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TIIB BANNOCK RIOT. When the Associa
ted Press last Monday brought the intelli
gence of the killing of four Indians by an
Indian policeman on the Bannock reserva
tion , Gen. Howard at once wired Gen. Mc-
Cook , tho commander at Fort Hall , to
make thorough investigation and report
at once. The Bannock reservation is in
southeastern Idaho , just within the west-
cn * limits of this department and under
Gen. Howard's jurisdiction. No reply to
the order has been received and Gen. How
ard has concluded that the reporthas been
sent by the mails and will contain no tid
ings of a serious character.
Some weeks ago an article was printed in
these columns setting forth the details of
Indian restlessness through the northwest
and the apprehensions which the inhabi
tants of those regions entertained for the
approaching summer. The statements
were upon the authority of Gen. Howard
and were subsequently supported by In
spector Rogers , who had just re
turned from the Indian country. Dur
ing all this spring and early sum
mer Gen. Howard has been in close
communication with every frontier post in
the department and every changing symp
tom of the redskins has been noted and re
ported faithfully to him. He concludes
thatmuch of the fear was premature and
without warrant as the Indians under his
observation seem content to pursue in
their fashion , the few arts of peace and
the liberal leisure which the white man has
brought them. The grand industrial pow
wow which the tribes had planned for the
summer , and which was regarded askance
as a warlike ruse , seems to have been aban
doned. The military authorities , however ,
have never relaxed their vigilance and
when the news of the Bannock tragedy
was received , General Howard immediately
sought full information.
The Cheyennes and Arramhoes of the
south have been turbulent recently and it
was feared that they might leave their res
ervation for the north where their old
home lies. On such a journey they would
pass through Kansas and Nebraska , car
rying , if successful , their depredations into
lands and communities where the memory
of Indian days is as nearly faded as in tho
remote east. But , as General Howard re
marked , a troop from the Ninth or Pitth
cavalry would send them home in a rout.
Oinaha Republitan.
mittce to investigate the railroad question ,
in their session at Omaha , heard , among
others , President Adams , of the Union Pa
cific railroad. He said that as to what
congress should do in regard to regulating >
inter-state commerce , he had more than
once expressed his views , and be had seen )
-nothing which would lead him to change n
his views , but , on the contrary , he had be )
come more and more convinced of their acn
curacy ; that he appeared before the com tr
mittee on commerce of tho house of repre trWi
sentatives when they were preparing the WiP
bill three years ago , when he was arbitra _ of
tor of the joint executive committee of Col of
.Fink's association ; that he then appeared
n representing the association , and what
ho siiid was printed in pamphlet form and ai
3c would be very happy to send each mem tic
ber of the committee copies of what he
* aid , which would express his views in
nuich better form than he could express
them orally , and that he reiterated the
B.-inie views on other occasions in , perhaps , d
different form , but the essence of the whole
tiling was that he was satisfied that the
tftate of Massachusetts had struck upon at
the true theory of dealing with this ques 3
tion ; that he was satisfied after working
tho thing out himself _ _ practically
us chairman of the commission and since be
then as the president o ! a large company ' tr
that it was a blunder and a very happy
one that that state after several years of
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legislative discussion appointed tt conirnis- h
eion with no power except to examine , re in
port and recommend. At first he thought
it would not amount to much of anj'thing in-
because they had no more power , but as
they went on working from year to year
they came to the conclusion that it was ty
fortunate for them that they did not have
any powers ; that all that was necessary to cr
bring about the result desired was to have
intelligent beings , to have a thorough in
vestigation , publicity and publication. As th
to whether they would have failed or not , if SE
they had been given power , would
have depended upon the discretion they
usud , but he was very glad that they did CG
not lijive the power , that the best results
wciv brought about by the methods that
they did pursue ; that any person by pr
sending them a postal card and calling ini
their attention to anything could have it ar
fxjiininwl , that they often had elaborate IS
legal orators and that the result was that ISmi
when they made a recommendation that mi
the reiisons were given for the decision va
they arrived at ; that he did not recollect a va
single case where the desired .result was not
rwisonubly obtained ; that he went before
the committee of the house of representa CO
tives when they were discussing tho Pi
Uengan bill and endeavored to sub
mit the view of the case to the
committee ; he succeeded in convinc
ing the majority of the committee bub not
Mr. Hagan ; the bill was reported signed by
v majority of the committee , and he
thought that Mr. Ragan's bill was reported btNc
but did not come to a vote ; that he didnot Nc
eee why the same result which was accom >
plished by the commission in Massachu
setts should not be worked out in any
other part of the country ; that Massachu Fi
setts was a small state , and the problem lai
there was comparatively easy , but there laiW2
would be just as much more difficulty if the W2
field was larger. fa
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tt'HK STATE IN BRIEF.
