Nebraska Newspapers

    fe THEY COULDN'T ' HIT TOM ,
Ono Lone Apostle Gets Ono Lone
Hit During the Gamo.
SOME BRILLIANT FIELD WORK
For Which Jloth the Ijocnln nnd the
Vliltors Arc Dcucrvlnji ofKiiunl
1'rninc Davenport Wakes
ItH First Appearance.
Western Association Standing.
Following Is the official standing of the
Western association trains up to und Includ
ing yesterday's games :
Plnved Won Lost Pr Ct
'Dcs Molncs . 78 W ) "S .on
St. Paul . 84 r.i : 111
Omaha . 8 ! ) 40 III
Kansas City . SO 20"S
Milwaukee . 8'.l 42 47 .471
Sioux City . 39 10u 2.1 .410
Chicago . 85 : u fil .400
Davenport . 7(5 ( 20 no .843
, Omaha O , St. Paul 1.
Say , did you see the game yesterday after
noon ]
No.
Well then you missed , n very larpo gob of
good holid enjoyment.
It was a dandy one of the finest contests
.that over took place on the local grounds.
The matchless Lovett was simply lovely.
His long rest has done him n power of good.
. Just think of it the Titanic Apostles only
inada one little bit of a puny hit off of him ,
and that was n scratch at that , and but a
solitary tally. ( , * .V-
They reminded ono of the LllllputliUls and
Gulliver , the Traveler.
- And ours boys well they wcro the Brob-
dlgimgTfms. They batted with a ferocity ,
ran bases with it dash and flehiod with mi
accuracy that obviated a possibility of do-
' lent.
lent.Oh , I tell you the Omahogs nro invincible
on tholr own cellar door.
It takes a good man to knoek a chip off
F their shoulder nnd get away without n maul
ing.
ing.Thero
i There wcro fully two thousand people who
flocked to the park to see the battle. Tlio
' grand stand was filled , the "bleachers"
packed and there was a great circle of ve
hicles around the field.
But lot's see how the boys made their
Bneak on the pennant.
The poet , whoso face is rosier , u moro ra-
lestlul red than it was a month ago , was the
Jlrst man up.
Ho tried awful hard to swipe the gyrating
i sphere , but Sowders wouldn't let him.
, Ho preferred to give him a base on balls.
This was the signal for nn outburst of
oweet sounds from Jack Crooks' dainty
mouth.
But it all amounted to naught , for the
' Highlander went out trying to steal second.
l Annis retired from second to llrst , and Mr.
Crooks on a high lly to Corbett.
The Saints , though , didn't got n smell.
They were extinguished with exhlliarating
rapidity In one , two , three order.
In the second , O'Connell , who is looking
' stronger and better than when ho loft here ,
lashed three great wide swaths in the air ,
nd went and sat down.
But who's this wo have hero , with such a
black moustache and such a pale faco.
Why , it's the Chippey. as I'm alive. He's
been sick , you know , but ho won t sit down
ho Isn't constructed that way.
After delivering two balls something in
the corruscating light in the Cliippey's eyes
seemed to alarm Sowders , so ho mndo up his
mind t < f kill him on the spot.
Then with n superfluous grunt ho slammed
the ball at him as if ho meant to drlvo it
through a stone wall.
It hit Mao square in the back , ttio concus
sion sounding like the old familiar smack of
your mother's slipper.
Did McGarr cry or tuaico a face at Sow-
dors I No , he did not do cither ,
but ho gave his trousers nn extra -
, tra hitch , like Dick Doadeyc ,
' -was wont to do , then ho ran oft and took
flrst.
flrst.Ho
Ho didn't stay there long , for on iho flrst
ball pitched ho ran down to second.
Broughton might ns well have tried to
< . catch a meteor.
The park resounded with ringing "hoyl
hey I boys !
- The next Instant ho marto n dash for third ,
and made it , too , and as ho came trotting
hOmo on a passed ball , you'd thought you
tvcro nt u yelling match.
' It was a full mluuto before- the people
Would stop , it was so all-fired exciting.
* Coonoy Immediately received a present of
. R base , but Nuglo ( lying out ho was loft.
In the visitors' half , Earlo , who looks like
1 n twin brother of Mephlstopholcs , got his
base on balls , and purloined second ,
but was loft. His brother Apostles couldn't
Una the sphere.
. , It was one , two , three in both the third nml
fourth for Omaha , but in the fifth Cooiioy
made a very recherche thrco bapgar Into lolt
Hold and nobody out. nnd then got loft.
It was another cipher in the sixth , but not
so In the seventh the lucky seventh.
To beau lined out n han'dsomo ono to left ,
but was forced out by the Cliippey's drive to
short. Mac. however , reached first before n
double could bo made.
Then Mr. Coonoy cnmo along again and ex
pectorating upon his lily pads , ho for the
second time smashed out a three sacker ,
this time to right. Of course the
imrrow came homo , and a grout
snout showed how delighted everybody was.
Then , when Naglo , Lovett and the Poet hit
Mfcly in rapid succession , all tbo slumbering
enthusiasm on the ground was awakened ,
for It nil resulted In thrco moro runs.
Willie all this was going on there was such
k racket you couldn't hear a man speak up on
Fnrnam street to save your life. Cheers ,
hurrahs , applause , caUealls , howls and
hrloks filled the air , and all woo united in
no mighty "hoyl hoyl hey I" when the last
tuan crossed the plate.
The Inning closed with Annls and Crooks
being retired nt first.
Up to this tlmo St. Paul hadn't made u hit ,
or got n man nearer to ttie plato than
second bnso. But in the eighth Earlo
got his base on balls and skillfully stele
econd nnd third. Ulloy nnd Corbett thim
wont out , but Broughton got in a scratch
bit over Cooncyls head , and ICarlo ran homo.
That's all they could do. They never got
another man on baso.
In the ninth Nnglo was presented with n
bnso. Ho was forced out by Lovott's hit to
Sowdors , Lovott landing safe , and after
wards scoring by clover sprint work on
Burns'third safe hit.
And what a cheer there was at that.
Llttlo Sowders was awful tired right hero ,
nnd ho wont to right field , while Morrissy
came into the box , and Earlo assumed first.
But It was no use.
Tlio Saints went out after a peculiar fash-
* Inn they hnvo with Lovett In the iwlnts , one ,
( wo , thrco , and the game was over.
It was a nice victory for Omaha and every
body was wild with joy.
Hero you will find the olllclal score :
OMAHA.
All. 11. n. sn. ro. A. F. .
Burns , If 40 ! ) 3 3 0 C
Annis , of 0 0 0 0 3 0 C
Croons , 3b 1f 1
O'Connell , Ib 4 U 1 0 U 0 f
Tebeiiu.au , 0C
MoGirr. rf C
0c
Cooney , ss 3 1 a 0 1 5 c
Naglc , o t
Lovett , p. ; 4 3 1 0 0 9 C
Hir -
r Totnl * . 35 0 10 4 27 20 I
ST. PAUU
Runs earned Omaha 3. Three base hits-
Coonoy (3) ( ) . Double plays Corbott to Pick
ett. Bases on balls By Lovett 3 , Sowdors
S , Morrisey 1..HU by pltchor-MeGnrr.Strueli |
oat By Lovett 7 , Sowders 4. Pasted balls
Broughton 1. Time 1:13. : Umpire Cu-
Pe Mnlno 10 , Davenport 7.
