THE M'COQff TRIBUNE.-F.

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. W. KIMMLELL , PnblUhcr.-

McCOOK

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, NEB.

STATE NEW&NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.

Lincoln sportsmen met and organ-ized

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a gun club.The band recently organized at

Hastings has collapsed.-A

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camp of Modern Woodmen hasbeen instituted at Pender.-

A.

camp of the Sons of Veteranshas been mustered in at Reynolds.

Jeff Long of Gretna had his ankledislocated by a horse stepping on it.

The sheriff of Adams county nowhas six criminals in jail at Hastings.-

A.

violent wind storm visitedBeatrice , doing considerable damage.

Louis Heirarod of Omaha has en-

tered¬

upon his dutias state oil in ¬

spector-.Pender

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has quite a building boom ,

Beven houses being in course of con ¬

struction.Two wsll developed cases of glan-

ders¬

have recently been discovered inLincoln-

.O'Neill.

is figuring on having a(250,000 beet sugar factory sometimein the near future.

There is a mad dog scare in Uniontownship , Dundy county , and thecanines are being exterminated.

The total valuation of propertyin the city of Hastings according tothe recent assessment is ?51166. 962.-

A.

young son of Samuel Miller ofShelby has disappeared. It is allegedMiat his father and he could not agree.-

Mr..

. and Mrs. Sampler of Fremontwere poisoned by eating chocolatecandy and were very sick for a shorttime.

Louis Heimrod , the newly ap-

pointed¬

state inspector of oils , has filedwith the secretary of state his bond inthe sum of $0000.

A ten-year-old boy named Josephwas killed in a suburb of Omaha theother day by a portable hog pen top-pling

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over on him.Isaac Howard , eighty-three years

old , died at his homo in Gage countyfc last week. He had resided in the coun-

ty¬

twenty-three years.5

Frank Davis , a pickpocket , took$500 from a man at Lincoln the otherday, but was captured before he gotsway with the boodle.

The twelfth semi-annual session01 soutn 1'iatte coniereuce 01 tne evan-gelical

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Lutheran church was held at. Yutan with eleven ministers in attend ¬

ance. ,

Prior to the closing of the court inBeatrice Frank and Ed Eaton , broth-ers

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, were sentenced to three yearseach in the penitentiary for highwayrobbery.

Henry Vansant a blacksmith of-

Ansley, is likely to lose the sight ofone of his eyes which was struck by acinder from a piece of iron which heWas hammering.-

W.

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. M. Clinton of Lincoln , whohad both legs taken off in an accidentat Ravenna last summer, has gone to-

.New. York , where he will procure apair of artificial limbs.

Editor Hart of the Dakota CityEagle , was assaulted the other day by-

exJudge Wilbur and quite severelybruised. Wilbur took exceptions to-

an article in the Eagle.Mayor Ireland has filed his affida-

vit¬

with Gov. Boyd announcing thepopulation of Nebraska City to be morethan ten thousand , which makes thecity one of the first class.-

A.

Norfolk boy with a cigaretteset fire to the dry grass on a play-ground

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in town and for a time therewas a lively scramble to extinguishthe flames which ran like wild fire.

The Nebraska Security companyof Harrison , Sioux county , filed arti-cles

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of incorporation with the sere-tary

-of state. It is a real estate con ¬

cern. The capital stock is $50,000.-M.

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. C. Sweeuer of Omaha wasfined $25 and costs for striking a-

woman. . The judge said that no mat-ter

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what the provocation was , a manwas a brute who would strike a woman-

.In.

Omaha a slack rope walker fellthirty feet lighting on his back on thestone paved street. No bones worebroken , but it is believed ho receivedinternal injuries that will result in hisdeath.A

largo pickling and preservingcompany of Chicago , is negotiating tolocate a factory in Hastings. Theypropose planting 400 acres in pickles ,

besides a limited acreage of corn andtomatoes.-

A.

barn near Steele City , owned by-C.. N. Pickering , was struck by light-ning

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and the building and contentsentirely consumed. . The loss is nearly$4,000 , about half of which is coveredby insurance.-

At.

a meefing of the Friend fairassociation it was decided to hold a' 'three days' trotting, pacing and run-ning

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meeting on August 2G , 27 and 28 ,

and to offer more liberal purses thanheretofore.-

A.

wedding which was to have oc-

curred¬

at Ainsworth the other day hasbeen indefinitely postponed becauseBilly Branigan's intended bride gavehim the slip and failed to appear at thecritical moment.

