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@he Ligonier Lunner STOLL, McDONALD & CD., Publishers. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1886 CONGRESSIONAL Og NVENTION, > AUBURN, IND,, March 13, 1886. To the Democratic Electors of the Twelfth Congressional District of Indiana, ; You are hereby notified that-the congressional district convention willbeheldon =~ THURSDAY, THE 13TH DAY OF MAY, 1886, at the town of Auburn, in DeKalb county, at 11 o’clock &.m., for the purpose of placing in nomination & candidate for representative in " the Fiftieth Congress.: All the countiesjin the distriot are requested to appoint the proper delegates to said convention, upon an appotion- . ment of one delegate to every 200 votes cast fo ~ governor in 1884, as follows: - . Allen county--8806 votes, 44 ﬂele?ates. DeKalb county—279B votes, 14 de eFates. Lﬂ.%nmge county—l39B votes, 7 delegates, Noble county—2Bl7 votes, 14 delegates, Steuben county—l3l3 votes, 7 delegates, Whitley county—2364 votes, 12 delegates, At the samé time the convention will transact ! such other business as may properly come before the same. { ; Erl B. GERBER, Chairman. TroMAS H, SPROTT, Secretany. j

1x another column we present the first part of an interesting article from the pen of Hon. J. B. Stoll, who has lately returned from Washington.

. Tue condition of Secretary Man—ning is such that his friends h?ve grave apprehensions of his re(iojvery_. It is now almost certain that he will resign his place in the cabinet soon if he recovers from his present attack.

WE REPRODUCE in another column an article from the Columbia City Posj bearing upon the congressional matter in this district. Four years ago the Post was a strong supporter of Judge Lowry. Nothing has as yet occurred to shake the fealty of the Post toMr. Lowry, = | :

Tug RAILROAD strikein the southwest still continues in force much to the detriment Ef business and travel in that part of the country. The workmen and the railroad authorities cannot get together as to terms of settlement and the difficulty seems to be insermountable. L

TrERE is no longer any doubt as to the position of Pat S. O’Rourke in the congressional fight, His card withdrawing from the contest plainly evidences that gentlemans determination to either become an indepen—ent candidate or an aggressive enemy to the ticketunder all circumstances. | . :

THE TOWNSHIP conventions in the county have been held and in nearly every instance the ticket put in the field by both parties are made up.of good men,- The political significance of the result will not be of anyimportance as in this. townslhip, as well as/in many others, local issues will, to a great extent, govern the"g result.

- Froat the tone of several of our exchanges from the thirteenth congressional district it is evident that’ Hon. George Ford, the present representative, will meet with considerable opposition for re-xllomi;x}atior;u. Several available candidates are prominently mentioned, among whom s our friend H. H. Francis of the Michigan City Dispatch. A

Tux attempt of the Republicans to make political capital out of’ the slaughter of the ten negroes in Mississippi will hardly avail anything.’ The democratic press of the south denounce the affair in bitter terms. It was the result of a drunken brawl in which a white man, who was probably the aggressor, had been slightly injured by colored rowdies,

Tur reporr that gold has been discovered in large quantities in Alaska has raised great excitement in northwestern’ Michigan. It is stated that "(l'}ov. ' Swineford took several Michiganders with him when he went ‘to rule the country in . question, and that these have “struck it rich” and sent the good news home. Possibly we have another California experience before us. 1f so it will not be long before the American people will know a great deal mare about Alaska than they do now.

It 18 Now authoritatively anaounced that the name of Hon. S.B. Shutt, of DeKalb county, will be presented before the congressional convention. ‘Some weeks ago Mr. Shutt, in deference to his own feelings, withdrew ‘fromd the contest into which his name had been drawn by the action of his friends, but after due considération he has again allowed his friends to announce his candidacy, and he has entered personally into the fight. Mr. Shutt’s” democracy is unquestioned, and his nominafion would certainly be a personal triumph and acceptable to the rank and file of the democratic party, - S

i - Tue pELEGATES to the congression--4l convention from Whitley and DeKalb countles have been "selected: The twelve delegates from 'Whitley county are a unit for the nomination of Hon. Robert Lowry, and of _the fourteen selected in-DeKalb county last Saturday ten are outspoken for Lowry and two of the four will vote for ‘him on the seecond ballot if it is necessary, but from the present appearances stich a contingency is very remote. The action of these two counties in giving nearly a unanimous support to Mr. Lowry in a large measure decides the contest. Every indication points toward the renomination of Judge Lowry by an overwhelming majority. = -

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o ‘A FALSE STATEMENT. - A special to the Indianapolis Sentinel from Washington says: “The report d¢irculated throughout the country by a few euterprising liars that the Indiana Democrats were indignant at the action of the President in not appointing Hon John B. Stoll Public Printer at the present time, is as untrue as it is. silly and malicious. It is true there was some disappointment, but no feel-: ings of indignation have eyer been expressed The delegation who called upon the President did so after a long interview between the President and Mr. Stoll two days previous. The Democrats Have nothing to complain of |because they still regard the chances of Mr. Stoll good, and are as firm in the belief that he wi!l be appointed at the expiration of this Congress as he would have been had the President made the appointment at the expiration of the term of office of the present incumbent, which is on the 11th proximo. Mr, ‘Sto]l is yet in the city, but will leave for home this week impressed with the | belief that he will be remembered when the proper times arrives. This opinion generally prevails among the public men here, and there are abundani reasons to believe Indiana is to be given this important office.” : TEN DAYS AT WASHINGTON, A Fertile Fleld for Political ExploratHomtly- - i And i Delightful spot Wherein to Bury Political Ambition, .

Somewhat reluctantly I seized ‘my grip-sack on the night preyious to my birthday, March 13, after enjoying a few very pleasant hours with kindly neighbors and friends-who had called to manifest their mterest in an event that invariably leads my mind to a contemplation of the opening chapter of Charles Dickens’ inimitable description of Oliver Twist. A ride of something over two hours brought me to Waterloo, where, in the absence of the elsewhere indispensable omnibus or hack, I was afforded an opportunity of indulging in that beneficial exercise which has so often been commended to me—walking. The man who conducts the traveling public to Waterloo's only hotel said the distance between the depot and his hogpitable mansion was only about three-fourths of a ‘mile. He may have known exactly whereof he affirmed, but if the distance traveled was not twice as great as stated, then my weary limbs were sadly unreliable asindicators.

