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NATIONAL NKWS.
(Jot. Lee A Virgin! a hut ordered the
legislature of th t stiite to meet in extra
ke.sHiou on the UUh Lw.
The town of South Boston, Halifax
county, Va., was visited with a destruc
tive lira ou the first in.t. Several large
tobacco warehouse' were burned. Loss
fl50,U0; iiiBurauce. fntn).
I'rof. Curtis, Cincinnati microsoopitt
feay that pellets if ashes and mud which
fell in that city Feb. Sk emanated from
the Mauna Loa volcano in the Sandwich
iklands now in eruption.
The Candee rubber company, New liar,
en, Conn., closes down March 13 for an in
definite period, throwing 1,0 hands out.
The company has nn immense amount of
finished idock on hind.
Samuel Sharp, nged -I, a brakeman on
the Michigan Central railroad, fell from a
train at Welland, Out., and struck his head
on'a tie. His t-kull w as fractured and his
neck broken. The remains were taken to
Oil City, Out.
The wife of lloyt Sherman of Pes
Moines, la., died recently of phytdcul ex
haiistiou utter a linger-in illiies. A short
time ago an elTort was made to strengthen
her vitality ly a transfusion of Mood
from the iirm of her son Frank, a vigorous
young man. Th" lenelit was only tem
porary. -Mrs. Sherman was one of the
oldest settlers of Pes .Moines, on of the
social leaders of the city, and a woman
greatly esteemed for her many fine quali
ties. Her husband is the brother of Sena
tor John Sherman of Ohio, and (Jen. V".
1 Sherman.
(Sen. l!ut!ers injuries will Leep htm in
Led fur sovfral weeks.
The governor of Connecticut has issued
an order that no member of his staff tdiall
touch Intoxicating liquors.
(Jen. Crook, the Indian lighter, is quite
111 in Boston.
It is rumored that Mr. Matthews, whose
nomination as recorder of deeds for tho
di-trict f 'olumbia was rejectoil ly the
hen ate. will ! appointed resist r of the
treasury in place of (Sen. Losc-rans, who,
neco riling to the rumor, is to In placed at
the he id of the g-o.l.t ic and coast su.vey.
It is -ri i . i that on the Winona & St.
l'eter road inDikota at places the snow
drifts are six feet ub ve th telegraph
poles.
The Internation il di-ti'lery at Des
Moines, la . I; a . be mi order -loid. which
clears Iowa of every distillery within her
borders.
John YYntkins, one of tho olde-t settlers
and th first tel. hers of a publi school in
Chicago d ,. . I in that city a few days since.
The Can a lian minisrer of Marine thinks
that Ni'w fotjui llan I will go into the dom
inion in order to obtain relief on the fish
eries ju st ion.
The recent heavy mini have carried off
several bridges on the itocky Mountain
section of the Canadian l'a ill.' road.
Tho new (ierman roichitig was opened
on the 'M inst.
The One. :i f Spain has signed a decree
making a tw. ntyper cent, reduction in
in export dot cs on sugar an 1 tobacco
Shipped 'nb .
The Amiei- ;" Afghanistan is making a
vigorous :!. rt t rui-e u new army
Young b".vs are Ii-mm.' dril'.e 1 and nil tho.-a
of Is are being enrol, el Th, anie-r lias
issued a i ir ul'ir telling his subjects to
prep ire f r a Im. v war. It is believe, 1 that
he contemplate war against llus-ia.
...XL1!. .I'firVJ.liTg WiStii lEf k gVhV
bling place .i felony, punishable with not
more than ?";o line, and t wo y ears' im
prisonment in th" penitentiary.
(leu. J. .1. i'jiiley has. been appointed
Vniied Mat .'s -en u r from Florida to suc
ceed Senator Jones, v. hose term expires
March 1.
Fai th piake shock? occurred along the
south shore of Long Island ou the .'1 inst.
A dispatch from Manitoba states that
Col. (ii'.d r. who started for the north polo
pome time ago is returning to New York,
having failed to catch th" Hudson bay
boat. He says ho will try it again nest
summer.
There i.s trouble in the linger Williams
university 1 colore. 1) of Nashville. T-nn.,
andover lJ stu b nls have left the in-titu-tion.
Chief Justice Morrison of the California
f uprem "" is de.-o' .
There is a po-s-ibility of trouble between
the l'nit d States auMioriities at St. J hn
Dak., an 1 ti e ("ana lian half breeds The
latter cruvol the border after the Kiel re.
Lellion. taking with them a large number
of horses. They have been taxed for thesj
animals, but refusing to pay the horses
were seize. 1. The half t r-eds have organiz
ed, and will try to recover their property.
Troops will I? called from Fort Lttten to
keep them in subjection.
A petition from the merchants and bust
cess men f l'rovid -nee. representing
about f D.OViCHi, has been presented to the
Cteneral Assembly of Khod Island, asking
for the repeal of the prohibitory law.
Reported that Cardinal Gibbons lias
represented to the pope that the order of
knights of labor is not a se ret on" under
tho laws of the church, an I so far from be
ing an evil, may be of much benefit to the
workingmen and their employer.
IMward Kuehl was found dead in bed in
Omaha the other m Tiling. The remains
have been sent to I'.u iTalo, N. Y.. in accord
ance with his wdl, to bo cremated. His
ashes are to be placed in an urn and placed
over the bar of a popular salvon in Omaha
In compliance with his will.
