Nebraska Newspapers

    : THE M'COOK TJSIBUISE ,
1 F. ITI. KKflHTUBLL , Publisher.
H MoCOOK , NEB ,
ABOUT NEBRASKA.
H' Silk Culture In Nebraska.
M Ono of iho most interesting thingo
m that have come uudor tho notice of the
M legislature , says a Lincoln correspcnd-
H Rnt of tho Omaha Herald , is tho exhibit
H of native-grown silk which was pre-
H pared and shown yesterday by Mr. A.
H Thiessen , of Jnnsen , Neb. Tho display
H is not largo , but it is of first quality , and
M possesses an interest independent of tho
H fact that it was raised in Nebraska. Mr.
M Thiessen is a Gorman and has been en-
H gaged in the culturo of silk for many
m years. Ho is , thereforo , an expert in
H the business , and knows whereof ho
M Bpeaks. He was formerly employed in
m tho state silk station of ICansas , and
B since coming to this state has pursued
M the industry with considerable success.
m His neighbors , who are many of his own
H nationality , have also taken up the busi-
B ncss and are highly pleased with tho ro-
H suits. During tho season of 1888 A.
H Thiessen raised over COO pounds of
H cocoons. Among his neighbors , Peter
H Thiessen raised 100 pounds ; Claus
H "Weobe , 200 pounds ; John Harms ,
H 450 pounds , and ten more aggro-
H gated200 pounds. This was sold to tho
H silk station at Washington for from
H § 1.15 to $1.25 per pound. Three pounds
H of good cocoons , and six pounds of tho
H poorest , are required to make one pound
H of silk worth $ G. The display also in-
H eluded some specimens of raw silk
H which were of first-clas3 quality , and
H specimens of the silk-worm in its vari-
H ous Btages. Mr. Thiessen says that
H there is no difficulty in growing the
H worm in this state , and as it requires no
H especially trained labor , there seems to
H be no valid reason why it ma } ' not be-
H come one of tho first industries of tho
H state. The worms feed on the leaves of
H tho osago orange with as good results as
H are seourcd from tho mulberry , with
H tho exception that tho _ thorns of the
H former make it inconvenient to handle.
H To raise tho GOO pounds of cocoons the
H labor of four men for two weeks was re-
fl quired , besides the attention of children
H during a few other weeks while the
B worms were growing. * /
H The object of tho display is to show
H what can be done in raising silk in Ne-
H braska , and to influence the members
H of the legislature favorably toward tho
H bill now pending to encourage tho in-
fl dustry by appropriating money to found
H and carry on a silk station. If the sta-
H tion is established an annual grant will
H come from the general government as
H is now tho case in Pennsylvania and
H California. * There was much interest
H manifested in the display , and it created
H a very favorable impression.
H STATE JOTTINGS IN BRIEF.
H The county surveyor of Custer coun-
M ty , with a force of eleven men , is busy
fl making the survey for tho proposed
fl canal to connect tho Dismal river with
fl the Muddy and thus furnish a magnifi-
M cent water power for Broken Bow.
m It is told that a prominent citizen of
M this county , says the Culbertson Sun ,
m who does not live more than a dozen
fl miles from the river went home tho
H other night and found his wife in the
Hi arms of another man. The gentleman
M in question left so suddenly thathe for-
M got his Lat and coat , which to his great
M relief were brought to him by his ever
m faithful horse a few hours later.
M The Independent clamors to have
m the jail gang at Grand Island put to
m work on the streets , just to keep satan
H from finding something for their idle
M hands to do.
m A man supposed to be John Waters ,
B who murdered his mother-in-law at No.
M 51 Tulija street , Poughkeepsie , N. Y. ,
H on February 19 , 1887 , was arrested at
M Idnwood last week by Private Detec-
H tive Leroy E. Sowers. The prisoner
H registered at the Northwestern hotel as
H Frank Baker , and says he has been
H traveling over the country for the last
H two years. Ho answers to the descrip-
H tion given , and will be held until the
H officers , who have been notified , can ar-
H rive.
H An effort is being made to form a
H building and fean association at Bin *
Hill.
H In a saloon rumpus at Wilber last
H week between Joseph Eadil , J. O. Bark-
H doll , Benjamin Chesney and Clement
H Spurling , Badil received mortal wounds
H on the neck and side of his head from a
H knife or razor in the hands of one of the
H other three men. It is claimed by some
' that Chesney done the cutting and that
H Barkdoll and Spurling assisted him by
H holding Badil.
H The Beatrice Beal Estate and Trust
H company filed articles of incorporation
I last week. The capital stock is $200,000
H and the heavy financiers at the back of
H the institution are C. E. Mayne , John
H Biley , N. N. Brumback and li. E. Spen-
cer.
Miss Minnie Burns , label clerk in
I the packing house of the Armonr-Cnd-
H ahy company , Sonth Omaha , had the
I skin entirely burned off the palm of her
left hand by grasping a red hot steam
I pipe.
I . Pierce expects a big boom with the
I opening of a large cattle ranch neai
town and advent of the Omaha & Yank-
I' ton road.
I Aurora'3 waterworks will soon be
. ready for operation.
Superintendent Cole , of the Keo-
kuk , Iowa , government building , was
I • in Nebraska City last week inspecting
tho new postoffice. Mr. Colo was sent
I to that city by the department to in-
speot the woodwork of the building ,
complaint having been made that it was
not what it should be. He looked the
building over from top to bottom , and
H finds that the woodwork is of a very in-
ferior quality , some of it already loose
and cracked. He will make a full re-
l : port to the department , and the con-
tractors will doubtless hear from head *
quarters.
I An electroplate fakir , who gives his
name as Frank Baker , was arrested at
: David City by Sheriff Darnell , on a tel-
I ' egram from the city marshal at Lin- ,
wood , to hold hirif vfoc murder. He , , ia' %
: . charged with the murder .of his mother
ly in-law , Mrs. Elliott , of Poughkeepsie ,
ei N. Y. Baker when arrested gave the
Ui name of France , and declares himself
" , innocent
I ; Police raid honses Zol ill-fame at
_ ' Covington and thirty-six inmates were.
