Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1891 — Page 2

®lje JemocraticSenttncl RENSSELAER. INDIANA. JL W. MoEWEN, ... PnusHn.

A TURBULENT WORLD.

IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OP THE DAY. 1 Foreign and PomeiUr Intelligence Transmitted by Wire-A Kaleidoscope of Interesting Occurrences—Political, Criminal, Accidental, and Industrial. i " —l—The Idaho Man Takes tbe Oath of Office— An Objection. The Senate met at noon on the 29th, after a few day’s recess. The Vice-President laid before the members a communication from the Governor of Idaho transmitting credentials of the Senator-elect f ram that State —Messrs George L. Shoup and 'William J. McConnell. The credentials having been read, Mr. Hoar moved that as Mr. Shoup was present the oath of office be administered to him. Mr Vance remarked that the new State of Idado appeared to have elected more than its fair share of Senators, and he thought that the credentiali should be referred to the Committee oh Privileges and Elections Mr. Hoar said that, as he understood, there were only two Senators chosen from that State. He thought that his motion took precedence of Mr. Vance's. Mr. Hoar’s motion having been agreed to. that Senator escorted Mr. Shoup to the Clerk’s desk, where he took the oath of office and subscribed to it. DARING BANK KUIiBERY, A Chicago Bank Bobbed by Three Men in Broad Daylight, The Merchants Exchange Bank of South Chicago was the victim of one of the boldest daylight robberies committed in recent years. At noon, when everyone was out for dinner except Frank Lynn, a clerk 21 years old, three men entered the bank and’covering Jiim with their revolvers ordered Lynn to throw up his hands. Being taken by surprise the young man obeyed. The robbers then erdered him to handout the money, and to be quick about it. This he refused to do. when two of the strangers climbed over the railing, threw the boy down and kicked him Into insensibility. They then opened the vault and took therefrom $2,800, ail the money In sight. They then picked up young Lynn, threw him into the vault and closed the door upon him. Just as the three men were leav.ng the bank, , one of them carrying the bag and the other the tin box, Mr. Walter Willis, the cashier of the bank, entered, and they smilingly bade him good-day as they passed out. Then they hurriedly walked around the corner to Exchange avenue and Ninetysecond street, where they jumped into a buggy, which they had left tht&re some time before. It was a rather weather-beaten, square-topped buggy, with a bay horse attached to it. Willis soon discovered the robbery, released Lynn from the vault and gave the alarm. Then began an exciting chase. A patrol wagon filled with policemen started In pursuit of the robbers, and after a long chase succeeded In overhauling them. Several shots were fired on both sides, but in the end the robbers were caught and locked up. They gave their names as Harry Featherstone, Frank Bennett and John Corbitt.

NOT A QUESTION OF MORALS. Mr. Vincent Scully Say* the Sin of Parnell Was Only a •’ Private Vice.” Mr. Vincent Scully, who was defeated by Sir John Pope Hennessy in the contest for North Kilkenny's seat in Parliament, has ■written a letter to the Freeman’s Journal in which he says the attitude of the Irish Bishops before and during the election referred to only shows that Mr. Parnell “committed a private vice,” and allowed judgment by default to be delivered against him, and, therefore, he has been pronounced to be no longer eligible to a position of public trust. Continuing, Mr. Scully says the Irish struggle is essentially a political and not a moral one, a struggle for leave for the Irish to manage Irish affairs after their own fashion. The struggle is one of pounds, shillings, and pence, and not of the sacraments.

Took Poison and Shot Himself. Harry Atkinson, a railroad brakeman ■whose home is at Auburn, Ky., chose two routes to commit suicide, at the Globe Hotel in St, Louis. He fir3t tried morphine, which had effect on his organism. He then took a dose of laudanum, and, getting In bed, sent a bullet crashing through his brain. He left several letters, one of which was addressed to Mrs. C. F. Atkinson, Auburn, Ky. No cause is assigned except that he was heard to say that he was tired of life.

