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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY. Dr. A.B.Ehvood ,
o ! North Bend , is in the city in attendance
as a witness in the United States court.
He was seen last evening at the Paxton
by a reporter and gave , in the course ol a
conversation , some interesting facts re
garding ' 'the sleeping girl , " who has created
such a sensation throughout the country.
"I made a typ to the home of the sleeping
girl on yesterday , " said the doctor , "and
was greatly interested in her case. I want
to Bay to begin with , however , that many
of the newspaper stories which have gained
currency are entirely false. Especially that
which stated she was illy , cared for and
'
that her clothing has not'been changed in
four weeks. That is erroneous. Hex
father , Mr. Dishner , is a very well-
to-do-farmer eight miles northeast
from Columbus. He has a nice
large farm , a commodious , sub
stantial house , and the family is highly re
II spected. Now as to case itself. The patient
f I has all the indications of perfect health so
far as all her organs and their regular ac
tion are concerned. Her pulse was 80 when
II I examined her , herrespiration normal and
every other indication excppt her si epiness
is most favorable. There is a slight flush
on her cheeks and looking at her from a
sufficient distance for this not to be dis-
cernanle she looks like a corpse because she
lies with her hands folded over htr breast
nnd does not change her position. Sho
takes nourishment when her mouth is
opened and It is poured down. She takes
plenty of milk and soup. If there is any
thing she does not like she refuses to swal
low it. Upon lifting up one eyelid the other
will from sympathy open , bub the eyeballs
will also turn up. Hercase iswhat Ishould
call a catylentic hystero. Dp I think she
will recover ? Yes , I firmly think there is no
doubt of her ultimate recovery. " Omaha
Republican.
TAKES His OWN LIFE. Yesterday after
noon Coroner Beachley received a tele-
phono message from Waverly stating that
Joseph H. Oades , whose farm is about five
miles from Wavcrly and about ten miles
from Lincoln , in Stephens Creek precinct ,
had committed suicide. The coroner im
mediately started for the scene of the
tragedy and after viewing the body and
investigating the facts , decided that it
would not be necessary to hold an inquest.
Mr. Oades has been a resident of the
county for fourteen or fifteen years , and
owned a good farm in Stevens Creek pre
cinct. His wife died some years ago and ho
has been living with the family of Mr. Alex.
F. Beach , who was his tenant. A married
daughter of Mr. Oades lives within a mile
and a half of his farm and a daughter
fifteen years old lives with this sister. A
son , who is a plasterer , lives in this city ,
und there is another son in Polk county ,
living upon a farm owned by ex-Governor
Nance.
Mr. Oades has been for years afflicted
with the St. Virus dance , which made itself
plainly evident in his face and in his move
ments and also affected his entire nervous
system more or less seriously. He has fre
quently threatened self-destruction , but
never made any attempt upon his life be
fore. He acted strangely on the day be
fore , and night before last stayed up nearly
all night , making so much noise that the
family up stairs could not sleep , he fre
quently exclaiming , "Oh , my God ! my
head ! "
The youngest daughter of Mr. Oades
came over to visit himyesterday afternoon
and was in the room when her father took 0
his life. She did not know of his intention
until he suddenly pitched forward with the
blood streaming from his throat. He fell b
directly across the threshold of the door
still clutching in his hand the razW with ceJc
which the fatal deed was done. Jcw
The screams of the terrified girl brought w
to the room Mr. O. M. Shoer , who was
shelling corn at the place , and entering he
helped her out of the room over the body
of her father. He found upon examination
that the carotid artery was entirely sev
ered , and that death had % been almost in O'H
stantaneous. H
The deceased was a substantial and re
spected citizen , and was well known in the
county and in Lincoln. [ Lincoln Journal
MISCEEKANEOTTS STATE 3IATTERS.
AMOXO lie improvements in Blair in
worthy of notice is the Danish Evangelical G
Lutheran college , which has been located
at that place , and is said to be the first of )
that denomination in the United States. PC
The first building quite a fine and impos le
leTI
ing structure located on an elevation north TI
west of the city is approaching comple
tion.
tion.A e
A MAN in Buffalo countraised and sold n-1
(500 turkeys'this season. At
YOUNG boys at Schuyler have been break A.1Ki
ing freight car seals for amusement. Ki
WILLIE ELLIS , a Falls City youth , has ove
been sent to the reform school. He had a ovA
weakness for harness straps and had A
accumulated almost enough to start a
shop on quite a liberal scale. At the re
form school he is likely to get more straps , oTl
but in a different way. Tlh
THE Journal thinks Falls City should h
have the B. & M. division if it takes half of
the town to secure the honanza. da
THE Masonic fraternity at Beatrice will
build a temple next season to cost § 30- we
000. for
000.THE
THE unsold school lands of the state cli
clipr
amount to 1,300,000 acres. pr
A HURRICANE in the vicinity of Logan did of
considerable damage. A. P. Tarbox and iv
his brother-in-law , E. J. Gribling , lost act [
everything but their houses some eight or
ten head of horses , five or six cattle and o
all their pigs , chickens , corn , hay and im o
plements. Stacks of hay and grain were
scattered to tho four winds.
