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DAILY MINNESOTA TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20. HUilHIHllll KsnaaBncraM aunt FIRE ATGRAND FORKS The Tribune. verr formidable competitor, and as many, probably a large majority, of his party are favorable to him, his election appears to be very probable." It does appear that way, "for a fact." Ts ceptions, awaken a query as to the need of their publication. Showing a graceful and easy versification and not lacking in descriptive power, we wander on from one poem to another, with, a bewildered sense that we are looking fin- something tangible we cannot find, but which we feel may be just within our reach. When Mr.

Kaye tells us that "There is silent emptiness which gapes A soulless solitude the hermit apes," We are conscions that it must be our own dullness which fails to grasp the breadth of this thought, not any lack of clearness on eron was resumed in the police court today in the hearing of the Dickson case. Nothing of importance was elicited. Th Mississippi river commission this morning examined Henry Richardson, state engineer of Louisiana. He thought the levees protected the land from overflow, but had never considered them as improving navigation. Caine's claim as delegate from Utah will be heard by the sub-committee on elections tomorrow.

The finance committee of the Senate does not expect to be ready to report the tariff bill before the middle of January. The Painesville National Bank (Ohio) was authorized to begin business with a capital of $200,000. Alleged fraudulent importation of rags into Ogdensbnrg, N. will be promptly investigated. A change in the appraiser at New York is spoken of.

HENRY JAMES DEAD. Peaceful and Happy Kntlof the Celebrated Special Telegram to the Tribune.) Mii.wackee, Dec. 11). News was received in this city last week that Henry James, the well-known philosophical writer, was rao- failing at his home-near Berlin. This ot d.

.11 tl tt a it it cx A 0 0 a fi 5 i 1 1 i i i i I i i i i i i i i the center ha swallowed up about 20 acres of timber and fully 23,000 tons of gravel sand and material, all within the space of about 3tM feet. mnnijiiiR the attention of a larife crew of men fororor l50dayB. and it still has a downward tendency. The New York Herald j-eaterday printed an extraordinary' series of letters from prominent Hepublican- politicians to Btephen W. Dorsey.

Among them are a number from the late President Garfield. The letters fill nearly two paes of the Herald, and it is stated, prove that Dorsey was an intimate and trusted friend of Gun. Garfield. The Herald says editorially; "Certainly these letters from Gar-field entirely justify the tone of those letters from Dorsey to Garfield which the former made public some time bro. We suppose much remains behind, and we should be ulad if Mr.

Dorsey would let the country see more." NEW BOOKS. MISSLIlIGHTON'SPLlirLKXITlKS. A Iotb story, Ky Alien C. Hall, ltiuio. Cloth, pp.

Price $1. New York; Fords, Howard Hul-bert. ttluincapolis: C. D. Whitoll Co.

Judged by the ordinary standards of sensational fiction, Miss Hall's love story is a fair success, and hence will satisfy the omnivorous appetite of the chronic novel reader. Fortunately for tfie success of the book this class of readers is large, and -their-mental dyspepsia a rule, hu fully confirmed a fact, that this small morsel of so-called romance will do them no additional harm. To those who have any capacity for more solid intellectual food, there is nothing in the above volume to commend itself, or to be wisely commended. "Miss Leighton's Perplexities" are readily imaginable, bhe herself is a very ordinary product of modern hot-bed society, sweet, silly and sentimental, beset with importnn-ate lovers who hover around her lika foolish moths about a candle-flame, and who necessarily suffer by the contact. In keeping with' a sadly common rule, she loves the man she does not marry, and marries the man she does not love.

The hitter's "perplexities" we 6houId imagine to be greater than her own, indeed, he is the only character in the book who commands any sympathy whatever. The picture which the authoress draws of love born of marriage is very pretty, but is rarely anything in real life but a pleasing bit of fiction with which the unfortunates who have married without love strive to deceive the world and possibly themselves. We cannot but think that the portrayal of snch fictitious situations as these is strongly prejudicial to the interests of youthful minds. THE CLOYKKDAI.K' MYSTERY; or, Ti(K Ma. CHINE AND lis Hy W.

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The "political machine" is doubtless a vile piece of enginery, and the "machine politician" a most despicable creature, but even "the devil is not so black as he's painted" and Mr, Wilkins "may he said to have somewhat overdone it." He has laid almost the whole catalogue of crime known in Dante's Inferno upon the shoulders of the unfortunate senator and his political agents who figure in his pages. These multitudinous sins are very commendably followed by their legitimate consequences, but the retribution flies upon swifter wings than is usually the case in this world of tardy justice. Three or four narrowly averted deaths by drowning, and actual one by lightning, the sale of a daughter in ex-change for political influence, a conspiracy to ruin the character of her lover, several torgtries for the accomplishment of this purpose, a grave robbery, a seduction and a desertion, and attempted suicide, a plan of bigamy, an a murder, present an array of sensational events involving an extent of large to be crowded within the limits of :100 pages. Unquestionably the subject of civil service reform presents rh excellent opportunity for the construction upon its basis of a masterpiece of fiction, but "the coming novel" still to come. Little can be gained by fastening upon "the spoils system" all the extravagances of related and unrelated crime.

