THE OREGON SCOUT,
JOMBS it CHANCEY, FublUlien
UNION,
OREGON.
AMERICAS FISHERIES.
Full Text of the Edmunds Bill Sow rending
In the Senate.
Tho bill reported by Senator Edmunds
from tho committee on foreign relations to
protect tho rights of Amcricnn fishing and
trading, and its vessels and American fish
ermen, provides that whenever tho presi
dent o! tho United States shall bo satlHfled
that American vessels and crows visiting in
tho waters or ports of British dominions
In North America aro donicd or abridged
In any of tho privileges secured them by
treaty or law, or nro unjustly vexed
or harrnssed In tho enjoyment ot
euch rights, or shall bo prevented
from purchasing supplies as pro
vided for by tho treaty, many of such cases,
it shrill bo lawful for him, ut his discretion,
to issuo a proclamation denying vessels
and crows of tho British dominions of
North America nnyentrnnco to tho waters,
ports or places, vessels in distress excepted,
and ho may qualify, limit or renew such
proclamation from timo to time as ho miiy
deem necessary to tho full nnd juMt execu
tion oi the net. Vessels violating such pro
clamations shall be forfoitcd to the United
States nnd snchforfeituroshnll be enforced.
Persons violating the provisions ol tliia act
nre to bo fined not to exceed $1,000 and
imprisoned not exceeding two years, or
both.
Tho report of tho acnato committee ac
compnnying tlio bill construes tho threo
jnilo clnuso to mean three miles from Bhorc,
irrespective of head lands.
Referring to Canadian legislation, which
penults numerous magistrates to deal with
seizures of American vessels according to
their various conceptions of tho law, tho
committee- Buys: "Had it been intended
to harass nnd embnrrass American fishing
nnd othor vessels nnd mnko it Impractica
ble for them to enjoy their treaty and
other common rights such legislation
would havo been purposly adapted to that
end." Tho committeo gives tho sentiment
of tho seizure of oacli of tho vessels by the
Canadian government and concludes tho
right to fish within threo miles of tho Do
minion shores no practicable vnluo to
Amorlcan fishermen anil that thero is no
necessity whatever for American fishermen
to resort to Canadian waters for bait. It
was nlso proved boforo tho committeo that
excopt in cases of distress it was absolute
ly injurious to pecuniary lutosts for
American vessels to resort to Dominion
port or waters, for timo takon In such do-
fiartures for cod and halibut grounds was
ohb ot both timo und money. Tlio com
mitteo finds that from n. commercial
standpoint it Is often of grent advantage
to American vcssols with cargoes to put in
at a Cunadlan port whore thero nro rail
road connections with Boats. In this ro
epect a lack of reciprocal legislation cm tho
part of tho Dominion government Ib found
to bo disadvantageous. Tho committeo
In conclusion recommends tho pnssngo of
tho bill as reportod.
THE ISIUASS WILT. MOVE.
Ztiey Agree to Relinquish Tltelr Reservation
und Sign it Treaty.
Hoi en a (Mont.) special: A Ft. Assinl
boino spoclnl to tho Independent says that
a courier is just in from Ft. llelkunp In
dian agency with a report Unit negotia
tions between tho Indians at that point
und tlio commissioner had been completed
with tho exception ot signing of a troaty,
which is to bo dono to-day. Tho treaty is
as follows: In consideration of paymout
by tho Unltod States oacli year for ten
years tho sum of 5115,000, tho Indians
agrco to relinquish nil ot their present
reservation with tho excoption ot n small
portion located in tho eastern part of their
Iircsout reservation, nnd bounded as fid
ows: Beginning nt tlio mouth of Snake
crook and running in a southerly direction
to tho west side of the Little Rockies; Unmet)
oast over tho summit of tho saiuo to tlio
head ot lUuver creek; thonco north to tho
mouth ot People's creek; thonco following
Milk river to the point ot tlio beginning.
This section will havo an area ot about
700 square miles. Payment is not to bo
Hindu in cash, but to consist of merchan
dise, cattle, horses, etc., to tho amount
agreed upon. Tho Indians aro reported to
bo woll provided forat their presont agoncy,
but without a single exception sooiuod well
pleased witli the prospect of removal m
now iiiiartorB. Under tiie Influence ot Agent
Baldwin tho Indians begin to realize that
they must yield to tho dissolution ot tribal
relation and accept laud in severalty, and
engage in agricultural enterprises for thoir
tuiuro support. Tho commission will lvtvo
fulfilled its mission in this section in a
a manner most satisfactory to all ot the
parties concerned very soon.
.i chirp cleric uEsiass.
'Washington special: Tlio resignation ot
Maj. Oeorgo M. Lockwood ot Now York,
who has boeu chic! clerk ot tlio interior de
partment for tho last seven or eight years,
was accepted to-day by Secretary Lamar.
Maj. Lockwood placed his resignation in
the hands of tlio secretory when tho latter
took charge of tho department, and at tho
latter's request ho has remained In tlio de
part men t up to tho present time. Mnj.
Lockwood has made arrangements to go
into business In Now York city.
Russia' Lsust Sovereign.
