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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06
AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.

Kansas Claims an Interest In the Public
Lands Within Her Borders and Does Not
Propose to be Sat Down Upon By Rail-
road Corporation without Hearing.
WASHINGTON, d. c., October 26.-
Hon. John P. Usher, as one of the attor.
neys of the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany, has made the point with the In
terror Department. that the State of
Kansas has no right to be heard in re-
gard to the certiflcation of lands under
the grant to the company by the Govern
ment His argument Is that this Is
matter in which the State has no inter-
est, and, therefore, can not come mas a
patty to the. hearing.
Governor Crawford, who represents
Kansas in these land grant questions by
virtue of an act of the State Legislature,
has presented reply to Mr.. Usher. He
invites attention to the act under which
Kansas was admitted in 1861. That con-
tains provision for the payment to the
State of five per cent of the net proceeds
from sales Of public lands by tho Govern
ment
tFrom this" says Governor Crawford,
"it will be observed that the State has
direct interest in every acre of public
lands within its borders. If any part
OF these lands Is wrongfully taken and
certified to q railroad company without
authority of law, the State loses lis pro-
portionate share. That thousands and
hundreds of thousands OF acres OF public
lands in Kansas which were neither
granted nor earned, and other hundreds
OF thousands of acres which were express
ly reserved from the operations of
uran TO hnt lan
to railroad companies, can not be denied.
That thousands of acres, lawfully in the
possession of homestead and pre- e-emption
settlers at the date of the definite loca-
tion of such roads, have been wrongfully
taken and unlawfully certified under the
pretext of prior railroad rights, is also
true. ALI such lands would otherwise
have been sold by the Government, and
the State would have realized her FIVE
per cent"
After referring to the loss of lands Sc.
lected. by the State under grant for an
agricultural college, the Kansas Pacific
having withdrawn considerable portion
OF these lands, and to the duty of tho
State to protect its citizens, many of
whom have been dispossessed of their
homestead and pre-emption claims by
the railroad company, Governor Craw-
ford says:
SIN view of all these facts 1t would be
strange indeed If the State should be
denied q hearing In matters of such
vital Importance by the ex-
ecutive officers of the Government.
The land-grant companies of Kansas have
a long line OF attorneys, stretching away
from the Atlantic to the summit of the
mountains beyond the Mississippi, with
diverging branches leading we know not
where; but that does not concern the
State. The State is merely endeavoring
to protect its own interests and the in
terests of the citizens, even at the risk
of mourning the displeasure of the dis
tinguished railroad counsel, under whose
administration, az Secretary of the Inte-
rior, many Of the wrongs complained of
were made possible,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06
CRIMINAL NEGLECT.