“REFORM IS NECESSARY, ' the Democracy declared on almost every conceivable subject in their celebrated platform adopted at St. Louis in 1876, My mind, for the time being, was not fixed ‘upon the subjects which that famous document declared as standing in need of reformation; the.reform which at that particular moment seemed most imperative pointed to a more comfortable couch. For some unaccountable reason the average rural landlord persists in retaining in chambers a certain style of bed steads that may do very well for persons who have just outgrown the trundle-bed but are wholly inadequate: to the comfort of individuals whose, . general dimensions are considerably in excess of the Tom Thumb pattern. -~ T dread to put myself away in one of these beds, for fear -that a somewhat abrupt “turning over” might result in a crash . that would surely disturb the slumber of other guests, One or two such experiences are not soon forgotten. And then I never did fancy the idea of hanging my feet over the foot-board nor of trying to work ‘myself into the shape. of a half circle.

i’ SOMETHING OVER AN lI'OUR’S RIDE ‘brought me to Ft. Wayne, the Gibralter of the Indiana Democracy, and the home of innumerable statesmen and patriots. Fort Wayne is rather a pleasant town wherein to while away a few hours in waiting for a train. It has enterprise and thrift, but lacks eleanliness. Its streets and crossings present a horrible appearance on a rainy day. Its sidewalks are too narrow and irreguldr. = ' . I met a goodly number of politicians and old acqaaintances, and feel under Special obligation to genial Charley Munson for courtesies. Charley feels assured that the Indiana Democracy will be able to hold the fort in November, and therefore evincés a pardonable interest in the framing of the democratic state ticket. He speaks in very shigh terms of the cordial manner in which he was received at South Dend several weeks ago, and pronounces St. Joseph county Democrats hale fellows well met. ! _ ; - CONGRESSMAN LOWRY, who is an honored resident of Fort Wayne, was called home on legal business and passed several days among his constituents. His office was constantly crowded by constituents who came to pay their respects to their able and distinguished representative in Congress. The judge, though oyerwhelmed with matters requiring his constant care and attention, has a friendly greeting for every one who calls upon him. Whens ever and wherever he can'do a constitaent a service or a favor, consistent with the public interest, no urging or coaxing is required. He does it with a hearty good will and in a cheerful spirit. At Washington he is counted among the most industrious and wunti'ring workers in the legislative service. His daily work averages about fourteen hours. He is never idle. Very little escapes his attention. He keeps himself thoroughly informed on everything that transpires about.the capitol. Everybody there seems to know and like him. ‘Though having but recently entered upon his second term, he nevertheless occupies a high rank among the leading members .of the House. He is universally considered a prudent and sound adviser, and a safe leader, VicePresident Hendricks last summer pronounced Judge Lowry one of the safest men in Congress. ® Senator Voorhees puts a like estimation upon the Judge. His friends are devotedly attached to him, and will make a strong effort to retain him in the congressional service. He will encounter some opposition, in’ the approaching contest, but his friends have the utmost confidence in his triumphant renomination and re-election. |

. Placing myself in custody of a Pull‘man sleeping car conductor, the journey FROM FT, WAYNE T@ PITTSBURG réally afforded rest instead of proving tiresome, The countryalong the Pennsylvania railroad twenty-five miles this side of Pittsburg is singularly attractive and worthy of contemplation and study. Getting nearer Alleghany City PR T s . R P SISy s b 3 %

there seems to be all along the line a continuation of workshops—evidences of the marvelous growth of manufacturing enterprises in that wonderful region. While I never succeeded in’ cultivating a fancy for ;

. THE SMOKY CITY of Pittsburg, yet the immensity of her manufacturing enterprises and the thrift and energyiof her sturdy business men always challenged my admiration. Between the Pittsburg of to-day and the Pittsburg as I first saw it in 1859, there is a difference that I cannot undertake to describe. What would ordinarily be tonsidered a marvelous achieyement ina period of fitty years seems to have grown here, almost imperceptibly, in half that time. :

Accustomed, for a period of over twenty-five years, periodically to ;

CROSS THE ALLEGHANY MOUNTAINS, a study of its magniticent scenery has to me hecome a pleasurable pastime. The middle of March is not a seasonable time to gain a proper co;‘xceptioni of the grandeur of the scenery between Pittsburg and Harrisburg; the month of May is better calculated to unfold the beauty of the Switzerland of America to the enchanted view of the tourist. To me nothing seems more charming, more soul-inspiring -than the lofty ' mountains of Western Pennsylvania, varied by the green, velyety meadows of itg beautiful valleys, in the month of May. : ] v REACHING HARRISBURG about 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon I was confused by the transformation that had taken place since my last visit in the re-construction of the Pennsylvania depot. So complete is this transformation that I would hardly have known “which is which” had it not been that my good friend, Fred C. Fink, chanced to be there to lead me out of the wilderness. Instead of haviag from 80 to 40 minutes to spare before boarding the train for Washington, but seven minutes were announced as the limit between arrival and departure. Securing a seat in the Washington coach, and stepping to the rear of the same, I was inexpressibly delighted to see before me my excellent and esteemed friend, SR

CONGRESSMAN GUENTHER, OF .WISCONSIN, whose acquaintance I formed a year ago, and who is one of the truest and most unselfish men that it has beén my good fortune to meet in many years. Mr. Guentheris in many respects a very remarkable man. He is but a few months p?st forty-one years, and came to this country, from Prussia, in July, 1866, loeating in Oshkosh, Wis., in 1867. In 1876 Le was elected State Treasurer and re-elected in 1878. In 1880 he was elected to congress from the sixth district, re-elected in 1882, and elected to a third term in 1884. Such rapid advancement stands unparalleled in the history of American politics. Mr. Guenther is a delighttul conversationalist, a thoroughgoing politician, a scholar and a student. Though a stalwart Republican, he never allows polities, to inter—fere with his social relations, neither does he hesitate a moment to .espouse the canse of a political opponent if deemed ineritorious and deserving. He holds in inexpressible contempt the modern political pharisee, ycleped Mugwump, and yearns for the absolute extinction and eradication of the political hermorphrodite £com the body politic. '

Mr. Guenther introduced me to an . OLD WISCONSIN DEMOCRAT, who was on his way to Washington on business of a private character. I found him a man of extensivé information and clear understanding. Mr. Guenther had previously informed me that this gentleman was for years one of the leading spirits of the Wisconsin Democracy, that though never a candidate for office he always gave his time and money to the cause. He .avowed himself a straight-out,dyed-in-the-wool Jacksonian Democrat, without a particle of mugwumpery in his make-up. I gained much valuable information in regard tothe Wisconsin Democracy and its former and preseat leaders. When questioned as to the. prospect for the redemption of Wisconsin he shook his head ominously. He said that that was not aniong the political probabilities of this year; that' lukewarmness, indifference and discontent rendered such a result utterly§impossible. “We old Democrats who have fought the battles of the party for twenty-five years, without the hope or expectation of reward, cannot subscribe to the newfangled theory that an administration can be more successfully managed by its enemies than by its friends. Sucha thing has never been done and never will be. It is d — nonsense to entertain such an idea for a single moment. I don't know how these things are regarded in Boston, but with us Wisconsin Democrats political gudeism is in bad odor. We don’t believe in it, and I, for one, make no bones of letting anybody know just how we feel on the subject. Giye me a square-toed up-and-down Republican like my friend Guenther in preference to the best milk and water Democrat or Republican in the Jand. I have no use for a man who apologises for his politics or who is fool enough to consider himself better than his parly. For more than thirty years I have spent my time and money freely to uphold and maintain the democratic organization because I believed in its principles and liked its leaders, and it is too late for me to adopt a new-fan-gled political creed. If clear cut democracy is to make room for mugwumpery, I am. done and will have nothing further to do with politics.” “The old gentleman became considerably warmed up to his subject, and having had his say he resumed his seat with his wife who accompanied him to the capitol. . RO

- ©, (Tobe Continued = THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, The democrats of Perry township met in township caucus on Saturday last, and placed in nomination the following persons to be voted for at the election on Monday next: For Trustee——Geoxge Keehn; For Assessor—David Wysong; DF“ior Justices—Andrew Jackson, E J. oage. - Fogr Constables—John Biddle, Joseph Cain, Samuel Wolf. ! . Committeemen to serve for the next two years on the county central com‘mittes for the several precinets in i !Perry township, were also selected as follows: . . South-west precinct—Hon. E. B. Gerber. South-east Freclnct.-—a‘ ~Wi.Peters. = | North precinct—Levi Glant, & : it @AP ~Wabash Scratches and Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woodford’s SBanitary Lotion, Use no other. This never fails. Sold by C. Eldred & Bon, Druggists, Ligonier,