> , caDtnred and fined $20 each.
it A gang of tough youths Droka into
f the street car house at Plattsmouth and
• ' succeeded in robbing the money box in
t ' - 'i one of the cars of several dollars , which
? ' • the driver had neglected.
. ' . . . The Beatrice board of tradt , has
J . : ' ' seenred a written contract with eastern
v\- \ parties which assures the erection of a
% large four story brick structure tobe
$ i nsed as an oat meal mill. The building
2 * will be commenced soon and will be
fc' built in the sonth part of the city adja-
! ; - cent to the several railroads in that
Wrioinity. .
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Tho Chase County Champion an
nounces that a number of tho farmers
aro busily omployod sowing wheat.
A .Lincoln special says : Sonato *
Mandorson has been besieged by oflico
seekers who even called him up out of
bed , and some of tho candidates .are al
most read } ' for an indignation meeting
hecauso Senator Church Howe's lato
dinner kept the diutinguished gentle
man out of thoir clutches for two whole
hours to-night. Senator Manderson
took Superintendent Thompson's pri
vate car to Hastings.
A Washington special says the , Sec
retary of war has failed to recommend
for purchase to the senate of the site at
Bollevue selected for a fort by General
Brooko and recommended by Generals
Schofield and Crook. The objection
tho secretary makes to tho site is that
it would cost about $100,000 more than
was appropriated for that purpose , the
price being $160,000 , whereas the ap
propriation amounts only to $00,666.
Another objection is that the site would
depend upon tho Omaha waterworks for
its water Bupply , which , alone , would
entail a cost of $8,000 per year upon the
government
A bill has been introduced in the
senato by Norval to increase tho salary
of tho supremo court judges to $4,50 (
per annum , and to make iho salary oi
judgos of district courts $3,500 each.
This village , says on Unadilla dis-
patoh , is in a fever heat of excitement
to-day over the discovery of the threo-
foot vein of coal by well diggers on tho
property of John Horton. At a depth
of ninety feet they struck a vein of six
inches. Later , at a depth of 180 feet , a
vein of eighteen inches was discovered ,
and to-day the rich discovery of a three-
foot vein at a depth of 265 feet was
made. The excitoment runs high.
Numbers of capitalists have visited the
discovery from various adjacent points ,
anxious to invest. Tho ojvner of 'the
property has had propositions from
these gentlemen to form a stock com
pany of $10,000 for the development of
the vein.
A 16-year-old girl named Stanley ,
who lived with her parents in a dug-out
on tho river bank just aboyo Nebraska
City , met with a _ fatal accident Sho
walked out on the ice to an air-hole for a
pail of water. The ice gave way and she
was swept under by the current The
body was not recovered.
Senator Manderson was given a re
ception last week by members of the
legislature and made a brief • address.
Touching upon the legislation of the
day , he said that the greatest need was
for laws to control trusts , combinations
and corporations. The age of electrici
ty and railroads confronted the law
makers with new issues. He pointed to
his efforts in behalf of pensioners. The
Knevals land bill he had ardently sup
ported , as he had the publio building in
Omaha , and the relocation and enlarge
ment of Fort Omaha , tho two bridge
charters at Omaha , and the making of
Omaha and Lincoln ports of immediate
transportation. He touched upon other
special legislation which he aided in se
curing.
J. O. Chase , of Fairmont , brother
of the Chase of the People's bank there
who recently sailed for Canada , has also
fled. J. O. was president of the First
National of the same place and exami
nations of his accounts show a good deal
of crookedness.
Six tramps were given lodging in
the Stella calaboose the other night At
an early hour in the morning citizens of
the neighborhood of the calaboose were
awakened by cries of the inmates. In
vestigation showed that the stove had
been turned over and that if they had
not been discovered the city would have
been called upon to bury them. All
would have suffocated in another twenty
minutes.
The Independent believes that
Grand Island this year will witness the
greatest building boom ever experienced
there.
there.Definite
Definite steps are being taken to
make the Inter-State Chautauqua
Beatrice a success. A large number
have signified the intention of putting
up cottages on the grounds. A pavilion
capable of seating about 2,000 will be
erected together with other necessary
structures ; ; Upon the summit of a high
bluff on the grounds , a tower will be
built giving a beautiful view of the city
and the valley of the Big Blue.
Wo violate no confidence , says the
Bloomington Echo , when we say that
Beceiver Tipton of the land office in
tends to have his resignation in Wash
ington by the 4th of March next ; and he
hopes all applicants for the place will
make a vigorous effort to get the com
mission , file the bond and relieve him
by the first day of April ensuing.
At Grand Island , under complaint
sworn out before Justice Gam by Emily
G. Barker , white , against her husband ,
Lewis Barker , jet black , the latter was
arrested , oharged with threatening to
shoot and kill the aforesaid Emily G.
Barker , who upon oath declares that she
has cause to fear and does fear great
bodily injury or death at the hands of
the aforesaid husband of hers.
The Winnebago Indians are refusing
to sign the petition to form , the new
county of Blackbird , with Pender for
the county seat
The new G. A. B. pose organized at
South Omaha has been named in honor
of the late Dr. Livingston , of Platts
mouth.
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The large barn on the farm of Ste
phen Jones , who resides two miles south
of Wood Biver , was burned with all ol
its contents , consisting of large quanti
ties of oats , shelled corn , hay , harness ,
farm implements , two cows and a team
of horses. There were three horses and
a team of mules in the barn when it was
closed for the night , but as the carcasses
of only two horses were found in the
ruins , it is thought that the team of
mules and one horse had been stolen ,
and the barn set on fire.
