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EIGHTEENTH YEAJK. OMAHA , THURSDAY. MORNING. FEBRUARY 2.1 , 18SO. NUMBER 251
. A BID FOR THE SOLDIER VOTE
The Lavish IssulnK of Pensions Before -
fore Election.
THREATENS DIRE VENGEANCE.
Cleveland AVIII itctnllatc KurtlioSun-
nto'n llcl'umil lo Confirm AVchh
nml Thompson The
Cowles Hill.
P WASHINGTON Hum\uTnn : OMUK
t olil PofUTKEXTii Srunur. v
i WASHINGTON , D. C. . Feb. 20. |
The pension olllco has practically suspended
, the Issuance of pensions. It was announced
i to-day by the commissioner that no moro lists
of pensions would bo given to the press. The
chief of the division explained that this was
because very few pensions have boon Issued
durlug the past three or four weeks , and that
the is uanco has almost completely ceased
for the present. The commissioner docs not
want a public comparison between tlio work
of the pension ofllcu now and that of eight or
tun months ago. H will bo remembered that
during the campaign and for thrco or four
months before the election , there were Issued
Hlx days In tliu week at the pension oHlcc , far
the press , the list of pensions allowed , and
that they ran away up in the hundreds , mid
that sometime there wcro a thousand issued
in a day. Pensions were poured out by the
wholesale. During the campaign there were
about eight thousand Issued for Indiana alone.
Tlio democratic and mugwump press pointed
to this with great pride , and declared Unit
the soldiers had bettor friends in the admin
istration than they ever had. When the
polls were closed and it was discovered that
Mr. Cleveland was dclcatud , the ardor in
favor of tlio soldiers , their widows nml
nt orphans , cooled nl the pension olllcu. Within
three weeks the number of pensions allowed
had decreased until there were not as many
granted in a week as bad been granted in a
day , a month before. There have not been ns
many granted during thu past two months as
thcro were allowed in nnu day during the
heat of the campaign. The soldiers can now
sco who their friends are and weru.
OI.EVli.\NI : ) TIIIIIUTKNS VHNOIUNCn.
President Cleveland threatens diru ven-
gcanco on the republicans in thu senate for
refusing to confirm Webb , the very doubtful
republican or mugwump , to bo a district
commissioner , and Thompson , of South Carolina
lina , the solid soutli maker , to bo a civil ser
vice commissioner. Thu president's friends
in thu scnatn say that if these nominations
nro not confirmed the chief executive will ru-
fuse to sign uny of the bills which the rupub-
' llcans want signed. They say ho will refuse
to sign either thu direct tux or the omnibus
territorial statehood bills , both of which
finally passed congress to-day , and will no
sent to Hie white house ns soon as enrolled.
U Ih now n fjueition whether the republicans
in thu senate can bo frightened into doing
that which they do not want to do and which
thuy know to bo wrong. They have not. up
to tills time , shown the slightest lack of
courage , and it is not at all likely that they
will at this late day. No onu would bo in
jured half so much by a failure to sign Just
measures us the president and his party ,
nothing could bury him and his party half
RO dec ] ) us a retusal to sign cither
the direct tax : or the omnibus bill.
Senator Sherman thinks the defeat by the
president ot the direct tax bill would destroy
uvury democratic hope of parly success and
relegate the retiring president to private life
perpetually. Representative "Springer declares -
' clares that If the omnibus bill is not signed
ho will head a delegation of democrats who
will ask President Harrison for an extra
session of congress for thu adoption of the
same measures. All Ihe same , tha body of
the democrats In both houses fought both of
these bills bitterly , and they -.vould never
have been passed had It been possible for
democratic caucuses to defeat them. There
wcro Just enough democrats in the house
who would not bo held by caucus instruc
tions , most of them members who will go
out of congress in nine days from now , to
give the republicans a majority , and although
the democratic party in the future will
claim the- credit of passing these bills ,
It should bo remembered that both
measures wcro first introduced in republi
can senate , and that neither would have
been passed by a democratic house If they
could have been defeated by the democrats
or a body acting under tlio instructions of
President Cleveland ; It is a clear instance
of the minority of do'mocrats running away
from the reins of tlio majority. The final
adoption of these bills was fought bitterly.
The general impression is that both will bo
Bigiio'.l. although it will bo n very distaste
ful taslc for the retiring chief magistrate.
There are many prominent democrats in con
gress who to-night sny thu president will not
sign the direct tax bill. It can not become
a law without his signature. The south op
poses the bill , and the south controls the
nominating conventions , and Cleveland ex
pects to bo nominated again.
Tin : COWLKS HIM. .
Your correspondent to-ilny asked .fudge
Kelly if ho thought thcro was any probabil
ity of the passage of the bill to rcpnal the
tobacco tax at this session of congress.
"There Is only a possibility and not a proba
bility , " ho said. "If Speaker Carlisle should
recognize some one lo move the repeal , under
a suspension of the rules , which would be in
order at any time during the last six days of
the session , I think thcro would be a suf
ficient number of votes to make the necessary
two-thirds majority , but I do not think tlio
speaker will recognize any one for this pur
pose , Ho Is pledged against it. "
"Hut if ho should , would any of the demo
crats filibuster 10 prevent thu consideration
of the bill I"
"It would bo a most extraordinary spec
tacle If they didn't. " I nskcd the same
question of Hcprcsentativo Connor , lie.said :
"No , I do not think that Carlisle will rec
ognize anybody for that purpose. Helms
rcfuucd lo do so rauny times , and 1 think ho
will continuu lo refuse until the end of iho
session. Ho considers himself thu rcprc-
sonUUlvu of his party and us bound lo carry
out their will. He behoves that u great ma
jority of the democrats on thn floor , which is
probably iruu , are opposed lo iho reduction
of the revenues by thu repeal of the tobacco
tax , therefore ho can best servo their inter
ests and comply with their wishes by refus
ing to recognize anyoiiu to make n motion for
that purM.so. | Hut even if ha should do so ,
the bill would bo beaten by filibustering. "
Representative Steel , of Indiana , who is an
intimate friend of Speaker Carlisle , and
lives in thu mum ) house with him , said about
tlio saiau thing , although ho was uoUipilto so
emphatic- Mr. Connor. Mr. Stool says
that If a curtain number of democrats should
express a desire to votu on the repeal of the
tobacco tax , ho thinks Air , Carlisle would
give them an opportunity.
Till ! CAIll.NKT SI.ATK.
The cabinet slate given in Ihoa dispatches
day before vent onlay continues to slnnd-lho
test of public opinion at thu national capital ,
notwithstanding the change mudu by the re
ports from Indianapolis. Although both
gentlemen aru held In high esteem hero , It is
not generally believed that oiuior Heprosen-
tatlvo Thomas or W. H. H. Miller will bo in
the cabinet.
