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THE TRIBUNE. 'V , M. & K. M. K1HBIKM , , Pnbii. McCOOK , i : ' ! : ' NEE NEBRASKA INTERESTS. A call has been issued by Chairman Pace , of the national greenback party ol Nebraska , for a state convention , to bo held at Lincoln on Wednesday , May 14th. te elect delegates to the national convention , to be held at Indianapolis. The Nebraska Sunday-school osson * bly will bo held at Crete , August 18 to 23 Permanent grounds for the assembly , con sisting of 109 acres on the banks of the Blue river , have been purchased. These ground ) have a river front of nearly a mile and af ford ample oppportunity for boating , shade for picnics and abundant -room for al the purposes of the assembly. . The sheriff of Otoe county appearet In Aahland a few days ago , and , going intt the country a short distance , took into cus < "tody a young man wanted at Nebraska CI ? on the charge of seduction. A good deal of thieving is going 01 La Ainsworth , for the euro of which thi News recommends occasional doses o buckshot. The village board of Elk Creek an talking of raising the saloon license to $1 , 000 a year. The funeral of Daniel Allen , a no tec gambler , who died in Omaha a few day ago , was largely attended. The postal officials in Omaha hav < been semi-officially notified that the Bur llngton road's fast mail train will at ai early day extend its run , into Omaha vi Plattsmouth. M. 8. Schublin , of Olin , Jones coun ty , Iowa , formerly of Alexandria , Neb. where he was engaged in the real estat business , has recently inherited. $1,000,00 from some departed relative in France. The U. S. land office at Beatrice i HOW located In new quarters , more con Tonlent and more commodious than the ol place. The Orleans Press says the grai never looked bettor in the Republican Yal ley at this time of the year than it does t present. One of the oldest farmers sal that in all his wheat raising he never had s good a stand of wheat before as this spring The Elk Creek Echo mentions a nei epidemic breaking out mong horses i that neighborhood. In one day not les than ten horses were attacked by a sort c stiffness and trembling , and a-fewwere un able to travel after they were first attacked Some of the farmers on their way to tow were compelled to unhitch their horses an lead them home , while others made thei way with difficulty. J. A. Seagren. living near Wak < neld , lost his barn , a valuable horse , 1C bushels of corn , hay and all his farmin implements by pcairle fire a few days age At Omaha , Christopher Lawn , switchman in the .employ of the Union P cific company , lost a leg by being run ov ( by a car. He was engaged in coupling _ car when hta foot got wedged between tw rails. While thus held a car bore dovf upon him with the above result. Alex. Eagin was examined at Lii coin recently by the board of insanity , an sent to the asylum. One of his sympton was an utter indifference as to paying ai of his bills a symptom , by the way , "m unknown to many patients not under trea ment. The Fillmore .county bank has bee Incorporated under the title of the Fir National Bank of Fairmont , with a capit of $50,000. In pursuance of an order of the direi tory of the Union Pacific company , wagi of all its employes was reduced on the If of May , as follows : On salaries of $3,0 and upwards , per year , fifteen (15) ( pi cent. ; $1,000 , and less than thirty-six hui dred , twelvq and a half (12 ( K ) per cent , and all below one thousand , ten (10) ) pi cent. The " reduction does not apply 1 locomotive engineers and firemen. There is a strong probability thi the Masons of Crete will build a fine Masoi ic building during the summer. J. W. Strickland , proprietor of tl Orlando mills , at Raymond , Lancast county , has turned up missing , and it the general belief that he has been drowne On account of high water he sat up night to watch his dam , and it is suppose that he fell in and was drowned. Sean resulted in finding his h'at and cane on tl bank of the creek. Advices have been receivedfrom AI jutant General L. C. Drum , of the arm ; announcing that Secretary Lincoln has d cided to give a detail of a lieutenant fro the army to the University of Nehrask and that the detail of Lieutenant Dudli was ordered on the 22d of last month , * take effect from the first of July. Sam F. Donnelly , for several yea prominent in newspaper circles at Omah having been connected with the Herali Bee and Telegram of that city , died in Ne York a few days ago from injuries receivi at a fire. He was on the repertorial st : of the New York Sun. An Austrian , name not learned , wl was in employ of the railroad compan was killed by lightning in Saline ocunty few days ago. The Nebraska City plow works r cently turned nut one of the largest plo\ ever made in Nebraska , weighing over 2 pounds. The purchaser was Dav O'Brien , who will use it in his excavatii contracts. Nebraska wool growers and othe interested are admonished that the date f the National Woolgrowers' convention h been been changed to the 19th day of M and will be held at the Grand Pacific note Chicago. The State bank of Red Cloud h been organized into a national bank , ai will soon open for business under the ne organization. A young man went into the savinj bank at Beatrice and called for & drin namtag.beer as the beverage with which ] desired to quench his thirst. A thirteen year old girl in Omal has been turned over to the authorities her father , as a kleptomaniac whom vi orous punishment has utterly failed to r form. She will be given a place in t state reform institution. A large number ofmen , employed the Union Pacific shops at Omaha quit wo on the 1st on account of reduction wages. B. J. McMahon , who had been tl telegraph operator at Emerson station , < the Minneapolis and Omaha railway , f some months past , is under arrest f stealing $300 irom the company's offlc It is probable also that the charge of arsi will be preferred against him. Two men called at a hardware stein in Omaha. One of them claimed to be good singer , and while he entertained tl merchant with vocal selections in the ba < part of the store , his partner hung abtf the door in front , and when he left s boxes of scissors went with him. F. McMillan , an attorney of Hnbbel was drowned in Rose creek , .near th place , while attempting to cross in a wagoi The horses were drowned and found aboi half a mile below. McMillan's body w ; recovered. He leaves a wife and two chi dren. Things are getting "hot" in tt struggle for Uncle Sam's land. A your gentleman in a northern county , by tl Same of Brady , took a claim and built house on it. The following week he found that another chap had taken advantage ol bis absence and put up a house'within u few feet of it. Harness thieves have been operating in Central City , taking from one gentleman a set valued of. $30. Jefferson county , says the Beatrice Express , furnishes ah elopement that laye In the shade anything before heard of. Last week a young man , a sen of a farmer , ran away with his aunt and thr.ee children , and also took with him a mule team belong ing to his uncle. So far nothing bos' been heard of them. An unknown man was struck by a locomotive on the B. & M. near Newton a few days ago , receiving injuries which soon after resulted in his death. He was lying on the track , and on the engineer sounding the whistle made an effort to sret oft but was too late. Mrs. H. C. Patterson , of Dorchester , while assisting in preparing the noon meal , went into the cellar. She was heard to fall down the stairs , and members of the familj went to the rescue. She was found at the bottom of the cellar steps in an unconscious condition , having fallen , on her head , A physician was summoned , but she was be yond the reach of human skill. The neci had been broken and she lived but a short time. She.was 65 years of age , and leavef a husband and several children. The order cutting down wages ol Union Pacific employes on the 1st of Ma ] has been revoked by Superintendent Clark , and workmen all along the line have re turned to duties which they left with < unanimity which utterly paralyzed businesi on the line in question. Wages exlstlnj prior to May 1st are fully restored. The Southeastern Nebraska Poultry Association was recently organized in Paw nee City by the election of the followinj officers : Hon. M. K. Walker , president John I. Wallace , vice president ; W. H Gardner , secretary and treasurer : A. C Miller , of Humboldt , W. H. Denman , Mrs T. C. Foster executive committee. An other meeting will be held soon to adop a constitution and by-laws. The prospect for a large crop of ap pies in Pawnee county is very good and th Banner is calling for some one to put up ; fruit packing house. Congressman Laird writes to Mr WIgton , of the Hastings Gazette-Journal explaining some of the difficulties encoun tered by pensioners in securing pensions The committee on pensions , of which Mr La'rd is a member , has prepared a bi which is intended to facilitate the disposi tion of cases , and to make it easier for thos entitled to pensions to secure their due. . NEBRASKA POLITICS. Platform Adopted by the Republiea State Convention. The republican party of Nebraska in convention , represented , renews its al legiance to the principles and policy tha have commended republicanism to the pop ular intelligence ol the country , and se cured its success in six successive nation : elections , and declares its confidence the they will command at the polls 'under th standard bearers to be named at the Chicago cage convention a victory as signal as an that have been gained in the past. "We declare for the collection of th national revenues by the taxation of pro ducts at home that are but luxuries , th enjoyment or consumption of which is nc essential to the welfare of the masses ; an by the levy of a tariff so adjusted as to en courage and protect home industry with out being burdensome to the people , an we denounce the attempt of the demo cradle majority in the house of represent atives to make an indiscriminate reductio of duties to the injury of skilled labor an invested capital at home for the benefit < labor and capital that pay tribute to foi eign powers. It favors the encouragemet of immigration , the reduction of the publi debt and interest charges , and the appro priation