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HIS CONDITION.
Somewhat Improved This Morning, But a
Change for the Worse Later in
the Day.
At 2:30 This Afternoon the Patient Re
ported Delirious.
Ihe Sickness of Koscoe Conkling
Takes a Dangerous Turn.
New Yokk, April (i.— Ex-Senator Conk
ling is confined to his home with an abscess
in his right ear. His physicians have
ordered complete rest and qniet.
New York, April 9.—ltoecoe Conkling's
condition changed much lor the worse last
night. He was buoyed up in the evening
by the presence of his wife, whom he had
not been permitted to see since his illness
become serions. After her departure he
s 3 iik into a stupor, from which he aroused,
but at long intervals, and then only to dis
play symptoms of delirium. Dr. Agnew,
an eminent occulist, called at Conkling's
residence last night At the time of his
leaving the patient seemed to lie not much
worse, though his temperature had risen
perceptibly.
Dr. Fordyce Barker said, to day, that he
feared Conkling's ocular trouble had caused
an affection of the brain, which may prove
fatal. "All Icare to say just now,''said
Dr. Baiker, "is that Mr. Conkling has had
a bad change within the last twenty-tour
hours and is very poorly indeed. I have
called in Dr. Sands and Dr. Delafield, and
they, in company with Dr. Agnew and
myself, will visit the patient this after
noon.
At 2:150 p. m. Conkling's condition was
unchanged from the last report. At 2
o'clock Drs. Sands, Delafield, Barker and
Agnew called at Conkling's house and had
a consultation. A few minutes after Ham
ilton Fish called, but was not admitted.
Dr. Barker, at the conclusion of the con
ference, said the patient's condition was
very unpromising; that he was su liering
from inflammation of the ear, which had
extended to the membranes of the brain.
The probabilities were that Conkling could
not recover, though there was a possibility
that he might get well. His temperature
was 10U and his pulse 100. Dr. Barker
did not think there was any marked
change in the patient's condition for per
haps twelve hours. There is no person
admitted to the sick room but the nurse
and Mrs. Conkling. All callers to the
house are denied admission.
New York, April 9.—Drs. Delafield,
Sands and Barker held a consultation in
the case of Koscoe Conkling between 4
and 5 o'clock this afternoon, aDd it was de
cided to immediately cut through
the temple bone to ascertain whether there
is pus lodged on the brain. Dr. Sands is
the operating surgeon.
The surgons in charge of Koscoe Conk
ling cut away a portion of the temple bone
and found a secretion of matter, which was
removed. The operation was a very suc
cessful one and gives the patient a chance
of life. Conkling remains unconscious It
is not expected there will be any change
in his condition for several hours.
At 7 p. m. Conkling remains unconscious,
hut the surgeons entertain hopes of his re
covery now.
At 9:30 the physicians regard Mr. Conk
\\ngs condition as more favora
hle. He will probably remain unconscious
all night because of the anesthetics which
were administered. Drs. Barker and Sands
left the sick chamber at 9:45, and will not
return until 9:30 to-morrow.
The surgical operation performed upon
the distinguished patient this evening was
a very delicate one. It consisted in the
rutting and removal of a part of the tem
poral bone, the incision being made upon the
prominence which may be felt just behind
the ear. Beneath lies the mechanism of
the ear, and in cases in which this
mechanism becomes involved in a serious
suppuration, as in this instance, it becomes
necessary to make an opening through
which the pus may be drawn off. When
the region of the inner ear was reached
the membrane beneath the bone was cut
through, a drainage tube was inserted and
uboat'aB once of pus drawn from the head,
apparently affording the patient great
relief.
At 11 o'clock Conkling was resting
quietly. His temperature and pulse are
the same as at the last report.
At midnight Mr. Conkling was walking
up and down the room in a half-delirious
condition. He sent for Edward S. Stokes,
and when he arrived Conkling said to him:
"Ed, it is no nse: I am gone. I have
fought against this for some time. I cannot
stand it any longer."
Mr. Stokes, in going out, saw Dr. Sands
at the door. He asked the Doctor if
Conkling had any chance of life.
Dr. Sands said: "He may live forty
eight hours, but I doubt it. Conkling in
sists on rising and walking about the room,
but he does so in delirium, as he has not
regained consciousness."
At 1:30 a. m. there was little difference
in the condition of Conkling. He was
then sitting up and was slightly delirins.
New York, April 10.—At 9:30 o'clock
this morniDg Dr. Barker said Conkling a
condition was much improved, and the
operation that had lieen performed seemed
to have accomplished all that was expected.
His temperature had fallen to 99 and his
pulse to 90. He slept three hours during
the night.
Everything was quiet at Mr. Conkling s
residence from a late hour last night until
this morning at 7 o'clock. Mrs. Conkling
was seen. She said the ex-Senator passed
a comparatively easy night and was then
somewhat better. He was resting quietly
and had experienced no further attacks of
delirium, and in every way seemed to be
improving. It was announced that the
doctors would have a consultation about 2
o'clock this afternoon.
At h:50 a. m. Judge Alfred C. Coxe, of
Utica, a nephew of the ex-Senator, visited
the patient and within ten minutes he ap
peared again at the door. He said that
only Dr. Änderten and the nurse were in
the patient's room.
"Mr. Conkling passed a restless night,"
said Air. Coxe, "but he is considered to be
some better. He was awake when I was
in the room but he did not speak to me.'
