The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, March 21, 1884, Image 2
r nfk' - i - B" T "-':- fi? r .t THE BED CLOUD CHIEF. A. G. HOSUER, PiMisier. RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA CURRENT COMMENT. Tire first shovelful of dirt on the Flor ida Midland & Georgia Railroad was dug at Valdosta recently by the wife of Hon. C. R, Pendleton. Oregon will vote on the 22dof June on a proposition to so amend its State Constitution as to admit the women to an equal right to vote with the men. Ex-Representative Burrows, of Michigan, is said to be the selection of the President for the vacancy in the office of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, recently held by John C. New. Active preparations are in progress for the meeting at Memphis, of the San itary Council of the Mississippi Valley. There will be delegates present from fifteen States, and the health of the val ley during the coming summer will be carefullv considered. H. L. Mitchell manager of the Globe Tea and Coffee Company, of Wilkes barre, Pa., and his assistants were ar rested recently en a charge of gambling, obtaining money under false pretenses and maintaining a lottery by selling tea and coffee in cans containing prizes. In default of bail they were sent to prison handcuffed. A flower has been discovered in South America which is only visible when the wind is blowing. The shrub belongs to the cactus family, and grows about three feet in height, with a crook on top, giving it the appearance of a black hickory cane. When the wind blows a number of beautiful llowers de velop from little lumps on the stalk. All the Senators and members of Congress received in their mail recentlv a scurrilous pamphlet pretending to be the prospectus of "An Illustrated Bio graphy of the Sioux Chief." The name of "Nancv Hhrsens" was given as the author, and the book pretended to be dedicated to the friends of women suf frage. It was supposed to be a fling at Governor Ordway, of Dakota. Two children died at their home on Twenty-ninth street, GalvestonTcxas, from eating diseased meat, the eldest, Christine Wegner, being three years old, and Mary Wegner, the other vic tim, eighteen months old. All the fam ily, consisting of the parents and four children, soon after the meal, were at tacked with an ailment resembling dys entery, purging and vomiting blood. Dr. Rhodes was called and treated the family. The constitution of the parents aided his skill, and they recovered, but two of the children died. The new fast mail train between New York and Chicago is not looked upon very faverably by the people of the railway mail service in Chicago. It is held that, as the train arrives in Chica go as late as 12:25 a. m., it is useless as far as Chicago is concerned, as the mail could not be delivered until af ter the regular train had come in. The benefit is observed at St. Louis, where business men now receive Xcw York -mail at 9 a. ni., the same time as Chi cago, instead of noon, as formerly. The Warden of the Illinois Peniten tiary at Joliet has asked the Attorney General to decide for him a question propounded by the State's Attorney of Fulton County. That official wished to know if the Warden could deliver up a prisoner in his charge on a capias issued for the commission of another crime than that for which the prisoner was incarcerated. The Attorney General has advised the Warden that there is no authority in law for sucli delivery, and also says that to consent to it would be to establish a very dangerous precedent. A curious duel with locomotives took place at the Union Depot, Kansas City, recently. Two Missouri Pacific and Chicago & Alton freight trains were disputing over the right of way on the fifth depot track. Failing to make each other yield a point they crowded on steam and deliberately forced a col lision. Fortunately they were too close together to get up much speed, but the cow-catcher on the Alton engine was smashed, and the- men on the train considerably shaken up. Then fcr nearly an hour they tried to buck each ' other off the track, but finally the Mis souri Pacific yielded and backed off, leaving the Alton train in possession of the field. A disturbance took place on the Mackay race course, in Queensland, Australia, on December 26. It was caused by the time-expired . islanders. Eight Europeans were injured by mis siles thrown at them by the infuriated "Kanakas. One Kanaka was killed and six were wounded in quelling the riot The European workmen are much in censed against the Kanakas. An open Air meeting was held at Mackay, at which it was decided to convene a mon ster public meeting to take steps to me morialize the Government with a view of compelling all Kanakas to return to the South Sea islands at the expiration of their term of service, or to re-engage for siutbw term. - THE WORLD'S DOINGS A Simnirjr f the Dally Bfowi. PHOCKKBINGS OP CONGRESS. Is the Senate, on the 10th, Mr. Bayard submitted a resolution instructing: the Com mittee on Judiciary to report as to the ex pediency of amending: the constitution bo as to provide that Congress shall not have power to mako anything- but gxld and 6ilver coin legal tender for the payment of debts, nor pass any law impairing obligation contracts. Mr. Garland submitted a joint resolution proposing- the following- amendment to the Con stitution, article 12: "That portion of the Eublicdcbt of the United States represented y notes issued under the authority of law, with quality of lawful money and