THE TRIBUNE.
F. M & E. HI. ICIiTOlKLL , , Pubs.
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McCOOK , - NEB.
OVEK THE STATE.
THE UNSOLVED MYSTERY.
Yesterday was another period of mas
terly inactivity with the police , as far as
doing any. effective work in ferreting ou
tho murderers of Christopher Ruhlo was
concerned. A few unimportant threads o
evidence were collected by the coroner , but
as yet thd first real clue to the perpetrators
of the crimo remains to bo discovered. The
fact was brought to light yesterday tha
Ruhlc was in * Omaha Monday , that he
went to Lincoln and returned Tuesday
about three hours before his death. Frank
Lindcmann met Ruhle late Monday after
noon and went with him into McClcllan's
saloon at the corner of Eleventh and liar
ney , where they had two glasses of beer.
On coining out they walked over to the
City hotel , where Ruble spoke to a man
standing upon the coroner. Ho had some
conversation with the man , who finally
said , "I have no money ; will you put uj
for me ? "
Ruhlo replied , "Oh ! I'll pay for you
a come in and I'll pay for your bed. " Lindc
maim says that he stood in the door for a
second and saw Ruhlc speak to the night
clerk and then he went home , leaving tho
two men inside. Ho thought thai
this occurred between G and 7
o'clock tho night before the tragedy.
The next that was scon of Ruhle was afi
o'clock the next evening , when he stepped
into the saloon under the St. James hotel ,
where tho proprietor , Mr. Wciterford , was
playing pool. Ruhlo was at that time
alone , and after drinking a glass of beer
with the proprietor , walked out. This
brings him to within less than three hours ,
and unquestionably within two hours of
the timo when he met the assassins. The
idea that Ruhle walked out to the lonely
spot where he met his death alone is
scouted by everyone. It is also believed
that some man with whom ho was upon
terms of more or less intimacy must have
had some connection with the crime , as ho
would not have walked a mile and a half
through a lonely locality with strangers.
It would not seem to bo a difficult task to
trace the whereabouts of a man so well-
known as Ruhle during the two hours
from the time when I.c left the St. James
till he started outuponthc railroad tracks.
It would also seem easy to find out tho
history of tho man in the blue clothes ,
whose connection with Ruhle , in view of all
the facts , seems suspicious. However , the
police evidently do not regard it in that
light , as they appear to have given up all
idea of pursuing tho chase. [ Omaha Her
ald.
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STRETCHING THE KAILS.
Railroad building is being pushed with
tigor at different points in Nebraska just
now. Whenever a new road was decided
upon within a reasonable period the work
is progressing. The number of miles under
construction at present will make a favor
able comparison with that in any other
state. Three important contracts and one
or two minor ones are held by one Omaha
firm , that of Mallorjr & Gushing. This firm
is hastening the work on each of their con
4- tracts. The most important contract now
4S
S- on their hands is the Burlington : Mis
souri branch from Omaha to Ashland , a
distance of twenty-six miles. Grading com
menced last month , and 600 teams are now
at work. Some of the cuts and fills are
very deep , and the contract does not call
for the completion of the work before Oct.
1. It is possible that trains will be running
before that time. The branch from Blue
Hill to Iollregp-a distance of fifty miles.
is being graded rapidly. Five hundred
teams arc engaged in the work. The grad
ing on this branch is not so heavy , and
though work was only commenced ipril
15 , it will possibly bo completed by tho
first of August. Fivo hundred teams are
engaged on the branch from Elwood to
Curtis. This line , which is to he forty-four
miles in length , will requiresome very heavy
work. It will be open for trains Sept. 1.
[ Omaha Herald.
The latest local sensation , in a mild way ,
is the sudden separation after a brief and
stormy honeymoon , of a young Omaha
touple , Mr. and Mrs. Julius F htcr. The
nuptials of Miss Bertha Nngi , formerly one
of the best known and most popular
teachers in the public school , and Mr. Fest-
ner , who was at that time engaged with his
father in the printing business , were cele
brated the first of last month. The young
couple took a wedding trip to Chicago , and
after a two weeks' visit in that and other
cities , returned to settle down to married
life in Omaha. This was very brief , how
ever. for in less than a month Mrs. Festner
made up her mind to leave her husband
and departed for Chicago. The story of
the affair as given by one of Mrs. F.'s lady
friends , ascribes the separation to extreme
jealousy on the part of the husband.
f Omaha Bee.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE MATTERS.
STKOMSUUUG bus , by the signal bureau at
Washington , been designated as one of the
ten leading cities ill Nfbras'-.a who will re
ceive weather predictions by tclegr. ph , at
tLc govcrnmcnt's expense.
