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THE OREGON SCOUT. JONES & CHANCEV, I'ubllnlicr. UNION, OREGON. THE DEAD AT ST. CLOUD. ImprcaalTO mid Solemn Coromonlo Attending the Iliirlul. 8t, Cloud dispatch of April litli: An lrnmvn rnmnn and Infant were found In un- tlic river making a total of slxty-nlnc dead accord ing to tlio lowest estimate At 8 o'clock yes terday the great bell In tho tower of the cathe dral began tolling, sixteen cofllncd Iwdics eight adults and eight children which had been lvlng all night In the basement, were carried In church and placed on biers In front ofthcnltar. The church was deeply draped In mourning. Its seating capacity was taxed to the utmost, and a great throng, unable to obtain entrance, crowded nround the doors. Rev. Father Stemper, as celebrant, fa'd the solemn high mum for the dead. When tho mass was over the priest stepped to the rail and said: What can I say to you, my dear frlcmlsl The silent language of these dead lying bofoie us speak louder than any words of mine. It Is an awful calamity, and no man can say why or whence It came. Do not say (lod sent It upon us because of our Bins, (lod does not will such things as this; he simply permits them. Hut there Is n lesson In the cyclone's work. Let us take It to ourselves. These dead sneak to us saylnu'. "man, thou art dust nmi nntn dust thou Bhalt return." Let us take It as n blessing, and show our faith by our works. We must take the keenest Inter est In the wounded and destitute, g.vlng them substantial aid as well as tha liveliest human sympathy. Only one hearse could be obtained for the funeral, and open farmers' wagons had to be pressed Into service. The colllu bear ers followed each other down the central aisle ot the cathedral after tho services as close as they could walk. Each wagon as It received Its fearful freight was driven down the road. Each corpse was followed by the relatives of tho deceased. An Immense lino of pcoplo fol lowedmore than one thousand In all. The cortege wound slowly toward tho Catholic cemetery, n mile distant, every man and boy walking with hat 'dolled und bowed head. An old German began, In a loud voice, a doleful chant, In his native tongue, and those about him gradually took up the responses until the whole vast eoneourso was walking mensurediy in Mm time of Its own chanting. Two huge pits had been dug at the cemetery, each largo enough for eight or ten corpses, nun inio mcsu after brief services, tho bodies were lowered. lied women and little children knelt. nround the edges of tho tomb?, nud let their broken hearts llow out In teais. 'inc widow of Abncr St. Cyr strove to throw herself upon bis collln, but strong hands sustained her. "Oh, letmu see him Just once again I" she walled. "Let me at least marie his grave so that his bones may not ho lost." Rude crosses were sunk In tho earth at the iinml r imh'Ii ciilllii. A Biuall card on each lmrn ti.ii nainu of tho deceased. A few hunch cs of flowers were thrown upon tho colllns, but few who beheld the fearful bight had the heart to make such an ottering. Tim white-robed nrli.at. innfc ch.-irirn it tho disposals of the pnflhm and said a few brief words over each. Then the sand and gravel was shoveled upon tho colllu litis ami tlio corpses iiiiiugicu uy uu cyclono's fury were hid from sight forever. Tho mourners and grent throng who had come to show their sympathy went slowly back to town toliuisii out in solemn iiiuuguis mo sun dest day of all their lives. Tlio Cliolora Again Appears. A Roihu cublo says: For Homodnys past it litis beon rumored Unit choieni hud up poarod lit lirlndlsi. To-duy 1 hnvo lutor limUon Unit thoro lmvo been sixty-two undoubted cubch with sovernl deatliH, of which three, nro undoubtedly from AhIiiUc cholera. Thnro nro iiIho boiiio ciisos In the country Immoilliitely nround Rrlndlni, but It In dllllcult to col lit the precise farts on account ot tho roticenco of local authori ties. Urindisl Sixty eight rases of cholera liavo occurred hero: ten Intnl. Tho olllclal ilnclnro tho (Hhuiibo sporadic. Paris Thu development ot cholera nt IlrliiillHl causes nliirm in Franco. especially along tho Italian frontier. Precautions of tho most stringent kind aro being iiiHtltu- ted to provnnt tho scourge entering rrunco. Alexandria A ctiiirnntino ot hovoii days has been ordered hero against all arrivals Irom llrlndlni, Vonico and Anconn. Tlio President Will JInrry. A Now York Tribune Albany correspond out wrltcH! Assomblyninn John 1. l'latto roturcd Irom llullnlo to day, whoro ho lias been at tho head ot an lnvintlgi t Ing com mittee. IIo Biild: "Whllo in llutfalo n leading lawyer Mild to mo: 'I have Just to ccived a letter iu which you, as . nowspn nr man. niiiv hnvo all intercut.' I took Mm lnttur anil read it. It wiih trom Mm i.in(iiii. wlfn ot President Clovolaud'H law partner. In thin lottor, which wan dated nl, Omnia. It, ilv. hIio snld time hordutigh- ter. Miss Folsoin, would bo married to Vroutilitnt Ctovoliinil next summer. It 1h Miild that Mm. Folsoin and her daughter are poor, and that tholr expenses 111 Klll-IHUI llt'O until bv President Clovolanil. Tlio marriage, it Ih rumored, will tnko place during tho president- vacuiioii