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AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATIONS
Few Changes Made in the Bill by the
Senate Committee.

Few Changes Made in the Bill by the
Senate Committee.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-The changes
made by the Senate Committee on APP
preparations in the agricultural appropri-
alton bill were few in number, the most
important being the addition of pro
vision allowing manufacturers ofsorghum
sugar to remove from bond distilled
spirits of not less than $50 per cent.
strength free of tax, when used in the
manufacture of sorghum sugar, and to
recover spirits by redistilling under suit
able bonds and regulations.
The other new items are: To enable
the Secretary of Agriculture to continue
the Investigations concerning the feast
bility of extending the demands of for
eign markets for the use of agricultural
products, $500; to enable the Secretary
TO collect and disseminate information re-
garding silk culture; to purchase and dis
tribute eggs and mulberry trees, and con-
duct experiments in silk reeling in the
District of Columbia, $4,000; purchase
and distribution of seeds to drought suf-
terers west of the Missouri River. $780,
600.
The committee increased from S6S3, 900
TO $4,000 the appropriation for agri-
cultural experimental stations, and from
5000 to $4,000 the appropriation for ex-
perimental sugar manufacture.
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Civil scrvice Reform.

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The Com
mittee on Reform in Civil Service, in sub
mitting to the House to-day the bill
outlined IN these dispatches Saturday for
the reorganization Of the Civil Service
Commission, says in part: zone objec-
ton to the present law is that person
appointed to a position, after having
passed the civil service examination,
may be discharged by his superior, even
without cause. This is not the intent and
spirit of the law, and the committee con-
cluded that a remodeling was desirable,
in order that the duties of the commits
sion and OF the appointing officers might
be clearly stated and defined.u
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OKLAHOMA LANDS.
Scheme Practiced by SliarDers, to De-
fraud Honest Settlers.


fraud Honest Settlers.
WASHINGTON, March 2-The Secretary
of the Interior has received information
that parties in Guthrie and Arkansas City
have large quantities Of soldiers declara-
tory statements, awaiting an opportunity
to file them on lands to be opened to set
tlement in that Territory. 1t is stated
that these parties have visited the Soldiers
Homes in different parts of the country
and obtained from large number of vet
Grams powers Of attorney to locate for
them lands i'll Oklahoma.
So successful, it is stated, has this
scheme been, that thousands of acres
have been entered, ostensibly by old
soldiers, when, in fact, it was scheme To
defraud honest settlers. When any Of
the latter settled upon piece of land the
alleged attorney would wait until the
settler built his house or fenced his land,
then go to him and demand consider
able sum to relinquish his soldier title"
The Interior Department Will institute
criminal proceedings for perjury against
any and all persons who have filed declar-
atOry statements, and who can be shown
to have direct or indirect interest there
in
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High Gas Bills.

Recently happened to be in the office
of one OF the Brooklyn gas companies,
and while | was waiting to speak with an
officer of the corporation l heard several
persons who came in to pay their bills
complain lnat they We're excessive.
Do many people cause trouble about
their bills being too high?" l asked the
Secretary.
We'll, / should say so,n was the reply.
why we have to keep man in our em-
ploy whose duty it is to answer complaints
of one kind or another Some of the notes
that we receive are original and amusing.
Hero is a postal card / received in the last
mail:
Dear Sir: The next time you send a
man here to find leak, don't send a boy
who has got cold, and can't smell gas.' y
-Neao York Star.
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POSTAL SUBSIDY BILL.
Provisions of the Measure Now in the
Presidents Hands.


