The Inter Ocean from Chicago, Illinois • Page 10

I 7 10 with other section of tbe MOM act to collect the iMiilitiTi intention. rvrxst am a. a-TATTjra. "If any part of the statute be intricate, ob-aeure, or doubtful, toe proper way to diaeover she intent la to consider tne outer parte of tne feet, for tha words and meaning of one part of the statute frequently lead to tha aaoaa of an-' ether, and in the construction of one part of a statute, every other part oua-ht to ba taken tote consideration." rotter a mrsrru on bumh, ISs Samoa) Bigs et al vs William- A. Clapp, 74, 335; Uirana, to, 15 I Thompson va Bulaon, I1L.

TC Comailioneri (Vrniminaioners- 100. SUL. t.WiT.r to tha other section of thl act we find Bumeroae. words, phrases, and provisions wnh respect to tha an Meet matter- of tha oet which we beliara will fullv explain whatever doubts may ba found to exist in aaid firat section, and which hav no aenae or meaning if tha act aa vnow aon no noptx ejeeuon beld annually at tha town meeting in counties under township organ nation. In aeetion a it ia provided that The printing and deliTery of tha ballot and earda of instruction to voter herein.

after described, ahail ba paid for br tha aereral cities, villages and incorporated town respeoV sveiy, ua to tow unuunf oy wie town. In aeetion 7. providina: for tha filin of nomine- tioa paper, these words are sued "provided. That oertiticatea of nocnination and nomination peper for tha nomination of candidates for tha ofiicea inciUes. vulaaea.

and inoorDoratad town. and for town offices, in counties township organisation, shall ba filed with tha clerk of the towns, citiea, villages, and incorporated town at least nrtaea aaya previous to toe aay 01 suca ajaewuoaw' QMaTnwi vo n-oamATiosra. Tm awtbM 10 nroviaicm ia mm A 'for objections to nomination papers, and it ia there provided 8tuk nhlmtlniu iruinv in tha ease of nomine- tiona of town nicer shall ba considered by the poara of auditor or seen town, ana ue aoonmu of a matoritv of aneh auditor ahail be final." In aeetion 14 provision ia made for tha prmting ef tha ballota, and it ia provided and tha town clerk in nonntiee nnder townahip oraniatiou ahail have ehanre thereof and furnish, tha eama In all town elections to wnicn tnia act applies." If tKennlial aha firat section, "that in all election hereafter to be held in this State for public officers." are not comprehensive enough to embrace the elections held at town meetinaa (or the election of town officers, then the aforesaid quotations from sections 1, 7, 10, and JA, when brought to their aid, must make it clear that the law-makers intended tnat toaar enooid. Otherwise so much of aaid sections aa attempt to make provision lor printing ana oeuvunnaT ballota and carina: for them by the towns, and, the filing; exeeptione- to toe nomination papers men wita clerk of towns and the eonsidraUoa of aaid objection bv the board of town anditors. have no application whatever, and are useless and mean fmi lne iihi ssns And tha Town Clerk in aonntiea tinder township onranisation will have no oppor tunity to take cnarae of tickets nnaer tnis act.

The following omeera were electod one baper-visor. one Town Clerk, one ABseaaor. and one Col- laotor. whd shall sever all hold their office for one year, and until their soocossora are elected and analified. and aaeh Justioea of the oeace.

eonetablea and hurhway cam is ion era as are provided by lawibtarr at Curtia, Chapter tM, trur. ei. That in counties tinder township organisation there ahail ba elected in each town, at the anae al town meeting each year, one commissioner of highways, who ahail hold hie office three yeara and nnul his snecessor is elocted and qnajifled. (Ibid, chapter 121 paragraph 145.) Two Jasticea of the peace and two constables in each town are elected every fonr yeara, on the first Toeaday of April, at the "election of town Offioara. tStarr a Cnrtia, chap.

78: per. 1.1 Trustees of schools are elected for a term of three yeara. (Ibid, chap. 1ZZ; par. ZX) And one is eleated every year on tha second Saturday in April.

(Ibid, par. ti.) School directors are elected or the third Sator- aay of April, in each year. (ibid. par. 43.) I Member of the board of edneatioa elected in the saaue manner provided for school directors.

liDia, par. ea.1 Tha coanty board In counties not under town- ship organ nation at their December term ap- poantona superviaor in each, road district to aervs for one year. (Starr Curtis Chap. 121 177.1 TBiyanidftiimorTiciii ue the exceoted rlssses in the statute under consideration, and none of them are elected at the election held on the day of the town meetin. They are not excepted on account of their dia nity the lack of it, for they are omts aa important as any ejected at the town meeting, They are evidently excepted for the reason that they are elected separately and nt aa many different times aa there are offices to be filled, and in each instance there ia but one officer to be elected or appointed, except perhaps the board of edneatioa certain large towns.

It waa a snffWnent reason for excepting tbem that the election waa too email ia point of ofheera to be elected to require the expense of the eo-ealled Australian system. There are no other town officers to be elected and no other town election, and if the officer to bo elected on the first Tuesday of April ia each fear are not within tho terms "of the statute tinder consideration, what did the I legislature ixave ia mind when it was proTiding for-. the XMmtinations of candidates for "town ofBeers' in section X. And where are the "town elections, the tickets 4rr which shall ba paid for by the town-a provided for in section 1. And when and where do the town auditors act in tho cons ii Ira a-xion of objections to nomination papers a provided in section 10.

The only town officer enumerated above who are not elected at the "annual town meeting are the justices and eonetablea who are elected once ia four years. They are elected "at each quadrennial election for town officers," and "on the firat Tuesday in April," and surely tho Lea-iel a tare waa not in euch labor simply to provide for their election once in fonr year, when it was providing a ballot reform for town officers. a csss to nxrarnATa. in the ease of Perry County vs. Jefferson County (M I1L, II) our Sapreme Court aaya: And though the title to an act ia ooaanionly aaid to be no part of an act, it ia not to be who! in putting a construction upon the statute.

The object of the Legislature ia very often avowed in the title to aa act aa well aa in tho preamble. Fetter' Dwarria statute HO. Yhea the in tent ia plain nothing- ia leftteeao- 7 Straetio. When the mind labor to discover the design of the Legislature seises everything from which aid can be derived, and in such ease the title of an act claime a desree of notice. and Will have its doe share of consideration.

(United States vs. risber Crunch So.) In Potter 'a "Irwarria on Statute," page 144, anrr a number of rules and maxims of interpretation of statute which are laid down are the following: "Statu tea must be interpreted aeenniinar to the intent and meaning, and not al wan sMaeliBr to tho letter. A thinar within the intention is within tho statute, though not within the letter, and a thine within the letter ia stot within the statute nnieas wiuiia tas Tha title to the act of June 22. 1991. enumerates the purposes for which the statute is enacted aa loiiowa: "Norths distributiosi of ballota at public ex- "Per tho noaainatioo of eandidatea tor public "To rerulate tha manner of holding electiona, "To enforce the aeciecy of the ballot." Here are fonr distinct subjects molded into one 1 fcajmonious whole, and dearly intended to work a rafmiualaiai ia our system of holdina; elections for the purpose of electing oar public officer.

