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I - _ | , AN ANIMATED DISCUSSION IN THE SENATE CatUd Out by Sir. Chiimtler't Ueiolutlan of JiiQitlru Into the Loulnluna IClectlon. t Tho feature of tho session of tho son- ato on tho 27th was a lively political do- I bato over Senator Chandler's resolution , for tho investigation of tho Louisiana i -election outrages. Sonator Maudersou t oecupiod tho chair of presiding officer. ' k Senator Gibson took the floor. IIo said , * that tho peoplo of tho United States ond tho senato wero weary of theso uncon- ' atitutioual and revolutionary means ol I 4 . Tevising tho relations between tho states and tho federal government. This reso lution , ho said , challenged tho logality * -of tho government of indestructible , ho would not say "asovorcign"stato. Thero * had not bean a petition from a single ' citizen o ! that stato asking tho senato to redress a grievance Tho senator from Now Hampshire proposed to place a scar- 1 let lotter on tho breasts of an earnest , , sober , industrious and bravo peoplo. I Tho senate was tho last body in tho -world before which such Intemperance of expression , such inconsiderate and { partisan and bitter and degrading action _ should bo tolerated. He should feel im- ! polled as a senator and a gentleman to untcrposo his arm and voice against any party who assailed tho slato of Now i Hampshire in such a violent , revolution ary , thoughtless , reckless and unscrupu- I lous manner. Senator Teller resented a Toferenco made by Senator Gibson to [ iho position of tho republican party on [ iho Chinese question. Tho Declaration l of Independence covered tho Cliiuaman , ( -as it did every other man , but it did not declare every man the social and politi- ! cal equal of ovory other man. I , Senator Chandler said that what the " f" people of this country were weary of I was tho fraud and political murders in * * tho south , dono to aid that section to . * " becomo solid , that it might govern tho | * north and tho country. No interposi- } lion would over bo needed to prevent such an investigation of tho affairs of f • tho state of New Hampshire. All of tho y democratic senators had refused , ho r aaid , to enter into the facts on which • this resolution was based , saying that \ thero was no constitutional authority I for tho investigation of them. Tho t -crimes in the south , ho said , wero a de- f liborato system of political fraud on tho I part of tho democratic party to wrong fully and criminally control tho olec- | lions to congress and of the presidency. Everj' citizen , ho said , had a right to * liavo a gun for his protection , and tho | colored people of the south would keep ; * their weapons in spite of tho leagues ( ixnd ku-klux ruffians and thieves and ; gamblers orgauized in tho interest of iho democratic party. * Scnntor Edmunds said that the inter- i meddling of congress was , of course , } Tory improper. It liad been so consid ered when it took the form of a petition I for the abolition of slaveiy. It scorned . rinconsistent , forsomo reason , that tho r light of truth should bo turned on that f portion of the peoplo _ of whom it had \ boon said that a majority was in tho i " liauds of a minority. If tho resolution [ should turn out to bo a slander tho sen- > ntor who introduced it would deserve tho reproach of tho senate ; but ho be- . - lioved that no ono would bo more hap- | py than tho senator from New Hamp- L -shire if it turned out that the stato of * Louisiana had not only in form but in j -substance a government of equal rights ' and fair play. Was there , he asked any * * . safety for the liberties of men as voters J , and citizens if these men took a notion f ' to investigate , to learn the truth of an | affair like this ? It was tho business of ' . 'congress to interfere whether silence or ' protest come from tho stato affected , "because it was nob only tho welfare of t tho people of that state , but it was tho welfare of the people of every part of R the nation that was involved. Tho discussion then drifted to tho * political outrages of Texas. Senator Coke , in reply to a statement of Senator Chandler that tho republi cans of Texas had been afraid to pnt a ticket in the field , said : "That state- > ment is absolutely and unqualifiedly false , without a particle of foundation , - , . , S made for political effect , with unfair purpose. It is a statement not believed "by the senator himself who makes it. " ! The chair called Senator Coke to • order , and he apologized to tho senato for his hasty language. Senator Chandler said that if Senator Coke's language was parliamentary ho I was quite as well prepared as any other I senator to enter a debate of that charac- k. ter. ter.In In a moment more Senator Coke said : * * "The senator from New Hampshire r seems to be anxious that somebody on I this side of the chamber should kick I him. I refuse to perform tho opera- jft tion. " Hpi Senator Coke , continuing , said that W the charges made against the people of y Texas were infamous slanders and false- | lioods. Senator Spooner said that tho senator from Texas had informed him that the suppression of the truth was worse than I a falsehood. When ho wanted a teacher | | in ethics he should not go to Texas for L "him. He was not to be taunted b3r tho I senator from Texas with half telling the P , truth. Tho day when the nigger driver Rk frightened men in the United States [ "I senate had gone by forever. [ Applause „ in the galleries. ] Ho denied that ho had any sectional prejudice. He said ' that tho senators from the south had filled tho land with graves. Almost very public offico abroad was filled ( with men who had fought against our flag. He made no complaint of it. Tho • only people who had not accepted tho t Tesnlts of the war wero tho people of tho J south. Tho negro had cased to cast f- bis vote. Yet senators said that thero | was peace in those southern states. 