Presidents Hands.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The postal
subsidy bill has received final action in
Congress and now goes to the President
for his signature.
The provisions of the bill in substance
are as follows:
The Postmaster General is authorized
to contract, after due advertisement, with
the lowest responsible bidders for terms
not less than five nor more than ten
years, with American citizens, for carry
ing mails on American steamships be-
such foreign ports, excluding Canada, as
In his judgment will best promote the
postal and commercial interests of the
United States.
The mail service will be distributed
equitably among the Atlantic, Mexican,
Gulf and Pacific ports. The vessels are
to be American built ships, owned and
oficered by American citizens, and the
crew is to be composed of American citi-
zens in the following proportions: Dur
ing nrSt two contract years one-fOurth
next three, one-third and remaining time
at least one-half.
Vessels are to be constructed after the
latest and most approved types, divided
into four classes, as follows: First class.
iron or steel 20-knot vessels of not less
than 5000 tons (AmericanEn English mails
are TO be carried by this class entirely;
second class, iron or steel l6-knot vessels
of not less than $500 tons; third class;
iron or steel l4-knot vessels not less than
2,500 tons.
The vessels of the first, second and
third classes are to be constructed with
particular reference to their prompt and
economical conversion into auxiliary
naval cruisers, on plans approved by the
Secretary of the Navy, and strong
enough to carry six-inch rifles, and Of
highest known rating.
The compensation to be paid for mail
service is as follows: First class, 81 PEI.
mile; second class, 81 per mile by short
est practicable route for each outward
voyage; third class, 81 per mile; fourth
class, two-thirds of dollar per mile for
the number of miles required by the
Postotfice Department to be travelled on
each outward voyage.
Provisions are made for deductions on
account of omitted voyages or delays, for
the transportation of a mail messenger on
each vessel, for carrying apprentices or
cadets of American birth lone for each
thousand tons, for the use of the vessels
by the United States as transports or
cruisers upon payment to owners of the
actual value at the time of taking, and
for the assignment of duty on vessels.
under furlough pay, of naval officers who
may volunteer for service.
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Special to the REcoRp-UN1oS.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE con-
ferees on the diplomatic appropriation
bill had meeting to-day and con-
sidered the only item of dispute be-
tween the Senate and House, viz: the
transpacific cable bill. After consider
able discussion an agreement was reached
whereby subsidy of Sl50,0O0 will be an
nually paid to the cable company that
may desire and is able to lay the cable,
provided Hawaii viii furnish one-third
of this amount as her quota of aid. The
subsidy is to be paid annually tor pc
riod of fifteen years.
Representative Morrow and General
Hartwell feel much encouraged, and be-
heve that the conference report viii be
adopted tomorrow
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Tho Pope,s Anniversary.

ROME, March 2.--The Pope to-dayis re-
ceiving congratulations upon tho occasion
OF the eightieth anniversary of his birth
day.
Cardinal La Valletta presented an adj
dress from the Sacred College.
The Pope. in the course of his response,
said he had passed another year of ankle
ties and vexations due to attacks on tho
church. The position was similar to that
i'll Gregory's pontificate, when the church
combatted the Lombards. Though tho
barbarians tried his patience, Gregory's
greatest trials We're with internal enemies,
who were less ferocious, but more evil
than the barbarians, so that now tho
malice of the church's enemies was SUBJ
tie, but their S1areS would not prevail,
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supreme Court Commissioner.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 2.-The Su-
preme Court to-day selected ex-Justice
jackson Temple rs Supreme Court Com
missioner to succeed Judge Robert B.
Eayne, resigned.
Judge Temple is from Santa Rosa,
where he was Superior Judge for many
Years. 1t was before him that the famous
Cotton case was tried. In November,
1856, he was appointed by the Governor
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to
succeed Justice Ross. About year and
a half ago he resigned on account of ILL
health.
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AN ANCIENT FARMHOUSE.
What the French Hostelries Were
Like in the Middle Ages.