During a storm at Friend the barnof Mrs. Margaret Laugley of Monroeprecinct was blown down , her resi-dence

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moved from its foundation anda span of horses standing in the barnbadly injured.-

A.

large barn belonging to.Claud-ius

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Jones , on a farm northwest of-

Brainard , in Butler county, was de-

f-

stroyed by fire last week. The fire issupposed to hayc started Jrom ,sparks

- ffom'ftnV chimney ofthe"1 dwelling onthe farm.

A ten-year-old son of Mrs. Masonof Orleans , while playing with a re-

volver¬

, was accidentally shot. Theball was a 22-calibre and entered theabdomen and went downward. Theboy will probably die.

Henry Oxnard of Grand Island ,

manager of the Oxnard beet sugarcompany, met the citizens of Fullertonand Nance county and addressed themat considerable length on the beetsugar industry of Nebraska.

Hebron has got the start by hav-ing

-the only lodge of honor in the

state. A short time ago Kay of Hopelodge No. 1 , Ancient Order of UnitedWorkmen , was instituted , and now hasupward of seventy members.

Carl Morton is securing a guaran-tee

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fund to bore for coal within a mileof the city limits of Nebraska City. Henow only lacks about $100 of theamount he started out to collect Con-sequently

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this enterprise is a certainty.Charles Combs , a brakeman on

the Crete branch of the Missouri Pa-cific

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, came near being killed at Tal-mage, while coupling cars. The draw-heads passed each other and he waspretty badly squeezed between the cars.

The committee appointed to ex-

amine¬

and report upon the books andaccounts of Police Juujie Foster ofNebraska City have reported and findthat the city owes Mr. Foster 43.63 ,

and a warrant has been drawn in hisfavor for that amount.

The Commercial hotel at DavidCity was completely destroyed by firelast week , with most of the furniture.-It

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was a large three story frame build-ing

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owned and occupied by S. H. Yon-ker.

-. Loss about $4,000 ; insurance on

building, 2.000 ; on furniture , $1.000.-Dr.

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. P. C. Johnson of Friend andRev. Cox of Lincoln are holding aseries of revival meetings in the Meth-odist

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church in Friend. Dr. Johnsonis one of the finest speakers in thestate and the church is being wellfilled from night to night.

Constable E. Hunger of Lincoln ,

after considerable trouble and corre-spondence

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, has established his right tothe legacy of $2,000 left him by thedeath of an rtunt in Germany. Rela-tives

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on the other side of the ocean en-

deavored¬

to show that he was dead.-

A.

Mrs. Pilts , of Gage county, whilereturning to her home in a buggy afew evenings since , was pursued by a-

BaVage gray wolf about three miles outof Beatrice and but for the speed ofher horse would have doubtless beenseriously bitten by the savage beast.

The village board of Oakland at aspecial meeting decided to submit aproposition to vote 3.000 more waterbonds , which with the $4,500 alreadyvoted, is to be used in the construc-tion

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of a $10,000 system of waterworkswith mains on all the principal streets.-

Wm.

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. Hike and Gid Zuycher werecaught in the act of appropriatingsome oats , the property of D. Young ,

living near Beilevue , and arrested.They had been fined a few days agofor chicken stealing , and it is supposedthey wanted the oats to feed thechickens.

During a gale a box car was blownonto the main track at Charleston , onthe F. , E. & M. V. railroad , and madeits way to York at the rate of fortymiles an hour. Fortunately it wasfound east of the city in a cut, wherethe grade had , stopped it> before anytrains were due.

The funeral of the late MichaelDerum of Nebraska City took placefrom St. Mary's Catholic church andwas one of the largest ever held inNebraska City. Mr. Derum was oneof the oldest railroad men in the state.For years he has been station agent atNebraska City for the B. & M.

John Sanders , of Dodge countywas arrested on a charge of bastardypreferred by Lucetta Shafer. All theparties live near Nickerson , the manhaving before this borne a good repu-tation

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, while the woman's past hasbeen somewhat varied. Sanders wasbound over to the district court.