as legal tender for the payment of debts, shall never exceed 3.'jOt00O,UOU, unless a bill or bills providing- for such increase shall receive tho concurrence of two-thirds of each House, and the votes on all such bills shall be recorded by yeas and nays on the journal of each House. In the House, among-other business was the reception of the returned "Lasker resolu tion." Considerable feeling- was manifested, and a resolution was referred to the Com mittee on Foreign Affairs expressive of the sense of the House in the matter. Mr. Cassidy, from the Committee on the Pacific Railroads, reported a bill to incorporate the Spokane Fulls & Coeur d'Alene Railroad Company. In the Senate on the 11th, Mr. Allison presented a memorial and joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, urging: the National Government to avail itself of the power granted by the Constitution to regulate com merce of tho States, praying- Congress to pa-s laws in pursuance of that power for the regu lation of railroad fares und freights at such figures as will allow a reasonable return und no more for the amount actually expended in the construction of roads. The Senate then went into executive session for further consideration of the Mexican treaty, and when the doors were reopened adjourned In the House Mr. Morrison re ported favorably from the Ways and Means Committee tho bill to reduce iinort duties and the war tnritT. The new tariff bill was accom panied with a written report. McKinley suln initted the view of the minority. The House, on motion of Mr. Townshend, went into Commit tee of the Whole on the Post-office Appropria tion bill. The bill having- been read by sec tions. Mr. Horr moved to increase to f 1230, 000 tho appropriation for compensation of postmasters. Pending- action, the committee rose. I.v the Senate, on the 12th, Mr. Jackson submitted a joint resolution providing- for submission to the States of a constitutional amendment making- the Presidential term six years, and making a President ineligible to a re-election. A number of bills were reported favorably and placed on the calendar. The Senate took up tho bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter, which led to a long-debate with out result, and after executive session the Senate adjourned The House went into Committee of the Whole on the Postoflico Ap propriation bill. The Committee of the Whole by a vote of 115 to 45, struck out the clause limiting salaries of postmasters to &.000. An amendment by Mr. Horr increasing- from $10. 500.000 to $120.000 the appropriation for com pensation to postmasters was lost 74 to 89. Mr. Horr moved to increase the appropriation for clerks in postoffices by $125,000. The amendment was lost 77 to 117. In tho Senate, on tho 13th, Mr. Harrison, from tho Committee on Territories, reported favorably and had placed on the calendar the bill for the admission of Dakota. Mr. Plumb submitted a joint resolution, which was re ferred to the Committee on Agriculture, ap propriating $25,000 to be made immediately available undor tho direction of Commission on Agriculture, for the suppression of the foot and mouth disease among- cattle in Kan-. sa. The bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter was taken up, and Mr. Mandcrson addressed the Senate in opposition to it. After a long discussion the bill was rend a third time and fiussed by a vote of :l to 25 In the louse a resolution was adopted directing the Committee on Public Lands to investigate matters pertaining to the grant of 200.000acres to the State of Michigan to aid in the con struction of a breakwater, harbor and ship canal, and by that State given to the Luke Su perior and Portage Lake Canal Company, and determine whether the grant is liable to for feiture. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the Postoltice Appropriation bill, the pending amendment being that of in creasing' the appropriations for tde payment of letter carriers and incidental expenses of the free delivery sen-ice from $:5,Gio,Txio to $4. 000.000. The amendment was adopted by 122 to 155. Several other amendments were of fered, anil at5 o'clock the House adjourned. In the Senate, on the 14th, Mr. Plumb called up the joint resolution appropriating $25,000 for tho eradication of the foot und mouth disease. Mr. Plumb said it was a very serious disease and did not affect the State of Kansas merely, but all the States. He sent to the desk and had reud u dispatch from the Governor of Kansas, urging the importance of immediate action. Mr. Sherman moved to amend by striking- out the clause which provides that the money Iks expended in co operation with the authorities of Kan sas, as th.? disease was apt to spread to other States and affect the swine and other animals. Mr Cullom thought the amount should be $50,000 and the resolu tion passed at once. A long discussion en sued, when the Senate adjourned until Mon day In the House, the bill granting- a pen sion of $2,500 a year 'to Septimina Randolph Mcikleham. sole surviving grandchild of Thomas Jefferson, was taken up, and a favor able report was read. Considerable opposi tion whs manifested against the bill, it being thought that it inaugurated a civil pension system, and it was killed by a vote of 120 to 60. POLITICAL AND PERSONAL. Abraham Breath died in Alton, 111., re cently. He was one of the two or three men who rallied to the support of Elijah P. Lovejoy, editor of tho Alton Observer, who was killed November 7, 1S37, in a pro slavery