THE TRIBUNE.
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BKIEFS ABOUT NEBRASKA.
Robert Covin was drowned at Flor
ence on Sunday last , while bathing. His
companions bad missed him for some time
and ( supposed he had gene home , but his
clothing being found on the bank , tearch
WM made which resulted In finding his
dead body.
The Lincoln Democrat says Judge
Mason , who Is part owner of the well-
known Alice mine , on Silver creek , Colorado
rado , has just returned from his posses
sions , and says they have a lode In sight for
which ho advises to his partners the refusal
of $50,000 , which has been made them.
Mollie Brown , a woman of the town * ,
suicided in Omaha last week. The jury
brought in a verdict of death from alcohol or
an overdose of morphine. She was 21 years
old and her parents reside In New York
state.
state.A
A little child of Mr. Bundicks was
bitten , in Buffalo county , by a rattlesnake
the other day , and the presence of mind
And bravery of Mrs. Bundick Is to be com
mended , for she sucked the poison from the
wound and thus saved the child's life.
The Ponca creamery now manufac
tures the butter of 3,000 cows.
| Ex-soldiers of Buffalo and adjoining
counties will hold a reunion at Kearney on
the 21st , 22d and 23d of August.
The public library at Crete contains
1,054 volumes. There were 117 books ad
ded during the year past and 2,744 books
taken out by patrons during the same time.
The total assessment of Buffalo coun
ty for the year 1883 is $1,879,340. That of
1884 is $2,479,711 Of this amount for 1884
the city of Kearney has a valuation of over
$509,000 ; the Union Pacific roadbed , 36
miles in length , Is something over $456,000 ,
and that of the B. &M. , a trifle over six
miles in length , is $77,875.
The assessment roll of Saline totals
$3,005,602 , an Increase of a quarter of a
million.
Mr. J. W. Gannett .having tendered
his resignation as regent of the university ,
Gov. Dawes has appointed Mr. Leavitt
Burnham , of Omaha , his successor during
the remainder of the term lor which Mr.
Gannett was elected. Among other busi
ness transacted at the recent meeting of
the board was the election of Prof. L. E.
Hicks , of Ohio , to the chair of geology and
natural science , vacant for more than a
year ; also , the election of Prof. A. E.
Blount , of the Colorado agricultural col
lege , and Prof. C. E. Bessy , of the Iowa
agricultural college , to the chairs of agri
culture and botany , made vacant bv the
resignations of Profs. Thompson and Cul-
bertson.
The mayor and marshal of Omaha
have been indicted by the Douglas county
grand jury for bribery In connection with
gambling houses of that city. The mayor
and marshal are found to have been taking
a good deal of money from gamblers and
prostitutes for the privilege of allowing
them to continue their illegal calling.
At a fire in a stable at Lincoln a few
daws ago nine horses were burned to death.
Loss , $6,000.
Crete is making preparations for a
livey celebration on Independence day.
The population of Greeley county has
Increased 750 the past year , being a gain of
30 per cent. The taxable valuation has
also increased to the amount of $211,000.
A party of New Yorkers are nego
tiating for a tract of 3,000 acres in Greeley
county with which thev want to make a
model farm.
The crop of wild fruit promises to be
unusually abundant.
Tramps by the. score are constantly
meandering through the country , but they
do not seem anxious to secure work.
A Nebraska City man has started a
new industry and seems to have a monopoly
of it. In that city quite a number of cows
are owned. These cows are driven to the
outskirts of the town to feed. The man has
rented two lots near his residence , and
under our herd law , cattle going onto cul
tivated land are trespassers. He plants part
of these two lots into potatoes , a crop that
a cow would not eat , and when one of these
animals steps onto his potato field , he
takes her to a fenced corral that he has and
collects from seventy-five cents to a dollar
for the trespass and trouble.
A special election is called by the
mayor and council of the city of Lincoln , on
the llth day of July , for the purpose of.
voting upon a proposition to bond that city
to the amount of $90,000 for the purpose of
establishing water works. The proposition
is for twenty year bonds drawing six per
cent annual intorostt
Mrs. Sumner , of Bloomington , took
by mistake a dose of belladonna. Fortu
nately the doctor was soon at hand , and by
the most thorough and skillful treatment
followed up for hours she was saved. Her
life was utterly despaired of all through the
night and her recovery is a wonder.
B. F. Bromley , a brakeman on the
.Burlington and Missouri river railway ,
while switching in the Burlington and Mis
souri river yard , at Grand Island , fell from
the top of a box car and was run over and
killed.
At the sale of blooded cattle on the
Turlington farm , in Otoe county , on the
16th , forty head brought $14,610. Canada ,
Iowa , Illinois , Kansas , Missouri and Ne
braska were represented. The average was
$365.50 per head.
The G. A. R. post at Auburn ismak-
ing preparations for a grand reunion on the
4th of July.
