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I ABOUT NEBRASKA.
B For the Benefit el Ex-Soldl.r- .
| House bill No. 142 , as passed by the
BL' ien to and house , is as follows :
V Seotioa 1. That the county board of
H the aovoral counties of this state are
B hereby anthorized to levy in addition to
H the taxes now levied by law , a tax not
H | exceeding three-tenths of one mill upon
Hi tho taxable property of their respective
w comities , to bo levied and collected as
HE now provided by law for the assessment
K andcollection of taxes , for the purpose
H of creatine a fund for the relief and for
Hi funeral expenses of honorably dis-
B charged indigent union soldiers , sailors
HI/ ? and marines , and tho indigent wives ,
HE widows and minor children not over 14
years of age in the case of boy a , and not
H | over 16 years of ago in the caso of girls ,
Hfj of suoh indigent or deceased union sol-
HI diers , sailora and marines having a legal
HE residence in said county to be dispersed
Hj | as hereafter provided.
HjU Sec 2. The county board in each
HI county in this state shall on second
j Tuesday in January , = 1800 , appoint three
B persons.who aro residents of such coun-
B ty , at least two ofwhom shall bo honor-
Hl , Bbly discharged union soldiers , one to
HtT serve two years , and one to serve one
Hi [ year from date of appointment , and each
HE J year thereafter one person to serve three
HI years , such persons so appointed , when'
Hi organized by the selection of one of
HI their number as chairman , and one as
Hp secretary , shall bo designated and
H | known as "The Soldiers' Belief Com-
E mission. " The members of said com-
m mission shall qualify bv taking the usual
Bj oath of office and shall each give bonds
B in the sum of $500 for the faithful per-
H formanoe of their duties. In the event
B of a vacancy in said commission , occur-
H ring from any cause tho county board
j shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired
H term.
B- Sec 3. The soldiers' relief commis-
H | sion shall meet at the clerk's office on
Hj the second Monday in February of
Hj each year , and at such times as is
Hj deemed necessary , and shall examine
Hj and determine who aro entitled to re-
H | lief under this act , and shall make lists
Hj of such persons , and at the February
Hi meeting such commission , after deter-
Hj mining the probable amount necessary.
H for the purpose provided herein , shall
H certify the amount to the county board ,
H and the county board of each county at
B its regular meeting in June of each
Hj year , shall make such levies as shall be
H ( necessary to raise the required relief
H . . fund , not exceeding three-tenths of av
H * ' mill on tho taxable property of said
H county. The Soldiers' Belief commis-
H sion shall fix tho amount to be paid in
H each case , the aggregate not to exceed
H . the levy of said tax for any one year ,
H and shall certify the lists to the county
H clerk. The clerk shall , within twenty
H days thereafter , transmit to the justices
H of the peace in his county a list of the
H names of the persons in the respective
H townships or precincts to whom relief
H _ has been awarded , and the amount
H thereof. The county clerk , on the
H first Monday of each month after
H the said fund is ready for dis-
H tribution , shall issue his warrant to the
H soldiers' relief commission upon the
H county treasurer for tho several amonnts
H awarded. Such commission shall dis-
H burse the same to tho person or persons
H _ named in the lists , taking receipts there-
H for ; or suoh fund may be disbursed in
H any other manner directed by the com-
H. mission ; provided , however , that when
H said commission is satisfied that any
H person entitled to relief under this act
H will not properly expend the amount
H allowed , the commission may pay the
H * amount to some suitable person who
H shall'expend the same for such person
H in such manner as the commission may
H direct ; and provided further , that said
H commission at any meeting may de-
H crease , increase or discontinue any
H amount before awarded , and may add
H new name ' s to tho lists , which shall be
H certified to the county clerk.
I STATE JOTTINGS IN BRIEF.
H , A justice of the peace in Omaha
went to sleep on his thrdhe of mercy
H and snored loudly , while an attorney
H was making an eloquent appeal to him
H in behalf of justice. Becoming dis-
H gnsted , the attorneys and jury stole out
H of the court room and fled.
E. C. Anderson , former proprietor
H of the Central hotel at Fremont , ismys-
H teriously missing. He left home the
H rsli day of March for the purpose of go-
H Ltg to Omaha , David City , "Weston and
H jther places ta make some collections
J that were due him. Before leaving he
H told his wife that he would surely be
H back on the 8th inst. It has now been i
H .j ore than two weeks since he should ,
H ' have returned and no word has been re- ,
H reived as to his whereabouts , and his ;
J wife and friends are very much exer-
J cised and alarmed over his absence.
Brad Slaughter will enter upon his
I duties as IT. S. marshal about June lBt.
I a young man out hunting in ( rage
- . county became entangled in a portly
I * hidden barbed wire fence , and had one
. of his legs badly lacerated.
, It is said that liquor is furnished
. the Indians at Valentine upon condi-
lv tion that they will not drink it until
I \ they have Wt town.
' - Charles Wagner , of West Point ,
fc committed suicide last week by hanging.
His wife left him asleep for a little time , '
' and upon retnrning found him missing. ' I
He was soon found in a low shed hang-
f ingbythe neck. The snicide was a
* mechauic , about forty-eight years old ,
and leaves a wife and several children in
destitute circumstances.
AMinden dispatch says the man
who was arrested at Ogden , Utah , on !
suspicion that he was the murderer , < j
Zimmerman , has turned out to be Wil- ' |
liam H. Telvington. He was released
from custody and presented with a ticket
to Ogden. The general opinion is that
Sheriff Hill did right in bringing the
man to Nebraska , as he was ordered to
* do so by ex-Gov. Nance , who had seen
; Zimmerman several times during his
i - confinement.
r The passage of senate file 7 , which
' . provides for an additional judge in the
$ „ district , caused a general good feeling
at North Platte. This district is the
T < . largest judicial district in the state and
\ legal business is delayed very much be-
* \ cause there is more of it than one judge
j ; can possibly attend to
I" . S. W. Johnson , tlie Unrt county
% man who was sentenced to three and a
Z , half years in the penitentiary at the fall
| ; term of the conrt , for attempted rape on
k liis sixteen-year-old daughter , has been
admitted to bail by the supreme court
pending a new hearing , and his bond
fixed at S3,000.
