THE TBIBUNE.
F. OT. < k E. OT. , Pub * .
McCOOK , NEB.
OVEE .THE STATE.
THE PRE-ESII'TIOIT Z.-17F.
Register JJurtch of the Valentine land
office , who was in Omaha yesterday , was
seen by a reporter in regard to the bill
which has passed congress repealing the
pre-emption laws. "I think , " said Mr.
Burtch , "that the bill is a good one. The
pre-emption law was at one time an excel
lent thing , but it has long since outgrown
its usefulness. In lact in many cases it
works a decided injury. The way things
are now a man can pre-empt 1GO acres of
land , live on it for six months and then
prove up. This is all well enough , but the
chances are that some capitalist will in
duce him to take up another 1GO sicres un
der the homestead act. The capitalist is
always ready to lend the money for the
purpose , taking a mortgage on the original
quarter-section as security. In n great
many instances the borrower is unable to
pay the mortgage , and so the land reverts
to the capitalist , leaving the settler only
his homestead claim.
"Then again I think that 1GO acres is
enough for the government to give to any
man. The time has come now when good
government land is not very plenty , and it
should be equally distributed among the
people who desire to settle on it. Of course
the repeal of the law may work an injury
upon certain individuals. That , however ,
is of no account when oneconsiders the ad
vantages that will accrue to the general
public. As the case stands now I should
sny three out of every five men who have
taken advantage of both the pre-emption
and homestead laws will lose half their
lands. "
"Will therepealof thelawpreventfraudu-
lent entries ? "
"It will have a tendency to do so , though
of course fraud can never be entirely pre
vented. It will , I think , etop capitalists
from hiring men to pre-empt hind for them ,
and after proving up give them deeds. Bv
the homestead law si settler has to live fivb
years on his land before he owns it. or ob
tains it at the end of six months by pav
ing § 200.-0maha Herald.
CE-LO/S TO HE IXy
Nebraska City special to Omaha Bee :
The arrest and imprisonment of Duke
Simpson , ex-treasurer of Otoe county , on
tho charge of robbing the county , continues
the only topic of interest here. The people
are dumbfounded over the developments ,
yet they are loth to believe that Simpson
took the money. This feeling is strength
ened by the fact that Simpson did not at
tempt to leave the county nor shirk the
responsibility of any act of his. Speaking ,
to a reporter of the News Simpson said :
"lam not guilty of takiug siny sinking
fund warrants , nor know nothing about
them , nnd therefore do not fear to stand
my trial. I have no money , but will ask
for a fair and impartial trial , and do not
fear the verdict. I did not mutilate the
county records and know nothing of them ,
If I ever looked at either book , and I
hardly think that I have done so ; the
books were brought and laid on the
counters outside of the vaults by the cus
todians , clerks or treasurer. "
A strong point in Simpson's favor is the
fact that treasurers do not issue warrants ,
but simply pay them when issued by the
commissioners and signed by the clerk.
The burden of proof lies with commission
ers , nnd doubt is expressed of their ability
to establish in a court the fact that the
warrants were issued by Simpson or that
h stole the money.
A FREE RIDS TO ETERXITY.
Elkhorn Special to the Omaha Herald :
A sad accident resulting in the death of
two men and the serious injury of another ,
occurred about two miles east of this place
at 3 o'clock this morning. The men were
stealing a ride in a freight car at the time
the accident happened. Two are known
and were of respectable families. The
train was No. 48 , in charge of Rawerth.
conductor , and Burke , engineer. The men
killed are Michael Donohue , of Omaha ,
and James Smith , of Salt Lake City , Utah.
Con Buckley , of Omaha , was so badly in
jured that is life is despaired of.
At the time of the accident the train was
running at a fair rate of speed and there
was no indications of danger , but suddenly
one of the trucks of si car near the center
of the train broke smd let the car down
upon the track. Itwas dragged along in
thisvay for a short distsince and then left
the track going over an embankment to
the right. Other cars followed going off
both sides of the track and piling up in
confused masses. Part were loaded with
lumber , part with sugar and the rest with
merchandise.
Seven cars went off altogether , but fortu
nately none of the train crew were on that
part of the train , and it was thought at
first that no one was injured , but groans
were heard and a man partly stunned was
seen over the line fence. He gave his name
as Gus Kitteringhnm of Salt Lake , Utah.
and said three others were under a car. A
force soon got the men out. Two men were
found dead and one badly wounded. Kit
teringhnm soon recovered and looked for
work to-day , but was unsuccessful. Buck
ley was taken to his home in Omaha. Cor
oner Drexel held an inquest on the dead
and exonerated the railroad company from
blame. The wrecking-train was soon on
hand and had the track cleared by 10
o'clock. Trains ran slowly over the place
all night. The scene of the wreck was vis
ited by numbers during the day and much
interest was felt over the accident. Pas
sengers were transferred this morning. The
property loss will bo considerable , as be
sides the.cars . , which are badly damaged , a
lot of sugar , lemons and other freight was
scattered and destroyed. The total dam
age is about § 40,000.
