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THE CREDIT MoBILIER AGAIN.
A Decision Involving sle,o0o,ooo.

Boston, Feb. l5.-An opinion was filed in
the United States Circuit Court, to. day, by
Judges Lowell aud Nelson, which Is practi-
cally in favor Of Credit Mobilier as against
the trustees under the Cakes Ames aud Un-
ion Pacific contract. The cases were those
Of Rowland Hazard, Commissioner, VS..
Thomas G. Durant and others, and the same
vs.. same. The defendants fled demurrers,
and the hearing was thereon, but the deci-
sion involves all the points at issue. Some
$4,000, 900 are involved. These suits grew
out of the same transaction. The plaintiff
in the first case Is the Commissioner, under
the Supreme Court of Rhode Island. The
allegations in the bill of Dec. It'll, 1882, are,
in substance: The trustees, Thomas @. Du-
rant and six others, to whom was assigned
the contract between Cakes Ames and the
Union Pacific Railroad, failed to account for
many millions Of dollars due under the trust
TO the stockholders of the Credit Mobilier Of
America, and that the trustees have been
guilty of willful negligence and misconduct
In the management of the trust. The opin-
ion says: "Taking the narrative Of the bill
to be true, we are bound to believe the de-
murrers, that the trustees acting jointly have
received many millions of dollars in money
and securities, the property of the share.
holders, which they still retain and refuse to
account for under the trust agreement; and
they have also been jointly guilty Of gross
negligence and misconduct in the manage
ment of the trusts, from which the stock.
holders have suffered loss.s
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NORTHERN PACIFIC LANDS.

A notice appears in the February number
Of the Northwest New York; that we deem
of especial interest to persons who have pur-
chased lands from the Northern Pacific Rail-
road Company. Our number has been sent
away, but the purport of the notice Is that
Northern Pacific Company, will not only re-
ceive Northern Pacific preferred stock at par
In payment for lands purchased of the Com.
pany, but will accept the same in final pay
ment for lands which have been purchased
on time contracts and have payments yet
running. We believe these time purchases
ran five or six years and carry seven per
cent. interest. Preferred stock of the Y. p.
Co. is now selling at little over fifty cents
on the dollar. Therefore, If settlers can con-
vert this stock at par into full payment on
their lands, It virtually brings the price of
land TO about one.half that which they have
contracted TO pay, or which the Company
may hold it at. This is matter of very con-
! siderable Importance, and the notice men
toned cannot be construed by us otherwise
than as stated. We believe, under the cir
cumstances, that all who are able to take up
their contracts on these terms should inves-
tigate the matter. 1t would be we'll, first, to
ascertain II this is the proposition of the
Company; second, II the Company's line en-
titling it to the land contracted for has been
accepted by the President; third, at what
rates preferred stock can be obtained, and
fourth, what title the railroad company can
and will convey. AS these are, perhaps,
points on which purchasers generally will
not feel like trusting entirely to their own
judgment, it would be better TO apply for the
Information desired, individually or by
groups, through an attorney. And it is well
not to defer the matter as, If this is permitted,
the amount of preferred stock that will be
taken up and retired under these conditions
will naturally enhance its market value,
which We presume is the instigation to the
proposition.
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THE FLOODS.
A Cincinnati boarding House Falls in and
Buries the Inmates.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 15.-At 3:40 this morn.
ing the fire alarm sounded for the box at
Ludlow and Pearl streets, where the water
surrounds the houses. When the engines
reached the place it was discovered the rear
part of two brick buildings on the south side
of Pearl. near Ludlow, had fallen, and ten
persons were buried in the ruins or drowned.
The occupants Of the front portion had
given the alarm, and before the real cause
could be ascertained, the fire alarm sounded.
The firemen, IN conjunction with the police,
used superhuman efforts to rescue the living
and dead. The buildings were occupied as
boarding house by Robert Kyle and George
Oyester. There were about thirty five peo
pie III the building at the time. The follow.
ing are known to be killed, either by falling
timbers or drowning: John w. Kyle, son Of
The proprietor; Libby Golfer, Maud Ellis
James Ogden, Barney Winkler, Mrs. Wink,
Ter, Thomas Burk, Mrs. Lena Burk and two
children, William and Louis Burk-making
ten lives lost so far as known. Mrs. Webb,
an occupant Of the room in the part that fell,
was awakened by the cracking walls, and
tried to awaken the others, but fell with the
ruins, and yet escaped without injury.
The river is 10 feet inches, and falling.
1t is clear and cold. The fall extends all the
way above, and is very rapid for hundred
miles or so up the liver.
The disaster has increased in horror by the
discovery of two more dead bodies not bith-
erto known to have been among the victims.
The river is still falling half an inch an
hour at 2 D. IN.
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THE NORTHERN PACIFIC COUNTRY.
The Vast Empire Tributary to the Road.