Bennie Rogers , 9 years old , of Gage
county , was drowned in the Blue river last
week while bathing. Several boys were
with him , but were unable to render any
assistance.
C. C. Azier , residing fourteen mile ,
south of Pawnee City , had his barn , includ
ing five head of horses , $250 worth of car
penter's tools and 5COO feet of lumber de
stroyed by fire last week. No cause is given
for the fire. Total loss , $3,000.
A drove of cattle , said to be a mile
long and a quarter of a mile wide , passed
up the valley last week , says the Ogalalla
Reflector.
The Hampton Herald says it has yet
to hear of a failure in the creamery business
in Nebraska when managed by experienced
men. From all directions come the most
satisfactory reports , the only complaint
being of a lack of cows , and this , to farm
ers , is an encouragement rather than a
drawback. If there were two creameries
in each county of Nebraska there would be
a ready market for the product of them all.
The city marshal of Omaha , whom
the council were about to oust for crooked
transactions , took time by the forelock and
sent in his resignation.
A man named O'Reagan , who acts in
the capacity of telegraph editor on the
Omaha Bee , stepped into a saloon a few
nights ago with two strange men for the
purpose of taking a drink. After indulging
in liquid refreshments the strangers slug
ged the newspaper man , putting a head on
him eclipsing anything , as to size at least ,
that he had ever placed over the news wir-
_ The grand jury of Douglas county
are ferreting out a good deal of rottenness
in the municipal affairs of Omaha. Gam- ,
biers and prostitutes are found to have con
nived with officials to evade the low , illegal
proceedings allowed to go on undisturbed ,
and crime hoodwinked at by those whose
sworn duty it Is to govern in the Interest of
decency and order.
The sheriff of Lancaster county has
Just placed in Jail at Lincoln two horse
thieves who wcro overhauled ninety-five
miles northwest of Crelghton with the ani
mals In their possession.
Bell Brothers , two miles west of
Leland's mill , in Thayer county , have a
calf with a remarkable displacement of one
of its principal organs , its heart hanging
In a bag suspended from its neck in front ,
where Its action can readily be seen. The
calf is doing well , notwithstanding its
curious appearance.
Mr. Ellyson , of lena , left at the Pen
ca Journal office a remarkable petrification
which be found in the bluff near the volca
no. It was the petrification of a part of the
upper law bone of some species of saurian
which lived thousands of years ago. From
the size and strength of the jaw , the ani
mal it belonged to must have been several
larger than the aligator.
PostofQce changes in Nebraska dur
ing the week ending June 14,1884 Estab
lished Athens , Cumlng county , Wm. H.
Ransom , postmaster ; Bordeaux , Sioux
county , Peter B. Nelson , postmaster ; Chap-
pell , Cheyenne county , John O'Neill , post
master ; Chase , Greeley county , Rebecca A.
Lambert , postmaster ; Phillips' Station ,
Hamilton county , James O. Baker , post
master ; Roten , Custer county , Jacob Roten ,
postmaster ; Swanton , Saline county , Jos.
T. Cook , postmaster. Postmasters ap
pointed Belmont , Cass county , Mrs. Me-
fisinth P. Stone ; Sand Creek , Saunders
county , John Gldley.
The mayor 'of the Capital City has
commanded the marshal to clear the side
walks of obstructions and the alleys and
sink holes of filth. The whole power of
city authority Is brought to bear to compel
cleaner and better living in certain quar
ters.
ters.The
The Aurora Republican says that a
young man named Maxwell , who was al
most raised in Scoville precinct , that countv ,
and who took a trip to Wisconsin some two
or three weeks ago , was shot and instantly
killed by a man in Grant county , that state-
The murderer was arrested and held incus-
tody.
tody.The
The Seventh-Day Adventists camp
meeting held last week near Beatrice , was
largely attended and successful in every
manner. The headquarters of this sect are
at Fremont , where their branch office is lo
cated. Their organized churches in this
state now number 38 , with 38 unorganized
companies , the first being organized in
Burt county , in 1872. Their greatest draw
back is the lack of ministers engaged in the
work.
During a severe storm the stable of
John Hollenbeck , two miles southeast of
Table Rock , was struck by lightning , and
three horses killed therein. Another stand
ing in the stable escaped without injurv.
The stable and a stack of hay near by were
burned to the ground , although a heavy
rain was falling at the time.
At the recent storm in Pawnee coun
ty , says the Republican , the queerest freak
wag that played by the heavy wind with an
ice wagon. It lifted the cover and carried it
against a house near by , striking the corner
of the roof , tearing off the shingles in its
course and landing several hundred feet
away. An ice-knife , hanging to the bows
of the cover , was taken up with such force
as to carry it through a window of the
house , breaking the glass all to smash and
landing in a high chair in the center of the
room.1
The total assessed valuation of all
property in Johnson county , amounts to
$1,900,593.20 , Just one-ninth of the real
value.
