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The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09
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SENATE The senate refused to concur in
the conference report on the Greedy relief
bill, and a new COMMITTEES wat appointed.
A bill was introduced to relieve commercial
raw .lers from license taxes. The attorney
general in a communication pre-
s-nted complained of an inaa.
'quate clerical force, and requested that the
annual appropriation for the department of
justice to be made at once. A resolution for
an investigation of the cost of telegrapbic
correspondence was adopted. Adjourned
till NJ ,nday.
House Attic conclusion OF the morning
hour the house proceeded to the considera.
ton of the calendar; preceedence
{ Ss,ng thss gwen committee nj 0'i, On reP PuSiia
lands. The first bill was th-t declaring for
feited certain grants of land made to aid in
the construction of certain railroads. 1t for
feits all lands granted in Mississippi under
the sct approved Aug. IL. 1856, except
grants in all of railroad from Jackson to
the state line Of Alabama. Also the
Juac 8, 1856 and March 8, 1857, to aid in
the construction of a road from Eylton to
the Tennessee river, Memphis & Charleston
road, n Savannah & Albany road; also
the lands granted in Louisiana in aid of
the construction of road from New Or.
leans 10 the state, line; also the lands
granted in Arkansas in aid OF the construc.
lion of a road from a point where the Iron
Mountain road intersects the southern
boundary to q point near Helena.
The next bill was that declaring forfeiture
ofthe lands granted the Texss Pacific rail.
way company under the act of congress ap
proved March 8, 1871, and acts supplement.
tai thereto. The report accompanying the
bill being very long, it was oriered printed
in the record, and without any debate the
bill passed Yeas, $50: nays, barr (Pa.l
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WENDELL PHILLIPS DEAD.
The Great Orator and Abolitionist Breathes
Ms Last, n Victim of Heart
Disease.

Boston, Special Telegram, Feb. 2.-WendeIl
Phillips died at 6:15 O'Clock at his residence.
81 Common street. He had been seriously i'll
only since Saturday last. On the morning OF
that day he was taken very suddenly with an
attack OF heart disease. A physician was
promptly summoned and pronounced
the trouble angina pectoris, the
malady which brought Charles Sumner to
the grave and caused the death of Mr.. Phil
lips father and three brothers. 1t had been
hoped that Mr.. Phillips strong constitution
and the fact that he had enjoyed remarkable
health for Years would enable him to rally,
but the disease made rapid progress. He
was confined to his bed on Sunday,
suffering terrible pains, and his physician
was summoned to the house four times The
patient rallied, grew better from day to
day, and hopes were entertained until
Wednesday of q speedy recovery. On
Wednesday came a relapse SO serious
that constant medical aid was required.
On Thursday his condition became so criti-
cal that it was hardly thought at midnight
thathe could live until morning. Again he
rallied slightly, but the relief was
only temporary. In attempting to lift
himself in bed to-day he overtaxed
his feeble powers. A terrible paroxism was
brought on, and in order to quiet the suf-
ferer it was necessary to employ annsthetics.
1t was evident that the end was near.
Phillips realized this, and except during the
time above referred to, was conscious until
the last, though too feeble to speak. He
had been unable to speak for
two or three days. He had taken
no prominent part in public life for more
than a year, feeling that, though in excellent
health, he had reached an age when quiet
ness and rest were requisite. He received
many tiattering invitations to lecture,
but was heard but seldom. He
last spoke in public at the
old South church the day fol-
lowing Christmas, when the statute of
Harriet Martineau was unveiled. The en-
forced removal from his home on Essex
street was often in Mr.. Phillips mind,
for he frequently spoke of the
change with regret, and some
of his friends, thinking that brooding
over this matter may have brought, in some
| degree at least, the disease which proved
fatal. When Phillips died there were none
i'll the death chamber save the wife
whom he had cared for with such con-
slant tenderness these many years, and his
adopted daughter, with other members of
the family and household His death was
peaceful, and, though the illness had been
painful, the end happily was free from all
suffering The arrangements for the funeral
are not yet completed, and it probably will
not be held for several days.
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der of Thomas Bar1oxs. Init xere er.nt.d

