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Ir looks rs il the railroad war might be
nearing close. The Pennsylvania and
,he Baltimore & Ohio have materially ad-
ancel rates, which they can easily do in
the present over.crowded and blockaded
condition Of railroad business all over the
country. As yet Vanderbilt has not re-
inQushed his main point, which Is that
The rate from Chicago to Baltimore and
Philadelphia shall be the rate to New
York, Hitherto there has been o differ
lnce allowed Of three cents per hundred
On height to Baltimore, and two cents on
freight to Philadelphia. This he will no
bHSr agree TO, Notwithstanding his advo-
ag Of such difference in his letter to
he New York Chamber OF Commerce In
lss. lie takes the ground now that
bis letter applied only to things as
they stood in 1873, and not to the contin'
Euces Of the future, such Us have arisen
since that time. Whether Mr.. Garrett will
attempt to maintain this difference remains
% be seen. Just at this time there Is
surplus of freight and no cutting is neces-
ay. All the roads have all they can do.
Baltimore is l4O miles nearer to Chicago
than is New York, and Mr.. Garrett claims
the rebate of three cents on this ground,
but Vanderbilt contends for the general
principle that every tub must stand on its
own bottom, and that he can and will haul
to New York for the same price that Mr..
Garrett hauls to Baltimore.
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Mississippi valley Comml..ion.

81 LOWS October 26.-The Mississippi
Valley State Commission, a permanent
examination, composed at present Of three
representatives. from seventeen Ot the
valley States, appointed for life by the Gov.
e'hoH gt those States, met at their rooms
y y the Merchants Exchange building TO-
gy Hon. Eugene Underwood, Of Louis
NlIe, President, was in the chair, and the
regular Secretary, Plattewalker, oil Ain.
hesotS, was present. No business was
ahslcted, but the commission, some thir.
Y Emembers Of which are delegates TO the
nNef convention, will meet again to.mor.
NV NV This commission was organized three
tean ago Tor the purpose Of collecting sta
Cslcs, ,CSslcs, deyising plans and memorlalising
Slsfess Tor the improvement Of the MIS-.
Hs'ppi river and lh tributaries. II will
ge'ye glee'ye the action Of the flyer cohven-
H ,%a, and may approve its reeoinmenda-
Ad al present
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tricks 70 Beat the Train l.obber..

KANSAS Cry, October 28.-The Chicago
4 Alton Is taking steps to defeat further
attempts Of train robbers. The United
States Express Company has agreed 10
provide bIrglar.proof safes for the express
cars, and tie railroad company win re.
model the cars to the extent Of abolishing
the doors ut the ends, leaving doors only
at the sides. The safes will be locked Gt
Chicago and unlocked at Kansas City.
The combination will be known only BY
the persons at each end Of the route whose
duty II shall he TO open and close the safes.
The express messenger will not be proyid-
cd with q key, and therefore intimidation
will be wasted upon him, as hewill be
powetless 10 aid the robbers, The express
messengers aud trainmer are 10 be armed.
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FoRgtoN NOTES.

The Emperor and Empress Of Austria
will return King Humberts visit aftertlIe
return Of the Empress from her hunting
A banquet was given Gambetta at Havre
last night. In the course Of his speech be
said he had been to Germany to study the
means by which Bremen, Hamburg, SLet.
tin and Lubbock had attained their present
greatness.
Bells Sporting LJe says that the horses
Keene's Foxhall defeated for the Care.
witch and Camhridgeshife atakes were faf
superior 10 those defeated by Rosebery in
1870, the only previous occasion TINT the
same horse the same year secured both
stakes.
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Suspicious PEoPLE
Fearing the Sudden OutbuFSt OF Cor.
ReFin wheat and Germ IN Chieago.

