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B ! . , 4Pro | ( o eftheZato to Which the Allen-
Bt ' * "OH o/tfedl t * and Bailor * is Especially
Bf > ilrfcted.
BB-r = r Washington dispatch : Tho commis-
f sionor general of tbo land office , with
B , tho approval of Secretary Ndble , ha
B .issued to the registers and receivers of
B ' " " 0 tne newly established land offices in
B 'Oklahoma a letter of instructions ,
B "which is of ' special interest to persons
H 'desiring to settle in that territory. The
BB. unost important features of tho letter
f sare the following :
B All except reserved lands are made
B subject to entry by actual settlers under
BB the homestead laws with certain modifi-
Bm : 'Cations , Attention is directed to tho
Hj general circular of January 1 , 1880 ,
Hf , ' 'Containing tho homestead laws , and tho
BK official regulations thereunder. These
mm lawn and regulations are modified by
m special provisions of March 2 , 1880 , in
Hr , the following particular :
Hf 1. Tho rulo stated under the title ,
K "Only one homestead privilege to tho
fl ; samo person permitted , " is so modified
Hi -ns to admit of homestead entry being
Si made by anyone who , prior to tho pass
es -ago of said net , had made homestead en-
K . . fry , but failed from nny cause to securo
H < title in feo to land contained therein , or
H\ * who , having secured such title , did so
IB'J ' hy what is known as commutation of his
1 | homestead entry. With regard to a per
il I ) -son ninicing homestead entries and fail-
B\ / * n to acquire a title thereunder , or
II } J • commuting tliem after tho passage of
If , \ y tsaid act of March 2 1889 , the rule as to
U ! / f -second homesteads is } operative and will
HU / be enforced in relation to these lands , as
fl'"well as others.
fB-/ 2. Tho statute provides for the dis-
H I 'posal of these lands "to actual settlers
H , under homestead laws only , " and while
fl I ( providing that "tho rights of honorably
K 'discharged union soldiers and sailors in
fljtho late civil war shall not be nbriged , "
Hj makes no mention of sections under
fl ; which such soldiers and * sailors , their
fl ] • widows and orphan children , are permit-
fl tedwitli , regard to public lands gener-
PB | - -ttlb' to make additional entries in cer-
K\ | tain discs free from tho requirements of
hi -actual settlement on entered tract. It
Em ? ' . is therefore held that soldiers' or sailors'
| BiI -additional entries cannot be made on
Kit theso hinds under said sections unless
Hi the party claiming will , in addition to
flM the proof required , make affidavit that
BJi the entry is mado for actual settlement
U -and cultivation.
Hi Entries will not be subject to com-
Hj mutation under section 2501. Any per-
En sou applying to enter or file for home-
Hi stead wiil be required first to make affi-
Ik -davit , in addition to other requirements ,
Mil -that ho did not violate the law by en-
Kj | teriug npon or occupying any portion
Bj of hinds prior to April 22. Town site
BJ/ entries may be allowed , but limits the
By area in nn3r Riich entry to one-half sec-
Hj tion , or 320 acres , as the maximum ,
flj * whatever tho number of inhabitants.
BB EESOI/OTE SQUATTERS.
B | A special from Pott Dodge , Iowa ,
Bt ' .says : Tho old excitement among the
fl. ' river land cettlers has been revived by
HI the ' resumption of evictions from the
Hi Hitch field lands , and , tho action of the
Hi ' e.victed settlers toward tho parties who
B | ' have purchased tho lands from which
B the evictions have been made. At an
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H -early hour this morning a large number
fl of river land settlers , fully equipped
H' with macbiueiy and seeds , started to
fl plant crops on the farms of the evicted
fl settlers. This action is in keeping with
R 1hc threats made at.the . time that they
H ' would repossess themselves of the lands
B * from which the } ' had been evicted. The
Fl j farm of Charles Pieman , which he pur-
B\ \ , -chased after William Spninhower was
HH "tnicp , evictedwas first visited during
| , v tPig 'fflaii's alienee ; when he * returned a
B ' "few hours later he found his field alive
,
B' ' TvitlMnen and teams sowing crops for
nj the evicted settler Spainhower. Pig-
H , man came to this city at once and filed
m j information against as many of the set-
l1 tiers as ho knew and warrants were is-
M' i .sued for their arrest.
11 _ _ The settlers nunqunced that it is their
gLj intention to farm for the benefit of the
roj -evicted settlers all the lands from which
31 "the occupants have been removed and
J j Ihat the officials will be defied . if they
51 interfere. Such action will precipitate
greater trouble than ever before in the
Tiver lane ! cases and there is much ex-
-citcmeut.
TBfi PUBUO FUNDS.
The reduction in the public debt dnr-
itisr the month past nmonnted to $13 , -
"GOo.CSS , and for the first nine months of
• ihe present fiscalyear , $ o"0,900,904.
The total debt , less cash in the treas
I ury todajamounted to $1,114,783,662.
Tlie net cash surplus in thetreasury
-is S.W.OOG.SOG against $48,096,158 a
anonth ago.
The jrold fund balance in the treasury
'has increased about $1,500,000 during
1 he past month , nud to-day amounts to
197,874,421 , and the silver fund bal
ance , exclusive of $6,000,000 trade dol
lar bnllion , has decreased about $750,000
,11 , • and now amounts to $20,740,628.
Government receipts during Marcli ,
1 1' -were $31,013,991 against $28,987,873 in
h March , 1888.
