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| , 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. - *
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