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New-York tribune., 1883-03-14
GENERAL LEGISLATIVE TOPICS.
ny TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l

A,pANy. March 13.-The Senate debated TO-
aav Assembynan j. Wilton Brookssb bill for he suppress
sion OF political assessments. Senator Pitts delivered
carefully prepared and orcibe speech IN ts Ia'o' ino
bill was then ordered TO athlrd reading
Another of the bills imposing tax burdens on the
shouders Of the helpless multitudes of NewforK ana
Brooklyn was passed by the Assembly to-day IL was
Mr. Burnss bill increasing the salaries OF the remeh OF
prootlvn 70 81 900 each. Mr.. Roosevelt aud Mr
Howe of Ncw-York. vainly appealed to the
Assembly not 10 pass the bill. as it will add
100000 to the yearly expenses OF Brooklyn.
Nevertheless the Assembly passed the bill ny vote oi
G6 10 o. Mayor Low. OF Brooklyn. is opposed 10 tne
bill, and doubt will appear before the uo'ernor III
opposition TO IT,
Senator BOYD introduced a novel railway bill to-day
1t provides that railway shall give to the staIe on
being organized onetenth OF its bonds ana that the i
terest on bonds shall be used IN pnrchssing tne
remanng bonds OF the railway company ti they are a
IN the possession OF the State anu IL mas Iius oe0o
owner OF the road. .,.s 80 roo,,ota
charges for eevstng and storing OF gram MOI more
than three fourths Of cent bushe shall oe Saarse "a
for storage the Ave days and the same charse Is
fixed for each Ten days thereafter. violation Oh the
law is made a Inisdemeanor -. - a.. Y-,,.o and
Black Railroad came up for passage IN the
bly, and provoGed some debate II was urSed INA. uhs
bill was arbitrary and UNCONSTITUTIONAL anu wVulu
cripple road The bill was finally passed Oy No'o vi
Linety-0ne 10 SIX. ,.,,,- - c....o O., roc,,-
late the fees of tie clerks Of tits several counties OF th
State. The bill makes such fees UNIFORM thIOuknuu'
1.-THE state, and in doing decreases tnem III sote
Ties and increases in others. The decrease Tor nng
Judgments in New York County Is aoou' ohe-'ni" N
NJ C. Murphy introduced bill defining the inIent OF
the Leg glslature III granting charter 10 tIe
Sect Of tue bill is to tue company t. proceed win
the construction Of the road under broaaWS " S 9
Oenbe Tbe b i Tery voiumnoGs consisting
twenty eight printed pages
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onov Il would require according Ito the Con-
Sttition that the votes Of at least twenty dnot,nS
ehmid he given either for ii or agalns. IT. e M 6f the
th;s conrse fhe Republicans followed me tbe
Democtae senators last year then they ueleatI ~ I'M
Pailroad Commission bill in It's oI1Ehai loiin "
tng from voting. ,,.,, ,o,ro.ar woods the Consti-
tution dncrenty from had
tI an the bill nc said il obvious that some & |
senators present were Intentionally n the ;Sct
that these Senators refused to vote M Inen % pu5 sn np
o., - tba sfFect that the bill had been legally lasseii
stbogsh only eighteen Senators had voted III , nr,
oDi,ion the presence of thrcetths OF 'Ie 70 ~
was a that was necessary TO pass snch n u I 'nTy
neglected 10 vote that their 1ant tte - 1en nnas
declared tina, the bin had been passed senator t
jn behalf of the Republicans, would nave al'
the decision of the chair, but lieuenant S0VCrnui va
I'm refnsed 20 recognize him. and abruptly adJOurheu
fhe senate The only redress OF the Republican hinor
inv lies in an appeal to the courts.
New-York tribune., 1883-03-14
COMMITTEE WORK.

ALBANY, March 13.-The Assembly Cities
Committee will report favoTably the bill to widen sack
ett Douglass and President sts Brooklyn; Mr. Roose-
yelts bill authorizing the Mayor of New-forRt to appoint
three Civil Service Commissioners to examine applicants
for public positions; and Mr. l. MaAers E1eise OIL i"r
New.Yorx and Brooklyn.
The Assembly Railroad Committee will report fsyora-
bly, Mr. Oakeys blu compelling surface street railroads
to place conductors what are known a. " eohtah
cars; Mr. Cranes bill for cable railroad on One hun
dred.sDd-tyenty- -th-st SewYork, and senator Treai
ors bill compelling the NewYork Elevated Raiiroad 10
run alLnight trains. ,.. .,o, o.
Tne Assembly General Laws Committee resolved 10
repor favoraby the bill allowing the University CiuD OF
New-York TO nod $500oO0 worth OF real ana personal
proper;y and also the bill compelling brewers ana dis
filters 10 stamp the amount OF liquor con- ained III Kegs
or barrels.
New-York tribune., 1883-03-14
THE GULF AND SHIP ISLAND ROAD.

