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NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

, NEWS E1SO" "ASnAN0Ie1Ns
About 600 postofiicos have failed to forward
to tho department. their returns for the quarter
ending June 80. OF these delinquents the
greater number are in Southern States. Ken
tucky heads the list with seventy, Ohio has
thirty two and Pennsylvahia twenty seven de-
linquents. In order to compel postmasters al
small Offices to send in their reports promptly
In the future, the postmaster general thinks Of
accounts are not forwal ded within . specified
time after the end Of = quarter shall be removed
from Office.
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more for boarding and sale stabio. There
wero ten lorses in it at the time, eight OF which
were saved. II. 5. baron owned tho barn. anal
estimatss III loss at 81 400 insured Tor $500:
In the Hartford. DR.. baltimore lost horse.
harnesses, etc. amounting 70 $500, no in.
ron house, lost about $500 worth of articles
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The supreme court Of Massachusetts rs-
fused to allow a woman to practice law in
that state, on the ground that thesconstitu-
ton fofbid' the new departure. The strong
minded will now have an issue in the old
Bav State that may excite some public i'll
fereat. = =.
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NENSER was "wfuily out in his recent
weather predictions, and unless he RECEIVERS
bya master stroke in the prophetic line, will
soon relapse into mere weather. guesser.
such as fourishes i'll every village. His
prediction of cold weather and probably
frost" after the Goth of August wns a sad
VaNfnro
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HARF1Elb'y yaCM1ICAb. CONDITION. .s,

On. Tuesday: The Preaideat xas safely re-
moved 10 Long Brancs, and on! Wednep1Ay
morning . ns<ksd improvement n hn oendi.
lon M announced
tho prestdsns chserful s.d hepefsi. I'M -
sllgh: improvement 90
On Taesday morning At 9 o'cloea thsis prssa,lfz
dent twA1 'take0tnt0 IN 11preos wagon and.Qe 2
Branch. The arrangements were 20 compieteh
ia eyerN detail that The Inconvenience to the
president Wis reduced almost to-s minimuna l.
The bed o., Which b vaslying vaGso eafefuly
adjusted that il vibrations we're hardly noticed
The train rAn from Washington to Baltimore at
The rate Of thirty miles an hour, and st i 80 r;
he arrived 1t Long Branch The president was :,
carried without trouble, except at ne turn Of
the stairs, 70 the elegantly appointed chamber i
on tho east side Of the cottage, and vas care
fnl'y tranafesred to the bed which hs will here
after oeoapy.s He stood tho journey remark.
On Wednesday. 9TH it was announced thst.
the president had entirely recovered from The
fatigue Of hi: journey, slept and. ate wel!,r
respiration Is. Secretary Bl.ine's telegram 70
Minister Lowell was Of : discouragiDg charac-
ter. Two small pus pockets about the size Of
Chestnut which had formed on the back were
opened: It appears from an interview With
pockets have formed on different parte of the :
presidenfs body during tie past three weeks
and have been opened
On Thursday, the nations patient had less
fever, better pulse and improved appetite.
The surgeons we're much encouraged. :, 6
Friday, the 9th, was the best day the presi-
dent has had since he VA shot The sasur- =,
ance of those having access to the patients !,
room that the president is much better than :
before leaving Washington, is very 8enerally
gratifying. At the presidents request he was !,
visited, for the first time since he was SHOT, by
the cabinet. Mr.. Blaine telegraphed TO- Lon
don: Lowell, Minister, Londen: Medical reports
are all favorable to-day, morning. noon aud
night The president has not for many weeks
done 10 we'll for 60 many oonsecutive hours.
he has had very little fever, his respiration
has been normal, and his pulse has not exceed
ed 100. He slept without opiate, and gained
strength without stimulant. Much is hoped
from the clear. bracing xir which may be ex-
pected here 1t this season.
1Saturday night at ten o'clock Secretary Blaine
sent the following to Minister Lowell ut Lon
don; which tells the whole story Of the day: :,
''After the dispatch last night the president
had considerable increase of fever; indeed, the
rise in pulse and temperature every night has
becomea signfcant feature III his :ase. Through :,
the day and especially this afternoon he has :
grown more comfortable. A cold, easterly
storm has prevailed since early this morning,
without evil effect thus far. Secretary Win
dom had . brief interview with him at noon.
He found him much reduced in strength, but
clear in his mind. He asked the secretary
about tho success ofrefundiDg the bublie seb'. y
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HOMES /! IN. THE WEST.
!: x5ssssallss IL sf=tgFf9:elaIa
.ssS-12M 1.s =. 1. .-asy :. 5-:.s,

u PerSons !1s! looking westward for homes
can procure full information concern..~
ing thu 'GxinDEx sPo1rf todf Iowa 'andr
Alininesot. 81 subscribing for thsi' a
<Worthinetonr ADVANCE, published at =,
4Werthington. Minnesota. Send q for q -
one syearso d 2feEcsix3 months and s0s,a,
cents for three months, to oADvXNoE,s ,sais
fsWorthipgten; Neblee c., Alnnesota,4
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KATl.Kl)ARDS.