Coroner Drexel returned to Omaha last
night with the victims of the disaster. He
held an inquest on the dead and a verdict
"that the deceased came to their death
while stealing a ride on a freight train" was
returned by the jury.
lUISCELXAirEOUS STATE SCATTERS.
AN Auburn special says : The habeas
corpjs case brought before Judge Church
by one Samuel A. "Williams , of Quincy , 111. ,
against W. Q. and Emma Hcndricks , at
taches of the Creston circus , for the re
covery of his ( Williams ) littlenine-yenr-old
daughter , culminated this morning. The.
case was up Saturday last and the plead
ing ended. Judge Church said if Hendricks
gave satisfactory assurance that the girl
shall be taken to Quincy , 111. , and kept at
school nnd out of shows , concerts and va
riety theaters till fourteen years of age , he
would not disturb their relations.
STATE SUPERINTENDENT JoNEshns secured
for teaclicrs who wish to attend the national
association at Topekn a rate of 1& fares
for the round trip from all points on the
33. & M. The Union Pacific gives the same |
rate to Omaha , and the Missouri Pncific
will cnrry the pedagogues from there to
Topeka nnd back for one fare. '
FIIEMONT'S water works system will soon
be turned over to tlie city. The finnl test
of their quality and capacity has not yel
been made , but when done there is reason
to believe they will prove perfectly satis
factory.
Cor. , . MONTAGUE lins commenced a tem
perance crusade sitWnyne , and has already
converted some of the hardest drinkers.
THOMAS McLEAN , a life prisoner in the
penitentiary for murder , nnd sent from
Wyoming in November , 1S77 , died of con
sumption last Sunday.
JOHN HEINTZ , of Nebraska City , who
deserted his wife and family and ran off with
another man's wife , returned home the other
day. He was arrested on a warrant sworn
out by his wife charging him with assault
and battery. He was lodged in jail , but
his wife soon made her appearance and
begged for his release. Judge White dis
charged the prisoner and the couple lefl no
court arm in arm.
HASTINGS claims a population of 10,0 0 ,
an increase of 2,500 within the last year.
THE Fremont Herald is authority for
saying that the construction of the build
ings of that place are under the supervision
of loafers.
THE boot blacks of Hastings have organ
ized a union nnd petitioned the city coun
cil to license fcheir business. They propose
to do away with the tramp polishers.
LAUEK , the Omaha alleged wife murderer ,
will not have his second trial until Septem
ber.
Enw.vnn GHANT , on trial at Columbus ,
was bound over in $1,000 for arson. It
was claimed ( hat he maliciously fired the
barn of John Conner , four miles west , a
month ago. Horses , cattle and a large
amount of grain were consumed.
SAM JONES will come to Omaha for
§ 3,000 , and an effort is being made to raise
that amount by subscription.
Tun saloonkeepers at Columbus are being
prosecute' ! for obstructing the fronts of
their saloons with screens.
HASTINGS has sold its water bonds to
Lindly & Leighton , of Lincoln. They take
the entire issue , § 85.000 for § 84,600. The
bonds draw 5 per cent interest-ami run five
years.
THIEVES broke into S. G. Schoon-
over's store at Alexandria and stole
some clothing , a pair of shoes nnd a
quantity of oranges. They effected an
entrance through one of the back windows
in the recir of the store.
THE Knights of Labor , who have charge
of the celebration in Fremont on the 4th ol
July , have invited Senator Van Wyck to
speak on that occasion. No reply has yet
been received.
Tun number of books in the state univer
sity library is 7,000. The herbarium con
tains 35.000 specimens , and the professoi
of the department has enough to swell the
number available for study to 22,000. The
catalogue shows a decrease in the number
of students from 373 to 343 since last
year.
The commissioner of public lands and
buildings has declared forfeited to the state
1,200 acres of school land in Holt county ,
the forfeit being for not paying lease rental
and being delinquent to the state in the
same. The land will be advertised for a
releasing on July 10 , ut the appraised
value.
A state lodge of flic Ancient Order ol
United Workmen was organized at Grand
Island last week and the following officers
elected : Grand master workman , J. G.
Pate , of Shelton ; past grand master work
man , S. R. Patton , of Fremont ; grand
foreman , T. E. White , of Plattsmouth ;
grand overseer , H. W. Cole , of McCook ;
grand recorder , H. M. Warring , of Lincoln ;
grand receiver , W. II. McAlIester , of Grand
Island ; grand guard , S. H. Bulwer , of Val
entine ; grand watch , S. S. Kaufmann , ol
Stromsburg ; trustees , J. S. Miller , of Red
Cloud ; J. W. Carrie , of Omaha ; J. S. John
son , of Superior ; representatives to the
supreme grand lodge , S. R. Patton , of Fre
mont ; Eev. J. G. Tate , of Shelton ; J. W.
