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.
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A Utilliilo special says: ino suuc-.nui.u
,.f l!v. Win. ( !l n Vnlll 11(1 . brother Ol tllO
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,.!, 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
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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
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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. Louis & Pacipic Railway
will sell tickets at ono and one-third fare to
all delegates desiring to attend the meeting
I ot tho American Medical Association to bo
held In St. Louis, May 4th to 8th. l or
tickets or further information oall on or
address, F. E. Moores, agent, 1502 Far-
nam street, or G. N.CIny ton, Northwestern.
Passenger Agent, Omaha, Neb,