For two fenerations past it has beeu proplie
sled that the reigning sovereign of Russia
would prove her Louis XVI., but ho does uot
yet secern to havo appeared. Tho writer was
in St Petersburg at tho time of the lute em
peror's murder, and the general gloom which
pervaded the whole city directly It was known
and tho sonow and anxiety on the fuce ot al
most everybody one met did not look as if
monarchy were very speedily to ho extinguish
ed there. Tho conspirators w ere hauled early
In the morning- In Uie pirtcuco ot a largo
crowd, who only seemed surprised that they
worn allowed to make their exit from this
world with to little Hilferliig. Ail educated
Illusions evidently felt an Interest l:i and
sympathy with the young; Kivcrelgu who had
ascended tho throne under such painful cir
cumstances, and Itcerlalnly seemed as If Im
perlallMii, If uot autocracy, In Russia had still
u loug lease of life. That Russian statesmen
might be tempted to get rid of an exenslvo
court und an overgrown royal family wo might
easily believe, were It likely to Improve- their '
uuauciai cuuuuiou, wuicu, aurr all, is not,
ixrhaps, quite so desperate as It suits Herllu
und Vienna hankers to make out. Hut the
experience of France may be quoted to show
that a republic may be uot less costly than a
monarchy, and It is certain that Russia like
Austria, would Infallibly break up Into a va
riety of hostile nationalities, to her complete
political cITaeemeiit, if tlio dynasty which
alone binds her discordant elements together
tvere oucc overthrown, Avfnio 1 rW.
"Waiter, it this ftiuab nil right I" "Da1
squab's all right, alio enough, sah. lie was
in de nest uot two hours befor1 you ordered
him, sab." "In the nest, chl I thought ho
might have beeu ou the roost- I've just found
a spur an Inch long on him. If It iiad been a
Batr.Pd havo thought you caught him lu the
pit,
A freight train reaching; Paducuh, Kentucky,
carried u burning car of cotton iu which Hero
found tho charred corpses of four tramps.
FIRE IS DEXi'ER.
Denver special: A disastrous fire oc
curred at 4 o'clock this morning. The cor
ral of Gergo L. Qouldlng, corner of Six
teenth nnd Wnico streets, was destroyed.
Tlilrtyfivo head of s.tock wero burned.
Tho burnt stock consisted ot eight thor
oughbred Galloway bulls, tho property of
Leonard Hros., ot Misouri, valued at $800
to 51,000 each; 11 Imported Jersey cows,
tho property ot McClintock, a Kentucky
breeder, valued at $225 each; 2 horses, 1
shorthorn bull, and 1 steer. Tho totnl
loss of stock Is about $1.1.000. Tho losi
on building is $1,000; Insurance, $10,000.
The flro was caused by a tramp sleeping in
tlio hay loft.
THE SEX A TE ASD HOUSE.
What U Being Hone in Both Braches of
Uie Sattoual Congress.
Senate, Jan. 20. Sonator Hoar called
up tho conference report on the election
bill, which was' ngrced to without further
discussion and without division, and then
tlio senate, nt 1 o'clock, went into secret
session. When the doors reopened tlio
senato adjourned.
Hocbc, Jan. 20. Tho following commit
teo reports wer submitted nnd referred
From tlio committeo on territories, n bill
for tho admission ot Washington territory.
From the committee ou foreign affairs, for
tlio stmnrcsMion ot tho opium trnlllc. Itoiii
tho committeo on library, for completion
of tho monument to Mary, tlio mother of
Washington, at Fredericksburg. From the
committee on ngrieuiture, authorizing mo
commissioner of aariculturo to make a
special distribution of seed In the drought-
stricken section I Texas. J no inter-sinie
commerco bill was discussod tho remainder
ot the session, but no voto was reached.
Senate, Jan. 21. Numerous petitions
were presented by several senators tor
amendment of the oleomargarine law and
for tho repenl ot the internal revenue laws,
nnd were referred to the committeo on
finance. Urown offered a resolution, which
was adopted, requesting tlio president to
communicate to the uenatoropicn of all tho
correspondence with tho government ot
Mexico in regard to tho solzure and sale of
tho American schooner Rebecca, in tlio port
of Tnmpico; nlso copios of nil correspond
ence between tne stato department, anu tne
late Minister Jnckson, with Jackson's let
ter to the president on tho subject ot his
resignation.
Housn, Jan. 21. Alter reading tlio jour-
nal, tho speaker stated that tho regular
order was tho voto upon the adoption ot
the conference roport on tlio Inter-stato
commerco bill. Mr. Ilutterworth, of Ohio,
n-ked unanimous consent to havo a special
vote upon the fourth section, and Weaver,
of Iowa, asked to have a separate voto
on tho commission feature, but Crisp, of
Georgia, objected to both requests. Mr.
Dunham, of Illinois, moved to recommit
tho amendment to tho conference com
mitteo and Mr. Crisp raised tlio point of
order against that motion. Tho speaker
knew of no rulo which authorized recom
mittal of a conferenco report nnd bus
tallied the point of order. A voto on tho
measuro wns then taken, resulting yeas
219, nays 41.
House Jnn. 22. Wallace of Louisiana
olfered a resolution, which was adopted,
f reciting that the president and senato have
ugreed to. and ratified, a convention by
which tlio torms ot tho treaty between tlio
United States and tlio government of
llawaiia has boon extended seven yenrs
longer, and that tho treaty contains tho
ndmlhsiou ot certain articles ireo oi duty.
