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.Cotncau—Tykgrams were received from
Judge Moody, Delegate Gilford ami Delegate
elect luttbews to-ilny and read in tioth
nonsee. announcing the result of the vote in
the jower hoaee of congress. Cheers and
heafftt hand-shaking greeted the welcome
meaftagM. Aitken of Canton introduced
Joint Msotaiunt tendering the thnnks of the
kgislatiire to all friends at Washington who
I^r?" •nB'Wd in the work of admission
and divlMOB. It fraa adopted by both houses
By a rining vote. After long fight in the
Wn^thobill locating the soldiers' home
HotSprinjrs was passed liy a vote of 15
-s vAi Tv® governor is expected to veto the
bul, but it can be carried over his head.
Crawford will vote to puss it over
Before the bill passed Crawford
^Itodrew the offer Pierre made to catch the
lc?j Tbere wns a bill passed by the coun
«l ™r the prevention of the importation of
armed men lor the purpose of doing police
duty. It is directed at the employment of
PinkertoDs' detectives, and has for its prin
opal object their exclusion from the territory.
The council passed the newspaper bill
o.ver the governor's veto by a vote of 17 to
7. "he governor sent to the council the
names of the new trustees for the Brookings
Agricultural college. During the executive
session of the council a man Tn the attic over
heard what went through the ceiling. He
was, however. not newspaper reporter, but
an employe engaged in fixing the electric light
wire.
HorsK.—The most important political
legfclution of the aescsion will be introduced
to-morrow by Aikens of Canton. It will be a
bill providing for the removal of all terri
torial officers at the pleasure of the execu
tive without assigning any cause thereior
and empowering the executive to till the va
cancies thus created. There is no statute of
this character, and it lias heretofore been
understood that the governor had no power
of removal except the authority contained
in th* publjc examiner of law and the con
struction given it by Chief Justice Tripp in
the caw of the Yankton insane asylum
fmovals. This will be known as
Dakota's tenure of office act, and is intended
to avoid the necessity of a recess by the
legislators for the purpose of de'eating
the appointments by Gov. Church. This act
will invest the executive with the power of re
moval, and when the new governor comes in
it will make no difference what his predeces
sor ba« done in the way of appointments.
This bill litis the approval of some of the
ablest lawyers, and is the legitimate way ol
compassing the present executive. It meets
the hearty approval of Wunliabaugh, the au
thor of the recess idea. Appropriation bills
amounting to over $900,000 have bsen in
troduce*! already for maintenance for public
institutions, end about $500,000 for im
provement* and new buildings. Both will be
cut down to ueurly one-half be.'ore they puss.
Saturday, Feb. 18.
CO
njsca..—The governor sent to the
Moadir, fab. 18.
COUHCTL.—The feature of the legislature to
day^pas the passage of the agricultural col
leg*bill, locating that institution at Valley
City. The effort to relocate it at Furgo
failed. Tho vote on the bill on its final pas
•age was 15 to (i in favor of Valley City.
McDonald, chairman o, the committee on ap
propriations, made the combine. It was his
bill. It goes to the house, where it will meet
with more opposition. Aikens of Canton in
troduced aresolation favoring appropriation,
bills for one year only, and declaring
against the establishment of any
more new institutions. The preamble re
the llwt that there were to
two statee the current year and there was
no necessity for appropriations for more
than one year. The house passed the news,
paper bill over the governor's veto and it be
came a law. The governor vetoed Hughes'
bill providing or the issuance of bonds for
a county building, as it seemed to legalize the
bonds that had been voted during the past
two years. Hughes offered a resolution in
the council ndjourning from Feb. 28 to March
8, but it failed to pass. The object was to
attend the inauguration of President Har
rieon. Thirteen more bills were introduced in
the council, including the one establishing an
industrial college at Aberdeen. The council
is not getting ready to adjourn
very fast. Hughes introduced a bill
asking for improvements and main
tenonce of Bismarck penitentiary. $19,600,
The soldiers' home bill went to the governor
to-day for his signature. Thirty-one bills
have become laws, and are unimportant.
About 300 arc pending in the house. Coun
dlmen Lowrv and Miller have been excused
for the rest of the session Lowry on account
of the death of his son, and Miller ou account
of the serious illness of his only child. Rep
resentative Howell of McPherson county is
very sick. The Jamestown asylum investi
on committee will report to-morrow. It
_J3eretood that the trustees will be sharp
ly criticised for their extravagance, but thnt
Dr. Archibald, the superintendent, will be
vindicated.
Taenia?, Feb. 19.
CotTKCTl/.—Pattern's prohibition bill passed
the council. It goes into effect Jan. 1,1890,
after both Dakotas have become states. If it
passe* the house it will certainly be vetoed,
and the veto will be sustained. Hughes' bill
to fund the outstanding capitol warrants
passed the council. These warrauts amount
to $53,000, and now draw 10 per cent, in
teres if funded they will only draw 5 per
Jnnit. and save a great deal to the territory,
as well as improve its credit. The bill accept
ing the compiled laws passed the council.
HOUSE.—The Aikens resolution, expressing
the sentiment of the house as against the lo
cation of institutions and extravagant ap
propriations, brought out Mr. Lampman of
Volley City, who made a plea for the agricul
tural college as an exception. Mr. Newman
fought for the Millner school and against the
(•solution. Eliot o.' Lisbon made an origin
al argument againit tie wholesale attempt
to locate normal schools all over the prairies.
