THE OEEGON SCOUT.
JONIiS A: CIIANCHY, I'nMUIicrii.
UNION,
OREGON.
NEWS NOTES.
ThoDenvcrNowfl'Sngnnncho special says:
Kowb readied licro hiHt Friday that u
ranchman n timed Thomas Clements, and
wife, living fifteen miles Iroin hero, myste
riously disappeared. Investigation dls
closed the fact tlmt the people have been
missing sinco August 17th. Suspicion ot
foul piny led to the nrrostot a brother ot
tlio murdered mnn named Marshall Clem
ents, who ycfitcrdny confessed that lio miir
dcrcd tlio couple for money nnd jowelry
and buried their bodies in a distunt part
ot the ranch.
A dispatch from Ottawa nnnounccs a de
cision on tlio petition filed sometime ago
in tlio supremo court in tlio Storey will con
test by .Mrs. Eureka C. Storey. Tho peti
tion was for a mandamus to compel Judgo
Knickerbocker, of tho probate court, to
probate tho will of Wilbur F. Storey, of tho
Chicago Times, ot 1870, und by tho decis
ion of tho supremo court tho petition in
denied. Tho decision is considered a great
defeat for Mrs. Storey, ns it postpones
almost indefinitely a trial of tho questions
involved.
A Port Arthur dispatch says: An explo
sion of dynnmito occurred at a mupizino
about a milo from town this afternoon,
shattering glnss in nearly overy building in
town and throwing tho citizens into a vio
lent stato of excitement. Tlio cxploslvo
was owned by Council t McLennan and
liurko Hros., railway contractors, and was
valued at $20,000. Tho only injury to lifo
was sustained by i waitress at tho North
ern hotel, who wnn standing at an open
window at tho tlmo and waH stricken blind
and still remains so. Tho shock was felt
for miles around.
A low minutes' work this morning, says a
Dcllairo (Ohio) dispatch, ended tho confor
tnco hold during tlio last thrco days be
tween tlio glass-workers and manufactur
ers, and by mutual concessions tlio prico
lists havo been agreed upon in detail. The
rojoici ig is great, Hags aro displayed nnd
bolls ringing. Tho recent agrcomout to no
cept tho Pittsburg terms was thought to be
tho end of tho strike, but a disagreement
about what tho Pittsburg xorms were has
caused this delay, and moro than onco
threatened to end by beginning tho sCriko
over. Tho factories havo been idlo slnro
Doc. 13. This agreement will start eight
furnaces, ono at Bridgeport und one at
Martin's Porry.
News hay boon rccolvod at Port Smith ot
tho brutal murder ot Matt Ilouton on tho
streets of Caddo, I. T., by William Jones, n
notorious desperado. Benton, with hii
wifu and children, was going toa bIiow, when
Jones approached and shot him down
without provocation. Tho murderer thou
pushed tho (load man nsido, kicked and
cussed tlio body and mounting his horsi
rodo away. IIo is still at largo.
Tho hearing ot tho great suit ot Don IIoI
lidny, ot ovorland mail famo, against hit
brother Joo, to rocovor proporty in Port
land, Mo., valued at $1,500,000, began in
tho stato circuit court on tho 24 th. Joi
loaned lien 1200,000 about ton yearn ago,
anil Hon deeded property in trust to Joe
as collateral, but Joo claims to hold it by
warranty doed.
Wllllnm Messlck, a plnntor, was riding to
Clnrksvillo, Toxin, when ho mot Jim Ward
irho without warning raised a Winchester
rlllo and shot Metsick down and thou cool
ly emptied his Wlncho-jtor into tho pros
trate form of his victim. Ward iled and a
posso Is searching for him.
Tlio public school chllilron of Allegheny,
Pa., to tho number of nearly 12,000, joined
in memorial horvices In honor of Gen.
Grant on tlio 24th. Tho services wcro gen
erally helil In tho respective school build
ings, but tho special feuturo was the ser
vices muter tho linden treo which was
planted by tho lamented general whilo a
Sliest of tlmt city.
A lengthy Interview is publishod nt Leav
enworth witli James C. Puscy, tho default
ing chief clork at tho ponitentiary. Pusoy
pleaded guilty and wns Hontonccd to eight
yearn in tliopenltentlary. In tho Interview
ho allege that ex-Oov. (Hick and tho war
den, W. C. Jones, wore cognizant of tho
crooked work being dono at tlio stato coal
mine, and that coal was furnished Gllck
and his sonlu-luw, for which tho stato
never paid. Tho matter is creating much
talk.
Tho body ot a man supposed to bo Ilor
man Poduwils. ot West Point, Neb., win
found on tho railrond track near Hudson,
N. Y., horribly mutilated. IIo wiw a pas
senger on tho "Atlantic" tru'n on tho Hud
son Illvor railroad, and wub going to Hum
hide, Orango county, N. Y. It is thought
Lu (ell from tho train.
AS TO Till: ISLAND KILL.
Tlio Vlewa of CoiiureiHiiimi M'urner
Itcjai'illiii: tlio nieumiro.
