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The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Washington Newa.

Ex-senator Mitchell of Oregon islocated' in
Washington % the resident attorney for the
Northern Pacific company.
The senate committee on public lands unan-
imously instructed Chairman Plumb to report
the nomination of W. J. Anderson for the recei-
The treasurer Of the United States is signing
about 1000 checks a day in payment of the re-
bate OF tobacco tax, and will have to keep up
this average for two months or 80.
Representative Maybury was instructed by
the house committee on judiciary to prepare an
adverse report on the joint resolution propos-
ing a constitutional amendment to confer the
right of suffrage on m
George Bliss, the star route counsel for the
government had to testify before S%pringers
committee, that he had already received
$57, ~. Is with $1,000 still due him, making
$64 ,452. Is as compensation for his services.
Mr.. Strait was before the subcommittee of
the committee OH military affairs in favor of
the bl!l for the relief of James H. Bacon of
Llltchfield, Mimi. The subcommittee agreed
to reportthe bill favorabl to tho full committee.
Combinations: Col. David s. Stanley, Twen-
ty-second infantry, brigadier general: J, A,
Riner, Wyoming, attorney of the United States
for Wyoming; James G. Tracey, Texas, mar
shall of the United States, Gastien district,
Texas.
1t Is related that Representatives George D..
Wise of Virginia and Townshend of Illinois,
and Senator German of MARYLAND were once
pages IN congress, along with the actor, Stuart
Robson; and Gormon was afterward president
of the National Base Ball club.
President Arthur and his cabinet, together
with Generals Sheridan, Sherman and Hancock,
Postmaster General Gresham, and Hon. Lionel
Sackville West, the British minister, and his
family, have promised to attend the Cincinnati
dramatic festival, beginning April %.
The attorney Of the notorious Maj. Nicker-
son, late of the army has filed his answer to the
! divorce suit, brought by his original wife, in
court It is sworn to before the United States
consul at st. Catherine, Canada. He swears
that he is not q fugitive from justice, but is in
on account of his health" But his answer to
the petition is that tho original divorce, which
he secured in Philadelphia while his wife was
IN Europe, is legal; and that his wife has no
further claim upon him.
The famous Bill Jones, the man on the gray
mare, who tried to shoot Guiteau while on the
way from the court houseto the Jail, about two
years ago, appeared in court the I'd, to answer
an Indictment for assault with inten to kill.
When the case was called the court remarked
witness was dead. The district attorney re-
Piled that he understood so, but they had as
witnesses several policemen to prove the act.
The attorney for Mr.. Jones asked that the case
benolled, in order to save expense to the gov
eminent, as he would be able to show that Viii
nam was not the man on the gray mare who
hred at the assassin, but his suggestion was
not adopted, and the case was set for trial
on the 2Sth Of the month.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12
Murder at Agate Bay.

Sheriff McQuade has received a telegram from
Agate Bay informing him that E. A. Mute had
stabbed and nearly killed q cook in the saloon
and boarding house of Charles Larue at that
place, and that the criminal would probably ar
rive on the noon stage. Will McQuade,
the sherif's deputy, was on hand and arrested
Mute as he left the stage at the foot of First Az
enue east soon after noon. He was confined in
the county Jail. Mute had been at work get
ting out ties up on the line of the Duluth & iron
Range road, and went down to Agate Bay and
got drunk Thursday forenoon. twas not long
after noon when he got into q quarrel with the
cook, who struck him in the face. Then it was
that Mute drew a knife and stabbed tho cook
several times in the left side, so seriously that
or foot for Duluth, sleeping at the halfway
house Thursday night, and coming into Duluth
by stage, as stated. The name of the injured
man isnot learned.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12

The power of social influence at
Washington, in debating appointments,
and even in affecting legislation, has
long been notorious. It has now gone
80 far that open confession of the fact,
and even an attempt to vindicate it, has
been made in Congress. A bill was up
IN the House the other day to relieve
Mrs. Patterson, the widow of Captain
Carlisle Patterson, of taxes for special
improvements in Washington, as had
been done beforei in the case of Mrs. late
Chas. Sprague, and Representative Ed
redge, in urging its passage, said that
'sfrom the high social standing of that
lady, 80" as we'll as a disposition TO
do exact justice" the committee had
devoted especial attention to the matter.
The Washington papers often show the
effect of social influence, but The Star
is to be credited with properly rating
the Michigan Representative for urging
q persons "high social stan ding as a
reason for Legislation in her favor.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12
squatting Business In Iowa.