The Maine senate has pa-,,.,! the woman
suffrage constitutional amendment. A
two-thirds vote of the senate and house is
necessary to submit it to the people.
Articles of incorporation have leen filed
for a railway company to acquire the
new line now building from Brockville,
Jnt., to Sault Sto. Marie, which is to be
extended from the south side of the St.
Lawrence river opposite Brockville,
through New Kork state to a connection
with tha Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & West
ern railroad, and which is to form the
Massachusetts link of the extensive sys
tem which is to bring Hoston U75 miles
nearer Duluth.
Tho marriage certificate of Nina Van
Zandt and August Spio was returned to
the county clerk by Justice F.nglehard on
the 1st inst., but the clerk would not file
the paper until he had obtained If pal ad
sice. An explosion occurred In a colliery at
St. Mtienri", France, on the 1 t Inst, and
was attended with grest loss of life.
The Knglish parliament will bo askel to
grant another million and a half dollar
for naval purpose.
R. V. Loggtns, a prominent merchant of
Winoua, Mi., murdered March 1st
br Alexander Crawford, colored. Craw,
ford had lea purchasing supplies from
Mr hoggins, and had become involved.
He failed to bring a mortgate note at a
trustees' sale and Mr. Logging went to see
him about it, and was murdered by the
Negro.
A colony of Dakotaians wlllleate Pierre
for Alaska about May 1st.
George Franklin Anderson, the alleged
American judge who is uccused of swind
ling I'has, leakin of Susipuhanna. l'a., out
cf large sums of money under pretense
that he was prosecuting a suit for the re
covery of a large Kngluh estate to which
Heakin wa convinced he was heir, was
arraigned in London on the Mh inst. He
was convicted and sentenced td Ave years
penal servitude.
One of the last acts performed by Trest
lent Cleveland before adjournment was
to sign a bill giving a pension of f J." a
mouth to Mrs. Henry Deipuindre of De
troit for service us nur.so during the war.
Senator l'almer has gone with a party
of senators to Cuba. Ho expecVs to be
gone about two weeks, when he will re
turn to Detroit for a few days, and then
join Mrs. l'almer in Kurope.
llev. Dr. A. M. Wilcox of Oswego, N. Y.,
has Nen chosen president o! Kalamazoo
college.
In two weeks' time Walter Kmerson cf
Deep River, buried his tix children. All
died with diphtheria
l ire losses for February foot up S7,.V1,
Ohi. A woman suffrage nmendmout will bo
submitted to the voters of Rhode Island.
The state branch of the lrih National
League ha been organized in Lincoln,
Neb.
Mrs. Annie K. 1'aunce, a distant relative
of Oueen Victoria, died recently at Wa
bash. Ind , aged n) years.
Near Lima, Ohio, two children of H.
Diet., agd 7 and years respectively
were burned to death while playing with
coal oil.
A home for disable sol. liers and sailors
is to U erected in Nebraska.
John W. Kingham, editor of the Indian
apolis Sentinel. comm;tt d suicide the
other d iy by cutting his throat with a
razor,
The comptroller of the currency has
called for a statement of the condition of
national banks at the cose of business Fri
day, March b
A plot to burn the ferry houses and tie.
pot of the Jersey City ferry and I'ciiMsyl
vani a railroad company, in Jersey Ci.,
w as discovered tho other day just in time
to prevent it.
Col. Robert N. Scott, in charge of tho
publication of the oillcial records of the
rebellion, and one of the best known army
ofli c;sin Wa-hington. died sudleuly tho
other afternoon of pneumoni i.
William Cook, one or the seven men who
organized the knights of labor, died on tho
tith inst. at l'hila lelj.hia of heart diso io,
aged is' years.
Tho tlouring mills of C. liurkhard of St.
i'aul. Minn . w. re burned the other day,
causing a h,s of jf! 0.
Thew.teof s-) u 1 1 or 1 '..-ok of Kentucky)
died in Washington on the t'th liist. Mrs.
F.-.-k u.i born in Auburn. Vn . cl 1 - J.".
and was the gr ind lib- e ,. and n-'.ii est 1 i v -ing
descendant of George Wa-h:ngt-o.
Coin. 11. F. Lull of ti.el nitel State
lyiv, died recently at the 1 Vn - ao da n i v aj
1 resident Cleveland in ends spending as
iiiuch time n-possible during tl." recess at
his country re-.d.-ii -'
A bridge rave way on ler a train on the
Iron Mount nn ra 1. about .i nuie, from
St. I. ou, s. Mo .the other day The baggage,,
mail and smoking us t. 11 into the water
below. A passenger in the sm .king car
was drow ned, and several of thetra.n men
severely injuied but n.n" fatally. The
cause of the acci lent is a Hood, which re
suited from a cloud burst earlv in the
evening, and filled the creek which runs
between rugged hills for miles, so full that
it be. nine a raging torrewt with a current
of over twenty tni'es per hoar, and swept
away everything before it.
Th governor of West Virginia has Is
sued n proclaiination re onvening the
legislature of that state on tho third Wed
nesday in April.
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County Seat War.
A serious shooting affray occurred at
Coronsd , Wichita county, Kansas, tho
other day, and three men w eto killed and
four fatally wounded. The killed ami
wounded were from Leoti, an adjoining
town. The trouble grew out of the locating
of thecounty seat, both towns claiming it.
ii:ti:oit 3iakki:ts.