East of Ponca and .near the Missouri (
river ore several hundred acres of young
native timber owned by Maj. N. S. Por
ter. A fire set by two small boys got
i into the timber and burned for two days
and nights , doing damage to tho extent
[ of between $2,000 and $8,000.
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-The Domeorat at Lincoln haa de
cided to issue a daily. - * * * " *
The new Methodist chnroh in Grand
Island is to bo pushed forward. The
structure is to cosh about S20.000.
The new Faadook hotel at Beatrice
has been leased by E. K. Criley & Co. ,
who will open the samo to the public
about April 25th.
At a mass meeting in Ainsworth held
for the purpose in tho opera house , reso *
lutions were adopted censuring Con
gressman Dorsey , for recommending
the appointment of Thomas J. Smith for
postmaster at that place , withoutfirst
giving the patrons of this office an op
portunity to express their preference.
Ainsworth boosts of having next to
the largest cigar factory in the state ,
which is owned and run by J. S Scho-
field , who located there in January. He
now employs eighteen hands.
J. W. Freeman , of Grand Island , is
a candidate for commandant of tho sol
diers' homo there , in case of tho removal
of Captain Hammond , who is under a
cloud.
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A shooting affray occurred last week
abont twenty miles noth of North Platte
in which one man was so badly wonnded
that ho will die. Tho affair was brought
about by a father meeting the man who
ho claimed had attempted to rape his
12-year-old daughter.
At a meeting of the business men
of North Platte the amount of money
necessary as Lincoln county's propor-
! ! tion was forthcoming to make tho pre
liminary survey in the inter-county
project for a railroad from the northeast.
I ' : At a delegation convention in Grand
Island in opposition to tho mass con
vention last week a regular row oc
curred. W. F. McLaughlin , president
of tho city council , struck Seth P. Mo-
bly in tho face breaking his nose and in
turn McLaughlin was knocked down by
John Donaldson. Mobley is editor of
the Grand Island Independent.
I Mr. Cady's bill to prohibit the"sale
of liquors to habitual drunkards passed
the house.
Ladies of Beatrice aak for two places
on the school board , and there are no
objectors.
Arthur Wallace , the 12-year-old son
of Chas. Wallace , of Dodge county , who
ran asvay from home about ei ht months
ago , has just been found by his father
through an advertisement. He is at
Grand Island living with a farmer.
Since the saloon Sunday closing
order went into effect in Omaha , grog-
geries outside the city limits are doing
a thriving business. The county au
thorities will now take a hand in sup
pressing them also on Sunday.
The Hall County Agricultural so
ciety offers to Grand Army posts and
other uniformed societies the following
cash premiums , viz : First premium ,
§ 35 ; second premium , $25 ; third premi
um , $10 , for drill in the manual of arms.
The present mayor of Omaha is the
only one tho city has ever had that
effectually closed tho saloons on Sun
day. His mandate is being respected to
the letter.
A disastrous prairie fire raged last
week near Beatrice. J. Q. Hamilton
lost a barn and a quantity of hay , and
his residence had a close call for de
struction. _ _ , . _
John P. Bowan , of Cuming county
died last week , aged 92 years.
The fair premium list-about to be
put forth by the Hall county Agricul
tural society is the most liberal yet
offered.
Tramps will undoubtedly give Fair-
bury a wide berth. For the dishonest
and unruly of this class publio whip-
pings have been inaugurated.
Some of the enterprising citizens of
Arlington are making a quiet effort to
secure the location of Fort Omaha at
that place.
Central City's water works are near
ing completion and will probably b
tefated at an early day.
The governor has signed House Boll
No. 95 , the bill making the herd law ap
plicable to all parts of tho state.
Scarlet fever , has prevailed at the
home of the friendless in Lincoln , but
none of the inmates have died.
rhe locating board of the Nebraska
conference held its final meeting lost
week and decided to hold the camp
meeting at Cushman park , near Lincoln.
AtEIwood , Abraham. Whistler , who
plead guilty to the crime of rape , was
sentenced to the penitentiary for three
years.
years.The Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri
Valley has issued a tariff circular re
ducing the rate on merchandise from
Omaha to points in Wyoming. First-
class rates will be reduced from $3.10
per 100 pounds to § 2.G5 ; second-class
from $2.90 to $2.55 ; third-class from
$2.80 to 82.45 ; fourth-class from $2.60 to
$260 to $2.35 ; fifth-class from $2.55 to
$2,224. Other rates were reduced to
conform to these and tho new tariff
schedule is to go into effect Monday ,
April 1.
A destructive fire occurred Inst week
in Elkhorn township east of Fremont.
Tho fire started on section 19 , owned by
Congressman Dorsey and rented by
Wm. Keeler. It swept over two sec
tions of Mr. Dorsey's land , destroying
Feventy-five stacks of hay belonging to
Mr. Dorsey and Ed Benton. There
was not less than 600 tons of the hay
which is worth nearly $1,200.
The Dixon co mty agricultural socie
ty held its annual business meeting in
Ponca last week. In settling up , the '
society was found to be in debt nearly
$1,000. The money is due in the main
to the officers of the association , who
have paid a great part of the expenses
from their own pockets.
The county board of supervisors of
Seward county have decided to submit
to the people of Seward county at the
general election to be held next fall , a
proposition for a $75,000 court house
according to the plans of O. C. Placy ,
an architect of Lincoln.
The Sheridan county agricultural
society is raising funds to send a county
exhibit to the state fair.
The Nebraska State Board of Agri
culture has just issued a valuable com
pilation of statistics of Nebraska.
