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DEPARTMENTAL.I PONDEROUS ISS*JZL**ENT OFiJT.

ytTdL REPORTS.

The Life-Saving Chief Details the Opera-

tions of Hi* Subordinates During theYear—The Director of the Mints Tells AHHe Knows About Gold and SUvei -Com-uiUsioner Ranm Gives a Chapter on theRevenue Lairs and Their Enforcements—Copious Figures from AllSourer - <

Washington, Deo. 3.—S. J. KimbalJ, su-perintendent of the lifesaving service, in hisannual report shows that at the close of thelast fiscal year the establishment embraced179 stations, viwhich 139 were on the At-lantic 31 on the lakes and C on the Pacific.The record of the service surpasses any yetmade. While the weather of the year wasgenerally milder than usual, It was markedby numerous storms of exceptional severity,resulting in a much larger number ofcasual-ties within the sphere of station operationsthan in any previous year, and the total lossof a greater number ofvessels. The highestformer number of disasters was that of yearpreceding, having , been \ 219. Thisyear the number aggregates 800. \u25a0 Thehighest number ofvessels totally lost in anypreceding year was fifty-fear. The numberlast year was sixty-seven; the number ofpersons on board 800. The vessels involvednumbered 1,989, of whom 1,980 were saved,and only nine lent. There were succored atstations 449 shipwrecked persons, 1.202day's relief being afforded them. The num-ber of persons brought ashore from wreckedvessels by the lifesaving appliances of thestations was 706 la addition, the life sav-ing crews assisted oilwhen stranded, get outofdangerous positions and piloted to placesofsafety, 123 vessels, sometimes working inconjunction with other wrecking agencies,but generally by themselves andship's companies alone. Inmany of these instances but for their aidvessels and crews would have been lostBesides, quito a number c fvessels in danger-ous positions were warned and saved fromstranding bjr burning danger signal?: in thehands of patrolmen at night. It is estimat-ed the whole value of vessels involved; was52,616,310, and of their cargoes $1,105,368,making the total value of property in peril3,811,708, being nearly one million morethan the year preceding. Of this amount$2,619,807 was saved, and $1,191,901 lost,the loss being 8250.899 less and saved51,174,721 greater than in the previousyear.

The sorvice upon, the lakes, which the re-port shows. has reached the highest state ofefficiency, has recently come in alarmingdanger of sadden paralysis on account ofinadequate compensation, tho surfmen be-ing rapidly withdrawn from stations byhigher wages offered by private enterprises.In one of the lake districts the regular crewsof which consist of fifty-two men, fifty-sixchanges have already taken plaea this seasonon this account, &nd the vacancies have to betilled by untrained men and such a3 can bepicked up for the pay. The same danger 13also beginning to develop itself upon the At-lantic coast. To avert this calamity the su-perintendent asks that the restriction uponthe pay of burfmen to $40 per month, whichhas been imposed in making appropriations,be omitted, and that the regulation of wagesbe left to the discretion of the general super-intendent within the limits of tho appropri-ation contemplated by act of June. 1878.

THE MINX.

The annual report of the director of theniiofc shows that tho work of the year per-formed at tho institutions under charge ofthe mint bureau has been unusually heavy.The deposits of gold bullion at mints andassay effioss have been both in Dumber endvalue greater than in any previous year, ag-

gregating $98,835.09G, and exceeding bynearly §30,000,000 tho highest previous de-posit of 1861. This gain was not the resultof increased deposits of domestic production,of which $35,821,705 were received asagainst over §38,500,000 the previous year.The deposits of plate, jewelry and worn coinwere about $250,000 greater than ia 1879,amounting to $1,485,844, and the receipts offoreigu coin and bullion in-creased nearly $G0,000,000, being$Gi,G27,046 out of a total import of $62,---550 837. The deposits of silver and deliver-ies o! parohis-is wero only txeseded duringthe coinage of fractional silver and tradedoilara in 1877 and 1878. Tho receipts ofdomestic silver bullion wore $32,182,756;foreign coin and bullion $2,219;105; plate,iewelry and American coin $286,660.01; atotal of $34 $40,522 79. Of thesedeposits $36,14^366 in gold and§2,574,233 in eiiver Were transferredor withdrawn from assay offices or mintsrrnd again deposited, making the totalamount recsived and operated upon of bothgold and silver $172,191,221. The coinageofgold, although heavier than in any previ-ous year, could not keep pace with the de-posits, $38,468,874 gold bullion remaineduncoined at the New York assay office andPhiladelphia mint nt the close of the fiscalYear. Tho mints, however, augmented thecirculation $84,370,144, adding $56,157,578gold, $27,972,437 silver, snd $269,971 inminor coins. The total pur-chases of silver bullion duringthe year amounted to 24,262,571etand&rd ounoes at a cost of $24,972,161,being an average purchase of $2,081,013worth of silver bullion per month. Theaverage treasury department price of silverbullion ofBritish standard during the yearwan 52 7-10 d. Tho total coinage of standardsilver dollars has been $72,847,750. Theamount on July 1, 1879, was $7,G53,749, andon July 1, 1880, $19,309,435, an increase incirculation during the year of $11,G55,78G.The circulation wss farther increased toNovember 1,1880, by the issue of $0,453,---856, making the total in circulation at thatdate, $35,763 931. The remainder of thecoinage. $48,084,459, was in the treasury,$19,780,241 being held for the redemptionof silver certificates, and $28,804,218 fordis-tribution. Of the latter $12,198,505 wasstill in the mints.

States cold coin in the ooantrv November 1,$62,107,141 was in the treasury, $112,777,---602 held by banks; and $200,379,138 in pri-vate hands. Of silver coin. $47,084,459standard dollars and $21,629,489 in fraction-al silver where held by the treasury. The na-tional banks report $5,330,-

--857 as the amonnt of silverneld by them, leaving $75,233,239 in otherbanks and in general circulation. By com-parison of these figures with the statementmade by the director of the mint on the Istof November, 1879, it willbe seen that thetreasury gold reserve had diminished tothe amonnt of $57,753,529 in coin, bat holdsover $78,000,000 bullion. The silver oomin the treasury has inoreased in amount$21,324,348. The banks have increasedtheir stock of coin to §89,147,584 in goldand $411,014 in silver, and the amounts inprivate bands have been inoreased by $38,---179,030 gold and $9,085,828 Bilver.

