Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 5, 1890, Page 4

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SENATOR BLAIR will havdly be able to untie his boom from the tangled New Hampshire situation. message 16 president’s ause the democrats, but it mugwumps blue with rage. THERE is a fortune waiting for the manager who will induce Mrs. O'Shea to star in the role of Cleopatra. did not made the Now we shall sce in_ all its nakedness spivacy” against the tical welfare of Dictator Burrows. has covered N aska and the Dakotas with muskets it will bo a favorable oppor tunity to clean out the coyotes, THERE is some method in the Messiah madness after all, The ghost dances enable the redskins to fit their stomachs to their ration BLAINE and Lincoln is a ticket sug- gested by Tllinois politicians, It is pro- mature by at least eighteen months, but it hath a pleasant jingle. It w. d AS o master stroke of foresight, the clipping of the friendly Indians’ hair. Long flowing locks are decidedly {nconvenient in'a scalping match, —_— -GOVERNOR GLICK of Kansas is nuthority for the statoment that Senator Ingalls is worth $4,000,000. . Nothing further is wanted to insuve his re-elec- tion. DEMOCRATIC aspirants for the presi- dency of the council will consult their interests by consulting the sanitary com- missioner. The remnant of Ohe combine is at the disposal of Mr. Mo WHEN a genuine snow blockade is ndded to daily wrecks and overworked employes the condition of traffic on west- ern railroads will be deplorable indecd. ‘What, then, will Nebraska cities do for coal? THE new bridge company has filed ar- ticles of incorporation in two stites, and will presently move on cong for a charter, Meanwhile the Nebraska Cen- tral schemo appears “lost to sight, to memory dear,” THE Irish enyoys pause in the middle of their American tour to turn sad faces baclk to Ireland, where they now return, But whether to assume the leadership of their party, or to stand back in the shadow of Parnell’s disapproval, they know not. THE popular democratic notion, that the Alliance movement has arisen largely out of the opposition to section- alism, is entirely erroneous. It restson deeper grounds, for which certain ele- ments that flourish equally in the demo- cratic and republican parties are respon- siblo. A vast amount of philosophical Ignorance has been aired about the Al- liance. —— SENATOR MANDERSON does not elaim to be much of an Indian fighter, but his puggestion that the redskin be deprived of his flect pony and furnished with oxen Instead hus coosiderable merit. The genator’s idea is that this change of beasts will gradually turn the warrior into a farmer, and the sword into a pruning heok, Considering the general worthlessness of senatorial philosophy on Indian eivilization, the suggestion of the Nebrasks senator is really quite luwinous. LOOKING FOR CAUS It is well that the congress of the United States has given prompt atten- tion to the Indian troubles with adis- position to Inquire into their causes. The discussion in the senate on Wednes- day ought to have great results, Onthe authority of General Miles, one senator ascribed the demonstrations of the In- dians wholly te starvation, and declared it wasa crime on the part of the gov- | ernment to stand by and do nothing but | furnish arms to the whites. Another senator, the chairman of the committee on Indian affairs, expressed a doubt that shortness of food was the origin of the trouble, or that a good supply of food would be a cure for it He inti- mated that a constant change in the policy of the Indian service was in some measure responsible for the revolt, The rations reyuired by treaties had been cut down year by year, by way of starving the Indians into self-support. This senator admitted that the I[ndians had just eause of complaint because of the non-fulfilment of agreements made with them by the government. A third senator stated from personal obs tion that the Indians generally ave well fed, and he thought the trouble with them is that being fed and clothed and allowed to live on the bounty of the gov- ernment makes them mischiovous. The weight of these senatorial opinions is that the government has not been doing its full duty by its wards; it has not kept its obligations with them. The 1nspector general of the divi- sion of the Missouri, who was sent to the scene of the disturbance to investigate the matter of food supply, has returned, and his testimony must he regarded as entitied to full confidenc: He says the principal cause of trouble is the lack of rations, principally of meat. The supply of meat issued for the Pine Ridge reser- vation has been reduced within a year 1,000,000 pounds, and this is not all, The cattle driven out to the Indians do not weigh more than two-thirds what they are represented to, but the Indians lose the difference. Is it at all surprising that they are dissatisfied with this? The inspector general does not ex- peet o winter campaign, but he says that so long as tho Indians aro not properly fed there will be the probability of trouble. His testi- mony sustains the opinion of General Brooke, expressed within two or three dnys after his arvival at the scene of the demonstration, and leaves little doubt that hunger was the chief in- centive to the rebellious spirit mani- fested