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XfAfiPETON, DAKOTA,
England established her system of
post offioesavings banks in 1861.
Postmaster-General Fawcett, writing
in 1883, declared that by that time
one in ten of the entire population of
England and Wales liad become a de
positor in the Post Office Savings
Bank.
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a public address in Boston, Hoi».
Adin Thayer predicted that Irish leg
islative independence would be an ac
complished fact within three years.
This is said to be Parnell's own limit
of time, despite the more sanguine
predictions of some of his followers,
and hence A. D. 1889 has now been
set as the Irish year of jubilee.
'The enforced reduction of the hours
of work on street car lines in New
York seems to have had a pronounc
ed effect all around. Street railway
employes in other cities are encourag
ed to bring a pressure for a readjust
ment of hours and wages and, as a
rule, the companies are disposed to
concede reasonable demands.
Germany is so very conservative that
if by chance a step is taken in advance
it is followed by a retrogressive move
still more decided. The government
has just discharged all the female
clerks employed in the postoffice,
the telegraph bureau and the railway
service of the empire. The govern
ment organs, referring to this whole
sale change, simply announee that
after a trial women have proved unfit
lor the public service.
Postmasters appointed by the Presi
dent are forbidden to hold any other
office, whether salaried or not,under
State Territorial or municipal govern
ment"except the offices of Justice
of the
Peace, of notary public and of com
missioners to take the acknowledg
ment of deeds, or bail, or administer
oaths." Postmasters of the fourth
class are permitted to hold any office
to which they may be appointed or
elected, "provided the same be found
Hot to interfere with the discharge oi
their duties as Postmasters."
Florida tourists would deserve com
miseration, if they were compelled to
"live on the country." Almost every
thing in the food line, outside of fruit,
must be sent from the North. The
hotels at Jacksonville, St. Augustine^
Magnolia and I'ernandina vie with
any in New York in their appoint
ments. The shipments of meat
•amount to 100
tons per week ano
com'
prise short ribs of beef, choicest parts
of prime mutton and veal. The
poultry and game shipments average
about eighty tons per week, while sev
eral ton of butter, cheese, eggs, &c.,
are also sent. Fifty cans of milk of
forty quarts each go weekly, besides
sweet cream.
Mr. Ferdinand Gagnon, the editor
of the Travailleur, a French paper of
Worcester, Mass., has sent to his
readers from his deathbed an affecting
farewell, which was published in his
paper. He speaks of the certainty oi
his d^ath within a few days, recounts
his labors in their behalf, and con
duces: "Thanks to all our readers,
and to the friends of the journal, for
whatthey have done for us. Maythey
be happy 1 May they enjoy good healthl
May their fortunes be favorable! May
they have the blessing of God! We
ask forgiveness of those to whom we
may have given offense, as we forgive
our enemies the ill they may have
done us. May they all live in peace
happiness and content! Adieu! Adieu!
Adieu!"
Dr. Frank H. Hamilton, of New
York, who was one of Garfields con
sulting surgeons, read a paper the
other day entitled •"Cremation." Dr.
Hamilton said that the danger to life
.and health from burial four or six
feet under the soil, as practiced in
this "country, had been greatly exager
.ated, if indeed it could be said to ex
ist at all. He cited the testimony of
the eminent French scientists Ducha
telet, Dubois, Dupuyten, and Boyer,
who all concurred in the opinion that
it was am error to suppose that the
Air in the neighborhood of graveyards
«r dissecting rooms was contaminat
«d by emanations from dead bodies.
There was no more danger arising
from the presence of human remains
than from those of other* animals,
Mid if incineration was needed by the
human race for protection against
decaying animal matter andthegerms
oi disease nothing short of the cre
mation of the whole world would
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Dr. Hamilton concluded' "In
this country there is a strong public
feeling opposed to even voluntary cre
mation. The same is true of civilized
nations in all parts of the world, and
especially among those calling them
selves Christains. Tlii§ may be only
due to sentiment, but no true friend
of the human race, Christian or Infidel,
would wantonly destroy thai senti
ment. If anyone desires to tfecremat
ed there exists no valid reason why
Ip should aot be, but I azgtie that it
16 totally unnecessary for iiiby sanita
ry reasons, and therefore there is no
need that cremation shout? be enforc
ed by l^a^
enactment should
be even nrgfed upon relnctaat pob-
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General News.
Aid. Jaehne fa arrested in New York
charged with bribery in the matter of the
Broadway railroad franchise.
The strike oa the Gould system will prob
ably be aettled by arbitration covering
the case of Hall, discharged at Marshall,
Tex.
The NewlSjork legislature passca a bill
requiring street railway franchisee to be
Bold to the highest bidder.
The following nominations were con
firmed: Indian agent at the Devil's Lake
agency, John W. Cramsie postmasters,
Gustavua Schuayase, Rapid City, Dak.
Thomas J. Hudson, Winterset, Iowa T.
W. Poindexter, Dalton, Mont. John Mc
Causland, Miles City, Mont. James Benton,
Colfax, Wash.
Misa Abigail Bates died at Scitvale. Mass.,
on the 18th, aged eighty-nine years. She
was one of the two heroines who, during
the war el 1812, drove the British force
from the harbor by concealing themselves
in the bushes and playing vigorously upon
the fife and drum, thereby leading the
enemy to believe that a large force was
ready to receive them.
All the cloakm&kers iu New York city,
numbering 1,500 are out on a strike. They
do not ask for increased wages, but merely
demand that the contract system be abol
ished, so that they may deal directly with
the firm themselves.
A bill ia Introduced in the dominion par
liament to incorporate
a railroad company
whose line will run from Port Arthur to
Winnipeg.
