THE OMAHA DAILY BE !
NINETEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , TUESDAY MOILING , JULY 30 , 1889. NUMBER 41.
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Morloy's Droory Harnnguo to Bored
Listeners and Empty Bonchoa.
1 JOSEPH'S SQUIBS AND CRACKERS
A Cortnln "Mr. Jesse Colllnss" Goes
lnto An Kcstnoy of Delight
Over Ills Lender's l < 'unny
Bnylnga.
Dcnth oT the Grants Dch.itc.
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LONDO.V , July 29. [ Now York Herald
Cable Special to Tun Bnn. ] Everything
it would bo possible to say with advantage
on tbo royal grant question was said last
Thursday nnd Friday , Why como to BOO
Morley laborously threshing over old straw }
The uiojority of the members stayed nway.
Whole rows ot benches "wore empty to-day
when Morley began. On the front opposi
tion bench were Chamberlain , Sir Henry
James and Sir W. Harcourt , who were after
wards Joined by Gladstone and Hartington.
On the other side were most of the ministers
with a look of more complete boredom than
usual on tholr intellectual countenances.
Smith tnlfrht have sat for n study of an early
Christian martyr and Hal four for a memorial
figure In the stained glass window. Bclo w
the gangway on the ministerial side were
only four members present. Consul General
Now sat under the gallery. Ho vanished
after n time. Morley was evidently too
much for him , Morley came to set a dead
horse on bis legs uudanako him run over the
course again. It could not bo dono. Morley
produced his essay and laid it on the box bo-
fora him. K1s very convenient to have that
xbox , for you aopcar to bo only casting a ro-
" flcctlvo glance at it , whan in
reality vou nro' searching for n
catchword In your nutes. But Morley itoos
n good deal moro thau that. Ho roads sen
tences after sentences and page after prvo ;
nnd it Is certainly not too much to say that
yesterday ho road fully two-thirds of his
speech. It is impossible to make this sort
of thing lively for an audience , and Morloy's
style Is little adapted to carry oft such a
burden with good grace. Ho has n somewhat
feminine manner and seems to bo anxious to
disguise the weakness of which he is con
scious by throwing a tremendous emphasis
on unimportant words , or each half word
with many jorklnga of the head and doub
lings ot the body. Morley bad a big weight
to lift an'd ho could not lift it , small blame to
him , for nobody could have done it.
Confident of success , with a manifest con
tempt for all who bad preceded him , Cham
berlain advanced gaily to the desk. Ho re
quires very few notes. Moreover , ho can
onsworpromptly and his arguments , If not
deep , generally have a dapper appearance
and nro pretty sura to go oft witli a snap.
Ho had no very difficult task before him lu
showing up Morloy's inconsistencies , which
'really have boon almost too absurd for belief
on this question. Why vote against
Labouchcro's resolution on Friday night and
then bring forward ono ot your own moan
ing precisely the same thing the following
Monday ! This question and others Ilka
it did Chamberlain press upon his dear
friend , "honest John , or finally Jack , " an the
last playful nickname goes , until ho
was almost out of breath. When Mr.
Chamberlain wont Into tho'humorous line
and gave extracts from a diary of a per
plexed politician very carefully got up but
not at all entertaining ; the conservatives
opposite , good , honest souls , saw that their
newly acquired friend , Joseph , seriously In
tended to be funny und they generously en
couraged him with a laugh nnd a cheer * By
this time , if not before , It must have become
clear to everybody that the great royal
grants debate was really and truly defunct
nnd that the kindest thing to do with it
would Do to toke it asldo and bury it.
At the beginning oMUo debate "a certain
Mr. Jesse Callings" was seated comfortably
on the front bench , but when Mr. Chamber
lain began to speak ho moved to the gang
way und there took his seat upon the stops
close to Storey , the moinbor for Sundorlaud ,
no doubt with a vlow of interfering ns n sort
of buffer between that member of tbo stal
wart party and Cnamborlaln. Should Storey
go for Joseph , lie could only do it over the
prostrate form of the faithful Jesao Collinya.
There ho sat ou the floor lost In an ocstacy
of delight , hanging breathlessly on every
word that fell from his revered
leader's lips and gazing into his
face with simple and pathetic adoration.
Presently ho saw that the great man was
getting ready to lot oft the squibs and crack
ers which Joseph always has ut baud for the
conclusion of a speech , and his spectacles
fell from his nose in the excitement of the
moment. Bang , fizz , went ttio fireworks In
all directions , but especially among Mr ,
Chamberlain's old comrades , the radicals ,
Ho bad evidently como down for the express
purpose of having it out with them and re
paying some of the shrewd dies they have
lately been giving him about llunkyism and
n manifest desire to creep into the tory fold ,
Chamberlain's attack , llkohls apologies of
tbo diary , was overdone. Ho pumped himself -
self UD into a fit of great Indignation , but
you could hear and sco the pump nt work.
The now radicals he denounced as good only
for destructive purposes , not good in any
way for constructive. They sought to pull
down every thing. They wanted to throw
thu construction into the molting pot.
One rubbed ono's eyes and looked around
In astonishment. Were not these the very
accusations which were Drought not long ago
against himself J Thuro was once u book
published called "Who's Who1' ! The ser-
goant-ut-arms should buy a few a few copies
for the house ot commons. Now there is in
deed war to the knife publicly proclaimed
between Chamberlain and the now radicals ,
i u ? PAKUAMENT.
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"What the Klnii of the Ilflirlans lu
; For i he Coiio tiliito.
Ini Jama Oinlaii lititntl' . }
Buussew. July 29. ( Now York Herald
Cable Special to TUB BEK. | The Congo
railway company will bo regularly consti
tuted bora Wednesday with a proposed c.iul-
tal of 25,000,000 francs. The Belgian state
baa subscribed 10,003,000 , francs and the
founders 5,000,000 francs. A public sub
scription will boon be opened simultaneously
Bl.HrusiuU , London and Berlin for 10,000,000 ,
francs m ! ,000 500-fruuc ordinary shares. It
Is believed here that It will be Impossible for
the king of the Belgians to continuo his im
mense pecuniary sacrifices for ttio benefit of
the Congo Btato and that the assistance of
the Belgian government will soon become
necessary to conduct the enterprise to a suc
cessful l sue ,
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A Prominent Han FrnncUuau Ulen.