Before this discussion came up Gronna had
introduced a bill for a normal school at
Lakota. Bergman had put in one for St.
Thomaa and McNeil had intro
duced a bill for one at Casselton. This made
MX
for North Dakota with three already lo
cated at the former session and no appropri
ations made therefore. Mr. Hunter offered
f" an amendment, which was adopted, exclud
vpf
ing.
additions to existing buildings. This
ib was aimedut science hall that Vermillion uni
versity is asking for. The resolution as
amended was adopted—23 to 20. This kills
the agricultural coileie location at tliis ses
sion and carries it over to the fist legislature
of North Dakota if also kit's all the pro
jected normals and leaves ia the legislature
ujkfo get down to business.
ifSf bonse sustained the governor's veto of
the bill renpproprmtinsunexper.detl balances
to the Grand Forks uni rci aity. It. i3 nlso in
definitely postponed the council bill provid
ing for foreclosure of mortgages by action
only.
The governor and the members of the su
Mnmc court visited both honses, nnd a re
was taken in each to informally receive
them. It was noticed thnt. Aikens made the
motion in the house, and t.lint hi plare.l the
governor first in stating hit* motion he also
moved when in session postpone indefinite
ly the council bill (iepiivins the governors of
all clerical hire The motion carried.
Vsdaeidijr Feb. 80.
Oou^ch,.—The council put in the day read
ing ttjfSducation'al bill. News of the passage
of the omnibus bill in conn-ess was followed
la the house by singing the doxology. The
Members oFboth house* are gettingr«adyfor
•iaaiit to-morrow to Helena. They will not
r^Gr-"-'-Ma
lie sss.but absent themselves.
a bill authorizing tow*-
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lature two vetoes to-day. Tney re erred to
bills reappropriating unexpended balances
belonging to several
educational institutions.
They were deferred until Monday, when they
will be i«ssed over the vetoes. Crawford in
troduced a hill in the council locating a blind
asylum at Pierre.
HOUSE.—Aikens, of the house, introduced
his providing for removals by the territorial
executive. It meets with approval, und prac
tically kills the recesB idea. Amove will be
made to limit appropriations to one year's
necessities instead of two. as the territorial
condition required. The state legislatures
next winter will provide for the second year.
A resolution is tnlked of iu the house declar
ing against expediency of locating any more
public institutions at this session. Elliott
•acowded to-day in getting the committee of
the whole to report favorably upon a normal
school at Iisbon. The Milnor school nlso
has been reported favorably. The legisla
tars from this on may make a record thnt
will make the appropriation hunters tired.
Church is making a record, and the legisla
ture is in a position to make one that will
amount to something.
ship to tax themselves for the benefit of new
railroad project*.
HOCSB:—AttorneyGeneralSkinnerwascalled
on to give his opinion upon the house Mil
authorizing the appointment ofnotaries pub
lie. In his response ho find* the organic acl
authorizes the governor of the territory ta
fill territorial offices by the appointment of a
citizen of the some. The law of Dakota make*
the office of notary public a territorial office,
and a female is not a a citizen under the lawr
of congress for the pnrpoKe o' holding office
or exercising suffrage. The following is th«
opinion of Judge Nash of Washington Terrr
tory: "In another sense the organic act pro
vides that the governor stay appoint a cit
zen. If a female is a citizen and can hold such
office, it is unnecessary legislation to puss
law authorizing the governor to appoint fe
males as notaries public. If they are not
citizens, any law passed by the legislature i*
without avail." He is of the opinion that, the
bill is contrary to the organic act, and is use
less and idle legislation. He agrees that ht
cannot give a favorable opinion, but he can
not permit, sentiment nor his own view to
Has nis judgment. The further business ol
the house was devoid of interest nnd import
ance, except a flurry over the railtoad bill re
ported by a joint, committee of both houses.
Aikins attacked its constitutionally, showing
that it invested the commissioners with ju
dicial functions, and such authority wns in
violation of the organic act. The bill will be
considered next, Tuesday. A preliminary vote
on the Patten prohibition bill
from
thecoun-
cil showed that it was a popular measure,
and in the opinion of well posted members it
will pass.
Thursday, F«b. St.
COUNCIL.—A bill passed t.hecouncil reducing
the 10 per rent int 'ie.it on territorial war
rants to 7. Borneo.' the members of the legis
lature go to-morrow to Helena on a jauiit.
taking recess until Monday. A petition
wns circulated to-day and fwely signed by
the members asking the appointment of.I ohc
E. Haggert of Fargo for Uuited States mar
shul.
HOCSE.—The governor vetoed the soldiers'
home bill Action thereon was deferred bj
the house until next Wednesday. It will t*
carried over his veto by a very narrow mar
gin. The governor says: "The sum
appropriated—15,000— is insufficient.
A home of sufficient size would
reauire at least $100,000." He doubts
if it would be occupied by efficient nutnbei
to justify the expenses incurred. The com
mittee investigating the conduct of th
Jamestown insane asylum submitted its r»
port to the house. Sixty witnesses were ex
amined. Charges of cruelty and immorality
were not proven. The charges of drunkenness
incompetency of employes and use of public
property for private purpose were not war
ranted.