The death of Mrs. Mary Coard , of
Pawnee City , was one of the most tragic
events in the history of that county. She
was struck by the east-bound cannon ball
train and instantly killed. She was struck
while on a bridge and hurled forty feet into
the ravine below. The train was running
at the ra e of 35 miles ap hour , and was
within two rods of her before she was seen
by the engineer , who instantly reversed his
engine at the rtsk of his train and passen
gers.
gers.Dr.
Dr. Otto H. Dogge , ol Lincoln , was
fined $20 and costs hi the district court for
practicing without a state license. He had
diplomas from Germany and from the Mis
souri medical college , and had an applica
tion on file in the Lancaster county clerk's
office , but it was not enough.
The public library at Crete contains
3,054 volumes. There were 117 books added
during the year past and 2,744 books taken
out by patrons during the same time.
F. Grover , of Nebraska City , at
tempted to take his life by hanging a few
days ago. He was discovered and cut down
before the breath was entirely out of him ,
though so weak that he could not stand
alone. Domestic infelicity upset his equi
librium.
Henry Westphal , six miles from
Omaha , while under the influence of strong
drink , to which he was chronically addict
ed , cut his throat from ear to ear. The
verdict was "death by his own hand , while
Buffering from temporary insanity. "
Twenty Ponca Indians , of both sexes
and all ages , passed through Beatrice the
other day , going to the territory. They
were from the old reservation in the north
ern part of the state.
Republican campaign clubs are being
formed in most of the towns of tbe state.
The democrats will take similar action at a
later day say after the Chicago nominees
are named.
A "high roller from Bitter creek"
started out to paint the town of West Point
red , but there is always uncertainty attend
ing the undertaking of tasks of this kind.
Thus it was , says the Republican , with the
subject of this sketch. Instead of driving
the citizens before him like a flock of
frightened sheep , as he no doubt proudly
pictured himself as doing , he was knocked
do.wn , his "weepens" taken from him and
he was unceremoniously hustled into the
cooler , where he had lots of leisure to call
the roll to see if he was all there.
Another accident occurred on the
cannon ball line a few days ago which was
fortunately less serious in its results than
the one near Hubbell. One coach and the
sleeping ear of the passenger train going
west were thrown from tne track , about
three miles south of Falls City , at 2:15 in the
morning. Both cars went down the bank ,
the sleeper being thrown about fifty feet.
The accident was due to the soft condition
of the erade , caused by recent rains. The
track sank suddenly and the effect was to
throw the two rear cars from the track.
One passenger , an old gentleman , had a
finger broken , another received a thigh
wound , another was cut on the chin.
Others were bruised , but no one was seri
ously injured.
The Mormons Highly Indignant.
The Mormon press and prominent
Mormons consider the bill just passed in the
senate a cruel measure harsh , unjust ,
tyrannical and in some respects revolution
ary unconstitutional , and designed to
rekindle the fire of persecution by many of
its provisions. They think it will not stand
tbe test ef judicial examination , and'that
evidemly it was framed with the design of
destroying the Mormon religion. They as
sert the circumstances here do not call for
any such enactments , and that the existing
public opinion which prompted the sena
tors to vote for this measure had been
created by the persistent circulation of false
reports concerning the affairs at Salt Lake.
One of the best rules in 'conversation
is never to say a thing which any of
the company can reasonably wish we
had rather left unsaid ; nor can there
anything be well more contrary to the
ends for which people meet together ,
than to part unsatisfied with each other
or themselves. Swift.
ABflffiBn UU ?
Mr. Blaine Officially Notified of
.
y.
His Nomination for
President.
The Situation in Europe of a Char
acter Exciting Unusual
Attention.
A Train Wrecked by Tramps Politi
cal , Foreign and Other News
of Interest.
NEWS NOTES.
A Deadwood ( Dak. ) special says :
Alexander Fiddler , a man of many aliases ,
was found near Sturgis , this county , Satur
day , hanging to the limb of a tree. He and
two companions robbed an emigrant family
en route to the hills recently and he is sup
posed to have met his fate at the hands of
the vigilantes. He bore a bad name and
had been several times convicted of crime.
Nicholas DfcGroot , assistant secretary
and cashier of the Union Mutual Life In
surance Company at Portland , Me. , com
mitted suicide at his summer residence on
Little Diamond Island. He has been suf
fering with mental depression for six
weeks , and was evidently insane.
It is officially stated that a meeting of
Union Pacific directors , at whichthe July
dividend question will be considered , will
be held soon in New York. Vice-president
Atkins states that Dillon will probably ten
der his resignation and that Charles Francis
At'ams will be chosen president. The earn
ings of the company for May , though not
fully made up , will now , it Is estimated ,
show a decrease of $250,000 and $300,000 net.