To hold that it applies to some and not to others -that it appliea to the election of an officer in Whom the people nave aa mairees peiaonai inter eat, and that it dose not apply an ooiees wno comes to Tarn noru naAKTS in Oarsa, who levies their taxes, who eolleeta the who the same- who sita in judgment upon their minor diffieultiea, who makes or nn inakes their roads, who looks after their poor, who anitee them ia marriage, and who builds their eourt-housea and jaila, ia certainly Dot in harmony with the purposes of the enactment, aa disclosed in the title thereof, if tha reformation intended by tha enactment waa inspired by and predicated upon the diaeontent of the people with respect to the manner of holding elections. At tho electiona held at the annual tuain aiaritiins I lima ia nil nfTir oliwtml in ah the people take mora interest than the ejection of commissioner of highway. Us receives and disburses annually a vary large sum of money, nnd hence there is an unusual strife for the office, and the aocnmnlatwd tricks, chicanery, and nasltn work of neariv half eeulmi era brought to play in the election of this officer, and tha people are entitled to the very beat method that can ba devised for tba selection of this officer. Notwithstanding the large eama of knonev voted, paid, and collected to maintain roads and bridges, the people in the State are eursed with the worst roads oa earth. The Supervisor of the town in counties under townahip organisation ia a member of the County and, aa such, ha charge of all the financial matters of the county, including the building of court-houses, jails -and eoonty asylums, the auditing of all the emolument returns of the various county oflieer, the selection of nectv and a-rand Jurors, and other eau'allv ins.

portant matters, and tho people are entitled to toe very latest ana improvea luetaoos lor guarding the ballot-boxea and to secure an. honest vat and a fair count in his election. sostarrarsa aa to towbt omcm Tha Tuws Assessor, whose conscientious work secorea aa eouitabje distributioa of the harden of taxation, the Town Coil ee tor who eolleeta and handles the chief part of the revenues of the Stete. and the luauoss of to peace and eon etablea who take no small part in the adminia-J ration of Justice, aepeeiauy among tne poor and the helpless, are all elected at the elections held at the annual town meeting aad there are no officers ejected at aay eluctioa la which the people have a more direct personal interest and If toe dietribution of ballota at publio ex pease, the method of making nomination, the manner of. holding elections and tha secrecy of the ballot, were not intended to apply to these all important electiona, then the, administration of fiuhlio affairs with yen pact to those matters a which the people have the greatest interest baa been entirely ignored by tha Legislature, aad such a dereliction of publi duty not lightly to be imputed to such a body.

It sua not be concealed that a ballot reform was demanded by the people. the extraordinary boraens lizipoand upon candidate in the pristine and dia-trtoution of rrlrr-t made it difficult for the peo-- pie to scare tha eandidatea of their choice. And tita outcome of aa election undrr the old system which permitted so many slum class and oompt praetioeswas so tuuatlsfaetory that the people might very lastly that- they were being defrauded la matter in which they were more directly interested than in who shonld be Crov- emor, Sherux, or Uoonty udge. Tba. question aa to what action, tha com mittee would take in re curd to the Australian ballot law was apparently not any question at ail.

do moment the Attorney uenerai sata that, while i toe adoption of the Australian ballot law in its annliraition to town meetinm Bight ba and, in Lis opinion, was; somewhat irroipiax, yet where tba anaHned elector desired it, and where it waa thus adopted and carried out in its spirit and as far possible in its letter, tnat under those eirournstanees it could ana should be adopted that moment the committee is reported to hava been sub stantial! madv ia act. It was understood. however, that previous to this Judge Horace Clark, of AfaUoon. made some remarks on the subject; after which an adjournment was taken until o'clock. At the afternoon session of the pommittee it was voted unanimously to iwoommend to the various Be publican county committees that the Australian ballot law be Id opted at the oominn spring" elections and it was de- eidsd that too executive committee of the Republican! State Central Committee prepare a proper and full statement to be sent out to the several coanty committees throughout the State, furnishing such information as shall be deemed necessary to fully inform the voters and election officials as to their duties and privileges under tne new law.

i i It is 'of the abnoet importance that town officers should be fully in- formed in recard to this subject. They should obtain copies of i the law and then expect from the Republican State Central Committee such further information and instruction as shall guide thani in their worK unaer we new taw. Tha action of the Kepublican Stabs Com mittee in this matter important and algnin cant after ithe rather discourteous course of the Democratio State-Comnxittea a short tune ago. The first overtures were made soma time ago by tha Bepnbiican committee to the Dernoorats in regard to this mattery and the Iemocrata idid what would be -oommonly called "a smart thing by rushing off and trying to make campaign ammunition out of the opinions of some of their political law yers. Dy the action of the Republican committee yesterday the Democracy hava had all the wind taken out of their aaiia.

and they can not now say whether they are afloat or ashore. i The vote by Which the Australian ballot law waa adapted and recommended to the put beans of the State was unanimous. IlLsOnmi PIBTMCT PTT.rXisTlaV The selection of district dalegates by ven tiona held ia the several Congressional districts was considered by the committee. Tne discussion was very general and satisfactory on this subject. The cnairman of the committee, it appeared, bad eenfeut to Republicans of the State the information contained ia the call of the National Kepublican Committee.

I It appeared that the call might be made to read that district delegates should be chosen by district conventions bold within the dnttrictai i it was toe sense oz tba committee yesterday that when the committee had placed the in formation it had received in the hands of the several districts, it had gone aa far as it was warranted in-going. The Republicans of the State have chosen their district dele gates both ways that is, both in conventions held in the districts and at the State convention when the counties met ia Comrreasianal convention. I in view of all the circumstances, it waa not deemed within toe province of the State committee to. do more than hand the call of the National committee to tho sev eral diatrictat 1r 1 The meeting taken all in all. waa a very important one.

The work done was finished with splendid feeling and shape. and the large attendance of the managers. veterans like General Martin, who came long distance, was very encouraging. It waa noticeable that there waa not from the beginning to thai end anything like "booming" eandidatea. IThe visitors were here ia the party interest and not for the advancement of any individual or class of leaders.

And when the meeting adjourned there waa the utmost good fellowship. The feeling through the btate generally in view ol the. approaching election is reported to bo very aataiiaetory, and with a good ticket -and a good platform Illinois is in lino for the old-time majorities. I-'. 1 CITT CENTRAL COMMITTEEMEN.

