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The Railroad WaF-NO Hopes OF Com
promise.

/ PfOuAl1ts
The latest advices from Chicago in re
gard to the railroad war are to the follow
ing effect,
CHICAGO, December 25.-The scramble
for business, and the unusually low rates
charged during the past week by the East,
ern lines, had the effect Of stimulating
east.bound business somewhat. Yet the
increase in business Is not so light as
might have been expected under the cir
cumstlnCes, The provision rates during the
week went down to l2lc per 100 pounds
by all the lines; but in spite OF this
extraordinary low rates the increase in
provision shipments was but little in ex.
ce3s OF the week previous, Nearly the en-.
tire gain was made on grain and -four ship.
lnents, although tho competition on grain
was not 80 active rs on provisions. The
Pennsylvania and Baltimore 4 Ohio adhere
to the grain rates, but met tho raise made
by other lines on provisions, As tho two
Vanderbilt roads and the Grand Trunk
have carried the bulk Of the grain business
during the past week, II is quite certain
that these roads have made rs low, II not
lower, rates on grain than provisions.
The Pennsylvania and Baltimore &0hio
people say they do not care to carry grain
at such low rates, but on provisions they
will make 1s low rates rs any other line.
The Pennsylvania has reduced its provi.
sion tariff to twelve and onG.hali centsper
one hundred pounds from Chicago to New
York, and the Baltimore 4 Ohio 10 nine
and one-balt cents from Chicago TO Balti.
more. II Il intimated that this week the
Vanderbilt lines, which have charged but
twelve and one.half cents all along, will
cut provision rates down to ten cents, In
which event the Pennsylvania will make
the same rate An open one.
All hopes Of an early settlement oil the
Eeastern war have vanished, and thoin-
diCations now are that after Janunay |,
the contest will become still more lively
than 1t now is, and that rates will 60 do wn
to u nominal figure. 1t is now believed
thdt the only way in which the war can be
brought to u close is by cutting rates to the
lowest figures, thus duplicating such loss
upon the roads TINT they will soon cry
"lIOld-Gnough" The question now Is
which road can hold out the longest.
Vanderbilt claims that he can stand
a contest OF this kind for any
length Of time, and that lie is
sure to come out ahead. But
the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio
roads claim to be in Just as good condition
as the Vanderbilt roads, and, not having
so much water to carry, they will be able
10 stand tho contest as long as Vanderbilt
and even longer. Both sides are deter
mined 10 carry their point, and neither
will give up until all their resources are
exhausted. The total shipments oi grain,
flour and provisions for the week ending
December 25th by the six lines running
east from this city were 81 200 tons, against
1880 tons for the week previous, an in
crease OF 74lO tons,
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FOnEIGN NOTEs.
The Latest News CLEANED from Cable
Dispatches,


ST. PETERSBURG, December The
Official IieSstngtr announces that the Em,
peror has decided that twenty.three re-
Gently arrested political criminals, believed
to be the leaders or principal members III
Of tho terrorism party, shall be tried to-
gether before u special sitting OF the Senate
at which representatives OF the local Assem-.
blies arc TO be present,
LONDON, December 26.-No news direct
from Cronstadt has yet been received here
concerning the reported great fire.
LONDON, December 2G.-A dispatch irem
Warsaw states that very serious riotlng en-.
sued Sunday after the panic. Most Of the
Jewish liquor shops and many Jewish
houses were sacked. The police were pow.
erless. In several cases the policemen us.
sisted In plundering dram shops. Six
hundred arrests were made.
BERLIN, December 2G.-The emigration
from Germany in 1882 promises to become
more colossal than that In 1881. Fourteen
thousand tickets have already been taken
for transportation by vessels leaving Dre-
men for America iii the spring. An al.
most equal number Of emignnts go from
Hamburg.
VIENNA, December 2G.-Tbe Emperor
has resolved to erect at his own cost me.
mortal chapel on the site OF the Ring
Theatre, In which requiem will be Cele.
brated yearly for the victims OF the fire.
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IhE latest sensational gossip rom MHsh'
lngton Is that the new BRUSH minister has
Oeen charged oy me queen WIN the I'M
porant duty oi looking up a husband LOT
her youngest daughter IN th's country
WIN view 10 strehgtnenihg tne relations
OF hef thfone WIN thc ohlseu s!@'es' ms
aaugnteF I" 'he ltlhcess beatrice, now III
heF soth year. IL IS lartnef saiu tna1 Tue
minister mas reported 'nat ftes'ueh. Ar'nuF
Is Tue man sue wun's' i!e'S on'y o. ye"ts
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Blshop MeQunid's Anti.Land League
Raet,.an

