Nebraska Newspapers

    SENATE ACTIVE*
rHE HOUSE NOT ACCOM"
PUSHING MUCH.
r n„u» Mahlo* Good Prograa*
ol Absolutely XocMwry
I The Home. Howooor, to Ho*
,,g os if the 1)»T o* Adjournment
j Neorot Hood—Some Measure*
L,e Become lowi Other* that
11love Attention.
CONGBESSIOXAlo
l, senate on the 20th the sundry
L.ropriation bill occupied atten
I Wbcn it came up Mr. Morrill
| an amendment, making an ap
lion for a public building in
|, t. The amendment was agreed
Wolcott moved to reduce the
, nt for the topographic surveys
I no ooo to $100,000, and advocated
I'tion of the amendment giving
, called “the peculiar history of
M^ical survey.” If any one ex
he geological map of the United
‘c would see that the “largest
„ of surveys was in districts
Congressional representatives
, most fuss.” In other words,
■ nographieul surveys had
distributed politically and
ally. Wolcott's amendment
■. ,T,,i. Mr. Quay moved amepd
[' vh irh were agreed to, fixing the
t ‘fist of the public buildings at
, nov. Pa., at $.">35,000, of the pub
i’ding at San Francisco, Cal., at
II no "and of the public building at
'ml, Ore., at $1,000,000. Mr. Alli
", rod an amendment, which was
;■>, appropriating $35,000 for the
\on of the public building at
j ;n XJ. XXX MWWUV, ““
- i.p against the New York and
1,'rsey bridge bill proved ineflee
:t was led by Messrs. W. Stone
; /i 11, both of Pennsylvania, But
vtd never able to muster more
., veii men to their support and
;■ was passed practically without
p,,n. After the disposition of the
rivate bills, the naval and agricul
t :1s were called up under suspen
i: • he rules and passed, and the
i.iljourned.
in- senate on the 21st the creden
;i: William V. Allen as senator
ti.i. state of Nebraska, from the
[ March next, in place of Mr. Pad
were presented and placed on
Tie consideration of tne sundry
i PI ropriation bill was proceeded
t i e piending amendments being in
li to the site fora new government
inp building. The amendments
vi ted down, thus killing for the
at. at least, all chance of the pur
- if a site for a new building. A
n r of other amendments were of
rntd most of them agreed to. The
y/.- then reported to the senate and
it- amendments (unreserved) were
ni to. Senate resolution to allow
vt1 iuilora of San Salvador to re
instructions at the military acad
at West Point was reported and
■<!. In the house the commit
sinned consideration of the
-Sire appropriation bill. The pend
etinn was one appropriating S156,
er necessary and special facilities
hi k lines from Springfield, Mass.,
i' -.v York and Washington toAt
i ami New Orleans. Mr. Dickerson
ci! an amendment, striking out the
csi-f the terminal poiuts. Rejected.
- w.; nays 80. An amendment was
itic-d that none of the appropriations
-pe.'ial mail facilities should be ex
l' ii unless the postmaster general
i!»i deem such action proper for the
""lion of the postal service. The
■ fixed for the consideration of the
1111 pier bill having arrived, the
"nttce rose and moved the refer
"! the bill to the committee on
mi r je. Fillibustering than began,
Hichardson leading the opposition
c and by parliamentary maneuvres
cniod any action being taken on
measure. At 11 p. m. there was no
"tie in the situation of the house,
li sides seem determined and the
peers are for an all night fight. The
id s enes incident to a night session
e i naeted. There were several
isinp episodes but, taken as a whole,
.session was a dreary one.