The houses of the farmers and the coun-
try people differed then as now, according
to their rank and prosperity, and also ac-
cording to the district they inhabited
says the F'ortnightty ReUieao. The yoeman
farmer, and even the well-to-do husband
| man, dwelt in solid house of brick O,
stone, tiled or slated, with a paved yard
separating it from the barns, the out
houses, the dairy and the cattle pens. The
| farmhouse, which in England was al
ways constructed with a southern aspect
as invariably faced the east in Aquitaine,
while to the rear, well open to the west,
was long tiled veranda, where in winter
afternoons the hemp picking, wool card
ing, ETC., was done. Within, the vast
kitchen glowed in the light of the fire
almost as uneXtinguiShable as the vestal
virgins, peat, coal and wood were each
abundantly employed, and for a trifling
rent, generally paid in kind, the lord
OF the manor would permit the farmers
on his land to cut their turveS from his
bog or their boughs from his forest.
Fuel was not only actually but relatively
cheaper in the middle ages than to-day,
for the bogs were not drained in those
days, the forest covered great expanses,
and the cost Of carriage made it almost
impossible to transport their produce In
almost every shire of France and Eng
land the supply of fuel was in excess OF
the demand.
This hospitable fire flared up CHM
ney proportioned to its size, lighting the
huge brick oven, the iron fire-dogs, the
bellows, shovel, gridiron, ladies', cald-
rons, saucepanS, mortar, tin pals and
other utensils that stood ON the brackets
OF the hearth; and irradiating the brass
and copper pots, the metal candleSticks
the lamp, the lantern, the not unfrequent
silver beaker. and the glass drinking
cups that We're arranged on the chests
and cupboards round the walls. Near
this fire stood a highbacked settee. the
masters 1ngie corner, and under the
great mantel of the chimney narrower
benches We're set in the brick. Within
easy reach of the hearth deep oak chest
held the logs for burning. It was gen
orally matched by handsome wedding
chest with carved or painted front, long
enough TO contain grown person full
length (as the readers of ''Ginevra'' will
mournfully remember), but more usu-
ally filled, it must be admitted, with the
best clothes, the trinkets and the savings
of the household. The registers of the
Chatelet record no crime so common as
the breaking open of such wedding chests:
and 1t is surprising how many clasps or
jewels, girdles of pearls, golden head
dresses and rings and purses were stolen
from quite humble households. Our fore
fathers invested their capital in cups or
trinkets of precious metal, pretty to look
at, easy to hide and readily converted
into cash when necessity demanded a
sacrifice.
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Self Crucidxion.

PHILADELPHIA, March with the
marks of nails on both hands and feet,
James Quinn. an old man, lay on cot
in the Philadelphia Hospital suffering
from wounds sell-inficted while seeking
to cruelty himself. Quinn's attempt at
self-crucifixion came as the elimination
Of long religious brooding and other
troubles which had unhingcd his mind.
He marked out n cross on the floor OF his
room and then drove nails through his
feet to the floor. 1t was necessary to
break off one of the nails before he could
be released. He may die of lockiaW.
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Loss OF THE IOWA.
The Steamer Ran Into Field of Ice
and Was Cut Through

oio w as Sut
New York, March 2.-The British
steamer Chester, from Rotterdam, arrived
at quarantine this morning. The Chester
is the steamer reported by the Red Star
line steamer Pennland as having been
seen February 22d taking off the crew OF
the Warren Line steamer Iowa. The
Iowa ran into field of ice and was cut
through. The Chester saved the entire
crew and all the cattlemen on board The
Iowa is 4,32S tons burden, and sailed from
Boston February 18th, having on
board general cargo, 400 head of cattle,
crew OF sixty, fourteen cattlemen, four
refrigerator men and stowaway. All
went well till February Dist, at which
time the vessel ran into field of ice,
which cut through the hull and the
steamer began to fill. Attempts to repair
tie damage were futile, and when the
Chester came to the steamers assistance
1t was found necessary to abandon her.
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supreme Court Decisions.

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The United
States Supreme Court to-day announced
its decision in a continuation of the old
Myra Gaines litigation against the city of
New Orleans. The verdict is in favor of
the Gaines estate on all points at issue.
The court has affirmed the decision of
the United States Circuit Court for Min
nesota in the case of the st. Paul and Pa
citic Railroad against the Northern Pa
cific, in a suit involving title where in
demnity grants are overlapped. The case
involved the ownership of many thou
sand acres of land in the neighborhood of
Glyndon, Minn., which. under the de-
clsion, remain with the Northern Pacific.
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DepIorable state of Affairs,

ST. LOUIS, March "A special from
Oklahoma says: A deplorable state of af-
fairs exists among the negroes who lately
emigrated to this Territory. They have
come to the number OF several thousand,
with the understanding from unscrupu-
lous agents that the Government would
feed them and give them a piece of land.
and are now at starvation's door, without
friend within a thousand miles.
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making the streams raging torrents. The
Calaveras River is out Of its banks, over
flowing the river ranches higher than
last year, and in some cases flooding the
dwellings,. The families and stock were
removed TO higher lands for safety. \
large amount of damage is reported
throughout the country, with some loss
of stock. The low lands for miles west
and south are completely inundated,
washing out q large area of sown grain.
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THE HENNEssEY MURDER.
Partial Confession of One Who Kne-
of the Conspiracy.