A dispatch from Sutherland, O'Brien county,
states that a number of farmers from Central
and Eastern Iowa have arrived in that locality
and squatted on what is known as the overlap
ping lands of the Sioux City, st. Paul 4 Omaha
and Milwaukee & st. Pau! railways. These
lands were never earned by the railroads and
were never patented by them. The late ligisla-
ture passedan act ceding them from the state,
which held them in trust, to the general govern
actual settlers. There are about ~eiighty-dve
thousand acres of land, which are now quite
valuable, and there will probably be quite q
rush of claimants. Those already upon the
ground say that they were advised by the gov
ernor and secretary of state that they could
hold the lands by improving and living upon
them. They are therefore putting up buildings
and will break the land. Among the legal fra
that the railroads will eventually obtain the
title and GUST them, retaining all improvements
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12

Bartholdi's colossal statue of Glib
erty Enlightening the World" to be
erected in New York harbor, was paid
for by contributions from every town in
France and it vas expected that the
pedestal would be paid by small con-
tributions from all parts of the United
States. The New York committee in
charge of the matter has received $780,
COO, but all the subscriptions thus far
have come from the east, and the bulk
has been given in large amounts by
wealthy men in New York city. The
committee say that nothing has, as yet,
been received from the west. The
whole amount required for the founda-
ton and pedestalis $3.50, 600.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12
General News Items.

Lyman 4 Curtiss, New FORK toy merchants,
assigned for s172,0O0.
AT Baltimore J. G. Vincent & Co., grain spec
ulators, have suspended
E. A. Mute is jailed at Duluth, Mimi, for
stabbing and nearly killing q Cook at Agate
Bay.
Oleomargarine is preferred to butter by
yachtsmen who cruise in Southern waters, be-
cause itkeeps sweet and fresh while butter gets
rancid.
The cases have been dismissed at Kansas
City against Dick Liddel, and he has gone to
Alabama where he is under bond for federal
charges.
The settlement of the estate of Rirsey, Whit
ter u Wyman, insolvent leather dealers of
Boston, has been effected. Isiah Virgins pur-
chased the property paying 500, S6S.
The London bank of Utah was attached by
w. ID. H. Bowers, for $4,000, and is in pos
session Of the United States marshal One
hundred thousand dollars were locked up
pending litigation.
Louisville Special: Leonatus, the winner of
: last years Derby, and who was looked upon ss
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12

Two incidents that happened the
present session illustrate we'll enough
the prevailing occupation OF Washing
ton. A young colored mana theolo
gical student-had been given a posi-
ton in the Senate wing as a reward for
political services. He was put down
on the roll us o laborer, and duly took
the "oath of Office" Later on he was
given q mop and instructed to clean the
beautiful tile-laid floors. Next day he
rebelled ct the work and was brought
before Sergeant-at-Arms Canady.
"What did you think you were taken on
for?" inquired Canady. "Only to sup
port the Constitution, }" said the colored
theologian; "That's what 1 swore to do
and it's about all. you ought to ask of
me-"
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12

the greatest race horse ever sired, has broken.
down again, and It is now thouehf that he I'M
newer run another race.
new Catholic Episcopal see has been created
in New Hampshire, with the cathedral in Man.
first bishop, Rev. DenisG Bradley. recently
rector of st. Joseph's church Of that eity. and
member Of the council Of Bishop Healy ofPort-
land, Ne.
Mrs. Mary Raspberry has sued for the posses
sion of about twenty-five acres of land in the
Fourth ward of Atlanta, upon which there are
seeven1ty-fiye OF eighty houses. The property
is valued at $500, 600: She claims that the prop
that the will was lost or stolen.
There were 14S failures in the United States,
reported to Bradstreets during the past week,
as compared with 1852 in the preceding week,
ponding weeks of 1889, 1882 and 1881. About
81 per cent. were those of small traders, whose
capital was less than 5000. Canada has thirty,
a decrease of one.
Judge Lawrence Of New York appointed .
commission de lunatico inquirendo in the case
of John F. Delaphine, formerly secretary Of
the United States legation at Vienna. He re-
signed and came to New York in the Gallia,
March II last. He has already been examined
BY medical experts, who declared him insane.
Proceedings were brought by his sister, Mrs.
Julia A. Chase, in conjunction with George r.
Schieffelin and James H Deekman, husbands
of his nieces.
Adjt General Mccarthy Of Minnesota left
Cincinnati Friday, before the riots began, but
heard most of the talk and indignation express
sed by the citizens in reference to the Berner
trial. Atthe national guard banquet Thursday
night, Capt Desmond, 2 bright young lawyer;
was the duty of everygood citizen to bear arms
in support Of law and order. Within twenty
four hours he fell a victim to mob Law.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12

