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VOLUME XIV. VALENTINE , NEBRASKA , APEIL 6 , 1899. NIDIBE& 11.
IS WHAT OUR NEWS SUM
MARY DOES-
STEAMEE GOES DOWN
STRIKES ROCK'S IN THE ENGLISH -
LISH CHANNEL.
Boiler of the Vessel Exploded with
Terrific Force as She Sank Thirty'
Eight Persons Were Drowned
-Bradstreefs Review.
English Channel Disaster.
SOUTHAMPTON , Eng : The passenger
steamer Stella , plying between Southampton -
. ton and the channel islands , crashed into
the dieaded Casquet rocks , neai Alderney
.Island , in a dense fog , and foundeied in ten
minutes , her boilers exploding with a tre
mendous report as she went down. It is
csliinnted US were drowned. The Stella
left Southampton , convoying the first ex
cursion oft ho season to the Channel Isl
ands. There were about 140 passengers
on boaid , and the crew numbered 42. The
weather was foggy , but all went
well until afteiuoon , when the
fog became most dense. At
1 the Castiuet locks suddenly loomed up
through the fog bank and the steamer
jalmost immediately afterwards struck
amidships. The captain , seeing the steamer
was fast sinking , ordered the lifeboats
launched. His instructions were carried
-out , with the utmost celerity , and the
women and children embarked in the
boats. Then the captain ordered the men
to look after themselves. The sea was
calm , but there was a big swirl around the
rocks. The boilers of the Stella burst with
a terrific explosion , and the vessel disap
peared stern foremost in the sea.
SAYS IT IS THE WEATHER.
Rradstreet's Lays the Quieter Tone
to Natural Causes.
NEW YOIK : Bradstreet's says : There is
a quieter lone in several lines of business
'this ' week , independent of the reduction of
{ distributive demand , resulting from con
tinued unfavorable weather conditions in
a large section of the country. The strength
'
'of quotable values , however , fails to show
'that any material slackening of under
lying movements has as yet become apparent -
parent in leading lines. Less is doing
naturally in leading Eastern textile mar
kets on the current season's account , but
'an encouraging element 15 found in the
.readiness of" buyers to place orders for fall
jdeliveries , while Western markets note that
[ the edge has been taken off the demand ,
and bad roads and weather combined have
retarded retail distribution , hence affected
{ business in some sections. Wheat , includ-
jing flour , shipments for the week aggregate )
J3,9SSJSJS bushels , against 8,7-10,7(51 ( bushels
.last week and 3.230,0)01 bushels in the cor-
jresponding week of 189S. There is some
[ shrinkage in the dry goods demand at Nev
York , but there is reported a rather better
'outlook in woolen goods. Talk of combi
nations in the woolen manufacturing trade
has softened wool quotations at Boston.
PROMPTLY ANSWERED.
-Cuban Delegates Assured $3OOO-
OOO Will Not Be Increased.
WASHINGTON : The delegates from the
iCuban Assembly , Messrs. Villalon and
Hevia , called informally at the State De
partment and had a long conversation with
Secretarv Hay. The affairs in Cuba were
freely discussed and the delegates pre
sented the resolutions of the Cuban As
sembly. Secretary Hay assured the dele
gates that the United States Government
'would not increase the amount to pay the
Cuban army above the $3,000,000 already
sent to Cuba. He said this matter could
not be further considered. He also in
formed them that the President would not
consent to any scheme for raising money
.by the Cuban Assembly to pay the Cuban
troop. ? . Later the Secretary mentioned the
call to President McKinley and the Presi
dent informed him that there would be no
other or further answer to the delegation
than had been given by the Secretary.
Mexican Fugitive in Kansas City i
KANSAS CITY : The local police are busy
looking for Santiago Morphy , who is
3f
wanted in Mexico for embezzling $70,000 of
bank funds , but as yet have secured no.
clew to his whereabouts. Morphy escaped'
from a detective in New Orleans on Jan.
23 and is supposed to be In hiding in the
vicinity of Kansas City.
The Breach Widens.
LONDON : A dispatch from Gothenburg
says the Norwegian Government has issued
an order prohibiting Swedish officers from ,
inspecting forts or witnessing the drill of
troops in Norway , and has also decided to
use on forts and war material certain
moneys borrowed for railways.