[ J Eeceiptslrom all sources for the first
- " -nine months of the current year agjrre-
" .Kate $286,224,414 or $3,000,000 more than
for the corresponding mouths of the pre
ceding iiscnXyear.
• J- The customs revenue and internal rev-
r r -enne receipts weraeach about $3,000,000
' r I heavier during the past nine months
i1) - "than during the first three quarters of
I L -the preceding fiscal year , while receipts
: , from miscellaneous sources were $3,000 , -
f5-l * * 000 less. Expenditures during the past
' . 'A" month were were $17,383,696 , or about
' - - " 750,000 more than in March , 1888. The
) > > -expenditures for the past nine months
> rf/ were $239,818,321 , or nearly $40,000,000
j * s , " „ - -more than daring the three quarters of
i ; k 4he preceding fiscal year.
p , " Mother and Three Children Burned io Death.
\t \ j Milwaukee dispatch : Mrs. Margaret
* ' \ TTinlin and her three children were
f r * burned to death in their home on Fif-
t . : teenth street early this morning. The
5jt . is frame and
p _ - .house ajtwo-story building
I * Mrs. Kinlin , with her children , occu-
• 2 aiied three rooms on the lower floor.
\ : TJp stairs nn old mon named Jung lived
, . v - -with his ionand two daughters and
J -they were awakened about 2 o'clock by
* * " the smell of smoke which seemed to
| * / -come from the room below. Tho son
got up knd going outside saw smoko
; Y' pouring from the lower rooms. He
, smashed in the Avindow , but got no re-
] isponse , and then turned in an alarm.
\ It was an awful si ht that met the eyes
f -of the firemen , who arrived at tho house
f < soon afier 2. In the middle room , the
EW -doors at which had been tightly closed ,
B fc the chirred bodies of Mrs. Iunliu and
B fc two sofIS > John and George , aged re-
BBBspectiTely six and four years , were
H B ioundl Later the body of Bichard ,
B : &ged two years , was found in the base-
H H ment/ a holo having been burned
H T through the floor , through which the
H P Ijodyihad fallen.
H Tlipe was every indication that the
H' mother had deliberately burned herself
B ttrnH Children to death. They had all
B -occupied the same bed. The smoke
Bsif * i3 from the flroliuilt beneath ithadsmoth-
Wv a > ' -a ere them alL "Mrs. KafilinV body" was "
itembly disfigured nud tho children
i were horribly 4)nrned. Mrs1 . Kiulin's
ihusband , who was a carpenter , died
_ l 4ibont ten months ago and she has sup-
I * .portod herself by taking iu washing.
B Governor Thayer has vetoed the
miA live stock commission bilL
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FEARFUL RAVAGES BY PRAIRIE FIRES.
mutes , Bams , TAve locUK Hay and Farm-
im Vtensllt Wiped Out.
Yankton ( Dak. ) special : Tho dis
asters wrought by prairio fires in this
vicinity last night prove to be greater
than could be tho.usht possible.
Tho village of Volin , near Yankton ,
was entirely destroyed except three
buildings. Seven buildings wero de
stined in Yankton.
The village of Olivet , Hutchinson
county , was almost totally destroyed.
At Wnkonda three buildings were
burned and serious loss was sustained
at Scotland and Mitchell.
Tho town of Pnkwana was nearly
totally destroyed , and the town of Mt.
Vernon was entirely wiped out. The
damage is reported at $100,000 and 100
families are homeless.
The losers in Yankton county are : M.
M. JohnBon , R. Anderson , 3 ? . Ott , Mrs.
Stockwell , B. Pringle , J. F. Olsen ,
David Perloy , James Haxing , John
Hnndershot , Loroy Joncks , M. Hol-
brook , E. S. Volin , H. P. Volin , Joseph
Bickmoir , Henry Bake , Charles Stiucle ,
"William "Randall , S. M. Howe.
In tho vicinity of Jamesville , twelve
miles north of Yankton , eight farmers
sustained losses ranging from $1,000 to
$3,000 each. Amonsr these wero Math-
ias Johnson , Charles Hank , "Wallace
brothers , and E. C. Cook. Around
Jamesville tho loss will foot up $10,000.
One man lost $1,000 in money which he
had in his coat on a pieco of plowed
ground 800 feet from tho crass. Two
new wagons wero burned 100 feet from
tho fire. Sixty miles of "Western Union
wire was blown down between Center-
villo and Huron. The records of the
signal station show that during tho
prevalence of the fire tho humidity was
but 7 per cent , a condition of dryness ,
Sergeant Osweld says , never before at
tained in this region. Tho maximum is
100 ; the mean annual humidity here 70.
This shows that the atmosphere was al
most devoid of moisture. The velocity-
of the wind was forty-six miles an lioivr.
The loss in South Dakota will foot up
$2,000,000 at a low calculation.
SCOTLAND SWEPT.
Another terrible prairie fire swept
across the country south of Scotland
yesterday afternoon and its path is
marked by the smouldering embers of
many houses. The wind was blowing
at a rate of sixty miles an hour , and
with the high grass as diy as tinder the
terrific force of the fire was beyond
description. At 5 o'clock word was
brought to town that the prairie was on
fire northwest of town , and immediately
a hundred men started with teams
toward the approaching flames armed
with brooms and sacks. Arriving at
Alfred Brown's farm , two miles north ,
all his barns and cattle sheds were
found to be one blazing mass and the
efforts of the crowd were directed to
savins his residence and beating the fire
out that would in a short time have
swept down upon the town. Mr.
