Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 30, 1887, Page 1

SEVENTEENTH YEAR. MR, LAYAR 0N LAND GRANTS, One Feature of the Secretary's Forthcoming Annual Report. HISTORY OF CORPORATE CRIME. How the Public Domain Was Seized By the Railroad Octopus and Honest Settlers Robbed of Their Rights. A Dark Record. Wasnisaros, Nov. 20.—One of the most fmportant features of Secrctary Lamar's fortheoming annual report is the part which relates to the adjustment of railroad land grants. It reads as follows: Shortly after my appointment, and as T be- eame somewhat familiar with the public land wystem, its organization and the workings " 1 became more and more impressed fact that the public domain was being d «d from its legitimate purposs and converted to objects the inevitable effects of which were repugnant 1o the entire th on which the land system was based. Apart from the methods of the illegal appropria- tion of the ‘public domain, effccted through the sion of the several laws for the ac- quiring of title thereto, [ became convineed that the administration of congressional grants to wagon and railroads had given rise to enormous abuses. Con had not only m grants in some instances, ceeded in e area of half a dozen of the largest and most populous states of the union, but in addition y ided that any losses of lands ‘within th ted limits should be satisfied by the selection of Jands within other and j nits, thus nearly doubl the area of the original grants. Under these acts the land department had withdrawn from public appropriation not only granted titles, as required by law, but also lands within the indemnity limits, at the request of the grantee companies. Thus cnormous quantities of public lands were held in rese vation to await the convenience of the r spective corporations in the construction of s their roads, the seleetions of its lands, and the uncertain adjustments of grants by the department. 1 do not, for a moment, mean 10 question the wisdom of aiding in the cph- struction of raileoads, That policy was, at the time, a good one; but, in the light of e: ) e, it wmay be well to ask whether it would not have been wiser to have aided these great enterprises otherwise than by grants of the public domain. Though much good has been wrought, ¢ i islation by which these vast te under the dominion of the railroad c gave an ineurable wound to the homestead scheme before that scheme had @ oppor- tunity for displaying its beneticent effects, This land grant legislation was ¢ nly not in harmony with the theory of the distribu- tion of the public domain among the people and gave up to capitalists, us basis for traflic speculation and gigantic financial scheme what was, by the origmai poiicy of the gove ment, designed to be homes an industr or and thrifty people, the abodes of dome ic ppiness and virtué and | Notwithstanding these indemni with- drawals were made exclusively for the inte ests of the com; vy, few of these, if any of them, constructed ir roads within the ime preseribed in the granting act, as an ex- press condition on which the grant was made. Maps of “probable,” “gencral,” “designated” and “tdefinite” routes of said road were filed with rapidity in the depart- ment and withdrawals thercunde X asked and almost invariably grant triotism, the public land of states and territorie with railrond, g in pridironed ove ndemnity limits; and, imit'of one road overlapping and con: ng with other roads in the most bewild- ering manner, so that a settler seeking o homie could scarcely find a desirable location that was not claimed by some one, or per- haps two or three of the many roads to which rants of land had been made by congress, Nor was this ail. Though the desived tract i apparently covercd by railroad settler would dly select it before the ngents of the corporations would set up a claim to it or the right to occupy and demand it under the right of way and con- struction privileges conferred by the grant- ited and instances, many ing act. Thus the settler, ignorant of his leg rights and with no one to advise him with respect to ecither law or facts, would for the sake of peace and u home, readily from the compan poratioys, in them, h consent to purchase Inthis way these cor- ddition to the land granted to ve claimed, sold and received the price of a great deal of other land to which they had neither legal nor moral right, nor shadow of either, The confusion, hardships and impositions practiced upon the settlers were grealy in- creased by the bold schemes of corporate agents, where withdrawals were made of Jands to which the legal title of companie had not attached, and which afterward re mained in the o condition for years, through the failure of congress to make the necessary appropriutions for surveys. When, however, through partial surveys or adjust: ments of grauts, the lands thus sold by the company were found to be outsde of the rants and determined by the department to » public lunds, the purchaser from the com- pany found himself in the unfortunate pro- dicament of having lost both his land and his money. without means to enter into costly litigation with a powerful corporation, the deprivation of his home, the expenditure and waste of his years, his cnergy and strength in redecming “that homo from its wild condition, rendered his mere technical right of action against the com- pany but little more than a mos 1t mattercd not what might be his equitics acquired by years of toil upon what he be- lieved to b |-u|'l of the national domain, It was declared by the highest judicial tribunal, as expounded by the highest law ofticers of the executive, that a withdrawal, once made, by competent authority, was legal and effect- ive to exelude all from in sion within its limits, One such case where hardships and injustice were about to be inflicted under the Jaw came under your ol (The sceretar, ler case After years of waiti ongress had failed 1o empower the the departmto make the nec- essary surveys whereby some of the grants might be adjusted, and nohmmediate prospect of such surveys was in sight, But a \u\v W passed March 3, 1887, whereby the secreta of the interior was *‘directed to immed adjust each of the railroad land grants made by congress to aid in the construction of railroads.” 