THE TEIBUNE.
X * . M. & E. M , K1MMEM , , Pubs.
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I'f NEBRASKA INTERESTS.
14 The schools of Tecumseh have been
closed indefinitely on account of prevalence
of scarlet fever.
Mrs. Oberman , of Gaming county ,
suicided by taking laudanum , in purchas
ing which she stated it was for neuralgia.
The coroner's Jury returned a verdict that
the deceased came to her death by poison
administered by her own hand , while
4 laboring under a temporary fit of Insanity.
It is supposed that Dr. Strickland ,
P * an old citizen of Lincoln , "was drowned last
week. He has been missing since that time ,
and it is known that he left home and went
I . in the direction of the creek which was
rising at the time.
A civil service examination of appli
cants who wish to secure clerkships or other
positions In the government department a't
Washington will DO hejd at Lincoln on May
XTtfi *
The sheriff of Pawnee county has
just landed in the penitentiary a young
man for appropriating another man's horse
to his own private use and benefit. He is
quite young , and was only sent up for one
year.
year.The
The Wakefield Star advises its read
ers to be on the lookout for snide lightning
rod men. They are roaming through the
country seeking whom they may devour ,
and they have devoured several already.
Chancery Abbott , of Johnson county ,
a lad about eighteen years old , fell from a
tree , lighting on an upright stick , which
pierced his body , inflicting a severe and
dangerous wound.
License to marry has just been grant-
id at Beatrice to a man aged 7G , whose
prospective bride has seen but 23 summers.
Mrs. L. E. Martin , of Orleans , was
endeavoring to catch some chickens after
dark , when one of them run under a
barbed wire fence. She made a grab and
stooped to catch the chick , when she struck
the wire fence square in her face , one of
the barbs penetrating her eye and inflicting
a dangerous and painful wound.
Mr. Henry Fisher , a well-to-do and
prosperous farmer of Saunders county , re
cently placed on the market at Weston 110
steers , which brought him $7,000 in cash.
A party of Danes are negotiating for
the purchase of a large tract of land in
Pierce county for a colony.
Over one hundred dollars was sub
scribed at'EwIng to build sidewalks , and
the work is rapidly going forward.
As an illustration of the increase in
the valuation of land in Antelope county ,
the Oakdale Journal notes that a farm be
longing to a gentleman from Iowa , con
sisting of 160 acres , was bought less than a
year ago for $1,400. The owner was there
last week and struck a bargain with a pur
chaser at $3,000.
Eph Sylvester , an old printer of
Omaha , but now f orman on.tho Salt Lake
Tribune , was shot at in that office qne
night last week. He was not struck , and
the assailant , O. E. Troyn , was arrested.
Quin Bohannon , who is to be hung
in August , has invited Hon. Vic Bierbow-
er , of Omaha , to be present on the oc
casion of his taking off. Mr. Bierbower
prosecuted Quin when he was sent up from
Nebraska City eight or nine years ago for
horse stealing.
Prof. J. B. Bruner , county superin
tendent of schools for Douglas countv , has
completed his annual report. It shows
that there are In that county , inclusive of
Omaha , fifty-two districts and sixty-seven
school houses ( the city of Omaha is em
braced in on e district ) ; and that the children
of school aee in the county number 6,712
males and 6,652 females , a total of 13,364.
The total cost of schools during the year ,
Including teachers' wages and all expendi
tures , $229.018.18.
"Workmen engaged in grading for the
Omaha stock yards struck for an increase
of pay. but subsequently went to work at
the old price under promise that they should
have a raise on the 15th of the month.
The Union Pacific railway company
has recently adopted a sort of a Joint classi
fication of emigrants which they claim
avoids all confusion and annoyance. In dis
tributing berth checks for their emigrant
sleepers those who are similar in appear
ance are given berths In the same car , and
others who , prefer to be with associates of
their own nationality are placed by them
selves in separate cars.
Substantial improvements are being
made on the Lincoln driving park and the
companv are In hopes to get the new track
In shape in time for the fall driving.
A special from Sterling says water
was pumped from an old well In that town
that contained so much coal oil that it
would burn. There Is quite an excitement
over the discovery.
Toogood Bros. , of Crete last week
sold to E. E. Ingalls , for shipment to Den
ver , 12,000 dozen hens' eggs. "This num
ber of eggs , separated 14 feet apart , " says
the Globe , "would reach from Crete to
Denver , a distance of 400 miles. It would
take one hen 394 years , 6 months and 10
days , of active every-day work , to roll out
this number. In other words , If the work
had been completed by a single hen on
Tuesday last , she must hare commenced
her labor in the year 1489 , or about three
years before the discovery of America. We
are therefore led to the conclusion that she
must have had some assistance , and that
the work should be wholly accredited to
the bens of our own country. " .
