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THE OMAHA DAILY BEJB , TUESDAY , APRIL .1 , 1800. linvo already bocn made , first , for the deten tion and return to their native coun tries of all persons who are convicted of any crimes except politicals and second Representative Brewer- Let me ask a question there. So far as the laws mid regu lations which relate to the immigrants who arrive In New York are concerned , they dn .do not apply to any of the other ports , as I understand ) Mr. HostwaterThe law * apply to all ports. Kupresi'iitnllve Brewer Theiaws may , but the regulations of the commissioners of Imml- grutlon in New York are not applicable to unv of the other ports of our country I Mr. Ko ewnter Thesu regulations nro not applicable , but the government has clothed the secretary of Hio treasury with authority to ln.it nut the collector of each port to cm- ploy proper supervisors of immigration , mid to curry out very much the same idea that is now being carried out by the commissioners in Ninv York. Therefore , whatever immi grants may land on our shores at Baltimore , New Orleans. Philadelphia or Boston , are all subject lit the same laws and reflations , so far ns tin1 acts of congress can bo curried into effect by the collectors of the ports. But the iMjrecntugo of immigration coming to this country through other | x > rts is comparatively small. I have just received the report of the New York commission for 1SVJ which was in the hands of the printer up to yesterday. Hepresentativo Owen You refer to the re port of the New York commission ! Mr. Hosewater The New York commis sion. it contains a compiled statement of the number of immigrants who have landed in this country since 1S47. The total number of immigrants' all nationalities who have landed at tlm jwrt of New York since 18-1" , in thlrtv-thrce years , is O.IVI'J.IVW. In IV ) ' . ) there wore landed" Castle Gin den Uf.MWi ! : immi grants , being a decrease of 70-ITi as compared with the year 18 , and W,1J ) less than landed in lv < r. ' So at the present time the ratio of immigration Is on the decrease con siderably from what it had been for the lust tw years. Since the passage of the act of congress August : i , lbJ , up to December. 'II , IW.i , there have IMH-II 71)1 ) immigrants prohibited from landing at the port of New York. During the same period there have been returned r.il : ? immigrants who admitted their inability to maintain themselves. The total number of foreign people who have migrated to tlds country is estimated at Homewhere between twelve and fourteen millions. The exact number cannot probably be ascertained. I speak of the number com ing to this country since Ih'iO. The number was very small In the earlier part of the century , but Increased after the revolu tion tit IMS in Europe. Quite u largo number of political refugees and people who were discontented with their govern ment came over then and immigration gradu ally increased up to 18."i. Then it suddenly decreased again. In ISof the total number of immigrants who landed at the port of New York was . ' 110 , . ' : } , or only a very small frac tion less than what it was last year. The next year , in lt > .V > , it came down to it,000. : ! ) Jn IK.Mi the number was 1 1',0o0. Then it rose in 1W7 to M.OOO. The fact that wo had u Jlnnncinl crisis and hard times in iS , " > 7 rc- Miltiil in a coriesponding decrease of immi- gratinn , so that in IKiS the number of immi grants was only 7V > S' ' . ) . In I-1 it was 7U,8'iJ , and in IMIO , 10.li' ( ] came over. In ISO I there was another decrease , owing to the outbreak or the civil war , and the number fell to Ur , r > ; l'- ' ' When the war was at its height foreign immi gration increased , and there is no doubt that prolmnly a very large percentage of those who. did come over enlibted in tlio union nrmics. The question that must present itself to all thinking men is , lirst , has immigration been di'lrimentiil ' to the people of the United States , and. second , is it right and just that imy class of men , no mattovonvhat part of the jjliibe they are located , who are willing and able to work , and come with the inten- tiun to assimilate with our civili/ation. should be deprived of the opportunity to better their condition by rigid regulations' would bar tin m out altogether. It seems to ino that that time has not yet come. I ha\e peculiar relations Individually. I wab born abroad. Two of my brothers were born in this country. My wife was born jn this country. Ucprcbcnlutivo Owen What is your nation ality ! Air. llnscwatnr I was bom In Bohemia. . I have always held that I am just as good as mv brothers of American nativity , that the acci dent of birth makes no difference in manhood , that a man's conduct must bo the solo stand ard of his character , and that pride of birth is u remnant of barbarian fanaticism. It seems to mo that in this nineteenth century , or rather almost on the verge of the twenti eth century , all Intelligent people must con cede that every man must stand on his own merits. Kvery intelligent American must realize that ho owes his presence in this coun try to the incident of imigration. According to the now Century dictionary "an American Is a descendant of Kuropcans born in America , and in the most restricted popular sense a citizen of the United States. " They say , scratch a Russian yon will find n Tartar. How deep would we. have to scratch through the skin of any native American , unless he bean Indian , belore we would strike the flesh nnd blood of some foreigner who had crossed the .sea and sought a now homo where he could broaden his field of activity. Wo nro told that the coming hither of largo numbers of foreigners would result in disas trous competition to American labor , but we must bear in mind that the struggle for exirt- enee and the law of the survival of the fittest are stern realities not to bo overcome by any act of congress. It is n delusion to assume that tlio pauper labor of Kuropc , as it is called , transplanted to this side of the ocean will seriousry impair the condition and pros perity of our working men. Tempoi-irilv. liero and there , it may bo true , but the ill-paid toilers of Kuropo are the consumers of 'the surplus products of our fanners. They con sume our surplus grain ; they coiisnino our surplus meat ; and wliilo they nit meat only once n week anil have a much more scanty subsistence over there , when they are transferred to this side they will eat meat first twice n week , then probably three times , and lieforo they have been In this country two years they will have meat every day. They have a bettor liveli hood hew and their wants become enlarged. No matter what country thov hall from they mast bo housed and supplied with food anil raiment when they get hew. All of them re quire some furniture. All of them be come consumers of provisions and purchasers of products of the skill and industry of Amer ican mechanics. Now , which Is best ? Isit more profitable to ship our surplus provisions and products to Huropo for consumption and pay lor trans porting them across the ocean , or will wo io- rive greater benefit by bringing the consumer of our surplus meats and grain over