THE OREGON SCOUT.
JONES & CHANCUY, Publisher.
UNION,
OREGON.
GENERAL .E7VS AM) NOTES.
Tlio McCormlck wt rks In Chicago opened
as usual on Tuesday. Tlicro wero largo
crowds of Idlo men alout tho works buttho
presence of tlio pol'iM prevented nn out
break. Five hundrol' nnd four men re
ported fr work, an i.icrenso of 200 over
Mondny, nnd tlio mn.iagcr expected that
number to bo Increased toSOO Wednesday.
The olllccra think tlio itriko is practically
ciiucu.
During a licavy gnlo tin entire roof of tlio
Rockland county, N. Y., nlmsliouso wns
blown off. Tlio building, which is a largo
one, contained many Inmates, but happily
iiono were injured.
Tlio drivers and conduciors nnd other
employes of tlio Dry Doc!, l'nst River ifc
JJnttcry Rnllrond company wentoniiBlrike
on account of tlio refusal of tlio company
to nccede to the demands of tho mon for u
reduction in tho hours of lul) jr.
Lowis Presgrovo, of Morrison county, HI.,
turned out his relative, Alsa Thomas, on a
cold night in January. Slio walked three
miles and was fatally frozen.
Tlio federal court at Indianapolis has
issued an order for tho Clilcngci V Atlantic
Rnllrond company to appear beforo Judgo
Grcsham, in Clilcngo, March 10. and hIiow
why a recoivcr should not bo appointed.
William Heath, tho well known stork
broker, whoso fnllurolust October .ittrurted
no much attention, died at his homo in Now
York city on tho 2d.
Tho associated chambers of ngrtculturo
of Great Uritaln adopted a resolution
favoring tho. Imposition of import duties
on foreign corn.
D. Henry Wheeler, a prominent citiicn of
Prosperity, N. C, was waylaid and mur
dered by Georgo MuNenry.
A special call to tlio ton thousand Itcal
lutxilluries of tho National Wonu'im'
Temperanco union lias been scut out,
requesting thorn to observo April 11, as
tho Sabbath for tho memorial services or
tho lute Jokn li. Goiigh, and using rcspo-i-wive
readings to bo prepared by Miss Wil
lijrd for tho occasion.
Twolvo wlilto men, identified as being In
tho mob which drovo tho Chinese out o
Oregon City on tho night of February 21,
were arrested by tho United States mar
hIiiiI mid brought lo.Portluud. All waived
examination bcforo,th United States com
inlssloner and wrn bound over to await
tho action of the.'grand jury In ?3,00'J
ciirh. Ten of tho prisoners gave bonds and.
tlio remainder were confined in tho county
jail.
Diamonds volucd at $2,00 wcro suhod
ntChlcagoby United States treasury agents.
They nro owned by Jerry Monroe, an East
Btntc street saloon keeper, who, the olll
clals charge, smuggled tho same from F.ug
land, aided by an English woman named
Lloyd. No arrests were niado.
Fully eight hundred men woro at work in
tho McCormlck reaper works on tho-lth.
Tlio strike is considered at an end. Tho
unemployed workmon held n meeting at
which they prepared an address to McCor
mlck, In which thoy stated that If tho five
non-union men now working In the foundry
nro pineal In some doiiurtiiicut where they
will not deprive tlio old hands of employ
juent, a soltleninnt is possible Tlio nd
dross su.vs: "While wo won't dlsputo with
McCormlck tho right to hire nnd discharge
whom liu sees fit, we hold that no man
Hhall bo discharged during the working
ucitsoii without just cause."
Fred Douglass sent to tho president his
resignation of theolllco of recorder of deeds
for the District of Columbia.
Tho regents of tho Iowa uulvorslty have
entirely severed tho connection of 1'rof.
Gustavus Hinrichs from tho institution.
Last June ho was removed from the collegi
ate chair of chemistry, nnd now ho is (lis.
missed from tho medical school. The re
gents defend their conduct on the ground of
Hinrichs creating trouble in tho faculty.
Ex Congressman Finncrty, oT Chiengo,
was the orator at tho Unhurt F.muiott eel
titration nt tho New York Academy of
Mimic. Ho predicts 1'at null's success in hi
laitorH for homo rule.
.The wall of a house at Front nnd Norrls
etrccts, Philadelphia, that was being torn
down, suddenly fell, burying several labor
ers. Daniel (Julim was killed, and James
Keegan was seriously injuieil, probably
fatally.
About u year ago tlio typographical
union announced a boycott o against tho
Detroit Free Press because of 'the employ
ment of nouuiiloii printers. This has not
been enforced to any grout extent. Tho
Knights of Labor have taken up tho tight
und determined to boycotto tho newspaper.
The Iowa house decided to vote 51 to 10
to have a special commit leo appointed to
bear tho charge against Judge Hayes, with
u. view to Ills impeachment.
J. 11. SrnRh, assistant postmaster of
Nashville, Ark., Is charged with embezzling
51,200 of registered hitlers and Is lodged iu
Jail. Ho was formerly postmaster at Min
eral Springs.