The Niobrara canning factorychanged hands last week, Sioux Cityparties having purchased it. The plantwill be considerably enlanged to cancorn , beans and peas , heretoforetomatoes having been the only pro-

duct¬

put up. About $3,000 worth 'ofimprovement will be made at once.

Frank Taylor of Lancaster county,

has traced the thieves who stole hisfine bay team into the Loup country.-An

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accurate description of the twomen has , been telegraphed to every*

point north of Grand Island. Tayloroffers $250 reward for the apprehen-sion

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of the thieves. Parties will notbe required to convict them. j

The sanitarium at Milford will beopened as a hotel as soon as the rightman can be found to run it. Its broadve-andas and pleasant surroundingshas invited many inquiries even thisearly in the season as to the accom-modations

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that will be offered thisyear for the entertainment of the pub¬

lic.Mayor Gushing of Omaha received

an invitation from the board of tradeof Council Bluffs to attend a banquetat the Grand Hotel April 22. A cardaccompanies it with the intelligencethat if the invitation is accepted , a§20 bill must be enclosed. The Omahaofficial says he can feed his entirefamily a whole week on that amount ,

and thinks he will not invest in thrbanquet provender.-

At

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a mass meeting of the citizensof Sioux county the following wasunanimously adopted : Whereas , By theinvestigation of the county records ofSioux county by an expert accountantit was found that Conrad Lindeman ,

county clerk. John A. Green andCharles U. Grove , county commission-ers

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, were found to have defrauded thecounty out of certain sums of money ,

and we, as citizens and taxpayers , notwishing to tolerate any further discre-pancy

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in- ? the county affairs, requestthat the said officers resign for thegood of the county.

DUantroii * llailroad "Wreck In Ohio.CLEVELAND , O. , April 20. A fright-

ful-

wreck occurred on the Lake Shorerailroad at Kippon station , about fortymiles west, Saturday evening , in whichsix postal clerks and two engineerswere killed.

The fast mail , No. 14 , bound east*

collided with No. 21 , the Toledo ex-

press¬

, just as the latter train wasabout to pull on a siding to let the fastmail pass.

The fast mail was running at fullspeed and the force of the collisionwas so great that both engines, threemail cars and one baggage car werecompletely wrecked.

The following is a list of the dead :

Edward Brown , engineer ; CharlesTopliff , engineer ; Fireman Staley ; F.-

J..

. Nugent , Charle's Haminill , F. F.Clemens , John J. Bowerline , JamesM'Kinley , and C. H. M'Dowell. postalclerks. John Danzig, son of a sectionforeman , was injured. None of thepassenger cars left the track and noneof the passengers received serious in ¬

juries-.It

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was the custom for these twotrains to pass at Kipton , the Toledoexpress taking the side track for thefast mail , which usually went throughwithout slackening. The express wasa few minutes late Saturday eveningand had just come to a stop at theswitch when the fast mail came in-

sight.. The engineer of the fast mailapplied the air brakes when he sawthat a collision was inevitable , but thespeed of the train was not checked ma-terially.

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. The engine of the Toledoexpress was knocked squarely acrossthe track and that of the fast mailreared in the air, resting on the top ofthe other. The first and second mailcars were telescoped and smashed tokindling wood and the third crashedinto the first two and rolled over onthe station platform. The two bag-gage

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cars of the Toledo express wereknocked from the track , but did notturn over.

The passengers were thrown to thefloors and badly shaken , butnonewereseriously injured. The passengers atonce began the work of rescue andwith a corps of physicians from thetown ministered to the few who wereiTijured. All but one of the dead werebeyond human assistance as soon asthe collision occurred. The bodieswere all horribly crushed and mutil-ated

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, arms and legs being torn off andthe corpses almost beyond recognit-ion.

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. The postal clerks were cagedlike rats and the telescoping of thecars crushed the life out of them with-out

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a moment's warning-.It

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is difficult to locate the blame forthe accident , but it is said that theexpress was ordered to stop at Ober-lin

-, but went on to Kipton and had not

sufficient time to make the side track.The Ceil BUS uiid Statistics.

