THE TKIBTINE.
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OVER TflE STATE.
TERRIFIC STORM AT OSCEOLA.
A errificstorm of rain visited the vicinity
o ! Osceola , this state , night before last ,
committing an immense amount ol damage
to property and crops. Osceola is a small
town on the Omaha and Republican Valley
road in Polk county , about 120 miles from
here. It is situated on the east bank of a
email stream called Davis creek. For a
time this was swollen to such proportions
that it flooded acres of low ground and
raised havoc generally. Brief reports re
ceived from there state that one mile and
a half of track is washed awny and the
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roadbed entirely destroyed. The depot was
swept from its foundation and floated about
thirty yards eastward , where it lodged on
theUruck against a switch arm and stuck.
The agent , Geo. W.'Ecker , saved his life by
swimming to shore on a board. The
records of the office were not damnged.
Our correspondent , at Osceola , in a special
telegram last nightsays that several grain
offices and sheds were also washed away.
The engine , tender and one car of regular
freight train , ran onto tlie undermined
track and were ditched but none of the
train men received injuries of any kind.
Grain in t.e ! elevators is damaged consid
erable and six bridges are gone. A horse
and buggytwere lost but the driver got out
with his'life. The , damage there is esti
mated at , § 15,000. The Omaha Elevator
company received a telegram from their
age it , C. S. Johnson , last evening saying
that his lumber yard had been torn to
pieces and carried away. The little town
enjoyed a-sensation such as it has never
before experienced.
' SCHOOL LANDS.
Lincoln correspondence of the Omaha
Bee : The recent ruling of Land Commis
sioner Scott regarding the purclinse of G40
acres by one party , and only that much ,
was sustained by the board of public lands
and buildings. Notwithstanding the plain
statement mads in this ruling , whichstruck
ti blow at school land speculators , numer
ous inquiries come to the commissioners'
office raising technical pointsand questions ,
the inquiries showing in themselves the de
sire of the parties instituting the inquiries
.to evade the ruling and the laws. Some of
the parties who had mapped out plans for
speculation in leases and sales of educa
tional lands in the state KCGIU to die hard.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
Following isasunimary of business trans
acted at the recent meeting of the board of
regents : The university and library com
mittee reported , recommending , if deemed
expedient , that a legislative appropriation
be sought for the purpose of erecting a
building for the military department. The
committee on course of study and the
library committee submitted favorable re
ports , which were adopted , for the con
struction and equipment of an industrial
college building , also recommending the
sale of certain stock at the college farm ,
and the reduction of expenditures for labor
on said farm , and proposing a measure
looking to t.e ! graudual conversion of the
same into an experimental station. The
matter of purchasing fuel and making
needed repairs on the buildings was placed
in the hands of the steward to be attended
to during the summer. The instructors
are the same as last year. George B.
Frankforter has been made an assistant in
the library. On motion it was ordered that P
the chancellor be authorized and directed , a
in conjunction with Dean Bessey. to enter a
into an arrangement with Dr. S. F. Billings
for the instruction and conduct of an ex cltl
perimental and other service looking tlq
towards the establishment of a depart- tlT
mentof veterinary sciencesofar and to such T
an extent as the funds at his disposal will
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permit ; that this arrangement be reduced Sitl
to a specific , written form regarding both tltl
the prpsent and future operations , and tlC
with the understanding that it depends C
largely upon the legislative appropriations
for the future. Regent Gere was re-elected
president of the board for the ensuing two wy
years and J. S. Dale steward and secretary wpi
for the same term. Prof. Bessey was pi
chosen dean of the industrial college facul
ty and Prof. G. E. Barber dean of the
academic faculty for the ensuing year. The ir
faculty remains the same as last year. le
Miss.Smith is made registrar and custodian len
of the library.
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JIRUTALLY OUTRAGED. n
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North Bend special to the Omaha Repub ci
lican : One of the most dastardly outrages ir
in the history of this section was perpe irB
trated on the person of Mrs. E. C. Muncil , B
living just south of the river , in Saunders si
county , yesterdav morning. Mr. Muncil
was absent at Timberville working on the fc
Chicago & Northwestern railroad bridge fcCl
and Mrs. Muncil had only the company of Cl
her infant and a little Bohemian girl , who tl
fled. The villain , almost naked , entered
the house at about 2 o'clock , and by the tlB
most barberous and outrageous methods B
succeeded in accomplishing his object. Mrs. be
Muncil when found was most terribly d
frightened , and her face was terribly lasce- ni
rated and her throat bore marks of the
villain's fingers. Her fight was a furious
one , and she says she left her teeth marks ni
on the villain's arm and nail marks on his
face and eyes. The scoundrel is known and re
will be arrested. of
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MISCELLANEOUS STATE 3LITTERS. ft [
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BUSINESS at the Omaha clearinghouse m
last week amounted to § 3,891,794.18.