Postmasters commissioned: Dakota
Coal Harbor, J. A. Herold. Minnesota—
Bernadette, C. G. Carlson Round Lake,
M. J. Barber.
Mrs. Lanstry appeared in London as
Pauline in "Lady of Lyons." Though she
failed in the passionate scenes, there was
a marked advance over her rendition of
previous roles, and she agreeably surprised
the audience with a display of refined emo
tional power. The prince of Wales was
present.
A Betoit dispatch conveys the impression
that Prof. T. F. Cliamberlin, formerly of
Beloit college and now one ot the chief
members of the United 8tatea geological
survey, has been tendered the presidency
of the university of Wisconsin.
The Polish church trial In Detroit. Mich.,
resulted in favor of Bishop Borgess, who
sued for a writ of ejectment against the de
posed priest, Father Kolasinski. Father
Kolasinski's attorneys will carry the case
to a higher court.
Kxciteraent over the silver find in the
northern part of Minnehaha county. Dak.,
continues unabated. The lead of silver ex
tends 900 feet. The Jtfghest assay from
different samples wmr$482 to the ton.
The assay was made by N. Lehner of St.
aul. One hundred and thirty claims have
been taken since the find was made public.
Gov. Pierce ot Dakota designates April
24 as Arbor day.
Three Kentucky farmers, near Owens
boro, fire fifty shots at each other, wound
ing one and killing a negro child.
The city hall in Fall River, Mass., is de
stroyed by firo, with the records loss on
building, $280,000.
Bradstreet's reports no very noticeable
improvement in the movement of general
merchandise.
Montana cattle are reported as being in
excellent condition.
H. G. Sidle of Minneapolis is building a
large hotel at Thomasville, Ga.
The Eau Claire river log cut is estimated
at from 100,000,000 to 115,000,000 feet.
Mrs. Eva Folger of San Francisco kills
herself at Omaha.
Daisy Carroll is arrested in Spring City,
Tenn., for embezzling $100,000 from a firm
at Springfield, Ohio.
Mr. Gilfrey shoots and kills two men at
Salem, Va., for calling on his #ife.
The railroad committee of tlio Connecti
cut legislature has reported a bill making
it a misdemeanor for any member to
cept a free pass on any railroad.
An enormous gas vein has been struck at
Piqua, Ohio, at the depth of four hundred
•eet. The roaring can be heard for squares.
John M. Caplin, a full blooded Sioux and
nephew of Sitting Bull, wan arresteed at
Boston for ill treatment of his wife.
There are only two female convicts in the
Nebraska penitentiary.
Maj. (Jcn.Terry will probably be assign
ed to the division ot the Missouri, and
Gen. Howard to the Pacific.
Frank Hurd loses thecontest with Jacob
Romeis for the Toledb, Ohio, district seat
in the house.
Gen. O. O. Howard is nominated a major
general, to succeed (Sen. Pope.
The bill to open the Sioux reservation
in Dakota will be favorably reported to
the house.
The Chinese minister in a communica
tion to Secretery Bayard places the amount
of Indemnity for the outrages at Rock
Springs at $100,000.
Attorney General Garland defends his
selection of Hill for the Colorado marshal
ship by saying the Democrats in that state
quarrel to such an extent that it was im
possible to choose between them.
The house committee on post
offices will
hear any editors, and proprietors of news
papers who desire to be heard on the sub
ject of alleged discriminations
against them
by the Western Union Telegraph company,
and attempts to coerce them in making
exclusive contracts, ete.
Mr. Dunham has introduced a bill to
authoriza the construction of a bridge
across the Missouri river at Pierre, Dak.,
by the Dakota Central.(Northwestern). In
addition to the maintenance ot tracks over
the bridge, the bill authorizes the company
to construct waya for vehicles and foot
passengers, and chargesuch tolls as may be
approved by the secretary of war.
The house committee on elections de
cided that Frank Hurd, who is contesting
the right of Jacob Romeis to represent the
Toledo district of Ohio, was not elected,
and therefore haa no right to the seat which
he claims. The decision was a great sur
prise to Mr. Hurd and hia friends.
The house committee on commerce in
structed Representative Davia to report
favorably a bill to establish a bureau of
public health in the interior department,
The president has approved the bill to
increaso tho pensions of widows and de
pendent relatives of soldiers and sailors.
Capt. W. H. Martin, U. 8. A., retired, died
in Washington.
The commissioner of'the general land of
fice has prepared a report which has been
transmitted through the^ecretary of the
interior and the president to the senate,
Bhowing in the caae ot aix Southwestern
land grant roads the new theory of adjust
ment which Gen. Sparks proposes to
apply
to all
land grants throughout the West. The
reads selected are the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas,
the St. Joe and Denver City, the Leaven
worth, Lawrence A Gal vaston, the Union
Pacific (Central Branch), and the Kansas
Pacific. The report ia a most elaborato
work, and embodies the work of a large
staff of clerks for aeveral months.
Charles G. Hays of New Castle, Pa., was
arrested at Omaha on a charge of seducing
a youag lady of a highly respectable family
of'wew Cbatle. lie (Utaits hia guilt, and
will be taken to New Castle for trial.
The jury in the case of Charles Woods,
tried at siamarek for tbe murder of Inter
preter deary at FortButord, brought in a
tudict of guilty.
At La Gr»n4e, Oregon, Frank Smith, a
gaiMrier, shot himself three times, causing
almost 1 nstant
death. No cause is assigned
for •ttie suicide.
At 8pokane, Wash., asoldier,ex-sergeant
of Coftipany C, Sscand infantry, shot dead
LevS4 Fhtio, barkeeper and violinist in J.
C. Covington's saloon and dance house.
A man named' Griffejr returned from
Texas, where he is eaia to have served a
term fa tfre penitentiary, to his hone near
Salem, Va., alter aa absence at several
rears, and Mr wife refused to recognise him.
Learning that John and Piekett Met*,
aged seventeen and eighteen respectively,
Bad been caHiftg on his wife, be went to
their residenee andehe* both through the
heart, then made his ea*»pe.
