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FOREIGN.
Debate on the Afghan Affair in tha
English House of Com
mons.
A Proposition lo Divide Alglmn*
isstnn Between England
ami llussla.
Many Desertions from tbe Ameer's
Army to tbe Banks of the
Invader.
Tho Sew Turkish Cabinet Said to Bo
Hostile to Austrian In
terests.
Suspension of the West of England Bank
with a Capital of $6,000,000.
GREAT BRITAIN.
XUS WAR mXFfcRSII.
London, Dec. o.—The Secretary of State for
India. In the House ot Lords, and the Under
secretary for India, In the House of Commons,
will on Monday move the following resolution!
J.'eiotvfd, That her Majesty, having directed
that the expenses ot the military expedition of her
forces to be dispatched aeslnsl the Ameer of
Afgoanlstan be charged upon the Indian revenues,
this House consents that the revenue* of India
•hall be applied to defray the expenses of tbe mili
tary operations which may be carried on beyond
the external frontier of her Majesty’s Indian
Possession*.
TRE AFGHANISTAN ÜBBAtI.
London, Dec. o.—ln Ihe House of Commons
this afternoon, Whitbread (Liberal) gave notice
that he would offer a resolution disapproving of
the Afghanistan war, and asked for Ita du
ration.
Tho Chancellor of the Exchequer said he
could not postpone the discussion of tho Gov
ernment resolution fixed for Monday next.
Upon this announcement Lord Harrington ap
pealed to the Government, lo give place to
Whitbread’s resolution. Mr. Gladstone sup
ported Lord Harrington’s appeal, but Sir Staf
ford Noribcote, stating that the Government's
motion not necessarily meaning to charge all
tho costs of tho war to India, ho could not con
sent to odjourn the discussion.
Mr. Chamberlain (Radical) gave notice of on
oddftlon to Whitbread’s motion attacking tho
alleged uncousritullonslltyo! the Government’s
proceedings relative to Afghanistan.
Noribcote ultimately yielded, and agreed to
postpone the rojort on the address until Mon
day, when it will bo tho first subject to be dis
cussed, and Whitbread’s resolution will be
moved as an amendment thereto.
Lord Harrington gave notice of the Intention
of himself and Ills followers to support Whit
bread’s resolution.
fair Stafford Noribcote said the reference in
the dispatch of Lord Lylton to the possibility
of a direct understanding between England and
Russia for wiping out Afcharlstan could only
Le regarded os the personal opinion of the
Viceroy at lo tho probable result of the Ameer’s
policy. There waa no ground for supposing
that It referred tuany direct or formal proposal.
another bank in difficulty.
London. Dec. o.—lt la reported on the Ex
change that the West of England and South
Wales District Bank, bead office at Bristol, la In
difficulty.
Montreal, Doe. O.— A bank hero to-dny re
ceived a cable dispatch announcing the suspen
sion of too West of England Bank.headquarters
at Bristol. Capital stock, £1,000,000, ami It has
fortv-nluc agencies. Tho trouble waa caused bv
losses lu the iron trade.
COT CON-MILL UURNRO.
London, Deo. (I.—The Derby Colton Mill, ftl
Bolton, was bui%.’d last night. Loss, £25,000.
AFGHANISTAN.
A PIECEMEAL PROPOSITION.
Edinburg, Dee. o.—'Tho Seoltman't London
correspondent says: “In Influential quarters it
I* believed that on arrangement with Russia for
the settlement of the Central Asia question Is
on the tapis, and It is likely lo assume tho form
of a partition of Afghanistan.” ,
AN IMPORTANT LETTER.
London, Dec. o.— Sir Charles Dllko will ask
the Government on Monday to state tbo con*
tents of the letter which Lord Lrtton on tho
2d of December announced that MaJ. Cavajrnurt
had received from tho Ameer of Afghanistan.
It Is rumored that the Ameer therein expressed
a wish to make a submission.
JOINING THE UHITISII.
London, Dee. U. —A Lahore correspondent
says Gen. Roberts will probably winter on tho
heights east of Pciwtr I’m*. His victory de
taches 30,000 non-orthodox Mussulmans from
the Ameer's authority. According to private
Information, these Mussulmans ore already
hemline levies into the British camp.
ills reported that tho Khoord Cabal tribes
sre only kept from deserting tho Amcor by tho
prrsencu of troops.
Two Europeans were seen among the defend
ers of Polwar. '
An Afghan General has picsonted himself at
Pemur.
TURKEY.
THE NEW CAiUNBT.
Vienna, Dee. o.— Tbo Ministerial crisis at
Constantinople has produced a very unfavor
able impression here. Khclreddin Pasha, the
new Grand Vizier, u one of Austria’s bitterest
adversaries. Hu urged tbe Sultan to forcibly
resist the Austrian occupation of Turkish terri
tory. lie is regarded hero as an unscrunulous
schemer, capable of hastening Turkey to her
min. Tbe change of the Ministry Is believed to
te mainly attributable to Russian intrigues.
AUSTIiIA AND TURRET.
London, Dec. U.—A Constantinople dispatch
says Austria bos consented to wake tho con
vention relative to Novi Bazar applicable to
Bosnia. Tlie Porte, however, declines the
Austrian demand to make tbo eventual evacu
ation dependent on Turkey’s paying tbe cost of
occupation.
CONTRADICTED.
bayard, British Ambassador, has received In
formation contradicting the reports of massa
cres in the Mllulk district.
ITALY.
IN PARLIAMENT,
Rome, Dec. o. In tbe Chamber of Deputies
yesterday, the Minister of tho Interior com
bated tho accusations against tbo Government.
He refused to fetter the press, aud showed tho
uselessness of suppressing clubs.
FUAKCB,
MATSIMOHUL.
Paris, Dec. o.—The Dukudo Oaicbo «u to
day married to Mlie.de Rothschild.
fc»X»AIN.
MHU,
London, Dec. 0. —A dispatch from Madrid
susbenur Rivero, Chief the Progressists aud
Democrats, U dead.
Tilt: AFGHAN WAR.
TUB AUBKH’S SIIUTAItV STftXNUTiI, AMO TUB
FOHVB TUAT VAN MB . PKOUOUT AUAIMSF
HIM.
Social rumtpondtnf* of.Tht Tribun*,
Lonoom, Eng., Nov. 38.— Anxiety is set at
re*t; the plunge boa been token, and the En
glish people find themselves committed 1 to a
war with tlui Ameer of Afghanistan, and possi
bly with a gicat European Power,’notwithstand
ing the assurances of the St. Petersburg press
lu the contrary. How long the war will last, of
course is merely speculation; but tbat'it wilt be-,
an expensive one, both la regard to money aifd
tbu socriUco of human life, ««ems to be
conviction of a large aectiou of Britain’s tax
ilddeu subjects, who have, during The post
mouth, vigorously protested against the Indian
policy of her Majesty’s Ministers. English
troops may slaughter the Alpluitis Into subjec
tion, but they are not. Ukclyto slaughter them
into friendship. War, 11 waged on anything
like a large scale, must result ultimately either
lu Britain's virtual defeat, or in their aancra*
tloo. The possibility of the former result is
wry remote the latter appears to many British
stolcsmcn and high authorities In Indian affairs
only on® flcgrt* less unfortunate than the other.
Chronic warfare With fierce, untamable tribes
In * mountain-region Is what must be expected:
but It U that which will only bo profitable to
officers eager for promotion; to the people ot
India and England It means, In the opinion of
many, merely a permanent Increase In the na
tional expenditure, and consequently an add!-
tlonal load to the taxpayers.
