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NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS'MATTFRS. .
An A. O. U.-'W. lodge- has been
organized at Filley.
Webster county refuses to with
draw from the list of state aid.
Aurora is working for the estab-
i fiment of a Normal school in that
place.
Emil Larson of Fremont , claims
to bo the fastest three mile skater in
Nebraska.
There are 697 cases on the docket of
the Gage county district court for trial
at the present term.
Mary Doeduk , of Omaha , a Polish
woman , suicided by jumping into a
well. She was insane.
The state board of public works
visited Milford for the purpose of in
specting the industrial home.
Miss Minnie Freeman , the blizzard
heroine who saved her pupils from
freezingduring the blizzard three years
ivgo , is now a resident of Omaha.
William Grant was arrested in
Valparaiso , charged with breaking
into the hardware store of I. M. Hurtt
and stealing revolvers and knives.
The Belmont Froid canal and res
ervoir company of Froid , Deuel county ,
liled amended articles of incorporation.
The capital stock is fixed at $300 , 000.
Sam Wymore , father of the town
bearing his name , is preparing to em
igrate to the state of Washington , after
residing in Wymore for thirty-four
years.
years.Wm.
Wm. Goodall , a Douglas county
farmer , was thrown from a load of
bailed hay , receiving injuries that in
stantly proved fatal. His neck was
broken.
broken.Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Davidson , of
Osceoha. last week celebrated their
golden wedding. Mrs. Davidson was
attired in her wedding dress of fifty
years ago.
The health of Mrs. Shcedy , con
fined in jail at Lincoln and charged
with the murder of her husband , is being
ing- undermined and an effort is making
for her release on bail.
All of the prisoners but two in the
Burt county jail made their escape the
other day. Doors to the cells were
found wide open , but at this writing it
is not known how they came in that
condition.
A house in Beatrice occupied by
B. R , Douglas and family was de
stroyed by fire the other night. The
'occupants barely escaped with their
lives , losing nearly all of their wearing
ingapparel. .
At the last meeting of the Otoe
county -medical association resolutions
were adopted instructing the secretary
to bring proceedings against several
doctors who , it is thought , were practicing
ticingillegally. .
N. S. Bell , an Omaha architect
and builder , and nephew of the late
supervising architect of the treasury ,
has flown and left creditors to the
amount of $4,000. He has gone testate
state of Washington.
Henry Karsten and son , residing
at Cedar Bluffs , have been arrested ,
charged with shooting with intent to
kill Dr. Stewarc of the same place.
The trouble originated over a game
cock belonging to the doctor.
A Mr. Zuver , who was unloading
wood at the city pump house at Chad-
ron , had a good horse killed by a run
away team. The tongue of the sleigh
went entirely through the animal. Mr.
Zuver had a very narrow escape him
self.
; Harry W-ilkerson and Charles
I Kaufman were duck hunting on a bar
/ in > he Missouri riverTSear Brownville
\ aiiiji Wiikerson accidentally discharged
his gun , th e whole charge entering
Kaufman's ankle. Amputation will be
necessary.
A David City young lady was ex
pelled from school because she slapped
a youth who sat behind her and prodded
her , in the back 'with pins and pencils
aqd pulled her hair. When the cause
of her action became known , however ,
she was reinstated.
A tramp calling himself Billy
Johnson was brought into Niobrara
with both feet and one hand frozen.
. He was found in a snow drift , but re
fuses to give his place of residence fur
ther than that he lived in Dakota. He
acts like an escaped convict.
TheNcligh sugar company filed
. articles of incorporation with the sec
retary of state. The capital stock is
fixed at $500.000 , 10 per cent of which
is to be paid when building operations
are begun , and the remainder subject
lo the call of the board of directors.
Governor Boyd last wees signed
his first papers pardoning a convict
' from the penitentiary. Two convicts
were pardoned ; the. first one being Pe
ter Cline , sentenced from Lancas
ter for four years for the burglary of
a. house in Lincoln. The other was
William Newton , -sent up from Douglas
county.
county.D.
D. A. Holmbs of Norfolk spent a
night at a Stuart hotel recently which
nearly cost him his life. A stove pipe
which passed through the room where
he slept came apart and the smoke
filled the room , partially suffocating
Holmes and rendering him unconscious , i
The timely discovery of his condition , '
however , saved his life.
