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A PROCLAMATION,

President Harrison has issued the annual
Boring Sea proclamation. 10 recites from the
Revised Statutes the enactment that No per
son shall kill any otter, mink, marten. sable,
or fur seal, or other fur bearing animal, within
the limits Of Alaska Territory or ia the waters
thereof; aud every person guilty thereof shall
FOR each oifense be fined not less than 5000 nor
more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than
six months, or both -" and also recites that
" IL shall! he the duty Of the Secretary 10 pre-
vent the killing Of any fur seal" The prOcla-
nation closes with warning all persons against
entering the waters Of Boring Sea within the
Dominion Of the United States for tho purpose
OF violating tho provisions OF section $50, Re
vised Statutes; aud proclaimng that all per
sons found 10 be, or TO have been engaged in
any violation Of the laws in said waters will be
arrested and punished as above provided, and
that all vessels 50 employed, their tackle, ap-
parel, furniture, and cargoes will be seized aud
forfeited
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ERMY kND NAVY.

A change is to take place In the commands Of
two divisions ia the West Gen. Buyer, com
handing tho Department. CT Dakota. has been
ordered to assume command Of ti.c Division OF
the Pacific on the retirement u Gen. Gibbon.
on the 2Dth inst. Who Will succeed Gen Buger
has not yet been given out, but the command
will deyolye either "n tho new Rgigadier- Gen
cr.li 10 be- or On aH officer now in command Of
some other loss desirable Department.
Lieut. Alexander Sharp. &. ,. n. has re-
linqui,hed the command ~ the battalion Of
Naval cadets 40 the Naval Academy aud I.ieut.
William 4. Pullman vii. sake up his-wcrs
Under Lieut.. Sharp's Instruction the battalion
has reEcned "a very high state Of proficiency in
dr.il.
Al latest repo-t7 the U. s. s. Galcna which
went ashore OF Vineyard Haven n short time
ago c3uHot be made seaw0rthy again. She
Will probably have 10 be sent to the serap-heap.
The dispatch boat Dolphin has gone out Of
commission. 1t is proposed to equip her with
powerful wTecking plant. 50 that she may be
able to blow up wrecks obstructive % naviga-
tou, ~ place Of tho Dispatch which will
probably be condemned. The Dolphin will
also be suitably Cited up foT the use Of the
President and OF the Navy Department, when
II is desired 10 extend courtesies % dstin-
guishcd visitors.
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After Many Years.

During the war there existed in Columbia
County. Pa, nest of Copperheads known as
the Fishing Greek COnfederacy," which pro-
tected desegters and drafted men. In August,
1861, Solomon Taylor, a Provost Marshal,
called upon several citizens to go with him into
this territory aud arrest some drafted men
who had failed to report. Among those who
went upon this duty was Lieut.. j. Stewart
Robinson, who lad recently been mustered
out Of the 9TH Pa Reserves at the conclusion of
his three years service. About midnight the
party came upon three men, whom they ordered
to halt but instead Of doing so the latter fred,
aud wounded Lieut.. Robinson in the bowels,
from the effect Of which ne died three months
later. Who the murdeIer5 were was suspected
but not really known until lately when Thomas
Smith, one OF the party, went to Wilkes Barre
aud made a full confession that he, Miner
Smith aud Elias Young. q farmer living in that
County. were the party who did the firing
Elids Young was immediately arrested and on
his preliminary examination testimony was
received from other members Of the party at
the occurrence aud Young was bound over to
await trial. Ii was proved that on the night
OF the firing he took a shot gun from neigh
boring house and loaded il with q bullet and
three shot. Young claims that he did not do
the shooting but was out counting that night.
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ABOUT PEOPLE,

A handsome oil painting Of Gen. Cyrus Bus
sey has been on exhibition ut the aTt-roOms Of
leerhGf, in Washington. The General is rep
resented iE fGll military uniform, and wearing
the magnificent sword which was presented
10 him by the members Of the 81 Iowa Cav.
the picture Of which. with its history. appeared
in a recent number Of THE NArIuSAL TRIB-
USE. q. To Grand Johnston IS tie artist, and
tho painting. which Is fully tx feet ~ hight,
will be presented 10 the Iowa State Historical
Society aud placed il the State Capitol al Dcs
M0ines
Gen. Nelson Miles is in Mexico on visit.
AMI according 10 the Mexican newspapers no
must be having jolly good time On April 6.
he was rendered a reception by President Diaz
who received him in the audience chamber Of
the palace. A series Of military mauuyers
were ordered in his honor, and later hc was
given n reception by tie United States Minis
ter. The Mexican Secretary OF War has or
dered military baud 20 play I'm front o! the
hotel, at which the General il stopping. every
evening while his visit continues.
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APPOINTMENTS.

