Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 12, 1885, Page 5

WASHINCTON NEWS. Thy §nale Refwe fo Leg's ation on the Allow L Appropriation Bills and an Extra Bession is I Sec, McCallough mplishe Financial Transaction. Ac Quibblicg Over the Manper of An- nouncing the Electoral Vote, The Condition of Speaker Carlisle is Much Improved. The Union Pacific Badly Scared About the Fund- ing BiIL Ralroad Compary WASHINGTON, bruary 11, —Mander presented as o memorial a joint resolotion of the legislature of Nebraska urging congras to pass a bill for the relief of set.lars on the St. Joseph and Denver city railroad lands, Referred, Alliscn, from the committes on_appropri tions, reported the army appropriation | Calendar, The chair lailbefore tha eenate a blll to «quit titles of settlers cn the Des Moines river lands and readiug of reports was proceeded with, Tngalls interrupted the reading o inanire if it was understood that the senate would re- tumo legislative business on the complation of the electoral count to-day. After an inter change of views the unanimous understanding waa reached that that conrse by pureued. At five minutes bafore twelve messages were received announciog the house would, at twelve, be ready to receive senats, tha joint convention both bouses may count the electoral vote. The chair announced concur- rent resolution providing for joint convention would now be executed d senators headed by president protem, and secretary of the senate precedsd by the sergeant.at-arm. proceeded to the houte of represeptatives, At 1:25 p, m. the senators returned to tho senste chamber, and the president pro tem having resumed the chair, the tellers on the part of the senate appeared, and in their be- half Hoar reported the result of the e ectoral count, When the report ~was completed, the president of the senate repeaed verbatim the closing sentence of the an pouncement made by him in the house rela tive to the declaration of the vote, Cooger said he desired, as one member cf the senate, to say that he entirely dissented from the declaration. The president of ths senate, or vica presidant, had no other power in annourcing the vote than to avnovnce the facs, and he did not know by what thority the senfence quoted had been made a part of the declaration. Sherman said: I, also, with, for myself, haviog put on record my (pinion on this que tioa at other times, to again assent and pat on racord my opinion that the declaration of the gentleman who presided on that ceea pressiop his own opinion and should taken a3 & precedent, exsept 5o far as it may command the judgement of mankind, 1 b lieve that the vice preeident of the United States declared and execut:d a constitutional power when he presided over the ody today, and counted ths votes and that his announcement of the vote is the conclusive end of all argument on the subject and that in doicg 50 he not only gave his own opinion as the result of certain papers, given to him, but he made only tha constitn: tional declaraticn provided for under the ex- isting law, who was to bs the presideat of the United States after the fourth of March. After remarks by Hoar, Lapbam, Wilson, and Ingalls, the chair (Edmunds) said ha re- dad the Senate as in 0o way responsibla for aration made by him. He had per- formed his coustitutional daty and had on his own responsibility made the de:laration re- ferred to. The resolution was offared by Ingalls de- claring that the senate does not assent to Ed munds’ declaration, went over uatil to mor- row, as did the resilution by Hoar approving of his course, The senate resumed the consideration of the bill to repeal the pre-emption of the tim- ber culture laws, Slater opposed the bill, He said the prop. osition to repeal the pre-emption law was monstrous. Greater prosperity had come un- ion of this law than under the . He would entitle the pand ing bill an act to facilitate the sale of land of the land grant corporati>ns. There bad been evils under the pre emption they were not such as would be rem itsrepeal. Within the past twen! thirty years the west has been covertd with land’ grants No longer in several states could homeateaders gat lands, yet the land grant roads had abundanca of land for sala. t was said that 160 scres was enough for a farm, 1t was enough in soch a state as Towa, but in the great west more was nece the farmer to be s Undar the homestead and pre-emption laws a settlor could see acres, Slater would, however, be willing to repeal the timbsr cul gure and derort acts, Tha vill was now reported to the senate, BOME AN d in committ tha whole, we o reotfered. Pending their discussion the renate went into execuiive session and soon adjourned, n wnd of HOUSE WasnINGTON, February 10.—Townshend offered a resolution providing that during the remalnder of the ression the dai y hour of meeting of the house shall la 11 . m, Re: ferred. : Springer, from the expenditurss in the de- partment of justice, reported a bill relsting to the compenration of marshals and other United States officiale, On the house being called to order Keifer offred a resolution, reciting the result of the joint convention of the two houses, and de Clatiog it tobe the serse of the iqgse that 1he coustitution and laws had been duly ex. ecuted, and that no further declaration of those facts is necessary. Springer said it seemed from the asonounce - | esly that there was no cha ¢ in the cha'r) on the post whele (Spring appropriation bil Horr offer smend 50,000 for the 100,000 to $4 wnd the Pending acti t to ect by b Jrosa president.