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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-10
OPEN SESSIONS.

The Proposition to Hold Open Evseuilye
Sessions Of the senate Galulng Favor.
wAsnISGToS, April 5.-The propo.Is
tion to hold open executive sessions Of
the Senate appears TO be gaining friends
daily, and II is not improbable that some
thing will be done to remove this unpop-
ular feature Of the proceedings Of the
Upper House. There are two resolutions
IN support Of an open executive session
now before the Senate, the one intro
duced by Mr.. Platt allowing secret exec.
utlye sessions when the Senate shall deem
II advisable. and the other, by Mr.. 10.
gan, providing for open sessions for the
consideration Of nominations. Mr., Platt
intends TO bring up his resolution and
speak upon II al an early date, probably
during This week.
Should Mr.. Rdmunds decide 10 support
a resolution In favor oiOpenlng the doors
or Of making public the iournala nj the end
of each executive session there ls no
doubt about lis adoption. The Vermont
Senator fully realizes the Importance Of
gratifying the public IN this regard, hut
does not yet see how the matter
can be adjusted without injury 10
the public service. During the re-
cent discussion upon the Edmunds reso-
luton several Democratic Senators
committed themselves IN favor Of
open executive sessions, among them
Messrs. George, Maxey, Butler and Coke.
Messrs. VOORHEES, and Beck are aud
always have been friends Of the proposed
change, while Mr.. IIarhshad pronounced
himself as bitterly opposed to II. On the
Republican side, Messrs Van Wyck, Lo.
gan, platt, Dolph, Allison, Sherman,
Pike, Frye, Mitchell Of Oregon, Cullom,
Hall, Harrison, Riddleberger, Morrill,,
Teller. Plumb and Edmunds have either
expressed themselves openly or In con.
yersatlon with other Senators In favor Of
some change.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-10
TEMPERANCE READING.
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-10
coseREssroNAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate on tile 3oth the bill establish
ing two additional land districts in Ne.
braska was passed Mr.. Logan's Army bill
was taken up and debated Mt length Ter.
ritoriai bills occupied ths remainder of tho
Session In tho House Mr. Guenther rose
TO . question OF privilege, and defended
hiU self against certain newspaper attacks.
Tie Post ofiice Appropriation bill was then
taken up In committee OF the whole and
discussed. During the debate Mr.. liouck and
Mr.. N, MILAN entertained the House with
expressions OF opinions OF each other. Mr..
Kanda introduced resolution for a CON.
mittee to Investigate the Carrollton tsilsa)
slaughter
In the Senate on the ist Mr.. Lognn's army
bill was taken up aud discussed by senators
Logan and Plumb. Senator Vance snade q
speech In favor OF his bill TO repeal the civil.
Service law In the House NJ O'Neill 70.
ported his Arbitration bill, which wAs I'm.
mediately taken up In committee of tile
whole and Mr. ONeill explained tie neceH'
rity for prompt Ration. others also made
speeches The river aud Ilatbur bill wss
reported. The majority renori on tile Hurd'
nomels contest wHs submitted.
In the Senate on the LIST the bill for the
erection OF a monument TO Abraham Lin.
coin was favorably reported. The Wash
lngton Territory bill was debated and sew
erai amendments adopted and Others re.
iected. Adjourned TIL Monday "...in me
House, In committee OF the whole. the Atbl.
tration bill was taken mp and discussed dur
Ing tile entire session.
THERE was no session Of the Senate on the
2d......in the House a knight Of Labor pro.
test against the Free SHIP bill was present.
ed The Agricultural Appropriation BIZ was
reported Private business was dispensed
with and the Arbitration bill VA. taken up
IN committee OF the whole. During the
course OF debate Mr. tiDver MOI denounced
the I'LL az a fraud and constitutional
abortion" -Four sections OF the bill were
considered.
The Senate was not In session ON she
Sd In the House q communication from
the Treasury Department setting forth ihs
necessity Of an appropriation Of ii.ooI.o0 TO
| pay pensions allowed by act OF March y was
submlifed TIE Labor Arbitration bill ssl
then taken up. aud. after discussion, passed
| The silver Bill was debated during the re'
| muinder OF tile session.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-10
FRAUDULENT LAND ENTRIES.