The Masonic fraternity of Crete are
discussing the question of putting up a
building , with stores below and hall above.
The matter Is to be definitely decided soon.
Postoffice changes in Nebraska during the
week ending May 3 : Name .changed Pil-
zen , Saunders county , to Poitsam. Dis
continued Thre Grove , Cass county.
Postmasters appointed Jessup , Antelope
county , Mrs. Martha L. Ward ; Rosalind ,
Adams county , Alexander Rodgers.
Congressman Valentine has intro
duced the following : "That the state of
Nebraska be , and the same is hereby divid
ed into two judicial districts , in the manner
following , to-wit : All that portion of the
state lying north of the Platte river shall
constitute a new district , to be known as
the northern district of Nebraska ; and all
that portion lying south of the Piatte river
shall constitute the southern district of Ne
braska. " , The second section declares the
present judge of the district of Nebraska ,
to be judge of the southern district , and
authorizes the president to appoint a judge
for the northern district.
The remains of Dr. J. W. Strickland ,
of Lincoln , missing several days , were
found on the 6th by a farmer named George
Morgan , In the creek half a mile below the
dam , where it Is supposed he lost .his foot
ing and fell in. The body was found en
tangled In a thick undergrowth of brush
near the bank.
Beatrice is to have the annual camp
meeting of the Seventh Dav AdveqttetR ,
which is to be held June 4 to 10. The
grove east of the fair ground has been se
lected as the camping ground.
The Farlow ( Gage county ) brass
band has ordered seven new instruments ,
at a coat of over $300. The band is also to
havenew uniforms.
Frank White , of Orleans , wants to
learn the whereabouts and condition of
James , or JimmieVhite , who disap
peared from bin home In Re publican City ,
Neb. ! in August , 18 * He i * H vears old
and is of-good size
Las light hair and eyes
for his ago. Any information will be thank-
rullyTeeelved.
The Beatrice Express says purchas
ers of Otoe reserve lands are coming in
promptly with their second payment. Sev
eral have already paid up in full ? The gen
eral disposition of purchasers is to pay up
as fast as the money can be obtained.
Prof. H. H. Nicholson , of the de
partment of chemistry and physics at the
state university , has analyzed the water of
the Lincoln city well , and pronounces It the
best he has yet examined in the state.
Ex-Gov.David Butler , of Pawnee
county , took a train-load of fat cattle to
Chicago a few days ago. and brought back
a train-load of stock cattle , which he will
feed and fatten.
There is a probability of Kearney
postoffice being placed on the second-class
list. The receipts for the year ending Jan
uary last amounted to $150 more than Is re
quired to place the office in the second-class
list and the change will be made during the
coming two months :
The citizens of Fairmount turned out
in force a few nights ago to search for a
four year old girl that got lost on the prai
rie. She was found about midnight badly
frightened but otherwise all right. The
mother will keep closer watch on her dar
ling hereafter.
Quite a "run" was made on the
Omaha savings bank a few days ago , but
all were promptly given their money , and
many of them , when they saw how sound
, an institution it was , returned their wealth
over the counter. The run was started by
an idle rumor.
S. H. H. Clark has been made first
vice president of the Union Pacific , this ar
rangement having been , perfected on the
occasion of Mr. Clark's recent visit to New
York. He will still remain general man
ager of the line.
At the sheep shearing festival at
Beatrice , pens of sheep were shorn by P.
J.Myers , F. K. Holt , F. B. Slater , Picker
el Brothers and J. N. Fuller , of Gage
county , and C. K. Codman , of Webster
county. Two hundred guests were present
at the Wool Growers' association banquet.
The stockholders of the agricultural
society of Fairbury , have purchased a tract
of land of thirty acres , to oe used as a per
manent fair ground. The price paid was
$30 per acre.
The millinery store of Mrs. Hill , of
Tecumseh , was entered a few nights ago ,
and quite a large amount of laces and ribbons
bens stolen. Eliza Maulding and Rose
Tyson "were arrested for the theft , and at
an examination , Eliza was sentenced to the
Reform school at Kearney.
A new industry is about to begin ope
rations in Red Cloud marble yards on an
extensive scale.
Hon. A. J. Poppleton will deliver the
address at the cemetery in the decoration
day exercises at Omaha.
A collision on the Minneapolis and
Omaha road near Emerson resulted in the
wreck of two engines and the ditching of a
number of cars. Fifty laborers on the
work train and the regular crews were
badly shaken up , but no one was injured.
The Gazette says Ashland ought to
have a woolen mill giving employment to
from thirty to fifty hands. It would be a
wonderful help to the town and the adja
cent country. They have the power , the
water and a good sheep country.
