs baala of
saent and compotiw-n " 'lin* oleuss waa * ut ken ou
hy tho Munta nn thi* preceding legislative day, and was
then stated in the pre** report*.
The hill as Beaned oj the House of Repreaentntivea
and sen* te the President for approval ls identical In lt*
lenna with the bill a* pas*ed i>y the Senate.
several errors et aa uamatcital nature have also been
dWi'vercd upon comparison of ihe telegraphed natter
with thu enrolled I) ll, among thea the retention of the
arnunici.tiitive preaaaata of the oriitinal bill, whit li, ai
tlioiiKli stricken out daring the consideration of the
measure lu tUc Senate, erroneously defaced tbe tele?
graphed copy.
THE I.OIIM ANA BUQAB INTEREST.
[BT TKI.KnRJ.rH TO THR TRIHITNK.I
WiJIIIKOTOag, Tan. 12.?John Bytnoml, rep
resontlUK tbe Louisiana siiirar growers, intt ihe mt in?
lier* of thltaaatl finance Committee In theil coininit
tee-room thia murnini*, mid delivered an nrruincut in
favor of the adoption of thc l'ntc nf duties upon sugars
recommended by thc Tariff t'omtnlssion. One
balf tbe ? eipltal and more maa ooo
half the people of the Nate, be said, were
eng-gel In the production ot HUgnr, (hat industry being
the almost exclusive suniiort of 40iVXrO individuals.
The war crushed (hr IntluBtry almost om of existence,
hut the BUheeaueat hepeatttea of a duty of three centa a
pound upon low n-rudes stimulated lt, ami tho pro?
duction bejran anew. Later reductions in the tariff
acain hreugkl dUastcrand banKruptcy, tne free labor
Of Louisiana bela'' unable to comp te with the slave aud
coolie lal>or ot Cuba. Under tbe law of 187."!. which Un*
poBcd a duty of _5 per cent, a new revival took place,
the crop reaching 110,000 tons In 19S0 and 1*25,000 in
1--J Thia, however, was disappointing. The value of
forei(*ii Biicar* con ?inned In the Uniied States reacu ina;
about 1100,000,000, Louisiana waa expected by lu
production to retain that treasure within the borders of
the Nation, and by the sale of Its product to of er
Statea, aud by tbe purchase from them of equivalent
eupplle**to develop an inter State trade of gi*00.()00,000.
All thia wag yet po*i?tb'.e with liRtslatlon. The protec?
tion wf.i not now equal to the difference lietween thc
co?t of treeeahae and the slave labor of the troplos. but
American invention and American muchlncry were ex
pecta?d to muke up the dedcisncy If the dulles remained
unchanged.
Seventy per cent of theorist of production was for
human labor. The Cuban planter pay* hts coolie laborer
$4* a year, and the eatlniated expenae of bia mainte?
nance on rice aud Jerked beef vu abont |M a year.
Incidental expenses made tbe cost of a coode laborer
about $1100 a year. In Louisiana the nnskllled laborer
wui-iiia forty-two weeks each year earned $'252, with
the option of working half bis nights and Increasing hi*
annnal pay io t*<367. Tho Government now colleeta a
Little lesa than _*?? cents a pound on foreign
siiKar, winch leane Baal!I of e. cent le** (han the differ
saee in the price of labor between thai of Iyouislana anil
thai nf Cnaa. Tba ia.iff fiiwnnitaalnu rccotunifud* a
a.-'iicdul" avora-lng onlv _*_ ceuls per pound, planing
i he Louisiana men at a disHUV*inui<*c of one-half a cent a
pound, hence the** pretested agalasl a further reonetlon.
ExpeiieaOB bud rh nen that lundi upon wl.n-b *u?_i was
grown c.nild nut be depended upon for any nt ne.r produc?
tion, benoe tbe supplies of all other kimi* must couo
fniu other Htate*. Tue sorghum interest in tin* Wilt
wu? ripldlv developing .md b_de lair Ui beeeae a load
lag industry tl arana legislation did not cripple it.
TIIK LOGAN ABUT HILL.
Washington, Jud. 12.?The Scuta Military
Committee this morning ordered to be favorably re?
ported tl.. Logan b'll to increase the efficiency of the
anny. Tho lull provides that in time of peace offender*
now punishable by regimental or ?zaniiioii enurta-marttal
shall bc tried by a summary court, consisting solely af
tbe oltlcer second lu coiiiniaud, wbo*o ?oiiteuee shall bo
subject to revle*w hy lils next superior officer. Thc mun
beret enlisted mcu lu tte army, including nu engineer
battalion of .V-0 nun, hospital stewards md 1,000ludtnn
aeenta, U fixed at rjo.000. The pay of a private In thc
ibreearui*of tbe service ls iuor-ja-ed from $13to$li;
per mouth, and of other men lufenor to
commissioned officers In proportlou. Coinuiia- |
doned officers at military post* upart from
aettleaaeuts urie cub employ one soldier aaa S'-rvant,
jirovi.icil tbe si.lilier's consent bc obtalne 1 and his pay
t>* eharir.il sitain*t snob oflteer. Fuel tn kind only shall
b," i-biii ii U) officer*.. Provision* are Bise mule that
offlci is on _ut\ aa lunga advocates of court marti il shall
ic,, in- an exi'ia allowance ol $2 Doper ilay; that the
BBiiislsrT aaa j raaiaoy e.viiisnaiu place ot gaaatal ser?
vice clerk* at military dlvial >u headquarters ; tbat tbe
gorernet of the mil tary prison ai reit LeaTeaworth
I shall muk ua a colonel; flint officer* of tho line on duty
a* acting asslstsiit nuorl. i uiastei r aball be allowed $1U
extra set month : that any perscn ruptured tn tbe Anuy
h. NaT] *.i.iii be supplied with rn trna* ; that tbe statute
j.. ? l.i .ir i i_r ii.ivnient of mileage over laud innot roads lie
repealed ; and ihat the Beeratary of War be suttiorized
tn employ 15')Instructors tor post schools, to nave rank
aini Day ot commissary sergeant*.
WORK OF BOMB OF THE COMMIT.FFA
\Ya9HINOTON. Jau. 12.?The Scti'ito Commit?
tee on I'osi Ul_ca-a an.l l'ost Hoads to-day favorably con
?ldcred tbe House bill, p.isaed July 21, p**e*f_llag fnr the
issuance ot postal notes for ibe transmission In the malls
of anni* less than $5. A fee ot three centa is to be
obarged for each nnte is.*nied.
Tbe House Judiciary Committee voted this tnornliiK to
lay tbe Northern I'aciflc Kailroad laud giant leeelUlten
ititi* Iv nott rcBo'.utiun) on the tallie l>y a vote of G lo 5.
There is apparently no further likeliuuoJ or its consider?
ation this winter.
Tbe House Committee on Foreign Affairs have assigned
for I ni-.ii.iy uext the consideration of tbe Hawaiian
treaty luatlers. -This mornlnc Mr. Deuster wai auti.oi
i/.' d tn offer a rcaoluitoti to the House asking the I'reti
tleut to make a more lioeral treaty willi tbe (.ci man Km
rire. In place ot tbo treaty now existing between tin
ulled Mates ami nu* North lieiuian Confederation
?Jailertbe present treaty certain American citizen* hare
been wrongfully lon, ,l to beal anni, wulle in utner
case*, individual* have evinJeo tue dillie* *.t Qeraaea i iti
aenahtp by aai ryiagpapera ot Auit-ncn eUJaeuehlp when
they iiad no riant to ibero.
ihe Ways ami Meena ( nm mit tee have yet to revise the
free list io the tarli MU. To-day mile wa* doss. Pipes
and pipe bow1* and smokers' material* wen- put buck to
tbe rates a* in the present law ; pteetoOS slime* were re?
lined mun _.~i to lo pi r cent Hil valor, in anil uaiurul
Bowen were taken froai the tariff li*t where tiley were
pul ut ll) per cent and added to tue fiec- list.
ri'F.PIDF.NTlAL IXAIULITY.