Tho round-honso employes and switch
tenders of tho JeMoyContrnldivlsion of the
Rcndliij railroad, were niado happy by tho
information tlmt tho company had recon
sidered the doternilnutlon to reduce wages.
Goodbody's tobacco factory, in Tulla
jnoro, Kings county, liehvnd, burned, Lous,
$00,000.
News was received at Toomlmtone, Arl
rona, that a band of thirty Apaches at
tacked a party of travelers flfteon miles
southwest of Nooosarl, Sonoru, Mexico,
killing one Melcaiiaml an American named
ZeeB. The Indians, who are believed to bo
long to Uoronlino'a baud, then proceeded
to William Ilrown's mine, where MeKerton
was killed hint September, and killed Drown
und his companion, JamcH Mosor. The
band then stin ted south, ramped one mile
south of San Pedro, where they stole eighty
horses belonging to the sattlen) and then
went lu the directlouol SlurroMndro moun
tains. Cattlemen In Convention.
There was a very full attendance nt tho
meeting of the Colorado rattle growers' as
sociation nt Denver on tho 4th to consider
the advisability of joining tho International
rango luaorlation. Every point pertaining
to the matter wna carefully dlHcusrd und
merles of resolutions were finally adopted
ratifying tho nctlqn of thelrdolegiite to tho
range convention, formally uniting with
that body, endorsing tho object and pur
pose of the range association and calling
upon all state, territorial nnd local in.no
elation throughout the rango country to
unite iu extending to tho range association
their e niest support to cnablo it to no
coiuplUdi the result for good as outlined In
Wie circular which wns recently Ismiul by
IU officers. The action of the Colorado
awocliitlon u unanimous.
SENATOR JOHN F. MILLER.
Ills Death nt WnahltiRton After a Pro
longed Uliiet.
Senator John F. Miller, of California,
died nt his residence on Connecticut
avenue, Washington, on the 7th, alter
a prolonged illness. Whllo his condition
has bef:n regarded as precarious for many
weeks past, his death wns sudden and un
expected. His death was tho result of n
complication of diseases arising primnrily
from a sovcro wound In the cyo received
during tho war, twonty-thrco years ago.
Tho bullet remained in Ills head about
twelve years beforo it could bo extracted
and tho wound napped his strength and
rendered hlni nn easy victim to dlhonse.
Loss of sleep debilitated his systom and
nsthmltic symptoms kept liini in constant
pain, llrlght's disease subsequently biynn
Its insidious work and then dropsical dis
orders weio developed, but through all his
illness the sonator showed nucli nerve and
will power that his physicians were oncoiir
ngi'd to liopo that he might recover. Tim
senator remained quiet up to about 12
o'clock, when ho became restless and asked
for a doctor. A messenger was sent for
Dr. Tape, but befoto ho ni lived Mr. Miller
had passed away. Ho was conscious to
the last, and took a sad farewell of his
wife, who. had been at his bedside all day.
Mr. and Mrs. John Davis had willed in a
few minutes before and were also present
when he died. Tlio senator leaves a wifo
and one daughter. There is no legislature
in existence In California. The now one, to
be elected in autumn, will meet next Jan
uary. Gov. Stonoinnii, who has the ap
pointment of Gen. Miller's successor, is
democrat.
John F. Miller was born in Indlann, iu
1831, his parents being Virginians; ho i(
eclvt'd an academical education at South
llend, and -ns fitted for college at C hiengo,
but did not enter; commenced the t ud.v of
law in 18-10, and graduated at tho Now
Yril k State Law school in 1 852; rommom ed
practice at South llend, soon went to Cali
fornia, where ho practiced law for three
veins, when ho returned to Indiana and re
sumed practice there; iu 1800 ho was a
member of tho state senate, but resigned to
enter tlio army as colonel of tlio Twenty
ninth Indiana volunteers, and was soon
placed in eonimnml id a brigade, serving
under Sherman, Huell, llosecrans, and
Thomas, and receiving severe wounds lit
the battles of Stono Rlvorand Liberty Gap;
promoted to brigadier general; in thobattlo
of Nashville ho romiiinnded tholeftdivlsion
of 8,000 men, and wns brevelted a major
general for conspicuous bravery; at tho
close of the war ho was offered a high com
mission In the regular army, buthedeelined
It, and returned toCalifoi iiia, where ho was
a collector of tho port of San Francisco
four year, declining a reappointment: ho
wns a republican candidate for presidential
elector In 1872, in 1870, and In 1880; ho
was a member of the Calforiila Slate Con
stitutional convention in 1870; was elected
to tho United States senateasa republican,
to succeed Newton Uooth, anti-monopolist,
nnd took his seat March '1,1881. His
term of service would havo expired March
:, 1887.1
NATIONAL CAPITAL SOTES.
