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Are at Winside destroyed prop
. erty to the extent*©f g12,000.
- Architects are looking for u good
, building season in I.inooln, iind indeed
all over tha state,
—A 'Washington special says there
are least Afty Nebraskans at the eapi
tol hunting pfflccs.
— Mosher, the president of tlu‘
; wrecked Lincoln bank, has not disap
peared as was,reported,
sp —The people of Steinauer have peti
tioned the Pawpee county commission
ers to incorporate their village.
— General Manager Dickinson denies
that he intends severing his connection
with the Union Paeitte railroad.
—-A party of Capitalists would like to
purchase the Beatrice water works, be
ing willing to pay a big price for the
same.,
* <—A heavy overcoat saved the life of
Theodore Schumacher of Mason City,
lie was kicked in the stomach by a
horse.
—An A. 0. U. YV. lodge bus been or
ganised at Amherst. There are now
nearly 8,000 members of tjiat order in
the state. *
—The First Baptist church of Beat
rice has extended a call to Kev. A. li.
McCurdy, of Fort Scott, Kan., and ho
has accepted.
—Geo. li. Niles of Pent, has l>een no
tified that he has been willed property
by an uncle in New York city, valued
at. PR. MM),000.
— The Grand Army of the Republic
post at Grftna waa disbanded last week
for want of proper interest on the part
of its meipbers.
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*—Al M earner. Isaac w. wrignt, con
victed of oMslnlng money under false
pretense*, was sentenced to tire years
in the penitentiary.
—A Richardson county young lady
named Damon, living south of Salem,
grew tired of life and took rat poison
to exterminate her troubled career.
; —The governor has signed house
roll No. 138, which provides for the ap
pointment of three supreme commis
sioners, tbd appointments- to he made
by the judges of the supreme court.
—Miss JMinie McCarty and William
Cogswell of Bryan were awarded the
prise for being the best waltzers at the
masquerade bald held there last week.
—There was insurance to the amount
of $.1,300 on the Nance county court
house, recently burned, whiuh will go
far in putting up a better building than
the old ohe«
—There it talk of J. II. Mllluvd, pres
ident of the Omaha National bank, be
ing made president of the Union Pacific
railroad, should Clark go to the Mis
souri Pacific.
—The commissioners of Hitchcock
county have employed T. J. Welty of
Ponca to investigate the records of the
county from its organization in 1873 un
til the 1st of January, 1803. , f ■.
—The ealssbn for the new bridge at
East' (Masha is going down at the rate
of three feet every twonty-four hours.
The bridge is expected, to be ready for
traffic dbont tlie 1st oiiAugust.
—The^general mempaqdise store of
Albert Moser at Wausa, was ehawd last
week by virtue of a chattel mortgage
given to Albert Frazier of Cedar Rapids,
la., for $5,000. His assets are unknown.,
—The Grand Island canning factory
will have 1,500 acres of sweet corn and
500 acres of peas planted ithis spring,
agd Manager Rourke is busy placing
new machinery, for taking care of the
peas.
—An old gentleman living near Hum
phrey was thrown from his wagon on
returning home the other eveniqg and
failed to, recover consciousness until
morning. He lay on the cold ground
nil night.
—The K.eftrney Presbyterian church
is tiventy years old and its members
celebrated the event in an appropriate
manner. The ehurch was organized
with seven members and there are now
100 comuranicanta.
—W. R. Butler has begun a suit in
the district court against the (irand Is
land canning factory, claiming $1,340
damages for having been discharged
two years before the expiratioiaof his
contract as manager of the concern.
—W. ,T. McVlcker, who has been in
South Africa for three or four years, ar
rived at his home in North Bend Sun
day. He sailed from Johannesburg on
February l,.and the journey home has
taken over a month of steady travel
ling.
—Governor Crouuse has sent the
names of the new fish commissioners,
Judge J. H. Blair, Lewis May and Judge
Burlingham, to the senate. Of these,
Judge Blair succeeds B. K. B. Kennedy,
resigned, and the other two are reap
pointed.