The President has appointed Edward T..
Hatch 10 he Collector Of Customs for the Dis.
tTict of Alaska; John &. Daucy 90 ls Collector
Of Customs Tor the District Of Wilmington, n.
C.; James T. Bushee % be Spectral Agent 10 al
lot lands IN sevCEalty TO the cDnicdcraicd bands
Of Cayuse Wala Nalla, and Umati,la Indians ;
also Robert ". Furna5 Of Nebraska to BE- Com
missiuHcr-at- LARGE at the Columbian EXPOSE
ton, aud Hale G.. Parker. o! Misscuri. % be
Alternate Ccmmissioner-at-Larg Mr Parker
Is n cOl0rod man.
George Madison Drake, Of Tennessee. has
been appointed by the Postmaster General
Chief Clerk OF the Foreign Mails bureau of
the POsiodlce Department. To tails office
special interest attaches now. owing % She ac-
tiyity due to the postal subsidy bill. Da,ko
was private in tho Confederate army, and ia
1864 Confidential Secretary TO Gen. E7agr.
His politics since the war have beer EepahH.
can, and he has been engaged ia newspaper
work aud in the Postoiiice Department. whence
he was removed BY tho Democratic Admiuis-
tratiOn.
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NEW ORDNANCE,

As a result Of the ratification appropriation
ACT which is TO 20 into effect on June 30, there
has heeu much activity among the officers at
the War Department in preparing 10 give effect
to some Of itS most important provisions. The
sum OF 100000 has been appropriated by Con-
gross for The steel forgings Tor large s, 10. and
l2-inch Tled coast guns, aud 100000 wiil BE-
available for :, 10. aud l2-ineh armor- piercing
projectilcs The finished guns will be turned
out from the Watc7vliet factory and tho armOr-
piercing projectiles are 10 be manufactured by
a domestic concern upon specifications that will
secure the use Of some one OF the modern
European patented processes Tho three-inch
mortars appropriated for will mark a new do
parture In field operations They are intended
10 replace the small cohorns which are used in
trenches for Smelling an enemy behind earth
works, OF like dcfenses and out of the direct FIRE
OF feld-guns Their range is nearly three
tit2ps as great rs the cohorn smooihborc
m6tars, the proiectile is more than twice as
heavy, aud great accuracy of fire is obtaihable.
The weight Of the piece is about 525 pounds, so
that IL can be easily transported in a wagon or
moved about by men in the trenches.
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BURIED AT ARLINGTON.

Mrs. Jeanette Van Deusen, wife Of Capt.
Alfred ii. Van Deusen, Commander Of Post 6,
GAR, Department Of the Potomac, aud a lady
who was for a long time prominent member
Of tho Potomac Relief Corps died at her home
IN Washington, Monday, April @. Tie promi-
ncnce aud long services Of Mrs Van Deusen i'm
the W.llC., aud Of her husband in the GAR,
made the funeral "A matter Of great interest Ia
the comrades, and 70 the members If the
auxiliary society, and 10 was very largely
attended by them. The remains were escorted
20 Arlington Cemetery aud there buried with
the beautiful funeral ceremonies Of the w. re,
conducted by Mrs. Prentice, the President
Mrs. Meisner, Senior Vice. President; Mrs.
Paige, Junior Nice-Presidcnt, and Mrs Vase
Chaplain. This is the first time that these
ceremonies were ever seen IN Arlington Gene.
terry, which, previous 20 the interment Of Mrs.
Van DCusen, contained the bodies Of but two
or three women, who were the wives Of Regu-
lar Army officers.
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THE KIRcAiD-TluLBEE AFFAIR,