Brown's residence was saved , but all
his household goods that had been car
ried out were burned. One mile north
of Brown's tho fire burned Henry
Hasolfry's house and he barely escaped
with his family. Across from Hagelfry
lived D. N. Tomlinson , a prosperous
farmer , and everything about his place
except his house was swept awa3T . .Five
horses and several head of live stock
were amonsr his losses. Bj' 7 o'clock
last night the fire in the west had been
extinguished , but the fire was still
racing on the southeast. The town of
Oliva , the county seat of Hutchinson
county , eight miles north , is reported
to be more than half burned up. The
bridges on the railroad west of town
were burned. The losses for the last
two days will be fully $50,000.
ATBAPXD CUT.
A prairie fire started one mile north
east of Bapid City at noon yesterday
and was driven in a southeasterly course
by the gale. The wind blew sixty miles
an hour. Three houses were burned ;
the second was occupied by Mrs. G. E.
Baile3' , Eliza Madison and a hired man
named Stone. The three left the house
and ran through the flames. Mrs.
Bailey and Stone escaped with some se
vere burns. Miss Madison fell and the
fire catching * her clothing burned it
completely from her body * She was
taken to a neighbor's and lies at the
point of death.
VOIiINE DESTBOrED.
The village of Voline , nine miles east
of Yankton , was entirely wiped out last
night , with the exception of three build
ings. Among the buildings destro3red
were the Chicago & Northwestern de
pot , the school house and all the dwel
ling honses in the town. * Two thousand
tons of hay and a large grist mill were
also destroyed. The loss will foot up
$10,000.
It is reported here that the village of
Iiesterville was also destroyed , and that
Elk Point was partly destroyed.
The whole oountry around Blunt is
being devastated by prairie fires. Sev
eral buildings in the suburbs have been
burned but the city is as yet safe. J. I.
Bichardson lost 500 sheep , cattle and
hogs. Many farmers are homeless. A
strong wind arose before the fire , doing
considerable damage.
A MINNEAPOLIS SCORCH.
A prairie fire , six miles west of here ,
destroyed all the buildings on "W.
Keith's farm and on the Butterfield
farm. The loss aggregates seyeral
thousand dollars.
JDEOLA DESTEOXED.
Leola , the county seat of McPherson ,
thirty-five miles northwest of Aberdeen ,
was destroyed by a prairie fire during
yesterday's whirlwind. The fire came
from the west and was not noticed until
it struck the town on account of the
terrible dust. Sixty dwellings and busi
ness houses were burned , entailing a
loss of $150,000. The only buildings
remaining are the court house , two
stores and six dwellings.
A Flood of Pauoer Musicians.
JSew York dispatch : Tho musical
union of this city is endeavoring to pre
vent the landing of strolling bands from
Europe , who are in the habit of coming
here in the spring and returning in the
fall with money earned during tho sum
mer. It is urged that such immigrants
come within the provisions of the for
eign contract labor act , but heretofore
they have escaped detention by swear
ing they came as individuals and not as
bands under leaders. "When the steamer
"Westernland arrived this morning from
Antwerp Superintendent Simpson of
the landing bureau at Castle Garden
discovered there wero no less than 400
musicians on board , nearly all of them
having spent the summer here for years
past. Bepresentatives of the musical
union learned of the influx and immedi
ately urged tbt f ? strict investigation
be made. The suggestion is made that
they can beheld under the pauper act
if evidence is not forthcoming to war
rant their return under the foreign con
tract labor law. Bepresentatives of the
Knights 'of HTdbor are Interesting thorny ?
selves in the matter ? ' ' " -1
John B. Bucher was divorced in
Omaha on Friday on the grounds of
drunkenness and failure io support
This was his third divorce. On Monday
he was married again married to No.
4 , Miss Katit Gardner. .
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STANLEY IN , THE LAND OF THE LIVING.
Xhe Great Explorer JPresulitg Into the
Interior.
London cablegram : Sir Francis De
Winton , chairman of tho committee ,
makes public tho letter which ho re-
coir d yesterday from Henry M. Stan
ley. It is dated Bnngangetarstand , on
the Aruwhimi , August 28 , 1888. After
confirming his short dispatch of August
15 , already published , announcing that
he had relieved Emin , Stanley proceeds
to relate the story of his movements
from Juno 28 , 1887.
He says he had established a palisaded
camp at Yambesi , on the lower Arurayi ,
just below the first rapids and appointed
Bartellot commander , with Jameson as
sociated with him. On tho arrival of
tho men and goods from Stanley Pool
and Bolo both officers wero to report to
Bartellot , but 110 important action was
to bo taken without consulting Messrs.
Jameson , Troup and Ward. The offi
cers admitted that tho instructions were
explicit and'clear. . Bartellot had 257
men. He was to stay at Yambesi until
the steamer arrived from Stanley Falls
with mon and goods and if Tippoo Tib
furnished tho'carriers promised , he was
to march following tho track blazed out
by Stanley's advance column. If the
carriers did not arrive Bartellot might
disregard these directions and begin
short journeys _ until Stanley should
come down to his relief. * " *
Stanloj''s column set out January 25 ,
1887 , from Yambesi with 389 officers and
men. On the first day the natives they
met fired their villages and began fight
ing. The skirmish lasted only fifteen
minutes. The natives continued for
fivo days to impede tho advance in ev
ery way they knew of , but not a man of
Stanley's party was lost.
THE STOP FOREEST. .
The party reached the river again on
July 5 , and from that time till October
18 followed the left bank. After seven
teen days' continuous marching they
halted for rest On the 24th day they
lost two men by desertion. They made
only four halts in July. On August 1 ,
tho first death occurred. It was from
dysentery. They now entered a wilder
ness that took nine days to march
through. The sufferings began to in
crease and several deaths occurred.
