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MLNNESOTA.
^H The Cerealss of 1881,
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^fe cereahle estimatesorof1881,,,department the
S^'of agriculture of the crops of 1881 a& com
^pared with those of 1880 show a reduction
Ij^of 37 pet cent, in corn, 22 wheat, 27 in
i'
rye and 9 in barley. The product of
oats is about 1,400,000 bushels less than
the previous vear. The aggregate product
of all cereals was 2,063,039,570 bushels
ragainst 2.(718,493,301 in 1880, a decrease of
20 per cent. The values are in round mil-
lions as follows: Corn 759, wheat 453,
oats 1913, rye 19, barley 33, bu kwheat 8,
total 1,465a gain of 361 in 1881.
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The Assassin's Condition as Reported
by his Brotner.
A Washington special says that John, W.
Guiteau of Boston, said to a reporter
"All this talk of his being unusually hope
ful or unusually depressed is not so.
is resigned to his fate, whatever may hap
pen. I know he would rather die than go
to an insane asylum. says he is not in
sane and never was insane except at that
one time. I believe he will go to his death
believing that he is a martyr. still
sticks to his theory of transitory mania. I
think this thing has toned him down. I am.
beginning to like him now. If he had act
ed as well before as ha does now he really
would have been quite a decent fellow.",
Differs from Enoch Arden,
John Sander, quite an extensive farmer
of Hancock, Stevens county, Minn., and
Mrs. Josie Shields, were arrested charged
with adultery, by Marshal "Wilcox of Han
cock and Ooussing, of Morrison, at due in
stance of the husband, Theodore Shields,
who turned up after two years' absence.
The arrest caused a, good deal of comment,
as the accused have been living together
for a year past as man and wife, claiming a
divorce and marriage, which cannot be
proved.
The Lanutuiii, Iowa, Murder,
Special irom Sibley giving history of the
murder of Lanahan, says: Thursday
Annie Lanahan was on the stand all the
forenoon and testified that Berch planned
the murder and wanted Maggie to do the
shooting but did not want he should be
known a3 having had anything to do with
it. Part of the plan was that after the ex
citement had subsided Berch was to come
there and take care of her family.
The verdict of the coroner's jury
was to the effect that Lana
han came te his death from a shot
from a revolver in the hands of Maggie
Lanahan, and that her mother,
her sister Annie and i Herbert
Borch are accessories before the
fact. The accused, parties all waived
examination,. and were held to await the
action of ihe grand jury.
I)esti*u'.i in Illinois.
The Springfield, Illinois, State Journal
has had reporters in southern counties for
the past two weeks, and accounts received
indicate that in Wayne, Franklin, Wabash,
Saline, Gallatin, White and some other
counties corn was careely worth harvesting
and wheat practically a failure. The result
is thnt small farmers and the poorer class
of tenants were deprived of the means of
subsistence and have been obli.-ed to sell
their Stock, and in some eases their teams,
to buy food. Destitution is found chiefly
among this class of people. The worst re
port yet received conies to-day from Saline
county, and says that in this county noth
ing is raised, not even grass. There are
farmers, as well as people who are
not farmers, who are as near starvation as
they well can come without actually starv
ing. They are living on anything that can
be converted into food to keep soul aad
body together. Their situation might be
imagined, but one would have to see it ful
ly to understand it. Local charity organiz
ations are being formed for relief.
What the Pittsburg: Papers Supposed.
1 Hon, A. W. Campbell, editor of the
Wheeling Intelligencer, who became prom
inent in the Chicago convention because he
would not vote for Oonkling's resolution to
support the nominee of the convention,
has instituted proceedings at Wheeling for
a divorce from his wife. One night last
week Mrs. Campbell, under the impression
that her husband had left the city, enter
tamed a gentleman wh had no business
there. Mr. Campbell had hardly got the
door of hin dwelling unlocked and opened
when a man whisked past him out of the
house with nothing on him bat his under
garments, and carrying his clothes in his
aims. Mi*. Campbell gave chase and finally
came upon him crouched down in a dark
corner of a stall in a livery stable, two blocks
away. On recognizing him Carnpbett-Baifij
Oh, it's you, is it That's aU/jyvyiC tdS
know," and walked away/iiThe man'is*
Geo. K. Wheat.