No trial has created 20 much interest In
Washington Of late rs that Of Charles r. Kim
caid, the newspaper correspondent indicted
for the killing Of Representative Taulbee Of
Kentucky, in February, 1890. This trial came
30 a conclusion, after a few weeks duration.
with the verdict Of not guilty. The trouble
grew out OF the recitation by Kincaid in a
Louisville paper of the facts about Taulbes's
being caught in compromising circumstances
with young woman, clerk in the Patent
Office, one afternoon, in the files room of the
Department The article aud the nature of
subsequent dispatches from the pen Of Kincaid
were calculated 20 spoil Taulbee's chances for
a reelection. The affair caused bad blood be.
tween the two and several encounters took
place, until at last one day there was another
meeting in tho Capitol, when Taulbee pulled
Kincaid's ear, and warned him that he had
better arm himself Kiucaid did So aud later
IN the day the two met again at the foot Of
the stairs. Taulbee made rush for Kincaid.
and the latter (ho claims), on the impulse OF
the moment and believing that the result was
to be Taulbee's life or his, fred aud Taulbee
fell. Sympathy seems 10 have been with Kim
caid from the first, and his acquittAl was not
unexpected.
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POLITICAL NOTES,

The gentlemen who feel that their main
duty in life is TO make political revelations
have discovered that President Harrison's
motive in appointing Hon. Charles Foster Sec
Rotary Of the Treasury was % provide himself
with a capable engineer for his sec0nd-t torn
boom, and that Mr.. Foster has already begun
operations. aud to reOrGaGizs the New York
Cu7tomhouse on business basis and in tho
interest Of his chiefs denomination. Col. Err
hardt, the present Collector, is said to be
persona grata 20 Hon. Thomas G. PIatt. who
has firm grip on the throttle-valves Of the
New York Republican machine. The same is
true OF Appraiser Cook Collector Erhardt's
right-hand man. Therefore these gentlemen
are to be given pleasant berths elsewhere, and
their successors will be men Of Mr. P.atts
selection; the New York delegation viii thus
be made solid for a second term, and the boom
be successfully launched.
The conference at Columbus, o., between
Senator sherman and the Republic leaders,
did not result rs many anticipated The
veteran Senator did not take the opportunity
to declare that he was out Of the race, and his
mantle was 40 the service Of some younger
man. Ga the other hand he said little about
the Senatorial succession. aud said that very
automatically, leaving it 10 be inferred that
the call Of the people would not have 20 b3
very loud or very urgent to induce him 10
decide TO remain i'm the race. This was a sora
aksr and other candidates, and there is talk Of
bringing pressure 90 bear upon the old gentle
msu. Ihe Farmers Ali3uca element IS said
10 DO distinctly hostile % him, a5 we'll as q
strong faction IN the Republican party. The
latter IS urging appeal Of the matter to the
people, by having candidate for Senator put
in nomination By the State Convention, and
voted FOR By the people at the general election
this Fail.
Senator John Sherman says that the country
is highly pleased with President Harrisou's Adj
miEistatiOu. but hU does not thini, he will be-
rcu0Eiinated. The disposition OF the people
seems 10 10 TO do away with the older leaders.
aud replace them with Younger men. This in
d'cates Maj. Mckinley IS 4 possibility. The
National Convention is q long way of, Of
course, but the chances now are in favor Of a
younger man than President Harrison. Mr..
Blame las probably too much sol etude in re-
CARL to lis health to allow himself % be a can
didate. Mai Mckinley can and probably will
be elected Governor OF Ohio. Ii is very i'm
probable that Cleveland can secure renomi-
nation.
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THE PRESIDENTS TRIP,

The President. Mrs Harrison. Mrs. Dimmick,
Postmaster General Wauamakcr. Secretary
Husk, Private Secretary lIa.iord, and others
left Washington Tuesday morning for q trip
through tho South and West the destination OF
the party being san Francisco The total dis
lance going aud coming will be about 1900
miles. The trip D. san Francisco will be made
via Chattanooga, Birmingham, Memphis and
Galveston, returning via Portland. salt Lake
City, Denver, Omaha Springfield, and Indian
apOlis. The party win remain in San Fran
cisco aud vicinity until the night Of May 3
the return trip beginning the next morning
and the company will arrive in Washington
again on Friday, May -. in the afternoon.
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seemed to be aggravated in Winter by the
climate Of Washington, and he expects 10
spend a portion Of each year hereafter AZ
Aiken, 5. e., although retaining his residence
in Vermont. Mr.. Edmuuds has been in the
Senate since 1866, being appointed "a q Rcpub-
lean 10 I'll the vacancy caused by tie death Of
Solomon Foot lie was elected By the Legs-
lature for the remainder Of the term ending
March 4, 1859, and has been reelected sue
ecssively four times. His term Of service would
have expired March 3 I-g3, but his resignation
viii take effect next November. Speculation is
rife in Washington as 70 his successor. Secre-
tary Of War Proctor seems to be the most avail
able candidate. aud IL is thought he will not
refuse the position if Offered 10 him by tho
Governor, who has the appointment 10 make
as the Legislature does not meet between this
time aud next November.
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AcouwTERFEIT SILVER CERTIFICATE.

