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-4 Jr W ' Jfwiiif mm m m sw ISTD NEBE ASKA ' INDEPENDENT. VOL. III. LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1892. NO. 48. f V M'KEIGHAN NOillNATED A Great Convention in the Fifth District . McKeighan' Nomination Unan imous. Resolutions Adopted A Summary McKeighan's Speech Delegates to Omaha. of The congressional convention of the new Fffith district at Holdrege last Friday was the first great people's gath ering of the year. Although It was a very early convention, called on short notice, and at an extremely busy sea son, there was a great turnout of the people, and an unlimited supply of genuine enthusiasm. Every county was represented and moat of them by full delegations. At 10:30 McKeighan arrived and was escorted by a large and enthusiastic crowd to the Hampton hotel, where his time was well occupied in shaking hands and talking with friends. He is looking well, and is feeling very hope ful for the success of the movement in the nation at large. At 2 o'clock the delegates formed in procession in front of the hotel, and headed by the Holdrege band, paraded the town and then marched to the opera house. A large crowd of specta tors was present, almost filling the house. At the back of the stage was a large flag, on which some independent ladies (Mrs. J. T. Kellie was one of them) had placed the name of "Mc Keighan," spelled out in flowers, and surmounted by a wreath of flowers. The republicans held their convention in the same hall the previous night and had not a flag in sight. The convention was called to order by Chairman Francis Phillips and the call read by Secretary McGaw. Col. E. A. Fletcher of Franklin was then chosen temporary chairman. He made a very appropriate speech. Secretaries were then chosen and committees appoint ed. The work of organization was completed by making the tempor ary organization permanent, hearing and adopting reports of committees. Prof. W. A. Jones of Hastings, chair man of committee on resolutions, re ported the following RESOLUTIONS: Whereas, Our representative in con gress Hon. W. A. McKeighan has truly and efficiently represented the views and interests of the people of this con gressional district by voice and vote; and Whereas, His speech on free and un limited coinage of silver has shown a deep insight; into a question of para mount importance to both capitalist and laborer, a auestion which largely determines the equitable distribution of the products of labor, and on the right settlement of which, in accordance with the principles of the people's party, de pends the prosperty of the masses of the people; and Whereas, He has in that speech em phatically opposed a system of taxation which robs the masses of the people for the benefit of the few, a s stem which is a relic of barbarism which creates no wealth, but in its final results simply transfers millions of wealth yearly from the pockets of consumers to the pockets of a few millionaires; therefore be it Resolved, That we heartiiv endorse the fidelity and courage of said Hon. W. A. McKeighan, and we feel that his services as our representative in congress are just grounds for our continued confi dence and support; Resolved, That we endorse the prin ciple? of the address and platform adopted a i he fct. Louis industrial con fer ;nc; and rreciticallv we demand tha ree and unlimited coinage of si vci ; Resolv d, That we demand that all natural moncpolies being public necessi ties shall be controlled by municipali ties, sti-te or or national govern ments; Reso ed Tart we are opposed to the restoration of the sugar bounty in the state of Neorasia; Resolved, That we con mend the inde pendent people's party for its correct and consistent recognition of the claims of the soldiers of the late war; Whereas, The people's party are not asking charity, but they are demanding iustice for the industrial people of the United States, therefore Resolved, That we invite the consid tionand co-operation of all industrial classes, whether their work be mental or physical, and also of all those who sympathize with the principles of the people's party without regard to race, color, or previous condition of servi tude to old parties which have no moral issue; Resolved. That we recommend the Hon. J. H. Powers, and the Hon. W. A. McKeighan to the favorite considera tion of the state convention as delegates at large to the people's national conven tion at Omaha, July 4, 1893. Resolved, That we tender the thanks of the convention to the citizens of Holdrege, Phelps county, for their kind sympathy and co operation in facilitating the work of this session. When Prof. Jones in reading the reso lutions got as far as McKeighan's name, the convention broke forth into ap