TEE OREGON SCOUT. refuse to step down.
CAIU1YIXU THE FOREIGN MAILS.
INDIAN LANDS IN SEVERALTY.
JONES & CUANCEV, Publlahcn.
UNION,
OREGON.
A iTIcniber oftlio Hoard of Pension Ux-
nmlnera at I'on Da Lac lloliU to
Place.
DUkciiIIiik Itrport to Hint of tlio Com
mittee on 1'ontoIIIccsHiid lotrond.
Text of the nnire Hill that Iteceiitly
Panned tho Senate.
GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES.
Tho Burlington & Missouri, Rio Grands
nnd Union Pacific roads ut Chicago nro
pel I ing first-class limiteil tickets to San
Francisco for $-10; second-class, $20.
Samuel Brighnin, cashier ot tlio Wynd
hnm Comnicrcini National bank, linn been
held in 915,000 on the chnrgo of abstract
ing a 95,000 nolo from tlio bank, nf misnp
plying Dunk money una ol embezzlement.
J a men K. Winters, a well known young
man of Heading, Pa., was found in bed
dead, Ho hnd suicided by fastening rub
bcr Iioro to a Ran burner, firmly fixing tlio
other end in his mouth then turning tlio
ruh on.
T. II. Iludd, democrat, ban been elected
to micrccd tlio lute CongrcHHinr.n ituukin,
ol WiHCOIlKIII.
Austria's action in incronslnghormilltnry
rcHervo boa uroiiHed tlio suspicion of tlio
czar.
The mineral exhibition of the New Or-
IcaiiH exposition in pronounced sjilendld by
cxpcrtH.
At Albany, N. Y.; the liouso pnsscd a res
olution iiiHtrucling tlio attorney general of
the stato to tako tlio necessary stops to net
nsnio anil ..mini lira Iriiuclusool thu JlroaU
way surface road.
Tlio Ohio scnato committoo Invcstlgut-
Ing tlio October election at Cincinnati, had
tho poll book tally sheet of precinct "A.
Fourth ward," photographed, and will not
l0 anlo to return tlio original to Clerk Dal
ton, to bo used by him in freeing himself in
contempt before tlio house committee
Tho Now York Independent of tho Ufitli
published an article, by Justin McCarthy,
member ot parliament. Retting forth in in
tclliglhli' form for American renders, what
Mr. i'nrnnll and hiscontcrcs include, in their
demand for home rule.
Fon Du Lnc (Wis.) dispatch: A political
fcnsatlon was occasioned here to-day by
Dr. Myron Holmes appearing boforo tho
board of pension examiners and demand
lug the chair of Dr. T. T. May ham on tho
claim of having been appointed Mayliam's
successor. Miiyham declined to give way
to Holmes, ns ho bad received no notice ot
his removal, though bavins been requested
toTcsIgn by tlio coinmiHsioucr of pensions.
Tho lion. James Coleman, who arrived
here to-day from Washington, states that
he obtained information while there to tho
effect that Owen A. Wells, collector of inter
nal revenue for this district, and I'ostmns
tcr Smcnd, ot this city, had written to
Commissioner Illack stating that, an atiti
llrngg club had been organized here, and
that Mayhnm was a prominent and influ
ential member thereof; that Dr. Dowers, a
member of tho pensions board, addressed
a communication to Commissioner Illack
Hinting that in his opinion Dr. Mnyliam
was not competent ns a physician and sur
geon to servo on tho board; that linigg
brought theso points to bear against May
hnm, and the issuing ot a commission to
Holmes as Mayliam's successor followed.
The parties mentioned nro reticent about:
-ithor confirming or denying the report
brought from Washington, uho general
feeling among democrats is strongly in
flympntliy with Mnyham. who bus served
several terms as mnyorand is a prominent
democrat. Tho matter is likely to hu nindo
a conspicuous issue ngainst Jlrng' in the
next campaign it ho seeks ro-clcctiou.
NO DANUI.lt OF CHOLERA.
Dr. Hamilton Siitlxlli'il With tlio I'rc-
vitiitlonury .11 ensure Adopted.
All railroad lines west of I'ltlsbi:. ,- nnd
Krio, tor tho month of January, 1 8(50, show
a deficiency in ineetin all liabilities ot
5720,707, being an increased dollcioney, as
compared with tlio samo month ot 1885, of
'I ho Dublin board of guardians has
adopted a resolution declaring that only
homo rulo, land reform and tlio stopping ot
evictions will satisfy tho majority of tho
Irish people.
Tho caso of tho Now England Iron com
pany against tlio Metropolitan Elovnted
Itniiwry company for breach of contract
involving about $1,000,000. and which has
been in litigation since 1878, lias Just been
compromised for $250,000.
Tho liouso committee on postolllcos and
postrouds has completed tho postolllco up.
proprlntlon bill and reported it to tlio
house. Tlio bill appropriates for the postal
service during thu noxt fiscal year the huiii
of S5 1,2110,588, an increase of 5025,508
over thu appropriation for the present lis
calynnrand a deercaso ot $(15!,57!, as
compared witli tlio dopurtmcut'scstimiitcs.
Tho estimated rovonuo for the noxt llsrni
yoaris $17,1-12,252, and tho estimated do
liciency (indefinite) is $7,-MH,l I.