WASHINGTON, March 13.-The Gulf and Ship
Island Ralroul was included IN the list ot Land grant
railroads wcl the judiciary Committee Of the House
In the XLVIIth Congress report d dpOn Omnsnding
TINT m land grants be declared forfeited because the
work OF construction had not been begun No action
however was taken by Congress and Il is now reported
that ex Representative Manning, OF Mississippi, aud
other gentlemen, who have oh aued control OF he
charter bnve gone to York the purpose of inter-
eting capitalists thcro in forming syndicate to supply
ihc funds necessary complete the road por-
tion OF H. with The tatiOn that the valuable Land
grants can b, secured IL "a further reported here thai
meeting Is TO b. held in Walst SOM day this week 70
discu,s and mature ihr plan o. parations.
The act ~ August H. 1885 authorizing the consruo
on o this road provided that grant Of AK sections of
lnnl pcr mile DE mlao - the stat, OF Mississippi for
ro.d from brandon the Gnlf of Mexico" Provision
WA made IN the for the sale b the State OF the lands
Granted the quantity sold b. proPortionate to tho
miles OF roaI -rucei from time 10 time. o-cept in
t n sc Of he sale OF ;ic nrs t2O sections which could
~. -oli ia adya"ct of the CONSTRUCTION OF any prupl OF
ne road IL provided tnat II the road was not COM
uiefel yit hu ten years. the lands uusOd sLld revert
TO the Uuited On Aaglst Is. 1896 PRIOR - loca
ron of The road lands ing Wlthin TIE pfoOaOie Inn
it, of the road were Withdrawn rom sale location W
uoticp A map Of dcdu!t' location % the road WAS
uInt IN the neral Land Oirr. November -. 1850.
No lands approved 10 the state 'Gr "a road,
neither has any portion Of tie road bccn coustr irlrd
H. Isd6 Since tuai lime entries have boon made upon
tht auds. la 1882. VIII Adams ot Jackson, Mss rep
r.s.ntuQ himslf ne president OF tho company applied
10 the Ot tho Interior for renewal OF the
tnu of forfein land grant 10 this road las been
once acted upon by the House Judiciary Commlt ce, IL
ia unite say that un II tie matter Il denntey
III posed the Interior Department VIII not reverse rs
New-York tribune., 1883-03-14
prrcnNsE OF 4 NARROW.GAUGE RON.

PHILADELPHIA, March l3. Negot iations were
completed today ny which the New-Jerscy Celtra
Railroad obtains control o: tne Philadelphia and Atlantic
City Railroad marrCw-gaugo)
TRENTON. y. j., March 13-The boads Of the Phila-
dephia and Atlantic Company, amounting to S;,3oOOO,
are TO be retired and In lieu thereof 100000 Of per
cent bonds Is" the present ndebte mess and
also to provide unds ,oc improving tho condition OF the
line The purchased road Is To bc wiened 70 broad
gauge and WILL be connected with the New Jersey
southern Railway junction on this side OF uammln
ton Thi- will afford facilities 10 the Jersey Contra tOr
runuinr passengers direct from Phiadrlpha 10 Long
rIncn sea Grit Asbury Park and the other resorts on
thr Jersey coast II il stated that tho agreement under
which the ne gotnttons closed Is signed nv Franklin
H. Cowen as trustee who. 70 Is said was chiefly nstru-
mental In bringing aOOut the sale
New-York tribune., 1883-03-14
TRIAL or ALEXANDER yEFFERsoM

The trial of Alexander jefferson for murder
was continued yesterday in the Court OF Sessions in
Brooklyn Annie Jackson the coored mistress OF the
rsoDer testified their intimate relations without be-
lug married Police Captain Folk. Police Sergeant Cans.
and Policemen Guss and McKie. related ths police n-
ycstiga,ion OF the and the arrest OF the
muris srer Drs. Terhune and Leuf told the cause
cf the death ~ the murdered persons For tie defence
several witnesses testified to the weak condition or
JeftcrsOn'- mind.
Owing 70 an oversight p0st-mOriem examination OF
the bodies OF Hicks aud Mrs. JACKSON made after
tae murder COnsequ uty the bod es were dslnterred
Yesterday and "A post-mOreU examination WIS made
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THE SECOND OF MR. KoBBE'S LECTURES.