1entered upon a most @areful considera- tion of the whole subject of history and law relating to land grants and concluded if the department was clothed with authority to make indemnity withdrawals, as has been done in 8o muny instances, the exercise of that authority was a matter entirely within sound discretion and not a matter of legal ob- ligation in any respect; that the same sound discretion, which in the interest of the com- Justified said withdrawals, peremptorily in the public o speedy ation of the and that the most effe vy of expediting the adjustm of land prax and doing exact justice to thé compunics, while guarding and promoting the inierests of the settlers also, was to permit the pubii® to enter into compgtition with the companies in the selection of lands herctofore withe drawn for indemnity purposes. The sccretary here refers to his call of May 23, upon the different companies to show cause why the withdrawals should not be re- voked. Headds: Some of the companies {uiled fo show cause otliers tled wuswyers o enting to the revocation, as they b coived satisfaction of thelr grant cither in full or as far as possible; others consented on coudition that the lands covered by the seloctions already made should be excepted from the order of revocation, and other con panics objected to the order of re illogal und in violation of chartered Hriefs wero flled and oral arguments Fcor(led to the connsel of such_companies as sired to be heard. all of which weve fully nd carefully considered, as was due 1o the importance of the questionsand the magnitude of the interests iuvolved, and on August 13, 1887, my views were fully expressed ma OMAHA, WEDNE decision renders d in the case of the Atlantic 1 comy which, by an- t, raised nearly all the ob- o presented in part only, by her companies. Two days orders withdrawing the lands within the indemnity limits and reserving same from settlement were revoled and the lands restored to the public domain and to settle- ; first, in the cases of two companies h had not answered; second, in those which answered and assented; cases of companies, which set up defenses ing within the rulings in the foregoing opinion. In the congressional grants to the Hastings & Dakota, St. Paul & Northern Pacific, St. Paul, Minueapolis & Manitoba, St. Paul & Sioux City, Sioux City & St. Paul and Wi- nona & St Peter, it is provided that upon filing maps designating the rates of said roads and branches it s 1 be the duty the secretary of the interior to withdraw from the market lands embraced within the pro- visions of the act making the grant. In con- sequence of this provision, these rouds were omitted from the orders of restoration. 1t will be seen from the order passed in the Atlantic & Pacitic case, und which was ap- plicd to other companies, mutatis mutandis, that whilst it was determined that the lands in question should not longer be withheld from appropriation under the settlement laws, every precaution possible was taken to pro- tect the legal vights of the corporation. Following this action instructions were subscquently issued to the commissioner of the 1land office to detail all the avail- able foree in his office to the work of adjust- ing the road grants, und procceding s rap- idly as possible with the same, The amount of land revised to the public domain, through the orders revoking the indemnity with- drawals, is stated by the c general land ofice to be 3 1 beg to v to what has b said in an- other part of this report in relation to the impe necessity of appropriations for ich complete adjustment nts is not practical at an DUBLIN UNIONISTS, A Monster Mecting Addressed Hartington and Goschen. Druris, No —The great unionist meet- ing, for the purpose of addressing which Lord Hartington and Goschen visited this city, was held at Leinster hall this evening. So many persons were desivous of attending the meeting that an overflow of the meeting was held in another hall. Thousands were v, unable to gain admission. The » prolonged cheers for the queen. ngton and Goschen were accorded an enthusiastic greetin, the whole usscmbly ing and repeatedly cheering. ; The cha anded Lord Hartington an address appros s policy sign 8 members of the chamber of commer Hartington was loudly cheered, the vast gathering cléarly pro professi commercial classes of Ir land are opposed to separation. The impor by It is said d that the ance of this meeting in the heart of Dublin be e istent, is cannot werated. of per The | power unblushing, reiterated assertion 86 great and has been so fully exercised in inducing Englishmen and Scotchmen to betieve that Ircland detests the union and burns to substitute another of government, that unless contradicted oecular and tangiblo proot of it, it is almo impossible that in the course of time these us- sertions will not work some influence in the minds of the unionists, Being oceasionally interrupted, Lord Har- tington said the dissenting minority was so small that the majority of Irish- men _was _in_ favor ~ of home rule. He refused to admit that the majority was necessarily as large asappeared from the represcntatign in parliament be- cause, under the clectoral sible the unionists, who though num cstem, it was pos- in the minority rically approaching the s atist majority, might not be represented. Gludstone had never shown that Ircland would be satisfied with the limited home rule / offered. On the contrary there was indication he would not be satisfied bt with entire separation. The struggle was more for the possession of land than for the reform of the system of government und the Gladstonians admitted that the land difficulty must not and could not be left to an Irish parliament for settle- ment. Hartington asserted that there was no economic grievance in Ireland that the English parliament was not equally and capable to deal with as an Irish parl ment, He warned his hearers against be- lieving that any modification of the Glad- stone bills could make them acceptable to the majority in Ireland and, at the same time, consistent with the beuefits of the mainten- ance of the British connections Goschen opened with a fierce onslaught upon the misstatements with which the iladstonians sought to induce the people of angland and Scotland to entrust the govern- ment of Ireland to a band of olutiomsts, ‘What he desired to bring home as a lesson of this mecting wus the position of the com- mereial class and all industrial classes on the question. They are the prime mo in commerce and trade without whos - ance the_agriculturalist can scarcely exist., He asked if their opinions and votes were to count as nothing beside the class which the home rulers regard as alone entitled to polit- ical effect, Goschen maintained that those who denounced the league for its aocrine of repudiation of contract _are the truest friends of Ireland. Until home rule broke loose from what may be considered doctrines of loyalty there was no measure connected with Ire land in which he did not take the Irish view He denounced separation as fatal to the best interests of both countries. Goschen was honored with a vote of thanks and the na- tional anthem was sung in chorus by the audience. — GOLD IN MARLYAND, An Oshkosh Man Said to Have Struck 2 Rich Vein. Nov. 20.