Nebraska Newspapers

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F. HI. & E. Iff. KIITUIELXi , Fobs.
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McCOOK , - - -
OVER THE STATE.
PROGRAMME OF J4TT.r EXERCISES ,
Following is tho programme of daily ex-
trcises at Grand Island state reunion of the
loldiors and sailors of Nebraska , to be held
at Grand Island , Nebraska , commencing
on Monday , August 30 and ending Satur
3ay , September 4,18SG :
MONDAY , AUGUST 30.
9 a. m. Guard mount by U. S. regulai
troops.
General handshaking.
Reception of tho various posts of the
Brand Army of tho Republic and visiting
delegations assignment of quarters.
3 p. m. Evolutions by U. S. regular
troops.
6. p. m. Dress parade by sam e.
7 p. m. Turning over of camp by reunion
: ommittee to camp'commander speeches
of welcome and replies.
8 p. m. Grand campfiro in pavilion by
members of the Grand Army of the Repub
lic.
TUESDAY , AUGUST 31.
9 a. m. Guard mount by U. S. regular
troops.
10 a. m. Call of states and assembly ol
comrades at various state headquarters.
2 p. m. Evolutions by U. S. regulai
troops.
4 p. m. Attack on Fort Sumpter.
5 p. in. Dress parade by U. S. regular
troops and members of the Grand Army ol
tho Republic.
8 p. m. Complete representation of the
final hours in tho U. S. senate at the time
of secession , and reading of President Lin
coln's proclamation calling for 75,000 vol
unteers , closing with grand camptire in the
pavilion , all comrades participating.
WEDNESDAY , SEPT. 1.
9 a. m. Guard mount by U. S. regular
troops.
10 a. m. Assembly of volunteers with
iquad company , regimental and competi
tive drill , by the ' posts of the Grand Army
of the Republic.
1 p. in. Assembly of comrades and all
ex-soldiers by states.
2 p. m. Drill by U. S. regular troops and
rolunteers.
3 p. m. Battle of Belmont. Grant's first
battle in the Mississippi valley in which the
fj. S. A. "Tyler" takes part and saves the
{ eneral from being captured.
4 p. m. Grand naval scene English cut
ter attempting to run the blockade and
rapture by blockading squadron.
G p. m. Dress parade by U. S. regular in
fantry and entire camp , including all mem
bers of the Grand Army of tho Republic and
all old soldiers , and review by commanding
officers.
8 p. m. Grand camp firo in thepavillion.
THURSDAY , SEPT. 2.
9 a. in. Guard mount by U. S. regular
troops.
10 a. m. Grand parade in divisions by
states by the entire camp of comrades of
the Grand Army of the Republic.
3 p. in. Assembly of comrades of the
Grand Army of tlieRepublic and ex-soldiers
by states.
4 p. m. Grand parade by the "Mulligan"
' ' 'bummers" return
guards and Sherman's
ing from a foraging expedition.
5 p. in. Dress parade by the U. S. regu
lar troops.
7 p. m. Grand naval scene. Fight be
tween the Congress and Merrimac , including
tho burning and explosion of tho U. S.
frigate Congress a fine naval scene.
9 p. m. Grand camp fire in , pavilion.
FRIDAY. SEPT. 3.
8:30 a. m. Guard mount by U. S. regu
lar troops.
9 a , in. Grand band contest with prem
ium to successful band.
11 a.m. Assembly of comrades by states
and the election of their officers.
2 p. m. Grand complete representation
of the great battle of Five Forks and the
surrender of the confederate forces in which
the entire force of U. S. regular troops , and
all old soldiers and members of the Grand
Army of the Republic will participate.
A fine battle scene.
5 p. m. Dress parade by U. S. regular
troops , and members of the Grand Army
of the Republic.
7 p. m. Great naval scene , engagement
between the Monitor and Merrimac.
9 p. m. Grand camp fire in the pavilion.
SATURDAY , SEPT. 4.
9 a. m. Guard mount by U. S. regular
troops.
Home Sweet Home and Auld Lang Syne
by the bands.
Breaking camp.
Final hand shaking and muster out.
Recruiting othces will be open on the
grounds on and after Tuesday , Septem
ber 1st.
The comrades of the Grand Army of tho
Republic will heartily welcome all old
brothers-in-arms , and their friends , wheth
er they are members of the Grand Army of
the Republic or not.
Programme in detail will be published be
fore opening day , and furnished to all visi
tors as they arrive.