THE corner stone of the newBrownel )
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hall was laid at Omaha last week.
THE schools of Norfolk will cost § 9,175 xvID
the coming year. hi
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THE Plattsmouth cannery will begin load < li
ing tins July 1st.
WILLIAM SMITH , the stone mason who fell bi
from thechemical laboratory building in in
Lincoln at the time of the accident therein
December last , and sustained serious in
juries , has begun suit in the district court
against John Lanham , the contractor , to
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recover § 10,000 damages. The plaintiff in
alleges that he received great bodily harm
through the negligence of the contractor ,
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and that his left arm , which was badly in
jured , is withering away and promises to
be permanently disabled. ers
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PHEiTps is the bannerbroom corn county
of the state. at
A LOGAN CITY , Dixon county , man killed su
454 rats in one day last week.
, THE Hastings water works are under con tli
tract to be completed December 1st. srn
THE board of educational lands and CO
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funds have ordered a sale of school lands ai
in Hayes county to occur July 19. There
urc about 22,000 acres of school land in li
the county , all of which will be ordered gc
void. gcPi
THE school board of Palmyra esteem the
services of Prof. Jones and Mrs. Newton so
highly that they have increased their salary
§ 10 on the month.
THERE will be twenty teachers employed
in the public schools of Hastings next year ,
an increase of two over last.
IN the past six month there has been
more building m Loup City than in the
previous five years. Railroads brought the
boom.
THE town of Tekama was the other day
all astir over a fight between Len Collins
and John Folsom. Tlie quarrel grew out
of a little whisky matter. Folsom being
unable to procure whisky induced Collins
to buy it for him. Ho became drunk , was
arrested and fined. He then informed on
Collins , and later Collins trounced him in
short order. Collins was arrested by the
marshal but managed to escape when the
officer deputized Niles Folsom and Ora
Eggleston to take Collins if they had to
shoot him. Collins made a run of a mile
when he was overhauled and brought back
to town.
A POLL has been made of thesenatecom-
mittee on agriculture on the subject of the
oleomargarine bill and it is believed the
bill , when reported , will be amended so as
to make oleomargarine pay 1 instead of 5
cents tax.
A GOOD deal of nervousness is shown in
several localities throughout the country
over the delay in the senate of the river
and harbor bill which passed the house
several weeks ago. As only thirty or > forty
days of the present session remain , there is
a fear that the bill
may not be finally com-
the senate , and the work of a conference
committee will undoubtedly be required.
A member of the
senate committee on com
merce says there is no danger of the defeat
of the measure by delay , as the senate is
quite as much interested in its pnssage as
the house and the country. The senate
hopes , however , to get a million or more
dollars in addition to the amount already
provided for by the house , and the bill.
when it becomes a law , will be somewhat
larcer than usual.
MIKE SADON , the man who was on trial
for assaulting the Lincoln officers who were
arresting him , was found guilty of assault
with intent to kill and was sentenced to
two 1 years in the penitentiary.
HIGHWAYMEN attacked a stranger at Ne-
braska City and injured him quite serious
ly. Help came before they secured their
victim's money , which iswhat they were
after.
tiJ THE New York Freeman's Journal says :
In 18SO Nebraska had a population of
452,000 ; now its latest census shows it to
have nearly 750,000. Then its people
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owned 205,000 horses , 753,000 head of
cattle and 1,242,000 hogs ; now they own
390,000 horses , 1,708,000 head of cattle
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and 2,150,000 hogs. In the same period
the wheat acreage has been increased from
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257,000 acres to 1,279.000 , corn from
2,272,000 acres to 3,782,000 , and an al-
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most proportional increase has also been
made in the acreage of rye. barley , oats
and potatoes. There is still room for im
provement , and industry and thrift can PC
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make themselves felt in that state yet.
AT the recent term of the district court of
Lancaster county the case to recover the
insurance money on the life of Griffith , who .
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irP shot at the state house in the great
panorama of the treasury robbery , was
argued and submitted. Mr. Griggs , who
appeared for the life insurance company , _
claimed that Griffith lost his life while in
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the commission of a crime , and conse- ,
quently forfeited all claim on the company ,
Dhe defense argued that as two juries have
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said Griffith was committing no crime , that
the argument was of no force. OnthelOth
the judge rendered his verdict against the
company with judgment for § 700.