Two Justices Indicted. The Grand Jury at Des Moines, lowa, has returned indictments against Justice of the Peace J. B. Johnson for making false returns, and against Justice L. B. Callender and Constable George Cleggett for conspiracy to defraud the county. More indictments will grow out of the recent investigations into the methods of the Justices and constables who are engage! in enforcing the prohibitory law. No Pleuro-Pneumonia There. / The action of Secretary Rusk, of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, in closing certain Vermont ports for entry of Canadian cattle into the United States, owing to the alleged existence of pleuropneumonia in the Dominion, is much criticised in Canada. The Government officials assert that there is not a single case of the t.isease in existence in the Dominion. Recovered Her Speech. A remarkable case of recovery of speech has occurred in Dubuque, lowa. A year ago Miss Jkilia Morris was struck,dumb with the horror of witnessing the killing of her brother. Since then she had been unable to utter a word until the other day, when heAspeech returned to her as suddenly as it left. She is now able to converse freely. Mobbed While Aalerp in a Pullman. —A Camden man named Halliet, who had been in Boston selling horses, was robbed of $7,460 while asleep on the night Pullman train, near Bangor, Me. \

Bold Robbery in a Hotel. George Walser, a representative of the Morris Safe and Lock Company of Covington, Ky.. was gagged and robbed in a room in the Union Depot Hotel at Kansas City about 12:30 o’clock in the moruin|£®Ue was awakened at the hour mentioned by a sound in the room and saw two men searching the pockets of his trousers. When they discovered that be was awake they gagged him and afterward robbed him of SOS. As soon as they had departed Walser rang the bell and help came, but it was then too late to get any trace of the ropbers.

BUSINESS GETTING BETTER. The Holiday Trade Shows a General Improvement m Trade. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade' says:* ' ' -L

Business has procressed as well as could be expected in a week broken by the Christmas holiday and a great snow-s:orm. The holiday, trade was remarkably heavy in New York and at nearly all other points good, which is by no means evidence that the tightness of the money market springs from any general embarrassment of business or industry. The volume of payments through banks continues laVger, though but_ about 3 per cent, larger, than a year ago. Railroad earnings thus far reported for December also show a gain of about 4 per cent, over those of the same week last year. Foreign trade is heavy in spite of causes which were expected to insure a material decrease. The uncertainty in regard to monetary legislation and its possible effects Is still the great obstacle, but even this has less disturbing influence than It had a week or two ago, as the prospect of unwise action seems more remote, and the money markets have generally grown easier during the last week, hot only at the East but at suiue of the Western and Southern centers. The monetary situation grows more satisfactory because Treasury disbursements continue and arrivals of cold have given aid, and the enormous excess of merchandise exports over imports is felt. In three weeks of December exports from New York have been 7 per cent, greater than last year, which would indicate heavier exports than in any previous month, while the Increase in imports has been but 2 per cent. These facts point to an excess of exports as large as the $37,000,000 of last Decemeer. In November the excess of exports over Imports was more than $25,000,000.

HOPE FOR THE AMERICAN HOG. He May at I.ast Be Allowed to Get Into Italy. The Italian Government several ye&rs ago prohibited the importation of American pork and lard, and soon after extended the prohibition to all countries. It has just taken a step, however which, it is believed, will result In the removal of the restriction against the United States. The Minister of the Interior has issued a decree reciting that Germany is taking every safeguard to insure the health of Its home products. A certificate from a health officer Is to accompany each shipment. Inasmuch as the inspection laws of Germany are no more rigid than those existing in the United States, it is believed that Italy, whoso trade relations with tbe United States have been rapidly growing until now they have reached figures exceeded only by three nations, will be willing to ■ remove the embargo upon American pork and lard upon . similar assurances from the United States of thorough inspection. It Is known that the Government is highly pleased with the lncreas ng trade with the United States, which has been less affected by the new tariff than that of the other nations. It is believed that the matter has been taken up by Secretary Blaine and that negotiations are pending. The agents of a number of American shippers are now in Italy. They say that the removal of the restriction against the United States would prove of the greatest benefit and that they are satisfied a large market is awaiting such action.