noxi mini iner, Discussing ilnluitii's Admission. Tho proposed adiuisslou ot Dakota into tho Union wan considered by tlio house cominltteo on territories on tho 11th with out conclusion. The Harrison bill, which lms already missed tho soiinto, to divide tlio territory on tho forty-sixth parallel tho Springer bill, to divide tlio territory north nud south on tho I no ot tho Missouri river, and vmloim other propositions, .ill jound ndlicreiitH to press tholr favorable report. During tho discussion hoiuo repub llcun mombors mild thoy regretted to llnd u disposition on the part ot ilemocratic mom bors not to admit Dakota as a stato to nolitlcnl reasons. Thodoinoerats took ex ception to UiIb, and an unlimited discussion lo4 viaco. Vlr-tlms of tlio Crelone. Bolenin rcmiloui mnss was hold in tin cathedral lit St. Cloud, Mum., on tho lRtli over thu romuins at thlrteoii ot tlio vlctlmk ot tlio cyclone. Father Stoinper olllclutod, mid similar services took nliico in the Church ot tho Iiiimuciilato Conception over tlio romuins ot tour victims. Tho ser vices wen conducted by Fathers Gross and J. C'usper. Roth churches wore henWIy draped. The funeral corto,jo missed on IU wily to the coiuutory through tho dovast ntd districts. About 2,000 persons were present who camo from nil over tlio coun try. Tho dead wore buried In two largo craves nine adults In one, and uiiiht chil dren In tho other. Mrs, Htelu and Mm. Fehr wore burled iu tho North Star Pro testant cemotory. A SUPPLEMENTARY MEASURE. IniUtono rropoiuiiln lit Irish Vnn.il Hill In the llunso nl Common. Gladstono propounded his Irish land bill to tho house ot commons on tho loth. hero was linrdly any excitement attend ing tho oventconjpnred with tho enthusiasm which nttonded tho proceedings ot a week previous, when the homo-rule measure was proposed. At 4 o'clock tho iioubo was crowded to Its utmost. Gladstono roso In is placo nt 5:215 p. m. and was greeted with dicers. IIo said tho aim ot tho present en- eavoro ot tho government was directed toward securing contentment nmong tho people ot Ireland and tho restoration ot aocinl order.. Tho speaker's proposals would greatly benefit tho tenants in Ireland but tho landlords wcro tho principal objectn of tlio mensuro, although ho thought many ot theso landlords wcro most hostilo to tho government's policy. At the outset tho pcakcr wished to mnko a most emphatic i.ninl flint it wns Ids in tontioti to nsk tho Scotch and English to run any pecuniary rifk on account ot tlio landlords of Ireland. Tho history ot Ireland was a long Indict ment against its land owners. England was not clear ot reHpotiBlbllity, for tlio deeds of tho Irish landlords were English deeds. With power in our hands wo liavo looked on and done nothing. Tho land act wns intended to co Into clfcct on the sanio day on which tho homo-rulo bill would be como operative. It could not go on with out tlio operation of Uiu other, which would provido a lcgislaturo in Ireland to appoint statutory authority to deal with landed estates and net between vender and pur- clinser. PurehnBes would bo made through tho Ihhiio of ono hundred and oighty mil- ion pounds i per cent stock issue at par. Tlicso now Irish consists might, with tlio consent ot tlio trensury, bo commuted tor stock ot a lower denomination. II stock could bo iBsucd forthwith, scrip of equal valuo would 1)0 Issued tor the samo pur pose. Tlio net wns lo givo mo laniiionin tho option lo H ll oils uinicr us mrius. jui actions wero confined to agricultural millings and do not include mansions laving domeBiio and woods. Tlio stato authorities, ncting between tho peasant and land owner, would purchnso tlio land from tho lattorand put the peasant in pos session as absoluto proprietor, subject to an annual rent cbargo until tho total pay ments counted 1110 purcluiHO money, ino Btato would not forco Binall occupiers to becomo proprietors. In districts wlicro tlio population was congested, tho Htato would havo power to decide whether tlio oxpro prietion of too crowded land should bo compulsory. Nobody except tho imniodi ato landlords would havo tho option to sell to on incumbrancer and then ho must soli at a foreclosure nud not at an option tor himself. Application to sell would havo to bo innilu by all tenants on nn estato, and all theso applications and bills would bo registered. Applicants would bo required to give security lor costs in certain cuni-h. I.mihI commissions would bo empowered to retuso applications. Tho basis tor prices would depend upon tho rental tor a lixed iH.r nil. " in in c ii rental ol jhhi wouiu ini l lin Htniidiird iu nil cases wherein tlio out nt tlio land to bo sold was thou llxed. In nil other cases tho laud commissioner would havo tho nower to arrive at tlio iriro bv coninnr in- other liidleiiil rentals with tho (Jrillltlis valuation. Tlio mid bind eomiiiHH oner would ulso Den owed to exnniino the statu ot tho books rnni'prn ini? tlio estates for ton yours back Twenty years rental would no uio nominal mircluiBo. Iu exceptional cases twenty-two years' routal would mnko a purchnso. Ap- plications lor mini wouiu mn im iraivm nller March 1. 