WurtT, White $ H (r m1;
Wur. m. Red '. M r so
( "OHN per 1 11 It'.l ;, sjil
A IS per bll Ill I' :t
Kai.i.i V luT I.I 1 b
TlMolllV Si KM 'J la ( "J VM
( 'i ovi ii Si i:i j.er keg t i,r: 4 .V)
Vt i:i per cw t 13 ml (.pj-j.i
Fi.ol n Michigan patent. . . .1 T." w i ml
Michigan roller.... 4 im ,i 4 -j.,
Minnesota iiatent. . 4 T"i ia .1 J."
Minnesota bakers' . 4 mi (. 4 -g."i
Michigan rye per bu .Vl (n .V
Al'l'i.i:s. p.r bu 2 .VJ (. 3 (M
Rk-, l'ick"d 1 .'Ci (r as
Rk s, I.'npicked To (t 1 PI
J'.i:i.swx 'St (. :)
Hmtkii 17 f
Diui-.o Ai-n.r.s 4 ui 45
Caiiiui.m per li 1 T." ut 2 ()
C 1 1 k it jnt gal 10 (c 12
Ckamikkkiks. jer bu 1 T." (v 2 W
Ciikik. per lb la (-; II
Dkim A 1 1 r.s, per bu 4
Diusn. H'-os, per cwt.... 0 ml or 0 .V)
F.oo.s, per do 1.1 a P
Konkv, per lb Id uc 14
Hors 'M ((; :v)
Hav, per ton. clover f ( (i 0 ()
4 timothy 1 () (1 li ()
Malt, per bu so (; r
Onio. per bbl 2 T. 3 ml
I'OTAToF", per lll 4" (f f)
l'ot LTUV Chickens per lb V) ot 11
;ee H (i'
Turkeys 11 (.t M
Ducks p ut pji;
rROVlflox.s MesH Fork.... !."( ('b'2
Family " 13 7a (-ill (
Lard 7 7'
Hams U or p
Shoulders.... 7 7'f
Kacoii S ot
Tullow per lb. 3 ;j
I.1VK ?to k.
Cattle Market steady and strong; ship
ping steers, of Wi tt 1..VO lbs, $: Wri ."t ID;
stokers and feeders.! J I Vm:U0; cows. bulls
and mixed. 1 m,r:t 7."i; bulk, f JCooia 2Ti;
Texas corn fed. f i Jil.
Hons Market otmiig and .1 to 10c higher:
rough and mixed f bV".a .V; packing and
shi.jdng. 1. 7.; light, (I Nio'.i 40;
ski.s.a.VV.M 7.V
Siiekp Market weak, lOcf'JOc lower;
natives, t3 :r N); western. 13 5)oJl M;
Texans t lambs, II 505 00.
THE SESSION ENDED.
The XLIXth Congress Adjourns on
the 4th.
The I be. in if Hour.
The XLIXth congress ended its existence
at noon on the 4th inst. As usual at the
closing seviioneverybo.ly was busy, every
body was excited. Members were anxious
to get matters attended to w hich had been
pending lor some time. In their eagerness
to catch the Kpeaker'M eye and reach men
whose influence was desired tumbled, over
each other like boys on a play ground.
Added to this the session had lasted lor
4S hours, and the members were sore
headed, sleepy and uncharitable.
The night before congress adjourned was
a busy oue at the executive mansion. The
president had notified the president of the
senate and speaker of the house that the
executive mansion would beojenall night
and that he would be on hand at all hours
to'ss uion matters re. piiring executive
action. The president passed a good part
of the night at his desk in the library, ex
amining and signing bills, ami consulting
with members of his cabinet about ajpro
priation aifeeting their respective de
partments. All through the night tho
president remained about the library, and
at intervals messengers arrived with bills
that had passed both houses and only
nee led the presideiit'ssignature to become
laws. Two imortant bills which had been
betore the president for days- t lie anti
polygamy and the trade dollar bills were
allowed to become laws without his signa
ture, but a large number were considered
and signed during the night. At an early
hour in the morning, however, he went to
the caital in time to sign several bills be
fore the adjournment.
The presi lent failed to sign the river and
harbor appropriation bill prior to adjourn
ment nri'l it consequently dies. He spent
three hours considering it and then de
clined to sign it.
Despite the fact that a very great deal
of time has been wasted in Useless debates
by tins congress, much has been accom
plished in the way of enactment of general
laws Never w-i e there so many t ills in
troduced, and more were reported from
committees than at any previous con
gresses. More, too, are lelt 011 the calend
ers as blasted h.ij.es than was ever known
at the exj ir ition of a -ongresn. There
were introduced in the house during the
session tust ended 1 l.'iV.i bills an 1 'gi l joint
re.-olutions I If these measures 4.173 were
repoi t-d back from the various commit
tees with favorable or adverse 1 econiineu
dati 11. a lid a ma', nt v of them have died,
so far 11, having nnv legislative
statu. is concerned. If thv are
to hae any life in future con
presses they must be reintroduced
Theie weie introduced in the senab ,".H.7
bills and 1 Mi no nt res, .1 u t ion and t li per
0 n! leport -d Inini committers was a lit
tle hi j her than in the b oise. During the
last two d ivs of th" sos-ioii the calendars
of the two house, increase. 1 in sie rather
t hall diminished. owint. reports made
for the purpose of n 1 111 character to the
measures rather than with u Mew of
1 ringing about then pas-age.
