Nebraska Newspapers

    B MCCOOK TRIBUTE.
H V. fit. KI.YIMELL , Publisher.
Hh McCOOK , NEBRASKA
H | NEBRASKA. .
H H Louisvillb had two fires in one
H * rcek.
H Tiik house of Asa Godding of Syra-
j K cuse was struck by lightning.
H | B Tiik loan and building association at
B B North Platte is in a very prosperous
Hl condition.
HjS Tub flouring mill at Norfolk has
H H been idle for some time on account of
Hm high water.
BH Lincoln county assessors talk of
HI raising the value of irrigated lands
a from $15 to $20 an acre.
Hl Along the Platte river this year
1 sportsmen are bagging more ducks
HB than in any former year.
Bl By the premature explosion of a gun
H'n n y0110 ? man named Beardsley , near
ra lairmount , lost three lingers.
HfS Nor a farmer in Buffalo county , says
HS the Kearney Sun , has donated a bushel
Hh of corn to help the starving people of
EjSj India.
Hffl 1'kadk WixtN'is of Lyons has myste-
Bl riously disappeared and his v. 'ife and
KH friends are wondering what has be-
HS come of hiin.
E8 Aiiuaxgkments have been made for
HfR the. holding of the Table Rock Chau-
V9 tauqua on the grounds near that place
from June 10 to 10 inclusive.
'Jl Mits. Mary V. Moss wants S2. ) .O0O
KB damages from the Lincoln Journal for
B something that paper said regarding
Hjfi her excommunication from church.
HjB One hundred and fifty cars of gravel
PJ will be shipped from Wyoming daily
Bti next season to ballast the Union Pacific
Hjl trade between Cheyenne and Columbus ,
i Gknkva merchants have suffered for
Ha the past couple of years from petty
Hi burglaries. Every once in a while
Hf some store is entered and articles of
_ HjX small value taken.
Ha The women ' s club of York held its
H J first open meeting last week. An ad-
Hi dress was made by Mrs. A. J. Sawyer
H § of Lincoln on "The advantages and
3 disadvantages of being a club woman. "
H Mns. L. Mohan and her daughter' ,
H Frances of Crete had a narrow escape
H from asphyxiation in St. Joseph. They
H "went to bed in a hotel and blew out
Hj instead of turning out the gas.
K Tim junior endeavor society of Bea-
H ver City has raised a car of corn for
H the sufferers of India. The corn will
i be shipped free of charge by the P. &
K f * to Denver and thence via San Fran-
B Emerson is now the headquarters of
B the C , St. P. , M. & O. railway bridge
K and carpenter crew , and the Enterprise
1 of that place says the change will add
B | • about twenty families to Emerson's
H population.
Hjj Xeligh is jubilant. The North
j Nebraska G. A. R. reunion has been
Hj located there for another year. This
B will be the fourth year Neligh has had
f the reunion and the city feels justly
K A few days ago a fine set of harness
Bj -was stolen from the barn of J. C.
H Swartz , a farmer living two miles west
H of Hastings. The police were notified
H and Wm. Hardy was arrested. He
B confessed and is now in jail.
B EvFather. Murpiiv of Tecumseh
If H lias returned from "Washington , D. C ,
I H where he went to present his case be-
- H fore the apostolic delegate , Martinelli.
I H The points at issue will probably not
H "be decided for a month yet.
B Mrs. Huber , wife of Col. John Huber
H o ? Columbus , died very suddenly of
H heart disease. She was 64 years old
H and had lived in Platte county for
H nearly thirty years. About a year ago
H she was stricken with paralysis and
H had been in poor health since.
H A larger number of cattle are being
H fed in Gage county this spring and
H summer than has been fed there for
H years. The large surplus of corn , to-
H gether with other advantages which
H have been made available by farmers
H to shippers , is accountable for it.
H The jewelry store of A. R. Weaver
B at Harvard was robbed of § 150 to $200
H -worth of watches and jewelry , and the
H money drawer of Brown & Saule , who
B occupy one side of the room with
B stationery , was opened , and about § 3
H in small change taken and some cigars.
H No arrests.
H Word has been received of the death
H of Walter aS. Priclcett , a prominent
B attorney of Alva , Cal. Mr. Prrckett
H was one of the first attorneys in Lin-
H coin. He was for some time in part-
H nership with Attorney Seymour G.
H "Wilcox , now of Omaha. He was a
H member of the first town council of
H Fairfield , and was considered one of
H leading attorne3rs of the state , and
H took a very prominent part in republi-
H can politics.
H South Omaha is to have a beet sugar
H faetorj' . There is no longer any doubt
H on this question. Notices have been
H prepared and will be served on the res-
B idents of blocks 258 and 261 within a
H few days. Altogether about fifty fam-
H ilies are living in little shanties on
H this land , which has been leased from
H the South Omaha land company. In
H the lease the company reserves the
HB right to claim the land after giving the
H occupants ten days' notice.