1870. Ten millions pound of stock would bo issued during 1HH7, twenty millions of pounds In 1NSH, and twenty millions ot pounds in lbti'.i. Tlio ehiirgi) upon thu Irish exchequer would bo '.',000,000 por annum, to moot which it would bo able to levy for routs a tax 111110111111111! to L'. 000.500 per annum, and tills sum would lio tho first charge on rents nmi taxes raised bv tlio Irish uo vornniout. Adding to tills tlio Imperial eoiilrlliuuon Uio mini paid to England by Itoland this mini would bo (1,00,000 por annum so f'liriMl mi a rovuniio anioiiutini! to S10.8.ri().- 000, no portion of which would ho applied to nnv iiurnoBO until 15,000.000 was paid Into Uio Enellah exchequer. Tho nri'Hunl conir Pi lion oi mo uimi iui pavers to r.ui'iaiid was tii.imu.uuu. in 1 . i . MI. A1t ltl ... wh'ieli England paid buck In tho Irish civil servico and III tin) service of collection, !,- 810,000, tlioresiduoot which seemed to ro rosont an Imperial contribution for tlio unity and navy and tlio national debt and Imperial civil cutrges was is.unii.uuu, What did Enidund do with it? As an iu stance, sho sent an arittv ot 120.000 men to Iieinnd nnd kept thom at an auiiuai cosi of :t,00(),000, '.)iri,000 more tlian tlio balance mentioned. That wan a spoclinon ot economy ot tho system tho speaker wanted to root up. Followlni! Gladstone, I linmlierlain roan a In! tor which ho sent to Gladstone tender iiiL his rcsiimatiou hh a member ot Uu cabinet. In tlio letter Chamberlain stated that G allstone's no cy would throw a hoavv burden on Great lliitaiit, entailing an enormous addition lotltonatlonaldeiii, nrobablv an iininedintu Increaso ot tux- atlon; not lOhocuro ino union oi uiu ima . . ... , ...... . i i uom, but to purcimso a separiiiiou. A Mir lloyfoltlnir Soliemp. St. Louis dispatch: It has transpired hero Unit i scheme is on foot tp boycott Uio Gould railroads through eastern man ufacturers. District Ashombly No. !!0 Knights ot Labor, with headquarters in IJoslon, eiubriiccs nbout 1100 local imaein lilies, with it membership ot some -10,000 shoo und cotton workers. Lnrgo quail titles ot articles mado in tho territory rovurod bv theso assinnblios nro shipp' to points on tlio Gould systemr and tlio plar is to notify all iiianutiicturois to stop h iiim iil t heir in in m over inesu ruimn 1 llPIll lit III IIO 11 IIIOOU UI OI llinil ici. innuiir .,. M. ...... I liK- N'. ut lloston to discuss this mat tor. and If tho plan Is decided upon, and luanulactiirors retnso to nccedo to tho do mauds of tho iissombly, iv strike will prob ably bo ordered ot tho workers iu tlio torri Inrv limned. A representative ot thiM ills triet assembly has been iu consultation with tho general oxecutivo und local com mittees hero und will report to the lloston mooting what ho learned ot tho situation here nud in the southwest. It is also said that District Assemblies 77 and 7K. which Include tho shoo and cotton workers in Maine, Now llniupihlro and Mnssochusotls, will hold meetings luiinediately alter tho lloston assembly, und it is thought pos sible that they will pursue tho eiuno course decided upon by that body. l'nrncll Returns TlinukK. Tho following cablegram wna received in Detroit on Uio 10th : "London, April 10 Reverend Charles Rellly, Treasurer Irish Nntlonal League, De troit. I thank you for your encouraging mcHsagti advising ol tho dispatch ot tho intiKiiincont subscription ot $1U,000. Wo hero uttiich no credence whatever to the statement recently cabled from America im to Uio extstencoot tin v III fooling on tho part ol the National luaguo ot Ameriia or Its leaders towards our movement. Vi hnvo the utmost confidence in tho leaders ot the American league. Wo valuo thoir exertion uml help most highly, and we trust that our orgtinUatlon may bo maintained, and extend iu its inlliieiiro und high clticloncy until victory ot tho liUh ciiuso is secured. Paunulu" GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES. rn, Tillnn a 1 vo stock commissioners MnntimiAml Hint. TPRtri ptlnns In tho nature nt nimr.intino bo commanded by oxecutivo rnrlnmiitlon nenitiBt thcimnortation into the Btato ot Texas cattle for grazing and feeding purposes till tho autumn frost re moves tlio caiiB.0 tor apprehension ot pos- iblo danger from bpanisli lever. Tho president hns withdrawn the nomi nation of II. V. Albert lo be postmaster at at Stuart, Guthrie county, lowa. The public land committee ot tho house has agreed to report the bill repealing the Tirrvfintitinn. timber culture and desert lnml lawn, nnd tho 1 forfeiting certain lands granted the stato ot Wisconsin for railway purposes. Tlio Now York Mail and Express nsBerts that a diver ot tho Mcrritt Wrecking com- nanv went down and made an examination ot tho sunken Bteamcr Oregon, nnd nsccr- tained beyond a question that slio wns sunk by a collision. Ten feet below tho main deck, anil about twenty feet forward ot tho bridge, tho diver lound a hole in the steamer's side, tho heavy iron pHtes being crushed in. Tlio hole Is six feet leep and hreo foot in breadth nt tho widest pan. Tlio steamer is broken in two, and her up per docks parted over twelve ieor o' lop. The most ot her cargo will bo saved. A doublo tragedy occurred at Ellington, twcnty-flvo miles from Iowa City, lowa. Two farmers, Joseph White, aged 