McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, May 22, 1884, Image 2
THE TRIBUNE. C * . M * E. M. K1MMEM. , Fobs. McCOOK , NE THE STATE IN BRIEF. J. D. Williams , a special policema at Beatrice on circus day , becoming into ! letted , wu removed from duty by th mayor. Williams went to the mayor's oi 4ee office and , drawing a revolver , mad threat * to shoot. The mayor came IB M b wu talking. and Williams' pointed his , r * tver at him. A by tander struck ( th weapon down. It was discharged , andI ! ! tell slightly wounded WillUmala tbe leg. The Nebraska telephone company- i ertewlvely rebuilding and. repairing ! 11 UBM at Lincoln. ' t Certain crookedness in financial * ai lain have attached to the name of J.1 XcElniter at Button. He is gone and thei it , aays tbe Register , a 'claim of $4i8C KahMt him at tbe Johnson county bank ; There is enough members of th rder of Odd Follows In Bloomlngtoni t maintain a lodge , and the Guard suggest that one be organised at once. A man named Downing , a teacher i the deaf and dumb Institute at Couhe Bluffs , went to Omaha -with about $1001 its possession. He fell In with two to diers , and after taking a number of dripl started out to see the town under the ! pilotage. When near the Minneapolis Omaha track they suddenly slugged hln knocking him down and inflicting seriot injuries. After robbing him of $70 , tt fiddlers carried their victim , whom the thought was dead , to the track and laidhii across it , with the- expressed hope that train might come along and mangle him * i that the real cause of death could not I determined. The two scoundrels were' & rested. The annual convention of the Diio county Sunday school association will t held at Wakefield. The stockgr wers of Red Willow an Blackwood creeks met a few days ago ax organized an association called the R Willow stock association. Messrs. P. P. Shelby , of the Unib Pacific , and Thomas L. Miller , of the Bui lington and Missouri River road , hav completed their tour of inspection of th various terminal facilities of their respec tive roads , with a view of agreeing upo : certain necessary percentages to govern th pools to be formed between these two llnei Commissioner E. P. Yining has if reed a notice to the effect that hereafter al freight for Hastings. Doniphan and Han sen. Neb. , will be billed to Grand lslan < at the rates provided for shipments to 6 from these points in tariffs issued by th 'Western Trunk Line association , less arbl traries based on the following as firstclasi Doniphan , 18 cents ; Hanson , 15 cents. Bev. J. J. Fleharty of the Nebrasb WesleyanTJniversIty at Fullerton died i Tampa , Florida , onthe2d inst. . and tt remains were.taken to Elmlra , Illinois , fo iatarment. Mr. Fleharty had been sick f o many months , and his death was not unei pected. He was fifty-one years of age. W. H. Nelson , claiming to be a rea estate agent at Omaha , hired a team a Morton's livery stable in Bloomington , fo two days to go to Kirwin , at the end o which time he had not returned. There i BO doubt that he has absconded with th team. James Fell , of Rich Hill , Missour and Jack Hanley , of Leadville , fought c the 14th with bare knuckles for a purse i ? 300. Fell was declared winner on a foi in the twenty-second round. Both me were dead game and hard fighters. Tl battle ground was Just across the Plati river bridge on the-Republlcan Valley roai On the way home to Omaha there was free fight on the train and three men wei shot , one of whom , JohnRunch , will pro ! ably die from his wounds. Postoffice changes in Nebraska dm ing the week-ending May 10 , 1884. Estal listed Purdum , Sioux county , Geo. I Purdum , postmaster. Name changed- Sand Hill , Franklin county , to Alpini Postmasters appointed Alpine , Frank ! ! county , Charles A. Griswold ; Freemai Gige county , Elizabeth Mumford ; Lei Star , Butler county , Chas. S. Steveni Bock Bluff , Cass county , Chas. L. Gravel Willow Springs , Wheeler county , Richai C. McClemans. Paste brash artists at Nebraska Cit engaged in posting up libelous notlc * warmng"the people to stay at home an guard their houser with shotguns on tt Hay that Cole's circus visited the towi Cole had them arrested for libel , and the were held In the sum of $1,600 bail. At Sterling , a two-year old child < < k > nstable George W. Garrison fell into boiler of hot water which had just bee taken off the stove and was scalded terr bly. internally as well as externally. Tt child lingered in great agony till death r < lleved It of its sufferings. The contract for widening the roac bed' of the Union Pacific preparatory I laying a double track between Omaha an the Union stock yards has been let. James T.