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OVEE TBE STATE.
ABOLISHMENT OF DISCRIMINATION.
The Hon. John A. McShano and the Hon ,
Wh. A. Paxton , who went to Chicago hut
week on a committee from tho Stock Ship
pern Association of Nebraska , for the pur
pose of protesting with the Iowa railroads
against the discrimination in rated between
Omaha and Kansas City , have returned
; borne. The point is made that from Omaha
| the railroads charge to Chicago $70 a car
I load and from Kansas City 575 , and the
distance being practically tho same , and
both points beinjj served by nearly the
same system of ro is , there is no reason
I why the difference should bo made of $5 a
J car-ioad as between the two cities. Iu
' • Justification , however , of this discrimina-
i tion the roads to Omalia claim that they
j bad to make the $70 rate in order to pro *
' tect their local traffic and without any
{ reference to the Omaha shipper * . Another
* > argument used by the roads has been that
i no live stock shipments originate at Omaha ,
1 or , at least , not enough to be taken into
* consideration , therefore the question of the
* rate from Omaha to Chicago does not fig
ure except as it becomes a portion of the
I through rate from point of origin. To bun-
! efit the Omaha market the railroads have
> | a practice in regard to live stock shipments
| I whereby Omaha has the first chance at
j | i them. This is done by allowing , or rather
' I by the roads having agreed among them-
* , selves to allow , stop-over privileges at the
i Omaha stock yards for all live stock en
route. For example , a shipment from
Cheyenne , on the Union Pacific , lloldrege
on the Burlington & Missouri , or Valen-
i tino on the Chicago & Northwestern , is
I billed turough from either of those points
' ? to Chicago , the point of ultimate destina-
: tion. When reaching Omaha the cattle
K are unloaded at the Omalia yards , where
Hj the dealers may find buyers , but whether
B I or not utter a day or so the stock is ro
ll j loaded and sent on to Chicago on the
W i original bill of lading , each road taking
Hi out what it has brought iu. Before
H 4 the new law went into effect the local rate
B I from Omaha or Council Bluffs to Chicago
I I was 40 per cent higher than the proportion
B S f of the through rate , and there was a con-
I j c stant dispute among the Iowa lines , as the
Hit Burlington it Missouri and tho Chicago &
H 1 I Northwestern not only claimed the right to
18 ship out of Chicago tiie same amount they
I j ship | > ed in , but also insisted on participat-
H I ing in and taking a share of the live stock
H | brought to Omaha on the Union Pacific.
H ] j Under the new law the sum of the locals is
H the through rate , and all lines are on an
H equality. Both Mr. McShane and Mr. Pux-
H ton said yesterday that they succeeded in
H seeing the representatives of all roads run
H * uing from Chicago to Omaha , and put the
H , matter before them in its true light. They
H readily and unanimously agreed that Oma-
H _ ba should have the same rates enjoyed by
H t Kansas City and promised faithfully that
II a new tariff should bo made just as quickly
H if as it can be gotten out. Omaha Repuhli-
H ft can.
I j \ TIIE GKASSES OFXEISKASIC1.
{ . In order to collect data forareportupon •
H the grasses and forage plants of Nebraska ,
B to be published in the annual volume of
I the State Agricultural society , I ask the co-
H operation of fanners , utockgrowers and
H others who are interested iu the agricultu-
rat development of our state. Informa-
H tion is desired upon the following points ,
1. What wild grasses furnish the greater
| part < f the pasture iu your neighborhood ?
I 1 2. What wild grumes , in your opinion ,
B furuixh the best grasses iu your neighbor-
B hood ?
B . o. What wild grasses furnish the greater
B | IKirt of hay in yuur neighborhood ?
B 4. What wild grasses furnish the best hay
B ia your neighborhood ?
B 5. Whatcultivatedgrasses ( tamegrasses )
B an ? gruwn , and with wliat success ?
I . G. T what extent is red clo/er grown iu
I . v < Mir neighborhood , and with what success ?
If Ih order that there may be i.o misunder-
I statMliag as to the kind of grasses referred
I I to in replying to the foregoing questions ,
1 samples of each are desired for exnmina-
Bf tKHt. The following directions should be
Bf can-fully observe * ! :
II ' 1. They should bo collected in flower or ,
mi I seed. '
f f 2Each sample should contain not less
If than half a dozen full plants , root and all , j
IjK of course freeing the roots from dirt.
He 3. Tie a string around each sample , and '
Hj attach a. tug with the number oT the Bam-
He pie. and your address written upon it. ]
He 4. Number your samples from one (1) ( )
Hk upward.