LINCOLN expects to be better fixed in the
way of tenement houses before close of the
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year. < Hundreds are being built in all fo
parts of the city. th ;
AN old man named William Trapp , an
inmate of the Douglas county poor farm , be
left the institution the other day and was ot
not seen for some time , when the watch
man : at the St. Paul lumber yard in Omaha ba
noticed < him jump into the river with stii- ca
cidal intent. He was rescued before drownf f n
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A HEAVY hail storm recently passed over at
Hastings , breaking glass upon the south frt
side of nearly every building in the city. CX
WILLIAM YOUNG , wanted in Kearney for Fc
forging § 700 worth of paper and selling
mortgaged property , is under arrest in mi
Chicago. Sheriff Schars started after him
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the other .
morning. tin
THE Fourth will be celebrated at Broken Fci
Bow in the good old fashion. Speeches will at
( made in a grove near town during the crc
day : , the jubilee to wind up with a pyrotech Co
nic display in the evening. Yc
AN Edgar special says : On Thursday wn
night a party of masked men visited the An
residence of J. T. Heasly , six miles south ets
Edgar , and ordered him to leave the
ountry at once .or take the consequences ,
is needless to say he left at once. Heas JUS
was crooked in many ways and a bad
man on general principles. tei
A YOUNG man named Beach was seriously an
injured at Juniata the other dciy. He was 1
ivorking < at the brick yard and in some col
manner a stick of timber fell and struck scl
liim upon tho head , making an ugly and
ilangerous wound. nei
POLICE of Hastings made a raid on the sai
bad houses , capturing sixteen of the female MB
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inmates. C
THE Kearney canal is completed and the Ju
reservoirs will soon be filled with water.
MEAD claims to have under way and kn
nearly completed , the finest church edifice hai
Saunders county. inj
ABOUT 225 persons are employed in the
Falls City canning factory. of
THE Valentine Republican warns its read
to be on the lookout for horse thieves , for
and to be prepared for any emergency. 1
A TRIO of highway robbers worn arrested ou
Blue Hill last Wednesday night and-will un
suffer the penalty of their crime.
THE Albion Argus has conclusive evidence
that the surveyed route for the Northwest- ers
Toa.il to Albion and on through Boone a s
county has been accepted at headquarters to
and the road will be built. for
ver
THE Snyder wagon works of Amboy , In- 1
iliana , are desirous of locating in Omaha ii ln' '
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good inducements are held oat. They emnu ,
ploy from 350 to 400 men. for
THE boot blacks of Hastings have organ
ized a union and petitioned the city coun
cil to license their business.
JN a domest'c row between two women ,
neighbors , in Omaha , one gracefully laid
the othnr out with a club.
THE annual conference of the M. E.
church of Nebraska will be held at Pawnee
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City , September 23d. Bishop Fowler will
preside.
FARMKR JOHN DEVORE brought theeditor
of the Greenwood Hawkeye a curiosity in
the shape of a double potato. An old
potaH that had been cut with a hoe last
fall in digging , spread apart and a new one
grew from the center.
THE Burlington and Missouri company
have given orders for a bridge costing § 75-
000 to be built across the river at Nebras
ka City. The eastern approach will be at
Eastport , la. , and will rest on the island ,
where side tracks and switches will be built
for the accommodation uf freight transit.
A FLOATER was discovered in the river at
Nebraska City last Sunday , drifting slowly
down the stream. Some boys saw the
body and attempted to catch and h ld it
for the coroner's inspection , but were un
able to do so. It was the body of a white
man , black hair and attired in blue overalls
and striped shirt.
SILK culture is becoming quite an in
dustry in Otoe county. Among other
growers Mrs. M. H. Hebbard and daughters
are the most prominent. A little more
than a year ago Mrs. Hebbard and her
several daughters , became interested in the
culture of silk. They knew but little , prac
tically , on the subject , but sent to the
American Silk association at Philadelphia
for a few silk worm eggs two or three hun
dred with a view of experimenting. These
they received , they were hatched and the
worms cared for ; the result was that this
season fully 50,000 worms crawled into
the world , hungry for something to devour
and eager to do their part toward crushing
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the foreign silk industry.
REV. C. D. JEFFRIES , who recently re
signed . as pastor of the First Presbyterian
church in Nebraska City , hits bten called
as pastor of Westminster church , Denver.
A HASTINGS correspondent writes : Re
liable farmers inform us that , owing to the
lile
long continued dry spell , there will not be
leC lea half crop of small grain in this country.
Corn , however , is in excellent condition ,
and can stand two or three weeks more ol
dry weather.
Six boys , ranging from S to 20 j-cars ol
age ] , were arrested and had a preliminary
hearing ' at Odell for the crime of throwing
stones at a passing train of freight cars and
breaking the glass in the windows of the
caboose , on the B. & M. railroad. The sec
tion boss who had caused their arrest
made a strong plea for leniency and they
were let off with a nominal fine and costs.
A YOUNG man by the name of R. Little is
under arrest at Lincorn on a complicated
charge. It seems that he had taken a girl
out riding and that he had supplied her
with whisky which succeeded in making her
loathly sick. Two physicians were in at
tendance . upon the girl , and it is not known
whether she can recover or not. It is sup
posed that the whisky was drugged by the
i-oung man for a purpose of his own.
