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THE HOUSE.

Some routine business was transacted at
the opening Of the session Of the House to-
day. On motion of Mr.. Mccullough (Ark.)
Senate resolution was passed directing
the Secretary Of War to cause an examina-
ton of the Mississippi river above its juno
ture with the St. Francis. to be made to de-
termine what steps should be taken to pre-
vent it's cutting through the Intervening
territory.
On motion Of Mr.. Paynter Oky.) a resolu-
ton to pay John NJ. Rice 81. 500 for expenses
incurred as contestee in the Forty-first Con-
gress was passed.
Mr. Sayers. chairman OF the committee on
appropriations. who had been examining the
Paynter resolution to pay this claim, made
an effort to reconsider. but found, after
some discussion. that a motion to recon-
slider had been laid on the table The last
parliamentary stage had been passed, and
the watchdog of the treasury was helpless.
Pacific R.R. Resolution.
Mr.. lockwood N.Y) reported back from
the Pacific railroad committee the following
resolution Of inquiry and it was adopted:
Whereas. the Central Pacific and wes-
tern Pacific railroads were chartered by the
state Of California and the laws of said
state provide that individual stockholders
shall be liable for the debts of such cor
porations; therefore, be II
-ReSolNeO, Ihat the Attorney General In
form the House whether the stockholders or
their successors. heirs. or assigns, are liza
Bile In any manner TO the government of the
United States for endorsement of the
United States for bonds issued under the
various acts Of Congress authorizing the
issue Of bonds in aid Of said roads,
Army Appropriation Bill.
On motion of Mr.. Outhwaite chairman Of
military affairs committee. the House then
went into committee of the whole CMr.
ONeill of Massachusetts, in the chair, and
took up the army appropriation bill.
The bill carries s23. 56s. 2s4. s651.355 less
than the appropriations for the current
fiscal year. Mr.. Outhwaite. who was per-
sonally In charge of the bill. in the course
OF a brief explanation of the new features
of the BILL stated that the committee pro-
posed to strike out the provision which re-
stricted appointments TO the Office of major
general until the number should have been
reduced below two and limiting the number
OF major generals hereafter to two the
senior officer to hold the brevet rank of
lieutenant general. The committee also pro-
posed to strike out he said. a provision in
serted in the bill requiring educa tional insti-
tutions to pay officers detailed to such insti-
tutions for the purpose OF giving military
instructions.
The latter provision was bitterly opposed
on the ground that ii might cripple small
educational institutions In the south and
west. where the expense of a military in
structor might be a hardship Mr.. Outh-
waite offered TO agree to strike out these
tfnecteds to- close general debate. and after
iSome~ wrangling the minority accepted his
proposition and general debate was limited
TO two hours and a half
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stately tread the proud bearer of the Amerf.
can flag. followed closely by a man carry
picture of Christ Then came Marshal
Browne in all the glory Of a flag Of peace.
his buckskin coat. a big bouquet. and a
happy smile. Some of his aids and mar
shals followed on horseback, and then the
band trudged and blew and trudged and
blew again. Mr.. Coxey, from his low phae-
/ ton buggy. smiled and took of his hat TO the
crowds with the good-natured smile that is
one of his characteristics. Following the
buggy came the six communes of the Chi
cago community, each commune being
separated by a wagon, and with banners
bearing Strs nge devices. scattered here and
there in ranks. The new arrivals came last
with American flag of their own and
dragging a little cart by a long rope. The
cart was covered with flags and Chinese
lanterns. and presented a gay appearance.
There were sixty-eight in the Philadelphia
line and about 800 in the original army.
Camp Pitched ON the Fair Grounds.
At the fair grounds the entrance was dec
Grated with flags and each commune as IL
entered cheered Justify. Camp was pitched
In jiffy. and the two tents were speedily
up, and the men had scattered in all direc-
tions over the grounds. A guard from the
commonweal was put at the gate. and no
one was allowed to go out without passes.
There were still about thirty men waiting at
the grounds TO be enlisted. and Browne says
he will look them over this afternoon.
Smith and his twenty-five followers were
not inside the fair ground, but were outside
along the road, and victorious Marshal
Browne rode proudly past they hissed with
vigor the only visible effect being a look of
scorn from Browne.
The Jones contingent has along with
them. besides the little wagon to carry their
provisions. which was presented to them in
Baltimore. a small tent, in which many
possible of the men sleep.
The redoubtable Columbus Jones himself
is not with the command He left his fol-
lowers at Perryville. Nd. and returned TO
Philadelphia to stir up enthusiasm for the
cause. He is expected to turn up at any
moment In the meantime Henry q. Clin-
ton. the secretary and treasurer, Is in COM
mand. He is a young fellow. with n clever
face ana good address He wears q stove
pipe hat, which has been much toyed with
by the winds Of Maryland and Pennsylva-
MIA.
In his buttonhole he has a wooden badge
with the words ''Coxey's Army on Il and
a rosette OF red. white and blue ribbon.
This Philadelphia contingent started out
two weeks ago with thirty-fve men and
entered Rockville last night with forty
eight. They then recruited twenty men who
were waiting here for the army. The con-
tipgent claims not TO have a man along
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DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.