plause. Requesting the people to hold their enthusiasm till he got through, he began again, but again the name of McKeighan brought forth a round of applause. Once more the Prof, began with "Whereas," but this time the name of the illustrious congressman brought forth cheers that fairly shook the build ing, and the reader proceeded. After the resolutions had been unani mously adopted, the chairman an nounced that the next thin was the nomination of a congressman. Pres ident Powers then stepped to the front of the stage and spoke as follows: "In the practical affairs of life when we have employed a man to work for U9, and he serves us wisely and faith fully, we have two ways by which to show our appreciation; 1st, by expres sing our approval, and 2nd, by re-employing him. We have already expres sed oar approval of the man we two years ago employed to serve us in our national house of representatives, and I now take great pleasure in nominating Hon. W. A. McKeighan as a candidate for a second term in that position." After the applause had subsided, a delegate moved to make the nomination unanimous by acclamation. But another delegate moved as a substitute that the roll be called. The substitute carried. The roll was called, and as each county reported its unanimous vote for Mo Keighan, the applause broke forth again and again. Every voto was cast and registered for McKeighan and the chairman finally succeeded in quieting the applause sufficiently to be heard de claring the nomination unanimous. Then he introduced McKeighan who received a regular ovation. The fol lowing is an imperfect summary of what he said: MCKEIGHAN 8 SPEECH. "You will pardon my egotism when 1 say I think this nomination a fitting re ward for an honest effort. It has been said of me that I never cared for a dol lar, and never knew the value of money when I had it. But I always had an ambition to stand well in the opinion of my fellowmen. I have always taken sides with the weak against the strong. My sympathy always goes out to the under dog in the light. During all the years since I have taken any part in public life, I have been an anti-monopo-list.Jl have always sung one song. I have never beleived that the grea; nat ural advantages which surround us should be monopolized by one man or one class of men. Away back in the beginning of this nation's history arose the opposition to centralization. Truth is an eternal principle. "Every nun has an equal right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," was a great truth, for which our f orefatheas fought. The men who enunciated that principle risked death by the rope. But they took their lives in their hands and defended that princi ple. Those old patriots -were wise in opposing centralization, and we will act wisely to follow in their footsteps. There is no ruler in the United States but the people. If you have not ruled the nation well it is your fault and not the fault of our form of gover nment. No man has a right to live in thi3 coun try and be disloyal to ;the governmaiit. No man has a right to talk about ref . rm by the bullet until he has eXiiaus'eu th means of reform by the baLot. D You had a political convention in -hall last night. I leave you to ju-i-H which convention is nearest in sympa thy with the great plain people who have made the desert to bloom in this part of Nebraska. Last night men stood up here and said they were re publicans beeause their fathers were republicaus, because the republican party saved the nation. I tell you this is a slander, an infamous "no-such-thing." What man of you went to the front to defend the flag, who did not touch elbows with brave and loyal dem ocrats? It was the peop.e that saved the nation. The republican party stands with its hind feet where its fore feet ought to be, and looks back at the past. I thank God that I belong to a party that invites you to think. If you want to be a loyal member of either old party, don't think. I shall return in a few days to my duty and I shall rest easy. I came here willing, if you should so order, to take my place in the ranks and work for any one whom you might nominate. I am not afraid to trust the people of this district. I have no fear of the re sult. I see before me captains and lieutenants capable of marshaling the hosts, and advocates able to plead the came of the people. The people are the jury and the judge. It will take more than bluster and assertion to en able our opponents to win a victory this fall. It will take more than ap peals to prejudice and pointing with prido to the glories of the past. When I hear the republicans talk I think of a question a small boy put to his father.