Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 17, 1883, Page 4

4 | ——— THE OMAH A | JAILY BEE~THURS DAY MAY 17 1863, The Ofi@ja Bee. Published ever, Yy morning, except Sune The snly Monday morning daily TERMS BYMAIL— e Year....810.00 | Three Months,$3.00 Months.. 5,00 | One Month,... 1,00 THE WEEKLY BEE, published every Weineaday. TERMS POST PAID— One Year.....$2.00 [ Throo Months, 50 ®ix Months. ... 1.00 | One Month.... 20 AMERIOAN News CoMrany, Sole Agents Newsdealers in the United States, CORRESPONDENCE -All Communl. fons relating to News and Editorial tters should be sddressed to the Enrros or Tix Brk, BUSINESS LETTERS—AIl Busines Betters and Renittances should be ad dressed to THr Ber PUBLISHING COMPANY OMaHA, Drafts, Checks and Postoffice Urders to bo made payable to the order of She Coumpany. The BRR PUBLISHING CO0., Props. E. ROSEWATER Editor Every cloud has it sllver lining. The weather of the last six weeks has killed off the crop of spring poetry. Mgz ANTHONY RE1s will have to re- taln all the Omaha attorneys it he wanta a vindleation through that §10,- 000 libal salt, ELevex bills are the result of a four months’ session of the Illinols legls. latare. It s evident that very little damage has besn done so far at 8pringfield, Jon~N KerLy ls agaln whetting the Tammany tomahawk in New York, It looks as If a large amount of har- monlous dlecord is In store for the democracy of the Emplre state In the comlng campaign. Scuvyuer Courax has written “‘a thoughtful religlous paper on Land- marks of Life.” There is one land- mark of his life that Sohuyler s not A GAME OF BLUFF. Mz, Dillon, on behalf ¢f the Union Pacifio, Is pleyiag a bold game of bloft with the government, His impudent letter to Secretay Teller, presenting & set-off claim for over two millions of dollars for extra mail compennation, fs on a par with the policy which the corperation has puraued from its completion up to the present time In dealing with the gov- ernment. The Unlon Pacific has had a 7ory lenlent crcditor in the United States and It has worked the mine for all it was worth, It remains to be seen whether there s not a point at whish patlence censes to be a virtue, Mcr, Teller Las taken the proper course In directing the prompt inati- tution of proccedloge agalnst the road for the recovery of a portien of the amount now due the government. sam to $54 778754 Tae suit should be pushed to a speedy decisfon, The Thurman act has been persistently evaded by the corporation which was bullt by the people of the United States and pald for twice over throngh the generoelty of the govern- ment, 1i the Uanlon Paclfic 1s now unable to meet the {nterest on its bonds it be- comes an interesting question how It expeots to pay the principal when it falls due. Lately the road has been compelled to burden itself with an additional mortgage of £5,000,000, secured by a lien on its branch lines. Interest must be paid on these bonds and will be, even though the prlor claims of the government are as {ns: leatly disregarded as they have been in the past, From 1804 to 1898 the whole bLar den of Indebtednees resting on the Unlon and Contral Pacific companies falls due. The government has lssued to help build the Union Pacific § 139,612, and unpald interest has a crued eufficlently to Increase the total Who balieves that twelve yoars heuce the company can llquidate this enormous indebted- likely soon to forget any more than the publioc is likely to forget it. Joe Cook has been putting the ness! Not Mr. Dilion, certainly, who proposes to evade even the laterest as it falls dus and trust to luck or the question to Kansas City whether generoelty of congress to postpono as death ends all. Whatever else it falls [ 1008 88 poseiblo the day of final reck- to end, it certalnly ends all lecturing. There Is much room for grateful an-; tlclpations In the thought. Taere Is nothing like “Inflooance” ARBITRATION AND onlng, LABOR TROUBLES, Signs of impending labor troubles In several of our largest Industries sftorall. Ool. Pennybacker, who was | oall renewed attentlon to the necoss!