« on motion pertaining to OUR WASHINGTON GOSsIP. geam to THE DEs 11, =The senate has thrown down the gauntlet tothe house and absolutaly rafnged to allow the new legislat to be engrafted upon the appropriation bill If they adhere to this line of policy, and lead, ing republicans ay they will, it will atly evhance the prospects of an extra session of congress, as ths demecrats of the house have confidantly ratied upon ng the en {erable general and new legisla ing it on apropriation bills, Tha ndoubtedly make a fight for the 1 unl:es one branch of axtra ssssion canuot very In the meantime, however, ea consider the extra legislation on the priation bill now pending, bat contents itselt with simply strik- 1rg it out of the bill, The fight will come when the biils get back to ths house for cor. currena in the senate amend enta, Many people in Washington are thaphful that the high wind which prevailed yesterday demonstrated the unsafe charactsr of the pa- villion which had bsen erected around the Dase of the Washington monument tn accom- the several thousand of invited g1i3ats dedication of the monument on the stant. The wicd blew the structure . thereby, in all probability, averting a calamity on the occasion of the services next Saturday week, A large force of men will be employed to erect another rtructure, which ucdoubtedly will be made strong enough to the crowd f peopls who have rercived the necessary invitation from the committee of ar- rangements. THE TRIAL ON GEN. SWAIM onthe new charges preferred is expected to go forward this weak. Hisstatemeat to the court on Monday that his former counsel had made othar engagements for this week which would rot permit them Lo condust his de fonse would apprar to be trme azd ot a sub- terfuge to gain time i tha fact that Gov- ernor Boutwell ha« been called in to take charge of the cawse foe Geaeral Swaim, The erial is not exp cted to last but a dsys, SECRETARY MC CULLOCH racently accomplished a neat finanal action in the investment of some belonging to the Pacific ad sinking fund in United States four per cent bonds, to qui- of a combioa tion or bidding up of prices, Such portions of this fund as b heretofora been invested had begn placed 1n the three per cont redesm- ab'e bonds, but this course was not eutirel, satistactory, owing to thesebonds being called in from time to time, thus rendering a new investment necessary with thefull consent of the company. It is understood the fund has now been in toe longest time bonds. THE ACTION OF ASSISTANT TREASURER Acton at New York, on Monday, in paying out silver ce:! ates to the clearirg house, was merely a blind to ensb'e the {ressury de. partment to answer the house resolution of inquiry that there is no discrimination prac ticed by the department in paying ont eilser certificatzs, This action relieves the treasury from the charge of being at the mercy of the w York clearing house, but at the same ne it is understood here’ that no further parments of certificates to the c eariog house will be made, and that onlv gold or legal ten. der notes will be paid in the settlement of talances acainst the governmeat, hons, b congress yields, a oided. dots net trans- The Unifon Pacitic Badly Scared, Special telsgram to The B, WasiINGTON, February 11.—There has been considerabla comment at the fact that the Union Pacific sixty-year funding bill has not been called up in the eenate. The gentleman who has boen closely watching this gives the followirg reasons for it: When Hoar intro. duced the amendment to the amendmeat it frigtened the ['nion Pacifie, They sent & man named Story from Boston, one of the attorneys tor that road, to insist that if the Lill was passed in thas form it would bankrupt the company, When he was told that the understanding was that the bill reported by the judiciary committer was that which had been submittad to Mr. Huutington ud Mr. Dilicn and approved by them, he said that this was not the bill, The Armstrong bill—the one eubmitted by the commissioner of railroads last year—had been approved by the company; bub thisis a ditfereut bill, and tha company conld not operate under it, The sapp: f the fund. ing blll were not alarmsd. 