IN'XEBSML BEVENTJE.

The annual report ofGen. Green B. Bauui,commissioner of internal revenue, for thefiscal year wae completed to-dya. Aftercalling attention to the vast improvement inthe condition of the ssrvioe, the reportshowed that the receipts of internal revenuefor the fisial year 1874 were $43,449,631, anincrease of $2,795,458 upon the previous year.L'fce receipts for the fiscal year 1880, in faoeofa reduotion of the tax on tobacco, were$123,981,916, an increase of $10,532,294.The receipts of the first four months of thepresent fiscal year amounted to $43,789,438,showing an increase ovei thecorresponding period last yenrof $3,658,218. In this connection tne commissioner eaye: "Iknow of no reason whythis increase should not be mentioned dur-

620 silver. On Jane SO, 1880, the amountof gold coin in the country was $358,958,G91,and silver coin ?5143,597,020. Theseamounts were farther inoreased by Novem-ber 1,1880, by a net coinage and import of$16,365,190 gold and $9,680,524 silver.making the total amonot ofUnited States coin at the latterdate $527,001,425, of whioh$375,323,881 was gold and $153,272,544silver. The mints and assay offices held inaddition bullion, whioh is being coined asrapidly as the facilities will admit, to theamount of $78,558,811 gold and $6,043,367silver, making a grand total of coin in oirou-lution and bullion available for coinage onthe first of November of $612,203,603,$453,882,692 of which is gold and $168,---820,911 silver. Of the amount of United

ing the fisoal year so that the total collec-tions for the (year from internal revenuetaxes at the present ratio woald be $125,.000,000." Continuing he says: This largoincrease of revenue is unquestionably dueto prosperous times, and there would seemto be no reasonable probability of a mate-rial diminution thereof for several years tooome, but on the contrary a probability ofa gradual increase, certainly upon a ratioeqnal to tho increase of population. Whilethe receipts from taxes are thus increasingm amount, the demands upon the treasuryare being loasened by the reduction of thepublic dsbt and annual interest charged. Itis probable, therefore, that Congress will bedisposed to relieve the people from somo ofthe internal revenue taxes, and if such re-duction is to be made, Irespectfully enggeslthe following list of taxes collecteddaring the fiscal year 1880 forthe consideration of the law-making power:bank checks, $2,270,421; friction matches,$3,561,300; patent medicines and prepar-tions of perfumery, cosmetics, etc., $1,836,673; bank depositP, $2,347,568; savingsbanks deposits, $163,207; bank capital,$811,486: total, $10,990,606. In this eventit is deemed advisable to take the tax offfriction matches, patent medicines, etc. Daoconsideration should be paid to the fact thatlarge stooks of these articles, tax paid,are now in the hands ofthe trade, and now that a verysericua reduction in their value, especially ofmatches, wonld result if the tax were takenoffsuddenly and articles manufactured freeof tax were brought into competition withthos9 upon which the existing taxes hadbeen paid. Iv my opinion an act abolishingthose taxes should not go into effect earlierthan say three months from its passage. Thesame may be said in regard to checkstamps. Considerable stocks of stampedchecks aro now iv tho hands ofindividuals,banks and bankers, upou which stamps havebeen imprinted. Ithink it would be wisethat the operation of the repeal should bedelayed at least three months so as to givetime for the use of these stamps, wheneverinterests of the government will allow it. Ithink it will be wise to conan* internalrevenue taxation to spirits, malt liquor?, to-bacco, enuff and cigars, and special taxesupou manufacturers and dealersin thes-3 articles. I am of opinionthat reliance can bo plaoed on receiving the$120,000,000 annually from these sources,which sum would gradually increasewith tho increase of population,bnt which would probably besubjected to;dimiaution upon a reourrence^ofhard times. In consideration of the ques-tion relieving patent medicines from inter-nal revenue taxes, it should be understoodthat a large number of articles put on themarket and taxed, as medical bitters, areused as a beverage. Personseagaged in tho sale of such articlesare not required to pay special taxes as re-tail dealers in liquors, so that if the articleswero relieved from taxation medicinal bitterswould be sold everywhere without payingany internal revenue tax whatever. Iv pass-ing upm the right of these various medica-ted bitters to be taxed as fiuoh and soldwithout payment of special tax as retailliquor dealers, the office is often seriouslyembarrassed to find the ex

The production of gold and silver in theUnited States daring the fiscal year is esti-mated at §36,000,000 gold and $37,000,000silver. It is estimated that probably $35,---000,000 gold and $4,000,000 eilver of domes-tio production, together with §25,000,000gold and $6,000,000 silver United : Statescoin were used in manufactures and arts,besides the melting up of plate jewelry, for-eign coin aud bullion suffi-cient to make a total consumptionin the United Stat63 of §10,000,000 goldand 5,000,000 Bilver. The moat interestingportion ofthe report of the director of themint relates to coin circulation. The esti-mates, starting with $135,000,000 gold and5,000,000 silver c.nn in 1873, have bean con-tinued to November, 1330, by adding theyearly coinage less recoinstge, and coin im-ports less exports, show an increase in coincirculation for tho whole period of $240,323,---081 gold and $147,277,544 silver coin. Thegain in coin in the country and of bullion inthe mints since January 1,1879, the date fixedfor resumption, amounts to $227,899,438, ofwhich $176,701,905 is in gold and $51,597,-

-act line between medicinalbitters likely to stamp tax and compound li-quors subject 'to be sold only as a beverage.In my opinion itwould be wise to coctinne thestamp tax upon all medicated bitters contain-ing more than 20 per cent, of epirita. In re-ference to the tax upon savings banks Iwouldsay, that in my jadzmetit tbese taxes shouldbe removed, or the who'e legislation on theSubject of the taxation of savings banks Bhouldbe modified aud made moreequitable, and there woaid seemto be no jast ground for continuing tho taxupon the capital and deposit* of banks andbankers if itis found that the revenues aresufficient without it.

