THE FRONTIER.
miiun wtbiit nnumiT by
Taa Fbomtibb Pmktixo Co.
O’NEILL, -- NEBRASKA.
§| STATE NEWS.
(' NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
—Religious revivals are in progress
' la many Nebraska towns.
— Scarlet fever is quite prevalent in
South Omaha and some fatal cases are
recorded.
—Hubbell democrats held a caucus
and determined whom they would have
for postmaster.
—Miss Matilda Peterson of Saunders
county has been adjudged insane and
taken to the Lincoln asylum.
—C. W. McMillan, a student at the
;fPeru normal school, has secured an ap
pointment as railway mail clerk.
— l'remont is having the greatest
religious revival of the season, undur
the auspices of the Wilson family.
—After suffering tor months with
>, disease Mrs. dames Young ol Wuhoo
passed away at the age of 78 years.
—A Pawnee City man is to start a
factory lor the manufacture of a rub
ber >oof'paint of his own discovery.
—Police of Lincoln raided the gam
bling dens of that place, capturing a
large number pi the light-lingered
gentry.
—A. C. Spandau, a druggist at
Bruiyng was found dead In bis store
■■'l- Inst week. The oause of his death Is
unknown..
—Beatrice has been reals trie ted in to
•lx ward*. The mayor vetoed the
ordlance, but the eounoll pawed It
over hii veto.
—The Norfolk News nominate*
Judge Powers for the poaltion which
will be made vacant by the resigna
tion of Judge Allen.
—Revival meeting* are in progress
at Beatrice. Fremont, Superior and
other point* In the state and many
conversion* are reported.
—Senator Clark of the legislature
is having a serious spell of sickness
and will probably not be able to ap
pear at Lincoln for several weeks.
—Israel B. Edmlnson of Omaha
while working about an elevator the
other day. lost his life by being hit on
the head by the descending slide.
The Mercer is Omaha's newest and
best hotel oor. Twelfth and Howard
streets. Rates #2 to 94.60 per day.
160 rooms end 60 connected with bath.
—Mra Crane, wife of John D.
Crane proprietor of the B. & M. depot
hotel at Red Cloud, died very suddenly
last week, after an illness of but a few
minutes.
—Dr. Ford Brother of Beatrioe,
while getting into his carriage, was
thrown down by the horses starting
suddenly, resulting in breaking the
dootor’s collar bone and otherwise
bruising him.
—The braking board has been noti
fied that the Farmers’ bank of Laurel
has been changed to the Farmers'
State bank of Laurel. The State ban k
of Brunswick commenced busininess
January 31, with a oapital stook of
$1(1000.
—Artloles of .agreement were signed
, at Sioux City for a finish fight to take
place before the Omaha olub Febru
ary 28 between Jack Davis of Sioux
City, formerly of Omaha, and Bob Fer
guson, the Stock Yard* giant of Chi
cago. for a purse of $1, 600, offered by
the club.
—Cloy county's mortgaged indebt
edness for the month of January is as
follows: Farm mortgage* filed, 37.
$411088.41; satisfied. 54, $48,765.47;
city mortgaged filed, 6. $2,010.40; sat
, isfled, 15, $4,767.66; chattel mortgages
filed, 176, $38,281.35; satisfied, 208,
?■, $61,886.86.
—The barn of Henry J. Higgins of
Hastings was discovered to be on fire,
and before the (lames could be extin
guished six head of horses and a large
quantity of grain and hay and agri.
.cultural implements were "destroyed.
The loss will amount to about $5.000,
with no insurance.
pi —Milton Brown, of Gering. is under
%. bonds to appear at district court and
Show cause why he stole his neigh
bor's house, it was a log structure
rad it is alleged that Brown has the
* loga and the settler who was “out of
town" when they were taken has no
where to lay his head.
—Governor Crounse has granted a
pardon to Frank Holly, sent to the
penitentiary from Douglas county for
one year on the charge of forgery.
The district judge, prosecuting attor
ney and a majority of the jurors who
p tried the case joined in recommending
the pardon. Holly was only received
P at the penitentiary on the 19th of last
month.