The following are the acts of the last
session of this congress which have a gen
oral interest lb tiring certain odicers of
the na y f th" I nite I States: for the re
lief of c rtain soldiers of the Michigan
volunteer infantry, honorably discharged
under speciul orders '.'J. war depart ment,
March 1. ': unending the revised etat
utes. relating to pen-ions to certain dis
able 1 1 eisous who have served in t bo
n 'ivy or marine corj.s ; extending the free
delivery system of th" postotlico
department to every incorporated city
or village with a population f 10,oi,
or having gr.,s postal re -eij.ts of lu.ooo a
year; authorizing the construction of a
f.ri.Le across t he St. Loins liver between
Minnes ,t and Wisconsin; granting pen
sions to t)i" soldiers and sailors of the
Mexican war; providing a school of in
struction for cavalry and light art illery ;
tl ing the lnv for th-1 inr. ting of the elec
tors of j r. -i b nt and vie president, and
to j'lovi le f.o- and regulate the counting
of the vole for president und vice presi
pre -i lent and the de. i-ion of nuestions
i -i ng hereon ; ,.i t,!. ( htVMif
sij.j.i river at St. Louis, Mo ; regulating
interstate commM"-. amending the law
lelatmg to j.itents trade marks a lid copy
rights; provi ling f..r the allotment of
lands in severalty f Indians; bclaring
th" loileiture ot I in Is -ranb- l to the New
r!ean. J'.atan Iboige ,v ickslmrg rail
road com j'ftn v ; making an annual appro
Variation of ioo.ooo f,,r at ins and e juij
rr.euts for t h militia; establishing a mili
tary j-ost at D.nver. CI. providing for
the exc-ntion of certain sections of the
treat with ( hiua, and prohibiting I nited
Slat -s otlicials fi 11:11 liiimgo it the labor
Ot federal pi isOUel s.
The retali ition bill has received tin
Fresjdent's signature, mil is now a law.
The measure is known as the lldmunds
bill, and provides hi substance that w hcu
the I're-i lent is conv inced that our tiher
ineu or tisiiing e-sis are deprived of
.t hei r ugh t s or h 1 r,i-. . or v e xed in Can 1
dian j.oi ts or w utoi s..e may by proclama
tion c. bide ('ana. ban vessels fiom the
waters and ..rts of th" Cnite.l states.
Su li e-s"!s and their c;.fgoes may be
seied. an I the crews lined or imprisoned.
Ill this eonne tioii j t in a y be vv 1 1 t o s t a t e
that it ha- b. -n .b-idedo introdti'-e a bill
in the Dominion jarliim-nt raising the
dutie, on nil iin i'.rts fr.ni the I'ni'cd
States, the measure to t ik" f'A e t vv iien
ever the i'.dillUiids retaliation bill is put
into died by the I'nited States.
There is no one siitiject of more interest
to the labor element than that of convict
labor, and we append a synopsis of the re
port of Carroll D. Wright, onimisioner
of labor, on this surged. He says that
the pri-on population' of Mann has a pro
port ion of one 111 a t h u -i d to t h" j.op il
lation of the I nited St ites. Whatever
competition, con i b i ing the country at
large, win. li comes front convict labor in
any form, must come lr m this one con
vict in (die thousand of th" population
not. the proportion to those engaged in
mechanical pursuit in the whole country,
which is about one cmvi.-t to every tifty
persons employed '1 lie I'nited States
prisoners included in the above estimate
number l.'.MO, and they are distributed
through the dillen iit states. The industry
employing th c'ciiit number is that of
boots and shoes, tti" manufacture of cloth
ing standing next, then stone dressing,
then farming, gardening, furniture, min
ing, lumber and carpeting in the order
named. The total product of all penal in
stitutions is fifty four one hundredths of
one per cent, of the total products of the
industries of the conn try. '1 he rejiort states
that it is perfectly evident from informa
tion obtained thnt ti e competition arising
from the employment of convicts n far as
th whole country is concerned, would not
of Itself constitute a pi stion worthy of se
rious tli-cusion However, locally and in
certain districts, says the report, the com
petition may be serious and of sue h por por
tions as to claim the most serious atten
tion of legislature. 'I he commissioner
concludes that the y stem of hand labor,
if introduced in the "pri -oils, would reduce
competition with tree labor to the mini
mum. The president has commuted the death
sentence in the c of John Washington
and Simmons Wolf, two Seminole Indians,
to imj.risonment for life. These Indians
were convicted of as-ault on the person of
a white woman in the Indian Territory
and Were sentenced to lc hanged Ft b. "1.
Inthecn-eof the I'.ritMi Indians wish
ing to emigrate into Alaska the attorney
Ketiral decides that the immigration of
peaceful individual Indians who have dis
solved tribal relation is not prohibited
by statute and is not inconsistent with
he general policy of tho government, but
tin-re i, no provision of law assuring to
such foreign Indian any legal right to
acquire lands; neither can th" president
et aide a reservation for their occupancy.
The following is a recapitulation of the
debt statement issued on th 1st or March.