- ordored before a retirlng board, has ty for arbltration as a means of set- sacared the frlendly services of Sena- tllng disputes between workingmen tors Logan and Cameron to have the|and thelr employers. In England the ordor revoked, and will accordingly | disastrous strikes and lockouts which continue to draw full psy until further twenty years ago notice, Tue Massachusetts leglslature has are now te the passed a resolution commending ‘‘the [ The were 80 common unknown owling benefiolal operation of of conclliation, testimony from almost the boards universal abllity, Integrity and public services |all the great industrial centers of of the late Oakes Ames.” There Is| Great Britaln commends the methods now an opportunity for some one to | as practical In theory, satlsfactory in commend the abllity, integrity and|,peration and in every way fit to be publio services of the Massachusetts | transplanted to this country, It fs leglslature. Ro ks County, Kansas, surprising, however, to note that only one state, Pennsylvanis, has passed a counts Up|y,y roviding for the creatlon of thirty-three pairs of twins bornduaring | =" o arbitration to settle labor the last twelve months, On top of disputes, this item wo are informed that immi- gration to Kaneas is falling off. If all the rest of the countles do as well as Rooks the state needs no outside stimulus to | Tue sooner Sixteenth street ls “paved the better, After a heavy raln, a8 matters now are, it Is almosy Im- passable. Oar merchants along this busy thoroughfare know what they are talking about when they say that a good pavement would be several thousand dollars a month in the pock- ets of Sixteenth street tradesmen, ConaressMaN Kasson thinks that Edmuuds and Lincoln would be a winuing ticket, Posslbly it would, Bat after all, the ticket will make wery little differeace In the next pres- identlal campalgn, Whatever the ticket and the platform with its pro- fuse pledges, the sole lssue will be the confidence of the people in the repub- loan party, Hayes and Wheeler in 1876 was about as weak a tlcket as could have been nominated. Four years Iater the republican party had stronger men to nominate than Gen. Garfield. But campalgns are frequently won In spite of the candldates for whom they are nominally prosecuted. The real lssue is generally merely one of periy supremacy. It ls too early now to talk about tickets and the tlme can be much more profitably em- ployed, A full year must elapse be- foro the nominating conventions and there is a sosslon of congress which |ing partles and eces that justice s No one denles that a strike will be largely devoted on both sides to manufacturing campalgn ammunl. tlon. If the leaders of the republioan | generally the groateat loss falls upon and democratic partles only appreclated it, the questlon cf which political | Any method which will tend to create the | or to maintain greater confidence ke- country after March 4:b, 1885, 1s|tweon worklgmen and employers dsy by day In|ought to be cultivated. This ls why advance of the election. Publio ten-|the Pennsylvania law ls a step In the timent i crystallzing itself along cer- | right direotion, as cubstituting intel- taln lines which will not be materlally | 1fgence for brute force and s peaceabls affected by the wire pulllng and wind | yettlement of disputes In the place of organization is to control belng declded ““The Pennsylvania bill provides that In response to proper applications from employers and workmen the ocourts shall issue licenses for the establishment of tribunals or boards, in which each slde shall have an equal number of elected members. There I8 also to be an umplre, mutually chosen, After questions have been submltted, they are firat to be consid- erod by a conclllation committee, 1f a sottlement cannot be made by the unanimous vote of this committee, the question comes bsfore the full board, with the understanding that the umplre's decislon shall be final, This dectslon may be mode a matter of record In the courts, and judgment may be entered upon it and enforced,” This is o step la the right direction which it is hoped will be followed elsowhere, The chlef advantage of such a law lles In its recognition by the state of arbltration as a means to- wards an end. That end Is the pre- ventlon of great pecuniary loss to members of soctety and the abolitlon of brute force as an element in set- tling labor dispates. Such disputes are oertaln to arlse, In maoy In- stances they have thelr origin In ig- norance of the sltuatior, elther on the part of the employer or the employed* Often & clear understanding of the facts as they exlst would prevent elther oppression or unreasoning revolt, That is the polnt where a board of arbitration stops in between contend- done, entails great loss upon some one, aud those who are the least able to bear it, of the campalgn. Tickets are neces: | riot, revolt and misery. sary, of course, and bad nominees are always more or less of a handlcap, Omana has reason to congratulate but under our political system, In a|ltself over the esale of its paving presidential eleotlon the question of | bonds st such a favorable rate. When who shall be the party standard