WIND , HAIL AND EAIN
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d cowniXATioyI'uorisu
DESTRUCT
IVE TO A SJSUUASiCA TOIVX.
Til © Villas © or Ilracishaw Almost
Wiped Out Muny Houses Utterly
Destroyed and Others lludly IVrcck-
cd Loss of JLlTo In Town and Coun
try Hundred * ol" People Wounded ,
Some Fatally Heavy bosses In Live
Stock Help Awkcd lor the SulTcrcr * .
Dcuth-DcuIIng Tornado In Nebraska.
Buadshaw , Neb. , Juno 4. A special
telegram to the Omaha Bee says : A ter
rific wind , hall and rain storm visited
this section of the country lust night at
8:20 : o'clock. At 7:30 a tornado devel
oped southwest of Aurora , traveling in
a southeasterly direction. A few miles
east of Aurora it began describing the
arc of a gigantic circle , moving cast and
north , crossing the B. & M. railroad a' .
. this place , completely demolishing the
village , and prostrating the wires for
several miles on either side.
A messenger was at once dispatched
on Horseback to York for surgeons and
other assistance. Doctors G. W. Shid-
ler , Davis , Farley , Sedgwick , Mc-
Conaughay , Reynolds and Forstall at
once responded to the call , and .mon
after " reached tho scone of the disaster.
"Word was also sent to Aurora and Doc
tors Brickcr , Williamson and Hougher ,
accompanied by tho Bee reporter ,
boarded a special , placed at their service
by the H. tfc M. railroad , and hastened
to tho stricken village.
Tho scene which met their view was
simply appalling and beggars descrip
tion ; in all the city not a single building
was left uninjured , while four-fifths of
them were completely demolished.
The dead and dying had been shel
tered as well a5 ? possible in the few-
buildings left standing.
A tour of inspection of these im
promptu hospitals was like a visit to a
field hospital after a battle , except that
Instead of bronzed and bearded veterans
being the victims , they were in most
cases frail women and children.
All night long the small band of doc
tors worked , nor ceased their labors un
til the long list of injured had been vis
ited , and their wounds attended to. by
• which time the sun was high iu the
heavens.
The scene when viewed by the bright
light of day was even more awe inspir
ing than when seen by the dim and un
certain light of the moon.
The site of the erstwhile thriving lit
tle city presented to the eye one contin-
H uous mass of debris. Broken and twist-
i ed lumber was mixed pell mell with
brick and lime , household furniture and
I merchandise , all beat by the pitiless
hail into a confused and sodded heap.
Tho bodies of dead horses , cattle , dogs
and cats added to the scene of desola
tion.Loaded freight cars were tumbled
about like dry goods boxes , one car
loaded with stock being forced out of
iv the side trick onto the main , and sent
l | whirling aown the line to York , a dis-
tance of seven miles , where it was
6 caught.
I The killed are : Mrs. Isaac Penner ,
fj three children of John Schile. young
2 son of J. A. Brumsey. A largo number
g were injured , some of them danger-
i ously so.
h The Burlington & Missouri depot was
• destroyed and the telegraph wires ale
I down. Freight cars were blown and
I twisted about like empty paper boxes.
I The prairie around is strewn with
' dead hogs and fragments of buildings.
' The exact extent of the storm in the
surrounding country is not known at
I this writing. The Russian settlement
southwest is destroyed , as are also the
places of William Morrison , D. Chicken
and II. Koch. Ninety hogs and one
horse were found in a grocery cellar.
An unknown emigrant was taken up by
the wind , dashed half way up an eleva
tor and so badly injured that he will die.
The Bradshaw Disaster.
Lincoln , Neb. , June C. [ Special to
the Omaha Bee. ] Governor Thayer , ac
companied by the principal state offi
cials , visited Bradshaw , the scene of the
recent cyclone , yesterday. The follow
ing gentlemen accompanied him : Wil
liam Lecsc , attorney general ; Benjamin
Cowdery , secretary of state ; Thomas H.
Benton , state auditor ; John Steen , land
commissioner ; George 35. Lane , superin
tendent publio instruction : Edward Big-
noil , division superintendent of the Jc > .
j & M. ; R. D. Owens , special artist for
i Frank Leslie's Weekly , and the Bee
| correspondent.