- "Father, is a thing good because it is old!" Why, in the olden timis fellows would look up in wonder at the t wink ing stars and believe the earth was flat because their fathers believed it was flat. But such people can never stop the onward march of civilization. I'm not one that cares to forget the past. No, let us rather profit by the exper ience of the past. The republicans claim all the virtues. They call us calamity howlers. But when free coinage of silver is mention ed from the throat of Wall Street and all its minions there goes up a mighty wail of calamity. They prophe.-y all sorts of terrible things that will happen if we have free coinage. What do you think of a man who runs down the credit of his government? Republicaus should be more explicit. What do thi y mean by "honest money"? Who doo3 not believe in an "honest dollar"? Who was it sent out those resolutions to the G. A. R. Posts? They were sent out by Harter,' a banker from Ohio. It was a (Continued on Hikpage.) WITH THE METHODISTS. Proceedings of the General Confer ence at 0 nalia. STATE AID TO CHURCHES. A Resolution Presented Objecting to tha Association of Sectarian Work with Clril Pay Elertion Uay Fixed, for Mar 17. Omaha, May 10. Bishop Vincent pre sided at Monday's session of the quad rennial conference and the devotional exercises were conducted by Dr. Mc Kiuley of. New York. It required nearly au hour to get through with the reading of the minutes of Saturday. A motion was carried to have a special committee appointed to consider the en tertainment of the next general confer ence. A resolution was offered calling upon the committee on episcopacy to ascer tain if either of the missionary bishops had ordained anybody outside of the 8jecial territory to which they had been assigned and if so, by what authority they had done so. Referred to the com mittee on episcopacv. This will doubt less touch the ac tion of Bishop Tay lor, who it is said, . ordained a minister while in England. His authority ex tends only over the work in Africa. Rev. H. T. De Long offered a res olution to make it obligatory on the part ot all delegates to stay until the clof of the confer ence, and that no nisaor ytnckct. delegate's traveling expenses be paul who left before the close, unless excused by reason of sickness or by a two-thirds vote of the conference. Referred to the committee on conference arrangements. Rev. H. P. Williams of Iowa offered an anti-tobacco resolution. The resolu tion declared that the use of tobacco in any form was unchristian and harmful. Referred to committee on temperance. Amos Shinkle offered a resolution to fix the time for the election of officers for May 16. It was amended so as to read Tuesday, May 17, and was carried. Then a resolution was offered calling .for an investigation into the affairs of Grant university at Chattanooga. It was alleged in the resolution that this institution had squandered a great deal of money, which had kept in employ ment a larger faculty than necessary to do the work of the institution, and that the whole management of the college needed investigation. Grant university is under the charge of the Freedmans Aid society. The resolution was re ferred to the committee on Freedman's Aid and Southern Education society. Dr. J. M. King of New York, a lead ing candidate for the episcopacy, offered C ""solution for a proposed amendment to fi-o "onstitution of the United States. . i ;lav? to the protection of the public 7c.l .hu',2 in i'oe United States against re lit,' ks encroachments and to define the iiat,ide of the ci-.ttrches with relations Vth'j schools. Ua King' offered another resolution 3fec'.oring thai, the appropriation of Viv'.vsy by the national goA --.Timent for cc ei.cEiical education v is not in ac coiv '.nth. the prtoeipk-. '. the constitu tion, ar .'l that ihe cue ,hes should re fuse to rere mor.?y from the govern ment for the educ j of the Indians. Dr. Neely saiu - wanted it thorougly, understood that t .e Methodist church as a church had never ac cepted a dollar of government money tor Indian mis sions. Some individuals connected with the Methodist church had entered into contracts with the government to con duct Indian schools, but the church officially had never done anything of the kind. A resolution declaring that the educational alliance between the gov ernment and the churches by which the churches receive government money was wrong and that the Methodist church should quit it, was carried unan imously. An invitation from the Methodist union of Cleveland, O., requesting that the general conference be held in that city four years hence was referred to the committee on conference entertain ment. Dr. McDowell, of Philadelphia, of fered a resolution providing for a change in the rules by which neither the lay men nor the ministers, when voting by cali- of orders, that