THE OREGON SCOUT.
JONES A; CIIANCISY, PublUlicn
UNION,
OREGON.
irn.tr.Tir ix Tin: v. s. suxati.
A Washington dispatch to tho Now York
Herald says:
Stanford, of California, rail
roads, mines and real cs
tato S75.000.000
Fair, of Nevada, gold niincH... 50,000,000
SNiwyur, of w iseonsin, saw
mills and lumber 4,000,000
Jirown, oT Geo, gin, real cstato
mines and railroads
Uowcn, of Colorado, mines 1,000,000
Blicrma.', of Ohio, real cstato
and bank stock 1,000,000
Utile, (it .Maine, real cstato
and stock 1,000,000
JJeck. or Kentucky, Western
lauds, etc
Hearst, of California, mines...
Van Wyck, of Nebraska,
3,000,000
2,000,000
Western lands and various
real estate 1,000,000
Mnhonc, of Virginia, rail-
roads, mines, etc 1,000,000
l'ayne, of Ohio, Cleveland
city property and stocks...
Cani'Ton, of Pennsylvania,
5,000,000
railroad, ban kb and real
estate (5,000,000
Miller, of Kow York, wood
pulp 3,000,000
Jones, of Nevada, ' Alaska
mines 8,000,000
Vest, of Missouri, Kansas
Cit roal cstato, etc
Allison, of Iowa, real cstato,
etc
8abiuo, of Minnesota, about
ICcuim, of West Virginia,
land a and mines
llawley, of Connecticut, news
paper and real estate
Cliacc, of Hhodo Island, cot
ton factories
Plumb, of Kansns, Western
lauds and railroads
Toller, ofColorado, mines and
and lands
Logan, of Illinois, real estate,
etc
Iugalls, of Kansas
Mcl'herson, of Now Jersey,
stock farms
250,000
.100,000
300,000
300.000
200,000
250,000
500,000
1,000,000
75,000
100,000
250,000
Making a total for twenty
slx men of $1 02,005,000
mm cr.oun ox capt. iiur.r.
The Italian Chief Write a letter Hluhy
Platterlny to the Xrw Ailent.
ynshhiguiu special: Chief lied Cloud
itcs to Dr. Wand, slating that thoro U
cat rejoicing at Pino Itldgo agency ovo
iio dismissal of Agent McGilliciiddy,
"Sinco tho arrival of Capt. J Jell hero,''
rnyH lted Cloud, "nono of my people hav
liad causo to complain, as ho has adopted
the just and manly courso of treating all
Indians alike, without regard to former
cliques and clans. Although strict in tho
execution and performance) of his duty, he
is kind and just to us all. Tho long light
in over at last and tyranny and op
pression Is a thing of tho past hero. My
peoplo will, I trust, novor debase thorn
Helves so low as to prove ungrateful to thl
nuthorites in Washington that rcsctiod
thoiti from long continued acts of persecu
tion and injustice. Wo aro happy and joy
ful now, tor poaco and content reigns, and
It makes my heart glad to tell you. Kqi.ul
justico and equal distribution of our an
nual supplies Is what wo have, long wishod
and prayed for. Capt. lloll has restored to
my peoplo all tho ration tickets that had
unjustly been tnkon from thoui by McGdli
cuddy. Thoy amounted to upward of 900
tickets, and some of tho Indians had not
drawn rations for upward of three, years
and wero dependent on tholr friends for
food lor thomsel ves nnd fuirSi. No won
der that they feel joyful no and nover
want to 8co McGilliciiddy I. So agency
again.
rAST-xai'TrAr. cams.
About 1,000 cards announcing tho mar
riage of tho president woro sent out trom
tho wlilta hoiiHo on tho 4th by mull, mes
Rcngors and otherwise. Tho cards aro ex
ceedingly siniplo and plain, ongraved In
heavy Hues on n. full sheet of flno paper.
They read as follows:
Mr. drover Cleveland.
Miss Frances Folsoin.
Married
On Wednesday, Juno Second,
Klghtcou Hundred and Eighty-Six.
Executive Mansion, Washington.
Tho announcement wns mint, to members
ot tho cabinet, justices of tho supremo
court, senators and representative in con
gress, the diplomatic corps, tho lieutenant
general ot the army, tho admiral of tho
navy, nnd personal friends of tho president
and Mrs. Cleveland In Al' uny nnd Duffalo,
Tho Kov. William Cleveland, Mrs. Jloyt
nnd Mrs. Cleveland nro now tho only guests
at tho white house, and will probably re
main some time longer.
MVitnr.ii ix Tin: piust nuauuK.
Ttlit It tho Vertllet Uendered In the St, J.iiiiU
.Muxirrll Cane.
Tho Jury In tho Maxwell murder ease re
turned a verdict of murder In tho tlrst do
tree. About noon tho jury proceeded to
lake another ballot alter having argued
with tho obstinate members. Tho ballots
wero collected and counted by tho foreman,
who found that tho word "guilty" was in
scribed upon each. A deputy was sum
moned, and ho was told tho jury had a
communication to make to tho court. The
sheriff took tho twelve men in charge and
tiled with them to their seats, where they
remained standing while tho foreman road
(rout a slip of paper: "We, the jury, liud tho
prisoner guilty ot murder in tho first de
gree, ar set forth In the Indictment."
