ME. DUMELL'S BILL.
THE APPORTIONMENT UNDER THE
RECENT CENSUS.
Gome of the ITIcaxurcs or ItTost Impor
tance to Nebraska That Have
.Steadied the Statute Book Addi
tional Land IHstrlttw-Public Build
ing Appropriation ! * Local Meas
ures ol * Importance AVorld'H Fair
Slto Itcsiilt or the Ilccciit Election
Held In lUuiiic.
; ITIorc Congressmen.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 11. Mr. Dun-
nell of Minnesota , chairman of the
house committee on the eleventh cen
sus , introduced an apportionment bill
on the basis of one representative for
each 178 , " 71 of the population. This
would provide for a total representa
tion of 353. Under this apportion
ment , Alabama , California , Colorado ,
Michigan , Missouri. New Jersey , Oregon
gen , Texas , Washington and Wiscon
sin would each gain one member. Ar
kansas , Illinois , Kansas and Pennsyl
vania each two , and Minnesota and
Nebraska each three. The only state
to lose a representative would be Ohio ,
which would lose one.
of Importance to Nebraska.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 11. [ Omaha
Bee special. ] As the work of the pres
ent session of congress is practically
completed , with the exception , of
course , of measures of supreme neces
sity , like the tariff and delayed appro
priations , it will be of interest to give
some account of those measures which
have reached the statute books as are
of local importance to Nebraska.
There are not many of them , four be
ing the actual , number , but they are of
value to ttie state. '
In the public building line Fremont
is the only city which has met with
success. This city will have a "suita
ble public building , with fire-proof
vaults , " and the limit < of cost for both
site and building is fixed at § 60,000.
An act of considerable importance
to settlers is that to establish two ad
ditional land districts in Nebraska.
The first is called the Broken Bow dic-
trict , with the local land offices at the
town of that name , and the other-is
the Alliance district , with offices 'at
Alliance.
The act "requiring purchasers of
land in the Pawnee reservation to make
payment , und for other purposes , "
comes next. This law provides that
purchasers who may be in default of
payment of either principal or interest
under the act of April JO , 1876 , are
required to make full payment there
for to the secretary of the interior
within two years from last April , and
any person in default thereof for sixty
days thereafter shall forfeit his rights
to the lands purchased and any and all
payments made thereon.
The secretary of the interior is di
rected to resell such forfeited lands at
public auction , and under said sale
full payment must bo made within one
year.
The Iowa & Nebraska Western rail
way company have been authorized to
construct a bridge across the Missouri
river on the line on which its railway
may be located , either in Douglas or
Sarpy counties and Pottawatamie coun
ty , Iowa. This bridge must be com
menced within one year and completed
within three years or the grant will be
void.
void.This
This completes the statement of the
legislation accomplished which is of
direct local interest to Nebraska.
Tberc ar.e , though , many other mat
ters which are in an advanced stage
and which stand in a position for con
sideration at the next session. For
instance , among the thirty-five public
building bills that Speaker Reed has
so effectually tied up is one making
provision for a building in the city of
Beatrice , and this , too , has already
passed the senate.
There are also many other local
measures of importance on the calen
dar of business , all of which have re
ceived a favorable recommendation
from the committee which examined
them. In the following statement the
character of these measures is shown ,
together with their present legislative
condition :
To provide for the construction of a
public building at Hastings , which has
passed the senate , donating twenty
acres of land from Fort Sidney milita
ry reservation to the city of Sidney ,
for the erection of a public building at
Norfolk , passed the senate.
All these bills involve an appropria
tion , and hence encounter more or less
opposition from the men in congress
who think that enough money has been
spent during this session for one fiscal
year. They are in a good position ,
though , for favorable action in the
next session. The following , however ,
calls for no appropriation and is not ,
therefore , liable to the same objection :
Extending the time of payment to
purchasers of land of the Omaha tribe
of Indians in Nebraska.
The AVorld's Fair Site.
