V fl TWO METHODIST BISHOPS SELECTED.
* h if • * * ? * 1 rnt * fltlhtats , aml.K JV. Flfxger-
H IB " * of # ew.Senthe ( ietitlemen Choien.
P W New York disiwtch : At the session
IB of &e reneral Methodist conference to-
H S dY the report on the selection of a sec-
B oufibishop to India canio up. Before
B j fe actual voting began much time was
Bil / * r tkea 'U * "i settling the question as to
B ij g-JL \ whether ballots counting less than the
H Uk # ( Mj " " " uuher of names fchould be
H ? } rT cante < l or ro n out After much
Li \ JL g discussion ifc was decided to count them
Vg aM „ { * od the voting began in earnest.
B I mm ' to number of rotes cast on tho
Hjjf'fl first baHoteras 447. The number neces-
BB | sarj for a choice was 208. Dr. J. H.
HE"Ii Vincent received 215 votes , the lushest
H Bu k number cast for any ono cadidate.
yjB ! There were twenty candidates who re-
B I X cived Jess titan a hundred votes and
B 1 K orer fifty who received but one vote
* H * kH each. Oh motion the time in which to
H IS elect bishop * * was extended.
M B | As4c bJ ballot was taken and the
H t b conf ro e then took a recess until 7
BB | - - , wk the rt * lt of the count will
B ' be tsode kaowu.
B | B At the opeatBS of the evening session
H < B * * " * e90AB4 ballet for bhdiops was an-
BB ; mwuwwd as follows : Vincent , 28:1 : ;
B J B KtagwaW. 274 ; Newman , 221) ) ; Joyce ,
H I fl S17 * C < * * k lU 212. Cranoton , 144 ;
B/y Payne , 1ST ; Butte , 110 ; Kynott , 110. No
B I ft o e kaTj s received a sutifcient number
BV * * f vtg to W ko ea another ballot wan
BI m • alB l , While the ballot was being
BI 1 conaiad. Dr. Fra k Bristol , of Chicago ,
BI X aJdreft > mt tke conference in favor of the
BI 1 aJ < H t * f the minority re-
S b port * f tiie iiiHemocy commit-
B § tee pc * * * ! * * f r the extension
B * > l ifc * fMMtoml limits from three to
B&t yaw * Tk report was adopted
Mf * m altar a * iri4e l dit * HMton. The result
B * of tl # tfcsnl battwt was then announced ,
Hf M * fiaWawg : T il nttmber of votes cast ,
E * B * 44 - * a * rY to a choice , 305. * John
Wf > B H. VMw-t , lUt w , Sit ; J. N. Fitz-
B m KemW. Ne - Jer v , S10 ; J. P. Newman ,
H B 2SW ; J. W J # r e , 3i ; D A. Goodsell ,
M 2W ; R. Cn t. > Br 14S ; C. IL Payne ,
t § 14S ; iL A. BHfcte. ill ; A. J. Kyuett , 10S.
B ) M Rvo. Vi # t a ld Fitzgerald were de-
B i | ckj d efeat d awl balloting for the re-
B m stitimmx tbre bifahnf % to be chosen was
H | P ; ee < i0l with. The fourth ballot re-
B , $ sdum ciMMee and the conference
B | § aJwKBl before the reeolt of the fifth
H s % btul t wu aNWHtnct L
B * 1 B4elM Vwe > iit whs born in Tnsca-
Bfi $ 1 Wsi , Aja. , Fk 2 , 1JS82. was educated
BJr * % * * * * # war : We I < > yan institute and
BHuijf- the MStoa a 4 Lewjslmrg academies ,
B J * * * * lai > tt rat at McVeytown , Pa. ,
Kf C aM * Tar * > > * w Hmcw * IVnnHylvauia. New
B flff > Jao > y sad Itttaew. lie was last lo-
BRO cate l Hi lieek Ktver , I1L , and repro-
j st te tbt district jr the conference.
B { Ij- H ruoifcj at Pkuafield. N. J. He is
H I B" ae • tfc moAt hwraed men in the
B / B miqintry. a noted authority on religious
B ) m aaturotfaeri. a ihor of various works and
f I B was witk Lewis 3Iilier founder of tho
B 1 B CB& ta iM aftjembh * .
BI Bi Bfeh < p Fitsgt-rald has for twenty
B B years Wea prei ling elder of the New-
B [ B &r * * f * * * e. He was educated as a
B B lawyer ar Prweetoa aad studied in the
B f fl © See # f tfa late Secretary Frelinglmy-
B fl' fieBt a a 4f ed law for the pulpit.
B Bi e a3w i f rty-fire years old. and a
Hr S very Iaaraed. bmjs.
B ; B MATTEBS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
B < j 3faa * rsoBr fr m the committee on
B B MKtaxy a&urs , reported , favorably the
B _ _ S * K * • Mer as4 the appropriation for
m m nwKfin fjoai s-w ? , oo to s > ooooo.
B B W. L. Baacroft , of Port Huron ,
B M 3ifcdL. 1ms Veaa. aftpotsted general sup-
B # laniatfuBil < • f raftway mail service , vice
fl- | * IE Nask , reeigaed. Bancroft has ac-
B \ A m ti e WKs mtr dnced. in the
B iiit tk * fet Blair to
S t t * • < was ee by
Bit S tiw iij f dbe po pIo tin * eBJoyment ol
Bf jL * • * * * * * * * f * week as a day ol
BI. - mk , aail t * | Mc Mt its • kwrvaace as a
fl 9 Atf • MtiaecMMK worship.
f S A w A * Wb reported en the 2tst
I * mmtm tAeoAm wrr * tke seaate bilLs
B | * mmtttmammtc tbe etai-triigooa. of bridges
B ts M mmmam kmrnimoma. riv r near Nebraska
B IB " Cfc jr. N fcw i tke Ximimippi river
B | B aAurAAetKr Wk.
