Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 29, 1886, Page 1

THE OMAHA DALy BEE FIFTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1856, HONORING. THE CONFEDERACY. Jefferson Davis Says the Spirit of Sonthern Liberty Is Not Dead, THE EX-PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. General Gordon Reviews the Late Un« pleasantness Krom the Stand- point of the Last Cause With Statistics and Comments, Wrapped in the Mantel of Regrot. Moxtaoyery, Ala., April 28.—~To-day will ver be memorable in the history of Alabama. v locality was_represented, and many adjacent towns and villages poured their en- tire population into the streats. Atan early hour the sidewalks were 8o densely packed that locomotion was_ diflieult. It rained all night, and poured down until 10 o’clock. The entire ity is gaily decorated,and the city hall has United States flags fluttering out of every window. Pictures of confederate generals are fastened to the outside walls, while the names of many of them appeared on streaie pitol was beautifully decorated. From the topmost point on the high dome, towering far aboye everything in v, floated thestars and stripes. The entire front was covered with streamers of many devices, while tliere were suspended along the front columns immense federal flags, reaching down aimost to the heads of the speakers, The scemes around Mr. Davis this morning, and thea gr desire to see and shake him by the hand, are indescribabie. The people were literally packed in the Exchange, and it was with difticulty that there was entrance and exit, They wanted to see their old vresident, and nothing would satisty them uniil they had done so. Being fecble, it was more than he could stand, and he had to re- tire. Promptly at 2 o'clock, Davis, escorted by Mayor Reese, Governor O'Neill, and ex-Gov- ernor Watts, formerly of his cabinet, stepped from the hotel and ente The shouts of the multitude as he was seen to ewmerge from the hotel were louder than ever before heard in this city. The next earringe contained General John B, Gordon and Cap- tain W. L. Bragg, Miss Winnie Davis, voungest daughter of Mr. Davis, and Al Reese, the mayor's daughter. Other earringes followed with trustees of the monument association and governor’s staff. = Amid waving hats and handkerchief, booming of cannon, playing bands, music and excited shouts, ascene was presented rarely wit- nessed in any country, the demonstration being in honor of a man preseribed by the United States government and as a tribute to the dead soldiers o the cause that was lost. ‘The route of the procession was about half a mile longz. The avenue is very wide, but the crowd, when it began to move, was packed from one side to the other When the procession arrived at the capitol gate, the way was cleared for Mr. Davis, the military being formed s0as to prevent over- running the building and grounds before he reached the place. He was seated near the historie spothe oceupied February 18, 1861, Arranged in front was a place for the press, and on the sides and in the rear of Mr. Davis the members of the various organiza- s interested in the building of the mon u ment which it is proposed to erect on the hill immediately north of the capitol. The people, men, women and children, were packed from the steps to the front gate, and while it was impossible for a great part of them to hear, they stood in their places out of respect for Mr. Davis, and a desire to sco him, When order had been secured, Mayor Keese advanced to the stage and said: My countrymen—It is with profound emotions I present to you the foremost type of southern manhood, Honorable on Davis, ex- president of the Confederate States of Amer ica.” “I'he scenes heretofore enacted were gone over as Mr. Davis advanced, and it was some minutes before he could proceed, It was the first time that thousands in the crowd had seen him since hisarrival, it being impossi- ble for all to reach him parsonally at the hotel. ‘The shouts finally dying away, Mr, Davis, leaning on his cane, with a federal ng over him, and the confederate veterans before him, who had come hun- dreds of miles to see and hear him, in a clear ringing voice, showing the deep intensity of his feel but without a tremor or pause except when interrupted by the shout of his liearer MR, DAVIS® CIH, My friends, it would be vain if T should at- tompt to express to you the deen gratification 1 feel at this d fon, But L kuow it 0 1 re, I feel more atified because it is 4 sentiment far n nyself, You have passed through the terrible ordeal of war which A bama did not seek, When she felt her wrongs too grievous' for further toleration, she sought a peaceable solution. That being denied ~her, the thunders of war came ringing 0 the land. Then her people rose in their Gray haired seers and beardless zerly rished to the front, 1t was that iristianity alone’ approved— “holy war for defense.” Well do Iremember 3eeing your gentle boy all, to use a I rase, the L alled moving on with eager step and s brow to the carnival of death. And ve also looked upon them when their and muskets seemed heavier than and my eves, purtaking of ness, filled with tears, Those days have passod. " Many of thiem have found nameless graves, but ihey are not dead, They live i meniory, and their spirits stand out ‘in the grand reserve of that column which is marching on with unfaltering steps toward the goal of constitutional liberty, [Applaus Itwere in vain if I should attempt, as I have already said, to express my gratitude to you, 1 am standing now very nearly on the spof where I took the oath of oflice in 1861, Your demonstration now exceeds that which welcomed me then, This shows that the spirit of southern liberty is not dead. [Long and continued applause.] ‘Then you were Tull of joyous hopes. You had every pros- pect of aehieving all you desived. And how you are wrapped in”the mantle or regret. And yet that regret only mani- fests more profoundly, and does not obliterate, the expression of your sentiments, T felt last night, as 1 approached the Exchange hotel, from the eallery of which your peerless orator, William™ L, Yancy,” introduced we to the citizens of Montzowery and commended me in lan- guago which only his eloquence could yicld and which far execeded my merit; I felt, I say again, that I