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ALBANY, OltKGON,
VOL. VI NO. 34
FltlDAV, JAAUAIIJ ! !IM
o the-Thresho!d of flie
The public is invited to inspect the im
mense stock of Dry Goods
F0R 1891 AT
W. F. READ'S:
His assortment U bigger than
variety and prices.
The Hiiihest Market Price Paid for
Have removed their entire stock of
Hardware into the new Baltimore
Flock. Call and see them.
And keep yourself warm, if yon would enjoy health and l,rV. The !'.!( in Filer is iccommei ded by
physicians as the very b s "i 1 1 .hi su' how ihcy wml. and ;;in p i'-es. No o';c can all'-. id
to do iihoUi one. For an !; g.n.t i-eiili-'g aTovc lli.il w i-l make l!ie i.ior.i e vido! T
tiblc. .r a cooking : :ove o rang" that is w u rant., I to keep the U
in go-il Im
r.
a:l
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ever
before, an-l lie is prepared
all Hinl ft n et Imiu onr mum n e li:i,euil.
tlic in- 61 d-sirablo makes of stoves.
MOEE THAN
SEVEN HUNDRED
different styles at. -J Jier-
it ku-Js
Mtajff
rc
r
V. v. U .. -Siw
t k if
lew fear
to satisfy cuttciners in quality
Country Produce
all
of
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and Ce
a 1 .
ad of P
MILITIA JAILED OUT.
Wild
Scenes in the
Legislature.
Nebraska
A KM K D FO i: V K i X I H K V. V I T A I,
Tie Lieu'.eoant-Qfive.oor Arrested
liuprrrae Conrt App al-d T,
Excitioe Tim s
Th.
Lincoln, Neb., Jaiw R.-i' Alliance
i uen 1 1 !! a took possession of (lie
house at 5 o'clock this morning.
They placed a speaker in the chair
ami p'lt a cordon ot assistant ser
i' aul-.tt-armsaroiind liim. When
l.ii-uti-i.:i:-l iovernor Micklejohn
appeaic i lie waHii't allowed to
lake iiu scat, bill stood ill trout of
she speaker ready to cal' the joint
.-es imi toordti. Attt o'clock 1 he
.-peaker is.Msed an order for the ar
iet of the heiiie. '.ant-governor on
i charge of misconduct in offne,
nut lirea- li of the peare. Tin
lieutenant -gov rnor delied the of
;i;;er and w.n not taken into cn-'-tody.
Both sides h id a force of
o;r 'tfaiil-at-irms within cal! and
.;ny a' tempt of either side to pro
ceed with a canvass of the vote
would have, precipitated a row.
To avoid this, a committee from
each party wis sent with a state
ment of trie ease -to the sup.eme
court to ascertain which officer
has the constitutional right lo pre
side. Governor Thayer has ordered
nit a company i f the National
Guards, and at 11 o'clock they
have stacked arms in the corridors
of the capitol. Crowds are arriv
ing on every train to attend the
inauguration tf ( fovernor-elec
Boyd, and consideiable impatience
is i-howti oxer tlie delay in count
ing thij vote. Th nidiua is c tiled
out only as a precautionary meas
ure. There is little da-iger of an
outbreak.
The supreme court iss'ied a writ
of mandamus directing the speaker
of ttie h-Hise tocaiiv.?fi the r-'lnrn".
fht, sheriff of Lancaster county
with deputies an I a bailiii' of the
supreme court, have butsi in the
doors oi the house and fought their
wav through the crowd of alliaiHH
uen e -.ar lins; the entiaiiee. The
writ lias been eerved on the speak
er, a motion to take a re-ess uu
'i! :i o'clock was declared .carried
lv the lieitlenan'-Vovprnov, and
he lietnocra's md republican!-'
It tin- hall. The speaker of Ihe
:oiise dec! ired no ivchsm taken,
:i I th;; aliiance incini.ers it
nain'il. They will attempt lo
ii'oce.i with ou nie.s in joint
scssiou.
