fc THE DAILY TRIBUNE.
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I state mm.
i | , NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
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IS' > / " " ' Tho Union Pacific has just bought
jj ? 40,000 tons o steel rails.
§ " ' Five now convicts took places in
m tlio penitentiary Inst week.
jr ; A night school conducted by the
11 ociefy of neglected youths Iuib been
K opened in Fremont.
H Thirty train loads of cattle will bo
K shipped from Newcastle aB soon ns the
W railroad is completed to that point.
g , In a quarrel in an Omaha saloon
tho other day tlio proprietor fatally
| | , shot one of his patrons. Both are col
ls ored.
'
- The institute for tho blind at No-
| braskn City opened this season vith
| forty-thrco pupils and iifteeu more will
L enroll later.
[ v A child of jtfr. and Jlrs. Andrew
X Arnold , who live ten miles northeast of
y ' Beatrico , was drowned last week by fall
ing into a tank of water.
Tho Johnson County fair associa
tion will lose the amount allowed by
law , 8 cents per capita , by permitting
games of chance on the fair grounds.
f > The loss amounts to about 400.
L The large barn belonging to B. W.
B Burtch , a milo east of Gilnian , was
consumed by fire , together with a largo
V-- , quantity of hay , oats , corn , several sots
W t\ of harness and a two-seated buggy.
I One horse and some cattlo were res-
I -cued.
I An Englishman named Boar , aged
I seventy-seven , applied recently to tho
I clerk of Dawes county for naturaliza-
tion papers in order to become a home-
I stecder. Hewas jnarried before Queen
I Victoria ascended the throno and has
M been tho father of fifteen children.
Gustave Lochner , the man shot by
W Mrs. Lyman at Lincoln as he was at-
I ' tempting to break into her house , is in
I a fair way to recover from the effect of
I Lis wound. Ho is being cared lor in the
1 , „ city hospital and the physicians in charge
IT state that ho is almost certain to live.
* A Fremont dispatoh says : Biewitt&
Baldwin will ship between twenty car
B londs , 4.300 sheep , east to-morrow and
I will receive from the west 4,000 Wedues-
iar , " day and 4,000 Thursday of this week.
Hi * . Ii. A. Harmon & Co. to-day bought of
Hif" Blewett & Baldwin 2,250 lambs for win-
jf' ter feeding.
H M. G. Cook , a well known mason and
I contractor of Fremont , filed a complaint
V against George "W. Crocker for adultery
fl with Cook's wife , committed about eight
fl months ago. Mr. Cook has been mar
fl ried for several 3'ears and Crocker was
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fl married about a j'ear ago to Miss Gertie
H Garner , on estimable 3'oung lady o
fl Fremont.
I An aged citizen of Ogallala , named
I A. P. Curtis , started out with a rope to
I Lang himself and had written a farewell
fl * " * note , "I die to please others. " when he
I was discovered and prevented from car-
I , it'ing out his design. Ho is supposed
I to have been driven insaue by family
fl : troubles.
Hj * Four prominent citizens of Platts-
- - , month have filed a petition in the dis-
trict court for a temporary injunction
against the city council and electric
I light company to prevent the further
completing of tho work of erectiug the
I lights as located.
m Messrs. Patterson < fc McClean , of
. Tremont , have been awarded the state
L contract for building the new dining
hall , boilerLonse and smoke-stack for the
fl industrial school at Kearney. Mr. Pat-
B terson drew the plans ami will have the
fl supervision of the work , which will cost
B the state $30,000.
Hflflflflf E. J. Mnrfin , a lawyer well known
in Nebraska City , early iu June left
BAflflL there for California on legal business
fl His father , living near that city , has
flfl * heard from him but once since then ,
flfl and is greatly alarmed over his complete
F disappearance. All efforts to learn of
V Lis whereabouts have failed.
K2\ At Ainsworth a fiend \ > y the namo o
W ( Boyer went homo drunk and assaulted
m Lis wife with a ball bat. Some neigh-
B bors , hearing her cries , came in and
prevented Boyer from killing her. He
was taken in.charge by Marshall Honts
L and had a hearing , when he was found
k guilty and given fifty days labor on the
P ' streets and thirty days in the county
m A little girl , bound from some point
fly in Kansas to Liuscott , this state , fell
fl from her seat in the Burlington train in
m a dead faint. When resuscitated the
passengers ascertained that sho had
not tasted food sinco.she began her
jonrney , and the traveling men on the
train purchased her a meal and col-
/ lected a purse of § 15 and presented it to
Ler.
Says the Western Wave : E. B.
- * • , Gibble thinks that he is able to demon
strate how corn will grow in Saline
county. He has "in front of his meat
market a stalk of corn that grew on a
a patch where he dug potatoes Lust June.
The stalk is about five feet high and has
on it seven corn shoots , all except one
Laving corn. Three of them are of good
size and aro well filled.
The executive committee of the Ne
braska Non-rartisan Prohibitory
Amendment league has had printed
150,000 folio papers to be distributed
with state papers as supplements. The
sheet contains the address of the league ,
Senator Ingalls on prohibition , and the
opinion of the probate judges of Kan-
* . ' sas as to tho working of prohibition in
' " * \\hak state.
