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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-23

Legislature to apportion the State and both tho
Senators and members OF the Assembly among tho
several counties according to the number of their
respective lnhabitants This duty IL also tie
mandcd under the same provision OF the con.
stitution which requires tho basis of Senatorial
and Assembly representation To- follow enumeration
OF the nhabissnts every ten years after 1888. The
OF 1876 duly taken and reported to tho
LEGISLATURE the opening of the session OF 1876,
and for three years the democratic members havo
first asked and then demanded that tho fundamental
Law should he obcycd. Thcsc repeated requests have
been AZ frequently denied as they have been made.
Zach year there have been committees appointed with
clerks aud messengers nj large expense to tho state,
but always without practical res uts and apparently
with the fixed intention hat no law should be passed.
Whenever apportionincpt bills have been prepared
absence OF all fairness and with absolute denial Of
justice. Under these repeated wrongs tue people
have boon misrcprcsen,ed large constituencies out
ragged and the section ut the State most largely
taxed for State md Local purposes without its proper
10 show to our fellow citizens that what Is here
stated is the truth and the whole truth, we point
first to the constitutional requirement and then TO
the facts taken from the census returns OF 1910 In
connection with the leading counties in the State
DEMOCRATIC ADVANTAGES.
Under Just apportonincnt of the Senate New
York city, with Richmond county, Is en-
titled TO members. while represent that
city. Kings county Is entitled to 3. but is al
lowed only =, ami this with surplus population
of 4G.ooJ. New York city by the lawful connt is en-
titled to ~ members of Assembly instead OF -
Kings county IL entitled to IA members instead of ~
aud Monroe county to 4 instead OF .. These adli-
,ional members all belonging democratic districts,
arc now awarded Ia the following cou1tcs anu are
represented. except in district, by republican
members Of the Legislature Madison Delaware,
Ontario, Cattaraugus. Columbia, Washington,
Niagara, Wayne Oswego, oneida and st. Law
renee. The Assembly representative population
also gives the following unequal record:--
For the Fourth district of Kings county,
63.95' sixth district. Kings 54,4s5: Eighth district.
Kings. Ss,l2 Ninth district, Kings. So,U20; lhghth
district. New York. GO.Oji Fifteenth district, New
York, 5Uy2O; Seventeenth district, New York. Gi 96;
Twentieth district New York. 1866; Twcnty-ii st
district, New York, Gl5jG: Second district, Monroe,
1908.
And this, with tho following in contrast TO the
above, ia single districts delaware. representa-
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WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION.

HOW the Home and Foreign Dignitaries
Paid Their Respects to the President
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The advent of the
new year was generally observed. The prin-
clpal point Of attraction was the Executive
mansion, where the reception of guests com
menced at II o'clock. In company with the
President were Vice President Wheeler, Mrs.
Hayes, Mrs. Jewett, of Chicago, Mrs. Austin,
OF Cleveland; Mrs. Hastings, Mrs. Anderson,
of Cincinnati; the Misses Scott, Mrs. Wood
worth and Mrs. Andrews. Rarely, if ever
before, has the Vice President with
the President on such occasions
received. The only cabinet absentee
was Secretary Sherman, who was
informed by telegraph this morning of the
death of his brother. He had called, how
ever, before the reception commenced to in
form the President of his bereavement. The
British legation being in mourning, was not
represented. Nearly all the members of the
diplomatic corps we're present The Chi
nese legation attracted the most attention.
and many sought an Introduction to the am
bassador and his attaches. The ministers
and secretaries, except Mr.. Bartlett, wore
the Chinese dress. It was their first visit on
New Years occasion, and they were evil
IDENTIFY much pleased with the attentions be-
slowed upon them. All the judges of the
United States supreme court with the excep-
ton of Justice Clifford, who is on a visit to
Richmond, the judges of the court of claims,
and tho Southern claims commission and
courts for the District of Columbia we're
present, with ladies. Nearly all members of
Congress now in Washington called to paw
their respects to the President and Vice
President. The attendance of officers of
the army was unusually large: General
Sherman was not present. The navy was
we'll represented as were all classes of Off
GERS and employees under the government and
the public generally.
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happened. 1t is strange when we consider the
lnadequacy of our military force, that should
IN common with other officers. call attention to
circumstances like these that are liable to in
volve trouble and disaster.
Before closing this communication, I desire to
call the attention of the general of the army to
that portion of Lieut. Lees report which
plainly shows that the figures made in Wash
ington of supplies sent to agencies may show
different result from supplies received, and
which may account for the discrepancy in the
reports of the commissioner of Indian affairs,
and the report of Maj. J. K. Mesner, at the
southern Cheyenne agency, and that of Capt.
cambridge, of Fort Hall agency.
In conclusion, desire to say that in my an
nual report, and in this report my only object
has been to speak in the interest of the Indian
and in the best interests of life, property and
development on tie frontier, of the lives of Of
hcers and soldiers and the best economy in >1he
administration of my command.
large amount of documentary evidence is
submitted with the rsport, the substance Of
which is referred to above.
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A. Doremus was placed on the stand His
examination lasted all day and is not yet
completed. He testified that in all he had
examined fifteen or twenty pounds of Cobb's
body. In it he found about quarter of a
grain of white arsenic. He should Judge
that there was three times as much arsenic
remaining in the whole body, making one
grain IN all. Arsenic if administered long
before death will be found in every part of
the system. He had found it in every part
of Cobb's body which he had examined, and
was positively convinced that there was
poison in every part of his system. His
opinion was that arsenic was present in
quantities to indicate fatal dose. One or
two grains are generally considered fatal
doses. The poison might have been ad-
ministered weeks before death. It certainly
was some time previous. Adjourned.
RIGHTEOUS VERDICT.
memphis, Jan. Ito day the jury in the
case of Joseph Bensteen, on trial for raping
Annie Dugan, an orphan 13 years of age, re-
turned a verdict of guilty. The penalty is
c7eati,
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The Latest Ne,y York Scandal.