Steve Anderson ( colored ) , fireman in
the mills at East Ft. Scott , Ks. , a man of
good reputation , ind recently married ,
quarreled with his wife over plans for a
proposed fishing party. The woman shut
him out of the house. He requested her to
open the door , and when she complied he
shot her three times in the breast with a pistol
tel , and then shot himself in the head and
died Instantly.
Rev. Alexander J. Baird , D. D , of
Nashville , Tenn. , died suddenly recently in
the Park avenue hotel , New York. He was
on his way to attend the meeting of the
Presbyterian Alliance at Belfast , Ireland.
Judgments to the amount of about
$125,000 were entered up lately against
O. M. Bogart & Co. , bankers and brokers ,
New York , who recently failed. Among
the larger creditors are Mary S. Stickwell ,
$42,000 , and Mary H. Burnham , $50,000.
There is trouble between the mem
bers of the Western Trunk Line associa
tion and the eastern trunk lines regarding
the rate on wool from the Mississippi river
to the seaboard. The western trunk lines
demanded the right to make through rates.
This had been refused by the eastern lines
through their joint agent at Chicago. The
western lines assert that the rate should be
15 per cent , more than the rate from Chicago
cage , and assert they will demand their full
pro rata on that basis.
The war against gamblers at Dallas ,
Texas , culminated in one of the indicted
gamblers paying a fine of $1,000 in a com
promise and agreeing never again to gam
ble in Dallas county. All the others left
rather than pay the large compromise.
The officers of the Chicago Humane
society have returned from Monee , III. ,
where they arrested Mrs. Sophia Hinter for
starving into idiocy , beating with savage
cruelty and maiming in a nameless way her
2-year-old stepson.
C. C. Morris , a prominent citizen ,
was assassinated at Greenburg , Ky. , on the
17th. The deed is shrouded in mystery.
Ike Buzzard , a member of the notorious
rious Pennsylvania ( mountain outlaw gang ,
whom the military of that state have been
in pursuit of and for whose capture a re
ward is offered , was arrested at Chicago on
the 17th.
Luke Phipps , who shot his wife on a
a ferryboat between Detroit and Windsor
one night in August last year , was hanged
at Sandwich on the 17th.
The ceremony of presentation to the
city and unveiling of the status of Bolivar ,
the great liberator , took placa in Central
park , New York , in the presence of 5,000
persons , mostly Spanish-Americans.
The entire business part of the town
of Pines Altos , Mexico , was destroyed by
fire May 29th. The Joss Is stated at $300 ,
000 , with no insurance.
Bishop Simpson uied at Philadelphia
on the 18th , aged 73 years.
In an interview Mayor Harrison , of
Chicago , said he had decided to make war
on the gamblers and drive them out of the
city , and that there would be no more tem
porizing with the evil.
At the meeting of the Union Pacific
directors in Boston , on the 18th , Mr. Dil
lon resigned as president and C'aarles
Francis Adams accepted the position. It
was voted that in lieu of the divid * nd paya
ble on July 1st. the sum of $718,814 be paid
from the monies in the company's treasury
to the United States to meet the demand of
the secretary of the treasury lor payments
under the Thurman act for the year ending
December 31st.
The Fitz John Porter bill has passed
both houses and will now go to the presi
dent.
dent.On the night of the 18th , Thoffas
Walling , who went to California during the
gold fever of 1849 , leaving a wife and three
children at Muncie , Ind. , returned from
the far west and spent the evening in com
pany with his wife and children and grand
children. Mrs. Walling , who supposed
him dead , bad in the meantime married
twice , both husbands dying.
A Chicago dispatch says the rumor
circulated in Wall street and on 'Change in
Chicago that S. H. H. Clark , of the Union
Pacific , had resigned his position as general
manager of that road is entirely without
foundation.
The dedication of the Washington
monument will take place the 22d of next
February. Extensive preparations are be
ing made for the event.
Mrs. Warren , wife of Bishop Henry
W. Warren , of Denver , has donated $100-
000 to Denver university for the e&tabl.sh-
inent of a department of divinity , to be
known as the Iliff School of Divinity , on
condition that others endow a single pro
fessorship.
An important change has been made
in the internal management of the Grand
Trunk. The west Detroit lines of the sys
tem , including the .Chicago and Grand
Trunk , Detroit and Grand Haven and Mil-
waukte , Flint and Pere Marquette rail
roads , will be so amalgamated as to be
under the management of M. G. Spicer , the
newly appointed general manager of the
Chicago and Grand Trunk.
The Connellsville ( Pa. ) Coke Pro
ducers' association , in view of the unsatis
factory condition of the trade , has decided
to close down 10 per cent of the ovens , in
addition to the 15 per cent that have been
idle since the formation of the pool. There
will be no change in the selling price.
Gardn r & Gates , cotton merchants ,
Mobile , Ala. , have assigned. Liabilities ,
$165,000 ; assets , $230,000.