Hj 5. Wrap the samples , one or any num-
H | ber. iu a newspaper and send to me by '
HI mail. t
HJ G. If only the sample numbers and your {
Bjr address are written iu your packages , the j
HI postage is one cent for each ounce. ,
Bk T. As you send samples , send ulso a let-
HJ ter er postal curt ! replying to the inquiries
RJ above , or giving your observations upon ]
Hj each grass , stating whether it has any
K value , whether it is eaten by stock , upon '
Hj j what soils and situations itgrows , whether r
BE I it is abundant , etc. , etc. r
E | I IiytHL retain duplicate samples , similr
t I arly UMmbered , I will be glad to corn muni- j.
I cat * to you the names of all your speci-
H 1 eJ- j1
H f Specimens of other plants which are of '
B I terest will be examined and the names t
J 1 comniiinicatetl , where desired.
H i Posture paid on packages , etc. , will be .
J % ndutHled when desired. Address , "
B Cu.uu.es E. Bessey , n
J J Botoaist to the State Agricultural Society.
B I HXSCE1A\jLSEOUS STATE JLITXEKS. ,
B S Tmk ease < f Qaian Bohanan will come up
Be i tbe UnUeil States court next October.
B 1 A CAiit f the Modern Woodmen of Amer-
B I La mas bMi organized iu Falls City. '
I Fxlls Crrv will get $3,000 Trom the '
I s eate as this year , as against $3,000 last
I 1 seasoa >
1 m Thekk's a kick among Beatrice shippers
1 of corn. They desire to know why a rate
[ 1 of 14 eents per hundred pounds is charged r
I over tfee U. P. to Kansaa City , and 20 c
I cents for a Kke amount over the B. & 31. (
I to the same point. i
[ The hard ware store of A. K. Walla. North a
: Bead , was en ter * 4 by burglars the other t
. As Mr. W.had deposited his receipts h
in tfce bank late in the afternoon , there was v
only a. smaH amount of change left remaint
iag in the till ; perhaps not more than $10. h
NThia the thieves procured with about $100 r
worth of pocket knives , pistols and table a
cutlery. a
W. IfMead had a fine yearling colt in- s :
instantly killed on his farm , ia Saunders h
county. A neighbor's dog chased the colt $
and it ran into a barb Hire fence , cutting l <
its neck from the points of the shoulders tl
clear to the vertebrae of the neck , killing it
InigWt. . The barbs did their work as ef-1 pi
'ectualiy as the sharpest knife would bavt I se
done. J ye
I
Belva Lockwood is lecturing on "Social
and Political Life in Washington , " through
out the state.
Ex-Mayou Botd , of Omaha , has sold hie
packing house to J. D. Her for $75,000.
Boyd still rotaina his opera house.
William Wilder , indicted for breaking
ing into thepostoffice at Pickcrell and steal
ing a letter containing $4 , pleaded guilty
before tho United States district court. He
has not yot bean sentenced.
Tuu Albion branch of tho Chi en go A
Northwestern is now completed to Albion.
It is stated on good authority that Vice-
President Callaway will entirely never his
connection with the Union Pncific May 31.
Mr. Callaway resigned from the road Borne
weeks ago , hut the resignation was not ac
cepted. Tho action was sa d at tho time
to be due to Home differences between him-
elf and President Adams.
JtJDon Ficazer of Dakota City , claims to
be the champion tree planter or the county ,
hnving on Arbor day finished planting 5- ,
332 trees , consisting of box elder , maples ,
catalpa and red cedar.
1 HEiiE is a scheme on foot at Superior
to organize a stock company with a capital
of $5,000 and Htart a creamery.
Wm. IIoTTSCHNEiDEit , an Iowan , Buicided
in Omaha last week by cutting his throat
with a razor. Tho cause of tho act was
troubles of a family character.
The Traveling Men's association of Lin
coln , has disbanded.
Lincoln is to bo treated to a fifty-hour
heel-and-too walking match , beginning on
tho 10th of May , iu the Metropolitan rink.
The prizes offered are $75 , $30 , $25 and
$15 , and the contest is open to all comers.
Celebrities like Daniel O'Lenry , Leo Stock
ton , Gins. Canst in and J. H. Hongland
have already entered.
Mits. Azuiia Douglas , of Omaha , reached
her 101st year on the 8th. A newspaper
reporter who called upon her at the time ,
found her holding a levee with several lady
friends in nearly as active a manner as if
she were only fifty. Sho is remarkably
well-preserved for her wonderful age , with
the exception of her eyesight , which has
almost entirely failed her. Her health is
good , her voice as clear as a maiden's and
her memory has retained really miraculous
powers , going back to the dawn of the cen
tury when she was a girl of fourteen , and
gathering up oveuts and occurrences of
that far-distant day as readily as the mid
dle-aged of the present can recount hap
penings of a decade ago.
The Commercial Protective association
of Sterling has filed articles of incorpora
tion at the state cnpitol. Tho organiza
tion has a capitol stock of $25,000 , and
its object is to give information concerning
the standing of patrons of business firms ,
and to assist in the punishment of "dead
beatB. "
The new pork packing , stock yards and
belt railway project has now been fully or
ganized at Fremont.