FOLLOWING arc the number ot miles of
railroad in Nebraska : Burlington it Mis
souri river , 101.SK ? ; Omaha & Southwest
ern , 50.00 ; Nebraska , 13G.20 ; Republican
Valley. 524II ) ; Atchison it Nebraska ,
107.4S ; Lincoln it NoiUiwestcrn , 73.08 ;
Nebraska < fc Colorado. 124.0:5 ; Chicago , Ne
braska & Kansas. 5.7S ; Union Pacific ,
472.48 ; Omaha it Republican Valley ,
245.1)2 ; Omaha , Niobrara it Black Hills ,
115.S : ; Missouri Pa. ific , 100.9S ; St. Joseph
tt Grand Island , 113.30 : Sioux City it Pn-
THE Home Insurance compa. y of Oak
land , California , has made application for
opportunity to do business in Nebraska.
A GRAND lodge of the A. O. U. W. for Ne
braska will be organized June 8. There
are now nearly 2,500 members of the or
der in tho state and growth is steady and
rapid.
THE Fremont National bank has decided
to increase its capital to § 150,000 , tho
present capital being § 75,000.
THE celebration ol tho opening ol the first
saloon ot Shelton under the license system
was so boisterous that tho Clipper urges
the important * of buis a marshal ap-
oointcd.
YORK'S canning factory is enclosed and
the engine room is under way. Operations
of canning will not commence until tho
corn season.
A DASTARDLT murder was committed on
the outskirts of Omaha a few days ago ,
Christian Ruble being found with his throat
cut in a horrible manner. It ia supposed .
robbery was the object. I
E. F. STEELE. a young farmer in Richard
son county , has complained to the board
of railway commissioners that the B. & M.
authorities persist in ignoring his demand
that they fence their-track where it runs
through his land.
THE board of railway commissioners are
sending out circulars to the clerks of all the
counties in tho state asking for specific in
formation as to the tfmouut of bonds
issued to aid railways , the rato of interest ;
timo to run , amount paid and collected ,
sum refunded , etc.
Ax expert accountant has been engaged
1 > > the commissioners of Otoe county , at
§ 10 per day , to examine tho treasurer's
books for years back.
IN all tho history of the state the Repub
lican valley never gave greater promise of
productiveness , and in consequence the in
flux of population will exceed anything
that has been seen heretofore.
THE school census of Adams county gives
a total of 5,332 children of school ago in
tho country , of which 2,802 are male and
2,530 female. The same census gives the
number of children of school age in Hast
ings as 1,648 , of which 74:7 arc male and
S'J2 female. These figures show that there
has been a very heavy increase in tho past
year.
AN incipient conflagration was extin
guished one night hist week at Red Cloud
by a night watchman.
THE Norfolk skating rink is no more. A
stage has been put in and a neat little
opera house is the result.
THE Indianola Courier says some indis
crete individual stole tho roof off a house
about eleven miles northwest of that town
recently , while the occupant was away on
business.
AN Indiana boy ntBuffalo Gap drew $100
from a wheel of fortune last week am ?
skipued out for home.
CURTIS , a new town of Southwestern Ne
braska , situated in tho north and central
part of Frontier county , on the Burlington
it Missouri extension from Holdrege , is at
present enjoying a boom seldom witnessed
only in some live Nebraska town. The sur
vey was completed April 17lh by tho Lin
coln Land company. Up to date of writ
ing some § 30,000 worth of business and
n sidcncc lots have been sold.
TEKAMAH has three saloons all with a
liberal patronage , four churches with only
two pastors , and five temperance organiza
tions.
A TEKAJIA correspondent writes that
several of the citizens of the town arc
getting somewhat excited over tho near
approach of cyclones and aro preparing
caves into which they can put themselves
when the storm comes.
THE York M. E. college is in a most pros
perous condition as far as the school work
is concerned. There is a larger attendance
than in any summer term in the past , and
an unusually good class of students. Hard
and earnest work is being done.
WILBER'S population is in the neighbor
hood of 2,000.
A SECOND lodge of the A. 0. U. W. has
been organized in Lincoln.
PHYSICIANS say there is nothing in the
shape of an epidemic of scarlet' fever in
Lincoln , and that the few cases developed
are not of malignant type.
C. D. BARROWS , of Lancaster county , was
jitten by a rattlesnake last week , suffering
'or a time quite severely. This is the first
: ) ite by a rattlesnake recorded this year.
Of course Mr. Barrows and all others will
understand that whisky is the great anti
dote in matters of this kind.
TABLE ROCK has aboutl,000 inhabitants ,
Pawnee City between 2,500 and 3,000 , and
Uurchard between GOO and SOO. All these
; owns arc in Pawnee county.
WEST POINT n ill enforce the dog lax the
coming municipal year.
THE Huniplirey opera house has been re
modeled into a store.
A NEW hotel is being erected at Broken
} ow at a cost of ? 10,000.
THE Haigler Reporter says a little son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Clugh , who live about
14 miles southwest of Haigler , fractured
lis left leg below the knee. The wheel of a
niggy in which he was riding caught the
imb inflicting the painful injury.
TRACK-LAYING on tho Grand Island &
Wyoming goes forward at the rate of two
niiles a day. IMie grade ia pretty nearly
completed to Broken Bow , a distance of
ninety miles , which point will probably bo
reached by rail by the first of July.