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Walter A. , the little 5-months-old
son of Preston Heater , who lives eight
miles northeast of Lincoln , was burned
bo badly tin. * ho died from his injuries
half an hour later. The mother had
put the little one in a chair , not far
from the cooking stove , and gone into
tho 3ard on an errand. Glancing in
sho saw n bright light , and rushing into
tlio house found that the baby's dress
Lad caught on fire and its body was en
veloped in flames. Sho hastily threw a
blanket around it , but. the firo had done
MHfc. its deadly work , and the little one's
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General Manager Kimball lion is
sued a circular setting forth the fact
that on account of tho largely increased
benefits afforded to Union Pacific em
ployes under tho hospital fund , from
timo to timo during the past five years ,
tho present assessment of 25 cents poi
mouth has been found inadequato to
meet tho additional requirements.
Thoreforo it has been decided , com
mencing November 1 , 1880 , to restore
tho former assessment of 40 cents pei
month upon all lines operated by the
Union Pacific. ,
Gcorgo Hodel , of Bismarck town
ship , Platto county , will manufacture
his own ice this winter. There being a
largo bank of earth' near his house
which faces to tho north , lie is digging
into it some distance and then covering
it over , forming quite a house. Ho will
then construct a largo box a few feet
from tho floor aud in winter run water
into this from his windmill , leaving the
doors open and allowing it to freeze.
In this way tho ico will bo one solid
cako and can readily be preserved.
A Dunning dispatch sa3's : This
morning about. 9 o'clock L. W.
Wells , of Alliance comity , met
James Gilkiuson in G. H. West's door-
yard. They got into a quarrel over tho
division of some corn , which was tended
on Mr. Wells' placo by Mr. Gilkiuson.
They had had a former difficulty about
tho samo transaction. Only a few
words passed between them , when Mr.
Wells raised his gun aud fired , the shot
taking effect in Mr. Gilkinson's right
breast and shonlder , killing him in-
stantlj * . Tho weapon was an ordinary
doublo-barrcledshotgun. Immediately
after tho shooting Mr. Wells escaped to
the sand hills , carrying his gun with
hiln , and is now at large.
A < 'oii jrc * iotinl Iloroncopc.
Washington , Oct. , 7. Southern mem
bers of tho houso of representatives
deny that they intend to make any
special demand for legislation on the
part of their section of the couuhy.
With one voice they say it is their in
tention to work for legislation of equal
importance to eveiy section. They are
extremely anxious to have tho tobacco
tax abolished , but they do not intend
to ask it as a consideration for voting in
favor of any one for speaker , for the
one , if for no other reason , that they
do not consider it necessary. They
say the republican party Is pledged to
do this , and all reports about demands
they will make in tlio formation of com
mittees aro fabricated.
Almost immediately after tho house is
organized aud the committes are an
nounced surely on the first call of tho
states for the introduction of bills a
bill will be introduced to abolish the
tobacco tax. Tho committee on ways
and means will be expected to report
this from its first regular meeting , as the
propriety of doing so has long since
been settled. Its consideration by tho
house will be demanded very early. As
this will be tho basis of future action on
the revenues and will in a large measure
govern a revision of the tariff it is ex
pected to consume much lime ; but it is
expected to pass beforo any positive step
is taken on a tariff bill. Then congress
will know exactly Low much-tariff revi
sion tho revenue of tho country'can
stand. Republicans generally believe
that tho work of reforming the tariff will
proceed l > 3' piecemeal that is it will be
dono l > 3 specific bills , affecting onlyono
article at once. For instance sugar
will be worked upon by itself.
Then , if it is deemed advisable
to go further into a reduction of
the revenues , other articles will be
taken up I13' themselves. Bills will be
introduced by tho hundred on every
phase of the tariff , thus going around
the old way of proceeding with a gen
eral bill atfectin ? almost every article
on the list. If the tobaeco tax is abol
ished there will not bo more than half
the persent latitude for work on the
customs laws. If the sugar tax is re
moved the incomes will bo reduced to
about the minimum. General Browne ,
of Indiana , 0110 of the oldest and most
influential members of the house , and
an experienced member of the commit
tee on ways and means , was the firt to
advance the idea of specific legislation
on the tariff , and the suggestion is being
almost universally endorsed. Be the
work as it may , there will be no more
lengthy committee hearings and long
bills.
I'uwdcrljr In Chicago.
Chicago , 111. , Oct. 7. Five thousand
people were present at the meeting in
Central music hall 3'esterda3 * , tho fea
ture of which was the address by Gen
eral Master Workman Towderly of the
Knights of Labor. The Sunday closing
of saloons was the topic announced for
discussion. Mr. Powderly was greeted
with a tempest of applause. His re
marks on Sunday closing were em
phatic aud pointed enough to elicit re * -
peated outbreaks of applause from even
tho most radical of his hearers. He
afterwards spoke of the charges which
had been made against him so often of
late and to which he made so effective a
reply at St. Louis. He added if any
Chicago people were not satisfied ho
was perfectly willing to have them ap
point a committee of three honest men
to investigate his affairs.
On the 14th inst. Mr. Powderly will
go to Philadelphia , where he will hold
a conference with the chiefs cf tho fed
eration of labor in regard to the man
ner of presenting the eight hour ques
tion to the next general assembly. Mr.
Powderly 803-8 he thinks , as he always
has , that there should be a shorter work
ing d.13' than now , but that it will never
be brought about by strikes. To his
mind arbitration is the only wa3 * . He
thinks the * fed era tion is receding from
its radical position on this question.