—The Daily North western publishes an account of an alleged rich discovery of gold ubout eighteen miles from Washington, in Montgomery county, and, made under the direction of Dr. Walter Kempster, superintendent of —the northern insane hospital at Oshkosh. The work hus been seeretly fu progress since last v, and samples of ore sent to the mint at felphia were pronounced high grade, The done by eight colored men who were pledged to secrecy and_kept in confinement. Dr. Kempster left for Mary- land this afternoon, to purchase stamp mills and proceed at once to open up the mine, —~— Fred Van Winkle's Divorce Swit. Ciicago, Nov. 20.—Charles Fred Van Winkle was not present when his divorce case came up before Judge Shepard, this morning. Van Winkle is the man who brought suit against his wife Lilian. His father is o stock yards commission merchant and quite wealthy. Van Winkle was repre- sented this morning by a letter purporting to have been written from Sioux City, Ia., say- ing that he had no money to pay his fare to Chicago and begged his attorney to ask his mother to send cnough to get him home, The defense asked for an attachment against bim for non-puyment of ulimony und Judge Shepard granted it. The counsel for the de- fertse then said howould not ask that the bill be dismissed this morning, but would consent sa give the plaintiff time to present more afti- davits, Van Winkle was given until Monduy 10 show cay@ Why be had not turned over to Lis wife her priva:® broperty. This consisted, she claimed, of her dressC?, fewelry, sealskin sucque, piano and other things, 2@d_he has filed afidavits showing that he sold (i fur- niture to his fath@ and the sacque o bis mother, Osukosn, W The Knights of Labor. W Yonrx, Nov 2. —[Special Telogram to the Bee.]-The World gives figures this morning showing that the Knights of Labor in New England number only 25,000 against £5,000 in 1886, the'seeeders going into trades iblies. The cause forthis loss of strength 1to be disgust with the Philadelphia crowd, apacity of the local manage- went, particularly in strikes, zod the fact that certain leaders tried to prostitute, their offices for private ends, . fad WILL BE A GREAT STRUGCLE. Cities Working Hard For the Repub- lican Covention. OMAHA'S CHANCES OF SUCCESS. It Must Be Proven That She Can Accommodate the Crowd— flicting Reports About the New Navy—Capital News, ne Candidates For the Conventior Wasniveroy, Nov. 20— [Special Tele to the Brr.]—Whoever secures the next national convention will’not have a walk- away. Chicago, Omaha, Minneapolis and Philadelphia are all in the field and will be here before the end of the week with strong delegations to bid for the great gathering of republicans, Chicago hus left no stone un- turned to influence favorable action in her behalf. For months past she has plied every accessible member of the national committee with facts and figures of her growth, hotel capacity, amusement facilities, and railroad connections. Her success in caring for the t convention is urged on all sides in her favor, and carries great weight, The great crowd of friends of the various candidates who attend such gatherings, and who look to the amusement facilities of a city as much as to its hotel capacity, are all in favor of Chi- cago. This, quite aside from political con- siderations, is an clement of strength in Chi- cago's favor which cannot be overlooked. Muny of the most prominent politicians pronounced in favor of Chicago, an the enthusiasm of their followers has not been decreased by the report that Chicago will furnish free transportation for all delegates. Philadelphia will make a hard fight for the location. A lurge and strong delegation of leading citizens will present her elaims. in person, backed by a handsome guarantce of expenses. They will be ably supported by committee of hotel and boarding-house ke ers who will grive liberal assurances of cheap rooms and lodgings. Miuncapolis, not to be behind hand, will come through 'to the national capital with a train of five cars, specially chartered to carry 4 representative assembly of her _citizenship. Speaking on behalf of the twin_cities of Min ncapolis and St. Paul, Minucapolis will offer the freedom of both communitics and §0,000 cash as a bonus. 1t will be scen that Omaha will have hard competition, with the chances against iis sue- s, but between the contending claims of vival delegations it is not impossible that Omaha may succeed. There has been a great deal of hard work done on her behalf in New rk and in Washington during the past and there is a strong under-current in ice among members of the committee who feel themselves pledgea on behalf of other claimants, The argument chiefly used nst Omaha_is its presumed lack of k rilities, and the committe which comes to present Omaha’s proposition should be prepared to show beyond que that it can for every one who ut if it hopes to change the opinion of who are now apparent comitted ir- cably to Chicago's claims, Riddleberger's Power. WasHINGTON, Nov [Special Telegram to the Bek.]