Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 20, 1889, Page 1

EIGHTEENTH YEA He Thinks the Extradited General Only a Tool. SCORING THE NEW YORK WORLD A French Parliamentary Disazree ment on the Military Service Bili-Jonn Sherman to Be Entertained, The Unwritten Law of Review. LCopyright 1859 by James Gordon Benneit.| Loxnox, May 10.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bee.[—The Herald correspondent interviewed Max O'Rell, ves- terday. In tho course of the conversation be said “1 don't believe in Boulanger. He is merely a tool; his support depends upon the conservatives and communists, two powerful elements which will undoubtedly assert themselves in the fall elections, But what of that? It will not be Boulanger's triumph, but the combined triumph of men who b neve either in the government of a single man, or of a committee of men, And neither of the clements would tolerate the govern ment of Boulan France is approaching one of her historical crises, which occur at intervals, but the new master will rot be Boulanger. The communists may tri- umph for a time, then will follow a Cisar, but he will not be Boulanger, ““Fhe Comte de Paris is the man,even if ho has to wait ten‘or twenty yoars., “Rochefort’s hatred to England is based upon the failure of the English edition of La Lanterne, which was started during his exile after the late war. An English lady of the highest circles said that Boulanger will never move in the best English society, and as an example says that Randolph Churchill was invited to meet Lim at a dinner, but re- fused the invitation, ‘A8 toa Franco-German war, France will not take the initiative. Her millions of pea ants know too well what war means. The real danger hes in the excitable and erratic character of the German emperor, whose violent nature is apt at any moment to make Burope burst into war. France is far stronger and more vrepared than is sup posed; her strength is particolarly in her greav artillery, Certainly no nation has 1®r command of financial resources.” 1o his recent book on America eat dissatisfaction with the conduct of the New York World,in an- ating its publication. cre is something decidedly shady in the so-called journalistic feat of the World which has been taking to itself an immense amount of credit for doing something which a aozen other newspapers might have done, had they been willing to stoop to that sort of thing. It is customery for publishers to furnish the press with advance sheets of forthcoming works, and there is a unwritten law to the cffect that only brief selections from these sheets shall be used. In their published review the World people, however, saw fit to break the law and published every thing thoy could lay hands on. “There may be a question whether this was a very honorable thing. 1have 1o rea- son to complain of the sales of my book, which amount, so far, to 85,000 volumes at £1.50 each. I expect to return to the United States next January, when I shall visit the great west, possibly with a view of writing another book. Tum always treated so kindly in America that it will give me great pleas ure to go back this summer. 1am thinking of traveling with my family on the conti- nent and, of course, [ shall visit the exposi- tion, although I do not enjoy life in Paris at such times. My headquarters will probubly be in Gormany.” A numberof members of parliament will entertain John Sherman on Lis return to London from Paris; Sir Lyon Playfair will preside. A PARLIAMENTARY FIGHT, Disagreement Between the French ators and Deputics, [Copuright 1859 by James Gordon Bennett.) Panis, May 10.—[New York Herald Cable —Speeial to Tue Bee.|—The votes taken in the senate last week on the military law are of consderable importance. The senate again adopted the amendments which were made to the law when it first came up from the chamber of deputies and which the latt vody refused to recept. This disagrecnent between the seoate and the cham- ber relutes to dispensations from the military service. The souate wishes to grant an absolute dispensation of two years to the eldest sons of widows aud other unolagous situations, but the chamber insists that tne granting of this dispensation shall be left to the discretion of the military commssions, On the other hand the chamber hud sup prossed the party dispensations allowed those who were preparing to become teachers or to follow certain other liberal pursuits not including those who were studying for the clerical profession. These dispensations have beea introduced into law by the senate n the face of the strenuous opposition of the minister of the interior ana the president of the council As amended by the senate, the military law runs a strong chance of not being adopted by the chamber. ‘fhie sennte cut out of tho bill the very provisions thut the majority of the chamber had most at neart. This latter body has shown far less concern about the real interests of the army than it has about the political interests involved. The irst aim was to pass a law that seemed 1o smack of democratic equalizing priuciples, and that should apply, with the ut- most severity, the formula that would let priests shoulder knupsacks. It was especially desirous that young mwen, intended for the liberal professions should be forced to interrupt their studies in order to vegetute, during thre ears, in the army barracks, oven though the military in. struction was practically complete at the end of the first year. The senate refused to fall in with these ill-conceived wdeas of equality The unanimous opinion of all competent au- thoritics is that a military service of three years to be imvosed, without distinction or discrimination on all the youths of the country, would inflict a mortal blow to intellectual interests by lowering the standard of French intelli geuce. As for those who desire to follow a clerical carcer it does not seem to be the intention of those who framed the law to wake soldiers of them, They would prob- ably make very poor combatants, but might, perbaps, be of real value in the hospituls; but a three years' apprenticeship is not nec sary in order to become a hospital assistant. It is, therefore, without any plausible mo- tive, but only a spirit of intolerance, that the republicans in the chamber wish to impose three years' service on seminary studenis. T'hese cousideratious huve had some weight with the senate, but will wet fud favor with e cLawber, R. THE CLEARANCE RECORD. The Financial Transactions of the Past Week. BostoN, Mass,, May 10.