Mr. Powderly left hero this evening
for Hamilton. Out. , where ho will speak
to-morrow ni ht. The original pro
gramme included a series of speeches
in the west , but these have been aban
doned , and after his address in Hamil
ton , the Knights of Labor chief will go
to Scrauton for 11 few days to work upon
his report for the general a&sembtyy
which meets in Atlanta in four weeks.
WniltK Them to < ' < > mo South.
Pensacoda , Flo. , Oct. 2. Mayor
Chippy has addressed a letter to Secre
tary Blaine requesting that tho tour of
tho South American delegates to the
American congress be extended as far
south as Pensacola. "It would bo de
plorable , " hp writes , "if these delegates
are not shown Birmingham , Ala. , the
center of the mineial development
which has astonished the world. Once
at Birmingham it would follow as a
natural sequence that these visitors
should visit l'ensacola , tho only land
locked harbor on the sea coast of the
Gulf of Mexico , aud the natural outlet
for tho interchange of traftio between
tho Gulf states and Central aud South
America. " The nurfor earnestly peti
tions the secretaiy to give these dele
gates an opportunity to see the advan
tages of Puusacoln : us an outlet for the
products of tho ' Gulf stales to their
countries.
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AN ORDER BY-&R0FF
A PRACTICE IBA.T MUST BE STOPPEl
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Tlie Probnbl Decision In the Mlvei
Lead Ore Caac Appointment oircn ;
• Ion Commuiluuer Seems Yet Afai
on Report on tlio "ISalllinore *
Trial Delegate * to tho Internationa
Amerlcau Vouaremn.
News Notes from TVatlilnirtnn.
Washington , Oct. 5. Tho following
order was issued from tho office of th (
commissioner of the general land office
"To tho Chief of the Division o :
Clerks and Employes of tho Genera
Land Office Gentlemen : It havinj ,
been the practice , as I am informed , foi
chiefs of divisions and others iu thii
office to impart to reporters official in
formation respecting tho business ant
workings of this office , J desire to in'
form 3'ou that such practico must be
discontinued forthwith , and no infor
mation whatever is to be given out tt
reporters. Such information as maybe
proper to be given will bo furnished b3
the commissioner. Very respectfully ]
Lewis A. Gp.off , Commissioner.
THE 8II.VEK LEAD ORE CASE.
The indications now aro that the silvei
load ore case will be decided against the
lead miners , or , in other words , that nc
change will be made in the rulings made
by Secretanr Sherman and affirmed bj
Secretary Fairchild. BeosonB of public
policy aro beginning to have an effec ]
on tho department which the3T did nol
seem to have a few months ago. Minis'
ter B3'an'8 visit and the presence here
of tho delegates to tho International
conference are opening the eyes of the
treasury officials to tho importance ol
our trade across the border. If the im
portation of lead oro should be cut ofl
by treasury-regulations it would have
an important effect upon the business ol
the American railroads leading intc
Mexico , for lead oro is one of tho prin
cipal return freights which keeps the
cars laden with American goods from
coming back empty after leaving theii
freights in southern republics. Secre
tary Windom will _ probably decide this
case as he has decided others , upon the
principle that the long established usage
of the department ought not to be over
thrown for trivial reasons. In this way
ho can escape tho necesssity of passing
upon the abstract question of law.
THE PENSION COMMISSIONER.
The appointment of a pension com
missioner seems as far away now as it
haB at any timo sinco tho resignation of
Corporal Tanner was received. The
president is not having an easy time to
find a man who will besatisfactory
Secretary Noble and himself pnoue side ,
antl who will also meet the approval of
Alger and the G. A. E. on the other. It
is said the oulj' reason for not appoint
ing Judge Bea , of Minueseta , was the
objection of Alger. It seems apparent
that Alger-and other G. A. B. men wish
to secure a man for the pension bureau
like Tanner or who will at least carry
out Tanner's policy. It was further ap
parent that Judge Bea would not be
guided entirely by Grand Army resolu
tions and sentiment , but would adminis
ter the law as lie found it. This , it
seems , does not satisfy the Alger Grancl
Army men. The Michigan general
hopes to make a record during the 3'ear
he will bo commauder-in-chief antl he
expects " that the ritcht * man iu tho pen
sion bureau put. there 1)3' his endorse
ment will help him to make that record.
A BEAtJTIFUTi APPROACH.
It was expected that the temporary
wooden railings aud coverings to the
sandstone about the grand entrance on
the west of the capitol would be cleared
away for those who will visit theKnights
Templar conclave next week , and that
as the work for this beautiful approach
to the capitol is completed , there would
be a sort of "grand opening. " The
finest piece of extensive marble work
about any of the buildings in Washing
ton , iu fact tho finest approach to au3r
building iu the United States , can now
be seen as one goes into the capitol
building from Peuus3lvania avenue on
the west. The design foHLis.immense . ,
piece of marble work was suggested by-
the approach to the Italian parliament
at Borne. It is about fonVhnudred feet
long by almost one hundred feet in
width , aud tho steps and balustrades
forni a network of fine marble , which
can be found at no other point probably
in the world. The cost of this structure
is somewhere between $ GOO,000 and
$800,000 , and the work has been under
way for several 3Tears. The marble is
pure white and cannot be described.