3fan and Wife Burned to Death.
PHILADELPHIA , Pa. : Henry Lapln
and wife were burned to death on a truck
farm in the lower section of the city. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
Died , Aged 114.
WASHINGTON : "Aunt" Patsy Marshall ,
a colored inmate of the District workhouse ,
died here at the age of 114 years , according
to the workhouse records.
Arrested for Counterfeiting.
WiLKE ? AHitE , Pa. : A United States
jnarshal arrested Charles Moss for coun
terfeiting An outfit was found hidden in
an outhouse at his home.
Fire at Columbia. S. C.
COLUMUIA , S. C. : The City Hall and
Opera House was totally destroyed by fire.
The aggregate loss is about $70,000 ; insur
ance $35,500.
Negro Boy Hanged.
itf SA.- ; ANTONIO , Tex. : Elisha Swan , a
17-year-old negro , was hanged at Bastrop.
Swan assassinated his father.
SOUND MONEY LEAGUE.
Committee to Set Forth Its Pur
poses Draws Up a Statement.
WASHINGTON : The committee ap
pointed by the central council of the Na
tional Sound Money League at its recent
meeting here to draw up resolutions setting
forth the purposes of the league and report
later has drawn up the following :
Tiiat the National Sound Money League
demands that a declaratory act of Congress
be passed making all notes , bonds or other
obligations of the United States payable in
the lawful unit of value , which is by
slatute a dollar made of gold ; also an act
of legislation giving the holder of any note
or coin of the United States the right to de
mand redemption under suitable provision
in respect to subsidiary coins of less than
one dollar each , in said unit of value or
dollar made of gold , or its multiples in
other gold coin.
That so long as the Government con
tinues to reissue its note to circulate as
money the league favors re-establishing a
separate bureau of issue and redemption
in the Treasury Department , in which
shall be held a separate reserve of gold
coin in sufficient amount to assure the
prompt reduction of all the demand obliga
tions of the Government.
REMAINS OF THE PORTLAND
Believed the Hull of the Lost Vessel
Has Been JJocated.
BOSTON : It is believed that the hull of
the lost steamer Portland has been located.
The crew of the steamer Maud S. hauled
up a quantity of steamer furnishings en
tailed in their fishing trawls. The point at
which it was brought up was twenty-two
find one-half miles east half north from
Boston light , seventeen miles south south
east of Cape Ann and twenty-four
miles north three-fourths west from
Highland light , and the depth of water
between fifty and sixty fathoms. The
articles , when brought ashore were
positively identified by Agent Williams of
the Portland line , as being a part of the
furnishings in one of the cabins of the
steamer , while the finding of a garter leads
to the belief that there are bodies in the
wreck. Of the 200 human beings who
went down with the steamer in the terrible
gale of Nov. 26 and 27 , the remains of
less than thirty were recovered along the
shore of Cape Cod. It is possible , therefore ,
that many bodies are in the wreck.
ROLLED DOWN EMBANKMENT
Wreck on the Burlington in Missouri
ivith Seven Persons Injured.
PAKKVILLE , Mo. : The southbound Bur
lington passenger train No. 20 , from
Omaha , was derailed three and a balf
miles north of Parkville. Seven persons
were more or less seriously hurt and sev
eral others received slight bruises. The
whole train except the dining car , rolled
down a twenty-foot embankment , carrying
with it several telegraph poles , thus break
ing telegraphic communication. Fire broke
out in one of the coaches and was extin
guished with difficulty. The mail and
baggage cars were turned bottomside up
and the sleeper turned on its side. The
diner left the tracks but remained upright.
The cause of the wreck is supposed to have
been spreading of the rails.
WILL DEMANDTNDEMNITY.
Minister Hunter Goes to Honduras
on Important Business.
XEAV OKLEANS : Minister Hunter left
for Honduras and Guatemala Saturday. He
will demand 575,000 indemnity for the
Pears killing in Honduras , and the navy
will help to collect it. He will then go to
Guatemala in the interests of the alleged
filibusters , two of whom are said to be sen
tenced to death. He cabled a request for a
stay of proceedings until his arrival , and
the request was granted.
