THE TEIBUNE.
F. M & E. ITI. Pubs.
McCOOK , NEB.
OVER THE STATE.
THE IWSOl/VED OTYSTEBY.
Yesterday was another period of mas
terly inactivity with the police , as Tar as
doing any. effective work in ferreting ou
the murderers of Christopher Ruble was
concerned. A few unimportant threads o
evidence were collected by the coroner , but
as yet the' first real clue to the perpetrators
of the crime remains to be discovered. The
fact was brought to light yesterday tha
Ruhle was in * Omaha Monday , that he
went to Lincoln and returned Tuesday
about three hours before bis death. Frank
Lindemann met Ruble late Monday after
noon and went with him into McClcllan's
Baloon 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
etanding upon the coroner. He had some
conversation with the man , who finally
said , "I have no money ; ivill you put uj
for me ? "
Ruble replied , "Oh ! I'll pay for you
come in and I'll pay for your bed. " Linde
*
maim says that he stood in the door for a
second and saw Ruble speak to the night
clerk and then lie went home , leaving the
two men , inside. He thought thai
this occurred between G and * i
o'clock the night before the tragedy
The next that was seen of Ruhle was nfi
o'clock the next evening , when he stepped
into the saloon under the St. James hotel ,
where the proprietor , Mr. Weiterford , was
playing pool. Ruble 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 ol
the time when ho met the assassins. The
idea that Ruble walked out to the lonely
spot where he met his death alone ia
scouted by everyone. It is also believed
that some man with whom he was upon
terms of more or less intimacy must have
bad some connection with the crime , as he
would not have walked o mile and a half
through a lonely locality with strangers.
It would not seem to be a diflicult task to
trace the whereabouts of a man so well-
known as Ruble during the two hours
from the time when l.e left the St. James
till ho started outupon the railroad tracks.
It would also seem easy to find out the
history of the man in the blue clothes ,
whose connection with Ruble , 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 the chase. [ Omaha Her
ald.
STRETCHING THE RAILS.
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 nne Omaha
firm , that of Mallorjr & Gushing. This firm
is hastening the work on each of their con
tracts. The most important contract now
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 GOO 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 Bine
Hill to Holdregp distance of fifty miles.
is being graded rapidly. Five hundred
teams are engaged in the work. The grad
ing on this branch is not so heavy , and
though work was only commenced April
15 , it will possibly be completed by the
first of August. Five hundred teams are
engaged on the branch from Elwood to
Curtis . This line , which is to bo forty-four
miles in length , will requiresomo 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 hier. The
nuptials of Miss Bertha Nagi , 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 Chicngo , and
after a two weeka' visit in that and other
cities , returned to settle down to married
life in Omaha. This was verv 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 beparation to extreme
jealousy on the part of the husband.
tOmaha Bee.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE MATTERS.
STiro.MsnuitG has , by the signal bureau at
Wa.sliiuulon. been designated as one of the
ten lending cities in Nebraska who uill re
ceive weather predictions by tclegr. ph , at
the government's expense.
FOLLOWING r.rc the number of miles of
railroad in Nebraska : Burlington it Mis
souri river , 101.IK ? ; Omaha & Southwest
ern , SO.Of ) ; Nebraska , 1.1G.20 ; Republican
Valley , 52411) ) ; Atchisou it Nebraska ,
107.4S ; Lincoln & NojUiwc-lern , 73.08 ;
Nebraska < fc Colorado. 124-.GH ; Chicago , Ne
braska it Kansas , 5.78 ; Union Pacific ,
472.4S ; Omaha it Republican Valley ,
245.1)2 ) ; Omaha , Niobrara .t Black llflls ,
115.:5S ; Missouri Paufic,100.0SSt. Joseph
& Grand Island , 113.30 : Sioux City it Pa-
pi fie , 2G.95 ; Fremont , Elkhorn t Missouri
Vallcv , 4G5.30 ; Chicago , St. Paul , Minne
apolis it Omahn , 221.5S ; Republicanal
ley & Kansas , S.50. Total , 2.0S4.37.
TIIC Home Insurance compa. y < if Oak
land. California , has made application for
opportunity to do business in Nebraska.