—There are conflicting storics in circulation to-night n regard to the attitude of Senator Riddleberger of Virginia toward the contested election of Judge Turpie of Tn- Qiana. It is said by democrats that at a cau- cus of their scnutors yesterday assurane were given that Mr. Riddler r would vote to seat Turpie. The republicans say, how- ever, that so far from Riddleberger having indicated that he would vote to seat Turpie, he has intimated that he will stand by his party, if it comes to partisan _action, but that e believes there is not a prima fa in the eredentiuls of Turpic, and therefore the credentials would be referred to the commit- tee, and he should stay out of his seat until regular procedure is <en. This cvening's local papers anticipate that Turpie will not be sworn in on next Monday, and that he will be asked to stand aside until the commit- tee on privileges and elections have made an investigation into his clection. The Star says that Turpie has regularly drawn his pay as a Umnited Stat nutor upon the certiticate of the president pro tempore of the senate (Mr. Ingalls) since the fourth of March last, and that the certificatc was made because there appearcd no contestant for Turpie's seat and therefore it was concluded that he was enti- tled to his pay. The d to tuke a good deal of con- solation from the that @ republican presiding oficer certified to Turpic roll. The republicans, how- ever, do n er this of any significance whatever, it being due solely to ignorance on the part of the presiding officer of the fact that there was a contest of Turpie's seat. Tt has always been a custom to pay a senator or member of the house who holds a certifi- cate from the governor the sulary which would go to him if he were regularly elected until it is decided definitely that he is en- titled to the In some instances me bers of the house—notably in the case of Richardson of South Carolina—have been paid as much as $10,000 for two years' ser- vices, when at the last moment the house has decided that some one else was really entitled to the pa In the Forty-seventh congress, toward the close of the session, Smalls, the colored man, was declared to be really the who had been elected. He was not seated until the man illegally hold- ing the seat had drawn nearly eighteen months’ pay, yet Smalls was paid for the en- tive time and” the man who had occupied his position was never asked to refund, S or Voorhees has reiterated his declar- ation that he will object to the swearing in of every republican senator until the Turpie case is disposed of. Should he do this it would lead to objections from the republican side to the admission of the remaining demo- cratic scnators clect, and a scene of great confusion and = excitement would follow. At present the senate now consists of twenty-five republicans and twenty-four democrats, exclusive of Riddleberger. The senator from Virginia in nearly every in- stance has acted with his party, and there is no reason, 8o far as can be learned for his not following his usual bent in this instance, In- cluding William E. Chandler, who was chosen to fill un unexpired term, twenty-four sena- tors-elect will present themselves to be swe in. Until they take the oath of office, whi must be gdministered by the presiding offic in the presence of the senate, they caunot take any part in the proceedings, and there- fore adl questions that may arise before their admission must be decided by the fifty sena- tors who hold ov leaving Riddleberger able to make a tie at anytime, Should such a situ- ation grow out of any objection to the admis- sion of Turpie, Riddleberger would have the key in his hands, The republican senators- eléct who will apply to be sworn in include some of the olaest and ablest of the body. Of the fourteen, seven succeeded themselves— namely, Aldrich, Dawes, Edmunds, Hale, Hawley, Sawyer, and Sherman. Of thé twelve democrats to be sworn in only four are old senators—Cockrell, George, Gorman and Gray. As senators are called alphabetic- ally in squads of fours to the pulpit of the president pro tem to be sworn in, Turpie’s name will be the very last on the roll of all the ouators-clect, and Mr. Voorhees will have to objont 49 the other senators be Turpie s objcrted or loso his chance of making the disi :ehe promises, It would be a rather unusual € pot ludi- crous sight to see a great debate in (1% 8¢p ate with Edmunds, Dawes, Hale and S man unable to participate in it, but this is not among the improbabilities. It 18 elso said that objections will be made in the house to the swearing in of Mr. Car- lisle, but it is hardly probable that any one will be 80 foolish. . The clerk of the houso makes up s roll of members.elect, calls the housé to order and presides until a speaxer en, and 10 one is sworn in until after- anil no name ean be removed from the roll unti! the house is fully organized. After the speaker is chosen the oath is adminis tered to him by Judge Kelly, the oldest mem- ber of the house, and then the speaker pro- ceeds to swear in the fFemaining members, un «s they are objected to, and they stand aside and their case referred to the com- mittee on elections by a vote of the house, If the house refuses to refer u case of this kind to the committee on elections the next step is the admission of the member so ob- jected to, The New Wasnixaroy, Nov [Special Telegram tothe Bre.|—Contractors for the new ships are still in trouble on account of some of the tests applicd under the regulations of the de- partment, For example, “gunboat No. 2, whicn is building in Baltimore, should be avy. completed, according to contract, by De- cember The contractors maintan that the delay has been due wholy to the fact that the reasonubl, tests of materials have been un severe, and such as steel manu- facturers have been unable to meet. 1t may be rememby 1 that the tests, as formulated originally by Commander Evans, been several times modified with Mr. Whitney's approval. The contractors seck still further modifications and they will be granted if it be deemed safe for the interests of the gov- ernment, us it probably will be. Some of the best scamen among the officers of the navy do not hesitate to say that they would not pronounce u ship unse worthy, which had been alongside a dock for fiftéen months, und only two weeks at sea in calm weather. They express a good deal of amuzement at Captain - Bunce's report on the Atlanta. He is regarded as a good seaman and an energetic and capable ofticer. It was he who took the ironclad Monadnack with her eleven-ineh freo board around Cape Horn to San Franeisco in a_stormy scason, and yet he complains of a ship which has an e board. Some of his brother stand it. They seem to various trials of the Dolphin and the diverse reports thereon, Hereafter probably Captain Bunce will stand hin the fayor of the secretary of the Captain Meade has stood for the past ) years, e “Cleveland and Gray." WASHINGTON. 