Das Moixes , Ia. , August 35. [ Special
to Tu Bee , ] JJaveupart BP-
ty . - .
pcnrcd hero to-day for Us first game In the
Western association nnd was greeted by n
good audience. They had only six men ,
however , nnd the balance of the team was
made up of DCS Mollies' amateurs Watts ,
Hupp nml Loydun. The homo team played
out of position on account of Stearns being
laid up nnd Qulnn having been- sold to Bos
ton. The game was decidedly "rocky. "
Tlio score :
DCS Molncs 3 3440100 2 10
Davenport 1 00032300 7
Huns earned DCS Moines 10 , Davenport 0.
Two-baso hits Traflloy. Three-base hits
Halllday , Morton , Fisher , McCulIom. Double
plays Smith , Sngo nnd Hnllldny ; Meyer ,
Fisher nnd Klopf , Struck out By Smith 0 ,
by Stevens fi. Bases on halls By Smith fl ,
by Stevens 3. Passed balls Sago 1 , Hupp 8.
Time of gauio 1:00. : Umpire Hagun.
OTIIHIt GA.M12S.
YcHterdny'H Wlmicru In the National
Iittnfcuo Contests.
PiTTsiiL'no , August 23. Result of the first
patno :
Pittsburg 0 00304000 0
Indianapolis..1 3
Pitchers Staley nnd Shrove. Base hits
Plttsburg 14 , Indianapolis 0. Errors Pitts-
burg2 , Indianapolis : ) . Umpire Lynch.
PlTTHMUHO , AUgUSt 25 lieBUlt Of tO-
gamoi
Plttsblirg 0 0
Indianapolis 3 7
Pitcher Knell nnd Burdick. Base hits
Plttshurg 10 , Indianapolis 8. Errors Pitts-
burg 3 , Indianapolis 3 , Umpire Lynch.
DETHOIT , August 35. llesult of to-dny's
game :
Detroit 0 4
Chicago " 00100000 1
Pitchers Conway and Baldwin. Bnso hits
Detroit 10. Chicago 4. Errors Detroit 3 ,
Chicago 5. Umpire Daniels.
AVA8HISOTO.V , August 25. Ilcsult Of to
day's game :
Washington 0 7
Boston 1 0034010" 8
Pitchers Widncr and ClnrkHon , Base
hits Washington 12 , Boston 14. Errors
Washington C , Boston 7. Umpire Kelly.
PunUIKI.PIIIA , August 25. Result of to
day's game !
Philadelphia..0 00000000 0
New York 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 * 7
Pitchers Bulllnton nnd Keofo. Base
hits-New York 1.1 , Philadelphia B. Errors
New York 0 , Philadelphia 3. Umpire Val
entino.
American Association.
CI.EVRI.AKD , August 25. liesult of to
day's game :
Cleveland 0 00000000 0
St. Louis 0 0001000 * !
Pim.Ai > iu'iiiA : , August 25. Result of to
day's gauio :
Athletics 0 1331310 B IP.
Louisville 1 01000000 2
BIIOOKLYX , August 25. Result of to-day's
game :
Brooklyn 0 00000000 0
Kansas Clty.0 00010000 1
CINCINNATI , August 25. Result of to-day's
game :
Baltimore 1 00000030 4
Cincinnati 00502210 * 10
1. J. Itnrdlns 1 1 , Fremont O.
GIUND ISLAND , Nob. , August 25. [ Special
Telegram to TIIK BEK. ] The game between
the J. J. Hardins and Fremont Grays was
ono sided. Moftett , of the Hardins , pitched
u great game. The Grays could not find his
curves , not making a single hit. Bryce was
hit in the sixth inning , breaking his Jaw nnd
knocking hia eye out half an inch. The
score :
Hardins . 1 0117 1 11
Fremont Grays . 0 00000 0
Hits Ilardins 10 , Fremont Grays 0. Er
rors Hardins 1 , Fremont Grays 3.
North Bend 0 , C. K. Mayncs 7.
NOHTII Bn.Ni > , Neb. , August 25. [ Special
Telegram to Tin : BEE.J The North Bend
Brown Stockings defeated the C. E. Mayno
base ball club in a hotly contested game.
The score : North Bend 0 , C. E. Maynes 7.
Clnrks 5 , Soldiers 1.
CLAHKS , Neb. , August 25. [ Special Tele
gram to Tut Bui : . | ThoClurks defeated the
soldiers hero this afternoon in a score of G to
1 ; five innings.
Be On Hand To-dny.
There will bo another great struggle on
tbo ball grounds this afternoon when the
Omalius und Apostles will again try con
clusions. Clarke and Naglo will bo the lorfal
batteay , and Tuokorman and Earlo for St.
Paul , All the patrons of the spoat should
turn out and lend hand and volco in cheering
the Omahus on to victory.
KoiinttnH Tor the West.
The oarsmen who nro to participate In the
regatta at Salt Lake , August ! 10 nnd 31 , were
nt the Mlllard yesterday , nnd loft for the
west nt 9 o'clock last night.
They represent the Farraguts and Dola-
wurcs of Chicago , the Sylvans of Moline ,
the Modocs of St. Louis and the O-wash-to-
i longs of Grand Rapids.
The programme now is to have the same
oarsmen give a regatta at Lake Manawa
September C and 0 , on their roturu.
TUIIP EVENTS.
CloNlng Day of the Northwestern
Breeders' Association Meeting.
CHICAGO , August 25. Six thousand people
were In attendance on the closing day of the
Northwestern Breeder's Trotting associa
tion to-day. The track was fast and some
very fast tlmo was made , especially in the
pacing races. The betting talent was badly
at sea , and the bookmakers nnd poolscllors
reaped a harvest , ns not a favonto won.
The unfinished four-year-old race , which
was loft over from the night before , was flrst
called. Lady Bullion won the fifth heat and
Broun was drawn , having stepped on n nail.
The sixth heat looked llko a dead heat , but
the judges gave It and tbo race to Eminence.
The first regular race on to-day's card was
the trot for the 2:24 : class for $1OJO. It
brought out Almont , Earl McGregor , Piano
Boy and Chance. McGregor was the favorite -
ito against the field. It took six heats to do-
eldo the ovont. Piano Boy capturou the
last thrco heats rather handily and won.
Best time 3:21 : ' .
The free-for-all pace brought out
four good horses. They wore Mlko Wilkes ,
Raven Boy. Wilrqx nnd Toledo Girl.