Carr. of Omaha.
NORFOLK is pretty sure of getting a foun
dry and machine shop this year. Repre
sentatives of three different firms have been
looking the town over with a view of locat
ing.
THE governor of Iowa has made requisi
tion upon the governor of Nebraska for an
extradition warrant forthearrest of a man
named A. R. Day , who is accused of Swind
ling his creditors , and is supposed 'to be
somewhere in the vicinity of York in this
state.
THE Masonic building association of Bn-
ntric-e , capital § 50,000 , has been incorpor
ated. The promoters are H. W. Parker ,
I ) . W. Davis , D. W. Cook , F. M. Cook , J.
Richards , W. D. Cox and W. Pickrell.
THE branch road between Hastings and
Aurora is nearly completed. Cars are ex
pected to be run over it about July 15.
AT Lincoln Joseph R. Wilcox , who was
charged with robbing an old man named
Bartholomew at the B. & M. depot about
the end of the last tsrni of court , entered a
plea of guilty and was sentenced to a term
of three years in the penitentiary. He was
arraigned at the last term o ! court and en
tered a plea of not guilty. This plea he
withdrew later , but immediately after be
ing sentenced assursd the court that on his
honof as a man he did not commit the
the robbery and knew nothing whatever of
the affair.
A UNION PACIFIC passenger train was
thrown from the track near West Lincoln
stock yards last week by a broken rail.
The engine , tender , mail and baggage cars
rolled down the steep embankment , making
a bad wreck. Fortunately no oo was
seriously injured , the engineer and fireman
getting off almost miraculously with slight
bruises.
The late meeting of the Nebraska Teach
ers'association at Norfolf was a pleasant
and profitable gathering.
The West Pointers are already having
trouble with their water-works. The main
reservoir recently bursted , and as the an
thorities had accepted the works from the
company who constructed them it is quite
likely the loss will have to be met by the
town.
Mn. EDWARD MAINE , of Calamus , Valley
county , was kicked in thebreast by ahorse.
An examination showed that two ribs were
broken. For some time it was feared that
he would die , but at last accounts he was
improving.
THE News says that all the carpenters of
Burchard are busy putting up new houses.
An extra amount of building is being done
there this spring.
Tin : auditor is sending out to the various
county clerks throughout the state state
ments of the amount due from each county
for the care of the insane for the quarter
ending Mny 31. The total amount due is
§ 13,1110.94.
ANOTHER shortage has been discovered in
the accounts of Simpson , the Otoe county
defaulter. The deficiency now foots up to
about § GO,000.
OMAHA is about to secure another pack
ing house by a Chicago man , with a.
capacity of 2,000 hogs per day.
OAKLAND special : Mrs. Fred Bruce , who
attempted suicide Wednesday night , i
rapidly recovering. She is the mother of
large family of small children , and has su !
fered for some time from an ailment which
mudcher gloomy nnd despondent. Wednes
day evening sho appeared gloomier than
usual , and attempted to end her suffering
by swallowing a powerful liniment. Sh
was thrown into convulsions. A physician
was summoned , and'the application of th
proper remedies saved her life.
FOUNDER'S day of Hastings college wai
observed with great eclat. At the an
rooms of the college , under the direction o
Miss Cameron , the guests and visitors wen
treated to a fine display of the results o
this department of the college training.
FORT NIOBRARA reservation comprises
about fifty-four miles square , through
which course the Niobrara and Minnecha
duza rivers and innumerable creeks.
THE Nebraska firemen's tournament wil
be held at Fremont Aug. 24 to 27 , inclu
ive. About twenty-five teams have al
ready declared their intentions to be pres
< : nt. The citizens of Fremont have raiset
§ 2,000 to be distributed in prizes.
GEN. VIFQUAIN of Lincoln , consul to Bar
ranquilla , is about to leavo for Washing
ton , where he will remain long enough to
familiarize himself with the duties of the
oflice before proceeding to his post of duty.
THE store of a prominent temperance
worker at Blair was rot ten-egged one
night last week by some unknown parties.
KEARNEY special : The Kearney high
school graduating exercises were held in the
Model rink to-night in the presence of :
audience of 1,500 of Kearney's best citi
zens. The class consisted of Marion Down
ing , Winfield Huston , William Black , Ma
rion Gillett , Martha Dryden , John Phil-
lipar , Martha Bishop , Jennie Wells and
Verner Lyman. AH the graduates except
Mr. Black delivered essays' , many of them
ranking high in literary merit. Two ol
them were far better than is usually writ
ten by high school graduates. Captain
Black , president of the school board , con
ferred the diplomas.
