Wisconsin State Journal from Madison, Wisconsin • 1

wl VOLUME SXXI. MADISON, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 12, 1882. NO. Off. TaTKM is aa evident diapoaitioa oa the The Obittuuy Record.

JoaiXH xooxur, jormxianrr. Hn.wi.cxxx. Dec 12 Josiah A. MmM Supposed to be Kcnis a Close. and spends a good deal of time at the Union.

His home is at 100 Fifth avenue, where his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Nilson, also reside. STATE JOURNAL. THE OFFICIAL STATE PAFEIL.

jji ten, t-r" Tbe clain cf Presided Porter that hii railroad company ihoull have ths exclusive rlgtt to project and tmlld railways orcr certain territory ia the northwesters i tult It looked upoa, by cert thoss direct in. his interest at a mott preposterous one. Thus far in the history cf railroad building in thit country, tha reneral principle has beea that all practicable ai well a i impractical! i routes, so ths different companies were con. terned, were opea to the freest com. pu'ioa.

This competition hss bee a re itrictt 1 only by to authorise i ta graiitin cbirtf rights an 1 has beea entirely inde-pendect cf the claims of owners cf rival Una. Ia a a eapecial degrss has this doctrine prerailei ia the west, where Text tracts cf territory abounding ia tha richest natural resources were undeveloped, needing the facilities which thess great thoroughfares cf trad 3 could mott effectually apply to make them rod no. and capable cf sustaining dens a populations. The only governmental restrictions which have as ytt been attempted, hare beea thosa in ths wsy cf fixing marimun rates, ef restraining unjust diacriminatioBS an 1 restricting the rates cf speed whaa hu-maa llfs was to be endangered at crossings and public streets, and ere a thess hats net beea rcry rigidly enforced. The multiplying cf competing lines, instead fcf beinj prohibited by any authority emanating Iron ths people, hss beea encourage and the only limit hss been oa lha part cf the companies ia a forecast as i) the profits which were finally to be the retura fcr their outlay cf capital.

The alleged grievance for sustaining the pree-nt war cf rates between the Chicago, 31ilwaak.ee EL Paul company and ths Omaha company is the late purchase by tha former company cf the Chipptow Valley railroad, wita ths intent cf making tlitt tha basis cf a continuatioa cf the lina Lake Superior, thus opening up a country whose wealth in pine lumber, iroa ore, gran it and other building stone, and agriculture! resources is unexcelled and incalculable. To this invaluabls territory the Omaha company lays exclusive claira an i its ullimatura fcr the cessatioacf hostilities upoa freight and passenger rates sa damaging to both companies and ia which tha public ia the end will be ns rainer, is that tha St Paul company shall abandon its project of opening up this rica country and bind itself not to en-croach upoa territory which the Omaha company claims as its own, net ta be develop 1 cr opened up to settlement till it fe ready ta perform thst service. And it does not confine its claira to oer ciin state, bet extends its exclusive resorted rights to larea treats of territory ia Minnesota, Iowa aad Dakota. A slogla glance at the map cf this immensa and. as yet undevelopel territory, with some knowledge cf the tavigable streams by which it is intersected, cf tha immense tracts cf valuabla pina timber which cover portions cf it and the agricultursd and mineral resources ta which we havs alluded, will ahow what a rital intern tha public really has ia this matter, and with what jealousy an 1 oppoaitioa this claira of excluai? a contrcl cy a aingl? monopoly should be regude 1 by that public.

It will be aa unlucky dsy fcr tha whole west, when Mr. Porter's claim, cr ths claira cf any other railroad president, to the exclusive rigltta project and build railroads through any portioa cf its territory shall ba recognized whea such territory shall be parceled out ta such companies as may ba spree 1 upon, and th.8 rigtt cf competitioa be extinguished. It is the earing clause to the peopla that railway construction shall ba free and opea ta ths widest competition, and they will never countenance cr submit ta this rew doctrine cf exclusive torritory to any on i railroad interest. What ths ea 1 may be; ho't much longer nominal rates ia tbs running cf train at aa absolute lots t) the companies are only to be exacted, ths publia interest will certainly ba best in i were by the EL Paul company re maining fire and never yielding to this rev principls so fraught with evil con sequences which will outlast ths present controversy. An important construction cf tha statutes relaiivs ta ths granting cf licenses ta railroads was to-day decided ia tbs supreme court of Wisconsin ia tha case but a Wisconsin ex rtl.