Senator Palmer , of Michigan , Is given
cither thu secretaryship of ugrioulturu or of
the navy. Ho is wealthy , hub u splendid
hqmo here , where ho can do much towards
' making the social end of the administration
n siicci'SB , and and ho is both capable and
popular.
Since General Alger is out , Palmer stands
prominently to the front in thu minds of
Washington people.
Mrs. Noble , of St. Louis , Is hero house
liunilng , and it is stated by her hu&bund'B
most intimiilo friends that ho will bo secre
tary of the Interior. 9
There can bo no longer any doubt about
Mr. Windom being secretary of the treasury.
In rosponue to an invitation to dine with
i friends la Washington bo has sent uU ic-
Kruts , saying that ho is so busy closing up his
L business affairs in. New York in at he U not
able to jflvo n moment's time lo pleasure.
So far ns opinion In congress and private
circles goes , the slate continues to stand to
night as follow * :
Hlnino , secretary of state.
Wlmlom , secretary of the treasury.
Kusk , secretary of war.
Noble , secretary of the Interior.
Wantmmakfr , postmaster general ,
Baxter , attorney general.
Palmer , secretary of the 'navy or agricul
ture.
ture.Warner
Warner Miller , secretary of Iho navy or
agriculture.
It is stated that efforts are being tr.ailo to
have Warner Miller reconsider his refusal
of the agricultural portfolio , and that if ho
will not do so lo have him accept the navy
secretaryship. It Is belluved shut the niimo
of Swift , of California , will bo substituted
for that of Baxter , of Tennessee.
JIIS ( KM.ANROtS AND I'KlfON .
The bids for the sale of land for a new site
for Fort Omaha will bo opened on Friday ,
March 1.
Senator Paddock to-day HOOK red the passage -
sago of amendments lo the sundry civil ap
propriation bill of 10.000 each for improve-
mnnts at Forts Kobmson and Niohrani , and
$10,000 for Improvements on tlio Lincoln
1'ostofllce for the pavement , sidewalks , etc.
The secretary of the Interior has rejected
the application of Kvans Scott to amend his
homestead entry In the North Pintle land
district. The secretary suys Scott has ox-
hauatcd his rights under Iho law.
At the session of thu house last night Mr.
Dorsoy succeeded in getting up tlio bill plac
ing Colonel I.clb , of Grand Island , on thu
retired list , but tlio llilbUHtering tactics of
Kilgoro of Texas , the confederate , defeated
consideration. Tlio previous iiucsllon lias
been ordered on the bill and it may bu pass
ed before the -tth of March.
Frank W. Lewis , of Lincoln , is hero.
Congressman elect Dolliver , who succeeds
Hupresentalivo Holmes , of Iowa , was at thu
capltol to-day.
William 13. Annin and Watson Pickrull ,
have returned from Nebraska and resumed
their ofllclal duties at the senate.
WIWT/U UN I'AriiING 1NTI2IU3STS
An Increase In Ouir.iit Compared
With the I'recedlnir Wuelc.
CINCINNATI , Fob. CO. [ SpecialTelegram to
TnuBnn.J To-morrow's Price Current will
say the movement of hogs has been espec
ially liberal the past week , and western
packing has moderately enlarged. The tolnl
paqkmg is about 290,000 hogs , compared with
270,000 the preceding week. The indlcaled
total to date -1,055,000 since November 1
last year , 235,00'J ' for the week , 5,000,000 to
note. Those approximations imply a gala of
5j,000 for the week and a decrease of 015,000
for the season , compared with u year ago.
Packing November 1 to date :
IV.cklin ; , Nov. 1 to date. | NMI. | 1SS3.
1.81(1,000 (
Kansas City. . . 7.T.,000
Omaha .ti r , oou iliVUO
Ht. Louts ir.o.ooj ill. VIM )
hullamipnllij. . . V.S 10 JWI.'IO ' )
Cincinnati IMJ.UJJ
Milwaukee
( 'edur Ititplds 1 1,00) 147WU (
Cleveland 7 < .ono ; 8' > .OIX >
i , uin ! 18l)0) ) )
SloaxClty , la is.si'0o ' lU'.OK )
Ottmmvii 7X)0 ( ' ) B7UO (
Nebraska City. Neb Ht.OUO CO.IWO
Kroknk 4iiO ) 45,000
fit. Joseph 7tn ; , > i lOil.lMO
lies .MoluuJ fi'.i.noo G..OiW
ft. Paul TO.OOO
T1IOSI2 I'AUNlCfjlbETTEUS. .
Houston Tolls How lie Secured Them
Prom 1'igntt.
LONDON , Feb. 20. When the Parnoll
commission met this morning tlio court-
ro < Jm was crowded. Parnull was present.
Houston , secretary of the Irish Loyal and
Patriotic union , was further cross-examined.
He said ho destroyed Pigott's letters to him
In accordance with an agreement made be
tween them that they were intended fortho
eye of the witness alone , and were not to bo
used publicly. Up lo the time witness went
to Paris , Pigotthad not given him the names
of any of the persons connected with the
letters secured by the Times. Witness said
his part was done when the letters were ob
tained. Ho accepted them without securing
any means of testing Pigott's statements in
the-event of their genuineness being ques
tioned , because ho understood that it was
useless to attempt to make n complete ease ,
aud further inquiries would only handicap
himself. He had no means whatever of
testing any part of Pigott's stor.v , which
ho regarded as probable. Witness
saw Mr. Stead , of the Pall
Mull Gazette , before ho obtained
possession of tlio letters and nskcd him to
make up a loiter which would lead to the
disclosure. Stead said ho hud lost .1,000 b.v
the publication of tlio "Modern Babylon"
articles , and ho would not like lo touch any
thing else unless ho knew ho would bo suc
cessful. When witness visited Paris ho had
no genuine specimens of either Parncll's or
Kgnn's writing. Ho accepted letters solely on
Pigott's word. Witness further said he might
have told Stead that Messrs. Sexton and
Dillon wcro implicated In the Phuenix Park
murders , but if lie did so it was on the auth
ority of the statement made by Bugcno
Davis to Pigott , u copy of which was pro
duced by the witness. Ho did not know
where the original was. Two days before
the commission opened Pigott wrote him an
abusive letter demanding that after giving
testimony before tlio commission ho should
bo given 5,000.
A STOUMY SESSION.
Xli' ) Indiana Senate tlio Scone or
Great Excitement.
