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* H lown Kcpulillcaii Convention.
iB Sioux Otv , In. , Juno 2G. The re-
! * B/ * • "publican Btnto convention was culled to
'B 'Order yesterday by Chninnun Pray of
'B the state central committee. S. M.
B 'Weaver of Iowa Falls , who was elected
B temporary chairman , made an address
fl of some length eulogizing the work of
B the party and predicting success at the
B next election. The membership of the
B -committee on resolutions was then an-
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r M At the afternoon session the report
E -of thecommittee was received and
-adopted ,
ft Judge Georgo G. "Wright of Polk was
Kj < : nutlc permanent chairman , II. L. Buy-
K ers of Lucas secretary and W. II. Berry
' of Warren county reading clerk.
" J. A. Lyons was nominated for audi-
K tor , receiving 513 votes , 340 being cast
m tfor McCarthy and 107 for Kyle.
mi General B. A. Beeson of Marshall-
F. 'town was then nominated for treasurer
lj 'by acclamation.
1 Judge J. M. llothrock was nominated
I for the supreme bench over N. INI-
K Pusey of Pottawatamie.
' v Hon , J ohnY. Stone was renominated
1 "for attorney general by acclamation.
" " " G. B. Gray was renominated for
I clerk of the supreme court on the sec-
t * ond ballot.
\ * N. B. Raymond of Polk was nxmi-
1 nated for reporter of the supreMo
; J court.
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% J. W. Luko of Franklin was nomi-
a nated for railroad coinmisioner.
S The platform adopted is as follows :
% Resolved , That we , the republicans
If -of Iowa , in convention assembled , re-
B \ .affirm our devotion to the principles of
B I the national republican party , and we
f } anake no other test of fealty to the re-
; l publican party of Iowa.
\ / We heartily endorse tho able , pru-
i I * ent and patriotic administration of
| \ President Harrison , with the special
[ ' commendation of tho movement for
r i' ' better and closer relations , both busi
ness and political , among all American
i * governments and people.
1 | * We do specifically declare our ad-
\ i ' herence to the principle of protection
| i ' to American industry applied Avisely in
% J • view of the interest of all conditions of
-our people , and administered in view
t ! -of equal interest of our industries.
r ! ; We agree that administrations may
I ' } be wisely made , but never in behalf of
" j ; the strong against tho weak never
: I -against the masses. In this spirit we
* ; liold that all legislation should be had ,
Ji "whether it the of
: concern raising reve-
* 3iuo or disbursement of the same , by
. A | the general government , by tho state
or by sub-division of local government ,
whether it concern domestic aggression
or bo in definition of the limitation
upon foreign aggression.
We are in favor of such expansion
t ' of the currency as will meet the grow-
t ing demands of the increase in popu-
t lation and trade , and offset the con-
! l ' traction resulting from continual with-
' , drawal of national bank circulation.
j- To this end we favor such legislation
! -as will utilize as money the entire sil
ver product of our mines , and we favor
such laws as will aid in the ultimate
unrestricted use of both precious metals
as money.
" 1 j * The republican party of this state
Vt is in favor of promoting in every fair
J * and honorable way the industrial in-
* < terests of the people of this state. We
JB believe that tho business interests of
M : the people are interchangeable and mu-
jfj. ' tual , and that injustice towards one
> class must sooner or later work to tho
injury of all classes. Particularly do
we believe that the great industry rep
resented by the farm stands at the head
of Iowa industries , and that the faith-
, ful guardianship of that object is a
prime obligation upon those who make
i and administer our laws.
/ We congratulate the people of this
( > shite , irrespespectivo of party rela-
* tionship , upon the measure of success
; obtained in the contest in this state
in behalf of just and legal control of
railway corporations doing business in
this state , and we appeal to the peo
ple to see to it that there be no reces
sion in the just policy of the state in
this regard. We believe that the
, ; , efforts to nulify the interstate com
merce law should be resisted , to the
i end that national protection and state
protection may alike be equal to all
communities and among all classes.
