Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1885 — Page 3

ARMY AND NAVY.

'•rtrtiits of the Secretaries of the War and Navy I>< partments.

WILLIAM C. ENDICOTT, SECRETARY OF WAR.

WILLIAM C. WHITNEY, SECRETARY OF OF THE NAVY.

THE NEW SENATE.

Roster of the United States Senate, as Now Constituted. The following is a list of the members of the ietiate of the Forty-ninth Congress, together with date of ex, iration of their terms of serv be. RepubLca..s ire indicated by the letter 11, Dimociats by D, and names of Independents are pr nted in small capitals. A st r (*) indicates that the member has been re-elected recently. The d gger (r) is affixed to names of new Senators. Mr. Tell rof Colorado has seen service in the Senate, but on account of ,the break in his term caused by his s lection as a member of the < abinet he is not elassed with those re-elected. The list isas follows: ALABAMA. I MIPSISSIFPL •James L. luirh, D. 1891 Jas. Z. Georgs, D.. 1887 JotmT. Morgan, D.1889E. C. Walthall, D... 1889 ARKANSAS. MISSOURI. -U.K. Jones, Dlß9l'*George G. Vest, D. 1891 ... v IBB9'F. M. Cockrell, D... 1887 CALIFORNIA I NEBRASKA tLeland Stanford.R 1891 C. H. Van Wyck, R. 1887 JofanF. Miller, R...1887iC. F. Manderson, R. 1889 COLORADO. I NEVADA. Henry M. Teller R. 1891 *John P. Jones, R.. 1891 Thus. M. Boweif, R. 1889 James G. Fair, D... 1887 CONNECTICUT. NEW HAMPSHIRE. •Orville H. Flat teR. 1891 Henry W. Blair, R.U885 Jos. R. Hawley. R.. 1887,Austin F. Pike. R... 1889 DELAWARE. I NEW JERSEY. ,1887 Wm. J. Sewell. R.. 1887 EM Saulsbury, D.. .1889 J. R. McPherson,D.lßß9 FLORIDA. I NEW YORK. •Wilkinson CaU,D..1891 I fWm. M. Evarts.R..lß9l Chas. W. Jones,D..lßß7Warner Miller, R... 1887 GEORGIA. I NORTH CAROLINA i *Jos. E. Brown. D.. .1891 *Zeb. B. Vance, D. .1891 AM. H.Colquitt, D. .1889,Matt.W.Ransom, D. 1889 ILLINOIS. O<'lO. 8. M. CttUotn, R... .1889 John Sherman, R.. .1887 INDIANA. OREGON. *D. W. Voorhees,D.. 1891 .j...... 1891 Benj. Harrison, It.. .1887 Jos. N. Dolph, 8.... 1889 lOWA ’ PENNSYLVANIA. •Wm. B. Allison.R. .1891 * J-v?. D. Cameron, R. 1891 Jas. F. Wilson, R. ...1889 John I. Mitchell, R.. 1887 KANSAS. I RHODE ISLAND. I *fno. J. Ingalls, R. .1891'N. W. Aldrich, R... .1887 P. B. Plumb, R. 1889 +JonathanChace, R. 1889 KENTUCKY. SOUTH CAROLINA tJ.O.S.Blackbum.D 1891 ’Wade Hampton, D. 1891 James B. Beck, D. .1889 M. C. Butler, DIBB9 LOUISIANA TENNESSEE. Was. B. Eustis. D. .1891 H. E. Jackson, D. .1837 R. U Gibson. D.... 1889 Isham G. Hartis,D.. 1889 MAINE. TEXAS. Eugene Hale, R... .1887 Sami B. Maxey, D. .1887 William P. Frye,R.lßß9 Richard Coke, D.... 1889 MARYLAND. VERMONT. •Jas. B..Groome, D.. 1891 *Justinß. Morrill,R.lß9l A. P. Gorman, D. .1887 G. F. Edmunds. R.. 1887 MASSACHUSETTS. I VIRGINIA. Henry L. Dawes, R.. 1887 William Mahone. .1887 George F. Hoar, R... 1889 H. H.Riddkeberger ’B9 MICHIGAN. I WEST VIRGINIA Otnar D. Conger, R.. 1887 J. N. Camden, D.. ..1887 Ttios. W;Palmer, R. 1889 John E. Kenna, D.. 1889 MINNESOTA I WISCONSIN. S. J. R. McMillan,R.lßß7 tJohn C. Spooner,R.lß9l Dwight M. Sabin, R. 1889 Philetn-i Sawyer, R. 1887 The seats of Bayard of Delaware and Garland of Arkansas are vacant by reason of the appointment and confirmation of those gentlemen as members of Mr. Cleveland’s Cabinet. The election of a Senator to succeed Henry W. Blair, Republican, of New Hampshire, occurs in June, but Mr. Blair has been appointed to serve ad interim. Jonathan Chaoe of Rhode Island was chosen for the unexpired term of the late Henry B. Anthony. After a long and exciting struggle the Legislature of Oregon failed to elect a Senator before the session expired by limitation. There is a vacancy in Illinois, although more th m two month's have elapsed since the State Legislature began the task of organizing and electing a successor to Gen. I/ogan.

