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Stmt - Wttlhj WxiWat. 1RA.Ii B ARE,Editoe iu Pbopbietor SUBSCRIPTION KATES. One Year, cash In advance, ?L25. Six Months, cash In advance r 75 Centa Entered al the NorthPlatte (Nebraska) poatoffice as sBcond-claFEmitter. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1897 The Buffalo county Alliance held a meeting last Saturday and passed a resolution that it was the sense of the Alliance that the state appropriation for the Omaha expo sition should not exceed twenty thousand dollars. It is not to the credit of Buffalo county to have residents who express such a nig gardly disposition. The populist state machine is unalterably opposed to any legisla tive action in the the direction of retrenchment upon salaries paid employes of state institutions. After working all these years for the privilege of appropriating the state patronage it does not see why ;i- rnnifi rplinnnish anv of the 1 L. i3 XX V a - V sooils iast to keep a few campaign promises made to the people to pro cure votes. Bee. There is at least one thing- for which Senator Allen can be com n a hf favors a liberal state aooropriation for the Omaha expo sition. He recently telegraphed from Washington to the Omaha World-Herald as follows: "Prompt and liberal legislative action in aid -C 4.1. A ovnnoitJnrl III Nebraska is highly essential to stimulate con gressional aid. I fear much dam- are will result to the enterprise in the several state WUfc. ip.n-idntnrfs if oeoole of our own aw- - 1 i state are indifferent to its success. The attention of Lincoln county farmers is invited to the following statement taken from the Fremont Tribune: "The Germautown Co operative Creamery association, of Seward county, with a capital stock of S3. 000 made $26,507 worth of butter last year and had a profit of 51,296, or 40 per cent on the in vestment, being a pretty good fif vp5iHe furnishincr a market t S A A - " " VJ for the milk of the patron stock holders at an additional profit." If such an institution can be made to pay so well in Seward county simi lar results can undoubtedly be ob :ori ?n thic rmintv. esoeciallv in VUIUU n fc.A.w -J ' L the Patte valley where every condi tion is favorable. The New York Mail and Ex press says that business improve ment continues in many industries and in nearly all sections. The cotton factories and woolen mills of New England are increasing their working forces; a great steel mill is to be constructed in Birmingham, Ala,, as speedily as possible; the Westinghouse Electric company of pittshiirn- has received orders for - 0 $500,000 worth cf new work within the last ten days, and the builders of locomotives and railway cars are receiving the largest contracts they have had in several years. There is no boom in business, but there is undeniably steady, solid and con- stantly increasing change for the better. The improvement is gen eral in its scope, and there is every rn son ft believe that it will be substantial and long-continued. EECEPE0CITY A NECESSITY. Reciprocity, always a desirable concomitart of tariff legislation, is made a necessity by the projected action of Germany, in which empire a double schedule, one for goods im nnrted from countries between i which -and Germany there are com mercial treaties and agreements, flip nther for the world at larsre, is to be in force. In poiut of fact, Germany has rolpn or borrowed the thunder of Blam and Mciuniey, ana is aooui but Wilson succeetlctl in drawing his gun a young boy, was killed in a runaway at nreioressed their determina te avail herself -of that weapon of and dispatched his assailant Hiss Dora Jolict, Ills. Mrs Robert Limlsey of commercial retaliation winch SO well used by the United states between 1891 and 1894, and which the democratic party so foolishly The German idea is to compel foreign countries to ad mit its exports duty free or at low duties, under pain of the imposition uiru nr nrnhibitive duties on J1. UIU W. their exports to Germany. It is fortunate and evident thatit is in the power of the United States to secure the best of the bargain. For the chief export of Germany to the United Stated is beet sugar. The chief exports of the United States to Germany are meat and irrain. We have not discriminated arainst German sug-ar; Germany has discriminated against Ameri can meats' We can in a few years become independent of German sugar; the. bounty system that has created the manufacture of sugar in Germany soon can increase the United States production by ten fold. It did double it in the first year of its operation. Its abroga- j tion was one of the many crimes of j the democratic administration of' affairs. . But Germany cannot supply its people with food and srain from its own soil. It must import food or it must cease to de velop its manufactures. , It now becomes a matter of neces sity to let Germany know that if its ar is to come into the united States our farm products must enter its ports as freely, slightly burdened, as its enters ours. Inter Ocean. or as sugar TOLD IN APEW WORDS EVENTS OCCURRINQ IN ALL3ECTIONS SUMMARIZED. Happenings From Home and Abroad Re duced From Columns to Lines Every thing But Facts Eliminated For Oar Headers Convenience. Friday, Feb. 12. E. P. Gilrner fell from a tree at; acw "Washington, Md., and died soon after J. M. Longeneckcr, Chicago, circwouiaw from a bank for a client and on his way to his office was mysteriously relieved of if The discovery of exceedingly rich oro in the Paz mine near Saltillo, Mexico, has crcattd great excitement and prospectors are flocking there Mrs. Carter, who sued the Sante Fe Railway company for 810.000 damacrcs for the loss of her husband at Emporia lias., has been awarded $4,129 -iiie jury in mo f .Vin H M A F.vjinq at Oeallala. 