When tho jury raino In Maxwell was sit
ting between hU attorneys, anil when tho
verdict was road his faro blanched and ho
turned his eyes to tho floor. Tho jury was
then polled and each juror assented to tho
verdict, allor which tho judge dismissed
them. Tho prisoner was taken to his cell
to await tho result of a motion for a now
trial, which will bo made upon grounds ot
Incompetency ot tho prosecution's witnesses
nnd errors ot tho judge's instruction to tho
iury.
JUO JICAZK at touts rxew. I
At Louisville, Ky., on tho morning of tho 1
6th, a fire was discovered mi the stage ot
me new urunu uioaier. mo alarm was
sent In but tho engines that responded wero
unable to do anything towards extinguish
ing the tiro, which by this tlmo covered all
ot tho middle of tho block between Third
nnd Fourth, Jefferson and Green streets.
At daybreak tho entire renter ot tho square
whs a glowing mass of red hot metal and
hlmlng wood. The theater was one of the
finest In tho west or south uud U a complete-
lo.
tp.xdkus it is uesioxatiox.
Secretary Manning Auks to be Relieved of th
Care of Office.
Tho following self explanatory corrcspon
denro was mndo public on tho 5th lust.:
Wasiii.voio.v, May 30. My Dear Sir:
liavo decided to place in your hands my
resignation of tho ofllco which you did mo
tho honor to ask mo to accopt fifteen
months ngo. My reasons for this decision
aro both public and personal. Sinco tho
pnrtlnl recovery of my health has per
mitted mo to reflect upon tho demnnds of
tho public service, to which I had given per
haps too freely nil my strength, nnd upon
tho conditions of resuming my Inbors at
your side I havo not for a moment ques
tioned what must bo my present duty.
Tho full recovery of my health is pro
uouueed to bo an nffair ot weeks, nnd a
longer period of rest, especially during the
hot months, is prescribed, or at Icnst ad
vised. Compliance with this ndvlco would
not be practicable wero I to resumo now
tho general direction of tho treasury
department; oven if abating somothing
of tho enemy which It seemed needful
to expend in tho first year of
inv work. Supervision at a distnnrc
would bo moro a hind ran to than help to
the acting secretary, but It is now bctitliug
that a department of tho government ho
dilllcult and important should he ail
ministered by a convalescent, studio. is of
parrying its daily exactions; and that the
watchful control of its enormous inllucnce
or direction of its llscal policies, even under
your wiso lead, should be attempted by
any one concerned about the husbanding
of Ids strength. Tho reforms in our fiscal
policy which you have maintained and
which havo been framed and commended
to tho wisdom of the legislative branch are
icforms necessary to our safety, binding in
honor, obligatory in the traditions of do
mocrncy. sot down with promises in our
statute books. Our present tariff is
needless oppression Instead of an easy bur
den. Our eiiircncy is chaos, in which wo
procure from forced purchases of one of the
precious inolitM u. mechanical increment
under a coinage law so ill-judged and un
timely that it hinders the opening of our
mints to tho uaturaland unlimited coinage
of both motnls anil frco expansion of our
gold and silver coin along with the growing
needs ol a mighty people. All our iicciiiui
customs revenue, might bo collected
bv strictly revonuo duties on
few seoro .nrticlcs instead of duties
upon moro than a thousand articles
Tho mcro machinery of thoadininistration,
by its own mass and complexity, breaks
down and crushes out the enterprise it
assumes to protect. Iletter currency than
elsewhere exists might bo had by a few
lines ot repealing and empowering legisla
tion. followed by two or tlireu years of
callable administration of tho treasury
and joined with the present sagacious con
duct of our foreign policy by tlientato de
partment. Undor tho operation f tho cur
rency and tn riff laws now In forco, which
you and tho Forty-ninth congress wero
elected by tho people to repeal and reform,
tho burdened industries of our country aro
plunging heavily along a merry road
toward foreseen dnngcrs. Wo talk of
arbitrating our respective sliaro of dis
aster instead ot knocking off our self-imposed
fetters nnd releasing general pros
perity. Tliis Is not in my deliberato judg
ment a timo when tho president can
delay to provldo or afford to dis
ponso with tho actual as well as
tho head of tho treasury department. The
fiscal policy of tho fedoral government in
respect to a debt so large, taxation so per
vasive, and a currency which is universal
cannot fail ot being a chief factor in tho uu
tional and individual wcll-boing. Your own
duty, to which you liavo addrossod your
self with such clear and uuHiitching pur
pose; tho duty of congress in the premises
anil tho laws which may yot bo enacted lor
tho guidance of tho treasury department
will reii ui ro that you bo assisted in their
administration by an olllcer capaiilo of full
olllcieucy and of unvaried circumspection
Permit inc. therefore without hesitation,
to accept my temporary disability as a
summons to stand aside and mako way for
ono immediately capaiilo of fullilling every
requirement i)f tho public sorvico. Very re
spectfully yours. Daniim. Manninu.
To the President.