—Kearney’s new Young Men's Chris
tian association rooms have been dedi
cated with proper exercises. The asso
ciation now has a nicely arranged bath
room and gymnasium, fully enuinned.
in connection with the reading1 room
and parlors.
.At Grand Island. Police Officer Mur
phy caught a burglar who calls himself
, P. O'Donnell and tyho is wanted at
Hardy for stealing fifteen watches and
a large quantity of other jewelry from
:.;t W.-S. Rayner, a jeweler of that city.
The officials of Hardy have been noti
B«d. •
■ —Albert Olson, a farmer living six
miles north of Kearney, had $.v. in
money stolen from him. ' He thinks it
was taken by a German staying with
him, and has sent out postal cards giv
ing a description of the man and offer
ing a reward for the recovery of the
property.
—X large delegation of ex-soldiers
bnd other residents of Beatrice and
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Gage county departed last week by a
special train on an excursion to Okla
homa and tie Cherokee Strip, with a
view to locating or at least to acquiring
land there. The trip was taken over
the Bock Inland. ,■>
— South Omaha ia in need of more
school room. At the present time there
arc twenty-six school rooms in use in
that city for the accommodation. of
nearly 3.000 pnpils. An average of fifty
ton room, which is probably too high,
shows scats for 1.300 people or less than
half tteschool popnluti >n.v
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—A Winnebago squaw (lied at Pender
the other day that wua 106 years old.
—The prize, a gold modal, annually
awarded at t'dtner university. Lincoln,
to the student passing the best examin
ation in surgery, has been won by a
young lady. .Miss Ora Luttu. after a
sharp contest, in which over a dozen
male students tried for the lignor.
— Thomas Andrews, convieted of
shooting with intent to kill, and John
T. Kyan, eonvieied of burglary, both
awaiting sentence, escaped from the
county jail at Plattsmonth and are still
at large. The police placed several
suspicious characters in jail for safe
keeping, and it is supposed that they
aided the prisoners to escape.
— Word was received In Nebraska
City by Representative Sinclair of Otoe
county that Donald MeCuuig of Nebras
ka City had been appointed assistant
secretary of agriculture by Mr. Morton.
The salary is S-l,!>00 per year. It is re
l ported that Kd Sheldon of Nebraska
City will be appointed to succeed Watson
Pickerell as commissioner of animal in
dustry. This ofliee is worth $10 per
day.
—At a special meeting of the town
council of Cedar Rapids a petition for a
franchise for twenty-five years to estab
lish a system of water works and elec
tric light was considered. The people
are anxious for a system of water
works, but a majority Hre in favor of
the town owning the plant. A prelim
inary survey, plans and specifications
for a reservoir system of water works
have been made.
—Thomas Turney and J. R. George
have submitted a proposition to the cit
izens of Hhelton that they will refit the
flour mill and furnish the town with an
electric light system for a bonus of $3,-''
000, or'they agree to equip and operate
a roller flouring mill with a capacity of
seventy-five barrels per day, same to
produce flour equal to any in the state
both in quality and yield for a bonus of
$3,000, subject to a vote of the people.
—The students of the state univers
ity, especially those who belong to the
eadet battalion, are very much inter
ested ip- Jhe bill itafrodnted'by'WAtson,
which provides for an appropriation of
to go toward defraying the ex
penses of the battaliqn to Chicago dur
ing the World's fair. The bill has been
referred to the house university and
normal school committee, of which
Church Howe is chairman.
—Charles Watts, of Watson, Mo.,
came to Nebraska City to wed one of
the fair damsels of Cass county, and had
gone so far as to secure a license, when
he Chanced to meet a Miss Emma Corn
stock whom he recognized as a flame of
other days. In the twinkling of an eye
or two his plans were modified, inso
much that he annulled the license on
hand and secured another in Missouri
with the name of Miss Comstock where
another should have been.
-—The Superintendent of the Fremont
schools has been investigating the to
bacco habit among the scholars, gnd
lias made the following showing:
Among the boys attending the High
school, 37 per cent use tobacco;Eighth
grade, S61n' per cent; Seventh grade,
33 Vper cent: Sixth grade, 40 per cent;
Fifth grade, SO per cent; Fourth grade,
per cent; Third grade, 15 per cent;
Second grade, 11 per cent; First grade,
10 percent.