The fashionable avenues in New York
have abundant material for gossip in the
scandal which has recently involved the
names of some persons who have been
prominent for their wealth and social posi-
ton. Mr.. Thorp, wealthy merchant of
this city, has recently sued for a divorce
from his wife, Mrs. Laura M. Thorp. on ac-
count of her alleged Intimate relations with
several men, prominent among whom is Mr.,
Lloyd Phoenix, one of the wealthiest Young
men about town and, except Mr.. Bennett,
the most prominent yacht owner in America
On account of their family troubles, Mrs.
Thorp some time ago left her husband and
has since been living in a sumptuously fur
nished up town flat. Mr.. Phoenix was yerv
angry because his name was involved in the
scandal and it is said that on the 18th inst.
he accused Mrs. Thorp of unnecessarily
bringing his name into the nastiness. She
has made affidavit that on this day, at
O'Clock in the morning, he, while in her
rooms, hit her with poker, pounded her
with his fists, knocked her down, and point
ing revolver at her, threatened to shoot
her. The cause of this exhibition
was that she refused to give up
certain letters he had written to
her. She has sued him for $1,000 damages.
Mr.. Phoenix has filed a counter affidavit de-
nying that he was in her rooms at the hour
mentioned or that he offered her any violence
or abuse. Mrs. Thorp's side of the story ia
sustained by the testimony of her cook,
coachman, maid, and other servants, who
say they were aroused by the horrid din, and
witnessed the melee in its last stages. The
trial will soon take place, and it is expected
that rather piqnant story of fashionable
extravaganza, watering place iaisons, and
martial infelicities will be told.
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A COLONIZATION SCHEME.
An Important Project Submitted to the
Dominion Gove,,,,ae nt.
|Ottaw (Ont.) Special.

an Important Project Submitted to the
Dominion Government.
lOttaw (Ont.) Special.
A stupondous scheme for the colonization
OF the Northwest aud the establishment of
an ocean route for trade purposes between
Europe and the Saskatchewan valley via
Hudson's Straits, has just been submitted to
the government by Surveyor General Den
mis-. The report shows the feasibility of
running line of steamers between Liver
pool and Hudson's Bay in the months of
July, August and September. York Factory,
the chief post on Hudson's Bay, is nearer
Liverpool than New York, the distances be-
ing as follows: York Factory 10 Liverpool
via Hudson's Strait and Cape Farewell, the
southern point of Greenland, Q 1866 miles; New
York to Liverpool via Cape Race and Tory
Island, 1918 miles; via Cape Race and
Cape Clear, 1929 miles. York Factory is at
the mouth of the Nelson river, and it is pro-
posed to build railroad thence to- Prince
Albert. on the Saskatchewan, to connect
with the Canada Pacific, distance of 400
miles. This would bring the Saskatchewan
valley as near to tide-water as Ontario is to
tide-water at Quebec. For 200 years Hud-
son Bay company's sailing ships have traded
between York Factory and Scotland. The
straits and bay are clear of ice early in July,
closing again in September. Lignite coal is
found in abundance at Davis strait, and a
coaling station for the projected steamship
limo could be established there.
The Saskatchewan country con-
tains 257,ooo,ooo acres, or 100000
square miles, of available agricultural land
It is watered by the Saskatchewan, Beaver,
Peace, and Athabasca rivers, and innumera-
BILE smaller streams, and it is believed to be
the best wheat-growing section on the con
tlnent: Wheat OF the finest quality grows at
Fort Providence, on Great Slave lake, on the
ffty-eighth parallel, the extreme northern
point of this vast territory. Col. Dennis also
points out that this scheme would lead to the
development of the Hudson bay fisheries,
and to the enormous pineries extending from
the height of land northward to James and
Hudson's Bay. He recommends that a
steam vessel be fitted out during the COM
ing season to test the practicability of the
scheme.
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DISASTROUS COTTON FIRE,