STATE MATTERS.
CHARLES PIUCE , a patent iron fence post
swindler , was arrested at Columbus for ob
taining a note under false pretenses from
George Marrie.
THE Omaha Republican is informed by a
Norfolk gentleman that the new insane
asylum building at that place is fast near-
ing completion , and when pronounced fin
ished will be the most substantial and
solidly built as well as handsome public
edifice in the state. The Avails are up and
ready to receive the roof , which will be put
on in a few days. Mr. King , the contrac
tor , is giving his entire attention to the
work and carefully superintends every por
tion of it.
THE recent public camp-fire at Seward
was tho biggest thing of the kind ever held
m Seward county. Tho speaking was
listened to with great interest by all present.
THE Seward county fair , announced here
tofore to take place September 1 , 2 , 3 and
4 , has been postponed to September 29 and
30 and October 1 and 2. The change was
made on account of so many counties in
that section of the state having set tho
same date and the reunion also occurs that
week , which many ol the fair patrons desire
to attend.
THE Kearney city council has decided to
accept the water works proposition of the
Kearney canal and watersupply company.
The Holly systemwill bo put in as one-
third o ! the canal stock is now in the hands
ot the Holly company.
IN a Pullman c > r on tho Union Pacific
near Grand Island , a four-year-old girl , in
her sleep , rolled onto her sister , six : months
old , smothering her to death.
War. EWEHT and Herman Maahs , half
brothers , of Lancaster county , quarreled
about an end-gate to a wagon , when the
former stabbed and instantly killed the
latter.
PRELISIINAIY steps have been taken ic
Pawnee county for tho incorporation in
Nebraska of the Lincoln and Topeka , a
road that is to be a feeder of the St. Josepli
and Grand Island.
THIRTY-EIGHT deaths occurred in Lincoln
during July.
WASHINGTON COUNTY ex soldiers will have
a two-days picnic , the 17th and 18th ol
this month.
RESIDENTS ol O'Connor , Greeley county ,
will give a bonus of § 15,000 if the Scribncr
branch of tho Elkhorn Valley road is ex
tended to tho town.
Mil. WALKER , near Cozad , was gored by a
vicious bull , and there are doubts about
his recovery.
IP ypur horse is glandered and has to bo
killed the recompense from the state is one
dollar.
WAYNE county has sent in for registra
tion refunding bonds to tho amount of
§ 13,500. They aro G per cent ten twenties.
THE Woman's Christian Temperance un
ion of Omaha placed a book case in tho
main room of tho county jail filled with
volumes for the use of tho prisoners. About
200 volumes have been contributed by tho
women of tho union.
A YOUNG lady of Red Cloud went riding
with a young mam Not liking the quality
ol his conversation she jumped from tho
bugey. found a farm house and remained
there until the following morning.
THE Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Val
ley railroad has its grading almost com
pleted , and expects to run trains into Lin
coln soon after Oct. 1 , although they did
not agree to do so before Nov. 1. The
track is laid for a distance of about six
miles west of Fremont. The line of tho
road crosses tho Platte about six miles
wesc of Fremont and nearly half of the
bridge is completed. Iron is laid on tho
first third , and tho piles for the whole
bridge are driven.
WASHINGTON special : Manderson and
Dorsey have secured tho consent of the sec
retary of war and of General Sheridan ror
the loan of a battery from Leavenworth
for the reunion at Grand Island this sum
mer , and the order will probably be issued
to the captain of that post to this effect ,
the battery going overland to St. Joseph
and thence by the St. Joe & Western rail
road to Grand Island.
THE pro'iibitionists have organized a
club at Roca and have a good working
membership.
CATALOGUES of the Weeping Water acad
emy are just out and make a fine showing
for the past year and give promise o ! more
extended and thorough work in the future.
BURGLARIES are becoming of too frequent
occurrence in Hastings , and there is no
doubt an organized gang are at work.
THE smokestack of Plattsmouth'u brick
and terra cotta works is completed , and is
just 100 feet high.
A MAN whose name at this writing is not
known was found dead near the race track
at Lincoln the other day. Ho had died
from a pistol shot , but whether it is a case
of murder or suicide has not yrt been de
termined.
SENATOR VAN WYCK will deliver an ad
dress before the Burb county agricultural
society the second day of the fair.
A TREMENDOUS rainvisited Grand Island ,
doing considerable dtimage by the flooding
of basements. Several houses were struck
by lightning.