SAM FIUSCISCO , July 29. A dbpatob from
Ixmdou announces tuu death tbero to-day o :
George 8. Ladd , a well kuown San Francis
can and prcsldont of the PaaUlo Bell Tt'lo-
phone company.
BOUbANGEll IS AVIARY.
How Ho ItrcolvcB the Hesultn of the
French KleottoiiH.
ICopirrtfjM 1H83 bvJamvi Onnlon flennttt. }
LONDON , July 29. [ Now York Herald
Cable Special to Tun Bnp. ] Boulanger
, vas In deep thought , apparently , when n re-
> ortor saw him this evening. Ho had denied
ilmsolf to everybody during the day , nnd
evidently expected now * from his visitor.
On his largo office desk , methodically ar
ranged , wore piles of telegrams from every
i.irt of Franco , tailing of the result of
, ho elections In the the cantons.
Boulangor looked weary. In his hand
lie hold a volume of statistics. They
looked dull reading. His face showed un-
nUtaknblo signs of disappointment. When
.10 was asked for his opinion of the elections.
"I had expected that you had brought mo
Fresh news. I have no means of forming
dens yet , " ho said.
Ho approached the desk nnd ran his fingers
over a pile of telegrams , and said :
"No , I have , as you sco , got n largo num
ber of dispatches , but they only give mo de
tails of how the battle Is waging. "
Ho was shown a list which gave
the republicans 810 , conservatives 100 ,
Boulangists 13 , revolutionists 0 and
47 cantons In which a second ballot
would bo required. The general read It
carefully , nnd his brows knitted over his
licavy forehead. Then ho looked disdain
fully and said :
"Thoso uro only the results from about
COO cantons. There nro altogether
about 1,550. , The government has
Intentionally given out these adverse to mo
first , so as to Influence public opinion. They
strive iti'that way to harm mo. It Is un order
of the prefect , but they will bo compelled to
declare the whole lot shortly , and then wo
shall sco. I originally selected eighty dis
tricts , but delegates came from thirteen
others und said that if I would not stand
thny would nominate mo anyhow , and so I
allowed my name to bo put down. "
The French Elections.
PAIIIS , July 29. The latest returns show
the following results : Republicans , 704 ; con
servatives , 419 ; Boulangor , 13. A second
ballot will have to bo taken in 149 cantons.
The Temps says the definite result will not
bo known until to-morrow. It is certain
thattlm republican majority will only suffer
In the department of Illo-Kt-Vilaine.
Three BoulnnKiHtt Arrested.
PAIIIS , July 29. Three persons have been
arrested for stealing from the senate court
the evidence published regarding the case of
General Uoulangor.
JlAKItlSON'S THANKS TO DUBLIN.
Lord Mayor Sexton Snyt ) the better
WaB Tampered With ,
Dun MX , July 29. President Harrison has
sent a loiter to Lord Mayor Sexton in reply
to the corporation's expression of sympathy
for the sufferers by the Johnstown disaster.
In It ho says :
% 'I ' highly appreciate the exceeding kind
spirit which prompted your action. Please
accept tbo warmest thanks of the president
and the American people for the touching
expressions of sympathy and the generous
gifts of the citizens of Dublin , "
Sexton stated that the official envelope in
which the letter was enclosed bore plain
traces of having been tampered with. The
seal had been melted and the envelope had
been fastened with another kind of gum and
the American crest on the envelope was de :
faced. *
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Harrison to Ijonvo For Washington ,
DEEH PARK , July 29. President Harrison
has definitely decided to leave ueer Park for
Washington Thursday morning.
TUE Dim'Y'3 NAH1I3.
A Hcntod Doh.itc Over Its Insertion
in the Washington Preamble.
OMMPIA , W. T. , July 39. The convention
suent ttio morning in the discussion of the
proposition to but , the name of the Dioty into
tbo preamble of tbo constitution. The preamble -
amble as rsported reads : "Wo , the people of
the state of Wasalngton , to nresorvo our
rights do ordain this constitution. " Turner
wanted inserted : "Profoundly grateful to
Almighty God and invoking his favor and
and guidance , " etc. It was opposed by
several speakers as being unnecessary.
Each of them professed ttio greatest rovcr-
ouco for God , but some feared it might bo
construed to mean n union of church and
stato. Sullivan , of Whitman , caused a sen
sation by declaring that although a good
church member himself , ho believed it all
buncombe. Insincere and dona for political
effect. The debate was very boated und tbo
preamble was finally referred b.icic to the
committee to report a now ono. The remainder -
dor of tbo article passed with little discus
sion.
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"Woman Suffrage Dead.
BISMAKOIC , July 29. A quorum was not
present nt roll call this afternoon , and the
convention adjourned without transacting
any business. Prohibition Is making no
headway , woman suffrage , is dead , und rail
road taxation U the ono question which will
probably cause animated debate.
At Noise City.
Boisii CITY- , Idaho , July 29 , The con
vention dodged the temperance question by
adopting a section saying the first concern of
all good government is the virtue of the
people and the purity of homes , nnd the
legislature should further all wise and well
directed effort * for the promotion nf torn-
pornnco and morality ; established com
missioners of Immigration and labor statis
tics ; made eight hours u day ou public
works ) , and shut off convict labor outsldo
prison grounds , Italians must not bo em
ployed on atato and municipal or public
works.
The Day nt Hnlonu.
HKLIIXA , July 29. Strenuous efforts were
made in the convention la-day to bring the
capital question up again , bur , it failed. The
remainder ot the day was devoted to tno
consideration of the bill of the executive de
partment in committee of the whole , several
articles being adopted.
Plot nnd Adjourned ,
KJOUX FAM.S , July 29. The constitutional
convention mot and adjourned to-day , dis
pensing with the services of tbo chaplain and
clerk. Only nub delegates were present.
A I'ruHpoctlvo , ISimliHli Piiraliiiio.
CHICAGO , July 29. A special from Strealor ,
111. , sayft'that William L. Scott , the Ponn-
B.vlvanla millionaire coat baron , who owns
nearly all the stock of the Spring Vulloy Coal
Mining company , is said to bo figuring
with un English syndicate for tbo sale of the
eutlro Spring Valley (111. ( ) mine including all
the machinery and 40,000 acres of land , Tbo
price nt which tbo plaut is offered la Raid to
bo $4,000,000.
