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have been conducted for several weeks on the
European plan Of pay as you go. The arrange
mcnt was that Mr.. Stuart should deduct
ss3 nightly for the rent Of the building
aud other expenses, aud the actors
should divide the balance 10 ln-
sure a correct rendering Of the money accounts,
Mr. Padsett was delegated by the associated actors
to watch the Office. Last Saturday evening he
was at his post usua1 when Mr.. Fulton came
up, and, IS Padgett alleges, he received from the
Treasurer the gum OF $50. As the connection OF
Mr. Fulton with this theatre ceased some time ago,
Padgett thought 1t mis- duty to inquire what the S.0
meant DR.. Sayre, the Treasurer. denied that
stated that lie saw him receive the money. Sayre
retorted that was false and Padget tried to pull
his nose. They cinched, and by TINT time a larger
audience was in the lobby than in the theatre but
at length they were separated. The truth about
the S20 Ia still a matter Of difference
LOOKING OUT FOR 1NFRIHGEMENT5-
Among the services rendered. by the pri-
yate detectives Of this city is the con-
tinua1 watching for infringements upon
valuable patents. The John Stephenson
Horse-Car Manufacturing Company employs
several detectives to visit cities md take
notice whether horsc-cars manufactured by other
makers use any OF the patents owned here. The
sewing machine united companies employ detect
ives to observe new sewing machines Mannfac-
luTeO Oy Dpp0slLioH companies. tU uESEIfE IL
patents are uuiawfully used Tho same thing is
doue in benalf OF some Of the pianu manufacturers
who are jealous OF other makers and watch for up-
portunities to pounce down upon them. These
ynrious services and kindred work keep employed
a large number of private detectives continually
hunting for infringcments. The dear plblic who
use patented articles have to pay for this fun in the
end.
THE STRANGERS GONE HOME.
The election thnned out the strangers in the
city as clean as threshing floor. The hotels
hare plenty Of room now, and some Of them are
counting their profits. Broadway has resumed lis
wonted appearance; but II any skeptics about the
prosperity Of the city who have written to the West
about the deserted appearance Of that great
thoroughfare now here they would confess
that even without the influx OF strangers it is pref
ty lively street. For Two days it has been worth
week OF your life the street anywhere down
town, anu up town Is nearly as had. No, Broad
way is not played out-not yet! BEAUTY.
, 1876-11-12

Hail; 49,: .5osa 90 Kip .,-.:-..: Looa1.a5
ss. sss ,sS sts ;;s S. it, Ssi;$ g
81 III 81 H. stf' e;? {.y x it,
Sd 5ax: &c: seiled; go; Shsle: xats! blsasnea
IL e1 soe o e. o pssf c
s9c stra3 ganbeSo a oil
9!!s natural; =, aeE sse; natura 10 deg. sc
- Z 4a.sss $Ss:ss s
The sesE IN Noaday We quite: p % c isse
sesksys dqsss shstsss sss
ss:!:aSs assks s e1s S; %a's5s Vsasss
ssPss!ay shses ssee and A asals:s sas
are Selling from store 1t higher agur The crop DE-
s{ss iii
quantities have been shlpry :angor for export It
sia3 pfs S cndes hs S ns
we're 4aofcd It., r. 75c On @ Track and cennon a: 500
SEEDS-Nerc quiet and unchanged Timothy sold at
Solsgs IL: nrims e. esinE HA q nFnsr @ at III
sALT-Was y moderate request .: the annexed prces
: satS9 = Ss sacs s0o; ground @ slan' Si.iS1si
Nth Prices ruling
sood
s e ss'a g. ssocts aas faaey ass
Sl.UO@l. Is. -
,lMrEEMIAL.common. "a 2s@93e; good do a5G3sc: me-
dunn, 4gs4cc good do, 45Gsfsc; inc, 5O@52c; finest
55@Goe; choice. s3ta7oe; choicest. 7us75e.
GOOD SsaS sas 95$sS:
nncs dols55c; cnolcc. 81 Bsotc; choicest, u3Qs85c;
choicest new first picking, 7Oa+75c.
0oLoS0s-Common, .Ste:sOc; good common, 33a35c;
nnes s4c eitee feea sa9 eastst 4s 4seds es
WODit-Has quoted firm It 81. 5OlnS. 0U for 1nap1e1
Sc yoG7. co for beech; aud IS Uo55o for sabs-deys
cred.
W0o1rWas in moderate request and steady. Below
are the quotations.: Tubwn5led 4US45c; fair to good
do 36G4o:; washed fleece and medium. 3i43ec; med3.
uln and unWaslled, 23Gk26c 1ne DO. 2lGE23c.
, 1876-11-12
BY TELEGRAPH.
FOREIGN.