CHICAGO , Sept. 11. The die is cast
and now the real work of the great
world's fair commences. The head
quarters to-day have assumed an un
wonted air of activity. From Vice
President Bryan to the lowest clerk a
sigh of relief has gone up that the site
has been finally selected. "What is
next in order ? " is the question heard
on all sides. At the next meeting of
the directors it is probable that the
committee on buildings and grounds
will have some plans to present for the
consideration of the board. Plans , de
signs and projects innumerable have
been received oy the committee and
inspected by Messrs. Burnham and
Boot , the architects. These gentlemen
were not at liberty this morning to give
any information concerning any pos
sible plans. The designs admitted so
far had como from men famous in the
world of architects as well as those
well known in the realm of cranks.
The latest offer of the Illinois Central
road is to the effect that they were
willing to have the city fill in such
lands as desired with the understand
ing" that provided the supreme court
sustained their riparian rights they
would reimburse the city for the out
lay in filling.
ISlcctlon Returns.
POIITI.AND , Me. , Sept. 11. The Ad.
vertiser has full representative returns
from ten Bounties in Maine , and par
tial returns from the remaining six.
They indicate a democratic gain of
twelve representatives , making the
house stan118 republicans to 88 dem
ocrats. ThtJ senate stands four dem
ocrats and twenty-seven republicans.
LEWISTON , Me. , Sept. 11. The Eve
ning Journal has returns from practi
cally the whole state , footing up Bur-
leigh 63.565. Thompson 44,484 , Clark
2,148 , scattering. 956 5 republican plu
rality 18,721. The remaining places
voted in 1880 : Republicans 925 , dem
ocrats 814 , .scattering 106.
Ij AN1 GENERAL NOTES.
It is said that Mrs. Harrison travels
with twenty-four trunks.
Ex-Speaker and Senator John G.
Carlisle was 55 years old last week.
William 11. Grace , twice mayor of
.New York , was born at Cork , Ireland ,
in 1833.
Mr. Bradlaugh , besides being a good
angler , plays the game of chess to per
fection.
T. T. Cravens is the wheat king of
California. His grain crops have made
him a millionaire.
It is noticed by the cottagers at
Cresson that Mrs. Harrison dresses
plainly , even to severity.
Tolstoi has nine children , the eldet
of whom , a pretty girl of 18 , is a ae-
voted disciple of her father.
A handwriting expert pronounces
the will of the late Andrew J. Davis , a
Montana millionaire , a forgery.
Mayor Hart of Bost9n receives from
a street railway company in that city
5,000 free tickets weekly for charitable
uses.
uses.Miss
Miss Rachael Sherman has the rep
utation of being the best toastmistress
hi politico-society circles at Washing
ton.
ton.The
The Rev. Sam Jones a few years
ago bought a piece of land in Georgia
for $8,000 , and it is at present worth
$20,000.
Jane Dettenridge of Kingston , Ja
maica , is an orphan and has § 1,000-
000. She has refused thirty-seven
offers of marriage.
Joseph Smith , the president and
prophet of the reorganized Mormons
and son of the founder of Mormonism ,
is in Boston for a brief period.
General von Moltke will be pre
sented the house in which he was born
at Parchim , Mecklenberg , on the oc
casion of his 90th birthday , which will
be celebrated in a few weeks.
David Dougherty , a wealthy farmer
living sixteen miles south of Dallas ,
Texas , was assassinated while taking
a few minutes' repose on a lounge in
his residence. No trace of the assassin
has yet been found.
Dr. Blackmer has been nominated
for governor of Massachusetts , the
ticket being completed as follows :
Lieutenant governor , George Kemp-
ton of Sharon ; secretary of state ,
George Q. Crittenden , Buckland ; at
torney general , Walcott Hamlin of
Ainherst ; treasurer and receiver gen
eral , William H. Gleason of Boston ;
auditor , Augustus R. Smith of Lee.
The Raum Investigation.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 14. The Raum
investigating committee met in the
pensiqn building for the purpose of
taking the testimony of 138 clerks ,
who , it was charged , received promo
tions by reason of their purchasing
stock in the Universal refrigerator
company. The committee , however ,
decided not to call any of the clerks
for examination for the following rea
sons : General Raum requested the
committee to subpoena every employe
of the pension department who had
been promited under his administra
tion of the office to disprove the
charge that any such employes have
purchased or held stock in the Uni
versal refrigerator company or had
been promoted by reason thereof. The
committee declined to comply with his
request on the ground that it would ,
in .their opinion , judging from the ev
idence already taken , be a useless con
sumption of time and a needless ex
pense. The committee then adjourned
ITloiitaim ICepubllcans.