- A Bagdad ( Cal. ) dispatch says :
"Edward Noah of Stella , Neb. , became
crazy in a passenger train here and
drew a pistol and shot two men. Their
wounds are not dangerous. Noah then
jumoed from the train , ran into the
brus'h and cut his throat. " Noah has
been a resident of Richardson county ,
this state , for fifteen years , coming
there from Iowa and locating near
Palis City , _
NO MORE FREE RIDES.
PUJJZIC OFFICIALS MUST JlEnEAFTEll
PAY TUEIK PASSAGE.
The .tloau Measure Goes Through the
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House by a Vote of 58 to 33 Defeat
* '
' of the Municipal Suffrage Bill Peti
tion Tor 'Hecoutit of the Ballot on
the Prohibitory Amendment A Rec
ord of Other Proceedings In the Two
Houses of the Nebraska Legislature.
THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE.
A ItECOIlD OK PKOCEEDINGS IN BOTH
imANCIIKS.
SENATE. In the senate on the 2d
the following committee reports were
made : Recommending the indefinite
postponement of senate file No. 19.
offering a bounty to beet sugar manu
facturers. Adopted. Recommending
the passage of senate file No. 136 , pro
viding punishment for the use of op
probrious epithets ; No. 24 , regarding
interest for mortgages and mortgages
in real estate transactions ; recommend
ing sending to the general file senate
file No. 134 , regulating the sheltering
of boys and girls in houses of ill fame ;
recommending the passage of senate
file No. 146 ; No. 204 , amending sec
tion 39. chapter 77 , of the statutes of
1889 : No. 98 , regarding claims against
railroads , indefinitely postponed ; No.
67 , compelling railroads to maintain
crossings at country roads , to be passed
as amended ; house roll No. 14i , the
Australian ballot bill ; senate file No.
139. regulating sleeping cars , be in
definitely postponed ; No. 145. requir
ing railroads to provide transfer facil
ities at railroad terminals ; senate file
No. 101 , establishing a normal school
at Aurora , was passed. The bill lo
cating a normal school at Chadron was
read a third time and lost. Senate file
No. 107 , providing for extension of the
time of redeeming undue tax sales ,
was read : i third time and passed.
HOUSE. In the house a petition was
received from the bankers of Omaha
petitioning for the adoption of "the
bill introduced by Mr. Taylor senate
file 130 which bill repeals the present
usury law and is similar to the law
prevailing in Massachusetts and other
states , where it has proved to be to
the best interest of the people to main
tain no usury laws. " The petition was
referred to the committee on banking
and currency. A majority of the com
mittee on medical societies reported
for indefinite postponement of house
roll 219 , by Oakley , which provides
for the appointment of a board of fu
neral directors , to prescribe the man
ner of embalming the dead and license
all undertakers. Mi' . Curtis , chair
man of the committee on telegraphs and
telephones , reported back house roll
94 , by House , regulating telephone
charges , with the recommendation that
the bill be indefinitely postponed. The
report of the committee of the whole ,
recommending that house roll 43 the
bill conferring upon women the right
to vote at municipal elections was
taken up. Mr. White offered an
amendment that the bill be indefinitely
postponed , and called for the yeas
and nays. The motion was lost yeas
43 , nays 45. The house went into
committee of the whole to consider
bills on the general file. The follow
ing were ordered back for passage :
Requesting the national congress to
enact such laws as would trrnsfer all
railroads and telegraphs in the posses
sion of the general government by
right of eminent domain. Providing
that one-third of the school board of
metropolitan cities shall be women.
Peoviding that the unorganized terri
tory lying immediately north of Holt
shall constitute a county by the name
of Boyd. Without adopting the re
port on the last mentioned bill the
house adjourned till 10 a. m. to-mor
row.
row.SENATE.
SENATE. In the senate on the 3d
Senator Hill moved to reconsider the
vote by which senate file No. 25 , pro
viding for a normal school at Chadron ,
had been defeated. The motion pre
vailed. Senator Koontz , from the com
mittee on military affairs , recommended
for passage senate file 214 , authorizing
cities and villages to appropriate
money to pay the expenses of Memor
ial day celebration. Adopted. Senate
file No. 163 was recommended for pass
age. It requires the depositing of all
incorporations and other papers in the
banking department of the auditor's
office , and was recommended for pass
age. Senate file No. 71 was read. It
provides for the purchase of uniform
school books throughout the state , the
selection in each county to be made by
seven teachers , seven city tax payers
and the superintendent of education.
