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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1895. GRAND i j Slaughtering :-: Sale ! OIF t Underwear -AT THE- Star Clothing House. Having a few odd sizes left in heavy SHIRTS and DRAWERS and as we need room wtc will sell them at slaughtering prices. Men's white merino at ,25 cents; men's natural wool color .at 25 cents. All heavy weight goods at same reduction. Come at once and get your pick. STAR CLOTHING HOUSE, WEBER & VOLLMER, Props. Mail orders promptly attended to. A. F. STREITZ, Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, PKINTERS' SUPPLIES, Tincio w Glass, Machine Oils, Diamanta Spectacles. CORNER OF SIXTH AND SPRUCE STREETS. O. F. IDDING-S, LUMBER, I COAL, j Older by telephone from Newton's Book Store. WALL-PAPER, PAINT AND OIL DEPOT. WINDOW GLSS, VARNISHES, GOLD LEAF, GOLD PAINTS. BRONZES, ARTISTS' COLORS AND BRUSHES, PIANO AND FURNITURE POLISHES, PREPARED HOUSE AND BUGGY PAINTS, "KALSOMINE MATERIAL, WINDOW SHADES. ESTABLISHED JULY 1803. - 310 SPRUCE STREET. USTIEW LITERT JLISTTD PEED STABLE (Old Van Doran Stable.) MSIfe Good Teams, Comfortable Higs, Excellent Acccxnmcdatic&s for the Famine Public. ELDER Sc XjOOIC. "Northwest corner of CourthouBe square. Dr. N. McCABE, Prop. J. E. BUSH, Manager. NORTH PLATTE PHARMACY, jNTOKTEC PLATTE, - NEBRASKA. WE AIM TO HANDLE THE BEST GRADE OF GOODS, BELLt THEM AT REASONABLE PRICES, AND WARRANT EVERYTHING AS REPRESENTED. Orders from the country and along the line of the Union Pacific Railway Solicited. JOS . F. FILLION, BI1TG-, Steam and Gas Pitting. Cesspool and Sewerage a Specialty. Copper md Galvanized Iron Cor nice. Tin and Iron Roofings. Estimates furnished. Repairing of all kind3 receive prompt attention Locust Street, Between Fifth and Sixth, jSTortli IPlatte. - Nebraska. Mt JSfcmi - 3if ffety fcribuue. IRA It. BARE, Edito rand Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION KATES. One Year, cash in advance (1.25. Six Month;, cash In ndrnnco 75 Cents. Entered at the NorthPlatto (Nebrmka) postofflce as second-class matter. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, is centrally situated in the triangular figure bounded by lines drawn from Omaha to Cheyenne, thence to Denver, from thence to starting point. It is 291 miles fiom the first named city, 223 miles from the second, and 2S0 miles from the third. Having n population of 4,000 people It is tho head quarters of both freight and passenger divisions of the U. P. R'y Co., and is the home of about I00 railway employes irhose monthly pay roll amounts to some $35,000.00. Almost 200 miles of irrigation canals are rapidly nearing completion, which will bring into tho highest state of cultivation U0.CO0 'acres of the most productive land upon which tho sun's rays shine. The citizenship of North Platte is that of the best afforded by tho older states, and her people are ncUve, progressive and prosperous. To tho industrious, energetic home-seeker from tho crowded east North Platte mid Lincoln county presents unusual advantages. Thousands of acres of vacant government land, in close proximity to those already being brought under irrigation, may be obtained by consulting the United States land office in NorthtPlatto. A letter of inquiry to "U. 8. Register, North Platte, Neb.," relative to the above will be courteously answered. Irrigated fanning is no longer an experiment, but has reached the point where it is acknowledged as pre-eminently the safest in all seasons method of conducting agricultural and horticultural oper ations. The salubrious and life-giving climate of Lincoln county, where mal.-.ria is uuknown and where pulmonary troubles are unthought of, Is another incentive to the location therein of those who are anxious to enjoy the good things of this life as losg as possible. North Platte churches and schools are above those of eastern communi ties, the latter being ono of the few in Nebraka permitting tho graduate thereof to enter the State University without nn intermediate preparatory training. The people of the commuuity gladly welcome the honest, industiloti eateru citizon who is engorto betterhis condition and assisting in the upbuilding and development of a comparatively new country. For information regard ing-the Great Irrigation ' Belt of Lincoln Co., write; : the Lincoln Co. Immigra tion Association, North j! Platte, Nebraska. A police commission in Chicago has caused the discharge of 211 patrolmen because they could not satisfactorily pass a civil service examination and secure a rating of 65 per cent or better. Great is civil service reform. The treasury gold reserve is in creasing again, and will continue to do so as long as the proceeds of the new bonds are being received; but there is no assurance that