Tho houso comniitteo of tho judiciary hai
resolved to report tho Lowell bankruptcy
bill to tho house one week from Thursday
noxt. It Is said tho bill had been consider
ably amended, but the members wero in
structed to keep secret the details. There
was considerable diversity of opinion
among tho coniinltteo as to tho form of bill
to be reported. Tho vote stooil S to 7 lu
favor of reporting tho Lowell bill, but at
least one of the nlllriiiatlvo voles was cast
solely from a desiroto havotlie gencrnlsub
jert in tlio houso. The order to report the
measure a week from next Thursday was
made to give the minority an opportunity
to prepare a substitute. It is understood
that several of the minority lire opposed t.i
tho enactment of any bankrupt act, while
others intend to report a substitute in the
nature of tho bill introduced by Seuey of
Ohio. That bill provides in substance that
a debtor may iiiaku an assignment of his
effects in trust Tor all of his creditors, and
may within a year petition the courts to bo
released. If the court Is satisfied that no
creditors have been preferred during thesis
months preceding the assignment, and
otherwise convinced of thogood faith of tho
debtor toward his creditors, it shall dis
charge tho debtor from further liability.
Tholiouso comniitteo on commerce has
agreed, by ii vote of 0 to !, to report favor
ably tho Uoagun inter-state conimereo bill
with amendments. An Important amend
ment offered by Representative Weaver, of
Nebraska, to prevent discrimination by
roads running through Canada, provides
that any railroad company receiving in tho
United States any goods for shipment
through a foreign country to another point
lu the United States must post its rates
where thogoods are received forthe portion
of tho road in a foreign country, Any at
tempt to avoid this by reshipuient in a for
eign country is prevented by a provision
that goods resiiipped must pay Import
duty upon re-entering tho United States.
There will bo tv minority report and a
strong fight between the Reagan and Cul
loin bills. .
PAHXELLITES ts. TOItlES.
Tim Former Decide to Array Tliem
uelvcN Aiiiiliiot the I.utter.
London dispatch: The l'arnollltes have
decided to array themselves against (ho
torles In (heir attempt to force the govern
ment to show their hand upon their policy
during tho debate which is expected to be
gin to-night nn the-civil service estimates.
The eoiiHurvnttvos have arranged to inter
mpt the government's proposition to go In
comniitteo on the civil (.orvice estimates by
mi amendment declaring that the house
-aiis unwilling to entertain estimates for
civil establishments iu Ireland before being
placed In possession of the policy which tho
government intended to pursuu for tho
restoration and maintenance of social or
der iu that country. It was calculated
that if this amendment was carried the
government would be either blocked or
compelled to divulge their intentions. l',r
nell has resolved to go to Gladstone's res
cue. The Irish leaders are satisfied, In view
of tho premier's promlso to state his Irish
policy after March 22, at which date ho is
expected to be through with the govern
ment's financial business. He Is entitled to
be protected Iromdisturlmnceon that Usuu
until after the expiration of the time asked
for. Accordingly, the Faruellltoj this after
noon r solved to oppose iu a body the
Holme amendment. Tblswlil undoubted
ly give the government all the voten neces
nary to defeat the amendment.
Tlio Powers (ilvo Assent.
All tho powets have given assvut to the
Iiouiuellaii agreement as modified by Uu
bin. The original agreement htauiU, except
that the clause ivlntingln the military alli
ance between Turkey and llulgarla has been
eliminated und that the title of "I'liiu-oot
lliilgaria" has been Inserted A) the ptnvtt of
"Prince Alexander." An agreement U bo
lug drafted noon to be submitted to a conference.
THE EDUCATIONAL DILL A LAW.
Text or tho Important Itlcneurc l'ucd
by the Senate.
The educational bill as It passed tho son
ate provides that for eight years niter tho
passage thcro shall bo annually appro
priated from tho treasury tho following
sum In aid of common school education in
the states and territories and District of
Columbia and Alaska: First year, 57 000,
000; second year, $10,000,000; third year,
$15,000,000; fourth year, $14,000,000;
fifth year, $11,000,000; Bixth year, $9,
000,000; soven year, $7,000,000; eighth
yenr, $5,000,000, making $77,000,000;
besides which thero Is n special appro
priation of $2,000,000 to aid in tho crec
lion of school lioiihes in tho Hparsely-s"t-tled
districts, making tho total hind $7!,
000,000. Money is given to the several
states and territories in that proportion
which, the whole number of persons in
each, who, being of tho ngo of 10 years nnd
over, cannot wiito, bears to the wholo
number of such persons in the United
States', nccorditiz to the census of 1880.
until tho census figures of 1880 shall bo
obtained nnd then according to tho latter
figures. In tlio states having separate
schools for whito and colored children tho
money shall 1m paid out in support of
such white and tolored children between 10
und 21 years old insuch states bear to each
other by tho census. No state is to receivo
tho benefit of tho net until its governor
shall file with the secretary of the interior
a statement giving the full statistics of tho
hchool system, attendance of whito and
colored children, . amount of money ex
pended, etc., number of schools in opera
lion and number and compensation of
teachers, etc. No state or territory shall
receive In any year from this fund inoro
money than it has paid out the provious
year from its own revenues for tho com
mon schools. If any state or territory de
clines to lake its share of thonational fund
such share is to bo distributed among tho
states accepting tho benefits of tho fund.