B B * * * y" * t * agricuitare bill
B yB \ pm firf kf tb hwee creates an. execu-
.J < pwalaMBt of a rMaltiKM , itader the sn-
m l * M-iiiaa aa l * te l f the secretary of
jk _ B I anamiiMar. sail prrides for the aj > -
H | kJMMat of a arit aosisstaat secretary
, S f asMMtftiMrtt. It aka transfers the
* 4 a4bar ttrnae of the Uaited States ,
i I tih ai msd tta li nan from the war
t X I Ssjmsmmamt W tkm ileparteteat of agri-
; % I 4' h * rurp iw to a rasobittoa cafiing for
' " im afeaHrimoa ifc * cnojact , the secre-
| I twy C A tmwuwry soat te the hoese
K , | i wpoalK bmtm. * ? ap < r < i < jim Iatieector
K _ ' 11 flTwuwJ INaMmt aad. t& eoaums&iotier
m k \ 1 * aMnpuboa oa tae ov rleadisg of
If I ( aifejoflMai oa titer jeroat lakiM. General
1 J Bhmojhc soys daraag tke last year but
.I * # • - ao vonnrf , tao Teraoa , wag s pposed. to
3 hiM * Woa lose ojr ovorioadtag. He
I Motadi dao Aot tfcirre is ao statute law
i I wiai.t . ffwrriiiii iliac voseob on the
I | Maav fcat tao aoarsd. of aavieatien has
l . immmi. m. sot of calos whioh , il properly
i r c I oafcoaoa , wooJd pVKOoet troeole ia that
[ j 'I ' | T % * JMfh > r oaaiilaaifcioa of the tariff
1 I MM kaa bo a p < npi > aml lor t * & days in
I # - - oaJbr a s > * Wok portios a ehanee to
I I . aocaaMMae oa sfce pcopouitiaa to take a
| If I moo * apoa. it a4 ic siom&i witaoat eonsid-
{ 'I % osaa roW pooposod. aaMadra.enta The
1 & % ffawnloiai w laiaer peot tor. On the
11 * OjMMMatav aio fiaore is a rataority who
It tb oiH aaMadod. several
oaox * m partic-
aaiai Oa sa ropaoAaaa side the con-
( m I oSaSoaa stmt * ar saaie. Tkrae-fotirths of
u I I efce t iifr n are ia favor of taking a
i If 1 fwco apoa ta * hA as a whole instantly
W u m oad. liaviac vsk fcfee seauie the reapon-
1m m dUtsp of xeoteia it to s t the repab-
I all m acaa tetterj * c there w a faction who
K waac * < * oaaaoe to vote apos. amend-
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u | Cajjuaaii < Wyo. > speoiaiz The Wyo-
fll aMBfr Mtjof Til wwboail company filed
BI aciofco > of imwrpoffltipn with , the secre-
B i texy of WyaaW.nf ; to-oky. The trustees
Mf -ace Nalfoa W. Bs cn toc ; Jaaoh Hitch-
5h , * Qj ioV. DowadM SaMfik aad. Charles F.
fill : JMiwH. 3 * of N w York city. The
§ 91 1 mpJMf &fack fc $ P otr 0 § . in 50.000
HI f uM ofit 4 each. The home office
I ( | " of Ao iiiwpnnjr watt he in. Ne-w York ,
* l | | -siaVxhatarh ia Laador Wyo. The
f I I afoii. wtaok wiA he a breach of the
mJ- * t - SiwAoxa Pa a < t. wift he eo&strHcted
| It } ftoac A * aordtora hoaadary ef Wvo-
El ' 1 wmirnjc ai Oack'e Fork southeast
! " * f t M * Bfe Hooa river sear the month.
I * \ . Oasff * noer ; thaa np the Sho-
J- A ifawi * yi rwitioB to Landiir on the Big
O Jga Kxltar4&oSeaeeeof2 tf sages.
U | I Titiifcilbp inTiwtrftkin ftore ia
J ? rffc& isir7 K 78basaofoi > f wheat
feEiaa ot2a ; 00h hels of com and
os& Tii * is a , aeca * fi of 1 ? 0U * '
fcaefcafcof wio ifi rth fwok. riiowrttr
I ajihmosataf I TSMOO koAeb , ad40.
803-5 jhsfafa ra. The flour receipt *
ft c9 sr efc have heen. 60rW2 harreh
i. g j&fpateafc * 64 , 0 , leaving is
, ; oi BIKyoTS-V-rr-ls.
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A FATAL DOSE OF MORPHINE.
Expret * Ayent Salle , of Fremont , Found
Dead in 1IU lied.
Fremont , Neb. , May 25. [ Special to
tho Omaha Bee. ] William B. Salle , for
some time in chargo of tho Pacific ex
press business at this place , was found
dead ia a room at tho New York house
at about 9:30 o'clock this morning. A
paper containing morphino was found
near his bed , and other evidence is con
clusive of his having taken morphine
with suicidal intent. Ho was usually a
quiet man and well thought of , but of
late he has for somo unknown cause in-
dulged in tho uso of liquor , and while
in no way a defaulter lias been negli
gent of his business. He registered at
tho hotel at about 11:30 last evening and
went to his room where ho was found
dead in bed as above stated. Tho de
ceased was about thirty years old and
had friends living in Ohillicotho , Mo. ,
who have sent for his remains.
Corner Bbbott held an inquest and
the verdict returned was that tho do-
ceased had died from an over-dose of
morphine , taken whileill and laboring
under an attack of temporary despon
dency. The verdict v.ixs in accordance
with the facta , though great difficulty is
experienced in accounting for tho des
pondency alleged. Some attribute it to
real estate debts in Omaha upon which
he found it difficult to make hisjwjj-
ments , others to a hopeless and unjusti-
liable attachment which it is claimed
Salle had formed for a married woman
of this city in whoso company * it is
known that he passed many hours.