DISASTROUS COTTON FIRE.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Jan. AT o'clock
this morning the large cotton press and ware
house of the Union Cotton Press company
was destroyed by fire, together with 1921
bales of cotton. The property contained
four cotton presses with a capacity of press
ing about $500 bales of cotton per diem and
storage room for over 10000 bales ONLY
two presses were running. The buildings
and presses were valued at about 100000:
insured for $4,000. The loss on cotton is
estimated at $475, 1000; the insurance amounts
to $472,75O. The losers are: Knoop. Hare
man & Co., 1906 bales; insured for ST. 900.
j. H. Hall q Co., 1888 bales; insured for
$267 900. Street Bros, S39 bales; insured
for $46,500. G.. M. Polletzer, 80 bales: in
sured for $500. Pelzer, Rogers & Co.. 6
bales; insured for $3.50. Several frame
dwellings in the neighborhood were damaged
about $4,000, most of which is covered by
insurance. The fire was the work of an in
cendlary man was hailed by watchman
few moments before the fire was discoy-
cred running from the place where the fire
started. The Waterman shot at him, but he
escaped.
HISTORIC FIGURING MILL BURNED
ooSoS' La, odIl' 1'-1uIS morning be-
tween midnight and l o'clock, the large
stone Touring mill at Rockdale, two miles
west OF this city, was burned to the ground.
AS no other possible cause can be ascertain
ed for its origin, it is believed the fire orig
mated from flour gas in the patent -four de-
partment. There was a large quantity Of
grain and -four in the mill, ali of which was
destroyed. The mill was valued at 5000:
insured for $4,000. The mill was the only
building remaining in the little hamlet of
Rockdale on the morning of the great flood
# July, 1876, IN which forty persons were
drowned.
TWO LIVELY FIRES.
SAN FRANCISCO, JAN IA fire at Tuska-
rora, Nevada, last night, destroyed nearly a
block of buildings on Main street, including
the Young America hosting works. Loss
obout $4O.OOO Supposed to be the work of
an incendiary.
The Minnesota hotel and eight smaller
buildings we're burned at Portland, Oregon,
last night Loss, $4,000.
BOILER E1PLosIoN-Two PERSONS KILLED.
IERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. IAN explosion
of three boilers occurred at half-past 3
o'clock this afternoon at the large distillery
OF Hullmann & Fairbanks. The engine
house was demoralized, VIM. Day, colored,
fireman, and Frank Hughes boy II years
Old, were instantly killed. Damage about
$4,000. The three boilers were torn to frae-
ments. piece of one was thrown across
the Wabash river. The ruins caught fire.
but were subdued by the fire department..
The three boilers were new ones. The other
batteries of three boilers each stood unin-
jured. Cause of the explosion is unknown.
Coroners inquest will be held tomorrow.
DROWNED.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 1.-Wm. Weloh, aged
Z, and Patrick Cooney, aged Is, were drowned
in the lake to-day while playing on the ice.
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Railroad Election.