—Willie Devereaux, the two-year-old
son of Mrs. Sarah Devereaux, whose
husband was recently killed at Cedar
Bluffs, and who lives in Fremont, got
hold of a bottle of ear medicine belong
ing to his uncle, and drank some of the
contents. It contained a rank poison,
and active measures were at once taken
to save the little one's life. A physi
cian was called, who used a stomach
pump to remove the poison, and then
applied a battery, saving the child’s
life.
—Henry H. Foote, 56 years of age,
while in the discharge of his duty as a
switchman in the yards of the Elkhorn
at Fremont, took hold of the wheel to
set the brake on the car when the
wheel came off and he went down be
tween the cars, one of the wheels of
the car running over his breast and
both arms, killing him almost instantly.
The deceased has been working for the
company for nearly two years. The
remains were sent to Boone, la., where
they will be buried beside those of his
mother.
—Walter Davis, night watchman at
the Institute for the Blind, in Nebraska
City, discovered two men in the barn at
that place last week. They ran and
Davis started after them, calling to
them to halt. He fired a shot in the
air. One of the men returned the fire,
the bullet passing through Davis’ hat,
cutting away the hair. The men dis
appeared and no trace has been found
of them. They are thought to be two
tramps who had been hanging around
the place.
The supreme court commissioners,
provided by the bill which was passed
last week, are to be appointed bythe
supreme court, no two of three to be
from any one political party. Originally
the bill provided that they should be
appointed by the governor, but it was
amended to leave the matter to the
court, whom the commissioners will as
sist in their work. This amendment
was a good one for the court probably
understands better than the governor
could who would be the most suitable
for the place.
-•-Court Baliff Val Johnson.who made
an unprovaked assault upon ex-Judge
Kretsinger on the streets of Beatrice a
few days ago^psas. upon the request of
a large number of the members of the
bar of Gage oounty, dismissed from the
service of the court by Judge Bush.
Johnson made a plea to the court to be
reinstated. He apologized to the court
for his attack on Mr. Kretsinger, and
apologized to Mr. Kretsinger. Johnson
then tendered his resignation as court
baliff and then departed for Oklahoma
to enter upon his duties as deputy
United States marshal.
—A good deal of curiosity has been
excited among the farmers north of Al
exandria by the appearance of a tramp
whose strange conduct indicates that
he is insane. Stopping at a pasture
! where a lot of horses had been turned
I out to exercise he made a careful ex
i amination of the teeth of every animal
; hr could catch, then returning to the
: road, he ran with the utmost speed to
I the nearest farm house. Here several
j men were engaged in repairing a pump.
\Vhen approached by one he drew a
| villainous knife and began whetting it
j on a small whet stone which he carried
in his pooket. His conversation was
not irrational but his wild eyes and dis
heveled hair and beard gave him the
appearance of a maniac. He is believed
to have escaped from some insane asy
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CLEVELAND AND HILL
HOLD A HALF-HOUR PRIVATE
CONSULTATION.
Iki Interview Thought to be Something
More theft of n Soviet t'herectvr—At
to the Qeeetlon end .Authority of I tool
ing Bond*—Democratic Senetor* Hold
e Cencu*—Senetor Roerh Keys He Boee
Mot Intend to Resign—Whet the Sen
nto In Extra Seaeton I* Doing—For As
•latentent Treasurer.
Bill and Cleveland Meet.
Washington, Feb. 10.—Political cir
cles are agog over the fact that Senator
David D. Hill spent nearly half an hour
in private consultation with President
Cleveland at the white house.
The interview was, of course, of a j
strictly private character, but from the j
fact that it had been previously ar
ranged and from its length, there can
be little doubt that it was of more than
a mere social character.