neRtn wheat and Germ In Chicago.
CHICAGO, October 96,-Some ofthe know.
ing ones on Change think they see indica-
tons Of q deep laid scheme to control the
wheat market for some Of the distant fl-
lures, There Is a feeling that when millers
scour the country orwheat and pay nearly
Chicago prices for It without regard 70
freight and other expenses, it is cheap
article and an inviting investment. So,
when the Britishers declare "You can't
ship II, the boys reply, 1--WE don't want
TO, for II will be eaten at home" Gossip
says the men who are getting under the
market are strong enough, financially to
do almost any thing they please,
The corn market Is also looked upon
with some suspicion, and the boys are
whispering around that the end Of the year
will witness lively time in maize.
George Hellman, who has figured ex-
tensiyely in barley the past season, is cred.
tied with having on hand a smaller corner
in No, 3 barley, seller October. The stock
here isonly q little over 1900 bushels, and
the storage to him Is placed at 100000
bushels The average cost Of the stuff Is
said 10 be about 80 cents, and the price to-
day was 99 cents. II the price should be
run up 10 cents bushel, the shorts could
deliver No. . barley. The squeeze Is not
likely to effect the price OF beer,
The Burlington < Quincy Railroad peo.
Pile are going TO erect corn.Gribs in one OF
the suburbs that will hold 100000 bush.
els, and will issue therefrum regular ware
house receipts, l''i 7''e
Mr., r. Brand, Of Antwerp, was on
Change to-day. He has been largely en-
gagged In handling American lard and ba.
con, but says the business Is terribly slack
since our era OF high prices set in. When
American hogs sold here at SIC per pound
net Il aid not pay the European farmer to
compete, though he could always obtain
considerable premium for his bacon and
hams because Of the greater hrmness OF
flesh resulting from their superior methods
Of feeding. But they have had bad potato
crops In Europe, potatoes being perfect
drug last year, and farmers went into hog
raising, As result there Is now an ahund-
ance OF hogs in France, Belgium and Ger.
many, and the meat IL being sold at lower
prices than the American can belaid down
ut In those gcountries. lie thinks the
French people would not have suh-
decTss decree s butc iotSa tResJ ss%s sS tRast
they have plenty OF hogs at home, and the
government isaiming to find q good market
for those hogs, which means that no one
need look for an inspection that will be
any thing but yexatjous in Its workings.
The inspection means prohibition, what
ever II may be called. II may be added to
Mr.. Brands statement that the great bulk
OF our meat consumers in Europe have but
80 many shillings or francs per week 10
quantities with them. II, as some claim
our hog crop Is short enough to leave us
with little surplus product for export, then
prices may not be too high, but present
quotations here are not compatible with
large consumption by the poorer classes Of
Europe, fsI-N .,tHrI
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rnE aREAr wEsTERN HIGHWAY.
Meeting Of the AIlsslasippi River I'm
r pr0Vement Convention,

ST, LOUIS, October 20.-The Mississippi
River improvement Convention met at the
Grand Opera House at Y1l;SO O'Clock.
About five hundred delegates were present
from all the States in the valley, and mum.
bef offfomiheAt gentlemen occtipyedi seats
as specially invited guests. Michael Nc.
Ennis President OF the local executive COM
mittee Of the 81. Louis Merchants Ex.
change, called the convention to order.
George L. Wright, Secretary OF the execu.
tive committee, then read the call for the
convention, after which Mr.. McEnnis ad.
dressed the convention.
Mr.. Henry Hitchcock delivered the ad.
dress Of welcome. iis4cl "I4t f.
Mr.. McEnnis then appointed Governor
Crittenden, OF Missouri, temporary chair.
man. r, 4 .tYt S..I t.li.Q
1IelSas teceiyed With cheers, and tteliv.
cred quite lengthy address, In which he
dwelt upon the magnitude Of the Missis.
sippi Valley; the great percentage OF the
entire agricultural products Of the country
raised within It's borders, and showed the
absolute necessity OF the thorough improve.
ment OF the great waterway running
through II In order that these products may
be carried cheaply to the sea. Upon the
question Of improving the Mississippi
river without reference to It's tributaries,
he took pretty strong grounds, and said
that when 1t Is determined here to improve
the Mississippi river. the great trunk line,
then let us agree upon some plan to i'm.
prove the tributaries Let not the
smaller question govern The larger one.
l have seen, whilst q member Of Con.
grecs, the evils Of the Omnibus" ap-
preparation bills for the improvement
Of our rivers and harbors. Much good Ia
always embodied in these bills, and also
an infinite amount OF demagoguery and
waste Of money. It should be stopped be.
fore the evil gets too large. There are too
many unnayigable and tnwatered streams
in those bills inserted by interested politi.
clans, ,l0ril0cal puFpeses.v Abolish the evil
and aFistthe fill6pandeneeibf Of the great
stream and It's truly navigable tributaries,
and then victory worthy Of the American
Congress will have been accomplished, and
tile money OF the people will be judiciously
expended. Enough money is wasted on
these small streams V perform large part,
II not the whole Of the desired work In the
Mississippi river, Such foolishness should
be stopped at once, The convention
should strike the keynote In not only stp-
pressing suoh an evil, but also In marking
out n line oi policy BY which our Senators
and Representatives In Congress are TO be
governed gg,e fF' IN theiF future appropriation
Mfr. Frank Gammel was then appointed
Temporary secretary,
A resolution was passed that the roll oi
the States be called aud that the chairman
Of the Executive delegation be instructed to
nominate q member Of the Committee on
Credentials.f .thI
A recess Of fifteen minutes was then
taken for consultation,
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BIG SALE
OfEOck Of the jefferson Iron Mills, steu.
Vile, ohio.


