Nebraska Newspapers

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V O'NEILL. NEBRASKA.
OVER THE STATE.
At Pierce corn i« being1 sold for 10
Bents s bushel..
The second hotel is to be built in Hy
Ennis soon.
The Tecumseh banks nil report s
very profitable year.
Butler county will hold its fair one
week after the state fair.
The Masonic fraternity are preparing
: to organize a lodge at Wilber.
The state board .of transportation
has ordered that a union depot be built
ti\ In Omaha
Two York urchins who deserted
home and parents were overhauled in
St Joseph, Mo.
Bids for the state rennion of the G.
A. R. of Nebraska will be opened in
Omaha February 11th.
The county commissioners of Gage
county have reduced the salaries of all
clerks in county Offices.
M. J. Thompkins, a former business
man of Fremont, recently died in Phil
adelphia from pneumonia.
The Bank of Commerce of Grand Is
land, closed its doors last week and is
now in the hands of the state banking
board.
The Farmers and Merchants bank,
recently closed at Platte Center, will
be reopened in the near future under
reorganization.
ErroHT* are making to obtaln a new
• trial for Morgan, the man under the
sentence of death in Omaha for the
murder of Ida GaskilL
Chadroh makes the following offer
for a beet sugar factory: Twenty-five
thousand dollars in cash, 7,500 acres of
free land, 200 town lots, and a site for
the factory.
Feed A. Howe, a well-to-do-farmer,
four miles east of North Bend, engaged
t- in shelling corn, and while tightening
a belt on the motor wheel, got his
right arm caught, breaking it in two
; places.
• Fred Taylor's house was burned at
r Johnstown last week, the flames orig
in Inating from a defective flue The fam
- Uy was attending a revival at the Meth
odist Episcopal church and lost almost
everything. -
HAMEfl TTII.UAHB, a yvUUg lUllllCl
liTlufttew miles south of Decatur,
accidentally shot himself with,a revol
ver, the bullet paatlngsthrough his left
side nesr the region of the heart.
Fatal results are expected. •
Au the people who left Nebraska in
the dry year are getting back and
1 thousands are coming who were never
L here before Already in the winter
; ; months is heard "the first low wave
where soon shall roll a human sea ”
Luthsr French died at Sutton last
week aged 78 yesra lie was born in
Ohio and homesteaded the land on
which Sutton stands on March 14. 187a
On June 5 following he built his dug
out on the hanks of School creek and
had a blind chamber subterranean pas
sage way to the creak , below so he
could hide his children when attacked
by the Indiana .
Bradshaw's creamery, destroyed by
• fire last May, has been recently rebuilt'
much more substantially than formerly.
The new plant is a solid brick building
84x40 feet, with engine and boiler
; ; room 80x80 covered with steel roofing.
The machinery is all up to date, and
• all conveniences are supplied for hand
v ling both cream and milk. Twosepa
i ratora are used.
Tax governor has commuted the sen
r tence of George VV. Copeland, who is
:nr confined in the penitentiary under a
* three-year sentence for larceny from.
: the person. Copeland in 1804 snatched
a poeketbook from Mrs. Mary E.
'■%- Reeves while the latter was waiting to
take a street car in the city of Omaha.
He retn*»e4^the money, but it did not
save him fromVhe penitentiary.
Holt. J. A. Pinion was the victim of
an accident while at work with his
; men is putting tip ice at Tecumseh.
The rope with which the ice was being
: elevated became caught in some man
: aer and Ua-a workman pried it loose it
flew up and struck Dillon in the head
with terriflo force He was thrown
back against the building and two
Jooggashee cut in his head. Here
; mained unconscious for three houra
Tm receipts of the United States
' lend office in O'Neill for the past six
months were •08.97&54, an increase
over the preceding six months of about
f «saooa There were seventy home
. stead entries filed and 800 final proofs
v. taken. If the receipts are as large the
next six months as the past six the
■ dose of the present fiscal year, June 30,
; the O’Neill office, in point of receipts,
will be ep near the head of the list of
! land offices in the United States
Oeoan J. Smith, <ashier of tho Bank
of Commerce of Grand Island, which
recently collapsed, died a few days ago.