hero and by enlarging our homo consumption create additional employment for our own skilled mechanics and laborers } Admit that the immigrants who como across will become their conqHititors , but in what line ) The great body of them are com mon laborers. Do you find a native Ameri can anywhere now cleaning the stt-ots , dig ging the sewers nnd filling the grades of u railroad ? They seek employment in some- tiling lighter. They seldom engage in menial work. Years ago Irishmen built our rail roads and dug one canals. Now the hardest nnd poorest paid labor Is performed by Ital ians , Hungarians , Scandinavians and Poles. Hut tlioso people do not stay on this side very long before they Inform 'themselves of the value of labor , and their children after a very .short residence become imbued with American ideas nnd their wants uro accord ingly enlarged , Hlght hew let mo say that four immigrants como to America In a'destl- tuto condition. During the year ISM ) the Im migrants that landed at Castle Garden ex changed about two millions and a half of for eign money into American currency and puivhuhcd over thrco million dollars' worth of railroad tickets. These people nearly all had some American money when thov landed , Yon will doubtless concede that the value of real estate is pinged by population. Kllml- mite from the city of New York the foreign bom population and you could not sell prop erty on Broadway at fifty cents on the dollar or even at twenty-live cents on the dollar. F.Itmltiato from Chicago the foreign bom po [ > - ulatlonand Chlcagxi mil estate values would shrink enormously , even if you located ton world's fairs all around her suburbs. Kllmimito from the west the foreign born set tlers and western farms would bo u drug in the market and western towns would bo htruek by commercial paralysis. The emigration commissioners hnvo taken prwut pains to ascertain the nationality of all immigrants on landing In New York , Ac cording to their last report out of ltKl ( < ) , oOO , the number who came over hero since 18 7 , there vrcroKSJUy Cenimns , or ! K1 per cent ; SJMIUS were Irish , or : tt per rent ; 1M5UV , ) wore natives of England , Scotland and Wales , or ulMiit 15 per cent , and of the decried PolandorH , that you hear bo much about , only IS.'JH are recorded as having como to this country in thirty-three years. Italy has fur- iiUhed317llW. or just a per ccut o'f the total Immigration that has landed la tlds country. There has Ixxm so much said about the wretched Italians wh come over hero that I feel like "pointing backwards" nnd calling at tention to the fact that the discoverer of America. Christopher Columbus , was nn Italian ; thntAmericus Vesttuclusafter whom this hemisphere was named , was nn Italian ; that long before the ancestors of the ptoudest Anglo-Saxou who walks this soil wore able to divest themselves of the savagery of the Vikings and Norsemen , the Italians had art , and science , and law. They gave to tlm world u .Histlnlan , a Gal- lllco , u Michael Angelo and a IJafael nnd n Garibaldi : and they Imvo given to the world Genoa and Venice , republics that existed long before ours was even conceived of. As to the wretched Poles , Kosclusko nnd Puhiski wew heroes In the war that msido this country free and independent. Tlio Germans have fur nished their full quota of patriots. D ICalb nnd Ktonben fought side by side with Wash ington. I walked through the national ceme tery of Mission HldRO In September , nnd there among iiOOU : heroic soldiers who died for the union , burled side by side under head stones Inscribed with their names , nro men born in Gnrmany , and Ireland , and liiigland. and Scotland , and Scandinavia. I ilaro say , had It not been for the enormous Influx of foreign migra tion , and the several hundred thousand foreign born citizens who risked their lives and their fortunes in defense of its flag the Union could not have been restored in four yean ) . But. you will saytheso people are ignorant. ' I lived in north Al'nbamu at the outbreak of the war ami among the citUens I was asso ciated with there those who could not read or write stood for the Union and the.intelligent , well educated people of the south tried to de stroy it. I was in West Virginia'with the army nnd there I found hundreds of people who could not read or write , Americans born on this soil nnd whoso fathers were born here before them people who had never seen n railroad , who had never heard Of a telegraph , and among them those who were not competent to reader or write , the percentage of loyalty was very much greater than nmmig those who were educated. This ( toes not show that ignor ance , is desirable , but merely Indicates that' the republic is sometimes safer in the hands of the ignorant than the edu cated. Koally there is no serious danger to apprehend from the continued influx of immi gration. Just look at it. Out of some 00,000- 000 population wo now have there probably uro from 8.000,000 to 10- 000,000 foreign born , making perhaps some thing like \'i \ per cent of our population. Fully one-half of that number are rapidly assimilat ing with us , mid the other half is dying off from year to year. Now , let mo cidl atten tion to some of the treaties that have been made by our government with other coun tries , because our people , when traveling abroad , are necessarily treated very much in the same spirit that we treat those who come here. International comity would demand auiong nations just what we would do HIT eng individuals , the adoption of the golden rule. There are hundreds of thousands of Ameri cans now all over Europe , and for that mat ter in Asia and in Africa , and those people are subject , of cour.se , to the regulations of the various countries in which they live and through which they travel ; but as citizens of this republic-they uro not subjected to very much annoyance. There has been very little trouble with pass ports ; they have gene out of date ; and wo should not establish any system that would require passports of people coming over here , or to subject them to a : v head tax , as is proposed in some of the bills no- . , ' rend ing. That of Senator Mitchell , for i.