The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-02
OF PUBLIC INTEREST.
.sAoNc TOPICS At WASHINGTON.
Toying to Monopoiise tho News of che
Day-An Elaborate scheme for h"""c-
ing the -Pr-sidential NOM
I.atinn.-work In Congress.
NATIONAL NOTES.

the land. The writer Is the ffeslucht vi
one of the most successful OF Now YORK
newspapers: II am informed that com
mittee repres 'nting the metropolitan press
is now I'm Washington endeayorng to se-
cure the Das,age of a law to copyright news
matter for forty-cight hours after publlca-
tim II is obvious that the intention OF the
law is to legaize gigantic monopoly OF the
current news Of the day, during the period
when il is of the greatest value, andto make
II unlawful for papers outside OF me
organization ~ reproduce anything that TIE
monopoly has used until forty-eight hours
later. can hardly conceive that Congress
would entertain such an absurd propositions
bnt nevertheless, an attempt Is being serl'
o,lsly and determinedly made to secure the
passage of such law, and, therefore, de-
sire to call your attention tO it, There IL u
pOpular notion that the country II pretty
well supplied with monOpOlies ALREADY. and
| hardly know what the dear people would
think of a monopoly empowered with the
privilege Of lcvying an embargo on the cur
rent news of the day. Let me entreat you
10 give your earnest and careful coiisidera-
ton TO this important matter
The following nominations have been
made: Charles f, Roberts, to be Register OF
the Land Office at Humboldt, Cal. Richard
&. Tutliill, of Chicago, to be United States
Attorney for the Northern District OF Illinois;
James A. Connolly, OF Illinois, To he United
States Attorney for the Southern District or
Illinois
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-One OF the
most elaborate schemes for reducing the
surplus In the Treasury, and most
promising of success shOuldit be adopt
ed by Congress-, Is in the hand, 81 the sub
committee of the House Committee on Edu
cation. Ii Is draft Of bill which was pro
Jared BY authority of the Inter State Com
mission on federal aid 10 education which
held its sessions at Louisville, KY, during the
Industrial Exposition. These gentlemen have
elaborated scheme for assisting the States
and Territories In the promotion OF education
by distributing among them fund 0t
nearly 500, 900, 600 10 he dO|ed ont at III
tervals of three years during the next
twelve years, the apportonment to be made
upon the basis Of iliterate population be-
tween the ages OF ten and twenty years In
States and between six and twenty years IN
Territories Accompanying the bill are
tables showing the method Of apportionment
and tho amount which each State ami Ter
ritOry would receive for each year and for
the entire period. Ont of the S68,O0o, OOp,
the New England aud Middle States
would bc entitled TO S3.O39,990 IN
twelve years; the Western AMI paclic
States, -, 4sD, $50; the Southern States,
$52, 620, TO; the Territories, rs, $50, and
the District of Columbia, Ss2, 500. In 'hc
first period Of three years Illinois would be
entitled to Sl42,576 year; In the second
period, S10G, 93l q year; third reri"h, S'',-
.oee "a year, r0urth period. S35,b44 year,
making Il total OF NJ ,06o, 1920 for Illinois IN
twelve years. This il the largest sum ap-
pOrtiOned to any Western State. OHIO is
nut down tor $751;, $40, the total for twelve
years; Indiana, s746,37O; Iowa, $3.50, 0oO,
Minnesota, SlS3,960. Georgia and Ala
ba,na would each got more than all of the
Western and Pacific Coast States combined,
and Texas more than all the New England
and Western States
Counsel for Lorin Blodget, of Philadcl-
phia, trustee of the estate of the late Samuel
Bodget, of this city. and representing the
latter's heirs, has brought suit In the Equity
Court against Ulysses s. Grant, William b.
Todd, James A. Harold, John B. Alley.
William w. CorcOran, George w. Riggs,
John A. j. CreSwel, James Donald Cam
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wealthy real-estate owners, to compel them
10 set forth by what right or title they hold
The lands included in tract of over five
hundred acres In the most thickly settle I
portions OF the northwest sections Of the
city, which II Is asserted was once 0wncd by
Samuel Bloigct
Representative Morrison, Chairman OF
the Ways and Means Committee, has c6m-
al. tnl "a ht,t ,yi ul ron
until the other members of the cOmmitte,
have had an opportunity to consider it and
offer suggestions. As prepared, the bill
provides for general horizon tai reduction
Of twenty per cent, but in no event IL the
reduction To be lower than the tariff rates
IN the Morrill, bill Of 1861.
Representative Edmund W. d. Mackey.
OF South Carolina, died thisO morning.
He was born In Charleston, - c.. in 1876;
was appointed sslstant Assessor of Intern
al Revenue in 1863, and studied law at this
time. lie took a prominent part In the
work OF reconstruction; was delegate to the
Constitutional Convention; Sheriff, Alder
man. and in 1873 was sent to the l.egisla
ture. He served two years in Congress
and In lsU was again sent 10 the Legis-
lature and elected Speaker; was q dele
gate to the National Republican Conven.
tons at Philadelphia in 1872 and Chicago
In 1880. He was also United States Dis
trict Attorney from 1878 to 1881. He was
elected to the XLVIlth Congress and his
seat contested, but he won and was seated
In 1882, and reelected TO the XLVllltt
Congress-
A good deal of gossip has been occasiOnec
here by the size and character of the bill
rendered by Sergeant-at- Arms Leedom, fol
the expenses of the funeral of Congressman
Haskell. The accounts brought in foot "
total OF S3,56l, which exceeds the famous
Hawk funeral of last year. Among thu
items are S20l for a lunch before starting
from here, notwithstanding the fact that tn,
party stopped at Harrisburg for dinner
Another large item l. for carriage hire al
cities where they stopped; Others for cigars
newspapers, etc. II Is understood that i
resolution asking for an Investigation will
he offered In the House, which makes I
very interesting for Mr.. Leedom.
Mackey's Postal Telegraph Company ha,
sent an agent here TO propose to take III,
task OF building postal telegraph line OH
Of the hands Of the Government and builC
line al its own expense that the post-Oili,,
can use as freely as II Senator Eimunds
plans should be carried out II agrees L
build the trunk lines between the East an,
West North and South, connecting fins
with ali the principal cities and then will
every town that has two thou
aani inhabitants and oyer IL wIl