another depletion can then be prevented without negotiating another loan. The republican silver senators have more sense and public spirit than their democratic brethern, for the oompelled the abandonment of the free coinage bill, which gives the appropriation measure a chance to pass. To-day the new senate organizes and great interest attaches to the contest for the protein presidency, and silver vs. silver promises to be the paramount issue. Stranger things may happen than the election of Senator Teller, of Colorado, to this position, which will be consid ered a victory for the silver forces. The Nebraska legislature has before it a bill which will prohibit the sale of cigarettes within this state under the penalt of a line of $100. Similar legislation has been adopted by many other states, and for the health and welfare of the rising generation of Nebraska it would be well for the legislature to take the same action. W.m. L. Wilson, author oi the present tariff bill under which the country is rapidly going broke has been nominated b' the president for the position of postmaster general, vice W. S. Bissell, resigned. There will be more changes in Grov- er s Household within the next two yei r.s. The Cincinnati Commercial-Ga zette has been gathering presiden tial preferences in the south, and finds the Republicans of Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and South Carolina are for McKinley; those of Louisiana are for Reed, the leaders in Florida are for Harrison, and those of North Carolina are divided between Reed and McKinley. The south promises to be good cam paigning ground since Governor McKinley 's tour last fall and the enthusiasm with which he was received. It is alleged in New York that there is a great breach between the president and Postmaster-General Bissell over the appointment of a postmaster at Utica in that state. The president insists on restoring ex-Postmaster Bailey to the place whence he was removed by the Har rison administration, and the postmaster-general is willing to com mission anybody but Bailey, It is alleged that the war is likely to culminate in the resignation of Bis sell. One would think that these old chums would match nickles for the place rather than break upon so little a matter as the filling of the Utica vacancy. , Great minds should not go to pieces on so small a rock.. Lincoln Journal. LEGISLATIVE LACONICS. Monday J. H. McColl and E. B. Penney, of Lexington, were in Lin coln trying1 to get the legislature to appropriate $100,000 for the pur chase of seed grain for western Ne braska drouth-stricken farmers. A bill of this characfer should be passed, as it will be for the best interests of the state to have a full crop grown by her farmers. This sum will not cover all the needy cases but with what other help can be secured will go a long ways in this direction. The senate in committee of the whole has recommended for pas sage Pope's pure food and drug bill. The senate has ordered en grossed for a third reading the bill consolidating the city of Lincoln into one assessment precinct, and the assessor thereof to receive an annual salary of $3500 which, sum covers the pay of what ever help he may need. Senate file No. 252 relating to highways and the distribution ot the road fund has been placed on the general file with the recommen dation that it be passed. Lehr's bill, No 258 in the senate, has been recommended for passage. The bill allows county commission ers to adopt a general plan for the building of bridges and the- may let a contract for the building of all bridges thereunder for a period of one year from its adoption. A bill regulating the practice of law has been introduced in the legislature which is rather heroic in its treatment. It provisions, at a certain date practically knocks out all the attornej-s in the state, who are re-admitted to practice by the supreme court and commissioners. Should it be adopted what a lot of pop lawers it would disqualify. The last batch of bills were put into the old 'legislative machine Wednesday and the iist has now been swelled to almost 650. Great Gods! Here is an average of six and one-half laws for each states man, probably not more than one fiftieth part .of wh'ch is of general interest to the people of the state. In the senate fourteen out of the sixteen constitutional amendments proposed were recommended for passage in committee of the whole. The rejected measures pertain to amendments to the state constitu tion and to the- ratification of city charters by a vote of the inhabi tants. Doc Ricketts the Senegainbian statesman frojn Douglas county will next Mo nfy.. present to each member of tlflipfcfibuse a cop of Coin's Financial School," given by the Capital city bimetallic club of Lincoln. The' chances are that