Nebraska Newspapers

    THE TRIBUNE.
V. M. & E. HL KOOIELI. , Pubs.
McCOOK , NEB
OVEE THE STATE.
A. SENATOR'S DAUGHTER IN HAGS.
A sensational affair was brought to ligh
yesterday in the announcement of tho fac'
that a daughter of Senator Pugh , o
Alabama , had been rescued from a life o
poverty and abuse which eho has been
forced to live in this city for more than a
year with a brutal husband. The particu
lars of tho affair arc these :
Something over two years ago , Nellie ,
daughter of Senator Pugh , of Alabama
was married to a then promising young
man named Charles Elliott. Soon after
their marriage Elliott turned out to be a
worthless profligate and soon developed
into a tyrannical husband and brute. Tho
circumstances of their first troublesarenot
known , but something over a year ago El
liott and his wife camo north and finally
settled in Omaha. But little is known o
their life here except that Elliott was cm-
ployed during tho winter on the construc
tion gang of the Union Pacific bridge force ,
nnd lived in tho southern part of the city.
Nothing is known of Mrs.Elliot except thai
she remained at homo all tho time and hac
no relations with her neighbors. Elliott re
cently lemovcd to Council Bluffs , where
thknowledge of the abused wife's high
parentage and the rescue from the hands o !
her husband occurred. A few days ago Mrs.
Elliott , by accident , obtained an audience
with ex Senator Geo. P. Wright , of Council
Bluffs , and to him she told her story. She
"aid thatlier husband kept her closely con
fined in her home , and had , by threats , ab
solutely prevented her from communicating
With her father , who. wad unaware of her
condition or whereabouts. Senator Wright
at once telegraphed to Senator Pngh , and
received an answer that a son of the sena
tor would come at once to tho rescue. Ac
cordingly yesterday young Pugh , a son of
the senator , arrived in Council Bluffs.
After he had learned from Senator Wright
of his sister's condiiton he armed himsel !
with a revolver and drove directly to l.ei
home with the express determination of
killing his brutal brother-in-law. As Pugh
entered the residence , Elliott escaped
through the back door and came to
Omaha , where he was seen yesterday even
ing. The meeting between young Pugh and
his sister was a most affecting one. He
had her properly provided with traveling
clothing , and left on tho evening train , tak
ing her and her HHle child to her southern
home. [ Omaha Bee.
DRUGGED AND ROBBED.
Yesterday word reached Mr. D. J. Selden
of this city from his brother O. B. Selden ,
formerly of this city and now of Silver Cliff ,
Wyominc , detailing a dastardly deed at
that place on last Wednesday. Mr. Selden
is interested in a mica mine at tho place
mentioned and has in partnership withhim
a man named Schaeffer , who formerly lived
in the vicinity ol Council Bluffs. Both tho
partners live in tents. On the night in
question , some person or persons unknown
secretly entered Shaeffer's tent and placed
him under the influence of a drug , and then
took bis trunk out on the plain , broke it
open and rifled it of its contents , consist
ing among other things of § 1,000 in cash.
Tho robbery was not discovered until
Thursday morning , when it was found that
Schnefferwos still under the influence of tho
opiate. The camp was aroused and every
means known to the miners was resorted
to to revive the unconscious man. After
four hours of unremittinglabor he was par
tially aroused , but since that time he has
not improved. He is to all appearances a
maniac. No clue has been found to tho
perpetrators of tho dastardly deed.
Omaha Bee.
A. MURDERER ARRESTED.
Valentine special : Sheriff Connelly has
received a telegram from Detective J. L.
Smith of the arrest of John P. Smith in
Nogales , Ariz. Smith , with W. H. Carter ,
a prominent business man of Chadron ,
Jessie Danielson , eon of the prominent
landlord of tho Dauielson house at Chad
ron , and John Pierce , a popular sporting
man , was indicted by our last grand jury
for murder in the first degree for the killing
of J. H. Hammond , his brother-in-law , in
the fall of 1883. Since tho indictment
Smith , Pierce , and Danielson have fled the
country. Smith was formerly a promi
nent business and cattle man here , and his
friends deplore his trouble , yet all admit
tho killing was unjustifiable. Sheriff Con
nelly leaves Omaha today , where he ex
pects to meet his prisoner.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE MATTERS.
A SMALL boy , a mute , was knocked from
a bridge by a passing train , near Cowles ,
Webster county , Sunday , the boy falling a
distance of fifty feet , bruising him consid
erably , but breaking no bones. He is now
under the care of a physician.
.ATICLES incorporating the Unknown
Knight Publishing company , with a capi
tal of § 500 , have been filed with the secre
tary of state. The Sncorporators are J. H.
Kramer , Fred F. Stitz , M. Torrence , F. C. .
Brown and J. H. Craddock. The publica
tion will be at Lincoln.