, r The republicans of Iowa offer their
sympathy to tho producers of the south
who seek now for disenthrallment from
the industrial bondage of the grinding
' monopolies of the states of that sec-
[ tion. protected and promoted by all the
power of tho organized democratic
party of those states. Wo believe that
i • in the breaking up of those systems
c ! under which industrial freedom is im-
S ; t . possible , and which rob and persecute
H * the poor , lies the one great hope of
t freedom of elections and popular gov-
jyl. ernment , social peace , and general
j | | prosperity in the southern states.
ff ? Recognizing revolt in the south in be-
w , half of liberty and justice , popular gov-
[ W ernment and popular rights , it is &
| S " matter of minor concern in what name
I' the hattles are fought and won. We
M welcome the first growth and spread of
U power of republican principles.
| We cordially approve the purpose of
I ' republicans in congress to so amend
| and improve the pension laws as to
- make further and more -
j - generous pen-
3. sions forunion soldiers , their widows ,
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parents and children , and wo gladly
believe the day is not far distant when
a general nervico pension law should
and will bo passed.
We express our abhorrence of all
trusts and trade conspiracies of every
kind intended to destroy competition
and create and perpetuate monopolies ,
and call for tho enactment and enforce
ment of both federal and state laws to
completely exterminate such iniquitous
and dangerous combinations , and to
prevent their further organization.
We declare against a compromise
with the saloon and stand by tho peo
ple of this state in their hostility to ita
existence , spread and power. We favor
such legislation on the part of congress
as shall protect the police power of the
states in their efforts to regulate , con
fine or prohibit tho public bar , and for
the approval of "the work and record
of tho republican party of this state in
this great cause of temperance , involv
ing tho public peace and tho safety ol
good government , wo appeal confident
ly to the electors of Iowa.
We congratulate tho people of Iowa
upon tho prosperity that , has attended
tho past and xipon tho confidence and
courage with which tho state awaits
the future.
The platform was adopted.
IllInolH Kcpubllcuu Convention.
SritiNGi'iKLi ) , 111. , Juno 26. The
republican state convention met in this
city yesterday and was called to order
by General James S. Martin , chairman
of the state central committee. Gen
eral Martin presented tho name ol
Horace S. Clark of Coles county for
temporary chairman and ho was unan
imously elected. Clark was escorted
to the chair and addressed tho conven
tion , eulogizing the republican party
and its record , recounting its achieve
ments in war and peace. At tho close
of tho chairman's address the tempo
rary organization was completed. The
secretaries , as selected by tho state
committee , were announced.
A dispatch was read from Senator
Cullom congratulating tho convention
and the party on the prospects , state
and national.
The following gentlemen were placed
in nomination for state treasurer :
Franz Amber , Chicago ; Cicero J.
Lindly , Greenville ; G. W. Brown ,
Yandalia ; C. II. Willis , Metropolis ;
Conrad Secrcst , Watseka.
The first ballot resulted : Amberg ,
410 ; Lindly , 235 ; Willis , 73 ; Secrest ,
131.
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A second ballot was taken , but before
the result was announced , it being evi
dent that Amberg had secured a ma
jority , it was moved that Amberg be
nominated by acclamation. The mo
tion carried unanimously.
For state superintendent of public
instruction Prof. Freeman of Aurora
was nominated.
Dr. Richard A. Edwards , the present
incumbent , moved that the nomination
be made unanimous by acclamation.
This was done.
C. J. Xeely of Cook , W. A. Mans
field of Cook and Charles Bennett of
Coles were nominated on the first bal
lot for trustees of the state university.
The platform adopted declares in
favor of the Australian ballot system ,
demands the suppression of trusts and
monopolies , reaffirms the declaration
of the republican national convention
with reference to civil service reform ,
favors the use of both gold and silver
as money , endorses the republican pro
tective policy , approves the disabihty
pension bill , and favors proper and
practical methods for abating the evils
of the liquor traffic.
"Western Road.t Must Show Cause.
Wasiiixgtox , June 25. On July S ,
in compliance with the summons from
the interstate commerce commission ,
the western railroads directly inter
ested are to appear here and show
cause why their grain rates should not
be reduced to 17 cents from tlie Mis
souri river to Chicago and to 12 cents
from the Missouri to the Mississippi
river. The present rates die 20 and
15 cents respectively , and it is held that
these prices are exceedingly excessive
and very detrimental to the best inter
ests of grain producers. , This move
ment is the outgrowth of Senator Pad
dock's resolution , Avhich recently
brought out an extended decision from
the interstate commerce commission on
rates as pertaining to the subject mat
ter of the investigation to be held on
July 8. The interstate commerce com
mission intends to follow up the move
ment inaugurated by Senator Paddock
and see if there is not some means un
der the law which will compel the rail
road companies to deal more fairly
with grain producers in Nebraska and
the adjoining states , which have been
almost ruined by excessive rates during
the past twelve months.