Special Dispofch to 1Ae Tribune
LIVERPOOL, Nov. Hill 80 a. -m.-F1oEn-yo L 2az
No. =, .3s.
Observation-Disclosures No. l, los; No 2, o. 3D.
spring. No. 9s lod; No. white. No. III; No
2 los I'd; club No. i, los ID; No. = los sd. Cosn-N
!. o6s; No. . 25s 3d.
PEoV1s1oSs-Po.k, 7cs. La7d, sos.
I1yEEPooL, Nov. u.-CoTTox-Firm at 6 1l-1s0B1f1
sales IL coo bales; speculation export 5o0 Amet
lean. 5000.
BEEApsTCFFs-Dull except corn. which is drme1
Caforna white wheat los 2d21os 4d club los 4df
los ID; No. to No. red Western spring. esQ9s 1od
do winter, 8s Sd4I0s- F1our-Neytetn canal. o38aA
Corn-Western mixed. 25s gdGaCs. t,ats-Ame14cao
3s!9as I'd. Barley-American, 81 Sd Peas-Cans.
dian, 37s-
CLovEg-SEEn-AmerIcan, 5oG55s,
PRovistoSs-Mess pork. 723 Lart-Americau. 5Oa
Bacon-Loug clear. 43s; short clear 44s.
TALLOW-i3S Cd,
SrIRITs PErEoLErH-1Us: refined do. 1es.
LiNsEED nlL-.1k.
CoMNoX I:Es1S-55ld; pale do, I'D.
SFfEtTs TIEFENrlSE-.7sG 81.
CHEEsE-Fiue American, Uus.
LONDON, NOV. n.-Sr1E1Ts TCRpEETEX-27s.
, 1876-11-12

| =-. bA6fAo9 " 70
FLOUR-Was dull, with material change in prices
% yss stSss1 es "asss
not being in the market saes we're reported Of
o i brs spEa1s pn5 g .qeEnes n,;s at
At s; s5.sossoo Tota, rs 1rls. The market closed
prices: choice winters, s. ssa7::s; medium winters,
ssepnH sP1as sat4 s. sasm sose
patents s7ooa7.so; common 10, seooae.2s; sour
springs, So. 0ua+.oo spring superfnes, $o.5o4 90.
Eye no. ana
.bsAS-Nas u n nooclase oealana al" s'eaaS' ea4e'
"es es ras nominal at sneso per
on track
wnEAr--was moderately active, and again stronger.
nh ks f aa
Ss -
IS s;o5s IL sfn1 M
vas runa:s that prominent afla hsre s investing
; ne s oa II ns et oaE
sa 81 @
@
@ t'fsss
S a@n re a hss liz II T.
RI II
low 1vint would eausc an arln:fai strinsency here
denenenr Of thc nrIcc in oticr c;ties orr stock an
pears to have Increased to about = 500 COZ bu by m in
crercnr uf $50 co bu during the pasI week Their.
waa light shipping jcIlotsi Sat1rdar e. which WA
chiefly fur tic lower Grades Seller December Dnenri
at ii ix)Is sud NJ 81 ts duclit to Itk}x ndvanc-
ed to ST kN uui closed at 81 tti1: Scijsr January
sold at ST. Ii@.l l1A closing at ST. l11s01i III Seller
the month suld at ST. .&7i4e+i Dsf closing ~ s taL
Frrs receipts Of No. spring closed at 81 os1; aid
porteu Of S. us, bu ~ spr;s: at 81 liz. Its: u
tu No aL s}sN@3916c I, hu rejected 1T S7R9Y1Ic:
400 bu no r Ut tn and 40 bu by saulDlc It txe
81 Ol on tFacE Total 81 SEQ bu - F " WV"
WHEAT ScEEESISGs-Sa1c made of 10 tons at
50 10 Der ton free On board car - - ~ "
WINTER WuEAT-Sales were 100 bu No. l red at
ST. l3M and ltU) bu No 10 at 81 IL botI, In storc
MlxS Esors WnEAr-Was quiet and lc higher Sales
were l. sG0 bu NJ. at 81 il5SyI Il; an1 35o bn by
CGRS-Was less active and casior declining 4c on
cash lots aud Nc on December dt liycres frt1 thc
faes prices Of Friday af,ernpon Lyernoo1 vn. nn.et
hut hracr on caygops New YORK and liaIii1nore wrc
stronger ana our receipts were again sIla The In
euertlon into store Ieig Is ears unu l. 900 bu while
tie STOCKS In slure appear TO hare dccrcased t tt
bl during the past week. leaving about $4,000
strength Of the previous afternoon brought
out more sellers fur future, unler which the December
Ire1aiun nearly vanished though there was no urgent
inquiry for cash lots except gil mixed Seller be.
ceper opened at 433fc unI ltc ncd TO ioYGc It the
close Seller the Kuont and seller tile Ycar sol aI 3f
j43Sc closing at 43ac Seller january sold At 33lSts
iiSS closing ut l3L:; anu seller May was pomnnI II
high mixed ut 4Gc Cash sales werr reported II ss1
, 1876-11-12

