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RnAKNAIEN,s srNlKE
on the Illinois Central settled After q big
Freikht BlOekAde.

Freight Blockade.
CHICAGO, Nov. l3-There Is no change
in the strike ottb brakemsn Of the Illi-
nois Central railroad. The freight conduc-
tors joined the striking brakemen yester-
day and as consequence no trains have
been rbIe to leave the yards. The side
tracks are filed with cara for which no
crews can be obtained, and their number
is being rapidly swelled by those coming
IN, the crews deserting Immediately on
their arrival in the city. The strikers
first demanded an increase oi wages from
$l5 per month to S5l per month. Then
they changed and asked for II cents per
mile, with allowances for Sunday and over
time. Neither demand has been granted,
aud the strikers say they have made all
the advances they intend 10 make and
that any new move must originate with
the officials Of the company.
After 1o'clock the freight train manned
by the Assistant Superintendent and other
officers OF the road, and consisting Of thir-
ty-seven cars loaded with freight for
Southern points was started from the
yards. II had not proceeded far when 1t
was boarded BY number Of strikers who
took complete possession Of 1t and run It
to O side track about mile irom.theyards
A second train was started ou' about 2
o'clock p. NJ but got no further than For.
ty.third street, when 1t was side-tracked
by the strikers, as was the frst one. AS
far as known no violence was ussd. At 8
O'Clock P. N, Superintendent Beck tele-
graphed to the Chief Of the Hyde Park
Police TO send a detail Of men TO move the
trains.
A committee from tho striking brake
men Of the Illinois Central road had a
satisfactory conference with Superintend-
ent Jeffrey this evening, and the strikers
returned - work. 1t is not known upon
what basis the differences had been ad.
iusted. but apparently the company
Yielded,
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wgIeuKn NTSRLINe's CASE.
Civil Services Reform Gers Severe Twisting
Dat Of SlI tps.

Civil Services Reform Gets n Severe rwiAtinl
oat Of shtpe.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Nov. 13.-Tht
Civil Service Commission hes let down the
bars in the Sterling case in way TO dis
courage friends Of civil service reform
After three days constant waveriug be-
tween true reform methods and their de.
sire Of making 1t possible for Collector
Hedden to sppoint Sterling, they have de
cided on the latter course. Just how fal
the Presidents evident wish that Sterling
should be put in the way 10 succeed, and
Secretary Manning's efforts in that line
Influenced the Commission, 1t Is hard tc
say, but they had much to do with 1t. The
Commission has ordered the entire list o.
thirty who parsed the examination to be
certified to Collector Hedden.
This puts it upon the latter TO select
but gives Sterling, who was twenty.iourth
an equal showing with the irst- They
did have the grace TO have the seven
soIdieTs put at the head Of tho list, With
the evident desire that Hedden may se-
lect one OF them, but they shirk all the
responsibility, and left it with him.
Though the rules can be interpreted tc
allow them this privilege, yet 1t is plainly
violation OF their spirit, and was nsvel
=. sorted to uutil the desire TO help Ster.
ling caused the Commission to 10 TO Q
length never reached before. On the pre-
cendent thus established the Commission
makes the civil service examination moi
competitive, but simply qualifying, and
leaves the whole matter OF election to the
sppointipg officer. II the rules are TO be
stretched to that extent, 1t is regarded as
particularly unfortunate that the first case
should be made with tho purpose of help
ing man like Sterling.
This act will undoubtedly be used to In
lure the new Commission, and it is but
fair 10 cay in Justice tothe new Democratic
members that DormRn B. Eaton was the
one who has been the chief in tho whole
arrangement To thus aid Sterling. The
Democratic members naturally say that
with MIR. Eaton's assent they felt that the
reform element ought TO be satisfied, as he
| is supposed to particularly represen it
This action points decisively toward the
fact brought out hitherto in these dis.
patches ths. the plan is being considered
to certify all who pass examinations, thus
breakipgdown thecompetitivo trtal, though
the particular features oil this present! case
may go arouse the public that no further
steps may be attempted at present;
The only man who now decides who
shall he Weigher is Collector HeddeD,
who first appointed Sterling. 1t is bard
TO SEQ how he can 90 it again, as under
the plain provisions OF the law the seven
soldiers arc entitled to absolute preference,
and il not appointed uedden will beliab!e
TO prosecution. etiiit was not proposed
10 choose Sterling the whole list would
never be certified, n proceeding suspicious
in itself. The Commission ia exceedingly
anxious about the criticism which 1t tx
poets, but tho Democratic members are
likely to feel 1t less than Mr.. Eaton, who
appears TO have acted strangely in the
whole matter.