2eb.. re-1 turned a verdict of assault and battery, : Kiau . o . j nnd owKntnncedtoeodavsiniail ! The boiler of Wyrick Bros., saw mill near ilaenolia. Ark., exploded and John Wy rick and John liewis were Kiucti aiio Louise Schuttler, after bidding her lover irood bve at Pekin. 111., railroad station, was mangled to death by a train Alex ander Terrell, a negro who criminally as saulted Sirs. Jackson at Hearne, Tex., has been captured and sentenced to death A burro train loaded with $30,000 of silver bullion from the Sombrcrpte, Mexico, mine, was attacked by robbers who carried off the ore The "Wilson bill, providing for the closing of public houses in England on Sundays, was voted down in the house of commons Preparations for an ex tensive season of bull fighting aro being made at Monterey, Mexico, and fifty ferocious bulls have been ordered from Spain Mr. John D. Kockefeller has uromiscd to contribute tho sum of $250,000 toward the paying off of the total indebted ness of $486,000 resting upon tho Baptist foreign and home missionary societies, provided friends of the societies suoscriDe the remainder by Jan., 1 next Rev. John Monaghan of St. Patrick's church Charleston. S. C, has been appointea to bo bishop of the see of "Wilmington, Del. A New York dispatch says that if Richard Crokcr will accept he will bo named as the Tammany candidate for mavor of Greater New York A dispatch to the Kansas City Star from Scdalia Ivas., says that Rev. V. Fenniso whilo conduct ing revival services has been arrested, charged with burglary. Saturday, Feb. 13. A secret meeting of the distillers was held at 'Louisville, Ky., and it has been hinted that its object was to forma whisky trust to control the output and price in that stat! A motion for a rehearing of the cases against Alonzo "Walling and Scott Jackson, sentenced to hang for tho murder of Pearl Bryan at Frankfort, Ky., waswcrrulcd and Governor Bradley is considering the matter '"Richard Ac- lingcr of Lovcl, Ky., was shot and killed bv his 18-vear-old son, Aaron, who escaped -A St. Louis chemist claims to nave solved the problem of making gold and nml silver from common clav lorn Johns and Annie Faulkner are tinder ar rest at Little Rock, Ark., charged with issjiinf? counterfeit money A wool ex- chamrc. which is the first to be operated in the United States, will bo opened at New York City next week Ueorge Ibach, who attempted to wreck a Balti more & Ohio train at Mitchell. Ind., has been sentenced to six years in the peni tentiary Joel Mack, a wealthy stock breeder of Kansas, was murdered at Nowata, I. T., and his thrown into a brush hivin. His botlv cannot bo found Ihe name of Rev. Dr. Holmes of Tcrrc Haute, Ind., has been mentioned as minister to Denmark There Is plenty of JJltzsim mons money at San Francisco at evens- for those who favor the Callfornlan- Gypsies are terrorizing tho inhabitants near Gcrmantown, 111., by their frequent demands for provisions and other neceS' ciMns United States Consul Jarigan at Utilla says that banana raising in Hon duras is a failure, and the same Is said of minintrin that country Lastern dele gates to the National Editorial association, which meets at Galveston, Tex., arc call ing at St. Louis to take in the sights of that city Mrs. George "W. Savage, mother of John M. Savage, consul at Dun dee, died in that city Dill Raincy, who killed Frank Haggard at wmencsrer, ivy., ime hpnn found euilty and sentenced to death ten-year-old Jean Finlay, a deaf and dumb child, became enveloped in flames and was burned to death at Jack sonville, Fla. Mondny, Feb. 15. John Tutt and Dave Spencer quarreled over a 15-year-old girl at Trenton, Ky., and the latter drew his pistol in a combat and killed Tutt A fight at the Xickapoo Indian reservation occurred between members of tho Kickapoo and Seminole tribes, which resulted in about a dozen killed T. Tomlinson, while under the influence of liquor at South McAlster, L T.. insisted on making Jessie Wilson take a drink of whis iy at the point of a pistol, andDr. T. C. Kimball for betrayal and malpractice amounting to $5,000, died and money to airs. ivonvriRnt. a svoman who had befriended her Mrs. Lucy Roberts was burned to death at hor home at Rut'iton, Ky., John Werner shot and killed Will Lewis at Wyncwood, I. T., during a drinking quarrel Will Johnson, who killed Henry Hobson at Bayou, Ark., has been sentenced to han "March 19 Sirs. Adison Deck has been arrested, charged with the killing of Tic tor Manklns at Sandusky, O., wnom she shot through the heart It is officially announced that Sir Alfred Milncr, chair man of the English board of inland reve nue, will succeed lord Kosemead as gover nor of Cape Colony Harry Comer, re presenting 9 syndicate of English capital ists has purchased a tract of 1,300,000 of land near Puebla, Mcx., which trill ho laid out for tobacco raising Charles Bradley, a dispcrato character, in linrrrpof TTnitcd States .unrsniu lJllllQ, while cn route from Ardniorc, I. T., to Paris. Tex., iumncd from a moving train and escaped The works of the Richard Grant company, ueaicr in t-uuraso auF nlics. in Henderson street, between Seven- teenth and Eighteenth, Jersey City, were almost completely destroyed by lire yes tcrday. Loss, $60,000. Tuesday, Feb. 1G. fr. Booth-Tucker of tho Salvation army is seriously ill at Brooklyn An other toll gate on the Lawrcnccburg turn- j pike near Frankfort, Ky., was. tiestroyea by dynamiters During a drunken spree In a saloon at St. Louis, Leo Bunk vnw seriously stabbed by Frank Hines Will iam Phccnix of Scdalia, Mo., became en raged at his wife and beat her so severely that she will die Saline county, Illinois, Republicans refused to cast their vote at a primary because of the appointment of a negro judge The clothes of Miss Mary Barker ignited while she was building a Are at her home at St. Louis and she was fatallv burned A traveling man identi fied a man confined in the county jail at Salem, Ark., as George Taylor, mur derer of the Mccks family of Missouri-1 Paul Alexander Johnstone, a mind reader and palmist, and Dr. T. M. Walsh have been arrested at Cepar Rapids, la., charged with swindling and defrauding the public Extensive deposits of asphaltum have been discovered near Fort Stockton, Tex., and there arc several good springs of oil, also a high grade flow of petroleum Will D:-..ke of Pawnee county, O. T., fell from his wagon and was instantly killed Thonow Belgian minister, Count do Lichtewclde, was presented to the presi dent Senator Harris is represented as rnenvGrinir. and. barrinc accidents, will soon be ablo to leave his rooms at Wash ington J. M. Bryan has been arrested at Connors. O. T., charged with the mur der of Joseph McLcary, a few weeks ago Two masked men appeared at ihe Will iams hotel at Williams, N. M., and point ing their pistols at A. Altman, compelled him to part with $4,000 American resi dents of London will shortly present to United States Ambassador Bayard a bust of himself, the work of an American sculp tor Galveston, Tex., is entertaining sev eral hundred editors, who are attending the convention of the National Press asso ciation Mrs. Annie Besent, the theoso- nhisr. who has just returned from India, has decided to make a lecturing tour of the United States. Wednesday, Feb. 1 7. , ,. 3. At unancston tne Diocuaumg miikuu-uu resumed practico with the big guns the big The 12th annual convention of the .Na tional Editorial association is in session at Galveston Tho education bill passcu its second reading in tho British house of commons bv a vote of 855 to 150 The 10th annual dinner of the Life under writers association of Now York was held v at the "Waldorf hotel. Comptroller Eckles spoke Magistrate Cornell in New York city committed Iasigi, Turkish consul, to the Tombs without "bail to await the ar rival of requisition papers from Boston It is believed that President McKinley -will nnmp. General Horace Porter as am bassador to France and Chauncey M Dcpew as ambassador to England Tho conferene to decide unon measures to pre vpnfc tha introduction of the bubonic nlacrne into EuroDC and to take other action n mmirn tn thi disease IS m session ui Venice It is stated that. Presuicnt Cleveland, Secretary of State Olncy and Edwin F. Uhl, now ambassador at Berlin, will form a law partnership in JScw xorK Wr. TThl'B son is authority for the state . . 1 ' C I mcnt AX Cincinnati a cumureuw m i prominent whisky men from all over the country, representing 5100,000,000 of capital invested, was held and resoiu Hnn ivnrn nasscd netitionimr con- cress to put the tax at 70 cents- Secretary of the Navy Herbert and party loft-. Washington for Charleston. S. C, to witness tho naval maneuvers Mrs. Hcnrv Ward Beechcr had a comfortable day and there was no change in her condi tion. She is still unconscious Among the passengers who arrived on the steamer Kaiser wilhelm II. was lieutenant ian- lio, Garilialdi of tho Italian army, a son.of the famous patriot general lho battle ship Texas, in her run from ew xoric to Galveston, is faid to be the fastest ever made by a battleship, the average run being VZ knots an hour Much adverso comment has been excited even among Spaniards at Havana by the fact that tho house of refuge is the only place in tho citv in which women prisoners are kept. -A medal of honor lias been presented to Nicholson Boquct of Burlington, la., late private company D, First Iowa volun teers, for distinguished gallantry in action at Wilson's Creek, Mo., August 10, 1SG1 -The Lutherans of !Now York city, Brooklyn and Jersey City celebrated tho 400th anniversary of the mrtn of Phillip Afplnnnthon. the co-laborer of Martin Luther, the author of Augsburg confes sion and the world famous scholar ana student. Thursday, Feb. 18. Another effort is to bo made to savo Daniel McCarthy, the condemned wifo murderer at Chicago At the last spe cial meeting of tho Beatrice, Neb., city council the salaries of the city officials were cut considerably Thomas Edison is now busily engaged in developing a srstomof takine nhotosrranhs at a lonr ranfrc by means of tolescopcs John Johnson, the crack skater and mcycic ridnr of Toronto. Canada, is lyins seri ously ill with congestion of the lungs- The two confidence men who robbed jonr Powlcy of Harvard, Neb., at Denver