The Charge * Asalnat Pension Com-
rnU&loncr Kaum.
J WASHINGTON , Oct. 0 The minor
ity of the special house committee ap
pointed to investigate the charges
made against Commissioner of Pen-
bions llaum , have prepared a state
ment based on the evidence taken by
the committee. The report reviews
the organization of the "Universal re
frigerator company" for investigating
1 the charge that the stock had been
Hold to employes of the pension oflice.
From the testimony it appears Unit ,
although General" Raum testified that
u list exhibited by him contained the
names of all the stockholders but two ,
there were others whose names the
minority deemed it important to ob
tain. The minority regretted that the
bills of the company were not sub
mitted to the committee for. this pur
pose. Both General Kaum and his
private secretary , Bradley Tanner , the
report says , repeatedly stated before
me committee that no employe of the
pension ofllco owned directly or indi
rectly any stock in the refrigerator
company , . yet it was developed
almost at the close of the in
vestigation that a , local company
had bQen organized to do business
under the patent of the old company
and that of this company , Tanner was
ii stockholder and the secretary as
well. A part of Tanner's work as sec
retary of this company was performed
in oflice hours. He has endeavored to
enlist persons attached to the pension
oflice in the business , in the enterprise ,
and he has exhibited the patent press
in the rooms of the commissioner dur
ing business hours. Ho received no
pay from tbe corporation , but was promoted
meted by General llaum with increased
salary wfthout now duties. The mi
nority express regret that testimony to
prove the refrigerator impracticable
and worthless was excluded , and ac
cuse General Raum of invoking the
line technicalities of criminal law to
screen himself from proper investiga
tion. The report reviews at length
the action of the commissioners in de
clining to establish the completed
llles" system at the solicitation of Mr.
Lemon ( an attorney having one-sev
enth of the entire pension business be
fore the oflice ) and calls attention to
the fact that while the commissioner
based his refusal on a report and re
commendation of Deputy Commissioner
Lincoln , he afterward established the
system , without consulting Mr.
Lincoln , at the urgent request of
Mr. Lemon. The report also directs
attention to the fact that on the day
'following the establishment of this
order Mr. Lemon became Mr. llaum's
security on a note of $12,000. Quoting
Mr. Lemon's testimony that he placed
no value upon the security he had giv
en him , the report asks : Would Mr.
Lemon , a good business man , risk § 12- ,
000 upon one who is afraid to have his
solvency inquired into ; can it" rest in
the fact that Mr. Lemon expects large
results under the system he has in
duced General Raum to establish ?
Criticising the "completed files" sys
tem , the report says that it is to the
advantage of the pension attorney and
entirely against the soldier. In con
clusion the report says that the com
missioner has not properly esteemed
the delicate duties and serious respon
sibilities of his great office. That a
place hallowed as is the pension office
should have been used for stock job-
'bing or speculation is a degradation of
the public service which cannot be too
strongly condemned. The investiga
tion will continue probably at the next
Session of congress. The majority of
jthe committee will submit no report
until that time.
Tlic Closing Hours of Congress.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 2. There Avas a
scene of confusion about the capitol
.yesterday. Every one was in a state
of nervous expectancy as the hands of
the clock moved along to the time
jwhen the session of the Fifty-first con-
foress would come to an end. Nervous
( faces were everywhere. Men who had
'spent months in trying to secure the
jpassagc of bills were besieging mem-
jbers to make a last effort. Women
.implored congressmen to get through
.their private pension bills. Around
the doorwaj s to the floor of the house
.were crowds trying to get at members.
'The clerks in the enrolling rooms were
'up ' to their ears in work , for it is es-
isential that all the bills should be
( transcribed on parchment and placed
jbefore the president for his signature
Before the session expired in order to
make them operative.
About 2 o'clock President Harrison
and Private Secretary Halford and the
entire cabinet arrived at the senate
end of the capitol and proceeded .to the
private room in the senate lobby known
tns the president's room. The arrival
tof the distinguished party drew a
swarm of people to the senate corri-
Jdor and for a time the senate chamber
and the floor of the house were almost
deserted as senators and members left
their seats in order to pay their re
spects to the president. It had been
; the intention to make the visit purely -
ly a business one for-tho purpose of
signing bills before the session ex-
jpired , but it was soon transformed into
'a. reception , in which members of both
iparties took part.