During the last four years and four months4.C61 illicit distilleries have been eeized, 7.839person * have been arresttd for illicitdistilling,5J6 officers aud employes have been killed and67 wounded in the eclorcementof the internal revenne laws.Daring the past sixteen months 1,120 stillsnave been seized, 1,265 personsarrested, and 10 officers woundedin the enforcement of the laws. Whils thenumber of Btilte seized and persons arrestedsince my last annual report is very large, Iamsatisfied there willbe a decrease henceforwardin tho number of such seizures and arrests.Regarding tho encoarazement of legal distil,leries, the report Bays: In every county wherelegal distilleries have been established in nnynumber, illicit distilling has almost ceased.Violent resistance to the law Las becomealmost nnkuoWD, and there has breu a largeincrease of revenue. The granting ofincreased appropriations asked for for collect-ing taxes from theee is especiallyurged. Additionsl legislation for the protec-tion ofthe lives and persons of officers ot theUnited States from unlawful assaults uf thosewho resist their authority » also recommend-ed. Gen. Raum advocates the passage ofHonse bill G.4GO, entitled "a bill to regulatetho manufacture of vinegar by the alcoholic

vaporizing process," now pendingin Congress, and says "Whilsa great majority of manufacturers of viuegarby this process are no doubt following a legit-imate business, I am convinced there are manywho have engaged in the basinea* for the ox-press purpose oC defrauding the government ofits tax upon distilled spirits."

The total coat ofcollecting the Internal reve-nue for the fiscal year was $4,605,842, being S 63percent ofthe total amount collected.E*ti ma tcsfor expenses for the fiscal year ending June30.1852, are $1,895,330. During the fiscal year011,003.614 stampß were issued, the value ofwhich was $f34,942.860. The commissionerquotes a letter received by him from the secre-tary of the treasury. June 28, the effect ofwhich was to divest bim (the commissioner) ofthe authority of employing persons to be paidfrom the stamp roll, au authority wnich hadbeen exercised by him for three years, andsays: Under the changed system parsons wlioare regarded by the oourt as competent and ex-perienced in their work, and were satisfactoryto him, have, been removed and others withoutexperience and unknown to thecommissioner, have been substituted.With the utmost respect to thehonorable secretary that in my opinion thisaction is erroneous in principle and in law,and, in my judgment, should be revoked by acircular issued by Secretary Sherman." July80th last the appointment of store keepers,gangers and tobacco inspectors was also trans-ferred from the commissioner of internal rev-enue to the secretary of the treasury. Aftercriticising this action to some extent, Gen.Baum says:

"Ihave not questioned, and do not questionthe ri^ht of tbe secretary to obtain informa-tion from such sources as ho may deem prop-er on which to make these appointments andremovals, bat it occurs to me that tho officerwho by law has charge ot tho general superin-tendences of the collection of the revenue*, andhas f.o much to do with the officers in gut stion,should be consulted as to the necessity of mak-ing appointments.''

Th« total amount of collections from tobaccofor the fiscal year ending Jane SO, 1880, was$38,870,140. This.amount includes collectionsof internal revenue taxes imposed upon im-ported manufactured tobacco, snuff and cigars,and special taxes paid by manufacturers ofand dealers in leaf and manufactured tobacco,and is leas than the receipts from the samesource for the fiscal year immediatelypreceding by 61,201,562. The decreaseon tobacco and snuff was$3,800,246. Of this decrease $3,533,720 wason chewing And smoking tobacco, $267,526 onSnuff. The increase in collections from cigarsand cigarettes was $2,339,536.1 The increase<\u25a0£ : productions of . manufactured . tobacco,cigars, etc., was 14 649,476 pounds.. The re-port continues: The entire receipts frommanvfactured tobacco, including snuff, for theyear ending Juno 80, 1880, were $21,804,768.This is $3,801,216 less than tbe reotiptß frumthe same nnurces during the year endiog JuneSO. 1879. and 4,579,108 less than the receiptsirom tbe same sources during tbe fiscal yearended Jane 30, 1878, when the taxes on snuffwere collected at tho rate of 33 cents per pound,on manufactured tobacco at the rare of 24cents per ponnd. Thesa collections were madefrom 8,966.308 pounds ofsnuff and 132,309 527pound* of smoking and cheering tobacco. Hadthere been no reduction in the rate of tax onsnuff and tobacco, the number of pound* whichreached taxation tho last fiscal year would haveyielded a revenue of$33,023,605 or 811.218.---741 rnoic than was collected. The total collec-tions from cigars, cheroots and cigarettes forthe fi«oal year ended Jane 30, 1889, were $14.-

--922.088. This is $2,383,636 more than the re-ceipts from the came sources during the pre-vious fiscal year. Owing to the large increasein - collections from cigars adcigarettes, tho total collectionsfrom tobacco, f-nrif, tobaccos and cigarette*amount to £36,7-36,852. which is only $1,411,-.610 less than the collections from tbo samesources for tho previous fiscal year, jTo fairly*determine the facts of the reduction of therate of tax on manufactured tobacco, includ-ing snnff, mad by the act ofMarch 1, 1879, acomparison should be made of tho receipts ofthe two fiscal years1878-9, when * the rate of taxon snuff was thirty-two cents per pound,and the rate of tax on chewing and smokingtobacco wis t<¥2nt.y-f>)ur cents per pound,andISSO, when the tax was uniformly collectedon all olasses of manufactured tobacoo, includ-ing snuff, at 61 cents per pound.Leaving out allcollections made from cigars and cigarettes(as no change was made on the rate of tax oncigars and cigarettes by the ast of March 1,1879) this comparison shows a falling off of