INOIANI-OMS , Feb. ao.In the senate this
meriting , under tlio previous qucslion rule
enforced by the majority , the bill creating a
supreme court commission was passed. Sen
ator Byrd then sought to bring up the bill
creating a department of geology , but John
son , ( rep ) had in the meantime secured
recognition from the chair. Byrd claimed
the lloor and a wrangle ensued , the chair
allowing Johnson five minutes , which ho de
voted to scaring the majority vehemently ,
denouncing the enforcement of the rule
which prevented thu minority from explain
ing their votu. When the live minutes had
passed the presiding olllccr Interrupted
Johnson , who continued his liory
speech , whereupon the chair ordered
the roll called. Croat confusion and
excitement prevailed , in the midst of which
Doorkeeper Bulger called out that unless
Johnson took his seat ho would coino down
and scat him. Immediately all the republi
can senators uro.so and galhorcd about John-
con , who indignantly challenged any door
keeper to seat linn. The excitement was
great , and for some time a general conflict
Huuuiod Imminent , and when quiet was ru-
nlorcd Senator Dresser ( Hep. ) announced
that u caucus would be held Immediately
after adjournment , and it Is thought that all
thu republican senators may conclude to ru-
slgn their beats and Icavo the senate without
u quorum.
Koferrcil to Htnto Iu lnlatiiren ,
WASHINGTON , Feb. ' . ' 0. During the last
session of congress bills wcro Introduced In
the house to "punish dealings In futures in
" and "to fictitious
agricultural products , prohibit
tious and gambling transactions on the price
of articles produced by American indusiry. "
The bills were referred to the committee on
agriculture , which to-day decided to report
both bills adversely. Thu - con
cluded that congrusa has no Jurisdiction ever
thu subject , and that it Is u mutter for stale
legislation exclusively.
Probably Only Ituinor.
DENVKK , Colo. , Feb. 20-lSpecial Telo-
Brain to Tim BEE.I Neither C. H. KounUo
nor lua brother Herman , of Omaha , are in
the city. The rumor that the latter is to
remove to New Vork none of the business
asiochites of the ccnllomon credit. U' . B.
Burger , his brotherrln-law , ujioii being ques
tioned , muted that ho knew nothing what
ever of any such plan ,
COVERNflR LARRABEE'S TRIAL
Judge Conrad Gmnts n Continu
ance Until This Morning.
THE PROSECUTION NOT READY.
Slon.v City InCoHteil With a G.IIIK of
Safe Crackers WOPH of the Pro-
liihltlonlKtN oilier lou'a
NCWH.
A Continuance Granted.
DES'MOINM , la. , Feb. 30. [ Special Tolo -
ram to Tin : Bnn.l Tlio lurgu court room In
the county court house was well filled this
morning when the case of the state of Iowa
vs. William Larrabce , charged with criminal
libel , was called for trial. Within tlio bar
standing room was at a premium. The gov
ernor was not present in person , and it was
stated that he would probably not come over
from the capltol until the jury was im
panelled. At the long table in front of Judge
Conrad's ' scat sat Mr. .1. It. Bancroft , who
has boon engaged to assist the county attor
ney in the case , and at the north end of the
table sat Mr. and Mrs. K. 11. Gillette , Mrs.
Turnoy and Mr. A. N. Dcntnan , prosecuting
witnesses , while tlio governor's counsel , Mr.
C , A. Bishop , held n whlspnrcd consultation
as to the proposed continuance of the caso.
When order was produced Mr. J. H. Ban-
ci"oft arose , and in a quiet and dignified man
ner addressed thu court. Ho stiid that ho
had been asked to assist the prosecuting at
torney In tlio case but hud not had time to
examine Into the testimony , and had not even
decided whether to accept the work of prose
cution. The Importance of the case de
manded that nothing bo done with undue
haste. Tlio governor hud beun indicted for
circulating a certain document. The ques
tion whethur it was n privileged communica
tion , and if so , whether it was circulated
maliciously , and. why it was selected from
the mass of testimony in the olllce. would
have to bo considered. Ho thought that the
case ought to be continued for n day or two
at least.
Mr. C. A. Bishop said the defendant in this
case courted the fullest investigation and
would not seelc or accept any technical ad
vantage. William Larrahoo had been in-
dieted , not as a personal person but because
ho was the governor of Iowa and because he
had circulated certain matters in tlio line of
ofllcial duty and by virtuu of his ollico. Tlio
entire state is interested in a full , fair and
prompt trial. Tnu case is not new and does
not demand much delay in its preparation.
Tlio Turney case lias been heralded all over
Iho slate and discussed by the newspapers
for thrua years. The character of the per
son alleged to bo libeled would play no part
in thu trial. The question would bo whether
thu governor had acted in malice in doimi
what ho had done. There was no need for
long delays. Ho would say to the court , pro
fessionally , that the governor desired to go
out of the city and statu on Thursday or Fri
day , and wished that the case 'might bo tried
before that time.
County Attorney Mucombcr said that it
was witli regret , and against his becter
judgment , that he had consented to so early
a trial. He had had but little tlmu to attend
to this case , having been busy with the prose
cution of other cases. Thu indictment bad
only been returned on Saturday , and ho had
not known until within a few hours that ho
was to have associate counsel. The case is
very important , being probably tiio first
when a governor of n great state like Iowa
had been arraigned on sucli n charge , and it
should bo conducted with deliberation. Now
testimony had been discovered and it was
important that the statu should have time' .
Attorney Bishop thought that , having as
sociate counsel , the prosecutor could attend
to one part of the work and his associate
could bo looking up the other while the jury
was being selected.
Judge Conrad said that it was true that
tlio defendant was the governor of the state ,
but that it would bo the duty of the court to
look upon it as nearly as possible the same
us if ho were a private citizen. All accused
persons are entitled under the constitution tea
a speedy trial , but a speedy trial Is not neces
sarily a trial the next hour , the next day , or
oven pertmps the next week. It is a relative
lerm , and what would bo a speedy trial un
der certain circumstances would bo ver.v
slow in another. Courts should not , however -
over , at the request ot defendants , rush the
state into a trial before it is ready. Tlio re
quest for some delay in this case seemed not
unreasonable , and if ho might consider it ho
might sny that the defendant could not afford
to so urge immediate trial as to call forth the
comment that the state had not been given am
ple time to prepare its caso. Ho would , there
fore , grant continuance until 1:30 : p. m. ,
which had been asked by the county attor
ney , and consented to by tlio defendant's at-
lornuy , and would at that time grant a second
end continuance till Thursday morning if the
state bad not yet had sufficient time to pre
pare for trial.