At the afternoon session of the
srihlatnre, when the lieuienati--
iTivernor took ttie chair in the
nut asseuibly no opposition was
i.lleied. The re' urns of the hist
Section was cai.vassed aiid the
ieiiioera'ic .'overnor, l!oyd, and
he lemainder of the s'ate ticket.
ill leiiublicnn, declared elected.
Matters were further eompli
add this eveninir. troveruor
Icc. ,iovd called on (Jovernor
fhayer and the latter informeil
urn that he ' I haver) won Id not
ive tl! the otlice on the ground
liat Hoyd wa? not a citizen of the
'tilled S.ta'es. Governor Tnaycr
i:e ouiicaa-ti iiimseil in ttie ex
ecutive oliice. with police and a
op.ip.itiy of miliii.i on piiard. It
K uiidertood h w ill remain Jfov
enior, if i-si ile, until all ques
tion" alfiM-titii! his .sin:cei8or are
-efied. i'oyd's fat her, it will be
rem, inhered, c:iine to this country
trom irelanil winie imiviI was a
minor, lie took out his first
papers,- but never perfected cili-
. 1 1 h 1 1 1 r anil toi son was never
iKiiurali.ed. Itisilaimed, there
fore, he is ineligible to oilier.
Tlie Oregon liiiti'veieiit Vo.
Nkw Voiik, Jan. H. The Dow
roues' Agem-y i:ih issued the
following: We are told that the
1 Iregon IiiijtroVein.Mit A). will be
given the privilege of subscribing
to new bonds by contributing its
rash payment to the reoigani.a
sioii now in iigress.
Hunt's I'ropcny .Mlnclied.
New Yoiik, Jan. S. The trop
erty in this state, of J. W. Hunt,
of Walla Walla, wi attached
to-diy bv L AI. I 'otter A C!o., who
have brought si: it to recover
$SU,000 fjr Hunt's a'le.'eil failure
to car' v out his railro.-d se-iirity
deal. "
Faruirrn' Alliance leincrato.
St. Pa; i., Jan. 8. Vt the alter
noon session, ot the legislature
Stivers, democratic candidate for
speaker, wi'hdrew in favor of
Ohamnliu, alliance c mdidat, and
the latter was elected over isearle,
republican.
1'rivHto Secretary Appoluted.
Washington, Jan. 8. Colonel
Hehry Carson iv,n to-day ap
pointed private secretary to Secre
tarv Husk.
ar,i MEDALS.
The Fre Coinage Kill Will With
out Doubt I'asa the Senate.
Washington. Jan. 8. In recog
nition of the services rendered by
t:ie captain and crw of the U. S.
steamer Baltimoie, which con
veyed tin remains of the late
Captain Ericsson to Sweden last
year, the king ot .Sweden uesireg
to present to them :i"4 medals, to
be distributed as follows: One oi
jld lor the commanding otticer,
of the
suborJiiK'.'e oilieers, and :!i'L'
brouza. one for each ot the crew
As the caotain and crew am not
oei-niit led to accent these medals
except b authority of congress, a
resolution was to-day reported by
Uepresentative llickwell allowing
the acceptance.
Th Star savs there seems to be
but little doubt that the bee coin
aue bill will tuss the senate when
a vote is reached, and it is gainin
friends in the house.
IMLIfOHNIA'S (inVlliNOIt.
Ile
llfvirol Hi luaueurHl
Ail-
IreiH In tli l.celnlHture.