receipts from chewing and smoking tobaccoand snuff duo to reduction . ofrates, of $4,579,103. The apparent increasein tbe consumption of manufactured tobaccoor iv the quantity placed on the market tax'paid i3not thought to be dao to the redactionof the cost of tobacco to consumers, for thereason that there has been no redaction of theprice of tobacco paid by consumers, excepting,perhaps, a slight reduction on the very lowestgrades of smoking and chewingtobacco. The true cause of the increasein consumption is to be found in the generalrevival of baniness ia the last two years, tn ireand better pay to laborers, and increased meansto purchase with. Regarding the apparentoverproduction of spirits the commissionersays: "I take the liberty of calling especialattention of distillers and the trade to the factthat on July I, 1879, there were on hand indistillery warehouses 19,212,000 gallons of spir-its, which was an increase of about 50,000gallons over the stock on hand at the sameperiod the previous year, and that on the Istof November, 188n, the amount of spirits onbandwas 32,640,000 gallons.being anincreass of13.100,000 gallons over the amount on hand onthe firstof January, 1873. The steady increasein the number and capacity of distilleries inoperation euq^ests the probability of contin-ued enlargement of the stock on hand. It hasocourred to mo this business was on the eve ofbeing overdone, and that ia the event ofthe re-currence of the agitation for the reduction ofthe tax the holders of these spirits would bein danger of loss, as it appearsthat exporters are willingto enclose two fivogallons tin cann in one wooden enclosure, andas the commissioner believes such a packagemay be properly protected by stamps, herecommends that the law be bo amended as toprovide for tbe exportation of alcohol in me-tallic cann of five callons and upward, providedtbe quantity contained in wood enclosures isnot less than ten gallon?. Tho quantityof spirits, 90.353.27u gallons, producedand deposited in distillery warehouses*,paring the fu-cal year ended Juec SO. 1579, ex-ceed the production of the previous year by18,462,649 gallons, tho product for 1879, asshown in last year's report, have been greaterthan for any previous year. The increase inproduct for the fiscal year 1880 over the pro-duction for the fiscal year 1579, is describedamonj; different varieties known to trade.The causes which, in addition to improve-ment in tbe lines, hive led tothis great increase in tbe produc-tion of distilled spirits. Gen. Roam cays,are amendments of the internal revenue law*which have seoared, first, the increase in tbehonded prriod from one year to tbree year*;second, the allowance for loss by leakagewhile in warehouse; third, relief from pay-ment of interest nn taxes while in bondedwarehouse, and fourth, allowances for leakageon spirits while in transportation for export orto manufacturing warehouses.

Death of * >'ot bin Man.

ERIN AND THE EAST.;/'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0] ' \u25a0•• ' : • \u25a0 \u25a0 .The Trimbles of Ireland StillIncreasing—A

Feeling ci Grave Distrust—The Kitnation

of the Greek Boundary Question—one Foreign Note*,

ICELAND AND ITS AWAIB3.London, Deo. —Two hundred men of

the artillery will go with the marines to Ire-land, v K---- .\u25a0\u25a0- :...\u25a0•-— ; :.- . '..-• j

Her majesyt's ship Valorous starts for thesouth ofIreland Monday with small arms,ammunition, bnokshot, and a steam pinnacearmed with seven pounders for: rivertransit. 7- U

Dublin, Dec. 3. —The government hasordered the prosecution of the proprietor ofthe Sligo Champion for publishing a noticecalling on a tenant to relinquish his farm.

The affidavits ofParaell, Bigger, <J. D.Sullivan, Sexton and Dillon, on which tobase their application for postponement ofthe trial on ground' that the date alreadyfixed will interfere with their constitutionalright to be present when parliament meets,were filed in the crown office at 8 o'clocklast evening. Tbe traversers will apply forpostponement of the trial until the 25th ofJanuary. • - . • • *

London, Deo. B.—Excitement over theIrish question increases. Lord Cranbrook,conservative, speaking at Beach Hampsteadlast night, declared that as the governmenthad failed to suspend the habeas corpus act,if further : outrages were committed theblood would be on their heads. LordJustice James writes that the rent of Irishholding should be fixed at twenty-five percent, over Griffith's valuation, and that anylandlord dissatisfied with this should be en-titled to call upon the government topurchase bis land. at a fair price. Col.Gordon, who has been on a tour of thewhole west of Ireland, writes that the oon-dition of the people is worse than that ofany other in the world. A gulfof antipathyexists between them and the landlords, cit-ing an a precedent the measures taken toabolish slavery in the West Indies. He pro-poses the government should buy out all thelandlords west of the Shannon at a cost of£80,000,000, • which in great part will be re-paid by the jtenants, and the cancer willbecured. He also proposes that the landsthus accumulated be administered by a landcommission supplemented by an immigra-tion commission.

ITALIANSYMPATHY WITH GREECE.London, Dec. —The announcement is

made that a Philo-Hellinio company of ac-tion, compose;! of ex-Garibaldian . officers,has been constituted, with the aim of render-ing succor to Greeco within legal limits,should she obmmencswar.

THE EASTEBN COMPLICATIONS.Vienna, Deo. 3.—Political Correspond-

ence this evening publishes a telegram fromBodsic, whiah Bays Admiral Seymour hasfciven notice to the commanders of the vari-ous Equadrono of the dissolution ofthe com-bined fleet. The British squadron will leaveto-morrow for Malta and tho French squad-ron for Toulon.

A dispatch from Kagnsa to Renter's tele-gram company says the Russian squadron ofthe international fleet will sail for thePieraus, tho Italian for Brendisi, and theGerman for Trieste.

Pabie, Deb. 3.—lt is semiofficially an-nounced that the accounts published inLondon respecting arrangements concludedat Friedericsrnhe between France and . Ger-many for preventing Servia from becominga kingdom, and restraining tho inhabitantsof other Turkish provinces and principali-ties, are unfounded, the only fact beingthat France and Germany agree with allthe powers in advising Greeoe to follow awise and moderate policy.

Agence limse, at. Petersburg, publishesthe following declaration: "All the powersare equally desirous of peace. Itis naturalthere should be some difference as to the bestmenns ofassuring it. Russia shares En-gland's view3but places , the maintenance ofEuropean conceit above her own preferen-ces, and willfavor the course most ' condu-cive to its continoence." The foregoing isin reply to Russian newspaper criticism: inregard to Austria, France and Germany.

THE ANTI-SEMITICAGITATION.

