Nebraska Newspapers

    POSTAL DEPARTMENT
M > . IXT1WKHTJXU STATISTICAL
JMOHSfA TWX.
That An ; a. < ; ooil Index to the
H Situation of the Country
A Nciv Plan Deviled for the Payment
of Pension * The DUuMtroiiM Itnll-
road Aecldent In Iowa , the Worlc of
AVreclcer * Out racoon * Treatment of
Italian * In the Uuarrlcn of Conncc-
tlent.
Operations of the 1'ostal Worlc.
WASHINGTON , June 19. The officials
of the posloflice department have fur
nished some interesting statistical in
formation connected with the opera
tions of the postal establishment. They
claim that the figures made up by
them are a good index of the business
situation in the country , for when
times are good the postal receipts
steadily advance , while in "off" years
the showing they can make it not so
satisfactory. It is hardly necessary to
-add that the statistics for the last year
are of the prime order. But the pres
ent purpose is not to generalize , but
rather to give some facts and figures
of interest relative to the operations
of the postal system in Nebraska.
The total postal receipts in the state
during the last year reached the sum
of $993 , 900.97. Naturally enough ,
nearly all of tnis largo fund came from
the sales of postage stamps , stamped
envelopes and postal cards , for it is
from "small sales and quixk profits' '
that Uncle Sam gathers Ln his postal
millions , and these realized $928-
181.23. Another source of revenue is
from box rent- , which yielded $65-
G50.90. Even the sales of waste paper-
secured $122.78. These are the three
sources of postal revenue , as the money
order establishment is considered a
distinct institution.
During the year the total expendi
tures amounted toi , 770,01G.07. From
this it can bo seen that the expendi
tures in the state exceeded the receipts
by $710,055. 10. It is proper , though ,
to say that this is not entirely a fair
statement : indued , it is rather mislead
ing , as tijo largest item in the expense
account is ? for the transportation of ihe
mails on the irreat trunk lines passing
through Nebraska , and in which , of
course , there is little of a local char
acter. But this is all included in the
state's quota of expenses. The ex
penditures for the transportation of
the mails credited to Nebraska last
ycav amounted to $1,120.726.05.
There was paid to postmasters as
compensation $337,791.35 , and for
clerKS in postolh'ces , rent , light and
fuei , $80,87-1. GO. The letter carriers
received $71,009.82 and the railway
mail clerks traveling ill the state $150 , -
011 . 05.
There are 1,107 postofiices in the
state , an increase of thirty-seven over
the previous year. The number of
new offices established was seventy-
one , but tmrtv-four were discontinued.
Pension Payment * .
WASHINGTON , Juno 19. One of the
plans devised for preventing a sudden
demand for enormous sums from the
treasury is a new method of paying
pensions. The present scheme is to
pay all pensioners from the agencies
on the fourth days of March , June ,
September and December of each year ,
and the result has been that immense
sums "nave always been withdrawn on
or just before those days , with the re
sult sometimes of embarrassing the
treasury for the time being. Now it
is proposed 10 divide the country up
into three different sections , and to
pay one installment of pensions each
month. The 4th of the present month
is the regular pension day , and under
the old plan there would be no more
payments until September , but under
the new seheme the pension agents at
Buffalo , Milwaukee , Chicago , Des
Moincs. Pm-Durg and Concord will
pay pensions for one month on the 4th
of July. On August 4 another lot of
agencies will pay off while the remain
der will continue payments as at pres
ent. The result of this change will be
that instead of drawing the pension
payments in four large installments ,
agents will make twelve drafts , and
the opinion of the treasurer is that the
result will be beneficial to the finan
cial affairs of the department.
The Work of "Wreckers.
DKS MOISKS , la. , Juno 19. The
railway commissioners returned from
un official inspection of the wreck of
the Milwaukee passenger train that
ran into the Cedar river at Cedar
liapius Tuesday night.
After viewing the wreck and talking
with the injured passengers , the board
swore several of the employes of the
road and tooir their testimony of how
the accident occurred.
The engineer said that his train was
a little behind time , and was running
.fast to make up lost time. At the west
end of the bridge , which was a strong
substantial structure , there are three
switches. As the engine crossed the
middle switch it struck a tie wedged
in between the rails , and the front
trucks of the engine left the track , al
though the drivers remained on the
Tails.