B Two masked men entered the home
H of D. Jones , an old bachelor who lives
H a mile south of Wymore , knocked him
H down and covered his head with a
H -sack , and then demanded that he tell
_ H them where he kept his money. He
H refused , whereupon they heated irons
H and applied them to his body , burning
H him in a horrible manner. This treat-
H ment lasted two hours. Then the rob-
H bers. leaving the victim in his helpless
H condition , locked the house and took
H the key with them. His recovery is
H doubtful.
B Rev. S. H. Avres. who has been for.
H t the past three and a half years engaged
H in Sunday School missionary work in
H Garfield and surrounding counties
H nnder the direction of the American
H Sunday School union , will hereafter
H labor in Dodge and Saunders counties
H vith headquarters at Fremont.
B W. A. Lawrence and Dick Pall felled
H a. tree north of Elk Creek on the
H Nemaha that contained u nestof young
H opossums. Tlie.se little animals are
HB quite a curiosity in this part of the
H sountry so the boys allowed them their
H freedom.
B . Oxe of Long Pine ' s hotels has closed
B 5Ior lack of remunerative business.
MEN FOR THE COUNT.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED IN
BOTH HOUSES.
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Rera ivaca of the Amendment Tote Will
Nptr Interruptedly Go Forward
Leelalature'B Time U Up , ISut
There Is Yet a Great Dealer
or Work in Sight.
The Nebraska Assembly.
Senate. The senate on the Xld became In
volved lu a parliamentary tangle over the
bill providing for u new dormitory for the
Peru normal .school. Today the senate un
did some of this hasty work. The dormi
tory appropriation was recalled , and the
measure must henceforth take its chances.
The vote by which the bill was passed was
reconsidered by a votu of 17 to 14. In the
afternoon the senate took up regular routine
work. As soon as It had been called to order
the senate went into committee of the whole ,
with Mr. Gondrinx m the cliair. to take up
the consideration of senate file No. 230 , which
had been made a special order for this after
noon. Fritz of Thurston , author of the bill ,
tried to have the name of Fcltz of Keith sub
stituted for that of Mr. Gondrlng , but the
motion failed to carry , and Mr. Gondrlng
took the chair. Senate lile Xo. 239 provides
that the terms of all county ofllccrs shall be
for the period of four years , and that all
county ofliccrs now in oilice shall hold
said oflices without further election
until 1899. In other words , the pro
posed law extends for two years the
term of office of all county oillcers ,
The committee made short work of the
bill. After It had been read Mr. Fritz
offered an amendment which limited
the tenure of olHce to a single term. It was
agreed to without dissent. Then Mr. Mutz
ottered another amendment providing that
the first election of county officers under the
proposed law should be held in 1S97. This
was also agreed to by a vote of 14 to 7. Mr.
Ueal moved that the committee rise and re
port the bill back to the senate with the
recommendation that the 1)511 be indefinitely
postponed. To this Mr. McGann offered an
amendment that the bill be recommended
for passage. Finally the bill was recom
mitted to the committee on judiciary. Sen
ate file No. 2 , the anti-compact insurance
bill , introduced by Mr. Ilaller , was placed on
its final reading and passed by a vote of 28 to
1. Senate file No. SOi , introduced by Mr.
Gondrlng. to amend the irrigation law , was
road t lie third time and passed. House roll
No. 185 was read yie third time and passpd
Jt leagalizes certain acts of the county com
missioners of Buffalo county. Up to this
time the passage of the bills had proceeded
without interruption : but from this time on
the afternoon proceedings , so far as bills on
third reading were concerned , were badly
broken up. Bill after bill was read and
found to bo radically defective in construc
tion or In the manner in which it had been
engrossed.
Senate. The senate devoted the session on
the 24th entirely to the several normal
school propositions. If. transpired very
early in the day that a combination had been
effected for the purpose of establishing not
one , but two , normal schools , one at Scotia ,
and one at \ ork. Long before the day closed ,
however , the combination went to pieces and
all normal school bills were killed for the
session. Mr. McGann said that the necessity
for a normal school was apparent to every
body. Scotia was but forty miles from the
geographical center of the state. It was ac
cessible to the people of twenty counties.
Tiie buildings ' were .sufficient , for all the
needs of a normal school for the coming ten
years. He contended that such a school at
York would be superfluous as that city was
within an hour's ride of the University
of Nebraska , which furnished ample fa
cilities for the training of teachers in
the south and central part of the state.
There was lengthy discussion on the matter ,
some favoring York and others Scotia. Mr.
McGann closed the debate with a plea for the
Scotia proposition. At 4:20 o'clock a vote
was reached on Haller 's motion that the
committee recommend to indefinitely rmet
pone " all normal achoorwiis. it ; was agreed
to by a , vote tir in to 11. llus kills all normal
school propositions for this session. Mr.