Mr. Berkenbine proposes to give to
the city of Lincoln waterworks , with about
ten miles of main , for about $85,000. The
Holly people propose to outfit the city for
$90,000 and have the work completed in
ninety days.
The trustees of Neligh , at a recent
meeting , decided to grant no license for the
sale of liquor.
Preminm lists for the state fair ,
which will be held in Omaha from Septem
ber 5th to 12th Inclusive , are now ready for
distribution.
The Ashland Gazette says that on
Saturday morning last an accident occurred
to the little son of F. M. Coucher , that
seems almost miraculous in its result. He
was playing in an alley near his home un
conscious of the approach of a wagon heav
ily loaded with ashes and manure. In mak
ing a shor ) turn the hind wheel ran diagon
ally across the lad from the groin-to the side
of the body. Drs. Park and Shedd were
instantly in attendance and after an exami-
nafion his hurt was pronounced not serious
though quite palnfnl. As no bones were
broken or intestines ruptured it was indeed
a most singular and yet fortunate accident
as it might have been more serious In its
consequences.
RAILWAY MATTERS.
Ames and Dillon and Their Union Pacific
Stock.
The Boston Transcript says of the
statement that Fred. L. Amess and Presi
dent Dillon sold their Union Pacific stock :
"We can say positively that Ames has not
Bold a share of Union Pacific for himself or
family for three years. Thpre were sent to
New York last week 975 shares , and 749
shares were'received there , a net loss of 2IJ5
shares. Dillon has been the largest holder
of Union Pacific and has been increasing his
holdings until lately , when he was obliged
to turn bis ship. He now , according to
best advices , holds 25,000 shares and will
continue to hold them. " The same paper
38vs : "The question of July dividend has
not been considered by either the executive
committee or the directors , nor will it be
for some weeks. The Union Pacific can
3ivide its surplus earnings , amounting now
to more than 13 per cent , on its share of
capital without the contravention of any
statute , and before July arrives , from the
present outlook , the company will have
made earnings applicable to dividends. "
Nebraska Third District.
The republicans of the Third con
gressional district met in delegate conven
tion at Norfolk on the 29th. All the coun
ties were represented by full delegations ,
md much interest was taken in the selec
tion of delegates to the Chicago convention.
&I.R. & Hopewell , of Tekamah , was elected
temporary and permanent chairman , and
W. D. Matthews , of Holt county , secre
taries. The report of the committee on
credentials was adopted , and the
Following gentlemen were placed in nomi
nation for delegates : John H. McCall , of
Dawson county ; Charles P. Mathewson , of
Madison ; General A. H. Conner , of Baf-
'aloJohnL. ; Means , of Hall ; John W.
Boggs , of Washington ; L. D. Richards , of
Dodge and W. W. Wilson of Antelope
: ounty. The first ballot stood Mathewson ,
> 8 ; Connor , .31 ; McCall , 19 ; Means , 7 ;
Boggs , 17 ; Richards , 16 ; Wilkinson , 6 ;
Morris , 5. The following was adopted :
Chat the administration of President Ar-
hur has been a wise , safe and truly re pub-
lean administration , doing justice to all
vithin the party and tending to heal differ
ences and factional quarrels and that we
leartily approve and endorse his adminis-
ration.
Prayers for Editors and Preachers *
The National Woman's Christian
[ 'emperence Union is about to send out a
all to prayer ( in view of the presidential
ampalgn ) , addressed to the "Christian
? eopleof America , "and fixing Tuesday ,
fay 27 , as the time. Each honr has a spe-
ial subject assigned , including prayer for
i-istors and editors , that they may lead the
leople away from the dead issues and to
ward that of a national constitutional
mendment prohibiting the traffic in intox-
Bdting liquors as a drink ; for the party
eaders , that their platform may recognize
his isi-ue and their candidate be one whose
labito shall be an example to the young
uen ; also to emphatically pray for Chris-
Ian voters , that their spiritual perceptions
aay be quickened and their consciences
roused. '
TEE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
A Record -of Proceedings in
B th Branches of
Congress.
An Agreement that the Trade Dollar
lar Bill Shall be Reported
Adversely.
Appointment of Government "Directors
of the Union Pacific Other
Washington Matters.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
MONDAY , May 5. Mr. Van Wyok in
troduced a bill to restrict aliens and foreign
companies and corporations in ownership
of public land and of any land in the terri
tories. Referred to the committee on pub-
licJands.
Following } s a text of the bill : ' 'Be it en
acted , that it shall be unlawful for any per
son or association of persons not citizens of
the United States , or for any corporation or
company organized under authority of any
foreign state , prince or potentate , to ac
quire from the United States a greater
quantity of public land than the individual
citizens of the United States are authorized
to enter under the settlement and improve
ments laws thereof , or to acquire , receive
or hold by deed , grant , demise or trust
hereafter executed a greater quantity of
land in the territories of the United States
than 640 acres. "
HOUSE.