TROOPS stationed at Fort Omaha left a
hurriedly for Utah the other day in obedi
ence to orders from Washington. Rumor C.
has it that the Mormons are about to re : ia
bel.
bel.AN
AN ordinance has been passed by tho city e
council , providing for submission to the o
voters of Lincoln of a proposition for rais da
ing $20,000 in bonds to reimburse the men
who went on the bond to indemnify the
ney
Missouri Pacific road for all expense above neij
ij
§ 80,000 in securing right of way and depot ijo
grounds in that city. had
IT is said that no one knew that the in di
mates of the reform school were furnished of
with a musical education until it was an
nounced that Prof. Hoge , musical director pr
in that institution , had died. prPl :
THE new building of the Young Men's : Pll
. Christian association of Omaha will costin
the neighborhood of 5100,000. Fifty thou h
sand of this amount has already been o
.pledged. . th
PATRICK HA'NNON , the man with six
aliases , was arrested in Omaha on the
charge of being a suspicious character , was
tried before a jury , who found him guilty.
The judge assessed a fine of § 20 and fifty-
five days in jail.
THE five months old child of Mr. and Mrs
Tockey , of Beatrice , fell from a high chair ,
and striking on its head , received injuries
which it io feared will prove fatal.
AUBURN has no opera house , which is ,
according to the Post , a burning shame.
Foun miles east of Friend. 0. H. Cotton ,
son C. P. Cotton , was caught in the tum
bling rod of a corn sheller. He was caught
by life overcoat being wound about the
tumbling rod , and before assistance could
reach him was whirled about at a rate of
spued sufficient t"S ? throw one of his boots ,
which was tight fitting , clear over a corn
shed , besides tearing nearly all of his cloth-
ing from him. He was picked up insensible
and it was found that two ribs were broken
and his head badly contused , besides which
nearly all of his teeth were knocked out.
Though very seriously hurt there is a fair
prospect of recovery.
A COMMITTEE of the Columbus city coun
cil has been appointed to formulate plans
and specifications that may be acceptable
to the voters of the city regarding the
Establishment of a system of water works.
THE B. & M. at Lincoln have let out a
numberof barkemen because they persisted
in organizing a Brakeman's Brotherhood.
MR. PINE , a Falls City man temporarily
at Lincoln , was held up recently in the lat-
ter city and relieved o
THE Methodists of Kearney have inau
ijurated a series of meetings , and thus far
bhe attendance has been very flattering.
NEARLY all grading on Omaha's Belt Line
railroad is completed and track-laying is
about to commence.
THE Nebraska press continues to chroni-
cla the arrival of many babies , the majority
being girls. The worser half of humanity
will not long be in the majority in this
state.
A PARTY of toughs last week undertook to
run the town of Bloomington , but instead
got run into the calaboose and roundly
fined.
THE Caiholicfair at Exeter for four nights
netted over § 1,000.
AN Omahawoman named Krause , whose
mental equilibrium wassomcwhat disturbed
attempted suicide a few days ago by jump
ing into the Missouri river. She was pulled
out alive , but in all probability caught her
'death o1 cold. "
MARY MURPHY , of Bloomington , has
caused the arrest of Henry Wrightman , on
a charge of seduction , and Henry proposes '
to marry her as the easiest way of settling
the difficulty.
THE rooms of Grand Army posts in Ne
braska aie draped in mourning for thirty
in memory of the late Gen. McClellan.
THE Ewing Item reports a peculiar case
of illness at Inman. The victim is a child
of ten years , and the predisposing symp
toms resemble "very much those of hydro
phobia , though the most important and
ruling symptoms dread of water and flow
rio
of saliva are wanting. Otherwise the
symptoms are those of hydrophobia , in
B'tl
that the child snaps and snarls like a canine
and goes into violent suffocating spasms.
,
umana : last ; weeK , concerning wnom tne
coroner's jury returned the following ver
dib : "That we believe he came to his death
by exposure on the night of the 4th of De
cember , 1885 , and by the testimony of Mr.
John Smiley , he was a demented person
wandering through the country. "
THE town of Pender in Dakota county ,
biO' a few months old , has a population of
over 300.
A. WOOLMAN , boot and shoe dealer at
O'h , has assigned.
O'n BILL HAIL , of Nebraska City , claims to be
the champion four-ball billiard player of
the state.
IT is said there are fifteen school districts
Pierce county where the children arc all
German.
MR. McCoRMACic , of Oxford , has in his ( o.
possession a fancy bead-worked watch
pocket which was picked up on the battle
field of Shiloh the next day after the night.
