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.
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0 Great Destruction of Property Bell
0i Wrought Thereby.
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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.