A GHAND lodge of the A. O. U. W. for Ne
braska will be organized Juno 8. There
are now nearly 2,500 members of the or
der in the state and growth is steady and
rapid.
THE Fremont National bank has decided
to increase its capital to § 150,000 , the
present capital being § 75,000.
THE celebration o ! the opening ol the first
saloon at Shelton under the license system
was so boisterous that the Clipper urges
the importance of ULng a marshal up-
oointcd.
YORK'S canning factory is enclosed and
the engine room is under way. Operations
of canning will not commence until the
corn season.
A DASTABDLT murder was committed on
the outskirts of Omaha a few days ago ,
Christian Ruhle being found with his throat
wit in a horrible manner. It ia supposed
robbery was the object.
E. F. STEELE , a young farmer in Richard-
sou county , has complained to the boan
of railway commissioners that the B. & M
authorities persist in ignoring his demanc
that they fence their-track where it runs
through his land.
Tun board of railway commissioners are
sending out circulars to the clerks of all the
counties in the state asking for specific in
formation as to the ifniouut of bonds
issued to aid railways , the rati > of interest'
time to run , amount paid and collected
sum refunded , etc.
AN expert accountant has been engagec
by the commissioners of Otoe county , a
§ 10 per day , to examine tho treasurer's
books for years back.
IN all the history of the state the Repub
lican valley never gave greater promise o
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 age ii
the country , of which 2,802 are male urn
2,530 female. The same census gives _ the
number of children of school age in Hast
ings as 1,648 , of which 747 arc male and
8U2 female. These figures show that then ,
has been a very heavy increase in the pasl
year.
AN incipient conflagration was exlin-
guihlicd one night last week at Red Cloud
by a night watchman.
Tun Norfolk skating rink is no more. A
stage has been put in and a neat little
opera house is tho result.
THE Indianola Courier says some indis
crete individual stole the roof off a house
about eleven miles northwest of that town
recently , while the occupant was away on
business.
AN Indiana boy atBuffalo Gap drew § 100
from a wheel of fortune last week aiic ?
skipped out for hoina.
CURTIS , a now town of Southwestern Ne
braska , situated in tho north and central
part of Frontier county , ou the Burlington
it Missouri extension from Holdregc , is at
present enjoying a boom seldom witnessed
only in some HveNcbraska town. Thesur-
vey was completed April 17lh by the Lin
coln Land company. Up to date of writ
ing some § 30,000 worth of business and
n sidcnco lots have been sold.
TEKAM.VH has three saloons all with a
liberal patronage , four churches with only
two pastors , and five temperance organiza
tions.
A TEKAMA correspondent writes that
several of the citizens of the town arc
Retting somewhat excited over tho near
nppronch of cyclones and aro preparing
caves into which they can put themselves
when the storm comes.
Tin : 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.
WILBEU'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 tho
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
bitten by a rattlesnake last week , suffering
'or a time quite severely. This is the first
t > ito 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.OOO inhabitants ,
Pawnee City between 2,500 and 3,000 , and
Uurchard between GOO and 800. AH these
; owns aic in Pawnee county.
WUST PoiMnill enforce thcdog lax the
coming municipal year.
THE Humphrey opera house has been re
modeled into a store.
A NEW hotel is being erected at Broken
Bow at a cost of § 10,000.
THE Haigler Reporter says a little son of
\fr. 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 hs was riding caught the
hub inflicting the painful injury.
TRACK-LAYING on tho Grand Island &
Wyoming goes forward at the rate of two
oies a day. The grade is pretty nearly
completed to Broken Bow , a distance of
ninety miles , which point will probably be
reached by rail by the first of July.
A FIVE year old Lincoln boy stole a gold
tvatch from the vest pocket of a gentleman
ivho was playing ball and sold it for 25
cents.
GOVERNOR D.uvEshas 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 of coal at a depth ol
450 feet. Being on the hunt for water ,
however , Peter kept pushing the drill down ,
and at 500 feet got a fine artesian stream
which flows full and strong. He 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 ia
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 the discovery o !
coal or iron in paying quantities.