First came Chairman "McKinley , the
hero of the present congress as far as
Ithe tariff is concerned , and with him
Iwere McMillan , the democratic tariff
'leader ' in the absence of Mr. Mills.
{ Cannon , Turner and all the members
of the ways and means committee in
'town were among those received. The
! work of signing bills proceeded rap-
'idly , the president asking the advice
of his cabinet when a bill was reached
{ concerning their respective depart-
jments. Incidentally the president took
[ occasion to express his satisfaction at
' the work of the .present , congress , > the
! final disposal of the tariff'bill appoar-
ing to give him the most satisfaction. ,
Secretary Blaine was a conspicuous ]
figure during the reception. He chatted !
concerning the various bills'and joined !
with the president in expressions of ,
satisfaction at the work accomplished/
There was no quorum in the house'
at any time during the day , JL fact to
which Mr. Breekonridgo of Kentucky ,
called attention at the opening of thoj
session , and if ho had insisted upon'
the point of order he would have pre
vented an adjournment. But after an ;
informal caucus of democrats in one of
the cloak rooms it was decided not to
raise the point again. Everybody realized -
alized that it would be a week before ;
a quorum could be brought here and
nothing could be accomplished by rais
ing this technicality. Under the rules'
there is always a quorum present unless - .
less some one calls for a count of noses , '
and it was decided to let the deception
stand without calling attention to it.
There was a good deal of anxiety oir
the republican side until the decision
of the democrats was made known.
A Bureau of Public Comfort.
CHICAGO , Oct.1. . Director General
Davis has formulated a plan for a
bureau of public comfort in connection
with the coming world's fair. It is the
design of the director general to de
vote a large building to this bureau
and have it organized by the commis
sion with a large staff of officials and
attendants. . It will be the business of
the bureau to receive visitors upon
their arrival and answer all questions
as to entertainment. They will be
directed to suitable hotels or lodging
houses , where the cost will be in ac
cordance with what a visitor may
signify a wish to expend , it is , in
tended that the bureau shall be open
at times for the reception of visitors
and their guidance in all matters when
information is sought. It is designed ,
further , to prevent strangers being
fleeced or preyed upon by snap ar
rangements which might entrap the
unwary. The bureau is to be con
ducted without expense to the visitors ,
and women and children may not feel
alarmed at the prospect of entering a
large city with which they are un
familiar. "It will be the aim of this
bureau , " pursued the director-general ,
"to treat strangers as guests and make
their stay here pleasant. The } ' will be
accommodated according to their
means and sent home to all parts of
the world with kind words for the ex *
position of Chicago. "
NoITIore Indians for Shows.
NE V YOUK , Oct. 2. The condition
oC the Indians now traveling with the
various wild west shows in Europe has
become the subject of an investigation
by the Indian department at Washing
ton. The result will probably be < hat
the Indians now abroad will be re
called and returned to their reserva
tions , while it is certain that no more
will be allowed to leave their reserva
tion for show purposes. For some
time past General O'Beirne and a num
ber of other persons who take an in
terest la the welfare of the fnditm have
been in communication with the de
partment at Washington , basing their
report on the statement of whites and
Indians who have recently returned
from the shows in Europe. General
O'Bierne received today the following
letter from Washington in regard to
the matter :
Dear Sir : Your favor of the 2Gth
inst. has been received and I have re
ferred it to the cnmissioner of In
dian affairs with directions to prohibit
and prevent any Indians being taken
'
from their reservations for the pur.
pose mentioned. Yours truly ;
J. W. NOBLE , Secretary.
Will Beftise the Bequest.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 2. It was un
derstood last night that the president.1
after carefully examining the corres- >
pondence in the Barrundia affair , has
reached the conclusion that it is not
compatible with public interest to
transmit all of the papers to congress
at the present time and that , there
fore , none will be sent in answer to
the resolution recently passed by the
house. The decision of the president ,
though based no doubt on good and
substantial reasons , excites some sur
prise inasmuch as it was known that
the officials of the state department
had no objection to making public the
papers in the case. In fact , it is known
that they had given the committee on
foreign affairs assurance that the cor
respondence would promptly be sub
mitted to the house if a resolution
calling for the papers were passed.
