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About McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1884)
THE TRIBUNE. g. Bt. & K. M. K1MMEIX , Pubg. McCOOK , : : : : THE STATE IN BRIEF. During April there were filed upon al the land office at Valentine 971 claims , 01 about 1B5 , GO,860 acres , and at the present time there is being taken on an average claims per day. Numerous lecture engagements ar ranged by one ' 'John 0. Fremont" have been cancelled In various parts of the state. Kany supposed that be was the original pathfinder , but when they learned that he was an ex-slave of the colored persuasion they had no desire to hear him. Mrs. Frank Pyle recently sold the lorty ajres of land near Lincoln , given hei by her father years ago , when land was not worth what it Is now , for $75 an acre. He told her It would bring that some time , and his prophecy has been realized. The town of Orleans has made a movement in the work of inducing Immi gration. The authorities have employed the services of an agent who travels on the main lines of road in Iowa , and by the dis tribution of circulars and personal solicitation ' tion is 'inducing home-seekers to direct their steps to Orleans. Trustees of Erownell Hall , Omaha , held their annual meeting a few days ago , The rector reported the school as prosper ous. An offer was read by the rector frorr a church family in Chicago , who bat ] 'pledged the late bishop of Nebraska $12,00 ( towards a new building , to pay over the money to the trustees now , provided thej would raise enough to complete the buildIng - Ing and free it from debt or guarantee the same. The Grand Army boys of Ashland have received their arms and accoutrement ! from the Bock Island arsenal. The camp-meeting association of the Norfolk district , North Nebraska confer ence , M. E. church , will hold their annua camp-meeting at Scott's grove , three milei southwest of "Wakefield , Dixon countyj commencing August 14th and continuing over two Sabbaths. The body of H. J. Hughes , the stu dent drowned in the Blue at Crete last week , has been recovered and sent to his late home at Dawn , Mo. The governor is about to issue ar order for the inspection of the nationa guard. This Is the annual inspection reg ularly provided for , but will be made witl special care this time with a view of gather ing facts that may be useful in the event ol the passage of the Slocum militia aid bill bj the national congress. The call of the state treasurer foi funds from the county treasurers has re sulted in the collection of about $410,000 , The call was to meet the demands of the school apportionment and the arrearages o : the general fund. About $100,000 of thi amount goes into the general fund , and thi school apportionment will amount to perhaps - haps $175,000. The general fund will stil be considerably behind. At Norfolk , says the Journal , a 1 year old cowbov on a fpony was driving : steer when the animal made for the bad door of "Decker's saloon , and went pell mei through the saloon and out of the from door on the dead run , followed by the dar ing boy on the pony. As the steer passec through he jumped clear over the table around which were four men engaged ir playing a friendly game of whist. The Free Masons lodge of Crete are making arrangements to put up a five thou sand dollar hall lodge room. The state land commissioner reports matters quiet in his department , although there is always plenty of work. Mr. Bartlett , of the state treasury de- partme'nt , informs the State Journal that funds are coming in quite rapidly in re sponse to the call upon the county treasur ers for May 1st. About $410OOU was re ceived from the 1st to the 20th day of May. The call was made to enable the treasurer tc make the June school apportionment and also to pay up some of the arreaages of the general fund. The school apportionment will probably amount to about $175,000. About $110,000 of the $410,000 thus fax col lected belongs to the general f nnd. At the Union stock yards , near Oma ha , Edward Henry , a boarding house keeper , in a quarrel with Michael Murphy , shot the latter , the ball entering the right side and coming out on the left side just be low theribs. The victim died next day. Henry was arrested. - A train which reached Omaha from the west a few days ago had on board four small children who had taken passage at Butte , Montana , accompanied by their mother. The journey for some time was uneventful when the mother and children were suddenly separated by the former either falling or jumping off at 2 o'clock in the morning , while the train was under full speed. She had been noticed by the passengers to take frequent pulls at a bottle -which she earned , and it was remarked several times that if she continued she would soon be in a glorious state of intox ication. The children were taken from the cars at Omaha by the "Women's Chnstian aid association , and the woman was subse quently found with her spine badly injured and also taken to that city. Ex-Governor Fnrnas is making spe cial efforts in behalf of the state of Ne braska to have a good representation at the World's