A large and important property
trade was effected in Ulysses last week ,
wherein George Smith , a prosperous
stock raiser , exchanged 100 horses val
ued at $12,000 , including two valuable .
stallions and several imported mares ,
for city propertyv York ownedby Mr.
\DePayere.whoisthe principal ownex • .
of the York street railway. * ?
George W. Allen , of Hamburg , one
of the largest Iowa stock shippers to
South Omaha , was killed last week ai
Creston. Mr. Allen was accompanying
a lot of stock amd in { jetting off the cars
stopped on the track m front of a switch
engine and was killod instantly. His
body was horribly mangled.
The Union Pacific rail
way company , i
through its attorney , has filed a petition '
in the district court of Douglas county ,
asking that the case of Michael O'Brien
against tho company be removed to the
United States circuit court O'Brien
instituted the suit to recover $20,000
damages for alleged personal injuries re- '
ceived. The railroad company wants to *
take the cause to the circuit court for i
the reason that the sum amounts to j
more than $2,000. ' '
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Mary Lemons , a ten-year-old girl of
Faimouth , Ky. , has delivered soveral
sermons in that placo and is now _ fairly
in tho flold as a professional revivalist
Prof. Graham , Bell says that tho deaf
mutes aro increasing at a fastor rate
than tho general population. This is
possibly due to tho noises of modern
civilized life.
MilliO'ialre ' Flood Passes Away.
James C. Flood , of California , died
at tho Grand hotel at Heidelberg , on
the 21st
Tho city council of Lincoln pro-1
pose to inaugurate reform , and will be
gin by cutting off part of the street
lights.
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A movement is on foot to organize a
farmers' alliance at In man.
A Lincoln dispatch says that the
senate committee will report adversely
on Linn's bill making life and endow
ment assurance policies non-forfeitable
and fixing a surrender value.
The Elkhorn road is contemplating
another change in its passenger trains to
take effect the 10th of March.
A very successful district conference
of the Y. M. 0. A. was held at Pawnee
City last week.
A society of Ohio people is to bo
organized in Fremont , and in Omaha all
tho Smiths will do the same thing.
THE NEBRASKA SENATE AND HOUSE
Proceedinqt of the Upper and Zotoer Branch
of the Kfbra lca Afrmblu.
In the senate on the 16th S. F. 77 ,
Howe's bill to provide for ballot boxes
to be made of glass , was considered.
Howe offered an amendment making
tho bill apply only in cities having over
$5,000 inhabitants , and moved its adop
tion. The amendment was adopted.
The bill as amended was then adopted
with tho recommendation that it be
passed. Tho committee on enrolled
and engrossed bills reported Senate
Files 61 and 82 correctly engrossed.
S. F. 166 and 175 were reported with
the recommendation that they bo passed.
S. F. 01 , Paxton's bill granting the con
sent of the state of Nebraska to the
purchase or condemnation by tho Uni
ted States of a block of ground in
Omaha , for tho purpose of the erection
of a postoffice or a postoffice and court
house at Omaha , and cedimr jurisdic
tion thereof to the United States , was
read the third time and passed unani
mously. S. F. 81 , Conner's bill pro
viding the conditions under which
school lands may be sold , was also
passed. Senate adjourned until 4 p. m.
Monday. In the honso the Washington
centennial bill , House Boll 331 , was the
firsc business before the committee , as
it had been dropped on Friday without
being disposed of , but as Mr. Baker ,
the author of the bill , was absent the
bill was passed by until Tuesday , the
19th. H. B. 116 was next considered.
It is a bill to provide that the delivery
of boys and girls to the reform school
be placed in the hands of the sheriffs.
The motion to report the bill back with
the recommendation that it be indefi
nitely postponed was carried. House
Boll 105 was also taken up. It is a bill
to prohibit the advertising of any lot
tery located either in the state or out
side of the state. The fine is placed at
$300 by this bill for advertising any lot
tery. The bill was recommended for
passage. House Boll 146 was then con
sidered. This is a dog tax bill. It pro
vides that there shall be a tax of § 2 paid
by the keeper of a bitch , or where more
than one is kept , then $3 each for all
bitches more than one kept by any one
person. Also a tax of $1 for all other
dogs. After several amendments had
been adopted and the title had been
amended the bill as amended was re
ported back to the house with the re
commendation that it be passed.
The senate on the 18th held a forty-
minute session and indefinitely post
poned the house bill abolishing the
state oil inspection. It also passed
Pickett's bill allowing publishers legal
rates for tax notices. A letter from
Senator Manderson was read. It ad
vised the legislature to make arrange
ments to properly care for the valuable
set of metric standards soon to be sent
by the government. In the house bills
were introduced : To , amend the con
stitution requiring all foreigners to re
side in the state five years and take out
second naturalization papers before be
ing vested with the elective franchise.
To establish and maintain schools for
the training of teachers for the publio
schools of'the state of Nebraska at con
venient and accessible points , muking
said training schools auxiliary to the
principal normal school at Peru. These
schools to be located at Madison , Long
Pine and Holdrege. The house went
into committee of the whole and con
sidered several bills relating to town
ship organization , all of which were fa
vorably reported. The principal changes
made'in the present law were to pro
vide for keeping all township funds in
the local treasury without turning them
over to the county treasurer , and for the
election of one-half of the township
officers each year.
In the senate on the 19th bills were
introduced : Senate File No. 207 : A
bill for an act to locate and establish a
state normal school at Neligh , Antelope
county , to be known and designated as
tho "Neligh state normal school , " and
to provide for a donation of property for
the same. Senate File No. 208. A bill
for an act to amend section 29 of article
1 of chapter 4 of the compiled statutes
of Nebraska , 1887 , entitled "Animals , "
and to repeal said section. Senate File
144 , by Mr. Cornell , was next consid
ered. This bill provides for the elec
tion of county commissioners by the
district which they represent. It was
indefinitely postponed. The senate met
at 2 p. in. and immediately adjourned to
Kive the members an opportunity to at
tend tho joint session and reception
tendered Senator Manderson. Several
bills were introduced , among them the
following : To establish a uniform sys
tem of weights andL measures in con
formity with the national standard. To
attach Arthur to Keith county for
judicial purposes. A bill to provide
for the relocation of obliterated , and
lost corners in the original surveys.