The Missouri river will bo bridged at
Sioux City. It is proposed to issue bonds
to the extent of $300,000.
Omaha hns developed a mind reader.
The barn of H. P. Miller , De Soto , was
destroyed by fire.
The Blair Itepublican presents a report
ir the schools of that city , which shows an
mcouraging state of affairs.
The G. A. R. of Beatrice will join with
die citizens in observing memorial day.
The manager of the Omaha baso ball
: eam has resigned.
In the U. S. district court last week Louis
) . Taj'lor , indicted for passing counterfeit
noney and having it in his possession with
ntent to pass , was tried by a jury. He
raB acquitted of passing the bad money ,
lut convicted of having i'iin his possession ,
le was sentenced to imprisonment in jail [
wo months , to date from May 4 , and will
ie released on the morningof Independence
lay , July 4.
TnE Fremont Tribune refuses to give"the
ioom" a rest. It says it proposes to ham-
ler away until every mossback in the city
; awake.
Faiimzks of Burt county are arranging
> r ditching a large body of land heretofore
ntillable.
The Omaha City Water Works Company
as increased the stock from $ S00,000 to
1,600,000.
A family by the name of Wholfiel , livins
i Fmerick precinct , Madison county , lost
leir house and all its contents hy prairie
re. Mr. "W. was away at the time , and
is wife , who was sick , barely escaped with
10 night clothing she had on.
A sound old drunk was witnessed in
odge count3" the other day. Three men
rocured a keg of beer , with a faucet in it ,
nd placing the keg on the ends of the rail-
> ad tics drew out and drunk enough of
> ntents to make them perfectly oblivious
> everything. They were seen all lying in
row with their faces upward and the sun
sating down upon them , like so mank
ind men.
Burrlaks ransacked a number of houses
Hebron last week. Some jewelry and
oney was secured.
Thayer county , with a population of ,
iout 12,000 , has but four paupsrs in the
> or house.
Lincoln has voted $100,000 for paving. !
[ uch of the work will be pone this year.
Geneva presents good openings , it is said , ,
> r a creamery , starch factory , flouring r
( ill , etc. q
TnE electric light has been resumed at t
eatrice , after the city had been without y
months.
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The Louisville Observer snys that what d
light have been a moredisastrous episode n
rcurred at W. B. Shryock's placelast Fria
iv noon. Little Lillian , the 3-3'ear-old h
iiughter of 3rr. S. , secured some matches fi
id Bet some shavings on fire near by , as c
ie wind was blowing at a high gale the "
lrn was soon on fire and little Lillian ' • >
ent into the burning barn and had it not
: en for her little brother , Bert , would * '
ive doubtless perished in the flames. He o
ished iu and rescued her ; also carried out
nest of young kittens that were inside , ti
id some young chickens. Beforo help was fc
mmoned the flames were' under such
ndwny that nothing could be done. A 0
10 bicycle , two barrels of hard coal , a $ (
t of sot coal , wood , etc. , were burned to
e amount of $150. r
The Presbyterians of York have adopted
ins for a church to cost $10,000. It will
it 600 persona and w.ill be built thie [ t
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Grand Mabtek WonicMAM Powdebli
was given a grand reception in Omaha.
On account of a 8trike by tho Omabi
painters and paper-hangers , there is now i
demand for good workmen who can ob
tain from $2.50 to $4.00 per day , nc
cording to qualification.
Gov. Thayer has appointed as polici
commissioners of Omaha L < M. Bennett ,
Howard B. Smith , George I. Gilbert and
Chris Hartmnn. Two are republicans ant
two are democrats. Tho governor's selec
tions givo very general satisfaction.
The report of the court of inquiry int <
tho case or United StatesPaymaster Bash
who was robbed of $7,200 , has been re
ceived at army headquarters in Omaha. II
has not yet been made public. It is learned
however , that Major Bash was held respon
sible for tho Ions , and that ho will bo madi
to refund to tho United States the $7,200
An Iowa man went to Omaha to take ir
I ho sights. Ho hired a hackmau to hau
him around for five or six hours and then
refused to pay for the fun. He was arrest
ed and jailed.
TiiElittlo boy of John Shore , of BurE
county , was badly bitten by a dog last
week.
Amanda Baker has commenced a suit in
the district court at Omaha against Dr.
Edward E. Womersley , charging him with
malpractice * She states that on the 20th
of May , 188G , she sustained a fall by which
her left arm was fractured. Dr. Womers
ley was called in , and set tho arm. Sho
now claims that it was done in such a man
ner as to bring tho elbow on tho top of tho
arm , instead of in its proper place. She
says it continually causes her pain , and
has unfitted her properly supporting a fam
ily. She asks for damages to tho amount
of $10,000.