Hugh Camion, sou ot Gcorgo Q. Cannon,
ouo of tho assailants of United States At
torney Dltkson, was fined $115 in tlio Mor
mon polico court nt Salt Lake. In default
of payment he said ho would servo thirty
llvo days in Jail. Tlio polico agreed not to
turn him loose, but to notify the United
States marshal, so that ho could arrest
Cannon on warrant sworn out in tlio com
missioner's court. After tlio marshal left,
tho prisoner was turned over to a deputy
shoritf. who took him to tho county court
bonne, whero his brother Hugh paid his lino
and tho prisoner was let. go without tlio
knowledge or consent ot tho shoritf.
Chicago dispatch: Tlio surgeon-gpnernl
of the United States marine hospital is in
tlio city. In an interview concerning tlio
prospects of a cholera epidemic this season
in tho United States ho said: "it seems
probablo in viow of tho precautions we
havo taken anil shall tako that Amer
ica will escape tho plague. Tlio ap
propriation at our command will enable
us to tnku substantially tho samo precau
tions that did so good service Inst year.
Wo shall station inspectors at all tlio Euro-
pean and Asiatic consiilato ports, with in
structions to watch all passengers booked
for America. There Is a balance of S270.000
at tho command of thu president, to bo
used in an emergency, and this amount
will, I think, sullleo for all needed precau
tionary measures. such as temporary tninr-
antino stations, etc. Tlio best, preventive
ot cholera is cleanliness, individual and
municipal. Hut even tills will ho of no
avail unless theru is also a thorough svs
tniii of inspection of emigrants at foreign
ports. Can cholera bo cured? I refer you
to tlio mortality reports in countries whero
tlio disenso has raced. The death rate
among tho rich is 50 per cent; in tlio hospb
tals, 05 per cent. Modern scientists say
tlio disease is duo to llio presonco of a cer
tain germ, which may bocarried from place
to place, and in favorable circumstances is
capablo ot self-propagation."
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
It Is said at tlio war department there are
not likely to to beany appointments made
to fill any existing vacancies in tho army
high or low, until tho Kith ot March, when
General l'opo goes on tlio retired list. Then
the two major generals will bo appointed
and other consequent appointments bo
made. Tlio president is disposed to givo
General Terry precedence as major general
over General llouaid, provided lie can do
no without doing any injustice to General
Howard, Ho is receiving a great ninny ap
plications from clergymen for the tlireo
chaplaincies which ho Is going to (111, and
there is also great pressure for tho position
of judge advocato witli a major's rank and
pay, which Is open.
In tho house on tho 27th Ueprosentativo
Weaver discussed tlio silver question and
predicted that tlio cltorts of tho money
obllgurchy assisted by tho executive ollleors
of tho nation to double tlio people's bur
dens and crlpplo thu business ot thu coun
try by tho suspension ot silver coinage,
would prove titisuccosstul. Now that tho
attention ot tho peoplo was attracted to
tlio question ho favored unlimited coiiuigo
and explained Its benefits to tlio laboring
classes. Thu judge's speech was listened to
with much attention,
His reported that tho judiciary commit
tco ot tho sonato voted to report adversely
upon tho nomination ot Zachariah Mont
gomery ot California as assistant district
attoruey-goueral tor tlio interior depart
ment. Tho grounds for tho committee's
objo, tious are said to bo sentiments enter
tained by tho nominee witli respect to tho
public school system, which seiillinents
wero publicly expressed in a pamphlot
Issued by him several years ugo.
Conllniinllon or Lnnd Entries.
Tho bill to confirm entries of lands here
tofore miulo under tho laud laws ot tho
United States, reported by Senator Van
Wyck, troni tho senate committee on pub
lic lands, provides that any entry hereto
fore Hindu in conformity witli tho rules,
regulations nnd decisions ot tho general
laud cllico nt tlio time, shall bo adjudged in
thu samo manner as though said rules, reg
ulations and decisions had not been re
versed or modified, provided that such
entry must havo been made In good laith
and no charges of fraud bavu been mado
against tho same. Senator Van Wyck says
tho purpose ot tho bill is to (pilot tho ap
prehension of net tiers, who fenrsomoot tho
rulings ot Commissioner SnnrUs may havo
tlio effect ot cancelling claims which wero
taken in good faith under tho laws as re
ported by former commissioners. Ho pro
posed, therefore, to crystahio certain well
recognized principles ot practice into tho
itatutCK.
Karen Urging a Libel Suit.
General Hnzen, chief slgnnl service o Ulcer,
is now suing George Jones, proprietor ol
the New York Time, to recover $100,000
damage for tn alleged libel, it being churged
that the tiewgpuper published a libelous
statement concerning plaintiffs character
us signal service olllcer, nnd also concern
in hi connection with the recent Arc'.fc
expedition.
Tlio following is a recapitulation ot tho
debt statement, issued on thu 1st, for tlio
mouth ot February: Interest, bearing
debt, principal ami interest, $1 ,201,222,-
500.0 I. Debt on which interest liuscenscd
since maturity, total, $ 1, 105,8 10.27. Dsbt
bearing no interest, $502,015,715,77. To
tal debt principal and interest. S 1.828.-
!!!! 1,072.111. Dermisu at delit during tho
month, $2,702,15:1. ill Cash in thojiub
lie treasury available for r.Hiietion o. Jho
public debt, $22:i.!)55, 718.0 I. lieservo
fund, $100,000,000. Total cash in tho
treasury as show u bv tho treasurer's gen
ei al account, $ lit 1,1 Nl),7 l 8,085.52.