-Allan , a horticulturist < state wide reputation , says : * 'Last year received catalpa seed for distribution an not one In one hundred grew. 1 have mat three tests of catalpa this year , not oi seed germinating. I return it this day wit the request that it be sent to any aspirant < either party who is not nominated for tt presidency Nebraska is the greatest to planting state on the continent , and h < people have no time to spend except ensure sure thing. " . Horace Merithew , the Pawnee com ty man who began suit against Wm. Mill * at Lincoln for $2,000 damages forenticin his wife away from him , has had the su dismissed. He found out that he coul prove nothing criminal against Miller or tt woman. . H. Hewitt and E. Doming , of Farm county , quarreledabout a hedge fence Words came to blows and blows to shoi guns , Hewitt being wounded in the fac and shoulder and neck. The shot bein small no serious damage was done. The creamery building at Madison : getting there lively , and will soon be con pleted. The engine , boiler and cans ha\ arrived , and It is expected to have everj thing in readiness for business in a fe' days. 9 " John WUlholland , of Jefferso county , stumbled into a nest of eight youn wolves , and realized $1C from the scalps c the same. A stranger about to take the train a Waterloo late at night , was confronted b burglars when on his way to the depot , an only succeeded in saving his valuables b beating a hasty letreatto the hotel fret whence he came , and where he remaine " * * until the day pas'senger came along. By a broken frog a freight train wa ditched near Lincoln a few days ago. Th train was loaded with cattle that werebein shipped to Rockport , Mo. The cars wer tipped up and the cattle piled togethe until ten head were smothered or other wise killed. A brakeman was serious ! though not dangerously hurt. Frank White , Orleans , Nebraska wants to learn the whereabonts'and condl tion of James , orJimmie , White , whodis appeared from his home In Republlca : City , Nebraska. In August. 1883. Hel eleven years old , has light hair aud eyes and is of good size for his age. Pierce county has a wife beate named Berdram whom the citizens propos treatlng-wlth a coat of tar and feathers un lees he soon mends his ways. A man rode into Valentine on a pen ; which it is suppoisd he had stolen , for o being Urged -to glve'an account of himielf h made a break for the prairie as fast as th animal cauld carry him. He was , how ever , overhauled by an officer , and now th supposed thief and horse are awaiting de velopmenta. Miss Vieregg , of Central City , has poor opinion of roller skating now that sh IB suffering from a broken collar bone , thi result of her first attempt to engage In th exonerating iport. An order has been issued directing dresa parades at Fort Omaha every day I the week except Saturdays and Sundays Tbe bud and eatlre garrison , except th artillery , will turn out. The Italian"Gazolo , who shot a mai named Zerga ia Omaha , four" years ago has been arrested la St. Paul and will b brought back to the former place for trial Hanley , the prize fighter , has beei arrested by the sheriff of Saunders count ; and will be held at Wahoo for trial. An Omaha jeweler has a clock whicl will run for 400 days with but one winding It Is constructed of brass , is gold plate and rest * upon a pair of pretty pillars. Th works differ but slightly from those of or dlnary clocks , the great difference being i : the pendulum. * Near Riverton , a few days ago , a unknown man felUrom a train going at th rate of forty miles an hour. He was throw some thirty feet before striking the groun and Is supposed to have been fatally In Jured. Jured.Mr. Mr. M. Blook , a traveling dealer i fancy groceries , was held up In Omaha few nights ago by two men , one of whoi engaged him In a struggle while the othe tore open his vest , broke his gold watc trom the chain , and snatched about $8(1 ( from an Inside vest pocket. No clue to th robbers or their booty. While excavating the cellar fo Goehner's new block at Seward latelj Bill Woods dug up an old pocket boo which had evidently contained a large nun her of bll's , at least a half inch in thick ness. They were so much decayed ths they fell to pieces like dirt when the pockc book was opened out. The people of Hayes and Chas counties held an informal meeting and con eluded to change the name of a stream i their counties that has heretofore bee called the Stinking Water. The new nam has not yet been definitely settled upon. Burglars rifled a jewelry store G Central City , setting $75 worth of goods mostly in rings. D. L. Hughes , a Doane college stv dent , was drowned In the Blue at Cret last week while bathing. He attempted t swim across the river , but became exhaust ed , and sank for the last time before hi companions could reach him. Near Fairbury , in the course of quarrel over the possession of some plo1 land , a young man named James was she and severely wounded by a deaf mut named Frank Randall. "The wound is dac gerous but not necessarily fatal. " Hon. John M. Gregory , United State commisiIonaFof the civil service , conduct ed a civil service examination at Omaha lai week , at