THEY have fifty carpenters at work on
the big feeding barns at Ames Station , just
west of Fremont , and are still in want of
more.
BUILDING is at a standstill in Hastings
for want of brick.
TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars in Colum
bus water works bonds were received by
the auditor for registration last week , also
§ 700 of Wayne county , district 45 , bonds
and § 500 from Nuckold county , district 38.
Two SILK thieves at Lincoln plead guilty
and got two years each in the state pen.
THE 4th inst. was a day of universal re
joicing at Lonp City , the occasion being
the formal opening of the Union Pacific
branch to that point. For years the pco-
ile of the town and surrounding country
iinve anxiously nnd with longing awaited
the coming of the iron horse and now , that
the eagerlyanticipated time has come , the
jitizens arc wild with delight. .Thedny was
beautiful beyond description , and"fully
ive thousand people sat down toafre'e
dinner generously provided by ( .lie citizens-
Tin : late treasurer of Otoe county lias
been arrested for a shortness in his ac
counts. Thus far he is found to be § 55,000
) ehind , and the expertexnminingthebooks
s not yet through with his work.
YORK has prospects of getting a tile fac
tory.
BICYCLES have been ruled oif the side
walks of Hastings.
THE southern Nebraska conference of tho
Methodist church meets at Pawnee City ,
September 23.
A FARMER named Goran Miller , who lives
our miles south of Waverly , had a team
and top buggy stolen from his place. On
ihe same night a black mare was stolen
rom a barn on a farm near Cortland , Gase
county.
THE new farm-house belonging to H. A.
Lemons , situated about two miles east ol
orth Bend , and valued at § 2,500 , burned
ast week. The family retired about Q
o'clock Sunday evening , and there had been
no fire in the house since noon on that day.
Dn being awakened the family found that
ill the doors and windows had been
astened from the outside and then the
louse set on fire. They were obliged tc
) renk through the windows and escaped
with nothing but their night clothing. Two
sons of Mr. Lemons and the hired man ,
who were asleep in the second story , were
obliged to jump to the ground.
THE Fillmore Republican urges the citi
zens of Geneva to build an opera house ,
and adds in case they do not outside
parties will take the matter in hand.
ALBION is going to celebrate the 4th o !
Tnly in grand style. Full sheet posters are
out with the announcement that Senators
Van Wyck and Manderson are expected to
je present.
ONE morning last week freight train No.
47 was wrecked on the Union Pacific road ,
two miles east of Elkhorn. The accident
was caused by the breaking of a truck on n
Hannibal and St. Joe car that was loaded
vith lumber and destined to some point on
; he Omaha and Republican Valley road.
Nine cars were derailed , ditched and badly
smashed. Four men wcrestealing a ride in
a load of lumber , two of whom were killed
iml another so badly injured that it it
thought he will die. The fourth man was
lot hurt in the least.
THE Duncan school house , says the Bur-
ictt Blade , where Gco. Downey received
he fatal blow from the axe , was burned tc
the ground last Thursday night about 12
o'clock. The fire was the work of some
fire-bug. There has been ill feeling in the
listrict over the removal of the school
IOHSC from its former location. Whcthci
;
his is the original source of the lire or not
cannot be told , but there can le : no doubt
t was set on fire. Mr. Duncan's family
vere the first to notice the flames , Mrs.
) uncan being sick at present. Apparently
he lire was set inside and it soon con
sumed the building. There was § 200 in
surance on the building , nnd § 100 on the
urnilure , but it is doubtful if it can be
collected as the policy has not been re-
icwed since the building was moved.
ROBERT E. DUGDALE , of Omaha , has
jrought suit in the federal court against
he Union Pacific Railway company to re
cover § 10.000 damages for the crippling ol
a hand. The injury was sustained in De
cember , 1SSG , at the shops in Omaha , and
s alleged to have been caused by'a defec-
, ivc trip hammer.
A GOOD hotel man can find a first-class
justness chance with rare inducements by
calling on or writing to Messrs. Hazlett &
Bates , Beatrice. ;
THE postofiice of Blair was "robbed last
week of about § 150 and § 800 worth o !
stamps.
THE first stone building is now going uj
n Schuyler , and willbeoccupied'by a bank
WASHINGTON special : Senator nnd Mrs.
Mauderson leffc for Philadelphia to-day ,
thence to New York and West Point for
two weeks , the senator being one of the
commissioners at the examination of ca
dets at the military academy. Laird alsc
left for West Point this afternoon , lieiii | _
one of the board of visitors appointed l > y
the speaker of the house.
FOWLER BROS. , or Chicago , will build tw
immense packing houses at Omaha. O
building will bo IGTxlGG feet in size , and
the other 129x89 feet , each to bo foui
stories high. The two will have a capacity
of 5,000 hogs a day.