A DISPATCH from Chadron says : J. E.
Smith , better knownas "Townsite Smith , "
late postmaster atDawes City , having been
fired out as postmaster , accused County
Commissioner A. V. Harris of having been
the cause of his removal and attempted to
thrash the latter. Commissioner Harris
beat him nearly to death , pounded him up
to such an extent that he had to be hauled
liome in a carriage and is not expected to
live.
THE citizens of Lincoln are at loggerheads
over the seweiage question and are holding
meetings that extend far into the night.
THE farmers' loan and trust company
liave filed articles of incorporation in the
office of the secretaryof state. The capital
stock is § 120,000 and the objects those
usual to that kind of associations.
GRANT GEIGER , a convict at the peniten
tiary , was given his liberty on the 3d. He
was sent up from Adams county for three
years , the 29th of October , 1883 , for horse
stealing. He made two months and twen
ty-seven days good time.
OXE H. D. Brown , who took Jennie Pe
terson to the Washington house at Lincoln
and registered her as his wife , and has since
been giving his undivided attention to
eluding the officers of the law , was captured
at Cortland the other day and will Imve
an examination.
AN Omaha Bee Chadron special says :
The sheriff of Cheyenne county arrived in
this city early last week in search of a
school girl and heiress , who , he had been in-
'ormed , had left her homo and went forth
: o capture the hearts of the cowboys in the
northwest. It appears the official was sent
on his errand by a practical joker , by what
s known in detective parlance as a
' " " of the
"pigeon , containing a description
"heiress" above mentioned. Armed with
ihis letter tho ofliccr reached Chadron , and
; here , after searching the many places of
ill-fame , succeeded in finding in one of the
courtezans the long lost school girl , who ,
jy the way is somewhat handsome and
quite young in years , but old in iniquity.
EJe visited her from day to day and in fact
ic pumped her incessantly as to her
mrentngo , etc. In the mean time she
"worked" him for § 75.
A BROTHER of ex-Mayor Chase , of Omaha ,
was kicked to death by a horse in Minne
sota one day last week. The victim , was
about fifty years old.
THE Kearney flouring mills , destroyed by
fire early in the week , will probably not be
rebuilt immediately.
A BURGLAR went through a saloon at
Columbus , being rewarded with two pistols
and § 5.75 in cash.
BEATRICE has given the Rock Island right
of way through the streets.
LINCOLN'S salt well will be sunk , if neces
sary , to the depth- 2,000 feet.
MANAGERS o ! the Omaha fair expect th *
array of speed horses at their exhibition to
3e the finest ever seen in that section.
THE people of Courtland are endeavoring
to have a division station of the Union Pa
cific located at place.
THE corner-stone of the FaSrbury Hethc
dist church was laid on Sunday last.
OVER forty traveling men mako thcl
home in Hastings.
IT takes twenty teachers to instruct i
the schools of Hastings. '
THE total depth of the salt well at Lin
coin now is 1,030 feet , and tho last flow c
brine reached only a test of 19 ° .
A STREET railway company has been 01
ganized at Kearney. It is composed c
some of the wealthiest and most iufluentin
citizens.f
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HENRY DARE , the man who disappears
from Fairfield , has not been heard of sine
leaving. There is no plausible solution o
the mystery yet , and his friends are becom
ing very anxious'concerning him.
A REUNION of old settlers of the countic
of York , Seward , Polk and Butler will b
held in the grove of G. W. Lord , nine mile
west of Ulysses on Wednesday , August 18
ALBION , Boono Bounty , has her watci
works under way.
BEDS of sand valuable for use in tho man
ufncture of mineral paints have been openei
at Milford.
Six HUNDRED new volumes were added t <
the Omaha library in two months.
THE Nebraska and Iowa Packing com
pany at Nebraska City is now known ai
the Nebraska City Packing company
Mark Morton , formerly superintendent o
the institution , has been promoted to tin
vice-presidency , and A. Heller , of Milwau
.kee , will take Mr. Morton's place of super
intendcnt.
GRAFTON has passed an ordinance pro
hibiting boys from jumping on trains whili
in motion or playing around the depot.
THE Omaha jobbers will probably agitate
the putting on of fast trains between thai
city and Chicago.
THE republican convention in tho Firsi
congressional district will ; meet at Beatrici
Sept. 22
OMAHA'S latest suicide is one J. A. Andcr
son , who shuflled off by the use of the pis
tol. He was deeply in love withayoun ;
woman who failed to reciprocate his ten
derncss.
