Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-02-16
upon their verdict and a recess was ia

uPon 'Heir Verulct ana recess was ia
ken for an hour. For the first five
minutes that the jury was absent the
prisoner sat in the dock with the ewes
OF all persons upon him; he first locked
at the people, then out of the win. I
dow and back towards the audience;
finally he became very restless and
asked to be taken to the marshals
Office.
Darkness came suddenly on and
tailow candles were distributed among
tho audience, casting weird, CHASTITY
light over the room, as if in sympathy
with the solemnity of the occasion.
At 6 o'clock the jury came filing into
the gloomy chamber amid a breathless
silence.
TO the question, show say you, is
the defendant guilty or not guilty."
1 Guilty, as indicted" said the tore
man.
As each juryman said guilty" the
assassin trembliugly cried, Goods
blood will be on that jury. God will
revenge this outrage"
The court adjourned, and the great
trial ended. AS the van drove off to
Jail shout upon shout rent the air
more awful to the convict than the
solemn bells that tolled the death of
his beloved victim.
On the oath inst. Mr.. Teller intro.
duced in the senate joint resolution
in relation to certain lands granted by
:, the United States to railroad compan.
les The resolution provides, "that
the grants Of public lands heretofore
made to certain railroad companies
and to certain states to aid in the con-
struction Of roads and railroads for the
benefit of certain corporations named
as follows, so far as the same have not
been earned by the fullfIlment Of the
condition of said grants be and the
same are hereby declared forfeited,
and shall revert to the United States
} and be open to settlement as ara other
public lands"
There are nearly one hundred and
ten millions of acres of public lands
covered by grants to three great cor.
porations; the Northern Pacific, the
Atlantic Il Pacific and Texas l. Pacific
They would make four states as large
as New York, twenty as large as Mas
sachusetts and three as large as the
two Virginias.
While Mr.. Schurz was secretary Of
Interior he made decision in effect
that the failure Of the Northern Paci
fc road to comply with the conditions
of the grant did not forfeit the land
but that as the road was constructed
! the land should be certified to it, Mr.
Wizards personal organ, the Erening
: Post, in reply to the above resolution
of Mr. Teller, is made to say, "let Con
gress pass a bill declaring our gran,
$ forfeited if it lleases. We will then
: rest our case on an appeal to the Su
preme court" This is shrewd plan
t to gain time; for If the execution Of ar
act declaring forfeiture can be STAYED
b off for three years, or even two, Mr.
e Willard hopes to have his road com
n plete, and under the decision of Schur,
- thereby secure the certifcation of hi.
entry grant. AS Mr.. Willard has sue
y ceeded in preventing any such actor
i for four years, he is entitled to believ,
that he can prolong his strategy YET
n two years more; whether he can or moi
|, will wholly depend upon the spirit O
Congress.
= The majority of the Iowa delegation
r in Congress are of the opinion thai
secretary Kirkwood will be retained ir
his present position during President
Arthur's term, though it is all CUES.
work for the President has the fortu
nate faculty of letting his actions speal
8 his intentions.
The census committee Of the Hous
have agreed to report an apporton
g ment bill fixing the membership of tn
next House at 800, making ratio o
n l54,295 per each representative
!, Whether this will make any dinerenc
1t in the number of citizens a territor
~ shall have before being mitted as
- state, awaits to be seen; probably W.
shall know in the case of Dakota.
The senate committee on territorie
T had very interesting meeting thi
morning to hear delegation of al GU
twenty gentlemen from Dakota in re
ation to bills now pending. One o
the bills provides for the establishment
of south Dakota as state providing
temporary government therefor. An
other bill is to enable the people of Da
kota to form a constitution and stat
}, government. The question before tn
t committee now, and which the dele
q gates ask decision on, is as to whic
of the two bills, if either, the commit
u tee will consider. The fight promise
s to be very interesting and to continu
@ for some time. LEWISTON.
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