If nny state or territory misapplies tho
fund, or fails to comply with the conditions,
it loses all subsequent appropriations.
Samples of all school books in uso in tho
common schools of tho states and terri
tories shall bo filed with the secret nry of
tho interior. Anystnto or territory accept
ing tho provisions of tho act at tho first
cession of its legislature after the passngo
of the net, shall receivo its proper share of
all previous appropriations. Congress re
serves tho right to alter or repeal tho act.
Tlio bill now goes to tho house of represen
tatives for concurrence.
FOR KElilEP OF SETTLERS.
Of Intercut to llomehtemlcrs an I'ic
cmplora of l'ublio liiilldv.
lie It enncted by tho scnato and house of
representatives of tho United States of
America in congress nssembled, that for
tho purpnso of reimbursing persons, and
the grantees, heirs and devisees of poisons,
who, under the homestead, pre-emption or
other law, Bottled upon or purchased lands
within tho grant mado by nn nut entitled
"An act for a grant of lands to the state of
Kansas to aid in the construction of tho
Northern Kansas Iiailrond and Telegraph,"
approved July 2!!, 180(5, and to whom
patents have been issued therefor, but
against which persons, or their grantees,
heirs, or devisees, decrees have been or
may hoieafler bo rendered by the United
Sta'tes circuit court on account of the pri
ority of said grant made in tlio act above
entitled, the sum of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollaiH, or so much thereof as
shall be requhed for said purposo, is hereby
appropriated. I'lovidcd, however, no part
of saiil sum shall bo paid to any one of said
parties until he shall havo filed with thesec
iclaryof the interior a copy of the said
decree, duly certified, und also a certificate
of thu judge of said court rendering tlio
same to the erfect that such a decree was
rendered in a bona fide controversy be
tween a plaintiff showing title under tho
grant made in said act and a defendant
holding tho patent or holding by deed
under tho patentee, anil that tho decision
was iu favor of the plaintiff on the ground
of tho priority of tlio grant made by said
act to tlio filing, settlement, or purchase by
the defendant or his grantor; and i-aid
claimant shall also file with tho said docreo
and certificate a bill of tho costs iu such
case duly certified by tho clerk and judgo of
said court. Thereupon it shall be tho duty
of tho secretary of tho interior to adjust
the amount due to each have paid, not ex
ceeding tlueo dollars and titty cents per
acre for the tract his title to which shall
havo failed us aforesaid, Jnd the costs
appealing by tho bill thereof. Ho
Hhall then make a requisition upon
tlio treasury for tho sum found
to bo duo to such claimant, orhis heirs and
devisees or assigns, and s'miI! pay the same
to him, taking such release, acquittance, or
discharge as shall forever bur any further
clainuigiiinst the United States on account
of the failiiro of the titilo usntoresaid: Pro
vided further, that when any person, his
grantees, heirs, assigns, or devisees, shall
prove to the sutisfuctiouof the secretary of
tho Interior that his ease is like the ciiho of
tliOKO described in the preceding portionsof
this act, except that he has not been sued
nnd subjected to judgment as hereinbefore
provided, and that he has in good faith
jiaid to the person holding the prior title
by the grant herein referred to the sum de
manded of him, without litigation, such
secretary shall pay to such person such
rami us he has so paid, not exceeding three
dollars and fifty cents per acre, taking Ilia
release theiefur as hereinbefore provlded.-
REVOLTING URUTALITY.
A Ilotltetl ol" Corruption Ihiearllieil In
a Charitable Initltutlou.
( Hnrrisburg (Pa.) special: Tho Investiga
tion of the Mount Joy soldiers' orphans'
school by the state authorities resulted iu
some startling and revolting revelations,
157U pupils being compelled to sloop two
and three in a bed calculated to hold a sin
gle person. Thirteen boys had sore eyes,
eight camp Itch, four totter, nnd at leaBt
lialfadoseu chronic sores, yot ninety-four
of them were required to bathe, rojardlosa
of physical condition, iu three tubs niado
by sawing molasses barrels iu two and
water changed but thrice whllo bathing the
entire lot. Several boys were found who
bud not had iv change of shirts or stockings
for two mouths, and one had not had a
clean shirt given him since tho 10th nt Do
coinlier. A little boy with a fractured arm
had nothing done to It since it was Kit four
weeks ago. One hundred and twenty boys
have been whipped in one day tor trilling
offenses, and smvral bad their backs cut
open with the strap. Meat had beu given
to the pupils not more than twice a week,
and in pice about two inches square.
When the beans were served, a day ago,
one boy was koverely Hogged tor taking
more than two tablespoousfiil. Other in
liiHimn acts wero related by the bys, in
cluding tho throwing of a bittrhorkiufe at
one by u rook for some (tilling offense.
The sanitary tiuatmmt of some boys, as
related bythom, moved the entire nssamhly
to tears, The Investigation will be re
sumed Monday whou it U expected that the
ttiiiiie story will bo continued. Public in
diguutlou Is at a high pitch since the inhu
man treatment of theae children has been
made known.
TERRY TO SUCCEED HANCOCK.