The question of Mizner's recall , it is
believed , is not involved in the refusal
of tne president to furnish the corres
pondence to the house. Such a step is
said not to have been considered yet.
Nominations During Ten
WASHINGTON , Oct. 3. In the ten
months of the session just closed Pres
ident Harrison sent to the senate
3,837 nominations , of which all but
twelve were confirmed. As many of
thes/2 nominations contained the name
of more than one person , they repre
sented probably 4,500 appointments.
Several hundred of these were post
masters at offices which have become
presidential through the growth of
business. They also include appoint
ments in connection with the census ,
nearly all of which are temporary ii ?
their nature.
Population of "Western Cities.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 4. The census
bureau has announced the population
of the following cities and towns :
Danville , 111. , 11,528 , increase 8,795 ;
Decatur , 111. , 16,841 , increase 7,254 :
Champaign. HI. , 5,827 , increase 724 ;
Mattoon , 111. , 6,829 , increase 1,092 ;
'
Paris. 111. , 5,049 , increas'o 676 ; Boone ,
la. , 6,573 , increase 3,188 ; Marshall ,
la. , 9,308 , increase 3,068 ; Sioux City ,
la , . 37,862 , increase 30,496.
The total population of the state of
Now Hampshire is 375,827 , increase
28,836.
The Prc ldent ITIay Vinlt Omaha.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 1. While tit the
white house to-day Senator Mandorson
met Senator Allison , who was there
for the purpose of extending an invita
tion to the president to go from Kan
sas , where he will be on October 10 ,
to visit the corn palace at Sioux City.
Senator Manderson urged the president
that if he determined to go to Sioux
City he should atop at Omaha. The
.president expressed a strong desire to
visit Omaha and said he would within
a short time advise Senator Mandorson
whether he could extend his trip from
.Kansas into Nebraska and Iowa ; that
, his intention has been to go from Kan
sas by way of Kansas City and St.
.Louis . back to Washington , but that he
might change this plan and pay Omaha
jmd Sioux City a visit.
Iowa's World's Fair ILvhlbit.
CHICAGO , Oct. 1. H. W. Seaman of
.the Second congressional district of
Iowa and chairman of the committee
.appointed by the Iowa state world's
ifair commission , accompanied by Mr.
.Fames O. Crosby , a member of the state
.committee , arrived in Chicago yester
day and were in consultation during a
, large part of the day with Secretary
Dickenson of the world's fair national
commission with reference to a very
complete exhibit of the resources and
development of the state of Iowa in
1893. The state legislature on April
.15 created a commission of eleven
'members , one to be appointed from
.each congressional district of the state ,
pvnd appropriated-$50,000to pay theex-
ipenses of the committee. Messrs. Sea
man and Crosby are confident thelowa
exhibit will be second to that of no
/state / exhibit at the world's fair. It
will be largely agricultural , but the
educational system will be given spe
cial prominence. , as Iowa claims in that
particular to lead the United States.
The Operator Forgot.
WILKESBAKRE , Pa. , Oct. 2. An ac
cident occurred on the Jersey Central
railroad near Mauch Chunk last even
ing. The day operator at Leighton ,
whose name is Hellinger , had orders
( to hold the coal train at that place so
that the passenger train could pass it.
iThe message was received just a few
[ minutes before he gave the place to
.the night operator , and he forgot to
tell the latter of the order. The re-
(
.stilt was a collision between the coal
Itrain and the passenger train going at
a high rate of speed. The engines
.came together with such force that
jthey were thrown over the embank-
iment of the Lehigh Valley tracks be
low. The passengers were panic
stricken , but none of them were in
jured beyond a few bruises. The killed
are : Engineer Bigelow , of the coal
train ; Fireman Dunlap , of the coal
train ; Fireman Mitchell , of the passen
ger train. The injured are : Taylor
Beaford , engineer of tne passenger
train , and two brakemen of the coal
train.
JCiiirlisli Opinion Aroused.