which there were eleven gentle men and two ladies candidates for certif cates. The examination Is the first hel here under the Pendleton law and is fc applicants for anv one of the seven execu Uve branches at Washington. Norfolk wants pay along withth racket and will exact of the roller skatin rink $200 license. W. B. Porter , a farmer and stoci raiser in Cass county , was severely gore by a bull in the right side of the abdomen The horn tore a gash about half an inc deep and four Inches long , but very singu larly did not tear bis clothing. A Lincoln youth , "all taken up with the parade of Cole's circus , was ru over by a team and * quite , severely hurt When plckednip , however , he exclaimed "Don't take me to the drugstore , I'm no dead. " It is now the opinion of many , say the Nebraska City News , that the murder ers of Leonard will never be brought t Justice , unless it be by accident. The po lice had only one clue that of the ma with a light mustache who was seen th morning after the murder nearMinersville but no evidence has been found to hoi him. However , search has not been aban doned ; and everything that is thought wi throw any light on tha mystery is fully in vestigated. Thomas Wymond has offere an additional reward of $1GO , making $6C altogether. Paxton & Gallagher , of Omaha , hav received from the government their tc bacco rebate tax , amounting to $4,900. A bilk named Barrett opened up school in Omaha to teach the ait of makin machrane lace and offered to furnish wor when it was learned. One hundred an fifty ladies paid him $3 tuition , when h quietly pocketed the proceeds and left. Decoration Bay. Headquarters Department of Nebraska Grand Army of the Republic , Assistar Adjutant General's Office. David City May 1,1884. General orders No. 9. The rules and regulations of the Gram Army of the Republic have designated Ma 80 , annually , as Memorial day. It will be our grateful task upon that date to adorn with flowers the places where ou comrades sleep ; by act and word to testif that only death can sever the tie which com mon aims and'dangers knit among us , am to protest against any who make questtoi as to whether they who fell were on the sid of right. The regulation uniform will be worn Comrades who are not provided with uni forms are requested to supply themselves but let no member of the Grand Army sta out of line that day for lack of one. Put oi the badge and stand In the ranks once more Comrades , that day is ours , not becaus of our now civic association ; but becaus we mustered under the national anthorit with those whose services we shall assemi ble tb commemorate. It seems , therefore fitting that all honorary discharged sol diers and sailors who stood with us ani them in the .hour of peril ( though not mem bers of the Grand Army of the Republic should have special Invitation to aid in thi labor of love we shall assemble to perform Such invitation. Is cordially extended. Th < posts and individual comrades of the Gram Army are requested to make this invitatioi known. We invite as well , and shall grate fully acknowledge the co-operation of al patiiotically disposed citizens and societies It is requested that the ministry be in vited to deliver appropriate discourses 01 the Sabbath preceding the memorial day and posts meet at their halls and march ii a body to the churches selected. Reports of all services , sermons , orations tions and other memorial observances ii honor ot the day be forwarded to Rev. J C. Lewie , department chaplain , Fremont Neb. , on or before June 10 , 1881. By command of H. E. PALMER , Dept. Com. BRAD. P. COOK. A&st. Adjt. Gen. A Good Letter. KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Aug. 31,1883. Messrs. Chamberlain & Co. , Des Moines Iowa. I take particular pleasure in giving you a testimonial of the great value o : Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and Di arr hoe a Remedy-as I have used it ii my family for several years.with greai success and much satisfaction. I have also * seen its good work in many parts of the northwest and know that it L verv highly esteemed by all who use it "Tonrs Trulp , J. W. PECK. NOTES FROM THE CAPITA Gen. Butler Addresses the Sen tte Committee on Educa tion and Labor. Reduction in the Pension Apprc priation Bill as Reported to the Senate. Synopsis of Proceedings In Congress- XiscellaBeotfi Matters at the Capital. CONGRESSIONAL. SENATE. MONDAT , May 12. Mr. Van Wye moved to take up his resolution directin the secretary of the inteiior to withhol from the Northern Pacific railroad patent to certain land grants. ' Agreed to. The Indian appropriation bill was take up. The pending question was on Hawley1 motion to increase to $25,000 the appropru tion.for education in Alaska. Mr. Vest said he would favor th highest amendment the senate would ai propriate for Indian education provide both sexes were educated. It was uselei to educate the Indian boys , and leave tl