Not Mandatory.
NEWAHX , Ohio : The Circuit Court
ordered the board of elections to print the
Democratic State ticket 011 the Australian
ballot. The ticket was not certified by the
Democratic committee to the board of elec
tions fifteen days before election day , as
required by law , and State Supervisor of
Elections Kinney ruled that the ticket j
could not be placed on the ballot. The j
court reversed the supervisor's decision ,
holding that the law is directory and not
mandatory.
High Tax on the Large Stores.
JKFFEIISON CITY , Mo. : The House
passed the bill which practically abolishes
department stores in the State. The bill
applies to cities of over 10,000 inhabitants , ! i
It divides goods into seventy-three classes |
and places a license tax of $500 on each (
class. Any store , to carry all classes , must
pay a tax of 530,000.
Ice Plant for Manila.
CHICAGO : Bids were opened at army
headquarters here-for the construction of av
refrigerating and ice manufacturing plant
for the Government at Manila. The bid of
5195,000 by the De La Vergne Refrigerating
Machine Company of New York was the
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lowest.
Held to Be a Relinquishraent.
INDIANAPOLIS : The Supreme Court has
held that an employe of a railroad company -
pany in agreeing to accept benefits from a
railroad relief association in case of injury ,
relinquishes his right to bring suit against
the company for damages.
Worl m * n Horribly Burned.
JOHNSTOWN , Pa. : Ten men were horri
bly burned , two of them probably fatally , t
by the blowing off of a monster cylinder
head on a blowing engine in a blast fur7i ,
nace of. the Cambria Steel Company.
Destructive Fire ia Boston.
BOSTON : The Badger Block , alive-story t
structure on Wareham Street , in the heart' ' 2
of the wood planing district of the south I h
end , wa. $ gutted by fire. Loss , $75,000. $
Molders Get IO Per Cent. Advance
DKTP.OIT , Midi. : An advance in wages ?
of 10 per cent , was given union machinery V' "s'
molders of tin's city earning $2.50 a day or 01e
less , commencing Slay 1. e
Filipino Commissioners in Madrid $ {
MADKIP : A Filipino commission , ton
negotiate for the release of the Spanish 2
prisoners in the hands of the Filipinos , has 4
arrived here. . j T
CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION
Gov. Stanley -Removes Regents of
Kansas University.
MANHATTAN , Kan. : Gov. Stanley has
removed from office C. B. Hoffman of En
terprise and J. N. Limbecker of Manhat
tan , members of the board of regents of
the Kansas State Agricultural College
here , on the charge that they conspired to
pay Limbecker a monthly salary out of the
college funds appropriated for other pur
poses. Hoffman and Limbecker are Pop
ulists. This will make it possible for the
Republicans to control the board and en
tirely reorganize the college staff. It has
frequently been charged by Republicans
that the Populists in charge of the college
inculcated their political doctrines into the
minds of the students. Two Populist educators
caters will , it is said , be replaced by Re
publicans at an early date.
CHEAP LIGHT FOR 'FRISCO.
Spreckels to Build Greatest Electric
Plant in the World.
SAN FRANCISCO , Cal. : Glaus Spreckels
has decided to establish in this city an
electric plant that will be without a rival
in the world , and which will furnish to
the people of San Francisco light , heat ,
and power almost at cost. In accordance
with his plans , articles of incorporation of
the Independent Electric Light and Power
Company , with a capital of $10,000,000 ,
have been filed with the county clerk. In
a few days application ill be made to the
Secretary of State for a charter. The su
pervisors of this city will be asked to grant
the new company a franchise to operate
within the limits of the city.
SIGN TO FIGHT FOR $20,000
For This and Picture Money Fritz
and Jeffries Will Meet.
XEW YOIIK : Managers Brady and
Julian , acting for James J. Jeffries and
Robert Fitzsimmons , have signed articles
of agreement for a light before the Coney
Island Sporting Club. The articles call for
a twenty-iive-round bout , Marquis of
Queensbury rules , to take place between
12 o'clock noon and 2 p. in. on May 2G.
George Siler will act as referee and five-
ounce gloves are to be used. The fight
will be for $20,003 , with G6 % per cent , of
the revenue derived from the pictures to be
paid to the men. Fitzsimmons , Jeffries
and the club posted $2,500 to bind the
agreement.
