THE TKIBUKE.
F. M. & E. M. , Fobs.
McCOOK , NEB.
OYEE THE STATE.
THE JTOJI.V MURDER TRIAL.
Beatrice special to Omaha Republican :
The Emma Horn murder case , wherein she
is charged with murdering her stepson , ia
still in progress. The evidence of the wit
nesses on tho part of state , Saturday and
to-day , has been very damaging to the de
fendant , and is evidently weaving a strong
chain of circumstances that point un
erringly to defendant's guilt. Tho evidence
goes to show that by tho most exquisite ,
repeated and long-continued torture and
brutality to little Con Horn , Emma Horn
brought about his death , and that two
brutal kicks on his little stomach the day
before his death were the final and crown
ing act that broughtabout and was the
immediate cause of death. It was proven
that she would not give him sufficient to
drink ; that ho would often slip to the tub
and drink when ho not
soap-suds was no
ticed by her , and would sometimes drink
out of tho horse trough ; that the defend
ant would lift him up by his ear from the
floor ; that his ear was sore at the time ;
that she whipped him so much on the hand
with a board that it 'disfigured his hand
and made his fingers crooked. Dr. Given ,
\r\\o \ held the post mortem after death , tes
tified that in his opinion the bruises on the
stomach caused his death. When it is con
sidered that the child was only 5 years old
it can be appreciated how brutal was the
actions of tho defendant. Tho defendant
eat near her husband and mother all day
long , holding her little two weeks old baby.
She docs not seem much affected , but sets
there with a downcast look. The evidence
on the part of the state is substantially in
and the defense will commence to-morroxv.
What the jury have in waiting for them on
the part of tho defense is not known. It
would seem that if the defense could raise
a doubt that would raise to tho dignity of
a reasonable doubt it is as much as they
can hope for. It is evident from tho coun
tenances of some of tho jurors that they
are already set against the defendant.
SOMETHING OF A JZO.U.A.VCE' . '
Last Friday noon's train from the east
brought. to this city from Pittsburg , Pa. , a
bright , intelligent-looking woman who gave
her name as Mrs. Aggio Swinncy. She
stopped at the Ho ward house and explained
that she was hero to visit her brother-in-
law , David L. Swinney , who was a contrac
tor on the Missouri Pacific railroad. She
expected to be met on her arrival here by
her relative , but as ho did not show up she
dropped a letter in the postofiice the next
day telling him of her arrival. Still he
failed to put in an appearance , and after
waiting anxiously until last Wednesday ,
the little woman took mine host Carder
into her confidence and related to him her
troubles. The substance of her story was
her brother-in-law Mr.
that besides being - - ,
Swinney , the missing man , was her lover
and that she had come to Lincoln for the
purpose of being married.
This put an interesting phase on the sit
uation and Mr. Carder at once set about
to hunt up the absentee. After making
many inquiries around , and failing to get
track of the man , Mr. Carder decided to
hitch up his team and go out to the Mis
souri Pacific grade in search of the con
tractor.
The search was successful , and a more
thoroughly surprised and happy man it
would be hard to imagine than was Mr.
Swinney when informed that his affianced
was in the city waiting for him. It seems
that the letters conveying the intelligence
that she was coining had failed to reach
him and he had not expected her so soon.
He dropped everything and accompanied
Mr. Carder back , and arrangements were
hastily made for the wedding , which was
quietly consummated at tho Howard
bouse last evening , Rev. Mr. Creighton offi
ciating.
The happy couple received the congratu
lations of the guests of the house who were
let into the secrets of the romance , and
they start out with bright prospects for a
happy life. [ Lincoln Journal.
OXTA. sxoir PLOW.
Aaron Cue , of Columbus , Neb. , was in
Omaha last week , conferring with the Union
Pacific officials about a proper award ol
damages to him , on account of injuries re
ceived by him on their road last winter.
He related his experience to an Omaha Bee
reporter thus :
"It was during that terrible snow storm
in January that the accident which crippled
me for life. About 11 o'clock in the morn
ing I started from my house to go across
the Union Pacific track , intending to visit
a neighbor. When crossing the track in the
blinding snow storm I was struck by some
thing , I didn't know what it was. I could
feel the cold snow pressing around me ; I
felt that I was being whirled through space ,
and then I became unconscious. I must
have been carried about two miles before I
was thrown off by the snow plow. I recov
ered consciousness soon and jumped to my
feet. Where I was I didn't know. I had
completely lost my bearings. I wandered
on and on , and still I could find iu house
to shelter me. All the time the snow was
falling heavily , and the temperature was
sinking further and further below zero. 1
felt that the blood in my veins was becom
ing colder and more sluggish , and I know-
that I was slowly freezing to death. But 1
determined not to give up until the last
moment , and by good luck I was saved. ]
was found atT about G o'clock that
evening by a man who took mo into his
house anil did everything he could for me.