girls without education. Mr. Ingalls thought the best thin for the Indian was to make him amenab to the law. He had heard enough of sta ! denunciations of the government for its ea termination of the Indians There ha been no such extermination. There wei as many Indians on the continent to-day i in 1492. HOUSE. Mr. Payson introduced a bill to restri the .ownership of real estate intheterritx ries to American citizens. It prohibits ar non-resident or alien who has not declare his intention to become a citizen of tl United States from acquiring , owning , poi sessing or holding any real estate in any < the territories. Tbe bill relating to police regulations fc tbe District of Columbia was passed. Mr. O'Neill ( Mo. ) introduced the follow ing bill , providing that after July 1st , tb following articles be exempt from duty Raw sugar , not refined ; molasses , sail rice , rye. barley , potatoes , oatmeal , cm rents , raisins , prunes , peas , beans , buttei cheese , live animals , vegetables and chici ory. Referred. Mr. O'Neill estimates that the bill wi accomplish a reduction of $57,000,0001 revenues. SENATE. TUESDAY , May 18. Mr. Logan , froi the committee on military affairs , report * favorably the bill to place Gen. Grant o the retired list. Mr. Logan asked that tl bill be at once put upon its passage. Unai imous consent was at once given and tt bill was at once read a third time an passed without debate or remark , excel that Logan said he presumed there woul be no objections to it. The bill provide that in recognition of distinguished sei vices rendered the United States , Gen. H S. Grant , late general of the army , I placed on the retired list with the rank an full pay of a general of the armv. Mr. Harrison , from the committee o territories , reported favorably , wit amendment , ths bill providing for the ea penses of a commission for the exploratio of the territory of Alaska. The Indian appropriation bill was prc ceeded wlth , completed and passed t amended and the senate adjourned. HOUSE. The house went into committee c the whole on the bill providing for a civ government for the territory of Alask : After a short discussion the committee ros and the bill was passed without amend ment. As it is a senate bill it now require but the approval of the president to be come a law. The next measure considered was tl Townshend bill , providing that hereafte no territory shall frame a constitution c apply for admission as a state into tl union until it shall contain a permanei population equal to that required in a cor gressionai district in order to entitle it 1 representation in the house. Mr. Hammond moved to lay the bill o the table. Agreed to 109 to 15. 'Bills passed Extending the jurisdictio of Justices of the peace in Wyoming an providing that hereafter the legislature < Dakota shall consist of twenty-four men hers in the council and forty-eight membei in the house. SENATE. WEDNESDAY , May 14. A motion h Mr. Cullum to make his inter-state con merce bill the special order for May 21 was not agreed to. The bill was passed authorizing the coi struction of a pontoon wagon bridge eve the Mississippi near Dubuque. HOUSE. A bill was reported favorably for mint at St. Louis. The committee of the whole considere the consular and diplomatic appropriatio b'll. b'll.Mr. . Robinson ( N. Y. , ) moved to abolis the office of minister to Great Britaii Lost. The committee then rose. Mr. Springer asked unanimous consent t put on its passage the bill authorizing th secretary of the treasury to purchase abou $42,000,000 of bonds with the greenback held in the treasury for the redemption c the retired national bank circulation , whic would relieve the money market to the ex tent of adding $42,000,000 to the circulation Mr. Weller objected. SENATE. THURSDAY , May 15. Mr. Morgan ol fered a resolution directing the committe on finance to examine into the cause of th failure of such national banks in the city c New York as suspended business in May 1881 , and report whether said failures hav < to anv and what extent resulted from an violation of the laws regulating their con duct. duct.Mr. Mr. Cullom introduced a bill to preven speculation on the part of officers of na tlonal banking associations. The senate passed the house bill to ai < the New Orleans exposition by a loan o $1.000,000. The chair laid before the senate the un finished business , being tbe house bill ti establish a bureau of labor statistics. Afte executive session the senate adjourned til Monday. HOUSE. The morning hour was dispensec with and the house went into committee o the whole on the diplomatic and consula appropriation bill. Mr. Hitt moved to amend by restoring t < $12HX ( > the salaries of ministers to Austrii and Italy. The bill reduces them to$7,000 The amendment was lost 70 to 73. Mr. Cannon offered an amendment t < make an appropriation for contingent ex penses of tbe consular and diplomatic ser vice. Senate