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NEW YORK, JAM 29-Cattle-Receipts $50 car
loads, all for the market except 40 carloads of ex-
monty weak. with more than % carloads to carry
over Poor to strictly prime steers sold at $3.50
515 ~ 100 lbs; extra steers, So. 50 &C. TO- car
load OF selected fancy steers at $6.4O; dry cows,
SZ.6O03.5O. Exports to-day, 30 cattle; $40 quar-
ters of beef and 100 of mutton To go out
tomorrow, $50 cattle; 2,24O quarters of beef and
zoo carcasses of mutton.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 5000 head. Nj arket
nearly fiat for medium and common grades. and dull
ings changed hands, and the remainder went overs
fair to prime sheep sold at $3.6O05 " 100 tbs
ordinary to prime lambs at $506.5O.
Hogs-Receipts, 900 head. Market dull and lower
for live at $1,000 p 100 lbs.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29.-Cattle - Receipts, $40
head; shipments, $50 head. Market steady on good
shipping and butcher cattle common shipping Toe
lower; good to choice shipping, $4.6505.20; com
mon to fair, So. 7504.4O; butcher steers, So 250
40; cows and heifers, So 2503.50; stockers and
feeders, So 04.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000 head; shipments. 1900
head Market fairly active at steady prices butchers
and best heavy, $4,000. 80; mixed packing, 49, 80
"a; light, $3.5O036O
Sheep - Receipts, 400 head; Shipments none.
Market steady. ranging from $250045O.
KANSAS CITY Jan. 2o.-The Live Stock Indi
Gator reports: Cattle-Recepts, 306; shipments,
Shipping grades steady; butchers sstuf shade lower
exporters, $4.S505; good to choice shipping $40
04.15 common to medium, $3.9O@4.3O; stockers
and feeders, $26O0375; cows $203.3O.
Hogs-Receipts, 3, 116 shipments, none. Market
strong. active and shade higher; good to choice
$3.9004.1O; common to medium, $35O039O.
Sheep-Receipts, 1856; shipments, none. Market
steady; good to choice. $303.75; common to me-
dunn $2..2 $3.50.
CHICAGO Jan. 29.-The Drovers' Journal reports:
ket dull medium cattle, 15c lower shipping steers,
SO. 75a5.75; stockers and feeders, $2.5004.3O.
Hogs-Receipts, 29,000 shipments, 5000. Mar
ket slow and 5000 lower; packing and shipping
$3.9004.35; light, $3.55@3.9O
Sheep and Lambs-Recepts, 3.4OO; shipments
1000. Market firm; natives, $2.500490 Western,
$204: Texans. $20375.
EAST LIBERTY. Jan. 29.-Cattle - Receipts
ZIG head: Shipments 10 head. Nothing doing.
Hogs.-Receipts, 3, 100 head; shipments, 1000
head Market fair; Philadelphias, $4.20043O
Workers. $3 SO04.OO.
:. Sheep-Receipts, none; shipments, 1000 head
Market dull at Thursdays prices.
CINCINNATI Jan. 29.-Hogs steady; common
and light. $3. 1924; packing and butchers $3.50
4.2O. Receipts, 2, lob; Shipments 1881.
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Yesterdays Quotations ON Produce at the Two
Great Centers.

Yesterdays Quotations on Produce at the Two
Great Centers.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-Flour-Receipts T.
323 brls; EXPORTS 1.775 brls, g, 1871 sacks; dull
and rather weak. Sales, 1l.600 brls. Common
TO good extra Ohio, $3 1505.30
Wheat-Receipts, 1,650 bu exports, 46, 600 bu.
Spot, s0ac lower, closing steady; sales g. 100000
bu futures, 6S, 600 Blu spot and to arrive; No. 2
spring, slac; No. red, 92sc afoat No. white
043c; No. red, February, 9009Olc, closing at
9Osc March, 9ia 91sc, closing at 9lac; April 9222
@9ssc, closing at 92sc; May, 94094sc, closing at
a44e June. 95s a 95sc, closing at 954c; December,
Sl.o13 a .02, closing at 81 0l3
Corn lever, closing steader; receipts. 6 700
bn: exports, 80 Ala bu; sales 392, 900 blu futures
206 900 blu spot and to arrive; ungraded AZ a Acc;
No 3, 465 @46sc; steamer, All 047ac elevator
4sss S49c aaoat, a7ac February; No. ?, 49a 1890
39ac; February. 494 049ac, closing at 491c;
March, ass 04S9c; April. 4Ssc; May, 4S4 04ssc !;
closing at 48ic.
