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H NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
H Work has commenced on the pro-
H posed opera houso at Wilcox .
H A small fire , supposed to be incend-
| lary , occurred In Ponca last week.
H Johnson county has over 800 farm-
H ers who are members of the alliance.
H A large number of colts in Seward
H have died this spring from distemper.
H Cherry county farmers in the vicin-
H ! ty of Valentine have organized an alli-
H Mrs. Van Cott , the great revivalist ,
B has begun a series of meetings in Fre-
H Three cases of glanders have been
| ' found in the southwestern part of Boone
B The Central Nebraska Veteran as-
H tociation will hold their next reunion '
H August 20 , 27 , 28 and 20.
H Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Burns of York
B celebrated the fiitieth anniversary of
P | their wedding last week
B Two young girls were arrested in
H Omaha for stealing flowers from graves
H in Prospect Hill cemetery.
H During a storm lightning struck the
H barn of W. M. lirossler , in Elgin , kill-
H ing two cows stabled therein.
H Francis Murphy , the temperance
H -worker , is laboring in South Omaha ,
H where he has many subjects.
H Mrs. Rev. XV. C. Cault. a returned
B Bl missionary from Gaboon , western Africa ,
H Is visiting friends at Fremont.
H The mill dam at Tckamah was
H -washed away during the recent heavy
H rains in that part of Xeeraska.
H J. XV. Stratton of "Wahoo purchased
B H 250 feet front on one of the principal
H streets of Chicago the other day.
H Two lectures recently given in York
H resulted , .after all expenses were paid ,
B with but 15 cents in the treasury.
B The mayor of Nebraska City has
B notified all inmates of houses of ill-fame
B to step up monthiy and pay fines.
B The attendance at Memorial exer-
B cises in Milford were the largest ever
B known in the history of that place.
B State Superintendent Lane has been
H / on a visit to the Peru schools and rc-
U ports them as in excellent condition.
H The Morris Lock company of Scw-
W ard has submitted a proposition to Lin-
Hj coin to remove their works to that city.
H The United States engineer has
H arrived in Plattsmouth and will soon
H commence work ou the river at that
H point.
B B BJ
BH The long-felt want of farmers about
H Belgrade has been supplied by the es-
H tablishment ' of a lumber yard in that '
H place.
H Reports from Washington are that
H Senator Manderson is on the mend and
H expects soon to resume his place m the
H senate.
H A Falrbury man sheared one of his
H sheep the other day whose fleece of clean
H wool weighed upwards of twenty-six
H pounds.
B Elmer Cook , while bathing in the
H Elkhorn at Gibson station on Sunday
Vm | last , was drowned. He ventured in too
B deep water. ,
B The alumni of the Fremont high
H [ school met Saturday and organized an .
B association. There are fifty graduates
B of the school.
1 Fremont proposes to do the natal
H day in first-class style this year. Com-
H plete preparations are going forward
H for the event.
H The Xeligh Leader says that several |
H dogs hage been killed in the north part (
H of the county that showed symptoms of .
H hydrophobia. ,
H The Holstein Record cites a case }
H where marriage is a failure , It says :
H "That marriage that was reported a few
H days ago is a mistake. "
H The proposed encampment of the •
H Knights Templar of the state to have
H heen held in Beatrice during the pres-
BJ ent month has been declared off. ,
I Peter O'Brien and Orin Closson were 1
H arrested and bound over to the district
I xourt at Ewing for forging an order on (
I B. Gaffney for one pint of alcohol. x
I In the tornado at Bradshaw Frank
I Penher was carried three-quarters of a ,
mile and lodged in a barb wire fence.
B He was unconscious during his ride. . ,
B Tho Farmers' alliance of south Ani
B telope and south Holt county are to i
I have a grand Fourtn of July celebration t
I at Savidge's grove on Clearwater creek , t
I Joseph Frazier , editor of the Fairc
I mount Chronicle , was thrown from a '
I wagon by a fractious colt and so severei
I ly injured that his recovery is very ;
I doubtful.
