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H MaOaM HMIM > MM MliMMIAMMa H ' THE M'COOK T&IBUNE , i j _ . H F * in. KXITIMELli , Publisher. H - . _ H % McCOOK , NEB. I ; ABOUT NEBEASKA. MH H Tho Tribune says there la a movomont H on foot , and it seems to be gaining good H headway , , in the interests of Mrs. Anna H MoPherson for postmistress for Fro- H monk She is the-widow of a soldier who H died soon after tho war from tho effects H of wounds received in that bloody strug- H Mrs. Eliza Owens from near Bloom- H ington was before the examining board H on the charge of insanity. The board H decided that she insane. She will prob- B ably be sent to Lincoln. B The Nebraska legislature will stand H as follows : Senate , republicans , twenty- B H seven ; democrats , six. House , ropubli- H cans , seventy-sovon , demoorats , twenty- H one , independent , one. H The Madison Reporter says tho Hh county must liave a better jail , tho littlo M 10x12 , made of pine lumber , having al- B most become useless. The sheriff , it H B Bays , oannotbe oxpected to guard all the ; H prisoners day and night , in order to keep H them , besides some one is liable to be B B frozen during tho winter in such a place. B B A fatal accident occurred in tho Bur- B lington & Missouri yards at Plattsmouth B last week , the victim being Charles Bub- B h bell , a boy of 10 , who , while crossing the m , track near the depot , stopped to play B H with his dog , when several freight cars B H were backed down unperceiyed by the boy , and which striking him from be- bind broke his arm and dragged him BB | several yards , when tho wheels run over BH his left , completely crushing it. Physi- B H eiansdressed tho limb , but the poor boy died in a few hours after the accident. H Herman Wachendorf , of Talmage , H ohargedbythe village board with sell- H ' ing liquor without a license , had his trial BH at Nebraska City before County Judge BB Mapes , and was bound over to the dis- BB triot court in tho sum of § 500. H Dug McQuire , one of the noted BB Quinlan gang of burglars , was found BB guilty of breaking into and carrying H away from tho Star clothing house ol BH Crete , goods to the amount of about BBS00. . Judge Morris sentenced him tc BBm serve six years at hard labor in tho pen- BBv itentiary. This is HcGuire's second trij BBV to the pen. T * " The twenty-third annual meeting oi H - > the Nebraska State board of agriculture will bo held at the state university Bfl chapel in Lincoln , commencing January 5,1889. B A passenger left his pocketbook , B containing $100 , in one of the Burling- B ton cars at Lincoln. The car was left at Lincoln while the owner of the pocket- BB book went on to Omaha. A telegram BM | was'sent to him that the missing article BM | y iiadbeen found , with all the contents BM < intact. By his orders § 10 was given to BBW / Peter Nelson , the honest finder. BBBBBBBk BMBJB # It seems from the report of the meat inspector that Lincoln people eat § 1,000 BH beeves every thirty days. Bk The next meeting of the Nebraska P\ state historical society has been fixed for B January 7th and 8th. It will beheld , as fl usual , in the chapel of the state univerI B x sityThe exercises promise to be more BB ] than commonly interesting. Papers will BM De presented by Prof. H. "W * . Caldwell , of the state university , Royal Buck and others. Prof. Caldwell's paper , it is Bi said , will treat of certain features of our B > r" f state university work , as compared with Bh that of other states. BK John Miller , confined in jail at B Geneva , charged with forgery , escaped B lost week. The sheriff had taken him B home with him and during the meal he B stepped into another room and escaped BJj in the darkness. The sheriff and posse B were out all night searching for him , B bnt was not successful. B Brownville has been infested for BJ some time with a gang of footpads. A BJ - prominent citizen , Mr. T. A. Bailey , was BE f held up on the street by three men and Bj relieved of $50 in cash , and notes to the BJ amount of $300. H | A man named Daniel Graves , whe BJ has been passing himself off at PlattsT BJ mouth as a Pinkerton detective , skipped H out the other day , leaving the landlord BJ of the Biddle house in the lurch foi BJ about $85 of a board bill. He was sub- BL. r sequently nabbed at Omaha. H Henry Walters , of Nebraska Olty , BJ died on the 23d of December. Two Bj days later he was to have been married , H Kfty head of hogs sold from the Sa H line county poor farm brought $802. H # The Grand Island Independent says H a revival has been in progress for six s H weeks at the Methodist church. Seven- H teen men have been saved from the to.i Bj bacco habit. Twenty adults have been ' Bj converted. Numbers have sought and " B found a clean heart , and family difficultt B ties and troubles of years'standing have tl B been settled. n Two Omaha physicians , or alleged V physicians , have been bound over at S Nelson , Nebraska , to answer the charge 21 of having obtained money under false 3 pretenses. The Dairymen's Association at Gibh - * bon passed congratulatory resolutions e on the election of W. D. Hoard , an hon"y oraiy member of the association , as gov ernor of Wisconsin. C Fremont is to vote bonds io the amount of $35,000 to erect two new f school houses. * N. Barnes , ex-county treasurer 01 of Merrick county and recently convicted h of embezzlement , decamped from Cenj ] tral City Christmas night , leaving a sj heavy judgment hanging over him. -w JJoian's grocery at Grand Island , ai was cracked Christmas night and $100 tl - J worth of olives , shoe blacking , mackerel ii and other edibles purloined. as Governor Thayer dined on a one- * pound brook trout Christmas , captured jj at Bazile mills. The stream was stocked K with brook fry in 1884. j ( r The Grand Island Independent says 1 * the pleasant weather has thus far this ei winter effected a saving of 50 per cent c . ( * * in coal bills to the citizens of that city. " f < < Organized labor in Omaha is making \ \ a move in the direction of ballot reform. E b One or two meetings have been held , to fj. nnd others are to take place at an early fy ' • day. Trades and labor organizations . r- nre interested in the work-and will en- ? * r deavor to push it to successful issue. * ? p They will demand by Nebraska the j * ! ? adoption of the Australian system of fr % conducting elections or some other plan | ? / - -whereby the purity of the ballot box 5' ' 'i can be maintained. , i. The traveling public and business j s % ' men of Crete are rejoicing over the fact c ( fp > that the Burlington & Missouri officials tl g . have decided to have Nos. 1 and 2 , comct M- monly called the "flyer , " stop regularly " m at Crete on and after January 1. ThiB - | - 9 is but justice to tho citizens , who have " V lieretofore felt somewhat aggravated at " the railroad people for their action.w " M. 0. Frank , editor of tho York ReA publican j , met with an accident at Plum . Creek ( last wcok that cost him his right hand. Ho arrived ou tho west bound train j and had been sitting in a cramped position , so that one of his legs had be3 como benumbed. When ho stepped ofl tho i car his leg refused to carry him and ho fell just as tho train was moving from the water tank to tho coal shed. In fall ing i ho threw his right hand forward to protect 1 himself and tho wheels of tho coach passed over it , necessitating ampu- tation. j . The Red Cloud National bank gave its depositors a holiday surprise by sus- pending ] tho day before Christmas. Among Ainsworth's improvements for ] 1889 will probably be a system of water works. Tho South Omaha Drovers' Journal srvys arrangements have been completed whereby all shipments of live stock in And out of Omaha and South Omaha will be made on the standard scale of 100 pounds in weight JOTTINGS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Major Charles Dickey , of the Eighth infantry , has been reported unfit for active service , and placed on tho retired list. Tho following fourth-class postoffices will be raised to the presidentil class on January 1 : Britton , Dak. ; Albany , Mo. , and ' Appollo , Pa. " " The comptroller of the currency has authorized the organization of the First National bank of Johnson City , Tenn. , with a capital of $50,000. John Baker has served papers on W. S. Forman ( dem , ) , congressman-elect in the old Morrison district of Illinois , : that he will contest his election on the gronnd of fraud. Sidney E. Mudd served notice of con- test on Representative Barnes Compton , of ' the Sixth Maryland district , for the seat in the Fifty-first congress. Mr. Mudd's grounds of contest are intimida- tion and fraud. Chairman Britton , of the inangnraj tion committee , has received a letter from : a man in the Isle of Wight stating that arrangements are being made for \ an excursion from those points to the inauguration. , They state that a great many American citizens in the British isles , and others , propose to take udvani tage of this opportunity to attend the inauguration. During November past 25,419 immiJ \ grants came to this country , against 32 , - 198 in November , 1887 ; during the eleven ' months of the year , ending Noi vember 30 , 498,583 immigrants arrived in this country , or about 1,100 more than during the eleven months of 1888. Of < tho immigration last month Germany furnished j 0,457 ; England * and Wales , 4G34 ; Ireland , 2,525 ; Sweden and Nor- way , 2,720 ; Russia ; 2,082 ; Italy , 1,230 , and Scotland , 1,054. Merchandise exports from the United States duringNovember last aggregated in value $70,370,545 , or about $1,000,000 more than in November , 1887. Imports during November aggregated in value $53,860,151 , or fnlly $0,000,000 less than in November , 1887. For the eleven months of the present 3'ear exports ag gregated $006,005,590 , against $632,061 , - 493 for the eleven months of 18S7. Im- ports for the eleven months of tho presi ent yearwere$6G4,733,204 , against $650 , - 707,250 during the eleven months of 1887. Tho light-house board issue a notice that on or about January 1,1889 , the ar rangement of the electric-lighted buoys in . New York bay will be changed , so that thereafter the three red lights will bo shown on the starboard side , and the three white lights on the port side of the channel entering from the sea. Also , that on same date , a fixed light will be shown from a lantern suspended from a mast painted white , on the north end of the dyke , in the bay of Long Island sound. The light will be twenty feet above low water. Complaint has been made to the treasjj ury department against the action of the surveyor of customs at Kansas City , Mo. , in requiring a bond for the pro3 duction of bills of lading , in addition to those attached to the immediate f transportation entries of goods for warded to that port. Secretary Fair- ° child has informed the snrueyor that the determination of the question of the n ownership of merchandise in such cases , ° rests with the collectors at the port oi first arrival and has instructed him to | discontinue tho practice oi requiring P other evidence of ownership than is fur- " nished by the transportation entry and " accompanying documents. . j b THE MEWS FROM ZANZIBAR. o Mope for Stanley's Safety Js Oner More ReIV vtved by the latest Jteports. tv A Zanzibar dispatch says that one of li the special messengers sent into the in- terior in October , in the hope of ob- gj taining news of Emin and Stanley from 5 the caravans , has sent a dispatch ann nouncing that he met Arab traders from cj Wadelai who positively affirmed that j Stanley met Emin there about January 20. Stanley , the traders said , had about s 330 ; men and plenty of stores. He had endured great privations , bnt he and all b his party were well , although extremely f3 exhausted. : The delay in reaching \ \ Wadelai wa3 due to difficulties on- n countered ( on the route. Emin was a' then m a fairly good position , although some of his Egyptian officers ! of were grumbling , and many of _ _ his soldiers had deserted. The kings TJrganda and TJnyoro were w hostile to Emin , who was obliged g November to repel predatory incur- sions from the east. His general health " was good. A fortnight after Stanley's arrival Emin received a message from the' Mahdi his , pompously intimating tj intention to subdue the whole coiyntry . ' far as Great Lake , and promising gj c good treatment if Emin submitted. Emin replied that before evacuatinghe must wait for the Mahdi to prove legitig macy of his claim to the province. Emin told Stanley that he did not desire to tv leave Wadelai The entire route to the Q ] east coast was most dangerous on aoq count of the incessant agitation among the tribes and the hostility of Mwanga. f. Toward the middle of April , hearing j1 that a force of Mahdists was coming , rj Emin ordered his advance posta to retire ] Wadelai , and Stanley sent mes- jy sengers to the kings of Uganda and nj Unyoro. About the end of April , when the traders left Wadelai , Stan- tc ley was anxious , owing .to the absence of news from the rear ' * guard on theT t | Arnwhimi , and was arranging to send a jE Btrong detachment in search of them along tho route which he himself had f followed. Stanley also again urged Emin to leave Wadelai with him and re- tv gain the coast. Stanley sent several couriers with news for Europe. One was the courier who was sent by the foreign consuls at Zanzibar to appraise Emin of 8 the departure of the relief expedition. st This courier had remained at Wadelai p and was sent back to the east coast after h the arrival of Stanley. Another courier b was sent in the direction of Aurwhimi. 1 ki o A COMMfTTEE WITH ITS HANDS FULL Quite a Suinbff of Congressional Contest * to be Acted Vpon. Washington special : Up to this time only \ one notice of contest has been filed in 3 the office of tho clerk of tho house. This [ is tho caso of Hartsuff against Whit- ing ; , tho latter being tho sitting momber of the Seventh Michigan district. Tlioro are twenty-one counlain his indictment , and he charges that votes were cast at wrong places , that aliens voted without restraint ] , that fraudulent naturalization papers | wore issued , that illegal restrio- tions | were common , and that persons were } compelled to vote the democratic ticket | under threats of porsonal injury. Mr. ] Hartsuff lajs particular stress on what ho calls the "corrupt fund. " This includes i a contribution of $2,500 from tho 1 national democratic committee , 81,000 S given by Mr. Whiting , and be- between 1 $2,500 and $3,000 assessed on the I foderal employes. The latter , Mr. Hartsuff 3i 3 claims , wore particularly per nicious i in their efforts in Mr. Whiting's behalf. 1 . Quite a number of cases will arise out of ( the narrow majorities received by some ! of the successful candidates. Such is \ the foundation of tho contest mado by Sidney i E. Nudd against Representative Barnes Compton of tho Fifth Maryland district , whose majority has been placed as 1 low as one vote. In the Fourth v Now Jersey district , Samuel Fowler ( "dem. ) was elected by only 5 soventy-two votes , and N. _ W. Voorhees wiil try to overcome this by contest. Congressman Shively ( dem. ) of In- diana was returned by a still smaller majority , less than forty votes , and William A. Hoyne ( rep. ) , his rival , will endeavor to secure his seat. , Charges of fraud will also bo mado by F. , B. Posey ( rep. ) , who was defeated by William F. Parrott in the ' First Indiana district. For the first time in many years ] a contested election case is re- ported 1 from Connecticut , where in the Fourth district Edward R. Seymoui { fdem. ) will endeavor to unseat Fred R. Miles. William Elliott , of Beauford , S. C , the j brother of an Episcopal clergyman here \ who had a contested case on his hands 1 during this congress , is again to experience the same trouble. Other cases which will be of interest are those of T. G. Phelps ( rep. ) against T. J. Chinie ( dem. ) in the Fifth Cali- fornia i district , and Jehu Bake , who de feated f "Bell" Morrison , and who has in turn { succumbed to W. T. Forman. Judge Waddill , of Richmond , Va. , will J contest with George D. Wise the honoi of representing the Third Virginia dis- trict. He charges fraud and illegal vot- ing. i This long list does not include the West Virginia districts , which are al- most certain to be contested. . The next committee on elections will have | its hands full , and will be one oi the J most important to be appointed by the successor of Mr. Carlisle. Clerk Clark of the house of represent- atives has received the certificates of 250 members-elect to the next house , and has been officially informed that cer- tificates t have been issued in all but three congressional districts. Of the certificates issued 163 are to republicans and 159 to democrats , and of thoso dis- tricts still in doubt two of them are in West Virginia and one in Tennessee. In all of them the republican candidates claim \ majorities on the face of the re turns. THE FEMALE ANARCHIST WILL NOT DOWN. She J.caitt in a UTeetiuy Tit at Passes Het nwictatory Ilesolatious. Chicago dispatch : Anarchist Parsons , the dark-skinned widow , to-day made good her boast that she would speak in Chicago in spite of the police. It was in Waverly hall , one square from Mayor Roche's office , and is the same place which was closed against her one week ago. Four hundred people were crowdf ed into tho pokj' little auditorium , and scores of others choked up the entrance and stood upon the chairs. The meetT ing . was one called by the socialistic labor party "to transact business and for the promotion of socialistic doctrines. " The proceedings opened with the introc duction of a resolution condemning the police for their recent "lawless" inter- j ference ( with public meetings. The res- olution was unanimously adopted. i'Tommy" Morgan , a socialist , was the j first speaker. He said the employment s of force by workingmea was futile. It appealed to the lowest instincts of mana kind and was wrong from the moral , in- p tellectual ( and practical standpoint. Its I impracticability had been demonstrated in this city by the Haymarket and its n results. The hanged anarchists was proof enough that force was impractica- ble. j The meeting was then open to any { , one who wanted to talk ten minutes. a Mrs. Parsons rose. The crowd cheered when it saw her familiar face. "I should ] like very much