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ODELL's CIRCULAR.
General Gresham Furnishes the House with
Copy of the Document.

General Gresham Furnishes the House with
a Copy of the Document.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-Postmaster general
Gresham to-day, in response to the resolution of
the House calling for information concerning the
alleged distribution in the departments of circu-
lars asking contributions from clerks for political
purposes, says:
'In reply, I have the honor to state that on
Saturday, the ath inst, I was informed that
there had been distributed in the department a
number of circulars, of which the following is a
copy:
" To Indiana Republicans in Washington
:" The Republican State central committee is
now organizing the State for the ensuing cam
paign, with great confidence of success, if its eff
forts are properly seconded
" Your attention is respectfully invited to the
fact that money is now needed to meet the ex-
penses of the preliminary work, and the commit
tee must rely your zeal and sense
Of justice for assistance in this matter. They
have sent a subscription paper, asking voluntary
contributions from all true Republicans of the
State now in Washington, which has been placed
in my hands, and am ready to receive such
subscriptions and remit the proceeds to them.
1.-THE plan is to take monthly subscriptions for
six months, payable at the first of each month.
Please inform me at once the amount which you
will contribute, beginning Dec. l, 1883.
Respectfully, etc,
" w S. ODELL'"
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Reduction of the Public Debt.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The Secretary of the
Treasury has furnished the Senate an answer to
its resolution of inquiry adopted motion of
Mr.. Beck concerning the sinking fund, from
which itappears thatthe total debt of the United
States, less cash in the Treasury at the maxi
mum point Aug. 81, 1865, was 50, 756, 43I, ,57l.
June 30 1885, it was 81, 551, ,091, POI, showing
reduction in the debt, including interest, less
cash in the Treasury, of $l,2O5, $40, 1863, or $455
1I5, 1888 more than would have been supplied by
the sinking fund under the provisions of sections
3649 and 1896 of the Revised Statutes, had the
requirements of the sinking fund acts embodied
in these sections been strictly complied with.
The principal of the public debt has been de-
creased in the period 5000, AT ,39S or $2l0-
S6S beyond the amount stated as required for
the sinking fund.
The Secretary says the requirements of the
law that fixed proportion of the existing debt
shall each year be paid, render it imperative the
purchase or redemption of United States bonds
Other provisions of the laws are cited permitting
the use of the surplus money of the Treasury in
payment of the public debt.
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Court and indictment of Albert e. Boone, C.
G. Cabel, NJ. j. Donihue, Charles D. Dickson, E.
J. Sweet. w. w. jackson, Kate U. Armstrong,
A. o. Buck. and others, with services in the
cases of Lilley and Boone, there being in all
twenty three indictments constant consultation
with the Attorney general, and advice in the
cases at Philadelphia, attending cor
respondence, making eight journeys
from New York to Washington, and
back, and forty-eight days absence from home,
entirely devoted to these cases, besides much
labor and time bestowed upon them in New
York, all since the settlement of the former ac-
count and prior to date, 5000.
Expense Account-$41S to Geo. Bliss, Jan. 6
to March l6 1883, So, 7OO Geo. Bliss, April 5,
1883, 81, 700; Geo. Bliss, Nov 10, So, 200; VIM. A.
Cook, services as special United States district
attorney, 81 449 and $3.50 still due; W. w.
Ker, $3l, ,S77; R. F. Merrick, $l7 800; Benz. HI.
Brewster, account for services in the cases of the
United States against Brady and others, known
as the star-route cases, S., ,000 Allen Pinkerton,
S, 1926; A NJ. Gibson, $1,000; various detectives,
do 170
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WASHINGTON, Jan, 8.-The corrected estimates
for corn and wheat, taken from the report of
the Commissioner of Agriculture, for the year
1888, show some interesting facts. For instance,
it has been generally supposed that the West pro
duced more corn per acre than the Eastern and
New England States Such, however, is not the
case. Take for example, the New England
States: In Maine the yield per acre is 35 bushels
New Hampshire Sc. Vermont 81, Massachusetts,
49, Rhode Island 81 New Jersey 2S The South
States yield from to rs bushels per acre.
while the West from l9 to 36. Take the State of
Indiana: The average is 81 bushels per acre; in
Illinois it is %, Missouri 25 Kansas 36, New
Mexico 20. These figures if they show anything,
show that the people OF the East are more indus
trious than the people Of the South and West,
for it is a wellknown fact that the lands of the
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
The President Recommends the Passage of
a Separate Appropriation Bill.