The Ohio state miners' association
has notified the miners in the Hocking val
ley to resist a reduction from 70 to 66 cents
to the last. All the miners In the state are
directed to hold themselves in readiness f 01
u general order to suspend.
General Superintendent Breed , of the
St. Paul and Duluth railroad , has tele
graphed his reslnatlon , to take effect as soon
as his successor is appointed.
FOREIGN.
Sir Charles Dilkes' paper , the Week
ly Dispatch , says Gladstone , In frank con
versation with one of his warmest support
ers , declared that he expected to be out of
office in a few weeks. The Dispatch urges
Gladstone if defeated on the Egyptian poli
cy , not to resign but to carrv the franchise
bill to the house of lords and then dissolve
parliament and appeal to the country on the
general policy of the government.
Egyptian advices report an Arab at
Korosko , who claims to be the sole survivor
of the Berber garrison. He says he was
present when the rebels attacked Berber ,
May 23d. The garrison defended the town
two hours , but the rebels forced their way
into the city , where they immediately mas
sacred 1,500 men of the garrison and 2,000
of the male population. The women and
children were spared.
Fatti has signed an agreement with
Mapleson to sing in America next season.
She Is to receive $4,000 for each concert and
all expenses.
The court fined William O'Brien ,
editor of United Ireland , 500 for contempt
in connection with the action for libel
against O'Brien by Bolton.
The public were alarmed by an ex
plosion in a house in Calies villa caused by
a Domb placed inside the doorway. The
door was blown out and the windows shat
tered.
Mayer has leased the Porte St. Martine -
tine theatre in Paris , and engaged Sarah
Earnhardt for seven years.
The porte , not reconciled with the
outlook of affairs in Egypt , has addressed a
circular to the powers insisting on Eng
land's self-imposed task. The restoring of
ordei in Egypt is so far completed that the
army of occupation ought to oe withdrawn.
The article in the divorce bill , abro
gating the law of 1816 , which abolished
divorce , was adopted by the French senate
158 to 115.
Droysen , * an eminent professor of
history at the University of Beilin , is dead.
POLITICAL.
A member of the Pennsylvania dele
gation says that the delegation will vote for
Randall in the Chicago convention next
month for the first choice and then probably
will all vote for Governor Cleveland for
president.
At the Pickaway ( Ohio ) county dem
ocratic convention the delegates were in
structed to vote for ex-Senator Thurman as
a presidential elector.
A club of 100 members was organized
at Indianapolis to work for the nomination
of Joseph E. McDonald for president. The
attendance showed union and harmony
among the local democrats.
M. G. Norton , of Winona , Minn. ,
elected at Chicago a member of the national
republican committee from Minnesota , has
sent his resignation to the state central
committee , owing to extensive private in
terests. It is thought that the committee
will appoint ex-Governor Davis , who seconded
ended the nomination of Blaine.
The committee of 100 appointed at
the meeting of independents organized at
Boston by choosing Bol. Charles R. Cod-
man , president.
The prohibitionists in Kansas are
falling in line under the leadership of ex-
Governor St. John in opposition to Blaine
and Logan , and say they will bolt the fetate
republican convention it the prohibition
plank is not inserted.
Benjamin F. Butler accepts , in a let
ter to the committee , the nomination for
tbe presidency made by the recent green
back convention at Indianapolis.
On the arrival at Waterville , Me. , of
the special train with Blaine , Logan and
Hale , the citizens turned out en masse. A
delegation of Colby students were present ,
and citizens from surrounding towns were
largely represented. Much enthusiasm was
shown.
The New York democratic state con
vention chose delegates-at-large to the na
tional convention not pledged to any par
ticular candidate.
The Colorado delegation to the Chicago
cage convention will go uninstructed.
A Washington special says : Hon.
W.H.English states that Thos. A. Hen
dricks said to him that he would accept tbe
democratic nomination for governor of In
diana.
Republicans of the Eighth Iowa dis
trict renominated Col. W. P. Hepburn for
congress by acclamation.
TENDERED AND ACCEPTED.
Mr. Blaine Officially Notified of His Nom
ination for the Presidency.
The committee from the Chicago
convention to notify Mr. Blaine of his nom
ination for president performed that pleas
ing duty at Augusta , Me. , on the 21st. As
the day was oppressively hot , and the
rooms of Mr. Blaine's mansion were crowd
ed almost to suffocation , it was s > ungested
that the presentation address be made upon
the lawn. Accordingly the committee and
guests proceeded to a well shaded portion
of the grounds , where a semi-circle was
formed. All present stood with uncovered
heads , making an impressive scene. The
rustling of the spreading branched of the
great elms and the buzzing of the insects
were the only sounds to disturb the still
ness. When all was in readine-s Mr. Blaine
was escorted to the lawn , where hts stood
within the arc of the semi-circle. Gen. Hen
derson then stepped forward and presented
the address of the committee , reading from
manuscript , to which Mr. Blaine responded
as follows :
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
National Committee : I receive not without
deep sensibility vour official notice of the
action of the national convention , already
brought to my knowledge through the pub
lic press. I appreciate more profoundly
than I can express the honor which is im
plied in the nomination for the presidency
by tbe retmblican party of the nation.
