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National Republican., 1883-05-09
Iowa,s ssml-csnt.nnlnl.

On the first day Of June Iowa will celebrate
the semi-centennial Of its first settlement.
Worry appropriately tho principal gathering Of
old settlers will be at Burlington, which was
tho pioneer settlement Of the state, and,becamc
the capital of the territory. There was q pre-.
vious settlement by the whites at Dubuque
made by Fronchman, Julius Dubuque, IN
l7ss. All the trans Mississippi country wa.
then under the dominion of France. Dubuque
built small fort and traded with the In.
dians, In 1903 France ceded all that tori.
tory to the United States, but II was not until
1888, by treaty with the Indians, that the
portion now known as Iowa was opened "a
settlement. Then IL was that the white set.
tiers crossed tho river at Burlington, which
became an important trading post, and soon
grew into q commercial town and was made
the seat Of government ofIowa territory. The
state was admitted into the union December
2s, 1886.
Burlington, although not now the state
capital, is n prosperous city of $4,000 people,
and numbers upon It's rolls Of the living and
the dead many men of national reputation.
Vice President John O. Breckinridgc, in his
younger days, lived there awhile; United
States Senator James w. Grimes, Hon. Charles
Mason, commissioner of patents under Blu
chanan, and previously chief justice of Iowa,
and Gen. Fitz Henry Warren, second assist.
ant postmaster general under Presidents Tay.
lor and Fillmore, all now sleeping their last
sleep, wero pioneer settlers of Burlington.
Gen. A. g. Dodge, who Is still living at Burling-
ton, was one of the first senators when Iowa
was admitted into the union, o contem-
porary of Gen. Jones, of Dubuque, who also is
still living Gen. Dodge was subsequently
minister to Spain. Burlington has contributed
other distinguished names to our national
history, who have been honored In tho mill
tary and civil service, and it is fitting that
the pioneers and their descendants should
assemble in that city to celebrate tho first set
tlement Of state that, merging from her tor
ritorial condition in 1916, came into the
union with population of only 975ss, rank
ing twenty-seventh in tho roll of states, ana
at the expiration of thirty-four years stood,
by the consus of 1850, tenth in the list with
1,694,62o inhabitants, and by this time, fifty
years after its first settlement, has probably
not less than full two millions of inhabi-
tauta
National Republican., 1883-05-09
BRANCH OFFICES.

The following is q list Of the branch onices In
Washington Others will be added hereafter
VS.. RoosE's News Stands ut the ARLINGTON
Horn. WILARDs HOTEL, and METROPOLITAN
HOTEL.
RoosE & ouEESs News stand, NATIONAL HOTEL
P.F. QUEEN, ST. JAMES HOTEL
RIGGS HOUSE News Stand.
EBBITT HOUSE News stand.
AMERICAN House News Stand.
W. S. THoMpsoN's Drug Store
C.H. FIcKLISG's Drug Store Georgetown
:. BRADLEY ADAMs's Book Stores.
CIR. Durour, Druggist 1918 Fourteenth street.
RIB. FERGUSON, Druggist corner Second and
Pennsylvania avenue S. L.
s. E. LEWIS. Druggist corner Fourteenth and
streets.
G. G. c. srMNs, Druggist. corner Fourteenth and
New York avenue.
W. Il. SCALA, Druggist, 800 East Capitol street
II. A. JOHNSTON, druggist, corner Tenth and o
streets northwest.
s. sLArERs Cigar Store, corner II and First
streets northwest.
National Republican., 1883-05-09
Beneacent Results OF Republican Rule