Kxkcutivi-: Mansion, Washington, .luno
1. -My Dear Mr. Manning: I havo received
your letter in which your resignation is
tendered as secretary of tho treasury. Tho
sentiments theroin contained are entirely
in keeping with devotion to public duty
and loyally to the interests of the govern
ment which havo characterized your rela
tions to t Iio present administration. I am
not surprised, though much impressed, by
tho concern which you evince tor tho cor
lection of tho abuses and tho mauageineiit
of reforms to which in your letter you al
lude, and which have been so often topics
in our anxious consultations. I have
hoped that the day was at hand when tho
parly to which wo belong, influenced largely
by faith and coulideucoin you and iu tho
wisdom of your views, should be quickened
In a himiso of responsibility and led to
moro harmonious action upon tho Import
ant questions with which you have had to
deal. In considering your proposed
re. lunation, I should bo strongly
inclined by my personal regard and
friendship and by your services to tho
country to beg you at onco and entirely
abandon your inclination to relinquish
your part of tho arduous duty, but I am
convinced that I should not do this and
that iu all I suggest and ask I should have
much at heart your welfaro nnd safety,
You have placed your resignation iu my
hands. A responsibility hero begins and
I know that responsibility will bo met and
tho wishes ot the people, ot the land hilly
answered when I ask you to postpone fora
while any insistence upon acccptnnco of
your resignation nnd flint your Una) con
clusion thereof may bo delayed until the
effects of continued rest and freedom from
olliciui cure upon your condition maybe
better tested. 1 theroforcenrnostly request
you to accept a leavo ot absence until tho
llrst day of October next, when, if you
desiro It, tho question of your resig
nation may be resumed, with, per
haps, bettor means ot judging nil
tho facts and probabilities which
should bo considered iu its determination.
Hoping that you will consent to this sug
gestion, and trusting that your encour
aging progress towards restoration to
health may continue, I am, faithfully your
friend. GltovKlt Cl.KVt:i.ANP.
To lion. Daniel Manning, secretary ot tho
treasury.
Secretary Manninghnsuccoptod tho presi
dent's suggestion and will allow his resigna
tion to lie over until his leavo of absence
shall havo expired. Assistant Secretary
Faircluld has been requested to continue
to act us secretary until that timo and has
consented to do so.
SLASHED WITH A HOH IP.UX1PK.
Details have been received at Kvansville,
hid., ot a terrible murder committed In
Stevensport, Warrick county, near th" lino
of Spencer county, Dr. Aglet, n prominent
physician of Hint place, being killed by
John L. Gentry. Tho quarrel originated
in the heat ot a polltlial discussion, during
which Gentry drew a bowie-knife and cut
Aglet's throat Irom ear to ear. ths victim
living only about live minutes. Tho mur
derer managed to escape. Tho killing is
one ot tho most dastardly over heard ot in
tho annals of Warrlok county. It iu prob
able that If captured the murdervr will be
lynched,
TIIK SCIIK3IK WILT. XOT WO UK.
llaurriter PI hcr men Xol Ueady for Arerjit-
nnrr. of Another Iteclproetty Treaty,
Washington special: While all proper
means will bo taken to urge upon the Cana
dian nnd Kaglish governments tho inexpe
diency of depriving our fishing vessels of
ordinary commercial rights, yet at the
worst it Is cleur that tho Gloucester men
will not bo driven into accepting nuothcr
reciprocity treaty merely because they aro
forbidden to visit Canadian ports for bait
To begin with, they are now evidently
establishing a system ot procuring bait by
having it brought to them beyond the
three-mile limit. A caso in which two
American vessels adopted this dovlco was
reported tho other day from Cape llrctoit.
There is no doubt that many Dtlier Ameri
can schooners havo been supplied iu this
way witli fresh baits In hnrbors west of
Halifax. Several vessels, also, including
the uarlleld, Herring and Ureenleaf. have
procured bait and ico in Urns d'Or lake or
nt Canso and Fox islands, homo of the
Gloucester fishermen say that they can
always got all tho bait they want by avoid
ing tho dominion protection vessels, and
consider that the seizuro of the Adams was
duo wholly to her own carelessness.
It is evident that theso confident views
aro based on the desire of many of the peo
plo to sell bait, and this is a safe reliance,
since it is known that bundled of men,
women, and children depend for a living on
Mio quid they catch and sell. 'I hero is
reason to believe that if tho restrictions
against tile selling of bait aro ouforceil
against the inhabitants, they will raise an
outcry which will prove more ofllciont, for
the American llshermiin than the latter
could raise for themselves.
Hesldes, there are other sources of bait
supply. The vessels of souio ow ners ha vc
hern expressly ordered not tout tempt to
lake bait front tho closed Canadian ports.
It is perfectly possible to establish stations
for bait at the Magdalen Islands on that
portion of tho Newfoundland coast which
is open under tho treaty. Then hast port
is not far away, and bait may be carried
from far more distant ports and kept witli
ice. Tho great changes duo to seine fishing
over t Iio days when nil mackerel were
hauled iu by hook or line must bo con
sidered.
All theso points iucreaso the convict ion
Unit the Canadians havo not so potent a
leverage in tho bait controversy for secur
ing another reciprocity treaty as they
imagine. And of courso all this presup
poses a submission to tho view that the
American fishermen aro excluded by the
treaty from the commercial transaction
of buying halt, which lias not yet been con
ceded.
Till: I'UKSIltKXTTAT. 1IOXP.T3IOOX.
It Is Ueliiy Whlleit Airmj on the Crent of the
Allryhitulen, a, OOO Pert Above the Sea.