The New York Legislature has been memorialized to revoke the charter of Trinity ( Oburoh. New York, in favor of the Anneke ' Japs heirs, who claim property worth $50,OfiO.OOO held by the church. The bust of Robert Burns in manble by Sir John Steel to be placed in Westminster Abbey is finished. It is the outcome of a shilling subscription among Scotchmen in aS parts of the world. The Tallapoosa is again afloat and ready far a trial trip. This will give Secretary Whitney s' chance to take a boat ride. A Western paper has discovered that it is a good woman makes a good husband. Western papers are generally right Tiihbu wera 142 deaths from pneumonia m Netir York in one week.

CLEVELAND’S POLICY.

An Official Declaration that No Pressure Can Hurry Up Changes. rWashfnsrton special to Chicago Tribune.] A member of the Cabinet gives the following information as to the poacy of the administration: No sort of pressure con hurry the making of changes. The several departments will be organized first I y the placing of Democrats in the responsible positions, but in this the good of the service wi.l be kept in view; that, of course, it is regarded as essential to have the places of responsibility and trust filled by men in political sympathy with the administration, but that this does not argue that every man in the departin' nts ho.ding a position which requires confirmation by the Senate is to be removed. There are positions which in order to be properly filled require a knowledge of details and f imiliarity with the duties, and to make sudden cha ges wou’d impair the efficiency of the public service. It will be the rue, however, to put Democrats in the important places ultima ely, but there will probably be a few exceptions where the present incumbents will remain permanently. In regard to the South, the revenue, customs, and Department of Justice officials will be removed. They have all, it is charged, been political workers. The New Orleans Custom House is pointed out as a sample of the existing state of affairs in the South. It is charged that neary every man in the service there has been put in by Kellogg and otljer Republicans, as reward for political-services. The present calculation in administration circles is that the Senate will remain in session until the first of April. In a week the Democratic heads of bureaus will be appointed and the subject of making appointments generally to fill vacancies and for the removal of such as are marked for slaughter will be considered. The policy of referring all matters of appointment to the head of the department under which the appointee must serve will be rigidly adhered to, and Secretary Lamar and Attorney General Garland hold that a very large proportion of office-holders in the South ought to go. There seems to be no fear in admini tration quarters of any collision with the Senate. Where removals may be deemed nee-, essary the same course as that pursued by the Republican Presidents will probably be followed. The reasons for removal, unless, perhaps, in special cases, will not be submitted to the Senate. Republican Senators have assured the President and members of his Cabinet that they have no disposition to set up any captious opposition, but, on the contrary, that they are inclined to give the administration a fair show, and to ao ord to it all that has been accorded to Republican administrations. But aside from the general feeling, it is believed that there are several Republican Senators who are entirely willing to occupy pleasant relations with the adm nistration. At any rate there is no apprehension at present that any difficul y will be encountered in procuiing the confirmation of nominations.

THE CROPS.