Sale of Reservation Lands.
Washington' , June 27. Senator
Dawes reported favorably the bill au
thorizing the secretary of the interior
to procure and submit to congress a
proposal for the sale to the United
States of the western part of the Crow
Creek Indian reservation in Montana.
The bill is accompanied by an amend
ment proving for the appointment of a
aommission of three persons not resi
dents of Montana to negotiate with the
Crow Creeks for the purchase of their
reservation. Nothing shall be valid
until l-atified by congress. - The next
amendment appropriates $5,000 for
the expenses of the commission.
Seventy-Two Rounds.
Dayton , O. , June 26. Louis Bes
inah , the Covington light-weight , de
feated8 Tom Conner in a seventy-two-
round contest with two-ounce gloves
early yesterday morning. The fight
took place three miles from Dayton ,
and was witnessed by a number of Cin
cinnati men. Both pugilists were
badly punished.
George C. . Ross , a prominent insur
ance man _ of. Valley Falls , Kan. , died
from the effects of a sunstroke.
OLD SOLDIERS' WANTS
CAXDIDATKS FOR OFFICE MUST MAKE
HOME FLEDGES ,
The Scvnlon ofthc Veteran Soldiers at
Lincoln and What They Did Dan-
tardly Murder ofa Ncbranka Travel
ing Man at Ottawa , 111 All Person *
Connected AVIth tho Rloody Affair
Under Arrest International Ameri
can Bank.
The VctoraiiK of Nebraska Resolve.
Lincoln , Neb. , June 27. The ses
sion of tho veteran soldiors here was a
memorable one. A set of resolutions
were adopted favoring the absolute re
demption of pledges made to union sol
diers during and since , tho war. Tho
following wore adopted , tho ojd sol
diers pledging themselves to support
no candidate for congress or senate who
did not pledge himself in favor of them :
1. We favor the repeal of the arrears
of pension acts.
2. We favor the bill pending in con
gress in the interest of the prisoners of
war.
3. Wo favor equalizing soldiers'
bounties.
4. We are in favor of a per diem
service pension bill based on service.
5. We oppose any reduction in the
revenue of the country until promises
of war are redeemed.
6. We call the attention of congress
to the fact that soldiers in all past
wart , received land warrants , and wo
deem it but just that a service pension
should be granted at a much earlier
date than those given to the soldiers of
the war of the revolution , Avar of 1S12 ,
Indian and Mexican wars.
7. The demand that applicants for
pensions ordered before medical boards
be sent in all cases before the nearest
board. It is decided to work for the
election of only such representatives to
congress who will pledge himself to
the early passage of a service pension
bill which provides for a pension for
every honorably discharged soldier.
; • " > 11 Murder of an Omaha Man.
Ottawa , 111. , June 2o. One of the
most diabolical murders ever committed
in La Salle county was perpetrated in
Ottawa last night. The discovery was
made at 6 o'clock this morning , when
Mattie Brown , the ten-year-old son of
the tenant at Allen park , was sent out
to look for the cow. Some twenty
yards from the house , in the midst of
Allen park , the boy came upon the
lifoless , gory body of a well-dressed
man.
man.The
The lad shrieked for assistance and
the police were soon on the scene. The
body was that of a stranger , but was
soon recognizee by people from the
Clifton hotel as that of David Moore ,
a traveling man from Omaha , Xeb. ,
employed by the J. B. Scott lumber
company of Merrill , Wis.
A terrible gash , nearly iwo inches
long , on the right temple , a broken
jaw and iive fearful gashes ujion the
back of the head told the tale of mur
der most foul. Beside the dead man
lay a coupling pin of the kind used by
the Burlington railroad company. It
was covered with blood and matted
hair.
hair.The
The person of the murdered man
showed that he had been struck from
behind , as he had evidently fallen
backward and had no warning of his
doom. Near him were found a
woman's purse containing 2.05 , and
near this a woman ' s hat pin. 'The
murdered man was minus watch , stud ,
collar button and cuff buttons. He
carried a fine gold watch and his stud
and collar button were first water dia
monds. Nearly § 150 pinned to the in
side pocket of the blood-soaked vest
had been overlooked by the murderers.