Wilkes was the favorite throughout the race ,
nml ho fullod to take a vinglu heat. Raven
Boy won right off the reel. Best time
2:15f. : Thu third race was the trot for the
2:18 : class for ? 1,000. Eight horses were pre
sented and Vcritas was selected as the win
ner by the plungers. Jim Fuller surprised
nil by taking throe straight heats. Best time
-2:20tf. :
After the second race Ubot , with a run
ning mate , made an attempt to beat his own
record of 2 ; 0iJ : { . Ho broke badly during the
llrst heat , und finished in 3:10. The second
heat was a phenomenal pnco. Ubot broke
once nnd then finlslicd-Jn 2:07. : The third at
tempt was n repetition of the flrst heat , nnd
the time was 3W. : Summaries :
Unfinished four-year-old race ( or stake ,
with f..V ) added , best thrco in five :
Eminence . 3 11231
Ladv Bullion . . . 1'3 3313
Brown . 8 8313d
Tlmo of two heats trotted to-day 3 :34X : ,
.
First race , 3:24 : class , purse $1,000 :
Piano Boy . . . 3
Alraont . 1 83833
Chance . 4 31344
Carl McGregor . 8 14433
Time 3 AM , 8 :23 V , 2 :23 , 2 :21 : f , 3 :23J4' : , 2 :34. :
Second race , froo-for-nll pacing , purse
$ 7,000 , best three out of five :
Raven Boy . 1 1 1
Toledo Girl . . . 2 3 4
Wilcox . .A-J . . 4 4 3
Mlko Willies . 7VfV . 3 3 3
Tlmo-2 . * % a : WiJ4 IV
Third race , a :33 class > AUo (1,000 , best
thrco In five : V >
Jim Fuller . .fc . 1 1 1
Voritns . 8 3 3
Sir Albin . , . 3 3 B
Mlncola . 4 7 3
Lady Mack . 6 B 4
Joe Morolund . B 0 0
Bessie P . 7 4 7
Little Fntnd . dls.
Time 3:2J (
Tlio "Weather Indication * .
For Nebraska , Iowa and Dakota : Local
rains , cooler , variable
BLAINE ON THE FISHERIES ,
What the Plumed Knight Thinks of
the Frosldont's Mossaso.
AN EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENT
It is Dissected With n Master Hnnrt
nml Itn 1'nllricicq Exposed
BUHIO Very Pertinent
Questions.
lllnluo'H Second Spcceli.
LnwisTox , Me. , August 23. The second
public address of Mr. Hlalno on the politlcnl
Issues of the campaign was delivered hero
to-night. Mr. Blainc spoke substantially as
follows :
I did not happen to have nn opportunity of
reading the full text of President Cleveland's
message on the fisheries until this morning ,
and with nil duo respect to the chlof execu
tive of the nation- must say that , consider
ing all circumstances , It is the most extraor
dinary document that over was sent from
the white house to the capttol. Here
are the main facts of the issue be
tween Canada or the United States ; or
perhaps , to speak more exactly , between
Great Britain nnd the United States In
respect to the fisheries : It was our belief ,
nnd still Is , that after the articles of the
treaty at Washington , relating to the fishcr-
ies , had expired , the Canadian government
behaved in an unneighborly , unseemly and
unjust manner to our flshermcn in re
fusing them the rights which they had
long enjoyed by proscription. In order to
bring the government of the dominion to n
just appreciation of the subject , congress nu-
thori/cd the president in the spring of 1857 to
adopt , at his discretion , a policy of suitable
retaliation ; directing , among other tilings ,
that whenever and HO long at the American
vessels were deprived of commercial privi
leges In the ports of Canada , Canadian ves
sels should bo deprived of like privileges in
the ports of the United States , Tills , If 1 may
indulge in appropriate slang , was a
genuine tit for tat policy , in which the pun
ishment was admirable fltted to the crime.
President Cleveland declined to enforce this
policy , nnd allowed outrage after outrage
upon ourilshlni * vessels togounredrcssed. Ho
was bent upon some form of negotiation with
England , even against the expressed wish
mid will of the United States senate ,
nnd in defiance of a large sliaro
in the treaty-making power which
the constitution assigns to the senate.
Finally , without consent of the senate , and
practically against its protests , the president
organized a commission to frame a treaty
that should settle all points of dispute. Ho
thus gave what was never intended by the
constitution a partisan sulo to an interna
tional discussion. It was never designed by
the founders of our government
that intercourse with foreign na
tions should bo conducted by republicans
or by democrats , or by whigs , or bv federal
ists. It should only be by the nation as a
whole. Why should the railways of the
United States , that annually transport fifty
millions of Canadian coeds in transit , bo de
prived of their business nnd endure a largo
loss on account of a sudden whim of the
president ! Why should transit from Detroit ,
Buffalo and New York , over both American
nnd Canadian roads be suspended when it
has no relation whatever to thu fishery ques
tion ! Why should the largo tradio between
Quebec and Montreal on the ono hand , and
1'oitland on the other , by which Portland
becomes a winter port of Canada , bosummar-
ily stoprfed nt the capricoof the President be
cause of hla chagrin over the cost of an Inde
pendent , but , as ho coiiHideis , it refractory
senate ! Is it the design of the president
to make the fishing question odious by em
barrassing the commercial relations and
commercial exchange along three thousand
miles of frontier , and to inflict upon American
communities a needless , a vexatious and a
perilous confusion of trade ! If congress
will give him the enactments whieli ho
asked ho will give them retaliation until
they cry ' 'Hold , enough , " und will allow
him to scttlo the fishery question In the
prcciso manner which the senate now con
temptuously rejects. Or , after all , fellow
citizens , is not the president's position a
more jwlitical device to divert the attention
of the American people from his free trade
message and from * the Mills tariff bill ! Is
not bluster on the fisheries to bo the
plan of the campaign for the dem
ocratic party ? Are not permits for
bravado to bo issued by ( he political
agents of the administration , marked on the
back , "Good till after the first Tuesday in
November. "
Wo have our partisan difficulties at homo
and settle thorn in our own way and on out-
own soil. Hut towards all foreign powers
on the glebe wo should present ono united ,
individual , American republic. Bn this was
not done. The treaty was launched as
a democratic partisan measufo rather
than n patriotic American measure ,
and the London papers have been folio .ving
their usual vocation of eulogizing the demo
cracy and. abusing the republicans , with
greatly increased vituperation against the
republican party over since it was found that
the senate was bent on maintaining the na
tional dignity. It is plainly apparent from
the text ot the constitution itself
that the wise men who framed it in
tended that the ordinary legislative power
should bo committed to the majority , how
ever small , but that no treaty could bo
framed without the overwhelming fiupportof
public opinion. They provided , therefore ,
that it should require In all cases two-thirds
of the senate to ratify a treaty ; but , despite
this , the national administration wont
ahead , regardless of results , and ne
gotiated a treaty so repugnant to American
instinct of national respect that instead of
seeking n ratification by two-thirds of the
senate it was absolutely rejected Ina ma
jority vote. What then } At the first re
bound the president has learned so far over
on the other side that ho asks authority to
crlpplo nil our commercial relations with
Canada from Passamaquoddy bay to Van
couver's island. Having for throe years of
fered to waive the rights of fishermen
nnd national dignity nt the same time , the
president desires now to cross over to the
other side of the question nnd outherod
Herod in his demands for redress. Ho
scorns eager to-day to discharge the whole
battery of Krupp guns on the question , when
lust year u blank cartridge from
a pocket pistol would have settled
the whole affair. After subjecting
country month after month to the humilia
tion of an unprecedented Hurrender. the
president's supporters with the zeal of now
converts rather with the extravagant en
thusiasm of pretenders nro now manifest
ing such renewed and deep and keen sense of
the wrongs we have experienced from Great
Britain in Canada In the matter of the fish
eries that they second the president's
extraordinary somersault nnd in the slang of
the democratic heelers they nro "thirsting
for Canadian gore. " The democratic papers
were but a short tlmo ago tolling Massachu
setts nnd Maine that their contemptible llttlo
question ovei u few codfish on the banks of
Newfoundland was not worth consideration
In the national congress and that if they kept
annoying the country about it they would in
the end drlvo congress Into giving the full
markets of the United Slates to all the fisher
men of the dominion.