Oats-Recepts, 27.674 bu; exports, % bu;
mixed Western, 3703Sac; white Western, 420
441c
hay steady, demand good.
Hogs quiet.
Coffee-Spot fair Rio quiet, at &c. options
shade stronger sales, 1880 bags February
G60G6.65c; March. Coco; April 66Oc; May
U.OOC, JUnS, OfVc, OctODer, 0.SUc; December,
90e Sugar frmer and in better demand: fair
70 good refining, 81 05sc: refined dull; standard
A, 6 Bloc; cut-loaf aud crushed. 81 D7c Mo-
lasses steady and demand fair Rice quiet and
Erm
Petroleum-Refned steady: United closed at
S3sc Tallow easier at4 9l6c. Rosin dull Tur-
pentine dull at Ale.
Eggs dull and dropping; receipts, 7S2 packages;
Western, 2l4c.
Pork firm and quiet; mess, $l037l 010. TO-
clear back. s1l25 Cut meats less active; picked
bellies, 316c. Lard lower aud fairly active;
sales. Western steam. spot. 64006 45c: Febru-
airy. 642G6 45e March, CAB a G. 45c; April, $3.50
&5lc; Nav. G. SIS Q656c; June, 662 G3c; city
etean, 6350640c.
Butter firm and in fair demand Cheese firm,
but rather quiet.
Copper dull
CHICAGO. Jan. 29.-Flour, quiet and un
changed
Wheat-Actiye and weaker, declining Ic
from yesterday and closing ac under yesterday.
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Tho Jobbing Trade.

Tomatoes-Two-pound cans. 0S0c; 3-pound,
$1.0501 LAO. Peaches-Standare, c;.pound, $1.750
ard, $1.3001.40. Corn--Revere, 81. 10; McMurray.
$1.1o01.20; Yarmouth, $3.50. Miscellaneous
-Blackberries, two pound, So090c; raspberries, q
pound, 81. 1001.20; pineapple. standard ..pound
81. 6002.5o: second do. $12501.35; cove oysters,
1-pound. full weight, $l0I,05; light 55065c;
2-pound, full, 81. So0195 light. $1.05@1. 90
string beans, S5O95c; Lima beans SOcD 81. 80: peas
marrowfat. 75c0$1. 2o0l.9O; SIN ALL So. Do rs;
Holsters 81 95 az. %; red cherries. S0090c goose
berries, 90095c strawberries, $1.400l50.
COAL AND COKE.
Block So p ton; Jackson, So 80 y ton; Pittsburg,
1915 ~ ton; Kanawha, 1915 ~ ton; Hooking
So so v ton; Island City, ST. Y ton; Highland
81; so; Piedmont and Blossbarg, So y ton chestnut
thracite Sc. % ~ ton; gas coke 10c ~ ba or $3.50
" load; crushed coke, LIE v bu, or So p load All
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Cotton.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 29.-Cotton steady; mid
1516c net receipts. 10 754 bales gross receipts
H. 1873 bales exports to Great Britain 5.419 bales;
to France 7O96 bales to the continent, 2449 bales;
sales 5000 bales; stock, 377, 963 bales; weekly net
receipts 81 135 bales; gross receipts sd 1897 bales;
exports to great Britain 1885 bales to France,
10675 bales to the continent. 1879 bales; coast,
wise, 10,5O3 bales sales. %, $50 bales. Exports
coastwise JAM % should have been 1919 bales;
Jan. %, 1924 bales.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 29.-Cotton unchanged Sales.