amendments to the bill for thi world's centennial and cotton exhibition ! at New Orleans were concurred in. HOUSE. FRIDAY , May 16. The committee o the whole reported the river'and harbor consular and diplomatic and army appro priation bills to the-house , but no further action was taken. Recess . .was taken till 1 o'clock , the evening session to be for pen sion bills. * i- . < * - . - . - . . - _ A , At tbe evening session the house passe thirty-two pension-bills and adjourned. BOUSX. SATURDAY , May 17. The bill passe granting consent or congress for construi tion of a dam across the Mississippi at 8 Cloud. The senate amendment to the Indian a ] propriation bill was non-concurred In. CAPITAL TOPICS. A NEBRASKA RAILWAY LINK. The house committee on Pacific rai roads has instructed Representative Har back to report favorably the bill authoriz ing the construction of a railroad froi Sioux City westerly via the Niobrara valle to such a point on the Union Pacific rallroa west of the 100th meridian as the compar 14th was : Gold coin and bullion , $ l96l4a 551 ; silver dollars and bullion , $136,271 , 732 ; fractional silver. $29,201,694 ; Unite States notes , $66,693,361 ; total. $428,310. 918 ; certificates outstanding gold , $60 , 864,660 ; currency , $15,200,000. PENSION APPROPRIATIONS. 5The pension appropriation bill , i reported to the senate , reduces.the amoui of the unexpended balance of the appropr : ation of the current fiscal year , to bo reai propriated from $84.000,000 to $66,000KX strikes out the provisions fixing the con pensation to pension agents at $10 per K vouchers paid in excess $4,000 and reduclt the number of pension agents to twelve and a section providing that the fee of pen sion attorneys in all pension arrears , pet bion or bounty land claims shall be $10 , ea cept in cases where a special written cot tract is filed with the commissioner of pei sions , when the fee may amount to m more than $25. $25.LABOR LABOR REFORM. General B. F. Butler addressed tt senate committee on education and labor c the general features of the labor problen He asserted that the present difficult ! ) were due to over-production. We had , 1 said , one year's crop of grain on hand an were within three months of another croj and nearly one year's crop of cotton w : now stored in the warehouses. After r < ferring to other commodities , which wei in stock in excess of current requirement he said : "Why , we have twenty years supply of whisky on hand. ' ' He was face tiously reminded thas this was a delical subject , and admitted that for one who w : supposed to be a presidential candidate was necessary to be cautious. THREATENING A CONSUL. The secretary of the navy received telegram from Commander Batchelloi commanding the United States steame "Galena , " at Key West , saying that tt threats against the life of the Spanish coi sul at that place previously reported wei made in a bar-room by two orthree drunl en Cubans , but neither the consul or tl authorities at Key W * st attach much in portance to them. The secretary tele graphed Commander Bittchcllor to use tb naval forces , if necessary , to preserve tl peace and protect the consul. CREDIT MOBILIEK. An Answer to the Petition of .the Unio Pacific Filed. Rowland G. Hazard , the stockholde upon whose complaint a receiver was ap pointed for the Credit Mobilier of America has filed in the United States circuit com at Philadelphia , an answer to the petitio of the Union Pacific railway company f o the removal of Oliver Ames from the re ceivershlp. Hazard , in answer , says the judgment fo $1,299,365 obtained by the Union Pacifl Railway against the Credit Mobilier in Ne\ York courts , upon which proceedings ha been brought to have said Judgment opened was not Justly due , and that the Unio Pacific company was necessarily intereste in the suit now pending in Massachusetts brought by the Credit Mobilier to recovc $1,000,000 from the Union Pacific road , i the latter corporation is successor to tt Credit Mobilier. Hazard denies that Cred Mobilier is insolvent , but believes it woul be to its best interests if Oliver Ames W removed from the receivership and a Pem sylvanian appointed. He agrees with tt statement that Ames has not managed h trust in the manner that he should. Big Cut in Passenger Bates from Dei ver East. A Denver dispatch says : For severa days rates from Denver to the Missou : river have been in a very unsettled condl tion , but not until to-day has a cut bee declared. The agents of the Burlingto and Missouri , Union Pacific , Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe announce a cut un precedented in the history of western road $5 to Kansas City : St. Louis , $8.50 ; Chicago cage , $14.50 ; New York , $28. In fact the are selling tickets to any principal easier points at the regular rate from Kansas Cit to that point , and as the eastern roads re fuse to pro rate at the cut , the result i that the above named