A FIVE year old Lincoln boy stolo a gold
watch from the vest pocket of a gentlemcin
who was playing ball and sold it for 25
cents.
GOVERNOR DA WES has received from Peter
Kohls of Cedar county , an affidavit to tho
effect that while boring for an artesian well
in township 33 , range 2 , that county , he
struck a good vein ol coal at a depth of
450 feet. Being on the hunt for water ,
however , Peter keptpushing the drill down ,
and at 500 feet got a fine artesian stream
which flows full and strong. Ho started a
second veil about 200 yards from the first
and when down 400 feet ran into a twenty-
six inch strata of coal , whic h in quality is
superior to the original vein. Peter is con
fident that this hist vein will pay for work
ing , and is desirous that the governor
should send an expert to examine it in or
der that he may claim the § 4,000 reward
offered by the state for tho discovery o !
coal or iron in paying quantities.
MR. AND MRS. A. H. BROWN , of Hastings ,
hayo been presented with a handsome
China bedroom set by the G. A. R. post
and relief corps of that city.
WEST POINT'S water works have just been
finished , but the final test has not beim
made.
DmiiNG a recent thunder storm lightning
struck the stables of Peter Ryan , near In-
man , and burned them to the ground , to
gether with the contents , consis.ingof four
teen head of cattle , tools , grain , hay , etc.
The loss is about § 1,000.
THE branch of railroad from Blue Hill to
Holdredge , a distance of fifty miles , is be
ing graded rapidly. Five hundred teams
are engaged in the work.
OHD has of late shown signs of renewed
prosperity , and indications are that its
population will be doubled this year.
MRS. REUBEN CONN , who lives about three
and a half miles south of Bennett , was seri
ously injured about tho head by being
thrown off from the back seat of a light
spring wagon in which she was riding.
A YOUNG man named Lambert , of Lan
caster county , wentinto an open lot to
mount a horse. While in the act of getting
on the horse , another horso which was fun
ning loose in the pasture , ran up and kicked
him in the groin , which caused hemorrhage
ol the bowels. He is not expected to re
cover.
THE firs * steam fire engine OmaTia ever
owned has been sold as a piece of junk ,
bringing § 51. '
HASTINGS expects to be a larger city than
Lincoln by the close of the year 1886.
THE county commissioners of Xemaha
rounty , at their special meeting , refused to
take anj' action in the proposition of
Judge Brondy relating to transferring tho
Brownvillo precinct railroad stock , held in
tho B. & Ft. K. R. R. Co. , to tho B. & M.
railroad company.
THE Rock Island road has deposited
? 10,000 in a bank inFairbury to liquidate
the preliminary work on its extension in
that direction.
THE eleventh annual convention of the
Nebraska association of electric physicians
was held at the Windsor hotel , in this city ,
last evening. The meeting was organized
with Dr. W. S. Latta as chairman and Dr.
Alexander Coleman was made a censor to
fill the vacancy caused by the absence ol
Dr. Guild. Reports were n\ado by the
various standing committees , notably from
that on tho publication of a medical jour
nal , which was to the effect that a stock
company had been formed for that pur
pose , and that applications for shares were
coming in. Dr. G. A. Nichols was elected
president ; Dr. Alex. Coleman , vice presi
dent ; Dr. J. W. Keys , secretary ; Dr. R. S.
Grimes , treasurer ; Drs. Coleman , Woodard
and Alexander , censors , and the associa
tion adjourned to meet in Lincoln on th
2d of May next.
J. WALTEMEYER it Sox" , of Baltimore
Md. , and. Atchison , Kan. , are building a
Falls City one of the largest canning fac
lories in the west. Tt will have a cnpacitj
of about 40,000 cans a day. It will b
ready for business by June. They will em
ploy between 400 and 500 hands on tin
pea crop , and after that about 200 hands
SOME cases of scarlet fever are reported
at Lincoln , but thus far there has been no
fatal cases.
THE children of John Evans , residing ii
Blue Valley , wanted to get a setting hen of
the nest , and in order lo do so built a fire
around her , which caused the destructioi
of a barn and loss of property amounting
to § GOO.
LViNG Catholics will build at once a new
church to cost § 800.
THE firemen of Norfolk have just given a
fair and raised § 511.
THE Hooper bridge which was contractpd
for last winter to be completed by May 1st
has not been , completed. The Sentinel
prays that the entire contract be annulled
and an iron bridge be constructed.
IN Lincoln the other day a shot and a
commotion at the place of "Irish Ann , "
called the ollicc-rs and a crowd of people to
that vicinity. Upon entering the house the
police found a man lying on tho bed bleed
ing profusely from a wound in the temple.