Its eviis are numerous enough in themselves without dragging in to ellect its speedy annihilation, such a weight of extraneous wrong. The literary style of the book and its conversational efforts are of a painfully of the set speeches put into the mouths of its subju tsare suggestive of a treatise upon "the art cf conversation," and its epistolary attempts are very much of "the letter writer" order. The details of political methods are rather graphic, end indicate that the author has set something of the inside workings of "the machine." 11A( lll b'S SHAllE OF THE 110AD. Hound Kotin Series. Kino.

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Minna-apohs: C. D. Whitall A- The champions of versus capital must acknowledge a very tolling blow struck lor them by the unknown author or authoress of 'line! id's Share of the Koad." It is emphatically a novel with'a purpose. The is a railway, of which tiuehel's father occupies the presidency, and li-iiMx Share is simply her championship of a poor laborer employed by the company, or rather alternately engaged and thrown out of his engagement by its ollicers. He at last, deprived of his means of lh elihood, nnable to provide for his sister's fa mily.who depend upon him, is driven to desperation, aud, in the ignorance of blind, impotent rage, fires the company's buildings.

Hachel, confident of his better intentions, and remembering the piovooation he has: received, shields him from the consequences of his crime, and sends him "out West" to begin a new life, in which, it is needless to say, he succeeds. His benefactress is, in a word, the good genius of the village, and among her many proteges is Bti old woman, who supplies much of the quaint, humorous conversation of tho story. Not a little genuine philosophy is interwoven with her remarks, as for instance when, in answer to a reflection of Rachel's, Mrs. Shackles remarks, "Yes, truth's always truth. Same way apples is always apples, but the ui ied ones ain't verv satisfyiu' to most folks, nor particular wholesome either, as I know of." Rachel's reward conies to her in the slmpe of a young physician, her ardent coadjutor in every good work, end not less ardent admirer.

The little book is suggestive of many a better way than is usually followed in harmonizing the differences between the great forces of "labor and capital." THE ST. CLAlli PAPElis. The Life and Public services of Arthur Bt. Clair. Hy William Henry Smith, vols.

Svo. Cloth, op. i'i'js, Price. Cincinnati: Hubert Clarke Co. "The Life and Semcesi of Arthur St.

Clair, Soldier of the Revolutionary War; President of the Continental Congress and Governor of the Northwestern Territory," is a valuable addition to our growing catalogue of Americana. Those two pouderons volumes cover a period from the date of St. Clair's birth, to 1818, the year of his death a space of time which includes nearly all those great events which have made of the United States a nation and of Americans a people. inly the first half of the first vdume, however, is devoted to the biographical study: the latter half and the whole of the second volume being given to correspondence, addresses, Bud an appendix containing the oiliciai text of the ordinance of 1787, certain treaties and sundry documentary evidence, The first part of Wie work is naturally of the greatest general interest, although not probably of the chief, est value. hat to most readers would prove dry und difficult reading in these papers is full of important historical fets, and throws much light upon passing events of the times hich called them forth.

Space will not permit us to dwell at length upon the details of the biography, but to the special student of the period it will undoubtedly afford many items of personal as well as historical interest. BONGS OF LAKH GfcNKVA. Hy Hrav-HhnwKnje. B.p Pinio. Cloth, pji W.

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D. Whitall A Co. The pm in this collection, with few ex- A VERY BROAD FARCE THE HOLIDAY AIISKNTKE RESCINDED, FIXE Ami Mie Regulation Rpcpsh Ordered Negroes Appeal for Relief from South Carolina Oppression The Indian Hill Passes the Senate Important Military Legislation Proposed The Star Routers Gossip. TSPKCIAL TELKOBAM TO TUK TllinUSE. 1 Washington, Dec.

I'd. As I predicted yesterday, the House reconsidered their resolution to dispense with tho holiday rerass. A number of those who yesterday voted for the resolution were among the first to ask for leave of absence today, and, while ob- jectinna were Speaker Keife.r grnntnil leave to all who applied. The at once became a broad farce, and a motion was made and carried to rescind the resolution of Monday. It was only a spasm of extreme virtue, which soon exhausted itself.

Congress will therefore adjourn from the 22d inst. to Jan. 2. There is no reason why the House should not adjourn over, but the Senate might remain in session to good advantage. It has done little so far but talk, and that not to good advantage, while the House has worked early and late and really accomplished wonders.

The House is at least two weeks in advance of the Senate, and if tho latter should remain in continuous session until the 2d of January it could not catch up. The reason is that the House is more directly responsible to the people than the senators, and feel more pointedly the rebuke administered at the late clec-tion. THE fOI.OItEI) HROTHER. IIF APPEALS FOB HELP. Special Telegram to the Tribune.) Washington, Dec.

1U. A curious petition has come from Charleston, S. bearing a long list of signatures and marks the latter very largely predominating setting forth the hard lot of the colored man in the South, and asking for relief. It is recited that when the blacks were emancipated they were thrown upon their own resources without any means of earning a livelihood; that they have struggled along in the face of every disadvantage; that they are cheated and swindled by their old masters, and that as a result they are, in fact, little better off than when in slavery. They say that the colored race would become prosperous if it could livo in a community of its own; that Texas is adapted in climate and soil for homes for the colored people, and ask that the government allot to each colored man who will settle there 40 acres of land and a small sum of money to enable jiiru to establish himself in a homo.