Washington, Jan. 1_.?Mr- IuirnlU intrn
Ineed in Ike Senate to-tlay a bili to provide for di ter
luluiug tbe extatenee anil the removal of the inability of
? be PieMdent Of the United Slates to O-Ml ergs tire pow?
ers aol dillies of bis ollicc. It was referred to the Com
mlttce OU the Judiciary. The. bill provides that winn
ever twa beana "f Department* shall state in writing to
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court tbat the Presi?
dent i-i unable to discharge the powers and duties of bis
albee. If tba court bc not then MttBUg, the Chief Justice
shall, within len days, convene lt to bear and determine
Miiumiiiily tue aueottOB. of Ibo alleged
iinii. .itv, anti if m.on tbe bearinK lt
?b:ill appear to the Benn that inability exist*,
they shall citify their decision to the Vi-e-President,
who aimil tberciipon di*cbiiia?e thc powers ami duties ol
tl.Dice ol I'l'.Hideiit. The sseend seeiion awkafl n
aimibir piovi-inii fordeterndnlag the removsl of the in
ability end provides that, upon tbe bsc>rtuliitneiit of
sjcb leinnvul. the l'rclilent shall neil HIS the dUcb:ii''*e
of the puiveis and tiuties of hts oilice.
LKVITV IX A DSEAKT CASE.
W-JBUIOTOVi Jan. VI.?lu tho Star Itontc
trial lins nioiuni- Kx-l'uat-iaater.De I'.iii?ke,of l'aion.i ol.,
wa-, cross-ex ami ned by tbe defence. He said bia annual
Biliary fruin the Bala el stamps was 912. Mr. Wilson ln
iiubed whether anyone could have been found to carry
tue mall at two-thirds af that *um, as requircil by section
11,971 K'-vised Statines. The Court rued out the (pies
llon, reiiiarklii/a; that lt was perfectly uiunircst that no
ono would carri' the mull for $S per year.
The witness s.ilil the business in hi* neighborhood had
both Increased and ilrinhilsbcd. A pruzinp companv,
with acaDiial of tr 1,000,000, had benght out neatly ull
the old r?*ldent*. wno lind removed to other counties
There wa* now an abundaneo of cattle lu the valley.
The Court?Post oin.-.e* are established for men, not for
cattle.
Mr. Wilaon?I did not suppose for aa Instant that cat?
tle got lotter*.
Mi. Incersoll?Oh, yes; they have letters branded on
them. [Laughter.]
Mr. Uuriri.er.o/ Triuii'ad,('ol.,who succeeded De Buakc
a* sub-contractor on tbe rout*, uiive tcstlmonv of Banal
th* aaine character. On eross-cxamiuadon bo~wus asked
whether bia three horae* were not pretty well run down
at tbe end or tne year when be threw up hi* contract.
He aiKweretl that they were rather thin.
Mr Wilson?lu fact Ibero wtuu'i much left In the
hors a, waa th?r?t
A Oh, ye*.
Mr. In-cr*ol!? Their manta and tails were j*ood, you
mean. Il.au';hlcr.i
Thc witu *s aaid i bat ho threw up hi* contract because
be had received uo pay tor four month*. Wben ho tame
li.-re iBMt February, Rerdell paul bim by a draft aent
to Irluidad, 41-iied by Joan H. Miner. Air. Henel* de
clart-d tba!. Mr. Merrick had put word* in tbr mouth
of the witiie?? that were not hue. Toldaowu kuowl
edge that draft wai not Bi|(ued by Miner.
? m> -
SKXATE EXIX'UTIVE fBMwTOR.
Washington, Jan. 12.?The subject trna..
sidereal tn the executive session of the Benate to da* waa
the ireaty with Mexico?reoently aignedby the tsecrotary
o?.-tatc which provide* for rp ulai by a new Commla
*lou of the Well and I.a Abra el-alma agalust Mexico.
The Commiaaion m .tin award iron the*** dalma, by
which tho Mexican Uoveminent waa adjudged to pay
upon tho two dalma au a_j-resate of ?fl.'.DO.OOO, the
payments to be made in Instalments through the Bute
Department at Washliiirtiin. After ons payment had
been made the Mexican Government protested
agslnat sny" further payment ou the (round
that tbe elalie* were fraudulent. After sn Investigation
the Htate Department became aatlafied that Bueh wss
tba case, and decided tai make ne further pay mont until
me mattel oould bc *>aa*ed uix.n by Congress. Kvsrj
influence has been hronght to bear hr the claimants, a
liiiiiiiaiiiu* having been obtained hy 1MB at one Hmo to
compel the .**ctr.-t:iiy of Mt at o to carry out the term* of
the award.
In tbe discussion of thc treaty In etccntlvo session to?
day Hennttir* Vest ami Morgan defended thc fenner
aw'iird, and opposed the treaty which proposes to set it
aside. Tao maller waa not decided.
TIIF. 0UC8TEAD NOMINATION.
Washington, Jan. 12.?The Star Rays; "lt
wag slated with a ko-wI deal of positiveness at thc Capitol
?odny that th* notntnntion of Mr. Olroatead for District
Commissioner ls to he withdrawn. It ls understood that
thc union of Iheuenute District Committee yinli r.l.y,
though not made formal, mhb. Iii tact, adverse. . . .
Thc committee had examined thc papers filed rc-iitiit
Mr. elmstead and were unwilling to recommend hi* con?
firmation. A* etepa were to be taken to let him know
the meaning of tho commit tee's action the inference is .
that lie will withdraw. The friends of Mr. Olniatcad are
muchdl*appelnt**d at this turn of affair*, a* they were
coutldeut that ho would be coutirineil. snit his uamo ap?
pears In thc new city directory aa one of the District
Commission-? rs."
Mr. elmstead calleal at tbe White Boase, thl* mornlnj*;,
and had an interview wuh the President. While no
definite Information c?n he had on the subject, ftls the
feiii-ral luipniwlou tbat Mr. Olmslead has asked the
resident io withdraw bis name.
CON'SITS NOT AMKKICAX CI.IZKN'r-*.
Washington*, Jim. 12.?A coinii)iii)icnt:i)ii
waa to-day laid before the Banana from the Secretary of
State, glviug the names of persona, not cltlxens of tho
I'nlted Plates, to whom salailes have been paid in the
consular aervlce in the year ended June 30, l**iri_. The
following names nnd amnnnta appear, thc ofBcer* rank?
ing; a* vice-consul*: J. Hitchlnaoii, Funohal, gl.107;
N. Davy, Newcastle, f".7.Hl ; ll. McCaakce. l.**ith,
**92Ai?i; G. B. Dawson, A?la. 98-5.-0: D. C. Daeoste,
Barbadoes, ijillri.'.o; J. H. Volkuiauu. Odeass, 98M.M;
g, 1). ( omaiio*. Cairo, *>l,'_'i3ii.SE,
CONT.RESSIOXAL TOPIC- IN BRIEF.
Washington, Jan. 1_.?-Mr. Morrill, in the
fsonnte to-duy, ma<le au effort to postpone the cilcndar
lu order to proceed with the Tariff hill, ami he sahl that
he desired a vote on thc question In order to ascertain
whether there wu* an earnest purpose to pass th* Tariff
bul this *e**|on. Mr. Moreen BBB- that the bill had not
come to tba .Henata-lu such shape aa would Juaiify the
Senate In taning it upon trust. If the bili could be
destroyed by discussion and amendment*, he ihomcht lt
om;nt to be. Mr. Plumb BUjeeted ta having tbe bill run
into the Beauts like a cowcatcher without Ngari lo
other business.