The Treasury Department people are in a
worry over the fact that there has come into
their hands several counterfeit bills Of the s.
silver certificate which bears the portrait Of
Gen. Hancock. The extent Of their circnla-
ton is not known, as they bear 50 close d re-
ssmblanco TO the genuine note that they can
not be readily detected, except by experts.
The issue Of the regular series Of the g silver
certificate has been suspended. a substitute
will soon be issued, bearing the portrait Of tho
late Secretary Window. None Of the notes Of
the old series coming into the officials hands
will be Teissued
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The PAR-REPuBLIcAN CoNoREss

The General Committee of the proposed Pan
Republican Congress 10 be held in 1888. which
is 10 bring together all the delegates from all
Republics Of the world 10 consider the interests
Of free institutions aud the best means for pro-
noting Republican form Of Government. held
its second meeting in Washington on Friday
last about 60 members being present out Of the
200 forming the committee. The work Of the
committee is progressing satisfactorily, Judging
from the reports. A resolution providing that
after the adjournment Of the Congress I'm 1893
three other congresses be held at intervals OF
five years in the great cities of the republics Of
the world; the first in Paris, the second in Rio
dc Janeiro, and the third in Borne, and that
in 1893 the work Of the General COMMITTEES
cease, was approved and referred back 10 the
Executive Committee with power 10 carry into
effect its provisions. After further discussion
on various matters relative 10 the proposed
Congress in 1893, the committee adjourned
20 meet again Oct. III, at some place to be Sc
lected by the Executive Committee.
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RELATIVE INCREASE OF THE r

RELATIVE INCREASE OF THE RACES.
A bulletin was recently Issued by SuPerin-
tendent Porter, Of the Ceusus Bureau, in rela-
ton 20 the increase Of the white and coloTed
population in the Southern States during the
last decade. The total population Of the South
Crn States embraced in this count is % 81, 2J9,
Of which lGs6s, eos are white, 6 1866 100 colored,
and l0,soS Chinese, japanese and Indians. The
whites have increased in the last ten years nj
the rate of 2l.6 per cent, aud the cOlorcd peO-
pie have increased 40 the rate Of only about
1879 per cent This shows that the colored
race has not held its own against the white in
a region where tho climate and conditions are
most favorable 10 its development. South Car
olina, Mississippi and Louisiana contained in
1899 a larger number Of cOloTcd people than
whites, and ia South Carolina more than three
fourths Of the people are c0lored. Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina aud Virginia
have a c0lOTed element ranging from One-third
70 one-half Of the population. This dispose7
of the popular impression that the negroes arc
increasing At a more rapid rate than the
whites The facts as ascertained sustain the
theory that the high rate of increase in tho
growth Of the cllored population rs shown in
loS0 was apparent, not real, and was due 10 the
imperfect enumeration Of 1850
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VETERANS IN THE CITY.

Capt J. II. Stewart, 93d n. Y. 81 U. 8. Cav,
and i5th u. S. e. T., Goodland Kan. Comrade
Stewart served nearly through the war as an
enlisted man, in the regiments first named,
aud was then given q commission in the 4jth
L. 5. G. r., from which hs was mustered out
a' Captain. lie was for many years a Meth
odist preacher, until an affection of the throat
compelled him to dcsist from preaching. when
he started the Republican, of GoOdIand, which
he still owns and edits.
H. d. Mack, 10th n. Y, Rush, II. Y. Com
Tade Mack Is a farmer
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THE LAFAYETTE Static

AZ the corner Of Executive avenue and
Pennsylvania avenue or nearly opposite the
White House, In the corner Of the Park, there il
being finished the erection Of heroic statue
Of Gen. Ia Fayette. This is the statue thar
came from France. hut il was nOt donated by
the French Government 10 this country, as L
popularity supposed il was purchased by an
appropriation Of Congress. On the east and
west sides 81 the pedestal are bronze figures 81
DE Rochambcau, DE Grasse, DE Estaing aud
Duportail. On the south side is a bronze figure
representing the Goddess Of Fame, with up.
lifted hand, presenting the sword Of liberty Ia
Lafayette. All these bronze pieces are credit
able works Of art and the criticism Of them
n very favorable indeed. Two bronze cher.
ubs on the north side Of the monument hold
Rloft a shield on which is 10 be engraved
a dedicatOry inscription. There is one fault
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the United states sen
ate Of Hon. George T.
Elmuuds. Of Vermont.
The resignation was sent
20 the Governor Of Yer
mont, and q mott ication
Of il to Hon. Levi z.
Morton. the Prcsidento Of
tho senate. 10 is be-
lieyed that ilI-health
prompted the step, after
many years Of valuable
service in tho halls Of
Congress. Mr.. Edmuud5
has been troubled with
a throat disease. which
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Soldiers, Hnma,ieads-