Wheeling, and one
in the city, and hwi sevd^ fcrowh-.Trp
children. Owing to the prominence of the
parties the papers of the city have refrained
from mentioning it.
tYiiKhutg'ton Dinners.
J. B. Young's Letter in the Philadelphia Star,
The giving of dinner parties is going
on at a tremendous rate, and there is going
to be a heap of indigestion among our
congressmen and public functionaries be
fore Lent sets in. I don't know that there
is going to be any let-up when Lent comes,
ut I 11 place that time as the limit for
the best developed cases of dyspepsia to
whow themselves. The President, who is a
good feeder, figures prominently in this
dinner business,. is a big fellow, and
consequently requires a deal of food, and
he likes it good. is not going to t*ke
ham and eggs, for breakfast when he can
get nice delicate lamb chopsor liver and
b/icon, when there is on the table a nice,
tender, juicy 'atrloin steak, say 4n inch
thick, nderdOti without being in the least
degree raw. .His dinner is simple', iu oix,
hownice for th^s time of the year aldisn of
consomme, a piece of Potomac Bhad with if
tlfea
l%%
cucumber salad, a canvas-back duck, ac
companied by a plate of choice celery and a
small dish of hominy, terrapin, a small bot
tle of Pommery Seo, a cup of black coffee
and a Belna Victoria cigar. Probably a
man couldn't struggle through lite^ with
such a meal, say twice a week. '-'f^MS&
Cranks in the Treasury Department*
\1he resignation of Norton olerk in the
lighthouse board and formerly account
ant in the custodian's office, and Skeen,
foreman of laborers at the treasury depart
ment, has been received by the secretary of
the treasury. Hatch, store-keeper, re
fused to resign and has been removed.
The changes aie the result of developments
made before the senate committee investi
gating the affairs in the treasury depart
ment.
More Trichinae Poisoning.
Fort Wayne News says, with reference to
he Jaeger family, five in number, who re
sufferingi 'from triohinte poisoning:
They suffer intensely. No immediate
danger is anticipated but their ultimate
recovery is doubtful. The girl, aged fif
teen, and her sister, aged five, are in a
very bad condition. No hopes are enter
tained of their recovery. The balance may
survive. The oldest child was working in
the country and came home to wait on the
family, and ate once of the diseased meat.
She has a very mild form of trichinosis. |s|
tmm mm- 'ii 0.
Colonizing on the Sortkern Pacific. f||
Tne Stockport (Eng.) Advertiser has the
following announcement: "Mr. Kiohard
Sykes of Edgely, has just concluded a pur
chase of land in America. has, accord
ing to advices lately received, recently
bought from the Northern Pacific railroad
company 45,000 acres of land lying north
west and southwest of Jamestown, D, T.
It is stated that Mr. Sykes intends to take
out in the spring a number of English em
igrants to settle on the land he has pur
ehased, the terms offered being unusually
attractive. This is enterprise, indeed. i
Horrible Death from Carelessness. :m
At Dubuque, on Tuesday last, W. J.
Sullivan, a young man Aged fifteen years,
attempted to ju mp off a northward bound
fast train on the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul road while the train was going at
the rate of fifty miles per hour. was
thrown under ihe wheels and was horribly
lacerated. He Jived only a few minutes
af terUfee accident. was the son of Mrs.
J. Sullivan, who owns considerable
property in Dubuque. The accident ooeured
while the train was passing the car
shops, a mile above the city. Sullivan had
got on the train with a friend to ride to the
shop, attempting to get off was killed.
Dea th of a Learned Celestial,
Ko Kun Hua, professor of Chinese, at
Harvard university, Mass., died Tuesday
afternoon of pneumonia at his residence in
Cambridge. The deceased was the author
of two volumes of poems. In his own
country he was admitted the rank of man
darin, and held several important positions
under the native government, having been
foreign secretary daring the rebellion.
was accompanied to this country by his
wife and five children, two of his boys aged
fourteen and eleven being elevated to the
rank of mandarin before leaving China.
Another child was born in Cambridge last
year. Prof. Ko, as he was called at the
college, taught the mandarin or court lan
guage of China.
National Commissioner of Kailroad 'Ac-
counts.