Y The tram left Lincoln at 10:03 a. in.
J and arrived at the devastated village
| > about 11:25. Before the town was
( reached , however , there were evidences
j on every hand of the cyclone's fury.
J Dead hogs and horses lay scattered
f through the fields , debris from houses
lay everywhere and here and there a
j pile of rubbish marked the spot where
| once a pretty farm house had stood.
m. This gave some hint of tho desolation
R that might probably be witnessed later
K on. but exclamations of astonishment
K * broke from every lip when the town
B | was reached.
Iji An entire village of 225 buildings
completely demolished , not a single one
Ml' of them affording protection from the
fji elements , was the sight which met the
S' gaze of the part- .
m [ A more forlorn spectacle could not be
ml conceived than the shapeless mass of
Ili debris that indicated where tho town
l I • had formerly stood. The dead bodies
li of domestic animals , and the ragged
fj remnants of clothing peeping from the
If ruins or lodged in leafless treer , added
| | to the desolation.
jl ' Ruin is apparent everywhere and an
! army of vandals could not have more
jl effectually razed a city to the ground.
1/ All former estimates of the fatalities
j' and damages prove too small. The
dead list is now known to number sev-
i ' enteen , and the loss to the town and
iI country property combined is estimated
jfti to be over 5500,000. The insurance is
tf'f < * only S2,000.
ne With two exceptions all the fatalities
Mi , reported arc confined to the country and
JY have thereby been confirmed with only
f | . tho greatest difficulty. No exact esti-
11 mate can be placed upon the number
* i
f | | . . injured , but over two hundred per
'
ils * sons are rumored to have suffered
ill- more or less physcial pain from the cy-
yjL clone. About a dozen of these will die.
a Tk The killed reported up to this time arc :
' 'IT / Floyd Brumsey , five-year-old son of Mr. .
yh % , Brumsey ; Mrs. Premier. Clara Pren-
JjjN ner , her daughter ; Jchnny Ragerre and
Ragerre , both sons of John
Ragerre ; Mr. Mlnke , wife and child ; also
Henry , hired man ; Freddy Chapin ,
son of Danial Chapin ; John Miller ; Mary
and Henrietta Shaw , daughters of Henry
Shaw ; two children of Mr. Greene ; Mrs.
Ilenry Mircau and child.
The Pacific Kallrouds Indebtedness ,
Washington" , June 8. Representa
tive Miles , from the committee on Paci
fic railroads , reported to the house the
bill agreed upon by the committee for
funding tho government indebtedness of
.the Union and Central Pacific roads.
Tho report says :
1. Tho settlements should bo made
with reference to considerations ; that
they should be of such character as not
to destroy the value of the stock.
2. That to a large extent the payment
must be derived from tho people living
along the line of the roads.
"A. The government should obtain for
itself such further and additional secur
ity as'the ' companies may be able to give.
Tho reports point out the differences
between tho house and senate bills and
say the bills agree in fixing the rate of
interest at 3 per cent for tiie Union Pa
cific and at 2 per cent for tho Central
Pacific , and the period of adjustment at
seventy-two'years for the Central Pacific
and at fifty years for the Union Pacific
The reports say that these changes were
demanded by the differences in the situ
ation and earning capacities of tho
properties and financial abilities of tho
two companies , and in order to secure
an adjustment which each company may
reasonably and fairly bo expected to
carry out.
The Cherokee Commission.
Sac and Fox Agkncv , via Sagulpa ,
I. T. , June 5. The Cherokee commis
sion at the national council of the Sac
and Fox , made an effort to pay them
SI. 25 for their reservation of 480,000
acres after 4S.000 acres have
been alloted to them for the
lands in severalty of 1G0 acres for each
member of the tribe. Of this 1G0 acres
each one-half is to bo untaxable and in
alienable for twenty-five years , the
other half to bo disposed of as tho In
dians desire. At yesterday's meeting
the Indians offered to accept 220 each
and S2 per acre for the remainder. It
is believed that the Indians and the
commissioner will meet together ulti
mately and come to an agreement The
Sac and Foxes already have 51,500,000
to their credit in the United States
ticasury and are very independent.
The Tornado at Marshalltown.