The following letter, addressed by Mr..
Hale, Secretary of the Minneapolis Board of
Trade, to President Harris, on his accession,
shows in few words what a magnificent
domain is tributary to the Northern Pacific
road:
81 have within few days been studying
the geography of the country you have 10
develop, for the time has just arrived for the
rapid development to commence, now that
the whole section can be reached by your
road. / find, starting with our own State,
taking the other States anu Territories west
to the Pacific coast, that you have an empire
of 726,445 square miles, with to-day net less
lin all) than ], 100000 people, with large
portion of the richest soil In the world, the
best grazing country, and no computation
can be made of the mineral wealth yet to be
developed in little time. find the coun.
| try tributary to your road is larger In extent
Square miles) than the whole of Great
Britain (1l5,s40 square milcs), France,
| coo ,0O0), with the German Empire of 20
| States, f20S. 590), and Spain, (l96 000), max
ing Iii all 724, 430 square miles, with popn
/ iation in all these countries Of l32,D82, S14.
I Tie figures are appalling, and can hardly be
understood, and there is no wonder TO me
] that Jay Cooke, Mr.. Willard aud many other
/ gentlemen connected with the enterprise
have been so enthusiastic. If your stock
| holders will only have q little patience --i,ot
many years. will risk my reputation as .
railroad prophet that they will all be more
than satisfied with the results. Now, my
dear sir, before you are as old as l am, you
will see population Of as energetic, enter
prising people as is to be found in the world
| --of ten TO twelve miilions--all well TO dc
from the productions OF the soil, the mines
| and the rivers.n
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ILLITERATE VOTERS.
A Startling Table of Potent Ignorance.


WASHINGTON, Feb. IT, Representative
Willis prepared a most interesting table to
accompany his bill for federal aid to educa-
tion, which shows illiteracy holds the bal.
ance power In ID Northern and all the South
ern States. In So States there are 1,s71,2lT
illiterate voters; only / voter in FIVE can
write his name. In the Southern States the
proportion Of illiterate voters is as follows !:
In South Carolina more than one-half; in
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia,
North Carolina, and Virginia, one in two;
while Missouri has one In nine, presenting
the best record In the Presidential election
Of 1876 New York, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, Connecticut, Indiana, California,
Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Wisconsin, Illinois.
Rhode Island, Michigan and Pennsylvania
were ranged on the side Of illiteracy.
In the last Presidential contest thirty
States In the Union gained 298.0O0 illiterate
voters who could nor read The very charter
OF their liberties. The msjorities which
they gave could not have been overcome by
the combined vote Of these Illiierate voters,
even if those majorities had been five times
o. great a. they were. In 1876, sixty out Of
seventy Of our Senators and $50 out Of 202 of
our Representatives, and In 1850 City EIGHT
out Of seventy-six Senator'S and 292 out OF
325 representatives, were elected in States
and districts where illileracy holds the bal.
ance Of power
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In the House, February Tth, whi's revi.
sion Of the rules was under consideration,
Delegate Maginnis sought 10 have one Of the
rules amended as follows:
"That the second, fourth and fifth Mon
DAYS In each month shall be devoted TO the
consideration of reports OF committees In
relation TO the business Of the District OF
Columbia and of the Territories OF the
United States, not to include propositions
for the creation of new Territories or the
admission Of new States" a
Delegate Maginnis supported the amend
ment with an argument that che large, rich
and powerful Territories had much business
that should be disposed Of rs promptly as
that of the District Of Columbia, instead Of
the Delegates having TO secure unanimous
consent of the House before they could get
important matters considered. Muldrow
claimed the business Of the District Of Co.
lumbia must have two days In each month.
Maginnis then asked the fifth Monday in
each month having Eve Mondays, and was
told by Calkins to 'fx up rule for that
purpose" Randall assured the Montans
Delegate that the committee on rules would
give the matter consideration. III the House
concludes to give the 9Th Mondays that will
only entitle the Territories 70 five days the
present year. We out west are not much
account from Congressional standpoint.
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RAILROAD cOxsrHr cpro>