To Commence Mt. Vernon Avenue.
Representative Meredith Of Virginia has
introduced a bill in the House appropriating
100000 for the purpose of commencing the
construction of Mt. Vernon avenue In &C.
cordance with the plans prepared by Col.
Hams of the army engineer corps by vir-
tue of previous act of Congress.
To Preserve the Aqueduct Bridge.
Speaker Crisp today received an urgent
communication from the District Commits
sioners asking an immediate appropriation
Of $5O,070 to preserve the Aqueduct bridge
from destruction and prevent the possible
loss Of life thereby. The Commissioners to-
day say that the six piers Of the bridge
have been undermined and that pier No. 4
Is now cracked in two places. Accompany
Ing the letter is,a photograph showing pier
No with one great crack down the mid
die of 1t, another one half way down and a
diagram showing how the pier Is under
mined. The letter was referred to the ap-
preparation committee.
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COL. AINswoRTH,s CASE.
HIS Counsel Files a Demurrer to the
Indictment Today.

Mr.. ]. N. Morrison, representing Col Fred
c. Ainsworth. this morning withdrew the
plea of not guilty to the indictment charg-
ing Col Ainsworth with being responsible
for the death of Frederick b. Lotus, one of
the victims of the Ford's Theater disaster
and filed demurrer to the indictment
In support of the contention that the in
dictment Is defective one, twelve grounds
are alleged. First. that il fails to show
that Col. Ainsworth had the power to do
any of the things which IL charges he omit
ted TO do; second that IL shows he had not
the power to do any thing he omitted:
third that IL fails to show that he had
power to prevent the doing of any which
he is charged with suffering and permit
ting to be done; fourth, that IL shows that
he had not such power; fifth that II fails
to show that 1t was his legal duty 10 do
any of the things charged to have been
omitted by him; sixth, that IL fails TO
show that it was his legal duty TO
prevent the doing of charged. suffered and
permitted things: seventh. that IT fails TO
charge definite duty and gives him no
legal notice of the particular malignant act
or omission charged; eighth. that il at
tempts to allege that the performance of
certain specific acts was devolved upon
him, but IL fails to charge their omission;
ninth, that IL makes necessary a certain
contract to determine his relation to the
work, yet falls to set IL forth in whole;
tenth. that 1t shows that all OF the provi-
sions OF the contract are not set out; elev-
enth, that 1t alleges that certain things
were the official duties of him. that he
omitted to perform them. but does not
show what Office he held or what office
those duties pertained TO and were duties
of, and twelfth. that it fails to show that
any act or omission OF his was the direct
and immediate cause of the death OF LOTUS.
Mr.. Morrison explained that owing TO the
absence Of Maj. Ben Butterworth, also of
counsel for Col Ainsworth, the demurrer
had been drawn up without Maj. Butter
hA- -nT al 90, .w.I a.
transpire that his associate might desire to
add TO II.
Judge Cole stated that would be per-
mitted. provided IL was matter of SUBJ
stance. District Attorney Birney assented
and explained that he would shortly be
prepared to answer the demurrer.
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A FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY,
The Board of Trade Bill Approved by
the COmmissi ssiOners.