In the last four days of his sickness
Xfr. Smith had only about half an hour
of sound sleep He was delirious a
greater part of the time, and at such
times was constantly talking of the
bank’s affairs, dealing with imaginary
natrons of the bank and studying how
neoonld improve the condition of the
bank.
Thx Nebraska State Poultry Associ
ation, at their meeting in Omaha last
Otdf, elected officers as follows: Pres
ident, W. H. Havens,, Fremont; vice
president, Dr. A. Gasier of Tecumseh;
secretary, I. L. Lyman of Lincoln;
-trssanrsr, ■ B. Greerof Beatrice. The
fallowing were elected to compose the
board of directors with the officers: E.
Ol Spencer of Lincoln, F. F. Goudson
of Omaha, Rev. J. W. Sevbrook of Ge
novs, K. C. Worden of Auburn, W. A.
Irwin of Teeemaeh.
J. A. Bunwxxx. living near Davey.
Tones star county, suicided by taking
*trychain*. He leaves a wife and five
children.
W. L Jacksov of Gege county wante
tho charter of tho Omaha fire insur
ance company revoked. Be says he
oannot got hie money for a fire lass.
Tna Elmwood Driving Park and
‘Agrfenltnral association ia arranging
Jar the county fair, which it ia ex
pected to make the best ever held there
Sukut Cabtkb of Randolph, Cedar
sty. bn* been pronounced insane
will he placed in the asylum. 11#
^ L --J'f» on religious
Nebraska In Vena.
[Kearney llub.]
Ton may talk about the summers 'mong tbs
pleasant northern lakes.
You may rave about the winters In' tbs
south so b:ilm-l-ee,
But for one I'm never ruffled by these old
be whiskered fakes,
'Cause a winter In Nebraska Is quite good
enough for me.
Ilelgh ho! bring forth the hook and line and
ran of tempting bait;
And don't forget to bring along my sun
berelln, too.
For if tlie fllslilng's extra good I'll not be
home till late,
And that which shelters from the sun will
shelter from the dew.
You may talk about the climate In the land
of orange groves.
You may shout till you are dizzy 'bout the
"big red applo” tree,
But the victims all are coming, coming,
coming back In droves,
And 1 hoar the swelling chorus, “Nebras
ka's good enough for me!"
State Board of Agriculture.
The annual meeting of the Nebraska
State Board of Agriculture was held at
Lincoln. An eloquent address of wel
come was delivered by Chancellor Mc
Lean, followed by the reports of Presi
dent Barnes, Treasurer McIntyre and
Secretary Bobert W. Furnas. The
treasurer’s report, which is more fully
analyzed in the report of Secretary
Furnas, showed receipts:
Amount borrowed.$ 8,000.00
Amount appropriated by the legts.
lature. 2,000.00
Booth department receipts. 3,482.30
Uoneral admission tickets sold. 23.290.0J
Total.*53,188.03
The expenditures were:
Wartanta paid, series of 1894.« 1,244.58
Warrants paid, series of 1808. 50,820. 9
Balance ou band. 1 089.10
Following Is tbo report of Secretary Fur
nas:
To the President! In conformity with
law I herewith submit the thirteenth annual
report of the Nebraska. tate Board of Agri
culture:
The total receipts for the year ending
December 31.1895,Including balance on hand
from 1894 and the annual state appropria
tion of 82,00), was *33.138.31. Net receipts for
tlie year 1895, excluding the balance on hand
and state approbation, was *51,153.44. Total
expenditures for the year 1895, *80,884.30, us
fonows:
Paid la premiums.*18,970.93
Printing, offlee supplies, advertis
ing, etc. 3,245.08
Miscellaneous. 8,180.49
Payrolls. 8,083.48
*' relght, telegraph and express. 509.11
Salaries. 3.450.00
Appropriations . 2,200.00
Matorful, labor and improvements
on the fair grounds. 7,a25.71
Attractions. 2,878.10
Livery . 119.50
Hotel bills...... 728.80
Postage.;. 317.38
borage . 418.07
Switching. 317.40
In the Item of forage the nmount sold on
the grounds, (430. Is credited back, leaving
the net coat of the forage to the board *5 0>.