—|Special Tele gram to Tie Bee.|—The following table, compiled from dispatches to the Post from the managers of the leading clearing-houses of the United States, shows the gross ex changes for the week ended May 18, 1830, with rates per ceat of increase or decrease a8 compared with the amounts for the cor- responding woek in 1885: crites, CLEARINGE, New YVork Boston Philadelpiiia 720,178 Chicago e 5,237.0.0 St. Loty R Pittsbury Baltimore. Clneinnat Donver Cleveland Memplils Columbus Indinnapolis. . Duluth Norfolk irand Raplds ichita 3 pekn Tacoma Total { Outside Now York MONARCHY SULKED. Her Ambassados Ignore the Ban- quet to the French Cabinet, Pawis, May 10.—|Special Cablegram to Tiue Bre.]—The banquet given in honor of the cabinet on Saturday by the delegates of the American republics taking part in the exhibition, seemed to be a demonstration of republics against monarchies. All the European ambassadors were invited to at- tend the banquet, but with the exception of the Belgian minister, who was present, they consulted their governments and were or- dered to ignore the invitation. The Bra-* zilian minister also held aloof. Mr. McLane, who presided at the banquet, was supporte by Mr. Whitclaw Reid, the new United States minister to France. ol WYOMING'S ASPIRATIONS, The Territory Aibitious to Don the Garb of ‘tatehood. Cueyexse, Wyo., May 10.—|Special Tele- gram to Tne Bee. |- The people of Wyoming are at last waking up to the necessity for united exertion in securing statehood. At the last session of congress a bill was unani- mously reportes to the senate by the senate committee on territories, under the pro- visions of which it is proposed to act. As s00n as a geueral demand 1s made, Governor Warren will issue a call for a constitutional convention. The delegates will ve clected at an election to be held on the second Mon- day in July. Under the provisions of the bill the num- ber of delegates is hmited to fifty-five, The apportionment is made on the basis of the vote cast for delegates in congress at the lasy clection, and is made by the governor, chief justice and secretary of the territory. The convention then meets here on the first Monday in September, ana after adopting a constitution, submits the same to the people on tho first’ Tucsday in Novemver, when state ofticers will be' voted for should the constitutional couvention so decide. “Phere was at fiest some opposition to the movement beeause it was feared 1t would increase taxation, but as the subject is being better understood the people are wheeling iuto line and aagerly demanding that imme- diate steps bo taken. The uncertainty of congressional action i$ recognized, and as congress is now favorably disposed, it is thought best to strike while the iron is hot. Everybody realizes that statehood will as sist._matcrially in development; that the credit of a permanent form of rovernment is better established than a provisional form y can be bad and foreign adily invested. ~ As 1t now stands, the territory itself can own compara- tively littie property. Its public institutions must be maintained ther by direct taxa- tion or by bonded indebtedness. Under the act of congress the latter canuot_exceed 4 per cent of the territory’s assessuble valua- tion. Each territory admitted to_statehood receives from the government a_bequest of public lands to maintain _state institutions, and the sennte bill is fairly liberal to Wy- oming 1n this respect. ‘The business of the territory is expected to receive a groat impetus through the state- hood movement. The Development of Wyoming. QLakayir, Wyo, May 10.—[Correspond- ence of Tue Bee,|—The recent snow fall lere has been of great benefit to stockmen, as the ground was becoming very dry and tlie prospects for a good grass crop were poor. This country has undergone a very wmaterial change in the lust few year: ot long ago it was generally understood that, the country west of the Missouri river was a great big desert. That such impressions were wide of the truth, 18 attested by the fact that at intervals towns and cities which would well grace older states, Per- haps amoug those towns along the line of Union Pacitic railway, 1 City s most beautiful and ' thr Laramie will furnish more glass during the next ten ars than any other city in America. There no glass works in the United States that are situated in the mudst of all glass-making muterial as those of Laramie are. What is badly needed to bring about this result is capital—tho brains are here and the will The cattle industry is getting on @ sounder basis, now that the cattle are owned by more persons, and, cousequentiy, fewer to the per- son, ‘The country 15 fast settling up with a good class of citizons, who are establishing permanent bomes. These small ranchmen own from ten to 200 head of cattle each, and with the care usually bestowed, are acquir ing a competance for rainy days. The large herds are gradually, but surely, being erowded out, to the bénefit of the colntry. Of very recent years the fact hus been demonstrated that with a reasonable amount of care and dilligence, good crops of the more hardy varieties' of vegetubles and cereals can be raised with profit in this part, while farther north all fruits and vegetables ruised in the middle states ure successfully grown. A corresponaent at Douglas, Wyo., writes that puwmpkins as large us the fore wheel of 4 wagon are of rather common oc- curence, while even er ones sull are often seen growing. The day is fast coming when a considerable farming will be done 1n this altitude, (about seven thousand feet above sea leve Brewer Voiit's Denial i1 Copyright 1859 by James Gordon Bennett.