JUDGE ELMER S. DUNDY and wife , of
Omaha , celebrated the twenty-fifth anni
versary of their married life last week.
Many friends were present from Lincoln ,
Falls City and other points in the state.
THE commissioners of Qtoe county have
concluded their transactions with Post &
Co. , of New York , and have transferred to
"ol. Wilson , as their agent , § 8G,000 in ten-
bwenty year G per cent bonds for § 75,000
1C per cent bonds due in 1889 with over-
lue coupons attached.
TEKASIAH is to have a jail after so long a
time. The structure is to be built two stories
ind of brick , the city bearing the expense ,
ivhile the count } ' commissioners made an
ippropriation o ! § 1,1450 to furnish cells.
Phis is what the county has been needing
'or some time , instead of having to send
he prisoners to Blair or West Point.
HON. W. L. MAY , of Fremont , has just
jeen reappointed fish commissioner for an
other year.
ARTICLES of incorporation of the Union
ranking company of Fairmont , with a
rapital stock of § 100,000 , have been filed
the office of the secretary of state.
- \ . D. FODIS AND WM. YOUNG , both needed
Kearney for forgery , have been brought
rom Chicago by the sheriff. Young waived
ixamination : and was committed to jail ,
"obcs escaped from jail in Kearney May IS.
WASHINGTON special : The senate com-
nittec on Indian affairs reported rccom-
ncnding the passage of the Dawes bill for
lie reappra'sement and sale of the Sac and
"ox Indian reservation in Nebraska. Sen-
itor VanVyck introduced a bill to in-
rease to § 100 per month the pension of
'ol. Thomas W. Egan , formerly of a Now
rbrk regiment. H. B. Ilanco , of Nebraska ,
rns elected one of the vice presidents of the
Lmerican association of nurserymen , flor
: and seedsmen at the meeting held in
Vashington.
A FAKMIR living near Palmyra has but
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list finished gathering his last corn crop.
OMAHA'S jobbing trade ten j-onrs ago was in
millions ; now it is four times that it
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May Frceauf , a tough young girl of Lin- b
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oln , has been given a place in the reform ftw
chool at Kearney. ftcs
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AT Omaha last week a man named Grtin- b
iOinyer lost his life by the caving in of a
and bank. He was soon dug out , but life
extinct.
GEN. JOHN A. LOGAN will visit Crete in
uiy.
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MRS. SPALDINO , living near Omaha , was
nocked down and gored by a cow. She
ad three ribs broken , and was otherwise „
njured. Her case is decidedly serious.
SENATOR VAN WYCK is announced as one
the speakers at Cortland on the Fourth.
THE schools of Norfolk will cost § 9,175
the ensuing year.
A LITTLE Swede girl , aged 14 j-ears , was
iutraged by a German shoemaker , name on
inkuown , nt Omaha , on Sunday.
MINING RIOTS ANIICIPATED.
Moxs , June 10. Twenty-five hundred min-
at the Flenu coal mines have gone out on Of
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strike. A strong hand of strikers inarched H
the St. Florcnt mine at Quarignon and ter
arced the miners to quit The police pre- ar
entcd them from proceeding to other pits.
The lancers are confined in their barracks , 01
readiness for any emergency. Seven squad- di
of lancers have been ordered to Quarig- fo
. The governor of Hainault has started foa
the scene of the strike. a
GREAT FEAR OF DROUGHT.
Tlie Dry Weather Jlecoming a Serious Men
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The following crop summary appear's in
this week's Chicago Farmer's Review :
"Great fear of drouth , which has been
threatening spring wheat sections , still con
tinues , and is becoming a serious menace
to growing grain. Dry , hot winds have
prevailed in Dakota and Minnesota , add
ing to the already serious outlook in many
portions of that state and territory. The
effects of the drouth have begun to be se
riously felt in Wisconsin , Iowa and Ne
braska , andvery few of the reports re
ceived down tu Saturday night but dwell
upon this fact. Many fields of oats are re
ported turning yellow , and injury to that
cereal threatens now to be more severe
than even to wheat itself. Rains , which
have prevailed in the sections named , have
all been of a local character , and while
saving many fields from ruin have not
given the relief which , according to nine-
tenths of the reports from correspond
ents , would appear to be imminently
needed. Reports from Fairbault , Good
Hue , Meeker and Mower coun
ties in Minnesota all indicate serious need
of rain. The present prospect in Meeker
county is for not not to exceed one-half an
average crop. In Dann , Barrow , Monroe
and Sank counties in Wisconsin , the fields
are dry and parched , and all grains are
looking badly. Reports from Iowa , par
ticularly from Adair , Cherokee , Mahttska ,
Pottawattamie , Winneshiek and Norinnn ,
indicate many of the advanced fields of
grain already have signs of turning yellow
and are badly in need of moisture. In
Otoe and Platte counties in Nebraska the
wheat crop will bo 25 per cent below an
average , while reports of serious drouth
come from Douglas , Hamilton and Webster
counties. Good rains would insure n full
average yield in the larger portion of the
entire spring wheat belt , but without them
and a continuance of the present hot and
dry weather , would undoubtedly prove
fatal to the outlook for the entire crop , as
the situation has already become critical.