I must have been in a pretty bad shape , foi
the snow plow had fractured my leg , and
during the seven hours I had wandered
through the storm I was suffering untold
tortures. However , I managed to pull
through , and shall soon be able to get
around. But I don't care to do any more
riding on a snow 1mv "
XHSCELLAJfEOUS STATE SCATTERS ,
THE Grand Island Independent learns
from an Ord attorney that action had been
commenced against State Auditor of Pub
lic Accounts Babcock , to recover money
lost as it is claimed through his careless
ness. It appears that several years ago he
was intrusted with § 200tosend to the land
othce in Grand Island for a party who
wished to take a pre-emption. He sent the
money to Register Hoxie , instead of to Re
ceiver Anyan and Hoxie failing to return
it over to Anyanit was never credited to
the pre-einptor. This was found out about
six months ago and as a result Babcock is
now sued. The case is exciting a great deal
of interest in legal circles , as it is a question
whether Babcock , Receiver Anyan or
Hoxie's bondsmen ore involved.
UNION PACIFIC suburban trains will be
put on at an early day as soon as the
new time cards , novr being printed , can be
jot out. The entire distance from Grand
Island to Omaha , about 154 mileswill be
made in five hours. At Valley and Colum
bus connection will be made with trains
on the Norfolk and Republican Valley
branches.
NEUUASKA CITY special : James Touer , Jr. ,
living three miles south of this city came to
town to-day and surprised the people.
Jimmie is 2G years old. stands thirty-seven
inches high and weighs but fifty pounds.
He has lived at his present home for twen
ty years , has alwaj's been kept at home ,
and scarcely fifty people in the city ever
knew of the existence of such a curiosity
until his present visit. Ho is intelligent ,
writes a fair hand , but is a boy in his talk ,
the result of close confinement in his forest
home.
THE governor has issued a proclamation
as follows , which explains itself : "Where
as , it has come to my knowledge , in the
form provided by law , that heretofore ,
to-wit : On the night of May 18 , 188G , in
tho county of Douglas , and state of Ne
braska , a murder was committed upon one
Christof Ruble by some person or persons
unknown. Therefore , I , James W. Dawes ,
governor of thestatcof Nebraska , by virtue
of the authority in mo vested by law , and
in pursuance of tho statutes in such case
made and provided , do hereby issue my
proclamation and offer a reward of § 200
for tho arrest and conviction of said mur
derer or murderers. "
THE foundation walls of the now packing
house in course of building in West Lincoln
have been condemned by the company as
* pe > light and it will bo taken down aud a
iirongcr one built.
KEYA PAUA COUNTY has but little govern
ment land left.
A NUMBER of medical gentlemen visited
Milford with a view to selecting a location
for a medical institute or infirmary. They
were well pleased with several locations in
the immediate vicinity of Milford that pre
sent the natural advantages of springs and
groves , and haveabout decided to organize
a company for the purchase of a plat and
the erection of situable buildings.
Hc r. J. STERLING MORTON is said to be in
Washington working against passage of the
oleomargarine bill.
POWELL , tho man accused of murder
committed at Florence , Douglas county ,
[ p-st November , is on trial at Omaha. This
is K'S second trial , the jury in the first one
having disagreed.
D. S. BARKY , living near Odell , while in
the act of shooting a dog which was sup
posed to have hydrophobia , was baelly
hurt by the gun bursting and thefvaginents
hitting him in the face.
THE barn of Henry Cassford , living near
Table Rock , was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground. A largo amount of
hay and grain was consumed.
NEW bids have been received at Columbus
for the ereclon of water works. The con
tract has not , however , been let yet.
THE citizens of Omaha have subscribed
§ 1,000 as a reward for apprehension of
the murderer or murelorers of Christian
Ruble in that place some time ago. The
governor has also offered a reward of § 200 ,
making § 1,200 iu all.
CiiAwroin ) ij the name of a new town in
Dawes county , located near Fort Robin
son. It receives its name from the late
Capt. Crawford , who belonged to the cav
alry at Fort Robinson , and who was killed
recently on tho borders of Mexico. It is
handsomely located and promises to be
come a good town.
WILL LARRY , of Burnett , was fined § 1 , a
few days ago , for thrashing a sewing ma
chine agent.
A COUNTERFEITER'S nest has been broken
up at Omaha by the arrest of some of the
parties engaged in the nefarious business.
THE Fremont Tribune notes that many
old residents with a sad expression upon
their countenances witnessed the departure
of J. N. McElroy for the Lincoln asylum.
