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ff4 17 DAKOTA' COUNTY HERALD. VOLUME XVI DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1908. NUMBER 25 CURRENT HAPPENINGS FAITHFUL. CHRONICLE OP ALL IMPORTANT ITEMS, FEARS RAILWAY PLOT ItOOSKVKLT OKDKKS INQUIRY AH TO HKDUCTIOX OR WAGES. Belief U Uia Investigation of Alleged Stock Manipulation by Certain I loads WhV Follow as Hesult of the Vresldont's Order. President Hoosevelt again threw rons'ertiatlon Into the ranks of the so called reactionaries Wednesday when he directed the Interstate commerce commission to ascertain by proper In quiry why certain railroads In the United States are reducing the wages of employes. The president's letter, In part, fol lows: The White House, Washington. D. C, Feb. 18, 1908. To the Interstate Commerce Commission: I am inform ed that a number of railroad compa nies have served notice of a pro- posed reduction of wages on their em ployes. One of them, the Louisville and Nashville, in announcing the re duction, states that "the drastic laws Inimical to the Interests of the rail roads that have In the past year or two been enacted by congress and the state legislatures" are largely or chiefly re sponsible for the conditions requiring the reduction. Under such circumstances It Is pos sible that the public (may soon be con fronted by serious industrial disputes and the law provides that in such cases either party may demand the servicei of your chairman and of the commis sioner of labor as a board of media tion and conciliation. These reduction In wages may be warranted, or they may not. As to this, the public, which Is a vitally interested party, can form no judgment without a more complete knowledge of the essential facts and real merits of the case than It now has. nr than Jt can possibly obtain from the special pleadings certain to be pu Torth by each side In case their dispute should bring serious Interruption of traffic. If the reduction in wages Is due to natural causes, the loss of busi ness being such that the burden should be, and is, equitably distributed be tween capital and wage worker, the public and congress should know it. and if It Is caused by misconduct in the past financial or other operations of any railroad, then everybody should know It, especlaly if the excuse of unfriendly legislation is advanced a a method of covering up past business misconduct by the railroad managers, or as a justification for failure to treat fairly the wage- earning employes 01 the company. ' KEEP COO LIES IN J A PAX. Government to Practically IJ;ir Eml arators. The memorandum of the Japanese fovernment in reply to that of the United State on the subject of emigra tion was handed to Ambassador O'Bri en at Toklo Wednesday. It Is understood it agrees In general terms with a number of suggestion.' made by the American government and requires further restriction of em igration by a practical prohibition of the emigration of laborers. Every evidence goei to prove the Japanese government has boon un sparing in its efforts to avolcf further complications rising fro.n the emigra tion question, but the government Is facing a powerful opposition from thi emigration companies, who are behind the proposed resolution in the d4et to censure the foreign policy or Viscount Hayashl, minister of foreign affairs, toward China, America and Canada. DEATH IN PAPKlt MOXKV. (irm Laden mils Kill New York Hotel Clerk. John McD. Ilopkirk Is dead at I'ew York as the result of handling ,.oi soned mrmey. Ilopkirk was manager of the Mi"s hotel No. 2 and from the money whleh he handled contracted malignant scarletlna. Ilopkirk aced as cashier of the hotel In which cheap lodgings are givon to the poor, and In that capacity handled hundreds of dir ty, germ laded bills coming from the slums of the city. Sufrrucisls to K-e Hughea. Two hundred New York suffragists, headed . by Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, went before Oov. Hughes and ild their best to win his favor to their ause. On the same train a large num ber of parsons opposed to woman's suffrage went to Albany. HUmx Olty Live Stock Market. Wednesday's quotation on the Sioux City live stock market follow: Top beeves, SS. 60. Top hogs, $4. $5. CSilef Hanger Yourur Dead. ' At Rochester, N. Y., Charles P. A. founts grand chief ranger of the For eaters of America, died Wednesday at bis home of typhoid pneumonia. II had been 111 only a few days. Fanner Killed by Former Tenant. Z. E. BeembloKuom was shot and Allied at noon Wednesday