The hotels of Beatrice are reported
.crowded with strangers who are seeking
homes and business locations.
A lodge of tho Knights of Pythias
has been organized at Fullerton.
G. L. Wagner's hardware store at
Hampton was burglarized last week.
The safe door was blown off and the
contents extracted. There was about
$25 in the safe. The burglars took a
lot of knives , razors and revolvers. A
hammer and cold chissel from a neigh
boring blacksmith shop was left in the
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BenPurcell and William Stevens ,
who were captured near Lincoln for a
burglary committed at Palrayjra , "wore
brought to Palmyra last weekly They '
waived examination and were , 'bound
over to the district court under $506
bonds each. , . :
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THE NEMASKA SENATE AND HUUSE.
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lit the senate on the 25th the Lincoln
charter hill was passed. The senate also
passed Bayncr's irrigation bill , tho ap
propriation of $5,000 for capitol grounds ,
and the bill providing that in cities oi
the Mcond class in counties under town
ship organization the board of equaliza
tion shall consist of a city council and
board of supervisors. Baymond intro
duced Sutherland's railroad resolution ,
defeated several weeks ago. Several
bills were reported from committee.
The appropriation bill for general ex
penses was received from tho houso and
read the first time. It has about sixty
amendments. Tho reduction from the
original bill aggregate $197,784 , tho in
crease $186,854 , leaving the net result u
reduction of only $11,430 hi a bill whose
items made a grand total of $1,484,157.
But for the $50,000 rider put on for the
benefit of the institution for the feeble
minded at Beatrice , the result would
have been a reduction of over $50,000.
The senato will reduce the Beatrice item
to $10,000 or $15,000 just enough
for a new boiler house. In ine
house the salary appropriation bill ,
was called up and pessed 70 to 6.
Among other bills passed were the
following : Increasing tho appropriation
to the State Horticultural society , $1-
000 to $2,000 ; authorizing the state
superintendent of public instruction
to appoint a deputy , and fixing hie
bond at $10,000 ; ceding jurisdiction' ol
the Fort Sidney military reservation to
the United States , except as to intox
icating liquors ; providing that the
terms of the supremo court shall be
held at the capital , and open on the
first Tuesday in January and third
Tuesday in September ; also a bill by
Berlin , providing that any pork or beel
packer , distiller or manager of a ware
house may store his own produce. The
houso then went into committee of the
whole to consider the bill providing for
the sale of state saline lands at a mini
mum price of $20 per acre. The bill
was otherwise amended and reported
for passage ; also a bill providing for a
state board of immigration.
in the senate on tho L'Utli , house roll
483 , which makes appropriations for the
current expenses of tho state govern
ment and is called the "expense bill" for
short , was read a second time and put
on the general file , whioh prevents the
delay of referring to the standing com
mittee. The senate passed Sutherland's
resolution which provides that all con
tracts for supplies for stato institutions
shall be let on a system of bidding ; that
bids shall be on each items separately ,
and that the heads of the several insti
tutions make a monthly statement to the
secretary of state of the supplies pur
chased. Baymond's resolution request
ing the board of transportation to mako
a scalo of freight rates to prevent dis
crimination was defeated 17 to 13. The
committee recommended the passage of
Berlin's bill , requiring the city comp
troller of Omaha to investigate the books
of the school board monthly and report
to the city council. The committee of
the whole recommended the passage of
Berliu's garnishee bill with an immater
ial amendment ; also tho bill exempting
pensioners from pa'ing poll tax or
working on highways ; also the bill
incorporating granges. In the house
Bills on third reading were taken up
and the following passed : The general
appropriation bill ; Hull's maximum tariff
bill as amended ; a bill by Cady for the
punishment of .the giving or selling of
intoxicptiug liquors to habitual'drunk-
ards , and a bill by Scovillo authorizing
any city to establish a system of elec
tric lights. House roll 268 , a bill intro
duced by Hungate , authorizing tho
county board to levy a special tax on
adjoining property to aid in grading or
paving boulevards leading into n _ city ,
was restricted to include only cities of
the metropolitan class , and referred
back with a favorable recommendation.
The Kennard claim of $11,000 for al
leged services rendered the state in con
nection with the collection of certain
sums due'from the general government
on school lands belonging to Indian
reservations was reached , but not finally
disposed of. A bill to pay county treas
urers for collecting the educational land
funds for 1884 and 1885 was taken up.
White and Majors denounced the bill
as boing pushed by claim agents and
lobbyists , and it was indefinitely post
poned by 76 to 16. The bill providing
for a constitutional amendment increas
ing the number of supreme judges to
five , aud fixiug the salaries of the judges
of both supreme and district courts , was
considered. Majors moved to strike
out $3,000 in the stluiy of district judges
and insert $2,500. Carried 47 to 35.
A bill relating to the organization and
government of school districts was
passed.
In the senate on the 27th Senator
Church Howe moved to suspend the
regular order of business and go into \ i
committee of the whole to consider the
expense bill. The motion was adopted
nd the committee of the whole took up
house roll 483 , known as the expense
bill. The programme agreed on by the
senatorial alliance was carried out with
out other interruption and with only
Dne change. The latter , at the request
of the supreme court , was the allowance
of $2,000 for bailiffs instead of $1,000.