Tom Reed, who will be the speaker of the next house, will so organize his committees that this book will be a be a back number for the next two vears. Among the supplies for the relief of the destitute which have been received at this depot, was a pack age containing a large supply of smoking tobacco. The effect which this would have on an empty stomach or shivering form would hardly be as salutary as that of a sirloin of beef or a buffalo-skin coat, but as a solace to an over-burdened mind its effects are well known. The large-hearted donor, in sizing up the situation probably had an idea that there would be those who. being used to the seda tive influences of the weed, would be unable to procure the same, and while others were attending the physical wants he would act the Samaritan's part by supplying one of the superficial ones. Habitual users of tobacco never feel more destitute or forlorn than when without the pipe or quid and the means wherewith to procure them. O'Neil Frontier. The Kansas City Times speaks about the financial ability of Mr. Bryan the leader of the demo-pops, in the following way: "Mr. W. J. Bryan, a statesman, objects to the resolution authorizing the president to buy gold with gold bonds on the ground "that the secretary of the treasury redeems United States and treasury notes in the kind of coin selected by the note holder." whereas under the provisions of the law he might elect to redeem them in coin other than that se lected by the note owner. In other words, while the note owner de mands gold, Mr. Bryan would have the government pay him in silver, j The effect of such an interpretation of the law by the secretary of the i treasury would be to create a pre mium on gold. The only beneh'c- j iaries of suc a result would be the j Wall street gamblers who might find fine pickings in buying and selling gold as they did on Black h nday, and before and after that I NAMED Selected by the President to Succeed liissell as Postmaster General. SKETCH OF HIS CAREER West Virginia Congressman Rewarded With a Place In the Cabinet For IIU Services In tho Tariff Tight In the House. Washington, Feb. 2S. Tho presi dent sent to the senate the nomination of William L. Wilson of West Virginia, to succeed Wilson S. Bissell as postmas ter general. William L. Wilson is best known to the country in connection with his re cent tariff work in congress. Ho has been a tariff student since he first en tered congres sional life in 1882, but it was not un til the present congress that he became chairman of the ways and means commit tee, and as such the official leader of the majority in the house. Prior to his first elec tion to congress 111 1882, he had W. L. WILSOS. taken little part in politics, except in be ing a delegate to the Democratic na tional convention at Cincinnati and sub sequentiy an clector-at-large from West Virginia. Early in 1S32 ho was chosen president of tho University of West Vir ginia. This would have fixed Mr. Wit son's sphere of work had it not been for a part' split at his home at Charleston, W. Va., which was settled by the op posing factious uniting on Mr. Wilson lne campaign was a hot one. Mr. Wilson finally won by nine votes. Ho was then re-elected to six successive congresses. Ho received good committee assignments from the first, going on the judiciary, appropria tions and ways aud means. His experi ence shortly after the war as a profes sor ot law m Columbian college equip ped him for the work on the judiciary committee. In the four congressional eras of recent tariff changes the Morrison bill, the Mills bill, the McKinley bill and the Wilson bill Mr. Wilson took a leading part. He did much of the work of constructing tho Mills bill, and he aud Representative Breckinridge started on a successful tour of platform speeches throughout ihe eas.t, endorsing Presi dent Cleveland's tariff revision message. During the Mills-Crisp contest for the speakership Mr. Wilson cast his lot with Mr. Mills, and when Mr. Crisp Avon ho designated Mr. Springer chairman of tho ways and means committee. When re-elected sfo.ik r, however, Mr. Crisp named Mr. Wilson chairman of the ways and means, and in this capacity he framed tho measure which was the ba.iis of the present tariff lav,-. The fact the President Cleveland in tended ro appoint Mr. Wilson to the po sition has been known for several days to the most intimate friends of Mr. Wil son and in Mr. WiL.on himself. The selection is one which the; president made of his own motion, without anv urging from Mi. Wilson's friends aud largely in recognition of hi 4 services in the tariff light in rhe house. NTIW MEXICO MJNE nORKOR. Twenty-Five Bodies Taken Oat of the White Ash Mine. Los Cerrilos, N. M., Feb. 28. At 3 a. m. today it was believed that all the victims