THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER ' W. W. 8ANDKICH, I'ablUhnr. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA, THE WORLD AT LAJlGrE. Summary of tho Daily Nowa WASHINGTON NOTIJS. A cam, has boon issued for a puro food nnd drug1 congress to meet nt tho National hotel in Washington March 20 for tho purpose of urging congress to pass a puro food and anti-adulteration law. AmtANan.MicNTS have been made for tho entertainment of President Dole, of Hawaii, on a scale befitting his rank as tho chief magistrate of a friendly nation. It has been decided that ho shall bo regarded as tho nation's guest and that this government shall bear the expense of his entertainment while in Washington. Tiik order issued by tho department of tho interior, directing tho sub-treasurer of tlio United States at St. Louis not to issue any more money to any of tlio treasurers of the ilvo tribes on ac count of tho invested fund held in trust for tho tribes, has caused a sensation. It has paralyzed the Cherokee govern ment, because 00 per cent, of tho funds used in tho running Of tho government aro derived from the fund. AcconniNO to Senator Chandler, not a bill for tho reform of tho currency is likely to receive afllrmatlvo action in this congress. Ho has leanings toward very liberal coinago of silver and is opposed to tho retirement of tho paper currency of tho government. Nonas has been received by tho state 'department that tho French govern ment will surrender William II. Foster, tho defaulting custodian of tho Pro duco Exchange gratuity fund, who iled from Now York with 5175,000 of the funds mora than nino years ago. Commissionhk EVANS, of tho pension ofllce, has in preparation a now sot of regulations governing tho practice of attorneys boforo tho pension ofllco and tho adjudication of claims therein. Thk interior department has issued a compact pamphlot of tho United States laws relating to mining. It contains suggestions as to location, possession, purchaso and patenting of tho mineral lunds of tho public do main. Phkbidknt Gomi'kub, of the A. F. o L., and other labor leaders had a hear ing tho other day before tho house la bor committee on proposed legislation extending tho eight-hour law to all government work dono by sub-contractors. ' Oov. liAitNKS went to Washington the other day to help Becure the pas sago of tho f reo homes bill, giving Ok lahoma settlors their claims under tho old homestead law without requiring tho payment of from 81 to S2.fi0, which would mean a having of S1G,000,000 to tho sottlers of the territory. This president has nominated John W. Griggs, tho present governor of Now Jersey, to bo attorney general. IIkpoiits to tho war department at Washington indicate great scarcity of food in tho Klondike gold country in Alaska, with prospects of worse to come. Ctficiat.s of tho land department of tho Rock Island railroad state that tho number of "sooners" encamped on tho Wichita reservation in Oklahoma is constantly increasing and there is sure to bo a big rush for that section before long. (IKNICKAL NKWS. Jonas Bebtow's daughter, three years old, was found dead at Webster City, la., with ono of her hands in a wolf trap. Tho steel spring hud snapped an artery. An older brother had set the contrivanco in tho barn. Ofpickii Fhank MuiutAY was picked out of a lino of policemen by J. M. Platts and' J. A. Brooks at the Grand Crossing station at Chicago as tho man who had forced them at tho point of a revolver to surrender on tho street what money they had. Murray was" placed in a coll, but emphatically de nied the charge against him. In a scheduled six-round light be tween "Yank" Kcnney and Stovo O'Donnoll at Philadelphia on the 21st, tho latter had a broken hand and could not go on, so Peter Maher was substituted and in little more than a ralnuto ho put Kennoy to sleep. A nisASTiious Hood at English, Ind., tho other night washed away three of tho fl'vo bridges over Little Blue river. Fifty persons on ono bridge wore saved with dllllculty by old citizens when it wont down. Many horses and cattlo wero drowned and many of tho houses in tho low grounds were four and ilvo fleet doop in wntor. Cuius Mkiuiv, tho poddlor charged with wife-murder at Chicago, was found guilty by tho jury. Smith, his alleged accomplice, was found .not guilty. , A hkoknt dispatch from Des Moines, In,, stated that many investors in that section had been swindled by some real estate- shurks who had offered lands In Christian county, Mo., for sale and had given worthless title deqds. Junais Siiuldon, of tho superior criminal court at Boston,has decided a point of law which is of importanco to labor organizations. Ho ruled that t.lm word "intimidation," as used in tho statute, moans only "throats to uso m t, .1 .l.wi f winnn fl,.n!ifa r lorce, uuu uuub hub mu k...vj..vw ..v. leave work" or "threats to refuso to work with others." if.v. 