by the Indians. The interior department has gone to the extent of its authority in an effort to remove this cause of complaint, and very likely good effects will follow. It may be necessary to do more in the same divection, for which congress must make provision. Senator Dawes may be right in the view that an additional supply of food would not be a eure for the trouble, but the wisdom of trying the expedient will hardly be questioned. ARGUMENTS FOR STEAMSHIPS. The president, the secretary of the treasury, and the postmaster general have all submitted to congress argu- ments in favor of developing steamship lines. Bills for this purpose, providing subsidies, have passed the senate and are now in the house. It is understood that the friends of these measures out- side of congress are thoroughly ovgan- ized to bring to bear all the pressure possible for their passage through the house, and if th are passed it is not doubted they would reccive the ap- proval of the president. When the strength of the influence in favor of this legislation is considered it is apparent that there is serious probability of its adoption by the present congross. It will be interesting to refer to the arguments offered. The president says that reciprocity will be largely lim- 1ted and its benefits retarded and dimin- ished if provision is not contemporane- ously made to encournge the establish- ment of first class steamship communi- cation botween our ports and the ports of such nations as may meet our over- tures for enlarged commercial e changes. He suggests as the first condi- tion of foreign trade the steamship car- rying the mails statedly and frequently and offering to passengers a comforta- ble, safe and speedy transit. The secre- tary of the treasury regards the fact that the percentage of imports and ex- ports carried in American vessels during thu past year was less than in any ar since the formation of the government as appealing alike to our national pride and our national in- terests, He vegards it as both a folly and a danger to depend upon our com- petitors for the means of access to for- eign markets, while “*the humiliation of witnessing the disappearance of our flag from the high seas, without one ef- fort to restore it to its former proud po- sition, cannot be expressed.” Tho so tary reasons that aid «to our merchant marine is not aid to a class, but to the farmer, the manufactu and the mer- chant, as well us to the ship builder and ship owner. The postmaster general is equally earnest in favor of the country having its own means of ocean transpor- tation. Ho says the country should not be subject to foreign capital- ists for means to distribute its mail. Unexpected differences with foreign steamship companies might at any moment cut off mail intercourse with Europe under the present circum- stances, Besides, the foreign mail ser- vice yields a profit of not far from two millions of dollars per annum, which sum, the postmaster general thinks, might be fairly considered for disposal in the encouragement of American ship- ping for American mails, The force and cogency of these argu- ments, not now presented for the first time, will be universally conceded. The fact that forcign ship owners get from this country between one and two mil- lions of dollars annually, the largest part of which would br kept at home and distributed among our own people it the country possessed the means of transportation for its foreign com- merce, is one that challenges serious contemplation, It is an entirely sound and unassailable proposition that a great commercial nation like the United States ought to have its own merchant marine carrying its flag into l every sea and into the ports of all na- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE!l FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1890. | tions with which it has-teade, But it may be possible to obtain this at too grent a cost, not morely in money, but in the sacrifice of a principle important to be maintained in a government of this charactor. The proposition that subsidies to stoamships would not bo class logislation cannot be successfully Aefended, and besides this objection is the no less serious one that the policy would impose obligations upon the treasury the oxtent of which could not be estimated with any degree of certainty and the end of which could not be fixed nor foreseen. The measure providing for mail contracts with American-built steamships, although in- volving the subsidy prineiple, would per- haps be aceepted by the people, There is very great force in the view that the country should not ba subject to foreign capitalists for means to distribute its mail. Besides, the provision of this mensure that the steamships shall be so constructed as to be available for gov- ernment use as auxiliaries to the navy, if an exigency should arise requiring their employment, commends it to favor. But popular sentiment is strongly op- posed to the other measure, known as the tonnage subsidy bill, and its enact- ment into law would bo a great mistake. A PREPOSTEROUS MBEASURE. Henty Cahot Lodge, the father of the © bill,” has promptly come forward session with another measure of far-reaching importance. He proposes to deal with immigration by a new and novel method, and to make illiteracy a bar to the privileges