} Loxpoy, May 19.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tur Bee.|—Voigt, the Detroit brewer, now iu London, says there is no truth io the story that the Voigt Lrewery hus entered any pool. T Weather Indications. cbraska, Iown and Dakota: Light local | showers, nortbherly winds becoming variable, slight chunges in temperature except it Ne braska sud Dakots, sliglitly warmer. GEN. DRUM'S RETIREM: It Will Take Place Some Time This APPLICANTS Narrowed Down Adjutant Generals Kel- ton and Whipple—Mrs, Hare The Contest WasiiNoros Hurzau, Tir OMams Ber, 513 FOURTEENTI STRERT WASHINGTON, adajutant-general The competition General Drum, army, retires this week. for his place has been very lively winter, and the have been pressing the cf ites with great vigor. narrowed dowu to S Kelton and W, D. common consent it was supposed that the office would naturally go to General Keiton, ast few days the chances of General Whipple's securing the place have been very much improv of any nature wh 10 bear upon Pre: aims of their favor- The contest has istant Adjutant-Gen- but within the All the influence r that can be brought dent Harrison and Secre- tary Proctor will be utilized during the next MARRISON'S MATL. Mrs. Harrison's mail contains every day appeals from office seekers to use her influ- in favor of the writers, Some of the correspondents request Mrs. Harrison to remind the president that their applications remain unanswered. They have heard nothing about them and fear the president has inadvertently neg! They beg Mrs. Har her husband ison to look the letters or petitions upon them. around the oftice foy and put them where Gene be sure to sce them. from women. that she was Some of the letters are recently wrote with three “girl Her husband was killed in the war, fighting on the southern side, was an unconscious pathos i the details of a poor widow's struggles to oring up, “in the fear of the Lord,” three girl children, paying only »a God-send to me.” One man wrote recently eight big letter pages to Mrs, that “‘three previous epistle: lengzth addressed to your respected husband, had failed to meet One of them She wanted a postofiice 300 a year, and yet of the same canism, and the most pronounced prohibition sentiments, and ended up with a request for of some kind that would make life a little easier for a man with only one leg. DELAY IN PILLING OFFICES, To a gentleman who called upon him in office yesterday, President Harrison explained in a measure the reason filling the offices against which 80 many of the officescckers substance of General for the dela; Harrison’s re- “It frequently happens that a man is pr sented as o fitting candidate for an oftic and it is decided that he shall have the place Then men learning of the probabilities will vigorou the selection. In many instances these men who are protesting are entitled to considera- tion. and their protests are given the weight which they scem to be entitled. tening the appointment there- fore, I am compelied to look into_the objec- tions made and thus cause delay.” The president is def sible, to pre ermined, as far as pos- ent the appointment of whose character is not absolutely He is perhaps over-cautious in this regard, but owing to the many bad appoint- ments which through the carclessness of indorse aent Harrison's polic; Men who come here with strong 1ndorsements and who expect immediate at- to their claims grined on account of the delay in respective cases, anation, while perhaps not “absolutely satisfactory to the applicants, will certainly prove eminently so to the people whom these ire to serve in ofticial capacity. A CIVIL SERVICE QUESTION. There is a probability that the civil service weck, consider the question of whether or not _the civil service 1l bo extended to the clorical force Attorney-General decided that under the law the has the right to make appointments in this bureau without requesting a certified listof eligible: commission, but ther part of the civil servic that this bureau shall be placed on & par with the other departments, are naturally the president’s applicants de: commission is a disposition on the 2formers to demand It is argued on the ¢ are hundreds of excel- ient clerks who have had experience in com- piling the roturns from previous censuses, who would be invaluable at the present time i chances for securing places through the civil service commission would slim because of the gréat Jung men anxious to get into the ce who are fresher from collego aud more able to answer the questions pro- and that th be excecdingly The delay in the appeintment of a new. burcau of engraving and print- ing is likely to prove-troublesome to the new Ou the 21st or 22d inst, will be opened and awards made for supply- 2 with the pape ing the legal tender, and unless v action is taken the democrats now opportunity to_ reward party d designated by the s vision of this administration, g the bur used 10 print- will have an of the treasury has nished the pi to have given satisfaction, AN ACCIDENT happened to the vault iu which the plates are r night on last I 1delay but necessitated struction of a iocks are on the door, and etary of the treasury, ncy and tte chiof of for some time, and is said comptroller of tie au each hav hsolute control of one lock, and e afternoon when all plutes uro car into the vault the locks are operated and the great door is closed, not to be_opened again till early the next uiorning. On the morning treasury arrived at their posts of dut discovered that one of the lucks had be 10 open in thirty-six instead of twelve hours. A side