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DYNAMITE UNDER THE CZAR, government power over patents, THE CORA UNION. THE BtLl FOR ARBITRATION, Two Report by the Minority Of the Judiciary J. wmoirr tc iubuiier. The intended journey of the czar to Nova Tscherkask to present his son to the Cos-sacks as chiof has been prevented by the discovery of a dynamite plot to assassinate the imperial party, A Cossuck officer and his brother have been arrested in connection with the crime. They are believed to be nihilist agents.

CORA, KANSAS. run Tt ofu tllt House, Following Is the text of the arbitration bill pnssed by the houso of representatives. It Is now bofore the sonato and wll I probably be passed without material amendment: Section 1. That whenever Committee, Washington dispatch Two reports by the minority of the judiciary committeo, upon the resolution submitted to that committee inquiring into the power of the government to institute suit at the instance of private corporations to annul patents, were presented to the house today. The first report, which Is signed by Messrs.

Barker, Taylor, Hepburn and Caswell, after an exhaustive review of pre LEGISLATIVE NEWS AND NOTES. Senate, April 12. Rlddleberger moved to take up the resolution relating to the consideration of exocutive nominations In open session. He refused a request to permit tho Indian Appropriation bill to be taken up and Insisted on the yeas and nays, which resulted In a defeat for themo-tion yeas 7, nays 51. Logan submitted an addition to his resolution relating to executive sessions.

The addition recites the senate rules which the resolution proposes to amend. The Indian appropriation bill was taken up. On motion of Conger, and alter debate by Messrs. Congor, Dawes, Dolph and Plumb, the amount of the appropriation for Indian schools In Dakota was increased from $15,000 to $20,000. The bill was then passed substantially as reported from the committee aud the senate adjourned House, April from the AFFAIRS IN KANSAS At the election In Paola the bond proposition for a $20,000 subscription to the Kansas City fc Southern railway carried by A Record of Proceeding In Both Brandies of the U.

S. Congress. Senate, April 7. Blair introduced a bill in the senate to-day to provide that eight a vote of 10 to 1. The proposition for hours shall constitute a day's work for cedents, arrived at, the following conclusions: First.

That the authority to cancel or annul the patent of an invention or discovery in a suit between private parties, on the ground that the same was obtained by fraudulent collusion with an officer of the letter carriers, and that their salary shall not be reduced by reason of the doorcase In the hours of labor. The army bill was then taken taken up and disoussion ensued by Messrs. Van Wvclc. Lnimn. IInwUv ZAS1 HONORS TO HIE DEAD.

lit Funeral of Capt. Emmet Crawford, th Victim of Mexican Outlaws. Kearney (Neb,) special to the Omaha Bee: The most elaborate funeral display ever seen in Nebraska marked the transfer to the grave to-day of the remalns'of the gallant Captain Emmet Crawford, United States army. The services were under the direction of Robert Morris Lodge No, 48, A. A.

escorted by Mount Hebron Commandery No. 12, Knights Templar, under command of Eminent Commander C. B. Finch and visiting sir knights. The cankot was transferred at noon from the residence of Mr.

Z. T. Crawford to the Model rink, whore it was placed upon a beautiful catafalque draped in mourning and wrapped in an Amorican flagi surmounted by, a large bivld-headnd engle bearing in front a portrait of the deceased officer draped In black. Nearly 2.000 pec sons packed the inside of tho building, and more than twice as many more wore unable to gain admittance. Grand Master M.

B. Reese conducted the ceremonies, assisted by Past Grand Master Hastings. The scriptural lesson was road by Rev. Mr. Mo-Connell, a lirayer made by lie v.

Hasltin, and brief and eloquent remarks by Rev, Kerr. Exquisite flort.l offerings covered thn controversies nrlse between railroad com-pan lea engaged In the transportation of property or passengers, betweon two or more states of the United States, between a territory and state within the territories of the United States, or within the District of Columbia, and the employes of said railroad companies which differences or controversies may hlmhr, impede, obstruct, interrupt, or affect such transportation of property or passengers If upon the wrltton proposition of either party to the contro-versy to submit (heir differences to urbl-tration the other party shall accept the proposition then, and in such event the railroad company is hereby authorised to select and appoint one person, and such employe or employes tho case mny be to select and appoint anothor person, and the two persons thus selected and appoint-ert to select a third person, all three of whom shall be citizens of the United States and wholly impartial and disinterested in committee on ways and moans, reportod the bill to reduce the tariff tax nrl $10,000 by the township of Paola also cap ried by 2 to 1. The proposition tor $15,. 000 in Wea township was lost. A Sterling dispatch says: Quite a novel election took place here last Tuesday.