THE contract for building a second pack
ing house at Lincoln has been signed.
Anrwtime card went into effect on the
B. & M. on the 30th of June.
THE prohibitionists of Nemaha county
will nominate a county ticket July 12.
GOT. DAWES has appointed Thomas B.
Clifford commissioner of deedsfor Nebraska
"at New York.
OTOE county has 6,764 children of a
school age.
AT the commencement exercises of tho
Hanover ( Ind. ) college last week , the de
gree of A. M. was conferred upon A. S. and
and JL W. Story , of Pawnee City , Neb.
OGALLALLA is trying to organize a firo de
partment. V
CHERRY county has organized an agricul
tural society.
ON July 20 , the people of Pawnee county
vote on the question of aiding tho con-1
struction of the Rock Island through that j
county. The Republican devotes considerj j
able space to showing up the advantages
of the new line if secured.
CHADRON Journal : Some of the B. & M.
townsite menwere in Chadron Wednesday ,
and rumor-will say that tney are looking
over the prospects for a right of way and
grounds into Chadron. There seems to be'
no doubt that the B. & M. will run a road
into Chadron , but it now seems as though
It would be a branch from tho main line
and would terminate at this point , where
it could make a , bid for and handle Black
Hills business.
, A. PBIVATE military company is being or
ganized at Lincoln , to be known as the
"Lincoln ContinentalB. "
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A DISPATCH from Columbus says an inter
esting and enthusiastic meeting was held
there by leading citizens in co-operation
witli the directors and managers of tho
Park Hill orphan's home association. A
committee was appointed to more fully
present tho matter to tho citizens and
solicit aid for the mission. It will bo re
membered that Dr. Armstrong donated
160 acres of land ( situated twenty miles
northwest of Columbus ) to the home a few
weeks since , for the erection of suitable
buildings and other improvements.
OP ninety-six traveling men who spcnl
last Sunday in Hastings , fourteen of them
were agents of implement houses.
SUPEKLMENPENT MALLALIEU , of tllO State
reform school , at Kearney , gave the boys a
picnic at the big canal reservoir last week.
The boys took their dinners , were accom
panied by the city band and spent the day
very pleasantly in bathingand boat riding.
Mr. Mallalieu is said to be popular as man
ager of tho reform school and the thrifty
appearance of everything about the place
shows that his efforts are appreciated by
the inmates and employes.
THE tramp nuisance continues worrying
the men and frightening the women
Blair.
THE station house at Endicott was
broken into tho other night. Only a few
cents in money were found but a box o
goods was broken open and several dol
Lars worth taken. A case of beer was also
discovered and some twenty bottles appro
priated. .
A NUMBER of small robberies have lately
occurred in Grand Island.
U. K. GUTHRIE has arrived at Lincoln
with an importation of forty-one purebred
French and English draft horses for tho
Importing Draft Horse company of that
city. Tho importation includes several
prize winners at the French horse shows ,
and a number of "government approved"
horses. By this latter is meant horses
selected for breeding purposes , on the rec
ommendation of a committee appointed
by the government.
THE election in Lincoln went largely for
sewer bonds.
CONSIPERABLE excitement has followed
the departure of a citizen of Weeping
Water , L. Holland , who left without hav
ing made arrangements fornumerous debts
he had contracted. Several suits were be
gun , and all property supposed to belong
to the departed has been levied upon by
the creditors.
THE bricklayers of Omaha and their
friends , to the number of nine carloads ,
excursioned to the Elkhorn last Sunday.
j ANOTHER arrest , it is. stated , is about to
be made in the Ruble murder case at Oma
ha some weeks ago. The man wanted is in
Iowa , and an officer has gone after him.
THE twentieth annual fair of the Cass
county agricultural society will be held at
Plattsreouth. September 21 to 24.
PROP. CHARLES E. BENNETT , principal o !
die Latin school of the state university ,
ivas married la t week to Miss Madco
Hitchcock , daughter of Prof. George E.
Hitchcock of the chair of mathematics of
the university.
Tun city levy of Omaha this year is 40
mills. When the county and state taxes
are added , the total tax levy will foot up
nearly if not quite seven per cent on tho
assessed valuation.
SAMUEL SHEARS , owner of one-third of
the Millard hotel at Omaha , has sold out
for § 100,000.
WASHINGTON special : SenatorManderson
introduced a bill granting right-of-way
through the Crow reservation to Billings ,
Clark's Fork & Crook City railroad.
THE state republican convention which
meets at Lincoln , September 59th , will
contain 600 delegates.
THERE will be a union holiness meeting
at David City from July 13 to 21.
JOSEPH CRITCHFIELD , "the rough dia
mond , " is telling the people of Auburn
what he knows about temperance.