The river helped them , as tho canoes
relieved them of much of their burdens.
August 13 they arrived at Aursib , the
natives attacked them and five men
were killed by poisoned arrows. Lieu
tenant Ayres was wounded near the
heart and suffered greatly a month be
fore recovering. On August 15 John
son commanding the land party got too
far inland and was lost. His contin
gent rojoined the party on the 21st. On
August 31 the party fell in with a cara
van of Mauyema under TJledi Balyns.
On September 15 Stanley arrived at a
camp opposite Ugarrowwas. Three
da3s later he left and on October 18
reached a settlement belonging to a
Zanzibar slave of Abed Biu Salem , the
fierce old Arab who has made so much
trouble in the Congo.
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Stanley says : This proved an awful
month to us. Not one member of our
expedition , white or black , will forget
it. Out of the 389 men with whom we
had started , we lost sixt3r-six by deser
tion and death between Yambesi and
Ugarrowwas and left fifty-six sick at the
Arab station. On reaching Kiligatonga
we found we had lost fifty-five more
men by starvation and desertion. "We
had lived on Mild fruit and nuts. Abed
Ben Salem's slaves did their utmost ,
short of open hostilities , to ruin the ex
pedition. They induced the men to sell
their rifles andclothing so that the men
were beggared , and some of them near
ly naked. "We were too weak to carry
the boats and seventy loads of goods ,
and we left them at Kilanagorta under
Surgeon Parker and Capt Nelson , the
lafter , of whom was unable to march.
After marching twelve days we reached
where the Arabs had devastated the
whole country so that not a native hut
.was left standing between TJnargarowas
tmd Hwiri. "What had not been de-
stro3'ed by the slaves of Abed Ben
Salem , the Arabs had ruined so the
whole region was turned into a horrible
wilderness. Our suffering from hunger ,
which began Aug. 20 , terminated on
Nov. 12. Ourselves and men were skel
etons. Out of 386 the men now num
bered only 174 , and several of these had
no hope of life left.
PROM FAMINE TO FEAST.
We halted thirteen days in Tberri and
revelled on fowls , goats , bananas , corn ,
sweet potatoes , yamma , beans , etc. The
supplies were inexhaustible. The peo
ple glutted themselves. The result was
that I had 173 sleek and most robust
men. I set out for Albert Nyanza ,
Nov. 24.
On Dec. 1 we sighted the open coun
try from the top of the ridge , which was
named Mt. Pisgab , because it was our
view of the land of promise and plenty.
Dec.5 we emerged on the plains , and
the gloomy , deadly forest was behind
us. After sixteen days of continuous
gloom , we saw the light of day making
everything beautiful.
On Dec. 9 we came to the country of
the powerful chief Maseamboni. Our
road lay through his numerous villages.
The natives sighted us and were pre
pared. We seized' a hill as soon as we
arrived in the centre of the mass of vil
lages about Dec. 9 , occupied it and built
a bauba of brushwood as fast as we
could cut it The warriors were run
ning from hill to" - hill ; across the valley
the people gathered by hundreds from
all points and commenced the struggle.
We checked the first advance of the na
tives with a little skirmish and captured
a cow , the first meat we had tasted since
we had left the ocean. The night passed
peacefully. In the morning we opened
a parley. Then the natives were anx
ious to know who we were , and we were
equally anxious to glean news. They
said Mazambon only held the country
for Kabbareza , who was * then real king.
They finally accepted cloth and brass
rods _ to allow Mazambori to arrive and
hostilities were suspended until morn
ing when Magambonix sent word that
we must be driven from the land. The
proclamation was greeted in the valley
with deafening cries. Their word
"kanewanas" signifies peace and "kur-
wan" signifies war. We hoped we had
heard wrong and therefore sent an in
terpreter to inquire. They responded
"kurwan" and emphasized it with two
arrows.
Our hill was divided between two
valleys. I sent forty men under Lieut.
Starr to attack the natives in one valley ,
and thirty under Mr. Johnson into the
other valleys . ,
Starr crossed a deep river in the lace
of the natives , assaulted the first village
and took it. The sharp , shooters did
effective wort , and drove the natives
back up the opposite slope until the
fight became general. Johnson also
drove the natives in frontlof him. We
marched straight up the valley , driving
back the people and taking villages as
we went along.
THE NATIVES VANISH. ,
Not a native was visible anywhere ex
ception one small hill a mile and. a half
west " "On the morning pjjthe 12lh.we *
continued our march. Xuring the day
we had iouc little fights. On the 13th
we marched straight east and were at
tacked by new forces everyjkour until
noon , when we halted for refreshments.
At 1 p. m. we continned our march ,
and fifteen minutes later I cried , .Pre
pare for a sight of Nyanza. " ! The men
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murmured , saving : Why noes mapte *
continually talk this way. Nyanza , in
deed , is not tins a plain and can wo not
see tho mountains ? But fifteen min
utes later , and after our four days'
march , tho Albert Nyanza was below
them , and all came to kiss my hands in
recognition of my prophesy. Next morn
ing we reached the village of Kaken-
go , but were unable to make friends
with the inhabitants. They would not
be friendly because having never heard
of white men they feared we should
scare their people away. Though they
were perfectly civil they gave us water
to drink , but nothing else. They
showed us the path and we camped half
a mile from the lake. My carriers
from Zanzibar evidently had not ar
rived or Emin Pasha would have arrived
at the lake. My boat was 100 miles dis
tant and there was not a treo in sight
largo enough to make a canoe. We had
used nearly all our remaining ammuni
tion in the fivo chys fighting on the
plain and a long fight must exhaust our
stock. There was no feasible plan , ex
cept to retreat to Sbwiri , build a fort
and send for stores and ammunition ,
sending the boat to search for Emin.