CULLINGS FROM OTHER COLUMNS.| S PR or (e Phesss - It is a blessed good thing that the farmers do not go on a strike—New | aETnluns o OTHERS RIGHTS CONSIDERED. | The Knights of Labor will be all right so long as they shall stand by the rights of: ;la%or‘,*but, if the time shall ever come when they shall lose sight of the rights of other people, their term of practical usefulness inl suddenly end. —Chicago Journal. i NO COUNTRY IS BETTER OFF. There 1s no better area on the world’s surface that contains more elements of wealth, comfort and material happiness than Indiana. Inthe products of the soil, the forests, the orcgard, the quarry and the mine our state is incaleulably rich.—Evansyille Journal. i . DON'T SEEM TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT. Were republican Presidents and secretaries in the habit of disclosing the reasons for their actions to democratic senators? The republicans should try and get it through their heads that the iadministration of the government has been intrusted to the other party.—Boston Herald. % A GREAT ISSUE. ; : . William Walter Phelps has dropped Blaine and taken up the cause of the great American Hog. That is a wise policy. Blaine was a mere temporary excitement—the issue of a day—the American Hog is an issue for all time. Some man will go sailing into the Pres|iderrey on the hog issite one of these fine days.—Kansas City Times. BODY BLOW FROM A SOUTHERNER. ‘ If one is to believe the statements of the daily papers of half the northern cities, rascality and. corruption constitute the controlling power in their municipal government, and low, venal, ignorant knaves make and adminis’er their laws. .And yet it is to this source that the benighted South must look for enlightenment.—Nashville American. . : A FAT SITUATION. - o By the time the new state house is finished the salaries and expenses of the commissioners, secretary, superintendent, ete., will amount to almost $75. 000, which is enough to build a’fairly good state house bygitself. However, so far as appearances go, and there is no evidence to the contrary, the building has been put up carefully and honestly and there is reason to ﬁelieve the comissioner’s declaration, that it will be the best and cheapest house of the kind ever built in the country.—lndianapolis News. THE INTEREST OF ONE THE OTHER'S INTEREST. The movement said to be on foot in Chicago to arrange for a national meeting of manufacturers and business men generally to devise some means of defense against the power of oreanized labor, needs a director and head that will not do more harm than good. Defense is not needed against organized labor. What is needed is to devise some plan whereby organized labor and aggregated capitol shall better understand each other and work together for the best interests of each. It will be found that the interest of one is identical with the other—that when one prospers the other will flouri=h and that when one languishes the other suffers. Labor and capital are in-the same boat, going ever in the same direction. —ln dianapolis Journal. . . - . CO-OPERATIVE AGRICULTURE. _ The Knights of Labor of Minnesota have taken a new departure in the formation of & co-operative land association, which has bought 700 acres of land in Crow Wing county, and secured a contract for the reservation by the railroad for future purchase of the remainder of the township in which they have located. Upon the land sosecured the experiment of co-operacive farming will be tried upon a wkolly new plan. Fhe Knights of Labor will send out from time to time families to colonize the farm. The colonists will be incorporated and organized as the Pioneer Co-operative Company. The best wishes of all men coneerned in the good of the laboring classes will attend the venture. Co-operative industry, when successfully inaugurated, is one of the most potent agencies in the settlement of the great problems which recent events have forced upon the attention of the ‘country.—Minneapolis Journal. 4 S

18 THE MIDLEMAN GOING OUT. “Why can't I buy at your mill?” asked a western buyer, of an eastern manufacturer the othér day. “I don't know what there.is to prevent you from sodoing,” was the latter's reply. “Now that I am east, then, I think I will call upon you,” and he did. He saw the line of goods in process and finished, liked them and was inclined to give an order.. He was obliged however, to travel a few miles to Boston and visit the treasurer for prices, but found that it was to his advantage for cash. He had been ordering these same fabrics through New York at a large advance. He has since sent several large orders direct for future delivery. Others in his section have followed suit, and even home buyers have found it to their profit to trade without intermediation. So many of these first-price orders have been received that the eastern manufacturer, after privately ascertaining that his western friends were disposing of his goodsat 80 per cent advance on the mill prices, has felt justified in raising his rates and discharging the middlemen.- Boston Transeript.

.- IT PAYB TQ BE HONEST. Senator Kenna’s defense of the President’s prerogative is well re—ceived, not because it came from this man or that, but because it was a defense of a constitutional privilege unquestioned for years. Senator Edmunds’ arraighment of the sdme privilege is %aughed‘ at, if not denounced, for the reason that every thinking man sees-the partisan from beneatlf the so-called patriotic draﬁery. It gays even politicians to be onest.—Philadelphia Times. .

ENOWS ALL ABOUT IT, The debate growing out of the controversy between the Senate and the :President has made one important disclosure not generally known. It is that the President of the United States is furnished with an official transcript of the proceedings which take place in the executive or secret sessions of the Senate. Kvery vote of !.Which a record is taken is certified to ‘him, and his knowledge of the star ‘chamber proceedings are thus as fully made known to him as if he were a member of the body. "

LET THEM TAKE THEIR MEDICINE. Farmers in the northwestern part of the state who invested in Bohemian oats and gave their notes in' payment are shinning around in every manner to escape payment of their obligataions. Some have even gone to the extreme of putting their property out of their own hands. Such a course is folly. llf a farmer is so foolish as to be caught in a swindling game where the o’n% advantage he would reap would IZB the further swindling of his brother farmer, he should have honor. enough to meet the result of his folly and set down the money loss as so much yvaluable experience gained.— Cleveland Plain Doaler. .~

‘Four years ago the Post took a prommzntpafﬁ he congressional canvass. In fact it was the first paper in the district f:ng?ﬂk 1€ &%‘;:mon of the queésclare its preference. It will be remembered that we fought for ability above a!l other considerations, wholly ignor ing “lo¢al pride” and “complimentary votes.” That the position we occupied was in ha.mion!y, with the popular will of the voters of the county'is proven by the fact that ten of theeleyen delegates, or nine of the ten townships, voted for the Post’s preference, each delegate having been chosen on a squars issue between candidates. ' In that canvass we were looking forward to no favors, but were only concerned in having the district represented in congress by a man who was in every way fully qualified-and who had the ability to command the respect for it that its vast manufacturing and agricultural interests demanded. To-day we stand upon the same footing. Being a candidate for vo office, or position, and having received no personal or material favors at the hands of Judge Lowry, we stand under no more obligation toj him than hundreds of other democrats of Whitley county. But, like all of them, we feel an interest in having the 12th district of Indiana represented by a man whose ability and influence and power and capacity will make it known throughout the union. The office of congressman is not an honorary affair, as a few would have you believe. It is not a toy, or plaything, to be passed around to every man whose ambition leads himn to seek it It is a position thaf demands our ablest thinkers, our most learned and enlightenedamen, and it is the duty of every citif }:«':zhink well before he makes up fiis mind as to the man he will support to fill this very high ana important trust. Every man who has the capacity to think at all should beable to give reasons for his actions. In the matter of choosing a congressman, eich voter 'should have a wvalid reason why a certain man is to be given his support. The Post has reasons for advocating the return of Judge Lowry to congress, and no man will question its right to express them. If they are not- well founded, or are fallaciousin any particular, you are a{ liberty to reject them. :