Mr. William H. Armstrong, the new com
missioner of railroad accounts, was born in
WUliamsport, Penn., in September, 1824,
and was graduated from Princeton college in
1847. began the practice of law in Phil
adelphia in 1854, but soon abandoned his
profession on account of illness. was a
member of the state legislature at the out
break of the rebellion in 1861. I 1868 he
was elected to congress, but was defeated
for re-election in 1870. While in the house
he distinguished himself by inaugurating
the movement to "whitewash" Simon Cam
eron by introducing a resolution expung
ing from the journal of the house the reso
lution of censure passed upon Mr. Came
ron while the latter was secretary of war.
In 1878 he openly allied, himself with the
Pennsvlvania Greenbackers, and was a
leading candidate for tha gubernatorial
nomination before their convention in May
of the same year.
An Unfortunate Minnesota ttirl.
St. Joe (Mo.) Special to St. Lou Globe
Democrat: Some days ago a girl called
Irene Frost was arrested at theHines house
and lodged in jail, charged with having
stolen $180 from a man named Juda'. At
the preliminary examination Irene was held
to await the action of the grand jury. To
day a gentlemana cousinarrived in the
city from Minnesota, who says he was sent
nere by the girl's parents to b*ii her out.
says her real name is Mary Sutton, and
that her parents are prominent citizens of
.thjsir- .to^p, h6r :&taer being a banker and
Jker k^ojiherft ,pkola|biient business men that
thegiTltwas-rai8ed
to
every luxn but was
ble she let them know her whereabouts.
The girl's mother is almost wild. All hon
orable means will be made to save her and
restore her to home and friends. She is a
remarkably bright and intelligent young
woman. ^x.--
Fees of Doctors.
The fee of doctors is an item that very
many persons are interested in just at
present. We believe the schedule for vis
its is $3.00, which would tax a nun con
fined to his bed for a vear, and in need of
a daily visit, over $1 000 a year for medical
attendance alone! And one Bingle bottle
of Hop Bitters taken in time would save
the $1,000 and all the year's sickness.
Post.
Mrs. Dr. Mary Wbitaey is dangerously ill in
California. She left Chester iast fall to spend
the winter oh the Pacific eaaat. C.Y*
How to Get Well.
Thousands of persons are constantly troubled
with a combination of dt&aaass. Diseased kid
neys^nd costive bowels are their tormemors.'
They should know that Kidney-Wort acra on'
these org&ns at the same time, causiug them to
throw rtff the poisons that bavetl gged them,
and so renewing' the whole man. Hundreds
PATBONSQF HUSBANDRY.
Ufgolntlofts of the Minnesota State Grange
Assembled at Minneapolis-The MiUYrs'As
soeiaiion'aud Wheat Uuyei\s Forcibly Ai
raigoeit and the Railroads Appealed to.('1, 'i j.
Tae proceedings of the etate gracge of
nesotawere mostly secret andolalittiegen ral
interest but the matter which will eecu the
widest attention from all cJasses of people wiil be
ihe reapruse of the fanne.s the leotnt action
of the auilera' association *nrl the letw ing wheat
buyers of the state at their joint nieeimg in
Dt-comber. Upon this point the state grange
inters a vigorous protest, whim is herebwith
HuenWl full:
Whereas, The leading millers and wheat buyers
of the State met in Docemher and adopted new
rules for grading and buying wheat, and took sm-li
further action as resulted in the immediate decline
of prices 10 to 30 cents per bushel without any
corresponding depression in the markets of the
world and
Whereas, For two months they have stubbornly
tried to enforce this bold system of plundering
therefore,
Resolved, That in snch action these men have
struck a blow at every interest in the State except
their own, and that all classes should there
fore promptly contribute to redress the outrage.
Resolved, That this action only demonstrates
again the danger of building up powerful monop
olies in ourmidst that open competitionis the only
sure means of securing fair prices that the system
of local buyers is one that we cannot afford to dis
continue and be left to sell our produce to foreign
companies whose: only aim is to reap as fat a
harvest as possible, and that wherever such !ocal
buyers are to be found, communities will subserve
their own ultimate interests by protecting tuein in
preference to. the rings who have gained control of
nearly all themarkets of the State.
Resolved, That tbe milling interest which we
have gladly seen developed in the State, if it
continues i n. this present evil course, wili
prove a curse where we expected a blessing that
in this action they have attacked a power superior
to themselves that the people can eet albug with
out tbe mills while the mill cannot possibly get
along without the wheat, and that so long as they
adhere
TO THIS UNHOLY. AIMASCE
we strenuously urge the shipping of the wheat out
of the State that it be handled as far as possible
by independent buyers that for the purpose of
perfecting arrangements for the full execution of
this plan, mass meetings be held anfl tlie subject
thoroughly ventilated, aud that the railroads 1
called upon to define their attitude, as to whether
they will further protect, this swindle, or withdraw
from the contest and allow the people to redress
their own grievances.