Those who visit tho capitol next week
will be well repaid to look closely at
this work. Tho immense old fish basin ,
which was the receptacle for cigar stubs
and bread pruuibs , has been cleaned
out , aud a fountain with a basin of
about twenty-five feet in diameter is to
take its place. The fine white marble
approach , glistening in the suulight of
an autumn afternoon , makes a sharp
and beautiful contrast with the green
sward and the 3'ellow leaves in front.
REPORT ON THE RAIiTIMORE's TRIAL.
Tlioofficial report of the trial board
on the cruiser Baltimore , relative to her
recent run , was received at the navy
department to-diy. The board states
that the average horse power developed
by tho engines was 8,977.88 , being a
deficiency of 22.12 iu power , which
would incur a penaltj- § 2,212. Her
average speed was 19.G knots an hour.
The report states that during the run
two indicatorswhich had been thor
oughly tested before tho trial , broke
and it wis necessary to substitute two
others which had''not ' beeu tested.
International Amerienii t'onjrrenn.
Washington , Oct. 1. With one or
two exceptions , all the delegates to the
International American congress are
now in this CU3 * . The congress will not
meet formally until to-morrow morniug ,
and nothing-of a deliberative character
will bo done for tho next six weeks.
After meeting aud organizing the del
egates will pu3 their respects to Secre- '
tniy Blaine , and will then be presented
1 > 3' him to the president. In the even
ing it is expected that Mr. Blaine will
tender the congress a banquet , aud the
next morning the delegates will start
on their six weeks' tour of-observation
throughout thecouutry. The delegates ,
as .vet do not know the exact form their
deliberations will take , and the proced
ure will not be settled until tho con
gress meets.
Senor F. G. Tierra , the secretarj" of
the Spanish-American commercial un
ion , who is not a delegate , but has beeu
invited 1)3 * i\Ir. Blaine to accompany the
congress and give the benefit of his ex
perience to tho delegates , said that it
had not been finally settled whether the
sittings 'of the congress should be pub
lic or if the members should be swoi'u
to xccrecy.
"What subjects will be taken up and
tho order of their discussion is another
matter which will not be settled until
the congress meets , " added i\lr. \ Piurra.
"JM3' opinion is that the United States
delegates wilt not have 11 program mo
arranged , but each delegate will bo al
lowed to biing before the congress such
subjects as ho 111113 * think proper. A113'-
thiug relating to economic matters can
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iPtopcrly como beforo the congress and
only politics arobarred.AVhiloILirye
no doubt-each delogatcuwilbdo .lus , " iit-
most to havo the congress adopt such
measures as will bo most beneficial to
his own country , yet there is a sinccro
desiro on tho part of everybody to havo
the deliberations of the congress result
in something prnctid \ Whether it
will be possible to ado ] t a geuoral cus
toms union and an interchangeable cur
rency I do not know. Of course what
ever is the result of the deliberations of
tho congress it will not bind tho re
spective governments , but naturally tho
recommendations will havo . great
weight. "
I'owderly Ulnknn Itpplf.
St Louis , Oct. 5. Tho expectation
that General Master Workman Pow
derly would repby to the numerous at
tacks which havo been made upon him
drew an immense crowd to Inst night's
meeting at Turner hall. Powderly was
received Avith great applause and spoko
iu a general way of tho objects of tho
order and said it was asked why ho did
not advocato prohibition. Simply , said
ho , because tho order had not eleoided
for it. He did not advocate the single
tax , though a personal believer in it ,
because tho order had not yot decided
in favor of it. Addressing himself to
tho charges against him , Powderly
spoko of his protest against the ap
pointment of Furlong. Constituting
the reporters present a committee , he
submitted all tho documents to them.
Turning to other documents he showed
how M. B. Shaw had garbled and falsi
fied evidence ho pretended to submit.
Furlong's letter in the morning papers
waa overhauled and ho proceeded to
demonstrate that Furlong had con
spired to entice Martin Irons and others
to attempt to tap tho wires , so ho
could make a criminal caso against
tho strikers. Letters carried to Pow
derly by Blake were then taken up , antl
one after another the men whose names
were appended pronounced them for
geries. No less than ten forgeries were
thus proven. Powderly then repelled
the charge that he had made public pri-
vato letters of Bussell Harrison. It was
the duty of all good citizens to prevent
the appoiutnieut of such men as Fur
long , and in lodging his protest Pow
derly said he had but performed his
duty . From published official reports
ho vindicated his position 011 the stock
3'ards strike in Chicago and the great
southwest strike. None of the men
who bore the brunt of the strike blamed
him , aud until they did ho cared nothing
for tho attack of the scoundrels now as
sailing him.
Powderly's interview with Gould and
Hopkins was described , and Gould's re
pudiation of his solemn promise told in
graphic language.
After disposing of the , charges Pow
derly asked the audience , "Have I
made out my case ? Who-told the lie
now ? "
This elicited rounds of applause from
tho audience. The meeting was decid
ed ' a Powderly success.
A Liquor Lnw Declxlon.
Des Moines , la. , Oct. 5. The con
stitutionality of the Iowa prohibitory
liquor law was reaffirmed 1 > 3' tho su
premo court 3esterday in the caso of
Gus Leisy & Co. vs. A. J. Harden , ap
pellant , Keokuk superior court , action
of replevin , involving the right to the
possession of 122 quarter barrels , 171
eighth barrels * and 71 cases of beer , all
in sealed vessels bearing United States
internal revenue stamps over the plugs.