S.U KAMKMo, .Ian. 8. t J.verii'-.r
Markham, in bis iuauirural ad
. .ress to-day, sail lhat. he hoped
the legislature would keep the
pledge to limit the annual taxa ion
to .r0 cents, but any approiriatii n
for the Worlo's iair d splay should
be e inidere i an extraordinary
x I -' n i it n 1 1-, and not included in
the ot) rent limit. He thought, the
establishment of a commission to
arbitrate disputes between labor
ers and employeis shoulil be care
tully considered. He concurred
witii retiring Governor Waterman,
n tlie pr-jpo-ed aliolition of vari-
ous useless state loards and com
missions. He recommended that
congress be requested to enforce
the present law against Chine!
immigration and reiredy it w here
defective.
DOWN TO TH E BOTTOM
STEAM Kit CHAMPION BUNK IN
TUB WILLASIEITE.
She is Broke la Two in the Middle
aurt Killed to the Guards with
Water.
Sai.km, Jan. 8. The steamer
('hanipiou struck a stump making
the bend twenty mile below
Salem yesterday, .'-e b'oke in
t wo in tin; middle and tilled to the
guards with water. She is an old
boat of the Union I'aciiic line.
.Mi'es Helle ii captain, and the
principal cargo was 200 ) sacks of
'heat, which wa only slightly
damag !.
lt.Li.4 I'll CIKKVKS.
t'enullar Secret of a I.urky I'uker
I'layer.
'You ask me f-ir the most
remarkable thing that ever occurr
ed in my experience," said Colonel
Geoige Devol of ''Forty Year- a
Gambler" fame, and then, after a
:'io, ni-nl'.s reflection : "I'rolMbly
the strangest episode of my long
and somewhat adventurous career
t-jok place on a Mississippi steamei,
way back in the days when they
.ere floating palaces, devored to
gambling. I was making regular
: rip then d dug the best I could,
tossing moote, an-l Ireipiendy play
ing piker.
"1 t-ad met an udd character in
Memphis at the gambling table,
in Mike Blessing's famous bouse,
and found him to be a very s.'i'- ' d
player. His skill, or Inc.. .r
ineil'ectnal against him. At play
healAays wore a peculiar pair of
spectacles or uo.'gles. T he light,
iie said, hurt his eves. These,
gjggles projected half an inch or
more. T lie singular thing I no'ic
ed w.is that he invariably selected
the uiacopoos tc ii'n for his oppon
ent, nsuall v passi -g out when any
of the others linger, d. I tried the
best I could, hut failed t solve
tiiH iiiybtcry, though I knew it
ha I something to do w ith tie St
goggles. "Well, wu lornu'd a part
nership for a trip to Xcw Greans
and back. My partner lie was a
Krei chin in and his name was
Jacques got full of wine one
night on the boat and idled into
his bunk in a drunken stupor.
My eyes beirau to hurt me .vi ile
we were playing aid I thought I
would try Jacque goggles. He
hid let them fall on the tlntr of
his stateroom. I put them on
and ma le a mo-t surprising dis
covery. They were, in fact, a pair
of mintit', tint very jiowerfull spy
glasses, arranged so that tuey
lould be e siiy f.,cit-e.l. This "i
f inn I out af er a few eli-irt-'to lir.
them. My own cards I could sse
by l.Kjkii g down with my natural
sight. The man oppite me made
some rem irk, wh ch ca-tsed me
to look sq rarely at li s eyes.
Judge of my suprise when I saw
mir.ored 'here in the pupil a tiny
hand of live cards. It was the
reflect on of tin cird-t lie hel.l.
which the powerful glasses enabled
me to distinguish in his eyes
Of course the scheme was useles
exept as to the person sitting
d -redly opp-)8i;e, asonly then liie
exact angle could be caught. It
wasn,t so very long before I broke
t iat man. When Jacques sobered
up 1 let hi.-n know that I detected
hi-secret. I offered hi in $50Ji
for tb.ise eyeglasses, but he would
not part with them, nor w ,a'd oe
trust them out of his posj -ss.oo -o
that I c'juld have a duplicate pair
mad.-. Y-u often hear of gamblers
reading a jdayer's face, but this is
the only case on record where a
man's eyes were actually read.