Renounced Native I/and.
oKK : William Waldrof As tor ,
owner of the Pall Mall Gazette when he
arrived here March 30 on the White Star
liner , Majestic , in answer to the interroga
tories of one of the customs officers , de
scribed himself as a foreigner and a resi
dent of Great Britain. This reply re
lieved him of answering questions that ; are
required by law to be put to returning
Americans regarding purchases made
while abroad.
Injured Mail Cleric Gets $11,500
TOPEKA , Kan. : Claude Holliday , one of
the mail clerks injured in the Santa Fe
wreck at Lang , Kan. , in 1897 , has just set
tled with the company. He received
$11,500. This is said to be Hie largest
sum ever paid a mail clerk by any railroad
for injuries sustained in a wreck. Holli-
day was in the hospital eighteen months
and sustained permanent injuries to one of
his legs.
Cyclone in Alabama.
SELMA , Ala. : A cyclone'did consider
able damage in the little town of Ilider-
ville , twenty-two miles north. The saw
mill of the E. E. Jackson Lumber Com
pany and the company's store were badly
wrecked , and a number of dwelling houses
demolished. The cyclone was about one-
eighth of a mile wide and moved in a
southeasterly direction.
Wreck at East Licavcnworth.
LEAYENWOKTII , Kan. : The Burlington
passenger train irom Kansas City was
wrecked at Etist Lea von worth by spread
ing rails. Four persons were injured.
Made a Federal Judge.
WASHINGTON : Ex-Senator George F.
Gray of Delaware , has been appointed
United States circuit judge for the Third
District.
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Chicago Cattle , co-.imon to prime ,
i3.00 , , , to $0.00 ; ho S , shipping grades ,
$3.00 to1.00 ; sheep , fair to choice , $3.00
to ? o.OO ; wheat , No. 2 rod , 72c to , 73c ;
corn , No. 2 , 3'Jc to 37c ; oats , No. 2 , 20c
to , 2Sc ; rye , No. 2 , 53c to 53c ; butter ,
choice creamery , 20e to 22c ; ews , fresh ,
lie to 13c ; potatoes , choice , SSc to Guc
per bushel.
. Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00 to
$5.75 ; hogs , choice light , $2.75 to $4.00 ;
sheep , common to choice , $2.50 to $4.50 ;
jwheat , No. 2 red , GSc to 70c ; corn , No. 2
white , 34c to 3Uc ; oats , No. 2 white , 31c
to 32c.
St. Louis Cattle , $3.50 to $ G.OO ; hogs ,
$3.nO to $4.00 ; sheep. $3.00 to $4.75 :
vrlieat , No. 2 , 7Gc to 77c ; corn , No. 2
yellow , 34c to 3'ic ' ; oats , No. 2 , 27c to 20c ;
rye , No. 2 , 5Gc to 5Sc.
Cincinnati Cattle , $2.50 to $5.75 ; hogs ,
$3.00 ' to $4.25 ; sheep. $2.50 to $4.75 :
wheat , No. 2 , 74c to 75c ; corn , No. 2
mixed , 3Gc to SSc ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 2Sc
to 21)c ; rye , No. 2 , 5Sc to GOc.
Detroit Cattle , $2.50 to $5.75 ; hogs.
$3.00 to $4.00 sheep. $2.50 to $4.50 ;
wheat , No. 2 , 71e to 73c ; corn , No. 2
yellow , 34c to 3Gc ; oats , No. 2 white , 31c
to . ,3r : ryo. 59c to die. t
Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , 74c to
75c ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 35c to 3Gc ; oats ;
No. 2 white , 27c to 29c ; rye , No. 2 , 55c
to 57c ; clover seed , new , $3.50 to $3.GO.
Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 spring , G9c
to 72c ; corn , No. 3 , 30c to 32c ; oats , No.
white , 29c to 32c ; rye , No. 1 , 55c to 57c
bnrlev , No. 2 , 4Gc to 48c ; pork , mess ,
$8.75 to $9.25.