was coming to my home- coming to a land where liberty dles not and to see you. Sentiments will live for- ever, [Applause] T liave boen promised, my friends, that I should not be called upon 10 make a speech, and, therefore, I will ouly extend to you wy heartfelt thanks. God bless you, one and all, old men and boys, aud the ladies above all others, who never faltered in our direst need. |Loud and long- cantinued applause, | When he retired the shouts were so lon and loud that Mr. Davis had to go to the fron| again, ]l\h, bowed his ackunowledgements ILEN nor O'Neill, when it was possil nade a speech referring to the caus of the gathering and of the love of the people for the statesmen and soldiers of the south, and introdueed General John B. Gordon, the orator selected todeliver the addiess, as M. Davis® feeble condition it was under- stood he could only speak a few minutes, GENERAL GORDON’S8 ADDRESS. General Gordon was warmly greeted when stepped to she front of the platform 1o ad- deeply g dearer to me t dress the assemblage. e began by referring to_the memorable and historic features of the celebration—historic, because on ground where was borh “the Confederate States of America.” “Here, amidst the pravers and hopes, the aspirations and ap- prehiensions of a proud, brave, free and_ frec- dom-loving people, was christened the young republie, destinel to only four years of me: teoric life as a natioz, but to an eternity of renown. Here the ehief executive of that young republic—its first and its last president Sicalled by tie united volce of tho reprosent- atives of fiis people, modestly but firmly as- sumed the stupendous _responsibility of his high office, T'he occasion was memorable cause the monument, the foundation of whi we Iy, will testify to futare ages Alaban appreciation of tho courage, fidelity, devoted patriotism _and ce of the bravest and best of her . Should we build' no monuments, -write no histories, cherish no memories of the men and the deeds which truthful history would make immortal, we would sap the most solid foundations of our manhood and bring cert to the otism of our people. zen of the north or the frown upon scenes like i tion, Who does not esteem {he renown won by both armies in the late war, as enrichment of the history and aliment for the patriotism_of the whole people, Is nairosw. in coneeption and Janndiced in vision, Lam not of those who sympathize with the spirit of that narrow though patriotic citizen of England who declardthat high raise of the Romans was detraction of the Britons. Norean I suppiess contempt for that myopic. statesmanship—that political amaurosis in this country—which sees in werited tributes to conederates implied de- traction of the varlous federals. On the other hand [ acknowledge inferiority to no man in admiration of the brond liberality which prompted the effort of Charles Suin- ner to strike from the flags of the Union the names of the 8 1 V' s estranged and embitte \trymen; yet 1 subseribe neither to its policy norto its_justice. Al lionor to the spirit of the ma f storimn of to the lotty | 5 1l mementoes of northeri triumph over southern eoustrymen | All honor to the eloquent utterances by which he sought to make practical his mag- nanunous conception! But I utterly dissent from the opinion that such obliteration was either essential to the fraternization of the sections or just to the intrepid armies of union. The one thing essential to the nd self respect, and, therefore I e atriotism of the people, s that historic justice shall be meted’ out to o army and all sections, Let malicious de- traction cease; lot envy—which enslav noble minds—find no place inthe br any lover of truth. *With what measure ye mete, itshall be measured to you agai A just appreciation of the motives that im- peiled and of the Leroism that army and section {n their Tita the symbol as well as sustenance of patriot ism. "~ I1liberal criticism Is not only unpatri- otic—it Is irrational. Merited cncomiums of southern heroism s implied eulogy of north- ern prowess, which, inspired devotion 1o’ the union of states, and sustained through pi vations and blood by the profoundest con- vietions, brought at last this lion-liearted see- tion to defeat and surrende On the other hand, laudations of the great commanders of the ‘Army of the Potonia¢’ and their fcar- less followers and_the monuments built to their memory wre monuments also to Lee and lis barefoot and hungry heroes, who for four bloody years kept those vast numbers a b and in the space of three years defeated and from the supreme command at least five of these renowned federal captains. “Tam not here to discuss the causes which pitated the conflict, When all is said aid in justification or condemna- 1by either section, burpose of thi that the south was dr appreliensions, whether 11l or founded, to seek s under a se government; that she threw around that in- ant government a cordon of breasts as de- voted and dauntless as_ever shock of battle; and with lavisi liberalit; cave to its defense her weaith and her blood, ier prayers and her lopes, er manhood and her womanhood, and yielded at last only when exhausted 1n - resources, bleeding at every pore, paralyzed and pros “Iwish fo submit one remark before giving igures which evidence the enormous ex- penditure of blood and tr by both tions in_ their -memorable struggle. These statistics, unimpenched and unimpassioned, establish bevond dispute the fact that thers ¥ hibition of marvelous heroisi by the south, They are also most emphatic tributes to the persistent and indomitable will and courage of the north, While we are entitled to claim the eredit dae on_account of the great disparity in numbers and resources which these statistics show, we must concede i L the having r victory while waglng an offensive ainst {nterior lines of defen: »m the day of our surrender, my earnest s been, and is now, to Speak and act with justice to both armies and sections, and, to the utmost of my ability, aid in promoting cordiality, recivrocal respect and confidence throughout our reunited country, The citi- zen who at this day cannot discuss the facts withoutprejudice is a partisan and not a patriot—or else a patriot enslaved by his pas- sions. The speaker then reviewed the population and wealth of the states ngaged in