In this condition the engine crossed
the bridge. The coaches , however ,
left the track , the second one striking
the supports of the bridge , knocking
Jt into the river fifty feet below. By
the time the bridge fell , with the cars
upon it , the engine had crossed , but
as the train held together it was drag
ged back into the water. The engin
eer and fireman escaped miraculously.
Slaves in a Free Country.
FAIKFIELD , Conn. , June 19. In the
valley back of the Fairfield quarry
there Js a colony of 700 Italians whoso
lives are almost as bad as though they
wore confined in the mines of Siberia.
The mon were brought hero to work
on the railroad by contractors who
have taken the contracts for the new
roadbed. They are in charge of Fore
man Leonard Scinto , who carries a big
revolver and an ugly knife. He tells
the men no is king and will imprison
them forever if lie chooses. He hires
them in New York as .soon as they ar
rive , and knowing nothing of the cus
toms of the country , they readily be
lieve him. They are paid $1.35 per
day nominally , but by a system of ex
tortion they claim that every dollar is
taken from them.
It was formerly the custom to take
up subscripticns from them on various
pretexts , each being expected to con
tribute $1. If one refused he was dis
charged in a strange country and with
out money. Those who protested were
also discharged. Section Boss Leary
usually managed the subscriptions. He
delegated a man among each gang to
collect $1 from each man on one pre
text or another , sometimes to present
an official with a gold watch and chain ,
then to present the same man with a
bicycle , then a diamond ring for some
other official , and so on.
One day one of the bosses went to
the men and said that he had lost his
pocketbook containing $85. Ho re
quested that they contribute the usual
dollar as a mark of their esteem. The
hat was passed around and $250 was
raised. All had to contribute. When
Superintendent Turner died it was re
ported to the poor fellows that the
railroad required them to raise a big
sum to buy flowers. They contributed
$300. The men stop in a low shed
about three hundred feet long built
like a hencoop , the only means of ven
tilation being a small window at © no
end. The air is stifling and the ther
mometer at 100 degrees.
Terrible Storm 111 Illliioln.
PEOKIA , 111. , Juno 20. A terrible
rainstorm swept through the Illinois
river valley Friday night , doing great
damage to crops , gardens and fences.
In Hilton , a small town across the river
from Peoria , numerous houses were
washed from their foundations. The
inhabitants fled , scantily clad , to the
railroad grades and hills. The water
raised in the houses at Farnuale , seven
miles from here , to a depth of three
feet and many people narrowly escaped
drowning. Herds of cows , horses ,
sheep and dogs were swept away.
Crops throughout a large tract in the
valley are utterly ruined. In Copperas
creek valley , just across the line in
Fulton county , a family named Gray
had a cabin. When the floods left the
banks the father took his three boys
and started to the hills , while the
mother refused to leave the house.
When half way across the valley a
floating log struck Gray and stunned
him. The rushing water drowned the
boys , aged twelve , eight and five. The
father narrowly escaped by clinging to
the log. His wife climbed to the roof
of the house and was rescued this
morning.
Oblll Need * Heady Cash.
WASHINGTON , June 22. Official
mails from Chili report that the house
of deputies has passed a bill authoriz
ing the president to levy a forced loan
of. § 20,000,000 to carry on the war.
The measure has not yet passed the
senate however.
Under an order from the executive
carriages are not permitted to drive
on the streets of Santiago after mid
night under a penalty of $50 for the
first offense and $200 for the second.
A decree has also been issued prohib
iting groups of more than three per
sons standing together in the streets ,
squares or public places of Santiago.
Persons guilty of an infringement of
this decree will be liable to a fine of
$25 to $100. By another decree ail
the theatres of Santiago are closed
until further notice.
Under the authority of congress all
the gold and silver in the treasury of
Chili , composing what is known as the
metalic reserve , was sold at auction
May 15. The coined silver was sold
in lots of $5,000 and upward and the
bar silver in lots of 2,000 killograms
and upward.
Prussian Finances.