Industrial and Cotton centennial exposition at New Orleans , which opens the first Monday in December , 1884. It is hoped the people properly appreciate the importance of this matter and will join ; with unusual haraony and strength in aid ing to place such a display of Nebraska's products on exhibition at New Orleans as will sustain , the reputation and claims ol the state as a most wonderful diversified producing country. The editor of the Crete Globe , who has made considerable inquiry , reports thai the prospects for fruit in that section as excellent. If frost keeps out of the waj there seems no doubt that the fruit crop will be an abundant one. Eight years ago theie was not a creaBUTy in-Nebraska. Now they are scat tered from one end of the state to the other , and others are being talked up all along the line. line.A passenger train from Red Cloud to Crete collided with an extra freight going west between Kesterson and Endicott. The freight consisted of seventeen cars of Texas ponies , snd the two front cars were . com pletely wrecked , but only three ponies were killed and five injured. The passenger en gine was a complete wreck. The tender was driven into the cab with the rear end elevated at an angle of 45 degrees , and mashed into the mail car. Both engineers and firemen jumped before the trains struck. With the exception of slight busi ness no one was hurt. The Wilber Blade says the prospect for a big crop pf all kinds of fruit In Ne braska was never better than at present. The trees'did not bloom until late , on ac count of the backwaid spring , heueno damage has been done by freezing or ft L . If nothing happens it hereafter the yield will be immense. The cherry trees especial ly will be loaded with fruit. The Jefferson county agricultural so ciety will hold a county fair September J 6 , 17 and 18. The Waterloo Gazette says a foimer Nebraskan , who has just returned from Washington territory , was asked how he liked that country. "Well , sir , " he re plied , "every bunch of willows is a mighty forest , every frog pond a sylvan lake , every waterfall a second Niagara , ev ery ridge of rocks a gold mine , every town a county seat and every man a liar. " TheFullerton Journal Bays a poor but deserving applicant for pension , wh resides in Nance county and who has a larg family to support , wrote to Senator Man demon , stating the circumstances of th case and his present straightened condition financially , asking his aid In procuring th amount he was entitled to from Uncle earn In reply be received an , encouraging lette from the senator , and nicely folded in on corner was a five-dollar William. Tha kind of charity goes a good w/s , and dis counts well wishes two to onr An irate husband of J * wnee Cifr severely thumped a young i an of that tow ! for prowllnsr around his house after nigh and frightening his wife. A prairie fire burned over a It rgi tract in Nance county last week , doinj heavy damage to shrubbery and youni trees , and would have sacrificed a cow o two but for the timely arrival of help Thousands of plum trees , in full bloom went up In fire and smoke , much to the re gret of.all. The Nebraska Sunday School associ ation have changed the date for the annua convention. It is now called to meet a Waboo , June 24 , 25 and 26. .Rev. Dr. Worthington , of Detroit has been chosen bishop of Nebraska , t succeed the late Bishop Clarkson. The state republican central commit tee have fixed upon Omaha as the place am August 27th as the date for holding th state convention. The basis of representa tlon was fixed the same as the last stat convention. Horse thieves are said to be raidinj Kearney county. One of the gang stoppei one of Henry Hurlburt's men in Keen township , while he was plowing , makin him unhitch the horse , while the scoundre mounted the animal and rode away. George Allen stepped into an Oman drug store a few nights ago and called f o a glass of soda water. While he was drink ing it he suddenly fell to the floor , dead Heart disease. A band-car with four section mei jumped the track near Filley the other day George Boughman had a leg broken and J S. White was hurt about the head. Non of the others were injured. W. L. Sprague , while out huntin ; near Wood Elver , Hall county , was th victim of a premature discharge of his gun injuring his left hand so badly that ampu Ration was found necessary. A syndicate recently formed ii Bloomington , will at once commence th erection of upwards of fifty new tenemen houses Mr. Neno , aged 70 , while plowinj with a sulky plow lately , was thrown fror the seat and caught between the wheel an lever. After the team had run three miles the lever worked loose and let the plo drop , stopping the horses. When pickei up the old gentleman was dead. There are but few towns in the state says the Sentinel , that are so fortunate a Humboldt as to have among its citizens on whose magnanimity and generosity is ex hiblted in a way that is calculated to be o such a lasting nature as that of establishin a public library and reading room. Th library now has"on its shelves over 1,00 volumes of carefully selected reading mat ter , which will be added ito as the occasio requires , suitable for all ages. In Clay county , last'week , two mei were sentenced to the penitentiary for bur glary one for five years and the other f o one year. Two bastardy cases were als tried. There was disagreement in encase case , and in the other -the defendant set tied by planking down $600 to the youn lady whom he had ruined under promise c marriage. A tramp whose name was not developed was run over by the cars at Wood river last week , the body being mutilated in most horrible manner. The coroner's in quest failed to develop any particulars , fur ther than stated above. The tramp wa probably attempting to climb on the true ! and fell under the wheels. The Protestant Episcopal church a its recent session in Omaha resolved tha a committee of six , consisting of the rector and senior wardens of the Omaha parishes be appointed to take into consideration th erection of a monument to the late Bisho ] Clarkson ; also that the council recommeni to the parishes of this diocese the propriet of erecting a suitable monument to th memory of the late reverened diocesan. During the'prevalence of a high win < some scoundrel started a prairie fire ii Knox county which destroyed the stable hog pens , two fine sows , a 1 atge quantity o hay , etc. , belonging to Charles Cline. I the man who started the fire can be appre bended there is likely to be slight reduction in the population of Knox county. Burglars entered the house of S. K Hole , at Lincoln , and , chloroforming hie and his wife , proceeded to go through Mr H. 's pants pockets , securing a silverwatcl and $12 in currency. They also visited sev eral other houses the same night , but di < not succeed in gaining-entrance. The cap ital city has its full quota of .crooks , fo whom plenty of shotguns and other fire arms are held in readiness. An entertainment was recently givei at Lincoln in behalf of procuring a tow : clock. The same thing was tried in Oman a few years ago , and although the concer was liberally patronized and much mone ; paid in , the metropolis of the state is stii minus the time sounder. Plans of the pro jectors were all on tick. NEBRASKA STATE FAIR. The Board of Managers Hold a Bleetin ; in Its Interest. A meeting of the managers of th state hoard of agriculture was held on th 20th. Present , Chairman Barker , Secre tary Furnas , Messrs. Jensen , White , Me Intyre , Dinsmore , Bowen and Treasure : Hartman. D. H. Wheeler , as special statistician o the United States agricultural department presented his line of work and asked thi board to make an appropriation not to ex ceed $7 per month , to publish the same foi distribution. Granted , to apply from Mate - to December , 1884 , inclusive. The contract with J. Mueller , of Counci Bluffs , in regard to a piano prize , was ap proved. Mr. Druse reported that he had arrangei with certain stock breeders to have a re spectable showing at the fair. Messrs Nye , Daniels , Harvey and Daily will ex hibit and have agreed to sell. The bean waives the right to take 5 per cent , of sale ! from any exhibitors ; and also allows then to choose their own auctioneers. The secretary and treasurer were author ized to procure all necessary tickets an < bills. bills.The chairman of the managers and presi dent of the board were appointed to confei with railways in regard to running excursion - sion trains from the east. Dr. B. G. Northrop , of the Connection : Agricultural college , will deliver the an nual address at the fair. Prospective Indian Troubles. A Winnipeg special says The trou ble is rapidly coming to a climax amongthe Indians of the northwest territories. Pia- pot has called a big sun dance and invited all the-Indians , and they will demand to be given land where they can get fresh fish to counteract the effect of bacon , which has spread scurvy among the camps , causing fifty of his people to die in three months. He complains of broken pledges by the government aa to supplies. The Assina- boincs and other tribes are invited to join the movement for a change. Yellow Calf's band is armed and defying the authorities. Cannon and troops have been sent to the front from Regina and a fight is looked for. THE WORK OF CON&BESS. The Senate Annual Pension Ap propriation Bill Passed by the House. The Labor Bureau Measure Taker Tip and Passed in the Higher Branch. . Another Attempt to Get a Foothold It Oklahoma Miscellaneous Wash ington Matters. CONGRESSIONAL. SKNATK. TUESDAY , May 20. The bill wai passed extending to August , 1886 , the time to commence laying the cable authorized bj the act of August 8 , 1882. The agricultural appropriation bill was proceeded with by sections. One of thi amendments added to the bill by the sen ate committee appropriates $20,000 for con tinulng the location and sinking of artesiai wells on the plains with a view to reclaim ing the arid and waste public lands. To this provision Mr. Deck objected. Mr. Hale moved that the appropriatioi be limited to two wells. Agreed to ane passed without division. On motion of Mr. Manderson the senati passed the house bill authorizing the con structlon of a bridge across the