T,he above resolutions were adopted, and a com
mittee apnointed to see the intention carried out in
different portions of the State.
AN OPEN ADDRESS TO BAILBOADS.
In connection with the foregoing resolutions
(he following address was also adopted:
To the railroads of Minnesota: The State Grange
respectfully begs to call your attention to the fol
lowine statements:
That wheat being the principal nroduot of Min
nesota, it is essential to the general welfare OL!
the
people that the producers should be permitted to
sell their crop at. a fair, legitimate value
That the wheat of the State is now bought maiuly
by powerful and greedy monopolies to the exclusion
of the preferable system of local buyers, and thai
ihis eviliB continually crowing worse
That the prominent buyers and millers met af
Minneapolis in December, took steps to shut ou.
all competitors, dropped the price of wheat unwar
rantably,' and took such further action then and
-ince as to justly rouse public indignation and call
for speedy redress
That there seem to be grave reasons forfearine
lhat the railroads are in sympathy, with this greai
wrong. The freight officers of several roads were
present at that conference and must be aware thai
the measures ihere adopted were in the interest, of
combined buyers against the producers. These
measures have, been in operation two months, and
yet, no blow has been, struckno step
has been taken, no word has been spoken to assure
the public that their natural and reasonable suspi
cions were Unfounded while, on the other hand,,
railroad officials have openly made use of their
nower. and influence,
EVEN BY THKEA.TS.
to compel coripliauee with these cast-iron prices iD
cases where- independent buyers were paviu too
much to suit the rings. We therefore go before the
public with sthese complaints, and invite the pro
ducing andibusiness men of the State, in and out
of the grange, to co-operate with us iu establishing
the following principles:
FirstThat railroads are common carriers, and
should not be buyers,nor interested iu the buying
of any commodity which they transport for others.
SecondThat in endowing and fostering rail
roads, it was the iutention of the State and the
people to provide means of transportation ih.it
should be
OPEN AND EQUATj TO ALL
that, the people give the railroads millions of acres
or land and buy it back again that they give them
millions of dollars in bonds, and that they therefore
have sufficient right and interest in these roads to
expect fair treatment at their handsand to compel
it, if necessary.
ThirdThat every 'principle of law and everv
consideration of justice, fairness and common de
cency. prohibits a railroad company from telling
any man what he may pay for wheat with his own
money. The markets of the State should be open
and free for the purchase and sale of' its products.
Equal facilities should be afforded and equal rates
given to all. Competition should be encouraged
and not strangled, and if any distinction is to be
madf, it should be in favor of those who pay the
most for produce, and not the opposite.
"With these statements, we ask the railroads to
stand aside and let the people take care of the
rings. Let the agricultural interests of the State be
fostered let the cultivation of the soil be encour
aged, the value of land enhanced and towns built,
up. The aim should not be to keep prices down,
but up not to make farmers poor, but rich not to
protect thieving wheat lings, but to kill them nor,
to merit the hostility of the people, but their
friendship, for these are the means, and the only
means, by which the railroads or the people can
nermanently thrive.
Grand Lodge ot Minnesota Knights of Pythias.
The annual meeting of the Minnesota Grand
Lodge of the Knights of Pythian was held at
Minneapolis on Tuesday last. Delegates were
present from all ihe lodges. There are i 9 in
good working order. The total membership is
1,024 against 8^3 last year. The- .GtraTid
Chancellor ficonm nde tha oaattero be grant
ed to Winona io !g, JNio 21 Henueraon lodge,
No. 22 Wadena Jodge, NJ. 2 3 Ada lodge, No.
24 and Crookaton lodge N A 25.
The grand lodge receipts last year were
$1,097 83 expenBeB $1,048.75 total assets
$1,514 24.
The grand lodge haB deciled to hold a state
parage some time during the year, at a date to
be deteriari ied by the grand chancellor. It will
probably be held in Minneapolis. Prizes of
$50, $iOand $20 each *ifi be offered for
the three beatlodges in points of dud and equip
ment.