BKLIN , June 20. In the upper house
of the Prussian diet HerrMcQueel. im
perial minister of finance , will present
his financial statement , the substance
of which is as follows : The final acts
of the current financial year , he said ,
gave warning that the government
must exercise caution , for although
the accounts showed a probable sur
plus of 12,500,000 marks , the whole
of the sum would soon disappear into
increasing expenditure. He added :
"We have left our fairest years behind
us. Prussia's greatness lies in the
prosperity of her finances , and this
can only be obtained by economy. " '
Improvements which had just been
made and others which were still in
progress in connection with the rail
road system of the country were , said
the minister of finance , the chief cur
rent outlay , and they showed an in
creased expenditure amounting to 63-
000,000 over the estimate. The house ,
after some discussion , approved the
railroad estimates.
Seeretary Foxier and Silver.
WASHNGTOX , June 20. Secretary
Foster , in his speech written for de
livery at the Ohio republican conven
tion , paid particular attention to the
silver question and made a special
point in regard to coinage , call
ing attention to the fact that after
July 1 , it will be discretionary with
the secretary of the treasury whether
silver coinage continue or not. A great
many suggestions have been offered
the secretary on this , indicating a
strong sentiment against suspending
silver coinage , and it is within the
range of probability that coinage will
continue after July 1 , for a while at
i least.
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THE BOUNDABY LINES
COXFKKKXCJrirn TIIK sioux. AXI >
OT 111:11 Tniiir.it ,
The Commission Nov. ' at Pine
ICnsaurdvlth Their Labor * A l > i -
aMroiiN Kallroad Aecident in Iowa
I'rorrcdlusfc of the A. O. V.V. . Mi-
1 > rclilo Lodne The KeportM of Olll-
ter Ilecelpt * and IC\peiiditure for
tin- Year More Indian Troublcn An
ticipated.
\Vork of the Indian Commission.
PINK ItiOGK , S. D. , Juno 18. The
conference was begun between the
Sioux and the commission -appointed
by the president for the purpose of
defining the boundaries of this and
other reservations , arranging for the
transfer of Indians from one reserva
tion to another , sitting as a court on
disputed rights under treaties , etc.
The commission is composed of Major
Charles E. Pierce of St. Louis , Mo. ;
Judge A. It. Appleman , Columbus , O. ,
and Captain George II. Harris , Wash
ington , D. C. The last was the cor
respondent of the Washington Star
during the late trouble among the
Sioux in South Dakota. About 250
are present * half of whom are Ogal-
lalus who belonged to this agency , the
remainder are Brules from Rosebud
agency and a few who were left of
Big Foot's band from the Cheyenne
lliver agency and escaped with their
lives from the battle of Wounded
Knee.
Mr. Pierce , on behalf of the com
mission , spoke to the Indians through
his interpreter , telling the objects of
the commission , etc. , and assuring
them that the great father is their
friend and wanted them to have their
rights and that the commissioners
would see that justice was done them ,
to which the Indians all responded
with a "how , " ' thereby expressing
their pleasure at what he had just said.
Seven or eight chiefs of the differ
ent bands then presented what they
had to say , each as he finished shak
ing the hands of the commissioner ,
interpreters , army officers , soldiers
and other white men who were con
gregated to witness ; he proceedings.
The most prominent of the chiefs
who spoke were Turning Hear of Stand
ing Rock , 2s o Flesh and White Thunder
of Iiosebuu , White Tail , chief of the
Wazaza band , and Blue Horse and Bad
Yellow Hair of this agency. The sub
stance of their talk was that they were
all friends to the white men and they
believed that the whites were friendly
towards them and they knew that the
great father would do right by them
and they had all the confidence in the
commissioners. They did not want to
return to where they came from they
could not and live in peace. They
wanted to live on this reservation and
to draw their rations and annuities at
this agency ; to send their children to
the schools here ; to cultivate the soil ,
and to live and do like their white
brothers to learn useful trades , fill
public positions and be useful citizens.
After dinner those who were ready
to transfer to this agency were given
an opportunity to sign a transfer roll ,
to which was attached 120 names , rep
resenting about .000 or GOO Indians in
all. The Ogallalas asked a day or two
to consider the matter before they
should appear before the commission ,
which' was granted. The conference
will probably continue ten days or two
weeks at this agency , and then ad
journ to Rosebud agency. Lower Urule ,
Fort Keogh , Mont. , and other points.