MAitsiiAT.r/rowN- . , Juno 7. A ter
rific tornado struck the western portion
of Hardin county , near Hubbard , yes
terday afternoon. In the vicinity of
Hubbard the house of a man named
Weatherby was torn to pieces , but tho
family escaped by seeking refuge in a
cave. Proceeding northeastward it
struck George A. Whitaker's place , lev
eling two large barns , unroofing a dwel
ling and demolishing tho kitchen.
Chise's residence was next struck and
totally destroyed , with all the house
hold effects. Tho family escaped al
most by a miracle. The barn and out
buildings of James Heffern were also
destroved and considerable live stock
killed.
More Indian Murders.
Washington , June 9. The secretary
of the interior has received advices cor
roborating the report that white men
were recently murdered on tho Tonguo
river reservation in Montana by north
ern Cheyenne Indians. The settlers are
greatly alarmed and troops have been
ordered to the scene to restore a feeling
of safety. Reports received about tho
trouble at the Green Bay , Wis. , agency
state that it is owing to the hostility of
the Indians to the newly appointed
agent , Kilsey. and their desire to retain
their old agent. Secretary Noble has
telegraphed Kilsey to take charge of the
office at once or he would see that an
agent was appointed who would do so.
The Dennett Law.
Milwaukee , Wis. , Juno 5. Tho
German Lutheran anti-Bennett law con
vention was called to order here shortly
after 1 o'clock. After a number of ad
dresses by prominent Lutherans , Mayor
Peck and others , resolutions were
adopted against the Bennett law be
cause it unnecessarily curtailed the civil
and religious liberty. In it the Luther
ans declare that regardless of former
party affiliations they will vote for such
candidates only as pledge themselves to
work for tho repeal of the Bennett law.
Census Matters.
Washington , June 5. Census Super
intendent Porter vesterdav called the
attention of the department of justice
to the violations reported to him of two
sections of the census law. One section
imposes a penalty for refusing to answer
census questions and the other provides
a penalty for refusal on the part of the
enumerators to perform their duties af
ter taking the oath. Up to noon to-day
ho received information of the cases of
twenty-five persons in different parts of
the country who had absolutely refused
to furnish any information called for.
It is Porter's intention to prosecute with
vigor all violations of the law which are
reported to him.
Tho superintendent issued an order
forbidding supervisors and enumerators
from making public any information
gained in tho performance of their du
ties. Attention is calicd to the law on
this subject
Aivrul Powder Explosion.
Mansfikiyd , O. , June 4. Yesterday
afternoon during a heavy storm light
ning struck Tracy & Avery's powder
house , located one mile east of the city.
The. house contained over 5.000 pounds
of powder , which exploded , causing a
tremendous report. Hundreds of win
dows in the city were broken , china and
glassware knocked from the shelves and
people thrown from their feet. Many of
the buildings in the vicinity were badly
wrecked. Two frame dwelling houses
on the opposite side of tho street
from the magazine were leveled to tho
ground. One of the houses was vacant ;
the other was occupied by Henry Roost ,
his wife and two children. The husband
was absent at the time of the explosion.
The six-month-old baby was instantly
killed. The mother and other child aro
thought to be fatally injured.
Nothing remains of tho powder house.
Bricks are scattered in all directions ,
some be being found a quarter of a mile
distant.
There is much speculation as to tho
successor of First Assistant Postmaster
General Clarkson , who will probably re
tire July 1.
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DIVERSITY OF VIEWS
DEVELOPED JiY A CAUCUS OF HOUSE
JlEl'UDLICAXS.
The Silver Question Under Consider
ation McKinley Co in ex to the Front
With Compromise Proposition A
Delegation In Washington Fighting
tho McKIuley Tariff Bill Want
Free American Cattle Scheme * of-
a Swindler.
Republican House Caucus.
Washington , June G. The republi
can representatives went into caucus
immediately upon the adjournment of
the house yesterday , to consider tho
silver question. It had been announced
in advance by the leaders that the real
purpose was a conference rather than a
formal caucus. It was suggested that
there was no definite proposition before
the caucus , so Representative Buchanan
submitted a motion that the caucus bill
stand as rendered. Mjich talk followed
and developed a diversity of views.