P.uffalo Cattle , good shipping steers ,
$3.00 ; to $5.75 ; hogs , common to choice ,
$3.25 to $4.25 ; sheep , fair to choice weth
ers , $3.50 to $ .1.25 ; lambs , common to
extra : , $4.50 to $ G.25.
New York Cattle , $3.25 to $5.75 ; hogs
$3.00 ; to $4.50 : sheep , $3.00 to $5.25
wheat , No. 2 red , S4c to Sac ; corn , No.
, , 43c to 45c ; oats , No. 2 white , 3Gc to
40c < ; butter , creamery , 17c to 23e ; egs ,
Western , 13c to 14c.
STATE OF NEBRASKA
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NEWS'OF THE. WEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM.
If Enough Interest Can Be Stirred
Up Ajno'ng Farmers in that Viein-
ity a Beet Sugar Factory Will Be
Erected at Columbus.
Conference on Beet Culture.
There was an enthusiastic meeting of the
directors and stockholders of the Great
Eastern Canal Company and the New York
fmprovement Company at Columbus for
the promotion of sugar beet raising. The
manager of the Standard Cattle Company
of Ames was present and expressed his
company as being desirous of co-operating
with the irrigation companies in securing
Lhe interest of the farmers in the beet grow
ing industry. C. A. Gates , manager of the
New York Improvement Company , said
that could enough interest be stirred up
among the farmers in favor of beet raising
that section , but a short time would
elapse before a sugar factory could and
would be erected at Columbus.
Tooman Begins Long Term.
Jesse Tooman , convicted and sentenced
at Hastings to the penitentiary for life for
the murder of J. P. Kreichbaum on Dec.
2 , has been taken to Lincoln. His two
daughters and son were at the depot to bid
him farewell. He made a sworn state
ment , which is almost the same as his
previous confession. He said that he did
kill Kreichbaum , but that the occurrence
was an accident. While taking his gun
out of the buggy at Kreichbaum's house ,
he says , it was accidently discharged , with
fatal results. He says he was afraid to tell
the truth for fear the public would not be
lieve him , and as he did not know what to
do with the body , the ground bemg frozen ,
he buried it in the old hog shed.
Cripple Asks Redress for Injuries
Thomas N" . Dischner , who was. seriously
injured last February while crossing the
tracks , in Columbus by a Union Pacific
engine , has filed his petition in the District
Court , and asks for damages in the sum of
§ 23,000. He alleges in the petition that he
Has sustained permanent injuries by reason
of which he is incapacitated to do 'any
' manual labor and will always be a cripple.
'At the time of the accident his mother ,
who was in the buggy with him , was killed
outright and he himself was carried quite
a distanqe on the pilot of the engine and
his escape from death was considered as
miraculous.
Dynamite for Children's Toys.
Dispatcher Smith of Kearney noticed
come boys playing with dynamite sticks
about ten inches long. They were marked
50 < ier cent N. G. , meaning nitro-glycerine.
Later on Janitor Gibson of the City Hall
discovered three more sticks one in the
hands of Peter Getx , a barber , and two in
the hands of another party , who were ig
norant of their character. Chief of Police
Overmire learned that the boys had found
the slicks under the chute of the Union
Pacific stock yards and thinks they were
put there by a crook arrested a few days
previous.
Gibbon Girls Serve Army Lmiich.
The young women of Gibbon gave a
unique entertainment for the purpose of
raising funds to finish payklg for a soldiers'
monument. Tents were pitched and the
various courses from tin cups to hard tack
were served at 5 cents an order. Finan
cially and socially the affair was a success
far in excess of what was hoped. Soldiers
in uniform from various regiments were
present doing guard duty , which added a
realistic effect. Various relics from tbe
Philippines and Cuba were also on exhibi
tion.
Fanners Are Smitten Heavily.
New victims of ( he recent swindle in
which a large number of Gage County
farmers were recently caught by a fake
medical institute of Topeka , Kan. , are
showing u i every day and "innocent pur
chasers" now hold notes belonging to
various farmers in the county to the
amount of several hundred .dollars. L.
Fin berg , who was arrested while trying to
cash the notes and v ho was released upon
returning notes to three farmers , has not
been seen since.
Swindler Imposes Ujjon Women.
A young man of good business address
{ .lopped off at York recently and made a
house to house canvass , claiming to be
agent for a popular magazine and the pro
prietors had made a special offer of a set of
Haviland china to each new subscriber.