The second biennial reports of the Illinois
Bureau Of Labor Statistics. in many Of its
features, is valuable work. We compile
from it few facts in relation to Illinois in
dustries.
In 1880 the population of the state was
whites, 3,o3l ,l5l; colored Cincluding Chinese,
japanese, and Indians). 1920; total, 3,O77,-
S7l. The bituminous coal fields of the state
are extensive and valuable. In 20 counties
coal is produced in more or less quantities, and
in many more prolific beds are found at great
depths. The latter as yet are unprospected
In 1880 the aggregate product of coal in the
state was 6,l15377 tons; in 1889, 1t was
o,ll5,853 tons. In 1850 the aggregate value
of the coal product at the mines was $s,77o,-
s32; in 1882, 1t was $l3,e96,257; an increase
In two years, In product and value, of about
80 per cent. The number Of mines operated
in 1880, was sos. In 1882 the number was
7o4, with an annual capacity of 1s,079, ,637
tons. The amount Of capital invested in coal
mining in 1889 was $5,23o,1s3. The number
of hands employed was, in 1885, 1891 In
1852 the number was 2o,2so; and the aver
age value of the coal per ton, at the mines,
was $l.46.
Tho manufactures Of the state are many,
valuable, aud in prosperous condition. In
1880 the number of its manufacturing estab.
lishments was 13,3d7, with an invested capi-
tai of $l17,973,5s5, and they employed 135,419
hands, Tho total amount paid during the
year as wages was $59,693,d6l. The cost of
the material used in these manufactures was
1924, ,77s,273, and the value of tho msnufact.
ured products was $346 454, 1893. Now when
we add to these magnificent results tho i'm.
mense amount and value of agricultural pro.
ducts Of all kinds used or consumed by the
employees thus engaged in manufacturing,
and by the tens of thousands who sub.
sist by trade In all its ramifcations based
or dependent upon these products Of tho
manufacturer, as we'll as those used in the
manufactured article, we will have grand
illustration Of the rapid advance that Illi-
nois, like other western states, has mado In
the development of all her natured and in
dustrial resources, annually multiplying her
means of proftablO.employment to all her cit
liens engaged In labor pursuits--in agricul-
ture and trade as in manufacturing or the
mechanic arts-aud thus increasing greatly
tho sources of wealth and happiness among all
ranks and classes of her enterprising popula.
tion. These are some of the inestlmable re.
suits which everywhere attend the benefcent
rule of the republicans. But the ascendsnoy
of the democracy in the state or nation, and
the adoption Of free trade--the introduction
OF foreign manufactures to the OK.
clusion of the products of our home
industries - would, by closing these
now prosperous manufactures, and diSeharg-
ing thsiT thpVaSRds Of employees, stpkS doWA
National Republican., 1883-05-09
Alabama Claims.

In the court Of commissioners of Alabama
claims yesterday southard Potter (second)
was also designated to make schedule from
the books, records, and data of the insurance
companies at New Bedford, Mass. The case
Of frederick W. Choate was submitted on
Hurlburt, Administrative, Charles z. Hunt,
administrator, and Thomas X. Lees for the
New York Gaslight company, were argued
and submitted. Judgments In favor of tho
claimants were announced in tho following
cases Mark II. Wentworth, the admins
traitor, 1896; Mark II. Wentworth, $193; Maria
l. Jones, administratrix, $l93; William IL.
Rollins, trustee, $3.50; James G.. Lidyard and
II. Il. Palmer, executors, 1852; Henry II.
Palmer, $l95; II. Il, Palmer, A. @. Palmer, and
G. H. Palmer, executors, $l95; A, p. Clifford,
1888; Owen Wincapan, 500, and Emery
DAVIS, jr., $3.50.
National Republican., 1883-05-09

WE learn that from the biennial report Ioi
the Illinois bureau of labor statistics that in
1880 the total number of manufacturing es.
adjustments in Chicago was 3,479, with an
invested capital of $64,l77335; that the av-
erage number Of hands employed during the
year in these establishments was 776Ol; that
tho total amount paid during tho year for
wages was $33,705, ds6 that the value of the
material used in these manufactures was
$l71,e44,364, and the value of their products
was S241, ,ol5,6o7. Happy results of benef-
cent republican system of protection of home
industry.
National Republican., 1883-05-09
The Arlstocratlc IT Rail.


