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Lands For the Peasants.

ST. PETERSBURG, January 12--The Narul
Ircmya says: The Imperial ukase in re-
gard to the peasants lands, provides, that
after the end of 1882, the Crown will trans
fer to the peasants that portion of the lands
allotted them at the time of emancipation,
and in consideration of the annual pay
ments which they have been unable 10 re-
deem or compromise, the Crown will pay
the land owners eighty per cent of the
taxable value Of the land so transferred.
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Not So Funny Now.

CHICAGO, January 1.-Two young girls
of respectable parentagc visited livery
stable Tuesday afternoon and hired saddle
hsrses, promising to return them at cer-
tain hour. They failed to do so, however,
and the whereabouts of the girls and horses
was mystery until yesterday, when the
romantic misses were arrested at st.
Charles, ILL.,, on charge of horse stealing.
They were brought back to this city this
morning by officers.
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A Late Tribute.

TORONTO, January l2.-Thc Lieutenant
Governor, in his address before the Ontario
Legislature, said: l cannot allow the pres
entOpportunity to pass without expressing,
in my own name and that of the people of
this province, grief and indignation which
in commsn width the whole civilized
world, We felt at the shocking and unpro-
vokcd murder of President Garfield. By
no community was his death more sincere
ly mourned than by the people of Ontario
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THE ARREARS OF PENSIONS.
Ingalls, Defends the Bills and Beck will
Reply.

Reply.
Specialize WeaeTn associated Press.
WASHINGTON, January l2.-Senator In
gals, who has returned. having been de-
aimed away since the reassembling oil Con-
gress, to-day. took the floor to defend the
arrears OF pensions act, which was attacked
by Senator Beck in his speech the other
day Mr.. ingalls, said if there was anything
wrong in that act, or its method, or its pass
age, Mr.. Beck should have exposed it be-
fore its passage. He offered resolution
declaring it to be the sense of the Senate
that the arrears of pension act. should not
be repealed.
Mr.. Beck asked that the resolution lie
over saying that he would endeayor to pre-
sent some facts showing that the act was
passed under all sorts of misrepresenta-
tions Mr.. Ingalls, gave notice that he
would. upon every occasion that he could
get the floor, ask for vote upon his reso-
luiiOn
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WASHINGTON, January II.
Cabinet Matters.

Information from credible sources au-
thorizes the statement that there will be
no further Cabinet changes until the first
Of February. The nomination OF Sargent
confdentially expected a week ago is now
uncertain, and the President says he has
not yet made up his mind definitely on the
subject.
The Feature
of the session of the Senate, to-day, was
Vests keen crosse examination of Senator
Sherman, during the latter'S speech on the
funding bill
In the House the time was consumed IN
a discussion of the Census deficiency bill,
to which there was no real objection. liOl-
man offered an amendment to the effect
that nothing in the bill should be construed
as authorizing any. officer of the govern
ment to expend or contract for any sums
OuSide of the specific appropriation, but
il was voted down. the Democrats voting III
favor Of and the Republicans against it.
The Guitean Trial
has now entered upon its last stage. Judge
Davidge made the opening speech Tor the
prosecution, to-day, and had not concluded
al the hour of adjournment. Guiteau has
prepared speech which he says IS very
| important document and reads like Cice-
/ ro" Reed will follow Dayidge, tomorrow,
| and then, il the prisoner is permitted 10
sneak. ne will have his say. and Judge Por-
| ter will conclude the argument The total
| expenses OF the trial, SO far, exceed SD
| 600.
General.
The public school children here are re-
! duired to exhibit acertiticate Of vaccination
| before they will be admitted TO the schools.
I The disease has made no progress here, but
/ every preCautiOn is being taken 10 prevent
| its obtaining a fOOt-hOld.
| The National Window Glass Manufac-
/ turerS met at the Riggs House, yesterday
/ and decided to suspend operations during
/ July and August.
| Ex.Representatiye Gilfillan, of Pennsyl-
yania, it is now thought will be the sue
/ Cessor OF Upton "a Assistant Treasurer
The Ohio River Commission
| appeared before the House Committee on
| Commerce and urged an appropriation in
! advance of the general River and HarbOr
! bill, for the continuance of work on the
/ Davis Island dam. near Pittsburgh, to wait
tor the general appropriation IS to delay
work for year and continue the Obstruc'
ton made by the incOmpleted dam much
longer to the injury of commerce on the
| Ohio, and especially to the great coal inter.
| ests, and damage As well to consumers oI
coal ON the lower Ohio.
AppOriiOnment.
PrescOtt'S apportionment bill, which
! fixes the number of members IN the House
at three hundred and nineteen, was intro
,luccd today. There are half dozen siml'
lar ones which will follow. but nothing
will be done until the House Committee
on Census makes its report. the com
mittee will commence the consideration Oi
the subject next Tuesday but when they
will be ready to report it is impossible tc
TO say.
Personal.
| J. ID. Withan. of Ohio county. is here, at
tending the Farmers National Convention
The West Virginia arrivals to-day con
| Sist of DR. HardeSty and J. W. Watson.
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Mississippi riyerto Is; Invalid Pensions to
i9; Wal claims TO 10, and Accounts to II.
Mr.. Bayne introduced q bin torepeal the
tax OF, bank deposits, the stamp tax on
bank checks and to reduce the tax on the
circulation of National banks Referred.
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THE VIRGINIA. DEBT.
what RiddIeberger Proposes 10 DO
About IL.