is separately, should have power to demand a call of the roll of the opposite order unless tin- opposite order wished to be placed on record. In other words, the resolution would not permit the laymen to compel the min isters to go on record, or the ministers to put the laymen on record against their will. By a vote of nearly four to one the amendment rescinding the action of Saturday was defeated and forty-eight laymen will still have the power to put the ministry on record on any question where they consider it de sirable. A resolution condemning special prep arations for the next general confer -eno- was read and referred to the com mit tee on conference entertainment. - A resolution was offered by Dr. Pem bertcn of Texas, declaring that the church was utterly opposed to all forms of mob law and all unlawful acts in which communities or mobs assume to take the laws of the land into their own hands for execution. Referred to the committee on state of the church. A vote of thanks was tendered D. D, Collins of the Erie conference for a gift of $1,000 for the American university, and at- 1 o'clock the conference ad journed. H arrison Replies to the Ministers. New York, May 10. At the weekly conference of Methodist ministers Rev. Dr. Baldwin read a letter from Presi dent Harrison in answer to the protest sent the president. The president said the bill, as signed, was a compromise be tween the house and senate bill, and as lenient as could be made. The presi dent deprecated the emethods of smug gling Chinese into this country and said the certificate would be a benefit to the Chinese as it would assist them to es tablish their rights in this country. Silver Itnlllon. New York, May 10. Silver bullion on deposit against warrants 2.390,843 ounces; certificates outstanding, 2,390. ROUND-UPS BEGINNING- Johnson Ceuntjr (Mttem May Resist the aatiiorltlee. Douglas, Wyo,, May 10. Interesting news may be expected from northern Wyoming within a day or two. The rustler round-ups began in Johnson and Sheridan counties on Friday last The stockmen applied to the United State! court last week, which issued a tempo rary injunction restraining some thirty or wore defendants from instituting al leged illegal rousd-tips. United States Marshal Rankin immediately started for Buffalo, accompanied by Jeff Carr. When they arrive on the ground and find the round-ups Well under way, and attempt to serve their papers there is likely to be trouble. '.Rustlers will hard ly submit to so small a force and the mar shal will probably be compelled to raise a posse or summon troops in order to en force the orders of the court. The sit uation is decidedly critical to say the least. i RUN OUT BY CATTLEMEN. Jones and Walker, Witnesses of the Har der of Champion and Kav, on the War Omaha. Chadron, Neb., May JO. The Wyom ing trappers are now flying toward Omaha on a special train in charge of Deputy United States Marshal Hepfinger of Omaha and It is perfectly safe to pre dict that the only witnesses to the kill ing of Ray and Champion will never testify in a Wyoming court. The ha beas corpus case resulted in County Judge Ballard releasing the prisoners. As soon as the word "rbleased" was spoken by the judgo, Hepfinger, who sat close to the trappers, arrested and had them handcuffed together before Sheriff Dalhman could place them under arrest. The haste with which the men were taken by the man said to be acting in the interest of the cattlemen is accounted for by the circulation of the report that the train from the west is loaded with rustlers who intended to hold the wit nesses at all hazards, if they were found. THREE THOUSAND HOMELESS. Six Hundred Families Driven from Their Residences at Lincoln. Lincoln, Neb., May to. In that por tion of the city which is known as the bottoms, where 8,000 people dwell, it is estimated that 600 families have beeu driven from their homes and are shelt ered in the park at the First and K street school buildings. The Universal ist church has many people quartered there. Many, however, are bound to suffer : terribly from exposure. Just before noon three residents' of the bot toms appealed to the city authorities for aid iu removing their property to places of safety. The patrol wagon, the street commissioner and Health Officer Bar tram worked manfully and all the peo ple were safely removed. In the after noon the water rose more rapidly and the city is now surrounded on the north by a sea that is lashed to a foam by a stiff northwest breeze. The i A street and O street bridges are liable to go out as the water rises higher. The bridge across the Antelope at Twenty-fourth and Randolph streets went out. The Lincoln park and other small dams iu the vicinity of the city have been swept away. The wagon bridges