of the safe was toru out and the plate reached six hours after the proper time, A MEREDITI'S PROSPECTS, dith remains the the whice house, at least among the force of | gentleman, pronounced sounds very Captiin Mer favorite at muusion the with a friend, ks hagh in the councils of tne ruler of our nation, who would bureiu of engraviug and printio, *What is the one of the cle be givea the continued, “that sounds a at deal like it." in the army has | cntion for the ymaster-General who, with other officers of the corps, g severs! plans whereby 1018 may be pr Jrms presente having oue pay oflice whoui officers of the aimy w uccouuts, and under no lowed to pres clse unless transferred received considerab! two wonths f duplication of these One of the bust 1 to anyone Under the old sys- unfrequentl; e, 10 have their accounts paid more than and no fault attached to the oftic ved at remote frontier MAHA. MONDAY MORNING, the visits of the paymastes were iike ang other visits, and money very scarco, the officers, who were obliged fo keep their own accounts, frequently got vhem mixed. It is to prevent this state of affairs that some new reform in this direction will shortly be in- augurated, Pruxy S. Hearo, Death of Colonel Robert W. Boyd. Manquerte, Neb,, May 10.—[Correspond- ence of Tir Ber. (~Last Monday morning occurred the sudden death of Colonel Robert W. Boyd, or, ashe was familiarly known, “Grandpap” Boyd. Colonel Boyd was born on the 25th day of July, 1817, at a place called Strawberry Plains, Carter county, Tenn, At the age of thirty-ive he embraced re- ligion and became_a_member of the M. B. church, soon after being ordained as a min ister of that church, and for thir teen years he fiiled hisregular appointments, But ‘about this time he took a chango of henart and was immersed into the Bapuist de- nomination, received an appointment as a preacher, and continned to expound the doctrines of that church until his voice failed him. He moved to near Central City in 1872, This is the placo where tho Boyd warchouse was located, which we hear so many soldiers talk about who were in the neighborbood of ~Chattanooga during the war, When Colonel Boyd moved on the plantation he built a church for the public use, and his charitable disposition was al- ways recognized. He always treated his sluves in a humane manner. and was never known o have any trouvle with them. He never would have any overseer or driver on his place and when the war opened he told them all that they were free, but they would not leave him, and a number of them followed him to Nebraska when he came here. In 1860 he was appointed a colonel of a reg- iment, but on account of his family he re- signed ind took charge of the supply depart- ment of the Union army and located near his home. When Burnside was about to lose his grip on Chattanooga he personally got a couple of dispatch bearers through the rebel lines to him, The dispatches were imvort- ant, and had it not been for Colonel Boyd the bearers would never have reached Burnside, aud the aspect of that battle would have been changed. For fourteen years he lived near Central City on a farm and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. September 21, 1886, he moved to Marquette and with his ' son engaged in the mercantile business, Although a wealthy man before the war, and losing everything almost as a result of it, he never grumbled, and always remained loyal and true to the union, and since the war to the republican party. He leaves an aged wife and nine chilaren. The funeral services were held in the Christian church, Tuesday, conducted by Rev. Knapp, of Au rora, and his remains laid to rest in the cem- etery connected with the United Brethren church, according to the rites of the 1. O. O. ¥, of Central City, of which lodge he was a charter member, SRS Wahoo Indignation Mecting. Wanoo, Neb., May 19.—[Special to T Bee.|—Last night, an “indignation” meet- ing was held to protest against the action of the city council in passing the waterworks ordinance, a few nightsago. The meeting was presided over by Mayor Dickinson. The Protest was to the effect that the city council had not aealt fairly with the waterworks company, and had not grauted as liberal a franchise as the company wanted. The or- dinance in question was passed over the mayor’s veto by a vote of 4 to 2, and ono of the minority asked to have his yote changed to the side of the majority, making the vote really stund 5to 1. The muyor introduced a set of resolutions in which the council was denounced for its action, and called ubon to settle with the waterworks company on the company’s terms or resign. A motion to adopt the resolution had scven votes for it and none against, aud was declared unani- mously carried, after which the mecting ad- journed, A Sample Ncbraska Town. Serague, Neb., May 19.—[Special to TrE Bege.]—This town is located in the southern part of Lancaster county on the Crete branch of the Missouri Pacific railroad. Although not one yenr old it 1s one of the liviiest towns between Urete and Talmage. There are aiready three general stores, one hardware store, one drug store, two lumber yards and two grain clev and a bank with a capital of 820,000 will be started in a few days. At an auction sale of lots here a weelk ago over $2,600 worth of property was sold. A good hotel building has been put up, but is yet waiting for a landlord. A ician could step into a good practice by here. Crystal lake, about one mile in_circumference, is but a few rods from the town, and affords amusement in boating, fishing and swimming. The Orete Wa Works. CreTe, Neb, May 19.—[Special to Tne B The Crete Improvement company nas taken the contract from the city to build 2 $00,000 system of water works, and has engaged Mr. Kent, of Woodsocket, R. I, to do the work, which is to be finishel by the 1st day of September, Mr. Kent is now n the east buying machinery, piping and other material. A storage reservoir will be built on Cottage Hili 173 feet 4 ches above the level of Main street, which will furnish pressure enough to throw water over building in the city. Dr. Kelley's Oase Transferred. ManisoN, Neb,, May 19.