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P.
rumors thi,
Morton iswcrij
Ifaft Ur the United
senator-ship.
The governor of
•uislana haa isaued a
__j an election on May
aR1? ®econ^1 congressional district to
nil the vacancy caused by the death ot
Hon. Michael Hahn. Capt. Henry N. Mar
tin. who aerved in the Confederate army
and who supported Blaine in the last presi
dential election, is prominently motioned
aa a candidate for the Republican nomina
tion.
y^The meeting ot the general court martial
wch was ordered to* convene at St. Paul,
inn., on the 6th prox., for the trial of
Capt. Thomas Garvey, First cavalry, has
been postponed until the 8th day of May
next. The reason for deterring the trial of
the caae is understood to be the illness of
one of the principal witnesses.
Authority has been granted by the secre
tary ot war for the
construction of a double
set of company quarters at Fort Custer,
Mont.,to replace those recently destroyed
by fire, and advertisement has been made
by Col. Moore, the chief quartermaster of
the department, inviting proposals for the
necessary labor. The estimated cost is
about $6,000.
Event? have established the conviction
among detectives that Mike Humphreys is
one of the men who robbed the Rock Island
train and murdered Nichols. Humphreys'
osed accomplice ia the crin^rids known
to the police by the sobriquet oP^Texas."
He is a broad-shouldered, muscular fellow,
five feet eight or nine inches in height,
weigha 170 pounds, and has jet black hair
and mustache. "Texas" was known in
Chicago to certain city detectives as an ex*
stage robber. He cauie from the far West.
Emma Norman, twenty-one years old,
shot and killed Henry Arnold, proprietor
of a grocery store. It is claimed that Ar
nold ruined Miss Norman eighteen months
ago, and made repeated promises to mar
ry her. A short tube ago he married Miss
Keiley. While standing in front of his
store he was shot through the heart by
Miaa Norman, who approached him from
behind. She was arrested. She expresses
great satisfaction at tho fatal result other
shot.
Miss Kin Kato, a stylish young Japanese
lady, has become a student at the Salem,
Mass., Normal school.
Lumbermen in the Grand Falls, Me., re
gion are leaving the woods, the snow being
six feet deep and preventing operations.
Cincinnati has commenced putting down
$400,000 worth of granite blocks on her
streots.
William Whittaker, son of Editor Whit
taker, of the Franklin Spectator, hit John
Fitzgerald on the head with a brick at
Franklin, Pa., fracturing his skull and in
flicting fatal injuries.
Charles Richard, a member ot a promi
nent Hebrew family, was assasinated at
Mobile.
Ohio will have to borrow $750,000 to
meet the proposed appropriations for the
ensuing year. This is the first time for
twenty years that the state has been call
ed upon to borrow money to meet current
expenses.
Dr. Mary Walker was arrested at Provi
dence, R. I., for wearing men's clothes, but
released after a short detention.
The mystery of the disappearance of
Andrew Sheriffs, son of John Sheriffs ot
Chicago, lias been cleared up. His body,
hardjy recognizable but identified by papers
on his person, was found in the Milwaukee
river. Sheriffs disappeared the night of
Nov. 18. He had spent in Milwaukee large
sums, and was being liberally supplied by
his father. During his last spree he was
often low spirited, and it is believed that
in a fit of despondency he plunged into the
river.
The following fourth-class postmasters
has been appointed: Minnesota—Deer
wood, Crow Wing county, R. H. Menford,
vice C. C. Wheeler, removed Jarvis, Henry
Smith, vice Jarvis, resigned Ledoux, B.
Kluth, vice Solomon Dingman, removed
Mahtowa, J. Brott, vice William Jones, re
signed Black Hammer, A. Hilden, vice
Hanson, resigned. Dakota—Barton, H.
E. Hendricks, vice William Qriekea, remov
ed Stanton, R. M. Worthing ton, vice
Fonda, declined. PostoSices esttroiishecT—
Dakota: Giddings, Hughes conaty, G. W.
GidUings Orient, Hancock county, C. J.
Sawyer Saint Herbert, Edmundk county,
C. Rehfeld Snyder, Towner county, J. N.
Snyder Turtle Lake, McLean county. J. A.
Bartos. Postmasters commissioned—Da
kota: Rudolph, J. L. Morrow Welter,
Henry Cornell. Minnesota: Sjnring Creek,
D. S. Root Thielmonton, H. Hampe Un
derwood, A. H. Brockamp. Wisconsin:
Baldwin, ScriJjner Norwalk, A. Roof Tay
lor Station, R. A. Ellison.
Lieut. Hayle, adjutant Second artillery,
has been detailed to act as one of the
judges of the prize military drill, to be held
in May at Savannah, Ga.
The house public lands committee con
siders the bill to repeal the pre-emption,
timber culture and desert land laws.
Sheriff Grant of New York has begun
levying upon the property of William S.
Warner, upon the execution issued under
the judgment to the amount ot $1,401,
908.79, given by Referee Cole in favor oi
Reciver Da vies ot the firm of Grant &
Ward.
The Missouri Pacific goes into the federal
courtjto be placed in possession of its prop
erty jeopardized and controlled by the
Knights of Labor.
The governors ot Missouri and Kansas
meet Hoxie and the attorneys ot the Mis
souri Pacific in St. Louis, and a settle
ment of the strike is probable.
Natural gas threatens life and property
at Murraysville, Pa., and can't be con
trolled.
An ice gorge in the Missouri near Sioux
City creates a disastrous overflow.
Telegraphers betweSn Omaha and San
Francisco will join the Knights of Labor.
The county commissioners of Lewis and
Clark county, Mont., are indicted for will
ful neglect of duty.}
The |Menomonee river overflows and
drives residents at Milwaukee from their
homes.
The strike 'at the Clinton Iron works,
Pittsburg, terminates favorably to tho
atrikers.