Plunged Into the lliver.
Coox RAPID ? , la. , June IS. The
Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul flyer ,
going east from here at 9:40 p. m.
went through a bridge half a mile from
town , and plunged down an embank
ment into the stream below.
One life was lost outright , one of
the victims will probaoiy die and twen
ty-one were injured , some of them se
verely.
The terrible wreck was caused by
some unknown person placing a tie
upon the trestle work just before ar
riving at the bridge over Coon river.
At the point where the forward trucks
of the engine left the track the trestle
work is about forty feet high. A sudden
shock was experienced by ail , after
which the train ran about two car
lengths , left the track , engine and mail
cars went through the bridge , a dis
tance of fifty feet , into the river. The
baggage car , smoking car , chair car
and one Pullman fell from the side of
the trestle , a distance of forty feet. The
baggage and smoking cars turned up
side down on their de-scent , lighting
with the trucks on top. The chair car
and forward Pullman landed on their
side.
side.The
The train was electric lighted and
when the cars commenced to fail the
lights went out. leaving the passen
gers to make the plunge in the dark.
The passengers who were not hurt
scrambled out of the cars through the
windows and doors , as best they could.
A. O. V. IV. supreme JLodiie.
DKTKOIT , Mich. , June IS. The
nineteenth annual meeting of the su
preme lodge of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen opened here yester
day morning. All the officers were
present except Supreme Watchman
William Butts of Baltimore , whose
death occurred on September 3 last.
This vacancy was filled by the ap
pointment of J. W. Wood of Michigan.
The reports of officers were read pend
ing the reports of committees. Su
preme Master Workman Wilson re
commends among other matters that
the maximum ago limit be reduced to
forty-five , and January 8 of each year
be set apart as memorial day for de
ceased members , the date chosen being
the anniversary of the death of J. J.
Upchurch , founder of the order.
From the supreme recorder's report
It was learned that on the first of the
present year there were -J.054 lodges ,
a net increase for the year of 190.only
2 having ceAsed to exist during the pe
riod. The average membership of the
lodges was 57 and the total 251,802.
The initiations for the year were 38- .
881 , Jho suspensions 10,278 and tha
deaths 2,490 , a net increase of 20,057.
The receiver's reports showed thy
receipts of the order for the year to
have been $5,117.385.92 , of which
$1,472,422 was from assets and $373i
159.29 from dues. The expenditures
were $5,127,830.91 , of which $4,762-
157.09 was to pay death losses and
$365,073.81' for general expenses.
About one hundred and ton delegates
were present this morning and listened
to the reading of the reports of officers.
Hon. William C. Maybury delivered !
a humorous address of welcome on be-i
half of the city and Grand Master
Workman John F. C. Hollings spoke
for the grand jurisdiction of the state.
Master Workman Wilson responded.
The ladies had a reception at the Hotel
Cadillac and in the evening the
supreme lodge did the same.
Indian Troubles.
MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. , June 18. J.
B. Parker , an Indian storekeeper on
the Fen du Luc reservation , is in St.
Paul. He looks on the outbreak
against the Duluth and Winnipeg reds ,
by the lumber firm of White & Mc-
Dovitt. as a serious matter. The hostiles -
tiles , he says , are reservation Indians
and will have to be dealt with by the
government. They have been secur
ing rifles , ammunition and so forth for
a month. The dam had overflowed
much land , hurting the hay and other
crops. By the letting out of the water
8,000,000 feet of logs were left high
and dry. The Indians threaten to
shoot any one who tries to repair the
Formed a Nc\v Cabinet.
CITV OK Mexico , June 20. A pri
vate telegram from the city of Guate
mala says there has been a general
shaking up in the cabinet of President
Barrillas. The trouble in the cabinet
was occasioned by the fact that Bar
rillas wanted to take the responsibility
of running every department without
consulting his secretaries. This re
sulted in a revolt and the secretaries
were fired. The new cabinet now is
as follows : Minister of foreign rela
tions and public works , De Leon ; treas
urer , A. Guiiar ; minister of war , Pres
ident Barillas ; minister of the interior
and justice , Valletta. President Bar
rillas has contracted a new loan of
$3,000,000 with the object of retiring
the notes in circulation.