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Caused Uy the Lewi * Failure.
Pniiuncu'uu , July 29. G. P. Dennis ,
proprietor of the Yoadon mills at Chaster
und the Todnorton mills , Bancroft's Bank ,
has decided to close these Industries In con
sequence of the failure ot Lewis Bros , &
Co. The general presumption Is tha sus
pension will bo brief. The worsted mills of
Bchoppors Bros , closed Saturday in cons o-
quonco of thu failure ,
A AVnrnlni ; to Collcotoru ,
HOI.YOKK , Colo. , July 29--fSpecial Tola-
cram to TUB BKB.I A Mr , Bruin struck At
torney Kolsy about the bead , Indicting torl-
ous but net fatal injuries. Bruin is under
arrest. The assault arose lu ttio collection
of un account against Urulu.
A JOURNALIST'S ' HARD LUCK ,
The Hastings Gnzotto-Journal Plant
and Building Burned.
STATEMENT OF THE INSURANCE.
Fairmont's Third Inoemtlnry Blaze
Poiider'n Suspected Murderers
NchraRlcn Clly'fl Quick Tlilcvcs
NIobrnra'H TnxTlllo How.
Tire.
HA8T1N09 , Nob. , July 29. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB BKn.J The Gazottc-Journnl
printing , binding anil manufacturing estab
lishment was burned tbls morning , and la
almost n total loss. The establishment was
the largest of its Kind In the atata outsldo ol
Omaha ana Lincoln , and did a largo busi
ness. The origin of the flro Is nhroundcd In
mystery. It was discovered by the engineer
who went to build the flro in the cngino
room at about 5 o'clock this morning. Bo-
fovo entering the basement ho found It filled
\vlth smoke and Immediately turned in the
alarm. The flro department responded
promptly , but owing to the location of the
lira and the arrangement of the interior of
the building , wore unable to extinguish the
flames until the building was entirely gutted.
The Qazctto-Journal establishment was
owned by S. P. Hounds , Jr. It occupied a
largo three-story brick building , CO by 100
feet. The press , Job and bindery depart
ments were supplied with the best of
machinery and inutorial.
The Gazette Journal company was first
formed hi 1SS3 nnd Incorporated under the
Inws of the state. It was reorganized in
1S85 anu the capital stock increased to $100-
000. In November , 18S8 , the company went
into the bauds of a receiver who sold it in
January of tlio present year to the Nebraska
Loan and Trust company , the principal mort
gagee. The plant was then bought byMessrs.
Wigton & Evans , who carried on tub busi
ness until last Juno when they disposed of It
to Mr. Hounds. The latter named gentle
man had put the cstablcshmcnt in shupo ,
added largely to Its facilities for doing work
and was wonting up n largo trade when to
day's ' disaster overtook him. Ho has already
leased another building and will put in a now
plant as soon as tno Insurance
on the burned plant can bo settled ,
The building also contained a retail boot
nnd shoo store nnd a general dry goods
store. Both stocks are a total loss. The
Insurance is as follows : On the building.
which is owned by the Nebraska Loan and
Trust company , $9,003 ; on the paper and
stock , $5,1)00 ) ; on machinery and plaut ,
$10,500 ; on the shoo store owned by Vail &
Green , $ J,000 ; on general merchandise
owned by F. D. Hollmgsworth , ? 0,000.
The loss on the building will bo $10,000.
The total loss on the Gazottc-Journnl estab
lishment cannot be estimated at the present
writing , but tbo Insurance will not cover It.
An Injustice to Smith.
SpiuxoriEUJ , Neb. , July 29. [ Special to
Tuc BEE. ] The dispatch printed In TUB Ben
Saturday from this place In record to J. W.
Smith has done that gentleman a great In
justice. There was no such an attempt
made by Mr. Smith , mid ho did. not leave
Sprmgileld on account of any such proceed
ings as stated. The facts are that the young
lady in the case is the 0110 to blame in the
matter if blame there is. She had been m
tbo habit for some time of slaying n great deal
around the depotin splto of often being
told by Mr. Smith that he did not
wisli her there , and that her repeated
presence at tbo depot was attracting
attention and much talk. There wcro
many citizens of SpringQuld who wcro and
are now perfectly willing to testify to the
facts as hero given , that Mr. Smith had
often used every means to Induce her to
keep away from the depot , but to no avail.
It can also bo proved that she told her own
brother that she would visit the depot as
often as she liked and that it was no ono's
business. Mr. Smith never showed any
spirit oxceut that of a friend towards the
lady and there was never anything further
than above stated to cauao trouble. Mr.
Smith is a young man of good character and
has hundreds of friends in Springfield and
vicinity who would like to see the matter ex
plained in your columns properly.
New hodco oT Masons.
BCNKELMAH , Neb. , July 29. [ Special Tol-
egranf to THIS BEE. ] Grand Master Mason
J. D. Mercer and L. P. Gillette , grand cus
todian , instituted Justice Ledge No. ISO at
this place this evening. The following ofil-
cers were Installed : J.V. . TouipsonV. . M. ;
J. R King , S. W. ; H.R. Edwards. J.W. ;
L. Morse , treasurer , and F. W. Dawson , sec
retary. The installation was public , and
the grandest banquet Bcnkelman has over
had followed. About ono hundred and
twenty-five masons and invited guests par
took of a most bountiful ropast. The Masons
have a strong ledge composed of many of
Duudy county's ' best men. *
The Suspected Indians.
PENDEU , Nob. , July 29. [ Special Tele
gram to TIIE BEE. | The four Indians nus-
pccted of the murder at this place last Satur
day wore safely lodged in Jail here at 3:00 :
this afternoon and will have their prelimi
nary bearing Thursday. While the excite
ment over the case has materially subsided ,
there is considerable quiet talk about town
tonight. An Indian came in to-night and
nuido numerous inquiries regarding the
names of the prisoners , which created some
suspicion that the reds might attempt to re
lease them , but. a careful watch will bo kept
for them.
Gofnsr Into Camp.
\WMOitB , Nob. , July 29. [ Special Telegram -
gram to Tun BEE. ] Camp Harrison was
opened to-day and visitors nro beginning to
arrive and the camp presents n very lively
aspect. A largo gathering is confidently ex
pected and preparations have been made to
accommodate 15,000 pcoplo. The different
committees have worked harmoniously and
the result is one of the finest and prettiest
parks in the west. A grand military ball in
honor of General Thayer and staff will bo
given on August 3.
