THE OMAHA DAILY BEG- MONDAY , .JULY 17 , 1R93.
WESTERN P1TII AND PROGRESS
Fucta About tbo Okanogfin Gold Fields in
Southern Oregon ,
AN ARCADIA OF PROGRESSIVE RED MEN
Itnrnen o Sntln Drtionltt Ifenr llnnllni
IlBlltjJMInert J'nltl In Iliilllon An Irrlio *
tlon Concrc i NnwTncon Jtundi
for Knilo Ucuerxl MUrolliuijr.
The cricket post now canting devastation
on tome of tlio Knulnt ; fields of Wyoming ,
vrhlio causing iliimapo locally nro not worth
considering a n menace to the western crop.
Moving : ilong n narrow strip at the rate of
three miles n day , It rvlll IMS long past har
vest tlnio before they reach such agricul
tural territory In which they could Inflict
serious burin , and long ooforo thli time , no
dnulit , methods will ho applied to annihilate
thorn , or nt least break their march. The
only real cloud in the west 1 * the silver ques
tion , and now thnt additional force 1ms boon
injoctcd into the isauo by the
fact of a great American Indus
try being placed In Jeopardy , there
Is n better prospect of n favorable compro
mise bolng reached than bofpro , and the
went is likely to bo ulaccd upon a belter
footing than over.
Somn Pronprronn Imtlnn * .
A complcto census of the Indians in the
Ctnur d'Aleno reservation , the western
boundary of vrhiuh lies ono and one-half
miles east of Tenon , has Juit been made by
Subapont J. J. Walsh. The returns show
that there are -157 Comr d'Alcnes and forty-
Tour Spokancs Hvin ? on the reservation.
There nro 1IW families who own 165 houses ,
many families owning a house at Do Sniot
mission in addition to their farm rosldonco.
These houses nro called "Sunday houtcs , "
becauio they nro occupied by the Indians
when they attend church at the mission on
Saturday nlphts and Sundays. There are
eighty-eight school children , of ages ranging
from it to IS years.
Owing to the largo amount of money ,
nearly tfiOO.OOO. received by these Indians for
their lands hist summer a largo amount of
permanent Improvements wcro turulo and
are being made. At least a dozen nlco resi
dences and "Sunday houses" are now being
built upon the reservation and at the mis
sion. The new saw mill at the mission will
bo completed in a few weeks and then build
ing will bo pushed , as many Indians contem
plate erecting largo barns , granaries and
other buildings. The money to build this
mill Is furnished by the government , there
being still § ir > 0,000 duo the Indiana for their
lands , of which (0,000 ( is to bo used
for the erection and maintenance
of the mill. and the remain
ing ? 1'0,000 ! is to bo paid In fifteen annual
payments of fS.OOO each , which , with the
interest allowed , will make about $60 for
cvcrj family living on the reservation. The
C ! ur d'-Alenes are the -wealthiest tribe of
Indians In the northwest. Many of them
liavo from $1,000 to JTi.OOO on deposit In the
local banks , with the merchants or In Spo
kane.
Last year these Indians had 4,800 acres
under cultivation and sold WS.OO'J worth of
farm produce and stock. This year they
have 1:1,000 : acres in crop , or nearly 100 acres
for every family on the reservation. They
have about 11(2,1)00 ( ) acres under fcuco. Last
year they built sixty houses at a cost of $30-
COO , and built IKK ) miles of barb wire fence.
Agent Walsh says the Ccuur d'Alcnes are
good farmers and take Rood care of their
crops , stock and machinery. They have
comfortable houses , good barns and sheds
wherein to store their machinery when not
In use , thus setting a good example for their
white brothers , many of whom leave their
farm Implements out in the holds or fcnco
corners when tlioy are not in uso. They cul
tivate the ground well , and their crops glvo
promise of an abundant yield. They are
thrifty , industrious and generally sober.
Drunkenness is punished by a line ,
imprisonment in the "skookum houso. "
or jail , or by lashes on the back.
Chief Salteso is judge and jury in all
cases and imposes the line or other punish
ment , lie lives at the mission , where ho has
n court room , and his word Is law in all
cases. A police force patrols the reservation
on horseback , all the policemen being In
dians. Adultery is punished by lashes , from
fifth to 170 lashes with a quirt being admin
istered upon the bare back of the offender
by tin Indian policeman , or the guilty person
Is conllned In the "skookum houso" for from
ten to sixty days. Only the males are pun
ished for adultery , the squaws being re
leased from all blame.
There are two stores operated by full-
blooded Indians at the mission , but most all
the Indians and the proprietors of these
Btorcs buy their goods in Teltoa , paying cash
for nearly everything purchased , although u
few are able to obtain credit at the stores.