A treaty of peace between Salvador
and Guatemala has been ratified by the
Salvadorian congress.
It is claimed by El Liempo ( news
paper ) that yellow fever is causing
many deaths in Vera Cruz.
Someliera Brothers , bankers of
Guadalajara , have assigned. Liabili
ties , $1.400,000 ; assets , $000,000.
El Partido. liberal , says the financial
condition of Guatemala is terrible ; that
the interior loan of thlit republic has
been omitted by order of President
Barrillas : that this proceeding is illegal
as the assembly should have ordered it
and not the president.
El Cronista , a weekly journal pub
lished in Guatemala , bitterly attacks
what it terms "the ruinous financial
policy of the Guatemalian govern
ment. "
The Guatemalian election excite
ment is extending to Honduras , where
the feeling against President Bogranis
apparently very great.
Ex-Minister of Foreign Affair An-
guino said that ho had resigned his
cabinet office on account of ill he : th
and would retire to private life. Scnor
Anguino also said he did not believe
the rumors as to the annexation of
Guatemala to the United States , and
referring to the probabilities of an
other war , he stated that President
Barrillas was consulting the interests
of all the Central American republics
and was trving to maintain neace.
Terrible Crime of A Tramp.
IliAAVATHA , Kan. , June 20. A ter
rible crime was committed here for
which the criminal will probably pay
the death penalty at the hands of an
infuriated mob before morning.
A tramp , name unknown , who had
been hired to work on the farm of
Thomas Cielanu , living near Baker ,
not far from here , this morning went
to the house of John Veach , a neigh
bor farmer , and finding Mrs. Veach
alone criminally assaulted her. Mrs.
Veach was in a delicate condition and
she may recover. The tramp then
went to the house of his employer and
criminally assaulted Mrs. Cieiand.
The latter iauy was terribly injured ,
but managed to inform a neighbor
named MeConnell of the crime. McConnell -
Connell , after a long chase , captured
the tramp , and led him to Baker at
the point of a revolver.
The prisoner was placed in the city
jail. An attempt will be made to re
move him to this place if sufficient
protection can be afforded the consta
ble , in whose charge the prisoner now
is. If he is not taken away from Ba.
ker he will doubtless be lynched by an
infuriated mob.
lmportliii Negro
PITTSBUUG , Pa. , June 20. Tha
miners of the Wheeling district of th $
Baltimore & Ohio road held a mas4
meeting and appointed a committee ol
seven to interview the negroes being
imported into the region to take their
places. Kumors of a riot brought five
Washington county deputies to tin
scene , but all was quiet. The commit
tee will report Monday , when mor
stringent measures will probably ba
taken to rid the region of the importa
tion of negro miners. This is the first
wholesale importation attempted iq
the railroad mining districts.
SHUT OUT BY SA31UEI
s cKic.ti.ixr.
Europe iHit Take Care of Ilnr < iom-
merelal Interest * or She \\ill Uo
Pushed to \Vall-IIo\v Italy
Shows Her Hatred for America The
tiidluii > Said to IIo Contented Some
New * and Note * from the National
Capital.
'tieriuaiiy' * Fair Five Year Hence.
BKKUN , Juno 17. With reference
to the proposed German world's fair to
be held in 1890 , which has already
been mentioned , the Associated press
correspondent asked the views of Mr.
Werner Von Siemens , the great elec-
trican , who is a leading member of the
fair company. Von Siemens said that
the year 1896 had been fixed for the
exhibition so as not to follow too close
ly on the Chicago exhibition. While
it was yet too early to say anything
positive , Mr. Siemens thought that the
German government would sustain the
movement and that the exposition
would take place at the time mentioned.
"We will have no humbug , no Eiffel
tower or similar attraction , " said the
privy councillor , "but we will make a
solid showing of what we can do in the
way of manufacturing. It will bo a
business affair throughout. We may
meet with some opposition on the part
of France , but aside from her we shall
be sustained by all Europe. The Euro
pean nations are becoming aware that
they must consolidate commercially as
against American aggression. Amer
ica is not only shutting out many of
our products oy promomve taring , out
she also threatens our trade with the
South American republics and even
with Africa and Asia. Your country
is young , full of natural resources , and
by your enterprise no less than by
your present policy you threaten to
deprive us of our foreign trade. Power
naturally makes you aggressive and
Europe must take care of her interests
or else she will be pushed to the wall. "
"Do you , then , believe that a com
mercial war will be pronounced be
tween the old world and the new
world ? ' ' the correspondent asked.