The following statement shows the ag
gregate reductions in the various state
departments and. institutions from the
bill as passed by the house : Governor's
office , $1,100 ; adjutant general , $600 ;
commissioner of labor , $1,100 ; secretary
of state. $500 : auditor , $ S00 ; superin
tendent of public instruction. $750 ; com
missioner of pnltlic lands and buildings ,
$900 ; board of public lands and build
ings , $8,640 ; supreme court , $6,350 ; state
library , ? - * ji > 1)0 ) ; normal school. Pern ,
8200 ; penitentiary , $1,100 ; hospital for
insane , Lincoln. $44,200 ; hospital forin-
Bane , Norfolk , $46,800 ; hospital for in
sane , Hastings , $28,750 ; industrial
school , Kearney , $3,100. In the house
the following bills were passed : Pro
viding for the regulation of banks , with
house amendments. Providing for the
submission of a constitutional amend
ment increasing the number of judges
of the supreme court from three to five ,
and increasing the ealar3 * of these judges
from $2,500 to $3,500. A series of bills
to organize a county out of the Omaha
or Blackboard Indian reservation , with
contiguous territory now belonging to
Wayne into a county , to be called
Thurston. The Johnson bill providing
for a state printer was killed on a roll
call by a vote of 53 to 28 , ofter n sharp
fight. A bill fixingrates of toll for the i
bridge across the Platte , between Sid
ney and the Black Hills , was ordered to
a third reading. The committee ap
pointed to investigate the college farm
filed a report stating timt the farm is '
not being managed in the best possible
manner to carry ont the purpooesfor :
which it was established , and making j
sundry recommendations. The report <
was placed on file. ,
In the senate on tho 28th the follow- <
ing bills were posssed : Berlin's bill <
permittiugjjjo-isfluo of-warehouse - '
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Btorage. ' Changing tho time of tho ,
meeting4of the presidential electors i
fromDecember to January. Berlin's ]
bill to protect Nebraska railroad emj j
ployes from the garnishee sharks of <
4x > Va. Changing the Lincoln term of <
the supreme court from July to Sejtem-
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ber. Berlin's bill lor the monthly re
port of the city comptroller on .the ac
counts of the school board. For the in
corporation of granges tho same as se
cret societies. McNicklo's school bill.
Exempting disabled pensioners from
paying poll tax. The salary bill was
considered and reduction made as fol
lows : Adjutant general , from $1,500 to
$1,000 ; labor commissioner's clerk , from
$1,200 to $1,000 ; ouditor's bank clerk ,
from $1,500 to $1,200 ; his insurance
clerk from $1,200 to $1,000 and the re
corder from $1,200 to $1,000 ; the loud
commissioner's chief clerk , from $1,400
to $1,200 ; his two bookkeepers , from '
81,400 each to $1,200 ; officers of tho
homo for.the friendless , from $2,400 to
$2,000 ; the chaucellor , professors , in
structors and all employes of tho state
university , from $105,000 to $90,000.
On the hist item the original bill called
for $75,000 , and it was raised by the
houso to $105,000. In the house
bills were passed. Senate file 14 , the
Keokley bill to prohibit all pools and
combinations to enhance the price of tho
necessaries of life. A bill by Hungate
providing that the county board in coun
ties containing cities of the metropoli
tan or first-class andhaving over twenty-
five thousand inhabitants may levy a
special assessment on lands abutting a
public road leading into the city for tho
purpose of grading and paving tho same.
A bill authorizing tho condemnation of
not to exceed ten acres of land for cem
etery purposes , and a bill by Keiper pro
viding that the support of the insane
. shall be paid by the state , the same as
other unfortunate s. A 1bill was passed
providing for the sale of saline lands in
Lancaster county at not less than $150
per acre and providing for leasing these
lands and fixing the termination of the
caso at twenty years. The bill provid
ing for glass ballot boxes was killed. A
biil prohibing counties from transferring
cases arising from trespassing on real
estate , from one county to another was
passed. On motion of Hampton all tho
numerous normal school bills wereinde-
finitely postponed. The senate bill de
claring tho first Monday in September a
public holiday , to bo known as Labor
day , was passed. Also a senate bill by
Cornell ceding jurisdiction over Fort
Bobinson and Niobrary military reser
vation to the United States.
In the senato on the 29th the follow
ing were passed : House roll 275 , the
deficiency bill. Houso roll 224 , Bay-
ner's bill ceding jurisdiction at Fort
Sidney. House roll 75 , the electric
light bill. Tho chief clerk of the house
notified the senate that tho house had
refused to concur on house roll 483 ,
general appropriation bill. Mr. Nes-
bitt moved that the senate insist upon
its amendments , and that a conference
committee of five be appointed. Mr.
Baymond introduced the folio whig res
olution , which was unanimously adopt
ed : Besolved , By the senate of the
state of Nebraska'that we endorse the
action * of President Harrison in ap
pointing Patrick Egan to be United
States minister to Chili , aud recognize
in his appointment a just tribute to his
worth and patriotism as an American
citizen. On motion of Howe , the sen
ate adopted the following : Whereas ,
Certain persons associated together un
der the title of the Nebraska Farmers'
alliance , have publicly stated that the
financial obligations of the farmers of
Nebraska aro an oppressive burden to
said farmers , and that the general eco
nomic condition of the state is the re
verse of prosperous , therefore be it Be
solved , That it is the opinion of tlie sen
ate of the state of Nebraska , that tho
so-called Farmers'alliance , being a pri
vate and non-representative body , has
no right nor title to speak in behalf of
the fanners of the state. That the re
cent allegations of certain members of
said alliance with regard to the eco
nomic conditions of Nebraska , are un
true in substance and in fact ; that tho
mortgaging of their farms has enabled
a large proportion of the farmers of the
state to establish homes for themselves
and attain a degrpe of competency
which would have otherwise been be
yond their reach ; that if farm mort
gages are increasing in the newer and
notjTet fully settled portions of the
state , they are gradually being extin
guished in those older settled counties
where a .succession of magnificent crops
has rendered the farmer practically in
dependent of financial assistance ; that
the increase in the material wealth of
the state , as evidenced by the number
aud value of its live stock , and particu
larly by the large amount of imported
stock now owned in the state , as also by
the increased comfort of the homes of
the farmers and the completeness of
their appointments , has more than kept
pace with the growth of population , and
affords a certain guaranty that the finan
cial obligations of the farmers are not of
that burdensome character which has
been so rashly alleged of them. That
the agricultural prosperity of the state ,
of which there are abounding evidences
on ever3 * haud , is due in large measure
to its magnificent corn crops , which for
many years past have averaged a larger
number of bushels per capita , and a
larger percentage of a merchantable
standard than those of any other great
corn producing state in the Union.