A Number Of Prominent citizens Of San
PrHnei.co Indicted--A Lot Of Scotch Cap
ItaI Liable TO Go clImmering.
San Francisco, April i.-The United
States grand jury yesterday found indlct-
ments against eight prominent citizens Of
this State for subonation Of perjury in the
case Of fraudulent entries Of redwood
timber land in Humboldt County, Cal.
The names Of three are Joseph Russ,
David Evans and Charles II. King, who
collectively represent $1,000, 900 capital
The names Of the other five are not yet
known, bnt they are said 10 he all wealthy
men. The Land Department at Washing
ton had reason ~ suspect irregularities
In the entry Of these lands, aud sent out
Special Agent n. Y. Bergen, Of the In
terror Department, 30 investigate the
matter. The result Of Mr.. Bergen's In.
yes,gatlon shows that the parties lndict-
I'd WERE all members Of the California
Redwood Company, the capital for. which
was mainly subscribed In Scotland. The
indicted parties procured about six hun
dred American citizens IN take up 100
acres ~ land each, for which zach re.
ceiyed fifty dollars. The entries In all
cases we're Immediately conveyed 10
David Evans, one Of the Indicted parties.
The California Redwood Company after
ward sent an agent 10 Scotland
to form syndicate 10 sell
the lands. The syndicate paid the Cali
fornia Redwood Company twenty dollars
an acre for the land. which, as shown, the
latter had fraudulently purchased from
the Government for $3.50 an acre. Mr..
Bergen has passed three months In Hum
boldt County working up the case. and,
| Notwithstanding numerous difficulties
thrown In his way, has secured testimony
from over hundred persons who accept.
I'd the brihes. Suit will be Instituted by
the Government 20 set aside all these en-
tries a. well a. the patents, which have
already been issued. The land embraces
1s, 900 acres Of the best timber land on
| the coast.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-10
CONDENSED TELEoRAMs.


THE LABOR troubles NJ "yanuo'0, nI,'
have been settled by the company rSe"s
ing the right OF the men 70 JON 'nshnis""
ofLabor, that being % uispu'e' pun"
TnE total imports OF merenanuise ~ ,,'' 'ue
port OF New YORK during .ns wess ,as ehu,"s -
on the sd were valued al se's@''7'' anu "
dry goods 'z'S'''~'
By FIRE in one wing of tne fiah'e's 'v','
at 81. Louis on the ~ Tour ae''''h' g""
met their death by sunochuoh'
Tur Connecticut State Senate on the "a
passed bill giving pension 10 Mrs fru.
dence Craudall Philleo, who was inohbed
in 1884 In Canterbury for endeavorins TO
ipstruc, negroes.
Tux uouse ON the "a passed the Labor
Arbitration bill by q vote Of 100 TO y.
Az pn.sbnrr. Pa. on the "a, Thomas
polsn and Harvey NcMurray had a quar-
rsI. wheu McMurfay, who Is only eight
wears Of age. drew a knife ami stabbed
Bolan in the abdomen, causing almost In
slant death.
TINS plautsrs along the Mississippi river
I'm the neixhborhood of Helena, Ark, are
very much ngitatcd over the rapid rise
and fears are entertained that the river
will reach higher point shanitdid In lo'4.
TnK river at Selma, Ala, Is seven miles
wide, and doing great damsge TO property.
No doubt number oi h'ss nave Oeen 'O''
In plantation quarters.
A oosTfIcr between officers and strikers
occurred at Fort Worth, Texas, on the 3D.
in which three officers and The same num-
TnE ways and means COMMITTEES on The sd
took up the Hewitt austoms b and sddei
TO !, the free y, % ?. ,as os''.n sos .., % a., aa
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-10
- -
essia.. gusfIsx AHtsv.

ApsiAs. Mich, April THE wabssh
through express train leaving here a,
$40 takes on dlninz-ear at this station.
Yesterday afternoon, at siis O'Clock,
WIN. Powell. head CLERK, and George
Mlnard. head waiter, engaged In a eating
ARRAY, QUE uslnx csrslng.tnifr and the
other long pocket dirk. Jealousy over
lccsi eD'cTsf vrraH yrs fbs rsHss of
The fracs-. Both men sefe cot hafiy about
the iacs. hands and Ilmbs. Powell llFes
81 Batter. Hs J. under The cars Of doe
tDr 10 The Wabash baexaas-rosn-
Ninani ran 70 The vood-. bot was cap.
tared by an oiiiesr. sHd hi< wounds ere
being dressed a the counis Jail.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-10