For some lime past the IndelnadeAi and
Miner have been building short-line rail
roads between Helena and Butte, on paper,
with marvellous rapidity and ease. We be-
lieve the Independent prefers line which,
leaving Helena and running up Terrible to
a distance of "a miles, would reach the sum-
NIT near Red Mountain, and there the indie
pendent leaves the terminus, with the ex-
ception of statement that from the summit
TO Butte the line Is "high up on the noun
talns," and could s'be constructed with little
difficulty along the western slope of the
range" That 1t would be "high up" there
is no doubt. 1t would have to drop into the
Little Blackfoot valley and thence rid the
Deer Lodge valley, or follow the top ridge
Of the Rocky Mountains to Butte. The
route on top of the main range is not likely
TO commend itself TO any company designing
to operate railroad.
The Miner appears to favor the extension
Of the Wickes Branch. That railroad has,
we are informed, so feet grade at Jefferson
City; from there to Corbinville 10 feet grade,
and from Corbinville to Wickes 1852 feet
grade to the mile. There 1t begins to Ego
up hill a little," the engineers say, and has a
heavy range TO cross before reaching the
altitudInous spark" This road has also
been bullion paper.
We believe the experience of railroad men
is not favorable to high ranges when they
can be avoided. The Northern Pacific has
all of 1t the company desires. II that road
sends branch to Butte, 1t will be from Gar
rison or Lloyd, and pia the Deer Lodge val
ley. Perhaps Its sl,2o0,00o year for stay
ing out may reconcile the company to the
present situation. Deer Lodge valley is moi
DESTROYS of another line through 1t, unless II
shall parallel ut close distance the presen,
| road, or rail with It. Otherwise another
road would ruin our best farms. But
whether we will or would not, the Butte
branch of the Northern Pacific, If built, viii
undoubtedly traverse this valley. Having
now done our proportion Of railroad build
ing--on paper--we leave the rest to H.
engineers and kind Providence.
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NOTES OF THE DAY.

Given the sun, which rises In the east, in
variably comes west to SETTLE"
There were but nine fatal railway acct
dents in Great Britain last year.
More than 3,OOO,O 900 trees were planted in
Great Britain during the season of 1872.
Tom Thumbs widow has applied to Mayor
Edison for license TO open museum on
the Bowery.
Seven .eighths of the females landing at
Castle Garden are said to be young girls In
search of recreant lovers.
The British Columbia Assembly proposes
a law limiting the amount of land that one
man can can own to $40 acres.
Steel rails are now made at the Edgar
Thompson steel works, Pittsburg. for S.
ton less than iron ones can be produced.
1t Is estimated that Queen Victoria saves
annually from her parliamentary allowance
alone, 100000. She receives annually ST.
100000.
or the 4,440,S22 pieces of mail matter
sent to the dead letter Office during the last
year, $4,000 contained money, aggregating
| Sl,030,0O0.
Because the little city of Montgomery,
| Ala, has forty eight licensed bar rooms, the
Selma Times thinks she has no use for an
artesian well.
The mercury at Deer Lodge, Montana,
| Feb. 7th, was % degrees below zero. At
Walla Walla on the same date 1t registered
A above.-lStdtesmdn.
Some people are too particular. A Texas
paper says people who persist in stealing
| hogs should be turned out of MEETING and
excluded from good society.
Mrs. Quincy Shaw, of Boston, spends $780,
600 annually out of her private income in
support of 80 kindergartens and 20 nurseries
which she has established In those parts Of
the city where the toughest and most squalid
features reign. In addition to this she
spends 100000 year in other charities.
Amairied couple persisted IN the City of
Columbus disaster, leaving no children, but
| considerable property. As it Is impossible
| to say surely which one died first the title 10
| the estate will have to be determined by in
ference. The courts have held in cases OF
shipwreck that the woman being the weaker,
the law warrants the conclusion that she dies
first, and, therefore, the husbands heirs are
entitled to the property.
The new corporation of Gilmer, Salisbury
s. Co. is composed of the following well
known gentlemen: Monroe Salisbury, San
Francisco; John Il. Gilmer, Salt Lake City
Clayton L. Haines, Charles b. Felt, Salt
Lake City. The new combination will be
known as Gilmer, Salisbury & Co., and It's
purposes will be the running of stage coaches
carrying U. S. mails, buying, selling, breed.
ing and dealing in live stock. The capital
is S100,000.-S. L. Chronicle, 18th.
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PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.

