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H * ftfelirm In Taxation.
Hji In the line of reform in present meth-
H : * 3b of taxation and publio revenues , the
H , honje recommended for passage Mar
s' ' rissey's bill , which is , in substance , as
fl follows : Section 75 of chapter 77 of
H , tho compiled statutes of 1887 shall be
• amended so as to read : The rate of the
general state tax.shall be sufficient to
H realize the amount necessary to meet
fl appropriations made by the legislature
fl for tho year in which the tax is levied ,
not exceeding two mills on the dollar
valuation. The rate of the state school
tax shall not be less than one-fourth
fl mill or more than one mill on the dollar
yaluation. The rate of the state sink-
fl ing fund tax shall not be moro than
fl one-hall mill on the dollar valuation in
eny oounty in the state.
Section 2. Seotion77 of chapter 77
fl of -compiled statutes of 1887 shall be
fl amended so as to read : On the last day
fl of their sitting as a board of equaliza-
fl tionthe county board shall levy the
fl necessary taxes for the current year , in-
fl eludingall county , township , .city ,
fl school district , precinct , village and
fl other taxes required by law to be corfci-
fied to the county clerk and levied by
fl the'county board. The rate of tax for
oounty purposes shall not exceed eighty
fl (80)-cents ) on the hundred dollars valua-
tion except for indebtedness existing , at
fl the adoption of the present constitution
fl unless authorized by a vote of the poo-
> le of the county , and shall be as fol-
f ows : In counties under township or-
fl ganization , for ordinary county rov-
fl -enue , including the support of the poor
fl ( except when each town supports its
own poor ) not more than four millls on
H the dollar valuation , for roads , not more
fl' than two and one-half mills on the dol-
fl laT valuation ; for county bridge fund ,
fl" not more than two mills on the dollar
fl valuation ; for county sinking fund not
more than two mills on the dollar valu-
fl ation , and labor tax as provided in tho
following section. In counties not un-
fl " der township organization , for ordinary
fl county revenne ( including the support
of the poor ) not more than four mills
fl on the dollar valuation ; for roads not
fl more than two mills on the dollar valn-
ation ; for county bridge fund not moro
H * than two mills on the dollar valuation ;
for-county sinking fund not more than
fl two mills on tho dollar valuation , and
labor tax as provided in the following
eeotion.
Section 3. An emergency existing ,
fl this act shall be in force from and after
fl its passage.
fl , Balding the Treasury.
fl A Lincoln dispatch says : There if
fl hardly a person in a state office whose
B salary is not fixed by the constitution
H that is not after a raise , and the list it
increased by twenty-five new persons.
fl following is nliat showing the increase
fl asked in yearly salaries :
fl 1SS7 isst
| Governor
Secretary. $ 1,700 $ l.SW
BH Secretary of State
J deputy 1,700 l.SW
J Dookkeepcr 1,200 1.50C
Recorder 1,200 1.50C
Clerk „ „ 1,000 1.20C
E Auditor
Deputy . . 1,700 1.800
H Insurance deputy. 1,800
Bookkeeper. 1,400 1.500
flL latuirance clerk 1,200 1,500
J Bank clerk 1,500
Bond clerk 1,200 * 1,500
Interest clerk 1.500
Recorded 1,500
Clerk _ 1,000 1.200
Treasurer
* Deputy 1,700 1.800
Bookkeeper. . 1,400 1,500
Clerk 1.200
H Supt. Public Instruction
Deputy 1,400
Attorney Genrul
Deputy 1,500 l.SOO
Com. Pub.Lands andBidgs
Deputy. 1,700 1.S00
Chief clerk. 1,400 1.600
Bookkeeper. 1,200 1.500
r- Second bookkeeper. , 1,500
" Fifth clerk „ 1.000
Supreme Court
fl. . Stonopraphcr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200 1,500
, Library
I.itirariau . . . . . 1,700 l.SOO
Normal School
k- Salaries 14,050 14,200
t - - District Court
w Extra judpe . . . . . . . . 2.500
I ? Extra stcnoBrapher. „ . 1,500
Hastings Asylum
Assistant superintendent . . . . . . 1,500
i Kearney Industrial School
Supcalntendent _ 3,600 2,000
> ' Assistant superintendent . _ 1,000 1,200
t Two extra teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,600
f. Bookkeeper. COO 600
Mp Chaplain 800
- Teacher for girls _ _ . . . . . . 800
Mi Institute for Blind
ly Salaries 4,200 6,200
> Industrial Home
Mk" Superintendent. . . . . . . 900
Mt Physician 530
M'r. Soldiers * Home
Coniraandant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,500
f- AdJutTint COO
Quartermaster. 420
mti Surgeon COO
my. Matron „ . 300
I Institute for Feeble Minded
t- Matron 500 $00
t Steward 900 1,200
Two extra teachers 1,680
| | STATE JOTTINGS IN BRIEF.
K" Congressman Dorsey and wife are
Ik expected home the latter part of this
11 ? month. *
Since July last there has been
; j shipped from Wayne 200 cars of live
6tock , and 70 carloads from other points
i in the county , says the Gazette.
j The jndgB has sustained the ruling l
* of the city attorney of Grand Island on ,
p * the gas controversy. The matter will
V be carried to the supreme court
$ ' Howard county claims the banner.
I The wife of Mr. Hunt , a farmer , gave
L birth to twins. Two weeks later his
r family cow had three calves.
\ ? O. "V7. Hayg , representative from
! ? York county who died last week , was
| serving his secend term. His first was
% only a partial term , having been ap-
l. pointed to serve after the death of the
$ T duly elected incumbent There seems
p to be a fatality connected with repre-
senting York county.
h * The Weeping Water Eepublican
y has it from reliable authority that the
h will of the late John W. Olark will be
| , cpntested. Deceased left his property
1 so that it will eventually fall to the
j Weeping V7ater academy.
q The Book Island has resumed its
fast train service betweeen Omaha and
Chicago.