20, —|Special Telegram the Ber |—Representative Watson, who ced Governor Gray, and is just now profuse in complimenting Indiana demo- ous ways, in an_ intery e to-day nominates G Plice on the national ticket. He thinks Cleve- land and Gray would sound well und come as near winning as any ticket that could be put in the fleld, Tt is well-known that Scnator Voorhees does not_ wunt a place on the ticket to with Cleveland, first, because it would im- pair his chances for the lead in 1862, and sec- ondly because he honestly belicves that Cleveland cannot be re-clected. There are some Indianians here who intimate that Sen- ator Voorhiees' public and private opinions of the present administration arc at wide vari- ance cach with the other. Nebraska and Towa Pensions. WasHINGTON, Nov. 20.—[Special Telegram to the Bx.]—Pensions have been issued for Nel 15 as follows: Minor of Benjamin Moore, McCook. Mexican war—James S. Blythe, Tecumsch; Joseph C. , Dor- s Original—Eli_ Do le, Blue Springs: Thomas L. Redlon, Ord; William Sanderson, Fremont. Inerease—John McCallum, jr., Catherton. Towa pensions: Margery A., widow of samuel C. Rogersy Des Moines; Anna J., widow of Addisen Svider, Marshalltown Mexicun war—Frederiek Kckhard, Ontario John Wynkoop, Hopeville; Henry Patte son, Dubuque; Robert Hunter. Earlville: Audtin_P. Berry, Moulton. Original—Job Wheatlig, Hillsboro. Increase — Charles Howell, Eldora; Berry Wolverton, High Point; Roan C. May, New Albin; Warren . Marshall, Praivicbirg. Scnator Ingalls' Opinion. WasmiNGToy, Nov. 20.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—A Post reporter has attempted to interview Senator Allison on presidential candidates. The reporter began by obsery- ing that the senator would be a good tlan to talk on the subject, to which the senator plicd: *No, Lam i very bad man 10 ask for any information on the subject. 1 sce by the newspapers that 1 am a young maz of great promise myself in that conneetion, and while modesty forbids me to tell how good a presi- dent Iwould make, you couldn’t expect me tosay that anybody else would be half as good. Soyousee, 1 am a very bad man to talk about the coming presidential el but I will venture to ¢ that the republi party will have a candidate when the time comes,"” Fight On the Southern Issue. WASHINGTO tothe 1 tucky, said this morning that thesouth would make a most vigorous effort next summer to have one of its men nominated for second place on the presidential ticket, and that a representative democrat would beyond reas- onable doubt be chosen, He probably had reference to Speaker Carlisle. Senator Black- burn is_anxious to “fight out the southern issue,” cif such @ tning there is, at the ap proaching election, and to do 80 with a south- ern democrat ou the ticket with Cleveland. Patents to Westerners. ‘WasmiNate N, Nov. 20.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.|—Patents were to-day granted Nebraska and Towa inventors as follows: William Beatty, Finchford, Ta., device for feeding stock; Pradence ‘ullock, Pome- ¥, Ta., Washing machine; Joseph P. Weba, Praba, Neb., potato planting machine, What Cannon Thinks. WAsHINGTON, Nov pecial Telegram to the BEg.]—J. G. Cannou, of Illinois, one of the oldest and strongest republican mem- bers of the house, does not believe a tariff bill can be passed, as the democrats in the house are too far apart and unwilling to make any concessions. If the republicans had con- trol, he su they would soon find a w out of the tariff and surplus dilemmas. Cannon is favorable to postal telegraphy and says the only thing necessary to secure its adop- tion ut this session of congress is the support of the metropolitan press. Two More Banquets. Wasimingron, Nov. 20.—Two handsome en- tertainments were given this evening in honor of the English and Canadian members of the fisheries commission, the first by Francis Wharton, exami of claims of the state department, at his residence on I street, and the second at 8 o'clock by Messrs. Put- nam and Angell, the American negotiators. LAl Postal Changes. WasniNGToN, Nov. 20.—[Special Telegram to the BEE.]—The postofiice at Vincent, Fur- nas county, will be discontinued December William H. Davis was to-day appointed postmaster at Walkerville, Page county, la., vice J. R. Haywood, resigned. Consul'to Durango. WasiiNGtoy, Nov. 20.—The president to- day appointed James B. Chess, of Indiana, to be United States consul at Durango, Mexico. e Blaine's Poltical Plans. NEW YoRk, Nov. 20.—[Special Telegram to the Ber,]—The Herald’s Washington spe- cial says: “Mr, James G. Blaine is expected to reach San Francisco, Cal, on his return to the United States on the 20th of June next. He will return via_Japan. Five days after his arrival ig Sau Fraucisco the national re- publican convention Wir b2 held. Blaine will rfiazia o California until the nomina- tion has been made. Qne of Blaine's party managers who is authority for this statement says that the Maine statesman will be renom- inated practically without opposition. Ne- braska, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio aud New York will be visited by him ¢ route to his home fu Augusta, Ma. ules, under which all prize fights are fought, and which state a twenty-four foot ring. Sullivan ring. Mitehell - Twenty-four-foot. Sullivan— Sixteen-foot, This was repeated by both several times, and a squabble ensued, at the end of which Sullivan said “If you want to fight me in a woelk, T shall fight in a sixteen foot ring, or if you will wait until my engagements are over, Ul fight you PERILS OF THE MINISTRY. A Commoner on the Pitfalls Beforo Salisbury's Government. THE DISCONTENT Twant to fight in a sixteen-foot IS VOICED. Conservatives Publicly Condemn Any pt to Frame a Land chase Bl — Sullivan and oft-hand anywhere you like Mitchell Sign Articles. £ Mitehell—Why have you allowed me to run — all over America twice after you if you think The English Situation. You can fight met [Copuright 1 iy James Gordon Bennett.) Sullivan—He wanted to take an advantage Losboy, Nov. 20— [New York Herald | of me and interfere with me in my business as well as ndvertise himself. Mitehell—Interfere with you! What can be made out of you, Sullivan? You don't wan't to fight. I want to arrange nothing else but a fight, and 1 hope that is the object of all connected with you. Sulliven—Goss and Mace fought in a six- teen-foot rimmg. 