1 —SUtjf-iix men and nine women
' gathered together in the United Slates
4 court room in Omaha the other day,
who were animated by the laudable
desire to serve Uncle Samuel, for a
consideration. The occasion was the
oivil service examination of applicants
for positions in the Omaha postoffice
as carriers, clerks and junior clerks or
/ messengers.
—Dr. G. S. Miles, a leading dentist
of Beatrice dropped dead last week
of heart disease while smoking a cigar
in a drug store. The deceased was a
Jj native of Jerseyvilla. 111., and has
^ been a resident of Beatrice about three
years. He was widely known and
esteemed. He was about 60 years of
age and leaves a wife and several
grown children.
—A lodge of the Order of Eastern
Star was organized in Schyuler last
week by Miss Elfreda Wright, holding
proxy of the grand matron, and H. S.
Sprecher, holding proxy of the grand
patron, the lady and gentleman being
ih, from Scotia, Neb. The officers elsct
ive and appointive, wero installed, and
tea were initiated. The name chosen
’ for the lodge is Ruth.
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—A Young Men's Democratic: Club
has been organized at South Omaha.
—Train 13. from Kansas City, went
through the switch at Bed Cloud, de
railing the engine, baggage and mall
cars. Uut slight damage was done
and no one was hurt, which is remark
able, as the train was coming into the
station at a thirty mile rate.
—Sheriff Bowman was called by tel
egram from Fairbury to Diller. ilfteen
miles distant, where he arrested four
young men for running a gambling
bouse. They were new comers in the
place and gave their names respect
ively as A. M. Brown, VV. H. Hillia
K. K. Williams and F. G. Knight.
After examination they were held
over to await the action of the district
court.
—The Farmers, Merchants and Me
chanics Business association of Ver
non, Clay county, filed articles of
incorporation with the county clerk.
The capital stock is $10,000 in shares
of $25 each, 50 per cent of which is
payable ic cash when stock is taken.
The business of the company will be
the building and operation of an ele
vator and general commission busi
ness.
—Joseph Hoble mysteriously disap
peared from Clarkson February 3 and
has not been heard from since. He
lefjyjt note for his wife telling her to
marry as soon as she could und bade
her goodbye forever. His wife and
two children are left in poor circum
stances. No cause is assigned for
Hoble’s strange conduct The lady’s
friends fear that the man’s mind is im
paired.
—The system of water works con*
tracted for by Blue Springs eighteen
months sine* still remains an unde
▼eloped dream of future progress in
stead of a water supply for every
household. . The city has two lawsuits
pending in the district court, with
symptoms of a long and vexatious de
lay attending as a result The city
authorities made the mistake of pay
ing for their elephant before it was
delivered.
—As Mra George Griffith of Ne
braska City stepped from the house
the other morning she discovered a
basket on the door step. Examination
showed the contents to be a girl baby.
The ohild was appaaently about two
weeks old and had evidently been left
there but a few minutes before its dis
covery. The basket was well filled
with clothing, but there is no clue to
the parentage of the child. Mrs. Grif
fith will adopt the child, having none
of her own.
—The supreme court has made an
order In the case of tho state against
the Commercial and Savings bank of
Kearney, appointing Henry C. An
drews of Kearney a referee to take
testimony in the case, wherein the re
ceiver asks that the Mutual Invest
ment company, S. S. St John and
others to turn over certain notes and
other things of value turned over and
delivered to them January 30, 189%
by John Barnd, either acting for him
self or as president of the insolvent
bank.
—Swan Hanson, a Swede employed
in feeding cattle on John F. Kessler's
farm east of town, met with a serious
accident last Friday afternoon, says
the Oakland Times. He was feeding
millet into a chopping machine and in
some way pushed his right hand under
the knife. The hand was severed en
tirely from the arm. He is receiving
the best medical attention possible.