1 " "They mike a solitude and call it i peace. " He did not know how long the I people of the north would stand this , j " - - "but he undertook to say they would not I * stand it always. * A Belter and Brighter Feeling. jf A Jacksonville ( Flo. ) dispatch says : The feeling in town to-day , so far as the jfcv / fever is concerned , is brighter and more * hopeful. Greatindignation , however , if | felt by the senseless action of those * | r -establishing self-constituted quaran- te tines , on account of their inhuman and > " - uncalled-for threats and actions. The „ Illinois Central tendered those anxious fir to get away a relief train , and agreed to k -sell round trip tickets to Chicago foi \k \ $12 , good to retnrn at any time , and M. there wero many willing and anxious to ' & - go , bnt the train had to be abandoned p- " because of threats by the people livins ft , north of Jackson to tear up the tracls tjt and burn the bridges if any attempt was IT made to run tho train through. There & were no deaths to-day and no new cases. \i \ The sick are doing welL r Jacksonville dispatch : One hundred I Hf and three new cases of yellow fevei • were reported for tho past twenty-font hours , thirty-ono of them being white jg : -hd seventy-two among the coloredpeo- V . pie. Tho deaths reported are seven. . Total cases to date , 2,237 : total deathB , -220. r Sullivan Dangerously Sick. V Boston dispatch : At 3 o'clock to-day W -John L. Sullivan's physicians said he | " -bus worse. From what can be learned I -from others it is said that he is danger- F ously sick. Yesterday afternoon he had ? chill , and it was then thought he was , -dying. John L. Sullivan's physician re- & ports no change in the condition of the f * " $ -champion. He thinks by careful nurs- I ins recovery is possible. I \ ILw ! ! LL- ? -L ' ! ' ' Tf TST _ _ _ _ - _ _ - _ . . . - - - V AN EVENT OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. Such U Jtrtinnlrd the 1'ubltenHon of Note * from the JCutpwv'ii Diary. Berlin dispatch : Tho publication of Emperor Frederick's diary is every where recognized as an event of na tional importance. Official and political circles , however , that aro intimately versed on tho innermost history of tho construction of tho empire , have been astounded by tho publication , whilst tho whole Gorman peoplo are stirred to their very depths by tho revelations which show tho real greatness of tho de ceased Emperor Frederick , his influ ence in creating tho empire and his no ble aims for its future. Extracts from tho diary wero communicated to the Deutscho Pundschau through tho Baden statesman , Baron Von Boggeubach , who was long an intimate friend of the lato emperor and was much with him during his illness at San Bono. Baron Boggenbnch , it seems , had tho assent of Empress Victoria to tho publication of tho extracts , but neither Prince Bis marck nor tho present Emperor William was consulted. It is therefore thought probable that tho publication will have some startling results as affecting the personages concerned in the revela tions. It is significant that the North German Gazette , Bismarck's organ , lias not yet mentioned tho diary. Tho National Zetung complains of indiscretion in tho publica tion , as shown in the selection of the passages , and says it was obviously not intended by tho Emperor Frederick that they should bo made public. It in- stm2cs tho revelations that at Versailles thero was much friction between the em- perorthon ( tho crown princeand Prince Bismarck over tho declaration of tho ex istence of tho German empire ; that Bis marck's drafted letter in which tho king of Bavaria is mado to appear to have tm ( uctantly invited King yilliam of Prus sia to assume imperial dignity , and that in October , 1870 , Bismarck informed tfifl Grand Duke of Baden of his determina tion to wage persistent war against the papal doctrine of "infallibility , " and to otherwise assail tho influence of the Catholic church in Germany , it is ar gued that the nature of this last resolu tion is alike wanton and imprudent , and will revive the slumbering fires of the Cultur Kampf again , and to direct the rage of tlm clericals against Bismarck as the sole origin of tho policy of repres sion of Catholics. Another of these in discreet revelations is pointed out to be the statement of the deceased emperor that during tho negotiations at Ver sailles , it wa3 proposed to proclaim as king of France , Leopold Second of Bel gium. Tho deceased said ho would favoi the scheme if it implied the union of Belgium and Franco. The French peo- people will accurately surmise that Bis marck's project to create a Franco-Bel gian monarchy implied the disruption ol Franco into several states and tho acqui sition by Belgium of tho northern prov inces. The project is certain of revival if Franco should bo crushed in the coming war. The most touching fea ture of tho diary is the evidenco of tho unfailing : kindliness oi tho Crown Princo Frederick's disposi tion and his diffidence of character. On the day of the battle of Sedan he writes : " 'Die wieltgeschichito ist das weltger- ieht' comes to me again from my school days. Napoleon comes. Bismarck and Von Moltke meet him. He wants pass age for his army into Belgium. Bis marck tells him the king insists upon an unconditional surrender. The cap itulation is signed. " The crown prince then describes an interview as related to him by the king. "Napoleon assured the king that he had only given in to public opinion when ho had resolved on war. He showed marvellous ignorance of German armies. He thought the force before Sedan was tho Bed Prince's arnvy. He asked where the Prince Frederick Charles was. The king an swered , 'With the Seventh army corps