DisgracefuI Treatment of SMALLPOX Pa
tients In the Civic Hospital at SIontreal--
The Parsimonious Methods of the NUM-.
cipal Authorities Alone Responsible For
the Terrible Condition of Affairs Spread
ing the Disease.
MONTREAL, CAN, October 2s.-The
city has been horrifled by the stories Of
a number of patients who have Just been
discharged from the Civic Hospital.
These revelations show terrible condl-
tion Of affairs, and the exposure has cre-
ated profound indignation throughout
the community. The charges, which are
most revolving in their character, were
made against the st. Roches, or the cid
Civic Hospital, situated at the base OF
the mountain, and under the care
OF the Sisters of the. Gray Nun.
There are at present 1870 patients
confined In this hospital. To
attend this large number of the afflicted
there are only SIX nurses and two woman
servants. The care of the patients has
therefore, been most outrageous. The
faulti due in no respect to the Sisters,
whose self-deyotion and care during the
present epidemic have won for them the
gratitude OF the community. The out
rage is due again to the parsimonious
conduct of the city officials, who,
although they must have been aware OF
the terrible manner in which the inmates
were being treated, yet seem to have
done nothing whatever. The same in
capacity that has characterized
them throughout is shown IN these
events. No money should have been
spared to obtain the proper assistance,
and yet all that the city would pay to
women to attend the afflicted in St.
Roches Hospital was So month, and the
men received $l2. The consequence was
that 1T was impossible to procure proper
nurses, and the patients, instead of being
attended to by competent nurses, were
left for the most part to the convalescent
patients, who were entirely ignorant of
what was required.
patient was thrown from the ambu-
lance by two drunken drivers, and died
from the shock. A man who was con-
yalescing also had his leg broken by a
fall, and lay and died from the injury,
the condition OF his leg having only been
discovered after his death. A young
Irish woman named O'Connor, who was
Sbt,daSN w w hidlilou W u iudu lu but
hospital, became demented because he
had died on the day she arrived there.
Men strapped her to bed by order of
the nurse in charge. Several parties de-
clared they never had any medical at
tendance.
1t is likely that this hospital will be
condemned and destroyed.
The isolating squad with three ambu-
lances unveiled some terrible scenes dur
ing the day. In one place on Young
street the police had to take child by
force from its mother, the unfortunate
creature fighting for it till she Tell ex-
hausted. She ran about screaming and
finally fell in fit. On recovering she
utterly refused to go to the hospital with
her child and was leftin her squalor.
One of the most distressing scenes of
the epidemic was witnessed to-day at st.
CunegeHde. A smallpox patient in fit
of delirium rushed out into the street
screaming that the devil was after him.
He managed to elude his pursuers for
some time.
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

A FREIGHT wreck at Pine Creek, Pa, on
the West Pennsylvania railroad on the
31st completely demolished the engine and
seven cars Of malt.
SECRETARY MANNING left Washington
on the 31st for Albany, N. T., for the pur-
pose of voting.
IT is estimated that the decrease in the
public debt during the month of October
will amount 10 $13,500,000.
THE Richmond (Va.) capitalists who re
Gently bought the Memphis, Holly Springs
md Birmingham railroad will let fifty
seven miles more Of the road about the
middle of November.
In cave near Bear Mountain, Aakan-
sas, several bars of silver were found one
day last week. Two human skeletons were
also found but few feet from the silver
bars.
ALEXANDER JOHNSON, 20 years old, acci-
dentally shot Bud Brown, aged 12, in the
head at Birmingham, Ala, on the I'd.
THE Governor of Indiana has been urged
to quarantine the State against the impor-
tation of cnttle from Kentucky ur any
other pleuro-pneumonia infected district
THE old station-house bell over indie.
pendence Hall, Philadelphia, was tolled Cd
the I'd during the funeral ceremonies over
the remains Of Gen. Mcclellan.
1T was rumored at New FORK on the Cd
that Mayor Grace and several other prom
lnent individuals were to. be arrested for
.complicity in the Marine Bank frauds.
The total coinage executed at the mints
during the month of October was s., ,252,- :
00s, of which $2,50e,000 was in standard
dollars.
PRoF. p. w. STEELE, principal Of a col
lege at Lynchburg, Va, was decoyed from
railroad train at Pittsburg, Pa, on the
31st, by a well-dressed stranger, taken to
"dive," drugged, and then robbed of $500
In cash and jewelry.
VIM. JOHNSON, wanted at Colorado City,
Wy. T., a dangerous character, was, cap
turad at Hot Springs, Ark, on the 3D..
THERE is nail panic in Pittsburg and
throughout the West on account Of the
nailers' strike. Nails are d ifficult to obtain
ut 3.25 per keg.
4 MRS. MICUAEL GALLAGHER, of st. Louis,
became the mother on the night of the Sd
of bankruptcies, all girls. The mother and
children are all doing we'll.
A MUNICIPAL census report completed
on the Sd shows the population of Kansas
City to. be 105,042. This indicates gain of
about 50 per cent. since 1880.
THE latest news from New York iudi
Gates the election of Hill, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, with a Republican
Legislature. fYl .-4t.
TIE Republicans concede the election of
Fitz Hugh Lee in Virginia, and both
branches of the Legislature Democratic.
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They Want More Wages.