-.stancc , makes the landing of a person who differs with us as regards our form of government almost a crime ; at any rate it is prohibited. The Chairman What is the language used which you say covers the idea ! Mr. Kosewater It cannot bo construed otherwise than The Chairman But what is the language used. * Air. Kosewntcr i snail give you tne exact language of the bill. 1 have the bill with me. Senate bill I.Vi provides That from anil after the passage of this act It shall bo unlawful for any PIM-MIII , a subject of any foreign government , as well those wlin areiiowwllliln the limits of the I1 n I ted States. ; iuil who may hcieaftur leave the Tniled Sliites anil attempt to return , as those who havu never been here , or. having been li < ire , have departed from the I'nitod btntes. ; io U an avowed anarchist or nihilist.orvlio Is per sonally hoMlle'to the principles ot the consti tution of thi ) United Slates , or to thu form of government of the rutted states ; or who Is an liliol , etc. , to land in any uf one ports. Suppose that a monarchist should dcsiro to travel through this country this bill requires that ho shall change his mind.in order to bo allowed to land in the United States. Tlio Chairman You have proved the state ment you made , that one of the bills does pro pose to exclude a person who differs in opinion from us in regard to our form of gov ernment. Mr. liosewater It .shows to what nn un reasonable cxtcnt _ some men would go in their idea to Americanize , as they call it , all our institutions. Might there let mo say , they do not Americanize them but they do just the opposite. Seventy-five years "ago .loseph Bonaparte sought refuge here and lived in this country for home years. Ho had been king of Naples and ho did not change his mind as to his right to bo a king. Louis Nn- polcon lived in this country at one time , and during our war the Orleans princes accom panied General McClellan in his Virginia campaign. Thc.se foreigners were not in sympathy with our form of government. It is dinicuit to conceive -how wo could by any act of congress prevent the landing of people who are not believers in our form of government , even if they were anarchists and socialists. But socialism is one of tlioso things that very few people seem to understand. They class everybody ns a socialist who thinks there is something wrong with the govern mental machine. Kdward Bellamy would bo a , dangerous socialist , if ho had his way in "Looking Backward. " He wants toupsot Our ctitiro system of government , and yet wo tolerate erate him ; wo allow his books to bo sold by the thousand , and allow clubs to bo formed to propagate- his socialistic doctrines. Henry George holds opinions that uro radically a"t variance with our present form of govern ment , yet ho goes on writing and lecturing. But if a foreiirner expresses an adverse opinion about our institutions ho is labeled "dangerous. " Onr treaties with England nnd Francostipu- late that citizens of tho.se countries shall have the same rights to como to this country that are granted to our citizens In England and Franco. It is different with Germanv. The naturalization treaty with Germanystipulates that naturalized citi/ens of this country are allowed to remain there for only two years. Mr. Bancroft found it very difficult to nego tiate with the German government. At unv rule , they allow free Ingress and egress to ail people who go from this country , and it is only as to German subjects who have been in this country nnd were naturalized here and who go back there that they claim uu alle giance from If they remain there two years. But the question would naturally arise , what would bo the effect of any material change of our Immigrant laws in regard to these treaties ! Would it not also havoa tendency to seriously embroil us with foreign governments without materially benellttlng our country f Wo have a very large Influx of people from Canada. You see the Canadians coming in at different points , nnd to say that a man who comes here from Canada should be compelled to get a permit or n certillcuto or n passoort from the American consul in Toronto would bo a good deal of a hardship. 11 would bo unreasonable and contrary , ! be.lle.vo , to the spirit of this government. 1 have hardly dwelt upon the fact that billions upon billions of wealth have been added to our resources by immigration from all parts of the world. The South American republics nro doing whatever they can to In diico Immigrants to como to their country. They offer them lands and thov offer them cattle ns Inducements to get them to settle therii. In many of our states south and west Immigration boards are scattering document ! far and wide , in wUch tl.ey set forth the ad vantages and resources j their states so that immigrants may como amd locate there. Three mouths ago a gentleman representing nlargo interest in tliostatoof Vermont went to \orkmidsought to arrange for coloniz ing the farms that had been abandoned by native American fanners on account of their sterility , oral leust on account of the inabil ity of those farmers to make a living on them. They are now trying to orgnnl/o n Scandina vian colony to como to Vermont and take the place of those fanners who have left , and who have probably gene west to Improve their condition farther out. In Berkshire county , Massachusetts , i * a similar condition of things. Now , what harm will there bo If those Scandinavians como to Vermont or Massachusetts or any place In NO.W England , wherever the ground has not afforded n sufllcient subsistence for the American farmer with his expanded wants ! With their peculiar thrift mid Industry , and their willinc- nt s to put Inslxtccn hours a day , these Scundl- iiavians will reclaim tlioso farms and mnko them sustain a new population. While they are doing that they must have fuel , furniture and clothings they must have boots nndshoes ; thev must hnvo sugar and coffee nnd other articles , no that the merchants , manufac turers and worklngmen of Now Englnml will bo directly and Indirectly benelllted. The Chairman There are some other gen tlemen here who were promised that they should have a hearing this morning , aim that you may not waste any of the time yoii Will occupv , I take occasion to say that I supinxse there Is no member of the committee who has reached the conclusion that any bill should be passed terminating the Immigration into lids countrv of persons who Will make good citi zens. There tins some expressions in some of the bills indicating that intention , but In the bill which 1 Introduced in the senate , No. ill ! ( ! ! ) , there is no intention of that ort ex pressed. What I should like you to confine yourself to for tlio remainder of your time is the provision of semite bill 'JiXKl or anv of the provisions of other bills pending which tend to regulate immigration and keep out im proper persons , and not to a general argument against terminating immigration , which no one proposes. In this connectltmlwilln.sk 3-011 to state to the committee whether you are opposed to the passage of any new bills or whether there are provisions concerning im migration which you thbik it Would be well to have enacted into a law. I will nsk now whether Mr.VoJf and the other German gentlemen who are here wish to be heard ( Uoprescntntlvo Owen Mr. Nledrlnghuus has some friends here from St , Louis who de sire to be hoard. The Chairman Mr. Niedrlnghnus , state what you desire of the committee. Kopivsentrttivo.Niudringhaus TJiero is a delegation here representing a number of German societies , of which Mr. Kosewater is also a member. I should like to introduce to vou , whenever Mr. Hosewater is through , the Hon. Mr. Bartholdt of St. Louis , one of our leading German Journalists , the editor of the Tribune of that city. The Chairman There is an hour left and 5-011 may divide thu time nmoiig yourselves us well as you can. Mr. Hosewater I shall be through in ten minutes. Hepresentativo Lehlbaeh I understand Mr. Hosewater to say that ho Is opposed to any legislation ; that ho thinks , the laws at present are sunicient. if carried out. The Chairman I did not understand him to say distinctly that he is opposed to ulllegts- lation. Mr. Hosewater I believe the laws already enacted are ample enough for nil practical purposes for the exclusion of all the undesir able classes. Here is a bill for instance , house bill 11 , astil , which provides that no alien who cannot speak Uio English language and read the constitution of the United States , etc. , shall be permitted. This however is a naturalization bill , I see. Kepresentativo Owen That is Mr. Gates' naturalization bill of the last congress. Mr. Hosowater On that point I wish to say that I think there are a very large num ber of people who realize that it would bo un just to exact from one class of people what you do not exact from the others. 