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NKw YoRx, Nov. IS.-There has been
considerable talk in the newspapers FincO
the defeat Of Davenport and Carr Ct are
viyal Of tho feeling that Mr., Blaine must
be tho National leader in 1883. Mr..
Stephen B. ElkinH has been quoted as say
ing that no one else but Mr., Blaine could
lead the Republican forces In the next
contest In reply to inquiries on the sub
joct by correspondent Tonight, MIR,
Elkins said:
al know Of these rumors, but l pay
little attention to them, Friends OF mine
and friends OF Mr.. Blaine have repeatedly
said that circumstances were forming
(which would lead to this result. have
paid no attention 10 thom. 1888 Is = long
ways oil, and what may occur between
nov and then no one can undertake 70
say. 1t is foolish 10 talk Of what may oc'
cur At such n remote period, and this has
been my repeated statement TO all who
have spoken " me on the subject"
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GENERAL saERIDAS, popularly believed
to hold that the only good Indian is a
dead Indian, urges once more that the 60
luton Of the Indian problem lies in giving
to each. family. a reasonable amount oi
lsud, the implements and stock to cult.
yate it, and teachers to instruct them in
agriculture. For the lands taken he would
pay in Eve percent bonds, the interest on
which would be sufficient to maintain the
family while It was learning to be self
supporting. Whatever the details Of the
plan may be, any enduring settlement oI
the Indian question mustbs based on work
The Indians must be settled and he must
labor for his living. So long as he is q
wanderer, with no responsibilities, he will
be trouble-breeder.
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NEWS IS BRIEF.

The city Of Jeiersonville, Ind, isin debt
1915 900, and must borrow money to pay
the interest.
I'D. Palmer, mail agent between New
Orleans and Marshall, Texas, was arrested
yesterday for robbing the mails.
Testimony is being furnished, through
Virginia newspapers, OF heavy Democratic
frauds in that State at the late election.
Charles Gale, wanted at Richmond, Ind,
on several criminal charges, has been
brought back from Kansas BY Sheriff Cor.
man.
At a public sale OF imported Holstein.
Friesian cattle in Cincinnati, Eixly.iour
animals were sold, the prices realized ag'
greGatiug S!20
The imports OF dry goods at New York
during the past week were valued at ST..
29l ,992, and the amount thrown on the
market at s., ,229,03S.
The Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad
has been transferred toihe Buffalo, Roches-
Ter & Pittsburgh Railroad, the conSidera.
ton being $40, 0,S00,000.
Mas Minnie Bradford, Of Rome, Ill,
tried 20 commit suicide with morphine be-
cause she was not allowed 10 10 TO a party
with particular young man.
John IIinc, who was convicted at
youngstown, Ohio, Of incest, five years
ago, and escaped from the court room, was
arrested Wednesday at Munson, Ohio.
The miners in the Akron and MaRsillon
tOhiol mining districts have decided TO de.
mand ten cent advance, and to receive
part OF their wages on the lst OF every
month. unrt
The new Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad has
been tracked from Baltimore to PhilRdel-
phia, with the exception OF eight miles.
It is expected trains will DO running by
January |.
John II. Claycamp, farmer Of HAmil.
ton county, Ind, was swindled by an
agent for patent feed grinder and
cooker" who induced him to execute a
note iorSl05 50.
The Mexican Government contemplates
tho construction Of canal from Lake reE'
coco 10 Lake HlmpaugO, after which the
water Is TO pas through tunnel five and
Il half miles long. The estimated cost Ia
SiO000O0.
The wages Of all employees OF the Colr-
brookdale Pa Iron Works were reduced
ten percent. A number OF iron ore mines
are preparing to close down for tho winter,
and many men will bo thrown out Of en-
plOymcnt.
The stockholders OF tho Memphis &
ChRrleston railroad bRvC decided 10 Issue
additional at ok amounting to two and a
quarter million dollars to pay of certain
Indebtedness and build the line from
Stevenson, Ala, to Chattanooga, q dis
tRnCG Of forty miles.