It was referred to committee. Senator
Beck moved that further proceedings
of the Funck-Collins contest case in the
Twenty-first senatorial district be inde
finitely postponed. So ordered. This
action virtually settles the contest.
Senator Shumway moved that further
proceedings in the contest case of Sen
ator Wilson be indefinitely postponed.
Carried. House roll No. 272 , provid
ing for cheaper text books and district
ownership of the same , was read a , second
end time and referred to the committee
on education.
HOUSE. Mr. Watson , chairman of
the joint conference committee on
house file 81 ( the Howe bill providing
for the issue of § 100,000 in bonds for
the benefit of the drouth sufferers ) ,
reported that the joint committee had
agreed to amend the bill in accordance
with the suggestions of the governor.
The report was adopted and the bill
as amended was passed. The entire
morning session of the house was taken
up by the discussion of house roll 128 ,
Soderman's bill , providing for the people
ple of counties to vote prohibition
upon the county. The bill was killed
by striking out the enacting clause.
House roll 144 , Watson's bill to pre-
vent insurance companies from carry
ing cases to the federal court was con
sidered and recommended for passage.
House roll 90 , Capek's bill , was con
sidered. This bill provides that any
person or corporation or director , ofli-
cer , clerk or other person who shall
enact an agreement , either written or
verbal , from any employe not to joiner
or become a member of any labor .or
ganization as a condition of 'securing
or continuing in employment he , sheer
or they so exacting such promise shall
be fined not exceeding $100 for each
offense , or imprisonment in the county
jail for six months or both. The bill
was recommended for passage" House
roll 260 , by Stebbins , a bill providing
terms for admission of students to-the
state university , was recommended to
pass. When the report was presented
to the house on house roll 128 , Seder
man's "county prohibition bill"Por
ter of Merrick moved that the report
be not adopted. The motion was de
feated , and the bill once more killed
by a vote of 19 yeas and 68 nays.
SENATE. In the senate on the 4th
senate file No. 79 , prohibiting under
takers or others from putting embalm
ing or other fluids , without the consent
of the coroner , into the bodies of people
ple who have died under suspicious cir
cumstances , was read and passed. Sen
ate file No. 18 , the warehouse bill , was
read a third time and passed without
the emergency clause. Senate file No.
95 , relating to registration , was passed.
Senate file No. 125 , relating to the pub
lication of the proceedings of county
commissioners1 meetings , was also
passed. It was moved to reconsider
the vote by which senate file No. 113
had been indefinitely postponed. This
is the bill regarding the garnishment
of wages of mechanics , clerks and
laborers who are heads of families.
The amendments to it provide that the
cost of attachment shall be levied
against 15 per cent of the garnishee's
monthly income instead of 10 per cent
in the original bill and cue execution
instead of three. The - motion pre
vailed and the bill was returned to the
grand file. The senate then went into
committee of the whole to consider
senate files No. 175 and No. 210 < The
former enables the purchasers of seed
grain to mortgage the crop to be grown
therefrom , and the latter authorizes
county boards to use the county surplus
general funds to purchase food , fuel ,
seed grain and horse feed for needy
farmers. Both bills were recom
mended for passage.
HOUSE. In the house a petition
from Congressman O. M. Kem and
seventy-three other citizens of Custer
county , praying for a recount of the
ballots cast on the prohibitory amend
ment , was presented and referred. The
house , in committee of the whole , re
commended the following bills for
passage : House roll 185. by Curtis ,
providing that a summons against a
railroad company may be served upon
any freight or ticlcet agent or upon
any conductor in any county in the
state ; house roll 145 , by Taylor ,
of Butler , authorizing the forma
tion of a new school district by the
assent of a majority of the legal voters
residing in the district affected by the
change , and providing that pupils re
siding at least a mile and a half from
their own school house may attend the
nearest school in another district by
the transfer of the state fund. The fol
lowing bills were taken up : House
roll G , by Howe , pro via ing for the sub
mission of a constitutional amendment
requiring all moneys derived from sa
loon licenses and fines to be paid into
the county school fund. A vote was
taken on striking out the enacting
clause and was reported a tie 45 to
45. A second vote was taken and re
sulted 15 yeas , 41 nays which being
disputed a third trial was ordered.