The President Recommends the Passage of
Separate Appropriation Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8-The President to-day
transmitted to Congress the following message:
II transmit herewith a communication from
the Secretary of War, submitting the annual re-
port of the Mississippi River Commission. l take
this occasion to invite the early attention of Cen
gress to the continuation of the work on the Mis-
sissippi river which has been carried on under
the plans of the Commission. My sense of the
Importance of the improvement of this river,
not only to the people of the Northwest, but es-
pecially to the inhabitants of the lower Mssis-
sippi river valley, has already been expressed in
a special communication to the last Congress.
The harvest of grain and cotton products in the
region bordering the Mississippi is so vast that
1T will be of national Importance, and the project
now being executed for their cheap transporta-
tion should be sufficiently provided for.
The Commission reports that the results
due to the still uncompleted works have been re-
markable, and give the highest encouragement
for expecting the ultimate success of the i'm
provement The act of Aug. 2, 1882 appropri-
ated S. 1913, 900 for the work on that part of the
river below Cairo.
''The estimates of the commission already
transmitted to Congress call for So GOO 900 for
continuation of the works below Cairo and it ap
pears from the report that all of the last appro
hausted, aud that there is urgent need of an inn
mediate appropriation OF $l,000 600 to continue
the work without loss of time, in view of the ap-
proach of the food season and attendant dan
gers. l therefore recommend to Congress the
early passage of separate bill on this subject.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR
Executive Mansion, Jan. s, 1854"
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FRANCIS JOSEPH.
Official Announcement that the Emperor WIZ
Visit the Pope.


Visit the Pope.
LONDON Jan. 8.-The Emperor Francis Jo-
seph, of Austria, it is announced officially will
make visit to the Pope and will accept official
receptions in Turin, Milan and Rome In the
Italian capital the Emperor viii become the
guest of King Humbert, and will reside at the
Quirinal The programme forthis imperial visit
is so similar to that which was made for the re-
cent official visit of the German Crown Prince as
to impress Italians with the conviction that it's
inspiration also originated at Friedrichsruhe
The Roman officials of the italian temporal
power have, however, made haste to deny pub
licly that they entertain any fears to the possi
BILE political effects of Francis Josephs visit. The
Irridentists, on the other hand have called
meetings to arrange for hostile demonstrations
against the Austrian Emperor because of the
persecution and execution of Oberdank. The
most astutc of the italian politicians do not hes
itate to declare their belief that il will be unwise
and possibly perilous to the managers of the inn
perial journey to carry out that part of the an
nounced programme which arranges for demon
stratOns in Turin and Milan in honor of the
Austrian Emperor. The Turnese and Mianese
are excited over the proposed visit, and in a
mood to resent it as an insult to Italian unity.
The editors of Turin and Milan have already in-
augurated hostile agitation by reminding the
people of the bitterness of the unforgotten
struggle between the northern Italian states and
Austria, and it would surprise no one who well
knows the people of northern Italy if they
should, in their treatment of Francis Joseph,
greatly outdo the Parisians who insulted AL
fOnSo
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The Hennepin Canal.