The iimount paid for switching was paid
hack to the board by the Omaha Fair and
Speed association.
1 he report of the superintendent of
[ gates for lfit»5 of admissions between 7
a. m. and 0 p. m. showed total fair
ticketa for the five days 40,074, and
, total pay tickets 04,02a The number
of cheek passes was 3,001; stock con*
pons, B.000, and complimentaries, 5,804
The total on grounds are given for the
five days at 78.301, and 14,145 in the
ampitheater. The total railroad cou
pons on all lines is 17,340. In the con
solidated report from 1880 to 1805 the
! total on grounds is given at 580,113;
made up of state fair tickets, 242,302;
j special* tickets, 83,004; check passes,
1 43.160; stock coupons, 40,185; and com'
pllmentaries, 6,288. ’
To Grand Army Posts.
C E. Adams, department command
er, has issued the following to Urand
Army posts in the form of general or
der No, 11:
“The department commander desires
to thank tne retiring officers for the at
tention and general efficiency displayed
in the department work during this
year. The reports which are rapidly
coming in show an excellent condition
of the department, such in fact as could
only be brought about by the united ef
forts of officers and members.
“And to the newly initiated officers,
1 congratulate you upon the high de
gree of confidence placed in you by
your comrades. Your duty to them is
one that should be faithfully and care
fully performed. Not only the welfare
and stability of our order, but the pa
triotism of the country depends upon
an intelligent performance of your
duties. And as an important item in
the line of your duties I urge you to
take immediate steps to reinstate all
worthy members suspended for the
non-payment of dues The national
encampment wisely provided liberal
regulations for such relief, and posts
should at once move to carry out the
true spirit of these regulations, and
bring back without delay all comrades
who, from inability to meet their obli
gations, have been dropped from the
rolls We are passing through a very
critical period in our history, and those
who are strong and vigorous should be
untiring in their zeal to strengthen
the weaker lines, and thereby make it
possible for the appeals in behalf of
our deserving comrades \o reach the
heart of this great nation and com
mand its respect and acquiescence in
all reasonable demands.
The Maw Nebraska.
No one questions, says the Hostings
Democrat, the healthfulness of the cli
mate and its wonderful invigorating
effect upon man or beast. The natural
grasses are remarkably rich in milk
making and fat producing qualities.
Water is almost Invariably of a very
good quality and usually entirely free
from alkalies There are more, clear,
nice balmy days than in any other lo
cality east of the Rockies. Rain usual
ly comes in the spring and with proper
tillage can all be -utilized and a most
elegant crop grown. The falls are
Usually clear and dry, giving the most
favoyable time for harvest. The win
ters are less severe than In the more
humid districts, on account of the dry
ness of the atmosphere.
Discouraged Mac's Deed.
Niobrara dispatch: John C. Santee
of this place committed suicide last
night by hanging himself in his barn.
He has lately been an employe of tha
Norfolk licet Sugar company us weigh
master, but wss discharged last Thurs
day. He has been a habitual drinkw
for many years, which was undoubtedly
toe cause of his discharge. Through
disappointment and while partialljf
under the influence of drink he com4
I milled the desperate act He was s'
I pioneer settler and well known in po
> lit teal circles throughout the state.
. A end flvo small children survive
GREATSTEAMER AGROUND
THE AMERICAN LINER ST. PAUL
STUCK FAST ASHORE.
CAUGHT IN A DENSE FOG.
Imbedded In the Band Off Holbrlghton,.
V. J.—Tag* Sent to the AmUtnnee
of the Steamer— Bourke Cochran
and a Prince Among the
Passengers, Alio SI,300,- .