MR. AND MRS. A. H. BROWN , of Hastings ,
have 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 berm
made.
DURING 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 ol railroad from Blue Hill to
Hbldredge , a distance of fifty miles , is be
ing graded rapidly. Five hundred teams
are engaged in the work.
OIID has of late shown signs of renewed
prosperity , and indications aro 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 buck seat o' a light
spring wagon in which she was riding.
A YOUNG man named Lambert , of Lan
caster county , went into an open lot to
mount a horse. While in the act of getting
on the horse , another horse which was run
ning loose in the pasture , ran upand kicked
him in the groin , which caused hemorrhage
of the bowels. He is not expected to re
cover.
THE firss steam fire engine Omaha ever
owned has been sold as a piece of junk ,
bringing § 61. '
HASTINGS expects to be a larger city than
Lincoln by the close of the year 1886.
THE county commissioners of Nemaha
rounty , at their special meeting , refused to
take any action in tho proposition of
Judge Broady relating to transferring tho
Brownvillo precinct railroad stock , held in
the B. & Ft. K. R. R. Co. , to tho B. & M.
ra'lroad company.
Tun Rock Island road has deposited
§ 10,000 in a bank in Fairbury 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. Tho meeting was organized
xvith Dr. W. S. Latta as chairman and Dr.
Alexander Coleman was made a censor to
fill the vacancy caused by the absence of
Dr. Guild. Reports were made by the
various standingcommittees , 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
coining 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 ou tli
2d of May next.
J. WAI.TE.MEYEU it Sox' , of Baltimore
Md. , and Atchison , Kan. , aro building a
Falls Cicy one of the largest canning fac
lories in the west. It will have a capacity
of about 40,000 cans a day. It will b
ready for business by June. They will cm
ploy between 400 and 500 hands on the
pea crop , and after that about 200 hands
SOME cases of scarlet fever arc 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 to do so built a fire
around her , which caused tho destructioi
of n barn and loss of property amounting
to § GOO.
UWING 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 contracted
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 officers and a crowd of people to
that vicinity. Upon entering the house the
police found a man lying on the bed bleed
ing profusely fr&m a wound in the temple.
Examination showed that the wound was
From a bullet which hul cut an artery but
had flattened against tho skull , and had
not peueliatcd il. He said that "no ono
was to blame but. himself , " and tho in
mates of the h use declared that he had
attempted pui-ide. He himself did not
make such an admission. From the fact
that his face 51 d not show any powder
marks and that the ball seemed to rano
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
lotel to cost somewhere in the neighbor-
lood of § 20,000.
DAVD CITY is in need of a Congregational
preacher , there being none there at present.
Theieis a fine church building of that do-
nomination at the place , and tho right man
vould meet with a cordi.il reception.
Tm : Union Pacific will build two largo
depots in Omaha this year one for freight
and the other for passengers-
BIDS have been advertised for in Bennett
> apers for construction of an academy at
hat place.
THE Grand island Independent says a
relic of the old times when the great west
vas in its primeval days , passed through
hat city the other day. It consisted of
; ho once common wagon team made up ol
six horses and guided by a single line. They
verc hitched to a large wagon , and the out-
it had come overland from Now Mexico ,
flic driver was an "old timer" and looked
as though he had a contempt for the more
modern way of teaming. The usual crowd
; athcred around him wherever he stopped.
GERMAN editors held a meeting in Lin-
oln recently to arrange matters in con-
ection with their business and for a sum-
ner excursion.
J. D. CAUIOCN , Hie "Topics" man ol the
Lincoln Journal , it is ru t ored , will be edi
tor of the Democrat in that city on the re
tirement of Col. Vifquuiii.
M. M. WARNER , of Dakota City , has this
spring galhuied and shipped 600,000 forest
trees , besides a larjjo lot of fruit trees. The
forest trees were mostly box elder , ash , elm
and walnut.
REUBEN STOTETJ , of Fairfield , has a curi
osity in a dwarf colt that ueig'is ' only
thirty-three pounds and measure * twenty-
five iurlics in heighthcn standing. The
sire and dam are both goo l sized horses.