tsocnBsrkR, \. Y, December 25.-t,ishop
MCQuaid's Anti.1and League address,
which has given rise to no end Of newspa.
per and public discussion, has drawn 10
hin many radical replies and equally
radical expressions Of Commendatioh and
support Besides the inanliestoNoi tile
Rochester Land League THE inst organised
in America) In opposition to him, he
Is in receipt OF some very abusive
and defiant epistles from ptoiessed Catlo.
lies Of various sections. One able letter
In support Of his address comes irsm W,
=. Rand, a well.known Irish Catholic and
wealthy coal miner and shipper Of Chicago,
the same city which sent out John I. Fit1.
gibbons open letter crillciSing the Bishop.
This letter Of Rand Is good and readable,
and trayerses the same ground taken
by the Bishop, and II will no doubt stir ur
quite a sensation among those who arc
friendly to the cause in which ireland Il
now enlisted,
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end, but with the exception OF those Of
Mr.. Sheliord Aidwell, London engineer,
thew have been unsuccessful.

end, but with the exception OF those o
Mr.. Sheliord Aidwell, London engineer
they have been unsuccessful
At the recent electrical exposition al
Paris, Mr.. Bidwell exhibited IN ingenious
instrument which he calls dioscope
The apparatus consists Of small objective
lens, fixed 80 as to command the object ol
which an impression is TO be transmitted,
This lens is connected by a wire with q
small white glass plate. Total darkness
having been obtained in the room furnish
ed with diosCope, It Is claimed thata per-
feet reproduction OF the image shown in
the lens will be produced on the glass. The
distance is immaterial. So far all that has
been accomplished with this instrument
has been to make visible several letters Of
the alphabet Still, the more enthusiastic
claim that the time is not fur distant when
the owner OF telephone, supplemented
by q diosCope, can spend an evening at
the opera in his dressing gown and slip
pens, seated in his easy chair,
with one eye and one ear closed,
Mr.. Edison was found ut the office ofthe
Edison Electric Light Company, ut No, Us
Fifth avenue, and in reply to question as
to what he thought OF the diosCope, said:
"rhe ready inauguration OF the French
has tiuctured most that has appeared in
the papers regarding Mr.. Bidwell's inyOn-
ton, but must admit that he has attained
whatever success he claimed for his instru-
ment, Still, not enough is promised to iustt-
fy the wild rumors that prevail in some
quarters. In turning sound into electricity
you are able to move matter, but to turn
light into electricity Is u very different
thing, especially as 1t would be necessary
to transmit all the hues OF picture or
scene Of an opera. Still, 1t is not an un-
reasonable plan, nor one impossible Of ac-
complishment, But should II succeed,
what good would it do2 1t has no com
merCial value, but Is merely o luxury. I'm
I'll satisfied tha. it can do some good, am
to tickle such thing, but so
soon as am convinced that II can bO use
ful, shall want nothing better"
Mr.. l.. u. Curtis, Secretary Of the United
States Electric Light Company, who has
Just returned from the Electrical Congress,
in Paris, says that there were great many
toys exhibited, which showed
great ingenuity In construction, but were Of
no real or permanent value, and he thinks
he dioscope must have belonged to this
class lie did not see the diosCopC, nor has
nc read any account OF 1t In the records Of
he Congress, and he Is inclined to believe
hat 1t has not attracted much attention
lmong electricians.
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Anxiety About the Reported Firing o.
tie AInskn.

Anxiety About the Reported Firing OF
the Alaska.
WASHINGTON, December 90. = Private
dispatches have been received here to-day
from various quarters Of the country asking
in regard to the prospect Of trouble on nc.
count OF the South American compliCa.
tions. One from New Orleans said that
an uncertain feeling touching this
matter was beginning to have a
serious effect upon many business enter.
prises. AT tho State Department asslr.
ances were given to gentlemen in official
position, who called seeking information
with which to answer their dispatches,
that 80 far rs tho department knew, there
was no reason to believe that any present
complications anywhere would lead to
actual trouble.
There ID, however, considerable anxiety
at the Navy Department TO hear definitely
about the Alaska. The reportthat she. has
been fired into Is not credited, but there Is
general interest, both at the State and Navy
Departments, to hear 10 what extent, fiat all
the movements Of the Alaska have Compro.
missed us In Oiir relations to Chilli Capt.
Walker, Chief Of the Bureau OF Naviga.
tion, says there Can be no truth in the re-
port that the Alaska had been fred Upon.
The department would have had inforina.
tior OF suCll an occurrence as soon as any.
hntiy
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POTATOES FROM HOLLAND,
A Country Which Keats Ireland in the
Quality OrThOs0 EseRIents,