Dr. Barker would make no statement
this morning as to Conkling's chances of
recovery.
Edward Stokes called at the sick room
shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. He
said that Conkling was conscious and lying
in bed. He refuses to take medicine from
any person but Mr. Stokes.
Among other callers in the early morn
ing were ex-Judge Horace Kussell, ex
Governor Headley and Col. Edward Geb
hard.
At 11 o'clock the Senator was reported
as being not so well as in the early morn
ing hours, he being conscious only at in
tervals of short duration. The effect of
the operation was beginning to show itself
in the way of causing a heavy strain upon
his system.
At 11 o'clock this morning rumors were
in the air about the Hoffman House that
Conkling was in a very precarious condi
tion No strictly official information was,
however, obtainable, but from various
sources it was learned that the sufferer was
delirious nearly all the time. The result
of the operation and the consequent sup
puration that resulted therefrom seemed to
be sapping the very life out of the patient.
Mrs. Conkling had become very much
alarmed for her husband and had given up
her room on the Twenty-fifth street side
of the Hoffman House and was estab
lished in the ex-Senator's elegant rooms
on the second floor of No. 9 West Twenty
fourth street.
Conkling occupies the whole floor of
four rooms and the sick man is in the back
bed-room. Mrs. Conkling is in the front
room and does not remain at her husband's
side. At 11:25 the condition of Conkling
was considered very critical. At 11:30 a.
m. Col. Frederick A Conkling, brother of
the senator, came out of the house lean
ing on the arm of his son. He was almost
to much affected to speak and in answer
to the question as to his brother's condi
tion said: "Very low, very low," and when
asked if there was any hope of his recov
ery, he replied, "I fear not, I fear not."
The oqtlook at noon was very bad for the
senator.
At 2:35 p. m. Dr. Barker came from the
room, where he had lieen since 1 o'clock,
and said his patient's condition was about
the same. AVhen Dr. Barker entered the
sick man's room at 2 o'clock Conkling
asked how long he had been there. The
doctor replied, "Oh, only a little while.''
"How very kind of you," feebly eaid the
sick man, then fell back unconscious. The
patient's pulse at this hour was 90.2, and
the temperature was 101. The reporter
asked the doctor if he thought the senator
would live. He replied that Conkling's
condition was very critical, but while there
was life there was hope. Drs. Sands and
Barker hold another consultation to-night.
This afternoon Mrs. Fred Grant and Mrs.
Ulysses S. Grant called at Conkling's and
left flowers and notes expressing sympa
thy, and hopes for his speedy recovery.
New York, April 10. —Ex-Senator
Conkling rested greatly from the time the
surgeons left him. at 2:40 this afternoon,
until 4:30, when he began to get very rest
New York, April 10.—At 1:30 a. m.
Mrs. Conkling stated that her husband
was better than he had been at any time
in the last forty-eight hours.
New York, April 1J.— What was
thought to be the turning point in ex
Senator Conkling's condition came at 6 20
this morning. While suffering from one
of his periodical attacks of delirium Mr.
Conkling paced up and down the sick
chamber. After ten minutes he became
exhausted and once more sank on his bed,
and it was not long till he was fast asleep.
His physicians said that much depended
on the condition of the case when he
awakened, and they were on tip toe of
expectancy.
Dr. Baker called at the house at 9:10
and found the patient yet resting peace
fully. The doctor felt of the patient's
pulse and said it was more regular than it
had been for several days. Just then
Conkling awoke and cordially shook hands
with the physician, who at once asked
him if he would not take some soothing
medicine. The sufferer promptly replied
in the affirmative and as promptly took the
medicine offered him.
Subsequently Dr. Barker, in the form of
an official bulletin, announced to the mem
bers of the press that Mr. Conkling was
beginning to recover. "A marked change
for the better," he added, "took place dur
ing the night."
Edward S. Stokes visited Conkling at 10
o'clock. "When Stokes came out he said :
"I never was more surprised in my life
than to see the improved condition of
Conkling. Yesterday I believed he would
not recover, and sent telegrams to that
effect. To-day he was sitting up in bed
and recognized me."
New York, April 11.—Judge Shipman
said, shortly before 3 o'clock, that he did
not believe Conkling would survive more
than twenty-four hours. Dr. Barker called
on the patient at 2:30 p. m.
Afterward Dr. Barker said : "I don't
think the patient is as strong as he was
this morning. He took some milk and is
now sleeping quietly, but he has lost con
siderable ground. There is still some hope
of his recovery unless complications in the
region of the mastord sets in.
Condition of Blaine's Health.
Pittsburg, April 5. —James W. Draper,
of this city, is in receipt of a letter from a
personal friend now in Vienna, in which
he says: "I saw Air. Blaine quite often at
Florence, and he is greatly broken in
health. Any one who sees him will know
the reason for his withdrawal from presi
dential aspirations. I fear his life will not
be spared long."
Letter From Powderly.
New Y'ork, April 10.—General Master
Workman Powderly has witten a letter to
the Knights of Labor throughout the
country in regard to the hours of labor.
He advises the knights to discuss the eight
hour plan dispassionately with the em
ployers. He says that an immediate
change cannot be insisted upon, but that a
practical plan should be perfected.
FISHERIES TREATY.
Discussion ot the Question in the
Canadian Parliament.
Ottawa, April 10. —In the House of
Commons this afternoon, Sir Charles Tup
per moved a second reading of the bill to
ratify the fisheries treaty. In his speech
in support of his motion he reviewed the
circumstances connected with former trea
ties between the United States and Great
Britain concerning the fisheries of Canada.
