Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-24
MORE EXTRA SESSION TALK.
A Strong Probability That It viii
Be Called For October.
jim LAIRD STILL A SICK MAN.
HIS Condition Not so Hopeful rs Re-
Gently Supposed-The Prosiden-
tial Centennial Party--Other
Washington Items.
WASHINGTON BUREAU, THE OMAHA BEE
5i3 FOURTEENTH STREET,

WAsHiNGroN, ID. c., April 90.
Thomas B. Reed is the only sspirant for
the speakership OF the fifty-frst congress
now in Washington, with the exception Of
white house and the various departments
to-day, seeking appointments for his constitu-
ents. Mr.. Reed says there will undoubtedly
be an extra session of congress called about
the middle of October Major Mckinley, OF
Ohio, another very prominent speakership
candidate, said, on Saturday, to your corre-
spondent that an extra session would be
called in October. The same opinions were
expressed by Messrs Cannon and Burrows,
of Michigan, the other well-known speaker
ship candidate, within the past two weeks.
These men have all talked to the president
on the subject of an extra session,
and their opinions are based upon
the knowledge they CLEANED from the chief
executives. Nine-tenths Of the republicans
in both houses of congress are of the same
opinion. All of these men have expressed
the belief that the committees will be an
nounced within "a fortnight after the house is
organized This alone will save ut least two
weeks of time. Under the constitution the
house meets in regular session on the first
Monday in December, and 1t is very rare
that the committees are announced before
the second week in January. Sometimes the
committees are not known until the third or
fourth week in January, and thus six weeks
are wasted. The question of having con-
gress meet in extra session in October
simply involves the question of the
advisability or comfort OF having
the regular session run through all of the
hot months next summer or adjourn before
the weather is hot by calling the session six
or eight weeks in advance of the usual time.
Only one member and two senators were
seen at the capitol between 10 and 3 O'Clock
to-day. Nearly all of the committee rooms
We're closed, very few visitors were seen and
there was the most complete deserton of the
capitol building that has been observed for
fifteen months.
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The assistant general passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania railroad, Boyd, was Wis.,
itor at the white house this afternoon and
completed the arrangements for the trans
portation of the presidential party to the
New York Centennial celebration. The
president will be accompanied by Mrs. Har.
rison, Mrs. Mckee, Miss Murphy, the men,
bers of the cabinet and of the supreme court
of the United States, General Scofield, the
special committee of escort from New York
and other digntares. The special train,
which will be under the personal charge OF
Mr.. Boyd, will leave Washington at q. m.
Monday next. Stops will be made ut Balti.
more, Wilmington, Gray's Ferry, Philadel-
phia, Trenton and Elizabeth, arriving at the
| latter city at a. m, where the president
will be the guest of Governor Green, Of New
| Jersey, The party will remain there until
| $50 a. m, where the cars will be taken again
| for Elizabethport. Arriving at 10 a. m. Mt
| Elizabeth they will embark for New York.
| The party win leave New York on special
| rive in Washington about a. IN.
| APPEALS AND DECISIONS.
| The first assistant secretary OF the In.
| terror has given decision in the case of the
appeal of Agnes M. Melville from the de-
cision of the commissioner of the general
| land Office of March 10, 1885, the commits
| sioner having held for cancellation appell-
ants homestead entry upon the northwest
| quarter of section %, township 4 north,
| range 80 west, 9th principal meridian McCook
| land district of Nebraska The entry mad
been contested by Ezra Benjamin upon the
ground that the claimant had not made
| her residence upon the land. The
| evidence submitted showed that she
| had built aimsy structures unfit for habita-
ton in winter, and had merely visited the
| place, staying over night about once every
| six months. Shespleaded poverty as an ex-
| cuse for more strict compliance with the
| law, but the first assistant secretary affi med
| the action of the commissioner, on the ground
| that an occasional visit to II homestead ls not
| sufficient to establish residence thel con,
| and further, that the fact of the claiu ant
owning l60-acre farm, together with r., CIV
ing salary of $50 as a teacher precludcd her
| right to plead poverty.
The first assistant secretary OF the in
| terror has considered the appeal of Sa lei
| Sims from the decision of the commisS ioner
| of the general land Office of November TO-,
1887, holding for cancellation his honest IL !
entry for the northeast quarter of scot on II,
township . north, range 80 west, N eco *
land district, Nebraska. This case involv -
the contest of John Doerner, who claim "a
that Sims had resided on his preeihpti Il
claim during the period of nearly five yea g
since he had held his homestead, to which he
| had made entry three weeks before giving
proof for hls prc-emption. The evidence
| showed that Sims had acted under tie adj
| vice of the local officers regarding his
| right to make the homestead entry before he
| had perfected his pre-emption cash entry
but the first assistant secondary held that
such fact could not affect theo question, as
~ n
| !egaize an illegal act even though that acl
| was done with the permission or under the
! advice Of the local officers. Sims case, how.
| ever, comes within the provisions of the law
giving the right to make the second entry
| to one who has not therefore proved title tC
the tract of land for which he had made en-
try under the homestead law" The iirs
assistant secretary concludes his comment 10y
| referring the case back to the commissoncl
for his further consideration, saying that TIN
evidence seems TO indicate that Sims cle,
comes within the provisions of this law.
NEBRASKA rosTMAsTERs APfoINTEp.
John f. Jewctt, Angus, NuckOIls county
vice ID. Miner, resigned; Frank Heller Blue
Valley, York county, vice w. f.. Gilmore
resigned; George W. Dorsey, bradshaw
York county, vice II. SchallenOergcr, re
movCd a. W. Dawngn, Dixie, Hltchcocl
county, vice w. W. Crouch, resigned, and e
| a. Templeton, Kenesaw, Adams county, vic,
!. S. S. Beckletheimer, resigned.
IOWA PosrMAsTERs APPOINTED.
| H. -. btHhtlJ ScuhT county
vice r. G. Blair, resigned; Poter Kelly
Beuco, Menoma county, vice Is. ID. Pearson
resigned; l.. L.. Houston, Broadway, Lin
county, vice j. II. Campbell, resigned; A. l.
ISurncll, Hull, Sioux county, vice II.
Plumb, resigned; John Hershey, Lisbon, Linz
county. vice y. &, Ringer, resigned; G.Wilk
a inson, Mum, Cedar county, vice j. ". Rock
+ holt2, resigned; John w. Anderson, SaNt
, | ago Polk county, vice q. w. Matteon, nc
signed, aud W. L. Brown, Viola, Linn county
|. | vice T. NJ. Shank!er, resigned.
MiHCsLLASEOCS.
Senator Paddock returned 10 Washington
to-day from New York, where he has DecI
for some time. He intends 10 return L
. Gotham tomorrow evening. Senator Pad
' dock and Representative Lard are the onl
members Of the Nebraska delegation now il
| Washington. Senator MandersOn being ava
! ou cunning expedition. Representativ
, Laird is not recovering AS rapidly as lie eA
pcctcd he would, and tomorrow he goes I
Fortress Monroe, Va, TO remain an indef
! mite period. Senator Paddock will Join hi
= family at Atlantic City after short trip
G New York.
AgMY ORDERS.
y Second Lieutenant Wilson Y. Stampe
q Twenty-frst infantry, will repair TO Ne,
YORK City and report IN person to the snpc
| EtenGcnL OF the recruiting service for teii
| lt,,, ,ns ia Ialu