Missour river in Douglas county , Nebraska. HOUSE. The Indiana contested election cast of English vs. Peele was taken up. The majority resolution declares English dul ] elected. Mr. Lowrey advocated the claimi of the contestant. He alluded to certaii language used by J. S. Wise ( Va. ) whei the F'Farrel-Paul case was under consld eration , to the effect that a Virginia hour bon was riding into congress on the back o : one of Barnum's Indiana mules. In viev of the spectacle which the gentleman front Virginia presented on this floor , he appre hended that if Barnum had been tele graphing to Virginia for an animal of the lower order he would have telegraphed f 01 one still more brutal in its instincts than : mule. Mr. Wise , who had been in the cloal room , came in and asked to be taken down The speaker said the proper time for thi request was passed. Mr. "Wise reservee the privilege of a personal explanatlot hereafter. SENATE. WEDNESDAY , May 21. The follow ing bills were passed for the erection o public buildings : At Vicksburg , $100,000 : at Chattanooga , $100,000 ; atOpelousa , La. , $50,000 ; at Portland. Oregon , $250,000 ; ai Sacramento , $100,000 ; at Dayton , Ohio , $150,000 ; at Springfield , Ohio , $100,000 , The above sums include the cost of site : and buildings. The resolution calling upon the president for information concerning the appointment of commissioners to examine certain sec tions of the Northern Pacific railroad wai referred to the Judiciary committee. Unanimpus consent was obtained and bill passed permitting the erection of a bridg < across the Missouri at White Cloud , Kas. , and another near Bulo , Neb. HOUSE. Consideration of the Indiana con tested election case was resumed. Mr. Hart offered as a substitute for th < majority resolution the resolution of tin minority confirming the right of Peele t < the seat. The vote was yeas 121 , navs 117. Mr. Springer immediately moved a recon sideration. Mr. Hart moved to lay that motion on th < table. Pending whichMr. Converse movet to adjourn. Carried yeas 110 , nays 118- amid applause on the democratic side. SENATE. THURSDAYjMay 22. The bills passed authorizing the construction of bridge : across the Missouri at Rule and Decatur , Neb. Neb.Mr. Mr. Van Wyck submitted an amendment , to be proposed at the proper time , extend ing the privileges of the lottery bill so as te prohibit the mailing of newspapers or othei publications containing advertisements oi notices of railroad , mining or other , stocks of corporations by margins on puts anej calls , agency thereof , or any notice , reporter or statement ot any such sales. The Utah bill was laid aside , and the sen ate resumed consideration of the labor sta tistics bill. Mr. Van Wyck proposed an amendment to the labor bureau bill , which was read , providing that the chief of the bureau be identified with the laboring classes , etc , He said the communism of capital was more dangerous than the communism of labor Six railroad kings could sit in a parlor ir New York and regulate everything in this country. HOUSE. The bill amending the Thurman sinking fund act , the bill forfeiting the Oregor Central land grant , the congressional libra ry bill and educational bill were pressed foi consideration. The Oregon Central measure proved suc cessful , the consideration of the sinking fund bill being voted down yeas 76 , nays 130. 130.In In the discussion following George as serted that the Oregon Central , to which the decision referred , was not the Oregon Central to which the bill related , and inti mated that Cobb was misleading thehouse , whereupon Cobb declared he had a letter showing George to be a railroad attorney , Pending debate the house adjourned. SENATE. FRIDAY , May 23. Senator Harrison reported favorably to the senate from the committee on territories the house bill in relation to the legislature of Dakota , which provided that that body : shall consist of twenty-four members of the council and forty-eight members of the house , and thai there will be elected at the next general election in the territory two members ol the council and four members of the house in each legislative district. The house bill to provide for the muster and pay of certain officers and enlisted men in the volunteer forces was passed. The annual pension appropriation bill was passed as reported by the senate com mittee. The labor bureau bill was taken up , and Mr. Blair withdrew a number of amend ments , leaving the bill as it came from the house. Mr. Aldrich moved a substitute , which was agreed to and the bill passed 55 to 2. HOUSE. The house went into committee of the whole on the private calendar. The bill providing for the retirement of Col. Henry J. Hunt as major general gave rise to a good deal of discussion. In opposing the measure , Mr. Springer spoke in strong condemnation of the bill to retire General Grant and give him a pen sion of $10,125 a year simply because he had been unfortunate in Wall street. The bill was laid aside with favorable recommendations. The house at the evening session passed forty-six pension bills , including one for $50 per month to the widow of