Syw YoRK. April b.--Tbe Capital City
was abandoned yesterday by the Wreck.
ing company. There seems to he little
hope now of raising her. The Hartford
Transportation Company have abandoned
her entirely, having placed her In the
hands af the underwriters. She f. In.
sured for SIS 900. and u the insurance
companies wish 10 spend any monsy lD
trying 10 raise her the company has no
objection. IL il well established by ex.
animation thai the vesse IL so badly In.
iured that, u raised, u will be unsafe 10
ran her again.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-10
MIsCEI.TANEOgs,

wonxuEN In the Mariemont colllory,
Belgium, struck on the ist.
THE railroad committee Of the Nav York
Senate on the 3lst reported fayorably the
blu to repeal the broadway NEW York
City) surface railroad franchise bill.
A rrvK-DoLLAR counterfeit brownback
National bank note has been discovered,
purporting 70 be an issue OF the Central
National Bank Of Norwalk, Conn, and
giving the charter number Of the bank as
4Ol. This bank has never issued a note OF
the series OF 1882, and its charter number
Is 2342. fr
A SPECIAL meeting OF the English cabi.
net was held on the ist on account Of
threatening news from Bulgaria and
Greece.
AsEsxnAL strike took place In the paper.
mills Of Birmingham. Eng, on the lst,
against an ordered reduction Of thirty
three Per cent In wages. II is believed
the strikers will accept more moderate
reduction.
The richest silver ore In large bodies
ever discovered In the United States has
been struck In the Iron Hill mine In Ds-
kosa. Much Of II assays 1b.ooo ounces To
the ton. A fve.foot brsast has been
opened.
the Reading pal iron works, In re-
sponse 10 the petition presented by the
men. advanced wages fifteen per cent.
excepting puddlers, who viii receive three
dollars aud half instead Of three dollars,
Beginning on the ID. Tue employees num-
Der some two thousand.
TIE great strike and shutdown at Bev-
sriy, Mass, was ended on the lst, by an
smicahie adjustment Of the grievances OF
Wallis, KeIlham q Bray by the joint
/ hoard Of arbitration. Most Of tie factories
have started up. .
Bx1xxurs on the 81 Louis division OF
the T,ouisviIIs a. Nashville road are on
strike on questions concerning wages.
THrar is great activity in the British
Foreign 0aiee.
r,vrrrs thousand strikers in The Char
,eroi district. Belgium. refuse 10 return 70
worh. but the riots have been suppressed.
runxsr IL made hy the FfssnaH's
Journal that II the Scotch members help
10 defeat homs.rule The Psrnsllitss viii re-
l,ntls.sly oppose all Scottish measures.
Trr visible supply ef wheat in ths
united States and csnsis, on the a. sc'
eordinx 10 the New York Prcdpes ".
change report. with the amount Of Ehes'
nov Al sea for Europe, amounted 70 W.
iai ssa bushels. against "a - .Sii bushels
-. -, .ra of rprp II .ss5. .07s bushels
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-10
nidn.t Knnr q We. f.aad.d.

B,rrfsoRr. Nd, April 4. = August
Freis, a German, aged forty.hye aud IN
married, was lying on lounge al Cables
summer garden this afternoon reading a
book. and was surrounded BY crowd of
young men and bows who werr examining
. pistol. Ths weapon, which was In the
hands ~ boy of seventeen Years. named
Walter OpIe Cook, was accidentally dis
charged, the bullet crashing through
Ffeis' eye. killing him instantly. A cor.
oner's Jury rendered a verdict of acci-
dental shooting, and the boy was re-
l.a.ed
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-10

PuTssrpsH, Pa. April Mrs. A. C..
slekiin, twenty-eiEht years Of age, is
lyipg tn dying condition At the home Of
her mother, No. ~ Morgan street, ALI
lszhsny. In her dying deposition TO.
night she states that she IL the victim u
sa assault st the hands of her husband,
Edward Nicllln, who, she alleges, ON the
r,crrirr a Thsrsf=T l-s'. = she rs ~
turning IRON = party n nsiEhbor's
house, STRUCK her sith biz fists repeated.
h, knoeking h.r dosn. IN the fsil her
head came IN eosinef with step, pfeduc-
Ine esmpuHad IraelHe u The skail.
Her husband Il In isii. Nr. NlcklIn 10 Z
uephsH Of rsTtlsy CAMPBELL.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-10