on his farm, three mllea north of Oklahoma City by 3. C. Woodson, a former tenant, with srhom he became involved in a duarrl XX HEAL WAII SCAH?, St. Petersburg Alarmed at New from the Caucasus. St. Petersburg dispatches state the alarmist reports of the possibility of hostilities between Russia and. Turkey which have permeated all strata of Russian society have ussurlied th proportions of a veritable war scare, to which the sensational press Is devot ing Its biggest headlines. ' ' The situation Is taken seYlously not only In 'military circles, biit also by conservative politicians. M. Gulch's koff, theleader of the majority In tho douma announced his Intention Mon day night of raising at '.he next meet ing of the commission of national defense the question of the nation's readiness for' war. 7 his, he believes, Is of the most vital Importance, In view of the news from tin Caucasus. At Tlflls. reports .iave been received from Armenia that all the re dlas, or Turkish -i.rmy reserve forces. In Vnn, Mush uvit other vlllayets of Asia minor have oeen called to the col ors and are proceeding rapidly for thr frontier. At t'.ie same time a league of the Turkish revolutionary parties Is increasing tle revolutionary a fe tation. " Appeals and proclamati jtif are being made exhorting the popula tion to protest In every way possible agalns. the warlike plans of the sultun. The league holds that war would be especially disastrous at this tln., ns there Is a famine in Asia Minor. At Tlflls Lie apprehenslor of hostil ities has not abated. ' The Russian militia authorities have ordered that all horses In the Caucasus suitable for military . purposes be registered. The doctors of Titllil held u. meeting recent ly and volunteered their services !n case of war. Reports have been received from Armenia thiit all the Turkish army re serve forces. In Van Mush and other vilayets . of Asia Minor, have been called to the colors and are proceed ing rapidly to the frontier. At the same time the league of all the Turk ish revolutionary agitation, and 'ap peals and proclamations are being Is sued exhorting the population to pro test in every way possible against the warlike plans of the sultan. OXLY THIRTY-TWO WIVES. Arthur Hyne Confesses that He Is Many Times a Ilifinnilst. Arthur Hyne, who has been sen .eneed at Bristol, Kng., for bigamy, confessed that he Is the George Wlaz hoff who, under various names, de ceived and married more than a hun dred women in the United States n, few years ago, getting money from' them all and deserting them as fast as they were mulcted. It has been believed for somo time that Hyne was none other than Wltsshoff, but not un til now did he confirm the belief. According to his story he had only thirty-two wives and not 100, and he adds that he used thirty different names. The principal field of his op erations was New York City. It was Hyne's conceit and love nf notoriety that led to his confession. He says that he had his confession' prepared in 1906 and he gave personal instruction nhout the editing of It when he made it public to the newspa--pers. He added a new preface to the old confession in which his latest ex. ploits are enumerated. FOR LOWER STOCK RATES. ilcuring of Corn Ilelt Meut Producers Resumed In Chicago. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prouty Monday resumed the hearing In the case of the Corn Belt Meat Pro ducers' association against the Mis souri, Iowa and Illinois railroads in which the association seeks a reduc tion of Interstate shipping rates on live stock in Iowa. j The hearing commenced some time ago In Dob Moines and was continued until Monday. The case involved chief ly the railroads and Iowa stockmen, but the Independent Iowa puckers are represented In an Intervening move nsainst the stock growers and their efforts to get a redueUon In rates. SO,0(M in Purse. A racing season of three months' duration for purses aggregating $300, 000 was determined on at the annual meeting of representatives of the Greut Western Trotting circuit held Monday. The meeting, was attended by two rep resentatives from each of the thirteen racing associations In the circuit. Bryan Scaks Ht IihI!iiiiuoI1h. William J. liryan addressed more than 4,000 men at Indianapolis, Intl., Sunday afternoon. His subject was "The Prince of Peace." His address .was given under the auspices of tho Young Men's Christian association. Failed Hunk Iteoisns. The Oregon Trust and Savings bank, of Portland, Ore., whose failure occur red several months ago, reopened