He delivered one magazine and carried
with him one small piece of China. About
fifty women paid the $1 required. Sheriff
Lancaster is now looking for the your
man. . . .
Child Fatally Burned.
The 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Marty , living seven miles
northeast of Plain view , was badly burned
by a gasoline explosion , resulting in her
death. She undertook to kindle a fire in a
stove and poured the gasoline on from a
jug. The fluid ignited , causing her to drop
the jug , which broke on the fioor and en
veloped her in the flames. She lived but a
few hours.
Farmer Meets with Accident.
Joseph Schmitt , a prominent farmer of
Osmond , was picked up in his cattle barn
in an insensible condition. A physician
was hastily called and after working over
him for over two hours lie succeeded in re
storing him to consciousness , but found
that Mr. Schmitt was in a paralyzed con
dition.
Escaped from Jail.
Some time ago four men were caught in
the act of stealing from the store of Bolon
& Goff of Neligh. Pursuit of the men re
sulted in securing two of them , and on trial
they were given thirty-five days each in
the county jail. They escaped from jail
March DO.
Voters Want Court House. a
About one-half of the voters of Nemaha \
County have signed a petition asking for t
an election to vote on tlia question of bonds f
for court house. Thove appears to be no c
opposition.
GROSS CARELESSNESS.
, Coroner Finds Omaha Fire Was the
Result of Dropping Matches.
The Coroner's Jury in the Patterson
Block fire at Omaha rendered a verdict
that the fire originated in a pile of inflam
mable : material at the foot of the elevator
shaft ; that a water meter inspector had
been using matches to read a meter in the
immediate vicinity of the inflammable ma
terial , not more than two or three minutes
before the lire was discovered , and that the
cause of the fire was gross carelessness on
the part of the said inspector.
New Hope for Dorsey.
The friends of Frank Dorsey , one of the
wreckers of the Ponca bank , are authority
for the statement that a new hope has been
sighted for the convicted man , and that
there is little doubt but Dorsey will be
either liberated or his term reduced to a.
'
year's confinement. The story is being'
circulated that at the time Wm. McKinley
was Governor of Ohio , and , as alleged , was
financially embarrassed , . Geo. W. E. Dor
sey , Congressman from Nebraska at the
time , oifered to aid him to the amount of
$10,000. It is further told that Mr. McKin
ley pledged himself then to render such
possible aid to Mr. Dorsey as the future
would suggest , and Frank Dorsey's friends
say his brother George has taken this as a
chance for the President to make good his
promise.
Hotel and Business Houses Burn.
Fire was discovered in the Mills Ilouse ,
a newly opened hotel in Dunbar , a few
mornings since. The occupants all es
caped , but several guests lost all their
clothing. The Garrow building , adjoin
ing , occupied by the Otoe County Grit on
the first floor and the Woodman camp ,
Maccabees , and Royal Tribe of Joseph on
the second floor , was burned. The Mills
House , furniture and building , were fully
insured. The secret societies carried no
insurance , and the insurance policy of the
Grit had lapsed a few days before.
Will Open Lands to Lease.
Indian Agent Matthewson of the Win-
nebago agency , in Thurstou County/ and
W. E. Peebles of Ponder , who have re
turned from Washington , express them
selves as confident that allotments of tribal
lands will be made to the Indian children
born since the last allotment to members
of the Winnebago tribe was made. This
will have the ett'ect of opening these lands
to lease , and will consequently bring a
number of persons to that section of thr-
country.
Legislation as to Dogs.
Dog fanciers throughout the State are
considerably elated over the fact that the
bill declaring dogs to be personal property
has been successfully engineered through
both Houses of the Legislature , and signed
by the Governor. For a number of sue-
cessive legislatures canine owners have
been trying to have such a law placed on
the statute books , but have always failed.
This time they had their bill in early and
supported it with a mammoth petition.
New Buildings at Winnebago Agency
Agent Mathewson , of the Winnebagc
Agency , in Thurston County , had an inter
view with the acting commissioner of In
dian affairs in Washington a day or two
since relative to the new school buildings
that are to be erected at that agency. He
was told that the new school building will
be ready for occupation by next fall , but
that the boys' dormitory would be longer
in building , and would probably not be
completed until next spring.