An Indian always pays for every article as it
1 * purchased instead of waiting until his
whole order-UJllled and then paying the entire -
tire bill. This Is done bccauso few of them
can compute figures. Vour correspondent
saw au Indian purchase $150 worth of goods
at one of the stores in Takoa a few days ago
and ho paid for each article separately us it
was bought and laid asldo for him.
The Indians prefer to raise stock Instead ol
farming , but they are taking very kindly to
the latter occupation , and are very success
ful farmers. They now huvo about 0,000
horses and 1,500 cattle 0.11 the reservation.
Mimy of thi'Ir horses arc valuable , and their
teams nro all frond. They drive to town It
hacks , covered carriages and carts , never
coming in wagons Acopt when they brine
grain or other produco. A largo amount o
now soil Is being broken this year , and the
acreage of grain next season will bo nearly
double that of this year.
.Tim Sontlinrii Orison Gold I'lildi.
After carefully examining the various
mining properties in Southern Oregon n
mining man reports ho has como to the con
elusion that mining Is only in its Infancy in
' that section , In formation and climate it is
an ideal mining country and the cheapness
of labor and provisions and the railroai
facilities make it posslblu to operate mines
with a comparatively email outlay of capital
Uut It has been hold back , and still is , to i
great extent ny reasonNf n hostile feeling
on the part of tlio old timers properly
called "mossbacks"
against quartz mining
There was no quartz mining carried on ii
oarlydays and they do not bullovo In it
Then , too , there has been n good deal o
mineral liftul fraudulently taken up under
the timber and stone act , and they do no
wunt it exposed , The country from Hose
burg to Ashland was not originally sottlei
by mining men , but by "cuinp followers , '
\vlio , delighted with the climate , soil anil
the possibility of making a good living will
little labor , siuatt | d in the valleys am
raised ratlin and fruit suflleleiH for their
own use and \vero satisfied. Then the Ore
con Si California railroad was built , brinir
ing in new blood and now conditions , but the
country was still agricultural. Slnco 1S.M
placer mining has been carried on on i
mall scnlo except in ono or two instance.1
until about thico years ago , when n few
prospectors from California amused some
interest in quartz mining , Hut it has no
boon until within the past year that this
now movement lias received any real en
rournKPincut. The development of the Ash
land mint ) proved ttio fact thnt there wcro
good paying Icdgos in that section , and gave
tMicourugonuMit to a largo number of pros
iiector.t. The majority of the ledges found
howovcr , and especially the larger ones , an
either barren on top or so low grade as to bo
uiiprolltutilo to work.
Tim owners of the Ashland mine are en
titled lo n , great deal of credit , at wellias
the profit they arc making , jur the deter
mined limner in which they continued the
development of their property under wan
Boomed the most discouraging outlook. The
country between Jncksonvillo and ( iold Illl
is very rich in pockets. H is from that sec
tion that bo many reports of rich strikes
orlgluato. There is no doubt that many
miners nnvo found iwckots from which tho'
have taken out from fJOO to $5,000 in n single
day , but that does not mean that they have
discovered a mine , for that sliiglo day'
work , In nil probability , has sulllced 10 en
tiruly clean out the jttckeU Tin-so
pockets are curious formations , and are
caused by slides of decomposed quartz , ii
etringurs , coming from tie one knows where
A few snouthi ago a prospector dlscovurot
dearly (5,1)00 ) in the old itago road near Con
ral Point. The excitement WAS intonio In
hat section for a tlmo , but perhaps thomost
xcltctl Individual was Postmaster Howard
ifMedford. Ho thought , from the doscrlp-
Ion of the place , that it vras on some prop
erty he owned. So ho engaged the service *
) fa surveyor and hurtled out there with
Mood in his eye , InlondlnR to prosecute the
ucky prospector nnd take the go\A \ away
rorn him. Hut poor Howard was laughed at
'or his trouble , for when the survey was
completed he found that his line came within
en foot of the coveted spot.
Sniln I.nkr Nrnr Itnrrllni.
The other day says the Hawllns Journal -
nal , M. W. Dillon nnd O. 13.
Dodge made ono of the most 1m-
> ortant dlscovorios of recent years in the
vicinity of Kavrlliu no loss than an im-
ncnso depositor soda , known us far as pros-
locted to extend over thirty acres , and of an
unknown depth ,
The find is almost duo north from town ,
and la pronounced by local experts to bo far
superior to the John/down uroiluut and
equally ns RooU as the soda from the Gill
soda lakes.
A hole was sunk three feet or. the bed ,
.broujjh pure sulpliato of soda , and darkness
nit an end to operations until the nuxt morn *
ng. Howovcr , tlio lucky prospectors have
.o hesitancy In assorting that they have
nero soda in sifiht than there is In the whole
Johnstown district
Movmnimti nt Ilnlley.
