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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-02-23
WASHINGTON LETTER
ESPECIAL ;oRREsPoNDEEcE oFTHE MONITOR.
Washington, February, 10th.

Washington, February, 10th.
The threatened extra session of
congress has been the chef subject
of speculation during the week on
capitol hill. There is difference of
opinion as to whether it will be called
or not. Senators are generally of
the belief that there need be no extra
session, while members of the house
think it cannot be averted. A senator
remarked to me yesterday that he
never in all his experience in congress
saw the appropriations in better
shape, and that they could get them
all out of the way by the fourth of
March. Half an hour afterwards |
heard representative declare that
the appropriations were in very bad
condition and he did not see how
they could be passed in time to avoid
| an extra session. Then there is an
impression among the democrats that
the republicans are working secretly
| to force an extra session, while the
republicans believe there is clique
of democrats who are trying to bring
| about the same result. The question
was sprung so unexpectedly that
many congressman are alarmed at
the probable Illustration of their we'll
laid plans for the coming summer.
| Senators would be less incOnven-
fenced than members by call Of
the forty-ninth congress. Many of
them live in Washington, and would
under any circumstances spend the
greater past of their summer here.
The dynamite bill died a quiet
death, the dynamite sympathizers
were deprived of an opportunity to
| declare their views on the floor of
congress and the expected quarrel
was avoided, and the house of repre-
senatives got out of the dynamite
| business without committing itself in
any way. The house foreign affairs
committee voted that it is beneath
the dignity of the house to pass a
dynamite resolution similar in tone
to that passed by the senate. 1t be-
hooves the senate to look to it's dig
nlty after this rebuke The upper
chamber has been considered very
strong in that line, heretofore, while
the house has had a bad name for
easy morals and random manners.
Another house committee has just
taken action that will be very disap-
pointing to gentlemen who contested
seats in previous congresses, and
who have filed claims to be renumer-
. ated for the expense Of their contests.
: There are many of these claims, an6
many of their owners are now in the
5 city, thinking to get them through
: congress in the hurry of the closing
4 days of the session. The COMMITTEES
has decided to report only thos,
j claims where the contests were 70
1 seats in the present house.
d Mr.. Cleveland's friends and ad
!. visers are expecting and hoping tina
q he will announce his cabinet within
: the present week. They think i
q best that the hopes, anxieties an,
s disappointments of aspirants shoal
o be over as soon as possible, SO tina
e some necessary preparations may b
e made by the fourth of March. El
n Cleveland intimated to certai
lie statesman that he would make hi
i. slate public by the twenty-second c
IT Feb. and that all the names woul
y be announced at once. All polit
ID clans in Washington think Mr.. Bay
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
UNEASY INDIANS,
Dissatisfaction Among the Cheyennes and
Arapahoes-An Outbreak Expected.

CHICAGO, Dec. l5.-A special from Wichita
Falls. Tex, says: "Word has reached here from
Fort Reno, in the Arapahoe reservation Indian
Territory, that an outbreak is imminent among
the Cheyennes and Arapahoes. Great dissatis-
faction prevails among the bucks of these tribes
which is aggravated by the loss Of the large sums
of rent money which they have been receiving
for the past ten years from the cattle barons
Since the cattlemen were elected from the reser-
vations, of course the rental payments have
ceased The Indians who set up such clamor
at the presence of white settlers, never realized
what source of supply these white intruders
were. They paid four cents to ten cents an
acre for the use of the grazing lands, and this
money was divided quarterly per capita among
the bucks of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes,
and it kept them in whisky tobacco, old plug
hats and such like, the entire year. The period
for distribution of a quarters rental has just
passed. and the bucks who rode from all parts of
the Nation to receive their stipend, found moth
ing awaiting them. They accuse the government
OF robbing them, and are ready for an outbreak
Those chiefs who were most urgent in demand
ing the removal of the cattlemen are now the
most rampant denouncers of the government. It
was thought that the recent issue of annuity
goods by the government at Darlington agency
would pacify the disgruntled redskins but it has
had the very opposite effect. This was the first
annuity supply to the Cheyennes and Arapehoes
in three years, and the Indians thought they
were entitled to as much as usual, but Congress
made them no back appropriation. Hence they
claim they are being robbed. Murders and out
RACES may be looked for in their reservations
shOrtlvn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
DONEY'S
HOOSierPOet
CIGAR.
A FIGHTING MINISTER.
4 Colored Preacher Who Promptly Resented
an Attack and Came Out First Best