uic senate on the 22d the session
pvi-faced by the reading of George
Ellington's farewell address. This
'"PMate commemoration of the
luiay of the Father of his Country
- introduced five years ago through
'-ohition offered by Mr. Hoar, and
nut occasion the address was read
, Ingalls, who was then president
f senate pro tern. Today it was
1 ’> Sena tor Manderson of Kebras
« h<> holds the same office. There
1 ‘ , *-lmP wasted in finishing up
sundry civil appropriation, after
111 the conference report on the
appropriation bill was agreed to
™"™lar anfl diplomatic appro
“J*1 was brought- before the
Hie senate took up and agreed
‘,‘e amendments considered in
,t“K*°'lhe whole las* night. The
tin h!ha“!,eact of 1891. repealing
.. culture law, shall not affect
. ” • oua.li UUV nuevb
•- m pending pri;
— '•v.uwc.ntj iicuuiuu ur*
tlp?"*?u 0t that act was struck out
fiy a vote of 28 to 18. The
i J OI ~s to is. The
ita "^♦apr°i?riati,1*r *«>0.000 *or a
* t)OKT. n fr U/.ln—« a r ... i n
thn at Helena, Mont.’, and fix
pad to tL wiS**4 at *250.0°0 waa
was then passed.
’PHation nwMirep0rt on the army aP*
«-d Vi ,bl l T88 called up and
In the house the members
pip .vorn ° memoers
id ti,e L,. at fro™ la*t night’s session,
L-Uv*r?hPassed tomely. The dead
i kovfai*4u w»mcity, Ane aeaa
i ',m..„o,,t 'nar ?°«Pler bill continued
" nt the night with the usua’
— “*s‘u wun tne usua:
humorous and ill-humored, o1
ail-nivbt ““u ”‘-numorea, ot
house at !' iog be<1?. accomplished
‘ •3(ia madi°«rned. Abou
x-ninp uf th“‘.bers were present at th<
-n .A,r V. A"5* at noon. On mo
m bill w. '!Cl th.®. Indian appropriu
it.- »a il??derei General de
t\ IVpI of A }ted *° three hours, anc
^nmittee chairman of th<
d. .K^-n explanation of th.
(Ipvotml ?art of Mr‘ Heel's speed
i v„f ,h' a“ argument in advo
u' <1 to ot theterritor
. i V. me irrnw
Passat Indians and in favor
'■ agreement0# tbe 1,111 40 rail
'“mkee strhi “r,.tl!e opening of tl
'an able b> o-»V wll,ch bill he has n
h'ler the a Vot?-‘ on, and cannt
'■iation bill ’ PUt lt on to the appt
'•*iu^.g“th*5ad *rood P
made In disposing of the i
a«<?efwarv *
necessary work of congres
Within lees than an hour, tvro of the
general appropriation bills—the diplo
matic and consular, and the military
academy—were read, considered and
passed. And then the legislative, exec
utive and judicial appropriation bill,
(which appropriates about #23,000,000),
was taken up and considered until the
time of adjournment, all the amend
ments that were reported from the com
mittee having been agreed to, except
those reserved tor discussion and action
another day. During the discussion the
house bill for the reopening and ad just
mentof the accounts of George W.
Jones, while minister to Bogota, was
laid before the senate committee on for
eign affairs, but Mr. Sherman said that
committee had already considered the
matter favorably and asked that the
bill be put upon its passage. That
course was taken and the bill was
passed, its venerable beneficiary being
in the chamber at the time and bowing
his thanks. The house again antag
onized the Indian appropriation
bill with the anti-options bill, but the
bill was taken up. notwithstanding his
opposition. A bill passed for the relief
of George W. Jones, the first United
States senator from Iowa and later min
ister to Colombia. The sundry civil bill,
with the senate amendments, was re
ferred to the committee on appropria- ‘
tions. Mr. Bland asked that it be
reported back as soon as possible, as he
proposed to have the amendments fully
discussed in committee of the whole.
At this point Hilary A. Herbert of Ala
bama, the new secretary of the navy in
Cleveland’s cabinet, appeared and was
recognized and accorded a hearty round
of applause. So persistent was it that
he was obliged to come forward and ac
knowledge it in a few .words of thanks.
Then the conference report on the army
appropriation bill was presented and
aerreed to.
In the senate on the 24th the legisla
tive appropriation bill was taken up.