General Ord. HOUSE. SATURDAY , May 24. Mr. Hatch pre sented the conference report on the bill to establish a bureau of animal industry. The iouse conference committee recommend concurrence in all the senate amendments. The amount of the appropriation Is % $150- f , 000 , and the jurisdiction of the commlsslonei of agriculture Is limited to such investiga tion and such disinfection and quarantln < measures as may bo necessary tu prevent the spread of contagious and infectious dis eases from one state or territory into in ; other , and is prohibited from applying anj money toward paying for animals fount necessary to bo slaughtered in order to pre vent the spread of the disease. The report was agreed to. The senate bill granting permission to L. K. Beynolds , of the United States navy , tc accept the decoration of the royal and im perial order of Frances Joseph from the government of Austria for gall an tr ? in sav ing the lives of eleven Austrian sailors , was passed. CAPITAL TOPICS. LAND GRANT FORFEITURES. The bill relating to the forfeiture oi the Northern Pacific lands , provides foi immediate restoration to the public do main and to the operation of the public land laws that portion of the grant lying contiguous with its main line between Wai- hila Junction and Portland , a distance oi 214 miles. It also provides for the forfeit ure at the end of five years from the passage of the bill of all lands adjacent to that portion tion of the Cascade grant which shall ther be unbuilt , in effect giving the road five vears to build the Cascade branch. The bill proposes to authorize persons in pos session of any of these lands to purchase 320 acres , if so much has been improved bj them. The railroad company is required to file its assent to the conditiona of the bill , so as to avoid all question as to title ot forfeited lands. lands.LAND LAND GRANTS. Representative Lewis has been in- strucced by the bouse committee on public lands to report favorably the joint resolu tion prohibiting the secretary of the Jnterioi from taking steps to confirm , certify 01 patent any land grants in cases where re ports favoring forfeiture of such land grant ! have been made in either branch of congress , until after final action shall be taken on suet bills , or the supreme court ot the Unitec States decide on the validity of such grant , The secretary is prohibited from certifying or patenting any land grant except when all conditions are strictly complied with , In doubtful cases the benefit ot the doubi shall be given to the government. POSTAL TELEGRAPH. The report of the committee on the subject of postal telegraph has been com pleted. It gives a summary of the historj of the increase , debts , rentals and capita stock of the Western Union company , anc the value of United States property , leased and otherwise , and tells what it would re quire to reproduce lines in every respect equal to those of the Western Union. Three hundred and fifty thousand miles of wire would cost , including poles , construction and instruments , $24,500,000. The report asserts that passage of the postal telegragl bill will reduce the average charge per tel- gram from 39 to 2 > cents immed'ately , and to 20 cents in five years , and secure a uni formity of charges , irrespective of the amount of business in the different places , for telegrams to newspapers and to com mercial news associations. ON TO OKLAHOMA. The following telegram , dated Forl Reno , from Major Dewes , concerning per sons trying to force their way into the Oklahoma lands , has been transmitted bj the acting secretary of war to the secretary of the interior : "A courier has just ar rived from Lieut. Day , who is on the Cim- maron , and reports that the intruders made serious resistance. Day has arrested thir ty-five and many more are coming. Thej may overpower him by numbers. I will send Captain Carroll , with all available cavalry , this afternoon. I have asked the commanding officer at Fort Sill for twe troops of cavalry. " REVENUE REFORM. The Post prints interviews witl eighty-two democratic members of the house of representatives in support of the demand that a clear and explicit statement of principles absolutely committing the democratic party to the issue of revenue reform in the presidential canvas shall be made by the Chicago convention of July. Among those interviewed are Carlisle , Mor risen , * Hewitt , Rosecrans , Hurd , Slocum , Cox ( N. Y. ) , Holman , Buckner and Black burn. The latter says they look to the con vention for a vindication of the contest made at this session for tariff reform. The Coming Crops. Crop reports received by the Chicago Farmers' Review , up to May 19 , are to the effect that the conditions for both wheat and corn are better , but the general situa tion is by no means reassuring as yet. Winter wheat is beginning to head and spring wheat is growing well , with gener ally good prospects in Illinois. Certain sec- tiens report improved indications for wheat , but the crop for the state at large may fall short of the average. Spring wheat prospects in Iowa are fair , but corn planting is greatly delayed. Michigan pre