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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
WASHINGTON.


WAsnINGToN, Feb. 2G.-Secrctary
Robson says that if the proposed
reduction is made in the appropria-
ton for the pay of the officers and
men of the navy serving abroad, the
ships and crews will have to be
brought home at once.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.--Thc com
mittee on privileges of the house, will
report q bill to provide for tempo
rarily filling any vacancy occurring
in the Office of President, in the event
of there being no constitutional dec
laration of election before, the COM
of the regular term.
The bill provides that if tho senate
be in session at the commencement of
the new term, the presiding officer
shall act as President Of the u. s. un-
til President ahall be elected and
qualified in accordance with the con-
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Chicago Live stock Market
CHICAGO, Feb u.
BY telegraph

IBy TcIegraph.I
lIogs-Reccipts 1000 head, Dull,
weak and lower. Common to choice
light are quotablc at from 81 30@45
mixed packing at from S. 25@5O ;
heavy Boston at from IS G0@90, and
Philadelphias 5000 %.
Cattlc-Dull. Receipts 5000 head.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28

Having received notice of the res
ignatiOn of Thurman, member of the
electoral commission, on account of
his physical disability, Herman was
unanimously chosen to fill the va
cancy.
HOUSE.
Real business began at noon on the
question whether the testimony
should be read which was taken be-
fore the House Election Committee
in the case of Boggs, Pennsylvania
elector, appointed instead of Nor
rill, Centennial Commissioner. The
Yeas and Nays were taken, and stood
Yeas 1873, Nays ll6.
The testimony was read.
Kelly moved that the vote of
Boggs be counted.
Springer moved a substitute that
it be rejected.
Kelly said the objection was based
on a principle of law so OTTER over
ruled. that his side of the house
could submit the question without
discussion.
Stcngcr commended under the law
OF Pennsylvania, that Boggs was not
entitled TO vote as elector.
The Speaker at II 10 announced a
new legislative day, and after read
ing of the journal, discussion con-
tinued.
In the course of the discussion
Hewitt again arraigned Hoar for
bad faith, but appealed to Demo
Gratis to yield to the decision and to
appeal TO the ballot box for RENE
dy. Members gathered around him
in excited circles as he closed with
an invocation for peace. He was
asked by Cate, why, if the decision
was infamous, he advised yielding to
it. Hewitts reply was it was better
to yield than to precipitate anarchy
and revolution.
Cate characterized this as coward
ly. whereupon Yeates upbraded
northern Democrats with dcnouncing
those who yielded as towards, al
though they had fifteen years ago
when pinch had come, turned upon
them. There was great excitement
and confusion during some of the
scenes in the House.
The discussion having closed,
Stengcr's resolution that the vote of
Boggs, Pennsylvania elector, be not
counted was adopted, 40 to ll9, and
the Senate was notified that the
House was ready to receive the Sen
gte in Joint convention
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28

which democrats objected.
Then Mr.. Wood moved to recon.
slider the vote refusing to take re.
cess, in order to table it, for the pur.
pose of preventing any delay in
counting the electoral votes. The
yeas and nays were ordered and re.
sulted--yeas 1872, nays 81.
Mr.. O'Brien offered resolution
that the vote of Slater, of Rhode
Island be not counted.
Mr.. Eames offered as substitute a
resolution that it be counted.
After discussion, Eames' substitute
was agreed to without division.
Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, offered res
olution that the senate be notified.
Mr.. Knott offered as a substitute
that it be notified that the house
would meet the senate tomorrow at
10 o'clock.
The speaker sustained point Of or
der against Knots resolution, and
Wilson's resolution was adopted.
The senators at o'clock re-cntered
the chamber and the vote of Rhode
Islad was formally announced.
The next certificate was that of
South Carolina, authenticated by
Gov. Chamberlain, showing Z votes
for Hayes and Wheeler. The second
certificate showed seven for Tilden
and Hendricks, with a statement by
the electors showing the absence OF
the governors authorization.
Mr.. Cochranc objected to the repub-
lican certificate and Patterson to the
democratic certificate.
The objections were: First, that
there was no legal election in South
Carolina, for electors on the account
of the absence of proper registration
second, there did not exist republic
can form of government as guaran-
teed by the constitution to every state
third, attachments of the United
States army were sustained before
d during the election in various
parts of the state, thus preventing o.
full, free and legal election; fourth,
United States deputy marshals wore
It the polls, appointed under the pro-
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The Secre-
tary of the Treasury expects to issue
q ten million bond call to-day.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2G.
The Senate did nothing but await
the decision of the House on the
Pennsylvania case.
Having received notice of the res
ignation of Thurman, member of the
electoral commission, on account of
his physical disability, Herman was
unanimously chosen to fill the va
cancy.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
Courier Special