bear- [ we can dispose of s five per cent bond ers Is of more lmportancs to candl- | at & premium of nearly two per cent, dates for the honor than it ls to the [ the transaction shows that capltal is willing to plo its falth on our devel- people, opm:nt asncity. The Investment wae » good one. Our indebtedness is £ ller per oapita than sny olty cf the ».mo #'zs In the country, std our taxiuin proportlon to our actual proper'y valuation Is ridleulously ama These facts were doubtless take into conslderation by the Omala Natlonal when It made ite bld of €101¢ and captured the bonds from all the other local bid- dere. Tue appointment of Mr. W, J. Oonuell ns clty attorney refl -cts credlt on Mayor Chase, Mr. Connell 1s an able lawyer, thoroughly famillar with the Intricate provisions of cur charter, As distriot attorney he wsa diligent, energetlo and fearleas in the clacharge of his duty, and we have ro doubt he wlill discharge the rezponsible dutfes of his new posttion with eqaal fidelity. GENERAL GRANT has an Income of 0,000 a yoar, Tho bill to place him on the pension rolls will be Introduced agaln in congress at the nexy session, The “Granger Caee.” 8an Francis o Chronicle, Tne higher courts of the natlon are gradually coming Into accord on the question of state control of rallroads. ‘'he most recent decislons by the sn- preme court ot the United States were on two cases carrled from the supreme couri of Illinols, Both have been pending for many yeara. One of these reepects freights snd fares, In the heicht of the granger excltement in 1873, a pas- senger named Lowis, truveling be- tween two statlons not far apart on the Chleago, Bar- ltugton & Qalnecy rallroad, retused to pay the 20 cents fare charged by the company, but tender- ed 18 cents, the minlmum fixed b; the atate legislature. He wasejected, and sued the conductor for assault, who was fioed $10 and co: The company refased to pay the smount, and carrled the case up, in the face of ancrles of adveree dectslons, till it has just been declded against them by the court of final appeal. Ths ground of defense was that the state, In regu- lating freights and fares, had violated its agreement by contravenirg some coucosslons made to some the roads which had been a bed by the Caleago, Barli:gion and Quivcy, At the same time a decls: ion was rendered in what Is known as the Elevator case, which Involved the same principles. In both cases the right of a state to rogalate frelghts and fares affirmed by the supreme court of the United S:ates, the state's jorisdlction in the matter belng allowed to extend so far as to permit the cancellatlon, or at least the liberal iaterpretatlon, of some portlon of an agreement into which the state had at some previous time, perhaps, incau- tioualy entered, The trallroads have fought thelr fight energetically on the various polnts raised, but have been in nearly evory case defeated. They have at- tempted to show that a state had no right to forbld discrimination, to regulate freights and fares, or to ex- erciso any jarlsdicton over them when they were organized under one state, but operated in another. There have been numerous decisions on the first polnt, thelr tenor scarcely differ- ing in a single particular. One of these was delivered by Judge Baxter, of the United States district coart of Northern Ohio, in the case of a coal dealer, who brought suit agalnst a rallroad because it carriod coal for a rival dealer the same distance for from 30 to 70 cents per car loud less, The plea of the defendant, that the patron alluded to ehipped a larger amount of coal, did not loflasnce the court, which decided that the teati- mony showed unlswful discrimination, The declslon in regard to state con trol when the matter has come directly before the courts have been uniformly sgainat the railroads. The third of the three principal polnts raised by the railroads—that o stato in which they wero not owned, but merely operated, could not control them —has been passed upon In three different cases, involving severally the Chlosgo and Northwestern, the Wabash, Western and Pacific and the Chicago, Burlington and Qalncy. One of these occurred in Wisconain, one in Iowe and one in 1llinols. The first two went to the supreme court of the United States, and In one of them the chief justice himself gave the deolslon, affirming the right of the state to forbld discrimination in frelghts and fares, using almost tho identical language employed In the “‘Granger" case quoted. The rights of a stato are therein clearly explained, A state has all the leglalative rights not forbldden by the oconstitution of the United States, and is