Speaking through the authoritative voice of
duly accredited delegates , to be selected as
a candidate by such an assemblage from the
list of eminent statesmen whose names
were presented fills me with embarrass
ment. I can on'y ' express my gratitude for
so siunal an honor nd my desire to prove
won by of the great tru t reposed in me.
In accepting the nomination , as I now do ,
I am impressed that I am also oppressed
with a sense of the labor and responsibility
which attaches to my position. The bur
den is lightened , however , by the host of
earnest men who support my candidacy ,
many of whom add , as'does yjur honorable
committee , the cheer of personal friendship
to t .e pledge of political fealty. A more
formal acceptance will naturally be expect
ed and will in due season be communicated.
It may , however , not be inaappropriate at
this time to say that I have already made
a careful study of the principles
announced by the national com
mittee and in whole and in detail they have
my heartiest sympathy t nd meet my un
qualified approval. Apart from your offi
cial errand , gentlemen , I am extremely
happy to welcome you all to my house.
Witlrmany of you I have already shared
the duties of public service and have en
joyed the most cordial friendship. I trust
your journey from all parts of this great re
public has been agreebble , and during your
stay in Maine you will feel that you are not
among strangers , but among friends. In
voking the blessing of God upen the great
cause which we jointly represent , let ui
turn to the future without fear and with
manly heart. "
THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
The Pacific Railway Bill Under
Consideration in the
House.
The Campbell-Morey Contested
Election Case Settled in Favor
of the Former.
Appointment of a Governor for Dakota
Miscellaneous Matters ut
the Capital.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SEXATE.
MONDAY , .Tune 16. The following
resolution was offered by Mr. Van Wyck
and laid over till to-morrow :
llesolved , That the committee on judi
ciary be directed to inquire whether the
Union or Central Pacific railroad compa
nies have become responsible for a guaran
teed interest in any bonds other than those
specifically authorized by congress or out
standing at the date of the passage of the
act making appropriations for legislative ,
executive and judicial expenses of the gov
ernment for the year ending June 30,1874 ,
and if so , to what extent and under actual
or alleged authority ; also , whether any
new stock has been issued by cither of said
companies in violation of said act.
The senate concurred in the action of the
house on the senate amendment appropriat
ing $180,000 for necessary and special facili
ties on trunk lines. The house increased
the amount to $250,000 , in which the senate
now concurs. The senate unanimously in
sisted upon its remaining amendments.
Consideration of the Utah bill was re
sumed , Mr. Brown having the lloor.
Brown's amendment permitting divorce
for only one cause in places where the
United States 1 as executive control was re
jected.
Mr. Vest offered an amendment provid
ing that in no case shall husband or wife be
a competent witness , except as to the fact
of lawful marriage having been contracted
between the witness and the defendant.
HOUSE.
Mr. Follett introduced a bill granting ICO
acres of the public domain to every honor
ably discharged union soldier or sailor of
the late war.
Lowry , from the committee on elections ,
submitted a report on the contested election
case of Campbell vs. Morey , declaring the
contestant entitled to the scat. Laid over.
Mr. Randall moved that the house go into
committee of the whole on the deficiency
appropriation bill. Agreed to.
Mr. Cannon moved to strike out the paragraph -
graph relating to the compensation of fourth-
class postmasters , confining it to box rents
and commission on the sale of waste paper ,
postage stamps , etc. , not to exceed $1,000
a year.
After a long discussion the motion , which
was in the interest of postmasters , was
adopted 84 to 64.SKNATE.
SKNATE.
Tuesday , June 17. After reading
the journal , Brown rose to a question of
privilege. He had the clerk read the re
marks of Mr. Ingalls made yesterday , re
lating to his ( Brown's ) remarks made in
debate on Friday last. When the clerk had
concluded reading , Brown said he had not
replied to Ingalls' remarks yesterday
because he did not wish to speak under the
irritation which Ingalls' remarks were cal
culated to provoke. In what he had to say
he would keep in the decorum of the sen
ate , and reduced his remarks to writing.
The Utah bill was taken up. Vest's
amendment , providing that in no case shall
the lawful hu&band or wife be a competent
witness except as to the fact of lawful mar
riage having oeen contracted , was rejected
18 to 33.
Other amendments were offered and re
jected and the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Slocum presented the conference
report on the Fitz John Porter bill , which
in effect is to strike out of the bill the
words "together with all rights , titles and
privileges , " and to insert the words "pro
vided that said Fitz John Porter shall re
ceive no compensation or allowance what
soever prior to his appointment under this
act , " instead of the following words in the
bill : "But this act shall not be construed
as authorizing pay , compensation orallow-
ances prior to his appointment under it. "
The report was agreed to yeas 158 , nays 61.