for business Wednesday under the name of the German-American bank, with which it had been merged. fStandurd Oil Dividend. The directors of the Standard Oil company Monday declared quarterly dividends of 115 per share, the same as paid In the corresponding quarter last year. r Cottou Mills Running Full Time. The cotton mills of the Pepperei Manufacturing company and York Manufacturing company In Saco, Mass., went back to full time Monday. About 6,000 operatives are affected. ItcMiime Work at WcHsvllle, o. Nearly all the Industrial concerns, employing 2,500 men In Wellsvllie. O., and vicinity, have resumed operations after being cloved down for a number uf weeks. MOVE TO CUT WAGES. AD Railroads West of Chicago Serve Notice. Notice of a reduction In wage of all employes of all railroad lines west of Chicago have been given to officials of unions having wage agreements with the 'companies, according to a Chicago dispatch. President A. B. Stickney and Charles H. F. Smith, re ceivers of the Chicago Great Western, served notice Tuesday on W. J. Trost, business agent of the Switchmen's union, that a general wage conference had been called for St. Paul on March th. This movement on the part of the railroads threatens to open a wide spread wage controversy. Ensrtieers, firemen, brakemen and conductors have agreed to make a stubborn resist ance against a cut In wages. The Cincinnati Southern nerved no tice on Its Bwltchmen several days ng. that it wants the wage schedule ques tion discussed with a view to reducing the present scale. J. If. Connors, vice president of the Switchmen's union, has gone from Detroit to Cincinnati to confer with union officials there. Officials of the Gould system Issued orders from Denver to reduce the wages of all employes on its lines dat ing from March 14. Local No. 1 of the Order of Railway Conductors of Chicago has voted unanimously to resist nil efforts to re duce the present scale. The wage committee of the Broth erhood of Locomotive engineers hns Issued a call for a wage conference to be held In Cleveland next week. A large number of lay delegates from the various locals will be asked to bring In reports. Most of the railroad employes' un ions have wage agreements providing that'thlrty days' notice shall be given before any changes In tho wage sched ule shall be made. It Is in compliance with this provision that the railroad! are sending out the notices.. IX A PITIARLK CONDITION. Three Jurvlvors of the WreckPil Sloop Teokla Arrive nt Noah Ray. A dispatch to Seattle, Wash., from ,Noah Bay snys: The crew of the little stoop Teckla, lying at anchor hero, waa startled Monday night by a fee hall from a steel lifeboat drawing up slowly In a light-breeze. In the boat were the forma nf four men, three liv ing and one dead, the survivors of the American ship Emily Reed, wrecked off the coast of Oregon, 200 miles from Noah bay. The living survivors were 4n a pitiable condition from hungr and thirst, for they had no food since last Sunday night, nor any wRter sln.-e they left the wrecked Reed Friday morning. WILL BETRIPLE HANGING. Sentence of Missouri Murderers Is Affirmed by Supreme Court. The Missouri supyeme court Tuesday affirmed the sentences imposed in tho lower court' against three men con victed of murder, and fixed the date for the execution of the three on the gal lows for April 3. Tho convicted men arc: William Jeffreys, St. Charles county, for kill ing a person in attempting to commit a robbery; Frank Daly, alias A. C. Biles, of Kansas City, for the murder of Robert Harvey by giving him pol Boned whisky In St. Louis; John Baker (colored), of Boone county, for kill ing a negro and wounding two other while shooting at another negro. 'WO KILLED IN A RIOT. Blx Others Are Seriously Hurt In n Fiaht In a Mining Town. Two men were killed ami six others seriously Injured In a riot at Dunbar, Pa., Monday night. Two of the wound ed being foreigners. Forty-five persons were arrested by the police, who were called to quell the disturbance. According to one of those arrested the trouble started over rlvulry be tween two boarding houses conducted by foreigners. It Is said that six Cro atlans who lived in a box car went to an old homestead, which another gang of foreigners had turned Into a board ing house, and after buttering down the doors started a fight. Throe Men Are Killed. At Wharton, N. J., an explosion In the mixture department of the General Explosive company Tuesday killed three men, demolished the building and broke neurly every