TWO SALARIES AT A TIME. How Retired Army Officers Manage to Make a Living. The right of a retired officer of the army to hold a position under the civil Government and to draw pay for both positions comes up again Incidentally in connection with the case of Col. A. J. Smith, who was recently restored to the army and retired by a special act of Congress, and who has continued to perform the duties of disbursing agent for the ongineer department of the army. In the latter capacity he paid himself mileage at the rate allowed engineer officers. The Second Controller has just decided that he is entitle! only to actual expenses as allowed all other employes, and in a lengthy review of the officer's status throws out a pretty broad hint that he is illegally drawing a double salary from the Government. It has long been a question whether an officer could draw two salaries from the Government, but inasmuch as the courts have decided that the only specific law on the subject is the one that prohibits retired officers from holding positions in diplomatic service the accounting officers have not undertaken to stop the pa> of those retired officers who fill civil offices outside of the State Department, but an opportunity is rarely lost of questioning the propriety of appointing retired officers to civil positions. Gen. AV. S. Kosecrans draws pay as a Brigadier General on the retired list and as Registrar of the Treasury. It is the best piece of luck “Old Rosy” has had for many years, but no one begrudges him it

PLAYED A SHARP GAME. Ohio Robbers Handcuff* Their Victim and Then Take His Money. A daring and successful robbery occurred in the northern part of Fostoria, Ohio, about dusk one night recently. As Frank Myers, agent for the Perkins Windmill Company. Mishawaka, Ind., was coming to town from his home, three miles In the conutry, he was stopped by three men. One of them stepped up to him, saying: “We were just looking for you; consider yourself under arrest.” At the same in&tant two revolvers were stuck in his face. One of the fellows polled out a pair of‘steel handcuffs and fastened them around his wrists. The fellows then began going through his pockets. Attempting to resist he was struck below the eye and knocked senseless. The thieves secured 51,330 In currency, a gold watch, a revolver, and some notes. When Myers regained consciousness he was lying on the railroad track. Myess hastened up-town and had the handcuffs sawed off. One of the fellows had on a blue coat and bra s buttons. It Is supposed the work was done by parties who knew that Myers frequently had large sums of money on his person. There Is no clew thus far to •the robbers. A. L, Hopkins, the “Vressiah.” A. L. Hopkins, who is now posing as the Indiana messiah at the agencies out West, is well known at New Hampton, lowa. Only a year ago lie was the Democratic nominee for County Treasurer, and made a very good canvass, although it was thought by many that he was insane. He traveled through the West for years for Burley & Tyrrell, a crockery house of Chicago, and was always considered a man of more than ordinary ability. He was a soldier during the war and is n>w a pensioner. His brother, H. A. Hopkins, is now holding the office of Postmaster at Nashua, lowa.

A Burglar with a Conscience. William Newton’s conscience troubled him so that he ca,me all the way from South America to Omaha to give himself up to the police. Newton says that he is the man who burglarized the store of William Snyder at Tenth and Harney streets in March last While the proprietor by mistake shot in the arm the policeman who came to the rescue, Newton escaped and drifted to South America. But his con-

science troubled him and he finally decided to come back and go to tbs penitentiary, where he could learn a trade.’

Spain’* Severe Protective Tariff. The decree issued by the Spanish Minister of Finance declaring that Spain must follow the protection movement in America by increasing the duties on many Imports Is discussed In Madrid on all sides. There are many who approve the step taken by the Government, butt there are others who do not look upm the move with favor. The following arj two examples of the severity of the new tariff: The duty on brood mares has been increased from $6.50 a head to $27.50, while the duty on wheat flour has been increased from $4.50 to $26.50. Put Gunshot Into Hl* Heart. A young man named David F. Fee was shot and instantly killed on View street, Victoria, B. G. Fee, in company with a friend named Partridge, was walking quietly along when a man near by «a!d, “You challenged me,” and, raising a shotgun, fired at Fee, the charge entering his heart. The murderer escaped, but later a man named belk was arrested on suspicion, and when taken to jail said a man named Whelan had told him he had just shot a man. The police are now on the track of Whelan. . M * The Season’s Loises on the Lakes. . The last season has been unusually disastrous the shipping on the great lakes. Sixteen steamers, whose total tonnage was 5,915 tons, and whose value was $356,500, were lost. Twenty-seven schooners and barges, valued at $278,000, and with a tonnage of 8,585 ton's, were also lost, as well as twelve tugs, valued at $79,000 and of 520 tons burden, making the total number of vessels lost fifty-five, with art aggregate tonnage of 15,020 tons, and a financial loss of $7X3,000.