that mighty conflict, The thirteen southern states who sought independence in_rebellion embraced a territory of about 832,605 sq miles, possessing an aggregate wealth of about’ £6,000,000,000, Theé northern states embraced a territory of over 2,000,000 square miles, with an aggregate wealth of $10,000,- 000,000, The greater pronortion of the sonth's calth was represented in slaves. The south- ern states had a population of 11,4410 { north 19.58,114, To add to tuis disparity the southern states furnished the union '8 360,000 men, For the pnrpose of trans- ing and concentrating troops and sup- s the south had 9% miles of railroad and he north 20,04, Establishments for the manufacture * of army supplies in the southern states represented in m}.m.l. ,205,954; in the north, $873,580,731, “Let it be further remembered,” continued the speaker, “th:at the movement was made by the leading southern states without organized central government, without 1y or navy, practically witholt arms, nals, ammunition or artisans. This em- bryonic power of poorly armed states was antagonized in the incipiency of the move- went by a government_thoroughly organized and l':|l|‘.wv|'d: with at least the niicleus of an army and navy: with magazines, munitions and’ manufaciories for implements of wa “When the future historian shall consider this remarkable inequality in_territory, ) means of transportation, in popu- ing a supplying all the 0 the stiil more striking disparity in the nun ber of men enlisted by each, he will be lost in amazement that the struggle could have been prolonged to four years of southern anee. 'he official report from adjutant general's oftice shows that the number of men enlisted in_the union armies during the war was ‘The number enlisted in the south- wies during the war, as estimated by the war department, was about 500,000 men’. Placing these mah against man—s00,00) against the 800,000—there was hurled against thie south more than 2,000,000 of wen in ex- cess of the numbers she had enlisted. hese official figures, absolutely startling in their disproportion, will for ever attest an unrivaled courage and conseeration by south- et troops. Let hiw who can, point to the arallel P46 the philosophiestatesman of the future a most interesting field for thought will be found in investigating the source-of this phenomenal power exhibited by the south, oth armies were composed principally of free-born Awerican citizens. 'I'he ranks of both were largely iillea by voluntgers and not by mercenary hirelings, Both® gave alloglance to_ governuents organized wder similar constitutions, guaranteeing political and religious liberty, trial by jury, faxation only with representation, and ‘all the funda- mental rights of equality and republican freedom. Both gathered ~ inspiration from the exaniple of the fathers, Both were im- pelled by the authoritative sanction of a genuine patriotism; and every soldie fell on either side turned his pale fa Heaven, a wartyr to the right as he under- stood it Slts theretore, to find in some ather and 1 elements of power the ex- planation “for this unexampled resistance iade by the south to one of the wost superb aries ever mustered for battle. Of the same ruce, bord of fa cowmion aucestry, reared under the same free institutios would have seemed safe to predict that the disadvantages under which the south la- bored she would be compelled to surrender to « force not greatly su‘wrinr to her own, It is true that the rural life of the southern peo- ple was promotive of individuai indepen- dence, and this Independence was productive of individual hero whicn was one of the marked characteristics of the southern sol- dier, Buton the other hand, the northern soldier was more vigorous in constitution, more _robust in physical l‘n!’r‘z , and was reared under a civilization and domestic in- stitutions which developed, in a hich degree, the virtue of seif reliance. Where, then, are we to tind the explanation of the astounding fact that it required to defeat the south in four years an enlisted force more than twic as great as the enti Prussian armies which in seven months overwhelined and humil- iated France? What is the explanation, I again_inquire, of the unexampled record made by the southern armies “It cannot be attributed to any want of high eourage in the soldiers of the north, In- endent of the exhibitions of individual heroism by which all were impressed who met them on the field, the ratio of federal losses in battle as compared to the losses of European armies, the rushing and oft-re- ted onsets of morthern phalanxes, with xed bayonets, against the walls of fire from southern guns, and over the dead bodies of their comrades, piled in ghastly h ombs before southern ports and “breastworks, bear witness of federal courage and devotion liich nothing can ever impeach. In secking the source of this marvelous exhibition of resisting power yn_ by the south, it is properto take into the account the fact that she occupied the interior lines of d fense, But to my mind, the one suflicient ex- planation—the ‘causa causans'—is to bs found in the great, distinctive, primal thought that moved, dominated and inspired the southern people. 1f the northern soldier was impelled by the thought that a distuption of the union endangered the permanence of our free institutions, and that to save the union was to save republican freedow on this continent, the south was moved, on the other hand, by “obedience to *Nature's first law’—the law of self-defense, If she thonght to sever her relations with her sister states of thenorth,it was in the belief that she would find safety under a government of homogeneous institutions. Her declaration ot adesire for peace and for a continuance of friendly relations was emphatie and sin- cere, If in the pro she cros: nd bore her 3 vas_ with the hope of foreing the withdrawal of federal forces from lier territor ] elling the recognition of her independence. The one-controlling, all-pervading thought that throbbed through every fibre of the southern brain was that the rights of the states, the security of prop- erty, of home and of libert; involved in the issue. The spirl o 1ce, not of defiance nor t, nerved her people. This was her panoply of power; this the ler amg 3 thisthe in- inspir s indi- al soldiers ind