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The examiner., 1886-01-02
FAIR OUTLOOK FOR DAKOTA.
Judge HI OIman n FaVOrs the Admission
 OfDakOta into the Union.

A
 OfDakOta into the Union.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. In an interview Judge Holman declared that the time had come in his opinion for the admission of Dakota as a State. The question should not be viewed from a party standpoint. The only points to be determined were Whether the population was sufficiently settled and permanent in character to justify the instalment of State organiza- tion; second, whether the school lands, etc, could be sufficiently secured, and third, whether the government interests in the reservations would be adequately pro- tected. But there should be no division There was no sound justification for the partition of the Territory into south and north sections, The whole Territory should be included in the bound aries of the new State, and not merely a slice of it. The recent action of the people in going through the form of electing 8 Legislature would have little effect upon Congress. The question would be gravely considered upon its merits and action taken accordingly.
 Senator Harrison expressed his convic- ton that nothing unlawful would be done by the citizens of Dakota, or anything that would tend to prejudice their strong case in the eyes of Congress. It is generally conceded that the bill for the admission of Dakota will pass the Senate, but it is thought that it will be killed in the House.
The examiner., 1886-01-02
HOME RULE FOR IRELAND
EARL COWPERS VIEWS ON THE
 IRISH SITUATION.
Pasteurss Patlemts-The Bankrupt King of fBAvarla-The Salva-
 tkom Army.

LONDON. Dec. 30.-Earl Cowper, Lord Lieutenant for Ireland from 1880 to 1882, under the Gladstone administration, writes to the Times on the question of home rule us follows :-"Home rule for it's own sake iS undeSired. Any one making a careful perusRl of the Irish papers during my own term of office would find that they neither reveal nor mention home rule. The ques- tion then solely involved was that of rents. Messrs. Butt and Shaw both failed to attach the Irish to their cause, and Parnell has had the same experience except through an appeal to their pockets, which soon must be bigger than ever" s'Home rule '' concludes Eerl Cowper, ''must interfere with imperial interests"
 PARIS, Dec. 3O.-M. Pasteur, the great Parisian physician caring for American patients. inoculated Tuesday Charles Kaufman, of Franklin, N. J., who was bitten by a supposed mad dog on Novem- Der 21 and sailed from New York on the steamer Labrador on December 16 last M. Pasteur severely censnred Kaufman for his inattentfon to his injuries at the time he was bitten, but said he hoped, not, wlthstanding the long time that had elapsed, to prevent any development of hydrophObia. M. Pasteur will inocuIate Dr. Ludwig R. Sattler, of Orange, N. J., the veterinary surgeon who was bitten on December 13 by dog, once day for eight consecutive days.
 The four children, Austin Fitzgerald, Patsy Ryan, Willie Lane, and Patrick Reynolds, who were recently bitten by mad dogs in Newark, N. J., will leave for home on Sunday next. They are all we'll.
 LONDON, Dec. 28.-The Standard says: 'eThe creditors of the King of Bavaria have united in 8 petition for distraint of the goods and property of the royal household. Prince Luipold, uncle of the King and Generalin-Chief of the army has forbid den the bailiffs of the State to take any action to carry out the objects of the cred itors."
 LONDON, Dec 3O.-The Standard says: General Booth, in begging the Salvation ists for the sum of G3O, ,OOO for current ex- penses of the army for the year 1886, states that he will not publish the accounts of past expenses"
The examiner., 1886-01-02
NOTES IN BRIEF.