dicts a small wheat crop , and the harvest two weeks late. In Minnesota and Wiscon sin wheat prospects have improved in the past two weeks. Kentucky and Tennessee report improved wheat prospects , while certain counties in Kansas predict not to exceed half a crop. Other counties of Kansas continue to send in very favorable reports. Ohio and Indiana report fair prospects only for wheat. In certain sec tions of Missouri reported there are fears of chinch bug. Dakota prospects are very promising. ALL FOR TILDEN. Action of the Nebraska Democracy in Their llecent State Convention. At the democratic state convention held in Lincoln on the 22d , the first ballot for delegates at large resulted in the elec tion of three James E. Boyd , of Douglas ; J. Sterling Morton , of Otoe , and "W. H. Munger , of Dodge. A second ballot being necessary for the fourth delegate , Tobias Castor , of Saline , was elected fourth dele gate at large. The delegates are all for Til- den. The platform declares : First We demand a vigorous frugality in every department , and from every officer of the government , and we heartily concur in the sentiment that no reform of administra tion is possible so long as the government is directed by a party which is under the dominion of false doctrine , and animated by enormous pecuniary interests in the per petuation of existing abuses. That the first effectual step in the reform of our govern ment must be a fundamental change in the policy of its administration. Second That in view of the unequal and discriminating operation of the existing tariff and the unjust and excessive burdens imposed upon the people , we are in favor of a revision which shall limit it to the pro duction of the necessary revenues of 'the government economically admin istered , that it should be so ad justed as to prevent as far as possible une qual burdens upon labor , and to bear more heavily on articles of luxury and lightly on articles of necessity. We believe such a revision of tariff laws , simplified in their operation and administration , will result in decreasing the growth of monopolies , pre vent the oppression and spoliation of labor and the unequal distribution of wealth and abolish special and class legislation. Eesolved , That as our fathers under the lead of Thomas Jefferson , rescued our country from the control of federalism and the alien and seditious laws of the elder Adams , so will the democratic party of 1881 , if united , hurl the republican party Erom power. An old bachelor died at East Alburg , 7t. , the other day , and § 60,000 in lends , notes and certificates were 'onnd.in. the linings of his clothes. Paragraphs from Many Source ; Containing a Great Deal of Intelligence. Affairs in This and ther Countriei Fully but Concisely Made Public. Hatters in the Political World Tin Financial Situation Miscella neous Memoranda. NEWS NOTES. The flour trade at New York resolvec that all Hour inspected as sound shall have the name of the Now York produce ex change inspector and the grade It repre sents , together w < th the month and year , branded upon each sack and on the bide ol each barrel. The movement to secure the repea of all internal revenue tax on tobacco , started by the officers of the New Englant tobacco growers association has taker definite shape. An appeal to the tobaccc Industry of the whole country has beer adopted. The remains of Charles O'Conoi were buried from the Iloman Catholic ca thedral , New York. Three thousand peo- were present , among them Boscue onkling , ex-Senator Kernan , Bev. Dr Morgan Dix , of the Trinity Episcopal church , Bishops McQuade , Hendricks , McEnery and Wigger , William M. Evartsl Roswell P. Flower , John Kelly , ex-Mayoi Grace , John Graham , William Lummis , Benjamin H. Bristow , and hundreds o : other pteminent gentlemen. The Ancient Order of Hibernians national convention atCleveland elected thi following officers : National delegate , Henrj F. Sheridan , of Massachusetts : nationa directors , Jeremiah Crowley , of Massachu setts ; Cornelius Herrigan , of Minnesota M. A. Shea , of Massachusetts ; F. B. Mur phy , of Iowa , and J. S. O'Connor , of Ohio , The captain of the Duluth terryboat , which collided with a sail boat , drowning four men , has been arrested and bailed ir $20,000. Senator Ingalls , from the senate ju diciary committee , reported a bill dividing the Eighth judicial district , which cm- braces Nebraska. Judge Tracy , a prominent jurist ol Iowa , and at the time president of the Bur lington , Cedar Bapids and Northern rail road , died at Burlington. Representative Cassidy says that in an interview with Tllden his understanding was that the New York statesman would ac cept the nomination if it was tendered him. him.The national wool growers' associa tion , in session at Chicago , elected Hon. Columbus Delano , of Ohio , president , and passed resolutions demanding a restoration of the wool tariff of 18(57. ( Senator Dolph has introduced a bill on the Northern Pacific land grant even more stringent than Senator Van Wyck's. Dolph's bill only gives them five years to complete that portion of the road between Wallula