The dispatches announce the appointment
of General John Coburn, of indianapolis,
Ina, a. Associate Justice of Montana. This
appointment Ia made to fill Judge Conger's
place, his term having expired January 10.
As the latter had been reinstated before the
expiration of his term, doubtless As q con-
ciliation by President Arthur to Senator
Conger, 1t Is fair to presume the latter will
not oppose Judge Coburn's confirmation.
This gentleman Is stated to be q lawyer Of
good standing and man Of high character.
He Is fifty-nine years of age, and married.
He will be assigned TO the First Judicial
District, and as the counties included therein
have been almost without court terms for
nearly year, the new Justice will be hailed
with q more cordial welcome II he comes
speedily. Some time since j. ID. Palmer,
Esq, now of Yankton, but formerly of Yer.
mont, was strongly and persistently urged
by Senator Edmunds for Judge Conger's
successor, but judgeship In Dakota TO sue.
coed Judge Kidder being vacant, Edmunds
named Palmer for that place. General Co
burn was also urged for the Dakota judge
ship, and the result indicates that al adjust
ment was made by sending Coburn TO Mon
tana.
Another appointment within the past few
days was that of Zachariah T. Burton, Chief
Clerk in the Land Office at Helena, as Re
ceiver of public monies, to succeed Mr.. Bal
lou. The latter was never considered an
efficient officer, and as his successor is spo-
ken of as an excellent and competent man,
the change Is doubtless for the best interests
Of the service and the public.
1t may he mentioned In connection with
the above, and In strong contrast with the
usual conditions in Montana, that the Gov
ernorship of Idaho is begging for an ncum-
bent. Some months since Governor Irwin
resigned, assigning as a reason i'll health,
and declining his quarters salary because he
had been too Ill to perform his duties. Since
then the Office has been vacant without, APP
parently, any applicants. Col. George L.
Shoup, of Salmon City, would have gratified
leading Republicans by accepting the place,
but he declined being a candidate. The
temperature will be very low indeed in Mon
tana when there cannot be found patriot
anxious to fill its gubernatorial chair.
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arthur as a candldste.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 15.-Times Wash.
ington special: The administration is no
longer Commanding majority In the Senate
whenever Senators Sherman and Logan OBJ.
ject, which they are doing very freely, espe-
cially concerning Southern appointments
coming up for confirmation. It has never
been 90 before. Persons familiar with the
inside history Of the falling appointments
know how hard Arthur has been struck. In
this the House joins with spirit. The adj
ministrstion's strength In the Senate does
not exceed twelve.
NEW YORK, Feb. i5.-Hartford special to
World: The members OF the Connecticut
Legislature have not begun to talk yet about
. Presidential candidate, but there is !
strong sentiment in the State to-day In favor
Of Arthur's nomination It Chicago. Nailor
Baldwin, an excellent Republican authority
says an out and out boom for Arthur would
be fatal, but Connections will heartily sup
port him II the nomination conlesat 70 him In
4 legitimate manner.
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DEEP SNOW IN COLORADO.
A Mining Town Gu. OF From Communication.