The following bills were taken up on
tlurd reading and passed. A bill to pay
William J. Wilson , of Tekamah , $2,500
forinjnries received on November 10 ,
1888 , in assisting the sheriff of Burt
.county in arresting the notorious bnr-
glar , "Beddy" Wilson. A bill provid
ing for .the subniission of-ya constitu-
tibhal amendment authorizingxlfe1 loan- ,
ing of the permanent school fund 'to
local school districts. The house con
sidered without definite aotion the bill
appropriating $20,000 to be expended by
a committee consisting of Governor
Thayer , John L. Webster and Auditor
Benton , in defraying the expenses of
"suitable persons" to represent Ne
braska at the centennial celebration of
the inauguration of President Washing
ton , which is to be held in New York
City on April 80.
In the senate on the 20th most of the
morning was consumed discussing and
killing Linn's bill requiring foreign cor
porations to incorporate in Nebraska
in order to do business within the state.
Senator Howe's gkss ballot box bill was
passed. The judiciary committee intro- .
duced a constitutional amendment pro
viding for five supreme court judges , ,
' ana lengtnening their term or'office to
fivo years. SenatorLindsay introduced
a joint resolution for a prohibitive
amendment to tho constitution. This
was done hecauso the timo for intro
ducing bills may elapse beforo tho Bit-
preme court renders its decision on son-
ate file 31. Tho committee of the whole
recommended the three bills for the cre
ation of Thurston county , also tho bill
requiring state officers to make yearly
reports of property in their offices ; also
the bill providing that protests on notes
I duo on Sunday bo made on Saturday.
The senate adopted the house joint res-
I olntion requesting Nebraska congress
men to demaud a suspension of all on-
tries of publio lands , when tho same are
under claim of tho state as indemnity
school lands. In the houso a bill intro
duced by McBrido to compel railroad
corporations to list their property fox
purposes of taxation , under tho oath of
the presidentor secretary , or rather chief
officoroftho company , was reported by
the committee on ways and moans , with
the recommendation that it do pass.
Tho joint resolution to submit an amend-
j mcut to the state constitution providing
that all , money derived from saloon li-
! censes and fines should go into the
county instead of the city school fund
provoked much discussion. Tho bill
was fiuallv killed by a voto of 40 to 37.
Houso roll 154 , Denman's bill to pro
vide for the state publication of school
books , was indefinitely postponed. Bills
were introduced : To make all railroad
tickets "good until used , " or until the
money be refunded. * To authorize
townships and precincts to issue bonds j
to make roads and ditches. Providing
for the closing of public schools each I
year on decoration day. To provide a
penalty for furnishing or supplying im
pure milk to customers. To compel
railroads to keep public crossings in re
pair. Mrs. Gougar was granted the use
of the hall ono hour to make an address
on municipal suffrage.
The 21st was tho 40th day of the sen
ato session and the last upon which bills \
may be introduced. There was a showoi
of such documents , and a big part of the
morning session was taken up in read-
insr and referring these bills. Tho three
bills for tho creation of Thurston coun
ty were passed. Ono cuts a slice from
Burt county , a second takes a piece of
Waj-ne , and the third joins them with
the unorganized territory in the Omaha
and Winnebago reservations , and calls ,
the whole Thurston county. The senate
also passed a bill requiring state officers
to include in their regular reports to the •
government a schedule of the personal
property in their several offices and in
stitutions belonging to tho state , with a
statement of its condition ; also an ac
counting for any such property as may
have been disposed of during the bien
nial period preceding. An adverse com
mittee report has been made on Senator
Howe's bill , one assessor in counties of
70,000 or over , a measure that was in1-
tended for the benefit of Omaha. The
judiciary committee reported a joint
resolution for a constitutional amend
ment providing for a state board of
transportation of three members , to be
appointed by the governor and
confirmed by the senato. Ad
journed until Monday. In the house
bills were introduced : A bill to regu
late and control associations , arrange
ments , combinations , agreements , pools
and trusts. To provide for the pay
ment of all live stock killed by order of
the live stock sanitary commission in
the years 1885 , 1886 and 1887. Provid
ing that all citizens shall have tho same
civil rights , - and providing for tho pun
ishment of any violation of this provis
ion. It is intended to prevent any dis
tinction "on account of color" in seat
ing people in theaters aud in furnishing
accommodations at hotels and restau
rants. A bill providing that owners of
adjoining land shall pay for one-half of
the line fence if he shall build a paral
lel line and not join in the fence already
established , was debated at • length and
finally ordered to a third reading. A
bill to repeal the present militia law ,
and to make all the citizens of the state
between eighteen and forty-five subject
to military duty , and empowering the
governor to enroll as many as may be
necessary to suppress an insurrection ,
was introduced by Majors.
Married a Full-BlooJed Buck.
Yankton ( Dak. ) special : Something
oyer a year ago Miss Cora Belle Fel
lows , a teacher in the Indian school at
Standing Bock agency , was married to
a full-blood Indian named Chaska , and
the pair attracted much attention on a
trip through the east under the manage
ment of Kohl & Middleton's dime mu
seum. A like affair has just taken place
at the Yaukton Indian agency , a fewc
miles above this city. A white woman ,
27 years old , intelligent and good look-
ing , was married to a full-blooded buck
of 20 , the groom being a very ordinary
appearing Indian and as dirty as the dir-
tiest of the tribe. The happy pair are
now having a tepee honeymoon in the
tribal camp near the agency. The cer-
emony was performed by Bev. Mr.
Cook , tho clergyman at tho agency.
The agent and others tried to dissuade
the girl and offered her money to go
east , but she was bent on the possession
of her dusky lover and would not leave.