some of these days to a answer the assertions Mr. Morgan has mado against those who are dead , " said she , "but the ukase has stone forth from Roche and Lord Bonfield , that I am never to make another speech in Chi- . cago. and that I am forever to be de- * * prived of that right under the constitnC tion. But I cannot sit hero quietly and h hear it said that those who are dead and w silent ; in their tombs had airy thing to do l with the throwing of tho Haj'market bomb , though in tho war against the n tyrants , all things are justifiable. Those g h < say anything else are curs. They ai were miserable curs who on last Sunday c night allowed themselves to be driven jv away ' from this hall by the police. " , Mrs. Parsons then read what pur- ? ported to be an extract from the speech 9 J Thomas Jefferson , in which occurred ? the following words : "God forbid that D our country should bo for twenty years T1 without a rebellion. " "Did Parsons or T ] Spies ever utter anything more revoluV tionary than that ? " said Mrs. Parsons.n "Ihas been said that dead martyrs are no good , but their memory is dear to us , u and a perpetual inspiration , because ? they died before they would ask pardon " for deeds they did not do. When liberty shall be crowned with immorality , the a brightest names in her crown will be ? i those of Parsons , Spies , Fischer and ? Engel , who died for her. [ Cheers. ] I H am for peace on principle. If you see j two rival armies approaching each other ' and take a poll of the men , you will find that nine-tenths of them are for peace , P but they are homo on by irresistable y forces to the _ conflict. Before we can " have ( peace in a society like our own , * rivers of blood will have to run. " [ Ap- " plause. ] Tho chairman interrupted Mrs. Parsons and said that her ten min utes hud expired. A number of detec tives were present but made no attempt interfere. After a number of other tl 8peeohes . , some in a decidedly fiery vein , a theIiall was cleared and a private meet- by ing held by prominent members of the ; socialistic labor party. " When the con- ference ended it was announced that arP rangements had been made to continue he meetings every Sunday afternoon. fl William Black , the novelist , is de- scribed as tightly built , lithe of limb , a ] strong in the arm , capable of great to physical endurance , below the medium h height , "with short black hair , thick , q biown mustache , dark hazel eyes , a firm he ) uth and a square forehead. } fl A ; SECOND IISASTER ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Xhe HUamer John It. Banna Burns to the Wuicr' * JIdtje. Plaquomine ( La. ) dispatch : Tho steamer John H. Hanna , loaded with cotton ' , from Ouachita , burned hero early this morning. Tho boat and cargo are a total loss. The numbor of people J who , perished is not yet known. It was just before Christmas day was being ushered in that the fine steamer was coming ( down tho river. Several of tho . passengers were seated in the cabin having ] a merry time , and with no thought of the impending catastrophe. Many i of the crew and passengers were asleep t when the firo broke out and spread with indescribable rapidity. The details of the sufferings and death of ( some of tho passengers are harrowing in j tho extreme. , , Clerk Powell was up stairs at the time , and when he saw the flames ho heroically ran through tho smoke which filled ' the cabin and tried to arouse the sleeping people. He kicked at the doors and J in a short time almost everybody was awake. Then confusion worse con founded appeared , and the frautic peo- pie 1 ran to the different exits to mak their ' escape , but the boat was piled high with cotton and the passage ways wore filled with smoke. As soon as the smoke and flames be1 gan I to start up the sides of the boat | Capt. Jolles , the pilot , swung the boat for the shore. A fall head of steam was ! on and the boat soon ran into the bank. Before she did so , however , she was doomed. ' All her timber was furiously burning. ' When the steamer struck tho bank she bounded ' away again and swung around 1 and j drifted down tho stream as she i j burned. ' Then Capt. Jolles jumped out ' over ' the cotton bales and , springing into the 1 river , swam ashore. The sight was a ' weired one viewed from tho bank and th 1 > town was aroused. Floating cotton , charred ' timber and other debris filled the ' river and many people were strug- gling ' in the waterfortheirlives. Some of them were able to swim ashore but most of them were so badly burned or ; thoroughly ' exhausted that they strug- gled j but a few moments and then sank to ' rise no more. , Plaque mine was not slumbering when tho ' fire broke out , and when tho dis- ! coverywas made that the Hanna was burning [ , almost the entire town flocked to the river bank and watched the ves- sel ; burn. The struggling unfortunates who reached the shore were taken care of ( , and doctors and others came to their assistance ' and tried to alleviate their sufferings. ' The City and Central hotels and ' private houses threw open their doors ' to the ill-fated people , and fed and clothed ' them until this morning. The survivors ' telegraphed accounts of the disaster ' to their homes. No one saw Clerk Powell , who dis- olayed much heroism in waking up the passengers ] , after he had rapped at the j doors , and it is quite positive he was burned ! to death , and went down with the ] steamer. No attempt was made to save any of the steamer's books and papers ] and everything , together with the ' clothes of the crew and passengers , war. lost. The boat burned rapidly after she reached the bank , and in a very short S time after the alarm was given she had burned to tho water's the hull sank and ! nothing was left of tho Hanna , but tho floating timber and burning cotton. , None of the men could say what was the oirgin of the fire. The general im- pression , however , is that some careless smoker threw a cigarette among the cot- ton bales and thereby caused the disaso ter. The death of John Crafton , tho carpenter , was a sad one. He was in the upper portion of the boat , struggling to get near the front