Judge Lowry is recognized as one of our ablest constitutional lawyers, a very essential qualification for a successful congressman. He is a man of great force of character, an able debater and a hard and persistent worker. His first term in congress, which is universally conceded to be merely an introductien, found him shoulder to shoulder with members who had served in the house for years, raising his voice in defense of right and denouncing the vicipus, partisan demagoguism practiced by the opposition, * At the beginning of his second term he was made chairman of an important committee‘ and placed seecond on the committes on elections, honors that are bestowedi upon congressmen only who possess decided ability and real merit. Notalone this. He is unquestionably the most popular and influential man, with the administration, of the entire Indiana delegation, and is so regarded by prominent men everywhere. And yet he has scarcely been initiated. In case he is again retarned, and we hope he will be, each additional year’s experience will make him just that much more valuable to the district, and his place will be eventually amnng the leaders of that great body which represents thesbrains of America. - ~_Yet, now and then a man is found advocating rotation, a change of congressman. He wants to passit around; looks upon it as a position that can be filled by flesh and blood and by almost. anything that passes for a man. If that view of the matter was the correct ‘thing, why have the democrats of In-i diana. been keeping. Dan Voorhees in the senate for the past 13 years? Why did they vote to refurn him in 18857 ‘Why have they been sending Holman, the “watch dog of the treasury” to congress for “Lo! these many years?” Why have the republicans been sending Edmunds and Logan and Tom Brown and Hiscock and other men ‘back to congress at each succeeding election? The answer is, they wanted men of ability and influence. And how did these men becoms so valuable? They certaimnly were not born great and with national reputations! The truth is they reached the heights of eminence gradually and by the generosity of a constituengy that was patient and appreciative of well doing; and with the same forebearance, the same generosity and patience and encouragement, the 12th congressional district of Indiana may some day enjoy the proud distinction of having a representative that will be as commanding in his influence and power as any miember of the lower house of the national congress. e

Judge Lowry is now at his post of duty in Washington. His competitors for the congressional nomination are dilligently at work in the district bringing every means in their power to bear to secure it. 1t is a privilege they have and they are at perfect liberty to carry the work on to whatever extent they please, but it is for the sturdy voters of the land who have the Godgiven right o exercise their own free will to say when the time comes who shall be their representative in congress, and The Post has an abiding faith that they will do so advisedly and understandingly and make no mistake. —Columbia City Post. !

G An Oid Bible. . The Rev. D. Duebhmig, of Avilla, Ind., possesses & Germun bible priated by Antbony Koburger, of Nuremberg, Bavarig, in the year ot our Lord, 1482. The many wood cuia which it coptaing, were engraved by one Kichael Wolgemmut There are also some beautiful initials. Koburger had printieg estaxblishments at Nurembsrg, Basle, Strasburg, and Lyouns, employing more than onsd hundred workmen and rnaning twenty-four orinting presses. Up to 1518--before the so-calied reformation—twenty different German editions of the bible, printed by different firms, were in'the bands of the people; fifteen in high Germin and five in low German. The one owned by the Rev. D. Duehmig is dated the Monday after the fira Sunday 1u Leut, several months before' the birth of Luther.—Fort Wayne Gazatte.

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Mr. Powderly Holds a Conference < Wik 1 BEiniiu Warihe. |- An Understanding Reéached and .. the Strikers Ordered to ReT | sume Werk: - THE WHEELS TO MOVE. - | New Yorx, March 29.—Mr. Gould had two interviewss with Mr. Powderly; recognizing him as the head of the Khich's of Labor, and assented to the. demand of the Knights that the questions at issue between the railroad. companies and their employes in the southwest should be settled by arbitration. Mr. Gould expressed himself as favorable to arbitration, not only in this ease, b’ut as a general principle for the settlement of future differences between the railroads and ‘their employes. The Knights, on their part, concede that those employes who have been engaged in acts of violence, shall. not be restored to the pay-rolis of the company, and that the men who worked in the place of the strikers ‘during the trouble shall continue in the company’s service. After his interview with Mr. Gould Mr. Powderly telegraphed an order to the XKnights engaged in the sirike to resume work at| onee. This order, if obeyed, will restore from 12,000 to 14,000 men. i NEW YOREK, March 29.—The best piece of information flashed West from: this city in many years was the following last night: : NEW YORK, MARCH 28, MARTIN IroNS, CHAIRMA N EXECUTIVE BOARD DISTRICT ASSEMBLY No. 1, ST. LoUIs, Mo.: President Jay Gouldi has consented to our Froposixion for arbitration and so telegraphs Vice President “Tioxie. Order men to resume work at once. By order of the Executive Board. - T. V. POVWDERLY, Grand Master Woikman Knights of Labor. ; This dispateh left New York at 10 o’clock, after Mr. Powderly had spent ,ne.lrl&' all day in conference with Jay Gould, It crowned the work of a busy Sunday. When William O. McDowell took General Master Workman Powderly’s letter to Mr. Gould on Saturday night he obtained f'or Mr. Powderly an appomtment with Mr. Gould for this ,morning. At 11 o’clock to-day Mr. Powderly and Mr. MeDowéll went up to Mr. Gould’s house on Fifth avenue. Awaiting them were Mr. Gould, Sec"ond Vice-President Hopkins and Director George Gould. I\lB Gould greeted the General Master Workman pleasantly, and the leaders of the opposing sides at once went 1o their business. Mr. Powderly did the talking for the IKnights of Labor. Mr. Goulg was the principal spokesman for .the railroad men. The strike was discussed from its very beginning, and at 1 o’clock the leaders were noi half through their subject. It was agreed that the conference should be resumed at 7 o’clock in the evening, and with that understanding Mr. Powderly and Mr. MecDowell left the house. They returned at 7 o’clock and continued their discussion of the sirike until 9. At 9:30 p. m. Mr. Gould sent the following letter to the Astor House to Mr. Powderly: T. V. PowbDERLY. EsQ., GRAND MASTER WOREMAN KNIGHTS OF LABOR: DEAR Sir:—Replying to your letter of the 27th inst., I write to say that 1 will to-morrow morning send the following instructions: ; “H. M. HoxlE, GENERAT. MANAGER, St. Lovuis: In fesuining the movement of trains on the Missouri Pacifiec and in the employment of labor in the, several deparimeunts of the company, you will give preference to our late employes, whether they are members of the Knights- of Labor or not, except that you will not employ any. person who has injured the company’s property during-tlie late strike, nor will you discharge any person who has taken service with the company during the said sirike. We see no objection to arbitrating any differences between the gmpl,(’)yes and the company, past or fuure. i

Hoging the above will be satisfactory, I remain yours very truly, JAY GouLD, President. Immediately on.receiving this letter! Mr. Powderlysentoff his telegrams to St. Louis ordering all Knights of Tabor engaged in tl{)e strike on the Southwestern system back to work. Mr. Powderly did not say much this eve ning. Ile was vely much pleased, however, with the result of his visit here, and seented to have forgotten his ?odily ailments in the pleasure of vieOTY. “Xlr. Gould recognizes our order,” he said.. “He addresses me by my title, general master workman. There were some misunderstandings which -our conference cleared up almost immediately. Had Mr. Gould been at home, where I could have had a'chance tosee him, this sirike, I am certain, would not have lasted more than two or three days. lam satisfied he will be ready to have all differences discussed in the future before there is necessity for a strike.” ; : -

”This is a pleasant ending to an unpleasant business,” said Mr. McDowell, “and one almost always sure to come when the heads of oPposing institutions can come together to talk over their differences. Mr. Powderly is 1o meet Mr. Gould at .9:30 .o’clock this morning, and then the committee of arbitration will be appointed as originally suggested by the Executive Board, three members on each side, and they to chioose a seventh.” 1 The Executive Board also sent out the following teiegram: - i To e KNI6HTS OF LABOR NOW ON STRIXKE IN THE SOUTHWEST:—Presi- | dent Jay Gould has consented to our proposition for arbitration, and so| telegrapl:s™ Viee Fresident Hoxie. | Pursuant to telegraphic instruetions] sent. to the chairman:of Txecutive Board District Assembly No. 101, you! are direcled to resume work at once. Per order Executive Board. i !