CmcAeo, Feb. 19. To (A Ed tor-X notice ia your political eoltunns this morning that the Republican Club of Thirteenth Ward adopted last Thuraday evening resolution indorsing the action of Election Commis-aioner Hutching and the four city central committeemen who opposed tba gn-as-you- prunary fraud, and deprecating the disgraceful action of. the majority! in their of Mr. Hutching, and I tm glad there is one ward crab that has had the courage to come! boldly out and declare itself aguinat Injustice and dictatorial faction rule.

of thinking it and not danag to aay credit -to the Thirteenth Ward Bo- publican Club for; their brave, stand against tricksters aad ringsters, their example is worthy of emulation. Is it possible -that the Republican of Chi cago are going to submit to the infamous system the present city central committeemen have decided Upon? Is the oonunittee- of a ward the law and the gospel, the Judge and the or have the voters some thing to sayrj Ia the Twenty-ninth Ward, for instance, tna committeeman has decided to have but one primary poll. and. intend of fiienang Judges roDx the regular list intends to select his own men. What chance is there for tha people when a self -constituted autocrat, with willing too la at his command, deliberately tolas them that only those whom he shall be pleased to permit can vote I lathis city to be dominated by one-man power in each and every ward, or is tho will or, the people to be observed? i What the Twenty-ninth Ward committeeman is going to do can be done by every other ward committeeman, and who can prevent itf Mn Louis Mack, the Thirteenth Ward committeeman, when asked the other day if he was going to hold district pnmariea, evaded a reply, and treated hia interlocutor, a heavy tax-payer of the ward, aa though it was none of his Ipusineae, as though he, Louis Mack, was the Republican party, the people, and everything else, and would de as he pleased, regardless of the rights or desires of the tax-payers and voters.

i thing I wish to touch upon before concluding! It doe not seem to me, 'and I hava heard many of my neighbors speak tha same way, that it is proper for aa officeholder to be coanty oe city committeeman. It avoka too much tike aa attempt to perpetuate one's self ia office and power, and bertainly should be discountenanced by Republicans when even the Detaocrata have already done "Woukln it' be well for the Republican City Central Committee, when they meet next Wednesday ta reconsider their action, which haa caused ao much adverse cri iasmi even ia their own ranks 1 RaTtmucig. MAPS A TEST CASE. Stockholders Oovrded Owt'of a sfnttonni ItaJta trsdng Be Helmburacd. I.

JwouxkrtoM, Feb. 19. Special Tel-orom. The Indiana Supreme Court heard to day the oral argument ia the case of McCann va The First National Bank of Evansville, About' $75,000 is involved ia the suit, i The case dates back to 1873, when the Ohio Falls car works failed. Ia 1878, on account of the losses it had suffered by the failure aad the panic of 1873, the bank found it nMessary to reduce its capital 'stock, and the loss fell on the stockholders who were crowded out.

Afterward the bank realized on much paper which it had euppoeed waa and the stockholders who had lost so heavily made a demand to be reimbursed. This McCama suit was', made the test case. McCana was beaten in the lower court, and the case came to tha Supreme Court in I8o7. i McCann is represented by Senator Burke and Major DJ Sanders, of Louisville, and the bank by J4 K. Marsh, of Jefferson viile, and Humphrey A Davy, ot 4 Deatb.

Stopped tbe Wedding. Mattooh, 111., Feb. 19. Special Tedeyram. "-John Singer, a brakeman.

oa the Illinois Central was lulled by falling from his train at Keoga Thursday -was to have been his jredding day, a young lady at Kankakee being hia fiancee. CaBTara to satisfy you. One bottle of Plan's Cure for Consumption will convince you ef its wo no rim amoacyt isruggimiM, v. THE DA1XTT IliTTir OCUAir, SATUI1DAY riOKNIXG, IIHIUAJl-Y 20. ICG 2.

A-SCENE IN THE HOUSE Difference of Opinion Between Two Leading Democrats. ALU, ABOUT SILVER COINAGE Harter of and -Bland, Missouri, the Actors. Republloana Greatly Enjoy the Wrangle Another Chinese Ex4 "clualon Bin Pas sect. IN THB HOUSBw i WAaBXataroK, Feb, 19. The silver aoestion will not down.

I tf discasaion was in tbe House again to-day upon the presenta tion by Mr. Bland of a letter in response to one of tbe Harter circulars to the O. A. R. The) scene was one of eon fusion aad excite-roent at times, but occasionally a good home thrust front one aide or the other brought forth hearty and continued laturhter.

Mr. Harter was more than emphatic in his denunciations of the free silver bill, which he characterised as infamous, and predicted that if it passed the democratic party would march to -certain defeat in November. Warming to tbe subject, be declared that "if thia free ailver bill shall paaa the time will come when a man as a Democrat will not be given a decent burial in a Democratio cemetery Repeated attempts were inade by points of order and demands for tha regular business to take Mr. Harter from the floor, but he per-aisted in presenting hia views to the House and it was compelled to near. On motion of Mr.

Funston, of Kansas, a resolution was adopted setting apart Satur day, March 19. for the delivery of eulogies upon the late Senator Plumb, saver came to the front again taut this tune la a form that elicited no opposition from either the silver or anti-silver men. It came in the shape of a resolution from Mr. Bland providing for a reprint of tbe silver bill and for printing 6,000 additional copies of the majority and minority report, i. Mr.

1 Traoey, of New York, suggested that tbe number be inoreased to 10JXM and this suggestion met with Mr. Bland's approval and aa so amended the resolution was adopted. The House went into committee of the (Mr. Richardson, of Tenncasee, ia the chair) on tbe private calendar. The first bill upon the calendar (which waa laid aside) cave rise to some discussion, dur ing which Mr.

Reed, of Maine, tnade some of his characteristic remarks as to the advisability Of counting a quorum from the mem bers present and not voting, she chairman and Mr. Reed thereupon baa a abort colioauy, which the chairman aubseauently alluded to as an wi hope the Chairman will not designate it as an altercation, aaid Mr. iteed, 1 "it was an altercation of words. responded tbe Chairman. "That waa all the Chair meant to say." Mr.

Reed I trust that the Chair will not designate it ia that way. That be un just to the Chair and to me. The Chairman The Chair does not mean to be unfair to the gentleman. Mr. Reed I think it ia unfair to the Chair as well as to myself.

1 Tbe Chair The Chair will try to take care bf himself and of tbe gentleman from Maine. and will not do him an in justice. 1 The next bill lor the relief of A. J. Duncan.

Of Tennessee, was the axle upon which revolved another silver wheel. It was set in motion by Mr. Bland, who sent to the Clerk's desk and had read a letter from a Grand Army post in Missouri, asking him to inform the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Harter) ia response to his anti-eilrer circular that the Grand Army posts were able to attend to their, owa business. Mr.