The motion was wlthdrown temporarly, In onler to
allow tbs passageel the reeetatlen presiding for Hu?
mecting nf i he t-etute nt ll o'clock on mid after tfondsr
next. Wben this was done Mr. Morrill withdrew his
motion.
WASHINGTON VOTES,
W-BaiUUTOB, Friday, Janiiury IC, 1893.
Thc Pre*itlent to-day noniluatt*d K. Rlchurds Ksmnnd.
of New York, to bc Consul of the United mates at
M dollin.
Tbe Controller of thc Currency ha* authorized tho
Drovers' National Hank of Cnlon Stool! Yarda of Like,
III., to iicniii business wltb u capital or -Mini.ooo.
Jame* J). Brady, Collector of Internal Revenue for
tho Petersburg District of virginia, bas tanners! in*
re*ijcnatlon, to take effect upon the appointment of his
MlicecsSor.
The amount of lawful mouoy on deposit In the
Treasury to-driy for thc redemption of notes of hunk* re?
ducing circulation 1* t*-1,0f>_,501 f,0; or bank* In lii'iii
datlon. *14.077.;i2'l IO] of failed banks. $l,i)G*V'0_ -0,
u*nking a total fuiitl of f-9,-01,-38 IO.
Tba Cabinet meeting to day waa attended by all tbe
taeinhera. The action of tho Secretary of tbe Treasury In
-??'.linn; a Revenue cutter to tbe assistance of tboliritish
Columbian Govt ri,m. nt in auppresaiui' au Imllan out?
break near Metalkatta waa uiiprovcil. Nothing was
rani itbniit New-Yoik offlesa ot eoDeerning the aemlna
iImi of John W. Olmstoail aa Commissioner of thc District
Ol I ..Ifni li ,i
The Mutter of the treviury has directed the United
?statca DUtrlet-Attorney at Nashville, Tenn., to rake
*ta>ps to recover, by ault or otherwise, tho sum of IJ200
from T. M. Hurst, anent of tho Hoard of Punltcattou et
tho Cumberland Presbyterian Church. This mouiy wns
recently received by Mr. Hurst to be placed In tbe
I'm! eil Stitts Treasury to thc credit of tbo Oonseienoe
tread, instead of which lt wu* placed lo blsown crt-!' ns
agent of the Hoard of Publication.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Washincton, Jnn. 12.?E-M-fB Philip V.
.-aiisihile has been ordered to lustructlou lu ordnance at
tba Navy Tani,TfasMagten, feainBij i; BnalgnOeerge
c. Foulk to special duty ut the Navy Department; Mid?
shipman ,T. li. l.ili'i has been detached from special duly
and ordered to the training ship Jamestown; Midship?
man \V. \V. lliu-h.iunu from the receiving; ship Colorado
and ordered to tho training ship Portsmouth; Chief Kn
Ktneer Kdwm Wella from the Marion Hinl pined on walt?
ina orders; Aasl-laiit Begtaser F, IV. Kart lett haa been
greeted three eionibs'lenvs of absence fr.un Janunry
ll: Ueutenaat Conleuuulsr ii. C. Waits b_? bees 'ie
l libed from duty at the Vuvy Yard, fpaglia Irluuil.
Penn., ami ordered to command thc um flam on .Janu?
ary 'JO. The I'm< a I* to relieve ibo Adam* ou tbe Alaskan
ni at iou.
Tbe trial trip of the monitor Mlantononinh, which was
set for to-morrow, has been postnohed on account of tbo
ice lu Ibo liver.
ALMOST A PANIC IN A THEATRE.
An incipient panic occurred af tbe Union .'?jiiu.ire
Theatre last atgbt dnring toe pw fm mamie ol tba
second net ol " A Parisian li un m.c" Miss Harri?
son and Meeura ilananald ead Whiting wan ea thc
stace winn a 1 -w ladies and gcutl-eiuou seatcil in
various partial the paagaetti simultaneously rose
to their feet, appareatlj diaplaand with tho per
forinance, and prepared to leave tbe thea?
tre. No unusual noise was heard
nor was any smoko or other lani
catlon of fire visible: yet the aii'lieine, appre
beoeiTe nf snmn nnseen danger, begee iniiriedly to
leeYU their nate ead crowd toward the mani exit.
The ushers aim some ol the eniiler men iu tho nar
of the bonne shouted: "Keep your eenie, keep roar
8"ats! There bi no flin ead nod .aneri* Tue doora
wera eloaad and tho erowu preventod Cram
rnabinu into tbe street, and in a bw mona nts
tlincf was restored. The panic-stricken men and
women were Induced to return to their rents, titi
auilicnce aprTliiuileil and Ihe play which Jia.il lion
interrupted tor aome minntea proceeded aa if noth?
ing hud happened. The acton, wami roieeahad
l>* en dron ned in the noise mid confusion, reiiiniiii-tl
in their places nnd bj their cool behavior belped to
allay the excitement in the audience. A number ol
ladies whose nerves had been budl* shaken by the
occurrence left tho theatre with their escorts as
soon as they could do so without creating a tresh
pane. Theta wai an Ure in the theatre or its
vicinity, tbe panic being ea need .simply by fcur or
live ladies or gentlemen getting up to go out al Ute
Bann lime.
JEFFERSON AND TIIE CIVIL SERVICE.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sui : There is just a little gUupM nt the
state of minn nf 1 hollins.IctTerson, lu thc tir.-t year of his
rre-ldency, on the subject of C.vii Reform lu a note of
Ula tnnig pooaaseteu, el whloa I make a copy for your
readers. Very res|*eet fully yours,
At ii l ark, J an. tS, ISM. (nun.ks V. Deana*,
_bMmOBt_a 8ep. 18. 1801
Colo Tn. Nr.wToN i'j-if.)
Ukak Mik, Tbe ist-cretary of the Treasnry informs mc
that be is obliged to remove Mr. Wilkins lue Collector at
Cherrystone's on ihe I.asteru ehore, bavlni? never ren
tlercil any account ol bl. collectiou since lit-cr 177ti.
and that he can wat no liiforiiuition whom to put lu bl*
place. Ho say* "tho aueeoasot should liave integrity,
a tlnniirsB. ibero i? muoh ?muggling in thai disinct,
A tbe people hal Hg In Hie irani! of favurlua it, it Will
it'Hiiire aomc exertion* to put au eal to lt." To lucrcavo
our il.ibeiiit.es I am atraiu ll ii not ea*y to Hud a repub?
lican thens ami yet after *o manv year* ezcliiBlon
Justice culls i,lin;'l for their lu ni.- introduced into tbo
otlicea tailing faecal At;cu*toiuoal to repine uiyaelf on
s tiur zeal fur ihe public good, I ta_e thc liberty of aoliclt
lug your cuqiilriria for a peeper character to ki ve ti.is
upponitiue'il IO, which I presume will be pla. tl.'able
flinn Norfolk. I have uoreuui.iicau i?< ?,nain' .ma- on the
eastern aitore to whom I could npiny - Mr. I(iirii(*?,
win.m I desired to pay 700 I), to Mr. Taylor Ibe tn-i
week of tbm moutb, mforui* iud he lim done It; A I
muir some ilma, _-" lo Mr. Taylor to know If he could
lot ice have any mure of ibo aamc quadiled Madeira.
Accept _*biii anec* ot my constant e*ieeu> and re?jiuc.
_ Tu. ?larnaaeou.
CHURCH BUILDING IN THE WEST.
L. Bradford Prince, cx-Cliief-J ustice of New
Mexico, bj.oiae in advocacy of tho American Church
liutldlng ComiiiiMiion, lu tit Anu'a cbape), (linton rt..