Tho goods were shipped to John Leis3' ,
a resident of Keokuk , agent of the
plaintiff , and were offered for sale in
unbroken packages. No kegs or cases
were broken or opened on the premises ,
the agent delivering them to the pur
chasers. The defendant is a constable ,
who seized the beer on a warrant issued
by a justice. The Ipwer court found as
a fact that tho beer was kept for the
purpose of being sold in violation of tho
laws of Iowa , but that said laws are un
constitutional audvoid as applied to the
facts of this case. The supreme court
holds , as in the cases of Collins vs. Hill
and Greendorf vs. Howatt , that the law
is constitutional. "It is true , " says
Judge Bothrock , "they claim that in
this-case there is the exception that the
plaintiff and appellees are citizens and
residents of Illinois , aud produce and
manufacture beer iu that state and sell
it as manufacturers. But no claim is
made in argument , and we discover no
reason why the laws of this state , which
forbid the sale of intoxicating liquors ,
are not applicable to all persons , no
matter where the3' nbide. We adhere
to the rule announced iu the cited cases ,
and have no desire to further discuss or
elaborate the question iuvolved. The
judgment of tho superior court will be
reversed. "
The Civil Service Srnndal.
WashingtonOctober 5. Sometime
ago the Washington Post charged that
the civil service law was being violated
by the civil service commission in the
appointment of department clerks.
Subsequently it made a more serions
charge , viz. : That examination papers
were being stolen and sold b3' a clerk in
the commission who had been retained
in the office aud promoted , notwith
standing his guilt had been discovered.
The Post now prints a four-column
article in substantiation of this latter
and more serions allegation. It will
say : A hubwho went to a teacher iu
this city for instructions preparatory to
taking an examination was furnished b3 *
a teacher , for a consideration , with a
copy of the questions subsequently
asked. These questions , it sa3s , were
in tho handwriting of Mi * . Campbell ,
one of the clerks to the commission aud a
brother-in-law of Commissioner L3mau. ,
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The matter " was brought to Lj'mau's t-
tention by Commissioner Oberly and
tnc published account sa3s L3'inau told
Oberby a public exposure would kill his
wife and that Campbell was penitent.
The matter was then hushed up al
though called to President Cleveland's
attention , antl Campbell was subse
quently promoted at a time when
Lyinan was the sole commissioner. In
corroboration of this the Post prints a
copy of tho letter said to have been
written to the president on April 24 I13'
ex-Commissioner Edgerton relating the
facts in tho case. Edgerton sa3"s
further : "There are matter s connected
with the-ofiice of chief examiner which
would-not bearoloso examination. "
N < > npitnl ClioNi-u.
Seattle , Wash. , Oct 5. Beturns re
ceived from iiearl3 * eveiy comit .y iu tho
state indicate the election of the repub
lican state ticket b .y 8,000 majority. The
new legislature will havo seveut3'-livo
republican majority on joint ballot.
The constitution is ratified liynraa-
jorit3 * and prohibition and woman suf
frage is defeated. As none of the cities
iu the capital race received a majority
of votes , that.question is stiil unsettled.
Commander-in-Chief Alger , of the G.
A. B. , has issued a general order iu
which the announcement is made that
the following members are appointed as
members of the pension committee :
Merrill , of Massachusetts ; Kountze , of
Ohio ; Fairchild , of Wisconsin ; Burst , of
Illinois , and Blue , of Kansas.
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IN THETERRITORIES.
PIEttltE CUOSKS TUB CAPITAL Ol
SOUTU DAKOTA.
North Ztakoia Votes In Fnver of Pro
hibition A tlrent Surprise to a Orenl
[ Tinny People Uotb Parties Clnlmlng
r Victory Iu Montana Prohibition
Probably Adcpted In South Dakota.
Pierre ! the Capital.
Pierre , S. J ) . , Oct. 4. Tho sceno at
tho depot last evening was inspiring. ,
When tho train arrived in tho city
limits it stopped jintl COO peoplo dis
mounted , waving flags and banners in
scribed with "Pierro is Capital. " met
by the cntiro populaco of tho city and
for thirty minutes bedlam reigned su
preme , the peoplo shouting themselves
hoarse. Engine whistles blew long and
loud , bells rung from over.v steeple and
tho people went mad with J03' . Tho
procession formed and the parade com
menced , led by tho band , taking iitty
minutes to pass a given point , and last
ing three hours. Later tho hosts as
sembled in tho spacious opera hall and
listened to extemporaneous speeches
made by prominent citizens , and tho
reception is still continuing. Orators
aro haranguing denso crowds packed
in tho streets , bands aro playing , and
there will be 110 end to the celebration
until morniug.
A largo number of the Two Kettle
band of Indians are camped on the river
and are making Bomo howl. *
Cannons are booming and Pierre's cel
ebration to-night far eclipses the one of
last night. The entire city has assumed
a deep vermillion hue , and when it will
end no one knows.
Tho Pierre boomers havo all returned.
Business is almost suspended to give
over to the celebration.
The real estate transfers havo footed
up into the hundreds of thousands.
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A Great Surprise.
Bismauck , N. D. , Oct. 4. As the re
turns come in from the outbying conn-
ties it becomes apparent that prohibi
tion has won in North Dakota.
The people aro all surprised , and
those living in towns and cities aro
dumbfounded.
