THE TEIBUNE.
F. 91. & B. M. K1MMEIX , Pubs.
McCOOK , : , : : : NE
NEWS OE NEBRASKA
THE LABT CAM , . The time Is short , man
schools nro responding- nobly , Wo have n
cclved some encouraging letters , many I
terestlng enquiries concerning the ma
While wo feel thutthrough public and prlvat
sources every elTort has been made to rcac
all teachers In tno state , both city and countj
yet wo have concluded to make this last aj
peal to tbo instructors of this commonwcaltl
Wo want photographs of buildings , dcscrlj
tions of heating and lighting , pints of schoc
grounds , courses of study , educational at
dresses , In print or In manuscript. Everj
thing that will properly represent the educt
tional interests of this state. Wo have a fei
days in this department yet , let us Improv
them. County teachers , this call Is for yoi
Will you como up to ourhelp ? Please addree
or send article to Prof. W. W. W. Jones , Lit
coin , or myself at Tecumseh.
FANNIE J. EUKIOHT ,
Superintendent of Educational Departincn
for Woman's Exhibit at New Orleans.
THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT. Mr. S. 1
Smith , the new general superintendent of th
Union Taclflc , says the Omaha Herald of th
1st , arrived yesterday and will begin work tc
day. Ho is not yet ready to ouline his plans
preferring to become thoroughly acquaints
with the needs of the great system beforotak
Ing any definite action. Mr. Smith gave a
least one reporter to understand yesterda ;
that the present general superintendent !
would bo continued in office with the won
"general" lopped off their titles , and that thi
superintendents under them would bo cullci
"assistants. " The appointment of Mr. Smltl
should be an assurance to the old staff thn
the management is not on the bunt for mci
outside , but believes in promoting those whi
have been faithful and efficient. That is thi
way railway men look atlt , and it is a senslbli
conclusion.
It is reported upon good authority that Dr
S. D. Mercer has resigned his position as chic :
surgeon of the Union Pacific railway com
pany. Dr. Mercer Is known to have been con
templating this step for some time , and it ii
therefore probable that the report is correct
EX-M/K YGEU CLARK'S RESPONSE. Mr. S. H ,
H. Clark , late general manager of the Union
Pacific railway , has sent the following letter
to the beads of the committee of veteran
employes of the railway , who called at hlE
bouse recently with an address , In which they
expressed their esteem for and regret at part
ing with him :
OMAHA , October 18. To George E. Stratmann
and David Knox , of Committee GENTLEMEN :
Allow mo to express sincere regret on account
of my absence the night yourselves with so
many other employes called at my residence
and presented those touching resolutions of
I friendship relating to myself , who , during
eighteen years , wrought sldo by side with
you for our common Interest , viz : the welfare
and success of the Union Pacific railway com
pany.
Permit me to Inform cch and all of you , it
is now and will continue to be in the future a
source of much gratification and pleasure to
.know that after so many years of constant
service among you , I have retained your re
spect , confidence , love , which attributes an
element of character , as manifested by your
cordial greeting and In your engrossed testimonial
menial , more valuable to mo than any gift of
gold at your command.
The former are heaven-born principles and
will grow brighter and brighter as the apes
disappear , whereas the latter at best is only
temporary , affording us no genuine pleasure
now or hereafter.
One-third of a centurv ago this is my for
ty-elghth birthday I bepan business life ,
having as a foundation and guiding star the
following precepts : 1st. "Do unto others as
you would have them do unto you. " 2d. "The
laborer is worthy ol his hire. " I leave it for
the employers and employes of the Union Pa
cific railway company , f rota which I have so
lately severed my connection , to say whether
or not I have succeeded In crrying out thesc-
two God-given maxims. t i
During the long period of our official rela
tions and mutual efforts , we have seen and
have experienced much care , anxiety , hard
ship , peril ; but we did not complain nor did
we murmur. We _ aquitted ourselves like men
doing with our might what our hands found ,
to do ; bilt now I desire to repeat what I have
many times said , both at home and abroad ,
that a more painstaking , hardworking , self-
eacriflcing class of employes than are those of
the Union Pacific cannot be found on the
American continent.
Again , permit me to assure you I fully ap-
pieciate your kindly sentiments , and thank
you for them with my whole heart , indeed ,
the respect , regard and esteem of thousands
of employes Is something of which any person
ought justly to feel proud , to which feelings I
plead guilty , guilty.
Please accept foryourselves , your wives and
little ones , and for the preat army of men
whom you represent , my heartfelt wishes for
your and their happines forever.
Yours truly ,
S. H. H. CLARA.
GENERAL STATE XOTES.
The cane mill of Mr. Jewett , near Plain view
was destroyed by fire.
Steps are about to be taken at Grand Island
to negotiate the sale of school bonds.
The B. & M. has put on a regular passenger
train between Hastings and Red Cloud.
Steps are being taken at Hastings for the
establishment of a permanent fair ground.
A recent enterprise at Stuart Is the organi
zation of a mutual bail insurance company.
Creighton now claims a population of 750 , an
increase of over 200 since last spring's census.
A Blair man sends to the New Orleans ex
position a beet three feet long and weighing
1814 pounds.