It is true, however, that intemperate em
ployes had been retained too long, and art
still retained in the service of the asylum, li:
some instances the superintendent, had im
posed too much labor upon patients, bat it
general he linj done well. Cleanliness ani
good order were found everywhere. Tiie com
niittee said more economy miirht be exer
cised in the employment, of farm help nix!
clerk. Both were too extravagant,. The
management of the trustees hud not beet
economical. Therehnd been considerable im
provement since the last, examination by tin
public examiner, nnd as much as #3001
month had been save.I by the examiner. TIK
charge of extravagance in the work of build
ing was not sustained.
Wooin? an Author.
ftobert Louis Stevenson first came
hero eight years ago to get married.
When he was taking that trip thai
bore fruit in his book, "An Inland
Voyage," he met in Paris Mrs. Sam
uel Osborne, of San Francisco. Sh^
had married young Samuel Osborne,
who was private secretary to Sena
tor Stanford. She was a brilliant
brunette. Her husband had gone
with her on a vacution, but ho had
been recalled.
She and Stevenson fell in love at
first sight. Their literary nnd
and personal tastes ran in the same
channels, and the author spent much
time in her company. When she left
for home it was understood that she
was to get a divorce from her hus
band by means of the easy processes
of the California courts, and when
this was accomplished Stevenson
would come out to the Golden State
and make her his wife. When Os
borne was told ot the desire of his
wife he made no objection, and even
gave his wife all the aid in his power.
The result was that she obtained her
freedom.
Then the tidings were sent to the
distant lover, and he prepared to
come out in the west for his inamora
ta. Stevenson engaged passage in
the steerage ot one of the
great ocean
lines, with the design of writing up
his experience. He had a sorry time
among the emigrants. This experi
ence, did not cure him, as he took
passage in an emigrant car and
crossed the plains in that fashion.
This was worse than the steerage
trip, and the journey consumed two
weeks.
When Stevenson reached San Fran
cisco he was a sorry object. Foul
air and poor food had reduced his
strength and he was a semi-invalid.
He was received, however, with open
arms. As soon as he was cleaned
up by a series of sulphur baths the
wedding was held.
Osborne gave away the bride, his
ex-wife, with the heartiness of man
ner that might have been expected in
the most disinterested person, while
he capped the climax by introducing
to the bride and groom a handsome
and stylishly dressed young woman
as his affianced wife. The marriage
feast, was very gay. I
Soon after Stevenson went with his
bride to a deserted camp on Howell
mountain to recuperate his health.
There he wrote the book which he
called "The Silverada Squatters."'
It is a curious fact that Osborne,
to whose good nature Stevenson was
indebted for his wife disappeared
shortly after his second marriage,
a.nd no one has ever heard of him
since. The dashing young woman
whom he wedded remained here sev
eral months after Samuel deserted1
her, when she, too, packed up her be
longings and departed as mysteri
ously as her spouse. Neither of
them has ever been seen or heard of
by their old friends.—San Francisco
Dispatch.
Well Enongli to Walt.
It is always advisable to hear the
end of a sentence. A literary man,
for instance, once said to one of his
lady friends: "Will you accept my
hand Gushing maiden—"Why,
er—«o sudden—so unexpected." Lit
erary man (proceeding unmoved)—
"Book on political economy." Some
what similar is a story told of anoth
er couple. He—"How bright the
stars are to-night. Tltey are almost
as bright as 8he (expecting
"youreyes")—1"O, you flatter me!''.
He (proceeding)—"They were last
iteht."
CONGRESSIONAL.
ITiAiilMimtriiiihMHiiiti Iftki Senate
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Feb.IS.
SENATE.—A bill introduced by Senator
Spooner to-day provides that a system of
farmers institutes shall be maintained as a
part the agricultural department. A sup
erintendent ol institute* is t.o be appointed
at an annual salary of f6,000. Meetings of
the institutes shall be regularly held in the
agricultural sections of the country. The
proceedings are to bo published} und au
thority is given the superintendent of insti
tutes to hii lecturers at a fair rate of com
pensation for the time actually employed.
The annual cost of the system of institutes
is not to exceed $500,000, exclusive of per
manent salaries and the printing of the re
ports of the institute meetings.
HOUSE.—In the house to-day Mr. Mills,
from the committee on ways and means, re
ported back tho Mills tariff bill with the sen
ate amendment and, by direction of the
speaker, it was referred to the committee of
the whole. Mr. Mills also reported the fol
lowing resolutions, which he said presented a
question of privilege and the consideration
of wh'cli, he said, he would ask th) house to
enter upon on Tiaeday next:
That the substitution by the senate, nnder
the form or an amendment for the bill of the
Mills bills), of another
nnd-'dinerent bill, containing a general revi
sion of the laws, imposing impost duties and
internal taxes, is in conflict with th» true in
tent and purpose of section 7. article 1, ofthe
constitution und that said bill be returned
to the senute with the respectful suggestion
that said section vests in ne house of repre
sentatives the sole power to originate such a
measure.
The committee at its meeting to-day prac
tically decided to report a bill making an
estimated reduct on in the revenues of about
$70,000,000. After reading the report on
the senate tariff billr submitted to-day, the
committee took for consideration a revenue
reduction bill offered bv Mr. McMillin o•'
Tennessee. The bill is substantially the
same as the Mills bill.
Sstm-dsy, Feb. IB-
SENATE —Senator Davis introduced a bill
in the Senate lor the relief of James Healv, of
Minnesota, for 9460.23, for balance due 'him
on a mail contract.