Mr. McElroy came to Fremont in ISGSand
for many years was one of the leading and
most prosperous citizens of the place and
has left for a monument the handsome
structure known as the New York House ,
which he rented about one year ago to the
present proprietor , Manny Dudley. Re
cently Mr. McElroy has elevelopeel symp
toms of an unsound mind which have be
come more prominent until it was deemed
necessary to send east for his son who
upon his arrival caused his father to be
taken before the commission of insanity
who pronounced him insane and ordered
him to be taken to the State Lunatic Asy
lum.
AFFAIRS of the Norfolk bank , whose presi
dent some time ago abruptly took his elc-
[ mrturc. are pronounced by good authority
to be all 0. K.
A LINCOLN special says : Tom Ballard ,
the man who shot and killed Henry Ver-
porten , tho bartender of the St. James
liotel , in Omaha , about a year ago , is not
to hang. Last night the supreme court , in
a very long and elaborate opinion , reversed
the judgment of the district court for Doug
las county , in which Ballard was convicted
and sentenced to death. Justice Reese , who
wrote the opinion refers at length to the
charges of bias ami prejudice made against
Judge Neville by the prisoner's counsel , and
says that , after a long and careful review
of the case , he is unable to find any proof
whatever in support of tho unwarranted
and unjust attack.
IT has been suggested , but not yet acted
upon , that Lincoln gets up a huge celebra
tion on the Fourth of July.
HASTINGS special to the Lincoln Journal :
Mrs. Jessie Martin of Juniata , committed
suicide at that place yesterday afternoon.
Her son hael recently married a young lady
named Livcringhouso , at which tho old
lady became offended. On Sunday they
liad a little quarrel , and on Monday the
old laely went to Kearney and bought a
epiarter section of land bringing the con
tracts for the same homo with her on her
return on Wednesday. About noon her
liusband met. her at their residence but elid
not speak to her fearing that he would
again provoke her to anger. At night he
went homo and becoming alarme'd by her
absence and at finding a note in which she
staled that her troubles were more than
she coulel bear , Mr. Martin called the as
sistance of some neighbors and a search
was at once instigated , which resulted in
finding her lifeless corpse , cold and stiff ,
upon a bed up-sta'rs. '
A GIRL of 1G was arrested at Lincoln on
a charge of prostitution , the complainant
being her father , a Bohemian. The old
man said that the girl was incorrigibly bad
and wanted her sent to the Reform school.
The judge , however , was inclined to believe
the child's promise to behave herself was
sincere , and turned her loose.
Tun Long Pine Journal says that the
railroad company has purchased six acres
of land near town for use as feed yards.
AN Omaha man got drunk and was ar
rested. To pay his fine ho induced the
judge to cash a check , taking out the fine
and returning the balance. The check
proved to be a forgery and now the judge
lias sworeoff onfurnishingprisoners money
with which to pay their fines.
YORK'S creamery is idle this season and
is open for rent or sale to any one who has
the requisite ability to make it pay.
THE Plattsmonth canning factory has
contracted for over 800 acres of sweet
corn.
A LINCOLN toughwho threatened to
knife a policeman and made a gallant fight
when being taken to the calaboose , has
been put under § 500 bail to answer in the
district court to his murderous proclivi
ties.
THE articles of incorporation of the Ne
braska City & Connecting Line Railway ,
Telegraph and Telephone company have
been filed in tho office of the secretary of
state. The capital stock is § 1,000.000 ,
and the incorporators are J. Sterling Mor
ton , F. C. Morrison , John C. Watson and
Thomas Morton.
MRS. CORNELIUS , of Grand Island , wife of
Hon. George Cornelius , member of the last
legislature , died last week.
ROCKVILLE is the name of the postoffice ,
and soon will be a town , where the first reg
ular train made its debut in Sherman
county.
THE laboratory , in connection with the
State University , in course of construction ,
is nearly completed and Prof. Nicholson
hopes to take possession before tho close
of the present term.
THE case of Lancaster county vs. Green-
leaf Simpson has been decided by Judge
Brewer against the county. Simpson is the
owner of § 121,000 in bonds , running
twenty years and bearing 10 per cent in
terest. Tho county fathers thought they
were of the > optional variety and wanted to
pay them off. Judge Brewer holds , how
ever , that they are not redeemable until
1890.
THE Indian reservation joining Emerson
has the appearance just now of an exten
sive cattle ranch. A heard of 1,500 cattle
belonging to Mr. Carrabine , one of 700 by
Mr. Engelen , ami three other smaller herds ,
making an aggregate of about 3.000 head ,
are grazing within sight of Emerson.
HASTINGS census reports show the names
of 5,000 under the ago of sixteen.
A SMART young man worked Palmyra on
tho directory business , carrying away
about § 30 over and above his expenses.
REV. TRAVERS , of Western , has given his
farewell sermon. He left because his fold
extended no sympathy to him in church
work , and beat him out of his scanty sal
ary.
