SIOUX COUNTY JOURNAL
W. K. rATTMSO!, M4.1M.
HARBISON.
NEB.
ABOUT NEBRASKA.
The mayor of South Omaha ha
been asked to close the saloons on San
day, bat his honor hat as yet taken no
action.
Arbor day wis started in Nebraska
in 1873, and this year thirty-four states
obserred the day formally by planting
trees.
The old settlers of Lancaster county
held a meeting last week at Lincoln and
perfected their organisation. L. W.
Billingsley was chosen president; W. W.
Gardes, secretary; J. P. Hepbard, treas
urer, and Levi Snell, M. G. Bobannan
and J. V. Wolfe, executive committee.
One Tice-president was chosen from each
voting precinct and ward of the county.
W. F. Dodge, an old man 70 years
of age, living fire miles north of Har
vard, was arrested Friday on a charge ol
bastardy by his stepdaughter. The old
man is a cripple aud goes on crutches,
but has a farm and some property. It
appears mat tne case was urougni
against him for the purpose of getting
the property from him.
The Ogallala News says the farmers
of Keith county are working on the
eight-hour system of eight hours before
diuner, and eight hours between that
time and supper.
Miss Carrie Church, of Pierce, has
successfully passed a civil service exam
nation and has been appointed at the
request of Congressman Dorsey to a
position in the Interior department at
Washington.
A fire ineBeatrice lost week involved
a loss of $3,000 in proierty.
The Mid-Continental Nursery com
pany, at Fairbury, lost about twenty -five
acres of young trees by the heavy wind
some time ago. They had recently
been planted aud many of them were
completely blown out of the ground.
George Brown, a cooper at Armour's
laughter house, South Omaha, was held
up by three toughs for $7.60 in cash and
a watch.
Hal Brown, of Tremont, had a
lively experience the other day while
driving a few miles east of that city.
He was riding on a sulky and leading a
horse behind when both the horses be
came frightened and started to run.
He was thrown from the seat of his
sulky, his foot catching on the cross
bar. His horses ran several rods with
him when the cross bar broke aud liber
ated him from his precarious situation.
A case of hydrophobia is reported in
the vicinity of Powell. A dog belong
ing to E. N. Gilbert died after showing
symptoms of being mad. He had pre
viously bitten a cat, calf and colt The
calf and colt have since died, the latter
Laving bitten two other horses.
Crete nurseries, says ths Globe,
hipped, in one week a half million forest
tree, and 8,000 apple trees. They em
ploy over 100 men. They have shipped,
this spring, over 10,000,000 forest trees,
and between fifty and sixty ear loads of
Irmt and shade trees.
Edward Rodden, of Omaha, an em
ploye in the Consolidated Coffee com
pany's house, was caught in the elevator
and almost instantly killed. He at
tempted to board the elevator while it
was in motion.
At Plattsmouth while a gang of men
were at work on the excavation for the
new hotel corner of 8ixth and Main
streets, the eastern wall of the old Pres
byterian church eave wav. An old tnn
by the name of Mates was bnried in the
mire and died before he could be res
cued. His face was badly cut and his
mil crnsiied. A fellow-workman
named Hardruba received serious in
juries and several others barely escaped.
Prof. Hoaford, of Doane college at
Crete, while horseback riding, was
thrown from his animal and quite se
verely injured.
Notice has been received by the sec
retary of state to the effect that at the
last meeting of the board of directors
oi tne farmers' Banking and Loan
company, of Suierior, the capital stock
was reduced from 31,000 to $30,000.
The Nebraska state dental society
will meet in Wahoo on the 21st of May.
A civil service examination is to be
held in Lincoln May 21st. Applicants
for federal position will take notice and
govern themselves accordingly.
The Masonic order of the state has
provided, a fund for the purpose of
establishing a home for the orphans of
deceased members oi their organization.
Atkinson has organized a base ball
association with a paid p capital of
cow.
Three separate elections are to be
held in Grand Island this month.
The Citizens' Building, Loan and
Savings association of Superior filed ar-
wcies oi incorporation in the office
01 tne secretary of state last week.