Ed. A. Stevens resigned his office as grand
trustee.
The follow ixg officers were elected as fol
lows.
P. G. 0.E. W. Harvey, Minneapolis.
G. CD. O Dunham, Anoka.
V. O.N. R. Hurd, Faribault.
G. J. P. LtiM.e'r,- St. Paul:
G. K. R. and B.E A. Stevens, Minneapo
lis.
G. B.E. B. Ames, Mimeapolia.
G. M. AF A. Loomis, S'i.lwater V'
GIG G. D. Emery, Henderson.
G. O. G.P. P. West, Mi. neapolis.
G. 's.H. A. Hopper, H. M. Martin, Min
neapolis.
District deputies. No. i,' George West
No. 4, B, F. Bo ierer. No. 5, A. O. Harris.
No. 7, A Fredeiioks. No. 1,J P. Frank. No.
13, G. A. Vauderslias. No. 17, O. Wnitman.
No. 18,. 8elah Mathews. No. 20, 0. Goebel.
No. 21E. S Case. No. 22, August Poehler.
No 23J. Wright.
Dopu ies for districts P. 19 and 2 4 have not
been appointed.
Minnesota Congressional "Districts".
The new Districts are composed of the fol
owing.comities respectively:
.'"FiiBt DistrictHouston, FUIm6re)?Mower,
I'reebortj, Steele, Dodge, Olmsted, Winona and
Wabasha.
Second DistrictFaribault, Blue Earth, Wa
tseoa,
Watonwan,, Martin,,
Marray,
as
mm
Cottonwood, Jackson
Nobles Bock Pipoatone Lincoln
Lyoa,: Redwood, Brown. Nicollet. Yellow Medi-
|B^ifl|Cine.-Lacia.iri
Parle. J5ibiey and Jie Sueur,
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rn e^HT A 5
jig
Tfiirct DistrictGoodirae, Bice, uafcota,
Peoit, Carver, MoLood, Meeker, Kandiyohi
Rfiiville, H,vit aud Chippewa.
Fourth DistrictWashington, Ramsey, Hen
nepin, Wright, Pine, Kanabec, Anoka, Chisago
IfHnn, and Sherburi e.
Fiith D.strict vile Lacs, Benton, Morrison,
S tarae, Pope, Douglass, Stevens, Big Stone
r?raverse, Grant, oiid, Crow Wing, Atikin,
Carlton, Wadena, Otter Tail,' Wilkin Cass
rcter Clav, Polk, Rppami. Mai shall, Kilts-n'
Itasca, St. Lome L4k^ and Cook.
CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION CON-
VENTION.
A Mass Meeting at Minneapolis of Minnesota
Prohibitioner*Ou lme ot Political Action.
A convention of people hailing from various
parts of Minnesota was held at Minneapolis
last week, for the pu'pose of opening a vigor
ous prohibition campaign. The officers of the
convention were:
PresidentAnsley Grey of Minneapolis.
ca pr side-itsR3V. C. N. Sfcowers of Fari
bault, Rev. E. S. Williams of Minneapolis.
SecretariesL. Mel Hyde of Minneapolis,
Rev. G. H. Belhoe of Auoka.
A great number of strong prohibition dpeeoh
es were made by some of the most noted advo
cates of that me.wure.
The gist of the platform adopted is as fol
lows:
We recommend that a central coaimittee of
five be appointed to be called the Amendment
Agitation oommittea, over whose deliberations
some one ohoaon by the convention s^all pre
side. Tnis central oomnLtee shali appoint a
Bub-committee eonsis'i ig of one person in each
county in the state, who"in turn shall select a
committee of three in each township,
precinct or ward, and report tha same to the
central committee also the name and poetoffice
adfiress. The commit'ea ot agitation shall
have full power to proceed to carry out this
plea of reaching the people, by raising funds,
putting public speakers in the field, scattering
literature and informalion among the people,
calling district and state conventions and
through local committees obtaining the pledge
of the people and all those seeking legishtwe
nominations, that if elected to office thev will
favor and vote for such an amend men to be
submitted to the people. We recommend that,
the following form of pledges for the people aad
for nominees of office be submitted a proper
manner by the central committee: "I do hereby
promise upon my honor tnat if elected to the
office of a legislator I will favor and vote for
ihe lm ssion to tbe people of a co' s. iuitional
amendment prohibiting tne manufacture, im
porta-ion and sale of intoxicating liquors as a
bevtrage." Eorm of pledge for vote e: "We
do mutually pledge om lvee not to pport
any man for the office of state repn s^uutive
or senator who-s not pledged to tLis submis
8ion of a coiiBtiuitionai amendment to the eo
plo prohibiting the manufacture, iinporta'i.tn
and sale of intoxicating liquar as a beverage."