'P. TIkWitt Tamiahk. tlio noted SSffiy Pa., wero united in mtirrlnjro nt tlio McCutchcon rosldeneo on tho 22(1. Tlio present Mrs. Tnlmago is tho reverend gentleman's third wife. Phop. William Eiiiiioht, ex-superintendent of tho Institute for tho Blind at Nebraska City, Neb., has been arrested for alleged misappropriation of funds. A itKBOLUiloN was adopted recently by the Trades and Labor union In St. Louis for holding a world's fair in that city in 100.') to celebrate tho lOOlh an niversary of the Louisiana purchase. Skntisncis of death for matricide has been pronounced on Virgil Gallagher, a young medical student, at Galveston, Tex. Itisv. T. W. II. Dawson, an aged re cluse, was burned to death In his cot tage near Troy, 111., tho other night. Ilioit water In tho Ohio so under mined tho supports of bridge at New Albany, O., on tho 23d that when a train went on It one side sagged and tho locomotive toppled into tho river and tho engineer and abrakeman wore killed. At sunrise on tho 21th tho festivities at San Francisco began, to last ono week, of California's golden jubilee. Tho city was gaily decorated and on overy hand were displayed largo por traits of James Marshall, who picked up tho first gold nugget in California in tho year 18 IS. Fiptkkn Cherokee convicts, includ ing some desperate characters, escaped from tho national prison utTuhlcquah, I. T., by tunneling through tho base ment wall tho other night. Tho sher iff was absent Sixtkkk miles of tho Ilcnncpin canal is now completed and ready for tho water to be turned in. Ono thousand men arc at work in Bureau county, 111., tho work being pushed night and day. Whilk a cage was being hoisted in tho shaft of a mino at Wasnes, Bel gium, tho cable broke and 15 minors wero dashed to pieces. Jkppkiison' Kniqht whs hanged at Mobile, Ala., on the 21st for the mur der of Frank Dantzlcr. Tho con demned man made a full confession. John McGowan, who taught school n Alexander county, 111., whipped Henry and Scott Jordan for disobedi ence. The brothers afterwards way laid tho teacher and beat him so that ho died. They wero jailed at Jones boro and an attempt at lynching was feared. , Edwaiu) Shannon, aged 70, who shot his divorced wife dead on tho train, has been sentenced to bo hanged Feb ruary 11, at Whoaton, III. A minino estate in Colorado valued at 25,000,000 has been loft to Georgo Clark and Maria Hook, who reside near Columbus, Ind. The estate was left by Ambley Clark, a grandfather of the two heirs. Thk widow of Dr. Thomas J. Cogley has presented to Hanover college, Madison, Ind., S20,000 to endow a chnir of physics. Hlacklko in Beaver county, Olc, which is 300 miles long and 50 miles wide and contains many largo ranches, was causing much alarm among cattle men, great numbers of cattle having died from tho complaint. Tin: towboat Job Williams, with a tow of 00 coal boats, was caught in a storm near Leavenworth, Ind., and 14 of the coal boats wero sunk and two of tho steamer's crew wero washed over- board and drowned. W. E. Wicicnit, contracting freight agent of tho Chicago, Millwaukeo & St. 'Paul railway, died some days ngo and his body was cremated. His ashes wero afterwards scattered to tho four winds of heaven from a ferryboat at San Francisco, according to his in structions. A dispatch from New York tho other day stated that there was an organized movement in tho Theosophieal society to doposo Mrs. Kathcrino A. Tingley, tho present leader, and restore E. T. Hargrove to tho presidency. On his return to Waco, Tex., from Kansas City, Mo., recently, W. C. Brann, of the Iconoclast, was arrested for criminal libel on four charges. Fivr. masked men entered tho resi dence of Mrs. Gratz, near Beaver Dam, O., and bound and gagged tho house hold, consisting of Mrs. Gratz, a daugh ter, Ihree sons and two farm hands, and then becured all tho valuables in the house. After cooking themselves a good briMiUfast tho robbers departed, leaving tho inmates still bound. Tiik body of Bev. Father William Kurtenbaeh, of Flint Hill, Mo., was found in tho river at St, Louis. Tho trouser pockots wero turned wrong side out, but