The object of the association is to build
dwelling houses and buildings for sale
and rant
The Bine Springs Motor states that
Elijah Filler recently paid $16,000 for a
ection of laud south of Filley, whioh he
haa sowed to flat. Twenty-five dollars
Per acre u a pretty fair price for raw
land, and flax is recognized as a croo
that IttVB K
that pays.
Lincoln saloons are now dosed on
Sunday tight as a drum. It is along
and weary dav for the bummer.
An important case has jnst com
menced at Tecumseh, in whioh Mra.
CTtavV- Kr hnd intoxi-
-At Grand Island the jury in tht
Kutherford case returned a verdict of
pilty of tho crime of arson, in the
burning of Stephen Jones' barn to
gether with a lot of live stock, grain
burning ojthe barn waa working for
5. .. " - '"wiwu. lour uava tt
we wen and anion.
An organization of the Woman's
Relief Con has been effected at Fair-bury.
Omaha dogs that do no wear tag
will be shot by the properly constituted
authorities.
A man giving his name as W. W.
Smith, and who stole a horse from
John Ford, near Madrid, was run down
and captured in Hayes county. He
made a desperate fight, and several ol
the pursuing party were hurl Sberifl
Winchell took the prisoner to Ogallala
for imprisonment It is thought a den
of thieves exists in Hayes or Chase
oonnty, and a vigilance committee will
be organized to break it up.
Henry Mowery, who lives three
miles east of Lyons, Neb., lost his barn,
sheds, nine head of horses and foui
mules, by fire. The loss is estimated
at about $6,000, which is covered by in
surance to the extent of !,100. Mr.
Mowery came home from Lyons be
tween 5 aud 6 o'clock and after putting
his horses up, he went to supper. The
hired man went out to feed, and on go
ing to the mow discovered it to be on
fire.
Daring a recent storm the house ol
John Delaney at Fairmont was struck
by lightning and nearly ruined. Not
withstanding nearly all the lath and
mortar was torn from the walls and ceil
ing, neitner Mrs. ueianey nor one oi
her five children, who were asleep in
the house, were seriously injured nor
did the building take hre.
Work is now in progress on a Meth
odist church in Omaha that is to cost
$75,000.
A company has been organized to
build and operate a factory for incan
descent electric lights at Plattsmouth,
with a capital of $50,000.
Madison's $18,000 system of water
works is being pushed rapidly to com
pletion.
Superintendent James, of the Stan
ton breeding farm, has sown 200 acres
of oats and will plant 200 acres of corn.
Programmes are out for the coming
state Sunday school convention, to be
held at Tecumseh, commencing June
11, and all preparations are being made
for its complete success.
John Dresh, a farmer about sixty
years of age, while plowing on a farm
near David City, was struck by liglU
ning and instantly killed. His clothing
was torn from his body by the eleotrio
fluid.
The question of the village board
of Culbertson granting a saloon license,
which has taken up the time at the
town meetings for a week, came to a
head last week in a street fight between
C. Armstrong and Dr. Vastine, the for
mer having accused the doctor of try
ing to force his wife into the tight
The managers of the Nebraska
Chautauqua at Crete are busy preparing
for the coming gathering which will oc
cur the first of July. Vast quantities
f advertising matter have been sent
out for distribution. The various at
tractions are set forth and a systematic
plan adopted to make sure that the in
formation in widely circulated. Tin's
is the oldest enterprise of that
kind in the state and the character of
the instructors engaged for the coming
year is a sufficient guarantee that any
one who can will be fully repaid by at
tending. The grounds are undergoing
Improvement and several new buildings
are to De constructed.
Henry If ova?-, ban, frarUra head
of horsea and 1,000 btuhali of corn, all
the entire content of the barn, were
burned one day hut week by fire from
pipe, ineiossis over 94, uw, witu out
small insurance. Mr. Mower lives neat
Bancroft
The Arlington Democrat say. the
law providing for the restriction of fish
ing with nets and seines is being sadly
neglected in that neighborhood.