Osborn moved that the vote by whicii senate
lile No. 331 was passed last Monday be recon
sidered. This motion was declared to be out
of order until the bill was in the possession
of the senate. Mr. Caldwell moved that the
house be requested to return the bill to the
senate. He said that there was good reasons
for the belief that the bill , which proposed xo
restrain the crime of gambling , had been
passed in ignorance of its true purport.
After discussion the motion to recall the bill
was agreed to. When the bill was returned
the vote by which it was passed was recon
sidered and the bill sent back to the com
mittee of the whole. A committee consisting
of Talbot , Gondrlng and Howell was ap
pointed to confer with a like committee from
the house relative to fixing a day for final
adjournment. The senate then adjourned.
Senate. The senate on the 25th resolved
Itself into an informal sifting , committee this
forenoon. The approaching end of the ses
sion was evidenced in the hasty scramble of
individual senators to get their favorite bills
in under cover. Bills on third reading were
taken up as soon as the chaplain had said
his prayers. But one bill was ready , house
roll No. 144 , introduced by Burkett of Lan-
' caster. It makes grave robbing a felony
instead of a misdemeanor. The bill has al
ready passed the house and the senate sent
it to the governor. Mr. Mutz brought up his
bill , senate file No. 101. providing for the
dividing of the Fifteenth judicial district
into two districts , stud moved that it be ad
vanced to a third reading. This motion
brought , on a lirsf-class controversy. The
motion to advance the bill was not agreed to.
Mr. Gondring : isked that senate file No. 240
be engrossed for its final passage. This is
ono of the important bills of the session ,
although it lias attactcd but little attention.
It authorizes the attorney general to com
mence an action to recover from the sureties
of an official bond running to the state in the
county in which the sureties reside. At
prcsent' such suits have to l > e commenced in
Lancaster county. The bill was advanced to
third reading. On motion of Mr. Spencer of
Lancaster , senate lile No. 233 was ordered
engrossed for third reading. It is a bill
to require school book companies fur
nishing * books to school districts in Ne
braska under contract , to maintain a
supply house at the capital of the state.
Senate file No. 20S. which next received con
sideration , provides for the exclusion of
school bond taxes in the computation of ag
gregate school taxes. The bill was recom
mended for passage. The enrolled copy of
the recount bill wis presented and signed by
the lieutenant governor. The senate bill
ceding to the use of the hospital for the in
sane at Lincoln a quarter section of state
land was passed. The senate bill permitting
criminal suits against state officials charged
with offenses against the statutes to bo
brought in any county of the state was passed.
The announcement that the governor had
signed the recount bill was received and the
senate adjourned.
Senate. The senate on the 27th did con
siderable business. The lieutenant governor
handed to the clerk and had read a commu
nication in which he announced the appoint
ment of Canaday of Kearney , Syk'csof Adams
and Heapy of SJierman as the senate mem
bers of the recount.commission , provided for
in the bill which received the approval of the
governor. The house bills received were
read the second time. Lee of Boyd moved
that house roll No. 435 be advanced to third ,
reading. The bill authorizes the commis
sioners of public lands and buildings to select
lands in the old Fort Randall military reser
vation as school land indemnity. The pure
food bill introduced by ilr. Slurphy was
taken up. discussed and recommended for
passage. House roll No. 207 , Gaftin's bill to
prevent , corporations from contributing to
political organizations , or using their influ
ence in elections was recommended to pas.
The next bill taken up was senate file No. 371.
Miller's bill providing for the taxation of ex
press companies wit hin the state of Nebraska
and fixing a penalty for false statements.
Mr. Mutz moved to strike out the amend
ment taxing the companies 3 per
cent of the net earnings and make it
read 2 per ceat of the gross earnings.
The motion was adopted. Mr. Murphy offered
an amendment exempting from the calcula
tion of the gross earnings the amount paid by
the companies torailroacls for transportation.
To this Mr. Kansom added , "and also the
amount , paid by sucli companies to employes
for manual labor. " The amendment was
defeated , and another by Mr. Gondrlng
changing the 2 per cent on gross earnings to
1 percent was adopted. The bill was recom
mended to pass as amended. Senate file No.
375 , by Fcltz. providing for a tax on telephone
companies , and containing almost exactly
the same provisions as tlie express company
bill , was next on the list. Mr. Talliot oltered
an amendment striking out the word "gross"
and inserting the word "net" earnings. The
ntneudment failed to carry. He then offered
an amendment changing the percent from 2
to ous-balf of 1 per cent. The amendment
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'offered by Mr. Talbot was adopted , and the
.bill was recommended to pass' .