nothing further to indi cate vlolenco was found. Tin: physicians of Paterson, N. J., have determined to knock out patent medicines at any cost and will open up a "doctors' drug store," where all pre scriptions must bo filled, and they will boycott tho other drug stores. Fiiik in Iona, Mioh., destroyed tho Webber block, a two-story sandstono building and contents, causing S75,000 loss. At Cairo, 111., tho othor morning tho big log boom at the plant of the Chi cago Mill it Lumber company was car ried down tho rlvor. It was not an chored soeuroly enough to withstand tho heavy drift of thu Ohio river and 4,000 logs wero swept away. An immense How of u-us has been struck ' "TClflnrM in a well on a farm west of Eldora, la. At a depth of 100 feet tho water was suddenly blown out with terrible force. Stki'S will be taken, it wns said, by tho Humane society of Denver, Col., to prosr-euto the ofllclals of tho state in dustrial school for incorrigible girls for the alleged inhuman treatment of five of the inmates It was stated that five girls disobeyed an order and wero placed in cold, damp dungeons and fed on bread and water for ten days to break their spirits. Tim Lick observatory party, under Prof. Campbell, wired that thcobnerva tlons taken in India of the eclipse of tho sun on tho 22d wero successful and tho results obtained wero most valua ble. Tiik funeral of Joseph Hundley took place at Philadelphia on tho 22d. I land ley weighed 550 pounds and was four feet broad across tho shoulders. The ooflin, together with tho corpse, weighed 1,200 pounds. Two farmers near Crawfordsvllle, Ind., wero swindled recently on tho gold brick game, paying 2,000 for a gilded brass brick. A mini: of platinum has been discov ered in Jack county, Tex. As platinum is three times as valuable as gold tho great value of the llnd may be seen. By tho explosion of an engine boiler on tho farm of Mrs. Meadows, .'5 miles southwest of Abingdon, 111., Oscar An derson and his stepson were killed and Lloyd and Willis Meadows were Seri ously, if not fatally, Injured. Polici: found S9J,G00 worth of coun terfeit money in, the chimney of a va cant houso in West Hoboken, N. J., recently, it was all in S100 notes on the Bank of Montreal. The United States treasury department was noti fied and the secret service men took charge of tho counterfeits and will try to find tho plates. East Grand Forks, N. D., suffered another severe fire on tho 20th. An el evator and the bridge approach arc in ruins and a number of stores burned. In the trial of the whitccaps nt De catur, Ind., in which James Parrish, a constable, was whipped almost to death last September, evidence brought to light the fact that Parrish's wife was ono of tho persons to make the ar rangements to have her husband whipped and visited the whitecaps at secret meetings to accomplish her pur pose. Sionor Nicolini, husband of Adclinn Pattl, tho great singer," died at Pau, France. ' A dkstkuctivk fire visited Itansburg, Cal., on tho 10th. The post ollice and several business houses went up in smoke, causing a loss of 5100,000. Tiiuki: ndvanced students of tho Western Theological seminary, of Pittsburgh, Pa., wero recently indefi nitely suspended by the faculty for gross immoral conduct A disastuous fire occurred in tho business center of Mount Vernon, Ind., early the other morning, destroying about S."2,550 worth of property. Timlin was a severe earthquake shock the other day at Argenta, Italy, and a church and some buildings wero wrecked and several persons injured. Foiitv persons wero killed and IS in jured by an explosion of gas in a mino in tho Tagenrog district, on tho north bhorc of the sea of Azov, Russia. ADDITIONAL DISl'ATCIIKX. The preliminary steps in tho wrestle with the arid laud problem was taken tho other day by tho public lands com mittee of the house. Several bills for tho disposition of the imrnonso arid tracts to the various states were up and their consideration by the commit tee was commenced. A collikiiv accident near Mons, Bel gium, resulted in the death of 17 per sons. Four, fires occurred the other night at Mahanoy City, Pa., three of which wero believed to bo incendiary. Tut: president has nominated Charles U. Ducll, of New York, to be commis sioner of patents. Euokxk V. Dkhs has issued a plea to tho public in behalf of Salter T. Wordcn under sentence of death for train wrecking near Sacramento, Cal., during tho railroad strike of 1894. Mr. Dobs says that Worden is the victim of a conspiracy of railroad