Omaha daily bee., 1890-01-18

open, frank and straightforward manner in
which he submitted his testimony i'm.
did not believe Mt - time he made use of the
document there " - my forgery connected
with II. He courts tne sharpest and fullest
examination possible, and SAYS he hopes that
there Will be not va; loft uudonc which has
been thought Of (Which can be conceived
by the mind to ti4w light upon this sub.
ject. MIR. Forab AZ says he came here 10
stay until the iuve Ayation is completed and
that he will Coz rate with anyone and
everybody to geS at the bottom OF this out
rage, That the guilty party may be properly
punished. There is no doubt that Wood,
the man who gave Foraker the forged paper,
was trying to curry favor with the governor
for the purpose of securing his endorsement
to an application for an appointment to the
position of smoke inspector, q newly created
office in Ohio.
NEW PosTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
Nebraska-E. Il. Butler, at Tobias, Saline
county, vice w. II. Cowgirl, resigned.
Iowa-Archer Grove, O'Brien county, w.
bar, Marshal county,, L. Larson, vice II.
Thompson, resigned; Patton, Greene county,
Hattie l.. Pemble, vice w. X. Garrett, re-
signed; Plover, Pocahontas county, w. s.
Gibbons, wee A. L. Eggspahler, resigned.
ARMY NEWS.
Upon his W application Captain Louis
II. Rucker, Ninth cavalry, will be relieved
from duty at jefferson barracks. Mo-, by
the superintendent of the recruiting service
when another officer shall report for duty at
the cavalry depot, and will then proceed to
join his troop.
The portion of the sentence imposed by a
general Court-martial December IL, 1880, is
RENTED in the case of Elmer Campbell, late
musician in company G. Twenty-frst infan-
try, who escaped from Fort Bidwell, Cali
fornia, February 6, 1881. and was appre-
hended at Memphis, Tenn, December 81,
1889, and he will be released from c~ontine.
ment at the Little Rock barracks, where no
IS now held.
The leave of absence granted Major Calvin
Dewitt, surgeon, December 81, 1889, depart.
ment of Dakota, is extended to include Feb
ruary q, 1890.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A few days ago Mauford Mott of Kearney
was allowed a pension and inadvertently
a paragraph appeared in connection with
the announcement to the effect that he was
entitled to 81, 500 back pay. No information
can be obtained at the pension Office to
sustain the statement that MIR. Mott is en-
titled to such back pay or that his pension is
retroactive, although it may become so.
Secetary Noble today dismissed the motion
for a review in the case of Alfred Magunsons
involving the southwest Il of section 81,
township 109, range IS, Watertown, S. D.,
land district.
Representative Dorsey has IN
the appointment of Charles A. Woods to be
postmaster at North Platte. The recon-
mendation is equivalent to an appointment
and the announcement is expected at tho
white house soon.
During her reception today Mrs. Mapder-
sons home was cheerfully lighted by shaded
lamps and glowing wood fires that burned
upon the open hearths in all the rooms.
Mrs. Henderson received her friends IN a
handsome toilet of wood-brown satin bro
cade relieved by frills of rare lace. Miss
Madelaine "A. King Of Detroit, in an artistic
gown of dead black wool with a vest and
nlnnNyaa al anFt phtgn ,ntI- atNNl H. l-.
side. In the dining room Mrs. DR.. Flint,
with the Misses Yates and Miss Brown of
Omaha and Miss Taft of Boston, presided
over a pretty tea table from which confec-
tionery and cheering beverages were plenti-
full dispensed.
Edward Benton of Fremont is q guest of
Representative and Mrs. Dorsey.
The presidents proclamation opening the
Sioux reservation is expected daily now
Representative Morse of Massachusetts
addressed the house committee on
today in advocacy of his two bills, one for
the entire repeal of the Interstate
law and the other for the repeal Of the long
and short haul and antI-pooiing sections.
At the cabinet meeting today Secretary
Window submitted a draft of a bill prepared
by himself in regard to the coinage of silver,
aud it received the approval OF the president
and most of the members. The bill will
probably be introduced In the house by Con-
ger of lowe Monday next.
A delegation Of Oneida Indians from
northern Wisconsin called at the Indian bu-
reau today and presented q petition asking
for the suspension of the work of allotting
lands to members of their tribe uni, they
can be- fully heard and the views of the In
dams obtained upon the allotment scheme.
The commissioner declined to order the sus-
pension and expressed the opinion that the
delegation represented only the non-pro-
| g~ressive members of the tribe.
The senate committee on patents today
instructed Senator Platt to report favorably
the bill known as the Chace international
copyright bill, which was pending before
congress during the last session.
A favorable report was today ordered by
the house committee on military affairs on q
bill to authorize the president to confer the
brevet rank upon officials OF the arm for
gallant services in Indian campaigns.
The house committee on elections today
heard arguments by counsel in the contested
election case Of Featherstone VS.. Cate.
PERRY s. HEATH.