At La Crosse a lewed woman, who dur
ing the past six years, has given the police
a great deal of trouble, preferred charges,
sustained by affidavits, against M- F.
Hayes, police justice, which officer is judge
of the municipal court. These charges are
that Mr. Hayes is a frequenter of houses of
ill fame, and that he officially favors cer
tain houses and persecutes others. The
committee reported to a special meeting of
the council exonerating the accused in
every particular.
Thomas S. Serrill, of New Orleans,left his
property, valued at $2,000,000, to his
daughters, Mrs. Alice M. Kerby of Chicago
and Helen M. Serrili.
Oen. Thomas Swords, U. S. A., died In
New York recently. Gen. Swords fought
against the Cherokees in 1830 and was as
sistant quartermaster of the Army of the
West in the Mexican war, and chief quar
termaster in various departments during
the war of the rebellion.
Ex-Senator Chafrec left $500,000 to hia
daughter, wife of U. S. Grant, jr. There are
legacies ot about $300,000 to relatives. It
is likely that in the present condition of
his estates, unless,the Henrietta mine should
turn out immensely remunerative, there
will be barely enough property to satisfy
his first bequest to hia daughter.
A bill in the Massachusetts legislatufg re
quires a brand on all goods
made
Jessie Carter, the young girl who was
shot at Dea Moines by her companion.May
Foster, died. Her identity, which she gave
the chiet
ot
police under pledge not to re­
veal it until her death, was given to the
gcarry,recently.home
ublic Her real name is Theresa
and her ia Cascade, near Du
baque. Theresa's mother haa all the time
been kept in ignorance of her daughter's
fall, her first intimation being the' telegram
sent conveying the tragic end of thegirl's
life.
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SENATE.-—Thenmtteluned
to a resolu­
tion to appoint'HBV. J. G^ Botler, D. D.,
of Washington chaplain.
Among
petitions
presented and referred to committees were
a number from local aaaembliea of Knights
of Labor throughout the Country favoring
the,building ot the Hennepin canal.
Mr. Ingalla submitted a joint resolution
proposing a constitutional amendment
providing that April 80 shall be the day
tor the beginning of the successive admin
istrations of the government, instead ot
March 4.
A message from the house notified the
senate of the death of Representative
Hahn of Louisiana. On motion of Mr.
Eustis, out of respect to the memory of
the deceased, the senate adjourned. Im
mediately after reading tho journal the
house adjourned out of respect to the
memory Mr. Hahn.
SENATE.—On motion of Mr. Vnn Wyck,
the house bill increasing the pensions of
soldiers' widows, etc., was taken up. Aft
er considerable debate and tho rejection of
several amendments, the bill passed as it
came from the house. It now needs only
the president's signature to become a law.
It increases the pensions of widows and de
pendent relatives from $8 to $12 a month.
Mr. Cockrell, from the committee on mili
tary affairs, reported favorably the bill to
amend article 103 ot the rules and articles
of war, so as to provide:
No person shall be tried or punished by
court martial tor desertion in time of
peace committed more than two years be
fore his arraignment, unless he may mean
while have absented himself from the Unit
ed States, in which case the time of his ab
sence shall be excluded in computing the
period of limitation.
The pension bill reported tothesenateby
Mr. Blair provides:
Every person specified under the several
clauses enumerated under section 4,693 of
the Revised Statutes who served six
months in the military or naval service
during tho war of the rebellion, and who
was honorably discharged, who is or shall
become disabled from any cause not tho
result of his own gross carelessness, shall,
upon making known the facts, be placed
upon the pension roll, and receive a pen
sion during the continuance of such dis
ability at a rate proportional to the de
gree of disability, such pension to com
mence at the date of filing of the applica
tion. The highest rate of pension granted
under this section is fixed at $24 for total
incapacity to perform manual labor.
Mr. Cullom spoke in support of tho sen
ate's claim to official papers on file in the
departments, and Mr. Maxey addressed the
senate 011 the other side. Mr. Dolph criti
cised the president for the removal of ex
Union soldiers from office.
Mr. Browne of Indiana, rising to a privil
eged question in the house, offered a reso
lution proposing an investigation of charges
against Lutlftr F. Warder, assistant door
keeper of the house of representatives, and
O. O. Steeley, clerk to Speaker Carlisle,
both of Indiana, to the effect that the
former secured from citizens of Jefferson
ville. during the last congress, sums of
money aggregating $1,250 for alleged ser
vices in securing an appropriation of $50,
000 during tho last congress for improv
ing the levea of Jefferson ville. The reso
lution was adopted without debate and re
ferred to the committee on reform in the
civil service.
SENATE.—Mr. Van Wyck offered the fol
lowing resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, That the committee on public
lands be directed to examine the nature
and extent of the alleged use and destruc
tion of timber on the public lands adjoining
the fine of the Northern Pacific railroad,
particularly by the Montana Improvement
company, and what, if any additional leg
islation is necessary to protect timber on
the public domain, and that the commit
tee have power to send for persons and
papers.
The chair laid before the senate the new
electoral count biil, and Mr. Hoar address
ed the eenateontlie bill. Attheconclusion
of Mr. Hoar's remarks the bill was passed
without a division.
The unfinished business being the Ed
munds resolution, repotted from the judi
ciary committee, was then laid before the
senate, and Mr. Dolph resumed the floor
and continued his remarks in favor of the
majority report of the committee.
Just before the senate went into executive
session there was a lively tilt between Sen
ators Beck and Edmunds, which was very
much enjoyed by the spectators in the
galleries. Mr. Edmunds having objected to
Mr.^Beck's referring|to what had been done in
executive session in the Duskin case, some
sharp passages occurred between them, dur
ing which the acts of thesenatein executive
session were so strongly hinted at by
Beck as to alarm theothersenators and to
prevent further exposure, the senate order
ed the galleries cleared and the doors
closed, and went into executive session.