This is the second accidentof the kind
that has happened in the last year, as
another man employed there met with
the same misfortune about ten months
—The state board of transportation
held a meeting last week, and the old
case of Byram Blair of Broken Bow
against the Burlington railroad was
taken up. Blair bad petitioned the
board to compel the board to grant
him the right to build an elevator on
its right of way. The secretaries re
commended that it be granted. The
parties were represented by attorneys,
and the board ordered that the site be
granted in oonformity with the recom
mendations of the secretaries. The
railroad company excepted and will
probably go into court.
—The police of Omaha raided an
old rookery at Tenth and Jones streets
and captured ten burglars and consid
erable plunder. Every one of the
crowd had been using the Rescue home
as a blind to cover uu their crimes
and after being placed' in their cells
they jested about the way they had
worked the managers for lodging and
meals and had thus for a time evaded
the law. Many of this batch of toughs
have served time in prison in different
parts of the country and their faces
are to be found in many rogues' gal
leries throughout the west.
—R. N. Volk, editor of the Elm
Creek Sun, died in Kearney last week.
He was found by a track walker on the
Union Pacific lying beside the tracks
a few blocks west of the passenger
depot in that place. When found the
unfortunate man was alive but uncon
scious and remained so until death.
The hands, feet and face were badly
frozen and the baclt of his head was
cut and bruised. It is supposed he
attempted to board an express train
while in motion and could not open
the vestibule door, and in climbing
from one car to another fell off unno
ticed.
—Lemuel Lemon, the University
Place boy who was shot by his brother,
died of his injuries, or of a surgical
operation which was undertaken to
save his life. The doctors Disused the
wounded boy on a table in a room
heated to 122 degrees. His abdomen
was laid open and tbe entrails re
moved from the abdominal cavity and
thoroughly drenched. Eleven perfor.
jttions of the bowels were fouud and
these were sewed up. The ball was
removed. The entrails were then re
placed and the abdomen sewed up.
The boy rallied, but it was only tem
porary, and at 11 o'clock the nexi
| morning he succumbed.
SENATORIAL BOODLE
A SKXBATIOX IX XBMBABKA’M LOW EH
BOCBB.
The Sergeant-at-Arma Telia of Two
Whom Ha thog|kl Could be Influ
enced for a Conalderallou—Tba
Houae Paeaea the Ueneral I pproprl
allana Bill—Tba Hama of A. D.
Baener flam to tba Senate for War
den of tba Penltentlnr)'—.nieeella
neous Hatter la Both Branches.
Nebraska Lealslatnra.
Senate.—The senate on the 6th
miida no attempt to transact business
and immediately after roll call and
prayer took a recess until 11:45. Im
mediately after joint convention sen
ate adjourned until 10 o’clock tomor
row. Tbe joint vote for senator was
without change from that of Saturday.
House.—In the house on the 6th
bills were introduced: To create a
county loan and abstract office; pro
viding that counties may repeal town
j ship organization; amending the law
relating to summons; authorizing the
state treasurer to pay a reward of $10. -
000 for the discovery of coal within the
state of Nebraska; to regulate guaran
tee and indemnity companies; to pro
mote the supply of gas in the cities; to
purchase lands for the Hospital for
the Insane at Hastings; to submit an
amendment to the constitution provid
that the legislature shall provide for
the free Instruction in common schools
of all persons between the ages of 6
and 21. Mr. Howe introduced a bill
to provide for a commission to revise
the constitution. The appropriation
bill was then considered. The first
division taken up was the appropria
tion for the Insitute for the Deaf at
Omaha. Nason offered amendments to
increase the amount appropriated for
care of the inmates. He spoke vigor
ously as to the needs of ibe institu
tion, but his arguments fell into ears
as deaf as those of the inmates of the
institution whose cause he was cham
pioning, and the bill stood as it came
from the hands of the committee. The
appropriations for the soldiers and
sailors’ home, the state board of trans
portation, the fish commission and the
state university, passed without objec
tion, ezoept that in the case of the
soldiers’ home the sum of $1.400 was
added for repairs and improvements.
The appropriation for the state uni
versity was lumped instead of item
ized. Under the head of miscellane.
ous the sum of $2 000 was added for
the support of the State Historical so
oiety. Elder wanted to raise the ap
propriation of the fish commission.