The same people claim that the hus
band at length objected to Salle's atten
tions and threatened to shoot him. At
all events Salle has stopped several
nights in the hotels in ths center of the
city and on one of theso occasions slept
until four o'clock the next day. He had
evidently been to tho oflice
of the express company late
"Wednesday evening because his assis
tant , C. E. Main , yesterdaj' morning
found the oflice key and the safe com-
bination on the counter. This circum-
stance is looked upon as an evidence
that Salle had premeditated suicide. It
was shown at the inquest that he had
purchased morphine but twice in town ,
and that an interval of three months
had passed between tho purchaseswhich
would go to show that he was not an
habitual morpliiue eater. Yesterda- .
"W. Bennett , of tho Pacific oflice in
Omaha , camo here and took temporary
char-'e of the oflice , and to-day the as-
sistant , C. E. Main , was appointed agent.
His father , mother and a brother reside
in Chillicothe. They will be met at
Omaha by another brother , George , who
is agent for the same express company
at Beatrice. Neb. _ • _
WHISPERS FROM THE WIRES.
The Vatican exhibition at Borne is tc
be closed at once on account of the rav
ages of rats.
Frank "Woodruff & Co. , iron and steel
mechanics of New York , assigned with-
out preferences.
Tho emperor of Brazil has recovered
from his pleurisy. His doctors treated
him with coffee and strychnine.
Colonel A. Wilson Norris , auditor gen
eral of Pennsylvania , died at his home
in Philadelphiat of nervous prostration.
Twelve thousand Quakers have adi
dressed a letter to Mr. Gladstone
strongly endorsing his home rule de-
mands.
George Thomas , a Cincinnati , 0..ped-
dler , shot and killed a woman named
Maggie Wise and then suicided. Cause ,
jealousy.
The week's interstate drill at Nash-
ville , Tenn. , opened in a rain storm ,
but a jrrand parade was indulged in in
the afternoon.
Judge Truax , of New York , granted
an injuction against Adolph Moonleis
restraining him from using the union
label on his cigars.
The wife of Professor Gregory oi
Girard college dropped dead from appoj
idex } ' at the Women's Presbyterian mis
sion in Philadelphia.
Over .1,000 persons attended tho Wal-
hick testimonial performance at theNcn
York Metropolitan on the 21st and the
receipts netted over § 2,100.
The Australians are up in arms againsl
Chinese emigation , and monster mass
meeting are sending protests against il
to the English government.
The Maine Fourth district democrats
nominated Thomas J. Stewart for con-
greas and J. P. Bass and J. W. Madi-
gan to the St. Lous convention.
The republican committee announce
the seating capacity of the Chicago conj
vt-ation hall as only 7,000 and as a con-
sequence tickets will be limited.
Peter J. Quinn , chief book keeper for
Christian i Co. , contractors , Pittsburg ,
Fa. , has taken a vacation in Canada on
account of a hhortage in his books.
Dr. Schweinfurt writes that he feels
certain that Stanley is all right and
wniting at some half way point for Tip-
po Tib's reinforcements and supplies.
Adelbert Krieger , "the Bundes Un
cle , " and delegate from Daj-ton , O. , to
the North American Turner Bmul con
vention , died of appoplexy in Chicago.
An unknown immigrant shot himsell
ia the Battery park , N. Y. A card on
his person bore the address , "Gustave
Clermont , Adler Brewery , Altoona ,
Pa. "
Gilbert Stoddard Koosevelt , and
other trustees have petitioned the New
York supreme court to dissolve the
American Dramatic association and dis
tribute it3 funds , amounting to § ooS02.
Ravished by 3 Black Brule.
A. Wichita , Kan. , special says : Abont
2 o'clock this morning a negro entered
the house of a widow named Sophia
Stanley , in the north part of the city ,
aad committed a criminal assault upon
her. A child the
five-year-old was only
other occupant of the house. Mrs.
Stanley was awakened by a noise at the
window , only in time to see the negro
jump through the gauze screen. Be
fore she could cry for assistance he had
freized. her by tho throat. She is a
slight woman , and was unable to make
much resistance. The negro's finger. *
gradually closed on her throat uutU she
was unconscious. When she resumed
consciousness the negro had vanished.
Tht neighl > orhood was alarmed and tho
l olice notified , but every effort so far
litis failed to find her assailant. Three
wgroes have been taken before her but
she could not identify any of them as
the man. The excitement is intense ,
and is accompanied with the usual talk
of lynching
Arrived al Barcelona.
Washington dispatch : Secretary
Bayard has received a letter from :
United States Commissioner Blnmm an
nouncing his arrival at Barcelona. He
says that the space allotted to the United
States is very desirable , and that he has
taken steps to have the exhibit put in
place. Tho Spanish authorities , he
adds , express great pleasure in the fact
of America's representation in this the
iirst international G35fi ition ever held
in Spain.
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OPENING OF THE SIOUX RESERVATION.
The Indians Will Jo Nothing to Prevent the
Government's Action.
CHAMBEttOAiK , Dal : . ; May 24. Bo
ports havo been printed in agreatmauy
papers to tho effect that a council of In
dians had been held a week or two since
on the reservation , at a point called
Clear Creek , and that Sitting Bull ,
Standing Horse , Gaul and many others
had decided not to sign the treaty , and
thus prevent tho opening of the great
Sioux reservation. Your correspondent
is in position to know that there is
absolutely no truth in the report. Even
if : such a meeting had been held , it ia
not at all probable that tho correspond
ents who sent out tho stories from points
on tho edge of tho reservation , many
miles from the alleged place of meeting ,
would know anything about it.
Sittinsr Bull , Standing Heart , Big
Man , White Ghost and a number of the
leading men of • the Sioux tribe have
been interviewed within tho past few
days. Each one of them expressed
themselves as anxious to meet the offi
! cers of tho government , and "do just
what the Great Father asks them to do. "
John H. King is here , and upon being
interviewed gave the same information.