She wrote for him to meet her at a cer-
tain place and walked seven miles to
meet him and refused to be comforted
until she had possesssion of him and
was married. It is not known whether
thear will go on the stage or not.
Latest Freak of Medical Science.
Philadelphia special : Baising babies
of premature birth by the aid of a me-
chanical incubator is the latest freak of
medical science at the Woman's hos
pital , North College avenue and Twen
ty-second street. For the first time in
this city , this process was put to a prac
tical test ten days ago , when Florence
Byan , an eight-day-old child , was wrap-
pod ia' * " addling clothes and placed in
the is abator. The baby is thriving
nndec the process and apparently enjoy
ing the best of health. Her weight at <
the time of her birth was about three <
pounds , or one-half the weight of the
average newborn child. The incubator <
has raised the baby's weight up to five i
pounds within ten days. She rests in <
the incubator constantly except when ]
taken out to receive nourishment or i
when she is given a sponge bath. The 1
former operation occurs three times a t
day , and the latter twice. i
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Montana Anxious for Admission. 1
Helena ( Mont ) special : The people
of Montana , irrespective of politics , " are
anxious for odmission upon almost any
terms , but the legislature , which is re
publican in both branches , blocks the ,
game. *
Delegate Toole is the stumbling *
block. He wrote a letter to that body
about two weeks ago asking that action J
be taken by it at once to telegraph a :
memorial to Washington praying that ;
Montana be admitted into the union.
A memorial was prepared in the house *
which 'had a clause in it providing for
sending it to Toole for presentation.
This raised a rumpus , and there was a
demand that Toole's name should not c
bo used , but that the memorial should i' '
be addressed direct to .congress. It was d
debated for several days , and then the t
house changed it and amended it so that r.
they thought it would be satisfactory to ji
the conncil , but it was not , and that l
body Jaid it on the table , where it will c
probably stop. i a
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.EDGERT0N GETS AFTER THE PRESIDENT.
lie Heads the lllot Act to the Chief Executive
Jlccatuo of HIM Removal.
Judge Edgerton , who wa3 recently re
moved , from the office of civil service
commissioner , has written an open letter
to the president He says , among other
things : "I was indebted to j'ou for tho
only appointive office I over hold. You
now declare , by your action , that you
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regret the appointment ; I , with equal
right , can say I regret its acceptance.
Your regret was never made known to
me by you in any word of utterance or
action until now , at tho closo of 3'our
administration , and on tho day beforo
my removal. I presume thero wero
prudential political reasons why you did
not mako the removal until after tho
election. In this regard it would almost
seem as if you were willing to play falso
with tho mugwumps to enable you to
win with the democrats. The result of
the election placed yon in a dilemma
from which few peoplo wdnld have
known how to extricate themselves. You
found ono man on your hands whom tho
mugwumps had declared war upon , and
an enemy to their civil servico reform
theories , andyour plau of becoming their
representative in the future would be
weakened or defeated if assurance of
your fidelity to their cause could not be
assnred. Accordingly , it appears you
decided upon the removal of tho head
of the commission ; and deeming Thomp
son a good enough mugwump for them ,
you therefore demanded my resigna
tion that you might appoint him , ap
parently as an atonement for your pre
vious inaction. Mr. President , with
due courtesy to the high office yon hold ,
allow mo to sa3' jrou are a venr pecnliar
man , a positive man positively wrong
or positively right and therefore an
unsafe man to trust , and that element
in j'our character , I believe , led to your
defeat. Pope says "Tho most positive
men are the most credulous sinco they
most believe themselves and advise
most with their fellow-flatterers and
worst enemies. " Being ono of that
kind of positivo men yourself , j'ou have
kept some men of like character around
you , who are positive only in thoir mal
ice and conceit Juvenal says : "Thero
is nothinsr a man will not believe in his
own favor. " You were credulous enough
to believe you were elected president by
the mugwumps , and thereforo j-ou per
" mitted them to malign your real friends
and to flatter you in a policy which .led
to your defeat You aro a man who
would not permit your real friends to
admonish you with freedom and confi
dence , and as a result yon have suffered
for want of friends , and your wretched
greatness has discovered that thero is
no true success in life without tho power
and blessing of friendship. You be
lieved j'our will and power to enforce it
was above all powers , but the will of the
peoplo , expressed in a constitutional way ,
has taught you there was a wiser and
better way than that chosen by you.
You will be censured and condemned
because you put no trust in jrour own
party , but believed yourself to bo better
than your own and greater than all par
ties. You have ascertained that the
many were not made for the one. You
can find as many reasons for removing
me as the democratic party , through an
indifference which was simply retalia-
toiy , had for removing you. I shall be
quite willing to remain with you in the
gloom of defeat
Tho judge concludes his letter as fol
lows : "How can you say that you found
tho departments filled with incompe
tents , and yet retained all in office dur
ing your administration ? There is a
mistake somewhere. Did you not know ,
Mr. President , that nearly three-fourths
of all the persons now in office in the
departmental service were there in 1S85 ?
You will soon have no power of removal ,
and the places they hold will not be sub
ject ; to j-oiir "clearing out" efforts. You
have shut your eyes to the fact that
these clerks had been active and success
ful in aiding your own "clearing out , "
and poor civil service eligibles still have
the wide scope you have secured for
them on the outside while the incompe
tents are rejoicing within. Yon do not' 1
understand the civil service law , Mr.
President Its examinations aro not
made for those inside , but for those out- j I
side. Your theoiy of inaction would '
defeat the law. You have not dared to , (
weed out the incompetents. " Judge
Edgerton : concludes with a criticism of
tho conduct of one of the other commis
sioners ' without mentioning his name. *
Returned Without Approval.