Chicago, Mil aukea Bt Paul IVy Co. vs. Edward C. HcFetridgQ, stata treasurer, in which do. aurrer to tha petition cf tbs relator, ths Pad company, fcr a writcf mandamu to compel the atata treasurer ta issue ta tha relator a license to operate its rs.il-tusJ, and also separata licenses ta opcrata each ct its four branches 1 all.

r-: or leeoera, wnica in a rata company Las obtained by conveyance cr otherwise. was sustained. The amount cf tha tev. eral licensee, which said railroads re spectively would have been required to ave caid. had each cf said roads beea vi'erwj wiw uuuu wn w4 ladependect cf tha others, la the aggre- gate would have been The state treasurer, however, refused to isaua licenses for that sum, and held that tha a Paul company ahould pay license as Uiooga tha total length cf tha feeders and a main lina wera ona continuous lint wi tha total earnings cf tha severtU roads Wisconsin Miscellany.

A KTXWAUXXX S-AIXURX. MrLWAUxxx, Dec 12. Pierce Trask, commission merchants, 175 West Water street, have made a voluntary assignment to Charles A. Hlggins, for the benefit of their creditors. The liabilities amount to some $10,000, assets unknown.

The firm was composed of M. O. Pierce and 1L C. Trask. They attribute their failure to uncollectable outstanding bills.

RKTCB3XD FROM A WRXCXWO TRIP. Raccte, Dec 12. The wrecking schooner Experiment has arrived here from the lower end of the lake, where she has been on a wrecking expedition for the past six months. She hsd on board numerous anchors, chains and rigging recovered from vessels wrecked during the season. ATTEMPTED BUICIDX.

Clistonville, Dec 12. Mrs. Schreuer attempted suicide, Sundsy night, by taking strychnine. Her husband caught her in the act of swallowing the poison, and called a doctor, whoso efforts to dislodge the poison by the use of the stomach pump were successful. She ia now ont of danger.

Cause, domestic troubles. SUROLARS AT RIJC M0C5D. Eatj CulIRX. Dec 12. Burrlara ef.

fecteel an entrance into A. Auimm A- general merchandise store at Elk uound, ten miles west of here, before dsy break. Thev broke ODen the aafe and abstracted 1200 and papers of no value except to the firm. A quantity of other goods were stolen. a srrRrruAiJST nuro fixxd.

Racine, Dec. 12. Prof. C. C.

Braddon, Harrv Morton, the fraudulent spiritualist, who advertised an exhibition jxfiie viiy naii, wun Annie Eva ray as leadinr medium, but who. after tii audience had assembled, slipped out with we aoor receipts, was arrested on charge of obtaining money under falsa pretense He was discharged, however, and rearrested on the charge of giving a public show without a license and fined $30 and costs, which he paid. He belongs at Fond du Lac. By Cable, This Afternoon. DEATH OF AN ITALIAN LIBERATOR.

Rome, Dec. 12. The duke of Sermon- eta, president of the provisions! govern ment after tho entry of the Italian troops into Rotne in 1S70, is dead. rOSTM ASTER GENERAL FAWCETT ILL. London, Dec.

12 Postmaster General Fawcett had another hemorrhage last eyemng. A CROOKED M. r. A warrant hu been issued for the arrest of Wholley, member of parliament for Peterborough, who failed to appear in anawer to the aummona charging him with obtaining 50 from a hotel proprie tor by false pretenses. BRITISH CABINET CHANGES.

It is understood that Derby will be so- Eiinted secretary of state for India, and artington secretary of Btste for War. SPANISH WAR OFFICE BURNED. Madrid, Dec 12. A portioa of the war office has been burned to the ground. Twenty persona were injured one seriously.

The library and part of the arch ives wero destroyed. The king was pres- entr during the fire, and he assisted in subduing the flames. Casualties. WISCONSIN MISHAPS. La Crobse, Dec.

12. The electric light tower, being erected at the corner of Tenth and Cass streets, by the Elgin Tower com pany, fell yesterdsy, and the material in it was nearly all ruined. No one was hurt The tower was composed of light pipe and rods; it was 150 high, and would have been completed in half an hour more. It was tbe first of the kind ever constructed, and tbe workmen claim that it fell from its own weight, though others think carelessness in its erection was the cause. Racine, Dec.

12. A dispatch received here from Van Horn, Iowa, brings the intelligence that John Jenkins, of this city, was run over by a locomotive and received injuries from which he died. La Crosse, Dec. 12. A German named Reich, riding on a hand-car near Lansing, Iowa, was run over by a train, Sunday afternoon, and pitched through a culvert; hia neck was broken.

He lived in this city. The War of the Telegraph Companies) New York, Dec. 12. The attorney general has granted to John C. Rieff and John O.

Moore the right as stockholders of the Mutual Union telegraph company to join in tbe application of Joseph P. Greaves to bring suit in tho name of tbe people to annul the charter of the Western Union. The president of the "Western Union tclejrraph company authorizes a positive denial that any proposition towards leasing the lino of this company to tho Weatern Union telegraph company has ever been msde by any officer of his company or by any person authorized to make such offer. He further denies the statements that this company is not earning its expenses, but says, on tbe contrary, the receipts are largely in excess of expenses, and have shown a gratifying in-crease every month of the company's existence. a Crima.