MACEDONIA, N. j., Dec. 15-Rev. Elijah Ham
met took charge of the African Methodist Episco-
pal Church of this place two and onehalf years
ago. There has been bitter feeling between
him and the family of Peter Rock, the weathiest
colored man of the neighborhood. Last Monday
was the opening night of tho church fair. On
Thurday evening Mr.. Hammet accused some Of
the men connected with the cigar and temper
ance-d drinks counters with not having turned in
the proper amount of money. About ten minutes
later he was informed that gentleman wished
to speak with him on the steps in front Of the
church. He went out, and was confronted by
Charles and Peter Rock, sons OF old Peter Rock.
They and others who joined them abused and
threatened the minister. He backed into the
church, and they followed him up the aisle
to the pulpit platform. Here the
minister put his hand in his breast
4ocket and said in loud voice. Come another
3tep at your peril" Several knives and pistols
were drawn. Peter Rock made lunge for the
dominic, and quicker than wink his reverence
whipped out self acting pistol and sent bull
let into Peter Rock jr.'s thigh The other as
sailants departed in great haste. Peter Rock,
sr., got an officer. and they took his reverence
into custody. He was locked up in the county
Jail at Freehold until Friday, when he was re-
leased on bail. Charles Rock, Peter Rock, jr.,
William Dickinson and a man named Mitchell
are in the county Jail, awaiting trial. II don't
Year any man," said the pastor yesterday. II
am ready for them, and will let them know that
cause mans preacher they can't cut him."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
Improving on the Original Plan,

CHICAGO, Dec. 5-The history of the month
OF November in the Presbyterian Hospital bears
the record of one extraordinary surrical opera-
ton performed by Dr. Gum. A patient had a
nerve tumor on the arm. near the shoulder,
which had assumed such stage that the tlmor
had become part of the nerve. In cutti, it
away piece of the ulnar nerve was necessarily
cut out The portion remaining was united to
the median nerve, with view to transferring
the nerve currents from the ulnar to the meiian
nerve. and through this new channel to preserve
sensation to the parts to which the nerve was
distributed. The operation, which was an en-
tirely new one, was satisfactory to the extent of
joining the nerves, and since then there has been
evidence that the experiment was in some de-
gree successful, as the patient experiences the
sensation of pain in the parts supplied by the
ulnar nerve.
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Cable Notes.

1t is reported that the Pope is ILL
The Very Rev John Saul Howson, D. D., is
dead. He was born in 1916.
M. Adolf Deucher, at present Vice president of
Switzerland, has been elected President for 1886.
He is Radical.
The Vatican has ordered that the seat Of the
bishop of the diocese of Grass Valley, CAL, be
transferred to Sacramento.
The agricultural group in the French Chamber
OF Deputies have resolved to oppose the importa-
ton of American salt meats.
The Baltic canal, which is to be built by the
German government, will, it is estimated, be
used annually by IS 900 vessels. The rate will
be nine pence per ton. and twenty two hours
time will be saved between London and Baltic
points.
Prince Ferdinand, of Sake .Coburg, father of
the King of Portugal, died yesterday of facial
cancer, which had been aggravated by fall.
The royal family were present at the death bed.
Neto impaired the last sacraments of the church
to the dying man.
The French Chamber of Deputies will be re.
quested by the government to vote sum that
will enable DR.. Pasteur to establish spacious
hospital. to be used especially for the treatment,
by his method of incubation, of persons who
have been bit by mad-dogs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16