It was expected by the antis and con
ceded by tho prohibitionists that pro
hibition would be defeated , and that
the state has been captured by the drys ,
the latest reports leave little room for
doubt. The liquor men iu the state are
completely undone. The3 were con
fident of a rousing majority and laughed
at all warnings of the fanatics and ex
tremists.
So of victorx * that
sure were they Un
permitted the campaign fund that had
been raised by the liquor dealers of the
east to be transferred to South Dakota ,
where the prohibition strength was
known to be almost irresistible.
The amount of money thus transfer
red was over$80,000 , aud now the north
ern dealers are in mourning.
The money did no good in South
Dakota , for the prohibition majority was
too large to overcome , but if used in
North Dakota it would have saved them.
As it is , they feel that the election has
gone by default , and that the state lias
constitutional prohibition. A change
can be effected onl3r 113an amendment
to the constitution , To do this it re
quires a majority vote of two successive
legislatures before the proposed amend
ment can be submitted to the people a
majority vote at the polls being re
quired. Telegrams are pouring in from
all parts of the state , from liquor men
and other citizens appealing for some
news that will give them hope. But
there is nothing to encourage them. Tho
figures now at hand show beyond doubt
that the prohibitionists have carried the
state and that their majority will be
about two thousand.
_ Another surprise is the small repub
lican majority , .lohu Miller , the repub
lican candidate for governor , has only
about iive thousand majority , and this ,
too , after a vigorous republican cam
paign and apat.113and indifference on
the part of tho democrats. A change of
2H0O votes would have elected W. N.
Boach ( dem. ) and local democrats are
scoring the national committee for rc-
fusing-to make a fight in the new state.
The democrats elected three district
judges , as maii3T as were elected by the
republicans , and will have at least
tweut3'-livc members of tho legislature.
It th Sltleo Ciiilm .TToiitann.
Helena , Mont , Oct. 4. The demo
crats claim the election of Toole for
governor by 400. They concede Car
ter's election for congress b3 * 900 , aud
claim the legislature by eleven majority
on joint ballot. The republicans claim
the election of Power bj300 , and the
legislature 1)3' a small majority , Tho
Independent still claims the election of
Toole and the legislative ticket.
The Herald ( rep. J says Carter ( repO
is elected to congress l > 3 * 200 majority.
The republicans have probably elected
all of the state ticket below governor ,
tho latter being in doubt and claimed
by both parties. Toole ( dem. ) claims
he is elected b3' 500 majority. Both
parties claim a majority in the legisla
ture , which is in doubt.
The Minneapolis Journal correspond
ent sends his paper the following : Car
ter's ( rep. ) election to congress is now
conceded b.y theopposition. Both sides
still claim the governorship. It ma3' re
quire the official count to determine the
tpiestiou so clo o is tho race between
Power and Toole. This county gives
remarkable democratic gains and claims
uf mismanagement are heard from many
sources. The legislature still hangs in
the balance. If SilverBnwconui3gives
Imt three republicans out of eleven the
legislature will be all right. The ma- >
jority of the slate ticket republican ,
imt big figures have been knocked into
splinters. Most of tho Lewis and Clark
republican count3 * ticket has been
jlected b . v a small majorit3 * . The count
is proceeding slowhin the large pre
cincts , and it will l o hours befoie any
leiinite calculation can be made with
iiifet3 * .
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I'lie Election * In North nnil South
Ilalcota.
St. PAtrrOct. . 2. Late retnrns iudi-
; ato the adoption of the prohibition
proposition in South Dakota and the
lefeat of the clause for minoiit3 * repre
sentation.
From North Dakota the returns indi-
; ate the election of fourteen republicans
md two democrats to tho legislature ;
jther districts not yet heard from.
A special from Tacoina , Wa-h. , says
he complexion of the legislature must
emaiu in doubt until the vote is fully
: oiinted. The separate articles to the
onstitutiou , embracing prohibition and
.voiuaii . sulTrago planks , arc uiiquestioii-
ibl3 * defeated ba large majority.
A special from Bismarck. X. D. ,
; a3\s : At 11 o ' clock few returns from
ho state at large had been received.
L'he republican legislative ticket in this
: otiuty has been elected majorities
• anging from ] ( ) ( ) to Ml ) . Jn Morton
smutty' the republican legislative ticket
s elected , and iu Stark , where there
vas a sharp light , the republican legis-
ativu ticket is elected. Ill the Kidder-
_
Emmons district tho Bamo is true. Tliir
teen republican candidates for legisla
ture in tlfoUisTanrck latld tlifltHct\huv (
been elected. Prohibition fa defeated
in Burleigh by 400 majorit3' and iu the
counties of tho Missouri by 1,500 votes.
Tho Minneapolis Tribtino s estimate ol
tho result in South Dakota is as follows :
Up to this hour (2 ( 0. m.not onough do-
itails of tho voto havo been recoivod tc
slato tho result in South Dakota in ac
tual figures , but dispatches from the
principal towns , including thooo thai
were candidates forchoico as temporary
capital , show that the republicans have
mado a clean sweep of tho state. The
majority , as shown for Mellette for gov
ernor and Pickler and Gifford for con
gress , will bo from ten to twelve thou
sand. Tho republicans will have a lurgo
majority in tho legislature , thus insur
ing tho election of two "United States
senators republican. Tho constitution
is carried almost unanimously and tho
minority representation in so far in the
minorit3r as to bo almost lost sight of.
Thoro is hardly n doubt that prohibition
has carried. Tho capital question is
mixed.
The Po t' Charge- .