LONDON , Oct. 2. Irish arrests and
trials continue to occupy a , large share
of the public interest. John Morley
and Commoner Illingsworth , who were
in the crowd at Tipperary last Thurs
day , have expressed their willingness
to appear as witnesses of the police
assaults in case the matter is brought
before the courts. As an indication of
the awakening of English public opin
ion regarding Ireland , the action of
the annual assembly of the Baptist de
nomination is significant. The as
sembly adopted a series of resolutions
touching upon public matters , among
which was one severely condemning
the government's Irish policy. The
other resolutions were in favor of free
education and expressive of sympathy
with the movement for improving" the
condition of the laboring classes.
The Ship Subsidy Bills.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 1. Messrs. Far-
quhar and Dingley , who represent the
shipping interests , have arranged with
Speaker Reed to have the ship subsidy
bills taken up during the first dtiys of
the next session. It is the best they
could do , for it was evident that the
house would not listen to a discusion
of the tonnage bills this session. As
it is the subsidy bill has a place in the
republican campaign book as one of
vthe measures which this congress has
passed , for it was confidently expected
the matter would get through. The
delay is a sore disappointment to the
shipping localities. Aaron Vanderbilt
of New York has been about the corri
dors of the house nfor a week in an
effort to spur members up to passing
the bill at once , but it has been no use ,
and he goes home to-night.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 2. The [ following -
ing is the public debt statement :
A'ggregate of interest bearing debt
exclusive of United States bonds issued
to Pacific railroads , § 638,688,070 ; debt
on which interest has ceased since ma
tured , § 1,750,985 ; aggregate of debt
bearing no interest , including national
bank funds deposited in treasury under
act of July 14. 1890 , § 409,65-1,423 ; ag
gregate of certificates offset by cash in
treasury , $500,576,090 ; aggregate of
debt , including certificates , September
30 , 1890. § 1,550,669.569 ; decrease of
"bonded debt during the month. $ ' 12 , -
316,240 ; total cash in treasury. § 679-
696,436 ; debt less cash in treasury
September 80 , 1890 , § 870,973,1:52 : ; debt
less cash in treasury August 30 , 1890 ,
$875.556,0-10 : net decrease in debt dur
ing the mouth , § 4,582,908.
Decrease in the Bonded Debt.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 3 It is stated
at the treasury department that the
'decrease in the bonded debt during the
past month § 42,316,240 was greater
'than any month since the period of
refunding operations under Secretary
Sherman , the nearest approach to it
being" $36,593,880 in the month'of Oc
tober , 1888. The decrease in the
bonded debt for the first nineteen
months-of the present administration
has been $205,715,410 , an average
monthly reduction of § 10,827,074. The
foregoing figures relate exclusively to
the bonded debt and not to "debtless
cash in the treasury" at the various
dates specified.
A Florida Trajrcdy.
ST. AUGTSTINE , Fla. , Oct. 2. This
cit } ' is terribly excited over an awful
tragedy which occurred here yesterday.
Alexander Campbell , a rejected suitor ,
callecl at the house of Miss Mamie
Joseph , member of a prominent family ,
and when she advanced to meet him
drew a revolver. The girl , divining
his purpose , ran out of the house
screaming , while her mother and the
servants tried to restrain Campbell.
Their efforts were ineffectual , however ,
and he followed the girl across the
street , firing as ho ran , inflicting a
slight wound. Mamio ran into Dr.
Shines' yard and fell down. As she
was was trying to arise Campbell fired
again , sending a bullet through her
heart , while the girl's mother and ser
vants were screaming and try ing to re
strain him. Campbell has been jailed.
He says he determined to kill the girl
when she rejected him and expect'j to
hang and is indifferent. There Jjaay
be a lynching.
A Grand Army Appointment.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Oct. 2. Gen
eral Wheelock G. Veezey , commander-
in-chief , has just filled one of the most
important offices in the Grand Army of
the Republic by the appointment of
Judge William Lochren as judge advo
cate general. Judge Lochran is on the
bench at Minneapolis , Minn. , and is
recognized as one of the ablest jurists
in that state or in any other , no one
standing higher in the northwest. He
is an eminent in character as he is dis
tinguished in ability.He is president
of the Minnesota commandery of the
Loyal Legion. His service in the field
was with the First Minnesota regiment ,
whose services were particularly dis
tinguished at Gettysburg. Judge
Dochren is an Irish-American who has
taken an active interest in the cause of
Ireland , and is a democrat in politics
Chicago Real Estate Transfer * .