The petition was appropriately referred, and in all probability will never again be heard from. REAGAN'S HILL. LITTLE HOPE OF ITS PARR AO K. Special Telegram to the Tribune Washington, Dec. 19.

Representative Reagan of Texas has little faith that his inter-state commerce bill will pass this session. It is on the House calendar in committee of the whole, handicapped by the committee on commerce railway commission bill. "Tho question is one which cannot be much longer postponed," he said, "but somehow Congress seems disposed to postpouo it as long as possible." The truth of the matter is Reagan's bill is unsatisfactory to three-fourths of the members of the House, but he has succeeded in keeping it to the front and prevented action upon other measures having the same object in view which might have secured the approval of a majority of both houses. An effort will be made to reach the subject Foon after the holidays, andJa adopt some measure as a substitute for all others pending. It is admitted on all hands that public sentiment favors legislation on the question, and that very feV members can afford to be appearing to oppose it if they hope for future political preferment.

THE STAR ROVTERS. BLISS CLOSES. Washington, Dec. 111. In the star route case, today, Dliss reviewed Brady's action iu expediting mails on the route from Raw-lings to hite River and then said he had gone over the I'd routes specified in tho indictment had made a statement of nothing which would not be proved.

There was another ex-senator, also a carpet bagger, like Dorsey, whoso evidence he could not promise with certainty to place before the jury. This witness, Spencer, was a fugitive, with an order fin the court out for his arrest. He was concealed and the government had spent a good deal of mousy in trring to find him. Ho had recently coino esst from Chicago, If not in company with Dorsey, nt least on the same train. He had appeared in New YorK, and gono to northern New York, with government agents in sharp pursuit, and then jum ped into Canada.

He was protecting all tho whilo that he couldn't testify to anything. He lielieved that if Spencer would come to Washington ho would toll tha truth or they would subject him to the dfreipline of the court. At the close of Bliss' address the court said that 2.5 cents a folio was ample compensation for the stenographer, but sug-'-gested that the expense be bonio equally by both sides. The suggestion was accepted, by all. AFITAL GOSfclP.

DAKOTA CBOOKEONESS, Washington. Dec. 111. On the report of Special AgentBurk, the commissioner of the general laud office today cancelled 100 tim her culture entries and 101) premption filings made in Douglas county, Dakota, by F. Lecocq as attorney, the same being fraudulent.

pensions of wab vetehans. The Mexican service bill agreed upon by House pension committee today gives $8 per month to soldiers of the Mexican, Rlackhawk and Florida wars who served not less than 550 days, and also to their widows. can't spare a clebk. Secretary Lincoln sent an executive communication to the Senate today, iu which he says that he cannot dispense with the services of any of his clerks without detriment to the public service. TINKKBINO WITH THE TA11IFF.

The ways and means committee today fixed a rate on wire rope and iron strand the same as on iron and steel wire of the same gnugo, three cents per pound, instead of the same rate as that upon the wire of which the ropo is mado. Tho rate on steel in any form not otherwise provided for was changed from threa to three and one-half cents pound. Coppor went from two and one-half to three and one-half per pound. The committee will probably complete tile metals today. WBrp.ra.

The oruutt examination of Brewster Cam thingfTdly City Hall Building, Minneapolis. St Paul. 124 East Third SL tWUSaXD FOB cm OTttXTLATTOe ITIBt DAT XXCUT MOftOATj POB 0OTOT3I OtBCUHtlOS KTXBT DAT EXCEPT BTTtTOAI. BKMYKMR) BT OABflura 03 SIXTY -FIVE CENTS A BT MATT FOB MONTH, ob $7.75 A ISA. BT7KDAY EDITION, twbxvb PAasa, TWO DOLLUta 4 ISA.

Ykbus roi iDvnrnsnrJ, ra to roarx ossts FSB LUCK, A00OBDINO TO POamON. I AJtFLI COPIES SENT FBiSB. Weekly Tribune Farmers' Union UGBICOLTDBAL FAXILT NEWSPAPER PHBLTHHED EVXBY WEDNE8DAT MOBKtNO, AND FUBMSaitO POST AO PAH), AT $1.15 A Ilil BAMPL8 OOPIE8 BENT FEE. C0B3SRPOfreENCB0ONTHTINa IMPOBTANT SEWS aouarrsDFBOM aix pabts thx ooot- TBT. ADD02S8 ALL TELBOBAMS AND L2TTZ3a TO THE TRIBUNE, MrvKT.APOU3.

Mrw. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20.. 131 POPULATION OF MINNEAPOLIS 80,003 GUARANTEED AVERAGt DAILY CIRCULATION OF THE TRIBUNE 10000 DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN'. Office Chirp Hionml Ofier, FASUtxoTtm, Dew. P.

M. i Observations taken Bt the sania moment of time at all stations, riaeoof Observ'n. Bar, Th'r. Wind. Weather.

Jort Garry. 5H.KSI 2o BW. Hazy. Ht- Vincent 1J Clear Duluth SUM 31 VV. C'lvradv.

Moorhead :l.0n Cloudy. Rwnwrrk H0.1G 17 N. Hazy. Hi. Paul IflUlfi 34 Cloudy.