Interest bearing debt, 1,1WM3.73; debt
on w hich interest has ceased since maturi
ty. t'1't.Vf.'.'Jlu; debt bearing no interest,
t:s.tV.0.'4. Total debt: 1'riucipal, l,7t
740.(111; interest, lo,Vi3i'; total. tl.'lV.
I'i'i"i.,.77. Total debt less available cash
item. I.X7.i,ll DDI. Net cash in treasury,
r..llD.Y Debt less cash in treasury
March 1. h7, l.:Ul.n3J.(ri. Debt less cash
in the treasury Feb. I, 17, $I,33,,4Vn)v1
decrcaseof debt during the month $l,41ti,
7v.; decrease of debt since J uiie 3D, lsil,
f."s.iDl.:C7; cash in treasury, available for
reduction of the public debt, f .'ii'.i,4V.Mi7t;
total cash in the treasury as shown by the
treasurer's general uccouut, f I l-'i, 1 70,? Li.
The evils resulting from the want of a
penitentiary under the direct supervision
of the United States for the contineinent
of I'nited States prisoners, has been re
peatedly brought to the attention of con
gress, but nothing has ever been accom
plished to chsnge the present prac
tice of boarding them at dilfcr
cut state institutions. The house
committee on judiciary have given the
matter home attention but the committee
refuse to recommend that a government
prison shall be built end run by the gov
ernment. The minority report contains
a statement relative to the Detroit house
Jf correction, which we give as an item of
interest to our readers.
"In tho house ot correction ut Detroit
there were 011 June 3d, ls0. '."Jl I'nited
States prisoners routined. To this institu
tion are committed by the authorities of
the city of Detroit only offender against
und violators of the 'law, convicted of
petty ollenses and sent.n.e.l to terms not
exceeding oue vear. In that institution
the manufacture of chairs is extensively
carried on. and to such an extent us to
work great injury to the furniture manu
facturers of that city und state. The
manufacturers who ha ve their capital in
vested manufacturing furniture in Michi)
gait, us well as the workmen, complain at
this unjust competition. It is obvious
that were it not for the long term prison
ers in that institution some of them under
sentence for life, this industry would not
be, us it is, practically ruined, outside of
the prison, it is estimated that one third
of the prisoners received at the Detroit
hoiiso of correction, ouside of Wayne
county, are United States prisoners from
other states and territories. The Detroit
house of correction is a city institution,
and is not on the contract plun. The
Unite I State pri-oners are all long
timers, none ot them less than a year,
and most of them from live years to life,
llidi I nited States prisoner represents a
lay's work every working day 111 the year,
and. in view of their long sentences and
skilled workmanship, they are kept by the
institution without charge to the govern
ment, while any county of Mr-liigan, in
cluding Wiyne. outside of Detroit, paysa
mininimiim rate of tl per week for board.
'1 he labor of t he prison is devoted entirely
to chair, cradle and bedstead making. So
much - let 1 i men t has re -ulted to the indus
tries of th it state from the concentration
of I'nited States prisoners at this institu
tion that th" legislature of the state lias
taken hold of the sub f t and passed a law
alsolutely prohibiting t he import at ion uf
prisoner, to that institution We think
thetilii" h is come when the go eminent
should adopt measures to take csre of its
own convicts. Wherever United States
prisoners aie confined in any number in
prisons not directly under control of the
government they work gre it hardhi to
honest, enterprise and labor, and are a
profit only to the prison contractors und
authorities.
For many years the late John i'nrt of
Detroit, and the other heirs of Wm A.
IJurt have prosecuted a claim before con
gress for the j.avni. nt to them of J-'o ood.
a- compensation tor the ue by the United
States of t he sol r inpa-s invented by
Win. A. Hurt. 'I he ommitte on claims
of the t wo hoUs's h 1 ve otten m id" favor
able reports upon the bill, th llrst one
rno.c tli'tibi.') years ago. but it has never
be on e a law 'because it did not j. as bMh
h"us"s t he same sessi, ,n. 'J hi-; year a new
depaituie has been taken, and. lor the
first time, a very adverse report has been
mad". Senator J o!ph of Oregon, on the
la d day of the session, made an extended
rej.ort upon the bid. going into the
history of the whole matter, and giving
" .,f the e.rret rm.l".'!" !! iv i T ii tli
government by Mr. I'urt and other parties
intere-tetl. In con lusi n the committee
adversely report the bill in the following
strong language :
It does nt nnpear that th United States
ever jo fcha ed. or owned, or ued a solar
compass or even made a sur vey of the
public lands exce t under contracts with
surveyors who furnished their own instru
ments. Mr. Hurt received a patent for his
invention under tin a' nt law of the
I 'nited States, and enjoyed w hat ever ni
tit the patent conferred. That his inv-n-tion
did not prove profitable is not shown
to have been t he fault of t h" U II 1 1 ?d S t i tc.s,
and his experience in this reg ird is n it ex
ceptional. In the oj inion of your committee, con
gles might as well be asked to appro i
ate money !i r the relief of the h-drs of the
invent, r of the magnetic needle, or of
Fuel id wiio mad" important uiathem iti
cal discoveries, or Napier who invented
logarithm-, on the ground that such
needle, mathematical discoveries and log
arithmic tubes were of u t i 1 i t y I ii t he sn r
vey of th" public Ian Is. as to appropriate
money toth" heirs of Wm. A. Hurt on the
ground uj.on w hi., h this claim is ba ed.