The Interstate Chantauqna matter ii
again being revived at Beatrice. The
syndicate held a meoting last week foi
Pal
ILLECaL OCCUMTIO W OKLAHOMA.
. f l.-I .Aa.
Washington special: aiarsu-.
dlea has sent the following report to the
attorney general, dated P
May 13- "Yor letter of the 4th inst,
addressed to me at Muscogee, when re
received there, found me again m Guth
rie, looking after matters there, to
which point it was forwarded by my
clerk. Before the receipt, at Outline,
I received a telegram from this place
(my old home), notifying me of the
very serious illness of my wife. I hur
ried there, arriving on the 11th. Tour
letter was, by my deputy, forwarded
from Guthrie to this point, reaching me
this morning. This much in explana
nation as to the seeming delay in an
swering the same. I shall return to
Muscogoe at the earliest moment pos
sible, as my wife is better. I am in
formed that a marshal should not leave
his territory without iruiiMion from
the department Ihe urgency oi tins
case is my excuse for leaving before
securing the necessary lverniissiun, and
and hoie vou will not disapprove.
Now, in reply to vonr letter, permit me
to sav tliat as far as 1 am concerned, I
have' not entered anv land or lands,
town lot or lot, in Oklahoma district,
and have no interest whatever, directly
or indirectly, near or remote of any
kind or nature whatever in any land
r,r )nia In the territory. I do not know
positively as to my deputies, but have
had an intimation that one of them has
seenred a town lot in Guthrie, and that
one or two have entered quarter sections
of land apiece. I am not positive as to
this, and at once will ascertain the facts
and reixirt to yon. If there are anv
other violations of law by my deputies I
have not heard of them. No person or
persons, other than tho parties rciorted
by me to you in my li.-tU'r of the With
ult, had any authority whatever from
ns to enter the territory on or before
April 22. I have not inquired into the
matter of those deputies entering town
lots on land, because of the (net that the
interior department lias hail two special
asents on the ground for some two or
three weeks investigating the whole mat
ter in every particular, to whom I ren
dered every assistance iu my power to
assist them in arriving at a proper con
clusion. Knowing that the acts and
doings of myself and deputies were lie
ing thoroughly investigated by them, I
presumed, and, in iact, had been in
formed, that you would be fully in
formed and advised as to their r'iort.
I am satisfied that said reort nil! give
yon all the information you desire in
the premises, and would suggest that
you kbp8s yourself of the same. If
yon still desire particular information
from me, I will proceed from Muscogee
to Guthrie at once and make a thorough
explanation as to land anl lots upon
which any deputy may have a claim. I
will be at Mnscogee by the time your
order can reach me. I as yet have made
no lease for court room or building. We
are now occupying temporary rooms
withont cost to the government, and will
occupy the same until September or
Octolcr, at which time the party build
ing the new house will have it ready for
occupancy. I have thought it advisable
to defer entering into a ease uutil that
time. Very resectfully,
T. R. Needles, Marshal.
P. S. "If ths statements made by me
and reports of officers of the interior de
partment are not satisfactory to vou. I
honld like a cony of the specifications
Died, in order that 1 may furnish testi
mony in detail to refute. T should aim
like to meet my accusers face to face be
fore yon. Attorney General Miller,
commenting on this report, said to yonr
correspondent: "It looks on the face of
it as thongh he had been trying to do his
duty, but of course, as there are theae
reports out we must try to probe the
matter to the bottom."
COMPELLED TO SIT ON THE FLOOR.
the
purpose
An VUnU Ihmh Atytum that Ovrr
nmnUng. (Jnieago dispatch: The Hearing of
the application for the release of Dora
Willard, an inmate of the Cook county
of incorporating. The i ,nM"6 lafylum' wa8 beQ in lhe "
Chautauqua assembly will be held June
2Sth, to continue ten days. An elaborate
programme is being prepared.
The supreme lodge of the A. O. TJ.