He thought the legislature needed all
the fish it oould get. It needed them for
brain food, he said, and the members
laughed. An unsuccessful attempt
was made by Lingenfelter to tack on
the inevitable appropriation of $15,000
for the payment of bounties for the
destruction of wild animals but it did
not go. The committee rose and the
house ordered tbe bill engrossed.
Senate.—In the Senate on the 7th
a number of new bills were introduced
and read the first time. After reading
of bills the senate joined the house in
joint session to ballot for IP. S. sena
tor, the vote resulting in the eleotlon
of Judge W. V. Allen, of Madison
county, who received 70 votes, four
more than was necessary. On recon
vening counting of the votes of Doug
las county was in order. Senator
Lobeck moved that a committee of
three be appointed by the chair to
count and tally the votes. The mo
tion pro vailed. The chair appointed
Senators Low ley. Hale and Young to
count the ballots in the Dougias coun
ty contest cases as per resolution. The
time agreed upon for counting the bal
lots to be from 9 to 12 o'clock a. m-.
1 to 6 p. m., and from 7 o'clock to
9:80 o’clock p. m. Senator Dysart
arose and asked the privilege of intro
ducing a resolution, and having ob
tained that privilege, he moved that
the contest of the seats of the senators
from Douglas county be indefinitely
postponed. The motion , was subse
quently withdrawn and Senator Stuart
moved that the committee on privi
leges and elections furnish the senate
whatever evidence it may have. Sen
ator Mullen offered a resolution invit
ing the members of the senate to
attend a reception in honor of United I
States Senator-elect W. V. Allen, in
| representative hall. Adjourned. !
House.—In the house on the 7th
the morning; hour was spent in re
port* of committee*. After the joint
convention the house took a reces* un
til 9 o'clock. On reassembling bills
were introduced: To provide for an
exhibit of Nebraska swine at the
World’* Columbian exposition. To
provide for the encouragement of the
sugar beet industry and the payment
of a bounty to the grower and pro
ducer of sugar beet*. To establish a
state board of undertakers and to pro
vide for the better protection of life
and health, and to prevent the spread
of infective and contagious diseases,
and to provide for a system of‘exam
ination, registration and licensing of
undertakers. An act to provide for
the incorporation and the regulation
of trust companion and to define their
powers, duties and responsibilities.
To provide for the erection and equip
ment of a building upon the grounds
of the state experimental farm, to be
known as the state laboratory for the
investigation of animal diseasea To
submit to the electors of the state of
Nebraska, for their approval or rejec
tion, an amendment to the constitution
of the state providing for the gradu
ated taxation of land. Bills read a
third time were: To allow children of
school age of their home district to at
tend school at a nearer district. An
act to amend section 5822<of the com
| piled statutes of the state of Nebraska
' of 1891, being a part of Chapter 21.
entitled “Gambling; .betting and. lot
teriea.” and for the repeal of said or
iginal eection.
Sknatk.—In the senate on the 8th
a resolution that a committee of thrge
be appointed by the president of the
senate to count and inspect slate school
bonds and to report at an early day.
was adopted. Hills were introduced:
To amend the elections law. Kelating
to county attorneys and fixing their
salaries. To authorize the county
board of any county to employ assist
ance for the county attorney in certain
civil cases. To establish a state board
of undertakers, to provide for the bet
ter protection of life and health, io
prevent the spread of infectious dis
eases and to provide for a system of
examinations. To authorize county
treasurers to invest the county sinking
fund in registered county warrants
when said warrants will be paid before
the sinking fund therein invested will
be needed to satisfy the obligations
for which it is created. Senator Slew
art offered a memorial and joint reso
lution. instructing the Nebraska sena
tors and representatives in congress
to vote in favor of submission of an
amendment to the constitution of the
United States prnvividing for the elec,
tlon of United Slates senators by a di
rect vote of the people. A message
was received in the house conveying
the news that that body had concurred
in the joint resolution providing for
an adjournment from Friday. Febru
ary 10, until Thursday. January 16.