Cha ? . G. Shellenberger , St Paul ,
Minnesota , engaged extensively in the
manufacturing business , - was in Grand
Island last week , examining into the j
feasibility of locating a paper mill , a
gloss factory , a woolen mill , a knitting ;
works or an interior finishing factory. •
Be bos just concluded arrangements for '
locating a watch factory at York.
The Grand Island Independent says ;
that Patrick Byan , whose feet were so .
badly frozen some time since , is get- ' .
I ting along fairly well. The doctor ,
? . with the assistance of the sisters of tho .
hospital , amputated the left foot at tho
instep and the right foot at the ball , and ]
he fears that on account of the slough- ;
' * * "i in" " condition of the heel of the left foot ,
• amputation at tho ankle will be neces
sary , but otherwiso the man .is doing i
- well and bearing'up bravely.
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Articles of incorporation of the
Prague Milling company , with a capital
stock of $50,000 , have been.filed with
the clerk of Saunders county.
The city oouncil at Atkinson has
passed an ordinance requiring saloons
and billiard halls to close at 10 o'clock
p. m.
m.A majority of the house committee
on universities and inraml schools , at a
meeting decided to report in favor of
establishing a normal department in
one high school in each of the thirty-
three senatorial districts. Tho bill pro
vides that tho location shall be selected
by the governor , secretary of state and
superintendent of publio instruction.
Tho wholo expense in this connection
to bo incurred by tho state will be the
salary of one teacher , which shall not
exceed $75 per mouth.
Governor and Mrs. Thayer gave a
publio reception on the evening of the
12th in the executive chambers of the
Btate house , assisted by the other ex
ecutive officers and their wives. Sev
eral hundred citizens paid their re
spects , and the university band pro
vided music for tho occasion.
Mrs. Alice W. Wood , widow , of tho
late unfortunate Charles M. Wood , who
was killed recently at South Omaha by
a B. & M. stock train being run out the
switch by Union Stock Yards engine
No. 2 , was made hopi > y tho other day
by tho generosity of Mauoger.John I\
Boyd , of tho stock j-ards , whopresented
herjdth acheck for $400. W -r
Ur. Jte'lley , superintendent of the
asylum for the insane at Norfolk , whoso
attempted assassination occurred some
time ago , was able to leave his room for
the first time on the 12th and attended
to some of the minor duties of his office.
Itis now thought with no unforseen
mishap that he will soon be able to le-
sumo charge of affairs at the asylum.
Tho Union Pacific having had con
siderable tronble about getting water in
some parts of the west for running en
gines , found it necessary to sink sev
eral very deep wells at various points.
Two were sunk at Bock Springs , one
1,145 feet deep and the other 1,535 feet ;
another. 1,402 feet deep , was sunk at
Table Bock , and at Salt Well , Wyom
ing , a well has been sunk 2,300 feet
deep , which is said to have cost the
company over § 20,000.
Passenger travel on the Elkhorn
road is very heavy just at present owing
to the openingof the spring season.
All the trains going west'are loaded
down with emigrants for north Ne
braska and many for the mineral re
gions of Wyoming.
J. P. Bryan , who has been living in
Lincoln for several months , was consid
erably surprised and shocked the othei
day to read in a recent issue of the Can
ton ( Ohio ) News-Democrat that he was
under sentence of death in Lincoln ,
Neb. , for murder. Mr. Bryan has lived
in Lincoln since last May. He has had
no trouble of any kind , and is entirely
at a loss to account for the report re
ferred to.
A Lincoln correspondent says the
complaint of A. T. McDonald , of Craw
ford , against the Premont , Elkhorn &
Missouri Valley Bailroad company has
been adjusted. The complaint origi
nated in an overchage on a car load of
posts shipped from Van Tassell , Wyo. ,
to Plainview , of $36.68 , which occurred
by reason of a mistake made by the
agent of the road at Van Tassell in bill
ing the shipment McDonald was
charged 37 cents per hundred , whereas
the schedule rate fixed the rate at 22
cents per hundred. The error was de
tected and arranged to the satisfaction
of all parties.
Two fire companies have been or
ganized at Superior.
Mr. Jewett's alien land bill makes
two important changes in the present
law. It allows non-resident aliens to
own city property and permits them to
hold for ten years any property acquired
under f oreclosure of mortgage. The
purpose of tho changes is to invite for
eign capital to investment in Nebraska
without permitting to acquire perma
nently large blocks of farming lands.
Norval's fence bill in the legislature
is intended to relieve the farmers who
are required by the railroad companies
to build five wire fences up to the track
before the company will fence along the
track. The bill provides that the owner
of land along a railroad may notify a
railroad to fence its track. If the com
pany failB to do so within six months the
property owner may build the fence and
collect its cost of the railroad.
The seventh annual fair of the Sar
py County Agricultural society , will be
held at Papillion , September 17 to 20.
A number of extensive land deals
were made at Gothenburg last week ,
which are expected to result in great im
provements in the near future.
O'Neill reports a big supply of can
didates for the land office at that place.
The Fremont city council is consid
ering an ordinance giving to the mem
bers of that body and the other city offi
cers salaries amounting to $7,500.
A Miss Burress , 22 years old , '
suicided at Cordova oa the 10th , by
hanging herself in her father's barn.
She had been betrayed and abandoned ,
and shortly before taking her life had
given birth to an illegitimate child.
A fire at Wabash , Cass county , de-
stroyed a merchandise store , printing
office , and a billiard halL
A destructive prairie fire visited the i
neighborhood of Atkinson. Two dwell- :
ings and a large quantity of hay were
destroyed.
A newspaper is about to be estab- :
lished at Steele City. •
The funeral of Catherine Towle , one .
of the pioneer women of Beatrice , was <
largely attended last week. People |
came from far and near to pay their last
respects to the honored woman who was '
so identified with the history of the city ;
and county.