50 years, nmi V. H. Knrtliroo. Hired 00 years, qilar- jclcd about the hitter's attention to a lady named Ward, a sister-m-law of tlio former. Tlio men went to tho onrn, wnero wnue stubbed Northrop dead and then drew a istol and killed linnse!! insianiiy. Tiio grand jury adjourned without timi ng any indictmentngalnsttho persons sup posed to liavo been implicated in t he hnng- ng ol JMlss ueorgia iinricn, uu muuoui, 111. Tlio Western Nail association's annunl mooting, at Whcoling, W. Va., was largely attended. Tho mombors retuso to say what was dono concerning tho compromise wiui tlio locked out workmen. A report from Rev. Charles Reilly, treas. urer ot Uio Irish National Lenguo of Amor- wnnks eiidinc April 10. shows that tho receipts tor the month wero $18,120.00 Tho election returns to hand indirnto UiatCaceres is elected to tho presidency ot l'oru. Lima and Cnlloa voted unani moiisly in his favor. The Pennsylvania Republican Stato com mittee Iiiib decided to hold tlio stato con vention in Ilarrisburg, Juno 110. nnvnriinr Ol-IcbIiv. of Illinois, refused to issuo a requisition tor tho deputios who took rctugo in St. Louis alter killing several persons on Uio Illinois sido of tlio river. Tlio papers presented, upon which m muuu i lm rpfiniHltinn. wore declared to bo in formal, becatiBO based on tho verdict of a coroner's jury instead ot nn indictment or complaint before a juslico ol tlio peaco. CmiurnsHnian A.-tJorHon. ot Kansna, has introduced a bill providing for thenppoint ment of a cominiseion which shall consist of tlio commissioner ot tlio general land nllli-o and of tlueo citizens of Uiu slates or i,.,-riliiriiH west nt tho Missouri river, ns a commission to classify Uio publiclandsand ov so tho laws relating to theni. v V liw,li.rlv hns written to Secretary - .1 Tumor, ot thu Knights ol Labor, saying H...I r. ul.n,,lil n nut. lit. I tlllll. ll Miu mil i.ui.iiit.i n......... r, - - i ,,,.,. ., I In, nrdnr. askliii tlioiit for oVery dollar thoy can raise in support of tlio fight against tlio Gould southwest system. PROSPECTS OF A POLITICAL ROW. loinoerullc nroiiilier ol ronurchs .w l...r..,l til l, IllKNUtlHlled Willi Uio AiliiilnlNtratloii. Washington special to tho Omaha Hor- aid : Democratic discontent at tno numiu istrution indifference to party interests is evidently on tlio increaso in both houses ot congress. Senators and members iu Humor ous iiiBtiinces. whilo holding their own i i ii mi na MiminW bat iii public, appear to liavo relaxed all restraint upon tho ladies ot their families, and it is very interesting to listen to tho spicy nnd entortauiing cnti clsiim oiniiniiting Irom tho lips ol some ol tho tominino devotees ol stalwart donio cracy. The presiiioui. iiiiuneii wwum uui . . i i ,t i.i n.. .i ;t much more dllllcult to parry throats irom this quarter than ho litis when meeting Uio reproaches of those ot his own sex. mil. whllo those prominent lenders nro not just yet giving incirowncoiiiiiieiii-umui mu i.,. llc. there hits boon a deal ot private con . . . it., ,..H 111.. ,11.1.. sultatioii and exchange oi opinions in to what is best to Do done, nun it is a fact that oven so radical a proposition has been discussed as tlio following the ex it mtilit n I Mm l-eiinliliciins ill Andrew John- son's time, when Uiu leaders of the party ' separated entirely Irom tho tlian they hud elected, and isolated him to tlio extent Unit ho hud no party following whatever. Tlio president is undoiitiieiiiy sincere ami ran m,.ii iiiniiM. nnd actuated by tho best and purest ot motives iu tho policy no nus pur- uin.ll. Tims,! who aroil Kconlonied conceuo this, but they say this does not no p mo case, nils puny, iney nn.v, hiui,'"'""h nt drv rot t iroiic h tlio policy tlio presuiuni him In iii down, and it mutters do not change tho nctivo workers tuoso upon whom tho lieni ami iiiinieii m 1...0 nUvnvu ,-pMteil will co into v.'v .. -...in. the next cninpaigu aiiBuiuiii.) " out heart or spirit. Whether the pri'sident will get up to tlio poini wuero uio party tnanagers are ry.ug ; u . m or noi, inmiy uuu r - twi ir,iinlrp,l rtll lt will bo instituted here. .,,! Mint. Mmsn who aro dissatisfied will pun tent, theniBulves with tho expression of Mi.iir miinioiis. Hut it is understood as quito certain Unit it matters remain ns at present when tno iieiuocrauu tmiKiioniwinn conventions nssemblo, in ninny ot thorn r.nliilinim will bo brought forward dis- it. .11.. .......Itttv nmi i-niiilnmnlnL' Mio policy ot Uio.iilinlnistrp.tinn in tho respects whore it is at arianco with tho views ol tho great body r it.,1 Piuiprriiiiiii i no masses oi w. - . . . . - tho party Strikers Sentenced. .TuiIl-o Turner, ot tho federal court at El Paso, Texas, passed sentence upon oght strikers who were guilty ot unhiwtul con ,l,wt .liirin.. the recent disturbances. Ho until lm tinil nn livdtD to punish tho prls oners unduly and yet lto felt ho must mnko ot them an example which would not bo forgotteu for tho protection ot society and H,..,.nv.,r,,ii..iit itsiilt. Ed Wales. J. Hughes, Joseph Smith, Robert Wren. Jntnes Woldon, J. Scarborough and Fred Giroux wore each nonto'neod to ninety daya In jail, and Charles Mott thirty days. Liberally Inclined Eniplojers. Chnrlcs (iosngo it Co., ono ot tho largest retail dry goods linns ot Chicago, employ ing over 500 people, niinounro that ntter Mnv 1. only eliiht hours will bo nuked Irom their clerks. This was tho first application ol tho eight-hour vo by the largo retail- cm, and It hns caned coiisiacruuio com. motion in tin trade. NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES. congressman jjiuni, oi ueorgm, myn believes congress will ndiourn In nnouc ninety dnys. "I believe," ho said, talking ol tho work ot congress, ot congress, "that we aro through now with silver nnd labor legisla tion for tills eonsM-css. The tariff and inter state commerce bills nro the only measure Unit are linblo to consume nny more time, und I think tlio former stands a pretty good show of being passed by the Forty- ninth congress, nB there nro propositions in it which commend themselves favorably to the majority. Tlio appropriation com inltteo iu tlio house hns been backward in reporting somo of tho bills rcterrcd to it, and naturally the naval committee lias hern furred to adopt the Bnmo course on necount of the agitation regarding the Im provement of tlio nnvy. btill, I do not sco nny necessity tor Uio session of congress to lie prolonged beyond tho middle ot July at tlio farthest." Representatives Hatch, Green, ot North Carolinn, and Whlto, ot Minnesota, havo jccn appointed a sub-committco of the , o committee on agriculture to drntt a reSiiTntitis tlio salo of oleomnrgnriue, , fc ,f th,H wu8 (on0 (l dj8CIIPHjoll occurred upon tho proposition, upon which llu, tiipiiiiici-H ot tlio committee uenernlly ex m-oHHL-d themselves ns favorable, to Uio taxation and.labeling ot imitation butter. Representative Uorsey, oi isebrasKa, ap- t,1)cation of pnrty politics, itroseaocno pearcd before a sub cominitteo ot thohouso rjj )nrty questions. It wns tho most im committoo on commerco, which has tor porlnnt question ot administrative reform some timo been considering u bill to tax tlio manutncttiro ot imitation butter. Mr. Dorsoy trnnkly stated that ho was largely interested in tho manufacture ot pure but ter, being a tiiird owner ot a dairying asso ciation, but ho was the better prepared, by rpiiHfill of that interest, to represent the evil clfccts of the imitation butter now im posed upon tho public tor tlio genuine arti cle. Ho mndo a very convincing argument, described tho manufacture of oleomargar ine, biittcrino, etc. Tho committee has de cided to report a bill to tax oleomnrgnriue, nnd all imitations of butter, 10 cents a mi I pound, nnd Mr. Dorsoy is confident of its jninniiKu, A niember of the house committee on ngriculture said that ho did not believe tlio bill establishing n distinct department or cabinet ofllco out of agriculture would bo pnBscd by this congress, notwithstanding tlio fact Unit it was proposed to attach a Inirenn ot labor with it nnd mnko tho de partment ono of ngriculture nnd labor, lie believed, however, that the bill to tax oleomargarino and place it in Uio control of tho commissioner of internal roveuuo would be passed, ns ho never saw sucu a demand for tho enactment of any law ns this ono to protect dairy and farming in terests. Tlmrn is a rumor that General W. F. Rodgers, of Buffalo, member of tho lato rminrpss. is to bo appointed public printer in placo ol Kounils. uoiigcrs is a practical printer and successtul man ot allium. ThoBCiiato committee on public lands has ngreed to report favorably beiuuor Ingalls' bill to croato two additional land .llclrlola iii n.-ikntn. and to llolltio 1110 I wMiwliir;i nf tho beadivood district. MP..l,,.ll'u h In oaf uli h i add i ttouai uinu ,llu(,i..fu in Drecnii. and Dliickburn's bill fixing tlio price on tho cxenipiiucnuon u patents or papers ot record in tho general in,wl niiim in imrties in iiitcrestat 15 cents j,or hundred words and oO cents each for nhoto-Iit honrapliic copies ol lownsuip plates. - ... .. r.t, .i.U.n..l A Utilliilo special says: ino suuc-.nui.u ,.f l!v. Win. ( !l n Vnlll 11(1 . brother Ol tllO ...... . - , ,.!, i4 Hint Uin latter will marry Miss Polsout, tho lovely daughter of tho Into Oscar Folsoin, togother with somo ad- Innncd bv tho corro- (j i in ii linn t (t 1 Sun. leaves no doubt ot "I"".""".. . . .. ' , . ill tho tact that a wnuo nouso wuuuiuk f ii ln I ilti iP. Tim woddiit!! wfd bo ot the uinut fitl!t t plinraetor possiblo. and it is to lm unlmnilizpd ill till) Wll'ltu llOUSO illJllllO. There will not bo a dozen persons prcsont, nnd if it is possible, tlio timo ol us occur ill lm kont secret until utter tho cere mony. Miss Folsoin is modest, retiring and Hensitivoand her wishes are Unit there In tliis. it is under stood, tlio president concuts. Mrs. Hogtto ami a lady visiting her. eight miles from Now Castle, Pa., wero standing in tho doorway wntching a storm lion a stroko of lightning killed Mis. lloguo and injured tho oilier so severely tuat suo uiuu several hours later. Robert Smith (colored) wns hung nt Niehohisville. K.V.. before a Hiniill crowd. u Hpniidnd Uio scatfold with troinolin; 1 tlinHtnrv ot hw crime, kv 1i tut i-iiki rciidv lit die. Smith killed his stepfather, James Sea, at Pekin. Ky., No- voniLtr O. lO I l. II V Ill-Ill 1UX Hi" asleep. Taking n... .looil