window In the stores and residences in Wharton and some windows in Dover, two miles dls. tant. Russian Troops for Frontier. Preliminary orders huve been Issued from St. Petersburg to curry out-the plan for a formidable military demon stration on the Tui ko-l'erslan frontier Involving the organization of a com. pact expedition of 80,000 men. Found Dead in ISulh Tub. Former Lieut. Gov. Ernest Cady ma found dead in the bath tub at his home at Hartford, Conn., Sunday. Death was due to fatty degeneration of the heart. Monte Pleads Not Guilty. Charles W. Morse, of New York, a former banker, Monday indicted on a charge of perjury, Tuesduy entered a plea of not guilty and was released oo $10,000 bail. EntomlxMl Men Kcm-iic. All but one of the twenty-eight mlr. ra entombed Monday in the Mid-Valley colliery near Pottsvllle, Pa., by the breaking of a drift urin were res cued alive early Tiiuidcy. j Nebraska jj i State News ii M STOCK TRAIN'S RELATE!). Snow la Heaviest In Twenty Year In Eastern Nebraska. Following a continuous fall of snow lasting twenty hours, accompanied by a wind which hoaped It Into drifts and almost tied up all kinds of street traf fic, the mercury began a downward course at Omaha Tuesday evening. All railroad trains were late and In some Instances the morning overland trains did not reach Omaha until evening. Nearly fourteen Inches of snow fell, the heaviest In twenty years. There was a heavy run of live stock at the yards Tuesduy and much suffering from the storm wus the result. Sever al stock trains which have been on the road since Monday have not reach, ed the yards. Live stock Is being hastily unloaded as it arrives and rushed to feeding pens. A Lincoln special says: The storm which broke . over southeastern Ne braska early Tuesday morning and prevailed furiously during the day, continued Tuesday night with but slightly decreased Intensity. In Lin coln snow fell to the depth of nine Inches, drifting badly In places and all but bringing street traffic to a standstill. Southeast of Lincoln as far as the Missouri river the storm was worse. At Beatrice and Nebraska City tho snowfall amounted to ten Inches, and the wind blew a gale. Westward the storm was severe an far as Hastings, and northwest to Aurora. While snow had been predicted, the high wind and low temperature was unex pected, and farmers were caught un prepared. ;' The stock range country, however. Is outside the storm area, and there will be no losses of consequence. BLAIR CONTEST IS INTERESTING. Plans Under Way to Rave More Corn Contestants Next Year. The Washington county farmers' In stitute and boys' corn contest closed a most successful meetiHg at . Blair Sat urday. Superintendent Rhodes was ! elected general manager to conduct a local contest and prepare a county exhibit for the National Corn Exhibi tion. Mr. Rhodes expects to hove 300 hoys and men In his class. Herald Therkelaen, who won first prize in the Washington county boys' contest, brought back his prize corn to use as , seed for his exhibit at the National Corn Exposition. The fact that the first prize at Chicago netted the winner , over $7,000 sounds well to the boys. I The election of officers resulted as ' follows: Eph Llpplncott, president; John Broderson, C. C. Van Dusen und Olari Athan. vice presidents, John Rhodes, county superintendent, wa.i elected as manager of the corn exhibit to bo given at the next session of the Institute. KAXT-HK-IJKAT HOG CIRCUIT. Keeoiiln of Sidles in Ncbrnxku Broken for Ruroc-Jersoys. The "Kant-Be-Beat" circuit of Du-roc-Jersey, bred sows, the last sale of which was made at Holdrege Saturday, broke several records and Is no doubt the greatest circuit of the season. On Wednesday Mr. Gilbert Van Pulton sold at Sutton thirty head at the good average of $143.25. the top price belns $780. On Thursday George BrlgK & Son, at Clay Center broke all previous world's records for bred sows, soiling thirty head at an average of $2R0.65 per head. The top price was $1,500 for the great sweepstakes sow, Clay Center Belle. K. OF C. INITIATED. New Council of Seventy Mem Iter Or aunled In Hastings. Knights of C'dumbuB from through out Nebraska and a number from Kansas City, Denver, Cheyenne und other places outside of the stato, as sembled at Hastings Sunday for the institution of the local council. The gathering was probably tho lurgest ev er held by the order In Nebraska, being about 400 persons present. There were over seventy candidates for nidation, and while a majority were citizens of Hustings, there