E. C. Milligan , corresponding secre-
tary of Norfolk's Business Men's assoi i
ciation , received a letter from General
Manager Donald McLean of the Pacific '
short line , stating that his company had
not definitely settled upon the exact "
route their road would take through Nei i
braska , and that he would be pleased to '
entertain any proposition the citizens of
Norfolk might desire to moke. :
Grant B. the who
Young , young man i
forged a note on the Citizens' bank of <
Plattsmouth , was sentenced by Judge *
Chapman to one year and eight months :
in the state penitentiary at hard labor , j
Dunn pleaded guilty to the indictment .
of forgeryand asked the clemency of (
the court Tho judge before prononnc- ]
ing the sentence gave him some whole- (
some advice and told the prisoner that ,
after his sentenco is served he should
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live an upright and law-abiding life.
Tom Kastre , of Nebraska City , is , a 3
wife beater. In tbfevlast drubbing ie :
gave her ho broke one rio and severely (
bruised her body. The law will deal (
with his case. ,
The spring term of court in Jefferi i
son county , which begins on April 8d , I
has seventy-five cases to deal with.
The Nebraska Stato Teachers'asso
ciation will hold its annual meeting
March 26 , 27 and 28 , at Hastings. The
program will be divided into sections ,
viz : The public school section , tho
county superintendents' section , and col
leges and secondary school section.
In the house on the 12th suitable
resolutions were passed in respect to the
late Bepresentative Hays , of York i
county. The resolutions were adopted ,
ordered.spreod upon the journal , and an
engrossed copy sent to Mrs. Hays.
Tho M. E. church at Scribner hoi
had eleven newimembers as tho result ol
a five weeks' revival.
Linwood has organized an anti-
saloon and anti-license league to begin
the prohibition campaign. It has a
membership of 200.
• Nebraska City now has the free de
livery mail system.
THE NEBRASKA SENATE AND HOUSE.
Proceeding * of tlie Upper and Zotcer Branch
of the NebraiJca Aaeembly.
In tho house on the 11th barely a
quorum of members were present. The
consideration of bills on tho general
file was taken up. The following bills
were reported back for passage : To
pnnish assessors for tho undervaluation
of property. Pixinga maximum limit
of the rate of taxation. Providing that
the property of intestates shall be di
vider ) equally between tho heirs of tho
same"degreo and abolishing all courtesy
aud dower rights. Proposing to amend
the state constitution in respect to the
supreme court was under discussion.
The bill increases tho number of judges
from three to five. An amendment fix
ing the term of each at ton years and
providing for the biennial election of
one judge was adopted. On motion of
Everett the term was afterwards re
duced to five years. The bill was then
OOSKpd n-vnr nir fnruro action TIia hill
by Mr. Christy , of Clay , providing tnat
any locality may vote a special tax not
exceeding ten per cent of the assess
ment rolls , to encourage the erection of
steam flouring mills , paper mills , starch
factories and woolen mills , and prohib
iting the voting of special taxes to rail
roads , was taken up. The clause re
lating to railroads was stricken out , and
the bill recommended for passage. A
bill by Johnson providing for county
uniformity of text books was consid
ered. The bill provides that at the elec
tion in April eaoh year , a delegate shall
be elected from each township to a
county meeting , which shall adopt a se
ries of text books for the county and
make the best terms possible with pub
lishers.
In the senate on the 12th the follow
ing measures were recommended to the
senate for passage : Authorizing the
national government to condemn a post-
office site in any Nebraska city and
ceding it jurisdiction over such site.
Bequiring the treasurers of school dis
tricts to make a report whenever de
manded by tho board of directors or
five electors. The present law provides
for an annual report Conner's bill ,
prescribing methods for arbitrating con
troversies between employer and em
ploye. Enlarging the board of educa
tion in cities of 8,000 to 60,000 from six
members to nine. The increase was
wanted for Hastings. Cody's house bill
for examiner to inspect the books of
county treasurers and establish a uni
form system of book keeping was dis
cussed and laid aside for tho present
The committee killed Senator Paulsen's
bill legalizing deeds defective as to wit
nesses and seals if they have been un
questioned for ten years. In the house
memorial addresses on the death of Bep
resentative Hays , of York , were made
by Bepresentatives Gilbert and Cady ,
and appropriate resolutions adopted.
House roll 77 , Olmstead's bill providing
for a modified form of the Australian
ballot for cities of the first and metro
politan classes , was on the list and was
passed. Cady's bill providing for a
bounty of 1 cent a pound on all sugar
produced from cone or plants grown in
this state was passed by a vote of 77 to 4.
Senate file _ 169 , Manning's bill removing
all restrictions from mutual insurance
companies as to members , authorizing
them to pay their officers not to exceed
$2 per day when actually engaged in the
service of the company , and prohibiting
such companies from hiring agents or
solicitors , was passed. House roll S8 , by
Johnson , authorizing not less than 25
persons who shall own perperty of not
less than $50,000 to incorporate a mutual
insurance company to insure against loss
by fire , hail , tornado or lightning , was
passed. A bill by Bayner authorizing
any person to appropriate the water run
ning in a ravine , canon or stream for
any useful purpose , and to build ditohes
across the land of another under certain
conditions for irrigating purposes , was
favorably reported. A bill by Ballard
providing for a state board of health was
killed.
In the senate on the 13th thirty bills
were reported from the committees , and
nearly half of them were indefinitely
postponed. The most important of the
latter was Punch's registration bill and
the inspection of meat cattle before
slaughter. The last was killed by a
vote of 15 to 14. The following meas
ures passed : ' For the arbitration of
labor disputes ; for the condemnation of
postoffice sites ; contributing $1,950 of
university fees to its library fund ; re
ducing the commission poj'oble to i
county treasurers for certain collections ; .