A CO-OPERATIVE lumber , grain and stock
company is an enterprise being urged bj
leading citizens of Oakland.
THE Nebraska editors , previous to start
ing on their excursion for the west , were
given a ride about Omaha by the board ol
trade and representatives of the press.
THE Oakland postoflico was robbed the
other nightof § 300 worth of postage
stamps. No clue to the burglars.
JOHN PERUY , from Denver , shot himsell
in Omaha last week , being found dead ir )
his room. No causo is known for the
suicide.
HENRY DESPONG was arrested six miles
south of Filley , in Gage county , by a con
stable on the charge of complicity in the
robbery of merchandise from a Missouri
Pacific car at Weeping Water , about June
1st last. The arrest was made at the in
stance of Frank Tutt , of Kansas City , in
spector for the Missouri Pacific , and Depu
ty Sheriff Yeomans , of Cass county.
WHILE assisting in breaking some bron-
choes at the farm of Palmer and Bard , in
Adams county , a man was severely injured
by one of them kicking him in the stomach.
DURING the period beginning January 1
and ending August 1 , 101 patients were re
leased from tho insane asylum and 103
were admitted.
THE cornerstone of the , iow Masonic
temple at Beatrice was laid last week with
imposing ceremonies.
THE OLEOXAIlGARfXIS KIZI. .
Miller Denies That It UVrs Deprived of
I'otcciin the Senate.
Washington dispatch : Senator Miller
says that the notion that the oleomargar
ine bill was emasculated in the senate or
materially changed in any way is untrue.
While the farmers hnd fixed upon a 5 per
cent tax , and while he worked to secure it ,
still the rate of tax was net the important
feature of the bill. The evil sought to bo
cured was the practice of putting on the
market under the guise of butter a variety
of fraudulent imitations. The machinery
devised to prevent this , Senator Miller
says , is retained in all its vigor in the bill
as it became a law. One incident , but a
very important result of the passage of the
act , he says , will be the aid it will furnish
the state authorities to carry out their
own laws on the subject. Heretofore , how
ever stringent the statelaw may have been ,
t has been extremely difficult , often impos
sible , to execute it , by reason of the fact that
; he imitations of butter made in the ncigh-
joring states could come across the border
unchallenged and there was no way except
> y chemical analysis , both expensive and
slow , to detect tho fraud.
Chicago dispatch : TheChicngo manufac
turers of butterine and oleomargarine met
n conference to-day to talk over the recent
iction of congress regarding their industry ,
and agree upon a. plan to test the validity
of the oleomargarine bill. Eleven Chicago
actories were represented , G. W. Sterne , of
Sterne & Davis , presiding. The bill was
discussed and it was agreed that its con
stitutionality ought to be tested before the
Jnited States supreme court. The law
goes into effect November 1. Before that
date , it was said , the manufacturers will
rrobably take the first steps for redress ,
ind a meeting of the National Oleomargar-
nc and Butterine association , of which
Sterne is president , will be called within the
next thirty days in Chicago. There sire
twenty-five firms in the national associa
tion.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
CLEVELA > T ) , O. , Aug. 5. Thomas C. Britrgs ,
an old insurance agent , living on a farm ad-
joinins that of S. S. Totman in Sharon town
ship , Medina county , was sent for to make out
an insurance policy for Totmau. The latter
searched for a pen but said he could not find
one. Then Briggs offered to go to his own
house , make out a policy and return to Tot-
man's house so that the latter could sign it.
Briggs left the house but before he had reach
ed the gate , Totman appearcil at the door and
fired three shots at him from a 32-caliber re
volver. One bullet lodged in Briggs' shoulder ,
another iu his abdomen and the third in one
of his hands.
Totman then shot himself in the left breast
inflicting a fatal wound. Briggs may possibly
recover.
The men were supposed to be the best of
friends but a letter left by Totman leads to the
belief that he had a gruuge against Edges'
father and deliberately planned the crime for
revenge. Many believe that Totinan was in
sane.
Advices from the growing cotton in sue
states show that east of the Mississippi river
there is likely to be a decrease of from 15 to
35 per cent , from the yield of last year. The
best crop reports come from Arkansasand
lexas , where the crop bids fair to be large.
DOVDVS MURDER J.XD SUICIDE.
Hie Rash Act of a KcbraslM JTonnj3Ia
Who icas Disappointed in Love.