10000 bales including 1000 bales for speculation
and export and 8 700 bales American. Weekly cotton
report: Sales of the week. so, 600 bales; American
Al 900 bales spectators took 800 bales exporters
took z 400 bales forwarded from shipside to spin
ners 20 700 bales; actual export 500 bales; total
import 1890 bales; American 4,1OO bales; total
stock 61o 600 bales; American, 476 600 bales; total
amount afoat, 237 600 bales; American POI 900
bales.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29-Cotton-Th Post. in its
cotton review, says: Future deliveries advanced
2031ooc, but lost the gain and declined additional
2@3-lo0c SO that February was bought at the third
call at 9.11c; March, 9.23c; April 9340935e.
May, 945c; June, 9.55c; August, 963c. Future
deliveries closed barely steady at 410Oc lower than
yesterday
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CONDITION OF THE MARKETS.
A Very Active Market for Railway
Bonds, While Stocks Are Irregular.
Wheat Active, but Somewhat Weaker than
on Thursday-Corn Weak-Oats Stronger
Provisions Quiet and Lower.
MONEY, BONDS AND STOCKS.

Increased Business in Railway Bonds-Stocks
Active but Irregular.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29-Money on call was
easy at 102 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 405 per cent
Sterling exchange was dull but steady and I'M
changed.
The total sales of stocks to-day were 30I, $40
shares, including the following: Canada South
ern, 1920; Delaware. Lackawanna q western
$780, Erie, 9, 400; Kansas & Texas, 1880; Lake
Shore, &c, 225 Louisville & Nashville, 13, 665;
Northwestern, IL, 1886; New York Central, II, 1856;
Pacific Mail. 9,lO0; st. Paul, 1880; Union
Pacific IA, 700; Western Union, 1S, 235; North
ern Pacific preferred. Is, 1925; Oregon and Trans
continental, 5000.
Government bonds were dull and steady.
State bonds were active and generally strong.
There was better business to-day in railroad
bonds, the total sales amounting to So 063 900; a
large portion of the increase, however, was due
to increased activity in a few issues. The sales
of East Tennessee issues amounted to 1885, 000 of
Texas Pacific Rios. to 1916, 900, and West Shore
fours, to 1919 900. There considerable activity
in the morning in Fort Worth and Denver firsts,
and moderate advances were generally recorded.
Stocks were little more active, and while the
continued to exhibit decidedly strong under
tone, rallving quickly from any depression
caused by heavy selling. Lackawanna was the
most active on the list, and for most of the day
received firm support, closing with a loss of !.
Delaware & Hudson is down and Central, of
New Jersey, !. The fractional decline in the
coal stocks is attributed to reports of fur
Their reduction in prices of coal by some of the
leading companies Another conspicuous feat
ure of the day was the break in New York &
New England, which advanced so rapidly re-
Gently. After several fluctuations it closed
with loss of per cent. Although st. Paul
was the second active Stock the fluctuations
were all within a range of per cent. and closed
with loss of !, at 9ls. The remainder of the
list is generally higher. New York Central
shows gain of Ii, Canada Southern Il, and
Missouri Pacific l per cent Pacific Mail,
which had been strong during most of the day,
developed decided weakness during the last
hour and closed with net loss of J. The news
during the day was of an unimportant character,
aud the market closed comparatively steady.
There were rumors this evening that meeting
was to be held tonight in Philadelphia, at
which Presidents Depew, Roberts and Garrett,
Of the trunk lines. would be present
The market closed with the following prices
bid:
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Real Estate Transfers.

Instruments fled for record in the Recorders Office
of Marion county, Indiana for tho tweptfour hours
ending at 5 o'clock, p NJ, Jan, 90 1886. as fur.
nished by Elliott Butler abstracsers of titles room
No. g. Etna Building:
Wm. Wallace, receiver to Flavius J.
Peck, lot 80 in Clifford Place, an addi-
ton to the city of Indianapolis. $4,000
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VIM. Cline and wife to Henry Malpas ct
al, lot 800 in Fletcher ct al 3 subdi-
vision of outlots 81, 95 90, 81, 80
and south half of 81 in the city of In
Sarah L. Grant to Philip Pratt, part of
west half of northwest quarter of Sec
ton ID. township Is north, of range 2
sast -
William Wallace, receiver, to Emelie
Loeckle, lots 10 and 20 in Clifford
Place an addition to the city of Indian
Worthington j. p. Clary ct al to Jasper
N. Ciary, part of west half of south
west quarter of northeast quarter of
section 8, township IA north, of range
east, containing twenty acres, more or
John w. Riley and wife to James p. Pow
or, part of north half of northeast quar-
ter of section 90, township IL, range 8
east, containing twenty acres, more or
less--- l.,
-
Conveyances. 6; consideration. ...".. So
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indianapolis & Yineennas.
Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad.
Via Vandalia Line. .

1--we Indpls. 7:30am p*1200m t400pm ss1O:45pm
Ar mdpls-- 3:50am f1000an 3:35pm 4:15pm
Via e. St. L. Ry.i
I've Indpls. +10:50pm f5:30pm *l1:55am 7:1Oam
Ar Indpls.. 3:45am f10:0Oam 3:35pm 6:25pm
Daily, fdaily except Sunday, parlor car, sleep
ing car.
These trains carry the magnificent Monarch parlor,
sleeping and buffet cars, the finest in America
between Indianapolis and Evansville Cars are open
for passengers at $50 p. m. Train does not leave
until l0:45 p. NJ.
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-There has been a very large
and steady demand in which all seasonable fabrics
have participated BIeached cottons and prints have
been particularly brisk and other styles not neglected
Heavy woolens have had moro attention aud heavy
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BOSTON. Jan. 29.-Wool more active; Ohio and
Pennsylvania feeces, 32036c; Michigan neeces, 81
032c Michigan and Ohio delaine, 80 037c; pulled
woods, 25Q40c for common and choice superfnes.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.--Wool quiet and very steady;
domestic fleece, 27036c pulled wools 14033c;
Texas, o122c.
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tomorrow We quote:
Export stsdes SIS .OO05. 80
Good to choice shippers. .-..-.-....... 4.4004.s0
Common to medium shippers -...-...-.-. 3.6004.20
Stockers and feeders OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 3. % al. %
Good tc choice heifers. $4,000. 90
Good to choice Observation-Disclosures. 3.O003.40
Fair to medium and heifers- 2. 25O2.75
Common to medium cows and heifers... 1.5OO2.0 90
Veals, common TO good ..-..... 3.5005.50
Bulls, common to medium. .........--. LIS 02. so
Bulls, good to choice Observation-Disclosures 2.7503.5O
Mixers, common to good .-.------. 2O.00045.O0
RoGs-Receipts, $500; shipments, 500 Quail
ity rather common. Market opened weak and
closed fully 10c lower than yesterdays prices.
All sold. We quote:
Heavy packing and shipping .OO0415
Light and mixed packing ---...-...... 3.S003. 95
Common to good lights. -...-.--..-.-.... 30003.85
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts, 200 ship
ments, none. Market dull at unchanged prices.
About all sold. We quote:
Good to choice 100 to 14O TBS, car lots 81 OO0425
Good to choice 80 to 10 lbs. 35003.SO
Fair to medium, 80 to 80 tbs..-.. 3OO03. %
Common ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20002.75
Lambs, common to good 3504. %
Bucks, per head. .---..---..----..-.... 25004.O0
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LIVE STOCK.

Cattle Dull at Unchanged Prices-Hogs Weak
and Lower-Sheep Dull.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. %.
CATTLE-Receipts, ESQ., shipments, ITO. But
little doing; quality only fair. Market contin-
ues dull at unchanged prices. Few left over for
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purchases have been placed. Printing cloths very
firm. and stronger tone rules in cotton goods of all
kinds.
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Chicago st. Louis 4 PittsburJ
Disqualification Mail and Express daily 400 ana
New York, Philadelphia, Wash.
ington, Baltimore and Pittsburg
Express. daily, s......~.-. 4:3O am
Dayton and Columbus Express
except Sunday ....-...-.....I1 Loo ann
Richmond Accommodation 400 pm
New York, Philadelphia, Washing
ton, Baltimore and Pittsburg Ex
press, daily, s.. h.-......... 4:55 pm
Arrlve-Richmond Accommodation, except
Sunday ...:.-..-.--..-..-..9 $40 am
New York. Philadelphia Washing
ton, Baltimore and Pttsburg Elk.