L SObtcSSlOh Or oI1e w 10 hf1GW
of the Conspiracy.
NEwsORLEANs, March 2.-The Italian,
Politz, who created sensation in the
Hennessey trial Saturday night by de-
claring that he desired to make state
ment, has. it is understood, made par
tial confession He claims that he was
not present at the shooting, but knew OF
the conspiracy. The men who murdered
the Chief of Police were only tools, the
real leaders not appearing on the scene.
He did not give the names ofthe leaders,
but it is said to have implicated some OF
the accused and some Italians not yet
arrested.
James Pole (colored) testified this after
noon that he saw Marcheze and Scaffodi,
two of the prisoners, firing at Chief Hen
nessey. He did not know the men by
name, but picked them out in the court
room.
The evidence created another sensa-
ton.
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The Presbyterians.

CHICAGO, March 2.-The Chicago Pres
terry to-day received the report Of the
committee which has been considering
the question of deaconesses.
The committees report sets forth that
a careful search OF the Bible and of sacred
and profane history failed to show that
any such office has been recognized by
the early church, and recommended that
the Presbytery reply to the General AS
sembly in opposition to the creation of
such au office. The Prcsbytery so voted.
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years, to bear interest for the first ten
years at II per cent. and for the remain
der of the period at q per cent. In ad-
dltlon the company is to pay annually a
cent. to per cent. of its total indebted
ness.
The requirements in the case of the
Central Pacific are that its debt shall be
extended to cover one hundred years
bearing interest for the first ten years at
per cent. and thereafter at per cent,
with provision for additional payments
as in the case of the Union Pacific.
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HOMELESS CHILDREN.
Both Father and Mother Become In
sane While En- Route to Wales

sane While En- Route to Wales.
New YORK, March 2.-John Thomas
came from Wales four years ago with his
wife and two children. In Salt Lake
City he settled, and worked for some
time in the iron foundry, finally losing
his place, it is asserted, because he would
not become Mormon He started to re-
turn to Wales with his family, and on
the way became crazed, jumped from the
train and was killed. Tonight the
mother and little ones reached New
York, and, at downtown hotel, the
mothers reason gave way, and smother
ing the babe in her bosom, was carried
raving to the hospital. The children,
with several hundred dollars of the pa
rents savings, are here in strangers
hands,
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Statue of sherman.

New YORK, March "A meeting of
business men was held to-day to take
steps looking to the erection of an eques-
trian statue of the late General Sherman.
A committee, including Chauncey NJ.
Depew, G. n. Bliss, Horace Porter and A.
S: Hewitt, was appointed to take charge
of the work
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ALILA TRAIN ROBBERS.
Two OF the Participants in the Custod
of Officers.

Los ANGELES, March 2.-Reports re-
ceived in this city are to the effect that
two of the Alila train robbers are in GUS
tody. One is in Jail at Tulare, and the
other has been arrested by the Sheriff of
San Luis Obispo County. 1t is said that
both are positively identified as the
robbers. The third man is supposed to
be wounded, and III this city receiving
medical treatment. Detectives are watch
ing for him closely. Captain Lees of san
francisco has arrived here. He is sup
posed to be working on the case.
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PACIFIC COAST INTERESTS.
Much Legislation Enacted by the Pres
ent Congress-

ent Congress.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-The Senate
amendment to the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill, increasing the appropriation for
the San Francisco Postotfice building by
s45O,OOO, has been agreed to by the con-
ference on the part of the House, and the
report of the conference committee will
be presented tomorrow, and will in all
probability be agreed TO.
Morrow and Clunie are feeling happy
over the success of their efforts, as well
they may. They have also secured an
appropriation of eco for the Presidio at
San Francisco
The postal subsidy bill has passed. and
altogether Congress during its last few
days will have enacted legislation for the
Pacific Coast that will surely be appre-
ciated.
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Residence Eurned.

ELKHART (Ill.), March 2.-The man
sion of Ex-Governor oglesby, at Ogle-
hurst, was burned to-day. Loss, S25, 900.
All Governor and Mrs. Oglesby's curios
and relics of the war were destroyed.
Mrs. Oglesby was painfully but not dan
gerously burned.
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THE IvETT MURDER.
A Sister of the Victim Found In
England.