detectives. Juan Salab, a boy, was thrown from a runaway horse at San Antonio, Tex., and his foot hung fast in the stirrup. Ho was dragged eight blocks, his head being frightfully mutilated. CoNsiDKKAiiLE comment was created in Washington on tho 21th, principally because of its probable effect on tho Hhot-headed Spaniards, by tho an nouncement tTat the United States warship Maine had been ordered to Havana. It was said at tho navy de partment that the movement was in tho line of a resumption of free inter course of United States naval vessels in Cuban waters such as prevailed prior to their withdrawal on account of the outbreak of hostilities. Tiik oath of ollice was administered in tho benate on tho 21th to Mr. II. 1). Money us senator from Mississippi; a resolution adopted by the Mississippi legislature was presented asking tho United States government to inter vene in behalf of tho Cuban insurgents. Tho pension bill was then considered, an amendment by Mr. Allen to have no pension lower than 58 a month going over. The houso considered the Indian appropriation bill. A piiik at Spokane, Wash., on tho 25th destroyed the Great Eastern block. The upper floors wero occupied by roomers and it was feared that ten to fifteen of them had perished in tho flames. Timins corpses wero found on tho beach near Ashtabula, O., on the 24th. Tho men had probably been drowned in tho galo on tho lake during the previous night. THE WORK OF CONGRESS. Condemned Dully I'roccrdtngft of tlio Fifty VII tli Hoctilnr SoiaIoii. Tiik sonato on tho 18th 'passed tho urpent de ficiency appropriation bllL It carries 11,913, 810. Tho Toller resolution providing that bonds of tho United Stales may bo paid In standard silver dollars wai favorably reported by tho llnanco committee and notice tflvcn that It would bo called up at an early date. Senator Piatt (N. Y.) Introduced a bill providing for tho withholding of pensions of cx-soldlcrs cm ployed In tho civil service under tho laws favor ing them for such positions In cases whero their salaries exceed II.SOJ per annum Sen ator Morgan (Ala.) occupied tho entlro tlmo of tho cxucutlvo session In tho presentation of his views favoring tho annexation of tho Hawaiian islands. ..Tho houso passed tho army appro priation bill nnd then took up tho dlplomatla and consular appropriation bill. As soon as tho enacting clauso was read Mr. DcArmond (Mo.) offered nn amendment to rccognteo tho Cuban Insurgents as belligerents, which pro clpltatcd nn exciting discussion, Mr. Hltt, chairman of tho committee on foreign rela tions, raising tho point of order that tho amendment was now legislation nnd the chnir sustained him. The Indian appropriation bill was afterwards presented. A f-iMUiTKD debate occurred In the sennto on tho lOtH over a resolution for tho commlttco on post onlcos to Inquire Into tho recent order of tho postmaster general for reducing tho force of letter .carriers of tho country. Tho resolution went over. Senator Vest (Mo.) re ported a bill which places quarantine matters under tho control of tho federal government. Senator Moi gun (Ala.) continued his speech In advocacy of tho.llawaltan annotation trenty In tho executive session. ...When tho houso con vened Mr. Lucoy (la.) Introduced a bill to ex tend tho homestead laws to Alaska. It went over. Mr. Uruchcr (Mich ) then Introduced n resolution to Instruct tho commlttco on foreign affairs to(report without further delay tho sen ate Cuban belligerency resolution. LIho a flash, Mr. Hltt, chairman of tho foreign affairs committee, was on his feet with a point of or der which the speaker promptly sustained. Mr. Hltt then made a motion, which was car ried, to go Into committee of tho wholo on tho diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. As soon as tho llrst paragraph was read tho battle over Cub.i recommenced. Messrs 'Williams (Miss.), Lewis (Wash ) and Wilson (S. C.) of fering amendments to tho bill looking to tho recognition of tho Cuban insurgents, but they wero all ruled out of order, Mr. Hltt explaining at length tho situation why action by congress was laadvlsable. By a vote of 41 toC tho fienato on tho COth decided to couslder tho Teller resolution pro viding for tho payment of bonds of tho United States In silver at the option of tho govern ment. Senntor Vest (Mo.) spoke brlelly on tho resolution and announced his intention to se cure a voto upon It as soon as possible. Sena tor Mills (Tex.) secured tho passage of a reso lution directing the secretary of war to