'You have now ten or twelve million voters' , among whom perhaps two million are unable to read and write the English language. Hepresontative Niedringlinns Fluently. Mr. Hosewater For that matter , a great many even born on this soil are not able to read and write , and they exercise the elective franchise. Comparatively very few of tlioso who como from abroad at the present time are unable to read and write their own lan guage. The laws of Germany , for instance , make education compulsory. ' The laws of Austria' are very much the same. Most of the people who now come do have the ability to write their names or to ivad and write in their own language , but at the same time it would bo very hursh to exact from them a knowledge of the English language , especially so far as interpreting the constitution is con cerned , as one of these bills provides. Another one of the bills pending provides for passports from American consuls. The question is why should such passports bo now required. Only twice in thu history of the United States have passports been re quired , the first time after the passage of the alien and sedition laws , in the early part of the century , and the second time in Iblil , dur ing the civil war , and then for only a very short period. It would bo utterly impossible for anj body to perform these functions abroad with any degree of success or satisfaction. Very fe\y of our consuls , even if they were fa miliar with the language of the country , could go to work and aseci'tum .definitely the char acter of the person applying and ascertain ids views on political questions , or anything of that kind. If lie is really n member of n se cret society with anarchistic tendencies ; if he entertained revolutionary ideas , ho is not going to make it known and nobody out side of the society will know it. If it is required that the foreign govern ment shall certify to the character of the applicant , then whom will they recommend } Naturally they want to get rid of tho.se who uro offensive to thorn and retain thoiso who are good citizens and weJl-to-do. They will try to recommend and pass without any trouble all those whom they wish to get riil of , and those who are desirable will bo sub jected to a good deal of annoyance. Then oil' ' * of these bills provides , as I remember it , that three months' notice shall ba given bv any hnmignmt who desires to locate in America. That would be a great hardship and an unreasonable restriction. If ho de sires to migrate from some of those rural places , ( in fact the bulk of immigration comes from the smaller villages and towns , ) he would be required to go through a great deal of turmoil and bother about it , to notify the authorities three months ahead that lib desires to come. There might bo reasons why ho would want to go immediately. His relatives on the/other side might bo danger ously ill or their death may require his speedy presence. Ho may bo compelled to change Ids residence , without any offense either to his own government or to this government. These are barriers that would only embarrass und annoy , and I question whether you would Improve the quality of immigrants by such restrictions. All the classes that are not desirable are al ready excluded by the present laws , and all wo need is _ a , better -administration , more rigid exclusion , more rigid inspection at thu ports where these people enter. All those who are physically disabled are already ex cluded. All who have committed crimes are excluded ; nnd all who como hero under con tract to perform work are excluded. I want to close by quoting from a Decora tion day oration by a full blooded American , Colonel Unhurt G. Ingersoll. Colonel Inger- sell may not bo orthodox but he is good au thority on patriotism. Ho saidWo : see the first ships whose prows were gilded by the western sun. AVe feel the thrill of dis covery when the new world was found. AVe see the oppressed , the serf , the peasant , and the slave men whoso flesh hail known the chill of chains the adventurous , the proud , the brave , sailing an unknown sea , seeking homes m unknown lands. Wo see the settlements , the little clearings , the block house und the fort , the rude and lonely huts. IJrnvo men , true women , builders of homes , fellers of forests , founders of states ! Separated from the old world away from the heartless distinctions of caste ; away from sceptres and titles and crowns they gov erned themselves. * * * "From every land , of every speech , driven by want nnd hi ml by hope , exiles mid emi grants sought the mysterious continent of the west. " In an appeal to our flag , ho says : "Tho flag f s which the heroes fought , for which they died , Is the symbol of all wo are , of all wo hope to bo. It Is the emblem of equal rights. It means tree hands , free lips , Keif-government and the sovereignty of the Individual. It means that this continent has been dedicated to freedom. * * * "It means that every citizen of the repub lic , native or naturalized , must be protected at homo In every state , abroad In every land , on every sea. It means that all distinctions based on birth or blood have perished from our law ; that our government shall stand between labor and capital , liotwcen the weak nnd strong , between the individual and the corxniition | , between want and wealth and give and guarantee simple justice to each and all. It means that there shall bo n legal remedy for every wrong. It means national hospitality Unit wo must welcome to our shores the exiles of the world , nnd that wo may not drive them back. Some may bo deformed by Inlwr , dwarfed by hunger , broken in spirit , victims of tyranny mid custo in whoso sad faces may be read the touch ing record of u weary life and yet their children , born of liberty and love , will bo symmetrical and fair , intelligent and free. " These are my sentiments , mid this is why I appeal to you not to mnko the path of the poor immigrant more difficult , and not to ob struct him more than Is absolutely necessary when ho Is seeking a now homo and seeking for his children a country In which they will bo able to participate in self-government. Itond Offering * . i WASHINGTON , Marc j ill - [ Special Tele gram to TUB BEB , ] Hjiuh offered : f.O.liOU at i fl , i ex-interest ; i SHE ACTEflN SELF-DEFESSK , A Carroll , In. onmu Fatally Wouuds Her flhWal Husband , i ! . , i THE ANTI-PRC/ttlBlTION / CONFERKNCE. A Number il'r ' DclcKntttN Alrcmly on ilio OromiiU A New Itnllroail ujy , incorporated 1'liu liie CAKIIOM. , la. , March .11. - tsl'cclal Tolc" , gram