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OVER TEE STATE.
DEATH OF JUJaJ ! WEAVER.
' Falls City special to tlio Omaha Bee :
Hon. A. J. Weaver died afc his homo in
this city afc 8:30 : o'clock this overling of in
flammation of the brain and pneumonia.
Last Wednesday , while at Lincoln , he
took a severe cold , which settled on his
lungs and aggravated catarrh , to which ho
was subject. The illness was not thought
ib boing.serious until on Sunday , when un
favorable symptoms wero noticed , but a
reaction apparently set in for the better
nntil noon of to-day , when a decided
change for the worse appoared. A consul
tation of physicians was had this after
noon and the case regarded as hopeless ,
and he failod rapidly until his death. Judge
Weaver was in excellent health and spirits
tip to last Wednesday , and was very active
in his efforts to promote the interests , of
Falls City. Tuesday night he attended a
citizens' meeting for the discussion of the
water works propositionsand mndea num
ber of earnest speeches in favor of the im
provement. Up to the last his splendid
constitution and physique gave his
physic mis and friends hopes of his recov
ery. The city is plunged in grief to-night.
Jinn. A. T. Weaver , ex-congressman and
( ormei ly judge oT the First judicial district ,
was a native of Pennsylvania. lie was
born in .Susquehanna county , April 15 ,
1844 ; brought up on a farm and attended
common school until 18G1 , in which year
he entered Wyoming seminary. Kingston ,
* Pa. , attending this institution three years
as a student. One of the professors leaving
at that time he was placed temporarily in
charge , and later given the place perma
nently , remaining in the position about
three years. After leaving theseminary lie
read law with the Hon. Henry Hoyfc Tor a
time , then entered the law department of
Harvard university , remaining one term ,
then resuming his reading under his former
proceptor for a time , returning to Harvard
for another term. In 1SGG he wcnttoBos-
ton , where ho was admitted to the baraud
proposed remaining , but was persuaded to
change his mind , and in the same year he
loitled in Falls City , Neb. , and commenced
trie practice or his profession. In 1871 he
whs elected a member or the constitutional
nvHveulion. He held the position of dis-
fcysco attorney during 1873 and 1874. In
% x.ta he was elected a member of the con-
Btitutionpl convention held at Lincoln ;
was elected judge of the First indicial disc
trict in 1S7G. and was re-elected in 1S79.
He was elected to Congress in 1882 and
served two terms. He was married in
Kingston , Pa. . September 10 , 1SG7 , to
Miss Martha A. Myers. They have four
children Ruth , Arthur , Lawrence and
Paul. The deceased was a Knight Templar
in the Masonic Fraternity and also a mem-
berof the I. 0. 0. F.
Judge Weaver was a conspicuous candi
date for United States senator in the last
election , when Senator Paddock waschosen.c
He was at one time the most formidable
opponent of Senator Van Wyck and stood
a better chance for election during the first
two days than any of the other candidates
who were regarded as "the field. "
ABOUT ARBOR DAY IX XEBRASKA.
Lincoln correspondence of the Omaha
Bee : Honorable J. Sterling Morton , of
Nebraska City , passed yesterday in the
Ii ! capital , coming to the city on invitation of
'the state university to deliver the Arbor
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jj' ' day address at that institution. Your
| | , representative met Mr. Morton during the
j | day and a number of facts concerning the
H inception and institution of the day were
gleaned from the Otoe chieftain. Yesterf
day was the fifteenth anniversary of Arbor
day in Nebraska and as the day is an outi
I growth of Nebraska , the fifteenth annijr
versary of the day in tho land. At the n
meeting of the State Horticultural society
at the old capitol building in the city of
H . Lincoln on January 4. 1872 , a resolution tc
, ' was introduced creating Arbor day , Mr. ls
Morton presenting the resolution. Mr. ;
McMaslers , of Otoe county , wanted this hi
day called Sylvian day and Judge Mason
also favored that name , but the original ;
R resolution prevailed and Arbor clay was ' [
created. Since that beginning on the part ai
of Nebraska twenty other states in the
union have adopted Arbor day and yes
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terday celebrated it in common with the pi
present day in the planting of trees. In *
the course or his excellent , pointed and in
| terse address last evening Mr. Morton K
dwelt upon the hstory of the day and gave
many facts concernine its origin and thes
first years of its observance in Nebraska.n
Mr. Morton compared treo life with human
life , the influences one had upon the other , jn
and the beneficent results attending the fi [
making even one treo to grow where none
other had grown before. re
AXOTIIER COAT FIXD. en
Oakland special : Coal has . been discovbi
ered one and one-half miles west and eight m
miles northeast of Lyons , this county , and ai
it is said tlse people of Lyons are very much is
dated but not unduly excited , as they are hi [
determined to treat the matter as rational
men would. Nevertheless , it is expected _
that owners of real estate near the find - E.
may be found at any time with an augur in tl
their hands boring for coal. There is but le
I little doubt but that mother nature will rp
cause the town to boom. Every man , wo- T
man and child is happy. The coal is said
to be of good quality , but the thickness of cc
the vein is not known yet. cc :
MISCELLAXEOUS STATE MATTERS.