This plan , after a long discussion , was
resolved upon. On the 15th we marched
to Kavaila , on the west side of the lake.
In the afternoon the natives shot an
arrow into our bivouac. We resumed
the march by night. By 10 in tho
morning of the 10th we had gained tho
crest of tho plateau , tho tmtives follow
ing us until they became tired.
; Wo lost ono man killed , and one
wounded. *
AN ENDLESS FOREST.
The party passed 100 days going
through one continual forest. Stanle3'
estimates its area at 240,000 square
miles. Between Yanibo3Ta and Nyanza
five distinct languages were spoken by
tho natives. Fifty miles before reach
ing Nyanza they saw a mountain about
18,000 feet high , its summit covered
with snow.
Beferring to Emin , he says the pasha
has two battallions , one of ,750 men and
the other of G40. He is keeping up a
Une of communication along the Ny
anza and the Nile , about 180 miles in
length. In the interior west of the
Nile , ho relates , there are three or four
stations.
On May 1 , 1888 , Emin Pasha came
from his steamer and had a long talk
with Stanley. He said he had decided
it was best that his party should retire
from where they wore. The soldiers are
married and several have harems. Emin
feared that if left behind all discipline
mong them would end ; the more ambi
tious would aspire to be chiefs by force ,
and from these rivalries would spring
war and slaughter until none were left.
Stanley's letter coucludes as foliowb :
"The pasha proposed to visit Ft.
Bodo , taking Mr. Johnson with him. At
Ft. Bodo I have left instructions to the
officers to destroy tho fort and 'accom
pany the pasha to Nyanza. I hope to.
meet them all again on the Nyanza , as I
intend making a short cut to the
Nyanza. "Henry M. Stanley. "
A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
Ashing That Ttianltsglvlng and Praise lie
Added to Divine Supplication.
Washington dispatch : President Har
rison to-day issued the following proc
lamation recommending April 30 next ,
the date of the centennial celebration
of the inauguration of President Wash
ington , as a special centennial thanks
giving :
"A proclamation. A hundred years
have passed since the government which
our forefathers founded , was formally
organized at noon April 30 , 1789 , in the
city of New York , and in the presence
of an assemblage of the heroic men
whose patriotic devotion had led the
colonies to victory and independ
ence , George Washington took the
oath of office as president of the
new born public. This impressive act
was preceded at 9 o'clock in the morn
ing in all the churches of the city by
prayer for God's blessing on the gov
ernment and its first president. The
centennial of this illustrious event in
our history has been declared a general
holiday b3r net of congress to the end
that the people of the whole country
ma3'join in commemorative exercises
for the day. In order that the joy of
the occasion may be associated with a
thankfulness in the minds of the peo
ple for all of our blessings in thepast
and a devout supplication to God for
their gracious continuance in the fu
ture , the representatives of the religious
creeds , both Christian and Hebrew , have
memorialized the government to desig
nate an hour for prayer and thanksgiving
on that da3' .
Now , therefore , I , Benjamin Har
rison , president of the United States
of America , in response to this pious
and reasonable request , do recommend
that on Tuesday , April 30 , at the hour
of 9 o'clock in the morning , the people
of the entire country repair to their
respective places of divine worship to
implore the favors of God that the bless
ings of libertyT"prosperity and peace
ma3r abide with us as a people , and that
His hand may lead us in the paths of
righteousness and good deeds.
In witness whereof , I have hereunto
set my name and caused the seal of the
United States of America to be affixed.
Done in the city of Washington , this
4th day of April , in the year of our
Lord , 1889 , and the independence of
the United States , 130th.
Benjamin Harrison.
By president.
Jasees G. Blaine , Secretary of State.
Harrison's trip postponed.
President Harrison has encountered
so many obstacles in the way of his
taking a sea voyage , leaving here as ar
ranged to-morrow evening with Mrs.
Harrison , and returning on Monday or
Tuesday , that it is very probable he will
abandon his trip. There is " no govern
ment vessel nearer Washington than
Baltimore , where a revenue cutter is
anchored. It was the purpose of the
president and Mrs. Harrison to take
Baby McKee along , and as the child is
too ill to withstand the railroad travel
between this city and Baltimore the trip
is to be postponed. It was thought on
yesterday that one of the _ government's
ships wonld be anchored in the Potomac
by the time the president desired to
start on his voyage.
CRAMPS CAN'T CONTRACT.
It is generally thought at the nav3'
department that the contract for build
ing the new armored coast defense ves
sels , for which bids were opened Mon
day , will be awarded to the Union iron
works of San Francisco. Mr. Scott's
bid was for about $1,280,000 , guarantee
ing all that the specifications required ,
against a bid of $1,614,000 from the
Cramps , making several important mod
ifications and refusing to guarantee the
horsepower specified in the contract
The extra S14,000 , it is thought , will not
stand in the way of the acceptance of
the bid , inasmuch as Scott guarantees
everything and Cramp practically noth
ing. It is understood that Charles
Cramp , the president of the firm , left
for home to-day , after telling several
people that he gave up all hope of get
ting8 the job.