of American citi- zenship. Mr. Lodge's scheme is to turn our con- sular agents into an army of foreign in- spectors and to admit no immigrant who does not bear a passport from them. He would make them the means of enforcing the severest restrictions upon immigra- tion ever imposed by our government and attempt to stop all undesirable ele- ments before they had set sail for Amer- ica, Mr. Lodge may readily be ecredited with an ambition to perform high pub- lic service, but there is neither demand nor excuse for his new bill. Present laws exclude every class of foreigners whom we do not welcome and they accomplish it by very simple and sensible methods. They provide that.o contract labor, paupers, criminals or diseased persons shall be admitted to our ports, and thoy make the steamship companies responsi- ble for the enforcement of the law, under penalty_of returning without pay any immigrants refused admittance by cus- toms officials, This law embodies the spirit of American institutionson the subject of immigration. We have neither right nor object in refusing to receive into our eitizenship any able- bodied and sound-minded man who de- sires to come here to improve his con- dition. The proposition to make illit- eracy a bar to immigration is utterly foolish, It tould place a stern limit on the coming of foreigners, and would alter the entire character of our historic hospitality to all mankind. There are also serious defects in Mr. Lodge’s plam to make use of the consuls as judges of what constitutes good ma- erial for citizenship. Our consuls are not, as u rule, fitted for such important service, which would require the best intelligence and finest discrimination. Nor would it bs practicable to under- take any such examination in foreign \fe to predict an early interment of Mr. Lodge’s bill to abolish the in- alicnable right of man to seck his homs wherever he may under the broad canopy of heaven, limited only by his duty not to interfere with the rights of others. THE PRESIDENT AND THE WEST. The western people have closo and ex- tensive relations with the na tional gov- ernment. And what they ask of a chief executive, above all else, is honesty and promptness in the discharge of their public business and vigilantand thought- fulattention to the developmeut of their resources. Judged by these standards, President Harrison’s administration has been eminently. satisfactory. It has been notable for the sound business in- stinet which is his prominent character- istic as an administrator. The message well illustrates the atti- tude of the present administration toward the west, both in its record of things done and in its suggestions for future legislation. When it is examined with especial veference to the subject it is seen that the president has good reason to be satisfied with the results of his work in this section, The public land question was never bofore in better shape. Under Secre- tary Noble the domain open to settle- ment has been increased over fifteen million acres by new treaties with the Indians, Settlers and homesteaders have never had better reason to bo pleased with Commissioner Grofl’s con- duct of the land office. Cases have been pushed through with unprecedented promptness and legal questions decided with o strict regard to tho rights of honest settlers. Theso ave precisely the conditions calculated to encourags the filling up of our vacant lands by a de: able class of citizens. In connection with statehood they have given a’ mar- velous impulse to the growth of Wash- ington and the Dakotas. The Rocky mountain region has strong reasons of its own for remombering the first half of President Harrison’s term. By his approval Wyoming, [daho and Montana have joined the ranks of the sovereign states. The passage of the silver bill, for which his administration is vesponsi- ble, has lent an impetus to their mines and quickened their general prosperity. Under his vigorous application of the laws the Mormon power in [Jtah has grown feeble and uttered its fiest ery of surrender in regard to the doctrine of polygamy. The department of agriculture has be- come an established institution and one of great usefulness. It constantly secks to improve the conditions of farming and is therefore becoming an important fac- tor in the prosperity of the west. It has done” much to protect the reputation of American meat products abroad, and ivs watchful attention to the volume of ag ricultural exports is worth much to our farming interests. If to this rec- ord of usefulness is added the crowning achievement of reciproeity, the producers of the west will have causo to put thoywresent administration higher in theirtstesm than any previous one. No portion of the president’s m is more ;:rl\'i'.