In addition he said :
"Tho reports about the Indians not
signing are totalty without foundation ,
and \ ' entirely sensational , as were those
set , afloat while the bill was pending.
Then it was given outthat tho bill would
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never paws the house , then the senate ,
and ; then the conference committee
! could ; not agree , and finally that a veto
would end the bill ; and all the time the
facts were directly contrary to the're
ports.
"The Indian Bights association , the
Indian department and all the machinery
of the government are heartily in ac
cord | with the provisions of the bill , and
I know from unquestionable authority
[ ; that Sitting Bull is perfectly satisfied
with the provisions. Besides , the In-
dinu Bights people , Senator Dawes , the
Indian committees of the house and
senate ; are unalterably committed to thf
; policy that if tho Indians refuse to con
firm : this treaty upon proper presenta
tion ; of it to them , the bill shall be passed
at once and becomo a law without tho
submission clause. "
Tho provisions for two cows , one yoke
of \ oxen , a wagon , plow , harrow , hoe ,
axe ' and seed , as well as S20 in cash and
a cash anmiitj * , and the erection of
school ; houses , are provisions so full of
good > things that the Indians will
promptlj' accept the opportunity to im
prove their condition.
It is believed here that the signatures
will be secured within ninety days from
the date of presenting the bill to the In
dians. As soon as that work is finished
!
tho president will issue his proclama
tion , and the land will be open to set-
tiers to make settlement , and they will
have preference in filing on the tracts
they may locate on when the land is
surveyed and the plats filed in the land
oflice. ' All talk about two years' time is
erroneous. ' The full time jriven in tho
bill is only one j'ear. A little patience
is all that is needed. Those looking for
homes j on the reservation may get ready
to come by September or October.
A Caucus of Republican Senators.
Washington dispatch : There was an
other caucus of republican senators this
afternoon i , occupying over two hours.
It was held for the purpose of hearing
statements : of members of the committee
on foreign relations on the Bubject of
tho fisheries treaty. The republican
senators i are solidly against the ratifica
tion of the treaty , but some of them are
not so well informed on its general and
specific : features as they desire to be ,
especially ' in view of the aporoaching
debate ' upon it in secret session , and
they ask for information so that the two
hours to-day were taken up in discus
sion ; of the treaty. The democratic
senators are in favor of dis
cussing , the treaty in open session ,
but i the republicans , several of
whom are strong friends of the
secret j sessions system , have opposed
the proposition so earnestly that they
have succeeded in carrying their party
colleagues with them , and the consid
eration ( is to be behind closed doors and
will begin some time this week. It is
thought 1 the rejection of the treaty will
not ] be on strict party lines , there being
some ' democrats who take exceptions to
provisions of it , but whether they will
carry ( their objections to the extent of
casting ( negative votes is a question.
One of the senators who engaged in
the ( fight for consideration of the fish
eries ' treaty with open doors states to
night ] that tho caucus finally decided to
discuss ! the measure with open doors.
He says that the cauons further agreed
to \ bring into the senate a report on the
investigation j into the southern outrages
and debate that also.
A Monument to Confederates.
Jackson ( Miss. ) dispatch : More than
six thousand persons witnessed the cer
emonies connected with the lajang of
the corner stone of the confederate
monument here. At 11 o'clock a pro
cession , headed by carriages containing
distinguished visitors and state officers ,
moved from the city hall and paraded
through the principal streets. Eight
military companies , a number of benev
olent associations , about an hundred
war veterans and a large Masonic repre
sentation were in line. Upon arriving
at the state capitol building Miss Win
nie Davis was conducted to the library
chamber and formally introduced to a
large crowd by Governor Lowry. The
ceremonies at the monument followed ,
and were opened by the reading of a
letter from Jeff Davis explaining his
absence. Colonel Charles E. Hooker
delivered an oration , and at the close
presented Miss Davis with a crown , to
be given to her father. It is the gift of
three Mississippi gentlemen , and its
presentation was unexpected , not hav
ing been announced in the programme.
The la3ing of the corner stone with
Masonic ceremonies closed the exer
cises of tho day. This evening a grand
militar3' parade was held at the fair
grounds by the National Guards.
A Troublesome Ticket.
Chicago dispatch : When Secretary
Maize , of the democratic state central
committee , was asked to-day what was
going to be done abont the refusal of
Charles E. Wacker to stand as a candi-
date for state treasurer , he said : "In
the first place the candidates have not
been officially notfied of their nomina-
tion , and consequently none of them
have ofticiallj' declined. If Mr. Wacker
finds that his business interests will not
permit him to run and tells the com-
mittee so , the execntive committee of
the state central committee will not
presume to name another candidate , but
will lay the matter before the meeting
of the whole committee and such action
will be taken as will be satisfactory to
all. Certainly neither committee is go
ing to encroach upon any rights of the
people. " Official notifications were
sent to tho nominees to-day.
Palouse City Burned Out.
Portland ( Ore. ) dispatch : A fire
broke out last night in Palouse City , W.
T. , and destroyed a largo portion of the
business houses. Seven blocks in all
were burned. The total loss will reach .
$250,000 ; total insurance , $75,000. '
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Malno Democratic Convention.
* Augusta ( Me. ) dispatch : Tho demo
cratic btato convention mot at 11:15 : and
was called to order by S. S. Brown of
tho state committee. A. A. Powers was
chosen chairman and made a briefad
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dress.
Powers closed by a reference to tho
administration of President Cleveland ,
and made an appeal for its continuation ,
saying if selected to-day he would vote
for the re-election of Grover Cleveland.
Tho speaker said inhis election they
went in for reform in civil service , re
trenchment in public expensos and per
sonal worth and integrity. Tho tem
porary organization was made perma
nent and a short.recess was taken.
Appropriate resolutions were adopted
on tho death tho past 3rear of B. Brad
bury , Ebon Pillsbury , Edmund Wilson ,
Wm. A. Cromwell , J. H. Webster , John
W. "Yarney , Isaac Beed , and G. L.
Bounton , oil prominent democrats. Tho
following delegates at large to tho St.