A Drummer's Escape.
I'LATTSMODTII , Neb. , July 29 , [ Special
Tolourain to TUB BEE. ] Goo Imol , a travel
ing man from St. Joe , Mo. , narrowly escaped
a horrible death to-night at Pacific junction ,
la. Ho attempted to board a passenger
tram that had started from the station , and
lout bis footing and full across the track be
neath the curs. Ho made a desperate at
tempt to roll out of the way , but his loft foot
was caught beneath the wheels and badly
crushed.
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Too Quick For the Chief.
NEHIIASKA CITV , Nob. , July 29. [ Special
to THE DEB. ] A. F. Riddle nnd Lewis
Iloutc , two men suspected of having burglar
ized several stores In the city several nights
ago , were run down by Chief Abbey yestor-
dn.y on tbo river near Aspmwall. The
thieves throw their booty overboard when
the chief approached , thus destroying all
evidence against them , The officer retuif ted
homo without them.
Over Tax Titles ,
Niomuiu , Nob. , July 29. [ Special to TUB
BEE. ] Senator Robinson , of Hartington , has
been In town two days looking Into the
status of a largo tract of land In this
county sold to John R. Markloy and R. E.W.
Spargus for taxes at a discount of fifty per
coin. He will probably commence suit
against tbo county , the laud being now valu
able and the title clouded.
An Old Citizen Hlrloken.
Coi.uML'1' * , Nob. , July 29. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB Hits , f Charles Wake , aged
sixty yours , ono of the Oldest nnd most re
spected citizens of Columbus , was stricken
with paralysis while on 'his ' way homo this
evening. Medical aid was summoned , nnd
at this hour bo Is resting quietly and hopes
are entertained of his recovery ,
Periodic Inocnttlnrlam.
FAIKMONT , Nob. , July 29. [ Special to Tnn
BKE. ] Fairmont had another Incendiary flro
this morning nt 5 o'clock. The flro was
started In a vacant dwelling house owned by
Mrs. Burdick. n widow. The flro depart
ment extinguished the flames before much
damage had been dono. Dili makes Fair
mont's third incendiary flro within a year
and n half.
Kicking Pedagogues.
KnAHNRT , Nob. , July 29. | Special Tclo-
gram to Tin : UEH. ] The annual session of
the Buffalo county normal Institute began
hero this morning , and will bo In session
four weeks. The matter of low wages paid
teachers in rural districts was discussed and
the idea of pooling Interests In the teachers
profession prevails.
It Sobered Him Up.
GKANT , Neb. , July 29. [ Special Telegram
to TUB BEE.I A. S. Olds , traveling sales
man for Mostlor Bahmann & Co. , safes , of
Cincinnati , got on a hilarious drunk at Grant
Saturday. Ho wanted to sober up Sunday
and took an overdose of morphine , and bad
not nrorapt assistance been rendered would
have died.
Ho Liked thn Motor.
NnnuASKA CiTf , Nob. , July 29. [ SjMSclal
to Tun Bui ! . ] The Nebraska City street
railway company Is making preparations for
putting In an electric motor. President
Kartling has boon to Omaha to investipato
the motor's workings and returned perfectly
satisfied.
Knox County Teachers' liiRtltuto.
NIOBKAIU , Neb , , July 29. [ Special to THE
BIB. : I County Superintendent Clare has
Just returned from the teachers' Institute ,
which closed at Crolghton Saturday. Ho
says it was the best institute cvor hold in
Knox county , the average attendance bolng
sixty. _
Forced to Drop His Plunder.
BEATUICE , Nob. , July 29. [ Special Tele
gram to THE BEE. ] Night Clerk Lewis of
the Grand Central hotel discovered a hotel
thief operating at 1 o'clock this morning.
Lewis opened fire and made the fellow drop
bis plunder on the street.
A Hrawllntr Editor.
KEARNEY , Nob. , July 3. [ Sneclal Tele
gram to THE BEE.I Editor Carson , of the
Gibbon Beacon , became engaged m a brawl
hero this evening and exposed a gun. Ho
was placed under police protection and fined
$25 for the offense.
Their Bier Pair.
FAIIIMOST , Neb. , July 29 } [ Special to THE
BEE. ] The management Jof the Fairmont
district fair is making arrangements for the
largest exhibition knoxvn In the history of
the association. The data has boon sot for
August 27 , 28 , 29 and 30.
BUKMNG TIMBER.
The Mountains In the Vicinity of Gun-
nlsoii , Col. , Ablaze.
DENVBH , July 29. All yesterday and to
day a heavy , smoky atmosphere huog over
Denver , giving the sun thfcf appearance of a
red ball of fire. Information , received from
nil points in the state wyoming , northern
Now Mexico and western Kansas nnd Ne
braska indicate that the same condition ex
ists In these localities ,
A telegram from Gunnison , Col. , says :
For two or three days the mountains of this
vicinity are ablaze with burning timber.
A flro was discovered Friday afternoon
last at the head of Lost Gulch. To the north
of the gulch the flro was soon racing along
the tops of the well-timbered mountain.
The air was dense with blacic smoke , and on
the following morning the sun looked ruby
in tbo dark sky. The lire is supposed to
have been started by sparks from a passing
locomotive.
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Fires In" Idaho.
BOISE CITT , Idaho , July 29. Forest fires
are sweeping the country about Banner ,
Idaho , destroying ono of the finest bolts of
timber in Idaho. The country is so dry the
fires are liable to spread over a great ex
tent. Governor Shoup < has telegraphed the
secretary of the interior , asking aid in ex
tinguishing the fires.
Flrca ItnglnK Near Santa Barbara.
SANTA B.uiu.uu , Cal. , July 29. Fires have
been raging in the foothills back of Santa
Barbara. Twelve dwelling bouses , a number
of barns and a largo quantity of bay were
destroyed. A numbor'of horses and cattle
also perished. Tbo loss will reach 150,000.
California Forest Fires.
CHICO , Cal , , July 20. Largo forest fires
are raging on the Humboldt road , eighteen
miles from hero. The flro has burned over a
district four miles in length and is sweeping
everything before it. Much valuable timber
has been destroyed. People are flehting the
lire and expect to get it under control to-day.