The president has pardoned Joseph Kv
ntis. who j, serving a term in tho Utah
j enitentiary for polygamy. The presi
dent is informed that the man is If) y ears
old; that his legal wife se. ks his
relea-e. but that he refuse to re
nounce polygamv as i condition of hi re
lease. The president say he is unwilling
that the hardshijt of such a ca-e .sho'ihl
mike the government aijear vindictive
in the attempt to extirpate the practice of
polygamy. Lxecutivc leni-n -y has abo
been show n .N . II Camp, o n vieted of em
bezleiii'-ut from the government while
assay er at Ibdse City, Idaho, on the ground
that he has doubts as to his guilt and is
convince ! of hi- present good character.
s(.)tr b Dal. I win of New Jersey also bless
es President Cleveland. Laldw in has i om-ih-tcd
hi sentence, for tnisapplicat ion of
bank funds i.nd has been restored t citi
ciiship. A triii1 love match should not .sput
ter Puck: Liit;hn:.rks fiot-tracks in iUn
hall.
Washington Critic: Kven Ihiu'.s
r . rs
Kent
Puck: The key to life's mystery the
nn in key.
Texas Siflins: The ;rcat American
dessert pie.
llurlinjrton Frco Press: Literary
circles -()0,0(.
We pity a lnmi major. Ho always
lias to face the music.
Harper's Ila.ar: Truth lies in the
bottom of the thermometer.
Washington Critic: Lent is a physical
necessity and .spiritual convenience.
Whitehall Times; An editor makes
an income when he makes his ink hum.
Tim Jude: Tho man with tho most
advice has alwavs tho least sxall
change.
Hoston Commercial Htilletin: The
man who struck an attitude has not yet
been arrested.
Whitehall Times: Lvery man hues
his way with his own acts, ami adz lus
tre to iiis character.
Hoston Herald: It is an old adajjo
that if you have a bill to pay nt Kastcr
you'll lind Lent very short.
Hoston U'.idgrt: A fireman on a loco
motive, do mutter how hard-hearted he
may be, is still a tender man.
NO FUSION.
The Greenbackers Will "Go it Alone."
Itesolutlon and Nomination.
Chairman Moses YV. Field called the
piennback convention to order in Lansing
on th Ut Inst. CIihs h. Hampton of
Ktntnet was designated as temporary
chairman and Judge L. C. lloldeu of Haei
iiw and Wm. It. Weston of Kent wore
chosen temporary becretaries. The tempo
rary oflicers were afterwurd made per
tnanent. Tl e business of the morning nes
tion concluded with the appointed of com
mittees on credentials, permanent organi
sation, order of business and resolutions.
Tbs committee on resolutions submitted
the following, which were adopted by a
rising vote:
Wiiekeas, The national greenback labor
party haw repeatedly set forth before the
I eoplf its principles in various platforms,
oth state and national, notably the plat
form adopted at Indianapolis in 14, and
W li tli C a?, '1 he pre-ent campaign is not
for the purpose of electing officers of a
political character, therefore be it.
J.eiitKl, That htill adhering to those
principles, we do not deem n necessary to
adopt other than the fol'owing :
HKKKA-, 'iho old school politicians and
press are daily discussing the tarirT, prohi
bition and other questions to nearly the
entire exc Usjon of the fundamental prin
ciples ujon which the greenback party is
formed, and which are of such moment to
it struggling and independent people.
Win uk.a. The wide publicity daily given
the subjects of taritt. etc., has in too
many instances led the. greenback pre-s,
tpetikcrs and its voters to participate in
the discussion of said ouestions. to the
greater or less omission of the more vital
end imj.ortnnt principles set forth in tt
itsues of the national party.
Therefore, we. assembled in state con
vention, urge upon the members of our
1arty the necessity of confining their ef
01 ts in the future more closely to the ad
.antement of ereat and important issues
as promulgated through the j.latforms of
tLe ft. tioual greenback lab. r party.
An adjournment was tarten to allow the
conference commit tee to en fer w ith the
democratic convention. As a result of
this confert nee, however, it was seen that
I fusion was impracticab.e, and the conven
j tiou proceeded with the nominations for
I judge for the eight year term. O'Brien J.
Atkinson of Fort Huron, was put in nomi-
inaton by Lev. C. I. leyo of Oakland. His
j nomination was -econde I bv ex-Senator
' II. C. Ib.dge of Jnckson, S. C Whitwam
; of Flint. I'.. I'. Creen of Fort Huron and
I Mr. Freidlander of Iosco
I For regents of the university Mr. Pakin
j cf Saginaw, put in nomination Thomas IS.
i Jhirrv of Saginaw. It was seconded by
i Mr. VVhitvvnm of Flint and Mr. Wcttlau-
fcr of 1 'etrjit.
! Lev. C 1. leyo proposed Wm. II. Miller
i cf J a v lord .
j F.dward Creece of Wayne, proposed
j Hiram C. Hodge of Jackson.
, I',. F. tJ recti f Fort I'uron
1 nuived that o'Pricn Atkinson 1
j nga u nominate i for the :ght-year
i teun and Wm. H Miller of O!e,'o, for re
j gent of the university. '1 he nominations
j were unanimously carried.