It is not so certain that Gen. Howard
will gel ouo of tlio major generalships. An
army olllcer ot high rank said that it is
definitely known that President Cleveland
does not intend to act in tho matter of ap
pointment to tlio rank ot major general
and hiigudlcr general consequent on tlio
death ot Maj. Gen. Hancock until utter
March Kith, on which date .Maj. Gen. John
l'opo will bo retired under tho law ol July
.'10, J882, on reaching (S 1 years of age.
There is a growing feeling in tlieservicothat
the president intends adopting tho rule of
promoting to higher ranks those olllcers
who were prominent, during tlio war and
are soon to bo retired for age.
I A siibstltuto for Iiengan's bill to incor
porate the Atlantic and Pacific Ship Hall
way company, was reported back to tho
liouso. Tho changes ot interest mado in
tho original bill by tho committee nro as
follows: Tho requirement that tlio railway
shall transport vessels of -1,000 tons bur
den, instead of It, 01)0 tons, before tlio lia
bility ot thy government begins; a provis
ion that tlio obligation ot tho government
shall ceaso unless tho company shall keen
the road In good repair, which shall bo evi
denced by its safely transporting a vessel,
which, with its cargo, sliall weigh not less
than -1,000 tons; an amendment, making
lawful currency tit the United States or its
equivalent, and in caso of Mexican vessels
transported, then Mexican silver dollars,
receivable for tolls, the original bill pro
vided for payment in gold, u provision for
trial before United States courts ot contro
versies arising in tills coinitry between tho
company and Its stockholders or thu
United States, excluding questions arising
in Mexico or affecting tho company's terri
torial rights.
lletltlliipton's RtMimvnl .
Now York dispatch: In an interview to
day, Thomas Hcthliugtoii, who was seat to
Huston to examine tho books ot the Paci
fic roads, says ho does not know why ho
was removed Irom tlio commissioner in
railroad olllco, and ndds: "I charge
solemnly, and shall boforo long do ho
under oath, it tho inquiry that I hope to
secure Is granted. "u,i Hint I was ottered
direct and unequivocal bribes ot money,
whilu in llostou engaged in this investiga
tion. 1 have been told by a politician
tniiro my return that it I had taken what
was offered me, 1 would not have been re
moved. 1 do know that thu railroad in
HueurvM in thu cabinet arrayed themselves
against tup. Ot tho subsidy that the Pacific
roads llnVobecn paying to tho Pacific Mail
Steamship company, tho Union nnd Cen
tral Pacific rontrlbuto tho largest part.
The amount paid from 187Sto June 1885,
by these two companies, was over $!l,500,
000, I mean direct Ions to thu company,
ami this amount over and ibovo certain
credits duo thu steamship company tor
freight actually carried. This has lxcu
going on despite tho Thurman net ol 1878.
Thu report will speak for itself and cannot
bo pigeon-hold It the public over gets to nee
It us it Bhould
Mr. Ilurrows ol Michigan, on behnll ot
tho minority of the liouso committee- on
postolllco nnd post roads, has submnilttcd
a report dissenting from the views of tho
majority in reporting favorably tlio bill to
compel American Btenmere to carry United
States mails. The repnrtstntes Hint under
tho Dingley bill Anicricnn vessels wero tc bo
consulted like other foreign rivals ns to the
performance of service nnd the compensa
tion paid therefor, nnd not forced to carry
the mails on such terms as the postmaster
general might see fit to impose Tho post
master general hnd wholly negelcctcd and
refused, not only to contract witli any
American steamship for carrying tho for
eign mails, as ho was authorized to do by
act. of March .'I, 1885, but declined to uso
tlio impropriation therein mado for tho
purpose mimed. As a result ot this action
several American steamship companies
have declined to carry the mails. Jt was
now proposed to punish tho American
steamships for refusal to carry tho mails
lly virtue of section 1000 of tho Devised
Statutes tho postmaster general was re
stricted In tho matter of compensation to
be nllowed to American steamships. If tlio
bill ot the majority were to become a law.
American steamships would be denied
clearance and tho right to carry tlio Ameri
can ling unless they consented to carry tlio
mails for a sum not exceeding sea nnd in
hind postage, whatever might bo the dis
tance and expense. Sea and inland post
age was tho same whether tho mails wore
carried oOO or 5,000 miles, and tho post
master general might allow the samo coin
peiisntiou for transporting the mails from
Key West to Havana us from San Fran
cisco to China. J ho postmaster general
could not exceed sea and inland postage
in fixing the maximum amount, tint Ins de
cision was unrestrained in fixing tlio mini
ilium amount. The minority could not ho
lievo that congress ought to confer on tlio
postmaster general such an authority
power or strike so deadly a blow at our
feeble and snuggling marine.
The report then goes on in a comparison
of tlio amounts paid by tho United Status
for carrying foreign mails with thoso paid
lor tho transportation ol mails by rail
wnvs. stur routes nnd coasting steamers.