The President also sent to Congress a special
message in respect to the construction of the
Hennepin canal. Accompanying the message
are copies of the act of the General Assembly of
Illinois, ceding to the United States the Illinois
and Michigan canal, record of the State Off
ces, the vote upon the proposition to cede the
canal at the State election succeeding the act of
cession, and the letter of the chief of engineers
transmitting to the Secretary of War the report
of the surveys of the proposed Hefsnepin canal.
Ii the message the President says:
II submit communication from the Gov
ernor of the State of Illinois, with a copy of the
act of the General Assembly of the State
rendering to the United States a cession
of the Illinois and Michigan canal,
upon condition that it be enlarged
and maintained as a national waterway
for commercial purposes. The proposed cession
is an element of the subject that Congress had
under consideration in directing, by the act of
Aug. 2, 1882, a survey for canal from point
on the Illinois river at near the town of Hen
nepin, to the Mississippi river, at OK above the
city of Rock Island, the canal to be not less
than seventy feet wide at the water line, and not
less than seven feet in depthsof water and also
a survey of the Illinois and Michigan Canal and
estimate of the cost of enlarging it to the
dimensions of the proposed canal between Hen
nepin and the Mississippi river. The surveys
ordered in the above act have been completed a
report upon them was includedin the last annual
report of the Secretary of War, and copy is
herewith submitted 1t tappears from these papers
that the estimated yield of corn, wheat and oats
in 1882, in the States of Illinois, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska; was
more than 1000, 900, 600 bushels. 1t is claimed
that if the cheap water transportation route,
continuous from the Atlantic ocean to Chicago,
is extended to the upper Mississippi by such a
canal, great benefit in the reduction of freight
charges would result to the people of the upper
Mississippi valley, whose productions have been
only partly noted, not only upon their ship
ments, but upon the goods used by them, which
are now taken from the Eastern States by water
only as far as Chicago AS matter of great
interest, especially to citizens of that part of the
country, commend the general subject to your
consideration. CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
'EXECuTIvE MANSION. Jan s. 1884,
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MINOR MATTERS.
A Constantly Increasing Demand for Copies
of the Rebellion Record.

A Constantly Increasing Demand for Copies
of the Rebellion Record.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The demand for the
rebellion record, which is being published by the
War Department, under the supervision of Col
Scott, of the Third United States Artillery, is
largely in excess of the supply. The distriou-
ton of the work is directed by members of Con
gress, under an act of Congress, each member
having about twenty sets at his disposal Under
the law, this work is distributed by the Secre-
tary of War upon the order of Senators and
Representatives the purpose of the law being to
insure complete sets to libraries and persons
designated by members. Eleven volumes of the
record have been issued, and the demand for
copies increases with the issue of each additional
volume. AS the edition is limited by law, this
demand for back volumes cannot be supplied
without the authority of Congress. 1t is under
stood that joint resolution to extend the edition
will be introduced, and as all the back volumes
have been stereotyped, the increase can be made
without material expense.
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BOOMING MDONALD.
Circulating Copies of the PhOenician Ship
Building Effort in the East.