press, daily. Has am
Columbus and Dayton Express ex
cept Sunday. .,-.-..-........ 4:35 pm
Western Mail and Express daily $40 um
New York, Philadelphia. Washing
ton, Baltimore and Pittsburg Ex
press, daily 90 nux
CHICAGO DIVISION VIA KoKoMo p G. ST. LIRE
Depart-Louisville and Chicago Express
--....--.-.---.-..-.11:15 ann
Louisville and Chicago Fast Ex-
press daily, HOO pm
Arrive-Chcago and Louisville Fast Ex-
press, daily. s-.--.-.....-.... 400 ann
Chicago and Louisville Express
p. &c. $3.50 puS
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Indiana. Bloomington Western.
PEORIA DIvISoN.
Depart-Pacfc Fix. and Mail daily. s and nc. 7:50 ana
Kansas and Texas Fast Line, r. c.. $40 pm
Burlington and Rock Island Ex-
press daily. r. c. and s 1O:50pm
Kansas City lightning Express. 1900 m
Arrive Eastern and Southern Express,
daily, r. Q. and $. ..-.-.--..-- 400 ann
Cincinnati Special l0:4O ann
Atlantic EXPRESS and Mall. T. 3:45 pm
Express and Mail, daily, andr. C. $3.50 pm
EASTERN DIVISION.
Depart-Eastern Express Mail daily s.. re- AGO am
Atlantic Express, c.. c, --------.- 4:05 pm
Night Express, daily. s. and r. c.. 500 pm
Arrive-P Pacific Express, daily, and c. C. 7:20 am
Western Express, +. 4:45 pm
Burlington and Rock island Ex-
press daily, s. and r. c. 1920 pm
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Cincinnati. wabash & Michigan Railway.

(Over the Bee-liue.)
Observation-Disclosures and Grand Rapids Elk. 400 am
Michigan Express ----.--..-----.. 11O3 am
Louisville and Wabash Express $50 pm
Arriye-Wabash and Indianapolis Express 1880 ana
Cincinnati q Louisville Express-.- 1:55 pm I
Indianapolis and st. Louis Express 1928 pmj
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Louisville. New Albany O Chicago.

Louisville. New Albany O Chicago.
Chicago Short Linei
Depart-Chicago and Michigan City Mail 12:10 pm
Frankfort Accommodation. -.....- 4:45 pm
Chicago Night Ex. daily, .-..-..I1:15 pm
Arrye-Indianapolis Night Elk, daily, $40 ana
Indanapolis Accommodation 1000 arn3
INDIANAPOLIS Mail. $40 PM
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Cincinnati. indianapolis. st. Louis & Chicago.
CINCINNATI DIVISION.
Depart-Cincnnati and Florida Fast Line
daily, 8. and c.. c-.-..-......-.. 400 am
Cincinnati, Rushville and Colum.
bus Accommodation. 1873 ann
Cincinnati, Washington and Flori-
da Mail p. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 3:55 pm Z.
Cincinnati ard Louisville Accom- 4:
modation, daily .-..-....-.. 6:40pm
Arrive-Indana pols Accommodation daily 1858 am
Chicago and St Louis Mail, D. c.. HAS ann
indianapolis and Lafayette Accom-. 4:55 pm
Chicago and ST. Louis Fast Line
daily, {. and c. .10:45 pm
CHICAGO DIVISION
Depart-Lafayette and Wabash Ry. Accom-. 7:10 ann
Indiana oolis and Iogansport Ex.. 7:10 am
Chicago MOI, D. 1905 pur
Lafayette Accommodation. $40 pm
Indianapolis and South Bend Elk. 5:10pm
Chicago, Peoria and Burlington
Fast Line, daily, s., +. .--.11:10pmi
Arrive-Cincinnati and Florida Fast Line
daily, c. c ands- $50 am
Lafayette Accommodation IL: 10 am
South Bend and INDIANAPOLIS Ex.- Ills em
Cincinnati and Washing Mail.p. G 3;45 pm
Cincinnati and Louisville Accom- 600 pua
Logansport and Indianapolis Ex.. 620 pm
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Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis.

Cincinnati, Hamilton Indianapolis.