I Tho Loomis Homo Guard savs that (
I when corn wa3 ten cents a.bushel our *
I buyers could scarcely keep crib room. :
I. now that it is twenty cents no corn ,
I comes in.
About one hundred citizens of Elmi
" wood surprised Dr. Hobbs and his wife j
on their wedding anniversary and left
; ' % tho couple a substantial testimony of j
Z , ' good will. ,
r , . Mrs Mary Smith of Omaha , who i
\ \ had quarreled with her husband , endeav-
| * ored to make way with herself by laud- <
9- anum. A doctor with his stomach pump j
saved her. 5
Tho man with a big string of qucs- (
( tions as long as tho moral law is abroad :
v in the land. He is the census emimera-
' , ' tor and is taking tho eleventh federal (
census. Hois armed with formidable <
| v portfolios , largo blanks and official i
stamps. :
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Chailf y fc'eth , while driving a hors
pow r for a corn shcllcr , near Loomis.
caught hi * right hand in the cogs of th <
power , crushing it so badly that ampu
tation was necessary.
John Dickinson of Elgin was kicked
by a broncho and severely injured.
Doctors marvel at his not being killed ,
considering tho locality in which the
broncho planted his heel.
Twenty-live members of the farm
ers alliances in Nance and Merrick coun-
ties mot one day recently and plantec
sixty acres of corn for Mrs. Newhouse ,
whose husband died a few weeks since.
Arthur Ivavanaugh , living near Te-
cumseh , has passed examination for the
United States navy at Annapolis and
will at once go on board a vessel for a
cruise. Out of sixty-four applicants he
passed the best examination.
In reply to inquiry Auditor Benton
states that there is now on hand only
S300 of the $10,000 appropriated to pa ?
for the scalps of wild animals and that
this amount will be exhausted by whal
has been certified to but not yet paid.
At a meeting of the Farmers' alli
ance held at Wood River about a week
ago it was unanimously voted for the al
liances and Knights of Labor of Hall
county to have an old fashioned picnic
and barbecue at sonic place about the
center of the county.
During a rain storm at Seward tho
residence of George W. Fuller was struck
by lightning , the bolt going down tho
chimney. Several members of the fam
ily were considerably shocked , but no
one seriously hurt. The damage to the
building was slight.
Lightning struck the barn of Frank
Lirswald , near Sidney , instantly killing
a mule and one cow and setting fire tc
the building , which burned to th <
ground. Mr. Lirswald had a small
amount of insurance on the mule , bin
the barn is an entire loss.
A son of Hon. W. II. Holmes of Ne
ligh has been appointed superintendent
of the Colorado River Indian agency as
a salary of S000 per year , and his wife
as matron at a salary of § 730. Besido ;
the salary arc various perquisites at
tached to the ofliee which makes th .
position quite valuable.
Donald McLean , general manager
of the "Pacific Short LiiiC , " has arrived
it O'Neill and is arranging for the
O'Neill improvements of his road. These
will include a S13,000 depot , a large
freight house , a fifteen stall round house ,
repair shops , water tank and the largest
md most complete yard on the line.
A seventeen-year-old son of Charles
rvrueger , a fanner living a few miles
jast of Fremont , met with a painful ,
iccidcnt. In taking an old gun out of
i safe the hammer on the loaded barrel j
: aught on some part of the wood work
md the shell exploded , driving the full
: ontents into tho lad's arm and side.
What may prove a fatal accident
) ccurred near Rising City. Two boys , !
; he sons ol J. Hayne and J. L. Rhodes ,
, vere playing around a horse power , •
, vhen in some way they became en-
; angled in the gearing and were fright
fully crushed about the limbs and bod
es. The physicians have but little
topes of their recovery.