House.—In the house on the 8th
the following bills were introduced:
Providing for the honorable discharge
of A. J. Arnold as a first lietenant of
militia, he never having been dis
charged from three month's service in
1864, and appropriating $375 in pay
ment of his services and use of horses;
amending tbe statutes as to revenue;
amending the statutes as to incorpo
rated charitable societies; amending
the statutes as to taxes and lands. A
resolution that a committee of three,
no two of whom shall be of the same
political party, be appointed to in
vestigate and report to this bouse any
bribery and criminal action on the part
of any person or persons in the elec
tion of United States seta tor, was
adopted. The house then went into
committee of the whole for the consid
eration of bills on ganeral file. The
committee decided to recommend the
bill-for the payment of the bounties on
wild animals after the members from
the wmtern part of the state had ex
haustA their eloquence in its behalf.
Davies insisted that under a bounty
law there were more rewards claimed
in Cass county now than thirty years
ago and he said that it had become
such a means of imposition that his
people would not stand it any longer.
Watson's bill providing for a supreme
court commission was recommended
for passage after it had been so
amended that the members would be
appointed by the court, and the three
would be adherents of different par
ties.
Senate—In the senate on the 9th
Gov. Crounse sent in the nomination
of A. D. Beemer for warden of the
Nebraska penitentiary. The matter
of confirmation was put over one day.
Consideration was given to the Doug
las county contests. The following
bills were introduced and read for the
first time: To amend the consolidated
statutes relating to .public finance.
To make the possession of a United
States internal revenue license for the
sale of liquors by any person charged
with the violation of the state laws
presumptive evidence of such viola
tion. Two bills to amend the code of
civil procedure. A number of bills
were read the second time and re
ferred.
House.—In the house on the 9th
the general appropriation bill was
passed. Howe introduced a resolution
calling for the discharge of committee
clerks in view of the fact that nearly
all hills had been reported on and
there was little left for them to do.
Sheridan, Porter and Elder at once en
tered a violent protest, hut Sherman
and Suter endorsed the resolution and
it passed overwhelmingly. The fol
lowing new bills were introduced: To
exempt from taxation the property of
old soldiers, to the amount of $1,000;
appropriating money for the sinking
fund of experimental artesian wells in
certain counties of the.state; limiting
the salary of clerks of district court in
counties containing metropolitan cities
to $3,000 and those containing cities
of the first class to $2. 600. with nec
essary clerks to be provided by the
oounty commissioners at not to exceed
$75 per month each; to redistrict the
state Into sens'or ial ana representa
tive districts; repealing certain sec
tions of the law regarding building
and loan associations; to amend the
statutes relating to . roads; to amend
the statutes relating to tax sales; pro
viding for the investment of sinking
funds in county warrants; amending
the statutes relating to corporations;
relating to cities of the first class; to
regulate the manner of voting for
electors at corporate elections; ap
propriating $15,000 for the national
guard; to incorporate accident insur*
ance companies on the assessment
plan.
Senate.—In the senate on the 10th
reports were received from the stand
ing committee as follows: Senate file
No. 122, providing that a majority of
the directors of any state bank doing
business in this state shall be residents
of Nebraska and that any failure to
comply with the requirements of the
act shall invalidate the articles of in
corporation and render the stockhold
ers iiable as partner* was recom
mended for passage and placed on the
general file. On motion of Senator
North the senate agreed to proceed
with the contest, and the county clerk
of Douglas, county was requested to
produce the ballots cast id Jefferson
precinct. Further proceedings were,
however, interrupted by Senator Kv
erett, who offered a motion that the
case b« dismissed. The motion was
put and thirteen senators voted tor it
and an equal number against it, Sen
' ator Lobe etc. the only senator from
j Douglas county present who was af
fected by the motion, refrained from
i voting, although it lay in his power to
dismiss the contest against himself.
| The lieutenant governor cast the ae
| ciding vote in the negative, and the
| fourth attempt to dismiss the contest
; failed. A communication from the
■ governor was read, placing in nomina
| tion as members of the stale board of
; education and normal schools: B. E.
B. Kennedy, Church Howe and W. E.
Majors. The nominations were re
ferred to committee. The nomination
of Allen D. Beemer to be warden of
the state penitentiary was confirmed
without a dissenting vote.