ve left a record unequ: But we were not succ stances decreed it otherwise, beeause success was impossible. and more indelible than the s lett by war on the tace of the country is the iinpress made by your valor on the pages of Distory. A past so lustrous, and a present so full_of encouragement are prophetic of a brilli future.” General Gordon’s spee great pleasure, and at_many points he was interrapted with approving shouts of the multitude. His tribute to the soldie1s of both armies, and contempt for the men who would attempt to detract from the valor of eithe received long-continued shouts of applause. When Davis and others escorting the had passed through the and reached the carriages, ng dispersed. From the capitol e scene was enacted as w! on moved up the avenue, Davis ied to the city hall, where a general aking was Indulged in, the vast num- llers only permitting ‘a moment to Failure camoe But deeper and lines as received with Was cal hand ber of each, This ended the day’s demonstrations. Fully 20,000 people were o the streets and grounds, To-morrow will be another big day, The corner stone of the monument is to be laid ith impressive_ceremonies. ‘The stone will d by the Masonic fraternity, and Mr. s will put it in place. P CINCINNATI lEbIECT]D N FRAUDS. The Revorts of the Senatorial Investi- gating Committee. CoruMpus, April 28.—The reports of the investigating committee in the Hamilton county senatorial contests have been com- pleted and an agreement entered into by the party sections of the committee that they shall be submitted to the senate to-morrow, be printed and come up for final action next week, frauds in Hamilton county in general and concentrate on sveciiic fruuds claimed to have been shown in the Fourth ward precinets Sixth ward piecinets, Dand G and Ninth ward precinets, These give the democrats 1855 votes and the republicans 179, The report shows by accumulated evidence that the returns from these precinets are so per- meated with fraud as to be wholly worthles and recommends under the first proposition of the agreement of the committee of six, which provided the committee should throw out he whole vote in the precinct where there was evidence of fraud by officers of the elec- tion,that the entire vote of these four precinets be thrown out, thus cutting down he vote of the democratic candidates 1858 nd the republicans candidates 179, and elect- g all repubiican senatorial candidates, The report of the democratic mewmbers claim there both democratic and republican frands ates that under the second proposition «l by the committee of which pro- vided in precinets wl frauds were com- mitted by others than ofticers of election, the committee should ascertain the extent of such frauds and eliminate them. The fraudunlent votes returned in four democratic precinets of the fourth ward and in nine republican precinets should be thrown out. Throwing out these thirteen precinets a majority of about 1,000 is mven for the democratic sitting members, They find the democratic mem- bers entifled to seats, The reports agree in SOme respects as to the precinets. which shall be thrown out under the rule, =l Bl L T After Compromising Letters, 38, —(Special Telegam.)— that is likely to interest a few gay youngmen about town, and some equally iy old men, if ramor is not an unusual liar was made this morning in the probate court, Mrs. Fannie B. Weaver, of Minneapolis, Minn,, sister of Miss Jennie Woods, who died recently from smoking onium, applied through her attorney, Henry C. Hanna, to have Willis Smith, the administratorrecently appointed, removed, and that a public ad- ministrator, Henry Hecker, be substituted in his stead, 1t is not claimed that the dead girl left any property or effects of value, and this move is made solely to get possession of let- ters which were found in her keeping at the time of her death. These letters ave said to be fiom several people of prominence, who are not now suspected of having known the unhappy girl during her lifetime, and who are now very anxious to regain possession of them, e R President Adams Talks, NEW YoRk, April 25.—[Special Telegram.] —A special to the Evening Post from Boston says: President Adams, of the Union Pa- cific railroad, has returned from the west. Hesays that he found business generally better than he expected, but corn fails to wove. The undue stimulation given by low rates has destroyed transcontinental business for a time. He expects a recovery soon. He thinks that through Pacifie business will be light for the next six months, and that pas- senger rates will never be fully restored, The business prospects of the Union Pacific do not differ materially this year from the last annual repoit of the company for 1885, which will be issued next week, and will be a lerge volume of 175 pages, on the general plan of the 1854 report. ST Weather for Nebraska, For the state of Nebraska—Cooler, fair weatber, The r(-ruhlk‘:m members review the’l DOWN WITH OLEOMARGARINE. The Bill Approved by the American Dairy Association Reported Favorably. THE MORRISON TARIFF BILL. It is the Measure Which Witl Cause All the Trouble of the Session— Sparks Plays a Trump Card—Notes. Against Bogus Butter. WasiiNaToN, April 28.—[Special Tele- gram. - The house committee on agriculture to-day roported an elaborate bill providing cing the manufactured sale of oleo- arine under the dircetion o the general snue department. The report says that there are 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 American citizens engaged in the dairy business and they must all abandon it and be driven into some other already overworked branch of industry un they can be relieved from the present ruinous competition with chean fmitations of cheese and butter, which are not only disastrous to the dairy interest directly, and to all branclies of agrieulture indirectly, but are detrimental to the public health, being the fruitful cause of dyspepsia ana other diseases. From the best reliable information obtainable about 200,000,000 pounds of spur ous and imitation compounds ure now being manufactured annually, which not only takes the place of so much butter, but stops the consumption of much more by the demoral- ization of trade, besides being demoral in its eftect upon the people, The exis! of these base