willie, Ohio.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer
SrErBENylLLE, October 2G.-David R.
Spauding, President Of the Jefferson Iron
Works Of this city, and his son, Charles
sPauliing, disposed Of their stock to-day
amounting to 1000 shares, for s126,GS2.5O
to IN. Wallace, G. B. Doty and John
NcCllnton. Eight hundred thousand dol
las is the capital stock. The works and
the company are in a prosperous condition.
The Spauldings have large interests at
other points to which they will devote their
aiteatOn hereafter.
SbubenyIlle Herald Of the 26th.
An important sale OF stock in the Jefler'
sn Iron Works was made yesterday, Da
vd r. SpNulding, the president OF the lin.
aitntiOn, disposing oil 1000 shares, and
Charles H. Spaulding, the Secretary, 81
shares. The par value OF the stock is $l0C
Pet share, and the premium obtained was
s1 per share on the lot Of Mr. Spaulding
stand SlIl per share on the other, making
atotal Of $l36832 80 paid for the block
Ihepnrrhasers are oil present members @
The corporation, being W. H. Wallace, g
b. Doty, John McClinton, aud probably
one ortwo others silently interested, The
capital stock Of the concern Is $500, 1000
divided into 5000 shares, 80 that some
Thing more than an eighth interest hal
been transferred. Mr.. Spaulding, sr., re
i1insforty.six shares in the company, and
v ! Spaulding one share. No change
vii be made in the organization OF thI
Iompany, for the present at least. The JET
ler'on Iron Works were never more pros
Porous, and the stock could probably mo-
be bought for less than 100.
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BAD STATE or ATTAIRs IN PERU.
Murder aud other Grimes Matters Of
Daily Occurrence.

New YoRk, October 26.-The latest news
from PERT contains accounts Of murders
and assassinations, which are reported
daily to the Chilian headquarters The
Chilian patrol occasionally capture male
factors, and after court martial the murder
ers are shot and the thieves whipped on
the church steps. The Peruvans say, how
ever, that II Is because the people are PERU
vans, not criminals, that they are punished,
A band OF ten Monteneros was found
recently near Lima. They resisted capture
BY the soldiers, but were finally taken, and
the brick kiln which had served az q bull
wark against the soldiers remains az q
monument over the last resting place. The
Peruvans say the slain men were laborers
in the brick kiln, and thought the Chilian
soldiers were Monttneros, hence the re-
sistanCe. The practical abolition OF the
Provisional Government and the seizure Of
the treasury, ETC., BY Gen, Lynch, leaves In
Chiliah hands entirely the government Of
all the territory occupied By their forces.
Envoys from the extinct but still hopeful
government Of Calderon have been sent to
Admiral Montero, in CajatnafCo, and Gen.
Catcetes, In ChiCla, offering them import
ant positions In the new government 70 be
formed outside Of the Uhilian lines, hut Il
is altogether unlikely these officers will
abandon the Pierola party, at present the
most powerful In Peru.
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4 HUGH LAND GRANF.
In Connection. VITA which Crooked
Work Il Charged Rich Mining Land.