Air. Hill, by virtue of his office as a
senator from the state of New York,
would be obliged by the unwritten code
of official etiquette to call on a presi
dent elected by his party, unless the
personal relations between the two
were of such a character as to make a
personal visit out of the question. But
an official visit of this character would
not last more than a minute. Twenty
minutes is an unusual length for any
caller', no matter how distinguished, to
remain in the president’s room during
his busy days in the executive mansion,
and if Mr. Hill and Air. Cleveland talked
airy nothings for .a third of an hour,
while a crowd of patriotic citizens were
waiting to be heard, they were partic
ular that none of their remarks were
overheard.
When Mr. Hill had finished with the
president he lost no time in leaving the
white house and walked rapidly away
with Colonel John 8. McKwan ’of'Buff
alo, who had been a member of Mr.
Cleveland's staff while the latter was
governor of New York.
Dcao^atic Senators.
Washington,March 10.—Immediately
after the adjournment of the 6enate the
democratic caucus committee retired to
the room of Senator Ransom and re
mained in session until 3 o'clock, at
which time it adjourned until 10 o'clock
in the morning. It was reported that
a general party caucus would be held
Saturday, but a member of the commit
tee said this afternoon that if the com
mittee did not make better headway
than it was now doing there would be
no caucus on that day, as the commit
tee would have nothing to report. It is
possible, though, that the committee on
privileges and elections may be deter
mined upon first, so that if there should
be any contests it can get to work upon
them as speedily as possible.
There was also a story out today that
the committee intended to report in fa
vor of a plan which should take all pat
ronage from the elective officers of the
senate and cause all appointments of
senate employes to be made by the cau
cus direct. In relation to this, howev
er, it is known that the committee has
had all it could do to consider the im
portant subject of the committee with
out going into other matters of the
organization of the elective officers of
the senate and the reorganization of the
clerical and working forces. It may be,
though, that if good results grow out
of todayip session, the committee may
call the caucus together Saturdaj^and
make its report. Nominations are now
being laid over; members of the execu
tive branch of the government cannot
be sworn in until they have been con
firmed, and cannot be confirmed until
the senate has organized its commit
tees.
On the IhuIoc of Bonds.
Washington, D. C., March 10.—Some
time ago, when the question of the
power of the secretary of the treasury
to use any part of the $100,000,000 gold
reserve was under consideration, the
! attorney general instructed Solicitor
j General Aldrich to look up the matter.
His opinion was given to the effect that
the secretary of the treasury has a con
tinuing power to issue bonds to redeem
the legal tenders of 1862 and 1873, but
that is not at all necessary for there ia
no requirement that the legal tenders
be redeemed in gold. But the solicitor
general was not prepared to recommend
the use of silver therefor, as it might
cause a panic, though it could undoubt
edly be done legally. The secretary
has the power to issue bonds, redeem
able either in gold or silver, the law
merely stipulating that they shall
be redeemed in coin. This opinion
was never delivered as the occasion did
not arise for it- Mr. Aldrich is of the
opinion that there is no positive provis
ion of the law requiring that the $100,
060,000 gold reserve shall be kept in
tact.
Senator Roach Remain*.
Washington, D. C. March 10. —Sena
tor Roach, the new member from Xorth
Dakota, entered an emphatic denial to
the story sent out from Grand Forks to
the effect that he_ intended to resign.
‘'There is absolutely nothing in it,”
said Mr. Roach, "and 1 am certain that
nothing that I or any of my friends
may hare said can be construed as show
ing an intention on my part,to resign.
On the contrary, I am well satisfied
litre ana propose 10 stay until 1 have
served out my term. The press of the
state has spoken in very complimentary
terms concerning my election, and the
only adverse comment was because I
permitted it to become possible to elect
a democrat. No. you can say for me.
that all reports that I will resign are
without foundation.”