couuterfeits has already ously impaired our export trade, and will re- sult in still greater dumage if not checked. At least nine-tenths of the United States demand the lezislation em- bodied in the bill. This measure has the ap- proval of the American Daivy nssociation. It imposes a special tax upon all manufac- turers® of oleomargarine of $600 per an- num, wholesale dealers $4%0, and dealers $48. It requires that oleomas shall ‘be packed in firkins, tubs or other wooden packages, that have not been previously used for that purpose, of not less than ten pounds to each package. Ever packaze is required to contain a printed tificate and caution, similar to that now use on packages of cigars. and the imported art cle is required tobe inspeeted and marked in like manner. The tax is fixed at 10 cen per pound, which is to be paid by me: of coupon stanps similar to those now used for manufactured tobacco. Heavy penalties are imposed for any violation of the bill. ‘T'he bill also creates the office of analytical chemist and microsconist, who is tobe at- taclied to the staff of the commissioner of internal revenue. The Dbill was reported with the unanimous approval of the commit- tee on agriculture, and its passage will be wiged at an early day. TIE MORRISON TARIFF BILL. It is perfectly evident that tllu(n:\jurlty of the members of the house would’ be willing to-morrow to pass-a resplution fixing the date of adjournment at June 10, But there is one obstacle to carrying outof this scheme., The members are growing restless. The congres- sional fiights are pending at home, and they want to get away as soon as possible. If a day was fixed work could be shaped to this end and matters hurried to complete them. At present the calendars of the house are crowded - with bills which will ney be reached. ‘The important committees have all had days fixed for the consideration of their important bills, and so the time is pretty well taken up from now until late in the middle of the summer. ‘The appropri- ation bills will begin to appear in a few weeks, and then the members think they will be ready to adjourn, But there stands one obstacle in the way, and it is the Morrison tariff bill. If the resolution is offered to ad- journ, it will be referred at once to the ways and means committee, which has charge of such things, and indeed, too, the workings of the house. Morrison will never let it be reported until he s tariff bill acted upon or killed. Now the great fight in the house is for a time for the consideratjon of these Morrison has had the taviff bill made order for May 15, Only yesterday the house sent the. Louisville sub-treasury bill over until the same day. Evidently Morrison was caught napping or he never would have allowed the Louis- ville bill to go to that day, When May 15ar- rives there will be a pretty fight, Morrison will demand the tariff bill’s consideration, and Kentucky people will demand the con- sideration of their bill. ‘T'he tariff men will aid the latter, and Morrison and his anti- tarift men will fight for their pet scheme. Carlisle will find himself ina hole, for he cannot go back on his own state and Louis- ville, and he 1s strongly in favor of the Mor- rison bill, Hence another day will be con- sumed. Daily the tariff men are gaining ac- quisitions to their ranks and Morrison looks pale at the thought of another defeat. The Ohio demoerats are working hard against the bill on account of its free wool provision. Many of the democrats who will vote against free wool, etc., however, like the Hewitt ad- ministiztion-reform portion of the ways and means bill, and will try and get that portion of it adopted, but kill the taxiff riders which Morrison has pinned on. While some thirty- five members have entcred the list as speak- ers on the subject, and weeks will be con- sumed in listening to them—Iif it ever gets up—with this prospect ahead of them, unable to do anything, is there any wonder that the members think they will be here until Au- gust? SPARKS' TRUMP CARD, Comumissioner Sparks has played a trump card in the little game which is going on be- tween bimself and Assistant Secretary Jenks, Secretary Lamar is largely influenc- ed by Jenks, and submits to him in all legal questions. 1t was through Jenks that the order suspending the issue of patents was «l. Sparks has now issued orders to all clifefs of divisions in" his office, directing them to submit proofs in all land cases where patents have not been issaed, to the board which he appeinted, last December, This board consists of Assistant ;Commnis- sioner Stockslager, Chief Clerk Walker, and the chief law chief. ‘They were appointed in December to review the proofs in all uncontested homestead cases and scrip entries, From the 3d ot December to date they have sent to patent not over 1,200 cases, Of course these three members of the board do not go over all the proof. They have half a dozen clerks detailed from the various divisions for that purpose. 1t is estimated that there arenow hung up waiting for patents about 85,000 cases in which exaw- inations had been made prior to the order of April 3, 1885, and which are ready for patents, but about twice as wany which have not been examined and eertified, At the present rate of progress, which is not oyer 100 cases a week, it will take this board in the neighbor- hood ol twenty years to clear the tables and isste patents that are being 8o loudly elam- ored for in the we: SHERIDAMN INVITED T0 I0WA. Senators Allison and Wilson, and Repre- sentatives Hepbwn and Conger called on NUMBER 270. General Sheridan to-day with a letter from Colonel Harsh, of Creston, fowa, and invited him to the soldiers’ reunion, to be held on August 19, General Sheridan said he could not promise with absoiute certainty to be present, but that he could come as nearly do- ing 50 as any man at that distance. It is be- lieved General Sheridan will be there. MURPHY BACKCAPS FREDE K. Jerry Murphy has daubed his face with po- Titical war paint and started out after his colleague, Beu Frederick, of the Fifth Iowa district. Murphy Is still mad because Fred- erick downed him in the appointment of pen- sion agent for Towa and Nebraska,and means to backeap Frederiek in as much of his con- gressional work as possible. Just now he is getting in his work on Frederick’s judicial bill, which establishes another judicial dis- trict in the state, by which terms of the United States court will be held at ¢ Rapids. 