HELENA. Mont. , Sept. 12. The re
publican state convention met at Butte
yesterday. The only business before
the convention was renominating a
candidate for congress and naming a
state committee. T. H. Carter , the
present representative in congress ,
was unanimously nominated. The
platform endorses President Harrison's
administration ; urges upon congress
the duty of passing the federal election
bill ; recommends a revision of the
naturalization laws and commend ?
Speaker Reed's course.
Census Returns.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 14. The cen
sus office announces the population of
the state of Nevada as 44,344 , which
is a decrease as compared with the
population of 1880 of 17,930 , or 28.81
per cent. The total population of the
First Minnesota district is 347,114 , an
increase of 67/783. The population
of some of the cities and towns in that
district are : Winona , 12,208 , in
crease , 8,000Mankato ; , 8,800 , increase ,
342 ; Rochester , 5,321 , increase , 218.
The population of Denver , Col. , is
*
106,670 , increase , 71.041.
ALL ABOUT PENSIONS.
USEFUL INFORMATION TO OLD SOLD
IERS AND OTHERS.
Who arc Entitled to Assistance from
Undo Sam and to What Extent-
Number of Claims Fending The
Mcxlccan and AVar of 1812 Pension
ers The National Crop Report from
Washington Italnt * Generally Came
Too Late to be of Much Benclit.
U cf ul Information About Pensions.
There are 26,875 disabled soldiers
pensioned at § 2 per month $24 per
month.
Loss of both hands entitles the loser
to a pension of $100 per month.
Twenty-seven widows and two
daughters still draw pensions on the
revolutionary war rolls.
There were dropped from th < * pen
sion rolls in 1889 , 16,507 names.
Total pension expenditures since 1861
( thirty-eight years ) , $1,052,228,423.
War expenditures for 1865 , $4,030-
690,400.
The pension agent at Columbus , O. ,
has to sign checks , by his own hand ,
at the average rate of 833 per day ,
counting 300 working days per year.
Immoral conduct of a pensioned
widow terminates her pension. If her
dead husband has children under 16
years of age , the pension ( in such a
case ) is not continued to them , except
by very expensive methods.
Amputation of an arm at or near the
shoulder'joint , or a leg at or near the
hip joint , entitles the applicant to § 45
per month.
Each minor child ( under 16 years of
age" ) is entitled to § 2 per month.
The decrease of pensions of the war
of 1812 in 1889 was 1,026. Increase
of pensioners of the Mexican war in
1889 was 2,107.
The average annual value of each
widow's pension ( of the civil war ) is
§ 151.01.
There are five invalid soldiers pen
sioned at § 2.66 , and eight at $2.66 ; }
per month.
Pension for the loss of both feet , or
the loss of sight of both eyes , § 72 per
month.
No service pension was granted for
Indian wars
Artificial limbs furnished by the war
department will be renewed every five
years , or commutation given instead ,
as follows : Artificial legs , § 75 ; arms ,
50 : feet , $50.
Pension for total deafness , $30 per
month.
The legal fee to be paid to pension
agent or attorney by applicant ( if no
special bargain is made ) is § 10 only.
If a pensioner is imprisoned for
crime , his wife ( or the guardian of his
children ) may draw his pension.
Indian pensioners in the Indian ter
ritory are required to be paid direct by
the pension agent , in standard silver ,
at least once a year.
One-half of all penalties and forfeit
ures on "public lands , " and all moneys
from the sale of naval prizes , are ap
plied to the payment of new pensions.
Citizens of Montana who served dur
ing the Nez Perces war may receive
pensions if disabled.
Pensions may not be attached or
seized by or under any legal or equita
ble process whatever.
Pensions cannot be legally pledged ,
mortgaged , sold , assigned or trans
ferred.