Farmers living several miles northwest
of Nebraska City report tho loss oT several
valuable horses which were stolen several
nights ago. Word also comes from western
Otoe that at least six horses were stolen in
that neighborhood within the past ten
days. Sheriff McColluiu is in receipt al
most every day of information of horses
stolen throughout Pawnee , Richardson ,
Nemaha , Lancaster and Oloecounties , and
in Kansas and Missouri. Otoe farmers are
becoming desperate , and talk of mystcii-
oub vigilantes is often heard. Should any
of the gang fall into their hands a speedy
fate is promised them.
The real estate transfers in Fremont so
far this year amount in round figures to
$600,000.
Gas Koehler , living near Grand Island ,
has this season set out 15,000 trees , and
more of the samo sort of work is yet to be
accomplished.
The A. O. U. W. in session at Lincoln
elected-tho following : Grand recorder , H.
M. Waring ; grand receiver , W. R. McAllis
ter ; grand guide , W. I. Boulware ; grand
watchman , S. S. Kauffman ; trustees , J. L.
Miller , J. S. Johnson ; representatives to
the supremo lodge , H. W. Cole , J. G. Tate ,
James'W. Carr. Tho next meeting of the
urand lodge of Nebraska will bo held at
Hastings thesecond Tuesday iuMay.lSSO.
The following dispatch was sent from
Lincoln by President Fitzgerald , of the
[ rish National League , to John J. Delany ,
president of tho municipal council of that
body in New York : "If newspaper reports
af the treatment accorded William O'Biien
by tho captain of the Umbria be correct
lome immediate steps should be taken by
: he Irishmen of New York to publicly de-
lounce the outrageous conduct alleged to
mve been displayed by this servant of the
Junard company toward tho honored rep
resentative of the Irish people. "
The saloons of Creighton havo all closed
jp.
jp.The
The question of establishing a creamery
it Auburn is about settled. Nearly all of
he necessary money has been subscribed ,
nd the contracts will probably be execu-
ed in a few days.
The appraisers of school land in Wheelor
'ounty ' have at last been sent their war-
ants , amounting to § 177.90 for work
lone a year ago.
At the closing exercises of the grand
odge , A. 0. U. W. at Lincoln , a handsome
old workman's badge , set with three dia-
nonds , was presented to Grand Master
Vorkman J. G. Tate.
The Lancaster county institute will con-
ene July 18 , and remain in session two
reeks.
The post master of Omaha says that
itjneeds a new postoffice building and
lore clerks. Business is much delayed for
ick of help and room.
Work will commence at once in the con
traction of three miles of cable line at
iincoln.
The creamery at Wayne is ready to
onimenco operations.
Charles M. Conoyer , of Omaha , by his
ext friend , Charles M. Conoyer , has instf-
uted a damage suit of $25,000 against
lie Union Pacific.
The Patrick farm of 615 acres , near
niaha , was sold last week for $615,000 .
j Kansas City parties.
A Lincoln special says : The live stock
mitary commission will hold a meeting
onday next to revise the quarantine ,
lies governing tho importation of stock (
to ahis state. Some correspondence has 1
.ken place between the Colorado board
id that of Nebraska. Major Binney ;
) tified the Colorado board that if they '
irsisted in quarantining against the !
maha stock yards they might be forced '
i quarantine against the Denver stock \
irds and a letter from Charles G. Lamb , ,
ate veterinary-surgeon of Colorado , un- |
x date of May 9 , says he thinks thequar- \
itine against Omaha will soon be raised 1
id desires that everything bo satisfactory <
tween Nebraska and Colorado. A letter (
jm Dr. Conrad , of Crete , to the sanitary " ]
mmission notifies them that a young
nn living north of there is dying with the /
mders.
rno.MASJ. # Potter , first vice president of
b Union Pacific , took charge of his work j
tho 16th.
Che citizens of Custer county are pe-
ioning for a division of the county into r
ir parts. ?
Che citizens of Wayne are enthusiastic
er tho proposed railroad between Yankv
land Omaha. L
The Nebraska City artesian well has c
ached a depth of 325 feet. c
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t is rumored that the Russians are collectc
• near the Afghan frontier preparatory to f
advnuce. t
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mt. O'mtlEX J.V CAXAVA.
He Fires the Irhh Heart in Oppoittton U
the IVmni/M of Irrlaiul.
Montreal , May 11. William O'Brien ,
editor of United Ireland , arrived here this
morning. His journey was without inct
dent. At St. Johns , Quebec , a deputation
from tho Montreal National League boarded
the train. An immense crowd was prcseni
on the arrival of the train in this city , whe
cheered lustily as O'Brien stepped on th <
platform. An address of welcome was
read by tho president of tho Nntiona
League oi Montreal. O'Brien , in rcplv
thank ed his fellow countrymen for theii
hearty reception , and predicted from thi ;
auspicious beginning success to his mission ,
Ho then went on to say : "I camo not U
offer offense to any section or class of Cana
dian people. Quite the contrary. I came
not to meddle with Canadian affairs , nor tc
deal with the career of Lord Lausdowne , as
Governor General , but as the exterminate
of five hundred human beings. [ Groans. ]
This being a free country , we cannot expeel
everybody to ncrec with us , but I believt
• we have such strength , justice and truth on
our side that when all have heard oui
story , all will be convinced , and that the
Canadian people will stretch out their
hands and save the lives and property of
those five hundred poor tenants of Lugga-
curran , for both are at this moment at your
mercy , and in your hands. " There was a
tremendous rush to shake hands with
O'Brien at the conclusion of his speech.