A clergyman of California madea tel
ling point the other day in a sermon on
q sex in religion, that while there were
two women to one man in the church
at San Quentin the member
ship of the penitentiary was made up oil
most wholly of men. There were hard
ly any women there to speak OF. The
women preponderate in the churches
sSaa~men in the penitentaries. The
point is a good one that while there are
two women in the church to one man,
there are forty men in the penitentiary
to n woman. Where the population
is about equally divided as to sexes wom-
en- make a comparatively small figure
in the criminal records.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12
Rules of The Minstrels.

Mr.. D. B. Hodges, minstrel manager.
was asked:
"Do minstrel companies have a series
Of rules which they are obliged to re-
spect?"
members o four company are obliged
to assist in moving objects from the
stage. Only a short time since I had
occasion to discharge a man at Odens-
burg for refusing to assist in removing
the chairs after the first part. Not very
long ago I fined one Of the principal
members in u company $50 for ap-
pearing in a state of intoxication."
"What becomes of the money after
the fines are collected?"
1--WE make o seperate fund it, and on
Christmas or New Years day enjoy IN
elegant banquet in some hotel. A por-
ton of our last fund of $3.50 was devoted
toward paying the funeral expenses of a
member of our company, and the re-
mainder was presented to his mother?"
"Tell me something about your rules. /"
eve allow no arguments in hotels,
other than conversations on usual top
les. Members coming late to rehear-
sails are fined So for every offfense; mem
bers not appearing in proper gentle
manly dress, with boots blacked, etc.,
for street parade, are fined So; if they
become intoxicated at any time during
the engagement, they are obliged to
forfeit one half week. salary for the Sec
ond, and receive ar immediate dis
charge for the third offense. We allow
no liquors on the stage OF in dressing
rooms under any consideration. Meth
er do we tolerate playing on instruments
Of singing at hotels or any place out
side the theater."
care the rules generally strictly OBJ
served?"
eyes, sir; every time; our discipline
is of the strictest kind, and it matters
not who the guilty party is, the fines
are either collected or the person re-
ceiyes his immediate discharge"
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12

Massachusetts has passed alaw, that
the school committee of every city and
town shall purchase at the expense of
such city or town text books and other
school supplies used in tho public
schools, and text books and supplies
shall be loaned to the of the pub
lie schools free of charge, subject to
such rules and regulations as to care
and custody as the school committee
may prescribe. Similar laws have
been proposed in various states but
Massachusetts,, it is believed is the first
to try the experiment under Legislative
sanction.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12

The riots in Cincinnati have furnished
another text fer the callow and incon.
siderate scribblers Of the daily press,
who never tire of believing the evils at
tending trials by jury. The man Bre.
ner was charged with murder but con.
victed only of manslaughter, one of the
most common things on criminal iuris-
prudence. Admitting that the jury in
this case made a mistake, that is no
reason for abolishing one of the most
sacred rights of freemen. As we'll over.
turn the republic and start q monarchy
in case a mistake is madein the election
of q President. Abolish the right Of
trial by jury and all other monume nts
Of freedom would soon follow.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12
AWud young Arah,