House. —In the house on the 10th
Sergeant-at-arms Dungun made a state
ment in regard to attempted bribery.
He said that two men offered him big
prices for Thurston votes. Krick and
Soaerman are the gentlemen named.
The statement of Dungan and the rev.
elations that are likely to result from
it were the chief subjects of conversa
tion around the hotel corridors. Dun
gan. when he left the bar after giving
the names of the representatives who
accompanied him to room 1 in the
Linaell hotel that night, said he had
not refused at first to give their names
because these gentlemen objected. On
the contrary, both Soaerman ant Krick
bad insisted on Ms giving theiy names,
and in compliance- with their requests
he bad finally done so. Mr. Dungan
said that he understood that the in
vestigating committee desired him to
give the names to the committee first
and that they had also influenced him
in at first withholding them. Soder
man and the independents generally
say that testimony will be forthcom
ing that will not only sustain Dungan
in his statements, but reveal more
than has been brought out.
xirinic me (ominuire>
Washington, Feb. 11_The mem
bers ot the committee investigating
the whisky trust are becoming visibly
weary of their task and it would be no
surprise if they summarily dropped
the subject Revenue Agent Dewar
gave some additional testimony today
as to the indictment of Secretary Gib
son of the trust and the discovery in
his apartments of quantities of the ex
plosive liquid which was to be used in
destroying rival distilleries. When
the meeting ended Chairman Bynum
said: am beginning to think that
this investigation is a mistake. We
are getting little new evidence, and I
do not intend to let the investigation
drag along. 1 will probably wind it
up by next Wednesday, certainly by
the end of next week.”
Wilt Hebe thn Amarleaa nag;
Washington, Feb. 10. — Secretary
Foster of the Treasury Department
has been notified that the American
flag will be formally raised upon the
Inman steamers City of New York and
City of Paris at New York on '' ash
ing-ton’s birtheay, Feb. 32. The event
will be celebrated with great pomp.
Many distinguished people have re
ceived invitations to be present The
President will himself pull up the flag.
He will be accompanied to New York
by all the members of his Cabinet, and
on that occasion there will also be
present the members of the Senate
and House Naval Affairs Committees,
distinguished members of Congress
and the principal officers of the Navy
Departments or their invited guests.
Senator Allen b for Free Silver,
Lincoln, Neb., Feb, 10—Judge Allen
who was elected United States Senator
left for his home yesterday. In an in
terview he intimated that he would
vote with the Democrats in the or
ganization of the next Senate. He said
that his views on the tariff were in
line with those of Grover Cleveland,
but that he differed with the President
elect on the silver question and that
he favored the free coinage of silver.
To Build 8tit« EI«T«ton>
St. Paui., Minn., Feb. 10.—The Sen
ate Orain and Warehouse Committee
yesterday adopted a resolution direct
ing1 that correspondence be begun
with "The Governors of the States of
North and South Dakota with a view
to secure such legislation as will re
sult in the construction of State eleva
tors or grain houses at Duluth contig
uous to each other for each of the
three States and thus create a system
of grain-houses for the Northwest
that will place the farmers of this
region beyond the control of the ele
vator ring which now monopolizes the
market and breaks down the value M
this great staple.” ”
Whit* Hons* deception.
Washington, Feb. 10.—Quarantine
having been raised against the White
House on account of the illness of
Marthena Harrison, the President to
day resumed the afternoon public re
ceptions, which were suspended be
cause of the death of Mrs. Harrison.
About two hundred people took ad
vantage of the occasion to pay their
respects to the Chief Magistrate.
PoatolHco at the World* Fair.
Washington, Feb. 10-The Postmas
ter-General has issued an order estab
■shing a postoffice in the government
building on the Columbian Exposition
Th® °®CO “ to be a branch
of the Chicago postoffice and will be
known as the World’s Fair station. An
allowance of *4,400 is made for the pay
of employes, and additional allow
ances will bemadefrom time to time.