Washington , Oct. 7. Civil Service
Commissioner L3man when asked by a
representative of tho associated press if
ho had anything to say concerning tlm
morning Post , replied that his prefer
ence was for a thorough investigation
by a competent tribunal rather than any
explanation or defenso in tho newspa
pers , and that ho sincerely hoped such
an investigation would be had. Tho
statement that a set of papers given
out in advanco of tho examination
is untrue. They were papers , ho
said , that had been previously used and
had become obsolete , such as tho com
mission now publishes to the world in
its annual report. As soon as tho inves
tigation made at the time b3 * tho commis
sion developed tho fact of Campbell's
collection with tho transaction he saw
the impropriety of his taking part in it ,
and said so to Commissioner Obcrli * who
concurred with him , and ha thereupon
left it to'be completed 1)3 * Ol.erby , re
questing that ho get. at tho bottom facts.
Oberly subsequently reported to him
what he Lad found , and his conclusion
was that Campbell should not bo re
moved but reprimanded. "Idesire , "ho
added , "to make onu other statement
now , and that is , there has never at any
time been an appointment or a promo
tion made at the office of tho commis
sion in violation or evasion of the civil
service rules. "
Boosevelt said : "The charges , so far
as they are directly made , refer wholly
to matter affecting tho commission when
Oberly and Edgerton were membors
thereof ; they do not touch anything
dono by the commission since tho 1st
of Ma3 * , when Governor Thompson and
myself took office. They should cer
tainly bo investigated before a compe
tent tribunal , and as they affect the
management of the commission under
the previous administration , that tri
bunal should contain democrats as well
as republicans.
A St. IioiiIk Scimntlon.
St. Louis , Mo. , October 7. About 1
o'clock this morning there appeared at
the Third district police station , corner
of Jefferson avenue and Dayton street ,
Ed. Klosterman , a saloon keeper , whoso
place of business is located at 2G02 Cass
avenue , and Alexander Hunt , a friend
of Klostermau's , being the unconscious
body of Captain D. P. Slatteiy. one of
the best known business men in tho
cit3Klosterman told a most sensa
tional story as follows : About 1 o'clock ,
lie said , be started np-stairsto the rooms
occupied by himself and wife over the
saloon , accompanied by Hunt. His wife
ran from her bed room crying out that
there was a man in her room. Slateiy
followed the woman out and attempted
to pass the two men. He was without
coat , hat and vest. Hunt struck him
and 'ho fell down stairs. Klosterman
and Hunt then , as they claim , went
down and finding Captain Slattery un
conscious , immediately took him up and
carried him to the police statical some
two blocks awa3 * . A short time after
they arrived there an unknown voting
man came in with a gold watch and chain
and SI iu mone3T which he said he had
found iu Captain Slavery's vest. It
was claimed 113Klosterman and Hunt
that he found Captain Slatteiy invad
ing his wife's room for disreputable
purposes. The captain's friends on the
other hand say that he had some $1,800
worth of jewelry on his person aud
think it a case of attempted robbeiy.
Late to-night Captain Slatterv recov
ered consciousness. He claimed ho was
on his way to see a former employe ,
who lives " on Cass street , when he was
struck on the head antl knew 110 more.
Destructive prairie fires have been
raging in McLean conut.3' , Dakota. The
flames were driven by a wind with a
speed of sixty miles an hour. Houses , '
barns , granaries and all their contents
have been destroyed and the town of
Washburn had a narrow escape , the
flames reaching within the city limits.
The citizens turned out en masse , men ,
women and children fighting with des
peration and heroism.
General Schoiield has been desig
nated by the president as acting secre
tary of war during the absence of Sec
retly Proctor.
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An Important Decision ItcuderA by * <
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Judge Oro IT lectins uf tlio Inter *
Slate CouimUloii In i'litenco A Num- i
ker of Caae * Heard Hvotiug of the , i.
National < ! lvll .Service League.
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III Favor of the IInn t Sillier.
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"Washington ; Oct. C Land Couimla- ,
( donor Groff has rendered a decision , i
which trill put him iu favor with all
honest Settlors upon tho publio domain. ]
Ho has inaugurated a policy which
tho peoplo of tho country havo long de
manded , that of giving tho settlcm tho
benefit of doubt and timo whenever it
i shown that ho is clearly honest and
not at fault. In reversing tho decision
of tho local laud officers at Benson ,
iUinn. , holding for cancellation tho I
homestead entry of Fred Ilansolin , on 1
tho ground that ho had abandoned tlio J
] claim becauso ho had not "proved up" ? * ;
' within six inonlliH from dale of entry ,
j Commissioner Groll' layo down tho
I principle that the intention of tho set-
j tier , his financial condition and tho
surrounding circumstances should
bo talceu into consideration along
with the strict letter of tho law. Ho
believes thatwhere , tho intent of tlio
settler is honorablo and 1uh _ poverty or
misfortuno makes it impossible for him
to "prove and pay up" within six mouths
tho government should not permit oth- |
ers more fortunate , but not moro hon
est , to deprive tho original settler of
his homo till ho has had a chance to-
establish his good faith with tho gov
ernment. Tho idea of tho government j
is to give a homestead to all honest set- , | !
tiers , and although a limit of timo is- j
fixed within which a settler must meet J
certain requirements , tho nix months , |
rule for homesteaders , like all rules , has j !