Bland again crit icised Mr. Barters attitude on tbe ailver question, and said that he felt it to' be a duty to his constituents to nave this letter read. Mr. Sartor said that be ascribed to bis friend if what "hia did not ascribe to him) honesty of purpose. The free ail ver bill was an infamous measure, and yet he ascribed to the gentleman an honest purpose in tub-mittieg it, This name class of tarislatian.

called protective tariff legielatioa tegialajioa which was against the many in the interrat of this few waa infamous and outrageous. He would be tbe last man ia tbe world to say that bis friend and relative, Mr. McKinley. a aa infamous man. The difficulty waa not with the heart of hie friend, Mr.

Band, but the trouble was with his heed- fXstuirb- ter.l The House had been told that one class of fagislation fell heavily upon ninety-nve citisens out of every 100 and took away their property and aandea it over to toe other arm under tbe operation of the McKinley act. but TBxan nn orxaa Btnroass and some gentlemen seemed to think it was perfectly right and very democratio indeed to take tbe earnings and property (not of ninety-five persona oat of a hundred, but of 999 citixens out of every thousand), and hand them over to monopolies. He Mr. Harter) Soke for a class of people who bad no vote, spoke for the helpless women and children of tbe country, tor the poor creature who labored over the waantur tor tne support of her helpless family. That was the view of democracy that ha took.

If this free silver- bill were pa saw 11 toe time would com when a man as a Democrat would not be ariven a de cant burial in a Democratio cemetery. It it passed before November came, the Dem ocratio party won be the laughing stock of tbe Nation. laughter. Mr. Butler, of Iowa If thia: bill ia mv Democratic why ia it that the Democratio delegation from your own county voted to put the free coinage of silver in its platform? cnonney, 01 new Hampshire, noticing the intense enjoyment the Republicans were obtaining from Mr.Harter'a temarkeand the Democratio disaffection, inquired of tha Chair whether the committee was dtBthissnig a bill for the benefit pf tbe Democratio party.

Daughter Mr. McBanney. of New Hamrjahire. rained the point of order that thia discussion waa en tirely out of order, not being directed to the bill under consideration by the committee. The Chair sustained the point of order, and atatea tnat tne 0111 unoer consideration one for tba relief of Mr.

Dun of Tem Mr. TTarter replied that hia mmavt-a swm directed toward that bill, as if Mr, Duncan got the appropriation ha wanted to be paid 100 cents oa the (Laughter and ap-pUuse.) i to make a prediction, but as the words "I predict" came forth be was again interrupted by many uamocrauc memoen. uoe ot them asked him, as a parliamentary inquiry, if the prediction was in regard to the fate of the Democratio party, it would not be better to make it in a Democratio caucus than in tbe open House. Laughter. The Chair stated that that could hardly be' regarded as a parliamentary inquiry.

Laughter. -j After many efforts Mr. Harter again managed to secure the floor and proceeded with hia prediction, which was that if the House pasved tba measure Which invited all the degraded silver of thej world to free coinage in this country, the Democratic party would lose the votes of men who labored for their living, and when the party- marched to tbe pells Nrvember instead of marchings to aa overwhelming victory it. would march to certain defeat. Mr.

Iind, of Minnesota, asked if he understood the gentleman correctly in defining the' principles of the Democratio pafty to be free trade and a single gold standard. Before Mr. Harter could reply he was again interrupted by a dumber of Democrats pro-testiag against the latitude of the debate. Mr. JUnd Is it the position of I the Democratic party for free trade and a single gold standard Mr.

Harter The position of the Democratio party is in favor of a double standard and in favor of keeping every dollar worth 100 cents, Applause on tbe Republican side and demands for the- regular order from1 the Democrats. Mr. Lind pressed bis question, as to the attitude of the Democratio party In regard to free trade, and Mr. Fiihlan and Mr. Holman in vam attempted to take Mr.

Harter from the floor when he demanded to make hia reply. The Chair appealed to Mn Harter to proceed in order and: speak to tbe bill under consideration. i Odr, Harter said be would do so. This 4nan on Xennesaee wanted aa approprtitioa JLeughter th' a'pVropriation was raised by taxins the reoi.le. aad the Question asked by the gsntleman wn highly pertinent under tbe Tbe Democrat 10 party was in fsvor ol.the freest possible trade for the humblest emil and the protection 01 the American fiag, PApplause.

Mr. Harter athenrinauired of Mr. ZJnd whether be a satisfactory response to his inauinrv1 Mrt Lind replied that the gentleman had done so so far as domestic trade was concerned; but he desired to know the policy of the Democratio party in regard to lorcnira trade Mr. Fithian, pt Illinois, immediately ai with another point of order and ealied upon the Chair to enforotl the rales. After a aoene of eonfusioa Mr.

Harter, con tinuing, aaid that the position of tbe Ueoao-cratie party on the question of free trade waa thia that everv Amevirtan eitixen was env tttled to tbe most absolute free trade with evert' inhabitant at tJv. rUhn. limited only br the amount of tariff necessary to conduct tbe government. He had now tbe question of the gentleman from Minnesota and be would ask him a neat Km. Let him state whether ha indorsed tbe McKinley bill.

Mr. Lind I voted for it. rLeughter. Mr. Harter I asked yea a manly question ia a manly way.

pi; Mr. Lind Is there a higher way of indora- wg a meaaure than by voting for nr -Mr. Harter Do yoa Indorse the bdlt r. Tnd An a aknU a Latuirhber I. The silver debate waa then terminated and the committee without action oa the Duncan biU.

rose and tha House adjourned tUl Tues day. f. 8SNATB PROCEKOINOS. WaawiaoTov. Fob.

19. Oa motion of Mr. Morrill it waa resolved that when the Senate adjoaras to-day it be to meet next Tuesday, Mr. Higgtna offered a resolution requesting the President (If not incompatible with the publio interests) to inform the Senate of the proceedings recently bad between represents. tivesof tha Dominion of Canada and tba British Government and the United States aa to arranawmente for reciprocal trade With Canada.

He asked its immediate considers-: tion. Referred to the Committee oa Foreign Relations. y. Oa motion of Mr. Dotnh.

tbe bill to eon tmne in force for ten yeara all existing laws prohibiting and regulating the coming into this country omneMpervona waataxaa from the calendar aad paused. i Tbe conaideratioti of bills oa the calendar was commenced, and bills were disposed of as follows 1 i Aufbormng tbe construction of a publio build tag at Spokane Falls, ia tba Btate or Appropriating 400,000 for a public building at i. acorn in toe Btate 01 vraaningmn. rassed. Granting tbe right of way to the DuIuUt and Manitoba Railroad Company acrosi the fort fembiaa Reservation ia fiortb iakota.

Faaaed. i. To DKmde a nermanent system of i hurn- wars in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside tbe city of Washington. A pro vision in the bill -authorizing the issue of 8 per cent bonds gate rise to a debate ia which the financial policy of tbe government was discussed at some length, Mr. Berry declar ing that -we have arrived at taatcoadiuoa that tha Udited States can not pay the or dinary tne government and meet tne interest ua, debts without oorrowing money.