A feeling had been worked up among the cltl-lens regarding the appointment of a postmaster, the present official having resigned. Republicans as well as democrats became warmly Interested in their respective favorites for the position, and the strife finally reached the point where the applicant, who had been approved and indorsed by the better olass of republicans, became a candidate for mayor, and by the assistance of a considerable portion of the republican vote, was elected. The better modify the laws in relation to the collection of revenue. Referred to the committee rf the whole. Morrison, from the committee on rules, reported the resolution Manderson, and others.

Mandorson then moved as nn amendment his bill, heretofore introduced and favorably reported from the military committee, 'known as "The Three Battalion and it was agreed to. Gibson moved to add an additional section repealing section 1218 of the revised statutes, which prohibits any person who served under the confederate government from appointment to the army of the United States. Not agreed to. After further debate the bill was put on its final government, or surreptitiously by or upon false suggestion, does not exist. Second.

That the public intercuts require that the authority should exist in the government, under proper restriction, to bring suit in the name of the United States to repeal and annul any such patent so obtained. Third. That under the statutes and decisions of the United States it is a matter of grave doubt whether the authority nnw Tor the appointment of a select committee of seven members, to be appointed by the speaker, to investigate the causes and extent of the disturbed condition now exist, lng in the relations between railroad enr. porations engaged in inter-state commerce exisls permitting suit by the United States ynjcu no sucn omerences or controver. passage, ana rejected yeas 19, nays 31 to annul any patent as abovestated, which The vote detailed was as follows: Yeas Illinois, Missouri, na the three persons thus selected doubt can only bedetermined by a decision Messrs.

Blair, Cameron, Dawes, Dolnh Arkansas and Texas. The com- AVpowted shall be, and they are here- of the court of last resort. Evarts, Frye, Hawley, Logan. McMillan' ball have power to Bend tor persona created" and constituted aboard of arW- Tl.at. I x.

It u. i 1 M.I.i.ii 5. 7.. iT and minora tU ml- ii tration. with tho rlllflo.

1 Fourth. That in case it shall be aiif.hnrl. Malione, ana to sit during the w.an duties, and sessions of powers priv- Mitchell of Oregon, Morrill, Payne, Piatte, Riddleberger. Sabin. Sawvor.

Nnnnn. tne House and to such rlfP in 'ioos Hereinafter set forth. class of republicans look upon it as much a republican victory as it is a victory for the business interests of the city. The defeated candidate was not a bad kind of man personally, but he failed to secure the states as may be necessary in ordorto 2- That the board of arbitration facilitate tholnvcstlgation. It shall report 'r the first section of this act during tho present session with such recom- P088eg all the powers and authority support and votes of the best citizens ol tively decided that the right to.

bring suit for the cancellation of a patent claimed to have been obtained by fraudulent collusion with officers of the government, or surreptitiously by or upon false suggestion, now rests with an officer of the government acting upon his own motion or at the instance of another, according to his judgment, or at his pleasure to attack, in the name nnrl mena.itions as it may doem proper to reBPecl toaaminlstoringoaths, "ubpeena-make. Adopted withoub division. 11, witnesses, and compelling their attend. er and Stanford 19. Nays Messrs.

Bock, Berry, Bowen, Brown, Call, Chace, Cock-rell, Coke, Colquitt, Conger, Eustis, Fair, Gibson, German, Frey, Hale, Ingalls. Jones of Nevada, Kenna, Maxey, Morgan, Plumb, Pugh, Salsbury, Sherman, Teller, Van Wyck, Vorhees, Walthall, Wilson of Iowa, and Wilson of Maryland 31. both parties. The following extensions in Kansas.in rison statdd that the bill recently passed by the house, known as the arbitration bill, was inadequate in its provisions. The object of the ponding resolution waste the interest of the Atchison, Topeka States, any at tue expense or the united House, April 7.The speaker laid before patent now in life, or such as ma a an.

enaoio congress to learn the facts of the rase so it might perfect its legislation. The bantu be, have been announced: Lamed branch, now under construction. Great Bend extension, now underconstruction to time exist, with no restraint or limitations th' bouse the message ot the president on except such as shall appertain to iudinln.l Chinese emigration. Referred. Willis ra.