A Illjj Fire nt Wichita.
WICHITA , Kan. , July 23. A flro to-day in
the three-story brick building occupied by
tbo T. Cannon Fruit Commission company
spread to the adjoining four-story brick
building occupied by the Wichita Wholesale
Grocery company : loss , (170,000 ; Insurauco ,
$75,000. J
A GHASTLY DISCOVERY.
The Charred Bodies or a Half-Breed
Family Found on Sun ICIver.
ST. PAUL , July 29. A Pioneer Press spe
cial from Helena , Mont. , says : News has
reached Helena of a ghastly discovery made
last weeic on Sun river. From the meagre
particulars at hand'lt , seems that a few
months ago a - family of FlatHead
'
Head Indians loft their reservation ,
crossed the mountains and wont
Into tbo Sun River cduntry to hunt , Last
week ono of tbolr relative , a half breed ,
found ono of tholr pontqs with a white man
who claimed ho had purphasod the animal at
Sun River. The half breed began a search
for bis relatives , Af tcnhunttng two or three
days ho found a chuip which had been
burned and the charred remains of bis rela
tives , a family ot three or four. There is no
doubt that they were jobbed and murdered.
The half breed at on Co notified tbo authori
ties , who are looking for the perpetrators of
the fiendish act.
A Well Known Kciitucklnii Dylnp.
LouisviLLL' , July 29-Jamea F. Bucknor ,
collector of internal revenue nt this point tor
two terras under President Grant and ono
term under Hayes , is dying from a paralytic
stroke sustained last night. Ho was speaker
of the Kentucky legislature forty years ago ,
a member of ttiu Btato semite and the holder
of other prominent official positions. Ho is
seventy years of ago and quite wealthy.
Three Months for Back Talk.
DUIII.IN , July 20 , IJr. Tnnnor , member of
parliament , was sentenced to-day at Tipper-
ary to a month's Imprisonment for assaultIng -
Ing a police Inspector in May last. When
Judgment was pronounced ho cried out : "I
defy you : the magistracy uro tue real crim
inals. " For thls.outbrcak three mouths was
added to bis sentence.
Saloonkeepers Give Ball ,
CINCINNATI , July 89. The cases of the
saloonkeepers arrested for violating the
Owen law yesterday , wcro called In police
court to day and bonds wcro given for ap
pearance far trial. Most of the cases were
cot set for trial for any special day.
WESTERN UNION'S ' PROTEST ,
Wannmnkor's Ono Mill Rate Pro-
uounaod Unreasonable } .
HAS OVERSTEPPED THE BOUNDS.
Ills I'owor to Mnko nu Unroinuncrn-
tlvo Tariff Denied Au Increased
Toll Demanded In
stead or the Reduction ,
Monopoly's L'lnlnt.
NEW YOIIK , July 29 , The following is the
substance of the protest of the Western
Union Telegraph company against the post
master general's great cut of the rates to bo
paid for telegraph service in the transmis
sion nnd delivery of government mosaajos ,
giving the history and objects of the act of
1800 , and the actions heretofore taken under
it. The rate In force for the past flvo years
has not been a uniform rate of 1 cent per
word , as many papers hftvo assumed , but
Increasing on a scale of distances above
1,000 miles , with a minimum of 20 cents per
message and a maximum of 2 } cents
per word. The telegraph companies
hold , and are legally advised that the lan
guage of the act docs not give the postmaster
general absolute power to flxnny rate bo may
deem lit. That power Is qualified by consti
tutional restrictions. In nrtlelq 5 is the lan
guage , "nor shall private property bo taken
for public use without Just compensation. "
The power depends therefore on the ques
tion , is 1 mill per word a Just compensation ]
Hon. John Wnnamaker , Postmaster Gen
eral Dear Sir : Title 05 , revised statutes ,
embracing the acts of July 34 , 1800 , and of
Juno 10 , 1S72 , was the outgrowth of thu first
efforts to Induce congress" to estab
lish a government telegraph. A scheme
was pressed before a committee of
congress to incorporate a new telegraph com-
panj by the general government , with which
the government should contract to transmit
telegrams at a price ix > bo agreed upon , the
government receiving and delivering the
messages , nnd being the only party knowu
to the patrons of the telegraph. Tills scheme
was justified on the ground that the govern
ment had no right to take existing telegraph
properties except nt prices and on terms ac
ceptable to the companies that owned them ;
nnd the schcmn was objected to by the tele
graph companies then existing , on the ground
that the government entering upon the tele
graph business at a rate that would not pay
expenses , would simply destroy existing
telegraph properties. It resulted in u com
promise between the tolegrophcompanies and
tbo committee of congress , of which 1
believe the lamented Garflcld was chairman ,
giving to the telegraph companies certain
franchises and privileges , and to the govern
ment certain advantages and privileges , in
cluding the prior rlcht to telegraph services
nt the rates to bo annually fixed by the post
master general , and what were deemed at
the time of most importance to the govern
ment , the right to take the existing telegraph
properties of the companies who accepted
the provisions of the act , at an appraised
value to bo ascertained by arbitrators as described -
scribed , In section 5207. Tills
compromise agreement was enacted
into law subject to the formal
acceptance by the telegraph companies , and
their acceptance filed with the government
rendered it to all Intents and purposes a
compact between tbo government ana tele
graph companies , the operation of which was
Intended to bo that the government should
have too right to take all telegraph proper
ties , and that if It should elect to establish a
government telegraph It should take tbo ex
isting telegraph properties on terms to bo
ascertained as tbo law directs. Tbls section
5207 , revised statutes of 1878 , annotated as
being enacted Juno 10 , 1S72 , Riving the gov
ernment the right to take telegraph proper
ties is , in substance , the same
language as the proviso at the close
of section ! i of the original
net of July 24,1600 , and therefore a part of
the compact accepted by the Western Union
Telegraph company in Juno of 1807.