Owing to the severity of the Afghanistan
winters, Utile headway will be made by the
British troops until spring. How over, the first
fort has been taken, tod the first sacrifice of
human life made. In view of these circum
stances, It may be interesting to place before tho
readers of Tun Trirunb a few statistics by
which they can estimate closely the relative
strength of toe armies—the English and that of
Afghanistan—now facing one another. So far
from the Ameer’s troops being a Faistaman rat>
bio,—as some of the Tory papers assert,—l
think It can easily be shown that that Oriental
monarch really has an army, and a servkcab c
one, too, in every sense of the word. He Is
not another Theodore of Abyssinia; but Shore
All has availed himself of tho Appliances of
modern warfare to an extent little dreamt of.
U appears that Yakoob Khan, the son and the
ablest General the Ameer Share All ever had,—
now tying In chains,—waa at one time the best
friend his father had, and. In fact, gained for
him the throne which be had lost during the
contest which lasted from 18(13 lo 1807. Yakoob
waa the Governor o! Herat. While there, he
spent his leisure hours in forming a very com*
pact army of between 14,00 U and 10.000 strong,
thoroughly trained and equipped. It was chief
ly composed of inlautry and cavalry. These
two branches were out of all proportion to the
artillery. However, with that army, when
Shore All, about 1857, was almost driven tie*-
? crate and ran the risk of losing his throne,
akooh stepped In, overturned hla chief enemy,
and placed Ida father securely upon the royal
•eat. Tho foots of the sou opened the eyes of
the father, who forthwith proceeded to establish
such a force as should insure him Against the
perils ho had passed through.
His first atop was the Issuance of a species of
conscription. To this the natives objected; but,
as the 44 survival of the fittest n phvsicallv is a
dominant doctrluo in those lands, they had to
submit. The Infantry was divided Into some
slxtv regiments of the line, each regiment num
bering (£0 men; while the cavalry were told off
In sixteen regiments of tour troops each. 100
sabres to tbe troop. Every attention was paid
to the artillery,—manning and horsing 100
guns, - keeping another 100 In garrison. His
cannon of position in tho forts were properly
cared for and dnlv worked by the artillerists In
training; and a field body of this arm was es
tablished, consisting ot five batteries of six
guns apiece. Thus his regular Infantry amounts
to about39,ooo, hla regular cavalry to 0.400 sabres,
while his artlllerv has about 100 gnus, thirty
field pieces, guns of position, ond very likely a
good proportion of email, light weapons. In
addition to bis regular army, the Ameer
has a militia, and tho hill-men, armed
with the jexali.—a long and true
•hootlng gun, as tho British troops engaged In
the Afghan war of 1838-’43 well know. In tbe
matter of pass-lighting, these hlll-mon will bcu
extremely useful to the Ameer. Then tho*
cavalry ore supported bv tbe hardy bnrsemen of
Afghan, finely mounted on Cabulee steeds.
They are formed Into Irregular squadrons, num
bering over 8.000 sabres. When It is said that
these troops are well uniformed and highly dis
ciplined; that their courage la undeniable; that
the Infantry are armed with the Enfield and tbe
Maitlnl-llenry rifle, and the cavalry with Arm
strong guns, it will be seen, taking Intoconslder
atlon ihetcrribli:country, that tho British hare a
pretty hlg elephant on their hands. Omitting
tho militia, whoso numbers cannot be estimat
ed, and adding these figures together, the
strength of tbe Ameer’s forces, so far as known,
Is: Regulars of all arms, 45.000; ilerateca,
10,000; Uebcgs etc.. 10,000; hlll-mon, 8,503; Ir
regular cavalry, b,OOO. Grand total Afghan
strength, 77,000.
To arrive at any definite figures regarding tho
British force opposed to the Ameer la, strange to
sav, u more difficult matter. The Indian military
authorities have been oa chary as possible re
garding the matter, and tho British press or
public seem to know little or nothing of the
number ol troops now moving upon tho enemy.
However, from what 1 have gathered, an ap
proximation can bo made, fair Frederick Haines,
commander of the Indian forces, previous to
tho recent reinforcements from England, had
under his direction fifty-nine Infantry battal
ions, nine cavalry regiments, and eighteen bat
teries oi tho Uoval Regiment of Artillery. Tbe
native troops numbered 10,000 cavalry soldiers.
Including n number of Irregular corps; 100,000
native infantry; a few regiments of
sappers and miners, whose atrongtb Is
very indefinite. Beroad a few men
for service with ruoumaln-battcries, there
arc no native artillerymen. It has been made a
rule ever since tho bloody dars of tbe Indian
mutiny to keep the guns out of the hands of
tho natives. Their skill os artillerists was then
abundantly demonstrated. Taking tbe totals
of native and British troops, the Indian army
showsomuster-roll of 200.000 fientlug men;
but It must not bo Imagined that tills army can
march against tho Ameer. India was gained by
tho sword, and India must bo hold down by tho
same means; therefore tbo major portion of
that force must remain In the body of tho coun
trr, and the field-force which Is entering Af
ghanistan Is little more than a fourth of the
body under command of Sir Frederick Haines.
A month ago, tho Ueld-forco under Sir Samuel
Browne, In tho PcshawurVallcy,—lncluding tho
Jumroud, Nowztern, and other brigades,—was
set down at 5.%000 lighting men, all told. Slnco
then there has been some talk of Including tho
reserve force at Haaaan Abdul. The aonroxltna-
tlon maybe set down thus: Sir Samuel Browne’s
field-force In tbo Peshawar Valley amounts to
23.U00’, Brigadier Ross’, at Jamrood, about
8,000; tbe reserve at Hasson Abdul, 20,000;
English troops, 0,000: native contingent, 4,003.
Tbo distribution is: Total for attacking by way
of the Khyhcr Pass, 84,000; at Thull, fur the
Koorum Valiev, 0,000; at Quottab, for tbe same
place, 19,000. Grand total of tho English armies
opposed to the Ameer of Afghanistan, 65,000.
ENTERING AFOANIBTAN.
TUB ADVANCE OF TUB KIITBSR AND KIIUItUM
coi.umno— capture or ali mow id—fiiist
BATTLE or THE WAR.
Oitrttwndtntt p*ndon Standard,
JcunpOD, Nov. 82.—The First aud Second
Brigades, under Gen. Maepberson, had started
early yesterday rooming to Lashers, where they
were to divide, the one to make a detour behind
tho Kobtas Kob, and so to Kaia Kusbtla, a vil
lage In tbe rear of Ail MusJld, tbe other to
storm tbo Afghan position on tbe Kobtas Kob,
whence the fort (a dominated. The troops with
Gen. Browne belonged to the Third and Fourth
Brigades. Tbe former consisted of tho Ebrhty
flrst, tho Fourteenth Blkhs, and tbe Twenty
fourth Native Infantry. Tbe Fourth Brigade
consisted of tbo FUly-flrst Foot, theßlxib Native
Infantry, and tbo Porty-flflh Blkbs. With then
was a mountain battery and a battery of burse
artUlerv. Tbe brigade was commanded by Col.
Applevsrd. For some distance no euemv was
to be observed in sight. After a three iiillrs*
march a cavalry party was seen on some bights
In front A halt was called for half an hour,
and then tho brigade advanced, with skirmish
ers thrown out lu front No resistance what
ever was root until we bad gained a ridge front
ing Ali MusJld* and about a wile and a ball dis
tant from tbe fort There was now a halt for
soma time, as we bad nothing to do until, ac
cording to the calculated time, Macpbersuu and
Tvtler, with the First and Second Brigades,
should be getting to tbe positions assigned to
them.
TUB AFGHANS Ol’BN FIRE.
Presently the guns of All Muajid opened fire
upon us. As they hava been practicing for the
last three week* they had sot the range with
conslderahlo accuracy, and their shell lull very
close to our men. Toe Biktas were sent forward
to tbu right to distract the attention of tne
enemy, and the rest of the troops were with
drawn out of the direct line of tire, while our
horse-artlllorv guns replied to tbu lire of All
Musjld. It waa now-midday, and the infantry
ate the food they bud brought with them.