THE competitive drills of the university
cadets for the prizes offered by the board
of regents have been arranged to tak
place as follows : Artillery drill , Monday ,
June 14 , 3 o'clock p. m. ; infantry drill ,
Tuesday , June 15 , 9:30 n. m. The prizes
will be awarded at a dress parade to b
held at 5:30 : p. m. Tuesday , June 15.
THERE are nb'out 500 Knights of Labo
in Lincoln , sixty-five or seventy of whom
are colored men.
IN 1877 , says thet , _ . . * /Jernld. Justice
Anderson issued a warrant for the arrest
of James McCarty , on a charge of assault
and battery. For some reason or other
the warrant was not served and has lain
neglected ever since. McCarty committed
some offense nt Plattsmouth a few weeks
ago , but was released upon bail. Hi ;
bondsmen became alarmed at his disap
pearance , and came to Omaha to compel
him to return to Plattsmouth and give
himself up. The old warrant was then
brought into requisition and McCarty was
arrested , and will be lodged in jail until the
necessary papers can be obtained from
PlattsmouUi.
ABOUT sixty invited guests , including
General Vifquain's friends among the prom
inent citizens of Lincoln and his newspaper
associates , attended a banquet at the
Windsor hotel the other night to bid him
farewell on his journe3' to Bnranquilln , for
which place ho left on the Sth by way of
Washington. The Hon. John Fitzgerald
presided , and the Hon. John B. Wright
acted as toast master.
DEATH is announced of Allen Loomis , r
prominent citizen of Stanton. He was th
largest dealer in general merchandise ii
that town and a leading democrat.
THE railroad company's supply house
and oil house near Chadron were burned to
Uie ground a few irghts ago. The fire origi
nated at the oil house , in which was stored
-in immense quantity of oil. The loss is
very heavy.
THE contract of A. L. Strang , 01 Omaha ,
with the city of Hastings for the construc
tion of a system of water works , has been
completed and signed. Work will com
mence as soon as the material can be got
on the ground.
Engineers are examining the lay of the
and for the waterworks plant in Plattfi
mouth.
THE l'RI\TEHS . - .Y THE KXIGIITS.
At the session of the International Typo
graphical union last week the special com
mittee oiitthe question of the union joining
: ho Knights of Labor , presented a lengthy
report , which was adopted. The report ,
after complimenting the Knights of Labor
n the highest terms , and pledging them
support , demands :
First That the Knights of Labor will
lot attempt to dictate the course of action
of distinct trades.
Second That they will not cover with
; he shield of the order any man who has
jccn found unworthy to mingle with mem-
) ers of the union as a fellow craftsman in
good standing.
The report of the special committee on
he use of plate matter was approved.
The report recommends that the executive
council endeavor to unionize all firnis man
ufacturing plates , and that all non-union
inns be published ; and that local unions
> e required to interdict the use of plates
vhere a reduction of working force will
ensue. Newspapers must be prohibited
rom using news plates manufactured in
ion-union offices , or else be declared un-
air. No subordinate union can take any
action regarding the use of plates without
lie consent of the executive council.
ARRESTED FOK ARSOX.
CHICAGO , ILL. . June 10. Ever since the
2aual street lire Monday morning ; in which
ight human beings were burned to death , the
> olice department ha * had from four to six de-
cctivcs stationed in the neighborhood w atch-
ng the ruins , aud examining every suspicious
ookintr person in the vicinity. Last evening
\rnly Iveilv , James Donnelly"Thomas Calliny ,
Thomas Powers and William Deuhr. were ar-
cstcd and taken to the Ilinman street station
ml , locked up in separate cells. None of
hem wore booked , the officers not deeming ; it
jest to make anv charge against them at prcs-
n t.
t.Kelly was the first person suspected of hav-
ng set lire to tin ; place and the detectives
vere ordered to arrest him as soon as found ,
lew as siibpicted because Kaleigli , the owner
) f the building , had hail a Tow with him
"March 31 , and "had caused his arrest. Ten
ays after tlic trouble tinbuilding was set on
re , some one nlacing a lot of shavings satu-
atcil with oil against"t. ! The lire was discov-
'
rcd anil put'out without causing serious
amage. Two nights later the place was
" rain Jired , but again extinguished.
"The police lefuse to divulge the nature of
ie evidence against tlie other urifouers.
Washington special : The report of the
liouse judiciary committee on tho Ed
munds anti-polygamy bill , which was pre
sented to the house to-day , is a very long
Qocunicnt. After the detailed statements
of the changes made by the committee
( already published ) the report concluded
as follows : ' 'While the bill , as amended ,
deals with public questions with firmness
and with the real purpose of curing existing
evils , it does so in entire consistency with
the constitutional liberties of tho people
uul with their free right to exercise re
ligious beliefs according to their con
science , and only under the responsibility
of each man to the Supreme Being. "
SUICIDE OF AX AMERICA *
Dublin special : A. Mackenzie , United
States vice consul at Dublin , shot his wife ,
vith a revolver , lodging a bullet in her
emple. He then placed the pistol to his
own head and fired a bullet into his brain.