Junction and Portland. The Presbyterian assembly passed strong resolutions deprecating Sabbath desecration. The house committee on naval affairs will report a bill for the relief of the officers and crews of the Cumberland and Monitor , engaged with the Merrimac in 1862 ir Hampton Beads , Va. The purchase in England of American stocks last week were greater in amount than for twelve months previous. The late ripple in Wall street has beer smoothed , leaving hardlv any traces. Ernest Shoemaker committed suicide near Eureka , 111. , by hanging himself tc the limb of a tree. He had on his person $66 in cash and a draft on the First national bank of Chicago for $3,818.40. He leaves a wife and five children in Chicago. The president has approved the bill granting a loan of $1,000,000 to the New Orleans exposition. A party of horse thieves were over taken in the Indian territory bv officers and , in an attempt to arrest them , George Bigg , one of the thieves , was instantly killed , and another one mortally and a third slightly wounded. Two officers were also slightly injured. The vault of the city clerk's office in East St. Louis was broken open , and from $1,000 to $2,000 in cash and $20,000 in city scrip stolen. Isaac M. Veitch died suddenly at his office in St. Louis. He was one of the best known Odd Fellows in the country. He had been past grand sire of the supreme lodge , of the world and past grand master and past grand secretary of the Missouri grand lodge. The house committee on civil ser vice reform unanimously directed a favor able report on the bill to repeal the tenure of office acts. The remainder of the provisions for the Arctic fleet will be forwarded in a short time to Siberia. The Alert is to return next September , and bring any information that maybe learned in regard to the Greely party. A six-year old daughter of William Dyke , living one mile east of Hillsdale , Michigan , was outraged and murdnred. The condition of the winter wheat crop in Illinois on May 1st , as reported by the state board of agriculture , is better in the northern portion but not so promising in the southern portion. The percentage of the area winter-killed is 14 in the north ern portion , in the central division 20 per cent , and in the southern division 27 per cent. cent.Charles Charles B. Clarke was hung at Lit tle Valley , N. Y. , on the 24th , for the mur der of his wife. The number of failures for the seven lays ending May 2Sth were 232 , an increase of 23. Jas. B. Keene , of New York , says he expects to pay his debts in full if his credi tors give him a little time. To this end he makes a proposition to the holders of his ibligations , adjusted and unadjusted , to iccept his notes , dated May 1,1884 , for the tull sum due them on that day , payable in twelve and eighteen months. In the executive session of the senate an the 23d the nomination of Major O. E. Babcock , to be lieutenant colonel , was dis cussed four hours without reaching action , [ t is understood that the old charges of "whisky ring" have been revived for the purpose of defeating his confirmation. The house committee on public health report it unwise to confer upon the lational board of health the management of quarantine and epidemics. They consider t best to leave it where it now rests , under : harge of Dr. Hamilton. It has been agreed to report favor- ibly the bill granting the Kansas Gity , Fort Scott and Gulf railroad the right of way through the Indian territory. FOREIGN. At Bazar Bel , in the city of Asia Minor , 950 dwellings , 544 warehouses and shops , eleven mosques , fifteen schools. nlne > knans and 140 other buildings were burned. . Eleven persons perished. In the house of commons Gladstone , , replying to Bartlett , conservative , sold thc > government adhered to the position that. Egyptian law of liquidation should bo u basis for the conference. France nuked am explanation of England' * position In regard * to affairs in Egypt. Both govcmzaenUk were desirous of exchanging vlcwf , and af ter reciprocally exchanging views theyr would consult the powers at the earliest moment possible. After this , parllarr-- . would be fully informed of the procct r\ ings. ings.The house of commons 138 to 75 rejected the bill amending the Irish labor ers' act of 1883. The king , in opening the Spanish : cortes , pronounced that the pay of tbo s l- dicrs will bo increased and the system ot taxation reformed. The grand Jury has indicted Lordi St. Leonard for indecently assaulting t maid servant. Le Paris says : The French artists , , in revenge for the refusal of the United * States to reduce the duty on works of art , , will demand that the French salon exclude ? the works of American artists. POLITICAL. The Missouri prohibition and home ? protection party met in convention at SU Louis and elected thirty-two delegates to > the national convention at Pittsburg andi postponed the nomination of a state ticket , to August 19th , to which date the conven tion adjourned to meet at Sodalia. .Reso lutions were passed endorsing the platform * of the party passed In Chicago in882favor- equal suffrage and wages for women withe men , and denouncing the liquor license laws as a co-partnership with criminals anti compromise with crime. The meeting of New York business ; men to express their preference for Presi dent Arthur's renomlnation was large and. enthusiastic. Addresses were made bp Henry Ward Beecher , ex-Secretary Bris tow and others. R. B. Scandrett , who is a personal : friend of Don Cameron and presided at the- mock republican convention held by they students of Washington and Jefferson col lege , recently , has received a letter from , Senator Edmunds , the.tquasl nominee ifor- president , saying : "I sincerely thank the- young gentlemen for the compliment. I much prefer it to the actual office , the em barrassments and burdens of which I do not. desire to assume. " Republicans of the Fifth Kansas > . congressional district have- unanimously nominated John A. Anderson for re-elec tion. tion.The The democrats were victorious in the- elections at Danville and Blcbmond , Vir ginia. The West Virginia greenbackers : will unite with the republicans on the state ? ticket. The republicans carried the election at Petersburg , Virginia. Mahone wasser2- naded. The Cedar Rapids ( Iowa ) Republi can contains seventy responses to requests sent to prominent New York editor * oui- hlde of the city of New York for opinions , as to tha strongest republican candidates in. that pivotal state. Twenty name Elaine , , twenty Arthur , eighteen Edmunds , six Lincoln , three General Sherman , two Hawley - ley and one Andrew White. LOST IN THE DEEP. The French Brig Senorine Goes Ashore- , at Grand Banks. A special from St. Johns , N. F , the- 24th , says : The French brig "Senorine'- ' went ashore at Grand Banks and is a total wreck. Fifty-three passengers and nine of the crew were lost. The "Senorine" was- caught in a fog and the captain lost his. bearings. He was making for St. Johns * , goitg slow , when she struck. The wildest disorder prevailed , the officers and crew- making for the boats and leaving the pas sengers to care for themselves. A boat containing twenty passengers and some of- the crew was swamped after it got away from the steamer by the lurching of the- vessel. The screams of the women were- heartwrending , and most of them sank im mediately. The men struggled , but only a. few succeeded in catching floating spars. . The captain was unable to maintain disci pline , and among the passengers few were able to save themselves. Many clung to the rigging after the first shock , thinking the- vessel would stand the strain and they might be picked up when the fog cleared- But when the vessel went to pieces they were all lost. Only about twenty persons- were saved. CREDIT MOBILIEK. An Answer to the Petition of the Union ; Pacific Filed. Rowland G. Hazard , the stockholder upon whose complaint a receiver was ap pointed for the Credit Mobilierof America , , has filed in the United States circuit court at Philadelphia , an answer to the petition : of the Union Pacific railway company for- the removal of Oliver Ames from the re ceivership. Hazard , in answer , saysthejudgmentfor $ li99,365 obtained by the Union Pacific- Railway against the Credit Mobilier in New York courts , upon which proceedings had. been broughttobave said judgment opened , , was not justly due , and that the Union. Pacific company was necessarily interested , in the suit now pending in Massachusetts , , brought by the Credit Mobilier to recover $1,000,000 from the Union Pacific road , as. the latter corporation is successor to the- Credit Mobilier. Hazard denies that Credit Mobilier is insolvent , but believes it would be to its best interests if Oliver Ames was- removed from the receivership and a Pennsylvanian - sylvanian appointed. He agrees with the statement that Ames has not managed his trust in the manner that he should. Betrayed His Trust. Charles A. Hinckley , paying teller of the "West Side bank , New York , has em bezzled $96,000 of the bank's funds and de camped. The embezzlement was discov ered a few days ago. The bank officers cer tify that the capital stock ( $200,000) Is in tact. There is a surplus of $100,180 and also Hmcklev's § 10,000 bond , given by the Fidelity and Indemnity company. The matter was kept secret until the investiga tion was finished. Hinckley has been con nected with the bank as paying teller ever since its organization , fifteen years ago. He was regarded as a man of rigid integ rity. Mr. F. N. Chase , director of the towa State Board of Agriculture , says r "While out at the State fair grounds \ on the 6th inst. , Mr. Rounds , of Ce- J jar Falls , was taken with a sud- * Jen and violent attack of cholera mor- ) us. I procured a bottle of Chamber- ain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea ieme'dy for him. After his partaking if the first dose he felt relieved of the ) ain , and in a short time he was well ind remained to see the fair. From what I have seen of the effect of this nedicine I regard it as being one of jreat merit and an. Iowa product which leople of fhe west have great need ot luring the summer months. " Flowers and feathers figure largely in. jvening , dinner and ball toilets.