Deferring to the argument submitted by tho
majority that sea and inland postage will
yield a. greater revenue to American steam
ships than tlio tariff for cargoes of iiko
amount and weight, the minority dismisses
tho subject with n declination to enter into
a controversy witli anyone who places the
important, United States mails on tho samo
footing witli common freight in the hold of
a ship. Alterciting interesting tallies show
ing the hirguamoiintot money expended by
foreign nations m carrying mails, Mia ro
port states Unit tlio United States paid in
1825 for foreign mailservico only $32(i,7!15
of which $278,000 was paid to foreign
lilies, leaving less than $50,000 for Ameri
can vessels. Tlio report Mays that it is
needless to enlarge upon tho advantages
which necessarily follow in a commcnrial
sense to those countries establishing and
maintaining regular communication. It
was not necessary to subsidize hues, but
only to allow thoni such compensation as
was just and reasonable. Th't bill ot tho
majority did not do this, but it empowered
the postmaster general to force American
vessels to carry tho mails at a loss or sur
render tho advantage of sailing under tlio
American flag. Tho country was not pre
pared nor could it nlford to place t ho des
tiny of its merchant murine in tlio keeping
of any ouo man.
Senator Dawes' bill to provide for tho
nllotmcnt ot lands in severalty to Indians
on tho various reservations and to extend
tlio protection of the laws over tho Indians
nnd for other purposes, which passed tho
senate; recently, provides that in nil cases
whero any bands or tribes ot Indians may
ha locked up on a reservation created for
their uso, tlio president is authorized to
cause a patent to issue for each of the said
reservations in favor of the Indians occu
pying tho samo for tho period of twenty
live years, in trust, for tho solo uso nnd
benefit ot the tribes or bands to which it
issues. At tho expiration of that period
tho United States will convov tho lands bv
patent in fee and freo of nil chareo or in
cumbrance. Tho president may withhold
11... 1. ' , II.. . A .1 .
i. issuance in tin.- puicni. as no may (lee in
best for the interest of tho Indians. Tlio
trust crenled in the original patent is to re
main in full force until tho patent in feo is
issued. Tho president is nutliorizcd when
ever, in his opinion, any reservation is
mtiible, to cause it to bo survevod to
allot, lands in severally to the Indians
located thereon in quantities as follows:
To each head of n family, one-
quarter of a section; to ca'Ji single person
oor 18 years of age. onc-ciohth of n.
section; to each orphan child under 18
years o.' age, one-eighth of a section; nnd
to each otl.er person under 18 years now
living or who may ho born prior to tho
date of the order of the president directing
an nllotmcnt of tho lands embraced in any
reservation, one-sixteenth tit n section, hi
case there is not sufficient land on a par
ticular reservation suitable forngricultural
purposes to allot to cucli individual ot tlio
classes named, tho ncriciiltural lands are
to lio allolcd to each of tho classes pro
inta. Any Indian not residing upon a
reservation, or for whoso tribo no reserva
tion has been provided, mny make settle
ment upon any surveyed or tnmui-vi'ved
lands of tiio United States not otherwise
appropriated, and such Indians shall bi
entitled, upoif application to tho local
hind office, to hnvo tlio same alloted as
piovided in tho bill for Indians residing
upon reservations. lien, in opinion of
I no president, it snail Do lor tho best liter
est of tho Indians, tho secretary of the in
tetior may negotiato with tho Indians for
the purchase and release of such portions
of their reservation not alloted as tho
tribe may consent to sell, subject to tlio
ratification of congress; tho purchase
money to bo paid in twenty-fivo years
from dale of sale, and in tho meantime
to bear interest at tho rato of 5 per cent
per annum, tho money to bo expended for
i no purpose oi educating and preparing the
ino an lor seii-suppori.
'1 ho provisions of tlio bill do not apply
to tho reservations of tho Clircokees.
Creeks, Clioctaws, Clnekasaws and Scmi-
no'es m tho Indian territory, nor to any
oi i no reservations oi the aeneca nation in
New lork.
Defense Against Contagion.
Dr. John II. Ilouch, secretary ol the Illi
nois state board ot health, presents ns the
results ot his recent inspection ot marine
quarantine stations, a report on "Const
Defenses Against Asintic Cholera," which
subject ho considers of the greatest import
ance to the people of Illinois and the United
States, lie deprecates the past and pros
pective expenditureof $75,000,000 forcon
tingent defense of our seiv const ngainst
foreign armed enemies, and disregard of tlio
assaults of foreign contagion, which is not
a contingency but which has been an actual
recurring eveat.
Murtlerctl by Ilor Husband.
Last Thursdny morning Mrs. Pat Smith,
who lives at Stono City, four miles west ot
Anninosa, Iowa, was found dead in her
bed. Coroner Dr. J. D. Paul, of Onslow,
was summoned, who empanelled E. J.
Wood, Dr. Adair and J. F. Ksau as jurors,
and" held an inquest, returning a verdict
that she cnino to her (lentil at thu hand ot
some person. Her husband was arrested
and is now in jail at A-umnoa.
TIIK FORTY-NINTH t'ONUKESS.
A
Itolh
ICcrord ol' I'roccedliit; in
IlrnncIieN of tile Smile.
Sn.VATE, Feb. 23. Among bills reported
tavorably from the committees nnd placed
on tlio calendar was one by Van Wyck,
from the committoo on public lands, to
confirm entries of public lands mado under
the public land laws ot the United States.