Louis convention were elected : First
district , Payson Tucker , of Portland ;
Second , Arthur Sewell , of Bath ; Third ,
E. C. Allen , of Augusta ; Fourth , James
Tobin , of Bangor.
W. It. Putnam , of Portland , was nom
inated for governor by acclamation ,
amid tremendous applause , and he ad
dressed tho convention.
Making a Suro Thing of Suicide.
St. Joseph ( Mo. ) special : Dr. W. T.
Gaston , first assistant at Hall's sani
tarium , committed suicide at the Com
mercial hotel in this city by taking a
heavy dose of morphine and leaving
both gas jets in his room turned on.
Dr. Gaston is well known in St. Josepji ,
and came hero March 1 , 1887 , from Peo
ria , 111. , where ho was superintendent
of a sanitorium. He took a room at the
hotel at 12 o'clock last night. His ab
sence both at breakfast and dinner
caused tho clerk at 2:30 : o'clock to go to
his room , which was found locked. Dr.
Gaston was dead when discovered. Two
letters were found , one addressed to *
Dr. W. D. Hall , proprietor of the sani
torium , and another to his father , A. H.
Gaston , of Lacona , 111. In the letters
Gaston had referred to the "storm
which had burst open" and said that ho
had no apologies to offer for his suicide.
His suicide was the result of a scandal
with which he was connected. Gaston ,
who is twenty-eight years of age , was
engaged to bo married to a young lady
in Illinois. He was the graduate of an
eastern college and was a thorough phy
sician.
The Resolution of the G. A. R.
• Washington special : Senator Man-
derson , from the committee on Indian
affairs , reported back and asked to have
referred to the appropriation committee
a ; resolution of tho G. A. B. of Wiscon
sin , asking that an appropriation be
made for headstones for graves of ex-
soldiers and sailors in the late war. As
appropriations for this purpose havo
already been made the committee say
the resolution properly belongs to the
committee on appropriations. At the
same time the committee indorse the
appeal in the following language :
Your committee connot refrain from
commending that patriotic spirit of tho
G. A. B. of Wisconsin which very prop
erly and zealously guards the memories
of those who from wounds , disease and
disability incurred in the late war for
the preservation of the Union , gave up
their lives for the .perpetuation of'tho
republic and its institutions , and your
committee express the hope that liber
ality of appropriations may render-fu
ture-resolutions of this character un
necessary.
Rates on Live Stock.
Chicago dispatch : The general man
agers of the western and northwestern
railway lines took action to-day looking
to the establishment of rates per 100
pounds on live stock arriving at Chicago
on and after June 10. Commencing on
that date all stock will be charged for at
actual weight instead of by the car load.
The Western States Passenger asso
ciation met to-day to further consider
the question of Iowa rates. Before the
new railroad law went into effect in that
state it was customary for the railroads
to carry state troops and firemen to and
from their annual encampments and
tournament at a rate of 1 cent per mile ,
although a higher rate was charged the
general public. The association de
cided that this custom would have to be
discontinued on the ground that it
would amount to discrimination under
the Iowa law.
The Chicago , St. Paul & Kansas City
road has given notice that on June 1 it
will put into effect the same rates that
have been adopted by the Chicago , Bur
lington & Northern on through business
from New York to St. Paul.
Lily Wants a Divorce.
San Francisco special : It is generally
understood here that pleadings for di
vorce of Mrs. Langtiy , who is now play
ing an engagement here , are in the
hands of a local firm. Her denials have
little weight against evidence that sho
is endeavoring to acquire residence in
this city as speedily as possible. When
she ; was here last summer and declared
her intention of becoming a citizen of
the United States , she took a house and
fitted up at great expense. She only
occupied it for a couple of weeks and
then went east ; but she left her servants
here , and thoy kept the place as her
home during her absence. This was
necessary in order to give her legal res
idence during her wanderings. Fred
Gebhardt arrived here last Thursday ,
and : it is the opinion in club circles that
he will marry Mrs. Langtry as soon as
1 she gets her release. The expected and
announced i appearance of Langtry's
husband is taken by many as an indica
tion that he will make a fight against
the divorce.
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The Dog and His Master. *
Duluth ( Minn. ) special : The steamer
Ossifrage , which left this port last Sat
urday for Port Arthur , returned to-day ,
having ; failed to reach her destination
on { account of the solid blue ice which
intervenes. She encountered twenty-
one ' vessels firmly frozen in the ice , and
took off some people and brought them
to J Duluth. In passing Victoria island
the i keeper of the light house , accompa
nied : by three dogs , walked out on the
ice ! , the animals finally reaching the Os
sifrage. ' The keeper was out of food
and had been for some days , and the
dogs ( made a most dismal howling until
their | appetites were satisfied. Ono dog
of ( tho three , however , took the first
piece ! of meat that was given him , and
making his waj' back to his master ,
laid | it at his feet and then returned to
j the vessel and howled for more. Cap
tain ( Inman supplied the keeper with
enough ( food to last until a supply boat
could ( reach him thrororh the ice.
Simply Dai His Duty.
Washington 'dispatch : Manderson ,
from the committee on military affairs ,
to-day reported adversely upon the pe
tition of D. D. Dana , formerly provost. I
marshal of the Third bricado Twenty- i
second army corps , praying allowance
services performe 'd in capturing the as
sassins of President Lincoln. In its re
port the committee says that as provost
marshal it was the duty of the petitioner
to.capture the assassins without reward I
or hope thereof. '
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THECOLDEN RULE.
Nay , epoak , no ill , a kin.lly word
Can novor loavp a stint , behind ;
And ob , to breathe each talo wo' vo heard
Is far benoath a noblo mind.
Full oft a bottor seed ia Bown ,
By choosine thus tho kin-Jor plan ;
For ir but llttlo good bo known ,
Still let us spoak tho best wo can.