CONTRACTS have been awarded for two
now schools in Ha-slings , to cost § 10,995
and § 2,875.
THE sou of Mr. Hitchcock a Farmer near
Fremont , was thrown under a torn stalk
cutter and terribly cut about the head.
His wounds ai < ; dangerous.
THE POLYGAMY JIILL.
The Edmunds Hill Considered and Ticics
Soon to lc Submitted.
Washington special : The committee
have considered the 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
greally modified , but I am not prepared to
say , until action by the full committee , in
what respect. Twill say , however , that it
will not be materially to change the policy
of thegovernment in reference to polygamy ,
but the effort will be made , while condemn
ing the crime 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
to prevent any inference in favor of the s
power of congress to interfere in the general j t
law of each state as to marriage and dir
vorce , the amendment further _ provides ,
that no construction shall be given to it I J
which would deny to each state the exclu1 1
sive power to regulate that class of quesI
tions , or to give any such power to conJ
gross. The amendment , therefore , Awhile i.
serving as a remedy for crime , even in the '
states themselves , is entirely conservative i
of the power of the states over the importI
ant domestic relation of the family. f
A HA TJI jyjlAT I'OTSOy.
Mrs. T. Rodney Hood died at Jackson ,
Miss. , on tho 17th. Sho gave birth to a
child May 4. and a few Gi\ys \ later the nurse
was to give her a sponge bath with alcohol ,
and wns directed by Mir. Hood where to
find tho ah-ohol. She found two bottles
la bled alcohol and used ono of them. Soon
nfternuid the patient commenced to have
burning pains , and a physician wns called ,
when it was discovered that the liquid wns
a solution of alcohol and corrosive subli
mate prepared sometime before as a lat
poison. Tilt-application produced internal
inflammation and finally death. .
ZEGISLATIl'E XElt'S AND XOTES.
A Record of Proceedings in JSoth Branches
of tho V. S. Congress.
HOUSE , May 15. Tho bill was passed
authorizing the 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 tho appointment of a commission to in
spect and report on Indian affaiis. The
remainder of the afternoon was consumed
in a decision of this measure.
SENATE , May 17. . \ largo numb r of peti
tions aie coming to the senate relating to
oleomargarine and other imitations of but
ter. A gieat majority of ithe petitions arc
from agricultural and dairy associations
and favor the bill proposing an internal
revenue tax on tho product named , and
regulating its manufacture and .sale. The
opposing pet it ions aro from grain exchanges
and similar bodies , protesting against any
such law and Btig ehtlng that it would be
sullicient for congress to require such pro
ducts to bo properly labeled. The hcnale
pas.se'l the following measure : A bill author
izing juries of tho United States circuit and
di.sltict courts to be used interchangeably.
At 2 o'clock the pension bill was laid be
fore Ihc senate. The pending amendment
was thatheretofore offered by Van Wyck , '
providing that no soldier under Iho act
shall receive less than § 8 per month. Blair .
moved to amend the amendment by sub-1
stituling four dollars for eight. Il.-jectcil. j
Loan : moved an amendment providing
that all pensions licrctofoie granted under
any previous act to any .soldiershallwhere !
less than § S per month has been allowed , i
be increased to § 8 a month , and no less
amount shall bo allowed to any pensioner , i
being a soldier , under this or any previous
let. Rejected yeas 22. nays 27' Without
'iirther action the senate went into cvecu-
: ivc session , and when the uuuis were re-
jpcncd , adjourned.
HOUSE , i'Yiy 17. A bill wns introduced
jy Gunther , of Wisconsin , by request , to
irevent the prosecution , under protection
Df tho United States , of fraudulent claims
igainst foreign governments. Under the
: ail of the states , among the b Us intro-
hiced , was the follow ing : By Boutellt
\ppropriating 50,000 for the election in
kVasliington of a bronze monument to the
alo Kdwin M. Staiiton. The house then
ve.it into committee of the whole on the
irgeiu-y ( lefiv'ieiicy bill. The biil was con-
lidoiod briefly and , having been reported
o the house , it was passed. On motion of
Jr. O'Doiini'il , from the committee on edu-
' . ) tion , the rules were suspeiule I and the
louse pas-ed yeas 203. nays S the sen
ile bill to provide for the study of the na-
ure of alcoholic drinks and narcotics , anil
if their effects upon the human system in
ounection with several divisions of the
ubject oil physiology and hygiene by pupils
! i the public schools of the territories and
if tho Distiict of Columbia and in the miii-
ary and naval ai-a < loni < " ? and Indian and
olored schools ia the leiriluries of the
Iniled States.