Ilrotiklyn,la*t nl_ht. H.-sui.I that tbo building ol church
edifice* was the principal dlOloulty to lae encountered lo
the wm k nf *pi ending the -uapel, and thia wa* especially
so in tho aparaely-aiitleal Western Territories. The
summit of surplus money lu the Weat was very amall, and
although tbe peopl* certainly did all they could, wben
It ram* to tba matter of church building lt waa In
ulnd casca out of tea beyond their loCul
rraoii'oe*, and they t_u?t binn help aotnewbere.
Mr. I'r.nee gave aome atatialios anowina that tbe Bap
liata have a church building fund of ricii.ti'in. and bav*
erected -13 bouse* uf worship; thc American Congrega?
tional Unluu ba* a fuud of IB-1-.0O0; tne Presbyterian
Hoard of Church J.iec.iiuu has -t*bur*cd
?<l,()33,0OO, and bulli 1,7.1 houses of worabip,
and the Melbodlata hare eraeted 2,089. Down
to the ortraidxadon of thl* oommlaainu
the Pnateatanl Kpm-opai ('burch bad no society to w iil**h
ll e.uiil look fur aid. It waa proposed to raise fl ,000,000,
the principal tu remalu forever iuUol and the Interest?
>.Vi,00()a>ear to ha used la church building. At the
conclusion of Mr. l'rlBoa'a addreaa th* lie v. Ur. Malcolao,
aa*i*iant mlulater of M. Ann'*, made an addrasa tn
which he aalal that th* aoeiety had beaa In bx1*i?u??
two i tai 4 sad had raised shout |Jl.ooo.
AT TIIE STATE CAPITAL.
A .N VITAL MEETING OF THE REGENTS.
TIIK I'KINCIPAL Or THU BAUQCOIT ACADKMY IS
TROUBLE?TUB ANNUAL BEFoKT.
fntnit tidt RFtorLAR coRRB**P'iVi)r.xT or thc TRinrve.]
Aliianv, Jan. V2.?The Hoard of Regents con?
cluded their annual meeting to-day ia their rooms
in the Old Capitol.
Ex-Senator Kernan. from thcCoramitte" on Incor?
poration's, made early in tho dav a unanimous renort
in favor of granting the prayer of the University
of the City of New-York, pre* nt "il
inst night hy Regent Reid, for certain
(haugen in ita charter. Thens changes
are (1), to strike out tho fm visions
for a representation of tho eily in
the Governing Beard, consisting of the Mayor
and four member* of tho Hoard of AMerm *n; (_) to
strike out the clanto forbidding any religious *w*t
to have ii majority in the Board, and Cli making
tho Boan!, ami not tho subscribers of funds, tho
corporation of the university, aud giving them
power to choose their own miccesoors. After
brief discussion of the report hy Regents
Kernan, Townsend, Leavenworth nnd Reid, the
changes asked for were nnnnimously granted.
I is understood that the ctt'ect of
this action is to allow the old W.ikIi
intrton Square institution to pass wholly under the
control of the Presbyterian."*, who have long fur?
nished almost Its only support, and
that there ls now a pro?pect of its
securing a more liberal endowment. William ll.
Martin, of the Board, was present to urge
In penna, if needful, the uiemnnal of
his body, armed with an able brief
nf the legal points prepared by him*elf. Aaron J.
Vanderpoel mid William Allen Bntlcr; but the
Regents were .satisfied with .Senator Kcrnan's re?
port.
The attention of the Board was then called hy
Regent Fitch to an afteratit made by T. II. Roberts,
rriiicip.ilofSainiiif.it A cn demy, la Oneida County,
to obtain, hy a fraudulent report on the number af
academic students attending that school, ? larger
amount of monev from the Literature Fund of the
Repent* than should jii'tly have been awarded to
the school. Tilr. Fitch stated that in Fee inb<*r ho
was informed that there were apparent [rrefalar**
itiet* ami falsifications in the annual rennel
of the Academy fur !*?**l-'_, which h.ul ii.'cii mule
bv Mr. Roberts. The report gave thc nam s of cer?
tain pei-ona holding Begente* certiti'*atcs. and
stated tbat these persona h;uiuttanded the aeadeaay
at least thirteen weeks. BaigleioB had
been previously felt that Mr. RooertS
was not making correct report1-, owing
to thc largo percentage of acaaleinic cellulars claimed
in proportion to the whole mimlier of students ; the
percentage, (lil, being much larger than in gained by
any other academy in the State.
Mr. Filch, in comp,my with Lieiitcn vi t
(iovernor Hoskins, on DeeOB-bef ll male
a journey by sleigh through the snow-drift*
to this wotiilrrful school. They investigated in all
some t W'-iitv-iivi- enees nf alleged tulse returns. It
was found that at least t weir >? such cases wero
fully proved. In twenty instance- it was
discovered that there hid not been attend?
ance of even a day during tho academic yesr of the
persons named. Mr. Roberts had a direct peenniary
intered in making false returns, t io trustees of
tin- academy permitting him te gain erhal money be
could bl OOnnneting it. Mr. F te-li, on iii i retui u to
his home iu R icheafer, wrote to |Mr. Roberta in?
forming bim of what had been dissevered. Mr.
Roberts ut once barteiiel to Boebeeter. At
lirst he saul there must be lome mistake. Hie tl *
elated thal he had prepared the report in .June,
1882. Smile of the records were miaaing, They bail
been lost while he was akiM-tit ut UMM _ " as derk ol
a CongrcsHioii.il Committee." Bul, nea nilling tu
Mr. Fitch, Roberta " upon being pceeeed
virtually confessed tho truth of the
charges and craveo the mercy ot the Board. Ile
asLcd that he mignt be aUosred to withdraw bia
affidavit and renounce all claim for any portion of
the Literature Fund for the acaloiiiic vear."
Mr. Fitch utter nailing thia reportUghl tliat'In*
had recently received tlie following letter from Mr.
Roberta under data of Bouquet! Dooen.bee 20.
I returned thl* afternoou, and I dael now thal I want
tn write you and BZpteaa le you mi alaoera tlianka lor
til* interview yon allowci me. I leave here to-morrow
to see a piiysiclau in Cortland ('.ninty, who lias
treated me lor a limul) if of yeaia. I
have Buffered intensely for two monti.s. I
r.H geed my place lure la t AuiCiiBt, tue mime day I ao
ccpieil the prinrlpitlglilp ut Koine. My work "ni tlie
reiiool-ioom ih eu led. I very muon regret tho trouble I
hera caused a*j noble wife ami uny friends. 1 ask yon
and your bonorabls Hoard to forglTB Buy
dereliction ot duty BB my part. aud I
promise you ami them here ont nov tbat if
my life 1* Bpured no enc ulnill iver again, have occasion
to condemn BBB. I BOTS work-al hurl Blab! au I dav,
ttiroogh all Ibsseyeaia. I Bays tried to bu faithful to
ni; my alaaaas. whatever i have dane amlaa I pray God
ta Ioi .-ive. With ta; new Heida of labor, whatever 1
do I ".linn try to do faithfully.
Regent Townsend (-.lid that he thought Roberts
ought lo be prowse a ted fur perjurv, or ai least tor
atteinpting to obtain money by taine pretenoeo. lie
mored that tho pupers in tne ease shuiilil
lu' cc it to the lii.iiric'-.Vttorney of Oneida
Ciirint.v, with u reuueat ta thai officer
that 4 lie rtlioul'l do what he might think the
pul lie inters t required. Tba aiotion wai
ananimoosty adopted. Konetta ls an Arimintatm*
tiou Republican, und wa* prerided with a elora*
hlii"i at Waabington byaAumiuistrntion Repubti
cans of Oneida < minty.