The house went into committee of the
whole on the deficiency bill. All amend
ments were agreed to and the bill passed.
The house proceeded to consideration of
the bill reported from the committee on
Pacific railroads to amend the several Paci
fic railroad acts. A vote was taken on the
passage of a substitute for the bill and
amendments. It provides that if railway
companies shall not within sixtv davs from
receipt of notice pay the costs of surveying
the land then their titles to the land shall
cease and the land shall be restored to the
public domain for settlement under the
homestead law ? . The substitute was agreed
to and the bill ( in that shape ) passed.
SENATE.
WEDNESDAY , June 18. Considera
tion of the Utah bill was resumed.
Hoar offered an amendment to strike out
the clause abolishing woman suffrage in
Utah. Rejected 17 ayes , 34 nays.
Those voting in the affirmative were Blair ,
Bowen , Brown , Conger , Cullom , Dawes ,
Dolph , George , Hoar , Lapham , Mander-
on , .Mitchell , Palmer , Pike , Sherman ,
Vance and Wilson.
Brown explained his vote by saying he
was personally altogether opposed to wo
man suffrage , but regarding it as entirely a
local matter and as it had been established
in the territory he would vote against the
United States government interfering
with it.
The bill was then passed 33 yeas to 15
nays.
HOUSE.
The house proceeded to the conside
ration of the Pacific railroad bill , known as
theThurman amendment bill. It extends
the provisions of the Thurman act to the
Kansas Pacific , Sioux City & Pacific , and
Central br-im-h of the Union Pacific. It al
lows the investment of the sinking funds of
all companies in their own first mortgage
bund * or any United States bonds or secu
rities , or other applicat on to the extin
guishment of the interest on subsidy bonds.
It requires one half of the annual compen
sation for government servi-es to be carried
to the sinking fund and also the annual
payment into the sinking fund of the
following sums : Central Pacific Com
pany and the Union Pacifis Com
pany , $2,000,000 each : Kansas Pacific
Companv , Jj5'M ' ) , < > 00 ; Central Branch of the
Union Pacihc , $150,000 ; Sioux City & Paci
fic Company , $150,000 , or as much of such
sums as will make the totl annual payment
into the sinking fund equal to 35 per cent
of the respnctive companies. In case the
residue of the net earnings is insufficient to
pav the interest on the fiit mortgage bonds
the amount neces-ary for that purpose may
be remitted. The companies are required
to pay into thpir sinking fund , on or before
January 1 , 1885 , the following f-ums , less
the amounts due them forgovernmenl.ser- _
vioe : Central and Union Pacific , each $500-
000 ; Kansas Pacific , $200,000 ; Sioux City
and P-cfic and Central Branch of the
Union Pacific , $500,000 each. It forbids
the payment of dividends while the compa
nies are in default in respect to these re
quirement ? . Definite action was not taken
when the house adjourned.
SENATE.
THURSDAY , June 20. Butler called
up his resolution providing lor an inquiry
Into the condition of Now York national
banks. After debate the matter went over.
A bill to prevent the importation of tor.
dust into the United States was passed.
The Mexican pension bill was then taken.
"
ngalls submitted a modification of bis ar
rears of pension provision , the modification
providing that so far as arrearage * are con
cerned , there shall be no discrimination be
tween the rate allowed to a private soldier-
and an officer.
After some preliminary discussion as to-
the probable addition to the annual cost or
the pension list by the adoption of ther
amendments proposed to the bill. Beck saitt
the commissioner of pensions had estimated
the amount at about $240,000,000. It
seemed to bo tacking on about $248,000 , OOO-
to a bill that originally called for $5,000 , - '
000. He presumed the Intention In making
addition was to kill the bill.
HOUSK.
The house met in continuation ox
Wednesday's session nd resumed consid
eration of the Pacific lailway bill.
The first question was on the amendment
offered by Thompson to make the aggrepato-
yearly contribution of the Central Pacifia
company 55 Instead of 35 per cent , of the-
net earnings and that of the Kansas Pacific
45 per cent. The amendment was agreed
to.
to.The question was then taken on the-
mlnoritv bill and it was rejected.
Mr. Hopkins , from the committee on la
bor , called up the bill to prohibit the im
portation and migration of foieigners and
aliens under contract to perform labor.
Mr. Jones ( Wia. ) offered an amendment ,
which was adopted , providing that nothing :
in this act shall bo construed as prohibiting :
any individual from assisting any member
of his family or relative to migrate irom a.
foreign country to the United States.
The bill then passed without discussion.
SENATE.
FKIDAY , June 20. The Mexican pen
sion bill was taken up.