After inaturo deliberation the mine own
ers at Halley , Idaho , have como to an agree
ment with tholr men , rather than shut down ,
1 ho arrangement Is ns follows : Men work
ing for $3.50 per day are to receive 1U3
ounces of silver , and * 4 a daymen 141 ounces
of silver as pay for ono month's work. The
men can sell their ore for market price or
hold as long as they choose. The Ked Ele
phant and the Red Cloud forces have re
sumed work on this basis. Forty extra men
have boon put to work. The Klophant is
looking well , worklnc : fifty-five men.
Most of the smaller minorf have been
closed down and will remain so nt present
prices. The only mines that will continue
are these that are compelled to keep their
pumps active.
R - ( > l > arutlre Mining.
At the suggestion of Judge Eastland the
men who have been thrown out of employ
ment at Urcckcnrldgo , Colo. , during the past
few weeks held a mass meeting nnd formed
themselves Into a co-oporatlvo union to work
the placer ground thoro. They elected a
superintendent and foreman and began put
ting a dam across the Blue river , so as to bo
able to shovel the hod of the rlvor vrhcro It
is known to bo rich in gold. Forty-six have
taken stock In the union nnd are now busy at
work.
The knowing ones anticipate great results
from this practical effort of the sturdy
minors. A great impetus Is given to the
placer minor and ovcry pulcli is full of men
with pick and shovel and at work.
Knlllng Stock Sulcl to T.nl > oror .
Otis Sprapuo , receiver of the Tacoma &
1'uyallup Hnilroad company , reported to the
court that ho had sold the rolling stock of
the roiil to laborers who Intervened In the
case of H. F. Kadobaugh against the road.
The claims amounted to $ ,4C3.ui : , and the
stock was sold for S'.DOO , ? 3a of which goes
to pay taxes. The sale was inado under an
order of court issued Juno 24. The legality
of the sale will bo tested by Allen C. Mason ,
who bought the road under a mortgage.
Nobrnslul unit Nobrnsknnn.
A new lodge of Masons has been instituted
at Palisade.
A hundred teachers nro in attendance on
the Harlan county Institute at Alma.
The Boyd county teachers institute is in
session at Butte with a largo attendance.
Fifty dozen brooms were turned out by the
Gothenburg factory during the llrst week of
its operation.
Lightning struck the Elkhorn depot at
Inman , and the structure was totally de
stroyed by tiro.
The now school census of Iloldrego Indi
cates a total population In the city of 8.500. a
gain of 500 since IS'.H ) .
The Boot Sugar Enterprise has boon re
vived by Editor M. A. Lunu and is moro
interesting than over before.
Bccauso of the Lyons races , the dates of
the Burl county soldiers' reunion-have boon
changed to August 9 , 10 and 11.
Henry Homewood , aged 00 , and Mrs. Ma-
linda Yorty , aged ( VJ , both residents of No-
malia county , have just joined their fortunes
in marriage nt Auburn.
The Wakellold Republican has begun the
twelftti year of its existenco. It's ouo ol
these kind of papers that deserves success
and scorns to bo securing its deserts.
The 0-year-old son of Oscar Bennett , a
ranchman near North Platte , was thrown
from his pony while herding cattle , his foot
caught in the atirruu ami ho was dragged to
death.
Hon. E. 1C. Valentino , serjeant-at-arms of
the United States senate , lias started for
Washington to transfer his ofllco to his suc
cessor. Ho will return to West Point and
make it his homo as formerly.
After being married only ton days , Mrs.
Tames Peterson of Aurora tried to end her
life by takinj ; a dose of chloroform. Doctors
frustrated hernchemo. Before her marriage
she was Nelllo Herst of McCook.
For twenty years the Grand Island Times
has been visiting the homes of its sub
scribers. It has had its ups and downs , but
the "downs" always occurred when some
body else besides its founder. C. P. U. Wil
liams , was in control. It U now "up" all
the time.
William'Mcssman. living ono mile cast of
Strung , whllo harvesting , had ono of his lit
tle boys riding a lead horso. A heavy cla
of thunder frightened tbo horse , which
jumped , throwing the boy olt under the
slcklo , cutting his head and arms and right
leg very badly.
John Linn , a Swede who lived in the
Swede settlement southeast of Long Pine
was found drowned in a tub of water. II (
was subject to ai > oploctlc tits , and it is sup
posed ho fell forward into the tub fro
which ho was carrying water to water some
trees. Ho was unmarried.
W. P. Wllcoxcn of Falrbury fell from a
building ho was erecting , striking on his
head and shoulders , and was dead before his
fellow workmen could gut to him. He hiu
just completed the shingling of the building
and started to got down. The foot rest gave
away , which was the causa of the terrible
accident. Ho was 153 years old and a proml
ncnt Odd Follow.