The fixing of rates by the postmaster gen
eral does not appear to have beea considered
an imperative duty on tbo postmaster gen
eral , for no action seems to have boon taken
by that ofilcer in the direction of fixing rates
till July 1 , of 1871 , wncn the necessity for it
was alleged to have arisen by reason of the
complicated character of the service in trans
mitting the original weather report. A con
ference with the telegraph companies was
involved by Postmaster General Croswell
through Captain Howgato. the acting head
of the signal service , and a decision of tha
subject wai had in Washington , President
William Orton representing the Western
Union Telegraph company , and the post
master general having the assistance of As
sistant Attorney General Whaling and the
head of the signal bureau ; and the rates
were fixed satisfactorily to the telegraph
companies. They were not annually revised
until some years later , and in almost every
instance the telegraph companies were con
sulted as to what they could afford to do the
service for. In two Instances Postmaster
General Jewell and Postmaster James , at
the Instance of the telegraph companies , re
called and modified choir orders after they
bad been officially proclaimed. The
language of the act , that messages between
the several departments of the government
"shall have priority over all other business
at such rates as the postmaster general shall
annually fix , " may bo construed ns con
templating the fixing of a higher rate than is
paid by other patrons because of such priority
in transmission over all other business. Cer
tainly It never contemplated conferring the
power to fix the rates below thp actual cost
of tbo service. Such action Is nothing short
of confiscation , an ox-proprlation of the
property and service of employes to the use
of the government without just compensa
tion therefor.
THE ItATB AS I.ABT FIXED.
Twenty-flvo cents for twenty words or less
for distances of 1,000 miles or loss , and 1 cent
for each additional word and 1-10 of n cent
per word for each additional 100 miles or
fraction thereof , is for distances of about
1,0(0 miles ( as between Washington and
Now York and St. Louis , or Chicago ) ,
scarcely one-half the rate paid by. the public
on current messages. For distances of 300
miles and under it is about three-fourths the
commercial rate. Our gross receipts for the
last fiscal year , as shown by the annual
report were $111,711,104.12 , nnd the current
working expenses were (14,040,592,18 , leav
ing the protlts 5.070,571,04 , out of which
S.VM,25S.30 was paid for intercut and the
sinking fund on the bonded debt , which m
part of our capitalization. It will bn readily
soon that the working expenses , without
any return for any part of the capital , costs
within a fraction of 75 per cent of thu total
earnings. If , therefore , the government
rate averages less than 75 per cent of the
rate to the public ( as it undoubtedly docs ) ,
then the government business is now done
at a loss , .
The annual report shows the average cost
to the company of handling messages to bo
2.3 cents per message.
If the government business docs not pay
Eomothlni ; moro than this average then it
must bo done at a loss , for the messages , in
order to yield such an uvorago , must bo con
siderably above the average length of busi
ness messages ( about seventeen words ) and
It Is a very exacting service , having pre
cedence over all other business and requiring
prompt und often long distance messenger
deliveries , or rewriting In some cases to tie-
liver by special wires , These exhibits
demonstrate that the rate as fixed
for the past year Is a ureat
Injustice to the telegraph companies and not
on a fair business basis of living profits
awarded to railroad companies und other
corporations for services rendered. Tha
rate ought , therefore , to bo Increased rather
than diminished , By the present rate the
government is saving a largo sum , probably
(100,000 annually by the reduced cost of Us
telegraph service below what other patrons
have to pay , and that caving is necessarily
made from other customers , lu all justice
and fair dealing the rnto should thejroforo bo
increased. To do the government's work for
nothing necessarily Imposes heavy burdens
on the pcoplo who sustain the telegraph. If
the railroads hauled the malls for nothing
they would have to collect more for other
sorvlces to sustain the expenses of operation
and pay a moderate return for the capital
employed. The government is able to pay ,
and every business consideration demands
that It shall pay a fair nnd reasonable consid
eration for whatever sorvlces it may require.
As Instructed by the executive committee
of the boa d of directors , I must respectfully
make this the protest of the the Western
Union Telegraph company and of the subor
dinate telegraph companies which It controls
against nny further reduction below the
rates In operation during the last few years
ns a wrong and Injustice to the company , to
its 0,000 stockholder * and to its 1,000,000 of
other customers. I have the honor to re
main , most respectfully yours ,
NOKVIN Guri.v : , President.
INTO ONE.
Six nondn Consolidated Into the
" \Vabanh Katlroad Cominuy. "
CHICAGO , Jnly 23. A special from Spring
field , III. , says articles of consolidation were
filed with th'o secretary of state to-day com
bining the Toledo Western Railroad com
pany , the Detroit and State line , tbo Wabash
Railroad company , the Wabash Eastern
Railroad company , of Indiana , the Wabash
Eastern Railroad company , of Illinois , ami
the Wabasli Western Railroad company ,
under the general management of "Tho
Wabash Railroad company. " The capital
Block Is $ .73,000,000. The first board of
directors Is constituted ns follows : James
F. Joy , of Detroit , Mich. ; Ossiau D. Ashley ,
of Now York : Thomas II. Hubbard , of Now
York ; Edgar T , Wells , of Hartford , Conn. ;
George W. Smith , of Chicago ; Abram M.
Pence , of Chicago ; Charles llonrotln , of
Chicago ; John \V. Buun , of Springfield , and
John Maynard Ilarlcn , of Chicago.
The Union PnoiUo'a Donmnd.
CnioAOO , July 29. It Is understood that
ono of the matters laid before the executive
committee of the Transcontinental associa
tion to-day was a demand by the Union
Pacific that it bo permitted to share Puget
Sound business with the Northern Pacific.
This claim was made by the Union Pacific
some time ago , but it was decided against It.
Now , it is said , it threatens to withdraw
from the association unless allowed part of
this traffic.
The controversy over the Puget Sound
business was afterwards referred to the
eastern officials of the Northern and Union
Pacific roads , who will meet in Now York
this week to sec if an nmicaolo adjustment
can bo reached. The remainder of the dav
was occupied in the discussion of the South-
urn Pacific nnd Canadian PacilTu dispute.
Early in the discussion General Manager
Stubbs of the Southern Pacllie loft the meet
ing in disgust und refused to return during
the day.
day.A
A FUHIOUS IIAIN STOUM.
Worcester County , Maryland. Mourns
lV > r Its Crops.
SXOWIIILL , Md. . July 29. A rain storm
surpassing all previous ones that , buva fallen
this year in Worcester county began hero
early Thursday morning last und continued
through Friday. All railroad communica
tion has been cut oil In consequence of the
numerous washouts , and it will be probably
several days before trains can run again.