Mr. Laird introduced a bill for the issue
of patents to lands to any Pacific railroad
which will complete its road within thirty
days from the passage of this act. Refer
red.After
After a long and at times bitter debate ,
the resolution seating " O'Farrall was adopt
ed by a party vote. "O'Farrall appeared at
the bar of the house and took the oath of
office.
At the evening session , .in consideration
of the tariff bill , Mr. Cooke made a strong
appeal for putting lumber on the free list.
A number of other members spoke ,
among whom were J. B. Taylor , who op
posed the bill.
* SENATE.
TUESDAY , May 6. The senate took
up the bill to provide for a free bridge
across the Potomac. A substitute for the
original bill was offered and passed.
The debate on the shipping bill was then
resumed.
The amendment of Mr. Yest , as modified
by Mr. McPherson , was put to a vote and
losfc-20 to 31.
HOUSE.
The morning hour was dispensed with ,
and the house went into committee of the
whole ( Cox , of New York , in the chair ) on
the tariff bill.
Mr. Brown ( Pa. ) spoke in support of the
protective system of taxation
Mr. Randall then took the floor in oppo
sition to the bill , addressing ( the house at
length.
Mr. Kasson closed the debate in opposi
tion to the bill in a severe arraignment of
its provisions , which he declared to be im
possible to administer.
Mr. Converse , pushing to the front ,
moved to strike out the enacting clause.
This was a signal for a volley of hisses
and groans from the democratic side and
rounds of applause from the republican
side. The scene was one of intense excite
ment and confusion. Tellers being or
dered Converse and Morrison were ap
pointed by the chair. Before taking bis
place Morrison called to the clerk of the
house : "Clerk , see that no damned scoun
drel who is paired goes between the tel
lers. "
The first man to pass through in the neg
ative was Reagan , of Texas , who had been
brought up on an Invalid chair. He was
heartily applauded by his friends. The
negative vote was announced as 155 , and
George D. Wise ( Virginia ) voted in the af
firmative , making the vote stand 156 to 151.
Cheer followed cheer from the republican
side , and were taken up by the galleries
and reverberated from every nook and
cranny. Ladies stood up and waived hand
kerchiefs and men waived their hats. Mor
risen , yielding gracefully to the Inevitable ,
walked smilingly to his seat and the tariff
bill was dead.
On Converse's motion the committee rose
and the chairman reported its action to the
house.
The speaker stated that the question had
been on the enacting clause. Agreed to
ayes 159 , nays 155.SENATE.
SENATE.
WEDNESDAY , May 7. Mr. Edmunds
introduced a bill to place U. S. Grant , -late
general of the United States , upon the re
tired list of the army. In moving refer
ence of the bill to the committee on military
affairs , Mr. Edmunds commended it to ear
ly consideration of that committee for rea
sons which he said everybody understood.
The shipping bill was again under consid
eration.
Mr. Vest opposed the tonnage tax , and
moved a substitute , which Mr. Frye ac
cepted , abolishing all tonnage duties on
[ Jnited States vessels on entering United
States ports and only retaining such dues
on vessels of foreign countries discriminat
ing in like manner against theUnitedStates ,
providing that nothing in the section shall
impair the force of any treaty. The sec
tion providing for compensation for ocean
carriage of mails , gave rise to considerable
liseusMon.
Mr. Van Wyck characterized the provis
ion as one to give $1,500,000 yearly in sub
sidies.
HOUSE.
The house proceeded to consideration of
the senate amendment to the house bill re
pealing the iron-clad oath. It was concur
red in.
The next bill on the table was that for the
relief of Filz John Porter , with the senate
amendment.
Mr. Keifer moved to refer the bill to the
military committee.
Mr. Hiscock made a constitutional argu-
nent asainst the bill.
Mr. Slocum said he was glad the gentle-
nan from Ohio ( Keifer ) had attacked the
Jill. General Porter would be glad of it ,
jecause he would regard what the gentle-
nan said against him as a compliment , and
t would be so regarded by the country.
3e ( Slocum ) had only been surprised that
he gentleman from Ohio had not sum-
noned Chas. Garfield and Elder to sustain
lis cause in this instance , as he had done
i few days ago. [ Applause on the demo-
sratic side and hisses on the republican
ilde. ]
The motion to refer the bill was lost and"
lie senate amendment concurred in.
SENATE.
THURSDAY , May 8. The chair laid
> efore the senate the house message an-
touncing non-concurrence in the senate
imendments to the pleuro-pneumonia bill.
The senate insisted on its amendments and
he chair appointed a committee of confer
ence.