Withdrawn from store on Friday for city con-
sumption, Q, 4l2 bu wheat, i, 500 bu corn, 5, 0S2
bu oats, j. .4l0 bu barley.
The following grim was inspected into eto.c in
this city on Saturday morning: cars No, red win
ter wheat, l6 cars No. 2 do, 45 cars No. 2 n. ".
wheat cars No. spring, rs cars No. 2 do, 81
cars No. do, 81 cars rejected do, 6 cars no
grade {202 wheat}; ears high mixed corn g?
No. do, I, 900 bu now mixed do, 2o cars and
2, 600 bu rejected do, cars grade (G3 corn); 2
cars white oats, No. TO- cars and 5, 600 bu
rejected do, car no grade IL oats); cars No. 2
rye; 10 cars No. barley, q cars No. do, s cars
rejected do go barley. Total {322 cars}, 126, =
900 bu. Inspected out, so, 483 bu wheut, 153. 1855
BIZ corn, rs, 779 bu oats, 90, o00 bu rye, and u,
735 bu barley.
The following were the receipts and shipments Of
brcadstus and life stock ut this point during the
past week, and for the corresponding weeks ending
, 1876-11-12
MAUDiE'S WISDOM.

0you wise old men and women,
With your stocks Of knowledge rare; g.
You who know the stars Of heaven,
And their Distances compare
You who call each tiny ioweret
By some woudrous Latin name,
And, discovering new species,
Reach the pinnacle Of fume;
You inventors, priests, and cages.
Birds we'll verscd III ancient lore;
You who know Of distant ages;
You who distant realms explore;
Yon, with heads brimful OF knowledge,
Don't know half that Mandie knows, =
Mande, our little t,oydcn darling,
Nischict-cran.m"d frous head to toes.
You may think tho stlra Of heaven
Each u world within the skies;
Little Mau1e could tell you better
She knows they arc angels eyes.
And, when dnwll the SNOWY flakes fnll.
iuu may think it very plain
That the white aud duwny fragments
Are hut frozen u:ops Of rain;
This sou say with calM assurance,
as you do Of many things;
But Maudlc knows they are the feathers
Dropping from the angels wings.
1Ou 1nay understand all nations,
And may speak in every tongue;
But you canilot tell, with Mnutlle,
What the Robin ltet!brea@t sung.
You don't know tle hidden wonders
Down Ill heart Of half blown rose;
lou ncer saw the fairies, siu,ub'rous,
Nestled there In sweet roposc;
Perfumcd beds Of yellow pollen,
Canopics OF rosc-leaycs bright
There they sleep until the b1uc-bell
Kings the fairics' fcstal night.
Did you ever see the firehies
Lighting up the mossy deils:
Hear the soft, sweet. dreamy music
Rung from ont the lily bells!
See the fays 60 riding tnithcr,
Earh NJ, HIS trrt,Hshorrar
, 1876-11-12