rasas we're IN fsIisrss Ia ,hs uaIi.i
States reported fof the seven days ended
the "a, against isi fH the preceding liks
psflod. Canada had "a against N. Tbs
total number of fallafes In thu unltad
Htates from January 10 April 2 IL am,
against 9.sIi IN q like portion In ig5,
Canads had $40 In three months Of issd,
against is7 IN llke share of isaa.
Tvs total number Of rioters killed during
the recent rlotlng In Belgium has been as.
certalned 10 be twenty .sir. Ills probabls
that the persons arrested for melting ihe
strikers 10 violence can not be punished,
as u ls doubtful whether the mere act Of
melting 10 riot Ia punishable under the
provisions Of the penal code.
The freshet IN the James river In vlr.
ginia has been somewhat alarming, but no
serious damage has resulted, though poor
people have suffered most intensely. The
Hood has been slx feet higher than In 1877.
The water was falling on the "a, and the
trains were running through on time.
There was no gas In Richmond on tho "a,
owing 10 the rise IN water.
On the 3D. another Of the wolf.bitien
Russian patients Of NJ. Pastcir died OF by.
drophobIa In Paris.
DISCLOSURES OF a startling nature Of
crooked work In regard TO land grant log.
islation have recently been made. which
may cost several Canadian members Of
Parliament their seats.
FoR the week ending the Sd the total i'm
ports Of merchandise at the port Of New
York were valued at s., ,23i I, ,12O, and Of dry
goods at 81, ,25o,as9.
On the ID In the university boat race be.
tween the Oxford and Camb, ldge crews
on the Thames over the usual course be.
tween Putney and Mortlake, the Cambridge
crew were victorious In 22:2o1.2, II was
| close race.
IT Is reported that the Navajo Indians In
the San Juan country are on the eve OF al
outbreak, and II Is said they threaten tc
kill every white man that does not vacat,
a certain tract Of land which they claim.
A MOB Of Belgian rioters attacked tn,
Trappist monastery at Chimay, but wer'
beaten of by the monks, who had armed
themselves with heavy bludgeons. Th'
rioters said they were more to be fearec
than Belgian troops.
The street car strike at Pittsburgh, Pa.
is onded, mutual concessions having beer
made.
THE sugar duties bill passed its third
reading In the German Reichstag on tn
3D..
IT Is said to be the intention Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Company TO use every mean
within It's power to secure the punishment
OF the strikers who have been participant
in acts OF violence to the property of tn
| company.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-10
Beer AduI,erations.

The New York Mail and Erpress
has been at work among the brewerics
TO ascertain the composition and char
acter Of the beer that good many peo-
pie drink In the metropolis. and Il finds
that much Of the stuff Is not lager beer
at al, but compound which contains
one OF more Of such ingredients AZ
quassia. aloes and nux yomlca. and
very little Of hops. II has interviewed
number Of physicians on the effect Of
drinking such compounds. and finds
them generally agreed that tho drink
ing OF beer tends 10 disease more di-
rectly than the drinking Of liquors.
They found among their patients who
used beer habitually general relaxa-
iion Of the system and degeneration
Of vital power. and among the more
specific effects n marked tendency 10
Bright's disease.
II might be pertinent TO ass. In this
connection, how many people fifty
years Of ago ever heard Of Bright's dis
ease twenty or thirty years agoP IL
was an almost unknown ailment then;
now II Is q quite common affection and
terribly painful one. with results
almost invariably fatal. II Is true that
people have II who do not drink beer,
but there can still be no doubt that
habitual use Of impure beer u respon.
siblc for the rapid multiplication Of
kidney difficulties since brewers learned
the art Of cheap adultcration. The
Mail aud Express says there are q num-
Der Of stores In New York that keep
"brewers' supplies" some Of which
undoubtedly 70 into beer. Some Of
them are TO give II the bitter taste. some
10 make IL foam, and some TO age =
artificiaIly, but all are harmful and =
the end destructive. = -Kingsies IN. ~
Freeman.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-04-10
cRfnrs Avn cAsnArrrn.

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sAser. Ainn. Andrew svsn.sn. aged
sai IN anknosa man we're eremaled
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-17
The CHICAGO ANARCHISTS.