what Riddleberger Proposes 10 DO
About IL.
WASHINGTON, January l2.-The bill in
troduced in the Virginia Legislature by
Senator Riddleberger estimates the present
total Indebtedness of the State, including
interest, at S2l;O35,37715 and provides,
first, that the Baard of Commissioners of
the Sinking Fund of the State shall 'cre-
ate bonds, registered and coupon, to such
an extent as may be necessary to comply
with the provision of the act; second, that
the bonds shall be dated July l, 1852, and
be redcemable the lst of July, 1882, or at
any time after July l, 1900. at the
Pleasure of the State.
The rate of interest is per cent. The
Board of Commissioners are authorized TO
issue the bonds in denominations OF 500,
500 and 81 900, and to issue them in eX.
change for the outstanding obligations OF
the State, including the bonds held by the
literary fund at certain graduated rates,
according TO the class to which the debt
may belong under the division made by the
bill. For all balances of indebtedness, con-
stituting what the bill calls
West yirginia's share
oil the OlQ ueDt, anu tulOulIllllS bOOuN -thAI u
of the sum assumed by Virginia. the Sink
ing Fund Commissioners are to issue GER
tificate referring the creditor to West Nir-
ginia The Commissioners are further au-
thoriZcd to issue certificates for any frac-
tional part of one hundred dollars, which
are to be registered and fundable in sums
of ono hundred dollars in the bonds issued
under the act The bill further pro-
vidcs that in 1890, and annually
thereafter until all the bonds issued
under it are paid, there shall be set apart
of the state revenue ~ per cent;
at the time outstanding, which shall be paid
into the treasury to the credit of the sink
ing fund shall apply the same TO the annu-
al redemption or purchase OF the bonds IS
sued under the act. Mr.. Riddleberger states
that this bill. together with two others, in
troduced yesterday to prevent the recep'
ton of coupons for taxes, embraces sub
stantially the provisions OF the original
Riddleberger bill; the variations in figures
arising chiefly from accumulatiOns OF in
| tercst Since the latter was passed.
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PENNSYLVANIA INDEPENDENTS.
Large Meeting I'm PhfIsdeIphia--w what
They Will Do.