to Tut : Bin : . ] About 3 o'clock this after noon tlio residents In the vicinity of Sixth street were startled by the sound of it shot. Soon after a man rushed out of Wlleox's laundry and dropped in the street. Investiga tion showed him to beS. . E. Wilcox , pro prietor of the laundry. He hud a quarrel with his wife and picked up u poker and chasedher up stairs , declaring hl.s Intention of braining her , when she gmbl cd it revolver and turned and shot him. The ball entered the abdomen and came out on his 'back. He is fatally In jured , nnd will probably die before morning. Wllcox and his wife hnvo quarrelled for several years , but at present were pulling to gether and doing a prosperous laundry busi ness. The sheriff immediately arrested Mrs. Wilcox und she is now in jail. The Legislature. DnsMoi.vis : , la. , March 111. The house this morning passed the anti-trust bill , after con siderable discussion. The senate bill length ening the present term of present county aud itors , in oilier to make auditors and treasur ers alternate- election , was passed ; also the senate bill allowing cities to levy special taxes for the purpose of changing natural water courses into sewers. The house passed' the senate bill appropri ating SKN ! ( ) for the care of historical records ; also a joint resolution providing for the print- hip of the messages of Governors Larrabco and Boies in foreign languages. After some discussion in the senate on the bill to compel private banks to come under the provisions of tlio banking law , it was re ferred to the banks and banking committee without action. The bill for the relief of cer tain unregistered pharmacists was passed. The senate in the afternoon passed the house bill appropriating ) to pay he ex penses of the university investigation. A bill was passed granting railroads two years' extension of time for putting up fences , A bill listing the capital stocks of banks for taxation was amended and referred to the judicial committee. The senate in the evening disposed of seventy-seven bills , a majority by indefinite postponement. Onlv legalizing acts and bills recommended i'or indefinite postpone ment were considered. The Uailroad Commissioners. I3is : MDIXI : , la , , March 31. [ Special Tel- cgram toTm : TJnir. ] K C. Murphy , general manager of the Ilumeston & Shenandoah road , has filed an answer with the railroad commissioners to the complaint of the citizens of Clarinda against' ' the Chicago , St. Paul & Kansas City i-ailwhy and the Shenandoah railway to require tlicm , to unite in erecting a depot suitable for the , transfer of freight and passengers at the point of crossing of the two roads in the towiuof Diagonal , Hcngold coun ty , and also to reiiuiT'o said railroads to con nect their tracks'fit'the point of said crossing. Mr. Murphy claims that the company now has a depot with . \ijatforin.s , side tracks and all other conveniences suitable for the tran saction of passiMuror and freight business be tween the two roads , and that the claim of petitioners is 'unreasonable ' and in part untrue. ! , ' A Now Jtond. ICnouuK , In. , Mtirch ill. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Br.n.j , 'jhe ; , purchasers of the Fort Madison & Northwestern vond' filed articles of incorporation ! this'morning of a new road to be called the C.Ii"Tcago.Fprt MndUoti & DCS Molnes railway , with' a capital stock of ? 'ilRMW(0. ) ( Tt is "announced that the road will bo widened to standard gua e , and be ex tended to Des Molncs. It is expected that the read will bo built asfar : us Ottumwa tills year. This morning representatives of the narrow gunge road paid the master in chan cery the. sum of & ! S,1IO ( , the purchilso price of the road which they bid in a few days ago. Among the incorporators of the new road nrc ex-Governor Buren. R. Sheman of this.state , William I. Black of Chicago and II Scott of Pennsylvania. Tlio latter is to be superintendent and general manager. Car Thieves Arrested. DfnuQrn , la. , March : ! ! . [ Special Tele gram to Tun Bii.lFor some time there has been systematic thieving from loaded cars on sidings in this city , Saturday night n car on the Kansas City road was broken upon nnd goods to the value of . * 100 were taken out. Suspicion pointed to three young men living on a boat. The bout was searched last night , the plunder was found , and they were taken in. Two of them , named Miller , residci here , and the other , Kelly , lives in Sioux City. A Sportsman Drowned. Siorx CITV , In. , March ai. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Biu. ] Fred Cook , one of the most popular young men in tlio city , nnd highly connected , was drowned Sunday morn ing while duck hunting on McCook lake in Dakota. George Jackson , one of the party that searched for Cook , in petting out of a boat discharged both barrels of ushotguninto his arm so that It had to bu amputated. The Dr.s MOINT..S , la. , March 31. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Hri : . ] Delegates to the anti-prohibition re-publican conference are be ginning to arrive and many arc expected to morrow. Tlio delegates are invited to meet at tlio headquarters in the Savory club rooms Wednesday morning. The lirst public meet ing will bo at 'J o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Ho rfayeiTwilli a Gnu. SAC CITY , la. , March ill. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Hic. ; ] Some boys wore playing with a gun yesterday. It was discharged and the shot struck Fred Comestocl : In the head , passing down through his face and tearing out the brain , eyes und Jaw. Ills death is mo men tari 1 y ex petit cd . Declined the Nomination. Dr.s Mnisis : , la. , March 31.- [ Special Tele gram to Tun Bui : . ] Captain Hussoll , the candidate for mayqviWi tlio citizens' ticket , announced tonight that ho could not accept the nomination foflhuslucss reasons. The op position is quite denjoraliml , and the repub lican ticket will probably bo elected by n largo majority. - . _ The Hill AVals Jtnshcd DisMoixila..Tilureli ' 31. [ Special Tele gram to Tun BiI'l'--Tho : trust bill which passed the house t.oiUy was rushed through without any camrjjUlou ) by the Judiciary committees. There qjv fears that it will bo found nnconsiltalional , as the Missouri statute has been , atwr which it is modelled. Sioux City .M'lfNjiiver ' KuitlpmentH. Sioux CITV , ! $ . , March 31. [ Special Telegram to Tnu'iiIJiJC.--General ] Man ager McKenzie . " . 'joT ' the Sioux City ' & Denver road.'irfoday signed a con tract with the Missouri Car and Foundry company of St. Louis'for four hundred freight cars. fVdac lluiiiiihT I'roliiiiHIonl.stH. CKIIVU UIIMDS hi. , March 111.