Mrs. E. M. YJerkey , superintendent
) f the State Industrial Home ' at Milford. ;
vas in Fremont last week , having
> roughtwith her two babies from the
lome which were delivered to Mrs.
litchcock , through whose kindness
lomes have boen provided. The insti-
ution has on hand nineteen very fine
nfants now of suitable age for adoption. ;
Hon. E. N. Grinnell of Ft. Calhoun
> ffers as a special premium at the state
air for the handsomest girl baby under
wo years old. one barrel best Nebraska
.pplcs. For the handsomest boy baby >
inder two years old , one barrel best Nc-
iraska apples. For the largest family
if children born in Nebraska , all ages
, nd sexes , one barrel best Nebraska ap-
iles. Competition is to be confined to
esidents of Nebraska. I
Plattsmouth boasts of having a man
vho will be pretty hard to beat in com-
letitive trial of strength. He per-
ormed the feat of carrying on his
houlder a stone slab weighing 18C
lounds. from his place of business on
Iain street , to the depot and return
eithont ? stopping to rest or changing
he position of the stone. The distance
overcd by the trip was a little more
han six blocks. j
The black stallion which has been
living the ranchmen of northwest Nc-1
iraska so much trouble for a number oi
ears was last week shot and killed forty
niles southeast of Alliance. The ani-
aal was by no means a pnantom and was
lie handsomest piece of horse flesh on
he plains. His tail was very heavy and
ragged on the ground and his mane fell
ielow his knees. The old fellow had
lever been branded and was probably
, bout twenty years old. j
John Henry of Fremont has beeu
irculating a petition to Governor
Shaver asking for the pardon of Barn-
rd , who was some months ago con-
icted of burglarizing a way car and
entenced to three years in the penitcn-
iary. A number of prominent citizens
tave attached their signatures. Henry
ays ho is a good friend of Thayer's ( ho
3 also a friend of the convict ) and he
iroposes to carry tho petition to Lin.
oln and stay with it until it is granted.
Geo. Scow of Chester procinct ,
launders county , lias been adjudged
nsane and taken to the asylum. Mr.
! cow is a single man of about 30 years
f age and has always been regarded a3
, harmless , kind , inoffensive citizen , but
ccently he lias brooded over tho con- j
iition of society until ho has gone in >
ane with the thought uppermost in his
nind that he has a special mission "to
ave Prajruc from eternal destruction. ' 1'
COTTAGE BY THE SEA.
A 1IAXDSOT&R PRESKNT TO MRS. PRES
IDENT UARRTSOX.
The AVorlc of Cleaiiliis : Away tlic Deb
ris In the Tornado Stricken Town of
BradHhaiv Senator Paddock' * Bill
for the Inspection of Live Cattle and
Beer Products "World's Fair Com
missioners Improvement of the Up
per Missouri Kivcr.
A Present for ITIrs. Harrison.
Washington , June 7. Yesterday af
ternoon Mr. McLean , the editor of the
Philadelphia Ledger , came to Washing-
ington and met tho postmaster general
by appointment at the white house.
The two gentlemen called upon Mrs.
Harrison and presented her the deed
and the keys to a cottage at Capo May
Point. It seems that Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker some time ago invited
Mrs. Harrison to this place and the lady
was so delighted with tho old cottage ,
which is somewhat lonely , that some of
her friends determined to present it to
her. Mr. McLean resides at Cape May
Point and he undertook the task of se
curing the title to tho property. He
succeeded and the result was that yes
terday he presented the deed to Mrs.
Harrison. The president knew nothing
whatever about the matter until the
presentation had been made and was
greatly surprised to learn of the action
of tho visitors. It is learned that Mrs.
Harrison and the family will go to tho
cottage in about two weeks and spend
some time there. The cottage contains
twenty rooms.
Clearing Aivay the Debris.
Yomc , Neb. , June 7. Much has been
accomplished in clearing away the de
bris in the business portion of Brad
shaw. All the carpenters in the county
arc at work repairing dwellings and get
ting roofs on the business houses.
The town was closely guarded yester
day and no teams were permitted to
enter or leave without a pass.
A number of fellows were found steal
ing and one was ordered to leave the
camp. A strong piece of hemp with a
number of willing hands at one end of
it was the animating motive in his
speedy departure.
All the wounded at the Wyoming ho
tel and elsewhere are in a fair way to
recovery. Many of them arejfjestitute
and are in sad need of financial aid. A
great many who owned houses in Brad
shaw have lost everything they pos
sessed. They are without food except
what has been provided by this imme
diate vicinity , and neariy without cloth
ing. It is impossible to over estimate
the horrors of their condition or exag
gerate their need of relief.