CLEVELAND, Jan. AT the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Cleveland &
Pittsburgh railroad company, held to-day,
the following directors were elected for the
ensuing year: August Belmont, S. j. Til
den, Charles Lamar, F. T. Walker, New
York; B. F. Jones, J. M. Cullough, Pitts
burgh; Thomas A. Scott, VIM. Blackwell,
Philadelphia; A. E. M. Ferguson, Cincinnati;
j. V. Palmer, Chicago. Owing to the alb
sence of several directors the board did not
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Resumption at Providence. r. /

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Jan. 1.-Rasun1ption
of specie payments to-day causes no, a rip
pie at the banks or in financial circles. Very
few wanted checks paid in gold. and some
banks received more gold on deposit than
they paid out. In all general business trans
actions bills We're preferred. Even savings
bank depositors took their interest in bills
rather than gold.
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MAINE LEGISLATURE.
30 Branche. Organized--senate Re,ump-
ton Resolution.


AUGUSTA, Me-, Jan. 1.-The legislature or
ganized by electlng J. Manchester Haynes
president of the Senate and M. P. Frank
speaker of the House The following reso-
luton passed the Senate:
RESOLVED, That national honor public credit
and private interest alike demand that specie
resumption now happily achieved shall be
maintained honestly and uninterruptedly at
every hazard, and to this end our Senators and
Representatives in Congress are requested to
use their best endeavors.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Jan. 1.-The Greenbackers
and Democrats combined tonight in caucus
and nominated the following State officers:
Secretary of state, 3. H. Cove; attorney
general, VIM. III. Mcclellan; adiutant-
general, Samuel D. Leavitt. The Republi-
cans nominated s. j. Chadbourne for secre-
tary of state; Henry B. Cleaves for attorney
general, and Geo. L. Beal for adjutant-
general.
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PRECIOUS METAL.

Yield of Gold and Silver In North Amer,.
oa for 1854 Decrease of Seventeen
Millions as Compared With 1s77-Esti-
mated Production for 1879.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 1.z-WelIs, Fargo &
Co.'s annual statement of precious metals
produced in the various States and Terrific
RES west of the Missouri river, including
British Columbia and the receipts in San
Francisco from the west coast of Mexico
during 1878, shows aggregate products as
follows: Gold, $3s,956, 231; silver. $685.
746,s91; lead, So, 452, O0O-the total being
less by $l7,267, 1872 than for 1877. Califore7
MA shows an increase in gold of
S2,O68,OOO but decrease in silver. etc. of
vi 1923, 900. Nevada shows total falling off
OF $l6,398, 341, the yield from the Comstock
being only $2l, 295 ,o48 as against 81, oil no
for 1877. Montana shows marked increase
IN silver. Utah shows falling off of over
ton millions, but nearly one million of ii ia
caused by the reduced valuation of silver
and lead bullion. Although Colorado shows
$l,68O,SO2 less than for 1877, the yield has
been greater, as the reports for 1877 dupli-
Gated the product Of certain localities. but
the duplication was not discovered soon
enough to be corrected in the statement for
that year.
The production by States and Torr;to,;
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Ends in Compromise and a Verdict
Of MansIaughter in the
Fourth Degree.
STAY OF PROCEEDINGS GRANTED,
Belief that Accused Will Be Advised
By Counsel to Abide
the Verdict
CRIMINAL RECORD OF THE DAY.
Embracing Shooting ARRAYS, Trials
for Crimes Committed, Etc.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.

ST.. JAMES, Mimi, Jan. AT half-prst II
Their instl uctions. They asked if they were
bound to find verdict of guilty or not
guilty of murder of the second degree, or if
they could find verdict of guilty of a lesser
degree. They further asked the judge to
define the crimes of murder of the third de-
gree and of manslaughter OF the third or
fourth degree Judge Dickinson occupied
half an hour in carefully instructing them,
and they again retired.
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Goes to Join Grant.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1.-Ex-secretary of
the navy, R. E. Borie, will sail from here to-
morrow in the steamship Illinois to Liver
pool, to accompany ex-President Grant on
his trip around the world. He expects to
join Gen. Grant in Paris.
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Madam Anderson's Walk

New YORK, Jan. Madam Anderson,
who is attempting the feat of walking 1900
quarter miles in 2,70O consecutive quarter
hours, in Brooklyn, completed 1,54O quarter
miles at IL O'clock tonight.
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An Aged Pastor Dead.

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 1.-Rev. Samuel q.
Aiken, D. D., for twenty years pastor Of the
First Presbyterian church, died at his resi-
dence this morning, aged SO.
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Reappointed.

ConuMBus,. o., Jan. 1.-Gov. Bishop to-
day reappointed 81. j. Wall commissioners of
labor statistics for the year
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THE WEATHER.
Old Probabilities Extends His Observa
tions to the Pacific Slope.