A Lincoln Journal special from Staple
hurst , Nebraska , gives the following ac
count of a triple tragedy in Seward county
A doublet murder and suicido occurrec
last night at about 7 o'clock on tho farir
of John Luitke. about four miles west o
this place. The circumstances seem to b
about as follows :
About a year ago a young man by th
name of Frederick Edho was employed bj
Luitke as a laborer on his farm. SOOT
after his employment he became ennmorec
of tho daughter , Minnie Luitkea _ youn
girl about seventeen years old. Thejathe
objected to his paying her his addresses
principally on account of tho youth of th
lady , and finally discharged him from hit
employ and forbade him to visit her
Since then ho has remained in tho neigh
borhood working for various parties , occa
sionnlly eluding tho vigilance of the father
and holding clandestine meetings with the
girl , and has repeatedly threatened her life
saying that she should not live to marry
any one else.
Yesterday he visited the German minister
who told him he was n murderer in hii
heart and urged him to repent. He repliec
tlii-t it was ton late for him to repent. Hu
seemed in a desperate frame of mind am
the Luitke family were put upon their
gnaid. About 7 o'clock in the evening the
girl and a 3'oung brother went out into the
field after the cows , where they were me (
by Elide , who threw his arms around the
girl and placing a thirty-two calibre re
volver to her head fired , killing her almosl
instantly.
The father , hearing tho shot , rushed up
and was met by Ehdb who fired a shot
which took effect in Luitkc's breast , sever
ing the main artery leading to the heart ,
lie managed to reach the house by the as
sistance of the hired man and his wife , but
in ten minutes he was dead. After firint
the second fatal shot , the murderer walked
back to where lay the dead body of tho
girl , placed the muzzle of tho pistol to his
temple and deliberately blew out his brains.
Tho pistol with which tho deed was done
was a small thirty-two calibre revolver ol
the Red Jack manufacture , and aa but
three shots were fired each bullet'took a
life.
life.Mr.
Mr. Luitke was an old settler and one of
the most influential citizens in tho com
munity. The daughter was about seven
teen years of iige , a beautiful and accom
plished young lady. The murderer was a
native of Germany but has resided in this
county since a child , most of tho time in
tho state of Iowa.
The triple tragedy has cast a gloom of
horror over the entire community. Sheriff
Adams , acting coroner,1 empanneled a jury
and at tho inquest a verdict was rendered
in accordance with the above facts.
A GOOD BASIS FOR TREATIES.
Text of an Extraordinary Treaty Submitted
by the President.
The president has submitted tothesenate
tho.text . of an extradition treaty with
Japan. A forger in San Francisco lied to
Japan , and in the absence of an extra
dition treaty was delivered up by Japan to
the state authorities of California. The
government of Japan then suggested to our
government the conclusion of an extradi
tion treaty , which suggestion was favorably
received and a convention was signed at
Tokio ou April 29 last , by United States
Minister Hubbard and Count Inonyne
Kavru , Japanese minister of foreign affairs.
The treaty is very comprehensive and if
made .a basis for future extradition treaties
with the countries of Europe and South
America , wrong doers will find itdiflicult to
obtain a place of security. The offenses
covered by the treaty are as follows :
Murder ; assault with intent to commit
murder ; manslaughter ; counterfeiting of
either money or certificates , or uttering the
same ; forgery ; embezzlement ; larceny , of
the value of $50 or over ; burglary ; perjury
or subornation of perjury ; rape ; arson ;
piracy , by the law of nations ; murder , as
sault with intent to kill , or manslaughter
on high seas on board a ship bearing the
[ lag of the demanding nation ; malicious de
struction of railways , trains , vessels ,
bridges , dwellings orpubliccdificcs , or other
buildings , where the act endangers human
life ; fraud by a banker or a trustee , or by
an officer or employe of a bank or trust
company , made criminal by tho law at tho
time being in force.
CUTTING'S TRIAL TAKES PLACE.
The Court Tithes the Case Under Advise
ment for a Few Days.
El Paso dispatch : Cutting's trial took
ilace yesterday. By advice of Consul Brig-
mm he denied jurisdiction of the court ,
o evidence was introduced , but tho prose
cuting attorney addressed the court in
Spanish , demanding Cutting be sentenced
o two years' imprisonment at hard labor ,
that being the longest term given by the
statutes of Texas. He also demand that
Consul Brigham be censured for officious
nterference. Medina spoke in Spanish , de
manding speedy punishment. Then the
aw student appointed by the court to de-
end Cutting spoke a few words , claiming
Cutting did not know he was breaking Mex-
can laws by publishing statements iu
Texas , and asked the court to assess the
owest penalty. The court took the mat
er under advisement and said he would
give judgment within fifteen days. The
icoplu in all this section are excited over
lie affair.