Tbe annual report ol thc Board to the Legislature
BOOWl that report.i wen- received from _.*> t -endemic
institutions, end that taenty-flre made no report.
lt m reoommeU'ied that the Literuturl
Fund ho Increased to ?,?.">( ?ii,ihjo. The num?
bai of leholme in the 264 aeadi.tniew is
.11,171, of w.'ioin I0.15II aro allowed
bb academic acholara. In academic examinations
?1,'JO- cen i bee tea nen- baaed. Intheinsttuctionol
c iiniiion-H 'iiiinl ica-iiei's aatieraetory progreu* has
been muda during the yeer, lhere wen- added ta
tbe8tatc I.iiii.it i during tbe year 1,693 volumes ta
me gem mi collection aud WSJ to tne Law Library,
making tne total ir.),'_0(J.
-?
MR. DC li; UK R's SUCCESSOR NOMINATED.
I'll- NAlit OV JA.MK!: .SHANAHAN. Og Illili-.-*. BILL,
r-L.N I TU lill'. IBKATg.
|KItO\l TIIF. Illari 1.Ill I tiltl.l.i-l'OMlKST OK I UK THIIU'N'E.l
Aijiaw, Jan. 12.?Governor Cleveland uoiu
inatid.lamer) ubaasbaa,of I'rii*-* Hill, forSuperintend*
int nf 1'iibllc Work* to -day. Tlieduuca t.ial Mr. r-uxua
liun will BasaaBe.il eoutnaed by tba senate, would be
lieder described If lit* ollie**, lia*! the title " riuperlnteud
ent of l amil*." Hi* work for Die State will be coiiflnod
allug.-ilier to tbe canal*; to keeping them In geog enter
tor navigation, lt I* au ellice the reaponathillt ea)
of wliicli will be greatly bMroeeed tiie coming
fear on BOeOUat ot tbe paasagB Bf tbe Kroc
('amil amemimi-ut*.
Mr. Bbuuabaa miiHt maintain the canal* at thc email*
e*t pu*Hii)iu expense, bees ass -anette. iuu co*t of tueir
hiiji'ic.t will be paid ny Hie taxpayer* uf tba Slate, ile
tia* bad tsuillcieut expeneace io knewhovio Dmnags
tbe canals eeoiiointciilly. Fur many year* bc waa u
canal contractor, liuudretl* ol Um* of atone nero t:,ktiii
fioin lu* moue quarry ul Tribe* lilli lor tao ase of tbs
eaaals. Whoa HsntaistB d. W. (.'lark was upptilaie.il
siii'i'iiutoinient oi l'uiiiio Wormy, ny ttoTernor
Root-eon, In 1m77, Mr. Bbnaaaaa wai named
hg Mr. (lark aa ono ot ni* three deputy
superintendents, anil wm niven charge or ib
Kuritern DI*, mum. He performed ni* dnticM no *.ttiiifui
tonly Out lie wa* retained a year by f*ii,t* ll. i>,Helier
winn iimt i:?-|i.iii.icii i i.iiii ia! was appointed Superin?
tendent of I'utilic \Vor_s by Governor Cornell. Berty In
Deeeutber ia*t be called upon Qov-oruoc ClsTeleadla
liniiia o, lu ciniipniiy wiib Mc Doteber. Tbs laiiertbeu
thought tbat tue Governor wa* verr faTeranly iniprea*ed
win. Mr. Hbaiiiitiiiii. finial maller* were tbOTOUgUly
ili-i ub.i. il, ?uil Mr. ."-Iiiiu.lunn showed lui complete ta
mlliarlty Wl(b cauai wink.
it is serbnas enueeneeery to *iato tb.it Mr. Bbaaahaa
ls a Tiidi ii PseiBUfal uiid may be B-UOeted to run
" I'lllial politic* " lilllie lUlel'i'Bl Of tll.lt l.te'.lou lit t lil?
lie 111'" I'., t le party. Tberu I* col a county alo.in lim Hue
ol lit" Ki ie I'uuiil wIiobm iio'lin"* are uoi more or l?*a
atleeteal by tba vutea uml p..Iii leal liifluence ol Un- canal
euiplnyta. Mr. dbanuban 1* ounsulered aa good a politt
i'Iuii aa be la a can ul ?ui>eiltito tieiii. Ill* uuiuiuatlou
wu* referrcl lo the ^ella!e ( anal ( onimlitee. -UsTS ia
every probability thal be will be conni med.
' MFASFRFS BEFORE DOTH B0U8E&
i bum ni. iiKiici.Au osaaaamman ok the nuaaaa.]
Albany, Jan. 12.?The Society for thc Pre?
vention of Cruelty to Children preaoiit' d BBVeeal bllis to
tbe IrCflalature today Intended to increase tbe pruteo
tluu now given by law to children, tn natur lloyd und
Aasenibly-iaii M.Uer preaeuied billa wulcli lt ls hoped
will prevent " baby farming." It la made a miadeiueauur
to board children uoder turee year* uf age without the
periulBBioii of the Board ot Health. (Senator Urady *ul>
inltteil a bill forbidding Ilia emidaymeiit lu uauutao
toriea of children under ioiirla*en year* of ave. Heuator
Koch preaeuted anoih-r making lt a mtsdemaa
bor to aall flic-arma to children. Asacmblyman
Van Allen tntroduood a bill ferhlddiug tb* ad
tni?nl.'ii to a tbea're of s oblld under fourteen years
of age, unlssB aeoo-ipauled by au adult. Aa?euiblyman
Kr**m* liiook* pr."*ent**?l a btu providing that ebedtn
bia ina.Ituttoua *n.iii not raceivo iomp*Q?a(lon fur tbe
support of ciiililr*n over atxt??n years of age.
Aiaeiublyman Hewe aubmituid a bili of one aectton
pruvldtag tnat "trustee* or tue hoi dei* nf trust lanalea
ahall not bu ilablu to taxation upuii niurigagus bald by
tu* in as an investment of trust tunda."
Two inveailaatlu-s wura atarted. Ipon motton of Ab
asinblyiuaa Kb/bs iu* Comuilttes ou .ute Ch_rlisuli*
Msmmlon* was Instructed to J****** fi
iiiauaKcmont of the State say linns for nie
insane. Thia work waa done by a tit naas
committee a year ago-but *^lirt,'*J^tts
mau Murphy persneded the AaB-BiWy.ta mm* nae
State Piisonl.ouimittee to Investigate tbs treatment ex
prlaoncrs tn (Sing Hlng Prison. i-*_?_* -ja
Assemblyman Kossch Introduced lM?9""
Insurance ??.?phi.!cb. It repeal*' tie Bel "?''' -11_?_??
couria of Una Htate to entertain Jut-ladletloii of seti ns
on polleies of insurance lu certain caae*. 1 '???*-*? ?'?_
been virtually rep. abd already bf the OMwS Metes
OonrU The .Senate Judiciary Committee ^P***^?*0**
ably to-day thu bill abolishing Imprisonment for neut.
77//: KEW HA LL lim'J SE DISASTER.
IiODIF.S rol'ND IN THE RFINS.
A 1IIOUOI (ill IXVEMTIOATION INTO TIIK CACSK OF
tiii* Mggam io bk miiw i snail ai a lkohj
LATION.
MriWArKKK, Jan. 12.?Up to evening five boil
Im, if live little benni al charred human Iflitl may.
lie culled lio,ii. h. hail been found iu the ruins of
tin* New li ill House. At noon tho remains ti ?
man were found af the north end of the mina, ly?
ing on a m.iftrc**, showing that the victim had
been smoth red. Tho body was burned beyond rec?
ognition, although tho skull remained intaef.
?showing a set of well-preserved teeth. Aa tin*
workmen rairieil tho body the head teal oft. The
remains were takeu to the Morgue.