of a portion of the surplus revc nue to judicial and internal improvements the improvement of the service of the go\ eminent in all departments by. regulatin the method of appointments so as to brin it to the highest possible state of efficiency the maintenance of equal rights to a citizens , irrespective of race c color , under the guarantees c the constitution ; a liberal provision fc disabled and invalid veterans of the war f e the Union and the establishment of on navy upon a footing commensurate wit the necessities of the times and the dignit of a nation ready to defend its rights an protect its citizens at home and abroad "That we urge-upon our senators and rej resentatiyes in congress the necessity < securing such national legislation as wi insure to the producer the largest possibl fruit of his labor and equitably harmoni : all conflicting interests , and to settle tl various questions relating to common cai riers. " Resolved , That this convention reques the coming republican national conventie to provide that in all future national coi ventions representation shall be propo ! tiouate to the republican votes cast fi president , at the last preceding pres dential election. We heartily endorse tl administration of President Chester 1 Arthur begun under circumstances peculiar embarrassment and d ffiuulty , b which has by its prudence , sagacity ai statesmanship commended itself to t ] esteem and respect of the country. FOREST FIRES. s 0 Great Destruction of Property Bell 0i Wrought Thereby. g A Williamsport ( Pa. ) dispatch say Latest reports show that the forest fires various places are extensive and very di structive. Along -the Philadelphia ai Erie railroad , from Driftwood west Kane , heavy fires have Deen in progres Many cattle are reported surrounded 1 the names , and a number of fishermen h : great difficulty La getting out of the bur ; ing territory. A large territory in tl .western part of Lycoming county is burn ; over , but the loss is not very heavy. I Tioga county the fire was general. Larj quantities ofvaluable timber we destroyed along the line of tl Tioga railroad , as well as many house barns and other buildings. The town < Thompson was wholly destroyed , includii the saw mill. Loss , over $100,000. Sevei teen bauses were burned in Bonot , entai ing a loss of $15,000. Two million feet lumber was .also burned. The fire is fier about Morris and Antrim. Considerab pine timber is among the profferty burn * In different parts of Tioga county. Tl saw mill of Andrew Kaul at Spring Rui Elk county , was destroyed , with six mi lion feet of lumber ; uninsured. Repor from Center and Clearfield counties say th the loss is not heavy as at first reported. "A severe wind storm and fierce fore fires visited North Cumberland count The mountains for many miles are burnii an'd smoking terribly. Farm fences , coi wood , railroad sills and other valuab property were destroyed. The loss w foot up thousands of dollars. Texas has a cattle queen besides hi numerous cattle kings. She is the wl of an ex-Methodist preacher name Rogers , and lives in Novices count ; where she owns and manages a rancl of 40,000 head of cattle , while her hu band attends to his duties as a membc of the state legislature. Viscountess Heberton is incense because the International Health Assc ciation would not pe'rmit theexhibitio of reform styles of underclothing. THE WORK OF CONGRESS. Senator Van Wyck Presents a * Resolution Asking for Certain Information. The Lower Branch ol Congress Now Dealing Principally With Tariff Matters. Acquisition of Public Lands bj Foreign \ Corporations Miscellaneous Washington Halters. CONGRESSIONAL. SENATE. MONDAY , April 28. The bill was passed to consolidate the bureau of military justice and corps of Judge advocates of th < crmy. The chair laid before the senate the un finished business of Friday , being the cattlt disease bill. A motion to commit the bill to the com mittee on agriculture , was lost yeaa , 13 : nays , 30. Mr. Plumb withdrew the amendment in creasing the appropriation for the purposei of the bill from $250,000 to $60,000. Mr. Bayard's motion to reduce the ap > propriatlon to $60,000 was agreed to. Mr. Plumb's amendment making th < amount $150,000 , was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Harris the.amendmcn was agreed to confining the operations o the bill to cattle from which there wai danger of the disease spreading from on < state to another. Mr. Morgan moved to fix the maximun compensation of inspectors under the' bil at $5 a day. Not agreed to. HOU8K. The house went into committee , of tin whole and proceeded 10 consideration of thi District of Columbia free bridge bill , whicl was laid aside with favorable recommenda tions. The next bill was appropriating $500,001 for the completion of a sewerage ' systen for the district , but without action'the com mittee rose. The free bridge bill was recommlttei and the house took a recess till 8 o'clock the evening session to be for debate of th tariff bill. At the evening sesaion the tariff bill wa di ciic ed by Messrs. Wolford , Storm am others for uud against the measure. SENATE. TUESDAY , April 29. Mr. Merrill from the committee