There are many old veterans who have never
applied to file homestead. and there are a
few who have; there are quite number OF
the latter who filed within railroad limits, and
were restricted to SO acres, some getting only
40
IL all these ex-sOldieTs and sailors who fled
a homestead, aud proved upon less than I6O
acres before June -. 1874, will send their
names and p. q. addresses to w. T. Moses,
p. o. Box I765 Denver, Colo, they can find q
cash buyer for the fraction. Write him at
once.
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A NEW United sTArEs rpRasuerR.

Mr. +. " Nedecker, OF Indiana, VIII sue
coed Mr. J. n. Huston, Of ihc same State. as
United States Treasurer. Mr. Nedceker is a
retired banker. aH intimate personal friend OF
President Harrison, aud one OF the most prom
inent Germans IN Indiana. His nome is at
Cuviugtou.
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1t Was.

4iUUtIAtWo.I
Susie CumsO (aged seyen)-I wonder If that
eagle is married?
Freddy Fangle Jagged nine)-Don't you SEQ
it's bald eagle2
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about these figures Their heads are entirely
too large in proportion 90 their bodies. and this
defect is so glaring that 20 most people IL mars
the whole piece of work. There will be no
formal unvailing ceremonies until Congress
meets, aud an appropriation Is made for the
purpose.
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SENATOR EpMUNps RESIGNS.

Much surprise and regret was caused in po-
litical circles last week at tho resignation from
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The pr8iractcd anxiety a. 10 who should
receive thc appointment Of Third Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury has been ended by
dropping the whole list Of ex Representatives
WHO were considered likely" and who were
more or less urgently pressed upon the alton
ton Of President Harrison aud Secretary Eos
ter and thc appointment Of a man whom none
OF the wiseacres thought Of lie Is Can't.
Lorenzo Crounze, formerly Of New York. but
citizen Of Nebraska for the Last Is years.
Capt CTouuze was born ia Schoharie County.
n. y. ben 1884 graduated from the law IN 1855,
aud BEGAN practice in Montgomery County,
that State, in IsJj. AZ the outbreak OF the
war be raised Battery X lst n. Y Art. after
ward hioehng'sl, aud commanded IL Tor year.
when he was SO severely wounded as 10 noccs.
state li's resignation. lie removed 10 Nebraska
IN lea5 became member Of the Territorial
Legislature aud assisted In giving birth
20 tho new State. in 1867 he was elected
Associate Justice OF the Supreme Court Of
Nebraska aud upon the expiration Of his term
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Al a Pennsylvania avenue peanut stand:
Treasury Clerk-say, Macaroni, you hain't
given half as big a bags peanuts for Eve cents
as you did last week.
Macaroni--I knowa IT, Peanuta higher dis
a-week-a.
TC.-Why? Now, don't try to work that
played out McRinlcy-biil gag on me.
Macaroni-No Mckinley billa abouta tia !;
war maka ita. Lasta woeka Italia 20 to ighta
disa country. Peanutta 80 downa lilza leada
Dis weeka Italy say she no Gghta. Peanutta
90 Upa like ball0Oua. Seer
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Very Notifying.

"His affliction is dreadful modification to
Holly.
What Is his troubIeP"
"He has an ingrowing mustache."
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With half an ear open one can hear many
things in Washington, and one Of these things
is that reason for the Italian Governments
being dissatisfied with Baron Faya is that he
had in too great measure the Italian quality Of
stinginess. ills Government expected him 10
be liberal-that Is, liberal according TO Italian
ideas-in entertainment, but be chose rather 20
save aud pocket the money allowed him FOR
that purpose, aud, while a constant attendant
at the entertainments given by Others, was
very niggardly about hospitality at,the Italian
Legation. However, this may DO merely tho
invention Of disappointed diuers-out.