riot. Lieutenant J. W. Danenhowkr of Jenunette fame has been married to Miss Helen Laflin Sloan in Oswego, N. Y. Henry A. Tilden, youngest brother of Samuel J. Tilden, died at New Lebanon, X. Y., recently, aged sixty-three. MISCELLANEOUS. The Attorney-General has issued a cir cular to United States Marshals and At torneys to enforce the laws against persons whom they find illegally manufacturing or exporting dynamite. Jacob P. Billups & Co., cotton brokers, New York, assigned; liabilities, $G80,000. A fire started in tho west side business quarter of the village of Allegan, twenty five miles northwest of Kalamazoo, Mich., recently, and under a high west wind swept through the entire district to the river, taking every brick store building in the place except the Chaffee Hotel and Peck's bank building. The fire had run its course in two hours. The aggregate loss is placed by Allegan business men at from $400,000 to $600,000, probably a high estimate. The insurance is believed to amount to $150,000. Bishop "Wioger, of Paterson, N. J., re fused the use of his church for the funeral of two of his parishioners, because that three years ago they persisted in selling liquoron Sunday. The wheat crop in the vicinity of Effing ham, 111., is reported seriously injured by recent alternations of freezing and thawing weather. PitKimss Tiller, the Pacific Express robber at St. Louis, was arrested recently at Milwaukee and $90,000 of the money re covered. The arrest was due to bis own folly in leaving bis valise with the money j at a trunk store to oe repacicea. xn ac complice, a man named McFadden, has also been arrested at Sherman, Texas. George Tiffany, twenty years old, a son of the absconding postmaster, of Ben nington, Vt., has been arrested and con fessed to stealing Government money. He is implicated in his father's fraud. , A shocking ease of cruelty has come to light in Norwalk, O. Maggie Montgomery, aged eight years, was taken from a charita ble institution by a Mrs. Blinzly, who beat her and starved her, fractured her skull and burned her with a hot poker. Thero were but slight chances of the child's re covery. So incensed were the people that they threatened to lynch the whole Blinzly family. The Governor of Kansas, has called an extra session of the Legislature to convene at Topeka on Tuesday, March 18th, to take action in regard to the cattle plague that now prevails in the State. The British have again defeated Osman Digma, losing seventy killed and one hun dred wounded Osman Digma's loss was about four thousand. The Texas Land Board refused to accede to the request of. stockmen to reduce the price of leased lands from eight to five cents. The stockmen threatened to cut the fence of any man leasing at eight cents, and told the Board so. They also inti mate that they will organize a powerful opposition to the retention by the Board of tho State offices now hold by the members. A destructive cyclone passed near Gun tersville, Ala., recently. H. S. Hess and Mrs. John Tidmore were killed, and John Tidinore and Mrs. Frank Farmer severely injured. About thirty houses were blown to atoms. The storm left the earth after devastating nearly six miles. A waterspout broke on the farm of S. M.EIwood, near Nashville, 111., flooding everything, but causing no other damage. A terrible explosion occurred in the Pocahontas Mine, near Petersburg, Va., recently. One hundred and fifty men at work in the mine were killed and their bodies terribly mutilated. The explosion sounded like tho rumbling of an earth quake, and did considerable damage out side of the pit. Fifty-five bridges were destroyed be tween Pittsburgh and Cairo during tho Ohio floods; estimated cost of replacing, fcilO.OOO. Clark Robinson has sued C. K. Garrison, of New York, to recover $2,89.",9r0t claiming that amount on account of sale of bonds. DeGaieff, the Russian Nihilist, sup posed to have been the leader of the band that murdered Colonel Sudeikin, has sailed for America. Auditor "Walker, of Missouri, has re ceived a letter from T. C. Campbell, of Kirksville, informing him that the mouth and foot disease had broken out among the cattle in Northeast Missouri. The Aspen stage, which arrived at Lead ville tho other night, brought news of a fatal snow-slide which occurred at Aspen mountains. Three employes of the Vallejo mine, George Marshall, "William O'Brien, and John McGunnity, were killed. Mike Hicgins, anothtr miner, is missing. The week's business failures throughout the country, for the United States, num bered 174; Canada and the provinces, 42; total, 21G; as compared with 272 last week. The decreaso was principally in the "West ern, Middlo and New England States. Canada has the same number of failures as last week. The only way of putting out the fire in the Pocahontas mine, Virginia, is by seal ing it and flooding it with steam. Not one of tho one hundred and fifty miners es caped. Trichinosis, engendered by eating Ger man bred pork, and due in no wise to the American product, is ravaging various parts of Germany. The Chamber of Commerce, of Lyons, France, protests against the embargo on American Pork. Matt Lewis, colored, was hanged in St. Louis for the murder of his wife in October 1S7G. Lewis quarrelled with her, and cut her throat in n fit of jealousy. Ho escaped, but was arrested nearly a year afterwards. He had been in jail seven years, during which time ho had four trials. A fire nt Kansas City the other morning destroyed "Woodward, Faxon & Co.'s place, 1206to 