CHICAGO , Oct. 1. The report of the
real estate exchange shows that the
transfers of Chicago realty for the
three-quarters of a year ending today
reaches the enormous sum of § 160-
500,000. The average for the first
two quarters of this year were slightly
over § 55,000,000. The total for the
last quarter was § -30,046,712 , or a
slight falling off. The decrease of over
§ 4,000,000 is due to the agitation over
the question of u sight for the world's
fair , when for several weeks the realty
business was almost at a standstill. At
this rate the transfers for the year will
exceed § 200,000,000. It is safe to pre
dict that from the present outlook Hie
transfers will not fall beloiv § 215,000-
000. or over 100 per cint more thai ?
in 1889.
Important Omission in the Tariff.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 3. It appears
that an important omission was made
in the tariff bill as enrolled and signed.
Section 80 of the internal revenue
schedule , which was originally stricken
out by the senate and subsequently re
stored by the conference , was com
pletely omitted in the enrollment. This
section provides for the allowance of a
drawback on smoking and manufac
tured tobacco and snuff held in un
broken packages at the date when the
reductions go into effect. As this date
is January 1 next , however , there will
still be ample opportunity for congress
at its next session to correct the error
by supplemental legislation.
Canada Will Kctaliate.
GLOUCESTER Mass. , Oct. 2. The
Canadian government has offered to
bond the schooner Davy Crockett , re
cently seized at Souris , in4,500. The
owner left here to-duy to look out for
his interests. A letter from St. Johns ,
N. F. . from Hon. James Fox , a mem
ber of the executive council of that
colony , states that the duty placed by
the American government of three-
quartess of a cent per pound on frozen
fish would not so far as New Foundland
was concerned , aid the American fish
ermen , as the government intends put
ting an export duty of five cents per
pound on frozen or fresh fish exported
in foreign bottoms. This law would
prohibit the bringing here of large
quantities of frozen herring by Clou *
cester vessels.
Fatal Whlteeap Outraire.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. , Oct. 1. News
was received here to-day of a terrible
whitccap outrage which occurred in
Calhoun nounty Saturday night. A
band of masked men went to the house
of Mrs. Jane Cody , a widow , and drag
ged her from bed with the intention oj
flogging her. They started to the
woods with her , but she broke away
and started to run. She had gone a
short distance when a volley was fired
at her , inflicting a fatal wound. The
whitecaps fled when the woman fell ,
and she lay there until morning before
she was found. The sheriff is making
# very effort to have the woman's as
sailants identified and arrested.
No More Wilfl West Shows.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 4. Acting In
dian Commissioner Belt has issued a
letter to the Indian agents directing
them to promptly refuse any applica
tions for Indians for "wild west'1
shows , as it is now aginst the policy
of the interior department to grant
permits for such purposes under anv
circumstances whatever. If any of the
Indians should hereafter attempt to
leave the reservation for exhibition
purposes prompt measures will be
taken to retain them.
An interesting Land Decision.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 3 Secretary Noi
ble rendered a very interesting dccis ,
ion. interpreting the law of May 2C
last in regard to the manner of making
proof on homestead appications. The
decision is rendered on the application
of one Edward Bowkcr , by hia attor
ney , to be allowed to submit final proof
on his homestead entry for land in Far
go , N. D. , in the state of Nebraska , as
he at present resides there. Secretary
Noble says : "The only question in
volved in this case is the construction
1o bo placed upon the act of May 26 ,
1890 , that portion of which provides
that the proof of settlement , residence ,
occupation , cultivation , irrigation , re-
elaimatlon , the affidavit of non-aliena
tion , the oath of allegiance and all
other affidavits required to bo made
under the homestead pre-emption , tim
ber culture and desert land laws maybe
bo made before any commissioner of
the United States circuit court or be
fore the judge or clerk of any court of
record of the county or parish in which
the lands are situated , and the proof ,
affidavit and oaths , when so made and
duly subscribed to , shall have the same
force and effect as if made before the
register and receiver when transmitted
to them and with the fee and
commissions allowed and required by
law. "Was it the intent of congress ? "
says the secretary , "by this act to so
far remove the submission of the final
proof from the land desired to be en
tered as to allow it to be made before
any commissioner of the United States
circuit court , no matter how remote
ho may reside from the land , or was it j
only the intent to provide an addi
tional officer before whom proof might
be submitted ? While at first view the
words of this act might seem to author
ize the making of proof before any
commissioner of the United States cir
cuit court beyond the limits of the
state or territory within which the land' '
is situated , yet I have concluded , after
an analysis of the question , that the
act will not bear that interpretation.