MERGED, Mar. 1t is learned to-day
that after a long search, the sister of John
Ivett, the wealthy ranchman who was
murdered last November near Merced,
has been found in England. Ivett, it
will be remembered. was brutally muir
dered by some one. His skull was
broken open with Ratchet, and August
Olsen, his brother-ii,-law, is now in jail
charged with the crime. The supposed
was to gain control, through his sister, of
Ivett's estate, which is valued at half
million.
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The Pennington Aerial ship.

to-day at meeting of the Mount Carmel
Aeronautic Navigation Company, which
controls the Pennington air-ship inven-
ton, that ten per cent. of the assessment
ofS2 100000 had been raised. 1t has not
been decided whether to erect here or at
Mount Carmel
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Number of Railroads Purchased.

PHILADELPHIA, March 2.-The Press
tomorrow will say: Charles b. Wright
has purchased from George w. Hunt, of
Walla Walla, Wash, a number of rail
roads known as the Hunt system,"
which penetrate the great wheat fields
of Eastern Washington and Oregon
south of the Columbia River The first
payment on this transaction, which in
wolves s., Zoo, ,000, was made to-day.
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Coke Operators, strike.

PITTsBURG, March 2.-The wage COM
mittee of the United Mine Workers met
a majority of the coke operators at Scott
dale this afternoon, but after long con-
ference utterly failed to come to any
terms regarding the disastrous coke
strike now on The Rainey work are
running on full time, with heavy guard
of special policp
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RaiIroad Commfssion.

SAN FRANCISCO, March2.-J. C. Martin
and Mr. Smurr of the Southern Pacific
appeared before the Railroad Commits
sion to-day to protest against any reduc-
ton in the freight charges on the Porter
vile branch. The lawyer said the reduc-
ton would cripple the road. This and
Monday.
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STORM NOTES.
A Break Occurs in the Feather River
Leyee.

n Break occurs IN the FEATHER River
Leyee.
NIcoLAUs, March 1.-The levee across
the Feather River at Nelson's Point has
broken, and the river is rushing throuph
the gap. This levee was repaired bv the
Government last summer. The river is
high, and is running over the tops on
both sides.
THE RIVER STILL RISING.
MARYsvILLE, March 2.-The condition
of the levees on the Sacramento River in
Sutter County is very alarming. Reports
from there state that the river has reached
the high water mark at West Butte. At
noon to-day many people were patroling
the levee, and the water was at a stand
still. Later adviceS, however. state that
the river is rising The levee broke there
last year, flooding the whole country, but
was repaired last summer
THE SAN JOAQUIN BANK FULL.
STOCKTON, March 2.-The recent heavy
rain prevailing in the valley and foot
hills is swelling all streams emptying into
the San Joaquin River, and early this
forenoon the Calaveras and Mokelumne
Rivers were bank full, and the Calaveras
overfiowed. EARLY this morning the
Mormon channel, which flows through
the eastern prrt of the city, rose rapidly.
Fears are entertained that the high
water OF last year viii be duplicated.
Linden, Peters and Pennington, and
other tows lying eastward were mum
dated, and the water spread over a large
portion of the country. The overflow
will do little damage, as the water rus off
in n few hours. There is no good ground
for apprehending that the water will
reach point high enough to do any
damage in this city.
TEE SITUATION IN AIIZoNA,
YUMA, (Ariz.), March 2.-An Indian
courier has just returned from Mohawk
Valley. The water was six feet higher
than IN the 1884 flood. No lives Were lots
but much property was destroyed. News
from the lower Colorado reports great
loss of cattle by reason of the overflow.
The Cocopah and Yuma Indians lost
several thousand head of horses in the
river bottoms. The Colorado river has
fallen ten feet since Friday night. There
is no danger of a farther overflow at
present.
THE RAIN CONTINUES.
SIERRA CITY. March 4.-The rain-storm
still continues. With the exception of a
few days, it has been showing and raining
since the 18th of February. An early
spring is looked for. Mining interests
look healthy all around.
REDLANDs, March 2. Thirty-two
inches OF rain fell in Bear Valley in
forty EIGHT hours, on the 22d and 23d ult.
The dam has retained a large quantity.
preventing increased damage. The
HALEY waste weir proved able to care for
the unprecedented amount of water.
TRACY, March 2.-Within the past
twenty-fo hours go of an inch of rain
has fallen. Good crops are almost as
sured.
MERGED, March 2.-Rain continues
here. All the valley streams are running
bank full, and the San joaquin River has
over1iowed its banks.
MILTON, March 2.-During the past
three days it has rained three inches,