before Metz. ' Napoleon drow back with everjr sign of painful surprise. For tho first time he knew that he had not had the whole of Germany opposed to him. After half an hour's interview the king and emperor came out. The latter perceiviug me held out one hand while with the other he wiped away the tears which were running down his cheek. " Commenting on the fact that each side appealed to heaven on its own behalf there , on December 25th , is the following entry : "It is really a piece of irony on the message of good will that each party calls on God to aid its righteous cause in every success. We incline to prove by it tho support of heaven against our opponents. " Agitated Over a Swindling Game. Detroit dispatch : The grain men ol Detroit and various other portions ol the country aro at present agitated over a swindling game in which they are more or less interested. J. W. Helm , of Danville , HI. , a well known and ex tensive grain dealer , has among his cus tomers tho firm of Kizer Bros. , of Ham mond , HI. , whom he had never met per sonally. Two weeks ago while on a railway train in Hlinois , Helm was ap proached by a stranger , who introduced himself as Kizer of Hammond , HI. The stranger offered him several cars of grain for § 200 , which Helm accepted. The following day bills of lading for seven or eight additional cars were re ceived by Helm , , who remitted $200 more. A few days later the two met at the fair in Hammond , 111. , when Kizer suc ceeded in getting Helm to put him on a financial footing with Buzey's bank of TJrbana , HI. , and but a day or two inter vened before Kizer presented bills of lading on which the bank advanced him S2,500. A few days later Kizer wrote the First National bank of Danville , HI , inclosing bills of lading for ten loads of grain on Wardwell&McIntyre , of New York , and requesting $1,750 to bo expressed to Kizer Brothers , Ivesdale , HI. The bank refused tho request and sent the bill of lading with a draft to Kizer Brothers at Hammond. This was the firm's first in timation that crookedness was going on in their name and they notified the bank that the entire transaction was a forgery. The total number of bills forged by the spurious Kizer were on thirty-five carloads of grain on prominent New York , Detroit , and Cincinnati firms. The only losers are J. W. Helm , $4,000 , and Buzey's bank , SoOO , who have made good the losses to grain firms. Tho identity of the swindler and forger re main undiscovered. Thousands Fleeing From the South. Washington special : Washington is receiving a very large nnmber of the yellow fever refugees who are leaving the infected districts of Florida by the thousands daily. The hotels have be gun to fill up rapidly ? and moro , stran gers have arrived this week than during the preceding two weeks. The weather in Washington is cool , bright and pleas ant. It is estimated that within Wash ington and a distance of seventy-five miles thero are 50,000 yellow fever refu gees to-night. M. Chevreul , the French savant who has just reached his 103d year , to a lady who recently complimented him upon his juvenility , replied : "You are too good , madame ; but I feel that I am go ing down the hill. What would I not give to be 80 again ? " ' VETO MESSAGES BY THE PRESIDENT. Vlllt Itetm-ncd to thn ITnxne Without Hit Apitroral , Washington dispatch : The president to-day sent two veto messages to the house of representatives. In returning without approval tho bill providing for tho disposal of tho Fort Wallace ( Kas. ) military reservatJsn , ho says : "Tho second section of tho bill per mits the Union Pacific railroad company td purchase a cortain part of tho military reservation. I am informed that this privilege might by reason of a faulty de scription of tho lands enable the rail- zoad company to purchase property in which private parties havo interests. A section of tho bill grants a certain por tion of the military reservation hereto fore set apart by tho military authorities as a cemetery to the city of Wallace for cemetory purposes. Thero should be , in my opinion , a provision that no bodies heretofore interred in this ground should be disturbed , and that when tho same is no longer used as a cemotory it should revert to tho government. " In tho second veto message tho presi dent sa3's : "I am unable to givo my assent to a joint resolution authorizing tho secre tary of the interior to certify lands to tho state of Kansas for tho benefit of agriculture and tho mechanic arts. Under the terms of an act of congress , passed July 2 , 1802 , tho state of Kansas was entitled to 90,000 acres of land. Of tho lands selected 7,082 acres wero within certain limits of a railroad grant and had thereforo been raised to the double minimum in price so that tho number of acres mentioned and thus situated really stood for double that number of acres in filling tho grant to which the state of Kansas was entitled. Tt is now claimed that after tho selec- lion of theso lands the route of the said railroad was abandoned and another one selected and that in consequence thereof , such lands included within its first loca tion were reduced to tho minimum price and restored to tho public market at that rate. An examination discloses that the joint resolution is predicted upon an entire misunderstanding of tho facts. The lands have all , except 320 acres , remained in the now or old rail road location up to the present time and if now vacant would bo held by the gov ernment at the double minimum prices. Bishop Ireland's Elevation. " St. Paul dispatch : To-day John Ire land , who has been identified with the church in this city for thirty-seven years , received the pallium and was ele vated to the archbishopric of the prov ince of St. Paul. The ceremony tool place at 10:30. A few minutes before that time Archbishop Ireland , attired in his robes of office and attended by the clergy , left the nrchepiscopal resi dence adjoining the cathedral , and pro ceeded to the sanctuary. Immediately upon the arrival of the distinguished prelate , pontifical high mass was cele brated by the Bt. Bev. Bishop Marty , of YauMon , Dak. The pallium was con ferred upon the archbishop at the close of the mass by Bt. Bev. Bishop Grace , and the ceremoay was followed by a sermon delivered by Bt. Bev. J. J. Kane , bishop of Eichmond , _ Va. , and rector of the new Catholic university at Washington , D. C. Shortly after the close of the ceremony at the cathedral , the clergy were escorted to the Hotel Kyan , where dinner was served. To-night the streets are brilliantly illuminated , and the new archbishop is holding a formal reception to invited guests. Great interest in the events of the day has been manifested by the general public. Archbishop Ireland being held in high esteem by every body. A Lively Day in tho Wheat Pit. Chicago dispatch : The Daily News will say of the remarkable course pur sued by September wheat to-day that it is the outcome of a corner in the option byB. P. Hutchinson , who has been buying all of the September wheat offered lately , that , as only three days remained for the shorts to settle their trades in , they went into the pit this morning and began to bid against each other , with the result that the price mounted rapidly ; that when it reached $1.25 Hutchinson sent the shorts word that he had a little wheat to sell , that thejr flocked to his office , where he dis posed of 325,000 bushels at 125 in a very short time ; that he then , after tell ing those of the shorts who were still waiting that wheat would go to 200 % within a week , he went away tolas club , leaving instructions with his brokers to sell the shorts all the wheat they wanted at 125 or buy all they would sell at 124. There is a suspicion that Hutchinson also has most of the December wheat , and in consequence that option went up to 100. The excitement after adjournment was even greater than that which pre vailed during the session of the board. Bnmors about what "Old Hutch" would do were too numerous to trace to author ity. The price was run up with won derful rapidity , way above the day's closing price on the board , bj1 , curbstone dealers. The advance was marked by almost a street bedlam. The price reached $1.30 for September before the sidewalk trading ceased , and one of the deals is reported at 131j. It Locks Like Prohibition. Des Moines dispatch : The new law for the regulation of the sale of liquors by druggists goes into effect October 1. Under it a druggist who desires to sell liquors must make application to the district court , which application must be signed by a certain number of re putable citizens. Twenty-six of these applications came before Judge Given to-day and twenty-four of them were re jected because the signers had not com plied with the law in reading what they signed. Only one of the forty-one sign ers of one application knew what he was signing. New applications will not be heard in theso cases until the setting of a new court in January. All old per mits expire by limitation October 1 , and it is probable that not a single drug gist in Des Moines will be able to handle liquors legally between these dates. What is true of Des Moines is also true of the entire state. Comments on the Emperor's Diary. Berlin special : Prince Bismarck's or gan , the North German Gazette , refer ring to the published notes from Em peror Frederick's diary concerning the conduct of King Louis of Bavaria at tho time of the declaration of the empire , says : "Decisive manifestation by King Louis of national sentiment must not be sought in the story about the granting of the formal offer of imperial dignity to King William , but in his quick resolu tion after the order of July 15th for a mobilization of the Prussian army had been issued King Louis then cnt short discussions of the Bavarian ministers by a brief order to mobilize his army. This patriotic demonstration was a perfectly fee act on the part of King Louis and was followed by an autogragh letter to King W illiam , in which King Louis ad vocated the creation of a German em * pire. " Lizzie Clark Swift , the famous hospi tal nurse of the Second Army corps in the Virginia campaigns of 1863 and 1874 , is dead. MfflFWffi-r-tt'fiiTiiiy IB-Hi - THE GREAT CHICAGO WHEAT DEAL "Old Hutch' ' iraltt-B Immense V < oflta , liiU \ Horn * JCnemtea tit Well. Chicago dispatch : Ono of tho most sensational features of tho day happened after tho close of tho board , whenAbel H. Bliss , of the firm of A. H. Bliss & Co. , one of the substantial commission firms of the citj' , notified tho Com Ez- change bank that ho would at once with draw his patronage and deposits. Charles L. Hutchinson , thopresidentof tho bank , who is also president of tho board of trade , and is n son of "Old Hutch , " immediately sent for Mr. Bliss and asked what was the matter. "You have traded with us. for a good many years Mr. Bliss , " said President Hutchinson , "and your father beforo you dealt with us. I am. at a loss to- know why j'ou should so suddenly with draw your patronage without any appar ent cause. "Any man who runs a corner on tho market , " replied Mr. Bliss , blazing up , "and squeezes the life and blood out of tho trade is no better than a thiof. Your father , who owns 51 per cent of tho stock of this bank , built just such a cor ner and as I said 1 do not consider my 11101103' safe in the hands of a thief. Therefore , I withdraw my patronage. " Mr. Bliss went on angrily at some length , but denied that hovai a loser by the corner. This evening he said when asked about tho matter that ho had no desire to create any bad blood and would have said nothing to Mr. Hutchinson had not