FARMERS in Butler county have organ
ized what is termed "The State Farmers'
ami Laborers' Union , " whose object is
generally stated in Art. III. , viz : "To
combine the interests of farmers and work-
ingmeu for their mutual welfare and good. "
MR. OCH LAKE , of Dakota county , who
became a religious fanatic about six
months ago , left the other day for Wiscon
sin , with the inscription on his wagon ,
"Prepare to meet thy God. "
S. A. SMITH , proprietor of the Garden
Hill fruit farm , Gage county , expected to
have in the neighborhood of 3,000 quarts
of strawb rics this year , but a recent hail
storm will materially le&sen his hopes.
With raspberries , cherries , etc. , Mr. Smith
figured on marketing not less than 10,000
quarts of fruit.
GOVERNOR DAWES has issued a proclama
tion offering § 200 rewarel for the murderer
of Ruble , a German who had his throat
cut in Omaha a few nights ago.
JUDGE MORRIS has ordered a grand jury
for the June term of court at Hastings.
There are several criminal cases to be
heard.
IT is a settled fact that Hastings is to
have a base-ball team this season and be
represented in the Western league. The
Leavenworth team will withdraw from that
organization and Hastings will take her
place.
THE counterfeiter arrested at Omahahas
been held to the district court , bail being
fixed at § 1,000.
THE police judge of Omaha had forty-
seven cases before him last Monday morn
ing , twenty-seven of them being plain
"drunks. " The entire gang were disposed
of in half a day.
WORK on the Stato Fceble-Mindcd insti
tute , two miles east of Beatrice , is progress
ing. The building will be finished this sum
mer.
mer.William
William Dimm fell into a well at Platts-
mouth and was instantly Idlied.
A SNEAK THIEF got in his work on Ed.
Geary at Grand Island , securing § 30 while
all parties were absent for a short time.
THERE is some talk of introelucing into
the city ordinances of Grand Island an oc
cupation tax. The idea is to levy a tax on
every business. This of course will bo reg
ulated in regard to the kind of business
taxed. It is practiced in Plattsmouth ,
ami has been acknowledged to be a good
law , and is in accordance with the decision
of the supremo court.
THE Grand Island creamery shipped
4.000 pounds of butter the other day to
Denver. This shipment was the result of
'our days' manufacture , making an aver
age of 1,000 pounds made daily.
DOUGLAS COUNTY furnished two inmates
for the insane asylum last week.
Tnc West Point paper will have more
business than it can attend to.
THE Union Pacific will not get up any
summer excusion parties to San Francisco
this year. The reason assigned is that
rates are too low.
MRS. CLARA A. BOONE SMITH , wife of
Samuel C. Smith , died suddenly at Col
umbus last week. She hael been a resi-
elent of Nebraska since 18G4 , and was a
direct elescendant of Daniel Boone , of Ken
tucky.
MRS. J. S. MclNTYRE , of Sewarel , quite a
prominent woman of that place , has been
sent to the insane asylum.
WASHINGTON special : Susan Lafleshe , an
Omaha Indian maiden , was awarded the
Demorest gold medal at the Hampton In
dian school. She read the best essav on
' My Childhood and Womanhood. " She is
LI sister of Frank Laflashe , employed by
the interior department here.
THE KXIGIITS'
The Knights of Labor met at Cleveland
on the 2Gth. The first business transacted
was to admit new delegates not present at
ihe last general assembly held at Hamil-
; on , Ontario. No assembly was permitted
; o be represented that was not at tho
Hamilton convention. General Master
Workman Powderly made an extemporan
eous address , in which he referred to the
order and its remarkable growth , its strikes
md boycotts. He advised calmness and
udiciousne.ss in all actions of delegates ,
standing committees were then appointeel
on laws , strikes , boycotts , anel the relation
of the order to another orders. A special
committee was appointeel on the aeldress
of the Women's Christian temperance union
and also on the plan of Edward Norton , of
Chicago , who suggested a manufacturers'
union. To give all committees a chance to
; et to work the convention adjourned , and
; ho remainder of the day was devoted to
committees. A plan is on hand to call in
all commissions of present organizers , re-
ssue some and drop others. The injudi
cious conduct of many of the organizers is
thought to have caused the order a great
deal of trouble.
LEGISLATIVE KEWS ASD NOTES
A. Record of Proceedings in Both Xranche *
of the U. 8. Oonffretf.
HOUSE. May 25. By a vote of 103 yea
to 93 nays , tho house passed the bill grant
ing an increase of pension to tho widow o
Commander fT. A.M."Craven. The hous
to-day , in committee of the whole , consiel
ered the oleomargarine bill. Hopkins saie
that the enactment of this bill into a liu
would bebut tardy justice to a most do
serving class of citizens. The mannf actur
of bogus butter was as destructive to the
public morals as the counterfeiting o
money , and he hoped that congress woule
lay a heavy hand on the greatest of al
'modern ' deceptions. He trusted that be
fore tho sun went down to-morrow theglae
news would be sent to tho farmers ant
dairymen in all parts of the country tun
this bill had been passed by tho house
Hammond argued that the bill , as a meas
lire to suppress the manufacture of oleo
margarine , was unconstitutional. Hiscock
favored the bill , anel saitl that imitatroi
butter , which he characterized as a vile
dirty product freighted with disease , shoule
be made to pay a tax.