Congressman Warner, says a Now Yorl
dispatch, ot Ohio, was asked it ho thought
tho Wand bill could bo repealed without i
substitute being provided therefore In ro
tpouso ho said:
I do not boliovo it can, and will say moro
I do not beliovo it ought to bo. This is no'
a moro iiuestion ot coining a tew millions o
dollars moro or less in a year, but it is i
question between bl-metalism ami golc
mono-n.otalism. Tho present colnago ln
is only tho thread by which silver Ih hold li
our monetary system. Strike this lav
down without any substitute and bi-metal
Ism in overthrown. Silvor mouuntlorstniH
this perfectly well.
To tho bl-motnlllst a change In tho stun
uard ot both metals to one in the face o
tho vast indebtedness that weighs duwi
nutlons would bo nothing lean than a stu
petitions crime. I will introduce my bill
which is a substitute fur the liluud bill, a
tho uBHomhltiig of congress. It will be op
posul by the extreme gold and tho eitrem
silver men, but 1 bolleve there nrv euoiigl
men who favor my proposition to carry I
through tho Iiouho. I think all will ngro
that bucIi a bill will effect a more permit
nent settlement of tho silver question thai
would u change li tho weight ot coins. Nt
doubt a permanent settlement ot abut In)
portaut mutter will load to un Imiuodliib
,1111(1 lasting revival ot business thraughou'
the country.
Tuiuiu ia a revival of popularity in
Yuukeo iiliiya ami churaoturs on tlio
btnue. About ten yearn ngo the liUinu
for tliem failed out altnobt oiitirtdy, mid
oven John Owtsua' "Bolon Bluuylo"
oeiuuxl to draw nirywhuro. Now tho
lurui'st thoiituru in the country ure lllled
by Di'imiuu Thompson's. " Joshua Whit,
comb," Ohurlea Ij, Davit' "AlvmJiw.
Hn,"llernurd Mncuuloy'n Uncle Duu'l,"
Mid Null UurbW "Widow Uwlott,"
ami all theso ure cliaructoiu of the old
fiudiioncd Yuukw kmL
THE BANKERS.
lectin? of (ho American Association nt
Chicago.
riio Silver Question Appoara to be tho
Subject of CliIeT Importance 1
The convention met in Havcrly'a theatre,
lept. 23d, and was called to order by Pres
ident Lyman J. Gage. Among those present
rero ex-Comptroller John J. Knox, Edmund
Mklnson, the celebrated statist, lion. Samuel
Merrill, of Iowa, lion. Alex. Mitchell,
(Visconsfn, Hon. W. TrcLholm, South Car
illna, W. Hague, Montreal, Judge Poland,
Vermont.
President Gago welcomed the members and
songratulatcd Uicm upon tho large attend
inec. Tho convention, he said, was in view
it tho questions to bo discussed, ono of tho
nost important the association liki rrer held.
The silver question demanded calm and de
liberate consideration and wise action.
Prominent members of the association
rould address It upon the subject ot silver
tolnago and tho International aspects ot the
jucstlon would also bo ably debated by prom
nent men. The continued purchase of sliver
jy the treasury demanded attention, nndeou
ildcratlnn should bo given to tho question of
ixtraditlou laws and their effects. The dc
rclonmcnt of tho fruit trade between Europe
nd tho West would bo considered In con
icttlon with the Increase in banking facilities
through tho Mississippi valley since tho war.
I'ho chairman announced that a communlca
.ion from tlio comptroller of tho currency
srould bo presented, exhibiting tho workings
f tlio banking system during the past year us
tompurcd with previous ones, and tlmt panics
ind defalcations needed to bo considered.
In' concluding lie again tendered tho conven
tion the hos Italltles of tho bankers of tho
lty aud was loudly applauded. A volumin
ous report from tho oxecutlvo council was
then presented.
Immediately after tho reading of tho
president's address on Invitation from
llic St- Paul and Duluth, Northern Paoillc
ind St Paul, Minneapo is it Manitoba roads
to pirns over those lines free of charge to visit
it. Paul, Duluth, Farco and Minneapolis, wai
'xtcndeil und accepted. Tho executive coun
cil offered tho following:
lito'vtd. That it Is tho sense of tho conven
tion that tlio eoinrgo of "liver dollars under
tho compulsorv lay of IS7S Is detrimental to
the best Interests of tlio people and dangerous
to tho wllfaro of tho Government, and that
the law should bo Immediately suspended and
remain In operation until an International
itrrnemcnt of lend ntr commmercliil nations
ihall gi o substantial assuranco to tho future
relation of gold and sib er as money.
Colonel W. L. Trenhohn of Charleston, S.
D., opened tlio discussion by Illustrating how
tho i oor man was in Hired bv this and said
that tho facts show that n'l hisses suiter, tlio
laboring classes In parti ulnr Iteferrlng to
tho llland a t, ho said the contraet on of cur
renev bud exercised n bad lull ciice on tho
btialiipis of the country, and he hoped the
nnvt'iitlnn would tiass a resolution calllii''for
tlio unconditional ropcal of tho llland law.
Mr. Hoi?ue, of Montreal, said that
question was ono of general Interest
an over mo worm, especially u in vanuuti.
I'ho douhlo standard ho thouiht was danger
ous. Willi two stantiurtis iwo prices wouiu
have to prevail, two s -ts of hooks would lmvo
to bo kont, two untitlons on wheat bo made,
md In the end tho whole territory would rise
ap anil demand n ciian .0.
Logan C Murray was tho next speaker.
IIo favored the repeal of tho Bland net, the
calling :n of all silver, tho meltlns: of it and
Its reissuance If necessary In dollars worth
100 cents, nnd the colnago of both silver and
trold, both to be with their faco value.