Shortly after the discovery of the
murder a woman was seen at the cor
ner of Main and Laramie streets by
Charles Bower-master , a painter. She
was busily engaged in tearing up a
paper. When she had walked away
Bowermaster , who had heard of the
murder , picked up the scraps of pa
per and putting them together found
that the paper had originally been
the route map of the murdered man.
He notified State's Attorney Blake
of his find and the woman was prompt
ly arrested. Under severe pressure
she confessed that she was with
Moore , but refused to say who her
accomplices were.
Moore had been about the city all
day yesterday. He is known to have
visited a well known resort on the west
side yesterday afternoon. He was
seen at about 10 o'clock last night
making his way over the Illinois ri : cv
bridge toward Allen park.
When the above facts had been com
municated to the woman , and when she
was also informed that she was known
to have taken dinner with Moore on
Monday , she broke down utterly and
made a confession.
She said that her name was Kate
Weimar and that she was married to
Charles Ford of Spring Valley about
two weeks ago. She met Moore yes
terday afternoon and he agreed to meet
her at Allen park at 10 o ' clock. She
noted his diamonds and told her hus
band , who had been boarding with her
at the St. Nicholas hotel , that she be
lieved the man had money and that
they could work him.
Her husband and a man named Barry ,
living on the north side , followed when
she went to keep the appointment. •
They went around the south side of
Allen park and got a coupling pin
from the railroad ti-ack. She led
Moore to a secluded spot near a house
in the park and a half hour later suc
ceeded in getting him into a quarrel
with her.
This was tho signal for the murder
ers. Moore and the woman , arguing
in a low tene , * had .stepped some five
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paces apart , when one of the ' woman's
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stopped from behind a tree and dealt
Mooro a terrible blow on the back of
tho head.
Ho staggered , and to complete the
work tho assassin dealt him a dozen
different blows , any one of which would
have felled an ox. When the man was
perfectly still they turned his pockets
inside out and robbed him of his stud ,
collar button and watch.
Murderert * ofthc Ncbraakan.
Ottawa , 111. , June 28. Tho chain
of evidence necessary to convict the
murderers of David Moore has been
completed. After arresting O'Brien
tho officers went to the houso at which
he wis boarding and secured the
clothes worn bj' him that night. The
pants worn by him had evidently been
washed since tho affray , but spots
of blood remained on them and in the
pockets * of tho pants were found two
handkerchiefs covered with blood.
The clothes wore handed over to State
Attorney Blake and will bo kept by
him until the trial.
Tho coroner's jury this evening
brought in a verdict holding James
Ford , Mattio Ford , William O'Brien
and Minnie Winter-ling for the murder
of David Moore of Omaha on the even
ing of June 23.
The International American Rank ,
Washington , June 2S. Representa
tive Dorsey of Nebraska , from the com
mittee on banking and currency , has
reported a substitute for tho bill for the
incorporation of the International
American bank. The substitute , whilo
preserving all tho essential features of
the original bill , has been drawn with
the object of maintaining the iargest
and most thorough control of tho cor
poration without making tho govern
ment a party to or responsible for the
busines it may do.
SOJIK FOREIGN NOTES.
The report of a Franco-Russian alli
ance is being confirmed.
Prince Albert Victor has been made
a duke by the queen of England.
All precautions .ngainst tho spread
of cholera in Spain have been taken.
The British ministry has withdrawn
the license clauses of the local taxa
tion bill.
France has been defeated by Italy
in an attempt to secure the secret of
an American smokeless powder.
At Southport , Lancashire , 7,000
miners paraded the streets and subse
quently held a meeting , at which reso
lutions were passed demanding an
eight-hour day.
The cholera epidemic in Spain makes
no progress. There are very few fresh"
cases at either Puebla de Rugat , Feno-
lett or Montichelvo. Officials declare
that 75 per cent of those attacked re
cover.
The Moorish Board of Health at
Morocco , as a precaution against chol
era , has ordered that all vessels arriv
ing from Spanish ports on the Mediter
ranean shall remain five days in quar
antine.