Sensational Suicide at Shelby.
A strawstack belonging to Frank Ruth
at Shelby burned recently. The charred
remains of his son , 20 years old , were found
jr the burned heap. The boy had been
angry ] , gone into a grove , wrapped himselt
in a blanket , and read a novel. It is sup
posed that ho then went to the slack and
set it on fire. He climbed to the summit
and shot himself near the temple with a
revolver.
Nebraska Short Notes.
Farmers are all busy seeding around
Imperial.
A Beet Growers' Association has been
formed at Schu } ler.
Ranchers in the vicinity of Imperial are
shipping in a good many feeders.
The man who was shot while robbing the
Brady Island Postofiice died of his injuries.
The State officials are still on the lookout
for a superintendent for the Kearney insti
tution.
The Beatrice Creamery Company will
put in plants at thy' towns of Chase and
Lamar.
A clothing store at Humboldt was
entered a few nights sinceand considerable
plunder cairied away.
The jury in the $ . " > ,000 damage suit
against the Missouri Pacific Railroad at
Plattsmouth disagreed.
The State Senate has placed an order iui
230 copies of the 1800 "blue book. " They
are said to cost ? J5 apiece.
The new elevator for Douglas is almost
completed. It is a large one , employing
gasoline for the motive power.
At the declamatory contest held by tl e
York High School George Shedler tocc !
first honors and Clark Bell second.
The Fitzgeral and Wood buildings at
Beemer burned the other day , entailing a
loss of § 10,000 , with little insurance.
Charles McDonald died at an Omaha
hospital , the result of injuries received
while endeavoring to stop a runaway.
The spring has been very backward in
the vicinity of Gothenburg and but a very
small portion of the small gram has been
sown.
Frank Rue , a brakeman on the St. Joseph
& Grand Island Railroad , slipped and fell
on the depot platform at Hastings and
broke his right leg.
The county board at its last meeting in
Republican City passed the Nebraska tele
phone ordinance. It is expected that with
in a short time this thriving town will
have communication with other cities in
the State.
Martin Kraxbergcr , while putting down
well on the Rosk Island table fifteen
miles : north of Gothenburg , was struck on
the head with a piece of pipe , which fell
from the top of the derrick , striking him
on the head and fracturing his skull. - He
will robubly aie.
( NEBRASKA CONGEESS
DAILY REPORT OF WHAT IS BEING -
ING DONE.
Jtfeasurcs of More or IJess Importance -
ance Are Being Introduced at the
Present Session of the .Legislature *
Gist of the Bus in ens ,
Our Ijawniafccrsv
Senator Giffert offered a resolution for
the appointment of Trout of Gage , Van
Dusen of Douglas and Rocke of Lancaster
County as a committee to investigate the
state o'fficers , including the judges of the
Supreme Court and the Secretary of
State. It was opposed by the-fusion members -
bers , but was adopted. The compulsory
education bill was advanced to third reading
and passed. II. R. 517 , relating to locating
boundary line between Douglas anil
Sarpy Counties passed , as did also II. R.
155r which relates to irritgation and water
rights. H. K. 191 , the Weaver insurance ?
billr was placed upon its third reading and
passage. It passed by a vote of 29 to 1.
El. R. 023 was passed , with the emergency
clause. H. R. 293 , appropriating $13,500
to purchase the site of the Milford Sol
diers' Home passed by a vote of 28 to Ji
ll. R. 297 , to appropriate $2,5000 for the
Horticultural Society , was passed by a
vote of 27 to 2. S. F. 350 , to provide for
the foreclosure of tax liens , , was passed by
a vote of 2(5 ( to 1. II. R. 830T to locate two
normal scliools and appropriate $30,000-
therefor came up and the bill was killed. .
The following bills passed the Ilouse :
II. R. 292 , amending the law regarding the ,
grading of streets , repairs of viaducts and
regulation , , of railway crossings in cities ; S.
F. , 127 , the amendment to the Lincoln.
charter ; II. R. 885 , the Omaha charter bill ;
II. R. 392T providing for the election of
police judge in the city of Omaha ; S. F.