Amid great excitement the clerk
counted 46 yeas and 48 nays , so the
enacting clause was not stricken out.
The motion to recommend the bill for
passage was adopted yeas 50 , nays
43. House roll 112 , by Faxon , requir
ing the names of a majority of the le
gal voters of the township or precinct
to sign a petition for establishing a sa
loon before the license shall be issued
by the board of supervisors was con
sidered. Under the present law the
signatures of only thirty free holders
are required. Cramb ( rep ) of Jeffer
son was strongly in favor of the meas
ure and was supported by Faxon.
Kruse moved to strike out the enact
ing clause. Lost 38 to 40. On mo
tion of White the committee rose and
reported back the bills as recom
mended by the committee.
SENATE. In the senate on the 5th
committee reports on bills were read
as follows : Recommending the passage
as amended of senate file No. 124 , re
garding the publication of proceedings
of county commissioners' meetings in
papers published in the German , Bohe
mian and Scandinavian languages ; also
house roll No. 104. constituting eight
hours as a day's labor. Placing on the
general file senate file No. 166 , subject
ing express companies and common
carriers to jurisdiction of the board of
transportation. Placing on the general
file house roll No. 42 , compelling rail
road companies to build a passage un
der their tracks at certain crossings.
Recommending the passage of senate
file No. 137 Amending an act entitled ,
"An act to require corporations , firms
and individuals transacting a banking
business to make reports of their re
sources and liabilities to the auditor of
public accounts and to provide for the
examination of the affairs of such bank
ing institutions , and to fix a minimum
capital for a transaction of a banking
business ; " punish the receiving of de
posits of insolvent banking institutions
and to repeal section 15 of chapter 8 of
the compiled statutes of Nebraska of
1889. Indefinitely postponing senate
file No. 189.
HOUSE. The house called up and
passed the Moan bill , prohibiting free
railroad passes to public officials and
others Yeas 58/nays 33. The house
also passed roll ' 1.15 , by Brcnnan , au
thorizing associations and unions of
workingmc-i to adopt labels and trade
marks for goods manufactured by mem
bers of such associations , and punish
ing parties who counterfeit or infringe
the same yeas 36 , nays 1 Mr. Gar- '
pentcr. House roll 71 , authorizing
cities of the second--class to mak'e.a
special levy for gas and electric light
was passed. The governor's private
secretary appeared and announced that
the governor had approved and signed
house roll 141 , the Australian ballot
bill. [ Applause. ] Also house roll 81.
providing for the issue of $100,000
state bonds to run from five to ten
years at 7 per cent , the proceeds to be
used for western sufferers. House roll
43 , the municipalt suffrage bill , was
taken up and put on final passage and
lost yeas 44 , nays 49. House roll
204 , by Johnson , requiring all rail
roads to construct and maintain depots
and switches within the limits of every
incorporated village , was recommended
for passage. The house passed house
roll 63 , a memorial and joint resolu
tion to congress , asking that such laws
be enacted as will transfer all rail
roads and telegraphs into the posses
sion of the general government yeas
60 , nays 20. Also house roll 52 , by
Gerdes. authorizing the organization
of farmers' mutual insurance 4compa-
nies yeas" 8" , nays 0.
SENATE. In the senate1 on the 6th
reports of committees were made as
follows and referred : Recommending
the passage of the senate files regulat
ing mines in Nebraska ; recommending
the passage of senate file No. 202 , de-
finining the duties of coroners ; also
senate file 201 , regulating the fees of
the same officer ; recommending the
passage of senate file No. 189 , com
pelling the posting by railroad compa
nies of the names of employes in pas
senger depots. Among bills passed
were the following : Senate file No.
153 , providing for the issue of bonds
for internal improvement. Senate file
No. 210 , authorizing county boards to
expend money of their surplus gen
eral fund to purchase seed , was recom
mitted to the general file.
HOUSE. In the house , house roll
271 , by Fee , to organize Boyd county
out of the territory lying directly
north of Holt , was called up on final
reading and passed yeas 64 , nays 18.