on finance , reportei favorably the joint resolution appropriate $25,000 to defray the expenses of the cere monies connected with the approachin , completion and dedication of the Washing ton monument. The senate passed the house bill author [ zing the Marsh National .bank of Lincoln Neb. , to change its name. The bill to provide for the sale of th Iowa Indian reservation In Nebraska am Kansas , was read the third time and , afte some debate , passed. The chair laid before the senate the un finished business of yesterday , being th pleuro-pneumonla bill. After debate th bill passed 31 to 14.HOUSE. HOUSE. Mr. Lamb called up the joint resolutloi directing the president to bring to the at tention of the governor of Venezula th claim of J. E. Wheelock , a citizen of th United States , for indemnity for gross out rages and tortures inflicted upon him b ; officers of that government , and to demam and enforce , in such manner as he. ma deem best , the immediate settlement of th claim. Mr. "Washburn asked leave to report fror the committee on appropriations a join resolution appropriating $10,000 to clefra the expenses attending the visit of th special embassy from Siam to the Unitei States , but Mr. Weller objected. The tariff bill was then taken up , bu without final action the house adjourned. SENATE. WEDNESDAY , April 30. The join resolution relating to the "Washington mon ument dedication ceremonies- passed It appropriates $25,000 to defray the ex penses of the celebration. Several unimportant bills were passed and the chair laid before the senate the hi to remove certain burdens on the America foreign carrying trade , and Mr. Beck ad dressed the senate in favor of the bill , an Mr. Frye opposing. Mr. Dawes , from the committee on apprc priations , reported the Indian approprit tion bill , and gave notice that at an earl opportunity he would call it up. HOUSE. The morning hour was dispense with and the house went Into committee < the whole ( Cox , of Ne > y York , in the chai ] on the tariff bill. Mr. Dingley controverted the propos tions laid down by Messrs. Cox , Hurd an others , that the decline in American con merce was the result of the protect ! ) tariff. ' After speeches byCulbertson in favor an Milliken and Cutcheon opposing , the con mittee rose. The house then took a recess till 8 o'clocl the evening session to be for debate on tl tariff bill. At the evening session Messrs. Waite ar Ray ( N. Y , ) spoke against the tariff bill. SENATE. THURSDAY , May 1. The senate o cupied the day in a debate on the shippii bill. HOUSE. The house again considered the tari bill. bill.Mr. . McKinley gave notice that at tl conclusion of the general debate a motio would be made to strike out the enactii clause. Mr. Findley hoped the debate was m going to be choked off. , ' 'There is no occasion for talking aboi choking off , " replied Morrison. In reply to a question of Mr. Deustei the speaker stated that up to the presei time forty-three gentlemen had addresse the committee. It was agreed that private business t suspended to-morrow , and the day devote to tariff debate. SENATE. FRIDAY , April 2. Mr. Van Wye offered a resolution , which was agreed t ( calling on the secretary of the interior f ( information as to what action , if any , ha been taken in regard to entries of publ land by the.Estes . Park company , organize under the laws of Great Britain and doin business in Colorado , and made in the ii terest of the Earl of Dunraven ; tl Arkansas Valley Land ana Cattl company , an English corporatior Sykes and Hughes , an English firm doin , business in Northern Dakota , and Falknei Bell and company , another English fin doing business in California , or for the bee efltof said corporations and companies all of which entries , by reports in the gen eral land ffice. are alleged to bn fraudv lent , Mr. Van Wyck said the public domai should be protected and these foreign syr dicates promptly told just what their righl are in this country. HOUSE. The tariff bill was again under con sideration to-day. .At the evening sessio the house passed thirteen pension bills The bill granUng $50,000 to the widow c General Francis P. Blair , as comppnsatio for moneys expended by her husband i : rganiziug forces attlfo beginning of tbo var , and Increasing her pension to $50 pei mouth , gavcTise to a good deal of debate , > utthere , was no opposition. Mr. Matson , chairman of the committee n invalid pensions , said the $50,000 was in no way intended as arrears , while Mr * lolmcs ( Iowa ) , member of the commit- , ee , took the opposite view and supported he bill because it did not provide for ar- ears. Mr. Dunn offered an amendment pro- riding that the $50,000 shall discharge the jovernment from all future liability. HOUSE. SATUKDAY , May 3. The house went Into committee of the whole ( Cox , of New York , in the chair ) on the bill amending he Chinese immigration act. Mr. Sumner ( Cala. ) said the purpose ol .he bill was to perfect the law enacted twc rears ago and remedy the defects that were ound to exist in It , defended the proprletj of the legislation on moral and religious grounds , and. referring to Rice's quota- Ion from the Arganaut , said Frank Pix- eywas a hireling of the Central Pacific railroad and flurky to any other corpora tion which would employ.him , and that the japer was a disgrace to civilization. Mr. Brumm offered an amendment ap plying thtf provisions of the bill , ae far uf iractlcable , to persona from whatever na- ion imported to this country under an ] system of contract. Ruled out on a poinl of order. The additional section was agreed to , ) royiding'nothing'be construed to affect anj irosecutlons or other proceedings , civil o : criminal , begun under the act of which thli "s amendatory. The committee then rose and the bill wa ! passed , yeas , 184 ; nays , 13. CAPITAL TOPICS. POSTAL TELKGRAPH. The sub-committee of the house commit' tee on postofilces and postroads having uu > der consideration postal telegraphy , mete to consider the bill providing for contrac system. Some of the committee contendet , hat a uniform rate should be fixed at 2 ( cents for twenty words and others held 2 ( cents too low to induce competent corpor rations to compete for the contract ant maintained that the maximum rate shoulc 30 at least 26 cents. The opinion waa ex- ed that the full committee will adop : he latter figure. MONEY ORDER OFKICKS. The postoffice department estimate thi number of money order offices establishei the present fiscal year at about 900 , o ; nearly twice the number of any preceding year. THE UTAH COMMISSION. The report of the Utah commission made to the secretary of the Interior , re commends the passace of a law giving tlu first or legal wife the right of dower o : some other equivalent interest In the rea estate of the husband ; advocates the con ferrlng of concurrent , civil and crimina jurisdiction upon a United States commls sion , and suggest the advisability of a lav for appointment , by the governor or dis trict judges , of certain territorial ant county officers , now elective. THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH BILL. The house committee on posiofficei and post-roads have unanimously agreei upon the bill "to secure cheaper talegrapl correspondance , " and directed Represent alive Rogers to report it at the first oppor tunity. The bill is based oh the senate bil and consists of a number of the provision ! of that measure , with amendments t < others. The provisions creating the offlci of fourth assistant postmaster general ii eliminated , as are all sections of the senat < bill providing for the construction of : ' government 'postal-telegraph system , ii case no contract Is made with a company The bill providea that chargesfor the trans mission of telegrams , excepting service am government telegrams , be prepaid by tele' gram stamps or stamped paper , and thi maximum rates for telegrams for twenty words or less , exclusive of dates , addresser or signature , when the distance of trans mission is 1,500 miles or under , 25 cents for every 250 miles or fraction thereof ii excess of 1,500 miles an additional rate o five cents may be charged , and betweei the cities of New York , Philadelphia , Bos ton , Baltimore and Washington , and sucl other points separated by short distances as may be from time to time designated b : the postmaster-general , the rate shall no be over 15 cenls for day or night , provide ! no rate exceed 50 cents for telegrams to bi transmitted by night , except as abovi stated , when the charges shall be one-hal the day rates. THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Some correspondence recently passei between the department of the interior am Senator Plumb , chairman of the commit tee on public lauds , with reference to information mation called for by the resolution c March 17th last , regarding the acquisitio of public lands by foreign corporations o syndicates , reports from special agents ac companying the papers. Special Agent J M. Jones reports in relation to thirty-eigh claims in Estes park , Colorado , owned b the Estes Park company , ' 'organized un der the laws of England and doing busi ness in Colorado. " Arndham Thomas Earl of Dunraven , appears to be one of th chief functionaries of the company. Thirt claims , the agent found , were secured fa people who were never In the park at al ! and the remaining eight were secured b people who made occasional visits and sho' ' of improvement. In no case was the la1 complied with. RIVER AND HARBORS. The house committee on rivers and hai "ore has finished the river and harbor ai j.f > priation bill with the understandin i h it it may ha changed at the final meeting It any cbanire is made , the members say v , 11 be a reduction of the more importai appropriations. The total of the bill , i completed , is$12,441,000 for the Mississip ] from its mouth to St. Paul ; $3,300,000 f roi the Missouri from its mouth to Sioux Citj $503,000 , and $190,000 for that portion aboi Sioux City , and for moving obstruction ! for the Ohio , from Pittsburg to its moutl $900,000 , one-third being for the improve ment of the canal at Louisville. No apprc priations are made for creeks , and of tl appropriations asked 105 were rejected. MURDERERS CAPTURED. One of Whom MaUos Fall Confession < 11 B. orrlble Deed. The Des Moines State