SENATE , Ma3If3. . Gibson reported favor
bly , from the committee ou commerce ,
ml on his motion the senate at once
assed , the house bill supplying a deficiency
ppropriation of § 0.409 to carry ou to
unc , 1SSG , Iho examinnlion and survey
egarding the depth of the water , etc. , at
he south pass of the Mississippi river. Tiro
icnsion bill was then considered. Culloin
bought it the duty cf Ihe government to
iiit on the pension rolls all soldiers who
, -ere unable to take care of themselves ,
ithonb requiring them to prove that their
isabiliry was incurred , in the service. If
ome suCh bill as this was not passed we
rould find the old soldiers in the poor
ouses of the country. Ingalls said that
.otwithslanding the extravagant culoiyr
mid lo the democratic senators by the
enator from Indiana ( Voorhces ) Ingalls
ad always noticed that whenever a pro-
tosition to liberalize pensions was made
he senators on that side of the chamber
Iways got out their slates and pcnc Is and
icgau figuring how much the proposition
, -onld coot. They had not been in haste to
sk whether the proposition was just. If
here were any veteran soldiers of the re-
itiblic wLo were liable to become inmates
if alms houses or dependents on public
harity , he ( Incalls ) did not propose to in-
uire how much it would cost to reliuv ?
hum.
HOUSE , Mny 18. The committee on ter-
itories reported adversely the bill to rcgu-
xto the manufacture and sale of intoxi-
nting liquors in the territories. Laid on
he table. Blount , from the committee on
ostofiices and postroads , reported back
he poslofllce appropriation bill with tho
enate amendments , it having been rc-
; rred to the committee of the ivhole. The
ouse then wont into committee for tho
urposc of considering theso amendments ,
llount addressed his remarks to that
latise known as the "subsidy amend-
icnt , " and made argument in opposition
o it. The appropriation of § 800.000 he
ontemleil would not secure any mlvan-
iige in the way of additional m-iil trips ,
ut have a contrary effect. Under the
lau&o the postmaster general would be
uired to contiact , if at all , for not less
ban three nor more than five years and
his would act as an absolute inhibition
pon any other company than the one
oldiiig the contract attempting to traverse
he same time. Pending further discus-
ion the committee rose and the house
diourncd.
SENATE , May 19. The pension bill was
lien placed before the senate , the pending
uestion being that of McPherson to re-
3inmit to Mie committee with instructions
a submit an estimate of the expenses that
ould be incurred by its passage. The
IcPherson motion was i ejected yeas 14 ,
nys 28. Thp question recurring on the
mendmcnt of Van Wyck. as a mended by
liat of Blair , Ingalls moved to lay it on
he table. The motion was agreed to , and
he amendment as amended was then
greed to. Several other amendments
ere offered , some being adopted and
tliers rejected , after which the bill was
assed by the following vote : Yeas
ildrich , All'son , Blair , Bowcn , Brown ,
'onger , Cullom , Frye , George , Gibson ,
Tale , Hamuton , Harrison , Haw ley , Hoar ,
ngalls , Logan , McMillan , Mahone , Man-
erson , Miller , Mitchell , of Maiyland ; Mor-
ill , Payne. Plumb , Riddleberger , Sawyer , ,
ewell , Sherman. Spencer , Van Wyck , {
roorhees , Walthalt and Wilson , of Mary- J
ind 34. Nays Beck. Berry , Blackburn ,
'all ' , Cockrell , Eustice , Gorman , Gray , I
ones , of Arkansas ; McPherson , Morgan , ' I
aulsbury , Vest and Whithorne 14. The'i
iankruptcy bill was laid before the senate , , I
, nd after an ineffective attempt by Riddle- '
erger to secure an executive session , the
enate adjourned.