Mrs. Beghtol , of Lincoln , was the victim of
a runaway a few days ago and had both of her
legs broken.
Smith Bros. , lumber and hardware dealers ,
Long Pine , have failed. Liabilities , 55,200 ;
assets , § 4,400.
Lightning rod fiends have been victimizing
Pierce county farmers from $30 to S90 each on
$10 estimates.
The new Lincoln directory will contain
about 8,000 names , which indicates a popula
tion of a 20,000.
Mrs. J. H. Murphy.of Wood River , was severe
ly hurt by being thrown from a buggy by a
runaway team.
The case of ex-Mayor Chase , of Omaha , will
be tried about the 15Ui of November. Judge
Post will preside.
M. D. Cowan , of Oxford , was quite seriously
injured by being thrown against a wire fence
by a fractious colt. V
Webster county , at the coming election ,
votes upon the question of building a house
upon the poor farm.
A woman bicyclist.ran a five mile race at
Omaha with a team of horses , and came out
winner by five yards.
The new flouring mill of Standard , Under
bill & Co. . one of the great enterprises-
Utico , Is about completed.
Miss Sales , of Pierce county , while en route
home from church , was thrown from a buggy
and had her arm dislocated.
Burglars entered the store of Stephen & Gill
and blew open the safe ,
bert , Nebraska City ,
from which they got about $100.
Burt Dillrance , an Omaha newspaper carrier
broken in three places ,
boy. suffers with a leg
horse falling upon him.
the result of bis
to Nebraska
bos returned
Hon. Church Howe
braska from the south , where he has been
managing the Interests of the republicans.
' The story that Mrs. Hill , of Valentine , mu :
dcred her Infant proves to be without foundi
tlon after a thorough legal Investigation.
When they can count one hundred farn
era" teams on the streets the citizens _ c
Creighton think they have a rather liv'el
town.
A petition has been in circulation at Plah
view for the removal of the land office froi
Niobrara to Crolghton. It met with favor b
! everybody.
J. G. Harrington has arrived from a visit t
New York , bringing with him a number o
cattle from that state for his farm nca
Waterloo.
The next Hall county teachers' Institute wi
bo held at Grand Island during the week b (
ginning December 29 , 1884 , and ending Jam
aryC,18S5.
A German lady nt Schuyler , named Bore
garden , who has been afflicted for some tlm
and lately adjudged Insane , was taken to th
asylum at Lincoln.
A negro woman was found dead in a law
ycr's office In Falls City on the morning of th
27th. Foul play is suspected , and an invest :
gallon will be held.
Joe Johnson , a Washington county farmei
has furnished thirteen pumpkins and squashe
for the New Orleans exposition which averag <
151 pounds in weight.
In a row at a house of ill fame in Hasting
one gambler named Spcllman shot nnothe
gambler named Higgins. The victim Is dan
gerously If not fatally wounded.
Two men who went to bed in'an Omahi
hotel and neglected to turn off the gas wen
found'in an unconscious state and rcsuscita
ted only after much hard work.
Carpenters are everywhere busy in closing
up the season's work. Buildings for the mos
part are now enclosed , but a great deal of in
side work Is yet to be attended to.
George A. Kyle , of Cortland , has left hi :
wife , who Is overcome with grief at his abrupt
departure. Kyle was hopelessly in debt
hence his sudden and unexpected move.
Both of the Superior saloons were burglar
Ized the other night. Superior Is near the
Kansas line , and numerous apostles of St
John como ucross the border to quench thcii
thirst.
Colonel Brainard , of Chicago , who owns
several thousand head of cattle on the grazing
grounds of Colorado , has bought two sections
of land about four miles from Albion , Boonc
county.
Webster Richards , living near Juniata , mys
teriously left his home a few nights ago and
has not since been seen. His family is very
much distressed , and do not know what to
make of it.
The Nebraska town thathasn'tgot a skating
rink or is not making preparations to have one
the coming winter is far behind the times.
The sport is now all the rage among the boys
ind girls.
A proposition will be submitted to the voters
sf Wayne cou y at the ensuing general
election to vote a special tax of three mills ,
[ or the purpose of raising § 3,000 to build a
Bounty jail.
Fire destroyed the Willow Springs distillery
it Omaha one night last week , entailing n loss
) f about $40,000. None of the valuable stock
mis destroyed , only the building being wiped
> ut by flames.
A man was arrested in Omaha a few days
igo on suspicion of being the Nance county
nurderer. He proved tojbe , however , a well-
o-do citizen of a Nebraska town , and was at
mce released.
The postmaster general has .arranged for
ast mail service from Chicago to Omaha ,
-otters and papers will come through in four-
een hours and will be taken at the depot and
istributed about the city.
At Omaha recently August Shults , a car-
icntcr , who was passing out of the city into
ountry on a load of lumber , Jell from the
ame and broke his neck , dying instantly.
Ic leaves a wife and several children.
near Fairbury , has lost a
J. C. Kesterson ,
lumber of hogs recently by apparently the
ame disease that has prevailed in other por-
ions of the state. It does not seem to be
holera but some sort of a throat disease.
John Klaus , recently from Ohio , is out § 400.
tc went to bed in a Lincoln hotel , first throw-
; ig his vest , containing § 400 , on U chair ,
'here were other sleepers in the room , but
liey were gone before Klaus got up , as was
Iso his wealth.