House. In the house on the 23d the com
mittee on privileges and elections reported
house roll No. 051 , the new bill relating to
the powers and'dutics of the attorney-gen
eral In cases affecting the state , to no en
grossed for third reading. The reKtrt | was
adopted. Bills on third reading having been
taken up. House roll No. U5 , the general
appropriation bill , was read and put upon
Its passage. The vote stood Kl ayes to 4 nays ,
Kagor , Snyder of Nemaha , Wooster and
Young voting against the bill. House roll No.
K)0. the claims appropriation bill , was read
and passed by a vote of 7C to v. . House roll
No. 353 , providing for the payment by coun
ties of the premium on the bonds of county
treasurers , where these bonds are executed
by a surety company authorized bylaw to
oxecutosuch bonds-passed by a vote of 00
to 29. House roll number llrA provides for < ho
payment out of the state treasury of the
premium on the state treasurer's bond , when
the bond Is executed by a surety company
authorized by law to execute such bond , the
premium not to exceed one-third of 1 per
cent , per annum of the penalty stated in the
bond. The bill carries an appropriation for
the payment of such premium. It was passed
by a vote of 59 to 25. House roll No. : t01 ,
by Uicli , to amend sections 7 and S of chapter
lxvili of the compiled statutes of Ne
braska , 1895 , and relating to bonds re
quired from persons having contracts
with the state , received 52 votes for and
3S against its passage with the emer
gency clause. Roll was again called upon Its
passage with the emergency clause stricken
out , and the fate of the bill being very uncer
tain. Rich moved a call of the house. It
was soon raised and the bill passed by a vote
of 53 to 38. House roll No. 302 , creating a
board of public works consisting of three
members In cities of the second class and
village-cities of over 5,000 inhabitants , was
passed with the emergency clause stricken
out by a vote of 51 to 44. House roll No. 303
provides that notaries public shall give bond
for $2,000 either in an iucorpoiated surety
compunv or two residents of the county.
The bill * received 54 votes and was declared
passed with the emergency clause stricken
out. House roll No. 304 requires that when
the plaintiff is a nonresident of the county in
whicii action Is brought lie must first furnish
security for costs , either by a resident of the
county or a surety company authorized to
transact such business. The bill passed with
the emergency clause. Senate lile No. 47 ,
Ransom's bill requiring that husband and
wife shall both sign chattel mortgages given
on household goods , passed with only three
dissenting votes. Senate lile No. 4i. ( by Ran
som , requiring street car companies to con
struct enclosures at the end of cars to protect
their employes from inclemency of the
weather during certain seasons of the year ,
was passed by a vote of 70 to 19.
House. Bills on third reading were the
first thing in order in the house on the 24th ,
and house roll No. 474. Gailin's bill to permit
county agricultural societies to participate in
the Trans-Mississippi exposition and to pro
vide for the expense of county exhibits , was
passed by a vote of 01 to 28. House roll No.
310 , the bill to establish a state banking
board , to define state banks , provide for a
secretary for the state banking board and
state bank examiners , and to provide for the
regulation of sucli institutions , with penal
ties for violation , false statements or entries ;
also providing that receivers of such banks
may give bond in incorporated surety com
panies , was passed after the emergency
clause had been stricken out. House roll No.
313. the last of Rich's bills , providing that a
receiver shall give bonds of the same kind as
designated in the previous bills , was passed
without the emergency clause. House roll
No. 308. providing for guaranty bonds for
township , city and village treasurers , re
ceived 52 ayes and 3S nays , with the emer
gency clause. "With that clause stricken
out. It received fifty-seven votcs.with thirty-
two negatives , and was declared passed.
AVebb offered a resolution providing for the
printing of 350 copiesof the "Blue Book. " to bo
modeled on that of 1893. After some discus
sion the resolution was adopted. Alderman
sent up a resolul ion asking that the Missouri
river commission be instructed to take steps
to prevent the constant change of channel of
the Missouri river between Cottonwood Hills
bluff and the bluff at Sioux City. It was
adopted. House roll No. 0. Hull's deficiency
judgment bill , was recommended for passage
as amended before being sent to the special
committee : the " committee substitute being
Ignored. The committee of privileges and
elections reported senate tile No. 3S2. the new
recanvass bill , for third reading. It was so
ordered. Adjourned.
House. The sifting committee of the house-
on the 25th reported the following bills , with
the recommendation that they be ordered to
third reading , in the order named : Senate-
files 6 and 99 , house rolls 359.02o , senate files
74. 7C. house rolls 32. 4S1. 273 , 505 , 277. 351 , 27 ,
007 , 57S and 549. The standing committee on
agriculture reported house roll No. 5-13 to be
placed on the general file. This is Marshall's
bill giving the state board of horiticulture
52,000 for the payment of expenses of the
society. House roll No. 401 , by Gaftin , limit
ing the tax levied by school districts , but
providing that the board may borrow money
on bonds which mav be issued when author
ized by the electors of said school district ,
was placed otj third reading , and passed by a
voicofS3toO. House roll No. 209. by Wira-
berlcy , to direct the application and payment
of certain moneys received , by the state
treasurer annually , and known as the ' 'Mor
rill Fund , " in aid of the industrial college of
the university of Nebraska , was read the
third time and passed with the emergency
clause. House roll No. 12. by Clark of Lan
caster , to amend the existing law relative
to elections to correspond witli a bill
already passed , providing for the selec
tion of non-partisian election boards ,
was passed by a vote of 84 to S.