Then speak no 111 , but loniont bo
To others' 'ailing as your own ;
If you'ro tho first tho fault to see ,
Bo not the first to mako it known.
For lifo is but a passing day , '
No lifo may tell how brief its span ;
Then oh , what llttlo timo wo Btay
Let'B speak of all tho best wo can.
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My Brofher-in-Law's First
Wife.
Frona W. Colvin in Yankee Blade.
My Sister Apnea had made what I
should call tho great mistake of mar
rying a widower. Not that I had any
spite against grave , good-lookingHen-
ry Mayne , yet be was not the sort of
man that I could ever bring myself to
"love , honor and obey , " if I were a
woman , even if he had never been
married before. He was always wont
to repeat the good qualities of his wife
when he used to come to our house ,
before he was my brother-in-law , and
I don't know but I thought , at that
time , that it was very commendable
in him to pay such tribute to his de
parted companion ; but there came a
time when this constant allusion to
"Maggie" made me disgusted.
I have often heard my father say
that it was never safe to marry a
widow unless her first husband bad
been hung , and even then she was
liable to declare that hanging was
too good for number two ; and to ef
fect this remark , 1 will add right here ,
that in my.humble opinion , it is never
well to marry a widower unless his
first wife has eloped with some other
man , and even in that case , perhaps
number two would get informed that
the % only thing lacking to cause her to
do likewise was a chance.
Henry Mayne was holding a pre
emption next to our claim when we
first made his acquaintance , and
about all we knew of him was that he
was an honest , industrious , prosper
ous farmer , was a widower , with one
child who was staying with his mar
ried sister in Chicago , till his younger
sister , Mamie , should finish her educa
tion and come to keep house tor him ,
and bring his little girl. He informed
us that Mamie had made her home
partly with him and partly with the
other sister since she was filteen , at
which time they had been left orphans.
We had known Mr. Mayne over a
year when it came time for him to
make final proof of his claim. On a
pre-emption one can make proof at
any time , after living on it .six
months , within thirty-three months.
Mr. Mayne had stayed the entire time ,
but now that tne limit was reached
he made his proof. I was never more
surprised in my life than when Agnes ,
having followed me one morning when
I went out with the herd of cattle , in
formed me that Henry was going far
ther west to take a homestead and
timber-claim and she was going to be
married to him and go with him. 1
had no objection to the man , but I
set before her the difficulties of a step
mother. I consider the rearing of
other people's children about as
thankless a task as anyone can un
dertake.
"But someone must take care of
her , and I don't know but Iam as
capable oi doing so as anyone" urged
Agnes.
"I never for a moment doubted
that , my little sister. You will be a
model step-mother ; but the question
is , how about the child. Will she
prove a model step-daughter ? "
"Henry is good-natured , and he
always says his first wife was a saint , "
replied Agnes meekly , "so I think
the child ought to have a pleasant
disposition. Father and mother
think it will be a good match , and I
am twenty-five , you know. "
Well to make a long story short ,
they were married and went to Kan
sas to take mci-e land. I was twenty-
one pretty soon after , and as they
knew I intended taking claims when
I should have reached my majority ,
they wrote me to come there. "
. They had been married six months
when I went. Henry had been after
little Becca instead ot waiting till
Mamie had graduated , as he at first
intended , and it was just as I feared ,
she was a little terror.
"I can't see where the child takes
that evil temper from , " said Henry ,
a few minutes after I arrived , when
Becca threw herself on the floor and
kicked and screamed and then held
her breath until she was black in the
face because I would not allow her to
pound my watch with a hammer. "I
am sure Agnes will bear me out in
saying that I never display my tem
per , and as for the child's mother-
well , Maggie came the nearest being
an angel of any woman I ever saw. I
may say , she was the very best per
son I ever met. "
I glanced at Agnes. There was an
expression on her face which caused
me to believe she had heard "Mag
gie's" praises sungofte n , but she look
ed very much embarrassed when she
saw how annoyed I was at hearing
her husband praise another to the
disparagement of herself.
"If she was better than Agnes she
must have been sufficiently good not
to need masses said for her soul , " I
remarked , nettled.
Henry glanced first at me and then
at Agnes.
"I was not making my comparison , "
he said , probably observing that I
• wa3 jealous for my sister , even if she
was not for herself.
At supper I praised Agnes' biscuits.
They were made of sour cream and I
considered them delicious. Then ,
too , I knew she must have re
membered my partiality to-tnat kind
and had made them expressly to
please me.
"Rather too rich to be light
enough , " observed her husband.
"Magsie made the lightest biscuits I
ever saw , I think. "
Acnes looked at me imploringly , so
I said nothing , though lawfully longed
to. I was disgusted at his overlook-
ing the perfections of my excellent
sister and constantly whining about
the former Mrs. Mayne. If he thought
so much of her , why had he not been
true to her memory and remained a
widower ? It seemed to me it would
have been more to the point to have
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bestowed a meed of praiso upon the
living wife occasionally , instead of
constantly canting about the virtdo
of her predecessor. But in tho first
ten days of my stay I never heard a
singlo compliment paid to Acnes
by her husband , and if I tried to
make up the deficiency myself , "Mag
gie was always lugged in , and her
goodness extolled till I was sick and
disgusted. I would have called him
to order on the first night of my ar
rival but Agnes had made mo promiso
not to , and every day kept reminding
me of my promiso. "
"He does not mean anything offen
sive. It is right enough for nim to
love and admire his first wife. I am
sure , if I had been a first wifo it
would have been a pleasant reflection
that , if my husband survived rae , ho
would still admire me and remember
my virtues , even if he married again , "
was the way she excused him.
"Stuff and nousensel A man or
woman ought never to mention a
first companion in a way to cause
jealousy on the part of the second
for if you were like the majority of
human beincs , you'd bo perfectly
green with jealousy by this time.