000 In Specie.
Saxdt Hook, Jan. 27.—The Amer
ican liner, St. Paul, Captain Jamison,
from Southampton, January 18, for
New York, grounded on the outer bar
of Holbrighton, Long Branch, N. J.,
during a dense fog between 1 and 2
o'clock this morning. She 'was Boon
discovered by the patrol of the Long
Branch life saving station and prepa
rations were made to open communi
cations with the vessel. Apparatus
was dragged to the point nearest the
St. Paul and a shot was fired across
the vessel. The hawser was placed on
board and the breeches buoy sent off.
The passengers on board desired to re
main on the vessel, however, as there
appeared to be no danger. -Mes-ages
were sent ashore notifying agents, the
Maritime exchange and wrecking com
panies of the accident.
The crews from Seabright, Mon
mouth Beach and Long Branch life
saving stations are in attendance on
tlie steamer. When the surf goes
down they will go to her in sucUboaJs.
Captain Mulligan of the life saving*
crew at Long Branch is directing the
landing of passengers, among whom
are: Ex-Congressman W. Bourke
Cochran, Prince Serge Wollkonsky,'
Dixon C. Walker, Dr. S. A. • lCnorpf,
Harvey W. Brown, H. C. Fellows,
Miss Minnie Sachs, Louis R. Worth
and W. Whitehouse.
The St. Paul has on board $1,300,000
in specie.
The passengers were not awt.kened
by the grounding of the ship and
there was no excitement. There was
a high tide at the time and it is feared
the big liner will have difficulty in
getting off.
LATEST SPANISH NEWS.
Cuban Rebels Reported Divided end In
Critical Positions—“Garza” Dead.
Washington, Jan. 37. —Captain Gen
eral Marin cabled to-day from Havana
to Minister Depny de Lome that it,
was believed Jose Maceo’s insurgent
band had been located east of the
Conto river, in the province of Santi
ago de Cuba, and that Rabi was
wounded. This is of special
importance, as the army of
Maceo and Rabi lias been depended
upon by the insurgents to succor.
Gomez in Havana province. Maeeo’s
position on the Conto river is such
that it will take him thirty days to
reach Gomez, even if unopposed. The
wounding of Rabi will cripple his di
vision, leaving Gomez alone to with
stand the Spanish forces, which pro
pose closing in on him.
The dispatch also says the “Mexi
can,” believed to be Garza, formerly of
Texas, who has been foremost in burn
ing plantations has been killed.
INTO AN OPEN BRIDGE.
A Cleveland Fire Engine Flanges Thirty
Feet Into the River.
Ci.bvei.and, Ohio, Jan. 37. — A fire
engine making a rapid run into the
lumber district this morning, plunged
through an open drawbridge spanning
the river at Seneca street. I'river
William Burgess and Assistant En
gineer Coolidge were percipitated with
the engine and horses into the river, a
distance of thirty feet. The men were
stunned by the fall, but managed to
reach some piling and were then
rescued,badly hurt, by their comrades.
The horses were drowned and the en
gine lies a wreck at the bottom of the
river. The approaches to the bridge
were not provided with safety gates.
A Petition to the Popp.
Kansas Citv, Mo. Jan. J7.—Applica
tirn has been sent to Pope Leo at
Rome for a coadjutor for this Catholic
diocese The coadjutor will be an as
sistant to Bishop .1. J. Hogan and will
succeed him in the event of his death
jr retirement. The application for a
coadjutor will undoubtedly be granted
and it is understood that the Rev.
Father J. J. Glennon, who had charge
of the diocese during Bishop Hogan’s
recent trip abroad, will be given the
position.
4 Sow York Appeal to (l.a.ral Booth.
New Yohk, Jan. 27.-—Women inter*
?st*d in the Salvation Army in this
city, and lead by Mrs. Earl Dodge,
fiuve arranged a meeting to be held in
Carnegie hall on the evening of Feb
ruary 3, to adopt some form of a com
munication to General Booth request
ing that he rescind his ' order and
permit Ballington Booth knd his
wife to remain in charge of the army
wont in America. Chauncey M. De
lete will preside.