that spanned them were also washed out. National Historical Association. Chicago, May i0. The auditorium quartered several hundred delegates to the eighth annual convention of tha National Historical association, to be held on the 24th at San Francisco. Nearly 400 of them visited the world's fair grounds, and left at 0 o'clock in the direction of the Pacific. At Colorado Springs they will witness the dedication of the Childs-Drexel home for indigent printers. Receptions have been ar ranged for them at nearly all of their numerous stopping places. The states represented here were: Illinois, Indi ana, North Dakota, Iowa, Massachu setts, Michigan, Minnesota, and all New England states, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Nebraska and Rhode Island. Penn sylvania sent the largest delegation. The following Iowans were among the party: Elmer E. Taylor, Traer; Albert M. Floyd, Lisbon; J, W. Doxsee, Monti cello; Byron Webster, Marshalltown; M. N. Richardson, Davenport; H. Trevy, Des Moines, and C. W. Lee, Ottumwa. An Kinigrant Ship Fined. New York, May 10. Collector Hen dricks, on the report of Surveyor Lyon, refused clearance papers to the steam ship Olinda, from Oporto. Accord- ins to a report ot Surveyor Lyon's inspectors, The Olinda brought into this port on her last trip ninety-six and one-half more immi grants than the United States laws allow her to carry. The "one-half" means en infant. There is a fine of $."50 for eveiy additional passenger in excess of the schedule, and this, with another fine of $M0 imposed because the Olinda had no hospital on board, figures up Uncle Sam's assessment to $-,0 i-. Waukesha's Defense. Waukesha, Wis., May 10. A mass meeting of citi.ens filled the opera housa house to overflowing and resolutions were passed approving the defense of the city's rights by the uprising Satur day night, when the Hygeia Pipe Line company attempted by stealth "to lay pipes through the limit.) of the corpor ation. The resolutions also urged the necessity of taking prompt and efficient measures to protect the city's rights from foes within and without, and se verely denounced any railroad company giving transportation to any laborers who might come to lay pipes by stealth. The invaders returned to Chicago. Cattle Quarantine Maintained. Cheyenne, Wyo., May to. Governor Barber, after hearing the railway peo ple and the southern Wyoming cattle men, refused to alter the quar antine proclamation to allow the unloading of Texas cattle at Orrin Junction. The regulation pre vents the trailing of 200,000 head of grassers across the state. The Union Pacific officials are much disapiwinted. Unless low joint rates to Brennau, 8. D.. can be made, the Union Pacific will suffer heavy losses in traffic. The Thirteenth Victim. Philadelphia, May 10. William Hinchcliff, thirteenth victim of tho Central theatre tire, died at the Penn sylvania hospital. U '. ..;,-. BLOODY RIOjJN RUSSIA Thirty Thousand Men on Strike in the District of Lodz. TORTURED THE REBELS. Chines Accomplices of Mason la HI Up rising Given Inquisitional Treatment. German Spinners rail May K sport Grain In tha Common. St. Petersdcro, May 10. The labor troubles at Lodz where 30,0(0 men are on a strike, were of a far graver char acter than at first supposed and the oat breaks were accompanied by a serious loss of life by both the strikers and the Jews, whom the strikers attacked. Con siderable property was also sacrificed. The strikers attacked the mills and sue. ceeded in wrecking a building, as the authorities were unable to' cope with the men. The rioters then . turned their attention , to '' the Jews, but they made preparations - to defend their lives and property and offered a desperate resistance. The fighting was fierce, and many com batants on both sides lost their lives, while there was a large number of wounded. The local officers were pow erless to suppress the rioting, and the governor was finally compelled to in voke the aid of the military. It is alleged that tbe sympathy of the soldiers was with the strikers, and that they made no attempt te defend the people. The whole place is in a state of great excitement over the affair, and the authorities are taking precautionary measures in the event of a renewal of disorders. Horrible Chinese Torture. San Francisco, May 10. The Shang hai newspapers which arrived by the Orient contain full accounts of the atrocious torture of the Chinese sus pected of being accomplices of Mason in his foolish rebellion against the gov ernment. The poor wretches who were accused have declared that they were simply hired by Mason and knew noth ing of his plan. An English reporter got into the prison and saw one of tbe tortuied men. His legs were par alyzed from torture. He said he had been