Dozens of Statesmen Who Wish to Curtail
the Powers of the Corporations.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-A fight over the bill
to regulates Ente*s.ate commerce during the ses-
sion promises to be one Of the most interesting
of the many controversies which will arise dur
ing the life of the Forty ninth Congress. Already
there have been at least dozen bills proposed
which, in effect propose to curtail the powers of
the railroad corporations in conducting their own
business There is great deal of demagogy
about some Of the measures It seems to be
popular, especially in the rural districts, to
attack railroad companies and to lay up all the
failures of the agricultural population to the ex
tortion Of the corporations. There is no doubt
that these bodies frequently discriminate against
small shippers from isolated parts. but it is ex-
tremely doubtful if the national government has,
in the first place, the constitutional right to fix
the tariff charges and it is certain that any in
reference by men who have no conception of the
management of railroads would lead to dis
astrous results. Those best informed as to the
situation are confident that no bill such as that
proposed by Mr.. Reagan, of Texas, can become
law. If Congress does anything at all during
the present session it will be to pass bill Great
ing number of interstate railroad commits
sioners, with duties similar to those performed
by the local boards Of New York, Massachusetts
and other States where the railroad commission
system has been adopted. Should such bill as
that proposed by Reagan pass the House it could
never 60 through the Senate and it will, there
FORE be wise for the House to make no attempt
to force through bill that could not by any
possibility become law. But, unfortunately,
the House is not wise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
A Magnetic Marriage.

MADISON, Ga, Dec 15.-Mattie Lee Price.
magnetic girl, is a Georgia wonder and rival to
Lulu Hurst. She is sixteen years old, plump
snd pretty. She gave an exhibition here the
other night and fell quite in love with a drum
mer named Wise. He reciprocated and planned
o secret marriage But fate seemed to be against
them, as her father missed her from her stopping
place, and started in pursuit. Coming up Harry
street he saw large crowd gathered in front of
the Fraleigh House, and thinking perhaps she
might be in there, went in. The groom had been
locked in the pantry. while the girl was in an
other room. The father was exceedingly wroth.
he tried to persuade his offspring to desist from
marrying Wise. but she was determined. and
said II she did not marry him she would not
fulfill any more engagements. Mr.. Price tried to
obtain legal redress, but it being Sunday no pa
pers could be made out After while ali hands
: consented to putting off the marriage until
Wednesday, but in the afternoon the couple. ac-
companied by sympathizing friends, met at
Lake Rachel, about q mile from town.
where the knot was tied. Wise is travelling for
Savannah firm, and is rich and good looking.
Miss Price has earned several thousand dollars
ns an electric phenomenon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
PARNELL'S PLAN.

How Irish Tenants Treat Their Landlords in
the Matter Of Rent.
Dublin Special.
Sir Richard John Musgrave, the fifth baronet
since that honor was conferred on the author of
the History of the Irish Rebellion of 179S," and
who is now in the United States on a tour, was
to-day practically invited by the tenants of his
estate at Tourin Cappoquin, County Waterford
to return home. A procession of tenants went
in body. headed by two priests, to Lady Mus
per cent. This she refused, though promising a
generous consideration in individual cases of
distress. The tenants then left without paying
any thing and banked their rents, less the 30 per
cent IN the same county, at Llsmore Castle
the Irish seat of the Duke OF Devonshire the
father Of the Marquis of Harrington, the tenants
held meeting and refused the offer of re-
duction of 80 per cent. They demanded 40
per cent. reduction, and declined to pay
anything unless that was conceded. On the
properties of the Earl of Huntington, Mr.. Wood
roffie, Captain Palliser, Major Chumiey, and
many other landlords, similar course has been
pursued, though in many cases reductions of
from 10 to 20 per cent. were offered by the own
ers. Since the elections have been decided in
favor of the Natonalists it will undoubtedly
occur that hundreds of tenants. emboldened by
Mr.. Parnelrs success, will follow this lead.
This morning Mr.. Platt, landlord whose resi-
dence is in Cork, assisted by three bailiffs, with
an escort of eighty police left Tipperary and
proceeded to the evicted lands of Balyconroy,
near Limerick Junction. to take possession of
the premises into which the Courigan family had
been placed some weeks ago by party of dis
guished and armed men. When the force ar
rived the chapel bell tolled. and large crowd
assembled at the doors. The windows of the
farm house were barred and Father Murphy. ap-
pealing to the mob. prevented collision between
them and the authorities, and an arrangement
was made that possession of the evicted property
should be duly secured, but nevertheless new
trouble is feared.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
A New Seal for the President.