The old gentleman prizes it very highly.
POSTAL INSPECTOR ROBINSON returned re
cently from a trip in thesouth and west , on
which he has been absent for some time.
Prescott , Arizona , he arrested E. B.
Heath , the absconding mailing clerk of
Kearney postoffice , who converted to his
own use about § 2,000 secured from regis
tered letters. Heath disappeared last
August , and has b.-en traced about the
country ever since.
PETER KEISER , of Saunders county , lost
four children from diphtheria in two weeks. I ;
The mother of the little ones died during
the summer.
A FARM LABORER visited Asland the other
day , got drnnk , and was robbed of § 60.
L
Miss JENNIE GROSVENOR , of Tekama , last A
week , fell into a cistern and wasgoingunder 0B
: the last time when her perilous con- B
dition was discovered and assistance '
promptly rendered. The plank on the top
the cistern had become rotten and broke
with i her weight upon it , as she was in the
of drawing water.
MR. CIIAPPELL , of Cedarville , Sherman
county , is tho loser * of a fine two-year old
colt from blood poisoning.
AT a husking bee on Oak Creek , Sherman
county , the contest lasted four hours and
quarter. H. Bly took the first money ,
cribbing sixty and a half bushels , while A.
Sloan walked away with the second ,
having husked fifty-seven bushels.
JUDGE MOSSHOLDER , of Polk cpunty , has
removed ; to Southern California , where he
contemplates spending the remainder of bis
days.
AT FULLERTON , the other morning , Attor
Banks found on his office door a notice
signed by a vigilance committee asking him
leave town within forty-eight hours. He
been taking money from four or five ;
different : men for contesting the same piece \
land.
JAEGGI & SCHUPBACH , of Columbus , have
procured forty subscribers , and will pro ,
immediately to put in machinery for
electric light.
IN THEHome of the Friendless at Lincoln Cc
there are thirteen babies. Good homes are 0.a
constantly being found for children sent 0.H
there. , Si
THE Willow Springs Distillery Company
have increased their capital stock to § 250- ,
000.
DONOVAN , Turner , Ryan and Hurst , the
men who were brought to Omaha from Den
ver , charged with making fraudulent land
entries near North Platte and McCook , en
tered a plea of notguilty before Judge Dun-
dy. They are anxious for an immediate
trial , as they are confident of proving their
innocence. There seems to'be no doubt
that extensive frauds have been perpe-
tratfd , and that a number of Denver capi1
are implicated in them. W. A.
Arn ild , a lawyer in Denver , is said to have
acred as a go-between forthe capitalists.
EACH span in the Loup bridge at Fuller-
ton is composed of eight piles , driven down
to hard pan and then driven some more.
From tho water up oak planks are securely
bolted to the piling on both sides. This
makes the structure capable of withstand
ing a tremendous onslaught from the ice
jlements.
THE university property at Fullerton
has been disposed of at private sale , John
Paton being the purchaser.
COLUMBUS expects greater immunity from
fire and burglars when the streets are
lighted.
DR. RENNER , of Nebraska City , fell from
the top to the bottom of the Staats
Zeitung stairs , suffering bad bruises
thereby.
THSEE daughters and two sons of Mr. B.
F. Stuheit , of Helena , Otoe county , will b <
married inside of a month , and it is nol
much of a month for marrying either. II
is understood that this does not clean oul
the family on marriageable sons and
daughters.
THE Ogallala Land and Cattle company
have chosen officers as follows : President ,
W. A. Paxton ; vice-president. Erastus
Nagle ! ; secretary and treasurer , John
Frank.
BEN HOGAN , the ex-prize fighter , is stu
ring up the sinners of Blair.
FULLERTON'S new school house , costing
$6,000 , is a thing of completion and
beauty.
A FIRE in tho coal bin of the normal
school at Peru the other day created con
siderable excitement for a time. Prof.
3ir
Farnham pronounced it a case of spon
taneous ignition.
GENERAL TRAFFIC MANAGER KIMBALL , of
the Union Pacific , has ordered 45 cents re
funded to C. S. Young , of Fremont , as re
quested by tho railroad commission.
Young shipped 300 pounds of apples from
Fremont to Genoa and was charged 45
cents ( per 100 , instead of 30 cents , the
tariff rate. He made a protest to the
board and got his money back. ,
IN the United States court at Omaha
Sol Kissel , of Rulo , pleaded guilty to selling
liquor to Indians. It was his first offense
and he was fined only § 1 and costs , and
remanded to the custody of the marshal
for twenty-four hours.
THE Pound trial cost Lancaster county '
§ 244.66.
M. B. McBRiDE and wife , of Fullerton ,
narrowly escaped suffocation by coal gas.
It took the doctors several hours to restore
them to consciousness.