\!k to the wost t emphatic declaftion in favor of govern- ment assistance ip prepaving the way for great systems of irri He would limit the work of the government to making surveys, ascertaining the lo- cation and extent of the water supply and taking possession of it in the inter- est of settlors. " Afad this is all that is asked. Private :gmll:tl and co-operative enterprise will do the work when the federal government has demonstrated where irrigation will be an assured suc- coss and where it will be a hazardous experiment. Great good may be ex- pected from the president’s earnest sug- gestion on this subject. The west has benefited much from the sound and sensible methods which char- ncterize the entiro administration of President Harrison, —————— A QUIET POINTER. The organ of the defunct combine as- serts that if the new council makes as good o record as the old gang it will have done well Tf the new council does not radically improve the present management of city affairs, we shall haveseveral lavge poli cal funerals a year hence, It will not bea question of one ward, Every voter in the city will have a voice in the selection of the next nine council- men. en if a remnant of the present gang succeeds in manipulating a city convention, they will discover that the voters as a whole cannot be bulldozed into supporting any member who pros- titutes the intcrests of the people for selfish ends. If the nine members at large are anxious to succeed themselves, they should lose no time in disinfecting them- selves of the odors of the combine, fire thu sinecures, conduct the affairs of the vity ns they would their own business, and avoid the notorious scandals, favor- itisms and jobbery, which have been the conspicuous features of the combine regimo The wise councilman will put himself in accord with public sentiment, and strive to bring municipal affairsto a genuine business basis. o THERE is no necessity for haste in the selection of a successor to the late Judge Savage on the publiclibrary board. The qualifications of the seyeral persons urged for the posn.mu should be care- fully weighed. ; 1t is important that the affaies of the library should be con- ducted on a broad conservative basis, as free as possible fram sectarian influence, The position calls for a man of literary attainments, well versed in history, and especially one thoroughly capable of discriminating between strong, health y, instructive works and the deluge of erotic trash on the book market at the present time, Let the office seck the man, THE most pathetic feature of the pres- ent council situation is the efforts of the combine tools to convince the demo- cratic majority that they were not forninst them on election day. Iiven the ardent supporters of the major at the primaries and at the polls have discov- ered that they are “good enough demo- erats to hold the job.” The sinecures ave now as heretoforo—for anybody and everybody if their grip on the treasury is not disturbed. Tue Hon. Dick Burdish is too modest by half. The fact that a majority of his political associates are anxious to pre- side over the destinies of the coming council should not deter him from en- tering the lists. It will not detract from the abilities of others to say that Rich- ard’s masterly handling of a policeman’s club would enable him to shine resplen- dent behind a gavel. e . THE awakening was a trifle rude, but under the circumstances it was neces- sary to convince the Council Bluffs council that it takes two parties to make a bargain, Now that Mayor Cushing has a party majority in the council we shall pres- ently see whether he will insist on ‘*busi- ness methods in city affairs.” Cl evelana’s Unhappy Pen. St. Lows Globe-Demoerat, Mr. Cleveland should quit writing letters to persons whom he does not know. In fact, it would be a good 1dea for him to quit writ- ing letters altogether, e ‘Worse in the Next Congress, Boston Journal, Republican absentecism was the cause of much delay and embarrassment in the last session of congress. In tho approaching ses- sion it will be unpardonable, e Mississippi's Example. Kansas City Journai, Mississippi has certainly done well in many particulars with her new constitution, and one of the features which will recommena i self to the public is a provision that the leg- islature shall mees once in four years. There is nothing more diswirbing to the peace of a state than constant legislation, What Wili the Burlington D New York Times. The Union Pacific being now in control, the Richmond Terminal people whipped into submission, the Pacific Mail company se- cured, the Atchisen unable to fight any longer and the Rogl Island interests couc ated, it remains to be seen how the Chicago, Burlington & Quindy people will act. They are still in a position to talk independently. pols el Attemptihg the Impo sible, Chigago Tribune. 1t is devoutly to be hoped that some of the many men at Washington who have pet schemes for further enlarging the coinage of silver will not deem it necessary to provide that the mints of the United States must fur- nish an inlet for all the surplus silver of tho world. There appoars to be danger that tho philanthropy of some, if notamajority of their number will outrun pridence. It is thought probable that the act passed this year provides for using up the silver pro- duction of this country, and that if the sup- ply to our mints could be restricted to that it might not be dificuly to sustain the big metal dollar in comparison with the smaller one after the present surplus has been worked off. But to undertake to coin all the silver that could be sent here from alt other coun- tries, to do that on the reduced basis of rela- tive weight, as is proposed by som>, and then to expect to keep our gold in circulation by the side of it would be to look tor the impos- sible, Why should it be attempted ! SCHOOL LANDS OF NEBRASKA. It