The ST. Paul and Omaha railroad has made
arrangements to bulletin signal ser vice predic-
tions at all their stations
Mr.: Fl. B. Ledyard, general manager of the
Michigan Central railroad, remarked recently
to Chicago reporter, that there was no pros
poets for Il speedy termination of the present
war among the eastern lines. The Vanderbilt
lines, he said, were in excellent condition to
stand the fight AZ long as any of their competi-
tors.
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The varieties Of grape which enter chiefly
into the making Of port vine are seven in
kind, Bastardo, .8fonrisco tinto, Mureto,
Tinta Amsrella. Tinto- Gao. end Tosrisa. -.
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THE BOND DECISION.

The Supreme Court Decides the Amend IN en-.
OF 1860 Void-And Prohibits the Tribnna
From Acting Under the Law of Last Winte"
The supreme court Of Minnesota, on satur-
day, 10th, rendered the decision on tho appli
cation made for writ Of prohibition against the
bond tribunal authorized by an act of the last
legislature.
The supreme court decide: First-That the
constitutional amendment of 1866, requiring
Of the bonds to be submitted to The
people, is void, because it impairs the obiga-
tien OF the contract between tile state aud the
bond holders.
second-That the act Of last winter providing
for the adjustment of these bonds
is unconstitutional, because it delegates legis-
lative power to the tribunal
Third,-That the writ Of prohibition hall
issue to restrain the tribunal from acting "on
the matter.
This decision renders the act of last winter
imperative and leaves the whole r.attcr of ad
lustiny the bonds with future legislatures
The court was unanimous upon all points
Minnesota Political Notes.
The following persons were nominated for
the county Offices of Le Sueur county by tho
democratic county convention: Treasurer, r.
H. Everett; sheriff, Henry L. Gish; clerk OF
court, Frank W. Kolaes; register Of dcods, T.
d. smullen; judge Of probate. James Delah-
anty.
Chippewa county has appointed three dele
gates to the republican state convention not
Instructed, except to cast their votes for the
best interests Of the county and tho stato.
At the Kandiyobi county republican conven-
ton Messrs. A. E. Rice, Marcellus Johnson, A.
F. Nordin, G. N. Reese aud ]. A. Bo1nsta wcrc
elected delegates to the state convention. No
| instructions to tho delegation, who are presuma-
bly, for Hubbard They aro unanimous for
Judge Brown for associate justice. An Arctant-
| or delegation was elected to the district attor-
ney convention to be held at Benson.
have been called to elect delegates to the Min
neeota state convention and nominate county
! tickets:
sherburne county, at Elk River, September
20.
Cottonwood county, at Window, September
a.
Clay county, At Hoorhead, September Is.
Redwood county, at Redwood Falls, Septem-
Der "a.
Neeker county, At Litchdeld. September "a.
Renville county, at Bird Island, September
Big Stone county, at ortonville, September
IL. (wll Also select delegates to the Twelfth
Judicial district convention-)
| Stevens county, at Morris. September ii,
(also seelect delegates to the judicial district
convention)
Steele county, At owatonu., September ~.
| Fillmore county, .at Preston, September "a.
.Olmsted county It Rochester, September "a
! Carver county, at Waoonia, September 2l.
| Brown county, st Sleepy Eye, September 21.
Blue Earth county, at 4lnkato, September
! 2k. -.>. - 81 - ~. - -'~'' =
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William L. Scott, Eris's 81 ,O0G 900 mill
lionaire, and a most brisk, energetic, and
pushing man in business and in democratic
politics, vas a page in congress in 1886. .
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Iegulat items the expenditures we're eroater.
Thodgh 1e have literally NO navy. the e1pen-
ditures fof that service Hefe over p2; 600, boo
the publi6 debt decreased 81 100000.
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RECORD or CRIME.

