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UNION PACIFIC.
Month OF October.
Number OF miles APO 4266 4,4Ib
Gross earnings. t2S4SOo9 S26492lf S276SbZI
Operating expenses. l,64S,763 124S20S 1.4f46i4
Net earnngs......... sl,2es,296 sl4Ol0O6 slS2SesS
Jan. TO Oct 81.
Gross earnings S2S7G7s69 s2os23469 s2ll474O5
Operating expenses. 1880 l0l l2,426l76 l33227Sl
Net for ten months. .sll415.7s5 $S497293 $7sls62
earnings Of under 1884, S67s $50
met earnings for ten months OF SS5 under
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Kan Pac LIST. .....l qos, pOz.i eos.l ooz.l os ooo
G ~ st l. lst... D2Sl 92s,I e9al 02s. Ia000
Ohio Cent Riv div lst ia Ia ia Ia Loon
sems, n d ID ID ... HI Is. 500O0
Tea q st l.. NJ q A div
Imp. .-................. g..
West Shore cer.........I 4BTsI a A6Is Al $4,000
TotA amount s3ll 800
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the Good'haw Mining Company has levied an assess
mont Of % cents per share.
CLOSING PRICES or BOSTON, STOCKS.
Boston, Dec. 7. 1888.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-08

CLOSING Prices or PHILADELPHIA STOOES
reported by JOIN IT, DAVIS & Co.. No. Il Wdii.sL
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Good Oriinarv....... 9l6 Low Mddling....... ll6
Good Dr ia Niddng Rl%l8
Futures opened to points lower closing that much
higher after moderate trade. gales. eO.3OO bales.
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UoyDs 4yD BIvK ST1ctS.

.0s scl.crlOdlys
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
THE NEW SECRETARIES
Eayard and Villas Criticised-Lamar Sur
prisinG Everybody.

Eayarl and Villas Cri;icised-Lamar Sur
PrisinG Everybody.
Special TO the Globe.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE new hesds
OF the departments seem 70 be taking hold
of their work with combined intelligence
snd energy. There has been some disposi-
tion to reflect on Secretary Baysrd because
he did not take some steps in regard to the
Bsrrios affair in Central America, but the
more thoughtful say frankly that his course
was probably wiser one than one Of inter
ference would have been.
Postmaster General Villas is making a good
deal of feeling by his method of management
in regard % visitors. But it is necessary
owing 10 the crowd. He receives only QUE
at q time. keeping others waiting, no matter
whether they bc congressman or others. It
Is no uuususl thing for 4 number Of con-
grcssmeu 70 20 away iChtiug mad because
they are kept waiting half an hour 10 take
their turn among the crowd % Office seekers.
Secretary Lamar has everybody admitted
"a his room as they come along and this
keeps those waiting in pretty good humor,
FOR they all see how hard b. is worked and
how much bored, aud are not only content
20 wait, but mskc their own visits shorter for
this reason. Assistant Secretary Of the Iu-
terror CLARK has not been able % do sny
work siuce his arrival in Washington and Is
uow coudnej 20 hts bed with 4 serious al
tack of mSlsri&l fever, which
b. contracted before leaving Mis-
sissippi In the meantime Secretary
Lamar is surprising everybody by his lS6or-
ious attention 70 The details OF business, =
Esid an ofsicial in he department yesterday
ssWheu Mr.. Lamar first came here we were
told that be would not do anything but r.
ceive visitors aud rad classic books. Bat
he isa regular worker himself and has Al
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
"HUCKLEBERRY FINN"
Mark Twain's New Book Excluded From a
Public Library.

Mark TWatns New BOOK Excluded From q
Public Library.
Special to the Globe.
CONCORD, Mass, March 17.-The Concord
public library committee has unanimously
decided to exclude from the shelves of that
institution Mark Twain's new book, 'tHuck-
leberry Finn" Said mem Der of the COM
mittee, "While 1 do not wish to state 1t as
my opinion that book is absolutely immoral
in its tone. Still it seems to me that If con-
tains but very little humor and that little is
of coarse type. If it were not for the au-
thor's reputation the book would undoubt-
edly meet with severe criticism. / regard it
as the yeriest trash" Another member saws
81 have examined the book
aud nv objections TO it are
these: 1T deals with series Of adventures
of a very low grade Of morality; it is couched
in language of a rough, ignorant dialect, and
all through fits pages there is a systematic use
of bad grammar and an employment of rough,
coarse, iuelegant expressions. 1t is also very
irreverent To sum up, the book lie
fIippant and irre7erent in its style. 1t deals
with a series of experiences that are certainly
not elevating. The whole book is Of class
that is more profitable for the slums than it
is for respectable people, and it is trash of
the veriest sort"
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
That Secret Arrangement.