Washington dispatch : The president
to-day j returned to congress without his
approval ' c the house bill to determine the
title ' of settlers on tho Des Moines river
lands , in Iowa. The president says :
"One result of this legislation , if con
summated , , should be to restore to the
United States , as part of the public do
main , the lands which more than twen
ty-five : years ago the government ex
pressly , 'granted and surrendered , and
which : repeated decisions of the supreme
court ( have judged to belong to this sec
. tion of the government It is by no
means : certain that this proposed legis
lation relating to a subject peculiarly
within : the judicial function , and which
attempts , to disturb rights and interests ' I
thoroughly entrenched in the solemn ! i
adjudications of our courts , would be
upheld. In any event , it seems to me ,
that it is an improper exercise of legis
lative power , an interference with tho , ,
determinations ' of the co-ordinate branch ' '
of ' the government , and the arbitrary |
annulment ' of a public grant made more
than twenty-five years ago an attempt
ed destruction of vested rights and
threatened impairment of lawful con
tracts. "
Disapproves the Finding.
President Cleveland has disapproved
the j finding of the court martial in the
! case of Past Assistant Surgeon Bobert
W. Shufeldr , of the army , who was tried
for neglect of duty and sentenced to
dismissal from the service , and has been
ordered before another retiring board ,
which shall have instructions to inquire
carefully into his condition and deter
mine whether he is able to perform his
duties. The effect of this action is to
restore Dr. Shnfeldt to his rank in the
army and to give him another chance to
be retired , so as to bo at leisure to pur- ,
sue his studies in natural history. If he i
is retired he will have to choose between
performing his duties as a surgeon or :
being tried by court martial '
Pleadjnj for a Murderess. i
Harrisburg " ( Pa. ) dispatch : The board \
of pardons this afternoon considered the • j
case of Mrs. Sarah J. Whiteling , sen- j ,
tenced to be hanged March 27 , for the i ]
poisoning of her daughter and who is ]
also suspected of poisoning her husband
and son. The board listened attentively j
to several pleas aud there Ls a possibility .
that the miserable woman may be saved
from tho gallows , to end her days in *
prison. T
Plenty of Room for All. 11
The inaugural committee on publio
comfort , in answer to a large number of i
inquiries from all parts of the country ,
desires to state for the information of i
the public that their resources are amj j *
pie to enable them to provide with i J
pleasant and comfortable lodgings , with , *
board , in the most desirable parts of tho I
city , all who may wish to attend the inj j f
augural ceremonies.'l
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SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
J. Syitoptla of Proceedings in the Senate and
House of Hepreaentattvcs.
House. In tho houso on tho 16th
McMillan , of Tennessee , from tho com-
mitteo on ways and means , reported a
bill to reduce taxation and simplify tho
laws in relation to the internal rovonuo.
Breckinridge , of Kentucky , from tho
same committee , reported a bill to re
duce taxation and for other purposes.
Tho effect of tho roport of these two
measures is to placo them upon tho cal
endar ahead of tho internal rovenno
bill , to bo reported from the committoo
on appropriations , and to give them tho
right of way unless tho friends ot tho
Cowles bill can muster sufficient force
to set them asido. Tho houso then
; ' went into coramitteo of tho whole on
tho postoffice appropriation bill. Tho
| I pending amendment increasing tho ap-
' propriation for tho compensation of
postoffice clerks by $300,000 was de
feated by a voto of eighty-six to eighty-
seven. Holman offored an amendment
providing that tho aggregate salaries of
postoffice clerks , as fixed by tho now
classification , shall not exceed tho sum
appropriated by tho bill , S6.G50.000.
Senate. In tho senato on tho 16th
tho bill to placo Maj. James Belger on
tho retired list as colonel in tho regular
army was passed. Coko yiolded the
floor to permit Sherman to present tho
conforonce roport on tho direct tax bill.
Tho houso provision in regard to lots
and lauds at Beaufort , S. 0. , is amend
ed so as to appropriate $500,000 to pay
for town lots in Beaufort ot the rato of.
half tho value assessed thereon for taxes
by tho United States tax commissioner
for South Carolina , and tho amount of
$5 per aero for lands. Tho report was
agreed to.
Senate. In the senate on the 18th
Mr. Cullom , from tho committee on ter
ritories , reported , back the house bill to
organize the territory of Oklahoma , and
it was placed on tho calendar by Mr.
Cullom giving notice that he would call
it up for action as soon as possible. The
house bill to provide for taking the
eleventh and subsequent censuses was
passed. Mr. Palmer , in accordance
with previous notice , offered concurrent
resolutions returning the thanks ot con
gress to tho governor and peoplo of tho
state of Michigan for the statuo of
Lewis Cass , accepting tho same in tho
name of tho nation and assigning it to a
place in tho old hall of the houso of
representatives. He then proceeded to
deliver an address eulogistic of the life
of General Cass. The senate then re
sumed consideration of the Texas out
rages resolution and Mr. Coko began
his fourth day's argument against it
House. In the house on the 18th Mr.
Hatch , of Missouri , called tho attention
of the house to the fact that in July last
Mr. Conger , of Iowa , from the commit
tee on agriculture , had presented a sub
stitute for the bill regulating the sale of
compound lard , and that it had been
placed upon the house calendar. This ,
he maintained , had been an improper
reference , and that the bill should be
referred to tho committee of the whole
and secure a place on the calendar of
that committee. After some opposition
the motion prevailed. Mr. Crisp then
called up the Snllivan-Welton Califor
nia election case. Mr. McKenna , of
California , raised a question of consid
eration. On a rising vote the. republi
cans outvoted the democrats by 78 to
74 , and the yeas and nays were ordered.
Then the body of republicans refrained
from voting and left the house without
a quorum , the vote upon taking up the
election case standing yeas 130. nays 12.
Senate. in tne senate on the 19th
Mr. Hoar , from the committee on priv
ileges and elections , to which was re
ferred the resolutions offered by Messrs.