The dcfalcation in the Brooklyn board of cd.
ucatiOn amounts to 5000, 900.
Giteau, by some means, learned OF the pres
ident's removal and was peculiarly excited
byt
Judson Knapp, living about twenty miles
south ct Waterloo, Iowa, was found dead out
EIDE OF his honse, hanging by the neck by a
rope which was fastened up stairs. is sup
posed that he placed the rope around luis neck
and jumped out of the window.
Among the articles captured from the White
Bear monte men were couple of dec0y rolls
ct money. On the outside Of one counterfeit
81 COO bill was neatly folded and on the other
brown paper, the edges Of which look At first
sight marvelleusly like good collateral
At Dansville, Va, Robert Williams and his
wife quarreled and she complained to the mag
lstrate, who appointed her son deputy to arrest
Williams. Going to the house young Williams
found his father dead, with his hoad nearly
chopped off and bloody AZ lying near Two
Williams was a talented man but druukard.
The Hayden. .Cochrane murder trial began
at Neilsvile. Wis.,, on Monday. Col. Il G. In
gcrsOll aud Emory A. Storrs appear az counsel
The trail excites great interest throughout VIE
consin: Grand Rapids, where the murder &C.
it for two o. three years. Public sympathy
appears to be with Cochrane, who shot
Judge Hayden for poaching on his domestic
preserves
Guiteau is in absolute solitary confinement
He sees no one save his jailors, and they hold
no conversation with him. The district at!or-
ney and his assistants have seen hitherto no
manifestations whatever Of insanity in Guiteau's
conduct. They do not intend to see any
Therefore they will let him severely alone
They fear that frequent visits to Guiteau might
result in private performance of tricks fan
| tastically by the sane lunatic to which thew
might have to testify on his trial, and which,
rehearsed in response to adroit questions, would
cause the jury to believe him insane.
On Thursday two notorious pick pockets
were Eabbed at the Minneapolis fair. Officers
| came across three of the tribe together. The
rascals suspected trouble at once, aud attemp-
ted to run, when Hoy drew his revolver aud
told every man Of them to stand, at the peril
OF their lives! He then seized one of them.
when the other ones made break for liberty
by jumping through the fence surrounding
| thel inclosure. He fired shot after one OF
| them, bnt, unfortunately, was unable to take
zens who were near at hand eucceeded in catch
Ing one Of the two escaping thieves, while the
other. one WAS successful in getting away.
FIRES AND OTHER CASUALTIES.
The Monticello, Va, wire factory burned
Loss about So {, 900; insurance, 500,
The cooper shop Of J. A. Leaman h Co., OF
Chicago, was burned with loss Of 500, 600.
A New York dispatch says the heat OF lss,
| Thursday night was iptenee. Many cases OF
prostration in this city, Brooklyn, Jersey City,
and Hoboken are reported, several Of which
in the cast note this as the hottest day, not ony
OF the present seasoc but Of many previoue
seasons.
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Denocratic State Convention.

Tho Democratic State Central committee held
9 meeting a* the Merchants hotel, last Thurs
day, and dete terminal to issne call for the con-
vention to ndninate candidates for the various
state Offices to meet in st. Paul ON Thnrslay.
October 6. The basis OF representation was
fixed at one delegate for every $50 democratic
votes cast in Minnesota at the last presidential
election and one for every major fraction of
$50 votes.
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+ At Fairbault, during severe thunder storm,
the lightning struck the large barn in the rear
6f the Barron house, it Immediately took fire.
and, with the sheds adjoining, was soon con-
sumed. The barn bad been used by DR.. DALI
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SATURDAY

SATURDAY
was dull. dark and dreary, and the fair ground
was flooded with water The att sndance vas
merely nominal The cattle and other things
were I'll there but nobody saw them save the
attendants. It was the closing day, and it was
announced that the programme for tho day, in
cluding the great balloon ascension, was post
pened until Monday. Save one day, Friday.
the whole week wat inclement and disastrous
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The Compcns Centennial.