After Many Weeks jury Is Found to
Try Them.
CHICAGO, July 1.-The Jury to try the
eight anarchists was completed at O'Clock
Thursday. The length Of time occupied in
securing the jury has been unprecedented
in this city. The trial WIS opened before
Judge Joseph +. Gary on Monday morning.
June y, and has continued during every
week day since without regard to the ma
tlonal holiday. Twenty one days and a
halt were required to secure twelve men
acceptable to both sides. To obtain thes.,
men "'9 citizens were examined by the
lawyers. Many more than this num-
Der were summoned into court, in all about
l13c0 persons, but over "0J were excused be-
cause OF Ill health, professional duties, lack
OF citizenship, or recent jury service In
The course of the proceedings the defense
exhausted its full quota of 100 peremptory
challenge, while the state used but tifty
two
Friday morning the eight men who are
to answer Tor tue haymarket massacre took
their seats in Judge Garys court Tbey
wtre composed; their manner BETRAYED no
sense OF uneasiness; apparently they were
careless Of the past and indifferent as TO the
future
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-17

BALTIMORE, July 1.-THE uniformed
knights OF st Michael is an association of
members OF St Michaers Catholic church.
Father Emstede, of the church, objects be-
cause 1t claims too much Independence.
Wednesday the Knights, in regalia bore the
body OF deceased member to the church
Tor burial. Father Emstede stood at the
door and forbade them to enter in uniform.
The pall-hearers not wishing to expose the
cofhn to the rain which was falling, took oil
their coats and waistcoats, and in their
sbrt sleeves bore the coffin up the aisle.
The rest of the knights stood outside in the
drenehlnS rain until after the blessing of
tae corpse, when they again took up their
march as. an escort to the grave. They are
all memlers of the church in good standing.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-17
. PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR SELLERS.

synopsis of the Platform Adopted-Pro.
hibitioD Opposed and Personal Lib
erty" Advocated.
PITTSBuRG, July II-The State LIQUOR
league convention came to an unexpected
termination shortly after O'Clock Thurs
day afternoon, adjourning to meet at
Scranton, Pa, on the second Tuesday in
July, 1871. The platform was considered
plank by plank, and adopted after excited
discussion. The following is SYNOPSIS:
The principles set forth at the Reading con.
vention are reafirmed; promises that the
league will assist in the Just
administration of present laws:
oppose constitutional amendment
prohibiting the making and selling of
liquor as an attempt to destroy property
rights and personal liberty dencunces a
license law not uniform in its operations in
all counties; declares that the league en-
pioys no threats and formulates no de-
mands, submitting its principles to the
people, hoping for a conservative and dis
passionate consideration; that in common
with majority OF the people of the state,
the league telleves in temperance in all
things and that intoxication is an abuse of
beverages beneficial in themselves, and that
the league will give its adherence to men
and measures that bespeak aid in CARRYING
out these principles.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-17

FOREST CRY, Ark, July 7I.-Josept
ohaerer, farmer living near here. SHOT
and instantly killed Albert Bird Thursday
afternoon. The latter aud his father had
been employed by Shaerer, and an alterca
ton arose between them over the pay meni
OF 10 cents The elder Bird and his EN-
ployer quarreled and they went for their
guns Returning, Shaerer found the boy.
Albert, alone, his father not having vet re.
turned, and, taking deliberate aim, shot
and killed him.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-17

NEW YORK, July E.-John Roach is re-
ported to be dying at his home at Cottage
folnt, l. l. There is no doubt friend
OF the family says, that Mr. Roach is fas.
passing away. / was there for several
hours Thursday, and the family has no hope
whatever that he will recover
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-17
Conference of Charities and Correction


81. PAUL, July l7-The thirteenth ma
tlonai conference of charities and correc
tion tonvened in the senate chamber of tn,
state capitol at O'Clock Thursday evening,
with about 115 delegates, representing
nearly every state and territory. besi,Ies
The local contingent, which backed the hall
Among those in attendance are Hon r, h.
Hayes, of Ohio; Rev. Fred II. Wines. see.
retary of the Illinois board Of state chari
ties; Cen i. Brinkerhotf, of Mansfield,
Ohio; DR. A. 6. Biers, of Columbus. Ohio;
lev. oscar Mccullough and DIR. ". B.
Fletcher, OF Indianapolis, and many Others
interested In the objects of the convention
I. A. Kerr, acting mayor, welcomed the
delegates, and the response was made by
eA-fresident Hayes, who delivered an clio.
luent address on the progress made in the
ameii0ratIun Of the condition of the desti
tute and vicious
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-07-17

CINCINNATI, July 11.-Lewis, The
stragler, was defeated by Tom Cannon
before small audiences in the Grand opera
boase Thursday night, almost before be
knew the affair had begun The match was
FOR $50 side, best two in three, the winner
to get 20 and the loser 10 per cent of the
gate receipts. The first bout lasted two and
the second four minutes, Cannon winning
both with great ea.e. Parson navies,
Lewis tacker, acknowledged that his man
was lairly beaten, and that he vas in fair
condition. The men talked about another
match, Tut failed to agrss on serms