puu,pli pHIA. January l2--In response
10 A call issued sv Chairman J. ID. Mckee,
of the independent Repu sliicap State Com.
mittec, about two hundred delegates, repre-.
senting almost every county in Pennsyl.
vania, met in the Assembly Hall, this city,
for the purpose Of discussing the adyisa-
bility Of placing an Independent Republi-
can ticket in the field for State Offices, and
10 formulate some definite action to be pur-
sued by the Independent Republicans
Among the prominent persons In attend
ance were Charles s. Wolf, Independl mt
Republican leader, Phillip G. Garrett, chair.
man OF the Committee OF One Hundred,
and many other members Of that organizl-
tion.
John J. Pinkcrion, OF Chester, was chosen
permanent chairman. Upon taking the
chair, Pinkerton spoke of the arrogant
conduct OF the men who had taken o them.
selves the leadership Of the Republican
party in Pennsylvania, which he said gave
rise 10 the independent movement. The
people. he said. propose. In the future, TO
stand up for the principles OF true Repub'
licanism.
Nesbitt OF Northumberland, offered a
resolution 10 the effect that n convention
be held April 18th for the purpose Of plac.
ing in nomination full Independent
ticket for the offices ~ be filled at the gen.
eral election next November.
W. f. Lockwood submitted platform Of
principles wa. placed on the table for the
present.
Chas. s. Wolfe. amid applause, arose 10
speak to the resolution Of Nesbitt. Wolfe
said the conference had gathered as patriots
and Republicans. because the standard OF
the party had fallen into the hands OF those
who persist in dishonoring IT, lie said the
conference, to-day. was the first formal and
effective step towards the regeneration,
disenthrallment and reformation OF the
Republican party.
Deer. Of Lebanon, offered as substitute
10 Nesbitts resolution. that this body re-
commend TO the State Central Committee,
that they order conventions to be held In
the different counties for the purpose Of
sending delegates TO the convention Of the
Regulars on the 10th Of May. lie made
long speech In direct opposition 70 the ut
terances Of Wolfe, and advocated reform
within the party lines.
After many brief and earnest speeches,
Nesbit's resolution. with May 18th fnsert.
ed as the date for the convention, wss a.
most nnanimou usly adopted! A committee
Of five was appointed for the purpose OF
selecting committee. TO be compose U
one from each Senatosial district, who
shall, in conjunction With the chairman
and secretary Of the State Citizens Associar
tion, arrange for an equitable besis for the
representation OF the independent voters
In the State In the Convention. Philadel-
phis was chosen as the place 10 hold the
convention. and the meeting sdjoorned
aae die.
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Nominated.

CINCINNATI, January 12-The Gd,ette's
Frankfort. Ky, special says: The four
teenth ballot OF the Democratic convention
nominated Capt. Tom J. Henry. of Morgan
county, for the Office clerk Of the court of
appeals.
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iSSDCiIi'd Press.
a Novel Question.

WASHINGTON, January 12-ThomaS j..
Majors, OF Nebraska. is here for the pur-
pose Of claiming his right to seat in the
House of Representatives from that State.
Last fall he was elected rs contingent
member from Nebraska, the population of
that State having increased to figures to
entitle ii TO two members. This was the
second time Majors had been elected, but
two wears ago he appealed to the Demo.
cratic House. and was refused admission.
Now that the House is Republican, he be-
licvcs he can get his seat He maintains it
is unjust to keep that portion ofNebraska'S :
population. which is practically without
representation in the House, unrepreSCnt-
ed. until after the passage of an apportiOn-
mcnt act. He is backed by the Nebraska
delegation and other western Republicans.
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FINE RlooRo.

Rrsnvnis. fIr., January i2.-rhe Are
yesterday which ortgfnssed in y. II. Osee-
ly's thrce-story building. spread 10 neigh.
boring buildings, and inflicted Q loss of
from 80, 900 10 90, 900. The loss on 6se-
ly's building Is n, 800; insured. The other
losses we're: A. ii. seely, furniture dealer,
1850. insured; Alex Howell. druggist,
$500, insured for n, 800. Thomas Wilson.
on building 5000; not insured
CsAwroRDsviLLE, Isp., January H.
Streights planning factory, With the ms.
cbinery on the second foof, was destroyed
by fire last night. The machinery On the
first floor was bsdly injured Loss 5000;
no insurance.
New YoEx, January l2-Tbs dining.
room furniture factory Of Brown 4 gli0,
$40 West Twelfth street, was burned v.
night. Fifty thousand doilsrs' worth a
stock was destroyed; partly insured Ms-
cbincry damaged 70 the extent Of %.
and the building so 900; Insured
ToEosTo. OST.. January IA hrs W
night damaged the stock OF Gillespie A CO..
fur merchants. $4,000; insurance, tto,0D9.
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OsKAIoosA, Iowa, January H-Thonas
Waters and Jasper Newton, miners, were
oyerpowered by foul air In the coal mines
here. Waters Is deed and Newton caeeSe
recover. ~
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New Orleans last year sent to
|Ftlrope 6, ,OOO, 900 gall ons of ''pure olive
II - made from cotton seed.
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IHAp Chronic Dysentery for one year.
PERuSA cured me. James Bremen, Pitts.
burg, Pa.
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W. w. Coreoran has given piece OF
Ground a5xl52 feet in the heart of WASH
incton City to Columbia College, of the
. District.
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DIR. W. G.. II. Weedham, member OF
the Ohio Senate, from Gallipolis dis
tict. died yesterday from Typhoid
rneumOnia.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
Senate.