As the workmen opened up the mina Ihe odor of
burning lleih Incline more ami more apparent, anti
tiieie lg aeareely room to doubt thal by tu aaufram
nightnneeaa will bo presented before which tho
stont'haarted will quat! with horror. A human
foot waa found, partly burned, with no trace of tho
body to which it belong**,!. Two little h?aps of
remains found near personal effects recognized aa
belonging to Robert Howie and David H. Martel,
Wi,.a.nsiii Central Railroad condnctors, leave li111**
doubt that both perished. Toward evening two
more heaps of remains wore found, making five in
al). Tho remains were all discovered near the Hide
walk of tho Dieadiray boat The body identified
in the Morgue ls that of Mrs. L. W. Brown, of
Allegheny. I'ajnn., whose husband is in the employ
of the Chicago and Northwestern Kui limul. The
la.4 body lueognind >a *?"**? of s_BB_at HaMPs*, ti
servant.
William E. Wylie, formerly tho Miuliigan passen?
ger sgenl of the Michigan Central Railway anti re
cotitljaappoinfed Milwaukee pasHenger agent of the
company, arrived in the city on recede** and rcgis
tared al the Newhall Hmm* He trent io Wiroom
shortly before midnight and has not leen seen
since. His home is in Detroit.
A most thorough investigation into the causes of
tlie fir." and the condition of the hotel hu-, b en de
cid d upon by tho authorities. Tho Diatom! At
tornev will DOOdUOt tho examination utV*-_MMM
The jurors eiuninelled by the coroner .ire not satis?
factory. As they have already been BWvra in, how?
ever, they will hear the evidence to-morrow as to
the camel "f death of the peranga taken to the
Morgan. This will require very little tune, timi
?litn the great Question aa to the cans ? ol'tho tiri
riinl the responsibility for the slaughter of no many
persona will ho taken up.
Governor Rusk will s.-ml in a sp.-t dal message
bv the tlrst of next week, ndviaii ar a revi-ion of the
hotel haws. In connection w th tlie sni.j ci of legis?
lation, tbe Lieutenan^-Gkrrernor expreeeee a belief
tbat tue Legialature wiri i ? v ? -<? tho statutes to a
considerable extent. There aaa bo uo doubt, he
thinks, that the Legislature wilt aol upon ihe Bag?
ust ons of tbe Qorernor and enact lawn compelling
Entail to furnish better facilities for escape in eg-M
Of lire.
Janus H. Karn eat, ot Sliullsbtir., Lafayette
County, whose a ema appenm among the missing;
waa n well-known Democratic politician in tMnitn*
ueetern VVisconsin. where ha was gbgsged in inin
irgnuil farmin***. Ile wuinnntiTeoi K. mucky and
waa born in lolQ, being in lies sixty-fourth your.
rle came to Wisconsin In lp\36, und for ? time re?
sided in Milwaukee, ile represented hu county in
the Legialeturs nt various tunes, being a meinb r of
the Senate in 1863.
.ioliti dilbert, the actor, is still unconscious, bat
the pinsici.ms do not nive up hope. .Mrs. Sylvester
lite ker, wilt-ol'the man I'.'ir ot tn* loin lliiiuili
troupe, passed nqmet night, Imf is gery low and
will probably nat live. James McAtpiue, tbe Mil?
waukee liiinillliaakin mun. does nut improve, iinil
grave doubt! ure entartnioed of ids recovery.
Andrew Hardy is Improving Mr. ead M/a. Cramer
in ni.t ot danger. Ali the terran! girls have been
t.'iken ta tlicir homes except Blinnie Mack and Dorn
Cole, both of whom are doing wall,
I.tiv'ios. .lan. 12.? The Tinten, m an editorial on
tbe burning nf tbe New hell lions- iu Mi* weaken,
aaye it ia a reproach snd sbanae to modern intelli
genoe tbnl nc irlj abundred live- nen ms' kn sight
of n crowd eager to aid, irom ihe want ox effective
meohanleal applianees,
WHAT AN KYE-W1TXKS.S SAW AM) IIK.VUI).
Larkin li. Day, of Milwaukee, was at the
Metropolitan Hotel ?reotarday. Ho is tim armor uiem
oeioftlio enrpet and drauery tiru) of L. lt. Day i Co.,
ol Baa. 881 and 881 Plead a ag, Mllwsek -n, just across
du- stree! from tbs Vewball Boneo, ead Bs wan ae aye
witncB* of tue tire. To ii TuiiursK. rspoctSf he s nd:
" I hail ritiiruel atm Madison lute on TarOBQJ nliftit
nnil WM vi iy lind, hut wlien it was found that our
ITiniifi s Wi re iu langer I was seiii for. Whin I arnvci
upon thc aeene it wan5s40a?a_ 'inc whole building
ama laen a at Bluing bbun of il.im*-... bul tire walla nate
-i;'.l Brawling Tho Werai horrors were
over?thank Qed !?and the tire was fullly under con?
trol. At dr IO the i-truciurc seemed "liddi-uly to Ballanee.
inc wulla fall neither m nov out? ont dropped aawn all
lu a heap itt a mun might full ii atruak a terrille Mew on
in h mi. Tba bundill* aaa iwaat*r*eii venn old amt
known to cvenm-dy as a Ure-irap. lt UBB B OBBBplBll
woollen ttrnetnra thal had been gavannveaaartag of
brick merely for appearance Bake, a.id, tiler,?lore.uueatii
iran. Ti.ere W-B UO t_eurs_rs IWPany lu Milwaukee
that would tnke ;i flail on lt. There are feed fronndB
f,i i,< in \inn that the Ira waeel laoeadlary urigta. My
partner, John 1). gea Nuya, know* that while he was u
evestta toe honee tart Marah ami Apr.l tho pleas wes
set on tire tWieo OBOS With coal ull. Of tue horrors of
that fearful Tuesday night not a half have yet
been told. One of th ase who escaped told nie taut bc
was aleepfBgea the third story, when he was awakened
by the broken glass of the transom tailing Into thc
room, 'llirowin** a wet towel over lits face and
head he mui.u'_i*d to find h:a way Bowe stair*
aud escape, ablion**!! nearly suffocated. On thc
way out he assured me that hu bad to st uni
Mb over flfteeu or twenty dead bodies.
Chief ('erk Tlc, of the hotel, told my Bou-in-Iaw thai
there wern 2oO persona, ineledtag the servant*, iu the
ii,ai-.' that eight, and li l* commonly aaid il,at tile house
win, peeked (rem Better to narict. lt i* my tirm belief
that iii.I)...ly bas yet coueei.ca tu.- horror* tiiat will ap?
pear w hen the rums ure thoroughly examiasd. There
Im ni aupeliiag whisper geln* thc mumu in Mdwuukee,
which I hope u.nu the Imi tom ot my bean is nut uno,
Il i* lo tliee-ut't thal tbo proprietor Ol Lu-liol tl wu.-, in
the hui.il oi lockiug lit* women Bsrranta lu tholr bed
roams lo keep them Imue-l, ami Hutt w lieu
they dtacorerru tbe Ore they were caged piuouer*,
for whom then waa no essene exoept by tba wtsdowo.
Joan V. Ai'tiide'.l, the proprietor, 1* a mau w.th a lng
lii-arl and la a frisud of mine. Weare iin-uilicrs or tba
saiui" Baptist oburott, una un man lu MIl?au_ea is more
respected than bo. lint I know Ids opinion of wm kn
womel!, und tnat leml* color to the story. Mr. Aniisdell
has oeeu lurline Itoes that terrible ui({lit, and it .* B.ud
tiiat tbe less of lil* property ia tbo cmiro of lt, but
hu was Bet Ibo mun to have, ui* bram turned
by Ihe mere les* of Ins progeny."
John W. Day. a son of I,. Ii. Dav. told ihe reporter
how t'o.onei A. J. l.aase, of New-York, hud e-ca|K-l.
(.'oioucl ('asse'tt room waa ou tho otUeu door, aud beor*
Kum*- to lie.I le bad talion ihe preoautlou to put uti li a
clotbiuK under the maure**, beemiBu be bad noticed
ilurlnK ibe tlay thal a siLiiiuloiM-leokiiia; ui.ui ha.t l.eiin
folio**, iuk bim and closely eyeing the diamond plu tnat
he wore. He wa* awakened by tbe cr.isn ul glan* .ullin**
luto bl* room, aud hastily allppiu^' into bl* clothes be
got om of the bouse unharmed. At tbe ottice uf il (.'.