P. F. Lyons. Beret. Signal Corps, b.

8. A. INDICATIONS FOB TODAY. WAS3iK0rON, Dec. i0.

For Che upper Missis-fippi valloj, rain or snow, generally cloudy, eligUUj colder weather, variable winds, IN MINNEAPOLIS, observed by C. A. Hoffman, optician, 30 Bos. too. block: 8 a.m.

10 a.m. 12m. Sp.m. 6p.m Thermometer, tri -fat) j3l -Barometer 29.10 9l ft 1'J Wind eotitheast, sky clovdy, coliest during the night, t-jo. ka indicates above below zero.

The Pioneer Press takes the trouble to pot in type a variety of stale rumors aa to what Gov. Hubbard might, could or should do in the way of 'making change" in what may bo called his staff. In a word, it intimates that somebody is clamoring for the removal of A. R. McGill from insurance department and the substitution Mr.

Hill of Montevideo, and the relieving of Col. Taylor as state librarian, to be followed by the appointment of some ogre whose name is suppressed for fear of fearing the political children. The candid, conciliatory and s-sthetio frame of mind in which oar Bt. Paul cotemporary found itself while treating this unhappy theme may be inferred from the burst of Emersonian En glish which occurs in the midst of its pas eage on the possible change of state libra nan. The only person wa have heard mentioned a candidate for the succession to th office is a decayed female, penuy-a-lintr, who sets s.

a sort of literary wet nurse tor the foundlings of fhe administration hospital, bat whose venom has turned her milk to bonr.yclab'oer. The sick infants are ready to pay for the congenial swarh of four swi'i on which she suckles their debility. how, ILcTblblne does cot think Gov. Il.ib-bard jitIJ benehtthe public service or add to Lis own popularity or political stret.gth by retiring either Mr. McGill or Col.

Taylor, and we do'ibt if lie hm any present iu-ttutiou of doing so, but wa have tolerably well defiuej opinion that any prerent LucntnlMint of any state oilice who i so unfortunate to be championed ia language like that quoted above is untitled to the compassion Of naukind. Oar coteraporary has evidently uiistnken ma-br ia or vigor. As an of the constant nightmare of fc-ur and suspicion in which the hu'tan of Turkey lives the following is toid ic a London journal: Recently one of ti Saltan's chief servants, who has always been about his jierson, desired a week's leave of cbsc-aoe to Tit it his family, and accordingly drew up a petition to his majesty, and an ocfRsion o'Icriug approached theSrltanand himself, at the same timeputtmg Lis hand in his bosom to draw forth his document. The Sultan, being seized with the suspicion that the man was about to draw a weanand assassinate Uirn, instantly illed out his revolver and hhot him on the spot. The running in at thenoise from the ante chamber, found the Sultan standing over the corpse vrith his ristcL and by his direction bearded the tody, Nothing mor6 dangerous was found lhan the humble petition clutched in the dead man's hand.

Living in sach an ot-XLOsphere of constaEt dread and' suspicion, it any wonder that Abdul Hamid has be-c mo a mental -oek and that it ha? become necessary to confine him to hia apartments? Tha conviction to be stealthily creeping through the hair of close observers in New York that Mr. Edison's much adver tised attempt to adapt his electric Light to domestic uses is proving unsuceessf ul, He Las introduced his light into some KJO private residences in a wealthy ser tion of the city, and in doing so has cut Aider the prevailing price for gas, The scale of priew Adopted by his company has thus tar proved to be enremunorative and they have no object in extending their sjstein unless they (rin at th name time either increase the price to consumers or reduce the cost of production. Evidently there in something jet to laaru in the matter of eletrtric lighting indoors. The St-Cloud Times, edited by ex-Sen-Ptor C. F.

Macdonald, a Democrat, in an article on the United States natorship 3 Ibul Mr, Wm3om "appears to havo no THE SPRIG HTfeY CITY YERY HADLY SCORCHED. A Red Hot Stovepipe Runnlne Through Wooden Celling Starts a Blaie Which Causes Damage of Losses and Insurant A Roston Gua Store Ruined Amltl AlanulngExplosloa A Ship Consumed by flaiues at Sea-The Crew Saved. special tki.kjbam to tuktbibcnh Guanu Fokks, Dec. ID About o'clock last night a fire originating from a defective flue broke out in Caswell's photograph gallery. The alarm aud bright blae called every man and almost woman aud child in town to the scene in short order.

The fire department was nnable to htck the flames, owing to Ue lack of a water supply, and the dry frame building were swept away like leaves. A Babcock extinguisher and the bucket brigade did good work, and by superhuman efforts the flumes were checked at Demers avenue, after having swept an entire half block on Third street. )nr citizens are still so excited, exhausted and generally demoralized that a complete list of LOSSES AND INSt'KANt cannot be given, The buildings destroyed are Caswell's photograph gallery, tho Ottawa saloon, Bo-ton clothing store, Mor-sted, Christopherson A clothing store, I'n ion drug store, the two real estate offices of Webster A MeGiUvruy and Burrows A Burrows, K. St. lien Cox's law office, and C.

L. Baker's grocery store. The total loss will reach nearly The figures now "given are as follows: Another fire occurred this morning, burning the residence of I. C. Harris, from which his family barely escaped with their lives.