'The Cantral Pa. cific peopls were telegraphed to by their representatives here as t the situation. They are trying to reparate their intarests from those of the Union Pacific. They think that their cauee will 1e rserved if they stand alone, o In speeches made by the supzorters of the ill statements were made that tharoad is It 1 & condition of bankruptey, notwith- stindiog Mr, Adsms within two years repre sented its condition to be such that the widows and orphans of Nsw England have invested largely Into it. It now appears from Saturday’s statement that the compny owned over five o cent in six montbs, The probatlity is that the bill will remnain where i6 is uatil a reply shall be recrived frem the secretary of the interior in rasponse to a resolution as to the amount due from the company usder the theory set forta in a recoat court of claims report. It is reportad that Mr, Garlacd is not to be lied upon to support tne fundiog bill; thas ment of the presiding officer of the joint con vention that there was no declaration of a vote, Contrary to all precedent the vice resident had simply declared it appearcd Fn-m the count made by the tellers that Grover Cleveland bad receiv. d a certalo num- ber of votes, but h d disclaimed any inten- tion to make any official declaration of the result of that vote. Ho preferred that the matter should be referred to Judicisry committee, with instructions to rep)rt such resolution as may be necessary for the pur- pose of makiog known the result of the elec: tion, The speaker pro tem—"*The presidiog officer of the joint convention, in waking the an- nouncement of tbe vote, announced the result that had been found, and rimply added that he disclsimed apy authority on his part ay presiding officer of the senate or joint conven- tion to make any declaration at all.” bole matter Speaker—*In the judgment of the chair, the declaration made by the presiding officer y what it should have been.” e not asked the speaker for his opin- ion; 1 desice to state my own.” ‘The speaker—'The chair acting as the officer ofticer representing the house in joint convention would hava made the protest if any umproper declaration by the presiding officer had been delvered,” Raudall said the vete of the electors had been aunousced and that sny ministerial pros ceeding was not esscntial ‘to the maln fact, that Girover Clew Hammond thought that the joint conven tion having made its declaration, the house had wothin: ¢ § N, { ting that the who had been elected president aud vie ident, and he moved to lay the resolution <u the table. Agreed to. On motion of McCoid the bill passed for the erection of & publia bullding at Keokuk, Lowa, limited to cost $100,000 The house thea went into committee of the Ty has bean iuformed ~that if he should'de ro "®would be injurious to his chances for the cabi®eh — WASHINGTON NEWS, A LETIER FROM PRESIDENT AN, WasHINGTON, February 11.—The following was received to-day by Secretary Teller: Orvick UNioN Paciric Raway Co,, | Bosto, February 9, ' | Hou, H. M. Teller, secretary interior, Washingtoo: Dear Sir'—My attention has been called by the Congressional Record to anoider passed in the senate Thursday last, calling up n the secretary of the interior among other things for information wheth the anuual settlement was ma e by the U Pacific Railway company February 1, a8 provided in the Thurman act. I wi say for your ioformation there will be no de- Iay ou ‘the part of this company in making settlement reforred to, Whenever the depart ment will specify the sum due in that settle- ment, 8 draft for the smcunt shall be for- warded by return mail. [Signed), CHABLES FRANCIS ADAMS, THE SAC AND FOX INIIAN LANDS, The bill which passed the house, providing for the eale of the Sac and_Fox Iudian reser- vation in Nebraska and Kansas, concerns a tract of land cousisting of 8014 'acres. It is provided in the bill that the lands shall be sold to the highest bidder, and for Dot less than eight dollars an acre, The provision is also made that actual settlers are tohave these lands io uantities nut to exce i) acree. There are residing on the reservation at the presens time only seventy-five Ludiana KOMINATION®, PostmastarsSamuel (i, Kell, Centralia, (113 John E. Jobnston, Warsaw, Iii, THE SOLICITOR OF THE TREASURY referred the offer of Madame Arline to cam. promise the suit pending against ber in Chi- eago for violation of the customs laws, to the United States district attorney at Chicago for | January l' In hi The report is volum: ufined to 1n acsount mmiesion and the results achieved. COUNTING THE VOTE, v INGS IN THE ELECTION OF SIDENT AND ¥ WastiNaron, Febm Keifer, the clerk of the h inform the senate that at 12 o'clec ald be prevared to re cooformity with the provi ion rant res ral vot ¢ 11 —On motion of yuse was dirceted to < the h that body in of the concar. lecto nato of the 4 and headed by nd f that body the d in and took the first two rows 1 which had besn previously provided resident of the senate seating v Acting Soeaker Blackburn, President E imunds, in callit ¢ the acsembly to order, said: *“The two house of ¢ naress have met in pursuance of the constitution and laws and covenrrent resolution for the purpose of executiog the duty required by the consti- tution end laws in the matter of counting the vlectoral vote for president : nd vice preeident of tha United States, cast by the electors of the several statos, fo » term commencing the 4th of March, 18! The tellers appoivted ty the twobonses will plasse take theic places, Senators Hoar aad Pendlaton and Repr rentatives Clay Keifer, havin, taken the e clerk's desk, mucds sai *Tha president ot the senats will open the certificates of thyseveral states in alphabetical order and now npens the cer- or the stateof Alabama hands the chairman of the tellers on the part of the reoats the certificate from Ala- bama rectived by msil and to the chairman of the tellers on the part of thancuse of rep- resentatives the certificate received by mes- senger, Certificates of the other states were opened and rad in their order, When New York was rcached Clay, ot Kentucky, read the —certificate’ und annonne'd the thirty.six v the state cact for Clevelind and Heodricks, and ne W g the s g Tas Rsbel Leader and Sev Emirs Were Kiil:d, pses Lia Pil.d Ric Gen, Earl Killed Whils Lead ths Black Watch, Some Hopes of Gon, Suill Alive, ¥ Tebels That Swam the River Nile. W Eeca FOREIGN EVENT A, 1, Febreary 11.