of the White Ash mine explo sion had been taken out of the mine. The dead number 25 aud the injured 18, some of whom may die The names of the wounded are not known, as they were takon to their homes as fast as re moved from the mine and' no record was made of their names in tho excitement. Late at night 11 of tho miners were dis covered huddled together in one drift, where they had been overcome by tha gas. The list of dead is as follows: J. Ii. Donahue, pit boss. Johnnie BoCK, trapper. Sam Hardestv. M. Elungswortu. Boy Phillips. William Jones. Sam Jones. W. T. McUART. TomWiiitfa. John Sweeney. John E. Tiiorne. Tom Holliday. JCLES Desirant, father. Henry Desirant. sou. Louis Desirant, son. Anoelo Rukfati. Richard Deiro. Emil Homkl. George SPAinc. AuorsT Leplat. D. Sl'MMITlS. Henry Harben. Mike IIyan. alexander kelley. Oue whose name is unknown. IIAYWA Rl TRIAL XKARING tiie exi. Case Will Trohahly io to the Jury Next Thursday. Minneapolis, Feb. 28. Tho ending of the drawn-out Hayward murder trial is in sight. The defense concluded its case today, the state will take two days for rebuttal and the defense half a day for surrebuttal. The addresses to the jury will consume from two to three davs and the charge part of another day, so that the case will probably go to the jury Thnrsday of next week. Tho first witness today was James Ward, and his evidence was intended to farther impeach .that of M. D.Wilson, tho liveryman. He declared Wilson had told him that Harry Hayward conld not be touched, as the man he had seen m the baggy with Miss Ging was. not Harry at all. Deputy Sheriff Warren swore that Blixt. had said when asked how he kept his foet from getting bloody after the murdc had replied: "By keep ing them ont of the buggy." Blixt was sut for from the jail, and pending his arrival his two statements were read to the jury, with some omis sions passed on by the court. Shortly afterward the defense rested, having secured a denial front Blixt of tho assertions of Warren. DR. ABBOTTAP POINTED Governor Holconib Sends In Another domination to the Senate. NAMED TO SUCCEED B2, HAY Senator McKesson Rubes n Fotnt Against the Selection of a Nevr Superintendent For the Lincoln Asylum Last Day For BUU In the Ilouse. TO INVESTIGATE Resolution LANE'S CHARGES. the Smith Da- crn.VN- ixsrr. gents defeated. KcIipI I.':nler ?!anucl Garcia Killed )urlng t!u Eii:::;i-iiiciit. Madrid. Feb. 2S. According to of ficial dispatches received here from Ha vana, Cuba, the rebels in tho province of Santiago do Cnba number about 120 men. Ir was added that the town of Baire has declared in favor of the rebels, but a later dispatch from ofiicinl sources nuunuueed that the insurrection at Baire had biT-n quelled. It is also oflicially aunounred here that the Spanish troops defeated the band of rebels reported to have assembled in the province of Ma tauzas and these advices confirmed the report that Manuel Garcia, tho notori ous rebel leader, was killed during the engagement. The Spanish troops are aetiv.-'lv pursuing the rebels. Sijprrul T-inorin;j of Aluminum. Qrmir.r, Feb. 2S. The successful tempering of aluminum so as to give it the consistency of iron is the triumph of F. Allurd the L-.-vis blacksmith whose rediscovery of the lost Egyptian art of hardening copper startled the mechanical world three or four years ago. He has made and hardened a can non which has ju.-it been tested in the presence of Colonel Speuce, the Ameri can consul hero, and a number of others with success. .TiHi- EvartJntlnjr Wc-i Ilni We!. Cm: Foo, Feb. '2. The Japanese are evacuating the advanced positions about Wei Hai We:, and they have abandoned Ning Hai. Tne greater part of the .Tapaune army, which has been operating on the Shan Tung peninsula, has re-embarked on board transports bound for Tal Ciu Wan, north of Port Arthur, on tho opposite side c-f the gulf of Pechili. Kx-Loril Jfaynr Trncitt Dying. London, Feb. 28. Sir Francis Wyatt Truseott, who was lord mayor of Lon don the year President Garfield died and who "had the Stars and Stripes car ried in the lord mayor's show, is dying. He was born in 1 S2 1 . Au-(r;i-iliii:gnry Will Accept. Vienna. Feb. 2S. The Friemeud blatt, a semiofficial newspaper, says it is certain that Austria-Hungary will ac cept an invitation to join in an interna tional monetary conference. Ainbnmlor I'ayarrt III. London. Feb. 2S. United States Ambassador Bayard is snfforing from influenza and is going to Bournemouth in order to seek recovery from his illness. Ilaso Hall Meeting. Nnw Yokk, Feb. 2S. Not moro than eventful day from the time that the j haf 'a ,lozen' 'i'balf men -ere to be government suspended specie pay ments until it resumed ag-ain, Mr. Bran, who is trying- to make the public believe that he is the repre sentative of the people, is