ANOTHEB ACfWNT. Telegram to the Tribune, GliA.M) Fobks, Dec. 111. Last night's and this morning's fire was quite as widespread and serious as was anticipated. The tire originated in the dark room of Caswell A Blackburn's photograph gallery, through which was a stoe pipe which was red hot most of the time.

THE PBtNClrAL LOSSKS, Cspt. fWiggN Hana'ln aa'oon building, loss insurance flOMi. Harrows A Fredericks, clothing, loss insurwice in flOOOpoliciaa each in the Hartford, New York Underwriters, North British A Mercantile, Connecticut end American of Philadelphia. Home of New York, f-HU: Lancashire. $1000.

Man-thestei, and Phuntx of Brooklyn, Matthews A Stringham. hartie-8 shop, loss $sj; insurance $11. (A). The telephone company, damage to wiroi, poles, loss $.5.50, no insurance. U.

L. Wilder, pt rM-nal property, lxk r.nd fmritsrc $25J; insurance, Burrow Burrows, building and furniture, loss $-jj, no imurance. Burton A Devoy, office furniture, loss $500, no insurance. D. Williams, owner of the Boston ck thing store, loss on building insurance $2i mi, in the American of Philadelphia, I iiUerwnttrs and North British A Mercantile.

F. L. Burton, personal property and papers, loss 2iM, no insurance. L. Baker, stock of groceries, loas insurance Duc-th, groceries.

los $-7i0, insurance $4(Wi; loss on building iusnrauoe $ii). Eckels R. Morgan, drug store, stock and building, loss $.5000 to $-300, insurance Charles Maloney, barber shop nj house-hold goods, loss S1.X0, no insurance. Charles Chambers, Ottiwa saloon 'fixtures and stock, loss, no insurance. James Mri iovern, owner of the Ottawa saloon building, loss, insurance, S12CO, M.

Addison's loss. insurance, $'J00. Morstad. Caristopherson clothing and furni-fiing goods, loss, iusar. ance, It.

Johnson, dental and household grods, loss, no insurance. Griggs, Morsted, Christopherson A builoing. Loss. 0.J; covered by iu-mrance. T.

S. offi -e of Cox A Fowler. I.O" Sl'O; po insurance. Miss Hadley, dre-sriiakiiig t-tock and household goods. Loss, sotl; no in-iirntice.

J. W. Mcl.aui.hlin, machine warehouse. I.f No instiiance. The ios on the cements was: J.

Case pjow com pat machines, etc. No Mc 'ormkk harvester company, V. No insurance: John Lyons, the 'baker, store, loss $4000. In-Bura', A Cud Store in Flames, IY'ston, Dec. 111.

An explosion of gad caused a fire in the five story brick buildimg at New Washington street and Corn Hill, occui ied by John P. IiOVhll A Sons, dealers in powder, etc. A series of small eiplOf ions of cartridges and powder followed, and in a short time tho building was ablaze in every part. Warren Lovell and Oscar I'eavy were badly burned. Lovell had $12.5,000 worth of stock iu the building, of hich he occupied only a portion.

He had $100,000 insurance. The builditg is probably damaged $10,000. Occasional fuHladesof cartidges stampeded the crowd which gathered. The firemen removed a large can of powder. This fire, which looked so threatening at first, began and ended in an hour.

Horned at Sea. Svn Fbantisco, Dec. 10. The ship St. Nicholas arrived today from New York, having on board Capt.

Donghty aud a portion of the crew of the British bark Lennox. The St. Nicholas reports that on Oct. J7 she fell in with the Lennox, from Glasgow, with coal for San Francisco and on fire. The crew were discharging the cargo from the main hatch and sending down water by means of a donkey engine and buckets.

A dense volume of smoke was rising from the main hatch and at the request of Capt Doughty lay by her. At 7 P. M. the flames rushed through the main hatch, ascending to the main yard and at 2 the next morning the captain and crew, 25 in number, abandoned the ship and "boarded the St. Nicholas.

Fletl With the Cash. Special Telegram to the Tribune. Di luxh, Dee. 10. J.

YV. Allen of the linn of Allmi, McCrimmon A Toorny, blacksmiths, skipped ont Sunday, leaving the firm fully $1500 short. It is thought that he has gone to Manitoba. The firm waa doing very prosperous business, and it is thought that this will not interfere with the running of the establishment. New York Ruslness Wrecks.

New Yonrt, Deo. J. M. Pike A extensive tea merchante, have made nu assignment without preference. Their liabilities are $1,50,000 and their assets are unknown.

James McKinney of the firm of Baker A McKinncy, has made an assignment, with liabilities of nominal assets of $70,000 and actual assets of Congressman Anderson of Kansas in op-posing special mail facilities for the New England states presents an interesting tabular statement from which it appears that the four states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois mailed in W0 over letters and the western states and territories over 218,000,000, while the -six New England states only mail r.7,000,000. New York mailed 211,000,000, Pennsylvania half that cumber, while Illinois and Massassachusetts, each with about are contestants for the third place. The District of Columbia showes the greatest average per person, 85.31, New York next with 41.V. During the year letters were mailed in Minnesota, or an aver, age of 21.44 to each inhabitant. Carter Harrison, the mayor of Chicago, is opposed to an increase of license for the sale of intoxicating liquors in that city because, he says, "the saloons won't stand it." Does Mr.