SENATE , May 25. Tucker , of Virginia
from the committee on judiciary , reported
a joint resolution proposing a constitu
tional amendment on the subject of poly
gamy. Placeel on the house calendar. Gib
son , addressing the senate on the subject o
Platt's resolution regarding open executive
sessions , denied that any necessity now e < c
isted for a eliscusHion of the treaties in
secret. However desirable secrecy migh
have been in the early history of our re
public , it was no longer desirable. After
debate ; the mattcrof executive&essions was
droppeel and the senate took up the bank
inptcy bill , discussion of which continued
until adjournment.
SENATE , May 25. Ilarri-on reported
favorably the bill to authorize the ap
pointment of an additional adjutant gen
eral of the army with the rank of major o
cavalry. Placed on the calendar. During
consideration of a. private pension bil
Ingalls severely criticizeel Gen. Black , com
missioner of pensions , declaring him to be
an impostor to whom congress granted tin
highest pension on the false allegations o
his being a "ft-reck. " He procesteel againsl
Black's enjoyment of such a pension while
opposing pensions to other hoMiers. The
president pro tern laid before tho senate a
letter from the governor of Ohio transmit
ting resolutions adopted by the Ohio state
senate to the effect that in the opinion o
the general assembly the election of ilenr\
B. Payne as senator to the United States
senate from Ohio at the last election was
procured by the corrupt use of money , anc
asking that the senate of the Uniteel Stages
DB requested to make a full investigation
of the matter.
HousiMay 25. Springer , from the com-
mittee on territories , reported the bill to
enable the people of Dakota to form a con
stitution and state government. lie also
reported adversely the senate bill for the
namission of the state of Dakota anel for
the organization of the territory of Lin-
coln. Referred to the committee of the _
whole. Dunn , from the committee on Paci
fic railroads , reported the bill to i corpo
rate the Arkansas , New Mexico and Pacific
Railroad company. Placeel on the private
calendar. Mayberry , from the committee
on ways and means , reported adversely the
bill to carry inlo effect the convention
made between the United States and Mex
ico , signed January 20 , 1883. Referred to
the committee of the whole. Hewitt pre
sented the minority report. Randall sub
mitted tho conference report on the urgent
deficiency bill and it was agreed to. The
house then discussed the oleomargarine bill
until adjournment.
SENATE , May 26. After tha routine
morning business the sencite procecdeel to
the consideration of private pension bills
on the calendar. At 2 o'clock the bank
ruptcy bill was placed before the senate.
The bankruptcy bill having been read , it
was temporarily laid aside anel an amend
ment to the bill providing for the taxation
of railroad grant iand was agreeel to mak
ing the United States tho preferred pur
chaser in case of sales. By unanimous con
sent the Chinese bill was then taken up and
discussed by Plumb , Sherman and Hoar.
After debate further , its consideration was
indefinitely postponed and the senate ad
journed.
HOUSE , May 26. Blount reported that
the conference on the postofiice bill has
bean unable to agree , anel a further confer
ence was ordered. The house then went
into committee of the whole. Springer , e > f
Illinois , in the chair , on the oleomargarine
bill , all the general debate 01. the measure
being closetl. Hatch , in speaking to the
formal amendment , sent to the clerk's
elesk anel hael read tho fo\i3 \ ing telegram
received freim Chicago : "A protest eif sev
eral hundred members of theChica o board
of trade against the action of the elirectory
favoring bogus butter was mailed te > you
last night. " Hcnelerson reaffirmed every
worel spoken by him yesterday. Lawlor
rend a protest against the bill from the
Knights of Labeir of Chicago , anel opposeel
the bill as taxing a cheap food product out
of existence.
SENATE , May 27. A resolution was offer
ed by Wilson , which was ordered to lie over
one day , providing for the investigation of
the matter of the appointment of Indian
traders by tho commissioner of Indian
affairs. The preamble to this resolution
recites that in the matter of such appoint
ments it is stateel that acts have been elone
or permitted to De done in disregard of law
and the rights anel proper interests of citi
zens. On Dolph's motion the senate took
up thf bill restoring to the United Slates cer
tain lands granted tho Northern Pacific
Railroad company. Van Wyck saiel the
bill propose 1 to fejrfeit frejm Wallala to
Portland a portion of the original grant
over which the Northern Pacific elid not
contemplate building a line. His ( Van
Wyck's ) objection to the bin1 was that
there were lands along other unfinished
portions e > f the road and some along por
tions that hael been finished which should
be included in the bill. Tho bill as it stood ,
he said , if it passed , would be a legislative
declaration that the matter of forfeiture
liael been passed upon by congress anel no
other forfeiture proceedings could be un-
dertaken. Resolutions expressive of sor
row of the senate at the death ejf the late
Senator Miller werecalleelup and addresses
Followed , after which adjournment took
place.