Jotli were taken to the hospital , but Mr.
Mackenzie died on the way. Mrs. Mackea-
ie will probably not recover. The couple
lad frequent quarrels , and it was during
one of their periodical disputes the tragedy
occurred. The shooting occurred in the
ircsence of their three little children.
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DECLINES TO ACCEPT.
The secretary of state recently received a
able message from Minister Cox , at Con- i
tanlinople. saying the sultan of Turkey 1
esired to send a wedding present to Mrs. <
ieveland. The president , while approj
iting the motives of the sultan , felt that <
s acceptance would be in violation of the (
nrit if not the letter of the constitution iE
nd accordingly telegraphed his declination it
f the proposed compliment. t
SOXE TTAsmyoToy GOSSIP.
THE house committee on military affairs
reported favorably the bill which recently
passed the senate to credit Montana with
tho balance now standing against it for
arms and ammunition furnished by the
government.
THE report of the department of agricul
ture makes the area of spring wheat nearly
tho same as last year , about 12,000,000
acres. There is an increase of one-sixth of
last year's breadth in Dakota , a decrease
in Nebraska , and a small reduction in Min
nesota and Wisconsin. The extension of
area in Dakota is due mainly to settlement ,
and tho necessity of ready money for im
provements , and somewhat to last year's
unsatisfactory llax production in Southern
Dakota.
THE senate , in secret session , rejected the
nomination of Posey S. Wilson to be as-
sayer of the mint at Denver , Colo.
UEGISLATITE NEWS JLN2 > NOTES.
A Record of Proceedings in Hoth Brands
of tlie V. S. Congress.
SENATE , June 5. Ingalls' resolution , call
ing on the secretary of the interior for in-
formation as to authority for the issuance
of the recent order of the commissioner o
the general land office suspending tho re
ceipt of applications for public lands under
pre-emption , timber culture and desert
land acts , was laid before the senate , reaf
and agreed to. The oleoinnrgniine bill be
ing brought from the house , tlie question of
its reference was postponed and the bill re
placed on the table , to await the return o
Miller , chairman of tho committee on agri
culture. Buck gave notice that ho would
insist on its reference to tho committee on
finance. Having passed 220 private pen
sion bills , the senate adjourned.
HOUSE , June 5. On motion of Struble ,
of Iowa , the senate bill was passed appro
priating § 100,000 for the erection of .a
public building at Sioux City , Iowa.
The Pacific railroad extension bill
was then taken up. Henley opposed the
bill. He attributed to Charles Francis
Adams the statement that the free-pass
list of the Union Pacific Railroad company
cost the government § 2,000 perday. Long
said that Mr. Adams courted the fullest in
vestigation. There was nothing to be con
cealed in the management of the road.
Hodman opposed the bill and quoted from
the commissioner of railroads to the effect
that the annual earnings of the Union Pa
cific road were SS.73S.407 and of the Cen
tral Pacific § 7,820,371. On motion of
Ilolman an amendment was adopted in
creasing from 40 to 50 per cent theamount
of thu net earnings to be paid into thcsink
ing fund in case tlie companies refuse to ac
cept tho provisions of this act. The pre
vious question was then ordered on the
engrossing and third reading of the bill , but
the opponents of the measure showing a
disposition to filibuster until 5 o'clock ,
niul thus prevent a vote upon the bill it
self. Crisp yielded to the inevitable and
stated that he would endeavor to secure a
vote on Tuesday.
SENATE , Juno 7. In the Senate Mr. Miller
moved that the oleomargarine bill be re
ferred to the committee on agriculture.
After considerable debate the motion was
carried 23 to 21. The consular and diplo
matic appropriation bill was then taken up
and passed. Some debate arose over the
bill reported by Mr. Brown from the com
mittee on railroads to provide for the set
tlement of accounts with railroad compa
nies that had received property from the
United States during 18G5 and 1SGG. The
bill was finally passed. Mr. Beck submit
ted nn amendment to the oleomargarine
bill for reference with that bill to the com
mittee on agriculture. He said he did not
wish to be rttponsiule for all the detailed
provisions of the amendments. He then
announced his amendment to be ( he house
bill on tariff _ and taxation. [ This is the
Morrison bill. ] On motion of Mr. Butler
the senate , against the opposition of Mr.
Hale , took up the bill providing for admit
ting to the naval academy graduates ex
cluded by the naval appropriation bill of
1882. Without action on the measure the
senate went into executive session , and
when the doors reopened adjourned.