The reciprocal treaty of 1854 was a just
one, and he believed a majority of the
people of both countries thought its abro
gation was a mietake. This abrogation
was caused by an ill-fouDded belief in the
United States that Canada had helped the
South during the late war. He was sorry
that public opinion in the United States
had led to the passage of a retaliation act.
Concerning this treaty he did not intend
to state to the House all the advantage
which might be claimed for it, because
every word he uttered to-day might be
used against him in the United States
Senate to-morrow, where it was possible
there might be more difficulty in passing
the treaty than in the Canadian House of
Commons. The speaker touched on some
of the provisions of the treaty and then
proceeded to recite the consequences of
making this treaty. In conclusion, Sir
Charles declared it to be of the most vital
importanceto Canada as well as British
empire that this treaty be adopted.
Mr. Davies, of Prince Edward Island,
replied in opposition to Sir Charles' motion.
He held that the treaty was an uncondi
tional surrender on the part of Canada of
all that the Americans claimed, and that
C a n ada was fcnday asked to concede at the
point of the bayonet whitf she onght to
have yielded gracefully long ago.
When Davies concluded the minister of
justice replied in a brief speech reviewing
the points made by Mr. Davies.
Noted Marriage.
London, April 10— Members of the
Salvation Army assembled in Congress
Hall today to witness the marriage of
Gen. Booth's second daughter, Emma, to
Mr Tucker an ex-officer in the India civi 1
service, "x Seven thousand persons were
present. The hall was decorated with
floral arches, palms and tropical plants.
After the ceremony a banquet was given.
The festivities will continue for two days
They have attracted a large number of the
aristocracy and tickets of admission are
selling freely at high prices.
A WRECKED TRAIN.
List of the Dead and Wounded in the
Iowa Railroad Accident.
The Republicans Carry the Election in
Rhode Island.
THE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
List of the Killed and H ounded.
Chicago, April 4.—A special from New
Hampton, Iowa, says : A terrible disaster
occurred seven miles west of here this
morning, whereby the passenger coaches on
the west b#ind AIilwaukee& St. Paul train
were precipitated into the Wapßis river.
It was caused by the giving away of a
bridge. The engineer and two passengers
are known to have been drowned, and it is
supposed the same late has befallen the
balance of the passengers. The local of
ficials of the St. Paul road in Chicago
know DOthiDg concerning the accident.
The St. Paul officials have a dispatch say
ing only two lives were lost.
St. Paul, Minn., April 5.—A special
dispatch from New Hampton, Iowa, says :
A terrible railroad accident occurred about
four miles west of here on the Alilwankee
& St. Paul. At least a dozen people lost
their lives, and from fifteen to twenty
were injured.
Charles City, Iowa., April 5— The
wreck on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul railroad, some claim, was caused by
ice on the track, while others claim by the
spreading of the rails. The engine jumped
the track first and the baggage car and
tender pluDged into the water, and the
smoker struck on top of the eDgiue and
was badly smashed. The engine is en
tirely under water and the baggage car is
almost covered with water. There were
about thirty people in the cars, and four were
killed so far as known, besides the engi
neer, who who was crushed between the
cab and the smoker. The fireman escaped
uninjured. There was about twenty or
thirty wounded, though none fatally. The
belief is that three or more bodies are yet
under the wreck. The baggage man and
route agent escaped through a window
without much injury. The names of the
dead that have been learned are as follows:
W. Anderson, C. Searles, J. Daniels
and James Scagel, engineer of Mitchell,
Dakota.
Dora Heidecker, Letta, a girl about
four years old.
Of the names of the wounded only two
can be obtained, that of Mr. O. B. Allen
and H. Sear, both of Nora Springs.
A Chicago travelling man and the con
ductor kept the passengers quiet till they
could help them out. The wounded are
mostly burned from the engine. The
mails and baggage are in the river. Three
physicians from New Hampton and three
from Charles City are doiDg all they can
for the wounded.
Chicago, April 5.—A dispatch to the i
Associated Press from Newhampton, la,
says the train was thrown from the '
track by a block of ice, which the wind j
and high water placed there. The list of j
killed in this dispatch is the same as given i
from Charles City. The following list of !
the wounded is also given :
Jacob Scbarljr, Sioux Falls, Dak.
C. J.^Velland, Geneva, la.
Nick Coming, Aurora, Wis.
J. M. Christianson, Denmark.
Mr. and Mrs. Heidecker and five chil- ,
dren, the baby being'killed as mentioned
in other dispatches.
James Murphy, Ossian, la.
Arthur White, Blackstone, Mass.
John Glausenor, Monticello, Wis.
Frank Studebaker, Boag, Wis.
Henry Schamarra, Nora Springs, la.
Adam Kouch and wife, Prussia.
Gns, Berheins, Prussia.
Ellwood Ewers, Marshall, Wis.
Pilip Gross, Fort Atkinson, la.
None of these are fatally injured, and
they are being cared for at Newhampton.
Hopes are now entertained that no more
ladies are imprisoned in the wreck.
New Hampton, Iowa. April 6.— Up to
10 o'clock this morning six bodies were
taken from the railroad wreck at Wapsie
river. It is supposed the passenger train,
after crossing the Wapsie, ran into a large
pile of ice, washed on the track by high
water. The engine ran off the road, turn
ing completely around and is out of sight
in the water. The baggage car was thrown
completely over the engine and the smok
ing car is on top of the engine. The
next coach is on its side in
four feet of water. On account of
high water, further search at present for
the dead is impossible, though it is thought
other dead bodies are still in the wreck.