Hon. KdwardJ, lato member of congress
from Cluirlott', Mich., followed In an ex
haustive paper. He thought s dato should
bo fixed for tho suspension of tto colnago of
silver dollars nnd tho large silver certificates
linuld bu oxchnntrcd for bills of small do-
nomlnatlon to he used for domestic purposes.
IIo did not look with favor upon tho plau ot
General Warner, of Ohio.
Georgo S. oe, Mr. Klnnnagan and Mr.
Colfax, of New York, followed with live
mlnuto speeches, after which tho convention
without taking action on tho resolution ad
journed until not day.
Col. W. N. Treiilinhn, of Charleston, S. C,
opened tho discussion favoring tho resolu
tion. Tho Iowa delegates to the convention held
a meeting at the (ir.ind Pnellle hotel. K.v
(lov. Samuel M rrl'l, of Des Molucs, presi
ded and 0- 1). lb'Vlneton acted as seen tarv.
The chairman stated that thu obect of the
meetlmr was to secure an expression of opin
ion on tho questions that would come before
tho convention, especially with regard to tlic
silver problem, and also 1 3 con Idcr the mat
ter of forming at on enrlv day an organisa
tion of tho bankers of Iowa. Hon. .lustiis
Clark olTored tho following, which wns unani
mously adonted:
fioVif, That It Is tho opinion of tho dele
gates assembled on this o -cnslon that the cir
culation of depreciated silver coin Is detri
mental to tho Interests of tho people, and
that wo aro In favor of raising the standard ol
sliver coin to n par value of that of irold.
The following resolution wns olfered hj
Hon. Wesley Kcdhcad,, and ndoi tod unani
mously : ...
tV.o'wf, That wo nro In favor of having an
rr'anlzatlon or bankert In the State of lowi
it 1 that a commute ot tl reo bo appointed
o e.onfcr with the bankers of the state nnd
call a meeting at an enrlv dav at Des Moines
Hon. Samuel Merrill. H. U. firnves and Jus
tus Clark were appointed as tho committee
Tho titcctlug then adjourned.
SECOND DAT.
Tho first work of tho second flay was the
disposition of tho resolution, asking tlint.the
silver colna re act of 187- he suspended, uiul
n substitute olfered by Mr. riaiinlguu, of
New York, asking lor the repeal of tho bank
law. Mr, Htuinon, of Iowa offered a sub
stitute to tho original resolution making tho
silvor dollar e unl with gold. This last, as
was also I'lnnnlgau's nmcudmt'ut, an 1 tho
orl Intil resolution was curried bv a lartio ma
jority. Lyman .1. (luge was re-elected I'resl
di-nt of tho assoi-latlou, and tho remain ng
olllcers also ro elected. Col. Nelson, of A'a
baiua. read a paper on tho ureventlon of risks
In collections. An address by W. P. Drew
on the same to;lc wns also reatl. Proftmoi
Albert 8 Hallos, of tho I'nlvendtv of Penii
svlvnnlu, also submitted a lou paper on the
s'nmo subject. As the reading of these papers
bud consumed so much of the time of tho
session, It was decided that other pacers
should bo printed In tho proceeding's without
readlutr. A resolution was adopted author
ising tho executive council to tnko steis
toward an amendment of the present extradi
tion laws to prevent the harbo lncof United
States defaulters In Canada. The association
then adjourned slue die.
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
Agent Oossnmn lins telegraphed CommlB
Incr Atkins that bo has notified overy eot
tler in Crow Creek reservation to quit in
accordance with thotermsot tho president's
proclamation and ho expresses tho belief
that they III obey tho notice. Tho com
missioner declares that tho settlers must
leave the reservation, even it It requires tho
whole lorco of tho military to accomplish
their removal.
Statements prepared at tho treasury do
partincnt show that tlio amount of silver
dollars put Into circulation directly from
tho mints during tho past two or thtvo
months ts nearly double tho amount simi
larly IhHiied during thororrc-apondins period
ot last year. The Issue from tho mints dur
ing tl o vitk ended Sept. 12 U, was 7illl,f77.
as against Iftft.blill issuvd during tho corre
sponding pwrlod ot biht year.
The post planter general lias rendrml a
iIih l.ion that salaries nt postal employe
itiuiiut bu attached lor debt.
(Jen Ha ton. chief signal otllcur. has nallod
friii Liverpool forb 'iiieand la expected ut
the kignul olllce in u fuw duya.
Postmnster-Gcneral Vilas ha been maV
Ing a personal investigation of tho chnrgo
ngninst Superintendent Donovan, of the
Irco delivery division of tho Cliicaco post
office, whjcli was in effect that ho had ac
cepted tho presidency of a locnl political
organization. A letter linn boon received
from Mr. Donovan in which ho says that
he had no intention ot violating tlio civil
service law nnd would not havo accepted
tho appointment if ho hnd known of any
objection on tho part of tho department.
Tho postmaster-general has nboutsatisflcd
himself that Mr. Donovan has not been
guilty ot any offenso against tho law.
Tho prcsldont has appointed tlio follow
ing district attorneys: Daniel O. Finch, of
Iowa, for tho southern district of Town;
Fndius II. Husbee, of North Carolina, for
tho eastern district ot North Carolina.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Tho Journal do St. Petersburg snys: Tho
powers havo under consideration a plan
for united action looking to tho settlement
of the I'oumelitin difficulty which, it is bt
liovctl, will insure a peaceful solution ot tho
question.