A Nomination that, Thonzli Not Unex
pected, Can tic Coimldernble Surprise.
Washington p cinl: The nomination of
Brigadier General Terry to be mnjorgeti.
ernl, vice Ht-ncock, although not entirely
unexpected, caused considerable surprise.
Prior to the death of General Hancock
there wns n sharp contest between Hownrd
nnd Terry for the vacancy tlmt will occur
on March 10, when Major General Pope
will rcllro on . ccount of age. Had General,
Hancock lived no vacancy would have fol
lowed that to be occasioned by Pope's re
tirement until after Terry reaches the ng
of Ct. The promotion of Hownrd, there
fore, to Popo's vnenncy, Hnncock and
Schoflcld continuing ns major goner'.H,
would hnve prevented Terry from reaching
the higher grade. The death of Hancock
n d the retirement of Pope made it reason
ably certain that Terry would succeed to
one of the two vacancies, and his centcst
with Howard therefore was less aggressive
than prior to Hancock's death, ulthough
In; continued to compete for promotion
over Howard, who stands on the nriny
reg'ster as tho senior brigadier general.
Terry claims that ho should stand ahead
on the register, on the ground that his
nomination was sent to tho senate ns
brigadier general prior to that of Howard,
but the hitter's nomination was first con
firmed by tlio senate, which placed him
ahead of Terry. Howard ranks as briga
dier in the regular establishment from De
cember 21, 18C1, nnd 'lorry from January
15, 1805.
At the close of the war roth Howard and
Terry wero mnjor generals of volunteers,
Hownrd ranking ns such from November
29, 1802, nnd Terry from April 20, 105.
According to the official register, therefore,
Hownrd stands ns tliesetiiorof Terry. Tho
ptoshlent, however, is not obliged to pro
mote to the grade of general an officer ac
cording to seniority, but is clothed with
discretionary power to select the officer ho
deems most fitted und competent.
From intimations given out at the whito
house, it was generally believed that noono
would bo selected to succeed Hancock until
tho retirement of Pope, when tho senior
brigadiers, Howard and Terry, would be
advanced. Which ol them would bo first
nnmrd was a matter of speculation.
Friends of Howard feltqitito confident that
he would lio named iir Hancock's successor,
and thu selection of Terry has caused thorn
great dlsappoiatmet, although it is believed
that Howard will bo selected to follow
Pope, on March IGth.
Tho selection was made by the president
without consulting General Sheridan. In
conversation this morning with your cor
respondent Shcridnn said ho was nal in
formed as to tlio president's intentions,
that lie had no personal preference, and
that his advice or opinion bad not been
nsked. While ho was not advised ns to
tho president's intentions General Sheridan
wns inclined to believe that both Terry
and Howard would bo selected to succeed
Hancock and Pope.
Tho selection of Terry gives great satis
faction to the army with which ho hna
always enjoyed a largor degree of popular
ity than Hownrd. A story wns recently
published to tho effect that sectarian In
fluences weie operating to prevent Howard's
Holection, nt.d this report induced somo ol
Howard's ministerial friends to make a
special appeal to tho presidontin his behalf.
There is, howovor, tho very highest author
ity for tho statement that no sectarian in
fluences were used with tho president in
this connection and that had such in
fluences been attompted they would have
received no countennnco.
A CONVICT'S DEATH.
fflr. Anna Taylor Ilnds Her lilfo Srn
tenco lu tlio Ainimohu l'enltuntlv'.'r.
Mrs. Anna Taylor, n convict serving a life
sentence In the Anamosa penitentiary died on
the evening of Sunday, February 14. Sho was
Ecntegced for the crime of murder. The crlmo
was committed In Clinton county, John S.
Taylor, who Is als.o serving a life sentence, be
enmc enamored of her. Sho returned his pas
sion. They had clandestine meetings but be
came Impatient of the restraint Imposed upon
them by Taylor's wife. They resolved to get
rid of tho wife, ami planned to kill her by
poison. Anna bought tho poison and Taylor
administered It. The wife died suddenly and
in terrible agony, reproaching her husband for
his perlldlty. The day the wife was consigned
to tho earth Taylor married Anna. Suspicion
pointed to their crime uud they wero soon
afterward arrested, were both convicted and
sent to the peultentlary for life. Mrs. Taylor
was first sent to the FU Madison jen!tcntiary,
where sho served two years. Then sho
was transferred to tho Auatnosa pen
itentiary, and had been thero three years
when sho died. Sho was a victim of
consumption. Towards tho last she
became petulant in temper and was very
troublesome. She protested her Innocence to
the last. An abhorrence to being burled In
the convict's cemetery filled her mind contin
ually. Every cent of money sho could obtain
by making fancy work and helling It wa jeal
ously hoarded to buy a lot lu Kivcrsldo ceme
tery and to pay the expenses of a civilian's fu
neral. At the time of her death she had gath
ered enough money for the purpose. Warden
Martin directed that her wishes should be
carefully carried out Tho funeral was held
Monday afternoon, Feb. 15th, at 3 o'clock.