Contractor Stout's claim for $49,000 for
extras. Senator Sutherland moved an
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amendment reducing the aggregate of
the claim to $25,000 and was seconded '
by Senator Keckley. Sutherland's :
amendment Wii * defeated , and the claim
approved as it i-ime from the house , i
Later in the utternoon it was read a '
third time ami passed. Ayes 24. Nays : :
Keckley , Lnm , Maher , Sutherland 4. :
The committee of the whole approved i
the following : Providing that annual :
school elections shall bo held in June ;
defining the jurisdiction of courts in :
cases of stolen property brought into
the state or taken into another county ;
Conner's bill empowering nine jurors to
find a verdict in civil actions in the dis
trict court In the house the following
were passed : House roll 149 , anthoriz- •
ing plate glass insurance companies with i
a capital of $100,000 to do business in
Nebraska. House roll 30 , to punish as- .
sessors for under-valuation of property.
A bill authorizing subordinate lodges of i
Free Masons , Odd Fellows , Grangers
and Good Templars to incorporate. ' .
Senate file 173 , directing the governor
to issue an unconditional pardon on each
Fourth of July to two convicts who have
been incarcerated for ten years or more
and whose condnct has been such as to <
entitle them to the benefits of the "good j
time act" The following were recomj j
mended for passage : Bills appropriat-
ing $75,000 to build two wings or addi
tions to the Lincoln asylum for the in- ]
Bane : $22,000 to purchase land and finish I
one building for the home of the friend- '
less at Lincoln ; $31,000 for erecting a <
south wing and necessary outbuildings 1
to the home for erring women at Mil1 1
ford ; $116,000 to buy land and erect <
buildings for the institution of feeblei i
minded at Beatrice ; $12,000 for improv-
ing tlie capjtpL'gronnds. The CadyJbill i
proposing"an nmeridmenfto state ' 1
constitution , providing for the election <
of three railroad commissioners by the i
people , and Johnson's bill providing for '
a reduction of the secretaries of the i
board of transportation from three to t
one , were also recommended for passage. <
'inHbe senate on the 14th tho following
passed : Norval's bill changing tho an
nual school meeting to Juno ; Taggart's
bill inoreasing the board of education in
cities of 8,000 to 60,000 from six mem
bers to nine , and doing away with the
necessity ot a petition Doioro voting
bonds ; also the bill defining the juris
diction the courts over stolen proper
ty when removed from tho placo of theft.
Senator Conner's constitutional amend
ment to empower nine jurors to find a
verdict in civil cases in the district court
was defeated. Sonator Church Howe re
ported the Omaha charter bill , and
moved that it be ordered engrossed for
a third reading , which was done withont
reading the bill or sending it to commit
tee of the wholo. Brink's house bill em
powering county boards to levy a tax of
three-tenths of a mill for a soldiers' re
lief commission , was recommended for
passage. The committee of the wholo' '
approved the following : Conner's bill
permitting a change of venue from coun
ty judges when exercising the ordinary
powers and jurisdiction of a justico of
the peace. _ Norval's constitutional
amendment increasing the salaries of the
supremo court judges to S4,500 and the
district judges to $3,500. The bill
amending tho regulation for admission
to the soldiers' home. In the house
about fifty bills , including all the nor
mal school bills , were placed on the
general file. Bills passed allowing a tax
of three cents on each inhabitant , to be
assessed in favor of county agricultural
societies ; Bayner's water rights bill ; to
prohibit municipal officers from having
any pecuniary interest in contracts or
supplies furnished the city , and an ap
propriation of $13,000 for additions to
the Peru normal school. Tho entire
evening session was devoted to a con
sideration of the claim of ex-Governor
Butler. Cady moved that tho bill
be referred back 'A-ith the recommenda
tion that it do not pass , and sustained
his position by an argnment , citing facts
and figures to prove that the state did
not owe Butler one cent. His motion
was lost , 41 to 29. Bhodes moved to
make the amount $38,078.84 , whichwas
lost. Corbin moved that the amount be
fixed at $32,000 , which , after a long do-
bate , was lost. Fentou moved to fix the
amount at $18,000 ; lost A vote was
then taken on tho original motion , al
lowing tho sum of $20,000 in full of all
demands , and was lost 47 to 37. Final
ly the bill was indefinitely postponed
and the long fight ended in the defeat
of the entire claim.
In tho senate on the 15th tho follow
ing bills passed : Providing that for
eign corporations may become domes
tic corporations by filing their articles
of incorporation with the secretary of
state. .Authorizing county boards to
appoint soldiers' relief commissioners
and levy a tax of three-tenths of a mill
for the relief of indigent soldiers. Con
stitutional amendment increasing the
salaries of judges of the supreme and
district courts. Bequiring a three-fifths
vote to divide a county and prohibiting
such vote oftoner than once in three
years. The following measures were
recommended for passage ; Limiting
metropolitan cities to six justices.of tho
peace. Giving lundlords a lien ou crops
for the rent of their land. Proposing a
constitutional amendment for a railroad
commission of three members , not more
than two of one party , all to be ap
pointed by the governor and confirmed -
by the senate. Bequiring fireinsur
ance companies to furnish policy-hold
ers with a certified copy of his applica
tion. House bill repealing the free
range law , and leaving the herd law in
force all over the state. An effort was
made to resuscitate 'Taggart's meat
inspection bill , but was defeated
by twenty-three votes. In the
house the entire morning session was
devoted to tho final passage of bills.
Tho following are the more important
that were passed : A bill by Berlin pro
hibiting the garnishment of wages of
employes of corporations earned in
other states. A bill by Christy of Clay
providing for the issuing of search war
rants for intoxiaating liquors under cer
tain restrictions. A bill b3T Why man
providing for the appointment of as
sistant county attorneys in counties
having a population in excess of 20,000.
The bill fixes the salaiy at $500 in coun
ties having a population of from 20,000
to 35,000 , and at $1,000 in counties with
a larger population , and in counties of
75,000 and more authorizing the countj-
board to appoint as man1assistants as
may be necessary , and fix their compen
sation , which iu tlie aggregate shall not
exceed $3,000. The following appro
priation bills passed : For additions
and improvements to tho insane hospi
tal at Hastings , $81,400 , and for the
home of the friendless at Lincoln , $22 , -
000. House roll 57 , a bill appropriating
$75,000 to build three additions , in
cluding engine room , boiler house and
electric light plant , for the Kearney re
form school , was passed. Also a bill
appropriating $59,000 to buy land and
build additions to the as3'lum for the
feeble-minded at Beatrice. Cady's bill
proposing to submit an amendment pro
viding for the election of three railroad
commissioners was carried by a vote ol
78 to 4. The bill providing for an ap
propriation of $95,000 for building two
wings to the hospital for the insane at
Lincoln.