London telegram: The political campaign
begins to glow. Tlio coming week promises
to bo lively. Premier Saulsbury will issue
a tory campaign manifesto. John Uright
hns determined to ro-ontcr politics nnd ad
vocates tho restoration of tho liberals to
power. IIo proposes in a few days to tin
dertaka a stumping tour. Lord Randolph
Churchill goes to llirminghnm in a week
witli tho avowed intention of nttacking tlio
weaknesses of Gladstone and Uright. The
Newcastlo tompcruueo convention has re
sulted in tho formation of a district torn
perunco party, which will support only
thoso parliamentary candidates; whether
tory or liberal, who will pledge themselves
in favor of local option. Most of tho tom
pcruueo orators upbraided the Into liberal
government for its neglect ot tomperanco
legislation and criticised OlntlHtono tor tho
moiigro and indifferent roferenco which his
manifesto makes concerning thuliquor traf
fic. Kov. .Mr. uarrott, president of tho
Mothodist Temneranco union, has issued a
fervent political appeal to tlio people of
England, concluding with theso words: "Let
tlio party landmarks alone. Voto tho
straight tickot tor a sober country."
Tho London Standard's Vienna corres
pondent Htatts that in an interview tho
Austrian under foreign secretary assured
him that Austria had no intention of an
nexing HoHiiiu und Ilerzgoviana. Emperor
1' ruiiciH Joseph s visit to llosuia had no
connection with tho recent events at Uou-
inelia. Austria desires tho ltoumollan re
bellion quelled.
Tho opinion prevails at tho Turkish em-
bntBy in Paris thn; tlio great powers of
Europe, anil especially Germi ay, will en
force respect ot tho treaty of Horlin, and
that tlio difficulty in Itoumelia will bo set
tled favorably to Turkey without recourse
to uruis.
Tho Servian army is being mobilized and
troops being sent to protect tlio southern
frontier bordering on Macedonia and Alba
nia. EearH aro entertained of a risimr in
both theso places and gravo troublo is an
ticipated in tho ovent of such occurrence
It is said that King Milan, in an lutorviow
witli a number of diplomats, stated that if
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kiiu .uaeetioiiiiitiH rusu in revolt against
Turkish rule he must act with thorn, as
oilierwiso no would Do deposed.
Tho Vionna Femdenblatt, in an editorial,
snys that Bulgaria refers the settlement ol
tho Houinelinn difficulty to tho European
powdrs, and it counsels Turkey to act with
moderation.
It is slatetl that Ilussia bus proposed an
imiuediato meeting at Constantinople ot
aiubiiHsntlors of tho powers to settle tho
Itoiiuielian difficulty on a basis of accept
ing the union of llulgaria and Uoumeliti as
an accomplished fact.
AFFAIRS IN PERU.
ITIiuiy I'oraou Ilclii'i; Arrested on Sus
picion. Lima dispatch: Arrests of persons sus
pected ot political disariect.'on to tho gov
ariiiuont still continue. A week ago tho
pi elect ot Limaudtlressod a communication
to Lenor Nicolas Do Pierola, tho ex-dictator,
Informing him that it was deemed ad
visable that ho should absent himself from
Peruvian territory for tho tlmo being and
inclosing a passport. Eight days was al
lowed Pierola in which to leave. It is bo
liovod ho proposes taking up bis residence
in tho United States. No ono positively
assorts that Pierola was actively engaged
lu plots against thogovernmeiit, butho was
regarded by tho majority ot tho people ot
Lima us tho coining man, anil probably
some of his adherents may havo compro
mised him by a too free expression of opin
ion. Tlio newspapers aro silent regarding
tlio matter, perhaps from fear ot sharing his
exile. Tho editors ot tlio Ntu-ional and
Couriurcio, ot Lima, aro both in durance
and no ono is allowed to visit tlioin. Senor
Alverez, the former minister ot foreign af
fairs under tho Mantoro govorninont, is va
prisoner, and somo other citizens moro or
less distinguished. Since tho publication of
tho prefect's offer of a inonoy reward to all
who might afford information regarding
machinations against tho government, a
numtior of informers havo appeared, and
many of tho prisoners now conilned are
porsons who have not meddled with politics
tot years past.
ON THE WAR-PATH.
I ml tuna Arrested on the Charge
or
florae Stonllus, lint lSacnue
and Show Slgua of
Texas dispatch:- United States Marshal
Cabe received advices from Deputy Marshal
Melton, stationed at Anadarka agency, Co
manche and Kiowa reservations, Informing
him that on tholStli, lust, with the assistance
of a posse, he arrested two K low as on the
chime of horse theft. Having dbaruied the
Itidlaus, the latter broke and ran, thus ef
fecting their escape. The olllcers started
In pursuit and soon found themselves con
fronted with upward of two hundred
Iudiatu headed by the es -aped prisoners
and showing nlgns of fight. The olllcers, on
the representation of Capt. Leo Hall, Indian
AL-cut, tluta contltct would result In the mas
sacre of the women snd children of the agen
cy, refrained from attacking. The Indians,
h lug freely Indulged In hostile demonstra
tions, retired. Troops and dputy marshals
have hern dispatched to tho scene of trouble,
and U au outbreak should nut occur before
thrlr arrival the Indlaut can easily be brought
nudrr control. For several mouths the Klo
was aud Comanche have beeu thieving with
llltln restraint, but the United State mar
thai ay tnat the force now eu route to th
agcuoy will be ut)l luut to brlug the malefac
tor to Jujltea and reUre order.