The crowd then filed out of the court room
and thu regular routine of business was ro-
sumcd. At Ii0p. : ! in. the statu requested a
contiauancu till morning aud the court
gran ted It.
filonx City
Sioux CITV , Fob. 20. [ Special Telegram
to Tun Br.K. ] Last night burglars cracked
the safe in the ouico of Tolcrton & Stetson ,
wholesale grocers. They received ? SOO. Tlio
building occupied by the firm was once the
county building , and the company's safe is
insldo the vault which was used by the
county treasurer. Thu burglars cracked the
vault door and then got Into the safe. During
"
ing the past few "weeks eight safes have
been cracked In this city , and all the Jobs
other than the ono performed last night
have been bunglcsomo ones ,
GrilToy'H Story.
Sioux CITV , la. , Fob. 20. Special to THE
Bin ; . ] Thu institution of sf t against Judge
T. L. Griffey , of Dakota City , Nob. , for
breach of promise , excites much interest
hero , where the judge is wojncnown , as well
aa at his homo. Judge Grltiuy is one of the
oldest and most respected citizens of Dakota
county , Nebraska. Ho Is a man of a good
deal of wealth , owning a largo amount of
land and other property In Nebraska and
having business Interests In Sioux City.
'I ho suit Is brought by Miss Sallie Mo-
Conohey , a lady of about forty-five years of
ape , who lays her damages at fJO.lKHI for the
alleged broach of promise. On her behalf it
Is claimed that thu suit is bonn fide , and It is
specifically stated that the judge promised
on or about the 10th day of April , 1S37 , to
marry her. "If ho ever married at all , "
whereas about six months ago ho married an
estimable young widow ,
Judge ( JnfToy is stopping In the city with
his wife , and upon receipt of the news of the
institution of suit hu talked quite freely
about it. Ho says that ho Is not at all
surprised , but no denies that ho ever
pioimscd to marry the plaintiff. On the con
trary , ho say * that she several times hinted
pretty freely the subject of marriage to him ,
but ho Invariably dropped the subject , with
out giving her the slightest encouragement.
Ho admits that ho was frequently , although
casually , In the plaintiff's company , shu re
siding with her brother , who owned a farm
adjoining that of the judge. The judge says
the plaliuiff's family are respectable people ,
tlio brother especially being an upright miyi.
The Judge feels sure that the plaintiff 1ms
brought suit at the instigation of some other
parties. Ho denies pusitlvolynll reports that
there has ever bean anything improper In
his relations with the plaintiff , and says that
ho shall most certainly make vigorous resist
ance to the Hiiit , although ho nas not yet cm-
ployed legal counsel.
The Temperance Alliance.
DKS MOINES , la. , Fob. 20. [ Special to Tun
Hcc. ] The state temperance alliance has
been in session all day devoting much of the
time to hearing reports of tlio condition of
prohibition In the different i-ongrcsslon.il
districts of the state. Most of those re
porting gave very sangulno1 and glowing nc-
counts of how well the law-was being en
forced. Occasionally a wall would bo heard
from some river county. Whcro little head
way was being mado. The 'delegate report
ing for Fort Madison gave n glowl-ig ac
count of the difficulties which prohibition
had to encounter in his vicinity. Ho said
the temperance people couldn't got any law
yers to tuko theic cases , and had
lo go lo Burlington Tor legal assistance.
Tlio report from Muscatlnu was also dis-
couragliiL' , claiming thut two of iho dislrict
Judges wcro tools of the linuor men and
would not enforce tlio prohibitory law. For
Iho most part the delegates reported that the
law was generally enforced , with a large re
duction in criminal expenses in consequence.
The nominating committee reported as ofll-
cers for the next year the following : B. F.
Wright , of Floyd county , for president ; Mrs.
A. K. McMurray , of Polk county , for secre
tary , aud General A. J. Barker , of Polk
county , for treasurer and attorney ,
A Very ClDso Call.
Bunt.iNOTON , In. , Fob. 20. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB Bnn.j M. F. Mellinger , man
ager of the Burlington Syrup works , and
family have had a narrow escape from
asphyxiation by escaping coal gas. The
family retired at the usual hour. About a.
m. ono of thu children complained of feeling
sick. The father got up to attend the child's
wants and Immediately sank unconscious to
the lloor. At this Juncture Mrs. Melllneor
sprang from the bed,1 but bcloro she could
reach the side of her pVoslrato husband she > ,
too , fell to the floor In nn Insensible condi
tion. Mr. Mellinger has no idea how long
he lay in this condition , but finally recovered
sufficiently to reirain his feet and raise a
window , and to give an alarm. A neighbor
canto over mid n physician was summoned.
After u few hours all were out of danger ,
and to-day are well as usual. A short time
longer and tlio utTiilr must have rcsullcd
family for all.
The A. O. U. AV.
MASON CITY , In. , Fob. 20. [ Special Tele
gram lo Tun Bnaj The supreme faction of
the Ancient Order of United Workmen to
day filed a poiition for a rehearing with the
clerk of the supreme court. When the case
was decided by this court two years ago n
rehearing was asked for by tlio same party ,
but was denied. In the recent decision the
court stated that the case "demanded from
the court no further discussion. " It is now
open to the Iowa grand lodge to begin sum
mary proceedings oy Injunction to restrain
the suprcinurs from the further use of the
nauin of the enter and thojdght to do busi
ness in tha state , which course , it is under
stood , will now bo pursued. An invitation
was extended to the supremers to become
members of the order Upon complying with
the requirements relative to reinstatement ,
but this invitation was spurned with con
tempt. Heretofore the grand lodpo has acted
on tlio defensive ; henceforth it will assume
the aggressive.
lied Oak 's Ito irtl of Trade. < ,
Hut ) OAK , la. , Feb. L-0. [ Special to Tnr.
Bci.l At a meeting of the business men
of lied Oak , about fifty were present , and ar
ticles of incorporation , wcro adopted and a
full set of ofllcers elected , as follows : Pres
ident , John Houp ; first vice president , M.
E. Fisher ; second , vice president , E. M.
Coney ; secretary , O.'Rv Worsloy ; treasurer ,
1' . P. Clark. Stiaros were placed at ? 100
each , payable S10 membership and $2.50 quar
terly assessmenls , at the discretion of the
board of directors. ; Twenty members have
already joined , witljai good prospect of fifty
in the near futuro.'y The committee . .on by
laws and soliciting rcjnbera was ordered to
report ut the next'meeting ' ( , to Do huld"on
Tuesday evening liext. Three delegates
will bo chosen to the blue grass convention ,
lo bo held at Creston on February 20 , to ad
vertise southwestern Iowa.
IMnyccl a Joke on the Mayor.