The Burmese capital, Mandalay is said to be infested by hordes of small black pigs which are protected by the Government as Scavengers. ..sz.. that he could write we'll only by using an inkstand which he had purchased in Switzerland.
 A recent report to the English Royal Society of Arts shows that of the 12,O00 deaths which have occurred ill coal mines since 1875 only One-fourth have been caused by fire damp.
 Sir Joseph Hooker has resigned the directorship of the Kew Botanical Gardens, near London, which he has held since the death of his distinguished father, Sir William Hooker, in 1865.
 According to the newly issued official statistics, the allied German States will have to contribute IA, ,010,694 marks to the deficit of 1ss6-s7 will be about 20, 00O,- 900 marks greater.
 The hunting accident which caused the Earl of Guilford's death few days ago was singular one. While hunting in the Vale of Buckland he was taking a flying leap, when his horse turned a com plete somersault, and then rolled over heavily on its rider.
 The telegraph system of the British Islands, under control of the Post Office. now amounts to 156,O0O miles. and em ploys IT. 900 instruments. The standard rate is twelve words for a sixpence, ad- dress included. Press messages alone now average million words a day.
 Miss Detchon, the young American lady who has shone in British royal and aristo- cratic circles, on account of her beauty and exceptional talent, says the London Court Journal is in Paris, where she is assured of an equally amicable and flat tering reception in the salons of the French nobility.
 The new German ironclad Oldenburg will be of entirely novel construction. It is broadside ship, with ten ten-inch guns below deck, but the whole five can be con- centrated on the same point with sufficient force, it is estimated, to disable even the strongest ironclad.
 The persons who invested in the diving speculation to obtain e1O0,000 worth of gold which was sunk years ago in the ship Alfonzo XII, off the west coast of Africa, have been rewarded by harvest of gold from the gray sand fields. The divers have got up nearly all the gold, and have sent it to England.
 The principal weather stations of the signal service have been furnished with the Wh1rl1ng pSycnrOmeter lnSleao OI the wet and dry bulb now in use. In connec- tion with this instrument thermometers having cylindrical instead of spherical bulbs will be used, and new hygrOmetriC tables for computing are being prepared. Sixty thousand muskets of the old Springfield pattern have lately been sent from Western arsenals to the United | States Armory, at Springfield, Mass, to be made over. These were bought by the Government near the close of the war, but were never used. If sold by auction they would bring only trifie; but the Govern ment saves three-fourths or more of their cost by rebuilding them into the present | style of arm.
The examiner., 1886-01-02
His Word was His Bond.

The late Samuel Brown was merchant of Boston, Mass When the elder Quincy was Mayor he saw the necessity of remoy- ing the Almshouse and the House of Correc- ton to South Boston. MT. Brown. owned 8 very large vacant estate where the build ings now stand, and MT. Quincy called upon him and asked the price of the estate referred to. The reply was "$30, 000." MT. Quincy said that would do. and asked thirty days refusal and @ bond to it, in order to endeavor to persuade the City Council to agree to the measure. MT. Brown replied that he should give no bond, as he said his word was always his bond The Mayor took his word, and in twenty eight days had obtained the proper authority, and again waited on MT. Brown, saying that he had come to complete the sale of the land.
 'eWhat land?" asked MT Brown.
 'Why the South Boston land we spoke of" said the Mayor.
 'At what price, sir?'' asked the former.
 Thirty thousand dollars" replied the latter, 'the price agreed upon"
 "Did say that amount, sir?"
 "You dido
 Have you any writing to that effect"
 'tNo, sir, none"
 sWeIl," said MT. Brown, 'since you were here have been offered $60, 900 cash for it, and you expect me to sell it for $50, 900 to the city?"
 T do," replied MT. Quincy, because you agreed to-"
 Have you any proof of that?"
 "Yes; am the witness"
 But you, being an interested party, caIi- not be witness Have you any other wit ness or proof, and do you wish me to re. fuse $6O, 900 for the land and sell it to the city for $50, O0O?'
 'I do"
 'You have no bond for it, have you, MT. Quincy?"
 "None, sir, whatever" replied the Mayor, stretching himself up with great dignity-'snone whatever but your word and that you said, was your bond"
 "And," replied MT. Brown, stretching himself up with equal dignity, ''so it is. My word is my bond, and for $3o,0oo the land is yours''
The examiner., 1886-01-02
THE INDIAN TROUBLES.
FEONTIERSMEN TO EXTERMTN.
 ATE THE REDSKINS.
A Proposal to Fight the A Apaches with Men Who Know Their Ways
 Opening Indian Ter


 WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Senator Man derson and Congressmen Springer and Laird have called upon the Secretary of War to discuss with him the situation in southern New Mexico in.z relation to the Apache troubles. They represented to him the defenceless condition of the peo- pie, and made known their purpose to in- troduce bill in Congress soon after the recess, providing for the raising of a body of troops for the special purpose of hunting, and, if necessary, extermi,ating the mur- derous bands which GE-sssVeF Deen making that region desert. TESy propose that these troops shall consist exclusively of frontiersmen, and be placed uder the com mand of army officers; tisat they shall be temporarily enlisted for this special ser vice; equipped, mounted and provided for ill such way as to be able to follow and fight the savages in their fastnesses
 The secretary entered heartily into their plans and promised to do everything in his power to forward the purposes they have in view. %a
The examiner., 1886-01-02
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Life is the art of being well deceived. -[Hazlitt.
 A poor idle man cannot be an honest man.-[A chilles Porriclet.
 Rashness is the faithful but unhappy parent of misfortune.-[ Fuller.
 Troops of furies march in the drunkard's triumph Zimmerman.
 The line of life is ragged diagonal be- tween duty and desire.-[W. R. Alger.
 A thing is never too. often repeated which is never sufficiently learned.- TSeneca-
 Happiness is neither within us nor with out us; it is in the union of ourselves with God.-[PascaL
 Misfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided i; but they may be sweetened, if not over come, and our lives made happy by philo- sophy.-[Seneca.
 Violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die; like fire and powder, which, as they kiss consume TShakspere.
 Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.- Henry Horne.
 A student, who answered the question, allow is power applied to this machine!" by saying sit is turned by crank" was ordered to "just step forward and illus trate."
The examiner., 1886-01-02
Fatal Boiler ExpIos,ons.

MOBILE, Ala. Dec. 3a-Tuesday the Gulf City Oil Mills boiler exploded with house and part of the seed sheds, and burying four colored laborers in the debris. Three of these, Joe Jackson, Willis Blade, and Morris Warren, have been taken out dead. The other, Charles Chastang, is missing. Three other negroes were seriously scalded, and two slightly hurt. I. s. Stanton (white), the foreman of the mill, was badly injured internally. He came here recently from Georgia. The damage to the mill is about g, 0OO
 LANCASTER, Pa, Dec. ag-The boiler of Pr5Vruence, rnrs cou;s1-. cou.r 2 esii=afeu TUGS day, killing two young men named re- spectively Christian Hildebrand and Ed ward Helm. The barn was set on fire and destroyed.
The examiner., 1886-01-02
Post-Omce Officials Surprised.

WASHINGTON, Dec 3O.-The officials of the First Assistant Postmaster-Ge office had a genuine surprise Tuesday when John T. Morton, of Arkansas, pre- scented himself in response to notice that he had been selected for $1, 1000 appoint ment through the Civil Service Board. Morton was one of four whose names had been sent to the Postmaster-General by the commission to fill q vacancy. His papers showed that in the examination held out West he had been graded 73 and that he was a school teacher. Nothing more was known about him, and when, Tuesday morning, colored man presented himself everybody was surprise. He is the first colored man appointed in that office.
The examiner., 1886-01-02
CUNNING CoNGREssNEEN.
How They Succeed i'm Appointing Friends Outside Of Civil Ser
 vice R m les.

Friends Outside Of CIVIL Ser
 vice Rules.
 WAsHINGToN, Dec. 3O.-Notwithstand- ing the profession of the Administration of its intention of fully adhering to the pro- visions of the Civil Service law, evasions are being constantly effected. Members of Congress are finding places for their constituents in the unclassified service, with the understanding that they shall have promotion at the very first oppor- tunity. They caution their proteges to keep quiet in regard to the matter and when a 'kick'' is made as to the smallness of the position assure the discontented man that it will be made right in a month or so. 1.-The only thing I want to do," said one member to con- stituent, who came on here intending to become chief of division, but who finally got an appointment on the laborers' roll, ''is to get you foothold. You take this place now, and then you are in the service. In 8 month you can be promoted, and be- fore get through will land you where you want to be-"
 These minor appointm ents are not pub lished and no one knows anything about them nor how many men have evaded the Civil Service law in this way. This is be- ing done constantly, and members chuckIe to themselves when they succeed in stow ing away constituent on the messenger or labor roll knowing that his future ad- vancement is all right.
The examiner., 1886-01-02
NeNEspaDer Changes.