Chandler and Gibson for an investiga
tion of tho recent elections in Lonisiana
and other states , and memorials as to
political associations , reported them all
back to bo laid on the table. After ,
some rontine business the senate pro-1
ceeded to consideration of Mr. Vest's
motion to reconsider the vote by which ,
the conference report on tho direct tax
bill was agreed tolas. - Saturday. After
considerable debate the motion to re-
consider was rejected yeas 8 , nays 48.
The conference report now goes to the
house for its action. The senate amend
ment to pay Mrs. Waite $8,740 , the bal
ance of one year's salary of the late
Chief .Justice Waitef encountered con-
siderablo opposition , bnt was finally
agreed to. The amendment appropri-
ating $40,000 each to the statues of Gen
eral Philip H. Sheridan and General
John A. Logan , in Washington , was
agreed to , and Mr. Daniel gave notice
that after all tho committee amend
ments were disposed of he would offer a
similar amendment for the statue of
General Hancock.
House. In the house on the 19th Mr.
Butterworth , of Ohio , introduced for
reference a joint resolution authorizing
the president to invite several members
of the Canadian parliament and the
premiers and cabinets of the several
provinces to visit the United States on
May 1 , 1889 , and be the guests of tho
people of this country. An appropria-
tion of $150,000 is made to carry out the
provisions of the resolution , and a joint
committee of the house and senate is
provided for to receive and entertain
the guests. The house went into com-
mittee of the whole on the postoffice ap-
propriation bill. The pending motion
offered by Mr. Cannon , of Illinois , to
strike out the paragraph regulating the
salaries of assistant postmasters was
defeated. No further progress was (
made on the bill and the committee , <
rose , and the house took a recess , the J
evening session to be for consideration ' J
of business reported by the committee j
on military affairs. \
Senate. In the senate on the 20th i
the committee on public lands re- 1
ported tho bill for the relief of
settlers in Hettinger county , Daj j ( j
kota \ , which was explained and passed. 11
The bill authorizes the exchange of j
lands ( on which homestead settlements ?
were made b3' mistake ) for other public I )
lands with the Northern Pacific railroad J c
company. ' A message from the presii
dent ' transmitting the report of the sec1
retary of state , with accompai 'ing corF
respondence "touching the case of Lord T
\ Sackville ; , " was presented , read and reS
ferred to the committee on foreign re
lations. The senate then resumed con- . ,
sideration of the Htindry civil appropriq
ation bill. _ Amendments reported from q
the committee on appropriations , havp
ing been acted upon , tho bill was open r.
to general amendments. An item of
$10,000 was inserted for paving and im
proving the grounds at the postoffice at
Ioacoln , Neb.
House. In the house on the 20th , ' 0
immediately after reading the journal L
the contest over the direct tax bill was B
resumed , Mr. Caswell , of Iowa , calling C.
up the conference report as a matter of
privilege. The report was agreed to
j-eas 168 , nays 88. Mr. Springer pre- \ \
sented the conference report on the terO
ritorial bill. The bill as agreed to in the O
conference , provides for the admission
of the states of North Dakota , South c
Dakota , Montana and Washington. The
territory of Dakota is to be divided on
the line of the seventh standard parallel q
produced due west to the western boundo
ary of the territory. Delegates elected G
to the constitutional convention north of H
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this parallel shall ossemblo at Bismarck. $ *
and those olooted south to this parallel |
at Sioux Falls. Delogatcs to tho con-
vention in each of tho proposed nctr Mm
states , shall bo elected on tho Tuesday- mm
after tho first Monday in May next , and MM
shall meet tho 4th of July , and declare- MM
that they adopt tho constitution of the- , mm
United States. Tho roport was adopted mm
amid applauso on both sides of tho- A < # *
chamber. _ . , . . , , liK r wk
Senate. In the senate on the 31st "f" ; r:5 : |
tho conference report on tho legislative ' . - i 1
appropriation bill was presented and " " % ll
agreed to. Tho senate bill to authorize 4 ll
tho sale of n tract of land in tho military y > " * : | |
reservation of Fort Leavenworth , at not . fl
less than $300 per aero , was reported 11
and paased. Tho coramitteo on build- If I
ings and grounds reported to the sonato .1
a resolution directing tho president of s m
tho senato to issuo a warrant command- } * | 1
ing tho sergeant-at-arms forthwith to- Jl
arrest and bring to tho bar of tho sen- ifl
ate Thomas D. Fisher , chief olerk in 11
tho supervising architect's office , to- fbm
show cause why ho should not bo pnn- f
ished for contempt. Mr. Morgan ob- # ,
jected to its presont consideration , and , ;
it went . The civil ' ? I
over. sundry appro- - - * •
priation bill was then considered until ' =
adjournment.
House. In tho houso on tho 21st the I
postoffice apropriation bill was cpnsid- I
ered. Messrs. Adams and Lawlcr made , I
earnest and vigorous endeavors to in-
crease tho appropriation for pay of let- \-M \
ter carriers. They pointed out that tho i I
, growing city of Chicago was inado'l | '
quatoly supplied with letter carriers ,
and advocated an incrcoso in tho nnm- ' !
her of trips mado daily. Their efforts ifl
wore , however , unsuccessful. Having '
concluded consideration of tho bill , tho !