Among tho bills introduced nnd appro
priately referred was ono by Edmunds to
facilitate tlio administration of tlio laws in
Ainskn. Jioar called up tho bill appro
priating $250,000 for th& erection of a
monument in Washington City to tlio
memory of Gen. Grant. Passed. Among
bills introduced was ono by Senator Van
Wyck authorizing tho uso of tho proceeds
ot tho sinking fund created by tlio Thur
man act in tho construction of branch rail
road and telegraph lines. It creates a
board to consist ot tho secretary of tho
treasury, secretary of the interior and
? residents ot tho Union Pacific and Kansas
'ncifio railroadB, which shall convert into
money tho securities now on deposit in tho
treasury ns a sinking fund to pay tho ma-
terial indebtedness of theso companies, and
uso tlio same to construct branch railroad
and telegraph lines to connect witli lines of
said companies. It provides in detail for
tho manner of construction, rates to bo
charged, and for other matters connected
with tlio construction and operation of
such roads and lines.
CAPT. CRAWFORD'S SLAYERS.
Tin Soldiers of Ills Command and tlio
Indian Ncoutn l'lrmly Convinced Unit
tho me.xleiuiM Planned tlio Attack
Wild tho Object of I'luiulcr.
INVENTOR EDISON TAKES A WIFE.
I'cii IMclnro of tlio I'rotty Girl Whom
Ho Captured.
Tlio M'liNky Men A;,'ree.
The Western Export association, after a
two tiny' Bcssioiiat Peoria, 111., adjournal,
having settled all dilllciiltic and the run.
nlng capacity remains the name 28 per
cuU l'he price lor goods remains tin
nine. Tho meeting was hurmonlous, and
the number (eel good over lu success.
Clovoland (0.) dispatch: Tho announce
ment that Thomas A. Edison, tho famous
inventor, was soon to marry Miss Minn
Millor ot this city created no littlo surprise
and comment here among all classes. The
prominence of tlio brldo'ii father, and tlio
still more celebrated iiiiuw ot Mr. Edison
made tho uiarringoouo of unusual interest.
Tlio wedding coroniony r is performed at
the mansion ot the Miller family in this city
to-day. Tlio officiating clergyman was tho
ltev. Di. E. K. Young, pastor of tho First
Methodist Episcopal church of Akron, as
sisted by tho Koy. Dr. J. II. Vincent ot
Plainficld, N. J. Only tlio immediate
friend- of tho family wero present on ac
count of tho failing health ot Mrs. Miller,
mother ot tho bride. .Mr. Edison and his
brido will travel by special ear to Jackson
ville, Fin., whence tliey will proceed to Ft.
Meyers, Fin., whero ho has built a band
sumo villa to bo used as his winter homo.
Hero they will remain nut I tho close of
April, when I hoy will rot inn to Ohio for a
biiet visit. In May, Mr. and Mrs. Edison
will go to Llewellyn park, N. J., whero tlio
inventor has fitted up a palatial homo of
rare elegance and beauty, costing, it is said,
atitmt f UiP.uou.
Miss Miller is tho second daughter of
Lewis Miller, tlio invtutor. Slio will be
twenty yours of ago in March next.' 'Miss
Miller is ot medium height, witli a well de
veloped figure, brown hair, blue oyes, very
large and expressive, and has a beautiful
peneh-liko complexion. Shograduiited from
the Akron high school a couple ot years
ago, ami spent tlio following summer in r.u
rope. Shu is an excellent musician, and ot
late has acquired a taste for painting and
other arts. Although she bus no less than
ten brothers and sisters slio is tho first
child in tho family to bo led tu thu hyme
neal nltur. Her uldor sister, Miss .leuiilo
Miller, has been engaged to bo married tor
Home time.
Mr. Miller's fortuno as tho present time is
estimated at $2,500,000. In loss than
thirty years ho lias amassed thlsonormoiis
sum. Ho was born In USUI!, In Stark
county, Ohio. At tlio ago of 18 ho was a
country apprentice to tho only plasterer in
tho entire country. Ho was a poor hid,
his parents being Inrmers from Pennsylva
nia. Ho never saw thu insidu ot a school
houso when a boy except for two weeks.
In 1850, when tho mowers and reapers
were first introduced, young Miller bo'iiu
some experiments in the business. Having
a littlo money, ho took it to Canton and
beoamo a partner ot Ephraiiu Hall, then
just starting in the reaper and mower busi
ness. About 18511 ho started an independent
concern in Akron, under the linn name ol
Aultmuu, Miller it Co., and in a slpn t time
tho lluekeyo lenper and mower and tha
Miller patent binder became known nil
over tlio world. As a politician Mr. Millor
Iirh been democrat, republican nnd green
backer by turns. Ho gave every year a
part ot his income to thu church, and rose
to bo ouo ot tho foremost Methodists in
tho United States. In connection with Dr.
Vincent ho established tin assembly nnd
summer school known ns the Chnutnuquu
circle, at l.ako Chautauqua.
There is littlo romance connected with
the engagement ot Mr. Miller's daughter.
Mr Edison paid his first visit to Chan
taumia last year and delivered a lecture.
While there he was tho guest ot Mr. Miller,
who, ns president ot the nssemblv, enter
tains umiiy prominent visitor In his sum
mer cottage. It was hero (last summer)
that Mr- Edison met tho charming daugh
ter.of tho Ohio millionaire Slio at ones
captivated the linenlor, and they became
treat tricuds.