Rests with the House Delegation Whether the State Gets Its Dua, THE TWO BLUNDERS IN THE TARIFF. Indications That the Republicans will Have Considerable Difficulty in Correcting Them - Seed for Nebraska Sufforers. WasuiNgroNy Bureav Tie Ovana Bei 518 FOURTEENTI STREET, Wasmizaroy, D, C., Dec. 4, Tt probably rests with the Nebraskd dele- @ation in the nouse whethor their state shall @et about forty-two thousand acres of school lands or something like $120,000 (computed at 810 an acre) in cash, It will be recalled that there are due the stato of Nebraska 42,000 acres of school lands which were not located because the public domain in the eastern section f the state was exhausted before any effort was made to locate the lands, and the law has been construed by Commissioner Groff to direct that the lands shall be located in certain land districts if notin a certain count A bill was intro- duced by Mr. Ln providing that the state should be permitted to locate the lands any- where within the state, but his death p nted any action being taken upon the meas- ure. Subsequently the proposition was pushed by Senator Manderson, who luid & brief of the case before Land Commissioner Groff and a reply was made to the effect that the location of the lands must be in the eastern district, where there aro not now any lands subject to ent Senator Teller in the early t of this congress introduced a bill amending sections 2275 and 2276 of the revised statutes, provid- ing for the selection of lands for educational purposes so as to permit states tolocate them in districts within their border. Colorado is in the same condition as Nebraska. The bill was passed by the senate May 3 last and was favorably reported to the house on June 9, where it now rests upon the calendal It is expected that the membe house from Nebraska will immedis to have the bill acted upon. will be offered to the bill, providing that if desirable lands cannot be found in a state it may receive cash payment from the govern- ment at the rate of $i0 an acre. TARIFF BLUNDERS IARD TO CORRECT, It looks very much as if the republicans would have difficulty m correcting the two serious blunders in the tariff bill, namely— the omission of the paragraph about the rebate upon tobacco and the violation of the Hawaiian treaty —without reopening the en- tire tarift question. lveryone agrees that these two corrections must be made, and there are imperative reasonus why they should be made at once, but the best parlia- mentarians on both sides of the house hold that as soon as any such cor ion of the tarifl bill comes before the committee of the whole house it reopens the flood gates of any amount of amendments. In short, the rebate on tobacco and the Hawaiian treaty cannot passwithout offering @ chance for tin plate and a thousand and one other amendments, Alarge tobacco delegation is here from every part of the couutry. They appre- ciate that this difticulty is before them, and held a° meeting at 4 o'clock this afternoon to devise some means to overcome it. Mr, Samuel Baker of the tobacco house of Spaulding & Merritt of Chicago was especially commissioned to ne- gotiate with Representative Taylor and per- suade him to withhold his tin plate amend- ment, which he has been keeping back in order to sccure a favorable chance to present, it. Other tobbacco men were assigned to labor witn other congressmen who have amencments to offer and intend to press them when the tobacco rebate is proposed. Tdowtsee how we can help reopening the whole subject,” said Mr. Mills this after- noon, “much as I want to help thetobacco men. We would have no trouble in the com- mittee on ways and means in respect to the tobacco rebate amendment and the Hawiian treaty, but the trouble will come after the bill comes up before the house. If one amendment is proposed it will be possible to offer other amend- ments without sending them to the committee, and there are a number of ambi- tious democrats who wish to make records who cannot be restrained from attacking the bill with other amendinents as soon as an op- portunity sented.” Represent: McMillan, who is, next to Mr. Mills, the most active democrat on the ways and means committee, takes the same view. “The precedent was long ago esiab- lished,” he said, “‘that if a tariff act was amended in any particular it might be amended iu all particulars, and any attempt to corvect the tobaceo section will reopen the entire schedule, There are only two ways to get around it. The committe on rules can adopt @ new rule to fit the case or they mij pass the amendment on suspension day they could get two-thirds of the house to vote for it, but some such unusual course will have to be adopted to get the amendments through.” Mr. McKinley today introduced the amend- ment to corr et the bill so far as the Hawaiian ned. He also recognized the ity of inserting the tobacco rebate, for the tobacco meén say that their trade is bemg jeopardized and they cannot do any business until the error is corrected. SEED FOR DROUGHT SUFFERERS, Senator Paddock has reported favorabiy from his committee and will propose to make it an amendment to the regular agricultural avpropriation bill the resolution of Senator Ingalls and Senator Manderson providing that seeds shall be distributed by the agri- cultural department to the drought