Deer Park (Mo.) dispatch: The plnco
selected for tho presidential honoymoon is
on tho crest of tho Alleghanies. Tho houso
is known as tho cottage of ox-Senator Da
vis, of West Virginia. Deer Park is 3,000
feet above tho sea. Tho cottngo is about
half a mile east of Deer Park hotel, in tho
center of ngrovo upon ono of tho finest ol
driveways, in the midst of a group ot cot
tages, among which thoso ot Hnrnson,
Garrett, Miss Mary Garrett, daughter ot
tho lato J. W. Garrett, and Stephen IJ
Klkius aro most conspicuous. Tho presi
dent and brido will find abundant uso for
horses, which friends havo provided. Tho
drives aro a feat tiro of tho place. Tho
president will not bo nuuoycd by hotel
guests, as the hotel at Dcor Park and Oak-
laud do not open until later in June.
tho ptesldent and his Oritlo ol twenty
four hours spent the first day of thoir
honeymoon 2,700 feet above tho sea, in
ono of the most beautiful and romantic
parts of Maryland. They aro at- a cottngo
situated about fifty yards from Deer Park
station and havo. of course, beeu llio cen
ter of interest to all persons living within
a radius ol ten miles, 'the run from Wash
ington was made in about six hours, and
just at daybreak the train stopped at a
point about ono hundred yards from the
station and in front of tho main drive,
When tho party outerod tho house a cheer
ful fire was blazing brightly ou the hearth
ind iiiado a pleasant contrast to the
hilly atmosphere without. Tho house
Is guarded by twelve detectives, who are
rcoiiired to know nothing, and the
admonition is hardly necessary, as not a
won! will they utter on any suoject. .Mr.
Davis said that tho president had strictly
enjoined secrecy before ho would consent to
come here, and the company had tried to
give him as much privacy as possiblo. Ho
will not- oven receive mail, anil does not in
tend to see uiiyono during Ids slay. He
will certainly remain here until Saturday
and probably until Monday. The train on
w hich ho came is still hero at his service in
case he should take a notion to leave at
any time.
I'lio bi idnl party is attended by a French
maid, the president's valet and two colored
servants. Their baggage consisted of four
largo hunks and two boxes. Mrs. Cleve
land brought only such garments as would
insure comfort, but the president brought
with III nt a lisliiugsuit and outllt, and win
engage iu piscatorial sport during his stay.
.1 1I O.W.I.V IX TUP. C.ISIX
Washington special: The alacrity witli
which Hayard cabled tho acceptance ol
Winston's resignation indicates the utmost
onfhh'iico of the administration iuits abil
ity to manage the affairs of tho government
at homo and abroad without tho aid ol
Mr. Winston. Iu Ills communication to
the state department Winston does not
give Ids reasons fpr his resignation. Ha
merely says they are "personal." It Is
well known iu Washington what they are.
Ho sought tho appointment with great dili
gence, telling his friends that lie wanted to
go to Persia, as that would please the lady
wnom no expected to marry, liefore leav
ing for the orient elaborate prepapratioas
were mndo for the wedding, but much to the
surprise of his friends it did not take place.
l lie limy in ouestlou is .Miss C alhoun, w ho
has been protiiiutul iu society here of late
as a guest ot Mrs. Hearst. It is said that
Winston f ol t that lie hail got enough when
he reached Constantinople, and would havo
turned back from that point but for 'enrol
being laughed at. A strange coincidence is
noted iu the resignation of Winston and
tho appearance iu a New York paper of a
long leiier w ritten by .Mr, W inston s Mtcro
tary, which was published outhodavtho
resignation 1041c lied thiscouutry. This lot
tor paints Persia, Teheran, tho shah and
everything connected with that country in
a most unfavorable light, and concludes
with a halt column devoted to proving the
Heedlessness of maintaining an American
cintmt-sy at 'iVhernn.
SHOUT uv AX OfPICi:il.
SritiNQriRi.t), Mo., June About 7 o'clock
this morning Olllcer l'at Hayes shot an un
known man whom he was trying; to arrent for
a uiUdeiiieauor, but who drew u eharp kulfe
ami resisted. Tho bullet, a tl-callber, went
clear through the right Mdoof the cheat uiul It
la thought that tho wound will prove fatal. At
Unit the mau w ho Is atmut IM year old, gave
hU name an .lames McCarly of Kniuai City,
and then he claimed It wa Jaine Martin, and
that he waa born iu Maine. There were live
men In tho gang when first seen In thl city,
aud two of tho others were arretted to-day
aud lodged Iu Jail.
SOOX TO III! OUT OP A ,TOU.
irifii the Honeymoon In Ocer .Vr. Sparks
If ill Here I re Some Attention.
Washington special: It Is rumored that
when tho president returns Secretary
Lamar will call his attention to Sparks
The secretary is tho gentlest ami most
patient man In the cabinet. If any oneelso
wero in his place Sparks would havo retired
from public life long ago, but ho shifted tho
burden upon Assistant Secretary .leaks
nnd tiied to make himself bclievo that
there was no such thing ns Sparks in the
department. Now that Jonks has gone,
there is no fortification behind which tho
brcretary can retire when Sparks becomes
rambunctious, and hcis having his patienco
tested to tho utmost. Tho other day, in
revel sing one of tho decisions of the land
olllce .Mr. Lam .r practically told Sparks to
mind Ids own busiiio-s, and it was supposed
that tliccommissionerwould take the hint;
but ho immediately did the worst thing
he has done yet in suspending tho opera
tion of tho pre-emption culture net. From
some ii dicatioiis around tho interior de
partment it is inferred that Mr. Lamar
will try to get rid of Sparks as soon as tho
president returns from his honeymoon.