His first campaign speech will bo made
this evening.
THE EVEXINO MEETING.
Montreal , May 11. From the complete
success in every way attending the meeting
this evening , at which Editor "William
O'Brien , of United Ireland , delivered his
address against Lord Lansdown , most of
the rumors have been discredited regarding
anything in the nature of disturbance , so
far , at all events , as this city is concerned.
The meeting was held under the auspices
of the local branch of the Irish National
League. The hall , which is capable of ac
commodating 2,000 people , was filled by an
enthusiastic audience , amongst whom was
a large representation of French Canadians.
During several stages of the address Lord
Lansdowne's name was hissed.
O'Brien's appearance on the platform
was the signal for an outburst of cheers ,
which lasted several minutes. O'Brien
said : "My first dnty is to thank
the people of Montreal , and from the bot
tom of my heart I do , for the extraordinary
kindness I have received since I entered
their beautiful city , both from those who
agree with me , and from'those who perhans
differ from me. I desire at the outset to
tackle the question why I have come to
Canada to ask a hearing , and to ask your
sympathy. I will tell you in one word
because the homes of the poor people of
Luggacurra , far away in Ireland , are deso
late to-night , and because the.man who is
RESPONSIBLE FOR IT
is here , in the highest post of honor in thi3
great free land. I am only a stranger and
Lord Lansdowne is a very great , rich lord ,
but judging by a feeling I havo experi
enced in Montreal , today , I don't think I
need apologize for coming here in our hour
of need to claim your sympathy and assist
ance to save the suffering tenantry of Ire
land from extermination and an extermina
tion by money and the Canadian Governor
General.
It is no plrasure to us to worry
you with our grievances but where
else are we to turn. "When Lord
Lansdowne sends soldiers , and armed
police to dispossess every tenant in
Luggacurran and to fling the old men and
little children out by the ditches ? Our
2nemies are not content with disarming us
in a physical sense. The Tory govern
ment ave passing a coercion bill through
Parliament at this very moment to disarm
is even of our organization to break down
ihe only protection the tenantry of Ireland
lave left ; to place us
. ON A PLANK BED
f we attempt to appeal to public opinion
igainst such cruel deeds a ? Lord Lans-
lowne's. The whole country may he-
wept clean and plunged into wretchedness
, nd sorrow , but it will be a crime for us to
rganizefor public meeting or to write an
rticlo in a newspaper denouncing it.
Vhere then are we to turnif not
0 the public opinion of kindred
ands ? Or is it to be a crime also foi
ls to appeal to you , our countrymen and
nr kindred. You can save the tenantry of
juggacurran , and you alone am save them
rom the fate that overtook , perhaps the :
others of many a man listening tome , j
ung ago in the great clearances when land-
irds had it all their own way in Ireland. '
f we come to Canada and asked you to ho- <
riend us and to save our people , it is j
ecause this is not the first time that r
'anada ' lias stood between the Irish people
,
nd their oppressors. Our great leader ,
'arnell , has said he never again would [
eg the world for
ALUS FOR IRISH LANDLORDISM. t
f e are naw begging , not for alms , but to
aable us to uproot that whole system of
rish iondlordism. "We uo not come to ask i
ou for 20,000 pounds for charity any more ,
ut to ask you to consider what use Lord j
ansdowne is making of the 20,000 pounds
year which you give him , or which you '
liable him to get , and if that be put to : '
ad and inhuman u. e , we ask you to con- ;
ey your censure of Lord Lansdowne as J
ou have a right to do as the free citizens *
fa self-governing nation. The day you
Mid Lord Lansdowne home with the .
tamp of Canadian disaffection on his '
row , yon will enable us to laugh *
t coercion , strengthen the arms of Glad- *
: one to put an end to evictions for all time.c
'Brien then quoted from lengthy reports *
1 the Dublin Freeman's Journal of evie- |
on on Lord Lansdowne's estate , then lie *
escribed incidents attending some of the
rictions in which aged , infirm and sick
ere thrown out of their cabins helpless in
ie snow and rain. O'Brien closed with a '
owing picture of Ireland's gratitude to c
inada , and was cheered agam and again , i
Before leaving the hotel for a meeting , *
'Brien ' sent the following telegram to *
ayor Howland , of Toronto : *
"I perceive you have convened a meeting ol
lizsns of Toronto to demand an offcial prol
bitlonofmy meeting. If you will , in fair t
ay , procure me a hearing , I shall esteem it
privilege to attend your meeting , to explain )
e motives and objedt of my visit. " 1
After arriving at the hall , and before the *
jeting opened , O'Brien drew up the folc
wing resolution , which , after he had cone
tided his address , was passed amid an t
ltburst of cheering : , a
Resolved , That this meeting of citKzens oJ " * '
pntreal is of opinion that Lord Lansdowne's
ntemplated depopulation of the Lug-
curran estate , Is unjust , cruel and oppres- . .