CIVIL SERVICE IN COURT.
Application for .a Quo Warranto Against
tlio Commission Denied.
District Attorney Dorahclmcr lcfenda
ISnton, TIi om nit nnd Gregory.
07ie Relator Legally Downed,
Now York dispatch: Tho quo warranto
proceeding ot Jnmea Hinckley against Dor
man B. Eaton, Leroy D. Thoman and J.
M. Gregory, civil scrvico commissioners,
came up beforo Judgo Wallace in theUnitod
Stntes circuit court. Ilinckloy naked leavo
to begin action to remove tho commis
sioners and nbolish the commission, on the
grounds of unconstitutionality. Tho court
room waa crowded with tho friends and
enemies of civil scrvico reform. United
States District Attorney Dorsheimer nnd
Dormnn 15. Eaton appeared for tho com
missioners, whilo Morris L. Miller repre
sented Hinckley.
In opening Mr. Dorsheimer said the enso
was nn important one, and ns all parties
wero present ho thought it should bo dis
posed of at once. Judgo Wnllaco decided
to hear tho motion of Mr. Miller. When
Hinckley's caso was called ho demanded to
know who appcarctl for tho defendants.
"I appear for all tho defendants," said
tho district attorney, "nnd by tho direction
of tho president of tho United States."
Mr. Miller objected to tlio commissioners
being represented by a government official
as tho United States had not nny real
status in tho case. Mr. Dorsheimer then
moved tho court to decide whether or not
tho nrgumcnt should bo confined to tho
constitutional jurisdiction of tlio court.
IIo said ho was instructed to say that ho
nnd tlio attorney-general wore prepared to
defend tho constitutionality of tho act ap
pointing tho commissioners. Tho judgo
sustained tho motion.
In his argument Mr. Dorsheimer said:
Tlio relator is a citizen who seeks tho abol
ishment of tho olllco of tho commissioners
of civil scrvico reform because tho commis
sioners by tlio power conferred upon them,
usurped tlio rights of tho president to tho
nppoiiitinv power. Tho-petitioner hns no
standing in court bectiuso the right to a
quo warranto writ only applies to tho
usurpation of sovereign rights, and tlio
United States could alone bring such an no
tion in tho courts, nnd then only through
us appointed ouiccrs.
Neither hud relator nor his attorneys
been deputized by nttornoy-goncral to rec
ommend such notion tintl tlio Unitctl States
nlono hnd right to test tho constitutionality
of tho act providing for tho commiHssion.
Their rule, ns ho stated it, ho said, wns
fully demonstrated in tho caso of Wnllaco
against Anderson, tho question in dispute
being ns to winch of tho two was entitled
to public office. Tho writ of quo warranto,
ns applietl for by tho plaintiff, was denied
by tlio chief justico of tlio supremo court of
tho United States on tlio ground that tho
Unitctl States nlono could suo for such a
writ, and then only through its legally ap
pointed officers. To bring thonctitm prop
erly, ho maintained, tho relator should
have applied to tho executive and judicial ,
authority. ,
In reply Counsellor Miller contended, on
behalf ot tho relator Hinkloy, that his
client has a statutory right to apply for
tho writ, for tlio citizen was createtl by tho
constitution, and his client, ns a citizen,
had a right to avail himself of all its bene
fits, i
After hearing tho arguments, Judgo Wral
lace denied tlio application.
THE LAW ON CONTRACT.
Secretary .lliiiiiiing Gives tlio Treumiry
Solicitor' Interpretation.
Sccretnry Manning, in a decision regard
ing the repairs on tho s'teamer "Crawford,"
gave a general interpretation ot tho law on
tho awarding ot contracts. It is in tho
form of an opinion from tlio solicitor of
tho treasury, ot which tho following is tho
gist:
Tho general rule, so tar as congress hns
expressed itt-olf, seems to bo that the lowest
bid should bo accepted. Requirements in
regard to advertising, gives notice to bid
ders of time and placo of opening tlio bids
and permitting them to bo present. This
makes it apparent that it was thointon
tion of congress to require, as a rule, tho
accopteuco of tho lowest bid.
In any other viow this legislation is use
less. There may, however, bo circum
stances which would justify a doparturo
from this rule. Such circumstances, how
over, should bo cousideiod, anil if they aro
shown to bo material ami that by reason
of tlioir existence it is for tlio best interests
of tlio United States touccepttho bid which
is not tho lowest, such course may bo taken.
"Thcbo circumstances should bo such us
to effect tho economy nnd best interests of
tho scrvico only, nnd not that of individ
uals. Proof of tho insolvency of bidders,
or other inability to carry out tho contract
would be gootl grounds to reject tho lowest
bid. but weie the allegations of such inabil
ity without proof to sustain thorn they
would not warrant a doparturo from tho
general rulo.
"For theso reasons I ndviso the secrotnry
to ml hero to tho rulo which was evidently
intended to bo applietl by congress in such
cubes as furnishing tho best protection to
tho public interests."