Reid Wants the English Mission or Nothing.
Washington special : There is consid
erable nrystery about the English mis
sion and Whitelaw Beid. It is true , as
I have stated in these dispatches be
fore , that Mr. Blaine left it to Mr.
Phelps and Mr. Beid to decide which
one of them should have a first-clas3
mission , because he could not give one
to each , and the choice fell on Mr. Beid ,
and it is also true that while Mr. Beid
had the English mission under advise
ment Mr. Blaine wrote him to inquire
if he would take the French mission in
stead. What Mr. Beid said in reply ia
not known , but his friends soy that he
will not accept the French mission and
is not likely to be sent to England.
Thev soy that Mr. Blaine tendered him
the English mission without consulting
the president , and that when Mr. Blaine
told the president what ho had done ,
the latter exclaimed : "I'm sorry for
that as I have a man of my own for the
court of St. James. See if Mr. Beid
would not like to go to France instead. "
And so tho matter stands at present.
Who is the president's man for the
court of St James ? That's something
that a great many people would like to
know.
A Bull Market in Bonds.
Washington special : On the strength
of a side remark recently made by Pres
ident Harrison some holders of United
States bonds are anticipating a bull mar
ket The president said that there was
no necessity for an. extra session of con
gress to reduce the surplus , as there
would be no such thing as a surplus if
our debt was reduced , and that it should
be diminished as rapidly as bonds could
be paid. The more frequentlr bond
calls are made on the plan followed dur
ing tho past year , by advertising for vol
untary sales , the more rapid will be the
rfsoun thjs prime security. It is be-
Ifored tliatfHhere will besodh begun-a
series of pnrchases of bonds which will
reduce the surplus to the minimum. '
Then the president intends to recom
mend a liberal expenditure for new war '
ships , and this will add to the depletion :
of the accumulation of the treasury. <
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STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.
LUt of the Standing Committee * of the Sen'
ate a * Arranqed by Tttat Body.
Washington dispatch : In tho contin
ued absence of tho vice president , Mr.
Ingnlls acted to-day as presiding offlcor
of the senate pro tem. A messago of
tho president , transmitting papers in
the caso of Louis Biel , was presoilted
and laid on the table. No motion for a
recess was made , and tho senate contin
ued in session without any attempt to
transact business.
* At 12:15 Mr. Piatt asked and obtained
unanimous consent to have suspended
bo much of the rules as require standing
committees to be elected by ballot , and
as require the election of a committee
on expenditures of publio moneys , that
committee to be represented by tho one
for "organization , conduct and expend
itures of executive departments. "
Mr. Piatt then offered a resolution ,
which was adopted , for the eleotion of
standing committees.
The following is the make-up of the
principal ones :
Agricnlture and Forestry Paddook ,
Blair , Plumb , Higgins , MoMillan ,
George , Gibson , Jones of Arkansas ,
and Bate.
Appropriations-Allison , Dawes , Hale ,
Plumb , Farwell , Beck , Cockrell , Cali
and Gorman.
Civil Service and Betrenchment
Chtice , Dawes , Manderson , Stanford ,
Washburn , Waltham , Wilson of Mary
land , Briery and Brown.
Coast Defenses Dol ph , Cameron ,
Hawley , Hiscock , McPherson , Hamp
ton and Beagan.
Commerce Frye , Jones of Nevada ,
Dolph , Cameron , Sawyer. Cullom ,
Washburn , Bansom , Coke , Vest , Gor
man , Kenna and Gibson.
Education and Labor "Blair , Wilson
of . Iowa , Stanford , Stewart , Washburn ,
George , Pugh , Payne and Barbour.
Finance Morrill , Sherman , Jones of
Nevada , Allison , Aldrich , Hiscock ,
Voorhees , Beck , McPherson , Harris
and Vance.
Foreign Eolations Sherman , Ed
munds , Frye , Evarts , Dolph , Morgan ,
Brown , Payne and Eustis.
Improvement of Mississippi Biver
Washburn , Farwell , Hawley , Marston ,
Eustis , Waltham and Bate.
Indian Affairs Dawes , Piatt , Stock-
bridge , Manderson , Wolcott , Morgan ,
Jones of Arkansas , Hearst and Daniel.
Inter-State Commerce Cullom , Piatt ,
Blair , Wilson of Iowa , Hiscock , Harris ,
Gorman , Beagan and .Barbour.
Military Affairs Hawley , Cameron ,
Manderson , Stewart , Davis , Cockrell ,
Hampton , Waltham and Bate.
Naval Affairs Cameron , Hale , Stand-
ford , Stockbridge , Marston , McPherson ,
Butler Blackburn and Gray.
Pensions Davis , Blair , Sawyer , Pad
dock , Marston , Turpie , Blodgett , Faulk
ner-and Barbour.
Postoffices and Postroads Sawyer ,
Chase , Mitchell , Quay , McMillan , Col
quitt , Wilson of Maryland , Beagan and
Blodgett
Private Land Claims Bansom , Col-
"quitt , Pasco , Edmunds , Stewart , Iugalls
and Walcott
Privileges and Elections Hoar , Frye ,
Kellar , Evarts , Spooner , Vance , Pugh ,
Quay and Turpie.
Public Lands Plnmb , Blair , Dolph ,
Kellar , Paddock , Waltham , Berry and
Pasco.
Bailroads Mitchell , Sawyer , Hawley ,
Stockbridge , Wolcott , Marston , Brown ,
Kenna , Blackburn and Kenna.
Bevision of Laws Wilson of Iowa ,
Kellar , Wilson of Maryland Daniel.