were a number from Sutton, Harvard, Law rence, Blue Hill and other nearby places. i Must Answer to Uncle Kant. Charles Barrett and William R. Herrick, of Kearney, against whom compluints were Hied by the county attorney a few days ago, have now the United States government to fight, as the internal revenue department has taken up the charges. They are charged with the selling of liquor without a licence und to minors. Reul Estuto is High. High prices still continue for Saun ders county real estate. At public auc tion this week the Jacob Olsun farm, near Ashland, was purchased by Har ney K. Barry for $127 on aero. Anoth. er farm of 120 acres, near tho town of Memphis, recently sold for $115 an acre. Iilllle Returned for Trial. James LI I lie, wanted at Beatrice for assaulting and robbing Thomus Mar tin of $76 on the highway near Mr. Murtln'a home In Shermun township more than a yeur ago, win brought back Tuesday from Seattle, Wash., by Sheriff Trude. Lllliu Is regarded as a tough citizen. Newport Saloon Keepers Iiivo. Complaint was filed a few day ago In Justice court In Newport, charging Edward Gardner and William Purdy, saloonkeeper! In Newport, with sell ing liquor to minors. These men got news of the Intended prosecutions and closed their saloons and left town In the night. Former KetturdgMuii Killed. At Los Angeles, CUl., tho Rev. Ed win Bodi, aged 7$, a retired minister from Seward, was struck and almost instantly killed by a car on the Wont TiDipl strevt line Sunday. NIXiRO KILIM POLICEMAN. Shoot Omaha Officer and Is FataUj Wounded by Victim's Comrade. Detective t-'am Drummy, of the Omf police force, waa shot and killed urday evening In South Omaha b negro named Jones. whom he was tilng to arrest. Detectlva Sullivan, of Omaha, and Capt. Shield, of the South Omaha police force, who accompanied Drummy, at once opened fire on the negro, fatally wounding hlnv Jones was released from the Nebraska penitentiary only a week ago, here he had served a term for larceny. The officers were trying to arrest Jones for shooting Patrolman Daa I .aliey In Omaha the previous night. I.uhey noticed the negro standing In tho door of a house at Thirteenth and ChliMgo streets' late at night. He, ap proached for the purpose of Investigat ing, when the negro Middeniy drew a pistol und fired. The policeman reach ed for tho pistol and the bullet when through his right hand. The negro escaped, hut was located In South Omaha. Jones Is at a hospital with a dllet In his heud, nod Is not expected to survive. TO WRECK STARCH WORKS. Chicago Owners Will Tear Down Planw nt Nebraska City. S. King und T. J. Pendergrast of Chicago, who purchased all 6f the holdings of the Corn Product company at Nebraska City, known us the Arfo Starch works, have been there to look tho plant over. They tried to sell It to the CommVrclul club nt $28,000, but fulling to do this will begin the wreck. Ing the fore part of the week. This plant wus built ut it cost of something like $250,000 and sold to the starch trust for several millions. They closed the plant shortly after the election of President Roosevelt and It has remained closed since that time and allowed to go to decay. TJiere ! nothing left but the buildings. Tho Commercial club wunted to pur chase tho plunt If It could have been secured ut a reasonable cost and put another Industry therein, but the wreckers stated they must have their price or wreck the same, and those ' inking ufter the purchase have con cluded the men have a contract Which calls for the wrecking of the build ing rather than Its sale. NEBRASKA FARMER MISSING. Friends Unable to Ioenle Prank Gua trr, of Ctimiiiu; County. Frank Ouster, a middle aged farmer living on tho old Demary farm, mid way between Beemer and West Point, has mysteriously disappeared. After supper on Wednesday evening he left home ostensibly to call on his broth-er-ln-luw und neighbor, Max Gehr liardt. Fulling to return on Thursday morning it was ascertained that he had not been at Gehrhurdt's th prcced'ng night. Organized seurch was made, but without result. The father of Mr. Ouster died some weeks ago, und during his sickness Gaster stayed nt his bedside constan't 'y, depriving himself of needed rest ;nd sleep, and nlmost brenklug down physically in his zeal for his futher's comfort. It may be that the burden und strain of his long vigil has unset tled his mind and he has wandered away, otherwise no reason can be glv n for his dlsnppenrunce. BEN GOSSARD IS SET FREE. Former Red Willow County Treasurer