The chair also laid before the senate the
touse message announcing non-concur-
ence in senate amendments to the Fitz
rohn Porter bill. The senate insisted on
is amendments and the chair appointed a
ommittee of conference.
Mr. Dawes offered a resolution , which
ras agreed to , calling on the secretary of
he interior for information whether any
teps had been taken to prosecute one Hol-
prino for shooting an Indian named Black
rolf.
Mr. Van Wyck offered a resolution ,
which , at the suggestion of Mr. Conger ,
was laid over one day , directing the. secre
tary of the Interior to withhold the granting
of patents to or recognizing any claim
made by the Northern Pacific railroad , and
on account of what Is known as the Pugal-
luy's branch , built many years ago , until
congress shall take action on the question
of forfeiture of lands granted to the road.
HOUSE.
The house declined to consider the li
brary and public buildings bill , and went
into committee or the whole.
After debate on the New Orleans exposi
tion bill the committee rose and the bill
passed yeas , 132 : nays , 87.
The speaker laid before the house a com
munication from the secretary of the in
terior , submitting a supplemental estimate
for $272,620 for an additional clerical force
in the office of the commissioner of pen
sions. Referred.
Referred.SENATE.
SENATE.
FRIDAY , May 9. The senate took up
the Indian appropriation bill , and Mr.
Dawes briefly recapitulated its provisions.
The estimates for the year , he said , were
$8,461,809. The amendments proposed by
the senate increased the amount $759,413 ;
total reported to the senate for the Indian
service for the coming year , $6,213,802.
This exceeds the Indian bill of last year by
$840,147. The chief element of increase ,
Mr. Dawes said , was the amount for In
dian schools.
The bill was considered by sections and
considerable progress was' made without
debate , except upon the appropriation for
education in Alaska. The senate commit
tee had reduced the amount from . $15,000
allowed by the house to $10,000.
HOUSE.
The speaker laid before the house a
communication from the secretary of war
recommending an additional appropriation
of $100,000 for the relief of the sufferers by
the floods in the lower Mississippi valley.
Referred.
Mr. Follett , from the committee on ap
propriations , reported back the District of
Columbia appropriation bills. Referred to
the committee of the whole. It was or
dered that , when the house adjourn , it be
to Monday.
The speaker requested that the members
assemble in the house to-morrow to attend
in a body the unveiling of the statue of
Chief Justice Marshall.
Recess was taken until evening , when
twenty-eight pension bills were passed.
CAPITAL TOPICS.
SENATOR VAN WYCK'fl BILL.
The bill introduced in the senate by
Van Wyck to prevent the acquisition of real
estate by aliens , provides that an alien who
has not declared his intention to become a
citizen shall not acquire title to real estate
in any erritories or the District of Colum
bia ; no foreign corporation , where more
than ten per cent , of the stock of which is
held by aliens , shall acquire title to any
lands in the territories or the District of
Columbia ; and no corporation , native or
foreign , except railroads , shall acquire
more than 5,000 acres. The exception re
specting railroads limits their privileges to
land necessary for the transaction of their
business , and such as may have been grant
ed by the government. With respect to
government grants the bill provides that
the land must be sold within ten years , or
revert to the government.
THE TRADE DOLLAR BILL.
At a meeting of the senate commit
tee on finance an agreement was reached
that the trade dollar bill should be report
ed adversely , but not until after another
meeting of the committee. In the mean
time Senator Sherman will draw up an ad
verse report , which will be passed upon by
the committee.
DECLINES THE OFFICE.
James E. Connolly , whose nomina
tion as solicitor of the treasury was con
firmed by the senate , has formally de
clined to accept the place.
UNION PACIFIC DIRECTORS.
The president has appointed Colgate
Hoyt , of New York ; E. L. Joy , of New
Jersey ; H. L. Merriman , of Iowa ; Frank
Colpetzer , of Nebraska , and D. R. An
thony , of Kansas , government directors of
the Union Pacific railroad company , to
serve until the regular election of the com
pany.
AMERICAN FORESTRY.
In the American forestry congress
general discussion showed the prevailing
sentiment was that the preservation of
timber lands was a matter of national im
portance , and such government land
should be withdrawn from settlement or
public disposal. Apaper was read by J. S.
Hicks , of New York , entitled 'Planting of
Trees by Railroad Companies , " who re
quire nearly half a mile of growing timber
along each side of roadway to produce a
sufficient number of ties for its use , exclu
sive of timber used in bridging and fencing.
The convention adopted a report earnestly
endorsing the bill now pending in congress
to establish national experimental stations
in connection with the agricultural col
leges in the various states. A resolution
was adopted calling upon industrial schools
to begin at once the work of forestry edu
cation in their institutions. President Lor-
ing delivered the closing address. He ex
plained that he had called the meeting at
Washington because he believed the time
( or mere talk had passed , and the time for
action had come.