W., the oldest beneficial society in the
country, meets in the city of Omaha
June 15. C. M. Masters, of Wisconsin,
is the supreme master workman on,l
m 11 n. i . . .......... u
n. a. uranam. oi n m . .,,....., I ...
jferowin. tll6 r,r.sont Bupenntendent, had ira-
During Police-Judge Berka'a two I Proved the condition of -.flairs. Mrs
Zfia ofuce 'n Omaha, he adjudicated ! . of t.be a"'1,n medical staff'
24,395 cases. In that time there was 1 j!;stl8o.l there were over 1,000 pa-
' nes and costs, $18,50.70. i . T "isuiuuon, wnicli is calou
latnck Lgan, of Lincoln, left last
week for Washington in response to a
request from Walker Blaine. From
Washing)!, he will go at once to Chili
via New York aud Panama. It is un
derstood that one of the chief duties of
the new mwister will be the encourage
ment and promotion of trade and com
merce between the South American re
public and the Lnited Slates.
-The Fort Worth Gazette annonncet
that Governor Thoyer has accepted an
invitation to resKnd to the address of
welcome by Governor Ross at the open
ing of the Texas spring palace.
The horse car line running from
Sonth Sioux City to Covington is to be
transformed into an electric road June 1.
The wife of August Mattuu, a Ger
man living near Gnrmnn-n
killed by lichtnini? th ':,.i.
while her husband and five children!
who were only a few ft .... ..'
notinjnrod.
Prosscr, the nresnnt Urminn, i
the Missouri Pacific, started a 1
te.iIrom th.e otl,er dy wit the sale
$5 to ' r"Igi" in P"00 f"m
Aurora now has
Exchange bank will soon be reorgan
ized with a paid up capital of $75,000
and become the Aurora State bank,
owning for business July 1. '
-The Elkhorn Farmers' Vigilance
association has been formed at Elkhorn
for the purpose of ridding that part of
with which t is infested.
.-The next teesion of the Nebraska
eoMTITUlOWL AE-EKT MMIM.
Huron fPak. 1: There ia re
ioSin- in South Dakota, to-day. over
Le r'esult of yesterday's election
From the return, revived M P cent
oftheent.revoteisforthe adoption ol
the Sionx Falls constitution. Nothing
a. nearly approaching a nnanimous vote
has been experienced i. the ratification
ot any fundamental law as that which
charactered the adoption of a consti
tution fr the new state at the polls ye
terday In some du-t riots W t cent of
the entire vote was for the constitution.
The Thirteenth district had 25. and the
Nineteenth U voU-s against the consti
tution. Those are two of the prmcis-el
districts and contain ouie hard kickers.
Iu on precinct in the Thirteenth dis
trict which cat m votes, only one was
against the constitution. The Eleventh
district had but ten votes against adop
tion The result ot the eieouoii ---ttHa,!
as a L-rand victory and a confirm
ation of what the people, for three years,
have claimed, that they are satisfied
ith the Sioux rails constitution ior iu-
state of South Dakota. 1 he democratic
delegate received a fair proportion of
the vote -tolled, in some arancu
ing more than the entire vote
of "the partv, wlnta the prohibiliouisU
laid aside their third party notions and
joined with the old isirties in getting
out the vote, which, although light,
cornered with that of 15. or of last
Novemlier, is sullicient to indicate the
unanimity of sentiment regarding the
Sioux falls constitution.
Messages of congratulation and greet
ing have been received here and sent to
various cities iu South Dakota. .Sev
eral were also sent to Congressman
Springer, advising him to the vote, and
asking hira if h now Mieves the co
plts of Sonth DakoU know what they
want.
Following are the delegates chosen
bvthedistrictsreiorted: Sixth, Stroiipe,
Stoddard and Barrett; Ninth, Wood,
Sterling and I-", Eleventh, Hartley,
Huntley and Campbell: Thirteenth,
Hale, "aiitu.-e and Cooper- Sixteenth,
Sherwood, Mclntyre and Mntoou;
Eighteenth, Williamson, (iifford and
lioidepal; Nineteenth, Coiites, Van
F.ps and i Caldwell; Twenty aecoiid,
Edgcrton, Bueclilcr ond Harris; Twenty-fourth.