ROCHESTER, N. Y., Dec. 30.-On Jan. 1 Joseph OConnor, late managing editor of the Buffalo Courier, becomes editor-in- chief of the Post-Express, while Jacob A. Hoekstra, late city editor of the Morning Herald, takes charge of the local depart ment of the Post-Express. It is under stood that William Will Butler, the pre- sent managing editor, will be retained in another capacity, while Isaac ID. Marshall, the present city editor, sewers his connec- tion with the paper. Under the new order the paper will be independent.
 UTICA, N. Y, Dec. 3O.-S. N. D. North, President of the State Associated Press and manageing edi+or of the Utica Herald takes. leave of the Herald this week and assumes the management of the Albany morning Express on Monday next.
The examiner., 1886-01-02
The Search for the Amethyst.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3O.-The Secretary of the Treasury has received a telegram from Capt. Hooper of the revenue steamer Rush, at San Francisco, saying that after consultation with Capt. Heaiy of the Cor win, he had decided to undertake the search for the missing whaler Amethyst. He also inquired if the cruise should be limited to the Aleutian Islands, or whether he should push northward, following the ice pack as it broke up in the spring. Secretary Manning replied: 'sTake the necessary supplies and proceed at once. Officers have been directed to report to you for duty immediately. Employ sur geon and use your judgment as to the northern limit of the cruise."
 The Rush will probably sail for Behring Sea on Thursday next.
The examiner., 1886-01-02

- PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3O.-Arthur Cham. bers has forwarded signed articles of agree ment to match Jack Fogarty, of Philadel- phia, against Jack Dempsey, of New York. for $1 1000 side The articles are blank in several places, Arthur Chambers giving Dempsey the option of saying whether the fight shall take place in six or eight weeks whether in private, with twelve persons present on each side, or in public; whether with six or eight-ounce gloves; Dempsey to name place of fighting agreeable to Chambers, or to toss for choice of selec- tion; further than this Chambers has writ ten, saying that if these terms will not suit Dempsey, the latter can draw mp such articles of agreement as he desires and send them on for Chambers's approval.
The examiner., 1886-01-02
DOWN AN EmBANKmENr.
Railway Wreck and Loss of Life on
 the Baltimore Central Railroad.

PORT DEPOSIT, Md, Dec. 3o-.Ths en- zine of a freight train due in Port Deposit at 4.35 P. NJ, left the track on the Balti- more Central Railroad at Mount Alverno Tuesday and plunged down an embark ment into a gully twenty feet deep partly burying itself in the earth at the bottom. The tank went over the top of the engine, carrying away the cab and fatally crush ing the engineer, James Rarnbo, and it is feared fatally iniuring the fireman, George Mutt; Isaac Williams, the conductor, es- capped by jumping, as did the rest of the crew, save one brakeman, who was slightly injured. Five loaded house cars were car ried off the track and two of them went down the bank and are badly wrecked. The engine will probably have to be taken to pieces. James Rambo, the engineer, was 35 years of age and leaves wife and three children in Philadelphia
The examiner., 1886-01-02
The Assistant Trea.urership.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-A dispatch pub lished last night says that .rumors from the treasury department indicated that Treasurer Jordan would come to New York and fill the office of the assistant treasurer until Congress meets. MT. Ac- ton, when asked what he thought of this and what provision was likely to be made, said: ssMr. Jordan may come here and count the money, but he can't sign the papers as assistant treasurer. According to the constitution he cannot hold two of fees at the same time The treasury de partment will probably appoint some one in the department who can fill the office ad interim until Congress meets"
The examiner., 1886-01-02
FiIfbusters to be Dispersed.

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Dec. 3O.-Advices from Rio Grande City state that Major Kellogg, at the head of sixty United States soldiers. has left Ringgold barracks for the Juan Maldona ranch, IS miles above on the river, to arrest or disperse any armed force there gathered for the purpose of in- vading the city of Mier. Mexico. A deputy sheriff, sent to reconnoitre, re- ported that there were about a dozen armed Mexicans at the ranch, and their efforts to get a force together have proved abortive. It is also said the force is only 8 gathering of smuggleEs.
The examiner., 1886-01-02
Troops for Arizona.

SAN FRAaEefsee, Dee. 3e.lFvyo troops of cavalry. numbering l05 officers and men. and three companies of infantry, consist ing of 100 officers and men. left here Tuesday night for Fort Bowie, Ariz Two companies of infantry from Benicia Bar racks, Cal. and one company each from Fort Haileck, New, and San Diego, this State. departed Wednesday for the same place. This movement of the troops is in accordance with instructions received from the Secrtary Of War, who acted in response to request from Gov. Zulick, of Arizona, for protection for the Indians on the San Carlos reservation from an at- tack by white settlers.
The examiner., 1886-01-02
Twenty Years Imprisonment for
 Murder He Did Not Commit.