Harrison mean that if the license is increased the saloons will close, and go out of business, or that they will rebel and defy the law? If the former, public sentiment will strongly favor an increase, if the latter, it is a humiliating confession for the chief magistrate of the city to make that he cannot enforce the law. The effect of such a declaration is calculated to arouse public sentiment to demand an investigation into the reasons why the saloons "won't stand it." In a speech at Cork, Sunday, Parnell said he would oppose any attempt of the government to laud Irish emigrants in America in a penniless condition; that if England desired to promote the emigration of Irishmen, they should be placed on laud in America, provided with houses and with menus to raise crops for the first year of their residence. Such a policy would, of conrse, be highly satisfactory to Irishmen and to America, but England will hardly adopt it until all other methods of settling the disturbances in that province fail. The question of the right of the authorities to destroy gambling devices has been brought before the Chicago municipal court for decision. There is no statute in Illinois covering the case, and the prosecution is made under the common law against nuisances.

Here the case is altogether different. A statute provides that gambling devices when captured shall be destroyed. The statute is mandatory, leaving the judge no discretion in the premises. "Upntrn.vliiff the Kiirini-m." It is a common practice with a certain class of ill-informed persons to lament the departure of the good old times and declare that grasping railroad monopolies and protective tariff have ruined the farmers and ground down the public generally. The following table showing the comparative market value of various commodities in 1M6 and in 1882 in New York, for example, gives a vivid impression of the changes in that time favorable to the farmer: Products Wheat oni Oats Ew.

p'r doKii Harlcj, per busi 1', linttpr. per pound Clipee, it pound. Cows, per head fault, per yoke Haj, pur ton raw. per ton HolftK JHT Hpjtll Miepp, per tnad Labor, tier ISPS. .15 25 I'i an k.Ui 5 -Jr 4 wi .75 1'.

.15 .80 f'jKil lUI fltVtl $5tfi lit) flAmi 50 Formerly, and, indeed, nearly to the date that American manufactures assumed an importance, the farmer was obliged to exchange his produce for store goods at very-high price-, cash being almost out of the question. The following prices in lsp; and 12 for a few manufactured goods and other merchandise purchased by the farmer indicate the great change in favor of the agricultural cla-ses and other consumers during the interval Anteliw- Hit. ls. Cost of hteel. 'r .17 .10 8aw plate.

p'i pound Nails, per pound per yard Jlii ifl Wool Maakettt. ppr fllWi'jn fHUhi Cotton eloth, per j.ir.l Mi ali co, per vi.rd .75 Salt, per bushel jlia4 That is to say, the average increase in the price of farm produce during the last sixty-six years has been from 300 to 400 per while the average decrease of the price of manufactured goods during the same period has been from to per cent. All of which is due to the grasping railroads and introduction of diversified industries engaged in manufactures and fostered by a protective tariil. NOTE AND COMMENT. Chief Hunger will Lave a LinnJ.some pnv.i'e oil ce City Hidl.

He deserej it. The women of Cyprus have thrown away their veils and Mit men are emigrating. The Shah of Persia pays his barber $Xi) a year. He iti probably a deaf and dumb one. If the temperature only drops a few degree what jolly tleighiig there will be Christmas.

Boston belles are nil wearing eve. Klasst so tl.i.t people won't mistake them 'for Mr. Langtiy. A coiiutKimm we give up: When is that candle power to appear at the top of the electric mast (ihoulism no practiced in Philadelphia has one advantage. It makes one grave go further than any other known system of burial.

The Turtle Movmtain Indians have given a reterattitin 25 by 3o miles in extent in lioliette county, next to the Canadian line. Commissioner llaum ia charged with running a literary bureau in connection with the intetniil rrvenue department to advance his senatorial aspiration. Isn't it about tirae for the city council to bptfin talking aUmt street pavements, or do they propose to wai? Inti.1 epriny, aud then waste the summer in talk? Louis Blanc was a favorite of the Parisian poor. His death is a grievous loss to them. It wn one of the great otjectj of his life to improve their condition.

Toy merchants say they have never better holiday Uadethau this year. '1 ho little folks will not find empty stockings after Kris Kingle makes his rounds. During the visit of General and Mrs. Grant to (i-neral and Mrs. Deale in Washington, to begin early in Jaiiuarj, there is expected to be a rush of in that city.

Miss Mary McCabe, who was unaui-mously elected octniaster of the lower house of the Illinois Legislature two years agu( is again a candidate for the position. The Sauk Centre Herald says that one of themriosities of nature has been struck by the railroad builders about four miles from Sauk Centre on the farm of John Haehelder. An insignificant little maMi wthapoob'f vnter Ins part. do doubt, however, whether the conception of winter, as shaking in a rago. from nut his shaggy hair.

TBRt ehowers of whirling dandruff on the air." ine Until -TSg "Auain with snow the ground was covered eve-rjwhere," can be considered as strictly poetioal. It may be highly imaginative, but the imagination is not of the kind which fits with lines like these lines which Bavor of Mr. Kaye's best, and in which he sings of autnmn: "Tis but the passing beauty of day! The Hush of dissolution on the cheek Of the declining year! and even now lly ever)- idle puff of wanton wind Home leaflet is detached, and wavering sinks lti hictant. itinnag. to leieniug earth.