Acquitted of I InilM'Alenieiit. At McCook, at 10:30 Saturday morn ing, ufter twenty-throe, hours of delib eration, the Jury 1p the case of ex Treasurer Ben G. Goh'surd returned a verdict of not guilty. The-tt-st ballot stood eight for conviction and four for acquittal. Gossard was on trial for the embez zlement of somo $6,000 of Red Willow county funds and the feeling over th result of the trial Is Intense. Riprap Work Completed. Mollis Wcntworth, superintendent ol the riprap construction of the North western railroud, which Is now being put along the banks of tho Missouri ilver to protect the costly bridge at :?lalr, laid off 1)5 men Saturday, puylng them over $3,000. They have been employing about ISO men nearly all winter, putting In over 2, GOO lineal feet of matting on both sides of the rlv r nt u cyst of over $40,000. lU'Iden Man Loses Pumily. M. J. Johnston and wife, of Belden were culled to the bedside of Mrs Inhnstoii's mother In Wisconsin, tak ing their 2-year-old duughter with ihem. The third day their girl died it pneumonia contracted en route. The next day Mrs. Johnston's mother died. Mrs. Johnston Is now a raving mnviuc In an usylum In Wisconsin. Her hair turned snow white from the shock. Serum for Hog Cholera. Dr. W. U. N'iles, of Ames, la., an Inspector of the agricultural depart ment, urrlved at Fremont Saturday Invcstlguto hog cholera, of which there have been a number of cases. Dr. Nlles hus an nntl-toxln which ht 'lelleves will prove, u boon to farmers throughout the country. It Is a pre ventive at one stage und a cure at an other.' The serum Is not yet on the market. Kemplln Found Guilty of Robbery. William Keinplin, held on a phargs of entering and robbing the Oshkosh drug store a Oshkosh on the night of Sept. 27, 1907, pleaded guilty at Chap pell Tuesday before County Attorney U O. Pfeffer. The goods, which con 'Isted of watches, chains, rings, brace lets and other Jewelry, was valued at $550. The sentence has not yet been given. Saloon War at Reemer. The village of Beemer Is In th throe! of a saloon war. Screens have been removed and Sunduy closing In augurated. 'This waa done In compli ance with a petition presented to the naloonkoi ptrs by a body of representa tive citlzena. The Huloogkeeper! die not comply very cheerfully, but under protest, and much bud feeling Is being inurdfested. Threatf of boycott I Ave been freely mudj by the saloon n-.enC IIS1 Gov. Sheldon Is rolnf to stop th "dope" hubtt at the state peniten tiary. He Is going to prevent prla onen from securing morphine or other drugs, eveh If he haa to deny visit ors admittance to the Institution, In cluding workers ln the broom fac tory. At his suggestion Dr. Griffin, the prison physician, has just made an investigation of the Institution with ii view to finding out how many pris oners are "dope" users. His report miys the penitentiary la not a re form a. lory, but a "dope" house. He gave .'ic names of twelve prisoners only who are habitual "dope" fiends, but said thut probably 160 prisoners In all use drugs. Gov. Sheldon has talked the matter over with the members of the board of public lands and build ings, und 'ul I agree that drastic meas ures must be taken to break, up ths habit. Warden Beemer hus tried In vulii to prevent the prisoners from gst tliig morphine and Gov. Mickey also tried to break up the practice, but ha, too, was unsuccessful. The governor Is seriously considering having r. Ctilln declare the institution under luuruntine and refuse to permit any one from either going ln the prison or leaving It until the habit In broken up. Just how the prisoners get the drugs has not yot been discovered, but before he concludes his Investiga tions tho governor expects to discover just who Is at fault. John Martin', sentenced to the peni tentiary tor five yearB about two yean Iko, was released In time to become Miss Anga Anderson's valentine. That Is the way Gov. Sheldon figured it out when he commuted Martin's sentence. Miss Anderson has been camping on :ho trail of the governor for several weeks to secure the release of th man whom she says she loves suffi ciently to furnish the money to start him in business and to look after him ii the future. When the governor family Informed her she was to have wv Martin, the woman cried for Joy. Martin was convicted of working the old padlock game at Lincoln. His companion In the deal served only one year. Gov. Sheldon granted a hearing on the application of the woman, and reached the conclusion that Martin had been punished