have been arrested and $2,(500 of his money has been returned Theamalgamation of the Congregational and Christian church de nominations suggested about a month ago at St. Louis will be consummated R. J. Wilson, a clerk in Colonel Robert G. In gcrsoll's office at New York city, at- temntcd to end his nic by means oi poison on account of domestic troubles Ihe Brant house bill, bringing special charter cities under the mulct law, was passed by the senate at Dcs Moines and it has gone to the governor for signature Mrs. Raymond Stevens, widow of the late Cap tain Hedberg. who was shot at Fort Sheri dan in 1893 byLientcnant Mcany is about to make her debut on the vaudeville stage The suffrage bill has been defeated in the Nevada assembly The heaviest snow storm of the season is reported at Reno, Nov., 8 or 10 inches having fallen Three Italians, John Fanicko, Paola Furesak and Pedro Philip, were run down and killed by a train at Tipton, Pa. There were only 31 members present at the Ore eon joint convention Lawrence Garian, Flint Lake, Ind., toon ncr nusoanu s death to heart so much that she died of grief On account of his failure to se cure an increase of pension, A. D. Ackles of Parma, Jlich., killed himself lho dead body of Roy Wilson was found at his hn.iriHncr house In (Jhicnso witn a ootue of carbolic acid in Ids hand Mr. Criss- man of Harvard, Xeb., who has an elec tric burglar alarm attached to his-chicken roost, was -awakened ny tne ucu ringing and caught two thieves, whom ho handed over to the police arren Cowlcs, pas senger agent of the Rock Island at St. Jo seph, Mo., and Mrs. Ada Cowles of Wash ington. Ia.. who have bean divorced a counle of times, have bean married for the third time Rev. W. W. Clark of the Chicaso Sunday Observance league has applied to Justice Martin for the arrest of Mayor Swift for evading his duty in not closing saloons and stopping Sunday amusements and games. Ballard's Snow Liniment. This invaluable remedy is one that nuirht to be in every house hold. It will nrn voljr rheumatism, neuralgia, 0 BpralDS) cuts, bruises, burns, frosted feet anJ earp gore mroat, ana sore cuesu. Tf n have a iam0 oack it will cure it. it penetrates to the seat of the disease It will cure stiff joints and contracted muscles after all other remedies have failed. Those who have been cripples for years have used Ballards Snow Lin- impnt and thrown away tneir cruicuea and bean able to walk as well as ever. It will cure you. Price 50 cents. bo:a byNorth Platte Pharmacy, J. U. Jtmsn, Manager. MAT -ARREST MOORE. EX-STATE AUDITOR THREATENED WITH CRIMINAL PROSZCU-TION. Attorney General Smylli Says Something Mnst Be Done Toward Payment 3Ioore Offers to ray If Given Time Governor nolcomb Sends a Message on Treasury. Lincoln, Kcb., Feb. 18. The bonds- men of ex-Auditor Eugene Moore held another conference yesterday in the office of Attorney Geueral bniyth. Willis E. Reed of Madison, who, with Attorney Harry Broine of Omaha, has been retained by Moore, was present at the courerenco. Mr. teea saia last nieht that he anticipated criminal pro- ceedings would be commenced against bis p.liont. Tie added that the attorney . I general might, however, decide to begin a civil suit for the balance, owing by Moore, $23,000. Moore says he has a one-third interest in a mine in Colo rado, for which he would not take $100,000. It now nets $1,500 a month and Moore is ready to pay $300 a mouth to the state on his indebtedness. Attorney Reed savs that the law of 1873 provided that these insurance fees should be paid to the stato auditor. The constitution of 1875 amended this law and made all fees received by any state denartment navable in advancs to tho state treasurer. Hence, the bondsmen of Moore assert- that they aro not liable, as Moore has no right to receive the fees Mr. Reed says that this will.ho believes, be a good defense in a criminal action. Attorney General Smyth said hrmly that, soniothinir must be done in tho I matter or an arrest would be made. This is what Attorney Reed expects and he is making preparations for defense. Mr. Mooro says that he is doing all he can to fix this matter up, and that, if Riven time, tho state will not lose a cent. It is Attorney Reed's opinion that it criminal action is commenced the state j will never realizo a dollar, as the su preme court as held tho point he will raise on the constitutionality oi tne pay ment of tho fees to the treasurer good. llryan to tlio Legislators. Lincoln, Feb. 18. Hon. W. J. Bryan addressed a joint session of the senate and house last evening in the hall of representatives. Every available inch of room was occupied and huudreds were turned away, unable to gain even standing room. The appearance of Mr. Bn-an was greeted with great applause and he was iutroduccd by Lieutenant ft TT. : If. D.n.nn nmtllttrl joveruur xiurris. .lujuu wmim,u. himself principally to tho general topic- 0 tj1Q scieiic0 0f government as applied to home legislation. Holcomb Asks For an Investigation. Lincoln, Feb. 13. Governor Holcomb sent to both branches of the legislature a message touchiug upon stato finances. The message- reviews the losses sus tained by the failure of the depository banks, calls attention to the fact that the settlement between Treasurer Mo- servo and his predecessor, J. S. Bartley, has not been completed and asks for tho anuoiutment