meats but no particular change noted In the lard
quotations from that point 1t was also noted that the
exports Of hog product from the United States during
the past twelve months lG tkS 0 Tbs in EXCESS VI
those OF tho preyfous yen1 and That 05tp UD lbs,
nearly copper of this increase. WAS supplied by CHI
cago. These figures which dcrcn largely upon the IN; m
nreccJented activity III packing in 1875. Ict
many operators to think that European e9nsiln'crs
not SO short Of Is csl! mt this tate nnd viii
hold out for minimum prices Tor the future. The out
ward movement Of meat this city large,
however and II chiefly toward Europc a. fhc weather
full curcu lots. . -
81 COZ hns against l53 3l head for same time last
year. and 1l:i, I7D for TO In 1874.
visions from ths city for the weck ending Nov .:
, 1876-11-12
And interest
BY TELEGRAPH.
ECw YORK..

New York, Nov. 11.-GoId opened ut 10O3i,
declined to 1oo4, and closed at 1904. Carrying
rates, 2., 2. 8, lH, and 1.per cent Loans were
also made fat
Governments dull and lower.
In railroad bonds this afternoon Union Pacific
f.sts declined to 1863, and Milwaukee st. Paul
consolidated sinking funds to S6sf. New York
Central coupon frsta sold at 11e. and 6s Of 1883
at 1021x.
State bonds quiet aud nominal.
Prices at the stock market opened at a decline Of
Kos per cent, but subsequently advanced !. to
X per cent, chiefly in Lake Shore, St. Paul,
Western Union. Michigan Central, and New Jer-
sey Central. After midday there WAS decline Of
i to Ii per cent, the latter In Michigan Central
Subsequently the market beeame extremely dull,
the advance from the lowest point OF the
day ranging from Y to + per cent. The great
, 1876-11-12

The Produce Markets Rather Less
Active, and Steadier-'.Pro-
visions Quiet.
Wheat Firmer-Corn Easier-Continued
Small Receipts Of Grain.
A Light Opening Of the Packing
Season.
FINANCIAL.

There was no change in local finances. Routine
business moved along in its accustomed channels,
but hardly with its accustomed volume. The
orders from the country for currency were not
large, and beyond relative but not considerable
increase in the shipments to the hog country were
unchanged in amount. The packers have not made
much II any paper during the week, aud the gen.
cral demand for accommodation was restricted.
The banks hare an abundance Of loanablc funds
and something Of a surplus In addition.
Rates of discount are 8D10 per cent to regular
customers. Special ratea are made In some cases.
On the street business Is dull Rates are per
cent and upward.
New York exchange was sold between banks at
par to 25c per 81, 900 premium.
The clcarings OF the week we're reported as fol-
lows by Manager D. r. Hale OF the Clearing
, 1876-11-12

FOREIGN.
LONDON, Nov. II. -Consols for money and ac-
count, 06 LILO.
American sccurites-'65s. 103h; '67s, 100;
10, lUs. lOSA new IS, 108ss; New York Central,
96: Erie, 01.; preferred, II.
FRASkFogT, Nov. l1.-New 5s, 102A.
The large Withdrawals OF gold from, the Bank OF
England have not had mitch influence upon discount
rates, because Of the scarcity OF bills Offering.
, 1876-11-12