Agricultural Department Statistics Regarding Wheat and Corn—Prospects. (Washington telegram.] The report of consumption and distribution of com and wheat from statistical returns of the Department of Agriculture shows 37J per cent, of the last crop of com remaining in farmers’ hands, against 33 per'cent. March 1, 1884. The supply in farmers’ hands last March was 512,000’,000 bushels; the remainder now is about 675,000,000. The stock in the Middle States is 29,000,000, against 22,000,000 last March. In the South the proportion is the same as last year, 41.6 per cent., but the quantity is 145,000,000 bushels, ag inst 138,000,000. The proportion in the West is 36.7 instead of 30.7, and the quantity amounts to 490,000;J)00 bushels, or 144,000,000 bushels more than the stock last March. Two years ago the stock remaining at the same date was 585,000,000 bushels, or 36.3 per cent of the crop of 1,617,000,000. The amount shipped is a few millions less than last year. The exports equal 28,000,000 bushels, against 32,000,000 at same dite in 1884, and commercial receipts at Western markets are also less, the full Eastern crop reducing slightly the demand, notwithstanding the reduction in price. The proportion of merchantable corn is very large—B7 per cent, against an average of 80 per cent for a period of years and 60 per cent for last year. The wheat reported in farmers’ hands is about 33 per cent of the cro bushels, or 50,000,000 bushels more than the stock last March, when the crop was less by 92,000,000 bushels. There has been a slightly freer use of wheat for bread, and a little of the poorer quality has been fed to stock. The stock March 1, 1883, was 28.5 per cent of the previous crop, or 143,000.000 bushels, and that of March 1, 1882, was 98,000,000 bushels. The quality is reported above the average in every Western State except Illinois and Missouri and in nearly all the Atlantic and Gulf Coast States. o

HIS RIVAL’S REVENGE.

Shocking Murder of a Young Couple by a Man Whom the Woman Rejected. IWhite ulphur Springs (Va.) dispatch.! The details of a desperate double murder and probable lynching have reached this point The affair occurred several days ago near Bond’s Mills, a way-side postoffice in Wise County, Virginia. 'Mary Reynolds, a country beauty, eloped the last week in February with the son of a neighbor named Henton.- greatlv to the chagrin of a suitor named Mitchell, who claims to have been engaged to the girl. After their return to the bride's home her parents gave a dance to which all the neighbors were invited. Mitchell came, and before the evening was over became quarrelsomely drunk. He defied the newly made husband, and finally grossly insulted the bride. The husband knocked Mitchell down, and a despe ate fight ensued, and the party broke up in a row. The next evening a spelling match was held in the schooL-house, and was attended by Henton and his wife, and Mitchell was not present, so far as known. Failing to reach their home, search was made for the Hentons, whosebodies were found next 'morning at a lonely spot Each had been killed by a pistol shot The assassin then beat his victims in a horrible manner.

The United States is said now to be the third largest silk manufacturing country in the world, and this despite all that has been said and written to discourage the raising of silk in this country. The value of our annual silk product is now placed at $35,000,000. About 60,000 pounds of cocoons were raised in 1883. A Pittsburg girl wants SIOO damages for the loss of her “bang" by a natural gas explosion. The bang was natural and come out by the roots. ’Dorsey County, Ark, has been changed to Cleveland County.

OLIVIER PAIN,

Ex-Oommnnist, and Now El Madi's BightHand Man.

El Mahdi commands experienced European aid in his insurrection against the Eiryptian Government, in the person of a versatile and adventurous spirit whose favorite element is the atmosphere of revolution and bloody strife. This interesting adventurer is known aslXllvier Pain. He is of mixed French and Spanish blood, and was born in Paris about forty three Sears ago. After receiving a thorough education at one of the high schools of the French capital, while still a youth he employed his considerable abilities with the pen against the Government of Napoleon HI. He married in 1868, or the Sear after. His children are believed to be still vlng. Whether or not his wife lives is not known. The terrible reverses of the French army in 1870, and the collapse of the empire in consequence, was succeeded in Paris by a Government which succumbed to the Commune. This brought Pain, who had been an agitator for years, into great prominence as a leader, when, in the spring -of 1871, the forces of Marshal MacMahon fore d their way into the rebellious capital. Pain fought in the ranks of the Commune. Previously to the short-lived supremacy of the Communists he had taken part in the war against Prussia, as a journalist and soldier. He survived the horrors which accompanied the suppression of the revolution he had assisted to bring about, bnt was taken prisoner and sentenced, with Rochefort, Lou se Michel, and other no orious pe: sobs, to the penal colony at New Caledonia. This was in 1873. He escape i to Australia in toe early part of 1875, with Rochefort and four others. The fugitives then made'heir way to this continent, landing in San Francisco. He and Rochefort crossed the United States together, and in the spring of 1875 s lied from New York to England. While residing in London immediately subsequent to this time, the friends engaged in journalism for a period They then made their way to Geneva. • here 1/lntransigeant was edited for circulation in Paris. When next heard of M. Pain was acting as Osman Pasha's p ivate secretary at the siege of Plevna, in the war of i877-'.B, between Turkey and Russia, and which proved so disastrous to the Mohammedan power. He wrqje the answer returned to the Russian commander by Osman Pasha, when the surrender of Plevna was demanded by the besieging force. His influence over the illustrious Turkish officer who defended the city was as remarxableas that he no.w wields in the tent of the Mahdi. It began when he was acting as a newspaiier correspondent there, and resulted in his being permitted to remain with the Turkish army after all other foreign journalists had been excluded from it, and then in his ac eptance of a private secretaryship, as before state, t. M. Pain is a tall, lithe, and handsome soldier. His complexion is dark, and bis countenance expresses intellectual force and superior will. He is said to be able in counsel and gay and pleasant in disposition.