-e , and deserves the condemnation of the
inadian people. 'r
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a HOMESTEAD CONTEST.
Tn Which Decision from Utah Authority Ha
Justi em Uendered.
Washington dispatch : Secretary Lama
to-day rendered a decision in tho homo
stond contest enso of John Kclloy vs Frci
Gramong , of tho Valentino lan'i district
which involves a principlo and determine ;
a question of great importance to all set
tiers on tho public domain. Tho caso nrosi
on an appeal taken by Granicng to tin
commissioner of tho general land ofllco Do
comber 15,1885 , and tho decision of Secro
tary Lamar comes in tho form of a com
municntion to tho commissioner , and is as
follows :
"It appears that the appellant on Sept ,
5,1885 , made homestead entry No. 2,0'JC
on tho southwest quartor of section 13 ,
town 32 , rango46 , Valentino.Neb. ; thaton
April 16 , 18S5 , Kelloy initiated a con
test against said entry , charging abandon
ment ; that a hearing was ordered , tho no
tice prescribing that , testimony bo taken
May 29 , 18S5 , bofore B. T. Tringle , United
States court commissioner , and requiring
appearance at the local ofIiceJuiio3.1885 ,
to respond and furnish testimony concern
ing tho alleged abandonment. Testimony
was taken beforo tho United States com
missioner on the date first named. No tes
timony was offered in behalf of tho con-
testee. " The record thus made was trans
mitted to tho local oliico , but action was
not thero taken until September 23. 1885 ,
when tho contest was dismissed , the follow
ing endorsement being made in pencil by
tho receiver ou tho back of tho affidavit or
tho contest : "Dismissud for tho reason
that tho contestant has furnished no evi
dence of posting notice on land. Thirty
days' time is given contestant to appeal. "
Underneath is its entry , apparently made
in a different hand , "Parties notified same
day. " - No appeal having been filed ,
the local office , bv letter of November
5 , 1885 , transmitted tho papers to
your office which , upon inspection
of tho record , found that there was no
evidence that notice of contest had been
posted on the land. Your otfiee , however ,
proceeded to examine the testimony iu tho
case , and concluded , as a result of said ex
amination , that the claimant had aban
doned the land and that his entry should
be cancelled. From that decision claim
ant is now lioro on appeal , averring that
ou the day set for trial ho mado a special
appearance and filed a motion to dismiss
for tho reason that contestant did not
submit proof that he complied with rule
14 : of practice in relation to posting notice
upon the tract. He also refers to the fact
of the contestant's failure to appeal from
tho action of the local office. I find among
the papers an application made by the
contestant December 10. 1885. under oath
and filed in jour oliico December 18 , 18S5 ,
three days after the decision appealed from
was tendered , setting forth that ho did
post the required notice on the tract about
thirty days pror to the hearing , but that
ne had neglected to set out that fact iu tho
tcstimoiiyjalso that he had no notice of the
dismissal of the content by the local office.
On thesCHtatemcntsheat tho time of mak
ing them asked a review of the testimony or
a new hearing. To this your office replied
by letter , dated January 7 , 1SS6 , to the
register and receiver , that as the entry had
been by letter of December 15 , 1885 , had
For cancellation for abandonment , consid
eration of said application for review and
rehearing was unnecessary. From tho fore
going it appears that the solo question
raised by the appeal under consideration
is that of jurisdiction to decide the case on
its merits , under the charge of abandon
ment , in the absence of evidence to com
plete tiie notice required by tho contestant
Lhat ho omitted to furnish evidence of the
printins of the notice of contest upon tho
and in controversy , though he states that
iie did as a matter of fact , post tho notice
is required by the rule. In my judgment
your office erred in passing upon the testi
mony taken pursuant to the order for a
learing , itnotappearingaffirmativelythat
; he local office erred in finding that there
the of the
was no evidence of posting
lotice of contest upon tho land. In
: his view of the question presented ,
your office was without jurisdiction to
lecide on tho testimony submitted , it not
ippenring from the record that due and
complete notice had been given. The ex
laitc affidavits filed since the decision by
: he local office and your office and without
lot ice to the contestee , to the effect that
is a matter of fact a copy of the notice of
; ontest was posted on theland.asrequired
> y the rules , cannot be accepted as com
peting the record so as now to give juris-
liction to pass upon the testimony. The
illcgations and facts in the case are such ,
lowever , as in my opinion to warrant a
: ompliance with tho contestant's request
hat a rehearing be granted. Your office's
lecision is modified accordingly and you
vill direct that a new hearing bo ordered ,
iaped upon the affidavit of contest now on
ile , after notice as required by practice
ipon the record thus made. The register
ind receiver will make their finding subject
o appeal as in other cases.