Cincnnati Enquirer.
t'rumiuout Att.truey Head.
Los AsoEUis. Jan. 8. O. O.
TiatiMini, otie of the best knowu
lawyers on the coast, died here
l ist night su Idenly. His
h-atii is said to Ik due to an over
dose of morphine.
:tl of silver, one to each
INDIAN SITUATION
The Shoshones Have Evinced
Desire for DloiuMied.
A OMOST DAkCK IMll l.liKI) IN
Bi? I'iiibt U Likely to Occur Sunday
or M-juday -350 J InJiau. Agaiust
S0O0 BuMier.
nsE I.'nxiE Aoe.Ncv, Jan. K.
At the sugg'stion of I'.ull'alo I'.ill,
General Miles sent out scouts to
ascertain who the Indians are that
have been at the bead of the Snake
river. South Nebraska. Late lo
night it, is feared that the M) In
dians, said to lie comiiig. are in
ramp three miles from the pgei.cy.
f.ntlHlo liin arrived irom Kusb
ville at. noon and bad a talk with
General Miles. II informed Gen-
eta! Miles that the Nebraska
militia have extended their lines
toward 1'ine Kidce several miles,
an I mounted men patrol between
the several companies si no In-.
di ins may pass through the Hues.
Chicago, Jan. 8. A ui-patch
from I'oeatello, Idaho, received
here early this morning says the
Indians are burning the town,
froops have been asked for from
Boise City.
Doisk City, Idaho, Jan. 8.
There is no truth in the leport of
the burning of Poeatello. Consid
erable excitement exists there and
at Clackfoot over the bostiles at
titude of Bannocks on Fort Hill
reservation.
Governor Willey h :s just ship
ped by express tifiy guns and oOOO
rounds of ammunition.
Washington, Jai. 8. General
cholield this morning received
the following telegram fr im Gen
eral Miles, dated Hue Kidge
agency, the Sth :
seventy Indians came in irom
the hostile camp to-day. Reports
Irom them are that Hed Cloud,
Little Wonni, Two Strike, Big
lioad and others will come in
to-morrow."
Sena'or Dubois, of Idaho, to
night received a telegram from
-Superintendent ttesseguie, of the
Mountain division of the Union
I'acitic, raying that Indians were
camped outside. of l'ocatelio, Idaho,
ami
the citizens were verv luueti
aU'metL. UuboiirrshOwed the tefc',-
egrarn to sec.etiry Proctor ant .
was iniormeu ttiat orders ha.i al-!
ready heen issued to tlie lepart-
ment e mimander to have troops
se:.'.. . . .
v ATtiti.oo, lo., .Ian. s. it is re-
polled here that Muscuake In- j
-ii.ins, liM'iited iu the southern!
.v 'P....... i I
IWlllt. ll.tU Hll
atiack of the Messiah craze, ami
there is danger ot an outbreak at
any time. 1 here are abonr :J00 of
hem. The governor's greys,
Muscatine titles and two e impan
ies, I. N. G., have neen orJered in
leadim-bs, and it is expected that ;
the company here will rec-ived
orders very soon. !
WAsnix;rN, Jan. 8. The In-
ban situation as sumnn-d up 1 1 i
tlie interior department tot lav is -
aliout as follows : Tbeie are in all j iun tions of the government use-1
about 20,0 H.) Sioux Indians, nu n, J to enrich a favored fw at the ex
women and children, on 'be Noith-! p'-nse of many hunihie homes'
ern reset valio:i'-. Of tl is number i oiuforts of life, in order that in
lii,'0 ) are accounted for, as I hey i a'aces of wealth and luxury ikay
are living o:i the reser 'a'ions in more ahoiind. we turn to onr creed
peace and not taking any pait in and find it enjoins 'equal and ex
the present dituibaiit:e. T his ! a-tt ius'ice to all men.' Then if we
leaves ' about do'.io men, women;
and chd-.lien t ta-e the 8,0.K) men
now under c 'inmand of General
.Miles. The hostile camp is loca'e
seventeen miles north oi the
agency, and a cordon of troops sur
round it, with the exception of the
south side, theohject beiiti: to drive
t em into the leservation. There
is constant communication be
tween the hoH'ile camp and the
agency. The bostiles are well
supplied with beef , but they have
no sugar or coll'ee, except, as t hey
are supplied by "Fi iendlics.''