HARRISON H. RIDDLEBERGER. United States Senator from Virginia. ?

’When, on March 5, the United States Senate received the Cabinet nominations and went into executive session, Mr. Cockrell asked that the nomination of Mr. Bayard and others be confirmed immediately. To do this unanimous consent was required, and Mr. Rtddleberger, of Virginia, objecting, the proposed immediate action was prevented. When urged by the Republican Senators to withdraw his objection, the Virginian refused stoutly, saying that Mr. Bayard was more of an Englishman in principle than an American, and that the foreign policy of this country ought not to be intrusted to his hands. Th reader will remember that after the recent explosions in London Mr. Bayard offered a resolution in the Senate condemning the doings of the dynamiters. Mr,. Ri'ldelbergeropposed him on that occasion singly and alcne as it proved. Senator 11 id ■ lie her wr is a young- man, one of the youngest in the Senate. He was born in Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Va . Oct. 4. 1844. His edqca ion was good, but <iid not include'the advantages of the university. After spemling a number of years in attendance at the common school he"received in-trnctions at home >or two years from a private tutor. He fought on the Confederate s de in the war, served three years, and be.ng promoted during that time from Second Li- utenant to Captain. At the < lose of the war he stidied law. and was admitted to the bar He still continues ihe i ractice of bis profession, and resides at Woodstock. Va His firi-t civil office was as Commonwealth’s Attorney of his county, which he held two terms. The next step in his ranid advance to the honors of the si atesman was his election to the House of Delegates of his State. He was reelected.makin gfdur years of service in that body, and was afterward iour years in the Senate of Virginia. Sinc-.lsio he has edited three local newspapers. He was a member of the State Committee of the Conservative party until 1875. In 18,6 he was Presidential Elector on the Democratic ticket, an I in 1880 held the same position on the Mbadj asters’ ticket. He was Commonwealth's Attorney and State Senator when elected to the United States Senate. This was in 1881. He took his seat i>ec. 3. 1883. His term of office will not expire until March 3, 1889. Senator Riddleberger is a member of the Readjuster party. President Cleveland is a great admirer of Walt Whitman, and it is reported the old poet will get a consulate if he wants it. At Bridge wood, L. 1., last week, a petrified human leg and foot w s found in digging a cellar. It weighed over fifty pounds. The cost of the maintenance of religion in the United I tates is estimated nt onehalf cent per annum for each individual Mr. Edwin Booth denies the rumor that he intends soon to retire from the stage.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