The following bills were placed on the
jreneral llle and recommended for pas
sage : Providing that United States
flags shall be placed on every school
house by the local board of education ;
requiring railroad companies to furn
ish sites for elevators and scoop houses ;
providing for the deposit of all public
funds in the hands of the treasurer of
the state , county or municipality in
ban lc and interest not less than 4 per
cent on monthly balances ; authorizing
counties under township organization
to reduce the membership of the board
of supervisors : punishing the sale of
intoxicating liquor to minors or drunk
ards was indefinitely postponed. House
roll 313 , the usury bill , was taken up.
A number of amendments were offered
and discussed , but no final action was
taken.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Shrader of Logan has prepared a
scheme to redistrict the state into con
gressional districts and has run the
line between Custer and Logan coun
ties.
Nearly eighty bills are on the gen
eral file in the house , and something
like two hundred in the hands of the
committees. The house disposes of
about five a day on an average.
The sneaker anpointed Herman ,
Stevens of Fillmore , Schappel and Ber-
trand a committee to go to Louisville ,
Neb. , and inspect a building that the
citizens propose to donate to the state
for a girls' reform school.
The house committee on cities and
towns has agreed to report back for
passage house roil 199 , the Gardner
bill , amending the school law of met
ropolitan cities , with section 29 , which
authorizes boards to condemn private
property for school sites , struck out.
The house committee on claims has
indefinitely postponed the claim of
Boss Stout for $5,000 interest on war
rants which he alleges he was com
pelled to discount that amount. The
attorneys fought hard to secure the
adoption of the minority report , but
failed.
The labor committee heard argu
ments in favor of the Severin bill re
storing the bounty on sugar , paying
half to the farmer who raises the beets
and the balance to the manufacturer.
Final action was not taken. A large
majority of the committee is strongly
opposed to the measure.
Brown & Wheeler got the job of
compiling the new statutes. The house
judiciary committee made this change
in the bill and stipulated that copies
should be furnished the state at $2
each and private parties for $4 per
copy. Cobbey of Beatrice was named
as compiler in the original bill.
Tli3 Lincoln home for the friendless
will be compelled to abide in its pres
ent location for at least another two
years. House roll 465 , by Gillilan ,
which provides for the sale of the pres
ent site and for removing the home tea
a tract on section 34 , a part of the sa
line lands , has been indefinitely post
poned by the house.
The house sifting committeeis yet
hard at work. They have reported
the judicial district bill at the head of
the list , followed by the various ap
propriation bills. By the order of the
house these measures will take prece
dence of everything else unless set
aside by the ruling of the speaker or
by a two-thirds vote.
The house commitlee on penitentia
ry held a meeting to investigate the
state prison contract. C. W. Mosher.
the contractor , was put on the witness
stand , but nothing of a startling na
ture was elicited from his replies ,
which he gave with apparent frank
ness. He claimed the expenses of the
penitentiary were about $6,000 a
month.
The committee to investigate the
charge that certain members of the
legislature have been in receipt of
state relief , has sent to several coun
ties for documentary evidence touch
ing the matter under consideration.
They have not as yet examined the
receipts in the possession of Geneiai
Manager Lanlden of the reliei com
mission. A clerk , however , has been
set to work assorting the thousands of
receipts of parties who have received
supplies under the appropriation.
The independents had a harmonious
conference to consider measures of
most importance. It was decided to
allow the senate to pass the Stevens
maximum tariff bill and then have a
conference committee from the two
houses , each having a majority of in
dependents , who will formulate a new
measure embodying the best features
of the house and senate bills. The
usury law will be called up soon and
passed.
The house committee on railroads has
approved and will recommend for pass
age Bertrand's bill declaring all rail
road bridges in Nebraska public high
ways and providing that all lnes : of
railroad of standard gauge snail be
permitted to use the same. The com
mittee fixed the rate at $2 for each
loaded car. The provisions , of the bill
will not materially effect the railroads
unless it should bo held that they ap
ply to the Union Pacific bridge at
Omaha.