A message was received from the governor
announcing that lie had signed house roll No.
93 , the Trans-Mississippi exposition bill ,
house roll No. 15. for the relief of Boyd
county , and house roll No. 4 , for the relief of
Rebecca Perkins. Senate file No. 382. the recount - '
count bill introduced at the suggestion of the
governor , was put upon its passage. During
roll call it was discovered that several mem
hers would have to be brought in before the
bill could pass , and a call of the house was
demanded. The bill was passed by a strictly
party vote. On motion of Siiull of Nemaha ,
the amendment to senate file No. 108 , the de
ficiency judgment bill , exempting present
contracts , adopted yesterday , was stricken
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out. An attempt was made to recommend
the bill for passage , but it was defeated by a
tie vote. A message from the governor an
nounced that he had signed senate file No.
4S2 , the now recount bill which passed during
the afternoon. The house adjourned to 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.
House. Immediately after the opening ex
ercises in the house on the ,20th the speaker
announced that lie had appointed Pobson of
Fillmore. Gcrdcfl of • Richardson , Fernow of
Adams and Loom is of Butler as the house
committee to aid in the recanvass. Mc-
Cracken moved that the committee be in
structed to employ as help in the recount
the present employes of the house , as far as
expedient. The motion was adopted without
division. Senate file No.2S7 was put upon its
final passage. This is the bill regulating the
filing of articles of incorporation and
fixing the scale of fees for the same.
Jt received seventy-two votes , with
only eight in the negative , and was
declared passed with the emergency clause.
House roll No. 193. the committee substitute ,
extending the term of of redemption of real
estate after foreclosure to one year beyond
the nine months already allowed. The bill
received fifty-six votes , and was again put
upon its passage , witli the emergency clause
stricken out. On this roll call the bill passed.
House roll No. 051. the bill suggested by the
governor's message , increasing the powers of
the attorney general , was passed , when the
committee report on house roll No. 428 was
read. Pollard moved that the report be not
concurred in. but that the bill be referred
back to the committee of the whole for fur
ther consideration. On a rising vote the
motion was lost , and the report was adopted ,
recommending the bill for passage. Ad
journed until 2 o'clock Monday.
FOR CURRENCY REFORM.
Members of the Monetary Convention
Committee Call on the Speaker.
Washington , March 27. The mem
bers of the committee on legislation
which was appointed by the Indianap
olis monetary convention called on
Speaker Reed to-day and talked with
him concerning' legislation for cur
rency and banking reform.
Mr. Reed told the committee that
congress moved faster than the people
in matters of legislation , and when
public sentiment became crystalized
in favor of any particular form of
financial legislation congness would
be apt to respond with little delay. If i
the people demanded changes in the
banking system and brought pressure
to bear on congress they would secure
changes.
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STARVED If lit CAPTAIN.
SENSATIONAL CHARGES
BY SAILORS.
ACCUSED BY OAKES CREW.
Kept on Half Ration * Most of the 2BU
Days Out From Houg Kong , While
Captain Koed Was Living on
Chickens and Other tiood
Things Ho Is to Bo
Prosecuted.
New York , March 29. The survivors
of the crew of the clipper ship T. F.
Oakes , which was towed here 259 days
out from Hong Kong , allege that Cap
tain Reed is directly responsible for
the illness of all but two of the crew ;
that they were lcept on half rations
during the greater rjart of the trip and
that the vessel could have made New
York much sooner if the captain had
taken advantage of favorable con
ditions which prevailed much of the
nine months they were on the water.
• 'We have not decided just what
charges we shall prefer against Cap
tain Reed , " said .lames II. Williams ,
secretary of the Seaman ' s union , "but
we shall make the most serious charge
against him that we can sustain by the
evidence. "
Joseph Robinson made the statement
which will be used by the Seamen's
union and the eleven other survivors
who are with him in the Marine hos
pital will subscribe to it. Several were
able to sign their names with difficulty
and one is still so- weak that it is a
question whether he will recover.
"We were forced to complain about
our food before we had begn
a week out from Jlong Kong , * '
said Robinson , "and the entire crew
went to Captain Reed July 7 only to
, be refused better provisions. Our
j condition became such that by the end
I of July we determined to make an-
i other demand and again the entire
crew complaiued. From July rsi to
September 27 there was an improve
ment , but on the latter date we were
all placed on half rations and so con-
I tinued to the end. The captain did
, ' not supply the ship with enough pro
visions before leaving Hong Kong.