1208 Union avenue. The loss on drugs, buildings and other property amounted to nearly 100,090. A young man named Aber nathy was killed by leaping from a fourth stry window to escape being burned. AnornoxAi, dispatches. The Senate was not in session on the 15th. The Houses still hnd tAdnr consideration the Post-ofllae Appropriation bill and ad journed without finishing i;. " William G. Smith, aged twenty, of San Antonio, Tex., suicided recentlv by taking mophine. He had married a variety actress named Lizzie Mack, and got into domestic difficulties. Is a row on shipboard in Chesapeake Bay, Md., John "Wilson, mate, wa? stabbed and killed by Gus Peterson. Tiller, the Pacific Express robber, of St. Louis, made an attempt to escape by climbing down the fire-escape of the Lin dell Hotel. He was recaptured and taken to the Four Courts. The other morning two prisoners con fined in the Sandwich, Onfc, jail, shot and killed Jailer Leech and fatally wounded Turnkey Davis and escaped. A young man named John Duffield was held up recently at Galveston by a trio of roughs. "Watching his opportunity he seized tha hand of the man holding the pistol and plunged a tnwie kuifc into his body. The dead r bber proved to bo a John Kelly. It is reported that a snow-slide carried away the Samson Mining Company's Con centrating "Works, eight miles northwest of Silverton, Col., erected last summer at an expense of $G),C0D. No lives were lost. The Ontario Legislature passed a bill giving widows and spinsters who have the necessary property qualification, a right to vote at municipal elections. A serious railroad difficulty occurred near Youngstown, O., a few days ago, over a disputed track claimed by the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio and the Pittsburgh, Cleveland & Toledo Railway Companies. The employes of each company were armed and bloodshed would have resulted but.for the timely presence of the Sheriff, who made several arrests. A rowing match at San Francisco, re cently, mile and a half turn, $5,000 a side, for the championship of the Pacific Coast, between Peterson and Lee, was won by the former by fifteen lengths. Peter Semonin and his son, Will O. Se- monin, have left Louis viile, Ky., secretly, leaving the Pike Tobacco Warehouse Com pany in inextricable difficulties. The frauds of the younger Scmonin are said to amount to $100,000. The value of exports of breadstuff for February, 1884, was $10,103,338 against $15, 773,010 for the same time last year. For the eight months ending February 29, $110, 359,840, against $149,401,155 for the corres ponding period of last year. Sevxx months ago Christian A. Lerabke left Akron, O., while under a charge of burglary and robbery. He went to Ger many, returned the other day on the steamer Nuremburg tud was arrested. A PRECIOUS PAIR. Prentice Tiller the Pacific Express Bobber, and J. F. Dietrich, tlie Thieving: Teller of the Laclede Bank, Safely Lodged Behind the Bars Tiller's"" Swag Safe, The Other St. Louis, Mo., March 14. Prentice Tiller, in charge of Mr. Joseph Sheppard, Assistant Manager of the United States Express Company of Chicago, and Mr. George H. Thiel, head of the Thiel Detective Agency, of this city, ar rived in St. Louis this morning over the Chicago & Alton Railroad. Tiller, who is evidently a man of re markable serve, takes his arrest coolly. On the day he arrived in Milwaukee, his curiosity to see what kind of a descrip tion of him the company had sent out, led him into the United States "Express office, where he asked if there was a package there for him. Before he left he had read the description. If the company had deliberately gone to work to shield him from arrest it could not have concocted a description better calculated to deceive the public and police than the one it published. He stood in the smoking-room this morning a tall, raw-boned, gawky, country boj', looking as if he had just left the plow or the wood-chopper's ax. "An employee of the Express Company in Chicago, who had worked by his side for several months," said Mr. Sheppard, "could not identify him, and I believe that he could have escaped arrest forever in that suit of clothes had not those Mil waukee fellows stumbled upon him." Beginning at the bottom, he wore a pair of low-cut, cow-hide farm shoes, which revealed a pair of dark-blue, home knit yarn stockings, of the "Shaker" order. His pantaloons were of butter nut brown jeans, made after the ortho dox hoosier fashion, and they bagged at the knees in a free aud graceful manner, delightful to behold. His undershirt was composed of red-flannel and his outershirt of that primitive fabric known as striped hick ory, ornamented with a row of large white porcelain buttons down the front. He wore neither collar nor necktie. His vest was an abandoned-looking wreck, which might have seen brighter days, al though it is doubtful. The dark sack coat which he wore looked a trifle greasy about the sleeves aud a trifle frayed about the button-holes. It was evidently an ar ticle which was not discarded by its orig inal owner, while there was a ray of hope left. Outside of this he wore a larger undercoat, with a tendency to wrinkle up the back, and a tendency to hang like a dish-rag on a broom-bandle down in front. It was once a light Scotch tweed, but that was a long time ago, and when seen by the reporter it had degenerated so that it would hardly be accepted at a junk store as fitting material for the manufacture of brown paper pulp. But the overcoat, an