Examination showed that the wound was
from n bullet which htd cut an artery but
had flattened against tho skull , and had
not peneltatcd it. He said that "no ono
waste blame but himself , " and tho in
mates of the li'iuse declared that he had
attempted PHIido. . He himself did not.
make such an admission. From the fact
that his face Jl d not show any powder
marks and that the ball seemed to range
forward it was suspected that he was shot
by somebody else and not by himself. No
arrests were made.
A STOCK company is being organized1 at
David "City for the purpose of erecting a
hotel to cost somewhere in tho neighbor
hood ot $20,000.
DAVD CITV is in need of a Congregational
preacher , there being none there at present.
There is a fine church building of that de
nomination at the place , and the right man
would meet with a cordial reception.
THE Union Pacific will build two large
depots in Omaha this year one for freight
and the other for passengers.
BIDS have been advertised for in Bennett
papers for conslructon of an academy at
that place.
THE Grand island Independent says a
relic of the old times when the great west
was in its primeval days , passed through
that city tho other day. It consisted of
the once common wagon team made up of
six horses and guided by a single line. They
were hitched lo a hir c wagon , and the out
fit had conic overland from New Mexico.
The driver was an "old timer" and looked
as though he had a contempt for the more
modern way uf teaming. The usual crowd
gathered around him wherever he stopped.
GERMAN editors held a meeting in Lin
coln recently to arrange matters in con
nection with their business and for a sum-
mer excursion.
J. D. CALHOCN , the "Topics" man ol the
Lincoln Journal , it" is ru < ored , will be edi
tor of the Democrat , in that city on the re
tirement of Col. Vifqiiain.
M. M. WARNER , of Dakota City , has this
spring gathered and shipped 600,000 forest
trees , beside- large lot of fruit treos. The
forest , trees were mostly box elder , ash , elm
and walnut.
REUBEN STOVER , of Fnirfield , has a curi
osity in a dwarf colt that weighs only
thirty-throe pounds and measure < tweniy-
five inches in height when standing. The
sire rtiid dam are both good sized horses.
CONTRACTS have been awarded for two
new schools in Hastings , to cost § 10,995
and § 2,875.
THE son of Mr. Hitchcock a farmer near
Fremont , was thrown under a cornstalk
cutter and terribly cut about the head.
His wounds aidangerous. .
THE 2'OLYGAin : KILL.
T/io Edmunds Hill Considered and Views
Soon to vc Submitted.
Washington special : The committee
have considered tho Edmunds bill and will
submit their views to the full committee ,
which will meet thereafter as soon as prac
ticable. The Edmunds bill will be very
greatly modified , but I am not prepared to
Bay , until action by the full committee , in
what respect. I will say , however , that it
will not bo materially to change the policy
of thegovernment in reference to polygamy ,
but the effort will be made , while condemn
ing the crimo of polygamy , to do so in con
sistency with constitutional law and with
respect to the liberties of the people affect
ed. The amendment to the constitution
proposed by the committee was intended
to define the crime of polygamy and the
like , as treason is defined by the constitu
tion itself , so that no element in the defini
tion of the offense would bo left to congres
sional action. Haying defined tho crime ,
lest it should continue or be revived in a
new state when it had ceased to be a terri
tory , the amendment gives congress the
power to punish the crime created by this
article and to the courts of the United
States the power to try it. Then , in order j (
to prevent any inference in favor of tho j
power of congress to interfere in the general j
law of each state as to marriage and di-
vorce , the amendment further provides ,
that no construction shall bo given to it |
which would deny to each state the exclu-
sive power to regulate that class of ques-
tions , or to give any such power to co n-
gross. The amendment , therefore , while
serving as a remedy for crime , even in the
states themselves , is entirely conservative
of the power of the states over the import- :
ant domestic relation of the family.
A It.lTH JY RA
Mrs. T. liodnpy Hood died at Jackson ,
Miss. tho 17th. She
, on gave birth to a
child May 4 , and a few da.ys later the nurso
was lo give her usponge bath with alcohol ,
and was directed by Mm Hood where to
find the alcohol. She found two bottles
lahlcd alcohol and used ono of them. Soon
afterward the patient commenced to have
burning pains , and a physician WIH called ,
when it was discovered that the liquid was
a solution of alcohol and corrosive subli
mate prepared somciimo before : is a rat
poison. Tlieapplicationproduced internal
inflammation and finally death. .
LEGISLATIVE XEWS AND XOTES. '
A. Record of Proceedings in Both Eranclics
of tho U. S. Congress.
HOUSE , May 15. Tho bill was passed
authorizing tho Kansas it Arkansas Valley
oad to constructarailway through Indian
territory. The special bill was passed
establishing a sub-treasury at Louisville ,
Ky. After the passage of the bill establish
ing a sub-treasury at Louisville , the house
proceeded to the consideration of the bill
for the appointment of a commission to in
spect and report on Indian affairs. The
remainder of the afternoon was consumed
in a decision of this measure.