The public mind has for a long time been
agltated with the question Of the aristooracy
Of vehicles. Some deep thinkers have main
tanned that tho coupe was the acme Of refine
ment on wheels, others have eloquently in
sisted that the barouche was tho noblest OF
wagons, and others still have strenuously sup
ported the claims of the dog cart to blue
blood recognition. The district commits
soners, however, have bravely put them
selves into the breach and averted bloodshed
by clarifying the street car. The yellow
and green conveyance, with It's cosmopolitan
freight aud its unliveried driver, its spawned
steeds, and its jinglng bells, is to be no longer
thing for scotlng and idle iecrs, but pub
lie darling, which shall receive humble ad-
miration from high and low. Tho cdict from
Four-and-a-half street is unmstakable, 1t
directs that hereafter wagons and carriages
shall have no rights which street cars are
bound to respect ON the streets upon which
they run. The street car is to run upon T
rails, not because T rail is any better than
fat rail, but because the use of fiat rails
may make il possible for some plebcian Ian
daulet to temporarily trespass on the sacred
cobblestoncs between them, and thus cause an
uncomfortable shivor to permeate tho delicate
susceptibilities of tho arstocratic bob.tail car.
The commissioners aro to be highly COM
mended for the manner in which they have
ignored the desires of our citizens in this
matter. 1t shows them to be men who believe
that the rule Of three is greater than tho rule
of tho majority, and also displays the fact that
they propose to run the district to suit them
solves, and, as q prominent capitalist once
said, "let the public be blessed with an in
vcrtcd blessing.
Thepublic it may be said, is fairly reeking
with delight at the exquisite illustration Of
authority. The people who are SO unfortu-
nate as to possess vehicles loolx!forward pleas
antly to the happy days coming when they
will start out in their carriages in the morn
ing aud ride homo on their horses in the af-
tcrnoon. The whoelrights and carriage
makers also rub their hands as they antici-
pate an epidemic of shattered wheels and
broken axlos and in fact the entire
community at this moment is pros
trated in mute alteration before the
I rail. The commissioners are to be con-
graduated, too, for the manner in which they
have broken the monotony of smoothness for
which our streets have become famous. The
continuous level SO obnoxious to riders in car
riages and to bicyclists will be forever ban
ished. The small, but mono the less effective,
barricadcs formed by I rails will serve as in
termittent breaks over which carriages may
jolt and bicyclers take header to vary the
sameness of their journeys. If the COM
missioners will continue their glorious re,
forms and put barbed wire fences at con.
venient distances along the sidewalks the
happiness Of the Washington people will be
complete-as complete as tho Washington
monument.
National Republican., 1883-05-09
GonnrnI (lrnnIr.

No apprehension is felt at the War depart.
ment that Gen. Crook will commit any act in
violation the terms of the agreement between
this government and Mexico relative to mill
tary operations against hostiles in the terri-
Although Gen. Crook is acting upon his
own responsibility in crossing the border, not
having received instructions In advance from
the War department to undertake any such
expedition, he is only exercising the discre-
tion always accorded to an officer Of his rank
in conducting warfare against the sayaEss,
and having been explicitly instructed by the
secretary OF war not TO cross the border exs
the agreement, the War department sees no
reason in advance of any protest from the
Mexican government TO anticipate that he
will disregard the instructions and confront
himself with court martial, =
National Republican., 1883-05-09
The Patent Omco News,

There Is a now weekly In Washington, the
Patent Office NeUs. 1t lisa neatly printed quarto,
published by DIR. Frank i. Howe and w. p.
Nichols, young men who appreciate the value
of getting the latest information In all lines
of news much better than the average weekly
publisher. No fact in connection with the
issuing Of patents or decisions affecting pat
ents can reach the public in any way q mo-
ment sooner than through this Patent Office
Neirs, and the other publications will have
their hands full to keep up with this youngest
oompetitor. ttSpuehsaers & nave NO other pur-
cal literature, and they have taken speciality
that gives ample promise Of success for the
venture,
National Republican., 1883-05-09
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS,

Tho leave of absence on surgeons certificate
of disability granted First Lieut.. Joseph II.
Hurst, 18th infantry, Oct, %, 1882, Is extended
six months on surgeons certificate Of disa-
bility.
Leave Of absence for one month from May
!, 1883 Is granted Maj. Joseph q. Tilford, 7th
cavalry, In extension of the leave of ab, ence
on surgeons certificate of disability granted
him; Oct. 20. 1882.
granted Capt. John II, Bartholf, assistant sur
geon, United States army, April 3, 1883, mill
tary division of the Pacific, Is still further
extended four months.
The Saratoga was at Santa Crus do Teno-
rife April Ia and was 10 shortly sail for New
York, where she is duo about May 20. The
Yantic and Kearsarge have gone up TO the
Norfolk navy yard from Fortress Monroe.
During tho absence Of the quartermaster
general, Lieut.. Col. Alexander j. Perry,
deputy quartermaster general, will by direc'
tion OF tho President, take charge OF the office
OF the quartermaster general and perform his
duties.
Leave Of absence for six months on sur.
geon's certificate of disability, with permis-
sion to leave the military division of the Mis-.
souri,, is granted Capt, d. Mortimer Lee, 9th
infantry, TO take effect upon the conclusion of
his examination by the retiring board at
Omaha, Neb.
Capt. ID. Mortimer Leo, 9th infantry, will
report by letter to Col. William T.. Carlin, 4th
infantry, president of the retiring board con.
vened at Omaha, Neb., Mar. 10, 1883, and will
hold himself in readiness 10 appear before the
board for examination when SUNNI oned. The
journey from the place of receipt Of this order
to Omaha, Neb., Ia necessary for the public
service.
Lieut.. Joseph e. Jones has been ordered 10
examination for promotion. Lieut.. William
A. Marshall has been detached from the United
States steamship Yandalia and placed on wait
ing orders. The order of Captain William IL
Stewart TO the United States steamship Min
nesota has been revoked, and he has been
placed on waiting orders Rear Admiral Ed.
mund II. Colhoun has been placed on the re-
tired list his retirement to date from May O,
1853.
Tho following named officers of the medi.
cal department will proceed from their sta
tions as hereinafter named, 10 Cleveland
Ohio, to represent the medical department OF
the army at the annual meeting OF the Amer
lean Medical association, TO be held in that
city on the fifth of June, 1885, Maj. Joseph
II. Smith, surgeon San Antonio Texas; Mai
William ii. Forwood, surgeon, Chicago, III;
M9j John s. Billings, surgeon, Washington
ID. o. On the adjournment Of the association
tae officers named will return to their proper
stati9Rs,
National Republican., 1883-05-09
The Proposed HiiI investigation.