AXAMOItOVS ll'ltETCir.
SpRiNGriELD , 111. , May 12. Dr. Keyser ,
lemberof the House of Representatives
om Kankakee county , assaulted a man
araed Diehl last evening , in the lobby of
ie Palace hotel , for insulting his daughter
i the parlor of the hotel in the afternoon ,
lie young lady was playing the piano ,
hen Diehl came in and asked her to
> to his room with him. The terrified
) img lady ran to the room of Mrs. Bloch ,
ie wife of the proprietor , and told her •
hat had happened. At supper Diehl ,
so made immodest proposals to the dining ;
loni girls. After supper the masher j
as pointed out to the Doctor , who had (
the meantime heard what had ]
ippened. He rushed up to Diehl '
id dealt him several blows in tho
(
ce with his fist. Mr. Miller , of Woodford , t j
ined in by giving the coward a kick or - \
ro. The crowd grew greatly excited , and {
iehl narrowly escaped with his life. | i
'hen last seen he was running up an alley j 1
i the rear of the hotel. It is said Dr. ' 1
eyscr would have shot the man if some of -
ie byestanders had not interfered. Diehl
mie to the hotel Tuesday afternoon and
gistercd as "B. Diehl , Chicago. " Who \
: is and what his business is no one l
'
aows.
A SEXSATIOX IX MEXICO. I
City of Mexico , May 11. The first in
illigencc of the shooting of Mexican armj \
ficers , on account of the Nagales affair. * r
ached the public at the Capital to-day ,
id caused a sensation. Nothing toj
aown of the execution of the sentence at y
ie American legation last evening. < j
Secretary Bayard sent a telegram tc tj
j ' nister Manning stating that reports con-
: niing the execution of Mexican armv y
Beers at Nogales have been most con-
cting since the sixth instant. That hi * q
Iegram announcing an appeal is just rejj
ived with satisfaction , and that this Govc. .
nment would view with extreme regret S
e imposition of a penalty so extreme , I
id instructs him to say that mitigation '
ould he regarded by us with favor. q
qO
'he remains of a ma todon of the largest C.
i have been discovered about twenty miles H
m Atlauta , Georgia. ' Si
IXTnEItAXKS OFLAOOli. M
• ' r
A Scheme Said to he on Foot to Depose 3Ia $
ter Workman Vowderly.
Chicago , 111. , May 11. A startling
pieco of intelligence comes to your corres * :
pendenco to-day. A deliberate and deter
mined attempt is on foot to depose Grand
Master-Workman Powderly from tho office
which he ha9 filled with satisfaction to tha
best element of American workingmen and
the true friends honest labor in all classes '
The rabble of discontents which Powderly's
conservative methods havo arrayed against - r
him has become emboldened hy tho inS" " " ' f
crease in its ranks , and has laid a cunning ' 1
plot to dtivo Powderly from his position. J
Joseph Buchanan , editor of the Labor En- M
qm ' rcr , and one of the foremost opponents 1
of Powderly , outlined the scheme to-day.
"At tho Richmond convention delegates
voted to extend Powderly's term of office
to two years , instead of one , as was pro- J
vided for in tho original constitution of tho
order. That act we will seek to
defeat at tho convention to bo held
at Minneapolis in October , because of
its transparent illegality. We will provo
that every amendment to the constitution
adopted at Richmond was contrary' to tho '
spirit and letter of tho order's laws and
that every act of that convention must bo
erased from our regulations. It is dis
tinctly stipulated in the constitution of tho
Knights of Labor that no amendment
should be made thereto until such pro
posed amendment had been ratified by tho
popular vote of all the district asH-mblies
to whom it is to be submitted at least sixty '
days before the convention. This w.is utterly
disregarded and all the acts of that conven
tion are illegal. The extension of Powder
ly's terms wjis the most flagrant of them.
At the Minneapolis Convention we hhall
insist that his oliico be declared vacant and
are confident our claims will be allowed.