1In this work, however, Murphy assisted by other members of the Iowa dele- gation, and Frederick's bill will be defeated. THE DRIVE WELL PATENT, Colonel D. B. Henderson of Towa for the farmers, and Senator Edmunds for the pat- ent owners, will argue a motion in the supreme court to-morrow for the considera- tion of what are known as the lowa drive well cases, There are three suits before the court which the farmers want consolidated. The owners of the patent take a contrary position, and will fight the consolidation. On thie outcome of these suits hinge others of the same nature in nearly ev union, and a decision in one of them will tinally settle the question as to the validity of this patent, which has caused so much annoy- ance to the agricultural population. A TO MAK WEDDING CLOTHES. ve lately ctionat the report th Folsom, the bride-clect of the president, has been purciiasing her trousseau abroad, So to- night the women wage-worl held a moe tion was offered and adopted begging the president, as the representative of the United States, to have his bridal outfit made in this country. The women claimed that they could make him a better and cheaper trousseau than he could get in New York or Europe, and prayed that he would give them achance to submit sanples of work for his approval. A BRIDGE AUTHORIZED AT COUNCIT BLUFFS nan has been informed sueeess of his efforts to secure an in- crease of the pension of John Clark, ot At- lantic, Cass county, fown. Hereafter Clark The scnate has athorizing the construetion of abridge over the Misso at Couneil Bluffs, NEWS FOR NEBRASK A Roy Thompson h postmaster Jat O'Fa Warman at Gordon, Neb. The mail s from Orleans to Moulton will be discontinued at the end of the month, The Orleans oflice has been abandoned. ¥ George F. Pritehett and H. G. Bonesteel of Omaha are at the Ebbett. Senator Van Wyck and family expect to leave here for Omaha to-morrow, Ns. been commissioned Neb., and Mattie FORTY-NINTH CONG RESS. Senate. WASHINGTON, April 28.—On motion of Mr. MecMullan bills were passed authorizing the construction of bridges as follows: Acrosg the Mississippi river at or near Keithsburg, 1115 at Winona, Minn, ; at Red Wing, Minn, ncross the Missouri river at Pierre, Dak.; ross the Miners river at or mear Lacona, the Des Moines erin Iowa at such a point as may be selected by the N & Council Bluffs railway company. “The vostoflice appropriation bill was the proposed by the senate committee approvri- ing $500,0 e ng South and Cel tral Awerfean, Chineseand Australian mails, and authorizing the postmaster general to make, aftec due advertisement, contracts for five years with American steamers at a rate not {o exceed, for each outward trip, $1 per nautical mile'of a distance by the most direct and feasible course between terminal point A long debate was indulged in by Plumb, Frye and Beck. After an exceutive session the senate ad- journed. Messrs, House. Mr. Hatch of Missouri, from the committee o, reported the bill defining but- ter, and linposing a tax upon and regulatin the manufacture, sale, exportation and im- portation of oleomargarine. Referred to the committee of the whole. At the conclusion of the morning hour the louse went into committee of the whole, M Wellborn in the chair, on the river and har- bor appropriation bill > Mr. lepburn of fowa offered an ame ment providing for the expenditu the appropriation for the Missouri from “the mouth to ~ Sioux by the secretary of war, the intervention of the Missouri River com- mission, He attacked the connnission, charging that their salaries—amounting to S192,000 per » more than one- third the entire consideration. He' asserted no commerce worthy of the on the Missouri_river. assed il Bluffs in five lie river meandered all ove He had known it to chi its cour miles in a night. Considerable di ensued, ana pending a vote on the amne ment the committee rose and the house Journed, ENCOURAGING HOME RULE, Senators and Representatives Adopt Resolutions of Approval. WASHINGTON, April 25.—A mass meeting assembled in pursuatice to a call by a number of members of congress and business men to sympathize with the efforts of Mr. Gladstone 10 secure a parliament for Ireland. On the platiorm were Senator Van Wyek, Répresenta tives Randall, Fhelps, M- Kinley, Gibson ~O'Hara, ~Glass and u members of the lower house, Mr, Randall, in taking te ehair, expressed a profound sympathy with the cause of home Fulla In Treland, The moeeting. ho said, sought to strengthen the hands of Gladstone, the greatest of modern orators and statesmen in every possible, pectful _and — positive way. Senator an Wyck spoke enthusiastically of the triumph” of home rule which was about to be obtained by Ireland and rejoiced that it was encouraged and strengthened by aid not only from America, butfrom the English pe Ir, Randall then read a letter from 8, [den expressing regret at his Ina nlIIl"wbe present, and ap- plauding the exertions of Gladstone and arnell in benalf ule, Letiers of hearty approy ealso read from Senators Sherman and Logan, and speeches were delivered by ' Senator Riddle- berger and Representatives Anderson, McKinley and O'Hara. Resolutions were adopted extending ~ sympathy to the people of Ireland and the assurance of the contidence and approval of ~their efforts to Gladstone and Parnell, An abst of these resolutions will be cabled. grams and letiers were received from Ford, Governors Perry of Florida, O'Neill of Alabima, Abbott of New Jersey, and Oglesby of 1llinois, and Senator Blair City without ountr o eizl fof howme Editors and Pan-Electric. WASHINGTON, April 23, —Professor ‘Alex- ander ( a by the telephone committee to-day. His mony was mainly confined to the statement confirming his interest in the Bell compan y and the inveations owned he‘ the concern, Gerduer Hubbard, the next witness, said he had nothing to do with. newspaper publica- tions, ' The article that appeared in _ the World had been given him by Mr. Bell, who told him that 1t had been voluntarily fur- nished by General Sypher, Professor Bell was recalled and produced a note trom General Sypher_saying the state- »uent was compiled by N, Hill. It is nnderstood thatthe editors of the New York T'ribune, World and Times, and the Washing- ton correspondents will' be examined to- MOITOW, Goin for Bogus Butter. WASHINGTON, April 28.