While the siluatio'i is regarded as
hopeless for the Indians yet it is
believed liiey have no intention of
surrendering. It is predicted by
some who are on the ground that
there will bo a battle tn -u inlay
or Monday. When the hopeless
ness of lighting against su di odds
is pointed out the only explana
tion g ven is the "Indians are
crazy." From reports received at
the interior department the situa
tion is believed to be intense ami
tiie jieople a' the agencies arevery
much disturbed.
I'ksvkr, ol., Jan. 8. A News
Salt Laka spaci d : A special from
I'm ale I lo sas that the town is in
state af great excitement over the
action of the Shoshone Indians on
th reservation. Lat night th-y
indulged in a war dance and other
wise evii ced a desire for b oo I
shed. Chief Mayor Jim declared
that the Indians woul l tight, giv
ing as a reas in toat "bad Indian
got heap grub and blankets, good
Indians get nothing." ,
Latest ad vie 3 l'roin the town
sy: "The people are fleeing for
s.t.cty. The Indians are in war
paint and cau not be restrained.
Governor's guard and U. S. cav
alry at Boise City are now en
route to J'ocatello. Ranchmen ,
and cowboys from the surrounding
country are assembling to rescue."
Requests from Blackfoot, Idaho,
for transpjrtation of arms have
been sent to the Union Pacific
authorities here. It is reported
thatabandot ducks are pit-,
laging the ranches outside tbe
town of Blackfoot. It is expected
by to-morrow sufficient force will
the
iJAxriiANotsco. Jan. 8. The
l lironicle s. We la. 'eu.la aiw.
a.iaisaya: About two hundred
Mianes and Sboshones left this
vicinity yesterdav and to-dav
attend a ghos, dance in Star valley
at the bead of Iluinboidt river.
Chief Soldier Charlie claims there
n no danger of an outbreak unless
me government attempts to stop
the dance and force the Indians to
ronani on the reservation.
riKKitK, S. D.,Jan. 8. Inspector
i isney armed late this evening
r a i . . t
'Mil iMoiiiaiiu. ne iihs inspecieii
an me agencies oi tne Sioux ex
cept Cheyenne. He savs at Stand
i ig Rock are they fed in splendid
snape. .Nowhere lias lie found ra
lions short except at Rosebud and
I ine Kidge. At those two appro
priations have lieen delayed in
passing, but by this time those
who are liehavmg themselves are
getting everything th v neeil
.Vti.T Lake, Jan. 8. In view of
the minors of the Indian trouble
it rocatelio, Acting Governor
sells to-day secured from the com
mander at Fort D-xilas 200 rifles
ind 500;) rounds of ammunition to
lie sent to the Lnion Pacific rail
toa j lor toe protection of its em
ployes there.
A New Postmaster.
asiiinoton, Jan. S. Solomon
II. Keehler was to-day nominated
to be postmaster of Fairhaven,
asi.
JACKSON "DAY.
HOW
IT WAS CKI.BICATEI
l'UILADKLI'HIA.
IN
Ez-rrcsideat Cleveland Was Speak
er of the Evening Be Eulogise
Democracy and Its Creed.
Philadelphia, Jan. 8. Jackson
day was celebrated to-night bv the
young men's democratic associa
lion with a banquet at the Acad
i'iiiv ot Music, at winch many
prominent perm were present.