Twenty are injured, but all will live.
They were brought to New Hampton in
the fated train's sleeper. A coronor's in
quest was held to-day. The Dames of the
dead as far as discovered are Engineer Jas.
Schlegel, of Mason City; Willian Anderson,
of Lamotte, Wis., Gal Christensen, an emi
grant from Denmark, John Duclose, the
baby, Dora Hiebreher, and one unknown.
Republican Sweep in Rhode Island.
Providence, K. I., April 4— Present
returns indicate the election of Loft (Kep.),
for Governor by from 1,000 to 1,500 major
ity. The entire vote will not vary Lunch
from that of last year.
Providence, R. I., April 5.—Full re
tarns of yesterday's election show that
Taft, Republican, for Governor, has a
majority of 1,984, and Lapham, Republi
can, for Lieutenant Governor, 1,755. The
suffrage amendment bad 573 over the
necessary three-fifths vote. The senate
stands : Republican, 25 ; Democratic, 6 ;
no election, 5. House: Republican, 54;
Democratic, 10 ; Prohibition, 1 ; no elec
tion, 7. _ _
Mississippi Republican .Nominations.
Jackson, Miss., April 4.—The Republi
can convention to-day nominated delegates
at large to the national convention as fol
lows: John R. Lynch, James Hill, T. W.
Stringer and John R. McGill. John R.
Lynch made a speech arraigning both the
state and national administrations. The
convention did not instruct its delegates,
but referred to John Sherman as a popular
statesman, and one of the strongest men
mentioned in connection with the presi
dency, and one whose nomination wonld
be especially acceptable to the state.
Retirement of Gen. Terry.
Washington, April 4.—It is considered
certain that the army retiring board will
recommend the retirement of General
Terry.
Washington, April 5.—General Terry
was placed on the retired list of the army
to-day. This is in accordance with the re
port of the army retiring board, of which
General Schofield is president. The re
port was submitted by the Secretary of
war to the President to-day and was im
mediately approved.
Passed the Bill.
Washington, April 5.—The Senate to
day passed the bond bill. The measnre
was not taken np until 3 p. m. McPher
son immediately withdrew the amend
ment which he had offered yesterday, and
then, without a word of discussion and
withont division, the substitute with the
Beck amendment was passed and a com
mittee of conference ordered.
IOWA FLOOD.
Bridges and Houses Swept Away,
and Great Suffering of Women
and Children.
Mason City, Iowa, April 6.— The great
est freshet ever known in this country was
experienced last night. The town of Rock
Falls, on the Shell Rock river experiencing
it most disastrously. The iron bridge, 155
feet long, and the dam are both gone, and
the damage to property will not fall short
of |25,000. The village of Rock Falls,
south of the river, was completely innn
dated. Houses and barns were crushed
and swept away, and in some instances no
vestige remains of what was before a sub
stantial structure. The house of Mr.
Crnikshank, where lived his wife and
three children, was crushed like an egg
shell. The house in which Mrs. Anderson
lived with her five children, was swept
from its foundation and floated against
some trees, where it lodged. The women
and children escaped on floating ice, where
they remained barefooted and in their
night clothes until daylight, when the
water receeded and their resue made. The
large bridge went out when the ice gorge
gave way, and portions of the trusses and
stringers are now to be seen ou the farm of
Joseph Herrett, where they were borne by
the flood, two miles below. The dam and
tubing, considered the best in the state, is
gone. Miles of fences were torn from the
land where water was never known to
reach before. When the water receeded it
left immense piles of ice on the streets.
Huge cakes three teet thick are piled upon
one another ten to fifteen feet high, and it
will be three or four weeks befor they melt
and make the streets passable. It looks
like an immense arctic scene with roofs of
houses protruding through.
High Hater.
St. Paul, April 6 —Many houses on the
flats at Mankato are flooded up to the
middle of the windows and the river is
still rising. West Mankato is submerged.
Three feet more of water will cover the
Milwaukee railroad tracks, and all trains
have been abandoned to-night on account
of water in the vicinity of Good Thunder
Distress in the Flooded Districts.
Berlin, April 5—Minister Von Pntt
kamer has returned to Berlin from the
flooded districts confirming the reports of
the terrible distress, and says that the
most générons private and public assist
ance can help but a small number of
the wounds which fate has dealt. Liberal
help from abroad, as well as from Ger
many, is earnestly requested.
Disastrous Fire.
Amesbury, Mass., April 5.—The larg
est fire ever known in this town is now
raging. The Babcock Carriage Co. is
burned out, also J. H. Clark & Co., Walker,
Shields & Co., A. N. Parry & Co., Lambert
Hilander, the Hume Carriage Co., and
nearly a dozen dwellings. The fire is
spreading and threatening the destruction
ot a large amount of other property. The
loss will probab'y reach several hundred
thousand dollars. Help has been asked
from Lawrence, Haverhill and Newbury
port.
About half the business portion of the
town was destroyed. Five dwellings are
among the buildings burned. Over 1,000
people are throwu out of employment. The
total loss is estimated at over $1,(500,000.
Fitchburg, Mass., April 6. —The brick
building occupied by Walter Heywood's
chain factory together with the stock was
burned to-nigbt. Loss $150,000 ; insuied.