Child Labor in Minnesota. Labor Commissioner Lamb, of Minnesota, has prepared his second biennial report of the State Bureau of Labor, which contains, among other valuable information, a statement showing the alarming increase c-f child labor and a table of the average attendance In schools. The chapter on child labor shows that less than 13 per cent, are under 12 years of age; that 50 cents a day Is the average wages. The average months’ employment Is 8.6, the a.verage months of school attendance, 2.6. Big Foot and Bis Band Captured. At the headquarters of the Department of the Platte, at Omaha, a dispatch has been received from Gen. Brooke which stated that Maj. Whitesides, in command of a battalion of the Seventh Cavalry.had captured Big Foot and his entire band near the head of Porcupine Creek. About 150 bucks sur-. rendered. Gen. Brooke also telegraphed, that the hostiles In the Bad Lands had surrendered and would reach Pine Itidge Tuesday. /~N. Will Give Her a GoldeiCßose. It is reported that the I , ope~'Jntends to confer a special honor on Mme;jCarnot by sending her the golden jose which/he blessed at the last Mid-Lent Sunday.V As this honor is usually bestowed on Catholic sovereign, the presentation of the rose to the wife of the PresldentJof a European republic will be a most sbrnUL—cant Incident as indicating a change in the Pope's political attitude. Musician and Burglar. A young musician named Broesoker, in Berlin, robbed the residence of Mr. Schaefer, a merchant. The family was absent, the only person in the house at the time being a maid servant. The burglar assaulted the servant with an iron bar, knocking her senseless. Subsequently Broeseker became terrorized and surrendered to the police. *

Fifteen Thousand May Strike. The miners of the Central Pennsylvania coal regions have served notice on the coal operators demanding a change in the price of mining from 50 cents gross ton to 50 cents net ton and a new working scale of prices, which they want to go into effect Jan. 1. If the demuuds are not granted the men to the number of 15,030 will quit work. Spain Will Advance Duties. The Spanish Minister of Finance has issued a decree declaring that Spain must; follow the protection movement of America and Europe, repeal portions of the existing tariffs, and largely increase the -duties on horses, mules, cattle, preserved and salted meats, flour, rice, and cereals from Jan. 1 next. Funeral of a Belgian Sooial st. The funeral of Cesar de Paepe.the Belgian Socialist took place in Brussels. The remains were followed tq the grave by an enormous concourse of people. -In the procession were deputations'from 500 Socialistic associations. These delegates carried banners and were headed by bands of music. Driving Out the Poles. The Russian Government has ordered the expulsion of 11.000 Germans and Austrians, the latter mainly Galician Poles employed ■ by private firms in Poland.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3.25 @ 5.50 Hogs—Shipping Grades £OO @ 4.00 Sheep 3.00 0 5.50 Wheat-No. 2 Bed .91 0 .91!* Oor.v-No. 2.... 48 & .48;,, Oats—No. 2 40 tg) .40’s Rye—No. 2 04 © .60 Bdtteb—Choioe Creamerv 26 @ .28 Cheese—Fall Creams, flats..... .03'$© .10!* Eggs—Fresn 20 @ .21 Potatoes— Western, per bu 85 0 .90 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.50 0 4.7 S Hogs—choice Light 3.00 (3 3.50 Sheep—Common to Prime....L 3.0 J (u, 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 94 0 .94’* Corn—No. 1 White 50 @ .50’* Oats—No. 2 White 48 © .48!* ST. LOUIS. Cattle 4.00 @ 5.50 Hogs 3.00 0 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 94 & .95 Corn—No. 2 .46 @ .46’$ Oatß—No. 2 41 0 ,41’s Barley—Nebraska 72 0 .74 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.03 @ 4.53 Hogs 3.00 0 4.03 Sheep 3.00 0 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Bed .98}$ © .93!* Corn—No. 2 52 0 .52'0 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 45’*© ,46V, MILWAUKEE. ~ Wheat—No^2Spring .85 @ .87 Corn—No. 3 46 0 .47 Oats—No. 2 White 41 © .42 Bye—No. 1 66 © .68 Barley—No. 2. 66 <gi .66 1 * DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 © 5.00 Hogs 3.03 & 3.50 Sheep 3.00 © 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 98 © .99 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 52 0 .53 Oats—No. 2 White 45}* g) .46 TOLEDO. Wheat.... 94 @ .93 Corn—Cash......... .52 © .53 Oats—No. 2 White 46 @ .47 BUFFALO. Cattle—Good to Prime 4.00 0 5.00 Hogs—Medium and Heavy 3.50 0 4.00 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 1.08 0 1.08!* Corn —No. 2. ;.,. .57)$© .585 s EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Common to Prime 3.50 @4.75 Hogs—Light 3.25 0 4.00 t-% ei-p—Medium to Good 4.00 0 5.25 Lamb 5......../ 4.00 0 6.03 NEW YORK. Cattle 3.50 @ 5.25 Hoos 3.25 0 3.75 Sheep ; 4.00 0 5.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.015$ g 1.06’* Corn—No. 2.., 68 0 .60 Oat»—Mixtd Western 40 0 .50

EXPIATED HER CRIME.