The Grand Commandery of Knights "
Templar of Nebraska in session at Beat-
rice , elected the following officers for the
ensuing year : Bight Eminent Grand Comca
mander. Lieutenant Edgar S. Dudley , TJ.al
S. A. , Lincoln ; Deputy Grand Commander. * " *
John J. Wemple , Hastings ; Grand Gener
alissimo , Henry Gibbons , Kearney ; Grand sc
Captain General , II. B. Nicodemus , Freci
rnont ; Grand Prelate , Henry N. Blake , fa
Beatrice ; Grand Senior Warden , Charles fo
E. Holmes , Tecumseh ; Grand Junior Warp
den , E. C. Salisbury , Beatrice ; Grand bj
Treasurer , James S. France , Blue Hill ; w
Grand Recorder , William R. Bowen ,
T Omaha ; Grand Sword .Bearer , Gustave re
Anderson , Omaha ; Grand Warden , R. P.
R. Millar , Lincoln ; Captain of the Guard , W (
George H. Andrews , Grand Island. Past
Grand Commander Oakley Installed these
officers. Tho next annual meeting wilLbe „ . '
> held In Grand Island.
5 C. K. BucKNoar , a railroad contractor , tI ; ]
i while sleeping off a drunk in Omaha , - was .
robbed of $180. .
j | Hondiieds of thousands of fruit trees nro of >
f being plnnted in Logan county. " rei
B Immioiiatiox to Fairfield is so great that liq
§ citizens are obliged to open their doors to ot >
8 accommodate strangers. ne
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| trains for meals ut Fairfield if a hotel is •
P put up conveniently to their roads. rei
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Wil.ui.vm Tuhimn , a ranchman residinc
twonty-fivc miles south of Gordon , was at
tacked by a ferocious bull. Ho was knocked
down sonic half a dozen times by the ani
mal and escaped with a broken log and
some body bruises. Had it not been Tor
his dog the bull would surely havo killed
Turpin.
The grand lodge of Nebraska A. 0. U.
W. will meet in Lincoln May 10 and con-
tinuo in session throoduys. Ayoungmen's
lodge of the same order will be organized in
that city.
CuJ-JJKirrso.v is about to let the contract
for a school building to cost § 7,000.
Tjie Culbertson canal is said to be an as-
sured fact , and construction of tho work
will soon commence. The canal will be
Beven miles long.
Announcement of the death of Judge
Weaver caused grea'b surprise throughout
tho state , as scarcely no one knew of his
sickness.
Omaha last week contributed three young
incorrigibles to tho Reform school.
Coii. Edward Hatch and tho band of "the
Ninth cavalry havo been relieved from duty
at Fort McKinuey , and ordered to Fort
Robinson.
Columbus sniffs a real estate boom and
is talking of street railways and a bote
commensurate with the needs of that grow-
ing city.
A Washington dispatch says pensions
have been granted to Nebraskans , as fol
lows : William II. Codey , Omaha ; Ransom
Freeman , Plum Creek ; Silas Aiknian , Glen-
ville ( increase ) ; Milton Stavens , Pleasant
Iliil ; William Pickorell , Stuart ; Lewis B.
Smith ; , Blair ; Wm. L. Pruett , Decatur.
TnE state board of equalization for the
assessment of railroads for the year 1SS7
will meet in the auditor's ofliee on the 3d
day of May at 2 p. in. The board is coin-
posed 1 of the governor , the state auditor
nnd the treasurer , and they will have an
immense i increase of mileage to act upon
the ( present year.
The state auditor is at work preparing
a tabulated statement of the appropria
tions t made the past session by the legisla-
ture and also a tabulated statement of
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the expenses incurred during the wss on.
The statement is made preparatory to
publication.
Geo. Botts , a colored man. held up three
men on the B. it M. west of Lincoln. He
was captured by tho police and will un
doubtedly get a term in the penitentiary.
A new Methodist chapel was dedicated
at West Lincoln on Sunda3'Inst. The coat
of the structure was about SI,100.
A SEWEK will be built from the South
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Omaha stock yards to the Missouri river
to give a better system of drainage. The
cost of the work will be about $ G0,000.
Fifty-two trains pass through Ashland
daily , ten of which are passenger trains.
Blank applications arc being sent out
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by Collector Calhoun to dealers in liquor
and tobacco. The dealer is required to set
forth the nature and extent or his business
and nuifct file the report before May 1. "
There are about 15,000 dealers in the dis- !
trict , and a special certificate will be issued
after the filing of the reports.
The school census gives Red Cloud a
population of 3,300.
Tin : little 3yeard | daughter of Charles
Starmer. of Glencoe , Dodge couuty , upset gi
a kettle of scalding water over itself last P
week. It lingered in great pain several 11
hours , when death relieved it from all suf
fering. < . a
The ticket department of the Union Pa-
ific i took a step last week which will be of t
jreat interest to commercial drummers and jf
the traveling public generally. This was to 117
reduce the excess or baggage rates from 15 f0 [
bo 12 per cent of the local ticket Tare. That
to say , while hitherto it has been the .
ustom of the road to charge a man who
bad more than 150 pounds of baggage an .
xtra rate of 15 per cent of the local ticket
or every extra 100 pounds , the rale here- , .
after will be but 12 per cent.