I'll venture to say , now , it you had
been Mrs. Mayne No. 1 , and Henry
had extolled you to 'Maggie , ' supos-
ing her to have been Mrs. Mayne the
second , to the extent ho has her to
you , she would have flown into a
rage , and pulled every hair out of his
head long ago. "
When I had been with them about
ten days Mamie came home from
school.
"You'll find Mamie somewhat gid
dy , " Henry remarkod to Agnes as he
was preparing to drive to the sta-
tio ' n to meet his sister. "She was al
ways bo in spite of Maggie's wise coun
sel and good example to help her. "
I devoutly hoped that , giddy or not
she would not join in the refrain when
Henry chanted the formerMrs.Mayno's
praises ; for , hard as she struggled
against the feeling and tried hard to
hide it , I saw that this sort of thing
was making Agnes' life miserable. _ I
was prepared to detest Miss Mamie ,
bat Iwas agreeably disappointed in
her. She was a Bpinted brunette ,
whose only tendency to giddiness at
least all I could discover was a habit
of laughing unrestrainedly and using
school-girl slang.
' • How awfully much Becca is grow
ing to look like you , " she said to
Henry one day when she had been
there nearly a week.
"Do you think so ? Nowlthinkshe
more and more resembles her sainted
mother every day. "
Mamie looked puzzled a moment
then , burst out laughing.
"Fancy the Madonna with a turn
up nose ! " she exclaimed.
"I don't understand you , " said
Henry.
"Didn't I understand you to say
she looked like the Virgin ? You said
• her sainted mother. ' "
"I mean her natural , not her spirit
ual mother. "
"Well , I reckon you wouldn't try to
make Mag out a saint ? If you would ,
what would you call Agnes ? " she ask
ed , with a frankness that seemed to
annoy her brother.
"Acnes is a good woman , too , " he
replied , gravely.
"I should think so ! " exclaimed
Mamie , "Why , if you had made re
marks about the pancakes to Mag as
you did to Agnes this morning , she
would have thrown the whole jfiate-
ful in your face. So would I , for that
matter. I shouldn't have been sur
prised to hear you call her a
saint , but Pthink you must be losing
your memory if you imagine Mag
to have possessed any such thing as
saintline3s. My goodness , how she
used to rake you over tho coals ! " rat
tled on the young lady , greatly to my
amusement and Henry's discomfit
ure. " I should think you'd miss
something out of your life if Agnes is
always like she is since I've been here.
Ngver a day went over but you and
Mag had a quarrel when I wasatyour
house during her lifetime. "
"I was entirely at fault , " he said
with a very red , embarrassed counte
nance. . "I have tried to be very dif
ferent'with Agnes. "
"Well , " laughed Mamie , "It does
me good to hear a man acknowledge
that he is at fault about anything ,
but I can't say I entirely agree with
you in this case. Now , there was that
time she hit you over the head with
the skillet because you insisted upon
her wearing heavy shoes m wet weath
er. I don't really think "
"Maggie is dead , you must remem
ber , " broke m Henry. "Would it not
be well to let her rest peacefully in her j
grave ? "
This same thought had sometime3
occurred to me , during my stay there ,
when he had been constantly dragging
her name into the conversation in
most uncalled for places.
"I know it's customary to say
nothing but good of the dead , " re- .
I
plied saucy Mamie , "but 1 couldn't j
help calling these things to mind when j i
you intimated that Mag was of an
angelic disposition. "
Icould have embraced Mis3 Mamie
for these utterances. However they
may have wounded her brother's
feelings , they were balm to mine. I
will even admit that they were impu
dent and irreverent , but I thought
tKey were deserved , and they had the
good effect to save me from the an
noyance of hearing anything more
about the "departed angel" for some I
days.
One morning when Henry had gone
to town , I sat in the sitting-room
reading , Agnes was combing Becca's
hair , and Mamie was idly turning
over the books and looking through
them.
"What an odd creature you are ! "
she exclaimed , suddenly turning to
Agnes , " "Here , you've got Mag's pic
ture-next to Henry's in your Bible. "
"That was hers. Henry gave it to
me a few days after we were married
with a request that I leave it just as
it was , " replied Agnes.
"What did he give it to you for if
he wanted to keep it undisturbed ? To
be aggravating ? " inquired Mamie , in
dignantly. "If ever I have ahusband-
you can bet your basic shekel no ,
other woman's picture will have a
place next his request or no request.
What excuse did he have the cheek to
make for such a request , anyhow ? "
"He said he should always love me
next to to his first wife , and he
gave me the Bible because it was hers ,
and I was the only person he felt will
ing should have exclaimed Agnes ,
embarrassed.
"And you didn't throw it at his
head ? " inquired Mamie , wonderingly.
"WellI must say you are a shall I
say a saint orsimpleton.Mr. Harlen ? "
she asked , turning to me.
"Both , " I said , half impatiently.
Agnes' submission annoyed me.
"I don't see what makes Henry so
ridiculous about his first wife , "
Mamie said , aftei Agnes had quitted
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tho room , "I can soe that ifc hurts
Agnes to havo him alwaya piaking ,
out that Mag was suporior to hor ; but f
sho wasn't by a long way. When they :
woro first married sho did acem real i
good , though no ono could over con- • , , |
vinco mamma that her goodness was * * arm
sincere. Sho always declared sho was | \ ffi
a hypocrite , but she and Honry got . " ' -
along all right till old Damo Pigeon- % *
trot that's Mag's mother pub in 4 i - , -
her appearance. I'll never lorgefc i pIjf
what a spectacle sho was tho first i JSt. .