COLUMBUS, O., October 29.-Numer
Gus meetings are being held by the min
ers throughout the Hooking Valley pre-
paratory to making demand for an ad :
vance of ten cents per ton for mining on
November 1st. The uniform rate now
is fifty cents, and immense Quantities of
coal are being moved. The syndicate has
made contracts on the fifty-csnt basis,
and say they can not afford to pay an
advance TO the miners at this time. Hon I
John Mcbride, President of the State
Miners Union, is now in the valley
arranging for general meeting. tl8sa
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06
THE "oLD MAN"
ahe Peculiar habits of a NaturalIst's Pet
0ranR. ----

Ine fecullar HaDfts OF q NaturallSt's Pet
Orang.
Because of his bald and shiny head,
his solemn, wrinkled and melancholy
visage, his air Of profound gravity
and Senatorial wisdom, we got to call
ing him the Old Man, and forgot to
give him any Christian name. A thin
growth of brick-red hair grew straight
up the back of his head and over the
crown, making, in certain lights, per-
feet halo around his bald, brown pate,
reminding one rather foreibIy of GER
tain pictures by the old masters. l
measured him for the first time on o.
tober 10TH, in spite of his vigorous op-
position, and found that his height was
u 3-4 inches, extent of arms, 34 1.2
inches, and his weight 10 s1-2 pounds.
His body was short and thick, and.
like all orangs, his arms were so long
and his legs so short. that by stoop.
ing forward a little his hands easily
touched he'ground. In walking, he
invariably went on all fours, placing
the back of the fingers and ball of the
thumb, instead of the palm, upon the
ground, and he also turned his
toes under. His gait on the ground was
very much like that Of q man going on
crutches with both feet injured alike.
On the ground he moved slowly, seem.
ing quite out of his element, but his
feats in climbing, and his performances
on the slackrope, were highly enter.
ta:ring. He was fresh from the Jungle
whey brought to me, but I soon con.
vidced him that my intentions were
honofa BILE and slowly gained his conf
dence. For three or four days he would
not allow me to hold him in nv aims
unless would let him grasp some firm
object vita at least one hand. The ac-
tion plainls showed that he feared /
would play trick on him by letting
him fall. Presently, however, hit up.
on plan which conquered his suspi-
cion. made him climb up to my
sh ulder to get the bananas of which he
was very fond, and after that banana
held at arna's length above my head
would start him climbing my body as if
il were a trea until the tempting bait
was reached. He soon became very fond
of being held in my arms. and when
grew tired of holding him he would
grasp the folds of my flannel shirt and
hold .himself-quite an. Improvement
upon the puny helplessness OF human
infants. Next to eating seven bananas
at once, his greatest delight was in sit
ting lazily in my lap while I sat read
ing, writing, or even eat ing, sprawline
out his legs and arms, catching hold of
my book or my penholder, or pulling at
the tablecloth. Once while holding him
in my lap at dinner be suddenly made
pass at the roast duck which lay before
me, and had his teeth in it before /
could recover from my surprise. On
one occasion when sat eating he lei
surely climbed up the back of my chair,
squatted on the ropmost round, leaned
lazily forward against me, and rested
| his chin comfortably on my shoulder.
And there he sat all through the meal,
watching the performance with the air
OF a connoisseur.- From, Horaotlay's
/ s1Wo Years IN a Jungls.''
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06
LEROY D. THoMAN.
10 the President.


WASHINGTON, d. @. October "a, 1885.
Hon Leroy d. Thoman, Civil Scrvice Commits
sioner.
MY DEAR SIR: have received your letter
rendering your resignation as a member of
furtherance Of the Inclination expressed by
you very soon after my Inauguration as
President. The resignation thus rendered is
hereby accepted, to take effect on the first
upon the fact that in the office which you re.
linquish, you have been able, by sincere and
earnest work, and by steady devotion to
the cause which you have had in charge, to
do SO much in the interest of good govern
ment and improved political methods.
Yours sincerely,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06
A Town Swallowed up.