Territories Piatt , Cullom , Mander
son , Stewart , Davis , Butter , Payne ,
Jones of Arkansas and Blackburn.
Transportation Boute to Seaboard-
Quay , Mitchell , Cullom , Dawes , Aid-
rich , Gibson , Vest , George and Turpie.
Mr ; Platte offered a resolution ap
pointing several select committees.
Among the select committees are the
following :
On Woman Suffrage Vance , Brown ,
Beck , Blair , Chase , Farwell and Wal
cott.
cott.On
On Centennial of Constitution and
Discovery of America Hiscock , Sher
man , Hoar , Hawley , Voorhees , Eustis
and Colquitt
On the Five Civilized Tribes of In
dians Butler , Morgan , Dawes , Came
ron and Teller.
On the President's Message Trans
mitting the Beport of the Pacific Bail-
way Commission Frye , Dawes , His
cock , Davis , Morgan , Butler and
Hearst.
On Belations With Canada Hoar ,
Allison , Hale , Dolph , Pugh , Butler and
Voorhees.
On Transportation and Sale of Meat
Products Vest , Plumb , Manderson ,
Cullom and Coke.
On Irrigation and Beclamation of Arid
Lands Stewart , Allison , Plumb , His
cock , Gorman , Beagan and Jones , of
Arkansas.
A long and interesting discussion took
place on a motion made by Mr. Payne
to strike from the list of select commit
tees the one "on relations with Canada. "
After further debate Mr. Payne with
drew his motion. All the select com
mittees were agreed to , and the senate
went into executive session and con
firmed the nomination of Messrs. Pal
mer , Swift , Washburn and Tichenor ,
and soon after adjourned.
Gresham for ihe Supreme Bench.
Washington special : In connection
with the belief to-night that Justice
Stanley Matthews is upon his death-bed ,
it is stated that Judge Walter Q. Gresh
am , of the United States circuit court ,
will be appointed in the event of a va
cancy by the death or resignation of the
Ohio jurist. A sort time before Presi
dent Harrison left Indianapolis for
Washington Judge Gresham spent nn
evening at his house. When he left the
residence of thejiresident , Gresham was
in such excellent * humor that some of
his friends , who are.intimate with the
present occupant of the white house ,
made inquiry and ascertained that the
subject of Gresham going upon the
bench of the United States supreme
court in the event of a vacancy was
talked over. Judge Matthews , recog
nizing his probable inability to ever sit
upon the bench again , proposes tender
ing his resignation to the president ,
ancLMr. Harrison will thereupon nom
inate Mr. Gresham in his stead.
After a Seal In the Senate.
Helena ( Mont. ) special : Ex-Gov. Car
penter of New York , who resides in
Helena , and is a prominent citizen and
leading republican , is likely to enter
political life again , and make an effort
to capture a seat in the senate when
Montana cecomes a states , if the gossip
and surmises that is floating about here
is of anj * value as defining his actual
position. This connection of his name
with the idea of future political possi
bilities grows out of the fact that he
gave a reception to the members of the
legislature last nightat his splendid res
idence on the west side , which the wise *
acres interpret as an evidence that the.
governor will be a candidate for some
important position and will contest the
honors with the numerous aspirants who
will enter the .field. The governor
stands high in the estimation of Men-
tana's people and .would be a strong
competitor. He has taken no active part
in polities since his retirement from the ,
gubernatorial chair in Montana. >
CONDITION OF UNCLE , SAM'S NAVY ,
What the Government i $ Capable of Doing in
Cat * of XtntrgtHty.
Admiral Porter , who has mado a very
careful study of the Samoau situation
from a naval standpoint ever since tho
existing complications arose , is quoted
by tho Washington Star as having said :
"A is worth for if
pin fighting a prin
ciple is involved. Tho first war with
Great Britain was for a principle , and
gave us our independence aud national
existence. The war of 1812 was for a
principle , and gave us our maritimo in
dependence. The war with Moxico was
for a principle and gave us subjugated
possessions on our wholo Pacific coast
Tho war for tho union was for a princi
ple , and resulted in tho restoration of
the authority of tho constitution and
gavo us a pcoplo north aud south , ani
mated by a military spirit which will bo
equal to overy possible requirement I
have carefully investigated tho stories
about tho Nipsic. It looks as though
they wore put out at tho instigation of
Bismarck to see tho sentiment of his and
our people. Ho has never been a friend
of the United States. Ho will find out
very promptly the temper of tho Ameri
can people. Of course , wo are weak at
present on tho ocean , " he continued ,
"but there is a plan which will meet the
emergency and will badly pripplo Gor-
many while we ore getting reod3T . No
ono supposes that tho American pcoplo
would give up the contest until Ger
many had received a sound drubbing.
We have a surplus and rovenues enough ,
with taxes now at a minimum point , to
carry on a desultory war until wo are in
fighting trim. While wo aro getting
ready , we can prohibit the entry of Ger
man manufacturers into the United
States. That is an important item in the
monetary activity of Germany. We send
many millions there to pay for goods.
If , for the time being , Germany should
trj' to blockade our ports , in less than
sixty da3's we would find the English
fleet on our coasts involved in protecting
her own trade with the United States.
The hundred millions and more of Brit
ish goods finding a market in tho United
States could nofcbe cutoff without ruining
British industries. Franco would also
have an interest. Meanwhile we could
get along without their goods , if neces
sary. So that England and France
would be forced , as a measure of self-
defence , to protect their vessels and
their trade with tho United States. As
the country knows , I have been urging
in letters and reports the importance ol
building up a powerful navy. We have
wealth and resources to lead tho world
in a navy. But taking matters as they
are , the government should go to Eng
land and France , both countries being
ahead of Germany in modern naval ves
sels and guns , and buy all the rifled
guns we can find and bring them here.
We will very soon make use for them.
Here is a list of tho entire strength of
the German navy. It is moro than we
have , but we hove money and could
easily spend $250,000,000 in ships and
applinnces of war. There is League
island , at Philadelphia , tho grandest
placo on the continent for a great navy
j-ard. If we can build one , we can
build fifty ships right there. The island
is inaccessible to a foreign fleet The
channel of tho river could be
lined with torpedoes if necessary , or
they might be operated from the bhore.