ulster, was the crowning glory of the outfit. Originally it must have been built for a cowboy, and it looked as if it had passed through a dozen cutting and shootingaffrays. Of a dingy, srayish color, fuzzy, frizzy and forbid ding, it would of itself have been suili cient to back up a charge of vagrancy in a St. Louis police court. His tout-ciwemblc was a complete dis guise, and as completely metamorphosed the young man as if he had been subjected to a'coatof tar and feathers. Around his ueck he wore a strip of red flannel, "on "recount of a sore throat," he said, and his head was adorned with a shiney, greasy, sticky-looking black cap, such as railroad brakcnien wear. If Tiller had any accomplices he docs not propose to give them away; nor will he tell where he left the satchel while he was arranging his departure. The exact amount of money found on Tiller's person, when arrested, was $3, 3D4.S3. This money was partly distributed over his clothing, some of it being sewed into the lining. " Articles of jewelry were also found sewed up in his clothes and under his coat collar. Mr. Sheppard estimates that the total co-t of Tiller's robbery to the company will not exceed 812,000 reward includ ed. Hstsays the work has been done by a lew mcn,aud done economically. The Vinkertous were not employed. St. Louis, Mo., March 14.3 This afternoon Frank Fowler and a Deputy Sheriff, carrying a warraut sworn out 03- Mr. Fowler, agent for the Fidelity and Casualty Company, entered a carriage at the Four Courts, and were driven to the house at "409 Franklin ave nue, where they arrested Dieterich, con veying him rapidly to the Four Courts, Passing through the hallways on the second floor, they ascended the back pair of stairs which led to the lauding on which the door of Mrs. John Dietrichs' apartments opened. The Deputy Sheriff rapped on the door, and was confronted by a woman, who inquired his mission. "I am an officer, looking for Mr. F. J. Dietrichs." "Where's your authority?" "Here's authority," said the Deputy, pulling back his coat and showing a star. 'Now, I want to get in here, and you'd better stand aside," saying which the Deputy pushed the door wide open and walked in. The reporter and Mr. Fowler followed. Passing through the room to the front room the party looked about. Lying on a sofa was a stout, well-dressed man. He rose as the party entered, and Mr. Fowler said : "Well, Dietrichs, we've got you." "We have enough proof against you to send you up for fifty years," said Mr. Fowler, "and if we suffer one dollar's worth you'll go up. What did you do with the money?" Dietrichs did not open his mouth. Finally Dietrichs said: "When thptimc comes for explanation there will be a dif ferent light thrown on my actions." He was taken to the Four Courts then and imprisoned. Dietrichs had neither crutch nor cane, walked as well as any man, and looked to be the picture of health. m The Carpenter Trial. Petersburg, 111.. March 15. After another nine hours session there is substantially nothing of weight unearthed as to who killed Zura Burns. A few new witnesses testified, but they were not store-houses of valuable Infor mation. The attorneys for the defense are In high glee. So much had been prom ised by the prosecution and especially by the sanguine and valuable State Attor ney, that the defense inhaled from the breathings of public opinion a slight measure of fright as to what was to "be produced at this trial. Yesterday Mr. Lauuiug said they were happily deceived, as they had not to meet half the cast thsy had been anticipating. TJIE TARIFF, The MorrUon BUI, as Kevlsed by t Way and Kmm Committee, Reported to the House The Majority and Minor. Ity Keports Accompanying the Docu ment. Washington; March lit The majority and minority reports of the Ways and Means Committee on the Morrison Tariff bill were submitted to the House yesterday. The di vision was upon strict party lines. Morri son says he does not know when he will call the bill up for action. The majority report says: The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, in explanation of the bill before tho Senate last year, which, after various amend ments, became a law, estimated at $45,000,000 the reduction in revenue which would follow the changes in the tariff. These calculations have not been verified. So the question still presses, what legislation !s neces sary to relieve the people of unnecessary taxes? Your committee rind that in the six months ending- December 3, 1SK5, merchandise wtis imported into the United States valued at fSW,t9S.10J. on which duties were paid amount ing to $10.511,136, being 40.91 per cent, on tho value thereof. In the corcesponding six months of lSf2, under the old law, the valuo of dutiable imports amounted to $3e0,856;;i. and the duty paid was 111,206,507. or 12.65 per cent- on the value. It thus appears that the average cost or importing was ouly 1.74 per cent, less under the uewthim under the old law. The nominal reduction made by the pro posed bill is twenty per cent., or one-nrth tho present rate. With the Morrill tariff limita tions in the bill, and the liquor and bilk sched ules omitted, the actual reduction will not ex ceed 15.74 per cent. The average reduction made in the Tariff-Commission bill and that to be made by the proposed bill, toother, do not reach the reduction at which the commis sion aimed. The decrease in revenue as shown by tho receipts under the new law other than that re sulting from the nominal reduction of 1.71 per