Show NEWS BOSTON feb 14 the atchison T topeka peka santa fe railroad has issued it its expected circular regarding the new rights in the stock of the collate lateral rat roads the circular states that it is desirable to bull build during the present year additional lines in kansas under the charter of the chicago kansas western railway company the cost of ef which per mile will not exceed the cost of mileage recently constructed on ted under the same charter local aid is expected to the extent of about the time has now arrived when it has become desirable to extend its line in colorado the rapid growth of southern california and the large business to be obtained render reader it important that additional lines should be bulit built in california but as the ibe limits of the calif california orl ILL southern companas Comp anys charter have been reached it Is necessary that these additional dit ional lines connecting with the california southern and which will materially INCREASE the ea earnings tin oz 01 the california southern and aag atlantic listle pacific roads should be built under be te parate charters involving separate mortgages but in ill order to avoid the issue and sale of small email amounts of different bonds it has been decided by the atchison Atu hison company to issue collateral trust six per cent gold bonds of its auxiliary companies as collateral bonds ot the new flew companies will be issued for the cash cost cosi only of the roads including the equipment the total requirements of all these projects Is estima estimated Wd at about ot of which amou amo amount nt half will be needed for tile the kansas lines and aad subscriptions are invited from the atchison companas Comp anys is stockholders la in the pro proportion on of one block for each shares of of atchison Ata Atu hison stock standing in weir their names at the close of business feb 24 1887 and the rights may be assigned that the smaller stockholders way may not be excluded subscriptions may also be made for one tenth of a alock and for multiples thereof CHICAGO feb 14 the statement is in circulation here that district assembly knights of labor lu in chicago has received an order from grand master workman powderly within the past three days directing that no general be attempted witt without lout tile the sanction of tile the general gendral executive board at philadelphia strenuous efforts were made today to day to obtain a confirmation of the rumor but the approached on the subject either denied the existence of the alleged lebed order or were extremely reticent it is stated however on fair authority that the report had bad its orl gin in a letter from powderly calling attention to the clause lu in tile the constitution of the knights declaring in el fact that district assemblies may inaugurate augu rate boycotts within their respective til jurisdictions but for any extension they must apply to the general noard the letter broin powderly is said to have intimated that any future infractions of this law by the chicago district would not be tolerated it 11 is an open secret here that since the ai secial ocial ests captured the majority of the chi cago district offices the general board lias has been almost ignored so far as this city is concerned ST FAVL feb 14 A winnipeg special to the pioneer press says alex mcarthur the gentleman who has made a special study of arctic explorations and who has been in communication muni cation with the smithsonian institute sti tute today to day started for selkirk with one companion and 1409 1400 pounds of supplies his aaion being the north pole from yolk factory he be will travel by dog train he has secured assistance from american newspapers GODBOUT quebec feb 14 the first mail from blanc arad alved at merser river friday it reports that the winter has been very severe along the labrador coast the seal net fishery last fall was moderately fair about 2000 seals having been captured at different stations there at point desmonts the seal hunting bunting was a complete comp telfe fai failure hire owing to the th strong winds and unusual quantity oi of lee ice NEW YORK feb 15 tiie the business of the steamship and railroad companies on the piers along the river front has assumed its normal condition and freight is being moved as systematically as before the big strike e many ot of the old hands have got back to work and the Ita italians liaRs aas who took look the places of the strikers are now accustomed to work and agents say safiy they are as good as the old hands except that they do not understand the language the men acknowledge they were badly beaten and some of them are severe in denunciation of the action of their leaders NEW feb 15 emil paul last night finished up the last of the 82 quail eaten in 42 consecutive days after disposing of the last brace he ate tive five more quail offhand offhand LONDON feb 15 A panic has been caused in ia financial and military circles at cairo by the withdrawal ot the annual subvention of for expenses of the egyptian army N Y feb 15 john stever a resident of suspension bridge aged about 70 years procured a ticket frum from the at the en trance of the railway at suspension bridge this morning about ten and after peering strange strangely jy over the railway he jumped into the rapids falling