An amendment was agreed to, striking
the words “Welland canal” out of the
act of 1878 to aid vessels wrecked or dis
abled in waters conterminous to the
United States and Canada. The ques- i
tion of clerks to senators was taken up
and an amendment for thirty-five clerks
to senators not chairmen of committees
was agreed to. The amendment re
ported by the committee on appropria
tions, striking out the paragraph
abolishing the Utah commission and
substituting 910,000 for the compensa
tion of fire commissioners caused dis
cussion, in the course of which it was
announced by Mr. Gorman that it was
the mission of the democratic party,
which was just coming into power, to
unload all useless offices and throw them
overboard. The paragraph abolishing
the Utah commission was struck out.
Mr. Carey offered an amendment,
requiring all territorial offices . to
be filled by bona fide residents.
The amendment was excluded. The
amendment offered by Mr. Wol
cott increasing . the appropriation
for expenses of the civil service
commission was agreed to.- In the
house Mr. Hatch again antagonized the
consideration of the general appropria
tion bill with the anti-options bill, but
was again defeated, the house deciding
to resume consideration of the Indian
appropriation mil. The paragraph ap
propriating $358,006 for arrears of in
terest claimed by the Chickasaw1 Indians
and $20,000 to reimburse the Choctaw
orphan reservation fund was stricken
ont. The appropriation for the sup
port of Indian schools was increased
from $1,000,00 0 to $1,075,000. At 5
o'clock Mr. Hatch, who was presiding
over the committee of the whole, left
the chair, and, addressing the house,
said the Indian appropriation bill was
being used au a means of obstructing
the consideration of the anti-option bill,
and that the opponents of the latter
measure, the friends of demonetization
of silver, and the friends of the senate
rider to an appropriation bill were in
the conspiracy.
Will Appeal to Cleveland.
New York, Feb. 22.—A special from
Washington* says: “Queen Liliuoka
lani’s special Commissioners,Paul Neu
mann and Prince David, have decided
to appeal to President-elect Cleveland
for assistance. Prince David and G.
C. McFarlane left this morning for
Lakewood to lay their ease before the
President-elect and to try to secure his
influence in the Senate to delay ratifi
cation of the treaty.
Michigan's World Fair Exhibit.
Lansing, Feb.|25.—The committee in
charge of Michigan’s agricultural ex
hibit for the World’s Fair propose to
take time by the forelock and get the
forelock and get the material for this
exhibit to Chicago before a blockade
takes place in that city by reason of
the rush of exhibits. It has been de
cided to shipthe exhibit at once. The
agricultural college exhibit will be
shipped about March 15.
A Great Newspaper’s Achievement.
New York, Feb. The Recorder, the
New York daily which created a sensa
tion, both in this couutry and Europe,
by offering $1,000 for a consumption
cure, and later placed twelve patients
far advanced in the disease under a new
treatment discovered by Dr. W B.
Amick, announces today that the treat
ment is in each one of these cases ac
complishing a cure. The Recorder de
votes several columns today to the pub
lication of bulletins, in almost every
case favorable, from physicians who in
response to its invitation are conduct
ing tests of Dr. Amick’s treatment in
all parts of the United States. It reit
erates its invitation and announces that
arrangements have been made with Dr.
Amick whes-eby medicines for a ten
day preliminary trial may be obtained
free upon application to him. Physi
cians who wish to conduct independent
test cases and sufferers from - lung
troubles who wish to act as such tests
are instructed by the Recorder to ad
dress Dr. W. R. Amick, 160 W. Seventh
St., Cincinnati, O. Physicians are re
quested to report results to the Re
corder. Considerable enthusiasm is
displayed by the Recorder in regard to
the Amick treatment and it says in
effect that single-handed and without
government aid it has discovered some
thing which will in time wipe the dread
disease, consumption, oiit of existence.
The National Academy of Medicines
of France at Parisandthe United States
Marine Hospital. Service Southern At
lantic * District have followed the Re
corder’s example and are conducting
tests of the Amick treatment and report
remarkably favorable-results.
TOOK ALL IN SIGHT.
MjOSHER A MOST ACCOM
PLISHED BANK WRECKER.
Additional Forged Paper to the Extent of
•900,000Discovered—Strength that the.