Beblin, Dec. 3.—The Jewish questioncontinues to attract much public attention.The newspapers are debating it, pamphletsare pouring fourth, tumults are taking placeamong students, and an . occasional fracasstill occurs in tbo streets. A large numberof eminent Jews willmeet to consider stepsto defend themselves. Itis proposed to es-tablish journals to support their cause.

Spbixgfield, 111., Dae. B.—Leary L. Keydied yesterday. He waa sergeant of theSixteenth Illinois cavalry daring the war, wascaptured at Cumberland Gap and 'alien toAndersonville, where he organized and com-manded the prison regulators. In this posi-tion he arrested and tried the raiding pris-oners who were robbing the sick and dying,and condemned six of them to be hung, thesentence being oarried on* under his super-vision. Ha was a man of strong constHn-tion and of great Btatnte, l.nt the horrors cfthe prison destroyed his health.

Affection? of the Liver, Bilious Disorder?,Sick Headache, etc., are thoroughly enred byDr. Jayne'a Banative Pill». Acting as a gener-al laxative, they remove all irriating and fecalmatter from the bowels, gradually change thevitiated secretions of the stomach and liver,and restore thcao organs to a healthy condition.

AliL ABOUND THE GLOBE

The Mississippi at St. Louis is rising, andthe channel is clear to Cairo.

Orders for the evacuation of Candabar havebeen sent to the viceroy of India.

The harvest in Macedonia has bo entirelyfailed that wheat is coming there fromAmerica.

The Peninsular cigar company, of Detroit,made an alignment yesterday. Liabilities$S9,000; assets, $22,800.

Chas. Eosign, foryeais identified with thelake trade, and engineer of the commercial lineofsteamers, died yesterday.

The Spring Valley, Ohio, bagging factory ofH. & M. Walton bnrned Thursday. Loss,$30,000; insurance?, f6,500, in seven companies.Thirty-five hands arc thrown out of employ-ment.

An old man, namo unknown, iurnned fromthe Thirty-seventh street pier, Chicago, intothe lake at 7 o'clock Friday morning, anddrowned before help conld r^ach him. Theact was deliberate and premeditated.

The Pone* X servation.Omaha, Deo. 3.—Judge Dandy, in the

United Slates circuit court, this morning, de-cided in the Ponca Indian reservation case, torecover the old reservation and establish titlethereto, that the Ponca tribe of Indians havea legal estate in tbe reservation and are enti-tled to possession thereto. The case is the firstoeo on record where one Indian tribe hasbrought Fait against another in courts of theUnited States, and it has created muchinterest.

Great Men Thrust Upon Vs.[Milwaukee Chronicle.)

CasbmaD E. Davis, an old Wisconsin boy,who attended Carroll college, Wankesba,withBob Ingersoll, and who bad such a finecareer ss governor of Minnesota, is a oandf-date for United States Senator from thatState, to succeed McMillan. "Cash," as hewas familarly called in Wisconsin, has growndistinguished, rich and influential. Hisfather, the solid Horatio N. Davis, is a resi-dent of Beloit, in this State. Wisconsin hasfamished a good many brilliant men, firstand last, f• r other States.

One Experience from Marriage. : -'\u25a0I had been sick and miserable bo long, and

hftd caused my husband so much tremble andexpense—no one seemed to know what \ ailedme—that Iwas . completely disheartened ; anddiscouraged. In this frame of mind I got abottle of Hop Bitters and used tnem junknownto lay family. I soon began to improve 'and.gained bo fast that my husband and familythought it strange and unnatural,' but wn*n Itold them what bad helped me, they said, '"Hur-rah for Hop Bitten! long may \ they \u25a0 prosper,for they have made mother well and us happy."—The Mother,—Horn* Journal. : . M*r%C"«

SAINT PAUL SATUIfDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4 1880.

BAIL NOTES.The B. & O. Allies at Sew York.

New Yobk, Dec. B.—General ManagerHarris, of the Bound Brook railroad, assoon as he heard yesterday that the Perm- "sylvania railroad bad refused to receive !

freight for the Baltimore & Ohioroad, tele- 'graphed Vice President Oarrett, offering the 'use of the Bound Brook road | for conveying Ifreight as well as passengers. The reply iwas: "Thanks forthe kind offer of assist cance, of which we wilt avail ourselves at i

onoe. Instructions have been issued to 1agents to take energetio measures to advise '!

shippers of the change in receiving depots. 'Orders have also been issued to forward a v

full supply of oars. (Signed) Robert tOarrett." Before C o'clock the agent inthis ]city had postponed giving notice that the B.& O. railroad was prepared to receive at thedepot of the Central railroad of New Jerseyall the merchandise destined for the B. & O.railroad and the various connections, includ-ing the Continental lines via the Centralrailroad ofNew Jersey and the Bound Brookroute. . a

The St. P. & 31. Devil's Lake Branch. I1 IFargo Daily Argas.] j

Mr. A. Johnson, well-known to old Fargo jpeople as former resident engineer of the t

Northern Pacific railroad, but now in the temploy of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Man- vitoba railroad, returned to Fargo last even- ging, from a survey trip for the road from .Devil's Lake to Casselton. Mr. Johnson cwas veryreticent on the subject ofwhat his croad is going to do; in fact, he only knew, £that bis instructions were to run a line .from Devil's Lake to Oasselton. The party ,consisted of thirteen innumber, and thoughthe weather was quite severe, only one ofthe party, a German, Buffered from expos-are. The party left for St. Paul on theFargo short line Bp. m. train. t.