Washington Special.
A new official seal has been engraved for the
President Its emblematc significance makes it
worthy of description. independent of the mere
fact that it is for the of the chief magistrate
The central figure, standing out in bold relief, is
the American spread Tor, as it is sometimes
called ascending) eagle, which king of birds was
chosen as our national emblem because it's
attributes 80 closely analogous to the charac-
teristics of our Nation The thirteen original
States. the foundation of the Union, are
represented by thirteen feathers in each
wing of the eagle; thirteen leaves a laurel
branch, and thirteen arrows held in its
talons, thirteen bars in a shield on it's
breast. thirteen stars between it's wings, and
thirteen letters in the motto, "E Pluribus
Unum," on a scroll carried upward in its beak.
Twenty five rays of the sun and eleven small
clouds, forming an arc above the stars denote
respectively the States admitted subsequent to
the union of the thirteen colonies, and the Ter
ritorial possessions. including the Indian Terri
tory Alaska and District of Columbia, which
have not obtained the dignity of statehood. This
is the first time all the States and Territories
have been symbolized in the design of SEAL In
the title. THE seal of the President of the
United States," encircling the emblems the
words president of" at the top and over
them. thereby signifying the relations he bears
to the bodies constituting the Union The
border is of many fine beads closely connected
suggesting the motto, In union there is
strength
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
And Processes To Be Greatly Surprised on
Being Informed that the President Must
Again Send His Name to the Senate.
Plenty Of Statesmen with Plans for
Regulating Interstate Commerce.
Probability of Contest Over the Confirma-
tion Of John E. lamb and the New POST
master at Terre Haute-Capital Notes.
POSTMASTER JONES.

He Is Not Worried Because the President
Has Withheld His Nomination.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-"No, I'm not worry
ing about these reports concerning the President
Withholding my nomination, and there being OBJ
lection to confirmation if it is sent to the
Senate" said Postmaster Anquilla Jones, of
Indianapolis as he stood in the Ebbitt House
wash-room tonight, sousing himself with soap
and water He had just arrived but, say"
he continued to the Journal correspondent, 'my
name will not have to be sent to the Senate
again, will it9"
eyes"
"Why, it was sent there by the President last
March Isn't once often enough9"
The good old gentleman was informed that the
unfinished business of the Senate last Congress
amounted to nothing now.
'Thats curious; that's curious" calculated the
far-famed official, meditatively, taking more
soap and turning on another water faucet
''Well don't think there will be any trouble
about my nomination being confirmed. know
of no one opposing me. By Jove! but I had a
hard trip here" and then the apparently artless
old gentleman rambled off on another subject
than his nomination. In Indiana circles it is
stated tonight that the failure of the President
to send in Mr.. Joness nomination is the direct
object of his visit here and that it is the source
of good deal of annoyance to him. His ig-
norance of the usage requiring his nomination to
be sent to the Senate again was, of course
feigned. 1t is reported that the President is
Withholding the most doubtful nominations
he has made until he sees what the Senate is
going to do with those already sent in. Mr..
Jones will stay here until he sees the outcome of
the matter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
Mystery in a Female College.

PITrsBURG, Dec. 15-ft was learned yester-
day that young lady named Arrighi, daughter
of an Italian missionary in New York city, has
for some time been mysteriously detained in the
Pittsburg Female College, this city. DR.. Smith,
prominent Methodist minister of this city, ro-
ceived power of attorney from the young lady
father and proceeded at once to the college. Sc
cured the young lady and placed her in the
house of a friend, preparatory to sending her to
New York. There is an air of mystery about
the affair Prominent Methodists say that the
girl has been i'll. and one. not even the physi-
clan, was permitted to see her unless in the pres
ence of some member of the family of Dr. Perish
ing, the president of the institution. Dr. Perish
ing, when asked for an explanation, would say
nothing further than that the girl had been will
full and disobedient.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
The National Guard Association.