DBS MOINHS , In. , 'Feb. 20. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Biu. : ] Some days ago the state
board of health received a letter purporting
to have been written by the mayor of La-
portc , la. , stating that two skeletons had
been found near thut place under suspicious
circumstances and asking what should be
done with them. The board replied , setting
forth minutely the duties of a mayor in such
cases. To-day the board received a letter
from the real mayor of Laporte , declaring
that the other letter was a scandalous
forgery , and asking that it bo sent , so that ho
could llnd the forger. . The mayor was quite
indignant at the publicity ho had received ,
and ho proposes to make it warm for the
author of the practical joke upon him.
Afl'uIrs at Clarion.
CUUUON , Iu. , Fqb. 20. { Special Telegram
to Tins Bun. ] Some days ago there wcro
sensational reports scat Out from hero
coupling the name of Mrs. Judd , of Do.ws ,
with tliat of County Attorney Whipplo in
connection with some allejcd warnings of
White Caps , and the sequel now follows in
the commencement of a milt by Mrs. Judd
against G. C. Jameson , n banker of Dews ,
for alleged defamation of character. Mr.
Jameson , in turn , has begun suit against Mr.
Wliipple , ns attorney for the water company ,
usicing $3,000 damages for onu of his clients ,
Crabtree. It Is claimed that Whipplo hold a
note against Crabtree , and when It became
duo issued an attachment mid collected the
note by distress , hence the request for dam
ages. _
Combining Against Ghicncn.
DES MOINIS , fa. , Feb. 20. | Special Tele
gram to Tun Bun.l The railroad commis
sioners received Information to-day that the
Missouri railroad commission would join
with them in their stand for western pack
ers against tlio Chicago hoard of trade. Tlio
Missouri commission will employ counsel to
assist the Iowa counsel if u fight has to bo
made. It is expected that tha Nebraska
commissioners will also join the others in
standing for yvestorn interests.
The AVInona & Southwestern.
MASON CtTr , la. , Feb. 20. ( Special Tele
gram to TUB Hen. ] The report that the
Mason City ' ( i tFort Dodge road has passed
into the handsof the Winona & Southwest
ern is further , 'dyiduncod from the fact that
thp Wlnoiia surveyors have been miming an
Independent , llno toward Sioux City , which
was completed to Tjlvormoro. wcro called in
to-day. This insures the Winona & South
western for , Osage , Mason City and on
through to Omaha.
A Clillfl Itnrnetl to Death.
BooNi : , la. , Fflb. 20. [ Special Telegram to
Tin ; BEB.J Uoruno , tha thrcu-yoiir-old
daughter of Jesse Hull , was playing with a
llghtod lamp'yesterday afternoon and in
some way set fire to per clothes , Shu was
frightfully burned , not a spot on her body
escaping ; and died nbaut 1" o'clock. She
did not recover consciousness ,
Refused the Injunction ,
DunuQUK , la. , Feb. ' . ' 0. [ Special Telegram
ta TIIK Bcu-lr-Judgo Ney , at Independence ,
has refused to unjoin the American Express
company from delivering liquor shipped "C.
O , D. " from another stale.
IHHlmmltMl tlio Division.
Piiit.iiiui.riiiA , Feb. ' , ' 0. It has been
learned that at a meeting hold hero on Sun
day night 'Untorpriso ' division of the Brother
hood -Engineers dccldod unanimously that
the division disband. Tha divUlon was com
posed alinont exclusively of Heading railroad
engineer * , and was onu of thu largest divis
ions of.KeaJInij engineers ,
I'hulim IntervlmvH Iho President.
WAHIIINCJTON. Fcb.UO.-Mr. Phelps , United
States jiuinlstor to England , called ut the
whltoHiouRO to-diyiuid ; | hail an interview
with tlio president.
NEWS OF NEBRASKA TOWNS ,
Mandorson Sponks tit the Q. A. R.
Bucnmpmout.
THE 'WORK OF AN INCENDIARY.
A llnrn , Wllli Severn ! Thoiisnnil IJnsli-
cln ill' Ova I n ntnl Two Horses ,
lliifncd Sonic Ktouk
AVomon'H Ui-llcf Corpi.
MiY , Nob. , Feb. 20. [ Special Tele-
grain to Tun Hir. : . ] The convention of the
Women's Kclicf corps was called to onltr !
this morning at 10 o'clock , All the ofllcers
responded for duty. Mrs , Ilolen M. Aide-
gut , enplnla of Iho department , offered an
eloquent prayer. Tno following were ap
pointed for the convention. Mrs. Lucy Lacy ,
of Crelghton , and Mrs. Lon Hobertson , con
ductors of the mess ; Mary Manchester , of
Lincoln , page ; Mrs. Abbio C. V'hlllips , of
Teeumseh guard ; Miss Ida Smith , reporter ,
assisied by Mrs. Kmily Dicksaa. The reading -
ing ot the resolution of greeting to the sixth
minimi state encampment was the next
feature. The greetings xvero forwarded to
the encampment. The annual address of the
president , senior vice president. Junior vice
president and sedretary followed , showing u
vorv successful year ended with origin pros
pects for the future. The election of various
committees followed , and a vote of thanks
was extended to SedwioU Post No. 1 for their
kindness in providing so thoughtfully for the
comfort of the visiting delegations. After a
rcce.sa for dinner , the business of the ladies
was continued until an invitation to listen to
an address by Senator Maaderson before a
joint meeting of the two organizations was
received ami accepted. Aflor this it was
necessary to adjourn to urrango for the re
ception tendered b.v the corps to the visiting
delegates and the citizens of Kearney.
Smallpox Suaro.
F.vu.9 CITV , Nob. , L'cb. i0. ! [ Special
Telegram lo Tun 13ii : : . ] A coed deal of cx-
cituineat prevails throughout the southern
part of the county aud across the line into
Kansas over the report that smallpox was
raising there. The city council held a special
meeting yesterday , quarantining the three
bridges from the south , positively excluding
anyone from catering ; the city from Jthat
part of the country. The doctors
all pronounce the disease smallpox in
a very bad form.
It is understood that Hulo has guarded the
approaches to that city from the sputh , as
Iho epidemic is racing among the Indians on
the reservation. Fo cases have yet been re
ported in the city , and by the strict Juris
diction of the city authorities it is thought
everything will bo all right. ThoJast report
from the country , some four miles south ,
states that between twenty and twenty-five
persons are down with the disease.
R. A. 1C. Annual HticampmiMit.
KDAIINCV , Neb. , Fob. 20. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : 13ii : : . I The sixth annual en
campment of the O. A. H , of Nebraska con
vened in the opera house at 10 o'cloclc to-day.