-Special [ Telegram to Tun BUB.Tho ] county temper- nneo convention today , after a spirited ills- cus.slon , declared in favor of the present law with no rcsiibmisslnn , nnd appointed an en forcement committee. Joined the Interbtnto League. CKIUH Hiring , la. , March 111. [ Special Telegram to THE BuiTho : ] directors of tha Cedar Hapids baseball club today decided to go Into the Illinois-Iowa league. ArreMcd I'oiIllgainy. . DAVENPOHT , la. , March ill. [ Special toTnn BIB.I : Detectives from Chicago canw hero today und arrested a Mr and Mrs. Ferguson on the cimrtte of bigamy. J't.iy came Uere a I few days ago unmarried , lived together til 1 some one told them they tatter have a cere i tnotiy performed , nnd now It turns out thai I the woman was an eloper named Smith , win had left her huslrand in Chicago and run oil with Ferguson. Both jwtlos refuse to talk , but the woman says she will go to Jail before she will go back to Smith. crj .1 A'/i'll * JMJM6 KKSfUKXCK. Negotiations foe Ceding the Austria I'rovliiL't * of Trc-nt. [ fojii/rfyM / tfVil liy Jama ( Innlim lltnnril. ] VIBNSA , March 31. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to Tun Bui : . ] The Vtetinr corrc.sKndont | of the Tribune , who Is also i1 professor of Italian to the children of Arch duke Charles Louis , telegraphs this evening that In an important Honnin Journal is tin following information , resulting , he says , from an interview with a high personage , whom ho cannot name nt present. According to tlds personage negotiations Imvo bocn In progress for several months between the em- perorof Austria mid the Vatican which may lead to the cession of the troublesome province of Trent to the holy father as a residence. The offer has been actually made nnd only an answer from the Vatican Is awaited nt the for eign otllce , I can learn nothing , but I have reason to think that this startling statement is not without foundation. Of course , how ever , the consent of the reiehsrath would have to bo obtained to such a cession. it n 11,1 , 'rift : cx.ut. A Nihilist Suicide * and Loaves an Kx- pliinntory Letter. Loxno.v , March 81. A St. Petersburg dis patch today to the Daily Telegraph says n man committed suicide yesterday leaving a letter saying that he had destroyed himself sooner than kill the ertur , he having been se lected by ballot for that duty. The lettei' gave the names of his accomplices , several of whom were arrested. Fill 15 AND l 0jlCK | COMMISSION. It Holds n T-OII-J hut. Hnthcr TJniii- te-rcstliif * Session. In the absence of Mayor dishing , who ia expected homo from his Colorado trip today , Mr. Gilbert acted as chairman of lost night's meeting of the flro mid police board. Mr. Smith was another absentee. It was a long but comparatively uninteresting session. For the first time in several weeks there were no charges to bo heard against officers In pei-son. A communication from Chief Seavy asked that the board adopt n regulation revolver which policemen should purchase , and not bo allowed to carry anv other kind. Ho recom mended the Colt No. as. The communica tion was laid aside for action in executive ses sion. sion.Patrolman Patrolman D. Walker was given three days leave of absence to visit Kansas City. Patrolman McCi-iy asked to be nmdo a mounted policeman , providing that any of the force was to be increased , as ho had rea son to think it was. Patrolman Pat Cusick asked to bo ap pointed a sergeant. IMorred to the chief. Olliccr C. II. Monroe was given permission to go to Malta to testify in an important suit. The chief of the lire department was in structed to allow patrolmen to report from No.1 engine house. Five dark lanterns , four noz/lcs nnd six axes were ordered purchased for the lire de partment. A fire alarm box was ordered in at Thirty- third and Parker. Freelnnd , Loomis & Co. of this cit.y were awarded the contract for furnishing uniforms for the members of the tire and police de partments. It was announced that the charges against Patrolman Cox for brutality to a newslioy would bo heard at the next meeting of the board. As u license board the wise men then called John Bohn to the front to answer to the charge of keeping his saloon open and selling liquor on Sunday. His place is at Twenty- fourth nnd Burdctte streets. The testimony showed that there were sovetvil men in the place drinking on Sunday. The case of Anderson & Nelson , chanred with keeping ojien und giving away liquor on Sunday , was called. Anderson came forward with witnesses t osav that on the Sunday in question he was having the walls of his saloon cleaned by the men who were seen in there. Officers Haze nnd Vaughn testillcd to seeing men given drink in there , while some of the firm's own witnesses testified that they were given liquor there. In executive session the Colt's revolver , DS caliber , was adopted and bids for furnishing the force with same will bo invited. DGeorgo Crager and John Murphy of the fire department were reprimanded for their conduct toward Chief Gallagan. It was decided to recommend to the city council that the work of remodeling the Gees hotel building , at n- cost of $1,300 , for jail purposes , bo commenced immediately. Nothing was done with the saloon cases , considered in open session. SUSl'KCT NO. 4. He Will Arrive in Omaha This Morri- i R. Chief Seavoy received the following tele gram last night from Chief Abbey of Nebraska - braska City , dated at Holdrege , Neb. : Have LUk arrested. Will bo In with him on No.1. . Aiilinv. The train referred to Is that which Arrives in Omaha at l:3Ti ) : this morning over the B. & M. Lisk's arrest fastens another link in the chain of evidence which is rapidly being forged to completion about the murderers of the white-haired old couple , and the story which this fourth suspect may have to tell upon his arrival hero this morning will be awaited with great interest. A Llltle Saloon How. A stranger strolled into Andy Shield's saloon at the corner of Twentieth and Pierce streets last night , and after ordering a drink laid down what Shield thought was a bad del lar. Ho refused to take it and the "customer tlien handed over smother coin. Shield in sisted on keeping thu bad coin also , and the fellow objected. Then the men fought u few rounds , upsetting tables , chairs and piimmel- ing each other generally. Some one telephoned for the patrol wagon , but by the time it reached the place the stranger had made his escape. A TlcMiliilion of thankri. At a meeting of the local assembly 'JS13 , K. of L. , the following was unanimously adopted : K Mlved , That wo , thn ofllcors and inom- bo rs of local assembly ftvCi. K. of Ido hnrehy piuloiM ) Ibn testimony voluntarily piusuntud to thueoiitM'csHlimal committee on p < > r > t olllees and pn t rcailes by Air. Kdwuid Itosowatrr and belli' vo I hat ho and ( 'oiiKrc.iima n Wade should receive tlio unqualified .support of all OI-J.MII- i/i'd labnr to Kcciiro the passage of the postal leli'gruiili bill now beforii coimross Signed M. Nand It. S. I . McCarthy Head. .Tames p. McCarthy , a former business man of Omaha , died nt Splser , Colo. , recently. Mr. McCarthy was for several yours in the undertaking business in this city , having es tablished tbo business of which the firm of Ileufuv ifclleafoy is the outcome. Mr. 1'hll McCarthy of this city is a brother of the do- cciised. Falls City Nominees. FALLS CITV , Neb. , March ill. [ Special Telegram to Tnu Buu. ] At the citizens' can cus tonight a progressive ticket was nomi nated. The following nro the nominees : Mayor , Kobert Clegg ; treasurer , K. K. Metz ; clerk , Julo Schoenheit : counclliuen , Or. J. \ . Henchman and F. M. Hnrluw ; board of edu cation , 1J. M. Walls and W. U. Crook. For Summer IJanclntf. The effect of some of