WASHINGTON , April 20. SecretaryNoble of the interior department wasdirected by the last congress to inquireinto and report upon to the next con-gress

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as to the desirability of makingthe census bureau a permanent depart ¬

ment. Mr. Noble has given the mat-ter

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considerable thought , although hebas not been able to reach a final con ¬

clusion.The suggestion has been made that

if such a permanent bureau is estab-lished

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here , whose duty it will be tofurnish statistics of the industries andmanufactures of this country frommonth to month and year to year , itwould be well to consolidate into onebureau all the statistics now providedfor. The treasury department no\vmaintains such a bureau , of course con-fines

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itself entirely to the exports andimports of this country. The depart-ment

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of labor confines itself to thestatistics of work and wages , though ithas made several very successful sidsissues into tocial and railroad ques-tions.

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. The department of agriculturepublishes monthly reports of the move-ments

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of grain and live stock ; and thenew bureau of immigration will devotemuch attention to the statistics of itswork-

.It.

has been therefore suggested thatit would be a wise and judicious moveto consolidate all these bureaus intoone department , for it is now difficultto see how the work of each of theseindependent bureaus can be readilymade to fit into the work of all theother bureaus , like the cogs of a seriesof wheels. At the same time there isthe well known indisposition to yieldup even the slightest jot or title ofbureau authority , and Secretary Nobleis therefore unable to say at presentjust what he will recommend in thatline. It is the" general opinion thatthere ought to be a permanent censusbureau to furnish all statistics.

Cattle Quarantine.WASHINGTON , April 20. An earnest

effort is making on the' part of cattle-men

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from the far west to have theTexas fever cattle quarantine line es-

tablished¬

by the agricultural depart-ment

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for the great cattle raising statesof Wyoming. Montana and Coloradomoved farther south and made to con-form

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to the quaran ine line fixed uponby those state for their own protectionbefore the national government quar-antine

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line was established. SenatorCarey of Wyoming presented the mat-ter

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fully to the agricultural depart-ment

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, and it is probable that the matterwill be fixed as desired. The departmenthas communicated with Secretary Rusk-on the subject and the secretary thinksthe department can so far modify itsinstructions as to permit cattle to beshipped into the states of Colorado ,

Wyoming and Montana from as farsouth as heretofore , provided thosestates give satisfactory assurance thatno cattle shipped into them shall besent out of the states before December1. The effect of the order of the agri-cultural

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department moving furthernorth the quarantine line establishedby these states was to work a serioushardship on large numbers of menhaving cattle between the line decidedon by the , national government andthat which the experience of the statesnamed had found to be safe.

IEUDINII is HODEEATE.

FOR WUICII UK IS COMPL1MEXTK-DSI'Mil. . J1LAIXJZ

The Kfsltt of Indemnity , However,In Till * Cane IK Not Acknowledgedby America ? * Keprcuciitutlve For-

ernerci-

to Have A'o .Tloro Itl Iit *

than are Craiitcd Our O\vii SubJ cot*

Quotation * from a. i'nrallel Ca c Inthe Time ofVcb ter> Ofllclal Life-

.Blaliie's

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Answer to Italy.WASHINGTON , April 16. The fol-

fowing-

is the correspondence betweenSecretary Blaine and the Italian gov-

ernment¬

since the secretary's note tothe Marquis Imperial ! , acknowledgingthe notice of Baron Fava's departure :

HOYAL LEGATION OK ITALY , WASH-

INGTON¬

, April 2 , 1891. Mr. Secretaryof State : I hasten to acknowledgethe receipt of the note which your ex-

cellency¬

did me the honor to addressto me on the 1st inst. in reply to thatwhereby Baron Fava informed you ofhis departure on leave. I have laidthe contents of your excellency's afore-said

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note before the government of theking , and his excellency , the presidentof the council , his majesty's ministerof foreign affairs, has just directed me-

te address the following communica-tion

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to you : "Tlie government of theking of Italy has asked nothing be-yond

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the prompt institution of judicialproceedings through the regular chan¬

nels. It would have been absurd toclaim the punishment of the guiltyparties without warrant of regularjudgment. The Italian governmentnow repeats the same demand. Notuntil the federal government shallhave explicitly declared that the afore-said

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proceedings shall be promptly be-gun

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can the diplomatic incident beconsidered as closed. Meanwhile hismajesty's government takes note ofthe declaration whereby the federalgovernment recognizes that an indem-nity

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is due to the families of the vic-tims

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in virtue of the treaty in forcebetween the two countries. " I have ,

therefore , the honor to bring the fore-going

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to the knowledge of your excel-lency

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, and I avail myself of this oc-cason

-to offer you , Mr. Secretary of

State, assurances of my highest andmost respectful consideration. r

LMPEUIALT-.To

.His Excellency , James G. Blaine,

Secretary of State.-

DEPARTMENT.