T. V, POWDERLY, G. M. W. Congressman’ O’Neill ‘has been enaged for some time past in drafting a %ill to promote arbitration between employers and emploves as a means of Ereveming‘strikes. He gave a copy of 18 proposed bill to Mr. Powderly last evening to receive any alterations that gentleman’s experience might suggest. mr. O’Neill returned to Washington by the midnight train. His bill will be introduced lin -the House to-day. He asserts that it is rational, operative and constitutional. It is entitled: €A bill creating boards of arbitration for the .?eedy settlement of controversies and differences between common carriers engaged iminter-state and territorial commerce or business and their employes.. - The preamble recites that by section Bof article 1 of the Constitution of theUnited States' Congress.is invested with full power and authority to provide for the general welfare of the Feople of the United States, to reguate commerce amonﬁ the several states, to constitute tribunals inferior. to the Supreme Court of the United States, and to make all laws which shall be'necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. The bill then provides for the formatien wilhin the law of a tribunal, consisting of one on each side of the controversy, the two to select a third. If they do not select, as provided, within three days, the United States Court of the jurisdiction in which the trouble exists shall do so. This tribunal shall have the standing of a United States commission, with all its powers, and shull be paid in like manner. ‘ | Ward Hunt, a retived justice of the United Siates supreme court, ~died Wednesday in Washingion. - Within 'the past year more than twenty thousand Jews left Russian Poland for the United States.

The Canadian court of appeals has decided that the purchase or sale of grain on margins is gambling, The almshouse of Peoria county, Illinois, was destroyed by fire Sunday, but 115 inmates were rescued. - - Ex-President Arthur has deelined the presideney of the Grant Monumental association of New York, The Northern Pacific car-shops and other buildings at Brainerd, Minnesota, were burned Sunday morning, - Neal Dow, the Maine prohllgtionist, celebrated his eighty-second birthday by a family gathering at Portland. By the burnirig- of Neiswanger’s livery-stable in IKansas City one man and thirty-eight horses lost their lives, . A. N. Kellogg, the Fiomex:in the auxiliary publishing busimess at Chicago, died Vggdnesday at Thomasyille, Geor= BHL Lo 000 d e Pittsburg parties have purchased Aty aoresaf land ab Germaiowh on

W s gesTet S BN esis [t e e e Tlosses’ by fire in Chicago mty% ear con- | Al s Soniey i) Vs e 1 Prepuiumde oo ee e cne 0l s A jory at Shoals, Indiana, convicted Sam Archer of the murder of %mnel ‘Bunch, and fixed July 9as the day for Nigexechifions 0 B b g . 'The%lgnt and job-office of the Dubuque Zimes have been purchased: for $28,000 by H. B. Layton and Raymond A, Patterson, of Chieagoy . = - The office of the Argus, at Fargo, ‘Dakota, said to have been worth $35,--000, was on Friday morning totally ex~ ‘tinguished by flames. = - ' - The Chicago and Great Southern railroad, running to the Brazil blockcoal fields, was sold under foreclosure to Henry H. Porter for $301,000. The grand jury of Champaign coun Tifinois, bas. indicted " Goorge »‘3: ‘ Fisher, a wealthy farmer, for sgealing from a store a 10-cent husking peg. - - .The body of Florence. Ruger, who last October mysteriously disappeared from her home in Chicago, was found in the river, near Adams street bridge. By the burning of a barn on the Hopkins stock farm at East Providence, Rhode Island, sixty-five head of ilersey and Ayrshire cattle lost their ives. It is now thought that the steamship’ Oregon was run down b%t’he schooner Charles H. Morse, of Boston, from ;vhich nothing has been heard for ten ays. - The Towa senate has passed 'a bill making drunkenness a misdemeanor, punishable with a severe penalty in an increasing ratio to the number of offenses. > . “‘Anderson, the Nebraska fiend, intrenched in a barn near Qakland, was riddled with bullets by his é)ursuers.,‘ who obtained his corpse by firing the building. | Frank Barr,an aged amd eccentric bachelor, the wealthiest citizen of ! Grant county, Wisconsin, was taken to the insane hospital at Madison, Wednesday. , A comgany of New York bankers has leased territory in the vicinitiy] of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, ‘on which it intends to bore twenty gas wells this. spring. : - The general freight agents .of the northwestern roads met in St. Paul Monday to consult as to measures to grevent demoralization in rates to and rom Chicago. Capitalists of London and Charleston have subscribed $2,000,000 with “which to build furnaces in a new iron district twelve mileg from Birmingham, Alabama. . A bill has been introduced in the New York senate for a commission to investigate the practicability of executing murderers by means of an electric current. ¢ The main vault of the sub-treasury at Chieago, resting upon a brick arch, contains 180 tons of coin, and a 'warning has been issued against adding to the pressure. S ' __Rev. N. A. Bamsey, of Milton, West Virginia, fled with his cousin, Rose Henley, leaving a wife and three children. - The girl’s relatives threaten to shed blood. i : . The recent slaughter of colored citizens at Carrollton, Mississipﬁi, caused Mr. Hoar to introduce in the senate a bill Iproviding for inquests under national authority. 2 The senate committee on the District of Columbia has decided to report adversely on the nomination of J. C. Matthews, an Albany colored man, to be recorder of deeds. ° o The sinking-fund commissioners of Ohio have sigued a contract with - Cincinnati bankers to place $2,250,000 of ten-year bonds at 2.73 per cent interest —the lowest rate ever known. M. C. Connelly, superintendent of schools at Petergburg, Illinois, seeks appointment to the sug)enntendency of Indian education made vacant by the promotion of John H. Oberly. : At the funeral of Frank Mulkowski, the Chicago murderer, from a Polish church in Noble street, Saturday morning, a married sister rode on the hearse to the cemetery beside the driver. - Louis Feltner, who is said to have | been at one time a prominent and wealthy citizen of Chicago, of late the . lessee of the Azul mines, in Mexico, was recently assassinated in Santa Clara canyon. oy Wheat_speculations wrecked the Bauk of North Minnea&ohs, a %givate institution owned by William Farnsworth and Jacob Raven. The deposits averaged $57,000 and the assets are reported at $30,000. ‘ '