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' The assessed valuation of Niobrara City thTl ?
is returned at $89,928. cic
i Chadron expects to be the stock shipping he
town of the whole great west. heAl
* The contract for putting in water works Al
at the "Lincoln stock yards has been let to CO
.A. L. Strang & Co. , of Omaha , for § 8,000.
The capacity of the works is to be 850,000 of
gallons a day. or
x At the temperance meetings in Kearney Bt
over 500 signed the pledge , and a reform de
club of 100 members was formed.
I Young Beveridge , who swindled Omaha liv
andWahoo banks on forged checks , and be
who was captured in Detroit , has been set
sn
free , and promises to be a better boy here in ig ;
after. His father settled his financial de
troubles satisfactorily to all parties. bo
Mr. W. C. Borton , living three miles west
of Nelson , has been putting in his time the th
past winterin constructing a flying machine. sp
The Herald of that place says , however , he
has not flown very far , nor deyeloped any
new principles in regard to flying.
William Klingerman of Edgar , was kicked
by a horse while leading it out. The blow
made a deep cut over the right eye extend
ing downward almost to the Inner corner ,
and upward to near the center of the fore
head. Tho outer table of the skull was
fractured directly over the inner corner of
the right eye , and a small portion of it
pressed in upon the inner table ; but , for
tunately , no part of the skull was pressed
in upon the brain. It is believed he will re
cover.
A railroad official gives it as his opinion
that Central City is bound to become one
of the best towns on the Union Pacific.
During a storm the steeple of the German
church in Midland was struck by lightning.
A part of the steeple was knocked off and
the whole building more or less rattled
from top to bottom.
The contract for the construction of
Central City's new school house has been
et. The structure will cost in the neigh
borhood of $2,000.
The new census will give Papillion a pop
ulation of 560 a gain o ! nearly 100 tho
past year.
A small boy at Papillion concluded he
would "just touch the mule's leg. " He was
picked up soon after and supposed to be
mortally wounded , but investigationshows
that he will recover in dup time.
According to the Express , Beatrice is in
fested with a beggarly set of tramps that
are getting too numerous for comfort or
safety. A good deal of small stealing has
been done lately , and now it is proposed
that the tramps shall move on.
During the terrific storm of last Friday
night , says tho Blair Republican , Agent
Foster saw from the depot a flaming me
teor descend into the park opposite. Strik
ing a tree it broke into fragments. One
piece , quite large and having tho appear
ance of volcanic matter , was picked up and
preserved after it had burned for some
time on the ground. The question is ,
"Where did this aerial visitor come from ? "
At Blair , on circus day , two thieves tap-
tho safe of D. M. Casteller , getting away
with $50.
THERE has been nolittleinquiry as to the
passing of a law by the last legislature pro
viding for the payment of witnesses in
behalf of criminals. The law is that "Any
person accused of crime amounting to fel"
sny shall have compulsory process to en-
orce the attendance of witnesses in his be- e
mlf , and they shall be paid for thejr mile-
ige and per diem the same fees as are now
d
r may hereafter be allowed by law to
vitncsseafOr the state in the prosecution
! such accused persons ; and in case such
iccused ( person is convicted and unable to
ay such mileage and per diem to his wit- o
icsses ( they shall be paid out of the county
reasury of the county wherein such crime
ras committed ; and in case such accused
erson is acquitted upon his trial , the fees
if his witnesses shall be likewise paid out r
such county treasury. "
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THE June rise in the Missouri has come
nd gone. It did not get up to propor-
ions of some former years.
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OMAHA has a population of 57,171.
THE late storm in Boonc county did Vi
lamage to the extent of $5,000. tc
THE census of Albion , within the corpor-
itc limits of the village , foots up to about
,000. in
JOHNSON the OI
county reports greatest
loom since the first settlement of thecouuOl
a1
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ry.
THE commissioners of Nebraska City
utve made a jcvy of five mills forpurchns- 61
ng a site and erecting a new school build-
of
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THE citizens of Newton , Lancaster coun-
, are dissatisfied with the name of their
>
ostofliec , which is called Dunn. Thegov-
rnment refuses to change the name of the
lostoflice to Newton for the reason that
here is already a town named Newton in
launders county.