Although Spar I; 8 not long ugo announced,
iu 1111 interview, that tho president had tho
utmost confidence iu him, testimony from
the white house goes to show-that if lie
could bo dropped without a scandal ho
would soon bo done for; but the president
is afraid of a howl that will naturally be
raised by the papers that havo been sup
porting the land commissioner in li s "re
forms." I am told that Klihu !. Wash
burn saved Sparks onco bv writing Mr.
Cleveland recommending him, but it will
take some influence moro powerful than
Mr. Washburn to snvo him nuw.
The president lias been much an
noyed by Sparks' recent eccentrici
ties, but was afraid to dismiss hi in
for fear of having hi. motives misunder
stood. Thoro are said to bo six thousand
unanswered letters in the olllce of tho com
missioner, and several thousand awaiting
Ids signature. Theso letters are written by
clerks in the several divisions that havo
jurisdiction over the subject to which thoy
refer, nnd are sent up lor the signature of
the commissioner. He will not sign a let
ter that he dors not fully understand. As
several hundred aro written every day, the
majority aro laid aside for tho commis
sioner's personal examination, but ho
never gets timo to mnko it. As a couse
quenco tho business of tho ofllco, which is
almost entirely conducted by correspond
Slice, is in a snarl that is becoming very
snibarrassiiie.
POIt II KSTKItX lI03IKSTI!AIH:i:S.
A
Hill Inlrodneed In Connrenn to Prevent
Tretjiass by Cattle .Men.
Washington special: A bill was presentee!
iu the house to-day by Mr. Morrow, of Cal
ifornla, which is of special interest to the
northwestern states and territories. It
provides Hint tho uso and occupancy ol
any part ot tho public hinds of tho United
States by any person without claim or
color of titlo mndo in good faitli under t ho
laws of tho United States, is declared to bo
unlawful; and it is prohibited that any
person iu possession of any of the public
hinds of 1 1 10 United Stntes. in anv of the
territories under title or color of title, or
any right to possession thereof from the
United States, or any grantee of, or who
not being in possession has title or color
of title or right to tho possession of anv
such bonds d. rived from thoUnited States,
uinj inn 111 nun any action to recover pos-
usion thereof, or 1111 action to recover
damages from any person who shall
trespass thereon, or for damages
caused thereto, or to natural or
planted products thereof, or improvement!,
thereon, by horses, mules, cattle, sheen.
uo.us, nogs or any otnor domestic animal
belonging to, or in custody ami keeping ol
nnoiiicr, anything m the laws to tho con
trary notwithstanding. Tho object of th
bill is to protect crops from tho ravages ol
cattle. There are at present imiiivncrsniii
111 me states ami territories having argi
amounts ofpuolic hinds engaged 111 catth
raising and that of otherdomestieanimals
and who aro in the habit of occupying largi
areas of tho public domain without am
authority, hueli persons have, in inauvin
inures, by their power and influence, in
luced legislatures to onuct laws wherein
tho owners of lands aro denied tho right ci
maintain action against others to rccovei
for such damages as maybe done to theii
minis ami product thereof by horses, cat
t'e. etc., unless it appears that at tho tim.
such trespasses were ro litted the liindi
ui question wero enclosed by a so-called
awful fenco. As tho cost ot fencing tin
'amis is many times greater than the iirlci
put upon them by tho government, it is a
rent nurdcn upon actual settlers.
So.u-; ir.tsiirxtiTox aossrr.
Si:ciu:taiiv Manning's letter of resigns
Ion, dated .May 20. and the president's re
ply, under ditto of .luno 1, wero mndo pub
lie on the -Ith. The secretary says his rca
sous for this decision are both public am1
personal. Tho full recovery of his health b
doubtful, aud it is not In-lilting that a do
iiartuicnt ot the government so difllcii'
.mil so important us the treasury portjoli
should he administered by a convnlescout
Tho president iu reply earnestly request
he secretary to accept a leavo of nhsouci
until I ho first day ot October next, am
asks that llnul conclusion upon the accept
11 nco of h's resignation may bo delayed un
til the effects ot continued rest and irer
1I11111 from olllcial cares upon Mr. Maniiing'i
condition may be better tested. The pros
ideut concludes by hoping .Mr. .Manning wn
consent to thesiiggestion, ami trusting tha'
encouragement toward restoration ti
health may continue.
A vr.UY curious claim has been receivei
at the treasury department hi tho shape o
a certillcato of indebtedness ot tho govern
meat to John Yisierday. of Philadelphia
signed by John Nourse, registered, nn
hearing Interest from December 20, lisi 1
Although the ceitilicnte is for only Sl,75o
the interest duo 011 it amounts to $1 1.025
making tho amount of the claim $12,775
First Comptroller Durham s looking iutc
the claim to see it it is valid, so it may bi
paid to Yesterday's heirs.