BODT SNATCHINO, IN CANADA. Stann's Locks, Quebec Dec 12. The dead-house at tbe parish church wss entered last night by robbers. The coffins of an old man, an old woman, and a young girl were broken open, aad the bodies stripped of clothing, dragged across the road, and laid behind a fence. Subse; quently they were taken away in a sleigh.

Chicago Notes- Chicago, Dec. 12 A new national bank will shortly be started at the stock ysrds by prominent business men. The board of trade voted to adjourn at noon to-morrow to celebrate the laying of the corner stone of their new building. Frank Lttkbard, whose national songs will be remembered and which did so much during the dark hours of the rebellion to inspire a lofty patriotism and encourage the hopes of the union-loving people In the final triumphs cf their cause, died in Chicago, the other day. He will be remembered by a very large circle of friends and admirers, many In this state haying been Interested listeners to his varied sentimental and patriotic minstrelsy.

The vote of New York state has Just been officially canvassed. Governor-elect Cleveland received 533,318 votes. Just 807 ahead of Hancock. Cleveland's plurality is 182,634. HU msjority over all is Garfield's majority over Hancock, In the state, was 21,033.

Tux test case to determine the constitutionality and legality of the Iowa prohibitory liquor law is now before the supreme court of the state, and It is expected that a decision by that tribunal will soon be announced. This Mondays Dispatches Condextsei Doaoccna At noon yesterday, the last spike was drive a oa tha Milwaukee is Lake Winne bago line, giving the Wisconsin Central road aa independent outlet to Milwaukee The first through train will bo run oa Mrndsy next ins senate, ia executive session, yester day, confirmed a large number cf nominations, including General Pope and Colo- ncl MacXenzis to be major-general and brigadier-general, respectively. There was no contest English mails to and from Australia cow go through ths United Btataa, -via tha Pennsylvania line. A larga English mail starts i frora New York for Australia, laet night. Harvey Clifford, the Milwaukee gam bler, who killed Captain Pugh, a wealthy resident cf Racine, last April, ia a quarrel resulting frora a wagar, has beea found guilty cf murder ia the first degree, by a Jane villa jury.

Sentence reserved. A young Chinese laundrymaa died ia Wheeling, W. Va-, and was buried ac cording to celestial methods, yesterday afternoon, the pagan ceremonial being witnessed by large crowds cf whites. Tha appropriation bill pro vides fcr the carrier service being extend ed to tea or twelve new cities, ia 1884, hlTinS a rTenDS of t20.000 The Princess Louise, who is quite un well, will winter in some cf the warmer climates this country, but ths marquis cf Lorn a will return to Canada to be present at the opening of parliament The royal party is at Saa Francisco now, having just returned frora British Columbia After a good fight, Sunday, between the partisans cf Hevs. Ackworth and Freeman, rival claimants to the pulpit of the Colored Methodist church at Lee, the Ackworth party won in tha scrim mage.

Revolvers were drawn and Ack. worth was knocked down. He preached ia the evening oa tha subject: Victory. A citizea cf Nebraska purchased frora tha government a section cf land within tha limits cf ths grant to the Burlingtoa fv Missouri river road, and received his patent. Tha railway had previously filed at Washington a map of its location, which the supreme court holds was all that wss necessary, and a man who pur.

chased the same section from the railroad company is held to be the rightful owner. Tha bouss committee on education has decided to repot favorably a bill appro. priating $10,000,000 annually, for five years, ta aid ths public schools. The Old South church, ia Boston, has voted ta pay to tha family cf its deceased pastor, Dr. Jacob 11.

Manning, the full salary ta next April and 13,000 per annum thereafter fcr six years. Canon Bernard, who absconded frora Belgium with ths funds cf tha diocesa cf Tocrnay, aided the commissary of police in recovering $23,000 from Boston and $3,003 from New York. A firs ia the Sturtevant house, in New York, which came near being attended ith great loss cf life, was suppressed, with a damage of $15,000. St Paul's block and church, at Worcester, Massa chusetts, wcra scorched to the amount cf $30,000. Tbe dry-goods atore of Terrence McManus, at Newark, New valued at $55,000, was swept away by fiames.

Tha governor general cf Canada, who 13 now in can rrancisco, nppuea to me United States government for an armed escort as far as San Antonio, and Secre tary Lincoln has detailed a lieutenant and tea men ta protect them. A committee cf citizens cf Washingtoa held aa interview ia the jail with a pair cf convicted thieves, who related the circumstances cf many robberies, including that cf ex-Minister Ccristiancy's diamonds, and stated the amounts paid the detectives fcr protection. It appears that ths entire detective force cf the district has received weekly dividends from ths monta and bunko men. on dat, Dec. 11.