ance, preserving otder during the sittingsof the board, and requiring the production of papers and writings relating alone to the subject under investigation now possessed and belonging to the United States commissioners appointed by the circuit court of the United States, but in no case shall any witness be oompelled to disclose the secrets or produce the records or proceedings of any labor organization of which he may be an officer or member, and said board of arbitration may appoint a clerk and employ a stenographer, and prescribe all reasonable rules and regulations, not In- Rush county. This eventually to be a main line, and will add greatly to the wealth of proceedings after the suit is commenced. It ported back the river and harbor Priationbillfrom the committee having case it shall be decided that no authority 0' subject and it was referred to uistrict oi Columbia appropriation bW pnssed without discussion or substantia! amendment. Adjour ed. Senate, April Piatt took the floor on his resolution relating; to open ex ecutive sessions.

The question was a noli county. Hutchinson extension, Hutch, inson to Kingsley. This line will be com. exists on the part of any officer or depart- 0 the liolman, in ment of the government to institute siir bebalf he. f.eIect commission, casket, the most noticeable one being from the National Guard of Colorado, one from Mr.

Adolph Solomon, of Bowie, Arizona; others from friends in Omaha, Lincoln and Cheyenne. Beautiful vocul music was rendered by a choir of ladies. Leaving the rink the proconsion moved slowly to the cemetery in the following order: Marshal, Kearney cornet clergyman, hearso drawn by six coal-black horses, escort of Knights Templar with eight pall-bearers from Mount Hebron, as many from Cheyenne commandery, cavalry horse, fully equipped and caparisoned, bearing sabre and spurred boots pendent from the saddle, a regular detachment con-sistingof the Fourth United States infantry, a firing party of the same regiment, commanded by Captains Von Herman, Lover-ing a nd McQuiston from Omaha, the family of the deceased in carriages, Captains Bourke and Morton, Third cavalry United States army. Captain Monahan and Lieutenants and Robertson and Palmer, United States army, marched as members of Cheyenne commandery, Colonel Guy V. Henry, inspector general; Captain Mc-Cauley, Lieutenant Boaner, of the headquarters of the department of the Platte; Lieutenant Dudley, United States army; stuff of the governor of Nebraska, consisting of Adjutant General Baird, Inspector General Jones, Colonel Hoffman; Hon.

J. M. McMahon, (Jrnnd Army of the Republic, city council, firemen, children of the reform school in uniform, citizens in carriages, on horseback and afoot. Every vehicle within a radius of twenty miles was in i-enuinition. ploted to St.

John, in Stafford county, this suit, it is equally the duty of congress to cal HP tne appoint- ment of tical one, he said, but in no sense was it yen and the aid now pending in Ed- a commission to consist of six ner. n.ie.lin i ti I consistent; will! the nrov is onn of thia at. esfiahlwh and limit such power. This minority recommends the enactment of hill wards county is voted, it will be completed wl liking to the sneedv adt.r.mni uZ all party questions. It was the most im- differences and controversies submitted to ro Kingsley next year.

Mulvane extension, 11.. la. J. utiiii Hum iuuivuue aue west, xne con sons, to be appointed by the president, to Inspect and report on the condition of the Indians and Indian affairs. Several amendments were offered and, pending action, the morning hour expired and thedebate on the silver bill was resumed and oontinued until conferring the necessary power upon the attorney general to bring suit at the request of the secretary or the interior, in which no issue shall be litiuateii th n.h pan tract for forty miles of this road has been let, and will be built immediately.

This line poriant qiiosuoii ol administrative reforn to which the senate could at this tim. devote its attention. The fisheries resolu tion wna then placed before the senate nnrl Mr. Frye took the floor. After consider able debate Mr.

Frye's resolution wac brought to a vote and agreed to yeas 35, nays 10. On the affirmative vote twenty-six were republican and nine democratic, 1,0 conclusion and determination. I'-ach of said arbitrators shall take a oath to honestly, fairly and faithfully peiform his duties, and that he is not personally interested in. the subject matter in contro-versy, which oath may be administered by any state or territorial officer authorized to arl minister oaths. The third person so selected and appointed as aforesn if! niifi.11 will soon be extended west.

Douglas branch extended to Winfleld. Work is to be determined in a private suit. Messrs. Ranney and J. W.