sGERMANY AND THE FRENCH EXPOSITION OF
1875.
The Germans have begun to debate whether they
had not better refuse to join in the French Expo
s:tion in 1878. They fenr that tke experience oi
1S70 in Philadelphia may be repeated in Pasis il
1873. DR.. Julius Lessing, Director ofVhc Roya
Industrial Museum at Berlin, objects strongly to
any participation By Germany in the French Expo.
siIion, not that be thinks she cannot do herself
credit, but that it would cost too much. The Lon
don Telegraph int!mates that Germany would be
more at home in new battlefield, and will be
likely TO decline the invitation to contest oi
peace.
THE LOAN MARKET AND THE STOCK MARKET ~
LONDON.
One effect OF the disturbed condition Of Europe
has been to increase the amount OF 1oanab|c cap1
tai in London, and to weaken The rates OF discount
As neither Turkey nor Russia has the credit that
will enable them 10 borrow, none OF tho capital Of
tho great financial centre OF Europe ia drawn of By
them. AT 1ac same time the stock Of capital in
Lombard street Ia increased By the convcrgencc
there OF streams thut would in peaceful
times have lowed into countries the
prosperity Of which is now threatened By war.
The stock market is affected diligently. The
news OF the third week of October, u14favoraole
to the peace Of Europe, produced general fall in
the prices OF all the securities on the Stock Ex-
change The London Times says that the decline
was severcr, and the amount OF money that passed
into the hands OF mere speculators Was Inrger,
than has been known for long time. The pros
pect Of war, which adds to the capital In the loan
market. draws capital away from the stock market
With wars come new loans, and the floating funds
that are Kept in ordinary times in stocks upon
the approach OF withdrawn and held for invest
ment nnhew loans at higher rates Of interest.
THE GERMAN FINANCIAL PAPERS.
When Germany was spending the 8, 600, 900, QUO
francs Of the French indemnity, and every German
was living as II he had that sum to draw upon for
h,s private expenditures, new enterprises OF every
kind sprang easily into prosperity. The German
financial papers shared in the general good times,
and the meanest financial reporter in Berlin could
indulge In the clean shirt fronts that now accord
ing to Berlin correspondent Of lhe London Spec
fator, beyond the reach Of chief editors. Only
the papers that were not worth brb-
ing escaped decentralization. All this
has changed. The bribers have disappeared, and
go have most Of the readers; great many of the
pagers that were SO prosperous have failed, an1
others are failing. Even the B0ersen Zeikuag the
great financial authority Of Northern Germany, has
occasion to mourn the disappearance Of the splen-
did advertisements and immense income Of the
speculative period.
GOLD AND GREEEBACKS.
Gold wag 1000l09ts In grecnbacks.
Greenbacks were 01A0o1k cents on the dollar
In gold.
, 1876-11-12

HOG PRoDUCTs-Tere again quiet though With
little doing than Friday. easer The receipts
OF hogs large. for Saturday at this season which
following 25 90 bead for the previous da5 caused
weakness, especially n the weather vas not cold
enough to favor packing. There also dispatch to
tllr effect that Liyeroool VIII. nauHky ~ iara aud
, 1876-11-12

Blinkson, who lives out On Chouteau avenue,
is tolerab1y certain to vote straight ticket to-
morrow. His wife, who is good health, and red
headed, and strict party woman, said to him
yesterday: "WhateTer happens to your ticket
will happen to your face.s He saw that she
meant what she said, and be won't scratch his
ti"fat--St Louis Heyu{kicnu
, 1876-11-12

Long CItlfs CaBll
for December Cnmbcrauds quiet as N199c; long cut
hams. 01&Gs f0c, s boxed: sweet picked hams, lO9
llc. Green la1rx. 61SrSfC.
Bacon quoleu ut 77le57Hc for shoulders, og94c for
short Ribs 94@Hc for short clears 13@I4c for Aaus
all cnuyase1 ant packed.
GsEAsE-Wns quiet ut 55734c. Sale was made OF IS
tcs wlIlte at TIC
BEEF Pi:OGUCTs-Were steady and quiet at 50. sea
$40 IS Tor extra mess; ana SlaoU
@l9.tO for hams 80.
TALLoS-Wasq quoted at sssashc for city, and TIC
&c for country lots, according TO condition.
, 1876-11-12
EDUCATIONAL.
ALIENS ACADEMY.

Inc Most Thoroushsoing BOTS SCHOOL in ths
.hted states Prepares 10: any college for bust-
pcrtencca Professors auI teachers Lectures BY ds-
s.nsnsheu scholars Scientific Course by Few O. II.
Iinany. D. D., ind an Astronomical Course By Prof.
EaficE' are now being given. Next term commences
Nos; ~. Ssw pupils resolved at any time. Send fos
catalogue. ll:A ". ALLEN. LID. President. No
6u3 Mlchigan-av., Chtcasu
, 1876-11-12