Ia tha senate, Slater introduced a bill to forfeit the uneam ed lands cf the Oregon Central road. Ferry presented a measure to increase the pensions cf soldiers and sailors who lost aa area cr leg ia the service. Van Wyck offered a resolution cf inquiry, whether a railroad is being constructed across the Niobrara military reservation without authority frora congress. By a vote of i to 23, ths senata refused to postpone indefin itely ths subject of bankruptcy, and thea adopted tha Lowell bill as a substitute for the one reported by the judiciary com mittee. A motioa ta take up Pendleton's civil service bill was carried but the sen- ata dismissed and defeated a scheme to re-leas a tha Memphis and Little Rock road frora its obligation- to carry troops free and mails at a reduced rate, and then ad.

journed. In tha housa cf representatives, Town- abend, of Illinois, in trod need a resolution reciting the efforts cf certain railway managers to prevent tho construc-tioa cf competing lines ia tha northwest, and directing the committee on com merce to report a bill to prohibit and pun ish such combination. Waita introduced a bill to stop the coinage cf silver dollars untl the stock is reduced to $50,000,000 and Ellis offered a measure to authorira i uj state or Juouiaiana to establish quit i Una stations- Dibrell presented aa act ta aboiuh internal revenue taxes and al 1 i lmf wbAtl oa whisky and tobacco, and mother ta redoes tha specie in tha trass- I it $150,000,000. Springer proposed a constitutional amendment relative to the I ejection cf president, ica president and I membera cf congress. A bill was passe 1 I Hi gv-cuur-gB- i ertd cf Canada, fears a feniaa plot, aad utJ ucyiuuuciii, uj I furnish him with a military escort on his i proposed trip through Texas, oa the way I home to Toronto from Ban Francisco.

Ina necessary telegraph! a orders for ths avcort wers issued from Washington, this afternoon. part cf members cf congress ta make ths present aessioa a bosineas one, and never, at hardly ever, has so much real -oen done within the first days cf the session aa has already beea accom- pllahed cr pet under wty up to this time. The appropriation bills have been con sidered ia committee, and two important ones have already been passed by the house. The senate hss taken up and adopted tha so-called Lowell bankruptcy I bhl a most important measureand it only awaits a careful rerision by the judiciary, committee to become a law, aa far as the senate is concerned. Both houses axa at work upon a civil service bill, the one ia tha house prepared by Mr.

Aaaaoa, bet believed to be injured by amendments in committee, and one ia the aenau, offered by Mr. Hawley, cf Conneticut, which he pro post to attach ta ths Pendletoa bill and which appears ta meet tbs ideas cf ths mott exacting re. former and make tha abuses so loudly a i compiaiDea vi in me late canvass impossible. Should this be substituted as a portion cf Mr. Pen- dletoa's bill, be passed substantially ia its present form, and concurred in by ths house, it will effectually dispose cf the vexed Mattes cf civil service reform, and do awav in future the business of enforced assessments upoa the officers and employes ia the civil service cf the government Ths fixed amount cf coinage cf silver now' required by law will noubtiecs ba so changed that only tha actual needs of the country will be provided for, instead cf packing the coin ia the treasury without reference to such needs.

It is said that lets than one third cf the amount so far coined ia in circulation cr wanted fcr present use, and this matter is to receive sorious consideration. The merits cf the proposed tari IT revision and cf a reduction of tha internal revenue are receiving careful consideration, and it looks as though, with some concessions upoa both sides cf these questions, the matter might bs disposed ct at this session ia a way ta fairly meet the views cf both parties and the public generally. Other lets important measures are receiving attention, and if ths members can, fcr this once, make up their minds to forega the evanescent pleasures cf the holidsy season, and keep right on in the work which they have so satisfactorily begun, they will do much towards reinstating themselves ia ths public favor, and atone, ia a great measure, for the delinquencies, tha mistakes, and ths non-performances cf the late unfortunate and unsatisfactory session. Jociah A. Noojax, whose death occurred at Milwaukee, yesterday, and cf whosa Ufa and career a sketch is given ia another placa ia this paper, was well-known to tha older inhabitants of this city, and indeed fis was a conspicuous character in ths stats ia its earlier history.

He was aa en ergetic basinets man, and performed whatever he had la hand with all his might His temperament was Cf that ardent kind which secured for him ths strongest friencsand the bitterest enemies. Ha was pronounced and bitter in his political predilections, and during the period cf our territorial existence and for soms time after our statehood, he was a well recognized power as a partisan leader. As aa editcr and aa office-holder, and withal. by his remarkable mental energy, he mads his influence felt far and wido over tha state. Ha carried his strong personality into all his business enterprises.

ani fcr much cf his lifa hs was involved ia suits at law fcr a full quarter cf a cen- tcrv the costs and embarrassments cf which drew very heavily upoa both his financial and his mental resources, and ta a great extent the latter years of his Ufa wero beset with consequent reverses and discouragements which at last proved toa grei a strain upoa his mind. As a friend ha wss generous and whole-hearted ta tbs last degree; as an enemy, he wss tbs direct reverse. But now that his active career is over and tha heart that beat with such wan a kindliness toward thoss whora hs loved and they were many let only the better exhibitions of his warm and ardent nature ba remembered. Villago cf lions Hock. Special CorretpoDdsncs cf Ststs Jonnu.1.