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A cmcuLAn has been issued by General Su
perintendent Smith announcing that the j
Marysville branch of the Union Pacific will
lierearter be operated as a branch of the re
Kansas Pacific , with headquarters in Kan
sas City. The branch extends from Beat
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rice , Neb. , to Marysville , Kas. o.
Mayor Sawyer of Lincoln at the
, , openjjj
ing of his administration , stated that the | 0
ire department and police force would be \yV \
required to sign a pledge to abstain from
the use of intoxicating liquors and not to
inter saloons without it being strictly on if
jusiness * . Only a portion of the fire depart
ment has complied with the requirement
ind a number of them refuse to do so. It . ll
thought the mayor will have to modify ' ng
lis orders somewhat.
Governor Thayer has appointed James °
. Cochran , of McCook , district judge for I"1
bhe Eleventh judicial district under tho
legislative measure creating new districts , su
This Eleventh district lies at the west of
fudge Gaslin's district , in the southwest jaj
orner of the slate , and comprises the yi
ountics of Furnas , Frontier , Hayes , Hitchch
ock , Chase and Dundy. Ui
All or the republican gaugers at tho big ha
listillery ' in Omaha have been replaced by
lemocrats. ty
The Masonic fraternity of Beatrice dediph
ated their handsome temple othe ISth ,
md gave a reception and banquet to about fu ]
300 citizens and visitors. un
At Columbus Edward Grant inflicted st <
iomo ugly wounds upon John McShrodvr , (
mtting him over the right eye , head and n
ace. McSlnoder had received some money
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or labor , it is said $ G0 , which Grant ex- ; ze :
aected to get possession of. It is thought mi
the physician that no serious injury r
ivill : result from the brutal assault. '
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Four of Lincoln's druggists were ar-
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rested for selling liquor on Sunday. -p ] ,
Real estate transfers in Lincoln last j. , ,
iveek amounted to S4G5.000. nei
The articles of incorporation and assotin
jiation of tho Kansas City , Wyandotte &
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Northwestern railroad were signed in Wy- ej
nore on the ISth , and copies forwarded to deJ
he county clerk of Gage county and the nja
itato auditor at Lincoln.
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Lincoln policemen , under the new order
things , before commencing duties , are
equired to abstain from intoxicating
iquors , nnd not to enter any saloon or
nd
ther placo of public resort except on buBi-
less. The same rules apply to the fire de- o
lartment.
The senate journals hare been mada
eady for the printer.
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During tho present season tho Missouri
Pacific railroad will build westward from
Lincoln after its Bharo in Nebraska pro
ducts in tho active rivalry that exists at
the present time between the corporations
in tho conquest of territory.
The board of tho new Wcsleyan Metho
dist university has advertised for bids for
tho construction of the buildings at Lin
coln , and tho plans complete are at tho
office of the secretary. The time for receiv
ing : bids is limited to the 12th of May.
A plat of ten acres of ground will bo
given , to the pnrty who will build a brick
hotel in Fairmont to cost not less than
510,000. :
C. E. Hunter , who has been one of the
most . zealous laborers in the field of Ma
sonry , in North Nebraska , was recently
presented by his brothren of Corinthian
lodge , No. S3 , of Wakefield , with $100 in
gold | , as a slight token of their apprecia
tion i of his labors.
A Red Willow special says : To cohi-
ponsato ] us for our four days'dust storm
we havo had a four days' rain with about
threo 1 inches of rainfall. The fears a few
that 1 we were going to have a repetition of
1880-81 , has been dispelled and we start
out ' with an abundant supply of moistun * .
A state convention of the A. 0. U. W.
order ' will convene in Lincoln on tho 10th
of ' May.
Gov. Thayer has received a letter from
the consul of her majesty , Queen Victoria ,
stationed at Chicago , announcing that Nei
braska . has been put under the consular
jurisdiction of Chicago.
A Benkleman dispatch says : A dis-
graceful i row , which may lead to serious
results , occurred here Saturday night.
John A. Belti' .er , who last fall absconded
with the funds or the Dundy County bank.
was drinking in Lew is Bros. ' saloon , and
became very offensive in his.inanner , swear-
ing vengeance upon those who had de-
nounced his career in Dundy county.
Wb'su told to leave the house Beltzer dre > .
a pistol , whereupon tuo bartender knocked
him senseless with a billiard cue. The ex-
citemciit ran high , and talk of lynching was
freely indulged in. He was bound and
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locked up in a box car , in lieu of a jail , and
should he be turned loose there is a strong
probability that he will meet a violent
death , as he has declared that he would
die with his boots on sooner than submit
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to justice.
Mrs. Nancy Martin , wife of Father Mari
tin , the venerable Dakota City editor , died
suddenly last week.
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Stromshurc complains of insufficient
railroad accommodations , and has apc
pealed to the state commission to remedy
the evil.