DENVER, Col, Feb. 1S.-The snow block
adj throughout the San Juan district, Colo
raao, still continues. The Silverton wire
worked few hours to-day, when 1t went
down with a snow slide. 1t was the first
communication Silverton has had with the
outside world since the 3rd instant. Bust.
ness of all kinds is suspended ct Silverton
ard Ouray mining camps. The snow is six
feet deep on level; In some cafions where
reads run 1t is so to 60 feet deep. People
have TO use show shoes to visit their neigh
iDrs. 1t is thought the blockade cannot be
broken before April. Most camps are out of
cofiee, sugar and coal oil, but have supply
f meat and -four to last another month.
Snow slides occur daily, but no loss of life
/, reported, miners being careful to keep out
O. heir way. The snow is confined entirely
t. he mountain districts, none having fallen
Il Denver for the past two weeks.
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Flsthead Lake Navigation.
Missoulian, Feb. IL

Some time since report was in circulation
to the effect that a pleasure boat was to be
placed en- Flathead Lake, to be run in the
interest of tourists who visit this popular
summer resort. We have taken some pains
to look the matter up, aud are rewarded by
the information that contract has been let
to Maine parties for the building of small,
powerful, A fitted pleasure steamer, having
great speed, and sufficient power TO pull a
loaded float boat, for carrying freight behind.
Our informant, who is interested in the boat,
gives ms las he says, quite prematurely per-
haps,) an invitation to come up on her trial
trip. The project has been hobby for years
with the proprietor of the boat, and we hope
he may find not only pleasure, but profit
plenty In his pet scheme. 1t is also said
that the Katie Hallet is to be transported
from the crossing clear over the rapids to
the lake, TO be used in the transportation Of
freight from the head to the foot Of the lake.
Both boats will add to the pleasure and busi-
ness Of that region, and doubtless do much
toward the settlement of the adjacent coun-
try
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MoNTANA,S CONSTITUTION.
Minnesota Tribune, 18th.

The work of the Montana Constitutional
Convention has been finally concluded, and
the result of its labors Is seen In the excel
lent instrument, All abstract of which may be
found in another column of the Tribune this
morning. The proposed constitution there
outlined will 60 TO the people for ratification
or rejection at the general election in No
vemoer next. From the harmony that pre-
vailed in the convention and the unanimity
with which all important matters were ad-
justed, IL is probable that the constitution
will be adopted by an almost unanimous vote
of the people OF the Territory. The conven
ton was made up largely Of lawyers and
leading business men from all parts of the
Territory. The press of Montana speaks
III terms of praise both of the convention and
its work. The new constitution embraces
many of the good points to be found in the
constitutions of California, Nevada, Oregon
and other Western States, with such altera
tions as are made necessary by different con-
ditions. One of the most noticeable features
of the paper Is the firm stand it takes against
railroad monopolies, condemniHg dIscIimi-
nation between towns or individuals. The
vexed question of the railroad pass is also set
at rest by strong clause providing that no
judge, legislative or other State officer shall,
during his term of Office, accept for himself,
his family or his employees, any railroad pass
or other mark of favor. Nor shall a member
of the legislature, within three months be-
fore the beginning of his term or after its ey-
piratioD, accept any such pass. The legisla-
ture may enforce this law by appropriate PEN
aities, even to removal from office. This is
plain, unequivocal position, and will at
least make unnecessary the troublesome dis
cuss!on with which many States are now at
fiicted. In the matter of woman's suffrage
the convention did not 60 so far as some of
the neighboring States and Territories have
gone. In all matters pertaining to the COM
mon schools women are gwen the ballot and
they may also hold any office under the
school law. The proposition, however, to
give to women the ballot for general politi-
cal purposes was voted down by large ma
jority. Taken as q whole, the work of the
Convention Is satisfactory, and will give the
people Of Montana, when adopted, one Of the
best State constitutions In the West. The
Convention closed its labors by memorable
ing the President aud Congress, earnestly
asking that Montana be admitted to enjoy
the privileges of Statehood. In the matter
of population and resources, she is fairly en-
titled to admission, though 1t Is not probable
that her demands will be recognized by the
present Congress. Dakota's claims for ad
mission must be considered before Montana
can expect action in her case, and as has been
frequently pointed out the present Congress
is In no mood to do justice TO the growing
Territory of Dakota. Montana Is young,
however, and II her admission is delayed for
a few years she will not suffer materially from
| such postponement.