hung up by the thumbs, flogged ana had been burned under his nose, but had re fused to confess, because he was inno cent. Two other men who had just been removed from the torture chamber could not be seen: The foreign coasuk at Shanghai have appealed to their gov ernment to suppress this hideous cru elty. British Trouble in Africa. AcoKA.'May 10. It was thought that the trouble between the British and the Egba and Jebu tribes, growing out of closing by native chiefs of trade routes to the interior, would be settled with little difficulty, but it appears that the natives have no idea of submitting to the British de mands, and consequently a British ex pedition to enforce the demands will start against the Egbas and Jebuc on Thursday. The expedition will start inland from Lagos. Both tribes are ready to battle with the British, Murderer Deeming'! Confession. Melbourne, May 10. Murderer Deeming's confession is characterized by a document in which he declares his mother's spirit impelled him to commit the crimes. The story of his murders is told with the utmost sang froid, not to say enjoyment, although he declares that part of the time he was not sane and did not know what he was doing. In tbe Commons. London, May 10. In the commons an amendment to the small holdings bill, providing that county councils be anthorized to compel landlords to sell their land and that the councils be re quired to divide it into small sections, was rejected by a vote of 239 to 152. German Spinners Fail. Berlin, May to. Schindler & Herseg, spinners at Zittau have failed with a deficit of two million marks. Numerous Americans are said to be affected by the failure. The Embargo Removed. St. Petersburg, May 10. The decree permitting export of oats and corn will be issued Friday. The same action as to wheat will be taken three or four days later. Poisoned a Prefect. St. Petersburg, May 10. A sensa tion waB caused by tho sudden illness of M. Gresser, prefect of this city, who is dying from the effects of poison adminis tered. The Stone Cutters. New York, May 10. One thousand five hundred men connected with the Paving Cutters' National union, went out on a strike. The strikers represent nearly all the stone cutting and handling trades in this city. The strike tns ex tended to Brooklyn, where 000 men are out. There is hardly an important city in the Union that is not affected by the present strike, which is in support of tho strike of the quarrymen iu New England against the employers which was begun a week ago. Ituiralo Street Car Tie-Up. Buffalo, May 10. A tie-up of the Buffalo street car lines is threatened. 11 is believed the company will refuse tlfb demands of the men, and that a strike wilt follow. The men are well organized as a Knight of Labor assembly. Tbe Iloiier Makers. Columbus, May 10. The annual meet ing of the National Boiler Makers' as sociation began here and will continue until Thursday. There are seventy-one delegates, but only about half of them are present. Iowa If orse'inen Disturbed. Cedar R apids, May 10. A pecnlfar lisease has broken, out among the horses it Mt. Auburn, and quite a number b&ve died. ; The state veterinarian will be called upon. . . ,,.,. ;. , AGAINST THE WHISKY TRUST. t ttlement of tha Nebraska City Distil lery Caaa. Omiha, May 10. Judge Dundy, ol 'An United States district court, entered judgment in the celebrated Nebraska City distillery case. In 1887 the Ne braska City, distillery went into the thisky trust, and after running two years shut down. It had been leased to the trust for twenty-five years, aad after being shut down was sold to G. W. Woolsey under condition that he should not use it for distilling purposes. Wool sey began the manufacture of whisky and choice wines. The trust immedi ately began suit, alleging a violation of these terms of sale. The defense was that the terms of the lease intended to perpetuate a monopoly and therefore were contrary to public policy. Five suits in all were maintained and in each instance the trust was defeated. Judg ment was entered and the whole dis missed. BIG LEVEE GONE. Tha Morganaa, th Largest In tha World, Bunt Other Caa't Stand Much Mora Pressure. New Orleans. May 10. The break ing of the great Morganza levee in Pointe Coupe parish is the greatest misfortune which could have befallen the people of this state. It will let the water down into Pointe Coupe, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, Assumption, Ascension, La Fourche, Ibena, St. Martins and St. Marys parishes, and may flood all the country between it andthegnlr. The crevasse will stop the Southern Pacific roads. The situation is regarded as most serious. A great volume of water from the up per Mississippi and Missouri has not yet reached here. When it strikes the