—Osm us for all tiibes to rally a 0¥, February 11, —The cabt General Wolseley's 1akim to Beoer. Tha nar will be 1aid to Arab, t west of S n Digra i ae guage railro the third week of March and hopes Be will be reac nteenched camp will the road from Suaki seribed asa * smiling and | ba n to formed is Berber, and whers ther nty of water, d within a fortuigh + use of manufa 10 levgt] The ¢ the Suakim Berbar expedition is to be 3 men, Gen, Hud.on (uot Gen, Roberts) command tion will ba dus at Suakim within three we dal to aid the medical corps. A number of female nurscs will accomy the expedition. The majority of the nu 8 lected for servics have campaign. accapt the temporary scrvices of a limi number of officers of wlitialand reserve fo Lospoy, February 11 —The ncement is made to-day Rosebery is sppointed Lord of thy Pr. and first commiissioner of public work: Lord Rossberry and Mr. Shaw-Lefe pestmaster general, wiil occupy seats 1n a3 some vegue rumor was in air this morning that trouble wonld over tha ¢ untivg of fthe vote of New York, amur mur of relief went up when Clay ftinished reading, and announc:d that the certificates of the clectors was certifixd to by (irover Cleveland, governor, A sli.ht manifestation of applause was promptly suppre-sed by munde, who ordsred the serzeant at srms to arrest any gantleman or other person who disturbed the order of the proccadings by apy , or other man festaticn, At the clc f the count the tellers the p-esiding offi er of the announced that Grover Cleveland an Hendricks have rec:ived a votes for the respec and vice-prasident of the States, The declaration id, was made as only a public statement in the twn hous:s of congress and no possess- ing any authority of law to declate any legal condition whatever. At the close of Hdmunds' announcement that Cleveland and Hendricks had received a majority of the ballot, the immense andience broks into apglause and cheers, which the preeiding officer attempted to suppress, but with little succeas. The s2nate then retired to its chamber, and the house took a recess for fifteen minutes, > by senate Thomas 3 )rvnt)\' of tha elex o cifices of president pres ———— The Ilnols Senatorial Contest Caieaco, February 11.—The Springfield (Ill) special says: After some roll calls, ding the call of the house on which republicans did not vote and fifty-six democrats did, Hamilton moved to prooeed to elect United States senator, Speaker Haizes refused to eutertain the point of order that no quorum was presert and ordercd the clerk to proceed with the roll eall which 1e- sulted Morrison 46, Haines 1; Richard 3ishop 1. Morean, of Will county voted for Haines on the ground that he could not vote for a free trader, Haines voted for Bishop Daoring ths roll call the republicans left theie eca‘s at the house, The democrats voted to invite the to joiut session at and thea took a recses, The senate met, with coven republicans and three democrats’ absent, The republizans broke a quorum, when Senator moved to ad journ until 11:30 Camied. The sanate re. convened and the democrats tried to have the clerk of the house re: dent au'ed that he without o'cloct the Journal's a ew minut s before 12 body and he remainiog agmotion to a senators ard re bled Hain » no differ t or not. shonld be taken. enate, Morrison 3 Morrison aines 1, Morzan voted for Haines aud Heines voted for Morrison The demccrats applauied when Haine's vote was atn unced, Ilsines aunounced no quos rum aud no ¢lection aud that the ballcting would be resumed at noon to-morrow, The senators then left, ber & quorom was ive that result house, e — RAILIKOAD RACKET, Curcaco, February, 11 — Arbitrator Hiland to-day imposed a fine amounticg to %140, agaiust the Chicagy & Northweetern road for #ix viclations of tha manager's ngraement, waich prohibited the paymwent of commissions pursenger solicitors, Tha viola r6 on Ouiaba asd Couacl Bluffs tus- iness, and the complaints in question were fil- ed by the Rock Island road e —— Snow Bound. CHicauo, Febraary 10,—The passeoger train over the Chicago & Alton road, which 1¢ft here at 11:20 last night. haviog on board a number of members of the 1llinois legislature, is_smow b und at Bracaville, with an uncer- tain prospect as to the time when the train can be extricated ., o —— TELEGRAPH NOTES, The Dakota assembly has passed a bill giv. ing women the right to vote, 2 The wagon works of Fish Bros. at Racine, Wie, burned, entailing a loes of §40,000 They were owned by J. I, Case, The grest cotton planters’ convention is in session at New Orled e —— The Chinese Will not Go, Sax Fravoisco, February 11.