Ex-Secretary Eogge-n the
- , new proprie-
lor of the Capital hotel , Lincoln , will take
possession May 1.
Loch Van Brunt , of Lincoln , Neb. , head
brakenian on a Missouri Pacific train ,
while crossing tho top of an incoming train
near Lexington , Mo. , wao struck on the *
head by the timbers in the Lewis bridge
and knocked between the cars. The largest
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poi tion of the train passed over him be- p
fore stopping. He was horribly mangled , P
and death was instantaneous. P
The citizens of Falls City have petitioned j
for a suburban train to Omaha on tho
Missouri Pacific.
northwestern unnstian assembly Ci
grounds have been established at Long
Pine , Brown county. The uipital stock of w
the association is .
§ 75,000. n
The city council of Grand Island Iris |
abolished smoking during business hours. .
The largest real estate transfer that ever p
took place in Lincoln was made la > .t week. P'
was the sale of the Capitol hotel , forps
merly the Commercial , to W. H. B. Stout !
or 5120,000. Rl
The city marshal of Lincoln notifies sa- fr
loon keepers that they must close at 10:36
jvery week night and oh Sunday all the
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time. tl
Norfolk's new hotel , to be built this > p
fear , wilt be in size 110xl7G , and have t
ifry sleeping rooms. ' ni
A mail pouch recently stolen from the
lepot at South Omaha was found on tho p
prairie cut open and some of the contents ju
removed. There is no clue to the thief. "
The governor has made the followingap- :
lointnients for the Norfolk insane hospital : j ]
Superintendent , Dr. E. A. Kelley , of Omaof
, ; steward , Hon. J. R. Nichol , of Antecc
ope county ; matron , Mrs. Jennie R. Hurll Tf [ ;
nit , of Norfolk. .
An Omaha man recently killed a pelican tr
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kdiich measured eight feet from tip to tip il
its wings. '
Blaine county has organized an agriculof
ural society and will hold a fair the compi
autumn. ' ' '
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A civil service examination was held at w
maha last week. There were thirty apce
ilicants for examination. 1in 1
in
Douglas ] county asks for bids for the enso
uing year for burying paupers. th
Three tramps who recently escaped from ' ' . "
vil in Beatrice were arrested in Omaha.
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"hey made strong resistance , but wero on
hibbed into submission. They were resu
urncd to Beatrice , where serious charges " '
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ave been preferred against them.
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The ; towns of Lewiston. in Pawnee connfit
, , and Virginia , in Gage county , have been pa
Jatted and are ready for a boom. • .
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The Red Cloud board of trade is now ra
illy organized and will be incorporated lis
nder the laws of the state with a capital w' '
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tock of § 10,000.
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Completion of tho Rock Island is making p <
appreciable effect on freight from Paw- ] " •
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( City. The business men have organ- J" ;
ed an association for advancement of the . „ „
iterests of that place. It
The American Loan and Trust company , nu
Ashland , Neb. , has filed its articles of in-
orporation with the secretary of stale. P °
'he principal place of business is at Ash-
md , Neb. , the object of the corporation is jn
jneral loan and investment business nnd
capital stock § 500,000. t 0
About a year ago C. S. Holder was sen hn
meed to two years in the penitentiary for n . n
efraudinghis creditors. It appears that tj ( (
health is rapidly failing , and a petition „ j
ow be circulated by his son , asking for his lat
ardon , is receiving many signers.
The Firemen's Insurance company of
hiladelphia , has complied with the law
been granted a certificate entitling it to pj0
business in the great state of Nebraska. aft [ (
The Union pacific lias assured the rail- "
oad commission that a now depot will be 10S
rected in Osceola at an early day. ovs ,
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S03TE VEUVLEXIXG QUESTIOXS.
Which Have lSeen Disposed Of by the Inter-
Slate Commission.
Washington dispatch : The following Ib a
synopsis embodying tho material points of
by far the inostimportnntnctionj'ettaken
by the inter-state commcrco commission :
A decision is rendered in the case of two
petitions one from the order of Railway
Conductors and one from the Traders' and
Travelers' union which aro of a kind that
render the decision especially interesting on
account of their being representatives of a
very laigc number of applications made to
the commission. The latter petition deals
with the manner in which the form r sys-
tern of allowing additional free baggage has
been interfered with by tho inter-stato
commerce law. The potition of the order
of Railway Conductors asks for informa
tion as to tho proper interpretation of tin *
law as applying to the issuance or passes to
railway employes an.i theirfamilics , and to
those who make railway service their
business , while temporarily out of employ-
ment and in search of situations , and if
transportatfon at reduced rates is pro-
vided for repieentativts of any one nsso-
ciation must the same be extended to all
others which are composed exclusively o !
railway employes ?