cent- results from the falling off of nearly i25.W,000 of the imports in the first hair year under the new law, as compared with the first half of the previous year under the old law. The reduction of revenue under the bill re ported.is estimated at $3I,UW,0UU. on the basis of last year's imports. To tbe extent of that Cn.uoo.UGO tho bill will relieve the people of unnecessary taxes. To that extent taxes will be reduced directly as a measure of justice to consumers, and in directly in largely increased proortions From the statement made by the Bureau ot Statistics it appears that the duties or tariff taxes were decreased on some and increased on other articles under the new law. but, while this is true, there has been no increase in wages In any, but a reduction of wages In most industries, as well us in those who-? competing- products received more, as in those that obtained less protection under tho act of March last. lteferring to the condition of the Iron and steel trade, as one of the leading manufact ures, the report attributes the depression and tho enforced idleness of the workingmeu to the enormities of the protective system, and declares that, as such calamities always fall upon the laborers, the committee had de cided to report a bill for the partial relief of the people from unnecessary taxes. The minority report, which was prepared by Mr. McKinley. after reciting tho action ot tbe last Congress in revising the tariff in places where reductions were needed, urges that tho time which has elapsed since the new tariff -went into effect has been too short to give it a sufficient test, and asks that it be given a fair trial before the subject Is brought ud again. Another objection urged is that tbo t reduction proposed by the bill under consid eratlon has not been asked for by single in terest in the vbofe country. Continuing, tho report pays: Whiie all unite in opposition to any reduc tion some interests assert the necessity or an Increase of duties for the actual maintenance of an industry. The wool-growers of thu country demand the restoration or the wool duty or lb70. The undersigned have sought to respond favorably to this demand of more than a million of our fellow citizens representing- the agriculture of tho country, but we have been overruled. The opponents . to our view's, not con tent with the refusal to accede to the requests of this large elass of producers, deliberately propose to reduce duties still lower. Against this ne enter a mo.t earnest protest- There are some inequalities however, found in the present law which it would be only just to correct. Among-these, wire rods, cotton-tic and tin plates bear greatly disproportionate duties to kindred articles, and should be made consistent and harmonious. We are opposed to the bill, because, first: It will disturb busiuoss, unsettle allies, retard incipient enterprises. cripple those now established, impair thu confidence among business men so essential to our development and prosperity, and biing no couutervailmjr benefit. 2. It will of necessity force down the prico of labor in the United States, will stimulate imports, increase competition from abroad, which can only be successfully met by re ducing the cost of home product. Wo e-.n not too strongly emphasize our opposition to any legislation which even tends to reduce our labor to the foreign standard, either iu price or condition. 3. That tne proposed reduction will Inevit ably increase foreign importations, and as a consequence will increase our revenues, to which increase every Interest of the co Jiitry Is opposed. 4. It iswhollyunnecessarynnd unjustifiable. The enormous increase in the wealth of tho country during the last fifteen years, under h protective tariff, now force- capital to seek employment in the aeveloptnent of all min eral, agricultural and other resource, and a change or modification of the system will create sueh doubt ot succesftul enterprises as to check this useful tendency. 5. It has none cf the merits of a carefully matured Tariff 'bill and is not tho result of a studious consideration of the interests of our people. It proposes to reduce alike the duty upon every article of foreign import, without any culmination a to its effect upon particu lar Industries, and wholly ignoring its neces sary effect in advancing prices abroad by the destruction of competition at home. Whilo nominally it is uniform reduction. In fact it is grossly unequal under the limitations of the bill, and it wilt be found uiihcult if not im practicable of execution. C. That feature or the bill which applies ad valorem duties to most of the schedules of-fiT-toil h- it is esneeiallv objectionable, be cause It will greatly increase tbe existing- evil or undervaluation, ana consequent iruuus upon the revenue, as well as so complicate the rule of assessment duties as greatly to embarrass the administration of the law. Against the statement of the majority as to the effect of protective duties upon wag s. is the statement or the workmen themselves, who unite In declaring that protective duties are essential to fair and remunerative wages, and that every reduction inevitably result In lowering the standard or American wages. We dissent radically from the statement or tho majority that a reduction of dutie lightens bv so much the burdens of taxation. Tho whole history of our National experience shows a constantly decrensing price as the effect of increased home competition. What the country wants mot is relief from