The forenoon was spent in oxaminintr the
credentials of the delegates. Two hundred
and eighty posts wore represented by over
seven hundred delegates. Aside from these
there are a .number of visitors. Houtino
business was taken up , but was intercepted
on a motion to suspend the rules and listen
to an address by Senator Mandcrson ,
who arrived at noon in a special
car. The matter of selecting a place for tlio
next annual reunion was taken up and de
cided in favor of Kearney. After this the
nicotine adjourned to give place to the ladies
of the Helief Corps , who gave n splendid re
ception , which lasted from 4 o'clock to 7.
The encampment is now in session , and it is
expected that officers for the ensuing year
will bo elected , this evening.
MamlerHon ViHlts Lnlrcl.
HASTINGS , Neb. Feb. 20. [ Special Tele
gram to THE BISK. ! Senator Mandorson ar
rived in the cily this morning. Ho visit oil
James Laird , whom ho found to bo much
better than ho expected He urged Laird' to
return with him lo Washington to-morrow
night and the congressman promised to go in
a few days any way If not with tlio senator.
L. D. Richards , D. H. Lillibridgo , F. .1. Al
exander and C. A. Holmes accompanied the
senator in a special car , aud the party went
on to Kearney.
Urnnil Island Sporting Club's Shoot.
GIIAXD ISIAN-D , Neb. , Feb. 20. [ Special
Telegram to Tun BEE. ] The Grand Island
sporting club held its weekly shoot to-day at
the fair grounds. Owing to the slrong wind
the score is not up to the average. It is as
follows : At ninety-live blue rocks , .T. G.
Gcorspaehcr , 5'J ; Charles Kerry , 57 ; O. II.
Tracy , 50 ; II. J. Palmer 43.
An Incpinliiiry's Work.
WOOD UIVKH , Neb. , Fob. 20. [ Special to
TiiiIJin , ] About 1 o'clock this morning the
largo barn on the farm of Stephen Jones
who resides two miles south of hero , .was
burned with all of its contents , consisting of
largo quantities of oats , shelled corn , hay ,
harness , farm implements , two cows mid a
team of horses. There wcro three horses
and a team at mules in the barn when it was
closed for the night , but as the carcasses of
only two horses were found In the ruins ,
it is thought that the team of mules
and onu horse hud been stolen , and tlio barn
hot on fire. Extensive- search is being made
for the Incendiary. Mr. Jones took out n
policy last week in the Farmers' Union In
surance company on the property dstroycd
to the amount of f 1,500 ; loss fcJ.OOO. The
sheriff of Hall county has offered a reward
offJOfortho arrest ami conviction of the
thief , and the owner of $30 for the return of
the property.
Kicked IliH WiCn to Death.
CMNTO.V , la. , Fob. 20. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : HER. ] Margaret Ford was found
dead and fro/ccn stiff on the floor ot her bed
room In the center of the city , to-day. Her
husband , partially intoxicated , was found
lying In the bed w th his hat and overcoat
on. Ho claims that his wife died at 5 this
morning and that ho went out and tele
graphed to a daughter in Dakota and then
climbed over her to bed , where ho lay till
awakened by the calls of neighbors. Others
think that ho kicked his wife to death while
in a drunken rage.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 20. When shown the
Berlin dispatch in which It is stated that the
Cologne Gazette says that Germany will de
mand of the United Slates government the
arrest and punishment of Klein , thu Amer
ican correspondent charged with having led
the attack against the Germans in Samoa ,
Secretary Bayard said it was the flrnt ho hud
hoard of It. Ho udJcd Hint ho did not know
of Klein's existence until informed of it by
by Germany , and said that ho hud referred
all correspondence received oy him In re
gard to Klein to the bciiutu committee on
foreign relations.
MIUI'K Insurance lilll.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Feb. 20. [ Special to TUB
Bii : : . 1 The senate committee will report ad
versely on Llnn'rt uill making Ufa and en-
dowirient asbiiranco policies non-forfeitablo
and fixing u surrender value. At thiiir meet
ing the committee heard arguments from
William P. McLaren , of Milwaukee , Howard
Kennedy , of Omaha , and J. II. Mockett , of
Lincoln , all of the Northwestern , of Milwau
kee , and from H. H. Uoblnsou , of Omaha.
Inspector Breen has granted B. Jctter a
permit to ImlM n tw-story brick business
block at Twenty-fourth and J btrecU. Tno
building will cost about
TIIL ; i-xTbiaaiKX'8 AOIIKBMIJXT.
The Indication All lint Decisive That
It Will Full.
CIIICAOO , Fob. 80. Appearances to-night
are all but decisive Unit the proposed inter
state commerce railway association will not
be organized. The committee appointed to
obtain the signatures of the live disputing
companies reported to-day that the Illinois
Ccntr.il positively refuses to Join , and that
the Wisconsin Central would Join only on
condition that thur HurliUL'ton t& North
ern sign. Nothing has been heard from the
latter company. It was then proposed , in
effect , to at least make a show of perfecting
nil agreement with Hitch companies as had
already signed. This was ngroed to and
a committee appointed to make such
changes of details us might bo necessary In
view of the failure to obtain the assent of
certain companies. " This committee will
report to-morrow. Meantime , the orstwhllo
advocates of the agreement nrolmsy pointing
out that its virtui'l failure doesn't amount lo
much afler all ; that the agreement of iho
western freight association covers prac
tically the s.uuo lerritory ; is much moro
binding , and is being lived up 10.
Niw : YOUK , Fob. 20. The Illinois Central
directors wcro in session to-day from 10 n.
ill. until 0 p. in. It is understood that thu
session was called for the purpose of consid
ering action in regard to the proposed tnler-
state commerce convention. Great pressure
has been brought to bear on the company
from alt directions to Induce them to sli.ni.
Shortly after 0 o'clock the meeting iiitjojirnod
and the secretary gave out an official state
ment Retting forih that thu company's attor
neys had carefully looked into the matter
and were of the opinion that
the Illinois Central corporation Is , by
Iho terms of its charter , precluded from be
coming a party to the agreement in ipiesUon.
Tno board therefore declines to authoriseIho
president of thu company to sign s.iid uuroe-
incut , and approves Ids action in not commit
ting the company thereto. But being now ,
ns always , In favor of enforcing mid main
taining reasonable and remunerative
rates and preventing culling of the
s.iinc , Iho board is determine..1 to
give Us moral support as far IH may bo con
sistent with the best interests ot tlio com
pany to the aims and objects of the Inter
state commerce railway association In the
establishment and maintenance of rates. In
order to carry out this inteiilion the presi
dent is directed to notify every officer , agent
or employe that if ho wilfully violates the
rules , rates or regulations established by the
board he will bo dismissed from the service.