The relief committee has issued the
following : "Notice to seed men 01
those willing to furnish seed for the
drouth sufferers. Sealed proposals ,
with samples of seed grain , wheat , oats ,
corn and barley will be received bv
mail or in person up to 2 o'clock Fri
day. March 6 , 1981 , at the ofliceof the
commission in the state capitol , Lin
coln , Neb. , at which time and place
the purchasing committee will proceed
to open bids. Proposals must be fet
grain in car load lots , delivered on
board the cars where the grain is now
stored. The committee desire that
bids be given as follows : 1. Grain in
bulk. 2. Grain sacked. 3. For corn
unshelled. The committee reserve
the right to require security that all
grain furnished will grade according
to the samples on exhibition. The
right to reject any and all bids is re
served. By order of the purchasing
committee.
Senator Shumway"s usury bill , No.
61 , was recommended for passage in
committee of the whole today. It pro
vides that the legal rate of interest
shall be 7 per cent and that 10 per
cent may be allowed on contracts. If ,
however , a rate greater than the lat
ter is charged the contract shall not
therefore be void , but if any action on
such contract proof be made that ille
gal interest has been directly or indi
rectly contracted for or reserved the
plaintiff shall recover only the princi
pal and the defendant the costs. If
the interest has been paid thereon
judgment shall be for the principal ,
deducting the interest paid ; provided ,
that if more than 12 per cent has been
paid , the party accepting the same
shall forfeit to the borrower both prin
cipal and interest. The illegal rate in
the bill was changed from 15 per cent
to 12 per cent by the committee.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
LINCOLN , Neb. , March 6. The su
preme court has rendered a decision
that house roll 284 , by Oakley , is not
constitutional. This bill authorizes
boards of supervisors , on petition duly
signed by a majority of the electors ,
to issue bonds not to exceed 3 percent
of the assessed value of the county ,
and in no event to exceed § 20,000. for
the purpose of raising money to pro
cure seed for needy farmers , taking
their notes for the same. The court
holds that the clause providing for is
suing bonds on a petition is repugnant
to chapter 18 , section 27 of the revised
statutes , which requires a vote of the
county to authorize the issuing of
bonds. The bill has already passed
the house , but will be amended in the
senate in accordance with the opinion
of the court.
ARMING INDIANS.
LINCOLN , Neb. March 9. Just as
senate file No. 158 was called up in
committee of the whole , a message
was received from Governor Boyd as
follows :
To the Honorable , the Sonata of thj
State of Nebraska : I respectfully in
form your honorable body that Cap
tain Frank B. Baldwin , judge advocate
Fifth infantry , U. S. A. , under direc
tion of General Nelson A. Miie , ad
vises me that reliable information h i-s
reached him to the effect that arms
and ammunition are being told to the
Indians of Pine Ridge and Roaebud
agencies by citizens of the state of Ne
braska and other. , tempting prices
being paid therefor in many instances.
I respectfully call the attention of
your honorable body to the fact that
there is no law , state or federal , mak
ing such sales penal , and I urge the
necessity of a law boingenacted by the
present legislature making sales of
arms or ammunition to Indians within
the borders of this state a crime and
prescribing severe penalties therefor.
Respectfully ,
JAMES E. BOYD , Governor.
The bill in question related to the
subject referred to by the governor.
It provided a punishment for the
selling or giving away of arms ,
ammnition , or anything that might
be used for such to the In
dians. It was amended so as tenet
not prevent the selling or giving of
arms or ammunition to Indians who
are citizens of the United States. It
was also amended , making the penalty
imprisonment in the penitentiary from
one to five years , or a fine of not less
than $100 nor more than $1,000.
With these changes it was recom
mended for passage.
Mrs. Lincoln , wife of the United
States Minister to Great Britian , ar
rived in London from America , J
OUB COAST DEFENSE.
THE MATTER DISCUSSED JJT JET-SK.V-
ATOR 2NGALLS.
Expenditures
Annual
Ho Considers Present
' Crlmlnnl Ex-
penditures on'theNavy
Under Bonds
travacancc-Eiitfland
to Keep the Peacc-Our Capacity to
Create a Na\-y In an Emergency- . !
Queer Complication Another c -
crvatlon Boom-Indlaus for Buffalo
Bill' * Wild West Show.
Ingalls on Our NaTul AnunmciiC.