Democrat! Hare la the Senate—A
« Tnltod State* Senator Appointed From
Wyoming—The Fopnllata of Knneae
Threaten Bemeral of the State Capitol
—Death of Bufo* Hatch.
Two Hundred Tboaaead Mora..
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 24.—The start
ling developments in connection with
the discovery of another lot of forged
paper in the Capital National bank case,
aggregating 9300,000, have been an eye
opener to a great many people who np
to the present time have been hoping
against hope that the Wrecked concern
might yet be able to meet its obliga
tions and pay its depositors nearly in
full. It is now generally conceded that
the total liabilities will considerably
exceed 91,000,000, fully meeting the esti
mate of 91,100,000, while many of the
most conservative men who have been
following the case closely, place the
figure at 91,300,000.
The intense feeling in the ease is
manifested by the call for a meeting of
the stockholders, and some of the talk
that is heard is of such an inflammatory
nature that steps are now being taken
looking to the protection of Mosher
from personal violence. Some of his
friends state that in case he is in the
city tomorrow night it would be advis
able to take him to the penitentiary for
safe keeding, to avoid any possible
trouble.
Another feature in connection with
the broken bank that has just come to
light is the fact that the treasurer of
Lancaster county was caught for a
much larger sum than had generally
been supposed up to this time. It was
stated that the county’s interest in the
cqse did not exceed 924,000, but it is now
known that it will reach 940,000, and
that is why County Treasurer Burnham
is sweating blood tonight, as it is not
now believed that the bank will meet
10 per cent of its obligations.
There is as much flurry and excite
ment in the city as there was the night
following the failure, and the talk has
been constantly increasing in quantity
and vehemence since early in the after
noon. Another story that is now going
the rounds, and which seems to answer
one question that has been begging for
solution ever since the blow fell, is that
gambling and unfortunate speculation
in futures swallowed up most of the
missing money.
Democratic Strength In the Senate.
Washington, Feb. 23.—The recent
events ip the west indicate that the
democrats will have enough members in
the next senate to reorganize that body
without outside aid/ Still, it that aid
should become necessary, it is pretty
well settled that the populist sen
ators will vote with the democrats.
Senator Peffer gave utterance to such a
statement today.
“On the question of the organization
Of the senate,” said Mr. Peffer,” as in
all other things.' I for one intend to be
independent. While that is true, I re
gard it as my duty to put no obstruc
tion in the right-of-way to which I
regard the democrats to be entitled by
reason of the popular verdict in the re
ent t lection.”
Senator from Wyoming.
Cheyenne, AVyo., Feb. 24.—A. C.
Beckwith, a wealthy stockman of west
ern Wyoming, was appointed by Gov
ernor Osborne today as senator from the
state for the next two years.
The two prominent candidates for the
position were John Charles Thompson,
whose election was defeated by the de
fection of one.democratic vote, and A.
L. New, who lacked six votes of an
election. Mr. Beckwith is about 60
years of age. He is a commissioner from
Wyoming to the world's fair and was a
delegate to the last democratic national
convention.
Threaten to Bemove the Capital.
Topeka, Kan., Fell. 34.—The populist
house passed a resolution Betting forth
that the capital of the state is now lo
cated near the eastern border of the
state, to the detriment of the western
counties, which are disfranchised by re
publican rule; that the conduct of the
people of Topeka during the late un
pleasantness was in defiance of the
wishes of the people of the state; that
the city of Kanapolis offers to duplicate
the present state house without cost to
the people, and declaring that as soon
as practicable the capital be moved to
that city. A maximum freight rate bill
was also$assed unanimously. It cuts
present rates 35 to 35 per cent. It di
vides the state into three districts, each
governed by three commissioners elected
from their respective districts by the
vote of the peopie of the whole state.
Late last night the populist majority
of the senate put through a resolution
declaring that the supreme court had
no jurisdiction in the house muddle, as
the house was under the constitution
the judge of the qualifications of its
own members. This act, it is believed,
foreshadows the intention of the popu
lists to ignore the court's decisionif ad
verse to the populists.
Death of Buf ns Hatch.