"Ye ? , ' ' said Mr. Von Siemens , "if
you keep on as you are doing now we
phall have to go to war. Wo will
erect a big fence to keep out your
grain , your cotton , your meat. We
will retaliate. I am naturally a fee
trader , but 1 believe in meeting protec
tion with protection. "
"Can Europe exist without American
grain ? ' '
"Of course we can. We can supply
all our wants from Russia or India. ' '
"Do you think that Europe , and
Germany especially , will bo the gain
ers by such a policy ? Do you know
that millions of dollars' worth of your
manufactures are exported to Amer
ica every year ? That we could strike
a serious blow by simply prohibiting
your sugar1
"Yes , but we shall find other chan
nels of trade. Besides , as America
advances in manufacturing she will
need less and less of our goods. The
.day will come and come soon when we
( shall have to fight against your ag-
gressions. " *
"Will you exhibit at the Chicaeo
fciir ? * '
I "I don't know as yet. At present
it seems to me folly to exhibit in a
'country where people will not buy
from us. ' '
This conversation is significant of
the feeling of fear with which Ameri
can enterprise and the present Ameri
can policy are regarded in Germany.
With her commerce threatened in Cen
tral and South America it is only nat-
oiral that Germany should show some
bitterness of feeling. But on sober reSection -
Section German merchants and manu
facturers will hardly fail to realize
that the best policy is to keep on
friendly terms with America rather
than to provoke even more restrictive
Ineasures.
Italy's Hatred of Ameriea.
WASHINGTON , June 17. Informa
tion has been received here that Kino- -
Humbert of Italy , on the recommend
ation of Premier Kudini and Baron
Fava has Knighted Dr. T. S. Verdi
and bestowed upon him the title of
chevalier in return for extraordinary
services rendered that country. Verdi
-was formerly a barber in Washington ,
and claims allegiance to this country.
At the time of the New Orleans inci
dent Verdi was interviewed and de
nounced the New Orleans people bit-
'ferly. It is believed that this interview
earned him the title , and that King
Humbert by this act desires to show
his hatred of this country by approv
ing such language.
WASHINGTON NOTF.S.
The heavy pension and other drafts
drawn upon the treasury within the
last few days have reduced the net sur
plus to $1,255,999.
The treasury department has decided
that wedding presents sent from abroad
must pay duties unless it is shown that
they were manufactured in the United
States.
Acting Secretary Spalding has au
thorized the admission of cattle , sheen
and swine under bond atRichford , Vt. ,
for transportation and inspection at
Newport , Vt.
Commissioner Carter of the general
land office issued an order directing a.
survey of the Fort Sisseton and Ma-
ginnis abandoned military reservations
for the purpose of throwing the land
open to settlement.
The silver coinage act provides for
the purchase of $4,500.000 of silver
bullion each month ; also gives the sec
retary of the treasury the discretion to
suspend the present coinage of $2,000-
000 silver bullion each month. It is
stated , however , that Secretary Foster
has concluded to continue the coinage
as heretofore.
Dcnth of Senator IHcOonnld.
NAroi.i.Ir.d. . , June 22. Sen
ator McDonald died last night. Ho
passed away very peacefully , without
a struggle , surrounded by his family ,
who were all in attendance at the bed
side.
Early in the morning the unfavora
ble symptoms of several days ago re
appeared. During the forenoon the
sufferer had an attack of vomiting and
Dr. Kunnells took the vessel to the
wiiwlow to examine the contents. The
physician shook his head dubiously.
Mr. McDonald had followed every
movement , and when the physician re
turned to his bedside ho inquired :
"Is that your verdict , doctor ? "
"Yes , " said the physician sadly.
The announcement did not disturb
the patient's serenity at all.
"Do you contemplate the change
with any trepidation ? " inquired the
doctor.
"Not in the least , " was the reply I
with a smile.