Scnor Nicolas Migo , Mexican federal judge
or Paso del Norte district , came from Chi-
itiahua Wednesday night. Roberts , resi-
lent of Paso del Norte , came up on the
amo train and says Migo showed hiirBa
ull pardon for Cutting , signed by President
) iaz , and explained to him that the inten-
ion was to convict Cutting , sentence him ,
ind then instantly pardon him.
This was thought would pacify theUnited
States without denying the right claimed
by Mexico to punish Cutting. Judge Migo
declined to talk. .
TILE XEir TI3IHER LAW.
Washington dispatch : Tho interior de-
) arfc has promulgated rules and regulations
overning the removai'of timber from gov-
rnmeut lands. They are prescribed by
irtue of the act of June 3 , 1S7S , entitled :
'An act authorizing the citizens of Colo
rado , Nevada and the territories to fell and
emove timber on the public domain for
nining and domestic purposes. " The act
applied only to the states of Colorado ,
\evada and the territories of New Mexico ,
Arizona , Utah , Wyoming , Dakota , Idaho
and Montana , and other mineral districts
n the United States not especially pro-
ided for. The rules specify that none but
esidents of the state or territory is per
mitted to cut timber , and that the same
vhen cut must not be removed from the
tate or territory , but used therein in the
rection of buildings for agricultural or
mining purposes ; that no trees less than
ighfc inches in diameter shall be cut , and
; hat each tree cut must be utilized so as to
cave no residue on theground to encourage
the spread of forest fires. The rules take
effect September 1.
THE GI&JAT TROPHIES.
Washington special : The Grunt trophiei
nml presents donated to the governinen
by Mr. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Grant an
stored in the war department. They wen
put there nioro than a j'cnr ago pending t
formal acceptance of thorn by congress
when they were to bo placed in thenntionn
museum here. Congress lias as yet takci
no action in the matter. Secretary Eudi
cott said to-day when asked what disposi
tion would be made of the presents in cusi
congress adjourns without accepting them
.that they will bo returned to either Mrs
Grantor the Vnnderbilt heirs if they ex
press a desire to have them returned. Tin
secretary regards himself as only the tern
porary custodian of the presents , and IK
thinks there will bo a general feeling of re
gret if congress through negligence perimtf
the government to loso this valuable ant
historical collection.
ItEQISLATITE 2VETT5 AST ) NOTES.
4 Record of Proceeding in J3oth Branches
of tlte U. S. Congress.
SENATE , July 31. The senate took up
Howe's resolution from the library com
mittee for the appointment of a committee
to inquire into expenditures of and plans
for celebrating the hundredth anniversary
o ! the constitution and the four hundredth
of the discovery of America. The resolu
tion was modified , at tho suggestion ol
Hawley , BO as to direct a committee o !
seven , of whom one shall be the presiding
ofliccr of the senate , to consider the expe
diency of properly celebrating at the capi
tal of the icpublic these two illustrious an
niversaries , and if said celebrations bo
deemed expedient , shall report on the
method , cost and general plan thereon at
the next session of congress. This was
adopted yeas 41 , nays 12. The select
committee on the proposed celebration of
the one hundredth anniversary of the con
stitution in 1889 , and the four hundredth
of tho discovery of America in 1892 , was
announced. It consists of Messrs. Slier-
man. Hoar , Sewcll , Vorhees , Gormivn and
Eustis. In the secret session of the senate
Fourth Auditor Charles M. Shelley of tho
treasury department and SurvcyorTinnan
of San Francisco were confirmed. Tho
nomination of Capt. Beecher , son of Henry
Ward Beecher , to be collector of customs
at'Fort Townsend , Washington territory ,
was brought up at five o'clock , and Sena
tors Dolph and Mitchell made longspeeches
against his confirmation.
House , July 31. The house resumed
consideration of the conference report on
the river and harbor bill. Willis of Ken
tucky , a member of the conference commit
tee , said that lie had declined to sign the
report because ho honestly believed if it
were ratified by the house it would not
only be the end of this bill but the end of
every river and harbor bill in the future.