In the house Dempster's bill
to encourage silk cultnre in Nebraska
by means of a silk station , was killed ,
42 to 44 The governor returned the •
bill providing for the appointment of ,
assistant county attorneys without' ap
proval. The house refused to pass it
oyer his veto 12 to 72. After long
discussion the house proceeded to take
the 3Tea and nay vote on the Majors
amendment , to concur in the senate
amendment to the appropriation bill.
A large number of members explained
their votes , and several took occasion
to denounce the senate combine ; others
said it is the same old story of trying to
get every dollar possible from the treas
ury. The roll call consumed more than
an ht ur , owing to the speeches made in
explanation of votes. This part of the
performance was watched by the house
and manj * prominent visitors with deep
interest. The motion to concur was
lost yeas 48 , nays 520. The speaker
appointed as house conference commit
tee on the appropriation bills , Cody ,
Baker , Hall , Corbin and Gilchrist. The
house passed Henator 'Ijams' bill for the
formation of a police relief fund , and
tho sale of contraband property for that
purpose. Senate file 154 , the Douglas
county bill , was passed. A resolution
was adopted paying Morrissey. Specht ,
Ferris and O'Brien $150 each , attorneys'
fees in contested election cases.
Suii for Recovery of Lands.
Washington dispatch : The commis
sioner of the general land office to-day
recommended to the secretary of the
interior that suit bo instituted in the
name of the United States to recover
about 200,000 acres of land , situated be
tween the Bacoon forks of the Des
Moines river , and known as the Des
Moines river lands. Under the authori
ty of the land department a large num
ber of settlers , between the years 1855
and 1860 , made entrv of these lands , but
of which the Des Moines Valley railroad
company , acting under authority of tho
Btate courts , has been for some time ac-
tfvely.ngR > ed-in isp esinklthej . A. ' . )
biirfiaving or its * * obiect the estoration -
of these-lantls passed the Forty-ninth
and Fiftieth congresses , but it did not
receive the approval of the president.
It is said thot the Iowa delegation in
congress is unanimously in favor of the
course recommended by the commis
sioner.
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A Proclamation Opening to SetUemtnl
Zaml In the Indian Territory *
Tho long looked-for proclamation
opening Oklahoma to settlement haa
been issued by the president as follows :
Proclamation : Whereas , pursuant to
section 8 of tho act of congress approved
March 8 , 1885 , entitled "an act making
appropriations for tho current and con
tingent expenses of tho Indian depart
ment and for fulfilling the treaty stipu
lations with the various Indian tribes for
the year ending Juno 30 , 1886 , and for
other purposes" certain articles of ces
sion and agreement were made and con
cluded at tho city of Washington , on the
19th day of January in the year of our
Lord 1889 , by and between the United
States of America and tho Muscogee or
Creek nation of Indians whereby the
said Muskogee or Creek nation of In
dians for the consideration therein men
tioned , ceded and granted to the United
States without reservation or condition ,
full and complete title to the entire west
ern half of tho domain of the said Mus
kogee , or Creek , nation in the Indian
territory lying west of the division line
survej'ed ami established under tho
treaty with said nation , dated the 14th
day of June , 1880 , and it so granted and
released to tho United States all and
every claim , estate , right or interest of
every description in and to an } ' and all
land and territory whatever , except so
much of the former doman of said Mus
kogee ( or Creek ) nation as lies east of
said lino of division survej'ed and estab
lished as aforesaid , and then used and
occupied as the home of said nation , and
which articles of cession and agreoment
were duly accepted , ratified and con
firmed by said Muskogee ( or Creek ) na
tion of Indians by act of its council ap
proved on the 31st day of January , 1889 ,
and the United States by act of congress
approved March 1 , 1889 , and
Whereas , liy section 12 of the act en
titled "An act making appropriations for
tlie current and contingent expenses of
the Indian department and for fulfilling
tho treaty stipulations with the various
Indian tribes for the year onding June
30 , 1890 , and for other purposes , " ap
proved March 2 , . 1889 , a sura of money
was appropriated to pay in full the Sem
inole nation of Indians for all the right ,
title , interest and claim which said
nation of Indians might have in and
to certain lands ceded by article 3 of the
treaty between the United States and
said nation of Indians , concluded June
14 , 1866 , and proclaimed August 16 ,
1806 , said appropriation to become
operative upon tho execution by the
duly appointed delegates of said nation ,
especially empowered to do so of a re-
lease and conveyance to the United
States of all right , title , interest and
claim of said nation of Indians in and
to said hands in a manner and form
satisfactory to the president of the
United States , and
Whereas , The said release and con
veyance bearing date the 13th day of
March , 1889 , has .been duly and fully
executed , approved and delivered , and
Whereas , Section 13 of the last afore
said relating to &aid lands provides as
follows :
"Sec. 13 That the lands acquired by
Hie United States under said agreement
shall be a pait of the public domain to
be disposed of only as herein provided ,
and section 16 and 36 of each township
whether surveye ; . or unsnrveyed , are
hereby reserved for the use and.benefit
of tho public schools , to be established
within the limits of said lands , under
such conditions and regulations as may
be hereinafter enacted by congress. "
"That the lands acquired by convey
ance from the Seminole Indians here
under , except the sixteenth and thirty-
sixth sections , shall be disposed of to
actual settlers , under the homestead
laws only , except as herein otherwise
provided , except that .section 2301 of the
revised statutes shall not apply , and
provided further , that any person who
having attempted to , but for any cause
failed to secure a title in fee to a home
stead under the existing laws , or who
made entry under what is known as the
commuted provision of the homestead
laws , shall be qualified to make a home
stead entry upon said lands ; and pro
vided further , that the right of honora
bly discharged soldiers and sailors in
the late civil war , as defined and de-
gcribed in sections 2304 and 2303 of the
revised statutes shall not be abridged ;
and provided further , that each entry-
shall be in square form as nearly as
practicable , and no person shall be per
mitted to enter more than one quarter
section thereof. But until such lands
are opened for settlement by proclama
tion of the president no person shall bo
permitted to enter upon and occupy the
same , and no person violating this pro
vision shall ever be permitted to enter
upon and occupy the same , and no per
son violating this provision shall ever
be permitted to enter any of said lands
or acquire any right thereto.