Stewart unite in the second minority report, holding that there is no authority for a suit in thn nnmn be finished on this extension before fall Emporia and Eldorado Short Line, a road of the United States brought for the purpose of vacating a patent for an invention, except when it is based upon a statement of facts which cannot be renanied hv thn thirty miles in length. Independence ex being Messrs. Brown, Butler, be the president of said board 3 rair, uorinan. Harris. WcFlieraon.

Mrtw I nrrloi. tension, Independence to Cedarville via I T. oroer, nnfling, conclusion or award made by a majority of such arbitrators shall be iJeru and Elgin, fifty-seven miles; this line adjournment. Senate, April 8. The senate resumed consideration ot the bill some weeks since laid over granting the Kansas and Arkansas railroad company the right of way for a railroad through Indian Territory, The pending question was on Van Wyck's proposed amendment prohibiting the issue of my more stock or bonds that would rap-resent the actual cost of building and equipping the road.

All the amendments ere voted down and the bill passed. The appropriations committee reported the In-lian appropriation bill with amendments. The Washington territory bill was placed. court and made available in an infringement suit; and that in no case can the name of the government be nronerlv lnnk to be completed before winter, Burlington extension, fifteen miles. Colony extension, Morgan, and Payne.

The negative votec were all democratic, being, Messrs. Call, t'ockrell. Coke, t'olquitc, Eustis, Gray, Pugh, Vance, Voorhees, and Walthall. A number of pairs with absent senators were announced. The resolution declares it tn be the sense of the senate that congress to a suit in the interest only of private parties.

tweniy-hve miles in length. Ottawa extou oi tne same iorce and effect as if all three of such arbitrators concurred therein or united in making the same. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of said hoard of arbitration, immediately upon their selection, to organize at the nearest nrn.fihip h1 rinliifc rn lUn 1 it.

sion, Ottawa to Osage City, twenty-two TUE STRIKE BELIEVED AT END. rones; tins line will be completed imme biiuuiu hog provine ior any joint comniis diuteiy. work is now going on on a line sion No Further Dltturbanee or Unlawful Jet to consider and settle th. fisheries of the" dimity" I hear and determine the matters of differ- toward the Panhandle, through the Indian ques Reported, territory. East St.

Louis dispatch: The presence House April The Ohfo conteste, XtltCJl case of Ilurd vs. Romeis was called ns full opportnnity'to be heard on oafVin special order. Mr. Doyle opened the dohati person and hy witnesses, and also granting of the militin in this city continues to have the desired effect, and no disturbances or Topeka dispatch: The supreme eoun to-day rendered a decision in the celebrated iu support oi rue minority report, and I rlu 1,0 oe represented by coun- injunction case of Fletcher against the iniiore me senate ana voornees spoke in advocacy of his amendment, which con-lists in an enabling act for the admission of Montana territory. Voorhees' amendment was voted down by a party vote-yens 19.

nays 23. A long discussion en-ued, but. without reaching a vote, the lunate adjourned. House, April of New York ealled up tho silver bill. Dibble spoke in opposition to the bilk ''James took the floor 'and yielded to Dibble in nttar an quoted from the evidence tosunnort him in IlV'ir Investigation unlawful acts have been reported siuce the incendiary fires of Friday night, and it is now believed no encounter between the military and strikers will occur.

The same Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe railroad. his ijosition. Tliore was not only no saia Doard shall publicly announce its award, which, with the findings of facts upon which it is based, shall be reduced to a i. An injunction had been granted in the Wyandotte district court at the instance uriiuiiu ior uiiHwuiiing itomois, out scarcely etrict guard over railroad property is ob mij Kroiiim ior coalescing me seat. Jt.im of Hetclier, a stockholder, restraining the served and the vigilance of the sentries has not been relaxed.

time over which the banta te from paying interest on Certain bonds ixsued by the Sonora railway, which oeen alleged somewhere that the action o) certain members of the committee has been controlled by a difference of opinion with the contestant upon certain questions upon 1 i A i mining anu aignea oy tne nroitrators concurring therein, and. together with the testimony taken in tho case, shall be filed with the commissioner of labor' of the United States, who shall make such award public ns soon as, the same shall have been received by him. order extended requiring those who wished to go over the bridge into East St. Louis to tiavebeim guaranteed by the Santa Fe. The decision is to the effect that the com Railroad trains from Cheyenne, Omaha, Lincoln.