der of Thomas Barrows, but were granted
separate trials. During Mrs. Bsrrow's trial
Blaney took the stand and made a com.
Piete confession Of the crime, giving minute
detaile. He shot Mr.. Barrows, with the
%connivance of Mrs. Barrows, and after the
death, coming oat of the house Blaney took
Mrs. Burrows by the hand and said, "You
know what I have done and you must not
go back on me-" She saia,, 1--WE must
both tell the same story" They then
drove back to her fathers.
A motion was made in New York to dis.
charge the bail of George w. Conk,ing of
Reno. New, who, March 10, last. shot and
killed Wilbur n. Haverstick, for seducing
his married sister, Mrs. Hannah II Uhler.
Decision reserved.
Frank James attorneys have applied for
a change of venue ia the Blue Cut train
robbery trial. A decision is expected on
the 18th OF February.
Mrs. Roth of Goshen, Ind, eloped with
Mr.. Hersbow, and Roth followed and &C
cepted $50 as remuneration, leaving his
wife with Hersbow.
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Monday, February 4.

sESArE-The bankruptcy bill was re.
ported iavorably, together with numerous
other bill . Bills were introduced enabling
the people of Dakota to form constitution;
providing artificial limbs for ex.soldiers;
preventing the publication of lottery adver-
tisements in the territories and District of
Columbia.
The President sent the following nomina.
tons to the Senate: Henry D.. Lyman,
Ohio, second assistant postmaster general;
William Dickson, Utah; attorney of the
lifted States. Utah; Peter q. Stolberg. re-
ceiver Of public moneys at Tsylor's Falls,
Mimi; John R. McFee, Illinois, register OF
the land office at Lcs Cruces, New Mexico.
The Senate confirmed j. A.. Leonard,
consul general at Calcutta; Oscar Malmrss,
consul at Leith; Everett z. Freeman, regis
ter of the land office at Redwood Falls,
Mimi; R,bert w. Kelly, pension agent ut
louisville, KY; Richard s. Tuthill, attor-
ney Northern district OF Illinois.
Pos'masters-Ebhue Enos, Waukesha,
Wis Jabez Il. Kasson, Kasson, MINI.
HousE-Bills were introduced reducing
the tariff 20 per cent, (Mr. Morrison); pun
ishing officers of the Uai,ed States for the
ill gal use Of money in elections; looking
toward the union of the Missouri and Col
u1Dbia rivers; preventing the sale of certain
Pacific railroads before United States bonds
with interest shall have been fully paid;
exempting certain kinds of beer from in
ternal revenue tax; for the relief OF the
Lady Franklin bar expedition (Mr. Weller
OF Iowa). A resolution wal pre- ented in
structipg the judiciary committee to inquire
into charges against Chief Justice AxLtl OF
New Mexico. The conference report on
the bill for the relief of destitute indians in
Moutana was agreed to. The bill appro-
PIRATES 500, 400.
Mr.. Washburn introduced to-day his bill
to construct q bridge across the Mlssis.
sippi river at Anoka, above the Falls of st.
Anthony.
Knute Nelson introduced to-day the nett
tic of James Chambers of Niagara, OAK,
for an amendment of the pYe.empsion laws,
so that ''any one who has entered less than
100 acres may without any residence, occu.
patton, or improvement thereon, be per-
mitted to enter at 81 25 enough more to
make up that number + acres"
Mr.. Wakefield introduced bills for the re-
lief OF Zura Bouker, John Waddams and
Pauline E. Milliken and Charles Milliken
Milo White introduced in the house a bill
granting q pension to all persons who
served in the army and navy in any war
who were honorably discharged, and who
have not received q pension.
Mr.. Strait introduced in the house bills
for the relief of Nat aniel Pond of Fari-
bault, a soldier of the war of 1872, and for a
pension Tor Martha Maddox.
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The vermilye.M Myers Scandal.

Daniel B. Vermilye wss arrested in st
Paul the I'd inst, on a requisition from Gov
Cleveland of New York, charged with OBJ
tanning $1cO from the banking house of
Howard Lapslie g. Co., New York city, by
false p~retenses. Gov. Hubbard postponed
the hearing q week later, and will not grant
the reauisition unless evidence is adduced
against Vermilye strong enough to warrant
ii. Il such an event, Vermilye's counsel
will at once apply for a writ of habeas cor
pus. for which the papers have already been
prepared. Vermilye says the whole thing is
brought about by his enemies, and that Gen.
Myers is at the bottom Of it. He says he
had some dealings with Howard, LamPsiie
& Co., and at the time of his last transac-
ton there was a dispute as to the amount
he owed then. He said that, in answer to
their repeated demands tor $10O, he had
told them he wouidpay the amount as soon
as they gave him a statement o:'bis account,
AID that a friend in New York, acting un.
der his Instructions, was r adv to pay the
moy,ey as soon as the statement was fur
nisned.
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Captious Secretary Of the Navy.