Gustav Kobbe delivered the second of his
lectures last evening Richard Wagner before an
appreciatye audience at Mrs. sylSanus Reeds school
The lecture consisted OF elaborate description Of tho
Parsifa" performances last summer ut Bayreuth IN
clnaug humorous anecdotes OF that provincial 70 and
personal "reminiscences 0f Wagner. The Bayrenth
Theatre" Mr. Kobb6 said, is temple OF art conse-
era 10 the performance music in its highest form.
II is more than a monument 20 Wagner: il commenO-
rates the victory OF artist over blind prejudice ana
bitter hatred" Speaking OF WagneTs personal appear
ancc Mr. KObb6 said that Il disappointing but that
when he tO reply to toast al public dinner be
seccd 10 in stature and every word ana gesture
afn
New-York tribune., 1883-03-14
REPUBLICAN DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS.

The XXIlId Assembly District Republican
Association met last evening at One-hgndred
teth-st aud Third-avc., with Donald Mclean In the
chair Henry May was readmtted TO the association,
from which lac expelled last fall for irreguary IN
making applications for membership.
The Iyth Assembly District Republican Association
held meeting at No. 207 East Broadway. John Tobn.
chairman OF the Committee. said that Henry j.
Johneon president OF the ass9cati9n who had
failed 10 account for Sl35 which hsd been nrusted 10
him by onn CoIDs for campaign purposes last lai re-
fused 10 give the committee any satisfaction and tDat
Inc used some very bad words when approached on the
subject.
New-York tribune., 1883-03-14
CONDITION OF THE oNONDAGA INDIANS.

ALBANY, March 13.-The commission, con-
ssting of c. N SIMS T.. B. Judso0 aud John r. seymour
appointed last year TO make an nvestiganon mo tue
condition of the Onondaga Indians it report
TO the Assembly to-day The report recommends that
commission TO consist Of the Governor. Attorney
General Controller and Secretary OF state be appointed
with power final action TO negotiate treaty with tne
Onondaga Nation. suoh treaty shall provide for
division of O portion at least OF the land among the
ahers Of the nation living on the reservation. The
observation-disclosures saw that all the people Of the nation
should have a voice in is government Ihey also lNor
tie eor TO secure by treaty he laws OF legitimacy
and inneri to the cl Ten OF the tri)e Inc com
consider the quaTres on the
as of great value and recommend thaL theJ Oe Iedseu
for the benefit OF the nation.
New-York tribune., 1883-03-14
PASSENGER AGENTS IN coYCLAyE,

The first days session Of the Convention OF
the National Association OF General Passenger Agents
Yesterday war brief one rhe attendance light.
and the only business transacted routine necessary
to the formal organization OF the conven ton The COM
OF ticket had not coup sted its report The snbect OF
Arranging for the pro rating Of check charges
expected come up to-day
New-York tribune., 1883-03-14
INCIDENTS In SOCIETY.

A dinner party in compliment to Mr. and Mrs.
william NJ Eyars was given last evenngat Delmonico's
by Mr. and Mrs G. W. Ballou. Twenty ladies aud gen.
tlemen were present
Mrs sogman gave largo theatre party last evening.
after which the guests entertained AT supper at
DemOnicO's. the company situng at eight handsomely
simmer tle party had O dance In the ballroom.
Mrs MarsAall .. Roberts gave small dinner party NJ
her house
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CONTENTS ON SENATOR KOCR's BILL.
OPINIONS OF JUDGES AND LAwYERs-THE MEASURE
DIsAPPROYED.


DIsAPPROYED.
Senator Koch's bill transferring from ref
erees 10 the NewYork Sheriff authority TO sell real estate
under Court DEGREES which ordered TO third read
ing on Tuesday much discussed among lawyers yes
4erday 1t met with general disspproyal both from
Judges and practitioners. As the law exists at present.
he the referee in each rests In the discre-
lion OF the Court except that no referee can DO a-
pointed who is attorney and counsellor at law
ALTHOUGH referees work where such sales Of real
estate are made under decres judgment is not diff
quilt likely TO be accurately and properly done
by lawyer Than by another person. lawyer whose
blce does large real estate business said yesterday
that the change proposed by the law not desirable
nhe rights OF parties to such cases we're much more
key TO he well protected where sales made under
hhe direction OF competent attorney than II they were
buder the control OF such usually I'LL the position
New-York tribune., 1883-03-14
TIE DAIRY FAIR ASSOCIATION

The Board of Managers of the International
Dairy Fair Association held meeting yesterday after
noon at the Office OF The Agricultural ReeieW. No. 81
Park row. The secretary instructed TO write to the
former secretary making demand for tho books and
papers of tho society," aud to say that legal proceedings
would he instituted n ho failed to comply resolution
was finally adopted advocating tho combining or the
international DAIRY Fair Association WIN the American
A,ricuItural Sociafy Ina ia National EXnlDltlOn.
New-York tribune., 1883-03-14
THE IMMIGRANT PASSENGER POOL.