1 * v nsVoleVlUchigan. *
Detroit special : A light vote was
polled in the state to-day. Grant , the
republican candidate for justice of the
supreme court , is elected by about 15 , -
plnrality , and the republicans elect the
remainder of their state ticket by about
the same figures.
itTttAXrj'u ' *
AS TO EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS.
Argument in Favor of rttelr Consideration
With Open Itoors.
Washington dispatch : Tho special
committco appointed to wait on the
president ( Sherman and Bansora ) re
ported that they had performed that
duty and had been advised by tho pres
ident that he would to-day communicate
to the senate certain messages , but that
after to-day no mossages would bo sent
oxcept of a formal character to fill va
cancies as they ariso.
Soon after tho opening of the senate ,
Teller offered the following resolution :
Besolved , That hereafter all execu
tive nominations shall bo considered in
open session of the sonate.
Ho said : "I do not intend to ask con
sideration of this resolution at this timo.
I merely offer it that it may bo roforrcd
to the committee on rules. At tho next
regular session of tho senate , if I livo to
bo present , I intend to press that reso-
lutiou in season and out of season. I
havo never believed that thoro was any
reason wli3r an executive nomination
should bo considered by tho senate with
closed doors. I am satisfied that a. great
majority of tho people of tho United
States , irrespective ofparty , are of tho
same opinion. I am tired of giving
my reasons to tho sonata with
closed doors for the votes which
I give , and of seeing in the news
papers the next day entix-oly different
reasons ascribed to me , and not infre
quently no reasons at all. I have never
expressed a sentiment or given a voto in
the senate with tho doors closed which
I would not give in the open senate. I
do not believe that any considerable
number of senators desire to shield
themselves from public criticism or tho
pnblic gaze in matters of this kind.
While I admit that in considering ques
tions of international relations there
may be and frequently nro times whon
the senate should sit with closed doors
on accouut of great public interests , I
can conceive of no reason why we
should close our doors whon we are
asked to pass on the qualifications of
men nominated for public office. I do
not desire to conceal from the public
any action of mine in reference to such
matters. On the contrary , I am ex
ceedingly anxious that when I exercise
my constitutional and senatorial duty
here I ma3r execute it in the face of tho
whole world , or at least so much of the
world as has the right to call mo in
question for my conduct and that is
the people of tho United States. I be
lieve the time has come when public
sentiment will not tolerate the closing
of our doors ou a mere question of con
firmation. I believe that the practice
is ono of the agencies that is calculated
to bring tho American senate into con
tempt and into disrepute , for the peo
ple will believe ( under charges that are
mado day by day ) that we are afraid to
1express 1 our views in public , that there
is some truth in them. Newspaper men
in their zeal , must find some reason for
our conduct , and very frequently put in
our months things we never said and
never thought"
The resolution was referred to tho
committee on rules.
Stewart offered a resolution , which
was laid over till to-morrow , that the
senate has learned with profound sorrow
of tho death of John Bright , and re
membering his constant and unwavering
friendship for tho United States , desire
to join with tho parliament of his own
country in paying grateful tribute to one
who during his long public life was con
spicuous in his devotion to tho cause of
freedom and huriiauit3 * .
The senate then pioceeded to execu
tive session.
While the doors were closed various
resolutions were reported and agreed to ,
authorizing several committees to sit
during recess.
Adjourned till to-morrow.
A Young Girl Ends Her Life.
Minnesota dispatch : Adele Menard ,
a 17-year-old girl living in this city ,
committed suicide to-day by shooting
herself. She had been acting qneerly
for some time and was probably insane.
Last summer she snddenhy disappeared
from home leaving a note saying that
she was about to drown herself. She
was found ten da3's afterward masquer
ading in male costume. She said she
had been living in the woods. She was
to have been married in about a month
after being brought back home but her
intended husband disappeared on the
wedding morning. Since then she had
been even queerer than before and her
freaks culminated in her suicide this
afternoon.
Suicided in His Room.
St Louis dispatch : Asa Kellogg , the
well-known general agent of the South
ern Pacific railway at Cincinnati , com
mitted suicide in his room at the South
ern hotel in this city early this morning.
He retired at 2 o'clock , and not respond
ing to a call this morning , the door of
his room was forced open and Mr. Kel-
logg's body was discovered on the bed ,
and an empty laudanum bottle beside
him. Ho was forty-one years of age
and well known among railroad men.
A Peculiar Way fo Suicide.
At Boone , Iowa , Mrs. James Harris ,
a resident of that city , attempted sui
cide in a very peculiar way. She took
the heads of half a dozen sulphur
matches , put them in a cup of water ,
aud after soaking them , drank the mix-
tnre. _ She became violently sick , and a
physician was sent for. After energetic
treatment she began to get better and
is likely to recover. General despond-
en cy is the only reason assigned for the
deed.
The Forum for March contained an
attack on the public school system by
Cardinal Manning. In the April num
ber Prof. George P. Fisher , of Yale ,
makes a reply and points ont the neces
sary conflict between Catholicism , as in
terpreted by Cardinal Manning , and
American institutions , defending free
dom of religion and the public school.
The extrordinary career of Boulangerin
French politics is narrated by a Parisian
journalist , Guillaume C. Tener , who ex
plains from within the condition of par
ties and politics wherennder a dashing
adventurer , bj * means of a fine horse
and of a popular song in his praise , may
even become President of France. The
Bev. Dr. William Barry analyzes social
unrest to find signs of impending
economic revolution , which are the loss
of the old bond of the chrch , the rule of
the rich everywhere , and the increase of
'
poverty with'plenty all about it. Other
able writers contribute timely articles ,
making the April number an exceeding
ly interesting one.