In reply to Bishop Knickerbocker , or In-
dianapolis , who inquired ato the right of
a railroad to transport missionaries at
special i reduced rates , the com mission
writes that it has no power in the preinj
ises. "There is no doubt , " Judge Cooley
adds , "of thp right of railroads to grant
special i privileges to religious teachers ami
in i deciding in good faith what they will do.
they can scarcely be Paid to incur the risk
of penalties. The penalties are for willful
violations of the law and not for errors of
judgment. j "
In the matter of the Iowa Barb Steel
Wire company of Matshalltown , la. , which
asked authority for railroads to continue
certain J "equalized rates" of transportation ,
the j commission says : "It is apparent that
what ' is prayed for is an exceptional privi-
ie e not granted to manufacturers in gen-
eral ! , and which must be of very urent value
to the Hue of trade which is thus Tavored.
No ] doubt what is said in the p.tition is
true 1 that the described industry has pros-
pered 1 in consequence , and that the city
where it , is located 1ms received some shar-
of the benefit. But whether a special pri\
lege j of this sort , granted to matin
faeturers on a single line but not
generally ! , is consistent with the rule
of equity and justice , which the inter-state
commerce law undertakes to establish , is a
question upon which an opinion ought to
be expressed only after the most careful
consideration. The consequences of an
answer favorable to the petitioner might
to some extent affect other interests and
give rise to complaints of disciiminntion ,
and the commission ought clearly to see °
that duty requires an answer here re it proh
ceeds io give one on ex parte applications. L
The petitioner in this case makes no coin0
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plaint of violation of law by railroad com
j panies. . The complaint is that a privilege ct
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is not granted ; but this privilege is one ni
which , if lawful , railroad companies might ti
withhold on their own view of what was
dictated by their interest or their policy , j
On the other hand , if the privilege is one
which railroad companies cannot grant .
voluntarily because of its coming under 'n
the ' condemnation of the law , neither can tr
the commission give authority to grant it.
The case set out in this petition is not one *
of the exceptional cases for which the law tj
provides. The commission is therefore u.
powerless to make any order upon it. ti
Under such circumstances it is nropor and
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in accord with its usual practice to withjj :
hold any expression of opinion.
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In its reply the commission says : "A en
careful reading of the 'act to regulate comof
merce , ' under which this commission is ortli
ganized ! , ' will show to petitioners and others fo
who have made similar applications tiiat ru
no jurisdiction has been given us to answer hi
questions like those under consideration , h-
Two sections of the law router power upon wl .
the commission to entertain and decide a p- be
plications and petitions. Section 4 emlM
powers ' us , upon application by a common
carrier , to authorize such common carrier "
in special cases to charge less for a longer th
than a shorter distance over the same line , 's
and also to prescribe the extent of relief Rei
Trum the operation of a former part of the mi
same section which the designated common la
carrier may from time to timcc-njoy. It is , ,1
obvious j that applications like thoso of th
the Railway Conductors and Tradeis'and Su
Travelers' union have no relation whatever ex
to duties imposed upon us by section 4 ; 8"
and this is the only section of the law ici
which the com mission has power to bus51
tiend or veto. Section 13 authorizes comto
ilaints | to the commission and confers ? n
jurisdiction to entertain the same. But mc
neither the Railway Conductors nor the n
Traders' and Travelers' union complain ex'
hau any common carrier has violated
he . law. They present no complaint
anything done or omitted in
qntraveutiou of the provisions of the law.
fa railroad company should issue a pass J'
o a conductor and his family to attend bcl
.he approaching convention , or should an
transport 300 pounds of baggage free for bo
commercial traveler under the registry tin
md indemnity system , and some person
eeling aggrieved should make complaint " '
f unjust discrimination , it would then be n
iroper for the commission to entertain the ' '
pie.stion of whether such conduct was or ' lie
wis not a violation of the law , and , if so , -y0
vhether ] it was or was not within the ex- * ' °
eptioiis as stated within section 22. Comc'
ilaints may also be presented if the charges * ' lie
nade by carriers are not considered rea- J' °
ionable and just. But until questions of k"
his kind come before us in a way clearly cm
ndicated by the statute it would be worse cnl
ban useltss for us to express our opinions 1"H
irgive advice. We should not only lay COJ
inrselves justly open to the charge of ascaf
uming unwarranted authoritybut should tin
ilso ' run great risk of involving all conil1"
erned in what the courts might afterward ° f
mid to be breaches of the law by hasty and f ° r
ll-ccnsidered conclusions , based upon ex-
larte statements and arguments.
"Congress has not taken the management .
the railroads out of the hands of tho
aiiroad companies. It has simply cstabtna
ished certain general principles under a"
rhich inter-state commerce must be conpre
noted. ' It has enacted in section 1 Isis
hat all charges for inter-state transjift
inrtatiou i 'shall be reasonable and gu ,
list. ' It lias prohibted in section jH.r j
all manner of unjust discrimination. It
pro
as forbidden in section 3 nil undue and five
measonable preferences and advantages , cou
has required in the same section reasonmil
blp and equal facilities for interchange of A
railic. and has prohibited in section 5 the olle
jur
iooling of freights. That , in ii1 ( ]
ubstance , is the inter-state comcou
ierce law. There is nothing novel mai
these nrovisions. They simply bring 1
. the
ack the business of the common carriers
the well settled principles of thecommon UCM
iw. Yet no one can deny that there was p
urgent need of their statutory formulawjt
ion. The alleged difficulties in putting Wer
hem in operation only disclose examples row
tt' .e extent to which they have been vionew
Ued in the past. " The
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TnE TORPEDO WAS LOADED.