Cannon tor Cuban St.nm.ra
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 27. — The
Hart line steamers, plying between
this port and Cuba and the West In
dies, will hereafter be armed with
cannon and Maxim guna Captain
Ker, counsel for the owners, has no
tified the collector of the port that the
Hart steamers will carry bow chasers
snd stern chasera
Aaaaaaoa*. Troop. Hava Ballad.
DubbAlt, Natal, Jan. 27.—The Eng
lish troops, who were members of Dr.
lameson’s expedition, have embarked
for England on board the steamer
Harlech Castle, while the colonial
troops, who were taken prisoners' at
Jhe same time, go on board the Roslin
SEALERS’ CLAIMS.
British Government Accepts Arbitration
to Settle Bering den Awards.
Wabhingtok, Jan. 27.—Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the British ambassador,
called on Secretary Olney to-day to
submit the final acceptance by the
British government of the plan of a
Bering sea commission to pass upon the
claims of Canadian sealers seized prior
to the Paris award. It remains only
for the president to submit the plan
to Congress, and as the legislative
branch has refused to pay a lump sum
for the seizures, it is considered cer
tain that the commission arrangement
will be approved. It is likely that
the president, m submitting the plan
to Congress, will suggest once more
the desirability of a single payment as
the most expeditious means of settle
ment, for the commission of arbitra
tion, if agreed to, will bind the United
States to the payment of any sum
which the commission may award.
The commission is to be composed
of one American commissioner, one
British commissioner and an umpire
to be chosen by the two. The per
sonnel of the commission has not been
suggested, but there is a belief that
the president of Switzerland will be
asked to act as umpire, or some one
designated by the Swiss president, if
the sessions of the commission neces
sitate the presence of the umpire in
this country.
STATEHOOD AND SILVER.
Advocate* of Sound Money May Defeat
Arizona’* Admission.
New York, Jan. 27.— Nathan p.
.Murphy, territorial delegate from and
ex-governor of Arizona, said to
day: “The people of Arizona are a
unit for self government. Six weeks
ago there was practically no opposi
tion to admitting Arizona. It was
generally conceded that the remain
ing territories should be admitted and
the responsibility and the expenses of
their government transferred to their
own people. _ But lately consider
able irritation has developed on
account of the monetary dispute, and
motives un-American, sectional and
selfish have caused several represen
tatives to announce their opposition to
the admission of any more Western
States whose Senators, they think,
would disagree with the East on the
money question. The merits involved
are temporarily obscured on this ac
count. I have, however, too much
confidence in the ultimate justice and
love of fair play of the American peo
ple to think that an entirely extrane
ous issue will be allowed to prevent
justice being done to a loyal and pa
triotic sub-division of this country.”
FIFTY AGAINST ONE.
A Murderer Entrenched In the Gypsum
Hill* Fight* for Liberty.
Hennessey, Ok., Jan. 27.—Fifty
members of the Anti-Horse Thief asso
ciation trailed the murderer of How
ard Boberts twenty miles yesterday.
The robber’s horse gave out and he en
trenched himself in a small canon in
the “Gyp” hills, where he was be
sieged five hours. Wben one of the
posse came within 100 yards of the
refugee ho was met with a'volley from
a Winchester repeater. A man named
Richards received a shot in the arm.
Finally by strategy the hunted man
was captured and brought to Vilas.
He is not known there but several of
the posse are sure it is Bill Thompson.
The law will take its course. His vic
tim died yesterday.
FREDERICK LEIGHTON.
The Eminent English Artist Succumb*
to Heart Trouble.
London, Jan. 27.—Sir Frederick I
Leighton, president of the Royal
academy, is dead. This morning he
suffered a chill which was followed by
a serious affection of the heart. Ilis
condition became critical and during
the afternoon he sank rapidly. He
died in great agony.