S. D. McClnin of Uod Willow county
thinks ho Is living in just the finest farming
country on earth , and hu doesn't like It because
cause some people have referred to that sec
tion as arid unless irrigation is adopted. Ho
says : "I have been here nine years nnd
have made money as a farmer. 1 came
hero without a dollar , and now I have a line
homo , lOOacrcs , largo frame house and barn
and other improvements to correspond. ]
nm out of debt , don't owe a dollar , have r
small bank account and no ditch. "
Colnrntlo.
Through n pralrio JIro started by lightning
a largo portion of range between Big uw
LUtlo Beaver creeks was lust WL-CK doilotei )
of grass ,
A cloudburst at Sundown carried out al
the Irrigating dams , and it is probably thai
many of the bridges on the government roao
to Meeker wore washed out.
Cripple Creek , the greatest gnlti.producim
district in the statn , sent a large dolegatioi
to Denver to Join the sliver men In their cry
for an equal show-to the white mntnl.
George F. Week of Yuma is exhibiting n
calf born at his place. It has two heads
both of which nro perfectly formed , U eat'
with both heads and sties with all four eyes
It Is in excellent health.
Authentto roi > orts show that the Fulfort
excitement was not justlticd. Prof. Chauvu
not of the School of Mines found no trace o
gold in a collection of specimens publicly so
luctctl and supposed to represent the claims
of the camp.
Patrick Hyatt , "no at the members of the
C.ilmnut Mining company of Cripple Creek
bun brought suit against the Pharmacia
company to recover KM,000 damages fo
alleged tresuasi on the Burns lode , while
Mr. Burns was a largo owner in the lode
The Pharmacist company has already seltloi
the diftlc'ilty with thoCalumot company , am
this is another phnso of thu matter.
Parties nt Fort Morgan , Just In from th
raugo , report that twenty-live miles south
east , near tiih lllg Denver , the pruirlo gras
was set a flru In two pieces , burning rapidly
over u milu or more of urolrio. The stock
men turned out and fought it , finally puttim ,
it out and saving the range. The last trul
ion ! of CAttta coming through from Texn *
had to drive sovcnty-flvo miles without feed
r water.
The Pueblo I. < and , Power ft Water Co. has
> on granted R franchise by the city council
o erect poles anil wires for furnishing power
to customers. The plant will bo nt Hook
anon , six relies above Puoblo. A water
ystem Is also proposed.
The li\kot .
Six cow have died At Waterloo from
rydrophobla and others nro afflicted. They
nro supposed to have contracted it from n
bird dog killed in Juno.
Several parties nro nownegotlatlngfor the
erection of n woolen mill nt Pierre. As cheap
power could bo secured by sinking an artesian
well , there Is no doubt but such a mill would
> ay big Interest on the Investment.
The Northern Pacific offers to extend Us
road to Aberdeen If that city will nt once
advance ? oO,000. In return for this the com-
> any will rebate 50 per cent of the freight
m goods shipped to nnd from Aberdeen until
t is repaid.
It Is estimated that the wool clipped in the
vicinity of Pierre this year will bo nearly
400,000 pounds. Whllo the price of wool is
Tory low , yet stockmen say wool can bo
aiscd hero at 10 cents n pound , and yet
there will bo money in the business.
The Slsseton ana Wnhpoton Indians nro
Becoming very nngry at tlio way Uncle Sam
s fulfilling his contracts to Day them their
money , duo July 1 , 1S1 2. and July 1. ISltt.
There is now duo them $18,000 from July 1 ,
18' , nnd $18,400 from July 1. ISOit , which ,
under the treaty of 1831. Is to run llfty
years.
Reports received nt Fort Plorro from
three roundup outfits agree that the crop of
calves this season is the largest over raised
on the ceded Sioux land ranges. Some of
thecowboys declare that in some bunches
they find moro calves than cows. Tiio
rounduu this year is managed by tlio stock
association , nnd so far has given the best
satisfaction.
Colonel. ! . B.Geddln , representing thoSouth
Dakota Snoop Breeders nnd Wool Growers
association , departed for Chicago with sam
ples of wool from sheep raised In South Da
kota. These samples are said to bo equal In
quality and texture to any wool grown In the
United States , and far superior to much that
Is Imported from foreign countries under the
head of high-grade wool.
Gertrude Potan of Bull Creek , Dakota , Is a
genuine female cowboy. She Is only 18
years old , but she takes care of all the cattle
on her father's ranch. This sometimes takes
her thirty or forty miles from homo. When
the cattle become mired in the mud she must
rescue them from their perilous position.