other levees, already weakened by the pres sure against them, the result cannot fail to be widespread ruin and dessoiation in Carroll, Madison and other upper parishes. The water is now even with the tops of the levees in Mississippi. Thousands of acres are already rnder water and the inhabitants, having abandoned their homes, have taken refuge in Vicksburg, Natchez and other cities. Rain continues to fall, which in creases the danger of the situation. Dispatches from Texas report that the Red river is out of its banks. Rain has fallen steadily for 50 hours in the vicinity of Denison, and corn and other crops on thousands ot acres have been washed oat and will have to be re planted. , flood Notes. ' Kansas towns report "high" "water and much damage to crops. The situation at Burlington, la., is somewhat better, but reports from the interior are gloomy. . The levee at Brook's Mills, Ark., gave way and 7,000 acres of corn and cotton are under water. People along the lower Mississippi have asked that the government float be held in readiness to help them. Tho Misssissippi is booming at St. Louis and a dozen houses in the squatter settlement have been washed away. SMALL PACKERS COMBINE. Organize as the International Packing and Provision Company. Chicago, May 10. The small packers known as the "non associates," who have been fighting Armour, Swift and Morris in the Union stock yards litiga tion, have combined under the name of the International Packing and Provis ion company, with Henry Botsford as president. Botsford is president of the Chicago Packing and Provision com pany and the National Stock Yards company, better known as the "Stikney , ,, TT TT T . i .1 . f scneme. a. n. rorier, uie new presi dent of the Chicago . Union Transfer company, which is part of the scheme, controls the belt railway of Chicago, and it is said it will hereafter be oper ated in the interests of the Stickuej yards. District Attorney Vindicated. Madison, Wis., May 10. Governor Peck officially vindicated District At torney Sleight, of Ashland county, who was charged with being incompetent and leing guilty of extortion of Ash land county. In addition to his salary of $800 per year and $200 as office . rent and $'00 as clerk hire, Sleight appeared before the county hoard and unlawfully, it is charged, asked them to cancel a certain tax sale, and corruptly and wil fully or liruorantly iu his official capac ity advised tho allowance of a bill re mitting taxes to a mining compuny. The governor made an order refusing to re move bleight from otiice, appeal tor which was made by Attorney Dockery, of Ashland, ten days ago. State Right to Tax Hallroad Lands. St. Paul, May 10. A case involving the right of the state to tax railroad lands is on trial in the district court at Crookston, Minn. The county commis sioners after securing legal advice upon the matter about a year ago, decided that this could lie done, and orders were given to assess 200,000 acres of the Great Northern railroad's lands in Polk county, in the same "manner that all other lands were assessed. Suit was brought to set aside the assessment and a test case was made, upon which result will be made known the right to tax all the railroad lands in the state. Connecticut Democrats. New Haven, Conn., May 10. The Democratic state convention met here, Judge Walsh was chosen temporary chairman. The committees on resolu tions and credentials were appointed jfnd the convention took a recess. After the recess Bradley was chosen permanent chairman. His allusion to Cleveland elicited wild enthusiasm. The platform demands revision of the tariff and re moval of duties on raw material. It demands a currency founded upon coined money'of the last fluctuation in value. Stanford Will Resign. San Francisco, Ma: W The Exam iner prints a story that Senator Stanford will resign early next year should a Re publican legislature be elected this fall in California. He told several intimato friends of his determination before ho went west. ' ' ASKS FOB ANALLOTIIENT Mrs. Barnes of the Otoes Wants a Valid Title to Her Farm. WAREHOUSE ARGUMENTS. Commissioner Maa Says the Goverar saent Doa Mot Build Warehouse for Whisky Storage Silver Ilea at Work Other Capital Near. Washington, May 10. The secretary ot the interior has sent to the senate ft letter from Indian Commissioner Mor gan, together with a draft of a bill sub mitted by the latter official, to amend the act pioviding for the sale of the re mainder of the reservations of the con federated Otoe and Missouria Indians in the states of Nebraska and Kansas. Mr. Morgan states that he is in receipt of a communication from Mary J. Barnes of Barnes ton, Neb., a member of the Otoe and Missouria' tribe, applying for allotments of lands for herself and