"The secretary of the interior may ,
after said proclamation and not before ,
permit entry of said lands for town sites
under sections 23S7 and 2388 , of the re
vised statutes , but no "such entry shall
embrace more than one section of land.
"That all tho foregoing provisions
with reference to lands to be acquired
from the Semiuole Indians , including
the provisions pertaining to forfeiture
shall apply to and regulate the disposal
of the lands acquired from tho Mus-
gokee ( or Creek ) Indians by articles of
cession and agreement made and con
cluded at the city of Washington , on
the 19th day of January , in the year of
our Lord , 1889. "
Now , therefore , I , Benjamin Har
rison , president of the United States ,
by virtue of the power in me vested by
said act of congress , approved March 2 ,
1889 , aforesaid , do .hereby declare and
make known , that so much of the lands
as as aforesaid acquired fromVbrcdn-
veyed by the Muskogee ( or Creek )
nation of Indians , and from or by the
Seminole nation of Indians , respective
ly , as is contained within the following
described boundaries , viz : Beginning
at a point where the degree of longi
tude aa west from lireenwlch , as sur
veyed in the year 1858 and 1871 , inter
sects the Canadian river , thence north
along aud with said degree to a point
where the same intersects the Cimarron
river , thence up said river along the
right bank thereof to a point where the
same is intersected by the south line of
what is known as the Cherokee lands
lying west of the Arkansas river or as
the "Cherokee Outlet , " said line being
tho north line of the lands ceded by the
Muskogee ( or Creek ) nation of Indians
to the CJuited States by the treaty of
June 14 , 1866 , thence northeast along
said line to a point where the same in
tersects the west line of tho lands Tet
apart as a reservation for the Pawnee
Indians by act of congress approved
April 10 , 1876 , being the range line be
tween range 4 and 5 cast of the
Indian meridian , thenco south on
said line to a point where the same in
tersects the middle of the main channel
of the Cimarron river , thence up said
river along the middle of the main
channel thereof to a point where the
isame-intersects therange linebetween , *
-Oue'cost and one west ( belngithe Indian
meridian ) which line forms the western
boundary of the reservation set apart
respectively for the Crow and Kickapoo
Indians by the executive orders , dated
respectively August 15 , 1883. Then
south along said range lino to a point
where the same intersects the right bank
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of the north fork of the Canadian river ,
thenco up said river along tho right
bank thereof to a point whore tho some
is intersected by the west lino of
tho reservation , occupiod by the
Cuzino band of Pottawattomies
and the absentoe Shawnee In
dians , set apart under tho provi
sions of tho treaty of Fob. 27 ,
1807 , between the United States and
the Pottawattomie tribe of Indians and
referred to in tho act of congress ap
proved May 23 , 1872. Thenco south
along the said west lino of the aforesaid
reservation to a point whoro tho samo
intersects tho middle of tho main chan
nel of the Canadian river ; thouco up tho
said river along the middle of tho main
cliannel thereot to a point opposito to
tho place of beginning , and thenco
north to tho placo of beginning , saving
aud excepting one aero of land in square
form in the northwest corner of section
5 , township 10 north , range 2 west of tho
Indian meridian in the Indian territory ,
and also ono acre of land in tho south
east corner of tho northwest quarter of
section Iff , township 16 north , rango 7
west of the Indian meridian in tho In
dian territory , which last desenbol two
acres are hereby reserved for govern
ment use aud control , will at and after
the hour of 12 o'clock noon of'the 22nd
day of April next , and not before , bo
open to settlement under tho terms of
and subject to all tho conditions , limita
tions and restrictions contained in said
act of congress approved March 2 , 1889 ,
and tho laws of the United States ap
plicable thereto , and it is hereby ex
pressly declared and made known that
no other parts or portions of the lands
embraced within tho Indian territory
than those herein specifically described
and declared to be opened to settlement
at the time above named and fixed , aro
to be considered as open to settlement
under this proclamation of the act of
March 2 , 1889 , aforesaid.
Warning is hereby again expressly
given that no person entering upon and
occupying said lands before the hour of
12 o'clock noon of tho 22d day of April ,
1889 , hereinbefore fixed , will ever bo
permitted to own ony of said lands , or
acquire any rights , and that the officers
of the United States will be required to
strictly enforce tho provisions of the act
I of congress to the above effect.
In "witness whereof , I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to bo affixed. Done at
the city of Washington , this 23d of
March , A. D. , 1839. and of the inde
pendence of the United States the 113th.
i Benjamin Harrison ,
By the President
James G. BiiAine. Secretanrv of State.
Halstead Not Ycl Confirmed.
Washington dispatch : Tho executive
session of the senate lasted between two
,
j j and three hours this afternoon and was
' confined largely to a discussion of the
' nomination of Murat Halstead to bo
minister to Germany. Before that came
up the nominations of John C. New to
be consul general to London and Louis
Wolfley to bo governor of Arizona ,
which were pending , were confirmed.
The final attempt of tho opposition to
defeat New's confirmation was based
upon the assertion that his paper , the
Indianapolis Journal , had published
articles reflecting upon the private char
acter of President Cleveland. This
charge was warmly denied by Senator
Voorhees of Indiana and the nomina
tion was confirmed.
The committee on foreign relations
favorably reported all diplomatic nomi
nations of yesterday , but in tho case of
Halstead the report was not unanimous.