—([Special to Tur Bee.]—Upon a showing made by the counsel for the defense, in the case of the state vs Dr. E. A. Kelley and Dr. D. W. Hasson, a motion asking for & change of venue was granted by Judge Powers. The case properly belongs in one of the adjoining counties, when taken from here, and there was no objection by the state to such a change. The court sentit o Wayne county, regardless of the state’s objections and without any showing. Much dissatisfaction i expressca her it will incur additional expense upon the tax- payers of this county. Crops in Cuming County, Beewex, Neb, May 10.—[Special to Tue B, |— The raing of the last few days have made small grain boom. Corn, so far, is doing well, The early plantiug is looking exceptionally fine, From the present out- look, there will be aw abundance of fruit this year, as all the orcharas in this vicinity look very' promisig. A -large amount of new Jand is being broken 10 this locality. Ono man alone is having over one thousand acres of breaking done. ———— A Catlery Com any Coming. Cuete, Neb, May 19.—[Special to Tue Bee. |—About three weeks ago the Cox | Gannett Table Catlery eampany, of Boston, wade a proposition to remove their works to city if the citizens of Crete would sub scribe stock to the amount of §25,000. Within thrce days thoe necessary amount was signed rly 140 citizens, and the removal of mpany from Hoston is an assured ‘the Boss Amateur Ball Playe - GREELEY CENTER, Neb., May 19.—|Special Telegram to Tie B The Burlington & Missouri team played the Braytous here, to day, and defeated them with a score 22 to 6, Tho Burlington & Missouri boys claim that their catcher, Elmer Smith, is the best wmateur in the state, thouzh Wellum, of Ouio. pitches a good ball. The Buriiagton Missouris challeage any sibateur Lam i the state to play on umy grounds, Creighton 18, Nivb 16 CREIGUTON, Neb,, May 19.— [Svecial Tele gram to Tue Bee |—Croighton defeated Niobrara in a hotly coutested game here, to day, by @ score of 15 to 6. Buttgries, Bruce and Lucas, Towle aod Swit Uwpire, J'u\]u-; Cooley, of Nigbrara. The feature of tharama was Ong's b ABOUT TUE TWO DAKOTAS. The Men and Issues in the Last and Next Hlections. BOTH STATES ARE REPUBLICAN Forecasts of the Filling of Political Positions—A Mix-Up in the Black Hills District—The Vwine Trust and Orops. Politics in the Black Hills, Leap Ciry, May 18.—[Spocial to Tue Ber. |—The late election passed off very quietly in the Hills; but, nevertheless, a con- siderable vote was cast. Voting was quite spirited in the First and Third districts, whera there wero two candidatos entered in the fleld by each political party. Quite a sur prise was caused in the First district by the defeat of S. M. Booth, a very popular demo. crat. The successful candidate of the minority party in that district was Chauncey L. Wood, a lawyer of Rapid City. In the Third district, generally considered repub lican before election, the democrats suc ceeded in electing two delegates and in de feating J. L. Dennissy, one of the most prominent republicans of the district. The delogates elected arc John Scollard and Thomas Thompson. In tho Second district the contest was greatly simplified by the fact that there were ouly three canduiates in the fleld, all of whom it was necessary to eicct. This state of affairs did notexist until within a few days of the election. Two democratic candidates were in the fleld up to that time, and it was believed by the most active members of that party that both would be elected. The democrats based their hopes of success on the favorable attitude of the labor organizations toward the party’s candidates. But the hopes of tho democracy were blasted the day beforo the election took place by the re: jon of A. J. Corum, the candidate so popular in the labor circles. The cause of his withdrawal from the field was presumbly the determina- tion of his collegue, Judge C. M. Thomas, not to run. The latter's friends, among whom are a large number of the leaders of the party, were determined to secure his election if possible, and upon their request Mr. Corum graciously resigned. Thus the number of candidat¥ i the field was the same as the delegates to be clected. Consid- ering this unusual condition of affairs, the vote was much larger than was expected. Carson, O'Brien and Thomas (democrat) are, of course, elected, while the majority for the Sioux Falls constitutiou is about 2,000 in this country and about 2,500 in the entire Hills, These Times in South Dakota. Hunros, S.D., May 19.—|Special to Tue Bee.|—There now. Wo are a state—all but. There was no enemy to fight at Tues- day’s election. Really, there was nothing atstake. No issue was up for decision. Svery orgauization in the state, including the whisky doalers, indorsed the constitu- tion, and this document was approved by vote ot about 15 to 1. There was no special contest for delegates, excepting in three dis- tricts. In two of these the republicans shrewdly divided the voting precincts so that all three of their nominces would get enough votes to defeat the democratic candi- dates, and the scheme worked successfull In a third—the Sioux Falls—district two di gruntled- democrats put up a midnight schewme to defeat the two republican nomi- nees. This game defeated one republican and the regular democratic nominee. The bolters meant to down E. W. Caldwell, who was running; but they didn’t do 1t, much to their great disgust. The convention will stand, republicans, 513 democrats, 24. Hardly half of a full vote was polled. Tt will not exceed 40,000, But this is attributa- ble to the lack of opposition and to the fact that a very heavy rain fell during a large portion of the day. When it comes