Tucson (Arizona) dispatch: Advices just
received from Long's Uanch snVs: Your
rorrcspot.dcnthas just returned from Lieut
Mans' camp. Had a long interview witli
the Indian scouts through an interpreter,
nnd also met Lieut. Sliipp. They nro all
positive in tho conviction and state:
There is no possibility for doubt that tho
attack on Crawford's command was
ranged beforehand, tho Mexicnn captain
firing tlio shot at Crawford as a signal
which was nt unco tnken up by thoMoxican
troops, j no .Mexicans previously mid a
long talk with Crawford and Home, tho in
terprcter, and knew perfectly well who
Crawford was. Had it not been that tho
Chiliniilinu scout 'Dutchy,' promptly blow
I no .Mexican commander s brains out nnd
discoiiiertcd tho Mexicans, and that tlio
marksmanship of the Apachescouts proved
superior to tho .Mexicans, not ono of our
people would havo escaped death. ' 'J hey
say the motive oi tlio .Mexicans wns plun
der, coupled with race hatred, which is very
strong among tho half savage branches of
tho Mexican population. Two Mexicans
who camo into tlio cnino to-dny from Cor
rilltas, Mexico, statu that Perez's Mexican
troops knew whero ( ruwford 8 forces were;
that nn American told him two days before
that ho was on Crawford's trail and not
hostile Indians.
HI Paso (Texas) dispatch: Maior-Gen
era! Vogo, a distinguished ofilcor of tho
Mexican army, arrived bore this morning
from tlio City ot Mexico en route to tlio
scene of tlio recent killing ot tho Into Capt
Crawford near the boundary lino of Sonora
nnd Arizona, ilo goes under directions
from tho Mexicnn war denarlmout. with in
struetious to rigidly inquiro into all the
(totalis inn, particulars that led to tho un-
lortunnto attack by tho Mexican soldiery
upon tho American troops. Should Gen.
Vego find that tho attack was wanton and
malicious upon tlio part of tlio officers
commanding tho Mexican forces, it is gen
erally believed they will bo court-mnrtialed
and shot. Many ot tho leading Mexican
papers regard tho killing of Cant. Crawford
as very unfortunate, nnd dunounco the
conduct ot Maj. Santa Anna Peroz, tho ollt
ccr in command ot tho Mexicnn troops.
Railroad Iluildiii in Wyoming.
A Cheyenno spec al says: The railroad
county bond bill passed ono liouso ot tho
legislature nnd will undoubtedly pass tho
other and bo signed by tho governor in a
tow days. It grants a subsidy equal to
$100,000 in this county to a road building
100 miles north and south, providing tho
company making application to filo a bond
for 15 per rent of tho full amount on tlio
subsidy asked by it lor tlio faithful comple
tion of tho work. After tho application is
nindo by thu company the people vote on
the question of granting it. The Union Pa
cific, Northwestern, and Darlington and
Missouri roads aro all supposed to bo after
tho subsidy. The bill lengthening tho time
ol residence in yoinlng to exercisosuffrngo
to Htx mouths was si
House, Feb. 23. Weber, of New York,
from tho committeoon railways and canals,
reported tho bill providing for permanent
improvement of tlio Erie and Oswego
canals and to secure tho freedom of tho
snme to tho commercoof tho United States.
Referred to tlio cooimitteo ot tho whole.
Tucker, from tho committoo on judiciary,
reported tho bill providing that no person
sliall bo held to answer for any crinio
whereo' tho punishment may bo tho loss of
life or liberty, except on presentment of nn
indictment of a grand jury, except in cases
nrising in the land or naval forces, or in tho
militia when in actual service in time of
war or publie danger. Placed on the house
calendar. Ellshury, from tlio committee
on invalid pensiono, reported the bill grant
ing pensions to all invalid soldiers or their
widows or children who aro dependent on
their daily labor for support. Referred to
tho committoo of the whole.
Scn'atis, Feb. 2-1. In the senate Van
Wyck called up and tho senate, without do-
bate, passed the bill for tho relief of settlers
and purchasers of lands on tho public
domain in Nebraska and Kansas. It ap
propriates $250,000 to be expended for tlio
purpose of reimbursing persons and their
iegal repiescntiitivcs who, under tlio land
Inws, settled upon or purchased land within
the grant nindo to aid in tho construction
of tho Northern Kansas railroad, to whom
patents bavu been issued for hind, but
against which persons decrees navo been
rendered by tho circuit court on nccount of
priority of the grant to thf; railroad. Tho
persons entitled to tho benefits of the act
aro to lio reimbursed at tho rato of $:t.50
per acre. Tim education bill was taken mi
nnd discussed, but without action tho sen
ate adjourned.
Ilousn, Feb. 24. rayson, from tho com
mit tco on public lauds, reported the senate
bill to quiet the titles ot settlers on tho Des
Moines river InncV in Iowa. Ho gave tlio
history ot the caso from tho timo tho grant
of land wns made to tho stato of Iowa and
stated that 270,000 acres wero involved in
it. Ily a misconstruction of tlio Grand
burgh act, tho state of Iowa hnd sold cer
tain lands to which it was not entitled and
had granted certain other lands to tiie Des
Moines Iuver llailrond and Navigation
company. 1 his stato of nffnirs had given
riso to much litigation nnd tho purpose ot
tho bill wns simply to allow parties who
had mado pre-emption nnd homestead
filings on these lands to havo tho ouesliou
judicially determined ns to whether tho
land was public land. Alter considerable
debate- tho bill whb passed witlioutdi vision.