really the representative of no one but the He is assid- Wall street gumblers uously carrying; grain to their mill, and so far as appearances indicate, lie is doing- it without compensation to 'himself. Grand Island Independent. seen around the benches in the corridors of the- Fifth Avenue hotel when the hour of reassembling of the National league had arrived. Fred Pfeffer was early on hand looking a trifle anxious but still confident of a favorable decis ion on hi.s application for reinstatement. The arranging of the schedule for the season will be tho heavy work to be done by the magnates today, uul a hard fight for pickings will be made by eauh of the 12 clubs. Int rod u rod In kota Senate. Pierre, S. D., Feb. 28. A resolu tion was introduced in tho senate today providing for the investigation of sworn charges made by C. K. Lane, formerly of Redfield, S. D., and now of Ohio, against Judges Corson and Kellam of the South Dakota supreme court. Lane declares that ho has been deprived of his property through a decision basod on misrepresentation aud fraud, and that the judges were aware that it was so based when it was so made. The orig inal case was an attachment proceeding brought bv Boves Bros. & Cutler of St. Paul, against Lane for drug-:. Lane has repeatedly made charges ba: little at tention has been paid to them. He has made them so publicly now that it i3 thought bt-st to have them investigated to protect the g-od name of tlft court and. its judges. Tmlor Iron Work- Starting t"i. St. Louis. Feb. 2. -At the Tudor Iron works in East St. Louis, the spike and bar mills have resumed, giving em ployment to -10 nonnuion men, who came from Pittsbnrg. It is expected that an attempt will be made to run the other departments before the end of this week, as Colonel Meyseuburg. president of the company, announces that he has enough men to take the places of the 000 strikers. To prevent trouble the men now at work are taken care of at the iron work- plant, where beds and eating places have been prepared. A high fence has been built around the plant and guards have been employed to protect the men from any possible at tack oti the part of the strikers. Striker I'n-paring a Manifesto. New York, Feb. 28. The board of walking delegates met to consider re ports from th" committee on buildings in which strikes are now taking place. Notes were received from the architects of the clearing house building, asking that the striker' side of the trouble be oflicially explained. A meeting will be held today to prepare a manifesto. Neither side has as yet considered plans of arbitration. Ran Applies Only to Lire Cattle. Paris, Feb. 2S. Contrary to the re ports cabled hero United States Ambas sador Eustis has not received instruc tions to protest against the French ex clusion of American cattle from this country. It seems that there is a mis apprehension in the United States in re gard to the scope of the decree, which applies only to American livo cattle, and which docs not affect tinned or dressed beeL Taylor Trying to Compromise. Redfield. S. D., Feb. 23. W. C. Kiser, who has always leeu a close friend of the defaulting state treasurer. Taylor, is agent for Taylor at Pierre to negotiate a compromise with the state A letter from Taylor, of recent date, en gaged Kiser to manipulate the scheme. If Kiser wins he is to receive $2,000. Kiser is now at Pierre. Dry OooiU Failure at I'uclilo. Pceblo, Colo., Feb. 28. The Paul Wilhon Dry Goods company, wholesale and retail, have failed. Lincoln. Neb.. Feb. 2S. Governor Holcomb Wednesday morning sent to the senate a communication announc ing the appointment of Dr. L. J. Ab bott of Fremont to be superintendent ol the Nebraska asylum for tho insane at Lincoln, the appointment to take effect March 10. Tho senate in executive ses sion referred the appointment to the committee on executive appointment with instructions to report no later than March 10. In the executive session Senator Mc Kesson ra;sed tho point that the super intendent of the Lincoln asylum held his office for a term of six years and that there was no vacancy. Representative Allan (Douglas) is the author of a bill to appropriate $10,000 to bo used in employing counsel, procuring "Witnesses and defraying all other neces sary expenses incident to the prosecu tion of the parties charged with the murder of Barrett Scott. The senate took up bills on third read ing and passed the following: Senate file No. 07, by Pope, amending the law relating to fees allowed to coun ty sheriffs. The old law gives these offi cers $1 for an arrest under a search war rant and 5 cents a mile for all distance traveled in serving processes. The new law, as passed by the senate, gives them $2 for serving the warrants and 5 cents per mile for the first