Kroh A- Co., Ku. -100 Peail-st., for whom Colou.-l Cuaae
travelled, uo nuttierdeialls of his e.*cupe had matu re?
ceived than were contained lu tue Ural Ulenrum ai
Bouncing UlBBatety and Ike leas sf Us baagaajr! a ne**
*>upoh ot ?utnpl*ia lias bctn?ont to bim al (lt* Trcmuut
House, C-MOgO,
INSPECTING NEW-YORK HOTELS.
WilAl MU. KHTKHBRiioa HAS UOXK?CONDITt"-N Og
TIIE Hill CKNlllAL.
InBpectorEiterltrook, nf the Hureuu ot llulldinga,
hun directed the examiner* of the hureau Tn rilli the
hotels in then ijisn lets aa quickly as possible, r. ithout
neglect ini: their other duties, and make re j *<,-?* ccn
ceruiog the safety of those liuildini's. Tho maui
(nature of the reports is to be the means of eta-ape
from ths hotels in ossa of Ure. Air. Ksterbrook said
yesterday that tbe preieut tims was favorable for
inspecting tbe hotels, liecans* the cold weather
muile lt necesaary for builder* to atop wink on new
bouses aud.the examiners did not have to watch ths
hutldeae so cloaelr as at other times. Only one rap?
port was receivdal hy Mr. Eat-tbrook yesterday,
sud that mss mads jointly by Exauiinsrs-Scnall and
Nuaunon. who bad been directed to wake a speoial
eaaoiiuation of tbe Uraud Central Hotel. Mr. Ea
terbrook ?ave ordere about a a year si>o to hare
extra atairwaya built in eaoh end of tbe Broadway
portion of ibe hotel. Tbe atairwaya wen .uiabed
rectntly. Eaamiuors Scbeff aud^Shanuon ysater
day prasenteil a diagram ol the -leicoi st. portion
of tbe building, which has ? frontage of nearly hal
a block between Illeecker and Third ats. On ac
count of! the narrowness of MWeef fl, and thu
great height of the hotel it would he difficult fol
the firemen to reach flamei in the i-PP-r storied.
Theexaminere main ?sarto, that tre-wea*?BB hg
placed on thn Voicer sf. front, and Mr. Eeterl.rnolc
reeterday wrote ont tbe toll awing nrner nrMtnuJM
to Elias H. Higgin*, tbo owner of the hotol:
You aiVhereby directed and 'rci|nlred to place M
the Mereer-st. front of the Oread ont rel Hot. Ibulbi -
lng iron balconies to take, in the two aoutheriy wintlow*
of eec- story, similar baleonlea on each *tory le tu-e ia
the fifth and aixth window* from the sen thar ly end. -it"|
liar beleonlos to take in the two northerly winnows or
each story, with iadden te "Jcmmed each .mb-oiiy wit n
tbe ono lii'low lt und Iron .Irop-ladde.ra'frnm tm- lower r,a.
conles to the sidewalk. All thc balconies are, to bc csn
Btructed in sa-curdance with the printed spa-cifbaflons
hereto annexed In a(hUtl-ntotheforegolng.youari
bf re.(Hired to enlarge tbe hull* at the eiitrntica, rn earn or
th.se buleoiu..-. .ni th.--ai oral stories. b> reiiiovliwt tim
nu rt If lon which asperates ths balls from thc adjoining
rooina, as show ii br the dla-ram annexed, bom to ena B
the binnie* of *onl hotel moro readily to reach tho *a.*l
balcony In cum: of necessity. .
Compliauce with Mr. Fstcibrook's order will
cariM) the AAcritlce of twenty-one rconis rn the
hotel, now used as lied-chauibers. Moth member*
of tbe lirra of Keefer afc Co., proprietors of the hotel,
ut-re Mid to ba away from the building yesterday.
Mr. K.eter waa said tobe in Woice?ter, Ohio,
where he is building a new hotel.
E _ Higgin*, the inillionnairo cannot manufacturer,
who owns the (rrand Central Hotel, was seen at Ina
store. No. 8 I Whitest., by a I -_MTa*_ reporter. Ile
waa aatounded eben toid about the report of tba
Iliiil.hng Ilurean. an<l Mali "lt does not sea*rn
poesiMoto me tbat theae men have actually re?
ported tbat tba hotel is unsafe, ami that additional
lire escapes are neccas?ry. We have only just fin?
ished the repuii* ami alterations which Mr. Later
brook aaid were necessary. Before he earne into
office, wt, com ulled with ihe orders, erinka and
wrinkleaof tbe thea Inapaitor. 1 ben wneu Mr.
Katerbroolc hail au inspection made, and ordere,!
oiltlitiiiwal alteration* for the safety of -neats, wu
male them. There was one thing which he de^
dared nei-eaaary - tlie cutting down to the Hour of
tho parlor wiawera. As thoy were not very high
and as wo had pnt un a balcony, as he ordered, wu
thought it was ridiculous to no thia. We could not
reason with him ai ell. andes soon sa he began a
ault to compel na to cut tim wintlow-, down we did
no. not thinking that it was worth while to 0ght
lum. Now look at the inconsistency of the thing.
He declared that if we dui thus ami au ha would bo
satiati-d and pins tho l-ailmug. Wo have carried
out all bia re.'iineme ta ami now liecauii*> there is
a little) panic MMM the ino'ile because of the Mil?
waukee ure. ha order* additional firo-eacai^a. lt il
absurd. I consider the hotel a* safe a building a.1
there ia in New-Vork. There are -.rx atairwaya, ami
two lar_e water-tanks tn tho attic dutarning
Iti.iMii, galloua ol' '.vater each. There ia a bose
connection on each leer. In addition to thia there
is an engine in the ellar u huh is jkiv. erf ul enon*j;li
to throw a stream of waler clear over tue top of th<*
ouililtng. Then there aie Imo men with portable
fue-extiugtiisbers, who do nothing but ku..ni thu
corriilnn*) at night. Tne building bad been appro*. M
again a"tl again ami it i* certamiy not c MfeteM
te condemn, it now. Why, von caunot burn the
hotels in New-York. Take, for iastaeeu? tbe lian
during the war when the **outherniTs sent on men
to mini the i itv. Konnis were engaged in every
hotel. Ibo bedding waa autnrated witt) kerosene
oil end then set on tire. But not one ot the hotels
burned down. Ha>. the ti,..e bas come wheatas
people will resist, the autocracy of the Building In
sp .tor. lake the World Building for iuataiice.
Totter had no nii.re to no with that fm tb.in that
chair, lt >*a* an ordinary Ijuildiug like mauy ot li -
ma ia .New-York, and if they gel M lire the p**o;i!a
must look mit for themselves. Te suit tue Dnuuff
inenf. it might be li-etter tn tear down bait tbe
building, in Now-Yoi k and have no eil}."
LOCAL POLITICS.
ASSEMBLY DISTBICT IfEBTOfOa
Tba K('|nilili(';in A sivi.ifioii ol tba XXIst
Ass. moly District held ifs first meeting last evening
under its BOW BTganlMtlM for the current y.-ar. Jncof)
lleia rcsumel ms d ifies ns president, having held that
nfhVe for four terms. Tho report of the treasurer waa
read, Shewing tho Association to be In
a prosperous condition. Among tho new
Baamhsta proposed Van Beti* .min F. liriatow.
ex-Secretary nf the Treasury, and ('url -chur/.