The total cash subscription at York
is § 1,900 , and is still increasing.
Paddock's Inspection Bill.
Washington , June 7. The commit
tee on agriculture instructed Senator
Paddock to report favorably to the sen
ate his bill for the inspection of live
cattle and beef products intended for
export to foreign countries. This meas
ure provides that the secretary of agri
culture shall make a careful inspection
of all live cattle whose meat is intended
to be exported to foreign countries , with
a view to ascertaining whether the cat
tle arc free from disease and the meat
sound and wholesome , and that the in
spection shall be authorized to see that
all cattle and hogs about to be slaugh
tered at slaughter houses and who = e
carcasses are to be transported or sold
into any other state or territory shall
prior to their slaughter be inspected ,
and that all such diseased hogs or cattle ,
shall bo destroyed. The bill provides
for a regular inspection to be formu
lated by the secretary of agriculture , for
the carrying into effect of its provisions
in such a manner that there may be the
fullest and most thorough safeguards
provided against the sale or exportation
of diseased live cattle or meats. This '
measure has been rendered necessary by
the continued restrictions put upon the
export of American cattle and iiogs by
foreign countries. It is strongly sup
ported by leading live stock journals
and the agricultural interests generally
of tho country.
iUoney for the Missouri.
Washington , June 7. The senators
from the states of Montana and North
and South Dakota were before the seu-
ate committee on commerce and made
arguments in support of their demand
for an appropriation to improve the
upper Missouri. They showed that
there are 1,500 continuous miles of the
Missouri river in their states which may
be made navigable by the expenditure
3f § 1,000,000 , 500 miles in South Da
kota , 400 in North Dakota and G00 miles
in Montana , while 100 miles may be
made navigable above Great Falls. Mon
tana. They left the committee fcelins
2onfident that an appropropriation of
3400,000 or § 500,000 for this purpose will
be inserted in the river and harbor bill.
The IVorld's Fair Commissioners.
Washington. June 7. Secretary
Blaine has notified the world's fair com
'
missioners that the first meeting will be ,
ticld at the Grand Pacific hotel , Chicago ,
lune 20. for the purpose of organizinir , 1
2tc. Chief Cierk Brown of the state de
partment has been appointed as the rep- <
resentative of the state department in ]
the selection , preparation and safe keep
ing of the government exhibit at the '
jxposition.
The secretary of state has received a '
iispatch from the United States legation
at llio Janeiro announcing that the cab- '
inet had passed a resolution enthusati- ! ,
sally approving the action of the inter
national American conference in recom- .
mending arbitration in all questions of
differences between the several govern
ments of America. '
The Wool Iflen Not Satisfied.
CoiA7MMs , O. , June 9. The Ohio
Wool Growers' association met here with
tho Hon. David Harpster , president of
the Ohio association , Columbus Delano ,
president of tho National association ,
and George H. Wallace of the Missouri
association , present. Under the recent
ruling of Judge Butler of the United
States court of Philadelphia , all wools
named in the third class , as native South
American , native Smyrna , etc , though
improved by the introduction of Span
ish merino or English blood still remain
as carpet wool and can be admitted and
classified on the payment of duty as
uch. The wool men claim this takes
away the good effect of the McKinley
Bss wnifiii'ii imrTmwirflgrt.aB iwr . " ii'i n -i * . i .
bill and makes an amendment necessary.
Resolutions were adopted requesting the
senate to amend the bill beforo pass
ing it.
Illarrlcd on the Run.
Wn.KisiAiirc , Pa. . June 7. A ro
mantic marriage occurred at Scranton
this morning. A tall , gay , well-dressed
individual of twenty-five , with Moating-
necktie and waxed moustache , came hur
riedly into tho office of the clerk of the
courts and asked the clerk If the office
would be open at 12:30. He was in
formed It would , and thereupon gave his
name as Clxrencc King Brown of Phila
delphia. He said he expected a young
lady on the 12:30 train from Cortland ,
N. Y. . and wanted everything in readi
ness for the occasion. lie departed , and
at the appointed time a carriage came
dashing along to the court house , and
from it the couple alighted. They came
hurriedly into the clerk's office and asked
for a license. The young lady was a
beautiful blonde and seemed rather ex
cited. Brown appeared rather nervous.