Hot'SE.—The house took np the postoffice
bill. Mr. Hoiman offered an amendment pro
viding that the aggregate salaries of post
office clerks as fixed by the new classification
shall not exceed the sum appropriated by
the bill (#6, 550,000.) The amendment was
adopted alter a brief debute in which Mr.
Peters (Rep.) of Kansas characterised the
civil service law as the froth of political ecou
omy, the morass of political honesty and the
excelsior of political hypocrisy. Mr. Kerr of
Iowa moved to strike out the clause
relative to assist ant postmasters. Adjourned.
The ways and means committee reported
favorably the following bill of Mr. Mice's,
amending section 2500, of the Revised
Statutes: "And the produce of the forest of
the State of Minnesota on the Kainey Lake
river and the Lake ofthe Wood and their
tributaries, owned by American citizens and
sawed in the Provinces of Ontario and Man
itoba by American citizens, the same being
in part unmanufactured, shall be admitted
into the porta ofthe United States free of
duty, under such regulations as the secrotary
of the treasury shall from time to time pre
scribe."
•esdsjr F«fc. 18.
SENATE:—The house bill to provide for
taking the eleventh and the subsequent cen
suses passed the senate to-day.
The senate committee on territories report
ed favorably the Springer bill to organize
the Territory of Oklahoma.
In the senate Mr. Vest entered a motion to
reconsider the vote by which the conference
report on the direct tax bill was agreed to
Saturday. This hangs the bill up temporari
ly and may result in its defeat.
I HOUSE.—In the house Mr. Crisp called no
the California election case of Sullivan against
1
ot
Felton, against which Mr. McKenna
Cali­
fornia rained the question of consideration.
I The Republicans filibustered and prevented
any action being taken before adjournment.
I The house recommitted the bill for the pro
tection of the fur seal fisheries in Alaska, with
instructions to tho committee on merchant
marine und fisheries to report it back with
an amendment reducing from twenty to ten
years the term the lease of the
sen 1 fisheries,
and authorizing any person to bring suit
against the lessees to recover $10 for every
seal taken in excess of the number fixed by
law.
I Under the terms of the Indian npprapria-
tion bill, the St.. Benedict academy inSteurns
county and St. Paul's industrial school at
C'lontarf, Minn., secure the education of 100
Chippewa boys and girls at $150 per year
apiece. The new Indian industrial school at
Pierre. Dak., is given $175 for each Indian
child educated. The superintendent is to be
paid $1,500 per year. Thirty five thousand
dollars will go into Piorre next yenr lor fit
ting out the school and for the support of
papils.
The bill reported favorably from the com
mittee on ways and means allowing timber
cut in Northern Minnesota to be taken over
I into Manitoba to be sawed and then re
turned duty tree was at one time report
ed adversely upon by the secretary o"
the treasury, who maintains that such
legislation would open the door for gigantic
frauds on the revenue, which he believed had
been perpetrated in Maine. Mr. Nelson took
the matter np, however, und showed the
secretary inn letter- written last year that
there was no timber in Manitoba to tin
smuggled in.
The Sioux Mil in its nmended condition has
reached the senate, (fnd has gone to the com
mittee on Indian affairs.
It
is not known
whether Mr. Dawes will report it, as his own
bill, which wns introduced some time ago,
contai-ns also a submission clause. The fal
lowing clause tn the Indian appropriation
bill wijl show tlie manner in which the house
I committee expects
to
bring the Sioux
to
time:
"That the secretary of the interior shall
cause a census of the Sioux tribe of Indians
to be carefully taken by a special agent to be
appointed tor such purpose, with a viow of
ascertaining how many o' them a able to
support themselves, nnd in ascertaining this
fact their physical capacity to work the land
owned or occupied by them, either individ
ually or collectively, the value of the land,
its nearness to market and general produc
tiveness shall be considered, and such other
facts and circumstances ns will aid congress
in determining how many of such Indians
are capable of self-support And after such
censns has been taken only those Indians
that are found to be unable to support, them
selves by reasonable exercise shall rifeive
rations from the government of the United
States."
Tuesday, Feb, IV.
SENATE.—Mr. Harris, in the senate, called
attention to the Inrge humberofunconfirmed
nominations. He held it to be as much the
rUijX,o:i™? President to make nominations
to fill official vacancies ns to per.orm any
other officii! duty, and as much the duty of
the senate to consider and confirm or re eft
such nominations as to per ormance of the
senatorial duty. He moved tba*. the senate
Eusiness.toThe
roceed the consideration of executive
motio* was rejected by a
party vote—yeas 24. nays, 20.
Mr. Harris—I shall give the sennte nn op
portunity to vote on this motion every day
to the end of the session.
Mr. Edmunds (ironically)—Thnt is right.
HOUSE.—In the house, Mr. Caswell submit
ted the conference repoit on the bill to it pay
tne direct tax. Democratic mem! ers there
upon filibustered, and Mr. Caswell withdrew
the matter Iron the consideration o,' tie
house, announcing tiiat he would cull it up
to-mor,oiv. In the senate, Mr. Vest's motion
to re onsider the vote I which the coher
ence report on le direct tax bill WHS agreed
to, was re.ected—H t-'t. There is a sus
picion in the minds of the friends of the hii!
that thelivelyopposition in the house to the
rc-'i pt on the conf. rence report, on that
that bill, nnd the fjl!L,UHt.?ring again*' its
consideration, were the result o,'an intimit
tion (rein ihe president that he would pre er
not to have to choo betue the approval
of the hill or direct v-to. Ifai tjonon th
bill
N
delayed beyond to-irosrow, or tliero
shoii'd a fa lure on t'le part ol the Semite
com mi tee on enrollment bill to deliver the
bill to the president b?or» next Tlmr day,
the president may avail himself ofthe consii
tutional riirlit to hold the bill t- ndayx, wh ch
would cany it over the 4th of March, whe it
could not be tlgned, and wou.d tht-r.-foro
•ai'.