—About fifty gen- tlemen, representing the dairy interests of- all sections of the country, were to-day be- fore the senate commit tee on agriculture o ad vocate the taxation of the manufacture and sale of Imitations of butter and their regu- Iation by the internal revenue burean under a license system. Several representative dairymen and business men addressed the comimittee. Iurther hearing on the subject will be given to-morrow The Trade Dollar. WASHINGTON, April 38, —The proposed re- demption of the trade dollar was again con- sidered by the house committee on coinage, welghts and measures to-day. ‘The proposi- tion submitted asan amendment to the bill providing the amount redeemed should come outof the monthly bullion purchase, was rejected by a vote of six_to three. Bland, Lanham, Bynum, Tilton, Norwood and M Creery voted inst the proposition: Se mour, James and Little for it Furtler con- sideration of the measure will take place to-morrow. The Senate Wants Information. WASHINGTON, Avril 28.—Mr. Edimunds in the senate offered a resolution, which was agreed to, requesting the president, if not in- compatible with public interest, to send the senate any information or correspondence touching the arrival and landing at San Franciseo of the new Chinese embas the condition of affairs in the Cong state, Against the Admission of Dakota. WASHINGTON, April 2 he house com- mittee on territories to-day ordered an ad- verse report on the senate bill to admit the southern half of Dakotainto the union. The report will not be made until action is taken on theother bill regarding the admission of Dakota. The Discovery of America. WasHmINGTON, April 28.—The American Historleal association met to-day and adopted aresolution appointing a committee to call upon the president and suggest that the 400th anniversary of the discovery of Ameri- ca by Columbus be celebrated in 1502, g s STILL FOR WAR. Greece Will Not Disarm Unless Her Claims Are Settled. PAmis, April 23.—Dispatches received here to-day from Athens state that Greece will not disarm unless the ultimatum sent her by the powers is withdrawn, It is id King seorge threatens to abdicate unless the ulti- um be withdrawn LoNpoN, April 28— had a long interview t i oseberr; minister of foreign afl: The Greek difii- culty has become the absorbing topie at the forcign office. ‘The submission of the Greek wrime minister to the ultimatum of the pow- s is expected. The temper of the anulmlm. of Athens is causing alarm. It is understood thata show of resistance by the Greek gov- ernment has been prolonged, with a view of appeasing national pride. despatch from Athens this eveningsays the Greek government insists upon the with- drawal of the uftimatums It is maintained that the mipistry will resign as a protest against the menace agziainst the indepen- dence of Greece as implicdby the ultimatum, Arurys, April 28.—The Greck government teleg ied all its representatives abroad that the assurance of Greece given to Fran ought fo suflice without more being de- manded by the powers. Citizens of Athens, in a public meeting, adopted resolutions strongly denouncing the action of the pow in bringing pressure to bear on G 0 compel her to desist from attacking Turkey. The meeting appointed a deputation to p nt a copy of the resolu- tions to Delyanni: M. De Lyvannis, replying to the deputation of citizens, said the government had not promised France that Greece would disarn. The mediation of France was accepted on the condition that an e ent would be effected. The govi aimed any intention of yielding to the powers or di arming unless her claims were settled ve, reece would declare war, and would d when the powers had sunk the fleet and bombarded Greek town: s meeting to-night warlike speeches were made. minister - Murderous Redskins—Miles in Pur- suit. PANTANO, Ari Apri A telephone message from the superintendent of the T’ tal Wreck mine states that forty Indians at- tacked Richardson’s ranch, twenty miles southwest of here, and killed eight persons, No particula Wircox, Ariz., April 28, —General Miles left this afternoon for Crittendon, to person crintend the eampaign, 3 The depre- ang yesterduy were in the most thickly settled portion of Pima county. It was the first raid in that section for years, 1t is believed the hostiles committing the out- rages were in revenge for the supposed de of the captured portion of the band re sent to Klori Gen, Mile night on receiving intelligence of these and if the hostiles remain in Arizon; stated he will take the field, 2 e The Murderous Deputies, 3 against the ast St, Louis deputy sher ging them with being fugitlves from jus '« in the court of erimi day, the grand jury having alr y indicted them. Prosecuting Attorney Claiborne, who supposed that the deputies had been in- dicted for murder, learned that they had only been indicted for manslaughter in” the third deg) He imwmediately had another wa rant issued eharging thein with being fug tives from justice,and they will be tried on this charge so testimony in the case against ard to offenses in East St. Louis ned and forwarded to the gov- of Missouri, thus enabling him to pass upon th anting of the requisition applied for by the governor of Ilinois, i Wild Work of the Mississippi. NEW ORLEANS, Avril 25.—A dispateh from Helena, Ark,, says the river is above the highest point veached in 152, but is now at a standstill, All efforts to hold the re- maining part of the levee has been abandoned and the water 15 now sweeping through the numerous places. the ranging trom @ hundred fect to_half a mile wide. The levee below A is swept away for sev- eral hundred f¢ his will result in the overflow of a large ){l»l’null off Tunica and Coa macounties. The loss will b great | eause all crops have been planted and were growing. R The Mississippi Flood, AusTiy, Miss.,, Apri e water in the hottoms rose three feet last night, and is now within t leans & ° JACKSON daylight today Tall for forty-cight lows was done erops. All train Central are delayed by kson. A special train sent out Lo repair the dumage ran into a washout and the con- ductor and fireman were killed and the en- giuner badly hurt Lo S {7 A Fatal Explosion. Cmcaco, April 28.