In anticipation of the Governor's proclamation calling an extra session of the Legislature, but little was done in either house on the 9th inst. As ne die adjournment was taken, and the .proclamation read which convenes the Legislature in extra session. Gov. Gr y unpointed O H. Adair prosecuting attorney for the judicial district com; o«d of Jay nnd Adams Counties. He also reap ointed and ri-commis-sione I all of the members of the Board of Commissioners of the additional hos itals tor the insane, namely: Da Fae Skinner, of Valparaiso: 'John C. Robinson, < f Spencer; J. R. Grav, of Noblesville; and William Gross, of New Castle. The Governor approved the following bills: An act for he relief of Mrs. May; an act to protect all persons in their civil rights; an act regulating weights and measures; an act relating to the removal of obstructions trom highways; an a t for the incorporation of building associations; an act preventing the ownership of lands in Indisna bv ■ liens; an act authorizing colleges to own and sed real estate; an act to amend the a t relating to the presentation of claims against counties. The Le islature began its extra session on Tuesday, the loth inst. The Senate held but a brief session, and transacted only such business as was made necessary by the extra s'ssidn. All the old officer were re-ele ted on motidh of Senator Macee, and the l ieutenant Governor announced that the old committees would be continued. Un Senator Fowler’s resoluti uto adopt the rules of the regular session, Senator Youche offered an amendment to return to t;ie original rule Toqulring a two-thirds vote to suspend the re.ular order of business, and it was adopted, it being generally agreed that there was no necessity for the ma'ority rule, as all the political legislation was finished. The committee clerks w-re all discharged, as the secretary and assistant secretary had agreed to detail their assistants for snch work. It was reso ved that clerks be not allowed per dicm for days when they were abet nt. Bills were introduced designating the secon i Wednesday of April of each year as “Arbor day," and making such a holiday for pupils of the public schools. The Senate adjourned until Friday, the 13th. In the House the Speaker announced that the old officers and committees would be continued, there being a provision of the statutes for the retentiou of the fo'mer without special action by the House. He also ruled that leaves of absence could not be granted to members until after they had answered at least one roll-call. The rules governing the last session were adopted. The regular order of buslne-s was then resumed. and the first measure called up for consideration was Seuaior Campbell's bill providing strict penalties for buying or selling votes. After long debate, the bill passed, with barely enough votes. There was no session of the upper branch of the Legislature on the 11th inst. The House went to work earnestly topass the bills pending on their final reading. The first taken up was that introduced by Senator Foulke, which provides that, when corporations or municipalities become insolvent, the claims of their emplovts tor wages to the amount of SSO shall be preferred over those of other creditors. It was leased by a vote of 75 to 0. Copeland s bill limiting railroad passenger fares for adults to 3 oouts a mi e and children half-price was passed by a vote of 74 to 3, the author explaining that there are twelve railroad* in Indiana—generally small linos —which charge fare in excess of that proposed. A spirited nlscussion was held on the passage of the bill which provides that German alia 1 be taught in ungraded schools only when petitioned fir by twenty-five patrons, and giving colored children equal rights wi h the white in all the public schools of the State. The Republicans generally voted for and the Democrats against it, and the bill was def ated by a vote of 32 to 41). Senin orWinters’ bill limiting the tax levy in Marion County for 188 G to 33 cents on the SIOO of valuation for current ex euses, and 10 cents to i>ay interest and such extra expenses as were incurred in building the workhouse, wm called no. Mr. I'ondleton explained that it was a restoration of the act of :870, which was repealed by implication, as some people insisted, by a subsequent enactment, under which the tax levy had increased to 55 cents. At present, he said, 'here was a deficiency of sß<',Otic, and to pay this, as well rs interest on the bonded debts and their expenses, it was proposed to allow an extra levy of 10 cents, which, in addition to the 83 cents, would provide ample revenue for the necessary expenses of the county. The bill passed by a vote of 6ii to 9, several gentlemen voting against it for .he alleged reason that it was special legislation. Mb. Rivers' bill providing that county offices shall be declared vacant when the officers thereof shall have been absent from them without excuse for sixty days, was called up in the House on the 12th, and Mr. Reeves moved to recommit it to the Judiciary Committee with instructions to make certain amendments. After a heated debate the matter was allowed to drop. Mr. Pendleton offerfed a resolu ion that when the House adjourned that day it should be until Monday morning (the icth), and this was ca rted by a vote of 48 to 24. The regular order of business was then resumed, and the first bill taken up was that of Mr. Overman, providing that taxes on mortgages on real estate shall be paid by the mortgager, and that the mortgagee shall pay taxes only on the assessed value of his land less the amount of the incumbr nee. Twenty or more members discussed the bill at considerable length, many of them arguing that if enacted it would not afford the relief desired. The bill was defeated The Senate held a brief session on the afternoon of the 13tb. Several House bills were read the first time. The House was not in session. Speaker Jewett is of tho opinion that it will take about two weeks longer to finish up the necessary business; but the probabilities are that an adjournment will not be reached before the middle of April. A BILD was introduced in the Senate on Saturday, March 14, providing that in all courts except justices' expert witnesses may be callea npon to testify upon the r etition of either party to the suit, snch witnesses to be selected by the court and paid for their services whatever sum the court may deem just and proper. A bill was also introduced providing that no person shall be confined as an insane person in any private asylum in the State unless snch asylum shall have been licensed by the Board of Trustees of the State Hospital for the Insane, and that said board shall visit such asylums at least twice a year, and shall appoint in each county a board of three or five visitors, whose duty it shall be to inspect the asylums at frequent intervals. The meet important provision of the bill is that which allows all persons confined in asylums to consult or communicate with any friends or advisers, medical or otherwise, outside, and to write such letters as they desire. Senator Foulke introduced a concurrent resolution proposing an amendment to the State Constitution that any voter of good moral character may practice law. The objector the proposed amendment is to give future Legislatures an opportunity to place greater restrictions upon legal practice. The House was not in session.