Congressional agitation. All the indus tries or tbe country are extremely scnsiti-e. and just at this time, when business is more or less depressed la every branch, threat or fear of change introduces an element or un certainty throughout the country the evil ef fects or which no one can foresee. Twenty percent, reduction, or any reduction how ever slight, following so close upon the reduc Uons made last winter, can not be defended as to a single schedule, and as to many it can be shown to De wholly disastrous. We believe ir. after a sufficient trial of the ef fect ot the last revision, it shall appear that tbe Industrial Interests ot th country can l maintained with it. and that the condition ot the treasury will Justiry a further revision, such action will be more wisely undertaken by the friends of the protective system, and with lest disturbance to public prosperity, than If done now by the avowed advocates of the destruction or the American system of protection. . The minority report Is slsrned by Represent, tires Keiiey, Kasjon, McKinley. Rus-elland Miscode comprising all the Republican men bers of the Wavs and Means Committee. A Cjcleae In Mississippi. Jacxsox, Miss., March 12. A cyclone struck the agricultural college at Sharkville yesterday afternoon. Captain Lucas was slightly wounded. AH the buildings were more or less damaged, and stock suffered gteatly. Farm Implements, fences and grain were blown awy, the total damage being Sl'AOOO. AtWt Point every cbin and gin house on the alantatiou of Major. Youn was wrecked'by a terrific wind-storm. No lives are reported Iret, Kain fell in torrents for two hours, accompanied by hail and lij:htnlnj.'. TTo-'Evo I; the nanis of a Texas towa thai desires a poat-ollie I THK FOOT AXD MOUTH DISEAS Official Report of the United States Vfwrl nary Surgeon to the Governor of Kanon- In Regard to the Dreadful Scourge. Topkka, Kas., March 13. The follow in- is the report of Dr. Holcombe, the veterinary surgeon commissioned by Governor GlickjU investigate the disease which recently niaotf I its appearance among the caKIe in Woodson. County, Kas.: Xkosho Falls, Wooosox, Bounty; Kas., March 10 ll4. t To Vic Governor of KhtiMva: Sir I have the honor to report here with the results of my investigation Into the nature, cause and progress of tho disease existing among the cattle in this neighborhood. By permission or Cen eral Augur, commanding the Military Departv ment or the Missouri. 1 reported to you in Topeku on the 5th Inst., and received verbal instructions to proceed to this point without delay. I arrived here on the tith inst.. in com pany with yourself and Colonel Sun's. Secre tary of the State Uoard or Agriculture, and a delegation of citizens or Empona. 1 first inspected theherd of Daniel Keith. loca ted four miles northwest or Neosho Falls iv Coffey, County. Kas. The history of his herd is as follows: It consists of UM animals, most or which are yearlings, the remainder com prising a few cows and two-year-old steer All ot" these animals were picked up in thV surrounding country last autumn. The last ot sixty were received on December 10. 1SS5. All were apparently well after l'hristns. Some time lietween the 23th und olst of Decern tor. fl e of the yearlings were seen to be Inme-avd to present moreor less swelling of thcaffectil rect. A day or two afterward Six more were found with similar symptoms. After a timr it wa- noticed tDat the feet affected showed signs of sloughing at the coronet, or above the fetlock joint. This result was attributed to freezing of the discard members. Notwithstanding- th' changes .ji the weather, new outbreaks in the herd coni tinued until at thetimeor my urrivulsixtj were or had bt-en affected. 1 made a critical exam ination of a large number both of the wel'ainl the sick. A typical recent ea-e. said to ha c been sick four or five days, wa a two-year-old steer, with the tollowiiigsympttim: The right hind foot was considerably swollen, and the animal limped as he w:dked. A single visicb wa- found on the skin in theekft of the Isoof. I touched it with my finger when it ruptured; theltuid escaped. leaving an oblong tni perlicial ulcer. The foot wa hot idfpl tender to pressure, while the suclliirjr extended as high a the fetlock. TIr temperature, taken iu the leeline. was WI--3-degrees Fahrenheit. An examination of the mouth revealed three small ulcers, and 01:0 recently formed uleer on the mucous mem brane of the lips and gums Another case, said to have been affected about ten days. wa& a ri'd yearling steer, the right hind foot sup purating at the fetloek joint, while the parts bclow w ere dead. The mucous membrane of the upper tmd lower lips of the gums and palate as far back as to tc second molar teeth showed numerous ulcers, varying in sue from a large pin-head to a Lima lx.'un. These ulcers were of a pule, reddish purple color, or or a yillowi-h brown. On preparingto take the temp"rnture the pa tient ilefacated. revealing on the miicoii membrane or the rectum 11 small ulcer troiu which escaped some blood. The thermometer registered UH degress Fahrenheit. Another case, said to have been one or thelirst affected, was a white yearling steer. He refused tck'-t up. was greatly emaciated and sim-fering- intense pain. The right hind leg presented a stump at the fctlock joint, covered over with a dark, brown scab from beneath which escaped a thick yellow pu when pressum was applied. The stump was tender and swollen about half way to the hock. The left hind leg was swol len, hot und inten-oly painful as high as the fetlock. The toes stood wide apart, showing a tenser yellowish skin at the bast.