There was a general eagerness for orders to ad
vance, and when a ahull fell uuuuuallr near
there were exclamations of That’s h Rus
sian.” It watf " not until nearly 1 o’clock
that a aouiuPbf tiring was heard far away on
our right, and we sapj>o*cd that Macpherauu
bad ctßnwinto action with hla brigade-on the
Kuhtas Huh. Boon afterward the forty-pounder
battery, which we had been expecting for some
time, mine up and opened lire on All Musjtd,
Its lice being evidently far more elective than
thrtuf the little plecva of the Horse Artillery.
The Sikh Infantry’s Are from the slopes on oar
■right front was now heavy, and must have an
noyed the Afghan gunners severely. The lomr
ho|>cd*lor order fur a ecuvral advance at last
came, and the Eighty-Orst and Twenty-fourth
Native Infuhtry advanced oh the right hind
slopes of the valiev. cilmblnir the bights, while
the Fifty-first, the Sixth Native infantry, tod the
Forty-fifth tilkhs worked along to the left.
TUB FORT BVZCUATKP,
Tbe scene was now strikingly picturesque aud
prclly. From All MnsJld, standing on lu al
most perpendicular rock >o the centra of tbe
valley, ibo Gashes of the great gun* came fast
aud steadily, while tbe edges of tbe forts and
rocks were fringed with the liny puffs of mus
ketrv. Behind us the heavy furtv-pouuders
roared steadily, while (be batteries of horse and
ouc of Royal Artillery moved forward lo tbe
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. DECKMISEII
Valley, takingnp position and opening Pro from
lime'to time as they made their way forward.
On both Sides the hill slopes were alive with tho
British Infantry, the quick flash of the rifles
breaking out from cverv rork and bush, rhe
din waa prodigious, for the hill* re-echoed every
Bound until the roar of cannon and the crank
of musketry seemed mixed In one confused
roar. (Irndualiy the skirmishers crept up till
they were nearly abreast of the fort Itself, but
the afternoon w'as already far advanced and we
had a* yet no evidence whatever In the cessation
of fire or In any signs of confnslon among the
Afghans visible on the rock that Macpherson’s
brigade had accomplished its task and carried
the Kohtas Koh, or that Tytler had
worked round to the Tillage In the rear. Until
these points were cleared up It would have been
Involving a useless loss of life for the Third and
Fourth Brigades to attempt an attack In (root,
and the order waa therefore given toccase tiring.
AH Muslld followed our example, and half an
hour later, when darkness fell, no one entering
the valley would hare supposed that It had late
ly been the arena of a battle, or that soma 10,-
QUO combatants wens only waiting for the
morning to renew the fight. Every one slept
where he stood last night, a vigilant lookout
being maintained among the troops nearest the
forts, as the Afghans hare ere now proved them
selves capable of pluckv and determined night
attacks. Before darbreak this morning the
advance again cautiously began. No fire, how
ever, opened from All Musjld, and advancing
cautiously, test a trap should be laid, our troops
approached the fort and found (hat the garrison
had stolen awav In the night, leaving their guns,
tents, and stores behind them. It was soon
found that Macpherson had gained the Kohtas
Koh, and that Tytler had comedown to the
village In the Pass behind All Musjld. These
facts accounted for the (light of the Afghans,
which must have been conducted In wonderful
silence to escape tha oars of our advanced sen
tries.
WAS UACPniRSOR CRKCKBDI
CV>rr'*lKiqrfrnre I.nid'tfl Ikllln .VtlC*.
Kittork I’Afls, Nuv. 22.—Alter tho realization
of the fact that there waa no hope of co-opcra
tloti from Macpherson, there was no alternative
but to suspend the enterprise for tho night.
Tho dispositions accordingly were made. Ap
plcyard’s advance of tbe Third Brigade, con
sisting of a detachment of the Twenty-seventh
Brigade of Infantry, had pressed forward on the
steep slope leading to tho peak forming the
right flank of the enemy’s position so eagerly
that hopes rose of success; but Maj. Birch, who
commanded the gallant baud, found successive
lines of Intrcnchment occupied by tho Afghans,
and at dusk the order reached him to abandon
the Impoßsloto effort and fall back on his sup
ports. In doing so the detachment was severely
handled. Maj. Birch and Lieut. Fitzgerald
were killed. Lieut. Maclaln was wounded, as
acre about a score of Sopova. A few other
faepovs and four men of Mmidorson’s Battery
completed the casualties.
TUB KUUItUM COLUMN—ORDERING OF TOR AU-
VANCE*
Vorfetooniitnet Lmuion Standard,
Tnur.i., Nov. £i.—Ttmll on Wednesday pre
sented ft singular spectacle. Thu town lies Id a
basin, surrounded bv hills, and tlio whole of the
available space so contained was crowded with
tents, troops, and animals. Cavalry and rldimr
bones, elephants and mules, ponies and camels
were all mixed in seemingly Inextricable con
fusion; and British and native troops. 81k h
drivers and wild figures of Illllmen crowded Ibo
little valley. The greatest excitement prevailed
during the afternoon respecting the Ameer's
reply. The anxiety,that tbo promised advance
should take place was general, but no one knew
whether or no tbo Ameer bad sent In his sub
mission. Toward evening the news spread that
tbe General bad received a telegram In cipher
from tbu Vlccror. and all sorts of reports and
guesses as to the nature of Us contents were
current through the camp. But at last It
somehow became known that no reply
from the Ameer bad oeen received, and that
aometblng would take place at daybreak. Tbo
details of tbo plan were, however, kepi a pro
found secret, and, as 1 could learn nothing, I
mounted my horse at 4 o'clock and rode to tno
Kharum Hirer, three miles from Tbull. The
night was'brlght and fine and tho stars remark
ably brilliant, but the air was bitterly keen and
cold. Thu entrance to tho bridge was blocked
with boshes, and a sentry of one of the Nathan
regiments was on guard on some boulder ram
parts. which bad been thrown up at the head of
the bridge. On a bill about iftU feet high—com
manding tho bridge and Kaplgon fort opposite
—was a picket station, and the sentry there
shouted down to me that If 1 proceeded further
be should lire upon mo, as bo had strict orders
to allow no person, English or native, to ap
proach tbo bridge. There was nothing to do
for It but to wait for daylight. 1 accordingly
rode np to the picket station and toon
up ray post there. Everything was perfect
ly qniol. Tue Khurum beneath gleamed like
a sliver thread winding through thaulmlr out
lined hills. No lights were visible, either Ip.the
valley beyond or lu the fort of Kaplgang. which
was dimly visible about a mile distant from me.
Presently there wos a slight and confused
sound, a faint, distant trampling, with tho occa
sional jingle of steel. Ho slight was It, how
ever, that It was not until 1 saw a dark mass ap
proaching by the rund along which 1 had ridden
1 wai not certain that It wss caused by tbe ad
vance of a column of Infantry and cavalry. They
halted at tha foot of the picket bill, near tho
bridge, and remained there in profound silence.
Just before daybreak tlcn. Huberts, with his
staff, rode up, and 1 found that the force below
mo constituted only a portion ot that Intended
to advance on Afghan ground. At U In the
morning a squadron of tbo Tenth Hussars,
under Maj, Berkeley, had quietly forded tha
Thurum a mile below the bridge, and had
wound Its way among the hills coming down
into the valley at some distance behind too fort,
so as to cut oil tbe retreat of Its garrison.
TUB DESERTED HOUSES.
Tbe Infantry proceeded rapidly toward Kapl
gong In skirmishing order. The fort was silent
ami not a flash of a rifle showed from Its walls.