COKGREMSIONAI
In the senate on the 9th Mr. Teller
presented the credentials of Lee Man
tel, appointed by the governor of Mon
tana because of the failure of the legis
lature to elect a successr to Mr. San
ders. Mr. Teller asked that they be
laid on the table for reference to the
committee on privileges and elections
when chtsen, in order that it might re
port on the regularity of such nomina
tions, of which he understood there
were several. Mr. Manderson offered a
resolution declaring it to be the sense
of the senate that at this extraordinary
session the business transacted should
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bp confined to executive matters ana
matters requiring the action of the sen
ate only. Mr. Cockrell objected to tho
immediate consideration of the resolu
tion and it was ordered to be printed
and to lie over. Mr. Hale offered asub
stitute for Mr. Mandcrson's resolution
deciuring that "no legislative busi
ness shall be received or enter
tained at the present session of the sen
ate, "lie subsequently modifying it by in
serting the words ‘■except the realities ”
Mr. Harris asked Mr. Hale whether he
deemed it necessary to except the trea
ties. Did he consider the action of the
senate on a treaty as legislative busi
ness, in contradistinction to executive
business. Mr. McPherson called atten
tion to the fact it might be necessary
to require committees to perform cer
tain labor looking to legislation and he
inquired whether Mr. Manderson's res
olution or Mr. Hale’s substitute would
exclude that being done. Finally the
whole matter went’over until the next
meeting of the senate. After an ex
ecutive session the senate ajourned
until Monday.
Ireland for Anlitent Treasurer.
Washington, March 10.— It is cur
rently reported in the hotel lobbies to
night that Colonel Frank Ireland of Ne
braska City will be tendered a position
as assistant secretary of the treasury
under Mr. Carlisle. Colonel Ireland
could not be found tonight to confirm
the story.
The Cabinet Sworn In.
Washington, D. C., March 9.—The
induction into office of members of
Presdent Cleveland's cabinet, save secre
tary Gresham,! who was sworn in yes-,
terday. was an historic event at the
state department this morning. For
the first time in the history of the gov
ernment the heads of departments as
sembled in the diplomatic parlor and
together took the oath of office. On the
occasion of Mr. Clevelands first inaugu
ration all the cabinet assembled atthp
Arlington hotel and accompanied by
Associate Justice Field, the only demo
crat justice then on the supreme bench,
drove to each executive department.
Justice Field administering the oath in
the presence of the new cabinet officers
and the outgoing secretary, and then
leaving . the newly made sec
retary in charge preceded with
the other in order to the
various departments, administering
the oath to each in turn in presence of
their predecessor. The several mem*
bers of the cabinet, except Messrs. La
mont and Olney, assembled in the state
department and Associate Justice Field,
wlio in the necessary absence of Chief
Justice Fuller had been selected to
administer the oaths, put in an appear-'
ance at 11:15. Promptly at that time
Justice Field came into the room of the
secretary of state leaning on the arm
of Attorney General Olney and accom
panied by Private Secretary Thurber,
Representative Charles O’Neill and B.
H. Smalley, democratic national com
mitteemen from, Vermont. The party
at once repaired to the diplomatic par
lor.
The new cabinet officers grouped
themselves about the table at the east
room of the parlor, Justice Field and
Secretary Gresham at the head. The
venerable jurist -then calling the secre
taries to his left hand in turn adminis
tered the statuory oath which he read
without glasses to Messrs. Carlisle,
Lamout, Smith, Herbert, Olney, Bissell
and Morton, and each signed. The
table used was a new one procured for
the occasion. The ceremony "being ■
ended a feiv minutes were spent in ex
changing salutations and making intro
ductions of strangers to one another,
and then the new secretaries departed
for their several departments to enter
upon the discharge of their duties.
GOLD RESERVE IS GROWING.
Secretary Carlisle Seems I.lkely to Re
ceive All that Is Required.
Washington, D. C., March 11.—The
treatury to-day received gold at sev
eral points. In New York the gain
made in gold was $100,000, while at
New Orleans it received $20,000 in goid
in exchange for a like amount in silver
certificates. No intimation has as yet
beci^ received that any gold will be
exported on Saturday from New York,
and at the present rate of exchange it
is not thought that any will be taken
out of the country. The Treasury has
now more than $3,000,000 in free gold,
and, in the usual condition of trade,
this is likely to be increased rather
than diminished.
It was quite plainly intimated in the
Treasury Department yesterday that
as between the issue of bonds and the
use of a portion of the $100,000,000 gold
reserve, if necessary to maintain the
parity of gold and silver, Secretary
Carlisle will resort to the latter plan,
but that he does not anticipate that
the necessity will arise to do so.