Depart-Cincinnati, Dayton and Toledo, d'y. 400 ana
Cincinnati Dayton, Toledo and
New York. HOO ana
Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo and
New York Express ......-...... $50 pm
Connersville Accommodation. $50 pm
Arrive-Connersvie Accommodation. -.... $50 ann
Cincinnati Peoria and st. Louis. HAS am
Cincinnati Accommodation -..--. 500 pm
Cincinnati Peoria and St Louis, d'y. O45 pmi
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Indianapolis, Decatur Springfield.
Dspart-Decatur and Peoria Through Mail. $50 am
Montezuma Accommodation daily
except SUNDAY. $500 psn
Fast Express. daily, r. c.. and So. 1850 pm
Arr;ve-Fast Express daily r. e. and S.. $50 ana
Mentezuna Accommodation, daily
except sunday .......... $50 am.
Through Mail $50 puai
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indianapolis & st. Louis.
Depart-Day EXPRESS. daily, c----..---.. 7:25 ann
Limited Express daily. .11:55 ann
Nation Express. daily .--....-.. 500 pm
New York and st. Louis Express,
daily s. and G. O. 1850 pm
Arrive-New York and Boston Express,
daily c. c.-.....-.-----.-...3 :45 ara4
Local Passenger, p--.-.-..........1 1000 ann /
Limited Express daily .-..-.....- 1856 pm |
Day Express, c. c., daily 6:25 pm /
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Prime clover. S606.5O " hu; prime timothy
So. 2502.75 9 bu; extra clean blue grass, $1.4O a
LEO U bu; red top, 75c0$1 y bu; orchard grass,
y bu; German millet $10I25 y bu;
common millet. 75c0$l " Blu; buckwheat 60090c
h1
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soft Goals nut size SOC p ton less than the above
prices on the same quality Of lump coal
DRUGS
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Conveyances, 6; consideration
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$4,000
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-02-19

[ am directed by the president TO
say that if the object Of the resolution
is to inquire into tho reasons Tor the sus-
pension of Ward, these papers are not 10
be considered as constituting all the eva
dence transmitted to him in relation there
to-. am also directed by the president TO
say that he does rot consider 1t consist
ent with the pubic interests TO transmit
copies of unofficial papers from private
records held in my custody from hih,
which relate exclusively to the suspension
OF the incumbent.
MIR. Hanley said in his speech on the
Northern Pacific: An exceedingly large
quantity of land, perhaps 10000 square
miles, has been granted to the Northern
Pacific Railroad company, but 1T was pro-
vided by an amendatory act OF congress
that no patents should be issued Tor the
land until after payment by the company
OF all fees, relating to surveys, etc. Ihelee
was only about three cents an acre. The
railroad had paid the fees upon only about
eighty thousand acres Ofitslmmense grant
1t had, nevertheless, proceeded to give to
settlers warranty deeds for many millions
upon millions of acres Of land. The COM
pany had ingeniously got property enough
to try to locate the villages and cities up
on its own selected sections"
HOUSE-Bllls were 10 termln-
ate certain treaty stipulations between the
United States and China; to granta pension
OF So, 900 a year to the widow OF Gen. Han
cock; for the free coinage OF silver; to re-
viye the grade of general in the army, and a
resolution for the investigation OF the tele.
phone scandal in all its phases. The Fitz
John Porter bill was debated.
Mr.. Morrison's tariff bill was introduced
in the house. Mr.. Morrison says that the
bill will effect an estimated reduction Of
twenty milliondollars in the revenues from
customs based on the revenues from last
year. The greatest reduction on any one
article is in the case Of sugar, where the
new duty will result in n decrease Of ten
million dollars in the receipts. The addi-
tions to the free list will involve IL loss
OF five and a half millions, and the re-
auctions made by the bill on other articles
about five millions. Added to the free list
are lumber, timber, wood (unmanuTact-
ured), Hath, shingles, salt, hemp, iute, iron,
sulphur, lead and copper ores and coal.
Besides these there are many articles Of
less consequence to the revenue, such as
potatoes, hay, corn, bristles, beeswaX, dye
woods, unmanufactured earths, undressed
stone for building purposes, acorns and
dandelions.