prosumed to be right till its enactments have been proved wrong. That is a kind of state soverelgnty to which no one oan objeot, Chief Justioe Waite says In this last declslon that a state may make all regulations regard- ing railroads that they have not speci- fioally permltted the road to make, but that such privileges, if granted, must not be contrary to the constitu- tlon and by-laws of sald state. That 1s, n goneral charter permission to & rallroad to fix freights and fares according to thelr convenlence does not prevent legislation to prevent ex- tortion on tho part of the company, In respect to Californis we doubly fortified, for our constitation gives the legislaturo all the power that is neoossary to suitably control tho oppreesive corporations that an unjust Providence haa eaddled upon us. Judzlng the suprems court of the Ualted States as at present con stituted, by this declslon, we feel jus- tified in expecting that when cases in which we are locally Interested come before it we shall be able to obtaln such just declalous as those rendered in tho cases that have gone up to it from Illinols, Wisconstn and Iowa. According to these declalons, we have the right to fix frelghts and fares, to forbld rallroad dlscrimination, and to do all this whether a rallroad Is organized within the state or whether it 1s organiz:d in an adjolning state and operates a por tlon of its line within our limita, The only one besides Judge Field who s distrusted on account of his previous connection with corporations s Stan. are | ey Matthewns, and even he can hardly afford to staitify hlmaclf or insuli the t of which he !s a msmber by decisions advereo to theeo accumulat ed precedents THE REBEL RAM MANASSAS, How tae Firet of the Kind ¥ver Used in Naval Warefare was Bulit New York World The history of the ram Masaeeas and of her projector aud commander should be placed upon rec rd before It in too late to gotthe truth, Jobn A Stovenson, a wealthy retired sea cap taln, was living 1n New Orleans at the broaking out of the civil war, and the Manassas was wholly his conception and Invention, and it was pat sflat entirely at his ccst and expense, Bs fore the ba of Ball Run he pur- chased the Eaoch Train, which had bzen constructed in Boston and used a8 tow-bont on the Miestselppt rivor, She was a double propeller, with two engines and powerful mschinery, 180 feet long, 22 feet Yeam, 8 feet hold and aboat 96 tons burden. Ie took off her houses, cut her to her plank- thears and then first put onan arched deck of heavy timber, completely coverlng her from stem to stern in the shape of a turtle's back, finally plat- lag the wholo with two thicknesses ¢ f rallroad {ron, bent and fitted so as to form & smooth surface over the whole outeide of tho water's edge, Two thort emoke-stacks alone protruded above the even surface of the whole outside, The prow was construsted with heavy lron projecilng in front about 6 feet, 34 feet under water. She was steered by & wheel entirely covered under the deck. In case she should be boarded by the enemy, it was 80 arranged that hot water could be thrown in streams upon the board- log party, The construction of such s novelty at New Orleans attractod public attentlon. It was visited by many hundreds of people, was called the “Nondeecript,” and was very gen- etally ridiculed by the public, Bat Stevenson was streng-mindéd, had faith, had money, and was encouraged by his friend, Captain Charles Wil lism Austin, now a resident of Sa. vannsh, Ga., who superintended in her construction. It fa from him that all the facts hereln meatloned wore obtained. When completed, which waa soon after the battle of Ball Raun, the next thing was to obtain a crow. Federal gunboats, heavily armed, were lying at the mouth of the Mississippl, and it was there which it was inteaded sbe should attack. Com- modore Holilns, the confederate naval comn.ander at Now Orleans, re- fused to detall men for service in her, but gave consent to Captain Austin to obtain volunteers, if he could, from out the navy. Niceteen were ob- talned. With these the Manas proceeded to Fort Jackson, twonty. two miles above the blockading equad.