William M. Smith, a. leader among the Illinois reﬂublicans‘ and lately a member of the railway commission, killed himself I'hursday with a revolver, at his home in Lexington, on account of failing health. Governor Oglesby has approved the report of the commaission locating on a quarter section nearthe Lincoln monument, at Springfield, the permanent camp of the Illinois National guard. The tract will cost $15;000. It is-alleged by a Portland newspaper that an association at San Francisco is negotiating to place six thousand Chinamen in Maine at $4 per week for wages and board, the employers to build bunks and furnish blankets, - William: O. Quinn; a clerk on a Michigan Central £o3tal—car,;was on Friday arrested and jailed in;Chicago for stealing letters and packages. He was trapped by means of . a faney silk handkerchief mailed by an inspector. At the request of the 'marshal of Galt, California, where. a $20,000 burg~ lary was recently per%etrated, the sheriff at Allentown, Pennsylvania, has arrested Charlés F. Acker to await a requisition from Governor Stoneman. An assembly of Knights of Labor in Chicago passed a resolution demanding that the government assume the ownership and controt of all railroads and telegrapbs in the Unitg;_l States, to be operated in the interest of the people. = ; = A controlling interest in the Illinois State Journal has been gurchased by Charles 1. Stratton, who has been ‘elected president of the compang. dJ. C. Buchanan retiresfrom the establishment, and J. R. Stuart will be managing editor. .. The secretary of the interior has decided that the Atiantic and Pacific road has no legal claim to 2,451,200 acres of land alou(i; its track between San Francisco and San Buenaventura, and its restoration to':the public. domain is ordered. o A decree has been issued at Panama by General Santo Domingo Villa, suspending for sixty days the American newspaper, the Star and Herald, be“cause a sub-editor declined to publish certain correspondence submitted by the authorities. | P o General Cook and staff held a conference in Sonora with Geronimo and his Chiricahua hostiles. -~ The chief begged for the lives of himself and companions, but was informed that he must surrender unconditionally or fight to the death, L ~ Should the citizens of St. Josegh. Missouri, subseribe $200,000 toward the stock of the Chicago, Kansas and. Nebrasia road, the Rock Island com-~ pany will at once commence the building of four'hundred miles of track on its Kansas extension. - 3

Three desperate inmates of the jail at Newecastle, Pennsylvania, filed the locks off theircells and escaped through a hole eight.by sixteen inches cutin a window. They had been furnished with revolvers, and friends were awaiting them'with a carriage. i Phil Kumler, disfrict attorney at Cincinnati, aciing under orders of Solicitor General Goode, Tuesday evenin% filed in the federal court at Columbus asuit to test the validity of the Bell telephone patents, citing the ‘ defendants to enter appearance by May 1. ~~ln a confliet with Belgian troops near Charleroi five rioters were shot dead, - The strikers have done damage in that city amountin{iz to $2,500,000, and now threaten to destroy the %as works, Thousands of workmen are Idle because of the looting of glass factories worth $1,000,000. . _ - fMuch damage was done in the town of Bellemore, in Putnam county, Ohio; by a recent cgclonp. Trees were torn up by the roofs, buildings blown down, and the Methodist church, in which a meéeting was being held ab the time, was shorn of its ,stee_élle and’ roof. Man(f of the congregation were ine jured, but no one killed. ; : A com%any of United States infantry : %assed through Pittsburg from New JYork Saturday morning en. route for St. Louis. It was reported that the company was' the advance guard of a force to beconcentrated inthe quarters threatened with riot about Bv. Louis Sul yeen oL pstally 08 FRoe el s e sSy BRO e eL e S e

The lilinois Supreme Court has affirmed the death sentence of the McHeﬁ‘cﬂmwcmuit;ﬂaurtninmecm. of the People vs. Dacey for murder, fixing May 14 as the date of execution. Dacey, it will be remembered, murderew. Gaynor of Chicago in a West Side saloon, = Mulkowski, the -other convicted Chicago assasin, was. hung ey . No ;vindic%xxrxe_nt was found against Henry T. ‘r»x%t;_,former}y assistant ggstmaster at Racine. who was sennced to five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. at Chester, Illinois, for embezzling $5,000 of government funds. Since the decision in the Mackin case by the federal supreme court, steps have-been taken to secure. Wright’s release. Sinre The drivers and conductors of nine: street-car lines in Pittsburg struck Saturday, st(()ipping all transportation on those roads, but three other lines were in full operation, ‘The board of arbitrators selected at Columbus, Ohio, reported that the business of the streetcar company was economically managed,and decided to advance wages only 15 cents per day to stablemen and 20 cents to drivers and'eonductors. = . In the election conspiraecg' cases -of Mackin and Gallagher, triedin the federal court at Chlcago. the supreme court of the United States holds that their crime was an infamous one within the meaning of the constitution, and that they could only be tried on presentment or mmdictment by a. grand. Jury. The sentence of two years’ imgrlsonment pronounced against the deendants by Judge Blodgett is therefore void. Mackin has no chance to aescape confinement for five Yea‘rs at Joliet on the convictionr- in the state courts for.perjury. e L & e At 3 - WASHINGTON. WAsHINGTON, March 2.—Atty. General Garland is suffering from a severe cold and is confined to his bed.” His physician has advised him to remain away from the department for a-few days. e S ~_'The physicians attending'Secretary Manning r?ort his condition to-night as unchanged. Members of the Secretary’s family and his attendants say he appears somewhat better. - >

The Postmaster-General sent a statement to the Senate Thursday showing that the number of removals- of fourtli-class Postmasters during the first year of the present Administration was 8,615. =Of these there were 613 in Illinois, 499 in Indiana, 39 1 lowa, 205 in Wisconsin, 841 in Mviqhi.%ax_l, 124 in Minnesota, 98 in Nebraska, 125 in Dakota, and 238 in Kansas, There were 1,053 removals in New York State alone. CONGRESSMAN O'NEILL ON THE STRIKE. Representative O’Naiil, of Missouri, chairman of the House Committee on La-, bor, has just returned flrom St. Liouis, where he went to take partiin. the St. Patrick’s Day celpbration, - While: there he looked inte the raiiroad strikes. * The ques-' tion is such- a serious ong that he has not been able to settle on anything yet that he ‘is ready to propose to Congpess for the- adjustment of such differences between employers and emglo?’es. He -has, however, some Elzms' which he is ru_;ulatin%, a'm{_ which he will lay before the President in a day or two, asking for his opinion of them and for some suggestions for the perfeetion of measures equal to. the occasion. Mr. O’Neill says he thinks the trouble most. unfortunate, "and he is very uneasy as to Its effect.. 'When both parties refuse voluntary arbitration it is hard to tell what can- be, done. It is ‘a question how far foice may. be used under. this. form of governmgnt: when there is no injustice. The" question of personal liberty i here involved., ‘