sufficiently. The state railway commission Tues day afternoon submitted to the attor ney general a list of the parties to whom transportation had been Issued by the Union Pacific and the Missouri Pacific railroads. The transportation wap issued by reason of theireelplent being a railroad attorney, a) railroad surgeon or by reason of railroad ad vertising published In a newspaper. The commission requested the attor ney general to take what action he deemed proper. The attorney general announced that he would bring suit against the railroads and he would Instruct the various county attorneys to file charges against the parties mentioned in the several counties. The penalty upon conviction Is a fine from $100 to $10,000. The state will pay the sheriff of Douglas county 19 cents a dny for feeding prisoners ufter they are con victed and previous to being taken to tho penltentl",-y. The state will pay the sheriffs of other counties 60 cent! a day for feeding prisoners. Sheriff Bralley took the matter up with Dep uty Auditor Cook several days ago, before filing his vouchers, ln. order to get a ruling, as the statute does not set out clearly what Is to be paid In Douglas county. Mr Cook appealed to the attorney general, who decided that the price paid the sheriff by the county commissioners of Douglas county should be the price paid by ths state, Attorney General Thompson has re celved word from Grand Island that the Hall county district court had de cided against the stato ln the case where the right of the board of .pub lic lands and buildings to assess mem bers of the soldiers' home a per cent of their pensions was the Issue. The state maintained that the board had this right. The state will at once ap peal the cose to the supreme court. The peculiar feature of the suit Is that the board by Its recent ruling assessed the old soldiers less money than they had heretofore paid to the horns, but no objection was made until the board made Its new ruling. Some time ago the state house Jani tors at Lincoln got thrifty and sold some old papers and books stored In the banenunt of the capitol to a paper factory. A few days ago a lawyer wrote In to the secretary of state for a copy of the census of his county for 1885. Now, It happened that the rs from each county was In a separate report, but the reports of all the counties had been Btapled together. Ths Janitors thought this good prey and the whole bundle waa sold. The secretary of state could find bo other -ecord In the building. Thomas McGulgan, sentenced ts ths penitentiary for ten years for murder In the second degree from Douglas county, was released Feb. II, after having served four years, nine months and twenty days. Gov. Sheldon com muted his sentence to six years, which brought about his release on the date mentioned. McGulgan wan convicted for the murder of one Murphy la a row which Xegan In a saloon, v At the close of business Tuesday ths warrant Indebtedness of the state of Nebraska ar.sunted to $834,405.09, or about the yearly Income of an Oma ha lawyer. During the last week the treasurer Issued four calls for war rants and Wednesday he took up $16, 000 more In warrants, which will re duce the debt a little more. In ths meantime, however, he Is registering some warrants, but the amoint regis tered In ths last few days Is only nninlLal and cuts little figure la the ui!;re;;ule I WORK OF ' j I CONGRESS 1 1 Senator AMrich, chairman bf ths eotni fnlttee on finance, opened lit debate inj tlio Senate on bis bill to provide an rmerj Rpney currency. In the gftlleriea was a large audience, among others J. Piernonl Morpnn. Senator Forsker made reply t the President's statement concerning ths use of flip appointing power for political' purposes nnd had letters read showing the President's attitude in one case. Sena tor Depew defended the course of th Secretary of the Treasury in depositing public funds in New York banks. Ths criminal louc bill was again considered. A liery speech by Mr. Leake of New Jer sey, in which he outlined hit opposition to William J. Itiysn ns a candidate for the presidency, relieved somewhat the monotony of debate In the House. Ilia remarks were greeted with hisses from the Demtwrntle nil! nt thm ITmiu Th Indian appropriation bill was amended o that the commissioner of Indian af fairs, before he carries out the policy of S abandoning nonreservation schools, shall investigate ths question fully and report to the House. Another amendment re stored the appropriations for ths India schools at Fort