The following is IN extract from a
letter from General Gtaham's camp to
the London Daily News:
Next morning ct daylight q rebel spy
was caught just outside the lines.
There are diferentversions of his story,
but that which hehas communicated to
an Arab friend of mine, who has helped
me in investigating the matter, is as fol-
lows: One Of the two shells thrown by
the Spinx killed his father. He vowed
to avenge his death, and with the per-
mission Of the shiek of his tribe, he
went forth armed with shield and spear,
across the shadows at midnight. He
was told to take life for life ifhe could,
but in any case to return with some &C.
count of the number and composition
of the Egyptian force. He was discov-
cred by a small party of Egyp-
tians, some of whom fled,
while their comrades, looking
at the intruder, fred upon him and re-
tired. Charging with his spear the boy
Che is only sixteen years old) wounded
one of his assailants in the hand; but
they were too many for him. Receiving
q bayonet wound in the side, another in
the thigh and a third on the head, he
was overpowered, and with his hands
tied behind him he was taken into camp.
1 saw him shortly after his capture.
threw himself on the sand. He
wept, not in fright, but in sheer savage
rage. He cursed Baker Pasha, cursed
his own captors, cursed the Egyptian
army, spat at the sentries and others
within reach of him, and abused in the
foulest language all their relatives
particularly their sisters, wives, mothers
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to the re-
hottest generation. e"How. many have
you in your encampment?" was asked,
but Omar-that was the boys name
replied that he would rather have his
tongue cut out than give the information.
The reader we'll appreciate Omar's
courage if he will bear in mind that the
prisoner, naturally Judging from the
practice Of the savage life, which is the
only life he knows, must have expected
not merely death, but torture, as the
sequel, to his ~obstinacy. He believes
his wounds are mortal, but this alone
does not trouble him much, for he tells
us that Osman Digna promised him
comfortable quarters in paradise.
What does trouble him is the prospect
of entering paradise without the prestige
of a man-killer; and the savage young
beast has had the audacity to request,
as q personal favor, that before breath
ing his last he should be permitted to
wash his spear in the blood of
some Egyptian "pig." "Then,"
said Omar, after a pause, II shall
die happy" His prayer has not been
granted, and Omar still lives. He
frankly declares that if he survives and
is released he will kill somebody. I
think General Baker rather wastes his
on this blood-thirsty invalid.
"Poor boy" said the general, in his
kindly way, II am sorry he has been cut
about SO. I shall be glad if he gets
round; he must be nursed properly"
And I am gladt to say no ferocious young
cub has aver been SO soothingly cod
died and cotton-wooled as our tiger-cat
of a captive. In the hospital tent Omar
has made his first acquaintance with
pure water, cooked food, o soft pillow
and white sheets.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12
TERRITORIAL n NEWS and D GOSSIP.
The Turtle Mountain OPENING.

The Turtle Mountain Opening.
DEv1's LAKE, Dak., Special: Gen.
@. @. Clements returnedto DEVILS Lake
from Washington the Sd, with . copy
OF the following executive order:
Executive Mansion, March %, 1884,
1t is hereby ordered that the tract of
country in the Territory of Dakota,
withdrawn from sale and settlement and
set apart for the use and occupancy Of
the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa
Indians by executive orders dated Dec.
81, 1882, except townships 1852 and 1853
north, range u west, be and the same
are hereby restored to the mass of the
public domain. CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
By virtue of this order the Turtle
Mountain reservation is reduced by two
townships, and it opens up 415 900 acres
OF valuable agricultural and timber land
in the Devils Lake land district, includ-
ing the base of operations of the coal
mining syndicate in the extreme western
portion, to public settlement. There
is great joy here over the order.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12
Foreign Flashes.

Miss Goddard, an American, was married in
Paris recently to Prince Poniatowski. The reg
lister was signed by Morton, United States min
lister.
Max O'Rell, whose little book, ssJohn Bull ct
Son lie, " has had an enormous sale in Europe
and America, has written a note to the London
Standard, saying America has 180 religions, but
her publishers are thieves. He got nothing
from them for his pamphlet
London Catholic circles are excited by the re-
port that Or. Herbert Vaughan, bishop of Sal
ford, has been appointed coadjutor to cardinal
Manning, with right of succession. The ap-
p,ointment meets with general approval among
the Catholic clergy of England and Ireland. =
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12
First Shooting at coer D'Alsns.
Eagle City Special: The frat sarions al

ing match for weeks occurred here, and for q
time a general riot was anticipated Three
men, who were working ON a lot on Eagle
ordered of by two others, who claimed to be
the original owners. They refused to leave,
and the enemy went of for their shooting irons
and endorsements. During their absence
the holders of the lot strengthened their posi-
ton by throwing up breastworks, behind which
they announced their intention Of holding the
claim at all hazards. When the two parties
came together there was a fusilade which
aroused the town. Over fifty shots were fred
in a short time, and at a distance of not more
than fifty feet, but, owing to the entrenched
position of both parties, no one was seriously
injured, with the exception of 9 bystander, who
was shot in the leg by o flying bullet
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12
The total receipts Of forest product,