The Difficulty Settled. *!Baltimore, Deo. —The difficulty be- *

tween the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and the gcommittee of the Flour exchange has been psatisfactorily settled. Assurance has been tlgiven that outside storage will be provided ?for the excess of grain in the elevator, and t:

on such assurances orders to advanco rates sof storage on and after the 6th mar. have cbeen withdrawn by the railroad company. h

• ————— >l 8\u25a0 ' ' 8A Receiver Appointed, d

Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 3.—On application of *\u25a0B. L. Ashton, of Philadelphia, counsel for the *Reading railroad,. Judge McKenna, of the "United States court, appointed G. Debkcim re-ceiver in place of Franklin B- Gowan. duringthe Utter sab^eooe in Europe. No opposition Pwhatever was made to the appointment. The rj

application stated it was merely a temporary aone, an 4upon Mr. Go wan' return he was to cresume his position. p_ - — v

A "FLUKE." c- . v

The Christiancy Divorce Case Comes to an aInglorious Termination —The Pretty 1Treasury GirlNot the Person Guilty of cImproper Conduct. . t

Washington, Dec. 3.—Tho divorce case gof E

Isaao P. Christian and his wife Lillian•; M. c

Cbriitiancy, has apparently come to an unex- Jpcoted termination. Upon calling , Wm. 'H. .Holachnk, a clerk at the St. James hotel, i

where it was alleged Mrs. Cbristianey's mis-conduct took place, he denied that he had ever l

seen defendant before his affidavit was made. vMarch last, and which was the basis for the &

suit. He states on Deo. 24, 1879, a man came ct<> the hotel as if from the \u25a0 Now York tExpress. He registered and . was as- fsigned a room. On the following 0day he said to witness that he had received a .telegram from bis wife in Michigan, Baying °that she was to arrive in Washington that day. ']

He went oat oftho hotel and about half past &one drove up in a carriage to the ladies' en- atrance with a lady, whom he oregistered as Mrs. E. Giro. They went tltogether .to i this -..,\u25a0: room, where nthey remained until a little after 3 | o'clock,when they came down and drove away, togeth- ...er. While they were in the room a gentleman \lcame into the hotel and asked , witness. if he "knew who the lady was that registered as Mrs.E. Giro. Idida'c know then, and was in-formed by him that it was Mrs. Ghristiauoy,wifeofex-Senator Chtistiancy, then minister .to Peru. Upon being confronted with Mrs. D

Cbristianoy the witness declared she wannjtthe lady who visited the hotel with £Giro, and was cot the one pointed out to himas Mrs. Christiancy. E. G. Ingersoll, Christ- tlianc^'s lawyer, said thv that was the witnesson whose affidavit he brought suit, bat he bad j.some corroborative testimony which he wouldhave to examine before ha decided whether togo on with the case or not. r

The Morey Letter. - *New York, December 3.— is said

the indictment against Philp, Hart, c

Byrne and Post, charge the first named for 8

writing and the others for publishing on .the 22d of October last an editorial headed, {"Lying and Sticking to It,"in Truth news-paper, and also for publishing the alleged i

Gar field Chinese letter and a fao simile of cit, and by these means unlawfully, wiokedlyand maliciously devising as much as in them 1lay to do it to injnre and vilifyJames A. •Garfield, and to bring him into public scan- 1

dal and disgrace, and to deprive him of hisgood fame, credit and reputation, and to the \u25a0

scandal and injaryto Jas. A. Garfield and *against the peace of the people of the Stateof New. York and their, dignity. These ]parties . are all charged : with ,criminal libel, the penalty for which ]is a year in tho penitentiary and $200 fine, jBail was given by Philp; after which the ex.animation by Judge Davis was continued. <Post and Hart came to the district attorney's <office this morning to give bail, but Judge !Cowing had gone home, and they were al- 'lowed to go on their ownresponsibility untilto-morrow morning, when they will furnishthe necessary bonds. It is probable that ;now Morey has been indioted for perjury hewillbe removed from the bouse of detentionto the loombs. All the indioted parties, itis said, will be arraigned in the court of gen-eral sessions on Monday next.

THEGLOBE HOROSCOPE.As It Oasts Ita Light on the Chicago

Markets.[Special Telegram to the Globe. ]

i Chicago, Deo. 3.—Wheat cables were higherthis morning, but of no account, as some ofthe local bulls were tired and only waiting forRood news to sell on, and when it arrived,they commenced Belling and sold regardless ofprice, and the bears very kindly aided them, jJanuary touched $1.08&. Then on report of jeasier money market in New York, and the Jworst soared balls being relieved of their 'loads, the market sharply advanced 1# cents, <but closing on the 2p. M. call rather weak in i

tone. Corn and oats held more firmly than 1wheat, bat both were qaiet. , i

Provisions opened lower and demoralized |

this morning, bat closed ' this ' afternoon with «

half the decline regained ITHE BEAPPOKTIONMENT. l

The Necessity for Its Completion by the i

: Present Congress. (

[Washington Special, Dec. 1.1 <An important objection is being urged by ]

a good many members against deferring the .passage ofan apportionment billto the next <

Congress. It is that most of the State leg- t

islatures meet biennially and hold their regu- i

lar sessions this winter. If the apportion-ment bill is not passed by this Congress ac-tioncan not be taken by these legislatures tuntil two years from this time, unless extra tsessions are called, which would entail addi- Itioual expense upon the States. In case no fextra sessions are called in some of the 6States, apportionments by the legislatures of dthose States under the new law could not Itake place, therefore, until after the next faCongressional election. Consequently, in dsome of the States Kepresent-atives , in Congress would beelected under the new appointment act, ,while in others they would be elected under *the old law. On this ground legislation on fthis; subject will be urged this winter by cRepublicans as wtll a3 Demo crate. Therewillbe no occasion to postpone iton theground that the popular census is not com-plete, for Gen. Walker says that in two or Ethree weeks he willbe able to present com- v.plete statistics of the population of the ooun- 0try. The work of taking the census is sub-stantially complete, returns having been re-ceived from all but seven of the total num- .ber of 31,265 enumeration districts. He- «

garding this work Gen. Walker says that 1during the -month of December tables will vbe submitted exhibiting the population of geach State and county in the United State?, tdistinguished as native or foreign, white or bcolored, male or female. It is not likely Ithat completion of jthe census will be poet- Iponed j beyond December, so there can be fno excuse for delaying the passage of the vapportionment act. Some members, how- qever, have individual reasons for desiring to {put off the passage of this law until the ]\u25a0

present terms ofState legislatures shall have i

expired.' These are members whose districts \willbo affected by State apportionments soas to prevent their re-election to Congress. cThey will,ofcourse, from personal interest, idesire postponement of this legislation untilthe next Congress, and opposition to the bill ]may come largely from them. Ifthey should ,succeed in defeating the bill this winter, a jcalled session is by somo considered inevi- i

table, in order that the law may bo passed ibefore the expiration ofthe terms of legis- 1latures whose sesßicns are held bien- 'nially. It is not believed by most members ]who have thus far arrived that there will be ,a party division on the question of oonsid- <eraticn of the bill by the ensuing session, iunless the bill should contain provisions :particularly detrimental to one side or the >other; but if the bill is a fair one, there will 'be no greater opposition to it from Bepub- ]lioans than Democrats. Mr. Dunnell, of jMinnesota, and Mr. Baker, of Indiana, who ]are now here, probably represent the feeling <on the Hepublican side when they say that <this Congress ought to pass an apportion- i

ment bill, and that the sooner the matter is 1settled the better, us it sets at rest the ques- jtion as to what the future delegations of \States willbe. j

WISCONSIN NEWS. JThe town of Holding, Steams county, is to

lave a grist mill.There are nineteen practicing lawyerai in

Fillmore county.