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2G--4 40 r. M
Pennsylvania 60 votes was counted
for Hayes, when objection was offered
to the vote of Rhode Island, on the
ground that Slater, one of the cleo
tors, being ineligible. The two
Houses again separated, when a mo-
ton for recess of the House till to-
morrow was defeated by SO to IT'S.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28


aid, Norwood and Hereford and by
Representatives Lord, Poppleton,
jerks, Vance, Throckmorton, Wike,
Wiggcnton, and Luttrcll. The pre-
siding officer asked whether there
were any further objections, and
there being none, he announced that
the Senate would withdraw to its
chamber.
HOUSE.
After the Senate withdrew, the
Speaker announced a new Legislative
day as ruled out Of order: also the
motion by Lane to take recess till
8 80, it being dilatory motion.
The Republican side and galleries
loudly applauded this ruling.
Discussion then proceeded on Hale's
order that Oregnn's vote be counted.
Yesterdays journal having been
read, Clymer offered resolution that
for more careful consideration of the
report on the Oregon case, the House
take recess till 10 O'Clock on Monday.
The Speaker ruled that the question
was not debatable, and Republicans
objected to Clymer giving reasons for
his motion.
Clymer-Do their side refuse to
hear statement as to the object of a
recess.
Townsend object to debate.
Hancock made and argued point
of order that under the Constitution
and under the Electoral Law recess
was not in order. In conclusion, he
said, ~ feel as kcenly as any other the
modification Of defeat and disap.
pointment, but l hope no one will SO
far lose his manhood as to fail in the
performance of his duty. There is no
authority in either House to procras-
innate, to resort to any legislative or
parliamentary expedients to postpone
the action enjoined upon us by the
Constitution.
Clymer-This is n question of order,
not Of manhood, and it seems to be q
work of superrogation to raise this
question of order after it has been al |
ready decided four times. / wish
, 1877-06-24
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The New York herald., 1877-12-18
Osman Pacha Lives.g

The reports which reached US yesterday
morning concerning the death Of ,Osman
Pacha have proved unfounded. An official
Turkish bulletin from Constantinoplo denies
the truth Of the rumors which had received
such general credence. It is pleasure to
know that this gallant soldier still lives,
and that his wound received during his
desperate attempt to break out of Plevna
is progressing favorably. The Sultan
cannot afford to lose the services Of Os-
man Pacha, even though Russia's prisoner
loses limb. The great brotherhood Of SOL
diers cannot spare one who has shed such
lustre on his profession as to compel ex-
pressions Of the deepest respect from his
victorious enemies. Even one-legged
Osman Pacha is worth more to Turkeys fu-
ture than host of pachas whose legs ar o
more useful to them than thoir heads.
The New York herald., 1877-12-18
Warming the schools.

Doubtless the most fruitful source of de-
ranged health in this city is the furnace
that warns the domicile OF the average
householder. That subterranean evolver Of
noxious gases and excessive heat, which
leaves people cold because it is SO nearly
impossible to distribute it properly, is the
real author Of the myriad headaches, neu-
ralgias and bronchitiscs, and of at least
half the other diseases that are attributed to
our changolul climate, our bad sewerage
and drainage and our water poisoned with
miasm. Our sewerage is bad, our water is
far from first rate and our climate is un-
justly abused, and all these have obtained
bad names because they have been held re-
sponsible for the acts of the great sinner in
the cellar In each house the results arc
The New York herald., 1877-12-18
Bad Weather I'm BulGn ria.