—A+ farge iron lard tauk at Tobey & Booth's packing house exploded this afternoon. The cause is un- known, ‘The concussion whs terrific. The flying iron tore up the floor, ceiling and walls, Everyone in the 1001 was injured by the debris. James Sanford was instantly Killed, and Pt Muldoos and Mattie Sanford seriously injured. Six others were wore or less injitved. in ceased at alwost continuous Much damage on the Hlinois washouts south of POWDERLY WRITES ON LABOR, The Condition of the Toiling Millions Never Better Than To-Day. THE CHURCH AND THE K. OF L, The Cardinal of Quebec Denounces the Order—A “Scab” Kills a Striker in St. Louis— Labor News, The Prospects Brightening. NEWw York, April 28.—(Special Telegram] —Mr. Powderly has, in the North American Review for May, a paper on strikes and ar- bitration in which he says: *“The prospect for the future of the laboring,man in Anieri- ea is brighter to-day than it ever was, not- withstanding the seemingly strained rela= tions at present existing between employer and employe, The growth of our orzaniza- tion for the past ten years has been steady and healthy, It is only where the organiza- tion is in its infancy that serious troubles, suh as strikes and lockouts exist. The working man of the United States will soon realize that he has the power which kings once held, that he has a right to manage his own affairs. The powers of the king have passed a the power of wealth is passing away. P A0 O] quiet to-day, but they are i) power of monopoly that is fo. who pile up large fortunes mu mpensate for that privilege in the payme a gradu- ated income tax, The hours be reduced throughout the natl toilers may have more time_to ence of self-government, Lal chinery, instead of making | must become his servant. workingman wield his powel labor says ihe power will be but we must have the co-operat middle classes. The employer ghd employed must no longerstand apart. A&?flb@u‘d arbitration should be forced bétween manus facturers and workingmen all 9%er the coun= try. Agreements of this king',should be the means of settling diffen arise, and with their inaugy lockouts and boycotts will ngh? upon, and if ever ealled into as the very last resort. [ ndemned. i i 3% Speal Tolegrank] morning from Cardinal Tasche ing the Knights ot_Labor as ation nimiealtd the Interests il good morals.” G orts en, by the local ofli of the here o influence the cardinal and preyentithe issus ingof the pastora *-d the gas understood, befors "he issued i With all the provineial bisho}s, witly his decision. The letter will be read i all the churches of the province nextSunday. District Master Workman Keyes blames poli= -+ ticians for the wove, When l’oyfllm was 1 here in March Bishop Fabre prom the constitution was amen 4 guarantee that no action wofi’ He thinks the pastoral will groat order here. Striking Opposition v Yo, April 25, stril crowded every tri hand eail; qi ‘The Fmpire Protective have ge-: cured a charter issued by the city forty yufi % ago, granting permission to run‘a line of stages from City Hall up Third avenue to Forty-fourth street. ‘L'his afternoon the ceutive board went'to Alhany to petition ature to extend’ their privi to Har- * venue cars haye beemfrun more to-day than at any i n, Seventy-lwo cars the main line, fourteen on the and Twenty-ifth straet line, a cable ;. Twenty-five new drive on to-night, and thé comp. on tue main line to-mor - On the of the palice the companyyhas not ed the night aniz- and ferred . § agreed . 3 i An Eight Hour Demand Refused. &40 CiticaGo, April 25, —The Fafniture .o ciation to-night adopted s that it was thé sense ¢f the assoels tion that the demand of the nien for 20 p cent advance and cight hours work aft i d inaugurated in anymanu embers pledged Ehémselves: and not reopen mntil ~ ord 1o so by the executive bosrd of the a880 ion: It is also ordered a strike fo v direetion by tl en willgesultin a gen er the ci principle ivon manuf§igturers of city have received a demand e mold unjon for eight hours and Day Lo over time, It 15 understood” the manufaess turers are seriously n.~hle|¥uuu adv] bility of shutting down. Citizens to Settle the Btrike, Lovis, April 25,—The statement. made public here this evening that preli - inary steps have been taken by the eitizens® comittee to terminate the steike, and the prospects are that their efforts L » i be successful. A mceting will held tonizht” to draw n*“ a se of resolutions, which wilk sent the executive board of nu-KnuhuotJa i which will request the board to deeld the strike off, the citizens’ mmnM e ing themselves to staid by the knightss use every exertion possible either about atbitration or secure the r ment of all the strikers who have mitted offenses against the kaw and the rail 1oad company. A Dy and for Kight Hours. CitioAGo, April 25, —Three hundred treight hands employed in the four freight houses of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway in this eity, to-night appointed a committes to wait upon the company and demand the inauguration of the eight hour system May 1 hout a reduction of wages, ahm{‘fdy ve answer be returned, the men wil strike on the date named. In this event the result is diflicult to foresce, The Eight Hour Movement. CHicaGo, April 25 wo hundred and seventy-five cabinet malkers and turniture workers at Rothsehilds Sons’ factory went out this morning. They demanded ten hours’ pay for eight hours’ work, which the sirm concluded they conld ot eet, The strike s the outeoine of a strike in one of their factorles 1 Cinciunaitl, ‘The strikers are orderly A St. Louis Striker Killed. 81, Louts, April 28, —William Withers, a scab)” switehman, was set upon to-night by three men who beat him soverely. He drow: arevolver and fired, killing one of his ase sailants, n ibbons, a striker, Withers was arrested. The other men escaped, The Strike I WASHINGTON, Apri committee charge tuty of investls gating labor sirikes on the south western rails s, left this city for St. Louis this morns reparing for a Strike, 8. 5, A 'lie Boss bakors and confectioners and shoe manufacturers of this city helda meeting ‘last night and des ¢ cided not toagroe to the dentands of the Cons tral Labor union. Scrious tiovkls swsisg €lipioyes seews lumincot, 2 it 18 S ¢