Tne gales wore closed, hut these wore speedily
burst open and tbo troops rushed Into It, only
to And ft emuty. The garrison must have tied
but a short time previously. Probably, m spite
of the silence preserved, the movements of
the distant columns hid been heard by a scout,
and hasty flight hod at once taken place. The
Area were still alight, aud half-cooked food was
lying on tho ground near them, in one little
room a Sepov found three children covered over
with rags. One of them, upon flndlog that they
were discovered, held up a small string cage
containing two partridges, to their cantor, sad
offered it to him to spare their lives. It U un
necessary to say that tho children were care
fully tended. Gun. Roberts then returned
to Kaplgonza, where a vast encamp
ment was formed. There was mors space
hero for such a gathering than there
bad been at Tbull, aud over tbo bills immediate
ly surrounding us the snowy tops of the Bsfeyd
Kos range seemed In the clear air to bo quite
close to us. Un Thursday morning the cavalry,
the mountain battery, and the Twenty-ninth
Regiment advanced eight miles, to Hazara fir,
and K and A batteries, Royal Artillery, tho
Twenty-third Punjaub pioneers, and o wing of
the fifth Punjaub infauiry moved forward to
Abmadsbina. The natives at flrst fled ut Urn
approach of tbe troops, but, finding that there Is
no Intention of molesting them In any way,
soon returned to their homes, fibers All has no
adherents In this part oi the country, as the
people have long been harassed and taxed by
tbs Cabuleese, and are apparently well pleased
alTtbe prospect of coming under British rule.
They already bring in supplies freely—a matter
of considerable Importance. Enormous convoys
of camels, elephants, and mules were moving
forward to the front, but tbe roads were in a
wretched state and nothing like rapid marching
will bs possible.
OBITUARY.
Special JXuxUdb to '/-is Tribunt.
Bloouimotom, ill., Dec. 6.-—Leonard Fisk, bq
old resident ami prominent citizen of this city,
while walking from hla realdeoce thU morning,
dropped dead when only a abort distance from
hla home, bla death resulting from paralysis,
Mr. Flak waa nearly 80 years of age.
This morning at 3 o'clock Dr. Rankin O.
Laughliu, a prominent citizen and physician of
Bloomington, died suddenly from neuralirlaof
the heart. Ills death caused a great deal of
surprise, as It was generally supposed that he
was lo the bast state of beallli. lie was attack
ed some six years ago with the same symptom*.
Ho waa boro la Indiana County, Pa., April 7,
1637. He came to this county in 1658, since
which time he has continued to reside hero.
He enlisted as a private lo the Ninety-fourth
Illinois Volunteers, and rapidly arose to Colonel
and Brigadier-General. lie was Provost-Mar
shal of Galveston, Tex., lu IWS. The luoeral
will occur on Sunday afternoon under the
auspices of the Masonic and other Boclctlcs of
which the deceased was a member.
FIRE AT ALBIA, IA.
asuial Dispatch to Tks Tribuns.
Burlington, fa., Dec. G.—The public school
building at Albla, Monroe County, In tins State,
waa destroyed by Aye this afternoon. The
school waa in session when the fire broke out,,
aud a panic ensued, but no serious aocldeut oc
curred. The hulidiug was erected lu Itiftl at a
cost of 833,000; and was insured fur 113,000,
83.Q00 In the British American, #4,000 lu the
Continental, and 83.000 in the lowa Stale.
FINANCIAL
gptclat DUpalcA to I%* Trlbu**.
Tbbbb Uautb, -lod., Dec o.— Max Josephs, a
clothius-dealer fur mauy years to this city, yes
terday mode au assignment aud closed his doors.
Liabilities uukuowu.
CRIMINAL NEWS.
Soma Rich Young Fools in Cin
cinnati Cause a Murder.
A Detroit Judge Gives n Certain
. Line ot Knavery a Set*
Back.
Two " Physicians," with Diplomas from
State Prison, Kill a Woman
In St. Louis.
SATJ AFPAIn.
Special Dispatch to The Tribune.
Cincinnati, 0., Dec. o.—Last night, about tO
o’clock, George M. Schaefer was killed by
George A. Lclghty at Germantown. The alfalr
originated In an article published In the fin
tpurer yesterday morning, which was beaded
‘‘Cincinnati Blood* In Jlermantown.” Two
wcll-knowu young men from Cincinnati, sons of
leading citizens, went to Germantown on a
bunting expedition last Saturday night. They
were casually acquainted with Mrs. Schaefer
and her (laughter Annie, having met them
white riding in tho omnibus from
Carlisle Station to Germantown. In tho even
ing, having discovered where Mrs. Schaefer and
her daughter lived, they went down, hung
around tho house, and tried to force anentranee,
hut .Mr. Lclgbly, befog In tho house, ordered
them away* Mr. Schaefer being a violent man,
It was feared that ho would discover tho fact,
and, therefore, the matter was kept quiet, so
aa to avoid trouble. Mr. Schaefer,
however, discovered ft by the article In
the Inquirer, lie was In Cincinnati at tho
time, and started for homo at ooco In a great
passion. When he arrived ho met Mr. Lclghty,
and accused him ot being an accomplice with
tho Cincinnati boys. Lelebty replied, and
Schaefer struck him. A struggle ensued, and
Lclgbtv drew a revolver, but tho bystanders
separated them. Bchaclcr then threatened to
make his wile and daughter suffer for It.
Leighty, being urged to warn tho women
folks, went down to tho house, and, white ho
was there, Schaefer camo In, caught up a rock
ing-chair. and started after Lclghty, who, being
unable to escape, drew his revolver and shot
Schaefer through the brain. Schaefer was
somewhat addicted to drink, and sometimes
verv dissipated, but his family arc among tho
best In the place. Mrs. Schaefer Is
a daughter of Mr. William Gunckel, of
Dayton, nnd a sister of Mrs. William
Ampt, of Cincinnati. Miss Annie Schaefer Is
an accomplished young ladr, and lived for
several years in Cincinnati, where she attended
the School of Design. She has particular tal
ent os an artist.. She was engaged to Lclghty,
who la an Intelligent young man of a fair repu
tation In the town. Lclghty Is In Jail at Ger
mantown, and will probably waive examination
to-morrow nnd bo committed to tho county
inti lu Dayton.
MURDER Hi* ABORTION,
Special Phttaleh to The Tribune.
Bt. Louis, Dee. o,—Tbo Coroner has been
busy since 0 o’clock this afternoon taking testi
mony concerning the death of Ann E. Roberts,
a young woman, unmarried, who died at No. 830
North Eleventh street, Dee. 8, of an
abortion committed Nor. SO. Atlas Roberts
formerly lived In Little Hock, Ark., whoro she is
said to have been seduced by a cotton-uisrchant
named John O’Brien, who afterwards brought
Per to Bt. Louis and left her here, paying her
frequent visits and sometimes supplying her
with money. The woman pretended to earn
a livelihood by doing plain sewing, but
those Intimately acquainted with her
think that sho drew her support from another
source. • Sho hna one child 8 years old, and
sometimes reoriented herself to bo a widow.
At the time of her death she was engaged to bu
married to a Job printer named It. I*.
Underwood, who has an office at
1012 Broadway. Tho latter was much aggrieved
at Per death, and-wept over her body like a
child. William Btapp ooa Stephen L, Metcalf,
neither of whom is a grodqqte. pf ,a
medical college, attended the diseased..
An attempt was made to bury
tho body under a false certificate this
morning, but the police got bold of the cose and
reported the facts to the Coroner, who sum
moned a Jurv aud began* on Inquest. The de
ceased stated to an attendant during her Illness
that the abortion hod pccu perpetrated bv
William Stupp, an old grsy-lialred, bald-headed
rascal, who onto served a term for passing
counterfeit money. Tho Jury hold him as
prluclpal, and Dr. Metcalf as accessory.
TOO SMALL A BUSINESS.
Special Diipatclt 1 3 TTti Tribune.