We recently made reference to the fact
that bad weather in Bulgaria was highly
favorable to the Russians, in rendering the
movement Of Turkish conveys and detach-
ments difficult if not impossible. The sur
render Of Osman Pacha may be said to have
been directly due to the inability of the
Turks at Osman Bazaar and Orchanie to send
him any relief in the shape of food and
munitions because Of the condition OF the
roads leading to Plevnn. Although the
United States has maintained strict neu-
trality in relation to this Eastern war it has
furnished both Of the belligerents with pow
erful weapons, which they have used with eff
feet To the Turks we sent the breech-loaders
and fixed ammunition that enabled them to
months, but to the Russians we sent the rains
and storms that crippled the Turks. The
great disturbances that visited the European
coasts during the past two months, and
which were signalled from this side by the
HERALD Weather Bureau, have, with few ex-
ceptions, descended into Central Europe
and the Danube Valley, carrying with them
the elements Of advantage to the Russians.
Thus the same storm which has swept
over the Western Plains caused disasters
on the lakes, the Atlantic Ocean and
the British coasts, has swelled the
waters of the Danube, flooded the streets
and encampments at Sistova and Biela and
converted the roads leading into Plevna
into muddy and impossible sloughs. 1t is
again announced that bad weather is setting
in over Bulgaria. This suggests most i'm
portant subject for the consideration of mil
itary men inv Europe. In future an army
on that continent cannot be surprised on its
march or in its cantonments by storms or
sudden changes of temperature If its COM
mander only heeds the HEnALD weather
warnings. In view of the shndowy prospects
of peace in the East we recommend this
fact to the attention Of the belligerents and
to all the Powers that seek to settle their
quarrels by an appeal to arms.
The New York herald., 1877-12-18
The Dollar or the "Dnddyiecs.''

The West, as might have been expected,
is the first to repudiate the darling dollar
of the daddyites for which the silver fanat-
les from that section have been SO long
clamoring, When Eastern journals and
Eastern men, in Congress and out of it, point
out that the attempt to make the silver dol
lar standard of value is gross injustice
who expects a fair days wages for q
fair days work, they are invariably
met with the idiotic answer that they are
the agents and tools OF the money power
aud of the bondholdcrs. as If to own a gov
ernment bond was a crime for which man
should be sent to the State Prison. 1t is, OF
course idle to argue with such persons. To
enter into discussion with q convention Of
lunatics would be just rs sensible as to at
tempt to convince thcm of their folly and
absurdity. What they have failed to see
their constituents, it IS some consolation to
know, are beginning to find out and under
stand for themselves. Under the teaching OF
the silver leaders the dollar of the daddyites
became immensely popular in the West; SO
much so that merchants manufacturers and
others employing large numbers of work.
ingmen began to pay their wages in silver,
to the great qualification OF those who had
been listening to the speeches of some OF
the gentlemen in Congress and voting for
them. This has been pretty profitable
operation for the employer, but as he is
beginning to see, rather hard on tho unior-
tunate workingman. During the past
thirty days the West has got all the
silver it wants. Brokers and bankers
The New York herald., 1877-12-18

he scorned the notion that there was any
reason whatever why he should listen to the
advice Of the Powers, but now he requests
them to advise the Czar that he ought to
make peace on terms agreeable to Turkey.
Naturally the Powers are not enthu-
siastic in his cause. From Berlin
he hears that Germany will only act
if Russia makes the same request that
Turkey has made. Vienna will echo
that reply. England. with wonderful con-
sideration, sis most anxious to avoid COM
plications which might lead to unpleasant
ness with Russia, SO that Lord Derby will
write no more dispatches in the vein of his
reply to Prince Gortschakoffs notification
of the declaration of war. In fact, Turkeys
circular will not become the basis of any
diplomatic proceeding. for all the Cabinets
understand that Turkeys separation from
the Powers, brought about through her re-
lection of the advice of the Constantinople
conference. was SO great an advantage to
Russia that the latter will not consent to
treat on any terms that contemplate the Eu-
ropean protectorate of the Sultan as revived
and reconstructed. With that answer made
plain to him the Sultan will appeal directly
to the Car and peace will follow.
The New York herald., 1877-12-18