Losa Rock, Dec 12 During ths part fsw days tbs weather has beea very severe and some cf our farmers have net com pleted fathering their corn crop. Ths Wisconsia river is froxea over, but teams ara net allowed ta cross as the ice is net considered safe Beckwith Bros. mada a large shipment cf cheesa ths psit week ta Chicago buyers. The abova firm atlil continue the manufacture cf cheese, but will close their factory by tha 20th inst. Yrank Dyke, who re moved with his family the past summer ta Dakota, returned last week, satisfied ta live ia Wisconsin; he will pnrcnasa a fana ia this ricinity.

Officer IX. Hood, cf this place, or ganlaad a pottcf the G. A. It at Mazo manie on the evening of the 1st inst Twenty-two comrades wert mustered and Comrade Geo. F.

Howell was installed commander. We wish the A. It Mc- Donald Post, cf Maxomanie, success I 111 I a a nanus; jar. i. i.

jneeuan, oi juaaisoc, sb ts iwt rkm-. naa taaea cnarge oi paper ana means la t- ousinees. xwoiner aieenaa comes we a recommended as a livs newspaper maa. I ar amim, ue reiinng eaitor, has gona otougnroa ta iaae cnarga cr ina I Huo. mr.

omita maaa many wtm friends while a resident cfttpring Ureen, I C. U. 1hmaS, CI WXlOnVllia. JuT. 1 Thomas is a ceutlmaa who has fev (equals la this atale; aonorea ana re- I bv everr ona and.

as a merchant 1 na vn0WQ honest business man. I H. i of audit will probably be paid Thursday Noon an, one of the pioneer citizens of Milwaukee, and among her early enterprising business men, whose monuments are reared upon her marts in massive business blocks, passed from the night of time to the sunllrht of eternity at the county insane hospital, yesterday. The story or his lire Is Intensely Interesting. Few men out of public life, have lea behind them a history equal to that of Mr.

Noonan, with its various experiences, its ops and downs. Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery county, N. May 13, 1813. he received an academic education and 1826 became an apprentice to the print ing trade. Having mastered the business, in 1833 he went to New York, working at the case side by side with Horace Greeley.

was here that a friendship between the two men was generated, to be terminated only by the death of the old journalist. Mr. Noonan afterwards was interested in the publication of several county papers in his native state with varied success, and In 1838 came to Milwaukee. Here he became associated with the late D. fl.

Richards in the publication of The Milwaukee Advertiser, afterwards removing to Madison. In the capital city he established The Wisconsin Enquirer, the organ of the Dodge wing oi the democratic party. The paper was afterward removed to this city and issued under the title of The Courier, until 1841, when It was sold to the late John A. Brown. Po- itical campaigns in that day were so bit.

ter that the leaders of the different factions would not recognize each other. The two prominent men were Hennr Dodre and Jonathan E. Arnold, the candidate for dele gate to congress. Noonan, as the champion of the former, held his enmity to Arnold until three years after the campaign, when, meeting him one day, he stepped up with the exclamation, "Arnold, hasn't this fooling been going on long enough?" course it has," was the reply. The men shook hands and were ever afterwards fast friends.

The sale of The Courier closed Mr. Noonan's career. 1843, he was appointed postmaster of Milwaukee, as the successor of Solomon Juneau, by President Tyler, holding the position until the whig administration of President Tyler in 1849. when he was succeeded by Elisha 8tarr. After a bitter contest with Henry Kirk White, he was appointed postmaster by President Pierce.

The friends oi the two men indulged in all manner or trickery to secure the appointment of their favorites. Thus, on one occasion the White men called a meeting at Military hall to protest against the appointment of Noonan, but E. A. Calkins, James A. Mallory and other young men gathered in the hall half an hour in advance, organized, endorsed Noonan, put out the lghts and adjourned.

Meeting the friends of Mr. White coming in as they were going out, they saluted them with You are too late, gentlemen, the meeting has adjourned." The result was sent to Washington, and secured the appoint ment for Noonan. The advent of Buchanan's administration retired Mr. Noonan from the office, and from that time on he eschewed politics and devoted his energies te mercantile pursuits. He established a paper warehouse and man aged a paper mm.

the latter was de-stroyed by fire; the former under another management is still flourishing. As a business man, Mr. rtoonan was not what might be called successful. He became heavily involved, and was constantly hampered with law suits. He established a type foundry, and, disposing of his other teres ta, devoted his energies touts con duct, but this also slipped from his grasp and in 1872 he removed to Chicago and again em barked In the business he never should have strayed from, that of the editor and publisher.