time she camo to see them. They J jF
were over at our house and sho camo | r t *
thcro to see them. Sho was the hard- * T
est looking specimen of the human v * . j
race I ever laid my eyes on. She i tiJ
wore a black dress sewn with j
white thread , a pair of shoes that cer
tainly never had been blacked , and
thoy were laced with wrapping-twin ©
twisted and doubled. Her dress came
to her Bhoe-tops in front and reached
the floor behind her. But her looks
were the best part of her. Sho was a
Jezebel , lot mo tell you. , * '
"Henry would havo given anything
to havo kept us from finding out
about her at home , but ifc was the |
talk of tho neighborhood what a dis- | |
agreeable old woman sho was , and of f , 1
course it reached our carp. Henry o u ,
still held up for Mag , declaring she was x
not at all like the rest of her folks till | , ,
ono day mamma gave him her opin- | | Li
ion , that it was possible , yet hardly | | ft
probable , that a dovo could be reared 11 n
in a hawk's nest. You see wo had jgL |
heard about how the old lady was so
aggravating , and 3et Mag up to such mm >
meanness tliat Henry had been oblig- a m
ed to ask his mother in-law to leave ; % m
she had refused to do so , ho had in- | jfl
sisted , and when he went outside to
-am
work , Mag and her mother locked tho . . / | 1
door on him and kopt him out until J S
ho agreed to maintain the old lady in | 1
a house of her own. Ho not only had J 1
to provide for her , but for all the rest $ f
ot tho family who made it a point to I
stay either at his houso or at old Mrs. I
Pigeontrot's all the time. * m
"Mamma died about a year before
Mag , and I lived with them part of 1
thetime , and I must say I can't see 1
how Henry can forget the abuse he I
suffered at that woman's hands. I
She was the poorest cook and tho I
most slovenly housekeeper I ever saw ,
yet I havo heard him brag about her
being perfect in both respects to Agnes
since I've been here. It's more than I
can do to hold my tongue , it aggrav- I
ates me so to hear him. "
"It is natural , " I replied "to think
and speak only good of the dead , I
though I am like yourself , I cannot M
see the justice in it. I presume tho
tragic manner of her death affected
him greatly , and I have noticed in
such instances tendency to endow "OH
the dead withonly good and forget 1
all faults and failings. " H
"He told you about her being
drowned , then ? " she inquired. H
"Yes. "
"I presume he didn't tell you how it 1 < * "H
came about , did he ? " H
"He said she was going to her moth- jH
. er's on horseback , and when crossing H
the bridge across a deep narrow creek M
the bridge gave way. " | H
"Oh , yes ; that's all true. But her M
own stubbornness brought it about. * H
Becca was only three weeks old at the ,
time , and it had been raining all day ; < < H
so when Mag took a notion to go to ' H
her mother's in the evening , Henry M H
didn't want to take the baby , nor M
she either into the damp air. He M
told her the bridge was rotten and H
they * would not dare cross 'it after H
such a deluge as had been that day , H
and they would have to go four miles H
around to the other bridge too long H
a journey for either herself or tho H
child on a stormy night. Well , she H
flew into a rage when sho found ho H
was not to be ever-persuaded , and ; | H
raved and stormed and pronounced |
all manner of imprecations upon the j f
baby for ever having come into the H
world to bother her , and finally tell- H
ing me to mind it went out doors. H
Pretty soon we heard the sound of a H
galloping horse and Henry ran out and j H
saw her riding away towards _ J | H
her mothers. He followed in hot H
haste , hoping to reach 'her before H
she got to the bridge , but she x M
beat him by a few rods a. . _ H
rode right on though I could hear him | H
screaming to her not to venture clear v H
to the house. The horse got out all ' |
right but it was too late when at last |
they got Mag's body. She was dead. |
"When the tidings was carried to - |
Dame Pigeontrot , she wanted to have l
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Harry arrested because she declared i l
it was all his fault. She pretended to j H
take it awfully to heart , though she H
and Mag always quarreled and fought K M
so before Mag was married that she H
couldn't stay at home. She finally fl
contented herself by carrying away |
everything there was in the house.and H
even raised a row because shecouldn't |
find Mag's fine shoes. I expect she ' |
thought Sister Callie or I hid them H
back , but they wouldn't have done H
either of us any good , as we both H
wear number three and hers were |
sixes , though I heard Henry tell Agnes H
last week that Mag wore twos and a H
"When 'Mother Pigeontrot' found. M
Callie and I were to take charge of J
the child , she was in a fine rage. She > , H
wanted Henry to let her keep it and H
pay her four dollars a week for doing aV H
so. He wouldn't do it , and she only a ' H
shows herself once a year since. She ' |
pertends to come to see Becca , but . H
really to get a few dollars from . , H
Henry. I heard she and her son were Jr * H
out west some place holding claims. " H
Not long after this bit of informa- H
tion was given me , Madame Pigeon- . H
trot appeared at Henry's in all the H
glory of a Mother Hubbard iticdp < * * \ * j j H
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curtain calico , a pair of plqwshoe |
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her hair done in a knot the size of |
walnut , underneath a brown walking * j j H
hat trimmed in green. She rodejf * j j H
lead , patient-looking broncho and acf- j j j H
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fected the manners of a man. She/in- j j H
sisted that now , since Henry/was j j H
married again , sheshoud ! be intrust- j j H
ed with the care of Becca and be paid j j j H
twelve dollars a month _ for her T "jj j j H
"keep , " as she termed it. When j j H
Henry refused to comply with her de- j j H
mand , she heaped upon him , and j j H
Agnes likewise , epithets which were |
neither well-chosen nor elegant , and j j H
rode away shaking her fist at her j H
ex-son-in-law and consigning his soul H
to the shades below. * H
He could scarcely look any cf us in j j H
the face for a week or so , and , from J
that day to this , I have never heard H
his first wife's name pass hi3 lips. H
Feeding Wild Birds. H
An English family has a custom of H
feeding wild birds regularly atter H
breakfast. Opening the dining room. |
window , they ring a bell , and imnipdi- |
ately all kinds of birds , and sometimes H
even squirrels , come to the feeding H
place. A curious result of the custom H
is that numerous applicants are seen H
each morning waiting the sound of * H
the bell , like many patients at a hos- H
pital. New York Graphic. f k