seen in a few individuals it is in the
public schools where the evils of a
bad system of heating and defective
ventilation are seen on grand scale. Every
now and then attention is called to this
subject-the nature of the evil and the
remedy are pointed ont; there are confer
ences of medical men and engineers with
the authorities. 1t is clearly understood
what should be done; nobody does it. In q
few days the topic passes out OF public view
not to be recalled again for month or two,
and all the time, day in and day out, the
operation Of the evil continues, and the
little innocents in the schools are tortured
as if we were practising on grand scale the
attempt to produce human creatures capa-
BILE Of breathing carbonic oxide instead OF
atmospheric air, or as if the problem
were to try how many little collins may be
made necessary by the practice OF passing
children from an Arctic to tropical tempera-
ture about once an hour during the time
school keeps Until some one can show the
educational authorities precisely how each
individual Of their number can make hum
dred thousand dollars by proper warming
and ventilation Of the schools all the evils
will continue. of course that we recognize
and accept as first principle But is it not
possible to have some intelligent supervi-
sion Of even the bad system that exists, so
that caprice or the defective sensations OF
teachers in disordered health shall not take
the place of the thermometer? One shivers
to ai nd
"cannot get warm;" another, nearer a good
standard of health, revolts, opens window
and lets in the wintry air till the tempera-
turo goes down to forty and so they con-
tinue, while the thermometers should
tell the one that the trouble was in
her own sensations and the other that
she was carrying a good remedy to an
extreme and dangerous application. This
is an improvement that will cost little. All
the evils Of school room heating are suscep-
tible Of remedy more or less expensive; but
this remedy is comparatively without cost
and the evil is great. 1t is plain truth that
every school heated with q cast iron furnace
is badly heated; every school room not ven-
tilated from the floor is not ventilated at all,
and every school room in which the ther-
mometer is not watched by the janitor rs
sedulously and constantly as the compass is
watched by the navigator OF a ship, is room
certain to be by turns drying chamber and
an icebox. Children forcibly detained in
such place certain number Of hours every
day necessarily have their health broken
down, and it is only the wonderful elasticity
and adaptability of child life that prevents
their wholesale murder
The New York herald., 1877-12-18
AMUSEM ENTS.
TIE BROADWAY TKRATnE.

Mr. Charles Fschtcr made hts rsappearancs In this
city, after an absence OF about four years. at the
Broadway Theatre last evening The play chosen for
tins OCCASION The famous meIodrnma IRON Dumas
..Moute Crlsto which Mr.. Fccnter role OF
large audience assembled to welcome the distin.
guished actor back 10 Ncw York, and no
was warmly received when no nrss stepped
upon the Stage, and called before the
curtain at the OF almost every act. Mr.. Fcchtcr
has changed very much In tho years last
him; there Is body to the man and less OF the
spirituality OF his early yeara St be Is tho great
actors thcro never point expression lost |;
he is the part ho assumes. Wo still observe tho old
familiar, inimitabe action of tho hands; they aono
plain II We aid not hear spoken word Fecbter has
one pccuIiarty have never noticed IN
any other star-ho makes those with
whom he acts appear TO better advantage
seem TO reflect somo OF his genius. While "Monte
Cristo' might bo tircsome play In any but slr.
Fechters hands he makes II great When the play be-
gan last night there old shcatrcgoers " ho
each other between the that this wonder
iu player was Ia hts decadcncc But u anything
were wanting before. III tho third not Mr. Fechter
performed with brilliancy, q subtlcty, grace,
deIicscy and q pathos OF which lew u
any living actors beside himself are capable
TBe natural charm aud dramatic power Oh
this act we're perhaps enhanced In elect by the
sombrc and STACEY background OF tho preceding SEQ
ond act IN which the pictorial Is onereu su0sti-
tuto for the euutnely dramatic Mr.. Wardc play cd
koirticr better than anything ne mas played IN long
time, although thcro "a dash Of Detective Bucket
about u. Mr.. Leclcrcq was good as Caderoussej tho
character was little exaggerated, perhaps,
but strongly drawn. Mr. Rockwell h well
meaning actor, but seems to DO cncumbcrod
with loo much digaiy-a rsminiscenecs per-
The New York herald., 1877-12-18