OF STATE , WASHING-TON

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, April 14. 1891. Marquis Imper-iaii

-, charge d'affaires , etc. , etc. , etc.

Sir : 1 have the honor to acknowledgethe receipt of your note , dated Thurs ¬

day , April 2, 1891. It contains thesecond telegram from Marquis Rudini ,

part of which I here quote : "The gov-ernment

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of the king of Italy has askednothing beyond the prompt institutionof judicial proceedings through theregular channels. It would have beenabsurd to claim this punishment of theguilty parties without warrant of reg-ular

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judgment. The Italian trovern-rnent

-now icpeats the same demand.

Not until the federal government shallhave explicitly declared that the afore-said

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proceedings shall be promptly be-gun

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can the diplomatic incident be con-sidered

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as closed.1 This governmentcertainly had no desire whatever tochange the meaning of Marquis Rudi-ni's

-telegram of March 24. It was de-

livered¬

to the state department byBaron Fava in person , written in hisown hand , and expressed in the Eng ¬

lish. Following is the full text of thetelegram : "Rome , March 24 , 1891.Italian Minister, Washington : Our re-quests

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to the federal government arevery simple. Some Italian subjects ,

acquitted by American magistrates ,

have been murdered in prison whileunder the immediate protection of theauthorities. Our right, therefore , todemand and obtain the punishment ofthe murderers and an indemnity forthe victims is unquestionable. I wishto add that public opinion in Italy isjustly impatient , and if immediatesteps were not at once taken 1 shouldfind myself under the painful necessityof showing openly our dissatisfactionby recalling the minister of his majes-ty

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from the country where he is unableto obtain justice. Rndini. ' ' The wordsunderscored are precisely those whichI quoted in my former note , and I amdirected by the president to expressthe satisfaction of this government withthe very material qualification of thedemand by Marquis Rimini on behalfof the Italian government. You quotein your note another part of MarquisRuuini'ss telegram of April 2 in thesewords : "Meanwhile his majesty's gov-ernment

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takes note of tiie declarationwhereby the federal government recog-nized

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that indemnity is due the fami-lies

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of the victims by virtue of thetreaty between the two countries. ' ' IfMarquis Rudini will carefully examinemy note of April 1 he will discoverthat I did not recognize that indem-nity

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is due to the families of the vic-

tims¬

in virtue of the treaty in force be-

tween¬

the two countries. ' ' What I didsay wis in answer to Baron Fava's as-

sertion¬

that the United States govern-ment

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refused to take this demand forindemnity into consideration. I quotemy reply : "The United States , so farfrom refusing , has recognized the prin-ciple

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of indemnity to those Italian sub-jects

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who may have been wronged by-

a violation of the rights secured tothem under the treaty with the UnitedStates concluded February 2U. 1871. "Marquis Rudiui may be assured thatthe United States would recompenseevery Italian subject who might be-

"wronged by a violation of the treaty"-to which the faith of the United Statesis pledged. But this assertion leavesunsettled the important question ofwhether the treaty has been violated.Upon this point the president withsufficient facts placed before him , hastaken full time for decision. He nowdirects that certain considerations in

the general subject bo submitted to thejudgment of the Italian government.-As

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a precedent of great value in thecuse under discussion the president re-

calls¬

the conclusion maintained byWebster when secretary of state in1851. In August of that year ajnob-in New Orleans demolished the build-ing

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in which the oilice of the Spanishconsul was located , and at the sametime attacks were made upon coffee-

houses and cigar shops kept by Span-ish

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subjects. American citizens wereinvolueu in the losses , which in theaggregate were large. The supposedcause of the mob was intelligence ofthe execution of fifty young Americansin Havana and the banishment toSpanish mines of nearly two hundredcitizens of the United States. Thevictims were all members of the abor-tive