In that city he established The Industrial Age, devoted to the granger interests. Financially it was a ailure, its editor being so hampered with suits with John J. Orton in regard to the Humboldt water-power, that he could not attend to the business properly, no matter what ability the editorial columns might display. As a citizen and a neighbor, too much cannot be said in Mr. Noonan's favor.

To the public-spirited, enterpris ing man he added the warm heart of the personal friend but, a man of marked character, he was also a hitter hater, and while no favors were too great for those he liked, nothing was too vindicative to be showered upon the heads of those he regarded as his enemies. AN OLD 8XTTXJCB. Watxrtowst, Dec 12. Sylvester Wol- cott died last night at his recidence in Farmington, frem the effects of a runaway accident that occurred Wednesday, Deceased came to Jenerson county rrom Ohio with his parents in 1838, and had re. sided on the farm where he died since 1844.

His age nves 53. Langtry and Her Lover. Nxw York, Dec 12. Mr. Abbey is ith Christine Nilsson in San Francisco, but his representatives here say there is no truth in the rumors that Mrs.

Langtry 's engagement was soon to terminate on ac count of scandals. Mr. Tillotson, of the Grand Opera house, said yesterdsy 44 Why should Mr. Abbey give up an engagement which has proved so profitable? Mrs Langtry opened to 52.000 ia Boston. Her smallest house has been $1,800, and she has plaved to as high as $2,700.

Do you think that the business is injured by this talk? Mr. Abbey is not canceling such engagements as that Not to any alarm ing Airs. LADoucncre remained at her hotel yesterdsy, and would say nothing about her quarreL She saxs her husband will probably not make bis proposed visit to the United States. A gen- tleman who saw Mr. Gebhard's bill, for flowers bought for Mrs- Langtry while in this city, paid at the Hotel Brunswick, aid that it amounted to $950.

Tbe young man is very well able to pay large bills for flowers, as his property brings him an income of at least $40,000 per year, and up to the time his attentions to Mrs. Langtry began he was not extravagant and he did not live nearly up to his rn come. It Is true that he had racing atable, but he was so successful on the turf that his rains probably exceeded his losses. In 1831, he was In partnership with Arthur Hunter, the skillful and successful amateur rider, at Jerome Park, Monmouth, Saratoga and Sbeeps-head Bay, and they raced their horses under the name of the Pelbam stable. By far the best horse they had, and perhaps the best in training at the close of the season, was Eole, and he won many excel lent races ror them.

IAS i summer ueo-hard bought Mr. Hunter's interest in Eole, and the horse has since been his sole property. Eole defeated every horse be met until he met the famous Hindoo. Mr. Gebhard was the larger loser on the Hindoo race, in which Hindoo, one of beat horses ever ridden in America, beat Fwla without difflcultv.

Eole had won to much money that his owners could well sustain thu reverse, But Gebhard was so much prostrated by his losses, or by something else, that wnea nis lour-in-hand coach was driven no Broadway In the evening he was stretched out at ful length on the top of it. The hero of the Lan rtry-Labouchere scandal Is well known at the clubs and in New York society. He is a member cf several clubs Mr. Gebhard was betrothed last year to Miss Jerome, daughter of Leonard Jerome, but the engagement was broken by ah 8s jerome. He is a man or good fig ure, and is always attired in extreme Eng.

tan style. His complexion Is dark, his hair, eyes and mustache beinr black. His features are regular and his face handsome, though rather stolid. In the Fox hunts on Long Island he has also been conspicuous, but has never made any mark at polo. His horses, carriages and everything pertaining to his stable have always been models of the best Ecg- Ish style, and in nothing has he taken mere Pride until Mrs.

Lanirtrv's arriral in New York. He has mads some additions to hia racing stock and is expected to plsy a prominent part in the turr next season. Hallway Tldinjrsv wiscoxsnr hotks. Milwauixk. Dec 12.

The last rail was lsid on the Wisconsin Central's new ine between Neenah and Milwaukee at 3:27 yesterday afternoon. The line will oe opened ror traffic on Monday, the 18th. when through trains will be put on between Chicago and all points reached" by the Central system. This consists of elegant sleepers, just built for the company, ana parior cars, it is the intention to run three dsily trains. This line It will be remembered passes through Oshkosh and Fond du Lac The St.

Paul road is blockaded west of Millbank Junction bv the heavv fall of snow which prevailed there Saturday and Sunday. The freight department has issued orders to agents to receive no more freight for points on the Hastings Dakota division west of that point superintendent Campbell, of the Wis consin Central road, has resigned his po sition and been appointed purchasing agent for that road. H. Hanchett has teen appointed to the position vacated by Mr. Campbell.