Washington special:-A few days ago
Secretary Chandler made a requisition
upon the civil service commission tor nom
inatlon for vacancy in the clerical force
of the department; in response the commits
sio certified to him the names of four per-
sons from which to make a selection. This
afternoon Chandler returned to tae COM
mission the nominations sent him. accom-
panied by a note, in which be stated that
having carefully inspected the examination
papers of the four persons whose anne
we're certified he reached the conclu.
sion that none of the candidates had, upon
examination. showed sufficient intelligence
to give promise of filling the vacancy in his
department acceptably. This action Of the
secretary raises an interesting question. 1,
has not yet been considered by the conln is
sioners. Commissioner Thoman said that
the persons whose names were certified to
the secretary passed a fair examination be-
fore the commission, andi n certifying them
all the provisioos of the law and civil ser
vice rules were fully complied with. In
his judgment no Other certificates of names
would be made to the secretary under this
reOuisitiOn,
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Mrs. De Longs Kindness.

Philadelphia Special: Mrs. De Long, the
widow of the gallant commander of the ILL
fated jeanette, recently purchased a lot in
one OF the cemeteries near New York, and
has intimated a desire to bury in it the re.
mains of her late husband. She has written
letters to the families of those members Of
the ships crew who lost their lives in com.
pany with Lieut.. Commander De Long, ask.
ing that their bodies may also be inferred
in the lot. ALI expenses will be borne by
Mrs. De Long. The only Philadelphia on
the Jeanette was George w. Boyd, a fire.
man, and his remains are now being brought
home. together with those of his command
ing officer and the other victims. Boyd's
family have declined to accede to the re
quest, and will 20 to New York on Feb. 15
70 Iece %.e his body, which will be buried in
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

! There was a rumor in New York last
week that Jay Gould was financially en-
barassed, and friend hurried to Gould's
Office to learn the truth of the story.
Gould took him to a vault in the mer-
camille deposit company and showed
him mi package of Western Union
stock to the amount of 1927, 900, 900; certi-
fcates of $40, ZOO, 900 of Missouri Pacific
stock, and other large packages of good
interest paying securities. These, to-
gether with vast sums on all of the
banks, showed that Gould was not in q
bad financial strait, and is not likely to
come to poverty just yet. Gould pro.
poses to prosecute those who circulated
reports that he was financially embar-
barrassed. He has remained silen
about many scandalous charges but the
last was too much. 1t upset his equan.
unity.
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A steamer is to bo built at Buffalo

A steamer is to be built at Buffalo
during the coming spring and summer.
which, it is expected, will do much
toward restoring passenger travel on
the great lakes to the proud position it
held before the day Of railroads. The
new vessel is to be about three hundred
feet in length, built of steel, and
designed to attain a speed of eighteen
miles an hour, making it possible to
cover the distance between Buffalo and
Duluth in about three days. As the
route between these two cities is al
short by water as by land, such a vesse.
will have little to fear from railroad
competition during fine weather, and
will no doubt do much to give the lakes
the popularity among tourists which sui
magnificent bodies of water deserve.
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Doings OF Crtrnlnals.

Particulars of the emeute at Shotsboro,
Ala, the 26th INST. are that there had been
a feud between one of the Wilburns and
Mccormack for some time, and the former
proposed that they settle the matter at once,
even at the cost of one of their lives. Nc.
Cormack hesitated for a few moments, and
at this juncture Cass Webb interiered, say,
ing Mccormack should not be imposed on
and proposed to fight the other Wilbur
Brothers, in order that Mccormack should
have fair play. Before an agreement wa.
reeched the Wilburn Brothers stepped back
a few PAGES and drew their pistols. Webb
proved too quick for them, and drawing his
pistol, fired q bullet through Sam Wilb1rn's
Grain. Mccormack, wild with fright, fled
from the scene. Webb continued shooting,
and killed another Wilbur and ded
the other, who died the 9th. Only one
bullet struck Webb, infictipg q slight
wound. He escaped. but a posse is in pur-
suit. The Wilburn family is one OF the
NEST aristocratio in the section in which the
tragedy occurred.
At Lsco. Me-, Oscar E. Blaney and Mrs
Barrows were jointly indicted for the muir.
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Minnesota State Prison.