Ho said : "I have only eight minutes to
catch the train. Hurry with the
license. " In less than two minutes tho '
paper was placed in his hands and he
and the woman hurriedly retreated to
the carriage. A minister occupied a
seat in the vehicle. Brown gave orders
to the driver to "fly to the depot. " The
driver did as requested , and while going
through the streets at breakneck speed
the couple were married. They got to
the depot just in time to catch the train
and received the minister's blessing as
they jumped on board.
The Itucc Conference.
Lakh Mohawk , N. Y. , Juno S. At
the opening of the morning session of
the LakoMohawk negro conference yes
terday President Gates , chairman of tho
executive committee , presented a scries
of resolutions embodying the results
reached after various discussions of tho
conference.
The resolution urged education as the
key note of the situation.
Judge Tourgec made the opening
speech of the session onThe Negroes'
View of the Race Question , " taking oc
casion to present the Boyes resolutions ,
which are much more radical than those
of the committee. He was followed by
Hon. Andrew White , who believed in
the peaceful solution of the race prob
lem , and incidentally regretted the de
feat of the Blair bill. Other speakers
were Generai Brinkerhoff of Ohio. Gen
eral O. O. Howard of New York and
Mrs. Edna II. Dean Chaney of Boston !
Bishop Henry Andrews of New York
closed the morning session with an en
couraging renort of the work of the
Methodist church in the south. The
conference will end tonight.
At the closing of the session tonight
a lengthy set of resolutions were adopt
ed. They recite tiie encouraging pro
gress of the negro race and say no other
race ever made such industrial progress
in twenty-five years. Much remains to
be done , but there is a steady material
and mental improvement in the race and
a growing tendency to self-support on
their part that gives hope. Wo believe
the welfare of the country requires that
tho negro shall live in relations of good
will and confidence with his white
neighbors , and only on the principles of
justice can such relations be maintained.
Hot IVcnther in "Washington.
Washington , June 9. There was 2
funny scene in the house on Friday.
The h at has been intense for three or
four days and the thermometer has
ranged over ninety in the lia 'l of repre
sentatives. The venerab e Mr. Walker
of Massachusetts , who is a very stout
man. became so warm in discu sin ? the
silver bill that he removed his coat and
collar and cutis , whereupon hewas
greeted by a tremendous round of ap
plause on both sides of the house , but
the speaker did not quite approve of
this informality and sent a page to in
form Mr. Walker that he. had better re
sume his garments. The latter declined
to do so. preferring comfort to formality
even at the rNk of violating the rules
Mid otrendinir the speaker , who soon
lifter rapped him down and declared that
liis time had expired. Many of the rep
resentatives and several of the senators
ire adoptiii ! * the neglise shirt and linen
2oais , and the scnrcant-at-arins issues
fans to each of the member-e\erv morn
ing. The senators have a bier tub of
lemonade in one of their cloak rooms
md are making themselves as comforta
ble as possible.
They "Want a Square Deal.
Chicago , June S. The Wabash. Mi-
? ouri Pacific and Alton have given no-
; ice that they will not advance passen
ger rates until the Burlington redeem-
: he 500 tickets sold to Samuel Scott for
? 2 each , and good between Kansas City
md St. Louis until June 17. The agree- !
uent was to advance rates on June ) . i
jut this decision of the three roads wiii i
jostpone matters. -i
General Pas.enger Agent Eu-tis oi ]
; he llurlingtou says he will redeem ]
; very ticket found in illegai handat j
.he old tariff rate of S15 for the round
rip. This does not suit the other 1
• oads. however , as if they advance rates ;
is agreed they wiii be carrjing passen
gers for 315. while tho I' .urhngton , tin- ]
, il the 500 tickets arc used , will carry \
hem for S- . s
Until this matter is arranged there 1
vill be no advance in western pa-senger t
ates.