Passenger trains on the Northwestern road were several hours late yesterday, the delay being caused by a wrecked freight train near Waukegan. Manager iinney and superintendent Allen, of the Wisconsin Central road, started yesterday morning for a business trip ever the line of their road. Running ice in the Mississippi at Prai rie du Chien causes much trouble to trains crossing the pontoon bridge at that point. The Milwaukee, Lake Shore Western company is building an elegant new depot at Uortonvilie. TUX RATE WAR.

Nxw Yorx, Dec 12. The conference between the sub-committee of general managers of tho warring northwestern roads was resumed yesterday at the Windsor hotel. The questions at issue were discussed without there being indicated anv change In the opposite oositiona of the St. Paul and the Omaha roads. President Porter, of the Omaha company, said axierwaras inai ne couia see no uinerence in the situation from what it had been.

General Manager Hughitt, of the Chicago Northwestern, was non-committal, and declined to reply to an inquiry as to whether or not he thought there had been any concessions made by either side. The sub-committee adjourned after two hours' talk and reported to the general meeting in the afternoon that no progress had been made. It is understood that there was little discussion of general dis putes by the presidents and directors. The question was raised as to the utility of continuing negotiations any longer. President Mitchell, or the SL Paul, offered a resolution that rates be restored and all disputed points be referred to arbitration.

Not being seconded by any of the other roads this proposition failed. Jeremiah Millbank, a prominent St Paul director, said that while the continuance of the war in the rates was to be deplored, he for one was satisfied that no company would ever consent to a sacrifice of Its rights er its security. Upon the expression of an opinion by Mr. Mitchell and David Dows that there might still remain a hope of agreement, Mr. Porter moved that these two be added to the sub-committee.

This was adopted, and the special meeting adjourned until 3:30 P. M. to. morrow, and tbe whole matter was referred to the sub-committee for further consideration. A rigid reticence was maintained by all Interested in the negotiations for peace as to tbe prospect of a compromise being reached.

From an excellent authority it was learned that the day's conferences taken as a whole were indicative of some progress toward peace. In the discussion before the sub-committee, the extreme positions taken by the St Paul and the Omaha roads have been modined. ine enlargement of the sub-committee is be lieved to be a more concilitory position. David Dows is vice-president of the itock Island road and a director in the Omaha. He was selected because of his expression of faith that future discussion might prove successful.

For the same reason Mitchell was added to the committee. It is understood tbst he holds a less decided position than docs his general manager, Merrill. His presence, it is be Ueved. may possibly enable him to judge more correctly of the spirit of the other roads than through the reports to him of what occurred from Mr. Merrill.

The sub-committee now contains the presl dents of the two roads which have most warmly contended for their respective sides. leaving out only President Keep, of the Northwestern, who has maintained a reserve in the discussion on the war, and President Riddle, of the Rock Island, who is represented on the committee by Mr. Dows powerful influence in the latter company. Nxw York. Dec 12.

Many conflict ing statements are made in the lobby of the Windsor, thismorning. iiiioanx ana Merrill assert that peace will reign from to-dav. and more than likely the war will terminate at this meeting. Porter is not so sanguine. Other railroad men are venr reticent It is certain that the crisis Is nearer at hand than is expected, and it looks this morning as if what President Riddle said vesterdsy; will transpire, that an understanding will be arrived at before the committee adjourns.

Porter has no faith in the Vanderbllt purchase story, and savs that if It were so, he would know it The tub-committee went into session at 10 0 President Riddle was added to the committee. Porter said that the basis of settlement will be that the St Paul will keep out of Omaha territory. The committee, after two hours confer ence, adjourned till 10 o'clock to-morrow morninr. Progress is being mads to wards settlement Latxr. It is believed that there will be aa amicable settlement this afternoon.

KXatJLATDCO WXSTXRX RATXS. TvniAicAPOLas. Dec 12. The general rwitrht and nassenrer agents of all the leading western railroads met at the Den- A JS I'll lu. niaon house in Wis cuy, w-ay.

ins uu- lect of the convention Is to regulate and establish rates to a larger number of western points than has heretofore been done. Fauci Nxw Yorx. Dec 12J. A. W.

H. Rwcener. bankers, have assigned. Lia bilities, $3,000. cf 2L Nooana, tho Veteran Joarnillit, A Variety cf InterestingWisconsin Hews.

Lonea by Fire, THS WAUXAXXJE XLXYA.TOR. Bpeeltl tslsfrsia to 8UU Journal. Ws.cxa.kx2, Dec 12. The citizens of our Tillage were terribly excited this morning, about 2:30 o'clock, at the cry that the grain warehouse was on fire. Those arriving first on the ground, amongst whom were Mr.