The building committee of the State pris.
on met at the warden's Office, at Saltwater,
the 4th inst. Messrs. E. g. Butts, John
DeLaittre, Warden Reed and A. M. Rad
cliff, architect, were present, ]. II. Norrish
being absent. Messrs. Lutz & Alexander
Of Lake City, wnose bidof ST., S74 to cree.
the prison workshop, had been accepted at
the recent meeting, had discover d That to
carry out the contract would entail: q great
er loss than they cared to submit to, and
they declined to furnish the necessary bond
and seal the contract. The committee then
awarded the ;raet to the Northwestern
Car company for the sun of $2S, $50. this
being the lowest bid, The papers were
kond Of $1,000 furnished by the comrany.
The building is to be 66x15o feet, three
stories, and to be erected in accordance
with the plans and specifications furnished
by the architect, and must he completed
and ready, for occupancy by May L. For
each day thereafter that it is mo completed,
the COMPANY have deducted from the con-
tract sum the amount of 500.
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n news Items.

The underwriters diver who is examin.
ing the wreck of the City of Columbus
makes to the Boston Post sona e%xtraordin.
lect on the (. art of divers who have pre-.
viously reported the result OF their inyes.
legations. He asserts that the steerage
part of the wrecked steamer contains many
bodies of the victims of the disaster.
At a meeting of the directors of the st.
Paul National bank, Peter Berkey was re
elected president, and Chauncy Griggs vice.
president, in lieu ct Frank b. Clarke, re
j. T. Averill were chosen examining and
discount board. f. w. Ans erson Vas re-
chosen as cashier, and A. G. Anderson as
sistant.
The latest swindle is that OF a click fellow,
as q nice old gentleman, who is going about
with q petition to the legislature asking a
reduction of salaries of puolic officers and of
the taxes on property. Soon alter bis depar-
in a bank on a promlssory note, where be
has got the money on it.
Chicago Special: @. T. Hobart, general
superintendent at the National Park I'm
provement company, said that the state.
ment of the st. Pau, papers that the assets
of the company would not more than pay
the indebtedness, is not true.
young man named Leitch, insurance
clerk to @. n. Graves, Duluth, left Duluth,
leaving a large Of unpaid bills, and tax.
ing with him $40 of money belonging to
the Y. M. c. A. gymnasium, of which be
was treasurer.
The republicans of the Second Kansas
district have nominated E. A. Frinstoh of
Anderson county for congress in place Of
Mr.. Haskell, deceased.
Several gentlemen of st. Paul have jointly
purchased a small tract of land in Florida,
which they will develop and occupy as 8
winter resort.
Justice Harlan points to the records to
show that his resignation from the army
was not due to sympathy with slavery.
A committee Of sanitary experts say Yale
college is healthful, and the alarm. over ty.
phoid is ill-founaed.
James Griffin of Beaver, Pa, found ST. O(
in q log in his cabin. Who put it there is {
mystery.
lie G.k r. is trying to raise $12O, Oe(
for the Bari loldi pedestal in 1O.cent contri
buttons.
The Omaha smelling works produced $12,
100000 last year, employing $50 men.
Milwaukee is to have from an unknown
gi::er a $12, 10 statue of Washipgton.
The Buffalo Y. NJ. @. A. building wa
dedicated last week. 1t cost $50, 900.
James Cheney gives $3.50, 600 to build 6
Masonic temple in Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Mrs. Groves gets a $1,000 verdict for fall
ing in a Rochester IN. w wer.
New Ravens school census shows 16, 81
children and "a. 1907 population.
There are 2s6 furnaces in blast i'll Penn
sylvania and Alb out of blast.
The Hudson ice crop is 3, 500, 900 tons, tn
largest ever gathered.
National park improvement is suspende
for lack of funds.
Joliet, Ill, has 1910 male convicts an
% females.
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FORTY. EIGHTH CONGRESS-.
1.sesdau, nMaru 20.