Normal School Burned.
Terre Haute, Ind., April 9—The
.State normal school was burned complete
ly this morning. Eight hundred pnpils
were in the building when the fire broke
out. All escaped without a scratch, but
lost most of their books and wraps. In
pursuance of the policy of the State, there
was no insurance on the building. It cost
$189,000. Temporary quarters have been
secured and nearly all the students will
remaiu at school.
Fatal Railroad Accident.
Chicago, April 9.—A special to the Inter
Ocean from Cariboo, Arizona, says : Last
evening at 8:30 o'clock, as the west bound
freight train on the Atlantic & Pacific rail
road was nearing this place, the engine
was derailed and it plunged down a steep
embankment. Frank Ashland,firemaD, and
John Bell, a brakeman, were killed. The
engineer jumped and escaped without in
jury. Ten cars were badly wrecked.
Foison and Poverty.
New York, April 7. —Hans Stockried
and his wife Fanny, a handsome woman of
twenty-one years, took a dope of poison
early this morning, and died within an
hour of each other, after being removed to
St. Vincent's hospital. The husband wa3
a policy Jew. He has been out of work
for some time, and his wife was compelled
to pawn almost everything she had of any
value. Finally the father, mother aud the
five months old baby bad to live on hard
crusts of bread picked from the street re
fuse barrels.
Anarchist Demonstration.
Paris, April 5.— Five hundred anarch
ists assembled outside the labor bnrean to
day to protest against the registry officers.
The speakers reproached the workingmen
with grovelling before a general who had
been deprived of his plumes. They de
clared that the people mast cat the throats
of the proprietors of the registry officers
in the same way that their fathers had ent
the throat of a king. The police dis
persed the meeting, when a riot appeared
imminent
Fearful Punishment of Murderers.
St. Petersburg, April 5. —Advices
from Bokhara say that the grand vizier of
that state has been murdered by a uative.
The ameer ordered the murderer and his
accomplice to be executed, and they were
hurled from a tower 180 feet high.
Under Arrest.
Cleveland, April 5.— John A. Logan,
son of the late Senator Logan, who shot
and wonnded a riotous Italian labor, was
to-day arrested and taken before a magis
trate at New Castle, Pa. He gave $1,000
bail for his appearance.
Judgment Affirmed.
Washington, April 9.—The supreme
court of the United States to-day rendered
an opinion iu case No 814—Wm. L. Powell,
plaintiff in error, vs. the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania—commonly known as the
oleomargarine case, affirming the judg
ment of the coart below. It was brought
np for review on the judgment of the su
preme court of Pennsylvania sustaining
the validity of a statute of that
commonwealth, making it unlawful
for any person to manufacture, sell,
or offer for sale aDy butter or cheese or
article designed to take the place of these
articles, produced from aDy compound
other than unadulterated milk or cream.
The plaintiff was convicted of a violation
of this statute and took an appeal.
Thousand Mile River Journey.
Parkersburg, W. Va., April 6— Capt.
Paul Boynton entered the river above
Wheeling at 3 o'clock this afternoon and
began his thousand mile journey down the
Ohio.
Quite a Batch of Bills Passed WithtSit
Hindrance by the Senate.
Dr. Mary Walker, who Wears Trousers,
Among the Beneficiaries.
Debate in the Senate on the Division and
Admisson of Dakota.
CONGRESS.
Pension Bills Passed the Senate.
SENATE.
Washington, April 6.—A message from
the President, with the draft of a bill for
the revocation of the withdrawal of lands
for the benefit of ceitain railroads, was pre
sented and referred to the committee on
public lands.
On motion of Stewart, the bill to author
ize the sale to aliens of mineral lands was
taken from the calendar and read.
Platt asked what would l>e left of the
original law (prohibiting the acquisition of
real estate by aliens) it the bill passed.
Stewart said that the whole body of the
original law would be left ; that the law
hail been designed to prevent a monopoly
of agricultural lands by foreigners, and was
not intended to apply to mines or mining.
There was no reason why a different rule
in that respect should have lieen enforced
agaiust the Territories than existed in the
States, where foreign cap-.tal was largely
invested in mines.
After further discussion, ihe bill was
postponed until Monday.
On motion of Teller, the House bill
granting right of way to the Denver & Rio
Grande railway company tbrongh the Fort
Crawford military reservation was taken up
and passed.
The Senate proceeded to the considera
tion of private pension bills on the calen
dar.
Among the pension bills passed were one
giving $25 a month to Dr. Mary E. W alker,
late assistant surgeon in the United States
Army ; Six hundred a year to the widow
of Gen. Chas. P. Stone ; one to increase the
pension of the oldest revolutionary soldier
on the rolls, Nancy Raines, 96 years of age,
from $8 a month to an amount not fixed,
but left to the Secretary of the Interior ;
$50 a month to the widow of Rear Ad
miral Nicholson ; $100 a month to the
widow of Gen. Jndson Kilpatrick ; $100 a
month to the widow of Gen. Robert Ander
son ; one pensioning a soldier's foster
mother; $50 a mouth to the widow of
Brig. Gen. Taylor; $50 a month to the
widow of Commander Wm.H. Gibson; $50
a month to the widow of Medical Inspec
tor Denby, of the Navy.
Altogether there were 127 bills passed—
65 being House bills.