LONDON, March 17.-Gladstone, in the
house of commons this morning, read dis
patch from Sir Edwin Thornton, British am
bassador at st. Petersburg, in response to
Granville's request to know if England's un-
derstanding of the arrangement with Russia
was the same as that entertained by De Giers
De Gers, Gladstone read, states that the
Russian troops will not advance from the
position occupied by them, provided the
Afghans do not advance, or unless some ex-
traordinary reason be given, such as disturb
ances in Penjdeh. Stringent orders have
been sent the Russian commander to use
every possible means to avoid a conflict or
incitement to conflict. The above orders
will be repeated and several interrogations
were at once put, but Gladstone declined to
answer them and deprecated any further
questioning of the government upon the
question at present.
Gladstone, in connection with the Afghan
inquiries, stated that the demand of the
British govern nment for the withdrawal of the
Russians from their advanced position had
lapsed. This announcement was received
with irOnical cheers.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
Condition of Gen. Grant.

NEW YORK, March 17.-At the residence
Of Gen. Grantithis forenoon, Col. Fred Grant
stated that DR.. Douglas was mistaken in be-
lieving the general asleep when the doctor
left last night The general breads TO be a
burden on any one, and closed his eyes and
lay quiet until the physician left the house.
Then he became restless and was awake all
night. This forenoon he has had no long
sleep, but dozed while sitting in two easy
chairs. Mrs Szrtoris viii arrive in the
steamer Baltic.
Dr.. Douglas, zster his visit to Gen. Grant
to- night, said ''tbe general had q sleepless
night, but ne made it up to-day. He slept
much in the afternoon and was much re-
freshed By IT, He was at 11:30 tonight in
sound slumber. His temperature is normal
and pulse about the same. De talked and
acted brighter tonight than in several days.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
Civil Service a Humbug.
Special to the Globe.

Speclal 10 tue GlOOe
WASHINGTON, March 17.-'I am not much
Of a believer in this civil service law as the
administration seems to be trying to enforce
it," said Hon. Casey Young of Tennessee, as
be sat musing by the fire yesterday after a
large delegation of Office seekers had taken
their leave. ''Ihave noticed that the stealings
that have come to surface in past years have
in all cases been by men who have been
long time in position. am of the opinion
that there ought to be occasional changes in
office; that men are likely TO get not only
corrupt but careless. Then, too, the rules
under which these examinations are carried
on are, it seems to me, absurd. l imagine
that there are questions propouuded to the
candidates for positions the president him
self could not answer to-day. Certainly they
are many of them of character not at all
bearing on the duties that the applicant will
have to perform. For instance, do not see
what difference it makes with the efficiency of
an ordinary observation-disclosures clerk
whether he knows the distance from
Jupiter to Saturn or is able to perform the
most abstruse mathematical calculations, or
can tell the number of miles of railroads in
this country or in the world. 1t seems to me
that civil service as now managed is hum
bug. | do not say that proper civil service
would not be valuable. Indeed, l think it
would, but it is absurdly managed now"
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
A Centre Shot.



The st. Paul (Minn.) GLOBE fires centre
shot at those who hold up their hands in hor-
rar at the idea of Southern man being
placed at the head of the department which
has Jurisdiction of the pension bureau" "
After citing the fact that for years the Repub-
lican organs and politicians have been claim
ing that return to Democratic rule by the
aid of the electoral vote Of the solid south
would mean the payment Of "rebel claims"
and the withholding of pensions from union
soldiers and their families, the GLOBE says:
ssThe persistency with which these false
hoods nave been uttered has induced many
ignorant but honest people TO credit them and
vote against Democratic candidates on that
account For this reason, il no other, Mr..
Cleveland did wise thing to put southern
man at the head Of the interior department,
for be viii kill the seed OF poisonous section
alism By the practical proof that the pension
bureau can be run more honestly and more
advantageously for the Union pensioner by a
Southern Democrat than it has been BY any
Republican. Mr. Lamar Is national man,
aud has done more TO heal the animosities
Of section al bias and prejudice than any man
in the South, He is a man Of broad and
thorough craftsmanship and will lend char
acter and influence to the administration. )"
Good for the GLOBE. If the people OF the
North could have been induced 10 trust the
sd1th as soon a. the war closed, the era Of
good feeling would have dawned long ago.
The radical politicians were "afraid" to trust
Us for the simple reason that TO do so was TO
refute the hbels from which their party drew
its life blood
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
London scandal Aired in chancsrr