CHARLESTON, April 25,h.-Tha Cowpens
Centennial Committee have received in.
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formation that President and Mrs. Garfield
and Secretary Blaine expect TO be present at
the unwilling of the Morgan statue at Spar
tansburg May 18th. Ex-President and Mrs.
Hayes viii probably attend.
4 Mother and Two Children Perish In q
Forest Fire.
LITTLE Rock (Ark.l, ADril 25th.-Issac
N Dement,, emigrating from West Virginia
to Louisiana with his wife and four children
in two wagons, encamped in the mountains
ia Stone county. While himself and two
boys were fishing forest fire surrounded the
camp, destroying one wagon, all the house.
hold effects and burning the wife and two
children to death. Dement, was badly burned
in trying TO rescue his family.
A Reminder of Uncle T0m's Cabin
EVANSVILLE Qnd) April 18th. : Mrs.
Nancy I. Letcher, relict of the late Judge
James Fl. fletcher, of Henderson, KY, died
at the family residence there at midnight.
Mrs Lstcher was formerly Miss Mamie L.
Kennedy, daughter of General Thomas Ken
redy, Of revolutionary fame, and was born In
Girard county, Kentucky, in 1914. General
Clark, the original George Harris in g y ncle
Toms Cabin" twas from Kennedy's plan
tation. known as Poplar HILL aud while Mrs:
Letcher still resided there. that Clark effected
his escape, which afterward played so proml-
nent part in Mrs Stoves book.
Thrown Overheard and Drowned.
CARUTHERsvILLE (N[o), April 25th.-0n
the evening OF the Goth instant man was
seen passing down the river in skiH which
contained young woman. When near the
head of Island No Is he threw her over
board and drowned her. Some few persons
on the bank of the river heard the woman
begging to be put ashore, and witnessed her
terrible death. They started in pursuit Of
the wretch. who. however, escaped in the
darkness. The pair had remained ovsr night
at point 140 miles up the river.
Hanged by n Mob.
COLUMBUS (O.l April 25th.-Lawis Whit
tsker (colored). charged with the murder of
III. O.. jenkins (white), was taken from Ill
by masked men at Gladsen, Fla, and
hanged.
CLEVELAND 70 J, April 25th.-The news
boys have struck on the Lcdder also the
night-soil men. The street railway strikers
intend to put on some vehicles tomorrow. in
opposition TO the street cars.
Damaging five.
Providence (R. f.. April 256h.-Half an
hours fire tonight III the Oriental mills,
ONhSu ~ tiS AiciAS VI SAlALtu -. 11tlo. anu
running on print cloth, caused damage to the
amount OF S75 600: insured.
Verdict OF Guilty.
BosToY. April 25th.-Ths jury in the case
of Mrs Howe, of the so.called Ladies De-
post, returned verdict Of guilty. The case
viii so up on exceptions.
Cars Destroyed by Fire.
BUFFALO (N. ", April 25ah.-Ten cars of
coal ard four box cars filed with oil were
burned on the track of the New York and
Philadelphia Railroad to night.
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and we would recommend to him prayer
full study of DR.. Carpenters Mental
Physiology as a corrective. If at the
same time he would devote soma atten-
ton to TIE phenomena of cerebral action
as shown in the conduct of the insane,
we are in hope that his present tendency
to dream dreams and see visions would dis
appear as effectually as did the phantom
visitors of Nicolai, the Berlin bookseller,
when he submitted his arm to the
lancet. The literature OF alienism is
very instructive in this connection, and
Drs. Hammond, Beard and Maudsley
may be studied proftably by our cratic
Professor, for more light upon those OBJ
scure morbid cerebral conditions which
are at the bottom of Clairvoyance and al
lied phenomena. Perhaps the Professor
finds it pleasant to cheat himself with a
belief in hobgobiins and "angels," and so
forth, but a man who has devoted himself
to Science ought to be loyal to his first
love, and we are compelled reluctantly to
point out to him that Clairvoyance is not
Science, and that Andrew Jackson Davis is
not an authority upon either this or any
other world.
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news OF THE MoRN1Ee.