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THE returns of tho assessors of Hall fo
ounty show there arc 19,137 acres of im- lie
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roved land , and 100,657 acres unim- of
roved. The total valuation of real estate ,
aT
icluding town lots is $1,045,217. There
re 5,658 horses valued at $110,182 ;
9,287 cattle valued at $125,825 ; 791
be
mles at $17,807 ; 13,427 sheep , whoso
alue is placed at $5,741 ; 22,608 hogs
alubdat$26,191.
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THE stock round-up in the White river
so
ountry is completed , and 4,000 head in
rime condition were gathered in.
A FIRE in South Lincoln destroyed a th
iarn , together with a team of horses. 01
Dn. T. S. GAXT and Anna Horn , of An-
urn , created a sensation by eloping to
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rebraska City when they were made hus- ,
and and wife.
AMONG tho passengers on Conductor
"rank Winkleman's westward bound train
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ist evening , eays the Omaha Republican ,
ras a party of twelve constituting a single
iinily. Of this number only three , the dcm !
ithcr , mother and eldest son , paid railway m
ire. ; The remaining nine all under five
ears and the children of one mother , were b <
hree pairs of twins and a set of triplets.
he mother was a bright , handsome , viva- at
ious little woman , apparently proud of la
ladc
er little brood , while the father continually dc
usied himself to keep them from crying ,
li were going west to "grow up with the
ey
ountry. " eywl
WASumGTON special : "PostmasterEvans ,
North Platte , was to-day suspended for in
Ifensive partisanship. His removal was
trongly recommended by many leading th
democrats. "
A. B. MORSE , a farmer of Gage county , thwj
ving 7 % miles southwest of Beatrice , has wj
wjT
een arrested upon the finding of the cor- T ? <
icr's < jury , which charged him with poison- ar
his wife. The woman died very sud-
enly after taking a doze which her hus- cu
and had fixed np for her. th
THE recent horticultural fair at Omaha , ea
lough not very well attended , woo a
plendid exhibition. ar
THE Grand Island & Hastings road has
been sold.
LAST evening , says the Omaha Herald ,
tho little son of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Barka-
low , while in'their rooms at tho Millard ,
was given an apparently empty bottle for
which it craved. Its screams a few mo
ments later called attention to the fact
that the vial contained carbolic acid , of
which tho child Had drank and dribbled
over its face and neck nearly a dram , caus
ing intense agony. Drs. Denise , Coffman
Lee and others wero called , and worked
over the little sufferer until nearly mid
night. At that hour tho physicians were
very doubtful about being able to save it.
The fiery fluid burns like a red-hot iron
wherever it touches , and tho effect on tho
tender infant can readily be imagined.
TUB St. P.iul & Omaha Railroad com
pany will build an attractive depot at
Omaha this summer.
Ax emigrant named Stanley , on his way
ivest with his family , three teams and a
icrd of cattle , committed suicide at Arra-
pahoe by taking four ounces of laudanum.
ntcmpcrate habits was the primary cause
of his rush act.
ONE of the largest buildings in the state
is being erected in tho Sarpy county cattle
yards , near Papillion. The building is said
to cover 700 by 275 feet of ground , and
the walls to be 40 feet high , and is to be
completed by July 15.
AT the session of the Grand Lodge of
Masons recently held at Omaha , reports
were received which show the organization
to be in a flourishing condition throughout
the state.
C. F. BATES brought into the Alma
Tribune office a cake of Tripoli soap manu
factured by him by a process known only
to himself. The tripoli is obtained about
eight miles south of town in large quanti
ties , i
ON Sunday afternoon , says the Harlan
County Press , the son of George N.D. Bean ,
living on Rope creek , aged about 17 years ,
was found dead where he had been herding
cattle , with a bullet hole in his head. Life
had been extinct about an hour when the
body was discovered. He was herding
alone , the other boys having gone to the
river to fish ; so it will never be knownhow
he met his death. One theory is that he
was looking into the muzzle of the revol
ver which was an old one and did not re
volve well trying to get the cylinder in
shape , when the charge went off , the ball
entering ; his right eye , embedding itself in
bhe brain. The coroner held an inquest ,
bhe verdict being that bis death was acci- e'
dental. u
THE city marshal of Fullerton opened 3
rrar on the no-licensed canines of that
place , and as a result there has been quite
, reduction in the dog population.