the new bended tuiii spangled nets and gauzes for summer dancing dresses reminds the Now York Vo.st of tlio robes won by the fairies in Midsummer Night's Dream. " Tlieso poem , in their grout delicacy , hardly tit. for the wear and tear of the ball-room , ns in the giddy inn/en of the dance the pretty pendants are likely to como to grief , nnd then wnat destruction and trials of temper as these ornaments catch und interlace with those on other Hying toilets. Hut the-so textiles uro very tempting , as the tints nro lovely , tind toilets formed of them uro nmdo up over | clinging t'hlna silks the ahudo of thu' ' diuplnuious draping * . The Depouilcnt Pension Bill Passdd by tbi Senate , MR. PLUMB'S AMENDMENT DEFLATED It Would Have Increased tlio Nn tlonal Debt Aluiitt Klvc Hun dred Million DollnrsIn tinMouse. . WASIIIXOTOX , March ill. Tim senate incl this morning at 11 o'clock. The house amend inontK to the actuilo bill for u public' bulliltitc al Atehlson , Knu. , were not agreed to and i conference was ashed. Mr. Koftgim then nddressed the senate or the bill for thy issue or treasury notes on tin deposit of silver bullion. Mr. Kengan suld the bill was Intended tt relieve tht ! country from tlio effects of tin blunder of congress iii suspending silver coin- HBO in 1ST ! ) . lie apoke : it some length on lu mutter. The dependent pension bill was then talsei : tip , the first question bcingonlMumb'sumcnd inent removing' the limitation us to nrreniy of pensions. Mr. Berry asked if any estimate had been nmdo of the cost of removing the limitation. Mr. Plumb replied that tlio eonimissioner of pensions estimated it ut about JlK : HU ) , < X ) , and tlio elmiriimn of the hnusu eoiinnitteo es timated it -.00,000,000. . . It would bo some where about tlioso figures. Mr. Fryo regretted that the amendment was before ( lie senate. There wag danger of overleaping in the matter of IIOHS'IOIIM. When Cleveland commenced to veto pension bills , not only the democratic party ratified when ho did , but many business men in tlio re publican party too. He warned the senators that they were imperiling the truest interests of the soldiers and creating a prejudice against pensions. Mr. Ilawley spoke in n similar vein. The .American nation certainly had not been Htiniry. The pension expenditure next vear would bo nearly ? i0XUMK : ! , ( ) , ( ) . No nation in tlio world ever appropriated for its sold lei's a sum compared to that. Ho bogged the old soldiers to remember that the objection of getting into another war would lie not the cost of carrying it on but theconsequences of it , and also asked them to remember that thc.su enormous sums of money come out of the pockets , very largely , of people as poor as themselves. Ho related an anecdote of Ueii- ei-al Grant's last visit to Washington , when , in a conversation on pensions , he said : "If I were president I would sign anv lenson- able bill to relieve the distress of an honest soldier or Ills widow or children , but I would not vote one dollar to the able bodied men. " "That last expression , " said Ilnwley , "sanlc into my memory and that is my platform. I don't bcliovp my state wants mo to add S.VW- 000.1)00 ) to tlio debt , of the republic. " After further discussion .Mr. Plumb's amendment was rejected yeas , il ; navs , HI. The veas were : Allison. Ingalls , Mnnderson , Mifcnell , Plumb , Quay. Sherman , Turpie , Voovhees. The amendment by Mr. Call to include those who served in the Indian wars prior to IbTO was rejected. Amendment by Mr. Vest providing that the money to meet the appropriation under the bill bo raised by income la : ; was laid on the table. Amendment by Mr. Plumb to pay a pen sion of § s per month to all who served ninety days in the late war who are sixty-two year * old , or as they attain that ago was rejected by 1 ! ) to ; ! 0. The bill then passed-vcas , I'/ : nays , I a. Yeas Allen , Allison , Blair , Call , C.isey , Chellur , Davis , Pnwes , K.lniunds , Kaullc- ner , I'Yyo , Ci'orge. Gilisim. Itawley , Hearst , Higgins , Hoar , Injralls , .lones of Nevada , MelMiorson , Mamlerson , Mitchell , Moody , Merrill. Paddock , Payne. Pott igrmv. Pierce , 1'lntt , I'hntib , Sawyer , Sherman , Sv.-ecver , Squire , Stewart , Stuwbridge , Teller , Turpic , Voorhees , Wnltlmll , Washburn , Wilson of Iowa. gtNays Bate. Kerry , Blackburn , Coekrcll , Colquitt , Daniel , Harris , .lones of Arkansas , I'Ufsh , Ueagim , Vest , Wilson of Mary land I'J. The Montana election case was called up and the senate adjourned. , House. WASHINGTON , March I ! ! . In the house todaj- resolution was adopted calling on the secretary of state for information showing what cliimgos had been made by foreiim countries since 1S7U in the rates of the duties imposed on broiulsttilTs and what laws had been enacted or regulations made in such ountries since that date obstnicting , pn > - hibitlng or in .any manner interfering with the importation or the snM or such articles. Mr. Henderson of Iowa presented the con ference report on the urgent deficiency bill and it was agreed to. Only one amendment remains in dispute , the one appropriating § 50,000 to enable the secretary of agriculture to locate artesian wells. A further confer ence was ordered. A bill was passed depriving United States judges of the authority to give opinions on questions of fact. Tlio house then went into committee of the whole on the army appropriation bill. After unimportant action the committee rose and reported the bill to the house. The action of the committee in adopting an amendment pro viding that no intoxicating liquors shall bo sold at any canteen was reversed by the house. The bill then passed. Mr. Springer then introduced n joint reso lution to it-tiro N. 1' . Banks with the rank of majorgener.il. IJeforred. Adjourned. Xew Orleans Uncos' . Niw : Oiii.iiANH , La. , March ill. ( Special Telegram to TUB Bii.J- : Summary of today's wees : Selling , one-half mile Swifter won , Lex ington second , Lena A third. Time . "O.'f. ' Selling , live-eighths of a mile-Captain King won. Ccrmanlu second , Uulluvo third. Time 1ild'V- Selling , eleven sixteenths of a mile-Miss Francis won , Lillv Lochiel second , tikobclolf third. Time 1:0l : ) . Sellintr , eleven sixteenths of a mile Lady Blackburn won , I'nenlo second , Colonel Cox third. Time llS : ) < . Handicap , eleven-sixteenths of u mile-- Onniu won , Churchill Clark second , liucltu > o third. Tlino-liO'.iV. . Clifton Itaucx. CI.IITON , N. , r. , March ill. ( .Special Tele gram to Tin ; UcK.JSummary of today's races : Selling , one and one-fourth mlles Uuvellor second Umlolph third. won , CJulliis iun ) , Flvo-eghths of a mlloFoxhill won , Nomad Bceond. Harry Irvlno third. Thno-l : ( ) ( ' . . Selling , one mlle Ultlo .lako won , Mabel fJlonn second , Henry George third , 'rime 1 : H1. Oxford handicap , fifteen-sixteenths of u mllo-Cilen Mound won , Bonnie S second , Socially third. Time 1 : : m' ' < j. Thlrteiiii-slxteontlis of u mile Is'elllo Hooker won , Ilaller second , Capidlu third. Tiino I : ' > } ! . Thlrtecn-slxleeuths of a milo-IChnftiin won , King Volt second , Curlier third. Tlmo 1 : . Thollool Sugar Homily. Nr.i.Kin , Nub. , March : ! . -Special ( to Tun Uni : . ] At a meeting of the citizens of Ant1- lope county , held in Nellgh , Saturday , March S ! ) , the following resolution was adopted : Ucsolved , That wo , the citizens of Ante lope county , Neb. , In muss meeting lusmnh cd , oxprossourblncero gnillllcatlon at the sue- cessful efforts of our United States senatori , HOIH , C. F. .Mundei-son und A. h. P.ulilock , for the passage In thosenuto of n bill giving u bounty to the farmers for each ton of sugar beats raised and used In the munufacturoof sugar. lllHiiutroIcVrltliiB Memoirs. HKKIJX , March ai. Ulsmai'ck ! * compiling which will coin- a memoir for publication , priso the last twenty-live years of his official 'lfo ' > March ArrrMH , During Mareh there were KV'l arrests. Ti-o total amount lollccted in Un . . - > undcv.is w.n Positively cured by ' thcoo I.'Ulo ri'K CARTER'S Tiicy also relieve l > Is tress fro'ft Dyspepsia. In ITTLE illgitloti ttmt Too tiAirt ) Kilting , A perfect rcm- cilyforDlw.tncsr. . Nau.va , Drowsiness , llwl T sle In the Mouth , U..iteil Tomrii" . 