"While the men in the crew were
growing weak from a lack of proper
food , the captain was living on chick
ens and other good things. He had
two crates well filled with chickens
when Ave left port , and when the
Oakes got into New York several
chickens were still left. If the cap
tain had killed them and made soup
for the crew , even giving it to us but
once a week , the men would have been
able to retain their strength instead of
coming- ill and helpless. We .were
.so weak from hunger that often mem
bers of the crew had to grab hold of
the railings to keep from falling. " '
CIVIL SERVICE DEFENDED.
President Proctor Welcomes the Fullest
Kind of an Investigation.
Washington" , March 29. Mr. Proc
tor , president of the civil service com
mission , speaking to-day of the pro
posed investigation of its methods ,
said : "We will welcome the investi
gation , for it is not facts but misstate
ments regarding the methods of the
commission that tend to hold it up to
ridicule before the public. When the
facts are known , it will be found that
the commission ' s methods have been
such as are calculated to promote the
good of the service. Take the criti
cisms of the commission that were
made in the Senate the other day , when
the Allen resolution was under consid
eration. One thing is fortunate , and
that is every act of the commission is
a , matter of record. Senator Allen
wanted an investigation of the alleged
political removals from the govern
ment service at South Omaha. Here
is our minute book and it shows that
seven daj-s before the introduction of
that resolution the commission ordered
an investigation of those charges. One
after another of the charges made
about the management of the commis
sion can be readily answered by a
reference to the records , and an in
vestigation will tend , I think , to do
the commission much good. It will be
found that our system of examinations
is practical , and calculated to discover
the fitness of the applicant for the
place sought , and not inclined to call
for the mere literary ability. "
I > owniIcs Against Gorman.
A > 'NA.roLis , Md. , March 29. Gover
nor Lloyd W. Lowndes , Republican ,
has formally declared his intention to
become a candidate for the United
States Senatorship to succeed Arthur
Pue Gorman , whose term will expire
March 4 , 1899. The legislature which
will fill this important position will be
elected next November and will meet
in January , 1893.
Fort Scott Ortler Revoked.
Topeka , Kan. , March 29. Governor
Leedy has changed his mind regarding
the police affairs at Fort Scott. Last
night he announced the appointment
of a board of metropolitan police com
missioners for that city. They are J7
P. Robey , a silver Republican , for
chairman : J. W. JJowlus , a Populist ,
for secretary , and W. D. Lowery , a
Democrat , for the third member.
Blttbiger Not After the Postofficc.
St. Joseph , Mo. . March 29. When
Major Rittinger was told yesterday
afternoon of a report that he would be
tendered the postmastership. he said :
"Under no circumstances would I ac
cept the St. Joseph postofficc. " ' He
left last night for Washington.
To Walk Down the Ohio.
Boston , March 29. Captain Robert
Cooke of Americus , Ga. . who is at pres
ent in this city , announces that he is
making arrangements to walk on the
water of the Ohio river from Pittsburg
to Cincinnati on a wager of Si,000 in
fifteen da3s. The distance is about
500 miles.
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CIVIL SERVICE DEBATE.
Some Requirements lirought to the At
tention of the Senate
Washington , March 29. Another
brief discussion of the civil service oc
curred during the open session of the
Senate yesterday. Mr. Gal linger , Re
publican , of New Hampshire , presented
several forms issued by the civil serv
ice commission to substantiate his re
cent statement that certain ap
plicants for oilice were required
to hop on one foot for twelve
feet. Ho said his statement had
been challenged by several penny-a-
liners and by one member of * the civil
service commission. The senator read
the "hopping provision" and several
other sections as to the weight and
height of the typesetters , whicii be
characterized as absurd. Referring to
the size and weight requirement , Mr.
Gallinger said : "Phil Sheridan could
not have served the government if the
civil service commission had got at
him. " The matter was referred to the
civil service committee. A resolution
was adopted asking the President for
information as to the death of
two American sailors at Santiago
de Cuba ; aiso resolutions asking
the attorney general for information ,
of any proposition to sell the Union
Pacific railroad. Owing to the public
demand for copies of a recent decision
of the supreme court sustaining the
anti-trust laws applicable to railroads ,
it was determined to print the major
ity and minority opinions as a Senate
document. A memorial from the
Michigan Legislature was presented
by Mr. McMillin , Republican , of Mieh-
gan , protesting against the executive
order at the ' close of the last adminis
tration consolidating pension agencies ,
and , in effect , abolishing * the agency
at Detroit.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
Three Men Blown to Atoms by Nitro-
Glycerlne Ton Others Hurt.