Avnapoijb , Md. , April 19. A torpedo exD
loded under the torpedo launch Hull this on J
ternoon in the harbor and sunk her in a and
linute nnd a half. Ensign Muir was in eltu :
larffe , nnd several tfaval cadets were on A
jard , but were all taken off in safety by anabu
-sterman. stcj
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THE JURY DISAGREED.
One , Jiehifffor Conviction and Eleven for the
Acquittal of John Arem > dorf.
Sioux ( ity dispatch : The jury in tho ense
of John ArotiBdorf , charged with the mur
der of Rev. George C. Haddock , disagreed
and were finally discharged by tho court at
11:50 a. m. to-day. The jury stood eleven
for 1 acquittal and one for conviction. Den
nis O'Connell was the juryma-i who stood
out Tor conviction , and when tho jury was
before 1 tho court he said his judgment was
final. 1 The court thereupon discharged tho
jury j from further service.
There wero but few porsons in the court
room when the judgo asked tho Haddock
jury j to report. When tho foreman an
nounced that eleven jurors were agreed to
acquit the prisoner , Juror O'Connell , who is
a farmer living in Liberty township , aroso
and said in a feeling manner that he did
not wish to be considered a stubborn man ,
but he hnd taken tho oath beforo God and
mail to honestly determine the case as far
as he was concerned , and that he endeav
ored to regard that obligation. If he wero
forcmniii in tho jury room a • month , ho
could not and would not change his opin
ion. No one who heard Juror O'Connell
and witnessed his emotions " could doubt
the sincerity of bis motive. Judge Lewis
thereupon discharged the jury.
It is rumored that the first ballot stood
two for conviction , the other juror of that
opinion being C. G. Goods , who , examined
as a juror , Baid that he had an opinion
nnd did not think he could give a fair and
impartial j veulict. It is said that every
possible argument was exhausted by tho
other jurors to change the opinion of
O'Connell , but in vain. After the dischargo
of the jury Foreman Webster went to
Judge Lewis a ml openly expressed the be
lief j that O'Connell was bought up by tho
state. , The judge responded that ho be
lieved the juror honest in his convictions.
In an interview O'Connell reiterated his
Btatenient to the judge , and being ques
tioned , said he was given to understand
before j the case was closed that the defense
knew j tho jury would stand eleven to one
for acquittal. Questioned on the subject
that Foreman Webster liad said to the
judge that he had been bribed by the prose
cution , O'Connell said ho had scarcely so
much as saluted the prosecution during
the trial , and asked : "Would there not be
more likelihood on the other side ? " He
said , significantly , he didn't want to im
plicate anyone , but admitted he had been
asked to name his price. O'Connell said
this offer had been made on behalf of tho
defense , but declined to say at present who
made it.
THE WORK COm'TsETED.
Revision of the Constitution of the Knights of
Labor.
Boston special : Henry Abrahams , one
of the committee of four appointed at the
last national assembly of the Knights of
Labor to revise the constitution of the
order , said to-day that the work hail been
completed. The new constitution will'per-
mit the formation of national trades dis
tricts , but those local assemblies composed
exclusively of one trade , but attached to a
district assembly of mixed trades , must
,
Dblain permission of the district assembly
in order to go out and form a national
trade district. After obtaining this con-
cnt they must forward their applica-
tion to the general secretary , who will lay
the matter before the general executive
.
board , and the secretary rfill then submit
the matter to all local assemblies of that
raft in the country. Another law is to
the effect thet no trades union can require
person to join their union before they
an join the Knights of Labor organi/at o-i
their craft. The temperance feature . .f
die organization will be more strongly en-
breed than ever before. Not only will
unisellers be prohibited Irom membership ,
jut no local assembly will bu allowed to
lave any social gathering or any picnti :
.vhcre liquor is sold , ami no member. 'will j
ie allowed to < lispen.se liquor for and in t
he name of the assembly.
The [ order expelling the cigarui'ikers hn.t
lot : been recinded. It may be repealed at
he next general assembly. The law , which j
intended to promote confidence in the ,
eneral officers , provides that when any J"
iiember makes any charge or malicious at-
ack upon any of the general officers or
iiembers of the general executive board , "
he member so offending shall , if found {
uilty of making a groundless charge , be jj
xpelled. The insurance feature of the or-
anizution has also been chanced , and pol-
ies < will now be issued for § 5u0 as well as
1,000. Medical examination and a doc-
or's : certificate will be required and nnj
ne now a member who refuses to be examsi
led will be dropped as soon as the insurm
nee fund in which he is interested shall be „
xhausted. ' "
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SCUXAUBELT TJIE AXARCUIS1. lv
Chicago ( dispatch : The Daily News toV
lorrow will say : A letter from Rudolph di
clmaubelt , the much looked for anarchist "
nd alleged thrower of the Haymarket p
omb , has been received in Chicago , and i „
liose who arc in a position to know do
ot for a moment doubt its authenticity ,
'he letter is dated , "Christiana , Norway , j o
birch , 1SS7 , " and reached here through "
( medium of an anarchist sheet issued in
lOiidou by an Austrian socialist named
oseph : Peiker. who is an old friend of
clmaubelt. ' The fugitive denies throwing
bomb , but intimates he is sorry he didV
ot do it and that he only left because he R
new it was not safe for him here. He deIfc
lines to give any or his travels until ho Cc
write again , but it is understood by O.