The committeo on judiciary roported buck
advcrselv the resolution calling on the
attorney general for information as to tlio
legal authority under which tho directors
of the Union Pacific railway company, con
solidated that company with tho Kansas
Pacific railroad company and tho Denver
Pacific railway company, and reorganized
tlio same under tho naino ot tlio Uniovi
Pacific railroad company, undor which this
last named company issued stock and
trust bonds. Laid ou tlio table. Tho
committeo on public lands reported back
the bill for the forfeiture of tlio New Or
leans, llaton Rougo ifcVicksburgluudgrunt,
and to confirm the titles ot certain lauds,
with tlio senate amendment thoreto, with
the recommendation that tlio amendments
be concurred in. Tho committees on ter
ritories reported back adversely tho bill to
open land communication with tho terri
tory of Alaska. Laid ou tlio table.
Senate, Jan. 21. Tlio senato bill conj
corning postolllces ot tho thiitl-chisH, pro
viding that they shall uot lie changed into
postolllces ot tho fourth-class whore tho
gross receipts amount to $1,5100 per year,
and where tliu box receipts and commis
sions constituting tlio postmaster's com
pensation amount to $1,000, was taken
from the calendar and passed. The senato
then proreeded to consideration of tlio bill
to authorize tho president of the United
Slates to protect und defend the rights ot
American fishing vessels, American Usher
liiuu, American trading and othor vessels
in certain rases. An amendment offered
by Senator Vest for tho appointment of a
commissioner to take testimony in regard
to tlio losses and injuries indicted by the.
llritish authorities upon American fisher
men was loBt. Yeas 17, nays 27. Tlio bill
was then passed. Yeas 40, nays 1, (Rid
dioborger). Ho u sic, Jan. 21. Tho spcakor laid bo
foro tho houso a communication from
tho secretary of tho treasury in ro
spouse to a houso resolution call
ing for Information concerning tlio
Indebtedness of tho subsidized Pacific
railroads ami tho effect ot tho pnssaga ot
the houso funding bill. It was ordered
printed. Under tlio call ot states a num
ber of bills wero introduced and referred,
among others, one ot Mr. Springer of Illi
nois, proposing a constitutional amend
ment changing tho time for tho assembling
of cougJess to tho first Wednesday In Jan
uary ot each year. Tho rlvor and harbor
bill wns then considered, but no advance
ww made.
Senate, Jan. 25. Mr. lllalr moved to
lay aside tho unfinished business mid take
up tho proposed woman suffrage constitu
tional amendment. Carried 25 to 10.
Following Is the toxt ot tho woman suf
frage amendment: "Tho right ot citizens
ot tlio United States shall not bo denied or
abridged by tlio United States or a stato
nn iirrniuit. nf hv. (iiici-ou! uluill liuvn
power by appropriate legislation, to en
force tho provisions ot this article. Alter
discussion a voto was taken on the resolu
tion and it was rejected yens, 10; nays,
Hi. Tho presiding olllrer laid before tho
senato a message from tlio president trans
mitting a communication from the secre
tary of state and correspondence on tho
subject of tho proposed Nlcurnugua ship
canal, Ordered printed.
House, Jan. 25. The enrolled copy ot
tho Inter-stato commerce bill was signed
by the speaker, and utter it lias been
signed by the president ot tho senate, it
will bo Bent to tho president, Mr. Turner
ot Georgia called up the Rhode Island con
tested election case ol Pago vb. Pierce. Tho
majority resolution declares the seat va
cant, while tho minority resolution con
firms tho right ot Pierce to the seat. The
majority resolution was agreed to yeas
130, nays :!!.
Senate, Jan. 2C The credentials of
Senators Gray ot Delaware, Dawes ot
Massachusetts, and Cockrell of Missouri,
were presented nnd placed on file. Tho
sennte considered tho resolution reported
by Senntor Hoar, instructing tho com
mittee on privileges and elections to in
vestigate the allegations made by the threo
residents ot Washington county, Texas, as
to their being driven from their homes,
compelled to abandon their property and
deprived of the right of suffrage in that
countv. After a long discussion the reso
lution was adopted by a vote of 31 to 20.
House, Jnn. 20. After somo work ot an
unimportant naturo was concluded the
houso took up the pleuro-pneumonia bill.
Mr. Nelson, of Minnesota, offered tlio fol
lowing amendment ns a substitoto for tho
entire bill: That tho sum ot $7,500,000 is
hereby appropriated out ot any money in
tlio treasury not otherwise appropriated,
which may bo appropriated by a board ol
engineers consisting ol the chief of engineers
and four engineers now seniors In tho scr
vice, cither for repair, preservation, con
struction or completion of such public im
provements of rivets and hntbnrs as shall,
in their judgment, afford practical and im
portant facilities by water for inter state
commerce. Tho substitute wns rejected.
Yeas, 40; nays, 170. Tho original bill was
then ordered engrossed and read tho third
timo: Yeas, 113; nnys, 87; and tho previous
question was ordered on tho final passage
of tho bill;
FROM THE XA TIOXA L CAV1 TA L.
Sties Paragraphs Having Greater or Lesser
Interest.