WASHINGTON, January 12.-Senator Vest
reported fayorably, with amendments,
from the Committee on Commerce. the
Senate bill 10 authorize bridge across the
Missouri river at the most accessible point
within five miles above the city OF St.
Charles, Mo. Taken up and passed as
amended.
At1:25 P. NJ. the Sherman funding bill
was proceeded with, Mr.. Garland having
the floor. He quoted from decisions to
show relations existing between the banks
and government
House.
WASHINGTON, January 12.-Mr. Robson,
from the Committee on Rules, submitted
report increasing the membership of the
following committees; Ways and Means to
Is; Judiciary to 10; Banking and Currency
to 13; Commerce to 10; Agriculture to 70;
Foreign Affairs to Is; Military Affairs to
to IS; Postoftice and Post Roads to Is;
Public Lands 10 Is; Pacific Railroads to
Isl Improvement Of the navigation Of the
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Bosros, January 12-Bank EIaminsf
Needbam has received all the money due
from Weeks 10 the Pacific Bank. The oent
will reopen very soon andno further trouble
IL looked for.
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s,reed or sm.u.Po, 4. lII.sis.

CHcAso, January ia large number
Of new cases Of smallpox has Been report
ed the Board OF Health at Springfield the
past twenty-four hours. They includetvo
at LAkeyiew, two at Schaumburg, one each
q; Moliene, MILESTONE, Highland and Lin.
coin. There are now twenty-five CASES at
Lakeview, there having been eight deaths.
A like number of deaths have occurred
from the Keokuk Medical College casea In
this city there are from fve TO eight new
Gates day, with the pesthouse full 70
overfoving. Five cases broke out yester-
day at the county Poor-house. g
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The deadlock in the New York Leg
.-lsture still continues.
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The Governor of Missouri declines to
interfere i'm the cases of Baber and
Ward, sentenced to be hanged at 1t.
Louis to-day.
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Paying the Indians.

WASHINGTON, january l2.-ln the case Of
the Miami Indian fund the Secretary OF
the Interior has disposed OF the matter by
awarding Attorneys Vandeventer * Nc
Dowell the amount of fees they claim, and
ordered the remainder of the fund. about
SEQ, 900 TO be paid 10 the Indians con-
cerned
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A Chieass Ytsn viesaaissI.

cHcA6o. January ii.-Seversl days ago
ell the books belonging 70 the Large whole
sale beer bottling frm Of Geo. Hoffman 4
Brothers, disappeared in Q mystsfious
manner. Soon after ths books were miss
ed, IL leaked out thst william bee9ui,
collector for the Gfm, W. short ia hh -.
oounts. lie was pIsced undsr ssreo end
confessed that bs hsd bssn sySesneescsily
robbine the iirIn snd s!tsrns the book ior
over q year, and induced . oompsalos
named frank Hsstincs, 70 make svsy
WITH The books. Both msu ysre snsstsd,
but no clue could be obtained 70 che miss
ing books. and the men were fslsssed IN
hopes that one of them might % 70 uss
nlace Mhere the booka ere cQuo4aled
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at 5000, and of Philadelphia, New Or
leans and Chicago at 5000.
The star ROutc Cases.
In the Star route cases, in the Police
Court, to-day, Bliss proposed IL, in the case
now before the court, that OF MinniX,
Cabell and Dickson. the prosecution failed
to establish the existence OF conspiracy,
counsel could agree TO let the other cases
stand adjourned until IL became the pleas
ure of the Court TO take them up. In the
event of failure to show the existence oJ
such conspiracy, of course the prosecution
would not be pressed before this Court.
This proposition led TO some discussion
by the counsel, and the court made 4
statement defining the meaning of CON
spiracy under the law, and said he had not
fully decided whether or not these cases
fell within the scope of the statutes which
form the basis of these cases.
Without action upon the Bliss PROPOSE
tiOn. the first witness, c. L. Webster No.
tary Public, was called.
The Jeannette.
WASHINGTON, January l2.-Frelinghuy
sen, Secretary of State, has just received
the following telegram from our Charge de
Affairs at St. Petersburg, respecting the
fate of the Jeanette and her crew. Dan
enhawer and five of the crew of the whale
boat arrived at ZakutSh, December Il. They
are comfortably lodged and all their wants
supplied. Melville and six men are eI-
pected soon. DeLong and the crew of the
first cutter were not found November lS.'
Reed ON Guitean-
WASHINGTON, January 12.-Reed, counsel
for Guiteau, says he believes the result of
the trial will be hung jury, and if this
does occur, Guiteau will never be arraigned
again, because he will be q raying maniac
before the preparation for another trial
could be completed. He says Guiteau is
crazy now, and has been since before he
assassinated the President, and that his al
ready enfeebled mind is failing fast.
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4 bond call for S2O,OO0,0O0 extended
skies, was issued yesterday, by the Sec
retary of the Treasury, interest to cease
an the 18th Of March.
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Cuc1sn1f, yszussy h--A 49,.
cafistsstasH ~, - -
a fAe Ask1snd nur3ersfA Ne G4e
Win b 70 irins iis~n - sspsses - -
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yrSsS An.ars,