But one pension is allowable to one
person at the same time , unless the
second pension states that it is in addi
tion to the first.
Pensions are p-aid quarterly.
Of the 110,673 army invalid claims
filed in 1880 , only 78,972 have been
allowed.
Pensions for total disability , § 72 per
month.
Only about 60 per cent of the invalid
claims ( soldiers' claims as distinguished
from widows' claims ) filed since 1861
have been allowed.
If a pensioned widow marries her
pension ceases.
and millions
Forty-two three-quarter
ions of dollars have been paid to pen
sioners of the war of 1812 since 1870 ,
and of the Mexican war since 1866.
The number of rejected claims in
1889 was 56,679.
Ohio filed the largest number of
claims in 1889 , viz. , 11,613. New
York was second with 7,225.
The average annual value of each
invalid pension on the civil war rolls
at the close of the fiscal year 1889 was
§ 125.84.
There were 470,008 claims pending
June 30 , 1889.
We are now paying about § 4,000-
000 annually to pensioners of the Mex
ican war and the war of 1812 alone.
This is more than three times as much
as we paid on the same accounts dur
ing the five years preceding the civil
war and nearly double the highest an
nual payments on the same accounts at
any time before 1861.
National Crop Report.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 11. The national
tional- crop report for September shows
that the injury to the corn crop re
ported last month was intensified by the
continuance of the drouth in August
until rains came to its relief , but too
late for full recovery.
The average is 70.1 against 73.3 last
month. This is the lowest average
since 1881. Deline occurred in New
York , Ohio , Illinois and in northwest
ern states and in some others of less
importance. The crop is late in east
ern states , requiring maturing weather
throughout September. The Ohio val
ley and Missouri valley report pro
tracted drouth and low condition.
While the rains of the last two weeks
of August have been beneficial nearly
everywhere they have not always re
stored the losses of the first half of tha
month.
The lowest condition is hi Kansas ,
though some of the eastern counties
make good returns. Uakotas and Ne
braska a little higher.
The returns of the condition of win
ter wheat , at the time of harvesting ,
are less favorable than these of July.
So far as threshing progressed the re
sults are generally disappointing. The
July average was 76.2 , present aver
age , 78.5.
The general average of spring wheat
has also reduced from 83.2 to 79.8.
The average for wheat of both kinds is
75.5. In 1886 the September average
for wheat was 77. It was 73 in 1881.
The yield of spring wheat is unusually
variable in the Dakotas. ranging from
high yields to five bushels and less per
acre. The progress of threshing will
develop the extent of the differences.
The rye yield has been less than wa ?
expected. The condition as reported
is reduced to 85.4.
September condition of oats is lower
than ever reported , having fallen from
70.1 in August to 64.4. The rate of
yield will be the smallest in twenty
years.
The condition of barley is not very
seriously lower from 82.8 to 78.6.
Buckwheat has fully maintained its
August condition , the average being
90.5 against 90.1.
The figures for potatoes have fallen
off since August 1 from 77.4 to 65.7 ,
the lowest average yield ever reported ,
that of 1887 being 67.3.
The reported percentage for fatten
ing swine is 97 per cent and their condition -
dition 93.7.
For AVorld'H Fair Purposes.
CHICAGO , Sept. 14. Secretary of
War Proctor has a plan of his own for
determining whether or not he will
grant the use of the outer harbor of
Chicago for world's fair purposes he
is going to leave it to the citizens of
Chicago themselves and has sur
prised everybody by sending the fol
lowing telegram to the United States
engineer , Captain W. L. Marshall :
' 'You are a member and recorder of a
board on harbor lines at Chicago , to
meet at Chicago , September 15. Pub
lish a notice in the papers that a hear
ing will be given to all interested. "
"This means , " said Captain Mar
shall , "that a board of engineers will
meet here Monday. We shall hold an
open meeting and all those who are
opposed to the use of the outer harbor
and those who favor it will bo re
quested to submit written reasons for
their objection or consent as the case
case may be. "
A Merry AVar in Chicago.