committeo rose. Mr. Cannon , ofllli- M
j nois , moved to recommit tho bill with ;
instructions to tho postoffice committeo 'I '
to report it back with tho classification , - * > fl
features eliminated. Tho bill was then ' , , ' t.fl
passed. Mr. Forney presontod tho con- 4sfl
feronco report on tho legislative , oxecu- J' mw\ \
tivo and judicial appropriation bill , and j l
it was agreed to. The houso went into > H
committee of tho wholo on the defi-
ciency oppropropriation bill. It was -MM AMm
not disposed of at the hour of adjourn- - vJH
ment / tH
Senate. In tho senato on tho 22d m\
tho sundry civil appropriation bill was „ * * 1"H
considered , the question being on His- j |
cock's amendment appropriating $300 , - 9H
000 for tho expenses of the celebration 'Wmm '
of the centennial of the constitution. - it f ? B
Hoar offered a substitute for tho amend- * l
ment , which was agreed to. It declares H H
Tuesday , April 30 , 1880. tho anniversary fl
of the inauguration ot Georgo Washing- MM
ton , a national holiday throughout tho MM
United States ; provides for the ossein- ) \ M
bling of both houses in the hall of tho "llLl l
house of representatives on the second Vlj l
Wednesday of December , 1889 , when , \1 \ |
under arrangement by a joint commit- V |
tee , suitable ceremonies are to bo had § m\ \
in further commemoration of that his-
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toric event ; authorizes tho joint com- | H
mittee to invite officers of tho United. ' , ] H
States , and of the respective states , and , H
through the secretary of state , repra- - , 1
sentatives of foreign governments , to " l H
attend ; also to inyite tho chief jnstico to \m\\ \ \
deliver a suitablo address on the occa- i |
sion , and appropriates $3,000 to defray j H
the expenses of the joint committeo and "MM
the carrying out of its arrangements. imm
The bill was then reported back to the j 'MM '
senate and all the amendments were " " . H
agreed to. After other amendments , * NMm
some of which wero adopted and others j MM
rejected , the bill passed. I H
House. The house on the 22d passed ' M
the senate bill granting a pension to \
Mrs. Sheridan , with an amendment jM
fixing it at $2,500 per annum. The house ' W\ \
passed , after an interesting debate , the i |
senate bill for the retirement of General * AMM
Bosecrans. The committee on rules re- LmM
ported a resolution for the immediate H
consideration of the senate bill for the LmM
retirement of Bosecrans with the rank MMM
of brigadier-general. The resolution _ \mMM \
was adopted and the bill taken up and iWMM
passed. Spinola desired to offer an Lm\
amendment , authorizing the president , |
to appoint and return J. C. Fremont as il l
major-general , but under . the terms , of j H
tho resolution the previous question > 'KM '
was ordered on the bill , and tho amend- ' M
ment could not be received. Great > H
satisfaction was expressed on both sides J fl
of the house when it became generally 'g ' H
known that the president had signed tho t mMj
territorial bill. Shortly after tho house - * " * \\m\\ \
met , rf special messenger from the white H
house : brought the following autograph f i B
letter from the president to the chair- | H
man ; of the committeo on territories : \ i fl
"The Hon. William M. Springer My 'fM
dear ' sir : I signed the bill for the admis- MM
sion ' of the new states at 11 o'clock this ' H
morning. Yours very truly. " ' LwM
car workers Want 1 heir Pay. , j fl
Lafayette ( Ind. ) dispatch : Two hun- < ; H
[ dred employes of tho Lafayette car j fl
works are out on a strike , their griev- f , H
ances being that the semi-monthly pay | , H
day did not occur on Friday , as it { J H
should. f The men were told that the j J H
dela3r was occasioned by the absence of MM
the I paymaster from the city. A rumor , I I H
however 1 , gaiued currency that the i { H
works were about to change hands and \ fl
a new rule would be adopted making j H
pay ] day every third week instead of , , H
semi-monthly. To this the men took ' H
exception < and struck. j WM
T.TTE ; STOCK AXD PRODUCE MARKETS. , j H
Quotations from Xeto York , Chicago , Omaha , iM s\ \
and Elsewhere. \
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Wheat No. 2 88 @ 88 • ' fl
Con.v No. 2 mixed 19& @ 20 ' j fl
Oats No. 2 22 @ 23 j fl
Rye 30 @ 30 MM
BoTTEit Creamery 24 @ 26 , MM
BuTTEit Choice country. . . 20 @ 22 H
Eaos Fresh 11 ® 12 MM
CniciCENS dressed C @ 8 ; |
Lemons Choice , perbox. . . 3 00 @ 4 00 J H
Ohanqks Per box 3 25 @ 4 00 • ri H
Onions Per bu 50 @ 55 ' |
Potatoes 35 @ 40 [ LM
Turnips Per bu 20 @ 25 H
Apples Per bbl 2 50 @ 3 35 LM
Beans Navies 2 25 @ 2 40 | HH
Wool. Fine , per lb 1C @ 18 < |
Chopped Feed Perton..l2 00 @ 13 00 iMM
Hay Bailed 4 00 ( § ) 6 00 MM
Hoos Mixed packing 4 25 @ 4 CO Lm
Hoaa Heavy weights . 4 25 @ 4 3 . kM ]
Reeves Choice steers 3 00 ( & 3 40 j H
Sheep Choice Western. 3 50 @ 4 15 'MMM
NEW YORK. i H
WnEAT No. 2 red 97 98 j H
ConN No. 2 43y@ 43JJ r"I M
Oats Mixed western . . . ? 28 > 4@ 33 MMt
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Wheat Per bushel 10G@ 1 06& / ; < H
Corn Per bushel . - 34 @ 34 * " * jMwm
0at8 Per bushel 25 # @ 26 f |
Pome li oo @n 25 fmmm
L-ahd 6 80 @ 6 90 ' |
Hoas Packing shipping. 4 40 @ 4 CO ' Mm
Battle Stockera 2 15 @ 3 40 'MMM
SnEEP Natives 3 25 @ 5 00 * ' < mMm
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Vheat No. 2 red cash. . 98 % 98 Mmm
on.N Per bushel 27 @ 21 % MmM\
Dats Per bushel. . . . . . . 24 @ 27 MMJ
Iocs Mixed packing 4 30 @ 4 45 mM
Battle Feeders . 1 90 @ 2 90 j M
Kansas crrr. - H
IVheat Per bushel 99 @ 1 00 H
Jonx Perbushel 24 @ 2S i fl
ats Per bushel 21 @ 22- J H
Jattle Stockera & feeders. 1 60 @ 3 20 .fl fl
loas Good to choice. . . . . . . 4 30 © 4 40 . ' LwM
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