THE annual camp meeting of the Ne
braska State Holiness association , will be
held this year on their grounds at Bennett ,
Neb. , commencing Aug. 6 , and continuing
ten days.
A BUSINESS man of Aurora was arrested
recently for exploding a fire-cracker in
front of his store.
THE assessed valuation of Otoe ccunty is
not as much as it was last year by nearly
§ 11,000 and the assessed valuation of Ne
braska City is § 52,781 less than it was one
year ago.
THE 11-year-old son of Mr. Bailey , of
Schuyler , was killed by being dragged at
the end of a long lariat rope by a spirited
horse.
UNITARIANS of Beatrice contemplate tho
erection of a handsome church at an early
day.
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J. B. LONG has just purchased in Colo
rado 14,000 sheep , which will be placed on
his ranch in Gage county.
HASTINGS expects to have its waterworks
in full operation by December 1st. The
contract calls for completion of the job by
that time.
A LINCOLN young man , while escorting
his "best girl" from the opera , stumbled ,
causing his pistol in a hindermost pocket
to drop to the sidewalk. It exploded and
the ball lodged in the young man's heel.
He's taking a long rest now and pondering
over the folly of carrying a pop.
EX-GOVERNOR NANCE received a number
of invitations to orate abroad on the 4th ,
but concluded to talk for the edification
and instruction of his own people at
Osceola.
THE members of the East Lincoln M. B.
church are soon to begin the erection of a
§ 10,000 church edifice.
DISTRICT Attorney Estelle and Judge
O'Brien had a stormy interview with each
other after the-Ballard trial at Omaha , in
which O'Brien called Estelle "a liar. "
Estelle resented the insult with a blow , but
further trouble was averted by the inter
ference of other attorneys.
ANOTHER newspaper is about to put in
an appearance at Bennett , Lancaster
county.
JOHN F. FAmirAN , a capitalist well
known throughout western Nebraska , sig
nifies his intention of starting a creamery
at Holdreae.
Gov. DAWES recently issued extradition
Dapers for t-vo men wanted in Colorado for
trookedness. They were captured in
Omaha.
Tnc Talmngo Tribune says there arc six
persons now confined in the county jail.
Three for murder , one for rape , one for em
bezzlement and one for trying to take the
county , town , bag and baggage.
IMMENSE piles of lumber for the new
flouring mill at Blue Springs have been un
loaded. Several hundred thousand feet
will be used in its construction.
A DRUNKEN man at Omaha the other
night drove furiously through the streets ,
smashing several vehicles , starting numer
ous runaways by which half a dozen per
sons were hurt , and played smash generally.
Ho was taken in by tho police , but not
until infuriated citizens had given him an
unmerciful thumping.
AN Omaha young lady went out horse
back riding a few nights ago. The exercise'
was too violent for her and she was taken
ill in the saddle. She grew rapidly worso
and in 24 hours was dead.
WILBER special : Judge Broady to-day
affirmed the decision of the county com
missioners of Saline county removingChas.
W. Meeker from tho ofhco of clerk of ihe
district court for official misdemeanor.
This has been one of the most hotly con
tested cases ever tried in Saline county ,
and this decision of Judge Brady , who was
called on to hear the case by Judge Morris ,
is a great victory for Mr. Tobias Castor ,
the complainant in the suit.
ARTICLES of incorporation have been filed
with the secretary of state by the Grand
Pacific hotel company of Nebraska City.
Capital stock , § 32,000.
THE following school district bonds havo
been sent in to the auditor's office for regis
tration : District No. 32 , Nanco county ,
§ 500 ; district No. 74 , Dodge county , § 500 ;
district No. 25 , Harlnn county , § 300 ; dis
trict No. 74 , Gage county , § 3,400.
JAMES LEE was brought to the peniten
tiary the other day by the sheriff of Rich
ardson county. He was guilty of grand
larceny and will stay with Warden Nobes
for a year.
A. HE ATT DEFALCATION.
Ttic Treasurer and Secretary of a Canal
Company Defaults.
Philadelphia dispatch : J. A. S. Wilson ,
secretary and treasurer of the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal company , is said to bj a de
faulter to Ihe extent of 5173,009. He made a
confession and fled. The directors held a
meeting this afternoon. At the meeting Presi
dent Gillingham read a letter which Treasurer
Wilson left behind him , giving a full account
of the defalcation. The letter states that an
overissue of ? G15,260 of thirty years mortgages
bonds of the company of July , 1856 , was made
about the time the loan was first floated. The
person responsible for it was Henry V. Leslie ,
who was then treasurer , but Wilson , who is
Leslie's first cousin , knew of the crime. In
LSS4 Leslie got into trouble over a deficiency
of § 15,003 in his accounts. He was forced to
make the § 15,000 good and was allowed to
cave the company's service. He subsequent
ly incurred notoriety by running away with a
well known woman. Wilson succeeded him
as treasurer , and has managed to keep the
defalcatfon secret until now , when further
concealment became impoisible because the
loan matured , and steps were being taken
to meet the old bonds upon their being
presented and to convert them into a new
oan. Instead of $1,933,7j'J , the authorized
amount , Wilson knew that there would b3
presented by holders § 2,609,010 , and the over
ssue would , of course , become apparent.