failing feet washington feb m the following correspondence between the fres ident iden tand and secretary y mannila manning in regard to the lat tatters withdrawal from the cabinet was made public this evening department washington D C february 14 1887 my dear sir in view of the near adjournment of et congress and in order that urge time may suffice for the selection and confirma tion of my successor I 1 desire again to place my resignation of office as secretary of the tre usury in your bands and trust that you wm will now deem its acceptance nu no detriment to the public service when you requested me last june to delay insisting upon the acceptance cep tance of my rel resignation and when again in our conference last october you honored me with such terms of personal consider consideration ution and expressed so grave a decision in respect to the requirements of the public ser service it was at ab impossible to QUESTION MY DUTY as to forget your kindness I 1 have not spared myself in the endeavor to comply with your our wish and ana to contribute to 10 the support of the policies which have illustrated your administration the ap approaching pro aching end of the forty ninth congress marks a period in your own term ol of office and in the divi divisions sious of our oui political calen ciar ar if a change must occur in tile the heads of depar merits and at your our co uncil board it is clear that your personal convenience and the public interests are beat sub served should it occur now moreover the financial nua ocial bitu aLion is to be seriously irom from that which opened belonje us when the present congress s entered upon its life and although the changes created by the transfer of the peoples condition the circumspect execution of a wise fiscal beal policy or of administrative REFORMS in the collection and disbursement of our colossal col osbal revenues is not demanded yet labors such BM as these have exacted aud and ex exhibited the abilities of our foremost SLa statesmen since the constitution ution ot of labe government but there is also an al exhausting round lound of daily administrative tasks tanks which however subordinate ordinate but sut and clerical an efficient secretary of the cannot or ifould not evade these are tasks beyond my present strength 1 there tore submit to your considerate judgment ment that in asking release by the ath of march or as soon as you may select my successor I 1 fulfill a duty to my family that may jou w be permitted to outweigh the duty of accepting ace epting longer that assignment of public service I 1 watch two years ago you did me the honor to mane make returning to the ranks of that great party which has called you to its head I 1 shall still hope to jollow its fortunes under your successful guidance with a fellow citizens loyal 10 aal yal pride very respectfully fully yours DANIEL D MANNING CLEV bLEV ELANDS acceptance EXECUTIVE manston MANSION washington de D C february 15 1887 hon daniez daniel manning secretary of the treasury frea suni my dear sir bir your formal letter of rest resignation 11 nation which I 1 have received deceived i though not entirely unexpected presents tile the reality of the me severance verance of our official relations and causes me the deepest regret this is tempered only by the knowledge that the frank aud and friend friendly ly perso personal nal relations which have uli unbrokenly brokenly existed between us are still to continue I 1 refer to these because such personal relations sup ply after all whatever of comfort and pleasure the world affords and because I 1 feel it to be almost superfluous to speak of the aid and support you have given me and the assistance you have furnished to the administration of the government during the time you have directed the affairs of the exacting and labori laborious oua office which you now seek to surrender bur render your labors your achievements your success and your devotion to duty are fully seen and known and they challenge the appreciation AND of all your countrymen since I 1 must at last relinquish my hope of your continuance at ac my side as counselor and and since I 1 cannot question the reasons u upon 0 which your request to be relieved relieve d F Is an based ased it only remains for me to accept the resignation you have tendered and to express my profound thanks for all that you have done for me in s sharing manfully my labors and perplexities in the past two years I 1 feel that I 1 may still still ask of you yon that the first day of april next be fixed as the date at which tion shall take effect and that you will so BO regulate what remains to you yon 0 of t official duty in the meantime as to secure that measure of freedom from vexatious labors which you have so justly earned with the earnest hope that in in the new path of life you may hereafter follow there may be ai allowed to you more of comfort and of ease than the conscientious discharge of duty permits I 1 am very sincerely your friend GROVER CLEvi the president will nominate the successor to manning before the adjournment of Voir congress gress but buethe the appointment will not take effect however bow before april ast 1st philadelphia feb 15 great interest was manifested in the municipal election here her today to day the TAG officers chosen