end. The flames were twisting and sweeping all about him. He tried to reach the bow , but dropped and burned to death before the eTes of the people who were not able to render him any help. A special from Flaque mine gives the following account of the death of Capt. Holmes : The brave captain met the most awful death. He remained at his post of duty till every chance to save the lives of the passengers was gone. Then he attempted to swim to the shore , but it happened to be boggy , and he was seen to make frantic endeavors to extris cate himself without avail. Tho burn- ing boat was fast nearing him , and while ho was on his knees in the mud , he put his hands up to protect his back from the intense heat. It was an awful mo- ment for those on shore , who were maks 1112 ] : every endeavor to rolieve him with shifts and with ropes from the bank. j One man went out to him and placed a box between him and tho flames to protect him from the increasing heat , He said : "Never mind me , I'll bo dead in a few \ minutes anyway. " _ He was finally freed from his terrible situation by tying a rope around his j body and dragging him on shore , bnt loo , late. Ho died about half an hour a after being rescued. Latest reports place the number jj known to be last by the Hanna disaster at five whites and sixteen colored. ba Health ef Conaressrnan Laird. tVashington special : Nothing further has been heard from the bedside of v Congressman Laird , but his friends here believe that he is quite as ill as the j worst reports make him out to be. The f trouble with Mr. Laird is that he has - { not the requisite physical stamina to get well. He is of that peculiar temper- ament which'cannot stand pain or dis- r comfort. , To all outward appearances he is the picture of health , but just be- e fore the session closed he was worn out s bjr the worries of the campaign con- ducted at long range. The worry c brought on insomonia and insomonia was followed by a severe nervous prosr tration. It is from the latter difficulty K that his present trouble arises. When he left Washington for Nebraska he S wore a troubled air , which he seemed y ; utterly unable to shake off. Through- out the campaign ho allowed every ] } trifle to ruffle him , and it is said there t were weeks during the last days of the ] ] canvass , when he did not sleep ten con- A secutive minutes. It is thought now fo that tho strain he has forced himself to s bear , without the slightest necessity j , therefor , has worn ont his wonderfult \ strength , and his brain has given way , j , from sheer inability on the part of the R patient to believe he can recover his y health. There is a chance that tho de- C lirium accompanying the fever may t ] serve to aid him , through the oblivion tj which it will produce. ' c. c.ri. Killed His Mother and Sister. tl Muscogee ( L T. ) dispateh : A terrible ai tragedy occurred Sunday night three m miles west of here on the farm ocoupied " a widow named Johnson and her four children. A went to 10-year-old boy a neighbor's on a visit Sunday , and when returned home in the evening found his mother and 12-year-old sister dead , their heads being beaten into a pulp with a huge club which lay on the floor. ° Tho 3-year-old baby in the house was S alive. The eldest son , aged 10 , was not be found , and as he is known to bo a t < hard character and has had frequent p quarrels with his mother , it is supposed b , in a fit of rage , committed the murn ders. J s ' - - - . i HOSTILE I TO THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL Ttie President's Position In Jlegard to tht Measure Miscellaneous Washington Mat. ters. . ters.Washington special : Tho president has given notice that ho will veto the river and harbor bill. Representative j Craine , of Texas , went up to call on him to-day , with a party of people from Gal veston who. are interested in tho im provement 1 of the harbor of that city , and were told very plainly that if they expected any legislation in that direc tion they would do well to bring it to tho ' whito house as a separate measure and ' not as a part of the usual river and harbor ' bill. "You mean , then , to veto the ' bill ? " asked Mr. Craine. "All such questions , " replied the president , "are more easily answered when tho time comes l for their executive consideration. I merely remarked that if I were inter- ested ( in sudh a measure and wanted to Becure it , without probability of failure , I would not trust it to the river and harbor bill. " the TEnnrroiiiAii muddle. Congressman Springer , chairman of the ' committee on territories , who has been the most bitter opponent of the bill for * tho division of Dakota , up to the present j session , now expresses tho belief that tho bill will go through tho house without difficulty directly after tho re- cess , and he further says that ho does not 3 believe there will bo any organized opposition to a division among the peo- pie I of tho territory. Mr. Springer also says that , in his opinion , the bill to create tho territory of Oklahoma will bo passed I at once. Against tho latter meas1 ure there is , however , a great deal of earnest opposition. The bill in its pres- ent shape is very objectionable to such 'men as General Hooker of Alabama , Barnes of Georgia , and Pa3Tson of Illi- nois and a host of others. They aro do- termined J that it ahall not go through tho house without important amendI ments \ , and these amendments , all in tho interests of tho settlers , Springer pro poses I shall not bo adopted. Owing to the ' persistency with which the chairman of the committee on territories presses this ' bill in the shape in which it camo j from the committee , there is a growing belief that thero is something not altogether right with it , and those who oppose it at first are still vigorous and determined in their opposition. If they persist 1 it will probably result in the doj feat of all the terriorial bills at this sesj sion , in spite of tho assurance of the chairman of the committee that tho Dakota question will be settled. goff's election. A special dispatch to tho Evening Star from its correspondent at the capi1 talof ' West Virginia