five miles from the courthouse and 10 cents a mile for each mile thereafter. Senate file No. 40, by Smith, pre scribing the same penalties for daylight burglary that the present law prescribe'--for bnrglary committed in the night. Senate file No. 47, by Dale, to author ize school districts with less than $5,000 assessed valuation to levy a higher rate of tax for school purposes. The total levy, however, shall not in any case ex ceed 35 mills on the dollar in any one year. Senate file No. 103, Graham's bill pro viding that each county shall provido for furnishing clothing to f'jeble-minued children ent from such county to the state institute at Beatrice. Senate file No. 124, Senator Tefft's bill to pension members of paid fire depart ments. Senate file No. 120, the joint resolution asking congress to pass the law to pen sion soldiers of tho late war who were confined in rebel prisons, and give them pay for the time so confined. Iu the senato tho resolution offered by Mr. Dale directing the attorney general to commence suit against the state treas urer and ex-stato treasurer to recover the interest collected by those officials upon state tunas was relerreu to tne committee on finance, ways and means, against the vigorous protest of Senator Dale. The house consumed the morning in bills on second reading with the excep tion of four bills introduced, read for the first time. The reading of tiie general appropriation bill consumed the greater part of the time. It is understood that the numerous amendments to the bill which are ready to Ihj otfered will tend to largely iucreae the amount. The house relief committee met and amended Conway's bill to appropriate JJOO.OOO, by making the amount $200. 000. The bill is also to be amended so as to provide that this entire sum is to be used for thf purchase of seed grain. IN .I.ir. TIM. HE ANSWERS. jEarl of Cowley Dcaii. London, Feb. 28. Tiie Earl of Cow lev is dead. Fignres Up Ufa Damage. Nebraska City, Feb. 28 John H. Price, whose stock of millinery and fancy dry goods was damagedby smoko and water, estimates his lop at $S?000. Gorernor Holcoinl3ll. Lincoln, Feb. 28. Governor Hol comb is confined to his bed as the re sult of a severe cold, following a long continual strain of overwork. Death of 3Ir. Mallallett. Kearney, Neb., Feb. 28. The esti mable wife of J. T. Mallalieu, superin tendent of the reform school, died after a short illness. Oamblrr Donnelly or Onmlm Refute to Toll the Cr.ind .lory Whom He Rrlhetl. Omaha. Feb. 28. The work of tho grand jury in investigating alleged municipal corruption developed some sensational features. William Don nelly, a gambler, admitted having bribed a city official, paying $1,800, but refund to name the man. District Judge Scott remanded him tqjjail until he answered with this admonition: "I will makes you answer if I have to keep you in jail for tho re mainder of my term. You must an swer. Why do you refuse? It were batter for yon and better for society had you strapped a couple of pistols at your belt and made people do your bidding with them, than that you should take an oath to tell the whole truth before the grand jury and then set that.body.it defiance." Ready to Pay Depositor. Grand Island. Neb.. Feb. 28 The Security National bank which closed its doors in November, 1S04, has been granted authority to liquidate and R. R. Horth has been appointed by the stock holders as trustee. He has taken charge and commenced to pay depositors. All indebtedness of the bank will be paid in full. Cnitn Klerator llnrncil. Dannecroo. Neb.. Feb. 28. The elevator of G. B. Salter & Son was burned. Insurance on the elevator amounts to $1,700, on the grain $."00, but this does not pay tho loss on the grain alone. TOLD IN A FEW WORDS. Burglars robled the po.-toftice and two stores at New Providence, In. Clans Sprecklcs was elected president of the San Joaquin Valley railroad. The woman suffrage bfll was killed in the Montana sennte by a vote of 18 to i. Postmaster General Bissell has placed his resignation in the hands of the presi dent. The funeral of Judge Blake occurred at Laramie, Wyo. The state officials were all present. The Minnesota legislature has asked congress for the site cf old Fort Snelling for a museum. Dr. Jennings, secretary cf tho Missouri state hoard of health, reports 32 cases of smallpox at Hot Springs. "Cherokee Bill" was found gUty of murder by a jury at Fort Smith, Ark., and laughed contemptuously. The Chicago board of trade has taken steps to raise money to buy seed for farmers in the drouth-stricken portion of Nehrasku. Armour & Co. head the bit with 5,000. General Mason Brayuiun. aged 81, ox- governor of Itlaho, the oldest Mason Iu the United States and former associate in legal practice with Abraham Lincoln, dletl at Kansas City.