Tho body was enclosed In a handsome colllu
and tho melancholy wlilto plumes of the hearse
w aved above U In tho blustering wind as the
little cortago moved to the city of forgetful
ness, where are neither palaces nor prisons.
She was U5 years old whea tUo completed tlie
Journey ol life.
Dement Politically Demi.
Washington special: Tho democratic
members of the cominlttoo on public land
of tho senate gavo the president an oppor
tunity to withdraw tho nomination ol Do
mont as surveyor general of Utali bororo it
Is rejected, so as to save the young man
from disgrace, but the president declined to
do so. He said that Dement had niiide his
lied and must lie in it. Thero will bo no
tears shed at the white house at Dement'
rejection. Ho emtio hero originally as a
candidato for tor the mission to Italy and
then reduced his nspiratiotm to cover any
tiling ho could get. He wns appointed
through tho intluenro ot Sonator Logan
ami I Commissioner Sparks. Logan prom
ised that the young man should be con
firmed, but it is uudemtood Uiut lw nil! gt
Vnck on that proinisa
(Train In Sight nml Store.
The number ot bushels ol grain In store
In tho United States and Canada on March
G, and the amount ot increase or decroat-e
compared with tho previous week, posted
on 'Chang in Chicago, was as follows:
Wheut....M.27JU.t0
Corn 12.010,-UM
OatH 2,02!!.nfl
llye 707,i:i4
Hurley.... l,24n.:!7'.t
Decrenso... 875,020
Increase.. ..1,545.1180
Decrease... 221,502
Increase.... 10,781
Decretive... 101,418
Tho amount iu Chicago elevators on the
date mimed was:
Wheat 14.200.2.1(1
Data 4 20, ' 411
Uve 204.707
Hurley 14,350
THE FORTY-NINTH C0NURESS.
A Ilccord or l'rocccdlitc In Both
lira ti hex of tho Same.
Senate, March 2. The committee on
pensions reported with amend mcnt the
house bill to Increaso tho pensions ol
widows and dependent relatives of deccnsejl
soldiers and sailors. Tho amendment pro
vides an increnso of the pensions of minor
children from $2 per month, the amount
fixed by tho house, to $4 per month. an
Wyck said ho would nsk an early con
sideration of tho bill and would nsk the
senate to increase tho minorchili'ren's pen
sions to $5 per month instead of $1, an
recommended by thecommitti He would
also nsk that insnno and helpless children
should receive tho same pension ghen to
minor over IS years of nge, so long as dis
ability or insanity should continue. Tho
bill was plnioil on the calendar. The edu
cational bill was then considered. Logan
submitted as amendments the substance
of measures heretofore introduced by him,
one providing an appropriation $10,000,
000 tho first venr, $17,500,000 the second
venr, S20,(KM).000 tho third year. SIS,
000,000 tho fourth year, $10,000 000 tho
fifth venr, $14,000,000 tho sixth year.
$12,000,000 the seventh year, $10,000,000
eighth yenr, $8,000,000 tho ninth year,
$0,000,000 the tenth year, when the ap
propriations under this net shall close;
nlso, un aniendinent providing a special
fund of $2,000,000 to aid in bill dingschool
houses in sparsely populated districts, not
moro than S100 on any ono house, nor
more than one-half the cost of the school
iu the case
Housk, March 2. The committee on In
valid pensions reported the bill extending
until July 1. 13S8, the time within which
applications for arrears of jiennions mny
bo filed, extending tho provisions of the
arrears act to special pensiiucrs, and pro
viding that in applications for pensions
tho person on whoso account the pension is
claimed shall bo presumed prima facie to
have been sound and freo from disease at
the dato of entering tho service. The
speaker laid beforo tho houso the response
of tho secretary of tho treasury to tho
Illand resolution calling for information
concerning tho circulation of the standard
silver dollar and tho policy to bo pursued
as to the payment of silver. Referred to
tho committee on coinage, weights and
measures. Alter tho morning hour expired
tho houso wont into comniitteo of the
wholo on tho pension appropriation bill.
Messrs. Cannon, Wilson, Hammond nnd
others addressed the house, but no final
action was taken.
ITousi:, March ".The speaker laid be.
fore tho hmibo the message of the president
on the Chinese question troubles and it was
read by the clerk. Jt wns then referred to
tho committco on foreign affairs. The
wnys and means comniitteo reported bills
extending the provisions of the net for tho
immediate transportation of dutiable
goods to tho ports of Omaha, Key West
and Tanqm. Placed on houso calendar.
The committee on ngricultureYeported the
bill to establish agricultural experiment
stations iu connection with the colleges
established in tho several states. Referred
to committee of tho whole. Tho commit
tee on expenditures in tho interior depart
ment reported back the resolution direct
ing that committee to investigate the ad
ministration and expenditures of tho pen
sion bureau under tho present and provious
administrations and ascertain what foun
dation tliero is for tho statement in the
annual repoit of Commissioner Ulack in
reference to pnrtisan management nnd
extravagance in that bureau in tho term of
office of lili predecessor. Placed on house
calendar.