'1 lie convention could nt agree upon the
1 oth r candidates, end at Uio'dock at night
I adjourned. About 11 o'clock word came
! lrom I -droit that the democrat con ven
i tion hai nominated a full ticket, 'ihe
greenback state central committee inime
. diatelv as-embled. I r efly discus-ed the
itii'iti'n, and ent for O'Brien Atkinson,
j He nddres-e I the committee, haying that
the greenback eonvention. on re eivmg in-
formation that the democrats had nomi-
nated Oridin for short term, should have
proceeded without delay to till out its
' ticket. 'Ihe htate central committee re
! nolved to till out the greenback ticket by
i nominating another regent and a judge
i for the ten year term.
TIIK DKMOCRATS
i
! Make Independent Nominations for
! Justices and Regents.
Ihe I'bttform.
The democratic t ate con vent ion to nom
inate two justices of th- supreme court
and two regents of the uni ersit y met in
the Hetroit oj-era house, Itroit, on tho
1st iust., and was called to order by Chair"
man Watson.
Col. Shoemaker of Jack-on was chosen
temporary chairman, and Jas. J. Conklin
of Saginaw temporary secretary. Com"
mitte. s on credentials, order of business,
resolutions and confeience were appoint
ed, and the convention took a short recess
to allow them to arrange matters entru-ted
to theni.
When the convention re assembled, a re
port was adopted declaring that tiie tempo
rary oflicers be m.nl.j permanent and that
Fred N. Feck of Kalamazoo be added as
6sist uit secietary.
J. Logan Chip man, chairman of the com
mittee on resolutions, submitted the fol
lowing which were adopted without a dis
senting voice:
The democracy of Michigan In conven
tion assembled reatlirms the sound demo
cratic principles of the national platform
of ls-t, and of the state platform adopted
at Craud Lajudsin lri.
1. We renew the pledges of those pint
forms of the determination of the demo
crat party to reform th methods and re
duce tho amount of ta nation - pledge
which the democratic administration of
President Clew land has nobly struggled
to fultill against the j. artisan opposition
cf a republican senate.
'J. We denounce the mercenary pur
poses ami th c-entraliTig tendencies of
the legislative policies of the republican
party, which attack the rights of states,
localities and citizens, and we demand a
return to a strict interpretition of funda
mental law which shall re-tore an 1 eeurt
local self government and leave all men
equal in the comj-etition of business.
y. We charge that the republican party
in the nation and state has become sub
fervient to monopolies and corporations,
and that its degeneracy is fhown by the
corporation law and the corporation de
cisions which have emanated from the
legislature and court un ier its auspices
tn this state, and bv the action of the re
publican senate at Washington defeating
all ellorts to relieve tl e pressure of busi
ness in the federal supreme court, which
now makes the pursuit of justice in that
tribunal a hopeies t isk to all except the
wealthy who can carry the burden of pro
longed litigation.
4. We congratulate the democracy of
Michigan upon the beneficent reform they
have effected in our supreme court, and
invite the electors of ail parties to unite
with us for the continuance of that re
form until the last vestige of monopolistic
end orj oration tendency is purged from
the court.
5. We recognie the just demands of la
bor for more careful consideration, and
believe that the present restless condition
of the wage worker is largely due to the
vicious tendencies of republican courts
and legislatures in this tat and nation
during the past -7 yesrs of republican
rule. We, therefore, demand ef the legis
lature tho immediate enactment of laws
by which just claims for wages may be
promptly and cheaply enforce 1 in the
courts, and that the legislature tnould
enact laws for the protection of life anJ
limb of employes engaged in dangerous
pursuits, and that the rule of law w hich
compels one employe to take the risk of
the negligence or incompetence of his co
employes shall be abolished.
rt. The democratic party of Michigan,
which llrst recognized the claims of our
soldiers to a place on the supreme bench,
renews its pledge of gratitude and indebt
edness to those who so nobly risked their
lives for the preservation of the Union.
T. Our state university, founded by th
democratic party, is the prido of our state
and the crown of the best educational
system in the world. That the democratic)
party, by seventy years of ellort. is comit
tel to in growth ami prosperity. We
trerefore ure our legislature to foster it
waii bnerality, end we pie Ig the demo
cratic party of Michigan to Increase its
Usefulness and reude. it more accessible to
all c itireui.
it .li. I....UM, tha niisitlon of fUSlOIl
with the greenbackers, whose convention
was in esion at Lansing, was brought up,
ndgaverissto ft very imattd,'e:
as a result of which it was delared that the
democrat were perfectly willing to fuse
with the greenbackers. but were not wi'lj
ing to he dictated to by them. Ihis Insinj
the sentiment of the democrats no time
was lost in further pariey, but the onv'en
tion proceeded to nominate It candidates,
that for ju.tice for the bbort term being
first in order. , . .
William 1. Wells present! the name or
Levi T Onffln in the name of the y
county delegation. The name of Mr.
Crifiiu was supported by Judge thipman
of Wayne, and by Kent, Jacksou, Washte
naw, Leuawee, Macomb, baginaw, Cal
houn, Mouroe and other counties. I he
rules were suspended und Mr. Urittln nom
inated by acclamation, followed by three
Cheers. , ,
Mr. Criflln was called to the platform,
and spoke about ten minutes. His remarks
were very smooth, graceful and pUasing.
his sentences flowing and his periods well
rounded, but he committed himself to no
policy or pioposition.