Register's Audi bon ( Iowa ) special says : The murderei of old man Jellorson , at this place , on Sal urday morning , have been captured an are John A. Smyth and Joel J. Wilsot sons-in-law , and Cicero Jeller&on , son < 'the murdered man. They are now a three in jail at Audubon. At 10 o'cloc this morning they were brousht up for ea amination and Wilson and Smyth waive examination and were remanded unt Wednesday next , but Cicero became cor science stricken and asked to make a state ment under outh. He then proceeded t make a full confession regard ing the murder and told how L and the other two men who ai under arrest left home on horseback , wer to his father's house , took thd old ma from his bed , tore off his shirt , put a rep around hi * neck , dragged him on his bac over the ground am' weeds and there hun him , Wilson lifting up his body while th others pulled on the rope , then wrappe the end around the body , mounted the ] horses and left. They were arrested i their homes. The citizens are thorouphl aroused , and justice will he meted out'an no technicalities of the law will go dow with the citizen * . The most expensive book ever pub lished by a single individual is Lor ' < Kingsborough's "Mexico. " It ha seven volumes , with 1,000 colored illus trations , and cost § 800,000. A Nebraska Man Deliberately Steps on the Track and Meets Death. A Compromise Between Friends of the Morrison Tariff Bill and Its Opponents. Fourteen Paupers Btimed to Death iu Michigan Criminal , Foreign , Political and Other News. ' NEWS NOTES. A Madrid dispatch says : While Aguero's expedition was in course of prep aration certain Spanish republicans of ex treme views sent an agent to America for the purpose of helping out the movement. Their hope was that the movement could ' be made to assume such 'proportions that its reaction would bo felt in Madrid. The New York bank statement shows deposits decrease , $1,978,000 ; reserve de crease , $146,000. The banks now hold $2- 419,000 in excess of legal requirements. The butchers of New York are trying to boycott Chicago dressed beef. It is pro posed to canvas the city and furnish the different trades unions with the names of those who refuse to aid in .the movement and have boycotted all tradesmen who per sist in purchasing shipped dressed beef. Harry Deakin , manager of the Mil waukee Academy of Music , has sued George B. Mlln. the ex-preacher and actor , for $10,000 for breach of contract in falling to play at the academy in October , 1883. Two colored politicians , Isaac Liggin and James Porter Spiers , were arrested in North Carolina when about to engage in a duel. Liggin had on two overcoats and a sheet-iron plate eighteen inches square as a chest protector to keep out the cold. He explained that bad blood grew out of a dif ference as to presidential candidates. Sadie Reigh , the young woman who pleaded guilty to having shot and killed Patrick Kingley , the head waiter at the Briggs house , Chicago , for defaming her character , was sentenced to one year and a half in the penitentiary. Near Hermanaville a freight train running out of time on the West Pennsly- vauia railroad collided with a passenger train. The engines were demolished , a number of cars damaged and Engineer Hicks and Fireman Bissell fatally injured. Fireman Gallagher and Engineer Gallagher were dangerously hurt. The passengers were badly shaken up. John B. Tolman , a veteran printer of Lynn , Mass. , has given the Young Men's Christian Association of that city an estate valued at $30,000 , stipulating that the income shall be used in promoting the cause of temperance. A water" spout burst over Hutchins station , on the Central railroad , in Texas. The water was ten feet deep on a level. Farm implements , fences and crops were destroyed and not a bridge remains. No lives were lost. Sheriff Adkins , of Boone county , Virginia , was waylaid and murdered and his body Horribly mutilated. There is lit tle doubt but that the deed was committed by an organized band of outlaws , known as the "James gang. " Samuel Phillips has been appointed assistant general freight agent of the Mis souri Pacific railroad , vice J. J. Rogers , resigned. Mr. Phillips has been chief clerk for Third Vice President floxie for several years. In the United States circuit court at Boston Judge Lowell rendered a decision In the suit of the United States against the Union Pacific railroad company to recover $1,181,619 , beinsr 5 per cent , of the net earnings for the five years preceding 1875 , as provided by contract. The court allows the defendant to plead judgment in its own favor. Whisky for foreign export is pourIng - Ing into Baltimore. As the time is approaching preaching when the distillers must either pay taxes and take out bond , or sell it out of the country , they are rushing it to sea board. There is too much whisky in the country for the demand. The public debt statement shows the decrease of the public debt during April to be $ o.232.075 ; decrease since June 30.1883 , $87,060,474 ; cash in treasury , $399,753,206 ; gold certificates , 101.116.200 ; silver certifi cates , $116,374,231 ; certificates on deposit , 15,625,000 ; refunding