Shnate, March -L The chair laid before
tho senato :i messago from the president
transmitting tho annual report for 1885 of
the board of Indinn commissioners. Among
the memorial.! presented was ono presented
by Teller, from tho Colorado legislature,
urging legislation to protect tho rights of
ncttler.1 on public lands. Tho committco
on library roported favorably tho joint re
solution nccepting from William H. Van
derbilt and Julia Dent Grant objects ol
valuoandart presented by foreign govern
ments to the Into Gon. Grant. Sowell,
from the coniinltteo on military affairs, re
ported favorably tho houso bill for tho ro
lief of Fitz John Porter, tho report giving
tho views of a majority of tho committee
Sewell added that Logan would later pro
sent tho views of tho minority. Tho educa
tional bill was then taken up and debuted.
Logan moved his amendment, nlready sug
gested, increasing the appropriation to tho
total amount of $130,000,000 in ten
rears, giving tho first year $15,000,000,
the second $17,000,000, tho third $20,
000,000, tho fourth $18,000,000, the
fifth $10,000,000, the sixth S14. 000.000,
thosoventh $12,000,000, the eighth $10,
000,000, tho ninth $S,000.000. and ll.o
tenth $0,000,000.
nousn, March 4. The speaker laid be
fore tho house a communication from tho
socretary of war recommending an appro
priation for oUrn-duty pay to enlisted
men employed at Fortress Monroe. De
ferred. At tho expiration of tho morning
hour Cannon moved to lay asido tho pen
sion appropriation bill for tho purposo of
taking up the urgent deficiency bill. Letuthy
discussion took place, participated in by
Messrs. Cabell, Uynn, llurrows, Hammond
and others. Uimdnll, of Pennsylvania
moved tho previous question, which was
ordered. The nyes and nays wero then
taken and tho bill was pat-sed ayes 241.
D 'linett of North Carolina, cast the only
dissenting vote. The speaker announced
tho special coirinittee to investigate the
facts concerning tho ownership of Pan
Electric telephone stork by certain public
olllcors as follows: Mer-srs. lloyle, Gates,
Kden, Hall, Hale, Uatiney, Millard, Han
back and Moffatt. Tho houso then ad
journed. Sn.VATt:, March 5. Among petitions pre
sented was ono praying congress to take
stops to have restrictions placed on the
importation into Germany ot American
pork and ono praying that tho department
ot agriculture may bo tepr&wited by a cab
inet olllcer. A resolution offered by Hale
was agreed to calling on the secretary of
the navy lor a varioty ot information con
cerning tlio Dolphin, Ilcston, Atlanta and
Chicago. Tho education bill was taken up.
and tho amendment offived by Logan was
agreed to, providing that tho secretary of
tho Interior is charged with tho proper ad
ministration of this law through tho com
missioner of education. Thosetwo officers
are authorized, with tho approval of the
president, to make nil needful rules nnd
regulations, not inconsistent with the pro
visions of the bill, to carry out these pro
visions. Evnrts offered an aniendinent
providing that if nny state shall decline or
relinquish its quota of tho moneys ot the
oill the amount so declined or relinquished
should go to Increase the quota of btutes
accepting it. Agreed to. Other amend
nients of detail were made. The bill hav
ing thus been perfected as in committee ot
the whole, was reported to the uiite, and
most of the amendments made as in com
mittee of the whole wero agreed to. On
motion of George, tho sect on betting forth
that thedeslgn of this act was not to estab
lish no independent school system in the
states, but only to extend aid to state gov
ernments, was restored by unanimous
vote. The bill was tln-n read a third time
nnd passed yeas 30, nnys 11. A number
of nairs were announcod owing to the ufccs-
I eury absence ot some senators.
House. Mnrch 5. After tho call ot th
committees for the reports of a private na
ture, the house went into committco o the
whole on the tho urgent deficiency bill.
Burns took up nnd explained tho provi
sions ot the bill. Tho total amount car
ried by tho bill was $03t,452. After de
bate on the various provisions of U19 bill
the coininltteoarosonnd tlio bill wns passed
yens 220, nays 20. The houso then'went
into committco of the whole on the private
calendar. The committco soon aroso and
the house, after passing two private bills,
took a recess until 7:30, theevoiilng session
to. bo for the consideration of. ikmihUiii bills.
At its evening session the house passod
thirty pension bills and adjourned.
Sn.VATE, March G. The scnato was not In
session, having adjourned from Friday un
til Monday.
House, March 0. Immediately upon as
sembling tho houso went into committco ot
the wholo on tho stato of tho union for
general debuts. Mr. Millard addressed tho
committco on tho silver question. Mr.
Howell submitted on argument in opposi
tion to the suspension of silver coinagennd
in favor of the double standard of value.
Neither business honesty nor commercial
necessity required a suspension or silver
coinage. Such suspension would result in
a great shrinkage of values. It would boin
the interest of the stron-j ugainst the weak,
and amount to a crime. .OthcAHpccrhus in
opposition to the suspension of silver coin
age were made by Messrs. Pcole of Arkan
sas, Lo Fevro of Ohio, Glnss of Tennessee,
and Toolo of Montana. Tho coniinltteo
then rose and tho house adjourned.