HOUSE , May 27. Dingley , from the com
mittee on conference , submitted a report
that the committee on the shipping bill
could not agree. Brcckenridga. of Ken
tucky , thought that the consideration of
the report should be postponed until the
members of the ? house had an opportunity
to examine the provisions of the bill care-
'ully. Aftersome eliscussiem the statement
was made that the pending proposition
was .simply te > arm the president with the
rijjht te > deprive Canadians of privileges of
which they deprived citizens of the United
States. The report was then agreeel to
without elivision. Resuming the consielera-
iion of the oleomargarine bill in committee
of the whole , D.ui'el moved to reeluce the
special tax on retail dealers in oleomar
garine fromlS tr > § 25. Ilitt opposeel the
amendment , believing that the judgment ol
the committee on agriculture in fixing the
rate of tax might be relieel upon , but. with
out action , the committee ross and the
house adjourned.
SENATE. May 28. The clmir laid before
the senate Wilson's resolution , offered yes
terday , providing for an. investigation by
the committee on Indian affaire into the
matter of appointments of Indian traders
by the committee on Indian affairs. Re
ferred to the committee on Indian affairs.
The senate then resumed the consideration
of the Northern Pacific land forfeiture bill.
The pending question was to lay on the
table Van Wyck's amendment forfeiting all
lands conterminous with and adjacent to
such parts of the proposed lines not com
pleted at the date of the passage of this
act. The motion to lay on the table was
lost. yeas 215 , nays 25. The question
then recurred on the adoption of the
amendment. The Van Wyck bill for the
taxation of railroads was then placed be
fore the senate and , under the plea of dis
cussing this bill , the debute on the Northern
Pacific forfeiture continued. Edmunds
called attention to the fact that the effect
o ! the proceedings thus far on the Northern
Pacific forfeiture bill was just the same as
if the senators had all been employed by
the railroad company to "bedevil" the bill
and to do nothing at all in the matter to
which it related. He reminded Van Wyck
that only a little while ago that senator
had proposed to give out of the funds of the
United States for that was what it
amounted to a subsidy to the Union
Pacific railroad company from lands on
which the United States had a mortgage
far beyond their value which subsidy was
intended to aid the building of railroads ii
Nebraska. Doubtless Van Wyck could ex
plain his inconsistency. If itvas good foi
the Union Pacific to have United States
funds with which to build railroads in Ne
braska why was it not good for Washing
ton Territory that the Northern Pacilii
should be allowed to finish its road througl
that territory ? Van Wyck did not thinl
the senator from Vermont need be anxious
about people making any mistake aboil
the senators being "all employed by the
railroad company. " He did not think
the word "bedeviling" should be employee
to characterize an attempt to widen tht
provisions of the Northern Pacificforfeitun
bill so as to cover land that ought to befor
fcited. It was evident from the way tht
bill had been reported from the committee ,
that it was intended to give an advantage.
to the railroad company that it proposed
to forfeit only what the railroad company
were willingshould be forfeited. He thought
it had been "engineered" in the interest o
the railroad company. No definite actiot
was taken before the senate adjourned.
HOUSE , May 28. The house then went
into committee of the whole , Springer in
the chair , on the oleomargarine bill , the
pending amendment being that offered b
Daniel , reducing the special taxon retail
dealers from § 18 to § 25. Van Schaicli
presented a protest from the executive
board of Knights of Labor of Milwaukee
against the bill's passage , Lutterworll
favored making oleomargarine sales under
its true colors , but was not in favor of tax
ing it out. of existence. Hammond movee
to strike out the clause requiring oleomar
garine to be packed in new wooden pack
ages. Ho did not , he said , know the pur
pose of this provision , but it looked like a
job. It looked not only like an effort to
protect butter but to protect barrels. Re
jected o."i to 88. Gibson hilterlydcnminc-
ed the bill as a betrayal of the democratic
party. Townsend offered an amendment
reducing the tax on a pound of oleomar
garine from 10 to 2 cents. McCrary
moved to fixed the rate at 5 cents. Re
jected. Gla.ss moved to fix it at 1 cent.
Rejected. Pending action on Townsend's
amendment the house adjourned.
nr.iitKr.iGE *
The Report From JPiiris of IHiss Folsom'a
Denial of an Enyatjcment.
