Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-04-13

| the WIDOW OF GENERAL hOoert Anderson;
pensloning q soldiers "fCster mother"
| giving pension of $50 per month TO the
widow of Brig. Gen. Taylor; $50 per
month to the widow of Commander Will
liam Gibson, and $50 per month to the
! widow of Medical Inspector Derby, of the
navy. The bill to provide for the admis-
| sion of the state of DAKOTA into the union
and for the organization of the territory
! of Lincoln was tnen taken up, and took
| the place of unfinished business. Ad-
! jourIed until Monday.
! HOUSe.-This morning at Has the
house entered upon the fourth day of its
contest over the direct tax bill, the legis-
latlve day of Wednesday still continuing.
! The situation remains unchanged and
here is no present prospect of breaking
! the deadlock. Both sides are determIn ed
to keep up the fight a2L it is threatened
! that the house will be kept in continuous
session without recess being taken until
| the question is settled either by com
| promise or by one side Internationally
| surrenderipg its position. Roll call fol
| lowed roll call until $50 when the house
| took q recess till l1:30 tomorrow.
SATURDAY, April I.
RouSe.-The house met this morning at
11:3O O'Clock In conformation of Wsdues-
days session. The regular order being
| demanded the speaker stated the pending
| question was upon the motion of Mr..
Taylor that the house resolve itself into
committee of the whole on the direct tax
bill. Some debate ensued between Messrs.
Reeds and Oates, looking TO a compro
| mise, but none was arrived at and fill
clustering was resumed. After some time
Mr.. Taylor proposed the house go into
committee of the whole, the general debate
on the direct tax bill to be limited to one
hour but no limitation TO be fixed upon
debate under the five minute rule Mr.
Oates objected but finally consented to
recess until 11:45 q. m. Monday, and the
house so agreed. Dispute the apparent
| willingness of the opponents of the bill
to accept Mr.. Taylor's proposition, on
Monday, the parliamentary status of the
bill remains unchanged. The PROPOSE
| tion, which will probably be aoce pied
brings the house practically back to the
same position it occupied when Mr.. Tay-
lor submitted his first motion Wednesday,
MONDAY, April 9.
Sendte.-Sen. Payne, from the commit
tee on foreign relations, reported the
| joint resolution accepting the invitation
of the Belgian government to participate
LII thC SAhlblIlOu at DIuS-
sells, and appropriatiug $4,000 for that
purpose. 1t was passed. The house bill
to give validity to certain patents for in
vention that were irregulaaly issued,
being signed by Second Assistant Secre-
tary of the interior Hawkins, instead of
the secretary himself, was passed. The
bill for the admission of Dakota and the
organization of the territory of Lincoln,
hnt
finally laid over till tomorrow.
HouSe.-The demand for regular order
from Mr.. Reed opened the six days con-
test over the direct tax bill, when the
house met this morning at 11;45 in con
tinHation of the session of Wednesday
last. The speaker stated the regular
order to be voted upon was the motion
submitted b. Mr.. Taylor, of Ohio, that
the house GO into the committee of the
whole upon the direct tax bill. After
some dilatory motions the first roll call
of the calendar was proceeded with. Until
2:30 the clerk continued to call the roll
| upon the varioGs dilatory motions sub
mitted. At that hour the house found
| itself without quorum and Mr.. Weaver
moved and Adjournment. Some interest
was shown in this vote as it would de-
velope the strength of opposition to the
measure and disclose whether there was
any sign of weakening on either side of
the controversy. The motion WAS de-
feated; nays 115, yeas so. There being
practically no change in the relative
strength call of the house was ordered.
At 10:15, while dilatory motions were
piled up, one upon another, in great
variety, E. B. Taylor succeeded in having
motion for recess until 11:45 tomor-
row pushed through.
The Story of Christian Lorch.
Peoria Democrat
Some months ago man named Chris
tian Lorch, who had, with his wife and
three children, emigrated from Germany,
reached this city. A stranger in a
strange land, ignorant of its customs and
tho ways of Its people, unfamiliar with
its language, and without single friend
he found it a difficult matter to find en-
ployment. He worked at odd Jobs when
ever he could get them, but could not
| earn enough to keep the wolf from howl
ing at his door. His family took sick
and starvation stared them in the face
In moment of desperation-it seemed
at that time the mOckery of despair-he
sat down and wrote letter to his old
| liege, the Emperor William of Germany.
In that letter, written in the sim plicIty
that ever attends upon sincerity, he pour
ed his hearts saddest SORROWS, sealed it
and mailed it as one in a dream, and re-
turned to battle with the world and fight
against his hapless fate. Four or five
| weeks rolled around and one morning the
| mali carrier left registered letter at his
door. Something of Lorchs astonish-
menJ can be immagined when il is known
! that on opening the letter he found it to
| contain draft for p comfortable sum of
| money and a personal letter from the
Emperor bidding him to be of good
cheer, but if he could not find steady em-
| ployment and wished to return 10 Ger
many he (the Emperor) would send
money to pay the expenses of the famiIy's
return to Germany. After the first trans
! ports of Joy Lorch took the letter TO Rev.
| HertZler, pastor of the German Metho-
dist Church of this city. The reverend
| gentleman interested himself in the
mans behalf and secured for him the
| janitorship of the Young Mems Christ
ian Association building, where he is now
working. When the news of the Emper
ors death reached this city Lorch was
met on the street by a gentleman, who,
seeing that he was plunged into deepest
| grief, inquired its cause It was then that
| the story as here narrated came out, and
! it is safe to assert that not in America or
! in the fatherland did the late Emperor
| William have more sincere INQUIRER