TAXING THE INDIAN.
The Commissioner llellevos tho l'net).
lo ol Jioxv Mexico Should bo Ux
t'liipt. Tho Puuolo Indian delegation called
ngtiiu on the commissiouerot Indian affairs
tliis morning, snys a Washington dispatch,
and will leave for their home in New Mexico
to-night. They havo been partially suc
cessful in their mission, for the commis
(tinner will request tho authorities in New
Mexico to suspend tho tax by levy until
the exact legal status ot these Indians can
bo determined. Tho commissioner seems
to be of tho opinion that theso Indians
Hhould not bo taxed. Ho admits that they
Mere properly regarded as citizens under
the treaty by which New Mexico was ceded
to the United States, but says they have
never been allow etl tho rights of citizenship.
Tho New Mexican authorities have not
allowed them to vote except upon some
petty question ot ditching affecting their
own community. Their hinds were granted
to til tribe by Mexico, and the United
States is paying them money, which the
authorities of New Mexico seem to be en
denvoriiig to ucquire by tuxation. The
commhuiouer believe tlmt th Pueblos,
who wer poor, ignorunt Indiana, ahoulu
be prottd &a artl ot th natloa.
in Editor Itoughlv Used.
Bl: Itupld iMuti.) dispatch: For the
put yr or twi there bus been trouble ia
the Methodist Episcopal church at thil
jiImco, Editor Urine, ot the Current, being u
leudrr iu one of the factions. He wa ut
one time u member ot the church, but re
cently left or whs expelled. Luut week h
published iu bU paper noint sort of Mti ut
tin k upon the prtwidiug rider, and I ulo
ultl to have dintriiiutcd circular attack
Ins a Mr. und Mr. Van Loo, The church,
ufter beiig remodeled, was formally ueat
cntod yesterday, Ilruce being In attendance.
Just us tho people wero leaving the church,
two sons of Mr. Van Loo attacked the edi
tor, threw him over tho porch, and other
wise used him roughly. A general fight was
imminent tor a tow moments, but finally
Uruce was rescued by his friends. He at
tended church in the evening with bis head
bandaged lp.
REFORM IN CIVIL SERVICE.
The Subject Touched Upon in n Letter
From President ClcTciand.
The Same HaTlnz Uccn Called Out by
the Ilcslgnatlon of I). II. Enton.
Dlfflcultiet that Have Been Overcome.
In nnswer to tho letter of resignation of
Dormnn B. Eaton ns chairman of tho civil
servico committee, President Cleveland re
plies as follows:
Executive Mansion, Wahih.voto.v, D. C,
September 11. Tho Hon. Dormnn B.
Eaton My Dear Sir: I am in receipt of
your letter tendering your resignation ns a
memnoroi ino uonrtl of civil servico com'
missioners.
I cannot rnfrnin from exnress -
ing my sincere regret that you havo deter- ' percentage of increase or decronse in acre
mined to withdraw from a position in tho age.
public servico whero your intelligent per
formanco ot duty has been of inestimable
valtio to tho country. Tho friends of civil
scrvico reform, and those who desire good
government, fully appreciate yourdovotion
tuurju in wincu you eany enusicti,
emu uicr imvuMccu wnn saiistnci.ioni.iiat ino government imrenu, nave gradually ap
your zeal a.itl faith havo not led you to preached. In Indiana, Illinois and Kan
supposo that tho reform in which you wore suh the ground plowctl up owing to tho
engaged is uusiiited to its rules which ordi- ruination of the winter wheat crop, nnd
nnrily govern progress in human affairs, or I devoted to corn, is closely computed. In
that it shouhl ut onco reach perfection and comparison by states returns show that
universal acceptance, ion nave ueon win-
ing patiently to nccept tho good results as
me.v Biup uy step couiu oo gaineu, Homing
every advunco with unyielding steadfast
ness. Tho success which thus far has attended
ths work of civil servico reform is largely
duo to tho fact that its practical friends
havo proceeded upon tho theory that
renl and healthy progress can only bo
mado ns such of tho people who cherish
pernicious political ideas, long fostered
und encouraged by vicious pnrtizanship,
nro persuaded that the change contem
plated by reform offers substantial im
provements nnd benefits. Keasonablo
toleration for old prejudices, graceful recog
nition of every aid, sensiblo utilization ot
every instrumentality tlmt promises assis
tance. and constant effort to demonstrate
tho ndvantago of tho now order of things,
aro ino means by winch tins reform move
ment will surmount tho opposition of in
corrigible spoilsmen, nnd cause thomensuro
to bo placed upon a sound foundation.
Of course there should bo no surrentlerof
principle nor backward step, antl all tho
laws for tho enforcement of reform should
bo rigidly executed, but tho benefits which
its principles promise will not bo fully reel
ized unless tho acquiescence of tho peoplois
added to tho stem assertion ot thedoctrino
nnd tlio vigorous execution of the laws. It
is a source of congratulation that thero aro
so many friends of civil-service reform mar
shaled on tho practical sido of tho question
nnd that the numberisnotgreater of thoso
who profess friendliness for the cnuso nnd
with supercilious self-righteousness dis
credited ever, effort not in exact uccord
with their attenuated ideas, decry with
carping criticism tlio labor of thoso actual
ly in tho field of roform, and, ignoring con
ditions which bound und qualify overy
struggle for radical improvement in tho
nffnirs of government, demand immediato
and complete perfection.