Philadelphia , March 29. Three
men were blown to atoms and ten
other people injured by an explosion
of nitro glycerine at the Repauno
chemical works , near this city. The
dead are : James Hamilton , aged 30
3'ears ; Charles Wright , aged 25 , and
J. T. Stiles , aged 2S. All were mar
ried.
ried.The
The explosion occurred at 12:24
I o ' clock , when the workmen were returning -
' turning from dinner. Most of them
had not reached their posts , or the loss
J of life would probably have been
. greater. The concussion was felt for
I miles around , and a plasterer at work
' on a scaffolding three-quarters of a
mile away was thrown. Meanwhile a
' corps of men was put to work among
| the ruins and , after imich search , the
mutilated remains of the three victims -
| tims were gatnered into two buckets.
' Wright was identified by a ring on one
I of the fingers , and Stiles by his
t shoulders , from which the head as
< well as the lower part of the bodj' had
I been torn.
I The explosion was of such terrific
j force that , beside totally destroying
, the two houses , it tore a hole fully
! eighty feet long and twenty-five feet
I wide in the ground upon whicii they
had stood.
The cause is assigned to excessively
high temperature in one of the houses
quantities of the explosives being ir
both at times.
BUSINESS THE PAST WEEK
Gradual Improvement in Different In
dustries. Says Dun.
Nnw Yokk , March 29. R. G. Dun &
Co. ' s weekly review of trade says :
"With confidence that "better times
and larger business are coming , men
are less disposed every day to throw
away good investments , and the very
fact that prices of products are low is
regarded as a guarantee against fur
ther decline in all industrials. The
number of mills and shops and hands
at work gradually increases.
The grain markets have lost with
out l'eason the gain they made the
previous week. Wheat supplies are
running out but nobody believes there
is coming a famine before June , when
the harvesting of Southern wheat will
begin. Western receipts were over a
third smaller than last year.
Four Democrats for It.
Washington , March 29. Four Dem
ocratic members of the House , it is
understood , will vote for the Dingley
tariff bill. Three of the four are in
the Louisiana delegation and the other
is from Texas. The Louisiana men are
induced to vote for protection mainly
on account of the sugar schedule
of the bill , which meets their approval ,
whilehe wool schedule has won the
member from Texas. There are six
members of the Louisiana delegation ,
all of whom are in favor of protection
on sugar. In order that they may put
themselves on record on this policy
they may offer an amendment to the
sugar schedule , or a substitute for it ,
embodying the rates which they de
sire.
Say They Saw an Air-Ship.
Belia'ii.t.e , Kan. , March 29. .T. A.
Rea , operator at the Rock Island de
pot : Jack Nealeigh of the Rock Island
lunch room and two other men , saw.
at 9:20 last evening , an airship above
this city. The lijrht appeared to be a
mile above the earth , and looked half
the size of a locomotive headlight.
2,400 Women Register.
Wichita , Kan. , March 29. Regis
tration closed here last night , and the
total is larger than it has ever been
before. Twenty-four hundred women
have registered , which number is far
greater than any previous female reg
istration.
Populist Ticket Ruled Out.
Chicago. March 29. The election
board decided that the People ' s party
in this city is not a party under the
law , and refused to allow the nominees
of the party ' s convention to go on the
official ballot. The People ' s party in
dorsed in convention the regular Dem
ocratic candidates for the city and
town offices.
Whisky to Ho Higher.
Cincinnati , Ohio. March 29. At an
informal meeting of distillers and
wholesale whisky dealers here it was
unanimously agreed to advance the .
price of spirits in a few days.
A Small Fortnno Stolon. V K k
St. Joseph , Mo. , March 27. Joseph A.\X | |
Davis recently drew 52,240 , a legacy , - & /hj > H
from the bank and hid it under u car- fr \ H
pet , placing a trunk over it. Ycstcr- Vf | H
day afternoon , while the family was 1 x ! V H I
down town , thu carpet was torn up / H
and the money stolon. M
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O. G. Eckstein Secures a Divorce.