During the day the patient's condi
tion continued to grow moro serious.
He could retain no nourishment , what
ever , and the little remaining of the
former strength slowly ebbed away ,
but consciousness never departed.
During the afternoon llev. Mr. Mil-
burn was sent for and administered
the sacrament. Then Mr. McDonald
called his family and sonio intimate
friends about him and calmly and se
renely , as if the occasion were one of
the most ordinary kind , ho gave di
rections for his funeral arrangements
and the disposition of some of his per
sonal affairs. In the presence of all
he said ho wished to give testimony to
ins laun in uoussavmg grace , men
he grasped each by the hand and bade
him good-bye , saying that he could see
no more callers. His friends thus dis
missed , the dying man surrendered
himself to the care of the physicians
to await the coming of the inevitable.
Joseph Ewing McDonald was born of
Scotch and Huguenot parentage in
Ohio , in 1819. He learned the sad
dler's and harness maker's trade ,
studied at Wabash college and Asbury
university , read law and began the
practice of his profession at Lafayette.
Ind. Soon after ho was elected district
attorney , and in 1840 removed to Craw-
fordsviile. In 1856 McDonald was
chosen attorney general of the state ,
and in 1859 settled in Indianapolis. Ho
was elected to congress in 1848 , and
was defeated for the governorship by
Oliver P. Morton in 187-1. In 1875 ho
was elected United States senator , serv
ing one term. Since 1881 Senator Mc
Donald resided in Indianapolis and de
voted himself to professional pursuits.
He was popularly known as "Old Sad
dlebags" and was a comrade of the late
Vice President Hendricks.
Ilemarlcablc
Toi-EKA , Kan. , Juno 22. The most
reliable order ever made in the state
comes from the count } ' commissioners
of LaeBlle county , one of the most pop
ulous and wealthy counties in Kansas.
After carefully going over the asses
sors' books for the last two years the
commissioners have ordered that the
assessment of horses in the township
be made to average $18 a head , mules.
$18 a head and cattle $4.50. In tha'
large towns of Parsons , Oswego and
Chetopa the horses are to be assessed
at $28 , mules $28 and cattle $20. A
raise of 25 per cent has been ordered
on the average amount of merchants'
stock for the preceding year. The cit
izens of the towns are indignant at the
discrimination against them by the
commissioners and will test the matter
in the courts. The commissioners are
all members of the farmers' alliance
and believe that the farmers have been
discriminated against in the
Fatal Ui ea * Ainonir Finli.
MINNKAPOUS , Minn. , June 22.
Some fatal disease is attacking the
finny inhabitants of the lakes in the
vicinity of St. Paul. During the past'
week fishermen have reported an enor
mous number of fish floating dead on
the surface of the water. At Pickerel
lake the water was literally covered
with dead bass and other species. The"
same phenomenon is noticeable at
Colemans and Forest lake. The suo-
posilion was at first that some
vandals had poisoned the water , but
the mortality is noticeable in so many
lakes that the theory of disease seems
undeniable. The cause will be invest
igated.
Itnmnrx About .llr . lie aii
WASHINGTON , June 22. "Is Mrs
John A. Logan about to marry ? * ' is
the question upon the tongues of the.
gossips here today. The inquiry is
aroused by the departure to Europe of
Captain George E. Lemon , the well
known claim agent and attorney. He
follows close upon the footsteps of the
widow of the late Senator Logan of
Illinois , and since the names of this
couple were linked for matrimony
some months ago the idle tongues can
now see only a marriage abroad in
their trip across the Atlantic this sum
mer. At the time of the report that
Mrs. Logan and Captain Lemon \vere
about to marry , some months ago ,
both entered a strong denial. Never
theless , there is talk of it here now.
MJAAS M > TJKS.
coraeiiara Bros. , bankers of Guada
lajara , Mexico , have assigned , with
$1,400,000 liabilities and $000.000 as
sets.
sets.The
The emperor of Germany is said to
be anxious to have the uooer house of
the Prussian diet reconstructed.
The Missouri Pacific directors ia
session in New York have declared the
regular quarterly dividend of 1 per
cent
The emperor of Austria has virtually
'
recognized Bulgaria by giving specia't
audience to Prince Ferdinand. "