suffercrs in Kavsas and Nebraska. The making of this resolution un amendment to the regular eppropriation bill will insure its success. Senator Manderson today received this reply to his letter to Sccretary Rusk asking if uiything could be done for the drought sufferers in Nebraska: *“In reply to yours of the Ist inst. concerning the distress among the farmers of your state and asking for sug- gestions looking to their relief through this department, I can ouly say that beyond the regular quota of s that will be allotted to the senators and members from your state and distributed and such other miscellaneous distribution from the portion of sceds re- quired by law to be distributed by the de parment nothing can be done without special legislation. It would not be in accordadee with the spirit of the present law to make in- creased distribution in some sections of the country from the department’s quota of seeds for miscelluneous distribution over the whole country. SCHEMES FOR SETTLING INDIAN TROUBLES, Secretary Proctor todgy presented the out- lines of a novel nlan for determining the cause of the prosent Indian trouble and preventing similur dificulties in the future, ‘I'he sec tary made an argument before the house com- miftee on military affairs and proposed the increase of the maximum strength of the army toits former quota of 30,000 men of all arms. If this is done, he said, he would im- mediately enlisttwo full vey s of Indians, all for the full term of three years, and all to be treated 1n every tespect like the soldiers. The Indian force would consis both infantry and artille; The seeretary thinks the enlistment of Indians would a very good effect upon them and their kind, as it would bring them cl hm*l‘ 0 civilis of the ely move An amendment ible to inculcate. The routine of mili- life would be agreeable to the In- and it is believed by tho rtment officials that there would be rivalry among the Indians to be on- listed. Ouly the best Indians would be se- lected by the miilitary authorities, and this would put them ou their good hehavior and seta premium on loyalty and fidelity to the whites. It would also kecp the war depart- went in closer touch with the Indians and dians, war de groat enable them to be more quickly apprised of | any dissatisfaction among the redskins, The members of the military o coived the proposition very f is thought they will act afiemativel otary Windom, upon tho recommenda- tion of et Noble, also took a move to- day in tho direction of pacifyiug the disturb. g Sioux by recommending an immediate appropriation” of 100,00, Lc xpended in provisions for the Siotx. The interior and war departments have come to the couclusion that it would be a good and just experiment | situation a politieal | I | rec | to atternpt the reconciliation of the Indians by first fllling thoir stomachs, Then, If they insist upon con tinuing their dances and dep- redations, force will be used, and if the worst comes they will be roughly handled by the military authorities, TRIED TO MAKE POLITICAL CAPITAL, There was & warm discussion in tho senate for some time today over the Indian question in general, The democrats tried to give the turn and throw the re sponsibility upon the administration, insist- ing that the dissatisfaction on the part of the oux and threatened outbreak. was the natu- L outgrowth of mismanagoment. Senator Voorhees said thern was a lot of stealing among the agents and those who distribute the rations and that the diflculty was due to honest men having beea turned out of ofMice to give republicans places, Senator Teller, Who is probably better acquainted with the affairs of Indiaus than any other man in the senate, having been secrotary of the interior, ackaowledged that there might bo irregula tios among some of those who distribute ra- tions to the Indians, but said the stealings could be nothing more than inconsequential and that the system now employed was the one maintained by M. Cleveland during the last admini tion and which had borne the s of democratic statesmen and politicians for many years, The result of the discussion was ‘the adoption of the resolution providing for the issuance of arms to the citizens of Nebraska, North and South Dakota and Wyoming, LAND DECISIONS, Assistant Secretary Chandler today af- firmed the decision of Commissioner Groff in nolding for cancellation the pre-cmption cash entry of James Carrigan for the southwest quarter of section 21, township 12 north, Tang west, McCook, Neb. Entry was contested by Leslie Conn, He also affirmed the commissioner’s decis. fon in holding for cancellation the timber culture entry of Tevis A. Watson for a tract of land_in section 12, township 14 north, range 17 wost, Grand Island, Neb., on the contest of Oscar A, Bink, A LONG COURTSIIP, The serious turn that theillness of Admiral Porter has taken in the past week makes it improbable that the marriage of his daughter, Miss Ellen, to Mr. C. H. (muplmll will be surrounded by as brilliant features as tho couple had anticipated. The invitations for the wedding on the 15th of this month were sent out a week ago. The event is to culmi- nate an engagement or at least ten years standing. No couple in Washington has ever as stoutly defied parvental objection and cer- tainly no wedding can be attended by as satisfied a company