The controversy was not resumed. In the
executive session Mr. Conger moved to re
consider the vote by which R. F. Dement
was recently confirmed to be surveyor
general of Utah. The motion to reconsider
suspends the action of tho senate in the
case, and Dcment's nomination will be
hung up until the motion to reconsider is
disposed of.
HOUSE.—After numerous reports on vari
ous bills, the Indian appropriation bill
v^ts discussed, and Mr. Wellborn ot Texas
made a strong speech in favor of the civil
ization oi the Indians.
SENATE.—The following bills passed: A
bill providing for a commission of five per
sons to investigate the alcoholic liquor
traffic, its relation to revenue and taxa
tion, and its general, economic, criminal,
moral, and scientific aspects providing for
the study in the schools of the territories
and the District of Columbia of the nature
of alcoholic stimulants and narcotics to
remove the charge of desertion from the
records of the adjutant general of the army
against soldiers who re-enlisted in the late
war without having received a discharge
from their first regiment, providing the sec
retary of war shall be satisfied that the re
enlistment was not to secure a bounty.
The debate on the resolutions censuring
the attorney general was resumed, and Mr.
Spooner spoke in support of them. At the
close ot the speech Messrs. Edmunds,
Evarts, Hoar aud others gathered around
the young Wisconsin senator, and paid the
highest sort of compliments. Mr. Evarts
said afterward that Mr. Spooner's argu
ment on the distinction between the power
to suspend and the power to remove of
ficials, and his exposition of the coustitu
tionalty of the tenure of office actexhaust
ed the whole subject of debate, and ho
should not speak.
.In executive session the Senate confirmed
John Woessner, Texas, consul at Saltillo
V. O. King, Texas, secretary of the legation
and consul general at Bogota Brig. 6en.
Alfred H. Terry, major general Elid B.
Bannister, Indiana, Indian Inspector.
HOUSE.—After various bills had been're
ported from committees, the bill authoriz-.
ing the court of claims to investigate other
.than war claims was discussed, as was also
the Indian appropriation bill. The,ba nking
and currency committee of the house had
a conference with Treasurer Jordan at his
residence. The jirincipal subject Qf discus*
sion was, as to the best means of keeping'
silver in circulation as long., jis possible.
Treasurer Jordan favored faking-the
banks the circulating agency, iri'stoad of the
treasury. He thought this would secure
the longest and cheapest circulation'.
SENATE—The national live stock highway
bill passed,
aa
in the
penitentiary or reform achool.
Chicago women have formed a "Pro
tective agency." The object is for tbe pro
tection of the honor and virtue of women,
protection againat injustice, being defraud
ed of her wages, or other financial unfair
ness.
did all the private pension
bills on the''calendar. Excitement was
caused by the clerk reading a portion of a
communication from the secretary of tbe
treasury which was an executive document,
but not being ao marked had been handed
to the elerk by the president pro tempore.
The reading stopped short when the clerk
realized the nature of the document. Mr.
Spooner concluded his speech in support of
the resolutions censuring the attorney gen
erak'•Sff /18ajjlslniry spoke in defense of the
administration. Bills were introduced for
the removal of the Southern Ute Indiana
from Colorado to Utah and to increase the
Minneapolis public building appropriation
to $650,000. Adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE—It being'
private bill day, nothing
of public interest was. done, although a
warm debate took place on a bill to place
Col. H. J. Hunt on the retired list witn the
rank of major general.
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Gen. Oliver Otis Howard waa born in
Maine, on Nov. 8, 1830, and graduated at
Bowdoin college in 1848. He entered the
military academy at Weat Point in 1850,
grac^uatiqglii 1854 fourth in hi8 class. He
entered aSfdnce upon active service as
second lieutenant of ordnance in the Florida
war against the Seminole Indiana.
Shortly afterward he waa recalled to West
Point to assume the duties of assistant
professor of mathematics, which position
be held until the commencement of the war
of the rebellion. In June, 1861, he was
given command ot the Third Maine Volun
teer infantry, having resigned his position
in the regular army, and in September tho
same year was made brigadier general ol
volunteers, on account of hia gallantry at
the firat battle of Bull run. He took part
in the campaign in the Peninsula,
under McClellan, and at Fair Oaks
had two horses shot under him, and was
twice wounded, losing his right arm.
His conduct durirg the campaign resulted
in his promotion to be major general ot
volunteers. Onrecovering from his wounds
he returned to active duty in season to
take part in the second affair at Bull Run,
and at Antietam two months later, he
commanded a division. As commander of
the Eleventh corps, he participated in the
battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellors
ville, and at Gettysburg, after the death of
Reynolds and until the arrival of Gen.
Hancock in the field was in command of
the army. It was a critical period, requir
ing firmness and judgment, and the work
showed that Gen. Howard was equal
to the task. For his conduct
at the inception ot the fight and during
the remainingtwo days of the conflict, hece
ceived the thanks ol congress. In the fall ot
1863 he waa transferred to the west, arriv
ing at Chatanooga in season to take part
in the battles of Lookout Mountain and
Mission Ridge. The next year he was in
command of the Fourth corps in the army of
theCuraberland, and was in the engagements
at Dalton, Resaca, and Kenesaw mount
ain. In July, 1864, he was given charge
of the army of the Tennessee, consisting
of the Seventeenth and Twentieth army
corjjs, and after the fall ot Atlanta accom
panied Gen. Sherman In his famous march
to the sea, his command forming the right
wing of the invading army. At the olose of
the war Gen. Howard was made commis
sioner of the freedmen's bureau, and acted
in that capacity until 1872, when he was
appointed special commissioner of Indian
affairs, which position he held only a shert
time. He was then given command of
the department of the Columbia, and
subsequently of the department of West
Point. In 1881 lie was transferred to the
department of the Platte, which command
he now holds, his headquarters being at
Omali, Neb. Besides his rank as brigadier
general of the regular army, which dates
Jrom Dec. 21, 1864, he had also the brevet
rank of major general, conferred March 13,
1865, for gallant and meritorious services
during the campaign against Atlanta.