WASHINGTON, Dec 15.-The fourth annual
convention of the National Guard Association of
the United States met this morning. The asso-
citation consists of delegates from the militia OF
each State. Eighteen States were represented
at the meeting. The president, George Wingate,
of New York, called the meeting to order, and,
in his opening remarks, said the objects Of the
association had been thwarted in the past
by the objections that it was the in
tention to deprive the States of their authority
over the militia and then on the other hand, that
it was the desire to take money out of the
Treasury of the general government for purely
State organizations without permitting proper
supervision by the War Department. But the
greatest obstacle they had to encounter was the
apathy among the people, the militia, and in
Congress in regard to the entire question which
the association had at heart He thought that
the situation was now more favorable, and that
the bills before Congress would receive favor
able consideration.
General Taylor, of Colorado, was elected re-
cording secretary in place of General Alexander.
of Iowa, who was unable to attend Colonel
Charles F. Bridge, of New York, was chosen the
corresponding secretary.
General Hartranft delivered an address, in
which he urged the appointment of a committee
to prepare bill for introduction in Congress,
and it was agreed that all possible efforts should
be made to secure an appropriation of $500, OOO
for arms and ordnance stores committee
was appointed as suggested by the General AR
executive committee was also chosen, the mem.
ber for the United States being Colonel James
NJ Rice, Of Peoria. Ill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
BOYCOTTING THE IRISH.
A Movement Intended to Work Injury tG
Irishmen Resident in England.

A Movement Intended to Work Injury to
Irishmen Resident in England.
Cable Special.
A movement was begun this afternoon which
involves probably the most astounding scheme
of political revenge and prescription in the
history of this generation. The movement grew
the Liberal members-elect whose majorities had
been reduced by the casting of the Irish vote for
the Tories and of those Liberal candidates for
Parliamentary seats who had been defeated by
the same tactics. It was very soreheaded
assemblage, and great bitterness against the
Irish was displayed in all the speeches Many of
the speakers narrated how their own Irish work
men on farms and estates, and in mines and
in factories, whom they had provided with sus-
tenance in troublous times, agitated and voted
against their masters, the bread providers at the
bidding of strangers. This allusion to ''strang
ers," refers, of course, to the Parnellite mani
festo, which was issued the Saturday preceding
the borough elections and which exhorted all
Irish electors in Great Britain to vote for Tories
except in the cases of a few specified Radicals.
Other speakers declared tina. it was easily
proven by statistics and by every mans own OBJ
servation that the chief employers of Irish labor
III Great Britain were Liberals. These were
found all over the land among the great mil ne
owners and iron masters of the Black Country,
the great mill owners Of Manchester, the great
manufacturers of Liverpool and London and the
great shp-builders of the Clyde and the Tweed.
These great Liberal proprietors had freely en-
ployed Irish artisans and laborers, and consid-
erable proportion of the wages paid by Liberal
masters to the Irish had gone to strengthen the
National League agitation. Therefore. the speak
ers declared, it would be suicidal folly and mad
ness to continue to nourish such vipers in their
bosoms
The result Of the meeting was the adoption,
by unanimous vote, of resolution pledging
each gentleman present not to employ Irish
labor in the future, and to gradually, but as
speedily as possible, discharge all Irish work
men now employed by them. The advocates OF
| this sweeping measure of prescription spoke of
| it as boycotting scheme. ignoring the broad
difference between prescribing man for his ma
| tionaity, which he cannot help and would be a
| poltroon to conceal, and boycotting a man for
! voluntarily committing offensive acts, which he
has power to discontinue at any moment. The
| speakers assured the meeting that the whole
| machinery of the Birmingham caucus would be
| employed to make the socalled boycotting eff
fective. They said that the British Liberal
workmen, who had always been friendly toward
| their Irish colleagues, were now embittered
against them. Those workmen could, therefore,
be relied on to CO operate with their employers
against the Irish, and would even carry the
measure further by boycotting all Irish trades
men and publ1cans.