the bunk president asked an explanation. "I am not tho only oue , " added Mr. Bliss , "who has withdrawn from tho , bank because of the old man's unprincipled actions. I know of at least three who have pulled out within the past week. " Mr. Bliss declines to stato what his patronage amounted to , b.it a confiden tial friend said the cash deposits of Bliss it Co. amounted to $60,000. No state ment concerning tho incident could bo had from President Hutchinson save tho information that tho Corn Exchange bank could get along comfortably with out tho patronage of Mr. Bliss , the de posits of tho institution being a million dollars ill excess of the total of a year ago. ago.During the day "Old Hutch" drew out of the clearing house a check for $675 , - 000 as his profits on sales made Thurs day. Not only was the amount of this check known , but the names of ten firms were freely talked about , each of which had deposited in the clearing house a check for $50,000. These reports added to prevailing excitement and an official investigation as to how the information got out will undoubtedly follow. Shortly after the board closed to-day a rumor gained currency that one of the employes of the American National bank of this city had left very suddenly with a large amount of funds. The fu gitive was alleged to have been using money freely on 'change in making good his shortages in September wheat. The sud.len rise in the market , it was asserted , had cost him not only every cent of his own , bnt also a considerable amount belonging to the bank. The officers of the bank declined at first to either affirm r deny the report. The troubles of the bank in connection with the wheat corner attempted lastyear by Harper , the wrecker of the Fidelity , were recalled and formed the subject of much talk. Late to-night the pvesident authorized the statement that there had been a defalcation , but that it would not exceed $5,000. The amount would be made good to-morrow by the cul prit's friends. The president refused to give the name of the offender. What the Minority Report Says. Washington dispatch : Two of the five members of the Utah commission , John McClernand and A. B. Carlton , have filed with the secretary of tho in terior a minority report. They also submitted a minority report last year. The report received to-day says : Beform in Utah is progressing favor ably , far beyond our most sanguine ex pectations. Utah is forging _ to the front among the Boeky mountain states and territories , and may be compared favorably with any of them in the enter prise of her citizens , richness of her mines and flourishing condition of her cities and towns. A great deal of cap ital is being invested in Utah by non- Mormons in city lots , farming lands and mining property. Such investments are as safe there as in any state or territory ; that is to say , there is not the slightest danger of insurrection , nor , in our opin ion , is there any danger of adverse leg islation that will jeopardize personal se curity or property rights. Apart from sexual offenses , which are on the de crease , the Mormon people of Utah will compare favorably with other commu nities for peace , good order , sobriety , honesty and industry. The commissioners say that in their opinion the great majority of the Mor mon people have wisely resolved that the practice of polygamy should be abandoned. The commissioners are ad verse to any further restrictive measures bj congress , believing that the present laws are sufficiently stringent and will accomplish all that can be reasonably required of legal coercion. The Charges Against Stahlnecker. Washington dispatch : The special committee of the house investigating the charges against Bepresentative Stahlnecker , of New York , in connec tion tvith contracts for materials to be used in the construction of the library building , resumed its work this morn ing. Senator Voorhees stated that he had talked to Mr. Slahlnecker in refer ence to materials to be used in the li brary building. He had suggested to Mr. Stahlnecker that his position as member of the house committee on ths library might bring to him embarass- ment in connection with his solicitations for the Tuckahoe marble. Associate Justice Lamar , late secretary of the interior , testified that the work of Bep resentative Stahlnecker in behalf of his constituents , who owned the Tuckahoo marble quary , was no more than shown by members of congress for any and all their constituents. Mr. Stahlnecker tes tified in his own defense. He stated that neither he nor his father , nor anv of their relatives or friends in whom they ha'3 more than a general interest , have now or ever had an interest in the Tuck ahoe marble quarry. After a brief exe cutive session , the announcement was made that the committee had voted unanimously to report in favor of Stahl- necker's complete vindication. A Point for Congress to Settle. Boston dispatch : The department of state of Massachusetts ha3 written to Senator Hoar calling attention to the fol lowing discrepancy in the electoral col lege laws. The United States statutes provide that messengers from the elec toral colleges in the various states shall deliver their copies of the votes of their colleges to the president of the senate before the first Wednesday in January. The colleges have met heretofore on the first Monday in December , but the law passed by congress in 1887 changed tho time of meeting to the second Monday in January , while the provision regard ing the delivery of the vote was left un altered. The question will have to be settled by the authorities at Washing ton. _ , < & * JE _ ? J ik &MM K.k j % jJ * & * t SETTLEMENT OF UTAH AFFAIRS. What in the Ojtlrjon of thn Commtttton It Jtci > u slble for Delay , The majority report of tho Utah com mission has been received by tho secre