Miss DISCHER , of Platte county , at this
'
writing , is still asleep , although having
passed the fortieth day. She is becoming
quite emaciated and cannot probably last
much longer.
THE new county treasurer of Lancaster '
county has to put up a bond of § 300,000.
A SCHUYLER special to the Omaha Repub
lican says : The hog cholera man came
here yesterday with a tin box which he
opened in the Sun office and set out various
glass jars in which , preserved in alcohol ,
was tho cause of the hog trouble , according
to his theory. The jars contained long
tape-worm looking remains , which he calls
the sugar worm , and says extract all the
sugar from the food of tho hog and thus
debilitate it until a fever sets in which
kills the worm and finally tho hogs them- I
selves. These worms layinnumerable eggs ,
which are picked up by the pigs and in turn
create more worms. Mr. Wilson has been
experimenting three years or more and has
opened a great many hogs , both alive and
dead , and is satisfied he has the true cause
and remedy for this disease. He sold this
county and Platte to a Mr. Hardy , who is
doing a land office business in disposing of
the receipt. He is sanguine of a cure.
MARKETS.
OMAHA.
WHEAT-NO. 2 70 %
BARLEY No. 2 51
RYE No. 2 46
CORN No. 2 mixed 27
OATS No. 2 27
BUTTER Fancy creamery. . 25
BUTTER Choice dairy 12
BUTTER ; Best country 12
EGGS Fresh 20
CHICKENS Dressed per lb. . . 7
TURKEYS Dressed perlb. . . . 10 _
DUCKS Dressed per lb 10 @ 11
GEESE Dressed per lb 11 @ 12
LEMONS Choice. . . . . ' 625 @ 650
APPLES Choice 300 @ 3 25
ORANGES Mesina 4 00 @ 4 75
BEANS Navys 125 © 150
ONIOXS Per bbl 4 00 @ 4 75
POTATOES Per bushel 40 @ 45
GREEN APPLES Per bbl. . . . 2 75 © 3 24
SEEDS Timothy 230 @ 240
SEEDS Blue Grass 1 75 © 2 00
HAY Baled , per ton 5 50 © 6 00
HAY In bulk 6 00 © 7 00
HOGS Mixed packing 3 20 @ 3 30
BEEVES Feeders 3 10 @ 4 00 to
NEW YORK.
WHEAT No. 2 red 92 @ 93 of
WHEAT Ungraded red SO © 1 03
CORN No. 2. . : 52M © 53 } (
OATS Mixed western 35 © 37
PORK 9 75 © 10 00
LARD G 37 } < @ G 40
CHICAGO.
FLOUR Choice winter 4 75 © 5 00
FLOUR Spring extra 3 75 @ 4 00
WHEAT Perbtishel 85 © 85J <
CORN Per bushel 414 © 42
OATS Per bushel 2930 /
PORK 900 @ 950
LARD G IS @ 6 17 No
HOGS Packing &shipping. 3 SO © 4 00
CATTLE Stockers 2 40 © 410
SHEEP Medium to good. . . . 200 © 380 a
ST. LOUIS. of
WHEAT No. 2 red
CORN Per bushel _ _ ly
OATS Per bushel 27J @ be
CATTLE Stockers & feeders 2 50 @
SHEEP Common to choice 200. ©
KANSAS CITY.
WHEAT Perbushel 7-7 @
CORN Per bushel 27 ©
OATS Per bushel 25J @
CATTLE Exports 5 00 @
HOGS Good to choice 3 60 © ' the
SHEEP Common to cood. . 1 50 © will
XHE XOKSION QUESTION DISCUSSED.
I/trough a letter Addressed Personally to the
1'resldent of the United States.
Following is a copy ol a letter
to President Cleveland by John F. Caiue ,
which thoroughly explains the Mormon
side , as understood by one of their most
utelligent representatives :
Housi : OF REPRESENTATIVES , WASIIING-
TONVI ) . C. Sin Since our conversation this
morning , additional sensational statements
have ] been sent from Omaha arid Washing
ton 1 , and published throughout the cast ,
which are so false and such outrageous mis
representations of the facts in regard to
the actual situation jn Utah that I am con
strained to lay before you the truth.
The adjutant-general of the army appar11
cntly authorizes the statement that "the
secretary of the interior and the attorney-
general received reports from the governor ,
United 1 States marshal , and other officials
there 1 , to the effect that the disposition of
the Mormons is quite offensive , that de
monstrations are being made of a threat
ening character , and that the slightest acci
dent is likely to cause a riot in which tho
residences ] and offices of the United States
judges , district attorney and other officials
may be mobbed and perhaps personal vio-
lence ] attempted , etc. , etc.