He appealed to every friend of rivers and
harbors to vote down this conference re
port. If this were done there would be an-
Dther free from these objectionable features.
The house yeas 19 , miys 135 , refused to
agree to the report of the conference com
mittee , and upon motion of Willis the
louse further insisted on its disagreement
to the senate amendments and a further
conference was ordered. Payson of Illi
nois , from the committee on public lands
reported back the alien landlord bill. It
irovides that no non-resident alien or for-
iigner , nor ; > ny resident alien or foreigner
who has not declared his intention to be-
: ome a citizen of tho United States , nor
any corporation nor association where at
tnost one-tenth of its ttock or right of
property is owned or controlled by aliens
or foreigners shall acquire or own , hold or
possess , l > y right , title or descent , accruing
tiereafter , any real estate in the territories
nf the United States : Provided , That the
provisions of this act shall not apply to
real estate necessary for tho cciistruction
tnd operation of any railroad. This bill
passed yeas 209. nays G.
SENATE , Angust 2. The cViir presented
ihe resolution offered by Mr. Kvnrts on
Saturday hist requesting the president to
spoil correspondence with forc'gn powers
511 the subject of silver. Mr. Evarls advo-
; at < vl the resoluf ion , but did nut define his
) osition upon the s'lver ' question. The
esolntion went over until to-morrow. The
senate than took up the house bill relating
; o the taxation of fractional parts of a
jallon of distilled spirits , amended it by
unking tho time when it goes into effect
'the second Monday succeeding the month
n which the ace is approved , " and by ox-
ending the act of March 3 , 1887 , relating
"o fruit brandy , to nrandy distilled from
ipples or peaches , passed it and asked a
: onference. The senate then took up the
jill reported from tho finance committee to
irovide for theinsprctionof tobacco , cigars
ind snuff and providing for their exporta-
; ion to foreign countries without payment
5f taxes , under the rules and regulations of
.he treasury department. It was passed.
Housn , August 2. On motion of Mr.
landall , the joint resolution was passed
xtending until August 5 , the provisions of
he joint resolution providing temporarily
or the expenditures of the government.
Mr. Scott , of Pennsylvania , offered a reso-
ution calling on the secretary of the treas-
iry for information respecting the coinage
) f silver dollars. Referred. Mr. Atkinson ,
> f Pennsylvania , introduced a bill to pre-
ent the acquisition of real property by
orporations. Kef erred. On motion of
Mr. Mason , of Illinois , the rules were sus-
icnded and the house bv a vote of 1G7 yeas
o five nnys passed with a verbal amend
ment the senate bill increasing the pension
3f holdiers who have loat aa arm or a leg
n the service.
SENATE , August . " . . Hale , from the con-
erence committee on the deficiency bill ,
submitted a , ioport , and proceeded to ex
plain it , in regard to certain claims for in-
: ome tax paid by non-resident aliens , which
lad been regularly estimated for , and
vhich the hoiibe had partial.y and the sen-
ite entirely put in the bill. Thereportwas
igreed to. The senate resumed considera-
ion of the vetoed bill granting a pension
o Mary J. Nottage , the question being on
ts passage , notwithstanding the objection
)1 the president. A vote was taken and re-
ulted years 20 , nays 19 a party vote ,
xcept Wilson of Maryland , who voted in
he affirmative. Txvo-thirds not voting in
he affirmative the bill was not passed.
? he vetoed house bill granting a pension to
Jacob Komiser. was then taken up , and
Vilron , of Maryland , explained that tho
( resident had acted under niisapprehen-
ion , he having been informed that no ap-
ilicntion had been made to the pension
ffice , while in fact an application had
teen made. The bill pa&sed over the veto
> y a unanimous vote.
HOUSE , August 3. Ths speaker laid be-
orc the house the president's message ar > -
ouncing his approval of the oleomargarine
lill , and it was read and referred to tho
ommittee on ways and means ; also a raes-
age from the president transmitting the
tapers of the Cutting cate , and it was re-
crred to the committee on foreign affairs.
Viilis , of Kentucky , presented the confer-
nce report on the river and harbor appro-
iriation bill and it was read and agreed to.
Jurnes , of Missouri submitted the confer-
nce report upon the deficiency . ; ppropria-
ion bill and it was agreed to. Morrison , of
llinois , submitted the conference reporton
he sundry civil bill. This was also agreed
-o.