The Board of Trade Bill Approved by
the Commissioners.
The Commissioners this morning cent to
Congress their unanimous approval of the
bill to establish a free public and depart
mental library and reading room In the
District Of Columbia, which was referred
to them for their Recommendation They
set forth their approval Of the bill In the
following letter:
Hon John T. Heard.
Chairman Committee on D. c., H. r. (:
Dear Sir: The Commissioners desire to
emphasize their approval, communicated to
you yesterday. of H. r. bill 6e42: To es-
tablish free public and departmental
library and reading room in the District of
Columbia While the national capital con-
tains q number Of libraries of an Official
and semi-official character, 1t is discredit-
ably deficient in library facilities for the
general public. The value of public
Libraries in stimulating and improving the
intellectual life of community Is uni
versally recognized. Their influence in de-
veloping and fostering the qualities of good
citizenship Is correspondingly pronounced.
THE library Of Congress and the depart
mental libraries. which contain nearly
100000 volumes. are only accessible to COM
paratively few. even for the purpose Of
procuring reading matter. and practically
without any reading room facilities during
the hours when school children and the
mass Of people engaged in private employ
ments could resort to them The great
need Of the District in this respect Is a free
lending library. with a reading room open
at night, for the benefit of the general
public.
THE needs of the community in this re-
spect, and the remedy for the condition SO
exposed. are elaborately set forth in the
report of the committee public library
of the Washington board Of trade sub
mitted and unanimously adopted by that
body or the 21th ultimo. copy of which
the Commissioners take the liberty to in
close and commend to the careful reading
Of your con- mittee.
Very respectfully,
JOHN w. ROSS"
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treme than those Of nine-tenths of Senators
on this side of the chamber, but / have
never yet been sufficiently arrogant or suffi-
ciently confident of my own superior wis
dom on this or any other question as to
hold myself aloof from the opinions of other
gentlemen equally well informed.
Will Accept Any Proposition Reduce
ing Taxation.
II do not know what amendments will be
offered to this bill from this side or the
other" Mr.. Harris continued. but I am
frank to tell the Senator that If there are
malcontents here, for my single self. as
a member Of the finance committee and a
member of the Senate, / shall not hesitate
to entertain any proposition, and IL II made
a reduction from the Mckinley law, how
ever Objectionable IL might be to my own
views, would sieZe on II. The crucial ques-
ton is, shall we continue the infamy of the
Mckinley law or adopt a new bill which
is not entirely agreeable to me or to other
SenatorsT'
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NO DRINKING WATER,
The Appropriation for Ice In the
Treasury Department Exhausted.

The ApprOprfatfOn Tor leo In the
Treasury Department Exhausted.
There is a drought in the Treasury De-
partment and the 5000 employees of that de-
partment are suffering from lack of drink
ing water. The appropriation for ice is en-
tirely exhausted and Congress has SO far
failed to supply the deficiency. The river
water is too warm for drinking purposes,
so the filling Of the coolers and pitchers has
been discontinued. The only place in the
Treasury Department today where ice wa
ter could be obtained was in the appoint
msnt Office. the clerks of which had laid in
private supply of ice. Unless Congress
comes to the relief there will be no Ice wa
ter In the department before July / next.
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Representative Caldwell Resigns.

Representative Caldwell of Ohio, who
was recently elected mayor Of Cincinnati,
today forwarded his resignation as a men,
Der Of the House from the second Ohio
district to Gov. Mckinley, the resignation
to take effect May 4. the day on which he
will be inducted into the office of mayor
Mr.. Caldwell also sent letter to Speaker
Crisp officially notifying him Of his resig-
nation.
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first, ano is proBo8fp not onfp f6e
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Treasury Changes.