HOUSE , May 19. Van Eaton , from the
committee on public lands , reported fe J
the senate bill forfeiting certain landi
granted to the stateof Iowa in construe
tion of railroads. Placed on tho house
calendar. Tho houso then went into com
mittee of tho whole on the senate amend
ment to the postoflico appropriation bill ,
Millard briefly advocated the foreign mni
service amendment , contending it woult
have a beneficial effect on American com
merce. Phelps said the amendment and
vote by which it was adopted in the senate
were an encouragement to American ship
ping. He was proceeding lo make a sum-
[ mary of tho vote when he wns interrupted
j by Blount with tho point that it was not
in order to refer to the action of thcsenate.
General debate was closed , whereupon the
house adjourned.
SENATE. May 20. Manderson reported
favorably from tho committee on military
appropriations tho bill to authorize the
Cheyenne and Northern Railway company
to build its road across the Fort Russell
and Fort Larnmio military reservation.
On Manderson'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 Ihn privilege granted by tho bill
shall cense 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 am'endmentprovidingfor a tunnel in
stead of a bridge. After debate and tho
voting down of some amendments the bill
was passed by a vivavocevote as reported
from the committee , with the solo addition
of tho Vest amendment.
HOUSE , May 20. The houso then went
into committee of the whole on thcsenate
amendments lo Ihe posloflice appropria
tion bill. The amendment setting apart
§ 40,000 of the appropriation for delivery
service for the establishment of the free
delivery system in cities where it is now
established was concurred in. The amend
ment was rejected which authorizes tho
postmaster general to contract for inland
and foreign steamboat service when it can
be combined in one route ; also the amend
ment inci easing by § 80,000 the appropria
tion for railway postoflice car service. Tho
amendment nns concurred in increasing
from S251,725 to § 291,000lhe appropria
tion for necessary and spocial facilities on
trunk lines. The vote confirming the action
of tho committee ou the foreign mail ser
vice was yeas 378 , nays SO. The an
nouncement of the result was received with
applause on the democratic side. Tho bill
and amendment will now bo sent to the
sen.'ite and then go to the conference com
mittee.
SENATE , Jlay 21. Uio urgent deficiency
bill , being reported by Mr. Allison from the
committee on appropriations , was passed
without debate. Mr. Plumb moved that
the senate insist on its amendments to the
motion , .and the chair appointed Messrs.
Pumb. Mahone and Call as a conference
committee. On motion of Dr. Dolph the
bill was passed providing for the forfeiture
of wagon road land grants in Oregon. On
motion of Mr. Conger , the house bill was
passed cstablising a life saving .staton at
the follow ng places : One at Plumb Island , I
Lake Michigan ; one at South Mauitou i
Island , Lake Michigan ; one at L'omt
Adams. Oregon ; one between Point Reyes
and point Diablo , California ; one between
Point San Jo.se and Point Labos. Cali
fornia , and one on Lake Ontario , New
York , at or near the mouth of tho Niagara
river.
HOUSE. May 21. Mr. Herbert , from the
committee on naval affairs , reported the
naval appropriation bill and it was re
ferred to the committee of the whole. After
n long debate the house passed yeas 120 ,
nay-s SO tho bill prohibiting for a period
of five years from the 1st of March , 1887 ,
the importation into Iho United States , or
the lauding upon its shores of mackerel
( except Spanish mackerel ) caught between
the 1st of March and the 1st of Juno each
year. The consideration of private busi
ness was Ihen proceeded wilh and the
house passed a number of such b Us , among
them being one removing a charge of deser
tion from the record of Franklin Thomp
son , alias S. E. E. Zelye. This is the case
af a woman who for two years served in a
Michigan regiment as a soldier without dis-
jlosin ? her identity. The house at its even
ing session passed thirty pension bills , and
at 10 p. in. adjourned.
TRADES UXIOA'S TS. IdflGJITS.