A MEETING was held by the merchants of ,
Beatrice for the purpose of devising ways .
md means by which better accommoda- :
ions can be secured in the way of rafts on
reights from eastern points. It has been >
iscertained to a certainty that the rail-
oads are discriminating against Beatrice.
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THE state fish commission has planted
LS,000 wall-eyed pike in various ponds
u
ind streams of the state.
BURGLARS broke into the residence of dc
V. C. Mills , Lincoln , and carried off articles 20 !
20m
o the value of about $500. m
FRANK JOHNSON , of Iowa , reported the 0ca i
lolice at Omaha that he had been inveigled ca :
nto taking a hack ride by three strangers , C1
m lower Douglas street , who drove to the
lutskirts of the city and there slugged and
ittempted to rob him. si \
WASHINGTON special : Indian Cominis-
ioner Atkins yesterday appointed Mr.
Cing , of Oakdale , Neb. , and E. Gasay , Jr. , drW
Chicago , as Indian traders at Pine W
lidge agency , Dakota. The seven traders fe3c
ho now occupy the Sioux reservation iill 3c
e removed and the two new appointees Oil
fill have the field to themselves and ex rc
lusive right to trade with eight thousand
ndians on the reservation. Those two
raders can clear twenty thousand dollars
ach. Mr. King withdrew his application
or the Valentine registership , received his
icense as an Indian trader , filed his bond
ten thousand dollars , with J. C. Santee .
nd Senator Van Wyck as sureties and de-
larted for home.
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S. T. BROWN , who for the last month has th
icon traveling over the larger part of CO
COfii
Ldams county , tells the Hastings Journal fii
hat nowhere during his whole life has he fiiVi
ver seen better crops growing at this sea- Vi
on of the year than are now visible. ec
A PACKAGE of letters for Omaha was sent a
rom the postoffice in Nebraska City on atWl
he 15th which contained drafts and money Wl
irders amounting to almost $2,000 , and l
ras returned again on the 19th , not having
icen taken out of the pouch at Omaha. ,
pinion is expressed that somebody has
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ieen careless and it is proposed to find out
Lc
rho has been derelict of duty. br
HON. CHURCH HOWE has been appointed fn
member of the state normal school board. sli
EX-GOVERNOR FURNAB is again settled
own in Brownvillc , after a busy season in w
aanaging Nebraska's exhibit jat New Or- m
cans. He will now give his attention to St
looming the coming state fair. th
ALMA will sqonhave another newspaper ,
eastern gentleman having bought the [
ite Herald material ; which will be made to
duty.
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JOHN MOORE of Pawnee City , had both La
yes ruined by the explosion of a cartridge thi
rhile hunting last week. sai
ALBION has a population of 900 accord- il 1 !
3g : to the census returns. dp
A TRAIN drawn by 120 oxen passed nil
hrough Rushville , westward bound. trl
MR. JACOB WELLER , who was stoppingat tio
he Palace hotel in Hastings for two days ,
ras robbed by his room-mate , Raimond tio
ojo , a notorious St. Louis crook , of $130 to
nd a valuable watch. Tojo escaped.
THE subject of water works is under dis- llv
ussion in Hastings , and it is probable that tw
he enterprise Avill be inaugurated at frc
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arly day.
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NUCKOLLS thus far has
COUNTY escaped
of [
ny depredations from wind storms. of
CHRONICLES jar THE CABLE.
Miscellaneous Matters of Interest Pertain
ing to Foreign Countries.
Sir William Hart Dyke , M. P. , for
Mid Kent , who was political secretary to the
treasury under LorJ Beaconfield , has accepted
the office of chief secretary for Ireland. The
Standard expresses its displeasure at the ap
pointment and condemns the policy of the
new government in "putting round men
Into square holes , " but Inasmuch
as Sir Wll'lam has not yet had an opportunity
to prove his fitness or unfitness for the office
it prefers to suspend Its judgment.
Emperor Williamwill visit Emperor
Francis Joseph and the empress of Austria
at Ischel on the 6th of August next
The pope will create six new cardi
nals at the consistory to be held on the 13th
of July. At the same consistory he will an
nounce the name of a new archbishop of
Dublin.
All accounts from Tonquin show
the ravages of disease among the French
troops there appalling. Three thousand In
valid soldiers have been sent home. Three
hundred more are down with the disease and
await transportation. The deaths among the
troops are from fifteen to twenty dally.