James F. Rourke has been appointed su-
perintendent Of the public building at New
London, Conn.,. vice James n. Balph ye-
moved
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-06-07

A fine steam r"ler Rrist mill for sale
ar exchange t"r land. almost q new
plant. Owner j. other business.
31-tf M. E. LAYTON.
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,,..,. seven nunurea, and there
are hundreds more who have been in
from twelve to fifteen years A great
manv clerks have been twenty years or
more in the service, and the tenure OF
government office is by no. means as
Uncertain as is generally supposed.
The surety of holding . position in
creases every year, and the civil service
rules are being so extended that only
the chiefs will finally be dismissed at
the close of an administration.
Everyone has heard of the pretty
girls of the treasury, but you find
beautiful maidens in all of these
government departments. HoSe Smith
directs the handiwork of $500 girls,
and Dan Lamont has a company OF ia
in his department of war. Postmaster
General Rissell has hundreds of maidens
under him, and in the government
printing office there are more than
1000 women. Many of these come of
the best families of the country. Not
a few are the daughters of noted gem
erals, governors Of states, senators and
representatives, and now and then you
find Il relative of a President or a
cabinet minister. The majority of
them are women Of good education, and
with but few exceptions they are
educated and refined ladies. They re-
ceive salaries ranging from $720 to
$l,sOO year, and 4 large number OF
them support families. Many OF them
are widows, not few are old maids,
and thousands are sweet, ularriageable
young women, who have too much
sense to change sure living under
Uncle Sam to prospective one in COM
pany with some good-for-nothing man.
The best of them are, however, open to
engagements,and not a few of the most
nota bic marriages of Washington in
the past have been in connection with
government clerks.
Attorney General Brewster, who had
the ugliest face which ever entered a
government department at Washing
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ton, cot his wife. whose features were
Venus-like in their Lc;luty. in gov
eminent department here. She was
the daughter of Robert j. Walker, a
former secretary Of she treasury, and
as she sat at her desk one day in the
treasury department the future attor-
ney general walked through the room.
She made some remark about his home
illness. do not know whether Brews-
ter overheard it or not, but he saw her.
and with him it was case of love at
first sight. He sought an introduction
and shortly afterward offered her his
hand and his wealth and his name for
herself and her children. 1t is said
that he proposed to her in words some
thing like this: "My dear, you are
beautiful and am hideous, but if you
will marry me it will not be the first
instance Of the mating of beauty and
the beast, and assure you you will
never regret marrying me-" His prop
osition was accepted, and the next time
Mrs. Brewster came to Washington it
was as the wife of the attorney general
of the United States. Stephen A..
Douglas got his wife in one of the de
partments at Washington, and .;ou all
remember what a talk there was about
Secretary Bayard and Miss Markoe dur
ing the time that Bayard was at the
head of the state department.
Does Uncle Sam really pay good
wages?
TO hear some of the clerks talk about
the matter you would think he does
not and, perhaps, in proportion to the
amount of responsibility involved they
receive small salaries. One clerk tells
me that the big men of the departments
have the softest places and the most
money, while the poorly paid clerks do
the work. There is no doubt that
many 81, 900 clerk does the same work
for which another clerk is paid $1,000
and 81 400, and many a woman at 5000
is doing thoroughly work which a
S1.4 man is half doing at her side.
Still. $1,000 is pretty good pay, and the
chief objection to these government
positions is that the employees have lit.
tie chance to rise. They may get up
to 81, 400. 900 and perhaps $500 a
year, but their chances are small and
the limit is fixed. 1t is seldom that a
clerk becomes Il cabinet minister,
though cases Of this kind have been
known in the past. lloratio King
went into the postoffice department as
clerk at 81 200 a year and he acted as
postmaster general under James
Buchanan. There are assistant secre-
taries in the departments who have
been clerks, but the majority Of the
men who go into the great mills of
Uncle Sam are ground between the up
per and neither millstones and soon be-
come, as far as energy, push and ambi-
tious work is concerned, inanimate
powder.-Frank i. Carpenter.
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Dakota and other wrsteaA l.Auu w
trade, stock taken as part pay. ...@
Stiff VI, E. LAYTON.
Farm Loans at 6 per cent. Com
mission nominal. Call on o., address
F. F. Cross,
Worthington, MINI.
NEGROES LOVE MUSIC.
THEIR TASTE IS NOT WaCMERiAN,
BUT THEY TAKE TO POPULAR AIRS.
The Darky Can Extract Some Sort Of Tune
Out uf Almost Anything "A I,rass
Hand the Acme Of Delight.