—The Chicese government intands making the expulsion of the Chinese from Eureka, California, on the Tth inss., an ioternational matter and claim indempity {rom the Usited States, DIED RYA In this city, February 10th at 5:30 . | ment had no ofticial cabinet, General Graham the Suakim expedition. eneral dlo will command guarde, and Gezeral Greaves will be chie staff, Up to midright Wedi appointed to comm 4 advices confirming report of General Gerdou's death, THE DATTLE OF KERBE KAN, The Standard’s correspondent with General E Jarlo’s column sends the following dispa dated Dalka Island, Tueaday The British troops advanced to attack gnemy, wlho “neld ‘a_strong poition 0a Lille. completely rurrounded., Finding it i bls ! ) dielodge the rebels from ¢ position, General Furl crdered the troop: charge, General Enl was killed whilo le ing the Black Wasch regiment, captared position beyond, the cavalrv taking possession of the ecemy's camp, General Brockenbury, upon the fall of Gen- eral Earl,aseumed command and ordered that the remaining pesitions of the epemy stormed. made a gallant attack and (oon captursd the enemy’s positions. five hours. There w: s great slaughter am the enemy. Those who survived - secaped swimming the river, Loxboy, Iebruary 11, of the death of ¢ 3 Gen. Eml was killsd in the action Anotker acco Tuecday, the fight occurring near the Ni The Arabs 1 the pass, and had built a small river, ri’s forces reached the pa: a few miles above Dulka island, had fortif fort on the When Gen. the were subj left ank of the ¥ d to a heavy fire fom tield guns, which the Arabs bad placed in a commanding position, Gen. Earl had artillery, snd commanded thetroops to charge. but ven from the heights at the It is more of a scramble than a ¢ the Arabs were point of the b yonet, and towards the 1ive rZe, fell back slow All thst remaived to captured was a Jittle fort on the river bank, advavced it was firo from nposed and ss tho British column et by & stea’y and well direc bahind the sand and watlings which ¢ the Arab Many men of the att party were killed, General Earl charge, and colamn, He wa and the fort was inmediataly captured, b st aterible o I sddition to Ge Earl toree officars anA eight men were k and thirty-five men wotnded, The Watch and the South Stafford reciments, equadron of huzzars and teo guns of n rtilery. g ki gain orlered the men DEATIH N sruary 11, N pet med ot 11 chis morning and is still in ses sion Gieneral Wolseley telegraphs the gove ment that sconts sent to Khartoum have arned, Toey coufirm the report of killing of Gien, on and the committed in Khartour ITALY'S AsS1 I Roug, February 11 —Negotiations betw the Britith and Ttalian government wit view to Italian co-op proczed, Chavalier Negra, ambassador London, has been nstructed to assura L Granville, British foreign sec-etary, of confidence that Italy hes in the power of £ laud to ciush the robellion in Soudan o1gavize Egypt, aud to state that Italy i livg to occupy with her troops strategeiic po t 80 a4 to enablo England tomass her forces against the mahdi, O TO KGYPT. GrseaLTen, February 11— Troops have ready sailed from here to reinforce Wolse others will be dispatched immediately, REFUSES TO CONFIRM, Loxpo, Febraary 11,—The war office fhises to otficially confirm the states that Wolseley telegraphed the gove ment that the scouts ascertain the fate of General Gordon have tarned with proof of his death, «lasgow add explosion slight ground for boping that Gordon is alive. The accounts of newspaper cor: pondents come from ths common naf source. No witness of General Gord deatn is mentioned. vice ccnsul, and twenty and a Levaotine merchant of firm at Alexandria, for whom the (irecks beea acting s sgents, do ot believe the 8 of the ma:sicie at Khartoum, It is ko and that they are well treated, graphsthit he b no more aushe stic P W, yuars, Funeral will occur February 13th at 11 a. m., from the risidence cn the Belleyue road, Interment at 8. Mary's cametery, WILLING -In this_c'ty February 11that 9:30 o'clock & m, Leopold Wiiling, sged 53 years, The deceased is an uncle of Miss Maggie MeCarthy of this city. His funeral will take place to-day, February 12th at 2 X at the northeast corner of Nioth ard 1 wikth strect, ilizs, daughter of J, Ryan, aged 30 o'cl k, waven than that brought to ——— raratoga N Tae Earsogs Literary and Deba eeciety held thelr usual meeting Satur evening. slsted of musie and recitations, was 2 and was followed by the debate. uestion chosen fur dchate next Faturdey | oo e evenirg is. ‘‘Reeclved, That the | roads ebould be controlled by the Unl idon Be culated that the advance will b gin abut o in six weeks, Araib where the ced that a varrow puage railway n Suskim and Ber- offer to undertike the d sections several rails atingent from India to take part in Tho entire force for the exp-d Mavy eurgeons have volunt rily gone to San df medals prascated for efficlent work inthe former Egyptan The government has decided to following sday the govers After eomn fighting the cnamy were r fortitied The troops act:d promgtly and The fight lasted over n, Karl, dated at Koti, t himeelf at the bead of the killod _during this charge, British force corsistad of the Black atroeitie by the Makdi's men, ration in Soudao still spatch whi sent to Khartoum to Hopes that Ger, Gordon 15 Still Alive. LoNpoN, February 11, —Thers is still a that the mahdi bolds fifty GreeRs prisoners, In reply to inquiries, Gen, Wolseley