iMin wlinin lm tad ailed ior oi-, Smith wrapped tho body in a blanket and throw it into tno Kentucr.y river. POLITICAL AND PERSONAL GOSSIP. Mr. Powderly gots a salary ot 1,500 for his heavy labors as head of tho Knights oi Labor. John Elkins. brother of S. II. Elkins, wns n conioi erato so t ier ournm iuu nnu Ho is now a citizen ot Colorado nnd a mem ber ot tlio stato senate. The senato on the 11th confirmed tho fnllmviiiL-: To bo collectors ot internal revenue: G. A. Wilson, Fittli district ot Illi nois: R. Stone. First district ot Illinois; t'"'"' . , m : .Maurice Keuy, roiirin uisirici. in i"' i w. II. Anderson, Thirteentli district ot XIII- m)il, Kmmc11 w,o u nQW rU8UIng w..i,i..m h,..,v. has been spoiled bv too much attention, and is said in im vo iiiipiinpii nn liiirtiiiuci ion in ii uiwiu- ber ot tho cabinot on tlio ground that ho know too many people at tho capuai already. Iowa's legislature adjournfil on tho 13th nmid scenes ot contusion. Tho senato will sit as a court ot impeachment in tho case of ex-Auditor llrown on May 10th. 1 he uiiomiii on ino purv in iuu nun iu I . . . . - . peach Judge Hayes failed hours ot tho session. iu tho closing John Tavlor, tho venerable president ot tho Utah Mormon church, wns in the Joo Smith light at Carthago forty-two years ago. At Unit timo ho was aimed at and tho shot struck tlio 'bull's-eye," but it was John's bull's eye wntclt, nud he still carries the Mitcli but not the bullet. Ex-Senator McDonald, ot Indiana, re cently said: "It tho Indiana legislature is democratic, and I bel oo it will bo, I will Bttuuj fo weimte; l r ait elect Ion to ino I'tiiieu oiaies but 1 shall not bo the reason ot MUidlng any ono to tho legislature tor that purpose. All I shall ask is that tho legis lature bo mado npol nion without being un der instructions to any ono." A man who knows Mr. Kellogg well says: "1 havo tlio most profound respect for the accomplishments ot Kellogg. Ho Is ono ot most accomplished men that I liavo over or known. Why, ho has held olllco for twenty-three years, dratt ing in that timo an nggresato ot 100,000 in salaries. I doubt if there Is a man In the country who cu match that record us an olllce-Uolder." Stnndinir bv romlcrly. A convention ot the Iocnl iron-workers ot tlio Knights ot Labor in session in l'hiia- delphia adopted a resolution to senu $1,000 to tho strikers in the soutliivese. Resolutions wcro adopted condemning uiu recent mnsst.cro in East St. Louis, holding Uio railroad ofllcinls responsible lor uio name, and commending tno nciion ui " derly In issuing tho open challenge to Jay Gould for a legal decision. Against Texas Cattle. The Illinois live stock commissioners re commend that Uio restrictions In the nature of a quarantine be commanded by executive proclamation against the Importation into tlio siaie oi leMs cmuo for grazing and feeding purposes till the nutumn Irost removes the cause ior appre hension ot possible danger from Spanish lever. THE FOItTY-NINTII CONGKESS. ltccord of IroccilliiK tn llrnnchcN of tho Same, Both. Senate, April 13. Mr. I'latt tooit ino tloor on bis resolution relating to open ex ecutive sessions. The question wns a pon- tic(l onej j10 Bajji i,ut in no sense wub it a to which tho senaio couui uu i"'" "' .!..(.. itu iinniimi. T in fisheries resold- tion wns then plnccd liclore ino sennic i ini Mr. Fryo took tho tloor. Alter consider able debate Mr. Frye's resolution was brought to a vote and agreed to yens do, nnys 10. On tlio ailirinativo vote twenty. six wero republican nnu nine tlio democrats lieing .Messrs. urowu, i W,.lr nnrmnn. Harris. McPherson, Mnxey, Morgan, and Payne. Tiio negative votes were all democratic, ueinu, Colmiitc. Etwtis. Gray, T,,nli Vnnrn Vnnrliees. and Hllllliau. J - -n--, . .,,. . oil--;-;- -""f " . . ...HI. ..1 be the senBO of the senate that congress should not provido for any joint coinmis Bion to consider und settle tho fishonea Question. IIodse. April 13. The Ohio contested case ot Hurd vs. Romeis was called as a special order. Mr. Doyle opened tho debate in support of tho minority report, and ouoted from tho evidence to support him in bin nosition. There was not only ground for unseating Romeis, but scarcely ..,. ..rnnn.l fnr pnll I HtillC tllO SCIlt. It liaS been alleged somownero iiiui iuo uunu,, certain members ot the committeo has been controlled by a difference ot opinion with the contestant upon certain questions upon ...l.inl. Mm flnmnnratie nartvwns notaliliit. If ho thought Unit had the siigntcsi. uig ib in tho determination in uim iuii.vi. - wmilil dosn so hinisclt forever. Aiier uiu .Inl.nfn inrlllllill't HnpOcllCS 1)V .MCSirS. UOT- o.,,- nmi Timvpll iii nilvocacvof the rights of i,n n.itoatp.i nmi hv ilr. llenderson oi North Carolina, in favor of the seating ot tho contestant, the houso aujourueu. Senate, April 15. The chnir laid before Uio senate a letter from Senator Jackson saying ho had accepted tho United States judgeship ot tho Sixth circuit and his seat iu tho United States senate had become vacant, nnd requesting tlio president pro tem to so inform the oxecutivo oi jenues- seo. The chnir said iniormaiion win nc- cordinclvbohonttho Governor of I ennei-see, Senator liutler then nddressed