The negro is Il natural musical
genius; music is Unborn with him and
asserts itself as soon as he can quicker
up his mouth iu>H Il whistle. 1t comes
with the end oS th>' neutrality-suspicious.
period. With the <lonui"- OF trousers
he is far advanced. his repertoire is
quite extensive. When he first plays
hockey and goH> swimming with older
boys he picks up knowledge of the
bones and has IL varied assortment Of
them among his other iuvalua bic treas
ures. The violin ans; the banjo are
added to his accomplishments before he
can cast his first vote. Give him op-
portInity, let him lie on the grassy
bank of running stream for hours
when his comrades are sweating in the
sunny fields; let him commune with
nature and the inventiveness of his
mind will bring forth IL new compost
ton which, if accepted at the next
dance at the "corners," will be taken
up by his fellow musicians. and will go
down through the history of darby
music. 1t will not be of the Wagner
standard. That is not what the public
wants, and the darby, above all things,
is purveying to popular fancy. No
wild, ethereal schemes for the elevation
of the musical standard float through
his mind. He is catering to the public,
and it is the public that molds the
character of the new piece. It will be
of the style of modern comic-opera
composers is referred to by the
critics in scornful way as catchy"
With musicians who require their
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1
Think of the millions of Uncle Sans
nephews ana nieces scattered over this
land who cannot get near enough the
public crib to have a smell for them
selves or their families, and look at
these figures. There are 2?9 cases in
which clerks have three relatives en-
ployed in the departments here, ninety
six in which the number of relatives
are four, ten in which they number six
and two in which there are nine clerks
related to one another in the govern
ment service. There are lots of hus-
bands and wives employed in the de-
partments, and there are more than
900 brothers who work for Uncle Sam.
The number of sisters is not quite SO
large, but it runs between six and
seven hundred, and there are sons and
daughters, fathers and mothers, uncles
and nephews and cousins and aunts
galore. In the interior department
alone nearly fifteen hundred of the
clerks have relatives in the government
service here. and there are almost
thirteen hundred treasury clerks who
have blood relations in that or other
government departments. It is a ira
dition Of the service that no relatives
should be employed III the different
offices and that there should be only
one of {. fumilv, but this one-third OF
the service has gotten in and it is here
to stay.
now and then hear the clerks OBJ
jecting to their hard work. Take a
look at the job and see what you think
of it. The office hours are, you know,
from Q until i. No one comes to the
i l,of lo%
time until - you are su opposed to put
in three hours of clerical labor. At -
you have half hour for lunch, and
you are very good clerk if you get to
doing hard work before /. At 4 you go
with the rest Of the array on to the
streets and do not bother yourself again
about work until 8 o'clock the next
morning.
One month out OF the year you have
to yourself and can go where you
please and do what you please, and
your pay goes on just the same. Ifyou
are sick your wages are not locked,
and l know of clerks who get from
thirty to sixty days now and then as
sick leave. AS to wages, there is no
question about the salary; that is fixed
by the government, and as long as you
are in Uncle Sans employ it cannot be
raised or lowered by the officials just
above you. Every two weeks you go
to the pay Office of the department in
which you are working and your
money is handed over to you in crisp
new greenbacks, or sometimes in gold.
If you are good man your job is
pretty sure to continue, and great
number of these clerks have been in
the service for years; some, indeed,
have spent a lifetime there, and there
is one old clerk here who has been
drawing salary for sixty years from
Uncle Sam. There are others who