Grand Island, Denver, llaNtiriss and other points were heavily latlened with delegations in uniform or plain dress. The weather at first was threatening, but the breeze became more propitious. Ladies turned out by hundreds, all anxious to pay a lust tribute to the heroic soldier 1 whose noble life, no less than cruel murder by treacherous Mexican foes, has awakened a thrill of deepest sympathy throughout the state and the whole country. The Usual Masonic ceremonies were concluded at the grave in a manner at' once solemn and impressive. The military detachment next fired three volleys with wonderful precision.

The bugles sounded the taps, and all that was mortal of Captain Crawford was left beneath i the soil of the slate ho loved so well. Visitors spoke in terms of the warmest commendation of the efforts made to insure the success of this great demonstration. The decorations in the rink were chaste and ornamental, aud made withoub regard to cost. All the arrangements were carefully made and successfully carried OUt. The people of Kearney and vicinity have not forgotten that during the troublesome days of 1874, when grasshoppers destroyed the crops of the feeble settlements along the Platte river, Lieutenant Emmet Craw-ford nearly wore himself out carrying government relief to the sufferers.

Neither have they forgotten tifat in every contest with the Sioux, Cheyennes and other hostile Indians, who in those days menaced the property of our growing state, Crawford was foremost among the gallant sol- -diers to whom was intrusted the task of our defense. mm uniiuiTiiuu party was noi a unit. If be thought that had the slightest weight supply themselves with passes, elapsed at pany's guarantee as to the interest on the the determination of this Question he Sec. 4. That it shall be the right of any iinunigui.

last mgut, anu the bridge this morning presents an animated appear Sonora bonds was binding under the laws. would despise himself forever. After the employes engaged in the contro versv to amendment providing that unless, in the meantime, through concurrent action of the ntions of Europe with the United States, silver be demonetized prior- to the 1st of July, then and thereafter so much ot the act of February 29, 187S, as authorizes and directs the secretary of the treasury to purchase silver bullion and cause the same to be coined shall be suspended until further action by congress. The amendment was defeated yeas 84, nays 201. The question then recurred on the debate, including speeches by Messrs.

Dor- point by designation in writing oneor more sey and Rowelt in advocacy of the rights of persons to act for them in the selection of anu mac tue court or judge should not grant an injunction in an action involving ance, pedestrians passing and repass ing without interference, and transfer wagons heavily loaded are' crtissins ir VA neuaerson. oi an arbitrator to represent them upon tho over, and on neither side of the bridge i ui kiiw osivuuj ui uimru ui aronracion ire drivers atmronched hv i ntiimrluf in it the contestant, the house adjourned. sec. 5. That each member nf Hold t.rihn.

strikers attempting to persuade them to again stop work. The promise of military protection to those who might desire to go to work to-day resulted in nal of arbitration shall receive a compensation of W0 a day for the time actually employed. That the clerk appointed by said tribunal shall receive thesame foes anil compensation as the clerks of the United States circuit courts and district courts re THE BIO SIOUX RESERVA TION. Washington dispatch: The Dawes bill to of a large number of applicants, most of whom are not knichts of l.ihor. hut-, iii.a employed to fill vacancies caused by the strike of the latter, and wli iv 1ff.

flioir engrossment and third reading of the bill and it was decided in the negative yea 126, nays 163. So the bill was killed. Senate, April 9. Senator Ingalls (by request) introduced a bill to provide tor the appointment of a board of arbitration to examine and settle the difference between railroad companies and their employes. The Washington territory admission bill was then placed before the senntn.

th places last Fridav after lli fatal i by the deputies. The platforms of the various treinht deoota art hllintf wlt.h man ceive for like services. That the stenographer shall receive as full compensation for bis services 20 cents for each folio of 100 words of testimony taken and reduced to writing before the tribunal of arbitration. That United States marshals or other persons serving the process of said tribunal shall receive the same fees and compensation for such services actually engaged loading and unloading cars, and no attempt at interference bv a large pecuniary interest without "notice when the party to be effectod thereby ii- easily accessible, such injunctions not being in accordance with a fair and ordtHj administration of justice. There appears to be some dissatisfaction in Hamilton county regarding the count of votes cast April 1, at the special electicn ordered in the proclamation of organiza-.

tion. It is claimed by parties interested that a recount will show that the present officers were not legally Bworn in, and that Syracuse should not have been declared the county seat, but that Kendall should have been named. Norton Courier: In the drug store of Dr. White is a section of a root of a buffalo pumpkin, dug up by A. D.