Bev. Lingi Bonnonie , a priest , for a
long time captive In the camp of El Mahdl ,
has escaped and arrived at Dongola. He re
ports that the magnitude of the revolt fn
Kordofan is much overrated and confirms th'e
report that the forces of Mahdl were re-
peateJly defeated by the governor of Senaar-
He states , however , that famine and disease
Is ravaging and making waste at Kordofan.
Another letter received at Cairo from Mahdi
states he will arrive at Wady Haifa after the
Romadan. Mahdi has issued twelve com
mandments. He enjoins the killing of all
foreigners unless they become Musselmen.
The garrison at Kassala continues to receive
supplies by raiding.
The Jewish "Chronicle" of London
say § : The elevation of Sir Nathaniel Roth
schild to the peerage , sheds lustre upon the
entire Jewish community. The creation of
.
the first Jewish peer Is one of the most sig
nificant acts of Mr. Gladstone.
lu the French chamber of deputies a
committee was elected to examine the franco
Chinese treatsubmitted by M. De Freycinct
ministerof foreign affairs. The treaty defines
the rights of France over Anuam , fixes the
boundary lines between China and the French
dependencies , and determines the conditions
upon which the commercial relations of
France and China are to be maintained. The
committee chosen is favorably disposed to'
ivards the and its
treaty election only means
that the chamber of deputies requires to have
jxplained some vague worded commercial
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A Madrid dispatch says : Kobeldo ,
Minister ! of the Interior , and party , who start-
Jl on a tour of inspection of tho cholera-in
fected district ? , were received at the railroad
station in Murcia by large crowds of people ,
vho manifested the greatest enthusiasm over
10 crnval of ths distinmishsd oflieiaia. The
amo established for the reception of cholera
mtients and the quarters of the city inhabited
y the poor classes were visited and carefully
nspected. The official report of cholera for
Fune 24th is as follows : Madrid , 9 new cases ,
deaths : Valencia City , 63 new cases , 25
leaths ; Valencia Provinces ( excluding
iitv , ) 549 new cases , 314 deaths ;
Jurcia City , 105 new cases , 31
leaths ; Murcia Province ( excluding city , )
OS new cases , 87 deaths ; Castellon Delapla
m , 50 new cases , 50 deaths ; Cien Pazuelos"h
new cases , 4 deaths ; Toledo City. 5 new j
ases , 4 deaths ; Toledo Province , ( excluding
ity ) , 15 new cases , S deaths.
XEtTS ASD NOTES. t
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\Tatters of Interest TottcJied Upon Ity Press
Xews Gatherers. p
Governor Martin of "Kansas has ailo
iressed a letter to the Secretary of AVar , at e
Vashington , calling his attention to the dch
enseless condition of the settlers aloug the a
iouthern Kansas border in the event of an t
tttbrcak the Indians and
among Cheyenne , c
cquesting that ample precaut'ons will be ta- c
en for their protect'.ction , and ti prjclu le
he possibility ol any repetition of the dsas
B
rous raid of 187(5.
In the U. S. circuit court at Pitts-
iurg , in the matter of the Pennsylvania rail
oad against the Allegheny Valley railroad ,
n order was Issued by Judge Acheson direct
ae the receivers of the Allegheny Valley
ailroad to pay the sum of 5146,000 interest
ue as set forth In the petition presented on
he bonds of the Allegheney Valley railroad
ompanv on $4,000,000 which are secured by
irst mortgages.
A fatal collision occurred on the
VabashroactTvhenan accommodation train
ollided with a freight train near Woodstock ,
small ; station seven miles west of St. Louis ,
* :
nd Engineer Stewart , of the freight tram , !
ras caught under the reck and killed. Con-
luetor Mann , of the accommodation train , ;
ras also crushed so badly that he survived
mt a short time after being taken out- :
.
these two , as far as can be learned , are the
inly ones killed. The injuries to others on
oth trains are only scratches and slight
iruises. The cause of the accident was the
reisht conductor's watch being six minutes af
low.
low.The return to work of the carpet 3'
reavers < at Yonkers , N. Y. , ends one of the ;
nost < extensive strikes ever * Known in that
tate. : Three thousand weavers stood out and
he strike lasted for several months. The
trikers will return to work on Friday. A ten :
ier cent increase of wages is to be paid In ten
ays after the operatives resume work.