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Lopez expedition. In conbcquence-of these depredations of the mob uponthe property of the Spanish consul aswell us against Spanish subjects. DonCalderon de Lapar/.a , minister , de-

manded¬

indemnification for all losses ,

both official and personal. Websteraumittted that the Spanish consul wasentitled to indemnity and assured theSpanish minister that "if the injuredconsul , Mr. Laborde , shall return to j

his post , or any other consul for NewOrleans be appointed by her Catholicmajesty's government , the officers ofthis government resident in that citywill be instructed to receive and treathim with courtesy and with the na-

tional¬

salute to the Hag of his ship if-

he shall arrive in a Spanish vessel as-

a demonstration of respect such asmay signify to him and to his govern-ment

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the sense entertained by the gov-ernment

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of the United States of thegross injustice done to his predecessorbv a lawless mob , as well as indemnityfor the insult offered by it to a foreignstate with which the United States arcand wish ever to remain on terms ofthe most respectful and pacific inter ¬

course. ' ' But wlien pressed by theSpanish minister to afford indemnityto the Spanish subjects injured by themob in common with American citi-zens

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, Webster declined to accede tothe demands , and gave his reasons asfollows : "This government supposesthat the rights of the Spanish consul ,

a public officer residing here under theprotection of the United States govern-ment

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, are quite different from those ofSpanish subjects , who have come intoour country to mingle with our owncitizens and are here to pursue theirprivate business and objects. The for-mer

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may claim special indemnity ; thelatter are entitled to such protectionas is afforded to our own citizens.While, therefore , losses to individuals ,

private Spanisli subjects , are greatlyto be regretted , yet it is understoodthat many American citizens suf-

equal losses irum mecause , and those privateindividuals , subjects of her Catholicmajesty , coming voluntarily to residein the United States, have certainly nocause to complain if they are protectedby the same laws and the administra-tion

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of the law as the native born citi-zens

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of this country. They have, infact , some advantages over a citi/en ofthe state in which they happen to be.inasmuch as they arc enabled under it-

to become citizens themselves, to pro-secute

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for any injuries done to theirpersons or property in the courts ofthe United States or state courts attheir election. ' * Two years after Web-ster

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wrote the foregoing note congress ,

in recognition of certain magnanimousconduct on the part of the queen ofSpain in pardons bestowed upon Amer-icans

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who had unjustifiably invadedthe island of Cuba , enacted a joint res-olution

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indemnifying the Spanish con-sul

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and other Spanish subjects for thelosses sustained in the New Orleansmob of 1851. The considerations uponwhich this resolution was passed weresuch as to contra vent the original posi-tion

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of Webster , shaded also by Presi-dent

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Fillmoro. The right to judicialremedy which Webster assured toSpanish subjects is likewise assured toItalian subjects. The right is speciallyguaranteed in the second section of thethird article of the constitution. And ,

as Webster points out. a resident alienlias a privilege which is denied to a-

citizen. . The widows and children ofcitizens who lose their lives by mobviolence may sue the leadersand members of tne mob onlyin the courts of the j.tate of Louisi-ana

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, while the widows and children of j

the Italian subjects who suffered deathhave a right to sue each memoer of j

the mob , not only in the state court.II

but also before the federal tribunals ;

for the district of Louisiana. Pro-vision

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is made in the revised civii codeof Louisiana for the redress ofuchgrievances as the widows ? and childrenof the victims of a mob may plead , j

[Blaine here quotes from the statutes i

j|

of Louisiana , and continues. ] Thegovernment of the United States would

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feel justified in resting on the .ir ru-

incut- ;

and conclusion of Webster if the '

mob of March 14. 1891. did not in |

some of its characteristics differ from ij

the mob of 1851. But it is due to can-dor , duo to this government and due ,

to the jrovernment of Itaiy to point , i|

out certain differences of which the i

government of the United States ishonorably bound to take notice. Inthe case of the mob of 1SJ1 Web-ter '

asserts that no personal injury was '

offered to any one : "that the police i

and other leu'tl authorities did all thatwas possible to preserve the peace and '

arrest tne rioters ; that the mob actedin the heat of blood , and not in pur.

