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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1894)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 10 , 180J. GET NO CHANCE TO STRADDLE Democrats in the Lower House Must Face tbo Issue Fair nnd Square. KICKERS FIND THEIR FEET FIRMLY TIED Halo Adopted for tlio Coimldr.rntlon ot the WIUoii Mill \tlll Shut err All Chnnoe fur Amendment Wlibii Vet * Inc llnio Com01 , N noiiEAU or Tun nnn , J 013 FOUIITEENTII STIir.BT , V WASHINGTON , Jan. 0. ) Never \vas n tariff bill given over so nbso- lutcly to , \ small body of men ns baa been tbo Wilson bill. Under the order ndoptcd In tlio house yesterday no amendment cnn bo mndo to tlio tnrlfT bill without the consent ol Chnlrnian Wilson nnd hU associates on the ways nnd mcnnn committee nnd the three democratic meinnors of the rules committee. After the bill hns been read through under general debate on next Monday it will betaken taken up by paragraphs under the flvo- inlnuto rule , when H will bo In ordeiTto offer nn nmcnamcnt to nny part of the bill nt nny time. When considerations under the five- inlnuto rule have expired and the dnto when n final vote Is to bo taken , on the 29th Inst. , approaches , the question will bo put' upon the passage of the bill nnd amendments ns a whole. The effect of this will bo to shut out all amendments not ncccpted by the managers of the bill , which will make It im possible for nny ono to KOt in an nnicndmont which Is regarded as undesirable by tlio democratic leaders. It will compel the kickers to cither forego tholr domnnds for amendments nnd accept the bill ns It stands , nftcr possible slight modifications admitted by the managers , or vote against the meas ure as n whole. The situation ( ucscnts many compromising .i 'huso who would ing features for protect some of their homo interests nnd compels them to either swallow the whole dose or bo driven from the councils of the majority ns bolters and renegades. After the situation has resolved Itself Into ono where democrats will have to vote directly for or against pro tection to homo Industries they will bo given no opportunity to straddle 1'otltlona Agnlnst the Bill. Even the populists In congress have begun to receive protests from farmers , mechanics nnd laboring men ngalnst the tariff bill. Representative Kem has presented to the house the petition of Sheridan county citi zens , asking that no change bo made In the present tariff on barley. H this provision In the Wilson bill becomes law. nnd It likely will without chanire , it will destroy tlio barley industry in this country. Representative David J. Henderson of Dubuque has laid boforu the house petitions from lownns ns follows : From I. li Blgsby nnd eighty-two others , citizens of Black Hawk county , praying for the defeat of the Wilson bill ; from Gcorgo F. Gawlnard nnd three others of Wntorloo , for a uniform rate of duty of 3o cents on all unstemmed leaf tobacco ; from William W. Davis nnd forty- four other ox-union soldiers of Buchanan county , prayinc for the enactment of n Just nnd equitable service pension law ; from I. G. Eborhart , La Porto City , and Merrill & Co. of Waterloo. Smith , Llchty & Helman company of Wntorloo , praying for the reduc tion of postage to 1 cent an ounce ; from the Upper Iowa National confercnco of the Methodist , Episcopal church , praylncr for the repeal of the Geary law ; from Wesley E. Dobson of Cedar Falls nnd Leonard Hutchinson - inson of Wnvorly , urging the establishment -of ; n technical department nt the National College for the Deaf at Kendall Green. Now I'ogtmintcm. Fourth-class postmasters were appointed for Iowa todnv ns follows : Andrew , Jackson county , David McMurray , vice J. J. Bu chanan , removed ; Clinton , Madison county , Elbort Bullocic. vlco M. II. Sheldon , re signed ; Lucas , Lucas county , Vv. II. Nickell , vice W. T. Stearns , removed ; Mark , Davis county. D. T. Edwards , vlco H. D. Andrews , removed : Maurice , Sioux county , P. 1. Moran - ran , vice F. E. Horton , removed ; Plymouth , . Corro Gordo county , W. F. Linderman , vice SMary 1. Wavohain. remove J ; Sexton , Kos- Usuth county , E. A. E. Lang , vice F. U. Iled- prick , removed ; Victor , Iowa county , Alex- i/atulcr McAdatns , vlco D. S. Kerr , removed. South Dakota postmasters appointed : Col- Jraan , Moody county , C. II. Allen , vlco W. 1. B. Souther , resigned ; Columbia , Brown county , N. B. Cole , vlco W. II. Gllfoy , re signed. I'ntonta on Invent loin. A patent was today issued to Amos D. Gcorgo of Gibbon , Nob. , on n potato planter. Patents were issued to Iowa Inventors ns follows ; William P. Bottondorf , Davenport , machine for riveting wheel tirea ; Alvin Dowltt , Elliot , post hole nugor ; Charles E. U. Edoy , assignor to Edoy Automatic Car Coupler company , Dos Momes , car coupling ; Alfred Grundy , Cedar Fulls , marking tag ; John Harper , Falrflold.tool for grasping and stretching wire ; Wlljinm Morrison , DCS Molnes , assignor to AmTtrlrnn Battery com pany , Chicago , oleutrodo for