: , to prevent the damaging or cutting ;
down of shade trees ; S. F. 145 , a curative
bill relating to receivers of stolen property ;
S. F. 150 , a curative bill , relating to ther
running at large of diseased stock ; S. F.
93 , a curative bill , relating to the amend
ment of pleadings ; S. F. 97 , 151 ,
153 , 155 , 15G , 157 , 129 , 12 ,
125 , i > S and 80 , all curative bills ;
II. R. 603 , the miscellaneous claims bill1
which carries an appropriation of about
$15,000 , came up and passed with the emer
gency stricken out ; II. R. 599 , appropriat
ing the sum of $914.77 to pay for books and
supplies for the State library ; 11. R600 ,
the j deficiency appropriation billT carries
$30,609.41 ; II. R. 21 , to regulate the com
pensation and fees of the reporter and ex-
ortieio clerk of the Supreme Court ; II. R.
210 , providing for the government , regula
tion . , examination , reporting , and reorgan
izing the business of building and loan
associations.
The Senate spent most all thedafarch
30 , in Committee of the Whole , considering
appropriation bills. Only one bill on third
reading was passed , viz : II. R. 418 , to ap
propriate $5,000 to build a standpipe and
repair the heating and lighting apparatus
at the Peru Normal. II. R. 2U ! , appropriat
ing $33,000 to build a library building at
the Peru Normal , was defeated.
Only three bill were passed by the Ilouse
March 30 , the balancs of the time being put
in receiving committee reports and in Com
mittee of the Whole. The bills passed
were : S. F. 189 , by Senator Reynolds ; S.
F. 62 , by Senator 'Fowler of Fillmore ; S.F.
133 , by Senator Arends of Otoe.
The following is a tabulated statement
of salary appropriations decided upon m
each branch of the Legislature :
Senato. House
Governor's office . $ 15,003 $ 15,20 ! )
Adjutant General . 0,000 0,000
Com. of Labor . 5,000 (5,000 (
Secretary of State . 15,600 15,400
Auditor . 21,000 25,200
Treasurer . ir , j)00 15,509
Supt. Public Instruction. 8,800 8,600
Attorney General . 12,000 9,600
Com. P'ublic Lands and
Buildings . 22,800 22,400
District Court . 224,090 224,000
Supreme Court . 31.600 81,600
State Library . 4,800 4,800
Banking Department . 0,600 0,6CO
Home for Friendless . 6,030 6,000
Board of Transportation. . 13,600 5,600
Normal schools . 41,80'J 41.800
Lincoln Insane Hospital. . ll.bOO 11,800
Hastings Insane Hospital 7,000 7,000
Norfolk Insane Hospital. 7,003 7,000.
Board of Irrigation . 1 0,400 0,800
State University . 242.500 210,000
Kearney Reform School. . 17,400 17,400
Geneva" Industrial School 9,400 9.00. )
Deaf and Dumb Institute 28,600 28,600
Feeble Minded Institute. . 13,200 13.200
Institute for Blind . 15,200 15,203
Fish Commission . 2,400 2,400
Milford Industrial Home. 7.130 G.880
Milford Soldiers' Home. . . 4,280 3,880
Grand I. Soldiers * Home 9,720 9,720
Insurance Department. . . 5,609
Total . $813,530 $796,180
The total appropriations for the same
items in 1897 was $805,300.
March 31 was the last day of the Twenty-
sixth session of the Nebraska Legislature.
As a matter of law it ended at noon.
Seemingly by general consent the Ross
Hammond incident has been closed. He
will not be arrested for contempt. He may
go home again. The House went into
committee of the whole to consider Senate
file 41 , the free high school law. It was
recommended for passage , after various
attempts to amend it had failed.
Senate file 302 , relating to salaries of the
Governor's private secretary and deputies
of state officers , was recommended for in
definite postponement. Senate file 17-J , re
lating to fire insurance brokers , was re
commended for passage. Senate file 131 ,
amending school law , was recommended
to pass. At 11:40 the clocks in both cham
bers were turned back to 9 , which
ing was repeated at different tin"s during
the day and night. The Senate devolted
nearly its whole time to coiisid jraticy > .ojf
the general appropriation bills.
7 > loclern Candor.
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