This she does in true cowboy fashion by
fastening a lariat to the horns of the mil-
mat , whllo she keeps the other end tied to
her saddle. She and the pony together then
pull the poor beast out. Shu wears a wide-
brimmed felt hat , long gauntlet gloves , is
provided with branding Irons , and ridot the
wildest broncho.
rcgon.
Mr. Nlvons , manager of the famous White
Swan mine , deposited $ "iCOO In bullion nt the
Baker City National bank , the result of a
ton-day run , or foOO per day.
A double-headed lizard has boon found
near The Dalles. Tlio heads are said to bent
nt opposite ends of the body , and the foot
so arranged that the roptllo could propel
itself in either direction.
Hop-growing is one of the most important
of the coming industries of Josephine county.
There are about 200 acres in hops nt present ,
and the area is increasing each year. The
average net profit on ono acre Is $250.
Coos county papers report active work on
that end of tbo Hoseburg & Coos Bay rail
road , 400 men being employed. The people
of Coqulllo City turned out enmasso ono day
recently to complcto the road into that place
in order to head off an , injunction by ono of
the property owners.
Is Stein's Pillow 250 foot high or is it 700
foot high ? This is the iiroblom for the ad
venturous scientist to solve. Stem's Pillow
is n rectangular rook from twenty to forty
feet across It , which lifts Its head way up
above the trees in pine timber on the south
bank of Mill crook , about eighteen miles east
of Prinevillo , Cook county. Many persons
have guessed Its height , but no ono knows it.
A maternal skunk and six little kitten
skunkscs stooped travel for a short time in
the road near W. C. Myer's place last Satur
day afternoon , says the Ashland Tidings.
They wcro marching about up and down the
road with great deliberation and sang froid ,
or something of that sort , and travelers who
happened along about that time didn't seem
to want to crowd the pretty little creatures
at all.
Mrs. William Mansel of Coqulllo City had
a very narrow escape from death by strych
nine poisoning. A neighbor had put out some
poisoned grain to protect his garden against
trespassing chickens. He gave notice of the
fact , still tbo neighbors' chickens injured his
garden , but also picked up the poisoned grain.
Mrs. Mansel prepared a couple of the plump
pullets for a s < [ uaro meal. The children re
jected the food on account of some peculiar
taste and nto only a small portion of the
gravy. This affected them somewhat. The
mother partook heartily of the fowl and suf
fered in convulsions for twenty-four hours
before the doctors could declare her out of
danger.
SVanhlnpton.
There are 320,868 acrei of land still unsur-
voyod in Chohalis county.
Tacoma has expended $30,000 on the Im
provement of Point Defiance park.
John W. Denny of Itoardan , Lincoln county ,
was paid a bounty on 85,000 squirrel scalps
last year. How many more ho poisoned that
died where tholr scalps cannot bo recovered
there is no way of knowing.
The cable tramway at the Blewott Gold
Mining company's properties in the Pesnas-
tan district is now in operation , and the mill
is working about fifty toni of ore daily ,
being in steady operation.
The strike of lead carbonates on Fish lake ,
twelve miles south of Loomlston , is attract
ing a good deal of attention where the char
acter of this kind of rock is known. Devel
opment work is being commenced and active
work will soon be going on.
The Charles Bigney placer mine In the
Swnuk district , Kittitas county , was sold to
John Black , the original owner of the fa
mous Black placer claim on the Swnuk , for
$10,000. Mr. Blgnoy lias cleared up in six
weeks of this season , with two men , $2,000.
The July term of the United States circuit
court nt Tncoma will bo an important one ,
the largest feature being the uanmga suits
against the Northern Pacific Coal company
on account of the deaths by the Koslyn min'o
explosions. It is said that the suits will in
volve claims amounting to $1,500,000.
Tin1 recent strike in the Fourth of July
mine at Huby shows some or the finest speci
mens over seen in the camp. They nro of
native wlro silver , In some instances so rich
ns to hold the rock together after It is
cracked open. This is the mine whore the
great 4,000-foot tunnel is to bo run.
Tacoma shlngln dealers nnd manufacturers
estimate that over half of the mills of the
state nro now clospd and that moro will
shortly close. It is estimated thnt the com
bined mills of ttio state have n dally output
of approximately 10,000,000 shingles per day.
At present the majority of the daalers and
manufacturers hero do not admit that there
is over nu average of 5,000,000 shingles mau <
ufacturcd daily la the state.
In clearing a now street at Silverton a po
cullar growth was found that well illustrates
the lasting qualities of the wonderful cedar
that grows in this stato. A largo cedar log
nix foot in diameter lay on the ground , while
a hemlock hud grown over and around it.
completely enveloping thu log. The hem-
look had grown up since the cedar fell , anil
it if about 150 years old. The cedar was in a
wonderful state of preservation and stakes
split from it were as good us if the tree hat
just been felled , H is estimated that the
cedar is at least 400 years old.