THE TARIFF AGAIN.
Representative Hewitt , of New York ,
ill introduce in the house a bill to amend ,
simplify and make clear the present tariff
law , with a view to obviating some of the
difficulties experienced by the treasury de
partment in construing and carrying its
provisions into effect. He has some thoughts
Df incorporating a series of provisions in
tended to reduce the tariff , but will not
jome to a final decision until he has a con
ference with other democrats in the house.
Mr. Hewitt said that if he decides to make
ihe bill a tariff reduction' measure the
changes will not be so radical as those of
: he Morrison bill.
ANCIENT CLAIMS.
The house committee on judiciary
las directed a favorable report on the bill
jroviding that the government shall settle
he accounts of the states of Maryland and
Virginia for money advanced under acts
passed by the general assemblies of those
wo states in 1791 to aid in the erection of
mblic buildings at Washington. The
mount between the two states is $120,000 ,
vith interest from 1843 for Maryland and
lorn 1850 for Virginia.
THE GAKFIELD MONUMENT.
Designs for the Structure in the Hands of
the Association.
Forty-three designs for the Garfield
nonument , of which eleven are models and
hirty-two drawings , were received by the
.ssociation at Cleveland , on May 1st , the
lay fixed by the invitation issued to artists
n October last. These designs are from
franco , 'Italy , Germany , England and
Jnited States. Their arrangement is now
n procress in a larce art gallery where there
a excellent skylight and p'enty of space.
Sach design has a motto or mark , to
dentify the artist and his work , and
s accompanied by a sealed envelope
tearing a similar motto or mark , and con-
aining the artist's name. The designs will
herefore be examined and passed upon
rithout knowing the names of the artists
rho made them. The collection of designs
3 varied and elaborate , and shows that
auch thought has been given to the sub
let , and much gratification is expressed
ver the result. The designs have not yet
een exhibited to the public , and no action
as been taken by the trustees. The first
xhibition by the trustees will be made
[ ay 14th. It is probable that no decision
rill be made for some weeks.
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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
The Marine National Bank ol
New York in Financial
Trouble.
The Crop Outlook as Shown by
Reports to the Agricultural
Department.
Political , Criminal , Accidental , Foreign
and Other NOTTS of In
terest.
NEWS NOTES.
The base ball business is in full blast
at the different sporting places.
A report is received from the wreck
ed steamer State of Florida that her crew
was picked up and landed at Liverpool by
the City of Rome.
In the river and harbor bill there is
appropriated for the Missouri river a total
of : { G9d,000. From Sioux City to the mouth
the sum appropriated is $500,000.
In a fight between a sheriff's posse
and desperadoes In Armstrong county ,
Pa. , several are reported as being killed.
Detroit had a § 100,000 fire in build
ings and merchandise.
Judge Thayer delivered an opinion
in the court of common pleas No. 4 , Phila
delphia , admitting Mrs. Carrie B. Kilgore
to practice. Every other common pleas
court refused her admission , although an
exceptional action was taken by the
Orphans' court , where the lady is a prac
titioner.
The fire losses in the United States
ami Canada for the expired part of the
present year show an increase over any
previous year.
The house committee has decided to
recommend three army engineers as mem
bers of the Missouri river commission.
A train was telescoped at South Englewood -
glewood , a Chicago suburb , several per
sons being injured.
The report of Minnesota's experi
mental winter wheat crop is not encour
aging.
The secretary of the interior thinks
labor education of the Indians is of first
importance.
It is reported that Col. Connelly will
decline the appointment of solicitor of the
treasury.
The opening of the Mexican Central
railroad was celebrated in St. Louis.
General Halsted , the founder of
Princeton college observatory , was killec1
at the railway station at Newark , N. J.
The king of the Belgians proposes to
send Stanley to the relief of Gordon , if
England will recognize the International
African association.
Ham Patterson , a negro , was hanged
by a mob in Missouri , his crime being the
circulation of scandalous reports in regard
to ladies of the vicinity.
'A repetition of the February floods is
feared in Louisiana.
Threats are being made to blow up
the German parliament buildings upon
Bismarck's next appearanoe.
Two hundred and fifty citizens of
Winston , N. C. , took Henry Sevaim from
jail and lynched him. He was charged
with the murder of Mrs. Reed , for the
purpose of robbery. The mayor addressed
the crowd without effect.
Louis G. Garrigue , a prominent at
torney , who left Kentucky for Indiana ,
saying life was not safe in the former state ,
has brought suit against A. Fraser and J.
S. Stanley , for $8,000 , for shooting and
wounding him at liussellville last year.