The Omaha clearing-house began operations
n the 28th. This is a combination amongst
tie Omaha national banks for the purpose of
acilitating business among themselves in ad-
usting balances and to show the bulk of pay-
icnts in checks.
The Pierce county fair was one of the best
i Northern Nebraska. There was a grand
isplay of vegetables , farm produce and fancy
ork. The exhibits of stock was not as good
sit might have been , but the display was
cry creditable.
II. H. Knapp , cx-treasurcr of Dixon county ,
1st week made a final settlement with the
oard of commissioners , the latter accepting
warranty deed to 160 acres of land , which
fill be converted into a county poor farm ,
nd the payment by the bondsmen of ? 2,000
i cash.
Last week Fullerton recorded her first busi-
ess failure. The firm of Mulford , Macklem
; Forbes closed their doors and made an as
[ gnmcnt in favor of their creditors. It is be
eved that the stock of goods on hand Is
niple satisfy every dollar of the Indebted-
ess of the firm.
Effle Taylor , one of the wine-room women
t the Buckingham variety theater in Omaha ,
ead a paragraph in the Dispatch of that city
oncoming her , and at once proceeded to cow-
ide the reporter , striking him several blows
rhile he was being held by a man who accom
anied her. Both of the assailants were ar-
ested.
An obstreperous woman was taken in band
y the police of Lincoln a few days ago , and
rhen she appeared in court for trial enough
f neighbors filed into the halls of justice to
11 all the available space. They were there
3 testify against the prisoner as the worst
pecimen of a "she devil" that ever came un-
er their observation.
The seed crop in the vicinity of Waterloo ,
louglas county , raised for Jerome B. Rice , of
ainbridge City , N. Y. , will be of fine quality
ndfairyteld. The growers say that it will
ay much better than growing grain for mar-
et. Squashes , cucumbers and melons are
rown he're and a great revenue is derived by
ic industry.
At Fairfleld Lyman Sanderson lit some
latches under the bed in an upper room of
Is father's house , and in a few moments
icrowas a conflagration which threatened
irious consequences. Energetic efforts suc-
3eded in confining the flro to the room in
hlch It started ; not , however , without con-
imingallthc bedding and wearing appare
icreln.
Mrs. Spencer , of Shelton , who lives two and
half miles north of town , met with an
ccident by falling , causing hemorrhage in
ic left side of the brain and complete
aralysis of the'right side and a loss of the
power of speech. The lady Is about sevcnt
flvo years of age , and there Is little hope i
her recovery.
An attempt to wreck a Union Pacific tra !
was made near Schuyler a few days ago , at
had It not been for the Immediate action <
the engineer a serious accident would ha
resulted. Steam was promptly reversi
when , upon turning a curve , a rail was dl
covered strapped across the track , and
smash-up averted. It is hard to say who a
tempted the deed.
The Wakofleld Republican gays that a I
montablc shooting accident occurred at Clar
mont , a station on the Hartington branch b
tween Concord and Coleridge. A party c
hunters were out in a wagon , and left the
loaded guns in the bottom. As they dro\
along a 10-year-old son of Section Boss S. ]
Coch got In the back part of the wagon t
ride , with the guns pointed toward him , an
the jolting of the wagon caused one of th
guns to go off. inflicting a serious and painfi
wound In the boy's knee-cap , which ma
cripple him lor life.
Sheriff Zlbble , of Nance county , has gone t
Springfield , Missouri , in answer to a tclegrai
from the authorities of that place , sayin
Furnival , the Fullerton fiend , was hiding neti
there. Zlbble received a dispatch from th
Springfield authorities asking for a dotaile
description of Furnival , and It was scut. The
wired back soon afterwards that there was n
doubt the man there being the one wantei
and Zlbble went to Lincoln , obtained a requ
sition from Governor Dawes , and started t
earn the 51,200 reward. Before boarding th
train Mr. Zibble told a reporter of the Omah
Herald that he was positive he was on th
right trail this time , and confidently expects
to bring Furnival back with him.
TOE TEAR'S BUSINESS.
Af Set Forth by the Commissioner of thi
Pacific Railroads.
The commissioner of railroads , William H
Armstrong , baa submitted his annual repor
for the fiscal year , ended June 30 , 18S4. Th <
report states the property and accounts o :
railroads coming within the jurisdiction o
the office have been examined , the severa
companies having freely accorded all propei
facilities for the inspection of theirpropertiei
and the examination of their books. State
menta are submitted In detail showing the in
debtedness of subsidized railroads to the Uni
ted States , the earnings and expenses , finan
cial condition , 5 and 25 per cent net earning !
and various other data pertaining to these
roadc. The commissioner also submits detailed
tailed statements of the Union and Centra
Pacific railroad companies , showing the sums
which have been covered into said funds bj
the secretary of the treasury as custodian
The total indebtedness of the several subti
dizcd Pacific railroads to the United States or
June 30,1884. is reported by the commissionei
as follows : Total debt. Union Pacific ( including
Kansas Pacific ) principal , 33,530.512 ; accrued
interest , 533.09 : > .554 ; total , 60,039,006 : Centra !