.MUrxltanruui.
Two men were convicted at the Lander
term of court for stealing iiV ) head of sheep
Coo ft Carter , the tlu contractors , art
floating 200,000 , ties down the North Piatto
river.
The Hock Springs company , engaged Ii
gold mluius : at Four Mile , U cleaning up $40 (
a day.
Buffalo , Wyo. , reports the ranges suffering
for want of water ovorywUvcopt iu tlu
Big Horn basin.
William Dalton , a plaster of Hulctt , Vf\o
has discovered the art of converting natlv
stucco into a material as strong and lasting
us marble.
Ex-Governor Campbell and other casten
capitalists interested in oil , coal nnd ted
deposits in Wyoming , are expecting to built
n railroad from Hawlins to' Great Falls
Mont.
CONGRESS IN .EXTRA . SESSION
Eleventh Extraordin'aty Meeting In the His
tory of th ,00 vornmont.
RARE EVL'NT IN jLEGISLMIVE ANNALS
Cnimn Asileneil for 1'mt Senlons nnd by
Whom Called National Defence nnd
Financial yiiq lonn Imtuetll.
ntcty lloipotiMljle.
The extraordinary session of congress
called to moot on Monday , August 7 , will bo
ho eleventh in the history of the republic.
Ilthcrtoonly eight of the twenty elected
residents were confronted with conditions
varrantiug the exercise of the power con
ferred by tho-federal constitution , and only
on ono occasion in the past were financial
roubles the prime cause of an extra session.
2xtra sessions were called by John Adams ,
jy Thomas Jefferson twice , by Madison , Van
3uren , William H. Harrison , Pierce , Lincoln ,
by K. B. Hayes twice nnd the coming ses
sion by Cleveland , making in all eleven extra
sessions out of the 118 sessions of congress
held since the formation of the government.
First Kxtrn Soanlou.
The revolution of 1770 had ended , and the
ndcpondcnco of the American colonies had
been acknowledged by Great Britain , when
our government bccamn Involved in n per
plexing controversy with Franco. John Ad
ams was then president. Franco had be
come n republic , nnd bccauso of the dispute
between America and France , James Men-
roe , our minister to thnt country , was re
called and C. C. Pincknoy of South Carolina
was sent In his plnco. After Monroe had
sallod for this country the French govern
ment announced its intention to receive no
moro American ministers until grievances
alleged to have been suffered under the cel
ebrated Jay treaty had been redressed *
When Minister Plnckney reached Paris ho
was ordered to leave the country nt once.
President Adams , on hearing of this ,
called an extra session of congress for May
1ft , 17117. It mot in Philadelphia. Ampng
the Now Yorkers who were In that con
gress wcro Edward Livingston , Philip Van
Cortlandt , John Williams , Hezekiah L. Hos-
mor , James Cochran , Lucas Elmcndorf ,
Henry Glen nnd David Brooks. In his nies-
sago President Adams notified congress of
his intention to send to Franco a commis
sion , with authority ta treat for pence.
Congress acquiesced. The commission had
hardly landed when it was ordered to quit
French territory or it would bo ejected by
forco. All relations with Franco wcro
broken off und preparations for war begun.
Two regular sessions of congress Intervened ,
at which no formal declaration of war was
made. Soon after Napoleon Bonaparte be
came consul and war was averted. Thomas
Jcffersoh found it imperative to summon
congress for an extraordinary session on
July 11 , 1803 , to consider the purchase of
Louisiana. James Monroe , who had mean
time taken advantagg of Franco's need of
cash in order to renew her war with Great
Britain , secured a pledge from Franco to sell
Louisiana for $15,000,000. Congress ratified
the bargain and inado appropriations for the
purchase.
Wnrulntrta Ilrltnln.
President Jefferson , on July 30 , 1807. provoked -
vokod by English depredations upon Ameri
can merchantmen , , issued a proclamation
warning all British armed vessels to keep
out of American ports. Ho also called con
gress iu extraordinary session on October 20
of the same year nnd.Kccomtnended the passage -
sago of a bill providing'that American ves
sels should bo prohibited from leaving for
eign ports , foreign vessels from taking car
goes from the United States , and that all
coasting vessels bo compelled to give bond
that they land their cargoes In the United
States. This was tjp ) famous embargo bill ,
which for a time destroyed American commerce
>
merce , aroused the bitterest kind of party
feeling and for n time scorned to threaten
tlio life of the union. It was argued in behalf -
half of the bill that Its passage furnished
the only means of forcing England to como
to terms. Congress passed the bill , with the
proviso that the president could suspend it
whenever ho deemed it best.