CHICAGO , Sept. 15. A merry war is
on between Police Inspector Ebersold
and the Woman's Alliance , and the
conilict threatens to assume gigantic
proportions. The cause of the present
struggle is the order issued by Eber
sold refusing to permit Mrs. Fanny
Kavanagh , chairman of the committee
on visitation to police stations of the
Woman's Alliance , and representative
of the Immediate aid society , to visit
the cells where females are confined.
Ebersold claims the undisputed right
to admit or exclude whomsoever he de
sires , and he positively refuses to allow
Mrs. Kavanagh to have free access to
the woman's corridor. Sensational
charges recently made by Mrs. Kava
nagh is the cause of the order.
The Itiver and Harbor Bill.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 14. Congress
men Farquhar , of Buffalo , and Burton ,
of Cleveland , say they have direct as
surances from the president that he
will sign the river and harbor bill ,
thus putting at rest the uneasiness of
those interested in the bill that it
might meet presidential disfavor. Mr.
Farquhar said that it was the presi
dent's ultimatum that the bill should
not go beyond $25,000.000 , for if it did
it would not be signed. With this m
view the bill was trimmed down until
it Tvas just ; ilrfidethe25,000,000 limit.
Mr. Barton says his assurances from
the president have come since the bill
was passed.
Weaver Again Declines.
DKS MOINES , la. , Sept. 10. General
J. B. Weaver wrote a letter declining
the nomination tendered him by the
union labor convention which met
here last week. Ho says in part : ' -I
am deeply , impressed with this expres
sion of confidence on the part of my
fellow citizens and co-laborers , and I
wish to assure them that I fully ap
preciate the honor conlerred. And
yet , for reasons expressed in my re
cent letter declining a similar honor
tendered by the democratic part } ' of
this district , I am compelled to decline
the nomination and I am sure my
friends will not censure me for saying
this action is final. "
THE September number of the Fo
rum begins the tenth volume. 'When
ever protection is menaced , it is sure
to buy as many votes as it thinks nec
essary , " which "is probably the most
important political truth of our day"
is the central idea of the leading arti
cle , by E. L. Godkin. Another po
litical essay is Senator Morgan's reply
to Senator Chandler on "The Federal
Control of Elections. " President G.
Stanley Hall , of the new Clark Uni
versity writes an essay full of prac
tical suggestions on the training of
teachers. Of educational value also is
the article by Edward Everett Hale ,
who writes the autobiographical'essay
this month on "Formative Influences. "
Among the influences which he class
ifies as the most important 'in his ca
reer in his newspaper training. Pro
fessor Young , of Princeton , explains
"The Latest Astronomical News , " re
porting all recent discoveries and ad
vances that have general interest. The
Forum Publishing company , 253 Fifth
avenue , New York.
General Manager Beck of the Illi
nois Central road has not yet been able
to come to a decision in regard to the
request of the trainmen of the road for
an increase of pay.
AN INDIAN OUTBEEAE : J
SOME FEAR OF IT FROM THE NE7
VERGES TRIBE.
Hostile Talk That In Alarming to
Many Settler * The AVork of the Tar
iff Bill AA'cll Up The AVyomlnff
Election Returns an yet Somewhat
Meager Meeting of the Neir York
Union League Club Chauiicey Ie-
pcw makes a Talk The Montana
Republican * * .
Fear an Indian Outbreak.
BOISE Crrr , Idaho , Sejvt. 12. White ,
an old frontiersman and Indian fighter
of the Long valley , near the Salmon
river , has sent a dispatch to Governor
Shoup informing him that the condi
tion of affairs among the Nez Perces
Indians of that place is alarming. The
tribe is very much discontented and
sullen at the treatment received , the
death of braves , and the loss of stock ,
and vow vengeance some time on the
whites. Over two hundred Indians
are camped at Meadows and a number
of warriors are in war paint. The people
ple are alarmed at ttio hostile talk and
appearance of the Indians. The squaws
tell the settlers to be careful. Settlers
having ranches are flocking to a cen
tral point in the valley. The greatest
excitement prevails in the Long val
ley. Settlers are aiming to defend
themselves.
Saturday one company from Boise
barracks took up the line of march for
the long valley on a pleasure trip.
Governor Shoup has dispatched a cap
tain to hasten by forced marches to
reach Meadows as soon aa possible.