Memphis, Tenn., Doe. O.—A man named
John W. llynn, hailing from St. Louis, and
claiming to bo of tho tlrm of Palmer «fc Kyan,
general manager* of tho fit. Louis Under*
writers' Agency of that city, was arrested on
board tho steamer City of Helena, at this port
tonight, charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses. It ts represented that Uyan has
been drumming the Interior of tliU State, issu
ing policies of insurance from tho Company
ho claims to represent. Mr. W. 11.
Colo, a citizen of this county, was one of his
victims, but, from some cause, had his sus
picions sroused, and, on telegraphing to St.
Louis for Information, found that no such com
naov was in existence, whereupon ho caused
ityan's arrest. When taken to prison Ilvan re
turned the money he had received from Cole,
and wept bitterly at his fate. Uyan hssu brother
in St. Louis to the Insurance business, ami In good
local and business standing. It is believed that
numbers of other indictments will be Hied
against Ilvan os soon as bis arrest becomes gen
erally known.
PUT IN TUB PLY-COPSt
SpteUf Ditpalch to Tho THburts.
DzruoiT, Mich., Dec. (I.—The practice of de
tectives In putting up Jobs to tmrsp persons
into committing violation, of law was severely
rebuked In the United States Court 10-doy. W.
L. Dali,•Postmaster at Eureka, Clinton County,
waa tried for passing counterfeited lIU and
bills, and Jacob 1). Hodgkins, of Su Johns, tried
fur dealing (n counterfeit half and quar
ter dollars. The evidence showed clearly that
United States Detective Abbott had procured the
services of a man named Worden, who keeps a
hotel st bt. Johns,and the latter tempted Hodg
kins to engage in the counterfeiting of coin by
selling him metal and giving the use of ids
kitchen to do tho work. vVunion was also tho
man who bought the counterfeit bills from Dili.
Judge Drown ruled that, as inducements hud
been held out for the commission of tho crime,
the defendants must be acquitted, and the
Jury roudered a verdict of Pul guilty in each
case.
KNCOUNTKrt WITH IIUUOLA.HS,
Uptctai IHtualck to Th 4 Tr Onia*.
Dyouqua, la., Dec. ft—Last night about 13
o’clock burglar* tried to effect an entrance Into
the atoro of A. C. Walker dt Co., ut Farley.
The night watchman, Charley Hawkins, beard
them at work, and noiselessly erect down alalra
with a shotgun In hand. All were In ono room,
and were trying the door to the main room, un
conscious that they were being watched. They
were three In number, and one, hearing a noUo,
approached the piece where the watchman had
entered and shoved Ida head out, when Haw*
kina leveled bla gun, pulled the trigger, and
abut the entire face off of tho burglar. The
other two then took (light after tiring two shuts
ut Hawkins. A doom of men went after them,
and the gang were captured at Uycraville to*
day. Tbe dead burglar's name was Williams,
and be lived near Montlcello.
SHOT THE OLD MAN.
Bartow, 0., Dee. ft.—Ueorge fichaftcr, an old
resident of Germantown, near Dayton, was shut
last night In bis own bouse in that town by
George LclsUty. fiehaSer was
bis habits, aod bad bacoua Incensed
over family difficulties. Luighty was
engaged to kkUader’a daughter,
and was attacked by the father la bis rage, and
dolma that hu tired the allot In aelt-deleose.
Doth parlies are in good standing la German
town.
LIVINGSTON.
Bo*eiat DitfiatcA to Tho Ttthunt,
Yimbto*. D. T., Dec. ft—Tbo United States
Grand Jure adjourned to-day. It found twelve
Indictments against Dr. Livingston el al., ol
Crow Creek Indian Agency, fifteen against the
tlmbcr-thlcve#, and sixteen miscellaneous bills.
Livingston's case cannot come on lofliUl, as
7, 1878—TWELVE PAGES.’
tlicre arr only two day* of the present term of
court left. The' Supremo Court meets nett
Tuesday, and that requires the attention of the
Judge in this Court. There are over 100 false
vouchers by Livingston that are outlawed. The
Government will begin civil suits to recover the
money thus embezzled.
MEUItICK.
Bpeetat Dlepoteh to The TViSufll.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. A—The trial of
Merrick, the wlfc-murdercr, continues, and bis
ease grows more and more hopeless. Piles of
evidence mountain-high are being introduced
by the State, and It does not seem possible for
tho defense to make any show whatever. Judge
Logan, senior counsel for Merrick, said that he
had been concerned In manymurdcrtrials where
the evidence was circumstantial, but ho never
saw such an overwhelming preponderance against
tbs defendant os In this case.
COINERS.
flpnUit Dttoateh to Tht JVfJurtfl.
Sioux Cut, la., Dee. d—A gang of counter
feiters has been discovered In this vicinity, and
two of their number, named Perry nnd Cane,
were to-night arrested at Lemars. Tho leader
was hero this afternoon, and the officers expect
to cnoture him before morning, Thcv have,
during tho past week, passed considerable
amounts ot spurious silver money.
BAO9TRTTKR.
Special DCrxiteh to Tht Trihunt.
Oshkosh. Wls., Dec. o.—Michael Sogstctter,
ot Mcnoaho, who killed hii wife last September,
was to-day convicted of murder in tbe first do
gruty but the Jury recommended mercy. Bag
stetter believed his wife guilty of adultery with
a negro named Jordan Dcslor, and, finding
them together, procured some buckshot and
abut bis wUo dead.
FATAL STABBING,
Cincinnati, 0., Doc. o.—At a party at tho
house of Mr. Tilley, at Notch Lick, Carroll
County, Ky., Wednesday night, an altercation
occurred between two sons of Aaron Neal and
a voung man named Stclfin, during which one
of the Neals received a stab Iti the neck, sev
ering au artery and causing death lu a few
moments. Stettin escaped.
INCENDIARISM’.
gperlnl Di*paleh to The Tribune.
Cassopolis, Mich., Dec. o,—-lu tho Circuit
Court to-dav Elias Wilson was convicted of
burning William Jones' bant, containing ten
horses and mules amt large quantities of hay
nnd grain, Inst April, and Judge Clisbso sen
tenced him to fifteen years in the Jackson
I'rlsoa.
BAR-ROOM FIOriT.
gpeetnl Dhpalch to The Tribune.
Teihib Haute, Ind.. Dee. o.— Late last even
ing a drunken light occurred in a low grosser/.
In which Frank Klntz, a vicious fellow, shot
Uomus Bernard In tho head, and flea, escaping
capture. Bernard still lives, but cannot recover.
HANGED.
San Francisco, Dec. O.—A Bodlo dispatch
says: Chou Yow, a Chinaman, was hanged at
Bridgeport to-dav for the murder of Ah Tow lu
Ucutou, Cal., lost May.
INDICTED.
Tnor, N, Y., Dec. o.—President Vail, of tho
defunct Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Bank, has
been indicted; also Deputy-Sheriff Murpby.
THE HAIUY.
Annual Meeting of tho State Dairymen’s As-
sociation.
Krtelal IHupatch to The Tribune.
Eloin, 111., bee. 0.--The fifth annual meeting
of tho Illinois State Dairymen’s Association will
be held In tills city Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday, Dee. 10,11, and 12. The following Is
tho programme:
Address by tho President, Dr. Joseph Tofft,
Elgin. Tho objects and aims of the Association
will be generally discussed.
Tbo following topics will be taken uo:
Grasses: Tho best varieties for hay and
pasture, as adapted to cur soils and cllmoto.
Soiling: Is It profitable to tbo dalrymon of
tho Bute, aud to what extent)
The supply and Ormond of dairy products,
'"fflKStu,
What per cent depreciation Is there in keeping
up n dairy, from all sources}
What is tho real cause of difference (a price
between Eastern and Western dairy products
during the summer months!