Sir Frederick belonged to the modern
school of English art, and was re
garded as the best developed fruitage
of the academic following. He was
known best to' Americans in general
by reason of his connection with the
World’s fair at Chicago. He was
chairman of the fine arts committee of
the art department of Great Britain in
the Columbian exposition.
TO FIGHT IN NEW MEXICO.
Till" and Maker May Come Together
In Title Country After All. /
Fokt Worth, Tex., Jan. 27.—It is
stated on good authority here that the
Maher-Fitzsimmons fight, instead of
taking place in Juarez, Mexico, on
February 14, will take place on this
side of the Rio Grande at a point
three miles from El I’aso jnst over the
New Mexican line, which can only he
reached by the Southern Pacific trains
from El Paso.
The Last of a Groat Family.
London, Jan. 27.—General Richard
Lawrence, the last of the five Law
rence brothers who distinguished
themselves in India, has died at Biar
ritz. General Lawrence was one of
twelve children whose father was
Colonel Alexander Lawrence. These
children were born in Ireland, the
family being Irish Protestants. Lord
Lawrence, the famous viceroy and
governor general of India, Sir George
St. Patrick Lawrence and Sir Henry
Lawrence,, all greatly distinguished in
India affairs, were his brothers.
A Brutal Assault by Footpads.
New York. Jan. 27.—William T.
Houston, lormerly a judge of the Su
preme court at New Orleans, was as
saulted and robbed by two men in La
fayette place Wednesday night His
left leg was broken and several ribs on
the left side were fractured. No re
port was made to the police. The rob
bers took $50, Judge Houston cannot
describe his assailants.
Colonel Croftoa's Denial.
. Chicauo, Jan. 27.—Colonel Crofton,
commandant of the Fifteenth United I
States infantry at Fort Sheridan, de- !
nies that he has received a letter from '
Secretary Lamont asking him to ap- I
SILVER MEN GATHER.
THE CALL FOR A NATIONAL
CONVENTION SENT OUT.
Strops Declaration for Free and Unlimit
ed Coinage of the White Metal 10 to 1
St. Loots the Place and July 88 th«
Date for the Convention—Strong Reso
lutions Are Adopted.
Free Silver Advocates.
Washington, Jan. 25.—The silver
conference yesterday resulted in the
adoption of the strongest kind of a de
claration for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to
1, and the call for a delegate national
convention to be held in St. Louis,
July 23, IbOG, the datp of the Populist
national convention. Tha call for the
convention expressly stipulates that
delegates to the convention shall be
willing to subordinate party allegiance
and fealty to the principlesennnciated
in the declaration and to support the
nominees of the convention.
A provisional national committee
was organized with headquarters at
Washington, and with authority to
proueed at once to the organization of
States and territories for the success
of the movement.
There Was an animated discussion,
early in the day, of the financial situa
tion and the policy to be pursued by
the friends of silver. During the dis
cussion considerable feeling was
aroused by some of the remarks made
by General Hatch of Missouri, in
Which he stated in effect that if the
Populists of Kentucky had done their
whole duty the election of Mr. Black
burn to a seat in the United States
senate would not be a matter of doubt
General Field of Virginia and others
made heated replies. Mayor Turner
of Lansing, Mich., and Senator Stew
art of Nevada also addressed the con
vention.
The committee on resolutions, of
which Senator * Jones of Nevada, is
chairman, submitted a report, the pre
amble of which is a complete state
ment of the position of the silver ad
vocates. It declares the money ques
tion to be the paramount issue* of the
day, and that the conflict is between
the gold standard, gold bonds and
bank currency, on the one side, and
the bimetallic standard, no bonds and
government currency on the other.
The final declaration is as, follows:
‘‘That over and above all other ques
tions ot policy, we are in favor of re
storing to the people of the United
States the time honored money of the
constitution—gold and silver—not one,
but both—the money of Washington
and Hamilton, and Jefferson and Mon
roe and Jackson and Lincoln, to the
end that American people may receive
honest pay for an honest product, the
American debtor pay his just obliga
tions in an honest standard, and not in
a standard that is appreciated .100
per cent above the great staples
of our country, and to the end,
further, that silver standard countries
may be deprived of the unnatural ad
vantage they now enjoy in the differ
ence in exchange between gold and
silver—an advantage which the tariff
legislation alone cannot overcome.