Tlio house passed tho bill to annex tho
northern part of tho territory of Idudo to
Washington territory. The houso commit
tee on rules n greed to report back Han
back's resolution providing for an investi
gation of tlio Pun-Electric telephone, mat
ter. Tho committoo has not yot framed
the resolution, but has agreed that tho in
vestigation committeo shall consist of nine
members.
Sknatk, Feb. 25. Hills wore introduced;
Ify Edmunds Providing for tho inspection
of meats for exportation and prohibiting
tho importation ot adulteratod articles of
food and drink, and authorizing thu presi
dent to mnko a proclamation in retnin
cases. The hill gives tho president tho
power to retaliate whenever Products nro
unjustly discriminated against in foreici
countries. Edmunds thought it clear that
it was timo to introduce this bill again.
Ry Logan (by request) A Miill to ram hi to
coininerco tinning the soveial states, and to
codify thu laws relating to things of ox
change nuil other commercial panor. The
senate, on motion of Dawes, resumed
consideration ot tlio bill to provide nu al
lotment ot laud in severalty to Indians.
Passed. Tlio educational bill was then
Senate, Feb. 20. TJie education .bill was
taken up. Allison made a formal presenta
tion ot the amendment suggested by him
yesterday to the effect that where scparato
white and colored schools exist, the money
should be paid nut for the support ot such
whito nnd colored schools in proportion to
the illiteracy the white and colored per
sons aforesaid bear to each other as shown
by the census. Allison said tho amend
ment placed the bill strictly on a basis ot
illiteracy. He inquired whether tho demo
cratic senators, vhose race had oppressed
the colored race for two hundred years,
would be willing to take from on.ctthlrd to
onu-halfthe money of the Kill? WftS'it pos
sible that the whito race, with tho advan
tage of race and color, would not consent
that the poverty-stricken colored schools
snouKi not nave as much of tins money as
their illiteracy entitled them to. Even
with all the money voted by the bill, there
would bo many children who would get no
education at nil; and since there was to be
a scramble for this money as well as for the
monoy raised for education by taxation in
tho several states, Mr. Allison insisted that
us to that scramble wu should see to it
that tho people- who aro illit rate, and
whom wo proposo to nid, should have their
share of this money. Miller, ol New York,
siioku in favor of the bill, and after execu
tive session, the senate adjourned.
nocsr:, Feb. 2C Morrison, from the
loininittco on rules, reported a substitute
or tlio Hanback and Pulitzer resolutions,
directing nn inquiry into tho Tan-Electric
telephone matter. .After a briet but excited
debate, during which Gibson bitterly criti-
1 1. t. , . . . .
cihcii i-u Inzer, wuoin no accused or shrink
ing behind the columns of his newspaper to
attack men instead of attacking tlii-m on
the floor ot tho house, tho resolution re
ported from tho committee on rules was
adopted. Alter a long debute the Pan
Electric resolution was a'doptod without
division. Ilurnes, of Missouri, from tho
committeo on appropriations, reported the
immedinto deficiency bill, and it was refer
red to the committeo of tlio whole.
Housi:, Feb. 27. Immediately upon as
sembling, the house, under tlio provious
order, went, into committee of the wliolofor
general debate on the stato of tlio union.
Mr. Chandler submitted nn argument
ngainst the suspension of silver coinngennd
contended that there was no hojii'mI basis
for tho prediction mado by thu 4gqld bugs"
that the continued coinage of silver would
have tho effect of driving gold out ol the
country. Mr. I.anliam spoke in support ot
the bill previously introduced by him to
disnjiprovo an net of tho legislature in Now
Mexico to prevent the introduction ot dis
eased cattle into the territory, argiilngthat
it was unconstitutional in that if interfered
witli inter-stale commerce. Mr.' Weaver of
Nebraska discussed tho silver quest. on nnd
ptcdictcd that tho effort ot the money
oligarchy, assisted by the executive officers
ot the nation, to double tho peoplo's bur
den and cripple the business ol tlio country
by tlio suspension of silver coinage would
prove unsuccessful, now that the attention
of tlio poojilowasattracte(Uo tlio question.
Ho favored unlimited coinage. nnd assorted
that it the whole yield was coined annually
it would bo twenty years before tho j)er
cnjiita circulation of tiio United Stntes
would bo equal to that of France, and this
circulation he said had been nindo without
taking into account the increase of popula
tion of the country.
Scn.vti:, March 1. Tho liouso committee
on public lauds voted to report adversely
the report ot Surveyor General Dowitt, ot
Utah. Tho minority report of tlio senate
judiciary committee on tho Duskin case is
tlireo or four times as long as the majority
report, it embodies no resolutions. Pngli
asked that the report bo printed and placed
on the calendar, it wns not read in the
senate. Tlio report says that when Presi
dent Clovelnnd en mo into otlico ho found
about 115 per cent of tho olliccs filled by
republicans, appointed as a reward for
party services. Tlio party to whom the
president owed his nomination and election
lius been exiled from all participation in tlio
civil administration or the government for
neai ly a quarter of iv century. 'The friends
and supporters or thu president made ap
plication for a redistribution of inblic
trusts. No other president has over been
subjected to hucIi a severe trial or has mot
with such grave difficulties- and no other
hnd such an abundant supply of valid
reasons nnd causes urging him to the freo
exercise of the power of removal from fed
eral otllce, and no other over resisted witli
more (inntiehs tho just claims of ids sup
porters or used ids power ot removal more
conscientiously, cautiously and sparingly.