No action was taken on the bill aad the Senate adjourned tili Tuesday. CillNEik XXLUSION LAWl Waaaxweroa, Feb. 19. The bill paused by the Senate to-diy attend ma for tea years tba Brattona of ihq. Cbioeee exchuuoa laws is a substitute for armdar measure introduced by Senator Dolph.

bill has a wider scope than is indicated by (or, in addition Co re ensrtjag-the preeeak exejasioa lawav which are abtmt to. lapse, it eontama a sectioa intended, to. meet the. dilBculty the Treasury ofBesala have encountered ii in returning Chidbaa tetbina through judicial decisions ad vexee their right to return tbem further than' te the from which they entered the Untied States. Under this Oonatruction of the.

law! toe Treasury returned a number of Chinese to Canada instead of to Suina and they were again smuggled acroei ie. line, which tt'wai tmpoeuble to at all time -place. ''Another bew aeetion nroridea severe Densities for the return to tha United States of Chinese once sent out of tbe country. i-3 'CRKAJbt crrr Agnlnat tbe JSauplwyBnent aa Al an 1 lnna Bar aiaw atennaer. i MrAWAcxaa, Feb.

19i peeJof TU- gram. F. H. Madgeburg, Preaident of the Gem Mining Company aad Vice President of the Chamber of. Commerce, was forcibly ejected from a CbeaUiut street car to-day be eiuse of has refusal to pay fare after being' ttansfetxed.

He was roughly handled, as three mea did the bouncing. He will immediately begin acttoa for oarnages against the etreet-oar 5 1 A meeting of Jail weaken steamboat men, particularly wheelsmen, look-out men; and watohmea has been called for to-nsorrow even ing to protest the employment of Canadians ana aliens generally wpoa lake 'steamers from- this and other United Stetes There are ia Milwaukee about 859 mea who find or wish to find employment every summer on lake steamers, but they are often prevented from getting places by the Canadian 1 who come at tbe openings of navigation and are employed by veeseimea because they offer to work cheaply. -1 A Not only are soine 01 tne vssss's manned by Canadian erews, bat they hava "fwn captains and tnatea, aad there are aaid to be three vessels in Milwaukee now whose officers are all Canadians. vt It is the practice of some of these cantata. the Milwaukee men aay.

to bring crews with tbem from Canada when they taia charge of a steamer, sometimes even importing a cook. Tbe captains and mates of the three vessels mentioned as now lying ra tne port of Alil-wauket are stated to he residents of Anxberst-burg, Ontario. i -j ji t. It ia proposed to adopt at to-morrow evening's meeting resolutions demanding the en-, force ment of the laws forbidding the employ, ment of foreign captains and crews on United States vessels. The inspectors of immigration will ba called upon to act promptly all cases where Canadians are known or reported to be infringing this law, which waa enforced in some instances hist summer by sending sailors back to Canada from Buffalo.

This, meeting will be the first of a eeriee to be held at vaajoue lake porta to take action on the subject, 4 i General Traffic Manager Hnrron states that the contract for the: oonatruction of the new steel passenger for the Goodrich Line will be tet-eurma the month of Anril or early id May.tf Sbajhwill be forty-five feet longer and wilt have, sixteet more beam than the Virginia. The dimensions decided upon are 900 feet keel length over all, 330 or 322 feet depth of feet. Tbe extra beam will enable thl: 'introduction of two tiers of state-rooms wftu'out' resorting to the arcade plan of the Datfpit' jind-Cleveland steamers, or infringing upon the width of the saloon It is claimed taat thai width of the bull will not prevent builders -from obtaining lines for speed, and the intention, is to have her fully aa fast as the Virginia, whose actual speed capacity has jnto bp, tested. BEUZtvl 5S BJP tTNCLB SAM. Big aXsUas'aABdsTrisawsnnklng Pleat, la Saw FaAaoiMXXL-CaL, Feb.

13. George Lang, one oft the tergest vitioulturis's in Napa alley, was convicted to-day of defrauding the government in evading the payment of internal revenue taxes. Hia distillery and wine-making plant at Calistoga have been confiscated by the government. After the verdict was rendered Lang was arrested on a criminal charge for attempting to bribe a witness in Senator Quay's Henltn.27ot Improved. Ihtt tnxT.FHit.

-Fa Feb. 19. Friends of Senator Quay city have recently received letters from St. Luce, Fia, where the Senator ia staying, that his health haa not been improved by sojourn there. It is aid that he ia threatened with pneumonia.

This, coupled with the news from Washington that Mrs. Quay bad started for St. Luce, Ii" to be with her hu-band, caused uaeaai- among tha benaV FACTS ABOUT TRADE. The Situation Not So Encouragr- Inge as Heretofore. SPECULATION IS EXTENSIVE.

Shrlnkagre In Demand Depresses the Iron MarkeL Decreane Exports of Breadstuff a Fair Sales of Merchandlao In Chloago. i UN8ATISFACTORT COMDITIONS. yw Yobk, Feb. 19. R.

O. (Dun Co's. weekly review of trade says I Tbe business situatioa ia not ao satisfac tory or encouraging aa it haa been. While the gradual increase in distributioa of many lines of merchandise there ia a shrinking of the demand and much depression in iron, A further decline ia cot ton blights hopes of a revival In the South ern trade, and tha speculative mania, atim slated by cheap money aad by tba great suc cess of the coal speculation, now extends to wheat and threatens to restrict exports, Notwithstanding tbe fact that tbe exports of wheat have been diminishing, and fox four days of tha present week have keen only 000 bushels from Atlan'io ports, while West- a receipts continue large, speculation at Chicago haa lifted tbe price 6)f cents during tbe week, aad sales here have been 67,000,000 bushels. i An advance from any cause which.

cuts off exports of breadstuffs at a time wbea baa heavy demands for stocks marketed here would not be wholesome. Corn baa declined a cent with large ex ports, but very large receipts. Fork producta. oats and coffee are substantially naohaaged. and oil ta only lio higher on small tranei ttons.

Cotton is a shade lower, receipts baina? 21 Kr cent better for tba week than last year, exports oft per cent greater. At Boston trade ia reported satisfactory ai xtaiumora toe lumber trade la mora active. .1 Tbe movement ia dry goods at Philadelphia promises aa active spring trade, though the South is still behind. At Pittsburg trade ia iron aa4 steel haa grown duller and prices are weakening. At Cleveland improvement is seen in most and trade ia larger than last year, and manufacturing at Detroit also exceeds last year's records.