Reports of damage come from portions of
Iowa , Illinois. Indiana , Ohio , Kansas and
Michigan , but none indicate any general in-
jury is to result to either the winter or
sprii/g wheat crops , and that it is to be
confined , in the main , to isolated localities ,
The section most seriously threatened is
southern Illinois , where the early prospects
of large crop yields have been lessened very
: onsiderably from ravages of chinch bugs ,
Grasshoppers are reported in harge mini1
icrs in Hamilton county. Indiana , Fayette
and Logan counties , Ohio , and in Wapello
county. Iowa. Reports from Indiana inditl
cate that the yield of winter wheat will fall
slightly below the average. In some of the
countips wheat has gone back during the
ast three or four weeks. In Gibson conntl
ty the fields do not promise as much by
'ive bushels as one month ago , owing to c
jry weather and rust. InLa Grnngewheat n
ivhich promised twenty bushels to the acre
will not produce to exceed five. The genT
oral prospects in Ohio continue good , and
the state has promise of a full average vield.
In Kansas and Michigan the prospect has
: iot changed. Official reports indicating o
hat Kansas will not produce to exceed an
eleven million bushel yield , only confirm
he reports of widespread injury inflicted L
on the crops early in the season. Harvestn
ing is progressing in Missouri , Kentucky re
and Tennessee , and the general tenor of the si
reports continues very favorable.
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A S3IALL PROSPECT FOR SUCCESS.
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Tito Sioux Reservation Sill Not Likely to Get Bt
Through Congress. la
Washington special : Senator Uawcs Is sc
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nowadays spending much of his time at the ai
house end of the capital endeavoring to ,
gain strength for the Big Sioux reservation P
bill. The aggravating delay caused by the hi
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cheap debate on the oleomargarine bill and P
the concentrating pressure nowadays of til
the various appropriation bills , has re K.Ib
duced the chances of getting at the Sioux a
bill to the minimum. At no time in the er
session has there been so small prospect tliSI
for the success of the measure as now. It SI
seems to be pretty well decided that con
gress will adjourn by the middle of July ,
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and with the amount of work on the cal
endar at present it is not likely that moie th
than a dozen general bills , outside of the
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appropriation bills , can be brought up for
consideration. Both the senate and
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the house are putting through as St
rapidly as possible nn immense num of
ber of small bills for pension in
claims and similar objects that
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have been thoroughly discussed by the
various committees and require no con
sideration in ceneral debate. The repre pa
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sentatives of the Milwaukee and St. Paul
and Chicago and Northwestern railroads ,
who are interested in securing proper ter CO :
minal facilities on the west side of the Mis Foi
souri river , are still here and will remain
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until the end of the session to be ready in
case the bill should be brought up. Mr. > y
Dawes said to day : "I have not given up Tl
hope that the bill will be taken up and am lai
doing all that is in my power to secure for th.
it a sufficient number of members to give it la
at least one day's debate. If we can get Tli
that much we can pass the bill. The great na
difficulty that lies in our way is the fact br
that ! it is loaded down with a large ati
number of amendments to which jec
there is more or less objection. But off
for the amendments the safety of the ofva >
bill would be beyond all question at this > va
time , and I told my friends so at the senate to
end two months ago. I told them then St
that they were burying the bill. I think its
that my prediction is coming true unless wa
by some extraordinary effort no can carry bei
the whole thing through. It is lamentable ye
that a measure of such great importance
as this should be in the condition in which
is to-day. " All has been done for the fro
bill that could be done by those having it re
charge. The Indian committee has given ate
its best consideration. Mr. Nelson , of
Minnesota , and Judge Gifford. of Dakota ,
have been untiring in their efforts for the '
bill , ns well as many others who are
friendly to it. The Nebraska delegation , Re
who inter Tli
represent a constituency largely
ested in the passage of the bill , have la wh
bored diligently in its interest. Th [
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ROAD AGENTS IN LUCK. O *
Helena ( Mont. ) special : A Drummond , to
Mont. , special to the Independent says the he
Drummond and Phillipsbnrgstage was held tig :
this morning eight miles north of Phil- of
lipsburg , and Wells. Fargo it Cc.'s treasure fra
box taken , but contained but § 61. The on
United States mail was not molested. The inc
robbers were concealed behind bushes and Th
suddenly presented shotguns and orderp'l tin
the driver to throw out the treasure nor , an
drive on and not look back , which he did. ab
The only passenger , a Chinaman , who of
looked back ami the th :
saw men pick up
the box. He said they were dressed like tit
Indians. Evidently robbers after gold dust toi
a stage trip before. A posse is in pur pr (
suit. eh :
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.SHOT ItY A IJKbl'KU.llW-
John Kelly , a respected citi/.en of pa
Ostraniler , Wis. , was shot fatally on the 90
IGth Sam Wilson charac br :
by , a desperate tit
, whom Kelly and other citizens visited , nd
and ordered to leave town. Wilson was at of
once arrested and jailed. There is great in thi
Jignation at Ostrander , and plans are on
toot by lumbermen to break jail and make coi
summary end of the murderer. ioi
TERY CLOSE TO DEATH'S DOOS.