Kx-l'resident Cleveland was ora
tor of the evening. Mr. Cleveland,
referring to the intimidation ot
voters and the purchase of votes,
s lid : "In several states the hon
est . sentiment . of the . farf y baa
asserted itself in support of. everv
i . jcj . t .r
pan vouweiffor the rectiffcntioh
f this terrible wrone. To fail in
n,i8 support would be to violate
that principal in the creed ot true
,i?mocr.icy which comuieads Meal-
ous care of the nghi of election bv
ous care of the nghi of election
t. -e people.
In response to the toast, "princi
ples of true dennrt-racy," he eulo-
--i7.Ail ileniiuTflev uBil itt orwi nnl
, : "ivti 8 have come and
pirties have gone, but there never
lias been a time from Jefferson's
day to the pre-ent time when the
democratic party did not exist,
active, aggressive and prepared
for a heroic conflict. We should
Histanll) congratulate ourselves
that r.ur paitv
:reed is broad
anv emergency
enough to meet
'.hit can arise in the life of
a tree
nation. Thus, when ve ee the
are well uroiiiided in our political
faith, we will not he deceived nor
ucrinit others to Ije de wived, by
plansiti e pr-jextoi smooth sophis
try. hen we seeour olitical ad
versaries upon the passage of a
federal law with a M'ardy denied
puir,se of perpetrating partisan
snpiemacy in ele-lions, we will
stubboinly resentsiii h adangeioiis
and revolutionary w.heme in obe
dience to our pledge for the sup
port of state government in all
their rights."
A MAN'S II.MCKIKl K FATE.
The Frlehtful leath uf a Young
Mcchauic Iu fitrlland.
Phti aso, Jan. 8. Peter Peter
son, a young machinist, about 25
years of age, met with a horrible
accident this morning iu the boiler
shop lielouging to the WiPamette
Iron Work9. While endeavoiing
to fix a belt ids clothes were
caught and his body was whirled
f.round a lare pulley with great
velocity, crushing it into an un
sightly mass. !cath was instan
taneous. Storms in the East.
Mi i.tox t a l , Kan., Jan. 8. A
heavy snowstorm is raging through
Northwest Kansas. Trains are
abandoned. There have been no
train on the Central orancb of
the Union Pacific for eight days.
Yoaki'm. Texas, Jan. 8. Ye
terday afternoon a cyclone passed
west "of Yotkum. 'Three houses
vere demolished and trees up
rooted. No one was injured.
Kansas City, Jaa. 8. The se
verest snow storm of the season
raged all day and continues t -night
in Kansas and Northwestern
Missouri.
Denver, Jan. 8. A heavy snow
storm has been raging since last
night. It is seven inches in depth
and still falling.
Indian A sent Appointed.
W asiiinoton, Jan. 8. The pres-
ident to-dav appointed Captain
pieri;e, of the First infantry, to h
ajfent of the Indians at Pine Ridge
reservation, vice Rover removed.
be mustered to cope with
savages in case of an attack.
WASHINGTON S0L0NS
Governor Laugliton's Biennial
Messuge Delivered,
SOME PERT1NKNT KKM4HK9.
Ha ExpresMi Bis View, oa the World's
Fsir Apprjpri -.tios-Bills
Iitroduoid-
Oi.vmpia, Jan. 8. Acling Gov
ernor lAughtoii to-lay delivered
his biennial mesuge to Isjfb
Louses in j tint seriin. Recoui
uiendations for a laivierate appto
piiation to the wor ld's fair and for.
a direct' election by the people of
United States senators were re
ceived with special approbation.
His severe exe.eialiou of the gov-
einment land depaitment for its
tilaloty sury of inbic lands in
ashing on was received with loud
applause. Tlic'du-unient is gen
erally regarded as wise and htalet-
uianlike.