At Fayetteville. N. C. , three negro
ien , Thomas Gee , Joe Howard and Thomas
awrence , were hanged for murder , all from
ie same scaffold and at the same time. The
ime string was attached to each drop , and .
three fell dangling together. Gee mur-
pred Mary Hughes , a white woman ; Howard
mrdered C. F. Blockmau , and Lawrence B l
mrdered a negro woman. This is the first tl ;
Ct :
that over occurred In that Ctte
iple hanging see- te ;
on of North Carolina , and the event created teLi
great excitement among the negro popula- LiS
S
on. Only a limited number were admitted ;
the ail yard ivhere the hanging took place- Dl
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Near Vandalia , 111. , a colored boy , rc
ving with a widow , shot and fatally wounded tl ,
TO German girls who were passing along In /
ont of the house. The injured girls were
iken home by a nelshbor named Chris Nick-
ring , who , while lifting one of the girls out
the wagon , was kicked in the head by one st
the horses and instantly killed. tr
Thirteen business houses were des
troyed by fire In Huron , Ohio , a few days ago.
Loss , $40,000. Origin of fire unknown.
A firo at Sheboygan , Mich. , de.s-
troyed 1,000WK ) feet of lumber.
3The team of Alderman D. E. Wood ,
Elgin , BL , ran away. In the carriage were
his father , Jackson W6od , his wife and his
two daughters , Florence and Fannie. All
were thrown out. Florence , aged 11 , was
killed. Mrs. Wood lies between life and death ,
and Jackson Wood Is badly hurt. Fannie
escaped almost uninjured.
In the suit between the Bell tele
phone and the Molecular Telephone company ,
Judge Wallace In the U. S. circuit court of
New York , decided in favor of the Bell com
pany.
Commencement exercises at the
Wisconsin state university were held in the
presence of nearly two thousand people. Di
plomas were awarded to seventy-eight grad
uates , in the various courses and Postmaster
General Vilas had the degree of doctor of laws
conferred upon him.
XHJS SEAT OF OOTEKlfMElfT.
tRicellaneoiu nratlrrs of Interest at the Na
tional Capital.
DURING the week ended June 20 , the
board of review of the pension office has
sent certificates of deposit for the issue of
certificates of S87 original pensions and
999 increase claims. There have been re
fected 956 claims , and 531 have been sent
back to the adjudication division of the
office for further evidence , making a total
of 3,380 cases disposed. The number for
; he week ended June 13 was 3,203 , and for
the week ended June 6 , 2,784. About 50
per cent of the increase claims acted on by
pension office for the month ended June
15 were rejected , and this is about the
iverage per cent of such claims rejected.
SPECIAL telegram : "Is there any appli-
: ant for public office in Nebraska who has
. .ad no charges filed against him ? " asked a
leading democrat from that state to-day.
It was thought there was one applicant
named King with a clean record , and he
congratulated himself , but an examination
of papers relating to the Valentine land
office , the fact was revealed that Mr. Leess
had actually filed charges against King.
Thus are Nebraska idols shattered when
they reach Washington.
THE president on the 23d appointed the
following postmasters : B. P. Brown at
Franklin , Ind. ; F. M. Fields at Spencer ;
Adam Ferguson , at North Platte , Neb. ,
vice John E. Evans , suspended ; Joseph H. t
Shelby at Princeton , Mo. , vice Thomas E. t
Evans , suspended ; Howell Tatum at Bel- fc
ton , Texas , vice J. P. Osterbout , sus
pended.
IT having been charged that General A.
Krzyznowski , who was recently appointed
as inspector of customs at New York , is an :
active republican , a reporter asked Secre
tary Lamar about it. "Why , " said the
secretary , "I did not inquire into the man's
politics at all. His reappointment was
asked for by a large number of good citi
zens on account of his excellent war record.
Another reason urged was that he was in a
very necessitous condition. Although he is
rather old he is able to do the work of his
office satisfactorily , so I reappointed him
at a salary of $4 per day.
ACTING Commissioner of Pensions McLean
has been for some time engaged in reorgan
izing the board of examining surgeons
throughout the various states on the plan
adopted by General Black , of removing
;
two from each board of the various cities ,
and filling the vacancies by the appoint
ment of democrats. He expects to com-
plete the reorganization of the entire state
ll
of Pennsylvania before the end of the pres llP
ent week , and within the next month to P-
have all boards in Iowa , Indiana , Ohio °
:
and Vermont reorganized. It is the inten cr
tion of General Black to have tho re li
licu
organization of all boards throughout the cu
country completed by the middle of August. in fn
A. F. LANGTRY , superintendent of tho t >
seed division of the agricultural depart cij
ment , will be relieved July 1st. His sue.
cessor , who has not yet been appointed
will probably be from Ohio.
ti.
