Weekly commercial herald., 1885-11-20

NEW YORK, Nov. 13-Baron De
Lorme, arrived from China with the
news that the emperor wants railroads
and is faVorably disposed toward the
American railroad system. The em.
peror is ready to grant concessions tC
American corporations, guarantee the
bonds. 1t issues a loan and interest
thereon, and deliver them as each
twenty five miles is completed, and all
new corporation may issue first mort
gage besides. a number Of New
York capitalists will meet this evening
to talk the matter over. s6
Bishop Paddock left Brooklyn few
years ago and went to Tacoma as a
missionary bishop of Washington Ter
ritory. Charles B. Wright, a wealthy
gentleman of Philadelphia, and an
earnest helper of the bishop, gave an
endowment of $150000 upon the com,
pletion Of seminary for girls at La
coma, and promised like sum for d
boys college. to be erected before Jan
uary l, 1886. The building is now
completed and the endowment secured.
A Brooklyn gentleman, just returned
from Lacona, intends to request dona
tions Of specimens Of natural history
and books, and relating to that subject
which will be Of service in the col.
lege,
The World says: Ex-Attorney Gen
eral Leslie w. Russell, who was
reported missing yesterday, has been
found in Broadway hotel, where he
is confined to a room by severe illness.
An alarm of fire was sent out from
the Union Square theatre at 10 o'clock
last night. The last act Of Romeo and
Juliet was in progress and number
of attaches of the theater were on the
stage at the time. Some of the scenery
caught fire from gas jet, but was
promptly extinguished. OAe Of the
supers became frightened and sent out
the alarm. When the engines ranged
up in front of the theater there was
some excitement in the audience, but
it was soon quieted.
Sidney Dillon, Of the Grant monu-
ment association, looked over the
signers' fund yesterday and said to the
secretary, You can put me down for
one thousand dollars, and handed over
check for that amount. He ex-
pressed the hope that many other
members of the association who could
we'll afford to do SO would follow up
his check with one of their
own for similar amount
He thought if a man had the
honor, being a member of the associa
tiQn, he ought to put in stone or two
in the proposed monument.
Washington specials have the fol
loving: Several Western members OIL
Congress have expressed a determine
tion to advocate retaliatory legislation
of some sort against countries which
discriminate against or prohibit the
importation Of American pork. As
sistant Secretary of State Porter said
the French government had already
receded from it's prohibitory decree
and permitted the Importation Of
American pork under certain restric-
tions, and further negotiations are
pending. No negotiations regarding
the German prohibitory decree are
pending. 1t seems that his govern
ernment has thought it unwise to en-
deavor to renew negotiations with Ger
many on this question, knowing that
no concessions can be obtained at
present.
Papers have been received by the
clerk Of the house Of representatives
giving notice Of contests for four seats
in the next congresses follows: Camp
bell against Weaver, for the 9th Iowa
district; Kidd against Steele, for the
18th district; Page against. Pierce, for
the I'd Rhode Island, and Hurd
against Romeis, for the 10th Ohio.
Besides these documents, protests
have been received from citizens Of
California, urging the non-seating Of
the congressional delegation from that
State on the ground that they were not
legally residents of the districts for
which they were given certificates. In
one case the protest declared that Bar
clay Henly, of the 11th district, is not
a citizen of the United States.
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