roads are carryin through passengers free to Kansas City Pool Commissioner Daniels has issued circular ordering the restoration of rates to take effect on the 15th inst. This orde will surely be ignored. CROP PROSPECTS. Reports from Many Points Indicative of Short Crop of "Winter Wheat. The Chicago Farmers' Review con tains reports from 700 different points i Ohio , Indiana , Michigan , Illinois. Wiscon sin , Minnesota , Dakota , Iowa , Nebraska Kansas and Missouri. The winter whea report from many points in Indiana , Illi nois , Ohio and Michigan are dismal and in dicate a short crop. Reports from Kansa are almost uniformly of a very promisinj character. With the exception of Kansa the indications now are that the remainde of the winter wheat belt will be more or les spotted. There is nothing in the genera situation to indicate any larger receipts o old corn on this crop , as whatever Kansa and Nebraska may nave in reserve will b needed verv largely for their own wants. A Bloody Fight. At Dakota City , Neb. , last week , oc curred one of the most bloody rows tha ever took place there , in which D. C Heffernan and Buck Calkins were the onei mostly interested. After indulging in blowi knives were drawn and work commenced it earnest. Calkins made a blow at Heifer nan , the knife entering the bowles of thi latter at the pit of the stomach , making ai ugly and painful wound , which will likelj prove fatal. In the melee Calkins receiver a gash in the left arm , cutting the muscle ; and the maiz artery. Both men fainter from loss of blood. Alter the row entire men could be seen on the streets with shot guns , revolvers and dirks hunting for some one willing to sacrifice themselves. TEE AMERICAN CONTINENT * Report of the House Gommitte Regarding Homestead and Pre-emption. A Dozen or More Laborers Killo by ft Railroad Aooident in Ohio. Late Betnrns Regarding the Crops * Political , Criminal and Other Intelligence. MEWS MOTES. The Iowa farmers association ha been enjoined from receiving the apprc priation made by the late legislature fo fighting the Washburne & Moen company The manipulators of Wall stree started tbe story that Jay Gould was em barrassed. It is proposed to add the word "ns tivity" to the fifteenth amendment. Giovanni Fratti , the Italian poet , i dead. dead.William William A. Bradford , of Ritchi county , West Virginia , got drunk in Marl etta , Ohio , and was arrested by two police men , who treated him roughly. He es caped and ran toward the Ohio river , wit the officers in pursuit , firing at him. Brad ford fired at the policemen and plunge into the river. An officer followed , an grappling with the fugitive a fearful strug gle took place in the water. Bradford1 lifeless body was taken from the river. The strike at Fall River is pract : cally concluded. Most of tbe mills are i full operation. Not one-half of tbe strikei will again securework. In New York city , Isaac D. Edreh : living apart from his wife , visited herlodp ings. Their son Charles , aged 5 yean was playing in the room. After some con versation with his wife Edrehl asked her t live with him again. She answered ao Thereupon he drew a revolver and fired o her as sue turned to flee to her room. Th bullet struck her in the back , fracturing th spine and causing a fatal wound. He the snot his little son , killing him instantly. At a social gathering in Madiso county , Ala. , old man Archley and youn Tuckett quarreled and their friends bega firing. One of Tuckett's brothers was ID stanuy killed and another fatally injured Archley received a wound and his son wa dangerously hurt. The special grand jury appointed t consider crimes In connection with the rh and burning of the court house at Cincin nati , have made their report. The repoi treats at length the causes leading to th riot , and speaks of the common report th : Jurors were bribed ; that the cour B permit ted too many delays , and that the good citi zens avoided jury duty to the detriment ( the fair administration of justice. A bill is favorably reported in th senate for the exploration of Alaska. WUlard's hotel , at Washington wa damaged by fire and smoke to a small ex tent. Bishop Simpson , of theM. E. churcl is the only episcopate officer who was livin twenty years ago in that capacity. Senator Logan will move to disagre to the senate amendments to the Mexica soldiers pension bill , which provides tb : only in case 'of disability shall soldiers < that war be entitled to pensions. Several hundred business men c New York have issued a call for a meetin in the interest of President Arthur's candl dacy. dacy.A A Chicago alderman refused to drin with a politician , and was shot therefor. The bill providing a territorial go\ eminent for Alaska has passed both houses The Santo Domingo congress ha passed a bill authorizing free trade with th United States. A. Shaw , treasurer of Clear county Michigan , was bucked and gagged at Harrison risen , the county seat , and robbed of $5 , 000. 