to the vote of October 1, where mwinority repr sentation, prohibition, capital location, mem- bers of congress, u full state ticket, includ- ing_ o legislature, which will eléct two United States senators, are to be passed upon, South Dakota will poll a round 100,000 votes. We won't be two-thirds of a citizen at that time, as we were Tuesday; but each man can vote for all there is up, without leaving a part of the ticket for some other fellow to vote for—as we did May 14, by B. Springer’s cunning. You in the United States call this an ‘“‘off” year for elections. In this state it will be the ‘“onnest” year for elections South Da- kota ever had. All the crops are coming along very finely, Eastern Dakota kas had another scries of heavy rains this weck, besides three days of sunshine, This makes all satisfactory with the graogers, and their hopes are rising for large rewards for their labor. For the wheat crop, the weataer of the past four weeks has been perfec peaking of tue grangers, they have an offer of all the binding twine’ they want at 5 cents o pound lower than the “‘trust” was willing to sell for. The ulliances are sum moned by the president to hold secret meet- ings next Wednesday and vote on a twine proposition that will then be laid before them. And this will take some more rocks out of the way of our grauger brethren, By the law authorizing the erection of a soldiers’ home at Hot Springs, the appoint- ment of its five building commissioners wus not to be made until this month. ~ Governor Mellette has just named three of the num ber—T. A. Bones, of Webster; J. J. Kleiner, of Pierre, and S. 'F. Hammond, of Ashton. ‘I'ne first is an attorney, the sccond an ex- congressman from Indiana, and a democrat, and the latter past department commander of the G. A. R. both in Wisconsin and in Dako [tis their duty to proceed at once with the preliminary arrangements for con- structing the home, aud they are men who will do their duty. ‘Those pilgrims of the Oklahoma overflow, who are watchine and waiting over the bor der of the Sioux reservation for a chance Lo “'go in,” will act very wisely il they stay out. For the inhabitants are Indians und they are very jealous of their prescnce. Only two weeks ago o surveying party crossed th reservation from Fox Ridge, under the escort of government Lroops, and atone point it kept the troovs very aclive to save the skins and scalps of the meters and bounders, In- The white can truthfully repiy, other.” The famous Ordway Johnson was a candi date for the coustitutional convention in Brown county, and ren well; but the country preciucts defeated hin. It was he who led Springer to believe that all of Dakota was in fuvor of one state: he was also the originator of the Aberdeen one-state convention of a year ago—the sume that delayed division for twelve months, 5o thetwo-staters rejoiceat Ordway's defeat. Now that the election is over, the politi wood" for the ne: not averse to going 1o congress, a ouly two can be chosen, The republican ticket for state offices will be largely com posed of those who were elected in 155, when we adopted the Sioux stitution, thusi Governor, A. lette; litutenant governor, A secretary of state, (L. 8. Murphy; Frank Alexunder; treasurer, 1, W Judges, A. G. iKcliain, 1, Corson, John Benuet At least five of the above ill be uominated this summer snd elected October 1y \ere i8 1o change apparent in the pub- lic opinion for United States senators. The chioice of to-day wauld be for Messrs. Petti grew and Moody, the two foremost men the state. Of course the eloction is ¢ months distant, und no political hoross can be made of what the lemslature then do. But it will t more than a Charles Mix voleano to sidetiack the above nawed from the place they now hold iu pub- lic conhidence aud choic The location of the capital is not th important matter 0 be settled at the ber of the aspirants—Huron, Redfield, Wat ertown, Chamborlain, Sioux Falls, Mitchell aud Pierre. Each has a literary bureau and a map bureay, the latter boing their draw ing card, for their maps show each of them to be a trifle nearer the hubof the univorse than Boston, and their surroundings indicate that they are in a veritable Garden of Eden, and they each avow that if itis rejected by the voters, the state will go to the everlast ingly bow-wows. e i TIOWA NEWS, Seventy Miles in Two Hour« 8 Des Moixes, Tn, May 10.—|Sp to Tue B3 Superintendent Given, of the Rock Island road, at whis place, is making some interesting oxporiments with earrier pigeo with a vie to using them as sup- plemental to the telograph service. One day last week he shipped by oxpress thirty-four carrier pigoons to Brooklyn station, seventy miles cast of here, on the Rock Island. After being kept awhile, the birds were freed from their box at 7 o’clock in the morning. They atonce roso over the town and for about seven minutes seemed disposed to explore Brooklyn and get their bearings porfectly. Then they shot away west and took a bee lino for Des Moines, reaching the superin- tendent’s barn alittle before § o'clock, having made the seventy miles in less than two hours. Al of the birds arrived home in good cendition save threo that had dropped by the waysid Superintendent Given is expert menting with the pigeons with 4 view to es tablishing a service all along the line of the road. It frequently happens that during great wind storms the wires, if not down, are uscless, aud the railroad is sadly embarrassed for wait of communication. 1f he can or- ganize o ca service at each station, ho thinks he w able to_ face any interrup- tion of telographic service with composuve. The birds that made the trip from Brooklyn were young ones, with little experience in tho business, having made no long trips be- fore. Their return from a seventy mile sta tion in_less than two hours is considered quite remarkable under the circumstances, and will encou @ Mr. Given to continue his trainiog. dians, Des Moixes, la, M 10.