Pacific , ( including Western Pacific ) principal ,
S27,8.V > .G80 ; accrued interest , ? 26,702,145. To
tal , § 54.647.825. Sioux City & Pacific , princi
pal , $1.028.320 ; accrued interest , Sl.CGl.'JM.
Total , $3 , )0,31i. ( Central Crunch Union Pa
cific , principal , S1.-500.UOO ; accrued interest ,
S1.C45.808. Total , § 3,245.808. Grand total , § 127-
B23.015. The total credit of these roads is t24-
BS,222. Balance in favor of the United States
but not due until maturity of principal in 1885
and 18S3 , $102,934,773. The sinking funds of
the Union Pacific and Central Pacific compan
ies , held by the treasurer of the United States
amounted to SG.8X4 000 on June 30 , 1834. the
Union Pacific having to its credit S3,435,57 .
and the Central Pacific S2.C-18.52a. Amounts
remaining in the United States treasury un
invested June 30. 1884 , as follows : To the
credit of the Union Pacific , $ ! )92,4S6 ) ; to the
credit of the Central Pacific , § 1,089.159 ; total ,
F2.081.C45. Total stock and debt of the Union
Pacific is shown by report to be t22G.095.C49.
Total assets , $245.011,303 ; surplus including
and sales , 18,915,714 ; surplus , ex eluding sales ,
? 628,882 ; total stock and debt of the Central
Pacific S180.312355 ; total assets , $177,037,079.
Deficit , § 2.325,276. The company cstirantes the
'arming lands unsold at S25.250.000 , and water
! rent and lands in San Fraucisco. Oakland
md Sacramento at § 7,750,000. in all $33,000.000 ,
n addition to above assets. In conclusion
he commissioner again invites attention to
.he subject of funding the debts of the sever-
d bonded Pacific railroads , and urges con-
rress to take speedy and final action looking
0 the ultimate payment of this vast indebt-
sdness.
3IURDER IN CEDAR COUHXr.
1 Deputy Sheriff KMed , Sis Murderer Jic-
ing Hung by a 3fob.
A Sioux City dispatch says : Editor
Toescn , of the Coleridge ( Neb. ) Sentinel , was
i town to-day , and gave a detailed account of
je murder and lynching near Sf Helena ,
Teb. , Friday night. The man who was
mclied worked for Sheriff Asbre during the
uring the summer , and on account of some
ifficulty was discharged. He returned last
eek , and set fire to some haystacks on the
lieriff's farm. Deputy Sheriff Phillips got
rack of the man Friday evening in the Bow
alley , south of St. Helena. There was a run-
ing light , both the officer and the incendiary
tnptying their revolvers. A family came out
om their home beside the road to see the
ght , and the incendlarv sought refuge in the
ouse thus vacated. Phillips followed elo e
fter , knowing that the man had fired six
lots , and naturally supposed that his reveler -
er was empty. But the man had quickly
lipped three carl ridges into his pistol and be-
nu shooting as Phillips came in at the door ,
wo bullets went over Phillips' shoulder. The
lird penetrated the lower part of the side and
; supposed to have lodged somewhere in the
owels. The bullet has not yet been
) und. Phillips , who was supposed to
B dying on Saturday , was lightly
ctter'on Sunday , and there was a hope for rc-
jvery. The murderous incendiary , directly
Ttcr he had shot the officer , was knocked
own with a shotirun by one of the men who
as with the deputy and dragged out by the
owd , they beating b'lii while he was down.
: c was then taken to the jail yard at St.
'elcna , where he was hanged to a post and
ft swinging until dead. His name could
t be learned. The only thing known is that
c was a foreigner and a pretty tough char
ter.
Phillips was postmaster at Coleridge , p c-
rietor of the Coleridge house , and an old set-
er with hosts of friends.
The tragedy will recall to old residents the
nchlng of Jameson , alias McBeath , on May
1,1874. On October 19 , of the previous year ,
eury Locke , a single man , who lived alone on
is farm north of St. He-lens , was found mur-
? red. He had evidently been killed with his
ivn ax. On May 5 , following , John McDon-
ld , then deputy sheriff , arrested a man who
as working on a farm near Omaha under the
ame of John MeBeath. It was understood
ien that his trial there would be in Judge
yncli's court. Ou the night he was crossed
-om Yankton to Cedar county he took some
Dison which be bad secreted on his person ,
nt it was an overdose and only made him
ck. At St. Helena , on may 14th , the citizens
iiietly but decidedly took" the prisoner fiom
ic sheriff. He asked that a priest be sent for ,
id men went several miles to the home of a
icst and brought him. A vote was taken and
, 'cry citizen voted for hansing. After rcceiv-
12 the last servicesof therevcrend clergyman ,
x'Beatu made a confession. He had killed a
an in Kentucky , but that was an accident ,
nlistlug under the name of Jameson he had
illed a man at Fort Buford ; came down the
veron the steamer Peninah ; left the boat a
ttle above Yankton. and tramping across the
mntry had stopped for the night at Locke's
ibin. Locke had entertained" him , and the
illowing morning as the two were walking ,
ocke carrying an axe to cut some wood in the
mbcr , he had taken the axe and killed Locke ,
he only plunder he got from his victim was
i old watch and Sl.oO in money. After his
mfcsslon McBeath was placed in a wagon ,
iven under a tree , the rope adjusted on his
: ck , and the wagon driven on. When iicces-
iry the St. Helena people are addicted to brief
rms of Judge Lynch's court.