R- preventative LafToon/rom tbecsmmittee
on expenditures in the war department, re
ported to the house a substitute 'or the hill
ported to the house a substitute 'or the hill
introduced by Representative C. R. .Brackin
rtdge. providing for the creation ill ti war
department ofa bureau of harbors wa
terways to nndertake ail rirer «ir4%arbor
improvements. The substitute pnvld* ft»
the creation of such department to bfcot
ncered by a corps of United States civil en-,
gineers, composed of nn equal number of
military officers and civilians.
Wednesday Feb. SO.
8EWATE.—Congress has done nil it can do
for the four northern territories, aud did it
at tlie lost frankly and graciously. The re
port of the conference committee was agreed
to by both bouses this afternoon, by the
house or representatives in fifteen minutes
without a division and by the senate nfter
an hour of senseless debate. Also without a
his signature.0*
t0 the pPe8ident tor
The president to-day sent to congress all
the cowespondence which has tnken place be
tween this government und the government
of Great Britain in regard to the dismissal of
Lord 8nckville West as minister of Great
Britain to the United States. Most of tho
correspondence has already been published.
The innate committee on Indian affair held
a meeting to consider the Sioux bill passed
by the house some days auo. A conclusion
was reached and the bill will be reported to
morrow and passed by the senate. Pew
change* were made in the bill except that the
Indian Defense association got in itn work to
a considerable extent and the Sioux are to
have $ll,0(K),000 cold cash as an indirt
ment toward giving their consent to the
opening of the reservation.
HOUSE:—The postponement ofthe election
congressmen in the new states until the
first Tusd ay in October may have no import
ant bearing upon the call for nn extra session
•IPf® 'I™0 a™ opposed to an extra session
will insist that it will he inexpedient to at
tempt to Organize the house and to enter up
on the transaction of important, business
with a scanty majority, when it is pretty cer
tain that by the election in these new states
the Republican membership ofthe house will
ue increased by four if not by five. On the
otherhahd those who areinsistingupon the ne
cessity of an extra session maintain the fact,
that the five new members who are to be ad
mitted to congress after October will not re
move the risks attending a narrow majority
beiore that time, and that it might happen
that there would be some delay in organizing
the new states or in obtaining admission for
the new members. In other words, many of
the most prominent Republicans insist thnt
it is necessary for the Republicans to reor
ganize the house nt the earliest possible op
portunity. so as to provide against the haz
zatd of the loss of organization by death or
otherwise.
The house committe on ngriculture decided
to report adversely a bill to punish dealing
in futures in agricultural products also a
bill to prohibit fictitious and gamb'ing tran
nctions on the price of articles produced by
American farm industry. Theobject of these
bills is to stop grain gambling on the public
exchanges and bourds of trade.
Thursday FeS. 81.
SENATE.--As wns stated to ho a possibility
when the bill pnssed, the president to-day ve
toed the bill for the relief of settlers upon the
I)es Moines river lands. The present meas
ure wns drawn upon lines supposed to meet
ob ections which were urged on in the presi
dents lust veto uiessnge sent, to tho I'ort v
nmth congress, but it seems that those ob
jections can in no way be met.
V\. senate the committee on
public buildings and grounds reported
a resolution directing tho president, of
the senate to issue his warrant commanding
the sergeant-nt-armsforthwith to arrest and
bring to the bar of the senate Thomas D.
Fister to show cause why he should not be
punished for contemut. Mr. Morgan, re
marking that the resolution presented some
delicate points of law. objected to its present
consideration, and it went over, rfster is
the employe of the supervising architect's of
fice who refused to answer the question as to
the collection in tlie office of money for polit
cal purposes.
The sennte committee on Indian affairs to
day reported fnvornMy the house bill open
ing :the Sioux reservation. The Pine
Ridge reservation was changed as
to ite boundaries so as to make its lower
boundary the northern edge of Pass
creek on the White river, as it, appeared in
the originnl bill the tribal patent arrange
ment was wiped out nnd the regular submis
sion clause is inserted in section 16. The
amount of land required for station purposes
by the railroads is fixed at twenty acres iu
place of the indefinite terms fixed in the
house bill. The amendment offered by La
Follette of Wisconsin in relation tothe build
ings to lie placed upon the
grounds granted by the railroads, which was
defeated in the house, -was placed in the bill
by the committee. The amount of money to
be paid each Indian is raieed from $20 to
$50.
HOUSE.—Mr. Randall introduced in the
bouse a resolution which instructs the com
mittee on rules to report a ru!e. tho purport
of which is that the house shall proceed to
consider the vote upon the Cowles hill to
abolish the tax on tobacco and that uo fili
blistering motions shall be entertained by
the speaker to prevent. This resolution,
a ter some ineffectual opposition on the part
of the free trade members of the committee
on wu^rs and means, was referred to the
committee on rules. The proposed rule will
be reported. It happens that on this com
mittee the free traders are in the minority.