The following named gentlemen were pre
aeuted and approved aa the state central com
mittee:
Rey. J. F. Chaffee, chairman Richard Chute,
J. H. Temple, Miner Bail. Minneapolis D. W.
IngerBoll, St. Paul, and G. W. Putnam, Ano
ka.
Cox Impeachment.
On Monday, 13ih, there were only eight sen
ators pre ent, and there being no prospect of a
quorum, the senate adjourned.
Tuesday, 14th, was a working day. Over a
dozen witnesses were examined, nearly all tes
tifying that Judge Cox was not. drunk on certain
occasions as alleged in ihe articles and testified
to by witnesses for the proaecuion. Seme of
these witnesBea were very dear and strong in
their statements.
On Wednesday, 15th, Albert A. B^anchard,
olerk of the court for Brown county, who had
been a witness for the prosecution, proved a
valuable witness for the defence.
His testimony was chiefly rebuttal
of the teB'imony of the witness Pierce, in re
gard to Judge Cox's appearance and conduct"
during the ells vs Gieirka case at "Now {Jim,
ahd'it denied the Istter'a story iu toto. Other
witueesss eustair.ed Mr. Blanchard. Charles
Ware of Ka^soti, official sboit hand reporter for
the Ninth district, swore in a very diiect and
ftimesslifce way that .nidge Cox Was perfectly
soberas sober as he ever wasduring the
Dingier case. Half a dozen other witnesses
controveited other testimonies for the prosecu
tion.
Ou Thursday, the|16 h, some opposi ions hav
ing been made to nioie witnesses on some point
Senator Powers said: *'I will not vote foi con
viction upon any article upon which evidence
is excluded, arid of which I give due notice
right here. I want this settled right here, and
to f'o this a secret meionis neeat-sary. 'The re
sult was that, the door was throw n'open for more
imony. Benjand |tt gers, olerk or court, tes
titieu that Cox was not uw.ler the icfl lonce of
liquor at the Yotiug vs. DAVIS mot.on, nl fur
ther, that he had never seen him drunn on the
bench Wm. Lahr, of St Peter, also testified
that Ccx was sober on that trial. Other wit
nesses rebutted to a greater or IOBS extent tho
testimony for the prosecution.
On Friday, 17th, a large number f wit
nesses teatiihid for the defence. The ptincioa
and/iesfc were Col. SHEII. MePuail of New TJ!m
an! George H. McGuire, an attorney of Bird
Island, who was a very strong witness. He
was present at the May term held in Bawer
Falls. He testified, positively, that Judge Cox
was sober through the. Peter
Berngen trial, though he Bho'wed
aimoyanie when the conn!y attorney was fuun 1
unwli ngto go with the trial of oases where
in ulictoivnahad been fi)Uiid by the recently
-iwebarged grand jury.
Charles Butts, a Lake Benton lawyer,- and E.
VV. D^an, a Tyler lawyer, testified that the
would be ca.l^d sober all
judge was what
through the term.
Insurance Business Minnesota.
Insurance Commissioner McGill hae con
cluded his annuil report compiled from the re
ports of the insurance com], a lies dou.g busi
ness in Minnesota. The following table shows
the totals of bnsinees done by home and foreign
companies duriixg the year:
Home Foreign
Companies. Companies.
Losses ine'd 753,541 76 161,408 9 3
The total of risks written was $121,850.-
297 of premiums received, $i,572,oii7.16
of losses paid. $744,457.28: of losses in
curred, $914,050.69.
The Essentials of Prize Fighting.
In an interview with Tom Kelly, by a
reporter of the New York Herald, Tom, in
the first place, laid down the undnmental
principle which, thirty years ago, no one
would have ventured to question, that the
"great essential qualification most to 1J^
desired in a prizefighter" is "scientific!
skill." "A man he went on in his simple,
antique way," may be as big as a giant, and
yet be whipped almost to death by the
merest Hop-o'-my-Thomb, so to speak."