of a joint committee to make an investigation. Senate Tasses tlie IS rant Bill. Des Moines, Feb. 18. The Brant bill for the relief of special charter cities has passed the senate and is now ready for the governor. It extends to these cities the provisions of the mulct law. OKLAHOMA LEGISLATIVE SQUABBLE. Violent and Hitter Kcligious Discussion 1'reclpltated In Hie House. GunmiE, O. T., Feb. 1C Tho senate yesterday passed tho house resolution providing for a commission of seven to act with sintar committees from Kan sas and Texas to secure lower freight rates to the gulf and it was sent to the governor. "When tho bill to grant a special charter to the Sisters of Mercy of tho Sacred Heart came up in the house a violent and bitter religious dis cussion was precipitated and as the roll call was being mado a call of the house was demanded. This tied the house up until dark and though the call was neither withdrawn or tho roll call fin ished, Speaker Pro Tem Doyle, who was in the chair, entertained a motion to adjourn and declared it earned. A minority protested against this unheard of parliamentary proceeding and refused to recognize the so called adjournment and called M "Willis to the chair and are still holding forth. McKinley Is Oolni; Xiccly, Canton, O., Feb. 17. Dr. Phillips says: "Major McKinley is doing nicely. He is getting along very satisfactorily. He has been able to sit up part of the day and is quite comfortable. He will ho able to be about in a few days, but will not be ablo to see callers this week. He will be able to go to Clcvelaud the latter part of the week if his condition continues favorable." Mr. tlauna came down from Cleveland last night and is a guest at the McKiuley home. Boom For Ilanna. Cleveland, Feb. 18 At a meeting of '25 or 30 influential Republicans a movement, having in view the sending of Chairman Hanna to the United States senate, was started. Mx. Hauua knew nothing of the meeting, but those who Corbett Plays With tho Boys. Carso.v, Nev., Feb. 1 8. Eighteen inches of soft snow covered the ground here. Corbett began trainiug with a snow shovel and being unable to find a suitable handball court, ho exchanged a few volleys of snowballs with the small boys. William I.St. John Is Dead. New York, Feb. 16. William P. St. John, ex-president of the MercantUe National bank, and treasurer of the Democratic natioual committee, died suddenly at his home in this city last night. Blockading itetlmo. Athens, Feb. 18. It is reported from Crete that the cliristians are blockading Retiino. Ponnrt Guilty of Uog Stealing:. WestPoixt, Feb. 14. The verdict of the jury in the Flowers hog stealing case was Wilbur Flower3 guilty aud Thomas Flowers not guilty. A motion was filed for a new trial. Selects Miller Park as the Site. OMAHA.Feb. 12. The-Transmississippi exposition directory, by a vote of 28 to 22, Eelected Miller park, adjoining old Fort Omaha, in the northern part of the city, as the site for tho great exhi bition. " POSTOFFICE BILL GOES THROUGH Hoaso Dees JTot Suspend Business For Lincoln's Birthday. Washington, Feb. 13. The statue of Abraham Lincoln in tho old hall of representatives was draped Friday in the American flag and wreathed with flowers in houor oi the 88th anniversary of his birth, but the house did not sus pend business. On the contrary, it cel ebrated the anniversary by discussing the necessities of the postal service and passing tha postoffico bilk The peren nial fight was made to strike out tho appropriation of $190,000 for special mail facilities from Boston toiSewur- leans, but it was defeated yeas, 46; nays, 107, although that portion of tho appropriation providing special facilities tor .Boston 10 jmcw ions, was smuu-cu. out after it had been shown that this part of the appropriation had not ooen rm t 11 exnended for several years, xne oni as passed carries $05,45,714 Peaco Treaty Amendment. Washington, Feb. 14. The senate committee on foreign relations nas agreed to an amendment to the arbitra- tion treaty prpvidiug that an negotia tions nnder the treaty shall he submitted to the senate just as tho original treaty had been. COUP BY THE HOUSE LEADERS. Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill Passed Under Suspension of Itnles. TVashington, Feb. 16. Tho coup ar ranged by the house leaders for the pas- sago of tho sundry civil appropriation bill under suspension of the rules waa a complete success and this bill, carry ing 50,044,743, was passed without op position or amendment just as it came from tho committee. Senator Morcan Carries His Point. "Washington, Feb. 16. The senate L ',vas in executive session most oi iuuu- day, but the open session afforded sufli cieut time for a sharp controversy over proceeding with Mr. Morgan's resolu tion to abrogate tho uiayton-tsmwes treaty. Mr. Sherman interposed numer ous points of order against Mr. Morgan, and when the chair sustained them, the Alabama seuator referred to his being "victimized" by the presiding officer and Mr. Sherman. Mr. Stevenson re torted sharply that there was no disposi tion to "victimize" the Alabama sena tor. On a vote, Mr. Morgan carried hia point and the Ciayton-Bnlwerresolutlos was taken up. USES BITTER SARCASM. Senator Chandler Plaices a Notable Spcec In tlie Senate. Washington, D. C, Feb. 17 Senator Chandler's Speech m tho senate Tnea dav, in ad )cacy of