CHARGES OF FRAUD.
Xhe Comptroller of the Currency Shoicn I
to Vie President.
The following open letter to Preside ]
Arthur has been made public :
Hon. Chester Arthur , President of the Unit
States :
Sm : Having recently resigned aclcrksh
In the treasury department I desire to give y (
an explicit reason for my action and to furuii
you with the details concerning the transactlc
of public business that I feel assured arc u :
known to you. I was employed In the fir
comptroller's office. In the absence of tl
first comptroller First Deputy Comptrolli
Aug invariably called me to his assistance ,
know the manner in which accounts arc pr
Edited and passed upon in several divisions <
the first comptroller's office , but am especial !
familiar with the books and accounts of U
judiciary division , having occupied a desk 1
that division long enoujrh to acquaint myse
thoroughly with the details. I resigned ra
place in the service of the United States for tl
simple reason that I declined to be an accc ;
sory to the systematic frauds that are belli
perpetrated through the first comptroller's o
flee of the treasury department. I challenge
production of the records in the first comj
troller's office to dispute a single statemer
contained herein. I onlv give a few Instance
of wrongful extraction of the public funds an
assert that I am ready to multiply the exan
pies. I say the Unituil'Staes attorneys preser
false bills to the department and that they ar
allowed often.
THEIH FALSITY HAS BEEX SHOWN
to the flrst comptroller , and as an example
cite the case of Yilliam A. Stone , United State
attorney for the western district of Pennsy
vanin , and I say that his charges in his ac
count of 1SS3 were manifestly illegal , and
assert that I myself called the attention of th
comptroller to them , and that in theprcscnc
of witnesses he said the claim was illegal an
should not be allowed. I say that the firs
comptroller sent for R. M. Reynolds , firs
auditor , in whose office the account had bee :
audited , and that the first comptroller sevcrel
censured the act of the auditor's office ani
again asserted the bill and all of its characte
would be disallowed in the comptroller's ol
fice. I assert that , notwithstanding thi
promise , the bill of William A. Stone was al
lowed. The bill of Nathan S. Dixon , attorne
for Rhode Island , was also brought to his at
tentioii by myself , and a promise given mi
that it should not be allowed , but It was ol
lowed. These are only a few of the man
of this class that might be cited. John A
Shields , commissioner of the United State ;
court , New York city , filed a bill for § 1,400 fo
swearing United States deputy marshals am
supervisors of election at the election of 1SSO
If any sum was due it was pavable by beue
fieianes , and not by the United States. I tool
the bill to the first comptroller , and he
ADMITTED ITS ILLEGALITY ,
and promised its disallowance , but it was af
tcrwanls allowed. I assert that Joel B ,
Echardt , marshal of the eastern district o !
New York , presented vouchers show ing thai
he had paid to the supervisors and deputj
marshals at the election of 1SSO more than
$30,000 , and I say that , whereas the law con
templates that these supervisors of elections
shall serve one day , almost every one of them
charged and was paid for a full maximum of
five days , and I assert that I myself carried
these vouchers to the first comptroller ant ]
called his attention to them and offered t
bring half a million dollars of the same sort ,
andl assert that over my protest the claim was
allowed and paid. This is one instance of its
kind. I assert that the senate executive docu
ment of the Forty-eighth session , No. 150 ,
which is supplemental "and shows the addi
tional expenditure in the star route cases only
begins to show the enormous sums that were
actually paid out in the so-called star route
trial and I assert that the sum of about § 11-
000 shown to have been wrongfully expended
by that document bears two false statements
made by the first comptroller. He says : "I
now assert that this was settled in this office
without being called to my attention or that
of the chief of the division. Tuat
STATEMENT IS NOT THUE.
[ took the account to the first comptroller and
pointed out its illegality , and this after the al
lowance of this § 11,000 the sheriff of the judi
ciary district , through whose bands the bill
passed , denied having passed it within six days
jf its allowance , anoTl assert that whereas the
payment of the witnesses in the star route tri
lls should appear as having been paid in the
District of Columbia , the bills of these wit-
icsses for attendance were sent by such \ \ it-
icsscs from the various states and territories
md were paid. I assert that clerks in the
Dm'ted States courts charged illegal fees that
vere allowed , and I say that C. II. Hill , of
Soston , uniformally charged per dicms for
ivery day in the year except Sundays , the
fourth of July and Christmas , when every-
) ody knows that court is not always in session.
' . assert that H. C. Geisbcrg , clerk at Kansas
2ity , Mo. , filed an cmolulcnt return for 1SS3 ,
, hat bore unmistakable evidence of fraud , and
' . assert that I am ordered by the chief of the
udiciary division to pass the account just as
t was presented , and that when I refuse to
lese
I TVAS REPRIMANDED
> y the first comptroller for not doing so. 1
issert that on my own motion I went to the
lepartment of justice and that the matter was
nvestigated by an agent being sent to Kansas
Dity and a portion of the illegal items disal-
owcd.