—[Special to Tne Ber]—While so much is being said about the Cherokee Strip the Sioux reservation, and other lands, there are a good many inquiries of the governor as to the fow Indians yet in Iow. and the lands they hold. The Indian ques tion, 80 far as he is concerned, seems to have taken a fresh boom. The only Indians in Towa ave located near Tama City, m Tama county. They are a remnant of the old Sncs and Foxes, who formerly ocouvied a large part of this state. At present their lands embrace a very small tract —only about 1,300 acres. In 1837, and the years mmmediately following, the Indians in Towa made a treaty with the rovernment and sold their lands, and very generally moved to Kansas and Ne braska.” But shortly beforo the war, some of them began to pine for the old_home wanted to get back to lowa. So they bou the Jand now occupied by them county, and a few hundred ot them back. " The titles to their lands are made out in the name of the governor, who thus acts s a kind of perpetual guardian of their in terests. Lhey have been doing a little farm- ing in a very primitive way, but they don’t take kindly to the euncroachments of civiliza- tion. They eare but little for the schools which are provided for them, and us a whole are shiftless and improvident. The whole number of Indians in Tama county is now about 860, and the tribe is slowly passing away. ‘The government gives them an annlity of about $:2,000, and they usually ale @ visit to the governor once a year to ask him to have the amount increased. The more annuity they can get, the less they will work. The little band of lowa Indians are not very suggestive of the noble red man of histor Towa Re:corders Organizing. Des Moixes, In, May 19.—[Special to Tne Bre.|—And now it is the county recorde: Who want a state organization to improve their prospects. An cffort is being made to worlk up a state convention of recorders and thus keep up with the sheriffs avd county auditors, who have state organiza- tions and annual mectings. Aside from the social benefits which would result from such an organization, the recorders have several different ends which they hope to reacii in this way. They thnk that ofi bonds should be recorded by the recorder instead of by the auditor, as at present. They think that fees should be paid for several ittle services that they now perform gratuitously, and that the fee laws should be revised and made more exvlicit, so that they ean be more certain of their compensation. Then thoy want the recorder to have a seal and some of the authority that notaries public have. There are a number of these reforms und improvements, so far us they are concerncd, t they think could be sceurcd by united ion. ‘Ihe recorder of Chickasaw county leading off in the work, and 18 stirring up the other recorders to join in o s vention, and then muke a” state organization. Not a Gala Dav. Des Moixes, la., M special to Tie Bee.)--Commander Smith, of the Grand Army department of lowa, is endeavoring to have Memorial day this year, kept as sacredly as possible. He discourages the practice of making it a gala day, or general holiday, for amuscment purposes, and thinks that the idea of reverent honor for the dead, should be with all its solemuity, the uppermost idea on that day. In his general order on this subject to the Grand Army posts of this state, he notes the disposition that has prevailed heretofore to regard Memorial day us a gala day, with g and other auusements und schiemes for money making, He believes that this 1s the result of thougli- lossness, rather than an_ intentional negl of what 1s rightfully due to the occasion. So he requests Lhe posts to tuke the lead in ar- ranging for public excreises and to invite all citizens 1o suspend business from 10 a 5p. m, and join in paying rever tribute to tho dead. - Allison’s Rumored Des Moixes, la., May 19.—[Special to Tiw Bee.|—A good deal of interest is being taken by Senator Allison’s lowa constitucuts in the report from Washington that he is to be married to a young lady of that city. Tho senator lost his wife, a very charming woman, siX years ago this summer, just us he was going intothe campaign for tion to the scnate. That afiliction took him out of the campaign, and it was f a- 1 Harrison, then s brother senator, to lowa to help Allison, in his time of distress. That act of kindness did ich to strengthen the fricndship between the two men, and to make lowa so fricndly to Harrison that it we 10 him in the con- vention lust June, after 1t saw no chance for Allison. Inquiry at Dubuque, amoug Seni tor Alliscn's friends, fin uo confirmation of the rumor, though it muy be true, never: theloss. Henat is0n tias been frequently mentioned of iate in connection with v proposed alliances. season of Conventions, Doe Morxes, la., May 19.—[Special to Tug Bee I'he state convention season is in full blust, ana the medical conventions, ana dentists' convention, and several church conventions will shortly be followed by the drugeists’ con iton Tne tenth annual meeting of the lowa State Pharmaceutical assogiation will b Gand % It is expected that a good business of interest to druggists will be before the convention. Tae question of druguist's permits o sell liquor will be oue of the main topics, 0s wiuch dissutisfaction over the present law prevails among the aruggists of the state. A reduced rate of one and one-thicd fare for the round trip Las been secured on all the leading roads of the NUMBER 339 3 RIDDLED HIM WITH BULLETS Negro Neely Murdered By the For ) est Olty Mob. AN APPEAL FOR THE MILITIA, Citizens Fearful of a Race War, and the Excitement Intonse—Gov= ernor Eagle On the Ground, Sequel to an Bicotion, Lrrrie Rock, Ark., May 10.