We, therefore, confidently appeal to
the people of the United States, that
leaving in obeyance for the moment
all other questions, however impor
tant, even momentous they may ap
pear, and sundering if need be all
former party affiliations, they unite
in a supreme effort to free themselves
and their children from the domina
tion of the money power—a power
more destructive than any which
has ever been fastened upon the'
civilized men of any race or in
any age. And. upon the consummation
of their desires and efforts, we invoke
the gracious favor of the Divine Prov
idence.”*
SILVER REPUBLICANS.
They Formulate a Demand for a Flank
In the National Flntform(
Washington, Jan. 25.—The Repub
lican silver Senators have signed a de
claration which is intended to be used
in the coming campaign as the de
mand which the silver men will
make for a plank in the na
tional convention. In the preamble
it is recited that the present financial
system endangers the industrial
prosperity of the United States, which
is threatened by China and Japan,
as a result of the decrease in
the value of silver and the difference
of exchange between silver and
gold using countries. It is therefore
resolved that the signers favor the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
a ratio of 16 to 1 for the purpose of
obliterating this difference of ex
change, which is declared to operate
as a bounty on the export of products
from silver using countries to gold
using countries. It is also resolved
that they favor a tariff which shall
equalize the difference in the cost of
labor between this country and the
countries' of Europe and Asia. It is
the purpose of those who are circu
lating the declaration to get all the
Republican silver men in congress to
sign it.
Harrison Calls on Cleveland.
Washington, Jan. 25.—Ex-President
Harrison arrived here at 7:40 o’clock
yesterday morning. General Harrison
called on President Cleveland during
the day to pay his respects. It was an
exchange of amenities similar to those
during Mr. Harrison's occupancy of
the White House, when Mr. Cleveland
visited Washington as a private citi
zen, and paid his respects to the then
President. General Harrison’s visit
to Washington is the first since he re
tired from the presidency.
WITHOUT OPPOSITION.
Air. Lodge Says the Senate Will Likely
Pass the Davis Itesolntlon.
Washington. ^ Jan. S5. — Senator
Lodge has made a canvass of the Sen
ate on the Davis resolution, affirming
the Monroe doctrine, and says that he
has not been able to find more than
eight votes that will be cast against
it. There are still a large number of
speeches to be made on the subject
and it is too early to say when a vote
will be taken. The debate will be
pressed rapidly after the bond bill
ahull h.r,. henn disposal nf.
THE PRESIDENT MAY AC T.
Strong Armenian Resolution* Adop'ed b)
the 8enate.
Washisgtox, Jan. 86.— Mr. Call of
fered in the Senate to-day a radical
resolution demanding that by either
peaceful negotiation or force of arms
the Armenian atrocities be stopped.
The resolution was defeated w.thout
division and the resolution reported
by the committee on foreign relations
passed unanimously.
The resolution directs the President
to express to the powers of Europe the
hope that Turkey will see that protec
tion and just rights are granted the
Armenians. It also pledges the sup
port of Congress to sustain the Presi- ,
dent in any decisive measures he may
take.
Many memorials concerning the Ar
menian question were presented to
the Senate. Mr. Hill asked what had
become of the resolutions for ener
getic action by the president.
Mr. Cullom of Illinois, who reported
the Turkish resolutions from the com
mittee on foreign relations, said he
desired the speediest possible action
and later in the day would ask for a
vote on the resolutions.
There was a brief flurry when Mr.
Cullom sought to secure the passage of
a joint resolution amending -the act
relative to the llloomington, 111., pub
lic building.
Mr. Allen 01 Nebraska, said there
seemed to be a little ring in the Sen
ate as to favorable action on public
buildings. The East secured public
buildings, but the States of the far
West did not
Mr. Gallinger of New Hampshire,
protested against the extravagance of
Mr. Allen's language and there was an
extended debate as to the sefftions.
which had received public buildings.