Nearly 1,000 American vessels were cap
tured either by the English or the French
between 1803 and 1808. President Madison
determined to put a stop to this , oven if it
was necessary to declare war. Congress
was convened iri extra session November 4 ,
1811. William H. Crawford of Georgia was
chosen president of the senate , and Henry
Clay speaker of the houso. Bills were passed
to enlist menorganize militia and strengthen
the navy. On Juno 18 , 1812 , war was de
clared against England. To the war procla
mation Madison ow'ed his ro-olection , Kl-
bridge Gorr.v being made vice president.
Madison was again compelled to convene
congress in extra session to consider menus
for carrying on the war.
Called to Consider 1'limnclnl DUtross.
From 181-f until twenty-three years after
there seemed to bo no occasion for an extra
session. The administration of Andrew
Jackson passed without ono being called.
When Martin Vau Burcn was made presi
dent , however , the excessive issue of paper
money produced grout linanci.il distress.
Property values were enormously Inflated.
Banks which hold no government deposits
were ruined. When business men dis
covered that government deposits and their
own had been employed by the banks as cap
ital they withdrew them. The result was
tho.panic of 1837. When President Van
Burcu called an extra session for September
4 ho recommended that congress should not
directly interfere with the monetary situa
tion , expressing the belief that it would
speedily adjust itself. Acts were passed ,
hownvcr , which caused the distribution of
the revenue among the state banks to ccasot
authorized the issue of $10,000,000 in
treasury notes , nnd gave merchants further
time on tholr revcnuo bonds. Van
Buron advocated the establishment of
an independent treasury. A bill providing
for this was passed by the senate , but was
smothered In the house by n combination of
whigs and conservatives. Three years later
the scheme went through. ' The financial
policy of the whigs at this extra session
proved so popular that in 1840 William H.
Harrison was triumphantly elected presi
dent. Democratic electors were chosen by
only two northern and five southern statoi.
Soon after his inauguration President Harrison
risen summoned congress together for the
purpose of further Improving the financial
laws of the government. The sonata ami
the house had hardly convened when the
president was strlckep , dead , John Tyler ,
although ha had pledged himself to
carry out his prodiecf'ssnr's policy , got
into a row with tht\ whigs which did not
end until his iulminiarutlon | expired. Both
houses of congress payscd a bill to abolish
the subtrcasury , established by the provlous
administration"and itj.was approved by the
president. Then Tylci-ivetoed a bill to in
corporate the iiscali Ufink of the United
States. The whig loaders insisted then that
the president should , , furnish thorn an outline -
line of such a mea.suro.as hu would sign. Ho
suggested ono , but Afterwards vetoed the
measure which was passed , Then the cabi
net , except Secretary ij ( State Daniel Web
ster , resigned. The ? . , whig congressmen
issued circulars announcing that all political
connection between them and John Tyler
was at an end. After enacting a law to
distribute the procmuVi of sales of publio
lands among the atutvtJ/iongress adjourned ,
Hiimmoncil by llntca nnd Iliiuuln.
No special sessions wtyo hold until fifteen
years lator. Then congress , with n demo
cratic majority in the senate , had mot in
regular session. In the house opponents ol
the organization of thy territory of Nebraska
had a majority. It took 1150 ballots to elect
a speaker , but finally General N , P. Banks
Jr. , of Massaolvusntts was chosen. It was c
time in which anarchy prevailed in Kansas
and n house committee , after a thorough in
vtistigatlon , reported that no free or fait
elections had over occurred thero. The
bouse voted tin appropriation for the arm }
containing u proviso which forbadu tlio uo
of thu military in enforcing the acts of thu
pro-slavery legislature In Kansas. Thu pro
visa was rejected by tl)0 ) sonata and congress
adjourned , leaving the army bill hung up
President Franklin Pierce lost no time it
calling un extra session and the bill , wltl
the proviso stricken out , was passed.
Perhaps tbo most important special ses
slon ever culled was that of 'July 4 , It til
President Lincoln had been In ofllco only a
few days when southern state after south
rn stnto socodoj , n portion of the nrmr h 1
ono over to the confederacy , ships of war
were , In many cases , aosont In distant seas ,
munitions of war were In the hands of the
onfodorates , the government treasury was
> ankrupt , ami Fort iSumtor ihad surren-
ored. On April 17 the president called for
5,000 volunteers to overcome secession nnd
engross was called together. Hannibal
lamlln by virtue of his ofllco as vice pros- !
cnt was then president of the senate , nnd
lalusha A. Grow was made speaker of the
iouo of representatives. Bills wcro passed
0 blockade tlio southern ports , to nuthorlto
1 loan of many millions , to appropriate
noney for army and navy , for a call of WXI-
WO volunteers , defining conspiracy ngalnat
ho United Statca nnd providing punishment
horeforand confiscating all private prop-
irty , including negroes in slavery , employed
igalnst the government. Though proposl-
'ions for peace were offered by democrats
hey were voted down by the republican
majority , the latter insisting that negotla-
, ions with armed opposlticn to the govern-
mcnt were unconstitutional. President
-iincoln did not find It necessary to call
tnothor extra session during the war , and
ho administration of President Grant
tassod without any.
llnjrs Culled Utn T.ntrftt.