And still, not lonely long! the first rude blast Bhall shower their fellows likethefalling snow; And leave the boughs and branches stark and bare To scourge the moaning winds that left them so." One who can paint nature so truly, might surely find some better and less unpleasantly suggestive simile for a snowstorm than "Showers of whirling dandruff." Mr. Kaye has a strangely developed imitative faculty, and the form and rhythm of many of his verses remind us of other and greater poets, THE JOLLY ROVER. Hy J. T. Trowbridge.

Illustrated, ltimo, Cloth, pp. t'Sl. Price. $1.25. lioston Lee Shepard.

Minneapolis: Cushman li Plnmmer. A new story by Mr. Trowbridge never fails to awaken delight in the hearts of boys aud entertainment in the minds of parents. In these days of dime novels and so-called "juveniles" it is a relief to think that there is any one certain source to which we may turn for puro, natural, wholesome food for our children. "The Jolly Rover" is the story of a boy trained among allthesnrroundings and influences of a careful home, but who has imbibed from the highly spiced literature of the times a strong fancy to do some thing out of the ordinary.

In pursuance of this notion and aided and instigated by a companion of a much worse stamp, he runs away from home. He meets with various adventures, sufficiently exciting but not quite so pleasant as anticipated, and after two weeks of wanderim: he is found by his parents, wretched, ill, repentant and heartily glad to return to the "hnndrum life" from which he "started off to do something grand and heroic in ttie world." Snch a story carries its own moral. YVe need only add, it is written in the author's usual attractive style, and that the interest is heightened by several illustrations. This foi ins the last of the popnlar series known as "The Silver Medal Series." YASCONBFLOS. A Romantic of the New Would.

Hj Gilmore ISimms. New edition. 12 mo. Cloth, pp. 381.

Price, with other works, i i set of 10 volumes. (I2.5U. New York: A. C. Armstrong 4 Bou.

Mium-a pulls; C. D. hitall A Co, of GilmoreSimmsneed no special criticism, at this late day from the hands of the reviewer. The above work is a sample of tlio complete set and is bound in dnrable cloth covers, as a new edition, including his 17 romances in 10 volumes. It is uniform with the new standard editions of Hallam's Lamb's and Milman's works, published by this house.

The reproduction of these works indicates a lasting demand for them, and indeed they have been reckoned among standard American novels for many years. THE CASUALTY RECORD. FATAL TELESCOPINO. Trot, N. Dec.

Two freight trains telescoped today at Melrose, on the Troy Boston road. The locomotives and Xi cars were recked, John Ileardon, a brakeman, was killed and Frank Hrnndage, brakeman, is dying from a broken back. Engineer ('has. Kelliturhfck, Geo. Cross and Dennis O'Brien, brakemen, were injured, but will recover.

COLLISION IN QUK11F.C. Mahievillk, Dec. A collision occurred today on the Southeastern railway between a passenger train and a locomotive backing up. The express was running 1) it iles an hour. None of the passengers were seriously injured, though they were severely shaken up.

The express engineer was severely injured and the other engineer and trainmen were hurt. IltritNFl) TO DF.ATH. Dec. 111. The farm house oj John Clark, in Linn county, burned Sunday nigh1, and three small children perished in the flames.

Clark had removed two children and was searching for the third when the other two wandered back to the house and all perished. CONDENSED TELEGRAMS. Hon. Hannibal Hamlin had a public reception at Bangor, Tuesday. The Anchor, a new oil well in Forest county, flows over 'JUKI barrels per day.

Dennis Donovan, the champion walker, who covered miles in fl hours, 18 minutes, is dead, Isaac Hedges, lato president of tho Mississippi Valley Cane Growers Association, is ueiiu. The loss by the recent fire at Corsicana, is estimated at from 100.000 to It was of incendiary origin. The Chicago City Council has decided to charge the maucgers of the exposition $10,000 annual rental for the building. The dual city government at 'Petersburg, has I een abolished by a court's decision in favor of a Democratic contestant. An unknown tramp beat, bound and gagged Mrs.

Fix, aged 70, near Pittsburg, Monday night, robbed her house and fled. A storm of rain and sleet prevailed throughout the Northwest, Tuesday, causing great delay to trains and telegraph business. Several vessels and gleam barges are ice bound on Lake Miohigan. No disasters are i (ported. The Chicago harbor is full of ice.

Eight indictments have been found against Dr. Forbes of the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, for complicity with grave robbers. Herr Most, the OermaD Socialist, will make a triumphal tour of leading cities, he says, having armed processions of workmen in his honor at eaeti. Henj. Greenwald, a Philadelphia diamond merchant, has confessed to buying large quantities diamonds, making way with them, failing, paying 10 cents or so on the dollar, and repeating the operation as soon as possible.

The Democratic congressional convention of the 17th Ohio district nominated Ross J. Alexander for the vacancy in the 47th and 4Mb Congresses caused by the death of J. T. l'degrnff. Alexander was I pdegraff's competitor in October.