as has been bidden to witness this. Mr. Campbell’s attentions to the daughter of Admiral Porter began when he was a captain in the ar He has since soveral years past has valued attache of the depart- state. From the very first, his suit was favorably re- by the lady of his choice, iolently opposed by Admiral and Mrs. r. Miss Porter has, however, never 0 instant in her determination to Mvr. Campbell when she could manage her father's consent. For ten years Mr. Campbell has never entered the Porter mansion, because one day Mrs, Porter had said that if she ever found him in her parlor ghe would leave the room. The courtsh bas therefore been almost an object of public property. Everybody in the west end has watched the devoted lovers every afternoon, n or shine, out together for a prorenade. Mr. Campbell's custom was to call at tho door for his lady love, and & e was al- ways waiting he had scarcely ever to ring the bell. Mr. Campbell lately fell heir to some money, and this justified” him in asking his flance to name the day. When the subject was broach to Admiral Porter it met with the usual storm of objection, but he yielaed at last and the long-looked for consent was won. been retired and fc been a ment while of to get MISCELLANEOUS. Chairman Dorsey of the house committee on_banking and currency and Mr. Sherman of the senate finance committee are answer- ing inquirics on the point to the effect tha they do not hope for the adoption of thelz bill national barks civenlation to the full par value of the bonds deposited and reduc: ing 10 81,000 for cach bank the required ci culation, in~ view of the fight that is being made made against the proposition. Colonel Charles A. Baker of South Dakota was amony the president’s callers today. The commission of John K. Dramond of Brooking, S. D, tobe national bank exam- iner of that state, was ied today, This appointment was anticipated in these dis- patches several weelks since. Watson Pickerell, special agent of tho burcan of animal industry of the agricultural department, left for New York today. Ho will be in Omaka on next Tuesday and then 0 to his home in Beatrice. Senator Paddock intends to strengtnen his bill to create a pormanent, tavift commission, introduced by him today, by the addition of & new section empowering the commission to adjust apparentinequities, incongruities, etc., of the new law with the sanction of the bresi- dent, thus qualifying the provisions of the new iaw. He bdlieves that if the president may lawfully adjust duties, as ided in the reciprocity provisions of the act, he may on the same theory authorize adjustments of the character proposed in the new section. in- dicated. The preliminary draft of the bill was sentenced today to bring the general subject before the sénate at the earliest possi- ble moment. First Licutenant Francis E. Eltonhead has been desiguated by the sceretary of war as o member of the examining board_for the pre- motion of officers, to meet at Fort Leaven- worth, Kan. Representative Gear of Towa presented a petition in the house today from citizens of ICcolulk, asking for the passage of the amend- ment to'the tariff bill providing a rebate on manufactured tobacco. Mr, Kerr also pre- sented similar petitions from citizens of Bur- lington and Marstalltowu, Mr. Dorsey presented a petition asking for the passage 0f the bill known as the Fort Hartsulf, Fort ‘Sheridan and Tort Me- Pherson bill. F. M. Speagle was today ap- pointed wmnn:\swr at Garfleld, Lineoin county Nebraska. Penny S. Hearn . The Lymph Reaches New York. New York, Dee. 4.—[Special Telegram to Tug Ber.]—A small quantity of Prof. Koch's Iymph-for the cure of tuberculosis was deliv cred to Dr. Abrabam Jacobi of this city today. It came by mail in a vialon tho steamship Werrnand was sent by Dr. Koch himself. The lymph will be experimented with, it is said, at Mount Sinai hospital. Dr. Jacobi is consulting physician at the hospital and ho will be assisted {n the experiments by Dr. H. Newton Heineman, who is _visiting physician, There are now half a dozen pa- tients for treatment by Dr. Koch's remedy at Mount Sinai hospital. The | ||‘)h it was reported this morning, is affe by atm pheric changes and it may be u put it through a course of preparation it will be fit to use. e Death of a Famous Horse. Sax F'raxcisco, Cal, Dec, 4.—Electione the famous trotting sire, aged twenty-five, the property of Seuator Stanford, died yes- terday from rheumatism. PROF. KOCH Unhesitatingly recommends Soden Mineral™ Pastiles (tro- ches) for all throat, lung and catarrhal diseases, Dr. Koch said: “*A cough for which [ tried many other medicines which had not the slightest cffect, soon became better and has now entirely disappeared.” If you are suffering from a cough,a cold, asthma, bronchial catarrh, or any throat trouble, the Soden Mineral Troches will positively relieve where all else fails, Be sure to obtain the genu- ine imported article, which must have the signature and mmendation of Sir Morrell Mackenzie with each box. None other are genuine, JAY COULD, TAE SQUEEZER. How He Accomplished His Purposoon & Oertain Kansas Line. ROAD CHANGED HANDS. HOW THE It is Now the Subject of Argument in the United States Court Under the Title of Fitzgerald ve, the M. P R R, Judge Caldwell announced that he would hear arguments in the case