tele- nows rti by Col, Wilson. The programme, which con tites govarnment.” Qui feom the Florenes Literary ec preecnt, alvo Mies Smi I, from F Mrs. Edwin Pa retuy T m Blair, } ietting her daug On accon mont 1 hat bee Mr and Mrs, Lawton h west fcr a fow days CURIDS OF THE ing What 1 Have t» Contend With in Ting the Local Mails, tha Scrvants of Uncle i Hand- ing “If you want t kaow why s> letters never reach thelr dest and 1 Weodard led a reporter, ia quest of in formation upoa this poind, ivts the lirge mail ree the poetoftice. ped ation, j follow me, ties in the wey of vw | through cur hands, hir'y kim, where an entrai chod ed with the cenrtral ng Araib, the tioips marches to Berver, opot will t iy ecen A name—juss th anothr with the county writtan, bat no state, T. Halliday, Jacksouvile, Washingtn county.’ Hera is another of the genus, ‘Mis Kate Traynor, 86 North Moore street’'—no ci'y, no state. We frequent y receive leit rs of that charac t:r—bushels of th.m every month Here's ancther sure way of h ndering the prompt prssage of a letter throvgh the You see ths writer forgot to put on a s'amp, What do we do with tuch epistlest We fill up a blank postal form aud address it t5 the perton for whom the lett:r is Intended. informirg him that opon sending the postage due on the une stamped letter we will forward it to him. Alter two weeks the lettar I8 forwarded to the dead letter oflize a% Washington. This specles of carelesensss, forget:ng to stamp the letter, is perhaps ths most commen, “D) you ever recetve aty le tars with nether address cr stamp?” ©Oh, yes, quite ficquently. Horc's one.” And Mr. Woodard picked up a sealed envelope, upon the virgin white- nees of whoie back sarface neither pen had been ecratsted ncr stamp licked, ard handed it tothe scribe;who fel Iback in horror ¢t the forms of gross negligence to which the habits of sume peopla adapt thems:lvee. Yes, we reccive letters addressed in every postiblo shepe. Here is one sd- dressed, ‘Netrisks, Nebraska,” anoth r one ‘Hct Springs, Iowa—in neitber s'ate is thera any euch pcstoftice. Thie apecies of carelsesness, in directlrg lot. ters to postcilices which dont exist, and never bave, is v com- tamp, rher on de o s t by 000 will any recy ited rce, ver, thie and the f of the tch, the ¢ & number ety were Sam Postmaster ni distributlog rooms of “You ought to see some cf the curicsl- letters which pacs Now here is one, without any aidress oa whativer, not Here ie pe and city ard Sce—"G. same m Dakot last lbe n 1 answes | men who are 1 hav o few s the un- deg Tho man arrested giv fJohn Smith, dant youth feom Dakota is out ro I8 a atrong probability tha ver 830 the mcnay again. will robably gets lat ¢ troke D A DREARY BLANK. The Sensations of a Gentloman Whe Went Down in the Smoker at the Creston Wreck, “'How did I feel? can't tell you.” Mr. H. Cowles, of Gilbon, Neb, and | dent of the Concord Cattle eom- st the Millard last nlglht, having just arrived via the ‘'’ from Creston, where ho has been laid up since the fatal acsident of Sundey night. A special halo of glory circles around ¥r, Cowles’ idontity, for the reasoa that he went down in the trin with the bi‘gs on that terrtble occaslon. Ho s, morcover, the only ona of the pwswgers who wag not mora or less eesious'y injurcd, laving escapel with as'ight cut on the tack of hsheal, a few trivisl bruisis, aad a geveral shaking up. Presscd by a reporter to dascribe his feellngs, vague though they my have been, Mr, Cowlse roplied: “No, I esn't tell you much about my fcelings at the time They are best rop- resanted by a blank, I was in the saoker, and whea I heasd the tra'n passing over tha broken rail, and the resr end of the traln gating as it was thrown off the track, I jomped to the automatic bell cord. Then we were precijitated down the embankment, and the three cars fell ina besp. [ re membercd notbing until I found myself lying in the fmprovised hotpital at the Sammit House m Ciesten. | wish yon would state, bowever, thtt the C., B. & Q. people did everytting in their power to alleviate the safferings of the vie- tims " Mr, W. C. Davenport, the divis'on superintendent and general freight agent of the rcad, was removed yesterday to Barlington. His injuriss, fortunately, were not a3 serions s at first antici patel, PLEASURES OF TAE DANCE. The Second Party of (he Myrtle Lodge Serics—Gaynore's Masquervade, Don't ask me, for T pany, was stoppirg the [mon, We ' r:celve mml very frequently, with postoffite cn, but no pamo. And so I might cortnue, ghow- ing you the various forms of misdircted meil mattar whick go through our hancs How mioy unmallable latters ¢o we re- caive cvery day? I supposeatout fifteen or twesty. Neatly cvery day we seni off a large consignment to the dead 1 teer cffice at Wastingtoa, lisied on epacialy prepired blank forms. At that place the letters, or parcels, if there be any such, are opered, and if the ccntents are tound to be of spec’al value, they are returned to the wii‘er, *‘There is a package of ‘hotel letters’ addressed to parties in the care of ciriain hote!s. Thege are held by tha hct:ls for a length of time deemed sufficisnt, and are then turned over to us, We try to veach the parties addressed, if posible, and when satisfied that delivery 1s im- possible, serd them on to Washington to go throagh the regular course.” “So that you eee, and the dear publ'c ought to sc2, that the faliure of a letter to reach ite destination is not always the fauls of Uncls Sam or his employes.” 