BONDS.
Tho secretnry of the treasury gives notice
that the principal and accrued interests of
tho bonds herelnbelow designated will bo
paid at tlio treasury of the United States
at Washington on the 1st of March, 1887,
and that the interest on said bonds will
cease on that day, viz: 3 per cent bonds,
Issued under the net of congress approved
July 12, 1882, and numbered ns follows:
$50, original No. 40, both inclusive; $100,
original, No. .175, to original No. 582, both
Inclusive; $500, orignal No. 103, to original
No. 2-15, both inclusive; $1,000, original No.
1,321, to original No. 2,010, both inclusive;
$10,000, original No. 3,059, to original
5,315, both inclusive; total $13,887,000.
Parties holding bonds called by this cir
cular can obtain immediate payment with
interest to date on presentation by enclos
ing tlio sumo in letters forwarding the
bonds for collection. There nro now ex
actly $40,000,000 uncalled 3 per cent
bonds outstanding.
PACIFIC 1IA1I.WAY DEI1TS.
Tlio secretary ot tho treasury sent n com
munication to tho houso In answer to tho
house resolution asking what would bo tho
result to tho treasury, and the effect upon
tho debts owed tho United States by tlio
subsidized Paclllc railway companies, it
tho house bill No. 8,318, should become a
law. After giving a statement ot tlio pres
ent condition ol tho indebtedness, which
was tlio sumo given a few days ago, in re
ply to n similar resolution, the Bccrotnry
says tho constant semiannual payments
arrived at by the method prescribed in tlio
bill, is less than tho correctly computed
semi-nunual payments by one-liith of ono
percent; that is tosay thispayinentsliould
be $1,858,057, instead of $1,854,304, tlio
amount named in the bill.
MII.ITAHV UESEUVATI0N8 OPENEP.
The secretary of tho interior hasdirocled
tho commissioner of tlio general laud olllco
to survey and plat, preparatory to ap
praisement, all ot tho hinds embraced in
tiie sovernl abandoned military reserva
tions that have boon turned over to tho
custody of that department under tho pro
visions of the net of June 5, 1SS I. It is
slated that theso reservations cover an
area ot about 700,000 acres and incliido
some ot the choicest agricultural lands in
tlio several states and territories in which
tliev aro located. Fort Randall and Fort
Rio' in Dakota, Fort llartsuif, Fort Mc
Pherson and Camp Sheridan in Nebraska
aro among tlio reservations embraced in
tlio secretary's order.
THE NEXT SENATE.
Tho Post in a story about changes sena
torially, says: Soldiers nro getting rather
scarce in tlio senate; at least federal soldiers
aro, for there nro plenty of ex-confederates.
In tho sonate, as it stands, seventy-six in
number, thero nro only seven men who
fought on tho union side during the war,
and but sixteen whose names aro on tho
muster roll of tho confederacy. 01 the ex
federals it is probable that only threo will
1)0 lott when tho senato is called to order ut
tlio commencement of tho next session.
Warner Miller, who is tlio only private who
ever sat in tho senate, has already been
beaten, Harrison, Van Wyck, and Sowell
nro hopeless, and Haw ley Is tho only ono ot
tlio list who conies back. Ho, with Man
demon and Plumb, will havo to answer to
nil tho toasts to tlio federal soldiors in tlio
United States senate. Ot tho fiiteen repub
lican senators who will bo sworn in Marcli
4 next, lour wore tho confederate gray.
Tills will leave the senato with twenty ex
confederates and only three ox-federals.
THE PACIFIC RAILROADS.
Report of thv Committee to ll'iom Was Re
ferred the Itesulutlon of Inquiry.
Washington special: Tlio committeo on
Pacific railroads, to whom was referrod a
resolution ot Inquiry directed to tlio secre
tary of tho treasury, reported It back with
tho reccoiumendation that it bo adopted.
Tho resolution wns as follows: That tho
secretary of tho treasury bo and ho is horc
by requested to inform tho houso ot repre
sentatives as soon as practicable tho sums
ot money which wore owing from tlio bonds
ot subsidized Pacific rnllroad companies to
tho United States, Jan. 1, 1SS7, giving tho
sums which aro due, principal and interest,
under the existing law, severally and col
lectively, from sniil companies, and what
will bo tho result to the treasury nnd tho
effect upon theso debts if houso bills 770
and 318 should become a law nnd its pro
visions complied with.
Tho report was as follows: Tho commit
teo on Pacific railroads, to whom was re
ferred tlio houso resolution January 19,
have, hud tho sninoumlcrconsidorutionnud
b. g leave to submit tho following report:
There is legislation pending to secure to tho
United States the payment of nil indebted
ness ot tho companies alluded to in tho res
olution. No information can bo obtained
from any reports made by tho dcMirtmouta
ns to tho amounts owing to thogovernuieut
from tlio companies later than Juno 30,
1880. It is very donirublo and almost nee
cssary that the house be informed ns to tlio
true state ot the accounts brought down to
as late a date as may bo had, lu order to
have a fair and intelligent consideration ot
such measures. The judgment ot the secre
tary ot the treasury upon tho effect nnd re
sult of the provisions ot tho bill, should it
becomo a law, is nlso to bo greatly desired,
so that the house may have the same be
fore it previous to action ou tlio measure.