of Fitzgerald against the Missouri Pacific in chambers, The petition in the case covers fifty-two pages of closely written typewriter copy. It sets up that the Fitzgeratd-Mallory construe. tion company s incorporated under the laws of Towa,with a capital stock of $1,500,000 . The stockholders are Jay Gould, Sidney Dilion, Russell Sage, George J. Gould, Morton, Bliss & Co., 8. H. Mallory and John itzgerald. The Gould contingent held a controlling in- terest, and Fitzgerald and Mallory held $15,000 in stock. The construction company contracted to build a road neross Kansas from its eastern to Its western boundary for the Denver phis & Atlantic railway company, for which it was to reccive §16,000 per mile in stock,and £16,000 per milo in first mortgage | s These securities were after s turned ovi to the Missouri Pacitic railway company return for promises of $11,000 per mile Missouri Pacific 5 per cont bonds, The construction company afterwards con tracted to construct @ road from Pucblo to the state line between Kansas and Col orado, This was to be paid for in Missouri Pacific bouds at the rate of §12,000 per mile, the construction company to have tho right tolocate stations and towns and retain any Profits arising therefrom. is alleged that the milway company represented that its bonds were worth and agreed to deliver the bonds as each ten miles were completed. The company fused to deliver the bonds as agreed and it is claimed this was @ part of a scheme to harass and oppress the construction company. 1t is alsoalleged that the stock of ‘the con- struction compuny should not be assessed for moro than 30 per ceut, but not withstand- ing this the Missouri Pacific_directors, who held a majority of the stock of the construc- tion company, made calls to the full amou of the stock, Iitzgerald! re of the assoss. ment amounting to $225,000, which _was paid with money advanced’ by Jay Gould and go. Afterwards Jay Gould offered #1.20 o the stock and the plaintiff being in finan cial distress sold §5,000 worth of his stock to Gould. The plaintiff further alleges thatin Novem- ber, 183, 186 miles of road were completed and ready to be turned over to the Missourt Gould went over the road and ro- por at it was not complete andon his recommendation the three stockholders, uld, Dillon and Sage, voted to allow the construction company ' ouly 10,00 per mile for the first 150 miles, instead of $11,000 per mile, as per contract, The engineer of the Missouri Pacific afterwards went over the line and approved it and the railroad company has been oporating it ever since. It is charged that George Gould and Sage conspired with Jay Gould and agreed to xiend the road from Stafford to Larned a istance of thirty-six miles, for §10,000 per mile, which was at a great loss. The road was built and was afterwards turned over to the Missouri Puacific company, the two Goulds and Sags receiving 12,000 per mile for the road. This transaction, together with the previous one, it is claimed, netted the Goulds and Sago $186,000, which they pocketed. Ihe petition goes on in this strain for sev- eral pages, charging the raiiroad wagnate with squeczing his victims and opponents by controlling the stock rket und selling bonds to stockholders for % cents when the bonds were represented as being worth $1.05, and many otfer transactions of a similar na. ture, The roads contracted to be built by the construction company were completed and turned over to the Missouri Pacitlc December 5, 1587, and on the promise of the New Y ork parties to pay in a few days, Fitzgerald puid debts due tho sub-contractors from the con struction company awounting to $2,000. Ho afterwards brought suit against the construc- tion for this amount and recovered judgment in full in the United States court in this © court, The case now pending, it is cluimed, was referred toa referee without the know of Fitzgerald or his attorneys, and the erco has made a report finding for the Mi souri Pacific in the sum of 156,000, The case is a complicated one and several days will probably be consumed in the hearing. Judge Caldwell banded down a decision yesterday in the case of John S, Baker et al agzainst Samuel J, Howell et al, a suit founded on @ promissory note for $3,000, brought against the makers and endorsers. The plaintiffs relied on aclaim of $.50 as notary’s fees for protesting the note to brimgy the amount sued for above the amount of $2,000. The court held that the question for deci- siop was, “are the notary’s fees to be treated a8 costs within the meaning of that word in the act of cong! , or as an independent sub- tantive debt, which may be used to increase the sum of ‘the matter in dispute.’ These fees were found to be those of a pub- lic ofticial which are fixed by law. Numerous authorities were quoted to show this. The court held that these fec were no part of the debt sued for, and weroe “no such part of the ‘matter i dispute’ as to give the court jurisdiction by increasing the amount mvolved,” “On a question of jurisdiction the court has no discretion but to give effect to the act of congress without liberality of intendment or construction.” The case was dismi; curring in the opiuion. in of ed, Judge Dundy con THE 7 Johamn Malt I UINE Hoff's tract The best Nutritiyg. 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