Nineteen Girls Barely Escape From a JJurn-
ing 3Iattres3 Factory.
Payne , Peires & Melsies' mattress and
shoddy factory , corner of Buser and
Twenty-fourth streets , Chicago , was de
stroyed by fire on the 14th. The flames
spread with indescribable rapidity to all
portions of the factory. There were nine
teen girls on the second floor , who made a
desperate fight for lifeMany of them
dashed down the burning stairway into the
street , their garments blazing fiercely and
their hair scorched to the scalp. Katie
Hildebrand , who hurled herself from a win
dow , was picked up and placed in a patrol
wagon. She was bleeding from several cut §
on her face and one of her legs was broken.
Mrs. Vina Chilson a d Jennie O'Hare also
plunged headland to the ground and were
picked up unconscious. Both are seriously
but not fatally injured. An operative was
feeding raps into a separating machine. A
tooth in the machine struck a button and
a spark shot into the air and fell into the
midst of combustible material. The loss
is estimated at § 00,000.
LEGISLATIVE NEll'S AA'D NOTES.
A Record of Proceedings in Jlotli JiraneJtei
of the U. S. Congress.
SENATE , Juno 12. After the routine
morning business , Whitthorno addressed
the body in favor of Frye's bill to promote
the politieal progress and commercial pros
perity of the American nations. The army
appropriation bill was called up by Logan ,
and passed as reported from the senate
committee. The senate passed the bill
authorizing the removal of the Southern
Ute Indians , in Colorado , to the territory
of Utah. The Northern Pacific forfeiture
bill was then placed before the senate , and
the senate adjourned.
HOUSE , Juno 3 2. The house went into
committee of the whole on the legislative
appropriation bill. The civil service clause
being read , the chair stated the pending
question was the point of order riised by
Morrison , of Illinois , against the provision
looking 1 to a change of the rules of the com
mission. Morrison , in support of his point ,
said under the law the duty of adopting
regulations devolved on the commission
and president. The purpose of the pro
posed legislation was to impose certain
conditions which the law did not impose
and therefore was : i change of law in con
travention of the rules of the house.
The chairman delivered a careful deci
sion in which ho reviewed the pro
visions of the civil service law and scope of
the rule under which tin ; point of order was
raided , and finally Kiistvineil the point and
ruled the provision out of the bill. The
bill was then read without incident until
the clause relative to the life saving service
was reached , when Tatilbce , of Kentucky ,
called up the motion made by him last
night : to strike out the appropriation for
assistant general superintendent. Rejected.
The salaries of the assistant treasurers at
Boston , Chicago and Cincinnati were in
creased to § 5,000 on the respective mo
tions of Collins , o ! Massachusetts , Adams
of Illinois , and Butterworth of Ohio.
O'Neill , of Missouri , moved to increase tho
salary of the assistant treasurer a St.
Louis from § 4,000 to 4,500 and , no quo
rum voting , the committee rose and took a
recess until evening , when a number of pen
sion bills were pasbed.
SENATE , June 14. After routine business
the Northern Pacific forfeiture bill was
support of the proposition to forfeit all
lauds not earned within the time pre
scribed by congress. Mitchell offered an
amendment to exclude from forfeiture the
lands coterminous with the completed por
tion of the Cascade branch. If the com
pany could not complete the Cascade
branch , the farmers anil producers of the
Pacific ; northwest would have to remain at
the merry of the Oregon Railway and Navi
gation company. In the course of the de
bate Plumb offered a resolution , which was
agreed to , calling on the postmaster gen
eral for information as to the expense of
the inland water routes of the United
States and the amount of mail trans-
ported the : , . .
House. Juno 14. Cobb. of Indiana
called up the report of. the committee on
public lands , recommending concurrence in s
the senate amendments to the Atlantic
and Pacific land forfeiture bill. McRae , of
Arkansas , vigorously opposed the senate
imendnients ; contending that notwith
standing ; the title of the bill , the adoption
the amendments would convert the bill
into a confirmatory act. The report of the
ommittee was then agreed to and the
imendmeats concurred in. A bill was
passed prohibitingbookmaking of all kinds
uid pool selling in theDistrict of Columbia.