HOUSE , June 7. Mr. Weaver , of Iowa ,
offered a resolution , which was referred , re
citing that it is currently reported and gen
erally believed that certain directors of the
Union Pacific or Kansas Pacific railroad
companies have been faithless in their
trusts in various ways , and particularly
by buying stock of the Kansas Pacific at a
nominal or small sum and transferring it
to the Union Pacific , then Celling the same
at a great profit , by which and other simi
lar transactions the directors made great
personal gains and neglected to account for
the same to the Union Pacific , and direct
ing the judiciary committee to inquire into
the transactions of the directors of both
companies since their incorporation. If
the committee finds their directors have
made gains which they should have ac
counted for to either corporation , it is di
rected to bring a bill authorizing the de
partment of justice to commence proceed
ings to compel the directors to render true
proceedings. Mr. Cobb moved to suspend
tho rules and pass the bill repealing the
pre-emption , timber culture and desert
land act. Messrs. Cobb and Pnyson sup
ported the bill , and referred to the frauds
which had existed , as they averred , in en
tries of land under the acts which it was
proposed to repeal , Mr. Pnj son declaring
that during the past four years 90 percent
of the entries had been fraudulent. The
motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill ns agreed to yeas. 183 : iiavs. 40.
SENATE , Juno 8. Morrill , from the com
mittee of finance , reported the bill creating
an assistant secretary of the treasury. lie
asked for the immediate consideration of
the bill , in view , he said , of an emergency
known to all senators. Oti objection by
Hoar , the bill went on the calendar , Hoar
saying it was a bill of too much conse-
qiicnce to consider on tho instant. Tho
bill was passed providing for a commis
sion of three persons to be appointed by
the president , within the consent of the
senate , to investigate the truth of tho al
leged discoveries of the specific cause of j-cl-
low fever. Adjourned.
HOUSE , Juno S. The house soon wen'
into committee of the whole , Blount in the
chair , on the legislative , executive and judi
cial appropriation. Holmnn wished to call
attention to the startling rapidity with
which the expenditures of the government
were being increased. Cannon argued that
the proposed change in the rules of the
civil service com mission was out of order
on an appropriation bill , being a plain
change of law. He referred to the declara
tions of President Cleveland before and
after his inauguration in favor of civil ser
vice reform , and criticised him for taking
no action to the circular sent out by the
postmaster general , which lie declared had
started at every cross road in the country
a smut machine to bring charges against (
republicans. Gen. Black had so manipu
Inted the civil service law as to violate .
every provision of it. What did the presi
dent do ? He got married. [ Laughter. ]
Had the gentleman from Illinois ( Morrison )
or the gentleman from Pennsylvania ( llsui-
clall ) been president , and fifteen months
after their declaration in favor of the civil [
service law that law was violated by a sub
ordinate they would tell that subordinate
to step down and out.
SENATE June 9. Among the
passed were the following : The bill pro
viding for the purchnse of the portrait of- ,
Gen. Geo. H. Thomas. The bill to legalize" :
the incorporation of nntionnl trades un
ions. The bill nmending section 3393 o !
the revised stntutes relating to the trans
portation of obscene publications through
the mails. [ The bill extends the scope ol
the old section. ] The bill authorizing tho
payment of § 2.500 to Mrs. Louise A. Jack
son aud § 2.500 to thelegnl representatives
of Mrs. Martha Vaughan for patriotic ser
vices rendered nnd hazards and losses in
curred in conveying information of great
value to union officers in Kentucky in ISbj.
The l ll to create two additional land dis
trict * in Dakota. . [ This bill authorizes tho
president to appoint a register and receiver
for each district. ] The bill referring to tho
court of claims for examination and re
port to congress certain claims for prop
erty seized by Gen. Johnston in the Utah
expedition of 1857.
HOUSE , June 9. The house went into
committee of the whole on the legislative ,
executive and judicial appropriation bill.
Compton , of Maryland , proposed to ad-
dress himself to the civil service reform
I.
provision of the bill , and he expressed his ; ; .
admiration for the courngp of the com
mittee on appropriations in placing tho
provision on the pending bill. Bayne , of
Pennsylvania , protested against the pro
vision , and called attention to the fact
that the change proposed to be made
could bo mnde by the president. To put
this proposition in the bill was to vote a
want of confidence in the president and his
cabinet. He believed the president was
doing his best to carry out civil service re
form and tliat most , if not all , of his cabi
net were endeavoring in good faith to ex
ecute the Jaw. TJie ou'y gentlemen who
were complaining of civil service rule were
members of the "kitchen cabinet. " Who
they were he did not know. Price , of Wis
consin , said many of the appropriations
were extravagant. There was a rotten
ness somewheie ; petty larceny in every
provision and grsind larceny in the aggre
gate. General debate being closed , reading
of the bill wsis commenced. Morrison , of
Illinois , raised apoint of order against the
words. ' 'In full compensation" where they
occur in the genenil appropriation section -
of the bill. Pending decision of the point
of order the committee rose and the house
adjourned.