ATTOIINKV-GENERAL GARLAND says he fn
will reduce the force of examiners in the de- or
par inent of justice considerably , as he th in
finds there is not sufficient work to justify re
the employment of the entire force. p.-
p.i
p.th
GEN. FK.VNK ARMSTRONG , of New Orleans , th
has been appointed by the secretary of the so
interior as Indian inspector to succeed In th
spector Newell , suspended.
IN the closing days of the last session ,
ongress ' authorized the president in his
discretion to appoint a commission to ne-
otiate for the cession to the United States th
thVe
of the so-called Oklahoma country. Ths Ve
ommissiun has not yet been appointed ha
and it is understood that no action will be an
taken in regard to its authorized appoint- lir
mcnt until after the August election shall
nave been held by the five civilized nations
is
the Indian Territory. Meanwhile it is
learned that the president and all members th
' the cabinet are in accord in maintaining
hat ii(5 white settlementshailhe permitted to
311 Oklahoma lands under any circumBU
stances without the consent of the Indians na
mdcr the terms of the treaty of 1S6G , and
hat the whole force of the government
ihall be employed if necessary to carry out
Liie guarantees of that instrument.
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an
Fierce Fight In a Court Itoom. St
Frank Whiting and Charles Daniels , con- an
icted burglars , were arraigned in the crim- ov
13
nal court at Indianapolis. When Judge bu
Jbrton asked Whiting if he had any thing to 18
ay why sentence should be pronounced , 67
he prisoner sprang to-his feet , abuaed the 8. !
ourt with a volley of profanity , and then , Tl
earing from the sheriff , hurled a pair of th
jandcuLfs , the missiles passing over the bu
udge's head , shattering a heavy plate- ryi
lass. Whiting turned fiercely upon the
jolice and had to be severely beaten before
was subdued. His friends in the court-
oom pressed into the prisoner's box and
lar
he officers were finally compelled to draw r
/heir revolvers. The two men were hand- lar
ufled and taken to Michigan City. fell
ne :
wi
No pleasure is comparable to the 60
landing upon the vantage ground of flo
ruth. ne
AFTER 8ECKEXJST.
Winiam E. Chandler , Ex-Secretary of the
Navy , Gets After ais Successor in Office.
The New York Tribune publishes a long
letter from William E. Chandler , ex-secre
tary of tho navy , reviewing tho letter of
Secretary Whitney to the attorney-general *
asking for his opinion in regard to the
proper course for him to pursue in tho-
matter of the acceptance or rejection of the-
" . " Chandler'a-
new dispatch boat "Dolphin. -
letter is very caustic in its wording and
charges that tho present secretary of tho-
navy , while closing the mouths of the naval
advisor board , is making the "Dolphin"
matter a pretext to cast a slur upon the-
management of tho naval department un
der his ( Chandler's ) management for polit
ical purposes. He alludes several times-
satirically to Whitney's expressed fear lest
he be governed by a spirit of resentment
in the case. He says : "Mr. Whitney haa-
already , in his acknowledged spirit of re
sentment , prejudged somebody. The at
which is tho-
torney-general can only say
criminal , Mr. Roach or the designers of tho-
'Dolphin' one or tho other. The attor
ney-general must certainly join Mr. Whit
ney in condemning if he answers his let
ters. " Mr. Chandler adds : "It is as clear .
as the sun at noonday that Mr. Roach is-
responsible only for good workmanship.
The law of August 5 , 1SS2 , authorizing-
certain ships and creating the naval ad
visory board , provided that neither of the-
vessels should be contracted for or com
menced until full and complete detail of
drawings and specifications thereof in all
its parts , including the hull , engines and
boilers , shall have been provided or adopt
ed by the navy department and shall be-
approved in writing by said board or by a
majority of the members thereof and by
the secretary of the navy. This
provision of tho law was complied
with and Mr. Roach bid upon tho designs
of the navy department , and justly and
properly was compelled to guarantee only
good workmanship. He guaranteed neither
speed , horse-power , nor anything else ex
cept that the materials should be Drab
class and of the very best quality , and well
and faithfully put together according to
the plans and specifications of the depart
ment , and under the inspection and super
vision of the naval advisory board. There
is no looseness of the contract nor absence
of effective stipulations , as Mr. Whitney
asserts , but all the provisions are to b&
found necessary to carry out the funda-
fundnmental idea on which the contract
was based , namely , good work on Mr.