Campbell on his farm west of town. The section is two feet in length and is thirteen inches in diameter. It is bitter in taste and possesses valuable medicinal properties. Jewell Republican: L. Couch, a farmer in Brown Creek township, left for parts unknown lttBt Sunday evening, taking with him four horses, a wason and two little! the strikers occurred, nor is any antici-Pate(- No freight trains left this city- up to 8:30 O'clock, but in Severn 1 vnrdu li.

open the Big Sioux reservation to will pass the house without any important modification, and the bill will go to the president substantially as it left the house and senate. Whether tho president will sign it is a question. The National Indian association, of which Dr. Sunderland, the president's pastor, is president, has made a vigorous fight on the bill, and it is stated will appeal to him to veto it. The claim is made thatinsufHcient condensation is offered the Sioiix forthe land proponed to be taken A few cows and bulls and a million dollars are to be given for a million acres of excellent soil.

In other words, the government wants to buy their land for twenty-three cents an acre and sell it for firty. The friends ot Indians say it is doubtful it the president will sign any such bill. MEN AND WOMEN OF NOTE. are now in process of construction nn.) attempt to start them out will be made, it is expecting, some time during the pending question being on Eustis' proposed amendment limiting the right of suffrage in the proposed new state to qualified male electors only. After debate the amendment was rejected yeas 12, nays 25, House, April 9 In the house to-day O'Neill asked unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of a resolution to the effect that the house of representatives of the United States sympathize with Gladstone and his associates in their efforts to secure a free parliament for the people of Thomas N'ast has made fame.

He now thinks of drawing a fortune from a Calrado mine. William K. Vanderbilt is gradually get THE STRIKE BELIEVED AT END. as tney receive for like services upon processes issued by United States commissioners. That witnesses attending before said tribunal of arbitration Shall receive the same fees as witnesses attending before United States commissioners.

That all of said fees and compensations shall be pay-able by the United States in like mnnner as fees and compensations are payable in criminal causes under existing laws; provided, that the said tribunal of arbitration shall have power to limit the number of No Further Disturbance or Unlawful Acts Reported. East St. Louis dispatch: The presence of the militia in this city continues to have the desired effect; and no disturbances or unlawful.acts have been reported since the witnesses in each case where fees shall be paid by tho United States; and provided, further, that the fees and compensation of incendiary fires of Friday night, and it is girls, the older being four years of age. The cause of Mr. Couch's midden departure was THE OMAHA.

Wheat No. 2 60 Barley No. 2 48 Rye No. 2 45 (g Cobn No. 2 mixed 22 a fear that the grand jury, now in session, now believed no encounter between the military and strikers will occur.

The same strict guard over railroad is observed and the vigilance of the sentries has not been relaxed. The time over which the order extended requiring those who wished ireiana ana congratulating thn people on the prospect. Cox objected and the resolution was not received. Senate, April 10. Harrison presentod a petition from the Knights of Labor of Ft.

Wayne, praying for the speedy passage of the labor arbitration bill already passed by the house. In presenting the petition Senator Harrison said the startling occurrences in the weat during the last few days were turning the attention of lovers of good order to the interests of the working classes, as well as those of employ-ers of labor. After routine business the Washington territory admission bill was would uncover the nest of iniquity over ting out of business entanglements, and will take his life easy. Mrs. James Brown Potter is rehear-ing a charming little piny which she will produce next summer at Newport.

Webb Hayes sone of the ex-president, is visiting Washington for the first timt since his father left the white house. x-Gov. Bookwalter of Ohio will soo sail for Europe, where he will devote himself solely to scientific studies and to literature. Mr. Winston, United States minister to Persia, is engaged to marry Miss Calhoun, a grand-daughter of the greut South Carolinian.

James Russell Lowell, just previous to his departure for Europe, is said to have declined offers to write magazine articles at 91, 000 each. Ex-Minister Lucius Fnirchild says that tne arbitrators, clerks, stenographers, marshals and others for service of process and witnesses under this act shall be examined and certified by the United States district judge of the district in which the arbitration is held before they are presented to the officers of the treasury department for settlement, and shall then be subject to the provision! ot section 846 of the Revised Statutes of the United Oats No. 2 28 wmch be has been presiding all winter. A column might be filled with loathsome de 50 23 18 12 OK 3 50 12 5 50 3 00 4 00 tails concerning the affair, but it is suffi cient to say that Mr. C.