He Was Simply Foraotten.
Wvrhixgton. June ! > . The venera-
i.o Cyrus W. Field has written some.
ery indignant letters to friends in j
Vashington compiaiuins that he was ]
tho dedication of Garfield
tot invited to t
nonunient. After the assassination of j
, 'arlield it was lie who raised the ! iiini e
) f S400.000 for the benefit of the wiJow. j
md during the memorial exercises hed ,
u the house of representatives in tSS-J j
le was the guest of honor and sat wuh
; hc president and cabinet. He thniKsl
le should have received similar distinc
tion at the Cleveland ceremonies , but
A-as entirely ovorlooked. although thous- #
inds of invitations were sent to others. *
[ t is not possible that any slight was in- J
; ended. The local committee who had ,
• harge of the arrangements at Cleve-
and simply forgot him.
The czar has issued a ukase ordering
the abandonment of tho Russian anti-
Jewish policy for one year. This mcas- •
Lire is understood to have been taken I
in reference to the numerous protests j
igainst the recent wholesale expulsion j
jf Hebrews from different parts of the j
empire and is merely tentative.
THE SILVER MEASTJEE
.i riaonovs attack made ox free
COISAtiE.
Senator * Hlxcoclc and Sherman Ad
dress the Senate In Opposition
Thereto The Question of Demone
tization of Silver in 1873 "What
Free Coinage Would Itcstilt in
SynopHlM of Proceed I n ft in Both
Holmes of Congress.
An Attack on Free Coinage.
Washington , June (5. ( In the senate
yesterday the senate bill giving to tho
Chicago , Kansas & Nebraska railway
company power to sell'and convey to
onother railway company its right of
way and franchises in Oklahoma terri
tory was reported and placed on the
calendar.
The silver bill was then taken up and
Mr. Hiscock addressed the senate in op
position to the free coinage of silver.
He believed the majority of tho people
were opposed to opening the mints of
the United States to the free coinage of
the world's silver. In his judgment the
national conventions of both political
parties would , by decisive majorities , re
pudiate such a proposition.
At the conclusion of Mr. Hiscock's ad
dress Mr. Sherman took the floor and
attacked free coinage. He had. he aid ,
consented to the increase of the circula
tion proposed in the bill 554.000,000 a
year. He believed that tteaury notes
based on silver bullion would be as safe
a substitute for paper money as could be
conceived. He did not fear to give to
those treasury notes every sanction and
value that the United States could con
fer. He did not object to their being
made legal tender for all debts , public
and private. That was far preferable
to the free coinage of silver , because
with all the efforts made to get silver
dollars into circulation there was not one
of them in circulation for every inhabi
tant.
Passing to the question of the de
monetization of silver in 1873 Mr. Sher
man declared that at that time the sil
ver dtllar was an image of the past lost
to sight and memory and ignored by
two generations , except as a conveni
ence for the exportation of silver bul
lion. It was no wonder that the sena
tor from Nevada ( Stewart ) did not know
that silver was demonetized when he
voted for the bill. The only wonder
was that he knew of its evistence. The
bill was disclosed two or three years
ago and its objects were well known : no
bill was ever more fully di 'ued than
that , and yet his friend Mr. Morrill and
himself , who 'had voted airainst it be
cause it discontinued charges for coin- j
age. were denounced a conspirators ,
while the senators from the Pacific
coast , all of whom voted for it. posed as
victims. He had thought it necessary ,
he said , in closing tiie biibject to trace
down the lie , not only for himself , but
for all others engaged m that legisla
tion.
Coming back to tho question of the
bill , he said the result of free coinage
would be to demonetize gold and to
cause it to be hoarded or exported. The
free coinage of silver would be the re
versal of the established policy of the
government from the beginning. It '
would limit coinage to a single metal
and that would be siiver. As sure as
fate silver would , with free coinage , be
the only standard of money in the
United States. Our pound > terlins
would then be worth SO in-lead of S4.85.
and the American do.lar would be , as
in colonial times , worth three English
shillings or four francs.