I deem it my duty to say that the first comp-
roller is , in my opinion , personally honest ,
mt that he lacks courage to stand up for his
jonvictions , and that when these various out-
ide officials act in concert as they do they
lompel him to accede to their demands. He is
ilso a monomaniac on the subject of his so-
alled decisions and devotes his time and that
if his immediate subordinates so exclusivelv
0 the production of these decisions that he
iiids little or no time to attend to the details
if his office. I stand ready to prove by vouch-
rs on file in the register's office of the trcasu-
y department that millions of dollars have
hus been wrongfully taken from the United
States treasur } ' .
Very respectfully , your obedient servant ,
J. J. BARKER.
THE Glt-lZIXa iJA"Z > 5.
ntcrcstinij Facts Concerning the Caltle-
Feeding Zand.t of the. West Character
of the Gi'aimes.
The department of agriculture has issued a
olume on the agricultural grasses of the
fnited States , which contains some interest-
ig facts of the winter grazing1 possibilities of
section of the country that was heretofore
upposed , by most people , to be too cold and
leak and barren , to sustain any sort of life in
inter , much ] ess be valuable grazing
rounds , which may be relied upon to sustain
reat herds of cattle In the winter weather ,
he plains , it says , lying west of the 100th
leridian , together with much broken and
lountainous country , nearly treeless and
rid , are nearly useless for the purposes of
? riculture , but are becoming more and more
tiportant as the great feeding ground for the
mltitudes of cattle which supply the wants
f the settled regions of our country as well
3 the constantly increasing foreign demand ,
he pasturage of this region consists essen-
ally of native grasses , some of which have
squired a wide reputation for their rich and
utritious properties , for their ability to
ithstand the dry season , and for the quality
t" drying or self-curing so as to be available
> r pasturagu in winter. This quality is due
robably to the nature of the grasses them-
ilves , and to the effect of the and climate.
; is well known that at lower altitudes in
loist countries they have much succulence ,
ley grow rapidly , and their tissues are soft ,
severe fro t checks or kills their growth ,
hich Immediately results in rapid dtcay ;
hereas in the arid climate of the plains the
rasses have much less suculence , and there-
> re when arre.sted by frost the tissues are
Dt engorged with water , the dessicating in-
uences of the climate prevent decay and the
rass is kept on the ground in good condition
ir the winter forage. General Ben Alford ,
* the army , has recently published an article
1 the subject of these winter-cured grasses ,
id states that they only acquire this property
i land which is 3,000 feet above the level of
ia. The region having- such an altitude in-
udcs , he says , all nearly up to the timber
ic of Montana , Idaho , WyomingUtab. . Ne-
ula , Colorado and New Mexico , five-sixths
' Arizona , one-half of Dakota , one-fourth of
3xas , one-fifth of Kansas , and one-sixth each
of California. Oregon and Washington ton
tory , embracing' about ono-Iourth of the uri
of the United States.
In this article General Alford says that n
only ara the grasses thus cured but the snc
which falls in winter In that high region is i
dry and.flno that It Is blown into drifts , at
not more than one-fifth of the soil isinnr
but extreme cases covered , and It is also i
dry and fine that it fulls otT the backs of tl
cattle and does not wet their coats and caut
them suffering from the cold as in most oth <
parts of the country. Cattle arc thus.fb sny
enabled to cnduro the outdoor lifo in wlnti
and sustain themselves In good order upc
ho dried grasses which retain in concentrate
form the sugar , gluten and other constitucn
of their formation.
BBTEFI.Y TOU ) .
Patti and NIcolini have sailed for Amcrie
oti the Oregon.
The roof of the union depot at Pittsburj
Pa. , caught fire and was damaged $5,000.
Mark Simon , wholesale notion dealer , Ch
cage , has failed. Liabilities $45,000 , ussel
$15,000.
The Heading railroad will , on November Is
rearrange its fares to a basis of three cents
mile.
General G. N. A. Black , retired , of th
United States army , died ac Washington o
the 28th.
No less than twelve hundred miners htiv
been sent from Pittsburg to the Hocking vn
ley of Ohio since the strike in July.
Mrs. J. H. Moshlcr , who a few weeks ag
celebrated her one hundredth birthday , dlei
on the 28th at Lockport , N. Y.
The iron propeller "Scotia" went agrouni
at Keowcenaw , a point near Marquette , 01
Lake Erie. The last account was that she wa
leaking1 badly.
There were over 100,000 persons present at i
radical meeting in Hyde park , London
Speeches were made advocating the nbolitioi
of the liouso of lords.
Captain D. B. Kenyan , of the Chicago fin
department , died from injuries received re
ceutly In going to a fire. He had been twont :
years in the service.
Lydla , the second wife of Clawson , the poly
gamist , after spending a night in jail at S al
Lake for contempt of court , answered thre <
questions by the prosecution , giving the pluci
and date of her marriage.
The Central Pacific road , under acts of congress
gross , has selected 4,000,000 acres between Sat
Jose and Sacramento , Cal. , most of which if
already occupied under the pre-emption ant
homestead laws of the United States.
Chas. E. L. Briggs , of Worcester , Mass. , f
youngpostofiice clerk , who recently confessed
to stealing letters , has been proved innocent
After his arrest it is claimed his confessior
was extorted by threats and promises.