Mr. Cullom said this was a pension bill ?
and In dealing with the subject the senate-
could not disregard the demands of hun
dreds of thousandsof union soldiers for the ?
enlargement of the scope of pension laws.
The soldiers who fought to save the life of
the nation should be heard on the floor ot
the senate , as well as the men who fought
in the Mexican war.
Mr. Voorhees' amendment to strike out
from Ingalls' amendment the clause limit
ing arrears was not asrreed to.
Mr. Van Wyck offered an amendment
providing that to all pensions hereafter
granted , no distinction of rank should be > -
recognized , and all such pensions should be ,
rated as enlisted men. Lost.
Final action was not taken when the sen
ate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The following bills were passed :
The senate bill authorizing the construe-
tion of bridges across the Mississippi river-
atSt. Paul.
Forfeiting the unearned land grant to tha
Sioux City and St. Paul railroad company.
Mr. Tucker , from the committee on judi
ciary , submitted a report upon the case of
Ballet Kilbourn vs. ex-Sergeant-at-Arma
Thompson. Referred to the committee oa
appropriations.
The house resumed consideration of thet
Campbell-Morey contested election case.
The majority resolution , seating Camp
bell , was agreed to , and Campbell ap
peared at the bar of the house and took the-
oath.
SENATE.
SATURDAY , June 21. The chair laid
aefore the senate the bill amending the
Thurman act relative to Pacific railroads.
Mr. Van Wyck wanted the bill referred to
the committee on public lands , and made an
attack qn the judiciary committee for its.
announcement through the press that it.
would not act on any bill of this character
at this session , referring to the Adams com
promise.
Mr. Garland replied that the special mater -
: er referred to was a different matter f ronx
; hat covered by the bill from the house.
The Judiciary committee could not be pre
cluded from considering the bill.
Mr. Van Wyck then withdrew his motion.
The army bill was passed without debate
substantially as recommended by the committee -
mittee on appropriations. The committee-
on conference on the shipping bill submit
ted its report , which was agreed to. The.
louse bill granting the right of way through
the Indian Territory to the Gulf , Colorado-
and Santa Fc railway was passed.
HOUSE.
Mr. Slocum submitted the conference re
port on the shipping bill. The report was.
aereed to without debate or division.
The electoral count bill was then take a
up.
up.In the course of the debate Mr. Springer
'avored the Eaton bill , asserting that it was.
safer to leave a question of disputed presi
dential election to a joint convention 'and
house than to returning board , or to a commission -
mission , which might be provided in any
state. The previous question was ordered
upon the bill and amendments , Lut no
further action taken.
Mr. llandall , from the committee on ap
propriations , reported the sundry civil bill. .
CAPITAL TOPICS.
GEXEKAL SWAIM 'S CASE.
Much interest is manifested in army
circles regarding the approaching court-
martial of Judge Advocate General Swaim. .
As hitherto stated the court will be order-
edby tbe president , and a detail of officers ,
for duty will be announced soon. It will
be the ilrst trial of an officer holding that
position. Under the regulation of the r
army no officer can serve on a court-mar
tial who is inferior in rank to the accused ,
and as Swaim is a brigadier general ,
this court will be composed of generals of'
highrank. It is expected General Hancock
will be president of the court. General-
Bennet and General Rochesters are men
tioned as possible members.
UNIOX PACIFIC MATTERS.
Secretary Teller has not yet decided
to give out the report of the government ex
perts who examined the books of the Union
Pacific Railway company. He says the offi
cials of the road protest against it as in
complete , incorrect and unfair. Under the
circumstances he feels inclined to keep the
report secret for the present at least , and
may conclude to order a re-examination of
the accounts.
accounts.DISTILLED
DISTILLED SPIRITS.
Senator Beck offered in the senate an u
amendment to the legislative , executiveand
judicial bill to provide that distilled spirits-
intended for export may be set apart and
remain in store for a period not exceeding
nine months in the warehouse in which they
were stored when entered , subject to such :
regulations as the secretary of the treasury
may prescribe.
GOVERNOR FOR DAKOTA.
The secretary of the interior says that
a governor for Dakota will be appointed at
once. He has been examining the recom
mendations for the several candidates very
can-luily , and finds that bis own brother , .
J. H. Teller , the present secretary , has the
strongest local endorsement , but he cannot
recommend him for obvious reasons ; nor
will he advise the appointment of any resi
dent of the territory , because of local an
tagonism and factional lines throughout the _ ,
territory. The appointee , whoever he is , . i
will be an oukide man , and one of character *
against whom no objections can be raised.
Tne secretary has not yet decided which of
the candidates answers that description.
Rev. Dr. Robinson's series of Open
Letters on Church Music , containing
valuable suggestions , the result oil-
many years' experience , will be con
cluded in the July Century. This let
ter on "The Minister and the Music1r
will be accompanied by two other let
ters from correspondents , called forth
by some 6f the previous articles.