;i

suance of any premeditated plan orpurpose of injury or insult : that themob was composed of irresponsiblepersons , the names of none of whomare known to the jrovernment of theUnited States nor, so far as the gov-

ernment¬

is informed , to its officers inNew Orleans. " As promptly as pos-

sible¬

after the lamentable occurrence I

at New Orleans the presidentdirected the attorney gen-

eral¬

to cause , through his department ,

a full inquiry to be made into ail thefacts in connection therewith , andsolicited his opinion whether any crim-

inal proceedings would lie under-thefederal laws in federal courts againstpersons charged with the killing of

Italian subjects. He has not yet re-

ceived

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the official report. If it befound that a prosecution can DO main-

tained

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under the statutes of the UnitedStates the case will bo presented to the-

according to the usualnext grand jury'methods of criminal administration.But if it bo found , as seems prooablo ,

that criminal proceedings can only be-

taken in the courts of Louisiana , thei president can in this direction do no-

II more than urge upon the state officers

the duty of promptly bringing theoffenders to trial. This was done mhis telegram to the governor of Louisi-

ana

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of March 15. If it shall resultthat the case can bo prosecuted onlyin the state courts of Louisiana andthe usual judicial investigation andprocedure under the criminal law is-

not resorted to, it will then be the-

duty of the United States to considerwhether some other form of redress-may be asked. It is understood thatthe state grand jury is now investi-gating

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the affair , and while it is pos-

sible¬

that the jury may fail to presentindictments , the United States can noU

assume that such will be the case.The United "States did not by thetreaty with Italy become the insurer ofthe lives or property of Italian sub-

jects¬

resident within our territory. Nogovernment is able , however high itscivilization , how vigilant its po-

lice¬

supervision , however severe itscriminal code , and however promptand inflexible its criminal administra-tion

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, to secure its own citizens againstviolence promoted by individual maliceor by sudden popular tumult. A for ¬

eign" resident must bo content in sushcases to share the same redress that isoffered by law to a citizen , and has no-

just cause of complaint or right to askthe interposition of his country if thecourts are equally open to him for re-

dress¬

of his injuries. The treaty inthe first , second , third , and. notably inthe twenty-third articles , clearly limitsthe rights guaranteed to citizens of thecontracting powers in the territory ofeach to equal treatment and to free ac-

cess¬

to courts of justice. Foreign res-

idents¬

are not made a favored class-.It

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is not believed that Italy would de-

sire¬

a more stringent construction toher duty under the treaty. Where in-

jury¬

inilicted upon a foreign residentis not the act of the gox'ernment or ofits officers but of an individual or of amob , it is not believed that a claim forindemnity can justly be made unless itshall be made to appear that the pub-

lic¬

authorities charged with the peaceof the community have connived at thisunlawful act. or , having a timelynotice of the threatened danger , have

gence in taking necessary precautions fas to amount to connivance. If. there-fore

¬ ', it should appear that among I !

those killed by the mob at New Or-leans

¬ 'Ithere were some Italian subjects

who were resident or domiciled in thecity agreeably to our treaty with Italyand not in violation of our immigra-tion

¬

laws , and who were abiding in the I

peace of the United States and obey-ing

¬ '

the laws thereof and of the stateof Louisiana , and that the public off-icers

¬

charged with the duty of protect-ing

¬

life and property in that city con-nive

¬

?! at the work of the mob' , or uponproper notice or information of the i

threatened danger , failed to take anysteps for proper protection ;ind after-wards

¬

to bring the guilty to trial , thepresdent would , under such circum-stances

¬

, feel that a case was estab-lished

¬

that should be submitted to theconsideration of congress with a viewto the relief of families of the Italiansubjects who have lost their hves bylawless violence. Accept , sir. the re-

newed¬

assurance of my high consider ¬

ation. JAMES G. BLAINE.

Ninety Pcrnoiis Drowned.SAN FKANCISCO. Cala. , April 20.

The steamship Mononowi , which ar-

rived¬

Jfrom Sidney and Honolulu ,

brings intelligence that the British ship '/''

St, Catherine was wrecked otl the Car-oline

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islands and ninety personsdrowned. The Hawaiian superintend-ent

¬! '

of the census states that the pre-liminary

¬

summary of the population of f t

the kingdom gives a total of 90.000-persons.

11-

J&

. Native Hawaiians , either ofpure or mixed blood , are in the minor-ity

¬

, their numbers having decreased 8per centv while the number of Hawaiianborn foreigners has increased 36 perceiit.

The contest for the reichstag in-

Gcestemunde is so close that it is notknown whether Bismarck is elected ornot.-

L.1YK

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STUCK .4X1) I'KOUVGK MAKKnrS.-

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KANSAS CITY.-Wh

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