LONDON, March lin the chancerv
division of the supreme court argument was
heard on motion to commit to prison
Charles Hoare, of the banking firm Of the
Messrs. Hoare, for contempt of court, be-
cause in 1SS2 be received letters from Beatrice
sumner, then ward in chaucery, despite the
Introduction of the court. The evidence pre-
sented showed that Hoare, a married man.
paid attentions TO Miss Sumner when she had
hardly left the nursery. Her father inter
fered sud obtained an injunction prohibiting 2
HoSre from continuing his attentions TO the
girl This order, however, was disobeyed By
the defendant Notice was given to-day Of
the motion for eOmmittal Of Lady Chzl-
moudely for infringing the injunction By
forwarding letters from Miss Sumner to
Hoare and receiving replies from him and
imparting them 20 Miss Sumner When
Miss Sumner attained her majority she went
to live with Hoare IS his wife, and the union
resulted in toe birth OF child Hoare ad-
vanced her father, Capt Sumner. q. 900 TO
save him from ruin. and also settled sums Of
money on Miss Sumner and her child. The
case was adjourned for further hearing.
LOSDoS. March 17.-Auuesley, British
consul general 81 Hamburg, has sent letter
TO Granville describing tie African svndi-
cate Of Hamburg as 5 chamber 70 promote
the extension OF German and extinction OF
British trace in tEs Serusn colonies The
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
The Hazen Trial.

WASHINGTON, March 17.-The examina-
ton of Gen. Hazen continued to-day before
the general court martial. He testified that
the newspaper interview complained of was
inaccurate in several particulars and that he
was not aware he was being interviewed with
a view to publication. There was decided
sensation in court when Gen. Hazen with
great feeling said; Il had no official re-
spousibility for the decisions OF the secretary
Of war had the responsibility to do every
thing in my power for the relief of the expe-
dition-the responsibility which one man
bears to another. There was no fortune
which possessed, no energy which I pos
sessed, that was not due to those imperiled
men to help them out. l was ready to spend
every cent possessed, andi in 1882 when Nep-
tune was to be sent and congress was late in
making the appropriation for it, l engaged
that vessel on my responsibility. / would
have done the same thing in 1888 if had
been permitted to do it, \ cross-examina-
ton Of the witness then began, but nothing
important was elected up to the time the
court adjourned. a
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
GIVE GROVER A CHANCE.
Besieged by Fifty Thousand Office
Seekers and Cranks Who Want
10 Kill Him,
He Has Not Been Able TO Formulate
a Policy but Will Prove jack
SOnlan Democrat.
The Removal of Governor Pierce Requested
Miller Not Yet COnfrmed-0ther Ex-
ecutive Session Work.
The New Secretaries at Their Desks-Long
Cabinet Meeting-White House Re-
ceptiOn-General News,
snecial to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
New YORK, March NV. L. Scott of
Erie is in the city, having just returned from
Washington. In conversation tonight he
said: ''The newspapers will not have much
TO talk about this week. Give the president
a chance. 1t isn't fair to form ex-
pressions now whatever may be
ones impression. There is no living man
who could meet the problems that have been
submitted at Washington and settle them IN
SO short time. 1t isn't fair to expect it.
Here is Mr.. Cleveland besieged by 10000
men from all over the country. They want
to shake his hand or ask as a favor or an
appointment. On top of that are a lot
of cranks who want to kill him.
and he knows that two men have already
been sacrificed to the rabble. In such press
no man could formulate policy or settle
anything Give him chance and we shall
soon see what stuff be is made of, and
whether or not we have elected
Jackson Democrat. ''What is his
hardest problem!'' he was asked.
Il think it is the New York postofice." he
replied. ''It is giving him more concern
anu JFouOle tHdH an " lnluS eIee' MS u0Si-
sion there will be the king pin Of the whole
administration. AS to what will be done l
can't even venture suggestion" Among
politicians here it is now predicted
that Pearson viii not be reappointed.
Bets of to are offered that way, yet the
Mugwumps firmly believe that he will be re-
tained. Carl Schurz to-day said ''Mr.
Pearson will be reappointed. am satisfied
of that, because I know that Mr.. Cleveland
wants TO reappoint him. 1 don't believe
that Thompson will be made collector. The
president is doing we'll He is an earnest
man and has more brains to-day than Mr..
Blaine"
Some remark being made about the South
and elections, Schurz said: ELECTIONS in
the South are as free as in New York City"
Schurz' opinion as to the collectorship is
confirmed in Democratic circles. The pres
idcnt cannot afford at present to invite a
fight with the Republican senate, which would
follow on Tnom psOu's appOintment.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
FOREIGN Affairs in the Senate.