My friends , history repeats itsolf. . Lot mo
cull your attention to the remarkable paral-
lell between the course of President Cleve
land and the course of President Johnson
after ho returned to the democracy , In amore
moro weighty negotiation with England than
thai rclatlr.ft to the fisheries. You will read
ily roinember that under instruc
tions from Andrew Johnson our min
ister to England , the late Reverdy
Johnson , negotiated a treaty designed to
settle the Alabama claims. It was negotiated
with Lord Clarendon , foreign socrgtary for
England , and is known as the Johnson-Clar
endon treaty. It was communicated to the
senate Just before the expiration of John
son's term , and the senate had it
under consideration when President
Grant was inaugurated. It' was
rejected with emphasis and Indignation
just as the senate has now rejected the fish
eries treaty. A few months later President
Grant sent to congress a communication on
the whole subject of the Alabama claims.
Referring to the Johnson-Clarendon treaty
he used thcsa weighty words , which I beg
to road to you : "Believing that the treaty
thus misconstrued in It scope and inade
quate in ita provisions would uot have
produced a hearty , cordial sentiment on
the pending questions , which alone ia
consilient with the relations which I desire
to hi vo flnuljr established between the United
States nnd Great Hrltaln , I regard the action
of the senate lif rejecting the treaty to hnvo
been wisely l taken In the Interest
of peneo nnd as n necessary step In
the direction of perfect and cordial
friendship between the two countries. ' Sen
sitive people , conscious of their power , nro
more nt ease unflur.a great wrong wholly un
deserved , than under the restraint ofn settle
ment which satisfies neither their liteas of
Justice nor the grave sense of grievance
which they hatfo sustained. "
lu his next communication President Grant
recommended to congress to authorize the
appointment of'ft ebmmlsston to take proof of
the amounts nntj ownership of several Ala
bama claims , on n notice to the reprcscnta-
tlve.of her mnJWty's government nt WashIngton -
Ington , and thut > > authorlty bo given fern
n settlement of thcso claims by the
United States , so that the government
could have ownership of the private claims ,
ns well as the responsible control of all de
mands against Great Britain. The result ,
you know , was that the British government
proposed n joint commission to settle all
claims between the countries , and
that President Grant , unllko Presi
dent Cleveland , secured the assent of
the semite before appointing commissioners ,
nnd n joint committee made n settlement
which , on the whole , was satisfactory to
botli parties. Tills was brought about to'.tho
honor of both nations in consequence of the
firm position assumed by President Grant.
Why could not n like attitude to
day on the part of the president
produce a llko result , peacefully , honor
ably , and to the lasting advantage of
both nations ! 'Ilie truth is , my friends , the
democratic party has never been fortunate
in conducting diplomatic negotiations with
Great Britain.
English partiality for the democratic party
is not dilllcult to explain. It Is not solely
boenuso the democracy nro n free trade party ,
and are now proposing to open our homo
market for the benefit ot the British manu
facturers at the expense of the American
workingmcn , but it is that in every negotia
tion with the democratic administration
England has succeeded in attaining
the precise result which she desired.
This great historic point is familiar to all
who have studied our history for sixty years
sinre the democratic party was first organ
ized. From the administration of Mr. Jeff
erson , onward , tliero was n dispute between
the countries as to the rights of each ,
bordering on the Paclllo ocean , and the
question was adjusted from time to time
by our earlier presidents , and last by the
treaty made by Mr. Clay when ho was sec
retary of state under Mr. Adams , providing
for Joint rceupation of the country for an in
definite period , neither party losing their
rights ; but from pure demagog-
Ism the dcmocr.Us raised the cry
in the national election of 1&I4 that
the whole of what now constitutes British
Columbia , up to tno latitude of 54 ° , 40 min
utes , belonging unquestionably to tno United
States. The pretense was put forth as a
blind in order to show that they wcro ns
zealous to secure the northern territory n-i
they wcro bout on acquiring the southern
territory. The democratic national conven
tion alllrmcd our right to W , 41) ) . President
Polk made his campaign on it. They were
ready to do anything to secure it , nnd they
pressed it ST far that us soon ns Mr. Polk was
Inaugurated the democratic congress asked
that nollcn bo given to England for
terminating the treaty of Joint occupation.
The next thing the country heard was that
Mr. Polk's administration was compelled to
surrender the whole territory to Great
Britain , confessing tfiat they had made pre
tences wnich tho.y Were tumble to maintain or
defend. Had they not raised their dcnin-
gogic cry and thus foiccd
the question to settlement the joint occu
pation which had rmno down from Jefferson
to that hour Would have poneofully'oon-
tinued , and with our acquisition of Califor
two years afterward , and the immediate
scovery of gqjd thousimls of American
citizens who swarmed to the P.i'-ific coast
would have ocHrJicd British Columbia and
definite settlement' would doubtless have
been in favor or , tfioso who were in actual
possession , and bllt/or the blundering diplo
macy of the domulrntiLparty , which prema
turely and without" any reason forc.nl the
Issue , wo should to-flny sou our ( lag floating
over the Pacific front from the gulf of Cali
fornia to Hehriiifrs htrnito.
President ClcVi-liind is exactly following
the prcsliicntsoflils party in his negotia
tions with Great Britain an alternation of
blushes and of surrender , both of which are
equally inconsistent with the dignity of a na
tion conscious of its great power. Wo cer
tainly do not desire n continuance of diplomacy
which , after studying the subject for thrco
years , can radically change the position of
the national administration between Wednes
day afternoon and Thursday morning. On
Wednesday the president was Btill urg
ing the sonata through the entire body
of democratic senators to surrender all our
rights In the fisheries by agreeing to the
treaty and on Thursday ho put these sena
tors toslmmo by directly reversing the posi
tion ho had strenuously held for three preceding -
coding yoai s. 1 don't believe the American
people will submit to sueh trilling with a great
question. I believe rather that they will
commit the government to the great party
which from the first day of Lincoln's admin
istration to the last hour of President Arthur's
lias maintained the force , prestige and right
of the union against rebellion nt home and
aggression from abroad , and did it without
bravado or bluster on the ono hand and with
out humiliating surrender on the other.
l'VI NTH JFOU AVAIL
A HntiKiiiunry Conflict on the Miixwoll
Lain ! ( Jrntit.