Special from Washington : A gentleman
who is intimately acquainted with the
president and his habits told your cor
respondent a story to-day which puts a
new shade on the situation in relation to
Mr. Cleveland's approaching marriag ; . He
said that the report from Paris about
Miss Folsom denying the fact of the en
gagement has to him a great deal of truth
in it. The president and Miss Folsom
were never engaged. The president never
thought of such a thing and when the
story started in the newspapers , he did
not deny it because he thought it would
die out. Instead of dying out , it grew ,
until it became too late to deny. Then he
began to wonder what he should do.
"Best man" I5i-.se.ll was sent for and he
advised his old friend to marry the young
lady. Cleveland did not want to marry
jiibt then. The Folsoms took it upon theni-
-elves to acknowledge the wedding , and so
lie consented that if the young lady would
say "yes , " he would wed. A cablegram
went under the ocean to the young lady ,
but only an understanding was reached ,
and Colonel Lament has gone to New York
especially to "break the news to her. " If
all is correct , then the wedding is to take
i > lace. The gentleman who tells me this
iays he knows it to be true. A dispatch
'nun this city in to-day's New York Sun ,
vbuiit white house affairs , has attracted a
.jrent deal of attention and caused much
omment. The dispatch is in large leaded
lype. occupies nearly three columns , and is
evidently intended for effect. Its tenorcan
) o judged from the head-lines , which are as
bllows :
"The white house family The presi-
lent's determination to marry made with
out consulting his sister The publication
> f Ror-e Elizabeth Cleveland's book and her
) rouounced temperance sentiments a cause
if annoyance Her prolonged absence from
; he while house , and the reason for it Her
lisrcgard of social rules and practices
: Iow his approaching marriage is regard el
> y thfc society women of Washington. "
THE .U/J.Y/6'.I.V T11K.11Y
In reporting adversely the bill to carry
nto effect the Mexican treaty a majority
if the committee ot ways and means say
.hat the treaty , if such it can be rightly
called , reserves no executive right to either
party , but studiously preserves the right
of either to act with perfect independence
and indirection which seems to conserve
the best interest of either. Even the most
ardent advocates of the treaty admit that
its provisions , if enacted would , within a
few years , utterly destroy our suuar inter
ests and work almost incalculable injury
to our tobacco trade , and Mr. Hewitt sub
mits a minority report recommending the
[ Kit-sage of the house bill intended to carry
into effect the treaty. Hesays that unless
we improve the opportunity afforded by
this treaty to cement our relations with
Mexico we are in danger of losing all the
Vuits of the enormous expenditure of capi
tal which has made thiscommercepossible.
ALL GAR AXli GOSSIP.
Washington special : Speaker Carlisle , in
a conversation , said that , in his opinion ,
ill the talk about the president's coining
marriage is the purest falsification. He
las been in a position to know the facts in
: he case , and while he did not feel author-
zed to make such an announcement au
thoritatively , he is satisfied that the state-
nent he has made is correct. Another
ingular fact is that not a single member of
, he cabinet knows anything about the
natter. They say that"there are no indi-
ations or prospects of such an event. It is
nferrcd that if such a thing was in contem
plation the members of his official house-
ibid would have some knowledge of the
act.
O.V 1HE G ALLOWS.
Execution of John G. Kenning at Craw-
fordsvllle , Indiana.
John C. Hennlng was hanged at CraTT-
fonlsviHc , Ind. , May 27th , for the murder ol
Charlotte Volmer. The execution took place
in the yard attached to the jail around which
a high fence bad been erected. The enclo-
suref wasvithin view of the cell occupied by
the murderer who conversed freely with the
carpenters on toe subject of. his
saving among oti er things that he did not sec
tl'"e necessity of cn-ctlng a fence and that in
his judgment eveirylVaytbould he permitted
to witncM the haugingX A few weeks ago he
hael his photograph taken ud distributed scv-
cral hundred copies to his 1 admirers.
He died quietly.
The crime for which Hcnnlng 8T\erca [ the
penalty of the law was committed jJURock-
villc , Park county , on Oct. 24th last , me vic
tim was Charlotte Volmer , who kept a
rant at that place. Hcnning was a "man
about town ' with no fix.-d occupation. Some
two years before the murder Charles Rutledgc , V
accused of be
a Rockvillc photographer , was
ing too intimate with Mrs. Volmer. One day f
Mr. Volmer called Rutlcdge into the back
room of his restaurant , locked the door and
attempted to beat out his brains with a club.