The Senate then resumed consideration
of the pleuro-pneumonia bill. The com
mittee on amendments was agreed to and
Frye moved to amend by mentioning the
diseases, tuberculosis and glanders. Agreed
to, aDd the bill was made a special order
for Thursday next.
The bill providing for the admission of
the State of Dakota into the Union and for
organizing the Territory of Lincoln was
taker, up and took place as uufinished busi
Washington, April 9.—The bill to pro
vide for admission of the territory of Dakota
into the Union, and for the organization of
the territory of Lincoln, was taken np. A
substitute was reported from the committee
on territories to the original bill to establish
the boundaries of the proposed state, and
designates the remaining portions of the
territory as the Territory of North Dakota,
(not Lincoln) with Bismarck as the cap
ital.
The bill to authorize the sale to aliens
of certain mineral lands, was taken np for
consideration. Faulkner, a member of the
committee on mines and mining, from
which the bill had been reported
spoke in opposition to it. He regarded it
as a bill fraught with danger. The act of
1887, which this bill proposed to modify,
was the first act passed which affected the
holding of real estate. The bill would not
only allow individuals to obtain mineral
rights in this country, but it wonld allow
corporations formed in England, France or
Germany to purchase aDy number of pat
ents to mining land.
Stewart asked Falkner whether there
was any law in West Virginia that pro
hibited aliens from having any interest in
mining property.
Faulkner—"None that I know of."
Stewart—"Nor in any other State."
Faulkner moved an amendment provid
ing that a law where mining claims which
have been patented are acquired by part
nership the majority of partners or direct
ors shall be citizens of the United States.
Stewart said there seemed to be a total
m : sapprehension of the object of the bill.
It left the law, so far as mining claims
were concerned, in the same condition as if
the act of '87 had not been passed, aud the
senator himself (Faulkner) had demon
strated that no evil had resulted from it as
it had then stood.
Dolph said the law of 87 had been
aimed against the evil of allowing foreign
ers to hold large tracts of agricultural
lands. The bill simply restored the con
dition of affairs in the mining districts of
the Terri tores that existed before the
act of '87. Without final action on the
bill or amendment the bill was laid aside,
and the bill was taken np to provide .for
the admission of Dakota into the Union,
and for the organization of the Territory
of Lincoln.
Platt, chairman of the committee on
Territories, said the bill was one of the
four which had been reported by the 3om
mittee on Territories for the admission of
new States. It provided for the admission
of the southern part of Dakota under the
constitution already formed. The other
three bills were enabling acts for the Ter
ritories of Washington, Montana and the
northern portion of Dakota. The proposed
State of South Dakota had a population of
400,000, and he thought they had a right
to be admitted as a State and to partici
pate in the next presidential election.
Vest—Do yon mean that the people of
Sonth Dakota have a legal and constitu
tional right to come into the Union as a
State without action on the part of Con
gress?
Platt—No.
Vest—That claim has been asserted, and
I wanted to know whether the Senator
from Connecticut that proposition endorsed
or not.
Platt said there were now in the Union
nine States having less population than
the proposed State of Sonth Dakota. He
argued that South Dakota had brought
herself within the precedent under which
States had been admitted. It coaid not
be said that she had done anything irregu
lar. Why shonld she not be admitted,
and admitted now ? Why shonld the
Senate tarn a deaf ear to her prayer ?
Why should the Senate refnse to partici
pate in that greatest, grandest act of legis
lation—the admission of a new State into
the Union, thus adding to the grandeur,
strength, glory and renown of the Ameri
can republic ?
Butler obtained the floor, and the bill
went over nntil to-morrow.
I
Washington, April 9— The House com
mittee on invalid pensions this morning
took final action npon the Senate bill
known as the dependent pension bill. A
substitute was adopted for the second sec
tion, which is the principal section of the
bill. The substitute provides pensions for
all persons who have served in the military
or naval service of the United States for
any period, who have been honorably dis
charged, and who are now or may hereafter
be suffering from mental or physical dis
ability, not the result of their own vicious
habits, which totally disables them from
the performance of aDy manual labor, at
the rate per month of one cent for every
day's war service. It further provides the
same pension for all persons who are 62
years of age, or who may hereafter become
62 years of age, for and daring their natural
lives.
Section three was amended so as to pro
vide that when the widow of any per
son who bod served in the war and bad
been honorably discharged is in a condition
of dependence or is suffering from dis
ability recognized by the general pension
law, or is 62 years of age, she shall be
placed upon the pension roll at the rate
per month of one cent for every day's war
service of her husband.
The fourth section was amended so as to
make attorney's fees for claims filed under
the bill $5 instead of $10.
The element of dependency placed in
the Grand Army bill by the Senate was
eliminated, so that all soldiers are to be
pensioned for their services equally with
out regard to their financial condition and
accordmg to the per diem idea. The
amendments were adopted by a strict party
vote, the Republicans favoring the provis
ions of the Senate bill, so that the amended
bill may be regarded as embodying the
Democratic policy in the matter of pension
legislation.
Washington, April 10.—In the Senate
to-day Plumb, presenting a bill to preserve
Yellowstone Park, said it was one of many
which had been sent to him, and which
were evidently circulated from a center
»□d had personal purposes for their foun
dation.
Vest said the Senator from Kansas was
mistaken. The bill had been drawn by
himself from his personal knowledge of
affairs at the Park, and had lieen reported
from the committee on Territories, of which
he was not a member. It met a great ne
cessity and had no personal object.