Wheat thieves are reported to be raiding onthe granaries in Lc Sueur county.

The Journal says potatoes are retailing inFergus Falls for GO cents a bushel.

A large number ofcases of diphtheria arereported in New Ulm and aajoining towns.

H. (Hammings, of Jaaesville, Waseca coun-ty, has received back p9nsion to the amount of$1,100.Itis reported that six adnlt residents ofLin-

den, Brown county, have become Mormons,and have gone to Utah.

The Lake City Leader cays the WesleyanMethodist congregation is slowly bnt sare'yincreasing in membership and influence.

Mrs. Jacob Bush, of Wabashaw, died on Sat-urday, Nov. 27. Her twin babes, only a fewdays' old, died on the morning previous.

The Martin County Sentinel says a patty ofEnglish sportsmen went to Tenhassen grove,Thanksgiving day, and bagged seventy-tworabbita.

Saturday evening, Nov. 27, the dwellinghouse of 8. P. Skinner, Jackson township,Jackson oaunty, was destroyed by fire, withnearly all its contents.

Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Somerville, of Albin,Brown county, were thrown from a sleigh theother day by a runaway team. Mr. S. bad aleg broken acd bis wife was also seriously in-jured.

Thanksgiving day in Fairmont, Martincounty, was given "the grand bounce." Bus-iness bouses were kept Dpen and the churcheskept nhut, the people being too much absorbedin secular pursuits to take time to be thank-ful.

Laat night the residence of Mrs. Strong inBreckenridge, Wilkin county, narrowly es-caped destruction by fire, the burning chimneyhaving set fireto the roof. A timely discov-ery and the prompt use of water saved thebuilding.

Thanksgiving day is reported to have beennot very different from any other day in Jack-sou. Business houses were open, as usual, andtrade appeared to be about aa usual. Asermon,however, was preached in the Presbyterianchurch to a small congregation.

On Saturday afternoon the house of W. W.White of Blue E*rch Oity was discovered to beon fire. The prompt and efficient action of thepeople saved toe bouse with the damage of onlyabout 9100. Most ofthe furniture was removedand a house saved to move it back into.

Red Wing Advance, Deo. 1: This morning asthe morning freight. No. 6, waa approachingEgttlestOD, it come upon a patty of m.n whowere striving to get a hand oar off the track.The hand oar waa pitched over the bank and jtwo men wero injured, Nela Broadain beinghurt in the side and back, and Dan. Orowley,section foreman, was injured about the head.Neither one seriously.

The other night Mr. O'Shea, of Kellogg,Wabashaw county, took in a bed fellowby thename of Lindeey, who had been to work inHighland for some time. Lindsey got up andpat out during the night, and when Mr. O'Sheagot around in the morning, he found $200missing from his pocket-book and the moneydrawer in the Btore, and an old overcoat left in

the place of a ner* one. Sheriff Gregg isworking np the case.

The cotton house of the Peperell manufac-turing company at Biddeford, Me, burned lastnight, together with 600 bales of cotton. Loss180,000. Insured.

A Xics Explanation.[Lake City Leader.]

Tho general opinion in Austin is thatSherman Page procured himself to be shotby the assassin Biley, and the arrest of thewretch therefore excites little attention.

It niylu be Worse.[Princeton Union.]

Worse misfortunes could befall Minnesotathan the election of Lient.-Gov. Gilman tothe United States Senate.

Feeble Ladies.Those languid, tiresome sensations, causing

yon to feel scarcely able to be on your feet;that constant drain that is taking from yoursystem all its elasticity, driving the bloomfrom your cheeks; that continual strain uponyour vital forces, rendering you irritable andfretful, can easily be removed by the use ofthat marvelous remedy. Hop Bitters. Irregu-larities and obstructions of your nystem arerelieved at boos, while the special cause of pcriodioil pain i- permanently removed. Willyou heed this?— Cincinnati Saturday Night.

A hunter in Otter Tail county killed twodecxat one shot recently.

NO. 339

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.~ \u25a0-•'\u25a0-. j

An Oshkosh Hotel Burned with ScrlooaL •>« of Life—The Usual Friday HempM»'in*e— A. Few Minor Accidents andMisdemeanor*.

HAgonrg or johk riTi.iiisN.Cleveland, Dec. 3.—John Callahan was

banged at Wooater to-day, for the murder ofBenjamin Toroie, Oct. 20th, 1879. Calk.ban wag one ofthe gang of roughs at anagricultural fair, who set upon a yoang mannamed Frank Martin. Tornie went to Mar-tin's rescue, when Callahan turned on himand stabbed him in the back, inflicting mor-tal wounds. Of the real of the gang, JamesSaddler has been sentenced to the peniten-tiaryfor twelve years; Alexander McGown,senior and junior, twelve years each; andMichael Barke and Michael Molready werenever arrested, • having fled. Oallahan,though but 22 years old, bore a hard reputa-tion, and was regarded as a desperado. Hewas calm during his last days. Last nighthis spiritual advisers remained with him till10, and his parents till1 and the sheriff till2, after which he retired and slept soundlytill morning. He ate a hearty breakfast withapparent relish.