PARIS, October 26.-Dispatches from
Periguenx, capital of the Department of
Dordogue, state that frightful accident
has occurred at the Chancelide
Quarries, near that town. While
large body body of workmen were
engaged in taking out stone the
quarries suddenly fell in, destroying a
village on the ground above the stone
pits and killing large number of per-
sons, Many are buried in the ruins and
1t is doubtful If anv can be recovered in
time TO save their lives. 'rroops have
been sent to the scene
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06
Will Appeal to the Queen.

LONDON, OCTOBER z6.--A committee of
sympathizers with Louis Riel, the con
demned leader of the half-breed rebellion,
has issued an urgent appeal for help in
obtaining consultation of the prisoners
sentence. The committee in their circu
lar say that the time for effective acton
is very short, and immediate steps should
be taken with view of obtaining the re-
suit aimed at. A memorial to the Queen
asking Her Majesty for clemency has
almost been completed and public
meeting OF his sympathlzers Is being ar
ranged,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06
: The Barges Safe.

DETROIT, MIcH.s October 27.-The
owners of the bargss Grace Whitney and
Eureka, both of which last week were
reported lost, have received word from
both OF these vessels, which, on Satur-
day, were in harbor at Pequaming.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

kM JONES has, 50 he says, declined an
b of 80 0 a week by New York parties
Elk morality in the North. 80
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

GENERAL BLACK has ordered 500 names
|cken from the pension rolls of the
1lmbus (O.) agency.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

Hell aud twenty-four half-brceds con-
ID in the jail at Regina have petitioned
dominion Government for mercy.
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)PICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

seems to be the general opinion that
conference to settle the Balkan trouble
bo failure.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

In MICHAEL HICKS BEACH says he ex-
Is the Burmah expedition will open up
Nv and extensive channel for trade.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

RANCE and England have notified the
he of their readiness to take part in
Balkan conference.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

HERE are to bs no more Arctic expe-
|ons under the auspices ot-the Govern
ht--at least for the presen..
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

hE Secretary of the Treasury has is
i an order refusing free entry to arti-
III mineral waters.
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N attempt was made on the 29th to as
ina M. De Freycinet, the French
lister CT Foreign Affairs, Will, taking
live at Paris.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

|n. NOAH PORTER, for the past thirteen
|rs President of Yale College, handed
|is resignation at meeting of the cor
htion on the 29bh, to take effect from
ID commencement.
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b the town of Bakau, on the Caspian
l, Russians aud iMoslems recently en-
ED in little blood letting. Several
slams were killed.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

|INIsTER Cox reports from Constanti-
Rle that Dir. Starrett, the eminent
|@logist, who has been making explo-
ions in Asia Minor, and about whose
flare there was considerable anxiety, is
! and has just returned to Athens.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

I,NAToR STANFORD of California has
he lar se donation for the endowment
college to be built at Palo Alto.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

|. LAeUERRE, an irreconcilable member
he French Chamber of Deputies, has
b engaged to defend the Italian who
|mptod to shoot M. De Freycinet.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

MEETING OF dignitaries Of the Catholic
1rch is shortly to be held at Baltimore,
1, to further the projsct OF university
Washington city.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

In. STEAD, editor of the Pull Mall Co.
s, addressed tn, jary in his own be-
1 in the Armstrong abduction case at
[don, on the 295h.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

|HE Servian Government, in reply to
collective note Of the powers, refuses
|isarm the troops until the equilibrium
been restored.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

|UrEN VICTORIA is said TO be very much
bleased with the book just published,
Ing Greville's recollecti ms Of Her
kesty's court.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

mass-meetine of the miners of the
fsilon tO.) district on the 30 h resolu.
was adopted instructing the dele.
es to the State convention in Columbus
Eember 3D., to vote for an advance of
cents per ton and pay every two weeks
bead of monthly.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

/ IE Post-ofiice Department. has rendered
fcision on appeal directing that postal
IFS having special delivery stamp af-
ID shall lie Immediately delivered, the
g as letters with the extra stamp on
In.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