The total receipts Of forest products
at Chicago during the year 1883 aggre-
grated 1887 ,s15, 900 feet of Humber and
1885, los, 900 shingles, to which must
be added 81, 477, 600 lath, 22,737 cords
of wood, 2,416,155 cedar posts, 1,714,-
388 railroad ties, 26,413, cords of slabs,
1928 telegraph poles &c, O65, cords of
tan bark $3.50 logs, 316 spars, and 96O
piles. These figures, except in case of
lumber and shingles, embraced only the
receipts by lake, no available statistics
being obtainable as to an additional
lagre quantity of the coarser products
of the forest by rail.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12

Relative to the Importance attached
to the present cessation of the foreign
demand for American exports, Jay
Gould says: "It is, in my opinion, only
a question of q short time when we will
have very little wheat to export. Corn,
however, is our great staple, and we
have practically monopoly. What the
old world does not want in one shape
we can give them in the shape of pork
and beef"
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12
Against Popular Elections.

In the commons Justin Mccarthy movedt that
''The condition of the Irish magistracy, c%onstitu-
ted as it is almost entirely of one religious de-
nomination and one class, is offensive and in
lated to destroy confidence il the adminstra-
ton of Justice" In supporting the motion sew
eral speakers urged that magistrates be elected
by popular suffrage. Lord John Hamilton,
conservative. said the experience of America,
and especially the recent riots in Cincinnati,
were sufficient warning against the system Of
for Ireland, declared the system Of popular
election could never be adopted. The Irish
chancellor, he said, would impartially exercise
his powers in regard 10 the appointment Of
magistrates. McCarthy's motion was rejected
-lO6 to SO.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12
arsatness Of Gen. Grant,

Gen Grant being invited to preside over the
meetingt to be held in New York, under the aus
pieces of soldiers of both armies of the late civ
Il war to raise a fund to build a home for dis
Gordon promising his support financial and
otherwise. He adds: 81 am in hearty SYM
pathy with the movement and would be glad to
accept the position of presiding officer if was
able to do SO. You may rely on me, however,
for rendering all the aid I can in carrying out
the designs of the meeting"
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12
Casualties of the Week.

Between the capes of Virginia and Delaware
the gale of the 31st blew sixty miles an hour at
times. Disasters were numerous, but. only
meager details can be procured.
The details of fires of March show an aggre-
gate loss of IS, 25o,0Oo. OF this amount 50, 025,-
300 was burned up in ten fires. The January,
February and March fire record shows $27,-
100000, being $500, 600 more than in the frs
three months of 1883, and at the rate of $1O9,
100000 for a year.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-12
Rail and River News,

The %bondholders of the Northern Pacific
Railroad company have applied to the house to
De heard before action is taken on the bill to
forfeit the grant of that company.
The gross earnings of the st. Paul & Duluth
during the fourth week in March decreased
$l,4G Is; The earnings during the week were
S26,SS496 sc.
The Milwaukee & st. Paul has just con-
structed fifty furniture cars. Thenew cars are
81 feet s inches long, sfeet wide and 8 feet 5 1-2
inches high. and are solely designed for use in
transportation of furniture, light agricultural
implements, carriages and other bulky freight
Of that description.
The Railroad Gazette says there was a total
of ITO accidents during the month of February,
inwhich22 persons were killed and $50 injured.
As compared with February, 1883, there was G
decrease of "a accidents, of SO killed and of 30
injured. The two months of the current year
to the end Of February show o total of 257 acct
dents, 7s killed and 800 injured. This is a
monthly average of 129 accidents, 40 killed and
los hurt, February being considerably below
the average.