At present prices docs the dairyman whose
milk Is manufactured Into butler or cheese, or
both, ut a factory, as generally managed in this
Blalo, receive what ho ought fur hiamtlkt If
nut, whr! and what is the remedy)
Is It profitable to grind feed for tho dairy! If
•o, can it bo prolltnbly dune on tho lurm )
Should gross or net figures bo given at con*
vcntlons in regard to tho dairy)
Du ihu benefits derived Irutn manures equal
the depredation of dairy stock)
It It practicable to reduce the cost of pro
ducing milk so as to correspondwith the decline
in prices I
tcrnieotatlon and putrefaction of milk, paper
by Prof. J. J. Uurrlll, ot Champaign Univer
sity.
Dairying as a part of general farming; paper
br Prof. Ucurgu & Morrow, of Champaign Uni
versity.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
Spectat DUpaich to Tho Jrt&uns,
Et-anr, HI.. Dee. 6.—Sura 0. Ward Post, 0.
A. It, was organized on Wednesday evening,
with the following olllccrs: C. L. Dexter, Com.;
A. Wilthels, 8. V. C.; J. Patchcn, J. V. C.'; B.
K. Mold, Burgeon; T. S. Lovell, 0. D,; 11. Hod
lock, Q. M.; J. McLaren, Adjutant; W. Smailea,
Chap.; A. V. Dltzel, O. 0.; ii. C. BriutuaiJ, S.
M.t Fred Wahl.Q. M.B.
At the annual election of Loyal L. Mnnn
Chapter No. Ud, Iloyal Arch Masons, the follow
ing olJlcrrs were chosen : 11. I). Woodward, M.
K. 11. P.; A. H. Smith. M. K. II.; It It Parkin,
8.; F. 8. Pratt, C. il.; O. 8. Sherman, P. H.;
W. llooenschalx. It A. U; A. Stauss, 0. M.
8.1V'.; 0. J. Pelvo, Q. M. lid V,; George Sous
ter, Q. M. Ist V.; 0. W. Fish. Secretary; Cl. 11.
Sherman, Treasurer; C. iiaker, T.; il. French
and A. W. Wilbem. Stewards. The installation
will occur on Dec. 17.
At the semiannual election ol the Kano
Lodge. No. 47,1. O. O. F., the following olllccrs
were chosen; W. N. McCumb, N. U.; F. P»
McCotnb, V. 0.; 8. M. Urcuue, Recording Sec
retary; A. Nvberg, F, S.: M. 0. Town, Treas
urer; Trustees, it P. McGllucr, A. W. Rorf, D.
W. Hewitt, W. 11. Burke, F. P, McCorab.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
Special PUpalch to Tki Tribune.
Louisvilx*, Ky., Doc. 6,—Some time ago
Flu&cr Brut., tobacco-manufacturers of this
city, brought suit at Chicago against (Icorsu
Okoll, (heir agent la that city, claiming a large
■urn due them which Okall itlll retained. Tho
Court appointed J, 11. Cowper ami William
Bedlam, two ezperUi to examine the hooka
of the firm Id tbU city. In order to find
out the exact amount due. Soon alter the
arrival of the uxperti they found that tlio hooka
were in inch oerfcct order aa to require only a
few lioura to fulfill the order of the Court.
Cowper suddenly disappeared on tho samu day
of bia arrival. UU companlua tUluxt he hat
been foully dealt with, but the detectives are of
the opinion that he ha* ourooaely loft. The de
tective* arc nevertheless Investigating the cauao
ol hi* dlsapocarauce.
TEE SUIT AGAINST SHERIDAN,
/fflfdol fiitpatek to Tho rnbuHt,
Maw Youk. Dec. o.—ln the Sheridan case, to
day, after Witness Morgana was disposed of,
Wbaien, the claimant, was cut on the stand.
Tbb only point of Interest In Morgans’ contin
ued examination was Mr. Beckwith’s attempt to
show that, at the time the alleged wrong was
done, Whalen aod Übrgaua had aban
doned Killaua Plantation, tod that tbe
witness knew another mao bad rightful
possession. Whalen told the story of seizure
a* given previously. Owing to wltne**' severe
cola, be rue uxaued from cross-examination
until Monday. A certified copy of Uen- Sher
idan’s order of dispossession was read. Uen.
liutl*r then stated the full history of tbe Maw
Orleans litigation over the plantation, and auld
Ilia plaintiffs cose would close with the evi
dence of WbaUu and hU wUc.
HVMENEAI. '
gpsefal DlvtaicA to Tht Trliunt,
Tbsbb lUrra, Ind.« Doc. ft—Mr. Will F.
Sibley and Mias Flora J. Bell m ere last evening
married at the Second Presbyterian Church la
the presence of a large assembly of our best
dtvsuclcty. A grand wedding least was served
ut tnc residence ol tno groom's parents, and
they received many valuable gilts. Both ore of
ola and highly respected families here.
FAT LIVE-STOCK.
Last Day of the Show at the Ex*
position Building*
Award of Premiums to Exhib
itors of Dig Beeves.
Something fot the Epicure and Stock-
Sian to Bead. \
Yesterday was en interesting day >t the Chi*
euro Fat-Stock Show, and there was a lanro in
crease in the attendance In the daytime, while
In the evening the passages were crowded with
people, among whom were many ladies. The
show has been a brilliant success thus far. ex
cept, perhaps, In attendance, *ud that has been
dally on the increase. It was reasonable on the
part of tho managers to expect that an exhibi-
tion of this character, the first over
given in the United States, would
tako time to mnko It anything
like a success, with manr attempts and perhaps
a failure at the outset: but this affair has been
signally favored in that it baa lamped right
Into full success on tho very start, thus tgreea-
bly.disappointing everybody that was interested
in it. The State Board of Agriculture hope to
moke an oven greater success of tho enterprise
next year, and it is augured by not a few that
the old Exposition will bo fairly filled up with
the choicest beef, pork, and mutton the world
produces. But os is tho ease with clas
sical music, the people will liovo
to be educated in their tastes
to an appreciation of blooded fat stock before
they will en masse enjoy a display of this kind.
However, they appear to take to It kindly.
Omission has heon made heretofore in tho re
ports of tills show of the sumptuous display of
dead game exhibited by Sloan Druthers <fc
Co., of this city, whose stall Is
tho first thing that attracts the attention
of the visitor upon entering the building. In
this collection, which Is arranged in the best
possible manner, may bo found samples of
nearly every kind of game known In this coun
try, wild turkeys, geest*, ducks (of all descrip
tions), pheasants, partridges, grouse, woodcock,
snipe, quail, rabbits, black bear, squirrel, opos
sum, etc. lu fmd, it Is ss lino a display of game
as was over exhibited In this city or anywhere
else, and of course It will receive tho first pre
mium, especially os there is but one exhibitor.
One of the very finest steers In tho wnolo ex
hibition, owned by ,7. P. (illicit. Is under sen
tence of death. It is destined for Christmas
bee! for the aiiormnn House table.
A BANQUET.
With his usual public splritednosi, Mr. John
B. Drake tendered tho managers or tho show
and the exhibitors a grand banquet at the
Pacific Hotel yesterday afternoon at 51
o’clock, which was gotten up In
tho complete and prodigal style which
has always characterized his efforts In this di
rection. It was largely attended. Tho overage
stock-breeder Is a genial, good-natured, large
hearted fellow, and, as a* mailer of course, tho
company lingered long at the table, and told
stories, and proposed toasts over their wine.
Responses were made bv.lolm B. Drake, D. B,
(llllam, Prcsldontof tbo'Stata Board of Agricult
ure; ex-Presldent Reynolds, and Uncle Billy
Hmltb, alias “ Duke or Lexington.”
Thu first-named responded on tbo part of
tho people of Chicago. He called attention lo
tho fact that when no first came to this city ho
bad to send to Cincinnati for nil of his mcataud
to New York for his butter. Now matters were
reversed, and the best furnishings of a hotel
table came from west of this point, and Chicago
was the grout market of the world.