There were further reports yesterday OF the
probability Of disruption Of the immigrant passenger
pooling arrangement at Castle Garden, because Of the
dissatisfaction which exists account OF the New-fork
Central running ahead OF its allotted percentage
The were arranged the basis OF the bus
ness done in sS0 and Follows: Erie Railroad
ii u per cent New-York Central 81 per cent: Pennsy
wanna 1s per Baltimore and OlIiO 65 per cett'
The business tn the actual percent
ages to have been New-York Central, 81 per cent;
Erie "a cent Pennsyvaris IL cent and balti-
more and Ohio, per cert.
New-York tribune., 1883-03-14
RIGHT TO DECLARE A STOCK DIVIDEND.

MI. EVAKIS On IIIh ISHOH Vt FAV'V"V'"00
STOCK BY THE WESTERN UNION.
The argument on the appeal in the Williams
and Hatch suits against the Western Union Company
TO restrain the payment of dividends the $oooooV
of stock alleged TO have been Illegally issued to repreSe
surplus earnings was concluded yesterday before ".
General Term OF the Superior Court. First hoo'..
sewel finished his argument for Mir. Hatch wni'A ~
began Monday.
william NJ Eyarts then closed the argument for tno
Western Union Company. He said that the eol"p"''
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A locomotive has been named after Grover
Cleveland, and hopeful Eastern paper says: "Perhaps
II will draw him To this White Housewife kn0wsf"
Perhaps like Growers celebrated reform" VIII ex'
plode-who knows l-(CLicago Times
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plain road This will make through line from the west
to theseaboard
WORK TO SECURE LOWER FREIGHT RATES.

WORk 10 SECURE LOWER FREIGHT RATES
Another conference will be held to-day be-
tween the dry goods merchants who seeking a
ducOn In freight rates domestic goods and the trunk
line Executive Committee. At a similar conference
held short time the railroad officers requested the
merchants TO produce data to prove that the present
rates prevented Eastern from competing
with the Western market IL is doubtful anything will
c0rie from the meeting to-day. Railroad say that
they are willing TO mako proper II trade
in domestic articles of dry goods suffering from rates.
but they assert that such be to be the
member OF the trunk line west-bound classinca
ton committee said yesterday II the interest OF
the railroads. OF course to any loss of business
through expensive II the complaining dry goods
prove their case they will be given relief But
should be reduced domestic dry goods, they
will probably have to be advanced the finer grades
of goods such silks velyets laces. etc No one will
pretend that the latter stand higher
yet advance would excite the aumOsty OF the MGR
chants who deal In them II Is absurd to talk about
sheengs being the coffee and sugar OF the dry goods
trade for those articles OF groceries do not come into
competition with dry goods and 10 makes difference
20 dry goods merchants what rate fix sugar and
coffee"
Some OF the merchants interested in the present
ment are emphatic In their statements They say that
the must be reduced domestic goods or war
fare will be begun by the trade One prominent member
Of their committee intimated yesterday that unless t1e
railroads were willing 10 make concessions even another
than specially fav0ing the trunk lines wouI
be resorted to- The State Railroad Commission might
have TO be appealed to In the case
New-York tribune., 1883-03-14
APPOINTED SECRETARY OF THE BOARD.

ALBANY, March l3.-Ihe BOaru OF halIrOAu
Commissioners to-day appointed w. II. Thomson secre-
torv of the Board Mr. Thomson has been Chief Clerk
I'm he Auditors Department of the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway ut Cleveland, Oho for tho past three
New-York tribune., 1883-03-14
THE ARCADE UNDER BRoADWA

The annual meeting of the stockholders
Of the Broadway Underground Railway Company, sd-
Gurned from October H. held in the Boree Build
Ing. No. lis Broadway, yesterday afternoon. There
were present exsecretary windom, Edward c. Clymer,
william P. Kelly William NJ Reynolds Ex-Governor
Walker. John Cummins, Alfred j. Baker, Henry j.
Newton. Charles Andrews and Melville c. Smith The
following elected directors for 1893 Secretary
Window, Melville 9. Smith. Judge Henry g. Gardiner
Jerome F8ssler sr., and Edward NJ Cymer, Melville
C. Smith reelected president, Edward NJ. Clymer
the president that the plans had AZ last been perfected
and complete maps made OF the Underground Arcade,
showing the location OF the pipes. pilars ETC., with
their size and other particulars from which contracts
might be made forthwith. The bond OF 100000 re-
quired by the city furnished some LIonths ago.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-05-09
FROM ~SroYsTowS:-
JACK BABcocK.
Sup't of Division.