Tho committeo therefore recommend the
passage ot the measure.
Charles li. Karwell. of Chicago, has been se
lected by tho repuhllcau members of tho Illi
nois legislature as their candidate for senator.
A native of New York, he removed to Illinois
In 1KB, and has resided in Chicago for nearly
forty ears. During his wide experience In
political life he served to terms iu coucTes,
ITS PIIU riSIOXS SET FORTH.
The Inter-State Commerce Hill at Aareed
Upon by Doth House.
Tub inter-stnte commerce bill ns agreed
upon by both houses of congress provides
that nil chnrges mndo for any. service rend
ered in the transportation of passengers or
property by common enrriprs shall be
reasonable and just, nnd every unjust nnd
unreasonnble charge for such service Ib pro
hibited nnd declared to bo unlawful.
Section 2 makes it unlawful for any com
mon enrrier to charge or receive, directly
or indirectly, from any persons a greater
or less compensation for nny service rend
ered in tho transportation of pnssengers or
property than It chnrges or receives from
any other person or persons for doing a
like and contemporaneous service in tlio
transportation of a like kind ot trnfiic
under substantially similar circumstances
nnd conditions.
Section 3 makes it unlawful for any com
mon carrier to mako or give any undue or
unreasonable preierenco or advuntHgo to
uny particular person, company, or cor
poration, or locality or particular descrip
tion of traffic.
Sections 4 and 3, tho long nnd Bhort haul
nnd pooling sections, nro ns follows: That
It shall ho unlawful for any common car
rier, subject to tlio provisions ot this act,
to charge or receive any greater compensa
tion in the nggregato for the transporta
tion of passengers or of like kind of pro
perty, under sunstantially similar circum
stances and conditions, for a shorter t han
for a longer distnnie over the same line iu
the saniu direction, tho shorter being in
cluded within the longer distance, but this
shall not bo construed as authorizing nny
common carrier, within tlio terms ot the
act, to charge and receive as great com
pensation for n shorter or for a longer dis
tance, provided, however, that upon ap
plication to tiie commission appointed
under the provisions ot this act such com
mon enrrier may, in special cubcs, after in
vestigation by tho comm union, be author
ized to charge less for longer than for
rhorter distances for tlio transportation of
passengers or property; nnd the commis
sion may, from time to time, prescribe the
extent to which such designated common
carrier may bo relieved from tlio operation
of tiiis section of this net.
Sections. That it shall bo unlawful for
any common carrier subject to tho pro
visions of this act, to cuter into any con
tract, agreement or combination witli any
other common carrier or carriers for the
pooling of freights of different nnd compet
ing railroads, or to divide between them
tho aggregate or not proceeds of tho earn
IngSjOf such raifroads or any proportion
thereof, or in nny case of agreement for tlio
pooling of frcightB as aforesaid, each day
of its continuance, shall bo deemed n sop
parato offense.
Section C requires that after ninety days
from the passage of tho act every common
carrier subject to its provisions shall have
printed anil kept for public inspection,
schedules, allowing tlio rate, fares and
charges, and in addition to requiring the
railroads to give publicity at nil of the de
pots on their several lines it gives author
ity to the commission whero it !b proper
nnd nccrsHiiry to require them to give pub
licity to their rates to other places beyond
tlio lilies of their soveral railroads. It also
provides that tlio rates, fares and charges
shall not be raised except after ten
days of public notice; the notice, however,
shall bo simultaneous with tho reduction
itself.
Section 7 mnkes it unlawful for any com
mon carrier to enter into any combination
or agreement to prevent tlio carriage ol
freights from being continuous from the
place of shipment to tho place of destina
tion. Section 8 declares that nny common car
rier violating tiie provisions of the net shall
bo liable to tho person or persons injured
thereby for tho full amouut of dnmnges sus
tainod in consequence of any such viola
tion, together witli a rcnsounblo counsel or
attorney's fees.
The ninth section provides that persons
claiming to have been damaged by the ac
tion of common curriers may proceed for
recovery ot thoir damages either in tlio
courts of the Unltod States or before tlio
commission, but not before both tribunals.
Tlio tenth section mnkes it a penal of
fenso to violate any of tho provisions of
this act and puts tlio maximum ot the lino
which mny bo imposed at tlio sum of $500.
Thosovgn following sections contain tho
commission features of tho bill. They pro
vide for a commission to consist of fivo per
sons appointed by tho president and with
thoadviro of tho senate, whose term ot
office shall bo for six years, except for tho
first appointments, which are to be for two,
three, four, five, and six years. Their prin
cipal olllco shall bo iu Washington, but
they may hold sessions nt other places
than Washington, nnd a singlo iiiomhor of
tho commission mny take testimony nny-
here, as may bo directed by tlio commis
sion. Theso commissioners liavo salaries of
$7,500 each. Tho commission lias tho
power to appoint a secretary witli an
annual salary ot $3,500, nnd has authori
ty to employ und fix tho compensation ot
such oilier employes ns it may find neces
Bury to tho proper performance of its du
ties, subject to tho approval ot tho secre
tary ot the interior. It is nlso provided
that nothing contained in tlio acts shall
abridge the remedies now existing ut com
mon Inw or by statutes.