bimetallism, was one of the notable efforts of the present session, not only for the scholarly care with which the senator presented the question from his standpoint, but for the bitter sarcasm addressed to Senator Palmer and the Indianapolis conven tion, the arraignment of silver Repub licans who bolted the St. Louis conven tion, aud for the dramatic personal ex change between Mr. Chandler and Mr, Pettigrew, the latter being one of the bolters from the St. Louis convention. Mr. Chandler's speech lasted three hours and was repiete with iucidents. It was an argument against a single standard of either metal, gold or silver, and warn ing against a policy of monometallism, Sustain n Pension Veto. Washington, Feb. 17. Monday night's pension session having practi cally failed of its purpose, owing to the clifiicnltv of sccunncr a quorum, the house Tuesday vacated tho order for a night session and devoted the day, after tho routine business hau been disposed of, to the consideration of private pen sion bills. For the first time this ses siou the house on a vote declined to override a pension veto submitted to it for action. Tho bill was that to pen sion Nancy G. Allanach. ALLEN'S RESOLUTION PASSED. Nebraska Senator "Wants Discharged Employes at Oinnhu Investigated. Washington, Feb. 18. Tho immi gration bill now goes to the president, the last legislative step having been taken in. the senate Wednesday by an agreement to tho conference report on tho bill. Strong opposition was made to the bill, but on the final vote the friends of the measure rallied a small majority, the vote beiug: Yeas, Hi; nays, 31. During the morning hour Mr. Allen (Pop., Neb.) spoke on his resolution re lating to dissmissals from office at South Omaha, Neb. He said the alleged causes of dismissals wereutterlypuerile. The senator declared that in the case of two ladies who were discharged their offense was that of having Mr. Bryan's picture in their window. There wero six other ladies, Mr. Allen said, who had McKinley pictures in their wind ows, but they were not disturbed. Tho ladies who displayed the Bryan pictures did it in honor of a citizen of their own state, and yet, Mr. Allen said, this ad ministration had brought about the dis charges. Tho senator cited other cases of men who had been dismissed, he al leged, because they had' spoken for Bryan. Mr. Allen declared that from this it appeared the civil service law was a fraud and a delusion and that the civil service commission was using it for most unworthy purposes. Mr. Allen's resolution calling on tho civil service commission for full information as to tho South Omaha dii charges was then agreed to. Legislation For Arid States. Washington, Feb. 18. The house Wednesday, after a two hours' debate, passed a bill of considerable importance to the arid regions of the west. It opens to use and occupation under the right of way act of March 8, 1891, all the reser voir sites reserved by the geological sur vey. There arc 13-8 of these site3 scat tered throughout tho arid country, and this act will enable them to be put to practical use by individuals or corpora tions. Two ameudments were attached to the bill, one of which permits states or territories to occupy these sites if they' choose, aud the other empowers the states and territories iu-which they are located to fix water rates. Electric Bitters. Electric Bitters is a 'medicine suited for any season but perhaps more general ly needed when tho languid, exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and per haps fatal bilious fevers' No medicine will act mora surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison, headache, indigestion, consti pation, dizziness yield to ElectricBitters. 50 cents and SLOO per bottle at Slreitz's Drug Store. 1 DR. DUESTROW HANGED. Millionaire Murderer of His Wife ana Child Executed. TTxiox, Mo., Feb. 1?. Not until this morning, when ho arose after a fitful night's rest and saw for the first time the gallows upon which he was to cue, did Dr. Arthur Duestrow, the con demned St. Louis murderer, show any signs of tho realization of his fate. For the first time siuco the crime was com mitted, three years ago, ho shed tears. Turning from tho window from wnicn he had gotten a glimpso of the gibbet, he began to sob like a child. Ho put away all semblance of insanity, which he had carried out for so long: I know I've got to die," he said, "I killed my wife and child, but it was not my fault. It was something within me that made me do it. I was not myself." 'inese words were repeated over and over again as he lay on the cot in his cell, tears flowing fast and sobs occasionauy checking his utterance. It was but a short time, however, be fore the condemned man regained his composure. He talked with all his vis itors aud even smiled. This was prob ably the result of the sheriff's order re scinding one made yesterday that the prisoner should not bo allowed to havo any whisky. At 10 o'clock ho decided that small doses should bo given Dne strow from time to time. The coudemned man walked to the gallows without a trembr and mounted the steps to his doom without a shade of fear passing over his face. He died as "Geueral Brandenburg," quietly ana bravely, bidding a last farewell to the man who had fought to save his life. Schmidt and Foster Hanged. St. Louis, Feb. 17. At Clayton, a