A dispatch from Lagos says : "Pop
ular superstition preventing the king
of Dahomey from re-entering the capi
tal after a defeat , the king attacked
and defeated the Dahomeyans , killing
many. "
Tho Boston Post learns that the com
mittee on the Colonial Society will ab
stain from taking part in the festivities
in honor of the return of Maj. Wiss-
man from East Africa , on tho ground
that the completely changed aspect of
African Affairs under the Anglo-Ger
man agreement no longer affords occa
sion for congratulations.
NATIONAL. CAPITAL. NOTES.
The army shooting contests will take
place this year at Camp Douglass , Wis.
The president has approved the act
for the relief of the southern exposi
tion at Louisville. Ky.
James Smith and Harry A. Ashford ,
late recruits department of the Platte ,
have been pardoned from Fort Leaven
worth prison.
Tho president has approved the cen
sus deficiency appropriation bill and
the act providing for the exportation
of fermented liquor m bond without ;
payment of the internal revenue tax.
The comptroller of currency has
authorized the United States National
bank of Holdrege. Neb. , to begin busi
ness with a capital of § 75.000 and the
First National Bank of Rusk , Tex. ,
$50,000.
Our treaty stipulations with Great
Britain forbid the building of war ves
sels by either government on the lakes ,
otherwise a Bay City , ( Mich. ) firm
would havo received the contract for
the SOO-ton practice ship.
Mr. Lewis of Mississippi introduced
in the house a bill repealing the joint
resolution authorizing the secretary of
the treasury to anticipate the payment
of interest on the public debt. The
resolution was approved March 17 ,
1864.
Senator Manderson has introduced a
bill to amend the laws concerning the
detail of army and navy officers to edu
cational institutions so as to permit the
president to detail not more than sev
enty-five officers at one time to insti
tutions where military tactics are
taught.
A favorable report was authorized
on the bill introduced in the house by
Mr. Henderson of North Carolina ap
propriating $30,000 for the erection of
a monument to the memory of Major
General Nathaniel Green on the bat
tlefield of Guilford Court House in
North Carolina.
The house committee on foreign
affairs has practically decided to re
port favorably the senate concurrent
resolution calling upon the president
for copies of the correspondence be
tween this government and Great Brit
ain respecting the British regulation
requiring cattle imported from the
United States to be slaughtered at the
port of entry.
The English press severely-criticises
Salisbury 's African concessions.
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THE LOWER JiKUT.ES U'AXT TO STAKE
CIIAXOE OF JIASE.
Liable to Have Trouble "With tho
Roncbud Indlamt The Debate In the
Senate on the Adinl.iNlon ofAVyom-
liiSVorld' Fair Live Stock Exhib
it Sale of Reservation Lands.
Indian RIood May Flow.
Cn.uiBitr.AiN , S. D. , June 27. Tho
Lower Brule Indians aro again actively
agitating their removal to the south
side of the mouth of White river. This
question hits for years worried them
and they aro becoming determined on
moving and will take tho matter into
their own hands unless the government
soon takes action. All but seventy-fivo
of this tribo aro anxious to move and
it would not be a surprise any day to
sco the wholo outfit , bag and baggage ,
heading for tho south to pitch their
tepees on the south side of White river ,
where they claim the country is better
than around the present agency.
They are liable to havo trouble with
tho Rosebud Indians , however , should
they attempt to move south of White
river , as that country belongs to tho
Rosebuds , and they have notified tho
Lower Brulcs that they must not in
trude upon their reservation or Indian
blood will surely How. These threats
do not discourage the Brulcs in tho
least.
The agent at Rosebud agency has en
tered a protest against the proposed re
moval and the matter has now been re
ferred to tho authorities at Washing
ton. General Crook , while on tho re
servation last summer , in-omised these
Indians that he would use his iniluence
toward the removal and they believe
that he did so before his death.
Tho Rebateon Wyoming' . ' * Admis
sion.
