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is general conviction that II he could he
would prove corruption of Congressman
which Re says the former management con-
templated a. means OF carrying the IN,
creased subsidy through. He swears he paid
nothing to congressman. TWINS frequent
communications with representatives OF the
Central Pacific is also thought to show CO.
0peration with them in desperate effort to
break down Pacific Mail and help Jay Gould
out Of his bear speculation. Irwin. has testi.
fed so much that unless he makes clean
breast and thereby proves that the money
was not frxudulently used to cover stock
speculations In New York, as entries on the
the public will be very unfortunate. 1t de-
stroys the value of his other testimony and
intimations. In justice to him 1t should be
said there Is some question as to whether his
brain has recovered from the effects of the
skull fracture sustained ia California.
- a. Calamisy by Fire.
CINCINNATI Dec 28.-A fire at Batesville,
Ind, yesterday, destroyed the furniture fac.
tory Of H. Schrader & Co., loss estimated at
over 100000. Several adjacent dwellings
were destroyed also; loss twenty-five thous-
and dollars. No insurance on the factory:
about g. 900 insurance ON the dwellings.
Nearly all the people in the town depended
ON the factory for aliving, and the destruc-
tion will cause great suffering.
Con. sherilan,s Mission 60 tho South.
CHICAGO, Dec 20.-Lieut. Gen. Sheridan,
with Gen. Rucker, Col. N. Sheridan and
Major @. A. Forsythe, Of his staff, left here
last night for New Orleans. A Washington
special says instructions to Gen. Sheridan. u
10 understood, direct him to acquaint himself
with the actual condition of affairs in Arkan-
sas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and
Texas; but make Louisiana the present point.
On arriving at New Orleans lie has to confer
with Major Merrill upon the actual condition
of affairs in Louisiana outside the city of
New Orleans. Major Merrill is the officer
who arrested perpetrators OF the Conshatta
massacre. He has q high reputation for en-
men here. An officer of the government,
and q military man Of high standing, says
Merrill, thus far, has been only military man
in the south able to appreciate the situation
The nature of Gen. 6heridan's mission Is
similar to that Of Gen. Grant in 1896, with
the exception that Grant was designated to
discover why there was not prosperity in the
South, while Sheridan Is to learn why there
is not peace.
Government AID for tho Grasshopper
Su6ercrs.
WAsnMaToN, Dec. 29.--It appears from
official documents that on the 2lst of Nov.
the President authorized the distribution of
clothes and other supplies to those rendered
destitute by grasshopper devastations in Kan.
sas and Nebraska, trusting to Congress for
future approval. There is no doubt Senator
Hitchcock's bill for the relief Of persons
suffering from ravages of grasshoppers will
become law.
America.Canadian Postal Convention.
WASHINGTON, December 29.-The new
postal convention concluded between the
United States and Canada provides for uni
form postal systems in the two countries in
respect TO correspondence exchanged between
them, each country to forward and deliver,
free Of charge, correspondence, written or
printed, received from the other, which cor
responderce must be prepaid at the estab.
lished domestic rates In the country OF its
origin. $751;. .i,.a. t.a.t
Bankruptcy Of Noted Iron Firm.
PIrTsBURG, December 20. Wharton Bros.
8 Co., iron manufacturers, to-day filed q pc.
tition In bankruptcy. The assets of the
nrm are given at 5s9S, 200 liabilities sggre-
gate $29l 900. The low price Of manu-.
featured iron, dullness of trade and the back
wsrdness Of customers in paying up are as.
signed - the causes of the stoppage.
Handsome Chrissmas Presents.
TERRE HAuTE, Ind, December 90
Chauncey Rose of this city, to-day gave the
Terre Haute School Of Industrial Science
1206, 900 and the Vigo County Orphans
Home $3.50, 900. He has already given large
sums here and has promised $100, 600 to the
State Normal School. 'aI .'....
Secretary Bristow ON Finance.
~ CMcAao, December 30.-6ecretary Bris.
tow was in Cincinnati, yesterday, on his way
to Washington. He visited the Chamber Of
Commerce and made brief speech, and after
tu1a no h,,o ,,1nY, 0f CincinnQ
Il on the determination to carry on business
20 a. to return to solid basis on which all
prosperity must exist, he said: 1--WE
have passed through financial disasters
greater In extent than almost any
other people ever suffered, and yet
have survived but the tremendous ener-
gies and recuperativs powers of our people
have been equal to all emergencies. we
have not only survived, but intend to build
up for future prosperity on abasis more en-.
during than ever We have gone down al
most TO the hard pan, and mean to come up
without loss, and build upon basis which
cannot be shaken. / believe in this sentiment,
people Of Cincinnati. believe with you
that there can be no other real prosperity
than that which looks to rebuilding on a
foundation that cannot be broken. At all
events. il financial disasters do come upon
us, 1t shall not be on account OF any faul of
ours. A. look st II, the financial quest on
can only b satisfactorily solved by carry ng
out the good faith and obligations Of the Ma,
tion according TO the import and promises
when they were made. After all has been
said Or written, the great subject Of finance
Il, but one simple automatic truth, which
must never be forgotten--that honesty must
be the best policy. There can be NO policy
which has not the principle of honesty un.
dsrlying 1t worthy . moments consideration
BY the commercial community. Our prom.
ises were made amidst dire necessity. Our
faith was pledged amidst . struggle threat
ening our very National existehoe. Let US
not forget the honor that requires US to re-
deem those pronises At the earliest ,practi.
cable day. The time has come when we
must do something, instead Of talking mere
glittesing gsneralties. am glad to see that
The Congress of the Nation has begun to feel
the importance of this matter, and that we
have now some assurance that that body
VIII recognize the propagation that legal ten
der noteS, issued under the press Of mere
pecassty, must be redeemed In that which
The world regards a. money, when 90 re-
adeonaed. All promisss Of the Government
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