Wilson declares in his letter that he is penni-
ess There have bseu reports from time to
ime that he has been speculating in stocks ,
but at present there is no proof to that effect. :
t is known he was interested in building op
erations in West Philadelphia , but to what
i-xtcnt is not learned , lie left his home at 10
aclock on the night of June 29th , and pro-
> ably took a late train out of the city. He
resides at Forty-first street and Baltimore
ivenue with his wife and four children. At
the directors' meeting he was represented by
Lawyer B. Huey and counsel. Huey
savs he knows nothing yet about the details
3f the affair , and merely received a request to
be present in tbe general interest of Wilson.
L'ho oflicers of the company have taken steps
o have Wilson sought for. The missing man
,
s 63 yearo old and has been thirty years in
the company's employ.
SUCCESSFUL COTTON SWINDLE
A Texas Man Ditpcs Eavlern Parties to
tlie Tune of $35,000. :
St. Louis special : One of the biggest cot
ton swindles on record has just been suc-
eesFully achieved in this market. It was
vorked by a buyer who formerly had head-
luarters in Hope , Ark. , but now does busi-
less from Texerkana , Tex. About a
nonth ago he arranged to ship 3,000 bales
jf good middling from Texerkana to East-
rn buyers , sending samples from that
) lace. He requested the privilege of ship-
> 5ng from St. Louis , as it would make bet ?
er shipping arrangements , and having se-
: ured the latter a shade under the market ,
/he Eastern parties readily gave him per
mission to forward the cotton in that way.
laving secured the buyers' consent for
liat purpose the Texan came here and
) oughl recklessly all low , sandy and
stained cotton he could find until lie had
filed the order. The cotton was shipped
ind the drafts paid on samples sent from
Texerkana through arrangements with the
Texerkana and their St. Louis correspoii-
3ents. His profits are estimated at $35-
300.
NEGROES ON THEIR. MUSCLE.
SAVANNAH , GA. , June 23. The Coachmen's
: lub , an organization of negro drivers , started
) n an excursion to Beaufort , S. C. , to-day.
5Vhfle crossing Calibogle Sound , Griffin Devin
hoi and killed Bob Watts. In the fight that
ollowed four negroes were badly cut , one Ben
3hipp being seriously wounded. A. question
) f jurisdiction is likely to arise , as it is not Bet-
led whether the steamer was in Georgia or
South Carolina waters at the time of the kill-
ng. Devin and three others are under arrest.
? he coroner's jury rendered a verdict of wilful
nurder.
3LAN AND WIFE KILLED.
MERIDIAN , Miss. , July 1. The families of
George M. Gullet and Bartow lived in the
ame house sputh of Scooba , Kemper county.
Ihe men were partners in farming. While
resting at noon yesterday Gullet fell asleep.
A.n altercation occurred between Bartow and
iis wife and Jfrs. Gullet which aroused
Juliet. He went into the room and asked
tvhat was the matter. Bartow began cursing
him saying that be had wanted to Kill him for
some time and would do it right then , seizing
a gun at the same time. Gullet sprang to a
mreau drawer for a pistol and shot Bartow in
he neck while he was in the act of firing.
3artow dropped the gun and ran to the fence.
5ullet picked up the gun and shot him dead.
Turning he discovered Bartow's wife In the
act of killing his wife with an axe , whereupon
ic fired the remaining charge at Mrs. Bartow ,
dlllng her mstantly. Gullet surrendered to
the authorities.
DESTROYED Jjr TANDALS.
PARIS , June 28. The painted windows ol
the Scotch church in the Rue Bayard given bj
Americans In memory of dead friends have
been maliciously destroyed. The culprits are
unknown , but arc supposed to bestudi-nls ani
mated by the secularist docliincsof M. Bert.
LEGISLATIVE NEWS AND NOTES.
A. Record of Proceedings In Both Brancliei
of tlte U. S. Congress.
House , June 26. Mr. Crisp submitted a
conference report on the bill requiring land
grant railroads to pay the cost of selecting ,
conveying and surveying their lands. Tho
report was adopted. The houso then went
into committee of tho whole , Mr. 'Reagan
in the chair , on the sundry civil appropri
ation bill. An amendment was adopted
increasing tho force of employes in tho
bureau of engraving and printing , and in
creasing the appropriation therefor. An
amendment for the recoinago of trade dol
lars into standard silver dollars was ruled
out on a point of order. Much adverse
criticism of the new pension building was
drawn out in the discussion of the para
graph making appropriations for its com
pletion. Mr. Beach moved to strike out
the clause appropriating § 20,000 for con
tinuation of the improvement of Hot
Spring creek , Ark. The committee having
completed tho consideration of the bill , tho
house adjourned.