Ah SonmeeNon WltA "ntch CFOOkeu
Work Is Charged Rieh MIning Land
WAstuSGToS, October 60 Attorney Cen
eral Maeyeagh has instructed Sidney NJ.
Barnes, United States Attorney for New
Mexico, to institute suit to vacate a patent
issued July /, 1875, to Jose sendn Ram
lrez for the private land claim known as
the Canon del Aqua, in the Territory Of
New Mexico. This claim Il held by the
San Pedro and Canon del Aqua Mining
Company and is said to be one Of the
richest pieces OF mining land In the coun-
try. II Is stated that while General Grant
was In New Mexico year ago
last April he was offered the Presidency
Of this company. He held the matter
under consideration for some time, but
finally declinedit. The company has ex-
pended $2b00, 900 for the purchase Of the
grant Of 5000 acres, buildings and water
works The latter cost $500, 900, and have
required two years for their completion. Il
Is charged that Land Commissioner VIII
hanson, in service under President Hayes,
bad an interest In the grant II Is also
charged that gigantic frauds have been per
petrated by stretching the original and
often very small grants until they were
made to cover immense erea. Originally
the boundary lines Of the grant were each
thirty.three miles In length. When the
grant was confrmed by Congress II had
been stretched to cover eighty miles In
length and fifty in breadth. It's history ,is
that Jose serahn Ramirez in 1874 re-
titioned the governor Of New Mexico for
an unoccupied tract of,ssland Inamed the
Canon del Aqua, located about Spanish
league from small village named San
Francisco, which name, O year ago, was
changed by. the miners to Golden. This
grant was afterward extended 80 as TO in.
clude several valuable mines, and when
confirmed, by Congress, in 1875, had quin-
tupled In size. II Is said that d number OF
army officers, as well as prominent officials
in Washington, have been interested in
the grant, and that at the prosecution Of
the suit there will be some startling deYel.
opments. The company is said to be the
victim Of land.grant ring, but has insured
itself against loss by the purchase OF other
mining property In tile same region worth
many times It's cost. The stock OF the
company, Il Is stated, is largely held in
Boston, Moses a. Dow, proprietor Of the
WdNriy. Magazine, being the President
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rHE ntsslsslpPf STILL RIsiSs.l
In one River Tewn the streets Travelled
over IL skim.

KEsEUE, a., October 2O.=,The 1Iiss.
isippi has risen Ave inches In the last
tSenly,iour houfa, and Il now nineteen
feet an one Inch above the low water
mark d 5 j1g. Az there Ia a further rise
coming !Um above, great alarm is felt at
keokuk. All the railfoadshops, sawmills,
lumber, ETC., In the lower part Of the city
are IN water, throwing hundreds Of men
out Of employment The leyee north and
south Of Alexandria, o river town south Of
this city several miles, broke yesterday,
and the entite city Is now flooded. Tie
water Is rushing Though the 1teyassa IN
torrents and sSeepiig everything beiote Il
The people are leaving the city as rapidly
% the tpads can carry them away. tThdse
who remain live In the uppet stories oi
houses with theif hUuseh1lh effect packed,
ready 10 fly. There o 4 skjtF OF HatbOat AZ
nearly every d1gf. The stteeta Afe hayiga.
bic Tor skltfs, The farmers below AleSan.
dfia will lose heavily h igraif and Stock.
Fox slough, below Alexandria, e roaring
torrent filed with debris, and several hum
tefs had narrow estape after tho break III
The leyee The damage At Alexandria q
iffepafable, M Sfis ffa 2
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BRIEF TELEoRAMs.
NaFrating the Minor Happenings and
Events or Yesterday. f,

A postal clerk named YanHorne. run.
ming between Harrisburg, Pa, and Pitts
burgh, was arrested yesterday charged with
robbing the mails. ~ b a
The freedom Of the city Of Augusta,
Ga, was rendered Governor Bigelow and
staff, OF Connecticut, yesterday. After the
days enjoyment Of the hospiialiles Of tile
city the partylet for Atlanta. ai 'ie
Jacob Lovman; carriage manufacturer,
and one OF the Oldest business men OF
Cleveland, retired night before last in SCENE
Ing unusually good health, and yesterday
morning was found dead ID bed.
Blanche Douglass was Rrraigned yesterday
morning, ct New Haven, Conn, on the
charge. Of numbering Jennie Cramer, Au!
gust 9th, by inducing her TO take arsenic.
She was not called upon TO plead, but was
sent back to jail To await a hearing.
A well known "crook" named Marx
arrived In Detroit Tuesday night from New
York, where lie was arrested last week
charged with completely In the skillful
robbery Of some 5000 half signed bills
from the First National Bank Of Detroit on
the 10th Of June last. ff,d NJ
Captain Robert Ballentine, one OF the
best known vessel captains on the lakes,
died In Detroit Monday. lie had been In
command OF various vessels during the
last twenty years, but had been In poor
health for some time past. H6was fifty
five Year, Of age. lie leaves an estimable
family. 49, : II :
a young man named Funk Crtndell
was arrested at Dundee, Michigan, and
taken 10 Detroit Wednesday, charged With
altering q drah bought at Fort Worth.
Texas, from $500 10 5000, Cruhdelrs
father keeps store at dundee, and Tie
young man had recently returned from
Texas very flush With money, which he
claimed TO hare obtained as tie result ofla
fortunate speculation,
The quo ,SdndniO proceedings at Ooiuni.
FlumbuS, 70 take the question Of the legality
Of the Ohio railroad organization, before
the State Supreme Court, Il In accordance
with the understanding between the COM
trolling parties. vice.presidenl Burke haa
telegraphed TO the cotnpahys attorney, at
Columbus, 10 waive the summons, enter
appearance for all the representatives Of
the Ohio Railway, whether in or 6ut ot tie
State, aud endeavot 70 get the case heaflat
the earliest date. II "a The expectation that
the case will be hearl within 9 fortnight
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TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE.
schoekIHg Sight OF a Family Running
the Gauntlet Between Red.IIOt walls.