tary of tho interior. Tho recommenda tion of tho last annual report is renewed , that Utah should not be admitted to the Union until such timo as tho Mormon people shall manifest by their future acts that thoy have abandoned polygamy in good faith , and not until an amendmont shall have been made to the constitution of tho United States prohibiting tho practice- polygamy. Tho report adds , that the convention which adopted the proposed constitution upon which tho appeal was mado to congress for admis sion to the union was held without au thority from any proper source. It is. further asserted that tho proposed con stitution is silent with respect to tho crime of polygamj * , and the commission ers aro of tho opinion that tho govern ment cannot afford to surrender tho n * reat advantages which it now holds , and which have been secured at much expenso and trouble. The } ' also think that no harm can result from a delay in the admission of tho territory. The report states that the democratic and republican parties of Utah , in their conventions recently held , endorsed tho position taken in tho majority report. The report further states that since the report last year the legislative assembly of Utah bus granted to tho minority of tho Mormon element representation in tho control of public institutions , and provided for local representation in Salt Lake City and other cities. The recom mendation of last year , that tho gover nor of the territory is given power to appoint county officers as follows ; select men , clerks , assessors , recorders and superintendents of public schools , is re newed. "In our opinion , " continues tho re port , "one of the chief causes of the long delay in the settlement of the con test in Utah has been the exercise of po litical power subordinate to the inter ests of the church. " in commenting on tho fact that the public schools of Utah are , with the exception of a few dis tricts in Salt Lake City and in tho min ing regions , under the control of Mor mon church commissioners , the report refers to the act passed 1)3' the last legis lative assembly , bnt vetoed by tho gov ernor , which provided for a distribution of the public school fund for the sup port of public and private schools. From these circumstances tho majority conclude that the Mormon church is committed to a polic3' , which , if success ful , will prove destructive to the public schools of Utah. Tho recommenda tion , therefore , is renewed that super intendents of public schools be ap pointed 1 > 3' tho governor. During tho past 3'ear different denominations had in operation ninety schools , attended by 7,442 pupils. The report expresses tho opinion that the work under the the law of congress with respect to the registration of voters and the conduct of elections has been satisfactorily performed. During tho year there have been eight indictments for polygamy and four convictions ; 304 indictments for unlawful cohabitation and 326 convictions. In conclusion is expressed the opinion that tho energetic enforcement of laws should be continued , as should also po litical disabilities. NEW AND IMPROVED MAIL SERVICE. Which is to Go Into Effect on the 1st of October. Postmaster-General Dickinson , as sisted by W. L. Bauer , general superin tendent of the railway mail service , has just completed arrangements by which a new fast mail train will be established between Chicago and New York , com mencing on the 30th inst. This train will be known as the New York and Chicago fast mail east. It is scheduled as follows : Leave Chicago at8:30a. m. , arrive at Buffalo at 11vj p. m. , Albany about 7 a. m. , Boston about 3 p. m. , reaching New York at 12:30 : p.m. , being about twenty-seven hours in transit from Chicago to New York. This is the most important improvement it is claimed , that has 3ret been made in east- bound mail facilities between the great northwest , the Pacific coast and the east in the history of the service. At Chi cago direct connection Avill be received from " east-bound fast mail trains from San Francisco via Omaha and Portland , Ore. , via St. Paul , thus constituting a fast mail service from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic seaboard , resulting in the saving of one business day for cor respondence from the Pacific coast states for all points in the east. By the pres ent schedule arrival at Boston is too late for mail to be available until the next da3' , either for local delivery or connec tions for the extreme east. The new train , reaching Boston at 3 p. m. , will admit of local delivery and response the same day , and will also secure delivery on the same day of mails for all the New England country west of Boston , and delivery connection at Portland , Me. , the following morning at 5:20 a. m. , in stead of at 6:30 : p. m. , as at present. At New York the 12:30 p. m. cit3' mail will be delivered in the early afternoon in ample time to admit of response on the same da3' for dispatch by the fast mail westbound , leaving New York at 9 p. m. The most important fnct in connec tion with the arrival at New York at noon is that all bank paper can be handled by the banks and clearing house on the day of its arrival , instead of being delayed for treatment until the following day , which is the case under the present schedule. Man and Money Still Missing. Nothing has yet been seen or heard , says a New York dispatch , of William B. Foster , the junior counsel for the gra- tuit3' fund of the produce exchange , who is alleged to have stolen $268,000 belonging to the fund. The excitement caused on exchange b3 * his forgery in no way subsided , but was added to by the rumor that another of the mortgages had been discovered to be bogus , the amount of which would increase the sum stolen $176,000. The only cine to Foster's whereabouts , so far