1 want a sixteen-foot ring and nothing else, Mitehell—Then Il not agree to anything of the kind. Cable—Special to the Bre.]—Conservative discontent is no longer voiceless. A member representing Lancashire constituencies, and another for a London suburban district, have come forward to rebuke the heads of their ¢ for ever hinting another Trish land pur- seill. T hear these two members se- verely eritjcised by ardent ministerialists, but they have merely printed what nearly all the conservatives are saying privately. Lord Salisbury may take it amiss, but it can do no hurm for him to hear the genuine sentiments [ Sullivan—This amounts to nothing. They of his party by the way of a little variety, | don't wantto fight. The people who surround him only like to | Mitchell-Don't we? T have you. That is tell him what will please him. The plain | MY errand here this evening. ullivan—We have conceded everything. truth is not always acceptable in high places, 4 You want to break up my business, yet if there is danger ahead for the leader of party, his true friends are those who fairly | Mitchell You will have a good job. You warn him of it Last yeur the conservatives | have made no poor houscs for poor jgpple. stirred up much feeling in the country against | You never boxed for any charitable iustitu- Mr. Gladstone on the land purchase | tions, have you, Sul Dbill. Their arguments and pledges | Sullivan--It's ali entleman. will be wused as missiles against | Mitehell=Youare no catch i them if they vote for any such measure, [ Sullivan—I want a sixteen-foot ring. 1f you do not agree to that, then T'll fight you in a twenty-four-foot ring for as much as you can find when 1 have finished wy enga, ments, Mitchell—You said yon were coming over for two rensons—revenge and money never challenged you in my Their cascs are, therefore, not unnatural. Many of Lord Hartington's foilowers are in the same plight. If the ministry wish to ascertain how near it is possible for them to approach defeat, they have only to introduce abill for buying out the Irish landlords at the cost of the state. Signs of the storm are ; (B life, 1am ready to back my statement. visible to all who mov 1 wlitical eir- by A Mpto e ey ‘m’n ety | Mitehell—He knows his game. Say, Sul- oval to their - Jeaders, but - to | tivan, you roasted poor Juke Kilrain on the stage at St. James hall. You publicly said, ‘I'hope Smith will beat himn,” and wished the Englishman good luck, and yet you are a fellow-countryman. Sullivan—I never said anything of the kind. I wished Kilrain succes Mitchell=That's a lie. 1 have Kilrain to look after. I hope hie will knock the stufting out of Smith. I haveto see after Jake's in- terest, and if 1 die at the ring side I mean him to get fair play. I want to fight for sat- isfaction. You can do me no harm. ask them to reverse every pledge they have given is trying their proverbial dovility too far. The spokesmen malcontents may get the cold shoulder at the Carlton club, the ehief whips frown upon them, but the bulk of their party will endorse their views and the knowledge of this fact will save the ministry from blunders similar to that which threw Mr. Gladstone out of oftice in 1886, Already I hear rumors in well informed quarters that the threatencd bill will not be brought in, the want of time being the very [ Sfactic ; plausible excuse, If parliament is . not | Sullivan—I was brought up in a better to meet till the third week in Febru- | S¢hool, and am a gentleman, = v ihose exeuscs il mold ood o | Mitehell (sarcastically)—I know Dickens. an extent. The unionists undoubtedly [ YOUAren looking-gluss fighter and never tackled a good man in your life, Sullivan—Don’t you insult me or you'll get the worst of it. I never forget my manners, Mitchell—You never had an, are having all the best of the contest at pr ent. When Mr. Gladstone is silent from an, cause the spirits of all his followers soon flag. Allwould be over with home rule it he and | Ml —Xou ew b Parnell were incapacitated. They are botn | Sullivan—What do you say! You come wrmgely quict.wineo.the Nottingham | U in 8 hack and Twill ight you now. specches, S ¥ anything has been heard | Mitehell (rising)—1'm your man. Come on. Editor Atkinson begged both to desist and settle down quictly to business. Finally they quicted down and Sullivan, saying he ‘would leave Mr. Phillips to act on his behalf, left the room. The latter and Mitchell . then agreed for a fight with knuckles, to take in u twenty-four-foot ring, twelve per- , including seconds, a side, within 1,000 miles of London. This latter cluuse was in- serted to avoid cither party getting out by naming such places as America, Australia, from Mr. Gladstone except the Dopping apol- ogy, which his best friends caunot hear of without winking, So a shrewd tactician must sce that the uutumn agitations from which €0 much was hoped have left him de- cidedly weaker than before. A man in his position who does 1ot advance s on the down- ward track. ita’s resignation on the ground of com- of his party with lawlessness and di order is a very ominous symptom of increa b 3 [0 s Mr. Moore re rkey b . The ing disorganization among the Gladstonians, | % 48 Mr. Moore remarked, China. The 4 ; 3 ¢ articles were drawn up and signed, when Privately one hears of many cases not actu- A M 7 W | Moore, on’ behalf of Mitehell, handed Mr. ally brought to the point of resignation. The ; : R : : Bull bank notes for £100, Mr. Phil- Gladstonins beat the big drum as loud as | it WS BOGR TO8 £ A TR ever, but the army is dispivited and theleader | (0 Posting £200 —all in - gold. This ; A forms the deposit and the remaining limself must feel depressed when he thinks | 1 ; ; ; o L | €400 a side must be posted with Mr. Bull of his seventy-nine years and realizes that if | = vanh nine days before the fight. A wellknown the ministry is not d shipwreck own folly it may still last five yea he might be eighty-four when by its , 80 that called to sporting man was mentioned by Mitchell for referee, and an cqually well-known mem- power again if spared to hear the call. ber of nu-. .