SENATE , May 17. A largo numl > iof peti
tions are coming to the senate relating lo
oleomargarine and other imitations of but
ter. A great majority of itho petitions are
from agricultural and dairy associations
and favor the bill proposing an internal
revenue tax on the product named , and
regulating its manufacture and hale. Tho
opposing petilionsare from grain exchanges
and similar bodies , protesting against any
Eiich law and dug estlng that it would be
sufficient for congress to require such pro
ducts to be properly labuk-d. The senate
passed tho following measure : Ahillautlmr-
iziig jarics of the United State. * circuit and
district courts to be used interchangeably.
At 2 o'clock the pension bill was laid be
fore the ticnalc. The ponding amendment.
was that heretofore offered by Van Wyck , '
providing that no soldier under the act
shall receive less than § 8 per month. Blair .
moved to amend the amendment , by mil > - j
stituling four dollars for eight. II. jectcd. j
Logan moved an amendment providing ;
that all pensions heretofore granted under :
any previous act lo any .soldieruhnll , where ! '
less than § y per month has been allowed , i
be increased to § 8 a month , and no less i
amount shall be allowed to any pensioner , i '
being a soldier , under this or any previous ]
act. Rejected yeas 22. nays 27 . Without i
further action the senate went into c\-ecu- i
live session , and when ths dours were rei i
opened , adjourned.
HOUSE , May 17. A bill WRS introduced
by Gmither , of Wisconsin , by request , to ,
prevent the prosecution , under protection .
of the United States , of fraudulent claims , |
against foreign governments. Under tho ,
call of tho stales , among the b 11s intro- ;
ditccd , was the following : By Boutellu i
Appropriating ? "iO. 000 for the erection in ]
Washington of a bronze monument to the i
lalo Kdwin M. Stantoii. The house then ' i
we.it into commitluj cif the whole on the ! ]
urgency deH.-icncy lisll. The bill was conj j (
sidcrcd brielly and , having been reported ]
to the house , it was passed. 0n _ motion of ]
fl . _ O'DolllH ! l , from the committee on edii-
cation , the riilcs were su.spende 1 and the ! '
house passed yens 203. nays S the sen-
: ile bill to provide for the study of the na-
lure of alcoholic drinks and narcotics , and
nf their effects upon the human system in
connection with several divisions of the
subject on physiology and hygiene by pupils
in the public schools of the territories and
sf the District of Columbia and in tho mili-
tnry and naval aondomii-s and Indian and
jolored schools in the lurri tunes of the
United States.
SENATE , Hay IS. Gibson reported favor '
iibly , from the committee on commerce ,
ind on his motion tho senate at once (
passed , the house bill supplying a deficiency t
ippropriation of § 0,409 to carry on to J
lunb , 1SSG , tho examination and survey j1
regarding the depth of the water , etc. , at , '
Jic south pass of the Mississippi river. Tire ,
jicnsion bill was then considered. Ctillom
thought it the duty cf the government to
jut on the pension rolls all soldiers who , J
ivere unable to take care of themselves ,
without requiring them to prove that their .
lisabiliry was incurred in the service. If
; ome siuh bill as this was not passed we
irould find the old soldiers in tho poor
iiouses of the country. Ingalls said that
notwithstanding the extravagant eulogy
laid to the democratic senators by the
senator from Indiana ( Voorhces ) Ingalls
lad always noticed that whenever a pro
position to liberalize pensions was made
Ihc senators on that Bide of the chamber
ilwnys got out their slates and penc Is and
bcgaii figuring how much the proposition
ivould coat. They had not been in haste to
isk whether the proposition was just. If
Ihere were any veteran soldiers of the re
public who were liable to become inmates ,
af alms houses or dependents on public
: harity , he ( Ingalls ) did not propose to in-
inire how much it would cost to reliuv ?
them.
HOUSE , May 18. The commiftec on ter
ritories reported adversely the bill to rcgu-
ato the manufacture and sale of intoxi-
: ating liquors in the territories. Laid on
.lie table. Blount , from the committee on s
) ostofliccs and postroads , reported back e
: hc posloffice appropriation bill with tho I
senate amendments , it having been re- TlS
erred to the committee of the whole. The S
louse then went into committee for the * ;
nirposc of considering these amendments.
[ Mount addressed his remarks to that rt
lattso known as the "subsidy amend- rli
ncnt , " and made argument in opposition liti
: o it. The appropriation of § 800.000 ho ti
lontended would not secure any advan-
: age in the way of additional mail Irips ,
mt have a contrary effect. Under the
: lauso the postmaster general would be
litired to contract , if at all , for not less
; han three nor more than five years and
; his would act as an absolute inhibition
ipon any other company than the ono
lolding thecontractattemptingto traverse
.lie same time. Pending further discus
sion the committee rose and the house I
idiourned.
r
SENATE , May 19. The pension bill was
.hen placed before the senate , the pending
mestion being that of McPherson to re-
ommit to Mic committee with instructions
0 submit an estimate of the expenses that
voiild be incurred by its passage. The
ilcPherson motion was rejected yeas 14 ,
inys 28. The question recurring on the
imendmcnt of Van Wyck. as amended by
hat of Blair , Ingalls moved to lay it on
; he table. The motion was agreed to , and
: hn amendment as amended was then
igreed to. Several other amendments
, vere offered , some being adopted and ti
) thers rejected , after which the bill was ri
inssed by the following vote : Yeas jj
\ldrich , All-son , Blair , Bowen , Brown , ,
longer. Cullom , Frye , George. Gibson , J.