Mr. Cullom suggested that llloom
ington was the home of the Vice Pres
ident, the presiding officer of the Sen
ate, whereupon Mr. Allen said he
would yield to an appeahand the reso
lution was passed.
Mr. Cafferey of Louisiana called the
attention of the judiciary committee
to the importance of the sugar bounty
question, which had been referred to
that committee, saying the subject in
volved the right of subordinate offi
cials to nulify an appropriation made
by Congress.
.me JLnrkisn-Armenian resolution
was then called up by Mr.CulIom. The
Senator spoke of the serious situation
in Turkey. A massacre of innocence
unparalleled for ages, had been perpe
trated. The evidence of tho bloody
encounter was given by all classes
and nationalities until it was.
beyond the slightest doubt. A Turk
ish army had bayoneted, robbed*
murdered and flayed alive the
people of Armenia. There was no
war, but a pitiless, merciless tornado
of ruin, bloodshed und death. The
demon of fanaticism had been let
loose. There was a responsibility (
somewhere. It did not rest with the
slavish ruler of Turkey, the sultan.
Back of this were the disputes of the
countries of the European alliance,
seeking their territorial advantages..
These countries were responsible. The
sultan was but a puppet in their
hands.
It was a matter of regret and em
barrassment, continued Mr. Cullom,.
that the policy of the United States,
was such as to prevent the sending of
a fleet to Turkish waters to put a stop
to the bloody rule prevailing. But.
Europe, had assumed the obligation of
protection to Armenia. The people of
the United States were interested in
seeing the obligation executed, and
the purpose of this resolution,
was to press, with the great
est earnestness, for the protection
of Armenia. It was amazing to the
people oi the United States to see the
indifference of the Christian powers. 1
There was a double obligation upon
England and yet nothing had been
done to stay the hand of the Sultan,
except by fruitless diplomatic corre
spondence. The powers, said Mr. Cul
lum, appear to le waiting for the dis
solution of the Ottoman empire.
The United -States had no purpose to
interfere in the affairs of Europe ex
cept in protection of American citi
zens and in the name of humanity.
The United States had spoken in the
name of humanity in the affairs of
Greece and Hungary. No event in
centuries called so loudly to the civil
ized world as this slaughter in Tur
key.
Mr. Blanchard of Louisiana, Demo
crat, said that for more than a year
the world had been greatly shocked at
the massacres in Turkey. Not only
was there murder und massacree, but
in the case of women worse than mas
sacre. As a great free nation it was
the duty of the United States to ex
press its official repudiation and pro*
test against the course of Turkey,
MILLER WILL RETIRE.
file Congressman From the 8ecoml Kan*
sas District Declines Renomination.
Washington, Jan. 2-i. — The an
nouncement of the retirement ot Judge
Miller irom the Republican congress
ional race- in the Second district came
as a surprise to many of his friends.
Judge Miller said: “I |mve deter
mined not to be a candidate for re
noimnation for Congress from the
Second district. I am satisfied that
the conditions of the district are all
favorable to my nomination and re
turn, but I find that a continued ser
vice in Congress must result in the de
struction of my law business, and that.
1 cannot aflord. When the additional
expense necessarily incurred by a
member of Congress is eensidered, the
compensation paid is not sufficient to
justify one as poor as I am in giving
up a fairly good law business for the
Rfe/’)eCt'Te ^onors *n Congressional
Manner of
811ght Modification In the
Counting n Quorum.
Washington, Jan. 25.—The House
resumed consideration of the rules
yesterday, and disposed of the last
amendment offered by the committee
There was substituted for the quorum
rule of the Fifty-first Congress the
method of compelling the attendance
t .? Jluorn® proposed in the Forty
sixth Congress by J. Randolph Tucker
with some modifications. The Tucker
rule is to bring members to the bar of
the House and count them, instead of
following the Reed Dlan of having the
speaker count a quorum. *