Si:.wti:, March 8. Senator Plumb intro
duced a bill to amend section 5102 of tho
revised statutes so as to include the cities,
of Kansas City, Omaha, St. Paul Minne
apolis and Indianapolis among them whose
national bank transactions may consist
in part of balancing one association by
another. Among tho petitions presented
were a large number from local assemblies
of Knights of Labor favoring the building
of the Hennepin canal. Plumb, in present
ing some of these petitions, said they all
seemed to emanate from somo central
source, as they wero handsomely printed,
ami while greatly respecting tho bodies that
sent tho petitions, lie presumed tlicro must
be some private interest behind this move
ment in tlio interest of flic Hennepin canal.
Van co offered a resolution directing the
committee on civil service reform to report
forthwith tho bill before them providing
for the repeal of the civil service laws. The
resolution, at Vance's request, was for tho
present laid on the table. Stanford an
nounced the donth of Miller, of California,
and, out of respect to tho memory of tho
deceased senator, moved nn adjournment.
IIotJHK, March S. Henley offered for ref
erence a resolution for the appointment, of
a sub-committee to inquire into tho alleged
evasions ol tho Thurman net by the Union
Pacific Itailroad company and to deter
mine whether, by reason of any violation
of the provisions of Hint, act, the -corporate
rights,-powers and franchises 'of tho com
pany havo become forfeited. Morrow arose
and said: Tho melancholy duty devolves
on mo to nnnounce the death of Sonator
John F. Miller, of California, who died in
this city to-day, after a prolonged illness.
Congress will undouhtudly sot apart some
day hereafter for tho purposo of giving ex
pression to the sentiments entertained for
the character and great public services of
Senator Miller. I offer tho following reso
lutions: That tho houso has received with
profound sorrow the intelligence of tho
death of Senator John F. Miller. That.out
ot respect for his memorj, this houso do
now adjourn.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
O'Donovan Rossa's notoriety iih a dyna
miter having subsided, ho has taken to
poetry.
Mrs. Don Cameron nnd Mtb. Kugono Halo
nro considered tlio best dinner-party givers
in Washington.
Mine. Ilernhardt is knitting a long pur60
and expects to make 1.000,000 francs in
her American tour.
Mrs. Ilaird, ot Philadelphia, hn-i a, for
tuno of $2,000,000 made by her luto locomotive-building
husbaud.
Allan G. Thurman is in robust health.
Ho wears his skull cap and carrier n large
red baudanna handkerchief as gracefully as
of old.
Dismarck's wifo is described nn a tall,
nristocratie-looking woman with decided
but pleasing features, and of elegant but
simple taste in dress.
Henry Watler.ion having progressed well
on tho convalescent list, is in receipt ot
friendly warnings against eating another
JarkHouiau dinner at Columbus.
Dr. liuKch, Dihinarck's Iioswoll, says Ili.s
mnrck is so fond of his own fiicsldo that he
never deserts it to onjoy tho hospitality ol
others. His own hospitality is undoubt
edly genei ous.
Gen. Sherman says lie hns no idea or
abandoning St. Louis ns his periiiuueiit.
residence, but Mrs. Sherman nd himself
will perhaps roside in New York City for tho
next two years.
Prof. Mnx Mullor dares to say that thcro
are long passages even in Homer which
6ccm to him extremely todious, and that
not a few of Goetho's writings seem to him
not worth a second reading.
The democrats ot Darlington county, N.
J., nro trying to got Piorrt Lorillard inter
estid in politics, nnd there appears a prob
ability that in tho not distant future the
miii of the great turfmnn mny cotnu out as
a candidate for congress.
Mr. Arnold Motley, tho new whip of tho
liberals in tho houso ot commons, is n
young and singularly liandsnmo num. He
is a lawyer, and hns worked aa diligently
at that profession ns though ho was poor
and friendless instead ot tho son ot a man
vhobe income is $1,000,000 aycar.
A Rlcli Vein of Coal Struck.
A Illoomlngton (IU.) special says: The
Co-Operativo Coal company this morning
struck a four foot vein of coal nt a depth
of 2S0 feet. They colebratod tho event by
whistle-blowing nnd firing of cannons. The
shnft was started some mouths ago by (lis
Hiitislled miners, who left the other shalt
here. They were aided by ono or two farm
ers, on whose hind tho shaft was sunk, west
of the city. They havo spent $15,000 nnd
blasted through fifty feet ot rock before
striking the vein. The coal hi of good
quality nnd those interested are jubilant.
This gives Iiloouiingtou two shalt
Ten Thousand Short.
When Cashier Donnotnnn was restored to
his position It. tho UniU-d States sub-treasury
in this city, says a San Francisco dis
patch, some weeks ago ho refuel to bo
come rc-spoiihible until the rush was count
ed. When counted a shortage ot $10,000
was dihcovered. The treasury department
at Wiuhlngton wns Immediately notified,
nnd.a special agent ts now on his way to
Ban Frunciico to investigate tho matter.