AT CHICAGO sales of merchandise show a fair increase over last year, and reoeipta of wheat are double Inst year's, ef dressed beef threefold, of lard 50 per cent greater, of flour and barley a third greater, of hides 20 per- cent greater, and ot butter some larger than last year. while a little decrease appears ia corn. oats. and rye, a third in cheese, and one-half in WOOL, I Trade fa good at Milwaukee and collections are satisfactory. At Minneapolis and SU Paul businesj ia fair, and the outlook At Omaha and Kansas City both trade aad collections are fair and money plenty.

At St. Louis buainees began to show' signs of revival, the outlook for spring trade is encouraging aad the corn crop ia in full move ment, mucn of going py river. Trade also impravaa at ueaver. At the South, business ia ouiet at Little Bock and Memphis and in all lines rather quiet at New Orleans, though sugar is strong "sVv-a trade is good aad Vo-peate brighter, factors advancing oa carton because auaev as easy. But th roue bout the South the continued depression of cotton ia noted aa a cause of dullness i The week it has been gloomy.

In tbe iron trade, from pressure to realise oa qualities of iron not weTf known or prod need in excess of requiremerttcu More inquiry appears foe structural iron, beama eel ling at cents, but bar iron is in light demand and weak, and for finished producta generally tbe demand is disappointing. Since the Urge sales at I'JTX cents toe cop per market aaa oeea sreadanr, ana tin ana Load are strong. Tbe coal market ie very dull, awaiting re sults of the combination. The boot and shoe trade ta steady aad Swing, though cutting of prices for boots does no good and ahrpaaenta are still below those of last year. Ia wool there at a distinct improvement rn the demand for carpet use, nines the alight advance ia prod acta by soma makers aad alee in quarter or three eighths blood wools be-oane of the stroug devnand for cheviot gooda.

Tbe spring demand for men's woolens as large and many tardy clothiers find their orders being long delayed or rerusea. Trade in dress goods is also improving, al though in thia city there is much petting in retail prions. Cotton goods are mora active than in any previous week this rear and a few other grades have elightly advanced. Domestic markets are over-supplied with money, and if else can check tbe tendency to excessive speculation, soma exports of gold might be good. Ana value 01 an expo, eb num a lorx to ro weeks ef February has bean 27 per cent larger than for tbe same wseks last year.

The business failures throughout tha country during tbe past seven days number 239, aa compared with 27 last week, aad 290 for the corresponding week last year. WAU. BXAtXET KBVIatW. aTawToav, Feb. IA, BntdstreeTs weakly wall Street reiiew ssrwt The activity and strength which the share market exhibited while under influence of tba anthracite "deal have diaappeared as sud denly aa they eama.

-j In 'their rdaca, specaTsUoa lute tor tbe past week tended to revert to a restricted eoo- ditiou, while prices have in most cases shown an nclmaboo to decline. The principal factor ia the market baa been tbe apprehensive feeling aroused by tha fur ther hardening of exchange ratoa and the tangible fear of gold ahipmenta to Europe. It ia true that foreign interests were not sellers of stock to the same extent aa during the preceding fortnight, According to some authorities gold could really be shipped without loss, thia being predicated on tba informa tion that tbe Austria a Government waa pay ing an extra premium for gold. At any rate the ntuauon tended to create aa undecided feeling in speculative circles, and though tbe money market waa; not appreciably disturbed, the bullish developments ef the preceding week were arrested midway aad bear traders resumed the attacka upon values Which had been mterrupted by tbe eoal deal. Whether legal proceedings will be bad to nullify the coal arrangement remains to be seen." -) The general share list waa Influenced mainly bv the apprehension of gold exports and the equally effective fear of renewed foreign selling.

During the progress of the coal deal attention waa withdrawn from other railroad stocks, and tbe conclusion of the deal failed to produce the speculative development that had been looked for. CLEARINOHOUSK EXCHANGES. i Nxw Toaz, Feb. 19. The following table Compiled by Brodttrttft, gives the Clearing House re tarns for the week ending Feb.

18, 1892, and tbe percentage of increase or do-crease as compared with the corresponding week test year i Inc. 63. ii'i 47.S 1S.4 ii'i 6.1 15 8 1.A .1 6. ft SO A II .6 'ii'i Dae, "i'i New York. ,037 11 icairo Philadelphia, jm.

St. Baa rranciseo Pitts bury. 11,743 B.f-t.4-1 W.7 5.t- i7 4A)iJ ai in nee noil s. New BuStlo m.mm iA lmi.Tula jMtroit liourton 1 4.7 Cleraisnd. buFaul.

a .8 aa.l 7.4 11.7 19.4 111 ih'. iZi ii'i 4 10,1 i 8.l:.. 1 MS.K43 l.TSI,05a 1.7f,01J- 1.7-u.mo I.IM.M9 r- KW.MO 7M.KO NM.447 MffmpbisjM Nashrille. liulutli. Peoria.

aa-see ae eeeeeeeeeeaa Waahinatoa! New lis ven. 1 aeea ii'i Rochester V.V.l'.'Z'. rroreester. Hprina-lield eat aeeeae ee Salt Lake City "''III'" Norfolk Dee Moines. HeatU i aneeeeeeeee 19.1 a.a is M.4 1 9721 0U7JU LUI4 K9.91 70l.i:0 trvii -MTJW1 3.32i PH.Slt l.m:3 i Mhi.wa Hrwmeamm aLs.l i A- atanaa WilmintOllt eeett 20.

liiaVaJaartl ae eeeava aVWel AUVeirweas eeee aa a 1 .4 13.4 Ll.knxUm,.m. WfaOehswJeU. a.af eeeeSeew NTW JHfOleeAveaweeeaa ToffluU.ejM e. ea WsVOOs, aa ea aeiaa, Galveston Atlanta. It tl.t S.T Vwan saa a.

aw aeTrv''vAVsW Ootoida New w(ofktriWta pmm ea MHMMtt a 961.3 Atf Mn eM M0 li S.a t.f ni wOttay Say- oestttssi taunt Not inglnded'aa'totaia, RAILWAY INTERESTS. EABTTEEN TOURIST T1CKBTA. The Chicago Esat-bound Passe nger Com. mittea has) pnblisbed for the guidance of con- oectinghaee the following regnlstions adopted to govern the issue of tourist tickets during the ensuing summer It lis believed that tha possibilities pre sented for manipulating these forms of trans portation, and heretofore practiced at inter mediate commercial centers, demanded tbe iastitution of precautionary measures, and ia tba mutual protection of legitimate inter. its full co-operation ia earnestly solicited.

Ketolm. That for the assssa ef Wt no mead- trip tickets shall be sold te or threuah aor point south of a line drawn throua-n Portland, ki sine Rochester. N. H. Concord, N.