Wichita , Kan. , March 27. 0. G. H
Eckstein , a well known attorney and H
Republican politician , was granted a / jj M
divorce from his wife to-day on the f H
ground of gross neglect of duty. H
RYAN WILL BE SELECTED. fl
Kansas Almost Certain to Get the First H
Interior Assistant Secretaryship. 1
Washington , March 27. President H l
McKinley has practically agreed to J
appoint Thomas Ryan of Kansas fir.t H
assistant secretary of the Interior de- H
partment. He arrived at this conelu- H
sion last night and some surprise was H
manifest when the Kansan's name was M M
not found in the list of new nominations - B
tions sent to the Senate after it met \f |
As first assistant secretary of the in- J H
terior it will bo Ryan's duty to exam- .jj H
ine charges against officials and em'M H
ployes , instruct Indian inspectors and J J $ % H
mines inspectors , supervise open mar- ' sazw H
ket purchases of Indian supplies and * " " % H |
gcncralty matters pertaining to the j i ' |
Indians , supervise business relating H
to the distribution of certain f\ \ H
public documents and matters re'v * 10 1
lating to the government hospital - V- r i
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for the insane , Columbia institn- . / r fl
tion for the deaf and dumb , mi- / \ < J H
per vise the Arkansas Hot Springs , the | j H
Yellowstone mineral park of Wyoni- . / J H
ing. the Yoseraite , Sequoia and Gen- / ( K M
erai Grant parks of California , and ( ' / H
supervise the disbursement of the fund | H
for a more complete endowment of agricultural - . H
ricultural colleges in states and terri- 1
tories. In the absence of the secrc- B
tary , he acts in that i-nni itv. H
JOIN i i i-x . . .w ASE. j A l
Attorney General MrKcnnn Order * Its 1
Appeal to tin- Supreme Court. M f
Washington , March 27. Attorney H
General McKenna yesterday sent instructions - H
structions to District Attorney Mac- , H
Farland at New York to take an appeal - H
peal to the United States supreme H
court from the decision of the circuit r H
court of appeals in the case of the ' ' 4 fl
United States against the Joint Traffic s I l
association. As teen as the papers Ji l
reach the department of justice a motion - H
tion will be made in the supreme court ' H
to advance the case on the docket , so M
that a speedy determination of the 1
question involved may be had. H l
It is stated that the decision of the J H
Supreme court in the case of the H
Trans-Missouri Freight association j H
covers all of the main points in thu M
decision of Judges Wallace and Las- H
combe in the case of the Joint Traffic I | H
association. It also is their opinion % j H
that the passenger associations come t J M
as clearly within the prohibitions of 3 H
the law as do the freight associations. H
It is believed that the appeal will be H
argued and decided before the summer H
recess of the court j f
Rockefeller wn. - . . , . . wWacs. . H
Cleveland , Ohio. March 27. It wat fl
announced to-day that John D. RockeJmJ J H
feller ' s representative at thu recent 4PL § - 1 l
meeting of the llessemer Iron associa- . " ? -t/ l
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tion made a fight against a reduction v I H
of the wages of ore miners. It was ) ' |
stated after the meeting had adjourned H
without reaching an agreement that |
the wages of men in the Rockefeller , |
mines would not be cut. |
lilt ; Reserves In Kansas Stats Hank * . H
Topeka , Kan. , March ' ! 7 Reports |
from 125 state banks in Kansas , show H |
an average reserve of IGper centwhile | H
the law onlv rewires " 0 nor cent. KM
lOWAPAlcv ! v , . . . REPORT. r H H
Des Moines , March 19. Henry ' 'J ' H
Principal , of Des Moines , lias been H
granted a copyright for the "Principal J fl
Tailor System of Dress Cutting. " H
J. Cundiff , of Union. Iowa , has been M
allowed a patent for a simple , strong- J H
and durable portable machine adapted |
to be advanced along a wire fence to |
weave stay w ires on the fence wires. / H
In the list of patents issued last H
week Iowa is represented by fi , j H
Nebraska has 2 , Minnesota a , Kansas |
3 , Missouri 18. New York 70. H
Ten thousand two hundred and eight. |
applications are awaiting action at H
Washington. The examiners of 33- H
divisions are less than two months in. |
arrears with their worlc and in only ( I |
one division is the work in arrears ' # |
over two months. C I | H
Printed copies of the drawings and V H |
specifications of any United states- , / - H
patent sent upon receipt of 25 cents " / ' |
Thomas G. and J. Ralph Obtvig , ' 1
Solicitors of-Patents. H
LIVK STOCK AND PRODUCE MAKKIX * H
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Quotations From Xcw York. Chicago. SU. |
Louis Omaha and Klsewin-re. |
Butter Creamery separator. . . 18 @ i < > H
Butter Choice fancy country. . 30 64 r > |
Esrss Fresh 71 - 3 H
Chickens Droscd ' 7 fe 71' H
Chickens-Live , per U > f ; &t a { * H
Cranberries- per hhl 5 ft ) © r .to H
Lemons-Choice Me.sMiiu , 3 25 K 3 M 1
Iloncy-bancy _ white. . . . . 73 a 14 H
lib ! . . . . . .
Onionper z 00 @ 1ZJ • / J H
Beans-llaiidpicked Navy 1 10 faii - o f M
potatoes 23 tfj so + M
bweot Potatoes , per hhl j 50 lih H
Oranges , per box ; ir)0 f \ ' m
Hay-Upland , per ton 4 CO Ca 4 .in H
Apples , per bbl 3 r(0 A . , - „ H
POl'TII OMAHA STOCK MARKctT 9
Hogs-Lisht mixed 3 U5 Cfti no \ . O
phns 3000:1400 : f f H
ilkersaiKl-springon , 2500 % & & . C H
r. $ : : 2 50 ea 4 00 < - M
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Corn Tu > rl > u
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Oats , per bu - 21& M
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