Representative Walker submitted a
proposition which in effect proposed tho
reference of tho bill back to tho former
caucus committee with instructions to
report a bill which will place gold and
silver on a parity by allowing the issu
ing of certificates to an unlimited ex
tent on deposits at tho market value.
Representative IDorsey of Nebraska
submitted a substitute for the caucus
bill , a draft of the bill which ho pro
posed to introduce in the house. It
provides that any holder of American
silver may deposit it in tho treasury and
receive full iegal tender certificates on
iho basis of the market price of silver ;
that when sufficient bullion shall be
coined to meet tho redemption fund it
shall be recovered into the treasury.
Representative Perkins attacked the
monopolists in a vigorous speech and
noted his objections to tho bullion re
demption nature of tho caucus bill.
Finally IMdvinley came to the front
with a compromise position. Ho pro
posed that the United States shall pur
chase S4,500,000 worth of American sil
ver each month ; that certificates in
payment therefor shall be of full legal
tender quality redeemable in lawful
money , and that silver bullion may be
coined to meet the demand for redemp
tion. His proposition also contained a
national bank redemption fund , a fea
ture of the treasury bill , and also a pro
vision that when gold and silver reach
par there shall be free coinage. It
omits the bullion redemption provision
of the caucus bill and was therefore
immediately assailed by several mem
bers on that account. A vote was taken
resulting in its insertion in McKinley's
substitute.
When tho caucus adjourned there was
a good deal of confusion in the minds of
the members as to whether or not they
were bound to support.the proposition.
The committee on rules will decide tho
matter when the bill is brought up in
the house.
X Large Delegation In Washington
Fighting tho McKinley Kill.
Washington , June G. A delegation
of about one hundred importers from
New York city appeared before the sen
ate committee on finance to protest
against tho passage of the McKinley
tariff bill.
J. M. Constable was the chief spokes
man for tho delegation. He presented
the formal protest of the importers ,
who , Constable said , came from all the
important centers of this country , and
New" York , Chicago , Philadelphia and
Cincinnati , and the importers protested
against tho bill because they believed it
would legislate in favor of one class
against another class for tho benefit of
the manufacturer against tho importer
also because it would work against
the poor man , and if the McKinley bill
went into operation a great many of the
importers would have to retire from bus
iness.
Ilenry Weirts then spoke against the
increased duty on silks.
Isadore Strauss spoke against the in
crease of the duty on pottery and glass
ware and Louis Windmuller against the
increase on wool , and other members of
the delegation also entered various pro
tests against the bill.
Senator Sherman responded for the
committee , saying it had heard the
speakers with interest and would give
due consideration to all that had been
said ana printed.
The protest presented to the commit-
the by Constable is signed by forty-five
firms in New York. It protests against
the passage of the bill for the following
reasons.
1.Because it is wholly unnecessary ,
the country no longer needing the rev
enue from such uncalled for and unjust
taxation.
2 "It does not accomplish its pur
pose.
3. "It is unjust in that it discrimin
ates in favor of the rich against the
poor.
4. "It handicaps trade.
5. "It retards the progress of the na
tion , the welfare of the whole country
and the permanent good of the manu
facturers themselves , who require a re
duction rather than an increase of tariff
duty.
6. "The administrative bill increases
the revenue by many million dollars. "
Want Free American Cattle.
London , June 7. A deputation from
Scotland visited Chaplin , tho minister
of agriculture , and asked him to modify
the restriction against the importation
of American cattle. The chief argu
ment of the deputation in support of
their request was to the scarcity of cat
tle in Great Britain and the absence of
pleuro-pneumonia in America. In re
ply to the request Chaplin said the
bulk of tho farmers of Great Britain
favored the restriction. He was unabie ,
he declared , to hold out the slightest
hope of any modification of the present
regulations governing the importation
of cattle , even if America were entirely
free from disease.
A Swindler Tries to Make People Be
lieve He Drowned.