Alexander, manager, Messrs. Doyle, Hudson, Taylor and several others, found that the center of the building was on fire, there being no fire at the south end of the building, where the eagin? room and office stove were situated. Very fortunately for some cf our business men, tha wind was blowing from the southeast, which carried the fiames away from other buildings. This fir adds another to the list of mysterious fires that have occurred in our village. In regard to the origin of the fire, it was either the work of an incen-diar or the result cf sparks from a freight train going south at 11:30 P.

which was tha last train passing the warehouse up to the time of tha fire. While we dislike to believe the fire was the work of an incendiary, yet the length of time elapsing from the passing of the train to the breaking out of the fire, renders it almost impossible that the blaze should result from sparks from the former. Tha fire occurring at this time is a serious loss to the village and community at large, aa most of our farmers have the great bulk of their grain unmarketed. The warehouse s4 been recently fitted up by the proprietor, M. D.

Stevens, of Chicago, at great expense, with the latest improvements for cleaning and sepatat. ing grain. The loss on building, machinery and contents is estimated at from $3,000 to which is partially covered by insurance in the Continental of New York, Underwriters of Boston, and other companies. The total insurance is about Mr. Stevens has been telegraphed for aad will arrive during the day.

He has the sympathy of the entire community, who hope to see immediate steps taken for rebuilding. Washington News. asaxTOH rxKBY's TKrauLiTioxa. WxsnmeTOX, Dec 12. Two more senators have arrived, shone and Ferry.

Mahone has a new olive-green coat cut upon the old block, with flowing skirts. His pipe-stem legs were encased in a tight-fitting pair of brown broadcloth pants. He was in the senate but a short time and had very little to say. Ferry looked uneasy and worn from protracted vigilance. He says that he is perfectly confident that he will be re-elected, but his confidence is not so great as to venture to remain here very long.

He will go to Michigan when the legislature meets. Meanwhile he complains very bitterly of the war that is being made upon him. Although he is professedly a temperance maa and a shining orator at local temperance gatherings at the capital, his enemies are circulating stories in Michigan to the effect that he drinks, and at times in the senata he is so much overcome with liquor as to fall asleep in his chair. He also claims that the hell hounds of the opposition" charge him with being an immoral man, with using his personal fascinations to wile young female innocents from the path of duty. All these stories he charges upon Mr.

Hub bell. It is further claimed by Ferry that his servants have been approached and tampered with his faithful coachman has had $500 Disced in his honest nalm. while a min ion of the opposition has besought his aged servant to relate in the form of an affidavit some adventure of a disgraceful character. Jout the faithful servant ac cording to the senator, spurned the base bribe, and has said that he knows nothing against his master if he were mean and dishonest enough to tell it All of which goes to show that the career of a states man has its thorns as well as its roses. Proceedings in Congress.

THE BKXATX. WasHTHQTOx, Dec 12. In the senate, on motion of lioar, a resolution was adopted directing the postmaster general to transmit as soon as possible his last report on tbe administration of the post- omca in New York city; also the resolu tion directing the secretary of tha treas ury to transmit the report or Qrimes on the administration of the custom house, naval office and surveyor's office in New xorsu At the close of the morning hour. Beck ro posed to call up his resolution for an nveaii ration cf political assessments, but in the absence or jsamunas, who has a resolution to refer it to the committee on judiciary, it was agTeed that it should be laiJ aside temporarily. The senate then proceed ea to consider the bills, as oa the calendar.

the hocsx or BJcrRxaxarTATTTia. Washington. Dec 12. In the house. the postoffice, military academy and agri cultural appropriation duis were reported and referred to the committee or the whole.

Page (Cal presented a petition of the citizens cf Calafornia recommending an increase cf duty on chicory; referred. Henderson (111), chairman of the committee on military anaira, reported back the resolution call-in? on the secretary of war for information as to what action had been taken under the act of An rust 7th. 1882. to relieve certain soldiers from the charge cf desertion; adoptea. Kandall (Pa.) onerea a resolution requesting the president to transmit to the house a statement showing the arrrerate amount that had been expended in the improvement of rivers and harbors from the beginning of-the government to the present time and to give all the details relet inz to inch expenditure referred.

McOook, of New York, frora the committee oa military affairs, reported back a bill authorizing the board of commis sioners cf soldiers homes to sell the II ar-rodsburr spring property, belonging to a 1 US SOiuterB noma at xiarrousourg, ny. referred committee of the whole. The house then proceeded to the coa sidsration cf the library feUX. 4 i ere total earnings cf one continuous "no wul 03 OTT7 13 a ci nis ae- 1 13 authoriu brevet commissions for dis-line and required ths license to ba paid partura. county wUl ba rep-1 tiBguishe4 conduct ia Indian campaign acrnrrHnt-ir in th axront sMciTis.

resented ia tha legislature this winter by I In in.l.i.in.r th dmnrrr IK. Arsr The secretary cf the interior reports the floating debt of tha Union Pacific railroad to be nearly $11,000,000. As nresldext DlUoa states that It is net over many inqniriei have arisen as ta the discrepancy. ci uxif wtex..