SENATE , June 28. Mr. Teller introduced
a bill authorizing the president to appoint
and retire Alfred Pleasanton as major gen
eral. Referred. Mr. Edmunds called up
the bill granting a pension of § 100 per
month Emily J. Stnnnard , widow of Gen
eral Stnnnard , of Vermont. The bill was
passed. The chair laid before the senate
the conference report on the postoffice ap
propriation bill , stating that the commit
tee was unable to agree , the question being
on the subsidy provision. Mr. Pugh ad
dressed the senate in favor of the subsidy
appropriation in the bill. The principle on
which he stood was that the foreign mail
service deserved just compensation as much
as the coastwise mail service , the river mail
service or the railroad mail service. Mr.
Plumb moved that the senate insist on its
amendment to the subsidy appropriation ,
and ask further conference. Agreed to ,
3eas 33 , nays 12. The democrats voting
with the republicans in the affirmative werO
Messrs. Brown , Call , Eustis , Gorman ,
Payne and Pugh.
HOUSE , June 28. Under the call of states
Mr. Randall , of Pennsylvania , introduced
the bill to reduce and equalize duties on
imports , to reduce internal revenue taxes ,
and modify the laws relative to the collec
tion of revenue. The following resolution
was introduced by King , of Louisiana :
That the United States will view with great
solicitude and disfavor the contemplated
action of the French government in author
izing a loan to assist in the work on the
Panama canal , or any other measure cal
culated to identify it with the Panama
canal , as such action is opposed to the
policy of the American people ns expressed
by the chief executive of the United States
at the inception of this canal , and which
policy is now most emphatically repeated
and reiterated by the United States. Re
solved , that the secretary of state be re
quested to send to congress without delay
all correspondence bearing on the subject
of such vast importance and fraught with
much danger to national interests. The
house then went Into committee of the
whole on the sundry civil appropriation
bill and so continued until the hour of ad
iournment.
SENATE , June 30. The senate , on md-
:5on : of Plumb , resumed consideration
if the president's veto of the bill to quiet
ihe titles of settlers on the Des Moines
amis , and after arguments by Evarts in
uipport of the veto , and by Allison and
Wilson in favor of the bill , it was passed
Dver the president's veto by the requisite
bwo-thirds majority yeas 34 , nays 15.
Plumb submitted the conference report on
he army appropriation bill. The confer-
ince report was explained by Allison. The
> ill now appropriates about § 150.000
ess than it did when it first passed the
IOUHC. The report was agreed to. Haw-
ley from the committee on military affairs ,
eported back the joint resolution appoint-
ng Gen. Wm. T. Sewell of New Jersey ,
3en. Martin-T. McMahon of New York ,
ind Capt. John L. Mitchell of Wisconsin ,
nanagers of the national homes for dis-
ibled soldiers , to fill vacancies' . Passed.
13eck introduced a bill to authorize the
) ostmnster general to appoint and relieve
lostmasters of the third class , who are
low appointed and removed by the presi-
lent. Referred to the postoffice commit
ee.
HOUSE , June 30. Townsend submitted
ihe report of the conference committee on
he pension appropriation bill and it was
igreed to. Burns , from the committee on
ippropriations , reported the general defi-
iency bill and it was referred to the com-
nitteo of the whole. It appropriates
50.062.845. The house then went into
: ommittee of the whole , Reagan in tho
liair , on the sundry civil bill. When tho
tommittee rose Mount submitted the con-
erence report on the postoflice appropria-
ion bill , and it was agreed to. The senate
ecedea from the amendment which anthor-
zes the postmaster general to contract for
nlnnd and foreign steamboat mail service
ihen it can be combined in one route , where
he foreign office is not more than 200 miles
listant from the domestic office , on the
ame terms as inland steamboat service.
Che senate also receded from tiie amend-
nent increcising by § 80,000 the appropria-
ion for the railway postal carservice. The
enate also recedes from the foreign mail
ervice amendment , known as the "sub-
idy" amendment.
SENATE , July 1. The senate proceeded
L.o the consideration of tho resolution re-
; arding public executive sessions and tho
ipeech of Morrill against the proposed
shange was read by Manderson. Hoar
ilso addressed the senate in opposition to
: he proposed change. The conference re
port on the consular and diplomatic ap
propriation bill was submitted by Allison
ind agreed to. The chair laid before the
senate a joint resolution extending the ap-
iropriation for ten days. Edmunds ob-
ected to a second rending of the joint res-
ilution for reasons which he said he would
state tomorrow. The senate then pro-
: eeded to the consideration of the legisla
tive appropriation bill , continuing thus
mtil adjournment.