Ci'jarmaJicrs of the Former leading tlte
Fight on the JMlter. i
A special dispatch from Buffalo , New
i'ork , saj's the cigarmakers seem to be
leading tho attack of the Trade Unions on
the Knights of Labor , and at a conference ,
which meets at Philadelphia soon , a gen
eral plan will bo mapped out to be acted
an at the approaching meeting in Cleve
land. A. Strasser , president of thcCigar-
tnaKers' International Union , has writlen
an editorial for the May number of the
rigarmakcrs' otficial journal , from which
the following extracts are taken : "The
Journal of United Labor of last month ,
the official organ of the Knights of Labor ,
jonlains an arlicle relating to the general
scale of prices for cisars adopted by the
sxecntive board of the Knights of Labor.
[ n looking over Iho scale of prices we
notice that tho Knights of Labor are
satisfied to work from 20 to 50 per cent
below current pi ices enforced by local ,
unions under the jurisdiction of the Inter- I
national Union. The attempt to cut down '
the wanes of cigarmakcrs under covor of
labor reform , we feel constrained to de
nounce as a piece of scabbiness of the low-
jst older. We do not consider it out of
place to give the names and occupations of
those who have assumed control over the
cigar trade , so that we may convince cigar-
makers of the arrogance of these inter
lopers who have not the slightest knowl
edge of the ciurar trade. Their names are :
r. V. Powderly , machinist ; Frederick Tur
ner , grocer and landlord ; John W. Hayes ,
wholesale and retail tea dealer : W H.
Bailey , miner ; T. V. Barry , axlo maker.
The attempt of a few men to control and
resulate all industries has proved to be a
ridiculous failure. It also proves that
there is something rotten in the manage
ment of the organization known as the
Knights of Labor. Should the special
session of the Knights of Labor , to be
lield in Cleveland. May 25th. fail to remedy
these criminal blunders , we will denounce
them as the champions of cheap labor and
advocates of low wages in fine , as traitors
to the labor cause in general. "
TJTE Uyioy PACIFIC'S CASE.
Washington dispatch : The sub-commit-
; ce of the house committee on Pacific rail-
oads , having in charge the Union Pacific
lill , introduced by Dorsey , has agreed to
icar suggestions from the Nebraska delega-
.ion and the Omaha board of trade the
irst of next week as to the best manner
n which to get tho measure before the
louse. If the Pacific seventy-year exten-
; 5on yili is passed , it is probable tho Dor-
icy bill will not be called up in the house.
is the former measure contains sufficient
egislation on the point aimed at in the
Jnion Pacific bill , but if it cannot bo
lasscd on June 5 and 8 , which days have
teen set apart for the measure from tho
Pacific railroad committee , the Dorsey bill
vill be then taken up. It is not thought
here will be much debate on it.
x.oGAXfs
A otibstltute for the Measure Recently Passed
in tho lloitaf.
SonntorLogan presented in the senate as
a substitute for the labor arbitration bill ,
recently passed in tho house , a bill provid- *
ing for the appointment of a commision of
arbitration of five members to bo ap
pointed by the president.
Tho 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 it may
think best. It shall report to congress the-
results of all investigations , with alll testi
mony and every action in reference to each
controversy which comes before it. It may-
require the United States marshals to sorve-
process , and such marshals shall receivo-
Iho same fees as they receive for like service-
upou process issued by tho United States-
commissioner. Witnesses shall also receive
tho same fees as when attending before-
United States commissions , but tho ex
penses of any single arbitration shall nob
exceed § 1,000. Tho commission shall pos
sess all such powers to administer oaths ,
as belong to a United States commissioner.
It may , upon any serious difference or dis
pute on account of wages , oppression or-
wrongs complained of by employees or em
ployers , repair lo the place whero such com
plaints arise , and make full examination
.ind 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 ,
lake oath to fairly and faithfully perform
iheir duties , which oath shall embrace tlu-
leclaralion that they are not personally
n tores ted in the subject matter of tho con-
; roversy.
The bill amends the act creating a bureau ,
of labor , so that the bureau shall hereafter-
je known as the department of labor ; and
; ho commissioner , in addition to duties
mw required of him by law , is required to
communicate with various railroads and
.transportation companies , and wilh all
other companies engaged in various indiw-
ries where any great number of persons
ire employed , and as to a certain number
of employes , the manner in which their Ia-
> 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 ftnlcmcnts
as to the hours of labor in various employ
ments ; character of labor and compensa i.
tion therefor in various European coun- .