in San Francisco and other points are fur
nishing silver dollars at O large discount for
greenbacks, and the result is that every me-
chanic and laborer who has taken his pay
in silver has lost at least five cents on every
dollar of the daddyites. Bankers refuse
to take silver on deposit and return
greenbacks to the depositors. The retail
dealers and workingmen who have
taken them in preference to greenbacks
now find that they have been cheated by
the silver brokers and spectators who are,
of course. in love with scheme which nets
them such handsome profits. The lesson is
q costly one, but they can justly blame no
one except the foolish and incompetent per-
sons they have sent to Washington to legis-
late for them.
The New York herald., 1877-12-18

TMI WEATHER.-The phenomena presented
BY the meteorological conditions and changes
yesterday are extremely interesting. At about
midnight Saturday u belt of relatively low
pressure extended from Wyoming Territory to
Lake Superior and thence toward Nova Scotia.
During yesterday morning tho two areas Of
high pressure which lny north and south
Of this low zone closed on each other
along q line which extended with TN
dulations from the Platte Valley into the
Lower Missouri and Upper Mississippi valleys,
lakes Michigan. Huron, Ontario, and through
Northern New England. Relatively low areas
were formed west Of Lake Michigan, where the
margins Of these two high areas did not meet.
The result of this nipping, as 1t were, Of the
volume of warm, rarcfcd and very moist air in
the low zone was to lift it above the surface and
bear il OH the denscr substratum that was formed
beneath it. general condensation Of the
atmospheric moisture then took place and
rain fell over an area OF territory whereon the
barometer recorded from tenth to a twentieth
of an inch above the mean pressure. Fog aud
rain set In northward Of Tennessee from the
Missouri TO the Alicghanics. But from the
westward the main depression referred TO MS
causing rain in the Territories was advancing,
and opening for itself an outlet To the ocean
along the line Of contact between the two high
areas. The pressure gradually decreased ON
that line toward evening, and fell rapidly ON
the New England coast, where higher surface
temperature contributed TO cause IA baromctric
lal. The movement Of the approaching dis
turbancc will be slow, and il is probable will be
attended BY heavy rains gradually extending
eastward. Rains continue on the Pacific coast
and the Southern Territories. The weather IN
New York and It's vicinity to day will be- slightly
cooler and cloudy or partly cloudy. with morn
ing fog and threatening OF rain. On to morrow
it will probably be cloudy and colder, with fog
end rain.
The New York herald., 1877-12-18

WALL STREET YEsrERDAY.-The stock mar
ket was very dull but steady in the forenoon
later on, however, selling movement set in,
and there was general decline. Gold nd
vanced from 1925 to 1929. Government
bonds were higher States dull and railroads
strong. Money on call was easy at 8 per
cent and closed ut per cent.
The New York herald., 1877-12-18

One OF THE COUNSEL in the Lambert trial has
enriched the financial literature Of the day by n
new and somewhat expressive phrasc-Lambcr-
tine cash-to characterize the bogus checks and
drafts In which the Popular Lfo and other
worthless concerns have been so largely deal
inr
The New York herald., 1877-12-18

From our reports ibis naorns'sg the probabilities
are that the sccaher it Nec York and is vici,,ity
today wA be slightly cooler a,.d cloudy or partly
cloudy, sci morning fog aud threatening Of rain.
On to-morrovu riA probably be cloudy and colder,
with fo0 and rain
The New York herald., 1877-12-18

The BAPTIST CLERGYMEN of Philadelphia
have pously resolved to try tho cffcacy Of
prayer on the hard times, and suggest the 10th
of January as q day Of national humiliation.
But Congress meets that day, and what is the
use of praying while it il in session.
The New York herald., 1877-12-18

IL THE SETTLEMENT of millionaire Merritts
estate the Surrogate decides that second cousins
must be excluded. 1t was necessary to draw
the line somewhere, but it is q little hard on the
second cousins