President CHHnm stated that lie was nt first
somewhat doubtful as to tbo success of ’ tbo
present enterprise, but contrary to bis expecta
tions the exhibition had stepped right inro suc
cess like unto a full-blown rose. He only re
gretted that the people of Chicago hail not
manifested more Interest and patronized It more
liberally.
Ex-Prcsldcnt Reynolds, Secretary of tho Ex
position Company, spoko of tbo great good
that this show would be to tho country,
especially to tho meat Interest. Tbero was no
doubt In fits mind that there wore great results
to bo brought out of it.' The stock on exhibi
tion here now was a matter of wonder to oven
our very best stock men.
lliicld billy Smith said ho was always slow to
a lover of good llvipg,.,, As..,hls .RQrtll'.,
sleek form attested, 110 stated that his flesh
wu “well lalU nu In the host points,” but back
of all that was ttio good blood In bis stock,
showing the result of thoroughbred breeding.
(tauahlor.l
Ttio baukuct broke up at a late hour In tbo
afternoon, and tbo stockmua caino back to tbo
Exposition Dmldlng full, and thoroughly satis*
lied with tint hodpUnlliy which tbo; had receiv
ed at ;Uo bauds of Mr, Drake.
Till CAVA LOADS. .
In the evening tbo grand cavalcade of pre
mium animals about tno building was again
brought out, and attracted a groat deal of at
tention from the large gathering present. To
nlgntltls proposed to enlarge the procession,
and the route, and bring in thd fat porkers,
which, being unable to navigate upon their own
responsibility, will bo wheeled iu. barrows, by
their exhibitors, tbo procession to bo beaded
by tbe seventeen-pound capon. It has also
been arranged that as each particular* animal
passes a given point tlio premium to wlrich (t has
been awarded shall be announced by the Assist
ant Secretary, Mr. Cborles Mills. This must
prove o great attraction. Directly after the
close of the cavalcade the presenta
tion of the silver plate to the
fortunate winners will take place, and all tbe
premiums will be announced. The official
measurements of tbe prize animals will also bo
made to-day.
Tbcro appears to be some Jealousy existing
between the owners and fanciers of Short* Horn
and llvrfurd cattle,which, though well guarded,
cropped out sllgntly yesterday. Not a little
dissatisfaction was expressed at the awarding ot
a first premium to a ilorford cow belonging to
Mr. Miller, In preference to a Hum beauty
of a tihort-llorn. But when the complain
ants came to know ttio reason# which
actuated the Committee In making the award,
und examined the points fur themselves, all ex
cept the owner of the animat that was Jolt out
lu the cold reconsidered their Verdict, and
many admitted the Justice of the decision, Tno
lovers ot Uortordbeet claim Micro U less waste
iu cutting uo an animal of that breed thsu lu
the bljort-llorn, as they are not as apt to be
patchy, and you strike the edible meat as soon
as you get through tho bide, without catting
through several Inches of fat, which Is good fur
nothing but tallow.
There was also some grumbling manifested
regarding the Judges being all selected from
this Stole except one,—on the Sheep Committee,
—who hails from I'cnnsylVMiiiu. Hut every
point on which each decision has been arrived
at has been explained Iu detail by the Com
mittee, and all except those dlrpetiy Interested
have coincided wltu ilio views of the Judges
alter well considering the matter. True, some
apparently paradoxical awards have been made,
as, for instance, an exhibitor took the first
premium upon ou animal luau Indi
vidual entry, and U was taken
away from him la a sweepstakes entry. Hut
upon soliciting an explanation. In every Instance
tho matter was satisfactorily elucidated.
The award which produced the greatest ex
citement ws# that upon the ring of car-load* of
steers, tbs first and second premiums being
awarded to J. U. (illicit, of Elkhart, 11b, aa hav
ing the two boat car-luada ot cattle lu the ettd-.
blilou. Van Meter & Hamilton, of Kentucky,
who pride ihoinsclvoa ou having tbo beat atock
lu tbs country, shipped up two car-loads of
steers which they were sure would capture Clio
first price. Mr. UUlctt has openly avowed hta
ambltlou to be the
2IKST UXSV-OQMCDKU
aqd faltencr in tne world, ihe consequence of
Ibu decision of the Committee was mat. the lat
ter was very much elated at heating the Ken
tucky hero, and thu former wero correspond
ingly disappointed. It was bard for au huutpo
rleucsd eye to detect uny marked dtlTereuoe
between the blue-grass bovine aristueraey and
the mushrooms of the I'rairio Bute, hut
further along in ihU report the rvadtr will bo
able to Judge of the motives wbich prompted
tbo Committee to render such a dccistuu us they
did by tbe reasons laid duwu by tbe members.
The following Is the reapit of the Commit
tee's work yesterday t *. ,
LOT 5—aU*DX3 OK CBOSSJ*.
In tbe ring tor steers 4 years old or over there
wero twelve entries.
The Drat premium vra* awarded to D. M.
Mouluaer, of Alulon, lit., ou an animal
davaold, welshing a,73d pounds,—showing uu
averts* ttftln per day of l.tfd pounds since birth.
Tb« second premium Was awarded to Ueuruu
Orsv, br., of Uushville, Ind., on an an animal
2,1 X» dura old, welahlui: U,t£o pound*—allowing
an average of I.?J pounds pur day sloes birth.
This rltitr of twelve cuttle aos remarkable for
heavy weights, the steers ranging iron) l,Wd to
8,153 pounds, untl averaging pounds, alter
’’aUnukasrc of travel from place of snipiuent to
the exhibition. The catllu without exception
were splendid representatives of fat, well
matured bullocks, ripe lor tbu block, and did
treat credit to the leading feeders aud breeders
of the several Stales which contribute'! us (yl-
to this ring; Keuiueuy, lour head;
Indiana, two head; Town, two head, nr> 1 fm nn <.
four head. The bullocks were well tlUpq nm'*
smooth anil even for animals currying
treat weights, anil wero unusually f r> ,
from bunches of unsalable mc-at
After a lengthy ami most critical
examination hv measurement ami handlin'* th
premiums were awarded as noted. Thc"p,v««
and cowl quality and uniform distribution n ,
flesh throughout was noticeable. Some of tn
anlmala, however, had been fatted too inn? ir
be cot to the greatest nroilt. The first i, r |/ :
animal was a very large, handsome, hltrU-oracu
slioft-horw white' steer, with even ton amt
bottom linear broad, straight back, and deeu
loin, and Weir-quartered, smooth throughout
flesh well-distributed, flue bone In proportion to
size, abort neat neck, email bead, flesh firm vet
mellow, large sack, and a very fine handler
The second premium aleer was well ntonor
tloncd throughout, with flesh evenly distrilmt
cd. meat thick, mellow, and of the best quality
(rood back and loin; not as good top or bottom
lines, or as well proportioned, as the animal r«
cclvlng the first price.
In the rinsr for (traded and crossed steers a
and under 4 years of sire, the first premium w’m
awarded to ,1. D. Oillctt, Elkhart, 111., on an
animal 1,007 days old, weighing 3,185 pounds
an average of l.fW pounds per day since birth’
The second premium was awarded to Vm
Metes & llnirmon, of Winchester, Ky., on an
animal 1.277 days old, weighing 3,005 pounds
an average gain per day since birth of j.w
pounds,
Tits niNO CONSISTED
of ten head, and they were of such uniform tz
cellrnccns a group as to require the rio<u»t
Judgment of the best points of abccfaiifmit
They all approached that high standard of i K -r*
fection where experts often disagree; wernci>Ho
and compart, ripe, and symmetrical in form
with handling qualities Insuring tin* grcntrjt
i roflt to the butcher. Tito Committee, after
the meat thorough examination, unanimously
decided to give tho first prize to a
high grade short-horn steer.—John Blw*r
man,—rcU-snd wblto bred, ana exhibited by
J. L). Oillull, This steer approached very near
tuo desired model of perfection for a choW
butcher’s bollock,— nnoolong square. The bide
of this sleet was Straight and broad from shoul
ders to loin, with flesh deep ami as even as a
cushion. Tho ribs were well bade, lung and
well covered, wide and deep chest; shoulders
well rounded, nent and short neck; head small,
with fine expression. Tho bind quarters were
loaded with flesh, and free from bunches of
superior flesh. This animal, combining , Q
tunny good points in body, Inul short, line, ami
wcll-thpcred limbs, thereby giving the greater
firoflt io the breeder and consumer, and tbs
cost amount of offal.