discovered , points to the fugitive's flight to Canada. Should he be found there he will be extradited , as the extra dition laws covers his offense. It is said the fugitive's father will make good the amount of the defalcation. Acting President of the Senate. Washington special : Mr. Ingalls , president pro tempore of the senate , left this afternoon for a week's visit to his family in New England. He desig nated Senator Manderson to act as pres ident pro tempore in his ( Ingalls ) ab sence. Senator Ingalls has tendered this courtesy to Mr. Manderson on sev eral occasions and it is now looked upon as certain that the Nebraska senator will preside over the senate every time its presiding officer leaves. Senator Alli son observed to-day , in commenting on the fact , that no man could give more general satisfaction as presiding officer than Senator Manderson , and that it was not only a personal compliment to the senators from the west to have the Nebraska senator designated as presid ing officer , but it insured the very best condition of affairs while he was in the choir. * Won by a School Ma'am. Tho school directors of DistrfctNo. 3 9 , Perry township , wore holding a meeting. Nobody would have thought it. The chairman was leaning against his front gate , with his checked shirt sleev es turned back and an ax in hiahand , surveying the other two members of tho board , , who stood outside tho fence ; It was a meeting nevertheless ; and its object was nothingless important than tho selection of a teacher for tho full term. "Lyman Doty spoke to me about having the school , " said the chair , dubiously. "Lyman Dotyl" exclaimed Steve Tcmvy , a stalwart young iellow , with thick brown hair , white teeth and a square chiu to make up for his lack of downright good looks. "Why , Lyman Doty couldn't teach a baby. Ho quit school before I did , long enough , and ho hasn't studied any thing but potntoes and winter wheat since , thnt I know of. Bettor stick to his farm eh , Larkin ? " "Guess you're right , " responded tho third member of the board , a lit tle man with a cheerful face and a tuft of gray hair sticking straight out from his chin. And the chairman nodded his agree ment. "Well , " continued littleMr.Larkin , with an air of importance , "I've had an application that I guess will suit. It's a sort of relative of my wife's , and just as nico a girl as ever was. Smart , too. She's got a certificate for two years , last examination. She'd mako a splendid teacher , Molly Sanborn would. " "Sanbornl" said Steve Terry , short ly ; "any connection with tho San- boms over on tho river ? " "That's where she's from , " said Mr. Larkin. "She's old John Sanborn's girl him that died last winter. " Steve frowned , for he didn't have a very high regard for tho Sanborn family. "There don't seem to be any mercy in you , " said Mr. Larkin , almost tearfully , as Steve was preparing to turn in at his gate. "If they'd been left well off it would be different , but they're poor as poverty , and Molly needs the place the worst way. " "You hadn't mentioned that , " said the young man , turning back. "II that's the case " Mr. Larkin walked away triumph ant five minutes later. But Steve Tenney had surrendered with bad grace. Mr. Larkin made Steve a call later in the season. "Guess you'll have to own up to being in the wrong , Steve , " he began. "We hain't had a teacher for years ! that's given the satisfaction that j Molly does. The children rave about her all of 'em. " But Steve was unimpressed. "My opinion has yet to be altered , " he said rather stiffly. And Mr. Larkin looked discourag ed. "She spoke about needing a new broom and water pail , " he said as he rose. "I told her shehad better come to you about it. " "That school house had a new broom last term , and water pail term before last ! " said the young director emphatically. And Mr. Larkin took a discomfited leave. The next Sundayeveningtheyoung man , sitting in the pew of a small wooden church with his mother , and allowing his eyes to rove about dur ing the rather long sermon , suddenly discovered a new face , and sat study ing it fortheremainderof theevening. It was that of a young girl not a remarkable pretty girl , but fair and fresh and innocent , with a bright in telligence in her dark eyes and a sweetness in her full lips. "Who is she ? " was the first ques tion after the services were concluded , addressed as it happened , to little Mr. Larkin , who had come in late. "That ? " the latter asked in aston ishment. "Why , that's our teacher that's only Molly Sanborn. That's my wife she's with don't you see. I am waiting" to take them home. " Steve Tenny found himself wishing quite frequently that the new teacher would come to him about the broom and water pail. Not that he should furnish them if he found that they were not needed , but he felt that he should not object to an interview with the school teach er. er.He even mentioned the subject to Mr. Larkin carelessly when he met him one day. "Well you see was the response , "she sort of hates to come to you. The way you felt about her having the school has got all around town , and I suppose she heard of it. She can 't help what her father was , Molly can 't , and she's real sensitive. " The young man looked disturbed. That afternoon he left his work at an early hour not , however , admit ting to himself his purpose in do- ingso and strolled down the street , turning off but he persuaded himself that it was not intentional in the direction of the school house. "I might as well go in and see about that broom and water pail , " he said t < himself , when he stood op posite tht little bare looking build ing.And And he went in accordingly. The little teacher looked considera bly startled when she opened the door to him. She dropped the spell ing book she held , and her voice was