SENATE "A bill repeating the timber cul
ture law was reported favorably. Senator
Cameron of Wisconsin introduced a bill t.
establish the Territory of North Dakota.
Senator She1man's resolution for an investi
cation of political murders in Virgini
and Mississippi was adopted-33 to %.
Mr.. Sherman contrary to general expecta-
ton, had prepared speech OIL his reso.
luton. 1t was calm and somewhat con.
templative in tore. He read it shortly after
l cock.
VT" said the Ohio senator, in effect,
these til 'ngs be as they are reported to
have been, they ought to be inv stigated.
The war has proven q failure if such thing.
have happened and can be further csunte.
nanced in this county. We ought TO know
whether such matters are as they have been
reported"
Mr.. Malone rose promptly when Mr.. Sher.
man sat down. He had the printed slips OF
bis speech in his hand. He was in good
voice. and interested the galleries for three
quarters OF an hour. Bills were Introduce
abolishipg the Office OF assistant surgeo,
general Of the army; appropriat;ng 5000, 900
for the improvement o the Missouri.
HousE.-The sensational part ofproceed
ings in the house was the consideration ano
adoption of q resolution to investigate the
charges made by %e1-Speaker Keller against
Mr.. H. V. B 'ynton, of the Cincinnati Com.
mercial Gazette. to the effect that Mr.. Boyn.
ton, toward the close of the last session Of
congress, had written to Speaker Keifer,
asking him 10 recognize q member to move
the passage OF the notorious McGarrahap
claim, and subse quently had approached
him on the same subject.
Maj. Strait introduced q bill in the house
to place Capt. John Jones of st. Paul on
the retired list. Capt. Jones had been an
orderly sergea' t, and had served a long
time at Fort Ridgely, where he was sta
toned, and participated in resisting and
81 expressing the Indian outbreak. Heater
ward scsepted the commission of Captain
of a battery under tie state of Minnesota,
which took him out ofthe regular army.
He thinks his services as orderly sergeant
entitle his claim, to be placed on the re-
tir d list, to consideration.
Mr.. Nelson introduced a bill to provide
for the construction ofa lighthouse at Grand
Marais, at a cost of $40 900.
Delegate Raymond introduced q bill in
the house to provide for the election OF
members of the Dakota terri
torial council, and forty-eight members of
the bouse instead oftwelve members Of the
former, and tV enty-:our of the latter as at
1t provides for e%lecting two men,
bers of the council and four OF the house
each Of the twelve Gistri, IS, as now
provided by the statutes OF the territory.
The present law provides for electing only
one councilman and two members OF the
house from each district.
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1t is estimated that the United States
Senate is the wealthiest deliberative body
in the world, the seventy-six members
Of that body representing $3.50, 900. This
may be an exaggeratioA, but the fact re-.
mains that money, and a good deal of it,
is sometimes required to obtain a seat in
that BODY.
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In the Missouri horticultural convo,

In the Missouri horticultural convon.
ton at Forest City, the committee on for.
estry proposed a resolution, which was
adopted, calling upon the government
to establish in the West experimental
stations in the interest of horticulture
and forestry, for the purpose of solving
the problem Of the adaptation of trees
and plants to the climate and soils of the
Mississippi basin. and the best methods
of cultivation. The resolution turthe,
recommends the creation of a board Of
forestry and horticulture in the West
who shall establish substations in each
climate belt.
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Bancrott's is declared by critics to

Bancroft's is declared by critics to be
the only history of the United States
worthy the name, and that does not
reach down to the civil war; ana the his
tory of the great rebellion has not been
written and cannot be for a hundred
years to come. It seems strange to many
that histories cannot be written when
events are freshest, but such is the fact
Time is necessary to obliterate passion
and prejudice which have no place il
what is dignifed as history.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-09

The opinion which Lieutenant Ray, OF
the signal service, gives upon the utility
of Arctic expeditions is expert evidence
in support of the verdict which the pub
lie passed upon them long ago. Lieu'
tenant Ray has commanded such an ex.
petition himself, and out of his expert.
ence says they are the most senseless o
conceivable undertakings; that it is ut
terly impossible for any ship to reach 81
degrees north, and that there would be
nothing there for it if it did.