MADISON Dec. Ex-Governor Rusk has granted a full pardon to George Wilson, formerly of Troy. N. r., who in 1865 was sent to State prison for life, for the alleged murder of John Riley, a barkeeper in J. K. Groves saloon at Milwaukee. Wilson served twenty years, and was par doned last June on condition that he leave the State That condition was imposed to favor J. H. C. Cottrell, who prosecuted Wilson, and whom the latter threatened to kill if he ever got & chance. Cottren died in Milwaukee six months ago; hence there was no further necessity of the con ditaon being maintained. The Governor h thoroughly convinced that the murder for which Wilson uffered twenty long years imprisonment was committed by another man who was involved in the row leading to it.
The examiner., 1886-01-02
OPENING INDIAN TERRITORY.

Plan to Give Lands in Severalty to
 Indians and the Surplus 10
 WhfteS.5
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.--zOn the day Con- gress adjourned for the holidays MT. Van Wyck introduced into the Senate bill to organize the entire Indian Territory in- cluding the portion commonly called the Public Land Strip, into d Territory to be called Oklahoma. The bill referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs is the most sweeping measure ever proposed for the settlement of the Oklahoma problem It contains twenty-two sections and occupies sixteen printed pages. It not only creates a temporary government for the whole of the new Territory which it constitutes, but it provides for the allotment of home steads to the Indians in severalty, and for the opening of all lands not so occupied to white settlers.
The examiner., 1886-01-02

Suing for Damages Resulting froE Loss of Cattle by Texas Fever.

suing for Damages Resulting from
 Loss of Cattle by Texas Fever.
 OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 3O.-The case of Hummer, Jewett, Snyder and other Wes- tern Nebraska cattlemen against the Ran kin Cattle Company has been occupying the attention of the United States Court for several days. The amount involved is $125,O0o. Two years ago the Rankin Cattle Company brought several thousand head of cattle into Nebraska from Texas A large number of them were sold to cattle companies near Brady Island and turned out to feed upon the range in June, where the native cattle herded. In July the cattle on that range began to die in large numbers. During the months of July and August the deaths numbered from four. to forty 8 day. The disease was the veterinarians. Finally it was decided to be Texas fever. It was claimed the the disease was brought by the cattle inn ported from Texas, and the native cattle caught it. The defence denied the disease was Texas fever, even if the nature of the disease was such as not to be recognized, and imported unknOwingly.
The examiner., 1886-01-02
Borrowing Soldiers.

NEWPORT, R. l., Dec. 30.-Lieutenant Jones, of the Fourth United States ArtiI. Tuesday night, hav1ng 0vefstayeu hIs leave of absence about a week. This preyed upon his mind, and rather than submit to a court martial and it's disgrace, he decid- ed to die. Early in the morning he arose, dressed himself and reported for duty. He subsequently, returned to his quarters and shot himself in the head with revolver, the ball entering his brain. He was a popular young officer and unmarried. His relatives and friends reside in Cincinnati. The sad tragedy has cast a deep gloom over the garrison at Fort Adams.
The examiner., 1886-01-02
Appointments Down South.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 30.-The Postmaster-General has sent a telegram announcing the appointment of the fol lowing Post-office Inspectors for the division, including the States of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee. with headquarters at Chatta- nooga: Henry Booth, of Alabama, in charge; w. c. Baird, of Tennessee; V. c. Whiteside, of Tennessee; James Hancock. of Washington, D. C.; E. E Dosser, of Tennessee; w. w. Simpson, of Tennessee E. B. Trentlin, South Carolina. Booth, Baird and Whiteside are Republicans, and were appointed several years ago.
The examiner., 1886-01-02
Conference Of Southern Rabb1s.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3O.-The Confer ence of Southern Rabbis opened in Har- mony Hall here Tuesday. President Gutheim read his report, dwelling upon various important matters including the platform lately adopted by the Rabbinical Convention at Pittsburgh The report was made special order of the day. A despatch conveying fraternal greetings was received from Dr. Kohler, of New York. A number of resolutions were offered and referred to committees Much interest is felt by the Hebrews throughout the country in the work of this conference, which will probably adopt important re- forms
The examiner., 1886-01-02
Earthauakes in Two States.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, Dec. 3O.- Several short, sharp shocks of earthquake were felt in this city Tuesday morning between 4.3O and 5.3O o'clock.
 ST. LOUIS, Dec BOA special to the Post Dispatch from Bloomington, H., says: 'Frhe inhabitants of that city were alarmed last night by an earthquake shock, the noise accompanying it resemb- ling closely that made by the firing of ar tillery No damage was done to property, although the force of the shock was dis, tinctly felt in several large buildings"