Arbor Day in Dakota.
Under date of the 15th inst., Gov. Pierce
issued the following proclamation:
In conformity with public sentiment, and
with what has grown to be a custom in
many states of the Union, I hereby desig
nate Saturday, the 24th day of April,
prox., aB Arbor day, to be devoted to tree
planting and such beautifying of public and
private grounds as shall best serve to adorn
the homes of the people and make pleasant
the public places of the territory. And
by the authority conferred by law I do
hereby proclaim the aaid 24th day ot April
a general holiday and direct that the ter
ritorial offices be closed and all official
business suspended. The one requisite
to make this land the equal, it not the
superior, of the most favored regions ot
earth is the growth of lorest and
ornamental trees. The wide prairies
need them. They are a protection and
an ornament. They are a direct and ma
terial addition to the value of land, and
will in a tew years become a source of posi
tive income. They will grow while you
sleep. They will add to your wealth while
you rest. No investment wHl pay you bet
ter both in a material sense and in the sat
isfaction which is the outgrowth of pleas
ant surroundings. I invite the particular
attention of teachers in the public schools
and those in charge of our territorial insti
tutions of learning, as also the officers of
our benevolent institutions, to the import
ance of devoting this day to ornamenting
the grounds where our children congregate
or where the unfortunate of the territory
are confined. Let every public place be
made to blossom like the rose, adorned by
nature's loveliest and purest ornaments,
which shall grow and flourish like the ce
dars of Lebanon—like "a tree planted by
the waters that spreadeth out her roots
by the river, and shall not see when the
heat cometh, for her leaves shall be green."
Oskosh Dark at Mid-Day.
A most remarkable atmospheric phe
nomenon occurred at Oshkosb, Wis., on
the 19th inst., at 3 p. m. The day waa
light, though cloudy, when suddenly dark
ness commenced settling down, and in five
minutes it was as dark as midnight. Gen
eral consternation prevailed. People on
the streets rushed to and fro. Teams
dashed along, and women and chil
dren ran into cellars. All busi
ness operations' ceased until lights
cpuld be lighted. Not a breath of air
was stirring on the surface of the earth.
:. The darkness lasted from eigth to ten .min
utes, when it passed off, aeemingly. from
west', to eaat, and brightness "followed.
Newa from cities inthe'westsays the .pAme
..phen'otheiion was obB«rved -tfeere 'in^ad
yance Of its appearance at Oshkosh, show
ing -th£i t..the wavoot darkness pa'gjefyT from
rwsst jtft'past. Nothing could be seen to in
(licate any air currents overhead. It
'Beeihedto be a wave bf total darkAess pass*
ing aiong without,witkd.
The Connecticut senate passed a bill for
the compulsory teaching in the public
schools ot the evil effects of alcohol and
tobacco. There is said to be a $150,000
text book job behind it.
The friends of Da kota have not altogether
given up hope in regard to its chances of ad^
mission as a state by the Forty-ninth con?
groaA. Delegate Gifford was asked if tbe
Dakota bill was dead "No, indeed," ha
answered, "it's a pretty lively bill yet, lean
assure you." "There seems to be very lit
tle said about it just now." "Yes." it is
taking a rest just at present, but it isgofng
to wake up pretfy soon, and haa pretty
good prospects of passage yet, I think.
The house committee will take it up again
the coming week, I think, and I have strong
hopes of its passage by this congress." "At
this session?" "Perhaps so I am not cer
tain of that, butXbelieve this congregft wiil
pass it." "AdnWtting all of the territory
as one state?" "No, only the aonth half.
I believe the bill for division and admission
'''j'®' the people want, and thatcongresa
will give it to them'"
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Imm.
aof th
yatemOt
tiUf
moving ns and flxeda
---jonawaa-given
on Friday the
10th inat. oh a special
train,
run tor. that purpose by the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul 'company from
Chicago toMilwaukeeand returnjea vingChi
cago at 10:30 a. m. AbouttW6 hundred in
vited guests were aboard, comprising oift
cialBof the railroada entering1 Chicago, offi
cers, electricians ot the
telegraph companies
and numerous representatives of the press.
Before leaving Chicago each passenger wrote
a telegram which he. addressed to himself
and handed to a collector who passed
through the train, keeping a duplicate for
cohiparison. The messages thuB picked
up. were transmitted by the Morse system
to Wadsworth, a station midway between
Chicago and Milwaukee, where the dupli
cate set ot instruments and condensers
had been located. From there they were
telegraphed by the induction uutem to
jho operator on the train, which^ras mov
ng at the rate of thirty-five miles perhour.
There was no interruption in the working
of tbe system from the time the train left
the Chicago yards until It arrived in Mil
waukee, and the messages aB delivered on
the train were found to be correct. The
same may be said of the return trip. The
instruments used appearquite simple, con
sisting of an induction coil tour inches in
length, an inch and a half in diame
ter, to one end ot which is affixed
a_ metallic diaphragm, on which is a
vibrating armature. Connected with this
la a light key for sending, this being be
tween the vibrator and battery. The bat
tery used going to Milwaukee consisted of
twenty-tour cells of Fuller. On the return
trip this was reduced. From the metallic
roof of the car a wire passed down to two
phonetic receivers, which are very similar
to the end of a telephone receiver, being
cup-shaped, and are fastened ovor each ear
by straps, and the vibrations coming into
them are read by the operator.