SENATE , June 15. The senate resumed
onsideration of the Northern Pacific
orfeiture bill , George making a legal
t. The amendment introduced
Va > f Wyck was" then brought to a vote.
The amendment declares forfeiture of the
amis coterminous with that portion of
he . Cascade branch not completed at the
lat tf the passage of the pending b'll.
Che amendment was agived to yeas 24.
uiyp IS. Eustice then formally submitted
amendment providing for the confirm-
ition of the title of actual settltrs Re-
ected yeas 12 , nays 32. Van Wyck
iffered an amendment repealing the clause
the granting act which made the right or
ray exempt from taxation in the terri-
ories. : He said that , under all circnm-
tances , he thought the road should bear
share of the taxation. The amendment
i-as agreed to yeas 20 , nays 20. The bill [
leing lirought to a vote , it was passed
eas ; 42 , nays 1. Blair.
HOUSE , Juno 15. Fredericks , of Iowa
rom the committee on invalid pensions ,
- back with amendments thesen-
epoi-ted ] , , -
bill for the relict of soldiers of the late
rar honorably discharged after three ol
uonths serv'ce. and who are disabled and
Icpendent on their own labor for support , di
eferred to the committee of the whole.
Che house then went into committee of the
diole on tht legislative appropriation bill ,
"lie pending amendment was that offered
O'Neill , of Missouri , restoring the sala-
of the assistant treasurer at St. Louis
§ 4,700 , the amount appropriated by in
bill being § 4,000. Agreed to. Laird
noved to strikeout the clause appropiiat-
; § 10,000 to pay inspectors and clerks
the general land office to investigate
raiidulent land entiiea. He critiriied the
irder of Commisioner Sparks suspend-
; final action on land entries. on
he commissioner impeached the tes-
imony of 40,000 honest claim-
.nts on the say-so of hirelings , who went
.bout the country to blackmail the title *
honest people. The commissioner said
hat in his opinion 90 per cent of the land
itles in Kansas , Nebraska and tho terri-
ories were fraudulent. Since when had the
resumption of law been reversed by a ol
hange of administration ? Since wlien had old
been in consonance with the American d :
lolicy to put in a lot of hirelings to sit in a us
lalace car and drink whisky and say that usV
per cent of the men holding titles in Ne- U
iraska and Kansas wereholding fraudulent
fo
itles ? There was no necessity for the hue
cry for the impeachmentof 90 per cent tlb
the titles of the west and he hoped that be
house would administer a merited re- the
luke to the officers by striking out the tliwi
laragraph. The motion was rejected. The wiRi
Ri
ommittee then rose and the house ad-
ourned. yet
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SENATE , June 1C. Tho senate took up
tho house * bill providing for the repeal of
timber culture and desert
the pre-emption ,
land acts. Wilson , of Iowa , obtained leave ,
pending the regular order , to address the
ecnate on the bill making the rate of post-
a"o on fourth-class matter two cents per
ounce. Wilson gave way. however , for the
consideration of the invalid pension appro
priation bill , which was reported by Logan
and at once passed by the senate as re
ported from the senate committee on ap
propriations. The military academy ap
propriation bill was then taken up and
passed. The hcnate then proceeded to the
consideration of the house bill repealing
tho pre-emption , timber culture and desert
land acts. The senate committee on pub
lic lands have amended the house bill by
Biibstitutins the provisions of lie senate
bill. Blair offered nn amendment provid
ing , in effect , as todesert lands , that on
the expenditure of § 300 for improvements ,
the government should part with the title ,
and that none of tho lands should be held
in larger bodies than G40 acres in single-
owneiHhip. Plumb did not think that
there had been such gross frauds ns. had
been generr.liy supposed with regard to the
desert lands , or any other form of public
lands. After further debate the senate
adjourned without action on the bill or
pending amendment.
HOUSE , Juno 1C. Morrison , from the
committee on ways and means , reported
adversely the resolutions by Grosvenor , of
Ohio , declaring in favor of tho restoration
of the wool tariff of 18G7 , expressing the
sense of congress adverse to any change of
the present wool tariff , and they were laid
upon the table. The hou-se then went into
committee of the whole on the legislative
appropriation bill. The salary of the com
missioner of patents was fixed at § 4,000-
iiifitead of § 5,000 , as recommended by tho
bill. Cannon , of Illinois , offered an amend
ment , which , after a short debate , was
agreed to , increasing appropriatio s for the
bureau of labor in the aggregate , § 39.010 ,
so as to make the appropriations equal to
the estimates of thecommissioncr of labor.
Cabell offered an amendment , which was-
agreed to , reducing from § 2,500,000 to
§ 1,900,000 the appropriation for salaries
and expenses of agents , surveyors , gangers
and storekeepers in the bureau of internal
revenue. The committee then rose and re
ported the bill to the house.