Roach's part , applied to the department's
designs. If , therefore , the contractor has
built the ship according to the specifica
tions of the contract , he has fulfilled his
engagements. " Further on he says : "In
other words Mr. Whitney is hunting the-
secretary of the navy and the advisory
board who designed the Dolphin and mado
the contract for her construc.ion. His '
persecution of Mr. Roach , however deadly ,
is only incidental. His spirit of resentment
ifii directed mainly against his predecessor
in office and the advisory board. The lat
iit
iit cannot speak a word of defense except
to Mr. Whitney , nor make any public ut
terance without his consent. The former ,
however , can. Mr. Chandler proceeds by
saying that while on her tour the Dolphin
made fifteen knots an hour. Neither that
nor any other definite speed was required
in order for the vessel to fulfill the specifi-
ations , and that the vibrations were to be
jxpcctcd with the vessel going at top speed.
tie refers to the high character of the naval
Doard as worth something in considering
the question , and adds : "The course pur
sued by Mr. Whitney to demonstrate his
ireconceivec determination that tho Dol
phin shobld prove a failure , is wholly with
out foundation , either in law , contract or
common sense. "
ZOTTJCK HATES Of POSTAGE.
I'l ovislons of tJia yew Zaio to Go Into Effect
on the First of July.
On the first of July the changes in the
ate of letter postage authorized by the ap-
iropriulion l > ill of the last congress will go
nto operatinn. The effect of this will be
o increase the standard weight of domes-
iu first-clubs matter from half an ounce to-
in ounce , so that on and after ttie 1st o !
Uily sill domestic first-class matter sent
hroutdi the mails , including drop letters at
ctter cp-vrier offices , must be charged with
- ibtugc at the rate of two cents per ounce
r ' fraction of an ounce , instead of two
cnts per half ounce or fraction , as at pres-
snt , drop letters at other than letter car-
ier ollices to be charged at the rate of one
mnt per ounce or fraction. This change-
thcbtandard weight will also apply to
ir&t-class matter addressed to Canada ,
nit not to mutter addressed to other for-
igii countries. The same law also reduces
he rate of postage from two cents per
lound to one cent per pound on all news-
lapers and periodicals when sent by the
lublisher and from the office of publica-
ion . , including sample copies , or when sent
rom a news agency to actual subscribers
other news agents. Private individuals
nuiling newspapers and periodicals pay at
he rate of one cent for four ounces. The-
evenue derived from the postage on news-
mpers and periodicalslastyear was nearly
12,000,000 , and this reduction in rate , itis
nought , will reduce the revenue from that
ource nearly $1,000,000. The change in
he rate or weight of first-class matter , itia
hought , will result in but a slight reduc-
ion in revenue from letter postage.
American Indiana In Canada ,
Advices from the northwest frontier say
hat the United States Indians , the Gros
rentres , who had crossed over to take a
and in the rebellion with Ponudmaker
nd Big Bear , have been driven across th'e-
ine by Stewart's scouts. They are still
langing about the border , and may give-
rouble after the troops are withdrawn. It
believed that alargenumber of Canadian
Lssiniboine Indians have gone south with
he Gros Ventres. It is the intention ol
he Canadian government to station 500-
lounted police along the frontier in future
prevent cattle raiders , who have been so- 4-
uccessful in their operations during the
ost year , from crossing over to Montana. .
Amount of Grain in Sight.
Thefollowing figures , taken from th&
fficial statement of the Chicago board of
ade , to be posted on 'change , show the-
mount of grain in sight in the United
tates and Canada on Saturday , June 20 ,
nd the amount of increase or decrease-
ver the succeeding week : Wheat , 41-
33,020 bushels , an increase of 310,910-
ushels ; corn , 4,768,857 , an increase of
87,410 ; oats , 3,117,758 , an increase of
78,257 ; rye , 221,023 , a decrease of
.982 ; barley , 32,892 , a decrease of 5,498.
lie amount of grain in store in Chicago on
be date named was : Wheat , 14,874,727 * 1
ushels ; corn , 379,034 ; oats , 409,988 ;
, 40,548 ; barley , 539.
A. $ BOOOO Disaster.
Several arches and columns in a snb-cel-
in St. Louis gave way Sunday , and a
rge part of the basement and first floor
, carrying down an immense safe. The-
ext day another section of the floor fell ,
ith sixty hogsheads of sugar. Therewere -
00 hogsheads stored on the basement
oor , and the weight was too great. Loss
early $50,000.