MARY ELEANOR WHEELER IS HANGED AT LONDON.

Made a Confession at Last—Tha Murderess of Mrs. Hogg and Hor Babe Acknowledges the Justice of Hor Sentence. The report cabled from London that Mary Eleanor Wheeler, alias Mrs. Pearcey, had been rescued from the gallows and condemned to prison for life was somewhat premature. The woman was hanged on the 23d of December. A cablegram from London says: Notwithstanding the report of the noted alienist, Dr. Forbes Winslow, to the effect that the woman was subject to epileptic fits

MARY ELEANOR WHEELER.

and might have killed Mrs. Hogg while in that condition, Home. Secretary Matthews decided not to interfere with the course of justice on the ground that the crime bore conclusive evidence of deliberation as to the death of the child at least and also of premeditation. During the-iast few days Mrs. Pearcey has been much broken down. Instead of maintaining the calm front which she showed at her trial, she frequently threw herself on the bed and sobbed convulsively. ' But she made no confession until this morning. Her mother saw her for the last time last night During the night Mrs. Pearcey was quiet and resigned. She got up early this morning and prayed for some hours. To the Chapr Ikin she acknowlenged that the sentence was just, at the same time asserting that much of the evidence was false. She never mentioned Hogg, and gave the im-j pression that she alone was guilty of the murders. The hanging passed off without incident, the unhappy woman dying almost instantly. The crime was committed in October.' Mrs. Pearcey and Frank Hogg had been friendly before Hogg’js marriage, and 'were intimate after it, Mrs. Pearcey being supported by a gentleman of means (named Crichton. Mrs. Pearcey was tnadly in love with Hogg, and maintained an appearance of friendship with Mrs. IWgg, who knew nothing of the intimacy. Mrs. Pearcey invited Mrs. Hogg /to visit her one afternoon and bring the I baby, then eighteen months old. According to Mrs. Pearcey’s partial confession Mrs. Hogg came, and they had some words. What followed wss shown by some blood stains Jn the kitchen and the finding of the bodies of Mrs. Hogg and child. After braining Mrs. Hogg with a poker and cutting her throat, Mrs. Pearcey probably suffocated the child. Then, under cover of darkness, she conveyed the body of Mrs. Hogg about a mile in the baby carriage and left It on the roadside. The body of the child she deposited In a field. The police suspected her from her actions when she went with Clara Hogg, the murdered woman’s sister-in-law, to identify the body of Mrs. Hogg. Search of her house revealed the evidence of murder. The husband, Frank Hogg, was for some time under surveillance, and narrowly escaped lynching. The authorities became satisfied, howevii 1 , that he was ignorant of the murder. He is said to have become, insane since the trial.

Fruit of the Shears.

Men of great capacity sometimes have very little capacity for making a living. —Texas Siftings. Wren you give, give freely. Still, there’s no harm if the jumping-jack you give your boy has a string to it—lndianapolis Journal Maddox—l understand your wife always has the last word. Gazzam—All a mistake, I assure you. She gives it to me.— Harper's Bazar. Ethel —Don’t yon remember, Maud, when I first came out Maud (interrupting)—Yes, dear, I was but a child then. — Bostonian. “What have you been doing for the last year?” asked one seedy-looking man as he stopped another on the street. “Time,” was the laconic reply.—Washington Post. When it is remembered that the Apostle Peter and others were fishermen, it looks a little odd, in the light of modern angling, that they were chosen to preach the truth. —Philadelphia limes. “Is THAT the General’s daughter?" “His daughter? Why, what’s the matter with you? He's too old to have a daughter as young as that.” “Well, then, it must be his wife. ’’—Fliegende Blatter. He —“I’d like to see you women struggling around a bargain counter just once, for the fun of the thing.” She—- “ And I’d like txnsee-yrotr men struggling around a free lunch counter. "—New York Herald. Jagway —l don't see how a man can get along on only two suits a year. Travers—Easy enough. For instance, I begin with my winter suit the Ist of January and wear it until the middle of March. Then I put *cfn my spring suTt and wear it until the Ist of June. Jagway—Then what do you do? Travers— I keep right oa wearing it.— Harper’s Bazar. Benevolent person (to old tramp)— You ought to be ashamed of yourself to bo begging at your age. Tramp (indignantly)—How in thunder can I bee at any other age now, I’d like to know. Gimme a nickel— Washington, Star. “I am perfectly delighted with my dwelling at present. I have a diningroom, a reception-room, a working-room, a sfiioking-room, and a sleeping-room, and just think how convenient—all in one. ” — Fliegende Blatter. A towel folded, dipped in hot prater, wrung out rapidly and applied to the stomach acts like magic in cases of colic.