Tho present indications are that tho investi-
CATION Of the affairs Of the supervising archi-
tect's office of tho Treasury department will
not begin in earnest before Monday, the
twenty-frst instant.
Mr. Alexander, of the committee, Is now
absent from the city, and Assistant Secretary
New, chairman of tho committee will leave
Washington tonight for "a ten days visit to
Indiana. Mr.. Hill is also away on public
business. Mr.. Murch has been assigned a
desk In tho Treasury department within easy
access Of the secretary's Office, and yesterday
began the examination Of the charges on flo
against Mr.. Hill, preparatory TO getting his
case in shape. He says he expects TO be
ready to proceed in about a week or ten
days. Secretary Eolger said yesterday that
he has done all he can for Bir. Murch. He
has provided him with tribunal aud Goun-
sell and has given him every facility TO con-
duct his case. The secretary says that 10
far as he has examined the law on the SUBJ
iect he Is inclined TO believe he has no au-
thority to subpoena witnesses to appear be-
fore the committee, and that there is no
fund at his disposal out Of which their fees
and expenses can be paid,
National Republican., 1883-05-09
Jnckmnn Decininn.

The case of Plummer VS.. Jackmap, involv-
ing the title to 100 acres of valuable land near
BsIarck, Dak., has been decided by the sec
retay of the interior in favor of Jackman
for the whole quartersection. Jackmans s
claim to the land was contested upon the
ground that he had not settled upon IL in good
faith, but to sell on speculation in violation
Of section 2262 of the Revised Statutes, He
took land at that particular point in 1872 with
other parties in anticipation that the North
ern Pacific road would cross the Missouri
river at or near the land and town be built
there. The secretary in the decision says
80 The statute referred to cannot be construed
TO mean that persons going to the frontiers,
or along the lines Of projected railways, and
anticipating centers of population, shall not
enjoy the benefits of their enterprise and
foresight, though they believed that their
claims would become of great value on ac-
count Of the proximity to villages or cities,
or that villages or cities would even be built
upon such claims, and thereby enable them
ultimately to realize large prices for such
lands. That Is not the speculation that
the statute intended to prohibit"
National Republican., 1883-05-09
Shipping CommIsuloners, Fees.

Tho commissioner OF customs has issued a
circular to customs officers in regard to ship.
ping commissioners fees, as follows:
In view of the opinion of the honorable
solicitor Of tho treasury which is concurred
in by this office, customs officers acting as
shipping commissioners by virtue of section
4b03, Revised Statutes of the United States
arc required TO account for the fees earned by
them under title So, r. S.
These collections will hereafter be re-
oeipted for on duty and fee receipts, in tho
Same manner as other moneys, and be in
cludod In the official emolument account as q
separate item, and go TO make up the maxi
mum compensation of the officers collecting
them. Any surplus above the maximum,
arising from the entire emolumonts, includ-
ing these feos, must be deposited TO the credit
OF the treasurer of the United States as sur.
plus emoluments
You will please acknowledge the receipt
OF this, and state whether you are acting ns
shipping commissioner, under section 4503,
Revised Statutes and, IL you are not, to state
who is the present shipping commissioner at
your port"
National Republican., 1883-05-09
EXTRADITION.
What is said OF Any Demand That Eng
land May Make on the Government.