~.lm-k l_-xn-lmngu on be- i , N half of Sullivan, it being agrecd Looking at all this the many friends of the | Jot b - BERE - EAE AR ministry urge it strongly to pursue next L 3 s made both names should be put in a hat, a coin tossed in the air, the winner to put his hand in and draw a name, who should act as um- pire. Everything at last being - scttled amicably. Phillips said: “T hope the bestn . will win, and with all respect to you, Mitchell, T believe Sullivan can beat you because he has more weight and greater reach of arm than you have. But if you win, I should like to take you to America, where I am sure a for- tune would await us by showing.” Mitchell—Thank you. IhopeI may drop dead before you sec Sullivan beat me. If he does, they will have to carry me out of the ring in picees. Everything being settled, the meeting broke up at 9:45 p. m., when your corres- pondent learned from Managers Fleming and Harding, who had held a private meet- ing to-day, that they had decided for a dia- mond belt which should be deposited with the Sporting Life prior to the Smith-Kilrain fight, 1ts editor, Atkinson, to finally arrange the battle ground and notify the principals at the proper time. It was also agreed that season . must be a local designed to reform all the municipalities and local boards throughout England. Herein lies another danger for Lord Sulisbury. If the bill docs not put the power of electing guardians and other of- ficers in the hands of the people, there will be a great revolt. Chamberlain will go straight over into the opposition; so will many of his friends, and some of the tories must join them. This is not an imaginary danger. Thear that the reactionary.clement in the cabinet is beginning to prevail again, All fear Lord Randolph Churchill being gone, and that the new bill will put up all sorts of little fences to keep the people from con- trolling local affairs, Churchill and Cham- berlain are equally pledged to oppose any such design, but if the ministry stood firm, trusting once more to the union issue to save them, would their allies desert them! Glad- stone would be cager toseize this opportunity, but Chamberlain would not be so eager to i 3 there should be only twelve a side present help him. The dissenting liberals know » e 8 el 8 RIG e o T SO R Ce e DR instead of cighty ae stated in the articles. the! old leader climbs to oftice, French Rad Is Alarmed. Men like Lord Hartington have no thought for their own position or prospects, but hon- estly dread Gladstone's return to power as the greatest of evils. Such men would proba- bly combine and at the lust moment save the ministry in spite of itself. The people may deduct from all this that nothing is s potent for keeping this mmistry in oftice as the fear of Mr. Gladstone getting there. Speaking as an impartial observer, 1 should say that this deductiou went pretty straight to the mark, A MEMBER OF PARLIAME - SULLIVAN AND MITCHELL, Articles Signed For a Fight and First Deposits Made. [Copyright 1887 by James Gordon Bennett.)2r Lozvox, Nov. 20.—[New York Herald Cable — Special to the Bee.|—In a small private house near the houses of parliament to-night your correspondent, John L. Sulli- van, his backer, Harry Phillips of Montreal, his manager, Ed Holske, and his secretary J. W. Bennett; also Charley Mitchell, bis backer and father-in-law, George Washing. ton Moore, and Henry Bull, town councillor of Birmingham, with mutual friends of both, W. D. Morton of New York, W. E. Harding, Kilrain’s manager, and John Fleming, Smith’'s manager, met to make the match be- tween Sullivan and Mitchell, Phillips—What do you propose to fight for, Mr. Mitchell? (Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] Pants, Nov. 20.—[New York Herald Cable —Special to the Bee.]—The radicals are get- ting so alarmed at the prospect of F being elected that they are putting heads together to see w their hether perhaps it will not be better after all to wait and petition Grevy, as a choice of evils, to remain at his post. oy Charged With Assault. v, 20.—A writ has been sworn out by Mandeville against the goveruor of Tullamore prison for assault. The charges are based upon the treatment he received at the time his clothes were steipped off by the prison authorities S Forged Tickets to Unionist Mecting. Dupnay, Nov, 20.—Much excitement has been caused by the discovery of forged tick- ets of admission 1o a unionist mecting to be held in this city, in civeulation. It is feared , | that they 1 the hands of nationalists, who will endeavor to take possession of the meceting and create a riot. - Grevy Requested Not to Resign, Pa Nov, —A number of members of the chamber of deputies today went to Palace Elysee aud requested President Grevy not to vesign, The ¥ Panis, Nov. e ench Cris| Radical journals energet- Mitchell—£500 a side, feally oppose Ferry us & candidate for the Sullivan interposed, saying: “Make it | Presidency, and accuse him of bribery and B ey el i corruption’ in the admifistvation of ell—No. thg ‘o fairs in Tunis and Tonquin, Deroulede, Mitchell—No, that is enough. What T | jeader of the patriotic ieague, thrcatens to principally want is the satisfaction which I [ march to the palace of Kiys have been -secking from you for the last | of 50,000 men if F three years. and prevent him f Bullivan—You can have all you want, Corea's Independence Recognized. Miicheil-PrFaps yow'll get more than | gy vauar, Nov. ‘Phe king of Coren you want. will immediately dispatch ministers to Phillips—What size ring do you proposé l : . ity it the head weted president, land, France, Germany, Russia und Awnevica fighting in, Mitchelll The consent of Chind to this ar ut Mitchell—=Why to fight under the new prise | was giveu with the grentes! relu ~ NUMBER 165 NOST NUST G0 T0 PRISON, The Blatherskito Anarchist Cone victed of Inciting to Riot. GOVERNMENTS ARE INTOLERABLE The Apostle of Force Thinks They Will All Be Destroyed With Bombs and Dynamite—Judgo Cowing's Charge. The Trial of Most. New Yok, Nov, 20 -When the trial of Most was resumed this morning the defend- ant was called to the witness stand to testify in his own behalf, He denied that he had uttered the incendiary words attributed to him in his speceh. Most said ho was a com- munistic anarchist, *“We do not fight agninst any particular government,” said he. “We do not especially fight the government of the United States: w opposed 1o government as such: we think that the power held by the government should be avolished. We do not expect capitalistic classes will give up what they possess | There will be flerco fighting on both sides, “Bombs and dynamit “Yes, on both sidc Youridea is to conquer peaccably if you can, by for you must “We believe foree will be necsssary in time, Vicollasked Most as to his belief in a sups preme being, and Howe objected, “Do you believe in the existence of a su- premie being who punishes those who give false testimony ourt ! was repeated by Mr. ted to by Howe, Over- ruled Answer—1 do not. On cross-examination vecord of his past life, Imprisonment. 