General Sheridan, speaking Of his plana
to divide The Indian lands into severalty,
giving 10 each family 800 acres, 30 the
tribal relations might be destroyed, says;
"lf my recommendations had been adopt
ed when first made them, many thon.
sands OF lives and nillionB Oi dollars might
have been saved"
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the last seven days
M reported 10 H. q. Dun ( Co, number
for tho United States 100 and Tor Canada
~ or total Of 223, Rs compared will
40 last week and POI tho week preyions
The considerable increase occurs in the
WeAtsrn and Pacific States and Canada,
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[Galveston is the principal city OF Texas,
and Is situated at the northeast extremity
Of Galveston illand and at the mouth Of
the bay Of the same name, tho entrance
to which is by narrow channel between
the city and the lepg peninsula Of Bolivar.
The bay is an irregular indentation,
branching out into various arms, and re:
ceiving Trinity aud San Jacinto rivers and
Buffalo bayou. The halbor Of the city is
the best In the State, and has twelve feet
Of water over the bar at low tide. There
are several ship.building and repairing
yards, extensive wharves and large store
houses adjoining them. Nearly all the
foreign trade Of tie State Is transacted
here. The principal business Is shipping
cotton. A la-gs commerce Is carried on
with Brazoria By means Of canal. Regu-
lar lines OF steamers rly between Calves
ton and New York, Nsw Orleans and tbs
southwest towns OF TexIs. Ihe city has
several foundries. mach ne shops, cotton
presses, g.. II hiss many elegant stores
and magnificent private residences. The
population Is about the same Gs Wheel
ing
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Th. Eult Against the Globe Hardware Com.
pany-AnSWsr of the Company.
CHIcAdo, Nov. l3.-A few days ago the
Globe Hardware Company, Of New York,
filed a bill in the United States Circuit
Court against Rodney NJ. Whipple and
Others, charging that whIpplo had appro'
prlated large assets Of the company to
his own use and asking for an accounting
Yesterday the company entered its special
appearance, and stated, by A. :. Bradley
ia attorney, that II never authorized the
suit; that James Lloyd, who signed the
bill as solicitor, was not It's lawyer, aud
had no authority TO bring the suit The
company, therefore, asked 70 have the
suit dismissed
Rodney N. Whipplo also fled an Sfii
dayit stating that h1 is the Vice Presi'
dent, Actiag President, and General Man
aper Of the company, and has been Vice
President every since the company or
ganized that Sparrow NJ. EiCkeTson, who
signed the bill az Vice President, Is not
such officer and never had authority 70
bring the suit that he has COnBpired with
Others 10 injuB the company sB much o.
possible ana doiraud II out Of 500, 900, and
this is one Of the means employed by him
for such purpose. Buit has been brought
against him by the company, and this has
intensified his bitter feeling. Whipple
was appointed by Judge BlOdRett receiver
oi the company in February last.
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TWO WARS ON HAND.
.pRIrLsn oRDRRKD 40 ADvANoE
BY the vlesrOy of lndlA-A vigorous Cam.
pAign TO bO uEuratsd-Iiri,lsh Ad--
drossto the BurmosS-sstrlAD Declares
war Against BulEariA-Askirni.h.

CALCUTTA, Nov 1S.-Lord Duherin,
viceroy Of India, has ordered General
Prenderuast, commander OF the Burmah
erpsditionary force, to invade BurmSh
forthwith and proceed with all haste to
capture Mandalay. The British forces
will now cross the frontier Immediately.
Recent dispatches from Rapeoon state
that the Inhabitants Of districts in British
Burmah where no large garrisons are
maintained, are greatly alarmed over re-
ports that King Theebaw has subsidized
$1,000 Dacoites TO Cross the frontier and
begin plundering and numbering at the
first note Of war. The Dacoites are rob.
bers who work in large eangR, and are
noted for their bold exploits. Having
neither baggage nor commissariat, thess
bands travel with marvellous speed, and 1t
will be hard for the British troops to catch
lhaYn
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CINCINNATI, Nov. lS.-M. A. Mcguire,
Of this city, who was reported.droEned at
Coulterville, Tenn, on a fishing txcur-
sion and whose house and business place
here had Grape on their doors, has tele.
graphed 10 his brother that the report was
untrue and the Grape has been ioyfully
taken down. He was caTsized with q
companion and colored boy, aud the re-
port Of his drowning mty have arisen
from the fact that In his efforts 10 cave
the colored boy he reached the shore q
half mile below the point where the fell
into the water.