In New York Government bonds are quoted at
lis for 4s Of 1907; 1929 Tor 5s Of 1881; pSs Tor
As; sterling, "a s2@4 s54 silver bars, u27.
Silver in London, 52Sd; consols, 10l@; 8
per cent. United States bonds, 1911 As, ISL
Az, uGl
In San Francisco half dollars are quoted at dis
count to psr Mexican dollars, Ole.
At Liverpool wheat is quoted at ss Cd Cos Sd for
good to choice California
Mining stocks opened quite active in Sen Fran
cisco yesterday morning The demand ran heavy
on the middle stocks. Nearly all descriptions were
from cents to rs cents higher than the best prices
in the Board on Saturday. Gould Curry advanced
81 IL, Hale and Norcross 81 25 Best * Becher 81
and Savage 81 o5.
J. W. Robb was shot dead st Astoria, Or, yester-
day.
The case of the various counties of the State
against the railroad companies is on trial at San
Francisco.
The cabin passengers of the quarautined steamer
Oceanic nave b-en allowed to so ashore at San
Francisco.
1t is denied that the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Company has purchased the South Pacific Coast
Railroad.
Fire at Decatur, Mich
The South American town of Buenayentura has
ben Destroyed hy fire. rendering 500 people home
less and causing loss Of 81 oO0,0 600.
4 number of English railway niagnates are COM
ing to this country to study our railway system.
james T. Field died suddenly at Boston Sunday
night Of heart disease.
A steamer arrived at New York from London yes
terday with several cases of smallpox on board
The death of the Earl OF Fingal is announced from
London.
Tie sire rallw.y difficulty at St Louis continues
A fourteen year old girl at Glasgow, Scotland, has
not taken food since the beginning of the present
year.
The rumors cf rebellion at Herat are unfounded
One Chinaman stabbed another to death at Sono-
ia, Tuolumne county. yesterday.
The statue to Admiral Farragut was unveiled at
Washington yesterday with imposing ceremonies.
At Spartansburg, S. c., May 18th, at the celebra
ton Of the Cowpens Centennial, statue to Morgan
viii be unveiled.
Hollister experienced two earthquake shocks yes
terday.
Robert Pattol died from small pox near Petaluma
yesterday
In the State Senate vest rday the tax levy bill was
referred on the question of its constitu,ionallty
The salary of the STATE Engineer was stricken out
of the general appropriation bill and the bill was
then ordered to engrossment
In the assembly the day was devoted to the con
sderaton of the ROAD bill, and involved the House
in perfect tsnsle. The House pissed concurrent
resolution to adjourn sine die pril 9Oth at u noon
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NIHlLIsM AND SLAVERY.

It is an aramalous circumstance that
the impatient and feverish reformers who
organize secret associations for the pur-
pose of bringing about revolutions and
freeing their fellow. countrymen, always
begin by surrendering themselves to a
more exacting species OF servitude than
the evils against which they are
oontending. In all tie organizations,
such as the Carbonari and the Nihilists,
which have honeycombed continental
society for the last century, the very first
obligation prescribed is the complete aban-
donment of self-contiol. The neophyte is
made to swear that he viii obey the orders
of his superlors no matter what they may
be, and that he viii subordinate every
thing to them-love for wife and children,
regard for his reputation, hope of fame or
prosperity, even lie itself. He knows
that at any time he may be selected for
some task which will be not only abhor-
rent to him, but the performance of which
must cast a gloom and faint over his whole
life. He knows, in fact, that he is liable to
be ordered to commit murder. Yet men
deliberately enroll themselves in these or.
CARNATIONS, and fancy while doing so that
they are somehow indicating their love
of freedom. The society founded by Igna-
tious Loyola exacted similar sacrifices from
its members, but its purpose was to create
mechanism capable of being welded con.
tinuslly in the interests of Rome, and of
which the component parts should be pas
sive instruments. Modern revolutionary
societies Irofe no such ultimate pur-
pose. They profess to aim at the eman.
cipation of the masses at the introduc.
ton of greater freedom; at the exercise of
individual liberty. Yet they set out with
a machinery which contemplates the utter
extinction of individual volition and
sentiment in their members. They
have recourse to the mechanism of Super
stition and Autocracy in order to forward
the cause of Liberty. Can grapes grow on
thorns, or figs on thistles? Can the cause
OF Freedom be advanced by the methods Of
the Society of Jesus?
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NEGLECT OF TIE EIeLE.

The Rev. John Hemphill the other day
lectured upon the neglect OF the Bible in
these times He said that the generality
of men had never studied it, and virtually
knew nothing whatever about its contents :;
and he delivered an enthusiastic encomium
upon it, as an inducement to his hearers TO
peruse it for themselves. Among other
things he is reported as having said that
those who desire to procure philosoph-
"ical work will find the Bible an authority
without an equal Two problems which
imam has failed TO solve are there made
so clear that the mind at once grasps
them, viz; God and the universe. -
Again, he remarked that "those who
delight in reading allegories and parables
would conclude, after reviewing the
"Bible, that the Arabian Nights, Rob.
"'inson Crusoe and other popular novels
"must fade into insignifcauce when
compared to it." 1t occurs to us that if
a skeptic had ventured to compare the
Bible with the "Arabian Nights and
Robinson Crusoe, the whole orthodox
world wouldhave denounced the irreverence
and malice OF the &C. but as D.. Hemp
hill has dcne this thing We suppose It is
quite right, though we confess that it does
not seem altogether in harmony with the
scheme of universal manual of cosmi:
science to enter into rivalry with the
most extravagant fictions in secular htera-
ture. We, however, cordially agree with
DR.. Hemphin that the Bible ought to be
far more generally and carefully studied /;
for if it were 1t would no longer be pos
sible for preachers TO represent it as solv-
ing tie problem Of the universe, and pre-.
sentipg reliable history of human events.