DIVOUCK STATISTICS. .
Sonic FnctH Which Lend Color to the
IIcliet'TtiiU MnrrlfiKfln n Fiillni-c.
WASHINGTON , Fob. 20. Commissioner
Wright , of the department of labor , in a
special report on statistics and laws relating
lo uiarriacc mid divorce in tjic United States
from 1SIJ7 to 18SO , Inclusive , shows the num
ber of divorces granted in the United States
Increased from , < J3r in 1S07 to 25,533 in 1SSO.
The total for twenty years is 32S,710. , During
the last five-year period of twenty years the
states of Connecticut , Maine and Vermont
are the only onus showing a decrease in di
vorces. Dakota shows the largest increase
of divorces granted. Two hundred and six
teen thousand seven hundred and thirty-
eight , or 05 per cent of the whole , were
granted to wives , and 111,0 > 3 wcro granted to
husbands , the cause for which the greatest.
number of divorces was granted is that of de
sertion , being 10.rMTor US per cent of the whole
number. The commissioner says it is ap
parent that the divorces granted for drunk-
eacss , 1JIS13 , cannot in anyway represent the
total number in which drunkeness or Intem
perance is a serious factor. In a few rep
resentative counties it is shown that
intemperance was the direct or indirect
cause in over 20 per cent of the whole num
ber of divorces granted in such counties.
* * TUB IhtilXUlS O. A. K.
Annual Encampment of the Depart
ment Woman's Ilellof Corps.
SniiXGPiui.i ) , 111. , Fob. 20. The depart
ment encampment of the Grand Army com
menced its annual session in this city to-day.
Considerable routine busiacss was- trans
acted. The report of the commander shows
500 posts in the state , and u gain in member
ship of over 1,11)0 ) during the year. The as
sistant quartermaster reported that ho re
ceived over J7.000 and expended over 0,000
during the year. There are charges of mis
management made against the superintend
ent of the soldiers' home , and a special com
mittee of flvo was appointed to investi
gate. The committee on soldiers
homo recommended , among othnr things ,
that habitual drunkenness be excluded from
the home.
There was a camp flre to-night by the vel-
erans , which was greatly enjoyed by them.
Governor Fifer and Mayor Hay delivered
addresses of wclcomo'to which Commander
Sexlon responded ,
The Woman's Uelief corps met , with ICO
delegates in attendance. Tlio reports show
122 corps In good standing , and a member
ship off.noo. . . The membership on December
30 , IS87 , was 2,01(1. ( During the year & , 00
was expended in relief work.
Tlio Kleolrlo l/l lil. Convention.
CHICAGO , Feb. 20. In the national electric
light convention to-day E. T. Lynch , of Now
York , chairman of the committee appointed
at the last meeting to collect statistics aud
facts on the underground system , reported
that the committee had communicated with
nearly all the elcclrio light companies in the
United Slaj.es. From the answers received
'
it would s'cem that the placing of wires
underground bus proved a failure in most , if
not all , instances. . City Klcetrician Barrett ,
of Chicago , took exceptions to the report.
Tlio underground sybtuui of conduits in this
city Is a success , and ihe municipality pro
poses to extend it. Tlio system has been In
operation hero nearly six years as regards
olectrio light wires , and thirteen for telegraph -
graph wires. Mr. Johnson , of Philadelphia ,
indorses Mr. Barrett's position , and argued
that the report should bo reversed.
Ijof't All to IliH Housekeeper.
Cmc.uio , Feb. 2u.The will of the late
Charles J. Hull , a wealthy landlord , who
rented hundreds of houses , was offered for
probate to-day. It was a document filling
scarcely one pagu of legal cap , but it dis
posed of property estimated all the way
from ? : JUWOJO ) to ,1,000,00' ' . ) , ami leaving tho.
entire ciiluto to Helen Culver , who was for
many yuars nls housekeeper.
Tlio Southern Pacific ; le
SAN FHANCISCO , Fob. 20. The earnings of
the Southern Paclllo for the year IbSS were
flS,8S5,000 ; expenditures , including interest
on bonds , 4 1'JOl , 000 , leaving a surplus of
IIWOOU ! , from which amount , after deduct
ing the guaranteed rental of thu Central Pa-
cillo of * 1itJU,000 ! , leaves u balance of
t'.JiSH.OW , or about 2 > . per cent interest on
the outstanding stock of * luouOUOU. ( )
,
- * -
A UnlvcrHliy'N Ontonnial.
WtKinxiiTox , Feb. 20.Tho centennial
celebration of the Georgetown ( Jesuit ) uni
versity be ran this morning. Archbishops ,
bishops and priests wcro present from al
most every state in the union , The univer
sity buildings are elaborately deconilcd
with flowers , flags , and banners bearing up-
proprialc legends ,
'J'YlKOo Pollen in 'J'roulili' .
SIN FJIANCISCO , Fob. 20. Sergeant Gano ,
of the Chinatown b-'iuad , and three police
men , liuvo been arrested on indictments
found t y tlio grand Jury charging them with
rccuivini. bribes from the k'ecpers of Chinese
gambling dciid ,
Tlio Wcutliur inillcalloriN.
For Nebraska and Dakota Fair , followed
by snow ; warmer , followed by coldur
wra-.hor In northwest portion of Dakota ;
variable winds.
For Iowa Fair ; warmer southerly winds ,
THE SACKVILIE-TOT AFFAIR
It Once Moro Claims the Attention
or the Country.
SOME INTERESTING DOCUMENTS.
All the Diplomatic Ijllcrnliirc Itcnr *
iiiK on tlio SnlvJoel Transmitted
to ConnroNM It1 tin ;
President.
Klnto DoonmmitH.
WASHINGTON , Fob.Tho ( ) president to
day sent to congress nil this correspondence
relating to the Saekvlllo .Ineulciit , nccom *
Diluted by ix purely formal loiter of trans
mission. The correspondence opens with a
copy of the now famous Murolilsoti letter
mid Lord Sackvlllo's reply thorcto. On Oo-
toiler ' . ' .I Secretary Bayard , In u telegram , ill-
recta Mlnlctor I'helps to Invite Lord Salis
bury's attention to the Murehlson letters anil
to express the eonlldcnt rellunco of this pov-
eminent upon the notion of her majesty's
government In the mutter. On the following
day Hiiyanl tele-graphs Minister I'hclps that
West's usofulncbs in thu country is at an end ;
that sirong public sentiment had been aroused
and that i ord Salisbury should be permitted
as speedily as possible to undi'rstnnd the
necessity of Imincdlnto action. Under date
of October SH , Minister Phelps telegraphs to
Bnynrd that Lord Salisbury decline * to. not
until in receipt of the precise language of
Lord SaeUvillo mid his explanation. Lord
Salisbury does not regard the .minister's letter -
tor alone assnilloient to warrant his recall ,
thus ending his diplomatic career , which
would not necessarily bo too case if ho word
dismissed by the government of the United
States , for which coin-so thuro uro precedents.