The committee consists of Carlisle, Mills and
Randall, Democrats, and of Reed and Can
non, Republicans. Mr. Randall will vote with
the two Uepublicans, and the rule will be re
ported forthwith.
Thomas Benton and the Boy.
Many years ago a slim built youth
was trudging through the streets of
Ne* York, bent under the weight of
a dozen copies of Benton's "Thirty
Years in Congress," bound together
by a strap. Entering a small park
he rested on a rustic seat. Presently
a large man sauntered along, noticed
the boy and his load, sat down and
began to question him.
"Why are you losing time?" he
asked.
"I can make it up on the home trip,
when I shall have toothing to carry."
"Why are you not provided with a
handcart or barrow?
"My employers provide none and I
can't afford to buy one."
"Do you rend The Bun?"
"At odd hours I do."
"Look in the editoral column to
morrow and 8$e what is said of your
employers."
The youth did so and found a
scratching article denouncing the
firm for overloading its messengers
and treating them like beasts of
burden. But before the man had left'
the boy in the park he asked him to
look at the portrait in the front
part of the books uud see if he rec
ognized it. The boy complied, then
hurriedly looked at his chance ac
quaintance and said in astonishment:
"Why, it is you!"
"You are right I am Thomas H.
Benton."
The boy was James Eagen, now a
wealthy liquor merchant of Chicago.
—Chicago Times.
Tommy's Practical Suggestion.
"Did you spill the ink on the sofa?"
asked Mrs. Yerger, angrily, of her
son Tommy.
"Yes, ma," was the reply.
"Well, I have si notion to tell your
father when he comes home, and
have him whip you within an inch of
your li e. That sof will look nice
when we have company."
"That ink spot don't amount to
anything. You enn sit on it when
your visitors call."—'Texas Siftings.
All The Difference in the World.
Mrs. Oldgold—I shall never speak
to her again ns long as I live. I met
her to-day and she said point' blank.
"Why, when did you get to town?"
Mrs. Kettletas—f see nothing out
of the way about that.
Mrs. Oldgold—But the unladylike
thing put the accent on the 70a.
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DAKOTA JOTTINGS.
Plans are being drawn for a ne«
opera-house at Sioux Falls. It will
:ost $150,000.
As soon as the houses at Aberdeen
are numbered steps will be taken to
secure a free mail delivery system.
A law and order league is to be or
ganized at Brooklings. It will be
auxiliary to the county league.
Lead City has been divided into flro
districts and the of fire signals will
hereafter be adopted.
It is said that Moody county will
be able to pay all her bonds July 1
and have a balance in the treasury.
Mr. and Mrs. Clancy, of Aberdeen
have lost three children within the
past two weeks from diphtheria.
Live stock in various portions of
Lawrence and Pennington counties is
is suffering greatly from the depreda
tions of wolves.
The saloonkeepers of A berdeen have
petitioned the council for the privilege
to keep their saloons open nntil 11:
45 P.M.each night.
The pastor of one church at MiHer
was compelled to .post notices in the
church forbidding the use of tobacco
during services.
Paddy Brown and Fred Pool, of
of Whitewood, indulged in a sleeping
contest for $20 a side. Pool won in
12 hours and 40 minutes.
The Record thinks that an elevator
at Sturgis controlled by a company
able to buy wheat would be worth
more than anything else.
It is reported that M. F. Dunham,
one of theearliest citizens of Mitchell,
is interested in a very valuable gold
mine near City Creek, Col.
The Iroquois Chief says: "Yes,
Iroquois wants the capital, but the
capital she wants is one of dollars
and cents, with public-spirited men
to use it."
The petition asking that two com
missioner districts bo added tp Pen
nington county has been laid aside
because it is forty-five names short
of the legal requirements.
The enrollment of the Madison nor
mal school this term reaches 360 stu
dents. This attendance is drawn
from thirty-seven counties in the
territory.
The Press says that an Iowa firm
of wollen mill men is desirous of es
tablishing a second woolen mill at
Yankton and is making inquiries
about water-power.
Harry Pierce, ofMadison, has been
arrested on a charge of bigamy
brought by Mrs. Lottie D. Schenck,
ot Ada, Mich., who claims that Price
is none other than Charles D. Schenck,
her lawful husband.
Tho Press has made the startling
discovery that Sioux Falls in her
greed to gain prominence as a rail
road-and commercial centre is losing
sight of the stone intrests.
A Christian prohibition league is
the latest organization under way
at Wessington Springs. It is com
posed of young men, and has a mem
bership at present of twelve.
The much-mooted question as to
(rhere the Catholic see will go, is set
tled in favor of Sioux Falls. A mag
nificent Catholic cathedral will be
built as soon as practicable, and St.
Rose's academy put in running order.
A. reception will be tendered Bishop
Marty as soon as arrangements can
be made.
Maurice O'Hara, who had been in
the Traill county jail awaiting trial
3n the charge of murder, has been
brought to Fargo for safe keepiqg
and is now in jail. O'Hara is suspect
id of having murdered a tramp near
Hillsboro last September. He will be
tried at the next 'term of court at
Caledonia.
The Rapid City Republican says:
"Hon. S. P. Wells, a former resident
of
this city, and well known through
out the Black Hills, is said to have
gone crazy on religion and the Salva
tion army in Los Angeles. Cal., where
ae has been engaged in the real estate
business since nis departure from this
:ity, something over a year ago.