has, in a small butter Uhoice table lt liUTTEK Fair to good 10 Eoob Fresh 9 C'HicKENs--Liveper doi 3 25 TunKEYS Dressed per 10 LBMONS-rChoico 5 00 Apples 2 50 OnANoiss Mesina. 3 75 to go over Ihe bridge into East St. Louis to supply themse'-es with passes, elapsed at midnight last night, and the" bridge this morning presents an animated appearance, pedestrians passing and repassing without interference, ahd transfer wagons heavily loaded ato prnssino way, been in the Mormon business. Topeka special The state board of rail road assessors will to-morrow and Wed states, and a sufficient Bum of money to pay all expenses under this act and to carry the same into effect is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise- appropriated; provided," however, that not exceeding $1,000 shall be paid out of the treasury of the United States to defray the expenses ot any single arbitration under this act. 1 75 3 50 nesday complete their work of viewing new Beans 1 50 Onions Per hbl 3 25 Potatoes Per bushel 40 Green Apples Per 2 75 Wool Fine, per lb 14 lines, so far as the Santa Fe and Southorn Kansas are concerned.

Next week they 45 3 25 16 2 50 1 40 win go over the new road from Council over, and on neither side of the bridge are drivers approached by intimidating strikers attempting to persuade them to again stop work. The promise of military protection to those who might desire to go to work to-day resulted in the employment of a large number of applicants, most or whom are not knighte of labor, but those employed to fill vacancies caused by the strike of the latter, and who left their places last Friday after the fatal shooting Grove to Salina (Missouri Pacifir), or so far as it runs. Following this work the lauen up. benator Morgan spoke in support of his amendment; requiring the constitution of -the proposed new state to be submitted to congress and to be approved by it before the admission of the state. The amendment was rejected.

Senator Call offered an amendment proposing to submit the question of woman suffrage in the new state to the men and women voters of the territory, but this was rejected. After brief speeches in support of the bill by Messrs. Piatt and Mitchell, it was pnssed substantially as reported, by avote of yeas 30, nays 13, and the senate at 1:30 adjourned until Monday. House, April 10. Chaplain Milburn offered another characteristic prayer in the house this morning on drunkenness, beseeching God to bring to a speedy close that Skeds Timothy 2 20 Seeds Blue Grass 1 30 Hay Baled, per ton 5 50 Hay In bulk 6 00 Iloos Mixed packing 3 70 Beeves Fair to good 4 65 EFFKVTS OF LABOR AGITATION.

Washington dispatch: Washington is not exempt from the contests between labor and capital which are racking other sections ot the country. It is said that the 0 25 7 00 3 80 4 80 5 00 board will complete its office work. There is general dissatisfaction with the method of assessing, the several meinlrers of the board feeling that a better way should be Sheep Heavy grades 4 00 vj mo uepuues. ine piatiorms of the various freight depots are buisy with men actually engaged loading and unloading cars, and no attempt at interference by the strikers occurred, nor is any anticipated. No freight trains left this up to 8:30 o'clock, but in several yards trains his experience has led him totheconcluaiou that Spain is a safercountry to live in than the United States.

Phillip Brooks, the most prominent preacher in Boston, is a bachelor of fifty, who. without being handsome, has a noble head and a frame of massive proportions. Carl Schurz is acting as attorney for certain bondholding interestsof theNew York, Philadelphia aPhd Buffalo railroad, a position he secured through the friendship of Henry Villard. Mr. W.

W. Corcoran, the Washington millionaire, spends his declining years in distributing checks. It is a pleasing and an honorable way of squaring accounts with humanity. Misa Nellie Arthur is not the belle of the white bouse at present, although there is no knowing what she may come to some day should she marry a democrat. But she loves Washington and Washington loves her.

Breaiesi evil ol modern society. Mr. An- btb now in process or construction; and an attemvt to start them out will he mnda it. 1)3 95 45 40 5) CO 25 4 d7 5 00 70'. 28'j 0 20 aerson, of Kansas, from the committee on public lands, reported a bill to provide for labor organizations of this city, especially the carpenters, bricklayers and other classes ot workmen employed in building, have been preparing all winter for a combined effort to get better terms from builders when spring work begins.

A determined strike has been expected. But the matter has taken on a new phase. A prominent builder said recently that a large number of heavy capitalists who have been nccustomed to loan a great deal of money for building, have agreed to lend no money for this object after May 1. The purpose is to prevent any great amount of building, and thus give the mechanics no chance provided by law. They believe the capital stock, or else the gross revenues should be taxed, meting out greater justice to the roads and the state than the present method.