Phclps states that there will bo long delays ,
with no decisive result , if Independence la
placed on the movement of the British gov
eminent , and advises that action bo taken
upon the intitiiation of Lord Salisbury.
The correspondcnco then gives the report
of Secretary linyard to the president on the
conduct of Lord Sackvillo , ( published hore-
toforn ) . Under date of October ! 1 ( ) , Hnyiinl
write to Lord Sucuvllle , saying , "tho president -
dent of the United States has instructed mete
to inform you that for good and sufficient
causes which are known to yourself , ami
duly brought to the knowledge of your gov-
eminent , ho has with great regret become
convinced that it would bo incompatible
with the best interests amt detrimental to
the good relations of both governments that
you should any. longer hold your present
official position in the United States , and
that accordingly the government of Her
Brilnnlc majesty will bo informed of thin
determination , in order that another channel
may bo established for the transmission ot
such communications as may bo found ilc-
sirablu bv the two governments in the trans
actions of their business wherever it
is your pleasure to depart from the United > , (
States 1 am instructed to furnish yon with it
the usual facilities , and with that view I f
now bog Inavo to inclose a passport in the. it
customary form. " {
On the same day Lord Snckvillo acknowledged - >
edged the receipt of Bayard's letter.
Under date of October III Unyuri ) commu
nicates to Minister Phelps , giving u statd'i
ment of the Murchison correspondence , and
says : "Such an answer to such a letter can '
only ho clmractori/.od as a gro.-is breach ot j
diplomatic privilege anil an unjustifiable !
ubuse oj his * lordsliip's position hero as the f
accredited envoy of a Irirndly power. tHe t
Ho has dangerously invaded tno ex- I.
elusive sovereignty of this country
over its own soil , its own eiti/ens and its
affairs ol deepest moment. On November 1
Lord Salisbury asks for moro definite in
formation in regard to what the minister has
done , and says he cannot tuku action until ho
receives fuller particulars.
On December 5 , last , Phelps forwarded
to Secretary Uuynrd a copy of a note to- jl
Lord Salisbury , in which ho transmits copies 'I
of the Murchison correspondence and newspaper - ]
paper interviews. Phelps say that both the
correspondcnco amltheTribuno | interview ap
peared to the government of the United
States to constitute a very gr.ivo and unpro
voked all'ront by Lord Saekvillo to the
president and Kcimtc. Lord Salisbury re
plied to Phelps on December Ml , IbSS , saying
that ho has referred the ubovu mentioned
letter to Lord Sackville. Lord Salisbury
says that the action of the United
States government has rendered
the copies of the letter and
interviews transmitted by Phelps of no prac
tical Importance , us they were wanted to enable -
able her majesty's government to form a
Judgment on the complaint. It is of coin-so
open to any government on Its own responsi
bility suddenly to terminate dlplonmtloro'a-
lions with any other state or with any jiartic }
ulur minister of any other state. Hut It has
no claim to demand that the other state shall
make itself an instrument that shall concur
In it unless that state is satisfied by reason ,
duly produced , of tlio Justice of the grounds
on which the demand is nmde. In conclusion
ho says :
'What view her majesty's government
would luivo taken of Lord Sackvill's action.
if the president of the United States had
laid before them grave and weighty reasons
for his removal , it would bo superfluous now
to consider. Prlvato communications made
by the ambassador in good faith have never ,
I believe , bcforo been made the subject ot
international complaints , and considerable
doubt scums to rest upon the precise purport
of the public statements made by Lord Sack-
villo to tlio newspaper reporters. Hut. these
were fair matters for examination and dis
cussion if any such discussion had been dc-
Hircd. It is sulllcient under the existing cir
cumstances to say that there was nothing In
Lord Suckvillo's conduct to justify so strik
ing a departure from circumspect ;
mil deliberate procedure by which ,
In such cases , it is the imago
of friendly Mates to mark their
consideration for each other. I will abstain
from comment , upon the considerations to
which you refer as having dictated the no
Lion of the president ; 1 will only join willi
the government of the United Stales in expressing -
pressing my regret that a personal incident
of this churiictor should have in any degree
qualified the harmony which for a long lima
iiast thu enduring sympathy of the two nil-
liuns has impressed upon the mutual rela
tions of their governments.1
Enclosed in this letter Is Saekvllle's com
ment upon the Murchison Idler ( already
lublisliL'd ) Tim currcbpoiidencu closes wit
t teller from Hayard to 1'heljis , dated Jan
lary III ) , Ibbi ) , acknowledging Iho receipt o
ho reply of Lord Salisbury to 1'helps' not
n relation lo Urn case of Lord Sackville ,
Secretary I layard in this letter states fully
, ho views of this government m respect
to the grounds of Lord Suckvillu's
llsniissal. He quotes liberally from Iho
Murchibon leltur , and sharply criticises the
reply of Lord Saekvllle thereto. Mo says ;
"Tho correspondc'iieo not only constitutes
in unprecedented Interference in our domes-
lie politics , but it contained gross Impugn-
nimts ( if tlio president's public action.
Hence , hud the objectionable conduct of Lord
Sai'kvillo ended with n reply to the Murchl-
fcon letter thu situation would have been suf
ficiently sorloiiH ; but in the various stato-
ni'iits made by him to representatives of the
mblie prcbs Impugnment ! } of actions of this
jovcrnment wcro emphasi/cd. "
The secretary then proceeds to considora-
lon of that part of Marquis .Salisbury's
uying down a rule which , In bin opinion ,
governs the dismissal ol diplomatic ugcuts ,
iml suys :
"The olftnso of Lord Sacicvlllo consisted
n personal mUconduet wholly inconsistent
with his onleiul duly and relations , of which
10 siigg'ibtion of approval by his government
ins yet been intlmuted. ' Thun the present
BSIIO is nut whether it Is requisite that u
sovereign asking the recall of foreign inlnla-
.urb bliould givn u reason for the uppllc itlon ,
nit whethur when , as in the prchunt caso.
lUch recall has been asked on thu ground of
nturfcronco In the politics of the country to
vhlch ho Is accredited. The question of 'uulpa-
Jitlty or degree of HUCI Interfuroneo is lo bo
ufl , not to thu decision of the offended sovereign
eign , hut lo the determination of the sovereign
eign b.v whom the ofti-nding minister was
accredited. "