Mil. MoiutisoN is reported to have said
in conversation recently, that ho hns no
idea that tho houso will take up his tin it)
bill for consideration. He never expected
to scruroitspassiigothrough both brands
at tliis sess on, bill he did hope to make n
record for tho democratic party by forcing
it through the bouse.
A IWISIHi.SUIt ItUPAUTMICXT.
Washington special: There are said to
bo 0,000 unanswered jotters in the olllce of
the commissioners ot public lauds, and
several thousand awaiting his signa
ture. These letters aro written by clerks
In the several dh isious that havo jurisdic
tion over the subject to which they rofer,
and are sent up for the signature of the
1 commissioner. Ho has no contldenco in
' clerks and will not sign a letter he does not
tuny understand. As several hundred aro
written every day, the majority nre laid
aside for the commissioner's personal ex
nminntion, and he never gets time to make
any. As a consequence the business ot the
olllce, which is almost entirely conducted
by correspondence, is Iu a snarl that is be
coming very embarrassing.
chop puospucts ninpiiTUxrxa.
The general crop prospects, says a Wash
ington dispatch, continue to be good, de
spite the lit tlo scare ou account of dry
weather which recently prevailed in the
nnrlliivnaf.. Tim nfinrphrnsiotl for north
weslern crops liavo been Inrgely removed
bv the recent rains in and west of tho Mis
sissippi vnlley. A telegram yesterdny
stated that In southern Iowa tho outlook
is ftrrllent. Tli snecial denat ofllco btlllc
tin for Mnv reports that during that
month tho temperature was very nearly
normal in all sections enst of tho Missis
slnnl river. West of this river it was
slightly above normal.
TAZQ IST.ATITE XE1FS AXD XOTES.
A Uecord of Proieedlng n Both Brancliez
of the U. 8. Cotigreu.
Senate, June 3. Tho chair laid before
tho senate to-day several messages (already
published) from the president vetoing pri
vate pension bills. A petition from the
city council of Gloucester, Mass., presented
by Senator Dawes, was referred. Tho peti
tion prays for retaliation ou the Canndian
government for tho seizure ot American
fishing vessels. The bill providing for tho
taxation of railroad grants was then taken
up and alter some discussion pns-ed. Sen
ator Vun Wvck then called up tho houso
bid on the same subject, and on his motion
the committee on public lands was dis
charged from its further consideration. He
then moved the senate bill .is an nmond
ment iu tho nnturo of a substitute to tin
house bill. The motion was agreed to, and
the liouso bill was amended accordingly.
In the disagreeing vote of tho two houses
thus brought about, tho senate, on motion
of S01 ntor Van Wvck. ordered a -commit
tee on conference. Tliis lias the effect of
avoiding tho delay which would resultfroin
consideration of the senato bill us un orig
inal proposition in tho houso of represen
tatives, and puts it at onco iu the hands of
tho conference commiUce. Senator Kvnrto
called up the bill to indemnify Chinese for
losses incurred by tho riots at uoc.k
Springs, Wyo. The bill being placed bcroro
tliosoiiate, Senator Evarts addressed tho
senato on it. He characterized tho acts
complained ol ns disgraceful to any gov
ernment thnt would not punish tho guilty
parlies and repair tho damages done. '1 his
ho repeated and would not qualify. Tho
bill went over ono day. Adjourned.
Housi:, Juno 4. Tho senate bill extend
mg llio eight-hour law to letter carriers
was reported back by Mr. O'Neill, " Mis
souri. 1'laced on the cniendar. 'lnonouso
then resumed consideration of tho oleo
margarine bill. Mr. Hatch, of Missouri,
took the floor to closo tho debate iu sup
port of the measure. He defended tho com-
mitteo 011 agriculture, contending that it
had not exceeded its jurisdiction in re
porting tho rovcuuo measure, and attri
buting much of the antagonism to it to
the fact that it had not como from tho
ways and means committee. As to its
constitutionality, ho asserted there was
not a provision 111 tho bill which it was not
within the constitutional power of con
gress to enact into law. Ho had no faitli
111 tho certificates ot physicians to tho
wholesoniouess ot the compound, and said
that a doctor who told him that he could
cat three times a day for 305 days tho un
cooked product of oleomargarine without
injurious effect, wrote himself down either
a knave or an ass. Mr. Hatch then offered
nn amendment fixing the rate nt five cents
per pound. Agreed to yeas 153, nays
122. Tho bill was then passed yeas 177,
nnys 101. Tho announcement of tho re
sult was received witli applause.
Sknati:. June 4. Iugnlls offered a resolu
tion, which was objected to by Heck and
went over till to-morrow, culling on tho
secretary of tho interior to inform tim sen-
uto whether certain circulars have been
issued by the commissioner of tho general
land oliico witli tho approval ot tho secre
tary of the interior. 'J. ho Chinese indemnity
bill was then placed before tho senato and
Cockrell took the floor. Henrgued strongly
against t ho bill. Ho denied that it was re
quired to extend to Chineso or nny other
foreigners any greater redress for wrongs
than is given to citizens ot tho United
States. At tho conclusion of Cockrell's
speech tho bill was brought to a vote and
passed yeas 30, nays 10. Tho senators
voting iu the negative wero Messrs. Deck,
Kerry, Cockrell, Coke, Kirstis, Gocrge,
Harris, Maxey, Mitchell, of Oregon, and
Vest. Tho bill authorizes the president ta
ascertain the nctunl losses sustained by
the Chinamen by the riot at Uock Springs,
Wyo., in Sept. 18S5, and to pay such
losses. The amount appropriated by tho
bill for that purpose is 5150,000.