WASHINGTON, March 17.-In the discussion
Of Central American affairs in the senate,
the pending question being a resolution
offered last Friday by Senator EdmuDds de-
cIaring it to be the sense Of the senate that
Barrios, president Of Guatemala, should be
prevented from carrying on his scheme OF
annexing the neighboring republics. The res
elution was criticised as amounting subStan-
tally TO declaration Of war, and Senator
ingalls, proposed an amendment TO modify 1t
in this regard. The amendment was lost.
The senate then adopted the resolution With
only seven negative votes. Senator Ed
munds moved that the injunction OF secrecy
be removed from the resolution, and the vote
upon it, but single objection carried it over
under the rules for day.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
CABINET MEETING,
Foreign Affairs and New Appointment:
Discussed.


Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE cabinet ses-
sion to-day lasted two hours and all the mem4 q
oers were in attendance. The first portion
OF the session was taken up in the discussion
OF the Central American situation, and the
preliminary steps already taken by Senator
Bayard to protect American interests were
indorsed. Secretary Whitney had previously
ordered two vessels from New Orleans
to South American waters, and one
other, the Massachusetts, sailed to-day.
From drippings which leak from the cabinet
sanctuary there is reason to believe that
quite number of important appointments
were agreed upon, including first assistant
postmaster general. commissioner of Indian
affairs, and the land office, and two OF the
auditors of the treasury. For the first assist
ant postmaster general the race seems to be
between ex-Congressman Stephenson OF Hi
nois and Nicholas Bell of Missouri. Ex-
Congressman Atkins is said to have the call
on the Indian commissionership, although
ex-Representative Layman of Massachusetts,
is still talked of. The senators are rather
anxious to end the special session. 1t is not
improbable that on Thursday committee
will be appointed to advise the president OF
its readiness to close its session, and by Sat
urday he will be in position to say that he
has no further com munication to send it.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
washington whisperings.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE secretary Of
the navy has secured the services of pro
fesstoual accountant Of New York for the
purpose Of having thorough Investigation
made Of the accounts and methods Of keep
ing them in every branch Of the navy de-
partneut.
There viii probably be q considerable re
dUction in the number OF poStoffice inspect
ors during the current month
The expected yacancy IN the Office OF the
superintendent os the United States mint 1t
Carson City viii be filed tomorrow b. the
nomination Of William Gzrard of Nevada
Gen. Black the new commissioner ot
pensions, to-day assumed charge Of the pen
sion Office.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