The governor in his message,
inong other things, says: Oiir
ate possesses jointly with Urf-
i-on one of the grandest rivers in
he world. No effort or cost
honld be snared to make ever)'
mile of it within our state from
obstruction, thtw rendering it nav
igable and putting i in a position
to afford priceless facilities for
omraerce. I recommend that this
legislature, in compliance with
he provisions of the constitution,
reiif a rad o. d r.nd transports-
tarn coma u-i-in, whose dutv it
hall be to sojust differences aid
discriminations between common
carriers and tlie iieople ot tnia
state.
Speaking of the World's Colum
bian exposition the message says:
Atter a consultation with tne
heads of the department I find
that the most conservative esti-
u. at' that can lie made of the
amount that this legislature shoi'ld
prov de for the main enance of the
late and its d paitments Ixveans
and commissions wiii spproach
alaxit $2,000,000. Rjther t an ex
pend a I a rire sum uin ihe stale's
tisplav at Chicago I shone! tavor
the use of the money in the iu -mediate
improvement of the coo.
tttuxia inuidvAt to andobltinoT.s
growing ontpt -n( jrewiyracqasnvl 4
:a'etioorr The possibility nf
irssiiig a few th usaud lmmi-
Kiants will be amply compensensa
te bv the suret1 of a more sub-
tantial welcome for those who
ome w ithoiit iulliience i-f allure-
meu's. The irovei'tior thinks a 2'..
nills lax wid if i-uliiceiit to cover
e exiienses and maiutenencc ot
the state government fortius fiscal
of years 1 891. isttt.
Both houes held siiort seesioas
-iav.
A message was received from
lovernor 1-eirv, at lt'Kieti.io
:-neh, California, expressini; a
oie that the bes-iou would be
pleas.int and profitable Vt the
icemb- v.
The famiTh' allian e began its
proisisc-il tigh' again-lirpralioiis
i-day ov intiodueiiig a le.ll to
reate a r.-tdnail and traiiHjHtrtation
inniission, uivmg it ixiwer ;o
regulate freight' an I farep.
Ht-rry. t I' i ij .-s. n roluce'l a
h-i; to io.-.tu- (ii.- MjI.; agriciilt'trM 1
c lleje at Waterviile, I)igla8
county.
In resnse to a general senti
ment '..roiighont t.'ie state, two
bids w. re otf-rel to extend the
time of payment of taxes from
.1 jmiarv 1st to March Is.
A SLACK MM KEF.
A Disruption In theltanks f Ik.
Kansas f armers Alliance.
Toft.KA, Kan., Jan. 8. Steps
have tteeii taken looking t the
imneachiiient of Frank MiHJrat.h,
president of the Kansas Farmers
AlliaU'-e, accused of b ins a party
1 1 an alleged sche ne to ele -t l. J.
Turner, republican congressman
from the sixth district, to the
United States sene. The matter
will b brought before a special
session of the executive board cf
i he alliance. .MeGrath scut a
copy of the letter to the pub! rand
to a correspondent of the Associa
ted Press this morning, in which
he denied knowing anything of
he authorship of the letter. Me
Grath adds that he believes the
letter signed w ith Tomer's n:ime
1 1 ba a forgery. ' .
THE DAT IX CONOKKSS.
Senate to Take a Final Vote Upon
the.FiDaaclal Bill Wednesday.
Wasuisoton. Jan 8. In tbe
ena e to-day it was agreed that a
final vote be taken on the passage
of tbe financial bill next Wednes
day. McConnell introduced bills for
tbe erection o public buildings at
L-wiston and Boise City, Idaho.
In the house a bill was parsed,
authorizing the frsueof certificates
of service to telegiaph operators
who were wi'.h the union army
during the war. f
A "Dlvy" Demauded.
Chicago, Jan. 8. Tiie Western
Passenger Ass-tciation this morn
ing passed a resolu'ion callinz pn
tbe trunk lines for a full report
from January 1st on all business
from the sealoard lo the Wtt.
This resolution was brought out
by a feeling on the part t f the
Western lines that thev had not
been receiving their futl share of
through rate from the Eastern
seaboard.
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