secondary bat tery ; Ilonry Strasser , Thornburp. pulveriz ing attachment for cultivators ; Clinton and Willots , Muscatino , chest hanging. tinuio Bllsrollnuuous Mutters. From the senate committee on Indian affairs Senator Mamlerson has submitted n favorable report on his bill authorizing the isauo of n patent to the Presbyterian Board of Homo Missions for certain lands on the Omaha Indian reservation for school pur poses. The bill Is sllglitly amended upon the point of boundary lines of the lands , The senate came within ono number on the calendar today of reaching the Petti- grow bill appropriating SiOO.OOO to pay dam- ngea to the settlers on the Crow Creek In dian reservation In South Dakota who were ousted by presidential proclamation in 1835. The 11 rat time the senate resumes work upon the calendar this bill will bo taken up and passed. Judge Thomas of Doadwood. S D. , who sat in the Mrs. James G. Blalue , Jr. , divorce case , Is In the city. lie was defeated for re-election by n populist last year , nnd Is here to secure a judicial position In Okla- hotim. Judge Thomas Is n democrat of the old school , nnd Is regarded as an able Jurist. Congressman Molklcjolin has made appli cation for the establishment of a postodlco nt the Hospital for the Inaano near Norfolk. Ho has nlso made application to have a for eign money order ofllco introduced at Ful- lorton. Senator Wilson of Iowa U hero attending to his duties , nnd says ho Is not ill and docs uot think of resigning his seat In the sonato. Pminr S. HEATH. AerlciiltiirnI Committee lUu'omuioiuliUlonn. WASHINGTON- . 0. The commlttoo on public lands of the housohns reported favor ably on the bill for leasing those tracts of land in Oklahoma territory whicti were re served from public settlement tor univer sity , agriculture , college and school pur poses. The rentals of the reservations are to bo applied to the use of universities , nohools , oto. The amo commlttoo also reported favor ably on the bill extending for ono year the time In which proofs nud payments may bo made on laud acquired on the homestead desert land laws. The committee nlso reported in favor of the bill providing for n general Adjustment of swamp land grants. All the recommenda tions of the secretary of the Interior favor the limitation of the tqtal sum to bo paid to the states on account of those lands to $17- 000,000. If the claims exceed that amount they are to bo paid pro rat a among the states up to $100,000. , Wmit rrotcotlon. WASHINGTON , Jan. UTho Navy depart ment has information ttfut the United States Btonuior Hanger lias sailed from C'orlnto and * Amnpuln. It wasreported a few days ago that American citizens at Amapala wanted to have a United States vessel in the liar- boron account of threatened trouulo botvroon Nicaragua nnd Honduras. But the Hanger has received no orders from tlio Navy de partment In compliance with thU request. Ono ol Culllnrnlu'n tltant Treei. WASHINGTON , Jan. 0. The chief of the cdluiiff bureau of the Department of Agri- culture has given out the Information thai the California trco , w' Jeh ornamented the rotunda of the California World's fair build Ing , will find It * final resting place on tin grounds of the Department of Agriculture The location sot aside for the forest monarcl Is n part of iho ground nbout fifty ynrds oasi of the main building of the Department of Ag rlculturc. Hero n strong cement foundntloc has already been laid for the ba.sli of th < mammoth trunk. Ol'l'OSK Tllh WIMON 1111,1. . Lead Allnom nnd fatter * Itnlio Thulr Voloci Ac.ilnit the Menmire. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. The olghteentl annual convention of the United State : Potters association mot nv NVlllard's hoto today. It is the largest gathering Of thi representatives of this business over hold thirty-eight llrms comprising the nssocla tlon , mustering nearly 100 manufacturers most from the pottery districts of Nov Jersey and Ohio , The convention will bo In session thrci days and much of this time will bo dovotci to a discussion of the Wilson bill. The.i have despaired of securing any concession ! at the hands of the houso. but are more hopeful that the senate will do somothlnj. for them. The advance guard of the lead men , whe will protest to congress nirainst the leat schedule of the Wilson bill , arrived In Wash Ington today. The loader oftho movement Hugh N. Camp of Now York , is at UK Arlington , whcro n confercnco will bo hek tomorrow to consider the plan of nttack Congress will bo asked to retain the rates ol the McKlnley bill on lend ores or to subatl tuto some rate less radical than the reduc tlon from Ifi percent to thrco-fourthsof 1 pel cent a pound , nnd also to put load and sllvci ores on the same basis , Instead of the fret list , as proposed. Mr. Camp says under the Wilson hill ratcf the foreign product will bo sold In Now Yort at 2 > J cents a pound nnd that ovorv leat miner In the United States will bo throwi out of employment. Notwithstanding the fact that the Wilsor bill Is before the house some of the lead mer entertain n hope they can appear before UK ways and moans committee. Most of UK party is from the west. ntcm Cnllfornlit AVIno firower * Olijccl to tin Wllxon 1SIII. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. Tno following is UK telegram which was sent to every mombei of the California delegation yesterday : Whorens , The wlno Industry of this state , ni wullas tliutof Ohio , Missouri , Now York and rsorlli Carolina , U seriously threatened by UK adoption by eoneiots of Unit provision of tin Wilson tarlir bill which limits the dutycc wines to 100 per cent on Its declared value and Whereas. It Is proposed to permit tlio use ol sugar and alcoholic spirits to make sueol wlno * , Koiolvctl , That our senators and representa tives In consross are respectively rcciuustod to t , ko such stops , In connection with honntors nnd-ioprosontatlvos of other states an'ccti'd In Ilko munner.or take action alune.as they doom wise , to have the provisions nlmvo mentioned ollnilrmtod from tlio bill ; and that a copy ol these resolutions will bo forwarded to thum. Itoholtcd , That I'rodorlck Jacobs of Now \orkliuniithorl7cUto renrc.iciil this associa tion In Washington. The petition Is signca by the San Fran > Cisco Wine Dealers association , the Vlnicul- tural commission , 5,000 vinicultures and over 20,000 , people Interested. CAUGHT 110 I'll WAYS. \Voos or the Victims or ( Ircen ( ioods Mon Heine .Multiplied. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. Assistant Attorney General Tynor of the Postoffico department has ruled that parties sending funds through the malls for counterfeit money violated lated the green goods net , nnd , therefore , In curred the penalty of a line of not moro than $500 and imprisonment for not moro than eighteen months. This ruling is made in the case of four dealers in green goods in southern Missouri , who are now serving jail sentences. Inspector Johnston , In charge of the bt. Louis division of postoffico inspectors , recently mailed to the depart ment a batch of about 1,800 letters sent from all parts of the United States to the Missouri green goods men , nnd raised the question whether the writers , having used tbo mails , had violated the grcon goods reg ulations. In accordance with the decision the St. Louis inspectors have been in structed to secure ovldonco for the prosecu tion ot some of the writers. It will bo im possible to prosecute nil of them. Itrpiirt or thu Inspector ( icncrnl. WASHINGTON. Jan. 9--Tho annual report of Inspector General Brccklnrldgo nrguns In favor of closer relationship between the army nnd the National guards. Schools in which nrmy officers ara detailed as military instructors , ho thinks , ought to have sup port from the national government. Ho says : "There Is nothing moro unmilltary and ridiculously excessive in our service than the paper work. " Ho commends the regimental recruiting system. This yeal- the percentage of native- born to foreign-born recruits is 11 per cent greater than lust. The largo number of offi cers on detached duty Is called attention to. Ho devotes some space to homing pigeon service nnd recommends U , expressing the belief that nn efficient volunteer pigeon serv ice could bo readily established. Clmnccf ) for n Genius. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. The United States civil service commission will hold nn exam ination on January 18 to fill n vacancy In the position of ornithological clerk , with n knowledge of mammalogy , In the Depart ment ot j\grlculturo nt n salary of $ T > 40 per annum. The subjects in the examination will bo orthography , penmanship , letter writing , geography , ornithology nnd mam malogy. Persons desiring to compote In this examination should secure application blanks from the commission nnd file their applications at onco. If applications are re ceived In time arrangements may bo made to hold the examination In other largo cities. AY'ill llo Amended by CurlUlo. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. It was learned at the Treasury department today that the bill Introduced in the house yesterday by- O'Nollof Massachusetts to authorize the treasury to borrow money , or n similar measure , would bo eminently satisfactory to the Treasury office. Before ho introduced hU bill Mr. O'Noll submitted It informally to Secretary Carlisle , who made sundry sug gestions in regard to it. It is said ho will have something to say to the ways and means committee In regard to the bill when a chance appears for him to take advantage of It. _ Noinlimtlona Confirmed. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. The senate In ox- ccutlvo session this afternoon confirmed the following nominations ; Guy Bryan of Mu- souri to bo assayer In charge at the Unltod States assay offiuo nt St. Louis ; Albert Wilson , to. bo marshal of the United States for the District of Columbia ; Charles S. Bpeckto bo collector of Internal revenue for iho First district of Missouri ; Webster Withers , to bo collector of internal revenue for the Sixth district of Missouri. Slute Hunk Tux. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. The bill presented by Representative Cox for the repeal of the 10 per cent tax on the issues of state banks was discussed by the house commlttoo on banking nnd currency today. Mr. Cox was nnxious for a vote at onco. Objection was tnado because several members of ( ho com- mlttco were absent , and the previous ques tion was ordered for next Friday , nnd the committee will vote then upon reporting the lluuullt the Stutri. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. The sonata committee - too on puolia lands had agreed to consider n jlll introduced by Senator Pottlgrow of South Dakota , providing that the govern- jicnt shall pay to the several states 5 per : cnt of the proceeds received from the sale > f all Indian reservations In the western itatos. It will take about (1,000,000 to pay 'or the land already sold. Ordered Favorably Ileportfil. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9 , The committee on xmslons today ordered a favorable report in the senate bill to repeal the olauso of the ast appropriation act , which outs off from ho pension rolls nonresidents who are not Itliona of the Unlteu States , except these uffcrhifr from actual disabilities received in ho strvlco , STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Eighteenth Annual Setsion Opened at tin University Last Evening , SOME VALUABLE ADDITIONS TO THE ANNALi nomlnlicnnoe * or the Dnjrg When tlin Btnti Wits Young Growth at Municipal Government I.Ifo unit I.nborn or Uovoruor t'runol * Hurt. LIXCOLX , Jan. 9. [ Special Telegram t < TUB BEB.J The State Historical social : mot In Its eighteenth annual session at tin State university this evening , thounlvor slty chapel being comfortably tilled with tin audience which assembled to listen to tin program which had boon prepared. Tin business session was postponed until to morrow evening. Governor Crounso pro sided. J. A. McMurphy read nn IntcrcsttnR papci on "Part of Making of a Great Stato. " Mr McMurphy took for his thotno hfo In Nebraska braska In the few yoara immedlattly fol lowing 1S57 , relating in his characteristic vein the particulars of his Journey frotr Now York to the new territory. Ills Journey did not end until ho had passed Omaha and reached Docatur. Wutn't Miloli lluro Thru. Omaha at that time ho remembered only a : "a long sand ridge , way out where the rlvci now Is , two cottonwond shanties , saloon : and a scrubby old cottonwood tree. " The speaker's descriptive pictures of carlj Hfo ir Dccatur wcro graphically drawn. His papoi will supply the future historian of Noor.iskc with but llttlo data as far as names ant particularized events are concerned , but hi ; rolmlnisccnccs will supply what Is more 1m portant , n history of this state and the people of that time. Mr. Victor Rosewater of Tun OMUIA. BEI then read a carefully prepared paper or "Municipal Government in Nebraska,1' deal Ing with the historical features of his sub Ject rather than with Its theoretical aspects Ho traced the development of municipal government from Its crude and unauthorized beginnings in pro-territorial times to the present system in vogue in the metropolitan class , in which local government has beer brought to its highest ofllclency. Valiinblo Addition to the Annuls. Mr. Clydo B. Aitchlson of Hastings read a paper covering the life and public services of Francis Burt , first territorial governor ol Nebraska. Governor Burt died after ho had been a resident of the territory but eleven days. The annals of Nebraska hUtory con tain but a brief reference to his private and public career and Mr. Altehison has per formed a real service to the state in gather ing and nutting together the biographical details of a chapter that has hitherto been a blank in the history of the stato. The fol lowing Is a , synopsis of the paper : Francis Burt , governor of Nebraska , first saw the light of day on the 13th of January , Ib07 , on his fnthor's plantation in Kdgcfleld district , South Carolina. Ho could trace his p.Ucrnal ancestry back to the earliest English settlers In Virginia. His father , also named Francis , after distinguishing himself In the war of the revolution as a colonial soldier , settled at Edgofleld , and while engaged as a planter there was sev eral times chosen to represent his district in the state senate. The mother of the fuluro governor was Katharine Miles , a lineal descendant of some of the French Huguenots , who were driven to South Carolina by the persecu tions which followed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Of young Francis' llvo brothers the eldest died In infancy , three chose medlciuo as their profession and ono the law. Commences Public l.lfc. After leaving school Mr. Burt studied law , and linally commenced his practice at the bar at Pickens , S. C. While in Pickcns ho was chosen a member of the famous con vention of 1H32 , and took an active part in formulating that short-lived doctrine of