will enter upon il th under the new law jaw kno kuo W aas w the be bullitt bill which provid provides changes in the various departments of the city the Demo cratts cratto experienced considerable difficulty ih completing their ticket kneir farat arst nominees declined the party 11 0 nominated 1 for apayor giorge george de daf kelm who three years ago wab electea elected sheriff on the republican ticket charles benton for receiver of taxes bad G W arundel for city solicitor the republicans ticket ua is edwin H fitter filler for mayor henry clay cla for fo r receiver of taxes and charles dfwar r wick the present incumbent for city solicitor neither ticket was entirely satisfactory and the papers were not favorable in support of their party padl d ates the result being a large lare amount of scratching the elty pu a straight party vote 18 republican by from 15 to 25 returns from fourteen oi of the thiril thirty yone y one wards in the city kive give fitter filler rep for mayor a majority of and C nay clay rep for ric receiver eiver of taxes reful estl batt gateb at midnight place fitters fillers majority bority at t 20 5 aw and clays to barwick warwick rep tor for city solicitor is running ahead of the ticket and will probably have between and majority owing to the extensive scratching the returns are coming in slowly C complete alte returns from twenty nine wards and ad estimates of the remaining two give fitler filler rep for mayor nearly majority clay rep for receiver of taxes warwick rep for city solicitor probably majority VI H NNA feb 15 35 the gov has introduced a bill in the Rel ernset chera t appropriating twelve million florins florans lor for tae he equipment of the landwehr and alad landstrum Landa Laird trum strum LONDON feb 15 the parts paris newspapers report many disquieting incidents on oia the german frontier la justice learns from neufchatel Neuf chatel that not a single soldier it Is allowed leave of absence for over halt half an hour on any pretense the commander having learned that germany is seeking pretext for a petty quarrel A journal in alsace reports that the leipic court has issued a warrant for the search of the house of herr schwartz of strasburg burp secretary of herr kables election committee who was suspected of being connected with a erous league and that the police ransacked the house but found nothing of a criminating nature tire the houses housed of numerous bankers and others throughout the S are reported to have been for a amilar reason feb aeb the government today to day submitted to the lower house bouse of the hungarian diet a bill appropriating pria ting fl to supply the Ur hungarian un garlan landweber Land and a army my reserves with stocks of arms matt material erial and to equip the first band of the landstrum all parties in the house after a conference agreed to vote lor for the passage ot of the b mil ia without debate the measure was at once referred to trie toe military und and committee of the house the preamble to the bill explains that the credits asked tor for are demanded as a natural sequence of the adoption of the bill the landstrum or the volunteer service called out in the time of war tue toe preamble goes on to say that in view of the military measures mea cures which other european states are taking it would be a serious omission tor for austria hungary to winger longer retrain from equipping P agthe the Laud landstrum strum the empire it w added is interested in peaceful progress r ogress the efforts of the government ent are directed to maintain peace but if it is not desirable to be surprised the government must like any one OIK unwilling to sacrifice ia a vital interest be prepared in case of necessity necess to necessity iti sacrifice everything in defense 0 o of the monarchy YORK feb 15 in an interview with a reporter of the mail and one express sir lionel west british minister at washington said 1 I do not anticipate any trouble whatever about aboul the fishery question negotiations are arc now between minister phelps and the british government ern ment and I 1 think the question will be e finally settled before congress Cong adjourns burno even it if the retaliatory and intercourse non nou bill goes th p ilah and becomes a law I 1 dp not think thin r tj the to re latinas between this country anar canada will be strained attained the president will have hae the power to put the law la in force or not us an he sees proper and that is a provision that will prevent any ny harsh and rash measures being taken taken until all other pacific remedies axe are exhausted CALCUTTA feb 16 Twenty flye thousand of the prisoners COB coa fined in the jails ails throughout india will be released tomorrow to morrow as an acton act of clemency to commemorate the jubilee of queen victoria in selecting the prisoners to be liberated special pain will be taken to show leniency to the ha females all persons imprisoned for debt throughout india where the debt is under rupees will be liber liberated atod tomorrow also in commemoration of the jubilee in these thae ie cases the government will pay the debts sax SAN FRANCISCO feb 16 15 A serious snow blockade exists on the central pacific railroad between colfax and cisco the overland that left here herd yesterday is detal detained ned at colfax and |