II ousts, Juno 4. The speaker laid before
tho house a communication from tho secre
tary of war recommending that 50,000 ot
tho amount appropriated by tho act of
March, 1SS3, for tho armament of fortifi
cations bo appropriated and made availa
ble for the construction of guns, lloutello
introduced a bill r luting to duties 011 fish.
Iloforred. lloutello said in roferenco to tliis
bill that the so-called retaliatory provision
recently added by congress to tho shipping
bill, however propernnd justiliablc, will not
bo regarded with much concern by the
Canadians, as they do not care much for
tho privilege of purchasing bait or supplies
in our ports. Ho proposes, therefore, to
deal witli tho fishery question practically
by terminating tho free importation of fish
aud increasing theimport duties ou nit fish,
thus compelling thoCanndiaus to pay moro
for tho privilege ot colling lldh iu the United
States.
Si:.vatk, June. 5. Ingalls' resolution, call
big on the secretary of t ho interior for in
formation ns to authority for the issuance
of llio recent order of tho commissioner of
the general land ofllco suspending tho re
ceipt of applications for public lands under
pre-emption, timber culture and desert
laud acts, was laid before the senate, read
aud agreed to. Tho oleoiuarga, ino bill be
ing brought from tho house, tho ouestionnf
its reference was postponed and tho bill re
placed on tho table to await tlio return of
Millor, chairman of tho committee on agri
culture. Heckgavo notice that ho would
in&ist ou its reference to tho committee on
linance. Having pur-sod 220 nnvuto nnn
niou bills, the senate adjourned.
Jlousi:, .luno.). On motion of Slruble.
of Iowa, the senate hill was passed appro
priating 5100,000 for tho erection of a
public building nt Sioux City. Iowa
Alio X'aClliC lllilroad Hlininn 1.111
- - - .'It.
was thou taken tin. Henlov
bill. Ho attributed to Charles Francis
.unms 1 ue statement t int. tli fr ,o
list of tho Union Pacific Huihoad company
! 1 B(?;"lr,,",0,t $-.000 perday. Long
r...... k.Mik. ..,. .minim council cue iiuiest In
vestigation. There was notliiin? tfi
cealtnl iu the iiuuuiitiiiuMit t tim
Hobnail opposed tho bill nn.1
the -.ommisioner ol railroads to tho effect
that the annual earnln-js of tim ITnl t.
cillc road were SS.73S.407 and of tho Con
nil Pacilic 57,820,371. On motion of
Holniun an amendment wns adopted in
creasing from 40 to 50 1 flirt. II n t
of the net earnings to bo paid Into thesink
lug fund in case tho companies refuse to ac
cept tho provisions of this act. The urn.
viiius question wns then orders! rill tlia
engrossing and third reading of the bill, but
the opponents of tho measure showing a
disposition to flllihustur until K ...ii.
nnd thus prevent a vote upon tho bill iu
self I risp yielded to the inevitable and
statd that lie would endeavor to secure a
vote ou Tuesday,
Scnatu, June 7. In the Senato Mr. Miller
moved that tho oleoinnrgarino bill be re
ferred to tho committee on agriculture.
After considerable debate the motion wns
carried 23 to 21. The consular nnd diplo
matic appropriation bill wns then taken up
nnd passed. Some debate ntoao over the
bill reported by Mr. Urown trom the com
mitteo on railroads to provldo for the set
tlement of accounts witli railroad compa
nies that had received property from the
United Stales during 1805 and 180G. The
bill was finally pasted. Mr. Heck submit
ted rut amendment to tho oleomargarine
bill for reference witli that bill to tho com
mittee on agriculture. He said ho did not
wish to bo r(7ins'ol for all the detailed
provisions of the amendments. Ho then
announced Ids amendment to bo the liouso
bill 011 tariff nnd taxation. This Is the
Morrison bill. On motion of Mr. Uutler
the senate, against tho opposition of Mr.
Hale, took up the bill providing for admit
ting to the r.nvnl Hcndcniy grndua'es ex
cluded by tho naval appropriation bill ot
18ts2. Without action on tho measure the
senate went into executivo session, and
when the doors reopened adjourned.
House, June 7. Mr. Weaver, of Iowa,
offered a resolution, which was referred, re
citing that it is currently reported and gen
erally believed that certain directors of the
Union Pacific or Kansas Pacific railroad
companies havo been faithless iu their
trusts in various ways, and particularly
by buying stock of tho Kansns Pacific at a
nominal or small sum and transferring it
to the Union Pacific, then celling the same
at a great profit, by which and other simi
lar transactions tho directois mndo great
personal gains and neglected to accountfoi
tha sumo to the Union Pacific, and direct
ing the judiciary committee to inquire into
the transactions of t he directors of both
companies sinco their incorporation. It
tho committee finds their directors liavo
mndo gains which they should havo ac
counted for to either corporation, it is di
rected to bring a bill authorizing the de
partment of justice to commence proceed
ings to compel the directois to render truo
proceedings. Mr. Cobb moved to suspend
the rules and pass tho bill repealing tho
pre-emption, timber culture and desert,
land net. Messrs. Cobb nnd Payson sup
ported tho bill, and referred to tho frauds
which had existed, as they averred, in en
tries of land tinder the acts which it was
proposed to repeal, Mr. Pa. son declaring
that during the pnst four years 00 percent
of tho entries hud been fraudulent. The
motion to suspend tho rules nnd pnss tho
bill was agreed toyeas, 183; nays. 40.