The poem by Oliver Wendell , in honor
Df the dinner given to James Bussell
Lowell on his seventieth birthday , i3
naturally the first thing to which the
readers of the April Atlantic will turn.
Et is characterized by Dr. Holmes's
usualfelicity , and the occasion of its de-
[ ivery\mokes it specially 1' interesting.
Mr. H. C. Merwin contributes a studious
paper on "The People in Government ; "
and Mr. Samuel Sheldon answers the
question "Why our Science Students go
to Germany. " Criticisms of Benan's
Dramas and other recent books conclude
an interesting number. Houghton ,
Mifflin & Co. , Boston ,
THE FARM.
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Agricultural Xotei.
Prof. Short says that submerged
milk produces moro cream than by
any other process , and prevents con
tamination by any impurities in tho
atmosphere.
The propagation of game should
bo taken up seriously , aud becomo a
branch to bo fostered and encour
aged in tho same manner as tho
methods of the iishculturists.
Col. Curtis at tho Kirby Home
stead , turns each sixteen pounds of
milk into a pound of butter. Ho
believes that winter dairying is tho
coming industry in New York state.
Keep tho flocks healthy and avoid
too much dry food. Remember to
inve roots regularly , or ensilage ; in
the absence of roots orensilngo try
mill feed and a little oil meal.
With proper provision of warmth
and shelter , and a good store of en
silage and hay , winter dairying can
frequently ho made moro profitable
than summer ; labor is than cheeper
and butter higher.
Tho farming world ( English ) says :
"If you have any butter that hns a
rank flavor , mix to each pound a
a tenspoonful of carbonate of soda ,
and it will bo rendered perfectly sweot
ngain. Take care that it is through
ly mixed.
As an exchange remarks the great
question is and will continue to be
what will produce the most and best
milk , without injury to tho cow ,
taking into consideration all the
circumstances under which we are
placed.
Use the currycomb lightly. When
used roughly it is the source of great
pain ; brushing and rubbing are tho
proper means to secure a glossy coat.
Let the heels be brushed out every
night. Dirt , if allotted to cake in ,
causes sore heels.
An excellent way to utilizo dull
days , when but little work can be
done , especially during cold or rainy
weather , is to sharpen all the tools
and implements , so as to have them
.veady for Spring use. Give them a
thorough cleaning , oil the machinery
and keep them in a dry place.
John Gould says that farmers may
as well stand by each other as to be
"held up" by aspeculator. . If they
will discard all jealousies and work
each for the interest of all , there is
no reason why they may not receive
all the benefit of a co-operative
creamery.
The silo has brought new revela
tions to us and given us a value in
fodder-corn that we never had before ,
at least it has called our attention
to it in a way that we have never
had it called before , so that we now
have begun to make a study of fod
der-corn and what it may do for us
in the way of giving us cheaper and
better rations for cattle.
Seed corn should be saved from
some variety that has given good
results in the section where it was
grown. To change the seed without
first experimenting in order to learn
if the variety is adopted to the soil
and climate may entail a loss of the
crop. There is no cereal that com
bines so many different varieties as
corn , and the crop that flourishes in
one section may be early and proli
fic , but when transferred through the
seed elsewhere often proves the poor
est that can be grown.
There are certain essential principles
that must be kept clearly in view in
swine husbandry , says the American
Stockman. For instance stock boss
should have plenty of exorcise , aiid
be made to take it. The hog house
is essential in stormy weather , s
our correspondent says , but it should
always be constructecl with a clear
view to perfect ventilation. It is a
question if a floor is better than
earth. Dry earth is a great disin
fectant , and when hogs are upon the
ground dry earth should occasional
ly be added. Then the ground is
warmer than a floor would be.
2Iotc til' H05S Alon ? .
Hogs in condit.n to go into good
pork should be turned in that direc
tion within the next few weeks , says
Orange Judd Farmer. Under the law
of averages it would not be surpris
ing if February and March should be
quite cold. When a porker is fairly
"ripe , " and weighs about 240 pounds ,
it is not business to feed against cold
weather. The mud of the latter part
of March is almost as objectionable
as is the cold if the blizzards should
not come. It is some satisfaction to
keep ahead of the plague , too. But
one who has corn cribs by the acre
filled , and no prospective pigs for the
corn , may usually leed longer with
profit if he will protect the animal
from the wastage of food required to
counteract extra cold.
Diarrhea ,
The cause of scours in colts , says
the Breeder's Gazette , is the indigest
ible food upon which the animals
subsist. Such food as straw and corn
stalks is little more than ordinary
woody fiber , which irritates the di
gestive system , causing catarrhal con
dition of the same. Give to each colt
from three to six ounces of linseed
oil with half a drachm of laudanum
mixed with it , varying the dose ac
cording to the size and strength of
the animal. After it has operated
be particular as to food given. Oat
meal drinks and linseed tea should
be given in preference to ccld water.
For solid food give small mashes of
bran , and oats to "which a Uittle. liu-
seed meal has been added. Give in
small quantities and often. Limit
the amount of hay given for a time.
Keep indoors in a warm shed where
.the colts can run loose.