three sons under the act of congress provid ing for the allotment of lands in sev eralty to the members of the different tribes in the United ' States. She states that the ' lands for which she makes application are within tho original reservation of her tribes. Mrs. Barnes further says that the land requested for herself baa been her home for twenty-five years, and is in a high state of cultivation, having valuable improvements, and that the several tracts requested for her sons have been their permanent homes for a number of years and are each well im proved. None of these tracts have ever been sold and Mrs. Barnes and her. eons wished to obtain clear titles. It will be remembered by the acts of 187U and 1881, the Otoe and Missouria tabes agreed to the sale of all their lands without making any provisions for allotments to those members of the tribe who had elected to remain under the treaty of ) 854. The commissioner thinks that Mrs. - Barnes is entitled to the lands for which application is made, but as she cannot obtain a clear title under existing laws, except by an act of congress, he has drafted a bill to amend them, . , ' It provides that if any member of the Otoe and Missouria tribes who redded upon the reservation at the time the acts were approved, shall make applica tion for allotments, the secretary of the interior shall cause a patent to issue to themselves or their heirs who may be living apon -m-" limda-at thrr pi eSBnt -time. It is further provided that the lands acquired by any Indians under the act shall not be subject to taxation for a period of ten years. . . Warehouse Argnmaata. - '. Washington, May 10. Some Fann er's Alliance men in the south and west advocating the warehouse system for adoption by the government have been met with argument that it is not within the province of the government to build warehouses for any class of producers, to which the advocates of the warehouse system replied that if tbe government can build warehouses in which to store whisky there ought to be no reasonable objection of construction of warehouses for grain and other products for farm ers. Senator Cockrell sent mqtiiryto Internal Revenue Commissioner Mason, who replies in substance: . The United States does not now, and has never built any warehouse for " distillers for the storage of liquor and distilled spirits. All thedistilleu spirits, with the exception of brandy distilled from apples, peaches and grapes, are deposited in a warqhouse provided by tho distiller himself. Distillers of bran dy from apples, peaches and grapes ex clusively are exempt from the provis ions of this statute. These distillers either pay a tax upon the spirits as soon as produced, or the spirits are deposited in a bonded warehouse erected by a pri vate individual, and stored until the tax becomes due, but in no case is the government liable for any expenses in curred in storing distilled spirits of any kind. Silver Men at Work. Washington, May 10. Representa tive Pierce of Tennessee says he has re ceived assurances from two members of the house now away from Washington that they will sign the petition request ing .the committee on rules to bring in an order fixing a day for the final vote on the Bland bill for the free coinage of silver and to prevent filibustering against the bill. These two additions will make seventy signatures to tha petition. In the Senate Washington, May 10. In the senate Mr. Vest declared that Washington waa infested with a gang of. lobbyists who were trying to secure a franchise for a railroad through the Yellowstone Na tional park, which they proposed to sell to the Northern Pacific. He added that the house seemed to be under the dom ination of those lobbyists who would al low no bill to pass until they got their charter. Physicians Fight a Duel. Washington, May 10. Two Balti more physicians are reported to have fought a duel on the Potomac near this city. One is said to have been wounded. A quarrel over a lady was the cause and swords were the weapons used. Yellow Fever on Board. Lewes, May 10. The Norwegian bark Nor, fifty days from Rio Janeiro, ar rived here. On the voyage nine of her crew were stricken with yellow fever and two died and were buried at sea Seven are now convalescent. The ves-. sel was placed in quarantine. Trouble In McMillan's Hospital. Detroit, Mich., May 10. The nurses in the training school of Grace hos pital, an institute founded and supported by United States Senator McMillan, are in open revolt about the quality and. quanity of the food furnished them. . ' " ' ' Gifts to Yale.' New Haven, Conn., May 10. The gifts to the Yale university the last year amount to $378,860.36. , The accessions ' to the library have been 8,780 volumes aad 29.000 pamphlets.-1. ' sw