You , sir , and your constitutional ad
visers have been deceived by designing men
who seek to create in the east the impres
sion that the Mormon people are unruly
and turbulent. The ordering of additional
troops to Utah is the result of a deliberate
attempt i on the part of tho republican
United States officials here to create the
impression j that there is danger of a Mor
mon outbreak. The object of this is. first ,
to 1 make it difficult for a democuitic ad
ministration to remove the officials , and
.second , to influence congress to enact legis1
lation in the interest of a desperate ring of
adventurers who seek to control the gov
ernment of the territory in spite of the fact
that they constitute an infinitesimal por-
tion of the population and have no inter-
est in the material welfare of the great
bulk of the people.
The Mormons have been subjected to a
systematic attempt to goad them to a hos
tile act. The federal judiciary has persist
ently ruled so as to shield disreputable I
non-Mormons from punishment for "lewd I
and lascivious conduct , " while Mormons
have been prosecuted with the utmost rigor
for unlawful cohabitation under the so-
called Edmunds act , which makes it a I
crime for men to cohabit with more than I
one woman. The chief justice of the terri
tory and a majority of the court have held
that the Edmunds law applies only to the
Mormons , and a man who was arrested on
a charge of dubauchinghis sister-in-law was
discharged by Chief Justice Zano on the
ground that the Edmunds law was not in-
tended to bo a general corrective of mor-
als. When a deputy marshal , a married
man , was arrested by the police
on a charge of "lewd nnd lascivious
conduct" with a woman not his wife Judge
Zancon habeas corpus proceedings prompt
ly dismissed the accused on the ground that
adultery and fornication was not lewd and .
lacivious conduct unless itwas practiced in
public. On the other hand , prominent
Mormons , who had separated themselves
from their plural wives immediately on the
passage of the Edmunds law , and had en-
lea vorecl to honestly obey that law , were
indicted for unlawful cohabitation , and
when they asked the right to prove that
they had not had sexual intercourse with
their plural wives , Chief Justice Zane ruled
that such evidence was immaterial and
Irrelevant ; that unless they had publicly
abandoned their plural wives they were
guilty of "holding them out" as their wives ,
which constituted the offense of unlawful
cohabitation under the Edmunds law. It
mattered not that in the entire history of
civil and criminal judicature , no English or
American court had ever held that cohabi
tation meant other than sexual intercourse ,
the Mormons had to go to jail , because
they did not publicly renounce their plural
wives.
In the execution of tho Edmunds act the
utmost latitude has been given to the mar
shal and his deputies. Domiciliary visits
had been common , and spies and informer.
had been encouraged to ply their infamous
trade. When a reputable Mormon resent
ed a gratuitous insult by a deputy marshal
on the street , ho was finec ? by Judge Zane
and sent to jail for five tr.ij-s on the un
truthful charge of attempting to intimidate
an officer of his court. The storiesabout
attempts to lynch Collin , and the gather
ing of Mormons for that purpose , and the
necessity for placing Collin in the hands of
the military for protection , are altogether
false. The sensational reports telegraphed
fion Omaha about a mob going to Ft.
Douglas and demanding f'ollin arc manu
factured for a purpose. There is no neces
sity for the presence of additional troops
in Utah. You , sir , as well as your advis
ers , have been imposed upon by Gov. Mur-
lay and Marshal Ireland. These represen
tations are maliciously false. The Mormons
understand perfectly that every oFfort has
been made , and is being made , by character
less federal officials to provokcan outbreak.
The Mormons know that they would be do
ing themselves an irreparable injury by at
tempting any violence or unlawful act
They have not , under the most intolerable
andunjustinahleconcluctof federal officials ,
disturbed the peace or in any way resisted
the execution of tho laws. The Mormons
ask only for an impartial administration
of the laws , and just treatment. They have
appealed to thesupremecourtof the United
States and are patiently awaiting a deci
sion by that high tribunal on the rulings o !
Judge Zane. They believe that his extraor
dinary interpretation of the law will be re
linked. The Mormons do not object to the
presence of the troops in their midst. They
do object , however , to thosending of troops
on false pretenses. They object to being
misrepresented nn.5 set before the world na
defiant , turbulent , and given to mob vio
lence , when all their history proves to the
contrary.
CAUCUS OF REPUKLICAX SE\A""ORS.
Sherman Resigns Ills I'osition as Chairman
The Qiietion of Appointments.
Washington dispatch : The republican .
senators met in caucus at 11 o'clock to- "
day. Sherman resigned his positior as af
chairman of the caucus and Edmunds was afm
elected to that place. This action was duo w
the fact that no senator has ever been m
chairman of the caucus and presiding officer efl ;
the senate at the same time and Sher fler
man felt it incumbent upon him not to de erni
part from the line of precedents. The ac st
tion of the caucus committee in their ar- rire
rangement of the chairmcnship of tho senjn
ate committees , namely , in deciding to ten-
der Senator Newell that of the joint comcr ln
mittce on library and his old place on the wj
military affairs committee , was ratified. _ j
Nearly all the time was devoted to a dis
cs
cussion of the line of policy to be adopted ted
towards the presidential appointments. at
formal action taken and atof
was none pro of
posed. The senators expressed their views of
freely and were nearly unanimous against 1C
general policy of opposion , but in favor tr
treating each nomination on its merits.