exam ine tho Port Arthur ship canal with a view to Its cxtcntlon to deep water. A resolution was passed for an Investigation Into tho killing of a woman In Oklahoma by Indians and also one asking tho postmaster general what action was necessary to maintain tho excellency of tho froo postal delivery. Senator Morgan (Ala.) concluded his speech on tho Hawaiian annexa tion treaty.... Tho houso considered tho diplo matic and consular appropriation bill In com xnittco of tho whole Messrs. C.hnmp Clark (Mo.), Johnson (Ind.) and King (Utah) making speeches about Cuba and Mr. DIngloy (Ma) on tho reduction of tho wages in tho New England cotton Industry. When tho committee rose nnd reported tho bill to tho houso there was a sensational episode, Mr. Balloy (Tex.) moving to recommit tho bill with instructions to report It back with nn amendment embody ing the torms of tho senato Cuban belligerency resolution. Tho speaker ruled the motion out of order. Mr. Balloy stated that ho had a dis tinct understanding with tho speaker that the bill should bo recommitted. Tho speaker em phatically dented It nnd Mr. Bailey reiterated that they did havo an ngrcemont. Finally tho bill was passed by a voto of 153 to D3 and tho houso adjourned. AN agreement was reached In tho senato on the 21st that a llnal voto on tho Teller resolu tion, providing that thb bonds of the United States may bo paid In silver dollars, nnd all pending amendments thereto, should bo taken onthci'th. Tho resolution of Senator Allen (NTob.) asking the secretary of tho interior for papers concerning tho dismissal from tho pen sion ofllce of Mrs. M. 12. Bobcrts was referred to tho civil servlco commlttco. In tho executive session Senator Allen (Neb ) spoko ugalnst con firming Attorney Genoral McKcnna for justice of tho United States supremo court, but when a voto was taken It was overwhelmingly in Me Kenna's favor and his nomination was con Urmed....Tho houso considered tho senate amendments to tho urgent deficiency appro priation bllL An appropriation of i 15.000 for tho repair of tho National cemetery at Fori Smith, Arlc, was concurred in. Tho bill was llnally sent to conference. There wns consid erable discussion over tho bill to pay tho claims of tho Southern Methodist church, but no ac tion wns taken on tho bill. Tho Ladoy bill to extend tho publlo land laws to Alaska nnd grant n general right of way to railroads was passed. In tho sonato on tho 22u Senator Stewart (Nov.) spoko on thoToller resolution, denounc ing tho issuo of bonds by President Cleveland. Two amendments wero nf terwards offered to tho resolution one, declaring It to bo tho duty of tho government to maintain tho parity of Its gold and silver money, and another, declaring It to bo tho llnancial policy of tho United States to maintain the existing gold standard until an International agreement for tho frco coinage of silver Is reached. Tho debate on each was postponed. Senator Cannon (Utah) Introduced a bill providing for tho publication of tho pension roll und Senator Qal llnger (N. H.) olTored an amendment to tho pension appropriation bill that no pnnslon shull bo paid on power of attorney from pcnsloneis residing in foreign countries Bills on the pension calendar wero then considered. ....In the houso soino odds and ends of legisla tion wore cleaned up. A resolution was adopt ed requesting tho stato department to transmit Information about tho execution of Col. Uulz by tho Cuban Insurgents. Mr. Balloy (Tox.) roso to n question of prlvllego and spoko about his recent mlsundorstandlng with Spenkor Itccd and then tho houso went into commlttco of tho wholo on tho Indian bill. A Widow Mtrrimdrr llr I'oiihIoii. Washington, Jan. 24. Tho widow of Capt. D. W. liradshaw, of company D, Seventh Illinois cavalry, will ceaso to draw a pension after this month. It is her own request that tho pension bo discontinued, and in a letter to tho commissioner of pensions slio returns thoeertlflcate,adding that she no long er desires to draw a pension of S3 per month from tho government, binco bhe has recently fallen heir to an estato valued at 8200,000. (Jov. lliiriin' Wustilnctcm Mission. Gin nit IK, Ok., Jan. 21. Gov. llarnes, will go to Washington to help secure tho passage of the free homes, bill, giv ing Oklahoma bottlers their claims under tho old homestead law without requiring tho payment of from SI to S2.no, which would mean a saving of S15.000.000 to the settlers of tho tcrrl. tory. 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