On a motion to confirm his nomination
the nays were in the majority. Senators
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Teller , Plumb. Ingalls , Farwell and Cul-
lum voting with the democrats. Sher
man moved to reconsider the vote and
on that motion a long debate ensued , in
the course of which the ground of ob
jection was disclosed. When the senate
. refused to enter upon an investigation
j as to the election of Senator Payne of
j Ohio , Halstead , whose paper , the Cin-
; cinnati Commercial-Gazette , had strong
ly urged the investigation , made uncom
plimentary allusions to the republicans
• who voted against the investigation.
The feeling against him on the part of
senators who fell under his displeasure
at that time is very bitter , and ono of
them is reported to have said to Presi
dent Harrison this morning that Hal
stead could not be confirmed ; that sena
torswhom he had criticised would not
vote for him.
The motion to reconsider was pending
when the senate adjourned. The voto
on confirmation was taken before there
were any speeches.
Appointed to Treat With the Indians.
Washington dispatch : The president
to-day appointed J. Otis Humphrey , of
Illinois ; Alfred M. Wilson , of Arkansas ,
and ex-Governor George D. Bobinson ,
of Massachusetts , a commission to treat
with the Cherokee and other Indians in
relation to the opening of their portion
of the Oklahoma country.
The lands for cession for which this
commission will negotiate embrace all
of Indian Territory west of the 96th de
gree of longitude , except Greer count3 %
the Oklahoma section recently opened
by the president's proclamation , and
such other lauds as have been hereto
fore sold , and contain , approximately ,
20,000,000 acres. There is , however ,
some question as to whether the law
contemplates negotiations with the
Creeks , Choctaws and Chickahaws , only
a portion of whose lands lie west of the
96th degree. If it is decided that it was
the intent of the law not to include
these lands , it will reduce the area to
be opened to settlement to about 18 , -
700,000 acres. The same act provides
that negotiations with the Cherokees
for the accession of the Cherokee out
let shall be based upon substantially the-
same basis as the agreement recently
negotiated with the Creeks and Semi-
noles , and'that ipon • ratification cf the
agreement by the Cherokee nation the
lands so ceded shall become n part of
the public domain without further ac
tion by congress.
Givpn Back Their Old Placo. .
Washington dispatch : The postmas
ter general to-day acting upon the rec
ommendation of General Superintend
ent Bell of the railway mail service , op-
pointed the following named division
superintendents of tlie railway mail ser
vice : W. H. Bigelow , first division ,
Boston , Mass , vice Geo. E. Dane , re
signed ; B. G. Jackson , second division ,
New York city , vice W. T. Doolittle , re
signed ; C. W. Yickery , third division ,
Washington , D. C , vice Eugene Car-
rington , resigned ; L. M. Terrill , fourth
division , Atlanta , Ga. , vice J. 31. Tur
ner , resigned : George W. Pepper , ninth
division , Cleveland , O. , vice F. B.
Dodge , resigned. With the single ex
ception of Pepper , the appointees
named above were displaced during tho
last administration. Bigelow in 1885.
Jackson in 18SS , Yickery in 1888 , Terrill
in 1886. Pepper is the clerk in charge
of the New York and Chicago postoflice.
General Superintendent Bell , in
speaking of these changes , said that
they were made solely in the interest of
goodserviceTheanen' < who are to-doy
reinstated "have-'been for many years
closely identified with the railway mail
service , and its efficiency is largely due
to their ability and energy. The resig
nations of the ontgoing superintendents
were requested with the assurance that
there was nothing known to the depart
ment prejudicial to their good names.
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Heath of John Jiriolth U' Kngllh
Jltoyriijthleal Hkteh *
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London dispatch : John Bright die * J |
at 8 o'clock this morning. His end was , ; .
pcoccful and paiuloM. Ho had lain in % !
a camatoso condition since yosterday. YrS <
All his family wcro present at his death * j )
bed. !
Tho funeral will tako placo at Bocho- ,
dale Saturday. It will bo conducted as , j
privately as possible , and tho body will tfs i
bo interred in tho Quakor burial ,
grounds.
John Bright was born at Groonbank ,
Lancashire , NovcmhorlO , 1811 , the son , m
of Jacob Bright. Ho was educated in a- ,11
Yorkshire school belonging to tho So- f |
cicty of Friends. At tho ago of 15 he- jl
was put to business by his father , who-- ! Jj
was a cotton spinnor. When , in 1838 , * U
the anti-corn lcaguo was formed in Man- U |
Chester , Mr. Bright attached himself to'J
it , and in a fow years was prominently as- h
Bociatod with Bichard Cobdon in tho ogi- -JSj
tationconducted by that body. Its opor- s |
ations soon covered England with zeal- S
ous supporters , and resulted in the ro-
peal of tho corn laws in the year 1840 , a > j.
measure duo in great part to Mr. ;
Bright's effective oratory. In 1843 he- „ ;
entered parliament as a representative- , K
from tho Citv of Durham. Four years , f
afterword ho took his seat in tho house i
of commons as a member for Mnnches- M
tor , which he continued during four / n
years. In 1857 Birmingham elected him , rj
ono of its members , and ho has ropre- | j
sented that constituency evorsinco. He- J1
was president of tho board of trade. j1
1868-71 , and chancellor of tho Duchy of j
Lancaster , 1873-71. Upon the advent of I
Mr. Gladstone to power in 1880 , Mr. jj
Bright became chancellor of the Duchy J
of Lancaster tho second time , but re- .