Purnell's mill , uear hero , was completely
swept away , together with the bridge and
part of the dam. 'With this storm is swept
'away the last remnant of hope for growing
crops in Worcester county. A low jfurmorn
most favorably situated will perhaps raise
half an average crop of corn , while others
will raise none >
The ArkanuaH on a Tear.
LITTLE ROCK , Ark. , July 29. Specials to
night give damages wrought by the destruc
tive wind and rain storms which swept over
this section last night. At Clarksville the
streets were flooded und the town was in
danger of being swept away by Spadia creek ,
which was out of its banks. Many people
took to the hills. All the creeks were out of
their banks nnd overflowing the bottoms ad
jacent , ruining crops , nnd it is very naturally
supposed thatftho Arkansas river will over-
How its banks and rum the fine cotton crops
in the bottom lands. The river had risen
fourteen tcct in nine hours up to 0 D. in. , and
was still rising.
Twenty Miles of Truck Flooded.
SAUSHUIIY , Md. , July 2'J. Yesterday , bo-
twccn Laurel and Suaford , a cloud burst oc
curred , flooding the country , The corn fields
and strawberry Holds are under water , and
the railroad tracks between Seaford and
Delaware for twenty miles are flooded.
From yesterday morning llj inches of rain
have fallen.
A Tcrrlilo Thunder Storm.
KANSAS CITV , July 23 A special from
Springfield , Mo. , says n terrific thunder
storm accompanied with hailstorm ? occurred
in that vicinity early this morning. The
fruit crop was badly damaged. Corn suffered
somewhat.
_
A lloirulnr Cyclone.
BOSTON , July 23. A cyclone storm of wind
and rain this afternoon unrooted orchrrds ,
plowed a furrow fifteen feet wide for a long
distance and throw water out of Chlco pee
river fifty feet high. Tbo streams uro ris
ing rapidly.
Touaceo Crops Ruined.
'
MILWAUKEE , July 29. Specials from
points in Rock und Jefferson counties say
that the tobacco crops in those sections wcro
completely ruined by a hall storm Saturday
afternoon. The plants were ready to bo
topped and the loss Is' Irreparable , Other
crops are not much damaged.
A. JHnd DOR Huns Aimiok.
HOIIOKEN , N. J. , July 29 , A moncrol black
ran into the stable of the street car company
tills morning and bit Frederick Brubn , a
hostler , on the Ifuml nnd arm ; bo then ran to
the corner of Washington and First streets
where ho bit Nicholas Crozottl , aged twelve
years , oil the arm , and the dog belonging to
Crozottl. The supposed rabid brute then ran
to the Hamburg steamboat dock , ( lushed into
the ofllco of the custom house olllcors , bit
Charles Basso , chock clerk , on the right fore
arm and ran down the dock and bit Peter
Joppa , fireman on the steamer Gollort , on
the loft forearm , The dog was killed on tbo
dock by a policeman and a stevedore.
The OffrtitHO Indictable.
MUSOOQEE , I. T. , July 29 , When the Creek
nation desired to Negotiate for the sale of the
Oklahoma country Messrs. Pies , Porter and
B , M. Hodges were chosen aologates to rep
resent tbo nations. They drew 10 nor cent
of the purchase money , and claimed that
they had paid that ns per agrenmont to ox-
Governor Crawford for attorney's ' fees. The
10 per cent drawn amounts to 223.000. On
the other hand it Is claimed that Secretary
Vlias cancelled the with
contract ex-Gov
ernor Crawford. To rccelvo Indian money
without the sanction of the. department Is an
indictable olTonso. The matter was brought
to the notice of the authorities at Washing
ton and General Gardner Is now here IUVCH-
tlgatlng tbo mutter.
Supposed to Ju ) Drowned.
PKOUIA , Ills. , July 69. Last night at eight
o'clock Frank Kowultz and Hannah Shearer
wont boating , This morning the bout was
found upside down. KowalU'B hat und coat
wore in It , und as neither of the parties can
bo found , they are supposed to have buen
drowned. Tbo river Is bolng dredged.
Weather IndluutlonH.
For Omaha nnd vicinity Fair weather.
For Dakota and Nebraska : Fair , wanner ,
northerly winds , becoming variable ,
For Wisconsin , Iowa hud Illinois Fuir.
ttariuor , northerly wlucli.
ARMY CIRCLES INTERESTED ,
The Fort Omahn Oasonn Absorbing
Toplo
AMONG WASHINGTON OFFICERS.
Nehrnikix's Interim ! Hovonuo Col"
lections The Qoodotla Survey A
Supposed DcCiiuUor Now Pout *
masters Appointed.
WASHINGTON' HUUKAU , TI\B OMUIA. HER , )
GUI FOUKTBKNTH SrilCBT. >
WASHISOTOX , D. C. , July 29. J
The court-martial case now In progress at
Fort Omaha Is attracting a great deal of at
tention lu army circles horo. All the nowa
that can bo idcnnotl In relation to It from tha
papers Is eagerly scanned , nnd army oillcora
frequently coma to Tun Bin : office to ascer
tain whuthor nny additional Information has
boon received at this end of the wire. Every
copy of TUB Biic received here is road by nt
least a dozen ofllcors anxious for the details
of the court-martial ,
A SVITOSKn IIIIFAUI.TIH.
The Associated press dispatches this morn
ing from Kaunas City stated that Charles S.
Cryslcr , a prominent lawyer of Independ
ence , Is a defaulter in the sum of fVJ,000 nnd
that ho has ucca missing from bis homo for
some days. Cryslur has boon In Washington
since last week and was stopping at the Eb-
bitt house until this morning , These who
know ho was here attempted to sco him as
soon ns the ptragrnph appeared in the pa-
pots , out it was discovered that ho had loft
early In the day and no ono about Washing
ton has nny idea ns to what direction ho took.
It is about a twenty hours' ride by the most
direct route from Washington to the nearest
point on the Canadian bonier.
INTIEUNAL 1IKVKXUU Itni'OHT.
The annual report of the commissioner of
internal revenue for the fiscal roar just
closed was issued to-day. It shows the fol
lowing receipts in the states of Iowa nnd Ne
braska from all sources : Collector Byron
Webster , of the Third Iowa district col
lected $149,032 , and August II. ICuuhlmesor ,
of the Fourth Iowa district , reported (243-
404. During the year two men have served
uscolloctor of the Nebraska district. Dur
ing his term Simeon II. Calhoun gathered la
S2.UI 1,793 , while John Peters' reports show
that his collections were $3J.S3-J.