hardly steady as she expressed her gratification at seeing him. Evidently , Steve reflected , some idiot had pointed him out to her at church the other evening. He sat a > sifciiua _ fc _ > > x . - _ & 5aat . • * . -c down in a front .scat fueling unplcaa- J IS antly ogensh. fM She was hnnrinjr thohiBt spoiling 19 class. How pretty she looked stand&m ing there in her dark , blue calico drcsw | M and white apron. What a sweet W voicosho had , though , putting out Im "hen , men , pen , " to a lot of fighting - -M youngsters could hardly show it to M the best advantage. Ja When tho class wasdismissed and J3 tho last student had. rushed whoop- J % ing down tho street , the teachor and -M the young director stood looking at M each other w ith somo awkwardness. iM "I thought I'd cotnein , " said Stovo /jS at Inst , apologetically , "and see if 3a anything is needed. " M t He did not mention the fact of his * 'M being somo six weeks lato in. tho per- fl fornmnco of his duty. | Tho girl dropped her eye timidly. - "I don't thinlcso , " she murmured. " 1 "What a brutesho mustthink mo , " Steve reflected , withsotnoself-disgust. , 1 He turned carelessly to tho corner * 4 whero the broom stood. l ' \ "Isn't this pretty far gono ? " ho \ said.withaconscience-strickonglanco , - " at its stubby end. And the -u-her nodded. "Your water pail seems to leak , " the director went on , indicating tho empty bucket and the wet floor. " 1'os , " tho girl assented. "I'll see that vou have now ones. " Stovo concluded. And he was rewarded by a grate ful glance from the teacher's soft , eyes , as shu took her hat from its nail. nail.He He took her lunch basket from her hand a n they started away to gether , and , having taken it , could hardly surrender it short of Mr. Larkin's gate. ; j He was a little reluctant to surren der it ovon them. For their first awkwardness had quito worn off : their walk had been far from unpleas ant , and they wore feeling vory well * acquainted. He walked home in an agreeablo „ absorption , repeating to himself the things sho had said , and recall ing her pretty way of saying them. He di J not pause to consider that it was old John Sanborn's daughter of whom he was Thinking ; ho was only conscious that sho was a bright young girl whom it was charming to look at and listen to. His pleasant mood was rudely in terrupted by little Mr. Larkin , who dropped in that evoning. "Lyme Doty couldn't havo tho school , " he observed , with a chuckle , "but it looks as though ho was go ing to have the teacherl" "What ? " said Steve , with a sudden unexplainable sinking of tho heart. fl "He's hanging around considerfl able , anyhow , " said Mr. Larkin. % fl "Went to visit the school last week. and ho was asking me to-day . I whether Molly's got any way I of getting homo Friday night. Ho I said he'd just as lief take her in his j I buggy as not. Molly generally walks ; \ | but I guess she'll be glad of a lift. " mm "You don't mean to tell me , " said , | Steve , warmly , "that she'd havo , W anything to do with him ? " Mr. Larkin stared. What could Steve caro with whom old John San born's daughter had to do ? ' t But ho only said , deprecafcingly ; "Well , Lyme's a good steady fel low. " "Humph ! " fras the scornful rejoin- der. \ \ The young man mused long and seriouslv when his visitor was gone , j and went to bed with a lighter heart , / I having come to a firm conclusion. _ _ _ _ • * " When tho now teacher closed school • tho next Friday night sho was feeling rather worn out , as she was apt to feel at the end of the week ; nor did the prospect of the four miles walk home serve to cheer her. She locked the door and started down the path with a sigh. A neat little buggy was coming briskly up the road. Molly gave a start as the driver pulled up the horse and sprang to the ground. It was the young director , and he was coming toward her. "I won't make any excuses , Miss Sanborn , " he said , with a humorous solemnity. "I won't say I'm going over the river on business , and hap pened to think you might like to ride. The truth is that it's a carefully laid plot. Will you be an aider and abettor ? " The little teacher laughed apprecia tively as he helped her into the buggy. "I must stop at Mr. Larkin's and leave my dinner pail , " sho said , de murely. Mr. Larkin was standing at the front gate. He stood staring at the young director , as the latter assisted the teacher to the ground and sat down on the horse block waiting for her. "Lyme Doty was here after Molly just now , " he said gaspingly. "I sent him down to the school house. " "We met him , " said Steve. "You see , " he added , making a bold at tempt at carelessness , but speaking , nevertheless ; in a shame-faced way , and avoiding the little man's eye. "You see I feel as though its my bounden duty to keep Lyme Doty away from her. Pure impudence , his hanging around her that way. " The little teacher came tripping back , and the young director's buggy whirled away in a cloud of dust. "Steve Tenney " s takingMollyhome in his buggy , " said Mr. Larkin , joining his wife in tho kitchen and sinking dazedly into a chair. "I guess the world's coming to an end ! ' ' ' 'Steve Tenney ain 't a fool , " his wito responded practically. "I knew he'd get over that ridiculous notion " of his and especially after he'd seen Molly. " "Say3 he's doing it from a sense of duty , " said Larkin , chuckling slowly as the humor of the situation dawned upon him. "Wonder how far his sense of duty will take him ? " "I shouldn't be surprised at any thing ! " said Mrs. Larkin mysterious lyThe The Larkins and , perhaps , Lyme Doty were the only people who were not surprised when the new teacher gave up the school at the end of the term and was quietly married to the young director. The chairman of the school board. * is wondering over it yet. - * 9