ac
The opinions were expressed and general '
assented to that good men appointed to ar 'g
office because they were democrats should tic
confirmed except in cases where their pre te
decessors were removed upon unfounded tePi
charges brought for the purpose of making
pretexts for the creation of vacancies. In
such cases it was urged that the nomina
tions should be held up to give removed
officials an opportunity for vindication. to
senators who were present expressed
opinion that this plan , for the present , for
govern the course of the republicans. of
Democrats dominate Carllfile and tho Re
publicans Reed for' Sj > zalcr The Other
Officers.
The democratic members of the house of
representatives met in caucus on the night
of the 5th to nominate candidates for offi
cers of tho Forty-ninth congress. John
Randolph Tucker , of Virginia , was made
lemporary chairman and Messrs. Beach ,
of New York , and Breckenridge , of Ken
tucky , acted as secretaries. No permanent
organization was effected. Tho caucus
immediately proceeded to select officers
and Hon. John G. Carlisle , who was nomi
I' nated ' for speaker by Mr. Willis , of Ken
11 tucky , was unanimously elected. A com
mittee consisting of Messrs. Randall , of
Pennsylvania , Hewitt , of New York , and
Willis , of Kentucky , was appointed to
notify Carlisle of his nomination . When
that gentleman appeared on tho floor he
was greeted with applause. He returned
thanks and said : "For tho first time in a
quarter of a century we find ourselves iu
political 1 accord with the executive depart
ment ' of the government and therefore
charged < with responsibilities which have
heretofore ' rested upon our opponents
Already I think it is demonstrated
to tho satisfaction of all reason
able men that the interests of the
country are safe in our hands ,
notwithstanding gloomy predictions made
before our accession to power. I trust that
during the time we are associated here in
tho Forty-ninth congress we may be able
to diminish the expenditures of the govern
ment , lighten the burdens of the people , re
form abuses in the public service , complete
the restoration of confidence and fraternal
feeling among the people in all sections of
the 1 country and give such assurances of
wise and patriotic policy aa will guarantee
a long line of democratic administrations.
There is much to be done and the responsi
bility 1 for its accomplishment rests largely
on the gentlemen who are assembled here
this I evening. " Tho caucus then proceeded
to t nominate candidates for the minor
offices : John B. Clarke , of Missouri , tho
present incumbent , for clerk of the house.
Mr. Leedom , of Ohio , renominated sergeant
at-arms ; Samuel Donelson , of Tennessee ,
doorkeeper. The name of Mr. Trainor , of
New York , was withdrawn. Postmaster
Dalton was also renominated. For the
chjvplainej' , Rev. W. H. Milburn , the blind
preacher I of Chicago , was nominated. The
nominations agreed upon will be presented
in the house on Moudaj' by Mr. Tucker.
Adjourned.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
The republican members of the house of
representatives met on the 5th in caucus ,
an organization being effected by the unan
imous election of Joseph G. Cannon , of Illi
nois , as chairman , and Louis M. Comas , of
Maryland , as secretary. These officers will
act throughout the Forty-ninth congress.
The nomination for the office of speaker
being next in order , Mr. McKinley , of Ohio ,
presented the name of Thomas B. Reed , of
Maine , while Mr. Phelps , of New Jersey ,
performed the same duty for Frank His-
cock , of New York. No formal seconding
of the entire nomination was made , though
Hcveral brief speeches were delivered in be
half of one or two other candidates. Of
the members of the house thirty-three were
absent and the first ballot disclosed the
presence of 108 members. This left fifty-
five votes necessary to a choice. Reed re
ceived 63. Hiscock 42 , and Ryan o ! Kan
sas 3. The announcement of the result
nas received with applause , and on motion
of Hiscock the nomination was made unan
imous. Reed bowed his acceptance of the
nomination , but made no speech of thanks.
Balloting for the minor offices of the housi-
was then proceeded with and the following
ticket was nominated without serious op
position : For clerk , Col. 0. W. Crosby , of
Capt. Albert 0.
Iowa ; for sergeant-at-arms ,
Marsh , oi Indiana ; for-doorkeeper , Col.
Joseph ILSelden , of Connecticut ; for post
master , A. W. Adams , of Maryland ; for
chaplain , Rev. Dr. Britt , of Nebraska.
SIR. CARLISLE THE CHAIR.
ZJte Remark * lie illailc on Relng Choten
Spiile > ' of the House of Iteiircseittutivcs.