3 to ad. the be all ong by unt on ile, the no wly bs CAUGHT A SUCKER. Y% Jonn Smith Ropesin John Verzani to fo John Verzanl is the rawc of a verdant you'h who just arrived inOxaha Tuzeda) night fresh from the snow clad hills and icy deils of Elk Pant, Dakota. was not on to the ways of the world and was fat food for the human vultures who lark around every city of any preten ticne, Yesterday John irg gentleman who invited him into a raloon on Tenth rtreet to bave a d ink They drark, sm ked snd talk.d together untii they had tecome the best of friends. Che fine appearing stranger was from New Orleans dis fathee was the owner of a Jarge foundry there and the s n was in Omala for the purpose of hiring men to work in s fatrer’s found He was areatly pleased with th arance of the verdaut youth from a and very so.n hired him to diive his father's private carriages in New Otleans, Jcho was delighted with the prospects. How ut 1 John ro- re the met o fine appear een ha 1 to ord the og- osts The second of the pleasant secries of soc’al partiea given by Myrtle Division, U. R. K. of P., took place at Metropoli tan hall Jast night. About sixty couples of the Sir Knights and their ladies with inviled friends, were present, and In- dulged in the pleatures of the dance un- til an carly hour. Sixteen numbers con- stituted the prcgramme, the musie being rendered by a sectlon of the Mueizal Unfoa Orckestra, Followlng are ths committees : Mester of Cercmonicr—D. Kaufman. Exacutive Committee—D. Kaafman, J, Doncelly, Jr., A. Borden, C. Stivens, W. F. Mannirg, I F. DeLorimer, .J. J. Monell, Jr, F. J. Koapp, Thos. Bu ral', G. H. Leeli Red r bban, Floor Comm ttee—D. Kaufman, Geo. Sabine, C. Sinds, W. F. Manning, Frank Wilson, Ttos, Barrell. Blue titboa, R coptlon Committee—E, E. French, J. 8. Shropehire, E. H. Crowell, J. Donoelly, Jr., A, Borden, J. J. Monel), Jr., W.'F. Manaing, Thos, Burrell. At Croucsc’s il @ private masquerade party, gisea by M) M Gaynoreto a number of his frier was a plensir- able event of? the evening UNCLAIMED BOOKS, He | t 1 nd any more until he EXCITEMENT UNABATED, Thee Remarkable Rocheste \uth ¥iperienc yatvian Fully tioated, of a Yosterday and tha day bof 1 columns from the we cop Rochestes, ©, & rama it, wade by J. B, Henlon, M man wlho fs woll known int his In that De, contted & wondorf Henion al experience vhich him, and the next day wo pub hed from tho eamo paper a second art! g an ascount of the ““‘Exc d by Dr. statemant, It is doudtful if any two er ticles were ever publishad which caised greater commoiisn both among profes: sional pesple and laymen Sinea the publica‘ion (f theso two arti- cles, having barn besoged with letters of inqulry, we sout a communica'i to Dr. Henton and alsy ove to H. H. Warner & Co., asking if any additional proof ¢ould be given to us as (o the valid ty of the statements published, In answer thereto we have rece'ved the folowing lotters, which add interest to the entire sabject and verify every efa‘'cment hitherts made: RocHE Ry N. Y. GeNTLEMEN: Your favor is reccived. Tho pablished sta‘oment, over my sig- nature, to which you refer is trae in every respect, and I owe my lifo and preaent health wholly to the power of Waner's Safo Core, which snatched me from the very brink of the grave. It is rot surprising that pacpls should quea- tion 1h atatement I made, for my recov- o'y was a8 great a unarvel to myaclf, s to my physicians, and fricnds. * * J. B. Hexiox, M. D. 2, glv tament in Rochester,” ca Henion's 1 Rocuester, N, Y., Jan, 21 Sins: Acknowledging ycur favor duly recelved, wa would ssy: The test proot we can give you that the stet2merts mede by Dr. Henion arc entirely frae, and would not have been publihed unless strictly so, i1 the following testimonial from the best citizens of Rochoster, snd a card published by Rev. Dr. Foote, which you are at liberty to use If you wish. H. A. WarNer & Co. To Whom it may Concern: In} the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle of December 31, there ap peared a s'a’cment in the form ot a card from Dr. J. B. Henion, of _this city, re- markable recovery from Bright's dlscase of the kidneys, sfter several doctors of prominence had gaven him up, by tho use of Warner's Safe Cure. We are per- sonally, or by reputatlon acqualnted with Dr. Henion, and we beileve he would publish no ttatement not litera ly true. Wo are also personally, or by rep- utation well acquainted with H. Warner & Co, propristors of {hat r:medy, whose commercial and pereonal standing in this ccmmunity are of the hizhest order, and we believe that they would not publish any statements which were not literally and strictly true in every particalar, O.R. P, (Mayor of Rechetter ) Wit. Purcery, (Editor Union and Ad- vertiser ) W. D Snvarr, (Ex-Sarrcgate Monroe County.) Epwaro A. Frosr, (Ex-Clerk Monroo County.) E. B. Few (e Monroe county J. M. Davy, (ex-memter Ro hester.) Jonx 8. Moreay, (County Judge, Monroe connty.) ; (Capitalist and Seeds- veR, (ex-distiict attorney Congress