4 NEw YoRE, December 28.-Large quan,
titles of potatoes are imported annually
from Holland, chiefly for the families Of
the German and Dutch merchants and
bankers living in New York. They come
for the most part from VeIzen, HARLEM
and the neighborhood Of Katwyk Aan1ee,
and their quality is considered superior to
that Of any other variety. The demand for
them increases yearly.
"You see" said Mr.. r, Joosten, the i'm
porter, zone reason why my business is
well established, is that many people OF lib.
eral means come here who spare no ex-
pcnse in following old tastes and customs
in the matter OF table supplies, Thus,
when good American potatoes have been
selling here ut seventy.tiYe cents bushel,
my customers have sent in their orders
in the fall for eight and ten bags, re-
gardless OF the extra cost. A bag OF Dutch
potatoes worth $3.50 weighs l55 pounds,
and Is about equal to the ordinary barrel
OF two and 0ne-half bushels. This year
American potatoes cost about as much as
the Dutch, and the supply Of the latter is
larger than usual In New York. A good
many Americans who have tasted the
Dutch potatoes while abroad are now on
my list OF customers, The Burbank aud
white early rose OF this country arc GER
tainly very fine, but as with Cuba and hor
tobacco, or Delaware and her peaches, Hol.
land has u reputation for the unequaled
quality Of her potatoes, In fact, it may be
said that my country is as famous for this
i is for the tulip, hyacInth, and crocus with
horticulturistsn
Many attempts have been made to cult.
vate u similar grade on Long Island, us 1t |
was believed that the sea air would be
favorable to the enterprise, but nothing has
been obtained that equals tue product OF
the sandy soil OF Holland and its pains.
taking industrious gardeners. A valuable
feature Of the Dutch potatoes Is that they
retain their soundnCss fur into the summer
months
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GERS are doing what they can, but the pes
house was too small and an addition il
completed, only in part Houses are pla
carded, and vaccination has been enforced
to some extent by law, Yet, from the
difficulty Of detecting the disease in i'd
earlier stages and the repugnance to I'D,
mitting that one is affected by it, nc
method has been devised to prevent per
sons going about the streets who have the
disease, A half dozen come to the Health
Office in Chicago, daily, asking to be sent
to the hospital. In some cases the disease
has broken out upon them, The situation
in the city is no worse than in the coun-
try, where the contagion seems to have
power to leap from city to city and from
town to town. The officers Of Joliet peni-
tentiary have prohibited the friends Of
prisoners from any OF the large cities of
Illinois visiting them.
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scarlet FEVER IN New York.

NEW YoRk, December 20,-The scarlet
ieyer IA increasing in this city at q threat,
entns rate, and according to the returns oI
last week Is assuming mn unusuall y malig.
nant form, Tile health officers have met
tEe emergency by increasing the numbei
OF disiniectors, and more II necessary ,wilI
be appointed. During, the week ending
Ilpcetnber l7th 244 cases were reported and
ri deaths recorded. Tile record Tor tllt
week ending Saturday last will probably
be 400, The number Of deaths during the
wpek from that disease was 81, Of which 3.
we're in tenement houses. On SATURDAY II
persons died from the same catse, Oh Sun
ijav q and to-day IL.
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An ExrLoSIYE CmRIsrMAs.
Not Satisfied With Doing We'll, JcfIer
aonyiIlh Man OVeFtlOcsI It.