Washington , June 27. During the
debate on Wyoming's admission yester
day Senator Paddock challenged Sena
tor Jones' statement that the prelimi
naries to Wyoming ' s adoption of tho
constitution were unheard of and un
usual and the vote cast for the consti
tution absurdly small on the basis of
the population claimed. He took the
floor and quoted tho experience of Ne
braska in advoca-y of the Wyoming
bill , explained the steps taken prior to
Nebraska's admission and showed the
comparatively small vote cast for state
hood. Senator Paddock insisted that
tho absence of opposition always re
sults in a light vote , as it did in Ne
braska and Wyoming , and made a
strong plea for the admission of the
territory. He was antagonized by Sen
ator Regan , who read from the records
the Nebraska enabling act of 1S6I ,
which he claimed alone made possible
the admission of the state. He sub
sided without a protest when Senator
Paddock called his attention to the
fact that the convention which assem
bled under the enabling act adjourned
within an hour without action and that
it was two years later before steps were
taken through the territorial legisla
ture for the admission of Nebraska as
a state.
The First Mormon Chnrch to Incor
porate in • Wyoming.
Cheyenne. Wyo. . Juno 27. The
first Mormon church to incorporate in
Wyoming or elsewhere , as far as is
known here , filed its certificate of as
sociation at the office of the territorial
secretary yesterday. "Evanston Ward
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints. " Six trustees will con
duct the affairs of the society.
Evanston is the home of the corpor
ation and its term of existence is given
as perpetual. Evanston ward has well
defined and commendable objects which
are slated as follows : For the main
tenance of religious worship to main
tain , hold and keep in repair a house
of public worship with a parsonage
house appurtenant thereto , to provide ,
hold , maintain and keep in repair a
place for the burial of the dead ; to
establish and maintain a library and
an academy for the education of the
youth : to promote the diffusion of use
ful information by other means not
herein enumerated ; to provide for the
mutual assistance of the members of
said association in lime of sickness or
necessity and to establish and maintain
a hospital for the care of the sick.
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The Live Stock Exhibit.
Chicago , June 27. The executive
committee , which was given full con
trol of the exhibition of stock at the
world's fair by theNational Live Stock
association , met here yesterday. One
of the members , in an address , de
clared the opposition of the live stock
interest to any division of the fair as
would he necessary if the lake front
site was selected. The election of per
manent officers resulted : President.
N. P. Clarke , Minnesota ; secretary , S.
D. Thompson , Illinois ; treasurer , J. II.
Picker-ill. Illinois ; first vice president.
Governor Hoard of Wisconsin ; second
vice president , J. L. Woodward , New
York. A committee was appointed to
prepare a uniform classification of
premiums and another to prepare a bill
to be submitted to each state legisla
ture providing such appropriations for
awards and exhibits tnat the live stock
interest should not , as heretofore , be
overlooked.
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At Seneca. 111. , robbers entered the
house of Charles Decker , a well-to-do
citizen. Decker was confined to his
bed with a broken collar bone , the re
sult of an accident. The robbers at
tacked and beat him and his mother
into insensibility. It is feared that
both will die.
Secretary Rusk has just celebrated
his 60th birthdajanniversary. .
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Union Pacific Land Patent * . i 1
Washington , Juno 30 Secretary 1
Noblo has replied to tho resolution of ' . *
Senator Plumb undor date of Decombor
21 , which called upon tho interior do- I
partmont to roport tho causo for tho , I
withholding of patents within tho lim- ' ]
its of tho grants of tho Union Pacific I M\ \
railway company which aro frco from j jlj
claims. There has been a strong pres- \ \M\ \ \
suro brought to bear upon tho interior 'll
department from hundreds of settlers II
who years ago purchased lands from S |
tho Union Pacific railway company and II
who havo not yet received patents for II
the completion of their titles to these ' i ]
lands. There1ms also been great com- ll
plaint from tho states of Kansas j II
and Nebraska owing to tho withhold- | II
ing of tho patents and tho railroad * II
company and tho purchitsors under 11
them havo been enabled to escape state Jl
taxation. Senator Paddock has three 11
times called upon tho president and f
urged a settlement of tho question and | fl
tho senator has also called the atten- II
tion of tho chief executive and sccro- im
tary of the interior to tho matter. In I
iiis reply Secretary Noblo states that
tho delay in making a response lias I