A meeting of barked wire manufac
turers was held at St. Louis , at which it
was decided , owing to the increased cost of
raw material , to advance the price of wire
one-quarter of a cent.
The counsel for Jay Gould , General
Oyane , denies that the Wabash railroad
will be placed in the bands of a receiver.
He says there is no foundation whatever
for a rumor to that effect.
f.Two nihilists on trial at St. Peters
burg stabbed themselves. They were
father and daughter.
The roads to the Kansas City agree
ment have settled passenger rate difficul
ties and restored the tariff rates.
The insanity dodge did not serve
James Hyde , the Iowa wife murderer. A
| ury found him guilty of murder in the
first degree.
The Marine bank troubes now ap
pear not to be so bad as first supposed.
The bank will probably pay in full and re
sume business. Grant & Ward have as
signed.
France will not interfere with the
Congo association. In the event of disso
lution the association will cede its African
possessions to the French government.
The steamer Portland struck the
rocks off Rockland and went down.
The report that th * Belgian king had
sent Stanley to Gordon's relief is denied.
The Union Pacific passed the divi-
lend for the present month.
The boiler of a locomotive exploded
! n the Missouri Pacific round house at Par-
mns , Ks. M. A. Slattering and Delcy
Eomonts were blown through the roof and
instantly killed , J. W. Nichols was fatally
injured , and three others badly hurt. Four
.ections of the building were demolished.
Loss , $30,000.
Geo. Hoin and Wm. Mibboner , sen-
: enced to be hanged at Ashland , Ohio , on
Hay 16th , for the murder of Harry Wil-
iams , took morphine with suicidal intent.
The doctors thwarted their purpose.
At Ehzabethtown , Ky. , a masked
neb took from the Jail Miles Petty.a neero ,
vho several weeks ago outraged Miss Van-
icrt , carried him a few miles from town ,
md hung him to a tree.
The charge of forgery against
yicKimm , member of the Dominion par-
iament , has been dismissed.
A plumber named Leclaire , while
jutting up afire escape at St. Paul fell
rom the fifth story of Union block to the
tone pavement. With the exception of an
njured ankle no bones were broken. The
nan was badly bruised , but it is believed
vill recover.
The Northwestern manufacturing
, nd car company , of Stillwater , Minn. , of
rhich Senator D. M. Sabin is president ,
J. D. Gilfillan vice president and general
aanager , has failed.
There are symptoms of uneasiness among
he telegraph operators and rumors of
nether presentation of grievances to the
Vestern Union company , with the alterna-
ive of a strike unless the demands are
ranted.
FOREIGN.
Michael Davitt has abandoned poli-
[ cs and goes to Australia.
The preliminaries of the Egyptian
onfererice have been settled , and the con-
; rence will meet in London in the first week
i June , and it is expected that it will last
iree weeks.
i
An Arab journal affirms that if El
Mqhdl demands 500,000 ransom for Gen.
Gordon the sum will be paid to Mahdi within - j
in three months. . J
During a thunder storm on the 6th a
ball of fire fell in the streets of London and
buntt with a loud report , terryfying the
residents for miles around , particularly
those who witnessed it.
A Mormon missionary at Vienna has
been condemned to one month's Imprison
ment , d
The report that the king * of the Bel
gians will dispatch Stanley with an expedi
tion from Congo to aid Gordon in retreat
ing from Khartoum , is untrue.
Henry Irving , in an inteiview , says
It is impossible for an Englishman who has
not visited America to conceive of the feel
ings of Americans toward the mother coun
try.
try.The house of commons 124 to 21
passed the cattle disease bill to a third
reading , after some protests.
Ten women were blown to pieces
and two others wounded by an explosion
of dynamite at Noble'H factory , in Ayr
shire.
shire.News from Dangola is to the effect
that a revolt of troop * has occurred. El
Mabdi's emissaries have summoned the
prrison to surrender within three days or
be massacred.
The American colony at Berlin gives
a banquet to Sargent before his departure , t
on the 25th. Minister Morton , of Paris , land l\ \
and ex-Minister Noyes are invited. . $ ,
The English edition of the "Memoirs j | <
of Princess Alice , " has been given to the
public. Ill substance the publication is the
same as the German edition. It includes
no new correspondence of any particular
importance.
Advices from Tientien say that Cap
tain Fournier , acting on behalf of the
French government , and Hi Hung Chang ,
for China , have signed a treaty under the
provisions of which China recognizes the
French protectorate over Tonquin and An-
nam , with the existing frontiers.
The Italian government will support
the demands of France in the Egyptian con
ference to the effect that the conference
shall have power to discuss fully the ques
tion of international control.
The Schawazerin , a band -Persian
nomads , have plundered several villages on
the right bank of the Kurd. The depart
ment is powerless to prevent occasional
raids. _
POLITICAL.