Logaxsport , Ind. , June 5. James
Christie , a well known young farmer
living near Fletcher's lake , came to this
city last week and obtained SSOO from
tho banks on notes to which were forged
the names ' of farmers living in his neigh
borhood. Christie then called on an in
surance agent and took out a policy of
65,000 on his life. While tho policy was
being written np Chrlstio purchased a
suit of clothes , shoes and hat. Going
home he gave tho policy to his wife and
ato his super. About 8 o'clock a
neighborcalled and tho two went
swimming in the lake near by. Chris
tie swam out Into deep water
before his companion undressed. In
a few moments Christie called
to iiis friend on the bank , saying that
he li.id cramps , and to get a boat i car
by and como to his rescue. The boat
was secured , but Christie had dis-
appeared. Tho lake was dragged for
two days and nights in search of Chris
tie. His c.othcs on the bank were found
whore ho took them off , and tracks were
discovered yesterday of a barefooted
man going towards Christie's house from
tho lake. A peculiar shaped toe , which
marked itself in the foot prints and
which tallies with Christie's foot , set
tles the fact in tho minds of the neigh
bors that Christie made his way home
ward while his friend was getting tho
boat , and donning the new outfit " which
ho purchased left tho country. Christie
was heavily in debt.
NATIONAL CAPITAIi NOTKS.
Senator Moody introduced a petition
from forty-two residents of Douglas
county , South Dakota , in favor of tho
Wilson amendment to the interstate
commerce law prohibiting the shipment
of intoxicants into prohibition states.
Senator Moody thinks his bill for a
public building at Deadwood , which re
cently passed the senate and which has
been reported from the house committee
with a reduction of the cost from 5200 , -
000 to S100.000 , will be acted upon at
this session of congress.
A special inspector of the postoffico
department was directed to go to South
Omaha and Lincoln and look into tho
free delivery service at those points ,
with a view to reporting upon appllca-
tkms for increased facilities and the
economies of tho forces aiready em
ployed.
Mr. Oxnard of Grand Island , who is in
Washington working for a duty on
sugar , says he will go to his home soon.
Ho has concluded to go ahead with his
work , trusting to the unbounded re
sources of Nebraska and the justice of
congress for the success of his enter
prise.
The Indian appropriation bill for tho
fiscal year of 1891 is completed by tho
houso committee. It carries an appro
priation of nearly 50,000,000 , which is
somewhat below tho appropriation for
the current fiscal year. It includes an
appropriation of 5(50,000 ( to enable tho
secretary of the interior to employ prac
tical farmers in addition to the Indian
agency farmers now employed at wages
not exceeding 575 per month , to super
intend and direct such Indians as aro
making efforts for self-support.
Congressman Payson of Illinois , who
is regarded as one of the best judges in
the house of tho condition of legislation ,
says that congress will not adjourn be
fore September 1 , at the earliest mo
ment. "I have , " ho says , "entertained
this opinion for the past two months
and see no reason to change my views ,
but on the contrary rather to emphasize
them. All this talk of adjourning in
July , or at furthest by August 1 , is not
warranted by the facts and the situa
tion , and the wish is simply father to
the thought. "
The houso committee on labor has
agreed to report favorably Representa
tive Mason's resolution providing that
the committee shall sit during the recess
and investigate the working of the eight
hour system on government work and to
gatner information looking to tho fram
ing of a federal law in favor of making
eight hours a legal day's work. The re
port prepared by Mr. Connell of Ne
braska provides for sittings at all con
venient places where the evidence of
laboring men and manufacturers and all
interested in the subject of the eight
hour movement will be taken.
Paddock's Adulteration Bill.
Washington , June 4. By a vote of
six to three Senator Paddock's commit
tee instructed him to make a favorable
report upon his bill "To prevent poison
ous adulteration" and for other pur
poses. It provides that the secretary of
agriculture shall organize in his depart
ment a food division and makes rules
and provisions for its government ; that
the introduction into any state or terri
tory or roreign country of any article of
food or drugs adulterated in such a
manner as to be deleterious to health
shall bo punishable by fine ami impris
onment ; that this division in the agri
cultural department shall make exami
nations of specimens of food and drugs
which may be col.ected from time tG
time and publish in bulletins the resuit
of such analysis , but tiie names of man
ufacturers or venders of such food or
drugs analyzed shall in no case be pub
lished in such bulletins until after con
viction in the courts of violation of this
act. And if such examination shall dis
close a violation of tin s law tiie district
attorney is directed to prosecute the man
ufacturer or vendor. The term drug
shall include all articles used for food or
drink by man , whether simp.e , mixed or | |
compound. In the case of drugs the I
definition is made when sold under a , l
name recognized in the United States ! |
Pharmacapoeia. If it differs within the j
knowledge of the seller from the standj j l
ard of strength , quality or purity acj j j
cording to the tests laid down thereinor
if any substance or substances has or •
'
have been knowingly mixed and packed
with it so as to reduce or lower or injur
iously affect its quality or strengthen so
that such product when offered for sale
shall be calculated and shall tend to de
ceive the purchaser , the manufacturer
or vender shall be liable to punishment.