From the two receivers the wire passes
through the car floor to the axles of the
trucks, thus forming a ground connection
and completing the circuit trom the wire
outside. The battery, it is claimed, is
UBed only from the key to the vibrator,
the passage from there to the roof and to
the wires being accomplished by the mys
teriouB process called induction. There
were four wires on the poles, which
were at an average distance ol thirty
feet from the track. At the station
the Edison instrument was connected with
all these wires to guard against an inter
ruption by the failing of any one. The use
of the four wires in interchanging messages
had no effect on the Morse operators at
the regular stations, and the Edison men
could find no difference between the use of
foiir and one. They claim that the only
thing liable to trouble them is where the
telegraph line gets more than fifty feet away
trom tho track.
A Plea for JuitIo«t.
Citizens of Ramsey and other Dakota
counties in the boundaries of the Turtle
Mountain Indian reservation have adopt
ed a memorial to congress, in regard to the
Buspension by Commissioner Sparks of
public land surveys in that district.
After citing the commissioner's action,
the memoralists state:
Nearly all of the fourteen counties repre
sented have been duly organized, and con
tain 25,000 people who have settled thero
since the promulgation of the president's
order in October, 1882, opening that
region to settlement. These people have
paid, or obligated themselves to pay, to
the United States tor entries on lands in
the Devil's Lake district $808,872. The
settlers are poor, and to pay this amount
and make improvements have incurred or
will incur obligations to the extent of
$2,000,000, and it will be nearly two
years before any return can be
had from the land. Thero are now
over three thousand settlers living in
this region upon unsurveyed lands, aud the
Buspension of surveys threatens them with
utter ruin. In going upon those lands they
have simply followed a custom that has ex
isted nearly a century, and had a right to
expect the speedy survey of the lands. The
memorial enumerates the many hardships
which will result from th'e continued en
forcement of tho order, euch as the check
of business, immigration, etc., and earnest,
ly urges upon congress speedy action to
determine whether or not the Turtle Moun
tain Indians have or ever had any title to
the country and if so to take measures to
extinguish it. In the meantime itsolemnly
protests against any action looking to the
closing of the land office in this district, or
the withdrawal of any of the lands from
settlement within the reservation and pe
titions that measures be taken to cause
the work of surveying to be resumed.
"Yourmemorialists," says the document,
"consider that, inasmuch as they are not
trespassers here, but oame in good taith to
make their homes and purchase the lands,
upon the invitation of the government,
they ought not to be made to suffer any
loss or injury if the government has com
mitted a mistake."
The memorial has 198 signatures.
President Cleveland and tbe Negroes.
A delegation from the recent conference
of colored men of Virginia visited the White
House recently and read an address to the
president, thanking him for his expressions
in regard to the future of the colored race,
and expressing the hope that under a Demo
craticadministration the bitter controver
sy between citizens of a common country
would b? removed. The address is endorsed
by Gov: Fitzhugh Lee, who
expresses a hope
that the flay may soon come when the po
litical actions of citizens of our country
will not be divided by race or color. The
president in reply said that he wa9 glad to
know that matters pertaining of the na
ture of a problem were being adjusted by
the people themselves, and that while he
had expressed himself thoroughly on such
points, he was willing in every legitimate
way to extend encouragement.
The Great Demand for Seeds.
There is an unusually large demand on
the agricultural department at Washington
tor seeds, not only trom congressmen but
from agriculturists throughout the country.
At present there are 170 persons employed
in putting up and mailingseeds of an kinds,
ana the force ia not equal to the demands
upon it. The seeds being sent out this
spring are said to be of an un
usually good quality. An opinion
prevails to aome extent that the de
partment will supply farmers with all the
seed they w$nt for the purpose of raising
crops, and not infrequently demands are
made for several bushels ot seed by the
same party. Those who reoeive seed from
the government would render valuable as
sistance to the department if they would
follow the government's iMtructions ac
companying seeds sent, and report fully
the results obtained in every case.
Ex-President Arthur's Illness.
New York, Special. The assertions and
denials that ex-Presidont Arthur is dying
at hisesidence rn Lexington avehue are so
positive, and he is so carefully protected
against those who try to find out the
truth as to his condition, that it is impos
sible to tell just how near'to or far from
death he is. All the rest of the reports
about his morbid deBire not to miss a wo'ijd
that is printed about him, about his pros
tration and the sorrowful state Of mrad in
to which he has fallen are sp|" by hia
friends to be very little in excess of the!
truth. His illness began with an ailment olj
the kidneys that, in turn grew out of a dis^
conQMrted mental condition which has
jrqwn more and more melancholy ahd
"ft is.
saw that he eats
little else than baked
apples and'milk, and is very weak indeed.
A dispatch from Marahfield, Wisconsin,
says:
T,Qne-
ot the.fnost revolting cases,
revolting cases
'inhumanity has
of incest'and parental
come to light in the town'of Seneca, in this
county. Charles A. Reeves, seventy years'
old, has for the past seventeen yfars beeq)
livingJn incest with bis own daughter, now
a Woman ot. thirty-six" years. Five' phil
dren have been born to them, the eldestbei
ing about sixteen years old and the young
est four uioetha. Reeves was arrested by
Sheriff Forenance March 8, and the pre
liminary examination waa adjourned tillj
March 18, when the daughter made a full
confession and. statement implicating her
Snow fell to the depth of two feet at D»
boque ittrisg tbs recent storm.
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IW isezt tf Secretary tuetr*i
lntbeBrlttln Oae,Whloh Has Give* 4m,
to Dakota.
Washington, Special Telegram, March 17.
—The decision lii the Brittin case meet#
with universal rejoicing and commenda»i
tion among western men here. A greatr va-'
riety ol interests clustered around the right
to commute a homestead. .The'money
lender class, it iei soM, lb especially glad,,f
Its securities are now relieved of a-seriouS
'cloud. Following is the full text of thS
cision:
To the Commissioner of the
General Land
Office. Sir: James Brit ton made pre
emption cash entry No. 71, Doc. 31, 1883,,
of thesouth-east quarter section 28,".town
154, north range 64 west, 5th p. n|
Devll^S^p
Lake, Iak. Feb. 9,1S84, Britton alio mads
homestead entry No. 136, of lota 1
cand
2
and F, one-half of north-west quarter of?