Circulating Copies of the Ph0nieian Ship
Building Effort in the East.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON Jan. SIT is learned that the
speech recently made by ex-senator Mcdonald
before the Democratic editors of Indiana has
been sent to New York and other commercial
points in the East ornamented with blue pencil
marks evidentally in the hope that Mr.. Nc
Donald will catch the free-trade strength in
this section. The fact that marked copies of the
speech have been sent to Democratic Ward As
sociations in New York city, shows that those
who are managing this matter for Mr.. Mcdonald
are tolerably well informed as to the manner in
which the local machinery in New York is con
trolled. Mr.. Tilden's adherents are reported as
regarding the movement as an unwarrantable
interference in field that belongs to the Sage of
Gramercy park, and at such clubs as are under
Mr.. Tilden's influence, Mr.. McDonald's speech
has been consigned to the waste-paper basket
instead of being placed on file. ''The old tick
ct" will not be outfanked in any such childlike
manner, if Sammy can prevent it.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Sums Paid Special Attorneys Employed in
the Star-Route Cases.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 8..-Secretary Folger to-
day transmitted to the Senate a transcript of the
expenditures of the Department of Justice. In
cluded in the mass of vouchers are those for pay
ments on account of services to special attor-
neys, detectives, ETC., engaged in the star-route
cases. The following is a list of the items
George Bliss, Nov 8, 1881 (unitemized), So,
800; Sept. 8, 1881, services for two days at Long
Branch, in consultation with the Attorney-gen-
eral and others; Sept. A. 1881, services for two
days at Long Branch in consultation with the
Attorney general and others; Sept Is, 1881, an
entire day in the library of the Law Institute,
examining authorities as to ''informations;
Sept. 80, eleven days in Washington in consulta-
ton with the Attorney general and counsel in
preparation of the ''informations," against Brady
and others; Oct. 81, 1881, three days
at Philadelphia and Washington; Oct 30, 1881,
three days in Washington; Nov 5, 1881, four
days in Washington in argument on the motion
to rescind the order permitting the 'informa-
ton" to be fled Nov. Z, 1881, drawing the COM
plant against f. B. Lilley, the same date draw
ing complaint against George T. Brott Nov 16
1881, three days in Washington preparing com
plants and procuring warrants against Brott
and Lilley, A. o. Buck, VIM S. Berringer and
Albert e. Boone; Nov. "a 1881, seven days in
Washington; Dec 2, 1881, five days in Washing
ton; Dec. IL, four days in Washington; Dec. H.
one day in Washington; Dec. "a, two days in
Washington; Dec 81, five days in Washington;
Sept IA to Dec. 25 1881, constant services in New
York, between these days, other than those oc-
cupied as above. Total 81, 900.
Disbursements-Sept 8 to Dec. "a mot item
,zed, So, $50; March 2, 1882 to George Bliss, for
services as counsel in the star-route cases in
making preparation for the grand jury cases
against Dorsey, Brady, Miner Peck, VAIL Rer-
DELL Sanderson and Turner; examination of wit
nesses; arrest and examination in the Police
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SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN.


Broken Down from Overwork to Superintend
His New Opera.
London Special.
Sir Arthur Sullivan, who has been dangerously
i'll ever since the production of princess Ida"
on the 9th inst, is this evening pronounced by
his attending physicians to be slightly better
The extremely critical nature of Sir Arthur's
condition has been concealed until to-day. 1t is
now ascertained that his physical system has
been reduced to the point of exhaustion by an
almost continuous series of fainting fits, which
began early on Sunday morning, and which
were not conquered until late this afternoon. 1t
is now stated that the composer exhausted his
energies in the attempt to finish the musical
composition of princess Ida which he did not
undertake until the last moment, and which he
guaranteed to have completed for production
on New Years day. Before his task was done
he was weak and emaciated, and was warned
against over eXertion. This he dsregarded, and
when he placed his work IN the hands of the Or
chestia he insisted experimenting the re-
hearsals. During one of these he was attacked
by severe cold, which, through neglect sue
ceeded in settling upon his lungs and inducing
extreme prostration. He, however, pcrsevered
keeping his engagement to lead the orchestra
upon the presentation of the opera. last Satur-
day night During she initial performance the
cold produced acute neuralgia. AT the close of
the performance Sir Arthur swooned behind the
scenes Immediately after having retired from
his appearance with Mr.. Gilbert before the foot
lights, in answer to the calls from the audience
scous, in which state he remained almost CON
tinuously that evening. 1t has been learned
that he sustained himself during the last weeks
rehearsal by liberal use of mOrphia
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The Body of Captain Webb.