The recent resignation of one ol th*
directors of the territorial peniten*
tiary in Sioux Falls, and thepresence
.if Madden, Glidden and the remain
ing memliers of the directory at
Bismarck during the past few days
had the cffect of setting nSnumber of
rumors aciriltregarding the financial
affairs of that institution.
Suits on appeal have been filed in
the United States supreme court from
the supreme court of Dakota in the
age of John E. Adams against the
jommissioners of Brown county,
Dak. This is a suit to prevent the
removal of the county seat from Col
ombia to Aberdeen in pursuance of
an election held in July, 1887.
The Rapid City Republican says
'the inspectors of horses at Fort
Meade now prefer a horse very differ
nt in build from those used by the
last cavalry regiment here. They
want a horse with narrow breast,
thin, long neck, square hips, short
back, round foot, weighing not legs
than 950 pounds."
The White Cap fever has at last
struck Canton. The proprietors
of two of tho temperance resorts of
the city received threatening letters
through the postoffice, as did also
the city marshal. Just what
was the motive of the author or
authors is not known, but it is pre
sumed that it was done by some one
not in sympathy with the recipients,
who took tnis method ot scaring the
parties and creating a little excite
ment about town.
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•inta HO* the HUM,
To clean steel, rub the article with
apiece of wash leather dipped in
kerosene.
For hoarseness, beat a fresh egg
and thicken it with fine white sugar.
Eat of it freely and the hoarseness
will soon be relieved.
To relieve coughing, roast a lemon
without burning it. When entirely
hot, squeese the juice into a cup on
three ounces of finly powdered sugar.
Take a teospoonful when ever you
feel like coughing.
When ivory becomes discolored it
may be restored to its white color
by being soaked in water, and when
wet exposed to the action of light
while shut up in a well-closed glass
case.
To prevent tin from rusting, rub
fresh lard over every part ofthe dish,
and then put it in a not oven, heat
it through. Thus treated, any tin
ware may be used in water constant
ly, and it will remain bright and free
from rust indefinitely.
To LAUNDRY RED TABLE LINEN:
Use tepid water, with a little pow
dered borax, which serves to set the
color wash the linen separatelv and
quickly, using very little soap rinse
in tepid water containing a little
boiled starch hang out to dry in the
shade, and iron when almost dry.
Sreperailoa In Winter*
The phenomenon of "freezing dry"
is familiar to every housewife, as it
is to every farmer. In the coldest
weather some evaporation is all the
time going on. Coarse woolen gar
ments will often freeze dry more
quickly than they will dry in a mod
erately warm room. Freezing ex
pands the woolen texture. Each
particle of moisture becomes a flake
of ice or snow in the cloth. If then
this is exposed to the wind, tho
change of dry airconstantly growing
damper by contact with the frozen
cloth dries it out very rapidly. Some
times in long continued cold weather
soil exposed to fierce wind dries out
so as to kill winter wheat, thd leaves
of which are all the time giving off
some moisture which the roots must
replace or the plant must die.
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That gray hair is not caused by old
age is proved by the fact that many
persons begin to show grey hairs
while they are yet in their twenties,
and some while in their teens. This
does not by any means argue a pre
mature decay of the constitution. It
is a purely local phenomenon, and
may coexist with unusual bodily
vigor. The celebrated author and
traveler, George Barrow, turned
quite gray before he was thirty, but
was an extraordinary swimmer and
athlete at sixty-five. The spot where
grayness appears differs with the in
dividual. The philosopher, Schopen
hauer, began to turn gray on the
temples and complacently framed a
theory that this is an indication of
vigorous mental activity. Race has
a marked influence. The traveler,
Dr. Orbigno, says that in the many
years he spent in South America he
never saw a bald Indian and scarcely
eversawagray-lmiredone. Theyturn
more slowly than the whites.
"Beady Kade" Desserts.
People order dessert now as they
would note paper. Such a thing as
cooking pies, cakes, puddings and
the like, has been relegated to the
past in nine households out of ten in
New York, except where one of the
daughters of the house is anxious to
show her skill in the kitchen. All
over town there are small shops
where ice cream, ices, charlotte russe,
and all sorts ofafter-dinner delicacies
are kept on hand, and a speciality is
made of delivering them to flats and
houses after 5 p. m. The districts
are pretty well divided up, so that
the routes of the different delivery
wagons are usually short. Ladies
who are out shopping in the after
noon drop in at the places nearest
their house and order their dessert.
It is home nearly as soon as they
are. The other end of the dinner is
being taken care of in a similar way,
and the oyster houses on the half
shell already opened in flat tin cases
at 20c, a plate. In this way the
housekeepers who object to toil—and
their number is legion—manage to
look after the two ends ofthe dinner
without any particular trouble.
They leave the roast tofrhecook, and
the ensemble to Providence.—New
York Sun.
8eaie Csllsarjr Hints.
In cooking oatmeal or cracked
wheat, if the meal is put into
a double boiler, and salt added to
the watT in the outer receptacle, the
food will be very much improved in
taste, the season being undoubtedly
because the meal is better cooked by
this process. As salted water does
not boil at so low a temperature as
unsalted, therefore the meal is sub
ject to a greater heat, and is propor
tionately better cooked and much
improved thereby.
Salted beef can he plunged into
boiling water, this hardens the out
er side at once, and keeps the juices
within the meat.
If steamed meat is left in the liquor
to cool off, it will be found to nave
absorbed back much of the goodness
of the soup, and will be so much the
more nutritious ns food.