111111 In tlio ! < lde , TOItl'Il ) UVKIt. They regulate tlio llowrls. 1'urely Vegetable. SMALL PILL , SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRISE. ARCHITECT' MEYERS1 REPORT Ho Says the Hospital Building is All Eight. GOOD SUPERINTENDENTS SAVED 11. 116 Considers the ItnlldltiK C < oo < % SiroiiK , Substantial and Well Adapted ] < ' < > ! KM liitondeU 1T.-.C-- -l-'nll Itepui't. Architect E. E. Meyers paid his final visit of Inspection to the county hospital ycstenln ; afternoon and completed the work ofg in > over the building and examining thu work i the contractors. Last evening ho filed the following report with tin ? county clerk : OMAHA , Neb. . March.'II , H.H ) . The Hnunr able Hoard of County Commissioners of Douglas County , Nebraska : ( Jentlemen : In obedience to yoin-request and Instructions us embodied in the following resolution of \ui : board : liesolved. That I' , i : . Meyers , architect and e\-siiH-rlnteiideiU.s.ltihn | 1' . fools and I ) . I. .Shane lie diieeted lo Illn u n > | iorl with this board tit their eaillest convenience , shnwlnu the condition of the comity lio-qilial building , and also whether the same N constructed In accordance with the plans und M.Ideations nndoontntet. WILLIAM Tm.NKii. I have made an Inspection of tlio , county hospital and have to report that I am mus't agreeably surprised to tind the building In the condition which it is. At the thno I examined the building la t year I requested and insisted upon the dis charge ot the then superintendent and his as slstantH and had sonic doubt as to their suc cessors' ability to save the building fmui demolition and ruin , but 1 am happy to find Mr. .lohu F. Cobts and his asm'stant'Charles MclCachron , the successors , have been eipitii to the task and have not only saved the build- hjgfor the county but have provided a sfrn-- lure that is good , strong , snb.stnlhil and well adapted to the use for which it was intended It is perhaps wll known to this hoard that I was not at any time the superintendent ot this building in its constnielinn , and living as I do at so great a distance from Omaha , I did not and could not know what yon or yum superintendent had dune or wciv doing. except when I came here and although my contract as architect of thu building required specifically that 1 should have the nnht to dismiss this superin trndont , jvt this was not done hy you at the lime-required by inc. and tho'work on ( If building wns allowed to proceed under the supervision of the superintendent , and pay incuts were allowed by the board on esil v in.ites made by the superintendent. Chnmsis were made or tolerated hy him , and if ( In work and material was not in accordance with the plans and specifications why slum'.I ' such estimates have tici'n made and paid h. , the board. j BS Believing as 1 then did and do yet belie\ . ( hat the county's interest was not propeil.v protected , I ordered the removal of tlinne whom 1 believed were responsible for the ex isting circumstances and having an evident desire , as I believed , to create in favor of tin' iron sub-contractors a change ) in the iroi , work which would have involved thousands of dollars of useless expense to the count , } While 1 have no desire to express an opinion ns to the legality or justice of the bill of extras , which I urn Informed has been asked for by the contractors , neither do 1 know their extent or whether they tire just , but when 1 consider that your snperiiitendi nt was allowed to order changes made in the work and material , it seems no more than just that their claim should receive proper and just consideration Work and material , I am informed , was , il- lowcd to be put. in place which was found imt to lie of the sizes required by the plans , and which proved u detriment to the stability of the building mid a source of accidents. Had the work in question been carefully examined bv tin.1 superintendent , and the orrer cor rected by him or them , it would have resulted in a great saving to the contractors and to tlio county. If this work was once done under tin- direct supervision and direction of the super intendeiit or his assistant. whom the county selected lo protect its interest- , and in accordance with the plans and spcei ilcutlons , and did not servo its purpose it err tuhily would be uqucrttion of legality whether or mitt ho county would bo responsible for doing the work twice. This is a matter for your consideration ami such evidence on the question as might bo submitted to you. In conclusion 1 have to report that while I do not find that the building has been , strictly speaking , completed in accordance with the plans and specifications and con tracts for its construction as originally made , still , as there has been numerous changes made by the then existing board of commis sioners ! its members or snpm'intendcnt or hU assistants , as I have been informed , it Is im possible fur mo to state now whether there lias been a full compliance with the contract or such directions as may have been given , or not , but 1 can say I find the building ivx rept as to some minor matters which can be convi ted at slight expense ) substantially completed , and suitable for the uses and pur- ' post s for which it was intended. The building has been Jeopardized by nut having t lie steam on the.biiihlmg during tne past winter , and had thu winter been one < -f the severity which often occurs hi tldsclimate It certainly would have been very destructive lo the building , but us it is , the building is very good for what it has cost. I have my doubts , serious doubts , if the hulldhift could bo now contracted for unless n lie at a much greater sum than thai , for which the building was originally contracted. I have but paitlally dwelt upon the causes , icrciiiboforo stated , which seem to bo detri- nenlul to the construction of this building , > ut have endeavored only to answer your in itrnctlons as fully as I wa-sublotoundorstand hem. I am verj respectfully yours. K. K. Miuif. : : Absolutely Puro. A ereaiu of tartar tmKln tunvdcr. if lcu\ filing slionstli I' . H. liovuiunit-lit he- Mill. AIIS. 17 , IfriO. 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