H.J Bellows Fails, Vt. atatUnd. Vt. and PUttabnrr, S. No round-trip anmm tourist tickets will be aeeepted free line throns-b Chieaaro, exeept the tickets are so printed that the portion east of Chieaao, ia botb direetiena, eonaista of aa ex-ebanae order oa the initial line at Chicago, which order ahail eouiorni to the limit specihed ia the tonrtot rate ilinl.

and that a ioint eimn- lar surna-d by the aaniial lis am end tielcet reta- snrtad nt tnia matins oa at ooee and aent te imanrrlina Hnits aeverinar thia reeilution. The round-trip saauaer tourist rate from Chi eaao te 1 erouto (exeeot via laa-ara ails or Buspeanos ide) shall be 123.40; limit thirty day front date aale 1 iron-eiad tieketa to be used, No throae-h round-trip Buffalo or Niaaera Falls tickets issued by focw-n lines via Cnieaao, shall be accepted for passage, exeept as provided te tba aaxt iollowiBa resolution. Ih aaunraer tourist rate Chseaao to Buffalo or Niaarara Falls and return ahail be S23.su 2 limited to eontianuua paasase ia either direction with urn, ann 01 airy aay ass icwi paa 1 Ireaveted non transferable tieketa to be i Md throua-h tieketa ta be aeesoted front eenneetina; lines throuajh Chicaco, exeept they be in the tores of enehanaw oiders on Chieaao aweata to be nun waa enly lor tieketa ec toe tore- cuina description, and ne road ahail, in any laatanes. aenept less ia apportionment than the rate of t33.a) above named. Conductor ef each Cbieaaoliae latersstsd to be instmeted tetav eordaaee with the provision of thia resolution rsaardins the nun enneptanns 01 tnrouan taoaeta.

Ia pursuance of the foregoing resolutions. the following waa adopted at the form of in structions to be issued to conductors! 1 To Conductor Ia are hereby las tint, ted that eat nnd aftsr June 1. few, ne rand trip tieketa it mm A by foreiaa road, for either Buf falo or biasara rails, and feaiiina via Chicavra, miner a 1 reclaim win ow eeuepiesi uar Subeeaueni to tbe meeting of it further agreed that, subject to tbe same conditions, stipulations and apportionment of through rate aa shall determine the sale of similar tickets to Buffalo and-Niagara Falls, round-trip tourist tickets may be issiird. Chi cago to rittaburg, at rats of UtXMX 1 ii SWITCHES. i A.

Bird, of the St. Paul Bead. wUr start for Calif orata to-day. to be gone a month. The propoaittoa to change the date of sell ing Mardi Gm tickets at Kew Orleans to Feb.

XL, aaaat out for vote by Chairman Fin- ley, has been negatived, Brother Basenbark promise to appeal from Chairman Finley'a decision fining tbe Maple Leaf line ia two eases for the misuse of mileage tiokete. Aaaooa she im portent World's Fair ounce merits is the statement that tha lake Shore aad Michigan Southern Railway haa abandoned the plan to enter tbe fair grounds at the southeast corner over tbe tracks of tbe Pennsylvania Company, the Fair officiate deeming aa entrance at tbe southwest corner over tbe rJalumora and Ohio tracks more desirable. i I-' Clileagote CauYooael Crmsaul. Philadelphia Press: Philaaelphia ia not tbe only city where the tsiToueel nuisance haa ealied for police faster ten tion. Chicago haa a similar campaign oa hand, but owing to tba fact that tbe city licensee euch eatab.

uahmente ii baa been moat fortunate la being abas to suppress tbem by merely revoking tbe licenses and ordering tba polio to aaa that the places were, closed, as directed by tbe Mayor. Ia this city, since the anthoi iliac do not license euch amusements aa flying horrea, we have tbe spectacle of a place running day in and day out whose proprietor is under indictment for nameless Crimea. If Apptegate ba convicted some one also might eep- the barrel-organ grinding and nee that the swirl of animata went oa, aad tbe authorities wonld apparently be helpless to do anything save to arrest the new proprietor and his assistants if new evidence of criminality was obtained against the place, Thar ia something wrong in this. Such places should be under the control of the city. To allow them to be practically free from inter-f erenoa is to perpetuate a nuisance.

We eaa learn a thing sn two from Chioago, and Mayor Washbnrna, who visited Mayor Stuart not ao long ago may do ue a good turn in giving our Executive tbe benefit of his successful effort at purging tbe city of petty rice. Speaking of the earronsela Th urn OcKiasayat MWhen first started the skatiag rinks were thought to be a highly moral and delightful peace for amusement and exercise, but they degenerated and became gateways to perdition. Such appears to be tbe history of th carrousels, only the latter, according to report, have become much worse than ever the skating rinks were. As a duty to th pub-lic Tan Iwna Ooaaa will expose everything of the kind when it comes nnder our observation, even though some Mr. Sturtovant may secure the assistance of two other- daily papers' to defend it.

The hmt sen'enfe shows that in Chicago as well as Philadelphia there are a few newspa pers that prefer to mbarrass the autbenuee rather than secure an abatement of an aril. There is thia difference: In Chicago an at tempted defense of tha carrousel has been a feature of the campaign, while in Philadelphia no one has had the hardihood to come to tbe defense of that they know is tainted, but instead a rattling fire of petty criticism aa to tbe method and manner of the suppression baa been th order of the day. However, both Chicago and Philadelphia can be congratulated that traps for the young masking as innocent -resorts will no longer be allowed to continue their evil work unchallenged. i Pell Irene Feet Trelaw Bbatpwooo, 11L, Feb. Tste-pram.

TAe body of Albert M. Howard, of Stamford, N. was found thia morning lying ia the ditch beside tbe Alton Bailroad track about two milea north of thia paoe. Ha waa a passenger oa th south-bound "Hummer" Thursday evening and evidently foil from a Ta JACKSON TILJLC, FLA. Th best time and Pullman vestibuled train-service ia offered by tbe and E.

1. K. K. Erans-Ville Route, 'The Chicago and Nashville Limited leaves daily at. 4 p.

aa. Threuch sleepin-ear- tieketa sold te lane only -thirty-nine koii-v-'' icaco City Ticket OUca, 204 Qark streoU Oiu Kiehmond art ford Portland, Oregon. Indianapolis t.I AMONG THE RAILWAYS Annual Report of the Chlcaro and Alton Road. HALF A MILLION INCREASE. 1 Milton Knlffht and the Interstatw Commerce Act.

uuYsrning xney Dai or caatern Summer Tourist Tlcketa Re- iluoeol ftatee. THB ALTON'S IHHlllf The twenty-ninth annual report of tbe Al ton Koad tor tbe year ending Dee, Wit, appeared yesterday. Ko change in the amount of capital stock of ue company naa oeea made daring tbe yea 4, The obligations of the company have been reduced during tbe year by the Durchaae ani oanoDuarjon oi it a par cent sinkl 1 1 1 aa. 77 iuuu avu uouua one ia'w or toe bond of tbe Miaasaippi River Bridge Comjeny. During the last eight yeara there haabi ao increase in tba capital stock of the eon pany, exeept 803 shares issued la exchange tot an equal aumbsr of tha shares of the I and Chicago Railroad Company.