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WASHINGTON Nov, l3.-The papers con-
ncctcd with appointments in the Treasury
Department must bO tough reading when
It ia necessary to issne m order transfer
ring the ladies from that to other diviG-
ions, and debarring the female sex from
futher employment therein. The reason
assigned Is that the papers with which
that office hss to deal arc not Of such
character that ladies should be compelled
to listen and read tho samo. 1t is stated
that in almost every contest for an office
tho different candidates make charges
against their opponents containing Ian:
rusgs which is unfit for publication, and
accounts Of transactions and CscApades are
given that Higgins has not tho heart to
submit for tho perusGl Of lady employee
when Il Is necessary 10 record and
brief the same, and to his gallaulry is
attributed the issue Of the order transfer
ring them TO another division.
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period OF fifteen years longer than thu
common law confirmed the right Of pro
scription, the question arises, who coulC
give the ChesRpeake &'0hio Canal Com
pany the right to make such use OF thu
water OF the opposite or Maryland side, az
might, In any manner, diminish the full
use OF all the power OF the river at thai
point bv the United States or their grant
ees2 When the Chesapeake & Ohio canal
ives built the company tapped the pond
at Harper's Ferry, thereby supplying their
canal with water for thirty miles, and de-
priying the Government property Of more
than thousand horse power OF water.
sAvERY's CLAIM.
In 1884, Mr.. savery and his company
purchased from the Government the Ar
mory property and the water power en-
tire, as held by tho United States. The
of the company is to put up two
OF the largest wood.pulp and six extensive
paper mills in the United States, which
will give employment 10 500 or 600 men.
They will have use for all the power, and
must necessarily, therefore, refuse any
part Of 1t TO the canal. On the other
hand the. canal company claims itsright to
the entire oTer, and contests the right OF
the West Virginia company 70 use any Of
1t. The simple question involved in the
case Is the title to the water power, and
whether the United States ever had q
right TO It's exclusive use.
Mr.. Butt stated to your correspondent
that he holds that the United States had
an absolute right to the use Of all the water
power that the river Was capable Of pro.
ducing at that point, and that any other
rights were subordinate thereto, both as
legal proposition and upon the grounds of
public policy in providing q means for q
National Armory at which arms and mu-
nitions OF war could be manufactured for
the defense OF the whole nation.
Mr. Savery purchased Of the Govern
ment this property for the sum OF S2j, 900.
He has paid upon the purchase $4,000,
a9d has commenced preparations for the
erection OF the extensive mills mentioned
above. He has also spent large amount
Of money in improvements on the river,
every dollar OF which has been spent in !
the State. l am informed that all the ma
terial, labor, &C., used in the work will be
Of West Virginia production.
The result OF the contest over the title
OF the property will be OF great interest to
our people. The Harper's Ferry men say
there can be no compromise Nth them.
The Canal Company say II the other side
wins the cass il will break them up. Ger
lain 1t is that one OF th- two enterprises Is |
bound 70 20 under. 1t is for the Supreme
Court OF the United States 10 say which,
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QUESTION or yKRAclTY
Raised in the rolophOpo Gases Btf re Sec.
rstAry Lamar.

rstAry Lamar.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l3.-The hearing in
the Bell Telephone case was resumed be-
fore Secretary Lamar, at the Interior Ds.
partDent, this morning. Mr., Young put
in aftilayits by Professors Waite and Pad.
deck. embodyipg result Of experiments
with the RsiSs telephone, and mass Of
testimony in the shape Of tbe patents and
records Of the patents Of Edison, Hughes
and others was also submitted.
The eff lavit OF President Goodwin, OF
the Globe company was also submitted.
He testified that Meucci, owing to his ex.
treme poverty, was oppressed by the Bell
Company in suit brought against him,
and tnat the Bell Company had endeavor.
cd to purchase the claims and patents Of
Meucci.
Mr.. storrow, in reply to this, said the
Bell Company, upon invitation, sent rep
to see Meucci, but that he and
his hi inds, Globs Company people, de-
clired to thow him anything.