In May. 1877 , Huthcrford B. Hayes , who
lad Just been inducted Into the presidency
brough the famous cight-to-sovon conmils-
don , called congress together for October 15 ,
lU reason bolng the fniluro of the preceding
congress to pass an appropriation for the
irniy. The republicans had n majority In
"ho senate nnd the democrats in the houio.
After an acrimonious fight Samuel J. linn-
lall of Pennsylvania defeated Jauies A.
jorfiold for speaker. The most memorable
net of this session was the passage of the
Hand silver bill. Under the law enacted
[ uly 14 , 1870 , which had to do with the re
funding of the national debt , all bonds Issued
under it were made payable in coin ,
.J.V . the act of February IS. 1873 ,
.ho . silver" dollar had boon demone
tized. Since that year silver , as com-
larod with gold , had boon gradually losing
Is value. A strong movement wus on foot
to i-omonoti/.e silver , 80 that it might bo em-
> loyud in the redemption of bonds. The
jlaud bill ns passed by congress provided
'or the coinage of silver dollarn , each con-
, alning412 } grains , to the amount of not
ess than $2,000,000 nor moro than douulo
.hat amount per month , and made them
ogul tender for public and private debts.
I'ho silver dollar was then wor.th about M
cents , and opponents of the bill argued that
.bo trade dollar alone possessed honest
value. President Hayes vetoed the bill , but
.ho senate and the house passed It over his
veto. The Shornian law took the place of
the Bland act In 18UO. At the extra session
of 1877 a bill was passed forbidding the
further retirement of United States notes ,
and a proviso was inserted in the army ap
propriation bill declaring it to bo unlawful
lo use tin ; military as n posse commitatus.
Incidentally , in connection with the sub
ject of an extra session of congress , it may
bo well to state with the view of correcting
a popular misapprehension as to the cost of
an extra session which has been estimated
all tlio way from $200,000 to100,000 per
month that a careful estimate , of the mis
cellaneous expenses added to the known
actual expenses of nn extra session brings
it within the sum of $ . ' 10,000 a month , ex
cluding the item of printing. Senators and
representatives , the oftlccrs of the two
houses and quite a number of employes , in
cluding several committee clerks , receive nn
annual compensation fixed by law , which is
not increased by an extra session. The ad
ditional expense , therefore , of such a session
consists in the employment of additional
doorkeepers , messengers , pages , folders ,
laborers , etc. , and includes the items of coal ,
gas , ice , etc. , over that required during
what may bo termed the regular sessions of
congress.
Kllcct oil IMHK session * .
It still remains , however , an open question
whether or not nn "extra session" convened
prior to the regular meeting of a congress
does not result iu shortening to some extent
the following "long" snssion , and an exami
nation of tlio record of late years would
seem to Indicate that such was tlio oftec ; .
For instance , the first session of the Forty-
fourth congress terminated August 15 , 1870 ,
whllo the corresponding sessions of the
Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth congresses ( in
both of which extra sessions were called )
terminated Juno U ) , 1878 , and Juno 10 , 1880 ,
respectively ; that of the Forty-seventh con
gress August 8. 1SS2 , the Forty-eighth July
7 , 1884 , that of the Forty-ninth congress
August 5 , 18SO , thnt of the Fiftieth congress
.October 20. 1888 , that of the Fifty-first con
gress October 1 , IS'.H ) , and that of tbo Fifty-
second congress July 28. 1SUJ.
It is quito generally boliovcd that a notice
of thirty days of an extra session is required.
Thnt is an error , as there is neither consti
tutional nor legal provisions in this regard.
Before the days of tlio telegraph and vestl-
buled trains and the "fast mail" that period
was required as a matter of necessity. The
extra session of the Thirty-fourth congress
was called by President Piei-ce with but
three days notice , congress then being In
session , and the extra session of the Forty-
sixth congress was called by President
Hayes with but fourteen days notice.
You don't know how much hotter you will
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drive off that tired feeling and make you
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Shameful
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It ii a shameful confession t
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willing to use adulterated arti
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and in doing so often subject
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effects , for it must not .be
supposed that those who arc
willing , at the cost of repu
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gain , to impose adulterated
goods upon the public , would
hesitate to use injurious
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Dr. Price lias an established
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his Delicious Flavoring Ex
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