/. R. DAVIS, of Chicago, has bsen dis.
red from practice as an attorney be-
the Interior Department upon evil
CO that he extorsed illegal fees in PEN
cases,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

HE Typographical Union of New York
ISSUED an address calling on all work.
|nen to vote against the Republican
|lidates, because "the recognized or
of the party is issued from slave
%
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

.HE Roumanian Government has ex.
ed from Roumania a dozen eminent
Fish editors. 1t is supposed that this
on was prompted by attacks made
n the Government by these editors.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-11-06

PIE Court Of Commissioners of Alabama
|ms, which will expire by limitation
fember 3lst, is making rapid progress
Il the business before it, and officers of
|courS say that all the cases before the
Ft will certainly be disposed of by the
idle of December.
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faE death Of Rear Admiral j. G. P. De
fn0 promotes Commodore John Lee
is now commanding the Arctic feet,
fear admiral. Commodore VIM. T.
H0on is now the senior commodore,
VIII be promo ell to rear admiral
lruaryilS. 1886, on eretiremento of Rear
Bnifal Earl English for age, and this
promote Captain A. E. K. Benham to
f'nlodore, Commander Geo. G. Romey
captain, and Lieutenant Commander
Prge +. F, Wilde to commander.
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|HE meeting of the Naval Advisory
Fra, called for the 2sth to take into
|sideration the subject of completing
diminished cruisers, did not take place
| hg to the detachment, at his own re-
IT,, Of Admiral Simpson, President of
Board, whose successor has not yet
p appointed.
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ZEE report of the Fifth Auditor of the
|asury for the fiscal yearl ending June
\ shows that the total expenses of the
omaatic service were $40, 249. The
expenses of the consular service,
R'ls5; amount of fees received, $791,-
expense of consulates in excess of
/ received, $7S,s s3s. There was a def
Fcy In receipts of fees, compared with
of Sill, ,587.
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HERE is no apparent decline in the raw
Il Of the smallpox at Montreal. OF the
persons who died from the disease there
Ing the week 237 were French Cana
2is, 8 were under months. % from @
fths to year, 1877 from to years,
81 from to 10 years.
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HE value Of imports of the United
les during the month of September,
was 5o,311, ,I59, against $500, 400 in
tember, 1884. The value of exports for
tember was $47, 1884, ,5s3. For the twelve
lths ended September 8Otb, exports
fhed Tl5,s9S,67l, against 500, ,551 ,2eO in
orts,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-08-27
THE EPIDEMIC OF CRIME.

Whence comes this epidemlco1 suicides
anu murders? Recent discussions have
named several causes. Hon. Z. IL.
Reeve, OF Indiana, charges 1t to lnhdel
Notwithstanding that hopelessness Of
future state crippIes fortitude for bear
iDgs LIES ills. Another declares suffer
ing from the universal business de-
preston The cause. 4 third writer
attributes it to increasing insanity, "a
physician thinks much OF the tendGuc,
IS inherited, while temperance advocates
lay the responsibility upon strong drink.
Free thinkers have committed suicide,
but so have orthodox churchmeu.
financial straits have besel many, but
the wealthy have also taken their life.
Insanity and dissipation have preceded
SUICIDES and family murders.
One feature COMMON 10 almos. every
such crime challenges attention. Wei
nigh every report OF suicide and family
murder mentions tie perpetrator as nav
ing ''for some time been subject to
melancholy" Whence Cones thIsi Ali
recognized medical authorities tell US
! that the fire which consumes the brain is
always kindied by arrangements OF
digestion; that good digestion i'm
possible without pure blood, and pure
blood Is never known when the liver and
kidneys are out OF order. Under such
circumstances, preventive should he
sought, and fog this Warmers safe cure
IS spvcfei9u--a fact conceded ~ the best
authorities Ill tie land, aud it is especially
commended by the celebrated DIR. Dio
Lewis,-RochcStcr Dcnl0crat.