certificates , $298,450 : legal tenders , $346,631,016 ; fractional cur rency , $6.983,107. The Western Union telegraph com pany has ordered a reduction of from SO to 30 per cent , in rates to prominent points south and west. "Parson" Davis has accepted Sulli van's challenge offering to any man $1OOG and the receipts of the exhibition who will stand before him four rounds , and will put Jem Good against the champion. The Greeley expedition flagship "Thetis , " sailed from New York on the l t. Secretaries , Chandler and Lincoln. General vHancock and other celebrities ac companied the vessel to Sandy Hook on the gunboat "Tailapose. " Harbor salutes were given the departing craft. Mayor Stephens of Cincinnati tele graphed from Vincinnes , Ind. , tohissecre- tary to permit no sparring or slugging matches on the Sabbath. This is intended to prohibit the proposed exhibition of John L. Sullivan. Thos. Brown ( colored ) was executed at Halifax court house , North Carolina , foi wife murder. The United States revenue steamer ' 'Corwin" sailed from San Francisco foi Alaska with Lieutenant Lotv and party , who have been specially detained by the treasury department to explore the new river discovered last year in Alaska bj Lieutenant Stony. The ship "Atlantine , " of Drammcn , Norway , was wrecked off the Magdaler Islands during a sleet storm. She broke up immediately. Nineteen lives were Isot. The second mate is the only surviver. The new pool contract of the St. Louis lines was signed in New York by rep resentatives of all the roads on the 2J. ll provides for a distribution of east bound business at a fixed percentage and regulai settlement of balances. The percentages nod terms of settlement have not yet been agreed upon. A gentleman justreturned to Ottawa , Ont. , from the Kocky mountains , state ; that on bis way east he visited Battleford , where the Indians have congregated to de mand food. The recent trouble at that point , he says , was entirely due to their nungry condition. Gertrude Ash , the accomplice of Jesse Williams , the negro who committed the robbery and assault upon Miss Maguie Harvey , at Sloan Flats , Broadway nd Twenty-second street. New York , on the 8th of March last , has been found guilty and sentenced to eighteen and a half years ia the penitentiary. A Gporgia postmaster has sent a let ter to Washington incloslns a circular re questing a contribution of $24 for campaign purposes. The circular was shown to Post master General Gresham , who says he will protect anv postmaster who refuses the con tribution called for by the circular. Hon. Jno. M. Lancstoo , United States minister to Ilayti , arrived in Washington a duy or two ago , having started on bU return an soon as possible after hearing of the charge of murder pi cferred again.sthis son. h'B son's Langston talks freely concerning crime , saying that a plea of self-defense would bo made , and that n perfectly good and conclusive defense can be shown. FOREIGN. * Anxiety is felt at Glasgow in regard to the steamship State of Florida , several days overdue from New York. Detectives are In waiting to arrest a supposed dyna miter. Oa the 29th the whole city of Ha vana was shaken by tcrrlblo concussions. The streets were immediately filled by frightened people , who believed the clw was being visited by an earthquake. It soon became known , however , that the powder magazines at San Antonio , on the- opposite side of the bay , had exploded. The houses in Havana suffered severely. The convocation of the university of Oxford decided 404 to 321 to admit wo men to examination. Earl Granville has rece'ved a reply from the French government to the English proposal for "a conference on Egyptian affairs. It Is couched In friendly terms and accepts the conference and asks for a pre vious exchange of views between the two governments upon matters connected with the financial question. Prof. Virchew says trichinosis in Germany caused by eating imported Amer ican meftt is confined to a few Isolated cases at Bremen. He points to the dangers con nected with eating pigs and urges compul sory examination of German and American pork. Two bands of insurgents have ap peared at Lerjda and Gerona , cut the tele- egraph wires and destroyed the railroad bridge at Gerona. Troops ore pursuing. POLITICAL. A New Orleans dispatch says : The , ' figures so far promulgated makoMcEncry's . vote In the slate for governor about 85,000 , / to 40,000 for Stevenson. Orleans is set V f down for furnishing 20,663 for McEnery j and 3,700 for Stevenson. Athenlicated reports - j ports comes In from a dozen parishes of the * most outrageous bulldozing and counting y out. At polls where Stevenson got nearly / all the votes cast he is not credited with receiving - ' _ ceiving any. / The republicans of the Fourth ( Kansas - ( sas ) congressional district elected delegates to Chicago. A resolution expressing great confidence in Blaine was adopted. The straight-out Maine greenback convention nominated "W. F. Eaton for , . governor. Delegates to the nalional green- ' I . back convention were chosen. * . The platform of the Oregon republicans - j cans endorses Arthur's administrallon ; I demands prelection