BY THE KEBOSENE BOUTS. -Deteoit, Mich., Deo. B.—A servant girlof

this city named Wilhelmina Schiudler under-took to kindle a slow fire this morning bypouring on kerosene oil. The usual resultfollowed the ignition of the oil, an explo-sion setting the girl's clothing on fire. Whendiscovered she was one mass of flames.Every shred of clothing was burned from herbody. She survived in terrible agony, whendeath came to her relief.

FOUND DEAD.New Yoke, Deo. 3. —John Fisher, a well-

known furniture dealer in the Bowery, wasfound dead in the cellar under his storeearly this morning.

CONVICTED.August D. Leigh ton, colored, on trial the

past few days forthe murder'of Mary Dean,was found guiltyafter an all night's sessionofthe jury.

HOTEL BUSKED. .Obhrosh, Wis., Deo. 3.—The Beck with

house, a brick four story building built in1870, took fire at 5 o'clock this evening andwas entirely destroyed. Loss, 60,000; in-surance, $8,000 on furniture and $20,000 onbuilding. Mrs. 8. B. Paigt, boarding in thehotel, was suffocated by smoke and died.Her body w&3recovered. Mrs. Charles E.Harlow, visiting Mrs. Paigt, bravely jumpedfrom the fourth story window and escapedwith bad barns. Mollie Hallcran, a waitergirl, is missing and believed to have per-ished. The fire originated from a brokenkerosene lamp. Had the fireoccurred in thenight the loss of life must have beenfrightful.

Milwaukee, Dec 3.—This evening fire brokeont in the Backwith house, Oahkoah. and be-fore tho arrival of the fire department theflames bad made such headway it was impos-sible to save the fine building, and attentionwas turned to save the surrounding buildings.The crowd was horrified to pea iv the fourthstory windows ladies to whom escape Beemedimpossible. Mrs. 0. E. Harlow, wife of aprominent citizen, jnmped, her fall beingbroken by robes and blankets, and escapedwithout serious injury. Mrs. Simon B. Paigt,wifeofa wealthy retired lumberman, withwhom Mra. Harlow was Tisitiog, feared tojump and was barned in the building.ber bodybeini? taken from a room half an hoar afterthe firestarted, by the firemen, who finallysecured a ladder long enough. It is fearedtwo or three lives were lost, among them a ser-vant girl and negro porter, who are mfauns;.The latter is supposed to have been asleep inhis room. Mr. Paigt, who was awayfrom the scene, arrived almost frantic, andoffered $4,000 to anybody to recover the bodyof hit wife. The inmates of the hotel, amongthem a large number ot commercial travelers,lost Urgj-ly, and had it not been for the cool-ness of outsiders the loss of life would harebeen larger. Stocks in the stores in the vi-cinity of the burning building were movedinto the streets, and the loss will be large onthat account. In two hours after thofire broke out the hotel was a massof ruin*. Itis said Mrs. Paigt often (eareddanger by fire, and a rope fireescape bad beenplaced in the room by her husband, bnt wasnot thought of by the unfortunate lady in thecritical moment. She appeared at the win-dow, but retreated in sight of tboso who criedfor her to leap. The fire is ascribed to thebursting a kerosene lamp under the main stair-way; an instant after the explosion the bousewas filled with a dense smoke. Theßeckwithwas one of the finest hotels in the NorthwentThe loss on bnilding and furuitnro in estimatedAt $50,000 Insured in the Manufacturer*',Boston, $2,500; Phoenix, Brooklyn, $2,500;Traders, 80--ton. $2,500; North British <fc Mer-cantile, $2 500; Boston Underwriters, $1,000;Cleveland Mercantile, $1 500; Newark, 81,000;Queer, Liverpool, $4,000; Amazon. $'2;000;Banman & Go., druggists, loss 910,000; insuredin North British, $1,400; Lancashire, $600, and$1,000 each in the Liverpool, Scottish Oommtr-cial& Commercial Union. Other losses bymoving goods about $10,000.

ACQUITTED.Chicago. Dec. 3 —B. F. Allen was acquitted

by the jury this afternoon in tho federal courtof the charge of making false returns to thecomptroller of the currency while president ofthe defunct Cook county national bank. Thejury deliberated only ten minutes.

SHOT HIMSELF.New Yobk, Dec. 3.—The following dispatch

was received this eveningCedar Keys, Fla.—Bupt. Walling, chief of

police, New Turk city: Andrew J. Gillea ar-rested. Shot himself. Acknowledged hisidentity. Probably will rreovrr.

[Signed.] Oso. H Richabds, Mayor.Gillen was the young man who shot Misa

Begerson because she rejected his offer of mar-riage.

DAILYWEATHER BULLETIN

)moi or Obsibvation, Signal Costs, U.S. A. )tsGEBSoUi Block, Thibd Strut, >

8t . Pact.. Mirk. )Observations taken at the same moment of

time at all station*.Heterologioal Re cord Dec. 3, 1880, 9:66 p. M.

Bar. Ther. Wind. Weather.Dulatb ....... SO. 01 9 NW Cloudy.Fort Garry.. .30.16 -8 BE By.SnowSt. Vincent...3o.o4 -5 NW Olondy.Yankton 80 04 14 ' NB Olundy.St.'Paul .29.89 20 ME Cloady.

DAILYLOOAL MKASB.Bar. Ther. BeL Horn. Wind. Weather.30.037 17.7 83.8 HW Cloudy.

Amount of melted scow, .0 inches; maxi-mum thermometer, 20; minimum thermoma*ter, 8.

O. 8. M. Cose.Sergeant Signal Corps, U. 8. A.

THE WXATEXB TO-DAY.Washington, Deo. 4,1 A. si.—lndications

for the upper lake region, falling borometer,warm Fouthorly winds, increasing cloudinessand rain or snow. -For tbc upper Mississippiand lower Missouri valleys, falling followed bystationary and rising barometer, south, preceded in the latter district by northerly winds,*warmer, partly cloudy or cloudy weather withrain or 'now. _\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0• \u25a0

T-coU OatOr may mis» CaldweU'a oyster, cMcktaand tarik.y lunches, seired every day.

. Black and Colored Silks, Satins and Velvetsat a sacrifice. Zahm & Mann's closing outrale, Third and Wabashaw streets.