Section 2.1 appropriates $100,000 for tho
purposo of the act tor the fiscal year end
ing June, 18S8.
Section 24 provides that the provisions
of the sections relating to tho appointment
nnd organization ot tho commission shall
take effect Immediately, and that tho re
maining provisions ot tho act shall take
effect sixty days attor its passage
THE fIsTieJuES DIFFICULTIES.
Ottawa (Oat.) dispatch: Tlio announce
ment yesterdny, that considerable cipher
correspondence by cablo has been passing
between tlio llritish government and the
givernor general's olllco, caused unusual
interest here, ns it is understood that It is
in relation to the fishery difficulty and tho
retaliatory attltudo recently taken at
Washington, It is positively known that
the llritish government impressed upon
Sir John .McDonald the necessity ot main
taining friendly relations with tho United
States. Tlio fear of being drawn into
trouble with tho United States by somo
bungling act of tlio Dominion government
has undoubtedly given considerable un
easiness to tho llritish government, nnd
there is little doubt that Lord Salisbury is
disposed to yield to any reasonable inter
pretation ol the treaty rather than strain
it to its utmost limit. Hon. George K.
Foster, minister ot marine and fisheries,
has been sent for and is now hurrying bore.
The Hon. Mr. Foster, minister of the
marine and fisheries, iu an interview held "
to-day concerning the llolmont bill, said
that whilst tho lull appeared to assume
that American fishing vessels had trading
rights in Canadian waters, tho treaty of
1818 gave them no such rights. Ho says
tho Canadian government has not in n sin
gle instance refused nny fair rights of hos
pitality to American fishermen, and that if
congress deprives Canadian vessels ot the
privileges denied to American vessels in
Canadian posts it will only prevent Cana
dian fishermen from trading in American
ports. Measures ol retaliation looking to
the complete abrogation of trade between
the two countries. Mr. Foster says, he doee
not believe the American peoplo will ever
eauctlon.
3USCELLASE0US XEtfS AXD XOTES.
A bold attempt at robbery was made on the
Chicago and Alton St. Louis train Wednesday
night near Independence, Ma, In which the
brakeman and rireirmn received close calls.
Fortunately the dcvclish plot miscarried.
The college at Holden, Mo., one of the most
magnificent educational Institutes In that sec
tion of the state, was consumed by fire the
other morning.
J. J. Upchnrch, the founder of the order of
United Workmen, now bavin; a membership
of two hundred thousand, died Tuesday at
Stcelevlllc, Missouri.
Joseph Oilman Clark, of Worcester, Massa
chusetts, has given $1,0 X),0O to that city to
found a unlverslti, and has nlrcadv petitioned
the legislature for an acfot Incorporation.
Professor E. L. Youmans the famous writer
and lecturer on scientific subjects, died Tues
day morning, in New York, In his sixty-sixth
year.
The shoe manufacturing firm of L. Johnson
it Co., of Haverhill, Massachusetts, has made
an assignment to secure debts of $00,000.
A dispatch- from Muskegon, Michigan,
chronicles the death or Levi Truesdell, an old
merchant, and his son Fred, a bank teller, nnd
the dangerous illness of his daughter, Mrs.
Mills.
A deadlock has arisen In the Nebraska legis
lature on the seiintorshlp. With fifteen name'
on the ballots, C. II. Vnr Wyck received 44
votes and J. Sterling Morton 31. The latter
has licen absent from the state for a month,
and is not a candidate.
A jury at Portage, Wisconsin, acquitted
Hrnkciiwin Wells of responsibility for the
death of nineteen persons in the recent col
lision at East Rio, ou the St. Paul road.
M. Chapleau, secretary of state at Ottawa,
Is said to h.ve resigned because of a disagrce-tni-nt
with Sir John A. Mhi-dnnalil.
ELECTRICITY VS. HAXOIXa.
Attempts to Change the Mode of Capital
I'anlshment.
lJuffnlo (N. Y.) special: Tho report ol
tlio capital punishment commission will bo
presented to tho legislature on Tuesday
next. Dr. Southwick, of this city, member
of tho commission, was asked what tho re
sult of tho commission's labors would bo.
He replied, ' Tho weight ot opinions ex
pressed in tlio replies received by tho com
mission in tho circular sent out to promi
nent lawyers, judges and others in tlio
state, asking their views ou tho subject, is
against hanging and iu favor of electricity.
The report, therefore, will be in favor of
the adoption of somo electrical apparatus
for executions. That is the end to which
I huvo been working forsixyears, and if tlio
report of our commission docs not cul
minute in the passage of a bill abolishing
hanging, I shall begin to think 1 havo been
working in vain. I havo noticed tlint the
bill introduced in our legislature Inst year
wns copied in Paris and a similar one bus
been introduced by a Frenchman in the
legislative body of France. Gormany has
taken up tho question, and I have just road
that iu New Jersey attention has bcon
called to our agitation of tlio matter. I
wish that the Empire stato would take tlio
initiutivo in this step toward broad
humanity. Tlio only argument thnt can
lie brought in favor of bunging is that of
its deterrent effect, but I maintain that a
painless death would have just tliesHino
influence upon society if it were accom
plished iu secret. Let the prisoner bo con
fined in a state prison and bo removed
from life painlessly and secretly, without
the hurrah ami sensation that attends a
hanging."
some irAsiiixaTox aossip.