JEFFERsoNviLLE, 1SD., December 90
Last night John NtcClelland,an cmployc Of
the car works, went to his home, and in
order to amuse his wife and children fired
of a lot OF shooting crackers. Not satisfied
with this he procured q pound Of powder,
and put It into three ale bottles and iasten.
ed the bottles up tightly. After he had
inserted a fuse 10 each bottle hc attempt
ed to fire them of in his yard. He was
not successful in firing the bottles, and TAX
Ing them into tile house set them upon the
table, where his wife and baby and q
little girl named berry were sitting.
Mis-. MCClelland desired to fire Off shoot
inc cracker and In order 10 get light re-
moved the chimney from a coal oil lamp
On Inc table, when The fire cracker went
off and the lamp exploded The burning
III was communicated 10 the internal
machines In the bottles and all three
went of with terrible effect, scattering the
GLASS ali over the room. The oil set fire 10
Tho house and clothing Of three uniortu.
nate reople-Ntr. and Mls. MCClelland and
Mrs. Berry.
Mc6lellhhd succeeded in e&tinguishing the
Are, not, however, Until he was severely
burned, and bis wife also dangerously
burned about the head and face. Mrs
MCClellands clothing was burned from
her body. THE powder and glass fron
bottles did terrible work. Nirs. berry waI
probably fatally injured by piece striking
her in the side, She was also cut ant
bruised in several places.
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AMOGRfBLE DEATH.
Alcoholism and SmaIIpOx-AnO Obstinate
Patient.

JERSEY Cry, N. j., December 2U.-
Joseph Mel cary, OF l22 Pavona avenue
was sent to ST, Francis Hospital three
weeks ago to undergo treatment for alco
holism. Subsequently he was attacked
with tho worst type of black small
pox and the sisters concluded to have hin
removed to the smallpox hospital. On tllC
arrival Of the ambulance on Thursday, Nc.
Leary refused 10 20 to the hospital.
When the vehicle disappeared tho mar
dressed himself and made his escape and
went to his home to-day. Through hi
wifc's opportunities and promise to accom-
pany him, he consented 10 go TO Snake
Hill and Mrs. MCleary left the house fol
the purpose ofordering an ambulance.
During Mrs. MCleary's absence Johr
Leymos entered the house, and got the sick
mans consent 10 accompany him 10 the
Second Precinct station house. Leymos
then assisted MCleary, whose face was a
mass OF sores, through the streets 10 the
station house.
Meantime DR.. Paul, who had seen men
in the street, hurried to the station house
and reported that MCl4eary was in dying
condition and advised the sergeant in
charge not to admit him. The
doors were at once fastened, and
when Leymos arrived with his charge ad
mission was refused and the sick man was
deposited on the sidewalk, where, after d
few convulsiyo shudden, hc died. Ley
mos then attempted TO force BIZ
way into the station house and wal
arrested and locked up. An hour latel
the body was removed, but not befort
several hundred people, the majority chill
dren, had congregated, and tho cloth
that had been placed over the dead mani
face was removed by the children u mum
Der Of times. After the removal Of tho bod,
and the entire block was fumigated. Thl
street was crowded for some time later b,
people discussing the occurrence.
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JEFFERsoSvlLLE, Ind, December 2G.--A
row at the Ohio Valley Cement Mill, six
miles from JetIcrsohville, Saturday night,
between a lot Of white and negro workmeD,
resulted In the killing Of Henry Mitchell,
u negro. 1tseems TINT Mitchell had d shot
gun and attempted TO Use II upon onU
Long, who lives in that vicinity. Long
procured u gun afterwards, and while The
negro was threatening, shot hin in the
breast killing him almost instantly. Long
nsrnnpI,
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A New YoRk milk dealer, for violating
the regulation forbldding the sale OF inn
pure milk, was sentenced, Thursday, to i'm
prisonment for one month and to pay
fine OF $50. A score Of others were fined
various sums, ranging from s. to $25.
Tho Board Of Health means, by the exer-
else Of the powers given 1t, to suppress the
traffic in adultcntcd milk, and every
household will applaud its action. And,
by the way, the traffic in skinned milk
and watered milk is not confined to New
Vnrk
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CLEVELAND, o., Decsmber26 1t will he
remembered that about ihtee weeks ash.
$4,000 worth Of bonds were stolen FINN
The Commercial National Bank Of this city
The detectives o. this city have been titie !.
Bile 70 find the ightest clue eto tho fobbefy,
but New York detectives have been fnofe
fortunate. Negotiations have been bends
Ing BY mail between Dan. l.. Eelly, Presl.
dent of the bank, and New York ofIioiais,
and a successful termination resulted va.
teftlay. The bonds have all been fegoy.
cred at q cost 10 Mr.. Eells Of about 400 200
He said tQ.hightthat negotiations are pend.
ing, and he has hopes Of recovering lhe
bonds, but the facts are that lie fiow has
the bonds safe. ''t' Y
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LIEurENANT solIYATKA.
What He Thinks Of tho Jennnctto tx.
pedItiOn nud Its Ieneflts to seIenee.