The short and imperfect accounts publish
ed at the time of the sad death Of Mrs. DIR.
J. NJ. Louther, of this place, April DIST,
seems to call for statement more consistent
with facts, and more appropriate TO her
merits. Those hest acquainted with Ms.
Louther, were her most ardent ad mirers,
and the deep grief felt by her many friends,
and the sense of inability, as felt by the
writer, to do justice to her memory, have no
doubt prevented Others from expressing,
more publicly, the high eulogy they felt
due this noble woman. Mrs. Susan i. Lou
ther was the third daughter of John Mong,
decd, and was the mother of five children,
two lead and three living. She was a wo-
man of more than ordinary intelligence,
possessed of a clear. sound Judgment, quick
comprehension. a kind and friendly DISPOSE
ton, combined with tact, economy and in
dustry in the management of her household
affairs, made her a model wife, mother,
companion and friend. Being fond of
friends she dreaded the very idea Of an yone
being displeased with her, and the thought
of having one enemy made her feel almost
friendless. She set a high mark for her own
conduct and took pride in the honor of her
husband and family, and when the tongue
of Islander was directed against her husband
or herself, it caused her the most intense
suffering, which was hid from her friends
by her belief that duty to society and to her
husband, demanded the usual cheerful dis
position she had always shown. She was
of a trusting, confiding, and not of a jealous
nature, as intimated by n account of her
death. Her sensitive nature was so shocked
at certain ISLANDERS that were forced upon
her in her husbands absence, that no mat
ter whether she thought they might be false
or true, caused her sleepless nights, and be-
ing well acquainted with her husbands do
ings, she, it appears, took several doses of
inorphia to produce sleep and aid her to
stand the dreadful mental strain she was
enduring, this with her previous excitement
caused her to take an overdose on Satur-
day morning. This does not seem to have
been with a deliberate intention to injure
herself as she, upon Immediately learning
from her husband the danger of the dose.
assisted him all she could to counteract its
influence. No attempt to conceal anything
with regard to her death is needed. Apollo
gies for anything she did would seem out of
place. We can only deplore the inpru-
dence and wickedness of those who indi-
rectly caused the death Of one so little to
blame herself. A FRIEND.
May 3, 1888.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-05-09

We are advised by the Passenger Depart
nent of the Pennsylvania Railroad that
Round Trip tickets willb sold to Washing
ton, d. c., on May 18th good to return until
May 18th. on the occasion of tn Reunion OF
the Army of the Potomac in that City on
the 10th and 18th.
The City is now decorated in its grand
and beautiful Spring attire. Its magnifieen,
streets having been planted throughout
with numerous shade trees, it presents a
view that is not only pleasing TO the eye, but
one that will command admiration and
wonder, particularly from those who will
recall the scenes, and occasions presented in
the Historic days of the Rebellion. Among
the many attractions TO be seen We enumer-
ate, the Capitol, the War and Navy Depart
ment the Medical Museum, in which build
ing President Lincoln met his death, the
Soldiers Home and Arlington Cemetary.
These are but a few Of the many points of
interest, and we would advise all who can
avail themselves of this opportunity to go
and see the transformation.
The following rates have been established:
PIttsburg. $l2.75; Greensburg, S12.75; La
trobe, sl2.75; Blairsville, $3.50; Johns
town, s11.95; Butler, sl5.15; Altoona, sl0.40;
~Hollidaysburg, 5000; Tyrone, $3.50, and
Huntingdon, 1905.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-05-09

Captain Pratt, who is in charge of the
training school for Indian youths at Car
isle, tells of an Indian lad l3 years old,
who appeared at that school, only a few
weeks ago, having found his way half across
the continent, in search ofan education. He
had S2.75 on starting from his home That
brought him across the Mississippi river.
Then by walking four days together, and
getting an occasional ride on a freight train,
he made the rest of the long journey. He
sold his Indian ornaments for 2.T5 to give
him bread on the way. Coming over the
Allegheny mountain range the Indians
worn out noccasins were 10 protection to
his. feet against the snow, and he bartered
his blanket for a pair of shoes. At last he
reached the Carlisle school and was taken
in and cared for.