New Yobk, Feb. 34.—Bufus Hatch,
the once famous Wall street magnate,
died this afternoon at his residence in
Spuyten Duyvil at 3 p. m. Mr. Hatch
was 63 years old. He retired from “the
street” a few years ago. The immedi
ate cause of his death was a complica
tion of kidney, heart and liver troubles,
which had confined him to his room for
several weeks.
Columbus’ Caravels Earoute.
Washington, Feb. 34.—The navy de
partment has been informed of the ar
rival of the gunboat Bennington and
the cruiser Newark at the Canary
islands withtheColumbuscaravelsNina
and Pinta in convoy.
Informal notification was sent to the
navy department today from the Ital
| ian legation in tliis city that the Italian
: government would send three vessels to
i take part in the naval review at New
! York.
| The proposition to have the world's
fair authorities refund the 93,S00,000
advanced to the exnositlon by the gov
ernment and settle tft question of Sun
day opening finds but little favor on
either Bide.
The house today passed the senate
bill authorizing the construction of a
bridge across the Arkansas river at Lib
tie Bock. _
, REMAIN LOYAL TO HILL.
>•* York Assemblymen Refuse te In*
dome Cabinet Appointments.
Auajtt, Feb. 34. — Assemblyman
Kempner to-day offered a long“where
as” and "resolved” document, which
congratulated President-Elect Cleve
land on making such good Cabinet se
lections, and felicitating him on having
two United States Senators from New
York who would act in harmony with
him. He got the resolutions as far as
the desk, when Mr. O’Connor objected,
and the document went back. When
the resolution was first introduced
many* of the machine assemblymen
who are supposed to be on the fence
left the hall to keep from voting.
WILL NOT ANNEX IT.
HAWAII LIKELY TO BE LEFT
OUT.
Tin Smli Will Not Ratify tha Treaty
at Thla Seailon and Oaring to tha Oppo
altlon of Leading Dcmonrata It I>
Doubtful ff It W1U Ua at tha Next.
Washington, Feb. 34.—The belief
Is growing and rapidly crystallizing
into a certainty that the Hawaiian an
nexation treaty will not be ratified dur
ing the present administration. The
condition of business in the Senate ut
present is such that it is almost
impossible to expect that a vote
can be reached on an important
matter of this . kind, the wisdom of
which is so strongly doubted by many
Senators. Only nine working days re
main to the present session. No one
of the important appropriation bills
has passed the Senate as well as the
House and they are all in the hands of
Conference Committees. Six appro
priation bills are still in the hands of
the Senate Committee on Appropri
ations, and only two of these have
been considered even there.
Under these circumstances the time
of the Senate is very fully taken up for
the balance of the Llld Congress.
With these important measures pend
ing it will be impossible for the Ha
waiian treaty to receive the full con
sideration which will be"demanded by
its opponents without incurring the
danger of forcing an extra session by
reason of the failure of one of the ap
propriation bills to become a law.
There is very good reason for be
lieving that the Democratic Senators
are largely responsible for the condi
tion of affairs in the Senate. Only
five of them, Senators Voorhees, Mor
gan, Gibson, Gorman and Call are will
ing to extend the powers of the United
States over the Sandwich Islands.
At least one or two of these doubt the
advisability of going to the length of
annexation. The Democrats believe
that since the legislation which will
be necessary to carry into effect the
treaty will have to be recommended
by President Cleveland and enacted
under the Democratic Administration,
it is only fair to the coming President
to give him a voice with regard, to the
treaty itself. They therefore are not
unwilling to see the chances for the
ratification of the treaty grow smaller
day by day.
What will be the ultimate fate of the
treaty after Mr. Cleveland’s inaugura
tion can hardly be foretold. Senator
Vilas, who is regarded as the represen
tative of the President-elect on the
floor of the Senate, has persistently re
fused to announce his position on this
question or to indicate what are Mr.