Electricity Instead of Tweezers.

“Yes, sir, I am a depillator,” said a man in an office in Brooklyn, “and my business is to eradicate hairs from the faces or arms of women. The torture to which women subject themselves by using tweezers upon disfiguring hairs, which spring up again stronger than ever, suggested my business. There are cosmetics which burn off the hair and spoil the complexion, but leave the roots to sprout out afresh, and experience has shown that they are dangerous as well as useless. I make use of electricity. It is the orly remedy. I apply a minute spark of electricity to each individual hair, and thus kill the hair permanently, without any perceptible blemish to the skin. About 10 per cent, of the roots retain life after the first operation, but a second destroys these stragglers. The process is also applied to moles, warts, and birthmarks of all kinds. I destroyed a pretty autumn leaf on the face of a young lady not long ago. Painful? No more than the application of tweezers.” —New York Sun. “It am de walk over man dat siles his character,” says Opie Read, author of “Plantation Philosophy." “No matter how clean er rooster may be, let him follow er duck all day an’ at night he’ll be muddy.” There is a land suit in Germany which was begun in 1604. They must be poor lawyers there not to have gobbled that land over two centuries and a half ago. A “paint mine” has been discovered at Corinth, Me.

THE BOOMERS WARNED.

Existing Treaties with the Indians Not to Be Ignored. (■Washington dispatch.] The follow.ng proclamation has been iasued by the President: W Hereas, It is alleged that certain individua s, associations of persons, and corpo auon are i i unauthoii ed possession of p rtions of the territory known as tho Okl iiunn lands, within Indian Territory, wii ch are d pignated, described. und recognized by treaties and laws of the Un ted Slates and by the exe utive authority thereof as Indian lands; and Whereas, It is further alleged that certain other perons or associations within the territoiy and jurisdiction of tho United States have teeu.i and set on foot pr< partitions for an organized and forcible entry and settlement upon the aforesaid lauds, and nre now threatening such entry and occupation; and Whereas, The laws of the United S'atos provide for the removal of all persons residing or being found upon sueh Indian lands and territory wi hout permission expressly and legally obtained of the Interior Department: Now, therefore, for the purpose of protecting public interests, as well as the interests of the Ind an nations and tribes, and to the end that no person or persons may be induced to enter upon said territory, where they will not be allowed to remain without permission of the authority aforesaid, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the Unit d States, do heieby warn and admonish all and every person or persons now in occupation of such lands, and all snch person or persons as are intending, preparing, or threatening to enter and settle upon the same, that they will neither be permitted to enter upon such territory, or, if already there, to remain thereon, and that if due regard for and voluntary obedience to the laws and treaties of the United States and this admonition and warning be not sufficient to effect the purposes and intentions of the Government as herein declared, the military power of the United States will be invoked to abate all s ich unauthorized posse ssion, prevent such threatened entry and occupation, and to remove all such intruders from said Indian lands. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my band and caused tho seal of the United States to be affixed.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

By tho President: T. F. Bayard, Secretary of State.

Oklahoma.