- ror, Commander Hollias aliowed Stevensen and Austin the use of his dlspatch boat Iva with which to re- connoltre the enemy in the afternoon, preparatory for a vight attack, They approached to a point just out of range, Thero lay the steam sloop Richmond next to the east bank of the river, with twenty-two gune; then the sloop of-war Preble, with four- teen guns, and next the steam sloop- of-war Water Witch, with tix guns, They all lay abreast, across the Mie— elssippl river at the head of the paeses, and headed up stream, wlth their springs out, guns shotted and all resdy for action at a mrment's notice. These four federal boats, migh.y power for the slogle Nondeecript, with nineteen heroes and no guos, to at- tack. Some of the confederato naval offizers had sald that the Nondescript would bo blown ount of water. Leaving Fort Jackeon at about 8 o'clock on the morning of October 12, 1861, with Captain Austin, her com- mander, 88 the only man on deck and ench of his men at his proper place below, the ram proceeded to and ar— rived at the scene of action about 8 o'clock In the morning, The Rich- mond had been selected by Captain Austin in the atierncon aa the fed. eral boat first to be attacked. Near- ing the Richmond the Nondescript was got under the utmost headway, and uot until she was too near the Richmond, and until it was too late to wlthdraw without discomfiture, perhaps disaster, was 1t discovered that_a schooner was lying alongside the Richmord on the eide cf the at- tack, The ram proceeded all steam on, and striklog the schooner first cot her in tyo and ran the lron prow of the Nondescript clear into the Rich- mond, The ram then hsuled off. The schooner sank. The Richmond dlscharged her broadside of cuns at the ram, but without effoct. Tho Richmond found herself disabled and leaking, and withdrew, giviog signals of danger to the other boats, and the blockading equadron all dlsap poared down the passes. The blow which the vam strack the schooner and the Richmond produced such a concussion upon the ram as to disable one of her englnes and render her un- fit to attempt farther aggresslons, but it did not destroy Captaln Austin's footing on the desk. The ram was not alded or followed by any fire- rafis,Jor any steamers or propeller astern of her, nor were any shells thrown or guns fired at the Federal flaet, as some Federal accounts have described. The ram was taken back to Now Ocleans and repalred, wes adepted by the Coufederate authorl- tles, and Mr, Stevenson was fully com- pousated for her. The Nondeecript was named the Mauassas by Steven- eon soon after the battle of Bull Run, 'r her vlotory, the Confederacy bacn thus taught by Mr Stovenson how to build effective war veseels, then, aud not until then, be- au chan the Merrimac Into an at Norfolk, Va, . S:evemson, in building the scas, boilded greater than he for In a practical way he gave to the public now ideas as to carrying on naval warfare, which have been eiuce adopted and developed in differ- ont forms In all the navies of the globe, Well Rewarded, A liberal reward will be paid to sny party who will produce se of Liver, idoey or Stowach complaint that Elsc. tric bitters will not speedily cure, DBring them along, it will cost you notbing for the medicine if it fails to cure, and you will be well rewarded for your trouble besides. All Blood diseaser, Biliousness, Jaundice, Constipation and general debility quickly cured, Satisfaction pusranteed or monvy refunded, Price only 50 cents per bottle, Forsale by O, F. Goodmau, ®|by a large freestone; the gri GEN. CRANT'S MOTHER, The Remains Quietly Interred i1 8rring Grove Oeme- tery, Cinoinnati, Geversl Grant, and Mra., Cra- masr aud Her Son the Ohief Mourners, Abundsnt and Appropriate Floral Tributes. Cincicnati Commeicial G z:tte, May 15 The remalos of Mrs, Jsse R, Grant, mother cf the general, and widow ot the old pestmaster of Covington, Ky., arrived yesterday morningat 8 o'clock over tho Pan-handle raliroad, accom- pavied by Gencral Grant, Graneral Ca- ney, & brothor-la-law f Ganoral Grant, Mrs Cramer, (ddster of Gineral Grant and wifo of Rav, _Crawmer, miolster to 8wlz:rland), and her son, Grant Cra- mer, a youth of 15 years, The party of mourners ccoupied a speclal Pull man oer, Thegeneral eppeared about a8 stout &o cver, but has aged conald- erablo alnes Lia last visitto Cincinnatl, His beard was oclozo croped, 8 usually shown his in pletsres, bt iv wae quite ¢ray, aud his harr is almost white. The box containirg the catket snd remalns wan takon In chargs by Un- dertaker Wiltsee, who removed them to ble estabiishment on Sixth street. The casket was taken out of the box and the box sent ou! to Spring Grove cemetery. Tho casket was of a square pattern, made in Oaelds, N. Y., hav- ing six hendles cf black satin bar, full sliding feca plate, and coverel with a combination of cloth and satin. On the top of the casket was a solid silver plate engraved " UHANNAH S1MPSON G Died May 11, 1883, Aged 1 5 yoars, On the casket was a rich and beau- tifu! floral wreath of tea roees and paneies, to which was attached the card of Mrs, General Grant. There