4t various Gimes in Austria, Germany and Englind, The witness ad= mitted Lavii written sever hooks which were named, but o wrangle between the law- yers ¢ Uwhen e it he had written a book ealled Art of Revolu- Iutionary Warfare,” or a book on dynamite and other explosives, He refused to answer on the ground that the answer would tend to eriminute him. He also de d 10 answer usked Nicoll, in o1l and obj Most gave a brief ing his terms of whether he believed modern explosives were nec ry to. @ out his ideas, or whether he advised others as to the many of manufacturin, and using explosives as luid dc above named. The witness grew ly ex- cited when these questions were asked and declined to answer cach on the same ground. The judge, in cach case, allowed the question, “The ution offered in evidence the preyv- ious indictment of Most and the record of his, trial and conviction to show that the book in’ question was not introduced in - evidenee on Most’s trial. Howe objected, saying it had heen introduced and excluded.” Most said Recorder Smythe had bitterly referved to i and had really sent i him’ on Judge Cowing in his charge tgld 11 1 in the bool it. : jury Most was 1ot to be tried for his past life nor for his be- lief, but for his speech in Kraemer's hall. “itree specel,” said e, “does not mean that an individual has a right to slander” his neighbor or to incite to riot, We do not tol- era mse; we encourage freedom. We thr noour gates to all to come in and citizenship, which we na preater privilege than to be a king. We marvel that in this country, where everyone is so free, there could be such men as anarchists, and ask, What more do they wantt Revolutions have come from injustice, but never from Justice.” After going over the testimony carefully he said he failed to find anything in the speech of Most, as he gave it at the trial, that came within the statute, The jury went out at 5:30 and returned at 10 this evening with a verdiet of guilty. Monday was fixed as the day for the mo- tion fora new trinl, Lawyer Howe said the books which Most has tten and which were improperly brought in by Nicoll had caused the verdict., The Court of 1y Errors, Jacob Sharp has The court of ap- been granted a new tr peals has reversed the decision i the Sharp case and ordered a mnew trial. When the news of the Sharp decision reached the county court house it created con- siderable stiv among the lawyers present in the numerous courts. The general opinion secmed to be one of approval. Mrs. Sharp cried with joy when she heard the news, Sha told the good news to her husband. He mane ifested no emotion whatever, and seemed even to take but little interest in the matter, The decision says i During the trial exceptions werc behalf of the de- fendant to several decisions of the trial court in admitting, against his objection, certain items of testimony which, it is conceded, were material, and without which, it is claimed by the appellant, a conviction could not or might not have been obtained. The first day, wmong others, counsel for the proseeution proved that the defendant was examined a8 a witness before @ com- mittec of the seuate of this state ap- pointed to investigate, among other things, the methods of the Broadway railway company in claiming such consent, and also the action in respect thereto of - the board of aldermen of the said city which granted ity or of any member thereof who voted for the same, and that he, upon that occasion, guye testimony which the learned counsel for the prosecution claimed 1o be irrefutable evie dence of his_participation and complicity in the crime. This testimony the prosecutor offered in_evidence. Its ‘udmission on the trial was objected to on the ground that was given under privileged circumstances: the defendant was compelled to attend and to testify, and that the cvidence thus clicited wis not competent upon the trial of a person where the subject under inquiry is that about which he was then interrogated. The court ides that the admission of this testimony was cont 1o section 79 of the penal code and was therefore an error., The admission of the Pottle testimony was also Leld to have been un error. Another error was found in the examings tion of Alderman Miller. The court also holds the committed in admitting the evide teetives regarding the absence fi state of Mauhoney & Co., and their presence in Canada. The admiss provounced un A New ' Bostox, Nov with the secretu an n of Phelps' testimony is alse rror. - egraph Company. A petition has been filed for presentation to the legislature, signed by Snow and others, for the incorpor of thetPostal Automatie telegraph with the ob- ject of building ne across the continent fr 1 Francisco. The company is to be incorporated with & capitul of #1,000,000 and authority 1o icreass the same to 20,000,000 - Losses the Lakes, Miwavkes, Nov, 20.—A special from Cheboygan says the tug Cyguet, which was reported lost in the it gale, arrived in luul this morning, having in tow two sail hoats, ‘I he ouly ones of the Mogquito reported lost now are George C. Nelson uw a man named J was_in o small hot with the 1 Notbing has been heard from m sine —— New York Dry Goods Market. NEw Yoitk, Nov “There was an irregus lar demand for miscellancous assortments tg - meet ¢ t ments, but new busi; it reg | ) sl because of the ' heing p Lalicad. - Pequot wide sheet | ndvaueed o the. basis of 27c for | Dleieliod, Rl fledy -