The Tarlir Bill.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 12. The en
rolling clerks of the senate .have kept
the work on the tariff bill well up with
each day's proceedings of the senate ,
so that this morning the long bill was
ready for final comparison before being
sent over to the house. The work of
examining the bill for possible errors
was completed shortly after noon and
during the day it will be signed by
President Pro Tern Ingalls and sent to
the house. When it meets to-morrow
the bill with the senate amendments-
will , under the rules , be referred with
out special action to the committee on
ways and means. A meeting of the
ways and means committee rwill be
called for the earliest date practicable ,
and unless some unexpected obstacle
is encountered on the part of the dem
ocratic members of the committee the
bill will bo reported back to the house
Avith the committee's recommendations
not later than Monday or Tuesday.
The committee's recommendations , it
is predicted , will be that the house
agree to such of the amendments as are
merely verbal and do not change rates ,
and that as respects those amendments
that do increase or reduce rates in the
bill as sent to the senate the house
non-concur and agree to the conference -
once asked by the senate.
The Election in AVyomiiig.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Sept. 12. The
first state election in Wyoming came
off yesterday. The utmost enthusiasm
was shown , but it is doubtful if the
vote will be very large. The Aus
tralian ballot system was introduced
for the first time , and with the regis
tration system. Until within a few
days it was understood that the law
contained a clause that when through
absence or illness anybody failed to
register they would be permitted to
swear in their votes on election day.
Although a clause to this effect passed
both houses of the legislature and ap
pears in both journals , for some un
accountable reason it fails to appear
in the enrolled copy or in the printed
copy of the law. The omission dis
franchised a very large number of
voters. In 1888 the total vote cast
was 18OUb , Corey ( rep. ) for delegate
in congress receiving a majority of
2,942. At this hour (10'p. m. ) it is
very difficult to tell much about the
result. Some of the precincts are over
one hundred and fifty miles from the
county seats and comparatively little
can be heard from them. The repub
licans claim the state by 1,500 , while
the democrats claim it by from eight
hundred to fifteen hundred. This is
on the governorship.
Returns from five precincts in Laramie -
amie county give Baxter ( democrat ) a
majority of 19. In 1888 they gave
Corey a majority of 38.
Best Known Americans Abroad.
NEW YOKK , Sept. 12. The first full
meeting of the Union league club was
held last night with Chauncey M. De-
pew in the chair. General Sherman
j was on the platform. Mr. Depew made
a speech. He thanked the club for
its cordial welcome on his return from
abroad , and said : "Of all great Amer
icans known on the other side , not
even excepting General Grant ,
none are so well known as James G.
Blaine and William McKinley. They
seem to regard McKinley as a man
who has been studying up economic
subjects and invented new schemes by
which to close up the factories of Eu
rope and starve the people into
submission to the American gov
ernment. They plied me with
questions as to McKinley , and tried
to get an expression as to the nature
of the man and what he is going to do
with all the people abroad. I replied
that my notion of McKinley was that
possibly he had an idea of inducing
them to migrate with all their fac
tories and workmen to the great Amer
ica and thus help give a greater con
suming power to agricultural products.
Inasmuch as some great governments
abroad had taken a notion that they
did not want to be on familiar terms
with the American hog , the worst
thing they could do was to increase the
consuming capacity of the American
*
hog at home. "
si *
. , Tft.f .
TIio HOKKO L.eeoriinT Unwieldy.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 15. The mem
bership of the house of rep resell tatIvcs
is already too largo , but it will be in
creased by twenty odd members under
the now apportionment. The admis
sion of now states and the increase of
population threatens at the present
rate to so increase the size of the house
ns to make it very difficult to transact
business. Many people familiar with
legislative affairs believe that now the
membership of the house should be re
duced rather than increased. Since
1790 the apportionment has run up
from one member to every 83,000 people
ple to one for every 131,912 people ,
and meanwhile the membership in the
house has increased from 106 to 830.
It is curious to look over the progress
of apportionments. Every ten years
the party in power figures on the cen
sus , striking many trial balances to see
what apportionment will give them
the advantage of the most members of
their party in congress and the great
est strength in the electoral college.