Chinamen Sent to J«||
Petoxkky, Mich. Feb. 10-T wo China
men, Sing Lee and Ling ,10 were sent
twenty days by the Failed
States Commissioner Call under the
‘°n a<:t- Tll*y had been
here about a week, preparing to open
a laundry They will be deported at
tile (?nd of their nc"
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San Francisco. Cal.
anxiously expected steamer Au,
arrired early yesterday l,-om Hoi
bringing the first news o( tbe
of eventt in the Hawaiian i.lJ
the arrival ol the commit
the provisional government to
tiate for annexation to the(
States. The steamer brought f,
portant intelligence that 'on «
inst United States Minister
issued a proclamation to the He
people assuming a protectory
the islands, and hoisted the sia
stripes over Aliuolani halL
proclamation is as follows:
To the Hawaiian People: ;
request of the provisional goven
of the Hawaiian islands Here
Ute name of the United States ot,
lea. assume protectorate q( a
waiian islands for tbe protect
life and property and the occoi
of public buildings and Hawaii
so far as may be necessary, h
purpose specified, but not mien
with the administration ol i
affairs by the provisional goverg
This action is taken pending as
ject to the negotiations at VVasbis
John L. Stkyh
Envoy Extraordinary and Hi
Plenipotentiary of tbe UnlteaS
Approved and executed by
Captain United State* Nit;. (
manding United State* Sterner!
ton.
This act oi the United Stain *
ter ia generally accepted with
by all except unqualified pari
tbe queen, even including natint
ia looked on as a friendly toils
general good, not as an act ef ag
•ion. The United States f!a»
raised over only one buildup
Hawaiian flag floating over ill
other government houses, ana
visional government continue! a
erolse its function* as before
The British minister hull
reoognized the provisional gore
as the de facto government tl
islands pending further advice
bis home government. Fortnpl
Japan have also recognized tie
order of things, so that not tbs
government is recognized bjrili
foreign powers having represett
in the islands.
Matters have been movinp
quietly since the provisional
ment took hold. There were
tions. however, when the stems
on the 1st in at., that there waidi
sion among the members of thee
tive council and it is believed a
has been made to Minister Stei
take full control pending ne»oi
with the United States Martial
•till prevails, and though no harm
the people, both natives and
era chafe under the restriction
arrests have been made, and oclf
the presence of armed men ii
streets the usual quiet prevails
ines and saiiors from the cruiser
ton parade through the streets a
times daily, but no open advene
men^s on their presence are made
FoMr*fO!ir Asylum Inmate* fr,“
Doves. N. H. Feb. 10. —Theca
incase asylum four miles fro®'
was burned last night and fortp
livea lost.
When Watchman William 0
made his 10 o’clock round* bell
the fire coming out of the cellocc*
by A. Lafamanttne, a woman, m«I
the alarm. William Driscoll,
keeper, with his family, lived*
building, and he at once brone i
on fifty-four cells and tried to f*
inmates out Then be got bit
and two children out Of toe
eight inmates only four escape ■
were William Tembly. Rosa w
son. William Daly and frans iw
The latter walked two miles m *
ing snow storm, with only
on. to William Horner’s house,
he was taken care of. . '«
The building was of wooc, «
feet, two stories. ,
One woman escaped to the y
was burned to death
The building oost *14.ouo.
main building, in which over
the county poor were l°c&t£“' 4
fire, but was extinguished J
forts of the inmates, who car
of water and extinguished t .
although many were injure"
a°The Dover fire department
moned, but owing to the aw
the snow covered roads it to
partment fifty minutes to get10 (
they were too late to be ol
ice. The smoking ruin* “
charred bodies still burning'
building caught fire is a mys .
Rnmors of a r»biiir*fr1"1 ,
Pabis, Feb. 9.—It was ru®
midnight that the cabinethao ^
to resign and to recommend »
lent Carnot that he sum®08
vaignao to form a ministry.
Inquiry at authoritativeso ^
ited neither confirmation no
Should Cavaignao be called
ministry he would probahly
aolleagues men who sre n ,
present ministry. J* is belie ,
aver, that Cavaignae's
tucceed Carnot and that he
the premiership.