suburb of this city, Peter Schmidt and Sam Foster (colored) were hanged to day. Peter Schmidt, who is only 16 years old, was swung off first. He died gamely at 7:05 a. m., with a sullen look on his face and without any sign ofre- nentanco. Sam Foster, the big brutal nfioro. who followed him to death 15 minutes later, was so weak that he al most had to be carried to the scaffold. DEMANDS OF FARMERS' ALLIANCE The Supremo Council Adopts a Declara tion of Principles. Washington, Feb. 18. A resolution was adopted by the supreme council of the Farmers' Alliance petitioning con gress not to place a tariff on gypsum rock, which for many years has been free of duty. A number of demands in regard to finance, land owners, election of United States senators and direct legislation were readopted. Another resolution congratulating the order at large upon its success, and extending special congratulations upon the favor able action had in congress on meas nres indorsed bv the conncil at its former sessions. Jftio coun cil declared in favor of tho McCook bill, to regulate ihe importation and sale of seed crain and other seeds and the Allen senate bill, to protect public for ests. It also declared in favor of a strict quarantine against the importation of fruit, fruit trees and shrubs infected by scalo or orange worm or other diseases threatening tho fruit growers. Officera for the ensuing year were elected: President, Mann Page of Vir ginia: vice president, O. Vincent, In dianapolis, Ind.; secretary-treasurer, W. P. Bricker, Pennsylvania. Executive committee: Maun Page, Virginia; R A. Sonthworth. Denver, Colo.; John Breining, West Virginia; A. B. Welch, New York, and Hon. W. H. Stokes of South Carolina. Vesuvius Runs tho Gnntlet. Charleston, Feb. 14. Notwithstand ing Admiral Bonce's carefully arranged plans for the effectual blockade of Charleston harbor the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius successfully ran the gantlet of the North Atlantic squadron last night The blockadcrs were not aware of the feat of the of.ean racer until the prear ranged signal, a skyrocket, was fired from the deck of the Vesuvius. Ad miral Bunce was surprised and disap pointed. He had thought the thing im possible, and was loathe to believe the report, it is said, when it was conveyed to him. How tho blockade was run is prized as a secret on board the Vesuvius The officers are all boasting of tho feat, and arc as pleased over it as the block aocrs are ciiagrmed. 'iiie passage through the fleet was made as easily as the most experienced blockade runner could have made it. Tlie trip of tho Vesuvins showed her officers to bo thorough naval tacticians. SCARCITY IN THE WHEAT SUPPLY. 31urhet Closed Strong nt Nearly One Cent Advance. Chicago, Feb. 17. Wheat clocd strong to day nt n o advance, although soiling at one time at !4c decline A Htrong undercurrent of finnni'SH wis present, canned not so much by European wnr news nH by evidences of futuro scarcity in the wheat supply. Corn advanced ls and oats closed unchanged. Provisions broke sharply nt tho oiiening, but recovered nearly all of tho loss later. Closing prices: WHEAT Feb., 7b fr; May. 74)c. CORN Feb., 2&lHo; May. an-SftSc OATS Feb., 1-Jc: May, lCJfio. PORK-Fnb., J7,.7: May, $7,8a7.85. LARU Feb., J3.K): May, ;ilW. RIBS Feb., S 1.00 ; May, St.O.'Ks Cnnh quotations: Mo. '2 red, wheat. 81385c No. U red, I:G&S3o; No, spring, 73alo; No. 2 corn, 21o; No. 2 oata, 10c South Oiunlia Live Stock. South Omaha. Feu, 17. CATTLE Receipts, 1,00 ; 10c lower; native beef steers. $3.70 4.70; western Hteern, S3.iWit.20: Texas steers, J3.00l.03; cows and heifers, S2.70a3.CO; can ucre, Si.75ti2.0J; stockers and feeders. i.25& 4.20; calves, J3.5035.50; bulls, stags, etc., $1.75 HOG3 Receipts, 7,200 ; 51 c lower: heavy, S3.13&3.: 0;intxod. 53.20a3.2o; light. $J.20&3.35; hulk of sales, 5M.2Ja3.3J. SHEEP Receipts, 4,500: steady; fair to choice natives, S3.00S3.7.1; fair to choice west- rns, Si.OOQ3.00: common and stock shecp.Si.23 113.25; lambs, g3.50t35.00. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Feb. 17.-HOG3 Receipts, 50,000; iairly active and generally 10c lower; light, J3.8523.52H!: mixed, M.30&3.47$: heavy,3.13& i 45: rough, S3.155J3.20. CATTLE Receipts. 17.000; weak nnd folly 10c lower; beeves. SJ.4535.23; cow and heir rs. Sl.fcOS4.10; Texas steers, 53.COS4.10, Block rs and feeders, S3.20S4.10. SHEEP Receipts. 17,000;weak nnd lOclower; latives. $2.754.10; westerns, 53.25 g 1.05; Jambe, '53.75S5.03. -iriUte'Kooth Kidnaped. Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 14.Willio Booth. 