-or the chtt beneath which collections or pun could ?K felt. The horn of the outside toe wu de tached at the heel, undermined with pus and nearly ready to drop off. The po!ed bone was dead on the surface. The mouth showed several ulcer, fhwtr healed, others nearly so. The tempera ture was lid degree Fahrenheit, 'lhcso three cases are fairly Illustrative 'of the dis ease a it existed here in the various stages, In some case the mouth lirsions are compara- (....I.. ?1!1.. 11.lt 1 1.. , tin fitnt . k.rfkltll (if. feoli'A. und vlcn versa. Soini have hud fBrM UtLlI CII..HI. Hlllll. ,11- A1.1.. 1- .-! .m. -.; disease in a mild form and escaped without l Io of any portion or their unit); some navo lost one toe. some botli toes some one leg at tbe fetlock, some botli leg and one three legs. The older the animal the le-s di-astrou docs--the disease apiiear to be, for but few cows have lost even one foot. One cow with't cair by her eirte about ten days 01A took the disease and developed ulcers on the teats and udder us well a in the mouth- Three days arterwards tha-jfU died with all tbe svinptoms or the diseudrm its early ttages. The second herd inspected belongs to Jlr. Goodrich, of Kanas City. Mo., and is located on the opposite side or the high way, ationt.one nunureu yunis inrai -ir. Keith's nlaec. The first case appeared in this- herd rour or five weeks ago, and the number affected on the (ith in-t. was thirty-live out of a total of ninety-five head. 15ut two of these cases requiru special attention. One i 11 red yearling steer with one foot affected, showing Ulcers 011 DOin lip, ie gums, mhikuu uuu uii tho roof of the mouth back to atl.I' including the soft palate. The other is a.3 two-year-old heifer that will lose all four legs." This herd was in fine condition when tho dis piiso liroki out. The third herd infected is sit uated about two ami u hair miles south or Mr. Keith's place, in Woodson County. Kan... and belongs to John W. Heard. On the 6th inst.. but lour case had been affected, one of which died while the disea-ewas at its height. The total number of animals in this herd is seventy-five. It lias been infected about two weeks. fe Regarding the nature of the dleai there can be no quc-tion but what itiu contageou one. Thi is shown by the repeated outbrvaks which have taken plaeo in the herd first Infected, the spread of the dis ease to the herd ucros the highway, and finally to Mr. Beard's cattle by the purcha-i-or a cow from Mr. Keith's farm. That it is foot and mouth disease cannot Imj doubted when the symptomare coi:-ldcred; for. tore capitulate, the various cucs show: Vesicles, and ulcers of the mouth, vesicles and ulcer in the cleft of the foot, suppuration and sloughing at the feet, ulcers of the rectum, vesicles and ulcers of the udder, diarrhcea. & temperature varying from Ml to 1W 1N3 de grees Feiircnhcit, andthc most marked ujci atlon even in cases where theappetitc is good How the disease originated I nin at a loss to know. In the past the foot and mouth dis oiu hiis novpr anooared in this country ex cept when brought here from Great Uritiiin or Europe. That it can originate spontaneously I do not believe, for many observations have shown that specific diseases cannot be pro duced except when the specific virus is pres ent in the system, and that this virus isalns tho result or 11 like pre-existing virus. That the disease was brought to Mr. Keith's herd I um fully convinced: but when, how and where from, my Investigations up to the present time do not enable me to say. On the 7th lust, three new herds were reported in fected. I visited them and found the rcoorfc groundless. Since the 6th inst. twelve new cases have appeared in Mr. Keith's hAI and four or five iu Mr. Goodrich's. The in fected district has been surrounded with quarantine notices, but to all intents ar.d pur poses, they areinoperative. That the djgeaso "will appear in other herds unless efficient measure of eradication are adopted is patent to all who are acquainted with the past history nt Tnnt. mwl mouth disease. In my opinion the Infected herds should all be destroyed anf the infected premises quarantined against all cattle, sheep and dogs for a period1 of one year. The bedding, manure, hay. fodder, fences, ete.. should be destroyed with the cattle, and the staftiea thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. Thedia case is now so near to the great cattle ranges or the West, to which itraay readily be carried and where its disastrous enects wouiu oe in calculable, and its eradicaMon ImpoMible.thar nnviipiHvnf action is most dangerous to the great Interests at stake- I am, sir, very res pectfully your obedient servant. Signed A. A. Holcomhe. D. . S., Inspecting Veterinary Surgeon. U.S. A. (f- Station Aent Hardinsr. of Winter- ton, N. V.. has a dojr that has assumed to take eharge of the mail bajr ou the ar rival of the trains. When near time for the mail train thedo tikes his pos.tlon on the platform of the depot, and as- oon as me uair is uiruw n un inui iu , flrefull in his teeth and carrtfc it to- the post-oilice. When the train lMhe hfntf time he becomes uneasy and shows much imjmtieuco at the delay. Roch ester Express. From twenty to foriv ton? ofoleo- marirariae a moctli'is sold at 1 ortlam Maine. i ' ir 4f S i X f. K ZS Mi X.'" .. ta .. lH k-U 1. . r.im kT "i. pyZjl1- .A-. I f & ym. ft .