—Advices from Forest City stato that Neely, the negro whose quarrel resulted in yestorday's riot in which three men were killed, was killod by amob early this morning. Neely aud his father and brother took retuge in the Advo- cate building. Eforts wero made to get at Nim, but they proved unsuccessful, as the negroes were well barricaded, ‘This morning the acting sheriff persuaded old man Neoly and his other son to come out, promising them safe conduct to the jaii and a fair trial, Neely did not_appear. The sherift'sposse was not more than one hundred yards distant with the two prisoners when n number of other members of the posse raided th Advocate building. Neoly was discovere secreted under the floor, and was ridaled with bullets. This last ' killing created s great deal of excitement, and the people wore afraid of a raid on tho town by the ne- Tho acting sheriff wired Governor ile, and asked that the militia be ordered there. Governor Eagle thought e could be better able to judge of what was nocded by being on the ground, so he took the first train to Forest City, and is now there and will remain there until quiet is restored. The cause of all the trouble was the deter- mined attemnt of the nogroes to olect two of their race to momberships hool board in place of two white The white people cluimed the dy had suficient ropresentation, and charged that they were trying to obtain control of the board in order to manage the school to suit thomsclves. Neely was @ prominent repubiican. Ho was a member of the state central committee and of the execus tive committee, and had sccured the recomy mendation of that body for an_appoiutment of the tand office here. It hug carned that the bullet which killed Sheriff Wilson was not fired by Necly, a8 first supposed, but was one of the shots fired wildly by Marshal Folbre, as he was _falling after being fatully wounded by Tom Parhaum. ACCIDENTS TO SHIPPL Several Steamers Collide—Two Pilot Boats Cut Down, New Youk, May 19.—A number of acci dents to shipping, caused by the thick fog yesterday, were reported to-day. Two pilots were lost by the cutting down of pilot boat No. 5, Charlotte Webb, by the French steamer La Normandie, bound out. There wore cleven pilots on the boat. The men saved were put on board tl ruria and landed ut Staten Islund, this morning. rhe men lost were the boat-keeper and the oldest pilot on board. Last night, during the fog, the steamer City of Atlunta, from Havana, ran into the schooner Mary Davis, anchored oft the nar- rows, outward bound. She struck the chooner on_her starboard bow and cut clear through to her foremast. At 6 o'clock, last nighy, the steamer Cowal, bouud out, was run Into by the steamer Guyandotte, who cut about fifteen feet into the starboard quarter of the Cowal. The Guyandotte's bow was cut seven or eight feot in width, to within a foot of the water's edge, The Cowal's steering gear was destroyed by the collision. Both steamers put back for re- pairs, this morning. a2 = A NEW 00 N RACER, The Augusta Victoria Makes the Fastest First Trip. NEW Yourk, May 19.—The new twin screw steamer of the Humburg packet line, Augusta Victoria, has just completed the fastest first trip ever made across the Atlantic by any steamer, The new racer made the voyage from Hamburg to New Yorlk, a distance of 5,045 miles, in cight days and one hour, equal to a run of six do nd two hours fron net Lizht to New York, taking off the four hours which the steamer was de- layed on the 17th and 15th because of heated journals; and the actual time between Fast- net Light and Savdy Hook lishtship would b five days, twenty-two hours and thirty minutes, or better than the ireatest voyage of the new ocean greyhound City of Paris, A DESTRUOTIVE STORM. Heavy Rain and Hail Doing Damage to the Crops Tirrix, 0., May 19.—A disastrous storm passed over the southwestern part of the county last night. At Berwick many houses and barns were unroofed and many miles of fence blown down. Near Bascomb a large number of buildings we damaged. The rain fell in torrents, accompanied by hail, and the crops were injured considerably. O Ciry, P May 19.—~A heavy rain storm, accompanied by thunder and light~ ning, pusscd over this place this afternoon, I'he oil woll on the Hancock farm, near Nor- v, with a tank full of oil, ignited and was totally destroyed. At Rouseville the Metho- dist church was struck by lizhtuing aad burned to the ground. SERIOUS SMASHUP, Tra scoped— © a. BriueviiLe, Oot., May 19.—-A passenger train on the Modoc vranch of the Grand Prunks railway was run into, yesterday aftor- noon, just after jeaving Corbyville, by a tim ber train going at hieh speed. The rear coach was welescoped, and of fifty-three pas- sengers in it twenty-one were injured, Of these, perhiaps three will die. ‘I'welve othiers A0 bones broken and the rewainder were sverely cut and bruised Steamsnip Arrivals. At Havre—~La Gascoicue, from New York. At New York—"The Etruria, from Liver- ool the Richmond Hill, from London: La Champagne, from Havre; the Chester, from Rotterdam; the Aug oria, from Hawb the Marsala, Amburg ; the Suevia, from Hamburg: the Canada, from Loudon; the City of Chicago, from Liver- ol &1 iucoming stoamers report dense fogs outsid : o~ = The Clan-na-Gael and Cronin, New Yok, May 19.—~The national execu- tive council of the Clan-na-Gael, which has been 1n session for sevecal days, adopted a resolution in which it sinceroly trusts that the reported curder of Dr, Croniu may turn out to be unfounded, but if, unfor it proves to be true, urues the doail int gwar to bring the 10 Ju S thquake Shock. SaN Fuaxcisco, May cgraph re- ports from Middle California report am curth > about 8:15 this morning, At 801 especially in the San Joaquin valley, shocks wero quite severe, In @ few Cises the Lops of chimneys were thrown down. ‘The shock was suiciently heavy in this city o awnken nearly ull sluuiberers, - The Maybrich Poisoning Cas LavesrooL, May 1 v, Maybrich, who was arrested yesterdsy on the charge of poisoning her husband, has been lodged in ail. Arsenic has been od in the beef which she prepared for her husband, sud