TiixiPAi : > , Colo. , August 25.What may
prove to bo a long and bloody struggle opened
to-day on the Maxwell grant at Stone Wall ,
forty miles west of Trinidad. A sheriff's
posse sent to keep the peace was mot by
armed settlers in numbers estimated at 200
to COO men. The settlers demanded the arms
of the posse , which was refused. The passe
took up qur.rtors In the Peeler hotel , n largo
frame building. The settlers endeavored to
force an entrance , when the posse opened
fire. U. D. Russull , ono of the oldc.it settlers
tlors , fell dead , and two or three other set
tlers were wounded. The building
was soon riddled by bullets. The
cyo witness who gave this informa
tion left while the eonlliet was still
going on. Tim rltircns are greatly excited.
The sheriff is gathering men lu numbers to
go to the relief of the besieged posso. It is
bolievcd that the building will bo burned ,
and that n dozen of the besieged deputies will
bo put to death before morning. The settlers
cpmo from thu tributaries of the Pngatoiro
river , from Vormojo , N. M. , nnd also from
the Costilla grant. In their mountain fast
nesses it seems useless to oppose them with
either militia or regular troops. Publio sen
timent in Trinadnd is entirely with the set
tlor. Another courier is expected to arrive
to-night. The sattlor cavalry 1 * composed of
both Americans and Mexicans. The Mexi
cans are painted as if for war.
Perkins County Crops.
GHAXT , Nob. , August 21. [ Special to Tin :
BEE. | The nvoragij estimate of wheat in
this county is It ! bushels , rye 20 bushels mid
oats 40 bushels per Hero. For com the out
look is good , with an assurance ot ! ir > to O'J
bushels per acre. ' The increased acreage In
all crops Is fully 150 , per cent.
Yeo 1,0(1 ( jtitn n , Joint ,
COI.UMIIUB , Neb. , August 25. [ Special Tel
egram to TUB BacJ-pYoo Leo , the only Chi
'
naman In the cittffjivho keeps a laund'ry on
Thirteenth strcet , < was arrested to-day on u
charge of runnlugvan opium ueu. Ho was
bound over to the district court in tiio sum of
? 200. i * .it
A. Woniiip Fop Ilccordcr.
DtJDUQUE , Augusj 5. Miss Virginia Lewis
was nominated forjcounty recorder by the
democrats to-day. Sao Is the daughter of
the late General Warner Lewis , and for sev
eral years was deputy recorder under her
father , The other nominations are : James
J. Dunn for clerk , Peter Klaus for super
visor and Alphouso Matthews for attorney.
William 10. Johns.
Sioux Cur , la. , August 25. [ Special Telegram -
gram to THE Bic. : ] William E. Johns , n
wcalthynnd leading citizen , died hero to-day.
Ho came to Sioux City five years ago from
southwestern Missouri , where he was an ex
tensive cattle dealer , his homo being near
Lamar , _ _
Van Wyck nt Norfolk.
NORFOLK , Neb. , August 25. [ Special to
Tun BEB. ] Senator Van vVyck will attend
the reunion nt Norfolk August 23 and 20. A
very targe attendance is expected on these
da tan.
NEWS OF NEBRASKA TOWNS ,
Norfolk's Propnrntlons For the * Ro-
unlon Beginning To-Morrow.
TRAINS COLLIDE AT EXETER ,
Several Cnrs Damaged Hut Nobody
Injured Another llnllfond Incor
porated Death of a 1'roiiitnent
Scliuyler Citizen.
Democratic County Convention ,
HIUTIIIOK , Neb. , August W. [ Special to
Tun linn. ] The democratic convention of
Gngo county to-day nominated W. H. Ashby ,
of Beatrice , for the scnato ; Joseph Hill , of
Beatrice , George F. Collins , of Nemahu , and
Ed Mansfield , of Wymore , for representa
tives , and J. W. Eucrsol for fountv attorney.
The convention declared for high license and
local option ,
FIIEMONT , Neb. , August 2 , " . [ Special Tol-
cgrnm to Tin : BKI : . ] The Dodge county
democratic convention was hold here tills
nfternoon. The following delegates were
selected : District delegates C. Hollonbeek ,
F. Drnzalad , A. Crawford. E. Williams , J.
P. Mallon , S. B. Parks , Jacob Swab , M. II.
Hitiman , John Farrell , H. B. Lukens , J. p.
Heine. William Kcrkow , Kmll Kiehblatt ;
state delegates W. L. May , Henry Schwab ,
John C. Shorvln , Mlko Dowllng , W. H.
Wlute , C. D. Gardanior , L. P. Larson , C. B.
Troadwell , Jonii Dcln , John Thowsen , W. U.
Wilson , N. W. Smalls.
DAKOTCm - , Nub. , August 'r. . [ Special
Telegram to Tun lien. Thu democratic con
vention here to-day was anything but
harmonious. Gib Hunt was called upon to
speak , und in thu coin-so of ills address , Pnt
Barry , a good democrat from Jackson , ob
jected to tils style , and. taking him by the
collar , undertook to make him take ills seat.
For a few minutes n riot was looked for.
The delegates .chosen to the state convention
were : E. B. Wilbur , J. M. Moon , John
Hnrtnett , Herman Frecro , 1C , W. Fracr and
C. J. O'Connor ; congressional W. T. Bartlett -
lott , William Taylor , J U. Sprague , George
Barnett , Thomas Ashfnnl. jr. . nnd J. C.
Duirgan ; senatorial J. P. Twoleig , M. Jay ,
.lames llolman , W. T. Dartlctt , M. M. Boyle
nnd J. J. Lynch.
Oun , Neb. , August 'J. ) . [ Special Telegram
to TIIK Bui.J : The democratic county con
vention mot here to-day and made the follow
ing nominations : For representative , David
Barnlnirt ; for county attorney. F. S. Howell ,
for county commissioner , O. N. Woodv. Del
egates to the state convention : F. L. Harris ,
J. LI. Slinrpe , S. A. Parks and J. M. Proxins ;
for the congressional convention H. H. Clay
ton was allowed to tinmo the delegation.
State senatorial convention : O. Crane , O.
Dorberg , Dill Jones , W. A. Wothcrspoon.
Aixsuoniit. Nob. , August 25. [ Special
Telegram to TIIK BIK. : ] At the democratic
convention held hero to-dav C. It. Glover ,
George W. Saterleo , II. U. Bisbco and
George Johnson wore chosen to attend the
congressional convention at Norfolk August
3 , and the state dcmoc 'atio convention at
Lincoln August 2' ) ; J. H. Ayers , J. M. Hal-
stead , .1. C. Sullivan and P. J. Murphy wcro
elected delegates to attend the senatorial
convention at Hushvillo September 15. The
delegation goes instructed. The convention
to nominate county olHeers is called for Sep
tember 11.
P \\VM-.I : CITV , Nob. , August 25 [ Special
lelogram to TIIK Ben. ] 1'ho demo'ratio
convention hero to-day selected William
A very fir representative , and W. F. Spun-
for county attorney. The remainder of the
county ticket was loft vacant. The delegates
to the state convention are : C. T. Kdeo , J.
1 ! . Phillips D. T. Monitor , B , F. Hildebrand
and Mr. Re-eves : congressional convention-
George Wiinen , W. W. Wood wan' , A. E.