John F. Henry announces that the
national anti-monopoly convention will
meet at the Briggs house , Chicago , May
14.
14.It is said at the treasury department
that James A. Connoly will decline the '
office of solicitor of the treasury , to which
he was recently nominated.
Carter M. Louthran , school superin
tendent of Clark county , Va. , has been In
dicted for violation of the state law pro.-
hibiting school superintendents and super
intendents of lunatic asylums from engag
ing in politics. Louthan was a delegate to
the late republican convention and was
elected a delegate to the Chicago conven
tion. The penalty is forfeiture of office ,
fine and imprisonment. This will be a test
case of the validity of the law.
The greenback Central committee of
Illinois has decided that the sta conven
tion will be held at Springfield aly 23rd. '
The committee selected as de.egates-at-
large to the national convention , Col. Jesse r
Harper , of Danville : A. Jr Streator , of
New Windson ; H. M. Miller , of Waverly , (
and T. A. Norton , of Cnicago.
'
'
The anti-monopolists of the Eleventh
(111. ) congressional district met at Monmouth - ' .
mouth and endorsed Gen. Butler for presi
dent and chose two delegates to the national i
convention. >
The Massachusetts prohibition state
convention elected delegates to the national
convention at Pittsburg and adopted reso- t J
lutions declaring for the immediate suppression - . '
pression of the liquor traffic by constitu
tional and statutory measures , and against I
legalizing an acknowledged evil ; that the j j
right to vote is inherent in the individual . \
without regard to sex or race , subject to ,
such regulations as shall apply to all alike ;
that "science and experience prove alco
holic preparations not only unnecessary , /
but terribly injurious for medicine , " and ,
that the license law is "a covenant wfth '
death and an agreement with hell. " /
The New York Times has an interview - J
view with Chairman Barnnm , 'of the na
tional democratic committee , who says : r
"For myself , I like Arthur ; he is not a '
; reatman , but he has had a clean admlnls- i
tration , the cleanest since Abraham Lin- {
coin. He has simply let well enough
ilone ; things have cured themselvei. " '
A Washington special says : Friends
> f President Arthur say that from this time
ic may be expected to devote himself ear-
icstly to securing delegates among the un
pledged , and that he has already a partial ,
> rganization and will soon perfect it so as
.o reach all the delegates in all the states
vho are committed against him. His visit
: o New York has for its chief purpose that
md.
CEEDIT MOBILIfiK.
Vn Answer to the Petition of the Union .
Pacific filed. J
Kowland G. Hazard , the stockholder ' ' '
ipon whose complaint a receiver was ap- '
jointed for the Credit Mobilier of America ,
ias filed in the United States circuit court J
it Philadelphia , an answer to the petition }
f the Union Pacific railway company for r
he removal of Oliver Ames from the re- \
: eivershlp. ,
Hazard , in answer , says the Judgment for ,
n,199.365 obtained by the Union Pacific
Jailway against the Credit Mobilier in New
fork courts , upon which proceedings had /
> een brought to have said judgment opened ,
vns not justly due , and that the Union (
Pacific company was necessarily interested f
n tbe suit now pending in Ma-sachusetts ,
nought by the Credit Slobilier to recover
1,000,000 from the Union Pacific road , as
he hitter corporation is successor to the i
Jredit Mobilier. Hazard denies that Credit 4 ,
lobilier is insolvent , but believes it would
le to its best interests if Oliver Ames was J
emoved from the receivership and a Penn-
ylvanian appointed. He agrees with the
tatement that Ames has not managed his *
rust in the manner that he should.
A 3Ian Murdered in Otoe County.
A special from Nebraska City on the
th sajs : A horrible murder was commit-
ed in the deep cut below this city this
norning about 3 o'clock. A laborer named
homas Leonard was waylaid and murder-
d , and robbed of a gold watch and two '
lollars and seventy cents in money. His *
ace was literally pulverized with a stone
nd his skull mashed to a jelly. Great ex-
itement prevails , and if the murderer is
ausrbt lynching will be his fate. There is
10 clue as yet to the murderer. Quinn Bo-
lunnon fears that if the murderer is
ilaced in jail the mob wIU also lynch him.
'be officers are scouring the country for the
lurderer. The murdered man was an
Ingli-hman , and belonged to the Eighth
egiment of the English army. He was dia-
harged on account of ill-health. Two men
re held on suspicion. Nothing definite Is
nown as yet.
A book on the art of conversation
lys down the rule that earnest argu-
lent should never be indulged in the
resence of a third person. It says :
To prove myself in the right is to
how that another is in the wrong. It
j ill-bred to do this before witnesses. "
Viscountess Heberton is incensed
ecause the International Health Asso-
mtion would not permit the exhibition
f reform styles of underclothing.