•ection 30, town 158, north range 66 west
5th p. m., Devil's Lake, Dak., and com
muted the same to cash entry No. 6.69,
Sept. 9, 1884. You held this last entry
tor cancelation upon the ground that he
exhausted his preemption right with his iS
firat entry, and that his laBt entry No. 669,
was therefore illegal. The effect,
your decision is that the cornmu*
lation of a homestead entry is
virtually a change of such entry to a pre
emption, and as tho applicant is only en
titled to one pre-emption right he cannot
secure the benefit of another by making en
try under the homestead law. Two ques- 'i-S®
tions are presented by the issue mode in
this caae.
First—Whether a person who has availed i.-'vtyK
himself of the benefit of the pre-emption
act and has received the full number of
acres allowed under that act can also se-.
eurean additional 160 acres under the
homestead law, admitting that a person ,.Cf
who had availed himself. of the benefit of
the pre-emption act nNK
Rlso
be entitled
to the benefit of the h'flHstead act. "V
Second—Whether a commutation of the
homestead entry to a cash entry under
lection 2301, Revised Statutes, ia not an
exercise of the pri-emption right,
and whether the allowance of such
an entry is not practically awarding
to such applicant a second pre-emption
right. In his report of 1866, Commissioner ".*':
Wilson, in speaking of thequestion,whether 5
a person who commutes a homestead en- ..
try can afterward enter other land under
the pre-emption act. says: "On this point
it has been ruled that when a party legally
entitled mattes an enti under the home-1
stead law of'May 20, 1862, and thereafter
at any time after the expiration of five
years shall come forward, make proof of hiB
actual settlement and cultivation to a giv
en day, and then pay for the tract, the pro
ceedings merely consummatehis homestead
right as tho act allows, the payment being
a legal substitution for the continuous labor
the law would otherwise exact from his
hands. A claim of this character is
NOT A PKE-EMPTION,
but a homestead, and as such will be no
bar to this same party acquiring a pre
emption right providing he can legally
show his right by virtue of actual settle
ment and cultivation on another tract at
a. period subsequent to the consummation
of his homestead." The only limitation
upon his right under this interpretation is,
that he shall not be permitted to consum
mate both entries at the same time. This
construction of the law has been uniformly
followed ever since by the land office aud
department in administering the law govern
ing the disposition of the public lands under
the homestead act, and even if this statute
would bear a different construction, I do
not think it would be in accordance with
lound policy or the exercise of a legal dis
cretion to give totalis law a different inter
pretation in the decision of a case in which
the conduct of the parties affected thereby
n-as evidently controlled by the interpreta
tion of that law as then pronounced by
the department. Tho official duties of the
bead of departments are not merely minis
terial, but they are required to expound
arid interpret the laws and resolutions of..
congress under which they act. But inde-.
pendent of this view, I concur with the con
struction of the statute as given by my
predecessors. Section 6 of the homestead
act 2299, Revised Statutes provided that
nothing in this act should be BO
constructed as to impair or interfere in
any
manner whatever with existing
pre-emption rights, and provided fur
ther "that all persons who have filed their
applications for a pre-emption right prior
to the passage of this act shall be entitled
to all the privileges of this act." Clearly
the first part of the provision tended to
lecure to those who might avail themselves
of the benefits of this act the existing right
of entry under the pre-emption laws, and
the second part of this provision was in
tended to secure those who have therefore
availed themselves of the pre-emption
right, the benefit of the homestead law in
addition thereto. For these reasons I re
verse your decision and herewith return tbs
papers transmitted with your office letter
of Jan. 25,1885. Very resfectfully,
-V:
L. Q. C. LAMAR,gj-'
Secretary of the Interior.
Anew postoffice has been establish
ed at Mercer, with Gertie Wood post
mistress.
A farmers' joint stock elevator com
pany has been organized at Milbank,
and will erect a 10,000-busJiel eleva
tor.
Lohr and Jennie Biglin were sen
tenced to nineteen and one-halt years
in the penitentiary for killing George
Middleton at Battle Creek.
Several chunks of float coal have
been brought up in drilling she artesian
well at Plankintoni
The Gun club at Rapid City is try
ing to stock that section with quails.
It is believed to be specially adapted
to them.
The charge against the Custer
sountjr commissioners, indicted by the
grand jury, is that they allowed on a
contract let by them for the county
a difference of fifteen cents on the dol
lar between the market value of war
rants and cash.
The saloonkeepers of Carrington
have all been arrested, charged with
keeping gambling houses.
School Treasurer Ott and his sure?
ties at Jamestown,"are sued by the«
school board for $11,000 lost by the- ..
First National bank failure.
The residence of John Manning on
fche^elle Fourche was destroyed by,^|
Wfire. Loss, $3,500 insurance, $1-
labile thawing out some giant pow-*^
de£near Rapid City, a man named'^
Johneori had one side of his face and
head blown off.
A vein of coal threS feet thick baft
been discovered op a ranch near
Sturgis.
Hughes county farmers believe that
the late fall of snow has been worth
more as a crop stimulator than an
inch of fertilizer.
Kingsbury county will have a hot
county seat fight this spring. Pe
Smet and Lake Preston are the con
testants.
Farmers in the vicinity oi St. Olaf
are about to organize a co-operative
company for the purchase and ship
ment of grain.
The Jamestown board of education
has brought a suit against H. J. Ott,.
a school treasurer and principal, and?
R. E. Wallace, A. A. Allen, George,
Vennura and T. Gray as bondsniep
ior $11,000. This 1083 was mcidenx
to the failure of the First National:)!
bank two years since
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