RowLEy, Monzoe county.) ~ Voorurs, (ex-Member Con- (ex-county Judge To the Editor of the Chicayo, 11l There was pubished in the Deinocrat and Chronicle of th December a sta’ement made Henion, M. D., narrating how heen cured of Bright's discase kidneys, a'mos in i s last stages, by the use of Warner's Safe Cure. 1 was 1cfer- red to in the statement, as having recom- mended and urged Dr., Henion to try the remedy, whi h he did and was cured. The statement of Dr. Henion is true, sa far as it concerns mysclf, and 1 believe it tol ¢ in all other 1espects, He was a hioner of mine and [ visited him in Living Church, Rochester he had of the The City Marehal of Leavenworth Wants an Owner for fome Books, Yes‘crday Marehal Commings e catved the folloslog letter from the clfy warskal at Leavenworth, Kaneas: ., Feb., 8th, 1885, Woearrested one Chas. Wilson n and found him in possession Lrav Chief of Poli Dear Sir hera on sus of the f an en- 2 bockas of volumes he Lifo and Timo of Henry Clay; S volumes of the Lifa of Julins Cicsnr; of “the History of the Reformation; 4 volunivs the Mistory of Eng by McCanlly, and elevea books of dift kinds The hooks look as though taken frow alibrary. There is no mark on them, ¢ xcept 0a the {nside of the covers, where thers was & paster of some kind pasted on. The paster haa boen taken off, aud all {14t remams is the mucllage, W. D. SHALLCROSS, City Marshal, The marsbal saya that Wilson {s about 5 feet 11 inches tal), medium bulld, hasa his bosom swelled wi.th pride as he thougbt of himself seated upon the top of the box, dr:ssed in a dazz'iog suit of rib bons and handling the rcics over crack Ing span. As be thonght of all these things his re- | heart warmed toward the young stranger, ich | and hs kindly {informed him that he ‘D" | waf the possestor of 801, all In good Unlted States money, This wes joyfal pews to the stranger, and he warmly congratula‘ed the yerdant youth upon his rinclples of economy and advised him to Enep oat of bad company acd save his still | money. res The two men left the saloon and went tiye | to take a walk. They wandered alorg on'’s | until they came to the corner of Ninth snd Dodge strects, There they stopped al ley; e All at once the fire “| young stranger 1aid that he had to see a tory | @33, and rzquested the verdant youth to own | remaln where he wes until he rsturned, He went over to Wallace's dive, ccraer of Nioth and Douglss strccts, and iu a few minutes retarned snd joined his companion. Following close 1n his wake came a second strarger who dematded payment upcn some bagiage which waa Or- The young fellow didn't have the d aeked for a lcan of $01 from ting | oWned by the young lad fiom New a) 387 | money an the verdaat youth and of conrse way & 00d, | commodated. Then the two stra e black mustache, black hair and eyes, He is an_ex-convist, baving served seven yeers in the [ansas states prison, it Marthal Cummings has received from George Bornett, Baker, Kansas, a letter which, 81 & sample of extraordivury spelling, writing and rhetoric, is vimply a phenomenon of ignorance. Two hours’ intense study of the document reveals the fact that George wants the Omaha authorities to be on the lookcut for three girls, one Mollie Fort, fascinating blorde, Grace Smith, petite and charmiog brunette, and « third fascisating ¢amsel, name unknown, who ran away from home and triends in lisker, Kas,, with some guy Lothario, The party 18 supposed to be at or near Omaha, Five thousand dollars rewud With Gord 1 were Hauzal, the Austrian [to view the beauties of natureand size up [is off2red for the appreheasion of the rana - (ireeks, | Tom Moreay's ro: ways, SR L gt Aotonio Ganbon 15 the name of « gentle man who applied for lodeing privileges at the jail lust night, Autouio is 4 durk-haired Mex- ican who rax been traveling around the world as a milr, was stranded with very little woney at Philadelphia, and is now making his way home to Matzlan, Old Mexico, He started two years ago from San Fraucisco, ia the vessel Jauntine, baving goce on board with plenty of wealth from the silver mines of Matzlar, He vows never to leave Old Mexico agsin in case be ever reaches that The | asked the greeny to remeia where he |*unoy clime. (iambon is a youth of no mes was for 8 few min rall- | two men tock their departare, fted u'es ard they woald pistel He did a8 he wes bid and the |rasectat Allat cnce it dawned ppon the sucker uce, ¢ nyersiog with a polyglot rep: of the paper in Spanish, Frouch, uglish, besides speaking fucat: Lis mother torgue iernanand ll) of coures pa his s wmedicine who kidney: ickness, lurged him to take the and would do so again to any troubled with a discase of the ud liver, Isnaen Foor ¢) Rector St. P h, R.chester, N, Y e Omaha Commercial Colloge Laterary and Debating Scciety. At the regular merting list Sa'urday evening Mr. E. E. Zlmmerman favored the sudienca with a description of hia his *‘First Lncounter With a Dentlst,” which wes wirxly recelved, The ques- tion, “Should the Usury Laws be Re- " was baadled by Messrs. Scan- deon, tiendricks and Pritchard, cided in faver of affirmative. Next Saturday evening Mr. Tsasc Acams will fever the society with a talk on Naples. 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