Edgertou, Holtou and l'.am
sey; Twentv-lifth, (ioddard, Diegen-
dnrf and Murphy.
lankton si.ee!al: E. C. Edgcrton
and Chris liuechler, republicans, are
certainly elected to the constitutional
convention from this district, aud
the result between Sweet and Har
ris, democruU, is in doubt, with the
chances in favor of Harris. The vote of
the county is leas than one-half the full
vote, but it is almost solid for the Sioux
Falls constitution. The vote of the
county will not exceed 700 or H00. The
convention is to meet the ith of July,
ft can alter, change or amend the con
stitution only as iermitted by congress.
The constitution ia to be again submit
ted in October, together with the sejia
rate clauses of prohibition, etc., and if
the constitution, as amended to conform
with the act of congress providing for
the admiftoinn of the state, ia adopted
and is found acceptable, the state may
be admitted by proclamation. The July
convention will make ordinance aud
frame all the machinery for the submis
sion of the constitution and for the vote
on the separate clause and the election
of the state officers and the legialature
in October. So that while the conven
tion will have no constitution to make
there will be a good deal of important
work to do. The state will have to )
divided into legislative district and all
the preliminary work for the October
election and for putting the new state
government into operation will devolve
upon the convention.
A Rtlorn in Navy Purchiitt.
Washington dispatch: Hec Petal-1 Trtu
ey hos turned his attention to the mat
ter of purchasing supplies for the navy,
and has already made an order iuaugnr
ating a considerable eoonornio reform.
It apfears the practice of the depart
ment has been to purchase Slim, lie. fr
toe navy by advertising at the Irf'gin
nmg of each fiscal year, making a list
of purchases eitensiue enough to cover
mo ruwijie neeus oi the diflreiit Im
reaua dnrincr thn nttf v f r :..
qniry the secretary learned that in
making these purchases regard was not
hail for the amount of stores on band.
x iiib iea w) me accumulation of stores
which, in rnuntr .1 . .
--j iMoir iicierior-
ated. and caused a loas to the rovern
ment. Secretary Traoey haa, therefore,
just procured a statement that tho
amount of stores now on hand is valued
at 2.600.HO0. anrl ..rf, l i. -
supplies for the next fiscal year will
?"?, . 1fin. he intends this amount
shall lie deducted from the valne of the
voc to ue purchased next month. At
the rata al ru.,.,1 , ...
A ii I --"--- 1MUUIKVU ill
during the last quarter enough supplies
1.1 1 Jears would have ikciiuiii
laU'd if maintained during the aoxt
Jonei Not Allowed to Rttign.
Washington disnatcht Itiei.ur.l T.
Walker, of Knusas, who was to-dav ai-
poiuu cinud nutea marshal for the
district of Kansas, succeed. Marshal
Jones, against whom chan- f -..u.
conduct iu office dnring the time of the
oi iue Kiaiiomn settlement
had ,e(!I1 mac, The ..resident and the
attorney general decided not to allow
Joties to resign, and the order for hi
reinova was made to-day. Attorney
General Miller said to a united press
renter thu afternoon that action iu
Marshal Needle's case had WU aus
lH.Midd until more information con
cerning the charges against him conhl
be procured. Mr. Miller ,lded that io
far here was nothing to show that Mar
aim Needle was jrt-iltjr of the charges
preferred against him. """Kos
Miennt.oU Crop in Geoe Coalition.
Mmneapolig disimtch: SH.cials to
Ue rrilmiie refH.rt otild rains all ovci
the northern and central portion of the
state. Chinch bugs, wherever they
were getting active, aeem to be cl.il ed
t death or drowned. The farmer, and
Tthe?er8.:,,,ilHnt , T,,e Un
iiiat there is enongh water to last six
weeks or two months. The crop, ev,
where are u. fiIM, ,lllpe, ail(, p"
(rrand harvest if tb,,re is no'ud luck
from summer frosU. ,UCB
-Ilaetin-n claim, tht it it almost an
Mrared fact that the m.tln .u.