wero also several bouqaets of white roses insido the casket, and a heavy wreath cf white, purple and variega— ted dalsfes, At the foot of the casket was a large cross cf tea roses. The casket waa opened at the undertaker's estab- ishment, and the features were found ©o be calm and almost perfectly nat- ural. The body had been embalmed. On the hesd was a white lace cap, and there was a white lace bow around the neck. The dress was a white gros grsln ellk, and in the hands were placed a bunch of tea roses that had not lost their fragrance, After the remains had been dls- posed by the undertaker ia thelr proper position, they having been slightly moved by jolting on the cars, they were removed ia a hearse to the resldence of Mr. Gaorge B. Johnson, No, 80 Clark street, whose wife is a cousin of (ieneral Grant, where the casket was agaln opened and the remains viewed by the rela- tives and a very few intimate friends cf the family. After remalning at the house ab>ut an hour, the funeral cortege proceeded to Spring Grove cemetery. It was composed of the hearse and elx carrisges. No ser- vices were held at the house, as it had been arranged that everything should be kept as quist and private as possible, in accordance with the wishes of Gon. oral Grant, The faneral services had already beon held at the residence «f Mrs. Corbin, a daughter of the de- ceased, at Jerscy City Helghts, on Sanday mornlug, and the only service that remsined to be performed was the slmple ceremony of interment after the ritual of the Methodls Epis- copal church, of which the deceased was & devout member, and which she attended regularly until last winter. The cortege started from the reei- dence of Mr, Johnson at 10:45 a. m. for the cemetery, and the carriages contaioed the following relatives and immedlate friende: First carriago~ General Gzant, Mo, Cramer, Mrs, Jodge Ashburn, of Bata- via, and Mrs, Griffith, S:cond car- rlsgo— General Citey, Mr. end Mrs, George B Johuson and Grant Cramer. Third carrisge—Mrs, Simpson and son, and Wiillam Johnson and wife, of this eity. Fourth carriage—Mra, Androws and Mr, and Mre, Tweed, of Cincinnati, Fifth carrlage — Mrs. Judge Swing and son, of Batavis, and Mrs, Lindsay, of Covington, Ky. Sixth carrlage—Rav, Dz Joyce, of St. Paul's M E church; ex Postmas ter Gustav R Wahle, aud the under- taker, Mr, Wiltsee. The cortege roached Spring Grove exactly at noon, and the remains were carrled to the grave by gentlemen frienda attendicg the funeral, thero being no pall-bearors selected. The party was joined at the grave by Mrs. Amos Shiukle and family andJ. Craw- ford and wife, of Covington, and Dr. Freeman and wife, of this city, The casket was followed to the grave by General Grant, Mrs, Cramer, her son, and the other relatlves, after whom came the friends In attendance. The grave was enclosed in brick and had been dag rlongside the grave of Jesse R Grant, the husband of the decessed, who died in 1874, and who was interred in a beautiful burial lot, east of the maln avenue, In tho same section where 8. 8. L'Hommedlen, once president of the Cinelonat!, Ham- ilion & Dayton railroad, livs buried, and cast of the Longworth monument, The casket was lowered into the grave, aud the slmplo committal burlal service cfthe M. E. church was Rev. De. Joyce, Ho aleo read ywn, “‘How Blessed the Caris- tlan When he Dizs,” Gen. Grant, who stcod with hia sle- ter, Mrs, Crimer, leaning upon his arm, appesred to be deeply affocted by the hymn, and bls slster was agitated throughout the whole service The grave of the general's fatheris marked with a plala monument, oo which was fnscribed ‘‘J. R, Grant.” The general scrutinized the inscrip- tlon, and then looked lnto the grave while all that remalned of his aged mother was belng covered with the earth, After the benediction was nounced, the ccflia was hid fro ro- ht Wi filled up and the reiatives conversed together quletly about family affalrs. il DRY GOODS SAM’'L C. D AVIS & CO, Washington Avenue and Fifth Street, 8T. TOUXs, - - - e ———— Then they roturned to the city, Mrs, Cramer and her sou to the residence of Mr. Johuson, on Olark street, and Goneral Grant and Goneral Casey to the Gibson Houge, This mornlog General Grant and Mrs, Oramer and son will go to Cler mont county to vislt his old home and | geo his uncle, Samuel Elmpson, aged elghty-six, who resides at Batavia. They will retarn to the eity at 7 p. m., and the general will leave for the east at 8 p.m Mes, Oramer will remain in this clty for a fow days, the guest of Mz, Jobneon, and then goes to 8witz:rland to joln her husband, the Amerlcan minister to that country, Mrs. Hannah Simpson