exceptions. Commissioner Groff , iu. i
his decision , says : j' '
"The claimant was a singlo man hav- , '
ing no property but a yoke of oxen , and I
had to depend upon his own labor for
the means to purchase lumber for build '
ing his houso. He could not get money \
sufficient for that purpose in timo to ,
complete it within six mouths from date (
of entiy , but ho finished it ns soon as ho j
could and was on his claim in ample timo j
to put in a crop during the first season ]
in which a crop could be cultivated after |
ho took it. I see no bad faith here and
no cause is shown for the cancellation of j
tho entiy. The rule requiring the maker I
of a homestead entry to establish an ac- • i
tual residence upon tho land within six
months from tho date of his entiy , like j
nil rules , has its exceptions and is not to I
be insisted upon whero the entrynian's j
good faith toward the government is
sufficiently shown or where his acts aro
not inconsistent with an honest purpose. j
to comply with the law. " ,
'I'll * IntHr-Slutn Cnminlatlon. <
CniCAGo , 111. , Oct. 2. The inter-sfato
commerce commission met hero aud
began the hearing of a number of cases.
The most important caso was that of the j
inter-state commerce railway associa- J
tion against the Chicago k Alton road. 'I '
The complaint set forth that this road 1
had made contract with a syndicate of J
cattle dealers at ivansas City for ship- |
meiit east of largo numbers of cattle , 1
which practically amounts to a rebate. • 9
The matter was argued pro and con at '
great length. I
Chairman Walker , of the inter-stale ij
commerce association , explained how I
through rates are made fiom shipping 1
points in the west through Kansas City , I
with the privilege of a stopover for sale j
at that point. Jf tho cattle arc not sold ,1
there they are sent on to Chicago on 1
the original billing. At present , ho 1
said , much of this stock is shipped in J
private cars on which mileage is col- I
lected and the line cars aro largely nn- -I
used. He said the American iive stock I
commission company had mado con- I
tracts with the Alton to use 400 of their .1
cars , for which they are to pay § 000 a • !
month rental. This is in tho nature of 1
a rebate , aud if all the lines should do- ' 1
the same it would destroy tho trade. 1
Attorney Brown , for the Alton , do- 1
nied the right of the railroad associa- M
tion to make complaint , on tho ground 1
that it was neither a real nor an artifi- 1
cial person. He acknowledged the con- 1
tracts , but reserved the right to with- 1
hold them. He did not care to have-
the Alton's contract made public for tho ,
satisfaction of the curious. 1
Chairman "Walker replied with an ar'I '
gument to provo the legitimacy of his 1
complaint and his association. 9
National CIlvll Service Lrnglie. I
Pnii.ADni.pniA , October 4. The Xa- . - - - - . '
tional Civil Service lleform league met il
yesterday. President George William a
Curtis was re-elected president without I
opposition. He thanked the league
foraienewal of its expression of con'M
fideiice. Sherman S. Bodgers read a I
long series of resolutions , which were M
adopted , dealing with the treatment M
civil service reform is receiving. The 'M '
resolutions state that the execution of [
the law is seriously endangered by the-
appointment as heads of ollice men not ; l
in sympathy with the law or its purpose. •
The resolutions condemn tho president M
for having abdicated his power of ap- M
poiutment by placing appointments at < M
the disposal of partisan leaders , thus. 9
enabling them to debauch their constit- <
nencies and control elections. The rec- -M
3rd of the administration iu regard to 'M
the railway mail service is severely con- M
lenined , and the resolutions .find that jM
the pledge of the president that fitness- jfl
md not party service should be the sole jfl
liscriminatiug test of appointment is jfl
lisregardeih < fl
The < lalm Itrjrctru. 9
"Washington , Oct. 1. Assistant Sec- ;
retary Bnssey has rejected the applica- jfl
ion of Afartha Adams , widow of Wiiliam Jfl
i.dams , for a pension. The evidence- jjfl
ihowed that Adams enlisted in company < flj
1 , Thirty-ninth Kentucky mounted in- '
autry , December 20 , 1SG2 , and deserted . '
> n August 10 , 18G4. On February 8 , jfl
8G5 , he re-enlisted as a substitute and . 'fl '
erved until honorably discharged. He ifl
iled a claim for a pension , alleging ifl
ihronic diarrhcea and disease of tha jfl
ireast and died while the claim was ifl
till pending. After an exhaustive re- ifl
iew of the evidence General Bnssey jfl
ejects the claim for want of sufficient ifl
• roof , and in passing saj-s of-it : "A sol- 'fl '
lier who deserts from the service who , flj
rhile a deserter , re-enlists as a substi- 4 } 'fl
ute and within a month goes to the hos- .flj
tital and stag's there until the war is- 'fl '
iver who does not applyfor pension : 'flj
intil thirteen years after discharge and > flj
hen endeavors to establish his claim by ijflj
rand and forgery , has certainly not ; V flj
laced himself in a favorable aspect as a " 'flj
laimant. " fli
4The department of state has received 'flj
telegram from General ranklin , 'fl
Tinted States commissioner general to Bi
lie Paris exposition , siting the United k
itates exhibits have been awarded fifty- flj
( tree grand prizes , 790 gold medals , flj
71 silver medals , 21S bronze uu-dals flj
nd220 honorable nieiiticiisraiid indi- flj
ating that the callaboratourV ri-uards , flj
'
ot jet announced , would undoubtedly 'flj
icrease this number. jM