peuiion hhu AtA heueulh 10 ectenees
San FRANcIsco, December 2O.- "A Port
land dispatch sayG Tho 0pOonian pub
lishcd M interview with Lieutenant
schwatka regarding tho cruise Of tue
Jeannette. lie believed sho wintered at
the Liakov Islands, or near by, on the ST.
berian coast passing en- route south Of
Wnngell Land, which would account for
no trace Of her being found by the Corwin
or Rodgers. Her previous discoveries can,
not be- inferred from her position when
lost, but may be extensive and interesting.
DeIong did not follow the axis Of the
warm Japanese current north Of Behring's
Straits which should be done before that
avenue Is condemned us impacticable.
AS to the return OF the party, the route
suggested by Kcnnon seems to be the most
sensible. Probably his instructions To-
mako tho northeast passage secondary
consideration led De Long to make no at
tempt TO reach the pole In tho direction Of
the Parry Archipelago. His return in the
boats Is one OF tic most masterly managed
escapes in the history OF abandoned polar
vessels. SchwntkA puts no faith in the fG-
port that the Russians withheld Informs
ton concerning the Jeanette. Tho
result Of the expedition Is severe con-
tradiction Of the belief TINT good polar
route can be found by following the
channels through the ico Of tie great
Siberian rivers and oCean currents,
and leaves but little doubt as TO
i Nkh fate NJ lI,h Lat A q
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cutcAso, December 20.-The smallpox
.setns 10 continue at about the same rate
y mortality and increase as heretofore,
Sns nj ibs chief causes Is that country
,ov,S %T send their cases 10 this city for Tue
authorities to care for. One man was uls,
covered in the outskirts ot tile city wmo
had been taken with the disease Willie
,,% waking on a farm in Du Page county; and
ia Al once been hustled off on foot tc
Chicago, Ills face was mass Of hlotci1,et
and he was steering for q house. The dis
"Ssc ] has broken out at the Cotnty, Hospi
III al three cases being discovered there
They were, Of course, taken away and a.
vIsiiins nt he hospital has been ihterilcteT
| int Ihn nreseft,
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THE ASSASSIN.
Some of the Suggestive Presents IIo Has
ReeeIYed.

Received.
WASHINGTON, December 20. Guiteau
was visited nt jail to-day and was found in
excellent spirits, as he asserted. lie still
Clings to the belief that tho jury will accept
his bold assertion that "his free agency
was destroyed" " and will acquithim. Col.
Corkhill received today by express, from
Kansas, a package found to contain very
ingeniously devised gag, 'for Mr. Gulteau," "
which was made from a corncob.
The Prosecuting Attorney declares that
he will tomorrow insist upon having
Guiteau removed to the prisoners dock II
he undertakes to renew the TRADE Of abuse
which he has indulged In since the open.
ing OF the trial, and especially during the
past week.
scoville has been engaged for some days
In the preparation oil his closing argument,
which will be an elaborate and exhaustive
review OF the voluminOus evidence given
upon the trial, aud will probably consume
two days In delivery.
lie was also In receipt oi several express
packages to-day. One contained a nlinia.
ture gibbet with Guiteau suspended upon
II. Tie other, mysterious looking parcel
contained number Of liver pills labelled
"Wliolcsome advice for Gtiteau." The
trial will be resumed tomorrow.
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A Desetie,I ship.

s,S FnASctsco, December 2G.--The Ger
man batk smikt, sixty.Rye days from New
rnSiie, England, reports that on tie morn I'M
9I ,SS III inv 2DLh, they saw two ships ciose ciose
,"tseIhpS ,ns N 10 the westward, and. In the aIter'
wsSi saor al 4 o'clock one started oil. At 7
gOS " SsoaSLed ihe remaining ship. Sarah Doug
isss I oi Liverpool. The lower hold was - lal
al Viater. No men werg on poALI t. n
waS ~ stripped Of everything movable ~ ~
,hs cabiii everything was smashed az. AZ,
spoiled The rigging Was iogse n 9gS ss,s ,ss, w.
Kin foiIingyety heavily being y q iaiIy,s Y,
~ ~ 9biSbins SCI FIRE 10 hef and procee9e'
on our voyege,