Grant was born In Montgomery county, Pa., November 21, 1798, and her parents were of Scotch origin, Early in her life, her father moved to Polnt P.eas- ant, W, V, where she marrled Josse R. Grant in 1821, General Grant was her first chiid, and he was bern April 27, 1822, THE CATTLE RANGES. Favorable Reports From All Rounding Regions. Btock Generally Improved in Grade and Price—The Ehipping Season, Special Dispatch to Tis Bk, B COnicaco, May 16,—The Drovers’ Journal has recelved reporta i detail from the aurrounding regiona of Colo. rado, Kaueas, Texas, Nebracka, Ida- ho, Wyoming, Iadian Teriizory, Mon- taua and Nevada. The reports show range cattle business to be in a very thrifty condition, Tho percentage of loss in all states and rsrrftcfleu raunges from 20 to 30 per gent or a general average of three and one-third per cent, The groatest loss was reported by Idaho, Indlan Territory and Kan- was Kansas {s the only state that reports an increase in shipments of beeves this season, but the general average is reported the ssm> as in 1882, The average condition of cattle on the range 1a reported by Kansas, Texas, and Indtan Terri- tory to be worse when compared with the corresponding period last year, but all other sections report an aver- sge or better condition of stock than last spring. Shipments of beeves will commence about the same time on en average as in ordlnary years, The shipping season in the sonthwest, however, will bas about a month later than last year. There is an average increase of about 25 per cent. in the calf crop as compared with last year. Pricea for cattlo on the range show, | an average advanca of $5.80 a heid higher than last year. | The most gratifying feature of the report {s tho avernge Increase in the amount of fmproved bulls io ueo ov | the ronges, There aro 10 per cent more lmproved bulls in use thau lust sprirg. Shorthorns predoniinate, but there haa been s much larger demand for Herefords than last year, avd many speak in favor of Pullid Angus. From reports reccived there is agrow. ing tendency to put up hay for winter use. Fenclrg is belng dono very ex- toneively in the southwest, but it s | not regarded with much farcr in the northwast, where the ranges are main- )y public.” Tae loesca durlug the win- ter bave fallen chicfly npon cld cows and helfers calving and upon young stock. Stock for range is reported entirely freo frecm disease, nave in a faw cases of black leg, which i3 Inci- dent to over-fattening calves. PERSONAL, Hon, E. D, Webster arrived in this city yestorday to assume the possition of super- viror of internal revenue, Mr. Webster is widely snd favorably known to the early scttlers of iNebraska as ome of the wheel- horscs of the republican party during the early territorial daya and the founder of the Oumaha Republica, Mr, Webster will re- main here and will supervise the dlstrict of which Nebrasks is part, makiog his headquarters in Omaha. C. L. Millineux, ¥. Eberhart, Bern- hart_Sshroder, B, Albro, Geo, W. Van. Sickle, Geo, A. Buck, P, Harrum, Heory Schroder, M. W, Stone, Henry Jobnsou and J. F. Roll, are among a few of the Wahoosiers who registered at the Millard last night, IVE . MILITARY MATTERS The Latest Orders from the Depart- mentof the Platte. Paragraph 3, speclal orders No 41, current serles from theee heacquar- tera, 1s hereby amended so as to allow the leave of absence granted Assist- ant Surgeon Norton Strong to take effect May 11, 1883 Recruit Edward Grant, crlisted at Fort Douglas, Utah, is assigned to company A, Sixth infaniry. Under tho provisions of paragraph 840, Army Regulations, and in ob- servance of general orders No. 85, serles of 1881, adjutant gonoral's office, the commanding cffizer at Fort McKtaney, Wyo., will send, under escort of ona non commiasimed offi. oer, private Nile Laraon, company K, Niath infantry, au {nsane soldicr, te Washington, D. C. The non-commisaioned cfficer in charge wlil report the patient to the adjutant general of the army for far- ther orders, A bettallon to consist of- companlen Band 0, Ninth, and B and G, Sev- enthjinfantry, will be concentrated at Carter etatlon, Wycmire territory, on or before June 1st, 1883, for the pur- pose of repalring and placing in prac- ticable condition for wagon travel the road leading feom that point to Fort Thornhargh, Utsh territory, Major I D. DeRusey, Fourth infantry, is asdigned to the command of the bat tallon which will be equipped and provided for field service for two montha, Acting Assictant Sargeon J, J. Marston will report at Carter station to Msjor DsRuesey for duty with his command. 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