Ex Justice O W. I'owers of Kalamazoo
nominated Judge Josish L. Hawes of hal
emazoo as a candidate lor the nomination
for thu long term. .
C. I). Little of Last Saginaw presented
tie nameof Charles H. Camp of that city.
A call of the counties resulted in 4S3
votes for Charles H. Camj. 7.' for Judge J.
L. Hawesuud iorO'Lrien J. Atkinson.
Mr. Camp's nomination was made unani
mous. , ,
John J. Knright of Detroit, moved to
nominate Hartley Lreen of the upper pen
insula, for re' cut by acclammation. Ihe
motion prevailed by a large majority, and
Mr. Jirwen was declared nominated.
The names of UouR'a-s Joy of Mar-hall,
L'dwin F. Chi of (irand Lat ids. W. 1L
HimpsonofAu Sable, l yron (J. Stout of
Christian V h n .1 e r v v n c f Ottawa,
j and Kufus S. Spragu of (Jreenville were
pretidllel or inn uumuia.iou hm rcvu.
legent. The choice fell upon Iiufus S.
rjrngue. aui the nomination was made
unanimous.
After the usual vote of thsnks to every
body the couvention adjourned.
FOIiKKiN NKWS.
A Chinese jnnk from Hainan to SeaJn,
was wrecked off the Socotra coast. Of MO
passengers and crew on board, only six
are known to have escape. 1.
The Dominion parliament will be called
to meet April 14.
Senator llu,h Nebori of Ottawa, has
been aj.pointed ( ;. v i nor of British Colum
bia to succeed bio v. Cornwall.
drain exporters are afraid that the deep
ening of the Wellau 1 canal will not be
completed by May 1.
The fir.-t queen's jubilee drawing rortrrx
was he'd in Buckingham palace on the f'd.
A monument to (Jen. Cordon is soon to
bo erected in Westminster Abbey.
Incrn larism is tho order of the day at
Limerick. The house-, hay and grain of a
number of tenants who have pai i up rents
have been burned.
Father Beckx, Ceneral of the Jesuits, is
dead at home.
The national celebration of the Queen's
jubilee will bo held June VM.
The death of Cardinal Jabobini will prob
ably cau-e the postponement of the papal
consistory I eyon 1 March 17.
Astronomers predict further earthquake
shocks in Italy, but fay tho disturbances
will be far l-s fevere.
Henry M. Stanley telegraphs from Zanzi
bar that th exj.clition for tho relief o!
Fmin Fey has started across the country
for the interior.
It is understood that the Dominion gov
eminent will ask parliament at the coming
session to vote $" 0 s) in the military esti
tin ates to be devoted to the purpose of
infantry at Louden. Ontario, and a bat
tery of artillery at Victoria. C Th
barracks will probably be erected at F.squi"
inault where the celebrated dry dock i
located.
Twenty th nisand person are homeless
in Italy owing t the earthquake. The
losses rta estimated at $10 UUO.OOO.
China has ceded to (ierm my tho Chusan
islands oiT the eat coast of China, oppos
ite the estuary of the Tsien Tang Kiang.
A railway train on its way from Vienna
to I'.uda Festh collided with an engine at
Fran7eu-ta.lt. Seventeen per.sons were in
jured.
The ministerof agriculture at Ottawa,
Out , has given a decision declaring void
the Blake transmitter patent.
Six men clearing a miow drift off the
track near Selkirk, Out., were buried in
the drift and smothered before they could
be released.
O. Harrison Heap. I'nite I States consul
general at Constant inojtle. is dead.
Fifty dead bodies have been recovered
from the Belgian col!irj'.
A project is on foot for tho erection of a
new American college building in Lome.
Sir .Michael Hicks Beach has resigned the
o!!ice of chief secretary of Ireland.
One hundred and forty miners w ere en
tombed by an explosion in a colliery four
miles from Brussels.
I'rof. Slinzter, tho famous Sanskrit
scholar is dead at Breslua.
The French government has at last ob
tained leave from the Creek government
to search nt Delj hi for the remains of the
temple which stood there.
Tuck; A widc-uwke citizen -The
midnight baby.
Harper's JJazar: A matter of interest
A dividend.
Hoston Tost: Adders ought to be
good mathematicians.
Rochester Tost F.x press: The tobo
an is no coast desense. n
Merchant Traveler: A good thing to
tic to a hitching -post. "
New Haven News: An umbrella keep
Lent all the year round.
Texas Siftings: l'ages-in waiting
MSS. held over by the magazine pub
lisher. Texas Siftings: Giving too much at
tention to soft hands indicates a soft
head.
New Haven News: Russian men aro
very tall. Tho frequently walk over
Pules.
Merchant Traveler: A detective is
one of the most inform-al peoplo in the
world. 1
Lowell Citizen: The justice of tho
police court is a line man in more senses
than one.
Important
When yon visit or leave Nw York City
have bargage, exprissage. and $3 carriage
hire, and stop at the Guano Uxiox Hotel
Opposite (Jrand Central Depot.
J.m0,Jn tlU::i UV nt th cost of on.
million dollars, $l and upwards per dar
Kuronesn plan. Llevator. Restaurant
uppl ed with the best. Hor.e cars, stages
and elevated railroad to all depots. Kami-
ir'.n'Y1 'rT? l,et.Vr. f;r money at the
(Jrand Union Hotel than at any other
Crit-cUs hotel In thle city. 7