HOUSE , June 30. Boyle , from the Pan-
ilectric committee , submitted a report
ligned by four members of the committee
ipon the subject of its investigation. It is
iccompanied by a resolution that a fair
ind exhaustive investigation has failed to
idduce any evidence which tends to show
hat Attorney General Garland , Solicitor
Jeneral Goode , Secretary Lamar , Indian
Commissioner Atkins , Railroad Commis-
ioner Johnstone or Senator Harris , they
leing the officers named in the Pan-Electric
mblications of the newspaper press , which
ave rise to this .investigation , did any act ,
iflicial or otherwise , connected with mat
ers investigated which was dishonest , dis-
lonorable or censurable. The report und
esolution , which is concurred in by Hale ,
rere referred to the house calendar. Ran-
ey also submitted a report , signed by the
aur republican members of the committee.
Tale presented his individual views. The
eports were placed upon the calendar. The
ouse then considered until adjournmeut
be sundry civil appropriation bill. >
SENATE , July 1. The bill passed by tho
houso some timo ago for the reliot of tho
survivors of the stenmer "Jeannette , " and
the widows and children of those who per
ished in tho retreat from tho wreck of thnt
vessel in tho Arctic sens , was reported
favorably to the senate from tho coniinit-
tee on naval affairs. The senate commit
tee amended the bill BO ng to provide thab
tho twelve months' pay of Henry K. War-
ren. of tho crew , shall be paid to his child
'and not to his widow. Miller , from the
committee on agriculture , reported back ,
without amendment , tho house bill faxing
oleomargarine and gave notice that ho
would call it up for action after tho pass
age of the appropriation bills. Jones , of
Arkansas , stated that Senators George ,
Gibson , Pair and himself , tho minority ol
the committee , dissented from the report.
Riddlebnrger introduced a preamble and
bill for u reduction , by 25 per cent , of tho
salaries of cabinet officers , senators and
members. He made an address in its ad
vocacy. Eeferred to the committee.
HOUSE , July 1. Tho speaker laid before
the house n messago from tho senate an
nouncing that that body had passed , over
the president's veto , tho bill to quiet tha
title of settlers of tho Des Moines river
lands. Tho president's message having
heen read , Payson , of Illinois , presented
the reason why the bill should be passed
over the president's veto , which , ho said ,
was based on a total misapprehension of
the facts of the case and of the end sought
to bo .accomplished by the measure. Gates ,
of Alabama , moved to refer the bill ami
message to tho committee on judiciary.
Lost yens 101. nnysl-lO and the speaker
announced that the question recurred on
the passage of the bill notwithstanding tho
objections of the president. The houso re
solved this question in the negative yeas
161 , nays 91 not the constitutional two-
thirds vote in tho affirmative. The house
then went into committee of the whole ,
Reagan in the chair , on the sundry civil
appropriation bill. The bill was passed
and tho house adjouAied.
SENATE , July 2. An amendment to tho
legislative appropriation bill for an addi
tional clerk for the civil service commission
was opposed by Vance , who remarked that
if tho commission was unable to do any
more business it would be so much tho
better. Saulsbury looked upon the civil
servic1 commission from tho beginning to
the end as a useless piece of machinery. If
he had his way he would repeal the law.
Teller and Uawes were in favor of the law
and Call opposed it. Tliediaeussion closed
and tho amendment was adopted 36 to
11. The amendment increasing the com
pensation of the bolieitor of tho treasury
from § 4.000 to § 4500 was rejected. All
the amendments beini ; voted on , the bill
was passed. The senate then took up tho
river and harbor appropriation bill. Be
fore the reading of the bill was concluded
Eustis called up the resolutions in connec
tionith the death in this city , onthel4th
Of March last , of Hon. Michael llalianhan.
representative from Louisiana. After tho
delivery of eulogies on tliQ life and charac
ter of tho deceased by Mtssrs. Eustis and
Gibson the resolutions were adopted and
the senate adjourned until to-morrow.
House , July 2. The house then went
into committee of the whole on the general
deficiency bill. There was no general de
bate and the bill was forthwith read for
amendments. Cannon offered an amend
ment making an appropriation for the pay
ment of the claims of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company for the transportation
oj troops to Panama in June , 1883. He
maintained that itwastheduty of congress
to pay this claim , which had accrued by
reason of an order of President Cleveland ,
under the statute , sending troops to Pan
ama to protect property of American citi
zens * . Not to provide an appropriation
would cast censure upon the president.
The amendment was agreed to 76 to 42.
After finishing forty-three of the 119 pages
ol the bill the committee rose and the
house took a recess until 8 o'clock , the
evening session to be for the consideration
of pension bills. At its evening session
the house got into a dead-lock and , with
out transacting any business , at 11:15 ,
adjourned.