IICWSIJ-! -MSte wiU
COfllf FMM TM laTIMaL
CshTal.
court this mornins. Mrs. Khmld f
the Woman's Protective association,
testified that the asylum was over
crowded; that there were not enough
seats for the patients, who were com
pelled to sit on the floor; that the coun
ty was iaying 9 cents per pound for
hog's snouts, which wor-e
.u mi accommodate two at the out
side and the number of attendants was
much too limited.
Evidence was introduced that patienta
were fed pigs' heads for an entire year
with iioUtoea for vegetables once a
week. Ihere was no service and pa
tient fought for possession of the po
tatoej), with a result that the weak cot
none and that over fifty of the inmatea
became afflicted with scurvey. Cue of
the medical staff testifies that in one
ward there are thirty-eight violent pa
tients with only nine rooms, or an aver
age of three in each room. It was abso
lutely necessary to have only one or
7 Yi "e roo"is, so tliat four
of the ierson were crowded into others
Ihese rooms are 5x10 feet in size. The
beds are two and a half f,t wi.l. .nt
in many cases two patienU are forced
to sleep in them. Under such circqni
stances, with insufficient attendance,
patient won M climb over the ooU sod
fight and the attendant would fre
quently U called six or eight times in a
s nglo night to go to patients who were
attempting to commit murder or sui
cide This state of affairs was reported
te the connty board again and agabT
bn nothing wa. done to remejy it
Much other revolting testimony i
broni-ht in. The board of county com
m HHiouern this afternoon passed a reao
1" .aramK committee of prouii-
... iibuib a sniia lie person
te succeed the present .nrrintendflt"
,.u, wuoae management has
Bli Eichard Webster, attorney-gen
ntl of England, has been a most srto
ceaafnl practitioner. In his first year at
onVrooo 300 Kninea' ' li,e wo-
The engineer! annual MnnM .
i ii'. i .... .
iMouio improvement in Nebraska Citv
' thow. a total of $100,000 cxnZd UV
Washington special to the
L t. a
D... Tl, air ia filial ait I. .11 .-"
itrrv. . mint J,-.i
rumors aboat cabinet shangna.
most nl Li
which are wild, very wild, and ran!: b. H
able, but aoni of them are interesting $
Tour oorreiouderit will giT9 $
the interesting gossip afloat, but n. j
ing is said uikiu the aubject involtj fcj tot
administration men. It is generally 1&JffSP
lieve.1 that Attorney (teneral Killer -rjj taakT
beappointe-la justice of the sapr--aalnl lov
court of the Cniud HUtes to fill th, . jtMHw It
cancy created by the death of Jostio-i
, ... i k: i !f . ? -
.Maiiiiewa, ion iui uu ircirment wy mw ay.
take place in Beptember or the ear'yij" 4 U
part of Octeber. It may be that Seer,, i
tary Tracy, of the navy dertaent, jtkyjftf
will iirvivivl Mr. Miller as ittim I
. , j j,.
eral, and First Assistant PostmatU
General Clarkaon will become Secretary T 0,'7
of the nsvy. General Tracy would nr.
laM
a a w
esiJ mm a
witW
- j "U'l i'rf-1 -9
t that of tbet f""1
. am
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fer the legal iHirtfolio
navy. 31 r. ciamsou went into the
postofflee deiiartment lielieving that b
would finally Iwcome secretary of tb
transter oi ouio or me retirement of ""si faA
Mr. Weoaraaker. but the natural tMwHaIL '
and training of General Tracy, Ki i a-Sanf.,
the fact that Mr. Noble is W.HSS5ffl
ing quite popular as secreUrr wn V
of the interior, incline thone connect! 'ij. at only
most closely with the administration to1 'iMVfOl
blieve that Mr. Clark son is moie likHr r"f and al
vr man Becre-iHhsw
ihis eveninr'ii..! aakle
to be secretary of the iiarv than seer-! Zk lieaot I
tary of the interior.