TO BE GOULD’S SLAVES.

THE ALTERNATIVE, GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.

» . ■. -■ T e. Attorney-General lees* of Nebraska in a Vigorous Report Declares That Unless tbe Government Assumes Absolute Control of All Railroads and Operates Them *• it Does the'Fostal system the People Will Soon Be Delivered Over, Bonnd Hand and Foot, to the Ballway Magnates. [Lincoln, Neb., dispatch. J In his report to the Governor, giving an account of the conduct of his office for the last two years. Attorney General Leese has added some fuel to the excitement growing out of the present political muddle in this State by handling the transportation question without gloves, and advocating Government control of railroads. In speaking of the Board of Transportation and its work he says: This board is composed of five State officers, including the Attorney General, and has power to appoint three secretaries, who are presumed tp do the work. The subject of transportation Is One of the most Important with which the people of this State have to deal. I have given it as much attention as my other official duties would permit, and I am free to say that the present system is a complete failure. lam thoroughly convinced that the only true solution of the rillroad problem must be worked out through a railroad commission, but any Bystem, such as ours, that requires three men to do the work and make all reports, only to be signed by certain State officers who have not had a chance to examine into the subject matter, is to my mind very unsatisfactory. It seems to me that if the railroad com-

panies could be*-made to understand that It was for their interest to lighten the burdens of the people, and that the prosperity of the people was the prosperity of these corporations, this would be a step in the right direction. But they do not seem to look at it in that light and take a directly opposite view. I can OBly account for this on one hypothesis, and that is that the managers of these Western lines must make as large a per cent, as possible so as to satisfy the Eastern stockholders. ■’ The State officer who endeavors to bring these corporations to an account for open and notorious violations of our fundamental law is at once branded as a demagogue or an office-seeker. The subsidized press is turned loese on him, and the officers in charge of the road will write letters, hr have others do 60, concerning him, and publish them in all the papers throughout the State that they can control. I would recommend a law forbidding any railroad corporation from Issuing any mortgage bonds or stock until an itemized account of the cash, labor, or property, duly sworn to, has been presented to some officer of the State for examination, and if found to be a true account of tbe money, labor, or property received, to register and certify to the same as issued in pursuance of law and as constituting a part of the capital stock of all roads now in operation as well as those to be forced hereafter. Twd years ago in my biennial report I calledyottr excellency’s attention to the bill pending before Congress to extend the debt due to the Gbvernnientfififom thd Union Pacific, and while my viewsimay hot have been couched in the nicest language, your excellency criticised the same, and refused to concur therein. The notion given-to that part of my report 4ft row message aid, however, attract the attention of Congress as well as the citizens of this State, and 26,000 people of Nebthska have petitioned Congress to vote against the bill to extend the debt due to the Government. and praying that tbe Government might foreclose the lien and put the Union, Pacific on a cash basis, ; ... . al . By tbe recent ip the affairs of the ,Waging in his that he controls, reaching from China to the Atjapticcoast,; This transaction is only a part played in the formation of a gigantic railroad trust that .is a menace to public rights, andr unless something is done, and that, too, ’ immediately, the day is not far distant when the people of this country will be bound hand and foot, and condemned to perpptual bondage 'to these transportation monopolies., a . , n ... The people oj jjhis State are cognizant of the above facts, and their appeals year after 7«at- f<Jr relief have been laughed to •corn, And it n'ow temains for some stronger weans to be adopted, and that Is for the Government to assume control of all the railroads in % America. This is a question that takes precedence of the many important ones that are now agltatidg the public mind and the question, we ask ourselves is whether or not it is better for the people to submit themselves and their business to the tender mercies of a railroad trust or to the Government of our country. The principal objection made against the Government control and ownership is that competition will be destroyed arid thatthe'vast increase of patronage of the Government would be dangerous to our republican institutions.