Mr.. BeckWith, representing the Globe
Company, offered TO put in counter atti-
davit from FIVE gentlemen TO the effect
that no such invitations had been ex.
tended by the Globe Company, and that
when the Bell Company's representative
called upon President Goodwin and his as-
socia'es, and spoke Of millions Of money,
the Gobe Compaoy's people had taken
out their Eatchts and gave him 20 min
ntes TO leave.
At noon q recess was taken until P. NJ.
to afford Mr.. F, L. Page, an expert, on be-
half OF the Bell Co., an opportunity to ex-
anime the petitioners model, the repro
1uCtion Of the Reiss instruments, which
they claim will transmit articulate speech,
and which on the other hand, the Bell
people claim, have been modified and
made speaking telephone by the intro
1uction oil additional improvements made
since the date Of the Bsll invention; or, in
other words, that the Improvements and
have given the Raiss instru-
ments q yoice,
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Business is entirely suspended. The
calamity is SO great that men choked
with tears in speaking Off. Some score
Of sick people were hurridly removed du-
ring the the conaSgration, and many wo-
men are reported prostrated by the terri
bic excitement. A meeting OF citizens Is
now in progress at the Cotton Exchange
to provide immediate relief for the poorer
victims. Already the rich men OF the city
and the well.te-do, even those who have
lost their elegant mansions have determin-
ed 10 look after and provide for the poor.
er people, and Galveston will probably
make no appeal to the outside world.
Following close on the heels Of a great
strike, which inflicted moneyed loss on
the business men Of Galveston Of fully
s., COO, 900, this calamity Is the climsx TO
the woes and affections Of this city. With
the exception Of half dozen grocery
stores and the iron aud car repairing foun::
dry, where the fire started, no places OF
business we're destroyed. Insurance agents
are nov going over their policies, and 1t is
hoped that by nightisll they will have
completed the insurance list. Telegrams
OF sympathy and offers Of aid are already
pouring in from sister cities in Texas.
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Is IsCLEyELANpACitI CitIMINALI
BIS violation OF Law in GirInE Money for
Political Purposes.

bis NloLAHuh " @@%" - @@S1NS 49,
Political Purposes.
NEW YoRx. Nov. l3.-It has been claimed
that President Cleveland has rendered
himself liable To fine and imprisonment in
banding 81 900 to Secretary Lamont to be
placed at the disposal Of the New York
Democratic State Committee, 1t being a
violation OF Section II OF the civil service
law, Forbid dding U. S. Government officers
giving money to other officers OF the Gov
ernment for political purposes under pen
atty Of fine and imprisonment. The fol.
lowing Is the opinion Of the U. S. District
Attorneys Office: =,
alf the President has committed such
'ofFsnse it must have been in Washington
The arrest, II any, would take place there.
II even Secretary Lamont did hand the
Dsmocratic State Committee here 81 coo
that ia no ofFense against the civil service
law. He did not give the money 70 any
officer or person In the service oi the
United States. So far as the law is con
cerned here, where the money WAS given
10 the committee, 1t does not matter where
Secretary Lamont got the money. 1t IL
not asserted that the President gave Secre
tary Lamont the money in tbls district
What he may have done in Washington
ID for that district 10 attend 70"
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oh.,re, Araln.t orool,. sesuls

DENlSe, N. NJ, Nov. 1s.-The people Of
this section, especially the rsnchmep, are
indignant at General Crook on account OF
his declaration that there are no hostile
Indians in the Territory, and that the peo-
plc are secure Many Of them go so far
as to say the General will not be secure
II he comes this way before the bitterness
aroused by the recent massacre has died.
out. Information has reached here that
some Of the very scouts that Crook has
employed in the futile campaigns were
among the band of red devils who lest
week murdered ]. K. Yater and his wife.
Mrs. Yater was outraged before being
but;hered. Her entrails were cut out
before she died. The family came from
Sedalia, No, and was much. respected.
The same band burned John Shey's house
during his absence. They wounded
Shay's little son, but hc escaped in the
bFuBh.
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ToLEDo, Nov. 1s-MIke schesciskuski,
a Pole, was seriously shot last night by
George Reed. while stealing corn from
Reeds field, near Forest Cemetery. Reed
had arrested the thief and warned bim he
would shoot him II he attempted 70
escape. When near Reeds house, SChes.
ciskuski broke away and started TO run,
when Reed fred two shots, with the above
result. Reed is held to await the result of
SchesCiskuBki's injuries.