says : "Tho con- cession by the democrats of the election of Hon. Nathan Goff is virtually ad mitted by the announcement here to- day j that Judge Flemming has completed his notice of contest and will serve it in a few days. The republicans have been expecting this , and while not totally un1 prepared I , have done littlo toward col- lecting ' material for a reply. The con- test * will be made before the legislature , which is democratic by one majority. Every republican member has been urged to let nothing prevent his being on hand at the organization of the legis- lature 1 , as tho absence of one or more democrats would throw tho control of tho organization , settlement of tho gubernatorial contest , and tho election of a United States senator into republij can hands. " Senator Kenua is hero looking after affairs. Ex-Senator Davis , who for awhile loomed up as a possible and dangerous opponent to Kenna , has lost his prestigo in consequence of the importance i his name has received in the allaged movement on the part of Gen- eral Harrison to break up the solid south , and in his personal intimacy with Gen- eral Harrison , S. B. Elkins , Mr. Blaine , and other prominent republican leadf ers. " OREGON SWAMP IiAMJS. The secretary of the interior to-day rendered a decision in tho caso of the State ; of Oregon vs. the United States , which involved about 90,800 acres of land in j the Lake View land district , compris- ing what is known as the swamp land list number five. It appears from the records that these lands inured to the state swamp lands under the act of Sep tember 28 , 1850 , as extended by the act of March 12 , 1860. Prior to certifit cation tho greater part of these lands were sold by the state to various par- ties in large bodies. Upon reports of special agents of the department , certi- fioation ' was finally mado. Subsequent investigation showed that the reports of two or three agents were false , and that a large part of the lands described _ _ in these reports as swamps were really high and dr3r . The secretary orders the cerf tification set aside , and directs the com- missioner of the general land office to prepare another-list of which shall cont tain , lands only known to be swamp. Such lauds as are found to be not swamp are ordered to ho restored to the public domain , subject to any rights which may have been attached to them under the * aw. * t t-atal Rumpus About a Goose. Sionx City special : A serious riot ocs curred this morning " near Tripp , Dak. , s between the RussianMennonites - Mennonites and c Americans. A public sale was held at a farm of a Russian named Sink , and a r farmer , named Merchant purchased a ' . dozen | chickens. He tied them in pairs f and put them in his wagon , and when t ready to go home found that two had " been stolen. He complained to Sink , n who told him to take something else of ? equal value. He caught a goose and „ started home , but was soon overtaken a hy a party of eight Russians , who c ' claimed the goose as their property. A j wrangle ensued that attracted others to jj the ] scene , and soon a general fight be- [ gan , in which about twenty men were ; engaged , with the Russians as aggres sors. ( Two brothers , named Johnson , who were passing , came to the assistance of the Americans , who were outnum bered two to one , and drawing knives c the ] Johnson boys rushed among the Russians , but found the force too strong. a Russian named Witt-Mayer was stab8) bed. and he in turn split Charles John- ° son's < head open with a neckyoke , inflicte ing fatal injuries. George Johnson had p his right arm broken abovo the elbow y by a blow from a. neckyoke , and three 0 Rnssiaus were cut , but none fatally , p When the Americans found that tho • crowd ] was to big for them they withr drow and the wounded Russians were cj taken care of by their friends , and be- 8i cause of their cianish customs no particb ulars are obtainable from them. The ti affair has created intense excitement in tc the vicinity , where most of the settlers a ] are Russians who live in abject poverty n and have as little as possible to dp with tT the Americans. Officers are at work and will arrest the guilty parties as soon as n sufficient evidence can be secured. he A Conflict of Authority. A special from Austin , Tex. , says E ( Sheriff White , who refused to jail Gen.m < j Stanley and his aid , was arrested on 1 { be warrant issued by Justice Stnart for con tempt of court , and his trial is now ir j progress. United States Attorney Kle berg is expected here to-night or to 7 ! morrow to institute proceedings againsi 0l Stuart ' & * THEY PREh'ER COMMERCIAL UNION. Canadians A'ot favorable to Annexation at the Present Time , Washington special : Congressmen whoso districts are on tho bordors of Canada aro naturally interested in tho annexation question. Tho majority of them , however , do not regard tho pro position with favor , "All that part of tho Dominion west and north of Minnesota , " said Represen tative Nelson of Minnesota , "is already practically annexed to St. Paul and : Minneapolis commercially. Lower Can ada ' is so far away that the peoplo there aro almost bound to como to us to trado. Annexation , howovar , I do not considor at ! all practical. The resolution which has been introduced in tho houso is nothing \ but buncombe. The building of ' tho Canadian Pacific railroad de stroyed tho last chance of annexation by binding tho provinces altogether. Bo- fore they were very much separated , and i their isolation might havo caused somo of them to desire to como into the union. Tho i Canadian Pacific has now strung them 1 all together liko beads on a string. Neither ; party in Canada dares to favor annexation 1 , and tho less said about it in the 1 United States tho better for tho suc cess ( of tho cause. Whilo annexation would bo a good thing for us , tho Cana dians ( do not desire _ _ it. II annexation comes , , in my opinion , it must como either ( through war or inexorablo com mercial ] necessity. " DINOIjEV expresses himself. "I regard tho proposition to annex Canada 1 as being 'all in tho air , ' so to speak 1 , " was Representative Liugloy's