It appears that it has been the con
stant policy of the law to require ,
claimants under prior laws to go be
fore the local officers in making proof. '
The obvious purpose of this policy is-
to secure the proper and convenient
examination of the matters submittedJ
and an intention to abandon this pol
icy should not be imputed to congress.
If this statute in question authorizes a
claimant to make his proof before anyi
commissioner of any part of the United
States it reverses the settled policy of
congress in that regard. I find noth
ing in the history of the act to war
rant this construction. The report
of the house committee on public
lands defined the scope of the bill
as fqllows : 'The purpose of the bill
is to authorize all affidavits and depo
sitions under the public land laws to be
made before and certified by the com
missioners of the United States circuit
fcourt or clerks of a court of record for
the county in which the land is situ
ated. ' From this history of the act I
concluded that the purpose of this en
actment was simply to designate an
additional or new officer before whom
such proofs could be taken and not to
change in any manner the provisions
defining the place before taking such
proofs. The commfssioner of the gen
eral land office issued a circular June
25 , 1890 , calling attention to the pro
visions of said act , which interpreted
the section as follows : 'The paragraph
in question refers to final proofs , etc. ,
to be made under homestead and other
land laws and provides that said proofs
may bo made before any commissioner
of the United States circuit court hav
ing jurisdiction over the county in
which the lands are situated , or before
the judge or clerk of any court of
record of the county in which the lands
are situated. ' This must be read in
the light of the more explicit interpre
tation now put upon the act , and must
be held to mean that the law does not
authorize the making of such proofs ,
etc. , before such commission outside of
the county and state or district and ter
ritory in which the lands are situated. "
Promotion of Army Officers.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 2. The so-called
"examination" ' bill , which provides
that before officers of the army shall
be promoted they shall be examined as
to their fitness and that if found de
ficient upon the first examination shall
not be promoted , and if deficient upon
a second examination shall be dis
charged from the army , which has
been in conference for some days , has
at last been agreed to whereby an
amendment is made providing that
such examinations shall apply in their
strictness only to officers who are
graduates of a military academy , and
that officers of the army who served
during the late war as volunteers shall
bo examined only as to their fitness
for practical service and not as to
their technical or scientific knowledge.
The examinations of the veterans are
to be made by a board composed solely
of officers who served during the late
war. Another important provision of
this bill is that hereafter promotions
in the army shall not be in regiments
but in the arm of service to which the
officer belongs.
Senator Manderson , who was one of
the conferees , said that the practical
workings of this bill will prevent the
crowding out of the service of those
officers whose fortune it was to have
served in the late war instead of re
ceiving a military education at West
Point.
Turning : the First Sod.
NIAGAKA FALLS , N. Y. , Oct. 4. The
ceremony of turning the first sod foav
the Niagara Falls tunnel took place toi
day. The officers and engineers of the
Cataract construction company and
Niagara Falls tunnel and power com
pany met at Tenth street , where shnf *
N p. 1 was sunk , and each one took out
a shovelful of earth on a plated shovel.
The ceremony was made , the occasion
of a general jubilee.
Tlio Wyoming Ccnu .
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Oct. G.- The offi
cial census of Wyoming shows a pop.
! illation of 60,589 , which is a disap
jpointmont to many people , who ox-
Ipected it would reach 100,000. When
{ viewed from a comparative standpoint
'
the showing is nevertheless gratifying.
Jin 1870 , two years after its formation
land one year after its organization , the
, terrtory | contained 9,118 people
iubout two thousand less than Cheyenne
'alone contains today. By 1880 the
territory had increased over 100 per
! cent , and in the following ten years
tthe population * has trebled. Utah , in
'iho same time , notwithstanding the
'special efforts put forth to attract im-
imigration , has only increased 50 per
cent. Cheyenne contained 1,540 people
ple in 1870 , 3,456 in 1880 and 11,693
in 1890 , showing that the population
lias increased more than 300 per cent
in the past ten years. From 1867 un
til within the past feu- years no effort
was made to attract settlers here. The
brains and energy of the people were
engaged in the cattle business and set
tlement was openly discouraged by ]
those who were most influential. At
tention is now not only being directed
Jto agriculture and placing the cattle
.business on a more conservative bsisis ,
but to the development of mineral re
sources , so that the next ten years will
undoubtedly develop a marvelous com
parative showing.