friends here that he was on the Pacific Bi
ast until the anarchist trial ended in Chi- \ \
igo and then worked his way to Canton , J- ; (
lence going to Sydney. Liter to Bombay , Cii
nd finally to Norway , being now on one Li
the vessels in the Northern sea , fishing Oi
herrings. Bi
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SESTEXCED FOR LIFE. ; J' <
.Morris , III. , Apr.l 19. The protracted gK
ial of lJrakein.in Il.irr. Schwartz and li.tzSk >
igeinan Newton Watt for the murder of Es > Hi
ess Messenger Kellogjj Nichols on a Rock Bi
hind train a year ago came to an end today , Su
ter having ; been in court twenty-si * days ,
mdays not included , and 10J witnesses havW
been examined. The last speech for the \ \ '
osecutinn occupied most of the day , beinj ; fo
hours in delivery. Instructions from the o.
mrt were very numerous and required fifty p
iuutes to read.
j
After being out five hours and ten minutes ,
hour of which was spent at supper , the
were ready w itii a verdict. Before they \\T
ley had tinic to appear before the judge the Qi
lurt room had been filled with spectators , q > ,
'
any ladies being present. p c
The judge taking the verdict , read aloud j
words pronouncing both men guilty of the , i'
urtler aud senteiicini ; them to impriaoai , lf
ent in the peniteBCTary for life. A
The verdict was rcce ved by the prisoners on
ithout a look or action of surprise. They
quietly taken to their cell , and to-mor- . , ,
. their attorneys will enter a motion for a " '
trial. It w ifl doubtless be over-ruled. Jr °
len notice will be given of an appeal , and in yA '
probability a stay of proceedings and a He
ariiig in the upper courts will follow. Ca
Su
Dr. Parker of London will deliver the eulogy
Henry Ward Beechcr in Brooklyn , June 21 , \ \ * i
will then lecture and preach In several Co
ies in the United States. Oa
petroleum spring of good quality and Ca'
uudant flow has been discovered near Issel-1 [
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XRLB UTES TO OEX. AHTIIUR. jj
.1 Memorial llcetlng In tho Assembly Cham- |
her at Albany , X. 1" J
Albany ( N. Y. ) special : Tho exercised jj
in memory of tho lato President j |
Arthur , which wero held in tho assembly f
chamber this evening , attracted it large-
and distinguished audience , including most
of tho sonntors and assemblymen and
many or their wives ; the relatives of Mr. J
Arthur , including C. A. Arthur , jr. . Miss- i
Ellen Arthur , .lames S.Masten and Arthur . • J
II. Mnsten. < if Cohoes , Mr. nnd Mis. J. K
McElroy , Miss Mamio McElroy and Mr-
W. II. McElroy. Among others present {
wore Surrogate Rollins of New York and
ex-United States Marshal McMichael or
Washington. Tho chamber was simply
draped with tho national colors. A largo
portrait or Mr. Arthur was placed behind
tho speaker's desk. Tho meeting was-
called to order by Senator Smith , who in
troduced Governor Hill , as chairmnn. The
governor , who was warmly applauded , re- 11
sponded in a tew words appropriate to tho- J |
occasion. Addresses were then deliverer ! I
bv ex-United States Attorney-General \ *
ifrewestcr. who eloquently outlined the < /f
ex-president's exalted career , and by tho X t
Hon. Chauncey M. Depew who paid a high 1
tribute to the character and achievements J -
of the deceased. In the course of his ad- * '
dress Mr. Depew * said :
"When the Ond came for Gen. Garfield ,
Arthur entered the white bouse , as ho had
taken the oath of office , alone. A weaker , ,
man would have succumbed , a narrower * 2
one would have seized upon tho patronuge- I *
aud endeavored to build up his power by i %
strengthening his faction. But tho lineago- | *
ami training < if Arthur stood in this solemn I ,
and critical hour Tor patriotism and man- | r
liness. Friends , co-workers within the J
under tho old condi- |
lines , and : > KSoeiates ,
lions looking Tor opportunities , for recog- I
nit ion or for revenge retired chastened and V
enlightened from " the president of tho < i
United Stated. \ i
• • President Arthur will bo distinguished ;
both for what he did ni-d what he refrained i
from doing. The strain ami intensity of tl
public feeling , the vehemence of the angry j j
and vindictive passions of the time , d- I \
manded the rarest of negative as well as , |
positive qualitits. The calm and even j , i
course of the government alloyed all excite- J a
ment and appealed to tho better judgment i J
of the people. But though not aggressive- | h
or brilliant , his administration was sen- / I I
s'ble anil strong , ami admirably adjusted < _ t fj
to the conditions which created and at- j ( d
tended it. He spoke vigorously for the re- i J
form ami improvement of the civil service , i I
aud when congress , acting upon his sugges- j 1
lions , enacted the law , he constructed tho
machinery for its executions which has- f
since accomplished most satisfactory ) '
though , as yet , incomplete results. On 4 .