Cleveland’s views on this matter. From
the almost unanimous opposition of the
| Democratic Senators, however, it would
seem that the treaty in its present
form is hardly acceptable to
Mr. Cleveland. There appears to be a
growing doubt as to the wisdom of an
nexing Hawaii, although there is un
questionably a strong sentiment that
the United States should remain the
dominant power in Hawaiian affairs
and against the intervention of any
European power. The tendency seems
to be in Congress rather in favor of ex
tending a protectorate over the Sand
wich Islands than in carrying out the
idea of annexation.
Will Invade the Cherokee Strip.
Arkansas City, Kan., Feb. 24.—A
large number of home-seekers assem
bled in conference on. the line of the
Cherokee strip at noon yesterday.
Some were there with teams, plows
ahd camp equipage, with the view of
invading the long coveted land, others
were there for the purpose of prevent
ing a raid until Congress has > «n
given the extreme limit of time to pass
the pending bill providing for the open
ing of the land to settlement. After a
heated discussion, in which the dis
putants came near resorting to blows,
resolutions were adopted favoring the
invasion of the Cherokee strip March •
at noon, providing, of course, that Con
gress adjourns without taking actio*
in the matter.
Wo Eortliqaiki At YoxIowmma
St. Pavi., Minn., Feb. 28.—'The ter
rible earthquake reported as having
done so much damage in Yellowstone
Park seems to have been confined to
the brain of a “fake fiend,” -for the
whole story is denied by the men in
charge of the buildings In the park. A
boiling spring at the Nor-la basin over
flowed the road and deputed some
mud, but no permanent or serious dam
age resulted. Heavy snows in the win
ter, such as have fallen this year, have
always meant fine geyser displays dur
ing the following summer, so that visi
tors to the World's Fair who go ea to
the American National Park will get m
rood idea of that wonderland
MACKAY STILL LIVES.
THE BONANZA KINO SHOT
,, THROUGH THE BACK.
rin Woald-b* Murderer dnppltanti the
Crime by Turning tha natol on Utm
aalf—Macksy Hot Badly Hart—The Ac
tion of Gov. ui Mn. McKinley In
QItIii Up Thalr Meana—Hoatlllty to
Aanoaatton Danloplai In Washington
—Payment of Indian Claim.
Millionaire Mae hay Shot.
San Francisco, Cal., Feb 38.—John
VV. Mackay, the tuMni bonttu mill
ing man and financier, was shot through
the back shortly after noon yesterday,
by a man giving the name of VV. C.
Rippi, and narrowly escaped death.
Rippi, after firing one shotatMackay,
shot himself through the left breast and
will die.
Owing to the great excitement it was
some time after the shooting occurred
thatthe shooter's name was ascertained.
It was VV. C. Rippi, Instead of Ratcllffe,
or Dunn, as was at first reported. So
far Mftckay’s wound is not serious and
there is no danger of a fatal termina
tion.
I he shooting1 occurred in the court
pack of the Lick house, which runs
from Sutter to Post streets, between
Montgomery und Kearney streets. A
white-haired man was noticed walking
around Sutter street acting very nerv
ously during the early portion of the
morniug, throwing his hand back to his
hip pocket. It is the custom of John
W. Mackuy to come about noon time
every day to the jewelry, store at the
corner of Sutter street and Lick alley
to compare the time of day, and he is
always very prompt. As Maekay had
reached the end of the alley and a few
feet from where the old man was stand
ing. the latter pulled out his revolver
and lired one shot. The bullet struck
Maekay in the middle of the back.
After tiring the shot the would-be
murderer supplemented Ills crime by
turning the pistol on himself and tiring
a shot into his own body. The self-in
flicted wound was serious, but as long
as he could walk he followed Mookuy
up, trying to flre at him again, but he
was so weak that he could not pull the
trigger, lie then threw up his hands,
exclaiming: “My God, I am satisfied!”
- Mackey put his hand behind his back
and some one raised hiB coat. As he
drew his hand out it was covered with
blood, and he exclaimed to one of his
friends that the shot had taken effect
in the middle of his bock.
Maekay was placed in a buggy and
taken to the Palace hotel, where medi
cal attendance was rendered him.
Mackey’s assailant was taken to the
city receiving hospital.
NaKlibr No Beggar.