In view of the proclamation of the President relating to the Oklahoma country, Gen. James B. Weaver, Congressman elect ■ from lowa, and ex-Congressman Sidney Clarke, of Kansas, representing the Oklahoma settlers, have sent the following telegram, dated at Washington: , W. L. Couch, Arkansas City, Kan.: The President is of the opinion that ' further negotiation with the Creeks and Seminoles, as contemplated by the recent action of Congress, is necessary to authorize the settlement of Oklahoma. His proclamation is intended to eject cattb> syndicates on one hand and suspend on the other the settlement of the country pending negot ations. We have earne tly urged upon the Secretary of the Interior, in view of the exigencies of the situation, to proceed at once to conclud ‘negotiations, and to place upon the commission a representative of the settlers. We deem it best for all parries to await the contemplated action. It must be understood that the corrupt conspiracy by which lands in tho Oklahoma country and the whole o Indian Ter. ritory have been illegally occupied by cattle kings is strong y defended here by powerful financial influences. This conspiracy has been for years, and is now, represented hero by persons holding high positions in the Government. 'lhese ineu, having access to the avenues of public opinion, and the privileges of constant communication with all the departments of the Government, are persistent in their misrepresentations. They who attack here any of the great wrongs which have fastened themselves upon the Government undertake a .task of great magnitude. But we ehall continue to urge, with confidence, upon President Cleveland's administration a reversal of the bad policy of former years. The only safety for the people is sharply defined public opinion’, rising above all party distinctions, and domandirg that the public domain shall be held sacred as a heritage for actual settlers.

Manning Swings the Ax.

Secretary Manning swung the ax to-day in a sweeping manner (writes a Washington correspondent). By it there is a decided and material reduction of the force iu the special agents’ division, where it is expected SIO,OOO annually will be saved. The services of forty persons in various parts of the country have been dispensed with, and notices to that effect mailed them to-day. The list includes six special agents, twenty-six special inspectors of customs and ten employes, whose names are borne on the so-callei “fraud roll.” This action reduces the number of agents to twenty-one, inspectors to twenty-five and "fraud roll” employes to fifteen. It is stated at the department that these changes are made solely In the interests of economy and that no new appointments will be made to fill the vacancies created. Secretary Manning has also decided that hereafter the appropriation for the prevention and detection of frauds upon the customs revenue shall not be used for the pm pose of making permanent appointments, bat shall be confined strictly to paying for information received concerning revenue frauds, and to enable the department to employ persons in special wises where ibis believed frauds are being perpetiated.

HERE AND THERE.

Six hotels have already failed in New York since Jan. 1. Eating forty-two oranges at one sitting was the feat accomplished the other daj by a man at Crescent City. Fla. Among Rhode Island's exhibits at the New Orleans Exposition is a heavy steel chain forged by a female blacksmith of that State. A perfect skeleton, to which was attached a ball and chain, was lately unearthed twenty-five feet below the surface of the earth, near Savannah, Ga. The clerk in a real estate office in Philadelphia who executes the handsomest deeds that reach the City Recorder’s office, writes always with a stub pen and with the head of the blank toward him, thus writing upside down. The story is being extensively circulated that an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Burgettstown, who is a great domino player, was leading in prayer, and instead of finishing wi:h the usual amen, closed by saying “domino.” All the horse earn in Montevideo and Buenos Ayres come from ihe United Stites.

SIDINEY CLARKE, J. B. WEAVER.

VANITY OF REPUBLICAN HOPE.