signed in 1882 , because opposed to the-
policy of tho government with regard I
to Egypt. Ho was roturncd for Birm- [
inghnm at tho recent election , but would i
retire from public life on tho assembling |
of the now parliament. Mr. Bright has-
seen tho reforms ho ndvocatod adopted , i
and was represented to be out of sympa- I
thy with the extreme views of tho young-
radicals. I'
In tho commons to-day Smith , gov- \
eminent leader , with much emotion , re- j
ferred to the death of John Bright. He
said he would postpone his remarks on }
Bright until Friday , when Gladstone- 1
would bo present. "
The flags of both tho tory and liberal i
clubs were flying nt half-mast to-day in
honor of tho memory of John Bright , ]
each party claiming tho dead statesman-
as its own. ' Every evening paper , oven y '
Uio Star , prints a leader eulogizing tho .
famous Birmingham commoner , and the- •
home rulers one and all have forgotten , t
Mr. Bright's unionist sentiments , often * y
expressed in their admiration of tho jf' '
sterling qualities of the man. / '
No arrangements will bo made for
filling his vacant seat 'in tho houso of 3
commons till after tho funeral , though f ,
it is rumored that Mr. Chamberlain v ;
has already cast his liuo with a view H
to becoming his successor. It is unlikely I
that such a move on the part of the radi- 11
cal leader will bo countenanced and if }
tho dead man's youngest son , who is a I
staunch unionist , will accept the place-
he will bo returned to his father's seat
without opposition as an expression of jr
the esteem in which John Bright was 5. .
held by his political friouds and oppo- 9
nents alike. For the last ten years Mr.
Bright was in a visible process of decay ; ijr <
his once .resonant voioo began to fail • ,
when ho joined Mr. Gladstone's cabinet .
in 1880 , and his parliamentary career 'j '
practically closed when ho quitted tho ,
ministry on account of bombardment of t
Alexandria , a step on tho part of the I
government which ho never could be I
brought to justify or even excuao.
Who Will be Stanley Matthews' Successor.
Washington special : Tho justices of _ ss"
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tho supremo court seem to agree in the ,
opinion that the president will select' ' $
the successor of Stanley Matthews from j
the circuit conrt over which he pre- ' • '
bided , which is composed of Michigan , •
Kentucky and Tennessee. If Judge , ,
Cooley was not sixty-fivo years old he
would undoubted - be chosen , but tho
senate has refused to confirm for the 1
bench any man beyond the age of sixty , .
and considering the importance of the
circuit and the amount of business be
fore tlie court , the president will doubt
less select a young and sturdy man. Mr.
Lawrence Maxwell , , of Cincinnati , is un- , ,
derstood to be the favorite , and Judg *
Hoadley says that he stands head and
shoulders above any man at the bar of ' ,
Ohio , although he is but forty-two years- ' " <
old. It may be that Mr. Maxwell's
political record will prevent his ap- J
pointment , because he is suspected of J 3
being a mugwump and of having voted ( j (
against Blaino in 1884. Ho voted for I
General Harrison , however , at the last , i
election aud is a personal friend of the- . \j
president. S. F. Phillips , of North | J )
Carolina , formerly solicitor general , , , \
will be ver3' strongly recommended , al
though he is not a resident of-the cir- < j
cuit. Mr. Phillips is undoubtedly the ' K
leading lawyer in the south. t
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San Francisco musicians want the gov- j ! ' |
ernment to stop the competition of army * ,
bands against regular labor. I !
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T.IVK STOCK AND PRODUCE HaHKETS. \ \
Quotations from 2few TorJ : , Chicago , Omaha , ' *
and EUfiehere. *
OMAHA. l |
Wheat No. 2 80J " ( < $ SOJ. f \ '
Conn No. 2 mixed 19 @ 20
Oatb No. 2 22 @ 22 :
Kte 28 ( ft 28&
liOTTEa Crenniery 24 § 26 .
BoTTEn Clioico roll 17 @ 19 , '
Eaas Fresh 11 @ 12
Chickens dressed 9 v - @ 11 j
xUUKEYS . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • 11 (5J ( 12 f
Lemons Choice , per box. . . 3 75 Q § 4 50 lit
Ouanoes Per box „ 3 25 @ 4 00 > ,
Onions Per bu GO fa ' 65 ' L'
Potatoes Nebraska . . . . 25 @ 30 " *
Apples Per bbl 2 50 @ 3 25
Beans Navies 2 10 @ 2 20
Wool Fine , per lb 16 @ 18 i
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Hoos Mixed packing 4 50 @ 4 55 '
Hoos Heavy weights 4 60 @ 4 65 ,
Beeves Choice steers 3 00 ( < $ 3 50 '
Sheep Choice Western 3 80 @ 4 30
NEW YOUIC. I
Wheat No. 2 red 89 fa 91J j
Corn No. 2 42 @ 40 % . 1
Oats Mixed weatern 29X@ 33 I ,
IollK 13 5o13 75 '
L-D 737 # ( & 7 40 j
CHICAGO. ( J
Wheat Perlnishe ! 98 @ 98 fl' '
Coiin Per bushel 34 @ 34 ?
Oats Per bushel 24 @ ° 4j * l - '
fonic 12 35 ( $12 ZO H
Laud 6 92 7 00 .
Hoas Packing shipping. 4 70 @ 4 75 I ,1 ,
Cattle Stocken , 2 30 @ 3 30 CV ' j
Sheep Natives 3 00 @ 510 |
ST. LOUIS. '
Wheat No. 2 red cash. . . . . . 90 ( ft 91U. 1 :
Coiin Perbushel „ 30 @ 30 I
Oats Per bushel _ 24 § > 26 4 ( (
Hogs Mixed packing 4 70 ( § 4 85 * \ \ \
Cattle Feeders _ 2 10 @ 3 20 l |
.KANSAS CITE. . Tv w , *
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Corn PerbUBhel 25 @ 25
Oats Per buBhel. . . . . . . 23 @ 23 } '
Cattle Stockera & ! eedera. 1 60 © 3 20 , /
Hogs Good to choice. 4 10 @ 4 65 ' f *
SIODX CITY. • ' :
GiTrl _ _ Feeders - _ . . . 2 26 @ 2 85
Roam-Iflxtd 4 55 ® 4 S2J
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