He can boa nominee for re-election , but
that will be the end of it. He is too slow
for us , then he has forgotten the purpose of
his position. He lias lost sight of
the fact that his duties aro
simply administrative and has undertaken
to make laws instead of merely enforcing.
those which the order hits made. Then his
outspoken condemnation of those Knights
who sympathized with anarchy , hurt him. "
Both Kichard Grillin and George Rigers ,
leaders of the conservative Knights and
friends of Powderly , acknowledge-
that there is a bitter anamosity against
Powderly here among certain elements-
of the order. This has been the plan for
Fonio time , but no such rapid evidence
have hitherto been given of this well-de-
lined plan to oust Powderly. It was a-
matter of i egret that many of
Chicago workingmen had allowed
themselves to ho drawn into-
the whirl of Socialism. George
Schilling , a leader of the socialist clement
was also bitter in his denunciation of Pow
derly for his Pittsburg speech , exulting hj
the defeat of the anarchists at the late Chi
cago election , and his threats and vaporings
against Powderly were to the same effect as
those of Buchanan , with little more gory
attachments.
STAXLET HEAKU JTltuM.
London dispatch : Advices Troui lleuza
Uundekn , Congo , dated March 21) ) , say :
Henry M. Stanley , with his expedition for
: he relief of Emin Bey , has arrived hero. t
VII the members of the party are well.
Stanley has decided to take the route by ]
\-ay of Stanley Falls for Emm's camp at
A'adelai. . He will restore the authority of
lie International association , as at Stan- ,
ev Falls , install Tippoo Tib and afterward f J
isreud the Mboura , which he now knows j
o bo for a great part navigable. Ata point
chore navigation ceases tho caravan will
tart across country , striking Al-
lert Nyanza at Murswur , where Stan-
L-y intends to form a fortified camn and
hen send in advance boats to warn E'min
if tho arrival of the expedition and solicit
ransportation to Wadelai by Emm's two
tenmcrs. The caravan , which presents an
mposing spectacle , is about to Ie.ivf re
ar Leopoldville. Four bodies w > ' g * ' > 5
if twenty-five men each , commtiffiT ' * | J
Europeans , will go in advance ton. At r " * 1
he marauders infesting the route. Tho . . - > " -f i r
hsociation steamer Stanley Livingstone , A
lie mu-sion steamer Henry R'-.id , and I
railing steamer Florida will wait to carry n
hem to the upper Congo. Tho enterprise
ins caused a a > nsation among the natives ,
lany men from the factories at. B.iuaua
nd Boma arc flocking to join theexpedi-
ion. the news having spread of the return
if the white prophet , who will restore order
.mong tho people.
COXTICA lilCTED.
Washington , May 12. The Secretary
if state received a telegram from Minister
danning , contradicting the report of tho
xecution of Mexican army officers on ac-
ount of the Nogales affair.
THE MARKETS.
OMAHA.
. 'heat No. 2 64 ( gj G1J
Aiti.KY No. 2 43 0 43J
ye No. 2 40 ( a ) 41
ok.v No. 2 mixed 24 ( < ) 21J $
ATS No 2 ' 'Ol'f.f. • > •
uttek Creamery 25 ( y 26
UTTKit Choice country. . . . 18 ( $ 20
ocs Fresh 0 ( $ 10
uiCKE.vs Live per doz 3.25 @ 3 50
ejio.vs Choice , perbox. . . 4 50 ty > 00
kangls Per box 3 50 0j100
bans Navys , per bu 1 50 ( a ) 1 GO
NioNS Per barrel 4 50 faj 5 00
otatges Per bushel 65 % 75
' ooi. Fine , per lb 3 ( J ( .6 18
sens Timothy 2 20 0 $ 2 50
3EDS Blue Grass 3 . ' 50 ( o ) 140
ocs Mixed packing 4 SO ( $ 5 30
eeves Choice steers 4 25 { ( & 4 50
jeep Fair to choice o 50 @ 4 25
NEW YORK.
' iiEtT No. 2 red D5 ( ? $ 95J4
heat Ungraded red t ) 'J % 9SJ
m.v No. 2 48 ( J 40JJ
vts Mixed western 'A\ $ . ' { ( > ;
utrc 10 50 ( u,17 00
mo 7 2.100) \ 7 50
CHICAGO.
' heat Porbiishe ! S3 % S3J
iiiN Per bushel . " . .S1 ii'S
its Per bushel 20 ( < y 2& %
new • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • itintt.i , Mo > \f i > * JJ '
urn G b2\Liy \ 0 9
ifis Packing ttshipping. 5 'JO ( r 50
ttle Stockers 2 75 0 4 40
eep Natives 3 50 ( < 4 90 i.
ST. LOUIS.
heat No. 2 red cash S2 @ 82 , ' . * ' i
kn Per bushel 3Jfjp 3G N
ts Per bushel % w 29 )
> gs Mixed packing 5 35 % 5 2. ' .
ttle Stockers 2 50 ( a ) 3 50
eep Common to choice 3 75 ( < $ 4 50
KANSAS CITY.
jeat Per bushel GS @ GSJ ,
kn Per bushel 32 @ 32
ts Per bushel 27 ( ) 27.
itle Feeders 3 30 @ 3 90
ics Good to choice. . . . . . . 4 GO ( & 5 JO
eep Common to good. . 2 T5 ® 3 58
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