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A bee-keeper in tho Prnirio Farm- \
or says of feeding bees : When warm j
wonther comes to stay , lb pays big j §
money to feed , specially in tho inter- s
im following fruit bloom , and boforo j * f
white clover blossoms , any timo when 1
there is a dearth lionoy bcea will pa- ! f
tronizo a feeder , but as soon us flow- , j
ors yield nectar thoy desert it. Feed
ought nob to bo given in such quan
tities that bees will storo it in tho
brood department , crowding out tho
queen. Give it in such quantities as I
will promote heulthy increase. |
Enough should be given each day to I
meet tho wants of tho bees. If a col- | r
ony hns beon fed for somp timo , and - It
tho supply ceases when nothing can Y
bo gleaned in tho fields , the brood fl
may perish. It may pay in some lo- \ I
culities to feed ryo meal , but in other j
lflcnlitie. $ , whon ever it is warm i I
enough for bees to fl } ' , natural pollen , I
is abundant. Ryo meal should bo I
furnished bees in a sunny place , I
sheltered from winds , and a pieco Of \ I
honey near it to attract them. } ! I
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How To 3rcnsuro Socks. , I
A young man steppod up to the I
counter ofoneofourfurnishingstores I
the other evening and called for a . I
pair of socks. "Bo sure that 3011 \ I
get them largeenough , " said ho , "for I
when they tiro too small they always ' I
wear through at the toes. " "l essir , " I
replied the polite clerk , " I'll get them 1
right ; will you please hold out your I
hand ? " "I said socks , not gloves , " I
answered the young man , somewhat I
surprised. " 1 know what you said , " I
continued the rlerk , "but I want to I
see your hand. " The customer held I
out his hand and doubled up his fist I
as directed. Tho clerk took ono of I
the socks from the box , wrapped the I
foot around the fist and guaranteed a t I
perfect fit. " 1 am just assure it will • I
lit 3'ou as though 1 had measured j I
your foot , " said the cleric , "as the I
distance around tin * fist is always I
the length of the foot. A salesman I
who knows his business always looks I
at a man's hands and in that way I
knows the size of thesock he wants. ' I
H
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Hollo mid His Father. 1
From the Brooklyn Knzh : I
"How do the Indianssharpen their I
scalping knives' . ' " asked Rollo. I
' • With the Indian lih' , " said his I
Uncle Georgo before Hollo's father . I
could reply. ' I
Had Hollo ' s father been given an I
opportunity of replying ho would I
havesaid that the scilping knives I
were held by tho Indians iu severnlity , I
consequently each knife was honed '
by the indian who carried it. Rollo's I
father ' s jokes wore inclined to bo
ponderous , but they were very com- I
plete in all their appointments , when I
Uncle George gave him a chance to I
say them clear through , with no in- I
torruptions other than the regular
stops. Ilowbeit , when you heard I
one of them to the bitter end you al- H
ways felt as though you had * fallen H
down stairs with a rocking-chair and H
a state room trunk , If 3-011 know how fl
that feels. H
An Eighteen IJulIct Blow. H
At Atlanta , Ga. , recently , an old fl
veteran of the Mexican and Oonfederfl
ate wars was insulted. AVith these fl
men insult is alwaj's followed with a H
blow Buena Vista and Manassas do fl
not permit them to swollow much ' fl
insult. This particular veteran had fl
hired a man to repair the sidewalk fl
in front of his home. In some alterfl
cation the man applied to the voterfl
an an epithet which no man hears H
without feeling the temperature ot H
his blood riso , and the veteran struck H
him. Although he is moro than. H
eighty years or age , lie has the vigoi- fl
of fort3 % and wlun the man who was mm
struck picked himself up he felt as if | H
he had been struck 1 \ ' lightning. M
Apolieceman was at hand and ar- H
rested the insultcr and marched him M
off. The arm which did the striking H
has eighteen leaden bullets in it. M
Pittsburg Dispatch. \
Bight Password but Wrong Smell. | H
A high officer of the Sons of Tern- jfl
perance , presenting himself with the \
smell of grog he had been drinking M
upon him , at the door of a "division" \
for admission , was waited upon bv- \
an Irish sentinel , to whom he gave M
the password , when the following M
passed : M
"Sir'r , " said he , "an' 3ez Mister jfl
O'Wright , the Gbrand Worthy Pa-
triarch of the State of Khaintucky , M
I do be after belavin' , " , M
"Yes , " said Jimou areperfectby M
right , ni3 friend : but why do you ask M
the question ? " M
"To tell yez the truth , then. sir. \
and shame the divil , " said Pat , "v-ez M
do be havin' the right password for M
a Son of Timperance , entirety ; but by M
the Holy Virgin and the blessed Saint \
Patherick ! yez have got the wrong H
smell. " fl
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Imroving a ProTerb , , -H
'Tve always admired proverbs , my ; H
dear , " Mr. Dusenbeny said , as he ! H
rubbed his chin in a contemplative H
wa3' . "They are chock full of signifi-
cance. The3' arelaconicandlogical. jfl
Now'for instancethere , is the sa3'ing. r < fl
'Straws show what wavthe wind 1 jfl
blows. ' What could more tersely" 1 ; H
"Yes , "internptedMrs. Dusenberrv- . MH ?
with a twinkle in her starboard 030. fl
"Hvou 'd sift the ashes every morn- * H
ing , instead of letting me sift them , | H
yon'd know more about the direction fl
of the wind than all the straws in H
creation would show you. " Detroit fl
Free Press. - . fl
Prof. Henr % * ha made experiments / fl
with steers to determine whether H
whole corn or cornmeal made the . .fl
cheaper beef. He found that , confl
sidering onh the steers , beef made ' fl
from cornmeal , bayani - bran , eSsfe. , |
onto 5J per cent , morethan beef from wH
the whole corn , bran and hay , the H
feeding being the same , except that M
in one case whole corn and in tha fl
other cornmeal was used. H