Sale , Hampton , Harrison , Hawley , Hoar , h
Ingalls , Logan , McMillan , Mahone , .Man0
ierson , Miller , Mitchell , of Matyland ; Morir
ill , Payne , Plumb , Riddleberger , Sawyer , .h
Jewell , Sherman , Spencer. Van Wyck , J si
foorhees , Walthalt and Wilson , of Maryj j s <
and 34. Nays Beck , Berry , Blackburn , ni
Jail , Cockrell , Eu > * t5ce. Gorman , Gray , Ic
1 ones , of Arkansas ; McPherson , MorganD
saulsbury , Vest and Whithorne 14. The'p :
3ankruptcy bill was laid before the senate , . bi
ind after an ineffective attempt by RiddleP
jerger to secure an executive session , the w
senate adjourned. t ]
HOUSE , May 19. Van Eaton , from tho
committee on public lands , reported fc '
the senate bill forfeiting certain lands
granted to tho state of Iowa in construc
tion of railroads. Placed on tho houso
calendar. Tho house then went into com
mitteo of tho whole on tho senate amend
ment to the postoflico appropriation bill.
Milliard briefly advocated tho foreign mail
service amendment , contending it would
have a beneficial effect on American com
merce. Phplps said the amendment and
vote by which it was adopted in tho senate
were an encouragement to American ship
ping. He was proceeding to make a sum
mary of tho vote when he was interrupted
by Blount with tho point that it was not
in order to refer to the action of thesenate.
General debate was closed , whereupon the
house adjourned.
SENATE. May 20. Manderson rcportc-d
favorably from the committee on military
appropriations the bill to authorize tho
Cheyenne and Northern Railway company
to build its road across tho Fort Russell
attd Fort La ramie military reservation.
On Mnnderson's motion the bill was taken
up. Edmunds' motion to amend so as to
provide that if the rights so conferred bo
not exercised and the road not built within
three years thn privilege granted by tho bill
shall cease and terminate. The bill was
then passed. The Staten Island bridge bill
was then taken up and laid before the sen-
ale and McPherson resumed his speech
against the bill as reported and in support
of his aniendinentprovidingfor a tunnel in
stead of a bridge. After debate and tho
voting down of some amendments the bill
was passed by a viva voce vote as reported
from the committee , with the sole addition
of the Vest amendment.
HOUSE , May 20. The houso then went
into committee of the wholo on the senate
iiincndmenls to the postoflico appropria
tion bill. The amendment setting apart
540,000 of the appropriation for delivery
service for tho establishment of the free
flclivery system in citiss where it is now
jstiiblished was concurred in. The amc.-id-
nent was rejected which authorizes tho
postmaster general to contract for inland
ind foreign steamboat service when it can
je combined in ono route ; also the amend-
uent increasing by § 80,000 tho appropria-
ion for railway postoflico car service. Tho
imendment was concurred in increasing
rom § 251,725 to $2)1.00D ! the nppropria- I
ion for necessary and spt-cial facililies on '
; runk lines. Thovoteconfirming the action '
) f tho committee on the foreign mail ser-
; ice was yeas 178 , nays 80. The an-
louncement of the result was received with
ipphiuse on the democratic side. The bill
ind amendment will now be sent to the
lenntcand then go to tho conference com-
aittee.
SENATE , May 21. 'I lie urgent deficiency
) ill , being reported by Mr. Allison from tho
lommitlce on appropriations , was passed
rithout debate. Mr. Plumb moved that
he senate insist on its amendments lo the
notion , and the chair appointed Messrs.
? umb. Mahone and Call as a conference
lommittce. On motion of Dr. Dolph the
) ill was passed providing for the forfeiture
> I wagon road land grants in Oregon. On
notion of Mr. Conger , the house bill was
jassed establising a lifo saving Htaton at
he follow ng places : One at Plumb Island , i
' . .ako Michigan ; ono at South Manitou'
slaiid , Lake Michigan ; one at Point
Mams. Oregon ; one between Point Reyes
tnd point Diablo , California ; one between
\int San Joso and Point Labos , Cali-
nrnin , and ono on Lake Ontario , Now
fork , at or near the mouth of the Niagara
iver.