SENATE , June 10. After routine business
of the morning Beck called up his bill to
prohibit members of congress from accept
ing retainers or emplo3-inent from railroad
companies which hsive received land grants
or pecuniary aid from congress. Passed ,
yests 37. nays 11. The agricultural ap
propriation bill was then taken up. Mil
ler , in the course of some remarks on the
bill , referred to the ravages of the rice
birds , which , he said , caused a loss equal
to § 7 per acre of all the rice crop of the
United States. The ravsiges of the English
sparrows , he said , were very much worso
than those of the rice birds and amounted
to many millions of dollars per year. The
sparrows were rapidly on the increase. It
wsis believed by theOrnothoiugicnlassocia-
tion of the United States that steps should
be taken to exterminate these sparrows.
The association , Miller said , which was
composed of amateur scientistall over
the United States , was doing most excellent
work in the investigation of food habits of
birds that were injurious to agriculture.
Alter some minor amendments the bill was
passed substantially as reported from tho
committee. On motion of Allison the bill
was passed appropriating § 150.000 SIH an
additional sum t o complete the De Moines ,
Iowa , public building. Hawley entered a
motion to reconsider the bill passed csirlier
in the day prohibiting members of congress
from acting as nttoris or employes of
railroad companies that had received land
grants or pecuniary aid from the United
States. Hawley said that , with a number
of other senators , he had voted for the
passage of the bill , but since voting for it
Tie had given the bill some consideration.
The motion was agreed to.
HOUSE , June 10. The house this morn
ing went into committee of the whole on
the legislative appropriation bill. The
pending question was on the point ol
order made by Mr. Morrison , of Illinois ,
against the words "in full compensation"
where they occur in the general appropria
tion clsiuse of the bill. The chair ruled the
point as out of order. When the clause
appropriating for the pay of senators had
been read , W. 15. Taylor , of Ohio , offered
an amendment providing that none of the
money should be paid until the senate had
confirmed the appointment of Ma thews for
register of deeds of tho District of Columbia ,
lie wished , he said , to bring out the latent
power of thehousetosuperviseall branches
of the government , as it proposed to super-
lise the conduct of the civil service com
mission. Having finished the consideration
of nine of the 10G pages of the bill , the com
mittee rose and the house adjourned.
SENATE , June 11. The senate took up
the Northern Pacific railroad forfeiture
bill. Mr. George suldressed the senate on
the bill commenting generally mi the enor
mous quantity of land 179,000.000 acres
given by congress to various railroad
corporations from 18(50 ( to 1875. Mr.
George said it was a larger area of land
than that constituting the republic of
France or the empire of Germany. The
present value of railroad land grants , at
the average price already realized by the
companies was § 773,790,890. Mr. Eu.stis
said the great question to-day was whether
the government was superior to corpora
tions or corporations superior to the gov
ernment. Corporations had exhibited
shameless and unpardonable oppression
and extortion as well as effrontery in their
dealings with the people and the govern
ment of the United States. The bill then
went over till to-morrow. Mr. Spooncr
took the floor and , in offering a resolution
of condolence on tliedeath of Hon. Joseph
Itnnkin. late representative in congress
from Wisconsin , delivered an eloquent and
touching tribute to the memory of the de
ceased.
Horsi : , June 11. Mr. Cobb , of Indiana ,
from the committee on public lands , re-
ported back the Atlantic tt Pacific forfeit
ure bill with the senate amendments , and
moved a concurrence in the amendments.
No siction was taken and the motion was
laid over till Monday. The house then
went into committee of the whole on the
legislative , executive nnd judicial appro
priation billl. In the discussion that en-
-ued Mr. Compton snjd the assault his col
league had made on the late postmaster sit
Baltimore was as undeserved as anv one
man had ever made on smother. Who was
that postinsister ? He was the peer of the
'entleman from Maryland ( Findlav ) , or
11113other gentleman on this tloor. ornnv- I . *
ivhere. as a man of character and intelli
gence and a democrat. The civil service
joinmission hsul sought.b\-every effort and
by every moans it could emplov. to show
that he had violated the law of that ser
vice because he had removed from office
i lot of political scalawags and a lot of un
principled scoundrels the associates of his
colleague in last fall's campaign , when he
Finlny ) . had sought to defeat the demo
cratic ticket. [ Applause on the demo-
ratic side ] . Immediately the house was
in sin uprosir , but sibove the noise Findlay
ivas heard to inquire angrily wjiether his
colleague meant to say that he associated
with scsilawags and scoundrels. Speaker
Jsirlislc. who wan in the chamber
, ap-
ironched the speaker's desk and was ap
parently ready to seize the gavel and exert
iiis authority in case the demonstration
became more threatening. '
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