Lane , C. L. Humphrey and C. P. Miller ;
M-nntorifil convention J. A. Carlock , A. S.
Story , Mike Burns , M. No5tor , E. E. Clark.
WUKIO , Nob. , August 25. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : HBB , ] The democrats of Satin-
dors county held their county convention
here to-d'iy and HClectcd eleven delegates to
the state convention , eleven delegates * to the
congressional convention and eleven dele
gates to the state senatorial convention , and
nominated the following ticket : For con
tingent senator for this county in case the
apportionment bill Is decided uncon
stitutional John Latin of Wnhoo , and
instructed the delegates to the senatorial
convention to support him for the nomina
tion in case the liill Is constitutional ; for
representatives , Hon. W. G. Bently , of Ash
land , was nominated , and Chris Llllibridgo ,
of Wcston , and for contingent representa
tive , Anton Knskcr , of Prague ; for county
commissioner , JolT Hussell was nominated ,
and for county attorney G. W. Simpson.
There was a bluer light made in the conven
tion for Senator Vandcrmark's ronominn-
tion , but the old war horse was laid on the
shelf.
The democrats nro holding a big ratifica
tion meeting to-night. T. J. Mahonuy , of
Omaha , is addressing a fair sized crown of
people. A Inreo delegation from Platts-
mouth and smaller delegations from other
towns came in to assist the democrats to get
a crowd.
NOUTII PI.ATTK , Nob. , August 25. [ Special
Telegram to Tim BKE. | The Lincoln county
democratic convention met at the court
house ; in this city this afternoon. F. E. Bui-
lard was chosen chairman and Duval Jack
son secretary. The following are the dele
gates elected to the state convention : Hon.
B. I. Herman , W. B. Kls o , F. E. Bullard ,
S. A. Grnnjcnn , P. G. Gavin. To the con
gressional convention of the third district :
F. N. Dick , G. T. Sneoling , W. L. McGco ,
J. II. Day , John Kiliper. For county com
missioner , J. C. Huft'or , a saloon keeper of
this city , was nominated. Major W. B. Risso
received the nomination for county attorney.
The deliberations of the convention wore
harmonious in the extreme , barring n slight
effort on the part of some the delegates to defeat -
feat Mr. Illnmun as delegate to the state
convention. Mr. Hinmnn is not n very ar
dent admirer of President Cleveland and
tills was the objection urged to his selection ,
but his past services to democracy seem to
have outweighed the objection to his present
antipathy to Cleveland.
Arm itv , Nob. , August 25. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : BKI : ] Keprosentativcx of the
democrats in Ncmoha county met In conven
tion at Auburn to-day nnd selected delegates
to the state and congressional conventions.
The selection of the county ticket will bo
mndo at a later day.
VAI.BXIINI : , Neb. , August 25. [ Special
Telegram to Tin : Bm.J : Tlio democratic
county convention was hold hero to-day , and
nominated E. W. Harnoy for attorney , Jmntn
Hudson for commUtilouijr , and Dr. Brook for
coroner. Delegates to the state and congres
sional convention : S. G. Glover , O. Sv ,
Halm , W. 1. Bulwaro , J. 11. Shore ; senatorial
rial convention : George Briggs , Harper
Cleveland , W. E. Haley , Gcorpo Lunz ; rep
resentative convention : H. C. Dear , George
Lang , George Lunz , J. G. Little , B. V. Ster
ling , W. H. I'owne , James Hudson , C. H.
Thompson , John Grooms , O. W. Hahn.
It. M. Logan , of Ainsworth , spoke to a
largo audience to-night for over two hours
nnd was enthusiastically received ,
The Norfolk Itounlon.
Nonroi.u , ftcb. , August 2 > . Special to
TUB HUE. ] Tlio grounds for the approach
ing reunion are beautifully located in a bond
of the north fork of the Elkhorn , about ono
mlle from the postoftico , nnd on the street
car line from the Junction. They comprise
about two hundred acres. There is excel
lent water in abundance upon the grounds.
By Monday morcing Camp Sheridan will bo
ready for Its thousands ol old soldiers. It is
devoutly hoped that the delightful weather
of the present will continue during the wcok ,
nnd If It does , there is no doubt that this will
bo the most notable G. A. It. reunion in the
history of this state.
Two sections of artillery will take part In
the exercises , ono of which Is from Fort
Omaha and ono from Fort Nlobrara. The
four companies of the Second infantry , un
der command of Major Butler , have finished
their march and gone Into camp.
The citizens of Norfolk have taken hold
nobly In preparations for the greatest event
in the history of the town. City improve
ments in course of construction have re
ceived special stimulus. Norfolk avenue , or
Main street , has been brought up to grodo
and gravelled nnd waterworks , electric
light and telephone systems have been In
augurated. Many invitations have been sent
out to prominent people , and letters have
boon received from them. Among these are
General Longstroot. and Mrs. Grant and
Mrs. Logan. Quartermaster L. O. Wash-
burn is managing his department with a good
deal of skill and ability.
The programme for Monday Iti the recep
tion of visiting comrades , At 0 n , m. will
como the dress parade by Uic Second United
States infantry , followed at 8 p. m , bv the
turning over of the camp by Chairman
Alley , for the oommlttck1 , to the camp rom-
mimder , and nn address of welcome oy De
partment Commander Henry , after which
will bo held n rousing camp fire , assisted by
the Glee club.
A HticcoHHful Camp
GIIKSIIW , Nob. , August 21. [ Special to
Tin : lint : . ] The greatest interest Is being
manifested In the camp meeting at this place.
The tnbcrnnclo Is crowded every day and
evening. Dr. Paine , of Lincoln , did excel
lent work whllo hero , but was called homo
Wednesday to attend the funeral of n niece.
His place Is taken by Hov. Calfce , of York.
A branch of the \\'omon's Homo Missionary
society lias been organised hern. It is the
greatest revival of religion that has over
boon witnessed In this community. Over
thirty conversions are reported at this tlmo.
The meeting will close on next Tuesday with
the dedication of the now M. E. church ,
which Is Just completed. Presiding Elder
\ \ . Iv. Beans will conduct the dedicatory
services.
The North Nebraska Fair.
NOUI-OI.K , Neb. , August 25. [ Special to
Tun Bin.1 : Tlio North Nebraska Fair and
Driving Park association will have its first
exhibition next week , commencing on Mon
day. Their stock accommodations nro simply
Immense , nnd they will present an attractive
programme. Ninety horses are now on the
ground. T. H. Butler , the champion chariot
racer , Is hero with thirteen thoroughbred
horses , and his exhibitions with thorn will bo
n special attraction. Another attraction , on
account of the purse of $3,2f > 0 , will bo thoraces
races between Frank P. , Perry Bros.1 bav
Htalllon , from Wayne , nnd Edward B. , Chap
man's chestnut gelding , from Wichita , Kan.
But littlu will bo done on Monday except
opening and getting ready for business.
A Wreck nt Hvoter.