been duo to very important questions I
connected with the right of tho Union I
Pacific railroad to land claimed by it I
under its grant. Tho perception of
these dilliculties , says the secretary , is < H
not of recent origin. During tho last H
administration lists involving thou- H
sands of acres of these lands wero ap- H
plied for by the railroad company , ' , H
wero duly considered and signed by tho H
proper clerks in tho land ollice , ap'H
proved by the commissioner and or- fl
dered to patent by tho secretary. In- M
deed , a patent for part of these hinds M
was duly executed on April 2o , 1887 , |
by President Cleveland for 3Sl,8 Ji ) H
acres , but was suspended before re- . H
cording. In cases where patents wero |
not executed the lists were suspended H
and have so remained until the time of H
the present decision. It thus appears j |
that not only was it di-omcd by tho |
previous administration that tho H
Union Pacific railroad company had H
earned titles to its lands in Kansas H
and Nebraska , but the right thereto H
had been acknowledged by the com- H
missioner of the general land ollice and H
the secretary of the interior. This H
action was acquiesced in by the then |
President Cleveland. But at this June- |
ture a letter was received at tho in- M
terior department from the Pacific rail- H
road commission , organized under tho M
act of March , 1887 , making inquiries as M
to the issue of these patents pending M
the examination into the indebtedness M
of the railroad company to the United M
Slates , and the president , in transmit- f
ting the report of the commission , said : M
"The executive power must be exer- |
cised according to existing laws and H
tho executive discretion is not proba- H
bly broad enough to reach such a ditli- |
eulty , yet the Fiftieth congress , to H
whom this message was directed , ad- H
journed without enacting any further H
legislation. The subject has now re- M
ceived sufficient notice and the con- |
elusion has been reached that the in- H
debtedness of the railroad company H
to the United States does not H
authorize this department to with- H
hold lands granted to the company and j H
for which lists have been filed. No H
reason is deemed to exist why the sec- H
rotary should not proceed to deliver to H
the Union Pacific company lauds which H
have been earned , and it is his inten- I H
tion to certify these lists , commencing H
at the eastern portion of the unpatented I H
lands m Kansas and Nebraska where H
the lands are agricultural and have H
been sold and are in use by actual set- j H
tiers. The patents executed already H
by the previous executive will be re- j H
corded. Patents will be issued on the H
lists approved by the former secretary H
and lists not yet approved will be ex- I H
amined in due order. This conclusion , H
I will add , is in accordance with tho |
recommendation of the commissioner | |
of the general land office and also with H
the opinion of the assistant attorney j H
general assigned to this department. " |
World's Fair Commission. H
Chicago , June80. The world's fair H
commissioners at their session selected | |
the following vice presidents : Thomas |
M. Waller of Connecticut , M. II. De |
Young of California , D. B. Penn of H
Louisiana , G. W. Allen of New York , H
and A. B. Andrews of North Carolina. | |
There still remains the selection of a |
treasurer to complete the permanent H
organization. The committee on per- | |
manent organization will also later |
recommend a name for the place of |
director general. H
The committee on i > ermnnent organ- H
ization recommended that the presi- i |
dent be empowered to appoint the fol- |
lowing standing committees : Executive H
committee , twenty members ; rules and H
by-laws , eight ; tariff and transporta- |
tion , six ; foreign affairs , eight ; legisla- |
tion. one from each state and territory ; |
art and sciences , eight : history , litera- |
ture and popular education , eight : agri- j f
culture , sixteen ; live stock , sixteen ; H
horticulture and fioricsrlture , sixteen ; H
finance , eight : auditing committee , four ; j H
armories , eight : classification , sixteen ; H
manufactures , sixteen ; commerce , six- l |
teen ; mines and mining , sixteen : fish- |
eries and fish culture , eight ; board of H
lady managers , one from each state and H
territory and nine from Chicago. H
The matter went over for future con- |
sideration. H
Attachments were issued by the dis- |
trict court at Beatrice , Neb. , against H
the Andress show for $6,000 due the 1 |
performers. H
The Daly Printing company of St. * H
Louis , which has held the contract for H
Missouri stationery and printing paper H
since 1871 , has again been awarded H
the contract for $ o,9S6.oO for paper H
and $1,4S6.24 for stationery. |
The Santa Fe railroad company has H
subscribed $500 and the Rock Island H
$300 toward the expenses of the Kan- H
sas delegation to the national Grand H
Army encampment in Boston , H