Secretary Carlisle yesterday morning
authorized the announcement that he
would exercise all the power and dis
cretion vested in him to uphold the
credit of the government and maintain
the parity of gold and silver.
Yesterdaj- $500,000 in gold was of
fered from Lyman J. Gage of Chicago
with the promise of an additional
$600,000 should it be required. The
$1,000,000 offered by the Denver clear
ing house has been accepted and the
Chicago offer will be taken.
' Baraml to Death at GrtaneU, Iowa.
Grinnelx, Iowa, March 11.—The loss
of the Spaulding Manufacturing Co.,
from the fire Wednesday night is esti
mated at 925,000 above insurance. The
company hasorderednew material and
work will be started as soon as ma
chinery can arrive. Eighty hands are
thrown out of work. L. E. Gehr, who
was at work in the trimming depart
ment, perished. His charred remains
were found ia the ruins ydsterday
morning. He leaves a wife And one
child. _ f
>o More Boxing; Matches in Brooklyn.
New York, March 8.—Pugilism has
received its death blow }n Brooklyn,
the police authorities having decided
that no more professional boxing
matches are to be permitted. That
the police mean to enforce this rule
was showd by the move they made in
stopping the Hamptorj Athletic Club’s
bouts at the Clermont,Avenue Kink.
BOSTON’S BIG BLAZE.
A VERY DESTRUCTIVE CONFLA
GRATION REPORTED.
Four Million Dollar* Worth of Property
Wiped Out,—A Number of Urn Lott
■n<l Other* Seriously, If not Fatally,
Injured—The Third Session of the
Demoeralie Caucus Committee—The
Work of Arranging the Senate Com
mittee Chairmanships—Silver Senators
on Top.
A >4,000,000 Fire In Boston.
Boston, Mass., March 1J.—One of the
most destructive fires in the history of
Boston, next in magnitude to the one
of Thanksgiving day of 1888, and in the
same district, broke out shortly after 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and before
it was placed under control, three hours
later, had burned over more than a
square, had reduced to ashes several of
the magnificent new buildings recently
completed on the territory burned over
' three and a half years ago. had con
sumed property valued by a conserva
tive estimate at #4,000,000, had caused
scenes of panic and distress never be
fore equaled here, and had destroyed,
perhaps, many human lives, and man
gled or maimed at least thirty persons,
some of whom will die of their injuries.
The first alarm at 4:25 was soon fol
lowed by a second and then a general
alarm. The flames broke out in the toy
department of Horace Partridge <fc Co.,
who occupied the fifth and sixth floors
of the seven-story building, corner of
Essex and Lincoln streets, owned by
L. F. Ames. The cause of the fire is at
present unknown, but the start is de
scribed hy those nearest it as resemb
ling the bursting of a fire cracker. The
flames spread with incredible rapidity
and in a very few moments the entire
interior of the building was burning
There were many employes of the
Partridge company at work at the time,
and the other floors of the building were
sprinkled with human beings. The
usual avenues of escape were at once
cut off and then began a scramble for
life, which sickened behoKlers. 'The
panic-stricken inmates fled to the win
dows and rooms. Some escaped by slid
ing down telegraph poles, others by
leaping into blankets. Several jumped
to the pavement, six or eight stories,
and were terribly mangled, and others,
how many cannot be told, fell back
into the cauldron of flames, or were
overcome by the dense black smoke,
which suffocated all who did not speed
ily escape.
The entire fire department was soon
on the scene, the departments of Sew
erville, Cambridge, Newton and Brock
ton arrived later by train, and aid was
requested to be in readiness from more
distant cities. Fortunately they’ were
not needed.
Vast crowds of people began at once
to flock to the scene and. as a matter
of precaution, Governor Russell ordered
two companies of military out and he
proceeded to the fire in person.
The fire spread rapidly from building
to building and despite the heroic ef
forts of the entire fire system of Suf
folk county, it was not controlled until
the whole square bounded by Essex
street on the north, Lincoln on the east
and Kingston on the west had been
leveled, also one building north of
Essex street, extending along Columbia
street, three more on the east side of
Lincoln street and one corner of the
United States hotel, south of Essex
street, which corner contained the emer
gency hospital.