PERSONAL AND OTHER NOTES.
Prince Louis Napoleon is making a tour
of Japan.
Emma Nevada is living quietly with her
husband in Paris.
Ex-Mavor Jacob , of Louisville , Ky. , is
an applicant for the Persian mission.
Secretary Manning is reported to be
much improved in health since his arrival
at Hot Springs.
John I. Blair , the railroad millionaire ,
has given § 20,000 towards founding a pro
fesaorship at Princeton college.
Ex-President Arthur has gone to New
London , Conn. , to pass the summer , hop
ing thereby to regain his health.
It is again announced that Miss Maud
Banks , a daughter of General N. P. Banks ,
will go upon the stage next winter.
General Lew Wallace has settled himself
permanently at literature as a profession ,
at his home in Crawfords > ville , Ind.
Secretary Bayard is one of the best
horsemen at the capital. He is frequently
seen mounted upon a fine Kentucky thor
oughbred.
Mine Modjeska is the wonder of timid
women at Monterey , Cal. , as she dives and
swims in dazzling costume in the waves ol
Monterey bay.
Ex-Secretary Hamilton Fish is generally
pointed out to English earls and people as
one of our finest American gentlemen of
the olden time.
Yseult Dudley , who shot O'Donovan
Rossa , will be taken care of by her friends
in England , it is said. But O'Donovan'e
mind feels much easier.
Senator Stanford-says thathe has had to
feed tramps upon his ranch the past yeai
at a cost of about § 200 a month , and all
the time in need of good work hands.
Mr. John Russell Young is convalescing
from an attack of llness at Hastings , Eng
land. He intends soon to go to Switzer
land , where he will spend a month or two.
Anent ex-President Hayes" children :
Webb is a trunk-maker at Cleveland ; Bur-
chard is practicing law at Toledo ; Ruther
ford is paying teller of a little savings bant
at Fremont , and Fannie and Scott are at
school.
Tint. SPARK'S REPLY.
Commissioner Sparks , in reply to a re-
juest from the secretary of the interior for
i recommendation in the matter of the ap
plication of the state of Kansas for a re
: onsideration of the previous decision of
the interior department upon the claim of
: he state to select additional lands under
the agricultural college act of 18G2 , has
ecommended that tho application be
[ ranted. Under this act the state claims
ihe right to select 7,682 acres of land ic
addition to a like number selected in 1864 ,
alleging that the lands were not legally in-
ireased to the double minimum price as
leld in. the previous decision.
RANDALL'S MEASURE FOR REVENUE.
270 Sill Which He Introduced In. the House
on the ysth.
Washington special : Tho expected tariff
bill was introduced in tho houso to-day by
Mr. Randall. Tho bill , he says , does not
contain anything novel or extraordinary ,
nnd is designed to build up much needed in
dustries , revive thoso that are languishing ,
and remove inequalities" in tho existing law. \
Ho does not claim that tho bill is a com
plete or perfect measure of tariff revision ,
but holds that it is a decided step in tho
right direction , and a sufficient indication
of the policy that should be pursued in re
modeling the tariff nnd revenue laws. Tho
changes in rates proposed aro to go into
effect on January 1 , 1SS7. Tho additions
to tho present free list nrosquared timbers ,
boards and lumber in tho rough. Tho pres
ent lavadmitting live animals for breeding
purposes is repealed. Tho principal changes
proposed in tho existing laws relate to re
duction on planed 'umber , iron of various
kinds , rico and ready-made clothing. Tho
bill repeals all forma of internal revenue
taxation upon tobacco of every descrip
tion , and all laws restricting its sale and
disposition by farmers and producers
after October 1 , next. It allows
a drawback or rebate of Ltho
full amount of taxes paid on tobacco of
every discription held by manufacturers or
dealers at tho time the repeal goes into ef
fect. It also permits , from and after the
paHsago of tho act , tho manufacture and
sale of fruit brandies and wines free of in
ternal revenue taxes. Undor tho head of
ilk , silk goods and leather goods , tho bill
embraces the recommendations of Assis
tant Secretary Fairchild. in his letter of
Juno 14 , 18S6 , to tho chairman of tho
committee on ways and means , already
published. Wools nro divided into threo
classes , namely : Clothing , combing and
carpet wools. On tho first and second
classes tho duty is fixed at 10 cents per
pound. Washed wool of tho first class is
to pay double duty , which is fixed at threo
times the amount to which they would bo
subjected if imported unwashed. On
carded or combed wools or taps the duty
is fixed at 48 cents per pound and 10 per
cent ad valorem ; wool on the skin , at tho
si me rates as other wools ; woolen rags ,
shoddy , mungo waste and flocks , 10 cents
per pound ; woolen or worsted cloths , and
unenumernted manufactures of wool ,
valued at not exceeding 60 cents per pound ,
30 cents per pound and 35 per cent ad va
lorem ; between 60 and 50 cints per pound ,