Ships could bo built there with all the
materials near at hand. Of course this
would take time. In the meantime we
would be compelled to resort to other
modes of offensive war. With $50,000 , -
000 in sixty days I could put an impro
vised fleet in motion which would make
short woi-k with German commerce.
There are 600 German steamers afloat 1
know where they are. We have fleet
ships. I could pick them out now. We
could buy more. They would answer
for privateers. About the time we would
have this part of the work disposed of ,
German industries affected by foreign
trade would be paralyzed , while we *
would be at the height of prosperity.
We are always prosperous in time ol
war. Wewould then be getting ready
to begin fighting. The European aspeci
of the question would present anothei
complication. "
BRIEF NOTES BY THE WIRE.
Since 1871 2,000,000 Germans have
emigrated to America.
The Salvation army has been pro
hibited to carry on its work in Berlin.
A slight shock of earthquake was re
ported about Lancaster , Pa. , on the
13th.
13th.The
The five-months-old child of Noah
Craudall , o contractor of Little Bock ,
Ark. , was burned to death in Crandall's
house.
A party of Cuban bandits recently
carried off Senor Francisco Cordozo , a
wealthy landed proprietor , but released
him on payment of $4,000 ransom.
Charles Scott , manager of the opera
house at Lexington , Ky. , was fined $75
and costs for assaulting Editor Boberts ,
of the Kentucky Leader.
Master Workman Powderly has de
clined an offer by the Pennsylvania pro
hibitionists of $100 a lecture for fifty
lectures in the state on prohibition.
Since last November there have been
no less than 100 deaths from diphtheria
in Gallitzin , Pa. The town has no water
supply and no sewerage.
Nelson C. Dewey , the first governor
of Wisconsin and an old time democratic
leader , has been stricken with paralj-sis
at Lancaster , Wis. , and is dying.
By the breaking of an axle on a
freight car near Independence , Ky. , the
caboose was wrecked and tho conductor
and two brakemen seriously injured.
Quite a hot debate was had in the
Canadian house of commons on the sub
ject of reciprocity with the United
States. Sir Charles Tupper opposed the
project
Harry Mondt , aged 21 , was lost in tin :
elothing house fire in Louisville , Ky :
He had gone to the basement to eat his .
lunch and take a nap when the fire •
broke out
By a collision between part of a :
freight train and a following train ntfar }
Benfer , Pa. , two locomotives and sev-
eral cars were wrecked , a fireman killed
and both engineers injured.
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Threat From Ihe Cattle Syndicalt. j
Kansas Citdispatch : A buyer for 1
one of the largest Kansas City dressed
beef houses to-day made a statement to ,
the effect that the passage of any hos- (
tile legislation to the packing house in- <
dustry would be resented by the peculiar j
means of boycotting the cattle of the j
state or states enacting such legislation. J
Colorado lias already passed such a j
law , and the buyer said to-duy :
"Yon nioj * rest assured we will not
bn3 * a single bullock that has the Col- \
orado brand , and the same course will (
be pursued with the other states that (
pass similar laws. " )
What the effect of this novel boycott <
would be was not stated , but the buyer
affirmed the boycott would not curtail y
the operations of the dressed beef men ,
because they only biry one-half of the (
cattle received here and two-thirds in c
Chicago. ' 1
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FOR' TrlEOPENINS OF INDIAN TERKITOBYV I
The Meamre tt'hleh T/troitt the Oklahoma" Sj
Country Opn In itrttlcufnt. 9 |
Following is a vorbatim copy of thofl
Oklahoma bill as adopted , from tho , | f
hands of the concurrent committoo or JS
both houses of congress , and as feigned , fig
by President Cleveland under tho gen- l | |
oral titlo of "Tho Indian Appropriation ] | |
Bill : " / ( m
Section 12. That the. sum of $1,913- ( , JjE
042.02 bo , and tho same hereby fa , ap- jx *
propriated out of any monoy in tho- / * [
treasury not otherwise appropriated , to- M
pay in full tho Sominolo nation of In- > " ' ) jig
dians for nil tho right , title , intoreat and Sm
claim which said nation of Indians may * ? j
have in and to certain lands ceded by L' t |
nrticlo 3 of tho trooty between the ft l
United States and said nation of Indians , PJvJ
which was concluded Juno 14 , 18G6 , andl , W/f M
proclaimed August 10,1806 , and which ' ffc W
lands were then estimated to contain t , B
2,169,080 acres , but which is now , oftor 't ' I
survey , ascertained to contain 2,037 , - j
414.62 acres , said sum of money to be- / | - I
paid as follows : Ono million fivo hnn- jl &
dred thousand dollars to remain in tho \l \ '
treasury of tho United States to the- - * fl
credit of said nation of Indians and to X r
bear interest at tho rate of 5 per cent per 'f I
annum from July 1 , 1889 , said interest is ?