The sccdhd Prlz# wos awarded to ft red high,
grade aiiort-ilurii steer, exhibited by Van ilutfr
A; Hamilton, of Kentucky. Though youartt
ami heavier than his competitor of the fint
prize, this steer woe not so square ami compact
as tno llrst prize, hut most worthy of the see.
oml prize in a .magnificent ring or steers, Uut
could bo but little improved hi all that is rcqul*
site to a strictly prime bullock.
la the ring for steers 3 and under 3 years of
ape there were eleven entries.
The first premium wan awarded to.T. D. GIN
Jett, on so animal USB days old, weighing 1,8*5
pounds,—an overage pain per day since birth of
1.00 pounds.
The second premium was awarded to the
same party, onto animal 058 days old, weighing
1,500 .pounds,—an average earn per day state
birth or 1.03 pounds.
The animals in this ring showed remarkable
growth and. evenness, with great uniformity and
n large proportion of improved Short-Horn
and ilerfords. Tncy were a smooth
lot of well-developed steers, with solid
and mellow flesh, evenly distributed,
and first-class as to qusllty, with
brood, straight backs, deep, round, and full
loins, and well filled out with good quarter*.
Tnev were small in bone, with neat heads and
short necks. The steer receiving the first
tircmium was the most mature and bcsi-fstted
u the ring, with great compactness la form.
The second premium stuor was heavier In
bone, and did not have quite as oven top and
bottom lines < otherwise, the steers
." Waqn .vEiir svkni.t uatsd.
. In the ttug for steers I and under 3 years of
age, there were two entries.
The first premium was awarded to J. I), Oil
leu, on an animal 590 days old, weighing 1,410
pounds.—au average gain per day since birth of
3.08 pounds.
The second premium was awarded to the
saiuu oartv on an niilmal Oil days old, weighing
1,530 pounds,—an average gain per day of 2.W
pounds.
The first premium was awtrdcd to the young
est steer In the ring, for having the straichtcit
top and bottom Hues, with tho best bueit aud
'loin; The steers were smooth, thrltty anlnuU,
gtawth for tho age, with Una
d>pn<Mt abust weeks, compact bodies, and an uvea
distribution of flesh.
Lot B—Car-Loads. In this ring there wora
(our entries. The first premium was awurdvd
to J. D. (Jillott, Elkhart, 111., on ten steer* 3
and under 4 years old. tho total weight u(
which was2o,4ftipounds, averaging 3,(Wt) pounds.
The second premium was awarded to tile
same party oa a csr-lut of tun steers 3 and nu-
tier 8 years old; total weight, 10,000 pound#,
averaging 1,00(1.
Discretionary premiums were awarded as fal
lows: Silver medal recommended to Van Met'-r
it Hamilton, Winchester, Kv.« on car-lot of ten
steers,,B antM-, years old, aggregate weight,
£1,510 pounds; averaging U.SSI pounds. Alsu,
stiver modal, recommended to 11. J. Pswlev,
I'lattsburg, Ala, an car-lot of ton steers, ‘J and
under 3 years old; aggregate weight, 17,.VjJ
pounds, averaging I,TM pounds.
' The cattle composing the above car-lo.tli
wore well-developed audllrst-elass beef animals,
compact, well-quartered, and evenly fattened.
They were cither thoroughbred Short-Horns or
bfghgradoShort-Horns,with well-matured 110-. it,
considering tbo age. and were lu prime e«n
tlltlon for the block. All handled well, un 1
were good feeders, with writ-packed backs and
(hick iu loin, with straight top and bottom lines,
and as a collection cannot be too highly com
mended as choice butchers' bullocks. Tlw<
were Well. Oiled out from shoulder point tolut
rib, with .short, neat necks and small
heads,' and wero of attractive and spirit
ed stylo. The animals composing the first
premium car-load were very uniform, compact,
and blocky animals, short and lino in log, even
ly fatted, with flesh well distributed; small In
bone; heavy, well-proportioned, square quar
ters. and decidedly tbo most profitable lot fur
the butcher and consum ;r.
The steers In the lot awarded the aceond pn-
rolum worn rather llucr la stylo and equally as
well fatted as those of tho first-premium car
load. considering tho ago, but not as well ma
tured or os profitable for the butcher and con
sumer.
Tno oldest and heaviest steers entered for
this car-load premium were exhibited bv Van
Motor & UauiUtuu, of WtocluaUr, Ky,, auu
were the
PATTX3T OROUP OP OitTLB
In tho flog, but lacked style, and tno flesh was
not so evenly distributed; sod whoa compared
with the other lots, wero leggy, and coarser
la buuo . and bead, but were w
imicli above the average of good ben
cattle marketed that the Committee uminl
inouslyrecomrncudcd a silver medal to thU lot
as the fattest car-load of cattle un exhibition.
Hut, from a butcher’s standpoint, tlmv would
not cut to the greatest profit, or furnish as
much desirable moat far toe consumer us the
Jot awarded the prizes.
The car-load of steers, 2 and under 8 years of
age, exhibited by H. J. I’swly, of Missouri, were
falter than the second premium lot, hut the
flesh was nut «(>• thick or as well distributed,
ana, when compared with tbo premium lot were
found to lack la stylo, were longer iu leg, and
not so blocky. _
Tho breeders and feeders of this lot of fine
cattle deserve high* cumraeodatlou for thdr
aklll lu (oediLg and bandliug tills stock, wnwk
are much superior to the average ot good cattle,
ami tho Committee cheerfully recommended
that Iho Hoard award the exhibitor a silver
medal for the fittest car-load of steers,‘J uud
under 3 years, ou vxhibltlou. ,
Tbo Committee up Cuttle finished awarding
premiums yesterday, but there were reports uf
two nugs that were nut completed, consequent
ly they cannot pa published until to-uurruW
morning.
Tho deduction* of the Committee, after s
caruful examination of tho cattle ou exhibition,
as experts, were that the earllest-ms*
tured . steer is tho most profitable
fur toe feeder, butcher, and consumer, and the
development and moat rapid growth of young
eat He should he encouraged, feeders sod
breeder* are strongly urged to grow blocky
steers, reasonably small lu bone and
short la leg. neat lu head and
peck, Tno best bullocks for the butcher and
{opiurocr have square, broad backs, carrying
no width and thxkuea* uf loin from hip bone
to shuuhlurvbladeb'veU rounded and filled with
firm but mellow fiosh fruiu behind the shoulder
to tbuiast nb; idled well down lu lUuk, making
tho hind-quarter equally well developed wun
the fore-quarter, and carrying flesh duwu to
buck. t „
The Awarding Committee on cattle barloff
finished their labors, thetr names are gb'em* 4
follows: A. J. Harries, Hloomiuglout **•
BhaUgcii, Jersevviile, P.W. Slaughter, Canton,
C. W. Kiuac, Oilman; J. D. Alulleubasb, Cuam
palgnt J. b. Briggs, Downer's CJrore; James
K-itz, Dolo; William Stocking, KocheJle, aud
John U. iuboduu, Decatur.
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