NEW YoRE, October PA fire this
morning on West Sixteenth street, In a
tenement house, shows the difficulties sur.
rounding tenement life. A three-story
tenement, built in court surrounded by
six.story brick tcnements, and not ten feet
from either, was packed with poor people.
j. ParkersOn, his wife Annie, daughter
Annie, aged nine, and baby, lived on the
third floor The only way to get up or
down was by winding stairs outside the
house. While the Parkersons were In bed
at Q o'clock the house got on
fire by drunken inmate on the
lower hoorupsetting lamp. When the Par
kersons were awakened by the smoke the
whole lower portion Of the house was de.
stroyed, the outside stairway burned
down and no means Of escape left except
through the windows down into q narrow
space between the burning house and tall
tenement adjoining, the, walls Of which
were red hot and the pavement Below
covered with embera,, Parkerson threw
two bed ticks down TO break tie tall md
before they could burn up dropped his
wife down, then his daughter Annie, then
took the baby in his arms and hung out
the window, preparing to drop with II.
The window sill was burned of, and he
fell, striking his head against hot brick
wall opposite, with such force as TO knock
him senseless. The bsby's head struck
against the same wall, and fractured the
skull and had its cheek burned off against
the hot bricks. When Parkerson and the
baby reached the bed ticks the ticks were
on fire, and both being unconscious, Mrs.
Parkerson and her daughter Annie had to
drag them out through the narrow alley
filed with burning wood, and when they
reached the street all four were aaaine,
their clothes having ignited, and the mother
and daughter became unconscious from ex-
haustion. All were taken TO the hospital.
The frame building had been condemned
BY the Building Department three years
ago and ordered taken down, but the land
lord had influence and. contrived 10 have
Il remain to be packed with tenants =
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LAND PIRATES.
Daring Attempt Or RAndIis on Pitts.
huFsh, FL Wsyns = chicago Read.

huRgh, FL wayne = Chicago Read.
PITTSBURGH, October GA most daring
but unsuccessful attempt was made to rob
the Chicago express, on the Fl Wayne
Railroad, on its way to this city last night
about twelve O'Clock, by three masked
men, who boarded the train at the juno.
ton Of the Ohio Central Railroad, near
Bucyrus, Ohio. The men we're discovered
on the platform Of one OF the Pullman
coaches by Conductor shallis, who hap
pened to be in the yestibule, Thinking
some passengers were about to enter the
car, he stepped out on the platform and in.
formed them that the regular coaches were
forward. When he opened the door the Qanp
attempted 70 force their way into the coach,
but shallis brayely stood his ground, when
one Of the intruder drew pistol and fired
several shots. Fortunately the robbers
were somew hat excited, and the shots fail.
ed to hurt the conductor, although one ball
cut through his pants and lodged in the
door frame OF the car,
During the momeRtaIy excitement which
ensued the thieves forced themselves
through the door, and attempted to carry
off overcoats, valises, and other portable
property, Theconductor, however, alarmed
the passengees by crying, "Look out for
thieves, and In moment the male occu-
pants Of the car were in the aisle, The
train robbers did not count on any resist
ance, and seemed to be quite as much sur
prised as the passengers, They rushed to
the other end OF the car, and succeeded in
escaping before any means could be adopt
ed for their capture, Notwithstanding the
train was going at the rate Of twenty miles
per hour.
A gentleman who was a passenger on the
train was en- route from the far West, and
was congratulating fellow passenger that
. civilized country had been reached.
While he was still talking the train rob
bers made their appearance in the car. In
conversation with friend in this city TO-
day, he said he was never so astonished in
his life. He did not lose entire control Of
himself, but the report OF pistol shot,
cries Of train thieves and the rushing
through the cars prevented him from
making any effort to assist In capturing the
desperadoes. The passengers were thor
oughly frightened, and an old lady was
quite Ill when the train reached the Uni1n
depot in this city. II IL understood that
every effort Is being made 10 arrest the par
ties enggei In the attempt, and that Off.
Cials oil the road are rendering all the assist.
ance In their power. u 'Eff ~