The next essential quality necessary for a
prizefighter is courage. Cowards, Tom
admits, "have won when brave men have
lost battles, and others, again, have some
times won despite of tnemsolves. When
a fellow is cornered he may. be obliged to
fight. But all these axe like chance shots
extraordinary contingencies that have all
the probabilities against their occurring.
If a prize-fighter has not pluck he had bet
ter retire from the ling altogether," Endur
ance is the next quality. "A prize-fighter
may be game and a good hitter, but if his
adversary has more endurance,
ha jguiy Ctake all his blows and
worry him out at thei'vend. A "i
man mighthitja stono wall fcr la: thousand*'*
yearssuppos ng he could hit that long
without a single blow being jeturned iipon^"
him, and come out loser at the end of thais'f
time.
CONGRESS.
TUESDAY, FEB. 1 i
SENATEMr. vnnce deliver-d .i free tra"**''
spe ch After several fru tles effort* Mr
tUmun-'B succeeded in having the a .ti-pol---
garay bill taken up, when its consideration wis
deferred until Wee ne*d*y.
The president sent tile following uomina
tions to the senate:
John C. New, Indiana, assistant secretary of
the treasury EG win H. N'-vm, survejorof
customs for the district of Philadelphia, Pa.
Benjamin Flegler, collector of customs for the
districf of Niagara, N. Y. James R. Jolley,
collector of customs for the district of leehe
La. Wm. Poster, United States distiiot at-'
torney for the western district of Tenneaee
Andrew McClain, dmtiict attorney for the mid
dle district of Tennessee Moees M. Drew,
United States marshal, California Hiram M.
Van Arman, of California, secretary of the teri
tory of Arizona.
HOUSELittle was done except that the
house engaged in a prolonged wrangle over
the resolution of Mr. Bobmson of New York
regarding American citizens in Irish orisons
the debate taking a decided ptrsonal turn.
Finally the resolution was recommitted to the
foreign affairs committee, with instructions to
add a clause 'requesting the president to de
mand the British government, the prompt trial
or release of the prisoners mentioned in the ree
oration.
fc
THUBSDAY, FEB. 15.
SENATE-The president has sent the follow
lng nominations to the senate:
United States marshal, H. B. Denny, district*
of Minnesota United States consuls, Brnno
Tyschuk of Nebraska, at Vera Cruz Thos.
Wilson of the DHtriot of Columbia, Nantes
Geo. Gilford of Miine, at Lirocheds.
Mr Jackson introducedja bill presented by
Mr. Morgan in the last congresa for the relief
of tho boos agent of the Mathodiafc "Spisfcopal
church South. It appropriates $2O,0l in
compensation for property connected with the
publishing house of said book agents in Nash
ville, which was taken or destroyed bv the
United States in 186 i, or at any oth^r time.
After a long debate the senate by a Tote of
3 3 to 15 passed the resolution to provide a
messenger for each of the oonnn.tteeB' on
finance, postoffioes, pensions, claims, judiciarv
District of Columbia and engroseed bula.
A long debate, without a vote, took place on
the polygamy bill
HOUSE -1'ho apportionment bill wae debated
all day, but a vote was not reached.
THUBSDAY, FEB. 16.
SENATEThe senate polgamy bill was
adopted by that body after a spirited discus.
eion. Speeches were made a^ahst several
provisions of the bill by Vest, Puudleton and
others, but there were no uissaating votes when
the bill ca-ne upon its passage. Under the
provisions of this bill it wilt be a crime co
habit witb more than one woman ina-jy of the
territories of the United States, punishable by
fine and impiisonmeiit.
HOUSE -The apportionment bill was the prin
cipal t-jpio of discussion, and the old oyatein of
apportionmont with allowances for major fmo
tions Was adopted. The house also awttlad the
question of the total number of mombera iu
ma next co igross, subject to reconsideration
before the final passage of the bill to-day. By
tho adoption of Mr. Anderson's amendment,
162 to 104, th6 total number in the hou&& ia
increased to 325. This nuraber wa ap.'-
pareutly reached by a sort of a com
promise in which tho largest element
was ihe republican majority. The re
publicans liave most to ga n. HS anpears from
Mr. CLIX'S tabifi!?, by multiplyi ,g tuo number
of members in the heuse. Some democratic
memoera were'lnaueea to' vote foi-
this'nuia*
ber, 32 by the fact, probably, that it in
creases tlie represent io.i of their respective
states! iu congress. Iho house fiually broil* up.
and was compelled to adjourn without fiuai
action upon the apportionment- bill by a curious
ooiifhct over aa apparently minor amendment.