This undoubtedly includes adulteration
of beer and other malt iiquors.
A Young Chinese Ilriile.
Kansas City , Mo. , Juno 5. Chung
Sing , a Chinese physician , GO years of
age , has brought to Kansas City Ah Gin ,
a Chinese woman , aged 17 years , to be
come his wife. Chung Sing has an office I
at 1023 main street , and it is aiieged that !
he paid SfiOO for the woman and pur- !
chased her fiom a Chinaman in San j
Francisco. She arrived in the city last •
Saturday evening in charge of an aged '
Chinese woman hired to bring her here. !
The Humane Society was notified , but'
tho officials after carefully investigating
the case became satisfied that the Chf-
nese were violating no law and that the
proceeding was all right - A marriage
in regular American form was set for
this afternoon. Chung Sing entertained
his friends and countrymen after their
fashion'at his office.
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HOW ABOUT PENSIONS
ACTIOX OIT TIIE HEVUltTACAh'S OX
TILEl'EXUIXO HILT. .
A Decided Set-Hack for tho Measure-
Not a Flattering Outlook at This
Time for the Old Soldier rhe Sen
ate and House Cannot Agree In
IIIn Kchalf Chinese Immigration
Plcuro-Pucufiiofiia Propogator A j
Word From Census Superintendent I
Porter *
A Set Hack to the Pension Kill.
Washington , Juno 5. Tho action of
the republican caucus on tho pension ,
bill was a decided sot-back for tho con
ference committeo , and as a result its
meeting yesterday was short and sweot ,
and it afterward reported that its nego
tiations had failed. Tho committee had
formally decided upon tiie terms of tho
compromise measure , which was to bo
formulated and accepted by both sides
at the session this morning. Thero
was no intention on the part of Mr.
Morrill , the chairman of the houso com
mittee , to refer the question to tho de
cision of tho caucus , but ho intended to
sign the conference report and then try
to get it through the houso. but certain
gentlemen who are in favor of more rad
ical legislation than Mr. Morrill consid
ers judicious at this session of congress
decided to force tho committee back
into tho position which had originally
been taken by the house , and so they
secured a decree of the caucus requir
ing the conferees on tho part of tho
house bill to stick to the mea > uro that
passed that body and forbade them to
make any concessions to tho senate.
Tins defers final action on tiie bill in
definitely , for the senate will not agree
to a service bill at this session
and would rather have no legisla
tion at ail. As Mr. Davis , the chairman
of the committeo said today , every
proposition contained in the house bill
had been brought before tho senate and
had been voted down , and there were
not half a dozen members in the senato
in favor of the service bill.'There is a
general disposition , " said Mr. Davis , "a
unanimous desire , you might say , to
take care of all the disabled soldiers who
cannot earn their own living , and to
leave the service pension for future con-
"sideration. It is a fixed conviction with
nearly every senator that a soldier wiio
has become disabled from any cauce
whatever , whether in the service or
since , to such a degree as to disable him
from earning his siinport ought to be '
pensioned , provided lie has no other in
come than that derived from his own
labor. Bills of this kind have repeatedly
passed the senate , but they have not
been the subject of favorable consider
ation in the house except once in the
Forty-ninth congress when such a bill I
was passed and vetoed. Tho senate | '
committee and tho senators unani
mously agree that the needs of disabled
and dependent soldiers should be pro
vided for in the most liberal manner
possible at once , but that the service pen
sion bill can be postponed. A service
pension to the survivors of the revo
lutionary war was not granted until
sixty-three years after the war. to tho
survivors of the war of 1S12 until fifty
years after , and to the survivors of the
Mexican war until forty years after , and
the committee did not believe that there
should be a service pension for the sur
vivors of the war of the rebellion until
at least thirty-five years had expired. "
Mr. Davis says , too , that there is no
time at this session to give a service bill
proper attention. "It is a measure which
will require the most careful considera
tion to the end that justice may be done
both to the soldier and the country.