Far be it from any intention of our hand, in this inclement weather, to throw an iceblanket over the ulterior hopes of that declining invalid, the Republican party. Still, on the eve of its being removed to the political infirmary, we feel that any vain words of cheer would subject us—and very justly —to the charge of false friendship. Better it is to point out its sad disoider, that it may summon patience for its comforter, rather than fallacious hope, in its perpetual retirement An intelligent diagnosis of its case, thirteen years ago, discovered its stomach to be deranged and its muscles withered. Such very able physicians as Horace Greeley, Ch tries Sumner, Carl Sch .rz., Lyman Trumbull and Henry Ward Beecher counseled it to give up business. The only two creditable undertakings which it had assisted —the restoration of the Union and the emancipation of slavery—were long since accomplished. But the Republican party h id grown so fanatical over its participation in those achievements that it appeared to be working to get up a second and bushwhacking war between the sections. It was seen by the abler physicians to be in a bad way. It would have been retired had . not a resort to an electro-metallic battery imported artificial strength to its system. This metallic force furnished fraudulent witnesses, election returns, and the electoral count in 1876, and provided the celebrated Dorsey "soap" in 1880. The party was kept out*Df the political infirmary from 1872 to the present time by that electro-metallic machine. It was used again in 1884, but by the latter year too many had discovered that trickery and manipulation had for twelve years been the Republican recommendation for retention of the Republican party in power. So then the Republican party’s greatest resource of strength, the electro-metallio battery (the forces of which were tithed from office-holders), is lost to it, and with this loss has departed that party's strongest element of hope. But that is not all; the party is divided against itself, and was throughout the late campaign. But since the election the house is even worse divided against itself. Here within a week of its relegation to the infirmary we see half the Republican organs clashing and the Arthur aim Blaine factions against each other because of Arthur’s vengeful treatment of Gen. Swaim in the review of the latter’s court-mart al. Again, only last week, Republican Senators bitterly antagonized President Arthur’s nomination of Emory Speer, of Georgia, for the vacant .lodgeship of the Georgia District. Only a day or two since, Emery A. Storrs, erstwhile B nine's fu.some flatterer.utteringpra ses of Blaine’s successful opponent, btephen A. Dortrey, who wore the guerdon of Republican victory in 1880, has become the caustic critic of his former companions in political turpitude. Mr. Edmunds, the leader of the respectable faction of the par.y, lias, as President of the Senate, nullified the precedent Vice Pres deut Wheeler assumed to set, four years ago, for declaring the election of President end Vice President. The late Republican candidate has assumed the role of social and political Nemesis to pursue and punish all Republicans who cried no “Allah!” to him in his campaign. Tho followers of Si John, of Schurz, of George William Curtis, of Henry Ward Beecher, will not readily forgive the coarse as aults of Republican papers and politicians upon them, while “mugwumpery" is not likely to abate its patriotism or numbers, nor is it likely to gravitate back to the g. o. p. Verily there is “sloth in the mart and schism in the temple” of the Republicans. Much as we regret to throw the ice blanket over the party in this cold’ spell, we must say there appears to be no hope for it— Indianapolis Sentinel.

Foolish.

Everybody has a right to find fault with any appointment to public office, provided the fault-finding ifa reasonable and appears■ to have a foundation in fact and justice. But our esteemed contemporary, the Inter Ocean, goes far beyond these lines in assailing Mr. Manning. “Although an editor,” says the Inter Ocean of Mr. Manning, “he is merely a scurrilous, and not a dignified, astute, or accomplished journalist." This is grossly inaccurate. We have never known an editor less scurrilous or more dignified or astute than Mr. Manning. He never sacrifices decorum or dignity in criticising his opponents or in maintaining the cause he has espoused. After a considerable experience in the controversies of journalism and of politics, we do not hesitate to say that we do not know a combatant whose mode of public warfare is more moderate, judicious, or gentlemanly. These qualities Mr. Manning pre-eminently displayed in the recent national canvass. To him and to his astute and accomplished management, Mr. Cleveland's nomination was due; and yet, when the election was over, though after a most' passionate contest the candidate had succeeded by a slender plurality which barely fulfilled the requirements of the law, and though the Democracy of New York had been profoundly divided in the struggle, so that those who resisted Mr. Manning were scarcely loss numerous than those who went with him, yet this successful manager had just as many friends and just as few enemies as when the battle was first joined. Indeed, he probably had more friends and: fewer enemies; and what is true of him is equally true of the Albany Ara us, the journal he controls. We submit that, in view of foots like these, the remarks of the Inter Ocean are conspicuously untrue; and so, too, are the remarks of that other prominent Republican journal of the West, the Pioneer-Prese. ot Minnesota, which avers that Mr. Manning is “a machine politician of the most pronounced and dangerous typo, and should not be permitted to meddle with the affairs of Government in any official capacity." This is nonsense run wild, ana those who know Mr. Manning best will join us in the opinion that,- looking the whole country through, Mr. Cleveland could hardly make a more advisable appointment thin that which these Republican journals bo violently and unjtiHtly condemn.— New York Sun. In browsing through history the mind is often dazed in its attempts at trying to comprehend how mankind managed to endure the trials heaped upon it in the days when persecution went, about like a prairie on fire seeking whom it might reduce to ashes. But in those days profanity itself was regarded as a species of piety, and the man who could shoot out an expression strong enough to stand alone, without winking, no doubt possessed advantages that a clergyman putting up a stove in those degenerate times cannot enjoy. Political economy strikes a snag that won’t budge sometimes. The bulk of a loaf of bread indicates with unerring precision the condition of the times, but the size of a tobacco quid never varies. “Don’t let this hock-cur again!” as the father said to his sou, whom he < aught trying to pawn the family spitepuppy.