mo scnuie on tho subject of open executive sessions, utter which, on motion ot Senator Rlair, tho senate took up tlio bill reported by him Irom tlio committee on pensions, for the relief ot soldiers ot tho Into war honorably discharged alter six months servieo who are disabled and dependent upon their own labor for support, and dependent parents of soldiers wiio died in Uio servieo or Irom disabilities contracted therein. Senator Ulair snid tlio bill was substantially the mime bill Hint had been pnssed by tlio sen ato at tlio last session, but had hilled in tne house ot representatives. Tho matter went over, and tho intersiato commerco bill was considered until adjournment, House, April 15. Mr. Morrison, from Uio committeo on rules, reported a resolu tion granting leave to tho committeo on public lands at any timoduring tho present session, after the morning hour, to call up for consideration bills reported from that committee for tlio forfeiture of land grants to railroads and other corporations to provont speculation in public lands and for tho benefit of actual, bona lido settlers, tho samo not to interfere witli special orders or with revenue and appropriation bills. Ko- forred ferred. Tho houso then resumed the con sideration ot tlio Hurd-llomois contested election case. A vote wns taken on tho resolution ot tho minority which declares Unit Jacob Romcsis is not entitled to a seat. This wns defeated, yens 107, nays 10S. Tlio mnjority resolutions confirming Romeais' right to his eont wns agreed to without division. The agricultural appro priation bill wastliontakon up and passed. SiiN.iris, April 13. Logan took tlio floor In support of tho movement for open execu tive sessions. He preferred his own resolu tion, ho said, because it provided broadly for open sessions on all matters of nomina tion nnd confirmation. Without going into tlio storv ot secret sessions in tlio courso ol his remarks. Logan said the secrets oi mo oxecutivo sessions weroletout in somo way. Ho would not sny how correctly. Hoar asked Logan whether his logic would not require tlio proceedings ot committees also to bo open to tho puonc. i.ogan replied, not at all. Rut why should not the com mittee meetings bo open to tlio public it nnvbodv wanted thom to be. Alter lurtlier debate the sennto took up the inter-stato commerco bill, but no definite action wns taken. House. April 15. On motion of Brock- euridgo the sennto bills were passed extend ing to Omaha, Nob., and Portland, Ore., tho provisions ot tho law relative to the immedtntu transportation ot tiuuanio coods. Tlio bouse then wont into commit tee ol tlio wnoio on mo river ami iiarnor appropriation bill. 'I ho bill wns then rend bv sections for amendments and somo little progress wns made before the committeo rose and tho houso adjourned. Senate, April 10. Attor routine busl ncss. at 2 o'clock, tho inter-state com incrce bill wns placed before tho sonnto and Camdon took the floor. Tho bill before tho senate would, In the main features, rnmdon thought, meet tho views of the Benate and people. Tlio public sentiment ot tho country, he said, was daily becoming more and more imprebsed with the neces- eity and propriety ot u national com nua" sion to reirulato inter-state commerce, r-mmloii thoucht the bill defective, how in the fourth section, which dealt with thoouestion ot long und short hauls Pninilon snevestod an amendment omitting the words 'trom the sumo original point of iirtimrtiiro " and o-nlttittg any permission to the commission to take exceptions. Hid amendment would prohibit any greater charge tor a shorter than a loug distance which includes the snorter instance on any lino rn ilroad. the term "one railroad" to include nil roads under the control ot ono ro m puny, whether or not operated uuder lenso. ITorsn. Anril IC.Worthington called up for consideration tho senate bill to provido tor sale ot the Uridgewell property in Chi cago to tho Chicago and Great Western Railroad company. Tlio bill wns passed with the amendment that all non-competing rnllronds not having tlio right ot way into Chicago desiring to uso the tracks, Bwncnes, depots and lermiuai ihliui.il-.- ui the Oiicngo nnd Great Western railroad bo permltted to do so to tho extent ot Un capacity ot that company to furnish term inal facilities upon fair nnd equitable terms and regulations. On motion ot Dorsey, the senato bill wns passed for tho estau lishment ot two additional land districts in. Nebraska. Senate, April 19. Senator Dolph re ported favorably from the conimitteo on public lands tho bill to forfeit nil lnmls. which appertain to and aro coterniitis with that part of tho Northern Pacific main lino extending from Wnllula Junction, Wash ington territory, to Portland, Oregon, ex cept such of tlio lands ns appertain to brunch lines across UioCnBcade mountains. The bill ulso provides where persons nro now in possession of lands under deed se cured from the railroad company, they Bliall havo tho right to purchase the lands from tho United States in quantities not exceeding 320 acres for 2.50 per acre. l lie senniu ieuiiunuu in secret session about threo hours and a halt considering tlio Wiel und Lnbro Mexican treaty, and ndjourned with Uio understanding that a voto will be taken on reassembling in tho morning. House, April 10. Herbert, from the committeo on naval atfairs, moved to sus pend the rules nnd adopt a resolution making the bill to incronsotiio naval estab lishment the continuing special order Irom Thursday, Uio U2d of April, until Tuesday, tho 27th of April, on which Inter day tho previous question shall bo considered as ordered, iosi. iuohuh i".i.