KXBTKH , Nob. , August 25. [ Special to Tim
Biu.l Tlio midnight passenger train on the
B. & M. railroad last night ran into an east
bound freight which was pulling in on n sid
ing nt this station at a high rate of speed to
get out of the way of the passenger , wreck
ing the engine of the freight and some six
freight cars , two of which wcro loaded with
wheat. The miiin tracks were blocked for
about fifteen hours. Parties who saw the
collision ; ] state that the scab engineer on the
passenger was to blumo for not slacking up
in nns\yer to signals from the brakeim-n on
the freight train. The loss will probably exceed -
coed $ * . ,0)0,000. ( ) No ono was injured , bat the
passengers were badly shaken up.
Old Settlers of Dakota County.
DVKOTV CITV , Neb. , August 25.--Special [
Telegram to Tin : BII : : . | The old settlers
meeting , which was to have been held on the
18th lust. , but which was postponed in eon-
sequence of bad roads , will bo held on S itur-
dny , September 1 , Dr. G. W. Wilkinson ,
president of the association , having received
a letter from Governor Thayer stating that
ho could bo hero on that day , but could no ;
promise to como at any other date. A good
time uiav b ? expected , as the farmers of Da
kota county are unusually Jubilant over tholr
largo corn crop , notwithstanding the almost
complete failure of small grain.
Another Railroad Incorporated.
NEIUIASKA CITV , Neb. , August 25. [ Special
to TIIK Uii : : . ] Articles of incorporation of
the Beatrice- , Nebraska City & Northwestern
railway were filed in the county clerk's of
fice with D. P. Rolfo , D F. Hoyden , E. S.
Hawley , R. Lorton and W. A. Cotton , all
local capitalists , as incorporators. Tlio cap
ital slock is S-.OOO.POO , which may bo 'in
creased to S5,000OUO. It is a B. & M ,
scheme and tiio road is to bo built from
Beatrice to Wahoo by way of Nebraska City
and Ashland. All preliminary work is to bo
completed this fall.
Died ol' Consumption.
Sciifvi.nit , Neb. , August 25. [ Special to
Tin : Huu.1 F. B. Crcwitt , a prominent real
estate dealer and ex-cashier of the Schuyler
National bank , of which ho was n director ,
died of consumption nt Denver yesterday at
4 p. in. Ills funeral will be hold hero tomorrow
row afternoon under the charge of Allolia
lodge , A. F. and A. M. , of which ho was a
member.
Assaulted a Tmdy.
Scntm.nn , Neb. , August 25. [ Special to
THE BBK.J Oscar F. Brown was arrested
yesterday and brought before County Judge
Thomas to answer the charge of attempted
rape upon Sarah Turnbull , a young lady of
tills place. The evidence disclosed that ho
was guilty of an assault and not of attempted
rape. Ho was lined # 10 and costs , in default
of which ho was committed to the county
Jail.
P1FXI12TJ1 CONG11KSS.
IIOUHO.
WASHINGTON , August 25 , In the h ouse to
day on motion of Mr. O'Neill of Missouri the
scnato bill was passed amendatory of the act
authorizing the construction of n bridge
across the Mississippi river at St. Louis. It
amends the act by removing the prohibition
that any stockholder in the bridge company
shall not bo a stockholder in any other bridge
company.
Mr. Itogers of Arkansas , from the committee -
too on Judiciary , reported a resolution which
was adopted , as u substitute for the one of
fered by Mr. Dubois of Idaho , calling on the
attorney general for information ns to the
number of conviptlons that imd been made
for the offenses of poligamy , adultery and
unlawful cohabitation in Utah und Idaho ,
and us to the number of pardons granted to
the persons convicted.
A resolution to go into committee uf the
whole on the deficiency appropriation bill
disclosed the fact that no quotum was pres
ent.
ent.Mr. . Pnyson of Illinois offered n resolution
revoking nil leaves of absence except these
granted on account of illness , to take effect
Monday. Mr. P.iyson , in Hupportlng the resolution
elution , Hovoruly arraigned the abaonte'os for
dereliction of duty. His remarks wcro
Htrongly seconded by Mr. Blount of Geor
gia , who referred to the impor
tant business which remained for
congress to transact. The appropriation
bills were not disposed of , and there was a
matter of great concern relating to resolu
tions of the United states with reference to
Canada to bo considered.
Mr. Tarsne.v of Michigan , suggested that
Michigan could take care of Canada.
Mr. Connor of Illinois , blnmud the demo
cratic side of the house , which was respon
sible for the condition in which the house
found itself.
Mr. Burns dcclarud the question ono in
which no politics were involved. The gen
tlemen who had established themselves in
the gallery soonied to have an intoruit in the
proceedings of the housu which pecuniary
consideration nlono could give nnd ho blamed
no member of the house. The house was di
vided on account of the army of nurses
wet nurses , John Sherman haitcallod them
who had retained their establishment in
Washington for the past forty-nine years.
Mr. Cannon said that for the past thirty
days substantially all the business of the
house had been done by unanimous consent.
Tlio democratic majority , which was respon
sible for legislation , could not keep a quorum
present , and the republican minority was
powerless to do business.
Mr. Payson "Thero is no occasion for
politics here. "
Mr. Cannon "Thoro is occasion to bring
politics In , and I do bring It in because I am
tired of staying hero day after day and week
after week without a quorum , and 1 arraign
the democratic party for inefficiency in the
performance of public business. "
Mr. Dunn of Arkansas offered an amend
ment to Mr , Paytion'H resolution , directing
Inform the absentees
the sorgennt-at-nrms to
by telegraph ol the action of thu houso.
Mr. Pnyson said that the evil of absentee
ism was as bad on the republican ns on the
democratic Hide , and the resolution was
directed us much against his party as against
the absent democrats , Tlio motive of his
resolution was purely a business ono. H was
as much the duty of Mr. Long of Massachu
setts to bu hero as It was the duty of thu dis
tinguished gentleman who was chairman of
the ways end means iwuunlttoo , who was
this afternoon addressing the threat untcrri-
fled in Chicago.
Mr. lunn' amendment was agreed to , ami
AS amended Mr. Puyson's ujoou ! wiu *
adopted.
The house then adjourned.
! „ .g Jauv
THE SENATE IS NOT EXCITED ,
1
No Disposition to Pass the Proposed
Rotnlintion Motisuro ,
TARIFF THROWN IN THE SHADE.
Indications That the l-'liinuco Coin-
initteu Will Not llfporl Until After
the ICIoctlon llopnhtlcnn I'm-
HpcctM in Went Virginia.
Decidedly Cnlnt.
WASHINGTON Bums \v Tnn OM tit t
Mil FoUllTBI'.NTItSritEKT ,
WASHINGTON , D. C. , August 25.
There scorns to bo no disposition on the
part of senators to pass the additional re
taliatory measure requested by the president
iikhis message. The bill introduced by Sen *
ntor Morgan will bo referred to the commit
tee on foreign relations nnd It Is extremely
doubtful It It ever sos the light of day
again this session. Senators 'say that as
everything Is peaceable on the Canadian
border and in Canadian waters there is noth
ing to bo gained by putting In the hands of
the president further retaliatory poweis.