Old Probabilities Extends His Observa-
tions to the Pacific Slope.
SIGNAL CoRps, u. s. A.
By the following telegram received from
the chief signal officer, it will be seen that
the weather Indications have been extended
to the Pacific coast.
WASHINGTON, D. c., 1904 4. M, Jan 1.
Observer, st. Paul, MINI.
Instructions No. 1.-On and after Jan.
1879, the midnight weather report from this
Office will extended to the Pacific coast. The
geographical districts will be the s.north Pa
cific coast REGION the ssmiddle Pacific
coast region" and the "south Pacific coast
region" The proper district maps will be
distributed to and displayed at the several
cities and stations. The words thirteen.
fourteen and fifteen will be used in trans.
hitting indications by telegraph to indicate
the above named districts. A. i. Myrp
Chief Signal Officer.
r. J. LEWIS, Sergeant Signal Corps, U. s. A..
WEATHER TO-DAY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, A. M.-Indications
for upper lake region cooler northwest winds.
rising barometer, cloudy and snow, followed
by clearing weather. For upper Mississippi
and lower MISSOURI valleys, stationary OF
rising barometer, colder northwest winds.
clear OF partly cloudy weather.
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a Select -Afair.

IAHOKH NepuUIIcan.J
Mr.. g. s. Pease gave very pleasant party
at his residence last Thursday evening. The
affair was very select and consequently we
were not there
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The production by States and Territories

The bullion from Comstock lode contained
70 per cent. of gold and IS per cent. silver
OF so-called base bullion. From Nevada 30
per cent. was gold, and of the VIII ole product
or the State 80 per cent. was gold. All the
probabilities now indicate that the yield of
gold and silver from all sources named for
1919 will not greatly exceed seventy million
dollars
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EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

The Increase az the Popularity of the Pa5-
lic School System, Under the Present
Democratic Rule.
The following letter from the superintend-
ent of education of the State of South Caro-
lima is suggestive of past Irregularities and
present good government:
OFFICE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUcA-
TON, COLUMBIA, 8. c., Dec. 8, 1979.-DEAH
GENERAL: ssKd you the following informa-
ton at the request of Col. Lipscomb, who
informs me that you desire it:
White. Colored.
Average yearly school at
tendance under Republic
can administration for
seven years. ............ 81, 429 46,4S1
Average yearly school at
tendance under Demo-
cratic administration for
two years. 5O,2S1 59,O36
The public school system was under Re-
publican rule for eight years, but no returns
of attendance were ma ie for the first year.
The amendment to the constitution, which
was ratified Dec. 20, 1877, by Democratic
legislature, provides that the school fund
shall be raised by an annual tax of two mills
on the dollar on all the taxable property in
the several counties of the State The pro-
ceeds of the poll-ta1 re also devoted ex-
clusively to the support of the public schools
The proceeds Of this tax, and hence the
amount of the school fund, have been large
ly increased under Democratic rule. The
amendment to the constitution further pro-
vides that 'tthe school tax shall be distributed
among the several school districts of the
counties in proportion to the respective num-
Der of pupils attending the public schools
No returns are made to my office
by which can tell the
amounts devoted to the education of each
race, but the foregoing statement will show
that the negroes receive more of the school
fund than the whites. It is, of course, we'll
known to you that many of the negroes do
not even pay the poll-tax, and that, there
fore, they contribute nothing to the school
fund of which their race receives the greater
portion. The colored schools are more eff
Gent now than they have ever been, but the
chief obstacle in the way of all the schools
is found in the fact that the Republicans en-
tailed upon the present administration a debt
Of nearly $185,OOO. This amount IS due to
teachers, and we are paying it off each year.
Very truly, HUGH s. THOMPSON.
Gen. M. G.. Butler, Washington.
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miscellaneous Criminal Notes.
KENTUCKY soCIABILTrY.

CINCINNATI, Jan. AT gathering of
young people at house at Middle Creek
Floyd county, KY, a dispute arose between
Noah Watkins and Green Wade Hamilton.
which soon changed into fight Watkins
drew a knife and plunged IL into Ha,nilton's
neck, causing death shortly afterwards
Watkins was jailed.
HUSBAND Po1soNER.
NORWICH, Conn.,, Jan. 1.-The trial Of
Mrs. Kate Cobb for poisoning her husband,
was resumed this morning. Prof. Charles
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Caleb Cushing In

NEwBURYpoRT, Mass, Jan. Hon. Caleb
Cushing is quite ill. s.