BIT COL. 4. q. BRAcKETT, U. 8. ARMY.
TITS near thirty years ago
Since men bearded like young Mars
Narred in glorious Mexicu, -
For our tug OF blue aud stars.
We moved along the way
Where brave Coytcz moved Of yore,
Meeting Me1ico's array
In the battles crash and roar.
Then, too little band,
Though twas scantily supplied,
Marched far-od overland
10 Pacihc's boundlesB tide.
o those glorious days Of old,
When we fought amid the PANS,
For the land OF grapes and gold,
Where the padres sang their psalmsl
There's romance DER the dead
Who fell so far away.
While following those who led
In the struggle and the fray
0 thoec noble men Of gore,
Who went to win name
That should last foreyermore
In the sacred hall Of Fame!
We were younger then than now,
When we fought in Mexico
To gain laurel for our brow,
Neurly thirty years ago.
Then on San Francisco Bay.
So many ye1rs ego,
Our soldierly array
Took the old Preside.
Before Vera -Cruz's walle,
And at Cerro- Gordo's heights.
We marched mid flame and bulls,
In the batt1e's flashing lights.
We went where heroes led,
Where the yellow orange grows,
Or passed the deserts bed.
Or the Rocky Mountain SHOVE.
Who will tell the tale sublime
OF the men who fought OF old
For California's lovely cline
And her splendid mines Of goldf
Who will tell where warriors lie
Mid Bucna-Vista's wreck,
Or how brave soldiers die
On Scared Chapultepec1
Who will paint Molino's strife,
Where, undaunted, friend and foe
Sought to take each others life
Bloodiest field Of Mexico?
When all the war was done,
We c]asptd each others hands,
TO keep what we had won
OF the Northern Aztec ]ands-
Fair Aztec! on thy heights,
More fair than words can tel,
Amid thy starlight nights
The angels seem to dwell
Near thirty years ago,
We climbed the rugged Why, .
Amid the Tropics glow
And tiowery array.
We went where all was fair,
Where bananas hung their stems,
Where fragrance filled the mir,
And flowers flashed like gems.
The Cordillera was dark,
And looned up to the sky;
Old mines had left their mark
On many rock on high.
We passed the stately walls,
And through the pleasant glcns,
And by the waterfalls,
The marshes, and the fens,
The noble church We found,
Where all wa3 pence Within
This quiet, holy ground,
Amid our wnTlike din.
The ti]lcrs Of the soil
Worked on while we marched by,
And, mid their weary toll,
Watched us with yengeful eye.
'Tis near thirty years aeo,
And we've changed from brown to gray,
Since We etroGc through Mexico
With our Ilag8 and music gay.
, 1876-11-12
COMMERCIAL.

The following were the receipts and shipments
OF the leading articles of produce in this city
during the twenty-four hours ending at o'clock
on Saturday morning, and for the corresponding
time last year:
, 1876-11-12

f's;nEbEt SCHOOL AND KINDEEG AETFS. 10
= o'suop,court SecouI term will begin 3tundayt
Eos: n. ls.a MISS SARA EDDY. Principal aaa
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-06
The Methodist Conference.

BALTIMORE, May 8.
Bishop Bowman presided at the opening
Of the conference this morning. The
committee was announced on correspond
cnee. American bible society, expenses of
general conference, PASTORAL address, reli-
gious corporations, on proprieiy of revising
the hymn book and on new charters for be-
nevolent institutions. The resolutions of
j. III. Wilbur. Of Oregon, offered yester-
day, relative to the transfer of the Indians
to the war department, were taken up, Mr..
Wilbur advocating their passage. DIR. J.
?. Newman sent to the secretarys deek
and had read the bill recently passed By the
house Of representatives for the iuforma-
lion of the conference. Judge Lawrence,
member of congress from Ohio, and u
delegate 10 the conference, sketched the
history of the Indian service, and held that
the present policy mad put au end to Indian
wars and elevated the condition of the In
dians. Now it was proposed by the domi-
nant party in the house to abandon this
JpilNJ va ICsltN anu
The dominant party in the house cared
very little about either civilization or
Christianity. lLaughter.] Neither was 1t
material TO its success. II this general
conference, representing 100000 people,
shall send committee OF five to the senate,
its voice would be heard and respected, and
The bill would not pass, for there was some
regard for Christianity and civilization at
that end of the capitol. Applause The
president was not Methodist himself, but
his wife wae, and she could appeal TO him
in behalf of the peace policy which he had
inaugurated. Judge Cooley of Iowa and
Gen. Clinton b. Fisk of the st. Louis con-
ference expressed regret that political is-
sues or personal references should have
been made, which was also the unmlstak-
able sentiment OF the conference. The
resolutions were referred to a special com
mittee of five.