CONGRESSIONAL. ' ¥ . Senafe. Jogee b MARrcH 22.—There was a lively. passage to-day between Senators Logan and ®Hale over the proposed-increase of the army to 80,000 . enlisted men, which is implied Gen. Logan’s bill for the promotion .of the efficiency of the army. Senator Hale could not see any necessity for the increase of the army,: He thought we had troops enough ten years ago, and that the need for troops now was less then it was then. Gen Logan replied that he had fo: years been n‘{ving to get the number of enlisted men fixed at 30,000, and all the Generals of the arimy had again and again asked for more troops. Senator Logan spoke strongly of the degree to which the efficiency of the army-is impaired t()e' the extreme smallness -of the commands, and said that 380,000 privates was the least force that we could maintain the form and organization of anh army with. Senator Manderso’s bill proposes . this same. increase, and severai senators are much in favor of an addition of- 5,000 men to the army. Senator Platt has procurad from the war department a-table of all the military posts, with thg number of officers and men srationed at each: on- February 28 last. This list shows ‘very strikingly the slenderness of the army organization. One. thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven officers and 23,673 enlisted men are scattered through 122 posts lying all along the extensive frontier-and in the Indian country. The difticulty of getting: together. at any one time and at short notice an adequate force to meet the Indians with is due to the nedessity of maintaining so many Iposts with so few soldiers. Of the 122 military posts, 37 have less than 100-officers and men at each; 30 have between 100 and 2003 27 have between 200 and 003 12° have between 300 and 400, and 15 have over 400 ofticers and men each, e e MARcH 23.—Senator Van WYck got through the senate to-day a bill that is -of very great importance in the publie land States: and '"L'erritories,. and especially to peogle who are pertecting claims under the timber-culture aect. It provides that patents shall be granted for-lands taken under the: Pre—empt-ion,‘ homestead, or timber-culture aws if.the laws have been complied with according to the established constructions of the laws at the time the original entries. were made. For years past the laws have been very liberally construed in the general land office. Commissioner Sparks is -protecting the publi¢ interest by construing the laws strictly. 'The result 1s that somie claimants to publie lands have, been refused patents on the ground that they had: not eo;nghed‘ with the law, when they had complied with the law as it was: constfued when they made their entries. Forexample, the law {)rovides for the location of tree _claims on lands devoid of timber. The land officials have been ' construing * the phrase “devoid of timber” to mean ‘‘net hea.vilX timbered.” If the land only had scattere trees, or trees along .the water-coturses, or not sufficient timber for all the uses of the settler, the land office has been construing it as land devoid of timber. - The result is that in mamf _eages a man has taken ug under a tree claim a pretty well timbere gece- of land, and then perfected his title 1t without addm% any more _trees to it Commissioner Sparks’ ruling is needed to prevent frauds of this kind, = But, on' the other hand, there are cases where men have located timber claims on lands where a few trees were growing along the water-courses or scattered over the surface, and aave honestly set out and cared for. trees, and are now informed that they cannot- have patents because they located their-claims on lands that were not devoid of timber. Commissioner Sparks has explained that he did not intend to have his decision retroactive, but it is nevertheléss causing some inconvenience to settlers who filed their claims under a B}lore lax administration of the laws. Asghey have in good faith complied with the laws as construed when they Eled,g it is prczppsed_ now that they shall not be impeded in getting their patents. i §pon‘ motion of Mr. Van Wyck the senate to-day took up the bill. Mr.” Plumb suggested that an amendment be made declaring that the measure shall not ‘aprﬁy ta scrip enfries. Mr. Van \x‘yck accepted the amendment, and the bill then passed, MARCH 24.—The chair laid before the %eax‘lgltie a p%txtiq(xylt .ﬁt'?m the git%zet;]x]s of=thel : .ccoai,»res.nz.. ns e eru treatment o \ngoﬂjending, %ne.se. 1t 'wgg g&fetredto the committee on foreign relaon. - - y SR g Mr. Logan explained in the Senate to-day that under the present laws there were but--23,526 effective men in the army and that under the.pmf)osed increase fo 30,000 there gguld probably be’only about 27,000 -effecvemen. = - % ” S

Mr. Platt favored the proposed increase. He said we had no army. 1t was no misnos mer to call the present “skeleton’ an army. Theargument that we had no immediate need for any army was like ar ixin% that because it was not raining to-gayl would never rain, To be sure, the skies. were now clear, but all clouds gathered rapidly and we were not entirely free trom fossibxlit,ies of difficulty - with foreg;n naions. Besides, there was domestic danger: which Justiﬁed the maintenance of troops. This: danger did not arise from bodies of workingmen associated together for their own benefit and to better their condition. but from people who came from abroad with no good intentions toward our form of | ﬁovernment., men who had raised the red ag of the commune—who asserted that ‘ their object was revolution and their desire - blood. . A well-organized, even théuﬁh small, standing army, Mr. Elatt said, in conclusion, was in -our present position a necessity. The bill went over,- x ~_MAagcH 25.—Senator Voorhees (Ind:) - addressed the senate to-du{ in opposition to the ma;ﬁmy yepart on the Duskin resolutions. "He criticised the senate for dall{-.‘ “ing with such a subject 'while great public Tlxesuous, were %ressmg for attention and the flesh’ and blood. of men and women were being ground in the massive hoppers, of great c({lr'porntlons. . S DN i Senator Voorhees said that' he - heartily endorsed Mr, (%levplnnd_’s action in making removals, so far“as adtion had Abeen‘hug | and he would heartily indorse ‘the president’s agtion in the same direction if he went 8 ‘thousand leagues farther. The civil-servive law had never .commended itself to the speaker’s iudtment-,. ‘lt had | pro et eot d s g struction to- the will of the people and. stumbling-block in the: w‘&y;&'o a&;&m and successtul administration of the gover&menc,* ag;fi hﬁi‘ﬁlmlﬂ‘iﬁ?@ﬁ for its repeal. Bupport of the majotlty report in, the Duse kin c N’F ch : v:@:u.‘,:r.i vers | sdogted, | Senstor lugalies spooch v rag) mugwumps, civilservice refarm, and the | o WECIONE SANELIR MTR MREIaUUVE O SODBS