Tlio reforonco in your letter to the atti
tude of tho mombers of my cabinot to tlio
merit of tho system established by tho civil
service law, besides being entirely correct,
exhibits an appreciation of honest en
deavor in tho direction of reform anil a dis
position to do justice to proved sincerity
which is most gratifying. If such treat
ment of those men upon whom tho duty
rests of administering the. government ac
cording to reform methods, was the univer
sal rule, nnd if tho embarrassments and
perplexities nttending such un administru-
tion were fairly regarded by all those pro-'
fessing to bo friendly to such methods, the
avowed enemies of the causo would bo at- J
forded less encouragement.
I believe in civil servico reform and Its
application in tho most practical forms
attainable, among other reasons, because
it opens the door for rich nnd poor alike to
participnto in public place-holding, and I
hope tho tinio is at hand when our peoplo
will seo tho advantage of a reliance torsuch
nn opportunity, upon merit nnd fitness in
stead of a dependence, upon the caprice or
selfish Interests of thoso who impudently
stand between the peoplo and tho machine
ry of their government. In tho ono case a
reasrnahlo int2lligenco nnd education,
which is freely furnished or forced upon tho
youth of our land, aro tho credentials to
office; in tho other, the way is found in tho
favor secured by a participation in partisan
work, after unfitting a person morally, it
not mentally and physically, for tho re
sponsibility and duties of public employ
ment. You will ngroo with mo, I think,
that the support which hns been
given to tho present administration
in its efforts to preserve and nil
vnuco this reform by a party restored to
power after an exclusion for many vears
from participation in tlio places attached
qo public service, confronted with a system,
precluding tho redistribution at such places
in its interest, called vpon to surrender
advantages which Irom perverted partisan
ship tho American peoplo had thought be
loimetl tc success, and perturbed with tho
suspicion always aroused in such nn emer
gency, that their rights in tho conduct ot
the reform had not been scrupulously re
garded, should receive duo acknowledg
ment and should confirm our belief that
thero is a sentiment among the people bet
ter than tho desiro to hold oflico, antl a
patriotic impulso upon which may snfelv
rest tho integrity of our institutions and
tlio strength aud perpetuity ol our govern
ment. I havo determined to request you to re
tain your present position until the first
day ot November next, at which time your
resignation may become operative.
I desire to express my entire confidence
in your attachment to tho causo of civil
servico reform, ami your ability to render
it efficient aid, antl I indulgo in the hopo
nnd expectation that notwithstanding the
acceptance of your resignation your inter
est iu tho object for which you have labored
so assiduously will continue beyond tho
official term vhich you surrender. Yours
very truly, Qitovicn Cleveland.
A Report on Cholera.
A report from the United States consul
at Marseilles htates that while the number
ot deaths from cholera has already do.
creased ot Marseilles and Toulon 6ince
August 20, it has bean increasing in tho dis
tricts around those cities. In almost every
case the first outbreak of cholera in the
smaller cities can be traced to some net of
imprudence on the part ot those attacked.
Most ntten tho infection has Uf n conveyed
in clothing or sometextile matt-rial. Their
cupidity leaves persons to wear or soil gar
menu ot those who have died ot cholera,
aud they or tlue who buy them suffer in
riii4uence. it 1ms been mudo evident
that detective draiuage is the main cause ot
the spread ot the iholeru nnd typhoid
(ever, and that the dimunltiou ot thequnu
tity of ozone iu the air is followed by great
increase iu tho number of deaths from
chulura.
FOOD FOR THE MILLIONS
Carefully Prepared Statistics In Rela
tion to tlio Corn Yield.
Tho Yield I'ndonbtedly tho Larsest
the Country Una IJver Produced.
Ao Further Danger from Frost,
Chicngo dispatch: Tho corn crop of tho
United States having passed tho critical
stage, and whatever of danger that men
aced tho cereal from frosts being now ondotl
owing to the maturity ot the grain, reports
from 1,400 correspondents, give thenrea
nnd probable yield in every county in tho
leading corn producing states, and com
piled from these a close cstimnto of the ap
proximate yield of the crop of 1885. Theso
csliinntes have been based on compniisons
with the yield of 188-1, taking the figures of
ugnctilttiinl bureau at Washington Tor the
yield of Inst yenr. Itcports of correspond-
uniB inciuuu not oniy mo approximate ac
tual acreage, butalsotheporcentaco of con-
: tlitinn ns coinnnrn.-l In Inst i
This was dono to approximate ns closely
ns possible the actual output, tho correct-ii-ss
of which method was demonstrated
very fully in tho estimate ot the wheat crop
Juno 1 by this bureau, and to which fig
ures all reeoenizetl stati'stir-intm i, ,!!., ,.
jntiituia, Jowa, .Minnesota and Missouri
have a slight iucreasein acreage over 1SS1,
ami lsconsin is tne oniy state snowing a
decrease, but both Wisconsin antl Minne
sota show a decrease iu condition, anil
Missouri also shows a slight decrease,
other states all reveal an improvement,
and in Ohio, Illinois ami Indiana the im
provement is marked.
This results iu the following comparison
by states of tho probable yield in tho few
Mutes namcu:
1SSL
1SS5.