In this period ef eitrat- years. have been charged to income account and ex4 penoea la tbe purchase of additional 1 estate, rouing stock, aad other property. During tba same period tba bonded 1 ot the company haa beea reduced by the obae and cancellation of tTZSOUD at earnings for tbe year were as follows i aavawoa Oroas aarnlngs from trafile, aaI interest on temporarary aavastasenla of ffIA total oiaourssmenia during the same period for oparatiac expensee, taxes, rent of leased lines. Interest on bonds, nnd TJSttlrJ By balance Dec sl, or launsK uooua, suviaenaa on stork owned by your company, and ml mm, Ta By gross ressipu from Tiwi.ia tlu.gH.ai7.Mj Intel est oe funded debt. lHvidaada faiOJKT.M XftlfitOM Bent paid Joiiet aad Chieaae KaO- reed nenpsny.

Bent paid Louisiana aad Minail V1.7HPt 18X437 Al luver aailroad Cumnany Bent paid Kansas City, fck. Louis and Chicawo Railroad Cmmnans Beut paid al Ississippi Elver Bridge (km pany Paid for sinking land bonds par- Paid aad appropriated front this ae oDun tor saaiuaau propefry. ears, real estate, new buddings, and new j. Operating expeuse. inelndina; taxes.

Total tfjHOJBlM) Balance Dee. 1, 11 X66J7SAI I be following atatetnente show earninira and expenses during loSQaad iSUlt 1U. Froaa IJHJJAM Froa 171.1VI.1W From mail sjM Uijri 1bb4vui AASJSI Totel Th inoroass in traffic to 1891 lower 9i.m.m aa fot- paaeena-er fiusabt atejwn as Frean rrese tradie hM Iroaamail trsihe From aaiaealUneoMa souros l.att.T' The increase in gross earnings in compared with those of tbe preceding year, te or 07 433 IJDUQ per centT Preaident T. li-Blackstoae. who ia former years wrote moat able eeeays oa tbe railway eisnariony has 1tmt -tittl to aay--this year.

Among hia remarks-are the fullowing; A fraction snore than one fourth of the avees ea ruing from fiuight traflie during the Isst jssi waa derived from the transportation of faxaa products shipped at local stattoas. inn avereae yeeny aiom enrainee rrom suck ta. 1 spared witu. trafile of ail kinds during the last eleven yeara, ia 1X8X1 par cent, Tbe pereeutaee la 141 ia about per cent saute than the averse for the period of eleven years. In the first fonr months of the year the tradaa of the road was smaller than ia the corresponding months in lu.

From the month of April aatU tbe end of the year a very eoeauderable lav-creaae ef passenger tragic oncuiied. In the last half of the year the In fl neons of good eropa waa manifested aad caused the laertssid 1 aiaht aerninsa already ststed The number of pease uaeis eerried waa 1 JS2AS8, or 86.1 11 mora than we carried In The annv ber ef tone of freicht carried was or HHv BZl tone more than were earned in Wsi The one eent and nine and nee half nviihu Increase ft of rw-MWe of a cent per mile, eompared with th aveiaae te IMMOt The averaae freiarfat earninaa pee ton, per ssite, waa OTX-1 ef one eent, or t-na) of cent areater then ia Use. i The actual rate charred waste no ease higher than te the piaeeding year. The email am lasse in averaae eerninca, as above stated, is due to a smaller proportiea of cheap fame aad the Vanspoitalaui ef aaaaller proportion of the elsasee of freight for which the rates nre charaed. for the last tea years aa averaae of about fOUOOS per enaam have beea expended for bab lasting.

nlaaad. work te sntiitani itteUy Therolung stock consists of Z28 loooraotlT; 1(1 ears for ass in pnssenawr trains meludtna-twenty-Ove PaHman slsiias asm), and l.es freicht enra. Foe 111111111 ears and twelve oa boose cars Lnelnded in tne fsveaoin atalsnisnt have been eoueu acted by the eompany at its The eoat of additional ycpoiti acquired aad the cost of work done and material peirhased for a second mate track between Pontteeand IstxinaTtoa. etehteea and tines lanllia miles dn law. the year ia tattt.tal.et.

There has been expended In the eonstructloa ef the track last refeiTed to. toeludine- the all eroas tine and steel rails neadwil for ii aa.17. Thia track will soon be eompleted. of will then remnin only seven and nisnvten tha milea ef sinale mate track for a distance ef UH milts Jt ween Chicago nnd Fbur hundred and sixty-nine mile of track are ballasted with ruck, 171 mile with cinder from mast rurnaena, and JDl muee wit graves. The hridaee and culverts oa tee road an all of steel, iron or stone.

1 The condition ef the road baa been ta sB raa pasts improved front year to year for ten year a mom, and will now, in its permanent way, bridaea, tructurs, aad railing stock, eompare ravorauy with the. best roads la the United A gHIQHT FROI.IC. Special Agent Kretechmar, of the Interstate Commerce- Commies ion, earn up front Springfield yestsiday to dncuae with Uaited States District Attorney MUchriat aa Impoe-teat indictment now panding against a Grand Trunk official in 8pringfield. Milton i Knight, traffic manager of tba Grand Trunk Bond, was Id dieted at Spring. field on the charge of giving rebates to a St, Louis shipper for exports that went through Montreal.

Knight demurred to; the indict-ment on tho ground that Congress had ne right to regulate commerce between this ooun. bw and Canada, and that tba law had refer. snos only to shipments te the boundary lines. Tt waa therefore urged tnat a anrprnant 1 rem St. Louis to Mootreal oould not ba regulatud nnder tbe law, and hence aa Indictment would not hold good.

t. Jndse Allen, of Springfield, has tbe can under advisement and will decide it Monday. If tba demurrer te overruled, Jkalght will have to aland trial. Kail road -ofliciala ate awaiting tbe outcome with interest, as they claim the Grand Trunk will have a virtual monopoly of business to Canada, if Knight'a demurrer is sustained. 'y'.

REDUCED RATES, Ths lines In tha Central Traffic AasociaUoa have granted reduced rates oa aeoount of tha following meetings! Convent ion of Lumbermen, waatdria-ton, CX, Feb, 13-20, from all points, exoept Micliiaran, tirand Arch tmncil of the Phi Kappa Pat Fraternity, Cincinnati. Ohio, April 10-1-1. Front all points, except atichlxan. Tliie ra rate will apply also from Ghieage nnd Oute Ktvi elation rjoiiita. TralbsAaea- Th following application baa been declined TEaxhth annuel aseeuna- ot Betad Lmbev iiea er Associa tion of Indiana, lndiauapolia, 1- Feb, ZA Arrangersanle not eomplated by.

an- rriicaat. Isbt lmatrUaV.