The Senate resumed consideration of the
bill to permit the sale to aliens of mineral
lands, the question beiDg on the amend
ment offered by Faulkner, requiring a ma
jority of the stockholders, trustees and di
rectors of a mining company to be citizens
of the United States. Tbe amendment was
rejected—yeas 20, nays 31. After further
discussion the bill passed—yeas 31, Davs
13.
The Senate then resumed consideration
of the bill to provide for the admission of
the State of South Dakota and the organi
zation of tbe Territory of North Dakota.
Washington, April 10.—The Senate
resumed the consideration of tbe bill to
authorize the sale to aliens of certain min
eral lands. A question beiDg raised un an
amendment offered by Fit.lkner requiring
a majority of the stockhollere, trustees, or
directors of a mining company to be citizens
of the United States. Tie amendment
was rejected. Gray moved to amend the
bill by inserting these words: "But legis
latures of territories may prescribe condi
tions on which mining claims, works or
property used in the production of
metals from said mineral lauds or
claims may be owned, operated, or
worked by corporations created m foreign
countries or in any of the States of the
United States."
After much discussion, Gray modified
his amendment so as to simply provide
that the laws of the United States aud
Territories, shall be, until changed by an
act of Congress or of Territorial legislation,
the same as though this act bad not pdSsed.
On motion of Hawley, the phraseology of
the bill was amended and the bill passed—
yeas 31, nays 13. It reads as follows : "An
act to restrict the ownership of
real estate in the Territories to
American citizens," etc, approved
March 3d, 1887, shall not relate to or in
any way or manner affect title to min
eral lands or mining claims in the Terri
tories of the United States which may be
acquired or had under the mineral land
laws of the United States, nor to mills er
orther reduction works or other property
used in the production of metals from said
mineral lands or claims; but as to all such
mineral lands, mining claims, mills, reduc
tion works and other property leave of the
United States and of the Territories shall
be, until changed by an act of Congress or
an act of tbe Territorial legislature, the
same as though said act had not been
passed.
The Senate then resumed con
sideration of unfinished business, being
the bill to provide for the admission of
the State of Sonth Dakota and the organi
zation of the Territory of North Dakota.
Butler hoped the present Territory of
Dakota would not be dismemliered. The
question of the admission of Territories
was entirely within the discretion of con
gress. If any other doctrine shonld pre
vail, why should not the Territory of Utah
be admitted as a State, or what was to pre
vent 100.000 socialists, anarchists, nihilists
and communists taking refuge in some
corner of the Territory and proceeding to
frame a constitution and State government,
and demanding to be udmitted as a State.
The bill of the minority, he said,
proposed to authorize the people of the
Territory to meet in convention, frame a
constitution and State government and
submit them to CoDgress, and (npon their
ratification by CoDgress) to declare Dakota
a State of the Union. The majority bill,
on the other hand, proposed to ratify and
confirm the so-called constitution adopted
in Sonth Dakota two and a half years ago,
and to seat as United States Senators two
gentlemen (Republicans) who claim to
have been then elected. Wonld the Senate
consent to seat as full-fledged Senators,
equal to those who represented sovereign
States, two men who simply represent
12,000 voles out of 105,000 votes. That
was the proposition. He referred to one
of the gentlemen seeking seats as senators
from Dakota, (Mr. Edgerton) as one of
whom he bad spoken courteously in the
last CoDgress, bnt who, in a recent speech
in Dakota, had allnded to him in an offen
sive manner. Drawing a parallel based on
tbe Southern man who learned nothing,
forgot nothing, end resorted to the bowie
knife and revolver, and the Dakota man
whose weapons were the Bible and spell
iug book. That, said he, after reading this
extract from Mr. Edgerton's speech, is the
language of a man to whom I extended the
courtesy of expressing kindly feeling when
was attempting to get a seat on this floor.
He is entitled to all the credit, all the
honor, all the eclat and prestige which
that character of language can give him,
bnt I may be permitted to say that if I
had to select either as companions or citi
zens of this great country the stalking
bandit and reckless highwayman with
pistol and bowie knife in hand, or the
sneaking hypocrite and snaling pharasee
who fires from the rear and takes cover
nnder the shadow of his own meanness
and malignity, I wonld select the former.
If the spelling book and Bible inculcate
snch education as that, such malignity,
such unfairness, snch injustice, such false
hood, May God have mercy npon the
Bible and spelling book which that man
carries with him.
Without any action on the bill the Sen
ate proceeded to executive business, and
I when the doors were reopened adjourned.
HOUSE DEADLOCK.
Southern Members Continue their Fili
bustering Tactic on the Direct
Tax Bill.
Washington, April 10.—All talk of
compromising the deadlock in the Honse
of Representatives has ceased. The belief
generally expressed this afternoon is that
the present condition of affairs will con
tinue nntil Tuesday next, the day when it
is intended to call tbe tariff bill, when a
determined effort will be made to break
the deadlock. There is a desire on the
part of the advocates of the direct tariff' bill
to have a caucus called for the purpose of
determining what course shall be pursued
to pat an end to the present stagnation of
business. But while the opponents indi
cate a willingness to have a caucus called
tor consultation they decline to be bound
by the caucus' action.
Washington, April 10.—At 12:30, while
the motion that tbe committee rise was
pemling, Boute: le moved that Breckin
ridge, of Kentucky, Breckinridge, of Ar
kansas, Weaver and Oates be excused from
voting. These gentlemen declared that
thev conld take care of themselves.