One result of all the figuring is that
some of the states have fewer repre
sentatives now than they had in the
first apportionment of 1890. A mem
ber in the house then represented 83-
900 citizens. Ten years later each
member represented 35,000. From
that the apportionment increased
steadily to 40,000 , to 70,680 , to
93,420 to 127,000 , to 231,425 ,
and then in 1880 to 151,912 , as it
nowstands. Under the apportionment
bill Virginnia will lose ono represent
ative. In 1870 she had just nine more
representatives in the house than she
now hag. Before any census was taken ,
when the government was just organ
ised , Virginia had ten representatives ,
just what she now has. Connecticut
had seven representatives in 1890 and
has four now. Delaware had one at
the beginning and has still , but back
between 1810 and 1820 she had two.
Illinois had nothing until 1810 , when
she came in with one , which has
grown steadily up to twenty. From
the same time Indiana has had a steady
growth from one to thirteen. Mary
land had six when the government was
'formed , which was increased to 9
in 1800 and 6 is the number she now
has. Maine started in with 7 under
the apportionment of 1810 and now
has but 4. Massachusetts had 17 in
1800 and now hag 12. New Hamp
shire had 4 under the first apportion
ment and now has but half that num
ber. Rhode Island was given 2 at the
first and has always had the same
number.
"Week In Consren : .
WASHINGTON , Sept. 15 It is ex
pected that the land grant for.'eiture
bill will be agreed to in the senate to
day. Senator Sawyer will next call
up the anti-lottery bill , which has
passed the house. So far as known
there will be little or no opposition to
it. Following it in the order of pre
cedents established by the republican
caucus there are no measures expected
to cause lengthy debates or meet ser
ious opposition until the bill to trans
fer the revenue marine service to the
navy department is reached. The op
ponents of this measure are as deter
mined as ever. The opposition shown
by the minority in the house to the
consideration of the Langston-Venable
case has had the effect to determine
the republican leaders that the house
shall act upon that and the Miller-El
liott case. A strong effort is being
made to secure a republican quorum.
The tariff bill , when it comes to the
house , will probably be disposed of
very quickly , and it is likely , if a quo
rum is in attendance , that it will go to
conference before the end of the week.
"World's Fair sto.
CHICAGO , Sept. 15. Commissioner
McDonald , of California , in an inter
view gave evidence of the dissatisfac
tion about the dual site for the world's
fair. He says ho ie not alone by any
means in opposition. The sentiment
of the commissioners from all the agri
cultural states is in accord with hjs ;
in fact it is almost universal with tlte
full board , although they have not yet
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spoken , but they will speak. The co'm-
missioncra in this matter , he says , re
flect the views of their constituents ,
end the people of Chicago should re
member one thing , and that is , the
nearer they come to pleasing the people
of the agricultural states the larger
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will Le the exhibit and the greater "the
success of the fair. Commissioner Mc
Donald does not believe that the com
mission will adopt the dual site unless
presented to them in such & modified
form as to fully convince them that a
great portion of the exhibit will be
placed in Jackson park.
Commissioner Mercier , speaking for
Wyoming , said he was opposed to the
dual site. The live stock interests of
the country demand suitable grounds
and ample space for themselves , and
not isolated from the main exhibits of
all other industries.
Sccretarr Ulalao Expected.
Sioux Crrr , la. , Sept. 15 Advices
from Washington indicate that Hon.
James G. Blaine will accept the invi
tation to deliver an address at the
opening of the Sioux City corn palace.
When the invitation was presented by
the Iowa delegation to Mr. Elaine he
asked for a few days to consider it ,
but there is good authority for saying
that ho has now decided to accept * .
iVEIVS XOTEsT"
A Hamilton county ( Illinois ) pa
tient't ; treatment at the Anna insane
asylum has resulted in steps for an in
vestigation.
The Illinois board ef equalization is
discussing the proposition to raise the
Cook county asses : > ment $122,000,000.
The flying of an American flag over
the Toronto exposition has made quite
a turmoil there.
R. B. Tillman was nominated for
governor by the democrats of South
Carolina.