In calling for a part of meat of the
inferior portion of the beef lor market
in a good part of the city, the dealer
will often not have any he does not
keep any except the prime portions,
for he will tell you no customers can
be found to buy them. This idea of
always purchasing the more expens
ive cuts of meats iB prevalent among
the Americans, but it often entails
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animal give just as gocri* .nqttfttow
food,,and at a much leas expense.
Stews, ragouts, pot-roast, stuffed
hearts, and a large variety of -nad«
dishes, will prove quite as satisfacto
ry to a hungry appetite as a porter
house steak coula possibly do, ana
be much less costly. It'is only igno
rance which depends" upon steaks,
roasts and chops, ad infinitu
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A fruit now found in the market is
the bitter, add grape-fruit- It is ex
cellent for people of bilions habit, and
many people learn tolikeit after:eat- '1'
ing it a few times. In eating it, ever
raid
particle of the skin should |e re
moved from the sections of the ptilp^
as this inner white skin is very bitter,
and quite unwholesome.
If the turkey wings' are seasoned
and stewed in just enough water to
simmer them in, and taken out when
tender, innd dipped in egg nnd brfead
crumbs, fried and served with tomato
sauce, they are very nice.—Christian
at Work.
Wars to be Depreeatod,
For several years, and, in fact,
most of the time while prices were low
and the farming business correspond
ingly unprofitable, many American
farmers have turned their eyes long,
ingly towards the Old World, with
the hope that some political convul
sion there would better our markets.
The fallacy of this idea deserves to be
made clear. War is not only cruel
and inhuman, but it is destructive of
the material prosperity of all in any
way connected with it. During our
civil war prices ofnnythingwerehigh.
This was in part the result of depre
ciated currency. A few who artfully
took advantage of the situation
made enormous fortunes, but the
mass of the American people were
correspondingly less prosperous than
they would have been with undisturb
ed peace.
It is foolish, therefore, a« well as
wrong, to hope to profit through the
wars and contentions of other na
tions. Disguise it as we may, hu
manity is one body, and the ill done
to one is done to all. War is never
the creator of wealth, but ever its
destroyer. If France and Germany
should go to war, there might be
temporary stimulus to our industries
by cutting off our competitors, but
as each would be made poorer, they
would work harder and buy less of
us than Itefore, until all we gained
wns restored.
There is one way, and only one, in
hicli European disturbances re
bound to our benefits. They drive
from their homes young and able
bodied men, who prefer to engage in
arts of peace instead of serving in
armies, cutting each others throats.
They are right in this. Here their
labors assist in promoting the pros
perity of their adopted country and
through thnt of the entire world.
Engaged in fighting abroad there is
no knowing how great may be the
evil that they will do.
The Judge Was Bight.
A few days ago a well-known Lon.
don photographer exhibited 150
photos of ladies in bis showcase.
The heads of the pictures were all
cut out in a neat tidy manner, so
that they fitted accurately to the
bodies ot photographed geese.
Naturally a large number of ladies
complained,
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Hess expense. Other parts of the
they did not wish to
be presented to the public in so very
undignified a manner.
The photographer replied thus:
"All pictures exhibited in the show
case were returned to me by the
ladies with the remark, that there was
an entire lack of resemblance. Con
sequently, if this is true, they have
no right whatever to interfere with
the photographs I exhibit. But if
the pictures area success, they are
obliged to accept and pay for them."
Tho judge did not coincide with the
photographer who was compelled to
remove them from the showcase.
A Hunter's Curious Mishap,
Savannah News.
Luellen Haley, of Ocala, a lover ol
hunting, was taking his favorite re
creation one day in the fields north
east of Ocale and filling liisgamebag
with quail,when an accident happened
to him that came within a hair's
breadth of ending his existence. His
dog set a quail and he shot it, and
was in the act of drawing the trigger
on another when a strange dog
came
rushing toward him from the rear,
ran under his logs and upset the
young sportsman, while his gun was
hurled from his grasp. The butt hit
a stump, causing the weapon to dis
charge, and the charge struck Haley,
in the left side, tearing away every
•article of clothing and blackening
lis flesh.
Only a Small Boy and Match.
Rolling off a log is a difficult feat
compared with the effort needed to
let loose an explosion a
first class fire in and uSout Pitted"
burg. A match, tossed aside by a
small lad the other day, let loose the
dogs of destruction, burned a rail
way trestle, cremated other valuable
property and scattered a group of
small boys as popcorn is propelled
from the surface of a hot shovel. No
one outside of these two gas fed citiea
can tell how big afire a small spark
can kindle. The leaky gas pipe and
the carelessly tossed match supply
the elements needed in the case, and
the small boy is apt to act as oflicir
atins minister for the dangerous
couple whose union brings a progeny
of flames.—Pittsburg Bulletin.
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Of the 180,000 or 200,OQQ foreign
ers believed to be living in Paris,
170,262 have made the necessa^A
declaration of residence. Of 'tHete,
2,302 are American, 7,658:jStiMSih: .y
26,109 Germans. 43,7.12'iBelgiians,
25,144 Swiss, 8,488 RussiaffiS, 5,758
Austriai*. 2,763 Spaniards and 35,- -iU
178 Italians. Forty-nine different
nationalities are represented, the list
including- natives of even such disr
tant countries as Dahomey. Para
guay, I'emia. 8iam and Nubia.
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