remark. : "Seven-eights of tho Canadians aro opposed < to it , and tho less said about it in j the United States tho bettor. If an nexation ] is desired tho proposition must come ( from tho Canadians. _ Tho differ ence < between tho two parties there is that I tho liberals advocate commercial union 1 whilo the tories oppose it. Neither party dare favor annexation. The [ reciprocity treaty has always been one-sided. ( It allows Canada to send in free i , such articles as fish , lumber , etc. , that ( we want , and allows to send them nothing ] that we don't need onrsolves. " MR. stephensos's views. "My district , " said Mr. Stevenson of Wisconsin , "is a harbor one , being on Lake ; Superior , but the peoplo there , so far j as I am informed , take very littlo interest j in tho question. The inhabit ants i of Minnesota and Dakota , and i those interested in the fisheries question in \ tho east , I think would be most bene fited j by annexation. Mr. Farquahar of Buffalo , is enthusi astic 1 over the subject and thinks it will come < as soon as Sir John McDonald goes j out of power. "The peoplo of tue United States , " said he , "do not know what a great acquisition Canada would be 1 to this country. The Canadians are a 1 hardy and thrifty peoplo and tho dominion 1 contains half as much good areable 1 land as the United States. An nexation 1 wonld be a great benefit to Buffalo ; in oppening her business to the north. ] Leading Canadian business men are 1 in favor of it too and that the peo plo ] appreciate the advantages that a United States citizenship confers is shown ; by the number of young men who emigrate to this country and be come ( naturalized. " the cabinet cranks. The Post this morning has tho follow ing j : "Somewhat of a stir among poli ticians j was caused by the receipt of a private dispatch from tho west last night , which stated that thero were good rea sons to believe that the president-elect has ] under consideration the name of Congressman ( McKinley , of Ohio , for the \ position of secretai-y of the treasury. It ] is assumed that Mr. McKinley'sname was , suggested b3 * Senator Sherman , and that j the senator prefers to remain in the senate , because his owu appointment to the \ cabinet would open the way for one of the liveliest scrambles that has ever been 1 known in polities. A general re arrangement cr the cabinet slates upon which * Mr. Sherman's name stood as sec- retary of state , will now have to bo made , and it is not at all probable that Ohio < will be honored with two places in the t cabinet. HARRISON SECTRCS QUARTERS. Quarters have been engaged at tho Arlington hotel for General Harrison and party prior to the inauguration cer- emouies next March. There will bo _ in the \ party General Harrison and wife , Russell ] Harrison and wife , J. R. Mc- Kee ] , wife and two children ; ex-Senator Saunders and wife of Nebraska , tho parents of Mrs. Russell Harrison ; E. W. Halford , private secretary , wife and daughter. On the morning of the inauguration they f wilf go to Willard's hotel , on Penni sylvania avenue and occupy n parlor on the \ second floor , where they will view the procession as it forms. Grand Distribution From a Christmas Tree , St. Louis dispatch : There was a rare scene * . at the exposition building to-day , j the occasion being the distribution of presents to children of the poor from the Post-Disnatch Christmas tree , for which a fund of nearly $10,000 had been subscribed by the general public. Ther subscriptions were stated with a 10 cent contribution , with no idea of the mag nitude tho affair was to assume , and the result far exceeded tho most sanguine expectations of the projectors. Fully 1.1.000 children received presents and C for , hours the streets in the vicinity of C the exposition building were blocked I with humanity. The Cavalry depot 1 band , by permission of the secretary of 1 war , furnished the music. There will f Ijo fund of several u thousand dollars re- innming from to-day's entertainment and it will be utilized for purchasing i clothing , shoes , etc. , for poor children , q lohu L. Jennings , editor of the Postj Dispatch , originator of the project , was 1 presented with an elegant gold watch A , y the citizens' committee. E EC Murdered by the Minister. Macon ( Ga. ) dispatch : At a country \ church ; in Coffee county a few days ago II , man who was disturbing public wor- ship ) was killed by the preacher in charge p of the church. There had been considJ erable : trouble about the retention of the pastor , who was voted in for another year. One of the members most bitterly opposed to the pastor approached the W pulpit where the reverend gentleman AN Avas sitting and engaged in conversation C with him. They became very much exO cited , and finally the member began to ? strike the miuister , accompanying his L blows with vile epithets and jdso spit ting in the minister's face. The minis- ter drew a knife and stabbed his assailrj , ant repeatedly. Women screamed and 0 men looked aghast , whilo the unforPi tnnate man fell down by thepulpit and L died. The friends of the minister hurH ried him away , and it is reported that Cj fled the country. Sl Will S. Hayes , the well-known song writer , is traveling through Kentucky , Cc selling pianos. His name is an introO. . duction to every house and he is said to H doing a rushing business. Cj Senor Piedrahita , an electrician of Bogota , has patented a telegraphic de- _ vise which works without batteries. He q claims that it will revolutionize telecj graphy. H V < " " " " ' II I B . . TO BE WHITNEY'S SUCCESSOR j Tlie Kaval O/Jleera Working for Ttiomas , of Illinois. BECmETART OV THE NAVY. Washington special : Thero is an or. ganizod movement on tho part of the naval officers in this city to sccuro the appointment of Congressman J. B. Thomas , of Illinois , as secretary of the t navy , if possible. Captain Thomas i vory popidar among this branch of the- servico , aud as a member of tho commit tee on naval affairs of tho houso of rop"V resoutatives , has always boon active and earnest in looking after their interests. Thoy think tiiat with him at the head of tho department they will