Notwithstanding these facts, tlio 050 nom
inations sent to tlio seiuito in suspension
enses had been allowed to lemain boforo
the coiumitees without consideration and
full disposition.
House, Mnrch 1. Rrumm finked unnni
mous consent to havo printed in tlio Rec
ord a memorial signed by J. r. lirigham
and others asking for tho impeachment ot
Daniel Mnnning, secretary of tho treasury,
for high climes nnd misdemeanors, in thu
execution of tho silver law. Eldridgo
moved to suspend tho rules and pass tho
Mexicnn pension bill, witli n proviso except
ing from its provisions persons politically
disabled, Aftordoliate, and pending action
upon tlio motion, tho houso adjourned.
CHICAGO LABOR DIFFICULTIES.
.11 form I ell's llenpcr Works. ICcumno
Operations.
ned by tho governor,
..... I ITjii.x Vl. Of? T!... iw
wnero it is exported tno .Mirthwestern ex
tension will reach in six mouths. Six
wholesale houses ot this city aro establish
ing branch hoinies there.
Pad Ho Itullruad Dobls.
Charles Francis Adami, president of th
Union Pacific railway, and ejc-Senutor Me-.
Donald, attorney for the Central Pacific
railroad company, appeared boforo the
limiwe committee on Pacific railroads nnd
expiessed their views at length upon the
general subject of tho Indebtedness of tlio
Pacific railway. Adams lUclaixnl that tha
present management of the Union Pacltlo
company was endeavoring to fulfill thecoiu
pnny's obligations to thu government in
good faith, nnd Hint tho road was not
iinnipulated tor gpeculnUve purposes. A
large proportion of the stock, he said, was
held by trust companies, estates and
widows. The unaided branch lines consti
tuted the main source of revenue niwl
without them the road could uot b
operated at a vrllt. j
Horsi:, Fob. 25. The committeo on com
merce reported tho bill to ine-irporate tho
Atlantic and Pacific Ship railway. iCo
forml to the committeo of the whole. Tho
committeo on public binds reported tbn
bill to forfeit tho lands granted to tho state
of Michigan to aid in the construction of a
railroad ftoin Ontonagon to tho Wisconsin
siaioiine. rinced on tlio house calendar.
The p.'iislon appropriation bill was then
considered. Townshond, of Illinois, who
had charge ot the bill, explained its jirovis
ions. It appropriated, he said. S7B.7.T1.
00. or about $15,000,000 mnro tli
carried by law for tho current year. This
miiviisu mis occasioned j-y mo accelerated
work that was being done in tho pension
office and for this work th
ot peusions and ids employes deserved
commondatlon. Nomonev until nf ,i i,
nationnl treasury accomplished more gen
eral good than tho money expended by this
bill. No better use could be ninda ol tho
vast surplus In the trensurv tlmn na it
out on claims for pensions nnd other just
dues to so dlers. Without reaching ion
elusion the bouse adjourned
Tho McCormick reaper works nt Chicago
resumed work March 1st, 150 men report
ing for duty. Great crowds wero in tho
vicinity of tlio works early in the morning,
nnd to thoir presence is ascribed to the fact
Unit n larger number did not aniily for
work through fearot intimidation.' A largo
force ot polico woro on litind to prcsorvo
order, nnd arrested throe or four men who
wero noisy nnd aggressive.
Whoa thogront bell sounded nt the works
not to exceed 150 men had entered tho
yards. Largo numbers of working men hud
nppenred carrying their dinner palls, but
were taken in clinrgo by strikers. A great
many were prevailed upon to remain out.
Grout crowds of strikers lino I Ditto Island
avenuo facing tho works, with the evident
intention of intimidating nny men expect
ing to go to work, and finally tho police
ordered them back. They were slow
to move nt ilrst, but when tho
order io disperse came a hccoiuI
timo and the officers advanced, they turned
nnd ran ncross tho prairies, scattering in
all directions. The dispersal of the crowds
restored confidence- to the minds of the
wavering ones, who had been prevented
from entering at first, nnd they started
hurriedly for tho works. In five minutes,
nccording to Mr. McCormick's count, .'l.0
men wero at work in the various depart
ments. Superintendent Avcrill says a num
ber ot men retrained from returning owing
to having received threatening notes last
night. Ho expects the work tc In in full
opernHnu In n day or two. Mr. McCormick
opened, tho yards in person and declared ho
would not shut down now if ho only had n
dozen men to work.
The police nrrcsted twenty men for creat
ing a disturbance, ono ot whom was mak
ing a speech advocating that the sttikers
uso their revolvers nnd shoot any one en
tering tho yards. They wero taliun-h) tho
police station nnd arraigned f6r carrying
concealed weapons. Thuy were fined ?5
and costs each. Itcvolvcrs were found on
their persons.