This consideration will necessarily in
volve the time when such relief should
be extended , the amount thereof , ways
and means oy which the expenditure is
to be borne , and above all whether it
can be granted with a due regard to the
riirhts of those pensionable by reason of
disability incurred since the expiration
of their term of service. Much embar
rassment has resulted and must result
from an attempt to combine measures of
this character. "
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Must the Chinese Go ?
New York , June 5. The Rev. Dr. •
L. S. Baldwin of the Methodist Mission
ary society lectured yesterday on tha
subject "Must the Chinese Go ? " Ho
said the Chinese government did not
make a suggestion to us that their peo- I
pie be permitted to emigrate to this ,
country. The Chinese were opposed to I 1
emigration. The suggestion came from ,
the United States , and at that time he | ;
was especially needed and welcomed in '
California. He built railways , did a
workingman ' s duty everywhere and
added 5200,000,000 to the value of her
lands by irrigation and drainage , yet
she , who derived more benefit from the ;
Chinaman than any other state , is led
by hoodlums. In the last twenty-five '
years this country has accumulated only '
200.0C0 Chinamen , yet. within a year we
get hundreds of thousands of other for
eigners as immigrants. It is charged
that the Chinese send their money
home. Well , how long has it been a
crime to do this ? The Chinese in Cali-
fornia earn 59.000.000 a year. Of this
they send home 52.000.000 , yet I once
heard John Boyle O'Reilly of Boston de-
clare with pride that Irishmen in this
country sent 570.000,000 a year to their
families in Ireland. It is urged that
they will not become citizens , yet there
is a law which deprives them of the ,
right to become such. j
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Plcuro-Pncumonia Propagators. !
Washington , D. G , June 5. Sensa *
tional charges have been made against
the government pleuro-pneumonia in
spectors in Hudson and Bergen coun
ties , New Jersey. It is said that they
not only are not trying to stamp it out ,
but are taking pains to propagate it.
They find a herd of cattle infected , cor-
don them , then slaughter them and sell !
the carcasses at reduced rates to butch
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ers who are in league with them. The I
inspectors also have cattle for sa . with
which they supply the places of the
slaughtered herds to the farmer , putj j
ting one or two infected cattle in the
lot , and when the time comes slaughter
ing the new herd and selling the farmer
another lot. Congressman McAdoo will •
ask for a thorough investigation of the
charges. _
Engineer Polk , while repairing a pump
in the shaft of the Mikado company's
mine in Colorado , fell 209 feet to the bot
tom and was crushed Into a horrible '
mass. I
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Nebraska and Kansas. On tho Paddock J
inquiry whether tho operation of tho | j
long and short haul clause has or has ; ! I
not prevented a reduction of tho through „
rates of transportation of food products , ,
the commission practically admits that i
twciiie is given the railroad companies
for higher rates by reason of the unelas- * .
tictic nature of the third section of tho '
act. It therefore recommends congress M
to amend this section so that through I
carriage at through rates over connect-
ing lines may bo permitted.