In the election forspeakcr of tho house of
representatives the vote stood : Carlisle ,
177 ; Reed , 138. On announcement of the 11
result , Mr. Carlisle in taking the chair , said : (
"Gentlemen of the house of representa tl
tives , in assuming the duties and responsi
bilities of this place a second time , I beg to
return my most profound thanks for the
manifestations of your continued confi ccaj
dence. It is a compliment which I shall al ajo
ways remember with pride and gratitude. y
Nowhere else in the world can be found a , ! )
legislative assembly with so great a consti te
tuency as that represented by this house. teVi
Centninly no similar body , consisting of an tc
equal number of members , is its superior in fll
point of ability and devotion to the inter fo
ests intrusted to it. This privilege of pre
siding over the deliberations of such a body
is a very hiih and honorable distinction ,
the highest and most honorable it can con
fer on any of its members , and I appreciate
it as such , but , gentlemen , my full appre
ciation of your action to-day can best be
shown by a conscientious and impartial
discharge of my official .duty. Although it dc
may not bo wise to make pledges in ad
vance , I venture to promise that to the esp
fulbst extent of my ability the law gov p th
erning the proceedings of the house shall be thTl
Tl
evenly administered. We are about to Tlm
enter upon the work of an important ses m
sion , more important , perhaps , than any an
that has preceded it for many years. The acG
polftical relations heretofore existing be
h.i
tween the two sides of the house and ex- ,
ecutivc departments of the government I
have been reversed and this of itself im- W
presses new duties and obligations on
both. Under a popular form of govern fa
ment like ours , a political change in the cr
executive branch necessarily , to a greater sa be
or less extent , involves altered methods of
dr
administration , inaugurates a new legisla
tive policy nnd , consequently , preseiits jut
to
new questions for consideration of the peo
nil
ple and their representatives. It is piob- iio
able , therefore , that many subjects not
heretofore prominent in our deliberations in
will engage a large share of your sp
attention during the present congress. It for
may bo reasonably anticipated also that 2a
wide differences of this
opinion may exist on
many of the questions resulting in long , it ,
enrnest \ , perhaps exciting contents on the
floor < and it may be that these differ
ences will not always be defined by recog
nized party lines. Under the.ie circum
stances a appreciation of the
proper integ CO
rity and patriotism of each other , abincere
respect for tho honest opinions of opponents en
debate and the cultivation of a spirit of an.h
mutual forbearance will be necessary to .h
enable the house to conductits proceedings wiwl
with order and deliberation and avoid un wl
pleasant incidents which arc always , in my da
experience at least , most seriously regret the
by those who participated in them ; fol
and now , gentlemen , before taking the oath of
office , allow me to renew the expressions the
my sincere acknowledgment of the great tin
honor you have conferrcd-jand the great SOI
trust you have confided'to my hands. I on
accept both with a proper sense of the ob the
ligations they impose , and certainly with
earnest desire to discharge these obliga
tions without prejudice to any public in
terest. " [ Loud and long-continued ap to
plause. ] toPr
JSatlallons for Etjypr. paid
Five British battalions have been ordered
proceed to Egypt. A dispatch from .
Cairo says that Gen. Stcphenson will leavo do
Wady Halfy and will assume command pa
the Egyptian forces. Ch
DEATH SLAKES A SUDDEH CAXX
randerbllt , tho Grtat ITall Street Operator ,
Joins the Silent Majority.
New York dispatch of the Sth : William
H. Vanderbilt is dead. Without a mo
ment's warning the message came for him
and ho was no more. The gilt iron cross
over the gate that leads to the grounds of
the Roman Catholic Orphan asylum oil
Fifth avenue gleamed brightly u5dejrthre
electric lamp to-night. Seen from tl grand
entrance of the Vanderbilt mansitjn/direct-
ly opposite , against the sombre gray of the
grand cathedral , it was the only cheerful
thing on the wide deserted avenue that
seemed also stricken as with sudden death.
Rays of its brightness were reflected in the
windows of the huge brown stone pile be
hind whose closed curtains one of the rich
est men in tho world lay dead , stricken sud
denly and without warning. The busy hum
of traffic and tho noises of the street were
hushed in the block. Carriages turned out
and passers-by stopped to inquire if it was
true the millionaire was dead. Being told
they had heard aright they went their way
sobered and silent , tarry ing mayhap a min
ute to gaze pitysngly on the huge stone pile.
Inside servants and friends tip-toed about
with grave faces. The door bell was rung
almost every nuMtte and the wide portals > - i
swung open to admit other friends , who
came to mourn with the mourners up
stairs. Behind the drawn curtains of the
millionaire's bedroom were sobs and'tears.
The children of the dead were gathered
there about his corpse. None of them had
been with him in the hour of his death ; to
none had he had time to speak a word of
farewell.