The Western Distillers' Association hs decided to assess a tax on every bushel of com mashed up to 40 per cent of capacity, to pay for exporting the surplus, and to allow a rebate of 20 cents per bushel for every bushel under 10 per cent, of copucity. The case of Mrs. Scovillo, adjudged in- sane at Chicago, recently, and then granted a new trial, has been stricken from the docket by agreement. His reported that the nn-hnppy couple have been reconciled, and it is hoped that this will end the domestic troubles of the Seovilles iu the court. morning a dispatch came to the effect that he died last night.

was the father of Henry James, the famou novelist, of Robertson James, the well-known library man and an officer in the late war from tins city, of William James, professor of metaphysics at Harvard college, and of Garth YY. James, the well-known train news man of this city. The dispatch announcing his death says: "The great change came at last, without pain, and he welcomed with much joy the transition to a better laud." Tho death of Henry James has extinguished a strong, pure light in the world of letters aud philosophy. Among his intimate friends wore Emerson, long-fellow, Bryant, Geo. Ripley, Horace Greeley, 1'ark Godwin and Dr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes. He was beloved by tiiein all. He had a strong intellect, great learning and was a most polished writer of the English language. His principal works are: "Substance and Shadow," "Society the Redeemed Formof Man" and "Christianity the Logic of Creation." He also, many years ago, earned on a metaphysical discussion with Dr. Hamilton in a series of letters published iu the New York Tribune, Henry James, who ha resided in Europe for several years past, is now on his return home.

SIAMTOHA NEWS. Otters for Winnipeg ltoioU-An Iaquest-Heavy Lumbering broies. Hpecial Telegram to thp Tribune. WniNirKO, Dee. ID.

The city council has received an offer from Edinburgh, Scotland, of for $500,000 of debentures, and one month is asked in which to take the remaining .500,000 at par. Financial agents have been appointed for the city at New York, Ixmdon aud Edinburgh. A coroner's inquest was held yesterday on the body of "William Winfield, murdered at Prince Arthur's Landing. The evidence was somewhat conflicting, the woman's mother and child swearing that the killing was in self-defense. The inquest was not concluded.

Lumbering is to be carried on on a lar'e scale on Lake Winnipeg this winter. Dick Banning will cut 00,000 logs during the season, and will cut next summer feet of lumber. There are 11 sawmills al! together on Lake Winnipeg, two on Winnipeg river.two on Bad Throat river, one on Hole river, one on Big island, one on lee-land river, 40 miles north of Gimli, and five others north of that, hll of large capacity. It is safe to say that .50,000,000 feet of lumber will come from the lake next season. SWINDLERS FOILED.

A New York Pair Get ells In the Tomb Instead or Wealth. New Yolk, Dec. PL An extensive theft and blackmailing scheme was today develop by the arrest of Wrdter F. Shiblty, a clerk in the law office of A. M.

Sutphen, and Henry L. Kipling, lawyer. Sl.ibley rep resented himself as an unmarried man to Sutphen and as such, in the course of business, some months ago, Sutphen execu'ed conditional deeds-transferring four lots, eight houses and lots and a farm, in all valued at $140,000, to him. The deeds were not recorded, it being meant to convey tho property temporarily to Shibiey for purposes of Sutphen's business and that he should leeonvcy or the deeds be destroyed whcti the business was completed. An attractive young woman who constantly visited Shibiey was introduced as Mis Jumio Brook-.

Nov. Pi the law film of Brain Wescott paid Shibiey in a check for money owing to Sutpiiu, Shibiey had tho cheek certified, and representing to Sutphen that Brain Wescott had no money in the bank arid that the cashier had kept the check, refusing to certify it until the money came in, he went to Fisk A Hatch and endeavored to purcht'fl United States bonds, but the firm declicd to receive the check. Shibiey tried to secure the money from several others, but failed. He disappeared and lias not been until hi attest. When ho disappeared ho fok the deeds for the Sutphen property with him and the following day Kipling called on Sutphun and offered to procure the deeds for a consideration.

Miss Brooks also called and introduced herself aa Mrs. Shibiey, wife of the fugitive, and as such entitled to a dower right in the property. She refused to aign a release or tell where htr husband was. Her husband wanted money for the papers, and would not give them up unless he received it. Sutphen refused to pay anything, and called in the police.

Shibiey and Kipling were arraigned in court, pleaded not guilty, were bound over in ,10,000 and sent to the Tombs. EARTHQUAKES IN NEW HAM PHI RE Two Distinct Shocks Kelt, Hot No Damage Done Cov-obd, N. H. Dec. 11).

At this evening one of the severest earthquake shocks evr felt here, occurred. The shock was like a heavy explosion and shook buildings, froi-n which the people rushed to the streets. In One imilding the concussion extinguished the gas. Inside the buildings the shock was like that of Borne heavy object falling, seeming to be ntnwft rather than below. It evidently traveled east and west and was felt in Fittsfield some four minutes later than bore.

It was also felt at Great Falls, Manchester and other places. The shock lasted alout eight or ten seconds. Doveh.N. Dec. About P.

two slight but very percepttb'e shocks of earthquake were felt, tho disturbances lasting 10 seoonds and occasioning alarm among the people. The shocks were accompanied by a rumbling noiso and were felt in Rnllingford, Rochester and other towns. The people rushod out of their houses, much bewildered. Contocook, N. 11., Doc.

11). The heaviest earthquake for 10 years occurred at .5:20 1. M. and lasted several seconds. $4000 For a Leg.

Nkw Vobk, Dec. lit. A jury today gave a verdict for 1000 damages to Neil Harden, against the New York Central railway. Harden had a leg broken Dec. I'd.

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