Watkrbi-hv, Conn., Feb. 35.—'Thomas
Kelly of the tVest Side Savings bank,
who telegraphed an offer of financial
aid to Governor McKinley,, has received
a reply from Treasurer Herrick of the
Society of Savings of Cleveland, saying:
“I desire to thank you for the governor
for your most generous proposition, but
it would not be best to take public sub
scription^, as the governor says he is
•nobeggar.’” Herrick adds that Mc
Kinley’s friends may do something, but
it will have to be done without his
knowledge.
Cr.RVBLAND, 0., Feb, 25.—Governor
and Mrs. McKinley returned to Colum
bus last evening. During his stay in
Cleveland the governor received a great
many telegrams of condolence and
praise from people in all parts of the
country, republicans and democrats
alike. In surrendering her private in
heritance to meet the demands made
upon her husband’s signature, Mrs. Mc
Kinley withstood the remonstrances of
almost all near friends and relatives.
Both the governor and Mrs. McKinley
felt a great deal better and distinctly
relieved after they had done everything
in their power to meet the obligations
incurred by the governor on Walker's
paper. .
Hostility to Annexation.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 25.—A very
strong feeling of hostility to the Ha
waiian treaty is entertained by some of
the leading members of the house, and
probably the closing hours of congress
will witness a lively debate over the
rights of the house in the matter.
The movement started with the dem
ocratic members, but some republicans
are inclined to take the same view of
the matter and to join in voting for a
resolution of the character proposed at
tlie meeting of the subcommittee of the
committee of ways and means, in charge
of the Springer Hawaiian treaty resolu
tion this afternoon. The discussion
was lively and full of interest, but con
ducted .in secret session. Indications,
it is said, point to the adoption by a
majority of the subcommittee of the
ways and means committee of a substi
tute for the Springer resolution, declar
ing that the house has the right to be
consulted before new territory is ac
quired.
Paying Old Claim*.
Rosebud Agency, 8. D., Feb. 35.—
For several days tjie Rosebud Indians
have been drawing’ large amounts of
money in payment for ponies taken in
1876 from friendly Indians. Most of
those receiving money are the Two Ket
tles, who came from Cheyenne river
about ten years ago. They received
about 835 a head for all ponies taken
trom them. They understood that they
were to receive 840 a head, but the ap
propriation was not large enough to
pay the full amount.
KUllonatre Jacob 6. Rogers Retires.
Paterson, N. J., Feb. 3.—Jacob 8.
Rogers, the millionaire owner and
' President of the Rogers Locomotive
Works, this city, has retired from active
management of the business. The
business will be carried on under the
name of the Rogers Locomotive Com
pany, with a capital stock of 83,000,000.
Robert S. Hughes, formerly Secretary,
will be president of the new company.
He holds the bulk of the stock.
Balclde of a Bleb St. Urals Mbs.
St. Loins, Mo., Feb. 35—Jephtha H.
Simpson, a wealthy insurance man,
committed suicide this morning by
catting his throat with a raaor.
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A WAR AGAINST SMOKE.
M. • . With. .the ..flmeke
^ Xaliun—A l**w Bridge A«roM
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8t. Louis, Feb. 34.— In »po«p of
business men smoking cigars after din* *
ner at tha Mercantile club the other
afternoon, the statement was made by
a manufacturer that the city would
spend fully a quarter of a million dol*
lars in testing smolce-preventing de
vices this year. He meant, of course,
tha manufacturers of the city who have
joined the olub which intends to dear
the air of the smoke. This club got up
the.blits organising the city crusade
against the am owe nuisance, which the
Mayor has just signed. The laws es
tablish a bureau with inspectors, whose
duty it is to prosecute those who will
not use smoke preventing devices on
their furnaces. A peculiarity of the
law that distinguishes it from those
proposed in other cities is that any in*
ventor can have his device tested and
Its merit decided upon by a board of
experts paid by the city. The club
hopes to rid the city of half of its smoke
doud by t^e beginning of summer.