bo well taken , caro of. of.A A REMARKABLE GATHKRINO. Thero will Lo a remarkablo gathering in Washington on tho 1st of January , next , composed of COO delegates repre senting tho colored members of tho- Catholic church of tho United States. Tho object is to start a boom for tho- church among that race , and Cardinal Gibbons is to preside over tho session. STOLEN CANCELLED NOTES. Tho officials of tho treasury depart' j ment had another shock to-day when word camo from tho Central National- ' bank , of this city , that tho receiving teller of that institution had taken over tho connter another of tho cancelled- notes which bore ovidenco of having 1 passed through tho redemption division. In tho presont instance tho note is of the * \ $10 denomination , aud it is regarded as moro dangerous than tho other , which was a twenty , becauso thero wasso many- more of tho tens in circulation , and it ' will bo so much tho moro easy for the- ' thief to dispose of his plunder. The- treasury people aro utterly at a loss to < trace tho notes back to tho person who J stole them , Under tho present sys tem it was considered impossible that any of tho redeemed notes could bo abstracted , bnt tho reappear- ( anco of two within a wcok indicates that thero aro more out , and further , that tho stealing is of very recent j date. Tho system of checks now in use was inaugurated some years ago , after n ' very successful raid by ono of the men 1 employed , to see that all redeemed notes 1 wore properly destroyed. In thoso days ( it was the custom to burn all redeemed 1 obligations in tho presence of a commit- > teo of three. Constant work of thfe | character made tho committee careless , . | and it soon devolved upon ono of the- ' three to see to all tho details. Ho had \ things all his own way until one day the little son of one of tho othersBaid : "Po „ what is that man putting in his pocket ? " • It was discovered that ho was pocketing bunches of half notes. His house was | found to bo literally filled with these halves , and he had a habit of snbstitut- , ing the cut notes for whole ones when- V ever the opportunity presented itself. It I was estimated at the time that ho had stolen § 50.000 or $00,000 before he was. M discovered. B SPEAKEHSinP CANDIDATES. Three new candidates for the speaker- ship were brought ont to-day by their 'I ' friends , but neither of them mean busi- M ness. One of them is Mr. Henry Cabot < Lodge , tho young and brilliant literary M member from Massachusetts , who is 1 probably intended to divert some of the- M New England votes from Mr. Reed. M Tho second is John M. Farquhar. of M Buffalo , an old printer and ex-president j H of the Typographical union , wiio is one- M of tho most useful men in tho house , . | but will not get much support for the 9B speakership ; and the third is Thomas- M M. Bayne , an old member of tho Penn- < sylvania ; delegation , who worships be- I fore the throne of Mr. Blaine , and i. - M always ; fighting the Camerons. Bayne has ] been making up to Quay lately , nnd m is j well along towards tho head of the Pennsylvania procession at present. He 9 probably ] is seeking a good committee. fl AMERICAN IIISTORICAIi ASSOCIATION' . ' 9 The fifth annual meeting of tho Amer- ican j Historical association commenced fl this j evening in this city and will confl tinne j over to-morrow and Friday. Wm. fl M. Poole , LL. D. . curator of the New- S berry ] library at Chicago , delivered the- „ H opening ( address , and papers on Ameri- M can ( biography by General .Tumes Grant M Wilson , and an local constitutional his- ! k tory 1 by Prof. George E. Howard , of the- jfl Nebraska ] university , were read this- M evening. ( M Four Men Killed at Denver. 9 Denver dispatch : A fatal accident oc- M curred this afternoon , on Fifteenth. M street , which resulted in the instant - | death of four men and mortally wound- M ing two others. The Denver Gas com- M pany had ten men employed excavating M n ditch six feet deep alongside of and J k underneath the track of the cable car J M line , when suddenly tho track for an en- H tire block fell , crushing tho Iifo out of M and imprisoning the men underneath. M Men were immediately set to work re- H moving the fallen track , and the four M dead and two badly wounded were re- H moved. The other men escaped with , H moro or less bruises. It i3 not yet H known whether any more are under- H neath the track or not. H THE MARKETS. fl OMAHA. | Whe.it No. 2 - 80 @ 86J { " ' ' H Cou.v No. 2 mixed - 20 © 20& T M Oats No. 2 22 @ 23 ' M IJottek Creamery 2G ( a ) 20 H BcTTEn Choice country. . . 22 % 25 , H Eggs , Fresh 21 @ 22 J Chickens dressed 8 @ 9- M Tuhkeys 8 © 10 M Lkjions Choice , perbox. . . 4 50 ( a ) G 00 ] H OnANQES Per box 5 00 @ 6 0& j H Onions Perbu 45 fe > 50 j H OTATOES . -2/ ( Q ) Q > M • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • / * Turnips Per bu 25 @ 30 H Apples Per bb ! 2 50 @ 3 00 . H Beans Navig 2 00 @ 2 25- H Catirots Per bu 35 @ 40 H Cabbages Per 100 3 00 @ 3 25 H Tomatoes , per bu 50 @ GO M Wool. \ Fine , per tb 13 @ 20 j H iiONKVf * • • • • lt > ( Cj XI | Chopped Feed Per ton 17 00 @ 17 50 < H Hay Hailed 5 00 @ 6 00 < H Flax Seed Perbu 1 15 @ 1 20 M Hogs ] lixed packing - 4 90 @ 4 9S j H Hoes Heavy weights 5 10 @ 5 15 B IsEErEH Choice steers. . . . . . . 3 25 % 4 25 fl NEW YORK. * H Wheat No. 2 red - 1 053 1 06JJ j H Wheat Ungraded red 90 @ 90& H Con. < . - No. 2 _ 48& @ 46J . H Oats Mixed western 29 @ 30 ' H Poiik . . . . „ „ .14 50 @ 14 75 : j | Laud 8 40 © 8 45& M CHICAGO. V _ i H Wheat Perbushel 1 04 © 104 . | H Conx Per bushel . 34 @ 34 . I H Oats Per bushel 25 @ 25 | H Pome 12 90 @ 13 00 , H Laud . 8 00 @ 8 05 H Hogs Packing &shippin ? . 4 90 @ o 20 Ks H Cattle Western Rangers 3 00 @ 3 90 H Siikep Natives _ 2 75 © 5 5e < H ST. LOUIS. ' H Wheat No.2 red cash 1 02 © 108 ' -i | Coits Perbushel . . _ 30 @ 30 % ' H Oats Per bushel 25 © 25f } < H Hogs Mixed packing - . 5 00 © 5 30 ' H Cattle Feeders _ 2 00 © 8 75 H j KANSAS CITY/ . j H Wheat Per bushel 96 © 96J4 H Corn-Parbushel 26 @ 26 j H Oats Per bnshel 21 © 21 % , j H Cattle Stockers < feeders. 2 80 © 2 20 > H EJcau Good to choice. . . < S 75 i JM fi H