-ij, Irom tlio committee on posiomces aim postroads, the rules wero suspended and tlio bill passed to extend the iminediato delivery service. Its provides Ior this ser vice within tho carrier delivery oinee, ami within ono mile ol any other olllco which Uio postmnstor general may designate, un motion of McRao, Irom tlio committeo on public lands, tho rules were suspended and the bill passed providing tor Uio salo ot tho Cherokee reservation in the stnte of Kan- Bns. llicliardson, irom iuu cuiiinnMm un Pacific railroads, also moved to suspend tlio rules and puss the bill requiring tho Northern Pacific railroad company to pay tho cost of locating and surveying luiu'l grnntcd to Unit railroad. Pending action the Iioubc udiourncd. A GLOOMY OUTLOOK IN KANSAS. A J-nmc I'rouorllon of Ornln Wlnlor Killed uml Ilclns I'loncii niiuei. Tho following crop nummary nppcara in tho Farmers' Review tliis week: Tlio chief feature of Uio crop returns up to the close of the week is contnined in tno closest uniformly gloomy tenor of tlio re turns from Knnsns. The reports irom Kalians for tlio past six weeks liavo indi cated only a pnrtial crop, but the latest bulletin predicts an almost totnl failure in number of the counties, while at tno best there is tho promise ot not to exceed one-third nn nver.igo yield for tho entire state. The reports Irom .Mcl'hcrson county are that tho prospect is the poorest over known, nnd the yield will not pay lor ino cutting. Tho outlook in Neosho county is bad, and already many Holds are oeius plowed under. In Ottawa county fully GO per cpnt ot tho crop is reported to bo win ter killed, while in Sedgwick county Uio out look docs not promise to exceed 2i per cent ol tlio acreage, in hoiuo oi ino souui crn counties the outlook is slightly more favorable, but a bountiful yield does not sceinto promise in nny portion ot thostntc. Tho prospect in Jiicnigan hiim no im provement, and in many ot tho counties wheat is reported to bo going backward on account ot thu recent dry nud freezing weather. In somo of tlio counties a great deal of tlio wheat is reported lying on tlio top of tho ground. Lonaweo nnd two other counties indications ot tho Hessian Uy are reported. Except in tlicso two states, Uio outlook continues not only good, but in many tlio prospect is ilatterinc for winter wheat. In some portions ot Ohio tho recent storms have left the ground full of wntor, which with tlio accompanying cold weainer, una threatened Uio growing plant, but, as a rule, Uio reports nro very favorable. Throughout nil southern jiiiiiiuiii, iuu fields aro looking green and tho plant hcnltby. Tlio heius on somo ot tho high lands do not appear nb tho best, and some look badly, but they aro Uio exception. In Missouri somo of Uio upland wheat is looking poorly, otic on iuu low hinds tlio prospect could hardly bo bet ter. In somo of tho counties in I ouitesseo tho plant has already attained Uio growth of twelve inches, nnd tho general prospect is encouraging. Iu tlio spring wheatnrea Da'-ota appears to bo iu tlio lead, with lino weather for sow- ing nnd plenty of moisture, in inreu oi tho counties reporting there will bo a largo increnboon Uio acreage. Very littlo seed ing has been done, oither in isconsin, Minnesota, Iowa or Nebraska, and in ino two Inst named states seeding threatens to bo delayed twenty to thirty days. In ninny portions of Nobraska tho season is already becoming so far advanced that lurge tracts will bo seeded to Uax. SHOT UY A PRIEST. Tlipltlahop of l in! riil Fatally Wound- ed lilt Aiailii Arrested. At 10:30 o'clock on tho morning ot tho ISth, whilo tho bishop of Mndrid wns- nscending tlio steps lending to the entranco ot tho cathedral, ho was shot with a re volver by a priest standing nt tlio top ot tho steps, the ball ontoring his abdomen. This was tollowod by another shot, which wounded tho bishop in tho sido, whereupon tho wounded man foil upon tho stops. Tho- nripst then descotided tlio steps nnd fired still another shot, which took effect in tho- bishop's thigh. Tho bishop was Dorno m an unconscious coniiiiiou vo ma priviuu chamber in tho cathedral, where tho last sacraments for thody ing were ndniiniBtered to him- Tho priest was arresieo. iioing Palm Sunday, tho cathedral wns more tlian usually crowded by worshippers, and when the tearful work ol tho priest was roalUod a turioua mob foiiowon me car riage in which ho was conveyed to prison by gendarmes, whose presencu uiuuu pre vented his being lynched. 'I ho motive for the crime wns revenge. Tho man who tired .I.., ui. .,t- rnmnilv dismissed from the ,)rjei)thood. and hail fruitlessly applied to the bishop to be reinstated. The priest made an attompt to com in it suicide. The Vaiisii. Si. 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