A number of English capitalists are making
arrangements to import butchers' meat from
Poland. Hallway refrigerator cars are to be
used , and the meat will be delivered in Lon
don three or our days af ler shipment.
The Chicago & Northwestern road has made
preliminary surveys for an extension from
Valentine , Nebraska , to Fort Fetterman , W ,
T. Ninety miles of grading will be finished
this season , and tics are being received at
Valentine for a track to White River.
At Bristol , Tenn. , John Pike drove his two
daughters from home. Night overtaking
them , they went into camp on the railroad ,
built a fire , and laid down to rest. Mattie , a
beautiful young woman , caught her dress on
fire and was burned to a crisp , dying in an
hour.
Judge Butler , in the U. S. circuit court ,
Philadelphia , refused to grant an injunction
restraining the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany from abrogating a contract with the
Baltimore & Ohio with reference to pu sengor
ind express cur service between Baltimore
ind New York.
A bare knuckle contest for § 100 a side took
place at Rochester , N. Y. , b&tween" Jim Burls
ind Jack McDcrmott. Five fierce rounds
ivere fought in eleven minutes , when McDcr-
nott was knocked senseless for twenty initi
ates. Buris is eighteen years old and McDer-
nott twenty-nine.
In Calhoun county. West Virginia , a Mrs.
Johnson , while temporarily insane , mixed
iome arsenic with sugar and gave it to her
hree step-children. One refused to cat , but
.he other two partook of the fatal compound
md died In a few minutes. Mrs. Johnson then
wallowed some poison herself and soon died.
John T. Pleasants , editor of the Mail , an af
ernoon paper published at Petersburg' , Va. .
vho was indicted by the grand jury at the
ast term of court for publishing- June 17
ast a libelous card reflecting on the character
> f W. T. Lawrence , was convicted at Hastings
sourt of misdemeanor. The jury imposed a
Ine of § 5 , and sentenced him to one minute
n jail.
At Bloomington one Jno. Schultz , while
Irunk , threw a stone at the republican proces-
ion which struck a man on the head and ren-
tered him insensible. Mounted men from the
ludson cavalry company at once dlsmount-
: d , chased and caught Schultz. beat him se-
crely and putting- rope around his neck
lauled him up on a lamp post and left him
langing- and stranglingHe was cut down by
. policeman just in time to save his life.
FOREIGN NOTES.
Faustiu Hclic , the well known French jurist
.nd legal writer , is dead.
The French consuls in the various towns
f China have been orderel to g-o to Shang-
ai , owing to the menacing attitude of the
! hinese.
A movement inaugurated in the highest
ocial circles In St. Petersburg for the amelio
ation of the sentences recently imposed on
nti-Jewish rioters is making remakable pro-
ress.
It is stated now that the Egyptian army will
e reduced to 4,000 men , with eighteen English
fficcis. The police force will be increased to
,000 , men.
Gordon telegraphed the English government
eclining to leave the people of Khartoum to
icir fate and without stable government. He
lys he hopes the government will not ask
.byssinia to help it restore peace to Soudun.
The official municipal physician of Havre
enies that there is any cholera in that city ,
[ e says that all those attacked with cholera
t Yport were notorious drunkards. He de-
lares there is no necessity for a quarantine
t Havre.
A delegate from the Bundesrath has pro
jnted to the Brunswick Diet a letter from
mperor William rejecting-the claim of the
uke of Cumberland to the grand ducal
- the of the
irene and approvingthe measures
juncil of the regency against the pretender.
The queen's speech at the opening of par-
ament consists of only eight paragraphs. It
? gins by regretting the necessity for con-
Dking parliament , discusses the franchise
ill and expresses the hope that the measure
ill shortly be passed. No mention is made
" redistribution. References are made to
ic affairs at the Cape and Egypt and General
ordon is eulogized for his gallant defense of
hartoum.
A monster radical demonstration in favor of
ic abolition of the house of lords was held in
yde Park , London. Over 100,000 persons !
wcro present. A largo procession with bands ,
Hags , etc. , marched through the principal
streets. The marchers groaned In passing the
headquarters of the various conservative
clubs at West End. .Many banners were dis
played bearing such Inscriptions as "Down
with the lords , " and "Tho lords are the oppo
nents of civil and religious liberty , and must
bo abolished. " .
CAPITAL BBTEFS.
Postmaster G enoral Hatton has gone to New-
York , and after a short stay In that city proceeds
V il
Iowa.
ceeds to his homo in
The president has designated Assistant
Secretary Coon to act as secretary of the
treasury in the absence of Secretary McCul-
loch. An effort was made to have the presi
dent designate Assistant Secretory French ,
but without avail.
A committee of members of the National
Academy of Sciences are understood to have
prepared a report favoring- the establishment
of u new government department , to embrace
all the bureaus of a scientific nature. This
would include the signal service , the hydrographic -
graphic ollice , coast and geological surveys ,
light house board , naval observatory , and
army engineers' work In the matter of the im
provement of rivers and harbors.