BUFFALO. N. Y, Jan. S.-The widow of Cap
tain Webb, who was drowned in the whirlpool
rapids of Niagara last July, arrived at Suspen
sion Bridge to-day from Boston. When Webb's
remains recovered they were buried in the
cemetery at Suspension Bridge, incosed in pine
box, and without funeral ceremonies. 1t was
the intention of Mrs Webb to have them re
moved to Boston this winter, but finding the eX-
pense too great she comes to Suspension Bridge
and on Wednesday will have the body taken up
and reinterred in private lot with proper
funeral ceremonies.
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DeLong and Companions.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-Secretary Chandler is
making arrangements to have the bodies of
Lieutenant-commander DeLong and companions
appropriately received on arrival in New York
He will direct commission of naval officers to
receive the bodies, and that they be accompanied
by relatives and friends of the deceased Upon
reaching New York, the bodies will be taken to
the New York navy yard, where a temporary
vault will be erected, in which they will remain
until finally inferred In accordance with the
wishes of friends
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 8-The House committee
on military affairs will report favorably the bill
relative to the date of mastering in certain Off
GERS. The object of the measure is to pay these
officers for all the time that they served. Mem
bers of the committee are of the opinion that
nearly every regiment in the late war had one or
two officers who will be affected by the bill In
some instances they served year or more be
fore they were mustered in.
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Combinations.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The Senate confirmed
the following nominations to-day:
James Braden, Indiana, receiver of public
moneys, Walla Walla, w. t.; Arthur ]. Shaw,
receiver of public moneys, Lewiston, 1. t..
Charles F. Gardner, receiver of public moneys,
Sacramento, Cal: Thomas j. Sherwood, receiver
of public moneys Marysville, Cali Jere D.
Hyde, register of the land office at Visalia, Cal;
John G. Bradley, register of the land Office at
Marysville, Cal. David Walker, register of the
land Office at Bodie, Cal.
The President has nominated Chief Engineer
Charles H. Loring chief of the bureau of steam
engineering of the Navy Department.
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Tho Nirern,s CreNv.

LoNpoN. Jan. S.-The government of the
Dutch East Indias has sent troops to the west
coast of Acheen to compel the Raiah to surrender
the crew of twenty-five men of the steamer
Nisero wrecked there in November last The
vessel was plundered and destroyed by the
Achenese. Among the captives are Second OH
Ger Moore, two Italians, two Germans, two'Nor-
wegians, and one American. The British gun
boat Pegasus, sent to their relief in December
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Interstate Commerce.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-An interstate com
merce bills before the committee on commerce
will be considered by the whole committee, and
have precedence of all other business The chair
man of the committee has been instructed to
report back to the House at any time for refer
ence to the committee on rivers and harbors, all
river and harbor approximation bills and papers.
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CAIRO, Jan. S.-Nubar Pasha thinks the Sou
dan tribesare without cohesion, and may be left
to plunder one another.
Ell Mahdi's brOther-in-law, captured at Esneh
has been brought to Cairo He affrms the re-
port that the Mahdi will not fight Turkish troops
but will do his utmost to make common cause
with them to expel foreigners from Egypt
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Texas Land Frauds.

AUSTIN, Tex. Jan. 8.-The minority report of
the land fraud board calls attention to the pro-
vision of the constitution prohibiting sales of
public land except to actual settlers and in lots
not to exceed l60 acres. The reportrecommends
that where the law has been violated the Legis-
lature shall direct the officers to proceed to the
recovery of the property and return of the
money to the parties Immense tracts are in
un,lA
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Ruined Cave and Cliff Cities.

WAsHrNeToN Jan. s.-James Stephenson, Of
the geological survey, has reported to Major
Howell, as one of the results of last seasons
work, the discovery of several more ruined cave
and cliff cities, differing in some respects from
any before examined. The most remarkable
was village with sixty five underground dwell
lings situated near the summit of of the vol
canic foot hills of the San Francisco mountains,
Arizona
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Fatally Hurt.

PTTTsBURG, Jan. 8-Two accidents are report
A boy named Avery, while shoveling snow from
q four-story house on Liberty street, slipppd
from the roof and was fatally injured. About Z
o'clock Annie Dunn, aged twelve, was struck by
o brick knocked from house and her skull frac-
tured Both will die.
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Fatal Railroad Accident.

LEXINGTON, KY, Jan. ga train was thrown
from the track on the coal road at Olive Hill to-
day. S. M. Cunningham, superintendent, was
tilled, and Charles Baehman severely injured.
Cunningham came from Oswego N. Y, three
weeks ago to take charge Of the road.