George M. McCaller, bookkeeper at
the burned out store of Partridge &
Co., says: “Biftfive minutes elapsed be
tween the cry "Fire!” and the arrival
of (the engines, yet in that time the
whole building seemed to be in one
seething mass of flames. In the rush
from the building many of the people
were knocked down and trampled upon.
“The pitful appeals of the young
girls, mingled with the shouts of the
men, as they strove to pull them to a i
place of safety, was the most exciting.
I have no douht that many of the firm's
employes who were on the fifth and
sixth floors of the building have met
with serious injurv, if some of them are
not dead.”
A conservative estimate of the total
loss is #4.500.000. The insurance will
amount to #4.000,000. No effort will be
made to compile the insurance tonight.
Talked for Six Hours,
Washington, March 1L—The sena
tors composing the democratic caucus
committee, appointed for the purpose
of revising the senate committees, ad
journed this evening after a third ses
sion, lasting six hours.
“We have accomplished much today,”
said one of the members, "although we
are not yet through with the assign
ments.”
It is possible that the committee will
finish Saturday and then will report to
a caucus which may be called after the
session of the senate Monday or. Tues
day morning: for if the senate commit
tees are not reorganized by Alonday the
session will be very brief and'another
adjournment will, in all probability, be
taken for another three days, so that
the democrats can. in the meantime,
Complete the work of reorganization.
The fact that all the continuations are
being held back, and t>c appointees of
l Air. Cleveland cannot hold office until
they are confirmed is an incentive sufti
! eient tocause .the committee to be as
; expeditious as possible, and are losing
; no thne.
j . Frw Sliver Senators on Top. j
| ^Washington, March 11.—The Post j
! publishes the following: The work of j
I arranging the senate committee chair- j
! mansbips has so far progressed that j
nearly all have been selected. Tfce
most interesting development is the fact
that the free silver men propose to mn
the senate their own way. and are re
casting the finance committee so as to
leave no donbt of the stand which the
committee will take open any coinage
bills that may come before it The
democrats on the committee, up'to the
4th of March, were Voorhees, MoPher
son. Harris and Vance. Voorhees will be
chairman. 1 arris and Vance, both out
spoken free silver men. will remain. Me
^bWw!n steP and take the
1 vlnSaithe 1l'omul>ftec on na!
1 the fin-in ibe ot.ier democrats on
| vlt both COmmii1tet‘ 'vil) <-oke and
I ’ avowedly fer free coinage.
Thus it wil] be^T^T
what Cleveland mav L^*4**!
■el of the finance
to make it almost impS?
dominate the financiif^r *4
lowed by the senate. iVi'ty v, «i
ver men, such as Vito. \7 S'
others, have been
the committee t q * W
Cockrell of appropriating1 *3<
the District of Cohimbfe*’,.*''*
print,og, Mills of library ’]>*
military affairs. 1
... . *■ Full Charge
WasAxotox, March 9,-Th. J
ent cabinet officers took i J,, **
of their offices yesteXy
politicians poured in all dav S
aud each of the new officered
pelled to hold receptions i„
arate offices. In consequence
reRL r®,rk yas accomplished
each had an immense pile 0( J?
dispose of. The
seeing to be the most ^tracfe
**•«. Sec™tery Gresham m. a
with cards. Most of his <*, *
ot the house and wS
called to pay their respects ami
dewtaHy, to put in a ^
certain consulates and foreim^
From an early hour in them
until lunch time the secretly
gaped in receiving visitors, g,
drews, the secretary's son-in-|»»
came on from Chicago to spend
with him, aided him in reiSrit
disposing of the callers. The rt,
ments in the matter of app^
that have been determined on
meagre. '
Confused the Mes»qi».
WASHUfOTON, March 9.-Sevemi
grams were received here from 7)
ton county citizens making b
about the Indian tax bill which 5S
ported to have passed in the lasth
of congress and which was menti
in Bee specials.