Ever since the Merchants’ bridge
was completed it lias been seen that
St'. Louis would have to have another
one to cross the Mississippi for the
special use of foot passengers and
vehicles. The Eads bridge built up
East St. Louis, and the Merchants’
bridge made Madison and Venice grow
into flourishing tows. The people of
these two towns cannot get to St. . ;
Louis on foot or by vehicles. They
must use the regular trains of the Mer
chants’ Terminal Company, or wait for
dow ferry-boats. They want a bridge . ,
over which eleotrlo cars can run, and
people can walk. The bill now before
Congress provides for this kind of a
bridge, which is to be built by St.
Louis men at a cost of about 1300,000. .-/•
Mayor Noonan has just signed* a bill
that will give St. Louis another eleo*
trie street railway before the crowds
begin to All the city for tha
Fall Festivities. The road will
run along Grand Avenue, one
of the widest and most important rest*
dence throughfares of the city. It will
enable one to ride from the cemeteries,
to the Grand Avenue viaduct, and J
across that to Tower Grove Park. The
road will cost half a million dollars, ■
and will be built entirely by St. Louis V
The St. Louie Turner societies ere
noted ell over the Unlted States for ther j
gymnasts. There are six turn halls in ft
the city, and the membership of the
societies is over HO,000. About fire
hundred of the best of these gymnast*
are being drilled for exhibitions at the
World's Fair. The corps will include
all the young athletes who participate
in the events on the Turner nights at
the St. Louis exposition, and there will
be besides, a specially drilled body of
a hundred men or so who are known
among the* Turners everywhere
as prize-winners in the national
competitions. The corps will go to the
World's Fair prepared to issue and re
ceive challenges for all sorts of feats of
strength and skill, and t)u>y hope to
engage in competition with Turners |
from Germany.
Cataract. 'J
Cateractisan opacity of the lens of
the eye. It is due to lack of the proper
nutrition which has been interfered
with, either as the result of an seal- :
dent or from old age or from various
other causes.
The symptoms are, 1st: Gradual loss
of vision; 2d, absence of pain; Sd, a. ;
grayish or whitish appearance of the
pupil. The last symptom does not
make its appearance until late in the
disease. The affectation can be discov- '
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area •*
it* Yery
beg l li
ning bjr
mtini
of tho
o p h
thalm*
CATARACT. MOODS,'
with which the oculist can see the In
side of the eye through the pupil. When
thus discovered early it can generally
be cured with simple remedies without
any operation. If allowed to go on to
maturity it can be removed without
pain, and with very little danger.
I have just completed my sixth series
of operations for cataract, having had
forty the past year without the loss of
a single eye. In seven years I have only
lost two. This shows how very safe the
operation has become when modern
methods are employed. Many children 1
have cataract, whose parents imagine
them to be simply near-sighted. 1 cured
one little girl the past year who could
not count her fingers at arm’s length,
but who howgoes to school and reads
with ease. This is the work which
brings joy to the heart of physician and
patient alike.—K. T. Allen", M, D.,
Medical and Surgical Journal.
A Hard Brntaw
Scott Leighton was sketching » land
scape near Poland Springs, Me., one :
day, when he found a dilapidated-look- .
ing man gazing over at the canvass.
“Humph!” ejaculated the visitor, \
more in scorn than in interest, as he
gazed at the embryo work of art,
“what do you paint them for—the mar
ket?”
“Yes,” said Mr. Leighton.
“Well, you must paint a lot of them
to get a living. I guess you haves
harder way of getting a' living than I _
have.”
Bravely endeavoring to hide a smile,
i the artist asked: ‘“What is your busi
| ness?”
“Oh, I peddle pond lilies,” answered
the old man, as he walked away.
Electricity la a Restaurant.
Electricity is employed in a Berlin
1 cafe to boil coffee. A platinum wire
| passes in spiral form through several
i glass jars, the electrical current quick
1 ly raising the water contained to boil
: ing point, and the coffee is thus pre- /“*
pared in the view of any one in the
| room. A small electric railway con
I veys the coffee to the several tables so
1 that the guests may help themselves to
their liking. i i
The man who most deserves a monument -V"
seldom needs it.
Tramp flannel is the latest fabric; it S
shrinks from washing.