Irici and report tho result in tabulated
and comparative statements to tho secre '
tary of the interior , who shall report it to
congress at each t-ession , 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 I
good and sullicient cause , which cause shall
be reported to tho senate with nomination
of the successor of any of them.
Text of the Measure Soon , to lie Introduced in
the 2fouse.
Washington special : The following is
the full text of the bill to bo introduced
in Uie house Monday by Mr. Reagan , of
Texas , respecting receiverships , and con
tempt of court in connection with them.
Whenever a receiver is appointed by any
district or circuit court of tiie United
States for the purpose of closing np or
conducting the business of any railway or
oilier corporation , an order shall be issued
by said court repairing the winding up of
the business of said corporation within
twelve months from the date of the ap
pointment of such receiver ; and if , at the
expiration of said lime tho corporation is
insolvent , its assets shall bo sold under the
usual notice and rules by order of tho
court. In all suits now pending or herein
after instituted wheie corporate property
has been placed in the hands of a receiver
by the court , the jtidgu having jurisdiction
of the sumo shall cause the properly so
h ld by a receiver to l.e sold within twelve
months , unless the affairs of the corpora
tion were otherwise adjusted so as to
lake them out of the control of the T
court. No court placing the prop
erty of a corporation in the
hands of a receiver shall permit it to re
main in this condition for a longer period
than twelve months without a sale of said
property. Tho receivership may bo con
tinued for a longer period , not exceeding
twelve monthsafter the sale of the proper
ty , for the purpose of collecting and distri
buting the assets ; but at the expiration of
that time all unfinished business of tho re
ceivership shall bo transacted by a master
in chancery. It shall ba unlawful for any
judge to appoint to the place of receiver , or
to any position under the receiver , any per
son related to said judge by affinity or con
sanguinity. Where a suitable person can
be found , the receiver shall be appointed
from the residents of the district in which
most of the property is situate. On con-
tempi Add lo scclion 725 of revised stat
utes : No one act of contempt shall be pun
ished by impri.-O'iment for a greater period
than six montl s. or by a fine , and where
the contempt is charged to have been com
mitted by a. pei sou other than an actual
officer of the court and without the pres
ence of the couit , the defendant shall be
entitled to a trial by jury.
1 CAUTION TO CANADA.
.
American Statesmen Faeor Dccisice Itelali-
fttory Action.
Considerable interest is being manifested
in tho present diplomatic/situation between
this country' and the British government
on account of the seizure of the American
schooner "David J. Adams" for alhd vio-
lalion of the fishery or custom laws. The
reeling seems to be universal that this gov
ernment should demand reparation , or at
least that there should be a better under
standing belweca the two govern . .cuts on ' fl
this subject. Representat ve Rice of Mussa- ' I !
chusctts , a member of the house foreign
affairs committee , expressed the goneral
opinion in an interview to-day. Ifo sa
he favors immediate , decisive and manly
action on the part of the government.
"What we want to know and to know at
once , " continued Mr. Rice , "is wln-thcr our
vessels are to be allowed to go into British
ports and buy fibbing bait , or tr ule in any !
thing , and have the same privileges which
are granted British vessels in our ports. T.
the English authorities intend to seiztour
vessels simply because a piece of canvas
carelessly falls over the name of the vessel ,
and set up the presumption that she ia
sailing in dit-guise , we want to know it , for
it is a very small way of treating interna
tional affairs. Since the cause of seizing
the 'Adams' has been declared by the Brit
ish authorities to not involve a question
of territorial waters , and the alleged cause
assigned is very trivial , we mu. t demand
an explanation that will ba definite and
satisfactory. It is time for vigorous ac
tion. I endorse tho Frye bill demanding
the same privileges to American vessels
that are given British vessels in our ports ,
but I would like to see more positive and
more immediate action taken. When wo
learn what has been done by the depart
ment of state , congress will give some 'ex
pression and instruction , if the action , ia
its opinion , has not been sufficient. "