In conclusion Mr. Sherman said that
he would vote for any measure that
would in h.s judgment secure and main
tain a bimetailic standard one that
would not demonetize sold or cause it
to be hoarded or exported , but that
would establish both gold and silver as '
s. common standard at a fixed ratio , not
anlyin the United States , but in all the
nations of the world.
Mr. Teller congratulated himself and
the country that the mask was off the
Faces of the so-called silver party which
liad paraded-before the senate finance
committee's bill. If their was any ques
tion as to the attitude of the distin
guished senator from Ohio before iie
jot up. no one one wiio listened to him
: ould doubt it now. He ( Sherman ) was
' or a high standard , and that standard
Aas for gold. He was for the abandon-
nent of silver as a money metal , Ieav-
ng to be used only as a subsidiary coin ,
[ le ( Teller ) welcomed the issue.
Mr. Stew art gave from his point of
. riew a resume of iegislat.ve proceeding
.vhich . resulted in a demonetization of [
; he silver dollar in 1S7X He declared
: hat the amendment that demonetized
diver was never read in either house.
Mr. Sherman produced tiie original
) ill of 1S73 from the files of the senate
o show that not oniy wasthe amend- ,
nent read and voted on in the senate , j
uit it was amended on his ( Sherman ' s ) I
notion , and when the conference com- ' .
nittee considered the disputed section j
t was again amended in conference. j
Mr. Stewart persisted in his assertion '
hat the amendment had not been rea l I
nd argued.
Mr. Aldrich said that not only had
Ir. Stewart voted on the amendment ,
iut that he had actually spoken on two
ections of the bill , one of which pro-
libitcd any silver coinage of half dollars ,
uarters and dimes. i
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
In the senate on the 2nd among the
letitions presented were two from New
lampshire and Vermont against further
oncessions to the Pacific railroads , and
n favor of the government tak.ng pos-
ession of them. Plumb introduced a
iiII prepared by St. John , of New York , [ '
or the purchase of silver to u-e as lav/- '
ul money. Referred to the committee
n finances. The conference report on j '
he military academy appjonnat on bid
ras agreed to and the conference report ! (
m the army appropriation bill v. as ;
gain taken up and the question in re
gard to canteens discussed. Allison , , '
rho presented the report , ' spoke in de- I
ense of it. George remarked if the
iroposition could not be made to ap- ' (
> ly to officers as well as men he (
vould vote to strike the whole j
hing out. The conference '
oport was agreed to yeas 35 , nays S. <
L'he nays were Blair , Colquitt. Dixon. , :
Seorge. Hale , Sanders , Teller , and T-ur-
n ' c. The silver bill was again taken up (
ind Harris addressed the senate. Ho i
laid he should vote for the free coinage \
if silver , and if he failed in securing
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that he should support tho noarest au-
proximation to it that ho might bo able
to secure. The silver bill wont over till {
to-morrow and the senate , after oxocu- J <
tlve session , adjourned. In the house 1
a memorial from tho Philadelphia board I
of trade was presented , favorinjr the V
establishment of a postal service. Re- )
ferred. Tho houso passed several bills , y
including ono transferring tho expense u
of the trial of Indians for the crimes • j
committed on other Indians } n the torrl- * A' '
torles , from tho territories to tho United |
States. I
In the senate on tho 4th tho fortlfica- |
tions bill was taken up , tho pending y
question being on tho striking out of I
two Items for tho Watervllet , N. Y. , 5
arsenal and inserting In lieu of them the )
following : ' "For a boring and turning 1
rifling machine and an eighty ton trav- /
eling cane fully equipped for the manu- ?
facturo of twelve-inch guns at the 1 ,
Watervllet arsenal , N. Y. , S38.000. " I
After discussion tho amendment was / ;
agreed to. All amendments recom- i . •
mended by the committee ou appropria(1 ( \
tions were agreed to and the bill was re- j ,
ported to the senate. There was a sep- | | \
arate vote taken on the amendment In- ( ' j
creasing the appropriation for rifled . ,
sea coa t mortars from § 250,000 to $400- ! ' •
000. The amendment was agreed to.
All the other amendments were agreed * %
to and the bill passed. The concurrent j
resolution of the house authorizing the 1 ;
enrolling clerk to insert in the adminis-
trative bill a certain proviso agreed to j
by the conference committee , but j ( '
omitted by error in the enrolled bill , was j i
presented , explained by Mr. Allison and 1
agreed to. It has reference , to the du- i
ties on imported goods from wrecked j
vessels. A resolution as to tho diver- V
sion of funds for irrigation to topo- <
graphical surveys , denying that there j
wa - any such diversion , was presented , _ f
read and ordered printed and was re- \ 5
ferred to the committee ou irrigation.