The following is an amendments
was passed and has becomes!*
having been injected by Senate 1
derson into the regular Indfcn a
priation bill and has been by hum
ferred to as the tax bill: “Tluti
of congress approved Augu6' 11
entitled ‘An act to provide for tie
of a part of the rtwrn
of the Omaha tribe of Id
in the state of Nebraska si
other _ purposes. be and
same is hereby amended so is 'a
thorize the secretary of the in
with the consent of the Indiana oil
tribe to allot in severalty throng
allotting agent of the Interior dq
ment to each woman snd child afi
tribe born since allotments of land i
made in severalty to the membmS
of under the provisions of said sot:
now living on one-eighth section!
residue lands held by that trite in
mon, instead of dne-sixteenth ol i
tion as therein provided, and to»i
severalty to each allottee under of
now living who received only o»
tcenthof a section thereunder, an
tional one-sixteenth of a sectionofi
residue lands; provided that thnl
ments so made shall be subjects
same conditions, restrictions andS
ations provided for in sectionals
8 of said act touching allotment! I
patents to allottees mentionedi
provided, further, that the expend
curred in making the allotments^
authorized shall be defrayed onto!
funds appropriated for surveyinf
allotting Indian reservations.
The above is now upon the
books. It has been by many M
kans referred to as "The PeeN*
bill,” and confused with anotheri
ure. __
For the Protection of Stagt
Albany, N. Y., March II.—0*
sociation for the Protection of S
Children was incorporated witi
Secretary of State yesterday. Th
jects are to protect and care te1
dren who are employed upon
about the stage of theaters and
houses, and to see that such chili
are educated and not exposed»
moral, vicious and unhealthy
roundings, Among the director*
Joseph Jefferson, A. M. Palmer,
iel Frohman, and Henry E. Abbef
Probably No Election In Won'*
Olympia, Wash.. March
Legislature will in all probability
journ to-day without electing*^
States Senator. The opposing .
lican factions have stood firm ‘
the daily balloting for near,
months, and John B. Allen, who
re-election, has held fifty-t"'"
within six of the required n
Judge Turner, Allen s Republic*
ponent, has held the key to *
tion with twenty-four members
have withstood all appeals
fluence of the Allen supporters
LIVE STOCK AND PKODECE I**1
Quotations from New Totk, SHm
Loots, Omaha a.«l EI»*MI*
OMAHA.
Butter—Choice to fancy roll- [J %
Butter—Good packing. 29 £
Eggs—Fresh. in »
Honey—Per*. 9 f
Chickens—Per *>- .. 8 ♦
Turkeys—Dressed...... U *
Ducks—Dressed, per ..3 St J
Lemons. 2 f!
Oranges—Florida—: ;. 4
Sweet Potatoes—Per .. ..
Potatoes—Per bu...3 SI f
Apples—Per barrel.. ..oiu J
Beans—Navy.. .. f
Cranberries—Cape .. jjl*
Hay—Per too. !
Straw—Perron. 13 SI
Hran—Per ton.pit J
chop—Per ton.129 *
Onions—Per bu. ;*!
Hogs—Mixed packing. j
Hogs—Heavy weights — -•
Beeves—9tockers and feeo*B 5g
Steers—Prime to good. 3' 1
Sheep—Natives.■■■•''
NEW VORK. ,,,
Wheat—No. 2, red winter. ,30
Corn—No. .. # *
Oats—Mixed western. rt
Pork..
I.ard.‘..
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2 spring.' t] t
Corn—Per bu. *> j
Oats—Per bu. J
Pork. 12 “ m.
Lard.. .
Hogs—Packers and wtxeu.
hteers—Common to extra
Cattle—fttockera and
hheep—Common to extra. ••••*
ST. LOL'IS.
Wheat—No. 2 red, cash .
Corn—Per bu.
Oata—Per bu.
Hogs—Mixed packing.
Cattle—Native steers.
KANSAS PIT*
Wheat—No. ..
Corn—No. ..
Oats—No. 2.. • ln J
Cattle--Stockers and fc* uc
llcgs—Mixed......
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