EER NSRe s e R rafe voté upon the Edi hds',:fre'solnﬂonspﬂ_"] - :ge ﬁmmﬂnﬁo&agg aryﬂw rpx&f‘o > e committee on the. ATy, was adopt- . ed—yeas 82, nuys:26." Th seex resogzﬁ tion, condemning the ref ~of the attor-ney-gen%’r:l to send copies of papers called for %- senate, was. optede-ry% nays 25. The question being on the i resolution, declaring it to be the duty of the senate to refuse its advige and consent to propogd removals of officers, the documents in reference to the supposed misconduct of whom are withheld, Senator- Gray raised the point thatit changed-a rule of the senate and was not in order.. The ;t)te- £ sident pro tempore overruled the .peint of order and Senator Gray appealed: f%; the decision. ; i Senator Edmunds, in reply to Senator Morgan, who arose to debateé the point of order, admitted that he held that the attor-uey-general could be punished for contempt | in failing to obey an order of thc senate. - Senator Morgan said Senator Edmunds meant to say the senate had a right to_call the attorney-general before l(wn this issue and imprison him for contempt if he did not produce the papers; That was the doctrine that the senate now| proposed to assert, though it had been carefully concealed.. After further debgetle Senator Gray’s appeal was laid on the table and the resolution was adopted by a vote of 30 to 20, Senators Mitehell, Riddleéberger;, and Van Wyek voting with the demoerats. 'The fourth resolution, condemning ithe dis- - charge of ex-union soldier and the putting in their places of men who had rendered no military service for the government, was then voted on and agreed t;o—yF:as 5%, nays 1 (Senator Morgan.) - | A ' louse. i . MarcH 22.—Quite. a sensatipn was pro- - ‘duced in the house this morning when the, chaplain devoted his opening 1({: an invoea- ! tion to God to rid the land of| gamesters, whether in chrds, dice, chips, siocks, wheaty bucket-shops, or boards of {rade,andto lead the people to know thntmqne{-making ; other than by the sweat of the face was contrary to His laws. The prayer was ordered to be inserted in the Record. The house then proceeded to the consider- - ation of pension bills, and the bill grantin% a pension of $3,000 a year to the widow o Gen. 'W. S. Hancock was passed, yeas, 169 nays, 47. b *~ MARCH 23.—Representative Fomey, of Alabama, has been directed by | thé house committee on militia to refxorb favorably the senate bill increasing the annual appropriation for the miiitia, but the committee has reduced the amount to $400,000 per annum. Several members of the committee, while favoring--the report, will, when the bill is reached in the 'house, endeavor to have the amount restored to $600,000, as provided in the senate bill. i .- The committee also directed Mr. Forney to report faverably the bill introduced by ° - Representative Cox, of Nor‘h Carolina, authorizing the Secretary of War, upon applieation of -governors of States, 'to detail . army officers to instruet the militia in military tactics. . : : L B - MARcH 24.—The minority report of Regresentative Clements of Géorgialupon Mr. *Seney’s bill to repeal the Civil-Sdrvice law: takes the ground: ] ! That the grave abuses that grew up~under Republican rule do not demand or justify the new and radical departureg in principle embodied In the Civil-Seryice law. An attempt to limit the President’s power | - of appointment or. removal is not a valid | law, and can only O}l)erate through Exeen- - tive aequiescence. 'The act places the pow~er of appointment in the hands of | Commissioners supposed te be non-partisan, who apply hair-splitting tests unpecessary to the practical ascertainment of the fitness of applicants. ‘The most serious objection to it is that it tends towards a permaneént oftice~ holding community. ; In conelusion, the report attacks the present system of distribution of a¥poi|ltlllellts to States, and declares that “if we are to have a permanent official community it should be organized on a bettér basis. But the most direct way to reform would be ~through a repeal of the law.” | MARrcH 25.—The house spent the day and night in discussing the postoffice appropriation bill and eulogizing the dead. ] MarcH 26.-—The time of the House “until half-past 4 o’clock to-day was devoted to the consideration of the bill to change the rank of Henry J. Hunt from colonel to major general on the retired list. A motion to report the bill favorably to the; House was defeated; another motion was made to report it with the recommendation that it lie on the table. Upon this motion the friends of the bill declined to vote, {thereby leavilnig the committe without a ,guorum. The House then {ok arecess until 7:30, the night session being for tlie considerntion of pension bills. lln nith session forty pension bills were passed. met | ~MARen 27.—The Chaplain’s prayer tixts morning was as follows: i . “Give ear, O God of Jacob, and. awaken .us to-see the danger whieh jthreatens the civilized word—a revolution more tremendous than any of which history tells, in | which the scenes of the reign of terror may | be enacted in every capital of Europe and - America. For long the few have mastered the many, because they understopd 'the open secret—the tools to them that ¢an use -them; but now the maiy Irave learned the .seeret of organization, drill, and dynhamite. Rouse the rich of ithie world to understand that the time has come for grinding,, selfish monopoly to cease; that - corporations may get souls in them, with justice, honor, conscience, and human Kindness. 7Teach'the ‘rich men of this country that great fortunes ‘ are lent them by Thee for other purposes than to build and decorate palaces, to found f)rivat,e collections™of art, to stock wine celars, to keep racing studs and yachts, and to find better company than hostlers, | grooms, and jockeys, pool-sellers, and bookmakers. Teach them, O God, that it is Thee Who hast ﬁiven them power to get these fortunes, that it is to prove them, to |know what is in their hearts, whether they lwill keep Thy commandments or po, and |that those commandments are, "T'hou shalt | love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, jand thy neighbor as thyself; thaf 1t the ‘rich men of our land will keep thege com“mandments, the poor will follow| the ex.ample, and we, at least, will be saved from the days of tribulation that are fast{comi on all the world. = Help us, O God, $§ ‘- save us.” S | i Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, asked ungnirhous :consent that the prayer be pnutad in | the Record. ; ‘ Mr. James, of New York, objected, re- ! marking in a sotto voce to a gentleman who asked him to withdraw his objection that it was made because the prayer was an incendiary speech. £ : The river and harbor appropriation bill, as completed by the house eommittee, makes a total appropriation of $1§,164,200, which will become available immediately upon the passage of the biil. As there was no appropriation made for river and harbor improvements last session, the present appropriation virtnally covers a riod of nearly twe years, : o - 'l'hé House thissafternoon went intof committee of the whole. The debate¢ .on the {silver question was opened by Mr.| Culberson, of Texas, and was participated in by athers after which the house adjourned. - - :ee T S . GENERAL %ARKE’[‘%.‘ o CHICAGO. . WaraT—Higher; Mch., 7634@763{c; May, |Bl3¢@Bllge; June, 83k 83i4c. - | Corn—Higher: Mehl, 85a35%c; Apr., 853§ I@Bs3gc; May, 38%1&5 ffc. | ‘Oars—Higher; Maxch., 27@27}{#; May, 81 3le, § ' ProvisioNs—Mess [Pork lower:l Mareh, 159.609.60; May, £9.70.9.70; June, 89.75 %@.75.. Lard—Higher: March, $5.975@ . @5.97% ; May, £6.00 . 6.00; June, [email protected]. CATTL.E—Market steady. We quote: Extl(‘iab(ihoice Cattle.. &rﬁgigg : xood Shipping 5teer5i.......c.5... 47 a 5. Meditim SICCTS. .. soo srrs 410450 } Hoas—Market flrm| Sales rangpd from | £8.90.04.80 for light; §4.30.04.50 for heavy. | . Woor—lnquiry light. No active move(ment is looked for until the new clip begins. | to come in, . ; ' Wisconsin, Illinois, ichigan, Ind ana and - ] Eastern Iowa.”" .. | | __Coarse, tub, 24@27c; Medium, tubj 80@34c; | Fine, unwashed, 17@?lc; Mﬁum; nwashed, 24@26c; Coarse, unw2eßed, 33@930Burry, unwashed, 14@16e; - Fine, |Wwashed, 28@sCc; Medium, washed, Sl@s2c; Coarse, washed,%'?%@%c. : 7 b S - Nebraska, Dakota, Minnesota, Kansas and ‘Western Nebraska, - C Fine, unwashed, 16@20c; Medium, unwashed, 20@?ic; Coarse, unwashed, 20(@21¢c. } ¥ iz NEW YORK. . __ WaeAr—Higher; No. 2 March, 982 93}5c: May, 54«3 ¢; June, 05— CornN—Quiet; Mixed Western Sp ot, 6@ 865%¢. ; My W‘ MILWAUKEE, ; - WaraT—Higher; Qash, 78¢; May, 813 c. CORN—Firm at 36% ,tgi- No. B.YOATS‘- ] Firm: No, 2 White, 3155 c. Rye—Dull; 63c for No. 1. : : .. -CINCINNATIL : Frovr—Fair demand; Family $8.90@4,10, WarAr—Firm at 88i¢e.” CorN—Strong at 38c. Oars—Steady [at £2. Rye—Dull; 66c. Provisions—DPork steady ft $lO.OO, Lard steady at $5.00, Bulk Meats $8.62% @526, Bacon §5.90.(16.10. | i e ST. LOUIS. Ss - - WarAr—Higher: No. B.'Red]-m ch,, 8826@ 88§c: M:R‘ 90\9;%09{“ Corn—Higher: é}{ (@33%c Maich; 5d851c May.| “OATS— Lower; cash, 80c [ Br!-—%ll pEy %c.-— Provisions—Ll'ork ~easier; $10.23, Lard, SRS eB L e L i L - WanAr—Western lower; No. 2 Winter | RedSp&imd ﬂ &{.gg ¢; Ma ‘ﬂg ﬁ”x& mﬂﬂ' QU ”;'\;'. 46 d6ige; May, 4 e OATS—\Yestern White,

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