What IL Said OF Any Demand That E;ng-
land May Make on the Government,
New York, May ga Washington special
says The question as TO whether this gov
ernment will give up tho persons indicted for
complacity in the Phnnix park assassination
case II England should demand them grows
more and more interesting, and the general
sentiment here is that IL the English govern
ment should flo duly certified copy of an
indictmentby a court which IL could be proved
had jurisdiction and power TO try man for
murder tho United States could not refuse to
give up the alleged criminals. Lawyer
Charles II. Reed, who is interested in those
cases, said to-day that he had read tho treaty
carefully, and 1t provides in express terms
that such q course shall be pursued, with
the provision that the secretary Of state
may take ultimate Jurisdiction in the
matter. Said Mr.. Reed; when We give up
the men England can try them for any crime
otmentioned in the indictment, and In Great
Britain alone is vested the right to say
whether ofenses committed on her soil are
political or not. If demand is made upon
us, accompanied with a certified copy Of an
indictment for murder, we must give mp tho
men," IL is curious fact that our treaty
with Belgium Is tho only one In which there
is distinct provision specifying that charges
against criminal must be accompanied with
certified copies of the evidence against him !;
and furthermore, that he shall not be tried
for any other crime than the one for which
he may bonextradited
National Republican., 1883-05-09

succeed in the contest now going on for the
democratic nomination for governor. THE
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN would be glad to
sec the genial and able Proctor Knott capture
the prize. All men who havo watched his
course in congress admit his eminent
ability, and should he be nominated and
elected he would, barring his infamous poli-
tics, make good governor.
National Republican., 1883-05-09

JAKE" REID, of the New York Tribune, is
wearing away the tissues of his great brain
worrying over the names of postotfices
throughout the country. This is very i'm
portant subject but not of so much i'm.
portance to the people as the part "JsISe"
played in raising campaign funds for use in
the campaign of 1850. If Jacob whitelaw
will tell what he knows about the latter sub.
ject We will give it place in The WEEKLY
REPUBLICAN, which has a larger circulation
in New York state than the Tribune has.
National Republican., 1883-05-09

of any postmaster of tho fourth class "shall
reach $3.50 for four consecutive quarters each,
exclusive of commissions on money order bust
moss before the Office is made presidential,
and as there will be but one quarter of the
current and one quarter of tho noxt fiscal
year for VIII ch accounts will be submitted
prior to the dato upon which the two cent
postage law takes effect, IL is not possible for
tho temporary increase in the compensation
OF those postmasters to bring their offices
into the presidential class.
National Republican., 1883-05-09

The rules for their own guidance prepared
by the civil service commission are made pub.
lie this morning. The courtesy of the com.
missioners has enabled the newspapers to fur
nish their substance and even somewhat of
their form as the work Of putting them to-.
gether progressed, so that majority of the
people already know about what they are.
The completed set will nevertheless be read
with very keen interest
National Republican., 1883-05-09
The Primary Troubie.

The new law to protect primary elections
IN New York makes 1t a misdemeapor for any per.
son to falsely personate or vote under the name OF
tionaly without rightto do so, to prevent Others
who have q right to vote. to wrongfllly conceal
or destroy the ballots, or commit any other wrong
tending to defeat tho result OF the election. All
very well, as far ss It goes. But what Is wanted
more than anything else Is o law, written or un-
written, that will require honest voters to per.
Ronate themselves at the primaries.
National Republican., 1883-05-09

THE police officers who hauled down the
American flag Monday hauled themselves
down yesterday and let the banner go up
again. They have not gained very heavily
in dignity or credit by this little game of see-
saw with the stars and stripes; but under the
circumstances, and considering that they fell
OF at the end of the first teoter," it will be
generous to say no more about II.
National Republican., 1883-05-09
The Japanese indemnity Fund.

in distributing tho prize money awarded TO
the officers and crews Of tho United States
steamer Wyoming and the steamer Taklang,
by the act In relation to the Japanese indom-
nifty fund approved Feb %, 1888. The sum
Of $l40, 900 was appropriated. for this purpose.
About $4,000 has already been paid out. Tho
remainder will be paid as soon as Che claim
ants present themselves,
National Republican., 1883-05-09

Mn. JAMES G. BLAINE is again being
elected president by special dispatches to the
Philadelphia Press. This is the third time
Mr. B. has been elected to the presidency
in this manner, and yet tho Press pretends to
be opposed 10 the third term.
National Republican., 1883-05-09
The Weather To-day.

For ne middle Aadntis states fair Dedthev, toliotred
in northern portions BY local rains Vinds shifting "a
northeast and southeast stationary or slight fall IN tenn
perdture, rising Jolotred BY falling barometer.
Yesterdays temperature.-7 n. M, 642s, II n. M.
s0.3e; p. m s92o; p. nj. 500; II p, m, 7l,2o;
maximum, 90.2o; minimum, 59.2o. Rainfall, 0.