Secretary Graham Is investigating- the
charges made by J. J. Barker , formerly n
clerk in the office of the first comptroller of
the treasury. The secretary gave a-hearing
to First Comptroller Lawrence and to Barker ,
and as a result of the statements made by
Judge Lawrence the secretary gave orders
for a full Investigation of Baker's alleged con
nection with the fraudulent claim , which
passed through his bands , but was stopped by
adother clerk in the 6ame office. The ques
tlon to bo determined In this branch investi
gation Is whether Barker had any knowledge
of the fraudulent character of this claim.
Brigadier General Bennett , chief of the ord
nance of the army , has submitted his annual
report. The expenditures of the department
during- the year , including- those attending-
sales of condemned stores , amounted to
$2,015,255. The report of operations at the-
Rock Island arsenal is submitted. The erec
tion of store houses and shops has been con
ducted economically and thoroughly , and the
estimates for the prosecution and completion
of the same should receive favorable consid
eration. The last appropriation of $10,000 for
general care , etc. , is not deemed adequate to
the necessities of the year. During the year
35,133 rifles , carbines and shotguns have been
manufactured at the national armory. Much
has also been done in manufacturing maga
zine guns.
CBIMINAIi. I
Ike Fair , ( colored ) , was hanged at Kingston , 'I
Tennessee , on the 31st , for the murder of I I
Hank Cumin , a section boss.
George McVccty , of Jersey City , aged fifty ,
was arrested on a charge of throwing oil over
bis wife , setting it on fire and burning her to
rteath.
Four indictments were found at Louisville
ngrainst George C. Buchanan , the absconding-
whisky man , for issuing- false warehouse re
ceipts.
John J. Bartlett , a real estate dealer at River
[ lead , L. I. , has lied , taking with him a large
imount of borrowed money , besides rent and
Dther funds.
George Kell was hanged in Cherokee coun
ty , Georgia , on the 31st , for the murder of
SVllliam Bryant by chopping his head off at a
party given at his own House.
Albert and Charles Goodman , ( colored ) ,
ivorc hanged at St. Bernard parish , Louisiana ,
) n the 3Ist , in the presence of ( WO people , for
: he murder of LouisMaspers , whom they way-
aid June 20th. Albert admitted the killing ,
md said Charles was innocent and knew noth-
ng about the murder.
Officers and detectives of the United States
> xprcss company have been at Youngatown ,
) hio , endeavoring to obtain a clue to a rob-
) ery which occurred a few days ago , where a
noney package containing ? 7ECO and con-
igncd by a buntc in New Lisbon to the United
tatcs express company to be delivered to a
iank in Pittsburg was stolen.
POLITICAL NOTES.
Iowa women are forming Bluine and Logan
lubs all over the state.
Gov. Cleveland visited New Jersey on the
7th and was given an enthusiastic reception. .
Mayor Edson , of New York , has appointed
icncral Fitz John Porter Police Commission-
r , in place of Sydney P. Nichols , deceased.
Postmaster General Hatton arrived at Bur-
ngton on the 2ith ! , and was given a reception
t the residence of George Lauman. At the
hoquoquar club house a reception was held
i his honor. He went to Omaha on business ,
nd returned to Burlington to vote.
Friday , October 31 , has been decided upon
jr the great republican parade in New York
ity. It is expected to have between 50,000
nd 00,000 men and members of uniformed
rganizations in line. No clubs , except from
> wns in the immediate vicinity of New York ,
ill be Invited.
The democrats all along the Wabash valley
n the 25th from Sullivan to Evansvllie , were-
Idresscd by Governor Hendricks , who filled
mr appointments , at Sullivan , Vincennes ,
rinceton and Evansville. The three flrst
amed were day meetings and were very large-
nd enthusiastic.
The Dubuque ( Iowa ) democrats had their
randest demonstration of the campaign on
ic 25th on the occasion of the speech of Col.
'm. F. Vilas , of Wisconsin. Several thou-
md came in on excursion trains from all di
ctions. Col. Vilas addressed 5,000 people in
LC afternoon , for two hours.
Gov. Hendricks , in accordance with his
sual custom in election years to address the-
jinocracy of Shelbyville , his old home , the-
st week of the campaign , spoke there on the-
th. Over 3,000 people were present. The
icuker counselled the democracy of Shelby
unty to close up their ranks and sustain
m once more by their suffrages , as they had
the past.
i 1
John Kelly , of New York , emphatically de I
es that he has made any sort , of deal with
e republicans or with anyone else. He says
e vote of the city on electiqn day will reach
5,000 , of which hegives Tammany 100,000 , the
publicans 70,000. and the anti-Tammany
imocratic organization 55,000. "We can win
is race without any outside assistance , " said
r. Kelly , "As to Blalne and Cleveland , the
ntest in this state willbe very close and I fee ;
ry certain BJaine will equal or exceed Gar-
Id's voteiiere , but at the same time the vote
four years ago is no criterion on which to
so an estimate. " Mr. Kelly and Mr. Johnny
Brien are almost alone in their denials of
c deal.
A thousand tons of wheat were lately
ippetl by railroad from San Francisco
New Orleans to be shipped thence-
England. It is about 2,500 miles
San Francisco to New
am Orleans , or
c times as far as it is from Central
wa to Chicago , and if transportation 9
as much per mile there as here , there
ill not be much left for the producer
the wheat.