Senator Vest from tho committeo on
commerce, roported favorably the bill to
extend tlio provisions of the law allowing
nil imported merchandise consigned to in
terior ports of tlio country to be immedi
ately transported in bond to such ports
without appraisement or delay nt the orig
innl port of arrival to such imported mer
chandise as mny not require appraisement
when not consigned to such interior ports,
but which mny bo, under certain specified
conditions, rccousigued by the original con
signee. The house judicinry committeo have
under consideration tho resolution passed
by tho senate last session providing for a
constitutional amendment changing the
ditto for inaugurating tlio president of the
United States from Marcli 4 to tho last
Tuesday in April. Tho mntter was ro
ferred to a sub-committeo consisting ol
Messrs. Tucker, Collins and Caswell. Mr.
Crano has introduced a resolution fixing
the date nt tho last of Decomber, and pro
viding for a longer sitting of congress. A
compromiso will probably bo mado be
tween theso two resolutions, and a substi
tute reported for passngo by tho house.
Tho stato dinner at tlio white houso on
tho 20th, given by the president in honor
of his cabinet, wns a most brilliant nffnir.
Tho president led tlio way to tho stato
dining room with Mrs. Manning, followed
by Secretary Bayard and Mrs. Clovelnnd,
Secretary Whitney nnd Mrs. Lnmnr, Sec
retary Endicott nnd Mrs. Vilns, Postmaster-General
Vilas nnd Mrs. Shormnn, Secre
tary Lamar and Mrs. Carlisle.
CAXXOT ESTER TA IX THE SUIT.
Milwaukeo dispatch: Tho famous suit
ot Daniel Wells, Jr., against Peter Mc
Geoch, tho well known speculator, with
whom ho wns associated in n disastrous
lard deal at Chicago in 1883, wns decided
by Judge Mann in the county court this
morning in favor of McGeoch, the suit
being dismissed with costs. Tlio suit grew
out of a groat lard deal. Wells and Mc
Geoch advanced $150,000 to settle the
affairs of tiie stranded firm of McGeoch,
Everingliam it Co., and immediately there
after Wells brought suit against McGeoch
charging the latter with securing, through
misrepresentation, his (Wells') hull of t lie
amount paid in settlement. The court de
cided that Wells was fully informed ot tho
particulars ot the deal, and therefore there
was no fraud; Hint it wns n "lump" settle
ment that must stand in the absence of
detailed accounts by Wells. Furthermore,
the judge says, the dealings of tlio firm wore
gnmblingcontrncts and conspiracies against
the public policy, and tor that reason the
court could not oven ontertain the suit.
The court room wns crowded and the de
cision was received with a great deal of iu
terest. ATTACKED JJ1 SOCIAUSTS-
London, Jan. 2a Four hundred socialist
attended the services In llattersea church to
day. Canon Clarke was escorted to tho church
by policemen, and In tils sermon defended him
self against the attacks of the socialist.
After the service socialist Hums made a
speech outside the church, lu the course of
which be coudeumed lu the strongest terms
the stand taken by Canon Clarke agslust 6o
clallMn. He was Interrupted bv the clergyman
himself, who threateued to baptize him In the
horse trough. Clarke theu retired amid the
Jeer of the crowd. Hums' mentfou of the
quoeu and royal family was the signal for jeers
ud hisses.
frit tr ti r.nirv WII.T. SO UA IIBT.E.
Aii,onv iV. Y. snecinl: A ski rmlsli be
tween the heirs ot the lateSnmuel J. Tilden
nnd the executors ot his will occurred yester
dny In the henring before tlio nssembly ju
diciary committee on the bill incorporating
the Tilden trust. Executors Andrew 11.
Greene nnd Robert Smith were present with
their counsel, LcwIb Chsh Ledyard, to urge
that tho bill be reported favorably upon at
onco. Counsellor James Oliver, of New
York, .appeared for Snmtiel J. Uiiuen, nnu
asked for on adjournment of two weeks or
until the executors had filed an nnswer to
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me sun. urougut oy wiu nuuo .v. ...... v
judicial constructions put upon section
0. Oil Ol J HO Will, tTIIILII lluullo ,wt
n tree public librnry and creates
the trust. Tlio heirs claim Hint the
section is void and iuvnlidajes the wHl
because of its ambiguity. Oliver said
there whs no hurry to pass tho trust bill,
nnd although tho heirs intended, il the will
wns declared void, to deed over to the city
the Tilden mansion or Granicrcy park,
with its contents, books nnd pnpers at
Grey stone, nnd endow tiie free public
library with 3,000,000 or $4,000,000,
they objected to the rushing through of the
trust bill uulil the executors were before the
court. Ho explained that there might bo
something in tho executors' nnswur that
would put a different light on the matter.
The impression made upon those who
heard tiie argument was Hint thchcirs.it
they win their case, want the credit of en
dowing the librnry, nnd thnt tho trustees
want the moral support that the passngo
ot the act of incorporation would give .them
in the pending suit.
THE CHURCn ASD LABOR.
Buffalo (N. ) special: Rt. R,v. S. V.