on wool , civil service reform , and the right of state and national / governments to regulate railways , B , T * Herman was nominated for congress. The Iowa republicans in state con vention declared : That Ihe Hon. James G. Blaine is the choice oftbe republicans of Iowa for president , and while thus express- j ing our preference , we pledge the state by I its old-time majority for the nominee of \ the coming republican national convention. * The presidential electors will be named at the state convention for the nomination of / ; state officers , which has been called to \ meet at Des Moines on the.20th of Au gust , j The following is the New York Sun's estimate of delegates to the Chicago conven > tion : Arthur 323 , Blaine 3H , Edmunds 63 , < Logan f > 5 , Sherman 23 , Hawley 12 , Gresham 6 , Fairchild4 , Grant 1 , doubtful 10. The ' Sun , discussing the republican candidates ' for the presidendy , has Ibis to .say of PresIdent - > dent Arthur : ' 'Gen. Arthur now has a foU lowing which any man might be proud of. ' and it is by no means certain that he will not carry off the prize after all. The mod eration , dignity and wisdom he has display ed In the White House have won him many friends who were not his friends before , " New Mexico delegates to the Chicago convention go uninstructcd. Ills believed they favor Arthur , with Logan for second J choice. Strong resolutions endorsing Ar- i thur's administration were adopted. DISEASES OF CATTLE. I visions of the Henro-l'noumonia I Jill Flnally.PaHsed by the Senate. As amended and passed by the sen ate , the bill providingforlhe establishment of a bureau of animal induslry and Ihe extirpation - tirpation of contagious cattle diseases , pro vides that the commissioner of agriculture I shall organize in his department u bureau " > " * of animal Industry with a chief , who shall be a competent veterinary surgeon , ami who ehall investigate and report the condi tion of domestic animala in the United States and the causes of contagious , infec tions and communicable diseases among them. He'shall also collect such other in formation bn the subject as may be valua ble to the agricultural and commercial in terests of the United States. For the pur pose of the bureau the commissioner of { agriculture Is authorized to employ a iorco not to exceed twenty persons at any one time. This commissioner is to appoint - { point two competent agents , who shall be practical .stock raisers or men experienced ' In live stock transactions , who shall report the best manner of transporting and caring for animals , and means to be adopted to ' suppress and extirpate pleuro-pneumonla and other dangerous contagious orcomim- nicable diseases. The compensation of- \ such agents shall be fixed at $10 per day. -f i , The commissioner is to prepare , as early as possible , such rules and regulations as may be necessarv to extirpate the disease named > and certify the same to the executive au thority of each state and territory , and in vite their co-operation in the execution of \ the act of congress. When the rules , etc. , , shall have been accepted by such executive authorily , Ihe commissioner may expend in the state accepting rules , etc. , the mo ney necessary for the purpose ; investfea- { tion contemplated by this act , and such dis ' infection and quarantine measure as are necessary to prevent she spread of the diseases - \ eases from one state or territory into an- \ ' other. In order to promote the exportation - , ' , tion of live stock , special investigation as * to existing contageous diseases are to be made along the line of the United States and , foreign countries , and alone transportation lines from all parts of the United States to the ports from which cattle are exported and reports made to the secretary of the ' * * ! * > ' treasury , who shall co-operate with the state and municipal authorities , corpora tions and persons ensaged in the transpor tation of neat cattle by land or water , in / establlshlne methods for the safe conveyance - , ance of cattle and preventing the spread of ( disease. The secretary of the treasury Is authorized to take such steps as may be ' 'r neces'sary. not inconsistent with this act. to prevent the exportation of cattle afiectcd ' , with any contaneoud diseases , especially pleuro-pneumonia. Transportation companies are forbidden to transport cattle wkh any contagious dis- 1f eases from one state or territory to another : but so-called splenetic or Texas fever is I excepted from the category of communica ble diseases , so far as regards transportation - ( tion of cattle to market is concerned. Vio- i Jations of this act by railroad companies or ( vessels is declared a misdemeanor on the part of the manager or captain , and punish able by a fine not to exceed $5,000 or im- i. prlsonment not to exceed one ypar , or both. ' It is made the duty of the United States ' . district attorney to prosecute such cases. / . The sum appropriated for the purposes of ' * the act is $ 50,000 , instead of ? 250OCO , as appropriated by the house. . / We ought not to judge or men's merits - its by their qualifications , but by the use they make of them. [ Charron.