to bo paid semi-annually to the treasurer | r )
of said nation , and the sum of $412 , - i | {
912.20 to bo paid to such person or per- • ? )
sons as shall no duly authorized by tho l # I
laws of said nation $ o recoiyo the sauiOj. Je t
at such times and in " such sums as slfiilL [
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bo directed and required by tho logisla- g- |
tive authority of said nation ; this appro- I L
priatiou to become operative upon the- } 7
execution by tho duly appointed delo- l
gates of said nation , specially empow- I
ored so to do , of a release and conyey- r jl
anco to the United States of all tho ' II
right , titlo , interest and claim of said | 11
nation of Indians in and to said lands , in j. | 1
manner and form satisfactory to the- f 'il
president of the United States , and said | [ i
release and conveyance , whon fully exo- J M
cuted and delivered , shall operato to ex- v * jH
tingnish nil claims of every kind and is 9
character of said Seminole nation of In- ' /
I dians in and to tho tract of country to- | s _ t
which said release and conveyance shall i 9
apply , but such release , convoyance , and f jfl
extinguishment shall not inuro to tho f fl
benefit of or cause to vest in any railroad • '
company any right , title , or interest II
whatever in or to any of said lauds , and I jj
all laws and parts of laws so far as they il JM
conflict with the foregoing , are hereby * f (
repealed and all grants or pretended | < fl
grants to said lands or any interest or s
right therein now existing in or on iv
behalf of any railroad company , except f 9
rights of way and depot grounds , aro J 9
hereby declared to be forever forfeited j | dm
for breach of condition. | * 9
Section 13. That the lands acquired ' ]
by the United States under said agree- i jfl
ment shall be a port of the publio do- " fl
main , and sections 16 and 36 of each / 9
township , whether surveyed or unsnr- 9
voyed , are hereby reserved for for tho fl
use and benefit of tho publio schools , ( - 9
to be established in the Indian territory j , 9
under such conditions and regulations j HJ
as may be hereafter enacted t y con- H
grcss. > Mm
That tlie lands acquired by convey- i 9J
ance from the Seminole Indians here- < 9J
under , except the sixteenth and thirty- 1 * jfl
sixth sections , shall be disposed of to- J wj
actual settlers under tho homestead y jfl
lows only , except as herein otherwise- a 9
provided ( except that section 2,301 of L
the revised statutes shall not applyk y 'W
each entry to be in in square form , andl } , ' fl
no person to be permitted to enter moro < 9
than ono quarter-section thereof , but i ill
until said lands aro opened for settle- H
ment by proclamation of the president . jfl
in conformity to law , no person shall \M \
be permitted to enter upon and occupy jfl
tho same , and no person violating this. J fl
provision shall over be permitted to on- j 9
tor any of said lands or acquire any i fl
right thereto. ( HJ
The secretary of the interior may per- . - 9
mit entry of said lands for town sites in i fl
his discretion , under sections 2,387 and ' fl
2,388 of the revised statutes , but no such ( fl
entry shall embrace more than one-half jfl
section of land. * fl
That all the foregoing provisions with ( fl
reference to lands to be acquired from j fl
the Seminole Indians shall apply to and ' fl
regulate the disposal of the lands oc- ' fl
quired from the Muscogee or Creek In- ' ifl
dians by articles of cession and agree,1 (
ment made and concluded at the city of . , . - - - * fl
Washington on the 19th day of January , . f I
A. J ) . 1888. j fl
The president is hereby authorized to { fl
appoint three commissioners , not moro i , fl
than two of whom shall be members of I fl
the same political party , to negotiate- ( jfl
with the Cherokee Indians and with all jfl
other Indians owning or claiming lands fl
lying west of the ninety-sixth degree of jfl
longitude in the Indian Territory for < f jfl
the cession to the United States of all < 19
their title , claim , or interest of eveiy 19 1
kind and character in and to said lands , . I' 9
and and all - < -
any agreements resulting- / fl
from such negotiations shall be report- - jfl
ed to the president and by him to con- i , „ 'fl
gress at its next session , and to tho
council or councils of nation or nations , , 9
tribe or tribes , agreeing to the same for . 9
ratification. I 9
Gov. Ames , of Massachusetts , is re- j fl
ported as favorable to the old custom of j ffl
wearing ruffled shirts and ready to as- t / SM
sist a revival of the bygone fashion. j > fl
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Quotations from AVir York , Chicago , t -a > (
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Coh.n No. 2 mixed 10Cdi 20 I fl
Oath No. 2 21 @ 22 / 9
live 29 @ 29& ! fl
IJuttuu Creamery 22 % 24 ifl
Buttju Choice roll 17 @ 19 ! fl
Eggs FreHh 11 @ 13 ' fl
Chickens dressed 9 @ 31 1 'fl
Tukkeys 11 @ 13 fl
Lemons Choice , perbox. . . 3 00 @ 4 00 'fl
Ohangks Per box 3 25 @ 4 00 j fl
Onions Per bu 50 ( g 55 ! 'fl
Potatoes Nebraska 30 @ 35 ' , fl
Tuknips Per bu 20 < $ 25 /fl
Apples Per bbl 2 50 @ 3 00- ' ifl
Beans Navies 2 10 @ 2 20- ifl
Wool Fine , per lb 1C @ IS ' " ifl
Honey 15 @ 1& ' fl
Chopped Feed Per ton..l2 00 @ 13 00 / fl
Hay Bailed 4 00 © 6 00 'fl '
Hogs Mixed packing 4 40 @ 4 50- • ' fl
Hogs Heavy weights 4 45 @ 4 55 jflj
Beeves Choice uteera 3 00 © 3 40 ifl
Sheep Choice Western 3 75 @ 4 15 j fl
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Wheat No. 2 red 94J { @ 95- fl
Cons No. 2 43 @ 44 - - fl
Oats Mixed western . 29 @ 33 / fl
Poiuc 13 00 @ 13 25 ' fl
Laud 7 22 @ 7 30 1 fl
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Cohn Per bushel * 34 @ 34 % l \ ' fll
Oats Per bushel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J24 @ 24JI f /jT fll
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Laud 6 80 @ 6 85 ' ' " flj
Hogs Packing shipping. 4 65 @ 4 85 < ' flj
Battle Stockers 2 10 @ 3 25 / ifl
Sheep Natives 3 25 @ 5 00 - f IflJ
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Wheat No. 2 red cash. . . . . . 94 4 5 'fl
: orn Perbushel 28&jJ ( SO , jfl
Oats Per bushel . . „ 25 % 25 $ t ( fl
Hogs Mixed packing 4 GO © 4 it fl
Battle Feed era 3,00 @ 'A 10 . fl |
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IVheat Per bushel 90 $ > 9 } . /fl /
Tons Perbushel 23 @ l. 'i ' jfl
Dats Per bushel 21 @ JUJ , 9 |
Battue Stockers < & feeders. 1 60 @ 3 2& | 9 |
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