SENATE , June 17. Among measures pass
ed were the following : A bill to secure to
herokee freemen their proportion of cer
tain proceeds of lands under the act ol
March 3 , 1883. A bill authorizing the
secretary of war to repair tho barracks at
Forts Robinson and Niobrara , Nebraska ,
and those at Fort Russell , Wyoming terri
tory. A bill to pay representatives of the
government of Great Britain § 15.300 to
enable that government to indemnify tho
wners of the British bark "Chance" for
abandoning their whaling voyage in the
Arctic ocean in 1871 , and rescuing ninet3'-
three American seamen from shipwreck in
the ice. A bill to provide for one addi
tional assistant adjutant general with
rank of major of cavalry. A bill aiitlior-
"zing the postmaster general to pay rent
or buildings leased as postoihces. "A bill
u-oviding for the appointment of an addi-
ionnl assistant secretary of the treasury ,
o hold office for one year from the passage
of the bill. A bill providing for an ins-pec-
ion of meats for exportation , and prolu-
"ting the importation of adulterated arti-
: les of food or drink. A bill authorizing
he secretary of the interior to extend the
time for payment of purchase money on
the sale of the reservation of the Otdc'nnii
Miscnrari tribes of Indians of Kansas. A
bill classifying registers and receivers of
land offices , and fixing salaries for them
according to such classification in lieu ol
fees. A bill to promote the politic.il pro
gress and commercial prosperity of Amri-
can nations.
HOUSE , June 17. Promptly at 1:30 p. m.
Mr. Morrison moved that the house go into
committee of the whole to consider revenue
bills. In answer to Mr. McKinley , h
stated that his nnruose was to consider
the general tariff bill. Thereupon Mr. Mc
Kinley said that lie concurred with Mr.
Morrison in his demand for the yeas and
nays , and the speaker ordered the clerk to
call the roll. The motion to go into com
mittee of the whole on the tariff bill waa
defeated yeas 140. nays 157. Mr. Morri
son gave notice that he would renew his
motion Tuesday next , and Mr. McKinley
stated the opponents of the bill would be
on hand. At 2 o'clock , on motion of Mr.
Herbert , the house went into committee of
the whole on the naval appropriation bill.
Mr. Hepburn made a speech in reply to
that made by Mr. Wheeler relative to Ed
win M. Stantoii , and then the committee
rose and the house adjourned.
SENATE , June IS. A resolution offered
by Sawyer was agreed to calling on the
secretao * of the treasury to furnish the
senate information as to claims for the ad
justment of postmasters' salaries not here
tofore reported. Vance's bill to repeal tho
civil service law was , on motion of Ifawley ,
indefinitely postponed yens 33 , nays G.
The senators vo'ing in the negative were
Bray , Call , KustiM , Harris , Jones , of Ne
vada , and Vance. Among bills passed
were : The house bill reducing from eight
cents to five cents the fee ou domestic
money orders for sums not exceeding five
dollars. The bill to provide for the sale of
the site of Fort Omaha , Nebraska : the sale .
or removal of improvements thereof , and
fora new site and construction of suitable
buildings thorcon. The bill authorizing the
freo transmission of weather reports
through the mails. The hill to increase tho
efficiency of the army of the United States.
This is Logan'.s amended bill. The origi
nal hill provided for an increase of the
nrmy and this pro vision gave rise to a pro
tracted debate in the senate some weeks
ago. In it.s new form that feature of the
original bill has been omitted from the
amended bill. ]
June 18. Anderson , of Kansas ,
offeicd a resolution providing for the final
adjournment of congress at noon , on Satur
day , . .Tulj3. . Referred to thecommittee on
ways and means. Belmont , from the com
mittee on foreign affairs , reported back the
consular and diplomaticappropriation bill
with a recommendation that certain of the
senate amend men ts thereto be concurred
, and others non-concurred in. Agreed
to. O'Neill , of Missouri , from thecdmmit-
tee on labor , reported the bill granting
leaves to employes in the United States
navy yards. Placed on the house calendar.
Also the bill to amend the act prohibiting
the importation of contract labor. Placed
the house calendar. The private busi
ness having been dispensed with , the house
went into committee of the whole on tho
naval appropriation bill , consideration of
the measure occupying time until the hour
ofa-tljournnient.
sci I\TTSTS COMING WEST.
A scientific-expedition under thediroction
Prof. Scott leave * Princeton in a few
clays for the west , the main objei-t of the
expedition being to makea
a geolog t-nl sur
vey of the Uintah inount.iind. in western
Utah and Wyoming , and also to collect
fossils in those part.und petnficiitions for
the college museum. Part of the time will
occupied with work in the noilh base of
mountains. About August 1 , the party
will cross the mountains ta the White
River Ute reservation district
, which is as
comparatively unexplored.