WASHINGTON , March 7. The arti
cle contributed to the New York Truth
by ex-Senator Ingalls. which has cre
ated so much comment , is in substance ,
as follows :
"The annual shriek about our de
fenseless coasts and the bombardment
of New York , Philadelphia and Eos-
ion , has not been omitted. Yearly a
pamphlet describing1 the blood-curdling-
incidents and appalling-consequences of
war with Chili and Spain in 1905 , have-
been sent to each senator and repre
sentative in congress. Editorial estimates - .
mates in the metropolitan press of the
amount of property within the reach
of the Italian iron clad in the lower
bay and the ransom that could be ex
torted from the merchants and bank
ers , have all been submitted and liieil
away for use ag.ain in 1892.
' Their purpose is to reconcile the
people to the passage of the naval ap
propriation bill and to enormous and
profligate expenditures in time of peace
for ships , fortifications and munitions
of war. The capacity of the United
States to create a navy in an emer
gency was demonstrated in the rebel
lion. The duel between the * Monitor
and Merrimac in Hampton Roads rev
olutionized national warfare , and the
problem has since been to construct
an armour that no projectile could pen
etrate and then to invent projcctiles-
that no armour could resist.
"European nations have been conducting
ducting- these expensive experiments
hitherto , and the ships of 1880 are al
ready antiquated. Dynamite and other
explosites complicate this situation ,
and the navy we are now building- a
cost of $50.000.000 will be as worth-
less in 1900 as the Roman galley.
"England , France and Italy would
gladly sell us their fleets at50 percent
of their cost. The millions we arc
squandering on vessels better be spent
for earthworths and powerful guns to-
command every road bed , channel and.
harbor which a hostile fleet could
threaten or assail.
"Is there any necessity for spending-
millions every year for naval defense ?
Our policy is pacific. Our only enemy
is England , and she is under bond tc-
keep the peace. No other nation is so-
vulnerable ; and none so detested. She
has incurred the resentment of the
human race by centuries of injustice.
England kicked us when wo were help
less and feeble. She sacked and
burned the defenseless capital. She-
kicked Ireland ; she kicked Egypt ; she
kicked the Hindoos , the Zulas , Boers
and Chinese ; but she is not in the habit ,
of kicking her equals. .
' In our civil war she did all she-
could short of open hostility to destroy
the union and then apologized and paid
damages. lately we had another con
tention about seal poaching and Beh-
ring sea. Casus belli could easily have-
been found , if wanted , and we were as
sured that the danger was imminent.
Immense appropriations were promot-
ly voted for ratifications and navy , and
then when the national hair was stand
ing on end , England suddenly came to-
our supreme court as a suitor and sub
mitted the whole controversy to that
great tribunal. It was reassuring but
laughable nevertheless. ' '
The Idaho JmljreMiJp.
WASHINGTON , March 6. A queer
complication surrounds the question of
the United States district judge /or-
Idaho. The president appointed Mr.
Beattie for the place but ; he failed of
confirmation. The point has been
made that as this is a new ollice it can
only be filled by and with the advice
and consent of the senate , and the pres
ident's attempt go to liii it having-
failed , he cannot appoint a man now
and have him serve until the senate-
can act on the nomination. Under this"
view no vacancy such as the president ,
is authorized to iiil until the senate
can pass upon it exists , and that , : he
president has the same right , to fill it
that he has to fill any vacancy.
The question is under consideration ,
at the department of justice.
Another Kefcervatioii Iloorn.
SPOKANE FALLS , Wash. , March 7.
The passage of the bill opening the
Couer d'Aiene reservation to settle
ment has created a stampede almost
equal to the Oklahoma craze. Ftillv
2,000 men have poured into Port Falls-
and Couer d'Aiene City , which are on.
the border of the reservation , during-
the last two days. More settlers are
coming in by train loads. They are
waiting for the president to issue his.
proclamation and then trouble is ex
pected , as some of the Indians will ob
ject to giving up the lands.
Buffalo Hill Get * III * IVlIdVcM. .
WASHINGTON , March 7. The secre
tary of the interior has granted per
mission to Buffalo Bill to engage 100
Indians' for his Wild West show from
the Sioux reservation. The privilege
was granted after an investigation
made by the secretary as to whether-
or not the Indians heretofore in the
shows had become demoralized , which
the secretary thinks is not the case.
It has been discovered that some
jerson altered the design of Wyom-
ng's state seal to a modified- Greek
slave.
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