10 years of age, was ltiduapcd from the South school in this city this afternoon by a man named W. R. Brown of Summerfield, Kan., and no trace can bo found, of man or boy. Investing in Warrant. Lincoln, &cb., Feb. 12.Thore wswn metting of tho stato board of school lnnds and funds, at which it waa decided that tha tato treasurer should bo ordered to invest $ 30,000 of tha par uiauent school fund In state warranto. IsTEWS OF NEBRASKA. Deth of Dr. Perter. -g-.tvt.v VpK. Feb. 12. Dr. J. J. auuuiuii ... t Porter, onb of the oldest physicians of this city, died yesterday from a strcka of apoplexy. Sixty Days For Kllliagr a Mas. nniT .T.T.A. Pnh. 1 2. The iury in tho Frank Yocum case brought in a verdict of guilty of assault and battery. Jodgs Grimes sentenced mm to ou uays m Yocum shot and killed a young man named Evans during a charivari row. Jadgo Greene Resigns. Kearney, Neb., Feb. 12. Judge Greene closed his last term oz court; -Insfc nirfit and sent in his resigna tion to the governor, to take, effect Mon day, Feb. 15. The new judge win nave to be appointed by that time in order to bniri fhft term of court at Loup City, which convenes Tuesday, the 16th. . After tho illrscliburg' Kobber. - T.TvrnT.v. Feb. 11. A reciuisition has been granted from the office of Governor Holcomb on the governor oi Illinois ior Via rotti-n of TJprmmi Lotonskv. alias VliU AWMAU. x ' Harry Thompson, now under arrest in Chicago. It is charged that on uec. 2, 1896, Lotonsky broke into the store of Onmba. nnd robbed it of lAUtVUMUAQI J $3,200 worth of diamonds, rings, watcher and other jewelry. RAILROADS REFUSE TO RAY TAXES. Question teKallty. of tho levy aud Will Go. llefore the Court. Kearney. Feb. 13. The city of Kear ney is being held out of about $20 ,000 in taxes from the railroad companies, as the roads claim that certain levies aro excessive and illegal. The levies com plained of are 0 mills for school bond purposes, in addition to the 20 mills levied for general purposes,, and a levy of 4j mills for judgment; purposes ay the city. The B. & M. aud Union racifcc havo rach tendered the county treasurer thei. amount of the tax, less these two items, but the county treasurer has refused-to accept part of it in that way. Accord ingly the railroad companies have se- cured a temporary injunction and tne case is set for hearing March 8. The re sult is looked forward to with consid prable interest, as the levies were made j'ust as low as possible, and if the city is. defeated it is liable to complicate mat ters next year. VETERANS OPPOSE PRESENT LAW. Ask That the Systemof Control of Soldiers' Home Be Repealed. Hastings, Feb. 12. The closing day's session of the Grand Army of Kebraska was called to order at 9:30, with an at tendance of about 400 delegates. The list of delegates elected to attend the natioual encampment at Buffalo was read as follows: J. "W. Hortou of Stan ton, George "W. Martin of Fullerton, F. "W. Simpson of Omaha, J. C. Knapp of Palmer, Freu. Myers of Lin coln, David Morgan of Minden, J. B. Wauinburgh of Kearney. The alter nates are J. "VV. Cress of South Omaha, B. Lafountaine of Cheyenne county, C. W. Douglas of Bloomington, P. H. Berry of Ord, R. G. Heckman of Fair mont, A. H. Palmer of Arapahoe. Norfolk was chosen as the place for convention then proceeded to the elec tion of officers. It was voted that the adj'utant cast a unanimous vote for John A. Ehrhardt for department com mander. Mr. Ehrhardt was called upon the stage and in a short speech thanked the delegates for the honor. The rules were again suspended and the adj'utant general cast the entire vote for Thomas Maj'ors for senior vice. For j'unior vice, Thomas L. Hull of Omaha, John Evans of North Platte, E. Rising of York, John Rees of Broken Bow, H. "W. Chase of Polk county, were nominated, but when it was seen that John Evans was the choice of the entire delegation all others withdrew and Evans was unanimously elected. The next was the election of medical director and A. S. Pierce was re-elected. Rev. Charles A. Hale of Orleans was unanimously elected for chaplain. For council of administration there wero 10 candidates. Those elected were:- Tj. N". Edwards, Fremont; Edward Brown, Alex. Graham, Beatrice; W. S. Ask with, Omaha, L. D. Cumringham. Kear ney. A resolution was passed requesting the legislature to repeal the law provid ing for the appointment of the visiting and advisory board of the soldiers' home, and that power to discharge an inmate shall be referred to tho board of public lands and buildings or other au thority. The man with consumption used to be considered just as good as dead. His doc tors condemned him to death just as surely as if he had been convicted of murder and must die on the scaffold at dawn. All that has been changed. There is now no reason for the consumptive to despair. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery will cure 98 per cent, of all cases of consumption. That is a startling state ment, but a true one. Consumption is fed by impure blood. It is an accumulation of impurities in the lungs. If the blood is made pure and filled with the purify ing properties of tlie "Discovery' there is nothing to replace tlie tuberculous mat ter that is coughed up and expectorated. Gradually the lungs become free and clear, the lung lining becomes sound and healthy, and the disease is conquered Then begins the process of flesh buildimr and soon the hollow cheeks are full the step us firm and elastic, and health blooms in every feature and in every action v - 1 was lajccu ill in February, 1S92, -with kead le and tiahi in nw iwni- -T. i. "F?- rtUfll T WSJ h mil .... T 1 . ' . . : . - - .. wijutr nirct? nmwi tj took a cowrU ko that I coyfd lot slp onfy W Ikihk nronned in Im-1. tw 1...,,. u..Ji "",jr ? I e Ibr that I was Tust stia SS'SSe r 1 wn.i eohur to die. till ,, t tho KUtHtf in a little hook of Dr. Tierce's ami 1 S cwmcHdcdforacoHjch. I tried a bottle ofJt atttT itdld mew much good tint X trkdaaSthcr ol awt it matte mp xma a4 wrll. so X cas nwtHl U to auylxxly. it saved wy life," rc6 H Q Kq.,orN6:?,3 S. J.'sttt:Tacom? :m Ml Iff! f ft r tTruMt a 1.