Even democratic se'iuitor.s nro beginning to
admit , since they have had a chance to con
sider the subject In the light of the republi
can speeches delivered In the senate yester
day , that the act of IbS * Is ample In Its pro
visions to enable the president to me.ot any
exigency in the way of intercourse with our
Canadian neighbors , that has arisen or may
arise. The complications over the fisheries
are believed to bo at an end , for the present
at least , and until Canada shall again under
take a course of hostile action against our
fishermen there will be no occasion for
the oxecntivo or any body else to get unduly
excited and retaliate. " Granting to thopresl
dent the right to cut oft immediate transpor
tation in bond accorded by tills administra
tion to Canadian railroad and steamship
lines , If exercised would have about as much
effect on the settlement of complications such
us have existed as would the reading of thu
riot net to a triho ol unruly Sioux. Tnat part
of the president's message which relates to
discrimination ! * against American vessels In
the Wulland canal is worthy of consideration ,
but it Is a trillo late in making its appear-
unco. Representatlvo Dlngloy of Mnlno cer
tainly called the attention of the administra
tion to the condition of affairs there in season
to have enabled the president to have re
quested action on the part of congress months
ago , but the executive was then presumably
too busy gunning for some poor devil's pen
sion claim , to give his attention to weightier
matter of state "which relate to the honor
and dignity of our country and Iho protection
and preservation of the right and Interest of
all our people. " Tlio special.commitU-o of
the senate , of wlilch Mr. Hoards chairman ,
will examine into the Wolland canal matter
this fall , and if any legislation is required it
will be recommended and framed at the next
session of congress.
nornrs TO TIIK TAUIFP nu.i. .
As stated in these dispatches last night
the tariff bill lias been lost sight of for the
present , and it will not bo a surprise if at any
time during the light over the message and
kindred subjects. It should bo announced
that the committee on finance has deter
mined to not report the tariff bill before the
election. The debates of the lloor of the
sennto and the political work in the various
states are calling members of Iho committee
from their work , and during the week there
has been but ono rcgulor mooting of the
Bub-committeo preparing the tariff 1)111 mid
no meeting has been hold by the full com
mittee within a fortnight.
WIWT MIIOINIA FOIl Till ! UI'.rUIIMI AV4.
The nomination of General Colt bv the re
publicans for the governorship of West Vir
ginia Iras excited much interest in Washing
ton. Tliero is a belief hero , oven among the
democrats , that General Golt will bo elected.
Ho Is at present n representative from the
First district , which is naturally democratic ,
and was elected by a majority of about eight
hundred two years ago. Ho has always boon
regarded mucii stronger than his party , and
the republicans contend that West Virginia
is republican tills year on the tariff issue.
Senator Kcnna has been in the state
for several days speaking and working
for the democratic ticket , whllo the demo
cratic members of the house from the state
have been out of their scats hero for some
tlmo laboring for the success of tholr candi
dates. Senator Faulkner Intends spending
most of the time from now until election on
the stump in his state , nnd a great effort is
to bo made to defeat General GoiT.
Mi.scEi.i.AKEoua.
Ex-Representative Hepburn , of Iowa , Is iix
the city.
Senator Mnndcrson Is in New York and
Representative MeShanc is ut Bar Harbor ,
MO. , PCKUV S. IIlUTII.
and Iowa I'.Mifllons.
WASHINGTON , August 25. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun Br.n.'l Pensions granted N'o-
braskans : Original Invalid George Fletcher ,
Central City ; William M. Jones , Raymond ;
Cyrus Miner , Wood Hivor , Dnnlol Trine ,
Blue Hill ; William L. Matthews , Fillcy ;
George N. Smith , Kearney James Kelley ,
Wayne ; Hiram H. Palmer , Niota ; William
Klsbiro , Hulo ; David Stanard , O'Nell ' City ;
William Baraby , Mullor. Increased Aden
L. Armstrong , Armada ; Martin Fandloy ,
Central City. Original widows , etc. Minor
of Lewis Armstrong , Lattin.
Pensions for lowuns : Original invalid
Joseph Dreckmann , Now Hampton ; William
Porter , Pralrio City ; Henry T. Egbert , Norwalk -
walk ; Samuel K. Shaull , Ladora ; Samuel
Cook ( deceased ) , Marshultowii ; John Camp
bell , Solons ; John P. Weber. Corning ;
Uanicl B. MeMoator , Hancock ; John Evans ,
Seymour ; ( navy ) Joseph Little , Volga
City ; Augustus Jaqiiinot. loka Stanton ;
Uenlson G. King , Pulaskl ; Dentils Hummoll ,
Mount Pleasant. Increase .lames G. Smith ,
Sigournoy ; William H. Browncll , Logan ;
MathiasS. Hill , Toledo ; George C. Davis ,
Worthington ; Hubert Pattern , Kockwoll :
Morrison B. Giccn , Kiversido. Original
widows , etc Jnslp , widow of Samnol Cool ; ,
Mar.slialltown ; Julia A , widow of Sylvcstn
Church , Iowa Falls ; Mary . I. Miller , former
widow of Itobcrt Winn , I1 airfield.
Army NUWH.
WASHINGTON' , August -Special [ Tola-
gram to TiniBhi : , | - Private William Brown ,
Troop A , Ninth cavalry , now at Fort Nio-
brara , ia transferred to thu hospital corps as
u private.
The unexecuted poitlon of the sentence
imposed by a general court-martial , ( April 1 ,
IfeST , Department of the Plattoj is remitted
In the case of Henry R. Marklcy , late private
Company K , Second Infantry , and ho will bo
released from confinement at the military
prison , Fort Leavenworth , as soon nt the
rules governing forfeiture of tlmo for mis
conduct or violation of prison regulations
will permit and ho will bo given authority to
enlist in Company K , Second Infantry.
Major Thatldous H. Stnnton , 'paymaster , Is
relieved I rom duty in thu Department of the
Platte , and will proceed tfl Chicago and report -
port by letter to the commanding general ,
Department of the .Mibsjurl , fur duty at that
station.
Major William 1C. Crcary , paymaster , is
relieved from duty at Omaha nnd will pro
ceed to and take station nt Salt Lake City
for duty there.
Major Henry Clayton , paymaster , is re
lieved from duty In iho Department of the
Kast and will proceed to Omnhu and report
m person to the commanding peiiornl , De
partment of the PlnUo , for duty at that
station.
California Judges in Trouble.
WASHINGTON , August 2. > . ilopreaenta-
lives Tnompson , Morrow nnd McICcnna of
California appeared before tiio housajiufl-
clary committee to-day to give tholr viowa
upon the memorial presented by .hu citizens
of San Francisco asking for the linpoach-
incut of Judges Sawyer mid Subin ( or reliev
ing the Chinese from arrest by writs of Jiu-
boas corims , Tlio meeting was secret , ami
the California mombora confined their stuto-
uiriiits to uu v.vpOHltion ot lint ityii'lltlon of af
faire which ii.i'l rcHultvd in the present Ac
tion. The subject will bo further wnUtlurod
next Thursday. Tliero seems to bo n dispo.
sitlnn on the jurt of Uio committal ) to movB
cautiously in the matter , and according to
two inembori uf the oimnltie Inoia U no
liXeJItiwi ) of wny pojUv !
slon ,