Bushels.
i:u. 500,000
125,702,000
2'.4,2:S0,00(
2!)l).SO5,00O
lSD.HOO.OOO
1SS, 720.000
i:i7,:s2.ooo
21, IIS, 000
21,20i),()00
30,185,000
Bushels.
8L',:i'.:!.000
101,757,000
211, 54 1,000
una. (ioo.ooo
li)7,.S50,000
Ohio
Indiana....
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri.
! Kansas ICS, 500, 000
Nebraska... 1ULM00.000
Minnesota.. 2.'!.fi:i0,000
Wisconsin.. 2(1,200,000
Michigan.... 20,022,000
Totnls 1,251,500,000 1,4:50,2:10.000
Tho excess over last year- -1S4.0 10,000
on tho basis that the states nnd territo
ries outside of tho ten named will produce
us much corn as they did last year, or
54 H, 400,000 bushels, antl this would seem
to bo assured from a study of tho reports.
It will give a total crop of l,i)70.G;;G,00d
bushels, from which total it is safe to esti
mato that tho yield will not vary in any
upprecinble degree either wuy.
IRREGULAR LAND SURVEYS,
The Commissioner of the Genera)
Lciid OHlce tukca Action In Ite
gard to Certain Contract.
Washington dispatch: It Is stated at tin
land oUlco that action was taken some Unit
ago by Commissioner Sparks revoking certain
alleged Illegal contracts toe surveys ot public
lands under what is known as tho deposit
system, and in suspending nccouuts uuue(
similar contracts because of various irregular
ities, and for the purpose of ascertaining b$
field examinations whether the surveys have
been properly or actually executed, and
brought to a point by the bank of Nevada and
other banks In San Francisco as artics claim.
lug interest in tue accounts by viruit, of the
loans made to the surveying contractors and
representatives of tlio banks aro now here
urging the payment of such accounts to pro
tect themsclve against loss.
Tho commissioner does not recognize the
banks as having any legai aua equitable
claims airalnst tho irovermiieiit, and no riirlit
to intervene between accounting oilk-ers ol
tho land department and ttteir oiticial duties.
If tho banks, hu says, loaned in mey to sur
veying contractors, tills was pun ly a mattei
of piivate business, and tlio banks u-Uat look
to their borrower for payment. No loans nave
been made to the United Stat, s, nor lias the
govcrumeut Incurred any obligations to these
financial Institutions. The annual appropria
tions by Congress for sutvejitu public lauds
had been o0U,U00 to 00,000. Iu audition to
this tho law allows iudtvidua s to m.tku depos
its whii ix are credited to the burvtiug mini
nnd constitute au tiddilonul appro) riation.
The laud otuce reports showed sj.ouo.OJO to
be sodejositcd since lt?J. The law oulv au
thorizes such deposits to be made by tcttlers.
The fact appears, says tho lomiubsioncr,
that they aro made only by ca, ttabots. It
has been alleged that a bureau has been main
tained iu San Francisco w..ich acted as au in
termediatory between the dei utles ami sur
veyor general and tho busluuss o which was
to supply any deficiencies lu Hell notes aud
to abslst in the preparation aud ad,ustuieut
of accounts with tho general laud olllce. Otic
of tho coutracts revoked by the commissioner
was of the original estimated liability $-,000.
Tho land olllce accouuts show that about
$1.10,000 has already been paid out un ler this
contratfund the bank claims ucarly f 100,000
more Is still due. The coiumssiouer refused
to accept the returns amounting to $(0,0j0
for work alleged to have been periormcd un
der this contract. ....
The grand essential pre-requlslte to legal
ity has not been compiled with, the bond of
the Deputy not baviug been filed and no do-po.-lts
made to pay for surveys, aud lurther
that the amount charged is in excess of legal
rates. It is tho opinion of the Commissioner
that tho practice of the San Francisco banks
in advancing money on surveving contracts,
which Is said to have grown ui In the last
ten years and extended so as to Include con
tracts in various States and Territories aud
now urged as an e .uitahle consideration,
cannot be regarued as an Interest to tho pub
lic service. It led the surveyor to return anil
survey the uuluhablted, mountainous, desert
regions, to augment the rates and extravagant
expenditure; to the loose and Irregular meth
ods of contracting and surveying; to the
prodiL'al issue of deposit clrtlflcatcs; to the
premature survey of valuable tluibirand agri
cultural lands, followed by their appropria
tion through fradulent entries by rich syndi
cates an 1 large corporations, and to the i ex
clusion of actual settlers from lands ostensi
bly surveyed for their b.-nefit but 1mm. diately
tab n up by s-.eculatlvo combinations con
nected with or closelv allied w th survejlug
operations. It ten e"d also to do away w tu
the wholesome supervision antl restraint
which the law re uires tbo Land Dei artnient
to exercise over deputy furvevors. an tne
shield of powerful syndicates and moneyed
corporations interpo.-e 1 botwectt Uera ana
the (lovernmeut t e felt independent of tm
land olllce and became accustomed to look.
Uon It as a machine to ct rtlfy accounts with
out regard to tho-r curacy or Justice."
A peculiar dlsonso has broken out
anion tho dair.ca In tho north part of
it uuuU liow York. Iho cows
are taken with itlHW, oeing hardly
ab e to more, and iiijjruutlv sudor
much ra n. Their m lk ceasos all ftt
onco. Thus far tho dieoasu has not
wroved fatal.