Senator Paddock said that ho was I
much pleased that the commission had H
reported so early. "Tho facts which H
they bring out , " said tho senator , "ar
of the highest value. They are convlnc- H
ing that through rates have been exor- jH
bitant as charged and that the railroads
have been hiding behind tiieir iutorpre- [ H
latum of the long and short-haul c'auso H
to defend the maintenance of unreason- ' } M
able charges. The finding of this com- - H
m.ssion bear out fully my often ex- M
pressed belief that some modification of M
tiie long and short haul clause is needed H
so far as food products are concerned , H
to take away the excuse that low through M
rates will disturb all rates at interinedt- H
ale points. This is brought out vory M
clearly in tho commission ' s report , but _ M
tiie chief value of the investigation | H
brought out by the resolution is the M
ollicial prouuiiciamento that any rata ' H
nbove 17 cents between the Missouri . H
river and Chicago will bo considered ox- L.f M
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cessive and exorbitant by the interstate |
commerce commission , and that rates H
from the interior points to the Mis- H
souri river should bo also reduced. M
This is a result which has been M
reached without suit or a dollar's H
worth of expense to Nebraska , and H
on that account I am greatly pleased , as H
I am sure the producer- my statu will H
be. The essence of the railroad problem H
iu Nebraska , as elsewhere in the west , H
not the whole problem by any means , j H
but a vital and central point , lies in tho H
rate from our cornfield and farm yards M
to the eastern markets. I believe that M
the sellish interpretation put by the rail- H
roads on the long and siiort haul clauso H
has cost Nebraska 510,000,000 at tho J M
least. We needed just such a finding of i H
facts as is brought out by my resolution J H
for a ba ifor intelligent action. Tho | H
west will not permit the repeal of the | j H
long and short haul ciause. but it will M
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demand a modification. I believe in tho H
interests of the shipper where that in- * H
terest can be shown. The commission * H
hits the nail on the head squarely , when " * H
it says , speaking of the through traffic " H
for exportThe manner of conducting * jH
this traffic in the past warrants tho be- H
lief that the roads , if permitted , would j * H
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carry commodities for export at reduced * jH
rates. ' Through lines aro essential to H
longdistance transportation at reasona- * * jH
bio rates and the omission of congress to H
make the necessary provision for them. * " jH
may enable the carrier by discontinuing H
or refusing to establish them to defeat * | * H
in part the purposes of this iuvestiga- M
An Evidence or Good Timc Ahead. * | * H
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Washington , June 0. Congressmen |
are giving evidence of their faith in * | * H
some kind of legislation very soon , * j j |
which will not only prevent a panic on j H
account of excessive speculations , but * | * H
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make times easier and interest consider- fl
bly lower. Nearly every man in con- j H
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grcss has recently entered some kind of * j jj
speculative enterprise. Ex-Congress- | H
man Gallinger of New Hampshire , who H
is one of the broadest-brained and popu- j H
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Iar men that ever served In congress , j H
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was recently In Washington on his way jH
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to Tennessee , where he is to take ohargo H
of the interests of an investment com- j H
pany which control about 17,000 acres * | * H
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of fine timber and mineral lands , and j j |
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which propo-es to buiid railroads , open | H
mines , and start factories and hotols , * | H
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and in fact build up a large city on tho H
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Tennessee river. He no sooner told his | H
ex-col.eairues what he had engaged in * | H
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than he was begged for an opportunity | B
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to take interests. Dr. Galiinger con- H
seined to let iu a few of his friends , and * | * H
before he left the city had fifteen or * | H
twenty of the leading members of the * | H
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house interested in his enterprise. | H
Sugar Iteet Cultivation. * | | | |
Washington , June 0. Senator Pad- j J
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dock has had repeated conferences with | H
the finance committee upon the sugar * | H
schedule as affecting particularly the |
cultivation of the sugar beet. During |
the past week he appeared before tho * j | H
committee with Mr. Oxnard of Grand J
Island , and made an argument in favor * J
of the bill reported from his committee |
admitting machinery free and granting * j | H
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a bounty to sugar producers. He be- | | H
Iievcs that the recommendations of hi3 J * j * jH
report wilt be adopted free lumber and |
binding twine. The senator aiso mado j j jf
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arguments before the committee in fa- j j j |
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vor of free lumber and binding twine. j j j |
Senator Paddock's bill providing for H
the inspection of grain and the issuance j j H
of warehouse receines for grain stored j j H
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at railroad store houses is attracting | H
great attention. If passed it will en- * * j * j j |
able farmers to hold their grain for a j jH
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favorable market , wiii reimburse the j jH
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railroad companies for its care and will | | H
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permit logimate trading in cereals on * j jH
certificates showing actual possession. j jH
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There is a large demand for copies of j jH
the bill , and the senate will be com- j j H
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polled to order another reprint. j jH
The senato finance < • * t-e will fl * H
give no mpro hearings < tariff * j j H
A new bill for the funding of the Pa- * H
cific railroad debt has been reported to * H
the house. |
The Tilden will has been set aside by H
the New York courts. H
Several changes in the operating de- |
partments of the Illinois Central , and H
Mobile and Ohio roads are announced |
from Jackson , Tenn. |
A combination is being formed to de- H
feat Congressman Henderson of Iowa. |