Novel Idea Tor the Fair. '
WASHINGTON , Oct. 6. Captain K.
, W. Meade , recently relieved from
'duty at the Washington navy yard and'
assigned to act as the representative off
the navy on the Columbian commis
sion , has a unique idea for the con
struction of the building in which the
United States naval exhibit at the
world's fair will be placed. His idea
is to build an immense structure simi
lar to the new battle ships and place ;
the exhibition inside , while the exterior -
, rior will give an exact view of the ap
pearance of the modern cruisers. The
space required , he says , will be about
four hundred by one hundred feet , and
the expense is estimated at from100-i
000 to § 250,000. according to the ma
terial used. Real guns are to be placed1
in the turrets of the vessels and incandescent - ;
descent lamps will be extensively used. ,
The suggestion has met with the approval - ,
proval of the naval officers and it is1
likely will be adopted.
A Humane Deed Bcwardcdr
NEAV YORK , Oct. 6. In December ,
five years ago , a fine looking , well
dressed man , accompanied by a jag , !
made something of a sensation around1
the up-town hotels one evening. As *
the night advanced he began to act
wildly and frantically resisted all attempts - ;
tempts to restrain him. He was finally
sent to Bellevue hospital in an ambu
lance. At the hospital he was put into
the insane ward , The doctors pro
nounced him insane and said he must
go to an asylum. He sent a messenger
for a lawyer , and ex-Judge H. W.
Leonard of 128 Broadway visited him.
Mr. Stremmel told him that he not in
sane , but simply suffering from the
effects of a prolonged spree. Judge
Leonard succeeded in getting him re
leased with much difficulty. The
stranger gave him § 250 and disap
peared , and the judge had heard noth
ing from him until to-day , when a let
ter came from the law firm of Wilson
& Trainer of Pueblo , Col. , briefly say
ing that Louis Stremmel of that city
had recently died , leaving a fortune of
§ 500,000 , § 250,000 of which he had
left to Judge Leonard.
Why the Knight * . Are Not Wanted.
NE-VV YoitK , Oct. G. It is reported
that the management of the New York ,
Central railroad was asked by other
labor organizations to drive the Knights
of Labor from the service of the com
pany. A correspondent writes : "It 13'
not generally known , but it is a fact'
that this latest order not only has the'
approval of some of the other organi
zations , but that the Central manage
ment has been actually requested by ,
representatives of the Locomotive En
gineers and Firemen's brotherhoods to
j drive the Knights of Labor out of the
1system. . The members of the brotherhoods - '
hoods , as in the switchmen's union/
have been complaining ever since the
strike that they were molested , threat
ened , abused and were at times in a.
state of terror on account of the intim
idation practiced by walking delegates
and other acts of the knights. A com
mittee of the locomotive engineers *
brotherhood went so far as to tell Webb
that the company would have to choose
between the engineers' organization
and that of the knights. There is no
opposition on the part of the Central
management to any hibor organization
whatever , excepting the knights. In
fact it is claimed that all the others are- '
encouraged and supported. ' '
Diibolcs Congratulate * the President.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 4. The presi
dent received the following telegram
from Delegate Duboies : "Idaho repub
lican by 2,500 majority. The legislature - '
ture stands forty-four republicans andj
ten democrats. I congratulate you on
this splendid endorsement of home rule
and your wise policy to our land set
tlers. The
northwest endorses your
administration. ' '
NEWS NOTES.
Colonel John R. French , editor of
the Boise ( Idaho ) Sun , died last week.
French was prominently connected
with theantislavery agitation and
was editor of the Herald of Freedom ,
one of the first anti-slavery papers in
New England. He served nine years
as sergeant-nt-arms of the United States
senate.
General Thomas F. Drayton. agea
eighty-three years , the last surviving
classmate of Jefferson Davis at West
Point , is dangerously ill at Charlotte ,
N. C.