Senate, June 8. Morrill, from tho com
nitteo of finance, reported tho bill creating
an assistant secretary ol ho treasury. He
asked for tho immediato consideration oi
tho bill, in view, ho said, of nn emergency
known to all senators. On objection by
Hoar, tho bill went on tho calendar, Hoar
saying it was a bill of too lniich conse
quence to consider on tho instant. Tho
bill was passed providing for a commis
sion of three persons to be appointed by
the president, within the consent of tho
senate, to investigate the truth of tho al
leged discoveries of tho specific cuuso of yel
low fever. Adjourned.
Hofsi:, Juno 8. Tho liouso soon wen I
into committee, of tho whole, Mount in tho
clinir, on the legislative, oxocutivo and judi
cial appropriation. Holman wished to call
attention to tho startling rapidity with
which tho expenditures ol tho government
wero being increased. Cannon argued that,
the proposed change iu the rules of the
civil service commission was out of order
on an appropriation bill, being a plain
change of law. Ho referred to tho declara
tions ot President Cleveland boforo and
after ids inauguration iu favor of civil ser
vice reform, and criticised him for taking
no action to the circulnr sont out by tho
postmaster general, which lie declared had
started at every cross road in the country
a siiiiit machine to bring charges against
republicans. Gen. Mack had so manipu
lated the civil service law us to violate
every provision of it. What did the presi
dent do? Ho got married. Laughter.
Had tho gentleman from Illinois (Morrison)
or tho gentlemii.i from Pennsylvania (Kan
dull) been president, and fifteen months
after their declaration in favor of tho civil
service law that law was violated by a sub
ordinate they would tell that uubordinnfK
to step down nnd out.
Sknati: Juno 0. Among tho measures
passed wero tho following: The bill pro
viding for the purchase of tho portrait of
Gen. Geo. H. Thomas. The bill to leg dizo
tho incorporation of national trades un
ions. The bill amending section 3393 of
tho rovised statutes relating to tho trans
portation of obscene publications through
the mails. Tho bill extends t ho scope of
the old section. Tho bill authorizing the
payment of $2,500 to Mrs. Louise A. .lack-
son and S2.500 to tholegal representatives
of Mrs. Martha Vauglian for patriotic ser
vices rendered and hazards and losses in
curred iu conveying information of great
value to union ollicersiu Kcutuckvin 1S(!3.
The I'. I to create two additional hind dis
tricts iu Dakota. ITIiis bill authorizes tho
president to appoint aiegistornnd receiver
for each district. Tho bill referring to tho
court of claims for examination and re
port to congress certain claims for prop
erty seized by Gen. Johnston in the Utah
expedition ol 1857.
Housn, June 0. The house went into
committee of the whole on the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bill.
Complou, ot Maryland, proposed to ad
dress himself to tho civil servico reform
provision of tho bill, uud ho expressed his
admiration for the courage of tho com
mittee on appropriations in placing the
proisiou on tho pending bill. Iinyne, ol
Pennsylvania, protested against tho pro
vision, and called attention to tho fact
that tho change, proposed to be mndo
could bo made by the president. To put
tliis proposition iu tho bill was to vote a
want of confidence in t ho president nnd his
cabinet. Ho believed tho president wns
doing his best to curry out civil servico re
form and that most, if not all, of his cabi
net wero endeavoring in good faith to ex
ecuto tho law. Tho ou'y gentlemen who
were complaining of mil servico rule woro
members of tho "kitchen cabinet." Who
they were he did not know. Price, of Wis- '
cousin, said many of the appropriations
were extravagant. There was a rotten
ness somowlieie; netty larceny iu every
provision ami grand larceny in tho aggre
gate. General debate being closed, loading
of tho bill was commenced. Morrison, of
Illinois, raised a point of order against tho ,
words. "In full compensation" where they
occur in tho general appropriation section
ot tho bill. Pending decision ot tho point
of order the committee rose and tho houso
adjourned.
31 It. 3r.lXXIXOS COXDITIOX.
There seems to be, says a Washington
dispatch, a very decided difference of opin
ion among the friends of Secretary Man
ning 11 uout ids return to tho treasury de
linrtmeiit. Tho correspondence between
the secretary and the president gavo him
until the 1st of October to determine his
ability to rosumo his place, nnd his most
intimate friends think ho will go buck b
fore then. They sav that lie is extremely
anxious to do so. That ho does not want
to bo nut In tho list of "hns beens." Drs.
Lincoln and Hamilton will not Hsy he will
over bo the same man he once was. but they
believe he will be Inshapo to go back to his
desk in tho fall and remain, if he will be
more moderate about his rest and recrea
tion: They both agree he is quito ns ant to
die ol something else as of apoplexy.
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