Ryan, bishop of the Catholicdiocese ot Uuf
falo, to-day issued the pastoral letter giv
ing the decisions of tlio recent synod of
Catholic priests. Tlio utterances ot the
bishop, although guarded on tho lnbor
question, show that ho is opposed to the
theories ot Henry George. Hesnys: "Labor
and capital, the working clnsscs and
moneyed aristocracy, may look for even
hnuded and impartial treatment nt tho
hands of God's church. Yet no ono can fail
to see where her sympathies lie or to whom
her heart goes out in interested affection;
nor will anyone bo deceived as to the char
acter of those who threaten her with loss
nnd defection from her ranks should she
fail to conciliate them by a betrayal ot
divino trust or a cowardly connivance at
moral wrong. Sliamo then on the man
or the men who for paltry considera
tions under the mask of friend
ship, under pretense of patriotism,
or love of native land, for tho snke ot
filthy lucre or tho pretext of temporal gain,
would insinuate to a Catholic to barter
away his birthright for u mess of pottnge,
become a rcnegnde to the faith that has
sustained and consoled his fathers through
generations of persecution; to abandon a
church whose templo and nltnrs, whoso
priests nnd sacraments havo brightened
the poor exile's pathway through life and
opened to him tlio benutiful view of tho
happy homo above. How her enemies
would gloat over defections from her ranks,
and then point the finger of scorn at lier
rebellious children. Therefore, o warn
nil faithful Catholics to bo on thoir guard
nnd mark the men or organizations that
would institute such poltroonry or deem
them capablo of such base apostacy."
OS, STAXLEY, OX!
The Great Explorer Sets Sail for the Darlc
Continent.
London special: Henry M. Stanley em
barked for Brindisi to-day, from which
point ho will proceed direct to Suez. A
Inrgo number of reporters nnd a few not
able persons, including United States Con-stil-General
Waller. Mr. Ilussell, consul nt
Liverpool, Sir Lewis Pnley, and others,
wero present to seo him off. In behalf ot
tho reporters, Sir Charles Williams, tho
famous war correspondent und ex-president
of tlio London Press club, presented
Mr. Stnnley witli the pocket Knight com
pass which ho (Mr. Williams) carried
throughout tho Soudan campaigns in
which his work ns correspondent was so
conspicuously excellent. Mr. Stanley's
last words to his friends ns the ship
moved from her moorings wero in nnswer
to a question ns to the timo of his return.
Ho said: "I will return as soon ns I can.
Present my kindest regards to my friends
in America, Belgium and England. " Tho
speech was answered by three lively cheers,
which tho famous explorer acknowledged
by repeatedly raising his hut and bowing
his thanks.
riE'Er Br thousaxds.
Clovelnnd dispatch: In a plain black
cnsket.nt tho morguo, to-day, lay tho body
of Mrs. Antoinette Cubulek, tho unnatural
mother who on Thursday butchered threo
of her children and fatally wounded two
others and then bunged herself. Clasped
to tho bosom ot the dead woman was tho
body ot baby Willie. In a white casket
near tho black ono lay the bodies of Annio
and Mamie, tlio other two innocents.
Thousands of peoplo wero attracted to the
placo and it required tlio services ot a de
tail of police to keep the crowd in order.
This niternoon tho bodies wero buried nt
tlio city infirmnry farm. No prayer was
said or other religious services attempted.
Tho two colllns woro deposited in one
grave: James and Ionia, the little boy and
girl who wore bo terribly wounded by the
fiendish mother, nro still nlive at the city
hospital. Vaelor Cabalek shows signs ot
insanity, nnd it is feared that the awtul
trouble will unsettle his reason.
HEARIXO A MORMOX'S PLEA.
Washington dispatch: Tlio United States
supremo court listened to nrguineuts this
nlternoon on tiie appeal ot Lorenzo Snow,
n Mormon citizen ot Utah, indicted, tried,
found guilty ou threo separate charges ot
unlawful cohabitation with seven women
whom he called his wives and sentenced in
each case to six months imprisonment in
the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $300
and costs. After ho had served out his
fust term he applied to tho Third district
court of Utnh for discharge on a writ ot
habeas corpus on the ground thnt ho had
only committed ono continuous offonse
and that tho judgment In two ot the ensea
wero void. He maintained that the court
which tried him had no right to segregate a
continuous offense into separate ard dis
tinct periods nnd then try nnd punish hira
three times for the same offense. The dis
trict court, howover, decided that, upon
his own showing he was not entitled to a
discharge, and therefore denied his petition
tor a writ ot habeas corpus. From that
decision he nppeuled.
IXHICATIOXS OF A COXFLIOT.
London, Jan. 21. The Vtnly Xtws professes
to know thai there is extreme danger of war.
It savs that the government U nlnrn.,.,1 nn aiv
rount of Its having heard that Germany If
iihtiy wiuiiu a lew iiavs to ask France to ex
plain the meaning ol the French military
movements on the frontier.
Vienna, Jan. 2a Rules governing the
latidsturm which have Just been published,
show- that nothing except blindness, deafness,
duinlmess an I lameness will exempt men from
tcrvice, and that drafts from the landsturm
will be used to till up the gaps In the regular
iiuj ami nnvy reserves, me iieivnu
rather mrprbod the countrv, such sweeping
and stnngent conditions not haying bcou expected
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