Tin : OUOIIUTIO suuvr.y.
Prof. S. C. Mondcnhall , of Indiana , who
was recently appointed chief of the coast
geodetic survey , lias arrived and took charge
of his ofilco to-day. Prof. Moiulcnhall doea
not intend to make any Immediate changes in
thu force under him , nnd will probably re
tain all , or nearly all of bis subordinates.
The force In the court survey is an excellent
one , and the work performed is s > o scien
tifically accurate that when two lines were
brought together , ono from the coast of
Maine on the north ami the other from
Charleston on the south , there was less than
half an inch lu variation ,
HAS ins CIIOICR.
Mr. A. B. Ball , of Tccumsoh , who was re
cently apuolntcd timber agent of the general
land ofllco has been In Washington a day or
two for instructions. Mr. Ball has his choice
of three locations. Ho can go to the Black
Hills in the northern portion of South .Da
kota , to Arizona or to Washirigton'tcrritory.
He' has not yet fully determined which of
the assignments ho will accept , but at the
present time U inclined towards Seattle , and
will probably make up his mind to go there.
inn rc.s'sio.v omen i.WESTiffATfo.v.
The Investigation into the methods pre
vailing in tha pension office Is progressing
rapidly. It promises to be more searching
than it was expected at first , nnd the chances
are that It will extend back to the period
where tha last investigation loft off. Com'
missioned Tanner has supplied the commutes
with ovury facility for carrying on the In-
quirv , and among the data furnished Is a
batch of papora upon which cases were mudo
"special. " These papers extend over a peri
od nf several years , nnd among thorn is n pllo
occupyinga space of about fourcublo feet. It
is reported that thisplln accumulated during
the administration , and that nearly all of
them were casus in which Civil Service Com
missioner John II. Oborly set forth excellent
reasons why some fifteen bundled cases
should bo taken out of tholr regular order
before tbo democratic national convention
met in St. Louis last summer. There is no
question that Commissioner Black made
hundreds of cases special during the last
months of his administration , and. It may bo
proven , that in matters of this Kind Civil
Scrvico Commissioner Oborly was the most
powerful man in the country with the pen
sion ofilco ,
IOWA I'OSTMASTIillS AH'OINTKU.
Canna , Scott county , Joe Henderson ;
Moingona , Boone county , Mrs , J. 15. Gilbert ;
Whcatiand , Chuton county , Jerome Dutton.
NI'.W NEIIUABKA I'OSTMAHTBIIS.
Elwood , Gospor county , M. B. Reid ; Una-
dllla , Olive county , Henry Iluckins ; Oxford ,
Furnas county , J , M. Lee ,
MISCELLANEOUS.
The secretary of war to-day published the
retirement of Major Alexander Sharpe , pay
master. The retirement of Major Sharpe re
duces the pay corps to forty , live moro than
thi > maximum fixed by a recent am of con
gress. _ _ _ „
INTEHNAlj UIQVKNU15.
Preliminary Uoport For the Fiscal
Vcnr Eluded Juno < IO.
WASHINGTON , July 29. Commissioner of
Internal Revenue Mason made the following
preliminary report of the operations of the
internal revenue service for the fiscal year
ended Juno 30 , last : The total collections tot
the fiscal year just ended were $1.10,095,433 ,
an Increase over 1833 of (0,5133,957. , The cost
of collection for the fiscal year just ended
will aggregate abouHIlS ! > ,000 , buing a'frao-
tion less than 3.2 percent , which is exactly
the same ns In IShS. The total receipts from
the ( Jlffcient objccto of taxation worot
From spirits , $74 , 310,200 , an Increase
of f5,007.09 ! ! ov r the previous fiscal year ;
from tobacco , fll.SGT.SOO . , an Increase of
tl.L'tM.IS'J ; from fermented liquors , $23,723 , . .
b3fi , nn inuroaso of $309,017 ; from oleomarga
rine , | S'.11,2IS , an increase of . ' (0,103 ( ; from
banks , f 0,214 , an incruasu of 1 2,011 , ami from
miscellaneous , $01,009 , a decrease nf t-T.'i.SW.
Taxes were paid on { 1,811.720.050 tclgars ,
1,803,720,000 cigarettes nnd 3JW7,765 pounds
of oleoinaruarlno. Among the contributions
by states were those : Illinois , $31,007,410 ;
Indiana , $5,788,2305 Iowa , SiOJ.fiTO ; Kentucky ,
(10,910,811 ; Missouri. $7,730,00 * : Nebraska ,
83.848.024 : Ohio , 11,6JJ,7J , ; Wisconsin , , .
090-IUS. The report also contains a Btute-
ment of the collections by districts , wbtctt
shows tha collections to bo heaviest in the
districts named an follows :
Fifth Illinois , $19n ! , > ,205 ; First Illinois ,
t'J.lUl.IHO ; Fifth Kentucky , JI.BfASSa . ; First
Ohio , tS,002,2"il ; First Missouri , 10,419,077.
Nohrnska nnd lowu
WASHINGTON , July 29 , | Special Telegram
to TUB BEE. | Pensions granted to No-
bruskana : Original invalid Thcodoro F.
Barnes. Increase John 12. Curtis , George
V. Wells ,
lowans : Original Invalid John A. Mo.
Cluro , Philip II. McCartney , Asa Brown ,
Daniel iV. Lutmnns. Incrcaao Willmtn I ,
McLean , Peter Kline , Samuel Morrison ,
Samuel Moffatt , Smith M. Wax. Clinton Do-
wltt. Andrew J. Uurr. Reissue Joseph
liuulc , tiuldon II , Stacy. Original , widows ,
etc. Lucrutla M , widow of Joulah W. Mo-
Cadden ,
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Whut AIN I ho Toxa * ?
WASHINGTON , July 29 , Reports from Norfolk -
folk respecting the construction of the Texas
ut the navy yard there have occasioned dome
disturbance In the equanimity ot the offiulaU
about thu navy department , In tlto nbHenco
ol Secretary Trucy nothing dttlmtu uau btf
luurncd ,
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