Il waa moved by BM of the rn 'inlier* that the rules
shuiil't he suspended, and thal loth t*f tli.-i.e geni.ej'eii
should be received a* meiiiht-ia without tlie usual refer
ence to a comniiite-*. William A. Darling OBSeOBBi to
thia He *ald that he saw no reasou why IhOMgMlBB
ineii shnulil be ao-ordetl that special honor, any more
than thc ethan whose names were propo-ed, They had.
it wis true, a Malleea! lepntnttee, bnt he doubted if
they b.id aeppartei the meanl BennMlean Mail lula for
Governor. He objected to tue preeeeeB-gU, gai the
1'reaiilent rued thal tho names would h_v,i to bo re?
ferred, aa wu* customary. A resolution wa* then r.*ad
from the C'eutral Ibuibliea'* Association,
ciiaiiKiug the cUu*e lu tba consutuiion of
the association that reijuire., all BBSMhan to support all
c.mdiaates r'gulirly nominated, so as to read : "That
the members will e.ioperate In all honorable measures
te the aivaaeeuBBM of ihe inter.-ts of rifea Kt publican
party." The member who bad proposed tue BMpee>
siou of the rub-s wiib regard to Mr. liriatow act Mn
Bebura, said that ?? BenaBBtanny i* a jewel." iii* did not
see how tho member (Mr. Dar'.iugi who hint objected to
bis motion, enid consistently vote for (bis am.Inn-nt.
Tbe iimeiiilineii! was, however, ii -(opted unaiiiiiiniidy.
(.cn-ral Henry A. BaSMBB afrerward said tc
a TkiBTM* rejMirter that the ru'o* had
Mm susi!'nded on several eeaaslcne, MMMaiaUl
persons without referring th-lr mun s toa Mani
When his own linnie (incl hoon prop ?*>**d. t.iat of t.--u ril
Grant, who also lived In tut-il]-*ii;i*t.ii nt I.n prevented,
Bini bv g.-ucai coiinem tiley Wen received into the
association will.out formal reference io * cotiimitiee.
Tue R >pti-Ueene\_Bweis*len or ihe XVI I Uh assembly
District met at No. 4DS I'h.rd ave. Beru arl Ulidia
presliird. The usual business WM trana*
iictitl. .Tohri R. Lawiseia was appointed
ohatrmas sf tue BxaenttveCeeamlttes. in (MNr.pilmeat
to I'lestilaui Aribur, who is a member of tiie aasiwiieitoe.
,e-.i ut;, na si'ie i.a-n i approving nu, epaotiitiaenie.
ihe XX th Dian:.) u-j),it,'i".iu Aaaoeiatlon mel at
their rooms In Baal ririy-rourtii-at. ai.'.ermin l*. ri ??/
pi. ri.leil. The aliieiidmenl to lue mcmucisiiip pledg *
WM aiopted,
COUORED KKl'lTILHJANS TO RKOKiiANIZK.
The Kxecutivo Committee ot* thu <'olmec,
ltepublicau iVntral Committee un-t lust evenin. ut No.
iaTHovMlh ave.,te consider the aeaunuai of tMraaaaan1
Hon. The mujoilty of tile committee favored nu lin na?
tion to the colored liepuhllfiilis throughout the oify ti.
Join tbe various district ascot lathing and .-end ielSSJBtM
to tbe eantral aaiy. s. w Olag. sheftnnM ot the Baee
iitlie i oininittee. iir.-seiite,! a preamble aud rcaolntlons,
re. it m. the BBM that the or,, ant'allon bail proved a val
Bahia auxiliary to tbe bixiy politic ami win, *.i r. BagBlSSi
In the hart politcal cumpiilKii. und that it was tin|*.n tunl
that lt should continue to bu a regularly BrgBBUnsi lio.ly,
?enaaaaatfnfl tin* colored retara of the city, tnvtaw oi
this, theeeaanUahM requested that thc chairman of the
Central Couunittee should eau that body together thia
month tm tin- pesneesef lnvitnm t-sA_aeuibl> .ii-.t:itt
saaoc lat lona, mu now repreasnted rn the ceutral boaiy.
in -cini delegeiea to it le -.enc neill Deeeeibef next; mite
for the purpose of orderlm* primal lea for tin- election nf
(letogstss to tak.) Uie pleeSB of 11.010 who w ere elected m
llctolier l_Bt
These reaslntteM were ationglr enneeei my winiam
rieeman. the chalrmnu of tin* ( eiitral (ominittee, ia le,
tleelarctl that thia v.a.* really prellniuiar) to arciMK-in/.
atiou or the Ceutral Comnutiee. Ue wa.- assured that
this was what WM meiiiit. anti that lt was tie-in.at ile
slrable to mi-e the ('eutrill Coiunilttee a represeiiUilva
orannlsatien. Tiuaiiy, ttudiuK that ino a-gurlij or ti:,*
Kx.'i-utive 1 11:11111 itee fin oreti the resolution,, he witli
iii, w hi* App-alttoa nmi tbe pres Bahia ead resolution*
wara Bnanlisnualj adsptad.
MAYOIi DEBBVOItl TO l.K.VVK POLITIC-,
There wm eansidera lile exiitcnie.it in
Lang latani City yaasBriuy over a report tnat pawrnhai
t arly in tho ibiy tbat Juline Cullen, in the Supt, i,?.
Court. ( ir<ult, bad ousted Mayor liellevolse. and placed
Georgs Petrie, who ran iiKulii.it him al the l.-t-i mayor
ullty election, in lils place. The facts wBt-e not. howe,, 1,
aa ut first reported.. J. Ralph mum tt, i-.nin.-.. 1 ioi
Mayor Heilevot-a-In the *ult brought by Petrie, which
baabecu tu thc court, for the lait two years, BppaMO
liefmv Judge Cu'.l ii viHtenliiy. ami aiiiiounecil that bis
client desired to wltmlinw all opposition to Mr. IN tr,'*
ault. AlvauT. 1'ayue, wbo appa-arayt for tbe complain?
ant, ntnde au application for a Judgment, lu accord.,nea*
with the Interlocutory Judgments already 1.1.tam. ,t
against Mr. DaBevetaa, but the Jiulge iBSBUei to wait
mit!) Monday next before tuliing 1ln.1l acllou iu tin,
matter.
The infect ot Mr. ltollevolao refiialug to an*wer will Imi
the sooting of Mr. retries* Karee, nu, m the resell
that Alderman IMaaSM und thu Ketoi to luarty ot lj>ug
Ulan I have lieeu neeltnix for Ibe laat year, ll i* rx -
lsjoted thaCMr.Petrie will take charge ol thc Mayura
Ofllte nu next Motnluy. .1 he action nf Mr D.'hVvo'.i* was
a complete aiirprtae to ht* satheient* lu tho city. Hi*
iri.ii.l-, ?tatn that owing to the recent coinpliiatiou* that
have BIMM between bun amt tim ( ltl/.cii?' L'ominltla'c. ba
bas,ilea bled to retire from nunile life enthvly anti attend
to lil* private altai:*. Ile la , ouildent of hi-, abltltv, 11 u
a**erteil, to clear lilni-elf of all Ute charge* mu,lr ag-il-nl
bim, but be doe* uut de*iro to rulalu thc iH^itiou >??
Mayor of the cltr
m ?
DF.LKdATES TO A OENIKAL COMMinKK.
Delegates to tho Orman-Rei'Ulilii'uu Central
('iiiiniii'.iee wsrs elected laat night by all the hMBBahb
dian let asaoclationa lu this city. There wm a urge ?ot*
polled, end aiuuug the ile egate* obosou were kiicla*
1'..mini*-loner Morns .'riedsam, KerJInaud l>rey?r,
Joseph h. MiihUuc. hugUBlus .fs-haftl, Abraham Ttchoer,
Usnn Ia>we MokB* T/>hi-eri*er. Martin Moudtuger.
Kudolph KubBBB, TheoUore May. Haiuuel Eugel. Curt*
UM OoetB. Auguai Urban, PhUlp AsoliMbach aud John
tttrauOaumullsr.