HOUSE. May 21. Mr. Herbert , from the
ommittec on naval affairs , reported the
aval appropriation bill and it was re-
irred to the committee of the whole. After
long debate the house passed yeas 120 ,
ays SO the bill prohibiting for a period
f live years from the 1st of March , 1887 ,
lie importation into the United States , or
lie landing upon its shores of mackerel
sxcept Spanish mackerel ) caught between
lie 1st of March and the 1st of June each
ear. The consideration of private busi-
ess was then proceeded with and the
ouso passed a number of such b Us , among
lietn being one removing a charge of deser-
: on from the record of Franklin Thomp-
3ii , alias S. E. E. Zelye. This is the case
F a woman who for two years served in a
[ ichigan regiment as a soldier without dis-
iosing her identity. The houso atitsevcn-
ig session passed thirty pension bills , and
110 p. in. adjourned.
TRADES USIOXS TS. ICXIGHTS.
'igannaJicrs ' of the Former Leading tlie
Fight on the Latter. i :
A special dispatch from Buffalo , New
'ork , says the cigarmakers seem to be
lading the attack of the Trade Unions on ' <
do Knights of Labor , and at a conference ,
hich meets at Philadelphia soon , a gen- !
ral plan will bo mapped out to be acted ;
n at the approaching meeting in Clovei i
ind. A. Strasser , president of the Cigar- i
lakers' International Union , has written !
n editorial for tho May number of the j
garmakcrs' official journal , from which j
10 following extracts are taken : "The 1
ournal of United Labor of last month , ]
ic official organ of the Knights of Labor , j
antains an article relating to the general
: ale of prices for cigars adopted by the ]
secutive board of the Knights of Labor. ,
t looking over the scale of prices we (
otice that the Knights of Labor are ,
itibfied to work from 20 lo 50 per cent
flow current , pticea enforced by local j
nions under the jurisdiction of the Inter- I
ational Union. The attempt to cut down i
lie wages of cigarmakers under cover of
ibor reform , we feel constrained to do- -
ounce as a piece of scahbincss of the low-
st order. We do not consider it out ot
lace to give the names and occupations of \
iiose who have assumed control over the
gnr trade , so that we may convince cigar-
takers of the arrogance of these inter- (
ipers who have not the slightest knowl-
Ige of the cigar trade. Their names are : 1
' . machinist Frederick Tur-
. V. Powderly , ; ]
er , grocer and landlord ; John W. Hayes ,
holt-sale and retail tea dealer : W H.
iniley , miner ; T. V. Barry , axle maker. '
'he ' attempt of a few men to control and t
; guhiteall industries has proved to be a 1
diculous failure. It also proves that <
icre is something rotten in the manage-
tent of the organization known as the (
Inights of Labor. Should the special ]
: ssion of the Knights of Labor , to be i
eld in Cleveland. Jlay 25th , fail to remedy
icse criminal blunders , we will denounce i
item as the champions of cheap labor and
dvocates ol low wages in fine , as traitors
3 the labor cause in general. "
" ' CASK. 1
THE VyiOX" PACIFIC'S
Washington dispatch : Tho sub-commtt-
; e of the house committee on Pacific rail- ,
tads , having in charge the Union Pacific i
11 , introduced by Dorsey , has agreed to i
; ar suggestions from the Nebraska delega- '
on and the Omaha board of trade the .
rst of next week as to the best manner (
which to get the measure before the ;
juse. If the Pacific seventy-year exten- ,
on yili is passed , it is probable the Dor- J
y bill will not be called up in the house , j
i the former measure contains sufficient
jislation on the point aimed at in the |
nion Pacific bill , but if it cannot bo j
issed on June 5 and 8 , which days have ,
ien set apart for the measure from the j
icific railroad committee , the Dorsey bill 3
ill be then taken up. It is not thought ,
icre wili be much debate on it , ]
. JJUIITRATIoysirr. ' . .
a o i&5 mfcor < / treasure Recently Passe *
in tlio House.
ScnntorLogan presented in the senate as p
a substitute for the labor arbitration biJI , .
recently passed in tho house , a bill provid
ing for the appointment of a comraision of
arbitration of five members to bo ap
pointed by tho president.
The commission id empowered to visit
any place where controversies may ariso-
and may take testimony and hear counsel '
and make its decision at any place ifc may M'
think best. It shull report to congress tho-
results of all investigations , with alll testi
mony and every action in reference to each-
controversy which comes bcforeifc. It may-
require the United States marshals to serve-
shall reccivo-
process , and such marshals
tho same fees as they receive for like service-
upon process issued by the United States-
commissioner. Witnesses shall also receive
the same fees as when attending beforo-
United States commissions , bub tho ex
penses of any single arbitration shall nob
exceed 51,000. The commission shall pos
sess all such powers to administer oaths ,
as belong to aUntied States commissioner.
It may , upon any serious difference or dis
pute on account of wages , oppression or- f
wrongs complained of by employees or em
ployers , repair to the place where such com
plaints arise , atid make full examination
.uul investigation of the same and report
to congress through the president. The-
United States commissioners , in addition
to the customary oaths of office , shall ,
upon any case being submitted to them ,
: ake oatli to fairly and faithfully perform
: heir duties , which oath shall embrace thu-
leclnration that they are not personally
nterestcd in the subject matter of the con-
iroversy. .