With one man controlling the principal roads of this country, competition will be as much destroyed as It is now between Seward and Lincoln, where the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy owns both the lines of road. Competition will be destroyed in either case, and it resolves itself down to the one question, whether or not the profits shall go into the pockets of one man or go to the Government. If the masses were to determine this question there would be one unanimous voice In favor of Government control. The second argument Is absurd. There is no corner of this Union that is free from railroad influences in political matters. It enters the door of the merchant, the sanctum sanctorum of the press, and the courts of cur State and nation, always taking an active part, from the election of a chairman of a board of village trustees to the election of a President of the United States, savagely holding back in Its ranks those who would break from its corrupting embrace and deteriorating influence. If the Government should take the control, this growing danger to the people’s Tights would be forever removed. The civil-service rules could be strictly carried out. where removals cannot take place without cause, and ability and personal merit alone, and not political Influence, would be the test for advancement. The crowned beads of Europe have operated railroads in a very satisfactory manner, and can it he said that a government of the people, by and for the people, is so dishonest and corrupt that we cannot trust It with the same power? Or must we continue to trust to the Jay Goulds, apd Vanderbilts, and Rockefellers? I believe in the Government control, and also believe that a commencement should be made by foreclosing the lien of the Government against the Union Pacific and taking possession of the same.

... Mu.,Caminrttt.,who.has hee„n ..awarded * seat In the next Congress, is of Italian parentage hut a native-born Californian, and he is said to be the first man from CaliH>rnia In either Abuse who was born in th# "ttate. x ~ s __ ” Francis Moore, a collector of ant ciquities of the Revolutionary period, has secured a portrait of Gen. George \V ashington engaged in smoking a pipe. The photograph of the juvenile George in the act of hacking the cherry tree is still missing. Chatjncey M. Dbpew has had the honor of having a steam tug with the loudest steam whistle in New York harbor named after him. Editor E. H. Butler, of Buffalo, who claims that he made and unmade Grover Cleveland, Is now booming Gov. David B. Hill for the Presidency of the United States.

Physicians Have Found Out

That a contamination and foreign element la the blood, developed by indigestion, is the causeof rheumatism. This settles upon the sensitive sub-cutaneous covering of the muscles and. ligaments of the joints, causing constant and shifting pain, and aggregating as a calcareous, chalky deposit which produces stiffness and distortion of the joints. No fact which experience has demonstrated in regard to Hostetter'a. Stomach Bitters has stronger evidence to support than this, namely, that this medicine of comprehensive uses checks the formidable and atrocious disease, nor is it less positively established that it is preferable to tbe poisons often used to arrest it, since the medicine contains only salutary ingredients. It is also a. signal remedy for malarial fevers, constipation,, dyspepsia, kidney and bladder ailments, debility and other disorders, bee that you get the-, genuine. ,

Fashion’s ' laves.

Husband—You women are regularslaves of fashion. Wise —I know it, my dear. What was-, it you wanted me to do for you? Husband—Oh, yes, I forgot. Thosetwo buttons on the back of my coat just above the coat tails are loo;e. I wish you’d sew them on .—Street, & Smith'sOood News.

Probably It Wasn't a Matter of Choice.

Rednose (as he returns his fellow-trav-eler s flask)—My dear sir, that makes me a new man. I’m infinitely obliged toyou. I wish I had a thousand throats tothank you. Fellow-traveler (looking ruefully at. his flask) —I’m very glad you haven’t. — Epoch.

Occasionally there are loud reports; from the opening of a cleft, a vast mass of water pierces its way into the icedown to.fhe underlying granite itself, for thousands of feet.

ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when? Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant, and refreshing to the taste, and acts; gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,. Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Svrup of Figs is theonly remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste and acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in itseffects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities Commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and $1 botffes jay all leading druggists. * Any reliable druggist whomay not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one whowishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK. N.Y.

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