nulllllcation. Ho was then but 23 years of age , and for twenty years after that time ho served his state almost uninterruptedly as a member of ono branch or the other of the general assembly. From 1847 to 1851 ho edited the Pendloton Messenger , ono of the old time democratic weeklies , nnd his Journalistic life doubtlos's widened his ac quaintance and gave him both prominence and influence. In 1844 tbo legislature elected him state treasurer for a term of four years , ho re ceiving eighty-eight votes on Joint ballot. Four years after the termination of his occupancy of the oftlco ho sat as a delegate in the constitutional convention of 1852. This convention nnd its duties ended , his homo district once inoro elected him a ron- resentatlvo to the general assembly ; nnd It was whtlo serving In this capacity that President Pierce , n month after his in auguration , In 1853 , offered Mr. Burt the position of third auditor of the treasury. The proffer was accepted nnd Burt's long official life in his native state cndoa as auditor of the treasury. Achieved a Notable Success. As third auditor of the treasury Burt was a decided success. The contemporary Jour nals united In praising him alike for his pro- llciency and for the frank fearlessness ho displayed In the discharge of his duties. When ho assumed the office ho found the work of iho department In a demoralized condition. The work had been badly neg lected , and ty was promoted that llvo years would bo necessary to complete what his predecessors had loft unfinished. Although the head of the bureau for less than a year and a half , at the time of his resignation to take up the duties of the office of governor of Nebraska territory , ho had accomplished all that those who preceded him had loft un done. Ho had over 100 clerks in his office , many of them his political opponents , but the energy ho infused into his department made all his subordinates doeoiy attached to him. Auditor Burt's decisions upon a num ber of line legal points saved to the govern ment thousands of dollars. On August 2 , 1S54 ? , Francis Burt was com missioned governor of Nebraska territory and at ouco left for his homo In Pendloton to arrange his affairs for his absence in the west , Every clerk In the office of the third auditor signed a memorial couched In ex pressive language signifying sincere regret over the separation about to take place and congratulating nlni upon receiving "this mark of the distinguished approval of the resident and sunnto , " and the citizens of the territory upon being provided with a governor possessing administrative talent In such an eminent degree , whom they be loved would prove a "kind father , n true Trlond , u sato guldo and counsellor , " Intense Public reeling. Mr. Altchtson then scotched In strong colors the sensational effects produced In all sections of the country by the repeal of the Missouri compromise and the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill. Continuing , ho says : ' With the popular mind in such a frenzied atato as this President Pierce had far from in easy task In the selection of governors tor the now territories. Man after man was sent from Washington to Kansas and re signed In the hopelessness of despair. With Nebraska , the trouble that Plorcc apuro- icndod did not occur , Kansas waa of easy tccoss to the slave states : Nebraska was joniered by u free stuto. Kansas was set tled by the skirmishers of the op- rasing parties ; Nebraska by the abolitionist ! exclusively. Kansas , they believed , was blessed with a more salu brious cllmato. The African slave could not n-osper on the inoro frigid prairies of No- jraskti. In Kansas jinvory was battling on ts own ground ; In Nebraska its champions were compelled to yield bo'oro the struggle 'or supremacy bogau , Tlio probability Is that President Pierce I joked forward to moro of a conflict than actually occurred , ind it Is reasonable to suppose that In choosi ng a governor of Nebrcaka ho appointed the man he believed to bo most capable of recon ciling the warring elements. In nominating .lurt ho was luliuouced by throe motives ; Hurt's public Ufa as a atato and federal officer had convinced the president that hit * bird auditor possessed a rnro amount of ucecutlvo ability and was In every way lilted or the position. " Commenced n Journey or Death. The Journey from South Carolina to No- iraska In that early day was attended by Inconveniences which , now related , seoir almoit exaggerated. Thl'ftfo'ar moro pnrtlc ularly was the Journoytdirtfcull. Fir some reason the water In all western streams waa ao low that navigation wAa impossible , save In the largest rivers. Tfttvot for a consider nblo distance was out pt < the question or other than n circuitous rqutq. From Pendlo ton the party proceeded n slldrt distance bj private conveyance , then by rude stage nnd primitive railroads to Athens , Mnrlottn , Chattanooga and NashVille to Lioulsvlllo , Ky , For hundreds of tulles the Journo.v lay over u rough road in the crudest of conveyances through , dry , dusty , limestone countr.v , drinking water so super saturated with calcium compounds that none but a native could use It and thrive. Another rough journey by rail and stage from Louisville to St. Louis ] , by way of Chi. cage , followed. At St. Louis , unable to proceed - coed further , Burt called a physician nnd spent several days In bed. Impatient to re numo the Journey ho pushed on before ho had sufficiently recovered. But still there might have been a chance for his recovery until he landed from the steamer at St. Joseph and began the trip to Nebraska City. A rough. . Jolting hack was the be it the country af forded , nnd from Nebraska City to Bollovuc a common pr.ilrlo wagon had to suffice. How the others survived the Journo.v it Is tmpo.v slblo to say , but Governor Burt was so ox- haustcd that on reaching Father Hamilton's mission hoiiRO ho Immediately retired to the bed from which ho never rose. TO iticovii : : TIII ; ruxns. noiulmnrn or Trcimircr Toibca or I'romonl llvlnc .Sued. FitEMoxT , Jan. 0. [ Special to Tim BEE. ] The city of Fremont has commenced action against the bondsmen of ox-Treasurer Forbes to recover $1,811.22 that Mr. Forces failed tc account for when ho turned over his ac counts to his successor. The bondsmen are : E. Schurman , Julius Bookman , H. Archer , L. D. Hlchards , Otto Magonan , L. M. Kcono , J. T. May , F , McGlvcrin , C. Christcnsen nnd George L Loomis , The Woman's club of the city has elected the following officers for the ensuing icar : Miss Marlon Horsford , president ; Miss El- oino Clark , first vleo president ; Mrs. C. L. West , second vlco president ; Miss Vesta Gray , secretary and treasurer. Quito a spirited divorce case Is running In district court , wherein Mrs. Christian Lelstokow desires legal separation from her husband on the grounds of cruelty. The parties are over DO years of ago uid are old residents. The case Is being stubbornly fought by the defendant. Tno newly elected Board of Supervisors convened today. The membership Is : J. F. Briggs , Hooper ; O. A. Borgqulst , Logan ; M. Chapman , Union ; C.W. Dodge , North Bend ; Solomon Gay ton , Elkhorn ; H. K Goff , Platte ; A. J. Hastings , Pleasant Valley ; E. W. Hooker , Maple ; E. J. Howe , Cotteroll ; J'irgen Larson , Nlckorson ; W. II. Meade , Fremont ; D. Uastcdo , Cuming ; Charles Siovors , Pebble ; Putor Thornos , Kldgely ; C. H. Townscnd , Webster ; S. S. Van Horn , Everett ; J. A. Elliott , Fremont. The session was called to order by Clerk1 Legro. E. W. Hooker was made temporary chairman and S. S. Van Horn was elected permanent chairman. 's A. o. u. w. It Will Ho Dedicated .Monday with Much Ceremony. McCooic , Nob. , Jan. 9. [ Special to THE Bcc. ] Extensive preparations are being made for the dedication of the Ancient Order of United Workman temple here Mon day afternoon and evening. Invitations have been sent to every lodge in the state and It Is expected that 'at least 3,000 mem bers of the organization will participate in the services. The grand lodge officers will bo present and many prominent members from the neighboring Jurisdictions. A special train of live coaches will leave Hast ings at U o'clock a. m. foi * McCook and stop at all stations , making thn return trip after the ball in the evening. Among those ex pected from abroad are : D. II. Shields , supreme - promo master workman ; M. W. Sackott. supreme recorder ; ox Governor Kiddie of Kansas , and U. F. Boyd , grand recorder of Colorado. It will be an o'ccasion to bo remem bered In Ancient Order of United Workmen history in Nebraska. ' I'ullorton Vetrrans Inn'tull Odlcor.s. FUI.I.EUTON , Nob. , Jan. 9. [ Special to THE BEE. ] Saturday occurred the Joint Installa tion of the officers for 1R91 In Llvo Eagle post , No. 147 , and the Relief corps of this city. The Grand Array of the Republic offi cers were installed by Past Commander S. H. McCluro. Thoyaro : Dr. W. II. H. Pillsbury - bury , commander ; O. E. Stearns , senior vice commander ; John Boardman , junior vlco commander ; J. H. McClure , quartermaster ; John Ridell , chaplain ; O. E. Stearns , dele gate to department convention. The officers In Relief corps were installed by Past President Mrs. Ellen G. Barber , as follows : Mrs. Plllsbury , president : Mis. Mary Luce , senior vice president ; Mrs. Stearns. Junior vice president ; Mrs. Orton , chaplain ; Mrs. Barber , treasurer ; Mrs. Mor gan , secretary ; Mrs. Harwood , conductor ; Mrs. Boardman , guard ; Mrs. Caswell , as sistant guard. Mrs. S. H. Penney was elected delegate to the state convention at Lincoln. Ilo.itrice Alii n Injured. BEA.TIUCE , Jan. 9. [ Special Telegram to THE BEE. ] Bert Guorny , a young man , was picked up on West Court street last night in nn unconscious condition and carried to his liomo. Ho had fallen when jumping from a moving motor car and was run over by a hack. His injuries were not serious. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Heatrlco Rapid Transit and Power company held today the following board ot directors was elected : V. G. Luntry and D. W. Merrow of Omaha , Nathan Blalcely , Jj. 13. Walker , George R. Scott , N. N. Bruin- Ijuelc nnd L. E. Spencer. The board selected D. W. Merrow , president. ; Nathan Blakely , vlco president , and E. Walker , secretary and treasurer. The Gage county Board of Supervisors or ganized today by tlio selection of E. B. Sher man of Beatrice as chairman. Grand Inlimd Thief Convicted. GRAND ISLAND , Jan. 9. [ Special to Tun BEE. ] Yesterday afternoon Wallace Boers noticed a suit of clothes for which ho had paid $18 lust October on another man's back. The clothing had boon stolen from him. The man was arrested and explained where ho had bomrht them for a remarkably low price. Daniel Vogel was the seller , and ho In turn was arrostcd. Ho was found prully and sentenced to thirty days in the county jail. jail."Buffalo "Buffalo Bill" Cody was in the city yes terday and contracted to ralso 100 acres of beets for the Oxnard factory at this point. A flro at Chirks destroyed the Grand Army of the Republic hall and several smaller buildings. Origin unknown ; loss , without insurance , $ S,000. ( invo the Olllccr Trouble. WAVEIU.V , Nob. , Jan , 0. [ Special Telegram - gram to TUB BUB. ] ( ThU afternoon as Grant Hurst and Jolup Williams were driving a heavy team belonging to Clay Vnnory into town they turned the ihorses into the yard of William Poffonburgcr , smashing the fence , "finally striking n tree , where they bccainafost. While they were beating the tcatnUcqrs ( were notified , rho men managed to ruloaso the horses , mount thorn and rldo awa'y1. ' Marshal Clark followed them , when 'tliomen dismounted ind started on foot through thu cornfield , They were , however , arrested and logdod In lull , but not without sotno"dlfficulty. The trial will take place tomorrow , You up Horse Tllliir'C'uptured. ' NEMAHA CITV , Nob. , Jon .9. fSpecial to TUB BKB. ] Olio Stoadmsn , nn 18-year-old x > y , stole n nmro and colt from Bon Baldwin nHhls city Sunday night. Ho was caught louth of Baradu yesterday by Frank Wood- .Yard nnd Baldwin , nnd with the assistance > ( Marshal Miller was taken to Auburn last light. Ho will bo tried Thursday. Saturday light ho broke Into a house nnd stole a .vateh . and razor. When captured ho was .nullng horses with a man. I'olk County Mprtcuge liuletiteilnoii. O30EOI.A , Nob. , Jan. I ) . [ Special to Tup UEB. | Tlio mortgage record of this county 'or the year 1893 shows that .horo . mvo been 830 real cstato mort- ; ages hlod , amounting to * 333,807.37 ; ro. cases , 841 , aggregating 28 ,544.00 ; 1,239 ihattol mortgages Hied , aggregating , ! OaW ; released. FDllER'ION MURDER TRIAI Andrew Dobnoy Must Answer for Slaying His Wifo. HOW THE AWFUL CRIME WAS COMMITTED llo i : < cnpcd .Mob ot Indignant Cltlzciif n > H itomit or the r.irort * or Determined - mined OunriU DetnlU or the Cime. OK , Nob. , Jan , 0. [ Spoclal to THIS nun. ] District court convened here yesterday day , JutlRo Sullivan presiding. The most Important cuso to bo tried here this term Is that against Andrew lobnoy for wlfo mur der. Dobnoy , July 4 , IblKI , wont the house where his wlfo was stopping near Oonoa , In this county , and shot , kicked * nnd boat her and ran away , leaving her In u dying condi tion. Ho was caught two days later hiding In a str.-uvstnok and brought to Fultorton to await examination. In the ineatUiuiu his wlfo was taken to the hospital at Columbus , whcro she could have the best medical treat ment , but died in about llvo days , havlm ? never recovered consciousness. The night the murderer was brought to Fullerton ho was taken to Gay's ' tiotcl and placed under guard. The next morning after the death of the wlfo ilftccn or twenty masked men broke Into the hotel and demanded admit tance to Dobnoy's room. The ofllcc-rs or dered the mob to leavo. which they refused to do. The avengers broke down the door , ono of them ilrltu ? n slio5 which wounded Deputy ShorllT B.ilcc. The ofllcnrs suc ceeded , however , In dispersing the mob. The next day the murderer had his preliminary hearing nnd was committed to the Columbus Jail to await trial , where ho hns since boon conllnod. Ho wai brought to Fullerton last night from Columbus by Deputy Sheriff Make. His appearance in the court room this morning was that of a man under an intonao mental strain. All the prollmln.iry motions niado by the counsel have boun sot- tied by the court , and the attorneys arc now at work examining Jurors of the regular panel as to their qualifications. KDITOIl IIUCItlNS IIOU.NO OVICIl. Alleged Libel or Nehrntka Clly'/i 'Mayor the Cmuc. iS'miHASKA CITV , Jan U. [ Snccial Tclegr.im to Tun Hue ] Ilonry Iluckins , editor of the IndeoenUent , was bound over to the district court today In S300 on the charge of criminal libel preferred by Mayor II. H. Bnrtllng. The alleged libel was printed In the Inde pendent a few wcolts ngo , wherein ho charged the mayor with taking bribes In accepting license money from gambling In stitutions. Gcorco Tollo was shot by Officer Gus Warner list evening while resisting