questions of currency and finance he met <
tin * needs of public and private credit and i
the best commercial sentiment of tho conn- !
try. He knew the necessity for efficient I
coast defenses and a naw equal to the re- [ j
quirenients , othe age. He keenly felt the i * '
weakness of our merchant uiaiiuo f 'J '
"
and the total destruction Of the f 'ij
proud position we hail formerly held among J 'j
the maritime nations of the world , and did I ' ,
what he could to move congress to wise ( \m \
.
and patriotic legislation. There has rarely ff IM
been , in the history of popular governJ&F ' •
meiits ] , so great a contrast in thepublicapW&r Ifl
prcciation of Gen. Arthur at the time of § jT il
his j inauguration and when he returned L II
from | office. The president of whom little B 'I '
was expected and much feared returned to | I
private life enjoying in a larger degree than '
most j of his predecessors the profound re- | l
spect and warm regard of the people , with- 1 il
out distinction of party. lie said to me l > 'I '
early in his administration : 'My sole am- * v U
bition j is to enjoy the confidence of my x „ > s I
countrymen. ' Toward this noble ideal ho * V " * il
strove with undeviating purposi * . Even in Jlm \
the mistakes he made cou'd be sen his jf fl
. manly struggle to be right. Once again in f •
private stat'on and resuming the pract-co g U
of his profession , he moved among his fel'l
low-citizens receiving the homageand recog- t M
nition | which came of their pride in the way \ , fl
he hail borne the honors and administered r .9
the duties of the chief magistracy of the re- g 19
public. In his last illness ho hail the sym- I { !
pathy , and prayers of the nation , and tho sM \
grand gathering of men most distinguished \ ]
in every department of our public and pri'm \
vate life , who sorrowfully bore him to the J'B %
grave , was the solemn tribute of the whole f { 9
people through their representatives to his \ 19
worth as a man and his eminence as a pub- | 9
lie servant. " 9
JIO VEMESTS IX THE RESER VA TIOX. JM
St. Paul dispatch : A Huron , Dak. , special , , | |
to the Pioneer-Press says : To-day the fl
surveyor general of Dakota was notified to i MM
survey several townships in and on the 9
great , bend or the .Missouri , as well as else- 9
where in that locality. It is understood ' J9
that ] thpse lands are those from whicli the f 9
white set tiers are to bedrivenbv the troops. l9
Under the land in severalty " law , the In(9
rlians have chosen lands at these points j9
which they wish allotted to them. Mostoi J } M
the settlers in the two reservations are on * 9
Great Bend , where there is abundant tim(9
lier , grass and water. i 9
liirmarck's Berlin organ warns France not i ' 9
rely upon any hopes of assistance from ' I
.ussia ' in case of trouble. i
THB SIARKBTS. j I
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JfTTiut Choice country. . . . 20 @ 22 jfl
loos Fresh • fa ) io fl
'iiicici\s Live per doz : > 50 ( a ) . 75 9j
.ejions-Choice , per box. . . 5 00 @ 5 25 ifl
icaxgks Per box 4 00 @ 4 85
ians Navys , per bu 3 50 @ 1 GO j - ' 9J
mons Per barrel 4 00 C 4 50 < Ifl
'otatous Per bushel. . . . : . . 45 @ 55 { < | fl
Voou Fine , ] ier lb 1G @ IS --'fl
ekps Timothy 2 20 r j 2 50 ' 5fl
Eins Blue Grass 1 . ! 0 @ J 40 jfl
loos Mixed packing 5 20 @ 5 ; , • - , | fl
Jkkves Choice steers 4 35 ( < | 4 . * } 5 IH
iheip Fair to choice , ' i 50 @ 4 00 fl
NEW YORK. II
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Viikat Perbushel .Sl fSl 81 * > Ifl
okn Per bushel • ' • T 'fia rjs " V
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'okk 20 50 ( $20 75 " - } \m
iAkd . . . . . . . • • • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 40 Qft 7 50 *
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loos Packing . shipping. 5 70 f 5 yo i | 9J
ATTI.1 : Stockers 2 75 ( A 4 00 19
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HUEi * Natives. 3 00 @ 4 yo , 9f
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riiEAT No. 2 red cash " 9J' ' @ 80 J99
orn Perbushel tM 35tJ. -Ifl 1
'ats Per bushel 27 ( < 4 077/ . 19J
iocs Mixed packing 5 40 (3) ( ) 5 55 * 'Ifl
attle Stockers 2 10 @ 3 20 J Ifl
UEEl' Common to choice 3 75 @ 4 00 j ffl
KANSAS CITY. * j jfl
iTheat Per bushel G0'4 ® 69V 'I'H
okn Per bushel 1JX@ so ' 4"H
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ocs Good to choice. 4 90 @ 5 55 \ kf
.eep Common to good. . 2 75 @ 3 00 I k §