3. cents and 35 per cent ad valorem ;
above SO cents per pound. 35 cents and 40
per cent ad valorem ; flannels , blankets ,
hats , balmorals , yarns , knit goods , com
posed wholly or in part of wool , and all
manufactures of alpaca wools ami of
wools of other animals , not specifically
enumerated , valued at 30 cents or less per
pound , 10 cents per pound ; between
30 and 40 cents per pound , 12 cents ;
between 40 and 60 , 15 cents ; between
60 and 80. 24 cents ; nnd in addition , upon
the above named articles , 35 per cent ad
valorem ; women and children's dress coods ,
coat linings and goods of light description ,
composed in part of wool or animal hair ,
not exceeding 20 cents per yard in value , 5
cents per square yard and 35 per cent ad
valorem ; wholly of wool or animal hair , or
mixture of them , 9 cents and 40 per cent
ad valorem ; clothing , ready made , and
wearing apparel , except knit goods , not
enumerated , composed wholly or in partof
wool or animal hair , and wholly or partly
manufactured , 45 cents per pound and 45
per cent ad valorem ; marble block , rough
or squared , 50 cents per cubic foot ; veined
marble , sawed , dressed or otherwise , in
cluding slates and tile , § 1 per cubic foot ;
sawed in packages , 10 cents perlOO pounds ,
and in bulk 4 cents per 100 pounds.
The bill proposes to amend the existing
tariff laws by striking out section 2499 re
vised statutes and snbstituning a clause
providing that an article not provided for
hhall pay the same rate of duty levied on
the enumerated article which it moat re
sembles in material , quality , texture or
use. In unenumernted articles manufac
tured of two or more materials the duty
shall be assessed at the highestrate ch-trge-
able if the article were composed fully of
the component material of chief value.
The main features of the Hewitt bill are in
corporated , including tho clause removing
the duty on alcohol used in the arts , the
tobacco wrapper clause and the adminis
trative clauhes.
POSTAL CLERKS ON TUETR EAR.
Reports That the Jlpsitjutttioni of Seeeral
Hundred ll'ill be Sent to lt'ahinalon.
Indianapolis special : The opinion is gen
eral in this division of the postal service
that several hundred postal clerks will go
out next week. The executive committee
will meet Friday , and there seems to be no
doubt th.it the resignations in its keeping
will be promptly forwar led to the post
master general. AH of the members of tho
brotherhood in this division fcnl especially
bitter toward the chief head clerk in this
city , and they are indulging in some pretty
harsh criticisms , alleging that he wormed
himself into their confidence , and used his
position to betray them. This feeling led
to a spirited scene at tho depot between
Head Clerk Wolfe , of the Pittsburg and
Western , and the local chief head clerk , in
which the former was outpocn ! in his con
demnation. Now it is stated that a ma
jority of the executive committee weie in
cluded in the dismissals the other day , and
'
from this it is argued that there is no'doubt
that all the members will be ordered out.
It is further stated that the head clerks
have resolved not to "double" their
runs to fill out the breaks caused by the
dismissals , and this will probably precipi
tate a crisis , even if the executive commit
tee is slow to act. It is believed that tho
postal authoritiesareanticipating a break ,
for within the past few days.it is reported ,
several ex-clerks who were dismissed for
"cause" have been approached with a
proposition looking to their re-employ
ment as clerks. Trouble olsome kind may
be anticipated in this division , also tho
Sixth.\ind possibly it may extend where-
ever the secret organization exists.
A committee will be selected to visit
Washington and wait on the postmaster
general for the purpose of procuring from
him a definite statement as to what the
clerks may expect in future as to their of
ficial tenure. An officer of the brother-
iiood states that this committee will surely
le sent , despite the action already taken
by the department in removing clerks , and
the intention of tho organization will not
be changed , even should further removals
tie made before the meetinc of Friday.
SLslSHING ON FREIGHT KATES.
St. Louis dispatch : Ever since the break
n the Northwestern , it has been feared
: lmt the cut would eventually extend to
jvery interest involved , on the theory that
; he lines operating in the territory affected
vould bo compelled to meet the cut for
lelf projection. The situation has been
Towing more serious all the timo and yes-
erday rates went all to pieces at this
) ointand _ war is now open a 1 along the
ine with every indication of becoming as
ierce and bitter as was feared. The first
: ut announced from St. Louis was made
restcrday from St. Louis to Lincoln and
fremout , Nebraska , the following being the
igures now made : First-class , sixty-four
: ents per hundred Ibs. ; second-class , fifty-
; wo cents ; third-class , thirty-three cents ,
ind fourth-class , twenty-three cents.