David Lee has been appointed superinten-
dent of the main branch of the Baltimore g.
Ohio road.
Col. Andrew J. Smith is the new governor
of the Leavenworth branch of the Soldiers
| home.
The Tanners association will hold their
next meeting at Chicago the third Wednes-
day in September next.
President C. o. Thompson of the Rose
| Polytechnic institute at Terre Haute, Ind,
died yesterday morning. He was an emil
nent chemical educator.
The thermometer in the province of On
tario yesterday ranged from to 80 degrees
below zero.
Quiet has been restored in Springer, New
Mexico, and the outlaw mob have departed.
The various Irish societies of New York
paraded the streets yesterday and were re-
viewed by Mayor Grace.
The new Markham oil well In Butler coun-
ty, Pa, was not opened yesterday, to the
| disappointment of large crowd of oil men
gathered there.
Bulls steam saw mills at Franklin, VT,
were burned yesterday with heavy loss.
The board of health of New York have
Il
in view Of the possible arrival of cholera
| next summer.
Postmaster Rich of Camden, Y. J., has
resigned, holding that his office should be
| filed by some one in accord with the admin
stration.
The annual convention 81 the National
Reform association meets at Pittsburg,
April 81.
fire in Salisbury, Tenn, on Monday
night burned twelve houses. Loss So. 900.
The Hazard Coal company of Missouri as
signed Yesterday with s25, 900 liabilities.
1t was Mississippi day at the New Orleans
| exposition yesterday and a large number of
| the people of that state were in attendance
Susan B. Anthony lectured to an i'm
mense audience of ladies at Horticultural
hall. New Orleans, yesterday.
| The National Association Of General Pas
| senger Agents met at New Orleans Yesterday
| and recommen nded the cheapening of rates
to and from that city from all portions of
| the country during the continuance OF the
| exposition. They also elected officers.
| Dick Branuon was sentenced for life at
| Austin yesterday for the robbing of the
| Southwick, Tex, postoffice. He was the ac-
complice of Pitts and Yeagher who murdered
/ Marshal Costing.
The Michigan legislature passed resolu-
ton yesterday sympathizing with Gen. Grant
in his personal suffering.
| Commander Kane has gunboat along
| side the wharf at Panama to protect prop
| erty.
The prize fight between Jack Burke and
| Paddy Ryan was declared OF at Chicago yes
terday and the stakes drawn. They couldn Il
agree where to fight.
The bark, John Chase. laden with coffee,
| sank at her dock in New York last night and
| the captains wife aud child were drowned.
The suIlivan-McCaffrey 6ght is announced
! from Philadelphia to be fixed for March 30 or
April {, Sullivan preferriug the latter date.
Mrs. Sechrist, aged 90. was fatally burned
| at GAINESVILLE, o., yesterday, BY her clothing
| catching FIRE from a lamp.
The strike in the wabash shops az For.
/ Wayne, Ind, ended last hight
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
FROM OVER THE WAVES.
Parnell's Theory of How to Restore
the Financial and Political In
dependence of Ireland.
A London Scandal Comes to the Sur
face in the English Court
OF Chancery.
Native Spies Report that Kassala has Fallen
Dynamite Discovered in
Liverpool.
Man-of-War Dispatched to Panama Troops
Guarding the Isthmus
Railway.

New YORK, March Thames r. Beard,
secretary of the Central-South American Tel
egraph company states that he has received
adyices to the effect that the authorities of
Mexico, San Salvador and Nicaragua have
posted guards ct the cable landings of that
company, and the following telegram from
Secretary of State Bayard shows that the
United States government is determined to
protect American property from injury:
WASHINGTON, D. c.. March 16.-James A.
Scrymser, President Centra-South American
Telegraph Company, New York: telegram
was today sent to the United States legation at
Guatemala, holding that republic responsible for
injuries, by its authority, or with its connivance
to the cables or interests of United States citi-
zens of Central America. The Wachusett is now
en- route to La Union, and will be duly instructed
BAYARD.
New YORK, March 17.-Reliable advices
state the Panama revolution is ended.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
Hsn-of-war Ordered TO Panama

WASHINGTON, March 1z.-Secretary Whit
ney to-day sent a dispatch to Commander
Maban of the Wachusett at Panama, inform
ing him of the hostilities likely to take place
between some Central American states and
Barrios, which viii endanger the lives and
property of citizens of the United States, and
directing him to proceed with his vessel 10
La Union and Ia Libertad and other points
on the Central American coast, to protect
American interests. The secretary also
directs Commander Mahan to protect against
any attempt 20 cut the cables, or interfere
with their use, and to protect the health of
his officers and men from the diseases which
would render it necessary for the vessel to
leave that coast.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-18
KNOCKED OUT BY A MAsHER.
Hyde Park Society Man Receives Black
Eye at Lakeside Rink.

Hyue FafK society Man Receives Black
Eye at Lakeside Rink.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, March 17.-Hyde park is stirred
up by skating rink scandal. Charles II.
M. Brooks, leading society young man of
that suburb, few nights ago
took a young lady to Lakeside
rink. AS they glided over the shining floor
Mr.. Brooks became conscious that would
be rival was using his best endeavors to win
recognition of the lady. Brooks asserts that
the ''masher," not content with employing
the usual methods of his class,
several times touched the lady as
she passed Brooks finally released
his companion and sought an explanation
from the offending party. The ''masher'
Immediately retaliated by striking Brooks
singing blow in the eye, which laid him out
on the floor and caused a sensation among
the other habitues of the rink. Learning
the name of his assailant Brooks
swore out a warrant before Justice
Brayton to-day and will seek revenge by
fine for assault and battery. W. N. Van
Valkenb nberg, clerk in the office of the Mchi-
gan Central railroad, is the assailant. Brooks
said he hoped the case would be settled with
out the appearance in court of the young
lady who was the innocent cause of the
affray.