000.W. . Began Cash , the fugitive mm derer of Marshal Richards , was killed a Cheraw , S. C. , while resisting arrest by posse in charge of Deputy Sheriff King One of the posse was slightly wounded One of Cash's associates was serious ! wounded. Seventeen of the lirigands wh wrecked and robbed a train on the Mexl can Central railroad last November wer shot at Querataro , Mexico. The mayor c New Laredo , who was implicated in tb daring robbery , was not among the num her executed. Two duels on account of love affair were fought at Leon , Mexico. In one Isa dore Clarke was shot dead , and in th other Samuel Bernard was killed by a swon thrust. Monroe Gray rented a farm recentl ; near Smith's Landing , 111. , from WIHIai Ditch , of Columbia. On the 16th DitcJ visited Gray on business , and after som conversation Gray went out to look afte some stock. Returning shortly after h found his wife and Ditch in bed together He immediately drew a pistol and shot am killed both. Alfred and James DeCullough father and son , for the murder of Ephrain Saxon , and Riley Anderson , for the mur der of Louise Griffith and her babe , wen all three hanged on the same gallows a Greenville , Ohio , on the 16th. Henry W. Oliver , Jr. , of Pittsburg who w'as a member of the tariff commis sion , has written a letter to Morrison chairman of the ways and means commit tee , criticising Hewitt's tariff bill. H says it leans so favorably toward Trenton N. J. , as far as the metal schedule is con cerned , that it might be termed a bill fo the benefit of Cooper & Co. Father McEvoy , of Indianapolis , ha received notice from Rome that he has beei appointed English confessor for St. Peters There is a confessor for almost every knowi language at St. Peters and all belong to thi order of St. Francis. Mrs. Leland Stanford , in memory o her son lately deceased , has donated $5,001 to the kindergarten of San Francisco. Robbers went through Hooker's jew elry store atDes Moines , Iowa , making waj with a tray of gold watches valued atl,000 Christian Riebling was hanged a < Morrison , 111. , in an enclosure , in the pres ence of 150 people , for the murder of Al bert Lucia , at Lyndon. Judge Reid , of Mt. Sterling , Ky. , suicided by shooting himself through the bead. He left a note saying : "Mad ! mad Forgive me , dear wife , and love to th ( 3oy. " Three murderers were captured fronc a sheriff and his assistants in Arkansas ant unceremoneously hanged to the nearest tree. FOREIGN. In the trial of Krazewski , at Lepsic , 'or treason a letter from Prince Bismarck to tbe German minister of war wag read , in which Krazewaki was referred to as belong- ng to a secret society in Parif , whose pur- ) ese was to induce Poles serving in foreign armies to betray the secrets of the govern ments employing them. Tbe information * thus collected was reported to tbe central bureau of Paris and was ostensibly obtaisedl for the purpose of aiding , the cause of Pol ish Independence , but Prince BlsmareJt made the sinister statement that the society- was regarded with special favor by Gam- betta , who favored Krezewski's acquant- ance. ance.The French ministry asks.for a credit ; of 38,000,000 francs on account of the Ton- quln expedition , and 460,000 francs oh ac count of the Madagascar expedition. There was a rush in London on thfe ' 16th to buy American stocks , and bankers cables to New York offered to ship gold or * security of governments. Police at Paris continue to raid gambling hells. Cards and stakes ars ? seized and proprietors are arrested. POLITICAL. The Nebraska greenback state con vention elected the following delegates ; to tbe national convention : L. C. Pacee : Lincoln ; C. W. Wheeler , of Nemaha ; W. . B. Picket , of Butler ; Ed. J. Hall , of Saus- ders. The delegates are unlnstruetcd , bub are supposed to favor Butler. The democrats of the territory ofe" Dakota gathered in convention at Pierre , , and elected delegates to the national con vention for the first time in tbe history of the' party. Tbe delegates are uninatructed. but ; are believed to favor Tilden and Hen- dricks. A majority of the delegates of New Jersey favor Tilden , although Randalli and Judge Feld have strong support. The- platform reaffirms the resolutions of the ? fast democratic convention. A meeting of delegates to the antimonopoly - monopoly convention which nominated ! Butler for president , representing New- York , Maryland and the district of Colum bia , was held and a protest drawn up ob jecting to that action. The grounds of ob jection are that it was unwise to name & . candidate in advance of action by the other- conventions and contrary to tbe wishes o tbe true anti-monopolists of the country : ; that the convention was not a representa tive one ; of the 129 votes cast for a presi dential nominee , sixty-one being by dele gates from two states , Illinois and Michi gan ; that many of the delegates present , were greenbackers on their way to the In dianapolis convention ; that the convention represented Bntler's friends and not the- anti-monopolists , and was called at the in stigation of greenback leaders. DOCTORS IN COUNCIL. Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Homo opatblo Medical Society. The eleventh annual meeting of the * Nebraska State Homoeopathic Medical so ciety has just closed in Omaha. A largo * number of members from all parts of t he- state responded to the roll call , and thir teen new members joined the society. Among the prominent physicians from abroad were Prof. A. C. Cowperthwalt , . dean of the homoeopathic medical depart ment of the state university of Iowa. Under the bureau of medical literature , . Prof. P. L. Paine , Lincoln , chairman , Dr. J. K. Caldwell , Nebraska City , furnished an excellent paper , in which he called fos- more facts and fewer theories in nuriHcafc literature. Interesting papers were read from a num ber of gentlemen , and discussions in which all participated were fraught with much , valuable information to the medical frater nity and the public in general. The election of officers for the ensuing : year resulted as follows : President , A. R. Van Sycle , M. D. , Hastings ; 1st vice pres ident , A. L. Macumber , M. D. , Norfolk ? . 2nd vice president , G. H. Parsell , Omaha ; , secretary , J. E. Caldwell , M. D. , Nebraska , City ; treasurer , O. S. Wood , M. D. , Crete. Place of meeting for 1885 , Fremont. The- society sent as delegates to tbe America Institute of Homocpathy , C. M. Drasrooor , . M. D. , and C. L. Hart , M. D. , to the Western Academy of Homeopathy , to meet at Cincinnati , O. , the society elected as del egates , Drs. Dinsmoor , Montgomery , Cars- cadden , Hancbett , Firstall , Brown , fc'abln , . Burroughs and Connell , with instructions , to do all in their power to get the next an nual meetingof that body located at Omaha. . AS TO THE CROPS. Beturns from a Number o { States Not Very Encouraging. J. W. Tallmadge , of Milwaukee , is. in receipt of later official crop reports from Michigan , Ohio , Illinois , Virginia , Ten nessee and Nebraska. The reports showr that the wheat crop is not near as promis ing as reported &ome two weeks previous , , and that considerable damage is being de veloped as the season progresses. Michi gan reports wheat on sandy soil as looking : fairly well , but on clay land and on the hills , especially the northern slopes , the- crop is badly injured. Two per cent , ot the acreage sowed to wheat will be plowed , up because winter killed or otherwise de stroyed. A considerable area injured be yond recovery will not be plowed up be cause the ground has been seeded to ciover- or grass. Illinois reports damage by floods In many- sections , and some complaint is heard of * the Hessian fly doing serious damage in. some sections. The spring has been very backward , and the plant does not show its- usual vigorous growth this season. Nebraska repoits the condition of the- crops as fair and the spring very backward. The acreage sown to wheat is fully 20 per cent less than last year. The acreage to oats is increased 80 per cent ; barley 80 per cent and corn 30 per cent. PROHIBITING SPECULATION. Text of the Bill Introduced by Senator- Collotn. The following is the text of the bill introduced by Senator Cullom to prohibit speculations by officers of national banking ; associations : Be it enacted , etc. : That it be unlawful for the president , cashier , teller , or other chief executive officer of any national bank ing association having a capital stock to the- amount of $200,000 or more to engage in. speculation in stocks , bonds or other secu rities , or in grain , provisions , produce , oil or margins on his own individual account or for his own personal profit , either di rectly or indirectly ; or to have any partner ship or other financial interest in the oper ations of any private banking or brokerage inn or business. Any such officer who vio- ates the provisions of this act , will be- deemed guilty of a misdemeanor , and im prisoned not less than one year nor more ban five years , or fined not more than $1,000. Assassination in Kentucky. Herbert Armstrong and David 3rown , near Bardstown , Ky. , were found dead in a field where they had been pl nsr , one shot through the heart and other throueh tbe head. The killing done with a Spencer r fie. The supposition s tnat the murderer concealed himself hi ome bushes and coolly shot tbe men down. . Circumstantial evidence Is strong against Vm. Frez" , who had a business trouble with the murdered men The three are all well-to do farmers. Excitement runs high. and it is believed that Freze will be mobbed. The long train is de rigueur for din ner toilets , except for young girls and brides. "The leek is the emblem of the Velsh , " says the Detroit Free Press , [ 'he leak should be the emblem of our- navy. [ New York Graphic.