After several vaiu attempts toescaj)0 Rutledge
drew his revolver and shot his assailant dead
upe'm the sje > t. The widow succeeded to the
proprietorship of the restaurant , and not long
after the tragedy commenced to receive the at
tentions of Hcnning , who also went by the
aliss of Jack Tinker. After nearly two years'
courtship they agreed to marry. On the day
prior to the murder , Hcnning procured the
marriage license bat tho tickb widow at the
last moment hail turned her ear to the fervent
protestations of si well-to-do sae > ou keeper ,
who had been smitten by her charms and
when Hcnnlngs returned with the license ho
was bluntly informed by the widow that she
hael changed her mind , anel that so'far as ska
was canccrncel the marriage was oif. Hcnning
threatened and entreated by turns , but the
widow was oldtinitu anel Henning returned
to the ollico of the county clerk , where he ur-
rcndered the liceiib anel received back his fee.
All night long he brooded over his rejecr
tion anel on the following day when\ I
ho found that thc-story was in everybody's
mouth ho sought to drjwn his sorrows in
whiskey. Just as the cle > ck in the court
house was chiming tho hour of 9 at night he
staggoreel into the restaurant and made a final
appeal to Mrs. Volmer to reconsider her deter
mination. A burst of ironical laughter was
the only response , and enraijeJ beyond con
trol , ho elrcw his pistol anel emptied four bul
lets into her boelv , killing her instantly. He
then threw himself on the body of his victim ,
and in this position was captureel by a marshal
who was passing and heard the shots. The
crime crcatcel great excite-iiieni. anel for several
days threats of lynching were openly made. In
consequence of this fueling : i change of venue :
was taken to CrcwfordsviHc , where the trial
took place February 3J to Gh before Judge
Snydcr. There was practically no el'-fensc ex
cept irrcspon-ibility through drink , anel the
jury , on the seconel ballot , fotmel the defend
ant guilty of murder In the first elegree and
allixtd the eloath penalty. The case was then
carried 11 the supreme court but that body on
the llth inst decided that there were no cir
cumstances which woulel justify it in inter
fering with the execution of the sentence. The.
victim was 32 years of age aud left two smaJlB
children whiie ; lienniug was forty-one years" !
old last inoutb '
TUE XEirS JA" A XVTSHELL ,
J
The Grrcco-Turkish war is ended.
Wauson.Wis. , suffered a most disastrous
conflagration.
The British government will look into the
Canadian fisheries affair in a friendly spirit.
Thy neb earnings of the Burlington , Cedar
Rapids & Northern , for 1885 , were § 903-
670.
About GOO Cincinnati harness makers
struck for an advance of 15 per cent in
wages.
The house committee on judiciary pro
poses a constitutional amendment on the
subject of polygamy.
William Bode , of St. Bernard , 0. , killed
Frederick Kyliun because of the latter's in
timacy with Bode's daughter.
Near Rushville , Ind. , James Dawson's
farm house was burned , and two daughters ,
me aged 1-1 and the other 4 , were burned
to death.
Secretary Manning continues to improve
.slowly , but it is thought he will not re
sume his ofiii-itil duties at the treasury de
partment until at lea.st next autumn.
Frank Coleman , a farmer living neai
Tiiomasville , N. Y. became enraged at his
uife and knocked her down with a hoe ,
then got a razor and cut her throat.
Louis Trip , an El Paso , Tex. , sporting
man , shot his wife , Hittie , then shot him-
elf through the head. One ball passed
through his wife's breast. She will die.
Trip expired before physicians reached the
house.
About GOO harnessmakers at Cincinnati
have struck for an advance of wages. They
have been working eight hours a day. but
are not satisfied with the wages. They de
mand an increase of from 15 to 20 per
cent.
Justice Davis recently delivered the
opinion of the court of claims in the case
of the French spoliation underwriter claims.
The court holds that under the decision o !
the supreme court the insurers arc entitled
to recover justvhat they paid out to suet
claimants.
E.ins * snir it.ur.wAY.
Washington special : Senator Conger to-
ilay submitted to the senate the report of
the committee on commerce on the Eads
sliip railway bill. The report states that
many of the most distinguished engineers ,
mval constructors and shipbuilders of the
ivorld concur in the opinion that the nro-
ect is in every way practicable , and that
the largest ships , with their canroes , can be
safely carried upon a properly constructed
-jiilway over moderate grades. From these
opinions the conclusion i.s irresistable that
, he project is a practicable one. The com-
nittee is of the opinion that an isthmian ?
.ransit way is now absolutely necessary ;
rom whatever view the matter may be re-
: arded , and that it is to the interest of the
[ overnment and the enterprise that the
ompany organized should be chartered by
ongress. The report of the committee , in.
oncluding , says it is believed that the com-
ncrcial and industrial interests of this
ountry will be greatly benelitted by tho
oust ruction of a ship railway ; that it will
lave a tendency to largelyincreaseourcom-
nerce and stimulate our shipping andship-
milding interests , and that it is essential ,
f our government would retain the re-
pect of its own people and of foreign na-
ions it should now practically demon-
trate to forever discourage foreign control
pon this continent. The coimnittee re
tort back the accompanying bill , with the >
ecommendation that it do pass.