SENATE , August 4. Mr. Sewcll , rom the
committee on library , reported a joint res
olution accepting from William II. V nder-
Lilt and Julia Dent Grant articles of virtu
and art presented by tho various foreign
governments to tho late U. S. Grant. They
" acknowledge
aro accepted "with grateful
ment , " and are to lie held by tho United
States and preserved and protected in tho
national museum for the use and inspec
tion of tho people of tho United States.
Pabsed. The senate bill extending the sys
tem of immediate delivery to all articles
bearing an "immcdiato delivery stamp y
was passed. On motion of Mr. Cullom thei
joint , resolution for tho acceptance of lands *
near Chicago for military purposes was
made the special order for first Tuesday ol
the next session. The senate took up tho
vetoed pension bill of Johr S. Williamsnnd
was addressed by Mr. Plumb in it's favor.
After a long dispussionavote wafi taken on
tins passage of the bill and reunited yeas ,
1 ! ) ; nays , 15. No quorum. On motion ol
Mr. Hoar the senate took up the vetoed
pension bill of Margaret D. Marchaml. the
question being on its passage notwith
standing the president's objections. After
a brief debate the bill was postponed until
tho next session. Mr.Sewell then called up
the house bill grantingto the same lady tho
same pension and it was passed.
HOUSE , August 4. Tho senate amend
ments to tho fortification npproptiation
bill were non-concurred in , and Messrs.
Forney , Randall and Butterworth wero
appointed conferees. Morrison , of Illi
nois called * up the conference report on tho
surplnjoint resolution. Mr. Morrison
thought the resolution as it passed the
house had been a wise and conservative
measure. Tho resolution as agreed upon
by tho committcb in conference was , it
seemed to him , not so good a measure , yet
in the present condition of the treasury
and bonded debt it would accomplish all
that would have been done under the reso
lution as it passed the house. The report ;
was adopted yens , 120 ; nays , 03. Tho
report of the committee on foreign rela
tions in regard to thoL'utting car-was then
presented by Chairman Bclniont lending
discussion the house adjourned.
SENATE , August 5. Allison moved to tako
up the final adjournment resolution. Tho
time was fixed at 4 o'clock. Edmunds and
Harrison were appointed a committee to
wait on the president and inform him that
congress was prepared to adjourn. Tho
house bill for tho relief of soldiers of the
Twelfth Michigan volunteer infantry , dis
honorably discharged , was amended and
p.ssed. Edmunds reported that the com
mittee of the two housenappointed to wait
on the president to inform him that tho
two houses had completed tlte husine > s of f
the session and wero icady to adjourn un
less he had some further communition to
make , had performed that duty , and wero
informed by the president that he had no
further communication to make , and that
he congratulated the two houses on tho
termination of their labors. The hour of
adjournment having arrrived , the chair
said : "Senators Before announcing tho
termination of this Cession of the senate , I
beg leave to return to each of you my
grateful thanks for your uniform courtesy
and kindness to me as your presiding oli- ( )
cer , and especially for the resolution of to
day in which you have expies.st-d your ap
proval. This session has been distin
guished by the great number and variety o !
subjects which have been considered and by
the marked absence of political controver
sies. Tho varied needs and aims of tho
rapidly growing country have occupied
most of the time of the senate. A short
recess will enable you to greet your con
stituents and I hope and trust that each
of you will return next December with re
newed health and strength toour import V
ant duties. In pursuance of the resolution
of the two houses of congress I now declare
this session closed bine die. " Hurried
leave-taking among the senators and em
ployes took place and half an. hour later i
the chamber was empty.
HOUSE , August 5. While the clcik of tho
house was reading the presidential veto on
a puiibion bill the president's assistant sec
retary , Pruten , appeared at the north door
of the chamber. When he announced the
president's approval of the deficiency , sun-
rlry civil and river and harbor bills there
i\as a round of applause and the gloom
which had settled upon the members' by
reason of rumors that were life that tho
river and harbor bill had been vetoed was
lispel'ed. At 2:25 the committee to wait
upon the president and inform him that
congress was ready to adjourn appeared at
the bar of the house announced that it had
performed its duty and that the president
liad nothing further to communicate to
jongress. On motion of O'Neill , of Penn
sylvania , the senate bill was panned accept
ing the gift of the Grant relics. In tho
midst of business , the hour for adjourn
ment having arrived , the speaker , without
liny preliminary remarks , declared tho
[ louse adjourned sine die.
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