arrest. While Warner was reading a warr.int for Tollo's arrest the latter started to run. Warner ilred a shot in the ground to halt the fugitive. The bullet glanced , striking Tollo in the log above the knee. The wound is not dangerous. Alex Gibbons and Eh Mitchell , both col ored , engaged in a desperate fight today As a result Mitchell is severely Injured. Gibbons was bound over to iho district court on the charge of assault with atto.npt to kill. Tom Martin , colored , is lying in the county Jail to answer to the charge of assault with intent to kill. Last night ho got into an altercation with Kobert Koberts , a white boy , aged 18 , and stuck a knife between Roberts' ribs. The wound is not danger ous. AGUIUUL/IUKAl , STATISTICS. Katlmuto9 Alndo or the Area Sown and Its I'rmluctlvcneftq. WASHINGTON Jan. 9. The estimates o * area productive of principal crops and potatoes , tobacco and hay , for the year lb'J3 ' , as compiled by the statistician of the De partment of Agriculture , make the aggre gate of corn area 72,0313,403 acres ; product , 1,109,4015,131 bushels. Wheat area , 34,029,418 acres ; product , 390,131,750 bushels. Oats , acres , 27.J7J,033 ; product , 038.851,850 bushels. Uyo , acres , 2,033,455 ; product , 20,555,110 bushels. B.irloy , acres , 3,2.20,371 ; product , 0J,80y,193 Dushcls. Buckwheat , acres , 815- U14 ; product , 12,132,311 bushels. Potatoes , acres , 2,505,1SO ; product , 183,034,203 bushels. Tobicco , neres , 703,5'J3 ; produot , 483,023,003 pounds. Hay , 49,013,40'j ' acres ; product , 05- 733,158 tons. The average yield of corn per aero was 22.5 bushels ; wheat , 11.4 bushels : oats , 23,4 bushels ; rye , 13.0 bushels ; barley , 21.7 bushels ; buckwheat , 14. ! ) bushels ; potatoes , 72.2 bushels ; tobacco , 03.7 pounds ; huy , 1.33 tons. tons.Tho returns from the correspondents of the department make the acreage of winter wheat lower last fall 5)3.3 ) per cent than that of the area harvested In 1893. DISl'OMT Till : MONET. State Treasurer I'rupurod to Glvo Oinilia Hunks u Slmro ot Stnto FuiuN. LINCOLN , Jan , -Special [ Telegram to THE Bin : ] The governor , secretary of state and attorney general this afternoon ap proved the bond of the Commercial National Kmicof Omaha for $100,000 and designated it as ono of the state depositories. 'Other bonds will doubtless bo approved within a few days. The four Omaha banks nlroiuly designated as stare depositories are entitled to hold $200,000 of st.uo funds. Treasurer Bariluy will deposit the funds as soon us ho receives notlco through the proper channels. Johnson t/'miiity runners Meat. TECUMSBII , Nob. , Jan. 9. ( Special to THE BEU.J--At 10 o'clock this morning the John son County Horticultural society and the Johnson County Farmers institute convened in Jointsusslon. The session will bo of two days duration. The program is made up of interesting numbers , uud among other workers from abroad who will bo in attend- unco are 1'rofs. Bcssov and Card of the State university ; J. M. Kusaoll , Wymoro ; E. Whltcomb , Friend ; B. A. Aldrich. Brook ; G. Gilbert , Johnson. Much interest is mani fested and thoattonua nco is good. Uichard Blytho and William Stotter left today for Monroe , La. , hero they will re- 5ldo in the future. Bloch A ; ICohn of Lincoln have sold their stock of dry goods at this place to M. Wolfe. Gcorgo Warren Is transacting business in Denver this wook. The Misses Jessie Davidson and Jennie ( lardin have returned to school at Forest Park , ill. The Adclphlan quartet of Crotocollcgo ) will itivo a concert at the oper.i house , this city , Friday ovenliiE , for the benefit ot the Chris tian Kndoavor society ot Tooumsoh. Gcorgo Tlorncy of Omaha is at the bed- sldo of his ailing father , Juugo Kyron Tier- noy. noy.Dr. . E. J. Mondoll of St. Joseph , formerly } f this place , was renewing old acquaintances lioro last wcok. Ed Waiter ? of Crab Orchard has accepted i clerkship at Townsond's ' pharmacy. Tccumsoh undoubtedly has fewer people in lestltuto circumstances this winter than my other city of her slzo in the stain. Mr. and Mrs. J , W. Battruall's 13-year-old ion , Claude , who was recently removed to St. Elizabeth hospital , Lincoln , for treat- nont of hip disease , died Sunday. The rc- nams wcro shipped to this city and the 'unoral hold from the Christian church yes- ; orday afternoon , conducted by Uov. L. I . Bush. I'rof. Brown of Lincoln Is organizing a dnging school here. Benson's' IPorous Plaster ! KS THE BEST. BELIEVES PROMPTLY ind .v * CURES QUICKEST , " ' 5X * ll - ' /iS * } AVO ID GUISTITUTIOU This Tall Algerian was a famous s "Midway" Character Great Exposition. How better much he could recount its wonders if he only had the flAGNIFICENT WORLD'S \ ART of FAIR PORTFOLIOS VIEWS Which this paper is now distributing among its readers. & , flij ART REPRODUCTIONS , 0P From U. S. Government Photographs. These splendid views arewithin the reach of all. They are the most authentic. They are the most accurate. They are the best. 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