As he lay upon the carved bed in the
large square room , the windows of which
overlook the avenue from the northeast
corner , from the south wing of the building
to the left of the main entrance , Vanderbilt
looked us if he had fallr-n into a gentle
sleep. His features were peaceful and as
natural as if lib had just ceased talking and
laid down. His death had been as painless
as it was sudden. Vanderbilt was always
an early riser. When in his young days
he worked his Staten Island farm it was
his custom to rise with the sun , and he
used to say in later life that he had often
arisen at 4 o'clock to go to New York and
returned to breakfast and his plow at 7.
Of late years ho had made it a practice to
leave his bed at 7 or not much later , and
throughout his increasing ill health of the
last two winters , he had adhered to this
practice.
After arising to-day he had held his usual
inorninconference with his sons , Cornelius
and William K. , who were active managers
of his railroad properties , and afterward
vrith Mr. E. V. Rossiter , his private secre
tary and treasurer of tho New York Cen
tral railway , to whom ho cntrustd a large
share of the management of his private
business affairs. These conferences were
held in Vanderbilt's study , on the ground-
floor of the mansion , in tho corner to the
left of the main entrance from the avenue.
It was his favorite room , where he wrote
and transacted all his businesse. During
the morning conference to-day he had been
more than ordinarily active and alert , so
much so as to excite comment , to which ho
replied in good humored , jocular vein. He
took lunch at 12:30 with his wife , his son
George , and Mr. Twombley. At the table
he was iioticably bright. Subsequently Mr.
Garrett , of the B. it O. , railroad called.and
while Mr. Vanderbilt was pleasantly chat
ting with him he suddenly pitched forward
from the sofa to the floor , and was dead.
This was 2:30 o'clock. His disease was
oaralvsis of the brain.
COMPARISON OS" CEREAL VALUES.
Interesting Statistics on Crop 3Iatcrs in tho
United Slates.
The crop reports of the department ot
Agriculture ; for December give the farm
prices ' of the principal crops. The increase
in tho product of corn has reduced the
averaso value of the crop to 33 cents per
bushel. The average value of the previous
crop in December was 36 cents. The re
duction is the largest in tho Ohio valley and .
southern states west of the Mississippi.
S'T
The increase in stock-feeding has corrected
the tendency to extremely lowpriccs. Com
pared ! | with former prices , corn values are
very low. For the preceding five years '
nearly all under average in production ) , " I
tlbi average farm value was 44.7 cents per
bushel ; for the preceding 10 years , 42. < >
cents. The price of wheat , though low , is
considerable above last December's aver
age , which was 65 cents. Thatof 1SS3 was
91 : , and the present is 78.7 cents. For five
yeais past the average farm value has been
S)0 < cents per bushel , and for the preceding
ten years 81.5 cents. Last year's farm
value was 38 ner cent lower than for the
ten years ended in 1S7U. due mainly to a
fuller European production and smaller I 1
foreign demand for
a surplus nearly equal
tc one-third of the entire crop.
Cleveland on Volygnir.y.
Tho following paragraph in President
Cleveland's message is supposed to have
been written by his sister , Miss Elizabeth :
"The strength , the perpetuity and the
destiny of the nation rest upon our home ,
established by the law of God , guarded b } *
parental care , regulated by parental au
thority and sanctified by parental love.
These are not the homes ofpolyjainy. * Th
mothers of our land , who rule the nation
they would the characters and guide tho
actions of their sons , Jiving according to
God's < ho.y ordinance , and each , pure and
happy in the exclusive love of the father of
her children , sheds the warm light of true
womanhood , unperverted and unpolluted ,
upon all within her pure and wholesomu
family : circle. These are not tho cheerless ,
crushed nnd unwomanly mothers ol poly
gamy. The fathers of our families are tho
best citizens of the republic , wife and chil
dren are the sources of patriotism , and con
jugal and parental affection beget devotion
country. The man who. umlcfiled with
plural marriage , is surrounded in his single
nomc with his wife mu children , has a stake
the country which inspires him with re
spect for its laws and courage for its de
fense. These are not the fathers of poly-
zamons families. There is no feature of
practice , or the system which sanctions
which is not opposed to all tliat is ol
value in our institution1- "
jnirfal ofZMng TITen.
At Akron , 0. , a sewer , which was being
constructed , caved in , burying seven labor
, four of whom were crushed to death
three others so badly injured that
'hey will probably die. The cave occurred
without a moment's warning. The ground ,
which had been frozen for two or three
days , was softened by the thaw. Four of
. men were standing on the narrow scaf-'l
folding and four others were at the bottom
the sower , which had been excavated to
( depth of twenty-two feet. Suddenly the
timbers began cracking and the water-
soaked earth for a distance of twenty feeb
( sich side of the sewer rolled down upon I
unfortunate workmen.
Christmas Money for the Jioys.
The West Shore railroad has been leased
the Central. Lease
runs for 450 years.
President Depew says § 22,000,000 was
to the receiver. Paid in
one check.
Largest check seen in New York in some
vears. President Depew says the lease will
one good it will lead to the prompt
payment of all the employes on or before
Christmas.