to ia
kid
W. Save
avpwu-iai
Star says: "In judical and iiolitical cir
cles it is confidentially stated that tli
rresideut will soon have to fill not ont
but two vacancies on the eupreme ' incjto a. t
bench of the CnfUKl Ktab s, the ecosi!t1"'"'
one tn-ing causel by the retirement of I ti.OlajCliW
Justice Miller. Who will fill the empty k?' tiaa
chair, is still a matter of conjecturs! bv.a'1 "P
with all the probabilities in faror of At- tf.V'-,,r Ton
torney General Miller, but as to the t .
place occupied by Justice Mill-r, no ! ff
name has as yet been suggested to the ! Jy
president save that of ex-Secretary of, Kv22?r'
War (ieorgo by McCreary, and In i,i '"
sponser was the inattce himself. At ! titi?? -r,u
present the justice believes he will retire j kiR JShlJ
early in Deceml-r and ho is reallv mwl ' tilVJ;
anxious that his friend, McCrrarr, t IT7j
should succeed bim. Ilnrty year aeo t Sfc
when .Justice Miller was practicing Uw t rm,
in Keokuk, fa . be took McCreary into Znu'
his otlice and there laid the foundation ' - .
for the broad legal knowledge i:i'h:iiJ:Brerr
McCreary is now credited ith Laving ?iM do
in his M)MHHn. Mr. McCreary ujritnMrni
now general counsel to the Atchison, I tiK:. Wzoi
Toeka k Santa Fe railroad. j d-tq- iiiia
AI'POIXTMK-fT IlATS.
At the firwt or v-cotid luismeas nieetio?
of President Harrisfin's cabinet it u
deterniined that Tueadsy. and Fridavi
should x days in each week when (fun
eral appointments wonld be made, hi
cefitions to this rule were mad is
isolated instances, althongh it was vary
cloauly adhered to, and tho crest bulk of
apiKiintments have Iwyn announced or
agreed nxiu for thoae days. A nv
schelnle has jnst be-n arranged, which
will undoubtedly lie more ralisfactor"
to the offtne-aeeking masse, as it givus
one more day in the week to tbem. Ap
pointment, for the department will be
agreed upon or made as follows: Mon
days, interior deertnicnt; TnewlnTi,
postofflce; Wednesdays, treasury. There
are to be few apintraenU bisiIa for the
other five department and thev hsve
not tt n pnt on the schedule for tlie fill
ing of emergencies. This schedule will,
of couraa, be deviated from. In otnn
of the departments complaint are lizard
that the failure to make changes in the
principal positions is having the effect of
clogging bnsinnas, as the officers who
daily exect to be relieved take no in
terest in the business, and in many in
stances refuse to Uke action.
Rl'KE s RrMOR.
Secretary Husk bids fair to prove one
of the most popular members of the ad
ministration. His good sense and sturdy
honesty of purpose are supplemented by
a keen sense of humor that make hira s
most entertaining companion, aud he re
ceives more invitations than any other
public man in Washington. The other
day a visitor at tho agricultural dsrt
Incut iraziiii? over the ainoln irrnunds in
which the buildings aro located turned
to the secretary and remarked:
"You've got the prettiest place in the
city."
'Ot course, why not?" was the prompt
rejoinder. "You know the secretary of
Agriculture is tho tail end of the cahinet
and the tail is almost altogether oni
menUl. As its princiml use," the secre
tary continued, with a merry twinkle in
his eye, "is to keep the flies off tho other
member of the cabinet"
JflW 8AVAOK KArPOITKD.
Among the apiiointments made by
tho president to-day, were the follow
ing: John W. Whitcher, of Nevada,
United States attorney for Nevada;
John Murphy, of DakoU, attorney for
the territory of DakoU; James W. Sav
age, of Omaha, Neb., government di
rector of the Union Pacific railroad;
John R Lynch, of Mississippi, fourth
auditor of the treasury, and L. W. Hsl
ercom, of the district of Columbia,
fifth auditor of the treasury; Amos
Smith, jr., of Ohio, urvcyor of cus
toins for Cincinnati.
BATAKIl'H KNOAUEMEirr.
The Every Evening, to-day, confirms
the rumored engagement of ex-Secretary
llayard to Mia Clymer, a daughter
of Dr. Clymer, if the United States
navy. The wedding will occur early W
the summer.
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