8uch change will be recommended next winter. Osborne Farmer: Several of the boys around town who imagine they were cut out for went to Downs last week to take the place of certain strikers, but after an interview with the disaffected parties at that point concluded that they had made a mistake and returned home. is expecting, some time during the morning. NEW YORK. Wheat No.

2 02 Wheat Ungraded red 87 Cons No. 2 42 Oats Mixed western 36 Pork 9 58 Labd 6 22j CHICAGO. Floub Winter 4 40 Flour Patents 4 65 (ii) Wheat Per bushel 73'n) Corn Per bushel RiVAGi) Oats Per bushel 26 Pork 9 15 5 90 (c Hoos Packing shipping. 4 20 Cattle Stockers 2 50 Shekp 3 00 ST. LOUIS.

Wheat No. 2 red 8G Corn Per 33 Oats Per CHIEF ARTHUR AT HOME. A Cleveland dispatoh says that Chief En- gineer Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Engineers, has returned from the aujuBwiient oi iani grants made to aid in the construction of railroads within the state of Kansas, and forfeiture of unearned lands. Bills were passed authorizing the construction ol bridges aa follows: Across the Mississippi river near Alton, III. Acrose the west channel of the Detroit river, to connect Belle Island park with the mainland.

Across the Tennessee river by the Nashville. Jackson Memphis railroad company Across the Mississippi river Acro the Illinois and Des Moines nvers by the New York iZZZt ''Oluffs railroad company. Across seat of trouble in the southwest. In nn interview h- declined to eo into the an- 6 00 4 50 4 25 6 35 87 tion'of the existing strike, but said: "1 henrf ily indorxe the derly. and if his ideas are carried nut, no serious difficulty can oecur.

I think the 351, for a strike. It will be interesting to watch the effect of this novel course of proceed lire if it is carried out. Washington has been enjoying an uninterrupted real estate and building boom for several years. Land that was worth tl a square foot in March, 1885, to-day is worth $2. The demand for masons and carpenter has brought large numbers of them to the city.

Any cessation of the work of building this spring would cause great hardship. siriKo win result in. the enactment of a law Iloos Mixed 4 00 (5 oy tne Knights wnirn win nrvnr, nnvr I I Ti "IV Bom accessible point oLtcnoiuio stum 2) 4 20 4 15 3 50 attle Mockers feeders 8 OO vn AO A INST GLADSTONE'S SCHEMES. Lord Hartirgton, the leader of the whigs In the house of commons, the duke of Aber-came (iitteral conservative), member of the house of lords, Lord Richard Grossvenor (liberal), and the Earl of Cowperdown (liberal) with many of the Irish peers and a number of whit-s held a protracted confer, enre on the 13th. It is believed the object of the conference was for the purpose of Inruiini a combination of whigs and dissatisfied liberals to oppose the home rule and Una purchase icbauea ot Giadstoae.

Shcep Common to choice 3 00 tronble In the future. In regard to the re- finn Taylor's Kails, I port that Ism opposed to the eight-hour wjnoWlSE? i M'ffU8'pPi rirer law, I wish to say that it is not true. I Vt xL. AcroM Missouri river Joe, Mo. Acrnaa fha The reports that John Morlcy, the sex-rotary for Ireland, has withdrawn from the ea' inet, are revive again, and hare obtained an extensive circulation.

Sir Charles Dilk sum-owixes the candition of affairs in the cabinet as follows: The situation anchanol: the row iu the cabinet is still proceed and the number ot participant is iucrcaiing daily. Tne Whigs' best policy will be to keep the dissldients in the background during the debate and let minor matter, keep the la, 1 roli- KANSAS CITY. i Wheat 62'6 am in favor of any law that will tnd to 1. 1 1 riTer 7- Vi rCTOM tne Missouri river in Clay or Jarfe.nn t'oax Per 27M Oats Per bushel Cattle Stocker 3 30 proimite the welfare of the workingmen. The sr in my opinion, a large number who would not profit by the enactment MblV The A.

O. W. and G. A. R.

boys of Wood River dedicated their new hall last week, large delegations from Sueltoa and Grand Across the Missouri river about 8t. Charles, 29 4 50 410 hogs uooa to ow ls Coauaoa to tooxL. Island. present,.