, 1880-12-05

NEW PHASE IN THE ClIR1sTASCY SCANDAL.
Special Dispatch to The Chicu0o Tribune.
WASHINGTON, d. G.. Dec. 4-T|le Chris
tianoydiyorce case is likely to take i new turn.
Ithas already been showed tllat i woman whb
was pq5ntfd 99t to fri, ,Nftnqss Il 5.f}5 ~
Christiancy, but who was not that person,
occupied room in hotel in New York with
Grier The counsel for Mrs. Christiancy
will now probably endeavor to make it ap-
pear thatsome one has attempted to put up 4
job to injure her reputation and to destroy
her character as the defendant in the suit,
and that the matter will not be permitted to
stop here. An effort will bo made to dis
cover who pointed out to the witnesses the
person whom they represented as Mrs. Chris
tiancy.
THE ILLINOIS su1P-CASAL SCHEME.
Gen. Henderson, of Illinois, arrived here
to-day. lie says that efforts will undoubtedly
be made at this session to secure an appro-
priation for the deepening Of the Illinois g.
Michigan Canal in order to make ship
canal. but he has found hitherto that one
objection has been successfully urged agninst
this enterprise, that is that the Illinois Il
Michigan Canal Is owned by the State Of
Illinois, and members of the Commerce Com
mittec and others, whenever the proposition
to deepen the canal is made, state
that if the Government Is to make appropria-
tions for that purpose the canal should be
owned or at least controlled by the Govern
1nent, and that the first step proposed to be
taken to secure National aid is to tranfer the
control of the canal to the General Govern
ment. a similar difficulty exists with re-
gard to the Illinois River improvement, for
the reason that some Of the locks have al
ready been built by the State, and the ques-
tion arises constantly In the Commerce Com
miltee whether, when the river is finally
improved, some OF the locks are
to he under State control and some
under National. The question is continually
embarrassing one, but nevertheless Congress
appropriated S100, 900 for the Illinois River
at the last session.
THE PoNCA INDIANS.
The officials OF the Indian Office to-day, re-
ferring to the public meeting In Boston, in
which Secretary Schurz was assailed for his
conduct with reference to the Poncas, and
the Indian policy Of the Administration con-
lenlned, say that the Eastern philantlro-
pists thoroughly misunderstood the case,
and that the situation is still the same rs the
Interior Department all along has claimed
that it ts,-nalnely: that the leading men
of the tribe entirely agree the action
Of the Interior Department, tu,ti .a:.ye within
short time renewed the expression OF their
approval, and that a few dissatisfied men
fond of creating trouble are the only ones
who are causing this agitation.
A FICTION.
It turns out that the reported robbery of
passengers on Pullman sleeper between
this city and Baltimore was pure fiction;
I'almed of upon Il New York paper By some
unscrupulous person.
A SESSION DEVOTED TO BUSINESS.
They will roost very much lower" said
New England Republican Senator to-day,
referring to the Democrats in Congress,
:" and those fellows at the other end are SO
anxious to retain their patronage during the
next summer that they will do all they can to
avoid an extra session. Hence, we shall
very little politics, and attend strictly to
business this wiuter.''
TUE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
lti now known that the President ex-
presses himself in his annual message very
earnestly III favor of paying steamship llnesto
foreign countries fair price for transporting
the mails. lie does not content himself with
calling attention to the recommendations OF
the Postmaster-Genera1 and the Secretary of
the Navy, but on his own part presents
strong arguments in the same direction. The
Presidents views in respect to the desirablll~
ty of making President Ineligible for a sec
ond consecutive term are not embodied in
the message.
TIE GENEVA AWARD.
New England Senators who have arrived
this evening say that they will use every ef-