Boutelle insisted that it was not requi
site that a member give his consent to a
motion to lie excused.
The boms wore away without being
marked by a single incident of interest.
Late in the afternoon a vote was taken
upon a motion to adjourn. The affirma
tive vote was 80, exactly the number who
voted in a similar manner yesterday. The
negative vote fell off from 156 yesterday
to 146 to-day, the falling off beiDg ac
counted for by the fact that a number of
leaves of absence were granted, mainly
from the ranks of the supporters of the
bill.
At 8:550 the sargeant-at-arms appeared
at the bar of the house, having in custody
Lawler, of Illinois, who was subjected to
a good deal of badgering by his fellow
members, as he formulated his excuse
for having been absent. He had been at
borne answering his correspondence. E.
B. Taylor moved to excuse the genteman
on tbe payment of a fine of $10. He eaid
the time bad arrived when the Honse
should assert its power to have its mem
bers present whenever necessary. On mo
tion of Wheeler, of Alabama, Lawler was
excused withont the imposing of a fine.
Thereupon Taulbee moved as an amend
ment that Mr. Boutelle himself be excused
from voting, which motion the Speaker
pro tern., McMillan, of Tennessee, declared
to be carried.
Cannon of Illinos then moved that he
himself be excused from votiDg, and fur
ther moved that Bayne, of Pennsylvania,
be excused. This was supplemented by a
motion by Bayne that Reed, of Maine, be
excused from voting. Several other Re
publicans were upon their feet, but the
Speaker pro tem. refused to recognize any
motion except that of Cannon to excuse
himself, which he declaredto be carried,
against the protests of the Republicans.
At this moment a motion came from the
Democrats that the House adjourn ; and
atter a chorus of ayes from the Democsatic
side, and a shout of nays from the Repub
licans. The gavel of the speaker hung in
mid-air, and the Republicans fearful that
the House wonld be declared adjourned,
rose and rashed to the fiont, shoatiDg for
the yeas and nays. The confusion was so
great that the services of the sergeant-at
arms and hi3 mace of office were called in,
aud order was finally restored.
Reed reiterated his demand for the yeas
and nays, and when quiet had been ob
tained the speaker pro tem. recognized his
demand and the yeas and nays were
ordered.
The motion to adjourn was defeated—yeas
65, nays 131.
At this hour ( 1:45) there is no prospect
of an adjournment. A motion to suspend
further proceedings nnder the call of the
House has just been lost—yeas 48,
nayfc 119.
Washington, April 11.—Notwithstand
ing an all-night session, the deadlock in
the House of Representatives was this
morning still unbroken. From 2 o'clock
till daylight the members of the House sat
patiently in their seats or reclined on sofas
in the rear of the hall. No motions were
submitted, no points of order raised, do
parliamentary inquiries submitted. The
House was in a state of siege. The advo
cates of the direct tax bill recognizing their
inability to cope with the parliamentary
tactics of their an*agonists, refrained from
any effort to dispense with further pro
ceedings under the call of the honse. The
opponents of the measure, conscious of the
fact that they would be out-voted upon
any motion to adjourn, desisted their
efforts in that direction, and affairs came to
a complete standstill. Now and then a
genMeman would make a remark which
woi -1 arouse the risibilities o ( ' such mem
bers as t|isre not asleep, but throughout the
night there were no scenes ot sufficient in
terest to awaken the dozen occupants of
the galleries, who were peacefully dozing
on benches
As the early morning light broke through
the glazed ceiling of the chamber a short,
informal recess was taken to enable the
janitors to clear the floor of the accumu
lated rubbish of an all night session, bnt
the duty was very inefficiently performed.
The day began with the House still con
structively in session since Wednesday of
last week. The loungers of the night
gradually sought shelter in the cloak and
committee rooms or escaped the vigilance
of the sergeant-at-arms and went home to
breakfast. About one hundred members,
whose bright faces and general appearance
gave rise to the snspicion that they were
not at their posts during the entire night,
were scattered about the hall a'tendiDg to
whatever private duty or personal fancy
might suggest for pastime.
At about 11 o'clock Cowles, of North
Carolina, moved that the Honse adjourn
and demanded the ayes and nays.on the
motion. Roll call was about to begin
when Mason, of Illinois, made a point
of order that the motion was not in order
because no bnsiness had intervened since
the last vote on a similar motion. The
speaker sustained the point and the dread
ed test vote was put off. As noon v0i>
proached many members appeared oo le
floor who had been absent, and Weaver, of
Iowa, moved that farther proceedings
nnder the call, which began at 5 o'clock
last evening, be dispensed with. Ayes and
nays were ordered on this proposition,
and roll call canght napping several mem
bers, who, relying npon the continnance
cf the nnbroken monotony of the last six
hoars, had temporarily absented them
selves for sleep or other refreshments.
Anderson, of Kansao, was among the first
names called, and that gentleman was in
vigorating himself by a shave and sham
poo, bnt he was equal to the emergency
and caused much merriment among the
observers by suddenly emerging in the
hall with his face covered with lather and
a towel neatly drawn aronnd his neck to
answer to his natie. The vote resulted in
the defeat of the motion to dispense with
the call by a vote of 73 to 138, and the
House relapsed into apathy.
Application Denied.
New York, April 11.—Recorder Smythe
to-day rendered his decision in the Gould
Sage matter. His Honor denied the ap
plication to snbmis the complaint of the
Kansas Pacific bond-holders to the grand
jury.