The bill amends the act creating a Iinreaiit
of labor , so that the bureau shall hereafter
jo known as the department of labor ; and t
; ho commissioner , in addition to < Jlilies
low required of him by law , is required to
communicate with various railroads and
, transportation companies , and with all
other companies engaged in various indu-s-
ries where any great , number of persons
ire employed , and as to a certain number
) f employes , the manner in winch their In-
) or is performed and its character , their
situations , manner of living , facilities for
education of their children , and the rela
tions of labor and capital generally. Also-
to make comparative lists and ntntemcnts
as to the hours of labor in various employ
ments ; character of labor and compensa
tion therefor in various European coun-
triei and report tho result in tabulated
and comparative statements to tho secre
tary of the interior , who shall report it to
congress at each session , the total expenses
of the performance of such duties shall not
exceed § 50,000 a year. Commissioners of
arbitration shall hold offices for three
years until removed by the president for
fl
? ood and sullicicnt cause , which cause shall
be reported to the senate with nomination
of the successor of any of them.
RECnirEKSIIll'S ASD COXTE3ZTT. a Y
Text of the measure Soon to be Introduced in
the House.
Washington special : The following is
the full text of the bill to l > o introduced
in Uio house Monday by Mr. Reagan , of
Pcxas , respecting receiverships , and con
tempt of court in connection with them.
Whenever a receiver is appointed by any
district or circuit court of the United
States for the purpose of closing np or
conducting the business of any railway or
other corporation , an order shall be issued
by said court repairing the winding up of
the business of said corporation within \TSLs
twelve months from tho date of the ap \
pointment of such receiver ; and if , at the
jxpiration of said time tho corporation is
insolvent , its assets shall bo sold under the
usual notice and rules by order of tho
: oirt. In all suits now pending or herein-
iftcr instituted where corporate property
ias been placed in the hands of a receiver
. ) .v the court , the judgo haxing jurisdiction
> f the samo shall cause the properly so
if Id by a receiver to I.o sold within twelve
nonths , unless the affairs of the corpora- '
ion were otherwise adjusted so as to
.ake them out of the control of tho
rourt. No court placing the prop-
srty of a corporation in the
lands of a receiver shall permit it to re-
nain in this condition for a longer period
lian twelve months without a sale of said
iroperty. The receivership may bo con-
; inued for a longer period , not exceeding
, wclvc months , after the sale of the proper
ty , for the purpose of collecting and distri-
juting the assets ; but at the expiration of
: hat time all unfinished business of the re-
leivership shall be transacted by a master
n chancery. It shall bo unlawful for any
udge to appoint to the place of receiver , or
: o any position under the receiver , any per-
ion related to said judge by affinity or con-
ianguinity. Where a suitable person can
jo found , the receiver Hhall be appointed
rom the residents of the district in which
nost of the property is situate. On con-
entpt Add to section 725 of revised stat-
ites : No one act of contempt shall bo pun-
shed by imprii-o'iinent for a greater period
hnn six moatl s. or by a line , and where
he contempt is charged to have been com-
uitted by a peisou other than an actual
) flicer of the court and without tho pres-
iiice of tho coin t , the defendant shall bo
entitled to a trial by jury.
A. CAUTION TO CAXADA.
Imcrican Statesmen Faeor Decisive Retali
atory Action.
Considerable interest is being manifested
n the pre-ent diplomaticsiluation between
his countrand the British government
in account of the sciznre of the American
choouer "David J. Adams" for all.d vio-
ation of the fishery or custom lawn. Th
eeling seems to bo universal that this gov-
rnmect should demand reparation , or at
sast that there should be a better under-
tanding between the two govern , .ents on
his subject. Representat ve Rice of Mnssa-
husctts , a member of the house foreign
iffairs committee , expressed the goneral
ipinion in an interview to-day. Ho sa
ic favors immediate , decisive anil manly
iction on the part of the government.
"What we want to know and to know at
mce , " continued Mr. Rice , "is whether our
. 'essels arc to be allowea to go into British
lorts and buy fishing bait , or trule in any-
hing , and have the same privileges which
ire granted British vessels in our ports. I.
he English authorities intend to seize our
. essels simply because a piece of canvas
areiessly falls over the mime of the vessel ,
ind set up the presumption that sho ia
ailing in disguise , we want to know it , for
t is a very small way of treating interna-
ional affairs. Since the cause of seizing
he 'Adams' has been declared by the lirit-
sh authorities to not involve a question
> f territorial water ? , and the alleged cause
issigned is very trivial , we mus t demand
.n explanation that will bo definite and
atisfactory. It is time for vigorous ac-
ion. I endorse tho Frye bill demanding
he same privileges to American vessels
hat are given British vessels in our ports ,
mt I would like to see more positive and
nore immediate action taken. When wo
earn what has been done by the depart-
nent of state , congress will give some.'ex-
iressipn and instruction , if the action , ia
ts opinion , has not been sufficient. "