Under the new old representatives are
distributed among tho generals a-xs ..s follows:
Aabania... California O-.amocticut
H'iori-'la
Illinois Cov.-a Kentucky
'(fa.ine
Mas.saclinssetts... Minnesota.
Missouri.. iVov'ada
Nw York.,
Arkansas
Colorado Delaware
...2t
Indiana, Kiinsaf.,
6
8jLouisiana 6'Marylaud
41Michigan "|iiiisi.-sippi
a-
..ii
7
3
3
'.'34:
9:
..21
1
28
2. 7
..10 ..11
2
..10
4
9-
Nebraska
IJ |Now Hnmpshire.
..lliNew York
4.|North Carolina.,
...l-i|Oiiio7i
51Oregon
..14|l,ena*ylvan\a....
ljRhodeIsland
7|*u'I Carolina..
5 Tennessee
1 jMVxas.
Vermont
...lOJVivifinia....
...13. i?sv, Vir^ri
nia.,.
TiWiscousir
The senate bill providing for the payment of
a pension of $5,0u0 per annum to Mrs. Gaifield
passed the house and only requires the
signature of the president to become a law,
Anderson's suosutute lisiug the momberahip
of tbe house 32o will, it ia generally conced
ed, be linaily p&ased. It is about ihe' same as
the bill, passed by the democratic house last
year, exoapfc that it provides for eix moramdm
bers. 1'beae aix additional members are given
one each to N-aw York, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kan
sas, TexaB and South 'Carolina, Democrats
Bay it iu a fair bill and they will Bupport it
Tne military committee after examining ob
jections produced agaiust favorabieaotionon
ihe case of Maj. BooheKter to be paymaster gen
eral, reported unnnimously that the nomiua.ion
be conflriaed. Placed, on ine calendar with the
committee's iavorable reoommendation.
raibAT, mcB ^v.
SENATE.Bills were, introduced of no gener
al import *nce and. the st-n --.to rumained most of"
the tima in executive session.' The presidr-nt
nominated Wakefield G. Frye of As.- ine United'
Srates consul general at Halifax, and Horatio
N. Beach of New York consul af Puerto Cabel
Jo, Venezuela. PostmaBters: John-fl. Cogs
well, Titusville, Pa. liiohard J. Hanna, Kan
kakee, III. Louis M. Dnvia, Teeumseb, Neb."
The nomination of Edgar Ferguson, as pen
sion agent at Milwaukee, was eoufkaaed by the
senate. Other eonfina&ii.'MiB by the senate:
S. M. Mathews, United btatestnarshalEascern
district of Michigan H. J. Campbell, United
States attorney for Dakota territory Marsdtn
C. Burch, U-ntdd States attorney Western dis
trict of Michigan Leonard Loltridge, collect
or of revenue, Sixth district of VFiaconsin.
fosram^feors: Cdue rfpryroik, Rochester,
Iiid. Horace E. Jdinea, IienBatiilder, lud. 01i\ er
H. Swingle, Mount, Morris, 111 Edward
Brown, Sheldon Io. Frank A. Donglase,
Honghtop, Micb. Jacob Svd iluger, -ffurson
City," Mo. Jdcob V. Abaine, Osage City, Kas.',
Russell W. Caswell, Mason City, Mo.
George Fisher, surveyor of customs, Cairo,.
Adjaurned to Monday.
Housp. The apportionment bill paseod
without civision
Mr. McCook of New York in opposing the
bih to IAstore Capt. Thomas Little tome army
sent to tbe clerk's desk have ietd the affi
davit of Tiiomas Little relative to tbe charge
made against him,aid which was taken from,
tbe fl 6i of the war department. Tlie language
of the nffidivifcwae so gro that tn-ny ladieB
.e the ga 163138, and t'-ie i iding was stoj. ped
i objtc'aous from i.iger oi lumcii and
Moore of Tennesee, on thb ground that it waB
obscene, and it was stricken^ rrom the record.
Tne *ff wdavit, was stricken o,u*, thus defeating
ihemvasure,
J\ro
business of importance was transacted.
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