In the house the conference report on j
the army appropriation bill was pre
sented. After some debate over the ' \
canteen clau-e the report was agreed to. t
The disagreement of the conference J
committee on the senate dependent pen- ( f
sion bill was reported. The house in- 1
sisted on it.s amendment ( providing for l
a service pei.sion ) and another hearing j
was ordered. The house then entered (
into a discussion of the Alabama con
tested election case of McDuff vs Tur-
pin. The m.nority resolution declaring
Turpin elected was referred yeas , 135 ;
nay , 130. The roll was then called on
the majority resolutioneating McDuffio J I
and and it was agreed to yeas , 130 ; ( I I
nays. 113. McDuffie then appeared at i J-j
the bar of the house and took the oath jl
of oilice. Adjourned. [ jl
In the senate on the 0th the houso i ; 1
amendment to the senate bill establish- * I in
ing a public park in the District of 4 \ \
Columbia was disagreed to and a con- ; ' |
ference asked. Mitchell moved to re- j jl
consider theotc by which the senate , • jl
yesterday passed the bill authorizing \ m
the construction of a railway bridge j '
across tiie Columbia river near Van , 1
Couver. Motion entered. A new con- j '
ference wa > ordered on dependent pen- j J
sion lullThe silver bill wataken up t Tl
and Plumb addressed the senate. In / 11 |
the house the stiver biii debate was re- < ijl
Mimed , hind of Minue-ota was the first jfJ
speaker. He said iie represented an j jjl
agricultural district of farmers who I jjl
were not poor , but not wholly prosper- ) j jl
ous. The depressed condition was uue J - /
to the low prices of agricultural pro- j } '
ducts. He believed those were affected j > M
by the amount of money in circulation. . i Ijm
An increase of circulat.on advanced i Am
prices and the shrinkage of circulation / ( I
diminished them. The increase in the * ) " "
piirciiasmg value of gold wadue to the ( } ,
fact that production was decreasing , * j' *
while its u-e .n tin * arts was increasing. j j
Lacy of Iowa-ad : the country was met t jl
with a contraction of the currency. The " ' ; *
pending biii proposed to give tho coun- ' tj'l
try mcrea cu circulation to offset the | l J
contraction , and even more. It was j J
practically a free coinage biii. Dorsey \ ' 'M
of Nebraska said that if Secretary Win- 1 ! r J
uom had purchased and coined the max- I \M
imum amount of silver allowed under J '
the existing laws ( St.000.000 per month ) t '
there would ha\e been no need of this J , !
dicu-sion. and he wou.d have strength- * J #
ened the administration of President f ' } M
Harrison. To that section of tiie sub- * {
stitute which provided for the bullion. J >
redemption Dorsey emphatically ob- i Ml
jceted. Would it not be better to con- Jfl
vert the one million redemption fund - , < k
into the treasury and u-e it aa part of ' 'ij '
our circulating medium , and in case ' | fl
United States notes were presented for I * fl
redemption and there was no money to ' " ?
meet the demand , allow the secretary to 1 I ? B
= eil bonus to meet the demand. ' - fM f
Richard L. Edwards , nineteen , ofCin- ( M
cinnati , was drowned three weeks .igo. ' ; fB
When found his hair had turned white , / % * m
it is supposed from fright while drown- > -Yjfl
In a battle between tramps near Se J [ * W
dalia. Hi. , a negro shot and wounded ? i A
two white men and was himself bad ! * * j '
kivk stock asi i'Roiwck jiarkkzx. ! '
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