Lewis, Colo.; Carson City, Nev., and Mount Pleasant, Mick. 1 Debate on the Aldrich currency bill 1st the Senate Tuesday "was followed with) interest by many banknrs In the galleries The discussion was directed chiefly to ward the provision for railroad bonds as a basis for emergency circulation, a wide difference of vpiuion being developed con eerning the method that should be adopt ed ia determining the valuation to be given such bonds as well as opposition to the use ol such security under any terms. The hill was Anally read througft and committee amendments incorporated. it being understood that the entire bill is to be subjH-t to amendment hereafter. Interest in the proceedings of tbe HousS attached to a criticism of the President by Mr. Tiiwncy, chairman of the commit tee on appropriations, for having, as Mr. Tawney charged, appointed the . inland waterways commission without authority of law. The debate was on the urgent deficiency bill and grew out of a Senate, amendment to pay John II. Bankbead, now Senator from Alabama, for his ser vices on the commission. The House refused to accept the amendment In a vigorous speech Mr. Harrison of New York condemned Secretary of State Root ' for his manner of handling tbe negotla '' tlons with Russia regarding passport! to Russian Jewish citizens of the United States, while Mr. Lowden of Illinois d-' fended' the Secretary. The Indian-appro priutlon bill waa amended in several im portant particulars. Another of the large supply measures, the legislative, ; execu tive and judicial appropriation bill, was reported. Senator Ilayner of Maryland spoke at ength In the Senate Wednesday on th currency bill. The Senate devoted, tw hours to considering the criminal code bill. The tariff question and tbe Presi dent's message were the principal themes of discussion In the House. In the course of the concluding debate on the . Indian appropriation bill the proceedings wer enlivened by Messrs. Hamill and Leak! of New Jersey, both Democrats, discuss ing the virtues and faults of William J. Rryan. The Senate Thursday discussed the Ian governing the reserves of national banks, that subject being brought up by Senatoi Itayner, Tbe criminal code bill also wst a subject of discussion, Senator Clay anil others securing the substitution of the old law Instead of the proposed revised sec tions, which will effectually prevent Intox icating liquors being lent through the- . mails into "dry" States or counties. Gen eral debate on the legislative appropria tion bill was brought to a close in tb House. Several speeches were made on the issues of tbe day, the most notable being by Champ Clark of Missouri. Otbei speaker! were lUlney, Illinois; Tlrrell, Massachusetts; Gillett, Massachusetts, and Hammond, Indiana, all of whom dis cussed various phases of the tariff ques tion. : :- The Seuute Friday gave attention to speech on the Aldrich currency bill by Senator Clay of Georgia. Mr. Clay's declaration In favor of tbe Issuance ol paper money by the government provoked a controversy between him and Republi can Senators. Senators Lodge and Telle! both gave their views on the policy ol issuing paper money by the government. At 2 :.'t0 p. m. the Senate adjourned until Monday. Oratory in the House gave way to legislation, with the result that mate rial progress was made in the executive, legislative and judicial bill. It met with comparatively smooth sailing until on points of order by Mr. Macon of Arkan sas fhe prqposed increases in salaries of the assistant secretaries of ths several de partments were stricken out. Mr, Macon expluined hi action by saying that an ap propriation bill was not ths place fot such legislation. With nearly two-thirds of the bill disposed of, ths House ad journed. -: :- Tbe Senate was not ln sessien Sato day. Discussion ln the House dwell mainly on amendments providing for Is creases in the salaries of ths surveyor general of tbe several States. In eack rase the amendment was rejected. Bat little progress with the bill had been made, when the House adjourned aatfl Monday. BRIEF NEWS ITEMS. Fire at Rochester, Pa, caused lss of fuTi.OU). Fire did $250,000 damage in the bust ness section of Rome, N. Y. More thao $250,000 in ths treasury nt Now' York City, owing to former om ployes, has not been called for. Two thousand Italian cit liens held mass meetiug In New York to devlan means to fight tbe "black hand." t The New York health authorities ad mit that there ara at least fifty casus) of hydrophobia being treated In Ntw York.