DrsLIx, January ia foecs o! too hun
dred military and dsconstsbuiasy ~ g0os
20 Eienderry. county kines, toRsgsH p:s'
cons ea,ting oats b0ssht e sassnns 1911 -. -:
mob ,i broke ~ S s,ros sns rosss ~ ~ ~
s scr"sa - snem shr.s -. aundrsS - Sisvsos3s sad
military evicted ,six fa0iltso q 3seooap
creesv, near Bsjlagha6ren. ~tT
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Two smallpox cases have developed
in Columbus, Ohio, and strong meas
ures are being taken to prevent the
srread of the disease.
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Fixing TIt ,ir Pay.

Representative Farw-il. of Illinois, in
troduced bill fixing the compensation of
local appraisers OF the port OF New York
at 5000, and of Philadelphia, New Or
leans and Chicago at 5000.
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DrrEor, January i1-Ths dry foods
no. at the mouth Of The Dstsoit nvu,. vo
robbed Of 100 worth q slks. ~ nlGh1
Several other places vers tstsd bse bcee
entered. The thievss stole q. .Oeo hg end
drove 10 Windsor, Opposite this c1tg, ,Vhss0
the outfit IVES recovered The Thieves heve
probably escaped With ths piusdss p th's
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Great Britain employs in underground
occupation no fewer than STS,l5l per-
sons, and the length Of the galleries
where the mining is carried on is found
TO be 5S,7t miles. The greatest depth
of the coal mines is $500 feet below the
level Of the sea.
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ClxyrL.sp, Jsnussy IA Lss<z spso-
iaI from AiliAncs, Ohio. IMPORTS tbef sesevo
entered the room of J, H Bchbossl, RepPse-
tor OF the Chase H0uees g . eaf1{ hoes
this morning. ssd stole Eo,4 vntee -
chain, jevslFy and nouey, aAi yeasee =
seyefal hundred dollars.
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Heart OF the WOLF"

In speaking OF Guitcau's plan, he re.
marked upon lis greater fear Of the mob
than the law. and exclaimed: I'VE must
say, to our shame, that tnis estimate has q
foundation. 1t rested" he added, with the
Jury to show the world whether Guiteau's
opinion was we'll founded.
''If he had fearcd,the law a. he feared the
mob. our martyrcd head and chief would
be alive to-day.
At this point recess was taken. When
the court reassembled, Davidge took up, in
order. the case OF each member OF the GUi-
teau family, upon whose mental condition
witnesses had been offered by the defense,
and recited il, in connection with the
counter evidence Of the prosecution, SUM
ming up the force Of this evidence with
the remark: But the
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THE LEGISLATIVE MILL
Begins to Grind in a Business-Llke
Way. #s
Passage of Bills in Both Houses-The Wors
of the Revisory Committee Comes Be-
fore the Senate ate-Proceedingsin
Both Branches Of the State
Legislature
YESTERDAYS WORK OF THE S0L0NS.
The SeAate

: The sefate
was opened at 10 a. NJ, by prayer from the
Rev. i. II. Dornblaser, of the First English
Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Mr.. Dennis, from the joint Reyisory
Committee, reported the bills that the
committee had prepared during its sittings
since the last session OF the Legislature.
Mr.. Newman moved that the bills report
ed by the Reyisory Committee be referred
to the appropriate committees OF the SEN
ate.
Messrs. Farnesworth and Brown strong
" opposed this motion, in brief speeches.
Mr. Nau,nan spolsO an ito faror, seuiyy :
that what work was done by this Legisla-
ture should he done thoroughly, and that
each member should have a correct idea OF
these measures before they were passed
upon. The most expedient way, he thought
TO reach these results was to refer the work